[Event "UKR Spartakiad 8th"]
[Site "Simferopol"]
[Date "1983.03.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Novikov, Igor A"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2280"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1983.03.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 c5 13. d5 Qb6 14. Bg2 O-O-O 15.
O-O b4 16. Na4 Qb5 17. a3 Nb8 18. axb4 cxb4 19. Be3 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 Rxd5 21. Qe2
Nc6 22. Rfc1 c3 23. Nxc3 bxc3 24. Qxb5 Rxb5 25. Rxc3 Kd7 26. Ra6 Ne5 (26... Nd8
27. Rxa7+ Ke8 28. Rc8 Bd6 29. Bd4 Rb8 30. Rxb8 Bxb8 31. Re7+ Kf8 32. b4 Rh5 33.
Bc5 Rd5 34. Rc7+ Ke8 35. Re7+ Kf8 {1/2-1/2 Rashkovsky,N (2540)-Timoscenko,G 
(2505)/Volgodonsk 1981}) 27. Rxa7+ Kd6 28. Bf4 Kd5 29. Bxe5 Kxe5 30. Rxf7 Bc5
31. Kg2 Bd4 32. Rf3 Rxb2 33. h4 Rc8 34. Rd7 Bc5 35. Rg7 Kd5 36. h5 e5 37. f7 e4
38. Rf5+ Kd4 39. h6 e3 40. Rg4+ Kd3 41. Rd5+ Ke2 1-0

[Event "URS U18-ch"]
[Site "Kirovabad"]
[Date "1984.01.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1984.01.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nc3 Qa5 5. d4 Bg4 6. Bb5 O-O-O 7. Bxc6 bxc6
8. h3 Qh5 9. Qd3 Bxf3 10. gxf3 e5 11. Qa6+ Kb8 12. d5 cxd5 13. Qb5+ Kc8 14.
Qa6+ Kd7 15. Qb5+ Ke6 16. f4 Nf6 17. Rg1 Bd6 18. fxe5 Qxe5+ 19. Ne2 Rb8 20. Qd3
Qe4 21. Rxg7 Be5 22. Rb1 Rb4 23. Kf1 Ra4 24. a3 Rb8 25. b3 c5 26. Qxe4 Rxe4 27.
f3 Rh4 28. Kg2 h5 29. f4 Bd6 30. Kg3 Be7 31. Kxh4 Ne4+ 32. Rg5 Rg8 33. Ng3 Nxg5
34. fxg5 f6 35. Bd2 fxg5+ 36. Kxh5 1-0

[Event "URS U18-ch"]
[Site "Kirovabad"]
[Date "1984.01.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Serper, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A69"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1984.01.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 e6 4. c4 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8. Nd2
O-O 9. Be2 a6 10. a4 Re8 11. O-O Nbd7 12. f4 c4 13. Kh1 Nc5 14. e5 dxe5 15.
fxe5 Rxe5 16. Nxc4 Rf5 17. Bf3 Ng4 18. Ne3 Nxh2 19. Kxh2 Qh4+ 20. Kg1 Be5 21.
Ng4 Bd6 22. Qe1 1-0

[Event "URS U18-ch"]
[Site "Kirovabad"]
[Date "1984.01.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1984.01.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nc3 Qa5 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. d4 O-O-O 7. O-O Nf6
8. Ng5 Bg4 9. Be2 Rxd4 10. Qe1 Bf5 11. Nxf7 Rg8 12. Be3 Rb4 13. b3 Bxc2 14. Qd2
Bg6 15. Ng5 e5 16. Qb2 Nd4 17. Bd1 Rb6 18. a3 Qa6 19. Nf3 Bd3 20. Nxe5 Bxf1 21.
Bxd4 Rd6 22. Ne2 c5 23. Rc1 Kb8 24. Bxc5 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Bxc5 26. Rxf1 Bxa3 27.
Qa2 Qe6 28. Qxa3 Qxe5 29. Ng3 h5 30. Qb4 Re8 31. h3 g5 32. Rd1 h4 33. Nf1 Nd5
34. Qb5 Nf6 35. Rd8+ Kc7 36. Qxe5+ Rxe5 37. Rd3 Nd5 38. Nd2 Nf4 39. Rc3+ Kd7
40. Re3 Ke6 41. Nf3 Rxe3 42. fxe3 Ne2+ 43. Kf2 Nc1 44. Nxg5+ Kd5 45. Nf3 Nxb3
46. Ke2 a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World U16-ch10"]
[Site "Champigny sur Marne"]
[Date "1984.04.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hellers, Ferdinand"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1984.04.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/9000:16/5400:0"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. e5 Ng4 8. e6
Bxb5 9. exf7+ Kd7 10. Nxb5 Qa5+ 11. Nc3 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 Nc6 14. Qc4
(14. Qd1) (14. Qe4) 14... Qb6 {[%csl Rf2]} 15. Qe2 h5 16. Bd2 (16. h3 Nh6 {
[%cal Gh6f5,Gf5g3]}) 16... Nd4 17. Qd3 Nf5 18. Ne4 Rac8 19. O-O-O $36 {[%csl
Rd7][%cal Gc1b1]} Nge3 20. Bxe3 Nxe3 21. c3 $146 (21. Nc3 Nxd1 {Timman,J (2605)
-Van Wijgerden,C (2440) NED-ch38 Hilversum 1983 (3) 1/2-1/2}) 21... Nxd1 22.
Rxd1 Qa6 23. Qh3+ (23. Qxa6 bxa6 24. h4 Rhf8 25. Ng5 $44 {[%csl Gg5]}) 23...
Kc7 24. Qe6 Kb8 25. a3 {Un coup naturel mais Qe7 était gagnant} (25. Qxe7 $1
Qxa2 $4 (25... Qe2 26. Qxd6+) 26. Nxd6 {[%cal Ge7b7]} Rc7 (26... Qa6 27. Nxc8)
27. f8=Q+) 25... Rc7 26. Ng5 Qa4 27. Qe3 Rf8 28. g3 Qc4 29. Ne6 Rxf7 30. Nxc7
Qxc7 31. Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "World U16-ch10"]
[Site "Champigny sur Marne"]
[Date "1984.04.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Hansen, Lars Bo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1984.04.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 (4... e5 5. Nb5 d5 6. cxd5 Bc5 {
Le gambit Vaganian popularisé par Kasparov dans les années 80.}) 5. g3 Nc6 (
5... d5) (5... Bb4+) (5... Qc7 6. Nc3 a6 7. Bg2 Qxc4 8. Bf4 $44) 6. Bg2 Qb6 7.
Nb5 (7. Nb3) (7. Nc2) 7... Bb4+ (7... Ne5 $142 8. N1c3 a6 9. Qa4 (9. Na3 {
Gelfand,B (2704)-Van Wely,L (2681) Bled ol (Men) 2002 (14.1) 1/2})) (7... d5 8.
O-O) 8. N1c3 O-O (8... a6 {Santos,A-Trevelyan,C EU-ch U21 fin-C 1975 (7) 0-1})
9. Be3 (9. O-O) 9... Bc5 10. Bxc5 Qxc5 11. Nd6 Ne8 12. Nce4 {[%csl Rc5]
L'ouverture des Noirs était un peu douteuse et le danois a des problèmes de
développement} Qe5 13. Qd2 Nxd6 14. Nxd6 $16 {[%csl Rb7,Rc8,Rd7,Gg2]} Nd4 15.
Ne4 Nf5 16. Qc3 Qc7 (16... Qxc3+ 17. Nxc3 {[%csl Rb7,Gg2]} Rb8) 17. Rd1 Rb8 18.
O-O b6 19. Bh3 $1 {Le Nf5 est la seule pièce Noire active} Ne7 20. Nd6 Bb7 21.
Rd2 Nc8 22. Nxb7 Rxb7 23. Bg2 Rb8 24. Rfd1 d6 25. Rd4 b5 26. Rc1 Qb6 27. c5 $32
{Avec un meilleur développement, les Blancs ont intérêt à ouvrir le jeu}
dxc5 28. Qxc5 Qa6 29. Be4 g6 30. Qe5 Ne7 31. Rd7 Nf5 32. Bxf5 exf5 33. Rxf7 {
[%csl Rb8]} Rxf7 (33... Kxf7 34. Rc7+ {[%cal Ge5g7]}) 34. Qxb8+ Kg7 35. Rc8 Qa4
36. Rd8 Qe4 (36... Re7) 37. Qxb5 Qb1+ 38. Kg2 Qxa2 39. Qe5+ Kh6 40. Rd4 $18 g5
41. h4 Qb3 42. Rd6+ Kh5 43. hxg5 Qc4 44. g6 hxg6 45. Qh8+ Kg5 46. f4+ Kg4 47.
Qh3# 1-0

[Event "World U16-ch10"]
[Site "Champigny sur Marne"]
[Date "1984.04.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rappa, Damian"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1984.04.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/9000:16/5400:0"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 (9... Qxf6 10. Nf3 (10. O-O)) 10. O-O Bd6 11. Nf3 Qc7 (11...
Qb6) (11... O-O) 12. Re1 {[%csl Re6] Un peu trop lent} (12. Bg5 $142 {La
grande ligne} O-O 13. Bh4) 12... O-O 13. Ng3 e5 (13... Bd7) 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15.
Be2 $146 (15. Nxe5 $142 Bxe5 16. Qb3 Kh8 17. Bd2 Bd7 18. Bb4 Rf7 19. Rac1 Bc6
20. Ba5 Qxa5 21. Rxe5 Ng4 22. Rh5 h6 23. Bb1 Qd2 24. Qc2 Qxf2+ 25. Qxf2 Nxf2
26. Rh4 Raf8 27. Bf5 Ne4 28. Bxe4 dxe4 29. Nxe4 Kg8 30. h3 g5 31. Rg4 Kh8 32.
Nd2 Kg7 33. h4 Kg6 34. hxg5 hxg5 35. Rf1 Rxf1+ 36. Nxf1 Rd8 37. Kf2 a5 38. Rg3
Rd1 39. Rb3 Rb1 40. Ne3 b5 41. Kg3 b4 {1/2-1/2 (41) Sulman,R (2290)-Van
Tilbury,C (2350) New York 1979}) 15... Neg4 $1 {[%csl Rf2] Profitant du fait
que les Blancs n'ont pas échangé le Ne5} 16. Rf1 Qb6 17. Qb3 Bc5 18. Qxb6
Bxb6 19. Bd2 Ne4 $132 {[%cal Ge4d2,Ge4f2]} 20. Be1 Nxg3 21. hxg3 Bd7 22. Rd1
Rae8 {Les pièces Noires sont très actives} 23. Bd3 Ne5 24. Nxe5 Rxe5 25. Bd2
Bf5 26. Bc3 Bxd3 27. Rxd3 Re2 $36 {[%csl Ge2,Rf2]} 28. Rxd5 Bxf2+ 29. Kh1 Bxg3
30. Rxf8+ Kxf8 31. Rg5 Re3 32. Kg1 (32. Rxg7 $2 Rxc3) 32... g6 33. Kf1 Kf7 34.
Rd5 h5 $1 35. Rd7+ Re7 36. Rd8 h4 $17 37. Bb4 Rc7 38. Bc3 Re7 39. Bb4 Rc7 40.
Bc3 g5 41. Rh8 Kg6 42. Ke2 {Malgré l'ajournement, les Blancs ne peuvent pas
sauver la nulle} Re7+ 43. Kf3 Rf7+ 44. Ke3 Rf2 45. Rg8+ Kh5 {[%csl Gh5][%cal
Gh5g4]} 46. Bd2 Rxg2 47. Kd3 Be5 48. b3 h3 {Biulletin CCC of the USSR 1984, No.
15, p. 10-11} 0-1

[Event "World U16-ch10"]
[Site "Champigny sur Marne"]
[Date "1984.04.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Hampton, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1984.04.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/9000:16/5400:0"]

1. d4 {Il s'agissait de la première partie jouée à l'ouest par "Tchouki"}
Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 (4. Bd2) 4... d5 (4... b6) (4... O-O) 5. Qa4+
Nc6 6. a3 (6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 (7. a3)) 6... Bxd2+ (6... Be7 {L'alternative
conservant un meilleur contrôle des cases Noires} 7. e3 O-O 8. Qc2 (8. b4)) 7.
Bxd2 Bd7 (7... Ne4 8. Rd1 $32) 8. Qc2 Ne4 9. e3 (9. Rd1) (9. Bf4) 9... O-O 10.
Bd3 f5 {La position Noire est passive mais solide} 11. b4 $14 {[%csl Rd7]} Be8
12. b5 $1 Nb8 13. cxd5 $1 {[%csl Rc7,Rf5]} exd5 14. Ba5 $1 {Provoque un petit
affaiblissement des cases Blanches et la paire de B va commencer à s'activer}
b6 {[%csl Rc6,Rc7]} 15. Bb4 Rf6 16. a4 Nd7 17. Nd2 $1 Rc8 18. Qa2 $16 {[%csl
Rd5]} Bf7 19. Rc1 c5 20. bxc6 Rfxc6 21. Rxc6 Rxc6 22. Qb2 Qc7 23. O-O Rh6 (
23... Nxd2 $142 $1 24. Qxd2 Rh6 {[%csl Rh2]}) 24. Nf3 Bh5 25. Rc1 Qd8 {[%cal
Gh5f3,Gd8h4,Gd8g5]} 26. Ba6 $40 {[%csl Rd8,Rg8][%cal Gc1c8]} Ndc5 27. dxc5 bxc5
28. Ba5 $1 Qxa5 29. Qb8+ Kf7 30. Ne5+ {[%emt 0:00:09] Biulletin CCC of the
USSR 184, No.15, p. 9} 1-0

[Event "World U16-ch10"]
[Site "Champigny sur Marne"]
[Date "1984.04.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Southam, Todd"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1984.04.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/9000:16/5400:0"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Be3 Be6 12. Qa4 Qd7 13. Rfd1 (13. Nxe6 Qxe6 (
13... fxe6 14. Rad1) 14. Nb5 Rac8 15. Rac1 a6 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 Ne4 18.
Rxc8 Rxc8 19. Rd1 Nf6 20. Qd3 b5 21. Bd4 Ne4 22. b3 b4 23. Bb2 Bf6 24. Bxf6
Nxf6 25. e3 Rc3 26. Qd2 Qf5 27. Qe2 a5 28. h3 h5 29. Rd4 g6 30. Rf4 Qe5 31. Qa6
Kg7 32. Qxa5 g5 33. Rxb4 h4 34. g4 Rc1+ 35. Bf1 Ne4 36. Rxe4 Qxe4 37. Qb5 Qf3
38. Qd3 Qxh3 39. Qe2 Kf8 40. b4 f5 41. gxf5 Qxf5 42. Qa6 h3 {Ogaard,L (2460)
-Pfleger,H (2540) Manila 1975 0-1}) 13... Rfd8 $146 (13... Nxd4 14. Qxd4 (14.
Bxd4 Qxa4 15. Nxa4 {Panchenko,A (2495)-Azmaiparashvili,Z (2415) URS-ch48 sf
Dnipropetrovsk 1980 1-0}) 14... Rfd8) 14. Rac1 Ne5 15. Qb3 Rac8 16. Nxe6 fxe6
17. h3 Nc4 18. Bd4 $14 {[%csl Gd4,Re6,Gg2]} Na5 19. Qc2 Nc6 20. Be3 Qe8 21. Qb3
Na5 22. Qb5 b6 23. Qxe8+ Rxe8 24. Nb5 Nc4 25. Nxa7 (25. Bd4 e5 26. Nxa7 $13)
25... Ra8 26. Rxc4 $1 Rxa7 27. Rc6 Rxa2 28. Rxe6 {[%csl Re7,Re8]} Rxb2 (28...
Kf7 29. Rxb6) 29. Bd4 Rb4 30. Rxb6 Rxb6 31. Bxb6 Bd8 32. Bxd8 Rxd8 33. Rd4 $1
$40 {[%cal Ge2e4,Gd4d8]} Re8 34. Kf1 Re5 35. f4 Re3 36. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:10]
Biulletin CCC of the USSR 1984, No.15, p.} 1-0

[Event "World U16-ch10"]
[Site "Champigny sur Marne"]
[Date "1984.04.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1984.04.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/9000:16/5400:0"]

{My first foreign tournament was the World Sub-Juniors in 1984 in Paris. As I
had won the National Sub-Juniors, I was selected to go to the World Sub-Junior,
and I went with my parents. It is interesting to look back now. I met a boy
called Vassily Ivanchuk there! We were both 14 then. I also met there for the
first time some of my other friends like Jeroen Piket, Ferdinand Hellers and
Alexey Dreev. It is quite funny, but you get the feeling that all these guys
have trainers and everyone else is stronger than you. There was this guy who
had a Grandmaster as his trainer, and you were terribly impressed. So, I
played every game as a challenge or struggle.} 1. d4 {1) Biulletin SSS of the
USSR 1984, No.15, p.} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7.
Be3 exd4 8. Nxd4 Re8 9. f3 c6 10. Qd2 d5 11. exd5 cxd5 12. O-O dxc4 13. Bxc4
Nbd7 $146 (13... a6 14. Rad1 b5 15. Bb3 Bb7 16. Bh6 Bxh6 17. Qxh6 Nbd7 18. Ne4
Bd5 19. Bxd5 Nxd5 20. Nd6 Re5 21. Nxf7 Kxf7 22. Qxh7+ Kf6 23. Qh4+ g5 24. Qh6+
Kf7 25. Nc6 Qb6+ 26. Kh1 Kg8 27. f4 gxf4 28. Rxd5 {1-0 (28) Christiansen,L 
(2490)-Rodriguez Cespedes,A (2470) Amsterdam 1978}) 14. Rad1 Ne5 15. Bb3 a6 16.
Bg5 Qb6 17. Kh1 Bd7 18. f4 Nc6 19. Nxc6 Bxc6 20. f5 Rad8 21. fxg6 hxg6 22. Qc2
Rxd1 23. Qxd1 {[#]} Re5 $11 24. Qd2 Rf5 (24... Qc5) 25. Rxf5 gxf5 26. Be3 Qc7
27. Bf4 Qe7 28. Bc2 $11 (28. Bc2 Ne4) 1/2-1/2

[Event "World U16-ch10"]
[Site "Champigny sur Marne"]
[Date "1984.04.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[Annotator "Dvoretzky,M"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1984.04.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/9000:16/5400:0"]

1. e4 {My most talented was definitely Alexey Dreev. His talent was not less
than Kasparov or Karpov.   When he was young, his results were also better
than Kasparov's results. Kasparov became a Soviet Master when he was 15. Dreev
became one at 13! And he didn't have the support that Karpov or Kasparov
received.  When Dreev played the World Cadets Championship under-16 twice, he
was 14 and 15 years old. He won both of them. He didn't lose any games.
Kasparov didn't win both his Cadet Championships. There was no doubt that
results of Dreev were higher than anybody at that age. But then the Soviet
system coupled with his own family, environment, and the city in which he
lived stopped him from progressing. He missed his opportunity to travel abroad.
All these factors prevented him from becoming a real star. He became a very
strong grandmaster who represented his country at the Olympiad. So it's not a
bad result, but he had potential for more.} Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 Bc5 4. Bg2 Nc6
5. d3 a6 6. Nf3 d6 7. O-O O-O 8. Nd5 (8. h3 Be6 9. Kh2 h6 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. fxe3
d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 {1/2-1/2 (13) Stoica,V (2415)-Lukacs,P (2465) Tuzla
1981}) 8... Nxd5 9. exd5 Ne7 10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nf5 12. Nb3 Ba7 $146 (12...
Bb6 13. Bd2 Re8 14. Ba5 Ba7 15. Qd3 Ne3 16. Be4 Nxf1 17. Bxh7+ Kh8 18. Rxf1 Bh3
19. Bc3 Qg5 20. Be4 Bxf1 21. Kxf1 Re7 22. Qf3 f5 23. Bd3 Qg4 24. Qxf5 Qxf5 25.
Bxf5 Rf8 26. g4 Kg8 27. Bd4 c5 28. Be3 g6 29. Be6+ Kh7 30. Nd2 b5 31. Ne4 Bb8
32. Kg2 Kg7 33. f4 Rh8 34. b4 Kf8 35. bxc5 Reh7 36. Bg1 Ke7 37. c6 Bc7 38. Ng5
Rh4 39. h3 Rf8 40. Bd7 Ba5 41. Be3 Bc3 42. Be6 {Sanz Alonso,F (2355)-Jones,I 
(2245) Marbella 1982 1-0}) 13. Qd3 Qf6 14. Bd2 Bd7 15. Qc3 Nd4 16. Kh1 Bf5 17.
Rac1 Rfe8 18. Be3 Nxb3 19. Qxf6 gxf6 20. cxb3 Bd3 21. Rfe1 Bxe3 22. fxe3 Rac8
23. Rc3 Be4 24. Rec1 Bxg2+ 25. Kxg2 Re7 26. g4 Kg7 27. Kf3 Rce8 28. R1c2 Re5
29. Re2 R8e7 30. e4 a5 31. h3 Kg6 32. Rc4 c6 33. dxc6 bxc6 34. Rd2 d5 35. exd5
cxd5 36. Ra4 Re3+ 37. Kg2 R7e5 38. Rxa5 d4 39. b4 Re2+ 40. Rxe2 Rxe2+ 41. Kf3
Rxb2 42. b5 d3 43. Ke3 d2 44. Ke2 f5 45. gxf5+ Kxf5 46. a4 Ke4 47. Ra7 f5 48.
Re7+ Kf4 49. Rxh7 Kg3 50. h4 f4 51. h5 f3+ 52. Kd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "World U16-ch10"]
[Site "Champigny sur Marne"]
[Date "1984.04.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Rachels, Stuart"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2388"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1984.04.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/9000:16/5400:0"]

1. e4 {L'américain s'est effondré en fin de tournoi. Il était encore en
course pour le titre mais il a perdu la veille contre PIKET.} d6 2. d4 g6 3.
Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 Bg4 (4... Nf6 {La grande ligne}) 5. Be3 (5. Be2) (5. Bc4) 5...
Nc6 6. Bb5 {[%cal Gd4d5]} a6 {[%emt 2:19:00]} 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. h3 Bd7 $1 (8...
Bxf3 $143 9. Qxf3 $32 Qd7 10. e5 Nh6 11. O-O-O O-O 12. Rhe1 Kh8 13. Bf4 Rab8
14. g4 Rb4 15. Kb1 a5 16. Bg5 Ng8 17. a3 Rb6 18. h4 f5 19. gxf5 Qxf5 20. Qxf5
Rxf5 21. Bxe7 Nxe7 22. exd6 Ng8 23. dxc7 Rf8 24. Re6 Rc8 25. Nd5 Ra6 26. Rd3 a4
27. Rc3 Ra5 {1/2-1/2 (27) Tal,M (2645)-Hort,V (2600) Moscow 1975}) 9. O-O $146
(9. Qd2 Qb8 (9... Nf6 10. O-O) 10. Rb1 Nf6 11. Bh6 O-O 12. O-O Qb7 13. Rfe1
Rae8 14. e5 Nd5 15. Ne2 f6 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. c4 Nb6 18. b3 fxe5 19. dxe5 Rxf3
20. gxf3 Bxh3 21. Rbd1 Qc8 22. Qc3 Kg8 23. Nf4 Qf5 24. Nxh3 Qxh3 25. exd6 cxd6
26. Rxd6 Nd7 27. Rde6 Kf7 28. Qe3 Nf8 29. Rxe7+ Rxe7 30. Qxe7+ Kg8 31. Qf6 {
1-0 (31) Stean,M (2485)-Kotov,A (2500) London 1977}) 9... e6 (9... Rb8 {
Plus naturel et la poussée e6 est un peu passive} 10. Rb1) 10. e5 f5 11. Bf4 (
11. Bg5 $1 Ne7 12. Qd2 $14 {[%cal Gg5h6]}) 11... Qb8 12. Na4 c5 13. c3 cxd4 (
13... Ne7 14. Rb1 O-O 15. b4 cxb4 16. cxb4) 14. cxd4 Ne7 15. exd6 cxd6 16. Nc5
$1 Nd5 17. Bh2 (17. Nxd7 $142 $5 Kxd7 18. Bc1 {Le Bc1 est assez mal placé
mais il a davantage de perspectives que le Bh2 joué dans la partie}) 17... f4
$1 {[%csl Rh2][%cal Gd6c5]} 18. Nxd7 Kxd7 $13 19. Re1 Re8 20. Qd3 Bh6 $1 $17 {
[%csl Rh2] Les Blancs jouent avec une pièce enfermée} 21. Re2 Qb5 22. Qe4 Nf6
23. Qc2 Rac8 $1 {Les Noirs ont terminé le développement et l'activité des
pièces Noires empêchent les Blancs d'attaquer le K Noir} 24. Qd2 Nd5 25. Rae1
Re7 26. h4 Qc4 27. a3 Qb3 $36 {[%cal Gc8c2]} 28. Rc1 $6 {Après l'échange des
R, le problème du Bh2 sera encore plus crucial} Ree8 29. Ree1 Rxc1 $1 30. Rxc1
Rc8 31. Rxc8 Kxc8 {[%csl Rh2]} 32. Ne1 Kd7 33. Qc2 $2 {[%csl Rh2] Un suicide
positionnel car les Blancs jouent de fait, avec une pièce en moins} Qxc2 34.
Nxc2 Ne7 35. Nb4 a5 36. Nd3 {[%cal Gd3f4] Les Blancs pensaient avoir fait le
plus dur en attaquant le P"f4"} f3 $1 37. g4 (37. gxf3 $6 {[%csl Rd4,Rf2,Rf3,
Rh4]}) 37... Bg7 {[%csl Gg7]} 38. b4 a4 {[%csl Ra3]} 39. Ne1 Bxd4 $19 40. Nc2
Bb2 41. Bf4 {Le B a enfin réussi à s'activer mais trop tard} Nd5 42. Bd2 Nc7
{[%cal Gc7b5,Gb5a3]} 43. b5 {Il n'y avait pas d'ajournement dans cette
dernière ronde et les Blancs vont continuer à jouer quelques coups
supplémentaires.} Nxb5 44. Bb4 d5 45. Kf1 e5 {[%csl Gd5,Ge5]} 46. Ke1 d4 {
[%emt 0:00:11] Biulletin CCC of the USSR 1984, No.15, p 11} 0-1

[Event "UKR-ch53"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1984.06.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Foigel, Igor"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1984.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. c3 d6 6. Re1 c5 7. d4 Bf5 8. dxc5
dxc5 9. Qa4 Be4 10. Bg5 Qb6 11. Nbd2 Bc6 12. Qh4 Qxb2 13. e4 Nbd7 14. e5 Nd5
15. Bh6 Nxc3 16. Ng5 Ne2+ 17. Kh1 Bxg2+ 18. Kxg2 Qxe5 19. Rad1 Nf6 20. Ndf3 Qc7
21. Rxe2 Rad8 22. Rde1 e6 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Rxe6 h6 25. Rxf6 hxg5 26. Nxg5 Rd4
27. Rxf7+ Rxf7 28. Qh7+ Kf6 29. Re6+ 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch53"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1984.06.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Malaniuk, Vladimir P"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1984.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Nxd4 cxd4 6. Ne2 Qg5 7. Bc4 Qxg2 8.
Ng3 Qh3 9. d3 Nf6 10. Bd2 h5 11. a3 b5 12. Bxb5 Rb8 13. Ba4 Bd6 14. Qf3 h4 15.
Ke2 Ng4 16. Nf1 Qxf3+ 17. Kxf3 Ne5+ 18. Ke2 Rxb2 19. h3 Rb6 20. Nh2 O-O 21.
Rhg1 Kh8 22. f4 Ng6 23. Rg4 Be7 24. Nf3 d5 25. e5 Ra6 26. Bb3 Rxa3 27. Rxa3
Bxa3 28. Nxd4 Bd7 29. Nf3 Be7 30. Be1 Rb8 31. Kd1 Bb5 32. Ba2 Bc5 33. Ng5 Be8
34. Bxh4 Rb2 35. Bb3 a5 0-1

[Event "UKR-ch53"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1984.06.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Palatnik, Semon"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1984.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Qd2 e5 8. Nf3
Qe8 9. d5 Nc5 10. Qc2 a5 11. Nd2 Nh5 12. Bxh5 gxh5 13. Be3 f5 14. f3 Qg6 15.
O-O-O b6 16. Kb1 Bd7 17. Rhg1 Rf7 18. Bxc5 bxc5 19. exf5 Bxf5 20. Nde4 Kh8 21.
Rge1 Bh6 22. Re2 Bf4 23. h3 h4 24. Qb3 Rg7 25. Qb7 Qe8 26. Qb3 Qf7 27. Qc2 Rag8
28. a3 Rg6 29. Ka2 Bd7 30. Rf1 R8g7 31. Rff2 Qg8 32. Qd1 Qf8 33. a4 Rg8 34. Nb5
Bg3 35. Nxg3 hxg3 36. Rf1 Qf7 37. Qe1 c6 38. dxc6 Bxc6 39. Qc3 Qf4 40. Rd1 d5
41. Qxe5+ Qxe5 42. Rxe5 dxc4 43. Rxc5 Re8 44. Nc3 Rb8 45. Rxa5 Be8 46. Rad5
Rgb6 47. R1d2 Kg7 48. Rg5+ Kf8 49. Rxg3 Bxa4 50. Nxa4 Ra6 51. f4 Rxa4+ 52. Ra3
Rab4 53. g4 1-0

[Event "URS"]
[Site "Soviet Union"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1985.??.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Nf3 O-O 12. Bf4 Bxf4 13. Nxf4 Qc7 14. g3 Qb6
15. Qd2 Kh8 16. Ng5 Nxd4 17. Bxh7 Nxh7 18. Ng6+ Kg8 19. Ne7+ Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS"]
[Site "Soviet Union"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kaplun, Leonid I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1985.??.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Nf3 Qc7 12. g3 O-O 13. Bf4 Bd7 14. Rc1 Nh5 15.
Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Nc3 Qe7 17. Bb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS"]
[Site "Soviet Union"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kruppa, Yuri"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1985.??.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. O-O Nc6 7. e3 Bd7 8. Qe2
b5 9. Rd1 Bd6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. e4 Be7 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. e5 Be7 15. d5
exd5 16. Nxd5 Re8 17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. Rxd4 Bc5 19. Rd2 c6 20. Rad1 Bf5 21. Nb4 Qb6
22. Nxc6 Rac8 23. Bd5 Bd3 24. Qf3 Re6 25. b4 Bf8 26. Bxe6 fxe6 27. Na5 Bxb4 28.
Rxd3 cxd3 29. Rxd3 Rf8 30. Qe3 Bxa5 0-1

[Event "URS"]
[Site "Soviet Union"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Serper, Grigory"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1985.??.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Nf3 Qc7 12. Bg5 O-O 13. Ng3 Kh8 14. Rc1 Qb6 15.
Bb1 Qxb2 16. Bxf6 Rxf6 17. Ng5 g6 18. Nh5 Rf8 19. Nxh7 Kxh7 20. Rxc6 bxc6 21.
Qg4 Qb7 22. Qxg6+ Kh8 23. Qh6+ Kg8 24. Qg6+ Kh8 25. Re1 a5 26. Re3 Ra7 27. Rh3
Qh7 28. Nf4 Qxh3 29. Nxh3 1-0

[Event "URS"]
[Site "Soviet Union"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ulybin, Mikhail"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B70"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "1985.??.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Bg5 Bg7 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8.
Qe2 a6 9. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Nd5 h6 12. Bh4 Qa5 13. Kb1 Nxd5 14.
exd5 Nf6 15. Nb3 Qc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS U18-ch"]
[Site "Jurmala"]
[Date "1985.01.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B66"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1985.01.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Be3 Be7 10. f4 Qc7 11. Be2 Bd7 12. g4 b5 13. g5 hxg5 14. fxg5 Nh5
15. g6 fxg6 16. Bxh5 Rxh5 17. Qg2 Ne5 18. Nce2 O-O-O 19. Nf4 Nc4 20. Bd2 Rg5
21. Qe2 Nxd2 22. Rxd2 Qa5 23. Kb1 Re8 24. Rd3 Rh8 25. Ndxe6 Re5 26. Ra3 Qb4 27.
Rc3+ Kb8 28. Qf2 Qxe4 29. Qb6+ Qb7 30. Qxb7+ Kxb7 31. Rc7+ Kb8 32. Rxd7 g5 33.
Rxe7 gxf4 34. Nd4 Rxh2 35. Rxh2 1-0

[Event "URS U18-ch"]
[Site "Jurmala"]
[Date "1985.01.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Frolov, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1985.01.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. d5 exd5 8. Nh4
c6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nf5 Nc7 11. Nc3 d5 12. e4 Nba6 13. Bf4 Ne6 14. exd5 Nxf4
15. dxc6 Bc8 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. gxf4 Nc7 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. Qxd5 Be6 20. Qe5 f6
21. Qe3 Qf7 22. Rfd1 Kh8 23. b3 Rae8 24. Re1 Qg6 25. Qg3 Qc2 26. Rec1 Qd2 27.
h3 Bf5 28. Rd1 Qb2 29. Re1 Bg6 30. Kh2 Rd8 31. Rad1 Qxa2 32. Rxd8 Rxd8 33. c7
Rg8 34. Bd5 Rc8 35. Re7 Qa6 36. f5 Qd3 37. Qxd3 1-0

[Event "URS U18-ch"]
[Site "Jurmala"]
[Date "1985.01.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Shakhvorostov, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B87"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1985.01.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. O-O
Be7 9. Qf3 Qb6 10. Be3 Qb7 11. Qg3 Bd7 12. Nf5 exf5 13. Qxg7 Rf8 14. Bg5 Ng8
15. Bxf7+ Rxf7 16. Qxg8+ Rf8 17. Qxh7 Nc6 18. Nd5 Bxg5 19. Qg6+ Kd8 20. Qxg5+
Kc8 21. Qh6 Rg8 22. Qxd6 fxe4 23. Rfe1 Bh3 24. Re3 Rd8 25. Qc5 Be6 26. Nb6+ Kb8
27. Rxe4 Bh3 28. Nxa8 Kxa8 29. gxh3 Qd7 30. Rae1 Rg8+ 31. Kh1 1-0

[Event "URS U18-ch"]
[Site "Jurmala"]
[Date "1985.01.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ulybin, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A77"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1985.01.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Nd2 Nbd7 8. e4
Bg7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. a4 Ne5 12. Re1 g5 13. Nf1 h6 14. Ra3 Ng6 15. Ng3
a6 16. f3 Nf4 17. Bf1 b6 18. Be3 Bd7 19. Qd2 Ng6 20. Rb1 Qc7 21. b4 Ne5 22.
bxc5 bxc5 23. Rab3 Reb8 24. Qb2 Rxb3 25. Qxb3 Bc8 26. Nf5 Bxf5 27. exf5 Ned7
28. Qb7 Qd8 29. Bxa6 Rb8 30. Qc6 Rxb1+ 31. Nxb1 Nb8 32. Qa8 Nxd5 33. Qxd5 Nxa6
34. Nd2 Nb4 35. Qb3 Qf6 36. Ne4 Qa1+ 37. Kf2 Be5 38. h3 Kg7 39. Nd2 Bd4 40. Ne4
Bxe3+ 41. Qxe3 Qb2+ 42. Kg1 Qa1+ 43. Kf2 Qb2+ 44. Kg1 Qa1+ 45. Kf2 Qb2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS Army Team-ch zonal"]
[Site "Rostov on Don"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2215"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "1985.02.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 c5 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Rad1 Rc8
15. Nb3 Qb6 16. Nxc5 Qxc5 17. Qxc5 Bxc5 18. Ne1 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Rc7 20. Nd3 Bd6
21. Kf3 Rfc8 22. h3 Rc2 23. Rc1 Be5 24. Rxc2 Rxc2 25. Rb1 Bd6 26. Ne1 Rc6 27.
g4 Kf8 28. Nd3 Kg7 29. Ra1 Rc4 30. Ke3 Kg6 31. f4 f5 32. Rg1 fxg4 33. Rxg4+ Kf6
34. Rg8 e5 35. fxe5+ Bxe5 36. Ra8 Rc6 37. b4 Bd6 38. a3 Ke6 39. Kd2 Kd5 40. Rh8
Kc4 41. Rxh7 Kb3 42. Kd1 f6 43. Rf7 Bg3 44. Rg7 Bd6 45. Rg6 Bf8 46. Rg3 Rd6 47.
Rg8 Bh6 48. Rg3 Kxa3 49. Kc2 Rd4 50. Rg6 Bg5 51. Rg7 Rc4+ 52. Kd1 Kb3 53. Ra7
Rc6 54. Rxa6 Rxa6 55. Nc5+ Kxb4 56. Nxa6+ Kc3 57. Ke1 b4 58. Kf2 Kc4 59. Nxb4
Kxb4 60. Kf3 f5 61. h4 Bh6 62. e4 f4 63. e5 Kc5 64. Ke4 Kc6 0-1

[Event "Klaipeda Junior"]
[Site "Klaipeda"]
[Date "1985.04.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1985.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 dxc4 5. Nc3 c6 6. a4 Bb4 7. e4 c5 8. Bxc4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 h6 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Bxd7+ Nxd7 13. Nde2 Qe7 14. O-O
O-O 15. Qb3 Ne5 16. Na2 Bc5 17. Qc3 Nc6 18. Rac1 Bb6 19. g3 Rfd8 20. Rfd1 Rxd1+
21. Rxd1 Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Qxd8 23. Qc2 Qf6 24. Nf4 g5 25. Nd3 Qd4 26. Nc3 Ba5 27.
Nc1 Bxc3 28. bxc3 Qc4 29. Kg2 Nb4 30. Qb3 Qxe4+ 31. f3 Qc2+ 32. Qxc2 Nxc2 33.
Kf2 Na3 34. Ke3 Nc4+ 35. Kd4 Nb6 36. a5 Nd7 37. Nd3 Kf8 38. c4 Ke7 39. c5 Nb8
40. Ne5 Nc6+ 41. Nxc6+ bxc6 42. Ke5 f6+ 43. Ke4 a6 44. h3 Kf7 0-1

[Event "Klaipeda Junior"]
[Site "Klaipeda"]
[Date "1985.04.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C85"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1985.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Nc3 Nd7 8.
d4 exd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. Be3 Ne5 11. Qe2 Ng4 12. Rad1 Bd6 13. f4 Qh4 14. h3 Nxe3
15. Qxe3 Bc5 16. f5 Bd7 17. Rf4 Qg5 18. h4 Qh6 19. Qf2 Rfe8 20. Nce2 Rad8 21.
Rg4 Bb6 22. c3 c5 23. Nf3 Bb5 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. e5 c4 26. Nfd4 Re8 27. f6 g6
28. Rg5 Bd7 29. Nf4 c6 30. Qg3 Kh8 31. h5 Bf5 32. e6 fxe6 33. hxg6 hxg6 34.
Nxg6+ Bxg6 35. Rxg6 Qh5 36. Rg5 Qh7 1-0

[Event "Klaipeda Junior"]
[Site "Klaipeda"]
[Date "1985.04.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Rokhmanov, S."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1985.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8. c4
Nf6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. h3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Na5 12. Bd3 Be6 13. Re1 Nc6 14. a3 a6 15.
Be3 Nd5 16. Qc2 h6 17. Rad1 Bd6 18. Bc1 Nce7 19. Ne4 Nf4 20. Bf1 Nfg6 21. Ne5
Qc8 22. Nxg6 Nxg6 23. d5 Bd7 24. Bxh6 gxh6 25. Nf6+ Kh8 26. Qd2 Bf4 27. Qd4 c5
28. dxc6 Bxc6 29. Nh5+ f6 30. Nxf4 Qf5 31. Ne6 Rg8 32. Bd3 1-0

[Event "Klaipeda Junior"]
[Site "Klaipeda"]
[Date "1985.04.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B64"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1985.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f4 h6 10. Bh4 Bd7 11. Nf3 Qa5 12. Kb1 Rfc8 13. g4 b5 14. Bd3 b4
15. Nb5 Rab8 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nxd6 Bc3 18. Qe2 b3 19. cxb3 Nb4 20. bxc3 Rxc3
21. Nd4 e5 22. Nc4 Rxc4 23. Bxc4 Bxg4 24. Qg2 Bxd1 25. Rxd1 exd4 26. Rg1 g5 27.
fxg5 hxg5 28. Rf1 Rb7 29. Rf5 Qb6 30. Rxg5+ Kf8 31. Rg8+ Ke7 32. Qg5+ Kd7 33.
Qf5+ 1-0

[Event "Klaipeda Junior"]
[Site "Klaipeda"]
[Date "1985.04.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Oll, Lembit"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1985.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bb3
b4 9. Ne2 Bb7 10. O-O Bd6 11. Nf4 O-O 12. Qe2 c5 13. Rd1 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Qb6 15.
Qb5 Nc5 16. Qxb6 axb6 17. Bc4 Rfd8 18. Nfe2 e5 19. Nc2 Be4 20. Nxb4 b5 21. Bxb5
Nb3 22. axb3 Rxa1 23. f3 Raa8 24. Nc6 Bxc6 25. Bxc6 Rab8 26. Kf1 Rxb3 27. Nc3
Rb6 28. Ba4 Rdb8 29. Ke2 h5 30. b3 Rc8 31. Rd3 e4 32. fxe4 Bxh2 33. Ba3 Re6 34.
Kf3 Ng4 35. Ke2 Ne5 36. Nd5 Nxd3 37. Kxd3 Rd8 38. Bb5 Rg6 0-1

[Event "UKR-ch54"]
[Site "Uzhgorod"]
[Date "1985.06.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Chubar, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1985.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 b5 5. Bd3 b4 6. Ne2 d5 7. a3 dxe4 8. Bxe4
Nf6 9. Bd3 Qb6 10. axb4 Qxb4+ 11. c3 Qb6 12. O-O O-O 13. b4 Nd5 14. Nd2 Bg4 15.
Nc4 Qc7 16. f3 Be6 17. Kh1 Nd7 18. Bg5 N7b6 19. Na5 f5 20. Qd2 Bf7 21. c4 Nf6
22. Bf4 Qc8 23. Bh6 Nh5 24. Rfe1 Qc7 25. Bxg7 Nxg7 26. Nc1 Rad8 27. Ncb3 Rfe8
28. Qc3 Nd7 29. Bf1 e5 30. dxe5 Nxe5 31. Rxe5 Rxe5 32. Nxc6 Qxc6 33. Qxe5 Re8
34. Qd4 Ne6 35. Qxa7 Nf4 36. b5 Qf6 37. Qd4 Qg5 38. b6 Ne6 39. Qd6 Rd8 40. Qe5
Nf4 41. b7 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch54"]
[Site "Uzhgorod"]
[Date "1985.06.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Panchenko, Alexandar G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1985.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Bg4 8. c4
Nf6 9. Nc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 O-O 11. Be3 Nbd7 12. h3 Bh5 13. g4 Bg6 14. Ne5 Nxe5
15. dxe5 Ne4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Qb3 Bf3 18. Bxa7 Bxg4 19. hxg4 Rxa7 20. Rad1 Qe8
21. Rfe1 Kh8 22. Rd4 Bg5 23. Qd3 Ra8 24. Qf5 Be7 25. Rd7 g6 26. Qd3 Rd8 27. Rd1
Bg5 28. Qc3 Kg7 29. e6+ Bf6 30. Rxd8 Qc6 31. e7 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch54"]
[Site "Uzhgorod"]
[Date "1985.06.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Neverov, Valeriy"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E71"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1985.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 Na6 8. Bd3 Nc5
9. Bc2 Nh5 10. g3 Bd7 11. Qe2 a5 12. Nf3 a4 13. Nd2 a3 14. b4 Nf4 15. Qf1 Na6
16. Rb1 c6 17. b5 Qa5 18. bxa6 Qxc3 19. Kd1 bxa6 20. gxf4 exf4 21. Bxf4 cxd5
22. exd5 Rab8 23. Qd3 Qf6 24. Bg3 Bf5 25. Qxa3 Rxb1+ 26. Bxb1 Bxb1 27. Nxb1 Rb8
28. Nd2 Bh6 29. f4 Bxf4 30. Rf1 g5 31. Bxf4 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch54"]
[Site "Uzhgorod"]
[Date "1985.06.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vainerman, Igor"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1985.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 a5 11. Nc3 Na6 12. Rac1 Nb4 13. Rfd1 Rc8 14. Bxf6 Bxf6
15. e4 Bd7 16. h4 c6 17. Qe2 Qe8 18. b3 c5 19. dxc5 Rxc5 20. Nd5 Rxc1 21. Nxf6+
gxf6 22. Rxc1 e5 23. Qe3 Be6 24. h5 Qe7 25. h6 Rc8 26. Rxc8+ Bxc8 27. Nh4 Nc6
28. Nf5 Qd8 29. Qf3 Kh8 30. Bf1 Be6 31. Bc4 Bxc4 32. bxc4 Nd4 33. Nxd4 exd4 34.
e5 d3 35. Qg4 Qg8 36. Qd4 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch54"]
[Site "Uzhgorod"]
[Date "1985.06.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zaid, Leonid D"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1985.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxc4 5. Nc3 c6 6. a4 Bb4 7. e4 c5 8. Bxc4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 h6 10. Be3 Nxe4 11. O-O Bxc3 12. bxc3 O-O 13. Qc2 Nf6 14. Bf4 Nd5
15. Bg3 a6 16. Rad1 Qa5 17. Bxd5 exd5 18. Qb3 Nc6 19. Nf3 Be6 20. Nd4 Nxd4 21.
Rxd4 Rfc8 22. Rc1 Qc5 23. Bf4 Qe7 24. Qb4 Qd7 25. a5 Rc6 26. Rb1 Rac8 27. Qxb7
Qxb7 28. Rxb7 Rxc3 29. h3 R8c5 30. Bd2 R3c4 31. Rb4 Kh7 32. Kh2 g5 33. f4 Kg6
34. fxg5 hxg5 35. Ra4 Rc2 36. Ra3 R5c4 37. Rdd3 d4 38. Be1 Bf5 39. Rd2 Rxd2 40.
Bxd2 Rc2 41. Bb4 Be4 42. Rg3 d3 43. h4 f6 44. hxg5 f5 0-1

[Event "World U20-ch24"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "1985.09.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Moran, Bernardo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1985.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 Qb6 13. Bg2 O-O-O 14. O-O Bh6
15. Be3 Nxf6 16. Qf3 Bxe3 17. fxe3 Rh6 18. a4 a6 19. Qf4 Rdh8 20. Rf2 R8h7 21.
Raf1 Qd8 22. Be4 Rh8 23. Qg5 Nxe4 24. Nxe4 f5 25. Qxd8+ Rxd8 26. Nc5 Kb8 27. e4
Bc8 28. Rd2 Kc7 29. e5 Rhh8 30. a5 Rd5 31. Rfd1 Rhd8 32. Kf2 Rh8 33. Kg2 Rhd8
34. Kf3 Rh8 35. Rh1 Rh3 36. Kg2 Rh8 37. h4 Rhd8 38. Rdd1 Rxd4 39. Rxd4 Rxd4 40.
h5 Rd8 41. h6 Rh8 42. g4 fxg4 43. Kg3 Kd8 44. Kxg4 Ke7 45. Kg5 Kf7 46. Rf1+ Kg8
47. Kg6 1-0

[Event "World U20-ch24"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "1985.09.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zysk, Robert"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1985.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Qb6 7. a3 Bf5 8. b4
e6 9. Rc1 Ne4 10. e3 a6 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Bd6 14. Bxg7 Rg8
15. Bf6 Rg6 16. Bh4 Rh6 17. Bg3 Bxg3 18. fxg3 Ke7 19. Qg4 Rf6 20. Be2 a5 21.
Qh4 Rg8 22. Rf1 Rgg6 23. Rxf6 Rxf6 24. b5 Qd6 25. Rc5 e5 26. Bf3 exd4 27. exd4
Kf8 28. Qg5 Rg6 29. Qe5 Qxe5 30. dxe5 Re6 31. Bxe4 Rxe5 32. Rxd5 Rxe4+ 33. Kd2
Rc4 34. Rd7 b6 35. Rd6 Ra4 36. Rd3 Ke7 37. Kc2 Re4 38. Kd2 Ra4 39. Kc2 Re4 40.
Kd2 Ra4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World U20-ch24"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "1985.09.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Dobrey, N."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1985.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. Be2 Nc6 10. O-O a6 11. Rc1 Ba7 12. Qb3 Na5 13. Qc2 Nc6 14. Qb3 Na5
15. Qa3 Be6 16. Rfd1 Rc8 17. Ne5 Bb8 18. Nd3 Nc4 19. Qb4 Rc6 20. b3 Nd6 21. Nc5
Qc8 22. Nd3 Nde4 23. Nxe4 dxe4 24. Rxc6 Qxc6 25. Rc1 Qd5 26. Bxb8 Rxb8 27. Nc5
Rd8 28. h3 Qe5 29. Nxe6 fxe6 30. Qxb7 a5 31. Qc7 Qxc7 32. Rxc7 Rd2 33. Bc4 Nd5
34. Rc6 Kf7 35. a4 Rd1+ 36. Kh2 Rd2 37. Kg3 h5 38. h4 g5 39. hxg5 h4+ 40. Kxh4
Rxf2 41. Bxd5 exd5 42. Rf6+ Rxf6 43. gxf6 Kxf6 44. Kg3 Kg5 45. Kf2 Kg4 46. Kf1
Kg3 47. Kg1 Kh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World U20-ch24"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "1985.09.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Mishra, Neeraj Kumar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B88"]
[BlackElo "2280"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1985.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bc4 a6 7. Bb3 Nc6 8. Be3
Be7 9. f4 O-O 10. Qf3 Qc7 11. O-O-O Na5 12. g4 Nxb3+ 13. axb3 Nd7 14. Nf5 exf5
15. Nd5 Qd8 16. gxf5 Nf6 17. Nb6 Rb8 18. Rhg1 Kh8 19. Bd4 Rg8 20. Rg3 Bd7 21.
Rh3 g6 22. Nd5 Rg7 23. Nxe7 Qxe7 24. e5 Nh5 25. f6 Qd8 26. fxg7+ Kg8 27. Rxh5
gxh5 28. Qxh5 Qc8 29. Qg5 Bf5 30. c3 d5 31. Ba7 Ra8 32. Rxd5 Qc6 33. c4 Be6 34.
Rd6 Qe4 35. Bc5 Re8 36. Rd4 Qe3+ 37. Kb1 Qxb3 38. Rd8 Bf5+ 39. Ka1 Qa4+ 40. Ba3
Be6 41. f5 Bxc4 42. Qe7 1-0

[Event "World U20-ch24"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "1985.09.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Horvath, Csaba"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C05"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1985.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ndf3 Qb6 8. g3
cxd4 9. cxd4 Bb4+ 10. Kf2 f6 11. Kg2 g5 12. h3 gxf4 13. gxf4 Rg8+ 14. Kh2 fxe5
15. fxe5 Ndxe5 16. Bf4 Bd6 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Bb5+ Bd7 19. Bxd7+ Kxd7 20. Qh5
Nf3+ 0-1

[Event "World U20-ch24"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "1985.09.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Blatny, Pavel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C84"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1985.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d4 exd4 7. Re1 b5 8. Bb3
d6 9. Bd5 Bb7 10. Nxd4 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. exd5 Bb7 13. a4 O-O 14. axb5 axb5
15. Rxa8 Bxa8 16. Qe2 Bf6 17. Qxb5 c6 18. dxc6 Qc7 19. c3 Bxc6 20. Qb4 Be5 21.
Na3 Qd7 22. Nc2 Re8 23. h3 h5 24. Bf4 Qf5 25. Bxe5 Qxc2 26. Qxd6 Re6 27. Qb8+
Kh7 28. Re3 Rg6 29. Rg3 h4 30. Rg4 Rxg4 31. hxg4 Qd1+ 32. Kh2 Qf1 33. f3 h3 34.
Kxh3 Bxf3 35. Kg3 Qxg2+ 36. Kf4 Qxg4+ 37. Ke3 Qe4+ 38. Kf2 Qe2+ 39. Kg3 f6 40.
Bd6 Be4 41. Qc7 Qf3+ 42. Kh4 Bf5 0-1

[Event "World U20-ch24"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "1985.09.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Murshed, Niaz"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1985.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. exf6 gxh4 10. Ne5 Qxf6 11. g3 Nd7 12. Qe2 c5 13. Bg2 cxd4 14. Nxd7 Bxd7 15.
Nd5 Qg7 16. Nc7+ Kd8 17. Nxa8 Bb4+ 18. Kf1 d3 19. Qd1 Qxb2 20. Rb1 Qd2 21. f4
Qxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Ke7 23. Rb1 Ba3 24. Ke1 c3 25. Rb3 b4 26. Be4 Rc8 27. Rxa3 bxa3
28. Bxd3 Rxa8 29. Kd1 Ba4+ 30. Kc1 Rb8 31. Bc2 Bxc2 32. Kxc2 Rb2+ 33. Kxc3 Rxa2
0-1

[Event "World U20-ch24"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "1985.09.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Dlugy, Maxim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B17"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1985.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Ng5 e6 7. Qe2 Nb6 8.
Bd3 h6 9. N5f3 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Ne5 Nbd7 12. Ngf3 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 O-O 14. Bd2
Qd5 15. O-O Bd4 16. Nc4 b6 17. Ne3 Qh5 18. c3 Qxe2 19. Bxe2 Bc5 20. Bf3 Rb8 21.
b4 Be7 22. c4 Bb7 23. Bxb7 Rxb7 24. Rfd1 Ne4 25. Be1 Rc8 26. f4 Nd6 27. Rac1
Rbc7 28. Rd4 Rc6 29. Bf2 Bf6 30. Rd2 Nxc4 31. Rdc2 Bb2 32. Rd1 Nxe3 33. Rxc6
Rxc6 34. Bxe3 Kf8 35. Rd8+ Ke7 36. Ra8 Rc7 37. a4 Kd6 38. Rd8+ Rd7 39. Rc8 Kd5
40. Kf1 Bd4 41. Bd2 Ke4 42. Ke2 f6 43. Rc6 e5 44. fxe5 Bxe5 45. h3 Rc7 0-1

[Event "World U20-ch24"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "1985.09.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Michel Yunis, Christian D"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1985.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nge2 dxe4 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Nxc3 Nc6 7. Bb5 Nge7
8. Bg5 f6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 f5 11. f3 exf3 12. gxf3 f4 13. Bf2 e5 14. Bxc6
Nxc6 15. d5 Nb8 16. O-O-O Bf5 17. Rhe1 Nd7 18. Ne4 b6 19. Qc3 Rc8 20. Qc6 Qe8
21. Qb7 Qh5 22. d6 c6 23. Nd2 Qxh2 24. Re2 Qh5 25. Rde1 Qf7 26. b3 Qd5 27. Qa6
Qb5 28. Qxb5 cxb5 29. c4 Bd3 30. Rxe5 Nxe5 31. Rxe5 bxc4 32. bxc4 Rfd8 33. c5
0-1

[Event "World U20-ch24"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "1985.09.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Borges Matos, Juan R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1985.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Qb6 9. Be2 Bc5 10. Na4 Qa5+ 11. c3 Bxd4 12. Bxd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Nb8 14. Nc5 Nc6
15. Qf2 O-O 16. O-O Qc7 17. Bb5 Ne7 18. Bd3 Bd7 19. Rae1 a6 20. Nxd7 Qxd7 21.
Re3 f5 22. exf6 Rxf6 23. Rfe1 Raf8 24. Qe2 Rxf4 25. Rxe6 Ng6 26. g3 R4f6 27.
Rxf6 Rxf6 28. Qe8+ Nf8 29. Qxd7 Nxd7 30. Re8+ Kf7 31. Rc8 Rb6 32. b3 g6 33. Kf2
Ne5 34. Rc7+ Ke6 35. Be2 Rc6 36. Rxb7 Rxc3 37. Rb6+ Kf5 38. Rxa6 d4 39. Ke1 Rc2
40. a4 d3 41. Bd1 Rxh2 42. a5 Ke4 43. Re6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World U20-ch24"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "1985.09.23"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kuczynski, Robert"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1985.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. O-O Qc7 12. Bg5 O-O 13. Rc1 Ng4 14. Ng3 g6 15.
Bb1 Bd7 16. Nh4 Nf6 17. Qd3 Qd8 18. Rfe1 Ne7 19. Nf3 Qb6 20. Ne5 Bb5 21. Qd1
Kg7 22. Qd2 Rg8 23. h3 Be8 24. a3 a5 25. Rc3 a4 26. Nf3 Bf7 27. Ne5 Be8 28. Nf3
Bf7 29. Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World U20-ch24"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "1985.09.24"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1985.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. Re1 Bc5 8. c3
d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. a4 O-O 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Re8 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8 Bxa8 15.
d5 Na7 16. Na3 g5 17. Bg3 Nh5 18. Nc2 Bb7 19. Ne3 Bc8 20. Nd2 Nf4 21. Ndf1 h5
22. f3 f5 23. exf5 Bxf5 24. Kh1 Bd7 25. Bc2 Nc8 26. h3 Ne7 27. Bh2 Neg6 28. Qd2
Nh4 29. Be4 Rf8 30. g3 Nfg2 31. Nxg2 Nxf3 32. Bxf3 Rxf3 33. h4 Rf2 34. Qxg5+
Qxg5 35. hxg5 Bh3 36. Nfe3 Rxb2 37. Nh4 Rb3 38. Bg1 Rxc3 39. Nef5 Bxg1 40. Kxg1
Bxf5 41. Nxf5 Kf7 42. Kf2 Kg6 43. Ne3 b4 44. Rb1 b3 45. Nd1 Rd3 46. Ke2 Rxg3
47. Ne3 h4 48. Rxb3 Kxg5 49. Rb7 Kf4 50. Nf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "World U20-ch24"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "1985.09.25"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gil Capape, Javier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A41"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1985.09.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 e5 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 Bg4 5. Be2 Nd7 6. Nc3 Be7 7. O-O Bxf3 8. Bxf3
Bg5 9. Bxg5 Qxg5 10. d5 Qe7 11. dxc6 bxc6 12. Qa4 Rc8 13. Qxa7 Ngf6 14. Rfd1
O-O 15. Rd2 Qe6 16. b3 Rfd8 17. Rad1 Ne8 18. Na4 c5 19. Qa5 Ra8 20. Qc3 Ra6 21.
h3 Nef6 22. Bg4 Nxg4 23. hxg4 Rda8 24. Rd3 Rc6 25. Qd2 Raa6 26. g5 Nf8 27. Nc3
Qg6 28. Nb5 Ne6 29. Nxd6 Nd4 30. Nf5 Re6 31. b4 Ra8 32. bxc5 h6 33. gxh6 Nxf5
34. exf5 Qxf5 35. Rf3 Qh5 36. Rh3 Qf5 37. c6 gxh6 38. c7 Kg7 39. Qd7 Qc2 40.
Rf3 Re7 41. Qxe7 1-0

[Event "Minsk tt"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. e4 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qxd4 7. Bxb4 Qxe4+
8. Be2 Na6 9. Bd6 Qf5 10. Nf3 Qa5+ 11. Nd2 Ne7 12. O-O Nf5 13. Ne4 Nxd6 14.
Nxd6+ Ke7 15. Qd3 Rd8 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. Qxh7 Rxd6 18. Qxg7 e5 19. Qxe5+ Re6 20.
Qg5+ Rf6 21. Rd3 Qf4 22. Qg8 Rd6 23. Re3+ Re6 24. Rd1 Rxe3 25. Qd8+ Ke6 26.
Bg4+ f5 27. fxe3 Qe5 28. Bh5 Qc7 29. Qg8+ Ke5 30. Qe8+ Kf6 31. Rd8 Rb8 32. Qg6+
Ke5 33. Re8+ Be6 34. Rxe6# 1-0

[Event "SochiJ-A"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. Qa4 Nd7 7. Qxc4 Nb6 8.
Qd3 e5 9. Nxe5 Nb4 10. Qd1 Qxd4 11. Qxd4 Nc2+ 12. Kd1 Nxd4 13. e3 Ne6 14. Nc3
f6 15. Nd3 Nc5 16. Nxc5 Bxc5 17. Kc2 Bf5+ 18. e4 Be6 19. f4 O-O-O 20. b3 h5 21.
h3 f5 22. Bb2 h4 23. g4 fxg4 24. f5 gxh3 25. Bxh3 Bd7 26. e5 Bc6 27. f6+ Kb8
28. fxg7 Rh7 29. Rad1 Re8 30. Bf5 Rxg7 31. Rxh4 Rg5 32. Ne4 Rxf5 33. Nxc5 Nd5
34. Kb1 b6 35. Na6+ Kb7 36. Nb4 Ne3 37. Rc1 Bf3 38. Rh7 Rc8 39. Bd4 Rxe5 40.
Rhxc7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "SochiJ-A"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Nc3 dxc4 7. Ne5 c5 8. dxc5
Qxd1+ 9. Nxd1 Nfd7 10. Nxc4 Nxc5 11. O-O Nc6 12. Nc3 Bd7 13. Bf4 Rfd8 14. Rfd1
Be8 15. Nb5 Rd7 16. Rxd7 Bxd7 17. Rd1 Ne5 18. Ncd6 Nc4 19. Nc7 Bxd6 20. Bxd6
Rc8 21. Bxc5 Rxc7 22. b3 Nb6 23. Bd6 Rc2 24. Bxb7 Rxe2 25. Bb8 Rxa2 26. Bc6 1-0

[Event "SochiJ-A"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Sorokin, Maxim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Bg5 Qc7 6. a4 Bb4 7. e4 b5 8. Be2
Nf6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. O-O Bb7 11. axb5 Bxc3 12. bxc3 cxb5 13. d5 exd5 14. Nd4 a6
15. Bh5 dxe4 16. Ne6 Qd7 17. Qg4 Ke7 18. Qg7 Qxe6 19. Qxh8 Qf5 20. g4 Qe6 21.
f4 Qb6+ 22. Rf2 Nd7 23. Qxh7 Rf8 24. g5 Nc5 25. Be2 Nd3 26. Bxd3 cxd3 27. Re1
fxg5 28. fxg5 Qg6 29. Qxg6 fxg6 30. Rxf8 Kxf8 31. Kf2 Ke7 32. Ke3 Kd6 33. Rf1
a5 34. Rf6+ Kc5 35. Rxg6 a4 36. Rf6 a3 37. h4 a2 38. Rf1 b4 39. cxb4+ Kxb4 40.
g6 Bd5 41. h5 Ka3 42. h6 d2 43. h7 1-0

[Event "SochiJ-A"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Martynov, Pavel"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D86"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Be3 Nc6 9. Ne2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Qd2 Qd6 12. Bd3 Rad8 13. Rad1 e6 14. Bh6 e5
15. d5 Na5 16. c4 Bxh6 17. Qxh6 Bc8 18. Nc1 Nb7 19. Nb3 Bd7 20. Rc1 c5 21. Nd2
Qe7 22. f4 f6 23. Qh4 Rde8 24. Rf2 exf4 25. Qxf4 Nd6 26. Rcf1 Kg7 27. h3 Qe5
28. g4 Qxf4 29. Rxf4 h6 30. Kg2 a6 31. R4f2 g5 32. Kg3 b5 33. Re1 Re7 34. Rfe2
Rfe8 35. Kg2 Kg8 36. Rc1 b4 37. Rce1 a5 38. Nf3 Nf7 39. a3 b3 40. a4 Rb8 41.
Rb2 Rb4 42. Nd2 Bxa4 43. Re3 Reb7 44. Be2 Nd6 0-1

[Event "SochiJ-A"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ruzele, Darius"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O exd4 8. Nxd4
Re8 9. f3 c6 10. Kh1 Nbd7 11. Bg5 Qb6 12. Nb3 a5 13. Na4 Qb4 14. Nc1 d5 15. a3
Qe7 16. exd5 cxd5 17. Bh4 dxc4 18. Bxc4 Ne5 19. Bb5 Bd7 20. Qe2 Bxb5 21. Qxb5
Qd7 22. Nc3 Qxb5 23. Nxb5 Nd5 24. Ra2 Rec8 25. b3 Nc3 26. Nxc3 Rxc3 27. a4 Rac8
28. Ra1 Rc2 29. Rb1 Bh6 30. f4 Bxf4 31. Rxf4 Rxc1+ 32. Rf1 Nd3 33. Bg5 Rxf1+
34. Rxf1 Rc3 35. Rb1 Nc5 36. b4 axb4 37. Rxb4 f6 38. Bh6 Rb3 39. Rxb3 Nxb3 40.
Be3 Kf7 41. g4 Ke6 42. Kg2 Ke5 43. Kf2 Ke4 44. h3 f5 45. gxf5 gxf5 46. Bb6 f4
47. Ba7 Nc1 48. Bb6 Nd3+ 49. Ke2 f3+ 50. Kf1 h5 51. Ba7 Nb2 52. a5 Nc4 0-1

[Event "SochiJ-A"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Serper, Grigory"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 d5 4. e3 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 a6 8. a4
c5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Ne5 Nb4 11. Qe2 b6 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. b3 Qc7 14. Nf3 Bb7 15.
h3 Nc6 16. Bb2 Na5 17. Bd3 Nxb3 18. Rad1 Be7 19. Ng5 Nc5 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. Bxf6
Bxf6 22. Bxh7+ Kh8 23. Qh5 Bxg5 24. Qxg5 Kxh7 25. Rd4 Ne4 0-1

[Event "SochiJ-A"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sorokin, Maxim"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. O-O Bd6 12. g3 O-O 13. Bf4 Bxf4 14. Nxf4 Qb6
15. Qd2 Kh8 16. Qe3 Bd7 17. Rfe1 Rae8 18. Ne5 Qxb2 19. Rab1 Qxd4 20. Qxd4 Nxd4
21. Rxb7 Bc8 22. Rxa7 Ng4 23. Nxg4 Nf3+ 24. Kf1 e5 25. Bb5 Bxg4 26. Bxe8 Rxe8
27. Nxd5 Nd2+ 28. Kg1 Nf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS"]
[Site "Soviet Union"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Lagunow, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6 8.
Be2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 Bf5 12. Bf4 Re8 13. Rad1 Ne4 14. Bd3 Nd6
15. Bxd6 Bxd3 16. Rxd3 Qxd6 17. Ng5 h6 18. Nge4 Qb6 19. a3 Qxb2 20. d6 Rad8 21.
Rb1 b5 22. Qd5 Rxd6 23. Qxd6 Rxe4 24. g3 Qc2 25. Nxe4 Qxb1+ 26. Kg2 Bd4 27.
Rxd4 cxd4 28. Nf6+ Kg7 29. Ne8+ Kg8 30. Nf6+ Kg7 31. Qxa6 Qf5 32. Ne8+ Kf8 33.
Nd6 Qd5+ 34. Kg1 d3 35. Nxb5 d2 36. Nc3 d1=Q+ 37. Nxd1 Qxd1+ 38. Kg2 Qd5+ 39.
Kg1 Qd4 40. Kg2 Qd5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch otbor"]
[Site "Pinsk"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Be7 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. g3 Na6 14. Bg2 Bb7
15. a4 O-O-O 16. axb5 cxb5 17. Bxb7+ Kxb7 18. Nxb5 e5 19. d5 Nb4 20. Rxa7+ Kb6
21. Qa4 Nd3+ 22. Kd2 Qxf2+ 23. Kc3 Qxb2+ 24. Kxc4 Rc8+ 25. Kxd3 e4+ 26. Ke3
Rc3+ 27. Nxc3 Qxc3+ 28. Kxe4 f5+ 29. Kf4 Qd2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch otbor"]
[Site "Pinsk"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Glek, Igor Vladimirovich"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nd3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. b3 Nc6 7. Bb2 Bf5 8.
g4 Bd7 9. Bg2 O-O-O 10. O-O Nc5 11. Qxe7 Bxe7 12. Nxc5 dxc5 13. Re1 Bf6 14.
Bxf6 gxf6 15. Bxc6 Bxc6 16. Re3 h5 17. d3 hxg4 18. Nd2 f5 19. Re5 f4 20. Nf1
Rde8 21. Rae1 Kd7 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. Rxe8 Kxe8 24. Nd2 Ke7 25. Kf1 Ke6 26. Ke2
Bd5 27. Nb1 Kf5 28. Nc3 c6 29. a4 a5 30. Kf1 Kg5 31. Ke1 Bf3 32. Kf1 Kh4 33.
Nb1 Kh3 34. Kg1 Bd1 35. Na3 b5 36. axb5 cxb5 37. Nxb5 Bxc2 38. d4 Bd3 39. Na7
c4 40. bxc4 Bxc4 41. Nc6 a4 42. Nb4 a3 43. Nc2 a2 44. Na1 f5 45. Nc2 g3 46.
hxg3 fxg3 47. f3 f4 0-1

[Event "URS-ch otbor"]
[Site "Pinsk"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Grigorian, Karen Ashotovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A59"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. e4 Bxf1 8.
Kxf1 d6 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. g3 Bg7 11. Qe2 O-O 12. Kg2 Nb6 13. Bf4 Nh5 14. Rhd1 Na4
15. Nxa4 Nxf4+ 16. gxf4 Rxa4 17. b3 Bxa1 18. bxa4 Bg7 19. Nd2 Qa5 20. Nc4 Qxa4
21. Rb1 Bd4 22. a3 Qa8 23. Qf3 Kg7 24. Rb6 Qa4 25. Qd3 Ra8 26. Rb7 Kf8 27. e5
Ra7 28. Rb8+ Kg7 29. exd6 Qd7 30. f5 exd6 31. Rb6 Qd8 32. Qg3 Be5 33. f4 Bd4
34. Qe1 Rxa3 35. Rb7 Ra2+ 36. Kh3 Rc2 37. Qe6 Kh6 38. Qxf7 Rxh2+ 39. Kxh2 Qh4+
40. Kg2 Qf2+ 41. Kh3 Qf1+ 42. Kg3 Bf2+ 43. Kf3 Bg1+ 0-1

[Event "URS-ch otbor"]
[Site "Pinsk"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kengis, Edvins"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Nc6 8.
Be2 a5 9. O-O Bg4 10. d5 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Ne5 12. Qb3 c6 13. f4 Ned7 14. dxc6 bxc6
15. e5 Nd5 16. Nxd5 cxd5 17. Qxd5 e6 18. Qd6 Nb6 19. Rd1 Nd5 20. Qxd8 Rfxd8 21.
Bd2 a4 22. Bf3 Rab8 23. Bxd5 Rxd5 24. Bc3 Rc5 25. Rd4 a3 26. Rad1 Rcc8 27. R1d2
Bf8 28. Ra4 Rb7 29. Kg2 Be7 30. Kf3 h6 31. Bd4 g5 32. bxa3 gxf4 33. Re2 Bg5 34.
Rb4 Rd7 35. Ke4 Kh7 36. f3 Be7 37. Ra4 Bc5 38. Bxc5 Rxc5 39. Kxf4 Rc3 40. Kg3
Rd5 41. Rf4 Kg7 42. a4 Ra3 43. Rg4+ Kf8 44. Rb4 Ra5 45. Ree4 h5 46. h4 Rxa2 47.
Kf4 Ra3 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch otbor"]
[Site "Pinsk"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Serper, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. h4 Rc8 11. Bb3 h5 12. O-O-O Ne5 13. Bg5 Rc5 14. f4 Nc6 15.
e5 Bg4 16. Nxc6 Rxc6 17. f5 Rxc3 18. exf6 exf6 19. bxc3 fxg5 20. fxg6 Bxd1 21.
Rxd1 gxh4 22. gxf7+ Kh8 23. Rf1 Qa5 24. Rf6 Kh7 25. Qd3+ Kh8 26. Rf5 Bh6+ 27.
Kb2 Qb6 28. Rxh5 Kg7 29. Rxh4 1-0

[Event "URS-ch otbor"]
[Site "Pinsk"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 Nbd7 8. O-O
Nc5 9. Qc2 a5 10. Bg5 h6 11. Be3 b6 12. Nd2 Ng4 13. Bxg4 Bxg4 14. a3 Bd7 15. b4
Na6 16. Rab1 f5 17. f3 f4 18. Bf2 g5 19. bxa5 bxa5 20. c5 g4 21. c6 Bc8 22.
fxg4 Bxg4 23. Nf3 Bf6 24. Qe2 Kh8 25. Kh1 Rg8 26. Rb5 Nc5 27. Bxc5 dxc5 28. Na4
Qe7 29. Nxc5 Rg6 30. Rd1 Rag8 31. d6 Qg7 32. d7 Bxf3 33. Qxf3 Rxg2 34. Rbb1 Qg5
35. Qh3 Be7 36. Rbc1 Rg4 37. Nb7 Qg6 38. Qf3 Qh5 39. Rc3 Qg6 40. Rcc1 Qh5 41.
Rd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch otbor"]
[Site "Pinsk"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Vyzmanavin, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A95"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Ne4 8. Bf4
f5 9. Ne5 Nd7 10. Nc3 c6 11. Nxe4 fxe4 12. f3 exf3 13. Nxf3 c5 14. dxc5 Bxc5+
15. Kh1 Nf6 16. Ne5 Bd6 17. Qd4 Qb6 18. Qxb6 axb6 19. Nd3 Rd8 20. Bxd6 Rxd6 21.
Ne5 Bd7 22. Rfd1 Bc6 23. e4 Rdd8 24. exd5 exd5 25. Nxc6 bxc6 26. cxd5 Nxd5 27.
a3 Rd6 28. Rd2 Rad8 29. Rad1 Kf7 30. Kg1 Ke6 31. Bh3+ Ke7 32. Re1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch otbor"]
[Site "Pinsk"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kupreichik, Viktor D"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Bg4 9. c3 O-O 10. d3 Na5 11. Bc2 b4 12. Nbd2 Nd7 13. h3 Bh5 14. Nf1 Bxf3 15.
Qxf3 Rb8 16. d4 Bg5 17. Bxg5 Qxg5 18. Qd3 b3 19. Bd1 exd4 20. cxd4 c5 21. Qxa6
cxd4 22. Qxd6 Ne5 23. Qxd4 Qf6 24. Qc3 Nac4 25. Ne3 Nxe3 26. Rxe3 Rfc8 27. Qe1
Rd8 28. Rxb3 Rxb3 29. Bxb3 Nd3 30. Qf1 Qxb2 31. Bc4 Ne5 32. Bd5 g5 33. a5 Rd7
34. a6 Ra7 35. Rb1 Qd4 36. Qc1 h6 37. Qc8+ Kg7 38. Rb8 Ng6 39. Qg8+ Kf6 40. Rb7
1-0

[Event "URS-ch otbor"]
[Site "Pinsk"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Smagin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 a6 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. d3 Bd6 7. Qe2 Qe7 8.
Bd2 Bd7 9. Nd1 Nh5 10. g3 g6 11. Ne3 b5 12. O-O-O f6 13. Kb1 Ng7 14. h4 Ne6 15.
h5 O-O-O 16. Bc3 Kb7 17. d4 exd4 18. Nxd4 Ng5 19. f3 Bxg3 20. Nb3 Bd6 21. Na5+
Kc8 22. Ng4 Bxg4 23. Nxc6 Qxe4 24. Qxe4 Nxe4 25. Nxd8 Bxf3 26. Nf7 Nxc3+ 27.
bxc3 Rf8 28. hxg6 hxg6 29. Rxd6 Bxh1 30. Rxf6 Kb8 31. c4 bxc4 32. Kb2 Ka7 33.
Rf1 Bd5 0-1

[Event "URS-ch otbor"]
[Site "Pinsk"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. d4 Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Nc3 b5 11. Qd3 b4 12. Nb1 Be4 13. Qd1 c5 14. Bf4 Nbd7 15.
Nbd2 Bd5 16. Re1 Rc8 17. e4 Bb7 18. Bg5 cxd4 19. e5 Nd5 20. Bxe7 Nxe7 21. Ne4
Bxe4 22. Rxe4 Nc6 23. Nxd4 Ncxe5 24. Nb3 Rc4 25. Rxc4 Nxc4 26. Qe2 Nde5 27. Rd1
Qb6 28. Rd4 Na5 29. Qxe5 Nxb3 30. Rg4 g6 31. Qf4 Rd8 32. Be4 f5 33. Rg5 Rd4 34.
Qe5 Rxe4 35. Qf6 Nd4 36. Qe7 Nf3+ 37. Kg2 Nxg5 38. Qxg5 0-1

[Event "URS-ch otbor"]
[Site "Pinsk"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 c5 13. d5 Qb6 14. Bg2 b4 15. O-O
O-O-O 16. Rb1 Qa6 17. dxe6 Bxg2 18. e7 Bxf1 19. Qd5 Bh6 20. exd8=Q+ Kxd8 21.
Ne4 Bh3 22. Nxc5 Be6 23. Nxe6+ fxe6 24. Qa8+ Qc8 25. Qxa7 Bxg5 26. Qa5+ Qc7 27.
Qxg5 Qe5 28. Qd2 c3 29. bxc3 bxc3 30. Qd3 Qf5 31. Qxf5 exf5 32. Rc1 Nxf6 33.
Rxc3 Ke7 34. a4 Ra8 35. Ra3 Ra5 36. Kg2 f4 37. h4 Ke6 38. Kf3 Kf5 39. Ra1 Ng4
40. gxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-chT Army"]
[Site "Novosibirsk"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rychagov, Andrey"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. g4 Be6 10. O-O-O Ne5 11. h3 Qa5 12. Nxe6 Nxf3 13. Qg2 fxe6 14. Qxf3 Nd5
15. Rxd5 exd5 16. Qd1 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Rac8 18. Qxd5+ Qxd5 19. exd5 Rxc3 20. Bd3
Rf3 21. Kd2 Ra3 22. Ke2 Rf8 23. Ra1 a6 24. h4 b5 25. h5 Ra4 26. Rg1 Kg7 27. Rg3
e6 28. dxe6 Re8 29. Bd2 Rxe6+ 30. Kd1 Rxa2 31. Bc3+ Kg8 32. hxg6 hxg6 33. Bf5
Re7 34. Bxg6 Ra3 35. Rd3 a5 36. Bf6 Rxd3+ 37. Bxd3 Rb7 38. Be4 Rc7 39. Bd8 Ra7
40. Bb6 Rg7 41. Bf5 a4 42. Kc1 b4 43. Kb2 Rb7 44. Bd4 b3 45. c4 Kf8 46. g5 Rf7
47. Bf6 1-0

[Event "URS-chT Army"]
[Site "Novosibirsk"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. c4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Nbd2
b5 9. Ng5 Ra7 10. b3 cxb3 11. Nxb3 Bb7 12. Bxb7 Rxb7 13. e4 Nfd7 14. Nf3 c5 15.
dxc5 Nxc5 16. Nxc5 Qc8 17. Be3 Rc7 18. Qb3 Bxc5 19. Bf4 Rb7 20. Rac1 Nd7 21.
Ne5 Nxe5 22. Bxe5 Rb6 23. Rc3 Rc6 24. Rfc1 g5 25. Qc2 f6 26. Bd4 Bxd4 27. Rxc6
Qd7 28. Rc7 Qe8 29. Qc6 Qxc6 30. R1xc6 f5 31. Rd7 1-0

[Event "URS-ch U20"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dokhoian, Yury"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1986.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Qb3 Ne4 6. g3 f5 7. Bg2 Nd7 8. O-O
Be7 9. Bf4 O-O 10. Rad1 Kh8 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Nd6 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Bxd6
Bxd6 15. e3 Qe7 16. Qc2 Bd7 17. Rfe1 g5 18. a3 Rae8 19. Qd2 Qg7 20. f4 gxf4 21.
gxf4 Be7 22. Re2 Bh4 23. Kh1 Re6 24. Bf3 Rg8 25. Rg2 Qe7 26. Rxg8+ Kxg8 27.
Rg1+ Kf8 28. Nd1 Be8 29. Rg2 Bg6 30. Qd3 Qf7 31. Qe2 Bf6 32. Qd2 Bh5 33. Qe2
Bxf3 34. Qxf3 Bh4 35. Nc3 Rh6 36. Kg1 Qh5 37. Qxh5 Rxh5 38. Ne2 Rh6 39. Nc1 Bf6
40. Nd3 Rh3 41. Rg3 Rxg3+ 42. hxg3 Ke7 43. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch U20"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1986.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Qb6 8. Na4
Qa5+ 9. c3 cxd4 10. b4 Nxb4 11. cxb4 Bxb4+ 12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13. Nxd2 b6 14. Qb3 g5
15. Qb5 gxf4 16. Qxa5 bxa5 17. Nf3 Rb8 18. Bd3 O-O 19. Rc1 f6 20. Nxd4 Nxe5 21.
Bc2 Rb4 22. Rd1 Nc4 23. Bb3 Ne3 24. Rd2 Kh8 25. Nc2 Nxc2+ 26. Rxc2 e5 27. Rc5
d4 28. Rxa5 Rb7 29. Nc5 Re7 30. Rf1 h5 31. Rf2 h4 32. h3 Rd8 33. Nd3 Bf5 34.
Kd2 Bxd3 35. Kxd3 e4+ 36. Kc2 d3+ 37. Kb2 e3 38. Rxf4 e2 39. Rh5+ Rh7 40. Rxh7+
Kxh7 41. Rxh4+ Kg7 42. Re4 Rc8 43. Re7+ Kf8 44. Re6 Re8 0-1

[Event "URS-ch U20"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Glek, Igor Vladimirovich"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1986.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. f4 Nc6 7. Ndf3 Rb8 8. Bd3
b5 9. Ne2 Qb6 10. O-O b4 11. Kh1 Ba6 12. f5 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Qb5 14. Qe3 bxc3 15.
bxc3 cxd4 16. Nfxd4 Nxd4 17. cxd4 Be7 18. Bd2 exf5 19. Rxf5 O-O 20. Raf1 f6 21.
e6 Nb6 22. Rh5 Rb7 23. Rc1 Bd6 24. Nc3 Qe8 25. Qh3 g6 26. Rxd5 Bb4 27. Rc5 Re7
28. Re1 f5 29. Qd3 Rxe6 30. Rce5 Rxe5 31. dxe5 Rf7 32. Nd5 Nxd5 33. Qxd5 Bxd2
34. Qxd2 Rd7 35. Qc3 Qe6 36. h3 Re7 37. Qc5 Kf7 38. a4 f4 39. Qd4 Qf5 40. e6+
Rxe6 41. Qxa7+ Kf6 42. Qd4+ Kg5 43. Qd8+ Kh5 44. Rf1 Qe5 45. Rd1 g5 46. Qd3 h6
47. Qf3+ Kg6 48. h4 Qe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch U20"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1986.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Be2 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bg4 6. O-O Nc6 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2
e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Rad1 Qc8 11. Qc1 Rd8 12. Rxd8+ Qxd8 13. Rd1 Qf8 14. h3 Bxf3
15. Bxf3 Rd8 16. Nb5 Rxd1+ 17. Qxd1 Qb8 18. c3 Bf8 19. Bg5 Be7 20. Bxf6 Bxf6
21. Qd7 Qd8 22. Bg4 h5 23. Qxd8+ Bxd8 24. Bc8 b6 25. Bb7 Na5 26. Ba6 Nc6 27.
Bb7 Na5 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch U20"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "1986.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bxd7+ Nxd7 7. Ne2 c4 8.
b3 cxb3 9. axb3 a6 10. O-O Bd6 11. c4 Ne7 12. c5 Bc7 13. Nf3 Nb8 14. Bg5 f6 15.
Bf4 Nbc6 16. Qd2 Ba5 17. Qd3 O-O 18. Bd6 Re8 19. Ng3 Qd7 20. h3 Nc8 21. Bf4
N8a7 22. Bd2 Bc7 23. Rfe1 Nb5 24. Nf1 Qf7 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. Ne3 Re4 27. Nc2
Qd7 28. Be3 g6 29. Na3 Nba7 30. Rb1 Nb4 31. Qc3 Ba5 32. Nd2 Re8 33. Ndc4 dxc4
34. Nxc4 Nb5 35. Qd2 Nxd4 36. Nxa5 Nbc2 37. Rd1 Rd8 38. Kh1 Qb5 39. b4 Nxb4 40.
Bxd4 Qxa5 41. Qe1 Kf7 42. Bc3 Rxd1 43. Qxd1 Qxc5 44. Qd7+ Qe7 45. Qxe7+ Kxe7
46. Bxb4+ Ke6 47. Kg1 Kd5 48. Kf1 Kc4 49. Ba5 b5 50. Ke2 b4 51. Kd2 Kb3 52. Kc1
f5 53. h4 Ka4 54. Bd8 Kb3 55. Kb1 Kc3 56. g3 Kb3 57. Bf6 Ka3 58. Bg7 Kb3 59.
Bb2 a5 60. Bf6 a4 61. Bb2 Kc4 62. Kc2 a3 63. Bg7 b3+ 64. Kd2 Kd5 65. Bf8 Ke4
66. Bxa3 Kf3 67. Bc5 f4 68. Bd6 1-0

[Event "URS-ch U20"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E07"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1986.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. g3 c6 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. O-O Be7 8. a4
O-O 9. e4 b6 10. Qe2 a5 11. Rd1 Ba6 12. Bf4 Re8 13. Nd2 Nf8 14. Nxc4 Ng6 15.
Be3 Nd5 16. e5 Rc8 17. Rac1 Nxe3 18. fxe3 b5 19. Na3 Qb6 20. Bf1 Rb8 21. axb5
cxb5 22. Naxb5 Bg5 23. h4 Bh6 24. Re1 Ne7 25. g4 Nd5 26. Qf2 Bxe3 27. Rxe3 Nxe3
28. Qxe3 Bxb5 29. Nxb5 Rec8 30. Bd3 Rxc1+ 31. Qxc1 Qd8 32. g5 h6 33. Qf4 hxg5
34. hxg5 Qd7 35. Nd6 g6 36. Qf2 Qe7 37. Ne4 Kg7 38. b3 Rc8 39. Bc4 Rd8 40. Kg2
Qb7 41. Kg3 Rf8 1-0

[Event "URS-ch U20"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "1986.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. d5 Ne5 7. Qb3 Bxd2+ 8.
Nxd2 O-O 9. Nh3 d6 10. Nf4 Ng6 11. Nd3 Ng4 12. h3 Nh6 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. e3 Rb8
15. c5 d5 16. c6 b6 17. e4 Ba6 18. O-O dxe4 19. Nxe4 Rbd8 20. Rfd1 Nf5 21. Nb4
Be2 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Nc2 Rd3 24. Nc3 Nxg3 25. Ne1 Rxc3 26. Qxc3 Nf5 27. Qd2
Bh5 28. Qd7 Nf4 29. Qxe7 Nxe7 30. Bf1 Kf7 31. b4 Nxc6 32. Rc1 Nxb4 33. Rxc7+
Kf6 34. Rxa7 Bg6 35. Nf3 Nbd5 36. Nd2 Bf5 37. Kh2 g5 38. Nc4 h5 39. Rb7 Nc3 40.
a3 Be4 41. Rxb6 Nd1 42. Kg1 Nc3 43. Rb3 Nce2+ 44. Bxe2 Nxe2+ 45. Kh2 Nd4 46.
Re3 Nf3+ 47. Kg3 h4+ 48. Kg2 Nd2+ 49. f3 Nxc4 50. Rxe4 Nxa3 51. f4 gxf4 52.
Rxf4+ Kg5 53. Rg4+ Kf5 54. Rxh4 e5 55. Rh8 Nb5 56. Rf8+ Kg6 57. Kg3 Nd6 58. Kf3
Kg5 59. Rg8+ Kf6 60. h4 Kf7 61. Rg4 Kf6 62. h5 Nf7 63. Ke4 Ng5+ 64. Ke3 Kf5 65.
Rg2 Nf7 66. Rg3 Kf6 67. Ke4 Ng5+ 68. Kd5 e4 69. Kd4 Kf5 70. h6 1-0

[Event "URS-ch U20"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kuporosov, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1986.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 a6 6. Ne5 c5 7. Be3 Nd5 8. dxc5
Nd7 9. Bd4 Nxe5 10. Bxe5 f6 11. Bd4 Bxc5 12. Bxc5 Qa5+ 13. Nd2 Qxc5 14. Rc1 b5
15. b3 Bb7 16. O-O Ne3 17. fxe3 Qxe3+ 18. Rf2 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Rd8 20. Rc2 c3 21.
Rf3 Rxd2 22. Rxe3 Rxd1 23. Rexc3 Ke7 24. Rc6 Rd6 25. Rc7+ Rd7 26. R7c6 Rd6 27.
Rc7+ Rd7 28. R7c6 Rd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch U20"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Novikov, Igor A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1986.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 a6 6. Ne5 c5 7. Be3 Nd5 8. dxc5
Nd7 9. Bd4 Nxe5 10. Bxe5 f6 11. Bd4 Bxc5 12. Bxc5 Qa5+ 13. Nd2 Qxc5 14. Rc1 b5
15. b3 Bb7 16. O-O c3 17. Ne4 Qc7 18. b4 Rd8 19. Qb3 Kf7 20. Nc5 Bc8 21. Rfd1
Nb6 22. Qxc3 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. Rxd8 Qxd8 25. f4 Qd1+ 26. Kf2 Nd5 27. Bxd5
Qxd5 28. Qd3 Qxd3 29. Nxd3 Ke7 30. Ke3 Kd6 31. Kd4 Bb7 32. e4 h6 33. e5+ Kc6
34. Nc5 Bc8 35. exf6 gxf6 36. Ne4 e5+ 37. fxe5 fxe5+ 38. Kxe5 Bh3 39. Nf2 Bc8
40. g4 Kd7 41. Kf6 Kd6 42. h4 Kd5 43. h5 Be6 44. g5 hxg5 45. h6 Bg8 46. Kg7 1-0

[Event "URS-ch U20"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Oll, Lembit"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1986.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. O-O Qc7 12. h3 O-O 13. Be3 Bd7 14. Rc1 Rae8 15.
Nc3 Qb8 16. Bb1 Re7 17. Nb5 Bf4 18. Re1 Be8 19. Qd2 Ne4 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Bxf4
Qxf4 22. Qxf4 Rxf4 23. Nd2 Bg6 24. Nd6 Nxd4 25. N2xe4 Rd7 26. Rc4 e5 27. Rc5
Nc6 28. a3 Rf8 29. b4 a6 30. f3 Bxe4 31. Nxe4 Rd3 32. Ra1 Rfd8 33. Ra2 Rb3 34.
Nd2 Rbd3 35. Ne4 Rb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch U20"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Pigusov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1986.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 c5 7. Bb2 Nc6 8. e3 d4
9. exd4 cxd4 10. d3 e5 11. Re1 Nd7 12. a3 a5 13. Qc2 f6 14. Nbd2 Nc5 15. Ne4
Na6 16. h3 Be6 17. g4 Qd7 18. Ng3 Nc5 19. Nd2 Rab8 20. Nde4 Nxe4 21. Bxe4 Rfc8
22. Bc1 b5 23. Bd2 g6 24. f4 a4 25. f5 Bf7 26. b4 bxc4 27. dxc4 d3 28. Qxd3
Qxd3 29. Bxd3 Rd8 30. Re3 Na5 31. Rc1 Bf8 32. Ne4 Nb3 33. Rc2 Nxd2 34. Rxd2
gxf5 35. gxf5 Bh6 36. Kf2 Kf8 37. c5 Ke7 38. Rc2 Bxe3+ 39. Kxe3 Rd4 40. b5 Bd5
41. c6 Rc8 42. c7 Bxe4 43. Bxe4 Rd6 44. Bb7 Kd7 45. Bxc8+ Kxc8 46. Rc5 h6 47.
h4 h5 48. Ke4 Rb6 49. Kd5 Rb7 50. Kd6 e4 51. Rc4 Rxb5 52. Rxe4 Rb6+ 53. Kc5
Kxc7 54. Rc4 Kb7 55. Rxa4 1-0

[Event "URS-ch U20"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1986.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. O-O Qc7 12. g3 O-O 13. Bf4 Bxf4 14. Nxf4 Qb6
15. Qd2 Kh8 16. Qe3 Qxb2 17. Rab1 Qa3 18. Ng5 Qd6 19. Rfe1 Bd7 20. Nfxe6 Bxe6
21. Qxe6 Qxe6 22. Nxe6 Rf7 23. f4 Re7 24. f5 g6 25. Ng5 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 gxf5 27.
Nf7+ Kg7 28. Nd6 Nxd4 29. Re7+ Kg6 30. Rxb7 Ne4 31. Nb5 Nf3+ 32. Kf1 Nc5 33.
Bxf5+ Kxf5 34. Rf7+ Ke4 35. Nc3+ Ke3 36. Nxd5+ Kd4 37. Nc7 Rc8 38. Nb5+ Ke3 39.
Re7+ Kd3 40. Kg2 a6 41. Nd6 Rf8 42. Rxh7 Ne5 43. h4 Kd4 44. Rc7 Ncd3 45. h5 Kd5
46. Nc8 Rf2+ 47. Kh3 Rxa2 48. Kh4 Nc5 49. Nb6+ Kd4 50. Rc8 Ne6 51. g4 Rg2 0-1

[Event "URS-ch U20"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Yakovich, Yuri"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1986.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. d4 Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. Bd2 e6 8.
Bc4 Bb4 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Qf5 11. Be2 Bg6 12. Rc1 Nc6 13. O-O O-O-O 14. Qe1
Nd5 15. Bd2 Nf4 16. Bxf4 Qxf4 17. c3 Bh5 18. Rc2 Rd5 19. Qc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-chT Republics 18th final A"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1986.07.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Pigusov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1986.07.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. h4 a5 13. a3 e5 14. Be3 b4 15.
Nd5 a4 16. Bc4 bxa3 17. Rxa3 Rb8 18. b3 axb3 19. cxb3 Nxd5 20. Bxd5 Be6 21. Kf2
Bxd5 22. Qxd5 Qe7 23. Ra7 Qe6 24. Qxe6 fxe6 25. Rd1 Rf7 26. Rxd6 Rxa7 27. Bxa7
Rxb3 28. Rxe6 Rb2+ 29. Kg3 Kf7 30. Rc6 Rb7 31. Be3 Bf6 32. Bh6 Ra7 33. Kg4 Rb7
34. g3 Be7 35. Rc8 Bf6 36. h5 Rb3 37. Rc7+ Kg8 38. hxg6 hxg6 39. Bd2 Rb6 40.
Bc3 Re6 41. f4 Kf8 42. Rc5 exf4 43. Bxf6 Rxf6 44. gxf4 Re6 45. e5 Re7 46. Rc6
1-0

[Event "URS-chT Republics 18th final A"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1986.07.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C43"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1986.07.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Lithunia"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LTU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. c4 Bxe5 8.
dxe5 Nc6 9. cxd5 Qxd5 10. Qc2 Nb4 11. Bxe4 Nxc2 12. Bxd5 Bf5 13. g4 Bxg4 14.
Be4 Nxa1 15. Bf4 f5 16. Bd5+ Kh8 17. Rc1 c6 18. Be6 g5 19. Bxg5 Rae8 20. Bc4 b5
21. Bf1 f4 22. Nd2 Bf5 23. Bxf4 Nc2 24. Nb3 a5 25. Bg3 a4 26. Nc5 Rd8 27. Bg2
Rd2 28. e6 Kg8 29. Be5 Rfd8 30. Bxc6 Rc8 31. e7 Kf7 32. e8=Q+ Rxe8 33. Bxe8+
Kxe8 34. Bc3 Rd5 35. Na6 Kf7 36. Kg2 Be4+ 37. f3 Bf5 38. Kf2 Kg6 39. Nc7 Rc5
40. Rg1+ Kh5 41. Ne8 b4 42. Bf6 Bg6 43. Ng7+ Kh6 44. Ne6 Rc4 45. Bg5+ 1-0

[Event "URS-chT Republics 18th final A"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1986.07.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1986.07.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Leningrad"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. O-O Rb8 7. Nc3 a6 8. e4
b5 9. Qe2 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Qxd4 11. Bg5 Qb6 12. e5 Nd5 13. Bxd5 exd5 14. Nxd5 Qb7
15. Rad1 Bh3 16. e6 Bxe6 17. Qe5 Bd6 18. Qxg7 Kd7 19. Nf6+ Kc6 20. Ne4 Qc8 21.
Qd4 Qd7 22. Nf6 Qc8 23. Be3 b4 24. a3 bxa3 25. bxa3 Rb3 26. Qe4+ Kb5 27. Rd5+
Bxd5 28. Qxd5+ c5 29. a4+ Kb6 30. Qxd6+ Kb7 31. Qd5+ Qc6 32. Qxc4 1-0

[Event "URS-chT Republics 18th final A"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1986.07.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1986.07.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Ne5 Bd7 8. Na3
cxd4 9. Naxc4 Bc5 10. a3 O-O 11. b4 Be7 12. Bb2 Rc8 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. b5 Nb8
15. Qb3 Qc7 16. Rac1 Bc5 17. Qf3 Nd5 18. e3 dxe3 19. fxe3 f6 20. Kh1 Nd7 21.
Bh3 Rfe8 22. e4 N5b6 23. e5 Nxc4 24. exf6 Nde5 25. f7+ Qxf7 26. Qxf7+ Nxf7 27.
Rxc4 Nd6 28. Rg4 Nf5 29. Re4 Rcd8 30. a4 b6 31. Rfe1 g6 32. Bf1 Bd4 33. Ba3 e5
34. Rc1 Rc8 35. Ree1 Bc5 36. Bxc5 bxc5 37. a5 Nd4 38. Bh3 Rc7 39. Bf1 Kg7 40.
b6 axb6 41. axb6 Rb7 42. Rxc5 Rxb6 43. Rcxe5 Rxe5 44. Rxe5 Rb1 45. Kg2 Rb2+ 46.
Kh1 h5 47. Re4 Rd2 48. Re3 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-chT Republics 18th Group1"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1986.07.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1986.07.11"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Estonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "EST"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Nh4 Bg4 10. f3 Bh5 11. g4 Nd5 12. Ng2 Bg6 13. Na2 Be7 14. e4 N5b6 15.
Be2 a5 16. Qb3 h5 17. Nf4 hxg4 18. Nxg6 fxg6 19. Be3 Nf6 20. Qxe6 Qd6 21. Qxd6
Bxd6 22. e5 Nfd5 23. Bd2 Be7 24. fxg4 Nxa4 25. Nc3 Naxc3 26. bxc3 b5 27. c4
bxc4 28. Bxc4 a4 29. Rab1 Rh4 30. Be2 a3 31. Rfc1 Ra4 32. Rxc6 Rxd4 33. Be1 Rh3
34. Rb8+ Kf7 35. g5 Re3 36. Bf2 Rxe5 37. Bxd4 Rxe2 38. Ra8 Rd2 39. Bc5 Rc2 40.
Bxe7 Rxc6 41. Bxa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-chT Republics 18th Group1"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1986.07.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Avshalumov, Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1986.07.11"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 d6 6. Bg2 Qe7 7. Nc3 e5 8.
Nf3 c6 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Qg5 e4 11. Nd2 e3 12. Qxe3 Qxe3 13. fxe3 Ng4 14. Bh3 h5
15. Bxg4 hxg4 16. Nde4 Ke7 17. Nc5 b6 18. Nd3 Be6 19. b3 Nd7 20. Kf2 a5 21. a4
Rab8 22. Kg2 Nc5 23. Nxc5 bxc5 24. Ra3 Bf5 25. Rf1 Bc2 26. Rf4 g5 27. Rxg4 f6
28. e4 Ke6 29. h4 Rhg8 30. Kf3 Ke5 31. Ke3 Bxb3 32. Na2 Bxc4 33. hxg5 fxg5 34.
Nc1 Be6 35. Nd3+ Kf6 36. e5+ Kg6 37. Re4 Bd5 38. Rc3 c4 39. Rexc4 Bxc4 40. Rxc4
Rb6 41. Rc5 Ra6 42. Ke4 Rd8 43. g4 Kf7 44. Kf5 Ke7 45. Rc1 Rb6 46. Rh1 Rf8+ 47.
Kxg5 c5 48. Nxc5 Rc6 49. Rh7+ Rf7 50. Rxf7+ Kxf7 51. Nb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-chT Republics 18th Group1"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1986.07.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giorgadze, Giorgi"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1986.07.11"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Georgia"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 dxc4 7. O-O c5 8. Bxc4
cxd4 9. exd4 Nc6 10. Re1 b6 11. Bg5 Bb7 12. a3 h6 13. Bf4 e6 14. Ba2 g5 15. Bg3
Nh5 16. d5 exd5 17. Bxd5 Nxg3 18. hxg3 Qd7 19. Be4 Qxd1 20. Raxd1 Rfd8 21. Nb5
Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Re8 23. Nd6 Rd8 24. Rd2 Nd4 25. Bxb7 Rxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch FL54"]
[Site "Irkutsk"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Aseev, Konstantin N"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "1986.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Bg4 8. c4
Nf6 9. Nc3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nxd4 11. Qe3+ Ne6 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. Be4
Qb5 15. a4 Qa6 16. Rd1 Be7 17. b4 O-O 18. Qh3 g6 19. Qc3 c5 20. Bb2 Nd4 21. Bd3
Qb6 22. a5 Qc7 23. bxc5 Bxc5 24. Bf1 Rfd8 25. Ra4 Rac8 26. Raxd4 Bxd4 27. Qxc7
Rxc7 28. Rxd4 Rxd4 29. Bxd4 b6 30. axb6 axb6 31. Bxb6 Rb7 32. Bd4 Rd7 33. Be3
h5 34. g3 Kg7 35. Kg2 Rd1 36. Be2 Rd7 37. Kf3 Rd8 38. Ke4 Re8+ 39. Kf4 Ra8 40.
Bd4+ Kh7 41. Kg5 Ra2 42. Bf1 Ra4 43. Be5 Ra2 44. f4 Rxh2 45. Bc4 Rh3 46. f5
gxf5 47. Bxf7 h4 48. gxh4 Ra3 49. h5 Ra5 50. Bc3 Ra3 51. Bb2 Rg3+ 52. Kf6 f4
53. Bg6+ Kg8 54. Bf7+ Kh7 55. Bg6+ Kg8 56. Bf5 Rg1 57. h6 Rh1 58. Kg6 Rg1+ 59.
Kh5 Rh1+ 60. Kg6 Rg1+ 61. Kh5 Rh1+ 62. Kg5 f3 63. Be6+ Kh7 64. Bf5+ Kg8 65.
Be6+ Kh7 66. Bd4 Rh2 67. Be5 Rh1 68. Bd4 Rh2 69. Bf5+ Kg8 70. Bd3 Rg2+ 71. Kh5
Rh2+ 72. Kg5 Rg2+ 73. Kf5 Kh7 74. Be3 Rg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch FL54"]
[Site "Irkutsk"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1986.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 c6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Bg5 Qb6 7. Qc1 Nd7 8. e3
Ngf6 9. Be2 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Ne5 Rfe8 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Bf4 Nf6 14. a3 Ne4
15. Rd1 a5 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Qd2 Bf8 18. Rac1 Re6 19. Bg4 Ree8 20. Be2 Re6 21.
Bg4 Ree8 22. Be2 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch FL54"]
[Site "Irkutsk"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "1986.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 c5 6. cxd5 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Qxd5 8.
e3 cxd4 9. Qxd4 Qxd4 10. cxd4 e6 11. Bd3 Be7 12. Bxe7 Kxe7 13. Nf3 Nc6 14. Kd2
Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch FL54"]
[Site "Irkutsk"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gavrikov, Viktor"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1986.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d4 c6 6. O-O d5 7. Ne5 e6 8. Nc3
Nfd7 9. Nxd7 Nxd7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Be3 Re8 12. Qd2 Nf6 13. Bh6 Bh8 14. f3 b6
15. Rad1 c5 16. Be3 Ba6 17. Rfe1 Rc8 18. Bf2 Bg7 19. g4 h6 20. e3 Bb7 21. Bg3
a6 22. h3 Bf8 23. a3 b5 24. Ne2 Nd7 25. Nf4 Bd6 26. dxc5 Rxc5 27. Bf2 Qc7 28.
Rc1 Nb6 29. Rxc5 Bxc5 30. Qc1 Nc4 31. Nd3 Bd6 32. f4 Qe7 33. a4 bxa4 34. e4 Rc8
35. e5 Bb4 36. Nxb4 Qxb4 37. f5 Qd2 38. Qa1 Nxe5 39. fxg6 fxg6 40. Be3 Qb4 41.
Bxh6 Nd3 42. Rf1 Qd4+ 43. Kh2 Qxb2 44. Qxa4 d4 45. Rg1 Bd5 46. Kg3 Qf2+ 47. Kh2
Ne1 48. Qd1 Nf3+ 49. Kh1 Qg3 0-1

[Event "URS-ch FL54"]
[Site "Irkutsk"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Dokhoian, Yury"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1986.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O Nc6 5. d4 e6 6. c4 dxc4 7. Ne5 Bd7 8. Na3
cxd4 9. Naxc4 Bc5 10. Qb3 O-O 11. Bf4 Qc8 12. Nd3 Be7 13. Rfc1 Nd5 14. Bxd5
exd5 15. Nce5 Rd8 16. Qxd5 Be8 17. Qb3 Kf8 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Qc4 Qf5 20. Bd2
Rab8 21. Bb4 Bxb4 22. Nxb4 c5 23. Nd3 Bb5 24. Qxc5+ Qxc5 25. Rxc5 Bxd3 26. exd3
Rxb2 27. Rc7 Rd2 28. Rb1 Rxd3 29. Kg2 Rc3 30. Rxa7 Rc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch FL54"]
[Site "Irkutsk"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1986.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 a6 4. Ngf3 c5 5. exd5 exd5 6. Be2 c4 7. O-O Bd6 8. b3
b5 9. a4 Bb7 10. Re1 Ne7 11. bxc4 bxc4 12. Bxc4 dxc4 13. Nxc4 Bb4 14. c3 Bd5
15. cxb4 Bxc4 16. Ba3 O-O 17. b5 Re8 18. Ne5 Bd5 19. Qd3 axb5 20. Qxb5 Ra5 0-1

[Event "URS-ch FL54"]
[Site "Irkutsk"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Goldin, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[PlyCount "188"]
[EventDate "1986.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a4 Qd7 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8 Bxa8
15. d5 Ne7 16. Nf1 h6 17. Ng3 c6 18. dxc6 Bxc6 19. Nh4 d5 20. Nf3 Ng6 21. exd5
Bxd5 22. Nh5 Rd8 23. Nxf6+ gxf6 24. Bc2 Bb7 25. Qxd7 Rxd7 26. Nh2 h5 27. Rd1
Bc6 28. Rxd7 Bxd7 29. Bd1 h4 30. Ng4 Bg7 31. Nh6+ Bxh6 32. Bxh6 f5 33. Bd2 f4
34. Be2 e4 35. b4 Kf8 36. c4 f3 37. gxf3 exf3 38. Bf1 bxc4 39. Bxc4 Ne5 40. Bf1
f6 41. b5 Bc8 42. Ba5 Ke7 43. Bc7 Bb7 44. b6 Nf7 45. Bd3 Ke6 46. Bc4+ Ke7 47.
Bf4 Ng5 48. Kh2 Kd7 49. Be3 Kd6 50. Bd4 Ke7 51. Bc5+ Kd7 52. Bb5+ Kd8 53. Be3
Ke7 54. Bd3 Ne4 55. Bc4 Ng5 56. Bd4 Ne6 57. Bb2 Ng5 58. Bd3 Ne4 59. Kg1 Ke6 60.
Bc4+ Kd6 61. Bd4 Ke7 62. Bd3 Ke6 63. Be3 Ng5 64. Kh2 Ne4 65. Bc4+ Ke7 66. Bg8
Ng5 67. Bd4 Ne6 68. Be3 Ng5 69. Ba2 Ne4 70. Bd4 Ng5 71. Bb3 Ne4 72. Bc2 Ke6 73.
Bd3 Ke7 74. Bc2 Ke6 75. Bb3+ Ke7 76. Bd1 Ng5 77. Bc2 Ne4 78. Ba4 Ng5 79. Bc5+
Kd8 80. Bc2 Ne4 81. Be3 Ke7 82. Bb1 Ke6 83. Bd3 Ke7 84. Bf1 Ke6 85. Kg1 Ng5 86.
Bd4 Ke7 87. Bc5+ Ke6 88. Kh2 Ne4 89. Bc4+ Kd7 90. Bd4 Ke7 91. Bb3 Ng5 92. Bc2
Ne4 93. Bd3 Ke6 94. Bb5 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch FL54"]
[Site "Irkutsk"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1986.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6 8.
Be2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 Bf5 12. Bf4 Qb6 13. Be5 Qxb2 14. Ne4 Qb6
15. Rab1 Nb4 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. a3 Rfe8 18. Nfd2 Bd4 19. Bd3 a5 20. Rfc1 Qa6 21.
axb4 b5 22. Qxb5 Qxb5 23. Bxb5 Rxe4 24. Nxe4 Bxe4 25. bxa5 Bxb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch FL54"]
[Site "Irkutsk"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Pigusov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1986.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1
c6 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. O-O dxc4 11. Bxc4 c5 12. Qe2 cxd4 13. exd4 Nb6 14. Bd3 g6 15.
Qe4 Bg7 16. Rfd1 Re8 17. h4 h5 18. g4 Bd7 19. gxh5 Bc6 20. Qg4 Bxf3 21. Qxf3
Qxh4 22. Ne2 Qxh5 23. Qxh5 gxh5 24. Be4 Red8 25. Rc5 h4 26. Rd3 Rd7 27. Ra5 a6
28. Rh5 f5 29. Bf3 Bf6 30. Re3 Rg7+ 31. Kh1 Kf7 32. Nf4 Re8 33. Rxf5 exf5 34.
Bh5+ Kg8 35. Rxe8+ Kh7 36. Ne6 Rg8 37. Rxg8 Kxg8 38. b3 Nc8 39. Kg2 Nd6 40. Bg6
a5 41. Kf3 b6 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch FL54"]
[Site "Irkutsk"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1986.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. c4 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nc3
Bb7 9. b3 Ne4 10. Qc2 f5 11. Ne5 Bf6 12. Bb2 Qe7 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. f3 c5 15.
fxe4 cxd4 16. Nc4 b5 17. e5 Bg5 18. Ba3 b4 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. Rxf5 Be7 21. Bb2
Qd5 22. Rxf8+ Bxf8 23. e3 dxe3 24. Qg2 Qxg2+ 25. Kxg2 Nd7 26. Nxe3 a5 27. Rd1
Nc5 28. Bd4 Ne6 29. Bb6 a4 30. Nc4 axb3 31. axb3 Bc5 32. Ba5 Rb8 33. Rd3 Rf8
34. Rd2 Rb8 35. Nd6 Bd4 36. Bc7 Ra8 37. Nb5 Bc3 38. Rc2 Nxc7 39. Nxc7 Rc8 40.
Na6 Ra8 41. Ra2 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch FL54"]
[Site "Irkutsk"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "163"]
[EventDate "1986.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
Nbd7 9. Bf4 Nh5 10. Be3 f5 11. Nc3 Bd6 12. Ng5 Ndf6 13. c5 Ng4 14. Bd2 Be7 15.
Nf3 Bd7 16. b4 Nhf6 17. h3 Nh6 18. Bxh6 gxh6 19. e3 Ne4 20. Ne2 Kh8 21. Nf4 Rg8
22. Ne5 Qe8 23. Bf3 Bf6 24. Kh2 Qe7 25. Nh5 Be8 26. Nxf6 Nxf6 27. Rab1 Rg7 28.
Qc3 a6 29. a4 Bd7 30. Rh1 Rag8 31. Kg2 Be8 32. Kf1 Bh5 33. Bxh5 Nxh5 34. Ke2
Nf6 35. Qd3 Ne4 36. Rhf1 Qe8 37. Ke1 Qh5 38. h4 Qe8 39. Rb2 Qb8 40. Ke2 Qe8 41.
Kd1 Nf6 42. Qc3 Ne4 43. Qa3 Nf6 44. Qc3 Ne4 45. Qb3 Nf6 46. Nd3 Nd7 47. Qc3 Rg4
48. b5 axb5 49. axb5 e5 50. bxc6 bxc6 51. Rb4 exd4 52. Rxd4 R4g7 53. Ra4 Rf8
54. Kc2 Qh5 55. Nf4 Qf3 56. Rd1 Kg8 57. Ne6 Qxf2+ 58. Rd2 Qxg3 59. Nxf8 Nxf8
60. Rf4 Ng6 61. Rxf5 Qxh4 62. Qd4 Qh1 63. Rff2 Re7 64. Rd1 Qe4+ 65. Kd2 Qe6 66.
Rf6 Qc8 67. Rd6 Re8 68. Rg1 Qc7 69. Ke2 Qb7 70. Kf2 Rf8+ 71. Rf6 Qe7 72. Rxf8+
Qxf8+ 73. Ke2 Qf5 74. Ra1 h5 75. Kd2 Ne5 76. Kc3 h4 77. Ra8+ Kf7 78. Qf4 Qxf4
79. exf4 Ng4 80. Ra7+ Kg8 81. Ra8+ Kf7 82. Ra7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch FL54"]
[Site "Irkutsk"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Serper, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1986.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Be6 10. d4 Bxb3 11. axb3 exd4 12. cxd4 d5 13. e5 Ne4 14. Nc3 f5 15.
exf6 Nxf6 16. Bg5 Nb4 17. Nxb5 Qd7 18. Nc3 Bd6 19. Re3 h6 20. Bxf6 Rxf6 21. Ra5
Raf8 22. Na2 Re6 23. Ne5 Bxe5 24. Nxb4 Bd6 25. Nxd5 Rf5 26. b4 Bxb4 27. Rxe6
Bxa5 28. Ne7+ Kf7 29. Re3 Qxe7 30. Rxe7+ Kxe7 31. Qe2+ Kf7 32. Qc4+ Kg6 33.
Qe6+ Rf6 34. Qe4+ 1-0

[Event "URS-ch FL54"]
[Site "Irkutsk"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Timoscenko, Gennadij A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1986.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nc3 dxc4 7. Ne5 Nc6 8.
Bxc6 bxc6 9. Nxc6 Qe8 10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 11. Qa4 c5 12. Qxc4 cxd4 13. Qxd4 e5 14.
Qh4 Rb8 15. Bg5 Rxb2 16. O-O Qe6 17. Bxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch FL54"]
[Site "Irkutsk"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kruppa, Yuri"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1986.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 a6 6. Ba4 Be7 7. Re1 b5 8.
Rxe4 d5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. Rxe5 bxa4 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Rxd5 Bd6 13. Bg5 Qe8 14. a3
Rb8 15. Rb1 f5 16. Qd2 Qg6 17. Ra5 f4 18. f3 Bf5 19. Bh4 Bxc2 20. Rc1 Rxb2 21.
Ne4 Bxe4 22. Qxb2 Bxf3 23. Rg5 Qh6 24. gxf3 Qxh4 25. Ra5 Qe7 26. Qc3 Bxa3 27.
Ra1 Bd6 28. Rc1 Qh4 29. Rxa4 g5 30. Rxa6 g4 31. Rc2 Qg5 32. Ra5 Qg6 33. Qb3+
Kh8 34. Rg2 g3 35. Qc2 Qf6 36. Qe4 Kg7 37. Re2 Rb8 38. Kg2 Rb4 39. Rd2 Rb3 40.
Ra8 gxh2 41. Kh1 Rb5 42. d5 Rb2 43. Rxb2 Qxb2 44. Qe6 Qb1+ 45. Kxh2 Bf8 46.
Qe5+ Kg8 47. Qf6 Qb4 48. Ra2 Bg7 49. Qe6+ Kh8 50. Ra8+ Bf8 51. Qf7 1-0

[Event "URS-ch FL54"]
[Site "Irkutsk"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Razuvaev, Yuri S"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1986.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 c5 7. Bb2 Nc6 8. e3 d4
9. exd4 cxd4 10. Re1 Ne8 11. d3 f6 12. Ba3 e5 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. a3 a5 15. Nbd2
Nc7 16. Qc2 Be6 17. Ne4 Kh8 18. h4 h6 19. c5 Nb5 20. h5 Qf7 21. Nh4 Qxh5 22. a4
Nc7 23. Nd6 Bd5 24. Nxb7 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Qf7 26. Nd6 Qd5+ 27. Kh2 Rfb8 28. Rab1
Rb4 29. Qe2 Ne7 30. Qg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch FL54"]
[Site "Irkutsk"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1986.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 f6 7. O-O fxe5 8. Nxe5
Nxe5 9. dxe5 Qc7 10. c4 Qxe5 11. Bh5+ g6 12. Bf3 O-O-O 13. Re1 Qd6 14. Nc3 dxc4
15. Qe2 Nf6 16. Qxc4 Be7 17. Bf4 Qd4 18. Nb5 Bxb5 19. Bxb7+ 1-0

[Event "URS-ch FL54"]
[Site "Irkutsk"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vyzmanavin, Alexey"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1986.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Be7 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. Be3 Bb7 13. Ne4 Na6 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6
15. Qd2 O-O-O 16. Bg5 Qf5 17. Bxd8 Rxd8 18. Qc3 c5 19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. f3 b4 21.
Qe3 Nd3+ 22. Bxd3 Rxd3 23. Qh6 Qe5+ 24. Kf2 Qxb2+ 25. Kg3 Rd8 26. Qg5 f6 27.
Rab1 Qd4 28. Qg7 Qe5+ 29. Kh3 Qh5+ 30. Kg3 Qe5+ 31. Kh3 Qh5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch U21"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1986.12.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sullivan, Jason"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1986.12.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 c5 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. e4 b6 8. Re1
Bb7 9. e5 Nd7 10. h4 Qc7 11. Qe2 h6 12. h5 b5 13. Nf1 b4 14. c4 bxc3 15. bxc3
c4 16. d4 Qa5 17. Qc2 Nb6 18. Bd2 Qa4 19. Ne3 Qxc2 20. Nxc2 Kd7 21. Rab1 Rab8
22. Bh3 Kc7 23. Kf1 Bc8 24. Ng1 Bd7 25. Ne2 Na4 26. Ne3 a6 27. f4 g6 28. hxg6
fxg6 29. Kg1 h5 30. Kg2 Rb5 31. Rxb5 axb5 32. Rb1 Rb8 33. Nc2 Ra8 34. Nc1 Nd8
35. Nb4 Nf7 36. Nxd5+ exd5 37. e6 Nd6 38. exd7 Ne4 39. Be1 Naxc3 40. Rb2 Ba3
41. Rc2 Bxc1 42. Bxc3 Nxc3 43. Rxc1 Rxa2+ 44. Kf3 Ra3 45. Kg2 Ne2 46. Re1 Ra2
47. Kf1 Nxg3+ 48. Kg1 Ne2+ 49. Kf1 Nxf4 50. Re8 Ra1+ 0-1

[Event "EU-ch U21"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1986.12.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Burgess, Mark R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1986.12.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qb3 Qb6 7. Nc3 Na6 8.
Bc4 Qxb3 9. Bxb3 Nc5 10. Bc2 e5 11. dxe6 Nxe6 12. Nf3 Bc5 13. O-O O-O-O 14. d3
Nd4 15. Nxd4 Bxd4 16. Be3 Bf5 17. Rad1 Rhe8 18. Nb5 Bxe3 19. fxe3 Re5 20. Nc3
Ng4 21. e4 Ne3 22. Rxf5 Rxf5 23. exf5 Nxc2 24. Kf2 Nd4 25. g4 h5 26. h3 hxg4
27. hxg4 Rh8 28. Kg3 Re8 29. Ne4 Kd7 30. Rh1 f6 31. Kf4 b6 32. Rh7 Re7 33. Ng3
Nc6 34. Nh5 Ne5 35. d4 Nc6 36. Rxg7 Rxg7 37. Nxg7 Nxd4 38. Nh5 Ke7 39. Ke4 Nc2
40. Nf4 Kf7 41. Nd5 Kg7 42. Kd3 Ne1+ 43. Kc4 1-0

[Event "EU-ch U21"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1986.12.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Manor, Ilan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A79"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1986.12.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. d5 O-O 6. e4 d6 7. Be2 e6 8. O-O
exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. Nd2 Na6 11. f3 Nc7 12. a4 b6 13. Nc4 Ba6 14. Bg5 h6 15.
Be3 Bxc4 16. Bxc4 a6 17. Qd2 Kh7 18. Rab1 Rb8 19. b4 b5 20. Be2 c4 21. Bd4 Re7
22. a5 Qh8 23. Rbd1 Nce8 24. Rfe1 Nd7 25. Bxg7 Nxg7 26. f4 f5 27. Bf3 Rbe8 28.
e5 dxe5 29. d6 Rf7 30. Bb7 exf4 31. Bxa6 Re3 32. Rxe3 fxe3 33. Qxe3 f4 34. Qd4
f3 35. Bxb5 f2+ 36. Kf1 Nf6 37. d7 Qd8 38. Qxf2 Nf5 39. Qb6 Ne3+ 40. Kg1 Qa8
41. Qxe3 1-0

[Event "EU-ch U21"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1986.12.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hansen, Lars Bo"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1986.12.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 cxd4 5. O-O Bg4 6. Nxd4 e5 7. Nb5 a6 8.
N5c3 d4 9. Ne4 Nc6 10. h3 Be6 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Ned2 h5 14. h4 f5
15. c3 f4 16. Nf3 fxg3 17. fxg3 Rg8 18. Qe1 e4 19. Nfd2 f5 20. e3 Bd6 21. Qe2
Rg4 22. exd4 Bxg3 23. Nf3 Qd6 24. Ng5 Bh2+ 25. Kh1 Rxh4 26. Nxe6 Qxe6 27. Nd2
Bc7+ 28. Kg1 O-O-O 29. Nc4 Qg6 30. Ne5 Nxe5 31. dxe5 Bb6+ 32. Rf2 Qxg2+ 33.
Kxg2 Rg8+ 34. Kf1 Rh1# 0-1

[Event "EU-ch U21"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1986.12.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Brenninkmeijer, Joris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1986.12.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. O-O Qc7 12. Nc3 a6 13. Bg5 O-O 14. Bh4 Nh5 15.
Re1 g6 16. Bg5 Qg7 17. Be3 Bd7 18. Bf1 Rae8 19. g3 Re7 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. dxe5
Bxe5 22. Bc5 Ref7 23. Bxf8 Rxf8 24. Rc1 Bd4 25. Re2 Qf6 26. Qd2 Ng7 27. Bg2 Nf5
28. Kh1 Kg7 29. g4 Nh4 30. g5 Qf4 31. Nxd5 Qg4 32. Ne3 Bxe3 33. fxe3 Bb5 34.
Rf2 Nf5 35. Rc7+ Kg8 36. e4 1-0

[Event "EU-ch U21"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1986.12.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Thorhallsson, Throstur"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1986.12.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. dxc5 Nc6 5. f3 d5 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. Qxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bc4 e6 9. Bxd5 exd5 10. Be3 Ne5 11. b3 Nd3+ 12. Kd2 Nxc5 13. Ne2 Ne6 14. a4 Be7
15. Na3 O-O 16. Nb5 a6 17. Nbd4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Bd7 19. Rhe1 Rfe8 20. Bf4 Bh4 21.
g3 Bf6 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Re1 Rxe1 24. Kxe1 h5 25. Bd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch U21"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1986.12.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ninov, Kiril"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "22"]
[EventDate "1986.12.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 O-O 5. O-O c6 6. d4 d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Ne5
e6 9. Nc3 Nfd7 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. Bf4 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch U21"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1986.12.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "San Segundo Carrillo, Pablo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1986.12.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 a6 4. Nf3 b5 5. Nbd2 d6 6. e4 g6 7. b3 Bg7 8. Bb2 O-O
9. Qc2 e5 10. cxb5 axb5 11. Bxb5 Nh5 12. O-O f5 13. exf5 gxf5 14. Nc4 Ra7 15.
Kh1 e4 16. Ng1 Bxb2 17. Qxb2 f4 18. Rae1 Rg7 19. Nd2 Qg5 20. g3 Bf5 21. Nxe4
Bxe4+ 22. Rxe4 Nd7 23. Bxd7 Rxd7 24. Qd2 Rdf7 25. Rfe1 Qg7 26. Re8 fxg3 27.
fxg3 Nf6 28. Rxf8+ Rxf8 29. Nh3 Qg4 30. Nf4 h5 31. Qd3 Rf7 32. Re6 h4 33. Rxd6
hxg3 34. Rd8+ Rf8 35. Rxf8+ Kxf8 36. hxg3 Kf7 37. d6 Ke8 38. Qe3+ Kd7 39. Qe7+
Kc6 40. Qxf6 Qf3+ 41. Kh2 Qf2+ 42. Kh3 Qf1+ 43. Kh4 1-0

[Event "EU-ch U21"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1986.12.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1986.12.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Bg5 h6
9. Bh4 Na6 10. O-O Qe8 11. Nd2 Nh7 12. a3 Bd7 13. b3 Bf6 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. Qc2
b6 16. Rab1 Nh7 17. b4 f5 18. exf5 gxf5 19. Kh1 Qg6 20. f4 Kh8 21. fxe5 dxe5
22. g4 axb4 23. axb4 c5 24. bxc5 Nxc5 25. Nb3 Rg8 26. Nxc5 bxc5 27. Qd3 h5 28.
Rb7 Nf6 29. Qe3 Rae8 30. Qxc5 hxg4 31. Qf2 Qh6 32. Rg1 f4 33. Bd3 g3 34. Qb2 f3
35. Rb6 g2+ 0-1

[Event "EU-ch U21"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1986.12.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Howell, James C"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1986.12.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Bg4 8. c4
Nf6 9. Nc3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nxd4 11. Qe3+ Ne6 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. Be4
Qb5 15. a4 Qa6 16. Rd1 Be7 17. Qf3 Rb8 18. b4 O-O 19. Rd7 Rbd8 20. Bxb7 Qc4 21.
Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Be3 Qxb4 23. Be4 Bc5 24. Bxc5 Qxc5 25. h4 Qd4 26. Re1 Qxa4 27. h5
Ng5 28. Qf5 Nxe4 29. Rxe4 Qd1+ 30. Kh2 g6 31. hxg6 hxg6 32. Qg5 Rd5 33. Qf6
Qh5+ 34. Rh4 Qxh4+ 0-1

[Event "EU-ch U21"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1986.12.31"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gdanski, Jacek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1986.12.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. f4 Qc7 7. Be3 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. Qf3 Nf6 10. Nb3 Nb4 11. a3 Nxd3+ 12. cxd3 d6 13. Rc1 Qd8 14. f5 Be7 15.
fxe6 fxe6 16. Nd4 Qd7 17. Qh3 Bc8 18. O-O O-O 19. Rf3 Bd8 20. Rcf1 Bb6 21. Qg3
Qe7 22. Kh1 Bb7 23. Nce2 Bxd4 24. Nxd4 Rf7 25. Qh3 Re8 26. Bg5 Bc8 27. Bxf6
Rxf6 28. Rxf6 gxf6 29. Qg3+ Kh8 30. Nc6 Qc7 31. Qh4 Qxc6 32. Qxf6+ Kg8 33. Qg5+
Kh8 34. Rf7 1-0

[Event "EU-ch U21"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1987.01.01"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "18"]
[EventDate "1986.12.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Bg3 Nh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch U21"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1987.01.02"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Blatny, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "1986.12.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Bb7 10. O-O Ne4 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Rc1 Qd8 14. Bd3
Bxd3 15. Qxd3 c5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Varna"]
[Site "Varna"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Angelov, Kosta"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1987.??.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 e5 5. dxe5 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. Bd2 Bg4 8.
a3 Nd4 9. Bb5+ c6 10. O-O Bxf3 11. axb4 Bxd1 12. bxa5 Bxc2 13. Ba4 Ne7 14. Bxc2
Nxc2 15. Ra4 Rd8 16. Ne4 Nf5 17. g4 Nfd4 18. Nd6+ Ke7 19. Bc3 c5 20. Nxb7 Rd5
21. Rc4 h5 22. Rxc5 Rxc5 23. Nxc5 hxg4 24. Kg2 Nf3 25. Rd1 Rxh2+ 26. Kg3 Ke8
27. Ne4 Rh6 28. Kxg4 Nh4 29. Rc1 1-0

[Event "URS-ch Army"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Glek, Igor Vladimirovich"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A79"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1987.04.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Nd2 Na6 11. f3 Nc7 12. a4 b6 13. Nc4 Ba6 14. Bg5 h6 15. Be3
Bxc4 16. Bxc4 a6 17. Qd2 Kh7 18. Rab1 Rb8 19. b4 b5 20. Be2 c4 21. a5 Re7 22.
Bd4 Qh8 23. Rbd1 Nce8 24. g3 Nd7 25. Bxg7 Nxg7 26. f4 f5 27. Bf3 fxe4 28. Nxe4
Nf5 29. g4 Nh4 30. Qf2 Nxf3+ 31. Qxf3 Nf6 32. Nxd6 Rd8 33. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 34. Rxe1
Rxd6 35. Re7+ Kg8 36. Qe3 Nxd5 37. Qc5 Nxe7 38. Qxd6 Kf7 39. Qxa6 Qd4+ 40. Kg2
c3 0-1

[Event "URS-ch Army"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Goldin, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1987.04.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. d4 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Be3 c4 10. Ne5 Qa5 11. Bg5 Rd8 12. Qd2 Bf5 13. Rad1 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15.
f4 Be7 16. g4 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Bxg4 18. Nxd5 Bc5+ 19. Kh1 Qxd2 20. Rxd2 Be6 21. f5
Bxd5 22. Bxd5 Kf8 23. Rdd1 Rac8 24. e6 b5 25. exf7 Be7 26. e4 Bf6 27. Rf2 b4
28. Rc2 c3 29. bxc3 bxc3 30. Rb1 Rb8 31. Rb3 a5 32. Kg2 Rdc8 33. Be6 a4 34.
Rxb8 Rxb8 35. Bd7 Rb4 36. Kf3 Kxf7 37. a3 Rb3 38. Kf4 Rxa3 39. e5 Bg5+ 40. Ke4
Ke7 41. Be6 Bd2 42. Bc4 Ra1 43. Kd3 Rf1 44. Ra2 Rxf5 45. e6 Ra5 46. Ra1 a3 47.
Rb1 Bg5 48. Rb7+ Kd8 49. Ba2 Bf6 50. h4 Rc5 51. Kc2 Rf5 52. Kd3 Rf2 53. Rd7+
Ke8 0-1

[Event "URS-ch Army"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Huzman, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1987.04.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Be7 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. g3 Na6 14. Bg2 Bb7
15. Nxb5 O-O-O 16. Qa4 cxb5 17. Bxb7+ Kxb7 18. Qxb5+ Ka8 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch Army"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Chekhov, Valery A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1987.04.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. g3 Qa5+ 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 Nxd2 8.
Qxd2 a6 9. Bg2 Be7 10. Nb3 Qc7 11. c5 O-O 12. Rc1 Nc6 13. Na4 Rb8 14. O-O Rd8
15. Qe3 Bf6 16. Rfd1 h6 17. Qd2 Bg5 18. f4 Be7 19. Qd6 Qxd6 20. cxd6 Bf6 21.
Nb6 Bxb2 22. Rc4 f5 23. Nc5 g6 24. e4 fxe4 25. Bxe4 Kf7 26. Kg2 Bg7 27. Rcc1
Na7 28. a4 Nc6 29. Nxc8 Rbxc8 30. Nxb7 Nd4 31. Rc7 Nf5 32. Rdc1 Rb8 33. Nxd8+
Rxd8 34. Bxf5 exf5 35. Rc8 Rxc8 36. Rxc8 a5 37. Rc5 1-0

[Event "URS-ch Army"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1987.04.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Nc3 c6 7. O-O b6 8. Ne5
Bb7 9. e4 dxc4 10. Nxc4 b5 11. Ne3 b4 12. e5 bxc3 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. bxc3 Nd7
15. Ba3 Re8 16. Rb1 Nb6 17. Re1 Qc7 18. Ng4 Be7 19. Bxe7 Rxe7 20. Ne5 Rc8 21.
c4 f6 22. Nd3 Ba6 23. c5 Nd5 24. Nb4 Bc4 25. Qc2 Nxb4 26. Qxc4 Nd5 27. Qa6 Rd8
28. Rb3 Qc8 29. Qa5 Qd7 30. Reb1 Rc8 31. h4 Kf7 32. Qa6 Rc7 33. Qd3 f5 34. Qe2
Nf6 35. Qe5 Qc8 36. Bf1 Ne4 37. Rb8 Qd7 38. Bc4 Nd2 39. Qxf5# 1-0

[Event "URS-ch Army"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Graf, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1987.04.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
b6 9. Bf4 Bb7 10. Nbd2 Na6 11. Rac1 Rc8 12. Rfd1 Qe8 13. e4 h6 14. e5 Nd7 15.
cxd5 Nb4 16. Qa4 cxd5 17. Bf1 Nxe5 18. Qxa7 Ned3 19. Rxc8 Qxc8 20. a3 Nxb2 21.
Rb1 N4d3 22. Bxd3 Nxd3 23. Rxb6 Qc1+ 24. Kg2 Bg5 25. Rb1 Qc2 26. Qxb7 Bxf4 27.
gxf4 Nxf4+ 28. Kh1 g5 29. Qb3 Qf5 30. Qe3 Rc8 31. Rg1 Nh3 32. Rf1 Rc2 33. a4
Nf4 34. Rg1 Nh3 35. Rf1 Nf4 36. Ra1 Kf8 37. a5 Qh3 38. Rg1 Ra2 39. Qb3 Ra1 40.
Qb8+ Ke7 41. Qc7+ Ke8 42. Qxf4 gxf4 43. Rxa1 1-0

[Event "URS-ch Army"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kharitonov, Andrei Y"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1987.04.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 O-O 6. g3 b6 7. Nc3 Bb7 8.
d5 d6 9. Bg2 e5 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Ne1 a5 12. Nd3 Nc5 13. f4 exf4 14. gxf4 Re8
15. Nxc5 bxc5 16. e4 Ba6 17. b3 a4 18. Rae1 Nd7 19. Re3 axb3 20. axb3 Rb8 21.
Ne2 f5 22. Ng3 fxe4 23. Nxe4 Nf6 24. Ng5 Bc8 25. f5 Rxe3 26. Qxe3 Ra8 27. Ne6
Qe7 28. Qg3 Ne8 29. Nxc5 Qf6 30. Ne4 Qd4+ 31. Qf2 Qxf2+ 32. Rxf2 Ra1+ 33. Bf1
Re1 34. Ng3 Nf6 35. Re2 Rb1 36. Re7 Bd7 37. Re3 Kf7 38. h3 h5 39. Rf3 h4 40.
Ne2 Ne4 41. Nd4 Nd2 42. Rf2 Nxb3 43. Ne6 Nc5 44. Rf4 Kf6 45. Rxh4 Kxf5 46. Nxc7
Ne4 47. Kg2 Rb2+ 48. Kg1 Rb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch Army"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "1987.04.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 a5 6. Qc2 Nc6 7. Nf3 dxc4 8.
Qxc4 Qd5 9. Qd3 Qe4 10. Qxe4 Nxe4 11. a3 Nxd2 12. Nbxd2 Bxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Ke7 14.
Rhc1 a4 15. Ke1 Bd7 16. Rc3 Rhc8 17. Rac1 f6 18. Nd2 Ra5 19. Ne4 Rb5 20. Nc5
Rxb2 21. Nxa4 Ra2 22. Nc5 Nxd4 23. Nxd7 Rxe2+ 24. Kf1 Rb2 25. Nc5 c6 26. Bh3
Re8 27. Rc4 e5 28. Rb4 Rxb4 29. axb4 b6 30. Nd3 b5 31. Ra1 Kd6 32. Nc5 Re7 33.
Bg2 f5 34. Rd1 Kc7 35. Rd2 Ne6 36. Rc2 e4 37. Ke1 Kb6 38. h4 Nc7 39. Ra2 Nd5
40. Ra6+ Kc7 41. Ra7+ Kd6 42. Rxe7 Kxe7 43. Na6 Kf6 44. f3 Ke5 45. fxe4 fxe4
46. Bh3 Nf6 47. Bc8 Nh5 48. Kf2 Kd4 49. Bd7 Kd5 50. Nb8 c5 51. Bc6+ Kd4 52.
bxc5 e3+ 53. Kf3 Kxc5 54. g4 Nf6 55. g5 Nd5 56. Bb7 Kd4 57. Nc6+ Kc3 58. Na5
Ne7 59. Be4 Kd2 60. Nb3+ Kc3 61. Nc5 e2 62. Kxe2 Kd4 63. Bxh7 Kxc5 64. h5 Kd5
65. h6 gxh6 66. gxh6 Ke6 67. Bg8+ Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch Army"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Legky, Nikolay A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1987.04.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. d5
Na6 9. Rb1 c5 10. b3 Nc7 11. Bb2 b5 12. Nxb5 Nxb5 13. cxb5 Qxb5 14. Nd2 Nd7 15.
Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Re1 Qb4 17. e4 f4 18. Nc4 Nb6 19. Qc1 Rb8 20. a3 Qb5 21. Qc3+ Kg8
22. Na5 c4 23. Nc6 Rb7 24. a4 Nxa4 25. bxa4 Qxb1 26. Nxe7+ Kf7 27. Nxc8 Qxe1+
28. Qxe1 Rxc8 29. Bh3 Rcc7 30. Be6+ Kg7 31. Qc3+ Kh6 32. Qf6 c3 33. Qf8+ Kh5
34. g4+ Kg5 35. h4+ 1-0

[Event "URS-ch Army"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1987.04.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b5 3. Bg5 Bb7 4. Nbd2 a6 5. c3 h6 6. Bxf6 exf6 7. e4 g6 8. a4
b4 9. Bc4 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Nh4 Kh7 12. Qg4 d5 13. exd5 f5 14. Nxf5 gxf5 15.
Bd3 Bc8 16. Bxf5+ Bxf5 17. Qxf5+ Kg7 18. Nc4 Nd7 19. Rae1 Nf6 20. Na5 Bd6 21.
c4 Qc8 22. Qf3 Qg4 23. Qxg4+ Nxg4 24. g3 Rfe8 25. b3 Nf6 26. f3 h5 27. Nc6 h4
28. Kg2 Kh7 29. Ne5 Bxe5 30. dxe5 Nd7 31. f4 hxg3 32. hxg3 Nc5 33. Re3 f6
1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch Army"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Timoscenko, Gennadij A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1987.04.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qf3 bxc6 7. Nc3 Qxf3
8. gxf3 Ne7 9. Be3 Bb6 10. O-O-O d6 11. Bc4 Be6 12. Bb3 Bxb3 13. axb3 f5 14.
Rhe1 fxe4 15. Nxe4 O-O 16. Bxb6 axb6 17. Nxd6 Ng6 0-1

[Event "URS-ch Army"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "1987.04.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Be2 Bb7 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch Army"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Klovans, Janis"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1987.04.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. h4 h5 11. O-O-O Ne5 12. Bb3 Rc8 13. Bg5 Rc5 14. f4 Nc4 15.
Qd3 b5 16. e5 Ng4 17. exd6 Rxg5 18. hxg5 Nf2 19. Qe2 Nxd1 20. Rxd1 Nxd6 21. Qd3
Bg4 22. Rd2 Qb8 23. Qxg6 Nc4 24. Bxc4 bxc4 25. Qe4 e6 26. Nc6 Qb6 27. Ne5 Qg1+
28. Nd1 c3 29. bxc3 Bxd1 30. Rxd1 Qc5 31. Rd7 Qxc3 32. g6 fxg6 33. Rxg7+ Kxg7
34. Qxg6+ Kh8 35. Qxh5+ Kg7 36. Qg6+ Kh8 37. Qh6+ Kg8 38. Qxe6+ Kg7 39. Qg6+
Kh8 40. Nf7+ Rxf7 41. Qxf7 Qe3+ 42. Kb2 Qd4+ 43. Kb3 Qb6+ 44. Kc4 Qc6+ 45. Kd3
1-0

[Event "URS-ch Army"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Pigusov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "1987.04.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. Qc2 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. cxd5
Nb4 9. Qd1 Nbxd5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Nbd2 b6 12. Nb3 Be7 13. Bd2 Bb7 14. Rc1 Rc8
1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch Army"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vyzmanavin, Alexey"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D89"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1987.04.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 Bg4 11. f3 Na5 12. Bd3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Be6 14. Rc1
Bxa2 15. Qa4 Be6 16. d5 Bd7 17. Qb4 b6 18. f4 Rc8 19. Nc3 Nb7 20. Ba6 Rc7 21.
e5 Nc5 22. Bc4 Qb8 23. Qa3 Rcc8 24. Rfd1 Rfd8 25. Bxc5 Rxc5 26. Ne4 Rc7 27. d6
exd6 28. Bxf7+ Kh8 29. Nxd6 Bg4 30. Rxc7 Qxc7 31. Rc1 Qe7 32. Ba2 Be6 33. Bxe6
Qxe6 34. Qxa7 Rf8 35. Rf1 g5 36. f5 Bxe5 37. fxe6 Bd4+ 38. Rf2 Rxf2 39. Qa4 1-0

[Event "URS-ch Army"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Yurtaev, Leonid"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1987.04.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Bg5 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. c5
O-O 9. Bb5 Ne4 10. Bxe7 Nxe7 11. Rc1 b6 12. c6 Nd6 13. O-O Nxb5 14. Nxb5 a6 15.
Qa4 Nxc6 16. Rxc6 Bd7 17. Nd6 Ra7 18. Rfc1 Rc7 19. Nxf7 Rxf7 20. Rxc7 Bxa4 21.
Rc8 Qxc8 22. Rxc8+ Rf8 23. Rc3 a5 24. Ne5 Rd8 25. f3 Kf8 26. Rc7 Be8 27. Kf2
Rd6 28. Ke3 h6 29. h4 Rd8 30. g4 Rd6 31. f4 Rd8 32. h5 Ra8 33. Kf3 a4 34. Ke3
Ra5 35. Kd2 Rb5 36. Kc3 Ra5 37. Rb7 Rb5 38. Ng6+ Kg8 39. Ne7+ Kf8 40. Nc8 Ra5
41. Rb8 Bf7 42. Nxb6+ Be8 43. Nd7+ Ke7 44. Kb4 Ra7 45. Ne5 Rc7 46. Rb6 1-0

[Event "Moscow TV"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Giorgadze, Tamaz"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1987.05.08"]
[EventType "team-schev (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. g3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
d4 9. e3 O-O 10. exd4 exd4 11. Nbd2 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Nb3 d3 14. Bf4 Qd7 15.
Re1 Rad8 16. a3 Rfe8 17. Qd2 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Qxh3 19. Bg2 Qf5 20. Rad1 Ng4 21.
Bh3 Qh5 22. Bxg4 Qxg4 23. Re3 g5 24. Bc7 Rc8 25. Ba5 Bf6 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. Re1
Ne5 28. Qd1 Nf3+ 0-1

[Event "Moscow TV"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Giorgadze, Tamaz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1987.05.08"]
[EventType "team-schev (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Bg5 d6 5. Nd2 Nbd7 6. e4 g6 7. Ngf3 Bg7 8. Bd3
O-O 9. O-O Ng4 10. cxb5 a6 11. bxa6 Nde5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Be2 h6 14. Bf4 Bxa6
15. Bxa6 Rxa6 16. Bxe5 Bxe5 17. Nc4 Bd4 18. a3 Qd7 19. Rb1 f5 20. Qe2 f4 21.
Kh1 Ra7 22. f3 Qb5 23. Qc2 Qd7 24. Rfc1 Kg7 25. Qd3 Rb8 26. b4 Kh7 27. Na5 Rba8
28. Rb3 Be3 29. Rcb1 cxb4 30. axb4 Ra6 31. Nc4 Qb5 32. Nxe3 Qxd3 33. Rxd3 fxe3
34. Rxe3 Ra2 35. b5 Rb2 36. Ree1 Raa2 37. Rg1 Re2 38. h3 Rab2 39. Rxb2 Rxb2 40.
Ra1 Kg7 41. Ra7 Kf6 42. Rb7 h5 43. h4 Rb3 1-0

[Event "Moscow TV"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "1987.05.08"]
[EventType "team-schev (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Nc3 Bf5 8. Re1
Ne4 9. Qb3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Qc7 11. e4 Bg4 12. Rb1 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 b6 14. Bg2 e5 15.
Be3 Nd7 16. f4 c5 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. f5 Nf6 19. Qd1 Rad8 20. Qe2 Rd6 21. g4 Rfd8
22. Rbd1 Qd7 23. Rxd6 Qxd6 24. g5 Ne8 25. Bf1 Qc6 26. Qc2 Bf8 27. h4 Be7 28.
Be2 Nd6 29. f6 Bf8 30. Rd1 Qc8 31. Kg2 Nxc4 32. Bf2 Rxd1 33. Qxd1 Nd6 34. Qd5
Qb7 35. Bg3 Qxd5 36. exd5 Nf5 37. Bxe5 Nxh4+ 38. Kh3 Nf5 39. Bb8 Bd6 40. Bxa7
Bc7 41. a4 Nd6 42. a5 bxa5 43. Bxc5 Ne4 44. Bd4 a4 45. Bd3 Nd2 46. Bc5 Nf3 47.
d6 Bd8 48. Be3 a3 49. Bb1 h6 50. gxh6 Bxf6 51. c4 Ne5 52. c5 Nc6 53. Kg2 Kh7
54. Kf1 Be5 55. Ke2 f5 56. Kd3 f4 57. Bf2 Kxh6 58. Kc4 f3 59. Kd5 Bd4 60. Bxd4
Nxd4 61. d7 f2 62. d8=Q f1=Q 63. Qh4+ Kg7 64. Qxd4+ Kh6 65. Qh4+ Kg7 66. Qd4+
Kh7 67. Bd3 Qf3+ 68. Be4 Qb3+ 69. Kd6 a2 70. c6 Qa3+ 71. Kd7 a1=Q 72. Qxa1 Qxa1
73. Bxg6+ Kxg6 74. c7 Qd4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow TV"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1987.05.08"]
[EventType "team-schev (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 c4 10. Ne5 Qa5 11. Qd2 Bb4 12. Qc2 Re8 13. Rad1 h6 14. a3 Bxc3 15.
bxc3 Qd8 16. f4 Ne4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. f5 Qd5 19. Nxc6 bxc6 20. g4 Rb8 21. Bf4
Rb5 22. e3 f6 23. Rb1 Re7 24. Rxb5 cxb5 25. Qb2 a6 26. Qb4 Re8 27. Rb1 Bd7 28.
Qa5 Qb7 29. Rd1 Bc6 30. Kf2 Kf7 31. Qc7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Baguio City"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Agdestein, Simen"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1987.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bg5 h6 10. Be3 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Re8 12. Qc2 Be6 13. Rad1 Qd7 14. Nxe6 fxe6
15. a3 Rac8 16. Bh3 Bf8 17. f3 b5 18. Bf2 Ne5 19. Qb3 a6 20. Kh1 Qf7 21. Na2
Rc4 22. Nc1 Ned7 23. Qd3 Qh5 24. Bg2 Bc5 25. e3 Bd6 26. Be1 Rf8 27. Nb3 Rfc8
28. Nd4 e5 29. Nf5 Bf8 30. g4 Qe8 31. h3 e4 32. fxe4 Nc5 33. Qb1 Ncxe4 34. Bh4
Qe5 35. Nd4 Bd6 36. Nf3 Ng3+ 37. Bxg3 Qxg3 38. Qd3 Rf8 39. Kg1 Re4 40. Qe2 Bc5
41. Nd4 Rxe3 42. Qf2 Nxg4 43. Qxg3 Rxg3 44. hxg4 Rxg4 45. Kh2 Rxf1 46. Bxd5+
Kh7 47. Rxf1 Rxd4 48. Bg2 h5 49. b4 Rh4+ 50. Bh3 Be3 51. Re1 g5 52. Rxe3 g4 53.
Re7+ Kg6 54. Re6+ Kf5 0-1

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Baguio City"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Narayanan,Srinath"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1987.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O Bd7 7. c3 g6 8. Nbd2
Bg7 9. d4 O-O 10. h3 Nh5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Re1 Qc8 13. Nf1 Rd8 14. Qe2 h6 15.
N1h2 b5 16. Bc2 Be6 17. Bb3 Nf4 18. Bxf4 exf4 19. Rad1 Rxd1 20. Qxd1 Na5 21.
Nd4 Bxb3 22. Nxb3 Nc4 23. Qc2 Ne5 24. Nd4 c5 25. Ndf3 Nc6 26. Qd2 Qc7 27. e5
Re8 28. Ng4 g5 $2 {Ivanchuk has played quite well upto this point. However, in
the 28-40 move phase, I suspect time would have played a crucial factor as
well. The biggest drawback of g5 in this position is that h5 is no longer a
factor in most positions, thereby giving White a free hand to build his
position.} (28... h5 29. Nf6+ Bxf6 30. exf6 Rxe1+ 31. Qxe1 (31. Nxe1 Qe5 32.
Nd3 Qf5 $1 $11) 31... Qd8) 29. Qd5 $1 {with accurate play, White begins to
press home the point.} Rd8 30. Qe4 Re8 31. Rd1 Re6 {It's instructive how
Black's pawn kingside - which weakens light squares considerably is exploited.
This is typical.} 32. h4 h5 33. Ngh2 g4 34. Ng5 Rh6 35. e6 fxe6 36. Nxe6 Qe7
37. Re1 Be5 38. Ng5 Kg7 39. Nf1 Bd6 40. Ne6+ Kf7 41. Qf5+ Kg8 42. Qd5 Ne5 43.
Nxf4+ Qf7 44. Rxe5 Qxd5 45. Rxd5 Bxf4 46. Rxc5 Re6 47. c4 b4 48. g3 Be5 49. b3
Kf7 50. Rd5 Kf6 51. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Baguio City"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Blatny, Pavel"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1987.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O e6 6. b3 Be7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Nbd2
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Qc7 11. f4 Bd7 12. e3 Bc5 13. Rf3 Rac8 14. c3 Ne8
15. Qe1 Nd6 16. g4 Bxd4 17. exd4 f5 18. g5 Ne4 19. Rc1 Qd6 20. Rc2 Rc7 21. Qh4
Be8 22. Nf1 Bg6 23. Ng3 Rfc8 24. Ne2 b5 25. Re3 b4 26. Qe1 Nxc3 27. Nxc3 Rxc3
28. Rcxc3 bxc3 29. Rxc3 Rxc3 30. Qxc3 Qxf4 31. Qc8+ Kf7 32. Qb7+ Kf8 33. Qxa7
Qe3+ 34. Kf1 Bh5 35. Qc5+ Kf7 36. Qc7+ Kg6 37. Qe5 Qxe5 38. dxe5 Kxg5 39. a4
Kf4 40. a5 Kxe5 41. b4 Be8 42. Kf2 Bb5 43. h4 g6 44. Bf3 h6 45. Ke3 Kd6 46. Bd1
e5 47. Bc2 d4+ 48. Kf2 e4 49. Bb3 f4 50. Bf7 g5 51. hxg5 hxg5 52. Bh5 d3 0-1

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Baguio City"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E74"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1987.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. Bd2
Qxc5 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. O-O Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nc6 12. b3 Nd4 13. Be3 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 Qa5
15. Rac1 a6 16. Rc2 b5 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. cxd5 Rfc8 19. Qe2 Rxc2 20. Qxc2 Bc3 21.
Rc1 b4 22. a4 Rf8 23. Qd3 Rc8 24. h4 h5 25. g3 Kf8 26. f4 Ke8 27. f5 gxf5 28.
exf5 Rc7 29. Kg2 Kd7 30. g4 hxg4 31. h5 Be5 32. Rc4 Rxc4 33. Qxc4 Qc7 34. Qxc7+
Kxc7 35. h6 Kd7 36. Bg5 Bh8 37. Kg3 e6 38. dxe6+ fxe6 39. Kxg4 d5 40. f6 Ke8
41. Kf4 Kf7 42. Ke5 a5 43. h7 Kg6 44. Kxe6 Kxh7 45. f7 Bg7 46. Kxd5 Kg6 47. Bd8
Kxf7 48. Bxa5 Bc3 49. Bb6 Ke7 50. Kc6 1-0

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Baguio City"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Alaan, Vince"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E93"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1987.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 Nbd7 8. O-O
a5 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 Nc5 11. Nd2 g5 12. Bg3 Qe7 13. Rb1 Bd7 14. b3 Nh7 15. Bg4
f5 16. Bxf5 Bxf5 17. exf5 Qd7 18. Qc2 Qxf5 19. Qxf5 Rxf5 20. f3 Nf8 21. a3 b6
22. b4 Nb7 23. Bf2 Rf7 24. Nb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Baguio City"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Hellers, Ferdinand"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1987.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nge2 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8.
cxd5 Qxd5 9. O-O Qh5 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Bd6 12. Bf4 Bxf4 13. Nxf4 Qxd1 14.
Rfxd1 Bd7 15. Nd3 Rc8 16. d5 exd5 17. Bxd5 b6 18. Re1+ Kf8 19. Rad1 g6 20. Ne5
Nxe5 21. Rxe5 Re8 22. Rxe8+ Bxe8 23. Rc1 Ke7 24. Rc8 Rf8 25. Ra8 a5 26. Ra6 Kd6
27. Bb3 Bb5 28. Rxb6+ Kc5 29. Rb7 Re8 30. h4 a4 31. Bxf7 Re1+ 32. Kh2 Re2 33.
Kg3 Rxb2 34. Be8 h6 35. h5 g5 36. Rxb5+ Rxb5 37. Bxb5 Kxb5 38. f4 gxf4+ 39.
Kxf4 Kb4 40. g4 Ka3 41. g5 hxg5+ 42. Ke3 1-0

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Baguio City"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Serper, Grigory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A55"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1987.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. e4 e5 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O a6 8. d5
cxd5 9. cxd5 b5 10. b4 Nb6 11. Be3 Bd7 12. Nd2 O-O 13. Rc1 Qb8 14. Nb3 Nc4 15.
Bxc4 bxc4 16. Na5 Qxb4 17. Nc6 Bxc6 18. dxc6 Rfc8 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. Qxd5 Rab8
21. Rxc4 Qb5 22. g4 h5 23. h3 hxg4 24. hxg4 Qb2 25. Rfc1 Qxa2 26. c7 Rb1 27.
Qc6 Bf8 28. Kg2 Rxc1 29. Rxc1 Qe6 30. Kg3 a5 31. Rc4 g6 32. Bd2 Be7 33. Bxa5
Kg7 34. Bd2 Qf6 35. Qd7 Qh4+ 36. Kf3 Qf6+ 37. Kg3 Qh4+ 38. Kf3 Qf6+ 39. Ke2 Qe6
40. Qxe6 fxe6 41. Rc6 Kf7 42. Bb4 Ke8 43. Rxd6 Bxd6 44. Bxd6 Kd7 45. Bxe5 Ra8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Baguio City"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Sevillano, Enrico"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1987.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bf4 Bg7 8. Qa4+
Bd7 9. Qb3 Qc7 10. e4 O-O 11. Nd2 Nh5 12. Be3 f5 13. exf5 gxf5 14. Be2 Be8 15.
Nf3 h6 16. O-O a6 17. a4 Nd7 18. Rae1 Rb8 19. Qd1 Qd8 20. g3 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Qf6
22. Nd2 Ng7 23. Nc4 b5 24. axb5 axb5 25. Na5 Ne5 26. Qd2 Kh7 27. Rb1 Bd7 28.
Bf4 Rfe8 29. Rfe1 Rb6 30. h4 Ra8 31. Nc6 Bxc6 32. dxc6 Rxc6 33. Rxb5 Rca6 34.
Rbb1 Ra2 35. Qd5 R2a7 36. Rbd1 Nf7 37. Bxd6 Nxd6 38. Qxd6 Qxc3 39. h5 Ra1 40.
Qg6+ Kg8 41. Rxa1 Rxa1 42. Bc4+ Qxc4 43. Rxa1 Qd5 44. Ra7 Qd1+ 45. Kg2 Qd5+ 46.
Kh2 1-0

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Baguio City"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Thorhallsson, Throstur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1987.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qb3 a5 8. e4
dxe4 9. Nxe4 Qg6 10. Ng3 a4 11. Qc3 a3 12. b4 h5 13. c5 h4 14. Ne5 Qh6 15. Ne4
Be7 16. Bd3 Nd7 17. O-O Nf6 18. f4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 O-O 20. Rab1 Rd8 21. b5 cxb5
22. Rxb5 Ra4 23. Rb4 Rxb4 24. Qxb4 f6 25. Ng6 Bf8 26. Nxf8 Rxf8 27. Qxa3 Qh5
28. Qf3 Qf7 29. Rb1 Qd7 30. Rb4 Rd8 31. h3 Qc7 32. a3 Kf8 33. Bxb7 Bxb7 34.
Rxb7 Qa5 35. Rb4 Kf7 36. Kh2 Rd5 37. Rb7+ 1-0

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Baguio City"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Klinger, Josef"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1987.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. Nf3 Bg4 8.
Qb3 Bxf3 9. gxf3 e6 10. Qxb7 Nxd4 11. Bb5+ Nxb5 12. Qc6+ Ke7 13. Qxb5 Qd7 14.
Nxd5+ Qxd5 15. Qxd5 exd5 16. Be3 Ke6 17. O-O Be7 18. Rfe1 Kf5 19. Red1 Rhd8 20.
Rac1 Rd7 21. Rd4 Bf6 22. Rf4+ Kg6 23. Rc6 Re8 24. Rg4+ Kf5 25. Rf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Baguio City"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Norwood, David"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1987.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 Nf6 3. Nf3 c5 4. c4 d4 5. e3 Nc6 6. exd4 cxd4 7. d3 e5 8. O-O
Be7 9. b4 Bxb4 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Qa4+ Nc6 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Qxb4 Qb6 14. Ba3
Qxb4 15. Bxb4 Be6 16. Nd2 O-O-O 17. Nb3 Bf5 18. Rad1 Rd7 19. Bc5 Rhd8 20. Rfe1
Bg6 21. Rd2 h5 22. Kg2 Nh7 23. f3 Bf5 24. h4 Nf8 25. Bxf8 Rxf8 26. Nc5 Rc7 27.
Rde2 Bd7 28. Kf2 Rd8 29. a4 a5 30. Re4 Bf5 31. Rf4 Bg6 32. g4 Ra7 33. gxh5 Bxh5
34. Ree4 Kc7 35. Rxd4 Rxd4 36. Rxd4 Kb6 37. Rd7 Rxd7 38. Nxd7+ Kc7 39. Nc5 Kb6
40. d4 f6 41. Ne6 Bg6 42. Nxg7 Bc2 43. Ke3 Bxa4 44. Kd3 Bb3 45. h5 Ba2 46. h6
Bb1+ 47. Kc3 Kc7 48. Ne8+ 1-0

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Baguio City"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Puri, Vinny"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1987.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Bf5 7. e3 Nbd7 8.
Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 a5 10. Rb1 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. a3 Re8 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Qc2
Bd6 15. b4 Qe7 16. Qb3 Ra7 17. Na4 Ne4 18. Nc5 Rea8 19. Qc2 axb4 20. axb4 h5
21. Nxe4 dxe4 22. Nd2 Ra2 23. Rb2 Qe6 24. Rfb1 f5 25. g3 h4 26. gxh4 Rxb2 27.
Qxb2 Kh7 28. Qb3 Qf6 29. Nc4 Rd8 30. Ne5 Bxe5 31. dxe5 Qxe5 32. Qf7 Rd6 33. h5
Rf6 34. Qxb7 f4 35. exf4 Qxh5 36. Qd7 e3 37. Qd1 e2 38. Qd3+ Qg6+ 39. Qxg6+
Rxg6+ 40. Kh1 Rd6 0-1

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Baguio City"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Wolff, Patrick G"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1987.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 Be7 7. g5 Nfd7 8. Be3
Nc6 9. h4 O-O 10. Qd2 a6 11. f4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. a3 Bb7 14. O-O-O Rc8 15.
Kb1 Nb6 16. g6 Nc4 17. gxh7+ Kh8 18. Bxc4 Rxc4 19. Rhg1 Bf6 20. e5 dxe5 21.
fxe5 Qxd4 22. exf6 Qxf6 23. Qd6 Re8 24. h5 Rf4 25. Ne2 Rf2 26. Qd7 Re7 27. Qd8+
Kxh7 28. Qf8 Bd5 29. Rg4 Rxe2 30. Rdg1 Rg2 31. R1xg2 Qf1# 0-1

[Event "URS-chT Army"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Barskij, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1987.09.04"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 h6 7. h4 Nc6 8. g5
hxg5 9. Bxg5 a6 10. Qd2 Qb6 11. Nb3 Qc7 12. O-O-O Bd7 13. Be2 O-O-O 14. h5 Be7
15. Qf4 Ne5 16. h6 Ng6 17. Qf3 Ne5 18. hxg7 Rhg8 19. Bxf6 Nxf3 20. Bxe7 Rde8
21. Bxd6 Qb6 22. Bc5 Qc7 23. Bxf3 Qf4+ 24. Nd2 Rxg7 25. Be3 Qc7 26. Rh5 Kb8 27.
Rc5 Bc6 28. e5 Rd8 29. b3 Rgg8 30. Kb2 Rd7 31. Bxc6 bxc6 32. Rh1 Rc8 33. Rh4
Qd8 34. Rb4+ Rb7 35. Ra4 Ra7 36. Rca5 c5 37. Nde4 Rc6 38. Nxc5 Qc8 39. N3e4 1-0

[Event "URS-chT Army"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1987.09.04"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. O-O Qc7 12. g3 O-O 13. Bf4 Bd7 14. Rc1 Rac8 15.
Re1 Kh8 16. Qd2 Qb8 17. Bb5 a6 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. Ne5 c5 21. f3
Bb5 22. Nf4 Nd7 23. Neg6+ hxg6 24. Rxe6 Qc7 25. Nxg6+ Kg8 26. Ne7+ Kf7 27. Qg5
Bd3 28. Nxd5 Kxe6 29. Nxc7+ Kd6 30. dxc5+ Kxc7 31. c6 Nf6 32. Qe5+ 1-0

[Event "URS-chT Army"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Savchenko, Stanislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1987.09.04"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Ng5 e6 7. Qe2 Nb6 8.
Bb3 h6 9. N5f3 c5 10. Bf4 a6 11. O-O-O c4 12. Bxc4 Nxc4 13. Qxc4 Nd5 14. Bd2 b5
15. Qd3 Bb7 16. Ne5 Nf6 17. f3 Bd6 18. Ne2 Rc8 19. Kb1 Qc7 20. Nc1 Bxe5 21.
dxe5 Qxe5 22. Bb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-chT Army"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kubredinov"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1987.09.04"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 f6 7. O-O fxe5 8. Nxe5
Nxe5 9. dxe5 Qc7 10. c4 Qxe5 11. Bh5+ g6 12. Bf3 d4 13. Bxb7 Rb8 14. Re1 Qc7
15. Bf3 Bg7 16. Nd2 Nf6 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 O-O 19. Qd3 a5 20. Re2 a4 21. Bg5
Bc6 22. Rae1 Bxe4 23. Qxe4 Rb6 24. g3 Qb7 25. Qc2 e5 26. Bc1 Qf3 27. Rd1 Rb4
28. Qd3 Qf7 29. b3 Qb7 0-1

[Event "URS-chT Army"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Traito, K."]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E74"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1987.09.04"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 h6 8. Bf4 e6
9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. Bxd6 Re8 11. Nf3 Qb6 12. Bxb8 Raxb8 13. Qc2 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 Qxb2
15. Qxb2 Bxb2 16. O-O Bf5 17. Rab1 Bg7 18. Ng3 Bxb1 19. Rxb1 Re6 20. a4 Rd8 21.
Kf1 Rd7 22. Bd1 Rd3 23. Ne2 Rb6 24. Rc1 Bb2 25. Ne1 Rd2 26. Rb1 Ba3 27. Rxb6
Rxd1 28. Nc3 Rc1 29. Na2 Rxe1+ 30. Kxe1 axb6 31. Kd2 Bb2 32. Nc3 Bxc3+ 33. Kxc3
Kg7 34. Kd3 f5 35. f4 g5 36. Ke3 Kg6 37. Kf3 Kf6 38. g3 Kg6 39. h3 h5 40. h4
1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch FL55"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1987.11.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vyzmanavin, Alexey"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1987.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bf4 a6 8. a4
Qe7 9. e3 Bg4 10. Be2 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nbd7 12. O-O Bg7 13. Qc2 O-O 14. Be2 Ne8
15. e4 Nc7 16. Bg3 Rfe8 17. Rae1 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch FL55"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1987.11.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1987.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd3
Nd7 9. Rad1 a6 10. Nd2 Bxe2 11. Nxe2 e6 12. f4 d5 13. e5 Ne7 14. b3 Rc8 15. c4
c5 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Qb1 Nd7 18. Bf2 Re8 19. Kh1 b5 20. Bh4 bxc4 21. bxc4 Nb6
22. cxd5 Nbxd5 23. Ne4 Rb8 24. Qd3 Qa5 25. Nd6 Rf8 26. Qd2 Qxd2 27. Rxd2 Rb4
28. Bxe7 Nxe7 29. g3 g5 30. Nc3 gxf4 31. gxf4 Ng6 32. Nce4 Rfb8 33. Rdf2 Rb1
34. Ng3 Rxf1+ 35. Rxf1 f6 36. f5 exf5 37. e6 f4 38. Ngf5 Bf8 39. Ne4 Rb5 40.
Nxf6+ Kh8 41. Nd4 Rb4 42. Rd1 f3 43. Nd5 Rb2 44. Nxf3 Rf2 45. Ng5 Rf5 46. Nf7+
Kg7 47. a4 Bc5 48. Nd8 Re5 49. Nb7 Ba7 50. Nc7 Nf4 51. Nd6 Nxe6 52. Nc4 Re4 53.
Rd7+ Kf6 54. Nxe6 Kxe6 55. Rxa7 Rxc4 56. Rxa6+ Kf5 57. Ra7 h5 58. Kg2 Kg4
1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch FL55"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1987.11.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kaidanov, Gregory S"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1987.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qa5 10. Bxf6 Qxc3+ 11. Kf1 gxf6 12. Rc1 Qa5 13. Bb5+ Ke7 14.
e5 fxe5 15. Qh5 Nd7 16. Qg5+ Kf8 17. Qh6+ Ke8 18. Qg7 Rf8 19. Qxe5 Qd2 20. Nb3
Qb4 21. Qh5 a6 22. Bd3 b5 23. Re1 Nf6 24. Qe5 Nd5 25. Nd4 Bb7 26. h4 Rd8 27.
Rh3 Qd6 28. Qg5 Ne7 29. Rd1 Rg8 30. Nxb5 Qb8 31. Qc1 Bxg2+ 32. Ke1 Bxh3 33.
Nc7+ Kf8 34. Qh6+ Rg7 0-1

[Event "URS-ch FL55"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1987.11.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Novikov, Igor A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1987.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. Be2 Qc7 8. a4
Be7 9. f4 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. Bf3 Bb7 12. Qe2 Nbd7 13. g4 Nc5 14. Qg2 Rfe8 15.
g5 Nfd7 16. Rad1 Rac8 17. h4 Bf8 18. h5 e5 19. Nde2 exf4 20. Nxf4 Ne5 21. Nfd5
Qd8 22. h6 Kh8 23. Bg4 Ra8 24. hxg7+ Bxg7 25. Bf5 Bc8 26. Qh3 Ng6 27. Qh5 Be6
28. Rf3 Nd7 29. Rh3 Ndf8 30. Bd4 Bxd4+ 31. Rxd4 Bxf5 32. exf5 Re1+ 33. Kg2 f6
34. fxg6 fxg5 35. Re4 1-0

[Event "URS-ch FL55"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1987.11.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zaichik, Gennadi"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1987.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 Nc6 7. g5 Nd7 8. Be3
Be7 9. h4 O-O 10. Qe2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 a6 12. O-O-O b5 13. f4 b4 14. Nb1 e5 15.
fxe5 dxe5 16. Be3 Qa5 17. Qc4 Nc5 18. Bh3 Bb7 19. Nd2 Qb5 20. Bxc5 Bxc5 21. Qb3
Rad8 22. Bf1 Qb6 23. Bd3 Be3 24. Rh2 Bf4 25. Rg2 a5 26. a4 Bc8 27. Bc4 Be6 28.
Bxe6 fxe6 29. Kb1 Qc6 30. g6 h6 31. Ka2 Rd6 32. Rf1 Bxd2 0-1

[Event "URS-ch FL55"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1987.11.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1987.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bg4 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Rb1 Nd7 13. h3 Bh5 14. a4 b6 15.
Rb5 Nf6 16. Bg5 Rc8 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Rxd5 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Qxf3 20. gxf3 Rxc3 21.
Rxd6 Rxd3 22. Rd7 Rxf3 23. Kg2 Rf6 24. Rxa7 Rd8 25. Rd1 h6 26. d5 Rdd6 27. Rc7
g6 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch FL55"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1987.11.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gavrikov, Viktor"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1987.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. f4 Bg7 6. Nf3 Nge7 7. O-O O-O 8. c3 d5
9. e5 b6 10. Re1 Qd7 11. Be3 Bb7 12. Bf2 Rfd8 13. Nbd2 Qc7 14. Rc1 Nb8 15. Qe2
Nd7 16. g4 Rf8 17. Bg3 Rae8 18. d4 Qc8 19. h3 Ba6 20. Qe3 Bb5 21. Nb3 Qc7 22.
Nh4 Bh6 23. Nd2 Qb7 24. Nhf3 Qa6 25. Bh4 Nc6 26. a3 Rc8 27. Bg5 Bxg5 28. Nxg5
cxd4 29. cxd4 Ne7 30. Qf2 Rxc1 31. Rxc1 Rc8 32. Qe1 Rxc1 33. Qxc1 Qc8 34. Qxc8+
Nxc8 35. f5 gxf5 36. gxf5 Nf8 37. fxe6 fxe6 38. h4 h6 39. Nh3 Ne7 40. Kf2 Nf5
41. Nf3 Ng6 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch FL55"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1987.11.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1987.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Nb6 8.
Nc3 Nc6 9. e3 Re8 10. d5 (10. Qe2 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Rd1 Qe7
14. e4 c6 15. f4 Bg7 16. Be3 {Black can not underestimate the danger, with
good control in the center his opponent entertains some chances. Schwarz darf
die Gefahr nicht unterschätzen; mit guter Kontrolle im Zentrum hat sein Gegner
einige Chancen.} Be6 17. Qf2 Rad8 18. Bc5 Qc7 19. e5 f6 20. Bd6 Qf7 21. exf6
Bxf6 22. Bc5 Bg4 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Ne4 {Gronn,A-Hellers,F/Oslo (4)/1992/0-1 
(44)}) (10. h3 a5 11. d5 Nb4 12. e4 c6 13. a3 Na6 14. dxc6 Qxd1 15. Rxd1 bxc6
16. Rb1 Rb8 17. Nd4 {Without queens has the weakness on c6 a bit greater
importance. Ohne Damen spielt die Schwäche auf c6 doch eine größere Rolle.} Bd7
18. b3 e5 19. Nf3 Be6 20. Be3 Na8 21. Rd6 Rxb3 22. Rxc6 Nb8 23. Rc5 a4 24. Rb5
{Tkachiev,V-Xie Jun/Jakarta (12)/1994/1-0 (46)}) (10. Re1 e5 11. d5 Ne7 $5 (
11... Na5 12. e4 c6 13. Bg5 $5 f6 14. Be3 Nac4 15. dxc6 Nxe3 $5 16. Qxd8 Rxd8
17. cxb7 Bxb7 18. Rxe3 Bh6 19. Ree1 Nc4 {Black have sacrificed the pawn for
the bishop pair and activity. Schwarz hat den Bauern für das Läuferpaar und
Aktivität geopfert.} 20. Rad1 Kf8 $1 $44 {Karpov,A-Kasparov,G/Amsterdam/1988/0.
5 (37)}) 12. e4 Bg4 13. Qb3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 c6 15. Be3 cxd5 16. exd5 Nf5 17. Rad1
Nd6 18. Nb5 Nbc8 {The most important task is the defence of the blockade on d6,
since it decides the question about the value of the position. Wichtigste
Aufgabe liegt in der Blockadeverteidigung, was über die Stellungswertung
entscheidet.} 19. Nxd6 Nxd6 20. Bc5 Re7 21. Qb4 Rd7 22. Rc1 Bh6 $6 23. Rc2 Rc8
24. Bg4 $1 {Timman,J-Ftacnik,L/Prague (04)/1990/0.5 (108)}) (10. Ne1 e5 11. d5
Na5 12. Nc2 (12. e4 c6 13. a4 (13. Nc2 cxd5 14. exd5 Nac4 15. b3 Nd6 16. Be3
Bf5 17. Rc1 Bxc2 $1 18. Rxc2 Nf5 {The profound idea, black wants to eliminate
Be3 or at least improve his pieces. Tiefe Idee, Schwarz will den Be3
vernichten oder mindestens seine Figuren verbessern.} 19. Bc5 Rc8 20. Ne2 e4
21. d6 Nxd6 22. Bxd6 Rxc2 23. Qxc2 Qxd6 24. Bxe4 {Pigusov,E-Belov,I/Moscow-B/
1987/0.5 (31)}) 13... cxd5 14. exd5 Bf5 15. g4 Bd7 16. Ne4 Nc8 17. Qc2 b5 18.
axb5 Bxg4 19. d6 Rb8 20. Bg5 Qb6 21. Qc7 {White can also play very agressively,
his trumph ist deplorably placed Na5. Weiß kann auch sehr agressiv spielen,
sein Trumpf ist die bedauerliche Plazierung des Na5.} Rb7 22. Nf6+ Bxf6 23.
Bxb7 Bxg5 24. Rxa5 {Loginov,V-Horvath,C/Budapest FS AprGM (09)/1994/0.5 (33)})
12... e4 $1 13. Nxe4 Nxd5 14. Nd4 Nc4 15. b3 Ne5 16. Bb2 Qe7 17. Qd2 $6 Rd8 $1
18. Rac1 Nb4 {White have achieved little, pieces lack any solid bases. Weiß
hat wenig erreicht, seine Figuren haben keine echten Stützpunkte.} 19. f4 $6
Ng4 $1 20. h3 Nh6 $1 21. a3 Nd5 22. Rfe1 Bxh3 $1 23. Bxh3 Qxe4 24. Bg2 {
Mikhalchishin,A-Kozul,Z/Portoroz-Rogaska Slatina/1993/0-1 (34)}) 10... Nb4 {
'?!'} (10... Ne5 $5 11. Nd4 Bg4 $13) 11. e4 c6 12. Qb3 {'!'} Na6 {'It is less
convenient for white, when the knight sits on a5.' 'Es ist ungünstiger für
Weiß, wenn der Springer auf a5 steht.'} (12... Nd3 13. Be3 cxd5 (13... Nxb2 14.
Qxb2 Na4 15. Nxa4 Bxb2 16. Nxb2 cxd5 17. Rfd1 $1 $16) 14. Rfd1 $1 Nxb2 15. Qxb2
Na4 16. Nxa4 Bxb2 17. Nxb2 e6 18. exd5 exd5 19. Nd3 $16) 13. Be3 cxd5 14. Rfd1
{'!'} (14. exd5 $2 Bxc3 $1 $15) (14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Qa5 $10) 14... Bd7 (
14... Nc4 $2 15. Rxd5 Qc7 16. Nb5 $18) (14... Bxc3 15. Qxc3 Qc7 16. Qe1 $3 $16)
15. exd5 (15. Nxd5 $2 Ba4 $1 $17) 15... Qc7 (15... Rc8 16. Ng5 $1 Bxc3 (16...
Nc5 17. Bxc5 Rxc5 18. Ne6 $1 $18) 17. d6 $1 e6 18. bxc3 Ba4 $2 19. Bxb6 Bxb3
20. Bxd8 Bxd1 21. d7 $1 $18) 16. Ng5 {'!'} Nc5 (16... Qc4 17. d6 Bc6 18. d7
Red8 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Bxb6 Qxb3 21. Bxd8 $3 Qb4 (21... Qxb2 22. Bxe7 Bxc3 23.
d8=Q+ Rxd8 24. Rxd8+ Kg7 25. Rad1 $18) 22. a3 Qc5 23. Nge4 Qe5 24. f4 $1 Qe6
25. Ba5 $18) 17. Qb4 Nca4 18. Nxa4 Bxa4 19. Rac1 Qd6 20. Qh4 {'!'} h6 {'?'} (
20... Bxd1 $2 21. Qxh7+ Kf8 22. Bd4 e5 23. Bc5 $1 $18) (20... h5 $5) 21. Ne4
Qe5 22. b3 g5 23. Bxg5 {'!!'} hxg5 24. Nxg5 Qf6 (24... Bd7 25. Qh7+ Kf8 26. Qh5
$1 Kg8 (26... Qf5 27. Be4 $1 $18) 27. Qxf7+ Kh8 28. Qh5+ Kg8 29. Be4 Qf6 30.
Bh7+ Kf8 31. Bg6 $18) 25. bxa4 Bh6 26. Rd4 Rec8 27. Rxc8+ Rxc8 28. Rg4 Rc1+ 29.
Bf1 Bxg5 30. Rxg5+ Kf8 31. Qg4 Qh8 32. Kg2 Nc8 {'?'} 33. Qd7 1-0

[Event "URS-ch FL55"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1987.11.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mikhalchishin, Adrian"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1987.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Bg3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 c5 12. Qe2 a6 13. a4 cxd4 14. exd4 Bb4
15. Rac1 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Ne4 17. Bh4 Qc7 18. Bd3 Qc6 19. c4 Rfe8 20. Rfe1 Ng5 21.
Bxg5 hxg5 22. d5 exd5 23. Qxe8+ Rxe8 24. Rxe8+ Nf8 25. Re7 Bc8 26. Rxf7 Qc5 27.
Nxg5 Qa3 28. Rd1 Bg4 29. f3 Qb3 30. Rd2 Bh5 31. Rf4 Qc3 32. Rd1 Bg6 33. Bxg6
Qe3+ 34. Kf1 Qxf4 35. Bf7+ Kh8 36. Rxd5 Qxc4+ 37. Kf2 Qh4+ 38. Ke2 g6 39. a5 b5
40. h3 Qc4+ 41. Kf2 Qa2+ 42. Kg3 Qxa5 43. h4 Qc7+ 44. f4 Qb6 45. Re5 Qc7 46. h5
Qc3+ 47. Kg4 Qc8+ 48. Kg3 Qc3+ 49. Kg4 Qc2 50. h6 Qxg2+ 51. Kh4 Qh2+ 52. Kg4
Qxh6 53. Re8 Kg7 54. Bd5 Qh5+ 55. Kg3 Qd1 56. Re7+ Kh8 57. Nf7+ Kg8 58. Nh6+
1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch FL55"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1987.11.19"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1987.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bf4 a6 8. Ne4
Nxe4 9. Qa4+ Nd7 10. Qxe4+ Be7 11. Bxd6 Nf6 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Qxe7+ Kxe7 14.
Rc1 b6 15. Ne5 Nxd5 16. g3 Be6 17. Bg2 f6 18. Nc4 b5 19. Na5 Rac8 20. O-O c4
21. Rfd1 Rhd8 22. a3 c3 23. b4 c2 24. Re1 Rc3 25. Nb7 Rdc8 26. e4 Nb6 27. e5 f5
28. Re2 Rd3 29. Nc5 Rd1+ 30. Re1 Rxe1+ 31. Rxe1 Na4 32. Nd3 Rd8 33. Bf1 Bc4 0-1

[Event "URS-ch FL55"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1987.11.20"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1987.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb7 6. Bg2 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 a5 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qc2 h6 10. Bf4 a4 11. Nc3 Bxc3 12. Qxc3 d6 13. b4 b5 14. cxb5 Nbd7 15.
Rfc1 Rc8 16. Ne1 Bxg2 17. Nxg2 Nb6 18. Qd3 Qd7 19. Bd2 Rb8 20. Ne3 Rb7 21. Rc6
Nc8 22. Ra6 Nb6 23. Nd1 Ra8 24. Rc1 Rba7 25. e4 d5 26. e5 Nh7 27. Nb2 Nf8 28.
Rc3 Ng6 29. Ra3 Ne7 30. Ra5 Qe8 31. h3 Nf5 32. Kh2 Qf8 33. Ra6 Qe8 34. f4 Qd8
35. g4 Nh4 36. Be1 f5 37. Qg3 Rxa6 38. bxa6 g5 39. fxg5 hxg5 40. Qd3 Ng6 41.
gxf5 exf5 42. Qxf5 Kg7 43. Rg3 Nd7 44. Rxg5 Ndf8 45. h4 Rxa6 46. h5 Rc6 47. Bd2
1-0

[Event "URS-ch FL55"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1987.11.21"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1987.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3
Nc6 9. Be2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qxd1+ 11. Rxd1 Be7 12. e4 Nd7 13. Ke2 a6 14. Bd6 b5
15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Ba2 b4 17. axb4 Nc6 18. Rd6 Nxb4 19. Bc4 Ra7 20. Ra1 Rc7 21.
Nd2 Ne5 22. Bb3 Rd7 23. Rxd7 Bxd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch FL55"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1987.11.23"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1987.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O g6 5. d3 Bg7 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. e4 Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 e6 10. Qe2 a5 11. a4 Na6 12. c3 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Qe7 14. Bg5 Nc5 15.
Qe3 Ncd7 16. h4 Rfe8 17. Rfe1 Qf8 18. Qe2 h6 19. Bf4 Nxe4 20. dxe4 Ne5 21. Red1
Red8 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Rd1 Qe7 24. Bf1 Rxd1 25. Qxd1 Qd7 26. Qe2 h5 27. Bxe5
1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch FL55"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1987.11.24"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Panchenko, Alexander N"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1987.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Bg4 8. c4
Nf6 9. Nc3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nxd4 11. Re1+ Be7 12. Qd1 Ne6 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Bb5+
c6 15. Nxd5 cxb5 16. Qb3 O-O 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Qxb5 a6 19. Qb3 Rfd8 20. Be3
Rac8 21. Rac1 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Qd7 23. h3 h6 24. Qc3 Nd4 25. Bxd4 Qxd4 26. g3 Qxc3
27. Rxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch FL55"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1987.11.26"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Malisauskas, Vidmantas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "1987.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O b6 13. Qc1 Bb7 14. Bc4
Qa4 15. Bb5 Qa2 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch FL55"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1987.11.27"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Janjgava, Lasha"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1987.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Be7 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. a4 Rh4 14. g4 Bd7 15.
h3 e5 16. Bg2 exd4 17. Nxb5 cxb5 18. Bxa8 b4 19. Qe2+ Be6 20. Bd5 d3 21. Qe4
d2+ 22. Ke2 Qxb2 23. Rad1 c3 24. Bxe6 fxe6 25. Qxe6+ Kd8 26. Qf6+ Kc8 27. Qxh4
c2 28. Rxd2 Qe5+ 29. Kf3 Qc3+ 30. Ke2 Qe5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch FL55"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1987.11.29"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Chernin, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "1987.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. e3 e6 6. Nge2 Nge7 7. O-O O-O 8. d4
cxd4 9. exd4 d5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Be3 Bg4 13. Re1 Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch U21"]
[Site "Arnhem"]
[Date "1987.12.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Wessman, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1987.12.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Qc2 d5 5. Nc3 c6 6. Bf4 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. h3 Ne4
9. g4 Bb4 10. Rc1 g5 11. Bxb8 Rxb8 12. Bd3 Qf6 13. Ne5 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Bd6 15. f4
gxf4 16. exf4 Bxe5 17. fxe5 Qh4+ 18. Qf2 Qxf2+ 19. Kxf2 fxg4+ 20. Ke2 dxc4 21.
Be4 g3 22. Rcg1 Bd7 23. Rxg3+ Kh8 24. Rg4 Rf7 25. Rhg1 Rbf8 26. Rh4 Rg8 27. Rf1
Rxf1 28. Rxh7# 1-0

[Event "EU-ch U21"]
[Site "Arnhem"]
[Date "1987.12.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E44"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1987.12.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Bb7 6. a3 Be7 7. d5 O-O 8. Nf4
a5 9. Be2 Na6 10. O-O Nc5 11. b3 Re8 12. Bb2 c6 13. Bf3 cxd5 14. cxd5 e5 15.
Nh5 Nxh5 16. Bxh5 Ba6 17. Be2 Bxe2 18. Nxe2 Bd6 19. Ng3 g6 20. f4 exf4 21. exf4
Ne4 22. Qd3 Bc5+ 23. Kh1 Nxg3+ 24. Qxg3 Re3 25. Rf3 Re2 26. Bc3 f5 27. d6 Bxd6
28. Rd3 Qe7 29. Rad1 Re6 30. Qf3 Rd8 31. a4 Bc5 32. h3 d6 33. Kh2 Re4 34. Ba1
Qe6 35. R3d2 Be3 36. Rc2 Bxf4+ 37. Kg1 d5 38. Qf1 d4 39. Rc4 g5 40. Kh1 d3 41.
Rxe4 fxe4 42. Qf2 e3 43. Qb2 Be5 0-1

[Event "EU-ch U21"]
[Site "Arnhem"]
[Date "1987.12.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Riemersma, Liafbern"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1987.12.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 Nc6 7. g5 Nd7 8. Be3
a6 9. h4 Qc7 10. Qe2 b5 11. O-O-O Bb7 12. Bh3 b4 13. Nd5 exd5 14. exd5 Ne7 15.
Nc6 Bxc6 16. dxc6 Qxc6 17. Rhe1 O-O-O 18. Rd4 Qb5 19. Qxb5 axb5 20. Rxd6 Nf5
21. Rc6+ Kb7 22. Bg2 Nxe3 23. Rxe3 Kb8 24. Rd3 Be7 25. Rd5 Nc5 26. Rdxc5 Bxc5
27. Rxc5 Rd4 28. Rxb5+ Kc8 29. Ra5 Rhd8 30. b3 Rxh4 31. Rf5 Rf8 32. f4 f6 33.
Ra5 Kd7 34. Ra7+ Ke6 35. Rxg7 Rxf4 36. Bh3+ Kd6 37. gxf6 h6 38. Kb2 R8xf6 39.
a4 Rf2 40. a5 Kc5 41. Bc8 Rf8 42. Ba6 R8f7 43. Rg8 Rf8 44. Rg7 R8f7 45. Rg8 Ra7
46. Rg6 Rh2 47. Rf6 h5 48. Rf5+ Kd6 49. Bd3 h4 50. Rh5 Rh1 51. Be4 Rd1 52. Rh6+
Ke5 53. Bd3 Rh1 54. Rh5+ Kf4 55. a6 h3 56. Rh8 Kg3 57. Rg8+ Kf4 58. Rf8+ Kg3
59. Rg8+ Kf4 60. Rf8+ Kg3 61. Rg8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch U21"]
[Site "Arnhem"]
[Date "1987.12.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Horvath, Csaba"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1987.12.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Nf3
Nbc6 9. Bd3 f5 10. exf6 Rxf6 11. Bg5 Rf7 12. Bxe7 Rxe7 13. Qh4 h6 14. O-O c4
15. Bg6 Bd7 16. Rfe1 Be8 17. Bh5 Bxh5 18. Qxh5 Qe8 19. Qxe8+ Raxe8 20. Ne5 g5
21. h4 gxh4 22. Ng6 Rf7 23. Re3 Kh7 24. Nxh4 e5 25. Rae1 e4 26. g3 Rg8 27. Rb1
Nd8 28. Rb5 Rg5 29. Kg2 b6 30. f3 Nb7 31. fxe4 dxe4 32. Rb1 Nd6 33. a4 Rf4 34.
Rh1 Rg7 35. Rh2 Rf6 36. Kh3 h5 37. Ree2 Rgf7 38. g4 hxg4+ 39. Kxg4 Rg7+ 40. Kh3
Rh6 41. Rhf2 Nf7 42. Rf5 Ng5+ 43. Rxg5 Rxg5 44. Rxe4 a5 45. d5 Rxd5 46. Rxc4
Rg5 47. Rd4 Kg8 48. c4 Kf7 49. Re4 Kf6 50. c3 Rh7 51. Kh2 Re7 52. Rf4+ Ke5 53.
Rd4 Rh7 54. Kh3 Ke6 55. Kh2 Rgh5 56. Kg3 Rxh4 0-1

[Event "EU-ch U21"]
[Site "Arnhem"]
[Date "1987.12.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1987.12.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. Bg2 c6 6. Nc3 d6 7. O-O Qa5 8. e4 e5
9. h3 Na6 10. Re1 Be6 11. Bf1 Rfd8 12. a3 d5 13. exd5 cxd5 14. Nxe5 dxc4 15.
Nxc4 Qc7 16. Bf4 Qd7 17. Ne5 Qxd4 18. Qxd4 Rxd4 19. Bg2 Rb8 20. Be3 Rdd8 21.
Bxa7 Ra8 22. Bb6 Rd2 23. Bxb7 Rb8 24. Be3 Rd6 25. Nb5 Rd5 26. Bxa6 Rxe5 27. Nd4
Bd7 28. Nf3 Ra5 29. Bc4 Rxb2 30. Bd4 Rb7 31. Rab1 Rxb1 32. Rxb1 Ne8 33. Rb7
Rxa3 34. Rxd7 Rxf3 35. Bd5 Rf5 36. g4 Rg5 37. Bxf7+ Kf8 38. Be3 Re5 39. Ba2 1-0

[Event "EU-ch U21"]
[Site "Arnhem"]
[Date "1987.12.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hansen, Lars Bo"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1987.12.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. dxc5 Bxc5 5. e3 O-O 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. a3 d5 8. b4
Bd6 9. Bb2 Qe7 10. Qb3 Rd8 11. Rd1 a6 12. Bd3 dxc4 13. Qxc4 Bd7 14. Qh4 h6 15.
g4 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. f4 Bxc3+ 18. Bxc3 Ba4 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Qxf6 gxf6 21.
Rd2 Rdc8 22. Be4 Rc3 23. Rd3 Rc7 24. Rd6 Rc3 25. Rd3 Rac8 26. Rxc3 Rxc3 27. Kf2
b6 28. Ra1 e5 29. fxe5 fxe5 30. Ke2 Kg7 31. h3 a5 32. Kd2 Rb3 33. bxa5 bxa5 34.
Ra2 Rb6 35. Ra1 Rb2+ 36. Kc3 Re2 37. Kc4 Rxe3 38. Kd5 Bb3+ 39. Kxe5 Bc2 40. Kd4
Rxe4+ 0-1

[Event "EU-ch U21"]
[Site "Arnhem"]
[Date "1987.12.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Norwood, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "1987.12.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bf4 Bg7 8. Qa4+
Bd7 9. Qb3 b5 10. Nxb5 Bxb5 11. Qxb5+ Nbd7 12. Bxd6 Ne4 13. Be5 O-O 14. Bxg7
Kxg7 15. Qa4 Rb8 16. Qxe4 Qa5+ 17. Nd2 Rxb2 18. Rd1 Rfb8 19. Qf4 Nf6 20. e4 Re8
21. Bd3 Nxd5 22. Qg5 Nc3 23. Nc4 Nxe4+ 24. Nxa5 Nxg5+ 25. Kf1 Ne4 26. Nc4 Rxf2+
27. Kg1 Rxa2 28. Re1 Nf6 29. Rxe8 Nxe8 30. h3 Ra1+ 31. Kh2 Rxh1+ 32. Kxh1 Kf6
33. Kg1 Ke6 34. Kf2 Nd6 35. Ke3 h6 36. Kf4 Ne8 37. Bc2 g5+ 38. Kg4 Nf6+ 39. Kf3
Nd7 40. Ne3 Ne5+ 41. Ke4 h5 42. g4 hxg4 43. hxg4 c4 44. Bd1 a5 45. Kd4 Nc6+ 46.
Ke4 Ne5 47. Be2 c3 48. Bd1 f6 49. Bc2 Nc6 50. Ba4 Nb4 51. Nf5 Kf7 52. Nd4 Kg6
53. Nc2 f5+ 54. gxf5+ Kf6 55. Ne3 Ke7 56. Kf3 Kf7 57. Kg4 Kf6 58. Bb3 Nc6 59.
Bc2 Nd4 60. Bb1 Ke5 61. Kxg5 Nxf5 62. Bxf5 a4 63. Nc2 Kd5 64. Bd3 Kc5 65. Kf4
1-0

[Event "EU-ch U21"]
[Site "Arnhem"]
[Date "1987.12.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Langner, Ladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1987.12.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 e5 5. Nd2 Be7 6. e4 O-O 7. Be2 Na6 8. O-O
Nc7 9. a4 b6 10. Nc4 Ba6 11. b3 Nd7 12. Bg4 Nf6 13. Bh3 Nfe8 14. g3 Bg5 15. Bb2
Qe7 16. Qd3 g6 17. Rae1 Ng7 18. f4 Bxc4 19. Qxc4 Bf6 20. f5 Bg5 21. Bg2 f6 22.
Qd3 a6 23. Nd1 b5 24. Nf2 Nge8 25. Ng4 Qg7 26. h4 gxf5 27. Nf2 Bh6 28. exf5 Kh8
29. Ne4 Rb8 30. Bc3 Qf7 31. Rd1 b4 32. Be1 a5 33. Kh2 Qd7 34. Rf3 Na8 35. c3
Nb6 36. cxb4 axb4 37. Nd2 Nc7 38. Rf1 Bxd2 39. Qxd2 Nxa4 40. bxa4 Qxa4 41. Bf2
Nb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch U21"]
[Site "Arnhem"]
[Date "1987.12.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kosic, Dragan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1987.12.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Nd2 Bg7 8. Nc4
O-O 9. Bg5 Qe7 10. Qd2 Nbd7 11. f3 Ne5 12. e4 h6 13. Be3 h5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15.
Be2 Bd7 16. O-O a6 17. a4 Rab8 18. a5 Rbc8 19. Rfc1 Rfe8 20. Bf4 Qd4+ 21. Kf1
Nh7 22. Qxd4 cxd4 23. Nd1 Bf8 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Rc1 Rxc1 26. Bxc1 f5 27. b3
fxe4 28. fxe4 Nf6 29. Nf2 Ne8 30. Bc4 Nc7 31. Ke2 Nb5 32. Kd3 Bg7 33. Bg5 Be5
34. h3 Nc3 35. Bd2 Kf7 36. Bg5 Kg7 37. Bd8 Kh6 38. Bb6 Nb5 39. Ke2 Nc3+ 40. Kd3
Nb5 41. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch U21"]
[Site "Arnhem"]
[Date "1987.12.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Brenninkmeijer, Joris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1987.12.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Bf4 Bxf4 13. Nxf4 Qb6 14. Qd2 g6
15. Ne2 Bd7 16. a3 Rae8 17. Qg5 Ne4 18. Qg4 Nf6 19. Qh4 e5 20. dxe5 Nxe5 21.
Nxe5 Rxe5 22. Qd4 Qxd4 23. Nxd4 Rc8 24. Rac1 Ree8 25. f3 Kf7 26. g4 a6 27. Kf2
Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Rc8 29. Rxc8 Bxc8 30. Ke3 Nd7 31. Kf4 Kf6 32. h4 Nc5 33. Bc2 Be6
34. g5+ Ke7 35. Nxe6 Kxe6 36. h5 gxh5 37. Bxh7 Kf7 38. Ke5 d4 39. b4 Ne6 40. f4
h4 41. Bf5 Ng7 42. Be4 Nh5 43. f5 h3 44. Kxd4 h2 45. Bd5+ 1-0

[Event "EU-ch U21"]
[Site "Arnhem"]
[Date "1987.12.30"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Damaso, Rui"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1987.12.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 a6 4. Ngf3 c5 5. exd5 exd5 6. Be2 c4 7. O-O Bd6 8. b3
b5 9. Re1 Ne7 10. a4 Bb7 11. bxc4 bxc4 12. Ba3 Bxa3 13. Rxa3 Nbc6 14. Nxc4 dxc4
15. Bxc4 O-O 16. Ng5 Qd6 17. Rf3 Nd8 18. Qd3 Qg6 19. Rxe7 Qxg5 20. Qe3 Qxe3 21.
Rfxe3 Rc8 22. Bb3 Ba8 23. d5 Nb7 24. h3 Rfd8 25. c4 Kf8 26. f4 Nd6 27. Ra7 Bb7
28. Rc3 Rc5 0-1

[Event "EU-ch U21"]
[Site "Arnhem"]
[Date "1987.12.31"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Lev, Ronen"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1987.12.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
Be2 c5 9. O-O b6 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Qd3 Qc7 12. Rac1 e6 13. Rfd1 Nd7 14. e5 Rac8
15. Qe3 Qc6 16. h4 h5 17. Bc4 Rfe8 18. Qe2 Qc7 19. Bf4 Bd5 20. Bxd5 exd5 21. c4
dxc4 22. e6 Rxe6 23. Qxe6 fxe6 24. Bxc7 Rxc7 25. Rxc4 b5 26. Rc2 c4 27. Ng5 Nb6
28. Nxe6 Rc6 29. d5 Rd6 30. Rb1 a6 31. Nc7 Na4 32. Kf1 Nc3 33. Re1 Nxd5 34.
Nxd5 Rxd5 35. Re6 a5 36. Rxg6 Kh7 37. Rb6 c3 38. Ke2 b4 39. g3 Bh6 40. Rb7+ Kg6
41. Rb6+ Kh7 42. f4 Bf8 43. Ra6 Kg7 44. Re6 Bc5 45. Re5 Rxe5+ 46. fxe5 Bd4 47.
Kd3 Bxe5 48. Rg2 a4 49. Kc4 Bd6 50. g4 hxg4 51. Rxg4+ Kh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch U21"]
[Site "Arnhem"]
[Date "1988.01.02"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Benev, Borislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1987.12.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Ne5 Bf5 7. g4 Be6 8. h3
Nbd7 9. Qe2 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nd5 11. Bd2 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Qd5 13. Rg1 O-O-O 14. Qe3
Kb8 15. Be2 Qd7 16. f4 Qc7 17. f5 Bc8 18. e6 f6 19. Bd4 b6 20. Qf2 Bb7 21.
O-O-O g5 22. c4 Bg7 23. c5 Qf4+ 24. Be3 Qa4 25. Kb1 Ba6 26. cxb6 Bc4 27. Rxd8+
Rxd8 28. Bxc4 Qxc4 29. bxa7+ Kb7 30. Qc2 Qd5 31. Rc1 h5 32. Qb3+ Qxb3 33. axb3
Rd3 34. Rc3 Rd1+ 35. Ka2 Re1 36. Bc5 Re4 37. Rc4 1-0

[Event "URS-ch Army"]
[Site "Frunze"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Aseev, Konstantin N"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Bc5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Bc2 Nxf2 12. Rxf2 f6 13. exf6 Bxf2+ 14. Kxf2
Qxf6 15. Kg1 Rae8 16. Nf1 Ne5 17. Be3 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 Qxf3 19. gxf3 Rxf3 20. Bf2
Bf5 21. Bd1 Rd3 22. Bc2 Rf3 23. Bb3 c6 24. Re1 Rxe1 25. Bxe1 Bd3 26. Bf2 Bc4
27. Bd1 Rh3 28. Ng3 Bxa2 29. Bd4 Rh6 30. b4 Bb1 31. Bg4 Rg6 32. h3 Rh6 33. Kf2
Kf7 34. Ke3 g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch Army"]
[Site "Frunze"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 b6 7. b4 Bb7 8.
Bb2 d6 9. e3 Nbd7 10. Be2 c5 11. O-O Qe7 12. d3 Rac8 13. a4 d5 14. b5 a5 15.
bxa6 Bxa6 16. a5 Rb8 17. Ne5 Rfc8 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. axb6 Rxb6 20. Ra2 Bb7 21.
Ba1 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch Army"]
[Site "Frunze"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Chekhov, Valery A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Bg4 11. Bc2 Be7 12. Re1 Qd7 13. Nf1 Rd8 14. Ne3 Bh5 15.
b4 Ne6 16. Nf5 Nxb4 17. cxb4 Bxb4 18. Rf1 Bc3 19. Rb1 d4 20. Ba3 d3 21. Rb3 Bg4
22. Nxg7+ Nxg7 23. Bb1 Bd4 24. Rxd3 Ne6 25. Qe1 Bxf3 26. Rxf3 c5 27. Kh1 b4 28.
Bc1 Bc3 29. Qe4 Qd5 30. Qf5 Nd4 31. Qf6 Rg8 32. e6 Qxe6 33. Re3 c4 34. Bxh7 Rf8
35. Rd1 Rd7 36. Qf4 1-0

[Event "URS-ch Army"]
[Site "Frunze"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 a6 4. Ngf3 c5 5. exd5 exd5 6. Be2 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc6 8.
N2f3 Bd6 9. O-O Nge7 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. c4 O-O 12. Bg5 Qb6 13. h3 Be6 14. cxd5
1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch Army"]
[Site "Frunze"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Glek, Igor Vladimirovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Bb3 Bd7 12. c3 Qc7 13. Bg5 Ne4 14. Bh4
Qf4 15. g3 Qh6 16. Qe2 Nd6 17. f4 Nb5 18. Nf5 Bc5+ 19. Kg2 Qg6 20. Bc2 f6 21.
Nxg7+ Qxg7 22. Qh5+ Qf7 23. Qxc5 Rc8 24. Qe3 O-O 25. Rad1 Bc6+ 26. Kg1 Bd5 27.
f5 Rc6 28. Bxf6 Qxf6 29. fxe6 Rxe6 30. Qd3 Qh6 31. Qxd5 Qe3+ 32. Kh1 Rxf1+ 33.
Rxf1 Nd6 34. Bb3 1-0

[Event "URS-ch Army"]
[Site "Frunze"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Graf, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. Nge2 c5 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Re1
Rb8 9. d5 Bg7 10. Bf4 O-O 11. Qd2 Ne5 12. b3 Bc8 13. a4 a6 14. Bh6 Bxh6 15.
Qxh6 b5 16. axb5 axb5 17. h3 b4 18. Nd1 Ned7 19. Ne3 Nb6 20. f4 e6 21. dxe6
fxe6 22. e5 Nfd5 23. f5 gxf5 24. Ra7 Nc7 25. exd6 Qxd6 26. Qg5+ Kh8 27. Rd1 Qe5
28. Ng4 Qxe2 29. Rd8 1-0

[Event "URS-ch Army"]
[Site "Frunze"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kruppa, Yuri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a4 h6 13. Bc2 exd4 14. cxd4 Nb4 15.
Bb1 c5 16. d5 Nd7 17. Ra3 c4 18. axb5 axb5 19. Nd4 Rxa3 20. bxa3 Nd3 21. Bxd3
cxd3 22. Re3 Ne5 23. N4f3 Nc4 24. Rxd3 Qd7 25. Nxc4 bxc4 26. Re3 f5 27. Nd2 Rc8
28. Bb2 Qb5 29. Qa1 fxe4 30. Rg3 Rc7 31. Nxe4 Bxd5 32. Nf6+ Kh8 33. Qb1 Be4 34.
Qxe4 gxf6 35. Bxf6+ Bg7 36. Qg6 Qb7 37. Qxh6+ Kg8 38. Qxg7+ Rxg7 39. Rxg7+ Qxg7
40. Bxg7 Kxg7 41. Kf1 1-0

[Event "URS-ch Army"]
[Site "Frunze"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Neverov, Valeriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
Be3 Qa5 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. Rc1 cxd4 11. cxd4 Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 O-O 13. d5 Rd8 14. Ke1
Na5 15. Bb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch Army"]
[Site "Frunze"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. Be3 Ng4 8. Bg5
f6 9. Bh4 Nc6 10. d5 Ne7 11. Nd2 Nh6 12. g4 c6 13. f3 Nf7 14. Qc2 a6 15. a4 Qc7
16. a5 f5 17. Bf2 Bh6 18. Bb6 Qb8 19. Rg1 fxg4 20. fxg4 Bf4 21. h4 Bd7 22. b4
c5 23. bxc5 Nc8 24. O-O-O Nxb6 25. cxb6 Qc8 26. Kb2 Nh6 27. g5 Ng4 28. Bxg4
Bxg4 29. Rde1 Bd7 30. Ncb1 Rf7 31. Rh1 Bg3 32. Ref1 Rxf1 33. Nxf1 Bf4 34. Nbd2
Bg4 35. Nb3 Bf3 36. Rg1 Qh3 37. c5 dxc5 38. Nxc5 Rc8 39. d6 Bxe4 40. Qc4+ Kh8
41. Qb3 Bc1+ 0-1

[Event "URS-ch Army"]
[Site "Frunze"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kharitonov, Andrei Y"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D73"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 c6 5. d4 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Ne5
e6 9. Bg5 Qb6 10. Qd2 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. O-O Nd7 13. Rfd1 Rb8 14. b3 f6 15.
Bh6 Bxh6 16. Qxh6 c5 17. Na4 Qd6 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Nxc5 Qxc5 20. Rac1 Qd6 21.
Qd2 f5 22. Qd4 Rf7 23. e3 Ba6 24. Rc5 Rc8 25. Rdc1 Rfc7 26. Rxc7 Rxc7 27. Rxc7
Qxc7 28. h4 Be2 29. Qb2 Bd3 30. Qf6 Qc6 31. Kh2 a6 32. Bf3 Be4 33. Bxe4 fxe4
34. Qe7 h5 35. Kg2 Qc8 36. b4 Qc6 37. a3 Qc8 38. a4 Qc6 39. Qf6 Kh7 40. Qf7+
Kh6 41. Qg8 Qc3 42. b5 Qf6 43. Kg1 axb5 44. axb5 d4 45. exd4 Qxd4 46. Qxe6 Qd1+
47. Kh2 Qf3 48. Qb6 1-0

[Event "URS-ch Army"]
[Site "Frunze"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kiselev, Sergey"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d6 5. e4 h6 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 Nh5 8. c3
e6 9. Ng1 Nxg3 10. hxg3 c5 11. dxc5 dxc5 12. f4 e5 13. f5 O-O 14. Bc4 Nd7 15.
Nh3 Nf6 16. Nf2 Bd7 17. Ng4 b5 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. Bd5 Bc6 20. O-O Rfd8 21. a4
a6 22. Qe2 c4 23. Kh1 Bf8 24. Bxc6 Qxc6 25. f6 Rd6 26. Rf5 Rad8 27. Nf3 Rxf6
28. axb5 axb5 29. Nxe5 Qe6 30. Raf1 Rxf5 31. Rxf5 Bg7 32. Nf3 Qd6 33. Qf2 Qg6
34. g4 Qe6 35. e5 Qd5 36. Qa7 Rf8 37. Kh2 Qe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch Army"]
[Site "Frunze"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Klovans, Janis"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8.
Bg5 a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nd5 Bg7 12. Bd3 Ne7 13. Nxe7 Qxe7 14. c4 f5
15. O-O O-O 16. Re1 fxe4 17. Bxe4 Rb8 18. cxb5 axb5 19. Qb3 Be6 20. Bd5 Rfc8
21. Rad1 Bf5 22. Be4 Bxe4 23. Rxe4 Qe6 24. g3 Qxb3 25. axb3 f5 26. Re2 Rb6 27.
Rd5 Rc5 28. Red2 e4 29. b4 Rxd5 30. Rxd5 Bxb2 31. Nxb5 Be5 32. Nd4 Bxd4 33.
Rxd4 Kf7 34. g4 Ke6 35. gxf5+ Ke5 36. Rc4 d5 37. Rc7 h6 38. Rd7 d4 39. Kf1 Rxb4
40. Ke1 d3 41. Rh7 Rb6 42. Re7+ Kf4 43. Rg7 Rb1+ 44. Kd2 Rf1 45. f6 Rxf2+ 46.
Kc3 Rc2+ 47. Kb4 Rc8 48. f7 d2 0-1

[Event "URS-ch Army"]
[Site "Frunze"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kozlov, Vladimir E"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. Bg2 d5 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Nc2 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Qc7 11. Bg5 Nbd7 12. Ne3 Rb8 13. a4 b6 14. Qd4 Bb7
15. Bxb7 Rxb7 16. Nxc4 e5 17. Qh4 Nh5 18. Ra3 Nf4 19. gxf4 Qxc4 20. Re1 e4 21.
f5 f6 22. Be3 Qd5 23. Qf4 Ne5 24. Raa1 Nc4 25. Red1 Qc6 26. Rd4 Re7 27. Rb1
Rfe8 28. Rb4 Na3 29. Qd6 Qxd6 30. Rxd6 Nc2 31. Rc4 Nxe3 32. fxe3 Re5 33. Rc7
Rxf5 34. Rxa7 Rg5+ 35. Kf2 h5 36. Rxb6 h4 37. Rb5 f5 38. h3 Rd8 39. Rb1 Rg3 40.
Rg1 f4 41. Rxg3 fxg3+ 42. Kg2 Rd2 43. Ra5 Rxe2+ 44. Kg1 Rxe3 45. Rh5 Re1+ 46.
Kg2 Re2+ 47. Kg1 Ra2 0-1

[Event "URS-ch Army"]
[Site "Frunze"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Serper, Grigory"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Re1
O-O 9. Nbd2 Nd7 10. Nf1 Nc5 11. Bc2 Ne6 12. Ne3 Kh8 13. Nd5 f5 14. exf5 gxf5
15. d4 e4 16. Nd2 Ne7 17. Nxe7 Qxe7 18. d5 Nf4 19. Nf1 Qg5 20. Ng3 Be5 21. Be3
Rg8 22. Kh1 Qh4 23. Rg1 Bd7 24. Nf1 Nxg2 25. Rxg2 Rxg2 26. Kxg2 f4 27. Bd4 Bg4
28. Bxe5+ dxe5 0-1

[Event "URS-ch Army"]
[Site "Frunze"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Timoscenko, Gennadij A"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D89"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 Bg4 11. f3 Na5 12. Bd3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Be6 14. Rc1
Bxa2 15. Qa4 Be6 16. d5 Bd7 17. Qb4 e6 18. Nc3 exd5 19. exd5 Re8 20. Bf2 b6 21.
Bh4 Bf8 22. d6 Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch Army"]
[Site "Frunze"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Yurtaev, Leonid"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Qc7 5. O-O Nd4 6. Re1 a6 7. e5 Nxb5 8.
exf6 Nxc3 9. fxg7 Bxg7 10. dxc3 d6 11. Ng5 h6 12. Bf4 O-O 13. Ne4 Bf5 14. Qh5
Bg6 15. Qh4 h5 16. Rad1 Rae8 17. Bg5 f6 18. Bc1 Qc8 19. h3 Rf7 20. Rd3 f5 21.
Ng5 Rf6 22. f4 e5 23. Red1 Qc6 24. Be3 b6 25. Qf2 Bh6 26. Qd2 Bf8 27. Rd5 Bf7
28. Nxf7 Kxf7 29. Qe2 Kg6 30. Qxa6 Bh6 31. Qf1 Ree6 32. c4 Qe8 33. Qf3 e4 34.
Qe2 Kh7 35. Kh1 Qg6 36. a4 Rf7 37. c3 h4 38. b4 Rg7 39. Qf2 Qf6 40. a5 bxa5 41.
bxc5 dxc5 42. Rxc5 Qxc3 43. Rxf5 Rg3 44. Rd7+ Kg8 45. Rd8+ Kh7 46. Rf7+ Bg7 47.
Bd4 Rxh3+ 48. gxh3 Qxh3+ 49. Qh2 Qf1+ 50. Bg1 Rg6 51. Qxh4+ 1-0

[Event "Lvov"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Dorfman, Josif D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1988.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6 8.
Be2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 Re8 12. Bf4 Bf5 13. Rad1 Ne4 14. Nb5 Qf6
15. Bd3 Bd7 16. Be5 Bxb5 17. Qxb5 Rxe5 18. Nxe5 Nd6 19. Ng4 Qf4 20. Qd7 c4 21.
g3 Nc5 22. Qc7 Qxg4 23. Qxc5 Qd7 24. Be2 Bxb2 25. Qb4 c3 26. Bd3 a5 27. Qf4 Ba3
28. Rfe1 Bc5 29. Kg2 b5 30. h4 h5 31. Qf6 Qd8 32. Qxc3 Bb4 33. Qe5 Bxe1 34.
Rxe1 Rc8 35. Re3 b4 36. Rf3 Rc3 37. Rf6 Ne8 38. Rf3 Nd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lvov"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Huzman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1988.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Rc1 dxc4 8. e3
c5 9. Bxc4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bd7 11. O-O Nc6 12. Nb3 a6 13. Be2 Nd5 14. Bg3 Nxc3
15. Rxc3 Nb4 16. Qb1 Qb6 17. Rcc1 Nd5 18. e4 Nf6 19. Bf4 Rac8 20. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lvov"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1988.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6 8.
Be2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 Bf5 12. Bf4 Re8 13. Rad1 Nd7 14. Qb3 Nb4
15. Rd2 Nb6 16. Bb5 Bd7 17. Bg5 Qc8 18. Rc1 a5 19. Na4 c4 20. Qd1 Nxa4 21. Qxa4
Bxb5 22. Qxb5 Qf5 23. h4 c3 24. bxc3 Rec8 25. c4 Nd3 26. Rb1 Bc3 27. Re2 Bb4
28. Rd1 Bc5 29. d6 h6 30. d7 Rf8 31. Bxh6 Rfd8 32. Re8+ Kh7 33. Be3 b6 34. Ng5+
Kg7 35. Rxd3 Qxd3 36. Qb2+ f6 37. Ne6+ Kh7 38. Qxf6 Rxd7 39. Qh8# 1-0

[Event "Lvov"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kupreichik, Viktor D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E87"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1988.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 e5 6. d5 Nh5 7. Be3 f5 8. Qd2 O-O
9. O-O-O Nd7 10. exf5 gxf5 11. Bd3 Ndf6 12. Nge2 Kh8 13. Kb1 Qe7 14. Bg5 Qf7
15. Qc2 Bd7 16. Ka1 Qg6 17. h4 h6 18. g4 e4 19. gxh5 exd3 20. hxg6 dxc2 21. Rc1
Ne4 22. Bf4 Nf2 23. Rhf1 Nd3 24. Rxc2 Rae8 25. h5 a6 26. Rd2 Ne5 27. Bxe5 dxe5
28. f4 b5 29. cxb5 axb5 30. a3 exf4 31. Nxf4 c5 32. dxc6 Bxc6 33. Rd6 Be4 34.
Rb6 Rb8 35. Rxb8 Rxb8 36. Ne6 Bd3 37. Rd1 Bc4 38. Nxg7 Kxg7 39. Rd4 Kf6 40. a4
Ke5 41. Nxb5 Bb3 42. Rb4 Bd5 43. Rh4 f4 44. Nc3 Bb3 45. Rh3 Kf5 46. Nb5 Bxa4
47. Nd4+ Ke4 48. Ne6 Bc2 49. b4 f3 50. Rh2 Bd3 51. Nc5+ Ke3 52. Nd7 Rxb4 53.
Nf6 Rb1+ 54. Ka2 Rg1 55. Nd5+ Ke4 56. Nc3+ Kf4 57. Rh4+ Ke5 0-1

[Event "Lvov"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Mikhalchishin, Adrian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1988.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. Qb3
c5 9. dxc5 Nbd7 10. Qa3 Qc7 11. Be3 Ng4 12. Bg5 Ngf6 13. Rc1 Qxc5 14. Qxc5 Nxc5
15. e5 Nfe4 16. Bxe7 Re8 17. Nd5 Be6 18. Nc7 Rxe7 19. Nxa8 Bxa2 20. Be2 Bxe5
21. Nxe5 Rxe5 22. O-O Nb3 23. Rcd1 Nc3 24. Rd8+ Kg7 25. Bxa6 bxa6 26. bxc3 Rc5
27. Nb6 Rxc3 28. Rc8 Rxc8 29. Nxc8 a5 30. Nb6 Kf6 31. Nd5+ Ke5 32. Nc3 1-0

[Event "Lvov"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Moskalenko, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1988.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 b6 7. f4 Ba6 8. Bb1 Nc6
9. Ndf3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Rc8 11. Ne2 f5 12. O-O Be7 13. Rf2 O-O 14. h3 Bh4 15.
Nxh4 Qxh4 16. Be3 Na5 17. b3 Nb8 18. Bc2 Nbc6 19. Qd2 Rc7 20. Bd1 Rfc8 21. a3
Ne7 22. Rf3 Ng6 23. Bf2 Qe7 24. Be1 Qf8 25. Qe3 Nc6 26. Bd2 Bb5 27. Nc3 Ba6 28.
Rf2 Nge7 29. Na2 Bb5 30. a4 Ba6 31. Bc3 Bb7 32. b4 a5 33. b5 Nb4 34. Bxb4 axb4
35. Nxb4 Rc3 36. Qd2 Ng6 37. Nd3 Ra3 38. Rc1 Rxc1 39. Nxc1 Qc8 40. Bb3 Ra1 41.
Rf1 Ra3 42. Qb2 Qf8 43. Nd3 h5 44. Rf3 h4 45. Kh2 Kh7 46. Nc5 1-0

[Event "Lvov"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Petrosian, Arshak B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E07"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1988.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. g3 Nbd7 6. Bg2 c6 7. O-O O-O 8. Qd3
b6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Bf4 a6 11. a4 Bb7 12. Rfc1 Rc8 13. Nd2 Nh5 14. Be3 Bd6 15.
f3 Nhf6 16. Bf2 Qe7 17. Bh3 Rfd8 18. Re1 Nb8 19. Rac1 Nc6 20. Nb3 Bb4 21. Qb1
Na5 22. Nxa5 Bxa5 23. Red1 Bb4 24. Na2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lvov"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kaidanov, Gregory S"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "1988.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. d4 dxc4 8. Qa4
a6 9. Qxc4 b5 10. Qd3 Bb7 11. O-O c5 12. Rd1 Nbd7 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Qc2 Qc8 15.
Bf4 Rd8 16. Rdc1 Bc6 17. b4 Ncd7 18. Nb1 Bd5 19. Nc3 Nb6 20. Nxd5 Nfxd5 21. Qb3
Nc4 22. Ne5 Ra7 23. Rc2 Nxf4 24. gxf4 Bf6 25. a4 Bxe5 26. fxe5 Rad7 27. axb5
axb5 28. Rcc1 Qc7 29. Qg3 Rd2 30. Bf1 Qe7 31. e3 Qxb4 32. Qf4 R2d5 33. Bxc4
bxc4 34. Rxc4 Qb8 35. Rac1 Rxe5 36. Rc7 Rf5 37. Qc4 Qb2 38. Rc2 Qa1+ 39. Rc1
Qf6 40. Rc8 Rfd5 41. Rxd8+ Rxd8 42. Qg4 g6 43. Kg2 Rd5 44. h4 Rf5 45. Rc8+ Kg7
46. Rc2 Kh6 47. Qg3 e5 48. Qg4 Qe7 49. Rc4 Qd7 50. Qe2 Qd5+ 51. Kg1 Qb7 52. Qd1
Qb2 53. Qc2 Qa1+ 54. Kg2 Qe1 55. Rc6 Kg7 56. Rc4 Rh5 57. Re4 Kh6 58. Qc4 Rf5
59. Qc2 Kh5 60. Rc4 Kh6 61. Ra4 Rf6 62. Re4 Qa5 63. Rg4 Qe1 64. Re4 Rf5 65. Ra4
Rf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lvov"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Karolyi, Tibor Jr"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D98"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1988.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qb3 Bg7 5. Nf3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Bg4 8.
Be3 Nfd7 9. O-O-O Na6 10. h3 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Qc8 12. f4 e6 13. Qb3 Nb6 14. Bxa6
bxa6 15. Rd2 Rb8 16. Rhd1 Rd8 17. Na4 Nxa4 18. Qxa4 Qb7 19. e5 Rd5 20. Qc4 Rb5
21. Qc3 Bf8 22. Rc2 Qf3 23. Qc6 Qxh3 24. Qxa6 Qf3 25. b3 h5 26. Rg1 R8b6 27.
Qc8 Kg7 28. Kb2 Qd5 29. Qxc7 Rxb3+ 30. axb3 Qxb3+ 31. Kc1 Qb1+ 32. Kd2 Qxg1 33.
d5 Rb1 34. d6 Qd1+ 35. Kc3 Qd5 36. Qc4 Qa5+ 37. Kd3 h4 38. Bd2 Qd8 39. f5 exf5
40. Bc3 Kg8 41. Ra2 Rb7 42. Ra4 h3 43. Qh4 Qe8 44. Kc2 h2 45. e6 Qxa4+ 46. Qxa4
h1=Q 47. e7 Qb1+ 48. Kd2 Bxe7 49. dxe7 Rxe7 50. Qd4 Qe1+ 51. Kc2 Qe4+ 0-1

[Event "Lvov"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lalev, Dimitar"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E95"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1988.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Re1
c6 9. Bf1 exd4 10. Nxd4 Ng4 11. Qxg4 Bxd4 12. Be3 Nc5 13. Qd1 Be5 14. Qd2 Re8
15. f3 a5 16. Rad1 Qf6 17. Bg5 Qh8 18. f4 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Nxe4 20. Rxe4 Rxe4 21.
Qxd6 Bg4 22. Rd4 Re6 23. Qc7 Rae8 24. c5 Be2 0-1

[Event "Lvov"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Malaniuk, Vladimir P"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E27"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1988.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 O-O 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
e3 Bf5 9. Ne2 c5 10. g4 Bg6 11. Nf4 Nc6 12. Bg2 Rc8 13. O-O Na5 14. Ra2 h6 15.
Nxg6 fxg6 16. Re1 Rc6 17. Rf2 cxd4 18. cxd4 Qb6 19. Rb2 Qc7 20. e4 Kh8 21. e5
Ng8 22. f4 Ne7 23. Rb1 Nc4 24. Qd3 Nb6 25. Bd2 Nc4 26. Bc1 Nb6 27. Bd2 Nc4 28.
Bb4 Rd8 29. Rf1 Rb6 30. f5 gxf5 31. gxf5 Nc6 32. f6 gxf6 33. Rxf6 Nxb4 34. axb4
Rxf6 35. exf6 Qf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lvov"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Novikov, Igor A"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1988.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Rc1 Bf8 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Na4 Re6
15. Nc5 Bxc5 16. Rxc5 Qe8 17. Qd3 a5 18. Rfc1 Ba6 19. Qc3 Bb5 20. Bd4 a4 21.
Bxf6 Rxf6 22. e3 Rb8 23. Qd4 Re6 24. b3 axb3 25. axb3 Ra8 26. Qc3 Re7 27. Bf1
Bxf1 28. Kxf1 Rb7 29. Rxc6 Rxb3 30. Rc8 Rxc8 31. Qxc8 Qxc8 32. Rxc8+ Kh7 33.
Rc5 Rb1+ 34. Ke2 Rb2+ 35. Ke1 Rb1+ 36. Kd2 g5 37. Rxd5 Rh1 38. Ke2 Rxh2 39. Rd1
h5 40. e4 h4 41. Kf3 hxg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lvov"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1988.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. Bg5 Bg7 8. Nd2
h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. e3 Nxg3 12. hxg3 Nd7 13. Qc2 a6 14. Be2 Ne5 15.
Nf3 b5 16. a4 b4 17. Ne4 Rb8 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Nd2 b3 20. Qc1 Rb4 21. Nc4 Bg7
22. a5 O-O 23. O-O Bf5 24. Rd1 Qf6 25. Bd3 Bxd3 26. Rxd3 Rfb8 27. Rd2 R8b5 28.
Qf1 Qg6 29. Rc1 Ra4 30. Qe2 Rb8 31. g4 Kf8 32. g3 Kg8 33. Kg2 Bf6 34. f3 Bd8
35. e4 Bxa5 36. Rd3 Qf6 37. e5 dxe5 38. d6 e4 39. fxe4 Qe6 40. Rd5 Bd8 41. Re5
Qd7 42. Rxc5 Rb5 43. Rf5 Qe6 44. Qd3 Rab4 45. d7 h5 46. Nd6 Rxf5 47. Nxf5 Qe5
48. Rc8 Qxb2+ 49. Kh3 hxg4+ 50. Kxg4 Qf6 51. Qd6 Rxe4+ 52. Kh5 Kh7 53. Rxd8 Re6
54. Qd4 Re5 55. Rh8+ Qxh8 56. d8=Q Qxd8 57. Qxd8 b2 58. Qf6 1-0

[Event "Lvov"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sapis, Witalis"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1988.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. g3 Qc7 7. Qd3 Nc6 8.
Nxc6 dxc6 9. Bg2 e5 10. O-O Be6 11. Ne4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 g6 13. Be3 f5 14. Bg2 Bg7
15. Bc5 e4 16. Qe3 Kf7 17. Rad1 Bxc4 18. g4 Rhe8 19. gxf5 gxf5 20. Qg5 Be6 21.
f3 exf3 22. Bxf3 Kg8 23. e4 fxe4 24. Bxe4 Qe5 25. Qxe5 Bxe5 26. b3 Kh8 27. Rde1
Bg7 28. Bf3 Bh3 29. Bg2 Bxg2 30. Kxg2 Kg8 31. Kf3 Rxe1 32. Rxe1 Rd8 33. Re2 Rd5
34. Bb4 c5 35. Be1 Kf7 36. Bg3 b5 37. Ke4 Rd4+ 38. Kf5 c4 39. bxc4 bxc4 40. Rc2
h5 41. Bf2 Rd6 42. Be3 c3 43. Bf4 Rb6 44. Ke4 Rb2 45. Kd3 Ke6 46. Bg3 Kf5 47.
Be1 Kg4 48. Bg3 h4 49. Bc7 Kf3 50. Bd8 Rb4 51. Bc7 Rb2 52. Bd8 h3 53. Bc7 Rxc2
54. Kxc2 Bd4 55. Kd3 Bg1 56. Kxc3 Kg2 0-1

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Chernin, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E19"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1988.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qc2
Nxc3 9. Qxc3 d6 10. b3 Bf6 11. Bb2 c5 12. Qd2 Nd7 13. Rac1 Qc7 14. Rfd1 Rfd8
15. e3 Rac8 16. Qe2 Be4 17. Ne1 Bxg2 18. Nxg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Foisor, Ovidiu Doru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1988.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. O-O Bd6 12. Nc3 a6 13. Bg5 O-O 14. Bh4 Nh5 15.
Re1 g6 16. Bg5 Qg7 17. Be3 Bd7 18. Bf1 Nf4 19. g3 g5 20. Kh1 Kh8 21. gxf4 gxf4
22. Bd2 Rg8 23. Ne2 Raf8 24. Qb3 Bc8 25. Bh3 e5 26. Rg1 Bxh3 27. Rxg7 Rxg7 28.
Rg1 Bg4 29. Rxg4 Rxg4 30. Qxd5 Bb8 31. Bc3 1-0

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Groszpeter, Attila"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "1988.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
Nbd7 9. Bf4 Ne4 10. Nc3 f5 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1988.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nf3 d5 7. Bxb4 cxb4 8.
Nbd2 Nc6 9. O-O b6 10. Rc1 Bb7 11. e3 Qd6 12. Qa4 Rfc8 13. Rc2 Rc7 14. Rfc1
Rac8 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Bh3 Nd7 17. Ne5 b5 18. Qxb5 Nxd4 19. exd4 Rxc2 20. Rxc2
Rxc2 21. Qxb7 Nxe5 22. dxe5 Qd8 23. e6 fxe6 24. Bxe6+ Kh8 25. Nf3 Rxb2 26. Ne5
Qf8 27. Qxa7 Re2 28. Nf7+ Kg8 29. Bxd5 Re7 30. Qd4 Qb8 31. Nd6+ 1-0

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ivanovic, Bozidar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1988.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Nc3 dxc4 7. Ne5 c5 8. dxc5
Qxd1+ 9. Nxd1 Nbd7 10. Nxc4 Nxc5 11. Nc3 Rd8 12. O-O Nd5 13. Bd2 Bd7 14. Bxd5
exd5 15. Nxd5 Bf8 16. Be3 Rac8 17. Ne5 Be8 18. Rfd1 f6 19. Nf3 Bf7 20. Nc3 a6
21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Rc1 h6 23. Kf1 Bh5 24. Nd4 Bf7 25. f3 Nd7 26. Ne4 Ne5 27. b3
Bd5 28. Nc3 Bf7 29. Na4 Bd5 30. Nb6 Bc6 31. h3 Ba3 32. Rc2 Kh7 33. Kf2 Bb4 34.
g4 Ba5 35. Nxc6 Nxc6 36. a3 Rd1 37. b4 Bxb6 38. Bxb6 h5 39. Be3 hxg4 40. hxg4
Ra1 41. Rc3 Kg6 42. Bc5 Ra2 43. f4 Kf7 44. Kf3 g5 45. e3 gxf4 46. exf4 Kg6 47.
Rd3 Rc2 48. Kg3 Ra2 49. Rd7 f5 50. Rxb7 Rxa3+ 51. Kh4 fxg4 52. Kxg4 Nd8 53. f5+
1-0

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Tukmakov, Vladimir B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1988.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2 Bg4 12. Re1 O-O 13. Nf1 Bh5 14. Be3 Bg6 15.
Ng3 Re8 16. h4 Bxc2 17. Qxc2 Nd7 18. Bf4 Nf8 19. h5 Ne6 20. Be3 Na5 21. Rad1
Nc4 22. Bc1 c5 23. Qf5 Ra7 24. Ne4 Nb6 25. Neg5 Bxg5 26. Bxg5 Qc8 27. Be3 h6
28. Nh4 Rc7 29. Qg4 Ng5 30. Nf5 Rxe5 31. Bf4 Qxf5 32. Qxf5 Rxf5 33. Bxc7 Nd7
34. f4 Ne6 35. g4 Nxc7 36. gxf5 Kf8 37. Re2 Nb8 38. Re5 1-0

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Smejkal, Jan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "1988.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bf5 5. d3 e6 6. b3 Be7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Nbd2
h6 9. Qe1 Bh7 10. e4 c5 11. Ne5 Nc6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Qe2 Ne8 14. f4 Nc7 15.
Nf3 Rb8 16. Kh1 a5 17. Ne5 Qe8 18. Bc3 Ra8 19. a4 Bd8 20. Qe1 f6 21. Ng4 f5 22.
Ne5 fxe4 23. dxe4 Bf6 24. Ng4 Bxc3 25. Qxc3 Qe7 26. Ne5 Qd6 27. Nd3 Na6 28.
Rad1 Qe7 29. Rfe1 Rfd8 30. Qxa5 dxe4 31. Ne5 Rd5 32. c4 Rd6 33. Rxd6 Qxd6 34.
Bxe4 Bxe4+ 35. Rxe4 Qd1+ 36. Qe1 Qxb3 37. Nxc6 Qxa4 38. Rxe6 Qxc4 39. Re8+ Rxe8
40. Qxe8+ Kh7 41. Kg2 Qd5+ 42. Kh3 Nc7 43. Ne7 Qe6+ 44. f5 Qxf5+ 45. Nxf5 Nxe8
46. Kg4 Kg6 47. Kf4 Kf6 48. g4 g5+ 49. Ke4 Ke6 50. Nxh6 Nd6+ 51. Kd3 Kf6 52.
Kc3 Kg6 53. Ng8 Nc8 54. Kc4 Kg7 55. Kxc5 Kxg8 56. Kd5 Kf7 57. Ke4 Ke6 58. Kf3
Ne7 59. Ke4 Ng6 60. Kd4 Ne5 61. h3 Ng6 62. Ke4 Kf6 63. Kf3 Ke5 0-1

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Stone, Raymond"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1988.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
Be3 O-O 9. Qd2 Qa5 10. Rc1 cxd4 11. cxd4 Qxd2+ 12. Nxd2 e6 13. Nb3 b6 14. Bd3
Ba6 15. Ke2 Bxd3+ 16. Kxd3 Na6 17. a3 Rfd8 18. Rc4 Bf8 19. a4 Rab8 20. Ke2 f6
21. Ra1 Bd6 22. h3 Kf7 23. a5 b5 24. Rc3 Ke8 25. Rd1 Nb4 26. Nc5 Rdc8 27. d5
exd5 28. exd5 a6 29. Ne4 Rxc3 30. Nxc3 f5 31. Bb6 Rc8 32. Nb1 Rc2+ 33. Kf3 Bc5
34. Rd2 Rc1 35. Na3 Kd7 0-1

[Event "Barcza Memorial"]
[Site "Debrecen"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Chernikov, Oleg L"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1988.06.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 g6 4. Bd3 Bg7 5. Nbd2 c5 6. c3 Nbd7 7. b4 c4 8. Bc2
Qc7 9. O-O O-O 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nd5 12. Bd2 b6 13. Qc1 Re8 14. Re1 Bb7 15.
a4 f5 16. Neg5 e5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Nd4 Ng4 19. Rxe8+ Rxe8 20. Ngf3 Bxd4 21.
cxd4 Nc3 22. Bd3 Bxf3 23. Bf4 cxd3 24. Bxc7 Ne2+ 25. Kf1 Nxc1 0-1

[Event "Barcza Memorial"]
[Site "Debrecen"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dorfman, Josif D"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1988.06.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 e4 8. Ne5
f5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Qa4 Qd6 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Bf4 Qa6 14. Qc2 c6
15. Rfc1 Bd7 16. e3 Qb6 17. Bf1 a5 18. Rab1 Ra7 19. Be2 Rfa8 20. Kh1 Qd8 21.
Be5 Qe8 22. Bd1 Bf8 23. Qe2 c5 24. b3 a4 25. f4 axb3 26. axb3 Bb5 27. Qd2 Bd3
28. dxc5 Bxb1 29. Rxb1 Qb5 30. Be2 Qxc5 31. b4 Qc6 32. b5 Qb7 33. Bd1 Ra2 34.
Qd4 R2a5 35. Qb2 Bc5 36. Qd2 Bb6 37. g4 Ra2 38. Qc3 Rc8 39. Qb4 Bxe3 40. Qd6
Re8 41. gxf5 Ba7 42. Qc6 Qf7 43. b6 Bb8 44. Bxb8 Rxb8 45. Qd6 Raa8 46. Bb3 Rd8
47. Qe5 Kh8 48. Qxe4 Rab8 49. Qd3 Rxb6 50. Rd1 Qh5 51. Rd2 Rb4 52. Qc3 Rxf4 53.
Rxd5 Rf1+ 54. Kg2 Qe2+ 0-1

[Event "Barcza Memorial"]
[Site "Debrecen"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gavrikov, Viktor"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1988.06.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. Qc2 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. dxc5
d4 9. a3 a5 10. e3 d3 11. Qd1 e5 12. Nc3 Be6 13. b3 Qd7 14. Bb2 Rad8 15. Na4
Bg4 16. h3 Bxh3 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Ne4 20. Bd4 Bxc5 21. Nxc5
Nxc5 22. Bxc5 Qc6+ 23. Qf3 Qxc5 24. Rfd1 Rd7 25. Rd2 Rfd8 26. Qe4 g6 27. Qh4 h5
28. Qe4 Kg7 29. Qf4 b5 30. Rad1 a4 31. cxb5 Qd5+ 32. Kg1 axb3 33. Qb4 Rc8 34.
Rxd3 Qxd3 35. Rxd3 Rxd3 36. b6 Rb8 37. a4 Kg8 38. Kg2 Rd1 39. Qxb3 Ra1 40. Qb5
Ra8 1-0

[Event "Barcza Memorial"]
[Site "Debrecen"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Horvath, Csaba"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1988.06.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bf5 5. d3 e6 6. c4 h6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Qb3
Qb6 9. Nc3 Qxb3 10. axb3 Nbd7 11. e4 dxe4 12. dxe4 Be6 13. Nd4 Bc5 14. Nce2 Bb6
15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Nf4 g5 17. Nd3 O-O-O 18. b4 Rhf8 19. Bd2 Bd4 20. Bc3 Bxc3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Barcza Memorial"]
[Site "Debrecen"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Haba, Petr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1988.06.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2 Bg4 12. Re1 O-O 13. Nb3 Qd7 14. Nxc5 Bxc5
15. h3 Be6 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. cxd4 Be7 18. Be3 f5 19. exf6 Bxf6 20. Rc1 Rac8 21.
Qd3 g6 22. Qd2 c6 23. Bg5 Bf5 24. Bxf6 Rxf6 25. Bb3 Rcf8 26. Re3 Kg7 27. Rce1
Qd6 28. Re5 R8f7 29. R1e3 Bd7 30. f3 Rf4 31. Bd1 Qf6 32. g3 Rf5 33. Qe1 Qd6 34.
b4 Bc8 35. h4 Rxe5 36. Rxe5 Bd7 37. Kg2 Kf8 38. Bc2 Kg7 39. h5 Qf6 40. Qe3 Bg4
41. h6+ 1-0

[Event "Barcza Memorial"]
[Site "Debrecen"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Horvath, Jozsef"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "1988.06.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Be2 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Bf3 Be5 11. Nce2 Qd6 12. h3 Ne4 13. Nxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Barcza Memorial"]
[Site "Debrecen"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Lukacs, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1988.06.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a4 h6 13. Bc2 exd4 14. cxd4 Nb4 15.
Bb1 c5 16. d5 Nd7 17. Ra3 f5 18. exf5 Rxe1+ 19. Qxe1 Bxd5 20. Ne4 Bf7 21. f6 g6
22. Nh4 d5 23. Rg3 Qe8 24. Nxg6 Bxg6 25. f7+ Qxf7 26. Nd6 1-0

[Event "Barcza Memorial"]
[Site "Debrecen"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Schneider, Attila"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1988.06.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. h4 Ne5 11. Bb3 Rc8 12. O-O-O Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. g4 Qc7
15. h5 Rc8 16. hxg6 fxg6 17. Kb1 b5 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 a5 20. Qh2 h6 21. b3
Rb4 22. Rd3 a4 23. Qd2 Rc4 24. Bxh6 Bxd4 25. bxc4 Be5 26. Bf4 Bg7 27. c5 Qxc5
28. Be3 Qc4 29. Bd4 e5 30. dxe6 Bxe6 31. Bxg7 Qxa2+ 32. Kc1 Kxg7 33. Qh6+ Kf7
34. Qh7+ Kf6 35. g5+ Kf5 36. Qh3+ Kxg5 37. Qh4+ Kf5 38. Qg4+ Kf6 39. Qf4+ Ke7
40. Rh7+ Ke8 41. Rh8+ Bg8 42. Re3+ Kd7 43. Qg4+ Kd8 44. Re8+ 1-0

[Event "Barcza Memorial"]
[Site "Debrecen"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Szalanczy, Emil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1988.06.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 b6 4. c4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O d6 8. b3 Bb7
9. Bb2 Ne4 10. Qc2 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Nd7 12. Rfd1 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Qc7 14. Rac1 Rac8
15. Qb2 Nf6 16. h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Barcza Memorial"]
[Site "Debrecen"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Uhlmann, Wolfgang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1988.06.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 h6 8. O-O
Ng4 9. Bc1 Nc6 10. d5 Ne7 11. Ne1 f5 12. Bxg4 fxg4 13. Nd3 c5 14. Rb1 a5 15. a3
Kh7 16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 b6 18. Bd2 h5 19. Nb5 Ba6 20. bxc5 bxc5 21. Nb2 Qd7
22. Na4 Rfb8 23. Nac3 Nc8 24. f3 gxf3 25. Qxf3 Nb6 26. Qd3 Rb7 27. Rb3 Rab8 28.
Ra1 Bxb5 29. Rxb5 Nc8 30. Qf1 Rb6 31. Be3 Rxb5 32. Nxb5 Rb7 33. Ra6 Nb6 34. Nc3
Nc8 35. Bg5 Ra7 36. Rc6 Rc7 37. h3 Kg8 38. Ra6 Ra7 39. Qa1 Qb7 40. Rxa7 Qxa7
41. Qb2 Bf8 42. Qb5 Nb6 43. Kh2 Qc7 44. Qc6 Qb8 45. Nb5 Nxc4 46. Qd7 Bg7 47.
Nc7 Qf8 48. Ne6 Qf7 49. Qb5 Na3 50. Qb8+ 1-0

[Event "Barcza Memorial"]
[Site "Debrecen"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tolnai, Tibor"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1988.06.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Qe2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bb3 d6 7. c3 Nbd7 8. O-O
b5 9. Rd1 Bb7 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. Nf1 Bf8 12. h3 Qc7 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 g6 15. Bc2
Bg7 16. Bg3 Nc5 17. Bh2 Ne6 18. Bb3 Nh5 19. Bxe6 Rxe6 20. d4 Nf6 21. dxe5 dxe5
22. a4 a6 23. N1d2 Nd7 24. Nb3 Re7 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.07.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "1988.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Nd4 5. Bg2 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3 Bb4 7. Qc2 O-O 8.
a3 Bxc3 9. Qxc3 d6 10. O-O Bh3 11. Re1 c6 12. e4 Nd7 13. d4 Qf6 14. dxe5 dxe5
15. b4 Rfe8 16. Bb2 Nb6 17. Bd1 Rad8 18. Re3 Rd4 19. Bb3 c5 20. Qc2 Nd7 21. Qe2
Qg6 22. Bc2 Rd6 23. Rd1 Rxd1+ 24. Qxd1 Qe6 25. Rd3 Nf6 26. Ba4 Rf8 27. Rd8 g6
28. Rxf8+ Kxf8 29. Qd3 Qe7 30. Qe3 Bd7 31. Bc2 Bc6 32. b5 Bd7 33. Qc3 Ne8 34.
Qxe5 Qxe5 35. Bxe5 Be6 36. Bd3 Ke7 37. Bb8 a6 38. bxa6 bxa6 39. Ba7 Kd6 40. e5+
Kxe5 41. Bxc5 Bf5 42. Be2 Nd6 43. f4+ Ke6 44. g4 Bc2 45. Bxd6 Kxd6 46. c5+ Kxc5
47. Bxa6 h6 48. h4 f6 49. g5 hxg5 50. hxg5 fxg5 51. fxg5 Kb6 52. Bc8 Kc7 53.
Bg4 Kd6 54. Kf2 Ke5 55. Kg3 Ba4 56. Bf3 Kf5 57. Kh4 Ke5 58. Kg4 Bd7+ 59. Kg3
Ba4 60. Bg4 Ke4 61. Be6 Ke5 62. Bf7 Kf5 63. Kh4 Bb5 64. Bb3 Bd3 65. a4 Ke5 66.
Bf7 1-0

[Event "URS-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.07.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1988.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4 7. Ng5 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 Re8 9. f3 exf3 10. Nxf3 d5 11. d4 Ne4 12. Qc2 dxc4 13. Rb1 f5 14. g4 Qe7
15. gxf5 Nd6 16. Ng5 Qxe2 17. Bd5+ Kh8 18. Qxe2 Rxe2 19. Bf4 Nd8 20. Bxd6 cxd6
21. Rbe1 Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Bd7 23. Re7 Bc6 24. f6 1-0

[Event "URS-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.07.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Eingorn, Vereslav S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "1988.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 a6 4. Ngf3 c5 5. exd5 exd5 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. Nb3 Ba7 8.
Qe2+ Qe7 9. Bg5 Qxe2+ 10. Bxe2 Nc6 11. O-O h6 12. Bf4 Nf6 13. Rad1 O-O 14. c3
Re8 15. Rfe1 Bg4 16. h3 Bh5 17. g4 Bg6 18. Nfd4 h5 19. g5 Ne4 20. Kg2 Nxd4 21.
Nxd4 Nc5 22. Kf1 Rac8 23. Be3 Bb8 24. Nb3 Na4 25. Rd2 Bf5 26. Kg2 Be4+ 27. Bf3
Bf4 28. Ree2 Bxe3 29. Rxe3 Re5 30. h4 Rce8 31. Kg3 Bxf3 32. Rxe5 Rxe5 33. Kxf3
g6 34. Nc1 Re4 35. Rxd5 Rxh4 36. Nd3 Nb6 37. Rd8+ Kg7 38. Rb8 Nd7 39. Rc8 Nf8
40. Nf4 Nh7 41. Rc5 Rg4 42. Nh3 Nf8 43. Rc7 b5 44. Rc5 Ne6 45. Re5 Ra4 46. a3
Rg4 47. Rd5 Kf8 48. Re5 Ke7 49. Re4 Rxe4 50. Kxe4 Nc5+ 51. Kd4 Kd6 52. b4 Nd7
53. c4 bxc4 54. Kxc4 Ke5 55. f3 h4 56. b5 a5 57. Ng1 Kd6 58. Kd4 Nc5 59. Nh3
Ne6+ 60. Kc4 Kc7 61. Kd5 Kb6 62. Kd6 Kxb5 63. f4 Ka4 64. Ke7 Kxa3 65. Kxf7 Nd4
1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.07.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1988.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 c5 4. Bd3 b6 5. O-O Bb7 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. Re1 O-O 8. b3
Nc6 9. a3 d5 10. Bb2 Qc7 11. Qe2 Rac8 12. Rac1 Rfd8 13. h3 Qb8 14. Red1 Bd6 15.
dxc5 bxc5 16. c4 d4 17. exd4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 cxd4 19. b4 Nh5 20. c5 Nf4 21. Qf1
Be7 22. Ba6 d3 23. Bxb7 Qxb7 24. Re1 Qd5 25. Rc4 Ne2+ 26. Kh1 Bf6 27. Rxe2 dxe2
28. Qxe2 Qd3 29. Qxd3 Rxd3 30. Ne4 Bb2 31. c6 f5 32. Ned2 Bxa3 33. b5 Rd5 34.
Ra4 Bd6 35. Rxa7 Rxb5 36. Nd4 Rd5 37. N2f3 Bc5 38. Rd7 Bxd4 39. Rxd5 exd5 40.
Nxd4 Kf7 0-1

[Event "URS-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.07.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1988.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qc2
Nc6 9. Rd1 Qa5 10. a3 Be7 11. Nd2 e5 12. Bg5 d4 13. Nb3 Qd8 14. exd4 Nxd4 15.
Nxd4 exd4 16. Nb5 Bd7 17. Nxd4 Qa5+ 18. Qd2 Qb6 19. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.07.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1988.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Bd7 11. Bb3 Be7 12. Bg5 O-O 13. Re1 Rfd8 14. c3
Qc5 15. Bh4 b5 16. a3 Rac8 17. Qf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.07.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1988.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Be3 d6 9. f4 Be7 10. Kh1 O-O 11. a4 Re8 12. Bg1 Bd7 13. Nb3 b6 14. g4 Bc8 15.
g5 Nd7 16. Bf3 Bb7 17. Bg2 Bf8 18. Qh5 g6 19. Qh3 Ne7 20. Rad1 Bg7 21. Bd4 e5
22. Be3 exf4 23. Bxf4 Ne5 24. Bxe5 dxe5 25. Rf3 Rad8 26. Rdf1 Rf8 27. Qh4 Bc8
28. Bh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.07.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gavrikov, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "1988.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Qd2 b5 11. Rfd1 Nbd7 12. a4 b4 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 Nb6 15.
Bxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.07.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1988.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 cxd4 5. exd4 d5 6. Nc3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Bf6 11. Be4 Nce7 12. Ne5 Nc6 13. Qd3 h6 14. Bxd5 Nb4
15. Qg3 Bh4 16. Qf3 exd5 17. Re2 Be6 18. a3 Nc6 19. Nxc6 bxc6 20. Na4 Qc8 21.
h3 Be7 22. Bf4 Qa6 23. Nc5 Bxc5 24. dxc5 Qb5 25. Rae1 Kh7 26. Qg3 Bf5 27. Bd6
Rg8 28. Re7 Bg6 29. Qc3 Qa4 30. Be5 Rae8 31. Bd4 Rb8 32. R1e3 a5 33. f4 Qd1+
34. Re1 Qa4 35. Qd2 Rb3 36. Bc3 Qc4 37. Qf2 Be4 38. Rxf7 d4 39. Qxd4 Qxf7 40.
Qxe4+ Kh8 41. f5 Qd5 42. Qxd5 cxd5 43. Re6 Rd8 44. Rxh6+ Kg8 45. Rh4 Rc8 46.
Rg4 Rxc5 47. Rxg7+ Kf8 48. f6 Rcxc3 49. bxc3 Rxc3 50. Rd7 Rxa3 51. Rxd5 Kf7 52.
Rd6 1-0

[Event "URS-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.07.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "1988.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Bf6 11. Be4 Nce7 12. Ne5 Nc6 13. Nf3 Nce7 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.07.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Malaniuk, Vladimir P"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1988.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "100 Jahre Schach"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 16] Sowjetische Landesmeisterschaften waren immer etwas besonderes,
weil die sie sich durch so wahnsinnig starke Teilnehmerfelder auszeichneten.
Am 55. Championat nahmen sogar Kasparov und Karpov teil, die im übrigen
einträchtig den ersten Platz teilten und ohne Stichkampf beide den Titel
erhielten. Die Partie zwischen Malaniuk und Ivanchuk scheint unbegreiflich.
Die Kommentare stützen sich vor allem auf die Anmerkungen Ivanchuks im
Informator. Doch eine Bearbeitung mit Fritz bringt ein paar zusätzliche
Varianten und Bewertungen ans Tageslicht.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3
d5 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 dxe4 7. fxe4 e5 8. d5 Ng4 9. Nf3 Bc5 10. b4 Bf2+ 11. Ke2 c5
$5 12. Nb5 $2 ({Richtig ist} 12. dxc6 $1 Bd4 13. c7 $1 Qxc7 14. Nd5 $16 Qxc4+
15. Kd2 Qc6 $6 16. Nxd4 exd4 17. Bb5 $18) 12... a6 $1 13. Qa4 axb5 $3 14. Qxa8
Bd4 $1 15. Nxd4 $2 {Laut Ivanchuk ein Fehler.} (15. Ra2 Nd7 $17 {oder}) (15.
Qxb8 Bxa1 $17 {wären für Weiß spielbarer gewesen.}) 15... cxd4 16. Qxb8 O-O {
Wahrscheinlich steht Schwarz auf Gewinn.} 17. Ke1 (17. h3 Qh4 $1 18. Qc7 Qg3
$19) (17. c5 Qf6 18. Qd6 Qf2+ 19. Kd1 Ne3+ 20. Bxe3 Bg4+ 21. Kc1 Qxe3+ 22. Kb2
Qc3+ 23. Kb1 d3 24. Bxd3 Qxd3+ 25. Kb2 Qd4+ 26. Ka2 Be2 $19) 17... Qh4+ $1 18.
g3 Qf6 19. Bf4 $1 (19. Ra2 Qf3 20. Bg2 Qc3+ 21. Bd2 Qb3 22. Ra1 bxc4 $19) 19...
g5 $2 {Hier verpasst Ivanchuk den Gewinn:} (19... d3 $3 {[%cal Ye5a1,Yb5c4]}
20. Rc1 (20. Bxd3 exf4 $19) (20. Rd1 bxc4 $19) 20... exf4 21. Qxf4 Qd4 $1 {
/\ 22...bxc4, /\ 22...d2+! 23.Qxd2 Qxe4+ (I.)} 22. h3 Re8 23. Bg2 Ne3 24. Qf2
bxc4 $19) 20. c5 $3 $13 exf4 21. Qd6 Qg7 22. Bd3 (22. gxf4 d3 23. e5 gxf4 24.
Rg1 f3 25. Rg3 $13) 22... Ne5 $5 23. Kd2 f3 (23... f5 24. gxf4 (24. Rae1 $5)
24... Nxd3 25. Kxd3 fxe4+ 26. Kxe4 Rxf4+ 27. Qxf4 $3 gxf4 28. Rag1 Bg4 29. h3
$13 {(I.)}) 24. Qe7 g4 25. Bxb5 Ng6 $5 (25... Qh6+ 26. Kc2 Qe3 27. Qxe5 Qc3+
28. Kb1 Qb3+ $10) 26. Qg5 $1 ({Ivanchuk glaubte, dass Schwarz nach} 26. Qd6 {
nur die Züge wiederholen kann; dem ist nicht so:} Qh6+ $1 27. Kc2 Qe3 28. Bd3
f2 $1 {/\ f5} 29. Qf6 Bd7 $1 30. a4 Re8 31. Rhd1 Ne5 32. Qf4 Nxd3 33. Rxd3 Qe2+
34. Qd2 Rxe4 $19) 26... h6 27. Qh5 d3 {Es gibt zwei weitere Züge, die in Frage
kommen.} (27... Ne5) (27... f5) 28. Bxd3 $4 {Weiß gibt die Kontrolle über e8
auf und verliert deshalb die Dame.} (28. Kxd3 $6 Qb2 $1 $17 29. Rhc1 Kg7 {/\ f5
}) ({Richtig war} 28. e5 $1 {Nach} Nxe5 29. Rhe1 f5 {kann Weiß das Remis
erzwingen:} 30. Rxe5 Qxe5 31. Qg6+ Kh8 32. Qxh6+ Kg8 33. Qg6+ Kh8 $11) 28...
Re8 $3 $19 29. h3 Re5 30. hxg4 Rxh5 31. gxh5 Ne5 32. Rae1 Qg5+ 33. Kc2 f2 34.
Rd1 Qe3 {Quelle: i46/745 Ivanchuk} 0-1

[Event "URS-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.07.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1988.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Qe7 8. d5
Ng4 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bh4 Nh6 11. Nd2 a5 12. a3 Bd7 13. b4 g5 14. Bg3 f5 15. exf5
axb4 16. f6 Bxf6 17. axb4 Rxa1 18. Qxa1 e4 19. O-O Bf5 20. Qc1 e3 21. Nb3 exf2+
22. Rxf2 Na6 23. c5 Bg6 24. b5 Nxc5 25. Nxc5 dxc5 26. d6 cxd6 27. Nd5 Qg7 28.
Nxf6+ Rxf6 29. Qxg5 Rxf2 30. Bxf2 Nf7 31. Qg4 Qa1+ 32. Bf1 Kg7 33. h4 h5 34.
Qf3 b6 35. g4 hxg4 36. Qxg4 Ne5 37. Qg2 Kf7 38. Qd5+ Ke7 39. Kg2 Qb1 0-1

[Event "URS-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.07.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kharitonov, Andrei Y"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D48"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1988.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
a6 9. e4 c5 10. d5 c4 11. Bc2 Qc7 12. O-O Bc5 13. Qe2 e5 14. Nh4 $6 (14. Nd1 $5
O-O 15. b3 Nb6 16. bxc4 Nxc4 17. Bd3 Bg4 $1 $10 {Gelfand,B-Morovic,Fernandez,I/
Dos Hermanas/1994/0,5 (24)}) (14. Bd2 $5 O-O 15. a3 Ne8 16. b4 Bd4 17. a4 Rb8
18. axb5 axb5 19. Ra5 Nd6 20. Rfa1 $14 {Karpov,A-Morovic Fernandez,I/Las
Palmas/1994/0,5 (38)}) 14... O-O 15. Kh1 (15. Bg5 $5 h6 16. Bd2 {/\Nf5/}) 15...
Bd4 16. Nf5 $6 (16. f4 $5 Nc5 17. Nf3 $5 (17. fxe5 Bxe5 18. Nf3 Bg4) 17... Bg4
18. h3 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Rae8) 16... Nc5 17. Qf3 Bxf5 18. Qxf5 Qc8 $1 19. Qf3 $6 (
19. Qxc8 Raxc8 20. f3) 19... Qg4 20. Qxg4 Nxg4 21. Nd1 f5 22. exf5 (22. f3 $2
fxe4) 22... Nf6 23. Ne3 Rad8 24. a4 $1 Nxd5 25. axb5 axb5 26. Ra5 Nc7 27. Bd2
Ra8 (27... Bxb2 28. Bb4 Bd4 29. Nxc4 Nb7 30. Bxf8 Nxa5 31. Nxa5 Kxf8 $13) 28.
g4 e4 (28... Bxb2 29. Nxc4 Rxa5 30. Bxa5 $13) 29. Kg2 Nd3 30. Rb1 $2 (30. Rfa1
Bxb2 31. Rxa8 Rxa8 32. Rxa8+ Nxa8 33. Nd1 Bd4 34. Nc3 b4 35. Nxe4 b3 36. Bb1)
30... Bxe3 $1 31. fxe3 Rxa5 32. Bxa5 Nd5 33. Bd2 Ra8 $19 34. Kg3 b4 35. Bxd3
cxd3 (35... exd3 36. e4) 36. Rc1 Ra2 37. Rc5 Rxb2 38. Rxd5 Rxd2 39. Kf4 Rc2 $1
40. Ke5 (40. Kxe4 d2 41. Kf3 b3 42. Ke2 b2 43. Rb5 d1=Q+ 44. Kxd1 Rc1+ $19)
40... b3 41. Rd8+ Kf7 42. Rd7+ Kf8 0-1

[Event "URS-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.07.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1988.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qc2
Nc6 9. Rd1 Qa5 10. a3 Be7 11. Nd2 e5 12. Bg5 d4 13. Nb3 Qd8 14. Be2 a5 15. Na4
Bd7 16. Nbc5 b6 17. Nxd7 Nxd7 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Bf3 Rfc8 20. O-O Rab8 21. Bxc6
Rxc6 22. exd4 b5 23. Nc3 Rxc4 24. Qe2 Qe6 25. dxe5 Nxe5 26. Nxb5 h6 27. b3 Rf4
28. Nc7 Qf5 29. Rfe1 Ng6 30. Nd5 Rh4 31. g3 Rh5 32. h4 Qe5 33. Ne7+ Qxe7 34.
Qxh5 Qxa3 35. Qd5 a4 36. bxa4 Qxa4 37. Qd7 Qa8 38. Ra1 Qb7 39. Qxb7 Rxb7 40.
Re8+ Kh7 41. Rae1 h5 42. Kg2 f6 43. f4 Ra7 44. Kf3 Rb7 45. R1e3 Ra7 46. Ke2 Rb7
47. Kd3 Nh8 48. R8e7 Rb8 49. Rc7 Ng6 50. Kc4 Rb1 51. Rc5 Kh6 52. Re8 1-0

[Event "URS-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.07.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "1988.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. Nxe5
Nxe5 9. dxe5 c6 10. c3 Bc5 11. Qe2 O-O 12. Be3 Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.07.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1988.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Nb3
Be7 9. Be2 Qe3 10. Qd3 Qxd3 11. cxd3 h6 12. Bh4 Nxe4 13. Bxe7 Nxc3 14. Bxd6
Nxe2 15. Kxe2 Nc6 16. Rhc1 f6 17. a4 e5 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.07.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "1988.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Nxe4
Bxe4 9. Ne1 Bxg2 10. Nxg2 d5 11. Qa4 Qe8 12. Qxe8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Southam, Todd"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C94"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1988.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d3 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Nf1 Nc5 13. Bc2 Re8 14. Ng3 Bf8 15.
b4 Ne6 16. d4 exd4 17. cxd4 d5 18. e5 Ne4 19. Rb1 g6 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. Bxe4
Bxe4 22. Rxe4 Qd5 23. Re2 a5 24. a3 axb4 25. axb4 Ra4 26. Reb2 c5 27. bxc5 Nxd4
28. Rxb5 Nxf3+ 29. Qxf3 Qxf3 30. gxf3 Rxe5 31. Rb8 g5 32. c6 Rc5 33. Rc8 Ra6
34. c7 Rac6 35. Ba3 Rxc7 36. Rxf8+ 1-0

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kosic, Dragan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1988.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Qc2
c6 9. Rd1 Qe7 10. d5 c5 11. g3 Ng4 12. Nh4 Nb6 13. a3 f5 14. exf5 gxf5 15. Bxg4
fxg4 16. Ne4 Bf6 17. Bh6 Rf7 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. Be3 Bf5 20. Qe2 Nd7 21. b4 b6
22. Ra2 Nf8 23. bxc5 bxc5 24. Rb2 Ng6 25. Nxf5 Qxf5 26. Bd2 e4 27. Bc3 Qf3 28.
Rc1 Re8 29. Qe3 Qxe3 30. fxe3 Ne7 31. Rf1 Rf3 32. Bd2 Ng6 33. Rb7 Ne5 34. Rxa7
Nxc4 35. Bc1 Rb8 36. Re1 Rb1 37. Ra4 Ne5 38. Bd2 Rxe1+ 39. Bxe1 Rxe3 40. Bf2
Nf3+ 41. Kg2 Re2 42. Kf1 Ra2 43. Be3 Nxh2+ 44. Kg1 h5 45. Bf4 Nf3+ 46. Kf1 h4
47. gxh4 g3 48. Bxg3 e3 0-1

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1988.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 Qb6 5. h4 h5 6. Nge2 e6 7. Nf4 c5 8. Bb5+
Nc6 9. Be3 O-O-O 10. Bxc6 Qxc6 11. Nxh5 Qb6 12. Ng3 Qxb2 13. Nce2 Bxc2 14. Qc1
Qxc1+ 15. Rxc1 Bd3 16. dxc5 Ne7 17. Nd4 Ng6 18. Bg5 Re8 19. f4 Be7 20. Bxe7
Rxe7 21. Kd2 Bc4 22. f5 Nxe5 23. fxe6 fxe6 24. Rce1 Ng6 25. h5 Nf4 26. Ngf5 Rc7
27. Nxe6 Nxe6 28. Rxe6 Rxc5 29. Re7 Kb8 30. Rxg7 d4 31. Nd6 Bd5 32. h6 Rc6 33.
Nf5 Be4 34. Nxd4 Rcxh6 35. Rxh6 Rxh6 36. Nb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hansen, Lars Bo"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1988.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bf4 g6 4. h3 Bg7 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O b6 8. c3
Bb7 9. Nbd2 Qe8 10. a4 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Bh2 a5 13. Nc4 Ne4 14. Qc2 Qe7 15.
Rfb1 Nec5 16. Ncd2 Rfd8 17. Bg3 e4 18. Nd4 Ne5 19. Bb5 Ncd3 20. Nc4 Nxc4 21.
Bxc4 Be5 22. Bxe5 Nxe5 23. Bb5 Qg5 24. Rd1 Rd6 25. Bf1 Rad8 26. Kh1 Nd3 27. Kg1
Ne5 28. Kh1 c5 29. Nb5 Rd3 30. Na3 Qh4 31. Kg1 Qg5 32. Kh1 Qh5 33. Be2 Qh4 34.
Kg1 R8d6 35. b3 Rf6 36. Bf1 Bd5 37. Ra2 Rxf2 38. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 39. Rxf2 Rxd1 40.
Rf6 Bxb3 41. Rxb6 Bxa4 42. Ra6 Bb3 43. Rxa5 Nc4 44. Ra8+ Kg7 45. Kf2 Rd2+ 46.
Ke1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Dimitrov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1988.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 c5 7. e5 Nfd7 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Nxd5 cxd4 10. Nxe7 Qxe7 11. f4 f6 12. Nf3 fxe5 13. Bc4 Nb6 14. Bb3 Bg4
15. fxe5 Nc6 16. O-O O-O-O 17. Bg5 Bxf3 18. Qd2 Qxe5 19. Rxf3 Nd5 20. Bxd8 Rxd8
21. Bxd5 Qxd5 22. Rc1 Kb8 23. Qf4+ Ka8 24. Qf5 Qxf5 25. Rxf5 a5 26. Kf2 Rd7 27.
Ke2 g6 28. Rf8+ Ka7 29. Kd2 Kb6 30. b3 Rd5 31. Rf3 Rh5 32. Rh3 Rg5 33. Rg3 Rh5
34. Rh1 Kc5 35. Rc1+ Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hellers, Ferdinand"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1988.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Be3 Be7 10. f4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Qa5 12. Be2 e5 13. Qd3 Be6 14. Kb1
exf4 15. Bxf4 O-O 16. Rhf1 Rfc8 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Rc5 19. Bd2 Qc7 20. Rf5
Rc8 21. c3 Qa5 22. Be3 g6 23. Bxc5 Rxc5 24. Rff1 Rxd5 25. Qf3 Re5 26. Bc4 b5
27. Bb3 Qb6 28. Rd4 Kg7 29. g4 a5 30. a3 g5 31. h3 Qc5 32. h4 gxh4 33. Rf4 Re3
34. Qf2 Qe5 35. Rf5 Re2 36. Qxh4 Qe4+ 37. Ka1 Qxg4 38. Qxg4+ Nxg4 39. Rg1 h5
40. Rxh5 Kg6 41. Rxb5 f5 42. Bd1 1-0

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gdanski, Jacek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1988.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. O-O Bd6 12. Nc3 a6 13. Bg5 O-O 14. Bh4 Nh5 15.
Re1 g6 16. Bg5 Qg7 17. Be3 Bd7 18. Bf1 h6 19. g3 Rf7 20. Bg2 Raf8 21. Rc1 Nf6
22. Na4 Ne4 23. Nb6 Be8 24. a3 g5 25. Rf1 Bc7 26. Na4 b5 27. Nc3 Nxc3 28. Rxc3
Bb6 29. Ne5 Nxe5 30. dxe5 Bxe3 31. Rxe3 Rc7 32. Bh3 Rc6 33. Rc3 Rxc3 34. Bxe6+
Bf7 35. Bxf7+ Rxf7 36. e6 Rc4 37. exf7+ Qxf7 38. Re1 Re4 39. Rxe4 dxe4 40. Qd6
Kg7 41. Qxa6 Qd7 42. Kg2 e3 43. fxe3 Qd5+ 44. Kf2 Qf5+ 45. Ke1 Qb1+ 46. Kd2
Qxb2+ 47. Kd3 Qb3+ 48. Kd4 Qc4+ 49. Ke5 Qc5+ 50. Ke6 Qxe3+ 51. Kd5 Qd2+ 52. Kc5
Qxh2 53. Qb7+ Kg6 54. Qe4+ Kf6 55. Qd4+ Kg6 56. Qd6+ Kf7 57. Kxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lin, Weiguo"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E58"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1988.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 Qc7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Nh4 Ne7 12. g3 Bh3 13. Re1 Qd7 14. f3 Ng6
15. Ng2 cxd4 16. cxd4 Bf5 17. Bf1 Rac8 18. Ra2 Rc7 19. g4 Rfc8 20. Bd2 Bc2 21.
Qa1 Bb3 22. Rb2 Bc4 23. a4 h5 24. gxh5 Nxh5 25. Bxc4 Rxc4 26. Qb1 Qxa4 27. Rxb7
Rc2 28. Rd1 Nf6 29. Ne1 Ra2 30. Rc1 Rxc1 31. Qxc1 Nf8 32. Bb4 N8d7 33. Bc3 Qa6
34. Rb2 Ra3 35. Rc2 Nb6 36. Rg2 Nc4 37. e4 dxe4 38. Bb4 Rb3 39. Qh6 1-0

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "MacKay, Ian D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1988.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. Nf3 f5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 Ne4 8. Qc2
Ndf6 9. h3 Be7 10. g4 O-O 11. Ne5 Nd7 12. cxd5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 exd5 14. gxf5 Bxf5
15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Bxe4 Qa5+ 17. Kf1 dxe4 18. Qxe4 Bf6 19. Bg3 Qb5+ 20. Kg2 Rae8
21. Qc2 Qd5+ 22. Kh2 Kh8 23. Rhg1 Re6 24. Qb3 Qd7 25. Raf1 Rfe8 26. Rd1 Re4 27.
Be5 Rh4 28. Rg3 Qf5 29. f4 Rd8 30. Bxf6 Qxf6 31. Qxb7 a5 32. Rc1 1-0

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Schlosser, Michael"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1988.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 Bd6 6. Nc3 d4 7. Ne2 c5 8. Ng3
Nc6 9. h3 h6 10. O-O g6 11. c3 Bd7 12. cxd4 cxd4 13. Re1 Qe7 14. a3 Kf8 15. Nf1
Kg7 16. N1d2 b5 17. Bd5 a5 18. a4 Nxd5 19. exd5 Nb4 20. Nxd4 Nxd3 21. Re3 Nxf2
0-1

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Manor, Ilan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A79"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1988.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 c5 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. d5 d6 6. e4 O-O 7. Be2 e6 8. Nd2
exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. O-O Na6 11. f3 Nc7 12. a4 b6 13. Kh1 Rb8 14. Nc4 Ba6 15.
Bg5 Qd7 16. b3 Nh5 17. Rc1 Bd4 18. g4 Ng7 19. Bf4 Bxc4 20. bxc4 Re7 21. Bd3
Rbe8 22. Ne2 Be5 23. Bd2 f5 24. exf5 gxf5 25. f4 Bf6 26. g5 Bd4 27. Ng3 Be3 28.
Bxe3 Rxe3 29. Qc2 Rf8 30. Rce1 Rxe1 31. Rxe1 a6 32. h4 b5 33. cxb5 axb5 34.
axb5 Nxb5 35. Qa4 Rb8 36. Rb1 Qe8 37. Rxb5 Ra8 38. Qb3 Nh5 39. Nxh5 1-0

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Wahls, Matthias"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A79"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1988.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8. Nd2
O-O 9. Be2 Re8 10. O-O Na6 11. f3 Nc7 12. a4 b6 13. Kh1 Rb8 14. Nc4 Ba6 15. Bg5
Qd7 16. b3 Nh5 17. Rc1 f6 18. Bd2 f5 19. exf5 gxf5 20. Re1 f4 21. Bd3 Bd4 22.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Ne2 Bf2 24. Be4 Rf8 25. Be1 Bxe1 26. Qxe1 Qe7 27. Nc3 Bb7 28.
Bd3 Qxe1+ 29. Rxe1 Re8 30. Be4 Rd8 31. Bxh7+ Kf7 32. Ne4 Bxd5 33. Nexd6+ Kf6
34. Be4 Bg8 35. Kg1 Ng7 36. g4 fxg3 37. hxg3 Nge6 38. Kf2 Nd4 39. Rh1 Ne8 40.
Rh6+ Kg7 41. Rg6+ Kf8 42. Nxe8 Rxe8 43. g4 Nxb3 44. Nd6 Rd8 45. Nf5 Nd4 46.
Rf6+ Ke8 47. g5 Nxf5 48. Rxf5 c4 49. Rf6 c3 50. Rc6 Bd5 51. Rxc3 Bxe4 52. Re3
Kf7 53. Rxe4 Kg6 54. f4 Kf5 55. Ke3 Rd5 56. Re7 Ra5 57. Rf7+ Kg6 58. Rf6+ Kg7
59. Rc6 Rxa4 60. f5 Rg4 61. Rc7+ Kf8 62. g6 1-0

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1988.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. O-O Be7 7. e5 Ne4 8.
Nxd4 O-O 9. Nf5 d5 10. exd6 Bxf5 11. dxe7 Nxe7 12. Bb3 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Rad8 14.
Re1 Nc5 15. Bc4 Nc6 16. Bg5 Rd7 17. Na3 b5 18. Nxb5 axb5 19. Bxb5 Rd6 20. Bxc6
f6 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Bb5 Rb8 23. a4 Bxc2 24. b4 Nb3 25. Bc4+ Kf8 26. Ra2 Nd4
27. b5 c6 28. bxc6 Rxc6 29. Bf1 Bb3 30. Rb2 Rc5 31. Re4 Rd8 32. f3 Rc1 33. Kf2
Bc2 34. Rf4 Nf5 35. Be2 Rd2 36. Rb8+ Kg7 37. Rb7+ Kg6 38. Rg4+ Kh6 39. Rb6 Bd3
40. Rxf6+ Kh5 41. Re4 Kg5 42. Rfe6 Bxe4 43. fxe4 Nd4 44. h4+ Kxh4 45. g3+ Kg5
0-1

[Event "Olympiad-28"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "1988.11.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mahayri, Sabri M"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C68"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1988.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Syria"]
[BlackTeam "Soviet Union"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SYR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 f6 6. Be3 c5 7. Nbd2 Be6 8.
O-O Qd7 9. a4 a5 10. Nc4 b6 11. Nfd2 g5 12. Nb1 Ne7 13. Nc3 h5 14. Qe2 Ng6 15.
f3 Be7 16. Kh1 Bd8 17. Rad1 c6 18. b3 Bc7 19. Qf2 Kf7 20. Ne2 Rad8 21. Qe1 Kg7
22. Qc3 Nf4 23. Ng1 Bf7 24. Bf2 Ne6 25. h4 Qe7 26. Bg3 Nf4 27. Ne3 Be6 28. Qe1
Qd7 29. Ne2 Ng6 30. Qf2 Rdf8 31. Qe1 Bd8 32. Nc4 b5 33. axb5 cxb5 34. Nxa5 gxh4
35. Bf2 Be7 36. Ra1 h3 37. gxh3 Bxb3 38. Kh2 Bxc2 39. Ng3 Nh4 40. Qe3 Bxd3 41.
Rfd1 c4 42. f4 Kf7 43. f5 Qd4 44. Nc6 Qxe3 45. Bxe3 Ra8 46. Kg1 Nf3+ 47. Kf2
Nd4 48. Nxd4 exd4 49. Bxd4 h4 50. Ne2 Bxe4 51. Nc3 Bc6 52. Re1 Rxa1 53. Rxa1
Rh5 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-28"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "1988.11.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Antonio, Rogelio Jr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "1988.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"]
[BlackTeam "Philippines"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "PHI"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. e4 a6 8. a4 Bg7
9. Nd2 Nbd7 10. Nc4 Nb6 11. Ne3 Bd7 12. Bd3 O-O 13. O-O Rb8 14. a5 Nc8 15. Nc4
Bb5 16. Bg5 Bxc4 17. Bxc4 Qc7 18. Qd2 Re8 19. Rfe1 Nd7 20. Bh6 Bd4 21. Be3 Bg7
22. f3 Na7 23. Bf1 b5 24. axb6 Rxb6 25. Rxa6 Rxa6 26. Bxa6 Rb8 27. Ra1 Qb6 28.
Bf1 Rb7 29. Ra6 Qc7 30. Nd1 Nb8 31. Ra5 Nc8 32. Rb5 Rxb5 33. Bxb5 Qa7 34. Bd3
Qb6 35. Qc2 Bf6 36. Kf1 Kg7 37. Bd2 Nd7 38. Qa4 Ne5 39. Be2 h5 40. f4 Ng4 41.
h3 Nh6 42. b4 cxb4 43. Qxb4 Qc7 44. g4 hxg4 45. hxg4 Ng8 46. g5 Bd8 47. Qc3+
Qxc3 48. Nxc3 Ba5 49. Ke1 Nge7 50. Nb5 Bxd2+ 51. Kxd2 f6 52. gxf6+ Kxf6 53.
Nxd6 Nxd6 54. e5+ Kf7 55. exd6 Nf5 56. d7 Ke7 57. Bg4 Nd6 58. Kd3 g5 59. f5
Kxd7 60. f6+ Ke8 61. Bh5+ Kf8 62. Ke3 g4 63. Bg6 g3 64. Kf3 Nc4 65. Kxg3 Nb6
66. d6 Nd7 67. f7 Ne5 68. Kf4 Nxg6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-28"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "1988.11.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ghinda, Mihail Viorel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1988.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"]
[BlackTeam "Romania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ROU"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Be7 8. a4
Qc7 9. Be3 b6 10. f4 Bb7 11. f5 e5 12. Nb3 Nbd7 13. Bf3 Rc8 14. Rf2 Qb8 15. Nd5
Nxd5 16. exd5 Nf6 17. Qd3 Qc7 18. c3 O-O 19. Nd2 Rfe8 20. Re2 h6 21. Bf2 Nd7
22. Ree1 Kf8 23. h3 Nc5 24. Qf1 a5 25. Ne4 Ba6 26. Be2 Bxe2 27. Qxe2 Nxe4 28.
Qxe4 Bd8 29. Qc2 Qc4 30. Rad1 Qc7 31. g4 Qd7 32. Qb3 e4 33. Rd4 e3 34. Rxe3
Rxe3 35. Bxe3 Qe7 36. Bf2 Qe2 37. Qb5 Qe5 38. Qd3 Rc5 39. c4 Bf6 40. b3 Rc7 41.
Re4 Qb2 42. Re2 Qa3 43. Kg2 Qb4 44. Be1 Qa3 45. Bf2 Rb7 46. Bg3 Qb4 47. Qd2
Qxb3 48. Bxd6+ Kg8 49. Qc2 Qxc2 50. Rxc2 Rd7 51. Ba3 g6 52. Kf3 gxf5 53. gxf5
Be5 54. Rg2+ Kh7 55. Ke4 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-28"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "1988.11.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Olafsson, Helgi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1988.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"]
[BlackTeam "Iceland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. f4
O-O 9. Kh1 Qc7 10. a4 Nc6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Bf3 Rb8 13. Qd2 Bd7 14. Qf2 Bf8 15.
Rad1 e5 16. fxe5 Nxe5 17. Bg5 Nxf3 18. gxf3 Be7 19. Rg1 Be6 20. Bh6 g6 21. Qh4
Nd7 22. Bg5 Bf8 23. f4 f6 24. Bh6 Bxh6 25. Qxh6 Nf8 26. f5 Bf7 27. fxg6 Bxg6
28. h4 Qd7 29. Rd3 Re7 30. h5 Rg7 31. Rdg3 Re8 32. Nf5 Rxe4 33. hxg6 Rxg6 34.
Rxg6+ Nxg6 35. Rxg6+ 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-28"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "1988.11.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Chandler, Murray G"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1988.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Soviet Union"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 c5 8.
Nb3 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bg4 10. f3 Be6 11. Be3 b6 12. a4 Ne7 13. Bf4 c4 14. Nd4 O-O-O
15. Nc3 Rxd4 16. Rxd4 Ng6 17. Be3 Bc5 18. Bf2 Bxd4 19. Bxd4 Ne7 20. Ne2 Rd8 21.
g4 c5 22. Be3 Nc6 23. a5 Nxa5 24. Bxc5 Nb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-28"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "1988.11.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Velimirovic, Dragoljub"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1988.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"]
[BlackTeam "Yugoslavia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "YUG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. Nf3 d6 7. Be2 e6 8. Nd2 Na6
9. O-O Nc7 10. dxe6 Nxe6 11. Nb3 Re8 12. Be3 Qb6 13. f4 a5 14. a4 Nc7 15. e5
Ng4 16. Bxg4 Bxg4 17. Qxg4 Qxb3 18. exd6 Qxb2 19. dxc7 Qxc3 20. Rae1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-28"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "1988.11.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kuijf, Marinus"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1988.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Soviet Union"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Be3 O-O 9. f4 Qc7 10. Kh1 a6 11. Qe1 Bd7 12. Qg3 b5 13. e5 dxe5 14. fxe5 Nxe5
15. Bh6 Ne8 16. Bf4 Bd6 17. Ne4 Nc4 18. Nxd6 Ncxd6 19. Rad1 Rd8 20. Bd3 f6 21.
Qh3 f5 22. Rfe1 Qc8 23. Qe3 Rf7 24. Nf3 h6 25. Qb6 Bc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-28"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "1988.11.27"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Georgiev, Krum"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1988.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bulgaria"]
[BlackTeam "Soviet Union"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d4 exd4 6. Qxd4 Bg4 7. Qc3 Qf6 8.
Ne5 Be6 9. Nd2 Ne7 10. Ndf3 h6 11. Be3 O-O-O 12. O-O Ng6 13. Bd4 Nxe5 14. Nxe5
Qe7 15. Nd3 f6 16. a4 c5 17. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-28"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "1988.11.29"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Haba, Petr"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1988.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Czechoslovakia"]
[BlackTeam "Soviet Union"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CSR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f4
Qc7 9. f5 Bc4 10. Bxc4 Qxc4 11. Qe2 Qxe2+ 12. Kxe2 Nbd7 13. Kf3 Rc8 14. Be3 h5
15. Rhd1 g6 16. fxg6 fxg6 17. Rd3 Be7 18. Rad1 O-O 19. Ke2 Rc7 20. a3 Rfc8 21.
Kf3 Kf7 22. h3 Ke6 23. g3 b5 24. Na5 Nc5 25. Bxc5 Rxc5 26. Nb7 R5c7 27. Na5 Bf8
28. Nb3 g5 29. Nd2 a5 30. Ke2 b4 31. axb4 axb4 32. Nd5 Rxc2 33. Nxf6 Kxf6 34.
Rb3 Rb8 35. Kd3 Rc5 36. Ra1 g4 37. hxg4 hxg4 38. Ra4 Rc1 39. Ke2 Bh6 40. Rd3
Rb6 41. b3 Bxd2 42. Kxd2 Rb1 43. Re3 Rb2+ 44. Kd1 Rg2 45. Rd3 Ke6 46. Ra8 Rc6
47. Rg8 Ra6 0-1

[Event "Reggio Emilia-A 8889 31st"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A38"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1988.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 c5 7. a3 Nc6 8. Rb1
d5 9. b3 h6 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. d3 Bd7 13. Be3 Qh5 14. Qd2 a5 15.
Rfc1 b6 16. Ne1 Rac8 17. Bf3 Qh3 18. Bg2 Qe6 19. Nc2 h5 20. d4 Nxd4 21. Nxd4
cxd4 22. Bxd4 Rxc1+ 23. Rxc1 Qd6 24. Rd1 Be6 25. Bxg7 Qxd2 26. Rxd2 Kxg7 27. b4
Rc8 28. f4 axb4 29. axb4 Rc4 30. Rb2 h4 31. Kf2 h3 32. Bf3 g5 33. fxg5 Kg6 34.
Ke3 Kxg5 35. Be4 Kf6 36. Bd3 Rg4 37. b5 Ra4 38. Rb1 Ke5 39. Rc1 Bd5 40. Rc7 Kf6
41. Rc8 Ra1 42. Rb8 Rh1 43. Rxb6+ e6 44. Rb8 Kg7 45. b6 Rxh2 46. b7 Kf6 47. g4
Ke5 48. Rf8 Bxb7 49. Rxf7 Bd5 50. Rh7 Rg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reggio Emilia-A 8889 31st"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Damljanovic, Branko"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1988.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. b3 c5 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. O-O Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Bb2 d4
9. exd4 cxd4 10. Re1 Ne8 11. d3 f6 12. Na3 e5 13. Qe2 Bg4 14. h3 Be6 15. Nb5
Bc5 16. Ba3 Bxa3 17. Nxa3 Qd7 18. Kh2 Nc7 19. Nc2 a5 20. Nd2 Bf5 21. Ne4 Ne6
22. a3 Bg6 23. b4 f5 24. Nd2 e4 25. f4 h5 26. h4 Rae8 27. Rf1 Rb8 28. Ne1 axb4
29. dxe4 d3 30. Qd1 fxe4 31. Nxe4 Rbd8 32. Ng5 Nxg5 33. hxg5 Qe6 34. Nf3 Qe2
35. axb4 Nxb4 36. Ne5 Be4 37. Qxe2 dxe2 38. Bxe4 exf1=Q 39. Rxf1 Rd2+ 40. Kh3
Re2 41. Bg6 Rxe5 42. Rb1 Re6 43. f5 Rb6 44. c5 Rb5 45. Kh4 Rc8 46. Kxh5 Rcxc5
47. Be8 Rxf5 48. Bxb5 Rxb5 49. Rd1 Nc6 50. Rd7 Kh7 51. Rc7 Nd4 52. Rd7 Ne6 0-1

[Event "Reggio Emilia-A 8889 31st"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C61"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1988.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. O-O Bc5 6. Bc4 d6 7. c3 c6 8. d3
Nf6 9. Nd2 O-O 10. cxd4 Bg4 11. Nf3 Bxd4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 d5 14. Bb3 Re8
15. Re1 Nd7 16. Bd2 Ne5 17. Qg3 a5 18. Bc3 Bxc3 19. bxc3 a4 20. Bd1 dxe4 21.
Rxe4 Nd7 22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 23. Bg4 Nf6 24. Bf3 Nd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reggio Emilia-A 8889 31st"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1988.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Nd2 a5 10. a3 Bd7 11. b3 c5 12. Rb1 Ne8 13. b4 b6 14. bxc5 dxc5 15. Nf3
Nd6 16. Bg5 Rb8 17. Nd2 f6 18. Bh4 h5 19. Bg3 Bh6 20. h3 Nf7 21. Bd3 Nc8 22.
Ne2 Ba4 23. Qxa4 Bxd2 24. Rb2 Bh6 25. Rfb1 Rb7 26. Qc2 Re8 27. Nc3 Ra7 28. Na4
Ra6 29. Rb3 Nfd6 30. Be2 Kh7 31. Kh1 Re7 32. Bh2 Rf7 33. Bd3 Kg8 34. Qe2 Re7
35. Bc2 Bg5 36. Qf1 Kg7 37. Bd3 Bh6 38. R3b2 Re8 39. Nc3 Ra7 40. Bc2 Rf8 41.
Na4 Ra6 42. Bd3 Re8 43. Qe2 Bg5 44. Bg3 f5 45. f3 f4 46. Bf2 Qc7 47. Qe1 Bd8
48. Qg1 Nb7 49. g4 h4 50. Qd1 g5 51. Bc2 Nbd6 52. Qd3 Re7 53. Nc3 Kf7 54. Ba4
Na7 55. Ne2 Qc8 56. Nc1 Rb7 57. Qc3 Bf6 58. Nd3 Kg7 59. Kh2 Qc7 60. Rg1 Nf7 1-0

[Event "Reggio Emilia-A 8889 31st"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1988.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Re1 Bg4 9. c3 f5 10. Qb3 Qd6 (10... O-O 11. Nfd2 $2 Nxf2 12. Kxf2 Bh4+ 13. g3 (
13. Kf1 Bxe1 14. Kxe1 Qh4+ 15. Kf1 Rae8 $19) 13... f4 $1 14. Kg2 (14. gxh4
Qxh4+ 15. Kf1 f3 $1) (14. Kg1 fxg3 15. h3 Bxh3 16. Be4 g2 17. Qxd5+ Kh8 18.
Qxd8 Raxd8 19. Rd1 Bg4 20. Bc2 Rde8 $19) 14... fxg3 15. hxg3 (15. Be4 Bh3+ $1
16. Kg1 gxh2+ 17. Kxh2 Qd6+ 18. Kh1 Bxe1 19. Qxd5+ Qxd5 20. Bxd5+ Kh8 21. Nf3
Bg3 22. Ng1 Bf1 23. Nd2 Rae8 24. Ne4 Rxe4 25. Bxe4 Rf2 26. Nf3 Bg2+ 27. Kg1
Bxf3 28. Bxf3 Rxf3 {0-1  Ljubojevic,L-Makarichev/Amsterdam/1975/})) 11. Nfd2 $5
O-O-O 12. f3 Bh4 13. Rf1 Bh3 (13... Bf2+ 14. Rxf2 Nxf2 15. Kxf2 Qxh2 16. Nf1
Qh4+ 17. g3 $18) (13... Bh5 14. fxe4 fxe4 15. Bxe4 $1 (15. Nxe4 $6 dxe4 16.
Bxe4 Rhf8 17. Rxf8 Rxf8 18. Be3 Qf6 $13) 15... dxe4 16. Nxe4 Qg6 17. Nc5 b6 18.
Qe6+ $18) 14. Qc2 Qg6 15. Nb3 Rhf8 16. Na3 Rde8 17. Kh1 $4 (17. Bf4 $1 Bg5 18.
Bxg5 Nxg5 19. gxh3 Nxh3+ 20. Kh1 Nf4 21. Rae1 $18) 17... Nf2+ 18. Rxf2 Bxg2+
0-1

[Event "Reggio Emilia-A 8889 31st"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1988.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. O-O Nc6 7. e3 Rb8 8. Nfd2
Nb4 9. Nxc4 b5 10. Ne5 Nd7 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. a3 Nd5 13. Qc2 Bb7 14. Nd2 Be7 15.
Nb3 O-O 16. Bd2 Rfc8 17. Rfd1 f5 18. f3 Nf6 19. Bb4 Bd6 20. e4 fxe4 21. fxe4
Qe8 22. Rac1 Nd7 23. Qd2 Nb6 24. Na5 Ba8 25. Rc2 Rd8 26. Bxd6 cxd6 27. d5 Rbc8
28. Rxc8 Nxc8 29. Bh3 exd5 30. exd5 Qh5 31. Be6+ Kh8 32. g4 Qg6 33. Bf5 Qf7 34.
Nc6 Rf8 35. Qe3 Re8 36. Be6 Qc7 37. Qf3 h6 38. Nd4 Nb6 39. g5 Qe7 40. gxh6 gxh6
41. Qh5 Qg5+ 42. Qxg5 hxg5 43. Nf5 Bxd5 44. Bxd5 Re5 45. Nxd6 Rxd5 46. Nf7+ Kg8
47. Rxd5 Nxd5 48. Nxg5 Ne3 49. Ne4 Nc4 50. b4 Nxa3 51. Nc5 Kf7 52. Nxa6 Nc2 53.
Kf2 Kg6 54. Ke2 Kh5 55. Kd3 Nxb4+ 56. Nxb4 Kh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reggio Emilia-A 8889 31st"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ribli, Zoltan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "1988.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qb3 a5 8. e4
a4 9. Qc2 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Bb4+ 11. Kd1 Qd8 12. c5 O-O 13. a3 Ba5 14. Qxa4 b5 15.
cxb6 Bb7 16. Nc5 Bxb6 17. Nxb7 Rxa4 18. Nxd8 Rxd8 19. Kc2 Bxd4 20. Kb3 Ra7 21.
Nxd4 Rxd4 22. Kc3 Rf4 23. Rd1 Nd7 24. Rd2 Kf8 25. Kc2 Ke7 26. g3 Rf5 27. Bg2
Nb6 28. Kb1 Rc5 29. Rd3 Nd5 30. Rb3 h5 31. h4 Kd6 32. Rd1 g6 33. Bf1 Kc7 34.
Rf3 f5 35. Re1 e5 36. Rd3 Rb7 37. Rd2 e4 38. Ka2 Ra7 39. b3 Rca5 40. a4 Rc5 41.
Ka3 Rc3 42. Bc4 Nb6 43. Be6 Rb7 44. Re3 Rc5 45. Bf7 Nd5 46. Re1 Rc3 47. Rb1 Ne7
48. a5 Rc5 49. Ka4 Rcb5 50. Be6 Kb8 51. b4 c5 52. Rd8+ Ka7 53. Rd7 Rxb4+ 54.
Rxb4 Rxd7 55. Bxd7 cxb4 56. Be8 e3 57. fxe3 Nd5 58. Bxg6 Nxe3 59. Bxh5 Nf1 60.
Bd1 Nxg3 61. h5 Ne4 62. h6 Ng5 63. Bc2 f4 64. h7 Nf7 65. Bg6 Nh8 66. Bh5 1-0

[Event "Reggio Emilia-A 8889 31st"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Sax, Gyula"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1988.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Kh1 O-O 9. f4 a6 10. Be3 Qc7 11. Qe1 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. Qg3 Bb7 14. a3 Bc6
15. Rae1 Rfd8 16. Bd3 Ne8 17. Re3 Bf6 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. e5 Ne8 20. Qh3 g6 21.
Qh6 Qe7 22. Be4 d5 23. Bf3 Rac8 24. Rd3 f5 25. exf6 Nxf6 26. Qg5 Re8 27. Ne2
Ne4 28. Qe5 b4 29. axb4 Bb5 30. Bxe4 dxe4 31. Rd2 Qxb4 32. Rfd1 Rc5 33. Qd6 Rc4
34. c3 Qxd6 35. Rxd6 Rcc8 36. Nd4 e5 37. Nxb5 axb5 38. fxe5 Rxe5 39. Kg1 e3 40.
Rd8+ Rxd8 41. Rxd8+ Kf7 42. Kf1 Rf5+ 43. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reggio Emilia-A 8889 31st"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D71"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1988.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. d4 Nb6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. e3
e5 9. O-O Bg4 10. d5 Ne7 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 O-O 13. Qb3 Nf5 14. Rd1 Nd6 15.
Bd2 f5 16. Rac1 e4 17. Be2 a6 18. a4 h5 19. Bf1 h4 20. Ne2 hxg3 21. fxg3 Nd7
22. Nf4 Rc8 23. Ne6 Qe7 24. Nxf8 Kxf8 25. Bc3 Ne5 26. Qc2 Kg8 27. Qf2 Ndf7 28.
Kg2 Qd7 29. Qc2 Bf8 30. Bxe5 Nxe5 31. d6 Bxd6 32. Qb3+ Kg7 33. Qxb7 f4 34. exf4
Rh8 35. g4 Nxg4 36. Rxd6 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 07th round of 16"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow CSKA"]
[BlackTeam "Lokomotiv"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. f4
O-O 9. Kh1 Qc7 10. a4 Re8 11. Bf3 Nc6 12. Be3 Bd7 13. Nde2 Rab8 14. g4 Bc8 15.
g5 Nd7 16. Ng3 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. Be2 Nb4 19. Nxb5 Qxc2 20. Nxd6 Qxd1 21.
Raxd1 Nc2 22. Bg1 Rd8 23. Rd2 Nb4 24. Rfd1 Ba6 25. Nxf7 Kxf7 26. Rxd7 Rxd7 27.
Rxd7 Bxe2 28. Nxe2 Rc8 29. Nc3 Ke8 30. Rd2 e5 31. Be3 exf4 32. Bxf4 Rc4 33. Kg2
Nc6 34. Kf3 Nd4+ 35. Kg4 Ne6 36. Be3 g6 37. Rd3 Rb4 38. Rd2 Rc4 39. Rd5 Bb4 40.
Re5 Bxc3 41. bxc3 Kf7 42. Bd2 Nc5 43. Kf3 Nd7 44. Rb5 Nc5 45. Rb4 Nxe4 46. Bf4
Rxb4 47. cxb4 Nc3 48. Be5 Nb5 49. Ke4 Ke6 50. h4 Na7 51. Bf4 Nb5 52. Bh2 Na7
53. Kd4 Nc6+ 54. Kc5 Kd7 55. b5 Nd8 56. Kd5 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 07th round of 16"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Lokomotiv"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow CSKA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Be2 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. a4 a5 8. Be3
Nfd7 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 e5 11. dxe5 Bxe5 12. Qd2 Na6 13. g3 Nac5 14. Bg2 Nb6
15. Bh6 Nc4 16. Qc1 Re8 17. Nd1 Nb6 18. Ra2 Bh8 19. f3 d5 20. Nf2 dxe4 21. fxe4
Ncxa4 22. Ng4 Re6 23. Qf4 Qe8 24. e5 Nc5 25. Bg5 Bg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-chT U20"]
[Site "Kramatorsk"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nge2 e5 7. h3 b6 8. Bg5
Bb7 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. d5 Ne7 11. O-O-O Bc8 12. g4 Ne8 13. Ng3 f6 14. Be3 Bd7 15.
Bf1 a6 16. Bd3 b5 17. f4 exf4 18. Bxf4 c5 19. dxc6 Nxc6 20. Be2 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-chT U20"]
[Site "Kramatorsk"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Be3
c6 9. d5 c5 10. Ne1 Ne8 11. g4 Qh4 12. Kh1 Kh8 13. Rg1 Qe7 14. a3 Ndf6 15. b4
b6 16. Nd3 Ng8 17. a4 f5 18. g5 Qf7 19. a5 Rb8 20. f3 h6 21. axb6 axb6 22. h4
f4 23. Bf2 hxg5 24. hxg5 Bf6 25. Rg2 Bd8 26. Nb5 Ne7 27. Rh2+ Kg8 28. Bf1 Qg7
29. Na7 Bd7 30. bxc5 bxc5 31. Bxc5 dxc5 32. Nxc5 Nc8 33. Nxd7 Qxd7 34. Bh3 Qc7
35. Be6+ Kg7 36. Nxc8 Rxc8 37. Qg1 1-0

[Event "URS-chT U20"]
[Site "Kramatorsk"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 Bxd4 10. Bxd4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Qb6 12. Qxb6 Nxb6 13. Nb5 Ke7 14. Bd3
Bd7 15. Nd4 h5 16. b3 f6 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-chT U20"]
[Site "Kramatorsk"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Komarov, Dimitri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. O-O Qc7 12. Nc3 a6 13. Bg5 O-O 14. Bh4 Nh5 15.
Re1 g6 16. Bg5 Qg7 17. Be3 Bd7 18. Bf1 Rf7 19. g3 Raf8 20. Bg2 h6 21. Qe2 Nf6
22. Rad1 g5 23. Rf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-chT U20"]
[Site "Kramatorsk"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ruzele, Darius"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Bf4 Bxf4 13. Nxf4 Ne4 14. Qc1 Qf6
15. Ne2 e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. f3 Nf6 19. Qc3 Re8 20. Qxe5 Rxe5 21.
Nd4 Bd7 22. Rac1 Kf8 23. Rc7 Rb8 24. Rfc1 Re7 25. g4 g6 26. h4 Ke8 27. h5 gxh5
28. g5 Ng8 29. R7c5 h6 30. gxh6 Nxh6 31. Rxd5 Re3 32. Bg6+ Kd8 33. Rxh5 Ng8 34.
Rh8 Ke7 35. Rh7+ Kd6 36. Rd1 1-0

[Event "URS-chT U20"]
[Site "Kramatorsk"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Sepp, Olav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E82"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 b6 7. Qd2 c5 8. Nge2
Nc6 9. d5 Ne5 10. Ng3 e6 11. Be2 exd5 12. cxd5 a6 13. a4 Rb8 14. O-O Qc7 15.
Rfc1 Qb7 16. Rab1 Qe7 17. h3 Ned7 18. f4 h5 19. Bf3 Re8 20. b4 cxb4 21. Rxb4
Rb7 22. Rcb1 Nc5 23. e5 Nfd7 24. e6 Nf8 25. f5 h4 26. fxg6 fxe6 27. Nh5 Bxc3
28. Qxc3 e5 29. Bxc5 dxc5 30. Rxb6 Rxb6 31. Rxb6 Bb7 32. Rxb7 Qxb7 33. Nf6+ Kh8
34. Qc1 Qg7 35. Qg5 Nh7 36. Nxh7 e4 37. Nf6 Qe7 38. Qh6+ 1-0

[Event "URS-chT U20"]
[Site "Kramatorsk"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Maljutin, Evgeni"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C69"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 c5 8.
Nb3 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bg4 10. f3 Be6 11. Nc3 Bd6 12. a4 O-O-O 13. Be3 c4 14. Na5 Ne7
15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 c3 17. bxc3 Be5 18. d6 Rxd6 19. Rxd6 Bxd6 20. Rb1 b6 21.
Nc4 Rd8 22. Kf2 Nd5 23. Bd4 c5 24. Be3 Kc7 25. Rd1 Kc6 26. Rd3 Bc7 27. Na3 Nxe3
28. Rxd8 Nxc2 29. Rg8 Nxa3 30. Rxg7 b5 31. axb5+ axb5 32. Ke2 Be5 33. Ra7 Nb1
34. c4 b4 35. Ra6+ Kc7 0-1

[Event "URS-chT U20"]
[Site "Kramatorsk"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 O-O 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qd3 c5 9. e4 Nb6 10. Be3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Nc6 12. Be2 Bd7 13. Nh3 Na5 14. Bd2 Nbc4
15. Bb4 Re8 16. O-O Bb5 17. Qc3 Rc8 18. Rfc1 Nd6 19. Bxa5 Rxc3 20. Bxd8 Rxc1+
21. Rxc1 Rxd8 22. Nf4 Kf8 23. Kf2 a6 24. Nd3 Ke7 25. Ne5 Ne8 26. Bxb5 axb5 27.
Ke3 Ra8 28. Rc3 Nd6 29. Kd3 h5 30. h4 Ke8 31. Rb3 Ra4 32. g4 hxg4 33. fxg4 f5
34. exf5 exf5 35. g5 Ke7 36. h5 Ke6 37. h6 gxh6 38. gxh6 Ra8 39. h7 Kf6 40. Rc3
Nf7 41. Nxf7 Kxf7 42. Rc7+ Kg6 43. Ke2 Rh8 44. Rxb7 Rxh7 45. Rxh7 Kxh7 46. Kf3
Kg7 47. Kf4 Kg6 48. Ke5 1-0

[Event "Linares 07th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1989.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 Bb6 6. Nxe5 $5 (6. O-O O-O 7.
Re1 d6 $6 {ECO (2.Aufl., S.302) C 65/13 +/-} (7... exd4 $5 8. cxd4 d5 9. e5 Ne4
10. Nc3 Bg4 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Rxe4 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Bxd4 $10 {
Unzicker,W-Fischer,R/Leipzig ol/1960/})) (6. Qe2 {(!) ECO-Hauptvariante} exd4
7. e5 O-O 8. cxd4 Re8 9. Be3 Nd5 10. Nc3 Nxe3 11. fxe3 d5 12. O-O Bg4 13. Qf2
Bh5 14. Ba4 $16 {Tal-Van Geet/Wijk/1968/ -> Inf.5/249}) (6. dxe5 {N; nicht in
der ECO (2.Aufl.,S.299) 64/8, Anm.41 aufgeführt.} Nxe4 7. Qe2 {-> Ivanchuk,
V-Gulko,B/Linares/1989/ Da Schwarz nicht gut auf f2 nehmen kann, gewinnt Weiss
einen Bauern.}) 6... Nxe5 7. dxe5 Nxe4 8. Qg4 Bxf2+ 9. Ke2 $6 (9. Kd1 $5 Qh4
10. Qxg7 Rf8 11. b4 {/\ Bh6} (11. Bh6 $6 Bc5 12. Rf1 Nf2+ 13. Rxf2 Qxf2 14. Nd2
Qf5 $1 $17) 11... Qh5+ (11... f6 $2 12. e6 $1 Qh5+ 13. Kc2 $16) 12. Kc2 Qg6 (
12... Bh4 $5 13. Bh6 Be7 14. Rf1 b6 $1 15. e6 Nd6 $13 {Ree-Zuidema/NLD/1962/})
13. Qxg6 fxg6 $14 {Euwe}) 9... Qh4 10. Qxg7 Rf8 11. Nd2 $1 (11. Bh6 $6 Bc5 12.
Rf1 c6 13. Rf4 Qh5+ 14. Ke1 cxb5 15. Rxe4 b6 $17 {Florian-Forintos/Budapest/
1961/}) (11. b4 $2 f6 $1 $17) 11... Bc5 $6 (11... Nxd2 12. Bxd2 Bc5 13. Rhf1
Qe4+ $10 {13...c6 Short,N-Gulko,B/Linares/1989/remis/ ->} 14. Kd1 Qg6 $10) 12.
Nf3 Qf2+ (12... Qh5 13. Re1 {Rd1(!)} b6 14. Kf1 Bb7 15. e6 {15.Qh6 (!)} O-O-O
16. exd7+ Kb8 17. Qe5 Qg6 18. Nh4 Qg4 19. Qf4 f5 $17 20. Nf3 Bd6 21. Qh6 a6 22.
Bd3 Rxd7 23. Re2 Rf6 24. Qe3 Bc5 25. Nd4 Bxd4 26. cxd4 Rxd4 27. h3 Qh4 28. Re1
Rxd3 {0-1 Gilezetdinov-Tolush/corr/1970/}) 13. Kd1 Be7 14. Re1 Qb6 $1 15. Rxe4
$6 {15.Bc4! /+/=} Qxb5 16. c4 $6 Qc6 $1 17. Qxh7 d5 $1 18. exd6 Qxd6+ 19. Rd4
Qb6 20. Qe4 Rg8 $1 21. Be3 $6 (21. Bg5 $5 Qg6 22. Qxg6 Rxg6 $146) 21... Qxb2
22. Rb1 Qxg2 23. Rb5 Bg4 $1 24. Rf5 Qf1+ 25. Kc2 (25. Kd2 Bxf5 26. Qxf5 Rg2+)
25... Qe2+ 0-1

[Event "Linares 07th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1989.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. a3 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. b4 Re8 $5 10. d3 a5 $1 11. b5 Nd4 12. Nd2 a4 13. Bb2 Bf8 14. e3 Ne6
15. Qc2 Nc5 16. d4 exd4 17. exd4 Qxd4 $1 18. Nd5 Qd3 $1 19. Qxd3 Nxd3 20. Nxc7
Nxb2 21. Nxe8 Bf5 $1 22. Nc7 Rd8 23. Ne4 Rc8 24. Rfc1 N2c4 $1 25. Rxc4 Nxc4 26.
Nd5 Nxa3 27. b6 Rc4 $1 28. Ne3 Rxe4 29. Nxf5 Rb4 30. Bxb7 Nc4 31. Ne3 Nxe3 32.
fxe3 Rxb6 33. Bd5 Ra6 34. Kg2 a3 35. e4 Bd6 36. Rc1 g6 37. Rc2 Kg7 38. Rf2 Ra7
39. Rc2 Be5 40. Rf2 Rc7 41. Rf3 Ra7 42. Rf2 f6 43. Rc2 h5 44. Kf3 Bb2 45. Ba2
Rd7 46. Ke2 Kh6 47. Rc8 Rd4 48. Rc4 g5 $1 0-1

[Event "Linares 07th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1989.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 Bb6 6. dxe5 {Kleine
Theorieübersicht -> Beliavsky,A-Ivanchuk,V/Linares/1989/} Nxe4 7. Qe2 d5 (7...
Bxf2+ 8. Kf1 $18) (7... Nxf2 8. Rf1 Ng4 9. h3 Nh6 10. Bxh6 gxh6 11. Nbd2 $16)
8. exd6 O-O 9. dxc7 Bxc7 10. O-O Re8 11. Be3 Bg4 12. Nbd2 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 Qf6 14.
Be2 Rad8 {+/= / ~/=} 15. Qc2 Rd5 16. Qa4 Qg6 17. Ne5 Rdxe5 18. Qxg4 Qc2 19. Bf3
Bb6 20. Bxb6 axb6 21. Qc4 Qxb2 22. Rab1 Qc2 23. Rxb6 Na5 24. Qb4 (24. Qb4 Re1
25. Rd6 $1 (25. g3 $2 Qd3 26. Bg2 Rxf1+ 27. Bxf1 Re1 $19) 25... Qc1 26. Rd1
Rxd1 27. Bxd1 $1 $10 (27. Rxd1 $4 Re1+ $19)) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 07th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1989.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 d4 11. Bxe6 Nxe6 12. cxd4 Ncxd4 13. a4 Be7 14. Nxd4 Nxd4
15. Ne4 O-O 16. axb5 Nxb5 17. Be3 Qc8 18. Qc2 Qe6 19. f4 f6 20. exf6 Bxf6 21.
f5 Qe5 22. Bc5 Nd6 23. Nxf6+ Rxf6 24. Rae1 Qd5 25. Rd1 Qc6 26. Qb3+ Kh8 27. Qd5
Qxd5 28. Rxd5 Re8 29. g4 h6 30. h3 Kh7 31. Bd4 Rf7 32. Rf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 07th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1989.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a4 h6 13. Bc2 exd4 14. cxd4 Nb4 15.
Bb1 bxa4 16. Rxa4 a5 17. Ra3 Ra6 $1 (17... Qd7 $6 18. Nh4 $1 (18. Rae3 $6 a4
19. Nf1 d5 $1 20. e5 Ne4 21. N1d2 Qb5 22. Nxe4 dxe4 23. Bxe4 Bxe4 24. Rxe4 Nd3
$146 {Balashov,Y-Balivvsky,A}) 18... Qb5 19. Rf3 Nh7 20. Rg3 Ng5 21. Nhf3 Nxf3+
22. Nxf3 Qh5 23. Bd2 Re7 24. Qc1 Kh8 25. d5 c5 26. Rg4 Bc8 27. Rf4 Kg8 28. e5 {
/\ Rh4!} g5 29. Rf6 dxe5 30. Bxb4 axb4 31. Qc2 Kg7 32. d6 Kxf6 33. dxe7 Bxe7
34. Qe4 {1-0 Ehlvest,J-Beliavski,A/URS-51ch/1984/}) 18. Nh2 {Zum ersten Mal
gespielt in Sax,G-Banas,J/Balatonbereny/1984/1-0/ -> Inf.38/457. Dort folgte
18...Qa8?! 19.Rae3 Qa7 20.e5!+/-} (18. Rae3 a4 19. Nf1 d5 20. e5 Ne4 21. N1d2
c5 $1 22. Nxe4 dxe4 23. Bxe4 Bxe4 24. Rxe4 c4 $5 25. e6 $1 Rexe6 26. Rxe6 fxe6
27. Ne5 Qc7 28. Qf3 $14 {Balashov,Y-Karpov,An/URS-50ch/1983/remis/}) 18... g6
$1 (18... d5 $6 19. e5 Ne4 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. Bxe4 Bxe4 22. Rxe4 Qd5 {22...c5!?}
23. Qe2 $16) (18... Qa8 $6 19. Rae3 Qa7 20. e5 Nfd5 21. Rg3 dxe5 22. dxe5 Rae6
23. Ne4 Kh8 24. Nf3 Qb6 25. Nfg5 hxg5 26. Nxg5 g6 27. Qh5+ $1 {1-0  Sax-Banas/
Balatonbereny/1984/}) 19. f4 (19. Ng4 Nxg4 20. Qxg4 c5 {Hjartarson,J-Karpov,An
(5)/Seattle cq/1989/remis/ ->}) 19... d5 $5 20. e5 Ne4 21. Ng4 c5 $1 22. Nxe4
dxe4 23. dxc5 Bxc5+ 24. Be3 Bf8 25. Nf6+ Rxf6 26. Qxd8 Rxd8 27. exf6 Nd3 28.
Rd1 Bxa3 29. bxa3 Bd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 07th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1989.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Nxd5 cxd5 10. Qb3 Nb8 11. Ne5 Bxe5 12. dxe5 Nc6 13. f4 Qb6 14. Qxb6
axb6 15. Bd2 Bf5 16. Bb5 Rfd8 17. Rfc1 Rac8 18. Kf1 g5 19. g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 07th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1989.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8.
Bxf3 Nc6 9. Ne2 e5 10. c3 Nd7 11. b3 Nb6 12. d5 Ne7 13. c4 f5 14. Nc3 Nd7 15.
Rb1 a5 16. a3 Nf6 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 fxe4 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Nf5 21. g3
Qf6 22. Qd3 Nd4 23. Kg2 Ra4 24. h4 Kh8 25. Rb2 Nf5 26. Bg5 Qf7 27. Rh1 h6 28.
h5 gxh5 29. Qd1 Ra3 30. Qxh5 Kg8 31. Qxf7+ Rxf7 32. Bd2 Rf6 33. Rbb1 Ra2 34.
Rhd1 Nd4 35. Ra1 Rxa1 36. Rxa1 Nb3 37. Ra8+ Rf8 38. Rxf8+ Bxf8 39. Be3 Nd4 40.
b5 Nb3 41. Kh3 Nc5 42. Bf5 Na4 43. Kg4 1-0

[Event "Linares 07th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "1989.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Be2 Bb7 11. Bd2 a6 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Rb8 14. Qh4 Qxh4
15. Nxh4 c5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 07th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C61"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1989.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. Bc4 {!? ECO C61/2,Anm.6 (2.
Auflage,S.284)} Nf6 6. Qe2 {ECO /\ e5} Bc5 $1 7. e5 O-O $1 8. O-O d5 $1 9. exf6
(9. Bb3 d3 $1 10. Qxd3 Ng4 $1 $17) 9... dxc4 10. Qh5 (10. Qxc4 Bd6 11. fxg7 Re8
12. d3 Qh4 13. g3 Qh5 $146 {oder 13...Qh3}) 10... b6 11. fxg7 Re8 12. d3 cxd3
13. cxd3 Ba6 14. Qf3 Qe7 15. Bf4 Qe2 $1 16. Nd2 Qxf3 17. Nxf3 Bxd3 18. Rfe1 Be2
19. Bxc7 d3 $1 {/\ Bb4} 20. a3 a5 21. Bf4 Re4 22. Bd2 Rae8 23. Bc3 a4 $1 24.
Ng5 Rc4 25. Rad1 Rc8 26. Ra1 Rd8 27. Nf3 Rxc3 $1 28. bxc3 d2 29. Rxe2 d1=Q+ 30.
Rxd1 Rxd1+ 31. Ne1 (31. Re1 Rxe1+ {oder 31...Td3} 32. Nxe1 Bxa3 $19) 31... Rc1
32. Re4 f5 33. Re8+ Kxg7 34. Kf1 Rxc3 35. Ke2 Rxa3 36. Nd3 Ra2+ 37. Kf3 Ra3 38.
Rd8 Rc3 39. Kf4 a3 40. Rd7+ Kf8 41. Ne5 a2 42. Kxf5 a1=Q 43. Rd8+ Kg7 44. Rd7+
Kg8 0-1

[Event "Linares 07th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1989.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Be3 Be7 9. f4 d6 10. Kh1 O-O 11. Qe1 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. e5 dxe5 14. Bxe5 Qb6
15. Qg3 Bb7 16. f5 exf5 17. Rxf5 g6 18. Raf1 Ne4 19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20. R5f2 Qe6 21.
b3 Bxc2 22. Bf3 Rac8 23. Bb7 Rc5 24. Bd4 Bd6 25. Qe3 Qxe3 26. Bxe3 Rc7 27. Bxa6
Bd3 28. Rd1 Re8 29. Bh6 Rce7 30. Bd2 Ra7 31. Bc3 Rxa6 32. Rxd3 b4 33. Bd2 Rxa2
34. Rf1 Re2 35. Rd1 Be7 36. g4 h6 37. Bf4 Bf6 38. R3d2 Raxd2 39. Rxd2 Re4 40.
Bxh6 Rxg4 41. Be3 Re4 42. Rd3 Bc3 43. Kg2 Re8 44. Kf3 Ra8 45. h3 f6 46. Bc5 Ra5
47. Bd6 Ra2 48. Ke4 Rb2 49. Kd5 Rxb3 50. Bxb4 Rxb4 51. Rxc3 Kg7 52. Rc7+ Kh6
53. Ke6 Rb6+ 54. Kd5 Rb3 55. h4 Re3 56. Rc8 f5 0-1

[Event "Yerevan"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1989.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8. f4
Nc5 9. f5 Be7 10. fxe6 fxe6 11. O-O Nxb3 12. axb3 O-O 13. Be3 Bd7 14. Kh1 Qc7
15. Qd3 Ng4 16. Bg1 Rxf1 17. Rxf1 Rf8 18. Rxf8+ Bxf8 19. Nf3 b5 20. h3 Nf6 21.
Bd4 e5 22. Be3 Qb7 23. Nd5 Bc6 24. Nxf6+ gxf6 25. Nd2 f5 26. exf5 Bxg2+ 27. Kh2
Bc6 28. Bf2 Qf7 29. c4 Bd7 30. Ne4 Qxf5 31. Bh4 Qf4+ 32. Bg3 Qh6 33. h4 Qg6 34.
Qf3 Qf5 35. Qe3 Bc6 36. Nf2 Qf3 37. Qxf3 Bxf3 38. Nd3 Be2 39. Nc1 Bd1 40. c5
dxc5 41. Bxe5 Kf7 42. Kg3 Ke6 43. Bc3 Kd5 44. Kf2 Be7 45. Kg3 Ke4 0-1

[Event "Yerevan"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "1989.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Bb5
Nd7 9. Ne5 Ncxe5 10. Bxe5 a6 11. Bxd7+ Qxd7 12. O-O Rc8 13. Rc1 f6 14. Bg3 Be7
15. Qa4 Rc4 $1 16. Qb3 O-O (16... Rb4 17. Qd1 Rxb2 18. Na4 Rb4 19. Nc5 Bxc5 20.
Rxc5 Rc4 $17) 17. a3 Rfc8 18. h3 b5 19. Ra1 Qc6 20. Rfd1 a5 21. Rdc1 b4 22.
axb4 axb4 23. Ne2 Rc2 24. Qa2 Qb5 25. Rxc2 Bxc2 26. Nf4 Bf5 27. Qa7 Bf8 28. Kh2
Qe8 29. Qb7 Qc6 30. Qa7 e5 31. Ne2 Qc2 32. Re1 Qxb2 33. dxe5 fxe5 34. Ng1 Qc3
35. Nf3 Re8 36. Qa4 Re7 37. Re2 Bd3 $2 (37... b3 38. Qb5 Qd3 (38... Be4 39. Ng5
Qd3) 39. Qxd3 Bxd3 40. Rb2 Bc2 41. Ne1 (41. Bxe5 Re8 42. Bd4 Ba3) 41... Rc7 42.
Bxe5 Rc8 $19) 38. Ra2 b3 $2 39. Ra3 Bc2 40. Qb5 $1 Qc4 41. Qb8 Qc6 $2 (41...
Qc7 42. Ra8 Qxb8 43. Rxb8 e4 44. Nd4 $10) 42. Bxe5 $2 (42. Ra8 $1 $18 Qf6 43.
Bh4 Qf7 44. Nxe5 $18) 42... Re8 43. Qa7 Qc8 44. Bd4 $2 {>= 44.Bb2} Qb8+ 45.
Qxb8 Rxb8 46. Ra5 Bd6+ (46... b2 47. Bxb2 Rxb2 48. Rxd5 Be4 49. Rd2 Rxd2 50.
Nxd2 $10) 47. g3 Be4 48. Nd2 $2 (48. Ng5 b2 49. Bxb2 Rxb2 50. Nxe4 dxe4) 48...
b2 $2 (48... Bb4 $1 49. Nxb3 Bxa5 50. Nxa5 h5 $1) 49. Bxb2 Rxb2 50. Nxe4 dxe4
51. Kg2 Kf7 52. Ra4 Bb4 53. Kf1 Ke6 54. Ra7 Rb1+ 55. Kg2 Be1 56. Kf1 Bc3+ 57.
Kg2 Kd5 58. Rc7 Be5 59. Re7 Rb5 60. Kf1 Rb1+ 61. Kg2 Bf6 62. Re8 Rc1 63. h4 $2
Rc7 64. Kf1 Be7 65. Rg8 Bc5 66. Re8 Rf7 67. Rd8+ Kc4 68. Ke2 Ra7 69. Kf1 h6 70.
Rc8 Ra1+ 71. Kg2 Rd1 72. Rc7 g5 73. hxg5 hxg5 74. Rg7 Rd5 75. Rb7 Bb4 76. Kf1
Rd1+ 77. Kg2 Be1 78. Kf1 Bc3+ 79. Kg2 Kd3 80. Rb5 Ke2 0-1

[Event "Yerevan"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1989.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Nh4 Bc8 7. Nf3 Bf5 8. Ne5
e6 9. f3 Bb4 10. Qd2 {/\ 11.e4 Bxe4 12.fxe4 Nxe4 13.Qe3} c5 $1 11. dxc5 Nd5 12.
e4 Qf6 13. Qd4 Nd7 14. Bf4 Bxe4 15. fxe4 Qxf4 16. Nxd7 O-O-O $1 (16... Ne3 $2
17. Qe5 $1) 17. g3 $6 (17. c6 bxc6 (17... Ne3 $2 18. Qxa7) (17... Qe3+ 18. Qxe3
Nxe3 19. Kf2 (19. Ke2 Nc2 $1 (19... Nxf1 20. Ne5 $1) 20. Rd1 f6 21. cxb7+ Kxb7)
19... Nxf1 20. Rhxf1 f6 21. Nxf6 gxf6 22. cxb7+ Kxb7 23. Rad1 $15) 18. Qxc4
Rxd7 (18... Kxd7 19. exd5 Qxc4 20. Bxc4 cxd5 21. Bb5+) 19. exd5 Qxc4 20. Bxc4
exd5 21. Ba6+) 17... Qe3+ (17... Qf3 18. exd5 Qxh1 19. c6 Qxd5 20. Qxd5 exd5
21. O-O-O $146) 18. Qxe3 Nxe3 19. Ne5 Nc2+ 20. Ke2 Nxa1 21. Nxf7 Nb3 22. Nxh8
Rxh8 23. Bh3 Nd4+ 24. Kd2 Rd8 25. Rd1 Bxc5 26. Kc1 a6 27. Nd5 b5 28. Nf4 Re8
29. Kb1 Kb7 30. e5 Kb6 31. Bg4 Ka5 32. axb5 axb5 33. Ne2 Nc6 34. Nf4 Nxe5 35.
Bxe6 g5 $2 {>= 35...Be3} 36. Rd5 gxf4 37. Rxe5 Bd6 38. Rxb5+ Kxb5 39. Bd7+ Kb4
40. Bxe8 fxg3 41. hxg3 Bxg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yerevan"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Csom, Istvan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1989.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 c5 5. d5 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Nh5 7. g3 f5 8. e4
f4 9. dxe6 fxg3 10. Qd5 g2 11. Qxh5+ g6 12. Qe5 Qh4+ 13. Ke2 gxh1=Q 14. Qxh8+
Ke7 15. Qg7+ Kxe6 16. Bh3+ Kd6 17. Qf8+ Kc7 18. Bf4+ Qxf4 19. Qxf4+ d6 20. Rd1
Nc6 21. Qxd6+ Kb6 22. Qg3 h5 23. Bxc8 Rxc8 24. Nh3 h4 25. Qf2 1-0

[Event "Yerevan"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Dokhoian, Yury"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1989.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Nc6 6. Ngf3 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5
8. O-O Nge7 9. Nb3 Bb6 10. Re1 O-O 11. Be3 Bg4 12. Bxb6 (12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3
Ne5 14. Qh5 N7g6 15. Rad1 a6 16. Bf1 Rc8 17. Bxb6 Qxb6 18. Rxe5 Nxe5 19. Qxe5
Rxc2 20. Rd2 Rxd2 21. Nxd2 Qa5 {Psakhis,L-Lputian,S/Erevan/1988/1/2-1/2/54/ ->
CBM 08}) 12... Qxb6 13. Bxc6 Nxc6 14. Qxd5 Nb4 15. Qe4 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Rad8 $5 (
16... Qg6+ 17. Qxg6 fxg6 18. Re4 Nxc2 19. Rc1 Rac8 20. Re7) 17. Re2 (17. c3 Nd3
) (17. Rad1) 17... Rd6 $5 18. c3 Re6 19. Qc4 Rg6+ 20. Kh1 Qf6 21. f4 (21. Qe4
Nd3 $1) 21... Qh4 22. Nd2 Nc6 $2 (22... Qh3 $1 23. f3 Nc6) 23. f5 $1 Rg4 24.
Qc5 $1 {/\ 25.Rae1, 26.Qxf8} Rd8 25. Rae1 g6 26. Nf3 $1 Qh3 27. Re8+ Rxe8 28.
Rxe8+ Kg7 29. Qf8+ Kf6 30. Qh8+ (30. Re6+ $1 Kxf5 31. Qxf7#) 30... Kxf5 31.
Re5+ 1-0

[Event "Yerevan"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1989.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Nc6 6. Ngf3 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5
8. O-O Nge7 9. Nb3 Bd6 10. Re1 O-O 11. h3 Bf5 12. Bd3 Bg6 13. c3 Nf5 14. Bg5
Qd7 15. Qd2 Rfe8 16. Rxe8+ Rxe8 17. Rd1 h6 18. Bxf5 Qxf5 19. Qxd5 hxg5 20. Qxf5
Bxf5 21. Rxd6 f6 22. Nbd4 Nxd4 23. Nxd4 Bc8 24. f3 Kf7 25. Kf2 Ke7 26. Rd5 Bd7
27. Ra5 a6 28. c4 Kd6 29. b3 Bc8 30. Rd5+ Kc7 31. Ne2 Kc6 32. f4 gxf4 33. Nxf4
b5 34. cxb5+ axb5 35. Rd3 Bf5 36. Rg3 Ra8 37. Rxg7 Rxa2+ 38. Kg1 Rb2 39. Rg3
Kc5 40. Nd3+ Bxd3 41. Rxd3 1-0

[Event "Yerevan"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1989.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Nc6 6. Ngf3 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5
8. O-O Nge7 9. Nb3 Bd6 10. h3 O-O 11. c3 Bc7 12. Be3 Nf5 13. Bc5 Re8 14. Re1
Rxe1+ 15. Qxe1 a5 16. Bf1 b6 17. Bd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yerevan"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Marjanovic, Slavoljub"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1989.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 e6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3
Nc6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bg5 d4 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Nd5 Qd8 13. Nd2 Bh3 14. Bxh3 Qxd5
15. Qb3 $1 Qh5 16. Qxb7 Ne5 17. Qe4 Rae8 18. Kg2 Nc4 $2 (18... Bb6 19. Rfd1 $1
(19. Nf3 Nxf3 20. Qxf3 Qb5 $1 $10) 19... Nc4 (19... f5 20. Qd5+ Kh8 21. Nf3
Nxf3 22. Qxf3 Qxf3+ 23. Kxf3 g5 24. Bf1 $1 g4+ 25. Kg2 f4 26. Rd3 $16) (19...
d3 20. e3 $1 (20. exd3 Bxf2 $1) 20... Qe2 21. Kg1 $16 {/\ Bf1}) (19... Ng6 20.
Bg4 $1 Qg5 (20... Qb5 21. Qd3 Qxb2 22. Nc4 {/\ Nxb6, Qxd4}) 21. Qf5 Qxf5 22.
Bxf5 Rxe2 $14 {23.Bd3; 23.Nc4!?}) (19... g5 $1 20. Bf5 (20. Qf5 $6 Qg6 $1 21.
Ne4 g4 22. Nf6+ Kg7 23. Qxg6+ fxg6 24. Nxg4 Nf7 $1) 20... f6 $13) 20. Qf3 Qxf3+
21. Kxf3 Nxb2 22. Rdb1 Na4 23. Bd7 Nc3 24. Bxe8 Nxb1 25. Rxb1 Rxe8 26. Ne4 $14)
19. Qf3 Qxf3+ 20. Nxf3 Nxb2 21. Rac1 Be7 22. Rc2 Rb8 23. Nxd4 Bf6 24. Nc6 Rb7
25. f4 Re8 26. Kf3 g6 27. e4 Bg7 28. e5 Na4 29. Rfc1 Nb6 30. Na5 Rbe7 31. Bf1
f6 32. Bb5 Ra8 33. Nc6 Re6 34. Nd4 Re7 35. Nc6 Re6 36. a4 a5 (36... a6 37. a5
$1) 37. Rb1 Kh8 38. Bd3 Nxa4 39. f5 gxf5 40. Bxf5 Ree8 41. Rc4 1-0

[Event "Yerevan"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrosian, Arshak B"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "1989.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bd3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 c5 7. O-O a6 8. Bb3
Nbd7 9. Qe2 b5 10. a4 b4 11. e4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Qc7 13. Be3 Bc5 14. Nd2 Qa7 15.
Nc6 Qc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yerevan"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1989.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. Qb3 Nc6 7. Nf3 Ne4 8. Qc2
Nd6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. O-O Bf5 11. Qb3 Bxc3 12. Qxc3 Re8 13. Re1 Be4 14. Rd1 f6
15. Bf4 Nf5 16. Rac1 g5 17. Bd2 Nd6 18. Be1 Qd7 19. Bf1 Bf5 20. Qb3 Ne7 21. Bb4
c6 22. Ne1 a5 23. Bc5 b6 24. Ba3 Rab8 25. Ng2 Bh3 26. Qf3 Ne4 27. Ne3 Be6 28.
Bg2 Kg7 29. Bxe7 Rxe7 30. Rc2 h6 31. Rdc1 Rc8 32. g4 Nd6 33. Qg3 Kg8 34. h4 Bf7
35. Rc3 Ne4 36. Bxe4 Rxe4 37. f3 Re6 38. Nf5 Rxe2 39. Nxh6+ Kg7 40. Nf5+ Kg6
41. hxg5 Be6 42. Rxc6 1-0

[Event "Yerevan"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Spiridonov, Nikola"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1989.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 d5 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 Nbd7 7. Bg2 e6 8.
O-O Be7 9. b3 $6 {/\ Bc1-a3} Nb6 10. Qc3 Nbd5 11. Qb2 O-O 12. Nc3 Ne4 13. Nxd5
$2 (13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Ne5 $10) 13... exd5 14. Be3 Re8 15. Rfd1 Bb4 16. Nh4 Bd7
17. Qc1 Qc8 18. a3 Bd6 19. Qb2 Bh3 20. Bh1 f5 21. Bd2 h6 22. Be1 f4 23. Bg2 g5
24. Nf3 Qf5 25. Rd3 Re6 26. b4 Rae8 27. Rad1 $2 Bxg2 28. Kxg2 fxg3 29. hxg3
Nxg3 $1 30. Ne5 Qe4+ 31. Nf3 Nxe2 32. Kf1 Nf4 33. Re3 Qf5 34. Ne5 Bxe5 35. dxe5
Rxe5 36. Rg3 Qe4 37. Kg1 Ne2+ 38. Kh2 Nxg3 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B89"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1989.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 Be7 8.
Qe2 O-O 9. O-O-O a6 10. Bb3 Nd7 11. Kb1 Qc7 12. f4 Nc5 13. f5 Nxb3 14. axb3 Bd7
15. Rhf1 Ne5 16. Nf3 Bc6 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. fxe6 fxe6 19. Qg4 Rxf1 20. Rxf1 Qd7
21. Rd1 Qc8 22. h4 Kh8 23. Bg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hellers, Ferdinand"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1989.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Bd3 Bxd3 5. Qxd3 e6 6. Nc3 Ne7 7. Nge2 Nd7 8.
O-O a6 9. Nd1 c5 10. c3 Rc8 11. Ne3 h5 12. Bd2 g6 13. h3 Qb6 14. b3 Nc6 15.
Rac1 cxd4 16. cxd4 Qb5 17. Qxb5 axb5 18. g4 Ra8 19. Rc2 hxg4 20. hxg4 g5 21.
Ng2 Be7 22. Be3 Ndb8 23. Ng3 Na6 24. Nh5 Rg8 25. Ra1 b4 26. Ne1 Nc7 27. Nf3 Nb5
28. Kg2 Rg6 29. Rh1 Kd7 30. Nf6+ Rxf6 31. exf6 Bxf6 32. Rh7 Rf8 33. Nxg5 Nbxd4
34. Rd2 Ke8 35. Nf3 Nxf3 36. Kxf3 Rg8 37. Kg3 Bc3 38. Rd1 f5 39. f3 fxg4 40.
fxg4 Ne5 41. g5 Nf7 42. Kh4 d4 43. Bc1 e5 44. Rf1 Nd8 45. g6 Rxg6 46. Bg5 Nc6
47. Rff7 d3 48. Rc7 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1989.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Ne5 O-O 8. Nc3
e6 9. O-O Nfd7 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. Be3 Nf6 12. Ne5 Bd7 13. h3 Ne8 14. f4 Nd6 15.
Bf2 f6 16. Nd3 b6 17. Rc1 Rc8 18. e3 Ne7 19. g4 Bc6 20. Qe2 Qd7 21. Rfd1 Rc7
22. Be1 Rfc8 23. Rc2 Ba4 24. b3 Bb5 25. Rdc1 Ba6 26. Qd1 Bf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A77"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1989.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8. Be2
O-O 9. Nd2 Re8 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Re1 Ne5 12. a4 a6 13. h3 g5 14. Nf1 h6 15. Ne3
Ng6 16. Bd3 Nf4 17. Nc4 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Nd7 19. f4 Nb6 20. Nxb6 Qxb6 21. Qg3 gxf4
22. Bxf4 Kh7 23. Bxd6 Qxb2 24. e5 Bf5 25. Ra2 Qb4 26. Rf2 Bg6 27. Rf4 Qb6 28.
Ref1 Kg8 29. Rg4 h5 30. Rxg6 fxg6 31. Qxg6 c4+ 32. Kh2 Rf8 33. Rxf8+ Rxf8 34.
Ne4 Rf1 35. Qe6+ Kh8 36. Qe8+ Kh7 37. Ng5+ Kh6 38. Qe6+ Bf6 39. Bf8+ Kxg5 40.
Bh6+ $138 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Hellers, Ferdinand"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E82"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1989.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 b6 7. Qd2 c5 8. Nge2
Nc6 9. d5 Ne5 10. Ng3 e6 11. Be2 exd5 12. cxd5 a6 13. a4 Nh5 14. Nxh5 gxh5 15.
Bh6 Qh4+ 16. g3 Qf6 17. Bxg7 Qxg7 18. f4 Ng4 19. h3 Nf6 20. O-O-O Re8 21. Bf3
b5 22. Rde1 Nd7 23. e5 dxe5 24. d6 Rb8 25. axb5 axb5 26. Bc6 c4 27. Qe3 Re6 28.
Ne4 c3 29. f5 cxb2+ 30. Kb1 Re8 31. g4 f6 32. Rhg1 Kh8 33. gxh5 Qf7 34. h6 Bb7
35. Rg7 Qc4 36. Qg3 Rg8 37. Bxb7 Qa4 38. Nc3 Qa1+ 39. Kc2 b4 40. Bd5 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1989.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Qa5 7. Nd2 dxc4 8.
Bxf6 Nxf6 9. Nxc4 Qc7 10. Bd3 Nd5 11. O-O Be7 12. Rc1 O-O 13. Ne5 g6 14. Qf3
Nxc3 15. Rxc3 Bd6 16. Qf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1989.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 e5 3. Nf3 Qa5 4. Be2 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. O-O O-O 7. Qc2 Re8 8. a3
Bf8 9. d4 d6 10. h3 Nbd7 11. Be3 a6 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nd4 Qc7 14. Rac1 b6 15.
f4 Ng6 16. g4 Bb7 17. Nf5 c5 18. Bf3 h6 19. h4 Ne7 20. Ng3 g6 21. g5 Nd7 22.
Qd2 Rad8 23. Rcd1 b5 24. cxb5 Nb6 25. Be2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1989.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. f4
O-O 9. Be3 Qc7 10. a4 Nc6 11. Qe1 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 e5 13. Be3 exf4 14. Bxf4 Be6
15. Qg3 Rfc8 16. Kh1 Nd7 17. Bg4 Re8 18. Bf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1989.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15.
Be3 Bg4 16. Qd3 Rae8 17. Nd2 Re6 18. a4 Qh5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Nf1 Bf5 21. Qd2
Rfe8 22. Bxd5 cxd5 23. Bf4 Rxe1 24. Rxe1 Rxe1 25. Qxe1 Be4 26. Nd2 Bxf4 27.
Nxe4 dxe4 28. gxf4 Qg4+ 29. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Torre, Eugenio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1989.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. d5 Na6 8. Bf4
Nc7 9. a4 (9. Re1 a6 10. a4 Bd7 $6 {10...b6} 11. e5 Nh5 12. Be3 dxe5 13. Bxc5
$14 {Gelfand,B-Polgar,J/Amsterdam OHRA-B/1989/1-0/}) 9... a6 10. h3 b6 11. Re1
Bb7 12. Bc4 Qd7 13. Qd3 (13. e5 Nh5 $1 14. Bh2 b5 $1 $13) 13... Rad8 14. Rad1
Qc8 15. Qe3 Rfe8 16. Bh6 Bh8 {>= 16...e6!; Torre} 17. Ng5 $1 Nd7 18. f4 Bg7 19.
Bxg7 Kxg7 20. e5 b5 21. axb5 Nb6 22. bxa6 Nxc4 23. axb7 Qxb7 24. Qe4 Nxb2 25.
Rb1 Qb4 26. Qxb4 cxb4 27. Nce4 Nc4 $2 (27... Na4 $1 28. Rxb4 Nc5) 28. Rxb4 Na3
29. Ra4 Ra8 30. Rxa8 Rxa8 31. exd6 Nxd5 $2 {>= 31...exd6} 32. Rd1 Nb6 33. dxe7
Re8 34. f5 f6 35. Ne6+ 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1989.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Qa4 Bb7 11. Bf4 Qc8 12. Rad1 a5 13. Rd2 h6 14. Rfd1 c5
15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. Nb5 d6 17. Bxd6 cxd6 18. Nxd6 Qc7 19. Nxe8 Rxe8 20. e3 Bf8
21. Rd3 h5 22. Ra3 Ra8 23. h4 Bd6 24. Qc2 Qc6 25. Qa4 Qc7 26. Qc2 Bf8 27. e4
Ne8 28. Re3 Ng7 29. Qd3 Ne6 30. Qd7 Rd8 31. Qa4 Nd4 32. Kg2 Rb8 33. b3 Rb4 34.
Qe8 a4 35. Kh2 axb3 36. axb3 Rb8 37. Qa4 Bh6 38. Red3 Qb7 39. Rxd4 cxd4 40.
Rxd4 Qxb3 41. Rd8+ Bf8 42. Qxb3 Rxb3 43. e5 Rb2 44. Kg1 Kg7 45. Rc8 Bb4 46. Kf1
Rb1+ 47. Kg2 Be1 48. Rc7 Kf8 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1989.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Polugaevsky,L} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7.
Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Nh4 O-O 10. Nxf5 (10. f3 Bg6 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Qc2 Rc8
$13) 10... exf5 11. Qf3 $6 (11. h3 $1 a5 (11... Qa5 12. Na2 $14) 12. Qf3 Nb6
13. Bb3 g6 14. g4 $13) (11. f3 {RR} Qa5 $5 {11...Nb6?! Yusupov,A-Ehlvest,J (1)/
Saint John/cm/1-0/43/ -> CBM 6/S.36} 12. Qc2 c5 $5 {Yusupov,A-Chandler,M/
Linares/1988/1/2-1/2/53/ -> CBM6/S.36}) (11. Qc2 $5 {RR} g6 12. f3 Qa5 13. e4 {
Welin,T-Beijar,K/Rilton-Cup/1988-89/1-0/24/  -> TD 1988/V}) 11... g6 12. h3 Qa5
$1 $10 13. Ne2 (13. Bd2 Ne4 $1 {Ivanchuk}) 13... Rae8 14. b3 Ne4 15. Ng3 (15.
g4 fxg4 16. hxg4 Qg5 $1 17. Qg2 Ndf6 18. f3 Nd2 $1 19. e4 b5 20. axb5 cxb5 21.
Bd3 Qe3+ {Ivanchuk}) 15... Nd6 (15... Ndf6 $5 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 $15) 16. Bd3 (16.
Bb2 $1 Nxc4 17. bxc4 Nb6 18. Rfc1 $1 Qa6 19. Qe2 f4 (19... Nxa4 20. d5 $36) 20.
Nf1 $13) 16... Nf6 17. Bb2 Nd5 18. Rfc1 Re7 19. Nf1 Rfe8 20. g4 {>= 20.Rab1}
fxg4 21. hxg4 Bc3 $1 22. Bxc3 $6 {>= 22.Rab1} Nxc3 23. Ng3 Nde4 24. Nxe4 Nxe4
$17 25. Ra2 (25. Bxe4 Rxe4 26. Rc5 Qd8 27. b4 $1 Qh4 28. b5 Rxg4+ {>= 28...
R8e6! -/+} 29. Kf1 $13) 25... Qg5 26. Kf1 $2 (26. Be2 $8 h5 {26...f5 (Ivanchuk)
} 27. Qg2 $17) (26. Qg2 Nf6 27. Be2 Rxe3 $1 28. Rc5 Qh4 29. fxe3 Rxe3 $19 {
Ivanchuk}) 26... Qd5 $1 $19 27. Kg2 Qxb3 28. Bc4 Qb4 29. Qh3 Nc3 $1 30. Rac2 (
30. Rh1 h5 31. gxh5 Qxc4 32. hxg6 fxg6 33. Qh8+ Kf7 34. Rh7+ Ke6 $19) 30...
Qxc4 31. Rxc3 Qd5+ 32. Kg3 Qa5 33. Qh4 Re4 34. Qh6 Qc7+ 35. Kf3 f5 $1 36. Rg1 (
36. gxf5 Qf7 $1 37. Qh3 gxf5 {/\ 38...f4 -+}) 36... Qd7 37. gxf5 Qxf5+ 38. Ke2
Rxd4 39. Rg5 Qf6 40. Rcc5 Rd2+ $1 41. Kxd2 Qxf2+ 42. Kc1 (42. Kd1 Rd8+ $19)
42... Qxe3+ 43. Kb2 Qd4+ 44. Rc3 Re2+ 45. Kb3 Qd1+ 46. Ka3 (46. Kb4 Re4+ 47.
Rc4 Qb1+ 48. Kc5 Qb6+ 49. Kd6 Qd8+ $19) 46... Qa1+ 47. Kb3 Qb1+ 48. Kc4 Re4+ {
[ Polugaevsky ]} 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1989.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. e3 d5 5. Nbd2 Be7 6. c3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 b6 8. O-O
Bb7 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nd7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. f4 f6 13. Qh5+ Qf7 14. Qe2 O-O
15. exf6 Nxf6 16. Nf3 Qh5 17. Qe1 Ng4 18. h3 Nf6 19. Ne5 a6 20. g4 Qe8 21. g5
Nd7 22. Qh4 g6 23. Ng4 Qe7 24. Qg3 Rae8 25. h4 Kh8 26. Qh2 e5 27. fxe5 Rxf1+
28. Rxf1 Nxe5 29. Nxe5 Qxe5 30. Rf8+ Kg7 31. Rxe8 Qxe8 32. Qc7+ Kg8 33. e4 Bc6
34. Qxb6 Qe5 35. Qxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Torre, Eugenio"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1989.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Bb3 d6 7. c3 d5 8. Nbd2
dxe4 9. dxe4 a6 10. Qe2 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Rd1 Qc8 13. Nf1 Bg6 14. Ng3 Nh5 15.
Nxh5 Bxh5 16. Bd5 Qe8 17. Re1 Bd6 18. Bxc6 Qxc6 19. Nxe5 Bxe2 20. Nxc6 Bd3 21.
e5 Bc5 22. Be3 Ba3 23. Nb4 Bxb4 24. cxb4 Rad8 25. Rac1 Rd7 26. Red1 h6 27. Rc3
Rfd8 28. Rdc1 c6 29. Bb6 Re8 30. Rd1 Bf5 31. Rxd7 Bxd7 32. Bc7 f6 33. f4 f5 34.
a4 Kf7 35. Bd6 g5 36. Kf2 Be6 37. b5 axb5 38. axb5 Bd5 39. bxc6 Bxc6 40. fxg5
hxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interpolis"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1989.09.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Sax, Gyula"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B83"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1989.09.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Be3 O-O 9. f4 Bd7 10. Nb3 Qc7 11. Bf3 Rfd8 12. Qe1 Be8 13. a4 Nb4 14. Nd4 a6
15. Qg3 Bf8 16. Kh1 Rac8 17. a5 Qb8 18. Rad1 Bc6 19. Rd2 Re8 20. Rfd1 Qc7 21.
Nxc6 bxc6 22. Bb6 Qb8 23. Na4 c5 24. c3 Nc6 25. Qf2 c4 26. Qf1 Nd7 27. Be2 Nxa5
28. Bxa5 Qb5 29. Bb4 Qxa4 30. Bxc4 Nc5 31. Bxc5 Rxc5 32. Rd4 Ra8 33. Bd5 Qe8
34. Bxa8 Qxa8 35. Ra4 a5 36. b4 Rxc3 37. bxa5 d5 38. exd5 exd5 39. a6 Bc5 40.
Qb5 {Time} 1-0

[Event "Interpolis"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1989.09.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1989.09.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O a6 7. b3 d6 8. Bb2 Be7
9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 Qc8 12. e3 Nc6 13. Rc1 Nxd4 14. exd4 d5 15.
cxd5 Qb7 16. Qf3 exd5 17. Rc2 O-O 18. Rfc1 Bb4 19. Nd1 Rfc8 20. Ne3 Bf8 21. Qf5
Rxc2 22. Qxc2 b5 23. Qc6 Qxc6 24. Rxc6 a5 25. a3 b4 26. a4 Be7 27. g4 Kf8 28.
f3 Ke8 29. Nf5 Bf8 30. Bc1 Kd7 31. Rb6 Kc7 32. Rb5 Kc6 33. Bg5 Nd7 34. Ne7+
Bxe7 35. Bxe7 Re8 36. Bc5 Re3 37. Rxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interpolis"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1989.09.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1989.09.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Be7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Bc2 f5 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. cxd4 Nxd2 14. Bxd2 c5
15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Bb3 Qd7 17. Rc1 Rfc8 18. Bc3 a5 19. a3 Bb6 20. Rc2 a4 21. Ba2
d4 22. Bxd4 Bxa2 23. Bxb6 Qxd1 24. Rxc8+ Rxc8 25. Rxd1 Bb3 26. Re1 Kf7 27. h3
Ke6 28. Ba5 Rc2 29. Bc3 g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interpolis"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1989.09.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Agdestein, Simen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1989.09.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Be6 10. d4 Bxb3 11. axb3 exd4 12. cxd4 Nb4 13. Nc3 c5 14. Bf4 $5 {
14.Be3, 14.Qe2, 14.d5} c4 (14... d5 $5 15. e5 Ne8) 15. bxc4 bxc4 16. Bg5 (16.
Re2 d5 $1) 16... Nd3 17. Re2 Nh5 $1 18. Be3 $1 (18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Nd5 Qb7 $13)
18... f5 19. exf5 Rxf5 20. Qa4 $1 Rc8 (20... Nhf4 21. Bxf4 Nxf4 22. Re3 d5 23.
Ne5 $14) 21. Qxa6 Bf8 22. Qb7 $1 Nhf4 (22... Rf7 23. Qd5 $1 Nf6 24. Qe6) 23.
Bxf4 Nxf4 24. Re3 Rf7 (24... d5 $2 25. g3 $1 Nxh3+ 26. Kg2 Ng5 27. Nh4 $1 Rb8
28. Qc6 Rb6 29. Ra8 $1) 25. Qa6 d5 26. Ne5 Rf6 27. Qb7 $1 {27... Rb6? 28.Qf7,
27... Rb8 28.Qd7!} Rc7 28. Qb5 h5 29. Rf3 $1 {/\ 30.Rf4! Rf4 31.Qd5 Qd5 32.Nd5}
Kh7 30. Ra6 Bd6 $2 31. Nxd5 Ne2+ 32. Kf1 Nxd4 33. Nxf6+ gxf6 34. Qd5 $1 Nxf3
35. Rxd6 Nh2+ 36. Kg1 Qe7 37. Rd7 Rxd7 38. Qxd7 1-0

[Event "Interpolis"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1989.09.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1989.09.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3
d5 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Bb7 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 c5 14. Ned2 a6 15.
Qe2 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Qc7 18. N2f3 Qb7 19. b4 Rfc8 20. Rac1 Bf8 21.
Kg1 Rc7 22. a3 Re8 23. Bb2 e5 24. Nf5 e4 25. N3h4 Ne5 26. Red1 h6 27. Bxe5 Rxe5
28. Ne3 Re6 29. Nhg2 Nd7 30. Nf4 Re8 31. Nfd5 Rc6 32. Qg4 Rce6 33. h4 Qb8 34.
Kg2 Qe5 35. Qf5 g6 36. Qxe5 Rxe5 37. Nc7 Rd8 38. Rc2 a5 39. Rcd2 axb4 40. axb4
Re7 41. Ncd5 1-0

[Event "Interpolis"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1989.09.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1989.09.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nc6 8. e5
h6 9. Bh4 dxe5 10. Nxc6 Qxd1+ 11. Rxd1 bxc6 12. fxe5 Nd5 13. Ne4 Be7 14. Bf2
Rb8 15. Bd4 Nb4 16. Rd2 Nxa2 17. c3 Nc1 18. Bc4 Nb3 19. Bxb3 Rxb3 20. Bc5 a5
21. Nd6+ Bxd6 22. Bxd6 Ba6 23. Kf2 f5 24. Ra1 Kf7 25. Rxa5 Bc4 26. Ra7+ Kg6 27.
Ke3 Rb5 28. b4 h5 29. Rd4 1-0

[Event "Interpolis"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1989.09.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E88"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1989.09.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 c6 8. Bd3 b5
9. a3 cxd5 10. cxd5 a6 11. Nge2 Ne8 12. O-O Nd7 13. Kh1 Kh8 14. b4 f5 15. exf5
gxf5 16. a4 bxa4 17. Rxa4 Rb8 18. Qc2 Nb6 19. Ra5 Qc7 20. Qa2 Nd7 21. Rc1 Qd8
22. b5 e4 23. Bb1 axb5 24. Rxb5 Rxb5 25. Nxb5 exf3 26. gxf3 Qe7 27. Bf2 Ba6 28.
Nbd4 Bxe2 29. Nxe2 Ne5 30. Nd4 Qg5 31. Rc8 Qh5 32. Qe2 Nf6 33. Rxf8+ Bxf8 34.
f4 Ng6 35. Qxh5 Nxh5 36. Nxf5 Nhxf4 37. Be4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interpolis"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1989.09.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sax, Gyula"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1989.09.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. c4 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. h3 Bh5 10. Be3 d5 11. c5 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Nc8 13. f4 Nc6 14. f5 exf5 15.
Bf3 f4 16. Bxf4 Bg5 17. Bg3 N8e7 18. Bg4 f5 19. exf6 Rxf6 20. f4 Bh6 21. Qd3
Kh8 22. f5 Bg5 23. h4 Bh6 24. Nb5 Rc8 25. Be5 Ng8 26. Rae1 Qd7 27. Bh3 Qf7 28.
Qg3 a6 29. Nc3 Nge7 30. Bxf6 Qxf6 31. Re6 Qxd4+ 32. Kh1 Rf8 33. Rfe1 Qxc5 34.
Qxc7 Qf2 35. Rxe7 Bf4 36. R7e2 Qf3+ 37. Bg2 Qg3 38. Qxf4 Qxf4 39. Re8 Qxf5 40.
Nxd5 h6 41. Nc7 Rg8 42. Rxg8+ Kxg8 43. Bd5+ 1-0

[Event "Interpolis"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1989.09.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1989.09.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Qa4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Nd5 8.
Bxb4 Ndxb4 9. a3 b5 10. Qxb5 Nc2+ 11. Kd2 Nxa1 12. Qxc6+ Bd7 13. Qxc4 c5 $1 (
13... Rb8) 14. Qa2 (14. Nc3 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Rc8 16. Qd3 e5 $15) 14... Qa5+ 15. b4
(15. Nc3 $5 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Rd8 17. Rxa1 e5 18. b4 Qb6 19. Nc2 Be6+ 20. Bd5 Qxf2
$44) 15... cxb4 16. Qxa1 Rc8 17. Ne5 Bb5 18. Ke3 $2 (18. a4 $5 {18.d5 0-0!} O-O
19. Nd3 (19. Qb2 $5) 19... Bxd3 20. Kxd3 $1 Qf5+ 21. Ke3 Rc2 22. f4 $14 {
/\ Bf3, Kf2}) 18... Rc2 $17 19. Bf3 O-O 20. a4 f6 21. Nd3 Bc4 22. Nd2 Qg5+ $2 (
22... Bxd3 23. exd3 Qg5+ $19) 23. Nf4 e5 $1 24. Nxc4 exf4+ 25. gxf4 Qf5 $1 26.
Nd6 (26. Qb1 Re8+ 27. Ne5 fxe5 28. dxe5 Rc3+ $19) 26... Qe6+ {27.Ne4 Qb3, 27.
Be4 Rc3 28.Kd2 Qd6} 0-1

[Event "Interpolis"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1989.09.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D49"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1989.09.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
a6 9. e4 c5 10. e5 cxd4 11. Nxb5 axb5 12. exf6 Bb7 13. fxg7 Bxg7 14. O-O O-O
15. Bxb5 Nc5 16. a4 e5 17. Ra3 Ne6 18. Re1 e4 19. Nd2 f5 20. Bc4 Bd5 21. Rg3
Kh8 22. b3 d3 23. Bxd5 Qxd5 24. Nc4 Rad8 25. Rh3 Bc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interpolis"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1989.09.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Agdestein, Simen"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1989.09.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 Bb7 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2
d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. b3 c5 11. Bb2 Nbd7 12. Rac1 Re8 13. Rfd1 Bf8 14. Ne5 Rc8
15. Qf5 cxd4 16. Nxd7 Rxc1 17. Rxc1 Qxd7 18. Qxd7 Nxd7 19. Bf1 d3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interpolis"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1989.09.29"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1989.09.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qc7 8. Qe2
Nc6 9. O-O-O Nxd4 10. Rxd4 Be7 11. e5 dxe5 12. fxe5 Nd5 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Ne4
O-O 15. Qh5 Ng6 16. Ng5 h6 17. Nf3 b5 18. Bd3 Bb7 19. Bxg6 fxg6 20. Qxg6 Bd5
21. Kb1 Rac8 22. Rc1 Qe7 23. Rg4 Rc4 24. Rxc4 bxc4 25. c3 Qa7 26. Qc2 Bxf3 27.
gxf3 Qe3 28. Qa4 Qd3+ 29. Ka1 Rxf3 30. a3 Qd5 31. Qxa6 Rh3 32. Rg1 Rxh2 33.
Qc8+ Kh7 34. Qc7 Rg2 35. Rxg2 Qd1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interpolis"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1989.09.30"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1989.09.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3
d5 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Bb7 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 c5 14. Nfg5 cxd4
15. Bxd4 Qc7 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. Ne4 Be7 19. Qf3 Rab8 20. Qh5 e5
21. Bb2 f6 22. Rad1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interpolis"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1989.10.02"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1989.09.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6 8.
Bf4 c5 9. dxc5 Qa5 10. e5 Nd7 11. a3 Qxc5 12. Nd5 Nb6 13. Qxc5 Nxc5 14. Nxe7+
Kh8 15. Rc1 Ne6 16. Be3 Bd7 17. Be2 Rae8 18. Bxb6 axb6 19. Nd5 Bc6 20. Rd1 f6
21. O-O fxe5 22. Bc4 b5 23. Ba2 e4 24. Nd2 Bxb2 25. Nxe4 Bxa3 26. Rfe1 Nc5 27.
Nef6 Rd8 28. h4 b4 29. Re7 Rxf6 30. Nxf6 Rxd1+ 31. Kh2 Rd7 32. Nxd7 Bxd7 33. h5
Bc1 34. g3 gxh5 35. f4 h4 36. Bb1 hxg3+ 37. Kxg3 b3 38. Rxh7+ Kg8 39. Rh6 Bc6
40. Rh5 Ne4+ 0-1

[Event "WchT 2nd"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Bouaziz, Slim"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1989.10.27"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Africa"]
[BlackTeam "Soviet Union"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd2 c6 7. Rc1 Ne4 8. cxd5
Nxd2 9. Qxd2 cxd5 10. Be2 e6 11. O-O Nc6 12. Ne1 Bd7 13. Nd3 b6 14. Rc2 Qe7 15.
b3 Rfc8 16. Rfc1 Bf8 17. h3 Qd8 18. Nb1 Bd6 19. b4 f6 20. a3 Ne7 21. Rxc8 Rxc8
22. Rxc8 Bxc8 23. Nc3 Bb7 24. Bf3 Bb8 25. g3 Kf7 26. Nf4 Nf5 27. Bg4 Ng7 28.
Bf3 g5 29. Nfe2 f5 30. Bg2 Ne8 31. Nc1 Nd6 32. Nd3 Nc4 33. Qc1 a6 34. Nb1 a5
35. Nd2 Ba6 36. Bf1 Bd6 37. Nb2 Nxd2 38. Qxd2 Bxf1 39. Kxf1 axb4 40. axb4 Qd7
41. Qe2 Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 2nd"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1989.10.27"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Soviet Union"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8.
O-O Nc5 9. Re1 Be7 10. Qf3 O-O 11. Qg3 Kh8 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bd2 Bd7 14. Rad1 b5
15. a3 Qb6 16. Nf3 Nxb3 17. cxb3 e5 18. Qh4 Be6 19. b4 Kg8 20. h3 Qb7 21. Nh2
Rac8 22. Qg3 Rxc3 23. Bxc3 Nxe4 24. Qd3 f5 25. Nf1 Bh4 26. Rxe4 Bxf2+ 27. Kh2
fxe4 28. Qxd6 Bb3 29. Rc1 e3 30. Qxe5 Qf7 31. Ng3 Re8 32. Qd6 Bc4 33. Be1 Re6
34. Qd8+ 0-1

[Event "WchT 2nd"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Velimirovic, Dragoljub"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1989.10.27"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"]
[BlackTeam "Yugoslavia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "YUG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. Bg5 d6 7. Nd2 h6 8. Bh4 e6
9. Be2 exd5 10. exd5 Na6 11. O-O Nc7 12. f4 b5 13. Bxb5 Nxb5 14. Nxb5 Qd7 15.
Bxf6 Bxf6 16. a4 Bxb2 17. Rb1 Bg7 18. Nc4 Rb8 19. f5 gxf5 20. Rb3 Ba6 21. Rg3
Kh8 22. Rxg7 Bxb5 23. Qa1 1-0

[Event "WchT 2nd"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1989.10.27"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Soviet Union"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. d5 Nb4 15.
Bb1 a5 16. Nf1 Bd7 17. Bd2 Rfc8 18. Ne3 Na6 19. Nh2 Nc5 20. Qf3 Qd8 21. h4 g6
22. g4 h6 23. Ng2 Bf8 24. g5 hxg5 25. hxg5 Nh5 26. Ng4 Bg7 27. Nh6+ Bxh6 28.
gxh6 Qf6 29. Qe3 g5 30. Qxg5+ Qxg5 31. Bxg5 Kh8 32. Kh2 Rg8 33. f4 exf4 34. Be7
f3 35. Nh4 f2 36. Rf1 Rae8 37. Bxd6 Nxe4 38. Bc7 Nhg3 39. Bxg3 Rxg3 40. Bxe4
Rh3+ 41. Kg2 Rxh4 42. Bd3 Bh3+ 43. Kg3 Bxf1 44. Bxf1 Rxh6 45. Bxb5 Rb8 46. a4
Rf6 0-1

[Event "WchT 2nd"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Sosonko, Gennadi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1989.10.27"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8.
Bg5 e6 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Rhe1 h6 11. Bh4 O-O 12. Qd3 Qa5 13. Nd4 Qh5 14. Bg3 Qc5
15. f3 Rfd8 16. Bf2 Qa5 17. g4 Nd7 18. h4 Ne5 19. Qe2 Qb4 20. f4 Nc4 21. Nb3
Bf6 22. e5 Nxe5 23. Rd4 Nd3+ 24. Qxd3 Bxd4 25. Bxd4 b5 26. Qe3 e5 27. fxe5 Re8
28. a3 1-0

[Event "WchT 2nd"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Ye, Rongguang"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1989.10.27"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "Soviet Union"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. h3 d6 6. a4 c5 7. a5 cxd4 8. exd4
Nc6 9. a6 bxa6 10. Na3 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Bc1 Nd5 14. Bc4 e4
15. Nd2 Nb6 16. Be2 Nd4 17. Bd1 Nb5 18. Be2 Nd4 19. Bd1 f5 20. c3 Ne6 21. Nb3
Nd5 22. O-O Ndf4 23. Na5 Nd3 24. N3c4 Nxc1 25. Rxc1 Nc5 26. Nc6 Rd7 27. Ra1 Rc7
28. N4a5 Kf8 29. Be2 Nb3 30. Rad1 Nxa5 31. Rd8+ Kf7 32. Nxa5 Bf6 33. Rd2 Rb8
34. Ra1 Ke7 35. Ra3 Bg5 36. Rc2 Rb6 37. Nc4 Rbc6 38. b3 Be6 39. g3 Bf6 40. Kg2
g5 41. f3 e3 42. f4 gxf4 43. gxf4 Kf8 44. Kf1 Bh4 45. Ra5 Rb7 46. Nxe3 Rxb3 47.
Rxa6 Rxa6 48. Bxa6 Ra3 49. Bd3 Ra4 50. c4 Ra3 51. Ke2 Bg3 52. Nd5 a5 53. Ke3 a4
54. Rg2 Bxd5 55. cxd5 Bxf4+ 56. Ke2 Ra2+ 57. Kf3 Rxg2 58. Kxg2 a3 59. Bc4 Bd6
60. Kf3 Ke7 61. Ke2 Kf6 0-1

[Event "WchT 2nd"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Hernandez Onna, Roman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1989.10.27"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"]
[BlackTeam "Cuba"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CUB"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 d6 8.
O-O a5 9. e4 e5 10. d5 Nb8 11. Ne1 h5 12. h3 $5 (12. h4 O-O 13. b3 Na6 14. a3
c6 15. Nd3 cxd5 16. cxd5 Bd7 17. Nc4 Bb5 $10 {Bönsch-Foisor, DDR-Romania 1983.}
) 12... h4 13. g4 $14 Nbd7 14. Nd3 b6 15. Qc2 Nc5 16. Nxc5 bxc5 17. f4 Nd7 18.
f5 Nf6 19. Nf3 Bd7 20. Rae1 Rb8 21. Rf2 a4 22. Bf1 Qd8 23. Qd2 Rb4 24. Bd3 Qb8
25. Ree2 Bc8 26. Qg5 Kf8 27. Rc2 Bd7 28. Kg2 c6 29. Rfe2 Kg8 30. Qc1 Qd8 31.
Rc3 cxd5 32. exd5 Bc8 33. b3 Bb7 34. Qe1 Nh7 35. bxa4 Ng5 36. Nxg5 Qxg5 37. Rb3
Qf4 38. Re4 Qg3+ 39. Qxg3 hxg3 40. Rxb4 cxb4 41. Re2 Kh7 42. Rb2 Rb8 43. Kxg3
Bc8 44. h4 f6 45. g5 fxg5 46. hxg5 Kg8 47. g6 Bd7 48. a5 Kf8 49. Kg4 Ra8 50.
Rxb4 Rxa5 51. Rb8+ 1-0

[Event "Reggio Emilia-A 8990 32nd"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ribli, Zoltan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1989.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Nc3
e6 9. b3 Nc6 10. Ba3 Re8 11. Rc1 Bd7 12. e3 Qa5 13. Bb2 Rec8 14. Qd2 Be8 15.
Rfd1 Bf8 16. Ne1 Qd8 17. Nd3 Ne7 18. Ba3 Nf5 19. Bxf8 Kxf8 20. Ne5 Qa5 21. Qb2
Nd6 22. a4 Kg7 23. h3 Rab8 24. Bf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reggio Emilia-A 8990 32nd"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1989.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. g4 b5 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. g5 Nd7 13. f5 Bxg5+ 14. Kb1 Ne5
15. Qh5 Qd8 16. Rg1 Bf6 17. fxe6 g6 18. exf7+ Kxf7 19. Qh6 Bg7 20. Qf4+ Qf6 21.
Qg3 Qd8 22. Nf5 Bf8 23. Be2 gxf5 24. Bh5+ Ke7 25. exf5 Bxf5 26. Rge1 Ke6 27.
Ne2 Bxc2+ 28. Kxc2 Rc8+ 29. Kb1 Rc4 30. Nf4+ Rxf4 31. Qxf4 Qf6 32. Qe4 Qg5 33.
Qd5+ 1-0

[Event "Reggio Emilia-A 8990 32nd"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Petursson, Margeir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1989.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Rc1 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 O-O 9. Nf3 Qxc5 10. Bb3 Nc6 11. O-O Qa5 12. h3 Bf5 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. Qe2
Nxd4 15. exd4 e6 16. Be5 Bc6 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. Qe3 Rd7 19. Qg5 Qd8 20. Na4 h6
21. Qg3 Nh5 22. Qe3 Qh4 23. Nc5 Bxe5 24. dxe5 Rxd1+ 25. Bxd1 Nf4 26. g3 Qxh3
27. Bf3 Nd5 28. Qd4 Qf5 29. Bg2 Qg5 30. Rd1 Qe7 31. Ne4 Qb4 32. Nf6+ Kg7 33.
Bxd5 Qxd4 34. Rxd4 Bxd5 35. Nxd5 Rd8 36. Rb4 Rxd5 37. Rxb7 a5 38. f4 g5 39. Kf2
g4 40. Ke2 h5 41. b3 Rc5 42. Kd2 h4 43. gxh4 g3 44. Ke2 Rc2+ 45. Kf1 Kg6 46. a4
Kf5 47. Kg1 Kg4 48. Rd7 Kh3 49. Rd1 Kxh4 50. Rd8 Kh3 51. Rh8+ Kg4 52. Rd8 Rb2
0-1

[Event "Reggio Emilia-A 8990 32nd"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1989.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 d5 6. g3 Nbd7 7. Bg2 c6 8.
O-O O-O 9. Qc3 Ne4 10. Qc2 Qe7 11. Na3 Nd6 12. Ne5 Nf5 13. e3 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Bd7
15. Rad1 Rfd8 16. Rfe1 Be8 17. Bh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reggio Emilia-A 8990 32nd"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D88"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "1989.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 O-O 9. Be3 Nc6 10. O-O Bg4 11. f3 Na5 12. Bxf7+ Rxf7 13. fxg4 Rxf1+ 14.
Kxf1 cxd4 15. cxd4 e5 16. d5 Nc4 17. Bf2 Qf6 18. Kg1 Rf8 19. Qe1 Bh6 20. Ng3
Qa6 21. Kh1 Qa4 22. Qe2 b6 23. h4 Bf4 24. Nf1 Nd6 25. Re1 Rc8 26. g3 Rc2 27.
Qf3 Qxa2 28. Kg1 Bh6 29. g5 Bg7 30. Ne3 Rc7 31. Ng4 Rf7 32. Qe3 Qc2 33. h5 Nc4
34. Qc1 Qxc1 35. Rxc1 gxh5 36. Rxc4 hxg4 37. Rc8+ Bf8 38. Be1 Kg7 39. Bc3 Bd6
40. Rc6 Bc5+ 41. Kg2 Rf2+ 42. Kh1 Bd4 43. Bb4 Rf7 44. Re6 Rb7 45. Rc6 a5 46. d6
axb4 47. Rc7+ Kf8 48. Rxb7 b3 49. Rb8+ Kf7 50. d7 b2 51. Rf8+ Ke6 52. d8=N+ Ke7
53. Rf1 Kxd8 54. Rb1 Kc7 55. Kg2 Kc6 56. Kf1 Kc5 57. Ke2 Kc4 58. Kd2 Kb3 59.
Rf1 b5 60. Kd3 Ka2 61. Kc2 b4 62. g6 hxg6 63. Rh1 b3+ 64. Kd3 b1=Q+ 65. Rxb1
Kxb1 66. Kd2 b2 67. Kd3 Ka2 68. Kc4 b1=Q 69. Kd5 Qg1 70. Ke6 Qxg3 71. Kf6 Qf4+
72. Kg7 Qxe4 0-1

[Event "Reggio Emilia-A 8990 32nd"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1989.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
g6 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. Nf3 Qc7 12. Qh4 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bd7 14. Qf6 Rg8
15. h4 Nc6 16. Rhc1 Qa5+ 17. c3 Qa3 18. h5 gxh5 19. g3 Na5 20. Qxh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reggio Emilia-A 8990 32nd"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1989.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Nbd7 9. Qe2 b6 10. a3 cxd4 11. Nb5 d3 12. Bxd3 Be7 13. Rd1 Bb7 14. e4 Qb8 15.
Bg5 Nc5 16. e5 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Bxf3 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Qxf3 Bg5 20. Rd7 Qxe5 21.
Nxa7 Qxb2 22. Rad1 Rad8 23. g3 Rxd7 24. Rxd7 Bf6 25. Nc6 h6 26. Kg2 Qb5 27. Rb7
Qc5 28. Nb8 Rc8 29. Nd7 Qc3 30. Nxf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reggio Emilia-A 8990 32nd"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1989.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
Bc4 Nc6 9. c3 e5 10. d5 Nb8 11. O-O Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Be7 14. Bb5 a6 15.
Ba4 Nd7 16. Rad1 Bd6 17. b4 Nf6 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. Qxf6 gxf6 20. Bc2 a5 21. b5
Kh8 22. Rfe1 Rg8 23. Re3 Rg5 24. g4 h5 25. Bf5 hxg4 26. hxg4 b6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reggio Emilia-A 8990 32nd"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1989.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Qa4+ Nc6 7. e3 Nb6 8.
Qd1 O-O 9. Bb5 e5 10. Bxc6 exd4 11. exd4 bxc6 12. O-O Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3
Qxd4 15. Qxc6 Qc4 16. Qf3 Rfe8 17. Bg5 Bxc3 18. Qxc3 Qxc3 19. bxc3 Re6 20. Rfd1
Rc6 21. Rd3 Re8 22. Rad1 f6 23. Be3 Kf7 24. Rb1 a6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reggio Emilia-A 8990 32nd"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1989.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nd7 10. d4 Bf6 11. Be3 Na5 12. Bc2 Nc4 13. Bc1 Bb7 14. a4 exd4 15.
cxd4 c5 16. axb5 cxd4 17. bxa6 Rxa6 18. Rxa6 Bxa6 19. Nxd4 Qb6 20. Nf5 Nxb2 21.
Qxd6 Qxd6 22. Nxd6 Nc5 23. Be3 Ncd3 24. Bxd3 Nxd3 25. Rd1 Rd8 26. Nf5 h5 27.
Nd2 g6 28. Ng3 Be5 29. Rb1 Nb2 30. Bg5 Re8 31. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 08th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1990.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. c4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. O-O a6 7. Bxd7+ Nxd7 8.
h3 Ngf6 9. d3 O-O 10. Be3 e6 11. Qd2 Rc8 12. Rfd1 Re8 13. a4 Qa5 14. Ra3 Nb8
15. Bf4 Qc7 16. Na2 Nc6 17. b4 b6 18. b5 axb5 19. axb5 Na5 20. Qc2 Ra8 21. Nc3
Nd7 22. Rda1 Ra7 23. R1a2 Rea8 24. Ra4 Qb8 25. Bd2 Nb7 26. Ra6 Na5 27. Rxa7
Rxa7 28. Ne2 Qa8 29. g4 Nb7 30. Rxa7 Qxa7 31. Kg2 Qa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 08th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1990.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a4 Qd7 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8 Rxa8
15. Ng5 Nd8 16. Ndf3 c5 $2 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. Qxd7 Nxd7 19. Nxf7 $18 c4 {
Portisch had probably overlooked 20. - Nxf7 21. Be6!.} 20. Nxd8 Rxd8 21. Bc2
Re8 22. Be3 Nc5 23. Bxc5 Bxc5 24. Ra1 Kf8 25. Ra5 Bc6 26. Ba4 Bb6 27. Ra6 bxa4
28. Rxb6 Bxe4 29. Nd2 Bd3 30. Rb4 Ra8 31. Nxc4 Bxc4 32. Rxc4 Kf7 33. g3 Rb8 34.
Rxa4 Rxb2 35. h4 Rc2 36. Rc4 h5 37. Kf1 e4 38. Rc6 Ke7 39. c4 Kf7 40. c5 Ke7
41. Rc8 Ke6 42. c6 Kf5 43. Rc7 Kf6 44. Ke1 Ke5 45. Rc8 Kd6 46. Rg8 Rxc6 47.
Rxg7 Ke5 48. Rg5+ Kd4 49. Rxh5 e3 50. fxe3+ Kxe3 51. Kd1 Kd3 52. Rd5+ Ke4 53.
Rg5 Kd3 54. h5 Ra6 55. Ke1 Ke3 56. Kf1 Kf3 57. Kg1 Ra2 58. h6 Ra6 59. h7 Rh6
60. Rg7 Rh3 61. g4 1-0

[Event "Linares 08th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A59"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1990.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. Nf3 d6 8. e4
Bxf1 9. Kxf1 Bg7 10. g3 O-O 11. Kg2 Nbd7 12. h3 Qa5 13. Re1 Rfb8 14. e5 dxe5
15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Rxe5 Ra7 17. Qe2 Rbb7 18. g4 Ne8 19. Re3 Nd6 20. a4 c4 21.
Rf3 Bxc3 22. bxc3 Qxd5 23. Bh6 Qe4 24. Qxe4 Nxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 08th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1990.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Bc5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Bc2 Nxf2 12. Rxf2 f6 13. exf6 Bxf2+ 14. Kxf2
Qxf6 15. Nf1 Ne5 16. Be3 Rae8 17. Bc5 Nxf3 18. gxf3 Rf7 19. Ng3 Bg4 20. Kg1
Qxf3 21. Qxf3 Bxf3 22. Rf1 Rf6 23. b4 c6 24. Bf5 Be2 25. Re1 Bh5 26. Rxe8+ Bxe8
27. Be7 Rh6 28. Bg5 Rd6 29. Be7 Rh6 30. Bc8 Bf7 31. Bc5 Be6 32. Bxa6 Bd7 33.
Bb7 Kf7 34. Ne2 Ke6 35. Nd4+ Ke5 36. Nb3 Ke4 37. Bf2 Bh3 38. Nd4 Rg6+ 39. Bg3
Rf6 40. Bf2 Rg6+ 41. Bg3 Rf6 42. Bf2 Rg6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 08th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1990.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d3 e5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Be2 d6 5. O-O Nbd7 6. Re1 g6 7. a4 Bg7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. d4 exd4 10. Nxd4 Re8 11. Bf1 Nc5 12. f3 d5 13. e5 Nh5 14. g4 Rxe5 15.
Rxe5 Bxe5 16. gxh5 Qh4 17. f4 Qg4+ 18. Bg2 Qxd1+ 19. Nxd1 Bxd4+ 20. Be3 Bxe3+
21. Nxe3 d4 22. b4 Ne6 23. Nc4 Nxf4 24. Nd6 Nxg2 25. Kxg2 Bf5 26. Rd1 Bxc2 27.
Rxd4 Rd8 28. a5 Kf8 29. Nb5 Rxd4 30. Nxd4 Ba4 31. Kf3 Ke7 32. Kf4 f6 33. hxg6
hxg6 34. h4 Kd6 35. Ne2 Bc2 36. Nc3 Ke6 37. Kf3 Kf5 38. Ke3 Kg4 39. b5 cxb5 40.
Nxb5 Ba4 41. Nxa7 Bd7 42. Kd4 f5 43. Kc5 f4 44. Kd6 Ba4 0-1

[Event "Linares 08th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1990.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
c5 9. dxc5 Nc6 10. Na3 Bxc5 11. Nxc4 Qe7 12. Nfe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Nd5 14. Nd3 Bd6
15. Bd2 Nf6 16. Rac1 Rb8 17. Qb3 e5 18. Nb4 Bg4 19. Rfe1 Be6 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21.
Bxd5 Nxd5 22. Qxd5 Bb4 23. Bxb4 Qxb4 24. Qxe5 Qxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 08th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1990.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Bönsch} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4
Qb6 8. Qd2 Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. f5 Nc6 11. fxe6 fxe6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Be2 Be7
14. O-O O-O 15. Rb3 Qc5+ 16. Be3 Qe5 17. Bf4 Qc5+ 18. Kh1 Ng4 19. h3 e5 20. Na4
Qa7 21. Bc4+ Kh8 22. hxg4 exf4 23. Nb6 d5 {N} (23... Rb8 24. Rxf4 Bd7 25. Nxd7
Qxd7 26. Rf5 Qa7 27. Rxb8 Qxb8 28. Qf2 a5 29. g5 Qd8 30. g6 hxg6 31. Rf3 Rxf3
32. Qxf3 Bg5 $10 {Konovalov - Zablockij corr. 1989 -Inf.48/369}) 24. exd5 cxd5
25. Bxd5 Rb8 26. Nxc8 Rbxc8 $10 27. Rh3 Qb6 28. Re1 Bg5 29. Re6 Qd8 30. c4 Rb8
31. Qd3 Bh4 (31... h6 $2 32. Qg6 f3 (32... Rf6 $2 33. Qxg5) 33. Rxf3 Rxf3 34.
gxf3 Bf4 35. Kg1 $16) 32. Be4 Qg5 (32... Qxd3 $2 33. Bxd3 Rbd8 34. Rxh4 Rxd3
35. g5 $16) 33. Bxh7 $2 {>= 33.Dd5} Rfd8 34. Qc2 f3 $3 35. Rxf3 Rd2 36. Qe4
Rd1+ 37. Kh2 Re1 $19 38. Qf5 $19 Rxe6 39. Qxe6 Kxh7 40. Qe4+ g6 41. Rh3 Kg7 42.
Qd4+ Kg8 43. Qe4 Qf6 0-1

[Event "Linares 08th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D29"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1990.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Qe2 b5 8. Bb3
Bb7 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Nc3 Qb6 11. d5 exd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Bxd5 14. Rxd5
Be7 15. e4 Rd8 16. Be3 Qb7 17. Rad1 O-O 18. Qd2 Qa8 19. Qc2 Nf6 20. Rxd8 Rxd8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 08th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1990.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. a4 Bf8 14. Bd3 c6 {
Beliavskijs solid but somewhat passive favourite variation.} 15. b3 {For 15.
Qc2 see Short-Portisch (Game 923/disk 17).} g6 16. Ba3 {For 16. Bb2 see
Kuczynski-Balashov (Game 809/disk 17).} Qc7 17. Qc2 Bg7 18. Rad1 d5 19. exd5
Nxd5 20. Ne4 exd4 21. cxd4 b4 22. Bb2 a5 $14 23. Bc4 N7b6 24. Bf1 Bc8 25. Nc5
Bf5 26. Bd3 Bxd3 27. Nxd3 f6 28. Nd2 Kf7 29. Nc4 Nxc4 30. bxc4 Nf4 31. Nc5 Re7
32. Bc1 Bf8 33. Nb3 Rae8 34. Rxe7+ Bxe7 35. Bxf4 Qxf4 36. Nxa5 Bd8 37. Nb3 Bc7
38. g3 Qf3 39. Nc1 Bxg3 40. fxg3 Re3 41. Rf1 Qxg3+ 42. Qg2 Qd6 43. Ne2 Qe6 44.
d5 Qe5 45. Nf4 Re4 46. Nd3 Qd4+ 47. Qf2 cxd5 48. Qxd4 Rxd4 49. Nxb4 dxc4 50. a5
c3 51. Nc2 Rd8 52. a6 Ra8 53. Nb4 1-0

[Event "Linares 08th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1990.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Bd3
Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Nd7 10. O-O Be7 11. Nb5 O-O 12. Bc7 Qc8 13. Bg3 Qd8 14. Bc7 Qc8
15. Bg3 a6 16. Nd6 Bxd6 17. Bxd6 Re8 18. Rfc1 Qd8 19. Bg3 Qb6 20. Qe2 Rec8 21.
Ne1 Ne7 22. Nd3 f6 23. Qd2 Kf7 24. Qb4 Qxb4 25. Nxb4 Rc4 26. Nd3 Rac8 27. Bd6
Nf5 28. Ba3 e5 29. dxe5 Nxe5 30. Rxc4 dxc4 31. Nxe5+ fxe5 32. Bb4 Ke6 33. Rd1
h5 34. Kf1 g5 35. Ke2 a5 36. Bc3 Ne7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 08th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1990.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Boris Gelfand} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 d5 6. Bg2 dxc4 7.
bxc4 $5 {N} (7. Ne5 Bb4+ 8. Kf1 Nfd7 9. Nxc4 c6 {Karpov,A-Timman,J/
Kuala-Lumpur/1990/1-0}) 7... Bxc4 8. O-O Bd5 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. Qa4+ Bc6 11. Qb3
Be7 12. e4 Bb7 13. Re1 Nbd7 14. Bf4 O-O 15. Rad1 c6 16. Nd2 $6 (16. Bh3 $5 $146
) 16... b5 17. Nc4 bxc4 (17... Ba6 $13) 18. Qxb7 Qb6 19. Rb1 Qa5 20. Rec1 Ba3
21. Bc7 $1 Nb6 22. Rc2 Bb4 23. Nd1 Qa4 24. Rbc1 $1 Ba3 25. Nc3 Qa5 26. Rb1 Bb4
27. Nd1 Qa4 {Boris Gelfand} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik Summit"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1990.03.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Be7 6. h3 O-O 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. g4 Ne8
9. Bd3 g6 10. Be3 $5 {Instead of the normal 10.Bh6 White goes for the scheme
Be3, Qe2, Rg1 and Nd2. This is worth taking seriously - Ivantjuk usually knows
what he is doing in the opening.} Ng7 11. Rg1 Nf6 12. Qe2 h5 13. Nd2 Qd7 14. f3
Nh7 15. O-O-O Bg5 16. Bxg5 Nxg5 17. Qg2 Qe7 18. h4 Nh7 19. Qg3 a6 20. g5 f6 21.
gxf6 Rxf6 22. Rdf1 Bd7 23. f4 exf4 24. Rxf4 Rxf4 25. Qxf4 Rf8 26. Qh6 Be8 27.
e5 Qxe5 28. Bxg6 Bxg6 29. Qxg6 Kh8 30. Nce4 Nf5 31. Qxh5 Nd4 32. Qxe5+ dxe5 33.
Rg6 Rf4 34. Rb6 Rxh4 35. b3 Rh1+ 36. Kb2 Rh2 37. Rxb7 Ng5 38. Ka3 Nxe4 39. Nxe4
1-0

[Event "Reykjavik Summit"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1990.03.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Nf3 h6
8. Bh4 Be7 9. Bc4 c5 10. dxc5 (10. Qe2 $1) 10... Qa5+ 11. c3 Qxc5 $10 12. Qe2
O-O 13. O-O b6 14. Rad1 Bb7 15. Ne5 Rad8 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nd7 Rxd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik Summit"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Olafsson, Helgi"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "180"]
[EventDate "1990.03.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Rb1 a5 6. a3 Nf6 7. d3 (7. e3 O-O 8.
Nge2 d6 9. b4 {Azmayparashvili,Z-Piket,Je/Groningen 1989 CBM/16}) 7... O-O 8.
Bg5 Nd4 $1 9. Nf3 Ne6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. O-O Bg7 12. b4 f5 $1 13. Nd2 e4 $1 14.
Rc1 axb4 15. axb4 exd3 16. e3 $1 (16. exd3 Nd4) 16... c6 17. Qb3 d6 18. Rfd1
Ng5 19. Nf1 Be6 20. Rxd3 Nf7 21. f4 g5 22. Ne2 gxf4 23. gxf4 $1 Kh8 24. Nd4 Bd7
25. Ng3 Nh6 26. Nh5 Rg8 27. Nf3 Nf7 28. c5 d5 29. Nxg7 Rxg7 30. Qb2 Qe7 31. Kf2
Nh6 32. h3 Be8 33. Ra1 Rxa1 34. Qxa1 Bh5 35. Qe5 Bxf3 36. Qxe7 Rxe7 37. Bxf3
Kg7 38. Ra3 Ng8 39. Ke2 Nf6 40. Ra7 Kg6 41. Kd3 Nd7 42. Ra8 Kg7 43. Kd4 Nf8 44.
Rb8 Ne6+ 45. Kd3 Kf6 46. Bh5 $2 d4 47. Re8 Rg7 48. Bf3 Rg3 49. Ke2 Rxh3 50. Rb8
d3+ 51. Kf2 d2 52. Bd1 Rh2+ 53. Kg1 Rh3 54. Kf2 Nc7 55. Rxb7 Nd5 56. Ke2 Rxe3+
57. Kxd2 Re7 58. Rb8 Re4 59. b5 cxb5 60. Bf3 Rd4+ 61. Ke2 Nxf4+ 62. Ke3 Ne6 63.
Rxb5 Rc4 64. Rb7 (64. c6 Rc3+ 65. Kf2 Rxf3+ 66. Kxf3 Nd4+ $19) 64... Rxc5 65.
Be2 (65. Rxh7 Rc3+ 66. Kf2 Rxf3+ 67. Kxf3 Ng5+ $19) 65... Rc7 66. Rb5 Re7 67.
Rb6 Kg5 68. Bc4 Nf4+ 69. Kf3 Ng6 70. Be2 h5 71. Rb8 Rg7 72. Rb5 Rd7 73. Bc4 Re7
74. Bf1 h4 75. Bh3 Re5 76. Rxe5 Nxe5+ 77. Ke3 Ng6 78. Kf3 Kf6 79. Bf1 Ke5 80.
Bb5 Nf4 81. Bd7 Ne6 82. Bc8 Ng5+ 83. Ke3 Ne4 84. Kf3 Ng5+ 85. Ke3 h3 86. Bb7
f4+ 87. Kf2 Kd4 88. Ba8 Ne4+ 89. Kf3 Ke5 90. Bb7 Ng3 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik Summit"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1990.03.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Nxe4
Bxe4 9. Nh4 Bxg2 10. Nxg2 d5 11. Qa4 dxc4 12. Qxc4 c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Be3 Nd7
15. Rad1 Qe7 16. Bxc5 Nxc5 17. Rd4 Rac8 18. Rfd1 Ne4 19. Qd3 Nf6 20. e4 Rc6 21.
Ne3 Qc7 22. Kg2 g6 23. f3 Kg7 24. Rc4 Rxc4 25. Qxc4 Qxc4 26. Nxc4 Rc8 27. Ne3
Kf8 28. Kf2 Ke7 29. Ke2 Nd7 30. Rd2 g5 31. Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik Summit"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1990.03.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 Nc6 7. g5 Nd7 8. Be3
Be7 9. Rg1 O-O 10. Rg3 d5 11. exd5 exd5 12. Qd2 Nb6 13. f4 Na5 14. b3 Re8 15.
Bd3 Nc6 16. Nce2 Nd7 17. Nf5 Nc5 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. Bxc5 Qxc5 20. f5 Nd4 21.
O-O-O Nxe2+ 22. Bxe2 Bxf5 23. Rc3 Qe7 24. Qf4 Bg6 25. Bf3 Rac8 26. Rxc8 Rxc8
27. Rd2 Qc5 28. Bxd5 Qc3 29. Qd4 Qxd4 30. Rxd4 Rxc2+ 31. Kd1 Rxa2 32. Rc4 Kf8
33. h4 Ra5 34. Bxb7 Rb5 35. Ba6 Rxb3 36. Rc8+ Ke7 37. Rc7+ Kd6 38. Rxa7 Rb4 39.
Kd2 Rxh4 40. Be2 Ke5 41. Ke3 Rh3+ 42. Kf2 Kf4 0-1

[Event "GMA-qual f"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1990.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. b3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bd6 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Nd2 Bc7 11. Rc1 Qd6 12. f4 b5 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. Qc2 Bb6 15.
Ne4 Bxe4 16. Bxe4 Ra7 17. Bf3 Rc7 18. Qe2 Rfc8 19. Rxc7 Rxc7 20. Rd1 Qf8 21.
Kh1 Qc8 22. h3 Nfd7 23. Be4 g6 24. Nf3 Ba5 25. Ne5 Bc3 26. Bxc3 Rxc3 27. Qd2
Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA-qual f"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Tukmakov, Vladimir B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1990.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. Nxc6 Bxc6 10. Qe1 Qa5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Bd3 O-O-O 13. f4 h5 14.
Qh4 Be7 15. Rhe1 Rdg8 16. g3 Bd8 17. Qh3 Kb8 18. Kb1 Qc5 19. Ne2 Bb6 20. Nc1 d5
21. exd5 Bxd5 22. Be4 Bxe4 23. Rxe4 Rd8 24. Nd3 Qc6 25. Ree1 Qf3 26. Qf1 Qxf1
27. Rxf1 h4 28. g4 h3 29. g5 fxg5 30. fxg5 Rd5 31. Rxf7 Rxg5 32. a4 Rg1 33.
Rxg1 Bxg1 34. Rf3 e5 35. Nf2 Bxf2 36. Rxf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA-qual f"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1990.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Nh4 Bg6 10. Be2 O-O 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Qc2 Qb6 13. Rd1 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5
15. Na2 Be7 16. b4 Rac8 17. Bb2 Qc7 18. g3 Rfe8 19. b5 c5 20. Bxe5 Qxe5 21. Bc4
Qf5 22. Qxf5 gxf5 23. Nc3 Red8 24. a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA-qual f"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1990.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Bf4 Bd7 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Qe1 Qc7 12. h4 Be7 13. e5 dxe5 14. Bxe5
Qb6 15. f3 O-O 16. Bd3 Rfd8 17. Kb1 Nd7 18. Bd4 Nc5 19. Be2 Rxd4 20. Rxd4 Bf6
21. Rc4 Bd5 22. Rf4 Be5 23. Rg4 Rc8 24. Bc4 Ne4 25. Rxe4 Bxe4 26. Qxe4 Bxc3 27.
Bb3 Bf6 28. Rd1 Rc5 29. a3 Rb5 30. Ka2 h5 31. Rd7 a5 32. g4 hxg4 33. fxg4 Bxh4
34. Qf4 Bf6 35. a4 Rb4 36. Qb8+ Kh7 37. Qh2+ Kg8 38. Qb8+ Kh7 39. Qh2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA-qual f"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Arnason, Jon Loftur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1990.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Nc3 c5 7. dxc5 bxc5 8. Bf4
d6 9. e3 Be7 10. h3 O-O 11. Be2 Qb6 12. O-O Rd8 13. b4 Nbd7 14. Nd2 d5 15. cxd5
exd5 16. Na4 Qc6 17. Nxc5 Nxc5 18. bxc5 Qxc5 19. Qxc5 Bxc5 20. Rfb1 Bc8 21. Bc7
Re8 22. Nb3 Bf8 23. Nd4 Bc5 24. Bf1 Bd7 25. Bh2 Ne4 26. Rb7 Ba4 27. Bb5 Bxb5
28. Nxb5 Re7 29. Rxe7 Bxe7 30. a4 a5 31. Rd1 Rc8 32. Bc7 Nc5 33. Rxd5 Nxa4 34.
Bxa5 Bf8 35. Na7 Ra8 36. Nc6 Nc5 37. Bb4 Ne6 38. Bxf8 Kxf8 39. f4 Rc8 40. Ne5
f6 41. Nf3 Ke7 42. Rh5 Rc1+ 43. Kh2 Rc3 44. Rxh7 Kf7 45. f5 Nf8 46. Rh4 Rxe3
47. Ra4 Re7 48. g4 Rc7 49. Kg3 g6 50. fxg6+ Nxg6 51. Ra3 Rd7 52. h4 Kg7 53. h5
Ne7 54. Nh4 Rc7 55. Re3 Kf7 56. Rd3 Kg7 57. Ng2 Ng8 58. Nf4 Ra7 59. Rd4 Nh6 60.
Ne6+ Kf7 61. Nd8+ Kg7 62. Kf4 Ra1 1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA-qual f"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1990.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Re1 c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8.
Qxd8 Rxd8 9. c3 Nd5 10. Rd1 Nc6 11. Ng5 e6 12. Ne4 b6 13. Bg5 Rf8 14. Na3 h6
15. Nf6+ Bxf6 16. Bxf6 Ba6 17. c4 Nxf6 18. Bxc6 Rac8 19. Bg2 Rfd8 20. e3 Kf8
21. h3 Ke7 22. f4 Rxd1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA-qual f"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "1990.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Qc2 c6 6. e4 dxe4 7. Nxe4 Nxe4 8.
Qxe4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Nxd2 O-O 11. Bd3 Nf6 12. Qh4 e5 13. Nb3 exd4 14.
O-O-O 1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA-qual f"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sax, Gyula"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1990.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Be3 Be7 10. f4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. Qe2 O-O 14. Kb1 Nd7
15. e5 dxe5 16. Bxe5 b4 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qg4+ Kh8 19. Qh5 Kg7 20. Qg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA-qual f"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1990.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. b3 e5 6. Bb2 c6 7. d4 e4 8. f4 d5 9.
cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. e3 Qa5+ 12. Qd2 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Na6 14. Ne2 Be6 15.
Nc3 O-O-O 16. Rhc1 b6 17. Bf1 Kb7 18. Na4 Bd5 19. Nc3 Bf7 20. Bc4 Bxc4 21. bxc4
Nb4 22. a4 Nd3 23. Rcb1 c5 24. d5 g5 25. Nd1 Nxb2 26. Nxb2 gxf4 27. exf4 h5 28.
h4 Bd4 29. Ra3 e3+ 30. Ke2 Rhg8 31. Kf3 Rg4 32. Nd3 Rdg8 33. Rg1 Rxh4 34. Ra2
Rh3 35. Rag2 h4 36. Ke2 Rgxg3 37. Rxg3 hxg3 38. Kf3 e2 39. Rxg3 Rh2 40. Rg2
Rxg2 41. Kxg2 Ka6 42. Kf3 e1=N+ 43. Nxe1 Ka5 44. Ng2 Kxa4 45. Ne3 a5 46. Nxf5
Bf6 47. Ke4 Kb3 48. d6 a4 49. Ne7 a3 50. Kf5 a2 51. Kxf6 a1=Q+ 52. Ke6 Qe1+ 53.
Kd5 Qh1+ 54. Ke5 Qh8+ 55. Ke6 Kxc4 56. f5 Kb5 57. f6 c4 58. f7 c3 59. Ng6 Qh3+
60. Ke7 Qe3+ 61. Kd7 0-1

[Event "GMA-qual f"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1990.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nge2 c6 7. O-O e5 8. a4
Na6 9. h3 exd4 10. Nxd4 Re8 11. a5 Nb4 12. Kh2 d5 13. exd5 Nfxd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5
15. a6 Qb6 16. c3 Rb8 17. Qa4 Bxd4 18. Bxd5 Be5 19. axb7 Bxh3 20. Bxf7+ Kxf7
21. Kxh3 Rxb7 22. Qc4+ Re6 23. f4 Bf6 24. f5 gxf5 25. Rxf5 c5 26. Bh6 Ke8 27.
Qg4 Rf7 28. Raf1 Ree7 29. Qg8+ Kd7 30. Bf8 1-0

[Event "GMA-qual f"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "1990.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 c5 6. cxd5 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Qxd5 8.
e3 Bg7 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. Be2 cxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Chandler, Murray G"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "Chandler,M"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Nf3 Qa5 (7...
Bd7 8. a4 Qa5 9. Bd2 c4 $5 10. Ng5 $5 (10. Qb1 Nbc6 11. g3) 10... h6 (10...
Bxa4 $6 11. Qh5 Ng6 12. h4 {Stohl}) 11. Nh3 Bxa4 12. Nf4 $146 {Stohl}) 8. Bd2
Nbc6 (8... Bd7 9. Be2 $6 Ba4) 9. a4 Bd7 10. Bb5 $5 O-O-O (10... a6 $6 11. Be2)
(10... Qc7) (10... f6) (10... c4) 11. O-O c4 $6 (11... f6 12. c4 Qc7 13. cxd5
$13 {Stohl}) 12. Bc1 $1 $14 f6 (12... Qxc3 $5 13. Bd2 Qb2 14. Rb1 Qa3 15. Qe1
$1 (15. Ra1 $10) (15. Bg5 $6 Rde8 (15... h6 $2 16. Bxc6 Bxc6 17. Ra1 Qb4 18. c3
$18) 16. Qd2 Nf5 17. Ra1 Qf8 {Stohl}) (15. Ng5 Be8 (15... Rdf8 $1 16. Qe1 $5 h6
$1 $8 (16... a6 $2 17. Bb4 $3 Nxb4 18. Bxd7+ Kxd7 19. Rxb4 $16 {Stohl}) 17. Bc3
Nf5 18. Bxc6 (18. Nf3 Re8 19. Bxc6 Bxc6 20. Bb4 Qxa4 21. Qc3 Qa6 22. Ra1 Ba4 {
Stohl}) 18... Bxc6 19. Bb4 Qxa4 20. Bxf8 Rxf8 21. Ra1 Qxc2 22. Rxa7 $13) 16.
Qe1 a6 17. Bc3 $1 Nf5 (17... axb5 18. axb5 $5 $36) 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Bb4 $16)
15... Nf5 (15... a6 16. Ng5 (16. Bc3 Nf5 17. Bxc6 Bxc6 18. Bb4 Qxa4 19. Qc3 Be8
$17) 16... axb5 (16... Rdf8 17. Bb4) 17. axb5 Nxd4 $1 18. Bb4 Nxc2 19. Bxa3
Nxe1 20. Rfxe1 (20. Bxe7 Nd3 21. Nxf7 Rde8 $13) 20... Nf5 21. Nxf7 Nd4 $146 {
Stohl}) 16. Bxc6 Bxc6 17. Bb4 Qxa4 18. Qc3 Qa6 $6 19. Ra1 $40 Ba4 20. Ba5 b6
21. Rxa4 bxa5 22. Rb1 $18) 13. Qe1 $5 (13. Re1) 13... Rhe8 (13... Rde8 $5) (
13... Nxe5 $2 14. dxe5 Bxb5 15. Ba3) 14. Ba3 Kb8 (14... fxe5 15. dxe5 $14) 15.
Bxc6 $1 Nxc6 16. Qe3 Ka8 17. Rfb1 $14 Bc8 (17... Qxa4 $2 18. Qd2 Qa6 19. Bc5 (
19. Be7 $6 Qxa1 20. Rxa1 Rxe7 21. exf6 gxf6 22. Qh6 Rf7 $14) 19... Na5 20. exf6
gxf6 21. Qh6 $16) 18. Bd6 Rd7 (18... b6 $5 {?! Stohl} 19. Rb5 Qa6 $14 20. Qf4
$16 {(Stohl 90)}) 19. Rb5 Qd8 20. a5 $5 g5 $2 (20... Rxd6 $5 21. exd6 Qxd6 $14
22. Qd2 $14) (20... f5) (20... fxe5) (20... Rg8 $5 21. Bc5 Qe8 $132) 21. Bc5 $3
$16 g4 22. Bb6 $1 Rc7 $5 (22... axb6 $2 23. axb6+ Kb8 24. Qc1 Qe7 25. Qb2 $18)
(22... Qe7 23. exf6 $1 Qxf6 24. Ne5 $16) 23. Ne1 (23. Nd2 $142 $5 fxe5 24. dxe5
Qe7 25. Bxc7 Qxc7 26. f4 {Stohl}) 23... fxe5 (23... f5 24. g3 Qe7 25. Ng2) 24.
dxe5 Bd7 $6 (24... Qe7 $142 $5 25. Bxc7 (25. a6 $6 bxa6 26. Bxc7 axb5) 25...
Qxc7 26. f4 (26. Rc5 Bd7) 26... Ne7) 25. Qc5 $1 $40 (25. Rbb1 $16 {y}) 25...
Re7 (25... Qc8 26. Rbb1) 26. a6 $1 bxa6 (26... axb6 $2 27. axb7+ Kb8 28. Qxb6
$18) 27. Rxa6 Be8 (27... Qc8 28. Bxc7 Qxa6 $2 29. Qxc6+ $1 Bxc6 30. Rb8#) 28.
Bxc7 Rxc7 29. Qd6 $2 (29. Rb1 $142 Nxe5 (29... Nb8 30. Rd6 (30. Qd6 Rd7 31.
Qxe6)) 30. Qd4 $18 Nc6 31. Qxg4) 29... Qxd6 $1 30. exd6 Rb7 $1 31. Rxb7 (31.
Rc5 $2 Rb1 32. Kf1 Kb7) 31... Kxb7 32. Ra1 Kc8 33. Rb1 $6 (33. f3 $142 h5 (
33... gxf3 34. Nxf3 Kd7 35. Nd4 $1 $18) 34. Kf2 Kd7 35. fxg4 hxg4 36. Kg3 $18)
33... a5 (33... Kd7 $5) (33... h5 $5) 34. f3 h5 35. Kf2 Kd7 36. fxg4 hxg4 37.
h3 $2 (37. Kg3 $142 $18) 37... gxh3 38. gxh3 Kxd6 39. Nf3 a4 $2 (39... e5 $142
$1 40. Ke3 Bg6 41. Kd2 $16 {Stohl}) 40. Nd4 $1 e5 (40... Nd8 41. Rb8 Kc7 42.
Ra8) 41. Nxc6 $18 Kxc6 42. Ke3 Kc5 43. Kd2 Kd6 (43... d4 44. Re1 Kd5 45. cxd4 (
45. h4) 45... Kxd4 46. c3+ Kd5 47. Ke3 $18) 44. Rb6+ Kc5 45. Rf6 (45. Re6 Bd7)
45... Kb5 (45... d4 46. Re6) 46. Re6 $1 Bd7 47. Rxe5 Bxh3 48. Rxd5+ Kb6 49. Kc1
1-0

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Cabrilo, Goran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bxd7+ Nxd7 7. dxc5 $6
Bxc5 8. Nb3 Bb6 $1 9. Qxd5 Ngf6 10. Qd3 O-O 11. Nf3 Re8+ 12. Be3 Bxe3 (12...
Ng4 $5 13. O-O-O (13. Nbd4 $2 Nde5 $1 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 {/\ Bd4-+}) (13. Nfd4 $5
Nde5 (13... Qf6 $5) 14. Qe2 $1 Nxe3 15. fxe3 $13) 13... Nxe3 14. fxe3 Bxe3+ 15.
Kb1 Nf6 $10) 13. fxe3 Qb6 14. O-O-O Rxe3 $10 15. Qd4 Re2 16. Rd2 Rxd2 17. Qxd2
a5 $6 18. Nbd4 a4 19. a3 {>< b4, b5} Ne4 20. Qb4 Qh6+ 21. Kb1 Ndc5 22. Re1 Rd8
$2 23. Rxe4 Nxe4 24. Qe7 Nc3+ 25. bxc3 Qb6+ 26. Ka2 h6 27. Ne5 Kh7 28. Qxf7 Qa5
29. Qf5+ Kg8 30. Ne6 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zapata, Alonso"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Bb3 Bd7 12. Re1 O-O-O 13. c3 (13. Bg5 Qc5
14. Bf4 Bd6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Qd3 $6 (16. Nf3 {Nogueiras/Garcia Gonzales})
16... Ng4 17. g3 e5 $15 {Belyavski-Nogueiras/Montpellier ct/1985}) 13... Qc7
14. Qe2 Bd6 15. h3 Kb8 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bh4 $6 Rhf8 18. Rad1 $2 g5 19. Qf3 Bh2+
20. Kh1 Bf4 $1 21. Bg3 e5 22. Nc2 (22. Bxf4 gxf4 23. Nc2 $17 {[+]}) 22... g4
23. Qe2 gxh3 24. gxh3 Rg8 25. Kh2 Rg5 26. Bxf7 e4 27. Rg1 Rf8 28. Qc4 Bc6 29.
Be6 Nh5 30. Nb4 Bxg3+ 31. fxg3 Rf2+ 32. Kh1 Nxg3+ 33. Rxg3 Rh2+ 0-1

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Na6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 Nxc5 8.
b4 Nce4 9. Qd4 (9. Qb2 d5 10. c5 h6 11. Nh3 $6 (11. f3 Ng5 12. h4 Ngh7) 11...
d4 12. f3 e5 $3 13. fxe4 Bxh3 14. gxh3 Nxe4 $17 {Greenfeld,A-Mokry,K/Haifa ETC/
1989/}) 9... d5 10. c5 b6 $6 (10... h6 11. Nh3 O-O 12. f3 e5 13. Qxe5 Re8 14.
Qd4 Bxh3 15. gxh3 Ng5 16. Bxg5 hxg5 17. Rg1 Nh5 18. h4 gxh4 19. Rd1 Qf6 20. Rg4
Re5 21. f4 $14 {Gurevich,M-Korchnoi,V/Wijk aan Zee/1990/}) 11. f3 bxc5 12. bxc5
Qa5+ 13. Qb4 Qc7 (13... Qxb4+ 14. axb4 Nc3 15. Bb2 d4 16. e4 $16) 14. fxe4 Rb8
15. Qa4+ $1 (15. Qd4 e5 16. Qd3 Nxe4 17. Nf3 (17. Qxd5 Bb7 18. Qd3 (18. Qc4
Qa5+) 18... Rd8 (18... O-O 19. Nf3 Rfd8 $40) 19. Qb5+ Bc6 20. Qa6 Qd7 21. Be3 (
21. Qd3 Qf5 22. Qe3 Nf2 $1) 21... Bb5 22. c6 (22. Qa5 Ba4 {/\ Qd1}) 22... Qd5
23. Qxa7 Qb3 24. Rc1 Ba4 $19) 17... Be6 $44) 15... Bd7 16. c6 $5 (16. Qd1 Nxe4
$36) 16... O-O $1 (16... Bxc6 17. Bf4 $1 Qd7 (17... Bxa4 18. Bxc7 Rc8 19. Be5
Nxe4 20. Bxg7 Rg8 21. Bd4 $16) 18. Qd4) 17. Bd2 $1 (17. cxd7 $4 Qc3+ 18. Kd1 (
18. Kf2 Ng4#) 18... Nxe4 19. Nh3 Qxa1 $19) (17. Bf4 Qxf4 18. cxd7 Nxe4 19. Nf3
Qe3 $19) (17. exd5 Qe5 (17... Nxd5 18. Bd2 Bxc6 19. Qd4) 18. Ra2 Qc3+ 19. Bd2 (
19. Kd1 Nxd5 $22 20. cxd7 Rb1 21. Rc2 Ne3#) (19. Kf2 Qxc1 20. cxd7 exd5 {/\ Ne4
}) 19... Rb1+ 20. Kf2 Qc5+ 21. e3 Qxd5 $40) 17... Bxc6 18. Qa5 Rb6 (18... Qxa5
19. Bxa5 Nxe4 20. Nf3 $16) (18... Qe5 19. Qc3 $16) 19. e3 (19. exd5 exd5 20.
Nf3 Re8 $132 {e<->}) 19... Rfb8 20. Rc1 $1 (20. exd5 $2 Rb1+ 21. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 22.
Kf2 Ne4+ 23. Kf3 (23. Ke2 Bb5+ 24. Kf3 Rxf1+ 25. Kxe4 f5+ 26. Kd4 e5#) 23...
Nxd2+ 24. Qxd2 Rxf1+ 25. Ke2 Bb5+ $19) 20... Nxe4 21. Nf3 Qe7 (21... Nxd2 22.
Qxd2 Rb2 23. Qc3) 22. Bb4 Qb7 23. Bd3 Bb5 24. Bxe4 (24. Bxb5 Rxb5 25. Qa4 a5
26. Bd2 Rb2 $132) 24... dxe4 25. Nd4 Bd3 26. Kf2 f6 27. Rhe1 h6 28. Kg1 Qf7 29.
Nc6 Ra8 30. Ne7+ Kh7 31. Nc8 Rb5 (31... Ra6 32. Qc7 Qg6 33. Qb7 $18) 32. Qc7
Qh5 33. Rc5 Rxc5 34. Bxc5 a5 (34... Qd5 35. Bf8 Qg5 36. Qb7) 35. Bf8 Qg5 36.
Qb7 Ra6 37. Nd6 Qg6 38. Ne8 $1 Kg8 39. Nc7 {Ftacnik,L} (39. Nc7 Qf7 40. Bc5 Kh7
41. Bb6 a4 42. Qb8 $18) 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c3 $5 c6 (4... Bg7 5. Qb3 $5) 5. Bg5 (5. Qb3
Qb6 $5 $13) (5. Nd2 d5 6. Nh3 Bg7 7. Nf4 $14 {/\Sd3,Sf3,Lf4}) 5... Bg7 6. Nd2
d5 $1 (6... O-O 7. e4 $14) 7. Nh3 (7. Ngf3 Ne4 8. Bf4 Nd7 $13 {/\0-0,De8,e5})
7... O-O 8. O-O Qe8 (8... Ne4 9. Nxe4 fxe4 10. f3 $14) 9. c4 Ne4 $5 (9... Nbd7
10. cxd5 {<->c}) 10. Nxe4 (10. cxd5 $6 cxd5 $15 {/\Sc6}) (10. Qb3 $5 Nxg5 11.
Nxg5 e6 $13) 10... dxe4 (10... fxe4 $6 11. Qb3 Qf7 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Be3 $36 {
/\f3}) 11. f3 exf3 12. exf3 (12. Bxf3 $2 e5 13. dxe5 Nd7 $15) 12... Qf7 $13 {
><d4} 13. Re1 (13. Rc1 $6 Rd8 14. d5 (14. Be3 $2 e5 $17) 14... cxd5 (14... Bxb2
15. Rc2 Bf6 16. f4 $146) 15. cxd5 Nc6 $1 16. f4 (16. dxc6 Rxd1 17. Rfxd1 h6 $8
18. Rd8+ Kh7 19. c7 Qxa2 $17) 16... Bd4+ 17. Nf2 (17. Kh1 Rxd5 18. Bxd5 Qxd5+
19. Qf3 Qxf3+ 20. Rxf3 Be6 $17) 17... Rxd5 18. Bxd5 Qxd5 19. Qb3 Qxb3 20. axb3
Be6 21. Rfe1 Kf7 $146) (13. f4 h6 $5 (13... Rd8 14. d5 Bxb2 15. Rb1 $13) 14.
Bh4 Qxc4 15. d5 Bxb2 16. Bxe7 Re8 17. d6 Qd4+ $17) (13. d5 $5 Bxb2 14. Rb1 Bf6
15. f4 $146) 13... Qxc4 14. Bxe7 (14. Rxe7 Qxd4+ 15. Kh1 Qxd1+ 16. Rxd1 Na6 $5
$15) 14... Re8 $1 (14... Qxd4+ $2 15. Qxd4 Bxd4+ 16. Kh1 Re8 17. Bf6 $1 $16)
15. Kh1 (15. d5 $2 Rxe7 16. Rxe7 Qc5+ $19) 15... Na6 $6 (15... Bxd4 $2 16. Rc1
Qd5 17. Nf4 Qd7 18. Qb3+ Kh8 (18... Kg7 19. Ne6+ Kh8 20. Nf8 $18) 19. Qf7 $18)
(15... Nd7 16. Bf1 Qd5 $8 17. Qc2 $1 Nb6 18. Bc5 $16) (15... h6 16. Bf1 Qf7 17.
Qc2 Rxe7 18. Bc4 Be6 19. Rxe6 Rxe6 20. Nf4 Kh7 21. Bxe6 $40) (15... Kh8 $5 {/\}
16. Bf1 Qg8 $13) 16. Bf1 $1 (16. d5 $5 Bd7 $1 $8 (16... cxd5 17. f4 d4 18. Rc1
Qb5 (18... Qxa2 19. b3 {/\Ta1-a6} Qa5 20. b4 Qa2 21. b5 Nb8 22. Re2 $18) 19. a4
Qd7 20. Qb3+ Kh8 21. Ng5 h6 22. Nf7+ Kh7 23. Ba3 $36) (16... Qxd5 17. Qxd5+
cxd5 18. f4 h6 (18... Nc7 19. Bd6 $18) (18... Bxb2 19. Bxd5+ Kg7 20. Rab1 Bc3
21. Bf6+ $18) 19. Bxd5+ Kh7 20. Bf7 $16) (16... Nc7 17. dxc6 (17. d6 $6 Nd5)
17... Qxc6 18. Rc1 Qb6 19. Qd6 $36) 17. f4 h6 $5 18. Rc1 Qxa2 $13) 16... Qf7 (
16... Qd5 $6 17. Nf4 Qf7 18. Qc2 b5 $8 19. Qxc6 (19. Bc5 Bd7 $5 $132) 19... Rb8
20. Bd6 Bb7 21. Qc3 Rxe1 (21... b4 22. Qc4 $1 Bxf3+ 23. Kg1 $18) (21... Rbc8
22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 23. Qb3+ Kh8 24. d5 $18) 22. Rxe1 Rc8 23. Qd3 $16) 17. Ng5 $2 (
17. Rc1 b5 18. Ng5 Qd5 {-17.Sg5?}) (17. Qc1 $2 Rxe7 18. Bc4 Rxe1+) (17. Qc2 $1
Rxe7 $8 (17... Nc7 18. Ng5) (17... b5 18. Qxc6 Rb8 19. Ng5) 18. Bc4 Be6 19.
Rxe6 (19. Ng5 $2 Bxc4 20. Nxf7 Rxe1+ $15) 19... Rxe6 20. Ng5 Qf6 (20... Qe7 21.
Nxe6 Kh8 22. Nxg7 Kxg7 23. Bxa6 bxa6 24. Qxc6 Rd8 25. Qc3 $16) 21. Nxe6 Kh8 22.
Qb3 b5 23. Bf1 $16) 17... Qd5 18. Qc1 $6 (18. Qc2 $5 b5 19. Bg2 Bb7 (19... f4
$5 $132) 20. f4 Qxd4 (20... Qc4 $6 21. Qxc4+ bxc4 22. Rad1 h6 23. Nf3 c5 24. d5
$16) 21. Bxc6 (21. Qb3+ Qc4 $17) (21. Rad1 Qxb2) 21... Bxc6+ (21... Rac8 $4 22.
Qb3+) 22. Qxc6 Qc4 $1 $8 23. Rac1 (23. Qxa6 $2 Qd5+ 24. Ne4 $17) 23... Qxc6+
24. Rxc6 Nb8 $132) 18... b5 $17 19. Bg2 (19. Bd3 {/\Lc2-b3} Qd7 $17) 19... Bb7
(19... Qd7 20. f4 $1 Rxe7 $2 21. Rxe7 Qxe7 22. Qxc6 Rb8 (22... Nc7 23. Rc1) 23.
Bd5+ $40) 20. f4 (20. Bc5 $5 $17) 20... Qxd4 (20... Qd7 21. Bc5 $15) 21. a4 $6
(21. Bxc6 $2 Qb6 $1 22. Re6 Rxe7 $19) (21. Rd1 Qxb2 22. Qe3 Nc7 23. Rab1 Qxa2 {
/\h6}) (21. Ne6 $5 Qxb2 (21... Qd7 22. Nc5 Nxc5 23. Bxc5 Rxe1+ 24. Qxe1 Bxb2
25. Rd1 {><Lb7}) 22. Nxg7 Qxg7 $1 (22... Qxc1 23. Raxc1 Kxg7 24. Bxc6 $146) 23.
Bd6 c5 $17) 21... Rab8 $1 {/\Db2} (21... Qd7 22. Qe3 {/\Db3}) 22. axb5 (22. Ne6
$5 Qd7 $1 (22... Qxb2 23. Nxg7 Qxg7 24. Bd6 $36) 23. Nc5 Nxc5 24. Bxc5 Rxe1+
25. Qxe1 Bxb2 26. Rd1 Qf7 $17) 22... cxb5 23. Rxa6 (23. Bxb7 Rxb7 24. Rxa6 Qd5+
25. Kg1 Bd4+ $19) 23... Bxa6 24. Qc6 h6 $1 $8 (24... Rxe7 $2 25. Bd5+ Kh8 26.
Rxe7) 25. Qe6+ (25. Qxa6 Rxe7 $1 $19) (25. Qxg6 hxg5) (25. Bd5+ Kh8 26. Qxg6
Qxd5+) 25... Kh8 26. Nf7+ Kh7 27. Ne5 (27. Nd6 Rb6 $19) (27. Qxa6 Rxe7) 27...
Bxe5 28. fxe5 (28. Rxe5 Qc4 $19 29. Bd5 $4 Qf1#) 28... Qc4 29. Qf6 $8 (29. Bd5
Qxd5+ $1 30. Qxd5 Bb7) 29... Bb7 30. e6 Rg8 $19 31. h4 (31. Bxb7 Rxb7 {/\Dd5,
Tc7-c2}) 31... Bxg2+ 32. Kxg2 Qd5+ 33. Kh3 (33. Kg1 Rbc8 34. h5 gxh5 $19) 33...
Rbc8 34. h5 g5 $1 35. Qe5 g4+ 36. Kh4 Rc2 $1 {(I.Stohl)} 0-1

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Be7 5. Re1 d6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8.
Bf1 {Usually 8.Bxc6 is played but Ivanchuk, who has a space-advantage, wants
to avoid exanching pieces. At the same time he makes Pc4, setting up a Maroczy
bind, possible.} O-O 9. Nc3 Nxd4 (9... Ng4 10. Nf5 $1 Bxf5 11. exf5 Nf6 12. g4
$16) 10. Qxd4 Bc6 (10... Ng4 $5) 11. Bf4 (11. b4) 11... Nh5 $6 {11. - Nd7
looks more natural.} 12. Bd2 Bf6 13. Qd3 Bxc3 $2 {A better try is 13. - Bg5
not giving White the Bishop-pair.} (13... Bg5 14. Rad1 $14) 14. Qxc3 (14. Bxc3
Qg5 $5) 14... Re8 (14... Qd7 $1 {/\ Rae8}) 15. f3 Qf6 16. Qxf6 Nxf6 17. b4 $1
$16 a6 18. a4 Rec8 (18... b5 19. Re3 $1 (19. axb5 axb5 20. Ra5 $5) 19... bxa4
20. Rc3 Bb5 21. Rxc7 d5 (21... Rac8 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. c4 $18) 22. c4 $5 (22.
exd5 Nxd5 23. Rc5)) 19. c4 a5 20. b5 Bd7 (20... Be8 21. e5 dxe5 22. Rxe5 $16)
21. f4 Be8 (21... h6 $142 $1) 22. e5 dxe5 23. fxe5 Nd7 24. e6 Nc5 {Or 24. -
fxe6 25.Rxe6 followed by 26.Re7.} (24... fxe6 25. Rxe6 Nc5 26. Re7 Nb3 27. Ra2
(27. Bc3 Nxa1 28. Rxg7+ Kf8 29. Bxa1 Bg6 $13) 27... Nxd2 28. Rxd2 Kf8 29. Re5
$16) 25. e7 $18 Ne6 26. Rad1 (26. Be3 $6 c5 $1) (26. Bc3 $5 c6 27. Be5) 26...
c5 (26... c6 27. Be3 $1 cxb5 28. axb5 Rc7 (28... a4 29. Bb6 a3 30. Rd2 $16) 29.
Bb6 Rxe7 30. Rd8 Rxd8 (30... Nxd8 31. Rxe7 Ne6 32. Bxa5 $16) 31. Bxd8 Rd7 32.
Bxa5 $16) 27. Bc3 b6 (27... Rc7 28. Rd8 Nxd8 29. exd8=Q Rxd8 30. Bxa5 Rcc8 31.
Bxd8 Rxd8 32. Re5 $1 b6 (32... Rc8 33. Re7) 33. a5 bxa5 (33... f6 34. Rd5) 34.
Rxc5 a4 35. Rc7 Ra8 36. b6 Kf8 37. b7 Rb8 38. c5 a3 39. Bc4 $18) 28. Rd6 Rcb8
29. Red1 Ra7 30. Rd8 Raa8 31. Rxb8 Rxb8 32. Be5 Rb7 33. Rd8 Rxe7 34. Rb8 Nf8
35. Bd6 Nd7 36. Rxb6 Nxb6 37. Bxe7 Nxa4 38. Be2 f5 39. Bf3 Bf7 (39... Kf7 40.
Bd8) 40. Bd8 Bxc4 41. b6 Nxb6 42. Bxb6 a4 43. Bxc5 g5 44. Kf2 Kf7 45. Ke3 Kg6
46. Kd4 Bb5 47. Ke5 h5 48. g3 Bd7 49. Bd1 g4 50. Kf4 Kf6 51. Bc2 Kg6 52. Ba3
Kf6 53. Bc1 Kg6 54. Bb2 h4 55. Ba3 hxg3 56. hxg3 Be6 57. Bxa4 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O Bg4 13. Bg5 h6 $5 (13...
Qe6) 14. Be3 Nc6 15. d5 Ne5 16. Rxb7 e6 17. Re1 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Rfd8 19. d6 Qa3
20. d7 Qe7 21. Bb5 Qh4 22. Bf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Qe7+ 7. Be2 Nf6 8.
O-O Qc7 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Nb3 Be7 11. Bg5 O-O 12. c3 Be6 13. Nbd4 Rad8 14. Qa4
Bd7 15. Rad1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O Bg4 13. Bg5 h6 {N} (
13... Qe6) 14. Be3 b6 (14... Nc6 15. d5 Ne5 16. Rxb7 e6 $1 17. Re1 Bxf3 18.
gxf3 Rfd8 19. d6 Qa3 20. d7 $10 {Gelfand,B-Ivanchuk,V/Manila izt/1990/ ->CBM 19
}) 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 e5 $1 $8 17. d5 (17. dxe5 Nc6) 17... Nd7 18. Re1 Rfd8
19. Qd3 Nc5 (19... Bf8 $2 20. Ra1 Qb2 21. Reb1 $18) 20. Qb5 Bf8 21. Red1 (21.
Re2 Qa4) 21... Nb7 22. Ra1 {Ftacnik,L} (22. Ra1 Nd6) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Nc6 6. Ngf3 cxd4 7. Qe2+ Qe7
8. Ne5 Bd7 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. O-O Kd8 11. Nb3 f6 12. Bg5 fxg5 13. Na5 Qe8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Sax, Gyula"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Sax} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6
8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. a4 c5
15. Ng3 g6 16. Be3 $6 {16.d5 is standard here and for good reason. As Ivanchuk
shows 16.Be3 only gives White problems. After a forced sequence of moves Sax
barely manages to draw the ensuing endgame.} exd4 (16... Qc7 {Sax} 17. Qd2 exd4
18. cxd4 Nb6 19. Bg5 Bg7 20. Rac1 Nc4 21. Qc3 $14) 17. cxd4 Bxe4 (17... Nxe4 $2
{Sax} 18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. Bg5 $1 Bxf3 20. Bxd8 Bxd1 21. Rxe8 $16) 18. Nxe4 Nxe4
19. Bxe4 Rxe4 20. dxc5 Nxc5 21. Qd5 (21. axb5 {Sax} axb5 22. Qd5 Re8 (22...
Rea4 23. Rxa4 bxa4 24. Ng5 Ra7 25. Ne4 $1 Qa5 26. Bd2 {/\ Nf6+-}) 23. Ng5 (23.
b4 $10) 23... Ne6 24. Nxe6 fxe6 25. Qxb5 Rb8 26. Qe2 Bg7 27. Reb1 Rb3 28. Ra7
Qb8 29. Qa6 $1 $14) 21... bxa4 (21... Re8 {Sax}) 22. Ng5 Re7 23. Rad1 (23. Bd4
{Sax} Rc8 24. Re3 Qd7 {/\ Qb7-/+}) 23... Nd7 (23... Rb8 $1 {Sax} 24. Nxf7 Rxf7
25. Bxc5 Rxb2 26. Bd4 Rc2 {/\ Qd7-b7-/+}) 24. Qc6 Qc8 25. Qxa4 Qb7 26. Bd4 Qb5
(26... Rae8 $5 {Sax}) 27. Qxb5 axb5 28. Rxe7 Bxe7 29. Ne4 b4 30. Be3 Nf6 (30...
Ra6 {Sax} 31. Bf4 (31. Rc1 d5 32. Rc7 dxe4 33. Rxd7 Kf8 $17) 31... Ne5 32. Rd5
f5 33. Nxd6 Rxd6 34. Rxe5 Rd1+ 35. Kh2 Bd6 36. Re8+ Kf7 37. Bxd6 Kxe8 38. Bxb4
$15) 31. Rd4 d5 (31... d5 {Sax} 32. Nxf6+ Bxf6 33. Rxb4 Ra1+ 34. Kh2 Rb1 $10)
1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nge2 Nc6 $6 {The knight turns out to be
misplaced on c6. It is difficult to exploit white's odd move order (4.Nge2).
Actually, I don't really see the point of it. For one thing, Nh3-g5 is no
longer possible if black blocks h4 with h5.} 5. Be3 Nf6 6. f3 O-O 7. Qd2 Na5 8.
Ng3 b6 9. O-O-O c5 10. h4 cxd4 11. Bxd4 Nc6 12. Be3 h5 13. Bh6 Be6 14. Bxg7
Kxg7 15. Bb5 Qc7 16. Rhe1 a6 17. Bxc6 Qxc6 18. Qg5 Kh7 19. Nge2 Qc5 20. Nd4 Bc4
21. Qxc5 dxc5 22. Nc6 Rfe8 23. b3 Be6 24. Nd5 Bxd5 25. exd5 Ng8 26. Ne5 Nh6 27.
Nd7 b5 28. Nxc5 Nf5 29. Re4 Ng3 30. Re5 Nf5 31. Rde1 Kg7 32. R1e4 Ra7 33. g4
Nxh4 34. d6 e6 35. d7 Rh8 36. Re3 Kf6 37. g5+ Kg7 38. Rd3 Raa8 39. Nb7 Rhd8 40.
Nxd8 Rxd8 41. c4 bxc4 42. bxc4 Nf5 43. Rxf5 gxf5 44. c5 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Be3 f5 12. a3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1990.09.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D29"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1990.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bxc4 e6 6. O-O a6 7. Qe2 b5 8. Bb3
Bb7 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Nc3 (10. e4 cxd4 $1 11. e5 $6 Bxf3 $1 12. gxf3 Nh5 13. f4
Qh4 14. Rxd4 Bc5 {Salov,V-Kupreichik/URS-ch/1987/}) 10... Qb6 11. d5 (11. e4
cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bc5 13. Be3 Ne5 14. a4 Neg4 $1 15. e5 $5 Nxe3 16. fxe3 Nd7 17.
Qg4 h5 $1 18. Qxg7 O-O-O {Kortschnoj,V-Nikolic,Pr/Reykjavik/1988/}) (11. Ne5
Rd8 12. f4 Be7 13. a4 b4 14. a5 Qa7 $1 15. Na4 O-O 16. Bc4 cxd4 17. exd4 Nd5
18. Be3 N7f6 19. Rac1 Rc8 {Salov,V-Ribli,Z/Barcelona WCup/1989/1/2-1/2/ /})
11... exd5 {11...Nxd5 (!)} (11... c4 $6 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. Bc2 Rd8 14. Ng5 Bc5
15. Bxh7 $5 Ke7 $1 16. Bc2 Rh5 17. e4 Rdh8 18. h3 Ne5 19. Rf1 Nfg4 $1 $44 {
Nicoloff-Hamilton/London/1989/}) 12. Nxd5 (12. e4 dxe4 13. Ng5 c4 14. Bc2 Bb4
15. Ncxe4 O-O 16. a3 Bc5 17. Rxd7 $2 Bxe4 $1 18. Bxe4 Rae8 19. Rd1 Nxe4 20.
Nxe4 Qc6 {/\ 21...f5; Arencibia-Valdes/Habana/1986/}) 12... Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Bxd5
14. Rxd5 Qb7 (14... Rd8 15. e4 Be7 16. Be3 $1 O-O 17. b4 Qe6 18. Rad1 Nf6 19.
Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Rxd8+ Bxd8 21. e5 $1 $14 {Portisch,L-Ribli,Z/Skeleftea WCup/1989/
1-0/ /}) 15. e4 Be7 16. Bg5 Nb6 (16... f6 17. Bf4 O-O 18. Nh4 Nb6 19. Rd3 Rfe8
20. Nf5 Bf8 21. Re1 Rad8 22. h4 Nc4 23. b3 Ne5 {Hoi,C-Mikhailchishin/Budapest/
1989/}) 17. Rad1 $1 f6 (17... h6 18. Bxe7 Nxd5 19. Bxc5 Ne7 20. Ne5 Qc7 21. Nd7
$1 h5 22. Bd4 $1 $16 {Dolgicer-Gordeev/corr/1981/}) 18. Bf4 O-O (18... Nxd5 19.
exd5 O-O 20. d6 Bd8 21. d7 Bc7 22. Qe6+ Rf7 23. Be3 Qb6 24. Qe4 Rd8 $13 {
Danner-Szymczak/Prievidza/1980/}) 19. R5d2 Rfe8 (19... Rad8 20. e5 Rxd2 21.
Rxd2 Nc4 {- /Yrjola-Agzamov/Sochi/1984/}) 20. e5 fxe5 $6 (20... c4 $1 $10) 21.
Qxe5 Bf8 22. Qg5 Qe7 $6 23. Qxe7 Rxe7 (23... Bxe7 $5) 24. b3 a5 25. Rd8 Rxd8
26. Rxd8 Rd7 27. Rxd7 Nxd7 28. Bc7 $1 a4 29. bxa4 bxa4 30. Kf1 c4 (30... Kf7
31. Ke2 Ke6 32. Ng5+ Kf5 33. Nxh7 Be7 34. f4 Kg6 35. Ng5 Bxg5 36. fxg5 Kxg5 37.
Kd3 $18) 31. Ba5 Kf7 32. Nd2 Ne5 33. Bc3 Ke6 34. Bxe5 Kxe5 35. Nxc4+ Kd4 36.
Nb6 a3 37. Ke2 Bc5 (37... Bd6 38. g3 Kc5 39. Na4+ Kb4 40. Nb6 Kc5 $10) 38. Nd7
Bd6 39. g3 Kc3 $2 (39... Kd5 40. Nb6+ Kc5 41. Na4+ Kb4 42. Nb6 Kc5 $10) 40. f4
Kc2 41. Ne5 h5 42. Nf3 Kb2 (42... Bc7 $5) 43. Kd3 Kxa2 44. Kc2 Bc5 45. f5 Be3
46. h3 Bc5 47. Ng5 Bd6 48. g4 hxg4 49. hxg4 Be7 50. Ne4 Ka1 51. g5 Ka2 52. g6 (
52. f6 $2 gxf6 53. g6 Bf8 $10) 52... Ka1 53. f6 Bf8 54. f7 Be7 (54... a2 55.
Nd2) 55. Nc3 $1 (55. Nf6 Bf8 56. Nd7 Be7 57. f8=Q Bxf8 58. Nxf8 a2 $10) 55...
Bf8 56. Kb3 Be7 57. Nb5 Kb1 58. Nxa3+ Kc1 59. Nc4 Kd1 60. Nb6 Kd2 61. Kc4 {
Ftacnik,L} 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1990.09.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1990.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O g6 6. b3 Bg7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. d4
cxd4 9. Qxd4 Na6 10. Nc3 Ne4 11. Qe3 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Bxc3 13. Qxc3 d5 14. cxd5
Qxd5 15. Rfd1 Rac8 16. Rxd5 Rxc3 17. Rd7 Rc7 18. Rxc7 Nxc7 19. Rd1 Rc8 20. Ne5
Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Kf8 22. Rc1 Ke8 23. Rc4 f6 24. Nd3 Kd7 25. Rd4+ Ke8 26. Rh4 Ne6
27. Rxh7 Rc2 28. e3 a5 29. Rh8+ Nf8 30. Rh4 Rxa2 31. Rc4 Rd2 32. Rc3 Ne6 33. h4
b5 34. Nc5 Nxc5 35. Rxc5 b4 36. Rxa5 Rb2 37. Rb5 Rxb3 38. g4 Kf7 39. Rb7 Rb1
40. h5 gxh5 41. gxh5 b3 42. Kf3 Rh1 43. Rxb3 {1.59-1.57} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1990.09.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1990.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. d4 exd4 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Bxc6 dxc6 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. Nc3 Rd8 11. Qe3 Bg4 12. Nd2 $1 $14 {White has got a
small but clear edge out of the opening. What is Black to do? His next move
weakens his Q-side, but is still logical. After all, Black has a pawn more on
the Q-side.} b5 13. Nb3 a5 14. h3 $2 {This only helps Black. Stronger is the
natural 14.Rfe1 with a sound advantage.} Be6 15. Nd4 Bd7 16. e5 Nd5 17. Nxd5
cxd5 18. Nf3 c5 19. c3 b4 20. Rad1 Bf5 21. Rd2 bxc3 22. bxc3 Rab8 23. Rfd1 Be6
24. Ng5 Kg7 25. Qf4 Rd7 26. c4 Rbd8 27. Qh4 h6 28. Nxe6+ Qxe6 29. cxd5 Rxd5 30.
Qf6+ Kh7 31. Qxd8 Rxd8 32. Rxd8 Qxe5 33. R8d2 Qc3 34. Rd3 Qc4 35. a3 Kg7 36.
Rf3 Qa4 37. Rc1 c4 38. g3 g5 {1.56-1.31 White still has four minutes left, so
why agree a draw? He is slightly better in the final position.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1990.09.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1990.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. h4 Nbc6 8. h5
cxd4 9. cxd4 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qa4 11. Bc3 b6 12. Nf3 (12. h6 gxh6 13. Qd3 a5 14.
Qd2 Nf5 15. Rb1 Ncxd4 (15... Nfxd4 $5) 16. Kd1 Rg8 17. Rxb6 Bd7 18. Bxd4 Qxd4
19. Qxd4 Nxd4 20. Rxh6 $14 {Short-Korcnoi/Wijk-A/1987}) 12... Ba6 13. Bxa6 Qxa6
$10 14. a4 Rc8 15. Rh3 O-O 16. h6 g6 17. Qe2 Qxe2+ 18. Kxe2 f6 19. exf6 Rxf6
20. Kd3 Nf5 21. Re1 Nd6 22. Ng5 Rxf2 23. Rxe6 Nc4 24. Rg3 a5 25. Nh3 Rf1 26.
Rf3 Rd1+ 27. Ke2 Nxd4+ 28. Bxd4 Rd2+ {1.43-1.33} (28... Rd2+ 29. Ke1 Rxd4 30.
Ng5 Rh4 (30... Rg4 $2 31. Re7 $1 Rxg5 32. Rg7+ Kh8 33. Rff7 $18) 31. Rf7 Rxh6
32. Rd7 $44) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1990.09.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1990.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Nb6 8.
Nc3 Nc6 9. d5 Na5 10. e4 c6 11. Bg5 cxd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Bxb2 14. Re1
Bf6 15. Bxf6 exf6 16. Rc1 Qd6 17. Nd2 f5 18. Qa4 b6 19. Nc4 Nxc4 20. Qxc4 Bd7
21. Qc7 Qxc7 22. Rxc7 Rfe8 23. Rxe8+ Bxe8 24. f4 Rd8 25. Rxa7 f6 26. Ra3 Bf7
27. Rb3 Kf8 28. a3 Ke7 29. Rxb6 Bxd5 30. Bxd5 Rxd5 31. Rb7+ Ke6 32. Rxh7 Ra5
33. Rg7 g5 34. fxg5 fxg5 35. Rxg5 Rxa3 36. Kg2 Ra2+ 37. Kh3 Kf6 38. Rh5 Kg6 39.
Rh4 Rb2 40. Rc4 Ra2 41. Rc1 Kg5 42. Rg1 Rb2 43. Rg2 Rxg2 44. Kxg2 f4 {1.57-1.53
} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1990.09.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1990.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Schussler} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 Bb7 6. Bg2 Be7 7.
O-O O-O 8. Qc2 d5 9. Ne5 c5 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. Nb3 a5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Bf4 Qb6
14. Rad1 Re8 15. Nd2 Bf8 16. e4 $5 g5 17. exd5 gxf4 18. Ndc4 Qa6 19. gxf4 $6 (
19. Qf5 $5 $13 {/\ g4,g5->}) 19... Nbd7 20. Rd3 Bg7 21. Rg3 Nf8 22. f5 (22. Qf5
Ng6) 22... Nh5 23. Rg4 Qf6 24. f4 Rad8 25. d6 Bc8 26. Be4 Nxf4 $1 (26... Kh8
27. Kh1 {/\ Rfg1->}) 27. Rfxf4 Rxe5 28. Nxe5 Qxe5 29. Rf2 Kh8 30. Rfg2 Bxf5 $1
31. Rxg7 (31. Bxf5 $2 Qe1#) 31... Ng6 $3 32. R7xg6 hxg6 33. Re2 Bg4 34. Rd2
Rxd6 35. Rxd6 Qxd6 36. Kg2 Qf4 37. Qd3 Be6 38. a3 Qg5+ 39. Qg3 Qd2+ 40. Qf2
Qxf2+ 41. Kxf2 g5 42. Ke3 Kg7 43. Bc6 f5 44. Kd3 Kf6 45. Kc3 Ke5 46. b4 axb4+
47. axb4 cxb4+ 48. Kxb4 Kd4 {/\ Bd5-+; Ftacnik,L} 0-1

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1990.09.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1990.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Re1 b5 8. e5
dxe5 {8...de5 N.} 9. dxe5 (9. Nxe5 $14) 9... Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Ng4 11. Bf4 Nd7 12.
e6 $13 fxe6 13. Bg3 Nge5 14. Nd4 Nb6 15. Ne4 Rd8 16. Nc5 Rd6 17. c3 Na4 18.
Nxa4 bxa4 19. f4 Nf7 20. Bf3 Bb7 21. Re1 c5 22. Nxe6 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Bh8 24. Re2
a3 25. bxa3 Bxc3 26. Rc1 Rd3 27. Nxc5 Bd4+ 28. Kg2 Rxa3 29. Bh4 Rc8 30. Bxe7
Re3 31. Rxe3 Bxe3 32. Rc3 Bxf4 33. Ne4 Rxc3 34. Nxc3 Bd6 {1.57-1.55} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1990.09.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1990.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Nd5 Bd6 $5 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Nxd5
8. cxd5 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. Bd2 Re8 11. Bc3 Be5 12. Qc4 d6 13. Be2 Bd7 14.
Bxe5 Rxe5 15. Bf3 c5 $5 16. dxc6 Bxc6 17. Bxc6 Rc5 18. Qd4 Rxc6 19. O-O Qb6 20.
Rfd1 Qxd4 21. Rxd4 Rac8 22. Kf1 Rc2 23. Rb1 R8c5 24. Rxd6 h5 25. a4 Rf5 26. f4
g5 27. Rd4 gxf4 28. exf4 Rf6 29. Kg1 h4 30. Rf1 Rg6 31. Rf2 Rc1+ 32. Rf1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1990.09.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B37"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1990.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Nc2 Bg7 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O Nd7 10. Bd2 Nc5 11. b4 Ne6 12. Kh1 Ned4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Bd3 a5 15.
b5 Ne6 16. Rc1 Nc5 17. Bb1 b6 18. Bg5 Bb7 19. Qd2 Rc8 20. Nd5 f6 21. Be3 e6 22.
Nf4 Qe7 23. f3 Rfe8 24. Rcd1 Rcd8 25. Qf2 Bf8 26. Rd2 d5 27. Nd3 Qc7 28. cxd5
exd5 29. Nxc5 Bxc5 30. Bxc5 Qxc5 31. Qxc5 bxc5 32. Rfd1 Kf7 33. exd5 Rxd5 34.
Rxd5 Bxd5 35. Kg1 Ke6 36. Rd2 Rb8 37. a4 {1.33-1.56} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1990.09.18"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C61"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1990.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. O-O Bc5 6. d3 c6 7. Ba4 Ne7 8.
f4 f5 9. Bb3 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Re1+ Kf8 12. Qh5 g6 13. Qh6+ Kg8 14. Nd2 Bf8
15. Qh3 Bg7 16. Nf3 h6 17. Ne5 Qf6 18. Bxd5+ $1 {After this White is
completely winning. But Ivanchuk wasn`t able to put up any resistance in this
game. He had planned to play the French, - but made a 'fingerfehler'. He lost
his interest and only used 25 minutes for the game.} cxd5 19. b3 $1 $18 Kh7 20.
Bb2 Qb6 21. Qf3 Re8 22. Qf2 Bxe5 23. Rxe5 Rxe5 24. Bxd4 Re2 25. Bxb6 Rxf2 26.
Bxf2 Kg7 27. a4 Be6 28. a5 a6 29. Bd4+ Kf7 30. Kf2 Rc8 31. Ra2 g5 32. Be5 Kg6
33. Ke3 Kh5 34. Kd2 {34.Kd4!?} Rg8 35. g3 Kg4 36. Ke3 Kh3 37. c3 d4+ 38. Kxd4
Rd8+ 39. Ke3 Bxb3 40. Rb2 Bd5 41. c4 Bg2 42. Rb6 Bf1 43. Rxh6+ Kg2 44. d4 g4
45. c5 Bc4 46. Rf6 {1.58-0.25} 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1990.09.20"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1990.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7 7. Be2 Be6 8. O-O
Nf6 9. N1c3 a6 10. Na3 Nd4 11. Be3 Nxe2+ 12. Qxe2 O-O 13. f3 Rc8 14. Rac1 Nh5
15. Qd2 f5 16. Rfd1 Nf6 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. Nd5 Rc6 19. b3 Nxd5 20. Qxd5+ Kh8 21.
Nc2 Qc8 22. Nb4 Rc7 23. Qd2 Qe6 24. Nd5 Rd7 25. Bg5 Bxg5 26. Qxg5 h6 27. Qe3
Qg6 28. Rd2 Rdf7 29. Rcd1 Bc2 30. Rf1 Kh7 31. Nc3 Rc8 32. Kh1 h5 33. h3 Bf5 34.
g4 hxg4 35. hxg4 Bxg4 36. Rg2 Rh8 37. Rxg4 Kg8+ 38. Kg2 Qh5 39. Rg1 Qh2+ 40.
Kf1 Rh3 41. Ke1 Qb2 42. R4g2 Qa1+ 43. Ke2 Qb2+ 44. Kd1 Qa1+ 45. Kc2 {2.01-2.06}
1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1990.09.21"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1990.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O Bg4 13. Bg5 h6 14. Be3
Nc6 (14... b6 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 e5 17. d5 Nd7 18. Re1 Rfd8 19. Qd3 Nc5 20.
Qb5 Bf8 21. Red1 Nb7 22. Ra1 {Gurevich,M-Ivanchuk/Manila izt/1990/1/2-1/2/
->CBM 19} a5) 15. d5 Na5 {N} (15... Ne5 16. Rxb7 e6 17. Re1 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Rfd8
19. d6 Qa3 20. d7 Qe7 21. Bb5 Qh4 22. Bf1 {/Gelfand-Ivanchuk/Manila izt/1990/1/
2-1/2/22/ ->CBM 19}) 16. Bc5 Bf6 17. e5 Bxe5 18. h3 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Rfe8 (19...
Bd6 $2 20. Bxd6 exd6 21. Ra1 $18) (19... Bf6 20. d6 e6 (20... exd6 $2 21. Bd5
Nc4 22. Bd4 Bxd4 23. Qxd4 Rac8 24. Qe4 Kg7 25. Rxb7 $16) 21. d7 Rfd8 22. Bxb7
Nxb7 23. Rxb7 $14) (19... Rae8 $5 20. d6 (20. Re1 Nc4 21. Rxb7 Bd6 22. Rxa7 Qd2
$10) 20... exd6 21. Bd5 Nc4 22. Qg4 (22. Rxb7 dxc5 23. Qf3 Nd2 24. Qd3 Bh2+ $1
25. Kxh2 Nxf1+ 26. Kg1 Qa1 $1) 22... dxc5 23. Qxg6+ (23. Bxc4 Qc2) 23... Bg7
24. Rxb7 Ne5 25. Qxg7+ Kxg7 26. Bxa2 Rb8 $5 27. Rxa7 Ra8 $10) (19... Nc4 $6 20.
Bxe7 Nd2 21. Qe2 $1 $16) 20. d6 $1 Qc4 (20... exd6 21. Bd5 Nc4 22. Rxb7 $16) (
20... Qe6 21. d7 Red8 22. Qa4 $16) 21. d7 $1 (21. Rc1 Qf4 22. g3 Qf6) 21...
Qxc5 22. dxe8=Q+ Rxe8 23. Qa4 (23. Qd7 Qc8 24. Qxc8 (24. Qb5 Bc3 25. Rfc1 Rd8)
24... Rxc8 25. Rb5 Bc3 26. Rc1 b6 27. Rd5 Rc7 $10) 23... Nc6 24. Rxb7 (24. Rfc1
Qd4 25. Rc4 Qd7 26. Rxc6 bxc6 27. Bxc6 Qf5 28. Be4 Qc8) 24... Rc8 25. Bxc6 (25.
Rb5 Qc3 26. Bxc6 Qxc6) 25... Rxc6 (25... Qxc6 26. Qxc6 Rxc6 27. Rxe7 Bd4 28.
Rd1 Bb6 29. Re2) 26. Rxe7 (26. Rb5 Qd4 27. Rb8+ Kg7 $10) 26... Qxe7 27. Qxc6
Bd4 28. Qd5 Bb6 29. g3 h5 30. Kg2 Kg7 31. Rb1 Qe2 32. Qf3 Qe6 33. Qc3+ Kh7 34.
Re1 Qd5+ 35. Qf3 Qd7 36. Rd1 Qe7 37. Rd3 Kg7 38. Qc6 Qe2 39. Rf3 Qa2 $2 (39...
Qe7 $14) 40. Qc3+ Kg8 41. Qb3 Qxb3 42. Rxb3 Kf8 43. Kf3 Ke7 44. Rb2 Ke6 (44...
Kd6 $5) 45. Ke4 Kd6 46. Rd2+ Ke6 47. Kf4 Kf6 48. Rc2 Bd4 49. Ke4 Bb6 50. Rc6+
Ke7 51. f4 Kd7 52. Rf6 Ke7 53. Rc6 Kd7 54. Kd5 Bc7 (54... Ke7 55. f5 $18) 55.
Rc4 a5 56. Rc6 Bd8 57. Ra6 Ke7 58. Ke4 Bc7 59. Kd5 Bd8 60. Ra7+ Kf6 61. Ra8 Be7
(61... Ke7 62. Kc6 $18) 62. Rxa5 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1990.09.22"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1990.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Nb6 7. Nc3 Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 Qe8 $5 12. Nd2 Qf7 13. Nb3 Rab8 14. Qc2 Rfd8
15. Bxc6 $5 bxc6 16. Na5 Qe8 17. Bd2 f5 18. Rfc1 Rd6 19. b5 $1 Qh5 20. Nxc6 Re8
21. Nxe7+ Rxe7 22. f3 g5 23. Rf1 g4 24. f4 e4 25. dxe4 Nc4 26. Bc1 fxe4 27. f5
$5 Bxf5 28. Qa4 Nb6 (28... Ne5 29. Bf4) 29. Qxa7 e3 30. Rb4 $1 Rh6 31. h4 gxh3
32. Rbf4 h2+ 33. Kh1 Bh3 34. Qb8+ Re8 35. Rf8+ $1 Kg7 36. Qxc7+ Nd7 37. R1f7+
Qxf7 38. Rxf7+ Kxf7 39. Qf4+ Kg6 40. Kxh2 Rh5 41. Qd6+ Nf6 42. Kg1 Rf5 43. Qd3
Kh5 44. g4+ $1 Kxg4 45. Bxe3 Rg8 46. Kh2 Kh4 47. Bg5+ $1 Kxg5 48. Kxh3 Nh5 49.
Nd5 Rg6 50. Qe3+ Nf4+ 51. Nxf4 Rxf4 52. b6 Kf5 53. Qc5+ Ke4 54. Qe7+ Kf5 55.
Qxh7 Re4 56. b7 Re3+ 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1990.09.24"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1990.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. e3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Bb5 Qa5 9. Bxd7+ (9. O-O Bxc3 10. Bxd7+ Bxd7 11. bxc3 Ne4 12. Qb3 Bc6 13. dxc5
$10 {Agejchenko-Krasenkov/USSR/1982/}) 9... Nxd7 10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 c4 12.
Qc2 O-O 13. Nd2 Re8 14. Rae1 Nb6 15. f3 Bd7 16. Bf4 Ba4 $1 17. Qb2 Bc6 18. Qc2
Na4 (18... Ba4 19. Qb2 Bc6 $10) 19. Nb1 Re6 20. Re2 Rae8 21. Rfe1 b5 22. a3 Qd8
23. e4 $2 dxe4 24. fxe4 Qh4 25. Bg3 Qe7 26. e5 (26. d5 Bxd5 $19) (26. Nd2 f5
27. e5 Qxa3 $19) 26... a5 27. Qc1 Bd5 28. Nd2 b4 29. axb4 axb4 30. cxb4 Qxb4
31. Nf1 c3 32. Qf4 f6 33. Rf2 fxe5 34. Qf7+ Kh8 35. Bxe5 Rxe5 36. Qxe8+ Rxe8
37. Rxe8+ Bg8 38. Rff8 Qxd4+ 39. Ne3 h6 40. Kf1 Kh7 41. Rxg8 Qd3+ 42. Kf2 c2
43. Rh8+ Kg6 44. Nxc2 (44. Rc8 Qd2+ $19) 44... Qxc2+ 45. Kf3 Qf5+ 46. Kg3 Nc3
47. h3 Qd3+ 48. Kf2 Nd1+ 49. Kg1 Ne3 {Ftacnik,L} (49... Ne3 50. Rhf8 Qe2 51.
Rf2 Qe1+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-29"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "1990.11.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Boensch, Uwe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1990.11.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"]
[BlackTeam "German Dem Rep"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "DDR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3
Be6 9. Nc2 Rc8 10. b3 Nf6 11. Bd3 O-O 12. Bb2 Re8 13. O-O Bf8 14. Qd2 Ne7 15.
Rfe1 Ng6 16. g3 h5 17. h4 Qb6 18. Kg2 Ne7 19. Rad1 Rcd8 20. f3 g6 21. Bc1 Qc7
22. Bf1 Bg7 23. Ba3 Nc8 24. Bb4 b6 25. Ne3 Qb7 26. Qc2 Re7 27. a4 Red7 28. a5
Ne7 29. axb6 Nc6 30. Ba3 Nd4 31. Qa2 Qxb6 32. Rb1 a5 33. Ncd5 Qa7 34. Nc2 Rb7
35. Nxd4 exd4 36. Nf4 Bc8 37. Red1 Ne8 38. Bc1 Bd7 39. Bd2 Ra8 40. Bd3 Nc7 41.
Ra1 Qc5 42. Rdb1 Rba7 43. Qc2 Qe5 44. Ra3 Ne6 45. Nd5 Nc5 46. Rba1 a4 47. b4
Nxd3 48. Qxd3 f5 49. b5 fxe4 50. Qxe4 Qxe4 51. fxe4 Be6 52. Bf4 Bxd5 53. exd5
d3 54. R1a2 Re8 55. Bxd6 Re4 56. b6 Rf7 57. c5 Rd4 58. Rd2 Rxd5 59. Raxd3 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-29"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "1990.11.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Motwani, Paul"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1990.11.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Scotland"]
[BlackTeam "Soviet Union"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SCO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nge2 e5 7. h3 c6 8. a4
exd4 9. Nxd4 Na6 10. O-O Nb4 11. a5 Re8 12. Nde2 Re5 13. Ra4 c5 14. Bf4 Re6 15.
Ra1 Nc6 16. a6 Rb8 17. axb7 Bxb7 18. Be3 a5 19. Re1 Nb4 20. f3 d5 21. Bxc5 dxe4
22. Nd4 Re8 23. fxe4 Qc7 24. Nb3 Rbd8 25. Qe2 Qxg3 26. Nxa5 Bxe4 27. Bxb4 Bxg2
28. Qf2 Qxf2+ 29. Kxf2 Rd2+ 30. Kg1 Rxe1+ 31. Rxe1 Bxh3 32. Re2 Rxe2 33. Nxe2
Nd5 34. Ba3 Bg4 35. Kf2 h5 36. c4 Nc7 37. b4 Bf8 38. c5 Nb5 39. Bb2 h4 40. Nd4
Bg7 41. Nxb5 Bxb2 42. c6 h3 43. Nc4 Bc1 44. c7 h2 45. Kg2 Bf4 46. Nd4 Bxc7 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-29"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "1990.11.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1990.11.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"]
[BlackTeam "Sweden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SWE"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.
Nge2 Nh5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Rb1 g6 11. b4 a6 12. a4 O-O 13. b5 axb5 14. axb5 Ndf6
15. Ra1 Bd7 16. Ra4 Rfe8 17. O-O Ng7 18. Qa1 Rxa4 19. Qxa4 Ng4 20. bxc6 bxc6
21. Qa7 Qd6 22. g3 Bf5 23. Bxf5 Nxf5 24. Rb1 h5 25. Rb7 Qf6 26. Rb8 Rxb8 27.
Qxb8+ Kg7 28. Qf4 g5 29. Qf3 Ne7 30. Qxf6+ Kxf6 31. Nc1 Ke6 32. Nd3 Nf6 33. f3
Nd7 34. Kf2 Kd6 35. e4 f6 36. Ke3 Ng6 37. Na4 Ngf8 38. Nc3 Ne6 39. Na4 Ng7 40.
Nab2 c5 41. dxc5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-29"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "1990.11.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1990.11.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 f6 7. O-O fxe5 8. Nxe5
Nxe5 9. dxe5 Bc6 10. Bd3 Qd7 11. Bg5 Nh6 12. Nd2 Nf7 13. Bh4 Be7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7
15. f4 O-O-O 16. Qe2 Kb8 17. Rae1 g6 18. a3 c4 19. Bc2 Qc5+ 20. Qf2 d4 21. Be4
Nh6 22. cxd4 Qxd4 23. Nf3 Qxf2+ 24. Rxf2 Rc8 25. Bxc6 Rxc6 26. Rd2 Nf5 27. Ng5
h5 28. Kf2 Rhc8 29. h3 b5 30. g4 hxg4 31. hxg4 Ng7 32. Rh1 c3 33. bxc3 Rxc3 34.
Rh7 R3c7 35. Rh6 Rf8 36. Ke3 a5 37. Rxg6 Rh8 38. Nxe6 Nxe6 39. Rxe6 Rc3+ 40.
Ke4 Rxa3 41. Rb6+ 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-29"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "1990.11.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "Vokac,M"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1990.11.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Germany"]
[BlackTeam "Soviet Union"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2
e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. Rad1 Ne8 (10... Kh8 $5) 11. Ng5 Bxe2 $6 (11... Bd7) 12. Nxe2
h6 (12... Nf6 $5 13. f4 $140 Ng4 14. f5 $6 (14. fxe5 Nxe3 (14... Nxe5 $143 $14)
15. Qxe3 Bxe5 16. Qh3 $40) 14... Bh6 $1) 13. Nh3 $1 Kh7 14. f4 exf4 (14... Nf6
15. fxe5 Nxe4 (15... dxe5 16. Ng3 Ng4 17. Bc5 $16) 16. Qd3 Nc5 17. Bxc5 dxc5
18. Qe4 f5 19. exf6 {P hf4-e6}) 15. Rxf4 $14 {<->f7} Ng8 16. Rdf1 Qe7 17. Bd4
Be5 (17... Bxd4+ 18. Qxd4 $1 (18. Nxd4 Nef6) 18... Ng7 19. Ng3 {P f2}) 18. R4f3
Nef6 19. Nf2 $1 Nd7 (19... Bxd4 20. Qxd4 c5 $5 21. dxc6 bxc6 22. Qc4 (22. Qc3
$143 $5 Rac8) 22... d5 23. exd5 cxd5 24. Qd3 $14) 20. Nd3 Bxd4+ 21. Nxd4 Ndf6 (
21... Kg7 22. Qc3 Ne5 23. Nxe5 dxe5 (23... Qxe5 24. Ne6+ $1 fxe6 25. Qxc7+ $18)
24. Nb5 $16) (21... Ne5 $5 22. Nxe5 dxe5 23. Nb3 {P f2}) 22. Qb4 Qxe4 $5 23.
Rxf6 Nxf6 24. Rxf6 Qxd5 $2 (24... Rae8 $5 25. Qc4 b5 $1) (24... a5 25. Qc4 (25.
Qc3 Qxd5 26. Nf3 c5 27. h4 $14) 25... b5 $1) 25. Nf5 $1 $18 {P f4} gxf5 26. Qh4
Kg8 27. Rxh6 f6 28. Qh5 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-29"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "1990.11.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Seirawan,Y"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1990.11.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Ngf6 (10... Qc7) 11. Bf4 e6 (11... Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qc7)
12. O-O-O Be7 13. c4 $5 (13. Kb1 O-O 14. Ne5 $14 (14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 $14))
13... b5 $5 14. c5 $1 (14. cxb5 $2 cxb5 15. Qxb5 O-O $17 {/^b}) 14... O-O 15.
Kb1 $1 a5 $1 16. Bc1 $1 {(P e2-f4)} (16. Ne4 $6 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Rc8 18. Ne5 Nf6
19. Qe2 Nd5 20. Bc1 a4 (20... Bg5 $5)) 16... a4 17. Ne2 Qb8 $1 {(P e5, d8, c5)}
(17... Ng4 18. Rhf1 Ndf6 19. Ne1 $1 {(P f3,g4)} Nd5 20. f3 Ngf6 21. g4 $16) 18.
g4 $6 (18. Nf4 $142 $1 Rd8 19. Qc2 b4 20. Qc4 Nd5 21. Nxd5 exd5 22. Qd3) 18...
Nxg4 $8 19. Rdg1 {[#]} f5 $1 (19... Nxf2 $2 20. Qc2 $3 (20. Qe3 Nxh1 21. Qxh6 (
21. Rxg7+ Kxg7 22. Qxh6+ Kg8 23. Ng5 Bxg5 24. Qxg5+ $10) 21... Ng3 $1) 20...
Nxh1 21. Bxh6 Bf6 22. Nf4 $1 Rd8 23. Bxg7 Bxg7 24. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 25. Qg6 $18)
20. Nf4 $1 (20. Rg2 a3 $5 21. b3 e5 $1) 20... Rf7 $1 (20... Nxf2 21. Qc2 $1
Nxh1 22. Nxe6 Rf7 23. Bxh6 Bf6 24. Bf4 Qc8 25. h6 $18) 21. Qe2 e5 $2 (21... Nf8
$1 22. Nxe6 Bf6 {(P e8)} 23. Nxf8 Qxf8 24. Qe6 $6 Qc8 $17) 22. Ng6 $1 Qe8 $8 (
22... e4 23. Nxe7+ Rxe7 24. Nh4 $1 Qf8 (24... Rf7 25. Nxf5 $1) 25. Ng6 Qf7 26.
Nxe7+ Qxe7 27. f3 $1) 23. Nh2 $2 (23. Nfxe5 $1 Ndxe5 24. dxe5 Bxc5 25. Rg2 $1 {
P f3}) 23... Nxh2 24. Rxh2 Kh7 25. f3 $1 (25. dxe5 Nxc5 {(P e6)} 26. e6 Rf6 27.
Nf4 Bd6 28. Rhg2 Ra7 $1) (25. Nxe5 $2 Bxc5 $1) 25... Bf8 (25... Bf6 26. dxe5
Nxe5 27. Re1) 26. Re1 e4 $1 {P f6} 27. fxe4 Qxe4+ 28. Qxe4 fxe4 29. Rxe4 Rf5 $5
30. Re6 $2 (30. Nf4 $142 $14) 30... Rc8 31. Kc2 Kg8 32. Bd2 $6 Kf7 33. Ree2 Nf6
$138 34. Ref2 $138 {34... d5 35. h4 e7 P d8-c7} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-29"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "1990.11.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1990.11.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Czechoslovakia"]
[BlackTeam "Soviet Union"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CSR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 Bb7 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. b3
c5 9. Bb2 d6 10. Qc2 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Qc7 13. Qd3 Nbd7 14. f4 Rfe8
15. Qf3 d5 16. Rac1 Qb7 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Rc2 Rac8 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. Rc1 Re8
21. Nb5 a6 22. Nd4 Bf8 23. Rd1 Nc5 24. Nf5 Nfe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-29"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "1990.11.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Xu, Jun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1990.11.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 Bf6 8. Nh4
$5 {8.0-0, 8. c1, 8. c2} d5 $5 (8... Nxc3 9. bxc3 $5 (9. Bxc3 $14) 9... Bxg2
10. Nxg2 $14 {P e4,f4@}) 9. cxd5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 exd5 (10... Bxd5 $2 11. e4 $2 (
11. Qa4+ $1 $14) 11... Bb7 12. Qh5 c5 $36) (10... Bxh4 11. Qa4+ $1 Qd7 12.
Qxd7+ Nxd7 13. dxe6 Bxg2 14. exd7+ Kxd7 15. Rg1 Bxg3 16. Rxg2 $1 {P g7}) 11.
Nf5 Nc6 $1 {<->c4} 12. Ne3 Na5 13. Qa4+ $1 Bc6 $8 (13... c6 $2 14. Nxd5) 14.
Qb4 Be7 15. Qb1 Qd7 $6 (15... O-O) 16. h4 $1 O-O 17. Bh3 Qd8 18. Qf5 $1 $14 {
-/+B, <->d5} Nc4 (18... Bb7 $142 $13 {P c6, c5, c8, f6, e8}) 19. Nxc4 dxc4 20.
e4 $1 $16 b5 21. O-O b4 22. Rfe1 Rb8 23. d5 Bb7 {P c8} 24. Bf1 $1 Ba6 25. Rab1
$1 (25. cxb4 $16) 25... c5 26. Rec1 Qa5 $132 27. Bf4 $1 $16 Rbd8 (27... g6 $5
28. Qd7 $8 Rb7 29. Qc6 $16) 28. d6 $1 Bxd6 29. cxb4 $1 {<->a5} Qa4 (29... Qxa2
30. Ra1 {P a6}) 30. Bxd6 Rxd6 31. Qxc5 Qd7 (31... Rd2 32. Qxa7 Qxa2 (32... Rxa2
33. Bxc4) 33. b5 $1 $18) 32. b5 Rc8 33. Qa3 Bb7 (33... Bxb5 34. Rxb5 Qxb5 35.
Qxd6) 34. Qxa7 c3 (34... Bxe4 35. Qxd7 Rxd7 36. Rb4 $18 {<->c4}) 35. Qe3 c2 36.
Rb2 Rd2 37. a4 $1 $18 h5 38. a5 Ra8 39. a6 Bc8 40. Rbxc2 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-29"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "1990.11.30"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Zapata, Alonso"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E86"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1990.11.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"]
[BlackTeam "Colombia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "COL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Be3 d6 6. f3 e5 7. Nge2 c6 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. O-O-O a6 10. Kb1 b5 11. Nc1 Bb7 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Nb3 Qc7 14. Rc1 Qb8
15. Qf2 Re8 16. g3 Nf8 17. Be2 Ne6 18. Rhd1 Bf8 19. a3 Rd8 20. Rxd8 Qxd8 21.
Na5 Qe7 22. f4 Nd8 23. f5 Nd7 24. c5 Bc8 25. g4 Nb8 26. Rf1 Bd7 27. h4 Be8 28.
Bd1 Nb7 29. Nxb7 Qxb7 30. Bb3 Qe7 31. fxg6 hxg6 32. Bg5 Qd7 33. Rd1 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-29"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "1990.12.01"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C93"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1990.11.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Soviet Union"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a3 h6 13. Bc2 Nb8 14. b3 Nbd7 15. Bb2
g6 16. a4 Bg7 17. Bd3 c6 18. Qc2 Qc7 19. b4 d5 20. dxe5 Nxe5 21. Nxe5 Rxe5 22.
Nf3 Re6 23. exd5 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Nxd5 25. Be4 Re8 26. Bxd5 Rxe1+ 27. Nxe1 cxd5
28. axb5 axb5 29. Qd2 Qc6 30. Nf3 d4 31. cxd4 Bf8 32. Bc3 Qd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates m2"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A63"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Rogers,I"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1991.01.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Bg2
O-O 9. O-O a6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. Nd2 Qc7 {By an unusual move order the players
have reached one of the less fashionable lines of the Modern Benoni opening, a
Yudasin favourite. However Ivanchuk has done his homework well and now comes
up with a new move which seems to unsettle Yudasin.} 12. Qb3 $1 Ne8 $6 {
Terribly passive.} ({Black should probably try} 12... Nh5 {to keep the bishop
away from f4.}) 13. Nc4 Rb8 14. Bf4 b5 $2 {A desperate pawn sacrifice which
not surprisingly fails to ease the pressure. Yudasin was obviously fearing
slow strangulation on the queenside and could not find a viable plan but the
text is simply refuted.} 15. axb5 Ne5 16. Bxe5 Bxe5 17. b6 Bf6 18. Ra3 Qb7 19.
Rfa1 Bd8 20. Na4 Bd7 {Yudasin now manages to exchange his 'a' pawn for the
powerful 'b' pawn but his pieces remain too passive to offer serious
resistance.} 21. Na5 Bxa4 22. Qxa4 Qxb6 23. Rb3 Qc7 24. Rxb8 Qxb8 25. Nc6 Qc7
26. Qxa6 Bf6 27. Bh3 $3 Bg7 ({If} 27... Bxb2 28. Rb1 {/\29.Rb7 wins.}) 28. Qb5
$1 {Black is completely helpless against the threat of 29.Ra7 so Yudasin
resigned, the first of four consecutive losses in this best of 8 match.} 1-0

[Event "Candidates m2"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1991.01.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c3 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8.
Re1 Bg4 9. Nbd2 Kh8 10. a4 $2 (10. h3 $142 $14) 10... f6 11. a5 Rb8 12. Nf1 Be6
13. Qa4 a6 14. Bxa6 Nxa5 15. Qxa5 Ra8 16. Qb5 Nb6 17. Be3 Bd7 18. Qb3 bxa6 19.
d4 e4 20. N3d2 f5 21. d5 Rb8 22. Qa2 Bf6 23. Rad1 Na4 24. Nc4 Bb5 25. Na5 Nxb2
26. Qxb2 Bxf1 27. Qa2 Bb5 28. c4 Bd7 29. Nc6 Bxc6 30. dxc6 Qe8 31. Qxa6 Bc3 32.
Rf1 f4 33. Ba7 Ra8 34. Qb7 f3 35. Qxc7 Be5 36. Qd7 Rxa7 0-1

[Event "Candidates m2"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1991.01.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 d5 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. Ne5 Bb4+ 8. Kf1
Nfd7 9. Nxc4 c6 10. Bb2 b5 (10... O-O 11. Nbd2 b5 12. Ne3 Bb7 13. Qc2 $14 {
Karpov,A-Timman, J (cm, 8) Kuala Lumpur 1990.}) 11. Ncd2 $5 {11.Ne3 + =} Bb7
12. Nc3 Qb6 13. Nce4 O-O 14. a3 Be7 15. b4 a5 16. Nc5 Rd8 17. Bf3 axb4 18. axb4
Na6 19. Qb3 $16 e5 20. Nxb7 Qxb7 21. dxe5 Nb6 22. Ne4 Nd5 23. Kg2 Bxb4 24. Rac1
Qb6 25. Qc2 Rac8 26. Ng5 $18 g6 27. e6 fxe6 28. Qe4 1-0

[Event "Candidates m2"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1991.01.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d3 Re8 11. Ng5 Rf8 12. Nd2 (12. f4 $6 exf4 13. Bxf4 Na5 14.
Bc2 Nd5 $1 15. exd5 Bxg5 16. Bxg5 Qxg5 $15) 12... Na5 13. Bc2 c5 14. Nf1 h6 15.
Nf3 Re8 16. N3h2 $6 (16. Ng3 Bf8 17. d4) 16... d5 17. Qf3 dxe4 $6 (17... Bf8)
18. dxe4 Nc4 19. Ng3 Nd6 $10 20. Be3 $6 (20. Rd1 Qc7 21. Ng4 Nxg4 22. Qxg4 Kh8
23. f4 $36) 20... Qc7 21. Ng4 Nxg4 22. Qxg4 Kh8 23. a4 (23. f4 Nc4 $1) (23.
Rad1 $5) 23... Bf8 24. h4 Bc8 25. Qh5 $6 Rb8 26. axb5 axb5 27. Qf3 Be6 28. Nf5
Qc6 $1 29. Red1 Ra8 30. Rxa8 Rxa8 31. Qg3 Nc4 32. Bc1 Qc7 33. h5 b4 34. cxb4
cxb4 35. Bb3 (35. Nd4 $1 $13) 35... Ra1 36. Kh2 $2 (36. Nd4 $1 Na5 (36... Bd7
$2 37. Nc2 Nxb2 38. Qf3 $1) 37. Nxe6 fxe6 38. Bd2 Rxd1+ 39. Bxd1 Qd6 40. Qf3 $1
$10) 36... Bxf5 $1 $17 37. exf5 Na5 $19 38. Bc2 Qxc2 39. Rd8 Qxf5 40. Rxf8+ Kh7
41. Bd2 Rd1 42. Bxb4 Rd4 $1 43. Be1 {43.Bxa5 Qxh5 - +} Qxh5+ 44. Kg1 Rd1 45. f3
Nc4 46. Qf2 Nxb2 47. g4 Qg6 48. Qxb2 Rxe1+ 49. Kf2 Rb1 50. Qxe5 Qb6+ 51. Kg3
Qg1+ 52. Kh3 Qh1+ 53. Kg3 Rg1+ 54. Kf4 g5+ 0-1

[Event "Candidates m2"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1991.01.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 g6 6. e4 Bg7 7. h3 O-O 8. Bd3 exd5
9. cxd5 a6 10. a4 Nh5 11. Bg5 Bf6 12. Be3 Nd7 13. Be2 Re8 14. Nd2 Bd4 15. Bxh5
Bxe3 16. fxe3 Qh4+ 17. g3 Qxg3+ 18. Ke2 Qg2+ 19. Kd3 Ne5+ 20. Kc2 Qg5 21. Be2
Qxe3 22. Qg1 Qd4 23. Qxd4 cxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 09th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1991.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Anand} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 Ngf6 5. O-O (5. e5 Qa5+ 6. Nc3 Ne4
7. Bd2 Nxc3 8. Bxd7+ Bxd7 9. Bxc3 $13) 5... cxd4 6. Qxd4 a6 (6... e5 {Anand} 7.
Qd3) 7. Bxd7+ Bxd7 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. c4 {N} (10. Nc3 e6 11. Qd3 Be7
12. Nd4 Qa5 13. a4 Rc8 $10 {Fernandez Garcia,J-Csom,I/Malaga/1981/}) 10... e6
11. Nc3 Rc8 12. Kh1 h5 13. a4 h4 14. h3 Be7 15. b4 a5 16. b5 Qc7 (16... Rc5 $5)
17. Nd2 Qc5 18. Qd3 Rg8 19. Rae1 Qg5 (19... b6 {Anand} 20. f4 $140 Rg3 21. Rf3
Rxf3 22. Qxf3 Qd4 $132) 20. Rg1 Qf4 21. Ref1 {/\ Ne2,f2-f4} b6 22. Ne2 Qh6 23.
c5 $5 (23. f4 $16) 23... Rxc5 $2 (23... bxc5 $2 24. Nc4 $18) (23... dxc5 $1 24.
Nc4 Rb8 25. Rd1 (25. Nd6+ {Anand} Bxd6 26. Qxd6 Rb7) 25... Bc8 26. f4 (26. Nd6+
Kf8 27. Nxc8 Rxc8 28. Qd7 Rd8 29. Qc7 Rxd1 30. Rxd1 Qg5 31. Qb8+ Kg7 32. Qxb6
Kh7 $13) 26... Kf8 $13) 24. Nc4 Kf8 25. Nxb6 Be8 26. f4 f5 27. exf5 Rxf5 28.
Rc1 Kg7 29. g4 $1 Rc5 (29... hxg3 30. Qxg3+ Kf6 31. Qc3+ $18) 30. Rxc5 dxc5 31.
Nc8 Bf8 (31... Kf8 $16) (31... Bd8 $5 $16) 32. Qd8 $18 Qg6 33. f5 Qh6 (33...
Qf6 34. Qxe8 Qe5 35. Rg2 Qa1+ 36. Ng1 $18) 34. g5 (34. Qxe8 $2 Qe3) 34... Qh5
35. Rg4 exf5 36. Nf4 Qh8 37. Qf6+ Kh7 38. Rxh4+ 1-0

[Event "Linares 09th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1991.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 Na6 8. Nd2 {
To meet 8...Nc5 with 9.b4} Ne8 9. a3 c5 10. h4 f5 11. h5 f4 $6 {The rationale
behind this move is difficult to understand.After white exchanges light
squared bishops black can only be worse} 12. hxg6 hxg6 13. Bg4 Nf6 14. Bxc8
Qxc8 15. Nf3 Nc7 16. Bd2 Kf7 17. b4 b6 18. bxc5 bxc5 19. Qa4 Qe8 20. Qa5 $1 $16
Qd7 21. Ke2 Rfb8 22. Rhb1 Nce8 23. Ng5+ Kg8 24. Ne6 Bf8 25. Kd3 Be7 26. Qa4
Qxa4 27. Nxa4 Bd8 28. Nxd8 (28. f3 Nd7 29. Nxd8 Rxd8 30. Rb7 $16) 28... Rxd8
29. Rb7 Rd7 30. Rab1 Rad8 31. Ba5 $6 (31. Nc3 $1 {/\ a4-a5-a6}) (31. R7b3 $16)
31... Rxb7 32. Rxb7 Rd7 33. Rxd7 (33. Rb8 Rh7 $132) 33... Nxd7 34. Nc3 a6 35.
Bd8 Kf7 36. f3 Nef6 37. Ne2 {White can still press but his advantage is
miniscule now} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 09th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1991.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 a6 8. O-O
Qc7 9. Kh1 Be7 10. f4 O-O 11. f5 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 b5 13. a4 b4 14. Qxb4 d5 15. Qd4
Bc5 16. Qd3 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 exf5 19. Qf3 Bb7 20. Bd5 Bxd5 21. Qxd5
Bd6 22. Qxf5 Bxh2 23. Ra3 g6 24. Qf2 Be5 25. Rf3 Rad8 26. Be3 Rd7 27. b3 f6 28.
Qe2 Kg7 29. Qxa6 Qxc2 30. Bf4 Bxf4 31. Rxf4 Qc3 32. Qc4 Qe5 33. Re4 Qg5 34. b4
Rff7 35. b5 Rd2 36. Rg4 Qh5+ 37. Rh4 Qg5 38. Rxh7+ Kxh7 39. Qxf7+ Kh6 40. Qf8+
Kh7 41. Qe7+ Kh6 42. Qf8+ Kh7 43. Qe7+ Kh6 44. Qf8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 09th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1991.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Schussler} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7.
Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 {A recent addition to Ivanchuk's repertoire} 9. exd5 Nxd5 10.
Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re2 Bg4 14. f3 Bh5 $1 15. Bxd5 cxd5 16.
Nd2 f5 $1 {Black wants to suffocate white's pieces} 17. Qb3 (17. Nf1 {Schussler
} f4 18. a4 Be8 19. b3 Rc8 20. axb5 $6 {20.Bb2 (Nunn) =} Bxb5 21. Rc2 Qb6 22.
Bb2 Rfe8 23. Rf2 Be7 $15 {Perenyi-Blatny, Hajduszoszlo 1987.}) 17... Bf7 18.
Nf1 f4 19. Bd2 Qd7 20. Rae1 a5 21. a3 a4 22. Qd1 Bg6 23. Bc1 Rf7 24. h3 Bf5 25.
Nh2 h5 26. Rf2 Raf8 27. Nf1 Rf6 28. Nh2 Kh8 29. b3 {Is this really necessary?
White should be content with a draw here} Rc8 30. Bb2 Kh7 31. Nf1 Rff8 32. Rfe2
Rc7 33. Nh2 (33. b4 Rfc8 34. Qd2 $10) 33... Rfc8 34. Nf1 b4 $3 {Diagrama 1} 35.
axb4 (35. cxb4 Bc2 $17) 35... a3 36. Bxa3 (36. Ba1 Rxc3 37. Bxc3 Rxc3 $17)
36... Rxc3 37. Kh2 Ra8 38. Bb2 Rd3 39. Qc1 Rc8 40. Rc2 Rxc2 41. Qxc2 Bg6 (41...
Rxf3 $2 42. Qd1 (42. Qe2 $2 Rxh3+ $19) 42... Rxh3+ 43. gxh3 f3+ 44. Kg1 Be4 $13
) 42. Qf2 Bxb4 43. Re5 Rd1 $1 (43... Rxb3 44. Rxh5+ Bxh5 45. Qc2+) 44. Qe2 (44.
Rxh5+ Kg8 45. Rg5 Bd3 $19) 44... Rb1 45. Rg5 Qc6 46. Re5 Qc2 $1 47. Rxh5+ Kg8
48. Qe6+ Bf7 49. Rh8+ Kxh8 50. Qxf7 Qc6 $1 {Very cool. Vassily has everything
under control} 51. Bc3 Bxc3 52. Qf8+ Kh7 53. Qf5+ Qg6 0-1

[Event "Linares 09th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1991.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Anand} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O cxd4
8. exd4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b6 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Rc1 Nc6 12. a3 Be7 13. Qd3 Nd5 $6 (
13... Rc8 14. Ba2 $1 Rc7 $5 15. Bb1 g6 16. Bh6 Re8 17. Rfe1 Rd7 18. Rcd1 $13) (
13... h6 {Anand} 14. Bh4 Rc8) 14. Bxd5 exd5 (14... Bxg5 15. Nxg5 Qxg5 16. Be4
f5 17. Bxc6 Bxc6 18. f3 Rfd8 19. Ne2 $14) 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Rfe1 Rc8 17. h4 (
17. Re3 Qd6 18. Rce1 $14) 17... h6 18. h5 Rc7 19. Nb5 $6 (19. Re3 Qc8 20. Rce1
Qf5 21. Qd2 $14) 19... Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Ba6 21. a4 Bxb5 22. Qxb5 Nf5 23. g3 Ne7
24. Ne5 Qd6 25. Qa6 Nf5 26. Qd3 Ne7 27. Qf3 a5 28. Kg2 (28. b3 $1 $16 {Anand})
28... f6 $6 (28... g5 $1 $13) 29. Nd3 (29. Ng6 {Anand} Nxg6 30. hxg6 f5 $1)
29... Rc8 30. Re1 (30. Rxc8+ {Anand} Nxc8 31. Nf4 Ne7 $14) 30... Rc4 31. Nf4 (
31. Qg4 $5 f5 $5 32. Qh4 Nc6 33. Re8+ Kf7 34. Rc8 Nxd4 (34... Qe6 35. Rxc6 $1
$18) 35. Rd8 Qe6 (35... Qe7 36. Rd7 $1 Qxd7 37. Ne5+) 36. Rd7+ Kg8 37. Qd8+ Kh7
38. Re7 $1 Rc8 $8 39. Rxe6 Rxd8 40. Rxb6 $16) 31... Rxd4 32. Ng6 Nxg6 33. hxg6
Kf8 $1 (33... Re4 $6 {Anand} 34. Rxe4 dxe4 35. Qxe4 Kf8 36. Qa8+ Ke7 37. Qb7+
$16) 34. Qf5 $1 Rc4 35. g4 Qf4 $138 {Ftacnik,L} (35... Qf4 36. Qxd5 Qxg4+ (
36... Qc7 {Anand} 37. Qg8+ $3 $18) 37. Kf1 Qh3+ 38. Ke2 Qg4+ (38... Rc2+ 39.
Kd1 $18) 39. Kd3 $18) (35... Qb4 36. Re3 Rxg4+ 37. Kf3 $40) (35... d4 36. Re6
Qd8 37. Qb5 $16) (35... Rc6 {Anand} 36. g5 d4 $5 $13) 1-0

[Event "Linares 09th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1991.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Bh4 Nxc3 7.
bxc3 dxc4 8. Qa4+ (8. e3 b5 $5) (8. e3 $5 {Ftacnik}) 8... Qd7 9. Qxc4 b6 10. e3
Ba6 11. Qb3 Bxf1 12. Kxf1 Nc6 $1 (12... O-O 13. Ke2 $14) 13. Ke2 Na5 14. Qb4 e6
{Threatening Bf8 so white doesn't have much choice} 15. Ne5 Qd6 16. Bg3 O-O $1
{Black loses a pawn but has enough play for the pawn} 17. Nxg6 (17. Nxf7 Qd5
$15) 17... Qxb4 18. cxb4 hxg6 19. bxa5 (19. Rac1 Nb7 (19... c5 20. dxc5 $44)
20. Rxc7 Nd8 {White may have enough for the piece but certainly not more})
19... c5 20. Be5 (20. Rhd1 {Ftacnik} cxd4 21. exd4 Rfc8 $132) 20... cxd4 21.
Bxd4 (21. exd4 {Ftacnik} Rfd8 22. Rhd1 Rd5 $10) 21... Bxd4 22. exd4 Rfd8 23.
Ke3 Rd5 $1 $10 24. axb6 axb6 25. Rhb1 (25. Rhb1 {Ftacnik} b5 26. Rb3 Ra4 $10)
1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 09th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1991.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nge2 e5 7. h3 c6 8. a4 Na6
9. Be3 exd4 10. Bxd4 Qe7 11. O-O Rd8 12. Re1 b6 13. g4 $14 Bb7 14. f4 Nb4 15.
Bf2 Ne8 16. Qd2 Nc7 17. Bd4 d5 18. exd5 Ncxd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21.
Qd4+ Kg8 22. Nc3 Qb4 23. Qxb4 Nxb4 24. Be4 a5 25. Rad1 Ba6 26. Kf2 Bc4 27.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 28. Rd1 Rxd1 29. Nxd1 Kf8 30. Ne3 Be6 31. Ke1 Ke7 32. Kd2 Kd6 33. c3
Nd5 34. Nxd5 cxd5 35. Bd3 Bc8 36. Bb5 f6 37. Ke3 Kc5 38. Kd3 Be6 39. Ke3 Bc8
40. Kd3 Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 09th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1991.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Boensch} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O
Be7 8. Bb3 O-O 9. f4 b5 10. f5 $6 (10. e5) (10. a3) 10... b4 (10... e5 11. Nde2
Bb7 12. Ng3 Nbd7 $10) 11. Na4 (11. Nce2 e5 12. Nf3 Bb7 13. Ng3 Nxe4 14. Nxe4
Bxe4 15. Qe1 Bxf3 16. Rxf3 Nc6 $15 {Fischer-Smyslov Bled/Zagreb/Belgrad (ct)
1959}) 11... e5 12. Ne2 Bb7 13. Ng3 Nbd7 14. Qe1 (14. Qf3 Bc6 15. Be3 Qc7 16.
c3 a5 17. c4 Qb7 18. Bc2 Rac8 19. Rac1 h6 20. Qe2 Rc7 21. b3 Bxa4 $17 {
Janosevic,D-Polugaevsky,L Skopje 1971}) 14... a5 15. c4 Qc7 16. Qe2 Rfc8 17.
Bg5 Nc5 18. Rac1 h6 19. Be3 (19. Bxf6 $5) 19... Ncd7 $1 (19... Bc6 20. Nxc5
dxc5 21. Bc2 $10) 20. Bf2 Ra6 21. Rc2 Qb8 22. Re1 Qa8 23. Qd3 $2 (23. h3 $15)
23... Ng4 24. Nf1 Ndf6 25. Nd2 (25. Bh4 Bxe4 26. Rxe4 Nxe4 27. Bxe7 Qa7+ $19)
25... Nxf2 $17 26. Kxf2 Bc6 27. Rcc1 (27. Kg1 Ng4 {/\ Qa7}) 27... Qa7+ 28. Ke2
Rd8 29. Bd1 d5 $1 $19 30. cxd5 (30. exd5 Nxd5 31. cxd5 Rxd5 {wie Partie}) 30...
Nxd5 31. exd5 Rxd5 32. Qb3 Bg5 33. Rc2 Bxd2 (33... Bxd2 34. Rxd2 Bb5+ 35. Kf3
Rxd2 $19) 0-1

[Event "Linares 09th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1991.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. Be2 e6 6. c4 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 Ne7 8.
Be3 Nc6 9. Qd2 Bb4 10. Nc3 Qe5 11. O-O O-O 12. Rac1 b6 13. Rfd1 Bc5 14. Bxc5
bxc5 15. Qd6 f6 16. f4 Qxd6 17. Rxd6 Kf7 18. Rd2 Ke7 19. Bd1 g5 20. f5 d6 21.
Ba4 Ne5 22. b3 a6 23. Rcd1 Rd8 24. Rf1 Bb7 25. Rfd1 Rab8 26. Rf1 h5 27. h3 h4
28. Re2 Rg8 29. Nd1 g4 30. Nf2 exf5 31. exf5 gxh3 32. Nxh3 Rg4 33. Kh2 Rbg8 34.
Nf4 Kf7 35. Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 09th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1991.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. O-O d5 8. a3
Be7 9. b4 Nbd7 10. Bb2 c6 11. Bc3 c5 12. bxc5 bxc5 13. Rb1 Rb8 14. Qc2 h6 15.
cxd5 Nxd5 16. Ba1 N5b6 17. Bh7+ Kh8 18. Be4 cxd4 19. Bxd4 Bf6 20. Rfc1 Rc8 21.
Qb3 Rxc1+ 22. Rxc1 Qa8 23. Bxb7 Qxb7 24. Bxf6 Nxf6 25. Ne5 Kg8 $10 26. h3 Rc8
27. Rxc8+ Qxc8 28. Ndc4 Nfd7 29. g3 Qc7 30. Nxd7 Qxc4 31. Qxc4 Nxc4 32. a4 Nb2
33. a5 Nc4 34. a6 f5 35. Kf1 Kf7 36. Ke2 Ke7 37. Nc5 Kd6 38. Nb7+ Kd5 39. f3 e5
40. g4 g6 41. Nd8 Nd6 42. gxf5 gxf5 43. h4 Kc5 44. e4 fxe4 45. fxe4 Kb6 {
45. - Nxe4 46.Nf7 =} 46. Kd3 Kb5 47. h5 Kb6 48. Ne6 Kxa6 49. Nc5+ Kb5 50. Nd7
Nf7 51. Kc3 Kc6 52. Nf6 Kc5 53. Nd7+ Kb5 54. Nf6 a6 55. Nd7 Kc6 56. Nf6 Kc5 57.
Nd7+ Kb5 58. Nf6 Ng5 59. Ng4 Nxe4+ 60. Kc2 Ng3 61. Nxh6 e4 62. Nf7 Nxh5 63.
Nd6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 09th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E87"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1991.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 Nh5 8. Qd2 f5
9. O-O-O f4 $14 10. Bf2 Bf6 11. Qe1 Be7 12. g4 Ng7 13. h4 Nd7 14. Nge2 (14. g5
{Petrosian}) 14... h6 15. Kb1 c5 16. a3 a6 17. Nc1 Ne8 18. Bd3 b5 {Nicht
notwendig, aber Weiß wird sonst irgendwann mit b2-b4 öffnen.} 19. cxb5 Nc7 20.
h5 g5 21. Qf1 $16 axb5 22. Nxb5 Nxb5 23. Bxb5 Qb6 24. Be1 Ba6 25. Bxa6 Rxa6 26.
Rd3 Qa7 27. Rb3 Rb6 28. Rh2 Rfb8 29. Rxb6 Rxb6 30. Qd3 Bd8 31. Ka2 Rb8 32. Nb3
Kf8 33. Rc2 Ke7 34. Bd2 Bc7 35. Bc1 Ba5 36. Bd2 Bd8 37. Qc4 Rb7 38. Bc3 Nb6 39.
Qe2 Na4 40. Be1 Qb8 41. Qc4 Nb6 42. Qa6 Nd7 43. Nd2 Ra7 44. Qe2 Ba5 45. Nc4
Bxe1 46. Qxe1 Qb5 47. Qc3 Qa6 48. Qb3 Rb7 49. Qd3 Qa4 50. Rc3 Rb4 51. Kb1 Rb7
52. Qc2 Qa6 53. Rb3 Ra7 54. Qd3 Kd8 55. Nd2 Qxd3+ 56. Rxd3 Nb6 57. Ka2 Ra4 58.
b3 Ra6 59. Rc3 Kd7 60. Nc4 Nc8 61. b4 1-0

[Event "Linares 09th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1991.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. O-O (6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O
Nb6 8. Nc3 Nc6 {Ivanchuk-Gelfand Tilburg 1990}) 6... dxc4 7. Na3 c3 8. bxc3 c5
9. e3 Nc6 10. Qe2 (10. Bb2 Bf5 11. Qe2 Be4) 10... Qa5 11. Bb2 Nd5 {Gelfand is
repeating Holzl-Mikhalchishin Budapest 1990} 12. Rac1 b6 13. Nd2 e6 14. Nb3 $1
{N. I don't know if Ivanchuk had prepared this or just played natural moves at
the board but black is now worse} (14. e4 Ba6 15. Ndc4 Nde7 16. e5 Qa4 {
is the aforementioned game}) 14... Qa6 15. c4 Ndb4 (15... Nde7 16. dxc5 $16)
16. Nb5 Qa4 $4 (16... Qxa2 17. Rc3 Qa6 18. Nc7 Qb7 19. Nxa8 Qxa8 20. dxc5 $16)
17. Nc3 Qa6 18. a3 1-0

[Event "Linares 09th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1991.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Anand} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3
O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14.
g3 Qh3 15. Re4 g5 {15. - Bb7!? (Korchnoi)} (15... Qd7 {Anand Two games of Ivan
Sokolov in Waz 1991 failed to rehabilitate 15...Qd7}) 16. Qf3 Bf5 (16... f5 $2
17. Re5 $1 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Be6 19. Bxg5 $16 {(Nunn)}) 17. Bxd5 (17. Bc2 Bxe4 18.
Bxe4 Qe6 19. Bxg5 f5 $10) 17... cxd5 18. Re3 Be4 19. Rxe4 dxe4 20. Qf6 Qg4 (
20... Bf4 $5 21. Bxf4 gxf4 22. Qxf4 f5 23. Nd2 Kg7 24. Nf1 Qh6 {Draw agreed,
Stean-Radulovic, Schilde 1970.}) 21. Nd2 $5 {A new try avoiding the much
analyzed ending.} (21. Qxg5+ Qxg5 22. Bxg5 $10) 21... Rae8 22. Nf1 (22. Qxd6 {
Anand} e3 23. fxe3 (23. Nf1 exf2+ $40 (23... e2 24. Be3 $13)) 23... Rxe3 $40)
22... Be7 23. Qxa6 f5 24. Qxb5 f4 {Last round!} (24... f4 {Anand} 25. Bd2 e3
26. Bxe3 fxe3 27. Nxe3 $44 {Timman}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Terrassa"]
[Site "Terrassa"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1991.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. c4 c6 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Ne5
Bf5 9. Nc3 Ne4 10. Be3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Nc6 12. Qb3 e6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Qa3 Re8
15. Bf4 Bf8 16. Qa4 Bd6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Rfe1 Reb8 19. e4 Bxe4 20. Bxe4 dxe4
21. Rxe4 c5 22. Rd1 Rb7 23. dxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Terrassa"]
[Site "Terrassa"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Pomes Marcet, Juan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1991.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nh3 Bg7 5. Nf4 O-O 6. O-O Qe8 7. Nc3 $1 {
Now 7. - d6 can be met by 8.d5. The N at c3 not only strengthens the control
over d5 but also helps to prepare e2-e4 - which is especially strong now that
Black has put his Q at e8.} c6 8. e4 fxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 d5 11. Bg2 Na6
12. c3 Qf7 13. Nd3 Bf5 14. Bf4 g5 15. Ne5 Bxe5 16. Bxe5 Qg6 17. g4 Be4 18. Bxe4
Qxe4 19. Re1 Qg6 20. Qb3 Qf7 21. f4 e6 22. Rf1 gxf4 23. Rxf4 Qd7 24. Raf1 Rxf4
25. Rxf4 c5 26. Qc2 cxd4 27. g5 Rf8 28. Rxf8+ Kxf8 29. cxd4 Qc6 30. Qxc6 bxc6
31. h4 Kf7 32. Bd6 Kg6 33. Kf2 e5 34. dxe5 Kf5 35. b4 c5 36. Bxc5 Kxe5 37. a3
Nc7 38. Bxa7 Nb5 39. Bb8+ Ke4 40. h5 Nd4 41. g6 1-0

[Event "Terrassa"]
[Site "Terrassa"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1991.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Bh4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 dxc4 8.
Qa4+ Qd7 9. Qxc4 b6 10. e3 Ba6 11. Qb3 Bxf1 12. Kxf1 O-O (12... Nc6 13. Ke2 O-O
14. Rhd1 Na5 15. Qb4 e6 {Beliavsky,A-Kindermann,S/Munich/1990/ ->CBM 18}) (
12... c5 13. d5 $1 O-O 14. Rd1 e5 15. dxe6 Qxe6 16. Qxe6 fxe6 17. c4 $14 {
Grivas-Schmidt,W/Novi Sad ol/1990/}) 13. Ke2 c5 14. dxc5 Na6 $1 15. Rhd1 (15.
cxb6 Nc5 16. Qc4 axb6 $44) 15... Qc7 16. cxb6 axb6 17. a4 Nc5 18. Qb4 Ra5 19.
Bg3 (19. Nd4 $5 $13) 19... e5 20. Nd2 Rfa8 21. Nc4 Nxa4 $1 22. Kf1 (22. Nxa5
Nxc3+ 23. Kf1 bxa5 24. Qb3 Nxd1 $17) 22... Bf8 23. Nd6 (23. Qb3 Nc5 24. Qb2 Nd3
$19) 23... Nxc3 24. Rac1 Rc5 25. Rd3 Ne4 $1 {Ftacnik,L} (25... Ne4 $1 26. Rxc5
Nxc5 $19) 0-1

[Event "Terrassa"]
[Site "Terrassa"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1991.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Bf4 Bb4+ 5. Nd2 Nc6 6. Ngf3 Qe7 7. e3 Ngxe5
8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. Be2 d6 10. O-O Bd7 {Planning to build a fortress around Ne5
with f6. Perhaps Black wanted to avoid 10. - 0-0 11.Nb3 (which now can be met
by 11. - Ba4) followed by 12.a3.} 11. a3 Bxd2 12. Qxd2 f6 13. b4 Rd8 14. Bh5+
Nf7 15. c5 $14 {When White gets to play this in the Budapest he is often
better.} Bb5 16. Rfd1 d5 17. e4 $5 {17.a4.} Ba4 18. exd5 Bxd1 19. Rxd1 O-O 20.
d6 cxd6 21. cxd6 Qe6 22. Bf3 Kh8 23. d7 $14 b6 24. Bc7 Ne5 25. Bxd8 Rxd8 26.
Qc2 Rxd7 27. Qc8+ Qg8 28. Qxg8+ Kxg8 29. Rxd7 Nxd7 30. Bd5+ Kf8 31. f4 Ke7 32.
Kf2 f5 33. Ke3 Kd6 34. Kd4 Nf6 35. Bf3 Ne8 36. Kc4 Nc7 37. g3 Ke6 38. Be2 Kd6
39. Bd3 Ke6 40. Kd4 g6 41. Bc4+ Kf6 42. a4 h6 43. h3 g5 44. h4 gxf4 45. gxf4
Ne6+ 46. Bxe6 Kxe6 47. Kc4 a6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Terrassa"]
[Site "Terrassa"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1991.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Boensch} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2
a6 8. O-O-O h6 9. Be3 Bd7 10. f4 Be7 11. Kb1 {N} (11. h3 b5 12. Bd3 Nxd4 13.
Bxd4 b4 14. Ne2 e5 (14... a5 $6 15. g4 Bc6 16. Ng3 d5 $13 {Murey-Lobron, Lyon
1988 -Inf.45/243}) 15. Be3 Qa5 16. Kb1 O-O 17. g4 (17. fxe5 dxe5 18. g4 Be6 19.
b3 Rfc8 20. Ng3 Ne8 21. g5 hxg5 22. Bxg5 f6 23. Be3 Nd6 24. Rdg1 Nb5 25. a4
Nc3+ 26. Kb2 Nxa4+ 27. bxa4 Qxa4 28. Ra1 Qc6 $13 {Luther-Lutz, Altensteig 1991}
) 17... Rfd8 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. Ng3 Be6 20. b3 Ne8 $13 {Adams-Shirov, Groningen
1990 -Inf.50/230}) 11... b5 12. Bd3 O-O 13. Rhe1 Qc7 14. h3 Na5 15. Qf2 $6 (15.
g4 $13) 15... b4 16. Nce2 Nc4 17. Bc1 a5 18. Ng3 $6 Rfc8 19. Qe2 Rab8 $17 20.
Ka1 a4 21. e5 dxe5 22. fxe5 Nd5 23. Qh5 Be8 24. Bxc4 Qxc4 25. Qg4 b3 $1 $19 26.
cxb3 (26. Bxh6 g6 $19) 26... axb3 27. Nxb3 Qa6 28. Rxd5 Rxb3 29. Nh5 g6 30. Rd6
Bxd6 31. exd6 Ra8 32. a3 Qd3 33. Rd1 Rbxa3+ $4 {T} (33... Raxa3+ 34. bxa3 Qb1#)
34. bxa3 Rxa3+ 35. Bxa3 Qxa3+ 36. Kb1 Qb3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Terrassa"]
[Site "Terrassa"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1991.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15.
Be3 Bg4 16. Qd3 Rae8 17. Nd2 Qh5 {The modern line. Other main-lines are 17. -
Re6 and 17. - f5.} 18. Nf1 Re6 19. Bd1 f5 20. Bxg4 Qxg4 21. Bd2 Rg6 22. Kg2 $2
{This doesn`t contribute much to the defence. Critical is 22.Qe2 Qh3 23.f3
followed by 24.Qg2.} f4 23. f3 Qh5 24. g4 Qh4 (24... Rxg4+ $2 25. fxg4 Qxg4+
26. Kh1 f3 27. Ng3 Bxg3 28. Rg1 $1 $18) 25. Re2 Rxg4+ $1 $17 26. fxg4 f3+ 27.
Kh1 fxe2 28. Qxe2 Kh8 29. Kg1 h6 30. Qg2 Bf4 $1 31. Be1 Qg5 32. h3 Qg6 33. Rd1
Bb8 34. Rd2 Qb1 35. Bf2 Kg8 36. b3 Bf4 37. Re2 Nxc3 38. Re6 Qxa2 $19 39. Rxc6
Qxb3 40. Rxa6 Ne2+ 41. Kh1 Bb8 42. Be1 Qd1 0-1

[Event "Terrassa"]
[Site "Terrassa"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Boensch, Uwe"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1991.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Na6 7. g3 Nxc5 8.
Bg2 Nce4 9. Bd2 Nxd2 10. Nxd2 a6 11. O-O Qc7 12. Rfc1 Rb8 13. a3 Be7 14. Na4 b6
15. b4 a5 16. b5 Bb7 17. Qd3 Rfc8 18. Rc3 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Qb7+ 20. Qf3 d5 21.
cxd5 Nxd5 22. Rc4 Bg5 23. Rxc8+ Qxc8 24. Ne4 Be7 25. Qb3 Qc7 26. Rd1 Rc8 27.
Rd3 Qc4 28. Nd2 Qxb3 29. Rxb3 f5 30. Nb1 Bf6 31. Nd2 Rc2 32. Rd3 Be7 33. Nf3
Bf6 34. Rd2 Rc1 35. Nd4 Bxd4 36. Rxd4 Rb1 37. f3 Rxb5 38. e4 fxe4 39. fxe4 Ne3+
40. Kf2 Rb3 41. h3 Nc2 42. Rd6 Nxa3 43. Nxb6 Kf7 44. Rc6 Rb2+ 45. Kf3 Rc2 46.
Rd6 Nb5 47. Rd7+ Kf6 48. Rb7 Nd6 49. Ra7 Ra2 50. Nd7+ Kg5 51. h4+ Kh5 52. Nc5
Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Terrassa"]
[Site "Terrassa"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Garcia Ilundain, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1991.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5 11. Bc4 Bd7 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Bc6 14. Bd2
Nd7 15. Nd5 Qc5 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Rhe1 Rfc8 18. Kb1 Qc5 19. Qxc5 Nxc5 20. Bf1
a5 21. Be3 Bd5 22. c4 Be4+ 23. Ka1 Bf5 24. b3 h6 25. h3 Na6 26. g4 Be4 27. Bb6
Bf3 28. Rd3 Bh1 29. Be2 Bc6 30. a3 Be8 31. Rd6 Nc5 32. Kb2 Ne4 33. Rd4 Nc5 34.
Red1 Ra6 35. Bxc5 Rxc5 36. Rd8 Kf8 37. Rb8 Rxe5 38. Bf3 Ke7 39. Rxb7+ Kf6 40.
Rf1 Kg6 41. Re7 Bc6 42. Bxc6 Rxc6 43. Rfxf7 Re3 44. Rxg7+ Kf6 45. g5+ Ke5 46.
Ra7 Rxh3 47. Rxa5+ Ke4 48. gxh6 Rd6 49. a4 Rxh6 50. Rb5 Rh2+ 51. Ka3 Kd4 1-0

[Event "Terrassa"]
[Site "Terrassa"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1991.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nge7 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. Ne2 a6 8.
Ba4 Nc6 9. d3 Be7 10. c3 b5 11. Bb3 dxc3 12. bxc3 Bb7 13. Ng3 O-O 14. Qg4 Ne5
15. Qe2 Nc6 16. Qg4 Kh8 17. Bb2 Na5 18. f4 Qb6+ 19. Kh1 Nxb3 20. axb3 f6 21. f5
Rfe8 22. Nh5 Bf8 23. Ba3 exf5 24. Rxf5 d6 25. Qg3 Qc7 26. Bb2 Re5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates qf3"]
[Site "Brussels"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Jussupow,A"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1991.08.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
O-O Nge7 9. Re1 O-O 10. Nb3 Bd6 11. Bg5 Bg4 12. Bh4 Re8 13. Bg3 Bxg3 14. hxg3
Qb6 15. a4 (15. Bd3 a5 $1 16. Bxh7+ Kf8 17. Bd3 a4 18. Nbd2 Nf5 $44 {Sokolov,
A-Vaganian,R (6) Minsk cq 1986}) 15... h6 {N} (15... Red8 $5 16. Qd2 Bxf3 17.
gxf3 a6 18. Bd3 d4 19. Kg2 h6 20. Re4 Nd5 $14 {Sznapik,A-Schmidt,Wl Poljanica
Zdruj 1985}) 16. Qd2 Bxf3 17. gxf3 $14 Rad8 (17... Nf5 $6 18. Kg2 (18. Qxd5
Nxg3 19. Kg2 Rxe1 20. Rxe1 Rd8 21. Qc5 $16) 18... Rxe1 19. Rxe1 Ncd4 $14) 18.
f4 (18. Kg2 $5 $14 {/\Re2,Rae1}) 18... a6 19. Bf1 (19. Bd3 $5 $14) 19... Rd6 $5
20. a5 Qc7 $10 {><a5} 21. Nc5 h5 $5 22. Ra3 h4 (22... d4 $2 23. Ne4 $16) 23. g4
$5 (23. Bg2 $10) 23... Rf6 (23... Red8 24. Rae3 $36) (23... Rg6 24. g5 $13) 24.
Nd3 Nd4 (24... Re6 $5 25. Rxe6 fxe6 26. Bg2 (26. Ra1 $2 Nd4 $17) 26... Rf8 $13)
(24... Qc8 $6 25. f5 $36) 25. Ne5 Nec6 $2 (25... Ne6 26. f5 Nc5 $13 (26... Nxf5
27. gxf5 Rxf5 28. Rae3 $16) 27. Rc3 $140 $2 Qxa5 28. Qd4 Ne4 29. Rxe4 dxe4 30.
Nd7 Rc6 $19) 26. Nxc6 $1 Rxe1 27. Nxd4 Re4 (27... Rxf4 28. Qxe1 Rxg4+ 29. Kh1
Rxd4 $16) 28. Nf5 $2 (28. Ne2 $1 Qc8 (28... Rc4 29. Nd4 $16) (28... Rfe6 29.
Re3 $16) 29. Bh3 $16) 28... Rxf4 29. f3 R4xf5 $44 30. gxf5 Rxf5 31. Rc3 Qg3+
32. Qg2 Qe1 33. Kh2 Qe5+ $2 (33... g6 $1 $44) 34. Kh1 Rg5 (34... Qe1 $142) 35.
Qf2 $16 Qf4 36. Rd3 Rg3 37. Rd4 Qg5 38. Rg4 $2 (38. Kh2 $18) 38... Rxg4 39.
fxg4 Qxg4 40. Bd3 g6 $16 41. Qe3 Qa4 $1 42. Qb6 (42. Qc5 $5 Qa1+ 43. Kh2 Qxb2
44. Qxd5 $16) 42... Kg7 $1 43. b4 (43. Qxb7 $5 Qxa5 44. Qxa6 Qe1+ 45. Bf1 Qe4+
46. Bg2 Qxc2 47. Qa1 $16) 43... Qa1+ 44. Kg2 Qe5 45. Qf2 $1 (45. Qxb7 Qg3+ $10
46. Kf1 $140 Qf3+ 47. Ke1 h3 48. Qc7 Qh1+ 49. Bf1 h2) 45... g5 46. Qf3 $1 Qd4
47. Qf5 Qe3 48. Qh7+ $2 (48. Qxd5 $142 $1 h3+ (48... g4 49. Qe4 $16) 49. Kh2 $1
(49. Kf1 h2 50. Qh1 Qd2) 49... g4 50. Qe4 $1 Qf2+ 51. Kh1 g3 (51... f5 52.
Qxb7+ Kf8 53. Qc8+ Kg7 54. Qc7+ Kg8 55. Qd8+ Kf7 (55... Kh7 56. Bxf5+ Qxf5 57.
Qd3 $18) (55... Kg7 56. Qg5+ $18) 56. Bc4+ Kg7 57. Qg5+ Kh7 58. Qxf5+ Qxf5 59.
Bd3 $18) 52. Qg4+ Kf8 53. Qxh3 $16) 48... Kf8 $1 49. Qh6+ Ke7 $10 50. Qh5 (50.
Qb6 $2 Qxb6 51. axb6 Kd6 $17) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates qf3"]
[Site "Brussels"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E59"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Rogers,I"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1991.08.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O O-O 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. Bd3 e5 12. Qc2 Re8 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5
Qxe5 15. f3 Bd7 {Black uses a well known trick to prevent an immediate advance
of White's central pawns but Ivanchuk over the next few moves shows that he
lacks a clear understanding of how to handle this type of Nimzo-Indian
position.} 16. a4 (16. e4 $2 Ba4 $1) 16... Rac8 $6 17. Re1 Red8 $6 18. e4 $1
Nd5 $5 19. Bd2 Nb6 20. a5 $1 c4 $1 21. axb6 cxd3 22. Qxd3 Be6 23. Qe3 axb6 24.
Reb1 Qc5 25. Qxc5 bxc5 {Ivanchuk had banked on the forgoing series of
exchanges to get him out of trouble. However Dvoretsky's star student
understands well that Black's queenside pawns are extremely vulnerable and he
conducts the technical phase of the game superbly.} 26. Be1 $1 Rd7 27. Rb5 h6
28. Rab1 Bc4 (28... Rcc7 29. Bg3 {still loses a pawn.}) 29. Rxb7 Rxb7 30. Rxb7
Ra8 31. Rd7 Ra2 32. h4 Re2 33. Bd2 Kf8 34. Bf4 $1 Rc2 35. Rd8+ Ke7 36. Rg8 Kf6
37. Bd6 $1 Rxc3 38. Bxc5 Rc1+ 39. Kh2 g6 40. Be3 ({In time trouble Jussupow
misses} 40. Re8 $1 Kg7 41. Bd4+ f6 42. Rc8 $1 {/\43.Rc7+ with an easy win. The
text wins a second pawn but leaves some work before the win is achieved.})
40... Rc2 41. Bxh6 Bf1 42. Bg5+ Ke6 43. Re8+ Kd7 44. Rd8+ Kc7 45. Rf8 Rxg2+ 46.
Kh1 Kd6 47. Rxf7 Rg3 48. Rf6+ Ke5 49. Rf8 Kd4 $6 50. Rd8+ Kc4 51. e5 Bh3 52.
Rf8 $1 Bf5 53. Rxf5 $3 gxf5 54. e6 Rxf3 55. e7 Rf1+ 56. Kg2 Re1 57. h5 {
The White pawns cannot be stopped.} 1-0

[Event "Candidates qf3"]
[Site "Brussels"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Jussupow,A"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1991.08.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Ftacnik} e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3
Nbd7 8. Nge2 Re8 9. O-O Nf8 10. Qc2 c6 11. f3 Nh5 $6 (11... Be6 {Ftacnik} 12.
Rae1 Rc8 13. Kh1 N6d7 14. Bxe7 Rxe7 15. Nf4 Rc7 16. Qf2 Nf6 17. e4 dxe4 18.
fxe4 $16 {Kasparov,G-Andersson,U/Belfort WCT/1988/ ->CBM 08}) 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13.
e4 dxe4 14. fxe4 Bg4 (14... Be6 {Ftacnik} 15. Rf2 Nf6 (15... c5 16. Nd5 Bxd5
17. exd5 cxd4 18. Nxd4 $13) 16. h3 Rad8 17. Raf1 Ng6 $1 18. a3 Rf8 19. b4 {
Bareev-Ahlander/Naestved op/1988/} b6 $5 $132) 15. e5 $5 $14 {N} (15. Rf2 $5
Qg5 $6 (15... Ne6 $5 16. Raf1 Rf8) 16. Raf1 Re7 17. Bc4 Ne6 18. d5 $16 {
Vaiser,A-Mozny,M Clichy open (3) 1991}) 15... Rad8 (15... c5 $2 {Ftacnik} 16.
Nd5) 16. Ne4 Ng6 (16... Ne6 17. Nd6 Rxd6 (17... Bxe2 18. Bxh7+ $18) 18. exd6
Qxd6 19. Bxh7+ $16) 17. Rad1 $1 {><d4} (17. Nd6 Rxd6 18. exd6 Qxd6 $44) 17...
Rf8 {><f7} (17... Bxe2 {Ftacnik} 18. Bxe2 Nhf4 19. Bc4 $16) 18. h3 Bxe2 19.
Bxe2 Nhf4 20. Bc4 Kh8 $6 (20... Nd5 $142 $5 $14 21. Rf3 Ngf4 $22 22. Rdf1 Ne6
$132) 21. Rf3 f6 $5 (21... Nd5 22. Nd6 Rxd6 23. exd6 Qxd6 24. Re1 $16) 22. exf6
gxf6 23. Ng3 b5 $6 (23... f5 24. Nxf5 $2 (24. Qf2 Qd6 25. Kh1 {/\Rf1+/-}) 24...
Qg5 $40 25. Bd3 (25. Ng3 Nxh3+) (25. Ne3 Nh4) 25... Nxd3 26. Qxd3 Nf4 $17) (
23... Qb4 $5 24. a3 Qa5 {/\Qg5}) 24. Bf1 (24. Bb3 $5 $16) 24... c5 $1 25. Qf2
$1 Qc7 $2 (25... Ne6 $142 26. Nf5 Qb7 27. h4 $36) (25... cxd4 $2 {Ftacnik} 26.
Rxf4 Nxf4 27. Qxf4 Qe3+ 28. Qf2 $1 $18) 26. Rc1 $1 $18 {><c5} c4 27. b3 Rfe8
28. bxc4 bxc4 29. Rxc4 Qb8 30. h4 $6 (30. Rb3 $5 Qd6 31. Nf5 Qe6 32. Rc5 $18)
30... Nd5 31. Nh5 (31. Nf5 $1 {Ftacnik}) 31... Re4 32. g3 Nxh4 $1 $16 {Gute
Miene zum bösen Spiel machen.} (32... Rg8 {Ftacnik} 33. Kh1 Qb7 $132) 33. gxh4
Rg8+ 34. Kh1 Rgg4 $2 $138 (34... Qb1 35. Nf4 $1 (35. Nxf6 $4 Nxf6 36. Rxf6
Qxf1+ $3 37. Qxf1 Rxh4+ $19) (35. Rc5 $2 Ne3 $1 36. Rxe3 Rxh4+ $1 $19) 35...
Ne3 36. Rxe3 Rxe3 37. Ng2 $1 Rh3+ 38. Kg1 Qb6 $16) (34... Qb7 $22 {Ftacnik} 35.
Bg2 Qb1+ 36. Kh2 Qb8+) 35. Rc5 $1 $18 Rxh4+ 36. Rh3 Rxh3+ 37. Bxh3 Qb1+ 38. Qg1
Qxg1+ (38... Re1 {Ftacnik} 39. Rc8+) 39. Kxg1 Nb6 40. d5 Rh4 41. d6 {41...Rh3
42.d7+-} (41. d6 {Ftacnik} Rxh3 42. d7 Rd3 43. Rc8+) 1-0

[Event "Candidates qf3"]
[Site "Brussels"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Jussupow,A"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1991.08.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 c5 8.
Bd3 Qa5 9. O-O (9. Qc2) 9... c4 10. Bf5 O-O $1 (10... Bxc3 11. bxc3 Qxc3 (11...
Ne4 12. Qc2 $36) 12. Qb1 {/\e4+/- ECO}) 11. Qc2 Re8 12. Nd2 g6 13. Bh3 (13.
Bxd7 $5) 13... Bxc3 14. bxc3 Ne4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Bxd7 Bxd7 17. Bf4 Bc6 (17...
Qd5 18. a4 Re6 19. Rfb1 Rb6 (19... Ra6 $5 $10) 20. Rxb6 axb6 21. Qb2 $14 {
Cebalo,M-Wirthensohn,H Bern 1988}) (17... Ba4 18. Qb2 Bc6 19. a4 $14 {Vaiser,
A-Wirthensohn,H Suhr (4) 1990}) (17... Re6 $5 18. Rfb1 Qd5 19. a4 a5 20. Qb2
Bc6 21. Qa3 Kg7 22. h3 g5 $10 {Pinter,J-Sosonko,G Haninge (8) 1988}) 18. d5 $5
{N} (18. a4 Re6 19. Rfb1 g5 20. Bg3 h5 21. h3 h4 22. Be5 $13 {Smirnov-Alekseev
USSR 1987}) 18... Qxd5 19. Rfd1 Qa5 20. Rd4 Rad8 21. Rad1 (21. Bd6 Rd7 22. Qd2
(22. Rad1 $4 Ba4 23. Rxe4 Red8 $19) 22... Re6 $146) 21... Rxd4 22. Rxd4 Rd8 23.
Bd6 (23. Qd2 Rxd4 24. Qxd4 Qd5 $10) 23... Rd7 24. Qd2 Qd8 $1 25. h3 f6 26. Bc5
b6 27. Rxd7 Qxd7 28. Qxd7 (28. Bd4 Kf7 $15) 28... Bxd7 29. Bd6 g5 30. a3 Kf7
31. Bb8 a6 32. Bc7 b5 33. Bd8 h5 34. Kh2 Kg6 35. Kg3 (35. Kg3 h4+ 36. Kh2 f5
37. g3 Kh5 38. Kg2 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates qf3"]
[Site "Brussels"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1991.08.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Yusupov Ribli} e5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 g6 4. d4 Nd7 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. Nf3 Nh6 7.
c5 $1 {N} (7. O-O O-O 8. Qd2 (8. h3 c6 9. e4 f5 10. Bg5 Qe8 11. Re1 $14 {
Psakhis,L-Mohr,S/Amsterdam OHRA-B/1989/}) 8... Nf5 9. e3 Re8 10. Rd1 h5 $13 {
Suba,M-Ivanovic,B/Vrsac/1983/}) (7. h4 exd4 8. Bg5 Nf6 9. Nd5 Nhg4 10. h5 O-O
11. hxg6 fxg6 12. Qxd4 Be6 13. Nxf6+ Nxf6 14. Qh4 Qd7 $14 {Cifuentes,P-Mohr,S/
Amsterdam OHRA-B/1989/}) 7... O-O (7... exd4 8. Bxh6 Bxh6 9. Qxd4 O-O (9... Qf6
10. cxd6 Qxd4 11. Nxd4 cxd6 $14) 10. cxd6 Bg7 11. Qd2 $14) (7... dxc5 8. dxe5
Ng4 9. Bg5 $16) (7... Nf5 {Yusupov} 8. cxd6 cxd6 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. O-O $14) 8.
cxd6 cxd6 9. e4 exd4 (9... Qb6 10. O-O exd4 11. Nd5 $16) 10. Nxd4 Nc5 11. O-O (
11. Ndb5 Ng4 12. Nxd6 Be5 13. Nxc8 Nd3+ 14. Ke2 Ngxf2 $17) 11... Ng4 (11... f5
12. exf5 Nxf5 13. Nxf5 Bxf5 14. Be3 $16) 12. Rb1 (12. h3 Ne5 13. Be3 Nc4) (12.
Ndb5 $6 {Yusupov} Be6 13. Qxd6 Qxd6 14. Nxd6 Rad8 $44) 12... h5 (12... Ne5 13.
b4 (13. Be3 $16 {Yusupov}) 13... Ne6 14. Ndb5 $16) (12... Bd7 $5 {Yusupov}) 13.
Nd5 (13. h3 Ne5 14. b4 Ne6 15. Ndb5 h4 $1 $132) 13... Bd7 (13... h4 14. b4 Na6
15. Bb2 $16) 14. h4 $1 (14. h3 Ne5 15. b4 Ne6 $132) 14... Ne6 (14... Ne5 15.
Bg5 f6 16. Bf4 $16) 15. Nxe6 Bxe6 (15... fxe6 16. Bg5 Nf6 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18.
Qxd6 $16) 16. Bg5 f6 (16... Qd7 17. f3 (17. Be7 {Yusupov} Rfe8 18. Bxd6 $18)
17... Bxd5 18. Qxd5 $16 (18. fxg4 Be6 19. gxh5 Bg4 20. Bf3 gxh5 $14)) 17. Bf4
Ne5 18. Rc1 Rf7 (18... Rc8 19. Rxc8 Bxc8 20. Qa4 a6 21. Rd1 $16) 19. Qd2 Kh7 (
19... Rc8 20. Rxc8 Qxc8 21. Rc1 $16) 20. Rc3 Rc8 21. Rfc1 Rxc3 22. Rxc3 Bg4 (
22... Qa5 23. b4 Qd8 24. Be3 $16) 23. Be3 $1 Qa5 (23... Nf3+ 24. Bxf3 Bxf3 25.
Bb6 $1 axb6 26. Rxf3 $16) 24. b3 f5 (24... Bf3 25. Bd4 $16) (24... Nf3+ 25.
Bxf3 Bxf3 26. Bb6 $1 (26. b4 Qa4 $1 27. Rc4 b5 28. Nc3 Qa6 29. Rd4 f5 30. Rxd6
Bxc3 $10) 26... axb6 27. b4 $1 Qb5 28. Rxf3 $16) 25. exf5 $1 Rxf5 (25... Nf3+
26. Bxf3 Bxc3 (26... Bxf3 27. fxg6+ Kxg6 28. Qd3+ Rf5 29. Ne7+ Kf7 30. Qxf5+
Qxf5 31. Nxf5 Bxc3 32. Nxd6+ $18) 27. fxg6+ Kxg6 (27... Kg7 28. Bh6+ Kxg6 29.
Be4+ $18) 28. Be4+ $1 Bf5 29. Bxf5+ Rxf5 30. Nxc3 $18) (25... gxf5 26. Bd4 Nf3+
27. Bxf3 Bxf3 28. Bxg7 Rxg7 29. Nf6+ Kg6 30. Qxd6 Qxc3 31. Ne4+ $18) (25...
Bxf5 $142 $14 {Yusupov}) 26. Bd4 Nf3+ (26... Bf3 27. Bxe5 dxe5 28. Bxf3 Rxf3
29. b4 $18) (26... Rf7 27. f4 $16 (27. f4 $140 {Yusupov} Nf3+ 28. Bxf3 Bxf3 29.
Bxg7 Bxd5 $10)) 27. Bxf3 Bxf3 (27... Rxf3 28. Bxg7 Kxg7 29. Rc7+ $18) 28. Bxg7
{Ftacnik,L} (28. Bxg7 Qxd5 29. Qh6+ Kg8 30. Qh8+ Kf7 31. Rc7+ (31. Qf8+ {
Yusupov} Ke6 32. Qe8#) 31... Ke6 32. Qe8#) 1-0

[Event "Candidates qf3"]
[Site "Brussels"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Jussupow,A"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1991.08.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O
cxd4 8. exd4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b6 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Ne5 (11. Re1 {Ftacnik}) 11... Nbd7
(11... Nc6 $5 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Nd7 Qh4 14. Nxf8 Nxd4 $44 (14... Rxf8 15. Ne2
Rd8 $44 {Farago,I-Rigo Hungary ch 1976})) (11... Bxc3 12. bxc3 Qc7 13. Bxf6
gxf6 14. Qg4+ Kh8 15. Qh4 $10 {Portish,F-Rigo Hungary ch 1977} (15. Qh4 {
Ftacnik} fxe5 16. Qf6+ {0,5/Portisch,F-Rigo/Hungary ch/1977/})) (11... h6 $5
12. Bh4 Be7) (11... Be7 {Ftacnik} 12. Qe2 Nd5 13. Bxd5 exd5 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15.
Rfe1 $14 {Wessman,R-Friedman,A/New York op/1990/}) 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Bxf6 gxf6
14. d5 $1 (14. Re1 Rad8 15. Re3 Kh8 $10) 14... Bxc3 (14... exd5 {Ftacnik} 15.
Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Bxd5 Rad8 17. Qb3 Qxd5 18. Qxb4 $14) 15. bxc3 Bxd5 16. Qg4+ (16.
Qd4 Rac8 $10) 16... Kh8 17. Qd4 (17. Rfd1 Rg8 18. Rxd5 (18. Qh3 Rxg2+ 19. Qxg2
Rg8 20. Bxd5 exd5 $15) 18... Qc7 19. Qh4 exd5 20. Qxf6+ Rg7 21. Bxd5 $44) 17...
Rac8 $2 (17... Qd8 $142 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Rfe1 Rc8 $146) (17... Kg7 {Ftacnik}
18. Rad1 Rac8 $2 19. Qg4+ Kh8 20. Bxd5 $18) 18. Qxf6+ $6 (18. Ba6 $142 $1 Rc5 (
18... e5 $2 19. Bxc8 $18) (18... Rg8 $2 19. Qxf6+ Rg7 20. Bxc8 $18) 19. Qxf6+
Kg8 20. Rad1 $1 Qc6 (20... Qd8 $2 21. Qxd8 Rxd8 22. c4 Ra5 23. cxd5 Rxa6 24.
dxe6 Rxd1 (24... Re8 $142 25. exf7+ $18) 25. e7 $18) 21. Qg5+ $1 (21. Bd3 Bxg2
22. Qh4 f5 23. Qg5+ Kh8 24. Qe7 $10) (21. Rd4 Be4 22. Bd3 Bg6 $10) 21... Kh8
22. Qh6 Kg8 (22... Rg8 23. Qf6+ Rg7 24. c4 $18) 23. Rd4 (23. Bd3 Be4 (23... f5
24. Rfe1 $40) 24. Rfe1 Bg6 $10) 23... Be4 24. Bd3 $1 (24. Re1 Bg6 25. Bd3 Rh5
26. Qd2 $14) 24... Bg6 25. Bxg6 fxg6 (25... hxg6 $4 26. Rh4 $18) 26. Rfd1 $36)
18... Kg8 19. Bd3 (19. Bxd5 Qxd5 20. Rad1 Qf5 21. Qe7 $10) (19. Ba6 Qd8 $10)
19... Qd8 (19... Bxg2 $2 {Ftacnik} 20. Rfd1 Bd5 21. c4 $18) 20. Qh6 f5 21. c4
Bxg2 22. Qxe6+ (22. Rfd1 Rf6) (22. Kxg2 Qxd3 23. Qxe6+ Kg7 24. Rfd1 Qe4+ 25.
Qxe4 fxe4 26. Rd4 $14) 22... Kg7 (22... Rf7 $2 {Ftacnik} 23. Kxg2 Qxd3 24.
Qxc8+ $18) 23. Qe5+ (23. Kxg2 Qxd3 24. Rfd1 Qe4+ 25. Qxe4 fxe4 26. Rd4 $14)
23... Rf6 $1 (23... Kg6 24. Kxg2 Qxd3 25. f3 $1 $40) (23... Kg8 {Ftacnik} 24.
Bxf5 $1 (24. Kxg2 Qxd3 25. Rg1 Kf7 $1 (25... Qe4+ $2 26. Kh3+ $1 Kf7 27. Rg7#)
26. Kh1 Qe4+ $10) (24. Rfd1 Qg5 25. h4 Qg4 26. Qg3 Bf3 $10) 24... Rxf5 25. Qxf5
Bxf1 26. Rxf1 Rc5 27. Qe6+ Kh8 28. Kh1 $16) 24. Rfd1 (24. Kxg2 Qxd3 25. f3 (25.
Rg1 {Ftacnik} Kf7 $1) 25... Qd6 $10) 24... Rc5 $1 (24... Bc6 {Ftacnik} 25. Bxf5
Qc7 $16) 25. Qc3 Bc6 26. Be4 (26. Bxf5 {Ftacnik} Qc7 27. Bg4 Qf4 28. Qg3 Rg5
$19) 26... Qc7 $1 (26... Qe8 27. Bd5 $14) 27. Bxc6 Qxc6 28. Rac1 b5 (28... Kf7
29. f3 {/\Kh1|^} (29. Rd3 {Ftacnik} b5 (29... Rg6+ 30. Rg3 b5 31. Qh8 $1 $132)
30. Rcd1 Rxc4 31. Qe5 (31. Rd7+ Kg6 32. Qh3 Rg4+ 33. Kf1 Qc4+ 34. R1d3 h5 $40)
31... Re4 (31... Rg4+ 32. Rg3 $132) 32. Qb8 $132)) 29. cxb5 Rxc3 30. bxc6 Rfxc6
31. Rxc3 Rxc3 32. Rd7+ Kg6 33. Rxa7 h5 34. Ra4 (34. a4 h4 $10) (34. h4 {Ftacnik
} Rc4 $10) 34... h4 35. Rxh4 Ra3 $10 36. Kg2 Rxa2 37. Kg3 (37. Rb4 $142 $10)
37... Ra1 38. f3 Kg5 39. Rb4 f4+ $1 40. Kh3 Ra2 41. Rb5+ Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates qf3"]
[Site "Brussels"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Jussupow,A"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1991.08.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
O-O Nge7 9. Nb3 Bd6 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bg5 Qc7 12. c3 a6 (12... Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14.
Be2 h6 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Nfd4 $14 {Karpov,A-Kortschnoj,V Moscow cf (18) 1974})
(12... h6 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Nbd4 a6 15. Bd3 $14 {Huebner,R-Kortschnoj,V South
Africa(4) 1981}) 13. Be2 Bd7 {N} (13... Be6 14. Bxe7 Bxe7 15. Nfd4 Bd6 16. g3
$14 {Balashov,J-Portisch,L Bugojno 1978}) 14. Be3 $5 {/\Bc5} Nd8 $5 (14... Ne5
15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. g3 $14) 15. Qd4 $5 {/\Qb6} Nf5 16. Qxd5 Nxe3 17. fxe3 Bc6 $44
18. Qa5 (18. Qh5 Qe7 19. Nbd4 $14) 18... Qe7 19. Qg5 f6 20. Bc4+ Kh8 21. Qh5 g6
22. Qh3 $1 (22. Qh4 g5 (22... Bxf3 23. gxf3 Nc6 $146) 23. Qf2 Qc7 $1 {/\g4,Bf3}
) 22... Bd7 23. Qh4 g5 24. Qf2 Nc6 25. Rad1 Rad8 26. Bd5 Bb8 (26... f5 27. e4
g4 $5) 27. Nbd4 f5 (27... g4 28. Bxc6 bxc6 29. Nh4 $16) (27... Ne5 28. Bxb7 g4
29. Nh4 g3 30. hxg3 Ng4 31. Qf3 $16) 28. e4 fxe4 (28... g4 29. exf5 Qd6 30.
Nxc6 $16) 29. Nxc6 Bxc6 30. Qd4+ Rf6 (30... Qg7 31. Qxg7+ Kxg7 32. Bxc6 Rxd1
33. Rxd1 bxc6 34. Nxg5 $16) 31. Rxe4 Qg7 32. Rde1 $1 h6 $1 (32... Bxd5 33. Re8+
Rxe8 34. Rxe8+ Bg8 35. Rxb8 $18) 33. c4 Bd6 34. Kh1 Bb4 35. Qb6 $2 (35. R1e2
Rf5 $44) (35. Rd1 $142 Rf5 36. Qxg7+ Kxg7 37. a3 $16 Bc5) 35... Qf8 $1 $17 36.
Qd4 (36. Bxc6 Bxe1 37. Rxe1 bxc6 {/\g4-/+}) 36... Bxe1 37. Rxe1 Bxd5 38. cxd5
Kg8 39. h4 Rxf3 40. gxf3 Qxf3+ 41. Kh2 Rxd5 42. Qc4 Qf2+ 43. Kh3 Qf3+ 44. Kh2
Kg7 $1 45. Re2 (45. Re7+ Kg6 $19) 45... Kg6 $2 (45... Rd3 $1 46. Re7+ Kf8 47.
Rf7+ Qxf7 48. Qxd3 Qf2+ $19) 46. Rg2 $1 Qf5 (46... Rd3 $2 47. Qe6+ Kh5 48. Qe8+
$1 Kxh4 49. Qe1+ $10) (46... b5 47. Qc6+ Kh5 48. Qe8+ $10) 47. hxg5 Qe5+ 48.
Kh3 Qe6+ 49. Kh2 Qe5+ 50. Kh3 Qe6+ 51. Kh2 hxg5 52. Rf2 Kh5 53. Qc2 Qd6+ 54.
Kg2 Qd7 55. Kh2 (55. Qe2+ Qg4+ $17) 55... Rd3 56. Qe2+ Kh6 57. Rf6+ Kg7 58. Re6
Qc7+ (58... Kf7 59. Re7+ Qxe7 60. Qxd3 Qe5+ 61. Kh3 Qxb2 $17) 59. Kh1 Rh3+ 60.
Kg1 Qg3+ $2 (60... Rg3+ 61. Kh1 Kf7 62. Re4 Qc1+ 63. Qe1 Qxe1+ 64. Rxe1 Rd3 $19
) 61. Qg2 Kf7 $2 (61... Kf8 62. Qxg3 (62. Rb6 Qc7 63. Qf1+ Kg8 64. Rg6+ Kh7 65.
Qxh3+ Kxg6 66. Qe6+ Kg7 67. Qe3 $15) 62... Rxg3+ 63. Kf2 Rd3 64. Rb6 Rd7 65. a4
Ke8 66. Rg6 (66. Ke3 Kd8 67. b4 Re7+ $5 $17 (67... Kc7 68. Rg6 Rd5 69. Ke4 Rd1
70. Rxg5 $10)) (66. a5 Kd8 67. b4 Kc7 68. b5 Rd6 69. bxa6 bxa6 $17) 66... Rd5
67. Rb6 Rd7 68. Rg6 Rd2+ 69. Ke3 Rxb2 70. Rxg5 Rb4 71. Ra5 Kd7 72. Kd3 Kc6 73.
Kc3 Rh4 74. Kb3 $10) 62. Rb6 $10 {Sealed move} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates qf3"]
[Site "Brussels"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Lautier,J"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1991.08.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Yusupov Ftacnik} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nf3 O-O
7. O-O c5 8. Bd2 (8. Na4 {Yusupov}) 8... cxd4 (8... d6 {Ftacnik}) 9. exd4 d5
10. cxd5 Nxd5 (10... Bxc3 {Ftacnik} 11. bxc3 Qxd5 12. Re1 Nbd7 13. Qe2 Qh5 14.
a4 a6 15. Reb1 Rfd8 $10 {Reshevsky,S-Smyslov,V/Zurich ct/1953/}) 11. Rc1 {
A new move, but not very impressive.} (11. Re1 $1 {is more precise, since
Black is not able to develop his knight on c6 so easily} Nd7 (11... Nc6 $6 12.
Nxd5 Bxd2 (12... Qxd5 $2 13. Be4 Qd6 14. Bxb4 Qxb4 15. Qc2 h6 16. Bxc6 Rac8 17.
Qa4 $18) 13. Qxd2 Qxd5 14. Be4 Qd7 15. Rad1 {and White stands better})) (11.
Qe2 {Ftacnik} Nd7 12. Rac1 N7f6 13. Ne5 Rc8 14. Rfd1 Qe7 15. Ba6 Rfd8 16. h3
Bd6 $10 {King,D-Crawley,G/BCF-ch/1989/}) (11. Qe2 {Yusupov}) (11. Re1 {Yusupov}
) (11. Ne5 $5 {Yusupov}) 11... Nc6 (11... Nd7 {Ftacnik} 12. Re1 N7f6 $13) 12.
Re1 (12. Qe2 $5 {Yusupov}) 12... Rc8 (12... Nf6 {Ftacnik} 13. Bg5) 13. Re4 {
Rather dubious, but understable given the match situation: Yusupov has to win.
13.Bb1 should be preferred, though.} Nce7 (13... Be7 $6 {would stop 14.Rh4,
but not White's attack. For example:} 14. Nxd5 (14. Rg4 {Yusupov} Nf6 15. Rh4
$36) 14... Qxd5 15. Rg4 Nb4 $2 16. Be4 Qh5 17. Ne5 $16) (13... Nxc3 {Ftacnik}
14. bxc3 Be7 (14... Ba3 $6 {Yusupov} 15. Rb1 {/\Rb5->})) 14. Nxd5 {White
exchanges at the appropriate moment, preventing Black from locking the
kingside with 14...Ng6.} (14. Rh4 {Yusupov} Ng6 $22 15. Rh3 Ndf4 16. Bxf4 Nxf4
17. Bxh7+ Kh8 18. Rh4 Bxf3 $19) 14... Nxd5 (14... Bxd2 {Ftacnik} 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7
16. Qxd2 Bxe4 17. Bxe4 $16) (14... exd5 $2 {Ftacnik} 15. Rh4 $18) 15. Rh4 g6 (
15... h6 $6 16. Rxc8 Qxc8 17. Ne5 $16) (15... Bxd2 $2 {Ftacnik} 16. Bxh7+ Kh8
17. Qxd2 $18) (15... f5 {Ftacnik} 16. Rh3 $14) (15... f5 $13 {Yusupov}) 16.
Rxc8 Qxc8 (16... Bxc8 $2 17. Bxb4 (17. Ng5 {Ftacnik} Bxd2 18. Qxd2 h5 19. Nf3
$14) 17... Nxb4 18. Qd2 $1 Nxd3 (18... Nd5 19. Qh6 Nf6 20. Ng5 $18) 19. Qh6 Re8
20. Qxh7+ (20. Ng5 {Yusupov} Qf6 21. Ne4 Qxd4 22. Qg5 Kg7 $10) 20... Kf8 21.
Qh6+ Ke7 22. Qg5+ Kd6 (22... Kd7 23. Qb5+) 23. Qb5 $1 g5 24. Nxg5 $18) 17. Ng5
(17. Bxb4 $2 {Ftacnik} Nxb4 18. Bb1 Bxf3 $17) (17. Ne5 {Yusupov} Qc7 {/\Rc8<=>}
) 17... Be7 $1 (17... h5 18. g4 (18. Rxh5 $2 Bxd2 (18... gxh5 $2 19. Qxh5 Nf6
20. Qh6 $18) 19. Qxd2 gxh5 20. Ne4 f6 21. Qh6 Qc7 $19) 18... Bxd2 19. Qxd2 Nb4
(19... Nf6 20. gxh5 Qc6 21. Ne4 $18) 20. Be4 (20. Qxb4 $2 Qc1+ 21. Bf1 Qxg5 $19
) (20. gxh5 $2 Nxd3 21. hxg6 fxg6 $19) 20... Bxe4 21. Nxe4 Qd8 (21... Qc2 22.
Nf6+ Kg7 23. Qg5 $18) 22. Rh3 hxg4 23. Rh8+ $1 Kxh8 24. Qh6+ Kg8 25. Ng5 Qxg5
26. Qxg5 {with a favorable ending, though tough to win.}) (17... Bxd2 18. Qxd2
Nf6 $2 (18... h5 {Ftacnik} 19. Nf3 Kg7 20. Rxh5 $1) (18... Qc6 {Yusupov} 19.
Nxh7 Rc8 20. Bf1 $22 Qc1 21. Qe2 Nf4 22. Qe3 Bxg2 23. Nf6+ Kg7 (23... Kf8 24.
Rh8+ Kg7 (24... Ke7 25. Re8+ $18) 25. Ne8+ $18) 24. Ne8+ Kf8 25. Rh8+ Ke7 26.
Qa3+ Rc5 27. Qxa7+ $18) 19. Nxh7 $1 Nxh7 20. Qh6 $18 (20. Qh6 Rd8 21. Qxh7+ Kf8
22. Qh6+ $16)) (17... h5 $5 {Ftacnik}) 18. Qg4 Ba6 $6 (18... Nf6 $1 19. Qh3 h5
20. g4 $2 Qc6 21. f3 Qa4 $1 $19) (18... f5 {Yusupov} 19. Qe2 $13) 19. Qh3 (19.
Rxh7 {Yusupov} Bxg5 20. Qxg5 Kxh7 21. Bxg6+ fxg6 22. Qh6+ $10) 19... h5 (19...
Bxd3 $2 20. Rxh7 Qc2 (20... Bf6 21. Rg7+ $1 (21. Rh8+ $1 $18 {Yusupov}) 21...
Bxg7 22. Qh7#) (20... Bxg5 21. Bxg5 {with mate to follow}) 21. Rh8+ Kg7 22.
Rg8+ $1 (22. Qh7+ {Ftacnik} Kf6 23. Ne4+ Bxe4 24. Bg5+ Kxg5 25. Qh4+ Kf5 26.
g4+ Kf4 27. Qg3+ Kg5 28. h4+ Kf6 29. Qe5#) 22... Rxg8 23. Qh7+ Kf6 24. Qxf7#) (
19... Bxg5 {Ftacnik} 20. Bxg5 h5 21. Bb1 $40 (21. g4 $36 {Yusupov})) 20. Rxh5
$1 (20. Bxa6 $2 {Yusupov} Qxa6 {/\Qe2-/+}) 20... gxh5 21. Bh7+ Kg7 (21... Kh8
22. Qxh5 Nf6 23. Qh4 (23. Qh6 $2 Ng4 (23... Bc4 {Ftacnik} 24. Bb1+ Kg8 25. Nh7
Nd5 26. Nxf8 $18) (23... Ng4 {Yusupov} 24. Qh3 $40)) 23... Bb7 (23... Kg7 $140
24. Nxe6+ $1 $16) 24. Bb1+ Kg8 25. Nh7 $1 $18) 22. Qxh5 Nf6 $2 (22... Bb4 $6
23. Nxf7 Rxf7 24. Qh6+ (24. Bg5 $6 Qe8 (24... Kf8 25. Bg6 Rg7 26. Qh8+ Rg8 27.
Qh7 Rg7 28. Bh6 Qc1+ 29. Bxc1 Rxh7 30. Bxh7 $146) 25. Qh6+ Kh8 26. Bf5+ Kg8 27.
Bxe6 Bd3 $19) 24... Kh8 25. Bf5+ Kg8 26. Qg6+ (26. Bxe6 $2 Qc2 (26... Bxd2 $2
27. Qg6+ $18) 27. Qg5+ (27. Bxf7+ {Yusupov} Kxf7 28. Qh5+ $10) 27... Kh8 28.
Qe5+ Rg7 29. Qh5+ Qh7 30. Qe8+ Rg8 31. Bxg8 Qb1+ 32. Be1 (32. Qe1 Qxe1+ 33.
Bxe1 Kxg8 $19) 32... Nf6 $19) 26... Kh8 (26... Rg7 $2 27. Bxe6+ Kh8 28. Qh5+
Rh7 29. Qe5+ $18) (26... Kf8 $2 27. Bxe6 $16) 27. Bxe6 $1 (27. Qh6+ $10) 27...
Qg8 28. Qxf7 Qxf7 29. Bxf7 Bxd2 30. Bxd5 Bc1 31. b3 Bb2 $14) (22... Bxg5 $1 23.
Bxg5 (23. Qxg5+ {Ftacnik} Kxh7 24. Qh6+ Kg8 25. Qg5+ $10) 23... f6 24. Be4 (24.
Qg6+ Kh8 25. Bh6 (25. Qh6 Rf7) (25. Bg8 Qd7) 25... Qc7 $1 26. Bxf8 Qc1#) 24...
Rh8 (24... f5 25. Bh6+ Kf6 26. Qg5+ Kf7 27. Qg7+ $18) 25. Qg6+ Kf8 26. Bxd5
exd5 27. Qxf6+ Kg8 28. Qg6+ Kf8 29. Qf6+ $10 (29. h4 $6 Qd7 {followed by ...Qf7
}) (29. Bd2 {Yusupov} Qc4 30. h3 {Nunn;/\a3+-})) (22... f6 {Ftacnik} 23. Nxe6+
Qxe6 24. Qh6+ $18) (22... Be2 $5 {Ftacnik} 23. g4 $5 (23. f3 {Yusupov} Nf6 24.
Nxe6+ fxe6 25. Qh6+ Kh8 26. Bf5+ Kg8 27. Qg5+ Kh8 28. Qh4+ Kg7 29. Qg3+ Kh8 30.
Qh3+ Kg7 31. Bxe6 $18)) 23. Nxe6+ $1 fxe6 (23... Qxe6 24. Qh6+ Kh8 25. Bf5+ Kg8
26. Bxe6 fxe6 27. Qg6+ Kh8 28. Bh6 Rg8 29. Qf7 Bd8 30. Bf4 $18) 24. Qh6+ Kh8
25. Bf5+ Kg8 26. Qg5+ Kh8 27. Qh4+ Kg8 28. Qg5+ Kh8 29. Qh4+ Kg8 30. Qg3+ Kh8
31. Qh3+ Kg7 32. Qg3+ Kh8 33. Qh3+ Kg7 34. Bxe6 Qxe6 (34... Rh8 {Ftacnik} 35.
Qg3+ Kf8 36. Bxc8 Bxc8 37. Qb8 $16) 35. Qxe6 Bd8 $6 (35... Re8 {was more
stubborn.} 36. Bg5 Bb5) 36. g4 Re8 37. Qf5 Bc4 38. g5 (38. g5 Ne4 (38... Nd5
39. Qd7+ Kf8 40. g6 $18) (38... Ng8 39. d5 $18) (38... Nh7 {Yusupov} 39. d5 $18
) 39. Bf4 $1 $18) 1-0

[Event "Candidates qf3 g/60"]
[Site "Brussels"]
[Date "1991.08.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1991.08.??"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "100 Jahre Schach"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 640] Die Aufnahme dieser Schnellpartie (45 Minuten für 60 Züge, 15
Minuten für weitere 20 Züge) in die hochkarätige Partiensammlung ist wegen
ihres Schauwertes vollauf gerechtfertigt. Jussupows hemmungsloser Opferangriff
ist - wie ähnliche Kunstwerke (etwa Pillsbury-Lasker oder Kasparov-Topalov) -
auf die Mithilfe des Gegners angewiesen.} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 d6 3. Bg2 g6 4. d4 Nd7
5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Nf3 Ngf6 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2 Re8 9. Rd1 c6 10. b3 Qe7 11. Ba3 e4
12. Ng5 e3 13. f4 $6 ({Weniger schwächend ist} 13. f3) 13... Nf8 $1 14. b4 Bf5
15. Qb3 h6 16. Nf3 Ng4 17. b5 g5 $1 {Möglich war still 17...Qd7. Mit dem
Bauernzug setzt Jussupow voll auf Angriff.} 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. Ne5 gxf4 $1 20.
Nxc6 Qg5 21. Bxd6 {Vermutlich hoffte Iwantschuk mit diesem Läufer auch
Verteidigungswirkung zu erzielen. Entscheidend wird sein, daß der Pe3 das
Brett spaltet.} Ng6 22. Nd5 Qh5 ({Dvoretzki erwähnt} 22... fxg3 {(mit
Rufzeichen)} 23. Bxg3 h5 {doch er hat die "Computer-Antwort"} 24. h4 $1 {
übersehen, denn} Nxh4 25. Bf4 {und die schwarze Dame geht verloren.}) 23. h4
Nxh4 $5 {Genau genommen ist der Zug nur durch den Modus - Schnellschach -
gerechtfertigt.} ({Objektiv war} 23... fxg3 {angesagt, der schwarze Angriff
bleibt bestehen.}) 24. gxh4 (24. Nxf4 $4 Nf3+ 25. exf3 (25. Kf1 Ngh2#) 25...
Qh2+ 26. Kf1 e2+ 27. Ke1 exd1=Q+ 28. Kxd1 Ne3+ $19) 24... Qxh4 25. Nde7+ $4 ({
Die Widerlegung bestand in} 25. Nce7+ $1 Kh8 26. Nxf5 Qh2+ 27. Kf1 Be5 $5 28.
dxe5 $1 {Der Bd6 wird noch gebraucht!} Rg8 29. Ndxe3 fxe3 (29... Nxe3+ 30. Nxe3
fxe3 31. Qb7 $18) 30. e6 $1 $18) 25... Kh8 26. Nxf5 Qh2+ 27. Kf1 {Schwarz hat
2 Figuren weniger und ein Matt ist nicht zu sehen, oder doch?} Re6 $3 (27...
Rg8 $2 28. Nxe3) (27... Bf6 $5 {kommt auch in Frage; Schwarz droht noch
zusätzlich Bh4-f2 und Qg1#}) 28. Qb7 (28. Nce7 Rg8 $3 {(Seirawan), ein
schwarzer Turm gelangt auf die g-Linie - das genügt zum Gewinn.}) 28... Rg6 $3
{Jetzt erkennt man die Idee: 29...Qh1+!! 30.B:h1 Nh2+ 31.Ke1 Rg1 matt} 29.
Qxa8+ Kh7 {Angesichts der Materialverteilung fühlt man sich ins 19.
Jahrhundert zurück versetzt. Ivanchuk muß nun die Dame geben, um das Matt
abzuwehren.} 30. Qg8+ Kxg8 31. Nce7+ Kh7 32. Nxg6 fxg6 33. Nxg7 Nf2 $3 {
Jusupow hat die Mattgelüste noch nicht aufgegeben. Es droht 34...Nh3 35.B:h3
Qh1 matt.} (33... Qg3 34. Kg1) 34. Bxf4 {Wehrt vorübergehend ab. Doch die
Drohung ist letztlich nicht mehr parierbar.} Qxf4 35. Ne6 Qh2 36. Rdb1 Nh3 37.
Rb7+ Kh8 38. Rb8+ Qxb8 39. Bxh3 Qg3 {Der stolze Pe3 steht immer noch auf dem
Brett und besiegelt das weiße Schicksal. Quellen: Informator 52 (Jussupow)
Moderne Schachtaktik (Dvorezki)} 0-1

[Event "Candidates qf3 g/60"]
[Site "Brussels"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Jussupow,A"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1991.08.??"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8.
O-O e5 9. Qc2 $6 O-O 10. Ng5 h6 11. Ne4 b6 12. Nxf6+ Qxf6 13. Be4 Bb7 14. dxc5
dxc5 15. Bd5 Na5 16. e4 Qg6 {N} (16... Rad8 17. f4 (17. Be3 $5) 17... exf4 18.
Bxf4 Qg6 $15 {Sande-Csom Malta(ol) 1980}) 17. f4 Bxd5 $2 (17... exf4 18. Bxf4
Rad8 $15) 18. cxd5 exf4 19. Bxf4 $14 Rae8 20. Rae1 Nc4 21. Qe2 Ne5 22. Bg3 (22.
Qa6 f5 23. exf5 (23. Bxe5 Rxe5 24. Qxa7 f4 $44) 23... Nf3+ $5 (23... Rxf5 $5
24. Bxe5 Rfxe5 25. Rxe5 Rxe5 $10) 24. Kf2 (24. Rxf3 Rxe1+ 25. Kf2 Qe8 $17)
24... Qg4 $22 (24... Qxf5 25. Rxe8 Rxe8 26. Kxf3 Re4 27. g3 $16) 25. Rxe8 Rxe8
26. Qa4 Re2+ 27. Kxe2 Nd4+ 28. Kd2 Qxg2+ 29. Kc1 Ne2+ $19) 22... Qd6 23. Qh5
Qe7 24. Rf5 Nd3 (24... g6 25. Rxe5 gxh5 26. Rxe7 Rxe7 27. Bd6 $16) 25. Re3 c4
26. d6 Qe6 27. Rd5 Rd8 28. h3 Rd7 29. Kh2 a6 30. a4 Re8 $5 31. Rd4 (31. Rexd3
g6 $1 (31... cxd3 $2 32. Re5 Qxe5 33. Bxe5 g6 34. Qg4 $18) 32. Qxh6 cxd3 33.
Re5 Qxe5 34. Bxe5 Rxe5 $17) (31. Qd1 $5 {/\Rd3;Qb1} Qxd5 $6 32. exd5 Rxe3 33.
Qg4 $16) 31... f5 32. Rexd3 $5 cxd3 33. exf5 Qe2 34. Qg6 Re4 $1 35. Bf4 $1 (35.
Rxe4 $2 Qxe4 36. Qe6+ Qxe6 37. fxe6 Rxd6 38. Bxd6 d2 $19) 35... Rf7 (35... Rxf4
$1 36. Rxf4 d2 37. Qe6+ (37. f6 d1=Q $2 (37... Qe5 $1 $19) 38. f7+ Kf8 39. Qh7
Qxg2+ 40. Kxg2 Qd2+ 41. Rf2 Qd5+ 42. Kg1 Qg5+ $10) (37. Rd4 Qe5+ 38. Qg3 (38.
Kh1 Kf8 39. Qe6 Qxd4 40. cxd4 d1=Q+ 41. Kh2 Qxa4 $19) 38... Qxd4 39. cxd4 d1=Q
40. Qe5 Qh5 $19) 37... Qxe6 38. fxe6 d1=Q 39. e7 $3 $10) 36. Be5 $5 (36. Rd5
Qf1 (36... Re8 $6 37. d7 Rd8 38. Qe6 $36) 37. d7 (37. Be5 Rxe5 38. Rxe5 d2 39.
Re8+ Rf8 40. Qe6+ Kh7 $10) 37... Qxf4+ 38. Qg3 $15) 36... Rxd4 37. cxd4 d2 38.
d7 Qxe5+ $1 39. dxe5 d1=Q 40. e6 Qd6+ 41. Qg3 Rxd7 42. exd7 Qxd7 43. f6 $14 b5
44. axb5 axb5 45. fxg7 Qxg7 46. Qb3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1991.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Kf8 8. a4
Qc7 9. Nf3 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Nbc6 11. Qc5 Bd7 12. Bb5 a6 13. Bd3 Rc8 14. Ba3 Qa5
15. O-O Qxc5 16. Bxc5 f6 17. Rfb1 Nd8 18. Bb6 Nec6 19. exf6 gxf6 20. Nd2 Kg7
21. f4 Re8 22. Nb3 Re7 23. c4 dxc4 24. Bxc4 e5 25. fxe5 Nxe5 26. Bd5 Bc6 27. c4
Bxd5 28. cxd5 Nc4 29. Bf2 Re5 30. Rd1 Kg6 31. Bg3 Re3 32. Nd4 Nf7 33. Rab1 Re4
34. Ne6 Ne3 35. Re1 Rcc4 36. Nf4+ Kf5 37. Rxb7 Ne5 38. Rxh7 Nxd5 39. Rxe4 Kxe4
40. Nxd5 Rc1+ 41. Kf2 Rc2+ 42. Kf1 Kxd5 43. Bxe5 Kxe5 44. Re7+ Kf5 45. Ra7 Rc1+
46. Kf2 Rc2+ 47. Kg3 Rc3+ 48. Kh4 Rc4+ 49. Kh5 Rxa4 50. h4 Rg4 51. Rxa6 Rxg2
52. Ra5+ Ke6 53. Ra6+ Kf7 54. Ra7+ Ke6 55. Ra6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1991.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. Nge2 Nc6 8. Qd2
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Be6 11. Be2 Qa5 12. Rc1 (12. b3 $1 Rfc8 13. Rb1 $1 {
(gegen b7-b5)} Nd7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. O-O $14 {Knaak-Kindermann/Hamburg/1991/
CBM24-VC}) 12... a6 13. b3 Rfb8 14. O-O b5 $10 15. c5 Qb4 16. Rfd1 dxc5 17. Be3
Ra7 18. Nd5 Qxd2 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. Rxd2 Bd4 21. Bxd4 cxd4 22. Rxd4 a5 23. Rc5
a4 24. Rxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D88"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1991.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Na5 11. Bd3 cxd4 12. cxd4 b6 13. Rc1 e6 14. Qa4 Bd7
15. Qa3 Re8 16. Bd2 Nc6 17. Bc3 Bf8 18. Qb2 Qe7 19. Rb1 Rac8 20. Rfc1 Qa3
1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Chandler, Murray G"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1991.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 (6... a6 $6 7. e5
Ne8 8. Be3 Nd7 9. h4 $1 c5 10. h5 cxd4 11. Bxd4 dxe5 12. fxe5 Nc7 13. Bc4 e6
14. Qe2 b5 15. Bd3 Bb7 16. Be4 Bxe4 17. Nxe4 Nd5 18. g4 $16 {~/=,Podlesnik,
B-Todorovic,M,Ljubljana 1989}) (6... Na6 7. e5 $5 (7. O-O $14) 7... Ne8 8. Be3
Bf5 9. O-O Nb4 10. Rc1 e6 11. h3 Nd5 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. c4 dxc4 14. Bxc4 d5 15.
Be2 c6 16. g4 Be4 17. Ng5 $16 {Moretensen,E-Rosenlund,T,Copenhagen 1983}) 7.
dxc5 Qa5 8. O-O Qxc5+ 9. Kh1 Nc6 (9... b5 $5 10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 Ng4 12. Qd5
Nf2+ 13. Rxf2 Qxf2 14. Qxa8 (14. Bd3 b4 15. Ne4 Qb6 16. Qxa8 Bb7 17. Be3 Bxa8
$17) 14... b4 15. Nd5 Qxe2 16. Bf4 Kh8 {Nijboer,F-Azmaiparashvili,Z,Reykjavik
op 1990-EXP 18}) (9... Nbd7 10. Bd3 b6 11. Qe1 Bb7 12. Be3 Qc6 13. Nd4 Qc8 14.
Qh4 Nc5 15. f5 Nxd3 16. cxd3 Ba6 17. Rad1 b5 18. Rf3 b4 19. Nd5 $40 {Schlosser,
M-Ludgate,A,Haifa ETC 1989-TD 89_12}) 10. Bd3 Bg4 (10... e5 11. Qe1 $14) (10...
Nb4 11. Qe1 Nxd3 12. cxd3 b6 13. Be3 Qh5 14. Bd4 Bb7 15. a4 Ba6 16. Qd2 $6 e5
$1 17. Bg1 exf4 18. Qxf4 Ng4 $36 {Schlosser,M-Popchev,M,Sochi-A 1989-CBM 16})
11. Qe1 Rfc8 $5 {N} (11... Bxf3 12. Rxf3 Nb4) (11... Bxf3 12. Rxf3 Nb4 13. Be3
Nxd3 14. cxd3 Qa5 (14... Qb4 15. Rb1 a5 16. Bg1 a4 17. e5 dxe5 18. fxe5 Nd7 19.
a3 Qb3 20. d4 Rac8 21. Qh4 f6 22. Rh3 h5 23. Qe4 $14 {Gdanski,J-Sznapik,A,
POL-ch 1991-EXP 22}) 15. f5 b5 16. Bg5 b4 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nd5 Kg7 19. Qd2
Rac8 20. Rh3 g5 $132 {Nunn,J-Sznapik,A,Haifa ETC 1989-TD 89_12}) 12. Be3 Qa5
13. Nd2 {Pf5<->g4} (13. Qh4 Nb4 $132 {P} 14. e5 $2 Bxf3 15. exf6 Bxf6) 13...
Bd7 14. Nc4 (14. Nb3 Qd8 $13) 14... Qd8 15. Qh4 $6 (15. a3 Rab8 $132) 15... Nb4
$15 {P c4, c2} 16. Na3 $8 Qa5 {P c3} 17. Bd2 Nxd3 18. cxd3 b5 19. e5 $1 b4 20.
Nc4 Qd8 (20... Rxc4 $2 21. dxc4 bxc3 22. Bxc3 $18) 21. Ne2 (21. exf6 Bxf6 $17)
21... Nd5 22. Ng3 (22. exd6 exd6 23. Qxd8+ Rxd8 $17 {[+]|_}) 22... Nb6 $1 (
22... dxe5 $6 23. fxe5 (23. Nxe5 $2 Bb5 $17) 23... Nb6 24. Bxb4 Nxc4 25. Bxe7
$16) 23. f5 (23. Nxb6 axb6 24. Bxb4 Rc2 25. exd6 exd6 $36 {|_}) (23. Ne3 dxe5
24. fxe5 Be6 $15) 23... Nxc4 24. dxc4 dxe5 (24... Bxe5 $2 25. fxg6 hxg6 26.
Rxf7 $1 Kxf7 27. Qh7+ Ke6 28. Qxg6+ Bf6 29. Re1#) 25. fxg6 hxg6 26. Ne4 f6 $5 (
26... Rxc4 $2 27. Rxf7 $1 Rxe4 (27... Kxf7 28. Ng5+ $18) 28. Rxg7+ $16) (26...
Bf5 27. Rxf5 gxf5 28. Ng5 $146 Qxd2 29. Qh7+ Kf8 30. Qh5 Ke8 $8 31. Nxf7 $5 {
P e5, d1} (31. Rd1 $6 Qxd1+ $17) 31... Kd7 32. Rd1 $14) 27. Bxb4 Qe8 28. Nc3
Be6 29. Nd5 Bxd5 30. cxd5 Rab8 31. a3 (31. Rac1 $142 $5 $132) 31... a5 32. Bc3
Rc5 $17 33. Rad1 Rd8 34. Qe4 Qf7 (34... f5 $142 $17) 35. Bxe5 Rcxd5 36. Rxd5
Qxd5 37. Qxd5+ Rxd5 38. Bc3 f5 39. Bxg7 Kxg7 $15 40. b4 (40. Kg1 $142 $15)
40... axb4 (40... a4 $1 {P} 41. Rb1 Rd3 42. b5 Rb3 $1 $19) 41. axb4 Rb5 42. Rb1
e5 43. Kg1 e4 44. Kf2 Kf6 45. Ke3 Ke5 46. h4 $2 (46. h3 f4+ 47. Kd2 (47. Ke2
Kd4 48. Kd2 Rg5 $19) 47... Kd4 48. Ke2 Rg5 49. Kf2 Kc4 50. Rd1 $132) (46. g3 g5
47. h3 f4+ 48. Ke2 $1 fxg3 (48... Kd4 49. Rd1+ Kc3 50. Rf1 $10) 49. Ke3 g2 50.
Kf2 Kd4 51. Kxg2 Kd3 52. Kf2 $10) 46... f4+ 47. Kf2 Kf5 $19 48. g3 f3 49. h5 (
49. Ke3 Kg4 50. Kxe4 f2 51. Ke3 Kxg3 $19) 49... gxh5 50. Rh1 Kg5 51. Rh4 Rxb4
52. Ke3 Kf5 53. Rxh5+ Kg4 54. Rh8 Rb3+ $1 55. Kxe4 f2 (55... f2 56. Rg8+ Kh3
57. Rf8 Kxg3 58. Rg8+ Kh2 59. Rf8 Kg2 60. Rg8+ Rg3 $19 {[Stohl,I]}) 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1991.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. Bd3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qe2 a6 11. a4 Nb6 12. Bd3 Nbd5 13. Nxd5 {N} (13. Bd2)
13... exd5 14. Bg5 (14. Ne5 $5) 14... Qd6 $1 15. Ne5 Ne4 16. Bf4 (16. Be3 $5 {
Ivanchuk,V}) 16... Qe7 17. f3 Nd6 18. Qf2 (18. Qc2 g6 $10) 18... Bf5 $1 (18...
f6 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Qh4+ Kg8 21. Ng6 Qe8 22. Qh8+ Kf7 23. Qh5 Kg8 24. Bxd6
Bxd6 25. Rae1 $40) 19. Bxf5 Nxf5 20. Nd3 Bd6 (20... Rac8 21. g4 Nh4 22. Bg3 $1
(22. Nxb4 Qxb4 23. Qxh4 $2 Qxd4+) 22... Ng6 23. h4 $40) 21. Rfe1 Qd8 22. Bxd6
Qxd6 23. a5 Rac8 24. Rad1 $1 (24. Rac1 Rc4 $1) 24... Rc7 25. Nc5 Nxd4 26. Nxa6
$1 Qxa6 (26... Nxf3+ 27. Qxf3 bxa6 28. Qxd5 Qb4 $5 $15 (28... Qxd5 29. Rxd5 Rc2
30. b4 Rb2 31. b5 $5 axb5 32. Ra1 $132)) 27. Qxd4 Qxa5 {Ftacnik,L} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Salov,V"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1991.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Wahls} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 c6
8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Nd2 (9. Qxd8 {Wahls} Rxd8 10. Nxe5 Nxe4 (10... Re8 $5)) 9...
Qe7 (9... Na6 10. c5 Qe7 11. Bxa6 bxa6 12. f3 Rb8 13. b3 a5 14. Nc4 Ba6 15. Nd6
Nh5 16. Qc2 Nf4 17. O-O-O Ne6 18. Qb2 Nd4 $132 {Boensch-Shirov,Stockholm 1989/
90}) 10. c5 (10. O-O Na6 11. Qa4 Ng4 12. Bxg4 Bxg4 13. f3 Be6 14. Rfd1 Rfc8 15.
a3 Nc5 16. Qb4 Bf8 17. Na4 Nd3 18. Qc3 b5 19. Qxd3 bxa4 20. Qc2 Qb7 $10 {
Vaganian-Kasparov,USSR(ch)1988}) 10... Nbd7 11. Qa4 Rd8 (11... Nxc5 $2 {Wahls}
12. Qa3 Nfd7 13. Na4 b6 14. Nb3) 12. Nb3 (12. b4 Nf8 $1 (12... a5 13. Nb3 b5
14. Qa3 a4 15. Na5 $14) 13. Nc4 Ne6 14. O-O (14. Nb6 $6 axb6 15. Qxa8 bxc5 16.
bxc5 Nd4 $44) 14... Nd4 $132) 12... Nf8 $1 {<->d4,f4} 13. O-O Ne6 14. Rad1 Rxd1
15. Rxd1 Nf4 $10 16. f3 h5 17. Bc4 (17. Bf1 $142 $10) 17... h4 18. Qa5 Be6 19.
Bxe6 Nxe6 20. Qb4 Bf8 21. Qc4 Nh5 22. Ne2 Nhf4 23. h3 (23. Nxf4 exf4 24. Bf2 h3
25. gxh3 Qg5+ 26. Kf1 Qh5 $40) 23... Rd8 24. Qc2 (24. Rxd8 Qxd8 25. Qc2 Qd3 $1
$17) 24... Qg5 $1 25. Nxf4 exf4 26. Bf2 (26. Rxd8 fxe3 $1 27. Rd3 (27. Rd1 {
Wahls} Nf4 28. Re1 (28. Rf1 e2 29. Rf2 Nxh3+) 28... Nxh3+ (28... Qg3) 29. Kf1
Nf4 30. Rxe3 Nxg2 31. Re2 Ne3+ $19) (27. Rd7 Nf4 {Idee e2-+}) 27... Nf4 28.
Rxe3 Nxh3+ 29. Kh2 Qg3+ 30. Kh1 Nf2+ 31. Kg1 h3 $19) 26... Rxd1+ 27. Qxd1 Nxc5
28. Nd4 (28. Nxc5 $5 Bxc5 29. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 30. Kh2 Kg7 31. Qd8 Qe5 $15) 28... a5
29. Qd2 Qd8 30. Qc3 (30. Qxf4 $4 Nd3 31. Qxh4 Be7 $19) 30... Na6 {P f8-c5} 31.
Ne2 Qd1+ 32. Qe1 Qc2 33. Bd4 (33. Nxf4 Qxb2 34. Bxh4 (34. e5 Qb4 $1 $17) 34...
Nb4 $1 $17) 33... Bc5 34. Bxc5 Nxc5 $6 $138 (34... Qxc5+ $1 35. Kf1 (35. Kh2
Qe3 $1) 35... Nb4 36. Qxh4 $2 g5 $1 $19) 35. Nxf4 Qxb2 36. Qxh4 Qd4+ $6 (36...
Qxa2 $2 37. Qd8+ Kh7 38. Qh4+ Kg7 39. Nh5+ $10) (36... Qa1+ $1 37. Kh2 Qe5 $1
$17) 37. Kh2 $2 (37. Qf2 $1 $15) 37... Qe5 $1 {Pg6-g5} 38. Qd8+ Kg7 39. g3 $8
Qb2+ 40. Ng2 $8 a4 $1 41. h4 Ne6 42. Qe7 (42. Qd6 $5) 42... Qxa2 43. h5 gxh5
44. f4 Qd2 45. f5 Ng5 46. e5 Nf3+ 47. Kh3 a3 48. Qf6+ (48. f6+ Kg6 49. Nf4+ Kf5
$19) (48. e6 Ng5+ 49. Kh4 a2 $1 (49... Qd4+ 50. Kxh5 $1 (50. Nf4 Nxe6 $1 51.
fxe6 Qf6+ $19) 50... Qf6 51. Qxa3 Ne4 52. Kg4 Qg5+ 53. Kh3 Qxf5+ 54. Kh2 Qxe6
55. Qb2+ $17) 50. exf7 Nxf7 51. f6+ Kg6 52. Nf4+ Qxf4+ $19) 48... Kf8 49. e6 $2
(49. Qh8+ $142 Ke7 50. f6+ Kd7 51. Qb8) 49... Ng5+ 50. Kh4 (50. Kh2 a2 $19)
50... Qd4+ $1 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B61"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1991.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Boensch} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7.
Qd2 Rc8 8. f4 (8. O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Qa5 10. Bd2 a6 11. Kb1 Qc5 12. Qxc5 Rxc5
13. f3 Rc8 14. Be3 Bc6 15. g4 h6 16. h4 g6 17. Bh3 Bg7 18. Bd4 g5 19. Nd5 Bxd5
20. exd5 Rg8 21. Bf1 $14 {Mokry-Epishin Brno 1991}) 8... h6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10.
Nf5 (10. Nb3 f5 11. exf5 Bg7 12. Bd3 Nb4 13. O-O Qb6+ 14. Rf2 Rg8 15. Be4 Rc4
16. Re1 Rxc3 17. bxc3 Nxa2 18. Re3 a5 $13 {Vehi Bach-Franco Toledo 1991}) 10...
Qa5 11. Bd3 (11. Ne3 f5 12. exf5 Bg7 13. Bd3 Nb4 14. Be4 Nxc2+ 15. Bxc2 Rxc3
16. O-O Ra3 $15 {Ivanov,Alexa-Zaitschik,G USSR 1981 -Inf.31/252}) 11... Nb4 12.
O-O {N} (12. a3 Nxd3+ 13. Qxd3 Rg8 14. g3 $13 {Mokry-Robatsch Trnava 1987 -Inf.
43/248}) 12... Nxd3 13. Qxd3 Qc5+ 14. Kh1 e6 15. Ne3 h5 16. Rad1 Be7 17. f5 Kd8
(17... a6) 18. Rf3 b5 19. Ne2 Qe5 20. Nd4 a6 21. Rg3 Bf8 22. c3 Rc7 23. Rf1 Bc8
24. Nf3 Qc5 25. Nh4 Be7 26. fxe6 fxe6 27. Rg7 $16 Bb7 28. Ng6 Re8 29. Nc2 Kc8
30. Nd4 Bd8 31. Nf4 $1 Qe5 (31... Rxg7 32. Ndxe6 Qe5 33. Nxg7 Bxe4 34. Qh3+ $18
) 32. Rxc7+ Kxc7 33. Qh3 Kb8 34. Qxh5 Rg8 35. Qf7 Rh8 36. Qxe6 Bxe4 37. h3 f5
38. Qd7 Qc5 39. Nde6 Qc4 40. Qxd6+ Ka8 41. Rf2 Bh4 42. Qxa6+ Kb8 43. Qb6+ Kc8
44. Rd2 Be7 45. Ng6 Qf1+ 46. Kh2 Rxh3+ 47. Kxh3 Bxg2+ 48. Rxg2 Qf3+ 49. Kh2
Qh5+ 50. Kg3 Bh4+ 51. Kf4 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1991.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. Nge2 Nc6 8. Qd2
e6 9. Rd1 b6 10. Bg5 h6 $1 11. Bxh6 Nxe4 {Typisches Motiv} 12. Nxe4 Qh4+ 13. g3
Qxh6 14. Qxh6 Bxh6 15. Nxd6 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Rxd4 Ba6 $44 18. Rd1 Bg7 19.
b3 Rfd8 20. Bg2 (20. c5 Bxf1 21. Rxf1 bxc5 22. Ke2 Bd4 $10) (20. Ne4 $5 f5 21.
Ng5 Bf6 22. h4 $13) 20... f5 $1 $10 21. f4 Rab8 22. a4 Bf8 23. Nb5 Bxb5 24.
axb5 Rxd1+ 25. Kxd1 Rd8+ 26. Ke2 Bb4 27. Rd1 Rxd1 28. Kxd1 Kf7 29. Bc6 Ke7 30.
Ke2 Bd6 31. Kf3 e5 32. fxe5 Bxe5 33. h3 Kf6 34. Be8 Bd6 35. g4 g5 36. Bd7 fxg4+
37. Kxg4 Bc5 38. Kh5 Bb4 39. Kh6 Bf8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "Salov,V"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1991.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Ng5 e6 7. Qe2 Nb6 8.
Bd3 h6 9. N5f3 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Ne5 Nbd7 12. Ngf3 Qc7 13. O-O (13. Bd2 $4
Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxf2+ $1 15. Kxf2 Qxe5 $17) (13. Bf4 $6 Bb4+ 14. Kf1 (14. Nd2
Bxd2+ 15. Kxd2 O-O $13 {Timman}) 14... Bd6 15. Bg3 O-O 16. Rd1 Nxe5 17. Nxe5
Rd8 $1 $15 {Timman-Karpov,Amsterdam 1988}) 13... O-O 14. Re1 (14. Bf4 Bd6 15.
Nxd7 Bxd7 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Ne5 Rfd8 $10 {Jansa-Kholmov,Budapest 1976}) (14.
Bd2 Bd6 15. Nxd7 Bxd7 16. Rae1 Rfd8 17. Ne5 Bb5 $1 $10 {Sokolov,A-Karpov,
Linares(m/7)1987}) 14... b6 {TN} (14... Re8 $6 15. Bf4 Bd6 16. Rad1 Nxe5 17.
Nxe5 a6 18. Bg3 b5 19. Ng4 $1 $16 {Horvath-Navarovszky,Hungary(ch)1980}) 15.
Nxd7 Bxd7 16. Ne5 Bc6 (16... Bc8 $5 17. Qf3 (17. Bxh6 gxh6 18. Qf3 Nh7 $8 (
18... Qe7 $2 19. Nc6 Qc7 20. Qxf6 Qxc6 21. Be4 $18) 19. Qg3+ Ng5 20. h4 f6 21.
hxg5 fxe5 22. gxh6+ Kh8 $19) 17... Bd6 $1 $8 (17... Bb7 18. Qg3 $40) 18. Bf4 (
18. Qxa8 $2 Bb7 19. Qxa7 Ra8 20. Qxa8+ Bxa8 21. Nf3 (21. f4 Bxe5 22. fxe5 Ng4
23. h3 Qc5+ 24. Kh1 Bxg2+ $19) 21... Bxf3 22. gxf3 Bxh2+ 23. Kg2 Bf4 $17) 18...
Bb7 19. Qh3 Rfd8 20. Rad1 Ne4 $1 $10) 17. Nxc6 Qxc6 18. Bf4 $16 Rad8 19. Rad1
Bd6 20. Bd2 $6 (20. Bc1 $142) 20... Qc7 21. g3 Qc6 22. a3 Be7 23. Bc3 Qc7 24.
Be5 Bd6 25. Bc3 (25. Bxf6 $2 gxf6 26. Qg4+ Kh8 27. Qh5 Kg7 28. Re4 f5 29. Rh4
Rh8 $10) 25... Be7 26. Bc4 Qc6 27. Rd3 Rxd3 (27... Qxc4 $4 28. Rxd8 $18) 28.
Bxd3 Rd8 29. Rd1 Rd5 30. Qf3 b5 31. Re1 Qd7 32. Re5 $14 Bf8 33. Rxd5 Nxd5 34.
Qe4 f5 35. Qd4 a6 36. Bd2 $2 (36. b4 $1 Qc6 37. Bb2 Nb6 38. g4 $1 $14) 36...
Be7 37. Qe5 Bf6 38. Qb8+ Kf7 39. Qa8 Qd6 40. b3 Bc3 (40... Bg5 41. Bxg5 (41.
Bb4 $5 $10) 41... hxg5 42. c4 Nc3 43. Qa7+ Kf6 44. Bf1 $10) (40... Qxa3 41.
Bxb5 $1 (41. Bxf5 $2 Qa1+ 42. Kg2 Qd1 43. Bxe6+ Kxe6 44. Qc6+ Ke5 45. f4+ Kd4
46. c3+ Kd3 47. Qxd5+ Kc2 $19) 41... Qa1+ 42. Bf1 Qd1 43. Qb7+ $1 Kg6 44. Ba5
$10) 41. Bxc3 Nxc3 42. Qc8 Nd5 (42... Qd4 $2 43. Qxa6 Nd1 44. Qb7+ Kf6 45. Qf3)
(42... Nd1 43. Be2 $10) 43. b4 $10 Ne7 44. Qb7 Kf6 45. Bf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1991.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 d5 6. Qa4+ Qd7 7. Qc2 dxc4 8. e3
c5 9. Bxc4 Qc8 10. Qe2 Nbd7 11. O-O a6 12. Rd1 b5 13. Ba2 Be7 14. e4 b4 15. Na4
Qc6 16. Nxc5 Nxc5 17. dxc5 bxa3 18. e5 Ne4 19. Nd4 Qxc5 20. f3 Rd8 21. Be3 axb2
22. Qxb2 Qc3 23. Qe2 Nc5 24. Rac1 Qa5 25. f4 g6 26. f5 gxf5 27. Nxf5 Rxd1+ 28.
Rxd1 Rg8 29. Ng3 h5 30. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 31. Kh1 h4 32. Bxe6 hxg3 33. Bxf7+ Kxf7 34.
Qh5+ Kg7 35. Qg4+ Kh6 36. Qh3+ Kg6 37. Qxg3+ Bg5 38. Qd3+ Kg7 39. Qd7+ Qe7 40.
Qxe7+ Bxe7 41. Rd7 Rd8 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1991.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ernst} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 (4... Qh4 5. Nb5 {5. c3!?.}
Bc5 6. Qe2 Qd8 {(Hector)} 7. Be3 d6 8. Qd2 Bxe3 9. Qxe3 Nf6 10. N1c3 O-O $10 {
Bjerring,K-Schüssler,H, Gausdal 1990.}) (4... Nf6 {See CBM 26/game 648.}) 5.
Be3 {Interesting is also 5. b3 (See Chiburdanidze-Xie Jun W-ch 1991; CBM 26/
game 965) and 5. f5. 5. xc6 allows 5. - f6!.} Qf6 (5... Bb6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Qd2 $5
$14) 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 $1 {The modern line. For 7.g3 see Rasik,V-Blatny,P,
Brno 1991.} Qg6 $2 (7... Ne5 8. Be2 Qg6 (8... d5 9. O-O $1 dxe4 $6 10. Nb5 Bd6
$6 {10. - b6.} 11. Bc5 $1 $16 {Steimgrimsson-Malanjuk, Hungary 1991 (CBM 26/
game 276).}) 9. O-O d5 (9... d6 10. f4 Qxe4 11. Bf2 $18 {(11. - xf4 12. b5!)
Steingrimsson,H-Lukacs,P, Hungary 1991 (CBM 25/game 275).} (11. Bf2 {Ernst} Nd7
12. Bd3 Qd5 13. c4 Qxd4 14. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 15. Kh1 Bxb2 $16)) 10. Bh5 $1 {New and
much better than the older 10.exd5.} Qxe4 11. Nd2 Qd3 (11... Qh4 12. N4f3 Qxh5
13. Bxc5 $14) 12. N4f3 Bd6 (12... Bxe3 13. Nxe5 Qxd2 14. Qa4+ c6 15. Rad1 $16)
13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Bc5 $14 {Ehlvest,J-Beljavskij,A, Reykjavik 1991 (CBM 26/game
631).}) (7... O-O 8. O-O Bb6 9. Bb3 {Interesting is the flexible 9. h1. See
Kasparov,G-Kamsky,G, Tilburg 1991 (CBM 26/game 893).} Na5 $5 (9... d6 10. Kh1
Nxd4 11. cxd4 Nc6 12. Nc3 $1 $14 {Dolmatov,S-Yusupov,A, candidates match 1991.}
) 10. Nc2 Qg6 11. Re1 d6 $14 {Nijboer,F-Van der Wiel,J, NLD-ch 1991 (CBM 26/
game 461).}) 8. Nxc6 Qxc6 (8... Qxg2 9. Rf1 Bxe3 10. Nxe7 $18 (10. fxe3 $44 {
Ernst})) 9. Bxf7+ $1 $16 Kxf7 10. Qh5+ Ng6 11. Qf5+ Ke8 12. Qxc5 Qxe4 13. Nd2
Qc6 14. Qh5 d6 15. O-O Be6 16. Bd4 Kd7 17. f4 $1 Ne7 18. f5 $1 Bxf5 19. Rae1 $1
g6 20. Rxe7+ $1 Kxe7 21. Qg5+ Kd7 22. Bxh8 Qb6+ {22. - xh8 23. xf5 gxf5 24.
g7+ + -} (22... Rxh8 {Ernst} 23. Rxf5 gxf5 24. Qg7+ $18) 23. Bd4 Qxb2 24. g4
Be6 25. Rb1 Qxa2 26. Qb5+ Ke7 27. Qxb7 Rd8 28. Rf1 $1 Qxd2 29. Qxc7+ Bd7 30.
Bf6+ Ke6 31. Qc4+ {31. - d5 32. a6+ + -} 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1991.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nc3 Nc6 8.
Qa4 (8. Nxd5 $5 Qxd5 9. d3) 8... Nb6 9. Qh4 Bf6 (9... f6 10. Bh3 e6 11. d4 $6 (
11. d3 Qe8 12. Qe4 $10) 11... g5 $1 $15 {Hernandez,R-Rogoff Las Palmas 1976 21/
24}) 10. Qh6 e5 11. d3 Bg7 12. Qg5 f6 13. Qd2 f5 14. b3 h6 15. Ba3 Re8 16. Rac1
Be6 17. e4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Hjartarson,J"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1991.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. e3 Be7 8. Bb5+
c6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O c5 11. Nxd5 exd5 (11... Qxd5 12. e4 Qh5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14.
Qe2 Nd7 15. Bf4 $14 {Malich-Haag, Zinnowitz 1966}) 12. b3 Nd7 13. Bb2 Bf6 $1 (
13... Rc8 14. Ne5 $1 Nxe5 15. dxe5 g6 16. f4 $14) 14. Ne5 g6 15. f4 Bg7 (15...
Nxe5 $2 16. dxe5 Bg7 17. f5 $16) 16. a4 Nxe5 $1 17. fxe5 (17. dxe5 $2 Qe7 $15 {
/\ 18...f6}) 17... f6 18. dxc5 fxe5 (18... bxc5 $2 19. exf6 Bxf6 20. Bxf6 Rxf6
21. Qg4 Rxf1+ 22. Rxf1 Qd6 23. h4 $16) 19. Rxf8+ Qxf8 20. cxb6 axb6 21. Qd2 Qe7
22. Rf1 (22. Rf1 Qg5 $15) 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A39"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1991.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. O-O Bg7 7. c4 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 O-O 9. Nc3 d6 10. Qd3 Bf5 11. e4 Be6 12. b3 a6 13. Bd2 Nd7 (13... Rb8 14.
Rac1 Qd7 15. Nd5 $1 b5 16. Rfe1 Rb7 17. Qf1 $14 {Ehlvest,J-Kamsky,G Reggio Top
16 1991 CBM/22}) 14. Rac1 (14. Qe2 $5 Nc5 15. Rac1 Bd7 16. Rfd1 Rc8 17. Be3 Qe8
18. Nd5 Bc6 19. e5 $1 $16 {Hort-Unzicker Lugano ol 1968 6/106}) 14... b5 $1 15.
cxb5 axb5 16. Qxb5 Bxc3 17. Rxc3 Rxa2 18. Bh6 Qb8 19. Qd3 Rc8 20. Rxc8+ Qxc8
21. Rc1 Qb8 22. b4 Ra7 23. b5 f6 24. Be3 Nc5 25. Qb1 (25. Bxc5 $2 dxc5 26. Rxc5
$2 Ra1+ 27. Bf1 Bh3 $19) 25... Rb7 26. Bf1 Nb3 27. Rc3 Rxb5 $1 28. Bxb5 Qxb5
29. Rc7 Kf7 30. Qd1 Ke8 31. h4 Na5 32. Qa1 Kd8 33. Ra7 Nc6 34. Ra8+ Kd7 35. Rh8
Bh3 36. Rxh7 Qd3 37. Kh2 Bf1 38. Rg7 Be2 39. Qxf6 Qxe4 40. Qxg6 Qd5 41. Qf7 Qe4
42. Qf4 Qb1 43. g4 Bd3 44. h5 Be4 45. Qf6 Qh1+ 46. Kg3 Qg2+ 47. Kh4 Bd3 48. f3
Qh2+ 49. Kg5 Qa2 50. Kh4 Qh2+ 51. Kg5 Qa2 52. f4 Qe2 53. Bb6 Be4 54. h6 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1991.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nge2 Nbd7 7. Bc2 a6 8. a4
e5 9. d5 a5 10. h3 Nc5 11. Be3 Nfd7 12. O-O Na6 13. Na2 Ndc5 14. Qd2 Bd7 15.
Qxa5 Nxe4 16. Qe1 Nf6 17. b4 Nh5 18. f3 f5 19. Rb1 b6 20. Nac3 Bf6 21. Qd2 Bh4
22. f4 Bf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hilversum KRO m"]
[Site "Hilversum"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1991.12.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Kortschnoj} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7.
dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qc2 Nc6 9. a3 Qa5 10. O-O-O Bd7 11. g4 Rfc8 12. h3 {N} (12. Kb1 b5
$1 13. cxb5 Ne7 14. Nd2 Qd8 15. Nb3 $6 Ne4 $1 16. Nxc5 Rxc5 17. Be5 Nxc3+ 18.
Bxc3 Bxb5 19. Bxb5 Rxb5 20. h4 {Gelfand,B-Beliavsky,A/Linares/1991/} Nc8 $1 $17
{Mikhailchishin,A}) (12. g5 $2 {Kortschnoj} Nh5 $1) (12. Kb1 $1 {Kortschnoj})
12... Be8 (12... b5 $5 13. cxb5 (13. cxd5 exd5 14. Nxd5 $2 Nxd5 15. Rxd5 Nb4
16. axb4 Bxb4 $19) 13... Ne7 14. Be5 $13) 13. Nd2 Bf8 14. Be2 Ne7 15. h4 $6 (
15. g5 $5 Nd7 16. Nb3 Qd8 $13) (15. Kb1 $5) (15. Kb1 $1 {Kortschnoj more solid}
) 15... b5 $1 16. g5 (16. cxb5 $2 Ng6 17. Bg3 Bxa3 $17) 16... Ne4 (16... Nd7 $5
17. Nb3 (17. cxb5 Rxc3 18. bxc3 Ng6 $1) 17... Qd8 18. cxb5 Nb6 $40) 17. Ncxe4
$6 (17. Ndxe4 $5 dxe4 18. Bd6 bxc4 19. Bb4 Qb6 20. Nxe4 a5 $1 $40 (20... Nd5
21. Bxf8 Kxf8 22. Nc3 $15)) (17. Nb3 Qb6 18. Nxe4 bxc4 (18... dxe4 19. c5) 19.
Nbd2 dxe4 20. Nxe4 Nd5 $17) 17... dxe4 18. Bd6 (18. Nxe4 Nd5 $1 $40) 18... Nd5
19. Bxf8 Kxf8 20. Nxe4 (20. Qxe4 bxc4 21. Nxc4 (21. Qxh7 c3 $19) 21... Bb5 22.
Rd4 Qa6 $17 (22... Nb6 $2 23. Rd8+ $1 Ke7 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Qb7+ Kf8 26. Qxc8+
Nxc8 27. Nxa5 $18)) (20. Kb1 Rab8 $40) (20. Nb3 Qa4) 20... bxc4 21. Rxd5 $6 (
21. Nc3 Nxc3 (21... Rab8 22. Rxd5 $1 exd5 23. Rd1 $132) 22. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 23. bxc3
Rab8 24. e4 $1 (24. Rd4 Rb3 25. Kc2 Rxa3 (25... Ba4 $5 26. Bxc4 Rb4+ 27. Kd3
Rbxc4 28. Rxc4 Bb5 $19) 26. Rxc4 (26. Bxc4 e5 27. Rg4 Bd7 $19) 26... Ba4+ 27.
Kb2 Rb3+ 28. Ka1 Rxc4 29. Bxc4 Rxc3 $19) 24... Rb3 25. Kd2 Rxa3 26. Rc1 $17) (
21. Nd6 c3 $1) 21... Qxd5 22. f3 (22. Rd1 Ba4 $1) 22... Rab8 23. Rd1 c3 $5 (
23... Qe5 24. Qc3 Qh2 $5) 24. b4 $6 (24. Nxc3 Qe5 25. Qd2 (25. e4 {Kortschnoj}
Ba4 $1 26. Qxa4 Rxc3+ $19) 25... Rd8 26. Qxd8 Rxd8 27. Rxd8 Qxe3+ 28. Kc2 $17)
24... Qf5 (24... Ba4 $1 25. Rxd5 (25. Qxa4 Qa2 26. Qc2 Qxa3+ 27. Kb1 Rxb4+)
25... Bxc2 26. Ra5 Bxe4 27. fxe4 Rc7 $19) 25. Rd4 a5 26. Nd6 Qxc2+ 27. Kxc2
axb4 28. axb4 (28. Nxc8 bxa3 $1 $19 (28... b3+ 29. Kxc3 b2 30. Bd3)) (28. Nxe8
{Kortschnoj} bxa3 $19) 28... Ba4+ 29. Kc1 e5 $1 30. Re4 Rd8 31. b5 Rxd6 32.
Rxa4 Rd2 33. Bc4 Rc8 34. Ba2 (34. b6 Rb2 35. b7 Rxb7 36. Ba6 Ra8 $19) 34... Rb8
(34... c2 35. Bc4 $1) 35. Bc4 Rb2 36. Ra7 Rc8 37. Rxf7+ $2 (37. Ba2) 37... Ke8
38. Be6 Ra8 {Ftacnik,L} 0-1

[Event "Hilversum KRO m"]
[Site "Hilversum"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E45"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1991.12.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ba6 6. Ng3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d5 8.
Ba3 (8. cxd5 Bxf1 9. Kxf1 Qxd5 10. Qd3 $10 {Gligoric,S-Portisch,L/Torremolinos/
1961/} (10. Qe2 $5 c5 11. e4 Qd7 12. Bg5 cxd4 13. Rd1 Nc6 14. cxd4 Nxd4 15. Qc4
e5 16. Nf5 $40)) 8... Bxc4 9. Bxc4 dxc4 10. Qa4+ Qd7 11. Qxc4 Qc6 12. Qxc6+
Nxc6 13. c4 O-O-O 14. Rc1 (14. Ke2 Rd7 15. Rac1 Kb7 16. Rhd1 Rhd8 $10 {
Gligoric,S-Gheorghiu/Nice ol/1974/}) 14... Kb7 15. Ke2 (15. f3 h5 $1 16. h4
Rdg8 17. Bb2 $6 Nb4 $1) 15... h5 $6 (15... Rd7) 16. f3 $6 (16. h4 $1 Rd7 (16...
Rdg8 17. Bb2 $16) 17. Bb2 Ne7 18. e4 $16) 16... h4 17. Nf1 (17. Ne4 Nxe4 18.
fxe4 f6 $10) 17... Rh5 18. Bb2 Na5 $2 (18... Ra5 19. a3 Ra4 20. Nd2 Na5 $5 21.
e4 (21. Rc2 $5) 21... Nh5 $1) 19. e4 b5 20. Ne3 (20. e5 Nxc4 21. Rxc4 bxc4 22.
exf6 gxf6 $13) 20... bxc4 (20... Nxc4 21. Nxc4 bxc4 22. Rxc4 $14) 21. d5 $1
exd5 22. Bxf6 $6 (22. Rb1 $1 Kc8 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Nxd5 $16) 22... gxf6 23.
Nxd5 c6 (23... Rd6 24. Rb1+ Kc6 25. Rhc1 $16) (23... Rd6 $1 24. Rc2 Re5 25. Ne3
$14) 24. Nxf6 Rb5 25. Rc2 Rd6 $2 (25... c3 $1 26. Rxc3 (26. Rhc1 Rb2 $36) 26...
Rb2+ 27. Ke3 Rxg2 28. Rb1+ $14) 26. Ng4 f5 (26... c3 27. Ne3 $1 Rb2 28. Rxb2+
cxb2 29. Rb1 $18) 27. Nf2 (27. exf5 Rxf5 28. Ne3 $16) 27... Rg6 28. Rg1 f4 29.
Nh3 Rf6 30. Rd1 (30. g3 $5 fxg3 31. hxg3 hxg3 32. Rxg3 $16) 30... Kc7 31. Kd2
Rc5 32. Rdc1 Rf8 33. Ke1 Kb6 34. Nf2 Rg5 35. Kf1 Kb5 36. Nd1 $1 Rfg8 (36... h3
37. gxh3 Rfg8 38. Nc3+ Kb6 39. Ne2 $18) 37. h3 Kb4 38. Rb1+ Ka4 $6 (38... Kc5
39. Rd2 c3 40. Rc2 $16) 39. Nb2+ (39. Nc3+ Ka3 40. Rcb2 c5 41. Rb5 Nc6 42.
R5b3+ cxb3 43. Rxb3#) 39... Ka3 40. Nxc4+ Nxc4 41. Rb3+ Ka4 42. Rxc4+ Ka5 43.
Rc2 R8g6 44. Rb7 {Ftacnik,L} (44. Rb7 Ka6 45. Rf7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Hilversum KRO m"]
[Site "Hilversum"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1991.12.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Be2
Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. O-O Qe7 12. Qb3 Rd8 13. Rad1 (13. Rfd1 c6
14. a4 Na6 15. a5 Qb4 16. Qc2 Qe7 $10 {Nikolic,Pr-Beliavsky,A/Reykjavik/1991/})
13... c5 (13... c6 14. Rfe1 Nd7 15. Bd3 Nf8 16. e4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Bc8 $1 $10 {
Portisch,L-Beliavsky,A/Reggio Emilia/1991/}) 14. dxc5 Bxc3 15. Qxc3 bxc5 16.
Rd2 {N} (16. Rc1 Nd7 17. Rc2 Rdc8 18. Qa3 a5 19. Rfc1 Qf6 20. Bb5 Bc6 $10 {
Weingold-Tal,M/Tallin/1983/}) 16... Nd7 17. Rc1 a5 18. Qa3 Qe4 $1 (18... Qf6
19. Bb5 Bc6 20. Bxc6 Qxc6 21. Nd4 $14) 19. Bb5 d4 $1 20. exd4 (20. Bxd7 Rxd7
21. Qxc5 Rc8 $19) (20. Bd3 Qe6 21. exd4 Bxf3 22. gxf3 Qf6 $1 23. Rcd1 cxd4 24.
Be4 Ne5 $1 $40) 20... Ne5 $1 21. Ne1 (21. dxe5 Rxd2 $19) (21. Bf1 Nxf3+ 22.
Qxf3 Qxf3 23. gxf3 Rxd4 24. Rxd4 cxd4 25. Kg2 $10) 21... cxd4 22. Qg3 Qf5 23.
Bf1 Ba6 24. Nd3 Bxd3 25. Bxd3 Rac8 26. Rcd1 (26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Bxf5 $4 Rc1+)
26... Nxd3 27. Qxd3 Qxd3 28. Rxd3 Rc2 29. R3d2 Rdc8 30. f3 d3 31. Kf2 Rb8 (
31... Re8 $2 32. Rxc2 dxc2 33. Rc1 Rc8 34. Ke3 $16) 32. b3 a4 33. bxa4 {
Ftacnik,L} (33. bxa4 Rbb2 34. Ke3 Rxa2 35. Kxd3 Rxd2+ 36. Rxd2 Rxa4 $10)
1/2-1/2

[Event "Hilversum KRO m"]
[Site "Hilversum"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E99"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "205"]
[EventDate "1991.12.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Nd3 f5 11. Bd2 Nf6 12. f3 f4 13. c5 g5 14. Rc1 Ng6 15. cxd6
cxd6 16. Nb5 Rf7 17. Qc2 Ne8 18. a4 h5 19. Nf2 Bf8 20. Qb3 Rg7 21. h3 Nh4 22.
Rc2 a6 23. Na3 Bd7 24. Rfc1 Rb8 25. Nc4 b6 26. a5 g4 27. fxg4 Nf6 28. Nxb6 hxg4
29. hxg4 Nxg2 30. Qh3 Ne3 31. Bxe3 Rh7 32. Qg2 fxe3 33. Nd1 Nh5 34. gxh5+ Rg7
35. Nxd7 Rxg2+ 36. Kxg2 Qxd7 37. Nxe3 Bh6 38. Ng4 Bg5 39. Rc7 Qa4 40. R1c4 Qxa5
41. Nf2 Qe1 42. Rc8+ Rxc8 43. Rxc8+ Kg7 44. Rc2 Bh4 45. Bf3 Kh6 46. Re2 Qc1 47.
Ng4+ Kg5 48. Ne3 Kf4 49. h6 Qc8 50. Nf5 Qd8 51. Re3 Bg5 52. h7 Bf6 53. Be2 Bh8
54. Bd3 Qc7 55. Rf3+ Kg5 56. Rg3+ Kf6 57. Rh3 Qc1 58. Nxd6 Qxb2+ 59. Kf1 a5 60.
Nc4 Qa1+ 61. Ke2 a4 62. d6 Qd4 63. Rh6+ Kg7 64. Re6 Kxh7 65. Re7+ Kg6 66. d7
Bf6 67. Re6 a3 68. Nd6 Qb6 69. Bc4 a2 70. Bxa2 Qb2+ 71. Kf3 Kh5 72. Rxf6 Qc3+
73. Kg2 Qd2+ 74. Rf2 Qxd6 75. Be6 Kg6 76. Kh2 Kg7 77. Rf7+ Kg6 78. Bd5 Qc7 79.
Kg3 Qd8 80. Kg4 Qg5+ 81. Kf3 Qd8 82. Kf2 Qc7 83. Kg3 Qb6 84. Kh4 Qa5 85. Kg4
Qd8 86. Kf3 Qa5 87. Rf5 Qa3+ 88. Kg4 Qd6 89. Rf7 Qb6 90. Rf3 Qd6 91. Bc6 Kg7
92. Kg3 Qd2 93. Bb5 Qg5+ 94. Kh3 Qh6+ 95. Kg2 Qd2+ 96. Rf2 Qg5+ 97. Kf1 Qc1+
98. Kg2 Qg5+ 99. Kf1 Qc1+ 100. Ke2 Qc2+ 101. Kf3 Qd1+ 102. Kg3 Qg1+ 103. Kf3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Hilversum KRO m"]
[Site "Hilversum"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1991.12.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Rc1 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 O-O 9. Nf3 Qxc5 10. Bb3 Nc6 11. O-O Qa5 12. h3 Bf5 13. Qe2 Ne4 14. Nd5 e5
15. Bh2 Be6 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. Qc4 Nf6 18. e4 Rac8 19. Ng5 Nd4 20. Ne7+ Kf8 (
20... Kh8 21. Qxe6 $1 fxe6 22. Nf7#) 21. Nxe6+ Kxe7 22. Nxd8 Rxc4 23. Bxc4 Nxe4
$5 {N, Magerramov} (23... Bh6 24. Bxe5 Qxe5 25. Nxf7 Qf4 26. Nxh6 Qxh6 $17 {
Huzman,A-Dorfman,I/Lvov/1988/}) 24. Nxf7 Qb6 25. Nxe5 (25. Bxe5 $2 Nf3+ $1 26.
gxf3 Qxf2+ 27. Kh1 Qxf3+ 28. Kh2 Qf2+ 29. Kh1 Bxe5 30. Nxe5 Ng3#) 25... Bxe5
26. Bxe5 Nf3+ 27. gxf3 Qxf2+ 28. Kh1 Qxf3+ 29. Kh2 Qf2+ 30. Kh1 Qf3+ {Ftacnik,L
} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hilversum KRO m"]
[Site "Hilversum"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1991.12.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 h6 7. h4 Be7 8. Rg1
d5 9. Bf4 (9. Bb5+) 9... Bb4 {N} (9... Nxe4 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Nb5 Qxd1+ 12.
Rxd1 Na6 13. Nd6+ Bxd6 14. Bxd6 Bd7 15. Rg3 Rc8 16. Rb3 Bc6 17. Ra3 f5 18. gxf5
exf5 19. Ra5 $16 {Ljubojevic,Lj-Sax,Gy Niksic 1983}) 10. Ndb5 Nc6 (10... Nxe4
11. Qd4 Bxc3+ 12. Nxc3 O-O $13) 11. Nc7+ Kf8 12. Nxa8 Nxe4 13. a3 (13. Qd3 $2
e5 14. Bd2 Nxd2 $17) (13. Bd2 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 Bd7 $44) 13... Qxh4 14. Bg3 (14.
Rg2 $5 Nxc3 (14... Bxc3+ 15. bxc3 Qf6 $13) 15. Qd3 $16) 14... Bxc3+ (14... Nxg3
15. axb4 $18) 15. bxc3 Qf6 16. Qd3 Nxc3 (16... Ne5 17. Bxe5 $8 Qxf2+ 18. Kd1
Qxg1 19. Kc1 f6 $13) 17. Bg2 Bd7 18. Nc7 Ke7 19. Kd2 d4 (19... Na5 20. Qxc3
Nc4+ 21. Kd3 Nb2+ 22. Kd2 Nc4+ $10) 20. f4 Rc8 21. Nb5 Na5 22. Nxd4 Rc4 23. Bf2
Qxf4+ 24. Be3 Qh2 25. Rae1 Nd5 26. Kc1 Rc3 27. Qd2 Nc4 28. Bxd5 Nxd2 29. Bxd2
Qc7 $1 (29... Rc8 30. Bxb7 $16) 30. Bxc3 $2 (30. Bb3 $14) 30... Qxc3 31. Nb3
Ba4 32. Re4 (32. Kb1 Kf8 $19) 32... Bxb3 33. Bxb3 Qa1+ {Boensch} 0-1

[Event "Reggio Emilia-A 9192 34th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1991.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. Bxc5
Nc6 9. Qxd8 Rxd8 10. Ba3 e6 11. Nge2 b6 12. Na4 Bh6 13. Rd1 Ba6 14. Nec3 Nd4
15. Bd3 Nh5 16. Kf2 Nf4 17. Bb1 Bxc4 18. Be7 Rd7 19. Bf6 Bg7 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21.
b3 Ba6 22. g3 Nh5 23. Nd5 Nc6 24. Ne3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reggio Emilia-A 9192 34th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1991.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bg2 Bb4+ 8. Bd2
c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. b4 Bd6 11. Nc3 Bc4 12. Bf4 O-O 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. a3 Nbd7
15. O-O a5 16. Nd2 Ba6 17. b5 Bb7 18. e3 Nc5 19. Nf3 Rac8 20. Nd4 g6 21. Nce2
Nce4 22. Ra2 Rc4 23. Qa1 Rfc8 24. Qb2 h5 25. Raa1 R8c5 26. Nf4 Nc3 27. Rfe1 Rc8
28. Bf1 R4c7 29. Bh3 Re8 30. Rac1 Na4 31. Qa1 Ne4 32. Rxc7 Qxc7 33. Rc1 Nac5
34. Rd1 Rd8 35. Bg2 Rd6 36. Rc1 Qb8 37. Rc2 h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reggio Emilia-A 9192 34th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1991.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Nd2 O-O 6. Ngf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Ne5
Re8 9. Ndf3 Bf8 10. Ng5 Re7 11. b3 h6 12. Ngf3 c5 13. Bb2 Na6 14. Rc1 Rc8 15.
e3 Rec7 16. Qe2 dxc4 17. Rxc4 Nb4 18. a3 Nc6 19. Nxc6 Bxc6 20. Rcc1 cxd4 21.
Nxd4 Bxg2 22. Rxc7 Rxc7 23. Kxg2 Qd5+ 24. f3 Bc5 25. e4 Qd8 26. Rd1 Rd7 27. Nc6
Qc7 28. Nd4 Qd8 29. Nc6 Qc7 30. Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reggio Emilia-A 9192 34th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1991.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 c6 8. Qd2 {N
} Nbd7 9. Rd1 Re8 (9... Ng4 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bh4 Qe8 (11... Nh6 $2 12. dxe5 dxe5
13. Nxe5 g5 14. Nxd7 $18) 12. d5 {>< Pd6}) 10. d5 cxd5 11. cxd5 a6 12. O-O b5
$2 (12... Ng4 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bh4 h5 15. Ne1 (15. h3 Nh6 $10) 15... Qb6 16. Kh1
Nf8 17. h3 (17. f3 $2 Ne3 $19) 17... Nh6 18. f3 $13) 13. Qc2 Nb6 14. a4 $1 bxa4
15. Nxa4 Nxa4 16. Qxa4 Rb8 17. Nd2 Ng4 (17... Rxb2 18. Bxa6 $16) 18. Ba7 Rxb2 (
18... Ra8 19. Bb6 $1 Bd7 20. Qa5 $16) 19. Bxa6 $16 {>< Pd6} Re7 20. Bxc8 Qxc8
21. h3 Qa8 22. Ra1 Nf6 (22... Rbb7 23. Qc6 $1 Rec7 24. Bb6 $1 $18 {'64'}) 23.
Nc4 Rbb7 24. Be3 Qb8 (24... Qxa4 25. Rxa4 Ne8 (25... Nxe4 $2 26. Ra8+ Bf8 27.
Bh6 $18) 26. Ra8 Bf8 $16) 25. Na5 $18 Rb4 26. Qd1 Rxe4 27. Nc6 Qf8 28. Nxe7+
Qxe7 29. Ra8+ Bf8 30. Qf3 Rxe3 (30... Rc4 31. Bg5) 31. fxe3 Nd7 32. Rb1 1-0

[Event "Reggio Emilia-A 9192 34th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1991.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. b4 Bb6 6. d3 d6 7. a4 a5 8. b5 Ne7
9. O-O Ng6 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Ba3 Nh5 12. d4 Nhf4 13. Re1 Bg4 14. h3 Bxh3 15.
gxh3 Nxh3+ 16. Kh2 Nxf2 17. Qe2 Ng4+ 18. Kg3 Nf4 19. Qf1 Qf6 20. Qh1 Qg6 21.
Qh4 Nh5+ 22. Kg2 Ne3+ 23. Kf2 Ng2 24. Qh2 Nxe1 25. Rxe1 Nf6 26. Qg2 Rfe8 27.
Qxg6 hxg6 28. Bb3 d5 29. exd5 exd4 30. Rxe8+ Rxe8 31. cxd4 Rd8 32. d6 cxd6 33.
Nc4 Bc7 34. b6 Bb8 35. Nxa5 Rd7 36. d5 Ne4+ 37. Kg2 Nc5 38. Bd1 Re7 39. Nc6
bxc6 40. dxc6 Na6 41. Nd4 Re4 42. Be2 Rxd4 43. Bxa6 Rd2+ 44. Kf1 Rc2 45. Bb5
Kf8 46. a5 1-0

[Event "Reggio Emilia-A 9192 34th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D07"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1991.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. d5 Ne5 6. Bf4 Ng6 7. Be3 Nf6 8. Nc3
e6 9. Qa4+ Qd7 10. Qxd7+ Kxd7 11. Bxc4 exd5 12. exd5 Bxf3 13. gxf3 a6 14. Ne4
Re8 15. Nxf6+ gxf6 16. O-O-O Bd6 17. h4 h5 18. Bd3 Rhg8 19. Kc2 Kd8 20. Kb3 Ne7
21. Be4 Nc8 22. Rhg1 Nb6 23. Rxg8 Rxg8 24. f4 Bxf4 25. Bxf4 Rg4 26. Bxc7+ Kxc7
27. d6+ Kd8 28. Bxb7 a5 29. Bd5 Rxh4 30. Bxf7 Kd7 31. Rd3 Rb4+ 32. Kc2 Rf4 33.
Bxh5 Rxf2+ 34. Kb3 Nc8 35. Be8+ Kxe8 36. d7+ Kd8 37. dxc8=Q+ Kxc8 38. Rd5 a4+
39. Ka3 Rf4 40. Rb5 f5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reggio Emilia-A 9192 34th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1991.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Bb3 Qc7 12. Qf3 Bd6 13. Kh1 {N; Der Bd6
hat nicht den Tempozug Bh2+.} (13. h3 O-O 14. Bg5 Nd7 15. c3 b5 $13) 13... O-O
14. Bg5 Nd7 15. c3 Ne5 $5 (15... b5 16. Rad1 Bb7 17. Qh3 {/\ 18.Nxe6}) 16. Qh5
Ng6 17. Bc2 h6 18. Nf3 b5 19. Rad1 Bf4 20. Bxf4 Nxf4 21. Qe5 Qxe5 22. Nxe5 Bb7
23. f3 Rfd8 $10 24. Kg1 Rac8 25. a3 f6 26. Nd3 Nxd3 27. Rxd3 Rxd3 28. Bxd3 Rd8
29. Rd1 Kf8 30. Be2 Rxd1+ 31. Bxd1 g5 32. g3 Ke7 33. Kf2 a5 34. f4 gxf4 35.
gxf4 Kd6 36. b4 axb4 37. cxb4 e5 38. Ke3 Bc6 39. Bh5 Bd7 40. Bf7 Bc6 41. h4 Ke7
42. Bb3 Kd6 43. Bd1 f5 44. Bc2 Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reggio Emilia-A 9192 34th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1991.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nb6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be6 8.
Nc3 Qd7 (8... Nb4 9. Be4 c6 10. Nge2 N4d5 11. Qd3 Qd7 12. O-O g6 13. a3 f5 14.
Bf3 Bg7 15. Rad1 O-O {0,5/Timman,J-Spraggett,K/Wijk aan Zee/1985/}) 9. Nf3
O-O-O (9... Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 e6 12. Rd1 O-O-O 13. O-O Nb4 14. Be4 N4d5
$13 {Kortchnoi,V-Huebner,R/Tilburg/1987/}) 10. h3 Nb4 11. Be2 (11. Be4 f5 $1)
11... f5 $5 12. O-O h6 13. a3 (13. Qd2 g5 $36) 13... N4d5 14. Ne1 Nxc3 (14...
f4 15. Bd2 g5 16. Nd3 $36) 15. bxc3 Bc4 16. Nd3 (16. Bxc4 Nxc4 17. Nd3 e6 18.
Qb3 Qd5 $10) 16... e6 17. a4 g5 18. Qc2 Qc6 (18... Nd5 19. Nc5 Bxc5 20. Bxc4
$14) 19. Rfc1 Bd5 (19... f4 20. Bd2 Qe4 21. Re1 $36) 20. Bf1 Nc4 21. Bd2 (21.
Nb4 Bxb4 22. cxb4 Nxe3 23. fxe3 Qxc2 24. Rxc2 $10) 21... Rg8 22. Nb4 Bxb4 23.
cxb4 Nxd2 24. Qxd2 Qd7 25. Ra3 Kb8 26. Rac3 Rc8 (26... c6 27. b5 $36) 27. b5 g4
28. h4 Qe7 29. g3 (29. Qxh6 Rh8 30. Qg5 Qxg5 31. hxg5 Rhg8 $10) 29... Qb4 30.
Qd1 c6 31. Bg2 Bxg2 32. Kxg2 cxb5 33. Rxc8+ Rxc8 34. Rxc8+ Kxc8 35. Qc1+ Kd7
36. axb5 Qxd4 (36... Qxb5 37. Qxh6 Qd5+ 38. Kg1 Qxd4 39. Qg7+ Kc6 40. h5 $132)
37. Qxh6 Qe4+ 38. Kh2 Qd5 (38... Qxe5 39. Qh7+ Ke8 40. Qxb7 $10) 39. Qg7+ Ke8
40. Qh8+ Kd7 41. Qg7+ Ke8 42. Qg6+ Ke7 43. Qf6+ Kd7 44. Qf7+ Kd8 45. Qf6+ {
Ftacnik,L} (45. h5 Qd4 46. Kg1 Qd1+ 47. Kg2 Qd5+ $10) 45... Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reggio Emilia-A 9192 34th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1991.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c3 Bg7 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d5 7. Nc3 e6 8. O-O
Nge7 9. b3 O-O 10. e3 b6 11. Ba3 Ba6 12. Re1 Rc8 13. Rc1 Re8 14. b4 Bb7 15. g4
Rc7 16. Re2 Nc8 17. Rec2 Nd6 18. b5 Na5 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. Ne4 dxe4 21. Rxc7
exf3 22. Bxf3 Re7 23. R7c2 h6 24. Bxb7 Rxb7 25. Qf3 Rd7 26. h4 e5 27. dxe5 Qxe5
28. h5 Kh7 29. hxg6+ fxg6 30. a4 Nb3 31. Rd1 Qf6 32. Qe2 Re7 33. Kg2 Nc5 34. a5
Ne6 35. Qf3 Qxf3+ 36. Kxf3 bxa5 37. Rd6 Nc7 38. b6 axb6 39. Rxb6 Nd5 40. Rb5
Rf7+ 41. Kg2 Nb4 42. Rc4 Nd3 43. f4 Nb2 44. Rc2 a4 45. Rbxb2 Bxb2 46. Rxb2 a3
47. Ra2 Ra7 48. e4 Kg7 49. e5 Kf7 50. f5 gxf5 51. gxf5 Ra5 52. Kg3 Rxe5 53.
Rxa3 Rxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 10th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bd7 9. Nb5 Qb8 $5 (9... Bxb5 $6 10. Bxb5+ Ke7 $16) 10. O-O-O (10. Bxf6 $6
gxf6 11. Qxf6 Rg8 $36) 10... a6 11. Nxd6+ Bxd6 12. Bxf6 (12. Qxd6 $2 Qxd6 13.
Rxd6 Nxe4 $19) 12... Bf4+ 13. Kb1 gxf6 14. Qxd7+ Kf8 15. g3 Bc7 {/\ ...b5, ...
Ra8-a7, Bc7-b6} 16. Bh3 b5 17. Qc6 Ra7 18. Bxe6 $1 {Weiss hat drei Bauern für
die Figur und eine Angriffstellung.} fxe6 19. Qxe6 Bd8 20. Rd6 Be7 21. Rhd1 Rg8
22. Rxa6 {Der vierte Bauer} Rxa6 23. Qxa6 Kf7 24. a4 bxa4 25. Qc4+ Kf8 26. Qxa4
Rg5 27. Rd5 $2 (27. f4 $1) 27... Rxd5 28. exd5 Qe5 29. Qa8+ Kf7 30. Qb7 Qd4 31.
Qb3 Kf8 32. Qb8+ Kf7 33. Qb7 $6 {Ivanchuk spielt zu unrecht weiterhin auf
Gewinn.} (33. Qb3 $1 $10) 33... Qxf2 34. c3 (34. d6 $2 Qe1+ 35. Ka2 Qe6+ {
/\ 36...Qxd6}) 34... Qd2 35. Ka2 h5 36. h3 Qd3 37. Kb3 Qxg3 38. Qd7 Qe5 39. c4
Qe3+ 40. Ka2 Qc5 41. Qe6+ Kg7 42. Kb3 Kf8 43. Qf5 h4 44. Qh5 Qb4+ 45. Ka2 Qxc4+
46. Ka1 Qf1+ 47. Ka2 Qxh3 48. Qh8+ Kf7 49. Qh7+ Ke8 50. Qh8+ Kd7 51. Qa8 Bd6
0-1

[Event "Linares 10th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8.
Qd2 Qa5 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. Rb1 a6 11. Rb3 b5 12. d5 Nd7 13. c4 b4 14. Qc2 Qc7 15.
Nd2 Nb6 16. f4 a5 17. Bd3 a4 18. Rb1 g5 19. f5 Be5 20. h3 Bg3+ 21. Kf1 Bh5 22.
e5 Qxe5 23. Ne4 Qxf5+ 24. Kg1 Qe5 25. Bxc5 b3 26. axb3 Nd7 27. Ba3 axb3 28.
Rxb3 Qa1+ 29. Qb1 Rxa3 30. Rxa3 Qxa3 31. Nxg3 Bg6 32. Qb7 O-O 33. Qxd7 Qxd3 34.
Kh2 h5 35. Re1 h4 36. Nf1 Qxc4 37. Qxe7 Qf4+ 38. Kg1 Rb8 39. d6 Qd4+ 40. Kh2
Qf4+ 41. Kg1 Qd4+ 42. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 10th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Nd2 a5 10. a3 Nd7 11. Rb1 f5 12. b4 Kh8 13. f3 Ng8 14. Qc2 Ngf6 (14...
Bh6 15. Nb5 axb4 16. axb4 Ndf6 17. c5 fxe4 18. Nxe4 Nxd5 19. cxd6 c6 20. Qc5
Bd7 $2 (20... Bxc1 $1 21. Rfxc1 Bd7 22. Nc7 b6) 21. Bxh6 Nxh6 22. Nc7 b6 23.
Qc1 $1 {Ivanchuk,V-Gelfand,B/Linares (04)/1992/1-0/33/  -> CBM 28}) 15. Bd3 $1
{N} f4 $8 16. Nb5 $14 b6 17. c5 {Konsequent!} dxc5 18. bxa5 Rxa5 19. Nc4 Ra8
20. a4 (20. d6 $5 c6 (20... Ne8 $5) 21. Nc7 Rb8 22. Ne6 Qe8 23. Nxf8 Bxf8 $13)
20... Ne8 21. a5 Ba6 22. Bd2 Bxb5 $1 23. Rxb5 Nd6 24. Rb2 Qe7 25. Nxd6 Qxd6 26.
Bb5 (26. axb6 $5 cxb6 (26... Nxb6 27. Rc1 Nd7 28. Bb5 $14) 27. Bb5 Rab8 28.
Rfb1 Rf7 29. Be1 Bf6 30. Bf2 Bd8 31. Bxd7 Qxd7 32. Qc3 Qe8 $13) 26... bxa5 $1
27. Bc6 (27. Bxd7 Qxd7 28. Qxc5 a4 29. Ra1 Rfb8 30. Rba2 $13) 27... Rab8 28.
Ra2 Rf7 $10 29. Rxa5 Bf8 30. Bc1 g5 31. Bb2 Qf6 32. Bxd7 Rxd7 33. Rfa1 Bd6 34.
Ba3 g4 35. Bxc5 Rg8 36. Ra8 Rdg7 37. Kh1 Qg6 38. Bxd6 cxd6 39. Rc8 gxf3 40.
Rxg8+ Rxg8 41. gxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 10th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Nd2 a5 10. Rb1 Nd7 11. a3 f5 12. b4 Kh8 13. f3 Ng8 14. Qc2 Bh6 15. Nb5
axb4 16. axb4 Ndf6 17. c5 fxe4 18. Nxe4 Nxd5 19. cxd6 c6 20. Qc5 Bd7 21. Bxh6
Nxh6 22. Nc7 b6 23. Qc1 Nf4 24. Qb2 Nxe2+ 25. Qxe2 Rc8 26. Qb2 Nf7 27. f4 Nxd6
28. Qxe5+ Kg8 29. Ne6 Bxe6 30. Qxe6+ Nf7 31. Rbd1 Qc7 32. Rd7 Qb8 33. f5 1-0

[Event "Linares 10th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 Nf6 {N} (5... exd4 6. Qxd4 Qxd4
7. Nxd4 Nf6 8. f3 Bc5 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Nc2 Bxe3 11. Nxe3 Be6 12. O-O-O Ne5 13.
Nb5 Rc8 14. Nxa7 Ra8 15. Nb5 Rc8 16. a3 $16 {/\Nd4 Seirawan,Y-Ivanchuk,V,
Roquerbrune 30',1992}) (5... exd4 6. Qxd4 Qxd4 7. Nxd4 Nf6 8. f3 Bd7 9. Bxc4
Nc6 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Bf4 Nd7 12. Rc1 f6 13. a3 Bxc3+ 14. Rxc3 Ne5 15. Be2 $14
{Bagirov,V-Barua,Frunze 1983}) (5... exd4 6. Qxd4 Qxd4 7. Nxd4 Nf6 8. f3 a6 9.
Bxc4 b5 10. Be2 c5 11. Nc2 Ba5 12. O-O Be6 13. e5 Bxc3 (13... Nfd7 14. f4 Nc6
15. Bf3 $16) 14. bxc3 Nd5 15. Bd2 Nb6 16. Ne3 Nc6 17. f4 O-O-O 18. Be1 $14 {
Skembris-Bousios,Greece(ch),1984}) 6. Nxe5 b5 (6... Nxe4 $2 7. Qa4+ Nc6 8. Nxc6
Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qd7 10. Bxc4 bxc6 11. Ba3 $16) 7. Be2 Bb7 $6 (7... Nxe4 8. O-O (
8. Bf3 $2 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bxc3+ 10. Bd2 Bxa1 11. Qxa1 c6 12. Nxc6 Nxc6 13. Bxc6+
Bd7 $17) 8... Bxc3 (8... Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bxc3 10. Rb1 {/\Bf3} a6 11. Bf3 Ra7 12.
Ba3 $146) 9. Bf3 Bb7 10. bxc3 (10. Bxe4 Bxe4 11. bxc3 O-O $10) 10... Nxc3 11.
Bxb7 $1 Nxd1 12. Rxd1 f6 (12... Nd7 13. Bc6 O-O 14. Nxd7 Re8 15. Bxb5 $16) 13.
Nf3 Nd7 14. Re1+ Kf8 (14... Kf7 15. Bd5+ Kg6 $2 16. Nh4+ Kh5 17. Bf3+ Kxh4 18.
g3+ Kh3 19. Re4 $18) 15. Ba3+ c5 16. dxc5 Qa5 17. Bxa8 Qxa3 18. Rad1 $40) (7...
Nxe4 $142 8. O-O Bxc3 9. Bf3 Qxd4 $1 10. Qxd4 Bxd4 11. Bxe4 Bxe5 12. Bxa8 O-O
13. Re1 Bf6 $132 {><b2}) 8. O-O c6 $2 (8... Bxc3 9. bxc3 Nxe4 10. Ba3 $5 (10.
Bf3 $5) 10... Nd6 (10... Nxc3 11. Qe1 $1 $16) (10... a5 11. Bf3) 11. Bf3 $36) (
8... Nxe4 9. Nxe4 Bxe4 10. Bxc4 O-O 11. Bxf7+ Rxf7 12. Nxf7 Kxf7 13. Qb3+ Qd5
14. Qxb4 Bxg2 15. Rd1 Bf3 16. Rd3 Nc6 17. Qc5 $16) 9. Bg5 $16 {[+]} h6 10. Bh4
O-O 11. Ng4 Be7 12. Bxf6 $1 Bxf6 13. e5 Be7 14. Bf3 a6 15. a4 Nd7 $5 (15... b4
16. Ne4 Nd7 17. Rc1 Nb6 18. Ne3 $16) (15... Qb6 16. d5 cxd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18.
Qxd5 Ra7 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rxa7 Qxa7 21. Qxb5 $16) 16. axb5 axb5 17. Nxb5 Qb6
18. Nc3 Rad8 19. Na4 Qb4 20. Qe1 $1 Nb8 21. Ne3 (21. Qxb4 Bxb4 22. Ne3 $16)
21... Qxe1 22. Rfxe1 Rxd4 23. Nf5 Rd7 24. Nb6 Rc7 25. Nxc4 (25. Nxe7+ $142 Rxe7
26. Nxc4 $18 {/\Ra7}) 25... Bb4 26. Re4 Bc8 27. Ncd6 Bxf5 28. Nxf5 Rb7 29. h4 (
29. Rg4 g6 30. Nxh6+ Kh7 31. Rh4 Be7 32. Rh3 Kg7 33. Ra2 Rh8 34. Ng4 Rxh3 35.
gxh3 $16) 29... h5 $1 30. Rd1 g6 31. Nd6 Bxd6 32. Rxd6 $5 (32. exd6 Rd8 33. Re2
$16) 32... Re8 33. b4 $6 (33. e6 fxe6 (33... f5 34. Re2 Rb6 35. Kh2 Kf8 36. e7+
Kf7 37. Bd5+ $18) 34. Rexe6 Rxe6 35. Rxe6 Kf7 36. Re2 $16 {><g6}) 33... Rb5 $5
34. Be2 $1 Rd5 $5 35. f3 $6 (35. Rxd5 cxd5 36. Re3 Nd7 (36... d4 37. Re4 Nc6
38. Bb5 $18) (36... Nc6 37. b5 $18) 37. Bb5 Re7 38. Bxd7 Rxd7 39. Kf1 $18)
35... Kf8 36. Kf2 $4 (36. Rxd5 cxd5 37. Re3 $22 Nc6 38. b5 Nxe5 39. b6 Nd7 40.
Rxe8+ Kxe8 41. b7 Kd8 42. Bb5 Nb8 43. Kf2 f6 44. f4 Ke7 45. Ke3 $18) 36...
Rexe5 37. Rxe5 Rxd6 $10 38. Ra5 Nd7 39. Ra8+ Ke7 40. Ra7 Rd2 41. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 10th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. c3 Nxe4 8. d4
Na5 9. Nxe5 {The main-line is 9.Bc2 - see Alnasi,Z-Stern,R, Budapest Honved
1991 CBM 27 game 137.} Nxb3 10. Qxb3 Qf6 11. f3 Nc5 12. Ng4 Nxb3 13. Nxf6+ Ke7
14. axb3 (14. Bg5 $1 Nxa1 (14... gxf6 15. Re1+ Kd6 16. Bf4+ $14) 15. Re1+ Kd6
16. Bf4+ Kc6 17. d5+ Kc5 (17... Kb6 18. Nxd7+ $18) 18. b4+ Kc4 19. Na3+ Kxc3
20. Ne4+ Kxb4 21. Rb1+ Kxa3 22. Nc3 $18 {Black resigned in Hall-Colinson,
Oakham 1992.}) 14... Kxf6 15. c4 bxc4 16. bxc4 Bb4 17. Bd2 a5 18. Bxb4 axb4 19.
Nd2 d6 20. Kf2 Rhe8 21. d5 c5 $10 22. dxc6 Bxc6 23. Nb3 Bd7 24. Nd4 Rec8 25.
Rxa8 Rxa8 26. Ke3 Ra2 27. Rf2 Ra5 28. Rd2 Rc5 29. b3 Re5+ {29. - d5} 30. Kf2
Ra5 31. Nc2 Ra2 32. Ke1 Rb2 33. Nxb4 Rxb3 34. Rxd6+ Be6 35. Rb6 Rb1+ 36. Kf2
Rc1 37. Nd5+ Ke5 38. Ne3 Rc3 39. h4 $14 h5 40. Rb5+ Kd4 41. Nf5+ Kxc4 42. Nd6+
Kd4 43. Rxh5 Rc2+ 44. Kg3 g6 45. Rh7 f5 46. Re7 Bb3 47. Rg7 Rc6 48. Nb7 Ke5 49.
Na5 Rb6 50. Rb7 f4+ 51. Kg4 Rxb7 52. Nxb7 Bc4 53. Kg5 Bf1 54. Nc5 Bxg2 55. Nd3+
Kd4 56. Ne1 Bf1 57. Kxf4 Bb5 58. Kg5 Be8 59. Ng2 Bc6 60. Kf4 Kd5 61. Ne3+ Ke6
62. Ng4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 10th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 d5 6. O-O dxc4 7. Bxc4 a6 8. Nc3
b5 9. Bd3 c5 10. a4 b4 11. Ne2 Nbd7 12. b3 cxd4 13. Nfxd4 e5 14. Nf5 g6 15.
Nfg3 h5 16. f3 Bc5 17. Kh1 Qe7 18. Ng1 O-O 19. Nh3 Rfd8 20. Qe2 Ba7 21. Bd2 a5
22. Nf2 Bd5 23. e4 Bxb3 24. Bg5 Nf8 25. Qb2 Be6 26. Qxe5 N8h7 27. Rad1 Nxg5 28.
Qxg5 Nd5 29. Qxe7 Nxe7 30. Bb5 h4 31. Ne2 Bxf2 32. Rxd8+ Rxd8 33. Rxf2 Rd1+ 34.
Ng1 Nc8 35. h3 Nd6 36. Ba6 Bc4 0-1

[Event "Linares 10th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Ng4 8. Bg5
f6 9. Bh4 Bh6 10. Qd1 Nc6 11. Be2 Nge5 12. O-O O-O 13. f4 Bxf4 14. Rxf4 g5 15.
Bxg5 fxg5 16. Rxf8+ Qxf8 17. Nd5 Qd8 18. c3 e6 19. Ne3 Bd7 20. Qd2 Qe7 21. Rd1
Rd8 22. Nc4 Nf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 10th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E19"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qc2
Nxc3 9. Qxc3 c5 10. Rd1 d6 11. b3 Bf6 12. Bb2 Nd7 13. Qd2 Qe7 14. dxc5 Bxb2 15.
Qxb2 dxc5 16. Rd3 Rad8 17. Rad1 Nb8 18. h4 Rxd3 19. Rxd3 Be4 20. Rd2 Nc6 21.
Ne5 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Nb8 23. Qc2 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Qxd8 25. Qe4 Qc7 26. g4 f6 27. Nd3
Qc6 28. Kf3 Kf7 29. a3 Ke7 30. Ke3 Qxe4+ 31. Kxe4 Nc6 32. e3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 10th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. a3
Qd8 9. Qc2 Be7 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O a6 12. Ne2 Bd6 13. c5 Bb8 14. e4 e5 15. Rad1
f5 16. exd5 e4 17. d6 exf3 18. Nf4 Nf6 19. Rfe1 Bxd6 20. cxd6 Qxd6 21. g3 Bd7
22. Bc4+ Kh7 23. Ne6 Rfe8 24. Qxf5+ Kh8 25. Qc5 Qxc5 26. Nxc5 b5 27. Bf1 Red8
28. h3 Bf5 29. g4 Bh7 30. Re3 Nd7 31. Nxd7 Rxd7 32. Rxf3 c5 33. d5 Rad8 34. Re3
Bg8 35. Bg2 Bxd5 36. Bxd5 Rxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 10th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. e3 e5 4. Nc3 (4. d4 cxd4 5. exd4 e4 6. Nfd2 f5 7. d5 Ne5
8. Be2 Nf6 9. O-O $13) 4... Nf6 5. d4 (5. Be2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Nc7 8. b3
Be7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Rc1 b6 $13 {Wirthenson,H-Hansen,Cu  Hamburg SKA 1991 CBM/24}
) 5... cxd4 6. exd4 e4 7. Nd2 (7. Ng5 Bb4 8. d5 Ne5 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Bxc3 11.
bxc3 d6 12. Qd4 Bf5 13. f4 exf3 14. Nxf3 Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3 Qb6 $13 {Arkhipov,
S-Ernst,T Gausdal International 1991 CBM/25}) (7. d5 exf3 8. dxc6 dxc6 (8...
Qe7+ $5 9. Be3 fxg2 10. cxd7+ Bxd7 11. Bxg2 Bc6 $13) 9. Qxf3 Bg4 10. Qe3+ Be7
11. Be2 $10 {Silseth,S-Ilinsky,V Gausdal International 1991 CBM/25}) (7. Ne5 $5
Bb4 8. Be2 Qa5 9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. O-O O-O 11. Bd2 Re8 12. a3 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Qg5
14. Qc1 Qh4 15. Qe3 $14 {Hansen,Cu-Cramling,P Hamburg SKA 1991 CBM/24}) 7...
Bb4 $1 8. Ndb1 (8. d5 Ne5 9. Be2 O-O 10. Qc2 Nd3+ 11. Bxd3 exd3 12. Qxd3 Re8+
13. Kf1 d6 $44 {Nei-Bondarevski URS 1963}) 8... d5 $1 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 (10.
Nxc3 $5 dxc4 11. d5 Ne5 12. Bxc4 O-O 13. Be2 Bf5 $13) 10... Be6 11. cxd5 Qxd5
12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O Na5 14. Nd2 Rac8 15. Rb1 $6 (15. Bb2 $5) 15... b6 16. c4
Qxd4 17. Bb2 Qd8 18. Qc2 Re8 19. Rfd1 Qe7 20. Nxe4 Nxe4 21. Qxe4 Nxc4 22. Bxc4
Rxc4 23. Qe3 Rg4 24. Rd4 Rg6 25. Rc1 h6 26. h4 Qb7 27. Qe4 Qb8 28. Qf3 Bc8 $1
29. Qf4 Bh3 30. Kh2 Qa8 31. f3 Bxg2 32. Rc7 Qxf3 33. Qxf3 Bxf3 0-1

[Event "Linares 10th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Bf5 6. e3 c6 7. Qf3 Bg6 8.
Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. Kd2 Nd7 11. Bd3 a5 12. Nf3 Nb6 13. b3 Kd7 14. Ne1
Bb4 15. Nc2 Bxc3+ 16. Kxc3 Nc8 17. Rae1 Nd6 18. f3 Rhe8 19. Re2 Re7 20. Rhe1
Rae8 21. Na3 b6 22. Kd2 Bxd3 23. Kxd3 f5 24. Nb1 c5 25. Nc3 Kc6 26. a4 Re6 27.
Rc1 h5 28. Rcc2 h4 29. Rc1 Rg6 30. Rcc2 Reg8 31. Nb1 Ne8 32. Nc3 Nc7 33. e4
fxe4+ 34. fxe4 Rg5 35. exd5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 10th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. c3 Na5 8. Bb5
a6 9. Ba4 b5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Re8 12. Nf1 Bb7 13. Ng3 Bf8 14. h3 d5 15. exd5
Qxd5 16. Bg5 Qc6 17. a4 h6 18. axb5 axb5 19. Bd2 c4 20. dxc4 Nxc4 21. Rxa8 Bxa8
22. Bc1 Nd6 23. Qe2 Bb7 24. Qf1 Nd7 25. Nf5 Nc4 26. N3d4 Qc8 27. Nxb5 Ba6 28.
Qd3 g6 29. b3 Bxb5 30. bxc4 Bxc4 31. Qg3 h5 32. Nh6+ Kh7 33. Nf5 Nc5 34. Ne3
Bd3 35. Bxd3 Nxd3 36. Rd1 e4 37. Nd5 Bg7 38. Bg5 Qf5 39. c4 Ra8 40. Be3 Nb2 41.
Rc1 Nxc4 42. Rxc4 Ra1+ 43. Kh2 Qxd5 44. Rc5 Qe6 45. Rb5 Rd1 46. Qh4 Rd3 47. g3
Rxe3 48. fxe3 Qc6 49. Qg5 Qc2+ 50. Kh1 Qd1+ 51. Kh2 Qe2+ 52. Kh1 Qf1+ 53. Kh2
Bh6 54. Qd5 Qf2+ 55. Kh1 Qf3+ 56. Kh2 h4 57. gxh4 Qf2+ 0-1

[Event "Roquebrune"]
[Site "Roquebrune"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B16"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. c3 Bf5 7. Nf3 e6 8.
g3 Nd7 9. Bg2 Qc7 10. O-O Bd6 11. c4 O-O 12. Nh4 Bg6 13. d5 f5 14. Bh6 Rfe8 15.
dxe6 fxe6 16. Qd2 Ne5 17. Qc3 Ng4 18. Bg5 Be7 19. Bf4 e5 20. Nxg6 hxg6 21. Bd2
e4 22. Bf4 Bd6 23. Bxd6 Qxd6 24. Rad1 Qe7 25. Rfe1 Rad8 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. c5
Rd5 28. f3 Nf6 29. b4 a5 30. a3 axb4 31. axb4 Re5 32. fxe4 Nxe4 33. Qc4+ Kg7
34. Bxe4 fxe4 35. Qd4 Kg8 36. Qe3 Qe6 37. Rf1 Rf5 38. Rd1 Rd5 39. Re1 Re5 40.
Kg2 Qc4 {[time]} 1-0

[Event "Roquebrune"]
[Site "Roquebrune"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. a3 Nc6 8. Be3
Be7 9. Rc1 O-O 10. Be2 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. f3 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 d6 14. b4 Rfd8 15.
Qd2 Rac8 16. Rfd1 Nd7 17. Bf1 Bf8 18. Qf2 Ba8 19. Rc2 Qb8 20. Rdc1 Rc6 21. Nd1
Rdc8 22. Ne3 Ne5 23. f4 Nd7 24. Bb2 b5 25. Bd3 bxc4 26. Nxc4 e5 27. fxe5 Nxe5
28. Nxe5 dxe5 29. Rxc6 Rxc6 30. Rxc6 Bxc6 31. Bxa6 Bxe4 32. Bc4 Bg6 33. Bb3 h5
34. h3 Kh7 35. Bxf7 Qd6 36. Bxg6+ Kxg6 37. Qe3 Kf5 38. Bc3 Qd1+ 39. Kh2 Bd6 40.
Qf3+ Qxf3 41. gxf3 e4+ 42. Kg2 exf3+ 43. Kxf3 g5 44. a4 g4+ 45. hxg4+ hxg4+ 46.
Ke3 Bxb4 47. Bxb4 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Roquebrune"]
[Site "Roquebrune"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Qc2 Nxc3 8.
Qxc3 h6 9. e3 Be7 10. Bb5+ c6 11. Ba4 O-O 12. O-O Nd7 13. e4 b5 14. Bc2 c5 15.
Rd1 Qb6 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Be3 Qc6 18. Ne5 Qc8 19. f3 Na4 20. Qb3 Bc5 21. Rd3
Bxe3+ 22. Rxe3 Rd8 23. Nd3 a6 24. Rc1 Qc7 25. Qb4 Qb6 26. Qe1 Rac8 27. Kf1 Nc5
28. Nxc5 Rxc5 29. Rc3 Rxc3 30. Qxc3 Rc8 31. Qd2 Qc5 32. Qf2 Qc4+ 33. Qe2 Qc7
34. Qd3 Qxh2 35. Kf2 Qc7 36. Qd2 h5 37. Kf1 h4 38. Kf2 Qg3+ 39. Ke3 Qg5+ 0-1

[Event "Roquebrune"]
[Site "Roquebrune"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Polgar, Zsuzsa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 dxc4 4. d5 e6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. e4 exd5 7. e5 Nfd7 8. Bg5
f6 9. exf6 gxf6 10. Qe2+ Kf7 11. Nxd5 Bg7 12. Be3 b5 13. O-O-O Qb6 14. Bd2 Qd8
15. Ng5+ fxg5 16. Qh5+ Ke6 17. Bxg5 Qa5 18. Nf4+ 1-0

[Event "Roquebrune"]
[Site "Roquebrune"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. Nf3 Re8 7. O-O e4 8. Ng5
Bxc3 9. dxc3 Qe7 10. Nh3 Qc5 11. b3 d6 12. Nf4 g5 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. cxd5 Qxd5
15. c4 Qf5 16. Bb2 Bd7 17. Rad1 Qg6 18. Qc3 f5 19. c5 Ne5 20. cxd6 cxd6 21. Qc7
Bc6 22. Rxd6 Qf7 23. Qa5 b6 24. Qc3 Rac8 25. Qd4 Bb7 26. Rd1 e3 27. Bxb7 Qxb7
28. Qxe3 Qe7 29. Qd4 Rc2 30. Rd2 Rxd2 31. Qxd2 Nf7 32. Rc6 h6 33. e3 Kh7 34.
Qc2 Qd7 35. Rc7 1-0

[Event "Roquebrune"]
[Site "Roquebrune"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nd2 c6 7. Qf3 Nd7 8.
Ne2 Nb6 9. g4 Na4 10. Rb1 c5 11. b3 Nb6 12. c3 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Bd7 14. h4 Rc8 15.
Rc1 Be5 16. Ke2 Bxd4 17. cxd4 Qe7 18. Nb1 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Rc8 20. Rxc8+ Bxc8 21.
Qf4 Qd8 22. f3 Be6 23. Nc3 a6 24. Kd2 h6 25. a4 Kf8 26. a5 Nc8 27. Qb8 Qxa5 28.
Qxb7 Qa3 29. Na4 g5 30. h5 Ne7 31. Nc5 f5 32. Qb8+ Kg7 33. Qe5+ Kf8 34. gxf5
Qb2+ 35. Bc2 Bxf5 36. e4 dxe4 37. fxe4 Bg4 {[time]} 1-0

[Event "Roquebrune"]
[Site "Roquebrune"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 c6 8. O-O
exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. Qc2 Qe7 11. Bf3 Nbd7 12. Rfe1 Ne5 13. b3 Nfg4 14. Bxg4
Nxg4 15. Rad1 Nxe3 16. Rxe3 Bg4 17. f3 Bd7 18. Red3 Rad8 19. Nde2 Bc8 20. Qd2
Bf8 21. f4 Rd7 22. Kh1 Red8 23. Ng1 a6 24. a4 Bg7 25. Re1 Qf8 26. Nf3 f5 27.
exf5 Qxf5 28. Nd4 Qa5 29. Ne6 Bxc3 30. Qxc3 Qxc3 31. Rxc3 Re7 32. f5 Rde8 33.
g4 Bxe6 34. fxe6 Rxe6 35. Rxe6 Rxe6 36. Kg2 a5 37. Rd3 Kf7 38. Kg3 Ke7 39. h4
h6 40. Kf4 Re5 41. Rc3 Ke6 42. Rd3 g5+ 43. hxg5 hxg5+ 44. Kf3 d5 45. cxd5+ Rxd5
46. Re3+ Kd6 47. Rc3 Rd4 48. Re3 Kc5 49. Re5+ Kb4 50. Rxg5 Rd3+ 51. Kf4 Rxb3
52. Rg7 Kxa4 53. g5 b5 54. g6 Rb1 55. Rc7 b4 56. Rxc6 b3 57. Kf5 Rg1 58. Rb6
Ka3 59. Kf6 b2 60. g7 Ka2 61. Kf7 b1=Q 62. Rxb1 Kxb1 63. g8=Q Rxg8 64. Kxg8 a4
65. Kf7 a3 66. Ke6 a2 67. Kd5 a1=Q 68. Kc5 Kc2 69. Kd5 Kd3 70. Ke6 Ke4 71. Kd6
Qc3 72. Kd7 Kd5 73. Ke7 Qg7+ 74. Kd8 Kd6 75. Kc8 Qc7# 0-1

[Event "Roquebrune"]
[Site "Roquebrune"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Nge2
exd5 9. cxd5 a6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. Ng3 Ne5 12. Be2 Bd7 13. O-O b5 14. axb5 axb5
15. Bxb5 Bxb5 16. Nxb5 Qb6 17. Qe2 Rab8 18. Na7 Qxb2 19. Qxb2 Rxb2 20. Rfb1 Rc2
21. Ra6 Nc4 22. Bf4 Ra8 23. h4 Nd7 24. Kh2 h5 25. Kh3 Nde5 26. Rb7 Nd3 27. Bxd6
Ne3 28. Nh1 Nxg2 29. Rc6 Ngf4+ 30. Bxf4 Nxf4+ 31. Kg3 Be5 32. Nf2 Nd3+ 33. f4
Bxf4+ 34. Kg2 Rxf2+ 35. Kg1 Be3 36. Kh1 Ne5 {[...]} 0-1

[Event "Roquebrune rapid"]
[Site "Roquebrune"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Larsen, Bent"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bb3 O-O 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. d4
b5 9. Re1 Bb7 10. a3 a6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Re8 13. a4 Qc7 14. axb5 axb5 15.
Rxa8 Bxa8 16. d5 b4 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. Bxd5 Bxd5 21.
Qxd5 Qxc2 22. Qb5 Rc8 23. Qxb4 Bf8 24. h3 Qd3 25. Re3 Rc1+ 26. Kh2 Qb1 27. Ra3
Rh1+ 28. Kg3 Qc1 29. Qd2 Qc8 30. Nh4 d5 31. Ra5 dxe4 32. Rd5 Qe6 33. Rd8 g5 34.
Nf3 Qf6 35. Rxf8+ Kxf8 36. Qb4+ Kg7 37. Qxe4 Qf4+ 38. Qxf4 exf4+ 39. Kg4 Rf1
40. h4 Rxf2 41. hxg5 Rxg2+ 42. Kxf4 hxg5+ 43. Nxg5 Rxb2 44. Ne4 Rb4 45. Kf5
Rxe4 46. Kxe4 Kg6 47. Kf4 Kf6 48. Ke4 Kg5 49. Kf3 Kf5 50. Ke3 Kg4 51. Kf2 Kf4
52. Ke1 Ke3 53. Kf1 f5 54. Ke1 f4 55. Kf1 Kf3 56. Kg1 Ke2 57. Kg2 f3+ 58. Kg3
f2 59. Kg4 f1=Q 60. Kg5 Ke3 61. Kg6 Ke4 62. Kg5 Qf4+ 63. Kg6 Ke5 64. Kg7 Qf5
65. Kg8 Kf6 66. Kf8 Qc8# 0-1

[Event "Roquebrune rapid"]
[Site "Roquebrune"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nd7 5. c4 e5 6. Nc3 Ne7 7. O-O O-O 8. e3 h6
9. b3 f5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Bb2 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Nc6 13. Qe2 Ne5 14. Rad1 c6 15.
Qd2 Nf7 16. Ne2 Be5 17. Bd4 Qf6 18. f4 Bxd4 19. Nxd4 Bd7 20. e4 Rae8 21. exf5
Bxf5 22. Rde1 Bd7 23. b4 a6 24. a4 Rxe1 25. Rxe1 Re8 26. Rxe8+ Bxe8 27. b5 axb5
28. axb5 Nd8 29. h4 Bf7 30. Qd3 c5 31. Ne2 Qe6 32. Bd5 Qf5 33. Qxf5 gxf5 34.
Nc3 Be6 35. Kf2 Kg7 36. Kf3 h5 37. Ke3 Kf6 38. Kd3 Bxd5 39. Nxd5+ Kf7 40. Kc3
Ne6 41. Kb3 Nf8 42. Ka4 Nd7 43. Ka5 Ke6 44. Ne3 Kf6 45. Nd5+ Ke6 46. Ne3 Kf6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Roquebrune rapid"]
[Site "Roquebrune"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 exd4 7. Qxd4 Nf6
8. Nc3 Be6 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Nd4 Ke7 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. Bxc4 Rd8 13. f3 Nc6 14.
Rd1 Rxd1+ 15. Kxd1 Rd8+ 16. Kc1 g5 17. Rd1 Rf8 18. Kd2 h5 19. Ke3 Ne5 20. Be2
h4 21. Nb5 Nh5 22. Rc1 c6 23. Rc5 Kf6 24. Nd6 b6 25. Rc3 Rd8 26. Nc4 c5 27.
Nxe5 Kxe5 28. Ra3 Rd7 29. Bd3 Rg7 30. Be2 Rf7 31. Rc3 Rd7 32. Rc2 Rd4 33. a3 a5
34. Rc3 a4 35. Rc2 Kd6 36. Bb5 e5 37. Rd2 Rxd2 38. Kxd2 Nf4 39. g3 hxg3 40.
hxg3 Nh5 41. g4 Nf4 42. Bxa4 Ne6 43. Ke3 Nd4 44. Bd1 c4 45. Kd2 Kc5 46. Kc3 b5
47. Kd2 b4 48. axb4+ Kxb4 49. Ke3 c3 50. bxc3+ Kxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Roquebrune rapid"]
[Site "Roquebrune"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "186"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 e4 5. Ng5 Qe7 6. d3 exd3 7. Qxd3 Ne5 8.
Qc2 d6 9. e3 g6 10. Be2 Bg7 11. h3 O-O 12. Bd2 h6 13. Nf3 Bf5 14. Qb3 Nd3+ 15.
Bxd3 Bxd3 16. Ne2 Qe4 17. Rc1 Nd7 18. Bb4 a5 19. Ng3 Qc6 20. Qxd3 axb4 21. axb4
Bxb2 22. Rc2 Ra3 23. Qd2 Ne5 24. O-O Qxf3 25. Rxb2 Qc6 26. Rc2 Rfa8 27. c5 d5
28. b5 Qe6 29. Qd4 R8a4 30. Qd1 Rc4 31. Ne2 Nd3 32. Nd4 Qe5 33. c6 b6 34. Rd2
Rc1 35. Qe2 Rxf1+ 36. Qxf1 Nc5 37. Qc1 Ra4 38. Qd1 Ra5 39. Rc2 Ne4 40. Qc1 Nd6
41. Rb2 h5 42. Rb1 Ra2 43. Rb2 Ra5 44. Rb1 h4 45. Ra1 Nc4 46. Rxa5 bxa5 47. Qc3
a4 48. Qb4 a3 49. Qa4 Qd6 50. Nc2 Qc5 51. Kh1 Nb6 52. Qb3 Qc4 53. Qxa3 Qxc2 54.
Qe7 Qxf2 55. Qxc7 Qf1+ 56. Kh2 Qxb5 57. Qd8+ Kg7 58. c7 Qc6 59. Kg1 Qe6 60. Kf2
Qf6+ 61. Ke2 Qc3 62. Qd6 Qxe3+ 63. Kxe3 Nc4+ 64. Kd4 Nxd6 65. Kxd5 Nc8 66. Ke5
Kf8 67. Kf6 Ne7 68. Kg5 Ke8 69. Kxh4 Kd7 70. Kg5 Nd5 71. h4 Kxc7 72. g4 Kd6 73.
h5 gxh5 74. gxh5 Ke5 75. Kh6 Kf6 76. Kh7 Nf4 77. h6 Ng6 78. Kg8 Ke6 79. Kg7 Ke7
80. Kg8 f5 81. Kg7 Nf8 82. h7 Nxh7 83. Kxh7 f4 84. Kg6 f3 85. Kf5 f2 86. Ke4
f1=Q 87. Ke5 Qf3 88. Kd4 Ke6 89. Kc5 Qe4 90. Kb5 Kd6 91. Ka5 Qb1 92. Ka4 Kc5
93. Ka3 Kc4 0-1

[Event "Roquebrune rapid"]
[Site "Roquebrune"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. g3 b5 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. d3 d6 7. O-O Be7 8. e5 dxe5
9. Nxe5 Bxg2 10. Kxg2 Nf6 11. Qf3 Ra7 12. a4 b4 13. Ne4 O-O 14. Be3 Rc7 15.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Nc4 Qd5 17. Bf4 Rb7 18. Bxb8 Rfxb8 19. Rae1 Rd7 20. Re3 h5 21.
h3 h4 22. g4 b3 23. c3 Bg5 24. Re5 Qxf3+ 25. Kxf3 Bf6 26. Rxc5 Rxd3+ 27. Ne3
Rd2 28. Rb1 Rbd8 29. Rc6 Bg5 30. Nc4 Rc2 31. Rxa6 Rd3+ 32. Ne3 f5 33. gxf5 exf5
34. Ra5 Bxe3 35. fxe3 Rh2 36. Rxf5 Rxh3+ 37. Kf4 Rhxe3 38. a5 Rf3+ 39. Kg4 Rxf5
40. Kxf5 Rd5+ 41. Kg4 Rxa5 42. Kxh4 Ra2 43. Kg4 Kf7 44. Kf5 Ke7 45. Ke5 g5 46.
Kd4 Ra4+ 47. c4 Kd6 48. Rg1 Ra5 49. Kc3 Rf5 50. Kxb3 Kc5 51. Rg3 Re5 52. Kc3
Rf5 53. b4+ Kd6 54. Rd3+ Ke6 55. b5 g4 56. Kb4 Rf3 57. Rd1 g3 58. b6 Rf2 59.
Kc5 g2 60. b7 Rb2 61. Kc6 Ke5 62. c5 Ke4 63. Kc7 Ke3 64. c6 Ke2 65. Rg1 Kf2 66.
Rxg2+ Kxg2 67. b8=Q Rxb8 68. Kxb8 1-0

[Event "Roquebrune rapid"]
[Site "Roquebrune"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 Bd6 5. c4 dxc4 6. Bxc4 O-O 7. Nc3 c5 8.
dxc5 Be5 9. Nf3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Qa5 11. O-O Nd7 12. Qb3 Nxc5 13. Qb4 Qc7 14. Nd4
Be6 15. Rfd1 a5 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Qb5 Rfd8 18. g3 Kf8 19. Rd4 e5 20. Rd5 Rxd5
21. Bxd5 Rd8 22. c4 b6 23. Qb1 g6 24. h4 Kg7 25. Kg2 Rd6 26. h5 Qc8 27. Qb2 Qf5
28. Rh1 g5 29. h6+ Kf8 30. Qe2 e4 31. Qh5 Qd7 32. Rb1 Na4 33. Rb3 Nc5 34. Rb1
Na4 35. Bxe4 Nc3 36. c5 Rd2 37. cxb6 Nxb1 38. b7 Rb2 39. Qh1 Rxb7 40. Qc1 Qc7
41. Qxc7 Rxc7 42. Bxb1 a4 43. Kf3 a3 44. Kg4 Rc1 45. Bd3 Rh1 46. f4 gxf4 47.
exf4 Rxh6 48. Be4 Rh2 49. Bd5 h5+ 50. Kf5 Ke7 51. Bb3 Rh3 0-1

[Event "Roquebrune rapid"]
[Site "Roquebrune"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 O-O 7. Rc1 b6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Ne4 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Re1 Rfd8 13. Qb3 Ndf6 14. Nxe4
dxe4 15. Ne5 c5 16. Bc4 Nd5 17. f3 cxd4 18. exd4 exf3 19. Qxf3 Qf6 20. Qg3 Qd6
21. Bb3 f6 22. Nc6 Qxg3 23. hxg3 Bxc6 24. Rxc6 Kf8 25. Bxd5 Rxd5 26. Rc7 Rxd4
27. Ree7 Rg4 28. Rf7+ Kg8 29. Rxa7 Rxa7 30. Rxa7 Rb4 31. b3 h5 32. Rb7 Kh7 33.
Kf2 Kh6 34. Kf3 g5 35. Rd7 Kg6 36. Rd5 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Roquebrune rapid"]
[Site "Roquebrune"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C27"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nxe4 4. Qh5 Nd6 5. Bb3 Be7 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Nxe5 g6 8.
Qe2 Nd4 9. Qd3 Nxb3 10. axb3 Nf5 11. O-O d6 12. Nf3 c6 13. b4 O-O 14. b5 d5 15.
bxc6 bxc6 16. Re1 a5 17. Qe2 Bb4 18. d3 d4 19. Ne4 Bxe1 20. Qxe1 f6 21. b3 Be6
22. Bd2 Bd5 23. Bxa5 Qe7 24. Ra4 Qe6 25. h3 Rfe8 26. Nxd4 Nxd4 27. Rxd4 f5 28.
c4 fxe4 29. cxd5 cxd5 30. dxe4 dxe4 31. Bd2 Qxb3 32. Rxe4 Qf7 33. Bc3 h5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Roquebrune rapid"]
[Site "Roquebrune"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. c4 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 e5 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 a5 10. bxa5 Rxa5 11. Nd2 Nd7 12. Nb3 Ra8 13. e4 b6 14. a4 Ba6 15. Nb5
Nc5 16. a5 Nxb3 17. Qxb3 bxa5 18. Bd2 c6 19. Bxa5 Qd7 20. Nc7 Rab8 21. Qa4 Bc8
22. Rfd1 cxd5 23. cxd5 Rb7 24. Qxd7 Bxd7 25. Bf1 Rc8 26. Rdc1 Bh6 27. Ba6 Bxc1
28. Bxb7 Rb8 29. Ba6 Bg5 30. h4 Bf6 31. Bf1 Nc8 32. Rc1 Kf8 33. Bb5 Bxb5 34.
Nxb5 Rxb5 35. Rxc8+ Kg7 36. Bd2 Rb2 37. Be3 Rb4 38. f3 Rb3 39. Kf2 h5 40. Rc6
Be7 41. f4 Rb7 42. Kf3 f6 43. fxe5 fxe5 44. Bb6 Kf7 45. Bc7 Rb3+ 46. Ke2 Rxg3
47. Bxd6 Bxd6 48. Rxd6 Rg4 49. Ke3 Rxh4 50. Re6 Rh3+ 51. Kf2 h4 52. Rxe5 Rd3
53. Kg2 Rg3+ 54. Kh2 Re3 55. d6 Rd3 56. Re7+ Kf6 57. e5+ Kf5 58. d7 Rd2+ 59.
Kg1 Rd1+ 60. Kg2 Rd2+ 61. Kh3 Rd3+ 62. Kh2 Rd2+ 63. Kg1 Rd1+ 64. Kf2 h3 65. Kg3
Rd3+ 66. Kh2 Kg4 67. Rg7 Rd2+ 68. Kh1 Rd1+ 69. Kh2 Rd2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Roquebrune rapid"]
[Site "Roquebrune"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nf3 b6 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O c5 8. Na4
cxd4 9. a3 Be7 10. exd4 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nc6 12. Be3 e5 13. d5 e4 14. Bxe4 Ne5 15.
Qf4 Bd6 16. c5 Ng6 17. Qf3 Nh4 18. Qh3 Nxe4 19. cxd6 Ng6 20. Nc3 Nxd6 21. Rae1
Re8 22. Bc1 Rc8 23. Qg3 Rxe1 24. Rxe1 Qf8 25. h3 f6 26. Bf4 Nc4 27. Bc1 a6 28.
h4 Qd6 29. Qxd6 Nxd6 30. h5 Ne5 31. Re2 Rc4 32. Be3 b5 33. Ba7 Rc8 34. Bd4 Nec4
35. g4 Kf7 36. f3 a5 37. Kf2 b4 38. axb4 axb4 39. Ne4 Nxe4+ 40. Rxe4 Nd6 41.
Re2 Nb5 42. Be3 Rc4 43. b3 Rc3 44. Rb2 Rd3 45. Bc5 Nd4 46. Bxd4 Rxd4 47. Ke3
Rxd5 48. Rc2 g6 49. hxg6+ hxg6 50. Rc4 Rb5 51. Kd4 Ke6 52. Rc5 Rb8 53. f4 Rh8
54. f5+ gxf5 55. gxf5+ Kd6 56. Rd5+ Kc6 57. Rc5+ Kb6 58. Rc4 Rh5 59. Rxb4+ Kc6
60. Rc4+ Kd6 61. Ke4 Rh4+ 62. Kd3 Rh3+ 63. Kc2 Rf3 64. b4 Rxf5 65. Kd3 Rf1 66.
Rd4+ Kc7 67. Rc4+ Kb6 68. Ke4 Rd1 69. Kf5 Kb5 70. Rc7 Rf1+ 71. Ke4 Re1+ 72. Kf5
d6 73. Rd7 Kc6 74. Rd8 d5 75. Kxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Roquebrune rapid"]
[Site "Roquebrune"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Rb1 a5 6. a3 (6. d3 $5 d6 7. e3 f5
8. Nge2 Nf6 9. O-O O-O 10. b3 $5 Be6 11. Nd5 $14) 6... Nf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O d6
9. d3 h6 $5 10. b4 axb4 11. axb4 Be6 12. b5 Ne7 13. Bb2 (13. Nd2 c6 14. Qb3 d5
$1 (14... Qd7 $6 15. Ba3 Rfd8 16. Nde4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 c5 18. Bxc5 $1 dxc5 19.
Nxc5 Qd4 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Bxb7 Rab8 22. Be4 Bf8 23. Ra1 $16 {Frias,V-Martens,
M  Wijk-B 1991 CBM/22}) 15. Ba3 Re8 $5 16. bxc6 bxc6 17. Bc5 Nf5 18. Bb6 Qd6
19. Na4 Nd7 20. e4 Nxb6 21. Nxb6 Nd4 22. Qd1 dxc4 $1 23. Ndxc4 (23. Nxa8 c3 $1)
23... Bxc4 24. Nxc4 Qc7 $13 {Prybl,M-Babula,V Brno/Morava-D 1991 EXP/24}) 13...
Qd7 (13... Rb8 $2 14. Qc2 b6 15. Na2 Qd7 16. Nb4 Bh3 17. Rfd1 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Nh5
19. d4 exd4 20. Nxd4 f5 21. Nd5 $16 {Vaganian,R-Zukharisingh,R Moscow op 1990 
EXP/19}) 14. Ra1 (14. Re1 Bh3 15. Bh1 Ng4 16. Qb3 $5 Kh8 17. Nd5 $14 {Vaganian}
) 14... Rab8 (14... Bh3 15. Qc2 Rab8 16. Rfc1 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Nh5 18. Qb3 Kh7 19.
Nd5 f5 20. Ra4 $13 {Gurevich,M-Piket,Je Wijk 1990  CBM/17}) 15. Nd2 (15. Qb3 $5
) (15. Re1 $5) 15... Bh3 16. e4 (16. Qb3 $5) 16... Nh5 17. Qe2 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 f5
19. exf5 Nxf5 20. Nf3 Rbe8 (20... Rf7 $5) 21. Rae1 Re7 22. Qd1 Ref7 23. Ne4 c6
24. bxc6 bxc6 25. Ba3 Ra8 26. Bb4 Qe6 27. Ned2 Rb7 28. Bc3 Ra3 29. Ne4 Rbb3 30.
Qc1 Rxc3 $5 31. Nxc3 Rxc3 32. Qxc3 e4 33. Rxe4 Nf4+ $1 34. gxf4 Nh4+ 35. Nxh4
Qg4+ 36. Kh1 Bxc3 37. Ng2 h5 38. Re3 Kh7 39. h3 Qf5 40. Rg3 Bf6 41. Re1 d5 42.
cxd5 cxd5 43. Rf3 d4 44. Re4 h4 45. Ne1 Kg7 46. Kg2 Kf7 47. Nc2 Qc5 48. Ne1 Qa5
49. f5 g5 50. Re6 Qd2 51. Re4 Qd1 52. Kf1 Qa1 53. Re2 Qd1 54. Re4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Roquebrune rapid"]
[Site "Roquebrune"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Be2 d6 9. O-O Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. f3 a5 13. Rab1 Nd7 14. Be3 Nc5
15. b3 Qb6 16. Rfc1 Rfc8 17. Rc2 Qd8 18. a3 h5 19. Bf1 Bd7 20. Nd5 e6 21. Nc3
Qe7 22. Bg5 Qf8 23. Bf4 e5 24. Be3 a4 25. b4 Nb3 26. Qd1 Bh6 27. Bxh6 Qxh6 28.
Qxd6 Be6 29. Nb5 Nd4 30. Nxd4 Qe3+ 31. Kh1 exd4 32. b5 Rd8 33. Qb4 d3 34. Rc3
h4 35. Rd1 h3 36. Qb2 Rac8 37. Rcxd3 Rxd3 38. Rxd3 Qe1 39. Qe2 Qc1 40. Qd1
hxg2+ 41. Kxg2 Qg5+ 42. Kh1 Kh7 43. Rd4 Qe3 44. Rd3 Qg5 45. Rd4 Qe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Roquebrune rapid"]
[Site "Roquebrune"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 exd4 6. Qxd4 Qxd4 7. Nxd4 Nf6
8. f3 Bc5 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Nc2 Bxe3 11. Nxe3 Be6 12. O-O-O Ne5 13. Nb5 Rc8 14.
Nxa7 Ra8 15. Nb5 Rc8 16. a3 Ke7 17. Nd4 g5 18. h4 h6 19. Nef5+ Bxf5 20. Nxf5+
Ke6 21. Kc2 Nfd7 22. g3 Nc5 23. Bh3 g4 24. fxg4 Ncd3 25. g5 hxg5 26. Ne3+ g4
27. Nxg4 Rcd8 28. Ne3+ Ke7 29. Rhf1 c6 30. g4 f6 31. h5 b5 32. Rf5 b4 33. Bf1
Rhg8 34. h6 b3+ 35. Kc3 Nc5 36. Rxd8 Rxd8 37. Bxc4 Nxe4+ 38. Kxb3 Nd2+ 39. Kb4
Rb8+ 40. Kc3 Ne4+ 41. Kc2 Nd6 42. Rf4 Rh8 43. Be2 Rxh6 44. a4 Rh2 45. Kd2 c5
46. b3 Nc6 47. Ke1 Nd4 48. Bd1 Ke6 49. Rf2 Rh1+ 50. Rf1 Rh3 51. Ng2 Ke5 52. Nf4
Rc3 53. Ne2 Nxe2 54. Kxe2 c4 55. bxc4 Rxc4 56. Kd3 Rd4+ 57. Kc3 Ne4+ 58. Kb2
Nc5 59. Rf5+ Kd6 60. Rxf6+ Kc7 61. Rf1 Nxa4+ 62. Bxa4 Rxa4 63. Rg1 Kd6 64. Kc3
Ke7 65. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Roquebrune rapid"]
[Site "Roquebrune"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Bf6 11. Be4 Nce7 12. Ne5 Bd7 13. Qd3 Ng6 14. Bd2 Bc6
15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Na4 Nb6 17. Nxb6 (17. Bxc6 Nxa4 18. Bxa4 Bxd4 $10) 17... Qxb6
18. Be3 Rad8 19. Red1 Qxb2 20. Rdb1 Rxd4 21. Bxd4 (21. Rxb2 Rxd3 22. Bxd3 Bxb2
$17) 21... Qxd4 22. Qc2 (22. Qxd4 Bxd4 23. Bxc6 Bxa1 24. Rxa1 Rc8 $17) 22...
Qc3 23. Qa4 (23. Qe2 Qa5 24. Bxc6 Bxa1 25. Rxa1 $17) 23... Bd4 24. Rd1 (24. Rc1
Qd2 25. Rc2 Bxf2+ 26. Kf1 Qd4 $17) 24... c5 25. Rab1 Ne5 26. Qc2 Qxc2 27. Bxc2
g5 (27... Ng4 28. Rd2 Rd8 29. h3 Nxf2 $2 30. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 31. Kxf2 Rd2+ 32. Kf3
Rxc2 33. Rb8#) 28. Rb7 Rd8 29. h3 (29. Rxa7 Ng4 30. Rf1 Nxf2 31. Bxh7+ (31.
Rxf2 Bxf2+ 32. Kxf2 Rd2+ 33. Kf3 Rxc2 $19) 31... Kxh7 32. Rxf7+ Kg6 33. R1xf2
$13 (33. R7xf2 Rf8 $17)) 29... a5 30. Rb5 Nc6 31. Kf1 Kg7 32. Be4 Rc8 33. Rc1 (
33. Bxc6 Rxc6 34. Rxa5 e5 35. Rc1 c4 $132) 33... f5 34. Bxc6 Rxc6 35. Rc4 Kf6
36. a4 Ra6 37. Ke2 h5 38. f3 Ke5 39. Kd3 Kd5 $4 (39... Ra7 40. Rb8 Kd5 41. Rg8
$16) 40. Rxd4+ {Ftacnik,L} 1-0

[Event "Roquebrune rapid"]
[Site "Roquebrune"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. dxc5
Bxc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Qb6 11. Bg1 Bxg1 12. Rxg1 Nc5 13. Bd3 Nb4 14. Kb1 Bd7
15. Qe3 Rfc8 16. a3 a5 17. g4 Nbxd3 18. cxd3 Qa7 19. f5 Na4 20. Qxa7 Nxc3+ 21.
bxc3 Rxa7 22. fxe6 fxe6 23. Rc1 Ra6 24. Nd4 Be8 25. Kc2 b5 26. Kd2 Kf7 27. Rc2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Roquebrune rapid"]
[Site "Roquebrune"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Nc3
cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Rc1 h6 {N} (11... b6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Ne4 Bb7
14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 (14... gxf6 15. Be4 Rc8 16. Rc3 f5 17. Ng5 $1 Qxg5 18. Bxc6 Qe7
19. d5 Bxc6 20. dxc6 $16 {Dreev,A-Chekhov,V/Protvino-B/1988/}) 15. Be4 Rac8 16.
Ne5 Nxe5 17. Bxb7 Rxc1 18. Qxc1 Ng6 19. Rd1 a5 $10 {Kolev,A-Caposciutti,M/
Cannes op/1991/}) (11... Bd7) (11... Qa5) 12. Bh4 b5 $6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Ne4
Bd7 (14... Bb7 $2 15. Nc5 $1) 15. Bb1 Be7 16. Qd3 f5 (16... g6 17. Nc5 $16) 17.
Nc5 Bxc5 18. Rxc5 (18. dxc5 Qe7 $14) 18... Qb6 19. Rfc1 Rac8 20. Qe3 Kh8 (20...
Ne7 21. Ne5 $16) 21. a3 b4 22. Ba2 bxa3 23. bxa3 Rfe8 24. h3 Qb8 25. Bc4 Qb6
26. Bf1 Na7 27. Ne5 Bb5 28. Bxb5 axb5 29. Qg3 $1 Kg8 (29... Rxc5 30. dxc5 Qa6
31. Qg6 $18) 30. Qg6 Qd8 31. Qf7+ (31. Nf7 $2 Qf6 32. Nxh6+ Kf8 33. Qxf6+ gxf6)
31... Kh7 32. Rc7 Qg5 (32... Rg8 33. Qg6+ Kh8 34. Nf7#) 33. h4 Qxc1+ $8 34.
Rxc1 Rxc1+ 35. Kh2 Ra8 36. Qg6+ {Ftacnik,L} (36. Qg6+ Kg8 37. Qxe6+ Kh7 38.
Qxf5+ Kg8 39. Qe6+ Kh7 40. Qg6+ Kg8 41. Nf7 Kf8 42. Nxh6 gxh6 43. Qxh6+ Kf7 44.
Qxc1 $18) 1-0

[Event "Roquebrune rapid"]
[Site "Roquebrune"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4 7. Ng5 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 Re8 9. f3 exf3 10. Nxf3 d6 11. d3 h6 12. Nh4 Ne5 13. e4 c5 14. Rb1 Rb8 15.
h3 a6 16. a4 Bd7 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. Rxf5 Re6 19. Qc2 Nfd7 20. Be3 Qa5 21. Kh2 Rf6
22. g4 Re6 23. Bf1 Nf6 24. Be2 Qc7 25. Kg2 Rbe8 26. Bf2 Nfd7 27. Bg3 R6e7 28.
Qb3 b6 29. Rff1 Nc6 30. Qc2 Re6 31. Kh2 Rg6 32. Qd2 Nce5 33. Rf5 Rge6 34. Rbf1
R8e7 35. Qa2 Nc6 36. Bh4 f6 37. Bg3 Nde5 38. Rb1 Re8 39. Qb3 Rb8 40. Qd1 Nf7
41. Rf2 Nce5 42. Qc2 Ng5 43. h4 Ngf7 44. d4 Nd7 45. Bd3 Rbe8 46. Rbf1 Nb8 47.
Qe2 Nd7 48. Qf3 Nf8 49. Qf5 Qd7 50. Bc2 Rc8 51. Qd5 Re7 52. g5 hxg5 53. hxg5
fxg5 54. Bd1 Qe6 55. Qxe6 Nxe6 56. Bh5 Ned8 57. Bg6 cxd4 58. Bxd6 Re6 59. Rxf7
Rxg6 60. Rf8+ Kh7 61. Be7 dxc3 62. Rxd8 Rxc4 63. Rc1 Rxe4 64. Bd6 Rd4 65. Bc7
Rc4 66. Be5 c2 67. Rd2 Re6 68. Bb2 Rxa4 69. Rcxc2 Kg6 70. Rg2 Rh4+ 71. Kg1 a5
72. Bc1 Re5 73. Rc6+ Kh5 74. Bd2 b5 75. Bxa5 b4 76. Bc7 Rd5 77. Rb6 Rc4 78. Bg3
Rc1+ 79. Kh2 Rc4 80. Kg1 Rc1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Roquebrune rapid"]
[Site "Roquebrune"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D73"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. Na3
cxd4 {N} (8... Nb4 9. dxc5 N8a6 10. Nc4 Qxd1 11. Rxd1 Be6 12. Ne3 Bxa2 13. c6
bxc6 14. Nd4 c5 15. Nc6 Rae8 16. Rd7 $146 {Bradford-Gutman,L/Lone Pine/1981/})
9. Nxd4 Nc6 10. Nxc6 (10. Nb3 Nb6 $10) 10... bxc6 11. Nc4 Ba6 12. Qc2 (12. Qa4
Bb5 13. Qb3 Rb8 $36) 12... Rb8 (12... Nb4 13. Qb3 Rb8 14. Bf4 $13) 13. a3 Nc3
$1 14. Bf4 $6 (14. bxc3 Bxc4 15. Bxc6 Qa5 $15) 14... Bxc4 $1 15. Bxb8 Nxe2+ 16.
Kh1 Bd3 17. Qb3 $8 (17. Qd2 $2 Nxg3+ 18. hxg3 Bxf1 19. Qxd8 Bxg2+ 20. Kxg2 Rxd8
21. Bxa7 Bxb2 $19) (17. Qd1 Bxb2 18. Ra2 Nc3) 17... c5 $1 18. Bxa7 c4 19. Qb4
Nd4 (19... c3 $6 20. bxc3 Bxc3 21. Qb6 Bxa1 22. Qxd8 Rxd8 23. Rxa1 $16) 20.
Bxd4 (20. Rfe1 Nc2 $17) 20... Qxd4 (20... Bxf1 21. Bxg7 Bxg2+ 22. Kxg2 Qd5+ 23.
Kg1 Kxg7 24. Qxe7 $14) 21. b3 (21. Rfe1 Qxf2 $17) 21... Bxf1 (21... c3 $5 22.
Qxd4 Bxd4 23. Rad1 (23. Rfd1 c2 24. Rxd3 Bxa1 $19) 23... Bxf1 24. Rxf1 (24.
Rxd4 c2 $1 $19) (24. Bxf1 Bxf2 $15) 24... Rc8 25. Be4 $15) 22. Rxf1 cxb3 23.
Qxb3 Qa7 24. a4 Rb8 25. Qc4 e6 26. Be4 Bf8 27. Bc2 Bc5 28. Kg2 Rb4 29. Qc3 Qb7+
30. Qf3 Qxf3+ 31. Kxf3 Rc4 32. Bd1 Rc3+ 33. Ke2 (33. Kg2 Ra3 $15) 33... Kf8 34.
f4 Re3+ 35. Kd2 Ra3 36. Bc2 Bb4+ 37. Ke2 Rc3 {Ftacnik,L} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Roquebrune rapid"]
[Site "Roquebrune"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7 Bxd7 7. O-O Qh4 8.
c4 O-O-O 9. c5 g5 10. Nc3 Bg7 11. g3 Qh3 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Bxe4 Bb5 14. Bxg5
Rxd4 15. Bg2 Qf5 16. Qb3 c6 17. Be3 Bxf1 18. Rxf1 Rhd8 19. h4 Be5 20. Bxd4 Bxd4
21. Kh2 Kc7 22. Qc4 Bxc5 23. b4 Bb6 24. b5 Rd4 25. Qb3 Rd3 26. Qc4 Rd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Roquebrune rapid"]
[Site "Roquebrune"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Nf3 b4 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Ne2 Qd8 13. f5 Be7 14. Nf4 O-O
15. e5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 dxe5 17. Qxd7 Qxd7 18. Rxd7 Bg5 19. Kb1 Bxf4 20. fxe6 fxe6
21. Bc4 Kh8 22. g3 Be3 23. Re1 Bd4 24. Bxe6 Rf2 25. Rc7 Rxh2 26. Bc8 g6 27. c3
bxc3 28. bxc3 Rb8+ 29. Kc1 Bb6 30. Rc6 Bf2 31. Rxe5 Bxg3 32. Re8+ Kg7 33. Re7+
Kh6 34. Rb7 Rxb7 35. Bxb7 Rxa2 36. Bxa6 Be5 37. Bd3 Kg5 38. Bc2 Kf4 39. Kd2 Ra7
40. Ke2 g5 41. Rh6 Ra2 42. Kd3 g4 43. Rxh7 g3 44. Rf7+ Kg5 45. Rf8 Ra3 46. Ke2
Rxc3 47. Be4 Bf4 48. Kf1 Ra3 49. Bd5 Rd3 50. Bb7 Rd1+ 51. Ke2 Rd2+ 52. Ke1 Rb2
53. Be4 Bd6 54. Rf7 Kg4 55. Bf3+ Kg5 56. Be4 Rh2 57. Kf1 Rh4 58. Rf5+ Kh6 59.
Rf6+ Kg7 60. Rxd6 Rxe4 61. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Roquebrune rapid"]
[Site "Roquebrune"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2
h6 9. Bf4 Be4 10. Qd1 Nc6 11. a3 Bd6 12. Bxd6 cxd6 13. Nc3 d5 14. cxd5 exd5 15.
e3 Ne7 16. Ne5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 d6 18. Nd3 Qd7 19. Nf4 b5 20. Qd3 Rab8 21. Rfc1
Rfc8 22. b3 g5 23. Nfe2 Kg7 24. Rc2 h5 25. h3 Qe6 26. Rac1 Ne4 27. Qd1 b4 28.
axb4 axb4 29. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 30. Kg1 Qf3 31. Rxc8 Rxc8 32. Rxc8 Nxc8 33. Nc3 bxc3
34. Qxf3 c2 35. Qxd5 c1=Q+ 36. Kg2 f6 37. Qb7+ Kf8 38. b4 Ne7 39. Qb8+ Kf7 40.
Qxd6 Qb1 41. Qc5 Qe4+ 42. Kg1 h4 43. gxh4 g4 44. Qh5+ Ng6 45. hxg4 Kg7 46. b5
Qb1+ 47. Kg2 Qe4+ 48. Kh2 Nf4 49. exf4 Qxf4+ 50. Kg1 1-0

[Event "Roquebrune rapid"]
[Site "Roquebrune"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 Bb7 6. Bg2 Be7 7. e4 Nxe4 8. Ne5
Bb4 9. Qg4 O-O 10. Bxe4 f5 11. Bxb7 fxg4 12. Bxa8 c6 13. O-O Qc7 14. Ne4 Na6
15. Bxc6 dxc6 16. Bf4 Bd6 17. Nxd6 Qxd6 18. Ng6 e5 19. Nxe5 Qxd4 20. Nxc6 Qxc4
21. Rac1 Qxa2 22. b4 Qa4 23. Rfd1 h6 24. Rd7 Rf7 25. Rd8+ Kh7 26. Ne5 Rc7 27.
Rcd1 Nxb4 28. Nxg4 Nc6 29. R8d6 Ne7 30. h4 Ng6 31. R6d4 Rc4 32. Be3 Rxd4 33.
Rxd4 Qe8 34. Rd6 Qe4 35. h5 Ne7 36. Rd4 Qf5 37. Nh2 Qxh5 38. Rd7 Nf5 39. Bf4 a5
40. g4 Qe8 41. Rd1 Qa4 42. Rb1 Qxf4 43. gxf5 a4 44. Rxb6 a3 45. Ra6 Qg5+ 46.
Kh1 Qc1+ 47. Kg2 Qb2 48. f6 Qb7+ 0-1

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1992.04.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 029"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 Nxf3+ 6. Qxf3 c6 7. d3 d6 8.
Bb3 Be7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. f4 Bg4 11. Qf2 Be6 12. O-O exf4 13. Bxf4 d5 14. Rae1
dxe4 15. Nxe4 Bxb3 16. axb3 Qd7 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Be5 Bxe5 19. Rxe5 f6 20. Re4
Rfe8 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Qxa7 Re2 23. Rf2 Re1+ 24. Rf1 Re2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "175"]
[EventDate "1992.04.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 029"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. c4 (5. Nb5 Qb8 6. c4 b6 $1 7. Be3
$5 Nf6 8. Nd2 g6 $1 9. Be2 Bg7 10. O-O O-O $14 {Judasin - J.Polgar, München
1991.}) 5... e6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Be3 b6 8. Rc1 Bb7 9. f3 Be7 10. Qd2 O-O 11. Be2
Rac8 12. O-O Qb8 13. Rfd1 Bd6 14. g3 Bc5 15. a3 Rfd8 16. b4 Be7 17. Nxc6 Bxc6
18. Bf4 d6 19. g4 $1 $14 Qa8 20. Qe1 Bb7 21. Nb5 Ne8 22. Qg3 d5 23. cxd5 Rxc1
24. Rxc1 exd5 25. e5 Ba6 26. Qf2 d4 27. Rd1 Bxb5 28. Bxb5 Nc7 29. Bf1 a5 30.
Bd2 axb4 31. axb4 Qa4 32. Rc1 Ne6 33. f4 Bxb4 34. f5 Bxd2 35. Qxd2 Nc5 36. Bc4
d3 37. e6 Ne4 38. e7 Re8 39. Qxd3 Rxe7 40. Bb5 Qa8 41. Bc6 Qc8 42. Qe3 $1 {
Gewinnt eine Figur, aber der Kampf ist noch nicht beendet.} h5 43. Bxe4 Qe8 44.
Re1 hxg4 45. Qf4 $14 Qd7 46. Qxg4 Qd4+ 47. Kg2 Re8 48. h4 b5 49. h5 Kf8 50. Qf4
Qf6 51. Rb1 Re5 52. Kf3 Kg8 53. h6 $1 gxh6 54. Rh1 Kg7 55. Rc1 Qd6 56. Rg1+ Kf8
57. Rh1 h5 58. Qe3 b4 59. Rb1 Ra5 60. Rb3 Ra3 (60... Qd1+ 61. Kg3 Qg4+ 62. Kf2
Ra2+ 63. Ke1 Ra1+ 64. Rb1 Rxb1+ 65. Bxb1 $16) 61. Rd3 Rxd3 62. Qxd3 Qf6 63. Qd2
Qb6 64. Qe3 Qd6 65. Qf4 Qd1+ 66. Kg3 Qe1+ 67. Kh3 Qc3+ 68. Kh4 Ke7 69. Qg5+ Kd7
70. Qg3 Qb2 71. Kxh5 b3 72. Qd3+ Ke7 73. Kg4 Qe5 74. Bd5 Qg7+ 75. Kf3 b2 76.
Qa3+ Kd7 77. Qa4+ Kc7 78. Qc6+ Kd8 79. Qb6+ Kd7 80. Bc6+ Kd6 81. Ba4+ Ke7 82.
Qc7+ Kf6 83. Qd6+ Kxf5 84. Bd7+ Kg5 85. Qf4+ Kg6 86. Bf5+ Kh5 (86... Kf6 87.
Qd4+ Kxf5 88. Qxg7 b1=Q 89. Qh7+ $18) 87. Bg4+ Kh4 88. Be6+ 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1992.04.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 029"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. Be2
b5 9. Qb3 c5 10. dxc5 Bb7 11. O-O Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. a4 {N} (13. Rd1 Qc7
14. Be3 (14. Ng5 Bf5 15. Be3 Nc6 16. Rd2 Ne5 17. Bd4 Nc4 18. Bxc4 bxc4 19. Qe3
Rac8 $15 {Morovic,I-Gulko,B/New York op/1988/}) 14... Nc6 15. a4 Rab8 16. axb5
axb5 17. Ra6 e6 18. Rb6 b4 19. Ng5 Bd5 20. Rxd5 exd5 21. Qxd5 Nd4 22. Bxd4 Rbd8
23. Rd6 Rxd6 24. cxd6 Qc1+ 25. Bf1 Bxd4 26. d7 $10 {Gulko,B-Ermolinsky/
Volgodonsk 1L/1981/}) 13... Nc6 14. Rd1 (14. axb5 axb5 15. Rxa8 Qxa8 16. Qxb5 (
16. Bxb5 Rb8 17. Bxc6 Bxc6 $17) 16... Rb8 17. Qc4 Na5 18. Qa2 Nb3 $36) 14...
Qa5 15. Bd2 b4 16. Be3 (16. Ng5 $6 Nd4 17. Qe3 Bb7 $17) 16... Qc7 17. Rd2 (17.
Ng5 Bf5 18. Bc4 e6 $15) 17... e6 18. Qc4 Bd5 19. Qh4 Qe7 $1 20. Qxe7 (20. Qh3
Rfc8 $15) 20... Nxe7 21. a5 Nf5 (21... Rfc8 22. Bd4 Bxd4 23. Rxd4 Nc6 24. Rd2
$13) 22. Bf4 Rfc8 23. g4 $8 (23. Rc1 Bf8 24. g4 Ng7 $17) 23... Ne7 (23... Nh6
24. h3 Rxc5 25. Bd6 Rc6 26. Bxb4 Rb8 27. Ba3 $15) 24. Ne5 $5 (24. Bd6 Nc6 25.
h3 Bf8 $15) 24... Nc6 (24... Rxc5 25. Nd7 $1 Rc6 (25... Rcc8 26. Nb6) 26. Nb8
Rc8 27. Nxa6 $14) 25. Nd7 (25. Nxc6 Rxc6 26. Be3 Bf8 27. Rc1 Rac8 $17) 25...
Nd4 26. Bd6 (26. Nb6 Rxc5 (26... Nb3 27. Nxc8 Rxc8 28. Rxd5 exd5 29. Ra4 $13)
27. Nxa8 Bxa8 $44) 26... Nb3 27. Rxd5 exd5 (27... Nxa1 28. Rd1 Bxb2 29. Nb6
$132) 28. Ra4 Ra7 29. Nb6 Rc6 30. Nxd5 Nxc5 31. Bxc5 (31. Ne7+ $2 Rxe7 32. Bxe7
Nxa4 $19) 31... Rxc5 32. Nxb4 Bxb2 33. Nxa6 (33. Bxa6 Bc3 $19) 33... Re5 34.
Bd3 Bc3 35. Kg2 Rxa5 36. Rc4 Ra3 (36... R5xa6 $2 37. Rc8+ $1 Kg7 38. Bxa6 $10)
37. Rc8+ Kg7 38. Nc7 Be5 39. Ne8+ Kh6 40. Be4 (40. h4 Rxd3 41. g5+ Kh5 42. Rc4
Bd4 $19) 40... R7a4 41. Bf3 Rf4 42. Be2 Ra2 43. Bf3 (43. Kf1 Bd4 44. f3 f5 45.
gxf5 Ra1+ 46. Kg2 Rg1+ 47. Kh3 Kg5 $19) 43... Bd4 44. Kg3 g5 45. Rc6+ f6 46.
Bd5 Rd2 {Ftacnik,L} (46... Bxf2+ 47. Kh3 Ra7 48. Nxf6 $132) 0-1

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1992.04.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 029"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Be2
Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. b4 c5 12. bxc5 bxc5 13. Rb1 Bc6 14. O-O Nd7
15. Bb5 Qc7 16. Qd2 Rab8 17. Bxc6 Qxc6 18. dxc5 Bxc3 19. Qxc3 Qxc5 20. Qxc5
Nxc5 21. Nd4 Rfc8 22. f3 g6 23. Rxb8 Rxb8 24. Nc6 Re8 25. Kf2 Nd3+ 26. Ke2 Nf4+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1992.04.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 029"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 d5 7. exd6 exd6 (7...
Qxd6 8. d4 cxd4 9. O-O Be6 10. Bxe6 Qxe6 11. Nxd4 {etc}) 8. d4 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5
10. Be3 Be7 (10... cxd4 11. Bxd4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 $16) 11. dxc5 dxc5 12. Na3 O-O
13. O-O Qc8 14. Bf4 Rd8 15. Qe2 Bf8 16. Rfe1 Qf5 (16... Re8 17. Qxe8 Qxe8 18.
Rxe8 Rxe8 $10) 17. Bg3 Bxf3 (17... Re8 18. Qxe8 Rxe8 19. Rxe8 Bxf3 20. gxf3 $13
) 18. Qxf3 Qxf3 19. gxf3 Rd7 20. Rad1 Rad8 21. Rxd7 Rxd7 22. Re8 (22. Rd1 Rxd1+
23. Bxd1 $14) 22... g6 23. Nc4 Nxc4 24. Bxc4 Kg7 25. Bf4 Bd6 26. Be3 a6 27. Kf1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1992.04.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 029"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 exd4 6. Nxd4 Ne7 7. Bxc4 Nbc6
8. Be3 O-O 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Na5 11. Be2 Ng6 12. O-O Qe7 13. Qc2 Ne5 14.
Rfe1 b6 15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. exf5 Rfe8 17. a4 Rad8 18. h3 Nec4 19. Bf4 Nd6 20. g3
Nab7 21. h4 Qd7 22. Bf1 Nc5 23. a5 Rxe1 24. Rxe1 Nxf5 25. Bh3 g6 26. Bxf5 gxf5
27. Bg5 Re8 28. Rxe8+ Qxe8 29. Qxf5 Qe6 30. Qf3 Qe4 31. Qf6 Ne6 32. Be3 bxa5
33. h5 Qg4 34. Qe5 a4 35. h6 a3 36. Qa5 Qd1+ 37. Kg2 Qb3 38. Qxa7 Qd5+ 39. f3 {
time} 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1992.04.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 029"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 b6 5. Nc3 Bb7 6. f3 d6 7. e4 e6 8. Be2
a6 $6 (8... Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Be3 Nbd7 $6 11. a4 $5 (11. Qd2 a6 12. a4 $1 Qc7
13. a5 Rfe8 14. Rfc1 Rab8 15. Nd5 $1 exd5 16. cxd5 Qd8 17. Nc6 Bxc6 18. dxc6
Nc5 19. b4 $14 {Cvetkovic,S-Ilicnic,Z Vrnjacka Banja 1989 CBM/13}) 11... Nc5
12. b4 Ncd7 13. Nb3 (13. a5 $5) 13... d5 14. exd5 exd5 15. c5 a5 $13 {Belov,
I-Fischbein,A Moscow-A 1989 CBM/14}) 9. O-O Nbd7 $6 (9... Be7 10. Be3 O-O 11.
a4 (11. Qd2 $5) 11... Nc6 $1 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Qb3 Rb8 14. Rfd1 Qc7 15. Rac1
Ba8 16. Rd2 Rfd8 17. Qd1 Nd7 $13 {Polgar,Zsu-Kudrin,S Salamanca 1989 CBM/13})
10. Be3 Be7 11. a4 $1 O-O 12. a5 bxa5 (12... d5 13. exd5 exd5 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15.
Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Nf5 $16 {Sher,B-Vegh,E Budapest Elekes CBM/14}) (12... Qc7 13.
Nb3 Rab8 14. Qd2 Rfe8 15. Rfc1 bxa5 16. Nxa5 Ba8 17. Na4 Nc5 18. Bf1 h6 19. Nc3
Nh7 20. b4 $1 Nd7 21. Nd5 $16 {Sher,M-Rajkovic,D Ptuj 1991 EXP/24}) 13. Nb3 Rb8
14. Nxa5 Ba8 15. Qd2 Qc7 16. Rfc1 Ne5 17. Na4 Bc6 18. b4 $14 Bxa4 19. Rxa4 Nfd7
20. Raa1 Rfc8 21. Nb3 Ra8 22. g3 h5 23. Kg2 Qb8 24. Rab1 Nf6 25. Nd4 Qb7 26. c5
$1 d5 27. Bf4 Ng6 28. e5 Ne8 29. Bd3 Nxf4+ 30. gxf4 $1 g6 31. Rc3 Nc7 32. Kh3
$1 Kh7 33. f5 $1 $16 exf5 34. Bxf5 Rg8 (34... gxf5 35. Nxf5 Bf8 36. Qg5 $18)
35. Bd7 Rad8 36. c6 Qb6 37. Rcc1 Rb8 38. Rg1 Nb5 39. Nf5 $1 gxf5 40. Bxf5+ Rg6
41. Qxd5 Rf8 42. e6 $1 Nd6 43. exf7 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1992.04.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 029"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
Qe7 9. Rd1 dxc4 10. Bxc4 e5 (10... b5 11. Be2 Bb7 12. e4 e5 13. dxe5 Bxe5 14.
Nxe5 Qxe5 15. Be3 $14 {Mohr,S-Dzhandzhgava,L/New York op/1990/}) 11. e4 (11. h3
) 11... exd4 12. Nxd4 Nb6 13. Be2 (13. Bb3 Re8 $13) 13... Re8 14. Be3 Bd7 (
14... Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Qxe4 16. Qxe4 Rxe4 17. Nxc6 $1 $14) 15. f3 Rad8 16. Bf1 (
16. Bf2 $5) 16... Nbd5 17. Bf2 Nxc3 18. bxc3 $2 (18. Qxc3 $1 Bc8 19. a3 $132)
18... Bc8 19. Rab1 Qc7 20. g3 h5 $1 21. Ne2 Nd7 $6 22. f4 Bc5 23. e5 $6 (23.
Bd4 $1 $14) 23... Bxf2+ 24. Kxf2 Qa5 25. Nd4 Nb6 26. Nb3 $6 Qa3 27. Rd4 c5 28.
Rd2 Be6 29. Rbd1 Rxd2+ 30. Rxd2 Nc4 31. Bxc4 Bxc4 32. Rd6 $6 (32. Nc1 $5) 32...
Qa4 (32... b5 33. Rc6 $1) 33. Ke3 $2 b6 34. Kd2 f6 $1 35. Kc1 fxe5 36. f5 (36.
Qg6 Bf7 37. Qf5 c4 38. Rd7 Be6 $19) 36... Bf7 37. f6 $2 c4 38. Nd2 Qa3+ {
Ftacnik,L} 0-1

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Shirov,A"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1992.04.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 029"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Anand Blatny,P} c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. d4 Nc6 6. Bb5 (6.
Be3 {Blatny,P} c4 7. b3 {--> 2.c3 disk}) 6... Bd6 7. O-O Nge7 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9.
Nbd2 Bg4 $146 (9... O-O {Anand} 10. Nb3 Bd6) 10. Qa4 $1 (10. Nb3 {Blatny,P} Bd6
11. Bg5 {--> C 09}) 10... Bh5 (10... Bd7 11. Nb3 Bb6 (11... Bd6 12. Bf4) 12.
Re1 O-O 13. Be3 $14) 11. Qh4 Bg6 12. Nb3 Bb6 (12... Bd6 13. Bf4 O-O 14. Rfe1
$14) 13. Nfd4 O-O 14. Be3 (14. Bg5 {Blatny,P} h6) 14... a6 15. Be2 (15. Nxc6
bxc6 16. Bxb6 Qxb6 17. Qxe7 Qxb5 $1 (17... axb5 $2 18. Rfe1 $16) 18. Qa3 (18.
Rad1 Qa4 $1) 18... a5 $1 19. Nc5 a4 $13 {/\ Rdf8, Ra5}) 15... Ne5 16. Rad1 Rc8
17. Rfe1 Re8 {/\ 18...Nc4} (17... Nc4 {Blatny,P} 18. Bg5 $5 (18. Bxc4 Rxc4 $8
19. Bg5 f6 $8 {/\Nf5+/=}) 18... f6 $8 19. Bc1 $16 {/\Bxc4;Bg4 ><e6}) 18. Nf3 $5
(18. Bc1 Qd7 $10) 18... Bxe3 (18... Nxf3+ {Anand} 19. Bxf3 Bxe3 20. Rxe3 $16)
19. Nxe5 Bb6 20. Bg4 Nf5 $4 (20... Nc6 $1 21. Qxd8 (21. Nxg6 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1
hxg6 $10) 21... Rcxd8 22. Nd7 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Bc7 $1 24. Ndc5 (24. Nbc5 $2 f5
25. Bf3 Bf7 {/\ b6}) 24... Ne5 $1 25. Bh3 (25. Bd1 Rb8) (25. Be2 Re8 26. Kh1 (
26. Rd1 Nc4) 26... Rb8 27. Rd1 Re8 $1 28. Re1 $10 (28. Rxd5 Ng4 $1))) (20...
Rc7 {Blatny,P} 21. Bf3 $16) 21. Qh3 Qg5 $8 22. Nf3 $1 (22. Rxd5 $2 h5 $44)
22... Qf6 23. Nbd4 Nxd4 24. Bxc8 Nxf3+ (24... Ne2+ 25. Kf1 Qc6 26. Qd7 $18) 25.
gxf3 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 $18 h5 27. Bxb7 Qg5+ 28. Qg3 Qd2 29. Re5 $4 (29. Re8+ Kh7
30. Kg2 $18 (30. Kg2 {Blatny,P} Bd3 (30... Qxb2 31. Bxd5 Qxc3 $4 32. Qb8 $18) (
30... Qd1 {Anand} 31. Re5 $18) 31. Re5 $1 $18)) 29... Qc1+ 30. Kg2 Bd3 31. h4
Bc7 $1 $10 (31... Qf1+ {Anand} 32. Kh2 Bxf2 33. Qg2) 32. Bxd5 (32. Re8+ Kh7 33.
Qxc7 Qf1+ 34. Kg3 $4 (34. Kh2 Qxf2+ 35. Kh1 (35. Kh3 $4 Bf1#) 35... Qxf3+ (
35... Qf1+ $10 {Anand}) 36. Kh2 $10 (36. Kh2 {Blatny,P} Qf2+ 37. Kh1 Qf1+ $10))
34... Qg1+ 35. Kf4 (35. Kh3 Bf1#) 35... Qh2+ $19 (35... Qh2+ 36. Ke3 Qxc7 $19))
32... Bxe5 33. Qxe5 Qf1+ 34. Kh2 Qxf2+ 35. Kh1 (35. Kh1 Qxh4+ $2 (35... Qf1+
$10) 36. Kg2 $16) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-30"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1992.06.08"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "El Taher, Fouad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1992.06.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Egypt"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "EGY"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 cxd4 12. cxd4 Bb7 13. Nc3 Rc8 14. d5 Qc7 15.
Re2 Nh5 16. Bd3 Nf4 17. Bxf4 exf4 18. Rc2 Qb6 19. b3 f5 20. Rac1 Bf6 21. exf5
Rce8 22. Qd2 Bxc3 23. Rxc3 Bxd5 24. Bb1 Bb7 25. Rc7 Bxf3 26. gxf3 d5 27. Qxd5+
Kh8 28. Rf7 Qd8 29. Qxd8 Rxd8 30. Rxf8+ Rxf8 31. Be4 Kg8 32. Bd5+ Kh8 33. Rc7
g6 34. fxg6 hxg6 35. h4 Rf5 36. Be4 Rf6 37. Kg2 Kg8 38. Kh3 Kf8 39. Kg4 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-30"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1992.06.09"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ye, Jiangchuan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1992.06.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Ne4 Qc7 9. f4 Bb4+ 10. c3 Be7 11. Bd3 Qb6 12. c4 f5 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. Qc2 Nxe4
15. Bxe4 Ba6 16. Bd2 Bf6 17. Rb1 d5 18. Bxh7 O-O-O 19. b3 Qd4 20. Bd3 dxc4 21.
Bxc4 Bxc4 22. bxc4 Bh4+ 23. Kd1 Qxf4 24. Kc1 Rxd2 25. Qxd2 Qxc4+ 26. Qc2 Qf4+
27. Qd2 Qe5 28. Qd3 Qc5+ 29. Qc2 Bg5+ 30. Kb2 Bf6+ 31. Kc1 Qe3+ 32. Qd2 Qa3+
0-1

[Event "Olympiad-30"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1992.06.10"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Motwani, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1992.06.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Scotland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SCO"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 d5 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. Ne5 Bb4+ 8. Kf1
Bd6 9. Nd2 Bxe5 10. dxe5 Ng4 11. h3 Nxe5 12. Bxa8 c3 13. Qc2 cxd2 14. Bxd2 O-O
15. Rd1 c5 16. Bc3 Qc7 17. Bg2 Nbc6 18. f4 Ng6 19. Kf2 Nge7 20. Rd2 Nd5 21.
Rhd1 Bb7 22. Bxd5 exd5 23. Rxd5 Nd4 24. Bxd4 Bxd5 25. Bxg7 Bxb3 26. Qf5 Qc6 27.
Bf6 Bc2 28. Qg5+ Bg6 29. f5 c4 30. fxg6 fxg6 31. Rd8 Rxd8 32. Bxd8 c3 33. Qe3
c2 34. Bg5 b5 35. Bh6 Kf7 36. Qf3+ Qxf3+ 37. exf3 b4 38. Ke2 Kf6 39. Be3 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-30"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1992.06.11"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1992.06.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Georgia"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e3 Nf6 6. Nge2 O-O 7. O-O d6 8. b3
Bf5 9. Bb2 Bd3 10. Re1 g5 11. Nc1 Bg6 12. d3 e6 13. e4 Nd7 14. N1e2 f5 15. exf5
Bxf5 16. Qd2 Nde5 17. Ne4 Bxe4 18. Bxe4 Nf3+ 19. Bxf3 Bxb2 20. Bxc6 Bxa1 21.
Bxb7 Rb8 22. Bg2 Qf6 23. Rf1 Kh8 24. Qe3 Rf7 25. Bh3 Be5 26. Bg4 Rbf8 27. Qe4
Qh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-30"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1992.06.12"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1992.06.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 c6 6. O-O Bg7 7. exd6 Qxd6 8.
Nbd2 Bg4 9. Re1 O-O 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Nxf3 e6 12. Bf1 b5 13. a4 b4 14. c4 bxc3
15. bxc3 Qc7 16. Ba3 Rd8 17. c4 Ne7 18. Ra2 a5 19. Rd2 Na6 20. g3 Nb4 21. Bg2
Rab8 22. Qe2 Nf5 23. Red1 c5 24. dxc5 Rxd2 25. Qxd2 Qxc5 26. g4 Ne7 27. Bb2 e5
28. Ng5 Nbc6 29. Bxc6 Qxc6 30. Ba3 Bf6 31. Qxa5 Nd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-30"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1992.06.15"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1992.06.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bulgaria"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Be3 Be7 10. c3 Qd7 11. Nbd2 Rd8 12. Re1 O-O 13. Bc2 f5 14. exf6 Nxf6 15.
Qb1 h6 16. Nh4 Ne5 17. Nb3 Nfg4 18. Nc5 Qc8 19. Nxe6 Qxe6 20. Bh7+ Kh8 21. Bf5
Qf7 22. Ng6+ Nxg6 23. Bxg4 Ne5 24. Be2 c5 25. Rd1 Nc6 26. Rf1 d4 27. cxd4 cxd4
28. Bc1 Nb4 29. Bd3 Nxd3 30. Qxd3 Qc4 31. Rd1 Bf6 32. a4 Rfe8 33. Kf1 Qc7 34.
g3 Qc6 35. Kg1 bxa4 36. Bf4 Qb5 37. Qg6 d3 38. Bxh6 Re2 39. Be3 Bxb2 40. Qg4
Qd7 41. Qh4+ Kg8 42. Rxa4 Qd5 43. Qg4 Re8 44. Qc4 Qxc4 45. Rxc4 d2 46. Kf1
R8xe3 47. fxe3 Rxh2 48. Rh4 Rxh4 49. gxh4 Bc1 50. Ke2 a5 51. Rf1 a4 52. e4 a3
53. Rf5 g6 54. Rf6 Kg7 55. Ra6 Kf7 56. Kd1 Kg7 57. Kc2 Kf7 58. Rc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-30"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1992.06.16"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1992.06.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 g6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8. e4
Bg7 9. Nxc6 Bxc6 10. Be3 O-O 11. O-O a5 12. Rc1 a4 13. Qe2 Qa5 14. Rfd1 Rfc8
15. c5 Ne8 16. cxd6 Nxd6 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. Rxd5 Rxc1+ 19. Bxc1 Qc7 20. Bf4 Qc4
21. Qxc4 Nxc4 22. b3 axb3 23. axb3 Na5 24. b4 Nc6 25. b5 Nd4 26. Bf1 h5 27. Kg2
Nc2 28. Bd2 e6 29. Rc5 Nd4 30. Be3 b6 31. Rc7 Ra1 32. Rc8+ Kh7 33. Rc7 Kg8 34.
Rc4 Rd1 35. Rc8+ Kh7 36. Rd8 Be5 37. h3 Kg7 38. Bc4 Kf6 39. Rd7 g5 40. Be2 Nxe2
41. Rxd1 Nc3 42. Rd8 Nxe4 43. Bxb6 Nc3 44. Rg8 Nxb5 45. Bd8+ 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-30"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1992.06.17"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1992.06.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Estonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "EST"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Bd7 11. c3 Qc7 12. Qe2 Bd6 13. Nb5 Bxb5 14.
Bxb5+ Ke7 15. g3 a6 16. Ba4 Rhd8 17. Qf3 h6 18. Bb3 Rab8 19. Rd1 a5 20. a4 Qc6
21. Kg2 Nd7 22. Bc2 Ne5 23. Qxc6 bxc6 24. Rb1 Nc4 25. Kf3 Nb6 26. Ke2 Rb7 27.
Rd4 Rdb8 28. Be4 Be5 29. Bxc6 Bxd4 30. Bxb7 Rxb7 31. cxd4 Nxa4 32. Ra1 Rb4 33.
Bd2 Rxd4 34. Be3 Rb4 35. b3 Nc3+ 36. Kd3 Nd5 37. Bc5+ Kf6 38. Bxb4 axb4 39. h4
g5 40. h5 g4 41. Ra7 Nc3 42. Rb7 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-30"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1992.06.18"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Rozentalis,E"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1992.06.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Lithuania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LTU"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7 Bxd7 7. O-O Qh4 8.
c4 O-O-O 9. c5 g6 {A relatively new idea, the point of which is about to be
revealed.} 10. Nc3 Bg7 11. Ne2 (11. g3 Qf6 12. Be3 Bf5 {? Anand} (12... Ng5 $1
$13 {-> Anand: 30CBM_VC}) 13. Nb5 $5 {Anand,V-Huebner,R/Dortmund/1992/1-0/31/
-> CBM 29; 30VC [Anand]}) 11... Rhe8 12. a4 Ng5 {The point of ..g6 as opposed
to the normal ..g5, the g5 square is available for the knight which can come
to the excellent post e6 from where it attacks d4.} 13. Ra3 h6 14. Bc2 Rxe2 $1
{A brilliant positional exchange sacrfice based on, pressure on d4 and when
the pawn inevitably falls, lines for the bishops.} 15. Qxe2 Ne6 16. Qd1 (16.
Be3 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Bxd4 $15) 16... Nxd4 17. Bb1 Bg4 18. f3 Bf5 {Black's slow
build up is very impressive. The c5 pawn will be weak and the Ra3 remains out
of play.} 19. Be3 Bxb1 20. Bf2 (20. Qxb1 Ne2+ 21. Kh1 Ng3+) 20... Qf4 21. Qxb1
Nc6 $1 {/\d5-d4.} 22. Rd1 a5 $1 {Securing the b4 outpost and ensuring the c5
pawn can never be supported.} 23. Qd3 Qc4 $1 {Another surprise, after the
queen exchange White has a lost ending.} 24. Rd2 (24. Qxc4 dxc4 25. Rxd8+ Kxd8
$19 {The c4 pawn will be decisive when b2 falls.} 26. Be1 Bxb2 27. Re3 Bd4)
24... Nb4 25. Qf1 h5 {Black even has time to give himself the option of ..Bh6
at some stage.} 26. g3 Qxf1+ 27. Kxf1 d4 {Now the plan of Rd5xc5 and then the
advance of the c pawn cannot be prevented.} 28. Ke2 Rd5 29. h3 Rxc5 30. g4 (30.
Bxd4 Bxd4 31. Rxd4 Nc2 $19) 30... Re5+ 31. Kd1 c5 32. Re2 Rxe2 33. Kxe2 c4 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-30"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1992.06.20"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1992.06.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bosnia&Herzegovina"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 c5 5. Bxc4 e6 6. O-O a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Bb2 Ke7 11. Be2 b6 12. Nbd2 Bb7 13. Ne1 b5 14. a4 Bb4
15. Ndf3 bxa4 16. Rxa4 Bd6 17. Nd3 Rhc8 18. Rfa1 Ne4 19. Bf1 Rab8 20. Ba3 g6
21. Nfe5 Nxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-30"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1992.06.21"]
[Round "12.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Cebalo, Miso"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1992.06.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Croatia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Be3 O-O 9. f4 Bd7 10. Nb3 a6 11. a4 Qc7 12. a5 Rac8 13. g4 Nb4 14. g5 Ne8 15.
Bg4 d5 16. Bb6 Qd6 17. exd5 exd5 18. Rf2 Bxg4 19. Qxg4 Nc7 20. f5 Nb5 21. Nxb5
axb5 22. f6 Rc4 23. Nd4 Bd8 24. fxg7 Re8 25. Bxd8 Rxd8 26. Raf1 Nc6 27. Rxf7
Nxd4 28. Rf8+ Kxg7 29. R1f7+ Kg6 30. Rf6+ Kg7 31. R8f7+ Kg8 32. Rxd6 Rxd6 33.
Qh5 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-30"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1992.06.22"]
[Round "13.1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1992.06.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Latvia"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LAT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 c6 5. Nf3 d5 6. O-O Bd6 7. b3 Qe7 8. Ne5 O-O
9. Nd2 Nbd7 10. Ndf3 Ne4 11. Nd3 b6 12. Nfe5 Bb7 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. f3 Nf6 15.
c5 bxc5 16. Nxc5 Bxc5 17. dxc5 e5 18. e4 Ba6 19. Re1 fxe4 20. fxe4 d4 21. Qd2
Ng4 22. Bh3 h5 23. Ba3 Qf7 24. Bb4 Rae8 25. Ba5 Re6 26. Bf1 Nf2 27. Bxa6 Qf3
0-1

[Event "Olympiad-30"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1992.06.24"]
[Round "14.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1992.06.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Nc6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Be2 d5 6. exd5 exd5 7. d4 Be7 8. Be3
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 dxc4 11. Qxd8+ Bxd8 12. Bxc4 O-O 13. O-O Bd7 14.
Rfd1 Bc6 15. Nb5 Bb6 16. Bxb6 axb6 17. f3 Rfd8 18. Kf2 Kf8 19. a3 Ne8 20. Rac1
Rac8 21. Na7 Ra8 22. Nb5 Rac8 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Ke3 Nd6 25. Nxd6 Rxd6 26. Rc3
Ke7 27. Rb3 Ba4 28. Rb4 Bc2 29. Ba2 f6 30. Rd4 Rxd4 31. Kxd4 Bf5 32. Bd5 Bc8
33. f4 Kd6 34. g3 b5 35. Be4 h6 36. Bd5 b6 37. Bf3 Bd7 38. Be2 Bc6 39. Bd3 Bd7
40. Bg6 Bc6 41. h4 Bd7 42. Bd3 Bc6 43. Be2 Be8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares m"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1992.09.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 031"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O h6 {I had prepared this variation for the match. I can't recall having
played it before so I can hardly imagine Ivanchuk preparing this variation
deeply. Still Ivanchuk blitzed his next few moves out and in fact the whole
game!} 9. Be3 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 b5 11. f3 Qa5 12. a3 $146 (12. Qf2 b4 13. Bb6 Qg5+
14. Be3 Qa5 {Is a popular variation for players who feel like an early dinner!}
) (12. Kb1 b4 13. Bxf6 (13. Ne2 e5 14. Be3 Be6 15. Nc1 d5 {And Black was
better in Anand-Dlugy 1986!}) 13... gxf6 14. Ne2 Bb7 {Cheshkovsky-Khalifman})
12... e5 13. Be3 Be6 14. Kb1 Be7 15. g4 (15. h4 $142 Rb8 16. Nd5 Qxd2 17. Nxf6+
gxf6 18. Rxd2 f5 $13) 15... Rb8 (15... b4 $5 16. Na2 (16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 Rb8
) (16. axb4 Qxb4 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Qxd2 19. Rxd2 Bd7) 16... d5 17. axb4 Qc7
$44 {I wasn't feeling quite awake at this point and so I played the `solid'15..
.Rb8}) 16. Nd5 Qxd2 17. Nxf6+ $2 {In conjunction with 15.g4 this is a terrible
move. I suspect Ivanchuk hadn't woken up either!} (17. Rxd2 $1 $10) 17... gxf6
$3 {But now we were both wide awake!} (17... Bxf6 18. Rxd2 Ke7 19. h4 $14) 18.
Rxd2 h5 $1 19. Rg1 (19. Be2 hxg4 20. fxg4 Rh3 $17) 19... hxg4 20. fxg4 Bc4 $3
$17 {In time to stop white getting some sort of fortress in the kingside.
Black's `bad' bishop will protect his pawns while he exchanges towards
connected h and g passers} (20... Kd7 $2 21. h3 $13) 21. b3 (21. Bxc4 bxc4 22.
Rd5 Rb5 $17) 21... Bxf1 22. Rxf1 Rh3 23. Re2 (23. Bg1 $1 Kd7 24. Rd3 Rh4 $1 (
24... Rxd3 25. cxd3 Rh8 26. Rf3 d5 $13) 25. Rg3 (25. h3 Rbh8 26. Rff3 f5 $1 27.
Rxf5 Rxh3 $17) 25... Rg8 26. h3 Rgh8 27. Rff3 f5 $1 28. exf5 (28. Rxf5 Rxh3 29.
Rxh3 Rxh3 30. Bf2 (30. Rxf7 $2 Rh1 31. Rf1 Bg5 32. Re1 Bd2 $19) 30... Ke6 $17 {
>< Pe4,g4}) 28... e4 29. Re3 (29. Rc3 $2 Bf6) 29... d5 $17) 23... Kd7 24. g5
Ke6 25. gxf6 Bxf6 26. Bd2 Be7 $1 {simple and best} (26... Bh4 27. Bb4) (26...
Rg8 27. Ref2 Be7 28. Rxf7 Rg4) 27. Be1 f6 28. Bg3 d5 29. exd5+ Kxd5 30. Rf5 $1
{forces Black to lose some time} Kc6 $8 (30... Ke6 $2 31. Bxe5 Re8 32. Rxf6+) (
30... Rb7 $2 31. Bxe5 Ke6 (31... fxe5 32. Rfxe5+ Kd6 33. Re6+ Kd5 34. Rxe7) 32.
Bxf6+ Kxf5 33. Bxe7 $10) 31. Ref2 $2 (31. Rf3 $1 Rh7 32. Rc3+ Kb7 {The king
belongs on e6 and Black would have a hard technical task ahead}) 31... Rh6 32.
Kb2 Kd7 33. Re2 Bd6 34. Rf3 Rc8 $1 (34... Ke6 35. Rc3 {/\Rc6}) 35. Be1 Ke6 {
Mission accomplished!} 36. Rd3 Rh7 37. Rg3 Bc5 38. Ka2 Rd7 39. Rc3 Rcc7 (39...
Rd1 $2 40. Bf2 Bxf2 41. Rxc8 Bd4 42. c3 $16) 40. h4 Rd1 41. Bf2 Bd6 42. Rg3 e4
$1 $19 43. Rxe4+ (43. Rg1 Rxg1 44. Bxg1 f5) 43... Be5 44. Rxe5+ (44. c3 Rd2+
45. Kb1 Rxf2 $19) 44... fxe5 45. Kb2 Rd2 0-1

[Event "Linares m"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1992.09.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 031"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Nf3 h6
8. Bh4 c5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. Qe2 (11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Qe2 cxd4 13.
O-O-O Bc5 $1) 11... Be7 12. O-O-O O-O 13. dxc5 Qc6 $1 $146 (13... Qa4 14. Kb1)
14. Kb1 (14. Ne5 Qxc5 $1 (14... Qxg2 $2 15. Nd7 $1 $16 Rfd8 $140 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6
17. Bxf6 Rxd1+ 18. Qxd1 $1 $18) 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nd7 Bxb2+ (16... Qg5+ 17. Kb1
Rfd8) 17. Kxb2 Qb4+ 18. Kc1 Qa3+ 19. Kd2 Rfc8 $1 $44) 14... Rfd8 $10 15. Rhe1 (
15. Ne5 Qxc5 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nd7 Qe7 18. Qb5 (18. Qd3 Rxd7 19. Qxd7 Qb4 $17)
18... a6 $10 19. Qxb7 $140 Rdb8 $19) 15... Qxc5 16. Ne5 Rxd1+ (16... Qb6 $5) (
16... Qb4 $5 17. c4 a5 $13) 17. Rxd1 Rd8 18. Rxd8+ Bxd8 19. Nd3 Qc4 20. Bg3 Nd5
21. a3 Bf6 $6 (21... Be7 $10) 22. Be5 $1 Bxe5 23. Qxe5 Qg4 $4 (23... Qc8 $10)
24. Qb8+ Kh7 25. Qxb7 $18 f5 (25... Qd1+ 26. Nc1 $18 {Ivanchuk missed this move
}) 26. Qc6 $1 (26. Qxa7 Qxg2 27. Qb8 $18) 26... Qe4 27. g3 a5 28. Qd6 a4 29.
Qe5 Qc4 30. Qe2 Qc6 31. Nb4 $1 {The queen ending is fairly simple} Qc5 32. Qxe6
Nxb4 33. axb4 Qxf2 34. c3 g5 35. Ka2 f4 36. gxf4 gxf4 37. b5 f3 38. b6 a3 39.
Qd7+ Kg6 40. Qd6+ Kh5 41. Kxa3 Qe3 42. Qd5+ Kh4 43. b7 Qa7+ 44. Kb3 Qb6+ 45.
Kc2 f2 (45... Qg6+ 46. Qd3) 46. Qf5 $1 1-0

[Event "Linares m"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1992.09.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 031"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 a6 8. f4
Be7 9. Be3 Qc7 10. O-O b5 11. f5 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 e5 13. Bf2 Bb7 14. a3 $5 (14.
Bh4 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Qg4 (16. Bxe7 Kxe7 17. Qg4 d5) 16... d5 17. Qxg7
O-O-O $132) 14... O-O 15. Qf3 Rac8 16. Rfe1 h6 $1 17. h3 Bc6 18. Qd3 (18. Qd3
Qb7 19. Bh4 Nh7 20. Bf2 $1 Nf6 $8 21. Bh4 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares m"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1992.09.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 031"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8.
Bg5 a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Nd5 Be7 11. Nxe7 Nxe7 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. Qe2 O-O 14. O-O Ng6
(14... d5 15. Rad1 $5) 15. c4 h6 $1 $146 (15... b4 16. Nc2 a5 17. f3 h6 18. Be3
$14) 16. Bxf6 (16. Be3 Nxe4) 16... Qxf6 17. cxb5 (17. g3 Qg5 18. Kh1 f5 19. f3
$13) 17... Nf4 18. Qf3 axb5 (18... Nxd3 $5 19. Qxd3 Qg6 20. Rfe1 (20. f3 d5 $44
) 20... f5 (20... d5 21. Qg3 (21. bxa6 $5) 21... Qxg3 22. hxg3 dxe4 (22... d4
23. Nc4 $16) (22... axb5 $5 23. exd5 $5 b4 24. Nc4 $16) 23. bxa6 Rxa6 24. Nc4
$14) 21. f3 (21. Qb3+ Kh8 22. bxa6 Bxe4 23. f3 Rfb8 $15) (21. Qg3 Qxg3 22. hxg3
fxe4 $5 (22... Bxe4 23. Nc4 Rf6)) 21... fxe4 22. fxe4 Rf4 $132) 19. Nxb5 Qg6
20. Rfd1 (20. Rfe1 d5 21. Bf1 dxe4 $36) 20... Nxd3 21. Qxd3 Bxe4 22. Qg3 Rfb8
$1 $10 23. Nxd6 Rxb2 24. Nc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares m"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1992.09.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 031"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Be3 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 b5 11. Kb1 $5 Bb7 (11... b4 12. Na4 Nxe4 (12...
Rb8 13. e5 $1 dxe5 (13... Nd5 14. Bc4 Bb7 15. Rhe1 $16) 14. Bxe5 Bd7 (14...
Qxd2 15. Rxd2 $16) 15. Qf4 $1 Ra8 16. Bc7 $18) 13. Qxb4 $16 (13. Qe3 d5 14. f3
Nf6 15. g4 $5)) 12. f3 Be7 (12... Bc6 $5 13. Qf2 (13. h4 b4 14. Ne2 e5 15. Be3
d5) 13... b4 14. Ne2 Qc7 15. g4 $140 e5 16. Be3 d5) 13. g4 Bc6 14. Qf2 $1 Qb8 (
14... Qc7 $5 15. Bd3 b4 16. Ne2 e5 17. Bb6 Qb7 18. Ng3 $14) 15. h4 b4 16. Ne2
e5 17. Be3 d5 18. Ng3 $6 (18. Bc5 $1 $16 d4 19. Bxe7 Kxe7 20. Ng3 $1 (20. Nxd4
exd4 21. Qxd4 Nd7 $1 (21... Rc8 22. g5) 22. Qxg7 Qf4 $1 $13) 20... g6 21. Bd3 {
/\ g5,f4 ->}) 18... d4 $8 (18... dxe4 $2 19. Bc5 Qc7 20. Nf5) 19. Bc1 g6 20.
Bh3 $2 (20. Bd3 $1 {/\ g4-g5, f3-f4}) 20... Nd7 21. g5 h5 22. f4 O-O $1 23.
Rhe1 (23. fxe5 Nxe5 24. Qxd4 Rd8 $44) (23. Bxd7 Bxd7 24. fxe5 Bg4 $1) 23... Qc7
24. fxe5 (24. f5 Nc5 $1 $132 {><e4} (24... a5 25. Nxh5 gxh5 26. f6 Bc5 27. Qf3
$40)) 24... Nxe5 25. Bf4 Bc5 26. Bf1 (26. Bf1 $6 Ng4 $1 {Considering that
Chuckie had less than ten minutes here and my position was slightly better I
should have played on. I was relieved to have escaped and agreed quickly} 27.
Qf3 (27. Qd2 Bd6 28. Bxd6 Qxd6) 27... Bd6 28. Bxd6 Qxd6 $15) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares m"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1992.09.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 031"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 Nbd7 7. Be2 g6 8. O-O
Bg7 9. a4 O-O 10. Kh1 $1 {White should restrain ...b7-b5, and the king move
looks most precise, as sometimes the QB goes to f4 in one jump.} Qc7 (10... b6
$2 11. Nc6 Qe8 12. e5 $18) (10... e5 11. Nb3 (11. Nf3 Nc5 $10) 11... Qc7 (11...
exf4 12. Bxf4 Ne5 (12... Nc5 13. Bxd6 Nxb3 14. Bxf8 $18) 13. Qd2 $14 {But a
very nice edge indeed.}) (11... Nc5 $2 12. Nxc5 dxc5 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. fxe5 $16
) 12. f5 $5 $36) 11. Bf3 $1 Re8 (11... b6 $4 12. e5 $18) (11... Rb8 $5) (11...
e5 12. Nb3 exf4 13. Bxf4 Ne5 14. Bg5 $1 $14) 12. Nb3 (12. f5 $5 Ne5 13. Bg5 Nc4
(13... Nxf3 14. Qxf3 $14) (13... Bd7 14. Bxf6) 14. Qc1 $5 $14 Nxe4 $140 15.
Bxe4 Bxd4 16. Nd5 Qd8 $8 17. f6 $1 $16) 12... Nb6 (12... Rb8 $5) 13. Qe1 (13.
Qe2 $5 Be6 (13... Nc4 $140 14. a5 $1 Bd7 15. e5 $1 dxe5 16. fxe5 Nxe5 17. Bf4
$16) 14. Rd1 Bc4 15. Qf2 Nbd7 16. Be3) 13... Nc4 (13... Be6 $5) 14. Be2 $6 b6
$1 {Of course now that the bishop is not on the h1-a8/^ anymore} (14... Bd7 15.
a5) 15. Bd3 Bb7 16. Qe2 Rec8 $1 $10 {Quite nice, to keep the a8 rook defending
the a6 pawn.} 17. Nd2 Nxd2 (17... Na5 18. Nf3) 18. Bxd2 Nd7 19. Ra3 $6 {
What the hell am I doing??} (19. Rae1 $5 Nc5 20. f5 Bxc3 $5 21. Bxc3 Nxa4 22.
Bd4 $13) (19. Nd5 $5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Nc5 (20... Bxb2 21. Ra2 $1 Bc3 22. Bxc3 (22.
Bxa6 Rxa6 $1 23. Bxc3 Rca8 $13) 22... Qxc3 23. Bxa6 Rc7 24. Bb5 $13) 21. c3
Nxd3 22. Qxd3 Qc4 $15) 19... e6 $5 (19... Nc5 20. b4 (20. Be3 $5 {This is a
strange configuration to prefer over Bd2 and Re1 with an extra tempo to boot,
but maybe White is still equal here.}) 20... Nxd3 21. cxd3 $15) 20. Nd1 Nc5 21.
Bc3 Bxc3 22. Nxc3 Re8 (22... d5 $1 23. e5 (23. exd5 exd5 24. f5 Re8 $15) 23...
d4 $15) 23. Raa1 Rac8 24. Rfe1 f5 $1 25. Rad1 fxe4 (25... d5 $1 26. exd5 Qxf4
$17 {Ivanchuk}) 26. Nxe4 Bxe4 27. Bxe4 d5 (27... Nxe4 28. Qxe4 Qxc2 29. Qxc2
Rxc2 30. Rxd6 Rxb2 31. a5 $15) 28. Bd3 Qxf4 29. Bxa6 Nxa6 30. Qxa6 Rxc2 31. Qb5
$1 {The move he missed} (31. Qxb6 Qg4 32. Qg1 (32. Rg1 Rxg2) 32... Qxa4 $17)
31... Qb8 32. Rxd5 Rxb2 33. Qxb2 exd5 34. Rd1 $15 Qd6 35. Qd4 $6 (35. h3 d4 $15
) 35... Re5 $6 (35... Qc5 $1) 36. h3 Qe6 37. Kh2 Qd6 38. Kh1 Rf5 39. Kg1 h5 $2
40. Rb1 $1 Qc5 41. Qxc5 bxc5 42. a5 $10 Rf4 43. Rb5 Rc4 44. a6 Ra4 45. Rxc5
Rxa6 46. Rxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares m"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1992.09.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 031"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 {
After the fifth game I felt like a change} 8. O-O-O O-O 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5
11. Bc4 Bd7 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Bc6 14. Bd2 Nd7 15. Nd5 Qc5 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17.
Rhe1 Rfd8 18. Qg4 Nf8 19. Bd3 Rxd3 20. cxd3 Qd7 21. Kb1 $1 {Ivanchuk played
this natural move quickly and I was surprised that this move  ahdn't been
tried before} Qxd3+ 22. Ka1 Qf5 23. Qg3 Ng6 24. Bc3 h6 (24... h5 25. Rf1 Qg4
26. Qf2 Rf8 27. g3 $14) 25. Rf1 Qe4 26. Rd2 Bd5 (26... a5 27. Rdf2 Be8) 27. b3
Rc8 28. Kb2 a6 29. Rdf2 Rc7 30. Re1 Qh4 31. Qxh4 Nxh4 32. Rd1 $1 Ng6 33. g3 Ne7
34. Rd4 Nc6 35. Rdf4 Rd7 36. h4 h5 $2 (36... g6 $10 {Black just waits. When
White plays b4 and a4 Black plays b5. Though he has an unpleasant task ahead
of him he should be able to draw}) 37. g4 hxg4 $4 (37... Ne7 $1 38. gxh5 (38.
Rxf7 hxg4 39. Bb4 g3 40. Rf8+ Kh7 41. R2f7 g2 42. Bc5 Rc7 43. Bg1 Be4 $132)
38... Nf5 $14) 38. Rxg4 $18 Ne7 39. h5 Bc6 (39... Nf5 40. Rxf5 exf5 41. Rxg7+
$18) 40. h6 Ng6 41. hxg7 (41. Rxg6 $2 fxg6 42. Rf8+ Kh7 $1 $17) 41... Kxg7 42.
Bb4 Bd5 43. Bd6 b6 44. a4 b5 45. a5 f5 46. exf6+ Kf7 47. Be7 $1 e5 48. Rh2 Nxe7
49. fxe7 Kxe7 50. Rg6 e4 51. Rxa6 1-0

[Event "Linares m"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1992.09.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 031"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
Kf8 9. Nf3 $6 {I must make a horrible confession- I didn't know `theory' after
8...Kf8. ECO gives White a clear edge after 9.h4} (9. h4 $1) 9... c5 10. Bd3
Nxd2 11. Kxd2 Nc6 12. Qf4 Qe7 $10 13. a3 (13. dxc5 $5 Qxc5 14. Nd4 Nd8 $1 {
/\ Bd7,Rc8}) (13. Rhb1 c4 14. Be2 Qa3 $15) 13... Bd7 14. Rhb1 b6 15. Qe3 Na5 $1
16. Ke1 (16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Qxc5+ bxc5 $15 18. Bb5 Ke7) 16... Rc8 (16... Ke8) (
16... c4 17. Be2 Ke8 $15 {Ivanchuk could have played c4 here and for the next
few moves. Black keeps a  slight edge without any danger of losing. In view of
the match situation he understanably did not want to close the queenside but
this backfires}) 17. Kf1 Ke8 18. Kg1 Kd8 19. h3 Kc7 (19... c4 20. Be2 Kc7 $15)
20. Ba6 Rb8 21. dxc5 Qxc5 $2 {This is the real error. After this it seems that
white is better} (21... bxc5 $1 22. c4 $1 Rb6 (22... d4 23. Qd2 Nc6 24. Bb5 $14
) 23. cxd5 exd5 24. Bf1 Rhb8 $13) 22. Nd4 $14 Nc4 23. Qf4 Rhf8 (23... Rbf8 {
/\Kb8} 24. a4 $14) 24. Rb4 $1 b5 (24... g5 25. Qg3 Nd2 26. Qe3 Ne4 $2 27. c4)
25. Rab1 Rb6 (25... Nxa3 26. R1b3) (25... g5 26. Qg3 Nd2 $2 27. Qe3 $1) 26.
Nxb5+ $6 (26. Bxb5 $1 a5 (26... Nxa3 27. Qe3 $1 Qe7 28. Ra1) 27. R4b3 (27. Bxd7
axb4 28. axb4 Qe7 29. Bb5 $44) 27... Nxa3 28. Qe3 Qe7 29. Bxd7 Nxb1 30. Nxe6+
$1 $18) 26... Bxb5 27. Rxb5 Qxa3 28. Rxb6 Nxb6 $14 29. Qd4 Rb8 30. Bb5 $1 (30.
Bd3 Nd7 $14) 30... Rb7 31. Rb3 Qe7 32. Ba6 Rb8 33. c4 dxc4 34. Bxc4 $16 {>< <<}
Rd8 35. Qe4 Kb8 36. Be2 $1 Qc7 37. Bf3 {(.)} (37. Bf3 Kc8 38. g3 $16 (38. Rc3
$2 Rd1+ $1 39. Bxd1 Qxc3 $10)) (37. c4 $1 Qc5 $140 (37... Rd7 38. Rb5 $16) 38.
Bf3 $18) 1-0

[Event "Interpolis"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1992.10.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1992.10.08"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 032"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8.
Ng3 Be7 9. c4 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 c6 11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2 Re8 13. h4 g6 14. h5 Qa5 15.
hxg6 hxg6 16. a3 Qg5 17. Rfe1 Rad8 18. Rad1 Qg4 19. Qxg4 Nxg4 20. Ne4 Nh6 21.
d5 Nf5 22. dxe6 fxe6 23. b4 Nb6 24. Be2 Kf7 25. g4 Nh4 26. f4 Rf8 27. Kh2 Ke8
28. Kg3 Rd7 29. Bg7 Rf7 30. Bh6 g5 31. fxg5 Ng6 32. Nf6+ Bxf6 33. gxf6 Rxf6 34.
g5 Rf5 35. Bh5 Kf7 36. Bxg6+ Kxg6 37. Rxe6+ Kf7 38. Rde1 Kg8 39. g6 Rf8 40. Re8
Rd3+ 41. Kg2 Nd7 42. Rxf8+ Nxf8 43. Re8 1-0

[Event "Interpolis"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1992.10.12"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "1992.10.08"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 032"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 c6 7. Qc2 Bb4 8.
e3 Nh5 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. O-O-O Nb6 12. h3 g6 13. Bd3 Ng7 14. g4 Bd7
(14... Be6 15. Ne2 {Kasparov,G-Smyslov,V/URS-ch Moscow/1988/}) 15. Kb1 O-O-O (
15... Ne6) 16. Qb3 $5 Be6 $6 (16... Kb8 17. a4 Be6 18. a5 Nc4 19. a6 (19. Bxc4
dxc4 20. Qa3 Qxa3 21. bxa3 Ne8 22. a6 Nd6 23. axb7 Bd5 $1) (19. Qa4 Qf6 20. Be2
$14) 19... b5 (19... b6 20. Bxc4 dxc4 21. Ne5) 20. Na2 Qf6 $1 $13) (16... Ne8
17. a4 Be6 18. a5 Nc4 19. Qa4 $5 $14) 17. Rc1 Kb8 18. Na4 Nxa4 19. Qxa4 Rd6 $2
(19... Rc8 20. Rc3 h5 21. Rg1 hxg4 22. hxg4 $14) (19... h5 20. Ne5 Rc8 21. f4
$14) 20. Rc3 Rc8 21. Rhc1 f6 22. Ra3 (22. Nd2 Rc7 23. Nb3 b6 24. Rxc6 Rcxc6 25.
Rxc6 Bd7 26. Na5 Qe8 (26... Ka8 27. Rc7 $18) 27. Bb5 bxa5 28. Rxd6 Bxb5 29.
Qxa5 $18) 22... b6 23. g5 (23. Ne1 Ne8 24. Nc2 $14) 23... Rc7 24. gxf6 Qxf6 25.
Ne5 Bf5 26. Bxf5 $6 (26. Ka1 Bxd3 27. Nxd3 Nf5 28. Nb4 $40) 26... Nxf5 27. f4
Ng3 $1 28. b4 Ne4 29. Ka1 h6 30. Qc2 g5 31. fxg5 hxg5 32. Rb3 Re6 33. Qh2 Qf2 (
33... Kb7 $1) 34. Qxf2 Nxf2 35. Rbc3 Kb7 36. b5 c5 37. Nc6 Rexc6 38. bxc6+ Rxc6
39. dxc5 Ne4 40. Rd3 Nxc5 41. Rdd1 Re6 42. Rxd5 Rxe3 43. Rh1 (43. Rxg5 Rxh3 $14
) 43... Rg3 44. Rd4 Re3 45. Rg4 Ne4 46. Rc1 Nc5 47. Rh1 Ne4 48. Rh2 Kc6 49. Kb2
a5 50. Rgg2 Rf3 51. Rc2+ Kb5 52. Rc8 Nd6 53. Rg8 Nc4+ 54. Kc1 Rg3 55. Kd1 Kb4
56. Ke1 b5 57. Rh8 (57. Kf2 Ra3) 57... a4 58. Rh5 Ka3 59. Rc2 (59. Kf2 Rc3 60.
Rxg5 b4 $132) 59... Rg1+ $2 (59... Re3+ 60. Kf2 Re5) 60. Kf2 Rh1 61. Kg3 Nd6
62. Re2 (62. Kg2 $1) 62... Ra1 63. Rxg5 Rxa2 64. Re6 Rd2 65. h4 Kb4 66. Rg4+
Kc5 67. Re5+ Rd5 68. Rgg5 Rxe5 69. Rxe5+ Kd4 70. Kf4 a3 71. Re6 Kd5 72. Re5+
Kd4 73. Re7 b4 74. Ra7 Nb5 75. Ra5 b3 {Time} 0-1

[Event "Interpolis"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1992.10.14"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "197"]
[EventDate "1992.10.08"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 032"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. e4 Bb4 7. Nxc6 dxc6 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. f3 e5 10. Be3 Kc7 11. Rc1 Nd7 12. Kf2 Bc5 13. Na4 Bxe3+ 14. Kxe3
Nf8 15. c5 Ne6 16. Bc4 f6 17. Rhd1 Nd4 18. f4 Bg4 19. Rf1 Rad8 20. fxe5 fxe5
21. b3 b5 22. cxb6+ axb6 23. Nc3 Rhf8 24. Rxf8 Rxf8 25. Be2 Bxe2 26. Nxe2 c5
27. Nc3 Kc6 28. Na4 Ra8 29. Kd3 Ne6 30. Ke3 Nd4 31. Kd3 Ra7 32. Ke3 h5 33. Kd3
h4 34. Ke3 Ra8 35. h3 Ra7 36. Kd3 Ne6 37. Ke3 Nf4 38. Rc2 Rd7 39. Nb2 b5 40. a4
Rd4 41. axb5+ Kxb5 42. Nc4 Rd3+ 43. Kf2 Rg3 44. Kf1 Rxb3 45. Nxe5 Rb4 46. Nf7
c4 47. Kf2 Ne6 48. Ne5 Nc5 49. Kf3 Rb3+ 50. Ke2 c3 51. Kf3 g5 52. Nf7 Nd3 53.
Ke3 Nb4 54. Rc1 Na2 55. Rf1 c2+ 56. Kd2 c1=Q+ 57. Rxc1 Nxc1 58. Nxg5 Rg3 59.
Nf3 Nb3+ 60. Ke3 Rxg2 61. Nxh4 Rg3+ 62. Kf4 Rxh3 63. Nf3 Nc5 64. Kg4 Rh8 65.
Kf4 Rf8+ 66. Ke3 Re8 67. Nd2 Kb4 68. Kd4 Rd8+ 69. Ke3 Rd3+ 70. Ke2 Kc3 71. Nf3
Nxe4 72. Ne5 Rd5 73. Nf3 Ng5 74. Nh4 Re5+ 75. Kf2 Kd3 76. Kg3 Ke4 77. Kg4 Nf7
78. Nf3 Nh6+ 79. Kg3 Nf5+ 80. Kg4 Ne3+ 81. Kg3 Rf5 82. Nd2+ Kd3 83. Nf3 Rf8 84.
Ng5 Rg8 85. Kf4 Nd5+ 86. Kf5 Ke3 87. Ne6 Re8 88. Ng7 Re7 89. Nh5 Nf4 90. Nf6
Kf3 91. Kg5 Rf7 92. Ne8 Rf8 93. Nd6 Ne6+ 94. Kg6 Kf4 95. Nf7 Rg8+ 96. Kf6 Nc5
97. Nh6 Ne4+ 98. Kf7 Rg4 99. Nxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interpolis"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1992.10.15"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1992.10.08"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 032"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
d3 O-O 9. Be3 f5 (9... Be6 10. Ne4 $5 Bd5 11. Nc5 Nd4 12. Bxd4 $1 exd4 13. Qc2
Re8 14. Rfe1 a5 15. Rac1 a4 16. Nd2 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Ra7 18. Nf3 $14 {Zlotnikov,
M-Janovsky,S Voskresensk 1992}) 10. b4 $5 Bf6 (10... Bxb4 11. Nxe5 $1 Nxe5 12.
Qb3+ $16) 11. Nd2 $1 (11. Bc5 Re8 12. Rc1 Be6 13. b5 Nd4 14. e3 Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3
Nd5 $10 {Böhm-van Wijgarden Amsterdam 1977}) 11... Nd4 12. a4 a5 13. bxa5 Rxa5
14. Nb3 Ra8 15. a5 Nd7 16. Nd5 $14 Ne6 17. Qc2 c6 18. Nxf6+ Nxf6 19. Bc1 Nc7
20. Bb2 Re8 21. Nd2 Nb5 22. a6 $1 $16 Rxa6 23. Rxa6 bxa6 24. Bxc6 Bd7 25. Rc1
Qe7 26. Nf3 e4 27. dxe4 Nxe4 28. Ne5 Bxc6 29. Qxc6 Nec3 (29... Qe6 $2 30. Qxe6+
Rxe6 31. Rc8+ $18) 30. Rxc3 Nxc3 31. Qxc3 $18 Qe6 32. h4 h6 33. h5 Qf6 34. Qc4+
Kh7 35. f4 Rb8 36. Bd4 a5 37. Qd3 Rd8 38. g4 a4 39. e3 Ra8 40. gxf5 a3 41. Ng4
Qa6 42. Qe4 a2 43. f6+ Kg8 44. Nxh6+ $1 gxh6 45. Qg6+ 1-0

[Event "Interpolis"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1992.10.17"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1992.10.08"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 032"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. c5 Ne4 8. Bd2
Nxd2 9. Qxd2 a5 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Nxc3 Bd7 12. Bd3 a4 13. O-O Nc6 (13... O-O 14.
f4 g6 15. Kh1 (15. Bc2 Bc6 16. Rae1 Nd7 17. Qd1 Qa5 18. Re3 Rfe8 19. Rfe1 Nf6
20. g4 b6 21. f5 exf5 22. Rxe8+ Nxe8 23. Bxa4 b5 24. Bb3 Nf6 25. gxf5 b4 26.
axb4 $10 {Vaiser,A-Damlianovic,B/Sochi/1988/}) 15... Nc6 16. Bc2 Ne7 17. Rae1
b6 18. Rf3 Re8 19. Rfe3 Bc6 20. cxb6 Qxb6 21. g4 Qc7 22. f5 exf5 23. gxf5 Qd6
24. Rh3 Nxf5 25. Bxf5 gxf5 26. Rg1+ $36 {Kortschnoj,V-Karpov,An (3)/Baguio
City-Wch/1978/}) 14. Rae1 $146 (14. Bc2 Ne7 15. Rfe1 b6 16. Qd1 bxc5 17. dxc5
Qa5 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. Qxd5 Be6 20. Qg5 Ng6 21. Re4 O-O 22. Rxa4 Qb5 23. Rxa8
Rxa8 24. Bxg6 hxg6 25. Rd1 f6 26. Qe3 $16 {Rechlis,G-Portisch,L/Manila izt/
1990/}) 14... Nxd4 15. Nxd5 Bc6 16. Nb6 Ra5 $1 17. Rd1 (17. Qxa5 Nf3+ 18. Kh1 (
18. gxf3 Qg5+ 19. Kh1 Bxf3#) 18... Qh4 (18... Nxe1 19. Bb5 $1) 19. h3 Qf4 $19)
17... Rxc5 18. Be4 $5 Qxb6 (18... Bxe4 19. Qxd4 Qxd4 (19... Qxb6 20. Qd7+ Kf8
21. Qd8+ Qxd8 22. Rxd8+ Ke7 23. Rxh8 Rc2 24. f3 Bd5 $14) 20. Rxd4 Bc6 21. Rfd1
Ke7 22. Nxa4 $10) 19. Qxd4 O-O 20. Rc1 Rb5 21. Qxa4 Bxe4 (21... Ra5 22. Qc4
Bxe4 23. Qxe4 Qxb2 24. Rb1 Qxa3 25. Rxb7 $15) 22. Qxe4 Rxb2 23. Rb1 $1 Rc8 24.
g3 g6 25. a4 (25. Rxb2 Qxb2 26. Rb1 Rc1+ 27. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 28. Kg2 $17) 25... Qb3
26. Rxb2 Qxb2 27. Qb1 $1 Rc2 28. Qxb2 Rxb2 29. a5 g5 30. Ra1 Kg7 31. a6 bxa6
32. Rxa6 $15 g4 33. Ra4 h5 34. h3 $1 gxh3 35. Rh4 Rb1+ 36. Kh2 Rf1 37. Rf4 e5
38. Rf3 Kg6 39. Kxh3 e4 40. Re3 (40. Rf4 f5 41. Kg2 Rb1 $17) 40... f5 41. Kg2
Rd1 42. Ra3 h4 43. gxh4 Kh5 44. Ra5 Kg4 45. h5 Rd6 46. f3+ $1 exf3+ 47. Kf2
Rd2+ 48. Ke1 Rh2 49. Ra8 Rxh5 50. Kf2 Rh2+ 51. Kf1 Kf4 52. Rb8 Rd2 53. Ra8 Rb2
54. Rc8 f2 55. Rc3 Ke4 56. Ra3 Rd2 57. Rb3 Rd3 58. Rxd3 Kxd3 59. Kxf2 Ke4 60.
Ke2 f4 61. Kf2 f3 62. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interpolis"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1992.10.18"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "1992.10.08"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 032"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Ne5 Nc6 8.
Nxc6 bxc6 9. e3 Ba6 10. Bxc6 Rb8 11. Nc3 Nd5 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Qf3 Bb7 14. Bxb7
Rxb7 15. b3 cxb3 16. axb3 c5 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. Ba3 Bxa3 19. Rxa3 Qd6 20. Rfa1
g6 21. Qd1 Rfb8 22. Ra6 Rb6 23. Rxb6 Qxb6 24. Qxd5 Qxb3 25. Qd4 a6 26. h4 Qb5
27. Qa7 Qb7 28. Qxb7 Rxb7 29. Rxa6 h5 30. Kg2 Rb2 31. Kf3 Kg7 32. Rd6 Ra2 33.
e4 Rb2 34. Ke3 Ra2 35. Rd2 Ra5 36. Kf4 Rb5 37. Ra2 Rc5 38. Rb2 Ra5 39. Rc2 Rb5
40. Re2 Ra5 41. f3 Rb5 42. Rd2 Ra5 43. Rd5 Ra4 44. Rd2 Rb4 45. Ke3 Ra4 46. Rd4
Ra5 47. Kf4 Kf6 48. Rd5 Ra4 49. g4 hxg4 50. Kxg4 Ke6 51. Rg5 Rb4 52. h5 gxh5+
53. Rxh5 Ra4 54. Rb5 f6 55. Kf4 Rc4 56. Rb6+ Kf7 57. Ra6 Rb4 58. Rd6 Ke7 59.
Rc6 Kf7 60. Rc3 Ke6 61. Ra3 Rb5 62. Ra6+ Ke7 63. Ra8 Ke6 64. Re8+ Kf7 65. Rd8
Ke6 66. Rd5 Rxd5 67. exd5+ Kxd5 68. Kf5 Kd4 69. Kxf6 Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interpolis"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1992.10.19"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1992.10.08"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 032"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Barrage 30'} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. g3 Nc6 7.
Bg2 Nb6 8. Bg5 f6 9. Be3 Nc4 10. O-O Nxe3 11. fxe3 Be7 12. Qb3 Qb6 13. Na4 Qxb3
14. axb3 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. exd4 Rb8 17. Nc5 a6 18. b4 Bd6 19. e3 Ke7 20.
Rfc1 h5 21. b5 f5 22. e4 axb5 23. e5 Bxc5 24. dxc5 Rd8 25. Ra5 b4 26. Rb5 Bd7
27. Rxb7 Rxb7 28. Bxb7 Bc8 29. c6 g5 30. Kf2 Kf7 31. Ke3 Kg6 32. c7 Rf8 33.
Bxc8 Rxc8 34. Rc4 f4+ 35. gxf4 Kf5 36. fxg5 Kxe5 37. g6 Kf6 38. Kd4 Kxg6 39.
Ke5 1-0

[Event "Interpolis"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1992.10.19"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1992.10.08"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 032"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Barrage 30'} 1. c4 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. a3 d6 6. e3 (6. Nf3
Nh6 7. d3 Nf5 8. Bd2 O-O 9. h4 h5 10. Ng5 Bd7 $13 {Winants,L-Moiseev,V
Nettatal 1992 CBM/28}) 6... Nf6 (6... Bxc3 7. bxc3 Qc7 8. d3 f5 9. Nh3 $14 {
Seirawan,Y-Andersson,U Tilburg1 1990 CBM/20 50/(51)}) 7. Nge2 O-O 8. O-O Rb8 $5
(8... Bf5 9. e4 Bg4 10. f3 Bd7 11. d3 Ne8 12. Be3 Nc7 13. Rb1 a5 14. a4 Ne6 15.
f4 Ned4 16. h3 e6 17. Nb5 $14 {Seirawan,Y-Speelman,J Saint John op m/2 1988
CBM/06 45/52}) 9. b4 (9. Rb1 $5) 9... Bf5 $1 10. d3 cxb4 $1 11. axb4 Nxb4 12.
e4 Bg4 13. Rxa7 Nd7 $13 14. Ra3 Bxc3 $1 15. Rxc3 Na2 16. Rc2 Nxc1 17. Qxc1 Bxe2
$1 18. Rxe2 b5 19. cxb5 Rxb5 20. d4 Qb6 21. Rd1 Rb8 22. Rc2 Rb1 23. Qd2 Rxd1+
24. Qxd1 Nf6 25. h3 e5 26. d5 h5 27. Kh2 Kg7 28. Qd2 Qb4 29. Qe3 Qb6 30. Qa3 (
30. Qd2 $5) 30... Qb4 31. Qa7 Nxe4 32. Rc7 Rf8 33. Rc6 h4 34. g4 Nf6 35. Qe3
Rd8 36. Kg1 Ra8 37. Rb6 Ra1+ 38. Kh2 Qd4 39. g5 Nh7 40. Qxd4 exd4 41. f4 d3 42.
Rb2 Ra4 43. Rd2 Rxf4 44. Rxd3 Nxg5 45. Rb3 f5 46. Rb6 Nf7 47. Rb7 Kf6 48. Kg1
Ne5 49. Rb6 Nc4 50. Rc6 Ke5 51. Rc7 Ne3 52. Re7+ Kd4 53. Bh1 Rf1+ 54. Kh2 g5
55. Rh7 f4 56. Rh5 f3 57. Rxg5 Rxh1+ 58. Kxh1 f2 0-1

[Event "Interpolis"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1992.10.20"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1992.10.08"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 032"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Anand} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3
O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. Re1 Bd6 13. d3 Qh4 14.
g3 Qh3 15. Re4 Bd7 (15... Qd7 $1 16. Nd2 Bb7 17. Re1 c5 18. Ne4 Be7 19. Bg5
Rad8 $2 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. Qh5 $16 {Smagin-Nunn, Dortmund 1991.}) (15... Qd7 $1
16. Nd2 Bb7 17. Re1 c5 18. Ne4 Be7 19. Bg5 f6 $1 20. Bd2 Kh8 21. Qh5 f5 22. Ng5
Bxg5 23. Bxg5 Qc6 $1 24. f3 c4 25. Bc2 b4 $1 26. dxc4 Qxc4 27. Re5 Nxc3 $1 28.
Bxf5 Rxf5 29. Rxf5 Ne2+ 30. Kh1 {Ernst,T-Sokolov,I,EU-chT, Debrecen 1992.} Kg8
$3 $19) (15... Qd7 $1 16. Nd2 Bb7 17. Nf3 c5 18. a4 b4 19. Ne5 Qc7 20. Nc4 bxc3
21. Qf1 Be7 22. bxc3 Bf6 $17 {De Firmian-Wahls, Biel-A 1990.}) (15... Qf5 16.
Nd2 Qg6 17. Nf1 $1 f5 18. Rd4 Kh8 19. Bxd5 cxd5 20. Qf3 Bb7 21. Rh4 $14 {
Liss,E-Bryson,D,EU-chT,Haifa 1989.}) (15... Qf5 16. Nd2 Qg6 17. Re1 f5 18. f4
$5 Bxf4 19. Qf3 Bxd2 20. Bxd5+ cxd5 21. Qxd5+ Kh8 22. Bxd2 $16 {Koch,JR-Blatny,
P, EU-chT,Haifa 1989.}) (15... Qf5 16. Nd2 Qg6 17. Re1 f5 18. f4 $5 Kh8 $1 19.
Bxd5 cxd5 20. Qf3 Bd7 21. Nb3 d4 22. Nxd4 Rae8 $44 {Popovic-Pavlovic, Belgrade
IKO 1992.}) (15... Qf5 16. Nd2 Qg6 17. a4 $5 f5 18. Rd4 Kh8 $1 19. Rxd5 cxd5
20. Bxd5 Rb8 $17 {Feher-Hazai, Hun-ch 1989.}) 16. Nd2 g5 (16... Rae8 {Anand}
17. Rxe8 Rxe8 18. Ne4 $14) 17. Re2 (17. Nf3 h6 18. Ne5 Bf5 19. Re1 (19. Ng4 $5
Nf4 $6 20. Nf6+ Kh8 21. Bxf4 Bxe4 (21... gxf4 22. Qf3 $16) 22. Nxe4 Bxf4 $13)
19... Rae8 20. d4 Nf6 21. f3 $13) 17... f5 (17... Qh5 18. Re1 $1) 18. c4 $1 (
18. Ne4 $2 fxe4 19. dxe4 Bg4 20. exd5 c5 $17 {Anand,V-Kamsky,G/Dortmund/1992/}
(20... c5 {Anand} 21. Qf1 Qh5 $1 $17 {Anand-Kamsky Dortmund 1992})) 18... f4 (
18... bxc4 19. dxc4 f4 20. cxd5 fxg3 21. hxg3 Rxf2 22. Rxf2 Qxg3+ 23. Rg2 Qe3+
24. Rf2 Qg3+ $10 {Anand.}) 19. Qf1 $1 (19. cxd5 fxg3 20. hxg3 (20. fxg3 {Anand}
Bc5+ 21. Kh1 Bg4 $40) 20... Rxf2 $1 $10 (20... Rxf2 $1 21. Rxf2 Qxg3+ 22. Rg2
Qe3+)) 19... fxg3 (19... Qh5 20. cxd5 c5 $13 (20... fxg3 21. hxg3 Bxg3 22. Qg2)
) 20. hxg3 $1 (20. Qxh3 gxf2+ 21. Rxf2 Bxh3 $132 (21... Bxh3 {Anand} 22. cxd5
Bc5 23. Ne4 Rxf2 $1 24. Nxf2 Rf8)) 20... Qh5 (20... Nf4 21. c5+ Kh8 22. cxd6
Qh5 (22... Qg4 23. Re4 Nh3+ 24. Kg2 Nf4+ 25. Rxf4 gxf4 26. Bd1 $16) 23. gxf4
Bh3 (23... gxf4 24. f3) 24. Qxh3 Qxh3 25. Re3 (25. Be6 Qxd3 26. b4 h6 $13)
25... Qh4 26. Rg3 gxf4 27. Nf3 Qf6 28. Rg2 $16) 21. cxd5 Bg4 (21... Bxg3 22.
Qg2 Qxe2 23. Qxg3 Qe1+ 24. Nf1 $16) 22. dxc6+ Kg7 (22... Kh8 {Anand} 23. Re3
Bc5 24. Ne4 Bxe3 25. Bxe3 Bf3 26. Bd4+ $18) 23. Re4 (23. Re3 {Anand} Bc5 24.
Ne4 Bxe3 25. Bxe3 Bf3 26. Bd4+ Kg6) 23... Bxg3 24. fxg3 $1 Rxf1+ 25. Nxf1 $16
Qh3 26. Re7+ Kh6 27. Bd5 Rf8 28. Bd2 (28. Bg2 {Anand} Rxf1+ 29. Kxf1 Qxg3 30.
Re3 $18) 28... Bf3 29. Bxf3 Rxf3 30. Re2 Kg6 31. c7 $18 Rf8 32. Rae1 Qd7 33.
Re6+ Kh5 34. g4+ Kxg4 35. R1e4+ Kf3 (35... Kh3 {Anand} 36. Rh6#) 36. Be1 (36.
Nh2+ {Anand} Kg3 37. Rg4+ Kh3 38. Re3+ Rf3 39. Rxf3#) 1-0

[Event "Interpolis"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1992.10.21"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1992.10.08"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 032"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 a6 7. Be3 b5 8. Qd2 Bb7
{Not always the most useful move. Black may want to keep the option of Ba6} 9.
Bd3 b4 10. Nd1 Nc6 11. O-O cxd4 12. Nxd4 Be7 (12... Bc5 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Bxc5
Nxc5 15. Qxb4) (12... Nc5 13. Nf2 $14) 13. Rf3 $1 O-O 14. Rh3 g6 15. Nf2 $14
Nc5 (15... Nxd4 16. Bxd4 f5 17. exf6 Nxf6 18. Re1 $16) 16. Ng4 Ne4 (16... h5
17. Nh6+ Kg7 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. f5 $1) 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. Bd4 h5
20. Nf6+ Bxf6 21. exf6 Qd5 22. Qe3 Rfd8 23. c3 bxc3 24. bxc3 Qf5 (24... Rab8
25. f5 exf5 26. Qh6 $18) (24... Kf8 $5 25. g4 $140 Ke8) 25. Rg3 Rxd4 $8 26.
Qxd4 h4 27. Rg5 Qxf4 28. Rc5 $18 e5 29. Qf2 Bd7 30. Qxf4 exf4 31. Rf1 f3 32.
gxf3 Bh3 33. Rd1 Rb8 34. Rc4 exf3 35. Rxh4 Be6 36. Rd2 g5 37. Rh5 g4 38. Kf2
Rc8 39. Rh4 Rb8 40. c4 Rc8 41. c5 1-0

[Event "Interpolis"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1992.10.22"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "1992.10.08"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 032"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Barrage 30'} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 d6
7. Bf4 e5 8. Bg5 a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Nd5 Be7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. c3 O-O 13. Be2 Bg5
14. Nc2 Rb8 15. O-O a5 16. Qd3 Be6 17. Nce3 Bxe3 18. Nxe3 Qc7 19. Rfd1 Rfd8 20.
Bg4 Ne7 21. Qe2 d5 22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. Qg4 Rb6 24. Qg3 Rc6 25. Qg5 d4 26. Ng4 Ng6
27. h4 Rc5 28. Rac1 Nf4 29. Kh2 d3 30. Rd2 b4 31. Rcd1 bxc3 32. bxc3 Rxc3 33.
g3 Ng6 34. h5 Qe7 35. Qxe7 Nxe7 36. Nxe5 Rc5 37. f4 Nc6 38. Nxc6 Rxc6 39. Rxd3
Rc2+ 40. Kh3 Rxd3 41. Rxd3 Rxa2 42. Rd8+ Kf7 43. Rd7+ Kf8 44. h6 gxh6 45. Rxh7
Ra1 46. Kg4 Rh1 47. Ra7 Re1 48. e5 Rh1 49. Rxa5 Kf7 50. Ra7+ Kf8 51. Rh7 Ke8
52. Kf3 Rh2 53. Rg7 h5 54. Rh7 Kf8 55. f5 exf5 56. Kf4 Rg2 57. e6 Re2 58. Rf7+
Ke8 59. Kxf5 Rf2+ 60. Kg5 Rg2 61. Rf3 Ke7 62. Kxh5 Kxe6 63. g4 Rh2+ 64. Kg6 Rh8
65. g5 Rg8+ 66. Kh6 Rh8+ 67. Kg7 Rh4 68. g6 Rg4 69. Kh7 Rh4+ 70. Kg8 Rg4 71. g7
1-0

[Event "Interpolis"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1992.10.22"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E53"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1992.10.08"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 032"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Barrage 30'} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 b6 7.
O-O Bb7 8. a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 Nbd7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. a4 c5 12. Nd2 Re8 13. Re1 Qc7
14. f3 Rad8 15. Nf1 Nf8 16. Ra2 Qc8 17. Ng3 Ba6 18. Bb1 Ng6 19. Rf2 cxd4 20.
cxd4 Qc3 21. Nf5 Bc4 22. Bc2 Ne7 23. Bd2 Qb2 24. g4 Nxf5 25. gxf5 Rc8 26. Bc1
Qc3 27. e4 dxe4 28. fxe4 Rcd8 29. Rd2 Qh3 30. Rg2 Qc3 31. Bg5 Kh8 32. Rd2 h6
33. Re3 Qb4 34. Rh3 Nh7 35. Bxd8 Rxd8 36. Rg3 Ba6 37. e5 f6 38. e6 Bb7 39. h4
Rc8 40. d5 Qc5+ 41. Kg2 Qd6 42. Be4 Kg8 43. Rc2 Rd8 44. Qg4 Qe7 45. Rgc3 Bxd5
46. Bxd5 Rxd5 47. Rc7 Rd2+ 48. Kf1 1-0

[Event "Interpolis"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1992.10.22"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1992.10.08"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 032"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Barrage 15'} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e3 Nc6 4. Nge2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nxd5
Qxd5 7. Nc3 Qd8 8. Be2 Be6 9. O-O Be7 10. a3 a5 11. d3 O-O 12. b3 Qd7 13. Bb2
Rfd8 14. Qc2 f6 15. Rfd1 Bf8 16. Ne4 Qf7 17. Nd2 Rac8 18. Bf3 Bd5 19. Rac1 Bxf3
20. Nxf3 Rd7 21. Rd2 Rcd8 22. Rcd1 Kh8 23. Kf1 Rd5 24. Qc4 Qe8 25. Qc2 Rc5 26.
Qb1 Rb5 27. Qc2 Rc5 28. Qb1 Rb5 29. Qc2 Rc5 30. Qb1 Rb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interpolis"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1992.10.22"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1992.10.08"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 032"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Barrage 15'} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 (4... Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6
6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 Ne5 8. Bb3 (8. Be2 d5 9. O-O O-O 10. Nd2 Bb6 11. f4 Qh6 $1
$13 {Sveshnikov,E-Smyslov,V, Tilbrug 1992. CBM 32 game 961.}) 8... Qg6 9. O-O
Ng4 $10 {Kesanen,I-Mc Carron,T, Helsinki 1992. CBM 32 game 298.}) 5. Nxc6 bxc6
6. e5 Qe7 (6... Ne4 7. Bd3 $5 {New. 7.Qd4? f5! - Lautier,J-Beliavsky,V, Biel
1992. CBM 31 game 193.} Nc5 8. O-O d6 9. exd6 Bxd6 10. Be2 {10.Re1+ Be6 =} O-O
11. Nd2 {11.Bf3 Qf6 =} Be6 $10 {Illescas Cordoba,M-Sokolov,I, Chalkidiki 1992.
CBM 32 game 27.}) 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Ba6 9. b3 (9. g3 g6 10. Bg2 Bg7 11. O-O O-O
12. Re1 Rae8 $10 {Van der Wiel,J-Nikolic,Pr, Tilburg 1992, CBM 32 game 864.})
9... g6 10. g3 Bg7 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Bg2 f6 13. O-O $1 fxe5 14. Qd2 Nb6 15. Ba3
d6 16. Bxc6 Rab8 17. Nc3 Bb7 18. Bxb7 Rxb7 19. Ne4 $14 Rd8 20. Rad1 Rbb8 21. c5
dxc5 22. Qc2 Qf7 23. Bxc5 h6 24. Be3 a5 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Rd1 Rxd1+ 27. Qxd1
Kh7 28. a4 Nd7 29. Qd3 Nf8 30. Nd2 $1 $16 Ne6 31. Nc4 Qf3 32. Nd2 Qd1+ 33. Qf1
Qc2 34. Qc4 Qd1+ 35. Kg2 Nd4 36. Bxd4 exd4 37. Ne4 Qg4 38. Qd5 c6 $2 39. Qxc6
d3 40. f3 $1 $18 Qf5 41. Qd6 Qc8 42. Qxd3 Qc1 43. h4 Qb2+ 44. Kh3 Qe5 45. Nd2
Qe6+ 46. Kg2 Qe5 47. Nc4 Qc5 48. Qd2 g5 49. hxg5 hxg5 50. Qxa5 Qe7 51. Qf5+ Kh6
52. Qe4 Qb4 53. Ne3 $1 Qd2+ 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 10th"]
[Site "Debrecen"]
[Date "1992.11.??"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Lanka, Zigurds"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1992.11.20"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EU-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Latvia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LAT"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Bf4 Bd7 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. f3 d5 12. Qe1 Bb4 13. a3 Ba5 14. Bd2 Qe7
15. e5 Nd7 16. Kb1 Bb6 17. f4 h5 18. g3 Bc5 19. Bd3 g6 20. Rf1 O-O-O 21. Ne2
Kb8 22. Bc3 (22. Bb4 $5) 22... Rc8 23. Nd4 Ka8 24. Rf3 Nb8 25. Bb4 Ba4 26. Ne2
Rhd8 27. Rc1 Bxb4 28. Qxb4 Qxb4 29. axb4 d4 30. Rd1 Be8 31. b3 Ka7 32. Kb2 Bc6
33. Rf2 b5 34. Nc1 Bd5 35. Bf1 Nc6 36. Nd3 Be4 37. Rfd2 Kb6 (37... Bxd3 38.
Bxd3 Nxb4 39. Be4 $10) 38. Ne1 Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 10th"]
[Site "Debrecen"]
[Date "1992.11.??"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1992.11.20"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EU-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Moldova"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MDA"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bd3 e5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. h3 O-O 8. Re1 a6
9. Bc2 (9. Nbd2 $6 Nh5 $1) (9. Na3 $5) 9... h6 (9... b5 10. Nbd2 (10. a4 $5 Bb7
11. d5 Ne7 12. b3 {/\ c4+/=}) 10... Bb7 11. d5 (11. Nf1 exd4 12. cxd4 Nb4 13.
Bb1 (13. Bb3 a5 $5) 13... c5 $13) (11. Nb3 $5 {/\ d5}) 11... Ne7 12. b3 c6 13.
c4 $14 {/\} cxd5 14. cxd5 Nfxd5 15. exd5 e4 16. Nxe4 Bxa1 17. Bg5 $1 $40) 10.
Nbd2 Nh7 11. Nf1 exd4 (11... Ng5 12. Nxg5 hxg5 13. d5 Nb8 14. Nh2 $16) 12. cxd4
Ng5 13. N1h2 Nxf3+ (13... f5 14. Nxg5 $1 hxg5 15. Bb3+ (15. exf5 $5 {/\} Bxf5
16. Bb3+) 15... Kh8 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. Be3 $16) (13... Re8 14. Bxg5 $1 hxg5 15.
Qd2 Qf6 16. Rad1 Qf4 17. Re3 $16) 14. Nxf3 Nb4 (14... f5 15. d5 $16) 15. Bb3 c5
(15... d5 16. Ne5 $1 $16) 16. Be3 b6 17. a3 (17. Qd2 Kh7 18. Rad1 Bb7 19. Bf4
f5 $5 $13) 17... Nc6 18. Bd5 Bb7 19. b4 cxb4 20. axb4 Qd7 (20... Rc8 $5) 21.
Qd2 Kh7 22. Bxc6 Qxc6 23. d5 Qd7 (23... Qc3 24. Rac1 $16) 24. Bd4 f5 25. Bxg7
Qxg7 26. Nd4 Qf6 27. Ra3 fxe4 28. Ne6 Rf7 29. Rxe4 g5 30. Rf3 Qg6 31. Rxf7+
Qxf7 32. Nxg5+ hxg5 33. Qxg5 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 10th"]
[Site "Debrecen"]
[Date "1992.11.??"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1992.11.20"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EU-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7 Bxd7 7. O-O Qh4 8.
c4 O-O-O 9. c5 g5 10. Be3 Re8 11. Nd2 Bg7 12. Nf3 Qh5 13. Nxg5 (13. Bxe4 $2
Rxe4 $5 (13... dxe4 14. Nxg5 Bg4 15. Qa4 h6 $17) 14. Nxg5 $140 Rg4 15. Nf3
Rxg2+ 16. Kxg2 Bh3+ 17. Kh1 Bg4 18. Kg2 Qh3+ $19) 13... Qxd1 (13... Bg4 14. f3
Nxg5 15. fxg4 Qh6 16. Qd2 Nh3+ (16... Bxd4 $2 17. Bf5+) 17. gxh3 Qxe3+ (17...
Rxe3 18. Rxf7 Rxh3 19. Bf5+ Kb8 20. g5 $18) 18. Qxe3 Rxe3 19. Rad1 $14) 14.
Rfxd1 (14. Raxd1 Nxg5 15. Bxg5 Bxd4 16. c6 Bg4 17. Rd2 $5 (17. Bf5+ $10)) 14...
Nxg5 15. Bxg5 Bg4 $5 (15... Bxd4 16. c6 Bg4 (16... Be6 17. cxb7+ Kxb7 (17...
Kb8 18. Rd2 $16) 18. Ba6+ $16 Kxa6 19. Rxd4 c5 $14) 17. cxb7+ $16) 16. Rd2 $14
Bxd4 17. c6 Be5 (17... Rhg8 18. Bf4 {><h7}) (17... Bb6 18. Bb5 $16) 18. Bb5 b6
(18... Re6 $5) 19. Bh4 (19. Rxd5 $6 Bxb2 (19... Rhg8 20. Bh4 $140 Bf3)) 19...
Rhg8 (19... d4 20. Bg3 Bg7 21. Ba6+ Kb8 22. a4 $36) 20. Ba6+ (20. Bg3 Bxg3 21.
hxg3 $14) 20... Kb8 21. Bg3 Bxg3 22. hxg3 Rd8 23. Rd4 Rd6 24. Rc1 Bc8 (24...
Rgg6 25. Bd3) 25. Bd3 $2 (25. Bxc8 Kxc8 26. b4 $16) 25... Rg4 $132 (25... h6
26. b4) (25... h5 26. b4 Rg4 27. Rxg4 hxg4 $14) 26. Rxg4 Bxg4 27. f3 (27. Bxh7
d4 28. Bd3 Be6 29. b3 Bd5 $44) (27. b4 $5 d4 28. b5) 27... Be6 28. b4 d4 29. a4
a5 (29... Bb3 30. a5 Ba4 31. b5 $16 (31. axb6 axb6 32. b5 Rd5 33. Rb1 $16)) 30.
b5 Bb3 31. Ra1 Kc8 32. Kf2 h6 (32... h5 $5 33. Ke2 $14) 33. Ke2 Kd8 34. Kd2 Ke7
35. Bc2 (35. g4 $5) (35. Rb1 $5 Bxa4 36. Bc4 d3 (36... Rg6 37. Ra1 Rxg3 38.
Rxa4) 37. Bxd3) 35... Bc4 (35... Bxc2 36. Kxc2 $16) 36. Rh1 d3 (36... Re6 $1
37. Bd3 Bb3 38. Rh4 Rd6 39. Bc2 Bc4 40. Re4+ Kf8 41. g4 $14) 37. Bd1 Kf8 (37...
f5 $142 38. Rh5 Rg6 $132) 38. Rh4 (38. g4 $5 Kg7 39. f4 f6) 38... Ba2 39. Re4
Rg6 40. g4 h5 (40... Rd6 $14) 41. f4 (41. Rd4 Be6 42. gxh5 Rxg2+ 43. Kxd3 Rh2
$14) 41... hxg4 42. f5 Rd6 (42... Rg5 43. Bxg4 (43. Rd4 $2 Rxf5 44. Rd7 Rf2+
45. Kxd3 Rxg2 $13) 43... Bd5 44. Rd4 Bxg2 45. Kxd3 f6 46. Ke3 Rg7 47. Kf4 $1
Re7 48. Bd1 Bf1 49. Bb3 Be2 50. Be6 Bh5 51. Rd2 Bf7 (51... Be8 52. Rd8 $18) 52.
Bxf7 Kxf7 53. Rd4 Ke8 54. Kg4 $1 Rg7+ 55. Kh5 Rg5+ 56. Kh6 Rxf5 57. Rd7 Rf4 58.
Rxc7 Rxa4 59. Rb7 Rc4 60. Kg6 Rc5 61. Kxf6 Kd8 62. Rxb6 $18) 43. Rxg4 Bd5 44.
Rh4 (44. Rd4 Ke7 45. g4 f6 $1 $10) 44... Kg7 45. g3 $1 (45. Rd4 Kf6 46. Bb3 Ke5
47. Rxd5+ Rxd5 48. Bxd5 Kxd5 49. Kxd3 Ke5 $10 50. g4 $140 $2 Kf4 51. Kd4 Kxg4
52. Ke5 Kg5) 45... Kf6 $2 (45... Bg2 46. Bb3 Bd5 47. Rd4 $18) (45... Ba2 $8 46.
Rg4+ (46. Re4 Kf8 47. Bh5 $1 Bd5 48. Re5 Bb3) 46... Kf8 47. Re4 f6 (47... Bd5
48. Rd4 Ke7 49. Rh4 $1 $16) 48. Bh5 Rd8 49. g4 Bb3 50. Re3 $1 Bg8 (50... Bxa4
51. Re6) 51. g5 fxg5 52. f6 Bf7 {/\53.Bf7? Kf7 54.Re7 Kf6 55.Rc7 g4 56.Rb7 g3
57.Rb6 Rc8!} 53. Bd1 $1 $16 Re8 $140 54. Rxd3) (45... f6 $2 46. Rd4 Kf8 47. Bb3
$18) 46. Rh8 $1 $18 Ke5 (46... Kxf5 $142 47. Rc8 Bxc6 $5) 47. Rc8 Kd4 48. Rxc7
Rh6 49. Rd7 Rh2+ 50. Kc1 (50. Kc1 Kc3 51. Rxd5 d2+ (51... Ra2 52. Rxd3+ $18)
52. Rxd2 Rxd2 53. c7 $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 10th"]
[Site "Debrecen"]
[Date "1992.11.??"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1992.11.20"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EU-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Lithuania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LTU"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7 Bxd7 7. O-O Qh4 8.
c4 O-O-O 9. c5 g6 10. Nc3 Bg7 11. g3 Qh3 (11... Qf6 $142) 12. Nxd5 Bg4 (12...
Rhe8 13. Nf4 Qf5 14. Be3 $5 $16) 13. Ne7+ (13. Qb3 Bf3 14. Nf4 Ng5 $1 $13) (13.
Nf4 Bxd1 14. Nxh3 Bf3) 13... Kb8 (13... Kd7 14. Qa4+ $18) 14. Nc6+ Kc8 (14...
bxc6 15. Qb3+ $18) 15. Nxa7+ Kb8 16. Nc6+ Kc8 17. f3 (17. Be2 $2 Bxe2 18. Qxe2
Rhe8 {/\ Ng3}) (17. Ne7+ Kb8 {/\} 18. Be2 $2 Bxe2 19. Qxe2 Qe6 $1) 17... Rxd4 (
17... bxc6 18. Ba6+ Kd7 19. fxg4 $18) (17... Nxg3 $1 18. fxg4 Bxd4+ (18... Rxd4
19. Rf4 $1 Rhd8 20. Nxd4 Bxd4+ 21. Rxd4 $18 {- 18...Bd4}) 19. Nxd4 Rxd4 20. Rf4
$1 Rhd8 21. Rxd4 Rxd4 22. Qe1 $3 Rxd3 (22... Qxg4 23. hxg3 Rxd3 24. Be3 $1 $18)
23. Bf4 $5 (23. Bg5 $1 $18) (23. Bg5 $1 $18)) 18. Be3 Rxd3 (18... Nxg3 19. Bxd4
Bxd4+ 20. Nxd4) 19. Qxd3 Nxg3 20. Bf4 (20. Bf4 Nxf1 21. Ne7+ Kb8 22. Bxc7+ $18)
1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 10th"]
[Site "Debrecen"]
[Date "1992.11.??"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1992.11.20"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EU-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d3 Nf6 6. d4 Be7 7. Bd3 Bg4 8.
O-O O-O 9. h3 Bh5 10. Re1 Re8 11. Bg5 Nc6 12. c3 Nd5 13. Bxe7 Rxe7 14. Rxe7
Ncxe7 15. Nbd2 c6 16. Qb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 10th"]
[Site "Debrecen"]
[Date "1992.11.??"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1992.11.20"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EU-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. c4 Nd7 4. g3 Bxf3 5. exf3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. O-O (7. f4 $5
) 7... Nh6 8. f4 Nf5 (8... c6 $5 {/\ Nf5} 9. g4 $5 (9. d5 cxd5 10. cxd5 (10.
Qxd5 $5 Nc5 11. Nd2 Rc8) 10... Nf5 11. Nc3) 9... Qb6 10. Be3 f5 $13) 9. Bxb7
Rb8 10. Bg2 Nxd4 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Rb1 c6 13. b3 Qc7 14. Bb2 Nc5 15. h4 Qa5 (
15... e5 $5 16. h5 (16. fxe5 dxe5 {/\ Rfd8}) 16... f5 $5 (16... exf4 $6 17. h6
$13) (16... Rfe8)) 16. Re1 e6 (16... Ndxb3 17. axb3 Bxc3 18. Bxc3 Qxc3 19. Rxe7
$16) (16... e5 17. Ne4 $1 Qxa2 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. Nxc5 dxc5 20. Bxc6 $14) (16...
Rfe8 $5) (16... Nf5 $5) 17. Ne2 Nxe2+ 18. Rxe2 Bxb2 19. Rexb2 d5 (19... Qc7 20.
Qd4 (20. h5 e5 {/\ Ne6}) 20... Nd7 21. h5 $14) 20. b4 Qa3 21. h5 dxc4 (21...
Qd3 $1 22. Rd2 Qf5 23. cxd5 cxd5 24. Bxd5 $1 $14) 22. Qd4 Nd3 (22... Na4 $8 23.
Rc2 Rfd8 24. Qxc4 Nb6 25. Qxc6 Qd3 $1 (25... Rbc8 26. Qe4 $16) 26. Qc3 (26.
hxg6 Rdc8 $1 27. gxf7+ Kxf7) 26... gxh5 $14) 23. h6 e5 (23... f6 24. Qd6) 24.
Qd6 Rfe8 25. Bxc6 Qa6 26. Re2 Qb6 27. Qf6 Kf8 28. Qg7+ Ke7 29. Bxe8 Rxe8 30.
Rxe5+ Kd6 31. Qf6+ Re6 32. Rxe6+ fxe6 33. Rf1 Kd5 34. Qg7 Ke4 35. Qxh7 e5 36.
Qf7 Kf3 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 10th"]
[Site "Debrecen"]
[Date "1992.11.??"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1992.11.20"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EU-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bulgaria"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Be3 Bf5 12. Rc1 dxc4 13. Bxc4 c6 14. Ne5 Nxc3
15. bxc3 Nd5 16. Qb3 $6 (16. Qf3) 16... f6 17. Nf3 (17. Qxb7 $2 fxe5 18. Qxc6
Be4 $19) 17... b5 (17... Qd7 $142 $5 18. Rfe1 Kh8 19. Bd2 Bd6 (19... Bg4 $5)
20. Bf1 Nf4 (20... Rae8 21. g3) 21. Nh4 $13) 18. Be2 Kh8 19. Bd2 Nb6 (19... Bd6
$5 {/\ Nf4}) 20. Rfe1 Qd7 21. c4 bxc4 22. Bxc4 Nxc4 23. Qxc4 Rfc8 24. Nh4 Bf8
25. Nxf5 (25. h3 h6 $10) 25... Qxf5 26. Bb4 Bxb4 27. Qxb4 Rab8 28. Qe7 h6 29.
Qxa7 Rb2 30. Rf1 Re8 31. a4 (31. Qa6 Ree2 32. Qxc6 Rxa2 33. d5 (33. Rc5 Qe4 $10
) 33... Kh7 34. Qc5 Rad2 $10) 31... Ree2 32. d5 Qxd5 33. a5 Ra2 34. a6 Qb5 35.
Qa8+ Kh7 36. Qxc6 Qxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 10th"]
[Site "Debrecen"]
[Date "1992.11.??"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "1992.11.20"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EU-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Hungary"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Qc7 7. c4 Nc6 8. Nf3
Ng4 9. Nc3 (9. h3 h5) (9. g3 Bd6 {/\ h5}) 9... Be7 (9... Bc5 $5 10. Na4 Ba7 11.
c5 d6 $13) (9... Nd4 10. e5 $5 (10. g3 Nxf3+ 11. Qxf3 Ne5 12. Qe2 d6 $10) 10...
Nxf3+ 11. Qxf3 Nxe5 12. Qg3 g6 $5 (12... d6 13. Bf4 $44)) 10. Be2 (10. g3 O-O
11. Bf4 d6 12. Rc1 Nce5 $10) 10... b6 (10... O-O $5 11. h3 (11. b3 Bf6 12. Bb2
Nd4 13. g3 Nxe2+ 14. Qxe2 d6 $13) 11... Nge5 12. b3 d6 $10) 11. h3 (11. g3 O-O
12. Bf4 d6 13. Rc1 Nce5 $10) 11... h5 12. g3 Nge5 13. h4 g6 14. Bf4 d6 15. Rc1
Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Ne5 17. Bg2 O-O 18. b3 Bb7 19. Qd2 Rfc8 20. Rfd1 Rab8 21. Bg5
Bf8 22. Bh6 Be7 23. Bg5 Bf8 24. Ne2 Kh7 (24... Ng4 $5 25. Nf4 $1 (25. f3 Ne5
$10) (25. Nd4 Bg7 $10) 25... Bg7 $1 (25... f6 $6 26. Nxe6 Qf7 27. Nxf8 fxg5 28.
f3 Nf6 (28... Ne5 29. Qxd6 $16) 29. hxg5 $1 (29. Qxg5 $5 Qxf8 $1 (29... Rxf8
30. Rxd6 $16) 30. Qxg6+ Kh8 $14) 29... Ne8 30. Nxg6 $1 Qxg6 31. Re1 {/\ f4+/-})
26. Nd3 (26. Qxd6 $2 Qxd6 27. Rxd6 Bf8 $1 {/\ f6-/+} (27... f6 28. Nxg6 Kh7 29.
Nf4 $13)) 26... Re8 {/\} (26... Bd4 $6 27. Kh1 $1 {/\ f3}) 27. f3 Nf6) (24...
Bc6 $1 25. Qe1 $5 (25. Nf4 Qb7 {/\ b5=}) (25. Nd4 Ba8 26. Nf3 Bxe4 (26... Ng4
27. Nh2 $5 Ne5 $10) 27. Nxe5 Bxg2 28. Nxg6 $13) 25... Qa7 $5 {/\ b5=}) 25. Nf4
Qc6 (25... Ng4 $1 26. Qe2 (26. Nd3 $2 f6 $1) 26... Bg7 27. Nd3 Re8) 26. Nd3
Nxd3 27. Qxd3 Ba8 28. Bf4 Rd8 (28... Rc7 29. Bxd6 $5 Rd8 30. Bxf8 Rxd3 31. Rxd3
$44) 29. Rc2 Be7 30. a4 Kg7 (30... Rd7 31. Rcd2 Rbd8) 31. Rcd2 e5 (31... Rd7
32. Qf1 $1 {/\ e5}) 32. Be3 f5 33. f3 fxe4 34. fxe4 Rf8 35. Re2 (35. Rf1 $1 {
/\ Rdf2}) 35... Kh7 (35... Bb7 $5) 36. Kh2 (36. Rdd2 $1) 36... Bb7 37. Rdd2 Rf7
(37... Bc8 $1 38. Rf2 Bg4) 38. Rf2 Rbf8 39. Rxf7+ (39. Qf1 Kg8 40. Rxf7 Rxf7
41. Qg1 $1 (41. Rf2 Rxf2 42. Qxf2 Bd8 43. Bh3 Bc8 44. Bxc8 Qxc8 45. Bxb6 Bxb6
46. Qxb6 Qg4 47. Qe3 Qd1 $14)) 39... Rxf7 40. Qd5 Qxd5 41. exd5 (41. cxd5 $1
$16) (41. cxd5 $1 Bd8 (41... b5 42. Bh3 $5 (42. axb5 axb5 43. Bh3 $16)) 42. Bh3
Kg7 (42... a5 43. Rc2 $1 Rf3 (43... Kg7 44. Bc8 $1 $18) (43... Rc7 44. Rf2 $1
$18) (43... Ba6 44. Rc6 $18) 44. Rc3 Ba6 (44... b5 45. axb5 Bb6 46. Bd4 $18)
45. Bg2 {/\ Rc6+-}) 43. b4 $1 Kf8 44. Be6 $16 (44. Rf2 $2 Rxf2+ 45. Bxf2 a5 46.
b5 Ke8 47. Be6 Kf8 48. Be3 Ke8 49. Kh3 Kf8 50. g4 Ke8 51. Bg5 Bc7 $10)) 41...
Bd8 42. Bh3 (42. b4 Bc8 {/\ Bd7}) 42... Rf3 43. Re2 Kg7 (43... a5 $1 $14) 44.
Be6 (44. b4 $1) 44... a5 45. Kg2 Rf6 46. Bh3 Ba6 47. Rf2 Rxf2+ 48. Kxf2 Bb7 49.
Kf3 Ba6 50. Be6 Bb7 51. Bf2 Ba6 52. Ke4 Bb7 53. g4 hxg4 54. Bxg4 Ba6 55. Kf3
Bb7 56. Be6 Ba6 57. Kg4 Bb7 58. Be3 Kf8 (58... Ba6 $8 59. h5 gxh5+ 60. Kxh5 Kf8
$1 $14) 59. Bh6+ Ke8 60. Bg5 Be7 (60... e4 61. Be3 $1) 61. Bxe7 Kxe7 62. Kg5 e4
63. Kxg6 e3 64. Bg4 Bc8 65. Be2 Kf8 66. h5 Bh3 67. Kf6 1-0

[Event "Moscow blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Goldin, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 c6 4. Qd3 Qa5 5. f3 e6 6. Nh3 Na6 7. a3 Be7 8. Bd2
Nb4 9. axb4 Qxa1+ 10. Nd1 e5 11. dxe5 Bxh3 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. Bc3 Be6 14. Bxf6
gxf6 15. g3 Qa4 16. Qc3 O-O-O 17. b3 d4 18. Qd2 Qa2 19. Qd3 Rd5 20. h4 Kb8 21.
Bh3 Bxh3 22. Rxh3 a5 23. bxa5 Qxa5+ 24. Kf2 f5 25. h5 Qd8 26. Rh4 Rg8 27. Qd2
Qf6 28. Qf4+ Kc8 29. Nb2 Qg5 30. Nd3 Qxf4 31. Rxf4 Re8 32. Rh4 1-0

[Event "Moscow blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Budnikov, Alexandar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. e4 Nxe5 5. f4 Nec6 6. Nf3 Bc5 7. a3 a5 8. Nc3
d6 9. Qd3 O-O 10. Bd2 Bg4 11. O-O-O Nd7 12. h3 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Nf6 14. Nd5 Nxd5
15. cxd5 Ne7 16. Kb1 c6 17. dxc6 bxc6 18. f5 f6 19. Rh2 d5 20. Rg2 Kh8 21. Bc1
Ra7 22. Rc2 Bb6 23. h4 Rd7 24. h5 h6 25. f4 Bc7 26. Bg2 Qb8 27. exd5 cxd5 28.
Be3 Bxf4 29. Bc5 Bd6 30. Bd4 Be5 31. Bc5 d4 0-1

[Event "Moscow blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 c6 8. a4
Re8 9. a5 h6 10. Bf1 Qc7 11. h3 Bf8 12. Be3 exd4 13. Bxd4 Ne5 14. Nd2 g5 15. g3
Bg7 16. Bg2 h5 17. f4 gxf4 18. gxf4 Ng6 19. Qf3 Bd7 20. Kh1 b5 21. axb6 axb6
22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. e5 dxe5 24. fxe5 Nh7 25. Nb5 Qd8 26. Nd6 Ng5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ivanovic, Bozidar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E76"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e4 d6 5. f4 e5 6. fxe5 dxe5 7. d5 Nbd7 8. Nf3
c6 9. Bd3 cxd5 10. cxd5 O-O 11. O-O Nc5 12. Bc2 Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Rxf3 Rc8
15. Bg5 Qb6 16. Kh1 h6 17. Bh4 g5 18. Bf2 Qd6 19. Qe2 a6 20. Rf1 Ncd7 21. Nd1
Ne8 22. Ne3 Qc7 23. Bd3 Nd6 24. Nf5 Nxf5 25. Rxf5 Qd6 26. h4 f6 27. a3 Rc7 28.
Be3 Rfc8 29. Qh5 Nf8 30. R5f3 Qd7 31. Rh3 Qf7 32. Qd1 Qe8 33. d6 Rd7 34. Bc2
Rxc2 35. Qxc2 1-0

[Event "Moscow blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
Nf3 d6 9. Nd2 Nbd7 10. f3 h6 11. Bh4 Rc8 12. e4 e5 13. Bd3 Nxe4 14. Bxd8 Nxc3
15. Bh4 e4 16. Bc2 exf3 17. bxc3 Rce8+ 18. Kd1 fxg2 19. Rg1 Re3 20. Bf5 Bc6 21.
a4 Nb8 22. Kc2 g6 23. d5 Bd7 24. Bxd7 Nxd7 25. Rxg2 Rfe8 26. Rf1 Nc5 27. Bf6
Re2 28. Rff2 Rxf2 29. Rxf2 Nxa4 30. Bd4 Nc5 31. Bxc5 bxc5 32. Rf1 Ra8 0-1

[Event "Moscow blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O b5 8. Bb3
Bb7 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. f4 g6 12. f5 Bg7 13. Ncxb5 axb5 14. Nxb5 O-O
15. fxe6 Qe5 16. Nxd6 Rd8 17. Qf3 Qxd6 18. Qxf7+ Kh7 19. Qxb7 Qc5+ 20. Kh1 Ra7
21. e7 Re8 22. Qd5 Qxe7 23. c3 Rd7 24. Qc4 Qxe4 25. Qxe4 Rxe4 26. Rf2 Rde7 27.
g3 Nd7 28. Kg2 Nc5 29. Bc2 Re3 30. Rd1 Ne4 31. Bxe4 R3xe4 32. Rd3 Rc4 33. Kf1
h5 34. Re2 Rf7+ 35. Kg2 Rc6 36. a3 Rb7 37. Rf3 Kh6 38. h4 Rcb6 39. Rff2 Bf6 40.
Kh3 0-1

[Event "Moscow blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Polgar, Zsuzsa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 d5 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Qa5 8.
Qf3 Bd7 9. O-O-O e6 10. Nb3 Qb4 11. Be2 Be7 12. a3 Qh4 13. h3 g6 14. g3 Qh5 15.
g4 Qh4 16. Nc5 O-O-O 17. Bb5 Bxc5 18. Bxc5 h5 19. Kb1 hxg4 20. hxg4 Qg5 21. Be3
Qe5 22. Bf4 Qc5 23. Rxh8 Rxh8 24. Bf1 g5 25. Bd6 Qb6 26. Qxf6 0-1

[Event "Moscow blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Be3 Qc7 10. f4 Bd7 11. Bd3 b5 12. h3 Na5 13. b3 Rc8 14. Kb2 d5 15.
e5 b4 16. Nce2 Ne4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Ng3 Bc6 19. Nxc6 Qxc6 20. Nxe4 Be7 21.
Nd6+ Bxd6 22. exd6 O-O 23. d7 Rb8 24. Ba7 Rbd8 25. Qxb4 Rxd7 26. Bc5 Rb7 27.
Bxf8 Rxb4 28. Bxb4 Qb6 29. Bxa5 Qxa5 30. Rhf1 Kh7 31. h4 0-1

[Event "Moscow blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. e3 a6 6. a4 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. Qe2 cxd4 11. exd4 Nb6 12. Bb3 Bd7 13. Rd1 Bc6 14. Bg5 Nfd5
15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. a5 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Nd5 18. Qd2 Rfd8 19. c4 Nf6 20. Ne5 Rac8 21.
Rac1 Be8 22. Qe1 Nd7 23. c5 Nxe5 24. Qxe5 Qc7 25. Qxc7 Rxc7 26. d5 exd5 27.
Rxd5 Rxd5 28. Bxd5 Bc6 29. Bxc6 Rxc6 30. f3 g5 31. Kf2 Kg7 32. Ke3 Kf6 33. Kd4
Rc7 34. Rb1 Rd7+ 35. Ke4 Re7+ 36. Kd4 Rd7+ 37. Kc4 Ke5 38. Re1+ Kf4 39. Re4+
Kf5 40. g4+ Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Qe2 Nc6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. g3 d5 6. d3 d4 7. Nd1 e5 8. Bg2 h5
9. h4 Bg4 10. Qf1 Nb4 11. Qe2 f6 12. a3 Nc6 13. Qf1 Nh6 14. Nh2 Be6 15. Bh3 Qd7
16. Bxe6 Qxe6 17. Bxh6 Rxh6 18. f4 exf4 19. gxf4 f5 20. Nf2 fxe4 21. Nxe4 Bxh4+
22. Kd2 Qf5 23. Qf3 O-O-O 24. Rag1 Rd7 25. Nf1 Ne5 26. Qh3 Qxf4+ 27. Kd1 g5 28.
Nxc5 Ng4 29. Rg2 Rc7 30. b4 Kb8 31. Re2 Nf2+ 32. Rxf2 Qxf2 33. Nd2 Qe3 34. Qf5
Qe7 35. Nde4 Rh8 36. Ne6 Rcc8 37. Qe5+ Ka8 38. Rf1 Rhe8 39. N6c5 0-1

[Event "Moscow blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bg5 Ne4 4. Bh4 c6 5. e3 Qb6 6. Qc1 Bf5 7. Bd3 e6 8. O-O
Nd7 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Qa5 11. c4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nb6 13. Bb3 Ba3 14. Qd1 O-O
15. Qe2 c5 16. c4 cxd4 17. exd4 Rac8 18. Ne5 f6 19. Ng4 Qa6 20. Ne3 Bg6 21. Qg4
f5 22. Qf3 f4 23. c5 fxe3 24. Bxe6+ Bf7 25. Bxc8 Bd5 26. Qh5 Bf7 27. Be6 Bxe6
28. cxb6 e2 29. Rfe1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 11th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1993.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 c6 8.
Qc2 O-O 9. Bd3 Re8 10. h3 Nf8 11. Bf4 $1 Be6 $6 (11... Ng6 12. Bh2 Bd6 $14) 12.
O-O N6d7 $6 13. Rab1 Nb6 14. b4 Bd6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. a4 a6 17. Nd2 Re7 18. Nb3
$1 Rc7 (18... Qxb4 19. Nc5 Qa5 20. Qb3 Nc8 21. Nxb7 $16) 19. Nc5 Nbd7 20. f4 f6
21. f5 Bf7 22. Qf2 a5 23. Nxd7 Rxd7 24. bxa5 Rxa5 25. Rb6 Qa3 26. Rfb1 Ra8 (
26... Qxc3 $2 27. R6b3 $16) 27. R6b3 Qe7 28. Qf4 Re8 29. Kf2 $1 g5 30. Qf3 h5
31. a5 h4 32. Na4 Qd8 33. Nc5 Rde7 34. Nxb7 Qc7 35. Bf1 $1 Kg7 36. Kg1 Kh6 37.
a6 Bh5 38. Qf2 Nd7 39. Rc1 (39. Rc1 Nb6 (39... Nb8 40. Nc5 $18) 40. Na5 $18)
1-0

[Event "Linares 11th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1993.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. f4 a6 7. Be2 Be7 8. O-O
Qc7 9. Kh1 O-O 10. a4 Nc6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Bf3 Rb8 13. Qd2 Bd7 14. Nb3 b6 15.
Qf2 Nb4 16. Nd4 e5 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. exf5 e4 19. Nxe4 Qxc2 20. Rfc1 Qxf2 21.
Nxf2 d5 22. Bd2 a5 23. g3 Bc5 24. Bxb4 Bxb4 25. Kg2 h5 26. Rc2 b5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 11th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1993.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7 Bxd7 7. O-O Qh4 8.
c4 O-O-O 9. c5 g5 10. Nc3 Bg7 11. g3 Qh3 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Bxe4 Bb5 14. Bg2 $1
$146 (14. Bxg5 Rxd4 15. Bg2 Qf5) 14... Qf5 15. Be3 $1 Bxf1 16. Bxf1 $44 {
^^ /\ Qa4 ,Rd1-d3 O} Rhe8 17. Qa4 Kb8 (17... Rxe3 18. fxe3 Qe4 19. Qb3 $1 (19.
Re1 Bxd4) 19... Rxd4 (19... Re8 20. Re1 Bxd4 21. Bg2 $18) 20. Bg2 $18) 18. Rd1
c6 (18... Rxe3 19. fxe3 Qe4 20. Rd3 $16) 19. Rd3 Qe4 20. Ra3 a6 21. Bd3 (21.
Bxa6 Rxd4 $1 22. Bxd4 Bxd4 23. Bf1 Bxc5 (23... Bxb2 24. Qa7+ Kc7 25. Rb3 $18)
24. Qa8+ Kc7 25. Qa5+ Bb6 26. Qxg5 Re5 $1 $132) 21... Qg4 $2 (21... Qd5 $1 {
קc6} 22. Bc4 (22. Bxa6 Bxd4 23. Bxb7 (23. Rb3 Rd7 24. Bxd4 Re1+ (24... Qxd4
25. Rxb7+) 25. Bf1 Qxd4) 23... Bxc5 $3 (23... Bxe3 24. Qa7+ Kc7 25. Qb6+ Kd7
26. Bxc6+ $18) 24. Qa8+ Kc7 25. Qa5+ Kxb7 26. Bxc5 Qd1+ 27. Kg2 Qd5+ 28. Kg1 (
28. f3 $2 Re2+ 29. Kh3 Qe6+ $19) (28. Kh3 Qf5+ $10) (28. Rf3 Ra8 29. Qb4+ (29.
Qb6+ Kc8 {צf3}) 29... Kc8 $13) 28... Qd1+ $10) (22. Rb3 $6 Bxd4 23. Bxd4 Re1+
24. Bf1 Qxd4 25. Rxb7+ Kxb7 26. Qxa6+ Kc7 27. Qa5+ Kd7 28. Qxe1 Qxb2 $13) 22...
Qe4 $10) 22. Rb3 $1 Bxd4 $2 (22... Re7 23. Rb4 $1 $16) (22... Rd7 23. Bxa6 (23.
Qxc6) (23. Rb4 $2 Rxe3 24. fxe3 Qf3 $15) 23... Bxd4 24. Qxc6 Qd1+ 25. Kg2 Qxb3
26. Qxd7 $18) 23. Rxb7+ Kxb7 24. Qxa6+ Kb8 25. Qb6+ Ka8 26. Qxc6+ Kb8 27. Qb6+
Ka8 28. Bb5 (28. Bb5 Rc8 29. Bc6+ Rxc6 30. Qxc6+ Ka7 31. Qxe8 $18) 1-0

[Event "Linares 11th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1993.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7 Bxd7 7. O-O Bd6 8.
c4 c6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Qh5 O-O 11. Qxd5 Bc6 12. Qh5 g6 13. Qh3 Rc8 14. Bh6 Re8
15. Nd2 Bd7 16. Qf3 Qh4 17. g3 Nxd2 18. Bxd2 Qxd4 19. Bc3 Qg4 20. Qxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 11th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1993.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. d5 (7. Qc2 c5
8. d5 exd5 9. Nh4 $14) 7... Bb4 8. Bd2 Bxc3 (8... c6 9. O-O (9. dxe6 dxe6 10.
O-O Nbd7 11. Qc2 Qe7 12. Rad1 Rad8 13. Bf4 e5 14. Bc1 Rfe8 15. a3 Bxc3 16. Qxc3
Ne4 17. Qc2 Nec5 18. Nh4 g6 19. b4 Ne6 20. Bb2 $14 {Gulko,B-Balashov,Y URS-ch
1977}) 9... Bxc3 (9... cxd5 10. Nxd5 Bxd2 11. Nxf6+ Qxf6 12. Qxd2 $14 {Ribli,Z}
) 10. Bxc3 (10. dxc6 dxc6 11. Bxc3 Nbd7 12. Qc2 c5 $10) 10... cxd5 (10... exd5
$5 11. Nh4 $44) 11. Nh4 Ne4 12. cxd5 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Qc7 {Ribli,Z-Farago,I
Dortmund 1987} 14. c4 Na6 15. Rc1 $14 {Ribli,Z}) 9. Bxc3 exd5 10. Nh4 Ne4 11.
cxd5 Nxc3 12. bxc3 d6 13. O-O Nd7 14. e4 Nc5 15. Qd4 $14 (15. f4 c6 (15... Qf6
16. Qd4 $14) 16. c4 Ba6 17. dxc6 Bxc4 18. Re1 b5 $5 $132) (15. Nf5 $5 $14)
15... Ba6 16. Rfe1 Qd7 17. f4 f6 18. Nf3 (18. e5 fxe5 19. fxe5 dxe5 20. Rxe5
Rae8 21. Rae1 Rxe5 22. Rxe5 Re8 $10) 18... Rae8 19. e5 (19. Re3 $5 c6 (19...
Qa4 20. Qxa4 Nxa4 21. Nd4 $14) 20. dxc6 Qxc6 21. e5 $36) 19... dxe5 20. fxe5
fxe5 21. Nxe5 Qd6 22. Re3 (22. Nc6 $5 $14) 22... Bb5 $1 23. Rae1 Nd7 24. Nc6
Rxe3 25. Rxe3 Nf6 $1 26. g4 (26. Nxa7 $2 Qa3 27. Nxb5 Qc1+ 28. Bf1 (28. Kf2
Ng4+ 29. Ke2 Rf2+ $19) 28... Ng4 $19) (26. Re6 Qa3 $1 27. h3 Qc1+ 28. Kh2 Qb2 {
/\} 29. Qf4 Bf1 $1 30. Qf3 Ng4+ $19) (26. h3 Bxc6 27. dxc6 Qxd4 28. cxd4 Re8
29. Ra3 a5 $10) 26... Bxc6 27. dxc6 Qxd4 28. cxd4 Re8 29. Ra3 Nxg4 (29... a5 $5
30. g5 Ne4 31. Re3 Nd6 $10) 30. Rxa7 Re1+ 31. Bf1 Rc1 32. Rxc7 Kf8 (32... Ne3
$2 33. Kf2 Nxf1 34. Ke2 $1 (34. d5 Nd2) 34... Nxh2 35. d5 Ng4 36. d6 Ne5 37. d7
$18) 33. Rc8+ (33. d5 Ne3 34. Kf2 Nxd5 35. Rc8+ Ke7 36. a4 Kd6 37. Bb5 Nc7 38.
Rd8+ Kc5 39. Rd7 Nxb5 40. c7 Kb4 41. axb5 Kxb5 42. Rxg7 h6 $10) 33... Ke7 34.
c7 Kd6 35. Rh8 Kxc7 36. Rxh7 $10 Kd6 37. Rxg7 Nxh2 38. Kxh2 Rxf1 39. Kg2 Ra1
40. Kf3 Rxa2 41. Ke4 Re2+ 42. Kd3 Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 11th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "Kramnik,V"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1993.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Boensch Dorfman} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4
Qb6 7. Nb3 (7. Ndb5 {Dorfman}) 7... e6 8. Bf4 $5 (8. O-O {Dorfman}) (8. Bg5 {
Dorfman}) 8... Ne5 9. Be2 a6 $8 (9... Be7 10. Be3 $1 Qc7 11. Nb5 Qb8 12. f4 $16
) 10. Bg3 (10. Qd2 Qc7) (10. O-O {Boensch} Qc7 11. a4 Bd7 12. Nd2 Be7 13. a5
Rc8 14. Be3 Bc6 15. f4 Ned7 16. Bf3 O-O 17. g4 $6 (17. Qe1 $5) 17... d5 18. e5
Ne8 19. Nb3 g6 20. Bd4 f6 $15 {Sion Castro,M-Gulko,B Leon(4) 1992 0-1 44 -CBM
31}) (10. Be3 {Boensch} Qc7 11. f4 Nc4 12. Bxc4 Qxc4 13. Qf3 d5 14. e5 Ne4 15.
Nxe4 Qxe4 16. Qxe4 dxe4 17. O-O-O $14 {Zaitsev,I-Serper,G Moskow7 op 1991 1-0
41}) 10... h5 $3 (10... Qc7 11. f4 Nc4 12. e5 $1 (12. Bxc4 {Dorfman} Qxc4 13.
Qf3 Bd7 14. O-O-O Rc8 15. f5 $1 $16) 12... dxe5 13. fxe5 Nxe5 (13... Nxb2 $2
14. Qd4) 14. Qd4 Nfd7 15. O-O-O $36) 11. h3 (11. f4 $2 Neg4) (11. f3 Qc7 12.
Qd4 $6 h4 13. Bf2 b5 $1 14. a4 Nc6 15. Qd2 b4 16. Na2 d5 $1 $132) (11. f3 $5 {
Boensch}) 11... Qc7 (11... g5 $5 {Dorfman}) 12. f4 (12. a4 Bd7 $1 13. Qd4 Rc8
$10) 12... Nc4 13. Bxc4 (13. Qd4 b5 14. e5 (14. a4 e5 $1) 14... dxe5 15. fxe5
Bb7 16. O-O Rd8 17. Qf2 Ne4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 $13) 13... Qxc4 14. Qf3 h4 $1 (14...
Bd7 {Dorfman} 15. O-O-O Rc8 16. Bh4) 15. Bh2 (15. Bf2 b5 $1 16. e5 (16. O-O-O
Qc7 $15) 16... Nd5 17. Nxd5 Qxd5 18. Qxd5 exd5 19. O-O-O dxe5 20. fxe5 Bf5 $1
$10) (15. Bf2 $5 {Dorfman}) 15... Bd7 (15... b5 $2 16. e5 Nd5 17. Nxd5 Qxd5 18.
Qxd5 exd5 19. exd6 Bxd6 20. O-O-O $16) 16. O-O-O Rc8 17. Rhe1 (17. Rd2) (17. e5
{Dorfman} Bc6 18. Qf2 Ne4 $17) (17. Rd2 $5 {Boensch}) 17... b5 $1 18. Qf2 $2 (
18. a3) (18. Rd2 $10) (18. Rd2 $5 {Boensch}) 18... Qc7 $1 19. e5 (19. a3 a5 $40
) 19... b4 20. Rd3 $5 (20. exf6 bxc3 21. f5 cxb2+ (21... e5 $17 {Boensch}) 22.
Kb1 e5 $1 23. fxg7 Bxg7 $17) (20. Nb1 {Dorfman} dxe5 (20... Nh5) 21. fxe5 Nh5 (
21... g6 22. Bf4)) 20... dxe5 21. fxe5 bxc3 (21... Nh5 {Dorfman} 22. Ne4) 22.
Rxc3 (22. exf6 Qxh2 (22... cxb2+ {Boensch} 23. Kb1 Qxh2 24. Qd4 Qc7 $19) 23.
Rxd7 $1 Qg3 $1 24. Qxg3 hxg3 25. Ra7 cxb2+ 26. Kxb2 gxf6 27. Rxa6 f5 $17) 22...
Qxc3 $5 (22... Qb8) (22... Qb8 {Dorfman} 23. Rxc8+ Bxc8 24. Rf1 Rh7 $1 (24...
Rg8 $2 25. g4 $1 $16)) 23. bxc3 Ba3+ 24. Kd2 $2 (24. Kb1 $1 Nd5 25. Bf4 $1 {
/\ Bc1}) (24. Kb1 $5 {Boensch}) 24... Nd5 25. Re4 Rxc3 26. Rg4 (26. Rd4 {
Dorfman} Bb2) (26. Qa7 {Dorfman} Bc8) (26. Rxh4 {Dorfman} O-O 27. Qe2 Rfc8 28.
Qh5 Rxc2+ 29. Ke1 Bb4+ 30. Kf1 Bb5+ 31. Kg1 Rc1+ 32. Nxc1 Rxc1+ 33. Kf2 Rf1+
34. Kg3 Be1+ 35. Kg4 Ne3+ $19) 26... O-O $1 27. Qxh4 Rfc8 28. Nd4 Bb4 29. Ke2 (
29. Kc1 {Dorfman} Ne3) 29... Bb5+ $1 30. Nxb5 (30. Kf2 Rxc2+ $1 31. Nxc2 Rxc2+
32. Kf3 (32. Kg3 Be1+) (32. Kg1 Rc1+ 33. Kf2 Be1+) 32... Be2+ 33. Ke4 (33. Kg3
Be1#) 33... Rc4#) 30... Rxc2+ 31. Kf3 (31. Kd3 axb5 32. Rxb4 R8c3+ 33. Ke4 Rc4+
$19) 31... axb5 32. Rxb4 Nxb4 33. Qxb4 R8c3+ (33... R8c3+ {Boensch} 34. Ke4
Rc4+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Linares 11th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1993.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8.
Bd3 Re8 9. Qc2 Nf8 10. O-O c6 11. h3 g6 12. Rab1 Ne6 13. Bh6 Ng7 14. b4 a6 15.
a4 Bf5 16. Ne5 Rc8 17. Bxg7 Bxd3 18. Nxd3 Kxg7 19. Rb3 Bd6 20. b5 cxb5 21. axb5
a5 22. Qb2 b6 23. Na4 Rc4 24. Ra1 Ne4 25. f3 Ng3 26. Ne5 Bxe5 27. dxe5 Qc7 28.
Kh2 Nf5 29. f4 Rc2 30. Rc3 Qxc3 31. Qxc3 Rxc3 32. Nxc3 Nxe3 33. Na4 d4 34. Ra3
Nc4 35. Rd3 Rd8 36. Kg3 Rd5 37. Kf2 g5 38. g3 Kg6 0-1

[Event "Linares 11th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1993.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bg4 12. Rb1 b6 13. Rb5 Bc7 14. h3 a6 15.
hxg4 axb5 16. Qc2 g6 17. Bxb5 Qd6 18. g3 Ra7 19. Re1 Nd7 20. g5 Rd8 21. a4 Nb8
22. Nh2 Qf8 23. Ng4 Bd6 24. Kg2 Kh8 25. Rh1 Qg7 26. Nf6 h5 27. Qd1 1-0

[Event "Linares 11th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1993.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Be3 Be7 9. f4 d6 10. Qe1 O-O 11. Qg3 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. a3 Bb7 14. Rae1 Bc6
15. Kh1 Qb7 16. Bd3 b4 17. axb4 Qxb4 18. Ne2 Qb7 19. e5 Nh5 20. Qh3 g6 21. Ng3
dxe5 22. Bxe5 Nxg3+ 23. hxg3 Bb5 24. c4 Bc6 25. g4 Rad8 26. Re2 f6 27. Bc3 e5
28. fxe5 fxe5 29. Rxf8+ Bxf8 30. Rxe5 Bg7 31. Re3 Bxc3 32. bxc3 Rxd3 33. Rxd3
Bxg2+ 34. Qxg2 Qb1+ 35. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 11th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "185"]
[EventDate "1993.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 f5 8. d5
Bf6 9. Qc2 Nd6 10. Bf4 Qe7 11. Bxd6 cxd6 12. O-O O-O 13. Rfd1 g6 14. Nd4 e5 15.
Ndb5 Rc8 16. e4 f4 17. Qb3 Na6 18. Qa3 Rc5 19. Bf1 Nc7 20. Rac1 fxg3 21. hxg3
Bg5 22. Rc2 Nxb5 23. cxb5 h5 24. Bd3 Kg7 25. b4 Rc7 26. Ne2 Rxc2 27. Bxc2 a6
28. Kg2 axb5 29. Qb3 h4 30. Ng1 hxg3 31. fxg3 Qf8 32. Nf3 Bh6 33. Qb2 Qc8 34.
Bb3 Qc7 35. Ng1 Rc8 36. Ne2 Qd8 37. Qb1 Qg5 38. Qd3 Rf8 39. Rf1 Qd2 40. Qxd2
Bxd2 41. Rxf8 Kxf8 42. a3 Ke7 43. Kf3 Kf6 44. Kg4 Kg7 45. Bc2 Kf6 46. Bd3 Ba6
47. Ng1 Bc1 48. a4 bxa4 49. Bxa6 a3 50. Bc4 b5 51. Bb3 Bd2 52. Nf3 Bxb4 53. Kh3
Ke7 54. Kg2 Kd8 55. Kf1 Kc7 56. Ke2 Kb6 57. Kd3 Bc5 58. Kc2 Bf2 59. g4 Kc5 60.
Ba2 Bg3 61. Kb3 b4 62. Ka4 Bf4 63. Bb3 g5 64. Ka5 Be3 65. Ka6 Bf4 66. Kb7 Be3
67. Kc7 Bf4 68. Kxd7 Be3 69. Kc7 Bf4 70. Kb7 Kb5 71. Ng1 Kc5 72. Ne2 Bd2 73.
Ka7 Bc3 74. Ka8 Be1 75. Kb8 Bc3 76. Ka7 Bd2 77. Kb7 Bc3 78. Kc8 Bd2 79. Kd8 Be3
80. Ke7 Bd2 81. Ke6 Be3 82. Ba2 Bd2 83. Ng3 Kd4 84. Nf5+ Kc3 85. Nxd6 b3 86.
Nb5+ Kb4 87. Bxb3 Kxb3 88. Nxa3 Kxa3 89. d6 Kb3 90. Kf6 Kc4 91. d7 Ba5 92. Kxg5
Kc5 93. Kh6 1-0

[Event "Linares 11th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "1993.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. e3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8.
Nd2 Nbd7 9. f3 Qe7 10. e4 h6 11. Be3 e5 12. Bd3 d5 13. O-O dxe4 14. fxe4 exd4
15. cxd4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Re1 f5 18. Bxe4 fxe4 19. Qg4 Nf6 20. Qg3 Rd8
21. d5 Rd7 22. Rac1 Qa3 23. Bd4 Qxg3 24. hxg3 Re7 25. Rc3 Kf7 26. Ra3 a5 27. d6
cxd6 28. Bxb6 Rc8 29. Ra4 h5 30. Be3 Rec7 31. Rc1 Ke6 32. Bf4 Rc5 33. Be3 R5c6
34. Bf4 g6 35. Rd1 Rb6 36. Rxa5 Rxc4 37. Rg5 Kf7 38. Bxd6 e3 39. Bf4 e2 40. Re1
Rc2 41. a4 Ng4 42. a5 Rbb2 43. Rd5 Ra2 44. Rb5 Ke6 45. Rg5 Kd7 46. Rd5+ Kc8 47.
Rg5 Ra3 48. Rd5 Ra4 49. Rb1 Rb4 50. Re1 Kb7 51. Rd7+ Ka8 52. Rd6 Rb5 53. Ra6+
Kb7 54. Rxg6 Ra2 55. Rd6 Rab2 56. a6+ Ka7 57. Re6 Rb6 58. Be3 Nxe3 59. Rxe3
Rxa6 60. R3xe2 Rxe2 61. Rxe2 Kb8 62. Rc2 Ra1+ 63. Kh2 Re1 64. Rc5 {[sealed
move]} 1-0

[Event "Linares 11th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D99"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1993.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Bg4 8.
Be3 Nfd7 9. Qb3 Nb6 10. Rd1 Nc6 11. d5 Ne5 12. Be2 Nxf3+ 13. gxf3 Bh5 14. Rg1
Qc8 15. Rg3 c6 16. a4 Qc7 $1 17. Qa3 $5 (17. Rc1 Rfc8 $1 (17... Be5 18. a5 (18.
f4 $2 Bxf4 19. Bxf4 Qxf4 20. Bxh5 Qxc1+) 18... Nd7 19. a6 bxa6 (19... Rfb8 20.
Nb5 $1 Qa5+ 21. Bd2 Qxa6 22. Nc7 $16) 20. dxc6 Nf6 (20... Qxc6 $6 21. Nd5 Qe6
22. Rc6 $1 $16) (20... Rab8 21. Qa4 $16 (21. Nd5 $5 Qa5+ 22. Bd2 Qxd2+ 23. Kxd2
Rxb3 24. cxd7 Rb7 $1 25. f4 Bxb2 $1 26. Rc7 Rxc7 27. Nxc7 Rd8 $1 (27... Bxe2 $2
28. Ne8 $1) 28. Bxh5 Rxd7+ 29. Nd5 (29. Kc2 Bg7 $1 30. Ne8 Bh6 $1 $13) 29... e6
30. Kc2 Bg7 31. Bg4 f5 $13)) 21. Qb7 $1) 18. a5 Nd7 19. a6 bxa6 20. Bxa6 Ne5
$132) (17. a5 Nd7 18. Qa3 Ne5 19. Bd4 $13) 17... f5 (17... cxd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5
19. Rxd5 {/\ Rh5}) 18. dxc6 (18. a5 Nxd5 $1 19. exd5 f4) 18... bxc6 (18... f4
$2 19. Bxb6 axb6 20. Nd5 fxg3 21. Nxc7 gxh2 22. Bc4+ Kh8 23. Ke2 $16) 19. a5
Nc8 $1 (19... Nd5 20. exd5 f4 21. dxc6 $1) (19... f4 20. axb6 axb6 21. Qb3+ Kh8
22. Bxb6 $16) 20. Qc5 $5 (20. exf5 Rxf5 (20... Nd6 $5 21. fxg6 hxg6 $13)) (20.
Bd4 Bxd4 21. Rxd4 Rb8 $10) 20... fxe4 (20... f4 21. Nd5 Qe5 22. Bxf4 Rxf4 23.
Qxc6 $16) 21. Nb5 $1 (21. Nxe4 Rf5 $1 22. Qc4+ Kh8) (21. fxe4 Bxe2 22. Kxe2 (
22. Nxe2 Nd6) 22... Qb7 $1) 21... Qxa5+ 22. b4 Qa4 23. Bd4 $1 (23. Nc7 Nd6 $1
24. Nxa8 Rxa8 $44) 23... Bxf3 $6 (23... cxb5 $1 24. Bxb5 Qxd1+ (24... Qa3 25.
Ra1) 25. Kxd1 Rd8 26. Bc4+ Kf8 27. Bd5 Nb6 28. Bxg7+ Kxg7 29. Qxe7+ Kh6 30.
Qg5+ Kg7 31. Qe5+ Kh6 32. Qf4+ Kg7 33. Qc7+ Kh6 34. Qc1+ Kg7 35. Qc3+ Kh6 36.
Qd2+ Kg7 37. Bxa8 (37. Rg5 Bxf3+ 38. Kc1 Rac8+ $132) 37... Bxf3+ (37... Rxd2+
$2 38. Kxd2 Nxa8 39. fxe4 $16) 38. Rxf3 Rxd2+ 39. Kxd2 exf3 40. Bxf3 $10) 24.
Bxg7 Bxe2 $2 (24... Kxg7 25. Qc3+ Rf6 26. Ra1 cxb5 27. Rxa4 bxa4 $14) 25. Nc3
$1 Qc2 (25... Qa6 26. Bxf8 Bxd1 27. Qe5 Kxf8 28. Qh8+ Kf7 29. Nxd1 $18) 26.
Bxf8 Bxd1 27. Bh6 $1 Nd6 (27... Bf3 28. Qc4+ Kh8 29. Qd4+) 28. Qe5 Nf5 29. Qe6+
Kh8 30. Qe5+ Kg8 31. Qxf5 Qxc3+ 32. Rxc3 gxf5 33. Kxd1 a5 34. Rc5 a4 (34...
axb4 35. Rxf5 $18) 35. Ra5 Rd8+ 36. Bd2 f4 37. Kc2 a3 38. Bxf4 1-0

[Event "Linares 11th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1993.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3
Be6 9. Nc2 Rc8 10. Bd2 Bg5 11. Bxg5 Qxg5 12. Qd2 h6 13. Rd1 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 Nf6
15. f3 Ke7 16. Bd3 Rc7 17. Rc1 Rhc8 18. Nd5+ Bxd5 19. cxd5 Nb8 20. Ne3 Rxc1 21.
Nf5+ Kd8 22. Rxc1 Rxc1 23. Kxc1 Ne8 24. g4 Nd7 25. b4 Kc7 26. a4 Ndf6 27. a5 h5
28. g5 Nh7 29. h4 f6 30. gxf6 Nhxf6 31. Kd2 Kd8 32. Ke3 Ng8 33. Ng3 Nef6 34.
Nf5 Ne8 35. Bf1 Ne7 36. Nxe7 Kxe7 37. Bh3 Kd8 38. Bf5 Nf6 39. Kd3 Ng8 40. Bg6
Nf6 41. Ke3 Kc7 42. Kf2 Kd8 43. Kg3 Kc7 44. f4 b5 45. Kf3 Kd7 46. Bf7 Kc7 47.
Be6 Kb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 02nd"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1993.03.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1993.03.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O b5 8. Bb3
Be7 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. Qg3 Nc6 11. Nxc6 Qxc6 12. Re1 Bb7 13. Qxg7 Rg8 14. Qh6 O-O-O
15. Qh3 Kb8 16. f3 Rg6 17. Be3 Rdg8 18. Re2 Nd7 19. Nd5 exd5 20. Bxd5 Qc7 21.
Bxf7 Bf6 22. Rd1 Bxb2 23. c4 Ba3 24. cxb5 axb5 25. Bxg8 Rxg8 26. Qxh7 Qc8 27.
Rc2 Qe8 28. Rd3 Rh8 29. Qg7 Rg8 30. Qd4 Bc5 31. Rxc5 dxc5 32. Qxd7 Qxd7 33.
Rxd7 c4 34. a3 Kc8 35. Rf7 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 02nd"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1993.03.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1993.03.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Qa5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qd2 Bb4 9. Rc1 O-O 10. Bd3 e5 11. O-O h6 12. Bh4 Re8 13. Qc2 exd4 14. exd4 N7b6
15. Ne5 Be6 16. Bh7+ Kh8 17. Bf5 Kg8 18. Bh7+ Kh8 19. Bf5 Rg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 02nd"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1993.03.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1993.03.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Qa4 Bg7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Qb5 Qb6 10. Qxb6 Nxb6 11. d3 c4 12. dxc4 Nxc4 13. Nd2 Be6 14. Nxc4
Bxc4 15. Be3 Rfd8 16. Rfc1 Rac8 17. Rab1 Bxc3 18. bxc3 b6 19. Rb2 Na5 20. Bd4
Be6 21. Ra1 Rc4 22. Be4 Ra4 23. Bc2 Ra3 24. f3 Nc6 25. Bb3 Bxb3 26. Rxb3 Ra4
27. Be3 f6 28. h4 Kf7 29. Kf2 Rd5 30. Ke1 Rda5 31. a3 Ke6 32. Bc1 Rd5 33. Ra2
Rc4 34. Bd2 Kd7 35. Rab2 Kc7 36. Ra2 Kb7 37. Rb1 f5 38. Rb3 e5 39. Rab2 e4 40.
fxe4 Rxe4 41. Rb5 Rxb5 42. Rxb5 Ne5 43. Rd5 Kc6 44. Rd8 Nf3+ 45. Kd1 Nxd2 46.
Kxd2 Rg4 47. Rd3 a5 48. Re3 Kb5 49. Kc2 Re4 50. Rxe4 fxe4 51. Kb3 Kc5 52. Kb2
Kc4 53. Kc2 b5 54. Kb2 h5 55. Kc2 a4 56. Kb2 Kd5 57. Kc2 Kc4 58. Kb2 Kd5 59.
Kc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 02nd"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1993.03.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1993.03.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 Qe7 7. e3 Ngxe5
8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O d6 11. Nb3 b6 12. a3 Bc5 13. Nxc5 bxc5 14. b4
Nd7 15. Bg4 Re8 16. Rc1 a5 17. Bxd7 Bxd7 18. bxc5 dxc5 19. Qd5 Ra6 20. Bg5 Qd6
21. Bf4 Qe7 22. Bg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 02nd"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1993.03.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1993.03.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Re1 Bf5 10. Qb3 Na6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Nc3 Bb4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Bxe4 Bxe1
15. Bxf5 Qa5 16. Be4 Rae8 17. Bxb7 Re6 18. Bd5 Rb6 19. Qc4 Rb4 20. Bxf7+ Rxf7
21. Qc8+ Rf8 22. Qe6+ Kh8 23. Qxe1 Qd5 24. b3 Rbb8 25. Be3 Nb4 26. Qd2 Rfc8 27.
Bf4 Rc2 28. Qe1 Rb6 29. Ng5 Rc8 30. Qd1 Qf5 31. Bd2 Nd5 32. Nf3 Rbc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 02nd"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1993.04.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1993.03.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb4 6. Bb5+ N8c6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
a3 Bd7 9. axb4 dxc3 10. bxc3 g6 11. O-O Bg7 12. Bf4 O-O 13. Rc1 a5 14. h3 Be6
15. Qxd8 Rfxd8 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. bxa5 Rdc8 18. Rfd1 c5 19. Ng5 Bc4 20. Rd7 e5
21. Be3 h6 22. Nf3 Be6 23. Rb7 Rxa5 24. Rcb1 Ra4 25. Rb8 Rxb8 26. Rxb8+ Kh7 27.
Nd2 c4 28. Rb5 Ra3 29. Nf3 Rxc3 30. Nxe5 Rb3 31. Rc5 c3 32. Bd4 g5 33. Nf3 Rb4
34. Bxc3 Bxc3 35. Rxc3 Rxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 02nd"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1993.04.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "1993.03.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Bd3 Nf6 8.
O-O Bd6 9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. f4 e5 11. f5 b5 12. a4 Rb8 13. Kh1 O-O 14. Rf3 Rd8 15.
Rh3 h6 16. axb5 axb5 17. Qe1 Be7 18. Qg3 Kf8 19. Bxh6 gxh6 20. Rxh6 Ke8 21. Qg7
Qd6 22. Rh8+ Kd7 23. Rxd8+ Bxd8 24. Bxb5 cxb5 25. Rd1 Qxd1+ 26. Nxd1 Ke7 27.
Nf2 Bb7 28. Qg5 Ra8 29. h3 Kf8 30. Qh6+ Ke8 31. Qh8+ Ke7 32. Qh4 Kd6 33. Qh6
Ke7 34. Qh4 Ra6 35. Ng4 b4 36. Kh2 Ke8 37. Qh8+ Kd7 38. Nxe5+ Ke7 39. Qg7 Bc7
40. Qxf7+ Kd8 41. Kg1 Ra1+ 42. Kf2 Nxe4+ 43. Ke2 Ng3+ 44. Kd2 Nf1+ 45. Ke2 Ba6+
46. Nd3 Ng3+ 47. Ke3 Bb6+ 48. Kf4 Nxf5 49. Qg8+ Kc7 50. Kxf5 Rf1+ 51. Kg4 Bc8+
52. Kh4 Kb8 53. Qe8 Rf5 54. g4 Rf3 55. Nxb4 Bf2+ 56. Kg5 Be3+ 57. Kg6 Rxh3 58.
Nd5 Bd4 59. Ne7 Rh8 60. Qb5+ Bb7 61. Nc6+ Kc7 62. Nxd4 Rg8+ 63. Kf7 Rxg4 64.
Ne6+ Kb8 65. Nc5 Rf4+ 66. Kg7 Rg4+ 67. Kh6 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 02nd"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1993.04.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Polgar, Zsuzsa"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1993.03.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.
Nge2 Re8 9. Qc2 Nf8 10. O-O Ng6 11. a3 c6 12. b4 Bd6 13. Ng3 a6 14. Rae1 h6 15.
Bxh6 gxh6 16. Bxg6 fxg6 17. Qxg6+ Kh8 18. e4 Bf4 19. e5 Ng4 20. Nce2 Bd2 21.
Rd1 Rg8 22. Qh5 Qg5 23. Qxg5 Bxg5 24. h3 Nxf2 25. Kxf2 Bh4 26. Rd3 b6 27. Kg1
a5 28. Rdf3 axb4 29. axb4 Ba6 30. Rc1 Bc4 31. Rc2 Ra1+ 32. Kh2 Re1 33. Nf4 Bg5
34. Nf5 Re4 35. Rcf2 Kh7 36. h4 Bd8 37. g3 c5 38. bxc5 bxc5 39. Ra3 Bb6 40. Rb2
{Time} 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 02nd"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1993.04.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1993.03.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. h4 h6 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Ngf6 11. Bf4 e6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. c4 b5 14. c5 a5 15.
Nf1 a4 16. Ne3 Qa5 17. g4 O-O-O 18. Kb1 Kb7 19. Qc2 Rhe8 20. Rdg1 a3 21. g5
hxg5 22. Nxg5 axb2 23. Nxf7 Ra8 24. Qxb2 Ne4 25. Rxg7 Kc8 26. Rc1 Bf6 27. Nd6+
Nxd6 28. cxd6 Bxg7 29. Rxc6+ Kb8 30. h6 Bxd4 31. Qxd4 Qxa2+ 32. Kc1 Ra4 33.
Qb6+ Ka8 34. Qc7 Ra7 35. Nc2 Rxc7 36. dxc7 Rc8 37. h7 Kb7 38. Rd6 Qc4 39. Rxd7
Qxf4+ 40. Kb1 Qh6 41. Nd4 Rxc7 42. Rxc7+ Kxc7 43. Nxe6+ Kd6 44. Ng5 Ke7 45. f4
Qh2 0-1

[Event "Amber-blindfold 02nd"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1993.04.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1993.03.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. Qxd8
Rxd8 9. Bxc5 Nc6 10. Nd5 Nd7 11. Bxe7 Nxe7 12. Nxe7+ Kf8 13. Nd5 Bxb2 14. Rb1
Bg7 15. Nh3 Nc5 16. Nf2 b6 17. h4 Ba6 18. h5 Rac8 19. Ng4 Nd7 20. hxg6 hxg6 21.
Rb4 Bb7 22. Nge3 Bd4 23. Kd2 Kg7 24. Be2 Ne5 25. Rc1 f5 26. Rb3 fxe4 27. fxe4
Nc6 28. Bg4 Rb8 29. Rd3 Be5 30. c5 b5 31. Be2 a6 32. Ng4 Bb2 33. Rh1 Ne5 34.
Nxe5 Bxe5 35. Bg4 Bc6 36. Ke3 a5 37. Rhd1 Re8 38. Nb6 Bb2 39. Bf3 Be5 40. Nd7
Bc7 41. e5 Bxf3 42. Kxf3 Bxe5 43. Re3 Rbd8 44. c6 Bc7 45. Rxe8 Rxe8 46. Nc5 Kf7
47. Rd5 Re7 48. Na6 b4 49. g4 Ke6 50. Rg5 Bd6 51. Rxa5 Ra7 {Time} 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 02nd"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1993.04.07"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1993.03.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Nc6 7. e4 Rc8 8. e5
Ng4 9. h3 Nh6 10. g4 Be7 11. d4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 cxd4 14. Qxd4 Qc7
15. Bxh6 gxh6 16. Rad1 h5 17. Ne4 Rg8 18. f3 Qxc4 19. Qxd7+ Kf8 20. Rc1 Qe2+
21. Rf2 Qxf2+ 22. Kxf2 Rxc1 23. Nf6 Bc5+ 24. Ke2 Kg7 25. Qd2 h6 26. Qxc1 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 02nd"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1993.03.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1993.03.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. d4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 g6 7. e3 Bg7 8.
Bb5+ Nd7 9. O-O O-O 10. a4 b6 11. a5 Bb7 12. axb6 axb6 13. Rxa8 Bxa8 14. Ba3
Qc7 15. Qe2 Bc6 16. Bxc6 Qxc6 17. c4 Ra8 18. Bc1 Qe4 19. Rd1 cxd4 20. Nxd4 Ne5
21. f3 Qb7 22. Bb2 Rc8 23. Rc1 Qa6 24. Nb5 Rxc4 25. Rxc4 Nxc4 26. Qxc4 Bxb2 27.
g4 Qa1+ 28. Kg2 Qd1 29. Kf2 Bf6 30. Nc7 Qd2+ 31. Qe2 Bh4+ 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 02nd"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1993.03.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1993.03.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 exd4 14. Nxd4 Bf6
15. Nf1 Nc4 16. Rb1 Nc5 17. b3 Ne5 18. Bb2 Qb6 19. Qd2 Bb7 20. Nf5 Rad8 21. Bd4
Qc7 22. N1g3 g6 23. Nh6+ Kh8 24. Bc3 Bg7 25. Ng4 Qc8 26. Ne3 Ne6 27. Ba5 Rd7
28. Nd5 Bxd5 29. exd5 Nd4 30. Bd1 Re7 31. f4 Qc5 32. Kh1 Qxd5 33. fxe5 Rxe5 34.
Rxe5 dxe5 35. Rc1 f5 36. Ne2 Qe4 37. Nxd4 exd4 38. Bf3 Qh4 39. Bc7 Re8 40. Bf4
h6 41. Kh2 Kh7 42. Rc7 Re7 43. Bg5 Be5+ 44. Kg1 Qxg5 45. Qxg5 Rxc7 46. Qd2 h5
47. Kf1 Rc3 48. Qg5 Re3 49. h4 a5 50. Kf2 Kg7 51. Qe7+ Kh6 52. Qc5 f4 53. Qf8+
Kh7 54. Bd5 Bg7 55. Qxf4 Re5 56. Be4 a4 57. Ke2 axb3 58. axb3 b4 59. Kd3 Re6
60. g4 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 02nd"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1993.03.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1993.03.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a4 h6 13. Bc2 g6 14. d5 Nb8 15. b3 c6
16. c4 bxc4 17. bxc4 a5 18. Rb1 Qc7 19. Nb3 Ba6 20. Bd3 Nbd7 21. Bd2 cxd5 22.
Bxa5 Qa7 23. cxd5 Bxd3 24. Qxd3 Nc5 25. Nxc5 Qxa5 26. Nb3 Qxa4 27. Ra1 Qb4 28.
Nbd2 Rxa1 29. Rxa1 Rc8 30. Rb1 Qa4 31. g3 Be7 32. Kg2 Bd8 33. Rb3 Kg7 34. Ra3
Qb4 35. Rb3 Qa4 36. Ra3 Qb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 02nd"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1993.03.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1993.03.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. Bc4 a6 7. N5c3 Nf6 8.
Bg5 Be7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Nd5 O-O 11. a3 Bg5 12. O-O Be6 13. Nd2 Rc8 14. Ba2
Bxd2 15. Qxd2 Ne7 16. c3 Bxd5 17. Bxd5 Nxd5 18. Qxd5 Qb6 19. Rab1 Rc6 20. Rfd1
Rfc8 21. g3 g6 22. Kg2 Kg7 23. h4 h5 24. Qd3 Rc4 25. Rd2 Qc6 26. f3 Rd8 27.
Rbd1 b5 28. Qe3 a5 29. Rd3 b4 30. cxb4 axb4 31. axb4 Rxb4 32. b3 Qb6 33. Qxb6
Rxb6 34. Rc1 Rdb8 35. Rcc3 f5 36. Kf2 Kf6 37. Ke3 Ke6 38. Kd2 Ra8 39. Rc7 Ra2+
40. Rc2 Ra1 41. Rc1 Ra2+ 42. Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 02nd"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1993.03.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1993.03.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3
Ne4 9. Qc2 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 d6 11. Bd3 f5 12. d5 Nc5 13. h4 g4 14. Nd4 Qf6 15.
O-O Nba6 16. Nxe6 Nxe6 17. Bxf5 Ng7 18. Bg6+ Kd7 19. f3 Raf8 20. fxg4 Qe7 21.
e4 Nc5 22. Qe2 Kc8 23. e5 Ba6 24. e6 c6 25. Rxf8+ Rxf8 26. Rf1 Rxf1+ 27. Qxf1
Kd8 28. Qf4 Bb7 29. Qxh6 cxd5 30. Bxd6 Qxd6 31. Qh8+ Kc7 32. Qxg7+ Kd8 33. Qh8+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 02nd"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1993.04.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B34"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1993.03.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nb3 O-O 8.
Be2 b6 9. f4 Bb7 10. O-O Rc8 11. e5 Ne8 12. Bg4 e6 13. Nb5 Nb4 14. Bd2 a5 15.
Bxb4 axb4 16. Rf2 f6 17. Rd2 Bd5 18. Rxd5 exd5 19. Qxd5+ Kh8 20. Qxd7 Qxd7 21.
Bxd7 Rxc2 22. e6 f5 23. e7 Rf7 24. N5d4 Rxe7 25. Nxc2 Rxd7 26. Re1 Nc7 27. Nxb4
Bxb2 28. Re2 Bc3 29. Nc6 Kg7 30. g3 Bf6 31. Rd2 Rxd2 32. Nxd2 Kf7 33. Kf1 Ke6
34. Ke2 Kd6 35. Nb4 b5 36. Kd3 Ne6 37. Nb3 h6 38. Nc2 Nc5+ 39. Nxc5 Kxc5 40.
Ne1 g5 41. Nc2 gxf4 42. gxf4 Kd5 43. Ne3+ Ke6 44. Nc2 Kd5 45. Ne3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 02nd"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1993.04.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1993.03.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. N1c3 Be7 8.
Bg5 a6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Na3 f5 11. Bc4 Nd4 12. Qh5 O-O 13. Bd5 fxe4 14. Nxe4
Bf5 15. O-O Bg6 16. Qd1 Kh8 17. c3 Ne6 18. Ng3 Nf4 19. Nc4 Rb8 20. Ne3 f5 21.
Bb3 b5 22. Bc2 Qd7 23. Nd5 Nxd5 24. Qxd5 b4 25. Rad1 bxc3 26. bxc3 Rb5 27. Qd2
Rb2 28. Qc1 Rxc2 29. Qxc2 f4 30. Ne4 Qc6 31. Qb3 Bxe4 32. Qe6 Qc7 33. c4 Rf6
34. Qh3 Bf5 35. Qb3 Rg6 36. c5 Qc6 37. f3 Qxc5+ 38. Kh1 Qc2 39. Qxc2 Bxc2 40.
Rc1 Bf5 41. Rfd1 Kg8 42. Rc6 Kf7 43. Rxa6 Rg8 44. a4 Rc8 45. a5 Rc2 46. Ra1 e4
47. Rb6 e3 48. a6 e2 49. Rb5 Rd2 50. Re1 Rd1 51. Kg1 Rxe1+ 52. Kf2 Bd3 53. Kxe1
Bxb5 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 02nd"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1993.04.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Polgar, Zsuzsa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1993.03.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 c5 4. d5 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 exd5 7. e5 Nfd7 8. Bg5
Be7 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxd5 Qd8 11. Qc2 b5 12. O-O-O Bb7 13. g3 Qa5 14. Qe4 Bxd5
15. Qxd5 Qxa2 16. Qxa8 Qa1+ 17. Kc2 Qa4+ 18. Kd2 O-O 19. Qe4 Rd8 20. Be2 Nf6+
21. Ke3 Qb3+ 22. Kf4 g5+ 23. Nxg5 Nxe4 24. Rxd8+ Kg7 25. Nxe4 Nc6 26. Rd2 c3
27. bxc3 Qe6 28. Bxb5 Nxe5 29. Rd6 Ng6+ 30. Ke3 Qb3 31. Bd3 c4 32. Nd2 Qxc3 33.
Nxc4 Ne5 34. Rd4 Nxd3 35. Rxd3 Qxc4 36. Rhd1 Qg4 37. h4 a5 38. Rd4 Qe6+ 39. Re4
Qb3+ 40. Rd3 Qb1 41. Rdd4 f5 42. Rf4 Qe1+ 43. Kf3 Qh1+ 44. Ke2 Kf6 45. g4 Ke5
46. gxf5 Kf6 47. Rde4 Qb1 48. Kf3 h5 49. Re6+ Kf7 50. Rfe4 a4 51. Kf4 Qc1+ 52.
Re3 a3 53. Re7+ Kf6 {Time} 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 02nd"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1993.04.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1993.03.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Na4
cxd4 9. exd4 Re8 10. c5 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nc6 12. Qd1 Nxd4 13. Bxh7+ Nxh7 14. Qxd4
bxc5 15. Nxc5 Qb6 16. Be3 e5 17. Qc4 Rac8 18. Rac1 Nf6 19. Nd3 Rxc4 20. Bxb6
Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Bd2 22. Rd1 axb6 23. Rxd2 d5 24. Nb4 d4 25. f3 Rc8 26. Rc2 Rxc2
27. Nxc2 Nd5 28. Kf2 Kf8 29. a4 Ke7 30. Na3 Ne3 31. b4 Kd6 32. a5 bxa5 33. bxa5
Kc5 34. g3 Nd5 35. a6 f6 36. a7 Nc7 37. h4 Kb6 38. Nc4+ Kxa7 39. Nd6 g6 40.
Nc8+ Kb7 41. Ne7 g5 42. h5 Ne6 43. Ng6 g4 44. h6 Ng5 45. fxg4 Kc6 46. Nf8 Nf7
47. h7 Nh8 48. g5 fxg5 49. Ne6 g4 50. Ng7 Kd5 51. Nf5 Ke6 52. Nh6 e4 53. Ke2
Kf6 54. Nxg4+ Kg7 55. Nf2 e3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 02nd"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1993.04.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1993.03.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a4 h6 13. Bc2 exd4 14. cxd4 Nb4 15.
Bb1 c5 16. d5 Nd7 17. Ra3 f5 18. Nh2 c4 19. exf5 Nc5 20. Rxe8 Qxe8 21. Rg3 Nbd3
22. f6 g6 23. b3 Bxd5 24. bxc4 bxc4 25. Ba3 Nf4 26. Rg4 Nce6 27. Ndf3 Bxf3 28.
Nxf3 h5 29. Ng5 Nxg5 30. Rxf4 Qe5 31. Bxg6 Qxf4 32. Qd5+ Kh8 33. Qxa8 Kg8 34.
Qd5+ Kh8 35. h4 Qxh4 36. Bc1 Nh3+ 37. gxh3 Qxh3 38. Bf5 Qc3 39. Bg5 Qe5 40. Qf7
1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 02nd"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1993.04.07"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "177"]
[EventDate "1993.03.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb4 6. Bc4 Be6 7. Bxe6 Nd3+ 8.
Kf1 fxe6 9. Ne1 Nc6 10. Nxd3 Qxd3+ 11. Qe2 Qd7 12. d3 g6 13. Be3 b6 14. h4
O-O-O 15. Rd1 Bg7 16. h5 Bd4 17. Kg1 Rhf8 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. Rh3 Rf6 20. Bxd4
Nxd4 21. Qe3 Rdf8 22. Rd2 e5 23. Kh2 Ne6 24. Nd5 Nf4 25. Nxf6 exf6 26. Rh6 Qg7
27. Rh4 g5 28. Qg3 Rf7 29. Rh3 Kb7 30. Kg1 Nxh3+ 31. Qxh3 Rd7 32. Qe6 Rd4 33.
b3 Qf8 34. Kf1 Rd6 35. Qf5 Qh8 36. Ke2 Qh1 37. g3 a5 38. Rd1 Qh5+ 39. g4 Qh3
40. a4 Qh8 41. Rc1 Qg8 42. Rc4 Qf7 43. Rc3 Rd8 44. Kd2 Rh8 45. Qf3 Rh4 46. Ke2
Qe6 47. Qf5 Qxf5 48. gxf5 Rh1 49. Kf3 Kc6 50. Kg4 Kd6 51. Rc2 Ke7 52. f3 Kf7
53. Kg3 Rb1 54. Rc3 Kg7 55. Kh3 Kh6 56. Kg3 Kh5 57. Kh3 g4+ 58. fxg4+ Kg5 59.
Kg3 Rd1 60. Kf3 Kh4 61. Ke2 Rb1 62. Kf3 Rb2 63. Rc1 Rh2 64. Rg1 Kg5 65. Rg3 Rd2
66. Ke3 Rb2 67. Rh3 Rxb3 68. Rh8 c4 69. Rg8+ Kh4 70. Rc8 Rxd3+ 71. Ke2 Kxg4 72.
Rxc4 Ra3 73. Rc6 Rxa4 74. Ke3 Ra3+ 75. Ke2 Kf4 76. Rxb6 Kxe4 77. Rxf6 Ra2+ 78.
Kd1 a4 79. Rf8 a3 80. f6 Kf5 81. f7 Kf6 82. Re8 Kxf7 83. Rxe5 Rh2 84. Ra5 a2
85. Kc1 Ke6 86. Ra6+ Kd5 87. Ra8 Kc4 88. Rc8+ Kb4 89. Rb8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Wolff, Patrick G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Wolff,P"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nc6 (3... c5) (3... Nf6) 4. Be3 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. d5
Ne7 7. Bxc4 Ng6 8. f3 $5 (8. Bb5+ $5) (8. Nf3) 8... Bd6 9. Qd2 $1 Bd7 10. Nge2
a6 $1 (10... O-O 11. h4 $36) 11. Bb3 b5 (11... O-O $6 12. h4 $1 $36) 12. a4 O-O
13. O-O Qe7 14. Rac1 Nh5 (14... b4 $5 15. Nd1 $14 {/\ Nf2-d3} (15. Nb1 Rfc8))
15. g3 h6 16. Bc2 Rab8 (16... b4 $5) 17. axb5 axb5 18. Ra1 $14 Ra8 19. Bd3 (19.
Qd3 $5 Bh3 (19... Nhf4 $2 20. gxf4 exf4 21. Rxa8 (21. Bd4 $2 Bh3 $1 $19 {/\}
22. Kh1 (22. Rxa8 Qg5+ $19) 22... Qg5 23. Rg1 Rxa1) 21... Rxa8 22. Bd4 Bh3 23.
Rf2 $18 (23. Rd1 $2 Qg5+ 24. Kf2 Qh4+ 25. Kg1 Qg5+ $10)) 20. Rfd1 Nhf4 21. Qxb5
(21. gxf4 $2 exf4 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. Bc1 Ne5 24. Qxb5 Nxf3+ 25. Kh1 (25. Kf2
Qh4+ 26. Kxf3 Bg4+ 27. Kg2 f3+ 28. Kf1 Bh3+ 29. Kg1 f2+ 30. Kh1 Qg4 $19) 25...
Qg5 26. Ng3 Qg4 $17) 21... Rab8 $13) 19... Bb4 20. Rxa8 Rxa8 21. Qc2 $2 (21.
Kg2 $1 $14) 21... Bc5 $1 22. Nd1 Bd6 23. Nf2 Nhf4 $1 24. Rc1 (24. gxf4 exf4 25.
Bd2 Nh4 26. Nd1 (26. Kh1 Nxf3 27. Bxf4 (27. Nxf4 Qh4 $19) 27... Bxf4 28. Nxf4
Qh4 29. N2h3 Bxh3 30. Rxf3 Ra1+ $19) (26. Nh1 Bc5+ $17) (26. Ng4 Qg5 $40 (26...
h5 $5)) 26... Bh3 $36) 24... Qg5 $1 25. Kh1 (25. Kf1 Qh5 26. gxf4 Qxf3 $17)
25... Qh5 26. Ng1 Nxd3 27. Nxd3 f5 (27... Rf8 $5 {Ivanchuk,V /\} 28. Nc5 Bc8 {
/\ f5}) 28. Nc5 Bc8 29. Rf1 Ne7 30. Qd3 fxe4 $17 {><f3, g2, h3} 31. fxe4 Qg6 (
31... Kh7 $5 {/\} 32. Qxb5 Qg6 $40) 32. Kg2 Kh7 $1 33. Nf3 Ng8 34. Nh4 Qg4 (
34... Qh5 $5 {Ivanchuk,V}) 35. Nf5 Nf6 36. h3 Qg6 37. g4 Bxc5 (37... h5 $2 38.
Nh4 Qe8 39. g5) 38. Bxc5 Ra4 (38... h5 $5 39. Ng3 hxg4 40. h4 $17) 39. Rf3 (39.
b4 Ra2+ 40. Rf2 Bxf5 41. exf5 Rxf2+ 42. Kxf2 Qf7 $17) 39... Rc4 (39... Nxe4 $2
40. Ne7 Qg5 (40... Qe8 41. Nxc8 Qxc8 42. b4 Ra2+ 43. Bf2 $18) 41. Nxc8 $18 (41.
b3 Ra2+ 42. Bf2 Bxg4 $1 43. hxg4 Qxg4+ $44)) (39... Rxe4 $2 40. Ne7 Qe8 41.
Rxf6) 40. Be7 Bxf5 (40... Rxe4 $2 41. Bxf6 Bxf5 42. Rxf5 $18) (40... Nxe4 $5
41. b3 $8 (41. Nh4 Qe8 42. b3 Rd4) 41... Bxf5 42. bxc4 bxc4 $44) 41. Rxf5 Rd4
$1 42. Qe3 (42. Qxb5 Nxg4 43. hxg4 Qxg4+ 44. Kf2 (44. Kf1 Qxe4 $1 {/\ Rd1-d2})
44... Qxe4 $1 45. Rf3 Rd2+ 46. Kg3 Qg6+ 47. Kh4 Rh2+ 48. Rh3 Qe4+ 49. Kg3 Qf4#)
(42. Qf3 Nxe4 43. Rxe5 Rd2+ $19) 42... Rxe4 $6 (42... Nxg4 $1 43. hxg4 Qxg4+
44. Qg3 $8 (44. Kf2 Rd1 $1 $40) (44. Kh1 Rxe4 45. Qf3 Re1+ 46. Kh2 Re2+ 47. Kh1
Qc4 $17) (44. Kh2 Rxe4 45. Qf3 Re2+ {Q 44. Kh1}) 44... Qxe4+ 45. Rf3 $8 (45.
Qf3 Rd2+ 46. Kg1 Qb1+ 47. Qf1 Rd1 $19) 45... Rxd5 $17 (45... Rd3 46. Bf8 $5
Qe2+ $5 (46... g5 47. Qh3 Rd2+ (47... Qe2+ 48. Kg1 Rd1+ 49. Rf1 Rxf1+ 50. Qxf1
Qg4+ $10) 48. Kh1 $1 (48. Kg1 Qd4+ $1 (48... Rd1+ 49. Rf1 Rxf1+ 50. Qxf1 $10)
49. Re3 (49. Kf1 $4 Rd1+ $19) (49. Kh1 Rd1+ 50. Rf1 $8 Qxd5+ 51. Kh2 Qd2+ 52.
Kg1 $17) 49... Rd1+ 50. Kf2 (50. Kh2 Qf4+) (50. Kg2 Qd2+) 50... Qd2+ 51. Kf3 $8
e4+ $1 52. Kg4 $8 Rg1+ 53. Kf5 (53. Kh5 Qd1+) (53. Rg3 Qf4+) 53... Qxd5+ 54.
Kf6 Qc6+ $17) 48... Qe1+ (48... Qg6 $6 49. Qd7+ Kg8 50. Qe6+ Qxe6 51. dxe6) (
48... Rd1+ 49. Kg2 $10) 49. Rf1 (49. Qf1 Qxf1+ 50. Rxf1 Rxd5) 49... Qe4+ 50.
Rf3 $10) (46... Rd2+ $5 47. Kg1 (47. Kh1 $2 Qb1+) (47. Kh3 g5 $17 {/\ g4})
47... g5 $13) 47. Qf2 Qxf2+ 48. Rxf2 Kg8 49. Bb4 Rxd5 50. Bc3 $15)) 43. Qf3 Rf4
(43... Nxg4 $2 44. hxg4 Rxg4+ 45. Kh3 $1 Rg1 46. Rxe5) 44. Rxf4 exf4 45. Bxf6
Qxf6 $17 46. Qd3+ Qg6 47. Qe2 c6 $5 48. Kf3 cxd5 49. Kxf4 Qf6+ 50. Kg3 Qd6+ 51.
Kf3 b4 $2 {עh7, b4} (51... Qc6 $1 $17 {Ivanchuk,V}) 52. h4 $1 Qf6+ 53. Kg3
Qd6+ 54. Kf3 Qf6+ 55. Kg3 g6 56. Qe8 $1 $15 Qd6+ (56... Qxb2 57. Qf7+ $1 (57.
Qe7+ Qg7 58. Qxb4 Qd7 $17) 57... Qg7 58. Qxd5 $15 {עh7, b4}) 57. Kf3 Kg7 58.
g5 $1 hxg5 59. hxg5 d4 (59... Qf8+ $4 60. Qxf8+ Kxf8 61. Kf4 Ke7 62. Ke5 $18)
60. Qe4 $1 d3 61. Qb7+ Kf8 62. Qc8+ Ke7 63. Qb7+ Ke6 64. Qe4+ Kd7 65. Qb7+ Kd8
66. Qa8+ Kc7 67. Qa7+ Kc8 68. Qa8+ Kc7 69. Qa7+ Kc6 70. Qa6+ Kc5 71. Qxd6+ Kxd6
72. Ke3 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
b6 9. e4 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Qxe4 Bb7 12. Bf4 Nf6 13. Qe3 Bxf4 14. Qxf4 Qe7
15. Ne5 c5 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. Bf3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Qc7 19. Qc6 Qb8 20. Qf3 Rd6 21.
d5 exd5 22. cxd5 Qa8 23. Nc6 Re8 24. h3 Nxd5 25. Nxa7 Qxa7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Qb6 9. Qd2 Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qa3 11. Bb5 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bb4 13. O-O O-O 14. Rb3 Qa5
15. Qe3 Nb6 16. Qg3 Nc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. Bg5 Bg4 8.
c3 Nbd7 9. Nbd2 c5 $6 {N} (9... c6 $10) 10. Qc2 h6 $6 (10... Qb6 $5 {/\ Bh5-g6}
) 11. dxc5 $1 Nxc5 12. Bh4 $14 Re8 13. Bb5 $6 (13. Rfe1 Be7 $5 {Ivanchuk,V})
13... Bd7 14. Bxd7 Ncxd7 15. Nd4 a6 $6 (15... Qb6 {/\ Qa6 ><a2 Ivanchuk,V}) 16.
Nf5 Bf8 17. Rad1 Qb6 18. Nb3 (18. Nf3 $5 Bc5 19. b4 Bf8 20. Ne3) 18... Re4 $1
19. Bxf6 $2 (19. Bg3 $1 Rae8 20. Ne3 Rxe3 21. fxe3 Ng4 22. h3 $5 Nxe3 23. Bf2
d4 24. Bxe3 dxe3 25. Qe2 $44) 19... Nxf6 20. Ne3 (20. Rxd5 $2 Qe6 $1) 20... Re5
21. Rd3 Rae8 22. Nd4 Bc5 23. g3 h5 $1 24. b4 Bxd4 25. Rxd4 Qe6 $2 (25... Rxe3
$1 26. fxe3 Rxe3 $44 {|^ ><c3 Ivanchuk,V}) 26. Qd3 $10 g6 27. a4 Rc8 28. Rd1
Rc6 29. a5 Kh7 30. Kg2 Qc8 31. c4 dxc4 32. Nxc4 Ree6 33. Nb6 Qc7 34. Qf3 (34.
Nd7 {/\ 34...Kg7 35.Nc5} Rc3 35. Nf8+ $2 Kg8 36. Nxe6 Qc6+) 34... Rc3 35. Rd7
Qxd7 36. Nxd7 Rxf3 37. Kxf3 Rc6 38. Nc5 Rc7 39. Rd4 (39. Rd6 $5 Kg7 40. Ke3)
39... Kg7 40. h3 $6 (40. Rd6 $5) 40... Kf8 $1 $10 41. g4 (41. Rd6 Ke7 42. Rb6
Nd5) 41... hxg4+ 42. hxg4 Ke7 43. g5 Nd7 $1 44. Nxd7 Rxd7 45. Rxd7+ Kxd7 46.
Ke4 Ke6 47. Kd4 Kd6 $1 48. f3 Kc6 49. Ke5 Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Oll, Lembit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
b4 9. Ne4 (9. Na4) 9... c5 10. Nxf6+ (10. Qa4 $145 Bb7 11. Ne5 c4 $1 12. Ng5 (
12. Nxf6+ gxf6 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. Qxd7+ Kxd7 15. Bxc4 Bxg2 $10) 12... cxd3 13.
Ngxf7 Qc7 14. Nxh8 Bxg2 15. Rg1 Bd5 16. Bd2 Rc8 $13 {/\} 17. f3 Qb7 {
Prudnikova,S}) 10... gxf6 11. Be4 $5 (11. O-O) 11... Rb8 12. O-O f5 13. Bc6 Qc7
14. d5 $1 (14. Ne5 Bg7 15. Bxd7+ Bxd7 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. dxc5 Qxd1 18. Rxd1 O-O
$5 $44 (18... Rc8 19. Bd2 a5 $10)) 14... Bg7 15. e4 $5 fxe4 16. Re1 $5 (16. Ng5
) 16... exd5 $1 (16... O-O 17. Rxe4 exd5 18. Bxd5 {/\ Bf4+/-}) 17. Qxd5 (17.
Bxd5 Nf6 18. Bxe4 O-O $13) 17... O-O 18. Qxe4 Rb6 $1 19. Ba4 Re6 $1 20. Bf4
Rxe4 21. Bxc7 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Bxb2 (22... Nb6 $6 23. Bb5 $14 (23. Bc2 Bxb2 24.
Bd6 Rd8 25. Bxc5 Bc3 26. Re7 Bf5 27. Bb3 Be6 28. h3 $14)) 23. Bd6 Rd8 24. Bc7
Rf8 25. Bd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c6 7. e3 Be7 8.
Qc2 O-O 9. Bd3 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. h3 g6 12. Rab1 a5 $5 (12... Ne6) 13. a3 Ne6
14. Bh6 Bd6 15. Rfe1 Kh8 16. e4 Bf4 17. Ne5 Kg8 18. Bxf4 Nxf4 19. Rbd1 Nxd3 20.
Qxd3 Be6 21. exd5 (21. f3 $142 $14 {Akopian,V}) 21... Bxd5 22. Ng4 Nxg4 23.
hxg4 Qd6 $10 24. Re3 Qf4 25. Nxd5 cxd5 26. Rf3 Qxg4 27. Qb5 Qe6 28. Rc1 Rac8
29. Rxc8 Qxc8 30. Qxd5 Re1+ 31. Kh2 Qc7+ 32. g3 Re2 33. b4 axb4 34. axb4 Re7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ambroz} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O (4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Ne7 6. d3
Ng6 7. Nbd2 d6 (7... Be7 $142 8. Nb3 e5 $5 9. c3 O-O 10. Re1 d6 11. d4 exd4 12.
cxd4 c4 13. Nbd2 d5 14. Nf1 Bb4 15. Bd2 Rb8 $10 {Huebner-Gulko/Biel izt/1993/})
8. Nc4 Be7 9. Bd2 O-O 10. a3 f5 11. e5 d5 12. Na5 $14 {Huebner-Abramovic/Biel
izt/1993/}) (4. Nc3 Nd4 5. O-O a6 6. Bd3 Ne7 7. Nxd4 cxd4 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. c3 Bc5
10. b3 O-O 11. cxd4 Nxd4 12. Bb2 Nxe2+ $10 {Arencibia-Illescas/Biel izt/1993/})
4... Nge7 5. c3 (5. b3 $5 {Ambroz} Nd4 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. c3 {Akopian-Sveshnikov,
Rostov (op) 1993}) 5... a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 8. d4 (8. Re1 Rc8 9. a4 Ng6 10.
axb5 axb5 11. d4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. cxd4 Be7 14. Bd3 b4 15. Be3 O-O 16. Nd2
f5 $5 17. d5 Ne5 $13 {Spasov-Gulko/Biel izt/1993/} (17... fxe4 18. Bxe4 Bxd5 (
18... exd5 19. Qb3 $1) 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Qh5 $36)) 8... cxd4 9. Nxd4 (9. cxd4 {
Ambroz} Nb4 10. Nc3 Nxc2 11. Qxc2 Ng6 $15 {De La Graza-Gulko, USA 1987}) 9...
d5 (9... Ng6 10. f4 (10. a4 {Ambroz} b4 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. cxb4 Qb8 $36 {
Zarnicki-Tukmakov, Andorra 1991}) 10... Be7 (10... Bc5 11. Be3 Qe7 12. Nd2 O-O
13. Qh5 Rac8 $1 $13 {Psakhis-Sherbakov, Moscow 1992}) 11. Be3 O-O 12. Nd2 Qc7
13. Rc1 Rad8 14. Qh5 e5 15. Nxc6 dxc6 16. f5 Nf4 17. Bxf4 exf4 18. Nf3 c5 19.
Rce1 Bf6 20. e5 Bxf3 21. Rxf3 Rfe8 $13 {Wolff-Abramovic/Biel izt/1993/}) 10.
Nxc6 Bxc6 (10... Nxc6 11. exd5 Qxd5 12. Qxd5 exd5 13. Be3 (13. Re1+ $5 Be7 14.
Bg5 O-O $1 (14... f6 15. Be3 (15. Bf4 {Ambroz} O-O 16. Bb3 Rad8 17. Nd2 Kf7 18.
Nf3 $14 {/\ Rad1} (18. Bc7 Rd7 19. Bb6 Ne5) 18... Na5 19. Bc7 Nxb3 20. Bxd8
Nxa1 21. Rxe7+ Kg8 22. Bb6 $18 Bc8 23. Nd4 {/\ Re1}) 15... O-O 16. a4 $14) (
14... O-O-O 15. Bf5+ (15. Rxe7 $2 Nxe7 16. Bxe7 Rde8 $19) (15. Bxe7 Rde8 (15...
Rhe8 $2 16. Bf5+ Kb8 17. Bd6+ $1 $18) 16. a4 Rxe7 17. Rxe7 Nxe7 18. axb5 axb5
19. Bd3 Bc6 20. Bxb5 $16) 15... Kc7 (15... Kb8 $4 16. Bxe7 {/\Bd6+ +-}) 16.
Bxe7 Rde8 17. Nd2 $14) 15. Bxe7 Rfe8 16. Nd2 (16. a4 Rxe7 17. Rxe7 Nxe7 18.
axb5 axb5 19. Rxa8+ Bxa8 20. Na3 Bc6 21. Bd3 $16) 16... Rxe7 17. Rxe7 Nxe7 18.
Nb3 $14) 13... O-O-O 14. Bb6 Re8 15. Rd1 g6 $1 16. Nd2 Bg7 17. Nf1 Re6 18. Bb3
Ne5 19. Bd4 f6 {+/=/= Anand-Sveshnikov/Biel izt/1993/}) 11. e5 Ng6 12. Re1 b4 (
12... Be7 {Ambroz} 13. Nd2 O-O 14. Nb3 a5 (14... f5 15. exf6 Rxf6 16. Nd4 Bd7
17. Qh5 $14 e5 18. Bxg6 Rxg6 19. Qxe5) 15. Nd4 Bd7 16. Qh5) (12... Bc5 {Ambroz}
13. Be3 $1 Bxe3 $6 14. Rxe3 Qb6 15. Qg4 $14 {Ye Jiangchuan-Ambarcumjan,
Beijing 1991}) (12... Qc7 {Ambroz} 13. Qd4 Bd7 $1 14. Nd2 Bc5 15. Qg4 h5 16.
Qe2 Nf4 17. Qf3 Ng6 {1/2, Ye Rongguang-Sveshnikov, Moscow 1992}) (12... f5 {
Ambroz} 13. exf6 Qxf6 14. Qg4 $1 e5 15. Bg5 Qd6 16. Bxg6+ hxg6 17. Bf4 Rh5 18.
Qg3 $16) 13. Nd2 bxc3 14. bxc3 Be7 15. Nb3 Qc7 (15... O-O $5 16. Nd4 Bd7 17. f4
(17. Qh5 {Ambroz /\ Re1-e3-h3 ->}) 17... Bc5 18. Kh1 f5 $10 (18... f5 19. exf6
Qxf6 $132)) 16. Qh5 Ba4 17. Bd2 Bc5 18. Qg4 Bxb3 19. axb3 $14 {^^} O-O 20. Qg3
Rfd8 21. Ra4 d4 22. Rc4 Qa7 23. h4 d3 (23... dxc3 24. Bxc3 Bf8 25. h5 (25. Ra1
$5 {+/=/+/-}) 25... Ne7 26. Rg4 (26. Bb4 $5) (26. Bb4 $5 {Ambroz ><g7} Rac8 $1)
26... Rac8 $132) 24. Bd1 Rd7 $2 (24... a5 $142 {><b4}) (24... a5 $142 {Ambroz})
25. h5 Ne7 26. h6 g6 (26... Nf5 27. Qf3 {/\hxg7->} (27. Qf3 {Ambroz} g6 $2 28.
g4 $18)) 27. Qf3 Nd5 28. b4 $1 Bf8 (28... Bb6 29. Ba4 $1 Rdd8 (29... Rc7 30.
Bc6 Rac8 31. Bxd5 Rxc4 32. Qf6 $1 Bxf2+ 33. Kf1 $1 Kf8 34. Qg7+ Ke8 35. Qg8+
Ke7 36. Bg5+ $18) 30. Bc6 Rab8 31. Bxd5 exd5 (31... Rxd5 32. Qf6) 32. Qf6 Bxf2+
33. Kf1 (33. Kh1 {Ambroz} Kf8 34. Qh8+ Ke7 35. Bg5+ Kd7 36. e6+ fxe6 37. Qg7+)
33... Kf8 34. Qh8+ Ke7 35. Bg5+ Kd7 36. e6+ $1 fxe6 37. Qg7+ $18) 29. Rd4 Rc8
30. Rxd3 Rdc7 31. Bb3 Nb6 32. Ra1 Nc4 $6 33. Bxc4 Rxc4 34. b5 $18 a5 35. b6 (
35. b6 Qxb6 (35... Qe7 36. Rxa5 {/\Rxa7+-}) 36. Rd7 f5 37. exf6 Kh8 $8 38. f7
e5 39. Bg5 $1 R4c6 $8 40. Rb7 $1 Qa6 41. Rxa5 $1 $18) 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. e3 e6 5. a3 Bd6 6. Bxd6 Qxd6 7. Nh4 Nd7 8. c4
Bxb1 9. Rxb1 Ngf6 10. Be2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 c5 12. Nf3 Rc8 13. Qe2 cxd4 14. Nxd4
Qc5 15. Ba2 Qc1+ 16. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 17. Qd1 Rxd1+ 18. Kxd1 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Qc7 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O e6 13. Ne4 Bd6 14. Kb1 $5
Bf4 $5 (14... Nxe4) 15. Bb4 $6 (15. Bxf4 Qxf4 16. Nxf6+ Nxf6 17. Qa3 $5 $14)
15... a5 $1 16. Ba3 (16. Bc3 $5) 16... Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Bd6 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 $10 19.
Ne5 O-O 20. f4 $1 Rfd8 21. g4 (21. Rd3 $5) 21... Nxe5 22. Qxe5 Qxe5 23. dxe5 f6
$1 24. Kc1 fxe5 25. fxe5 Kf7 $6 (25... Rd5 $1 26. Rxd5 exd5 (26... cxd5 27. Rh3
$14) 27. Rf1 Re8 (27... Rf8 28. Rf5) 28. Rf5 Re6 29. Kd2 g6 30. hxg6 Rxg6 31.
Rf4 Rg5 $5 $17) 26. Rdf1+ $1 $8 Ke7 27. g5 $1 Rd5 $8 (27... hxg5 $2 28. Rfg1
$16) 28. g6 Rf8 29. Rxf8 Kxf8 30. Rf1+ Ke8 31. Rf7 Rd7 32. Rxd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 h6 7. Be3 c5 8. dxc5
Qa5 9. Bd2 Qxc5 10. Nf3 Bg4 11. Be3 $5 (11. Rc1) (11. O-O) 11... Qa5 12. Nd2 (
12. O-O Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nbd7 $13) 12... Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Nfd7 $5 14. Rc1 (14. O-O
Bxc3 15. bxc3 Kh7 $13) 14... Rc8 (14... Bxc3 15. Rxc3 Qxa2 16. Nb3 Qb1+ 17. Bc1
$16) 15. O-O Nc6 16. Rfd1 h5 17. a3 (17. Nb3 Qa6 $1 $13) 17... Qa6 $1 18. Nf3
Nb6 (18... Nde5 19. Nxe5 dxe5 20. Nb5 $16) 19. Bxb6 axb6 (19... Qxb6 $5 20. b4
Bxc3 21. Rxc3 a5) 20. Nd5 $1 e6 21. Nc3 Na7 22. Rxd6 Rxc4 23. Qe3 $1 (23. Rcd1
Bxc3 $1 (23... Nc6 24. e5 $16) 24. bxc3 Nc6 25. Ng5 Rxc3 26. Qd2 Qxa3 27. Nxf7
(27. Qf4 Rf8 28. Rd7 e5 29. Qf6 Rc1 30. Ne6 Rxd1+ 31. Rxd1 fxe6 32. Qxg6+ $10)
27... Kxf7 28. Qf4+ Kg7 (28... Kg8 29. Rd7 Rf8 30. Qg5 $18) 29. Rd7+ Ne7 30.
Qe5+ Kf7 31. Qf4+ Ke8 32. Qf6 Rc1 33. Rxe7+ Qxe7 34. Qxg6+ Kf8 $10) 23... Nc6
24. h3 $2 (24. e5 $1 Rc5 (24... b5 25. b3 Rxc3 26. Qxc3 Qxa3 27. Rcd1 $16) (
24... Qa5 25. b3 Rxc3 26. Rxc3 Nxe5 27. b4 Nxf3+ 28. gxf3 $16) (24... Bf8 25.
Rd7 Rd8 26. Rxd8 Nxd8 27. Rd1 Rc8 28. Ne4 $16) 25. Rcd1 $1 (25. b4 Rxe5 26.
Nxe5 Nxe5 27. Rxb6 (27. Qxb6 Qxb6 28. Rxb6 Nd3 29. Rc2 Rxa3 30. Nd1 Ra1 31. Rd2
Nb2 32. Rd8+ Kh7 33. Rbd6 Bf6 34. R8d7 Be5 35. Rd2 Bc3 36. R2d6 (36. Rxf7+ Kg8
37. Rdd7 Nxd1) 36... Be5 $10) 27... Qxa3 28. Nd1 (28. Rxb7 $2 Nd3 $19) 28...
Nd3 29. Rb1 Rd8 $13) 25... Qc4 (25... Nxe5 26. Rd8+ Rxd8 27. Rxd8+ Kh7 28. Ng5+
$18) (25... Bxe5 26. Rxc6 $18) 26. Ne4 Rd5 (26... Bxe5 27. Rxc6 $18) 27. R1xd5
exd5 28. Nf6+ $16) 24... b5 $1 25. Rcd1 b4 26. axb4 Rxb4 27. R1d2 $2 (27. Ng5
Qb6 $1 (27... Rxb2 $2 28. Nxf7 Kxf7 (28... Rb3 29. Rd7 Rxc3 30. Nh6+ Kh8 31.
Nf7+ $10) 29. Rd7+ Ne7 (29... Kg8 30. Rxg7+ Kxg7 31. Rd7+) 30. Qf4+ Ke8 31. Qg5
Qa3 32. R1d6 Bf8 33. Rxe7+ Bxe7 34. Qxg6+ $10) 28. Qf4 Rf8) (27. R6d2 Qb6)
27... Qa1+ 28. Kh2 Rxb2 29. Rxb2 Qxb2 30. e5 Qb4 31. Ne4 Nxe5 32. Nfg5 Nc4 33.
Rd4 Rf8 (33... Nxe3 34. Rxb4 Nf1+ 35. Kg1 Ra1 36. Rxb7 Be5 37. f4 Bd4+ 38. Kh1
Ng3+ 39. Kh2 h4 40. Nxg3 Bg1+ 41. Kh1 Bf2+ $19) 34. Qd3 b5 $1 (34... Bxd4 35.
Qxd4 e5 36. Qd5 Kg7 37. Nc5) 35. Rd8 Qe7 36. Rxf8+ Bxf8 37. f4 Bg7 38. Qb3 Qb7
39. Qb4 Qc7 $2 (39... Ne3 $19) 40. Qxb5 Nd6 $1 (40... Qxf4+ 41. g3 Qc7 42. Qe8+
Bf8 43. Nf6+ Kg7 44. Nd7 $18) (40... Qc8 41. Nxf7 Kxf7 42. Qxc4 $10) (40... Ne3
41. Qe8+ Bf8 42. Nxe6 fxe6 43. Qxg6+ $10) 41. Nxd6 Qxd6 42. Qe8+ Qf8 43. Qd7 $1
Bh6 44. h4 Bg7 45. g3 Bf6 46. Ne4 Be7 47. Ng5 Kg7 48. Qd4+ Bf6 49. Qd7 Bxg5 50.
hxg5 Qc5 51. Qd2 e5 52. fxe5 Qxe5 53. Kg2 Qe4+ 54. Kh2 Qf5 55. Qd4+ Kh7 56. Qd2
Qe5 57. Kh3 Kg8 58. Qd8+ Kg7 59. Qd2 $6 (59. Kg2 Qe2+ 60. Kg1 Qf3 61. Kh2 Qf2+
62. Kh1 Qxg3 63. Qh8+ $10) 59... Kf8 60. Qd8+ Qe8 61. Qd6+ Qe7 62. Qb8+ Kg7 63.
Qb2+ Kg8 64. Qb8+ Kg7 65. Qb2+ Kh7 66. Qd2 Kg8 67. Qf4 Qb7 68. Kh2 Qb2+ (68...
Kf8 69. Qd6+ Ke8 70. Qe5+ Kd7 (70... Qe7 71. Qb8+ Kd7 72. Qb7+ Kd6 73. Qb4+ Ke6
74. Qe4+ $10) 71. Qd4+ Kc7 72. Qe5+ Kc6 73. Qe4+ Kb6 74. Qd4+ $10) 69. Kg1 Kg7
70. Qe3 Qb1+ 71. Kg2 Qa2+ 72. Kg1 Qc4 73. Qe7 $1 $10 Qc6 74. Kf2 Qd5 75. Kg1
Qf3 76. Kh2 Qf2+ 77. Kh1 Qxg3 78. Qxf7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 a6 7. N5c3 Nf6 8. Be2
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Be3 b6 11. Na3 Bb7 12. f4 Rc8 (12... Nd7 13. Bf3 Rc8 14. Rc1
Nc5 15. Qe2 (15. Nab1 Qc7 16. a3 Qb8 17. b4 Nd7 18. Qe2 Ba8 19. Rfd1 Rc7 20.
Nd2 Rfc8 21. b5 axb5 22. Nxb5 Rb7 23. Nb3 Nc5 24. Nxc5 $15 {Mircov,A-Balashov,
Y/Cappelle op (5)/1992/}) 15... Qc7 16. Rfd1 Qb8 17. Nab1 Kh8 18. Qf2 g5 19. g3
gxf4 20. gxf4 f5 21. exf5 Rxf5 22. Kh1 Ne5 23. Bxb7 Qxb7+ 24. Qg2 $13 {Sanchez
Almeyra,J-Pogorelov,R/Barcelona UGA/1992/}) 13. Rc1 Re8 14. Bf3 Bf8 (14... Nd7
15. Qe2 Qc7 16. Rfd1 Na5 17. Nd5 exd5 18. cxd5 Qd8 19. b4 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 b5 21.
bxa5 Qxa5 22. Nb1 Bd8 23. Qd2 f5 24. e5 $17 {Merant,N-Rublevsky,S/Duisburg
WchJM-U18/1992/}) 15. Qe2 Nd7 16. Rfd1 Qc7 17. Nab1 Nc5 18. Rd2 Qb8 19. Rcd1 g6
20. b3 Ba8 (20... Rcd8 21. g4 Bg7 $14) 21. g4 Rcd8 22. h4 Bg7 23. h5 g5 $6 (
23... e5 $5 $14) 24. fxg5 d5 (24... Ne5 25. b4 Nxf3+ (25... Ncd7 26. Bg2 $16)
26. Qxf3 Nd7 27. Qe2 $16) 25. exd5 exd5 (25... Qg3+ 26. Qg2 Qxg2+ 27. Bxg2 exd5
28. Nxd5 $18) 26. Nxd5 Ne5 27. Ne7+ $1 Kf8 28. Bxa8 Rxd2 (28... Qxa8 29. Nd5
$18) 29. Nxd2 Rxe7 (29... Qxa8 30. Nf5 $18) 30. Bd5 Nxg4 31. Qxg4 Rxe3 32. Nf1
$1 Re5 (32... Qe5 33. Nxe3 Qxe3+ 34. Kg2 $18) 33. Ng3 Qd8 (33... Re3 34. Nf5
Rd3 35. Rxd3 Nxd3 36. Qe4 $18) 34. Rf1 Rxg5 (34... Rxd5 35. cxd5 $18) (34...
Qxg5 35. Qc8+ Ke7 36. Rxf7+ Kd6 37. Qc7#) 35. Rxf7+ Ke8 (35... Kg8 36. Rd7+ $18
) 36. Qf4 Nd7 (36... Rxd5 37. cxd5 Bd4+ 38. Kf1 Qxd5 39. Rf5 $18) 37. Rf8+ $1
1-0

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Knaak} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6
8. d5 Ne7 9. Nd2 a5 10. a3 Nd7 11. Rb1 f5 12. b4 Kh8 13. f3 Ng8 14. Qc2 Ngf6
15. Bd3 f4 16. Nb5 b6 17. Bb2 Rg8 $5 (17... Ne8 18. Nb3 $5 (18. Be2 g5 (18...
h5 19. Rfc1 (19. Bc3 a4 $8 20. c5 $2 bxc5 21. Nc4 g5 22. h3 $6 cxb4 $1 23. axb4
Nb6 $17 {Hertneck,G-Piket,Je/Manila ol/1992/}) (19. c5 $1 bxc5 20. bxc5 Nxc5
21. a4 $1 Rf7 $5 22. Rfc1 g5 23. Ba3 Bf8 24. Bxc5 {Gurevich,M-Van Wely,L/Wijk
aan Zee op/1993/}) 19... g5 20. c5 $5 bxc5 21. bxc5 Nxc5 22. a4 g4 23. Ba3 Na6
24. Qc3 $13 {Epishin,V-Polgar,J/Dos Hermanas (6)/1993/}) 19. g4 h5 (19... fxg3
20. hxg3 g4 21. fxg4 Qg5 22. Qd3 $1 Ndf6 23. Nf3 Qxg4 24. Nxe5 $16 {Gurevich,
M-Gelfand,B/Munchen/1992/}) 20. h3 Rf7 21. Nb3 $5 a4 $5 22. Nc1 Bf6 23. Nd3 Rh7
24. Kg2 $14 {Gurevich,M-Ye,Jiangchuan/Manila ol/1992/}) 18... a4 19. Nc1 h5 $1
20. Be2 g5 21. Nd3 Ndf6 22. c5 Nh7 $1 23. Nf2 Rg8 $6 24. cxb6 $14 {Vidoniak,
R-Milu,R/Turnu Severin/1992/}) (17... g5 18. Be2 h5 19. c5 bxc5 20. bxc5 Nxc5
21. Bxe5 Ba6 (21... g4 $5 22. fxg4 $5 Nxg4 23. Bxg7+ Kxg7 24. Nb3 $1 $16 {
Gurevich,M-Khalifman,A/Munchen/1992/}) 22. Bd4 Nfd7 23. Bxg7+ Kxg7 24. Nc4 $14
{Psakhis,L-Hellers,F/Philadelphia World op (8)/1992/}) 18. c5 $5 (18. Be2 Bf8
$1 $13) (18. Be2 {Knaak}) 18... bxc5 19. bxc5 Nxc5 20. Bxe5 Nxd3 (20... dxe5
21. Qxc5 $16) 21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22. Qxd3 Ba6 23. a4 (23. Nc4 Rgb8 24. a4 Bxb5 25.
axb5 Qd4+ 26. Qxd4 Bxd4+ 27. Kh1 a4 $17) 23... Rgb8 (23... Bxb5 24. Rxb5 Qd4+
25. Qxd4 Bxd4+ 26. Kh1 $14) 24. Kh1 $1 (24. Rb3 Bxb5 25. Rxb5 Qd4+ $1 26. Qxd4
Bxd4+ 27. Kh1 Rxb5 28. axb5 a4 $19) 24... Rb7 25. Rfc1 Rab8 26. Qc2 Bxb5 27.
Rxb5 Rxb5 28. axb5 Rxb5 (28... Rb7 29. Qc6 Ra7 30. Qd7 $16) 29. Qxc7 h6 (29...
a4 30. e5 $1 dxe5 31. Ne4 Qf8 32. d6 $16) (29... h5 $17 {Knaak}) 30. e5 $1 Qxe5
(30... dxe5 31. Ne4 $16) 31. Ne4 Kh7 (31... Rxd5 32. Qf7 Kh7 33. Nf6+ Qxf6 34.
Qxd5 $16) 32. h3 (32. Qf7 a4 33. h3 a3 34. Rc8 h5 35. Ra8 Rb1+ 36. Kh2 Qa1 $19)
32... Rxd5 (32... a4 33. Qa7 $1 (33. Qd7 $2 Ra5 34. Rc7 a3 35. Qxg7+ Qxg7 36.
Nf6+ Kh8 37. Rc8+ Qf8 38. Rxf8+ Kg7 $19) 33... Qd4 34. Rc7 $1 Qxa7 35. Rxa7 g5
36. Nxd6 Rxd5 37. Ne8 $18) 33. Qf7 Rd4 34. Rc7 Rxe4 $1 35. fxe4 a4 36. Qe7 Qa1+
(36... a3 37. Qxe5 dxe5 38. Ra7 $16) 37. Kh2 Qb2 (37... a3 38. e5 (38. Ra7 {
Knaak} Qb2 39. e5 $10) 38... Qxe5 39. Qxe5 dxe5 40. Ra7 $10) 38. e5 $1 Qxe5 (
38... Qxe5 39. Qxe5 dxe5 40. Ra7 e4 41. Rxa4 e3 42. Kg1 (42. Re4 {Knaak} g5 43.
g3 Kg6 44. Kg2 Kf5 45. Kf3 Be5 46. gxf4 gxf4 47. Rxe3 fxe3 48. Kxe3 $10) 42...
g5 43. Kf1 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Kh8 $6 (9... Na5) (9... Bb7) 10. d4 exd4 11. Ng5 $1 (11. cxd4 $6 d5
$1 {The idea behind 9...Kh8} 12. Ne5 $5 (12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nc3 Be6 $10) (12. e5
Ne4 13. Nbd2 (13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Bf5 $10) 13... f5 $1 14. exf6 Nxf6 $10)
12... Bb7 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. e5 Ne4 $14) 11... Ne5 (11... Qe8 12. cxd4 $16) (
11... Kg8 12. cxd4 h6 13. Nf3 d5 14. e5 Ne4 15. Nbd2 $16) (11... d5 12. exd5
Nxd5 13. Nxh7 $1 $16 {->}) (11... d3 $5 12. Nxf7+ Rxf7 13. Bxf7 Ne5 14. Bb3 c5
15. c4 $1 (15. f4 c4 16. fxe5 dxe5 17. Qf3 $14) 15... bxc4 16. Ba4 $16) 12.
cxd4 Nc4 13. Nc3 h6 14. Nf3 $16 c6 $6 (14... Bb7 $142) 15. Bxc4 $6 (15. Qe2 $1
{/\ 16.Bc4, 16.e5}) 15... bxc4 16. Qe2 a5 $1 17. Qxc4 d5 18. exd5 cxd5 19. Qd3
$6 (19. Qe2 $1 Bb4 20. Ne5 Ne4 $5 (20... Ba6 21. Qf3 $16) 21. Qh5 $1 (21. Nc6
$6 Qd6 22. Nxb4 Nxc3 23. bxc3 axb4 $14) 21... Kg8 22. Re3 $16) 19... Bb7 $2 (
19... Ba6 20. Qf5 Bb4 $1 21. Bd2 Qc8 $1 22. Qxc8 Rfxc8 23. Ne5 Kg8 24. f3 a4
$14) 20. Bf4 $16 Rc8 $6 (20... Ne4 $142 {/\} 21. Qb5 Ra7 $1) 21. a3 Ne4 22.
Rac1 Qb6 $6 (22... Kg8 {>=}) 23. Qb5 $18 Qxb5 24. Nxb5 a4 25. Ne5 (25. Na7 $5)
25... g5 26. Bh2 Kg7 27. Nd7 Rfd8 28. Rxc8 Bxc8 (28... Rxc8 29. f3) 29. Nb6 Bf6
30. Bc7 $1 Re8 31. f3 Ba6 32. fxe4 Bxb5 (32... Rxe4 33. Rxe4 dxe4 34. Nc3 Bxd4+
35. Kh1 e3 36. Nbxa4) 33. e5 Bd8 34. Rc1 Bc4 35. Bxd8 Rxd8 36. Nxa4 1-0

[Event "WchT 3rd"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Petursson, Margeir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1993.10.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Iceland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Be2 e6 (6... Bg4 $5 {
--> Alapin disk}) 7. O-O Be7 (7... cxd4 $142 8. cxd4 Be7 9. Nc3 Qd6 $13) 8. c4
Qd8 (8... Qh5 $6 9. Ne5 Qh4 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bf3 (11. Qa4 Bb7 12. g3 $5 Qxd4
13. Rd1 Qe5 (13... Qe4 $6 14. Nc3 Qg6 15. Bf3 $14) 14. Bf3 Qc7 15. Bf4 Qb6 16.
Nc3 $44) 11... Bb7 12. Qa4 $14) 9. dxc5 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Ne4 11. Be3 Nb4 $6 (11...
Bxc5 12. Bxc5 Nxc5 13. Nc3 $14) (11... Bf6 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bxd4 14. Rxd4
Nxc5 15. Nc3 {/\Rad1,b4,Nb5 +/=/+/- _|_}) 12. Nbd2 Nxc5 13. Nd4 a5 (13... O-O
$2 14. a3 Nba6 (14... Nbd3 $4 15. b4) 15. b4 $16) 14. a3 Nba6 15. b4 $1 Na4 16.
Rdc1 O-O (16... axb4 17. axb4 Nxb4 18. c5 $1 (18. Nb5 O-O 19. Bd1 Nd3 $1 20.
Rcb1 Ndb2 $13) 18... Bd7 19. Rc4 e5 $8 20. Nf5 $1 Bxf5 (20... Nd5 21. Nxg7+ Kd8
22. Bh6 $36) 21. Rxb4 Bd7 $8 22. Rxb7 {/\Rxd7,Bb5+} Bc6 23. Rc7 Nc3 $8 24.
Rxa8+ Bxa8 25. Bc4 $16) 17. c5 e5 18. N4b3 $16 f5 19. g3 Rd8 (19... f4 20. gxf4
exf4 21. Bd4 {/\Bb5 +/-/+-}) 20. Bb5 $1 Nb2 21. Nxa5 f4 $5 $8 22. gxf4 exf4 23.
Bxf4 Nxc5 24. Rc2 Ne6 25. Be3 Bf6 26. Rb1 Nd3 27. Ne4 $18 {_|_} Nef4 28. f3 Be6
29. Rd1 Nh3+ 30. Kf1 Ne5 31. Nxf6+ gxf6 32. Rxd8+ Rxd8 33. Be2 b5 34. Nc6 $1
Ra8 35. Nxe5 fxe5 36. Rc3 1-0

[Event "WchT 3rd"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1993.10.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e5 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. a4
Be7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Nc5 11. Kh1 exf4 12. Bxf4 Bg4 13. Qd2 Bh5 14. Rae1 Bg6
15. Bg3 Rc8 16. b4 Nxd3 17. cxd3 d5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Bf6 20. Be5 Bxe5 21.
Nxe5 Qxd5 22. h3 Rfe8 23. Qf4 Re6 24. Nxg6 Rxg6 25. Rf3 h6 26. Ref1 Rc2 27.
R1f2 Rxf2 28. Rxf2 Qd7 29. b5 axb5 30. axb5 Rb6 31. Qf5 Qe8 32. Rb2 Rf6 33. Qe4
Qd7 34. Rb1 Rd6 35. Ra1 f5 36. Qc4+ Kh7 37. Ra3 Rd4 38. Qc3 f4 39. Ra8 f3 40.
Qc8 Qxb5 41. Qg8+ Kg6 42. Qe6+ Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 3rd"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1993.10.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Cuba"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CUB"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 e6 4. e3 f5 5. f4 Nf6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Bd3 (7. Be2 O-O 8.
O-O Ne4 9. Qc2 Nd7 $10 {Karpov,An-Spassky,B/Leningrad cm/1974/}) 7... O-O 8.
O-O b6 9. b3 Bb7 10. Bb2 Ne4 11. Rc1 Nd7 12. Qe2 Rf6 13. Rc2 Rh6 14. Rfc1 a6 (
14... Ndf6 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Ba6 $14) 15. Na4 dxc4 16. bxc4 c5 17. Nd2 cxd4 $2
(17... Ndf6 18. Bxe4 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20. Rd2 Qe8 $13) 18. Bxe4 $1 fxe4 19.
Bxd4 Bc6 20. Nc3 Ba3 21. Rd1 e5 22. fxe5 Qg5 23. Ndxe4 Qh4 $2 (23... Bxe4 $1
24. Nxe4 Qh4 25. g4 Rg6 $16) 24. g3 Rg6 (24... Bxe4 $2 25. gxh4 Rg6+ 26. Kf2 (
26. Qg2 $4 Bxc2 $19) 26... Rf8+ 27. Ke1 $18) 25. Qd3 $1 Qh5 26. Nd5 Nxe5 27.
Bxe5 (27. Qxa3 $2 Qxd1+ $19) 27... Qxe5 28. Rf2 Bf8 $6 (28... Re8 29. Qxa3 Qxe4
30. Rdf1 h6 31. Rf4 $16) 29. Rdf1 Re6 30. Rf4 $1 b5 $6 31. Rg4 $1 Rg6 (31...
bxc4 32. Nef6+ Rxf6 33. Nxf6+ Qxf6 34. Qxc4+ $18) 32. Rxg6 hxg6 33. Rf4 $1 Qa1+
(33... bxc4 34. Nef6+ $1 Kf7 35. Qxc4 $18) 34. Kg2 Qxa2+ 35. Kh3 Bd7+ 36. g4
Kh8 37. Ng5 Be8 $2 1-0

[Event "WchT 3rd"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[Annotator "Hansen,LB"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1993.10.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. Nf3 {Ftacnik} d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Qa5 7. Nd2
Bb4 8. Qc2 O-O (8... e5 $5 9. Nb3 (9. dxe5 $5 Ne4 10. Ndxe4 dxe4 11. O-O-O $1
f6 $5 12. exf6 $1 Qxg5 13. Nxe4 $36 {Lutz,C-Gurevich,M/Munchen/1993/}) 9... Qc7
(9... Qa4 $5 10. cxd5 exd4 11. dxc6 $6 dxc3 12. cxd7+ Bxd7 13. bxc3 Qc6 $1 $17
{Yusupov,A-Kamsky,G/Tilburg rapid/1992/}) 10. Be2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 O-O 12. O-O Bd6
13. h3 Re8 $6 (13... a6 $5 {/\ b5,Bb7 Kramnik}) 14. Rad1 exd4 15. Nxd4 Be5 16.
f4 $1 Bxd4 17. Rxd4 $1 Rxe3 18. Rfd1 $16 {Kramnik,V-Kamsky,G/Linares/1993/}) (
8... e5 {Ftacnik}) 9. Be2 (9. Nb3 Qa4 10. cxd5 Bxc3+ $1 11. bxc3 cxd5 12. Bd3
b6 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. c4 dxc4 15. Qxc4 Qxc4 16. Bxc4 {1/2-1/2;Mikhalchishin,
A-Akopian,V/Lvov zt/1990/}) 9... c5 $5 (9... e5) 10. O-O cxd4 11. exd4 $146 (
11. Nb3 Qd8 (11... Qb6 12. Nxd4 (12. exd4 {Ftacnik} dxc4 13. Bxc4 Bxc3 14. bxc3
Qc7 15. Qe2 b6 16. Rac1 Bb7 17. Bd3 Rfe8 18. c4 e5 19. d5 Qd6 20. Rfe1 {
0,5/Bass,L-Lein,A/New York/1983/}) 12... dxc4 13. Bh4 Bxc3 14. Qxc3 Nd5 15. Qc2
Ne5 16. Bg3 Nb4 17. Qc3 Nd5 18. Qc1 Nc6 19. Nxc6 Qxc6 20. Qxc4 Qxc4 21. Bxc4
$14 {^^ Alonso,R-Fuentes,M/Holguin/1991/}) 12. Nxd4 dxc4 13. Ne4 (13. Bxc4 Qa5
14. Ncb5 a6 15. Nb3 Qb6 16. N5d4 Ne5 $10 {Bouwmeester,H-Bergraser/corr.1986/})
13... Be7 14. Bxc4 Nxe4 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Qxe4 Nf6 17. Qe5 Qb4 18. Qb5 Qxb5 19.
Bxb5 a6 20. Be2 Bd7 {1/2-1/2;Cramling,P-Hansen,LB/Rilton Cup/1993-94/}) 11...
dxc4 12. Bh4 (12. Bxf6 {Ftacnik} Nxf6 13. Nxc4 Qc7 $10) 12... Nb6 $1 13. Nxc4
Nxc4 14. Bxc4 Bd7 $10 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. d5 $8 Bxc3 17. dxe6 Bxe6 $1 (17... fxe6
{Ftacnik} 18. bxc3 $14) 18. Bxe6 fxe6 (18... Be5 {Ftacnik} 19. Bf5 $16) 19.
bxc3 Rac8 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 3rd"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1993.10.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e4 e5 (4... e6 $5) 5. g3 d6 (5... g6 $5) 6.
Bg2 Be7 7. d3 O-O 8. O-O a6 (8... Nd4 $5 9. Nxd4 cxd4 10. Ne2 Nd7 11. f4 $14)
9. Ne1 Nd4 10. Nc2 b5 11. Ne3 bxc4 12. dxc4 Re8 13. f4 exf4 (13... Bb7 14. f5
$14) 14. gxf4 Rb8 (14... Bb7 $2 15. e5 $1 Bxg2 16. exf6 Bxf1 17. fxe7 Qxe7 18.
Qxf1 $16) 15. Qd3 Bf8 16. b3 g6 17. Bd2 Bg7 18. Rae1 Bd7 (18... Bb7 $5) 19. Ne2
$5 Nxe2+ 20. Rxe2 Bc6 21. Nd1 Rb7 22. Bf3 Rbe7 23. Rfe1 Nd7 24. Bc3 (24. Qxd6
$2 Bd4+ 25. Be3 Re6 $18) 24... Nf8 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Qc3+ Kg8 (26... f6 27. e5
$1 Bxf3 28. exf6+ $18) 27. Ne3 $1 f5 (27... Bxe4 28. Ng4 $18) (27... h5 $5 28.
Nd5 Bxd5 29. cxd5 $36) 28. Bg2 Rxe4 (28... Bxe4 29. Bxe4 Rxe4 30. Ng4 $18) 29.
Ng4 $1 Rd4 30. Rxe8 Bxe8 31. Rxe8 Qh4 32. Bd5+ Kg7 33. Nf2 Qxf4 34. Qe1 Qg5+
35. Kf1 Rd2 (35... Rd2 36. Nh3 $18) 1-0

[Event "WchT 3rd"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1993.10.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Latvia"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LAT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f4
exf4 9. Bxf4 Nc6 10. Qe2 Rc8 11. h3 g6 12. g4 h5 13. g5 Nd7 14. O-O-O Be7 15.
Rg1 Nce5 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. Rxd5 O-O 18. h4 Nb6 19. Rd1 Nbc4 20. Bh3 Rc6 21. Rg3
Qb6 22. c3 Re8 23. Nd4 Rc5 24. b3 Na3 25. Kb2 Bf8 26. Bxe5 Nc4+ 27. Kb1 Nxe5
28. Nc2 Bg7 29. Nb4 Rxc3 30. Rxc3 Qxb4 31. Rc2 b5 32. Qe1 Qa3 33. Bf1 Kh7
1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 3rd"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1993.10.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Switzerland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 d5 6. Qc2 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. e4
Nxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Bd3 c5 11. O-O Qc8 12. Qd1 {N} (12. e5 h6 13. Qe2 Rd8 14.
Rd1 Nd7 15. Be3 Qc6 16. Bb5 Qc7 17. Nd2 f5 18. a4 {Remis/Kasparov-Ribli/
Reykjavik/1988}) (12. Qb3 $5 c4 (12... Ba6 13. Bxa6 Nxa6 (13... Qxa6 14. d5
exd5 15. exd5 c4 16. Qc2 $14) 14. Bf4 $14) 13. Bxc4 Bxe4 14. Bg5 {
Solozhenkin-Genov,P/Primorsko/1990} Bxf3 15. Bxe7 Re8 16. Bh4 Bb7 17. Bd3 Nc6
18. Qc2 h6 19. f4 $14 {Lifshic,Solozhenkin}) (12. Qe2 Ba6 13. Bf4 (13. Rd1))
12... Ba6 13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14. d5 (14. Bf4 $5 Rd8 15. Qe2 Qb7 16. Rfd1 cxd4 (16...
Rac8 17. d5 exd5 18. exd5 $14) 17. cxd4 Rac8 18. Rd3 $14) 14... exd5 15. exd5
Bf6 16. Bg5 Bxg5 (16... Bxc3 $2 17. Rc1 Bb2 18. Rb1 Bxa3 19. Be7 Bb4 (19... Re8
20. d6 Qd7 21. Ra1 $16) 20. d6 Rd8 21. Bxd8 Qxd8 22. Ne5 $16) 17. Nxg5 Qf5 $1
$10 18. Nf3 c4 $1 19. Qa4 (19. Qd2 $6 Rad8 20. Rad1 Nc7 21. d6 Ne8 22. d7 Nf6
$15) (19. Qd4 Nc7 20. Rad1 Rfd8 21. d6 Nb5 22. Qxc4 Nxd6 $15) 19... Nc7 20. d6
Nb5 21. Qb4 Rad8 (21... a5 22. Qxc4 Nxd6 23. Qc6 Qc5 24. Qxc5 bxc5 $10) (21...
Rfd8 22. Rfd1 Qc5 23. Qxc5 bxc5 24. Rd5 Rac8 $2 (24... Rxd6 $10) 25. d7 Rc7 26.
Rb1 Rcxd7 (26... Nxc3 27. Rb8 $18) 27. Rxd7 Rxd7 28. a4 $18) 22. Rfd1 Qc5 23.
Qxc5 bxc5 24. Rd5 Nxc3 25. Rxc5 Rxd6 26. Rxc4 Rfd8 (26... Nb5 $2 27. a4 Rfd8
28. Re1 Na3 29. Rc3 Nb1 30. Rc7 $14) (26... Rfd8 27. h4 Nd5 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 3rd"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Xu, Jun"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1993.10.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 dxc4 4. Qa4+ (4. e3) 4... Nd7 5. e4 Ngf6 6. Nc3 a6 7.
Bxc4 Rb8 8. Qc2 b5 9. Be2 (9. Bd3 c5 $10) 9... Bb7 10. O-O $6 (10. e5 Nd5 11.
Bg5 $1 $14) 10... b4 11. e5 bxc3 12. exf6 cxb2 13. fxg7 bxa1=N $3 (13... bxa1=Q
$2 14. gxh8=Q $16) 14. gxh8=Q Nxc2 15. Bg5 Bxf3 $5 (15... Qc8 16. Bh6 {/\ Ne5,
Ne5<=>}) 16. Bxd8 Bxe2 17. Bxc7 (17. Rc1 Kxd8 $19) 17... Rb7 18. Bd6 Bxf1 19.
Kxf1 Rb6 20. Bxf8 Nxf8 $17 21. g3 Nb4 22. Qe5 Nd5 23. h4 Ng6 24. Qg7 h5 25.
Qg8+ Ke7 26. Qc8 Nf8 27. a4 Nd7 28. a5 Rd6 29. Qc4 Kd8 30. Qe2 N7f6 31. Qc4 Kd7
32. Qc5 Ne4 33. Qa3 f5 34. Kg2 Rc6 35. Qb2 Kc8 36. Qe2 Nef6 37. Qb2 f4 38. gxf4
Nxf4+ 39. Kg3 N6d5 40. Qd2 Rc3+ 41. f3 Kc7 42. Qb2 Rc6 43. Qd2 Kc8 44. Qb2 Rc7
45. Kh2 Rc4 46. Qa3 Rb4 47. Qc1+ Kb7 48. Qd2 Kc6 49. Qc2+ Kb5 50. Qc5+ Ka4 51.
Qc6+ Kxa5 52. Qc5+ Rb5 53. Qa3+ Kb6 54. Qd6+ Ka7 55. Qd7+ Rb7 $19 56. Qd6 Rc7
57. Kh1 a5 58. Qa3 Ka6 59. Qb3 Rc6 60. Kh2 Nb6 61. Qe3 Nfd5 62. Qe2+ Nc4 0-1

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hellers, Ferdinand"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1993.11.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Rb8 8. Qd2
c4 9. f5 b5 10. fxe6 fxe6 11. Ng5 b4 12. Nd1 Nb6 13. Be2 Ne7 14. g4 h6 15. Nf3
Ng6 16. O-O Rb7 17. c3 Rf7 18. Qc2 Nf4 19. Bxf4 Rxf4 20. Ne3 Re4 21. Ng2 Be7
22. Rae1 O-O 23. Nd2 Rxf1+ 24. Kxf1 Bb7 25. Nxe4 dxe4 26. Kg1 Bg5 27. Rf1 Ba8
28. Qd1 bxc3 29. bxc3 Nd5 30. Qe1 Ne3 31. Nxe3 Bxe3+ 32. Kg2 Bd2 33. Qg3 Bd5
34. h4 Qa5 35. g5 hxg5 36. hxg5 Qxc3 37. Qxc3 e3+ 38. Bf3 Bxc3 39. Bxd5 exd5
40. Kf3 Bxd4 41. Rd1 c3 42. Ke2 Bb6 43. Rf1 Kh7 44. e6 Bc5 45. Kd3 Kg6 46. Rf7
d4 47. Rd7 a5 48. Rd5 Bb4 49. Re5 Be7 50. Rxa5 e2 51. Re5 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Hellers, Ferdinand"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1993.11.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e6 7. Be2 Be7 8. O-O
Qc7 9. g4 Nc6 10. g5 Nd7 11. Be3 O-O 12. f5 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Rd8 14. a4 Ne5 15. f6
Bf8 16. Qb6 Qxb6 17. Bxb6 Re8 18. Rad1 Bd7 19. Bc7 gxf6 20. gxf6 Bc6 21. Kg2
Rac8 22. Bxd6 Bxd6 23. Rxd6 Red8 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Kg3 Rd2 26. Rd1 Rxd1 27.
Bxd1 Nd7 28. Kf4 Nxf6 29. b4 Ne8 30. b5 axb5 31. axb5 Bd7 32. Be2 f6 33. e5 Kf7
34. Ne4 Ke7 35. c4 b6 36. Bf3 Bc8 37. Bh5 fxe5+ 38. Kxe5 Ng7 39. Nd6 Bd7 40.
Bg4 Nf5 41. Nxf5+ exf5 42. Bxf5 Bxf5 43. Kxf5 Kd6 44. Ke4 Ke6 45. h4 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Agdestein, Simen"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1993.11.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 b6 $5 7. Bg2 (7.
c4 Bb7 8. Bb2 Bxf3 $5 9. exf3 Nc6 $13) 7... Bb7 8. c4 e5 9. Bb2 Bd6 (9... e4 $2
10. Nh4 $16) 10. O-O Qc7 11. Nh4 $1 (11. d3 O-O 12. e4 $14) 11... Bxg2 12. Nxg2
Nc6 13. e4 $1 O-O 14. Ne3 Qd7 (14... Ne7 15. Qg4 (15. f4 exf4 16. Qg4 Be5 $1
17. Bxe5 Qxe5 18. Qxf4 Qd4 $13) 15... Rad8 16. f4 $14) 15. Bc3 Rfe8 (15... g6 {
/\ f5}) 16. a4 (16. d3 Rad8 17. f4 exf4 18. gxf4 Bf8 19. Nd5 Ne7 $14) 16... a5
17. h4 (17. d3 Nb4 18. f4 exf4 19. gxf4 Bf8 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. cxd5 c4 $132)
17... Nb4 18. Qf3 Rad8 19. Kg2 (19. h5 Re6 20. Ng4 Qe7 $13) 19... Qe6 20. h5
Be7 21. Qg4 Qxg4 22. Nxg4 Bg5 (22... f6 23. h6 g6 24. f4 Nd3 25. fxe5 (25. Rf3
exf4 26. gxf4 g5 27. Nxf6+ Bxf6 28. Bxf6 Nxf4+ 29. Kh1 Rd3 30. Rxd3 Nxd3 31. e5
Kf7 $13) 25... Nxe5 26. Nxf6+ (26. Nxe5 fxe5 27. Rab1 Bg5 28. Rxb6 Bxd2 29.
Bxd2 Rxd2+ 30. Kh3 Rd4 31. Rb7 $18) 26... Bxf6 27. Rxf6 Nxc4 $132) 23. Bxe5 (
23. Ne3 Bxe3 24. fxe3 Nd3 $15) (23. Rad1 $10) 23... f6 $2 (23... Rxd2 $1 24.
Kh3 $5 (24. h6 f6 25. Bc7 Rxe4 $17) (24. Rad1 Red8 (24... f6 25. Rxd2 Bxd2 26.
Rd1 Bg5 27. f4 $1) 25. Rxd2 Rxd2 26. h6 $5 Bxh6 $13) 24... f6 25. f4 fxe5 26.
fxg5) 24. f4 $1 fxe5 25. fxg5 Rd4 (25... Rxd2+ 26. Kh3 Rd4 27. h6 Rxc4 28. hxg7
Kxg7 29. Nh6 $40) 26. Kh3 Rxe4 27. h6 $1 Rxc4 $2 (27... Rd4 28. hxg7 Kxg7 29.
Rf6 Rxd2 30. Raf1 $40) 28. hxg7 Kxg7 (28... Rd8 29. Nh6+ Kxg7 30. Rf7+ Kg6 31.
Rf6+ Kg7 (31... Kxg5 32. Raf1 Rf4 33. R6xf4 exf4 34. Nf7+ $18) 32. Raf1 Nd5 33.
Re6 Rf8 34. Nf5+ Kh8 35. Rxe5 Nb4 36. Nh6 $18) 29. Ne3 $1 Re4 $2 (29... Rd4 30.
Nf5+ Kg8 31. Nxd4 exd4 32. Rae1 $18) 30. Nf5+ Kg6 31. Nd6 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Agdestein, Simen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1993.11.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. g3 Ne4 6. Qc2 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 b6 8.
Bg2 Bb7 9. O-O Nd6 10. d5 exd5 11. Bg5 Qc8 12. Nd4 dxc4 13. Nxf5 Bxg2 14. Kxg2
Qb7+ 15. f3 O-O 16. Nxd6 cxd6 17. Be7 Rf7 18. Bxd6 Nc6 19. Rad1 Re8 20. e4 Ne5
21. Bxe5 Rxe5 22. Rd6 Ra5 23. Rf2 Ra3 24. Qd2 b5 25. g4 h6 26. h4 Qc7 27. e5
Qc5 28. Rd5 Qc6 29. Rd6 Qc5 30. Re2 b4 31. Rxd7 Rxd7 32. Qxd7 b3 33. g5 hxg5
34. hxg5 Ra6 35. a4 Qc6 36. e6 b2 37. Qxc6 Rxc6 38. e7 Rc8 39. e8=Q+ 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1993.11.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 Qe7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. g3 Nc6 6. Nc3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8.
Rc1 d6 9. d5 Nxc3 10. Rxc3 Nd8 11. Bg2 O-O 12. dxe6 Nxe6 13. O-O Bd7 14. e4 Bc6
15. Re3 Rfe8 16. Rfe1 a5 17. Nd2 Qf6 18. Qc1 a4 19. h4 h6 20. Nb1 Qd4 21. Rd1
Qc5 22. Qc3 f5 23. exf5 Qxf5 24. Rde1 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Qf7 26. Na3 Nc5 27. Nb5
Rxe3 28. Rxe3 Qd7 29. Qd4 Rf8 30. Nc3 c6 31. Qd1 Qf5 32. Qe2 Kh7 33. h5 Rf7 34.
f4 g5 35. hxg6+ Qxg6 36. Re7 Rxe7 37. Qxe7+ Kg8 38. Qe2 Kf7 39. Kh3 Qf5+ 40.
Kh4 a3 41. Nd1 axb2 42. Qxb2 h5 43. Ne3 Qe4 44. Qe2 Qh1+ 45. Kg5 Ne4+ 46. Kh6
Qh3 47. Qxh5+ Qxh5+ 48. Kxh5 Nxg3+ 49. Kg4 Ne4 50. f5 Kf6 51. Kf4 Nf2 52. Ng4+
Nxg4 53. Kxg4 d5 54. cxd5 cxd5 55. Kf4 d4 56. Ke4 d3 57. Kxd3 Kxf5 58. Kc4 Ke6
59. Kb5 Kd7 60. Kb6 Kc8 61. Ka7 Kc7 62. a4 Kc8 63. Kb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1993.11.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Ng5 e6 7. Qe2 Nb6 8.
Bb3 h6 9. N5f3 a5 10. a4 (10. c3 a4 {:/^a2-g8}) 10... c5 {><b5} 11. Be3 Qc7 12.
Ne5 {[+]} cxd4 13. Bxd4 $14 {3P:2P<<} Bc5 14. Ngf3 O-O 15. O-O Rd8 16. c3 Bd7
17. Bxc5 Qxc5 18. Nd4 {[+]} Be8 19. Kh1 Nbd5 20. f4 (20. Rad1 $5) 20... Nxc3 $5
(20... Rac8 21. f5 (21. Rad1 {+/=}) 21... exf5 22. Nxf5 $40) 21. bxc3 Qxc3 22.
Nxe6 $8 fxe6 23. Bxe6+ Kh8 (23... Kf8 $6 {ע}) 24. Rac1 Qa3 (24... Rd2 25. Qe1
{+/=/+/-}) 25. Qc2 Rd4 26. Qf5 (26. Qc7 $5) 26... Qxa4 27. Bf7 Bxf7 (27... Rd6
28. Ng6+ Kh7 29. Ne5+ Kh8 30. Ng6+ $10 (30. Ra1 $5)) 28. Nxf7+ Kg8 29. Nxh6+
Kh8 (29... Kf8 30. Rc7 $18) 30. Nf7+ (30. Rc7 Rd1 31. Nf7+ Kg8 32. Nh6+ $10)
30... Kg8 31. Ne5 (31. Nh6+ $10) 31... Qe8 $13 32. Rc7 a4 33. Qg5 Nd7 34. Ng6
$6 (34. Rxb7 a3 $15 {Pa _|_}) 34... Qe2 35. Kg1 $2 (35. Rg1 $142 Rd1 (35... Re8
$5) 36. h3 $8 Re8 $13) 35... Re8 $1 $40 (35... Qe3+ 36. Kh1 Qe2 37. Rg1) 36.
Ne5 $2 $138 (36. Qf5 Rd1 $1 (36... Rd2 $2 37. Qh3 Qxf1+ (37... Rd1 $2 38. Qh8+
Kf7 39. Rxd7+ Rxd7 40. Ne5+ $18) 38. Kxf1 Rd1+ 39. Kf2 Rd2+ 40. Kf1 $10 (40.
Kg3 $2 Re3+ 41. Kh4 Rxh3+ 42. Kxh3 b5 $19 {_|_}) (40. Kf3 $2 Rd3+ 41. Kg4 Nf6+
42. Kh4 Rxh3+ 43. Kxh3 a3 $1 44. Rxb7 Ra8 45. Rb1 a2 46. Ra1 Nd5 {/\Ne3-c2 -+})
) 37. Rxd1 (37. Ne7+ Qxe7 $1 38. Rxd1 Qe3+ $19) 37... Qxd1+ 38. Kf2 Qe1+ 39.
Kf3 Re3+ 40. Kg4 Nf6+ 41. Kg5 Rg3+ $19) (36. h4 $8 {ףg5, (/\Kh2)} a3 $17 37.
Ne5 $140 $2 a2 $1 38. Nxd7 Qxf1+ $1 39. Kxf1 a1=Q+ $19) 36... a3 $4 $138 (36...
Qe3+ 37. Kh1 Rxe5 $19) 37. Nxd7 Qe7 (37... Qe3+ $142 38. Kh1 Qxf4 $1 39. Qxf4
Rxf4 40. Ra1 b5 {+/-/+- _|_}) 38. Qb5 $18 {/\Nf6+;Ne5} 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1993.11.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 c5 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Rd1 Na6 11. Be3 Qb8 12. Rac1 Nc5 13. Qc2 Nce4 14. Bf4 Qc8
15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Qa4 Qb7 17. Bf1 Rfe8 18. Ne1 a6 19. Bd6 b5 20. Qb4 Bxd6 21.
Rxd6 Rec8 22. c5 Qc7 23. Rdd1 a5 24. Qd4 b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1993.11.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. O-O-O d5 10. Qe1 e6 11. Kb1 Qe7 12. Nb3 Rd8 13. Bc5 Qc7 14. Bb5 dxe4 15.
Rxd8+ Nxd8 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Bd7 18. Bxd7 Qxd7 19. Bd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1993.11.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Nd2 c6 10. dxc6 bxc6 11. b4 d5 12. a4 Nh5 13. exd5 cxd5 14. cxd5 Bb7 15.
d6 Qxd6 16. Nde4 Qxd1 17. Rxd1 Nf5 18. Nc5 e4 19. Ra3 Rac8 20. g4 a5 21. Nxb7
axb4 22. Rb3 Nd4 23. Rxb4 Rxc3 24. Rbxd4 Bxd4 25. gxh5 Rc2 26. Kf1 Ra8 27. a5
Be5 28. a6 f5 29. Be3 Rxe2 30. Kxe2 Rxa6 31. Rd8+ Kf7 32. Rd7+ Kf6 33. Rxh7
Ra2+ 34. Bd2 gxh5 35. Nc5 Bxh2 36. Rxh5 Bg1 37. Nb3 f4 38. Kd1 Bxf2 39. Bxf4 e3
40. Bxe3 Bxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "176"]
[EventDate "1993.11.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 c5 6. c3 cxd4 7. cxd4 f6 8. f4
$146 (8. Nf4 Bb4+ (8... fxe5 9. Qh5+ g6 10. Nxg6 Nf6 11. Qh4 Bb4+ $13) 9. Bd2
Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 Qe7 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. Bd3 Nc6 13. Nge2 O-O 14. O-O Bd7 15. a3
$14 {Sax,G-Glek,I/BL 9293/}) 8... fxe5 9. dxe5 (9. fxe5 Bb4+ (9... Qh4+ 10. Ng3
Bb4+ 11. Kf2 O-O+ 12. Nf3 Nc6 13. Be3 $14) 10. Kf2 O-O+ 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. Be3 $13
) 9... Nc6 10. Nf3 Bb4+ 11. Nc3 (11. Bd2 Nc5 12. Bxb4 Nxb4 13. Nc3 (13. Ned4
Qa5 $36) 13... O-O 14. a3 (14. g3 d4 $36) 14... Nc6 15. g3 Qb6 16. b4 Nxb4 17.
axb4 (17. Rb1 Ncd3+ 18. Bxd3 Qe3+ $19) 17... Qxb4 18. Rc1 Nb3 $17) 11... Nc5
12. Be3 Qa5 13. Qc2 O-O 14. Rc1 $2 (14. a3 Ne4 (14... d4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4
Rxf4 17. O-O-O Bxa3 18. g3 $1 (18. bxa3 Qxa3+ 19. Qb2 Nb3+ $19) 18... Rxd4 19.
Rxd4 Bb4 $16) 15. Rc1 Bxc3+ 16. bxc3 $13) 14... d4 $1 $17 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16.
Bxd4 Rxf4 17. Rd1 Qc7 {/\ 18...Rxd4 19.Rxd4 Qxe5+} 18. Be2 Bd7 19. Rf1 Ba4 $1
20. b3 Nxb3 $1 21. Rxf4 (21. axb3 Rxd4 $19) 21... Nxd4 22. Qxa4 b5 $2 (22...
Bxc3+ 23. Kf1 b5 $1 24. Bxb5 Qxe5 25. Rfxd4 Bxd4 26. Qxd4 Qxb5+ $17) 23. Qxb4
Nc2+ 24. Kd2 Nxb4 25. Rxb4 a6 26. Rd4 $13 Qxe5 27. Ke1 Qxh2 28. Bf3 Rf8 29. Ne4
h6 30. Nf2 Qc7 31. Rd6 Qc3+ 32. Kf1 Qc4+ 33. Kg1 Qxa2 34. Re1 Qa3 35. Rexe6
Rxf3 36. gxf3 Qxf3 37. Rxa6 Kh7 38. Rab6 Qd5 39. Ne4 Qd4+ 40. Kg2 b4 41. Rb7
Qb2+ 42. Nf2 Qd2 43. Rb5 b3 44. Reb6 b2 45. Rxb2 Qg5+ 46. Kf1 Qc1+ 47. Ke2 Qc4+
48. Kf3 Qd5+ 49. Ne4 Qf5+ 50. Ke3 Qh3+ 51. Kd4 Qd7+ 52. Nd6 Qe6 53. R2b5 Qe2
54. Nf5 Qd2+ 55. Ke5 Qc3+ 56. Kd6 Qd3+ 57. Ke7 Qa3+ 58. Nd6 Qe3+ 59. Kd8 Qd3
60. Rc6 Qd4 61. Rb7 Qd5 62. Rbc7 Kg8 63. Kc8 Qe5 64. Kd7 Kh7 65. Ne8 Qa1 66.
Kd8 Qa8+ 67. Ke7 Qa3+ 68. Kf7 Qf3+ 69. Rf6 Qg3 70. Rd6 Qf3+ 71. Ke7 Kg8 72. Ra6
Qe2+ 73. Re6 Qf3 74. Nd6 Kh7 75. Nf7 Qa3+ 76. Rd6 Qa8 77. Rcd7 Qe4+ 78. Kf8 Qf4
79. Re7 Qf3 80. Rdd7 Qf4 81. Ke8 Kg8 82. Re6 Qb8+ 83. Rd8 Qb4 84. Ne5 Kh7 85.
Ng6 Qb5+ 86. Ke7 Qg5+ 87. Kd7 Qb5+ 88. Kc7 Qa5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "1993.11.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Ng5 e6 7. Qe2 Nb6 8.
Bb3 h6 9. N5f3 a5 10. a3 a4 11. Ba2 c5 12. Bf4 Nbd5 13. Be5 Qa5+ 14. Nd2 b5 15.
Ngf3 b4 16. Bc4 Ba6 17. O-O bxa3 18. Rxa3 cxd4 19. Raa1 Be7 20. Nxd4 O-O 21.
Nc6 Bxc4 22. Nxc4 Qb5 23. Nxe7+ Nxe7 24. Bd6 Rfe8 25. Rfe1 Nf5 26. Be5 Rec8 27.
Na3 Qxe2 28. Rxe2 Nd7 29. Bc3 Nb6 30. f3 Nd5 31. Be1 Rab8 32. c3 Rb3 33. Ra2
Nfe3 34. Bf2 Nc4 35. Nxc4 Rxc4 36. g3 a3 37. Rxa3 Rxa3 38. bxa3 Rxc3 39. Ra2
Rxf3 40. a4 Nb4 41. Ra1 Na6 42. a5 Kf8 43. Kg2 Rf5 44. g4 Rg5 45. Kf3 h5 46. h3
Rb5 47. Ra3 Ke7 48. Be3 f6 49. Kg3 hxg4 50. hxg4 e5 51. Kf3 g6 52. Kg3 Ke6 53.
Kf3 f5 54. Rc3 Kd5 55. Rd3+ Ke6 56. Rc3 Kd5 57. Rd3+ Kc6 58. Rc3+ Kb7 59. Bb6
Rb4 60. gxf5 gxf5 61. Bd8 Rd4 62. Rb3+ Kc8 63. Bf6 Rd5 64. Rb6 Nc7 65. a6 Kd7
66. a7 e4+ 67. Kf4 Ra5 68. a8=Q Nxa8 69. Rb7+ Ke6 70. Bd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1993.11.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 f5 5. f4 Nf6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O b6
9. Qc2 Bb7 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Bd2 Nc6 12. a3 Ne4 13. Rfc1 Rc8 14. Qd1 Qd7 15.
Be1 Rc7 16. Rc2 Nxc3 17. Rxc3 Rfc8 18. Rac1 Bd6 19. Qa4 Nb8 20. Qxd7 Nxd7 21.
Rxc7 Rxc7 22. Rxc7 Bxc7 23. Ng5 Nf8 24. Bb5 h6 25. Nf3 Ng6 26. h3 Kf7 27. Bb4
Ne7 28. Ne5+ Bxe5 29. dxe5 Nc6 30. Bc3 Nb8 31. Bd3 Bc6 32. b3 Nd7 33. Bd4 Nc5
34. Bxc5 bxc5 35. Ba6 h5 36. g3 g6 37. Kf2 Ke7 38. Ke1 Kd8 39. a4 Kc7 40. a5
Bb7 41. Be2 Bc6 42. Kd2 Be8 43. Kc3 Bd7 44. Ba6 Bc6 45. b4 cxb4+ 46. Kxb4 Be8
47. Kc5 Ba4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg rapid20"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hellers, Ferdinand"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1993.11.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a4 h6 13. Bc2 exd4 14. cxd4 Nb4 15.
Bb1 c5 16. d5 Nd7 17. Ra3 bxa4 18. Rxa4 (18. Nh2 $5 f5 19. Rg3 Nf6 20. e5 $13 {
Yurtaev,L-Ruderfer,M/USSR 48-477/1989/}) 18... a5 19. Ra3 Ba6 20. Rae3 g6 21.
b3 Bg7 22. Nf1 $1 (22. Nc4 $2 Bxc4 23. bxc4 a4 $17) 22... Bxf1 23. Kxf1 a4 24.
bxa4 Nb6 25. Qe2 Rxa4 26. h4 Ra1 27. Bb2 Bxb2 28. Qxb2 Qa8 29. R3e2 Nc4 30. Qc3
$2 (30. Qc1 $3 Na3 31. Qxh6 Nxb1 32. h5 gxh5 33. Nh4 Re5 34. Nf5 Qf8 (34...
Rxf5 35. exf5 $18) 35. Qg5+ Kh7 36. Qxh5+ Kg8 37. Qg4+ Kh8 38. Kg1 $18) 30...
Ne5 31. Nxe5 Rxe5 32. f4 Re8 33. h5 Ra3 34. Qb2 $1 (34. Qf6 Qd8 $15) 34... Rg3
$1 35. hxg6 fxg6 36. Kf2 Rg4 37. g3 Rf8 38. Re3 Qd8 39. Rh1 h5 40. Rf3 Qe7 (
40... h4 $13) 41. Kg2 Rf7 42. Qd2 h4 43. e5 $1 dxe5 44. d6 Qb7 45. Rxh4 Rxh4
46. gxh4 Rxf4 $1 (46... e4 47. Bxe4 Qxe4 48. d7 Nc6 49. d8=Q+ Nxd8 50. Qxd8+
$10) 47. Qe2 Qxf3+ 48. Qxf3 Rxf3 49. Kxf3 Kf7 50. Kg4 Ke6 $1 (50... Nd5 $2 51.
Ba2 $1 Ke6 52. Bxd5+ Kxd6 53. Bc4 $1 Ke7 54. Kg5 Kf8 55. Kxg6 e4 56. h5 e3 57.
Kh7 $1 $18) 51. Kg5 Kxd6 52. Kxg6 Nd5 53. h5 Nf4+ 54. Kg5 Nxh5 55. Kxh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg rapid20"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Hellers, Ferdinand"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1993.11.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Be3 Bd7 10. f3 b5 11. Bd3 Qc7 12. Bxb5 axb5 13. Ndxb5 Qb8 14. Nxd6+
Bxd6 15. Qxd6 Qxd6 16. Rxd6 Na5 17. b3 Rc8 18. Kb2 Bc6 19. Rhd1 O-O 20. Bb6 Nb7
21. R6d2 Ra8 22. a4 Rfc8 23. Nb5 Ne8 24. Na7 Rxa7 25. Bxa7 Nc7 26. c4 Kf8 27.
Kc3 Ke8 28. Bb6 Na6 29. a5 f6 30. g4 e5 31. h4 Nb8 32. g5 hxg5 33. hxg5 Nd7 34.
gxf6 gxf6 35. Rh1 Kf7 36. Rh7+ Ke6 37. Rg2 Ra8 38. Rgg7 Kd6 39. b4 Nxb6 40.
axb6 Ra3+ 41. Kb2 Rxf3 42. Rxb7 Bxb7 43. Rxb7 Kc6 44. Rb8 Rf4 45. b5+ Kc5 46.
b7 Kb6 47. c5+ Kc7 48. Rf8 Kxb7 49. Rf7+ Kb8 50. b6 Rxe4 51. Kb3 Re1 52. Kc4
1-0

[Event "Tilburg rapid20"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Agdestein, Simen"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1993.11.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nb6 7. Be2 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. a4 a5 10. Be3 f5 11. Rc1 f4 12. Bd2 Bb4 13. Nb5 Bxd2 14. Nxd2 Kh8
15. h3 Be6 16. Nf3 Bg8 17. Rc3 Rf7 18. Qa1 Qf6 19. Rfc1 Rd8 20. Qa3 Rfd7 21.
Kf1 Nc8 22. Rc5 N8e7 23. Qc3 Ng6 24. Rxc6 bxc6 25. Qxc6 Qxc6 26. Rxc6 Bb3 27.
Nc3 Rb8 28. Rc5 Bg8 29. h4 Rxb2 30. h5 Nf8 31. Nxe5 Rd8 32. Bd1 Nd7 33. Nxd7
Rxd7 34. Be2 Rc2 35. Ke1 h6 36. Bd1 Rb2 37. Ne2 Rxd3 38. Bc2 Ra3 39. e5 Bh7 40.
Nd4 Bxc2 41. Nxc2 Rxa4 42. f3 Raa2 43. e6 Kg8 44. Kd1 Rxc2 0-1

[Event "Tilburg rapid20"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Agdestein, Simen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1993.11.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. g3 Ne4 6. Qc2 c5 7. Bg2 Qa5 8. O-O
Bxc3 9. bxc3 Qxc3 10. Qxc3 Nxc3 11. Re1 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nc6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Bb2
Na4 15. Bxg7 Rg8 16. Bd4 d5 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Rac1 Rg6 19. f3 Nb6 20. e4 Kd8
21. exd5 Nxd5 22. f4 Bd7 23. Re5 Nb4 24. Rc4 Rb8 25. Re3 Nxa2 26. Bxa7 Rb1+ 27.
Kf2 Nb4 28. Bf3 Rh6 29. h4 Rd6 30. Rd4 Rb2+ 31. Kg1 Rb1+ 32. Kh2 Rxd4 33. Bxd4
Nd5 34. Re2 Kc7 35. h5 Rb3 36. Bxd5 cxd5 37. Re7 Rb4 38. Be5+ Kc6 39. Rxh7 d4
40. Rh6+ Kb5 41. Rd6 Rb2+ 42. Kh3 Bc6 43. Bxd4 Rb1 44. Kh4 Rh1+ 45. Kg5 Rh3 46.
Bf2 Be8 47. Rh6 Rh2 48. Rh8 Bd7 49. h6 Rxf2 50. h7 Rh2 51. Rb8+ 1-0

[Event "Tilburg rapid20"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1993.11.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Boensch} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3
b5 8. O-O Be7 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. Qg3 Nc6 11. Nxc6 Qxc6 12. Re1 Bb7 13. Qxg7 {
!? Boensch} (13. a4 $2 {Boensch} b4 14. a5 O-O 15. Na2 Nxe4 16. Qg4 f5 17.
Bxe6+ Kh8 18. Qe2 d5 {0-1 Vavra,P-Vokac,M Prague Bohemians (04) 1991}) (13. f3
{Boensch} O-O 14. Bh6 Ne8 15. Rad1 b4 16. Ne2 Qc5+ 17. Kh1 Bf6 18. Nf4 Kh8 19.
Nd3 Qb5 20. Bf4 Rd8 $10 {Rublevsky,S-Magerramov,E URS-ch58 (05) 1991 r 35}) (
13. a3 {Boensch} Rd8 14. f3 O-O 15. Bh6 Ne8 16. Kh1 Kh8 17. Bg5 Bxg5 18. Qxg5
Nf6 19. Rad1 Rd7 20. Rd3 Rfd8 $10 {Short,N-Kasparov,G (16) PCA-Wch (London)
1993 1-0 38}) 13... Rg8 14. Qh6 O-O-O 15. Qh3 (15. f3 Rg6 16. Qh4 Rdg8 17. Re2
Bd8 18. Qe1 Bb6+ 19. Kh1 Bd4 20. Bf4 Nh5 21. Be3 Bxe3 22. Rxe3 Qc5 $2 23. Nd5
$1 exd5 24. Rc3 $16 {Krason,J-Schurade,M/Olomouc/1989/1-0 (107)}) 15... Kb8 16.
f3 (16. a3 Rg6 17. Re2 Rdg8 18. f4 $2 d5 $1 $17 {Drozdov-Shnaider,A/USSR/1987/}
) 16... Rg6 17. a3 (17. Be3 Rdg8 18. Re2 Nd7 19. Nd5 exd5 20. Bxd5 Qc7 21. Bxf7
Bf6 22. Rd1 Bxb2 23. c4 Ba3 24. cxb5 $36 {Ivanchuk,V-Polugaevsky,L/Monaco
blind (01)/1993/1-0 (35)}) 17... Rdg8 18. Re2 h5 $5 19. Kh1 Qc7 20. Nd1 (20.
Bf4 $5 {Boensch}) (20. Be3 {Boensch}) 20... h4 21. Ne3 (21. Qxh4 $2 Nxe4) 21...
Nh5 22. Ng4 Qd8 $1 23. Bd2 Bg5 24. g3 f5 $1 $17 25. Ne3 fxe4 26. f4 Bxf4 27.
Bxe6 (27. gxf4 Nxf4 28. Qf1 Rg1+ $19) 27... Rxg3 $1 {!! Boensch} 28. hxg3 Nxg3+
29. Kg2 Nxe2+ 30. Bxg8 Qxg8+ 31. Kf2 (31. Kh1 Ng3+ 32. Kg1 Bc8 33. Qg2 h3 34.
Qf2 Qg5 $19) 31... Nd4 32. Nf5 (32. Qxh4 Qf8 $19) 32... Bxd2 33. Nxd4 e3+ 34.
Kf1 Qc4+ (34... Qc4+ 35. Ne2 Qf7+) 0-1

[Event "Tilburg rapid20"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1993.11.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. O-O-O Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Be6 11. Kb1 Qc7 12. g4 Rfc8 13. h4 Qa5 14. Qg5 Qxg5
15. hxg5 Nd7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Be2 f6 18. gxf6+ Nxf6 19. Nb5 Rc5 20. Nd4 Bd7
21. c4 h5 22. gxh5 Nxh5 23. Nb3 Rc7 24. c5 Ng3 25. cxd6 exd6 26. Rh2 Rf8 27.
Nd4 Rc5 28. Rg1 Rg5 29. Bb5 Bxb5 30. Ne6+ Kf6 31. Nxf8 Kf7 32. Nh7 Rh5 33. Rxh5
Nxh5 34. Kc2 Kg7 35. Ng5 Kf6 36. Kd2 Bc6 37. Ke3 d5 38. b4 a6 39. a4 Bxa4 40.
exd5 Ke5 41. Ne4 Bd7 42. Rxg6 Nf4 43. Rg5+ Bf5 44. d6 Nd5+ 45. Kf2 Nxb4 46. d7
Nc6 47. Ng3 1-0

[Event "Tilburg rapid20"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1993.11.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. g3 Nbd7 7. Bg2 Bb4 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bf4 dxc4 10. Qc2 c5 11. Na2 a5 12. Nxb4 cxb4 13. Qxc4 b6 14. Rfc1 Ba6
15. Qc2 Rc8 16. Qd1 Bb7 17. Rxc8 Qxc8 18. Rc1 Qa8 19. Ne1 Bxg2 20. Nxg2 Rc8 21.
f3 h6 22. e4 Rxc1 23. Qxc1 Qa6 24. Qc2 b3 25. Qxb3 Qe2 26. h4 Nh5 27. Bd6 e5
28. dxe5 Nxg3 29. e6 Qf1+ 30. Kh2 Ne2 31. exf7+ Kh7 32. Qe3 Qd1 33. f8=N+ Nxf8
34. Bxf8 Nd4 35. Kg3 Qxa4 36. Bd6 Qd1 37. Be5 Ne2+ 38. Kh2 Qf1 39. Qxb6 1-0

[Event "Tilburg rapid20"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "1993.11.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Nf3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 f6 9. Nf4 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Qe7 11. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 12. Qd2 Ke7 13. exf6+ gxf6 14.
Qxb4+ Nxb4 15. Kd2 Nb6 16. a3 Nc6 17. Bb5 Bd7 18. Bxc6 Bxc6 19. Rhe1 Bd7 20. b3
Kd6 21. Re3 Rae8 22. Rae1 Re7 23. g4 Rg8 24. h3 a5 25. a4 Nc8 26. Nh5 Rf7 27.
Nh4 Ne7 28. f4 Nc6 29. Nf3 h6 30. Ng3 Re7 31. Ne2 Rgg7 32. Nc3 Nb4 33. Rg1 Be8
34. h4 Rg8 35. g5 hxg5 36. hxg5 fxg5 37. fxg5 Nc6 38. Nb5+ Kd7 39. Ne5+ Nxe5
40. dxe5 Rh7 41. Rc3 Rh2+ 42. Kc1 Rh5 43. Rcg3 Bg6 44. Kb2 Rc8 45. R3g2 Rh4 46.
Rf2 d4 47. Nd6 Rc3 48. Nxb7 Kc6 49. Nxa5+ Kd5 50. Rf6 Bc2 51. g6 Rh2 52. Ka3
Bxb3 53. Nxb3 Rhh3 54. Rb1 Kc4 55. Rxe6 Rxb3+ 56. Rxb3 Rxb3+ 57. Ka2 Rg3 58. a5
Rg2+ 59. Kb1 d3 60. Kc1 Kd4 61. a6 Ke3 62. a7 Ra2 63. Rd6 Rxa7 64. e6 Rc7+ 65.
Kb2 d2 66. Rd5 Ke2 67. Re5+ Kf2 68. Rd5 Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg rapid20"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1993.11.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 Nd7 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Bd3
Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Ne7 10. Bg5 f6 11. exf6 gxf6 12. Bd2 Kf7 13. Nge2 Ng6 14. g3 Bd6
15. Nb5 Bb8 16. Bb4 a6 17. Nd6+ Bxd6 18. Bxd6 Qb6 19. Ba3 Qa5+ 20. Qd2 Qxd2+
21. Kxd2 Rac8 22. Rhc1 e5 23. b3 Ke6 24. dxe5 fxe5 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Rc1 Rxc1
27. Bxc1 d4 28. f3 Kd5 29. Ba3 a5 30. Kd3 b5 31. b4 a4 32. Bc1 Nf6 33. Bg5 e4+
34. fxe4+ Nxe4 35. Nxd4 Ne5+ 36. Ke3 Ng4+ 37. Kd3 Ngf2+ 38. Ke3 Nd1+ 39. Ke2
Kxd4 40. Kxd1 Nc3+ 41. Kc2 Nxa2 42. Bd2 Kc4 43. g4 hxg4 44. Kb2 Nxb4 45. h5
Nd3+ 46. Ka2 g3 47. h6 Ne5 48. Bf4 g2 49. Bxe5 g1=Q 50. h7 b4 51. h8=Q b3+ 52.
Ka3 Qc5+ 0-1

[Event "Tilburg rapid20"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1993.11.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
b6 9. e4 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Qxe4 Bb7 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. c5 bxc5 14. Qh4 Rfe8
15. dxc5 Be7 16. Bg5 Nxc5 17. Rac1 Ba6 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Qxe7 Rxe7 20. Nd4 Bxe2
21. Nxe2 Na6 22. Rxc6 Nb4 23. Rc4 Nd5 24. Nc3 Nxc3 25. Rxc3 g6 26. Kf1 a5 27.
Rd4 Rb7 28. b3 Rb4 29. Rcc4 Rxc4 30. Rxc4 Rd8 31. Rc5 a4 32. bxa4 Rd2 33. a3
Rd3 34. Ke2 Rxa3 35. a5 Kf8 36. h4 Ke7 37. Rc7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 12th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bg5 (6. Bf4 Bg4 7. Qb3
Na5 8. Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qc2 {Fischer,R-Petrosjan,T/Belgrade URS-World/1970/}) 6...
Bg4 (6... Ne4 $6 7. Bxe4 dxe4 8. d5 Ne5 9. Qa4+ b5 10. Qxe4 f6 $14) 7. Ne2 (7.
Qb3) 7... e6 8. Qc2 Bxe2 (8... Rc8 $5 9. f3 Bh5 10. O-O (10. Bxh7 $6 g6 $1 11.
g4 Rxh7 12. Qb3 Rc7 13. gxh5 Rxh5 $15)) 9. Qxe2 h6 10. Bh4 Qb6 11. Bg3 Be7 12.
O-O O-O 13. b3 Rac8 14. Nd2 a6 (14... Ba3 15. Nf3 Nh5 $13) 15. a4 $1 Qd8 16.
Rac1 Re8 17. Kh1 Bd6 18. f4 Ne7 (18... Qc7 $5 19. Nf3 $140 Bxf4 20. Bxf4 Qxf4
21. Ne5 Qg5 $15) 19. Nf3 Nf5 20. Ne5 Be7 21. Rc2 g6 $6 (21... Nd6 $1 {xe4}) 22.
Be1 h5 23. h3 h4 $6 24. Bxf5 exf5 25. Bxh4 Ne4 26. Be1 (26. Bxe7 $2 Ng3+ 27.
Kh2 Nxf1+ 28. Qxf1 Rxe7 $17) 26... Bh4 27. g4 $1 fxg4 28. hxg4 Kg7 29. f5 Rc7
30. Kg2 Bxe1 31. Qxe1 Qg5 32. Qc1 $1 Qxc1 (32... Qh4 33. f6+ $1 Kg8 (33... Nxf6
34. Rh1 $18) 34. Qf4 $16) 33. Rcxc1 gxf5 34. Rxf5 f6 35. Nd3 Rxc3 36. Rxc3 Nxc3
37. Nf4 Re4 38. Kf3 Kh7 (38... Kf7 $2 39. g5) 39. Rxf6 b5 40. Rxa6 Rxd4 41.
Ra7+ Kg8 (41... Kh6 $2 42. g5+ Kxg5 43. Ne6+ $18) 42. a5 $1 Rb4 43. g5 Rxb3 44.
Ne6 b4 45. Kf4 $1 Ne2+ (45... Ne4 46. g6 $18) 46. Ke5 Re3+ 47. Kf6 Rf3+ 48. Kg6
Nf4+ 49. Nxf4 Rxf4 50. Ra8+ Rf8 51. Rxf8+ Kxf8 52. a6 b3 53. a7 b2 54. a8=Q+
1-0

[Event "Linares 12th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E50"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 b6 7. d5 exd5 8. cxd5
h6 9. e4 (9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 Nxd5 11. e4 Nc7 12. e5 Ba6 13. c4 f5 $1 14. exf6
Qxf6 15. Rb1 Nc6 16. Bb2 Qf7 $15 {Knaak-Chernin/Palma de Mallorca GMA/1989})
9... Nxe4 $1 (9... Re8 10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 Nxe4 (11... c4 12. Bxc4 Nxe4 $13 {
/\Ba6 Chernin}) 12. Re1 Nf6 13. Rxe8+ Nxe8 14. Bf4 d6 15. Qd2 Bg4 $1 16. Bxh6
Bxf3 17. gxf3 gxh6 18. Qxh6 Qf6 19. Bh7+ Kh8 20. Bg6+ Kg8 21. Bh7+ {Remis/
Timman-Gelfand/Moscow Alekhine/1992}) 10. Bxe4 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Re8 12. Nd2 f5
13. f3 (13. O-O fxe4 14. Re1 e3 15. fxe3 d6 16. e4 Nd7 17. Nf3 Nf6 $10) 13...
Ba6 $1 14. Kf2 fxe4 15. Nxe4 d6 16. Bf4 Nd7 $1 17. Re1 (17. Nxd6 $2 Re2+ 18.
Kg1 Qf6 19. Qc1 Rf8 20. Bg3 Ne5 $17 {/\Nf3}) (17. Bxd6 $2 Nf6 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6
$17) 17... Ne5 $10 18. Re3 Nc4 19. Re2 Ne5 20. Re3 Nc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 12th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Nd2 a5 10. a3 Nd7 11. Rb1 f5 12. b4 Kh8 13. f3 Ng8 14. Nb3 axb4 15. axb4
Ndf6 16. Na5 Nh5 17. Ra1 Qh4 18. Qe1 Qf6 19. g3 b6 20. Nb3 Rxa1 21. Nxa1 Qe7
22. Nb3 Nhf6 23. c5 h5 24. Bg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 12th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Kharitonov Ernst} Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5
7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 c5 13. d5
Nxf6 14. Bg2 (14. Bxc4 bxc4 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Qa4+ Kd8 17. O-O-O e5 $8 18. f4
$6 exf4 $8 19. d6 Bxh1 $1 20. Qa5+ Kd7 21. Qc7+ Ke6 22. d7 {Shabalov,A-Mueller,
Ka/Pula op/1989/} Qe5 $1 23. d8=Q Rxd8 24. Qxd8 Bf3 25. Rd7 Kf5 26. Rxf7+ Kg6
27. Rxf8 Qe1+ $19) (14. dxe6 $5 Bg7 $1 (14... Be7 15. Rg1 Qb6 16. exf7+ Kxf7
17. h4 Rad8 18. Qc2 Qe6+ 19. Qe2 Ne4 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. Bg2 Rd2 22. Qe3 Rd3 23.
Qf4+ Nf6+ 24. Kf1 {Georgiev,Ki-Dreev,A/Biel izt (01)/1993/}) 15. Rg1 Qb6 16.
Qe2 $1 Qxe6 $8 17. Nxb5 Qxe2+ 18. Bxe2 Ne4 $1 19. O-O-O Nxg5 20. Nd6+ Kf8 21.
Nxb7 Rxh2 $15 {Lobron,E-Kramnik,V/Dortmund/1993/0.5 (41)}) 14... Bh6 (14... Be7
15. O-O Nxd5 16. Bxe7 Kxe7 17. Nxb5 Qb6 18. Na3 c3 (18... Rh4 $5 19. Qd2 Rd4 (
19... Rg8 $8 20. f4 Nxf4 21. Rxf4 Rxf4 22. Qxf4 Qxb2 23. Qc7+ Kf8 24. Qxc5+ Kg7
25. Qg5+ $10) 20. Qg5+ Nf6 21. Bxb7 Rg8 22. Qe5 Nd7 23. Qe2 Qxb7 24. Nxc4 {
Van Wely,L-Kramnik,V/Biel izt (01)/1993/1-0 (44)}) 19. Rb1 (19. Nc4 {Kharitonov
} Qc7 20. bxc3 Nxc3 21. Qd2 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Ne4 23. Qe3 Nf6 24. Qf3 $14 {Van
Wely,L-Dreev,A/Bern/1993/1:0 (44) Inf 58/466/}) 19... cxb2 20. Nc4 Qc7 21. Rxb2
Nb6 22. Bxb7 Nxc4 23. Bxa8 Nxb2 24. Qf3 $10 {Razuvaev,Y-Serper,G/Tilburg (01)/
1993/0.5 (31)}) 15. Bxf6 (15. Bxh6 Rxh6 16. Nxb5 (16. O-O {Kharitonov} b4 17.
Na4 Bxd5 18. Nxc5 Qb6 $13) 16... Qa5+ 17. Nc3 exd5 $13) 15... Qxf6 16. O-O
O-O-O (16... b4 17. Ne4 Qe7 18. dxe6 Rd8 19. exf7+ Kxf7 20. Qh5+ Kg7 21. Qg4+
Kh7 22. Qf5+ (22. Rae1 $5 $40) 22... Kg7 23. Qxc5 $16) (16... exd5 {Ernst} 17.
Re1+ (17. Nxd5 $16 {Kharitonov}) 17... Kf8 18. Nxd5 Qd6 19. Nc3 $16) 17. Nxb5 (
17. Ne4 Qe5) 17... exd5 (17... a6 $5 18. Nc3 exd5 $13) (17... Bxd5 $2 {Ernst}
18. Qa4 $18) (17... Rxd5 $1 {Ernst} 18. Nxa7+ Kb8 19. Qa4 $40) 18. Nxa7+ Kb8
19. Nb5 Bg7 (19... Qxb2 20. Qa4 $40) (19... d4 {Ernst} 20. Qa4 $1 $16) (19...
Bf4 $5 {Ernst}) 20. a4 Qh6 (20... Qxb2 21. Rb1 Qf6 22. Qe1 (22. Na3 Qd4 23.
Qxd4 Bxd4 24. Nxc4 Kc7 $14) (22. Na3 $16 {Kharitonov}) 22... Rh6 23. Qe3 Bf8
24. Na3 $40) 21. h4 Bf6 (21... Bxb2 22. Rb1 (22. Ra2 {Ernst} c3 23. Qb3 Qd2 24.
Nxc3 $1 Qxc3 25. Rxb2 Qxb3 26. Rxb3 Ka7 27. Rb5 $16) 22... Qf6 (22... c3 23.
Qf3 $1 (23. Qb3 {Kharitonov} Qb6 (23... c4 24. Qb4 c2 (24... Qb6 25. a5) (24...
Qf6 25. Nxc3 Qxc3 26. Qb5) 25. Qxb2 cxb1=Q 26. Rxb1 $14) 24. a5 Qxa5 25. Nxc3
Qxc3 26. Qb5 $1 {/\Rb2+/-/}) (23. Qc2 Qf6 24. Rxb2 cxb2 25. Qxc5 Qc6 26. Qb4
Qc1 27. Nc3 $13)) (22... Bf6 23. Na3) 23. Qc2 c3 $13) 22. Qe1 (22. Re1 $5 {
Kharitonov}) 22... Bxh4 (22... Bxb2 23. Qa5 Bxa1 $2 24. Qa7+ Kc8 25. Bh3+ $18)
(22... c3 {Kharitonov} 23. bxc3 Bxh4 24. Qe5+ Ka8 25. Rfb1 $16) 23. Qa5 $1 (23.
gxh4 $6 Qxh4 24. Qe5+ Ka8 25. Qc7 (25. Qg3 Qh6 {/\ Rdg8}) (25. Rfe1 {Ernst}
Rdg8 26. Kf1 Rxg2 $1 27. Qe8+ Rxe8 28. Rxe8+ Bc8 29. Rxc8+ Kb7 30. Rc7+ Kb8 31.
Kxg2 Qg4+ 32. Kf1 Qh3+ 33. Ke2 Qd3+ $10) 25... Rh6 26. Rfe1 Rg8 27. Qa5+ Kb8
28. Qa7+ Kc8 29. Qxc5+ Bc6 30. Na7+ Kd7 31. Kf1 Rxg2 32. Re7+ Qxe7 33. Qxe7+
Kxe7 34. Nxc6+ Rxc6 35. Kxg2 $10) (23. Qe5+ $2 Ka8 24. Nc7+ Ka7 25. Nxd5 $2
Rxd5 $1 26. Bxd5 Bf6 $1 $19) 23... Be7 (23... Bxg3 24. Qa7+ Kc8 25. Qxc5+ Kb8
26. fxg3 $18) (23... Bf6 {Ernst} 24. Qa7+ Kc8 25. Qxc5+ $18) 24. Qc7+ Ka8 25.
Qa5+ Kb8 26. Qc7+ Ka8 27. Rfe1 Bd6 $8 (27... Bf6 28. Qxc5 Kb8 29. Qc7+ Ka8 30.
Nd6 Rxd6 31. Qxd6 Qh2+ 32. Kf1 Bxb2 33. a5 Bxa1 34. a6 $18) (27... Qh2+ {
Kharitonov} 28. Kf1 $18) 28. Qb6 (28. Qa5+ {Ernst} Kb8 29. Qa7+ Kc8 30. a5 Bc6
31. a6 Rd7 32. Qb6 Bxb5 33. a7 Qh2+ 34. Kf1 c3+ 35. Qxb5 $18) 28... Bb8 (28...
Kb8 29. a5 $18 (29. Bxd5 $4 {Kharitonov} Qh1+ 30. Bxh1 Rxh1#)) 29. a5 $1 Rd7 (
29... Qc6 30. Re7 Rhe8 (30... Rd7 31. Qxc6 Bxc6 32. Rxd7 Bxd7 33. Bxd5+) 31. a6
$3 Qxb6 32. axb7#) 30. Re8 $1 Qh2+ (30... Rxe8 31. Qxh6) 31. Kf1 Qxg2+ (31...
Rxe8 32. a6 $18) (31... Qh1+ 32. Bxh1 Rxh1+ 33. Kg2 d4+ 34. f3 $18) 32. Kxg2
d4+ 33. Qxb7+ $1 (33. Kf1 Rxe8 $16) (33. f3 Rxe8 34. a6 Re2+ 35. Kf1 Bxf3 36.
a7 Bxg3 37. Qxc5 Rf2+ $10) 33... Rxb7 34. Rxh8 Rxb5 35. a6 Ka7 36. Rf8 Rxb2 (
36... Bd6 37. Rxf7+ Ka8 38. a7 Rxb2 39. Rd7 $18) 37. Rxf7+ Ka8 38. a7 c3 (38...
Bxa7 39. Raxa7+ Kb8 40. Rae7 Ka8 41. Rf8+ Rb8 42. Rxb8+ Kxb8 43. Kf3 c3 44. Ke2
c4 45. Rd7 $18) 39. Rf8 1-0

[Event "Linares 12th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. e4 cxd4 8. O-O
$5 {N} (8. e5 Ne4 $1 9. O-O Nxd2 10. Bxd2 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nc6 12. Qxc6 dxc6 13.
Bxc6+ Qd7 14. Bxd7+ Kxd7 $10) (8. Nxd4 Bc5 $1 (8... d6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Re1 a6
11. e5 $5 Bxg2 12. exf6 Qxf6 (12... Bb7 $5) 13. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 14. Kxg2 Nc5 15.
Ne4 $16 {Browne-Burger/Philadelphia op/1990}) 9. Nb5 a6 10. Nc3 Qc7 11. O-O Be7
$10) 8... d6 (8... Nxe4 $6 9. Ne5 d5 (9... Nxd2 10. Bxb7 Nxf1 11. Bxa8 $16) (
9... Nd6 10. Bxb7 Nxb7 11. Qf3 $16) 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Qa4+ Nd7 12. Re1 $36) (
8... Nc6 $6 9. e5 Ng4 10. h3 Nh6 11. Ne4 $16) (8... Bc5 $6 9. e5 Ne4 10. Ng5 $1
Nc3 (10... Nxd2 11. Bxb7 Nxf1 12. Bxa8 $16) (10... Qxg5 $2 11. Nxe4 Qd8 12.
Nd6+ Bxd6 13. Bxb7 $18) 11. bxc3 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Qxg5 13. Nf3 $16) 9. Nxd4 Qd7 $1
(9... Be7 10. Qa4+ $5 Qd7 (10... Nbd7 11. Nc6 $16) 11. Qxd7+ Nbxd7 $2 (11...
Kxd7 $142 $14) 12. Nb5 O-O 13. e5 Bxg2 14. exf6 Bxf1 15. fxe7 $16) 10. Re1 Be7
11. Nb1 (11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2 Nc6 13. N2f3 (13. f4 $6 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 e5 $1 15. Bb2
exf4 16. gxf4 b5 $132) 13... a6 14. Nxc6 Qxc6 $1 15. Nd4 Qc7 $10) 11... Nc6 12.
Nc3 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 O-O 14. b3 (14. h3 Rab8 15. Be3 a6 16. a4 Ba8 $132 {/\Qc7})
14... Rfd8 15. Bb2 Rab8 16. h3 Ba8 $10 17. g4 $6 {><f4} h6 18. a4 (18. f4 $2 d5
$17 {/\Bc5}) 18... a6 19. Ba3 Qc8 20. Bb2 $6 Qc5 21. Qd2 Nd7 22. Red1 Ne5 23.
Ne2 {/\Bd4,f4} (23. Kh1 Ng6 24. f4 Nh4 $15) 23... Bg5 24. Qc3 Bf6 25. Ba3 (25.
Qd2 $5) 25... Qc7 26. Qd2 (26. Qg3 Ng6 27. Rac1 Bh4 $1 {/\} 28. Qe3 $2 Bg5)
26... Ng6 27. Rac1 Be7 28. Qe3 $2 (28. f4 b5 $1 29. cxb5 Qa7+ 30. Qd4 Qxd4+ 31.
Rxd4 (31. Nxd4 axb5 32. Nxb5 Nxf4 $17) 31... axb5 32. a5 e5 33. fxe5 Nxe5 $15 {
/\Nc6}) (28. Rc3 $1 Qa7 (28... Bg5 $6 29. Bxd6 Qc6 30. f4 Nxf4 31. Nxf4 e5 32.
Rd3 Bxf4 33. Qb2 Rbc8 34. Bxe5 $14) 29. Rd3 Ne5 30. Rd4 Nc6 31. Rd3 Ne5 $10)
28... Bg5 29. f4 Nxf4 $1 30. Nxf4 e5 $17 (30... e5 31. Qd3 Bxf4 32. Rc2 $17)
0-1

[Event "Linares 12th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 Nxf3+ 6. Qxf3 Bb4 7. Ne2 O-O
8. c3 Ba5 9. h3 d5 10. d3 Bd7 11. Bc2 dxe4 12. dxe4 Ne8 13. g4 Qf6 14. Qxf6
Nxf6 15. Bg5 Be6 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Ng3 Rfd8 18. Nh5 Rd6 19. Nxf6+ Kh8 20. f4
Rad8 21. Rh2 c5 22. f5 Bxf5 23. exf5 Rxf6 24. Rd1 Rxd1+ 25. Kxd1 Rd6+ 26. Rd2
Bc7 27. Rxd6 Bxd6 28. Ke2 Be7 29. Kd3 Bg5 30. Kc4 Bc1 31. b3 Bd2 32. Kxc5 Bxc3
33. Be4 Kg7 34. Bxb7 Kf6 35. Bd5 h6 36. b4 Ke7 37. b5 f6 38. Kc6 Ba5 39. Be4
Ke8 40. Kd6 Kf7 41. h4 Be1 42. h5 Bb4+ 43. Kd7 Ba3 44. Bd5+ Kf8 45. Ke6 Kg7 46.
Be4 Bf8 47. a4 Bb4 48. Kd7 Kf8 49. Kc6 Ke7 50. Kb7 Bc5 51. a5 Kd6 52. b6 axb6
53. a6 b5 54. a7 Bxa7 55. Kxa7 Kc5 56. Ka6 b4 57. Ka5 Kd4 58. Kxb4 Kxe4 59. g5
hxg5 60. h6 Kxf5 61. h7 1-0

[Event "Linares 12th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. e5 Ne4 5. Qxd4 d5 6. exd6 Nxd6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8.
Qf4 g6 9. Bd2 Qe7+ 10. Be2 Be6 11. O-O-O Bg7 12. Rhe1 O-O-O 13. Bd3 Qf6 14.
Qxf6 Bxf6 15. Bg5 Bxc3 16. Bxd8 Bxe1 17. Bf6 Re8 18. Nxe1 Nb4 19. a3 Nxd3+ 20.
Nxd3 Bf5 21. Nf4 Ne4 22. Bd4 b6 23. f3 Nd6 24. b3 h5 25. a4 Kb7 26. Bf2 Bd7 27.
Re1 Rxe1+ 28. Bxe1 Nf5 29. Kd2 a6 30. Bf2 a5 31. Nd5 Be6 32. Nf4 Bd7 33. Nd5
Be6 34. Nf4 Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 12th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Hertneck,G"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. f3 Bb4 8. e4
Bxe4 9. fxe4 Nxe4 10. Bd2 Qxd4 11. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 12. Qe2 Bxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Qd5+ 14.
Kc2 Na6 15. Nxc4 O-O-O 16. Qe5 f6 17. Qe3 Kb8 18. Be2 e5 $5 {Rarely seen in
tournament practice.} (18... Qxg2 19. Rhg1 Qxh2 20. Rxg7 Nb4+ 21. Kb3 Nd5 22.
Qf3 Qf4 $13) 19. g3 $146 (19. Kb3 Nc5+ 20. Ka3 Ne6 $13 {Tukmakov,V-Solozhenkin,
E/Schwabisch Gmund/1991}) 19... Qe6 $1 {<-> d} 20. b3 Rd5 (20... Rd4 21. Rad1
Rhd8 22. Rxd4 Rxd4 23. Rd1 Nb4+ {/\ Nd5}) 21. Kb2 (21. Bf3 $6 Nb4+ 22. Kb2 Nd3+
$36) 21... Rhd8 22. Rad1 Nb4 23. Qc3 $1 {/\ Ne3} (23. Bf3 e4 $5) 23... Qe7 24.
Ne3 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Rxd1 26. Bxd1 g6 $1 27. Qd2 Kc7 28. Nc2 a5 (28... Nd5) 29.
Ne3 Qc5 30. Nc4 b6 31. Kb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 12th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Blatny,P} e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. dxe5 $5 (5. Bxe4 d5 6.
Bg5 (6. Nxe5 $5 Nxe5 7. dxe5 dxe4 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Bg5+ Be7 10. Bxe7+ Kxe7 11.
Nc3 Ke6 $8 {Oll,L}) 6... Qd7 (6... f6 7. Nxe5 $1 Nxe5 8. dxe5 dxe4 9. Qxd8+
Kxd8 10. exf6 $16) (6... Qd6 $5 7. dxe5 (7. Bd3 e4 8. Nc3 exd3 9. O-O a6 10.
Qxd3 f6 11. Rfe1+ Be7 12. Bh4 O-O 13. Re3 $6 Bg4 $5 14. Rae1 Qd7 15. a3 Rf7 16.
h3 Bf5 17. Qe2 Bf8 18. Bg3 h6 $15 19. Qd2 Na5 $5 20. b3 $8 Nc6 21. Qc1 Na7 $1
22. Ne2 Nb5 23. a4 Nd6 24. Nc3 {Wedberg,T-Shvidler,E/Biel op/1993/0-1 (47)})
7... Qb4+ 8. Nc3 dxe4 9. a3 Qa5 10. Nd2 (10. Nd4 $1 Nxe5 11. Nb3 Nd3+ 12. Qxd3
$1 Qxg5 13. Nxe4 $16) (10. Nd4 $14 {Blatny,P}) 10... Qxe5 11. Ndxe4 Be7 $1 $14)
(6... Be7 $5 7. Bxe7 Nxe7 8. Bxd5 Qxd5 9. dxe5 $14) 7. Bd3 (7. Bxd5 Qxd5 8. Nc3
Bb4 $10) (7. Nxe5 Nxe5 8. dxe5 dxe4 9. O-O Be7 $10) 7... e4 8. O-O f6 9. Re1 $1
Be7 10. Bf4 exd3 11. Qxd3 O-O 12. Nc3 Bb4 13. Re2 Ne7 14. Qb5 Ng6 15. Qxd5+ Rf7
16. Bd2 Bxc3 17. Qxd7 Bxd7 18. Bxc3 Nf4 19. Re3 Nd5 20. Ree1 Bf5 21. Rac1 Nxc3
22. bxc3 Rd8 23. c4 Bg4 24. c3 {Timman,J-Murrey,J/France/1993/1-0 (54)}) (5. d5
Nc5 $1 6. Be2 (6. Bc4 e4 $1) 6... e4 $1) (5. O-O d5 6. c4 Nxd4 $1 $10) 5... d5
(5... Nc5 6. Bc4 d6 7. Be3 Ne6 8. exd6 Bxd6 9. O-O $14) 6. exd6 Nxd6 7. Nc3 (7.
O-O Be7 8. Nc3 Be6 $10) 7... Be7 (7... Nb4 8. Be2 Bf5 9. Nd4) (7... Be6 8. Ng5
$5) 8. Nd5 Nf5 $6 (8... O-O 9. O-O $14) (8... Be6 9. Nxe7 Qxe7 10. O-O O-O 11.
Re1 Qd7 $14) 9. Be4 (9. Bc4 Nb4 (9... Nd6 10. Bb3) 10. Nxe7 Qxe7+ 11. Be2) 9...
Nb4 $6 (9... O-O 10. O-O $14) (9... Nd6 10. Bf4 $1 O-O (10... Nxe4 11. Nxc7+
Kf8 12. Nxa8 g5 13. Be3) (10... g5 11. Bxd6 Bxd6 12. Nd4 $5) 11. Bd3 Bf6 12.
O-O Bxb2 13. Nxc7 $1 $16) (9... O-O $142 {Blatny,P}) 10. Nxe7 Qxe7 11. O-O Nd6
(11... O-O 12. Re1 Rd8 13. Bd2 Qf6 14. Bg5 Rxd1 15. Raxd1 Qd6 $8 16. Rxd6 Nxd6
17. a3 $16) (11... Qxe4 $4 {Blatny,P} 12. Re1 Qe6 13. Ng5 $18) 12. Bg5 $1 f6 (
12... Qd7 13. Qd4 $1) (12... Qe6 13. Re1 Nxe4 14. Qd8#) 13. Bd5 Nxd5 14. Re1
Be6 (14... fxg5 15. Qxd5 $18) 15. Nd4 O-O-O 16. Nxe6 Rde8 (16... fxg5 17. Nxd8
Qxd8 18. Qxd5 $18) 17. Qxd5 (17. Bh4 g5 $1 (17... Nb6 18. Qg4 Nd7 19. f3 $1))
17... fxg5 18. Qd4 $1 Nb5 (18... Kb8 19. Qxg7 $16) 19. Qxg7 Rhg8 (19... Qxg7
20. Nxg7 Rxe1+ (20... Rd8 {Blatny,P} 21. Re5 $18) 21. Rxe1 $18) 20. Qxe7 Rxe7
21. Kf1 $1 Nd6 22. a4 $6 (22. Nc5 $16) (22. b3 $142 {Blatny,P} Rg6 23. Nc5 {
/\c4 [+]}) 22... Nc4 (22... Rg6 23. Nc5) 23. Nc5 (23. b3 Nd2+ 24. Kg1 (24. Ke2
{Blatny,P} Rd8 $1 $19) 24... Rge8) 23... Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Nxb2 25. Re7 h6 (25...
b6 26. Ne6 Nxa4 27. Rxc7+ Kb8 28. Rxh7 $16) (25... h5 $5) 26. a5 (26. Ne6 Kb8)
26... a6 (26... b6 $142 {Blatny,P}) 27. Re4 Nd1 (27... b6 28. axb6 cxb6 29.
Nxa6 $16) (27... Rd8 $142 {Blatny,P} 28. Rb4 (28. Ke2 $5) 28... Nd1) 28. Na4
Rd8 29. Ke2 Rd5 30. f4 $1 gxf4 (30... Kd7 31. f5 Rxa5 32. Kxd1 Rxf5 $16) 31.
Rxf4 Kb8 (31... Kd7 32. Rf1 $18) 32. g4 (32. Rf1 $2 {Blatny,P} Rxa5 $17) (32.
c4 $2 {Blatny,P} Rxa5 $17) 32... b5 33. axb6 cxb6 34. c4 $1 (34. Nxb6 Nc3+)
34... Rd6 (34... Ra5 35. Nxb6 Nc3+ 36. Kd2 $18) 35. Rf1 b5 36. Rxd1 Re6+ (36...
Rxd1 37. Kxd1 bxa4 38. h4 $18) 37. Kf3 bxa4 38. Ra1 Kc7 (38... a5 39. Rxa4 Ra6
40. Ke4 Kc7 41. Kf5 Kd7 42. h4 Ke7 43. g5 hxg5 44. hxg5 Kf7 (44... Rc6 45. Rxa5
Rxc4 46. Kg6 $18) 45. c5 Ra8 46. Ke5 $18) 39. Rxa4 Kd7 (39... Rc6 40. h4 Kd7
41. c5 Rxc5 42. Rxa6 h5 43. g5 Rc4 44. Kg3 $18) 40. c5 Rc6 41. Ra5 Rf6+ (41...
Ke6 42. Ke4 $18) 42. Ke4 Re6+ 43. Kf5 Ke7 44. h4 Kd7 45. Ra4 Rc6 46. Rd4+ Ke7
47. Re4+ Kf7 (47... Kd7 48. Re5 a5 49. g5 $18) 48. Rc4 a5 49. Ke5 Ke7 50. Kd5
Kd7 51. Rf4 Rg6 52. h5 Rg5+ 53. Kc4 a4 54. Kb5 a3 55. Ra4 (55. Ra4 a2 56. Rxa2
Rxg4 57. Ra7+ Kd8 58. Rh7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Linares 12th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Qe2 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 O-O 12. Rd1 Qa5 13. Bf1 Rfd8 14. g4 Rac8
15. Bg2 Nd5 16. Ne4 e5 17. Ng5 N5f6 18. h4 Re8 19. Nh3 Re7 20. g5 e4 21. Qg3
Nd5 22. h5 f5 23. gxf6 N5xf6 24. h6 Kh8 25. Qh4 Rg8 26. b3 gxh6 27. Nf4 Reg7
28. Kh1 Bd6 29. Bh3 Bxf4 30. exf4 e3 31. d5 e2 32. Bb2 exd1=Q+ 33. Rxd1 Qb4 34.
Bxf6 Nxf6 35. Qxf6 Qxb3 36. Bg4 h5 37. dxc6 hxg4 38. Rd8 bxc6 0-1

[Event "Linares 12th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Qe2 Bg6 10. e4 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Nxe4 12. Ba3 Qc7 13. Rfc1 O-O-O 14. a5 Nd6
(14... Rhe8 15. Nh4 Nd6) 15. Bb3 Bh5 16. h3 Rhe8 17. a6 b6 18. c4 c5 (18... e5
19. c5 Nb5 (19... bxc5 20. Bxc5 e4 21. Bxd6 Qxd6 22. Qb5) 20. cxb6 Nxb6 (20...
Qxb6 21. d5 Nd4 (21... Bxf3 22. Qxf3 Nd4 23. Qd3 e4 24. Qe3 $16) 22. Nxd4 Bxe2
23. Rxc6+ Qxc6 24. Nxc6 $16) 21. dxe5 $1 (21. g4 exd4 22. Qxb5 cxb5 23. Rxc7+
Kxc7 24. gxh5 $13) 21... Nd4 22. Nxd4 Bxe2 23. Nxc6 Bc4 (23... Kd7 24. Nxd8
Qxd8 25. Ra2 $40) 24. Bxc4 Rd1+ 25. Rxd1 Nxc4 26. Ne7+ Rxe7 27. Bxe7 Qxe7 28.
Rac1 $16) 19. Ba4 e5 20. dxc5 bxc5 21. Qe3 Re6 $6 (21... e4 22. Nh4 $5) (21...
f5 22. Bxd7+ (22. Nxe5 Nf7 $1 (22... Nxe5 23. Bxe8 Nxe8 (23... Rxe8 24. Qxc5
$14) 24. Rab1 $40) 23. f4 Nfxe5 24. fxe5 Qxe5 $13) 22... Rxd7 23. Nxe5 Nf7) 22.
Ng5 Rf6 (22... Rg6 23. g4 $1) 23. Bb2 h6 24. Ne4 Nxe4 (24... Nf5 $5) 25. Qxe4
Re6 26. Re1 Bg6 (26... f6 27. f4 $40) 27. Qa8+ Qb8 28. Bxd7+ Rxd7 29. Qxb8+
Kxb8 30. Rxe5 (30. Bxe5+ Kc8 31. Bxg7 $16) 30... Rdd6 31. Rxc5 Rxa6 32. Rxa6
Rxa6 33. Bxg7 h5 34. f4 f5 (34... f6 $5 $16) 35. Be5+ Kb7 36. Rc7+ Kb6 37. Kh2
Ka5 (37... Be8 38. Re7) 38. Kg3 Be8 39. Kh4 Kb4 40. g3 Rg6 41. Rxa7 Kxc4 42.
Ra8 Bc6 43. Ra3 Be8 44. Re3 Kd5 45. Bf6 Bd7 (45... Rxf6 46. Rxe8 $18) 46. Bc3
Be6 47. Bb4 Bd7 48. Kxh5 Rg8 49. Bc3 Kd6 50. Kh6 Be6 51. Kh7 Ra8 52. Bb4+ Kd7
53. Kg7 Ra4 54. Kf6 Bd5 55. Bc3 Be4 56. g4 fxg4 57. hxg4 Bc2 58. Re7+ Kd8 59.
Be5 Ra6+ 60. Re6 Rxe6+ 61. Kxe6 Ke8 62. Bd6 Bd1 63. g5 Bc2 64. f5 1-0

[Event "Linares 12th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Bareev,E"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. a4 Nf6 7. O-O Nc6 8. Qe2
cxd4 9. Rd1 Be7 10. exd4 O-O 11. Nc3 Nb4 12. Bg5 (12. Ne5 b6 $1 {/\ Bb7}) 12...
Bd7 (12... b6 $2 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. d5 $16) 13. Ne5 Rc8 14. Re1 (14. Bb3 $5) (
14. Rac1 $5) 14... Be8 (14... Bc6 $6 15. Nxf7 Kxf7 (15... Rxf7 16. Qxe6 Bd5 17.
Nxd5 Nbxd5 18. Bxf6 Rxc4 19. Bxe7 $18) 16. Bxe6+ Kg6 17. Bxf6 $16) 15. Rad1
Nfd5 16. Nxd5 (16. Bxd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Bxg5 18. Nc3 Bf6 $1 (18... Bc6 $2 19.
Nxc6 Rxc6 20. d5 exd5 21. Rxd5 Rd6 22. Red1 Rxd5 23. Rxd5 Qe7 24. Qxe7 Bxe7 25.
Rd7 $16) 19. d5 exd5 20. Rxd5 (20. Nxd5 $2 Bxa4 $1 21. Rd4 Bxe5 22. Qxe5 Re8
$19) 20... Qc7 $10) 16... Nxd5 $5 (16... exd5 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Bb3 $10) 17.
Bxd5 Bxg5 (17... exd5 $2 18. Nc6 $18) 18. Bxb7 Bxa4 19. Bxc8 Bxd1 20. Qxa6 Qxc8
$1 (20... Qxd4 21. Bxe6 $1 $16) (20... Bb3 $14) 21. Qxc8 Rxc8 22. Rxd1 Rb8 23.
Rb1 Rb3 $2 (23... Rb4 $1 24. Nf3 Bf6 25. Kf1 g5 $1 (25... Kf8 26. Ke2 Bxd4 27.
Nxd4 Rxd4 28. b4 Ke7 29. b5 Kd7 30. b6 Kc8 31. Rc1+ Kb8 32. Rc7 $16) 26. g4 h5
27. h3 hxg4 28. hxg4 Kf8 29. Ke2 Bxd4 $10) 24. Kf1 h5 25. Ke2 h4 $2 (25... g6
$16) 26. h3 $18 Kf8 27. Nf3 Bf6 28. Kd2 Ke7 29. Kc2 Rb4 (29... Rb8 $1) 30. Kc3
Ra4 31. b4 Ra2 32. Rb2 Ra3+ 33. Kc4 Kd6 34. Ne5 $1 Ra7 (34... Bxe5 35. dxe5+
Kc6 (35... Kxe5 36. b5 Kd6 37. b6 Ra8 38. Kb5 $18) 36. Rb3 Ra2 37. Rf3 $18) 35.
b5 Bd8 36. Nc6 Ra4+ 37. Kb3 (37. Rb4 $18) 37... Ra8 38. Nxd8 Rxd8 39. Rc2 $1
Ra8 40. Kb4 Ra1 41. b6 g5 42. Kb5 Rb1+ 43. Ka6 Ra1+ 44. Kb7 f5 45. Rc6+ Kd7 (
45... Kd5 46. Kc7 $18) 46. Rc7+ Kd6 (46... Kd8 47. Kc6 $18) 47. Kb8 1-0

[Event "Linares 12th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ernst} Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8.
Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 b4 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Bxd8 Kxd8 14. Bxc4
(14. Bg2 f5 15. exf6 Ndxf6 $2 (15... Nexf6 $1 16. Bxc6 Rb8 $13) (15... Nexf6
$14 {Ernst}) 16. Bxe4 Nxe4 17. Qf3 $18 {Nikolic,Pr-Bagirov,V/Sarajevo/1980/})
14... Nb6 15. Bd3 f5 16. Bxe4 (16. O-O $13 {Ernst}) 16... fxe4 17. Qg4 (17. Qe2
a5 18. Qxe4 Nd5 19. Rc1 Bd7 20. f4 a4 21. Qf3 a3 22. b3 Nc3 23. Rc2 Be7 24. h4
Kc7 25. Rhh2 $13 {Shestaperov,A-Agrinski/USSR/1967/0-1 (38)}) 17... Bd7 18.
Qxe4 Kc7 (18... Nd5 19. Rc1 a5) 19. O-O Be7 20. Rac1 Kb7 (20... Nd5 21. f4 Rag8
22. f5 Rh4 23. Qf3 Rf4 24. Qb3 Rxf1+ 25. Kxf1 Bg5 26. Rc5 Ne3+ 27. Ke1 Nxf5 28.
Qa4 $16) 21. f4 Raf8 22. Rf3 Nd5 23. a3 $1 Rhg8 (23... a5 24. axb4 Bxb4 $16 (
24... axb4 {Ernst} 25. Ra1 Ra8 26. Rff1 $14)) 24. axb4 Bxb4 25. Qh7 $1 Kc7 (
25... Be7 $5 26. Ra1 $16) 26. Rf2 Kd8 (26... Rh8 27. Qd3 a5 28. Rfc2 $40) 27.
Kh1 Rh8 (27... c5 28. dxc5 Bc6 29. Kg1 $18) 28. Qd3 a5 29. Rfc2 Rh3 (29... Ne7
{Ernst} 30. Qa6 $16) 30. Rxc6 $1 Rxf4 (30... Bxc6 31. Rxc6 Nxf4 32. Qa6 $18) (
30... Nxf4 31. Qa6 Ng6 32. Rxe6 $18) 31. Qc2 Rf5 (31... Rxd4 32. Rc8+ Ke7 33.
Qg6 Bxc8 34. Rxc8 $18) 32. Rc8+ Ke7 (32... Bxc8 33. Qxc8+ Ke7 34. Qb7+) 33. Rg8
Rh7 (33... Rfh5 34. Rg7+ Kd8 35. Rxd7+ $1 Kxd7 36. Qc8+ Ke7 37. Qb7+) 34. Kg1
a4 (34... Ne3 $2 35. Qc7 $18) 35. Rb8 Rhf7 (35... Rfh5 36. Rxb4 $1 Nxb4 37.
Qc5+ $18) 36. Rxb4 $1 Rf1+ (36... Nxb4 37. Qc5+ Ke8 38. Qxb4 $18) 37. Rxf1
Rxf1+ 38. Kxf1 Ne3+ 39. Kf2 Nxc2 40. Rc4 Na1 $8 41. h4 Be8 42. g4 Nb3 43. h5
Na5 44. Rc7+ (44. Rc7+ Kf8 45. h6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 03rd"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1994.03.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nunn, John DM"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1994.03.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. g4 h6
9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. h4 b4 12. Nce2 d5 13. Ng3 dxe4 14. g5 hxg5 15.
hxg5 Rxh1 16. Nxh1 Nd5 17. g6 Qa5 18. gxf7+ Kxf7 19. fxe4 Qxa2 20. Nb3 N7f6 21.
exd5 Bxd5 22. Bd3 Rc8 23. Bd4 Qxb3 24. Qg5 Be4 25. Bxe4 Nxe4 26. Rf1+ Nf6 27.
Rxf6+ gxf6 28. Qxf6+ Ke8 29. Qg6+ Kd7 30. Nf2 Qc4 31. Qe4 b3 32. c3 Bh6+ 0-1

[Event "Amber-blindfold 03rd"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1994.03.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1994.03.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. Nb3 Qb6 10. f3 Rd8 11. Kb1 Qc7 12. h4 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Bd3
Ndb4 15. Nb5 Qe5 16. f4 Qxb5 17. Bxb5 Rxd2 18. Bxe7 Rd5 19. Bc5 h6 20. Be2
Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Nd5 22. g3 b6 23. Bg1 Bb7 24. f5 Re8 25. fxe6 Rxe6 26. Bf3 Nf6
27. Nd2 Na5 28. a4 Bxf3 29. Nxf3 Ne4 30. g4 Nc6 31. Nd4 Nxd4 32. Rxd4 Nf6 33.
Bh2 g5 34. hxg5 hxg5 35. b4 a6 36. b5 axb5 37. axb5 Kf8 38. Bc7 Ke8 39. c4 Nd7
40. Kc2 Ke7 41. Kd2 f6 42. Rd3 Ne5 43. Bxe5 Rxe5 44. Re3 Kd6 45. Rxe5 fxe5 46.
Kd3 Kc5 47. Ke4 Kxc4 48. Kxe5 Kxb5 49. Kf5 Kc5 50. Kxg5 b5 51. Kh6 b4 52. g5 b3
53. g6 b2 54. g7 b1=Q 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 03rd"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1994.03.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1994.03.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bc4 Bxc3 5. dxc3 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Re1 O-O 8.
a4 Nc5 9. Nd2 a5 10. Qf3 Bg4 11. Qg3 Be6 12. Bf1 Nh5 13. Qf3 Nf4 14. Nc4 f5 15.
exf5 Rxf5 16. Ne3 Nxg2 17. Nxf5 Nxe1 18. Qe2 Bxf5 19. Qxe1 Qf6 20. Bg2 Qg6 21.
Kh1 Rf8 22. b4 Be4 23. f3 Rxf3 24. Qe2 Qg4 25. bxc5 Rf7 0-1

[Event "Amber-blindfold 03rd"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1994.03.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "1994.03.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. e3 b6 7. Be2 Bb7 8. O-O
Be7 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 Nc6 11. Bf3 Qb8 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Bxc6 dxc6 14. Qf3 Qc7
15. Ne2 Rad8 16. Nd4 Rd6 17. Qe2 c5 18. Nf3 Qb7 19. Rfd1 Rfd8 20. Rxd6 Rxd6 21.
Rd1 Rxd1+ 22. Qxd1 Nd7 23. Qd3 f6 24. e4 Nb8 25. Ne1 Nc6 26. Nc2 Qc7 27. g3 Qd6
28. Qe2 Ne5 29. Bc3 Qd3 30. Qxd3 Nxd3 31. Bd2 Ne5 32. Kg2 Kf7 33. f4 Nc6 34.
Bc3 g6 35. Ne1 f5 36. Kf3 Bf6 37. e5 Be7 38. Nd3 Ke8 39. Nb2 Kd7 40. Na4 Kc7
41. Nb2 h5 42. Nd3 Kd7 43. h3 Ke8 44. g4 hxg4+ 45. hxg4 Kd7 46. g5 Bf8 47. Ke3
Be7 48. Kd2 Bf8 49. Ne1 Be7 50. Nf3 Ke8 51. Kc2 Bf8 52. Kb2 Be7 53. Nh4 Kf7 54.
Ka3 Bd8 55. Ka4 Na7 56. Bd2 Bc7 57. Nf3 Ke8 58. b4 cxb4 59. Kxb4 Nc6+ 60. Ka4
Bd8 61. Be3 Na5 62. Kb4 Be7+ 63. Kc3 Bc5 64. Bd4 Nb7 65. Nd2 Kd7 66. Nf3 Ke7
67. Kd3 Bxd4 68. Kxd4 Nc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 03rd"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1994.03.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1994.03.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. h4 h6 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Qc7 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O e6 13. Ne4 Bd6 14. g3 b5
15. Kb1 a5 16. Rdg1 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Nf6 18. Qe2 a4 19. g4 Bf4 20. Ne5 Bxd2 21.
Qxd2 O-O-O 22. f4 Rd5 23. c4 bxc4 24. Rc1 Ne4 25. Qe3 Nd6 26. Nxc4 Nb5 27. Ne5
Nxd4 28. Rc4 Rhd8 29. Rhc1 c5 30. Qa3 {Time} 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 03rd"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1994.04.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1994.03.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Nc3 a6 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. a4 e6 8. axb5
Bb4 9. Qc2 Nb6 10. Be2 axb5 11. Rxa8 Nxa8 12. O-O Qd7 13. Qe4 Nb6 14. Qg4 Kf8
15. Ne4 Nc6 16. Ng3 Ne7 17. Nh5 Ng6 18. h4 Bb7 19. Bd1 Be7 20. Bc2 b4 21. Ng5
Nd5 22. f4 Bxg5 23. fxg5 c3 24. b3 Nge7 25. Qf3 Nf5 26. Qf2 g6 27. g4 Nxd4 28.
Qxd4 gxh5 29. gxh5 Ke8 30. Qf2 Ba6 31. Rd1 Qb5 32. g6 hxg6 33. hxg6 fxg6 34.
Bxg6+ Kd7 35. Bf7 Qe2 36. Bxe6+ Kxe6 37. Qf5+ Kxf5 0-1

[Event "Amber-blindfold 03rd"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1994.04.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Polgar, Zsuzsa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1994.03.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 a5 9. f3 d5 10. Bxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 f5 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Nb6 Rb8 14. Qxd8
Rxd8 15. Rd1 Rxd1+ 16. Kxd1 fxe4 17. fxe4 Bxb2 18. Nxc8 Rxc8 19. Ke2 Be5 20.
Rb1 Bxh2 21. a4 Bc7 22. Rb7 Kf7 23. Ra7 Ke6 24. Bd2 Ke5 25. Bxa5 Bxa5 26. Rxa5+
Kxe4 27. Ra7 e5 28. Rxh7 Ra8 29. Rh4+ Kd5 30. Kd3 Ra7 31. Rg4 Ra8 32. Rh4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 03rd"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1994.04.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1994.03.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Qc2 Bg4 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. Nge2 Bh5 8.
cxd5 cxd5 9. Qb3 Rb8 10. Ng3 Bg6 11. Bxg6 hxg6 12. e4 Nb6 13. e5 Nfd7 14. Nge2
Nc4 15. g3 b5 16. O-O Be7 17. Kg2 Qc7 18. h4 Qc6 19. f4 Nc5 20. Qc2 b4 21. Nd1
b3 22. axb3 Nxb3 23. Rxa7 Nxe5 24. Qxc6+ Nxc6 25. Ra4 O-O 26. Rf3 Bf6 27. Rd3
Nxc1 28. Nxc1 Ra8 29. Rxa8 Rxa8 30. Ne2 Ra4 31. b3 Rb4 32. Ne3 Nxd4 33. Nxd4
Rxd4 34. Rxd4 Bxd4 35. Nc2 Bc3 36. Kf3 Kf8 37. Ke3 Ke7 38. Kd3 Bb2 39. b4 Kd6
40. Ne3 Kc6 41. Kc2 Bd4 42. Nf1 Kb5 0-1

[Event "Amber-blindfold 03rd"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1994.04.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B79"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1994.03.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Qa5 11. h4 Ne5 12. Bb3 Rfc8 13. h5 Nxh5 14. Bh6 Nd3+
15. Kb1 Nxb2 16. Kxb2 Bxh6 17. Qxh6 Rxc3 18. Ne2 Rc5 19. g4 Nf6 20. Nf4 Qc3+
21. Kb1 Rb5 22. Rd5 Rxb3+ 23. axb3 Rc8 24. Qh2 Qxf3 25. Rd3 Qxe4 26. Nd5 g5 27.
Nxf6+ exf6 28. Rh3 Bc6 29. Rf1 Bd5 30. Rxf6 Qxg4 {Time} 0-1

[Event "Amber-blindfold 03rd"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1994.04.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B89"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1994.03.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 a6 8. Be3
Qc7 9. Qe2 Na5 10. g4 b5 11. g5 Nd7 12. h4 Bb7 13. f3 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Qxc4 15.
Qxc4 bxc4 16. h5 Be7 17. O-O-O O-O 18. Rhg1 Rfe8 19. Nde2 Rac8 20. Nf4 Bf8 21.
a3 Rc7 22. Rg3 Ba8 23. Kb1 Ne5 24. Ka2 Rb7 25. Bc1 Rc7 26. Ng2 Nd7 27. Ne3 Be7
28. Ng4 f5 29. exf5 exf5 30. Nf2 Bf8 31. Nh3 Ne5 32. Nd5 Bxd5 33. Rxd5 Rc5 34.
Rd1 Nc6 35. Nf4 Ree5 36. Bd2 d5 37. Bc3 Bd6 38. Rg2 Rb5 39. Rgd2 d4 40. Bxd4
Re8 41. Ne2 Reb8 42. Bc3 Be5 43. Bxe5 Nxe5 44. Rd8+ Rxd8 45. Rxd8+ Kf7 46. Nd4
Rc5 47. Rd6 a5 48. f4 Ng4 49. Rd7+ 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 03rd"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1994.04.07"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1994.03.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Bc5 10. Qd3 O-O 11. Nbd2 f5 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. a4 b4 14. Ng5 Ne5 15.
Qg3 Qd6 16. cxb4 Bxb4 17. Re1 Nfg4 18. Rxe5 Nxe5 19. Nde4 dxe4 20. Nxe6 Ng6 21.
Nxc7+ Kh8 22. Qxd6 Bxd6 23. Nxa8 Rxa8 24. Bd5 Re8 25. Be3 a5 26. Rd1 Ne5 27. h3
Bb4 28. Bxe4 Nc4 29. Bc1 g6 30. Bd5 Nb6 31. Bf7 {Time} 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 03rd"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1994.03.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Nunn, John DM"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1994.03.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. g3 e5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. d3 d6 6. Rb1 a5 7. a3 f5 8. b4 axb4
9. axb4 Nf6 10. Nf3 O-O 11. O-O h6 12. b5 Ne7 13. Qb3 Be6 14. Nd2 Rb8 15. Ra1
g5 16. Ra7 b6 17. Bb2 Rc8 18. Rfa1 Qe8 19. Bb7 Qh5 20. Bxc8 Rxc8 21. Ra8 f4 22.
Rxc8+ Nxc8 23. Qd1 Ne7 24. Ra7 Nf5 25. Rxc7 Nd4 26. f3 g4 27. Nce4 Nf5 28. Qe1
Qg6 29. Kf2 Nh5 30. Qg1 Bf6 31. Nxf6+ Qxf6 32. Ne4 Qd8 33. Rc6 fxg3+ 34. hxg3
Qf8 35. Bxe5 dxe5 36. Rxe6 gxf3 37. g4 Nfg3 38. gxh5 fxe2+ 39. Kxg3 Qf1 40.
Rg6+ Kh8 41. Rxh6+ Kg7 42. Rg6+ Kh8 43. Kh2 Qf4+ 44. Kg2 Qh4 45. Rg3 Qf4 46.
Qe1 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 03rd"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1994.03.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1994.03.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. d5 Nb8 13. Nf1 Nbd7 14. Ng3 g6 15.
Be3 Nc5 16. Bc2 c6 17. b4 Ncd7 18. dxc6 Bxc6 19. Bb3 Nb6 20. Qd3 Ra7 21. a4
bxa4 22. Bxa4 Bxa4 23. Bxb6 Qxb6 24. Rxa4 Rc7 25. Rea1 Qb5 26. Qe3 Rec8 27. Ra5
Rxc3 28. Rxb5 Rxe3 29. Rxa6 Rec3 30. Rb7 R3c7 31. Rxc7 Rxc7 32. Nxe5 dxe5 33.
Rxf6 Bxb4 34. Rb6 Rc1+ 35. Kh2 Bd2 36. Nh1 Re1 37. Rb2 Bc3 38. Rc2 Bd4 39. Ng3
h5 40. h4 Kf8 41. f3 Bg1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 03rd"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1994.03.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1994.03.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Qc7 7. Nc3 Bc5 8.
Be3 b5 9. Ndxb5 axb5 10. Nxb5 Qe5 11. Bxc5 Qxc5 12. b4 Qb6 13. e5 Nd5 14. Nd6+
Ke7 15. Qh5 g6 16. Bxg6 Nc6 17. Be4 Kd8 18. b5 Nce7 19. c4 Nf4 20. Qf3 Nxg2 21.
Bxa8 Nh4 22. Qf6 Rg8+ 23. Kh1 Nhf5 24. Nxf5 Bb7+ 25. f3 Bxa8 26. Nxe7 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 03rd"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1994.03.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1994.03.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Ng5 e6 7. Qe2 Nb6 8.
Bb3 h6 9. N5f3 a5 10. a3 c5 11. Bf4 a4 12. Ba2 Bd6 13. Bg3 cxd4 14. O-O-O Qc7
15. Nxd4 Bxg3 16. hxg3 O-O 17. Ngf3 Ra5 18. Rhe1 Nbd5 19. Ne5 b6 20. f4 Rc5 21.
Qf2 h5 22. Kb1 g6 23. Ka1 Kg7 24. c4 Ne7 25. Nb5 Qb8 26. Qd4 Nf5 27. Qc3 Qb7
28. g4 Rxe5 29. Qxe5 hxg4 30. Nc3 Rh8 31. Ne4 Qe7 32. Rh1 Rh5 33. Bb1 Nh4 34.
Qc3 e5 35. Nxf6 Kxf6 36. fxe5+ Kg7 37. e6+ f6 38. Rhe1 Nxg2 39. Bxg6 Rg5 40.
Rg1 Kxg6 41. Qc2+ Kg7 42. Rxg2 Qxe6 43. Qxa4 Rc5 44. Qa7+ Qf7 45. Qxb6 Qxc4 46.
Rh2 Be6 47. b3 Qc3+ 48. Rb2 Re5 49. Qb7+ Kg6 50. Rh1 Bf7 51. Qg2 f5 52. Qh2
Re1+ 53. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 54. Ka2 g3 55. Qh4 Qe3 56. a4 Bd5 57. Qd8 Be4 58. Rd2 Kh5
59. Rd7 Kg4 60. Rg7+ Kf3 61. Qh4 f4 62. Qh5+ {Time} 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 03rd"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1994.03.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1994.03.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qa4 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 c5 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Rad1 Qb6 14. dxc5 Nxc5
15. Nd4 Rac8 16. Qb1 Rfd8 17. N2b3 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 f5 19. Nxc5 Qxc5 20. Nf3 Qc2
21. e3 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Bf6 23. b3 Qxb1 24. Rxb1 Rc2 25. a4 bxa4 26. bxa4 Rc4 27.
a5 Ra4 28. Rb7 Rxa5 29. Nd4 Ra2 30. Ra7 a5 31. Kf3 a4 32. h3 h5 33. h4 f4 34.
gxf4 Bxh4 35. Ne2 f5 36. Ng3 Kf8 37. Kg2 a3 38. Kf3 Ke8 39. e4 fxe4+ 40. Kxe4
Be7 41. Ke5 h4 42. Ne4 Re2 43. f3 h3 44. Kxe6 h2 45. Rxe7+ Kf8 46. Rh7 a2 47.
f5 a1=Q 48. f6 h1=Q 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 03rd"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1994.04.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1994.03.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. Nb3 Qb6 10. f3 Rd8 11. Kb1 Qc7 12. h4 a6 13. Qf2 b5 14. Be3 Rb8
15. g4 Ne5 16. g5 Nfd7 17. h5 b4 18. Ne2 a5 19. g6 a4 20. Nbd4 Nc5 21. gxf7+
Kxf7 22. Nf4 Bf6 23. Nb5 Qe7 24. Be2 b3 25. cxb3 axb3 26. a3 Na4 27. Rd4 Nxb2
28. Kxb2 Nc6 29. Rc1 Bd7 30. Nxe6 Rdc8 31. Nec7 Nxd4 32. Nxd4 d5 33. Ba6 Ra8
34. Qe2 Qd6 35. f4 Rxc7 36. Rxc7 Bxd4+ 37. Bxd4 Qxc7 38. Be5 Qc5 39. Bc3 Bc8
40. Qg2 Rxa6 41. Qxg7+ Ke8 42. Qh8+ Qf8 43. Qe5+ Qe7 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 03rd"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1994.04.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Polgar, Zsuzsa"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1994.03.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O e5 5. c4 Nf6 6. Qa4 Bd6 7. Ng5 Be7 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Qc4 Bxg5 10. Bxd5 O-O 11. Bxc6 Be6 12. Qc3 bxc6 13. d3 Bf6 14. Qxc5 Qd5
15. Be3 Bh3 16. Qxd5 cxd5 17. Rc1 d4 18. Bd2 Be7 19. Na3 Bxa3 20. bxa3 Rfc8 21.
f3 h5 22. Kf2 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Rc8 24. Rxc8+ Bxc8 25. Bb4 f6 26. f4 Kf7 27. fxe5
fxe5 28. Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 03rd"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1994.04.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B39"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1994.03.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Ng4 8.
Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 e5 10. Nb5 O-O 11. Be2 Nxb5 12. cxb5 d6 13. O-O Be6 14. Qa4
Qd7 15. Rfd1 Rfc8 16. Rd2 Bf8 17. Qd1 f5 18. exf5 gxf5 19. f4 e4 20. a4 d5 21.
Bd4 Bc5 22. Kf1 Qd6 23. Be5 Qd7 24. Qe1 h6 25. Rad1 Kh7 26. Qg3 Rg8 27. Qh3
Rac8 28. Rxd5 Bxd5 29. Rxd5 Qe6 30. Bc4 Bb6 31. b3 Rg6 32. Rd8 Bxd8 33. Bxe6
Rc1+ 34. Ke2 Rxg2+ 35. Qxg2 Rc2+ 36. Kf1 Rc1+ 37. Kf2 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 03rd"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1994.04.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A79"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1994.03.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Nd2 Na6 11. f3 Nc7 12. a4 b6 13. Nc4 Ba6 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bd2
Bxc4 16. Bxc4 a6 17. Qe2 Nd7 18. Kh1 f5 19. Rae1 Ne5 20. Ba2 b5 21. Bb1 Qd7 22.
Qf2 fxe4 23. Nxe4 Nxd5 24. f4 Nc4 25. Bc1 bxa4 26. Qg3 Re6 27. Qd3 Ncb6 28. f5
gxf5 29. Rxf5 Rae8 30. Rxd5 c4 31. Qd1 Nxd5 32. Qxd5 Qb5 33. Qd1 d5 34. Bc2
Rxe4 35. Bxe4 Rxe4 36. Rf1 Qc6 37. h3 Qe6 38. Qd2 a3 39. bxa3 c3 40. Qf2 d4 41.
Qg3 Kh7 42. Qd3 Qg6 43. Qf3 Re6 44. h4 Rf6 45. h5 Qc2 46. Bf4 Qf5 47. g4 Qc2
48. Rg1 Rf8 49. Rf1 Rf7 {Time} 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 03rd"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1994.04.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1994.03.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Be7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Bc2 f5 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. cxd4 c5 14. dxc5 Nxd2
15. Bxd2 Bxc5 16. Bb3 Qb6 17. Qf3 Rad8 18. Rac1 Bd4 19. Bb4 Rf7 20. Bd6 Bxb2
21. Rc2 Bd4 22. Rfc1 b4 23. Bc7 Rxc7 24. Rxc7 Bc3 25. R1xc3 bxc3 26. Qxc3 Re8
27. Qc6 Qb5 28. h4 h6 29. Qd6 Kh7 30. Ra7 Qe2 31. Qc7 Rg8 32. Qc3 Qg4 33. Qg3
Qe2 34. Re7 Bc8 35. Kh2 Qe4 36. f4 Qb4 37. Rc7 Qb6 38. Rc2 Rd8 39. h5 a5 40.
Ba4 Bd7 41. Bxd7 Rxd7 42. Qd3 Qe6 43. g4 Rf7 44. Rc5 g6 45. Rxd5 fxg4 46. Rd6
Qxa2+ 47. Kg3 Rg7 48. hxg6+ Kh8 49. Rd8+ Rg8 50. g7+ Kxg7 51. Rd7+ Kf8 52. Qd6+
Ke8 53. Qe7# 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 03rd"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1994.04.07"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1994.03.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. Qb3 h6 7. Bxf6 Nxf6 8. e3
Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. Rac1 Bb7 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Rc2 a6 14. Rfc1 Nd7
15. Ne1 b5 16. Nd3 Rb8 17. a4 b4 18. Nb1 Qa5 19. Nd2 Rfc8 20. Rxc8+ Rxc8 21.
Rxc8+ Bxc8 22. Qc2 Bb7 23. f4 Nf6 24. b3 Qb6 25. Ne5 Bd6 26. Kf1 Kf8 27. Ke1
Ke7 28. g3 Qc7 29. Qxc7+ Bxc7 30. Nd3 Bd6 31. Kd1 a5 32. Ne5 Nd7 33. Bb5 Nxe5
34. dxe5 Bc5 35. Ke2 Bc8 36. Kd3 Bd7 37. Bxd7 Kxd7 38. Nf3 f5 39. exf6 gxf6 40.
g4 Ke7 41. h4 Bb6 42. h5 Bc5 43. e4 Bd6 44. f5 exf5 45. gxf5 Bc5 46. exd5 Kd6
47. Ke4 1-0

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "1994.04.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. Nd2 Bb4 8. Qc2
O-O 9. Bxf6 Nxf6 10. Bd3 Qc7 11. Rc1 e5 12. dxe5 Qxe5 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Nf3 Qh5
15. Qb3 Bh3 16. Rg1 Bxg2 17. Rxg2 Qxf3 18. Kf1 Bd6 19. Be2 Qf5 20. Rd1 Be5 21.
Nxd5 Nxd5 22. Qxd5 Qf6 23. b3 b6 24. Qf3 Qe7 25. Qe4 f5 26. Qc2 Kh8 27. Rc1
Rad8 28. Bd3 Qd7 29. Rd1 f4 30. exf4 Rxf4 31. Be2 Bd4 32. Kg1 Qd5 33. Rf1 Rdf8
34. Bc4 Qf3 35. Qe2 Qh3 36. Qe6 Qxe6 37. Bxe6 b5 38. Bd5 g6 39. Bc6 R8f5 40. a4
a6 41. axb5 axb5 42. Kh1 Rc5 43. Bd7 Rf7 44. Be6 Re7 45. Bg4 Rc3 46. Rg3 b4 47.
Kg2 Rec7 48. Rd1 Be5 49. Rxc3 bxc3 50. Rd8+ Kg7 51. Bd1 c2 52. Bxc2 Rxc2 53.
Rd7+ Kh6 54. Kf3 Rb2 55. Rd3 Bc7 56. Ke4 Rxf2 57. Kd5 Rxh2 58. b4 Rb2 59. Kc5
Bb8 60. b5 Ba7+ 61. Kc6 g5 62. Rd6+ Kh5 63. Rd7 Bf2 64. Rxh7+ Kg6 65. Rh2 Rc2+
66. Kd5 g4 67. b6 g3 68. b7 Rb2 69. b8=Q Rxb8 70. Rg2 Kf5 71. Kc4 Kf4 72. Kd3
Kf3 73. Rxg3+ {After a few more moves Black drew on time. With the king alone
White can't win by time according to the rules.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1994.04.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. Nd2 Bb4 8. Qc2
O-O 9. Be2 c5 10. Nb3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Qa4 12. cxd5 c4 13. Qb2 Nxd5 14. Nd2 h6
15. Bh4 b5 16. a3 N7b6 17. Rc1 Qa5 18. Nb1 Bd7 19. O-O f5 20. Bg3 f4 21. exf4
Nxf4 22. Qd2 Nbd5 23. Bf3 Nd3 24. Be4 Qd8 25. h4 Bc6 26. Rce1 Nxe1 27. Rxe1 Qd7
28. Bc2 Ne7 29. Be5 Nf5 30. Bxf5 Rxf5 31. Qe2 Raf8 32. f3 a5 33. Nd2 Kh7 34.
Ne4 Bxe4 35. fxe4 Rxe5 36. dxe5 Qc7 37. Qe3 Qxe5 38. Qf4 Rxf4 39. Rb1 Rxe4 40.
Rxb5 Re3 41. Kf2 Rf3+ 42. Kxf3 Qc5 43. Rxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1994.04.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Be2
Bb7 9. Rc1 Nbd7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. O-O c5 12. Qc2 Ne4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. dxc5
Nxc3 15. Qxc3 bxc5 16. Rfd1 Rab8 17. Qa3 Ba8 18. Rc2 Qf6 19. Ne1 Qb6 20. h3
Rfd8 21. Bg4 d4 22. Bxd7 Rxd7 23. Qxc5 Qg6 24. Rcd2 d3 25. Rxd3 Rxd3 26. Rxd3
Bxg2 27. Rd6 Qb1 28. Kxg2 Qxe1 29. Qxa7 Qb4 30. Qe7 Qxb2 31. Rd8+ Rxd8 32.
Qxd8+ Kh7 33. Qd5 Qf6 34. Qe4+ g6 35. h4 Qd8 36. a4 Kg8 37. Qd4 Qa8+ 38. Kg1
Qa5 39. Kf1 g5 40. hxg5 Qxg5 41. Qe4 Qd8 42. Qg4+ Kh7 43. Qf5+ Kg7 44. a5 Qd1+
45. Kg2 Qd6 46. e4 Qg6+ 47. Kf3 Qf6 48. a6 Qb6 49. Qc8 Qd4 50. Qb7 Qd6 51. a7
h5 52. Qc8 h4 53. e5 Qb6 54. Qh3 Qc6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1994.04.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 e5 3. d3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. O-O Be7 6. c4 O-O 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Nc3 Be6 9. Bd2 Kh8 10. Rc1 f5 11. Na4 Bg8 12. a3 e4 13. Ne1 Nb6 14. Nxb6 axb6
15. dxe4 Bf6 16. Nd3 fxe4 17. Bxe4 Nd4 18. Bc3 c5 19. e3 Qe7 20. Bxh7 Bxh7 21.
exd4 Rad8 22. Qh5 Qe8 23. Qh3 Bxd4 24. Bxd4 Rxd4 25. Nf4 Re4 26. Rcd1 Kg8 27.
Qd7 Bf5 28. Qxe8 Rfxe8 29. Rd6 b5 30. h4 b4 31. Rd5 R4e5 32. Rxe5 Rxe5 33. axb4
cxb4 34. Rd1 Rc5 35. f3 Rc4 36. Rd2 b3 37. Kf2 b5 38. Ke3 Kf7 39. g4 Bb1 40. h5
Rc7 41. Nh3 Re7+ 42. Kf4 Rc7 43. Ng5+ Ke7 44. Re2+ Kd7 45. Ne6 Rc4+ 46. Kg5 Rc2
47. Nd4 Rc5+ 48. Kh4 Bc2 49. Ne6 Rd5 50. Nxg7 Rd1 51. h6 Rb1 52. Kg5 b4 53. f4
Rh1 54. Nh5 Kd6 55. f5 Kc5 56. h7 1-0

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1994.04.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. a4 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Na5 12. Bc2 Nh5 13. f4 Nxf4 14. Bxf4 exf4
15. Nd2 b4 16. Qf3 Rb8 17. Rad1 g6 18. Kh1 c5 19. dxc5 Qc7 20. Qxf4 bxc3 21.
bxc3 Qxc5 22. Qg3 Bf6 23. Re3 Rb2 24. Bd3 Bxc3 25. Nf3 Bd4 26. Nxd4 Qxd4 27.
Be2 Qxa4 28. Qxd6 Nc4 29. Qd4 Rb4 30. Ra1 Nxe3 31. Rxa4 Rb1+ 0-1

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1994.04.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Ng5 e6 7. Qe2 Nb6 8.
Bb3 h6 9. N5f3 c5 10. Bf4 Nbd5 11. Be5 Qa5+ 12. Nd2 b5 13. c4 Nb6 14. cxb5 c4
15. Bxc4 Bb7 16. Ngf3 Nxc4 17. Qxc4 Rc8 18. Qd3 Be4 19. Qe2 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Nd5
21. Rd1 Bb4 22. Qd3 f6 23. Bg3 O-O 24. O-O Qxa2 25. Qb3 Qxb3 26. Nxb3 Rc2 27.
Nc5 Rxb2 28. Nxe6 Rc8 29. Ra1 Be7 30. Rxa7 Rxb5 31. Nc7 Nxc7 32. Rxc7 Rxc7 33.
Bxc7 Kf7 34. Rd1 Ke6 35. d5+ Rxd5 36. Rxd5 Kxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1994.04.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. O-O Qa5 12. Rac1 Rfc8 13. b3 a6 14. f4 b5
15. f5 Bd7 16. b4 Qxb4 17. e5 dxe5 18. fxg6 Be6 19. gxf7+ Bxf7 20. Bh6 Bxh6 21.
Qxh6 Bxc4 22. Qg5+ Kh8 23. Rxf6 Rg8 24. Qxe5 exf6 25. Qxf6+ Rg7 26. Qd4 Rc8 27.
Ne4 Qe7 28. Bxc4 Qa7 29. Qxa7 Rxa7 30. Re1 Rxc4 31. Nd6 Rc2 32. Nf5 Ra8 33. a3
Rc3 0-1

[Event "Amsterdam Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1994.05.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1994.05.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Ba6 9. b3 g6 10. Ba3 $5 $146 Qg5 (10... Qh4 $1 11. Bxf8 (11. g3 $2 Qd4 12.
Bb2 Bb4+ $19) (11. Qd2 Qe4+ 12. Be2 Bxa3 13. Nxa3 Nf4) (11. e6 $2 fxe6 (11...
Qd4 $2 12. e7 $1 $18) 12. Qb2 (12. Qe5 Qf6 $17) 12... Nf6 $17) 11... Qd4 12.
Bg7 Rg8 13. Qc2 Qxa1 14. cxd5 Bxf1 15. e6 Qxg7 16. exd7+ Kd8 17. Qxc6 $13) 11.
g3 Nc3 (11... Bxa3 12. Nxa3 Nc3 13. h4 $1 $14) 12. Nxc3 Bxa3 13. Ne4 (13. f4
Qe7 14. Bg2 O-O 15. O-O f6) 13... Qe7 (13... Qxe5 $4 14. Nf6+ $18) 14. Nf6+ Kf8
15. Bg2 (15. Bh3 $5 Bb4+ 16. Kf1 d5 17. Kg2 Kg7 18. Rac1 Rad8 19. Rhd1 $14)
15... Bb4+ 16. Kf1 Rd8 17. Qb2 Ba3 18. Qc3 Bb4 19. Qb2 Ba3 20. Qc3 (20. Qd4 Bc5
21. Qf4 Kg7 22. Re1 Bb4 23. Re2 d5 $132) 20... Bb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1994.05.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1994.05.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 Bb7 6. Bg2 Be7 7. e4 Nxe4 8. Ne5
Bb4 9. Qg4 O-O 10. Bxe4 f5 11. Bxb7 fxg4 12. Bxa8 c6 13. O-O Qc7 14. Ne4 Be7
15. Rd1 $5 $146 (15. Bf4 d6 16. Nxg4 Na6 $1 (16... Nd7 $2 17. c5 $1 bxc5 18.
dxc5 e5 19. cxd6 Bxd6 20. Rad1 Be7 (20... exf4 21. Rxd6 Rxa8 22. Rxd7 $1 Qxd7
23. Ngf6+ $18) 21. Rxd7 $1 Qxd7 22. Nxe5 $18 {Tukmakov,V-Razuvajev,Y/URS/1993/}
) 17. c5 bxc5 18. dxc5 e5 $10 {Timman}) 15... Na6 (15... d6 16. d5 $1 exd5 17.
cxd5 dxe5 18. Be3 cxd5 19. Bxd5+ Kh8 20. Rac1 Qd7 $13) 16. Bxc6 dxc6 17. Bf4
Qb7 18. Nxg4 Nb4 19. Bd6 $6 (19. a3 $6 Nc2 $1 20. Rac1 c5 21. Nxc5 bxc5 22.
Rxc2 Qe4 $1 $13) (19. Nd6 $5 Qd7 20. c5 Nd5 21. Be5 $14) (19. Ne3 $5) 19... c5
$1 20. Bxe7 Qxe4 21. Bxf8 Qxg4 (21... Kxf8 $6 22. f3 $14) 22. Bd6 Nc2 23. dxc5
$1 (23. Rac1 $6 Nxd4 $17) 23... Nxa1 24. Rxa1 Qd4 $1 (24... Qxc4 $6 25. cxb6
axb6 26. Be5 $14) (24... bxc5 $6 25. Bxc5 $14) 25. Re1 bxc5 26. Be5 Qxc4 27. a3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1994.05.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1994.05.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. d5 Nb8 13. Nf1 Nbd7 14. Ng3 g6 15.
Be3 Nc5 16. Bc2 c6 17. b4 Ncd7 18. dxc6 Bxc6 19. Bb3 Nb6 20. Qd3 Rb8 21. Rad1
Rb7 22. Nh2 Bd7 23. Bxb6 Rxb6 24. Ngf1 Bh6 25. Ne3 Bxe3 26. Qxe3 Be6 27. Nf3
Kg7 28. Rd3 Qc7 29. Nh4 Rc6 30. Qd2 Qe7 31. Kh2 Rec8 32. g3 h6 33. Ng2 Qc7 34.
Bxe6 fxe6 35. f4 exf4 36. Nxf4 Re8 37. Ree3 Re7 38. Qe1 Nd7 39. Rd2 Ne5 40. Rf2
Rc4 41. Rf1 Kh7 42. Rf2 Qb6 43. Kg2 Rc8 44. Qe2 Rf8 45. Nd3 Rxf2+ 46. Nxf2 Qd8
47. Ng4 Qh8 48. h4 Rc7 49. Nxe5 Qxe5 50. Qd3 Rc4 51. a4 Kg7 52. axb5 axb5 53.
Kf2 Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1994.05.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1994.05.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 Qc7 7. Qf3
$146 (7. a4) (7. Bd3) (7. Be2) (7. Nf3 Nbd7 (7... e6 8. a4 Be7 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10.
O-O b6 11. Qe1 Bb7 12. Kh1 Nc5 13. b4 Nxd3 14. cxd3 $14 {Polgar,J-Ljubojevic,L
Monaco blind (08) 1993 1/4 65}) 8. a4 g6 9. Bd3 Bg7 10. O-O b6 11. Qe1 Bb7 12.
e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Ng4 14. e6 fxe6 15. Be4 Nc5 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 $10 {Kindermann,
S-Hoffmann,M Muenster (01) 9394 1993 1/4 23}) 7... g6 8. Be3 Bg7 9. h3 e5 $5 (
9... O-O {Ftacnik} 10. O-O-O e5 $13) 10. fxe5 dxe5 11. Bh6 $1 (11. Nb3 O-O $10)
11... Bxh6 $2 (11... O-O $4 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Qxf6+ $1 Kxf6 14. Nd5+ Kg7 15.
Nxc7 $18) (11... Nh5 $1 {Ivanchuk} 12. Bxg7 Nxg7 13. Nd5 Qa5+ 14. b4 Qd8 15.
Nf6+ Kf8 16. Nb3 Nf5 $1 $13) 12. Qxf6 O-O 13. Nd5 Qa5+ 14. b4 Qd8 $2 (14... Bg7
15. bxa5 Bxf6 16. Nxf6+ Kg7 17. Nxh7 (17. Nd5 exd4 18. Nb6 Ra7 19. O-O-O Nc6
20. Be2 Be6) 17... Kxh7 18. Nf3 (18. Nb3 {Ftacnik} Nc6 19. Bc4 Be6 20. Bxe6
fxe6 21. O-O-O $16) 18... Nc6 19. Bc4 f6 20. Bd5 Nxa5 $14) 15. Ne7+ $18 Qxe7
16. Qxe7 exd4 17. Bc4 Nc6 18. Qc5 Be3 19. Rf1 Nd8 (19... a5 20. b5 Nb4 21. Qe7
$1 $18) 20. Rf3 $1 Be6 21. Rxe3 $1 dxe3 22. Bxe6 Nxe6 23. Qxe3 a5 24. b5 Rac8
25. O-O-O Rc5 26. Rd5 b6 (26... Rfc8 27. Rxc5 Rxc5 28. b6 $18) 27. Qg3 Rc7 (
27... Rfc8 28. Rxc5 Nxc5 29. Qd6 Na4 (29... Nxe4 {Ftacnik} 30. Qxb6 $18) 30. e5
$18) 28. Qd6 Rfc8 29. Rd2 Rb7 (29... Nc5 30. Qxb6 Nxe4 31. Rd8+ $18) 30. g4 Nc5
31. Qf6 h6 (31... Nxe4 32. Rd8+ Rxd8 33. Qxd8+ Kg7 34. Qd4+ Nf6 35. g5 $18) 32.
e5 Re8 33. h4 Kh7 (33... Ne4 34. Qc6 $18) 34. h5 g5 (34... Re6 35. hxg6+ fxg6
36. Qf8 Rxe5 37. Rd8 $18) 35. Rd6 Re6 36. Qd8 Kg7 (36... Rxe5 37. Rxh6+ Kxh6
38. Qh8#) 37. a3 a4 38. Kb2 $22 Rbe7 (38... Kh7 39. Rc6 $18 {/\ Rc8}) 39. Rxb6
(39. Rxb6 Rd7 (39... Rxb6 {Ftacnik} 40. Qxe7 Rxb5+ 41. Kc1 Ne6 42. Qf6+ Kg8 43.
Qxh6 Rxe5 44. Qf6 $18) 40. Qb8 $18) 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1994.05.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1994.05.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qd6 6. Na3 Be6 (
6... b5 7. c3 c5 8. Nc2 Ne7 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 exd4 11. Nfxd4 c5 12. Nb3 Qxd1
13. Rxd1 $13 {Malishauskas-Huebner/Biel izt/1993/1/4-1/4/38}) 7. Ng5 (7. Qe2 f6
8. Rd1 Bg4 9. c3 Qe6 10. Nc2 Bd6 (10... Ne7 {Brynell-Romanishin/Malmö/1993/1/
4-1/4/32}) 11. Ne3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Ne7 13. Qg4 Qf7 14. d4 O-O $10 {
Rozentalis-Romanishin/Bonn/1994/1/4-1/4/43}) 7... Ne7 (7... h6 8. Nxe6 Qxe6 9.
d3 Bxa3 10. bxa3 Ne7 $10 {Smejkal-Romanishin/Erevan/1976}) (7... Bd7 8. d3 (8.
Nc4 {Ftacnik} Qg6 9. d4 f6 10. f4 $13 {Rausis-Herbrechtsmeier/1992/}) 8... f6
9. Nc4 Qe7 10. Nf3 Qf7 11. Be3 Be6 12. Nfd2 Ne7 13. f4 exf4 14. Bxf4 Ng6 $13 {
Christiansen-Pinter/Manila ol/1992}) 8. d3 Ng6 9. Nxe6 Qxe6 10. Nc4 Bc5 11. Be3
Bxe3 12. Nxe3 O-O 13. a4 Rad8 $6 (13... a5 $10 {/\b6}) 14. a5 $14 {><b7} Rd7
15. Ra3 f6 16. g3 Ne7 17. Qe1 Rb8 18. Qc3 Kh8 19. Qc5 $1 Nc8 20. f4 Nd6 21.
fxe5 Qxe5 22. Qxe5 fxe5 23. Raa1 Kg8 24. Kg2 Rf7 25. h4 Re8 $6 (25... h5 $14 {
Ftacnik}) 26. g4 Nb5 27. Rxf7 Kxf7 28. Rf1+ Ke6 29. Nf5 Rg8 30. g5 c5 31. c3
Na7 (31... g6 $2 {Ftacnik} 32. Nh6 Rd8 33. Rf6+ Ke7 34. Rf7+ $16) 32. Ne3 Nc8 {
?Short} (32... Nc6 33. Nd5 (33. Nc4 {Ftacnik} Rd8 34. Rf3 $16) 33... Rc8 34. h5
$1 Nxa5 35. h6 gxh6 36. Rf6+ Kd7 37. Rxh6 $18) 33. h5 (33. Nd5 c6) 33... Ne7
34. Nd5 $1 Nxd5 (34... c6 35. Nxe7 Kxe7 36. g6 hxg6 37. hxg6 Rf8 38. Rxf8 Kxf8
39. Kf3 Ke7 40. Kg4 Kf6 41. Kh5 Ke7 42. Kg5 Ke6 43. b3 Ke7 44. Kf5 Kd6 45. c4
$18) (34... Rc8 {Ftacnik} 35. h6 $5) 35. exd5+ Kxd5 36. Rf7 b6 (36... Kd6 37.
Kf3 b6 38. axb6 cxb6 39. Ke4 $18 (39. Ra7 {Ftacnik} a5 40. Ke4 $16)) 37. Rxc7
bxa5 38. Kf3 Rf8+ 39. Ke3 h6 40. Rxg7 hxg5 41. Rxg5 Rf4 42. c4+ Kc6 43. Rg6+
Kb7 44. b3 Rh4 45. h6 e4 46. dxe4 Rh3+ 47. Kf4 Rxb3 48. Rg3 (48. Rg3 {Ftacnik}
Rb1 49. Rh3 Rf1+ 50. Ke5 Rf8 51. h7 Rh8 52. Kf6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1994.05.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1994.05.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Qe2 Nf6 (4... Nc6) (4... Bxb5 5. Qxb5+ Qd7)
5. Bxd7+ (5. e5 dxe5 6. Nxe5 Bxb5 7. Qxb5+ Nbd7 $10) 5... Qxd7 6. e5 dxe5 7.
Nxe5 Qe6 8. Na3 Nfd7 9. Nac4 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 f6 11. Nc4 Qxe2+ 12. Kxe2 Nc6 13. c3
e5 (13... b5 $5 14. Ne3 O-O-O 15. d3 e6 $10) 14. a4 Be7 15. d3 O-O-O 16. Be3 b6
17. f3 Rd7 18. g4 Rhd8 19. Rhd1 Bf8 20. h4 Ne7 21. a5 Kb7 $2 (21... b5 $1 22.
Na3 b4 23. Nc4 Nd5 $10) 22. axb6 axb6 23. Ra3 Nd5 24. Rda1 Be7 25. h5 g6 $6 (
25... Kc6 $14) 26. Ra7+ Kc6 27. Rxd7 Rxd7 28. hxg6 hxg6 29. g5 $1 b5 (29...
Nf4+ 30. Bxf4 exf4 31. Ra6 Rb7 32. Ra8 $16) 30. gxf6 Bxf6 (30... bxc4 31. fxe7
cxd3+ 32. Kxd3 $16) 31. Na5+ Kb6 32. Nb3 Nxe3 (32... Be7 $2 33. Bxc5+ $1 Bxc5
34. Ra6+ $18) 33. Kxe3 c4 $6 (33... Rh7 34. Rg1 Rh6 35. Nd2 $16) (33... Bg5+ $1
34. Ke4 Rf7 35. Rg1 Rf5 (35... Rf4+ $5 36. Kxe5 Rf5+) 36. Kd5 $1 (36. Rg4 c4 $1
) 36... e4+ 37. Kxe4 Rf4+ 38. Kd5 (38. Ke3 $2 Rg4+ 39. Kf2 Be3+ $17) 38... Rf5+
39. Ke6 Rf6+ 40. Kd7 Rf7+ 41. Ke8 Rf5 $16) 34. Ra6+ $1 Kxa6 35. Nc5+ Ka5 36.
Nxd7 Bg5+ 37. Ke4 Bc1 38. dxc4 Bxb2 (38... bxc4 39. Nxe5 Kb5 40. Kd4 $1 Bxb2
41. Nxg6 $18) 39. c5 $1 (39. Kd3 b4 $1) 39... Bxc3 40. c6 Ka6 41. Kd5 Ba5 (
41... b4 $2 42. Kd6 b3 43. c7 Kb7 44. Nb6 $18) (41... Ka7 $5 42. Kc5 g5 (42...
b4 43. Kd6) 43. Kxb5 e4 44. fxe4 g4 45. c7 $1 Kb7 46. Nb6 Kxc7 47. Nd5+ Kd6 48.
Nxc3 Ke5 49. Kc4 g3 50. Kd3 g2 51. Ne2 $18) 42. Nc5+ Ka7 43. Kd6 Kb8 (43... b4
44. c7 Bxc7+ 45. Kxc7 g5 46. Kc6 e4 47. Nxe4 $18) 44. Kd7 g5 45. Nd3 $1 (45.
Na6+ $6 Ka7 46. c7 Bxc7 47. Nxc7 b4) 45... b4 (45... e4 46. fxe4 g4 47. e5 g3
48. Nf4 Bc7 49. e6 $1 Bxf4 50. e7 $18) (45... Bc7 46. Nb4 Ba5 (46... Bb6 47.
Nd5 Ba5 48. c7+ Bxc7 49. Nxc7 e4 50. fxe4 g4 51. e5 g3 52. e6 g2 53. e7 g1=Q
54. e8=Q+ Ka7 55. Qa8+ Kb6 56. Qb8+ Kc5 57. Qa7+ $18) 47. Nd5 Ka7 48. c7 Bxc7
49. Kxc7 e4 50. fxe4 g4 51. e5 g3 52. Ne3 $18) 46. Nxb4 e4 47. fxe4 g4 48. Na6+
$1 (48. Nd3 $2 g3 49. Nf4 Bc7) 48... Ka7 49. c7 Bxc7 50. Nxc7 g3 51. Nb5+ Kb6
52. Nd4 1-0

[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1994.05.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1994.05.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Nge2 Bh5 8. Nf4
Bg6 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. g3 Nbd7 11. Bg2 e6 12. O-O Be7 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4
15. Qxe4 Rc8 16. a4 O-O 17. axb5 axb5 18. Qe2 bxc4 19. bxc4 Nf6 20. Rd1 c5 21.
Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1994.05.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hertneck, Gerald"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1994.05.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 c6 7. e3 Nh5 8.
Bg5 Be7 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nd2 Nf4 11. Qc2 Nb6 12. O-O-O Ne6 13. Bd3 Bd7 14. Kb1
g6 15. h4 O-O-O 16. Ne2 Kb8 17. Rc1 Bc8 18. a3 Nd7 19. b4 Nf6 20. Ka2 Ng4 21.
Rcf1 Ng7 22. Nf4 Bf5 23. Nf3 Rc8 24. Rb1 Rc7 25. Rb2 Rhc8 26. Qb3 Bxd3 27. Nxd3
Nf5 28. h5 Nd6 29. hxg6 hxg6 30. Nfe5 Nxe5 31. Nxe5 g5 32. Re2 Qe6 33. Nd3 Re8
34. Rh2 Nc4 35. Nb2 f5 36. Rc2 Nxb2 37. Kxb2 f4 38. exf4 gxf4 39. b5 Qf6 40.
bxc6 Rxc6 41. Qxd5 Rxc2+ 42. Kxc2 Qg6+ 43. Kb3 a6 44. a4 Qb6+ 45. Kc2 Rc8+ 46.
Kd3 Qb1+ 47. Ke2 Rc3 48. Qe5+ Ka7 49. Qxf4 Rd3 50. Qc1 Qxc1 51. Kxd3 Qg1 0-1

[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1994.05.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1994.05.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hansen,LB} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7.
Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3 Nbc6 9. Qh5 Ng6 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. Be3 $1 (11. Ng5 {Hansen,LB} h6
12. Nxf7 Qxf7 13. Qxg6 Qxg6 14. Bxg6 cxd4 15. cxd4 Nxd4 16. Bd3 Bd7 17. Bb2 Rf4
18. Bc1 Rf7 19. Bb2 Rf4 20. Bc1 {1/2-1/2,Gelfand,B-Hubner,R/Wijk/1992/}) 11...
c4 12. Bxg6 (12. Be2) 12... fxg6 13. Qg4 Bd7 $5 (13... Qf7 14. Ng5 (14. h4 Qf5
(14... h6 {Hansen,LB}) 15. Qxf5 Rxf5 (15... gxf5 {= Knaak} 16. h5 $14 {Hansen,
LB}) (15... exf5 $5 {Hansen,LB}) 16. Ke2 $14 {Kamsky,G-Yusupov,A/Linares (01)/
1993/}) (14. Kd2 {!? Kamsky} Qf5 15. Qg3 Bd7 16. Nh4 Qf7 17. f4 Ne7 $13 {
/\ Ba4 >< c2 Minasian,A-Apicella,M/Cannes/1994/}) 14... Qe8 (14... Qf5 $2 15.
Qe2 $16 Nxe5 $6 (15... Re8 $16) 16. dxe5 Qxe5 17. Qd2 $18 {Kasparov,G-Short,N/
Muenchen PCA-Blitz/1994/} (17. Qd2 {Hansen,LB} Bd7 18. O-O h6 19. f4 Qd6 20.
Nf3 $18 {Kasparov,G-Short,N/Munchen PCA-blitz/1994/})) 15. h4 h6 16. Nh3 Ne7
17. Nf4 Bd7 18. Rh3 Rf5 19. Kd2 Qf7 20. Ne2 Rf8 21. f4 Qe8 (21... Kh7 $1 22.
Qf3 Bc6 23. Rf1 (23. g4 $2 Rxe5 $1) 23... h5 $13 {/\ Ne7-g8-h6 (Uhlmann)}) 22.
Qf3 Bc6 23. Bf2 Qd8 $6 {Polgar,J-Uhlmann,W/Aruba/1992/} 24. g4 $1 Rxe5 25. dxe5
d4 $16 {Uhlmann}) 14. h4 Rf5 15. h5 gxh5 16. Rxh5 Raf8 (16... Rxh5 $2 {Hansen,
LB} 17. Qxh5 Be8 18. Qh3 $16) 17. Ng5 (17. Kd2 $1 Be8 18. Rh2 $1 $14 {/\ 18...
h5 19.Qh3 (Ivanchuk)} (18. Rh3 h5 19. Qg3 Rxf3 $1 20. gxf3 Ne7 $44)) (17. Kd2
$5 {Hansen,LB}) 17... Qa5 $1 18. Bd2 (18. Kd2 $4 {Hansen,LB} Rxf2+ $19) 18...
Rf4 $1 19. Qh3 Rxf2 $2 (19... h6 $8 20. Rxh6 $1 (20. Bxf4 Rxf4 $17 {Ivanchuk} (
20... Rxf4 {Hansen,LB} 21. Ke2 $5 (21. Nxe6 $2 Nxd4 $1 $19 {Tischbierek}) (21.
Kf1 Rf5 $1 22. Nxe6 $5 Rf7 $1 {Tischbierek}) 21... Rf5 $1 (21... Qa4 22. Ra2) (
21... hxg5 $2 22. Rh8+ Kf7 23. Rh5 (23. Qh5+ Ke7 24. Qxg5+ $18)) 22. Nxe6 $1
Bxe6 $1 (22... Rxh5 23. Qxh5 Bxe6 24. Qe8+) (22... Rf7 $2 23. Rh1 $40) 23. Rxf5
Bxf5 24. Qxf5 Qxc3 $13)) (20. f3 hxg5 21. Rh8+ Kf7 22. Qh5+ Ke7 23. Qxg5+ Ke8
24. Qh5+ g6 25. Qxg6+ Kd8 $15 {Ivanchuk}) 20... gxh6 21. Qxh6 R4f7 $1 (21...
R8f7 22. f3 Ne7 (22... Rg7 $5 23. Kf2 Rxd4 24. Rh1 Rxd2+ 25. Ke1 $18) 23. Kf2
Nf5 24. Qh5 Rg7 25. Bxf4 Qxc3 26. Rd1 Qxc2+ 27. Rd2 Qa4 28. g4 c3 29. gxf5 cxd2
30. f6 Be8 31. Qh6 Rd7 32. Nxe6 $1 (32. Nf7 $5 Rxf7 33. Qg5+ Kh8 34. Qh6+ Kg8
$10 {Tischbierek}) 32... d1=N+ (32... d1=Q $2 33. Qf8+ {#7 (Fritz)} Kh7 34.
Ng5+ Kg6 35. Qxe8+ Kh6 36. Nf7+ Kh5 37. Nd6+ $18) 33. Kg3 Qxa3 34. Qg5+ Kh8 35.
Qh4+ Kg8 36. Qg4+ Kh8 37. Ng7 $16) 22. f3 (22. O-O-O Qxa3+ 23. Kb1 Nb4 $1 24.
cxb4 c3 25. Bxc3 Qxc3 26. Rh1 Qxb4+ 27. Kc1 Qa3+ 28. Kb1 $10 {Ivanchuk}) 22...
Ne7 $1 23. Kf2 Rg7 $1 (23... Nf5 24. Qh5 $18 {Ivanchuk}) 24. Rh1 Ng6 25. Nh7
Rff7 (25... Qa4 $4 {! Ivanchuk, wohl ohne Fritz/probaply without Fritz} 26.
Nf6+ Rxf6 (26... Kf7 27. Qxg7+ Kxg7 28. Rh7#) 27. exf6 $18) 26. Nf6+ Kf8 27.
Bg5 Ba4 (27... Qxc3 $4 28. Qh8+ $1 Nxh8 29. Rxh8+ Rg8 30. Rxg8+ Ke7 31. Nxd5#)
28. Nh5 $5 (28. Nh7+ Ke8 29. Nf6+ $10) 28... Qxc3 29. Bf6 Qxd4+ 30. Kg3 Ke8 31.
Nxg7+ Rxg7 32. c3 $5 (32. Bxg7 Bxc2 $13) 32... Qf4+ 33. Qxf4 Nxf4+ 34. Bxg7
Ne2+ 35. Kf2 Nxc3 $13) 20. Nf3 $18 Rxd2 21. Kxd2 h6 22. Qg4 Kf7 23. Rh3 Ne7 24.
Nh2 Ke8 25. Rf1 Rxf1 26. Nxf1 Qxa3 27. Qxg7 Nf5 28. Qh8+ Qf8 29. Qxf8+ Kxf8 30.
g4 Ne7 31. Rxh6 Kg7 32. Rh1 a5 33. Ng3 a4 34. Nh5+ Kg6 35. Rf1 Ng8 36. Rf8 Nh6
37. Rd8 Bc6 38. Nf4+ Kg5 39. Nxe6+ Kxg4 40. Nc7 Nf5 41. Nxd5 1-0

[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1994.05.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lobron, Eric"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1994.05.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. Nd2 Bb4 8. Qc2
O-O 9. Be2 c5 10. Nb3 Qa4 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. dxc5 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Qc6 14. O-O Bxc5
15. Be2 Bd6 16. Rfd1 Bd7 17. h3 Be5 18. Rac1 Rac8 19. Bb5 Qxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1994.05.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1994.05.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bd3 d5 (7...
Qc7 $5) 8. O-O $5 (8. exd5 exd5 9. O-O Bd6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bd4 O-O 12. Qf3
Be6 13. Rfe1 c5 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Qxf6 gxf6 $10 {Spassky,B-Fischer,R/Reykjavik
m/1972/}) 8... Be7 (8... Bd6 $5) 9. exd5 exd5 10. Re1 $5 (10. h3 O-O 11. Nce2
Re8 $10 {Jansson,J-Butnorius,A/Oslo-B/1992/EXP28/}) 10... O-O 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12.
Na4 Bg4 (12... Be6 13. Nc5 Qd6 14. h3 Nd7 15. b4 a5 $6 (15... Bf6 $5 16. c3 $14
) 16. Bd4 $1 $16 {Rogulj,B-Kurajica,B/Karlovac/1979/}) 13. Qd2 Nd7 14. c4 $1
Be6 (14... Ne5 15. c5 $16) 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Bf1 a5 17. a3 Bd6 18. Bd4 Qh4 19.
g3 Qh5 20. Bg2 Rfe8 (20... Bh3 $2 21. Bxh3 Qxh3 22. Qg5 $18) (20... Ne5 21. Nc5
$1 Nf3+ 22. Bxf3 Qxf3 23. Nxe6 fxe6 24. Rxe6 $18) 21. Rac1 Ne5 22. Nb6 Rad8 23.
Qc3 $1 f6 24. f4 Ng4 25. h3 Nh6 26. g4 Bxg4 (26... Qh4 27. Bf2 $18) (26... Qf7
27. f5 $18) 27. hxg4 Nxg4 28. Qh3 $1 Qf5 29. Nxd5 Bxf4 30. Rxe8+ Rxe8 31. Rf1
g5 (31... g5 32. Nxf6+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1994.05.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "1994.05.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Nf3 e6 8. Qb3
Qb6 9. Qxb6 axb6 10. Bb5 Bb4 11. Ne5 Ne4 12. Nxc6 Nxc3 13. Nxb4+ Nxb5 14. Kd2
Kd7 15. Rhc1 Rhc8 16. a3 Na7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1994.05.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "177"]
[EventDate "1994.05.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{CBM 43} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 (5... Bg4 6. h3 Bh5
(6... h5 $5 7. d4 $1 $36) 7. c3 Qf6 8. g4 $1 Bg6 9. d4 Bxe4 10. Nbd2 $16 {
Fischer,R-Geller,E/Bled/1961/1-0/ Modern Classics}) (5... b5 $5 {Interesting}
6. Bb3 Na5 $5 {The Norway Variation}) 6. d4 (6. c3 Nge7 (6... g6) 7. d4 Ng6)
6... exd4 (6... b5 $5 7. Bb3 Nxd4 8. Nxd4 exd4 9. c3 $1 (9. Qxd4 $2 c5 $1 10.
Qd5 c4 $19) 9... dxc3 10. Qh5 $5 g6 11. Qd5 Be6 12. Qc6+ Bd7 13. Qxc3 $36) (
6... Nge7 7. d5 $1 Nb8 8. c4 $14) (6... Nf6 $5 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8. Re1 Be7 (8...
Bxe4 $6 9. Nc3 $1 $36) 9. Nc3 exd4 (9... O-O $2 {Tarrasch,S} 10. dxe5 dxe5 11.
Qxd8 Raxd8 12. Nxe5 Bxe4 $2 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Nd3 $1 f5 15. f3 Bc5+ 16. Nxc5 $1
(16. Kf1 $2 Bb6 17. fxe4 fxe4+ $15) 16... Nxc5 17. Bg5 Rd5 18. Be7 Re8 19. c4
$18) 10. Nxd4 $14 {/\Nd4-f5}) 7. Nxd4 (7. Bxc6 $5 Bxc6 (7... bxc6 $1 $13) 8.
Nxd4 Nf6 9. Re1 Be7 10. Nc3 {cf. 6...Nf6 ;><f5}) 7... b5 8. Nxc6 Bxc6 9. Bb3
Nf6 10. f3 {? Ivanchuk} (10. Nc3 Be7 $10) (10. Re1 Be7 11. c4 O-O $1 {Ivanchuk}
12. Nc3 Re8 $13) (10. c4 {!? Ivanchuk}) 10... Be7 11. c4 O-O {? Huebner} (11...
b4 $142 12. Ba4 (12. a3 a5 13. axb4 (13. Ba4 Qd7 {Dies ist nicht profitabel
für Weiß.}) 13... axb4 14. Rxa8 Qxa8 15. Bd2 Qb7 16. Qe1 (16. Ba4 $2 Qa7+)
16... O-O 17. Bxb4 $2 Rb8) (12. Be3 Nd7 {/\Lf6 Schwarz hat ein äußerst
komfortables Spiel.}) 12... Qd7 13. Bxc6 Qxc6 14. b3 Nd7 15. Bb2 Bf6 {mit
bequemem Ausgleich. Huebner}) 12. Nc3 $1 b4 {Eine weitere Ungenauigkeit.
Huebner} (12... Re8) (12... Nd7 $142 {Huebner} 13. cxb5 axb5 14. Bd5 (14. Nd5
Nc5 {Schwarz hat keine Probleme}) 14... Bxd5 15. Nxd5 (15. Qxd5 b4 $10) 15...
c6 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 $10) 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. cxd5 Bb5 15. Rf2 c5 $2 (15... a5 16.
Be3 a4 17. Bc2 c5 18. dxc6 Bxc6 $14 {Ivanchuk}) 16. dxc6 Qb6 17. Qe1 {DIAGRAMM}
d5 {? Huebner} (17... Bxc6 18. Be3 $16 {White has the much better pawnstructur.
} Qb7 {Huebner} 19. Bd4 (19. Rc2 Bf6 20. Rac1 Rac8 {Diese Zugfolge verspricht
dem Weißen nicht mehr.} 21. Rxc6 $2 Rxc6 22. Bd5 Rxc1) 19... Bh4 20. g3 Bg5 {
Weiß steht zwar deutlich besser, aber Schwarz braucht noch lange nicht
verzweifeln. Huebner}) 18. Bxd5 (18. Be3 $143 d4 {Schwarz hat ein gutes Spiel.
Huebner}) (18. exd5 $2 Bc5 {/\ 19... Tae8 nebst Te8-e2 Dies wäre fatal für
Weiß. Huebner}) 18... Bc5 19. c7 $3 {This is, what Black missed, when he
played 15...c5.} Ra7 20. Bf4 Rc8 21. Rc1 Raxc7 22. Bxc7 Rxc7 23. Rxc5 Qxc5 {
White is a pawn up, but the position is not clearly lost for Black.} 24. g3 Bc4
25. Kg2 g6 26. Rd2 h5 27. Qf2 Kf8 28. Rd4 Bxd5 29. exd5 Rd7 30. Qd2 Rd6 31. h3
a5 32. g4 hxg4 33. hxg4 Kg8 34. Qd3 Qc1 35. Qe2 Qg5 36. Qe4 Qf6 37. Rd2 g5 {
preventing f4} 38. Kg3 Kf8 39. Qe3 Kg7 40. Kg2 Kg6 41. a3 bxa3 42. Qxa3 Qd8 43.
Qc3 Qb6 44. Rd1 Qb4 45. Qh8 Qf4 46. Qg8+ Kf6 47. Qh8+ Kg6 48. Kf2 a4 49. Rd4
Qc1 50. Qg8+ Kf6 51. Qf8 {DIAGRAMM} Qc5 $2 (51... Qxb2+ $142 $1 52. Kg3 Qb6 $10
53. Qh6+ {Huebner} (53. Rd1 {Dies ist keine Verbesserung.} Qc7 54. Kh3 Qd8)
53... Ke7 54. Qxg5+ (54. Re4+ {wirkungslos} Kd7 {/\55... Th6, 55... Dg1}) 54...
Kf8 {Schwarz hat vorzügliche Remisaussichten. Huebner} 55. Rxa4 (55. Qe5 f6 (
55... a3 $2 56. Qh8+ Ke7 57. Re4+ Kd7 58. Qe8+ Kc7 59. Re7+ Rd7 60. Rxd7#) 56.
Qe4 (56. Qe3 Qa7) 56... a3 57. Ra4 (57. Rd1 Qc7 {Der starke a-Bauer sollte
Schwarz das Remis sichern.}) 57... Qg1+ 58. Kf4 Qc1+ 59. Qe3 Qxe3+ 60. Kxe3
Rxd5 {Das Turmendspiel ist remis.}) (55. Rd1 Qc7 56. Qf4 a3 57. Ra1 (57. Rh1
Rd7) 57... Qc5 58. Rh1 Qxd5 {Schwarz sollte nicht verlieren.}) 55... Qg1+ {
Dauerschach} 56. Kf4 $4 Qc1+ {Huebner}) 52. Qh6+ Ke5 (52... Ke7 53. Qxg5+ Kd7
54. Qf5+ {/\ 55.De4 Weiß behält zwei Mehrbauern. Huebner}) 53. Qg7+ Rf6 $8 (
53... f6 $2 54. Qe7+ $3 Kxd4 55. Qe4#) 54. Qxg5+ Kxd4 55. Qxf6+ Kxd5+ 56. Kg3
$18 Qc7+ 57. Kh4 Qd7 58. Kg5 Kc4 59. Qc3+ Kb5 60. f4 Qd8+ 61. Kh5 Qg8 62. g5
Qg6+ 63. Kg4 Qe6+ 64. Kg3 Qb6 65. Kf3 Qg6 66. Qd4 Qh5+ 67. Kg3 Qg6 68. Qd5+ Kb4
69. Kg4 Qh7 70. Qb7+ Ka5 71. b4+ axb3 72. Qxb3 Qg7 73. Qb8 Qh7 74. f5 Qh1 75.
Qe5+ Kb4 76. Qe2 Kc5 77. f6 Qg1+ 78. Kf5 Qb1+ 79. Kf4 Qh7 80. Qe5+ Kb6 81. Qd6+
Kb5 82. Qd5+ Kb6 83. Kg4 Qg8 84. Qb3+ Kc5 85. Qc2+ Kd6 86. Qd3+ Ke5 87. Qf5+
Kd6 88. g6 fxg6 89. Qf4+ 1-0

[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1994.05.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1994.05.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. f4 Bg7 6. Nf3 e6 7. Ne2 Nge7 8. O-O (
8. d4 cxd4 9. Nexd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 O-O $10) 8... O-O 9. c3 f5 10. d3 b6 11. Be3
(11. exf5 $5 gxf5 12. d4 Bb7 13. Ng5 Qd7 {Gabriel-Wirthenson/1990/}) 11... Qd7
(11... Kh8 {Liljedahl-Popov,1974,17\344}) 12. h3 Bb7 13. a3 (13. g4 $5) 13...
Rae8 14. Qa4 $6 Ne5 15. Qxd7 (15. Qc2 Nxf3+ (15... Nxd3 16. exf5) 16. Bxf3 $10)
15... Nxd7 16. Ng5 $6 (16. Nd2 Ba6 17. Nc1 $15 {\=}) 16... Nc8 17. Rfe1 (17.
exf5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 exf5 (18... gxf5 19. g4) 19. Kf2 $15 {\=}) (17. h4 $5) 17...
h6 18. Nf3 c4 $1 (18... Ba6 19. Nh4 $1 (19. Rad1 $6 Bxd3 20. Rxd3 fxe4)) (18...
fxe4 19. Nh4) 19. dxc4 $6 (19. exf5 exf5 (19... cxd3 20. fxe6 dxe2 21. exd7 $18
) 20. Nh4 (20. Nc1 $1 $10) 20... Bxg2 (20... Ba6 $5) 21. Nxg2 cxd3 22. Nd4 (22.
Nc1 Nc5 23. Rd1) 22... Nc5 23. Red1 $17) 19... Bxe4 20. Nfd4 (20. Nd2 Bxg2 21.
Kxg2 e5 $17) 20... Nc5 21. Bxe4 Nxe4 $17 22. a4 Rf7 23. Kg2 (23. a5 e5 24. Nb5
a6) 23... e5 24. Nc2 Rc7 25. b3 (25. Na3 Rce7 $17) 25... Rce7 (25... d5 $5 26.
Na3 dxc4 27. Nxc4 exf4 28. Nxf4 (28. Bxf4 Rce7 $19) 28... Bxc3 29. Nd5 Rxc4 30.
bxc4 Bxe1 31. Rxe1 $17) 26. h4 (26. Rad1 Kh7 $17) 26... Nc5 (26... Kh7 $5) (
26... exf4 27. Nxf4 Bxc3 28. Nd5 Bxe1 29. Nxe7+ Nxe7 (29... Rxe7 30. Rxe1 $17)
30. Nxe1 $1) 27. Rab1 (27. Bxc5 dxc5 28. Rad1 exf4 $19) 27... Kh7 28. Kf3 Ne4
29. fxe5 (29. Rbd1 exf4) 29... dxe5 30. Rbd1 Ncd6 31. Bc1 Nb7 32. Ba3 Rf7 33.
Rd5 Nbc5 34. Rb1 Nf6 35. Rdd1 Nd3 36. Ne3 e4+ (36... Ng4 $1 37. Nxg4 (37. Nd5
e4+ 38. Kg2 g5 $17 {\-+}) 37... fxg4+ 38. Ke3 Rf3+ 39. Kd2 e4 $19) (36... f4 $1
37. gxf4 exf4 38. Rxd3 (38. Nd5 Ne5+) 38... fxe3 39. Kg2 Ng4 40. Rf1 Nf2 $19)
37. Kg2 Nd7 (37... Ng4 $1 38. Nxg4 fxg4 39. Rf1 $17) 38. Rf1 N7e5 $2 (38... h5
$17) 39. h5 Nf3 40. hxg6+ Kxg6 41. Rbd1 Kh7 42. Nd5 Re6 (42... Be5 $2 43. Rxf3
exf3+ 44. Kxf3 Nc5 45. Bxc5 bxc5 46. b4 $44) (42... Bh8 $1 {/\Re8-g8. There is
no counterplay for White (Ivanchuk).}) (42... h5 $5) 43. Nef4 Nxf4+ 44. Nxf4
Rc6 45. Ne2 Be5 46. Bc1 Rg6 47. Bf4 (47. Rxf3 $5 exf3+ 48. Kxf3 $44) 47... Bxf4
(47... Rfg7 $3 {Ivanchuk} 48. Bxe5 Nxe5 49. Rd8 (49. Rxf5 $2 Ng4 $17) 49... Ng4
) (47... Bxf4) 48. Nxf4 Rg5 49. Rh1 $1 Ne5 50. Rd6 Ng4 51. Kf1 $14 1/2-1/2

[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1994.05.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A62"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "1994.05.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. g3 Bg7 8. Bg2
O-O 9. O-O Re8 (9... a6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. Rb1 Re8 12. b4 Qc7 $1 (12... Ng4 13.
Qb3 cxb4 14. Qxb4 Nc5 15. Bg5 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 Ne4 17. Qc1 Nxg5 18. Qxg5 Qxg5 19.
Nxg5 Rxe2 20. Rb6 $14 {Alburt,L-Sigurjonsson,G/Reykjavik/1984/}) 13. Bd2 Nb6
14. Ng5 Bf5 15. bxc5 Qxc5 16. Rc1 Nc4 17. h3 Qb6 $15 18. Be1 $2 Ne3 $19 {
Nikolic,Pr-Velimirovic,D/JUG-ch/1983/}) 10. Nd2 Nbd7 11. Rb1 (11. h3 Nh5 (11...
Nb6 12. a4 Bd7 13. a5 Nc8 14. Nc4 Qc7 15. e4 b5 16. axb6 Nxb6 17. Na3 a6 18.
Re1 Rab8 19. Kh2 Nc8 20. Bf1 Qb7 21. Qd3 Ra8 22. Qf3 h6 23. Nc4 Bb5 24. Na5 $16
{Capablanca,J-Marshall,F/New York/1927/}) (11... b6 $5 12. Re1 Ba6 13. a4 h5
14. Nb5 Bxb5 15. axb5 h4 16. g4 Ne5 17. f4 Nexg4 18. hxg4 Nxg4 19. Nf1 h3 20.
Bxh3 Qh4 21. Bxg4 Qxg4+ 22. Kh1 Re5 $1 23. fxe5 Qe4+ 24. Kg1 Qg4+ {0,5/
Donner-Milic/Beverwijk/1955/}) 12. Nde4 Ndf6 13. g4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 f5 $1 15.
Nxd6 Qxd6 16. gxh5 f4 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. Qb3 g5 19. Re1 g4 20. hxg4 Bxg4 21. Qc4
Bd4 $44 {|^,Akopian,V-Shabalov,A/Minsk/1990/}) (11. a4 Ne5 12. h3 g5 $5 13.
Nde4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 h6 15. f4 gxf4 16. gxf4 Ng6 17. f5 Nh4 18. f6 Nxg2 19. Qd3
Nh4 20. Qg3 Ng6 21. Nxd6 Re5 22. Nxf7 Kxf7 23. fxg7+ Kxg7 24. b4 $1 $44 {
Uhlmann,W-Larsen,B/Beverwijk/1961/}) (11. Nc4 Nb6 12. Nxb6 (12. Ne3 Ng4 13.
Nxg4 Bxg4 14. h3 Bd7 15. Bf4 Nc4 16. Qc2 b5 17. b3 Na3 18. Qd2 f5 $1 19. Rac1
b4 20. Nd1 Qf6 21. h4 a5 22. Ne3 a4 23. Bf3 axb3 24. axb3 Nb5 25. Nc4 Ra6 $17 {
Unzicker,W-Anikaev,Y/Moskva/1982/}) 12... Qxb6 13. Qc2 Bd7 14. Rb1 Qc7 15. a4
a6 16. Bd2 Rac8 17. e4 b5 18. b3 c4 19. axb5 axb5 20. b4 Ng4 $1 21. Ra1 Ra8 22.
Bf3 Ne5 23. Be2 f5 $36 {Goldin,A-Romanishin,O/URS-FL Irkutsk/1986/}) 11... a6
12. b4 $6 (12. a4 $142 Rb8 $5 13. b4 b5 14. axb5 axb5 15. Bb2 (15. bxc5 $2 b4
16. Nce4 Nxc5 17. Nxc5 dxc5 18. e4 Ba6 19. Qb3 c4 $1 20. Nxc4 Nxe4 21. Re1 Nc5
{0-1,Vaganian,R-Tseshkovsky,V/URS-ch/1974/}) 15... Ne5 (15... Nb6 16. Ba1 Ba6
17. h3 Na4 18. Re1 Nxc3 19. Bxc3 c4 20. Ra1 Bc8 21. e4 Bd7 22. Ra6 Ra8 23. Rxa8
Qxa8 24. Qa1 $36 {Sterud-Kauranen/cr Wch/1988/}) 16. Ba1 Bd7 17. h3 Nh5 18.
Nce4 Bf5 19. Rc1 cxb4 20. Qb3 Nc4 21. Qxb4 Bxe4 22. Nxe4 Bxa1 23. Rxa1 f5 24.
Nd2 Rxe2 25. Nxc4 bxc4 26. Qxc4 Re7 $10 {Smyslov,V-Ivanovic,B/Bugojno/1984/})
12... cxb4 13. Rxb4 Nc5 14. Nb3 Nfd7 15. Bb2 Nxb3 16. axb3 Nc5 $15 17. Na4 Bxb2
(17... a5 $5 18. Rf4 Bxb2 19. Nxb2 b5 $36) 18. Nxb2 Bd7 19. Rf4 Bb5 20. Re1 a5
21. e3 Rc8 22. h4 (22. Bf1 Bxf1 23. Rxf1 b5 $36 {/\} 24. b4 Ne4 {צf4}) 22...
f5 23. Rd4 Ba6 24. Bf1 Bxf1 25. Rxf1 Ne4 (25... b5 26. b4 axb4 27. Rxb4 Qa5 28.
Rd4 Ne4 {-25...Ne4}) 26. b4 b5 27. bxa5 Qxa5 28. Kg2 Qa2 (28... Rc7 {/\Rec8,Rc2
} 29. Nd3 Rec8 30. Nb4 $132) 29. Nd3 Rc2 30. Qb1 Rb8 31. Qxa2 Rxa2 32. Rb1 h5 (
32... Rd2 $5 $15) 33. Rdb4 Nc3 (33... Rd2 $5 34. R4b3 b4 {/\Nc3,Rb5} 35. R1b2
Rxb2 36. Rxb2 b3 37. Nc1 Nc5 {/\Rb4-c4} 38. Kf1 Rb4 39. Ke2 Rc4 40. Kd1 Rc3 41.
Kd2 Ne4+ 42. Kd1 Rc2 43. Rxc2 bxc2+ 44. Kxc2 Nxf2 45. Ne2 Ne4 46. Kd3 Kf7 $15)
34. R1b2 Rxb2 35. Nxb2 Kg7 (35... Nxd5 36. Rd4) 36. Rb3 Nxd5 37. Rd3 Nf6 38.
Rxd6 b4 (38... Ne4 39. Rd7+ {/\f3=}) 39. f3 b3 40. Rd3 Kf7 41. Kf2 Ke6 42. Ke2
Nd7 43. Rd4 Ne5 (43... Nc5 44. Kd2 Ra8 45. Kc3 $10) 44. e4 $1 Rc8 45. exf5+
gxf5 46. Na4 Rc2+ (46... Nc4 47. Rd3 $1 b2 48. Rb3 $10) 47. Kd1 Kf6 (47... Nxf3
48. Rd3 Ne5 49. Rxb3 Rg2 50. Rb6+ Kd5 51. Nc3+ {/\Ne2=}) 48. Rb4 Rc4 (48...
Nxf3 $5 49. Rxb3 Rd2+ 50. Kc1 Rf2 51. Nc5 Rf1+ 52. Kb2 $10) 49. Rxc4 Nxc4 50.
Nc5 $10 Ne3+ (50... b2 51. Kc2 Ke5 52. Nd3+ Kd4 53. Nf4 $1 (53. Nxb2 Ne3+ $1
$15) 53... Ke3 54. Nxh5 Kxf3 55. Ng7 $10) 51. Kc1 Nf1 52. Nxb3 Nxg3 53. Kd2 Ke5
(53... f4 54. Nd4 Ke5 55. Kd3 $10) 54. Kd3 f4 55. Nd4 Kd5 56. Nc2 Nf5 57. Nb4+
Ke5 58. Nc6+ Kd6 (58... Kd5 59. Nb4+ $10) 59. Ke4 $1 Nxh4 60. Ne5 Ng2 61. Ng6
h4 62. Nxf4 (62. Nxh4 $10) 62... Kd7 63. Kf5 (63. Nxg2 $2 h3 $19) 63... Ne1 64.
Kg4 h3 65. Nxh3 Nxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1994.06.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1994.05.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Be7 7. e3 Nbd7 8.
Bd3 Nh5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. O-O-O g6 11. Nf3 Ng7 12. h3 Nb6 13. g4 Be6 14. Kb1
O-O-O 15. Na4 Nxa4 16. Qxa4 Kb8 17. Rc1 Ne8 18. Rc3 Nd6 19. Rb3 Nc4 20. Qb4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1994.06.03"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1994.05.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Qe2 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 O-O 12. Rd1 Rc8 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Qa5
15. Qc2 Nb6 16. Bd3 g6 17. e4 Rfd8 18. Be2 h5 19. Be3 c5 20. dxc5 Rxd1+ 21.
Qxd1 Bxc5 22. Bd2 Bb4 23. Bxb4 Qxb4 24. a5 Nc4 25. Rc1 Rc6 26. Qd4 e5 27. Qxa7
Nxa5 28. Ra1 Rc5 29. Bf1 Kg7 30. Ra4 Qxa4 31. Qxc5 Nc6 32. Qd5 Qb4 33. g3 h4
34. Bc4 Qe7 35. gxh4 Nd4 36. f4 Qf6 37. fxe5 Nf3+ 38. Kf2 Nxe5+ 39. Ke3 Nxc4+
40. Qxc4 Qxb2 41. h5 gxh5 42. Qd5 Qc3+ 43. Ke2 Qxh3 44. Qxb7 Qg2+ 45. Ke3 h4
46. Qc7 Qg5+ 47. Kf3 h3 48. Qh2 Qh4 49. Qg1+ Kh6 50. Qh2 Kh7 51. Ke3 Kg6 52.
Kf3 Qf6+ 53. Kg3 Qc3+ 54. Kg4 Qd3 55. Qb8 h2 56. Qg8+ Kf6 57. Qg5+ Ke6 58. Qf5+
Ke7 59. Qe5+ Kd7 60. Qxh2 Qxe4+ 61. Qf4 Qxf4+ 62. Kxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1994.06.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 d5 3. d3 c5 4. f4 Nc6 5. Nf3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. e4
dxe4 9. dxe4 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 e5 11. Nd5 Bg4 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. c3 Rad8 14. Be3 b6
15. h3 Be6 16. Kf2 Rxd1 17. Rxd1 Rd8 18. Rxd8+ Bxd8 19. a3 exf4 20. gxf4 Na5
21. Nd2 Bh4+ 22. Ke2 Nc4 23. Nxc4 Bxc4+ 24. Kd2 Kf8 25. b4 cxb4 26. cxb4 Ke7
27. Bd4 Kd7 28. Kc3 Bb5 29. Kd2 Bd8 30. Ke3 a5 31. bxa5 bxa5 32. Bc5 Bc7 33. e5
Bc6 34. Bf1 Bd5 35. Kd4 Be6 36. Ba7 Kc6 37. Bg2+ Kb5 38. Bc5 Bd8 39. Bf1+ Kc6
40. Bg2+ Kd7 41. Bd6 Bb6+ 42. Bc5 Bc7 43. Bf8 Bb6+ 44. Bc5 Bd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "1994.06.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. Be2 Qc7 8. a4
b6 9. f4 Nbd7 10. Bf3 Bb7 11. Qe2 g6 12. O-O Bg7 13. e5 dxe5 14. fxe5 Nxe5 15.
Bxb7 Qxb7 16. Bh6 Bxh6 17. Qxe5 Bg7 18. Rxf6 O-O 19. Raf1 Rad8 20. Nf3 Bxf6 21.
Qxf6 b5 22. axb5 axb5 23. Ne5 Rd2 24. Rf2 Rxf2 25. Qxf2 b4 26. Nd1 Qd5 27. Nd3
Ra8 28. Qe2 Ra1 29. N3f2 Qd4 30. h3 Qxb2 31. Kh2 Qd4 32. Ne3 h5 33. g3 Ra2 34.
Qe1 h4 35. gxh4 Qxh4 36. Kg2 Qg5+ 37. Kf1 Qf4 38. Kg2 Ra3 39. Nfd1 Qe4+ 40. Kf2
Qh4+ 41. Ke2 Qh5+ 42. Kf2 Qxh3 43. Qxb4 Qh2+ 44. Ke1 Ra1 45. Qc3 Rb1 46. Qd4 e5
47. Qg4 Kg7 48. Nf5+ Kf6 49. Nfe3 Ra1 50. Qf3+ Kg7 51. Qg4 Qf4 52. Qh3 f5 53.
Ke2 Qd4 54. Qg2 Qd7 55. Nc3 f4 56. Ned5 Qf5 57. Ne4 f3+ 58. Qxf3 Re1+ 59. Kxe1
Qxf3 60. Ndf6 Qxf6 61. Nxf6 Kxf6 62. Kf2 g5 63. Kf3 Ke6 64. Ke4 g4 65. c4 Kd6
66. Ke3 Kc5 67. Kd3 g3 68. Ke3 e4 0-1

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1994.06.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Be7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Bc2 Bf5 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. cxd4 f6 14. Nxe4 Bxe4
15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Qb3+ Kh8 17. Be3 c6 18. Qe6 Qe8 19. Rac1 f5 20. Rxc6 f4 21.
Bd2 Rd8 22. d5 Bg5 23. Bb4 Rg8 24. Qxe8 Rgxe8 25. Bd6 h5 26. e6 a5 27. Rd1 e3
28. Kf1 Rc8 29. Rdc1 e2+ 30. Ke1 f3 31. Rxc8 fxg2 32. Kxe2 Rxc8 33. Rxc8+ Kh7
34. e7 g1=Q 35. e8=Q Qg4+ 36. Kf1 Qd1+ 37. Qe1 Qxd5 38. Qb1+ g6 39. Rc7+ Kh8
40. Qxg6 1-0

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1994.06.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. c4 e6 5. Qa4 c6 6. cxd5 Bxf3 7. Bxf3 exd5 8.
d4 Bd6 9. Qc2 Qf6 10. Be3 Ne7 11. Bg4 Qg6 12. Bxd7+ Kxd7 13. Qb3 Rhb8 14. Nd2
Nf5 15. Nf3 Nxe3 16. Qxe3 Qe4 17. Qb3 Ke8 18. O-O Kf8 19. Rfe1 a5 20. a3 a4 21.
Qc3 Re8 22. Rad1 Re7 23. Rd3 Qf5 24. Nh4 Qd7 25. Re3 g6 26. Rxe7 Qxe7 27. Nf3
Kg8 28. e3 Qd8 29. h4 Ra5 30. Qc2 Rb5 31. Re2 Qb6 32. Ne1 Rb3 33. Nd3 h5 34.
Nc1 Rb5 35. Na2 Rb3 36. Kg2 Kg7 37. Nc1 Rb5 38. Qc3 Be7 39. Nd3 Rb3 40. Qc2 Bd6
41. Rd2 Kg8 42. e4 dxe4 43. Nc5 e3 44. Re2 Bxc5 45. dxc5 Qd8 46. Rxe3 Qd5+ 47.
Kh2 Rxe3 48. fxe3 Qe5 49. Qc3 Qxc3 50. bxc3 Kg7 51. Kg2 Kf6 52. e4 Ke5 53. Kf3
f5 54. exf5 Kxf5 55. Ke3 g5 56. hxg5 Kxg5 57. Kf3 Kf5 58. Ke3 Kg4 59. Kf2 Kg5
60. Ke3 Kg4 61. Kf2 Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1994.06.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. Bd3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 O-O 9. O-O a6 10. Bb3 b5 11. d5 Bxc3 12. dxe6 Ba5 13. exf7+ Kh8 14. Bf4
Nc6 15. Bd6 Bg4 16. Rc1 Ne7 17. Bc5 Ne4 18. Qxd8 Bxd8 19. Bxe7 Bxe7 20. Rfe1
Bf5 21. Bc2 Rac8 22. Nd4 Bg6 23. Ne6 Rxf7 24. Bxe4 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Bxe4 26. Rc8+
Bf8 27. Nxf8 h6 28. f3 Bb7 29. Rd8 Kg8 30. Ne6+ Kh7 31. Kf2 g5 32. Rd7 Rxd7 33.
Nf8+ Kg7 34. Nxd7 Bc6 35. Nc5 a5 36. Ke3 Kf6 37. Kd4 Kf5 38. a3 g4 39. fxg4+
Kxg4 40. g3 Kh3 41. Ke5 Kxh2 42. Kf4 Bd5 43. Nd3 Bc4 44. Ne5 Bd5 45. Ng4+ Kg1
46. Nxh6 b4 0-1

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1994.06.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. a3 b4 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 bxa3 12. O-O axb2 13. Bxb2 Nf6 14. Bd3 Be7
15. Qb1 Rb8 16. Rxa7 Qb6 17. Qa2 O-O 18. Rb1 Ra8 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. Qc4 Ba6 21.
Qc2 Bxd3 22. Qxd3 Qb5 23. Ne5 Rb8 24. Qxb5 Rxb5 25. Nc4 c5 1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1994.06.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3
Nc6 9. Rc1 a6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. b4 Ba7 12. Be2 d4 13. exd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Qxd4
15. Be3 Qxd1+ 16. Nxd1 Bd7 17. Bf3 a5 18. Bxb7 Bxe3 19. Nxe3 Rab8 20. Bf3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1994.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Kortschnoj Horvath,T} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6.
Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8. Bg5 a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nd5 Bg7 12. c3 f5 13.
exf5 Bxf5 14. Nc2 Ne7 (14... O-O 15. Nce3 Be6) (14... Be6 $5 {Horvath,T} 15.
Nce3 Ne7) 15. Bd3 $5 $146 (15. Nxe7 Qxe7) (15. Nce3 Be6) 15... Nxd5 $6 (15...
Be6 16. Nxe7 Qxe7 (16... Kxe7 17. Be4 $1 d5 $2 18. Nb4) 17. Ne3 $14 (17. Be4
$14 {Horvath} d5 {Kortschnoj} 18. Bxd5 Rd8 19. Bc6+ Kf8 20. Qf3 Bc4 21. Ne3 $16
)) 16. Bxf5 Ne7 17. Qg4 O-O (17... Nxf5 18. Qxf5 O-O 19. Ne3 $14) 18. Rd1 d5 (
18... Nxf5 19. Qxf5 d5 20. Ne3 d4 21. Qg4 $1 $36) 19. Ne3 d4 $6 (19... Ra7) (
19... Qd6 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Qf3 (21. Be4 Qe6 22. Bf5 Qd6) 21... e4 22. Bxe4
Rfe8 23. O-O Rxe4 24. Qxe4 Rd8 $14) 20. Be4 dxe3 $5 (20... Rb8 21. Nf5 Ng6 22.
h4 $40) (20... f5 {Kortschnoj} 21. Nxf5 Nxf5 22. Bxf5 Qf6 23. Be6+ Kh8 24. O-O
$16) 21. Rxd8 exf2+ 22. Kxf2 Raxd8 23. Qe2 (23. Bxh7+ $5 Kxh7 24. Qh4+ Kg8 25.
Qxe7 Rd2+ 26. Kf3 Rfd8 27. Re1 $16) 23... f5 24. Bb7 $1 (24. Bc2 Ng6 $132)
24... Rd7 (24... Rd6 25. Rd1 $1 Rfd8 26. Rxd6 Rxd6 27. g4 $1 Rb6 28. Bg2 $16)
25. Bxa6 Rfd8 26. Qxb5 Rd2+ 27. Kg3 e4 (27... f4+ 28. Kh3 $1 $16) (27... R8d3+
$2 28. Qxd3 Rxd3+ 29. Bxd3 e4 30. Bc4+ Kf8 31. Rd1 $18) (27... Ng6 28. Rf1 Nf4
29. Rxf4 exf4+ 30. Kf3 $18) 28. Re1 Ng6 (28... R8d3+ $2 29. Qxd3 exd3 30. Rxe7
h6 (30... Rxb2 $2 31. Bc4+ Kf8 32. Rf7+ Ke8 33. Rxg7 d2 34. Be2 Rb1 35. Rxh7
d1=Q 36. Bxd1 Rxd1 37. Kf4 $18) (30... Kf8 {Kortschnoj} 31. Rd7 $16) 31. Bc4+
Kh7 32. Rd7 Rxb2 33. Bxd3 Kg6 34. Bxf5+ $1 Kxf5 35. Rxg7 $18) 29. Re2 Be5+ 30.
Kf2 Rd1 (30... Rxe2+ 31. Kxe2 Nf4+ 32. Kf2 Rd2+ 33. Ke1 Rd5 34. Qe8+ Kg7 35. g3
$18) 31. Re1 R8d2+ $2 (31... R1d2+ $5 32. Kg1 Kg7 $1 {/\ Kf6, Nf4}) 32. Kf1
Rxe1+ (32... e3 $2 33. Qb3+ Kg7 34. Qxd1 $18) 33. Kxe1 Rxg2 34. Bc8 f4 (34...
Nf4 {Horvath,T} 35. Qe8+ $18) 35. Bf5 $1 (35. Qd5+ Kg7 36. Qxe4 Rxb2 $132)
35... Bf6 (35... f3 36. Bxg6 $18) 36. Bxe4 Rxh2 37. a4 Ne5 38. a5 f3 39. a6
Rh1+ (39... Bh4+ 40. Kd1 Rh1+ 41. Kc2 Rh2+ 42. Kb3 $18) (39... Re2+ $2 40. Qxe2
$1 $18) (39... f2+ 40. Kf1 Ng4 41. Qe8+ Kg7 42. Qd7+ Kf8 43. Qxg4 $18) 40. Kd2
Rh2+ $138 1-0

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1994.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hecht} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Be7 5. Re1 d6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4
Bd7 8. Bf1 (8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Nc3 O-O) 8... O-O 9. Nc3 Re8 10. b3 d5 $1 11. exd5
Bb4 $2 (11... Nb4 12. Bc4 Bc5 $132) 12. Rxe8+ Bxe8 13. Ndb5 Ne7 14. Bg5 Bxc3
15. Nxc3 Nexd5 16. Qe1 Nxc3 17. Qxc3 h6 18. Bc1 $1 (18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Qxf6 gxf6
$10) 18... Bc6 19. Bb2 Qd6 20. Re1 Re8 21. Rxe8+ Nxe8 22. f3 a6 23. a4 (23. Bd3
Bb5) 23... Nf6 24. Bd3 Qf4 $4 25. Bxa6 $1 bxa6 26. Qxc6 Qd2 27. h3 Qe3+ 28. Kf1
Qd2 29. Bxf6 gxf6 30. Qxc7 h5 31. h4 $6 Qd1+ 32. Kf2 Qd2+ 33. Kg3 Qe1+ 34. Kh3
Qh1+ 35. Qh2 Qd1 36. Qg3+ Kh7 37. Qf4 Kg7 (37... Qh1+ 38. Kg3 Qe1+ 39. Kh2 $18)
38. Qe4 a5 39. c4 $4 (39. Qc4 Qh1+ 40. Kg3 Qe1+ 41. Kh2 Qe5+ 42. Kh3 Qf5+ 43.
Kg3 Qe5+ 44. Kf2 $18) (39. Kg3 {Hecht Idee: Aktivieren des K} Qd6+ 40. Kf2 Qd2+
41. Qe2 Qd4+ 42. Qe3 Qxh4+ 43. Ke2 Qg3 44. Qf2 Qe5+ 45. Kd3 Qd5+ 46. Qd4 Qg5
$44 {Aktivieren des K unter P-Verlust und Schwäche g2.}) 39... Qxb3 40. c5 Qc3
41. Qd5 Qa1 42. Qc4 Qh1+ 43. Kg3 Qe1+ 44. Kh2 Qe5+ 45. Kh3 Qf5+ 46. Kg3 Qe5+
47. Kf2 Qb2+ 48. Ke3 Qxg2 49. c6 (49. Qc3 $5 {Hecht kontrolliert e5 und erst
dann c5 nebst evtl. K-Marsch via e4-d5-c5.}) 49... Qg1+ 50. Ke4 Qe1+ 51. Kd4
Qe5+ 52. Kd3 Qf5+ 53. Kd2 (53. Qe4 Qc5) (53. Ke2 $5 Qe5+ $13) 53... Qxf3 54. c7
(54. Qc3 {Hecht} Qd5+ 55. Ke3 Qe6+ 56. Kd4 Qd6+ $10) (54. Qc5 $5 {Hecht} Qg2+
55. Kd3 Qf3+ 56. Kc4 Qe2+ 57. Kd5 Qe5+ 58. Kc4 Qe2+ 59. Kb3 Qd1+ 60. Qc2 Qd5+
61. Kb2 Qe5+ 62. Qc3 Qe2+ 63. Ka3 Qe7+ $10 {? Analyse!}) 54... Qf2+ 55. Kd3
Qg3+ 56. Ke4 Qg4+ 57. Kd3 (57. Kd5 {Hecht} Qd7+ 58. Ke4 Qg4+) 57... Qg3+ 58.
Kc2 Qf2+ 59. Kb3 Qb6+ 60. Ka2 Qf2+ 61. Ka3 Qe3+ 62. Kb2 Qb6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Kharitonov,A"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1994.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ribli} c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Be3
Nf6 8. O-O Ne5 9. h3 (9. f4 Neg4 10. Bc1 Bc5 11. Be2 (11. Nce2 e5 12. h3 exd4
13. hxg4 Nxg4 $17) 11... Qb6 12. Bxg4 Bxd4+ 13. Kh1 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Nxe4 $17)
9... Bc5 (9... b5 $6 10. f4 Nc4 11. Bxc4 Qxc4 12. Qd3 Bb7 13. a4 Qxd3 14. cxd3
b4 15. Nce2 Bc5 16. Kf2 d6 17. Nb3 Bxe3+ 18. Kxe3 a5 19. Ned4 $16 {Tal,
M-Kochyev,A/Leningrad/1977/1:0 (40)}) 10. Kh1 (10. f4 $6 Nc6 11. Nce2 (11. Be2
Qb6 12. Na4 Bxd4 13. Nxb6 Bxe3+ 14. Kh2 Bxb6 $17) 11... Qb6 12. c3 Qxb2) (10.
Qe2 d6 11. f4 Ng6 12. Rae1 O-O 13. Kh1 b5 14. Nb3 (14. Qf2 Bb7 (14... Bd7 $5)
15. f5 exf5 16. Nxf5 Bxe3 17. Rxe3 Qd8 18. Qg3 d5 $2 (18... Ne8 $142 19. h4 Kh8
20. h5 Ne5 $13) 19. e5 $40 {Liu,Sh-Veroci,Z/Tbilisi izt/ 1982/ 1:0 / 25}) 14...
Bxe3 15. Qxe3 Bb7 16. e5 $6 dxe5 17. fxe5 Nd7 18. Bxg6 hxg6 19. Nd4 Rad8 $17 {
Vakulienko,V-Kharitonov,A/Smolensk/1992/0:1 (51)}) 10... d6 11. f4 Ned7 (11...
Nc6 $2 12. e5 $1 $16 {Kasparov,G-Anand,V/Tilburg/1991/1:0 (29) Inf 53/181/}) (
11... Ng6 {Ribli} 12. Qd2 Bd7 $13 {Topalov,V-Haba,P/Budapest zt-B/1993/CBM34/})
12. a3 (12. Qf3 b5 13. Nb3 (13. Qg3 {Ribli} Bb7 14. a3 O-O 15. Qh4 $6 Qb6 16.
Qf2 e5 $15 {Smagin,S-Matulovic,M/Jugoslavija/1992/INF54,188/}) 13... Bb7 14. a4
b4 15. Ne2 $13 {Tal,M-Najdorf,M/Belgrade(m/1)/1970/0,5 (41)}) (12. a4 {Ribli}
b6 13. Qe1 Bb7 14. Qg3 g6 15. Rae1 Nh5 16. Qf2 O-O $13 {Short,N-Ribli,Z/
Brussels SWIFT 25`/1992/EXP29/}) 12... O-O 13. Qe1 Qb6 $6 (13... b5 $142 {Ribli
} 14. Qh4 Qb6 15. Qf2 e5 16. Nf5 g6 $13 17. fxe5 dxe5 18. Ne7+ Kg7 19. Ncd5
Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Qd6 $13) 14. Qf2 (14. Na4 $5 Qc7 (14... Qa7 15. Nxc5 dxc5 (15...
Nxc5 16. b4 Nxd3 17. cxd3 $16) 16. Nf3 $16) 15. b4 (15. Qh4 $13 {Ribli}) 15...
Ba7 (15... Bxd4 16. Bxd4 b5 17. Nc3 e5 18. Be3 exf4 19. Rxf4 $14) 16. c4 $14)
14... e5 (14... Qxb2 $2 15. Na4 $18) 15. fxe5 (15. Na4 $6 exd4 16. Nxb6 dxe3
$17) (15. Nf5 $5 Bxe3 16. Qxe3 Qxe3 17. Nxe3 $14) 15... dxe5 16. Nf5 (16. Na4
$6 exd4 (16... Qd8 $1 17. Nf5 (17. Nxc5 $2 Nxc5 18. Nc6 $2 Nxd3 $19) 17... Bxe3
18. Qxe3 b5 19. Nc3 Bb7 $13) 17. Nxb6 dxe3 18. Nxd7 exf2 19. Nxc5 $16 (19. Nxc5
{Ribli} Re8 20. Rxf2 b6 21. Nb3 Nxe4 $10)) 16... Bxe3 17. Nxe3 $6 (17. Qxe3
$142 Qxe3 18. Nxe3 b5 (18... b6 19. Nc4 $14) 19. b4 Bb7 20. a4 $14) 17... Qxb2
$1 18. Ned5 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 b5 (19... Qd4 $5 20. Qg3 (20. Ne7+ {Ribli} Kh8 21.
Qxd4 exd4 22. Nf5 Ne5 23. Nxd4 Rd8 24. Nf3 Nxf3 25. Rxf3 Be6 $10) 20... Qc5 21.
Rf3 f6 22. Raf1 Kh8 {/\ Qd6, Nc5-/+}) 20. Qg3 (20. Rfb1 {Ribli} Qd4 21. Qxd4
exd4 22. a4 Bb7 $10) 20... Nc5 $2 (20... Bb7 $2 21. Rfb1 Qd4 22. Ne7+ Kh8 23.
Nf5 $18) (20... Kh8 $5 21. Qh4 f6 22. Ne7 Rf7 23. Nf5 Nf8 $17) 21. Rab1 (21.
Nf6+ $2 Kh8 22. Qh4 (22. Nh5 Ne6 $17) 22... h6 $17 (22... h6 {Ribli} 23. Nh5
Be6 24. Qg3 Rg8 $15)) 21... Qxa3 22. Ra1 Qb2 23. Rab1 Qa3 (23... Qd4 $4 24. Rb4
$18) 24. Ra1 Qb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E37"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1994.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik Hansen,LB} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3
Ne4 7. Qc2 c5 8. dxc5 Nc6 9. Nf3 (9. e3 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Nxd2 (10... Qxc5 11. b4 (
11. Nf3 Nxd2 12. Nxd2 O-O (12... d4) 13. O-O-O Rd8 14. Bd3 h6 15. cxd5 Qxc2+
16. Bxc2 exd5 17. Nb3 Kf8 18. Rd2 Be6 19. f4 Rac8 20. Kb1 Ne7 21. Nd4 Bd7 22.
Rhd1 Re8 {1/2-1/2/Obukhov,A-Balashov,Y/Kurgan/1994/}) 11... Qe7 12. Nf3 O-O 13.
Bd3 Nxd2 14. Nxd2 h6 15. O-O Ne5 16. Be2 Nxc4 17. Nxc4 dxc4 18. Qxc4 b6 19.
Rac1 $14 {Sokolov,I-Lobron,E/Donner mem-A/1994/}) 11. Qxd2 dxc4 $10 {Hansen,LB}
12. Qxa5 Nxa5 13. Rc1 b5 $1 14. cxb6 Bb7 $1 15. Nf3 Ke7 16. Nd2 Rhc8 17. Be2
axb6 18. O-O b5 $15 {Dao Thien Hai-Loginov,V/Budapest/1994/}) (9. cxd5 $13 {
Hansen,LB}) 9... Qa5+ 10. Nd2 (10. Bd2 Nxd2 (10... Qxc5 {Hansen,LB} 11. e3 Nxd2
12. Nxd2 d4 $1 $10 {Forintos,G-Wedberg,T/Malmo/1988/}) 11. Qxd2 dxc4 $10) 10...
Nd4 (10... Nxd2 {Hansen,LB} 11. Bxd2 Qxc5 12. e3 dxc4 13. Qxc4 Qxc4 14. Bxc4
Bd7 15. Bc3 $14 {Reshevsky,S-Capablanca,J/AVRO/1938/}) 11. Qd3 e5 12. b4 (12.
cxd5 $2 {Hansen,LB} Nxc5 $19) 12... Qa4 13. Ra2 (13. Nxe4 $2 dxe4 14. Qd1 Nc2+
15. Kd2 e3+ $1 16. Kc3 (16. fxe3 {Ftacnik} Bf5 $19) 16... Bf5 17. Bxe3 Rd8 $17
{ECO}) 13... Nxd2 (13... Bf5 14. cxd5 (14. Nxe4 $5 Bxe4 15. Qc3 O-O-O 16. f3
Nc2+ 17. Kf2 d4 18. Qb2 Bg6 $44 {Galliamova-Lerner/Rostov/1993}) 14... Nxc5 15.
Qc3 Ncb3 16. Nxb3 Qxb3 17. Qxb3 Nxb3 18. Bd2 Be4 $10 {ECO}) 14. Rxd2 $6 $146 (
14. Qxd2 dxc4 15. e3 Nb3 16. Qc3 Be6 17. Bxc4 Bxc4 18. Qxc4 Nxc1 19. Qxc1 a5
$10 {Bronstein-Boleslavsky/Saltsjobaden izt/1948}) 14... Bf5 15. Qe3 (15. Qc3
$142 {Ftacnik}) 15... O-O-O $1 (15... Nc2+ $2 16. Rxc2 Qxc2 17. cxd5 (17. Qxe5+
Be6 18. Qb2 Qxc4 19. e3 Qg4 20. Bb5+ Ke7 $15) 17... O-O-O (17... O-O {Ftacnik}
18. f3 $13) 18. d6 $16) 16. g4 (16. cxd5 Rxd5 $17) (16. Qxe5 Nc2+ (16... dxc4 {
Ftacnik} 17. Rxd4 Rxd4 18. Qxd4 Rd8 19. Qxd8+ Kxd8 $19) 17. Rxc2 Qxc2 {Hansen,
LB} 18. Bf4 (18. Qb2 {Ftacnik} dxc4 $19) 18... Qb1+ 19. Kd2 dxc4+ $19) 16...
Qc2 $1 $17 (16... Nc2+ $6 {Hansen,LB} 17. Rxc2 Bxc2 18. Bg2 $1 dxc4 19. O-O $36
) (16... Bxg4 {Ftacnik} 17. Bg2 (17. f3 Bf5 18. Qxe5 $2 Nxf3+ $1 19. exf3 Rhe8
$19)) 17. Rxd4 $8 (17. Rxc2 Nxc2+ 18. Kd2 dxc4+ 19. Kc3 Nxe3 20. Bxe3 (20. gxf5
{Ftacnik} Nxf1 21. Rxf1 Rd4 $19) 20... Bxg4 $19 (20... Be4 {Hansen,LB} 21. f3
Bd5 $19 {Gurevich,M})) (17. Qxd4 Qxc1+ (17... exd4 18. Rxc2 Bxc2 $17) 18. Rd1
Qxa3 {Hansen,LB} 19. Qxe5 Bc2 $19 {Makarychev} (19... Qxb4+ {Ftacnik} 20. Rd2
Be4 21. f3 dxc4 $1 22. Qf4 c3 $1 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Qxe4 (24. Kf2 c2 25. Bg2
Qxc5+ $19) 24... Qxe4 25. fxe4 c2 $19)) (17. gxf5 {Ftacnik} Qxc1+ 18. Rd1 Nc2#)
17... exd4 18. Qd2 (18. Qf4 {Ftacnik} Be4 19. Rg1 (19. f3 Bxf3 $1 20. Qxf3
Qxc1+ $19) 19... dxc4 $19) 18... Qxd2+ 19. Bxd2 Be4 (19... Bxg4 20. cxd5 Rxd5 (
20... Rhe8 {Ftacnik} 21. Rg1 $17) 21. Rg1 Bf5 22. Rxg7 Bg6 23. Bg2 Rh5 24. Bf4
$132) 20. f3 Bg6 21. cxd5 Rxd5 22. Bg2 f6 23. Kf2 (23. f4 Rd7 24. c6 bxc6 25.
Bxc6 Rc7 26. b5 Be8 $19) (23. Bf4 $5 {/\Kd2}) 23... h5 24. Bf4 (24. h3 $142
hxg4 25. hxg4 Rxh1 26. Bxh1 Bc2 27. f4 Rd8 28. c6 b5 $17 {/\Bb3-d5}) 24... Bc2
25. h4 Re8 26. Rc1 Ba4 {/\d3} 27. gxh5 (27. Bf1 hxg4 28. fxg4 Bb5 $17) 27...
Rxh5 (27... Bb5 {Ftacnik} 28. e3 dxe3+ 29. Bxe3 $17) 28. Bg3 Re3 $19 29. Rc4
Rd5 30. Bd6 (30. Rxd4 {Hansen,LB} Rxe2+ $1 31. Kxe2 Rxd4 $19) 30... Rc3 31. f4
(31. Rxc3 {Ftacnik} dxc3 32. Bf4 c2 $19) 31... Rxd6 $1 (31... Rxd6 $1 {Hansen,
LB} 32. Rxc3 dxc3 33. cxd6 c2 $19) 0-1

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1994.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Glatman} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6
8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 c5 13. d5 Qb6 14. Bg2
O-O-O 15. O-O b4 16. Na4 Qa6 (16... Qd6 17. dxe6 Qxe6 18. Re1 Qf5 19. Bxb7+
Kxb7 20. Bf4 Qxf6 21. Re8 Bg7 22. Rxh8 Bxh8 23. Qd5+ Qc6 24. Nxc5+ $16 {
Agzamov,G-Timoshchenko,G/USSR/1982/1-0 (44)}) 17. a3 Bxd5 $5 (17... exd5 18.
axb4 Qe6 19. Nc3 cxb4 20. Bxd5 Bxd5 21. Qxd5 Qxd5 22. Nxd5 Ne5 23. Ne7+ Kb7 24.
Ra5 $16 {Baturinski,V-Kuuskmaa,E/ corr/ 1970/ 1-0/ 33}) (17... b3 18. Nc3 Nb6
19. Qg4 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Bxd5 Rxd5 22. Rad1 Rd3 23. Qe4 Kd7 24. Rd2 $16 {
Razuvaev,Y-Vaiser,A/USSR/1981/1-0 (41)}) 18. Bxd5 (18. axb4 {Glatman} Bxg2 19.
Kxg2 Qc6+ 20. f3 cxb4 $13) 18... Ne5 (18... exd5 {Glatman} 19. axb4 $16) 19.
Qe2 $1 (19. Nxc5 Bxc5 20. axb4 Bxf2+ 21. Rxf2 Rxd5 $13) (19. Bxe6+ $2 {Glatman}
Qxe6 20. Qe2 Rd3 21. Be3 Qh3 22. f3 Rxe3 $19) 19... Rxd5 20. axb4 cxb4 (20...
Qc6 21. Nc3 cxb4 22. Nxd5 Qxd5) (20... Qb7 {Glatman} 21. Nc3 $16) 21. Nc3 Qc6 (
21... Ra5 22. Rxa5 Qxa5 23. Ne4 $36) 22. Nxd5 Qxd5 23. f3 $8 (23. Rfd1 $2 Nf3+
24. Kf1 Nxh2+ 25. Kg1 Nf3+ $19) (23. f4 $2 {Glatman} Bc5+ $19) 23... Bc5+ (
23... Nxf3+ $2 24. Qxf3 Qxg5 25. Qa8+ $18) 24. Kg2 (24. Be3 {!+/- Glatman} Nd3
25. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 26. Kg2 Qd4 $132) 24... Nd3 (24... Ng4 25. h4 Qxg5 $5 26. fxg4 (
26. hxg5 $4 Rh2#) 26... Qd5+ 27. Kh3 $16) 25. h4 (25. Be3 $2 {Glatman} Qe5)
25... Kb7 $6 (25... Bd4 26. Rfb1 (26. Rad1 $6 Nxb2 $1) 26... Kb7 $13) 26. Ra5
$1 (26. Rfd1 {Glatman} Rd8 27. b3 c3 (27... cxb3 28. Rd2 b2 29. Rad1 Qa2 $13)
28. h5 Qxb3 (28... Qxg5 29. Rxd3 Rxd3 30. Qxd3 $16) 29. Rxd3 Rxd3 30. Qxd3 Qb2+
31. Kh3 Qxa1 $13) 26... Qd4 27. b3 $1 Bb6 (27... cxb3 28. Rd1 (28. Rxc5 $142 $1
{Glatman} Nxc5 29. Rd1 Qc3 30. Qb5+ Ka8 31. Rc1 Qb2+ 32. Kh3 Nb7 33. Rc7 Rb8
34. Bf4 Qxf6 35. Qxb7+ $1 Rxb7 36. Rc8+ $18) 28... Bb6 (28... Rd8 29. Rxd3 (29.
Rxc5 Qxc5 30. Rxd3 Rxd3 31. Qxd3 b2 $13) 29... Qxd3 30. Qxd3 Rxd3 31. Rxc5 Kb6
32. Rc1 $18 (32. Rc1 a5 33. h5 a4 34. h6 a3 35. h7 Rd8 36. Be3+ Kb5 $13)) 29.
Rxd3 Qg1+ 30. Kh3 Bxa5 31. Qe4+ Ka6 32. Qc4+ Kb7 33. Rd7+ $18) 28. Ra2 c3 (
28... cxb3 29. Rd2 Rd8 30. Rb1 (30. Rfd1 b2 31. Rxd3 (31. Rxb2 $2 Qxb2 32. Qxb2
Nxb2 33. Rxd8 Bxd8 34. h5 Nc4 35. h6 Ne5 36. h7 Ng6 $19) (31. Qf1 $2 Qc4 32.
Rxd3 Rxd3 33. Rxd3 Qc2+ 34. Rd2 b1=Q 35. Rxc2 Qxc2+ $17) 31... Qxd3 32. Rxd3
b1=Q 33. Qe4+ (33. Rxd8 Bxd8 34. Qb5+ Bb6 35. Qd7+ Ka6 36. Qxf7 Qc2+ 37. Kh3
Qf5+ 38. Kg2 Qc2+ $10) 33... Rd5 $8 34. Rxd5 Qxe4 35. fxe4 exd5 36. e5 b3 {
Glatman} 37. Bc1 Bd4 38. e6 fxe6 39. f7 Bg7 40. h5 Kc6 41. h6 b2 (41... Bxh6
42. Bxh6 b2 43. f8=Q $18) 42. hxg7 bxc1=Q 43. g8=Q $18) (30. h5 $5 b2 31. h6
Qd5 32. h7 Qxg5 33. Rxd3 $16) 30... Qd5 31. Rbd1 (31. Qd1 b2 32. Rbxb2 Nxb2 33.
Rxd5 Nxd1 34. Rxd8 Bxd8 35. h5 b3) 31... b2 32. Rxb2 Nf4+ 33. Bxf4 Qxd1 34.
Qxd1 Rxd1 35. Rxb4 $16) 29. Rd1 Rd8 30. h5 $1 a5 (30... Qe5 31. Qxe5 Nxe5 32.
Rxd8 Bxd8 33. h6 $18) (30... Nf4+ {Glatman} 31. Bxf4 Qxd1 32. Qxd1 Rxd1 33. h6
a5 34. g4) 31. g4 (31. h6 Nf4+ 32. Bxf4 Qxd1 33. Qxd1 Rxd1 34. g4) 31... Nf4+
32. Bxf4 Qxd1 (32... Qxf4 33. Rxd8 Bxd8 34. Qb5+ (34. Qe4+ $6 Qxe4 35. fxe4
Bxf6 36. Rf2 (36. h6 Kb6 37. Rf2 Bd4 38. Rxf7 c2 39. Rf1 a4 $1) 36... Bg5 37.
Rxf7+ Kc6 $36) 34... Kc8 35. Qe8 Qc7 36. Rc2 $16) 33. Qxd1 Rxd1 34. h6 Ka6 $2 (
34... e5 $1 35. h7 Rd8 36. Bxe5 Rh8 $15 {Shirov}) 35. g5 Rd8 (35... Kb5 $5 {
Glatman} 36. h7 Rd8 37. Bd6 (37. g6 fxg6 38. Bh6 Rh8 $13) 37... Bc5 38. Rxa5+ (
38. Bxc5 Kxc5 39. Rxa5+ Kd4 $132) (38. Bc7 Rh8 39. Rxa5+ Kc6 $13) 38... Kxa5
39. Bc7+ Ka6 40. Bxd8 c2 41. h8=Q c1=Q $10) 36. Kf1 $1 Bd4 (36... Rc8 37. h7
Rh8 38. g6 fxg6 39. f7 Bc5 40. Rh2 Bf8 (40... Kb5 41. Be5 c2 42. Rxc2 Rxh7 43.
Rxc5+ $1 $18) 41. Ke1 Bg7 42. Bd6 Kb5 43. f8=Q Bxf8 44. Bxf8 Rxf8 45. h8=Q $18)
37. Ke2 (37. Rxa5+ $2 {Glatman} Kxa5 38. Bc7+ Bb6 39. Bxd8 c2 $19) 37... e5 (
37... Kb5 $2 38. Rxa5+ $1 Kxa5 39. Bc7+ Kb5 40. Bxd8 c2 41. Kd2 Be3+ 42. Kxc2
Bxg5 43. h7 $18) (37... Rc8 $142 {Glatman} 38. Kd3 Be5 39. Bc1 Kb5 $16) 38. Be3
Kb5 39. h7 Rh8 (39... Bxe3 40. Kxe3 Rh8 41. g6 fxg6 42. f7 Kc6 43. Rg2 Kd5 (
43... Kd7 {Glatman} 44. Rxg6 Ke7 45. Rg8 $18) 44. Rxg6 $18) 40. Bxd4 exd4 41.
g6 $1 fxg6 42. f7 Kc6 (42... a4 43. Rxa4 Rc8 44. Kd3 c2 45. Ra1 $18) (42...
Rxh7 {Glatman} 43. f8=Q Rh2+ 44. Kd3 Rxa2 45. Qe8+ Kc5 46. Qe5+ Kc6 47. Kxd4
$18) 43. Kd3 Kd7 (43... a4 {Glatman} 44. Rxa4 Kd7 45. Rxb4 Ke7 46. Rxd4 Rxh7
47. Rf4 Kf8 48. Kxc3 $18) 44. Re2 a4 45. Re8 axb3 (45... Rxh7 46. f8=Q $18) 46.
Rxh8 b2 47. Rd8+ $1 (47. Rd8+ Ke6 (47... Kc7 {Glatman} 48. Kc2 b3+ 49. Kb1 $18)
48. Kc2 b3+ 49. Kb1 $18) (47. Kc2 d3+ 48. Kb1 d2 49. Rd8+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "1994.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 Qc7 10. O-O Nc6 11. d5 Ne5 12. Nd2 c4 13. f4 Nd3 14. Nxc4 Nxc1
15. Rxc1 Bg4 16. Bxg4 Qxc4 17. Qe2 Qxe2 18. Bxe2 e5 19. dxe6 fxe6 20. Bc4 Kf7
21. f5 Ke7 22. Bxe6 Rad8 23. Bd5 gxf5 24. Bxb7 Rd3 25. exf5 Bxc3 26. Kh1 Kf6
27. Ba6 Re3 28. Rcd1 Re5 29. Bc4 Re4 30. Be6 Rh4 31. h3 Rd4 32. Rxd4 Bxd4 33.
g4 h5 34. gxh5 Rh8 35. Rf4 Ke5 36. Rh4 Bf2 37. Ra4 Rxh5 38. Kg2 Bd4 39. Kg3
Rg5+ 40. Kf3 Rg1 41. Ra5+ Kf6 42. Rd5 Bb6 43. Rd7 Rg7 44. Rd3 Ke5 45. Rd5+ Kf6
46. Ke4 Rg3 47. Rd7 Rxh3 48. Rf7+ Kg5 49. Rg7+ Kf6 50. Rf7+ Kg5 51. Rg7+ Kf6
52. Rg6+ Ke7 53. Bb3 Rh4+ 54. Kd5 Rf4 55. Re6+ Kf8 56. Rf6+ Ke7 57. Re6+ Kf8
58. Bc2 Rf2 59. Rc6 Ke7 60. Re6+ Kd7 61. Bd3 Rxa2 62. Bb5+ Kc8 63. f6 Rd2+ 64.
Ke4 Rf2 65. Re8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1994.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Bc4 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Re1 Nc6 9. Bb3 a6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Nh5 13. f3 Kh7 14. Qd2 Be5
15. Bf2 Qa5 16. Rad1 Rb8 17. Bd4 f6 18. Ne2 Qxd2 19. Rxd2 Nf4 20. Nxf4 Bxf4 21.
Be3 Bxe3+ 22. Rxe3 g5 23. g3 Rb7 24. c3 Bd7 25. f4 Bg4 26. Kg2 Kg7 27. Bc4 a5
28. b3 Bh5 29. h4 f5 30. exf5 gxf4 31. gxf4 Rxf5 32. Kg3 Bf7 33. Ba6 Rc7 34.
Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1994.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Bg5 c6 7. Bd3 e5 8. d5 Na6
9. Nge2 Nc5 10. Bc2 Qb6 11. O-O cxd5 12. cxd5 Bd7 13. Rb1 a5 14. Qd2 Rfc8 15.
Kh1 Qd8 16. a3 a4 17. Rbe1 Ra6 18. Nc1 Qa5 19. Bb1 Nh5 20. Nd3 Nb3 21. Qe3 f6
22. Bh6 g5 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Kh2 Nf4 25. h4 h6 26. Nb4 Raa8 27. g3 Ng6 28. f4
Qc5 29. f5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1994.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 Nc6 3. Nf3 e5 4. g3 Bc5 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nf6 7. c3 a6 8. Nh4 O-O
9. Kh1 d5 10. Nd2 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 f5 13. Bg2 Be7 14. Nf3 Bf6 15.
Re1 Kh8 16. Be3 Be6 17. d4 e4 18. Nd2 Bd5 19. f3 exf3 20. Bxf3 Ne7 21. Bf4 c6
22. Qe2 g5 23. Be5 Ng6 24. Bxf6+ Rxf6 25. Bxd5 Qxd5+ 26. Qg2 g4 27. Qxd5 cxd5
28. Nf1 f4 29. gxf4 Nxf4 30. Re5 Nd3 31. Rxd5 Re8 32. Ng3 Nxb2 33. Re5 Rxe5 34.
dxe5 Re6 35. Rb1 Nd3 36. Rxb7 Rxe5 37. Rd7 Nf4 38. Kg1 h5 39. Rd4 Ne2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D49"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "Hansen,LB"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1994.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
a6 9. e4 c5 10. e5 cxd4 11. Nxb5 Ng4 $5 12. Qa4 (12. Nd6+ Bxd6 13. exd6 Qa5+
14. Bd2 (14. Qd2 Qd5 15. Qg5 Qxg5 16. Bxg5 Nc5 17. Be2 f6 18. Bd2 e5 $13 {
Greenfeld,A-Gurevich,D/Beersheba/1993/}) 14... Qd5 15. Qa4 (15. O-O Nge5 16.
Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Bb4 $6 a5 18. d7+ Bxd7 19. Ba3 Bc6 20. f3 Nxd3 21. Qxd3 Bb5 22.
Qc2 Bxf1 23. Rxf1 d3 24. Qc3 f6 $19 {Illescas Cordoba,M-Oll,L/Groningen PCA/
1993/}) 15... Nge5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5+ 17. Kf1 O-O 18. Re1 Qf6 $13 {Ajupbergenov,
A-Volzhin,A/Volgograd/1994/}) 12... Bb7 13. Nbxd4 Qb6 14. O-O Bc5 15. h3 (15.
Be3) 15... Bxf3 16. hxg4 Bxd4 $6 $146 (16... Bd5 17. Nb3 O-O $1 18. Qxd7 Bxb3
19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Qd3+ Kg8 21. Qxb3 Qxb3 22. axb3 Rfb8 23. Ra4 Rxb3 24. Rc4 {
1/2-1/2/Stohl,I-Chernin,A/Brno/1993/}) (16... Bb7 17. Nf3 h5 $1 18. Bd2 Bxf3
19. gxf3 hxg4 20. fxg4 Qxb2 $13 {Alterman,B-Rogic,D/Zagreb zt/1993/}) 17. gxf3
Ke7 18. Be4 $1 Nxe5 $6 (18... Rad8 $1 19. Bg5+ $6 (19. f4 $13) 19... f6 20.
exf6+ gxf6 21. Bh6 (21. Rad1 $4 Nc5 22. Qc4 Nxe4 23. fxe4 fxg5 $19) 21... f5 $1
$17) (18... Rac8 $6 19. Bg5+ f6 20. exf6+ gxf6 21. Rad1 $1 $40 {Makarychev})
19. Bxa8 Rxa8 20. Kg2 Rc8 21. Qa3+ $1 Kf6 (21... Bc5 22. Be3 $1 $16) 22. Bf4
Bxb2 23. Bxe5+ Bxe5 24. Rac1 $16 Rd8 (24... Bb2 $2 25. g5+ (25. Rb1) 25... Kxg5
26. Qe7+ Bf6 27. Qxf7 Rxc1 28. Rxc1 $16 {X Kg5}) 25. Rfd1 Bb2 26. Qe3 $1 (26.
g5+ Kxg5 27. Qe7+ Bf6 28. Qxf7 $16) 26... Qxe3 27. fxe3 Bxc1 28. Rxd8 Bxe3 29.
Ra8 $18 {P <->a} Ke5 30. Rxa6 Kd5 31. Ra8 f5 32. Rh8 h6 33. Rd8+ Kc6 34. gxf5
exf5 35. Rf8 $1 Kb5 36. Rxf5+ Kb4 37. Kh3 Ka4 38. Rf7 1-0

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Akesson, Ralf"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1994.08.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8.
Qc2 Re8 9. Bd3 c6 10. O-O Nf8 11. Rab1 Ng6 12. b4 a6 13. a4 Bd6 14. b5 axb5 15.
axb5 h6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Rfe1 Bg4 18. Nd2 Nh4 19. g3 Bh3 20. bxc6 bxc6 21. Bf1
Bf5 22. Bd3 Bh3 23. Bf1 Bf5 24. Bd3 Bh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Akesson, Ralf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1994.08.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Qc7 7. Kh1 d6 8. f4
Nbd7 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Qf3 O-O 11. Be3 Nc5 12. Nb3 b6 13. Nxc5 bxc5 14. e5 Bb7 15.
Qh3 dxe5 16. fxe5 Qxe5 17. Rxf6 Bxg2+ 18. Kxg2 1-0

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1994.08.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Be3 Nc6 7. e5 dxe5 8. fxe5
Nd5 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. Nf3 f6 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. O-O Bg4 13. h3 Bf5 14. c3 Rad8
15. Qb3 Be6 16. Nd2 Qxb3 17. axb3 Bd5 18. Bf3 Bxf3 19. Rxf3 e5 20. Ne4 Bg7 21.
Rxf8+ Kxf8 22. Nc5 Kg8 23. Nxb7 Rb8 24. d5 Nd4 25. Bxd4 exd4 26. Rxa7 dxc3 27.
bxc3 Bxc3 28. Kf1 Bd4 29. Ra4 Rxb7 30. Rxd4 Rxb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1994.08.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 e5 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. d3 g6 8.
Nd5 Bg7 9. a3 Nge7 10. Rb1 Nxd5 11. cxd5 Nd4 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. b4 f5 14. bxc5
dxc5 15. Qb3 b6 16. O-O fxe4 17. dxe4 Rc8 18. Qc4 O-O 19. f4 Qf7 20. Bd2 Rfe8
21. Rfe1 Re7 22. a4 Rce8 23. a5 Rxe4 24. Rxe4 Rxe4 25. axb6 axb6 26. Rxb6 Re8
27. h3 d3 28. Re6 Bd4+ 29. Kh1 Rd8 30. Qxd3 Rxd5 31. Qe4 Rd7 32. Be3 Qf5 33.
Qa8+ Kg7 34. Qe8 Qf7 35. Bxd4+ cxd4 36. Qxf7+ Kxf7 37. Re2 d3 38. Rd2 Ke6 39.
g4 Rd4 40. Kg2 Kd5 41. Kf3 Kc4 42. Ke3 Kc3 43. Rd1 d2 44. f5 Kc2 45. Rf1 d1=Q
46. Rxd1 Rxd1 47. Kf4 Rf1+ 48. Kg5 gxf5 49. gxf5 Kd3 50. f6 Ke4 0-1

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1994.08.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 Bg7 11. c3 f5 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nc2 O-O 14. Nce3
Be6 15. Bd3 f5 16. O-O Ra7 17. Qh5 e4 18. Bc2 Qe8 19. Qxe8 Rxe8 20. f3 exf3 21.
Rxf3 Ne5 22. Rg3 Rf7 23. Nf4 Nc4 24. Nxe6 Rxe6 25. Nxf5 Nxb2 26. Rf1 Nc4 27. h4
Rg6 28. Rgf3 Nd2 29. Bb3 Nxb3 30. axb3 Rc7 31. h5 Rg5 32. h6 Rxf5 33. Rxf5 Bxh6
34. R1f3 Bg7 35. Rg5 Kh8 36. Kf1 Rxc3 37. Rxc3 Bxc3 38. Ke2 Be5 39. b4 Bc3 40.
Rg4 d5 41. Kd3 d4 42. Rxd4 Bxd4 43. Kxd4 Kg7 44. Kc5 Kf6 45. Kb6 Ke5 46. Kxa6
Kf4 47. Kxb5 Kg3 48. Kc4 h5 49. b5 h4 50. b6 Kxg2 51. b7 h3 52. b8=Q h2 1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1994.08.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 Bg4 5. e3 Nf6 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. h3
Bf5 9. d5 Ne4 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. Ng5 Bf5 12. e4 Bd7 13. Rb1 b5 14. Bf4 Qa5 15.
Nf3 bxc4 16. Bxc4 Bb5 17. Bxb5 Qxb5 18. e5 Qa6 19. exd6 exd6 20. Re1 Nd7 21.
Qe2 c4 22. b3 Nc5 23. bxc4 Na4 24. Qd3 Nb2 25. Qe2 Na4 26. Rb3 Rac8 27. Ra3
Qxc4 28. Qxc4 Rxc4 29. Bxd6 Rd8 30. Nd2 Rd4 31. Nb3 Rxd5 32. Be7 Rd1 33. Rxd1
Rxd1+ 34. Kh2 Rd7 35. Bb4 Nb6 36. Bc5 Bf8 37. Bxf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "1994.08.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. e4 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. f3 Rfc8 13. b3 a6 14. Na4 Qxd2+
15. Kxd2 Nd7 16. Be3 Rab8 17. Nc3 Ne5 18. Nd5 Nc6 19. Nb6 Rd8 20. Rhd1 Bd4 21.
Bxd4 Nxd4 22. Ke3 Nxe2 23. Kxe2 f5 24. exf5 Bxf5 25. Rd4 Kf7 26. Rcd1 Rf8 27.
g4 Be6 28. a4 Rbd8 29. b4 h5 30. gxh5 gxh5 31. c5 Rde8 32. cxd6 exd6 33. Kf2
Rg8 34. Rh4 Rg5 35. Rxd6 Reg8 36. Rdd4 Kf6 37. Rhf4+ Ke7 38. Rfe4 Rg2+ 39. Ke3
Kf7 40. Rd6 Bf5 41. Re5 Re8 42. Rxe8 Kxe8 43. h4 Rb2 44. Rd4 Kf7 45. Kf4 Be6
46. Ke5 Re2+ 47. Kd6 Rf2 48. Kc7 Rxf3 49. Kxb7 Kf6 50. Kxa6 Ke5 51. Rd2 Rf4 52.
b5 Rxh4 53. a5 Rd4 54. Re2+ Kd6 55. Kb7 Rb4 56. Rd2+ Kc5 57. Re2 Rxb5 58. Rxe6
Rxa5 59. Rc6+ Kd4 60. Rc4+ Kd3 61. Rh4 Rf5 62. Kc6 Ke3 63. Nd5+ Kf3 64. Kd6 Kg3
65. Rh1 h4 66. Ke6 Rxd5 67. Kxd5 h3 68. Ke4 Kg2 69. Ra1 h2 70. Ra2+ Kg3 71.
Ra3+ Kg2 72. Ra2+ Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1994.08.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 e5 6. Nge2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8.
d4 Nc6 9. Bg5 exd4 10. Bxf6 dxc3 11. Bxc3 Qh5 12. Nf4 Qxd1 13. Raxd1 Bf5 14.
Rd2 Bxf4 15. gxf4 Rad8 16. Rfd1 Bxc2 17. Rxd8 Rxd8 18. Rxd8+ Nxd8 19. Be5 c6
20. Bh3 Ne6 21. f5 Ng5 22. Bg4 Bxf5 23. Be2 Be4 24. Bb8 a6 25. f4 Ne6 26. Kf2
f5 27. Ke3 h6 28. h4 g5 29. fxg5 hxg5 30. h5 Kg7 31. a4 Kh6 32. a5 Ng7 33. Kd4
c5+ 34. Kxc5 Nxh5 35. Kb6 g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1994.08.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Ng5 e6 7. Qe2 Nb6 8.
Bb3 h6 9. N5f3 c5 10. Bf4 Nbd5 11. Be5 Qa5+ 12. Nd2 b5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Ngf3
O-O 15. O-O-O Bb7 16. g4 Nd7 17. g5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Nc3 19. Qg4 Nxa2+ 20. Bxa2 h5
21. Qxh5 Qxa2 22. Nb3 Bxf2 23. Rd3 Rac8 24. Rh3 Rxc2+ 25. Kxc2 Rc8+ 26. Kd1
Qb1+ 27. Ke2 Qe4+ 28. Kxf2 Rc2+ 29. Kf1 Qf4+ 30. Nf3 Kf8 31. g6 Qc4+ 32. Kg1
Qxb3 33. Qe5 Rc1+ 34. Kf2 Qc2+ 35. Ke3 Qb3+ 36. Ke2 Qc4+ 37. Kf2 Qc2+ 38. Ke3
Qb3+ 39. Kf4 Rc4+ 40. Nd4 Qxh3 41. Qb8+ Rc8 42. Qd6+ Kg8 {Black lost on time}
1-0

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1994.08.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. Re1 Bd6 13. g3 Qd7 14. d3 Qh3 15.
Re4 Qd7 16. Nd2 Bb7 17. Re1 c5 18. Ne4 Be7 19. Qh5 Kh8 20. Ng5 Nf6 21. Qh3 Qc6
22. f3 c4 23. dxc4 bxc4 24. Bc2 Bc5+ 25. Kf1 h6 26. Ne4 Ba7 27. g4 Rae8 28. g5
Nd5 29. gxh6 g6 30. Bg5 f5 31. Nd2 Ne3+ 32. Bxe3 Rxe3 33. Qg3 Rf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1994.08.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 e5 7. Be3 b6 8. Nc3
f6 9. Qd2 Be6 10. O-O-O Ne7 11. Bh6 O-O 12. g4 Nc8 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Nh4 Nd6
15. Ng2 Nb5 16. f4 Nd4 17. Rdf1 b5 18. Kb1 Qa5 19. b3 c4 20. Rf2 b4 21. Ne2 c3
22. Nxd4 exd4 23. Qc1 Qc5 24. f5 Bg8 25. g5 a5 26. Re1 fxg5 27. Qxg5 Kh8 28.
Nf4 gxf5 29. Qh6 Bf7 30. Qf6+ 1-0

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1994.08.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Be3 b6 9. Qd2 e5 10. Bh6 Qe7 11. O-O-O Nh5 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Ne2 Qf6 14. Qe3
Be6 15. Kb1 Nf4 16. Nxf4 Qxf4 17. Qxf4 exf4 18. d4 cxd4 19. Nxd4 c5 20. Nxe6+
fxe6 21. Rd7+ Rf7 22. Rhd1 Raf8 23. e5 g5 24. R1d6 Rxd7 25. Rxd7+ Rf7 26. Rd6
Re7 27. g4 fxg3 28. fxg3 g4 29. hxg4 Kh6 30. Rd8 Rg7 31. Re8 Rxg4 32. Rxe6+ Rg6
33. Rd6 Kg5 34. e6 Kf6 35. Rd7 h6 36. Rxa7 Kxe6 37. a4 Kd5 38. Ra6 Re6 39. Ka2
h5 40. Kb3 Re3+ 41. c3 Kc6 42. a5 Kb5 43. Rxb6+ Kxa5 44. Rg6 Kb5 45. Rg5 Rf3
46. Kc2 Kc6 47. b4 cxb4 48. cxb4 Rf2+ 49. Kc3 Rh2 50. Kc4 Rc2+ 51. Kd4 Rh2 52.
Ke5 Kb5 53. Kf6+ Kxb4 54. Kg6 Rh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 (5... Bb6 6. Nf5 Bxe3 7.
Nxe3 Nf6 8. Nc3 O-O 9. g3 $1 d6 10. Bg2 Bd7 11. O-O (11. h3 Qc8 12. g4 $5 $36)
11... Qc8 12. Re1 Bh3 13. Bh1 Re8 14. Qd2 a6 15. Rac1 Qb8 (15... b5 16. Ned5
Nxd5 17. Nxd5 {/\c4+/-}) 16. Ned5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Ne7 18. Nf4 (18. c4 Nxd5 19.
cxd5 $14) 18... Be6 {Sveshnikov-Barle/Ljubljana/1994/} 19. c4 Nc6 $14) 6. c3
Qg6 $5 7. Qe2 (7. Nb5 Bxe3 8. Nxc7+ Kd8 9. Nxa8 Bf4 10. Qf3 Bh6 (10... Bb8 $5)
(10... Be5 $5) 11. Qe2 (11. Be2 Nf6 $40) 11... Nf6 (11... Qd6 $5 {/\Qb8}) 12.
f3 Re8 {/\d5->}) 7... Nxd4 $5 (7... Bxd4) 8. Bxd4 (8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ (
9... Be7) 10. Nxd2 Qb6 $1 11. Nf3 d6 {+/=/=}) 8... Bxd4 9. cxd4 Ne7 10. Nc3 O-O
11. O-O-O c6 12. Qe3 d5 13. f3 (13. e5 f6 14. f4 fxe5 15. dxe5 Nf5 16. Qd2 d4
$132) 13... dxe4 14. fxe4 Bg4 $10 15. Rd2 Rad8 16. h3 Bc8 (16... Be6 17. g4 $36
) 17. Bc4 (17. g4 Rfe8 {/\Nd5}) 17... b5 18. Bb3 a5 19. Rf1 b4 20. Na4 Be6 $1
21. Nc5 Bxb3 22. axb3 (22. Qxb3 Qh6 $13) (22. Nxb3 Qe6 $5 (22... a4) 23. Kb1 f5
$132) 22... f5 23. e5 (23. exf5 Rxf5 $13) 23... Nd5 24. Qd3 Nc7 25. Rdf2 Ne6
26. Qc4 (26. Nxe6 Qxe6 27. Rxf5 Rxf5 28. Rxf5 Rxd4 $10 {_|_}) 26... Rd5 27.
Nxe6 Qxe6 28. g4 f4 29. Kb1 (29. Rxf4 $4 Rxf4 30. Rxf4 Qh6 $19) (29. Kb1 g5 $10
) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d4 exd4 6. Qxd4 Qxd4 7. Nxd4 Bd7
8. Nc3 O-O-O 9. Be3 Bb4 10. Nde2 f5 11. O-O-O Nf6 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Rxd8+ Rxd8
14. a3 Bxc3 15. Nxc3 Nd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Graf, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. Nge2 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Nc6 9. Qd2 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Qa5 11. Bd3 Be6 12. Ne2 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Nd7 14. Bxg7
Kxg7 15. Nd4 Nc5 16. Rhe1 Bd7 17. e5 Rfd8 18. exd6 Ba4 19. Bf1 Rxd6 20. Kc3
Rad8 21. Nb3 Ne6 22. Nc1 Kf6 23. Nd3 b6 24. Nf2 Bc6 25. Rad1 h5 26. Rxd6 exd6
27. Nd3 d5 28. Ne5 Rc8 29. Nxc6 Rxc6 30. Rd1 dxc4 31. Kb4 Nf4 32. Rd4 Nd3+ 33.
Kc3 Ne5 34. h3 g5 35. h4 Ng6 36. hxg5+ Kxg5 37. g3 f5 38. Rxc4 Rxc4+ 39. Bxc4
f4 40. gxf4+ Kxf4 41. Kd4 Nh4 42. Bf1 Nxf3+ 43. Kd3 h4 44. b4 Kg3 45. Ke3 Ne1
0-1

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Graf, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be3 b6 7. Bc4 Ba6 8. Bxa6
Nxa6 9. Qe2 Qc8 10. O-O-O c6 11. e5 Nd5 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. h4 Qc4 14. Qxc4 dxc4
15. h5 Rfd8 16. g4 Nb4 17. Bd2 Nd5 18. Rh3 b5 19. Rdh1 f6 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. e6
f5 22. gxf5 Rf8 23. Rg3 Rxf5 24. Rxg6 Nf6 25. d5 b4 26. Bxb4 Rxf4 27. Nd2 Rg4
28. Rxg4 Nxg4 29. Rg1 Nf6 30. Bc3 Kh7 31. Kd1 Rc8 32. Ne4 Nh5 33. Ng5+ Kg6 34.
Nf7+ Kh7 35. Rh1 Kg6 36. Rg1+ Kh7 37. Rh1 Kg6 38. Rxh5 Kxh5 39. Bxg7 Kg6 40.
Bd4 a6 41. Kd2 Kf5 42. Ke3 Rb8 43. Bc3 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. Nd2
Bb4 8. Qc2 O-O (8... e5 $5 9. Nb3 Qc7 10. Be2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 O-O 12. O-O Bd6 13.
h3 Re8 $6 14. Rad1 exd4 15. Nxd4 Be5 16. f4 $1 Bxd4 17. Rxd4 $1 Rxe3 18. Rfd1
$16 {Kramnik,V-Kamsky,G/Linares/1993/}) (8... dxc4 9. Bxf6 Nxf6 10. Nxc4 Qc7
11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O (12. a3 Be7 13. O-O (13. b4 Nd5 14. O-O Rd8 15. Ne4 Bd7 16.
Rfc1 Be8 17. Nc5 Bf8 18. g3 Qe7 19. Qe4 g6 20. h4 Rab8 21. Bf1 Bg7 22. Rab1 Nf6
23. Qf4 Nd5 24. Qe4 Nf6 25. Qf3 Nd7 26. Bh3 e5 27. Bxd7 Bxd7 28. Nxe5 Bxe5 29.
dxe5 Qxe5 {Gurevich,M-Panchenko,A/URS-chT 1988/1/2-1/2 (63)}) 13... Rd8 14.
Rfd1 Bd7 15. b4 (15. e4 c5 16. d5 exd5 17. exd5 Bd6 18. h3 Re8 19. a4 Re7 20.
Kf1 a6 21. Qb3 Rae8 22. Qb6 Qxb6 23. Nxb6 Bf5 24. Nc4 Bf4 25. Bd3 Re1+ 26. Rxe1
Bxd3+ {Saemisch,F-Bogoljubow,E/Karlsbad 1929/0-1 (39)}) 15... Nd5 16. Ne4 b6
17. Ne5 a5 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. bxa5 Rxa5 20. a4 Rda8 21. Rdc1 Nb4 22. Qb3 b5 23.
Nc3 Qa7 24. Bd1 e5 25. dxe5 Nd3 26. Rcb1 Nxe5 27. Ra2 b4 28. Ne4 Rd8 29. Be2
Rad5 {Nielsen,B-Bogoljubow,E/Munich (07) 1941/1/2-1/2 (59)}) 12... Rd8 (12...
Bd6 13. f4 Bd7 14. Rad1 c5 15. d5 exd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Rxd5 Be6 18. Rxd6 Bxc4
19. Rfd1 Bxe2 20. Qxe2 Rad8 21. Qd2 Rxd6 22. Qxd6 Qa5 23. f5 Qxa2 24. f6 gxf6
25. Qxf6 Re8 26. Qg5+ Kh8 27. Qf6+ Kg8 28. Qg5+ Kh8 29. Qxc5 Qxb2 30. Qxa7 Qe2
31. Rf1 Kg8 32. Qxb7 Qxe3+ 33. Kh1 Qf2 34. Qb1 Qc5 35. h3 Re6 36. Qb7 Qe7 {
1/2-1/2 Janowski,D-Marco,G/Wien 1898}) (12... b6 13. Rac1 Bb7 14. Ne5 (14. Bf3
Rac8 (14... c5 $4 15. Nb5 Qe7 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. a3 $18) 15. a3 Be7 (15... Bxc3
$5 16. Qxc3 Nd5 17. Qd2 c5 18. Ne5 {/\ b4+/=}) 16. b4 {()} Rfd8 (16... c5 17.
Bxb7 Qxb7 18. dxc5 bxc5 19. b5 $16) 17. Qb3 Qb8 18. Rfd1 Nd5 19. Ne4 h6 $2 {
><g6} (19... Qa8 $1 $8 20. h3 $1 $14 {/\} c5 $2 21. dxc5 bxc5 22. b5 $1 $16)
20. h3 Qa8 21. Ne5 a5 22. Nc3 $1 axb4 23. axb4 Qb8 (23... Nxb4 24. Ra1 $1 Qb8
25. Bh5 Rf8 26. Nd7 {/\ Nf8+/-}) 24. Bh5 $1 f6 $8 (24... Rf8 $6 25. Nd7) (24...
g6 25. Bxg6 $1 fxg6 26. Qb1 $1 {/\ Qg6+-}) 25. Ng6 Qd6 $8 26. e4 Nxc3 27. Rxc3
Bf8 28. Rg3 $40 Re8 29. e5 $1 $18 Qxb4 $8 30. Qxb4 Bxb4 31. exf6 gxf6 32. Ne5+
Kf8 33. Nd7+ Ke7 34. Nxb6 {/\ Rg7} Kd6 35. Nxc8+ Rxc8 36. Rb1 Bd2 37. Rxb7 Ra8
38. Rb1 {1-0 van Wely,L-Thorhallsson,Th/Manila (ol) 55/448 1992}) 14... Rfc8
15. f4 c5 16. Bf3 cxd4 17. exd4 Bxf3 18. Rxf3 Qd6 19. Qd3 Nd5 20. f5 exf5 21.
Rxf5 Qh6 22. Re1 Bxc3 23. bxc3 Rxc3 24. Nxf7 {Burn,A-Janowski,D/Wien 1898/1/
2-1/2 (72)}) (12... Nd5 13. Ne4 (13. Bd3 g6 14. a3 Be7 15. Rac1 Bd7 16. Ne5 Be8
17. Bc4 Rd8 18. Nd3 Bd6 19. g3 Qe7 20. Rfd1 Bd7 21. e4 Nb6 22. e5 Nxc4 23. Ne4
b5 24. b3 Bxa3 25. bxc4 Bxc1 26. Nf6+ Kg7 27. Qxc1 {Saemisch,F-Bogoljubow,E/
Bad Nauheim-Stuttgart-Garmisch (3) 1937/1-0 (38)}) 13... Be7 14. Ne5 Nf6 15.
Rac1 Bd7 16. Kh1 Rac8 17. a3 Rfd8 18. Ng5 Be8 19. Bd3 g6 20. f4 Nd5 21. Rf3 f6
22. Nxe6 Qb8 23. Nxg6 Rd7 24. Ne5 fxe5 25. Bxh7+ Kh8 26. Rh3 Bf6 27. Be4+ Kg8
28. Bxd5 exd4 29. Nxd4+ Kf8 30. Qf5 Qd6 31. Rh8+ Ke7 32. Qe4+ Kd8 33. Rxe8+ Kc7
34. Nb5+ {1-0 Mowla,A-Mohamed,M/Novi Sad olm (13) YAR-LIB 1990}) (12... Bd7 13.
Ne4 Be7 14. Rac1 Rac8 15. Ne5 Rfd8 16. Ng5 Be8 17. Bc4 g6 18. a3 Nd5 19. Ne4 c5
20. Qe2 cxd4 21. exd4 Qb6 22. Rfd1 Nf6 23. Ng5 Nd5 24. Ngf3 Rc7 25. Ba2 Rdc8
26. Rxc7 Qxc7 27. Bxd5 exd5 {Finegold,B-Clemance,P/Saint John op-1 1988/0-1 
(81)}) 13. a3 (13. Rad1 Nd5 14. Ne4 Be7 15. a3 b6 16. Bd3 Bb7 17. Rc1 Rac8 18.
b4 h6 19. Qb3 Nf6 20. Rfd1 Ng4 21. Ng3 c5 22. dxc5 bxc5 23. b5 Bd5 24. Qc2 Ne5
25. Nxe5 Qxe5 26. Bc4 Bxc4 27. Qxc4 {Bogoljubow,E-Alekhine,A (10)/
Heidelberg-Wch 1929/0-1 (49)}) (13. Rac1 Bd7 14. a3 Be7 15. e4 Be8 16. Rfd1
Rab8 17. Ne3 Qa5 18. g3 b5 19. e5 Nd7 20. Ne4 Rbc8 21. f4 Qb6 22. Kf2 f6 23.
Qb3 Bf7 24. Qc3 Qb8 25. b4 f5 26. Nc5 Nb6 27. Qb3 Nd5 {Makogonov,V-Ragozin,V/
URS-ch11 Leningrad (13) 1939/1/2-1/2 (41)}) (13. Ne4 Be7 14. Ne5 Bd7 15. f4 g6
16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. g4 Be8 18. g5 Bxe5 19. fxe5 c5 20. Rad1 Qe7 21. Rf6 Rac8 22.
Qe4 cxd4 23. exd4 Qb4 24. b3 Qa3 25. Qxb7 Rc2 26. Rdf1 Qb2 27. Bb5 Rxd4 28. h3
Rdd2 29. Bc6 Qd4+ 30. R6f2 Rxf2 31. Bxe8 Rxf1+ 32. Kxf1 Qf2# {0-1 Shabtai,
R-Pein,M/Tel-Aviv B 1992}) 13... Bf8 14. b4 (14. Rac1 Bd7 15. Ne5 (15. b4 Be8 {
1/2-1/2 Razuvaev,Y-Smyslov,V/Sochi (13) 1986}) 15... Be8 16. Rfd1 c5 17. Ne4
Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Ba4 19. Re1 Qb6 20. dxc5 Qxb2 21. Nxf7 Kxf7 22. Qxa4 Rd2 23. Qf4+
Kg8 24. Bc4 Qxa3 25. Bxe6+ Kh8 26. Qc7 Rad8 27. g3 Qb4 28. Rc4 R2d7 29. Bxd7
Qxe1+ 30. Kg2 Be7 31. Bf5 Rd2 32. Qb8+ Bd8 33. Rf4 Rd1 34. Bd3 {1-0 Szigeti,
M-Havasi,K/Budapest 1931}) 14... Qe7 (14... b6 15. Bf3 Bb7 16. Rfd1 a5 17. bxa5
b5 18. Ne5 Rxa5 19. a4 bxa4 20. Rxa4 Rda8 21. Rda1 Nd5 22. Nxd5 exd5 23. Rxa5
Rxa5 24. Rxa5 Qxa5 25. g3 c5 26. Qb3 Qc7 27. Qb5 f6 28. Nd3 Bc6 29. Qb2 {
Arsovic,Goran-Subasic,Ilijas/Kladovo ch-YU (12) 1991/0-1 (61)}) 15. Rfd1 Nd5
16. Ne4 Bd7 17. Nc5 Be8 18. Bd3 g6 19. e4 Nb6 20. Na5 Rab8 21. Bf1 Bg7 22. e5
f6 23. Nc4 fxe5 24. dxe5 Rd5 25. Re1 Kh8 26. Rad1 g5 27. Nd6 Rxe5 28. Rxe5 Bxe5
29. Nxe8 Rxe8 {Smagin,S-Panchenko,A.N/Tallinn 42/564 1986/1-0 (55)}) 9. Be2 (9.
Nb3 Qa4 10. cxd5 Bxc3+ $1 11. bxc3 cxd5 12. Bd3 b6 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. c4 dxc4
15. Qxc4 Qxc4 16. Bxc4 {1/2-1/2;Mikhalchishin,A-Akopian,V/Lvov zt/1990/}) 9...
c5 (9... b6 10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 Ba6 12. Bh4 $1 (12. Bf4 Rac8 13. Bd6 c5 14.
Bxf8 Nxf8 {1-0 Izmailov,P-Botvinnik,M/URS-ch06 Odessa sf1 1929}) (12. a4 dxc4
13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Nxc4 Qd5 15. Ne5 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 $10) 12... Rac8 (12... dxc4
13. e4 $1 b5 14. a4 Qb6 15. Rfb1 $16) 13. a4 $1 dxc4 $8 14. Nxc4 Qf5 {>=;
Stempin,P.} (14... Qd5 $2 15. Nxb6 $16) (14... Bxc4 15. Bxc4 $14 {^^ +/=
Stempin,P-Panczyk,K/Polska (ch) 43/(550) 1987}) 15. Bd3 Qg4 16. Bg3 c5 17. Nd6
$14) (9... Re8 10. O-O (10. f4 c5 11. O-O h6 12. Bh4 cxd4 13. exd4 dxc4 14.
Nxc4 Qd8 15. Ne4 Be7 16. Ncd6 Nxe4 17. Bxe7 Rxe7 18. Nxe4 Nb6 19. Qd2 Nd5 20.
Rf3 b6 21. Rg3 f5 22. Nf2 Bb7 23. Re1 Qd6 24. Nh3 Nf6 {Martineau,G-Majeed,WR/
Dubai olm (12) 1986/1/2-1/2 (43)}) 10... dxc4 (10... Bxc3 11. bxc3 dxc4 12.
Bxf6 gxf6 13. Nxc4 Qc7 14. f4 c5 15. Rf3 cxd4 16. Rg3+ Kh8 17. cxd4 Nf8 18. Ne5
Qe7 19. Ng4 f5 20. Ne5 f6 21. Nd3 Ng6 22. Bh5 Rg8 23. Qb3 b6 24. Bf3 Rb8 25.
Nb4 {Mousa,A-Rahman,Z/Dubai olm (14) 1986/1/2-1/2 (64)}) (10... e5 11. dxe5
Rxe5 12. Nb3 Qd8 13. Bf4 Bxc3 14. Qxc3 Re8 15. Rfd1 Qe7 16. Rac1 Ne5 17. Bg5
dxc4 18. Bxc4 Ne4 19. Bxe7 Nxc3 20. Rxc3 Nxc4 21. Rxc4 Be6 22. Ra4 Bxb3 23.
axb3 Rxe7 24. Rxa7 {Havasi,K-Vukovic,V/Debrecen 1925/1-0 (59)}) 11. Bxf6 Nxf6
12. Nxc4 Qc7 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Be7 15. Rac1 Bf6 16. Ne5 g6 17. h4 Bg7 18.
h5 f6 19. f4 fxe5 20. fxe5 Re7 21. hxg6 h6 22. Rf7 Rxf7 23. gxf7+ Qxf7 24. Rf1
Qe7 25. Qg6 Qf8 26. Rxf8+ Kxf8 27. Bh5 Kg8 28. Qe8+ Bf8 29. Bg6 Kg7 30. Qf7+
Kh8 31. Qh7# {1-0 Astrom,Robert-Jensen,Leif/Stockholm open (06) 1990}) (9...
dxc4 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. Nxc4 Bxc3+ (11... Qg5 12. O-O b6 13. Ne5 Bb7 14. f4 Qh6
15. Rf3 g6 16. Rh3 Qg7 17. Bf3 Nd5 18. Nxd5 cxd5 19. Qa4 Bd6 20. Qd7 Bxe5 21.
fxe5 Ba6 22. Rc1 Rfd8 23. Qa4 Bd3 24. Rc7 Rdc8 25. Rxc8+ Rxc8 26. Qxa7 Rc1+ 27.
Kf2 Rc2+ 28. Kg3 Bf5 29. Rh4 Rxb2 {1/2-1/2 Finegold-Stern/National Open 1988})
12. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 13. bxc3 Bd7 14. Bf3 Rfd8 15. a4 Rac8 16. Kd2 Rc7 17. Rhb1 Bc8
18. a5 Nd7 19. Kc2 Kf8 20. Nb6 axb6 21. axb6 Nxb6 22. Rxb6 Ke7 23. Ra7 c5 24.
Ra4 Rd6 25. dxc5 Rxc5 26. Rbb4 Rd7 27. Ra3 Rdc7 28. Rab3 e5 29. Bxb7 Bxb7 30.
Rxb7 Rxc3+ {1/2-1/2 Alekhine,A-Bogoljubow,E (9)/Heidelberg-Wch 1929}) (9... e5
10. O-O (10. dxe5 Ne4 11. Ndxe4 dxe4 12. O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 Nxe5 (13... Re8 14.
Rfd1 Qxe5 15. Bf4 Qa5 {= Schmidt,Wl-Dorfman,I/Warszawa 35/(529) 1983}) 14. Qxe4
f6 15. Bf4 Bf5 16. Qd4 Rad8 17. Bxe5 Rxd4 18. Bxd4 c5 19. e4 cxd4 20. exf5 dxc3
21. Bf3 b6 22. Bd5+ Kh8 23. Rfe1 g6 24. fxg6 hxg6 {Gruenfeld,E-Bogoljubow,E/
Maehrisch-Ostrau (8) 1923/1/2-1/2 (49)}) (10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. dxe5 Ne4 12. cxd5 (
12. O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 Qxc3 14. Qxc3 Nxc3 15. Bf3 dxc4 16. Nxc4 Be6 17. Nd6 Rab8
18. a4 Rfd8 19. Rfc1 Na2 20. Rcb1 b5 21. axb5 cxb5 22. Nxb5 a5 23. Nd4 Rxb1+
24. Rxb1 a4 25. h3 a3 26. Nxe6 fxe6 {Mantovani,R-Stavru,A/Forli op (09) 1992/
1-0 (39)}) 12... Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bxc3 14. Rc1 Bxe5 15. dxc6 Rd8 (15... bxc6) (
15... bxc6 16. O-O Be6 17. Bc4 Rfe8 18. Nb3 Qb6 19. Bxe6 Rxe6 20. Nc5 Rh6 21.
h3 Bd6 22. Rfd1 Rd8 23. Rb1 Qc7 24. Rb7 Qa5 25. Ne4 Bf8 26. Rxd8 Qxd8 27. Rxa7
Re6 28. Ra4 h6 29. Rd4 Qa8 30. a4 {Zak,U-Temanlis,Y/Tel Aviv-B (03) 1991/1-0 
(52)}) 16. Bd3 bxc6 17. O-O Ba6 18. Nc4 Bxc4 19. Bxc4 Rac8 (19... Qc7 20. g3 c5
21. Rfd1 Bf6 22. Bd3 g6 23. Qxc5 Qxc5 24. Rxc5 {Bukic,E-Nikolac,J/Jugoslavija
21/475 1976/1-0 (44)}) 20. Bb3 Qc7 21. f4 Bf6 22. Kh1 Qe7 23. Rf3 c5 24. Rh3 g6
25. Bc4 Qd7 26. f5 Kg7 27. Rf1 g5 28. Qe2 h6 29. Qh5 Rh8 30. Be6 Qe8 31. Bxc8
Qxc8 32. e4 Qc7 33. Qe2 c4 34. e5 Qxe5 35. Qxc4 {Pastor,K-Kalivoda,J/
Luhacovice ch-CZ 1993/1/2-1/2 (51)}) 10... exd4 (10... Bd6 11. cxd5 (11. Nb3 $6
{Thomas,I.} Qc7 12. cxd5 cxd5 $1 $15) 11... exd4 (11... cxd5 {N; 11...ed4+/-}
12. Nb5 Bb8 13. dxe5 Bxe5 14. Nf3 {>< d5} Ne4 (14... a6 $5 {Spraggett,K.}) 15.
Bh4 Bf6 16. Nc7 Rb8 17. b4 $1 $18 {+- Spraggett,K-Thomas,I/Toronto 43/(550)
1987}) (11... Nxd5 12. Nxd5 $5) 12. Nc4 Qc7 13. Nxd6 dxc3 14. dxc6 Qxc6 15.
Rad1 Nd5 16. Bf3 cxb2 17. Qxb2 Qxd6 18. Rxd5 Qe6 19. Rc1 Nb6 20. Re5 Nc4 21.
Rxe6 Nxb2 22. Re7 h6 23. Bh4 Nd3 24. Rcc7 Be6 25. Bxb7 {Rivas Pastor,M-Nikolac,
J/Rome (06) 1984/1-0 (41)}) 11. Nb3 (11. exd4 dxc4 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Nxc4 Qc7
14. Ne3 Be6 15. Bf3 Rfd8 16. Rfd1 Rac8 17. a3 Ba5 18. Na4 Bb6 19. Nc5 Bd5 20.
Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Qf5 g6 22. Qg4 Nf6 23. Qg5 Kg7 24. b4 Re8 25. Rac1 Rcd8 {
Trojacek,P-Kalivoda,J/Luhacovice ch-CZ 1993/1/2-1/2 (48)}) 11... Qc7 (11... Qb6
$5 12. Nxd4 (12. exd4 $5) 12... dxc4 (12... Bxc3 13. bxc3 dxc4 14. Bxf6 Nxf6
15. Bxc4 $10) 13. Bh4 $1 Qc5 14. Na4 Qa5 15. Bxc4 $1 (15. a3 Bd6 16. Bxc4 b5
$19) 15... c5 $2 (15... Qh5 16. Bg3 Nb6 $1 17. Be2 Bg4 18. f3 Bd7 $14) (15...
b5 $2 16. Nxc6 Qxa4 17. Bb3 Qa6 18. Nxb4 $18) 16. Nb5 a6 17. Nd6 b5 18. a3 bxc4
19. axb4 Qxb4 (19... cxb4 20. Qxc4 $16) 20. Qxc4 $1 Rb8 21. Rfc1 Ne5 (21...
Qxc4 22. Rxc4 Nb6 23. Rxc5 Nxa4 24. Rxa4 Rxb2 25. h3 $16) 22. Qxc5 $2 (22. Qxb4
Rxb4 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Nxc5 Rxb2 25. Nce4 $18) 22... Qxh4 23. Qxe5 Qxf2+ $1 24.
Kxf2 Ng4+ 25. Kg3 Nxe5 26. Nxc8 Rfxc8 27. Rxc8+ Rxc8 28. Nb6 Rc2 29. Rxa6 h5
30. b4 $6 Nd3 31. Nd5 Ne1 32. Ra8+ Kh7 33. b5 Rxg2+ 34. Kf4 Rxh2 {Van der
Sterren,P-Yusupov,A/Munich SKA (09) 1994/1/2-1/2 (47)}) 12. Nxd4 dxc4 (12...
Bxc3 13. Bf4 $2 Qxf4 $1 14. exf4 Bxd4 $17) 13. Bxc4 Bxc3 (13... Qe5 14. Nf3 Qe7
15. a3 Ba5 16. Rad1 Bc7 17. Ba2 Re8 18. Bh4 h6 19. Rd4 Qc5 20. Rfd1 Qh5 21. g4
Nxg4 22. Rxd7 Bxd7 23. Rxd7 {+- Beliavsky,A-Smagin,S/USSR (ch) 41/(500) 1986})
(13... Bd6 $2 14. f4 (14. Kh1 Be5 15. Rad1 Nb6 16. Be2 Ng4 17. h3 (17. Nf3 Bxh2
18. g3 Bxg3 19. fxg3 Qxg3 $13) 17... Bxd4 18. hxg4 Be5 19. f4 Bxc3 20. Qxc3 f6
21. Bh4 Be6 22. a3 Bd5 (22... Bd5 $15 {Cramling P.-Smagin, Denmark 1991}) (
22... Nd5) 23. Bf3 $1 Bxf3 24. gxf3 Rad8 25. Bf2 f5 $1 26. Qb3+ Kh8 27. Rxd8 $6
Qxd8 28. Rd1 Qe8 29. Qb4 $2 fxg4 30. fxg4 Nd5 $17 31. Qd4 Rf7 32. Kg1 a6 33. f5
Re7 34. Qc4 h6 35. Rd4 Nxe3 36. Bxe3 Rxe3 37. Kf2 b5 $5 38. Qc2 c5 39. Rd5 Rh3
$1 40. Kg2 Rh4 $19 41. Rxc5 Rxg4+ 42. Kf2 Rf4+ 43. Kg2 Qh5 44. Rc8+ Kh7 45. f6+
Rf5 46. Rc3 Qg6+ 47. Rg3 Rg5 {0-1 Cramling,P-Smagin,S/Kobenhavn 53/432 1991})
14... Re8 (14... h6 15. Bxh6 Ng4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Nf5+ Kh8 18. Rf3 Ndf6 19.
Rh3+ Kg8 20. Nxd6 Kg7 21. Nxc8 Rfxc8 22. Rg3 Kf8 23. Qf5 b5 24. Be2 b4 25. Na4
c5 26. Bxg4 Ke7 27. Bf3 Rab8 28. b3 c4 29. bxc4 Qxc4 {Van Beers,E-Stavru,A/
WchJ-Mamaia 1991/1-0 (42)}) 15. Rf3 Ng4 (15... Nb6 $5 16. Bxf6 $2 Nxc4) 16. Ne4
h6 $2 {[#]} (16... Nb6) 17. Bxf7+ $1 Kxf7 18. Qc4+ Kg6 (18... Kf8 19. Ne6+ Rxe6
20. Qxe6 Nc5 21. Qxd6+ Qxd6 22. Nxd6 hxg5 23. fxg5+ $18) 19. Ne6 Rxe6 20. Qxe6+
Ndf6 21. Qxd6 Qxd6 22. Nxd6 hxg5 23. h3 $1 Nh6 24. fxg5 Kxg5 25. Rg3+ Kh4 26.
Rxg7 Nf5 27. Nxf5+ Bxf5 28. Rf7 $6 Kg5 29. Rf1 Rh8 $2 30. e4 Kg6 31. Rxf6+ Kxf6
32. exf5 {Weber 1-0 Weber,K-Scheil,D/corr 6/7 ICCF Cup pr. 1990\92 CCYB 8 1990}
) (13... Ne5 14. Be2 (14. Bb3 $14) (14. Bb3 $1 $16 Neg4 15. Bf4 Qe7 16. h3 Ne5
17. Bg5 {/\ f4, e4} h6 18. Bh4 Ng6 $2 19. Qxg6 $16 {Spraggett}) 14... Neg4 15.
Bf4 Qe7 16. h3 Ne5 17. Rad1 Ng6 18. Bg3 Rd8 19. a4 Bd6 20. Bxd6 Rxd6 21. b4 Bd7
22. a5 Nh4 23. Rfe1 Rd8 24. g3 Ng6 {Spraggett,K-Saeed,S/Taxco izt (9) 1985/1-0
(47)}) (13... Ng4 14. Bf4 Bd6 15. Ncb5 cxb5 16. Nxb5 Bxf4 17. Nxc7 Bxc7 18. Be2
$16 (18. Bxf7+ $18)) 14. bxc3 Qe5 (14... Ne5 15. Bb3 $1 $16 {N} (15. Be2 Qe7
16. Rad1 h6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. h3 {/\ Kh2, f4, e4 +/=}) 15... Qe7 (15... c5 $6
16. Nb5 {/\ c3-c4, Nb5-c3-d5}) (15... Neg4 16. Bf4 Qe7 17. h3 Ne5 18. Bg5) 16.
h3 h6 17. Bh4 Kh8 {/\ 18...Ng6} (17... c5 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. Qxf5 c4 20. Bc2 $16)
18. Nf5 $1 Bxf5 19. Qxf5 Ng6 (19... Ned7 20. Rad1 Rad8 21. Rd4 $16) 20. Bxf6
gxf6 (20... Qxf6 $2 21. Qxf6 gxf6 22. Rfd1 {/\ 23.Rd7} Rad8 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24.
Bxf7 $16) 21. Rad1 Rad8 22. Rd4 $1 Rxd4 $6 (22... c5 $5 23. Rd5 Rxd5 24. Bxd5
b6 25. c4 $16) 23. cxd4 $18 Kg7 24. Rc1 Re8 25. g3 Qe4 26. Qc5 Qd3 {/\ 27...Re3
} 27. Rc3 Qe2 28. Rc2 Qe1+ 29. Kg2 a6 30. Qf5 Qb4 31. Rc5 Qb6 32. h4 Qc7 33.
Qg4 Kh8 34. Rh5 {1-0 Matlak,J-Swierczynski,S/IX Polish Team Ch 1990/91 CCYB
5\246 1991}) 15. Bh4 $6 (15. Nf3 $5 Qc5 16. Bb3) (15. Bf4 Qc5 16. Bd3 $1 (16.
Bb3 Nd5 17. Bg3 Qxc3 18. Bxd5 Qxc2 19. Bxf7+ Rxf7 20. Nxc2 $13) 16... Ne5 17.
Nb3 (17. Bxe5 Qxe5 18. e4 c5 19. Nf3 Qh5 20. e5 Nd5 21. Be4 Be6 22. Rad1 Rad8
$14) 17... Qd5 $5 18. Be2 $5 Bf5 19. c4 $5 (19. Qb2 $5) 19... Bxc2 20. cxd5 Ng6
21. dxc6 Nxf4 22. exf4 bxc6 23. Ba6 $6 (23. Bf3 $10 {Cvetkovic,S}) 23... Rab8
24. Rfc1 Be4 $15 {= Tesic,D-Cvetkovic,S/Vrbas 58/(491) 1993}) 15... Qe4 $1 16.
Qxe4 Nxe4 17. Rfc1 g5 $6 (17... Ne5 $1 18. Be2 Ng6 19. Bg3 Bd7 20. Rab1 b6 $10)
18. Bg3 Nxg3 19. hxg3 Ne5 20. Be2 Bd7 21. f4 (21. Rab1 $1 Rab8 22. f4 Ng4 23.
e4 $16) 21... Ng4 22. e4 Rad8 23. Re1 $6 (23. Rab1 b6 24. Bxg4 Bxg4 25. Nxc6
Rd2 26. Rb5 h6 $1 $14) 23... Nf6 $1 24. Bf3 (24. Bc4 Nh5 25. f5 Nxg3 26. Kh2
Nh5 27. e5 c5 28. e6 cxd4 29. e7 dxc3 $15) 24... g4 $5 25. Bd1 c5 26. Nc2 $2 h5
27. e5 Nd5 28. c4 Nc3 $1 29. Ne3 Bc6 30. Be2 $6 Rd2 31. Bf1 Be4 $2 32. a4 $1
Bc6 33. Ra3 Nxa4 34. Nd5 Bxd5 35. cxd5 $1 Nb6 36. d6 c4 37. Rxa7 c3 38. Rxb7 c2
$2 39. Rxb6 Rd1 40. Rc6 Rxe1 {Ruban,V-Cvetkovic,S/Jugoslavija 58/491 1993/1-0 
(57)}) 10. O-O (10. Nb3 Bxc3+ (10... Qa4 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. dxc5 dxc4 13. Bxc4
Qc6 14. O-O Bxc5 15. Be2 Bd6 16. Rfd1 Bd7 17. h3 Be5 18. Rac1 Rac8 19. Bb5 Qxb5
{1/2-1/2 Lobron,E-Ivanchuk,V/Munikh(04) 1994}) (10... Qa4 $1 $13 {Ftacnik}) 11.
bxc3 Qa4 12. cxd5 c4 13. Qb2 Nxd5 14. Nd2 h6 15. Bh4 b5 16. a3 N7b6 17. Rc1 Qa5
18. Nb1 Bd7 19. O-O f5 20. Bg3 f4 21. exf4 Nxf4 22. Qd2 Nbd5 23. Bf3 Nd3 24.
Be4 Qd8 {Azmaiparashvili,Z-Ivanchuk,V/Moscow PCA 3(6'-5') 1994/1/2-1/2 (43)})
10... cxd4 11. Nb3 (11. exd4 dxc4 12. Bxf6 (12. Bh4 Nb6 $1 13. Nxc4 Nxc4 14.
Bxc4 Bd7 $10 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. d5 $8 Bxc3 17. dxe6 Bxe6 $1 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19.
bxc3 Rac8 {1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V-Ivanchuk,V/Luzern WchT (RUS-UKR) (5) 1993}) 12...
Nxf6 13. Nxc4 Qd8 $10) 11... Qb6 (11... Qd8 12. Nxd4 dxc4 13. Ne4 Be7 14. Bxc4
Nxe4 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Qxe4 Nf6 17. Qe5 Qb4 18. Qb5 Qxb5 19. Bxb5 a6 20. Be2
Bd7 {1/2-1/2;Cramling,P-Hansen,LB/Rilton Cup/1993-94/}) 12. exd4 (12. Nxd4 dxc4
13. Bh4 (13. Bxc4 $6 Qc5 $15) 13... Bxc3 14. Qxc3 Nd5 15. Qc2 Ne5 16. Bg3 Nb4
17. Qc3 Nd5 18. Qc1 Nc6 19. Nxc6 Qxc6 20. Qxc4 Qxc4 21. Bxc4 Bd7 22. Rfd1 Bc6
23. Rd4 Nb6 24. Bf1 Rfd8 25. Rad1 Rxd4 26. Rxd4 f6 27. f3 Kf7 {Alonso,
Rene-Fuentes,Manuel/Holguin ch-CU (01) 1991/1/2-1/2 (61)}) 12... dxc4 13. Bxc4
{פb3} Qc7 14. Qe2 (14. Nb5 $5 {Ftacnik} Qc6 15. a3 Be7 16. Na5 Qb6 17. b4 a6
18. Nc3 Qxd4 19. Rad1 Qg4 20. f4 $13) 14... Bxc3 15. bxc3 Ne4 $1 (15... b6 16.
Rac1 Bb7 17. Bd3 $14) 16. Qxe4 Qxc4 17. Rfe1 $6 (17. Rac1 $10) 17... Nb6 (17...
Qxc3 $2 {Ftacnik} 18. Be7 Re8 19. Rac1 Qb2 20. Re2) 18. Be7 $6 (18. Rac1 $15) (
18. Re3 {Ftacnik} Qd5 $1 19. Qh4 f6 $15) 18... Re8 19. Bc5 Nd5 {/\b7-b6,Bc8-b7
-/+} 20. Nd2 Qxc3 21. Qe2 {/\Nd2-e4-d6} (21. Qxd5 $4 {Ftacnik} Qxa1 $1 $19)
21... b6 22. Ne4 Qa5 23. Bd6 Bd7 $19 (23... Ba6 {Ftacnik} 24. Qf3 f6 $17) 24.
Qh5 {/\Ng5} h6 $6 (24... f6 $5 $17 {><g5,><e5}) 25. Be5 $44 {/\Qg4} Re7 26. Bd6
Ree8 27. Red1 $6 {/\Rd1-d3-g3} (27. Be5 $5 $10) 27... Ne7 28. Be5 Bc6 29. d5 $8
Bxd5 (29... Nxd5 {Ftacnik} 30. Qg4 g6 31. Qh4 $40) (29... exd5 {Ftacnik} 30.
Nd6 Rf8 31. Bxg7 $1 Kxg7 32. Qe5+ $40) 30. Bc3 (30. Nf6+ $2 {Ftacnik} gxf6 31.
Bxf6 Nf5 32. Rd4 Rec8 $19) 30... Qa3 (30... Qa4 $4 31. Qg4 Ng6 32. Nf6+ gxf6
33. Qxa4 $18) 31. Bxg7 (31. Qe5 {Ftacnik} Nf5 32. Nf6+ gxf6 33. Qxf6 Kf8 34.
Rab1 a5 35. Rxb6 Qa4 36. Rxd5 exd5 37. Qh8+ Ke7 38. Qe5+ Kf8 39. Qh8+ $10)
31... Bxe4 (31... Kxg7 $5 32. Qe5+ Kf8 33. Qh8+ (33. Nf6 Ng6 $17 (33... Ng6 {
Ftacnik} 34. Nh7+ Kg8 (34... Ke7 $4 35. Qc7#) 35. Nf6+ Kf8 (35... Kh8 $2 36.
Qd4 Red8 37. Nxd5+ e5 38. Qe4 $36))) 33... Ng8 34. Nf6 (34. Rxd5 exd5 35. Nf6
Ke7 36. Re1+ Kd6 $17) 34... Ke7 $17) 32. Qxh6 Bh7 $2 (32... Ng6 $1 $19 33. Bf6
Qf8 (33... Qf8 {Ftacnik} 34. Qh5 Rac8 $17)) 33. Be5 $18 (33. Be5 Nf5 34. Qf6
Kf8 35. g4 $1 (35. Rd7 Re7 $8 (35... Bg8 36. Rad1 $1 Rac8 (36... Re7 37. Bd6
$18) 37. Bd6+ Qxd6 (37... Nxd6 38. Qh6#) 38. R1xd6 $18) 36. Bd6 Qxd6 37. Rxd6
Nxd6 38. h4 {/\h5-h6} (38. Qh6+ Kg8 39. Qg5+ Kf8 40. Qh6+ $10) 38... Rd7 39. h5
Be4 (39... Kg8 $10 {/\Ne4//\Ne8}) 40. Rd1 $14 (40. h6 Ne8 $13)) 35... Qf3 36.
h3 $1 {Martin Slowik /\37.gf5} (36. gxf5 Qg4+ 37. Bg3 Bxf5 38. Rd7 Qg6 39. Qh8+
Qg8 40. Qc3 Qg7 $10) 36... Qe4 (36... Qxh3 37. Qh8+ $18 (37. Qh8+ Bg8 (37...
Ke7 38. Bf6#) 38. Qxh3 $18)) (36... Bg8 37. gxf5 Qxf5 38. Bd6+ $18) (36... Bg6
37. Qh8+ Ke7 38. Bf6#) 37. Rd7 Re7 (37... Bg8 38. gxf5 $18) 38. gxf5 Rxd7 39.
Qh8+ (39. Qg7+ {Ftacnik} Ke8 40. Qh8+ Bg8 41. Qxg8+ Ke7 42. f6#) 39... Ke7 40.
f6#) 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be2 $5 (4. f4 Bg7 5. a3 $5 O-O 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. h3
Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Nc6 9. Be3 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. f5 Nd4 12. Qf2 Nh5 13. O-O-O c6
14. Kb1 Qe7 15. g4 Nf4 16. Bxf4 exf4 17. Rxd4 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 Rfd8 19. Qf2 Qe5
20. Bd3 b5 21. g5 a5 22. Qh4 b4 23. Qh6 Kh8 24. f6 Rg8 25. Rg1 $1 {1-0,
Illescas,M-Gurevich,M/Madrid rapid/1988/}) 4... Bg7 5. f4 (5. g4 c6 6. g5 Nfd7
7. h4 b5 8. h5 Rg8 9. hxg6 hxg6 10. Nf3 b4 11. Nb1 a5 12. a4 $6 c5 13. d5 Nb6
14. c4 Kd7 $1 15. Nbd2 Rh8 16. Rg1 Kc7 17. Rb1 Rh3 18. b3 Qh8 19. Nf1 N8d7 20.
Bf4 Ne5 21. Nxe5 Bxe5 22. Bxe5 Qxe5 $17 {Kovacevic,Vl-Seirawan,Y/Wijk/1980/})
5... d5 $6 (5... c5 6. dxc5 (6. d5 O-O 7. g4 Qa5 (7... e6 $5 $13) 8. Bd2 Qb4 9.
a3 Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qxa3 11. Rb3 Qa5 12. g5 Ne8 13. h4 e5 14. dxe6 Bxe6 15. Nd5 Qa4
16. c4 Qd7 17. h5 Nc6 18. hxg6 fxg6 19. f5 gxf5 20. Rbh3 fxe4 21. Rxh7 Bxd5 22.
cxd5 Qf5 $17 {Vepkhishvili-Bednar/Pardubice op/1992/}) 6... Qa5 7. Qd3 (7. Bd2
Qxc5 8. h3 Nc6 9. Qc1 Nd4 10. Bd3 Qc7 11. Be3 Nc6 12. Nf3 O-O 13. Qd2 a6 14.
O-O-O b5 15. Rdg1 Qa5 16. Kb1 b4 17. Ne2 Be6 18. b3 Qa3 19. Qc1 Qxc1+ 20. Kxc1
a5 21. Ned4 Nxd4 22. Nxd4 Bd7 23. Kd2 e5 24. Ne2 Bc6 $36 {Carballo,F-Pausin,A/
Duisburg WchJM-U12/1992/}) 7... Qxc5 8. Be3 Qa5 $132) 6. e5 Ne4 7. Nxe4 dxe4 8.
Be3 $14 {><e4} c6 9. Qd2 h5 (9... f5 10. c4 Be6 11. Rd1 {[+]}) 10. O-O-O b5 $6
(10... Bf5 $5 $14) 11. d5 $1 Bb7 (11... cxd5 12. Bxb5+ Kf8 13. Qxd5 $18) 12.
Qc3 (12. dxc6 Qxd2+ 13. Rxd2 Bxc6 14. Nh3 Nd7 $132) 12... cxd5 $8 (12... Qc8
13. dxc6 Qxc6 14. Qa5 $16) 13. Bxb5+ Kf8 (13... Nd7 $2 14. Bxd7+ Qxd7 15. e6 $1
Bxc3 16. exd7+ $18) 14. Nh3 Na6 15. Ng5 $16 {/\Ne4} Nc7 16. Ba4 Ne6 (16... Qc8
$142 17. Bc5 $16) 17. Nxe6+ (17. Nxe4 $2 d4 $1 $17) 17... fxe6 18. h4 $1 {ץg7}
Kf7 19. Rd4 a5 20. Bb5 Qb8 21. Kb1 Rc8 22. Qd2 Rc5 (22... Ba6 $5 23. Bxa6 Rxa6
24. Ra4 Qb5 25. b3 $18) 23. Be2 {/\g4->} Qc7 24. Ra4 Qd7 $8 (24... Rc6 25. Bb5
$18) 25. b3 Rc7 26. Bd4 {><a5} e3 27. Qxe3 Bc6 28. Ra3 a4 29. Kb2 Bb5 (29...
axb3 30. Rxa8 Bxa8 31. cxb3 $18) 30. Bd1 $5 (30. Rc1 $18) 30... Rcc8 31. Rg1
$40 Qb7 32. g4 hxg4 33. Rxg4 Be8 34. Rg3 Qb4 35. h5 axb3 (35... Rcb8 {/\Qa3}
36. hxg6+ Kg8 37. Bc5 $18) 36. Rxb3 Qa4 37. a3 Rcb8 {/\Qa3} (37... Rc4 38.
hxg6+ Kg8 39. c3) 38. Bc5 Kg8 39. hxg6 Qc4 $6 40. Be2 Qa4 41. Bd3 Qa5 42. Rh3
Ba4 43. Bb6 $1 (43. Rxb8+ Rxb8+ 44. Bb4 $18) 43... d4 $8 44. Rh8+ $1 (44. Rh8+
Kxh8 (44... Bxh8 45. Qh3 {/\Qh7,Qe6,Ba5}) 45. Qh3+ Kg8 46. Qxe6+ Kh8 47. Bc4 $1
$18) 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Be2 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Qd3 Qxc5 8. Be3
Qa5 9. Nf3 O-O 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Kh1 a6 12. Rad1 Qc7 13. Bd4 e5 14. Be3 Nc5 15.
Qxd6 Qxd6 16. Rxd6 Ncxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Rb6 exf4 19. Bxf4 Bf5 20. Rxb7 Nc5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "193"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. Qc2 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bd2
O-O 9. e4 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 c5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Bd3 $146 (12. Rd1 Qc7 13. Qa4 $1 {
N} (13. Bd3 Nd7 14. O-O Rfd8 15. Rfe1 Nb6 $1 (15... h6 16. Bb5 $1 Nf6 17. Rxd8+
Rxd8 18. Qa4 $1 $16) 16. Bf1 Rxd1 17. Rxd1 Qc6 18. Re1 Rd8 $10 {
Nogueiras-Granda Zuniga/Biel izt/1993}) 13... Qf4 14. Bd3 Bc6 15. Qc2 Nd7 16.
O-O Rfd8 17. Rfe1 Qc7 18. Nd2 Nb6 19. b3 Rd7 20. Nc4 Nxc4 21. Bxc4 $14 {
Dreev-Rodruguez/Moscow olm/1994}) (12. Bc4 Nc6 (12... Nd7 $5) 13. O-O Qc7 14.
Rad1 Rac8 15. b3 e5 16. Bd5 Nd4 17. Bxd4 exd4 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. Nd2 $14 {
Hebert-Stefansson/New York op/1989}) 12... Nc6 13. e5 Nd4 $1 (13... h6 14. Bh7+
Kh8 15. Be4 Qb6 16. O-O $14) 14. Nxd4 (14. Bxd4 cxd4 $1 (14... Bxf3 15. Be3
Bxg2 16. Rg1 Qd5 17. O-O-O $40) 15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. Be4 (16. O-O $2 Bxf3 17. gxf3
g6 18. Bxg6 fxg6 $19) 16... Rc8 17. Qe2 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Qa5+ 19. Nd2 d3 $36)
14... cxd4 15. Rd1 (15. Bxh7+ $6 Kh8 16. Rd1 Qe8 $1 (16... Bxg2 $2 17. Rg1 Qd5
18. Rxd4 Qxe5+ 19. Be4 Bxe4 20. Rxe4 $18) 17. Rd3 (17. Bxd4 g6 18. Qb3 Bxg2 19.
Rg1 Qc6 $17) 17... g6 18. Qd2 (18. Rh3 Bxg2 19. Qd2 Bxh3 20. Qh6 Bg5 21. Qxh3
Kg7 $19) 18... g5 19. Bxd4 Kxh7 $17) 15... g6 16. Be4 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 dxc3 18.
Rxd8 Rfxd8 19. bxc3 Rac8 $10 20. c4 $6 (20. Qb7 Bxa3 21. Qxa7 Bb2 22. O-O Bxc3
$10) 20... Bxa3 21. Ke2 Bc5 $15 {><e5,c4} 22. Qc2 Rd4 23. Rd1 Rf4 24. f3 Bb6
25. Rc1 Rc5 26. Qc3 Rf5 27. Kf1 Rfxe5 28. Rd1 Red5 29. Rd3 Rh5 30. h3 Rc8 31.
Qc1 Rhc5 32. Rc3 Ba5 (32... Bc7 $5 33. Rc2 Be5 34. Qe3 a5 $17) 33. Rc2 Bb4 34.
Qa1 a5 35. Qa2 Rd8 36. g3 g5 (36... Rd3 37. Ke2 (37. Kg2 Rf5 $17) 37... Ra3 38.
Qb2 Rf5 39. Rd2 $132) 37. Kg2 Rd4 $17 (37... Rd3 $5) 38. Qb3 h6 39. Qa2 Kh7 40.
Qb1 Kg8 41. Qb3 Rc8 42. Qa2 Rd7 43. Qa4 Rdc7 44. Qb5 Kh7 45. Qa6 Rc6 46. Qb5
R8c7 47. Qb8 Rc8 48. Qb5 Kg8 49. Qb7 R6c7 50. Qb5 Rc5 51. Qd7 R8c7 52. Qd8+ Kg7
53. Qd4+ e5 54. Qb2 Rd7 55. Qb3 Rd4 56. Qa2 h5 57. Qb3 h4 (57... g4 $5 58. hxg4
hxg4 59. f4 f6 60. fxe5 fxe5 61. Qe3 $15) 58. Qe3 f6 59. gxh4 Rxh4 60. Qb3 Rd4
61. Qa4 Kf7 62. Qb3 Ke7 63. Kf2 Kd6 64. Kg2 Kc7 65. Kf2 f5 66. Kg2 f4 67. Kf2
e4 (67... Kd6 68. Kg2 e4 69. fxe4 Rxe4 70. Qd3+ Ke5 71. Qd8 $10) 68. fxe4 Rxe4
69. Qd3 Re7 70. Re2 Rce5 71. Rxe5 Rxe5 72. Qg6 $15 Bd6 (72... a4 $2 73. Qg7+
Kd6 $2 74. Qf8+ Re7 75. Qb8+ Kc5 76. Qb5+ $18) 73. Qc2 Kb6 74. Kg2 Kc6 75. Qa4+
Kc7 76. Kf3 Bb4 77. Qa1 Bc3 78. Qd1 Kc6 79. h4 gxh4 80. Kxf4 Kc5 81. Qb3 Kd4
82. Qd1+ Kxc4 83. Qa4+ $10 Kc5 84. Qa3+ Bb4 85. Qc1+ Kd6 86. Qc2 Rd5 87. Qg6+
Kc7 88. Qf7+ Kc6 89. Qg6+ Bd6+ 90. Kg4 Rd4+ 91. Kh3 a4 92. Qc2+ Bc5 93. Qg6+
Kb5 94. Qb1+ Ka5 (94... Rb4 95. Qd3+ Ka5 96. Qd8+ $10) 95. Qe1+ Kb6 96. Qb1+
Rb4 97. Qg6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Salov,V"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Be3 Be7 10. f3 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. h4 Qa5 13. Qf2 Rb8 14. Kb1 b4
15. Ne2 e5 16. Ba7 Rb7 17. Nc1 Be6 18. Be3 d5 19. Nb3 Qa4 20. Bc5 O-O 21. g4 d4
$5 {N} (21... dxe4 22. Bxe7 Rxe7 23. g5 Nh5 24. gxh6 g6 25. fxe4 Qc6 26. Rg1
$13 {Yudasin-Kovalev,Simferopol 1988}) 22. Bxe7 Rxe7 23. Bh3 Qc6 (23... Bxb3 $2
24. cxb3 $1 Qa5 25. Rc1 $36 {פf6}) 24. Nc1 Bc4 25. Bf1 $1 Bxf1 26. Rhxf1 a5
$10 27. Nd3 Rc8 28. Qh2 Qd6 29. g5 Nd7 30. gxh6 Qxh6 31. Rg1 Rc6 $1 32. h5 $1
Rg6 33. Rxg6 fxg6 34. Rh1 $1 gxh5 35. Qxh5 Re6 36. a3 (36. b3 $5) 36... bxa3
37. bxa3 Qxh5 (37... Rb6+ 38. Ka1 Qd2 $2 39. Qe8+ Nf8 40. Qa4 Qc3+ 41. Ka2 $16)
38. Rxh5 g6 39. Rg5 Kf7 40. f4 exf4 (40... Kf6 41. Rxg6+ $1 Kxg6 42. f5+ $10)
41. Nxf4 Rxe4 42. Nxg6 a4 43. Kc1 Kf6 44. Rd5 $1 Ke6 45. Ra5 Kf6 46. Ra6+ Kg5
$5 (46... Re6 $10) 47. Rd6 Nf6 48. Nh8 Kf5 49. Nf7 Re7 50. Nh6+ Kg5 51. Rxf6 $1
Kxf6 52. Ng8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Be2 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Re1 Nbd7 8. e5
(8. a4 e5 9. Bf1 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nc5 11. Bf4 Re8 12. f3 Nh5 13. Be3 Be5 14. g3
Nxg3 $5 15. hxg3 Bxg3 16. Nde2 $1 Bxe1 17. Qxe1 f5 18. Bxc5 dxc5 19. Qf2 Qg5+
20. Bg2 f4 21. Re1 Be6 22. Nc1 Rad8 23. Nd3 $13 {Kaminski,M-Sznapik,A/POL-chT/
1993/}) 8... Ne8 (8... dxe5 9. dxe5 Ng4 10. e6 $5 fxe6 11. Bc4 (11. h3 Nge5 12.
Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Bf4 Nf7 15. Rad1 Rxd1 16. Rxd1 Bxc3 17. bxc3 e5 18.
Be3 Be6 19. a4 Nd6 20. a5 Ne4 21. Bg4 Bxg4 22. hxg4 $44 {Rosentalis,
E-Azmayparashvili,Z/Lvov zt/1990/}) 11... Nde5 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14.
h3 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Nf6 16. Bh6 Kf7 17. Bb3 a5 18. a4 b5 19. c4 bxc4 20. Bxc4 Rd4
21. Bb3 Nd5 22. Re5 Bd7 23. Rae1 $44 {Benjamin,J-Piket,J/Groningen PCA/1993/})
9. Bf4 (9. Bf1 dxe5 10. dxe5 Nc7 $10) (9. h3 dxe5 10. dxe5 Nc7 11. Bf1 Ne6 12.
a4 Qc7 13. Qe2 a5 14. b3 b6 15. Qe3 Ba6 16. Bxa6 Rxa6 17. Bb2 Raa8 18. Ne2 Rfd8
19. Ned4 Ndc5 20. Rad1 Rab8 $10 {Stohl,I-Gelfand,B/Dortmund/1990/}) 9... dxe5
10. dxe5 Nc7 11. Ne4 $6 (11. Bc4 Nb6 $10) (11. Qc1 $5 Nc5 (11... Ne6 12. Bh6
Qa5 $5 $132) 12. Rd1 Qe8 13. Qe3 b6 14. Bh6 Bb7 15. Rd4 f6 16. Bc4+ N5e6 17.
exf6 Rxf6 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Re4 c5 20. Rxe6 $16 {Abramovic,B-Schussler,H/Palma
GMA-op/1989/}) 11... Ne6 12. Bg3 {ץg3} Qa5 $10 {><e5} 13. Qd2 $8 Qxd2 14.
Nexd2 Rd8 15. Nc4 {/\Na5()} b6 16. a4 c5 17. c3 Bb7 18. h4 Bh6 (18... Ndf8 19.
Ng5 $5 $10) 19. Nh2 Ndf8 20. Ng4 Bf4 21. Bxf4 Nxf4 22. Bf1 (22. f3 N8e6 $15)
22... h5 23. Nge3 N8e6 24. f3 $1 (24. g3 Nd5 $15 {><f3}) 24... Kf8 25. Red1 (
25. Kf2 $10) 25... Bc6 26. g3 Nd5 27. Kf2 Nxe3 28. Rxd8+ $8 (28. Kxe3 $2 Rxd1
29. Rxd1 Bxa4 $17) 28... Rxd8 29. Kxe3 Ke8 30. Be2 Nc7 31. Bd1 Bd5 32. Nd2 Bb7
33. Bb3 Nd5+ 34. Ke2 (34. Bxd5 $6 Rxd5 35. f4 f6 $15) 34... Ba6+ 35. Bc4 Bxc4+
36. Nxc4 Kd7 37. Kd3 Ke6 38. Ke4 f5+ (38... Nc7 39. Re1 $10) 39. exf6 exf6 40.
Re1 $1 (40. f4 Ne7 $1 $15 {/\Nf5,><g3}) 40... Kf7 41. Rg1 $10 Ke6 (41... Ke6
42. Re1 $10) (41... f5+ $6 42. Ke5 $36 {/\Nd6}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg blitz"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Bd3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Nf3 e6 6. O-O Bd6 7. Nc3 Qh5 8.
Be4 Nc6 9. Ne5 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Nge7 11. Nb5 Na5 12. Nc4 Nxc4 13. Bxb7 Rb8 14. Ba6
c6 15. b3 cxb5 16. Bxb5+ Kd8 17. Bxc4 b5 18. Bf1 Nd5 19. c4 bxc4 20. bxc4 Nb4
21. a3 Nc6 22. c5 Bc7 23. d5 exd5 24. Rxd5+ Ke7 25. Bg5+ f6 26. Re1+ Kf8 27.
Rd7 Be5 28. Bh4 h5 29. Bc4 Rb2 30. f4 1-0

[Event "Tilburg blitz"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 8. Re1
Rc8 9. a4 b4 10. d4 bxc3 11. d5 Nb4 12. Nxc3 Ng6 13. Bb1 Be7 14. g3 O-O 15. h4
d6 16. h5 Ne5 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. dxe6 fxe6 19. Qg4 Qb6 20. Be3 Rcd8 21. a5 Qc6
22. Re2 c4 23. Bc2 Nxc2 24. Rxc2 Bb4 25. h6 g6 26. Bb6 Rd3 27. Rac1 Qd7 28. Re2
Rf7 29. Kg2 Bf8 30. Qh4 Rf5 31. g4 Be7 32. Qh2 Rf4 33. Kf1 Rxg4 34. Qxe5 Bd6
35. Qf6 Bf4 36. Rce1 Rh3 37. Re3 Bxe3 38. Rxe3 Rxe3 39. fxe3 Qf7 40. Qxf7+ Kxf7
41. Na4 Rh4 42. Nc5 Bc8 43. e5 Rxh6 44. Ne4 Bd7 45. Kg1 Bc6 46. Nd6+ Kg7 47.
Nxc4 g5 48. Bd8 Rh4 49. Nd6 Rb4 50. e4 h6 51. Kf2 Rxb2+ 52. Ke3 Kg6 53. Kd4 Rc2
54. Bb6 h5 55. Kd3 Rg2 56. Nc8 Bb5+ 57. Ke3 h4 58. Ne7+ Kf7 59. Nc8 h3 60. Nd6+
Kg6 0-1

[Event "Tilburg blitz"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 (5... Bg4 $142) 6. Ne5 {
קf7,Nc4} Bf5 (6... e6 {ץc8}) 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8. Qxd3 e6 (8... Nbd7 9. Nc4 (9. Bf4
Nd5 10. Qd2 (10. Qf5 $2 Nxe5 11. Qxe5 Qb4 $17) (10. Bd2 Nb4 11. Qf5 (11. Qe4
Nf6 12. Qf5 e6 {קc2,Ra1}) 11... Nxe5 12. dxe5 e6 13. Qe4 Rd8 {=/+/-/+}) 10...
Nxf4 11. Qxf4 Nxe5 12. dxe5 $10) 9... Qc7 $14) 9. O-O Be7 (9... Nbd7 $5 {
[+],Ne5}) 10. Qg3 g6 (10... Rg8 {עe8}) 11. Bh6 {קf7} Nbd7 12. Rad1 Nxe5 (
12... Bf8 13. Bxf8 Rxf8 14. Nc4 $40) 13. dxe5 Nd5 (13... Nd7 {/\0-0-0}) 14.
Nxd5 cxd5 (14... exd5 $5 15. e6 $1 fxe6 16. Qe5 O-O-O $8 17. Qxe6+ Rd7 18. c4
$5 Qxa2 $140 19. cxd5 Rhd8 $1 (19... cxd5 $4 20. Rc1+ Kd8 21. Qe5 $18) 20. Bf4
$40) 15. c4 dxc4 (15... O-O-O 16. cxd5 Rxd5 17. Qf3 $1 (17. Rxd5 Qxd5 18. Rc1+
Kb8 19. Qc3 (19. Qf4 {קf7}) 19... Qd7 20. Qf3 Rd8 21. h3 $14) 17... Qxa2 18.
Qxf7 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Qb3 20. Rc1+ Kd7 21. Bg5 Re8 22. Qxh7 $18) 16. Bg7 Rg8 17.
Bf6 Qc5 (17... Qxa2 18. Bxe7 Kxe7 19. Qf3 (19. Qg5+ Ke8 20. Rd2 Qa5 21. Rfd1
Qc7 $17) (19. Qh4+ g5 (19... Ke8 20. Qxh7) 20. Qxh7 {/\f4}) 19... Rab8 20. Qf6+
Ke8 21. Rd6 Qa5 22. Rfd1 Qc7 23. Rd7 Qxd7 24. Rxd7 Kxd7 25. Qxf7+ Kc6 26. Qxe6+
$16) 18. Qf3 Qc6 19. Qh3 h5 (19... Bxf6 20. exf6 {/\Qa3}) 20. Bxe7 Kxe7 21.
Qa3+ Ke8 22. Rd6 Qb5 $2 (22... Qc7 $8 23. Rfd1 $16) 23. Rfd1 a6 24. Qf3 {
/\25.Qf6 26.Rd8} 1-0

[Event "Tilburg blitz"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D21"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 e6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e4 b5 5. a4 c6 6. axb5 cxb5 7. b3 Bb7 8. bxc4
Bxe4 9. cxb5 Nf6 10. Bd3 Bb4+ 11. Kf1 O-O 12. Bxe4 Nxe4 13. Qb3 a5 14. bxa6
Rxa6 15. Rxa6 Nxa6 16. g3 Qa8 17. Kg2 Be7 18. Be3 Nb4 19. Nbd2 Rc8 20. Nxe4
Qxe4 21. Rc1 Nc2 22. h4 h6 23. Kh2 Ba3 24. Nd2 Qf5 0-1

[Event "Tilburg rapid20"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bd3 Qc7 8.
Ne2 Nd7 9. Ng3 O-O 10. Nf5 Re8+ 11. Be3 Nf8 12. Nxd6 Qxd6 13. O-O Be6 14. a4
Rad8 15. a5 a6 16. Re1 Ng6 17. Qc2 c5 18. b3 cxd4 19. Bxd4 Bd5 20. f3 Bc6 21.
b4 Qf4 22. Bb6 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Re8 24. Rxe8+ Bxe8 25. c4 Qe5 26. Bf1 h5 27. Qd2
h4 28. h3 Qe6 29. b5 Ne5 30. Qe3 Bd7 31. Qe4 axb5 32. cxb5 Qb3 33. f4 Ng6 34.
Qxb7 Bxb5 35. Bf2 Ba4 36. a6 Nf8 37. Qxb3 Bxb3 38. Be2 1-0

[Event "Tilburg rapid20"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 g6 7. Nbd2 Bg7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Re1 Nd7 10. h3 Nc5 11. Bc2 f5 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Ne4 Ne6 14. Ng3 Qd7 15.
Nxf5 gxf5 16. Bb3 d5 17. c4 d4 18. Ba4 Qd6 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Bd2 Rae8 21. b4
Kh8 22. Qb3 c5 23. b5 axb5 24. cxb5 Bf6 25. Re2 Ng7 26. Rae1 Re7 27. a4 Rfe8
28. Ng5 Qd7 29. a5 h6 30. Nf3 e4 31. Nh2 e3 32. fxe3 dxe3 33. Bc1 Bd4 34. Nf3
f4 35. Ba3 Nf5 36. a6 Ng3 37. Nxd4 cxd4 38. Bxe7 Qxe7 39. Qd5 Qb4 40. a7 Qa4
41. Ra2 Qb4 42. Raa1 1-0

[Event "Tilburg rapid20"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D96"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "175"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. Bf4 c6 8. e3
Qa5 9. Qa4 Qxa4 10. Nxa4 Nbd7 11. Rc1 Re8 12. Nc3 Nb6 13. Be2 Nfd5 14. Nxd5
Nxd5 15. Bg3 Bg4 16. Ne5 Bxe2 17. Kxe2 e6 18. Nc4 Red8 19. a3 Bf8 20. Na5 Rd7
21. Nb3 a5 22. Nc5 Bxc5 23. dxc5 f5 24. Rhd1 Kf7 25. Be5 Rad8 26. b3 Nf6 27.
Rxd7+ Rxd7 28. Bc3 a4 29. bxa4 Ne4 30. Bb4 e5 31. f3 Nf6 32. Rb1 Ke6 33. Bc3 g5
34. a5 Nd5 35. Bd2 h5 36. a4 g4 37. a6 bxa6 38. Rb8 gxf3+ 39. gxf3 Rg7 40. Kf2
h4 41. Rh8 Rb7 42. Rxh4 Rb2 43. Ke1 Rc2 44. Rh6+ Nf6 45. e4 f4 46. Ba5 Kf7 47.
Bd8 Nd7 48. Rxc6 Nxc5 49. Kd1 Rc4 50. Bc7 Nxa4 51. Rxc4 Nb2+ 52. Kc2 Nxc4 53.
Kc3 Ne3 54. Bxe5 Ng2 55. Kd3 a5 56. Ke2 a4 57. Kf2 Ke6 58. Bb2 Nh4 59. Ke2 Ng2
60. Bc1 Ke5 61. Ba3 Ke6 62. Bb2 Nh4 63. Kf2 Ng6 64. Bc1 Ke5 65. Ba3 Ke6 66. Bc1
Ke5 67. Bb2+ Ke6 68. Bc1 Ke5 69. Ba3 Ke6 70. Bb4 Nh4 71. Ke2 Ng6 72. Ba3 Nh4
73. Bc1 Ke5 74. h3 Ng6 75. Kd3 Nh4 76. Bb2+ Ke6 77. Ke2 Ng2 78. Bc1 Ke5 79. Kf2
Nh4 80. Ba3 Ke6 81. Bb4 Ng6 82. Ke2 Nh4 83. Bd2 a3 84. Bc3 a2 85. Bb2 Ng2 86.
Kd2 Nh4 87. Ke2 Ng2 88. Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg rapid20"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. f4 Nf6 5. Be2 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Qd3 Qxc5 8. Nf3
Nc6 9. Be3 Qa5 10. O-O Ng4 11. Bd2 Qc5+ 12. Kh1 Nb4 13. Qb5+ Nc6 14. Qxc5 dxc5
15. h3 Nf6 16. e5 Nd7 17. Nd5 O-O 18. Bb5 Kh8 19. Rad1 e6 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21. Ne7
Ba6 22. Rfe1 Bb5 23. Be3 Rad8 24. Ng5 Bh6 25. Ne4 Rfe8 26. Nc8 Rxc8 27. Rxd7
Red8 28. Red1 Rxd7 29. Rxd7 Rb8 30. Rxf7 Bc4 31. b3 Bd5 32. Nf6 Bg7 33. c4 Bxf6
34. exf6 Be4 35. Bxc5 Rd8 36. Rxa7 1-0

[Event "Tilburg rapid20"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. f3 e5 4. d5 c6 5. c4 Be7 6. Be3 O-O 7. Qd2 b5 8. cxb5
cxd5 9. exd5 Nbd7 10. Nc3 Bb7 11. Bc4 Rc8 12. Bb3 a6 13. bxa6 Bxa6 14. Nge2 Nb6
15. O-O Nc4 16. Bxc4 Bxc4 17. b3 Ba6 18. b4 Qd7 19. a4 Bxe2 20. Nxe2 Qb7 21.
Rfd1 Rc4 22. b5 Ra8 23. Nc3 Bd8 24. Qd3 Rac8 25. Rac1 Ba5 26. Ne4 Rxc1 27.
Nxf6+ gxf6 28. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 29. Bxc1 Bb6+ 30. Kh1 Qc7 31. Bh6 Qc5 32. Qd1 f5 33.
Qc1 f4 34. Qxc5 dxc5 35. Kg1 c4+ 36. Kf1 f6 37. Ke2 Kf7 38. g3 fxg3 39. hxg3
Ke7 40. Be3 Ba5 41. Bc5+ Kd7 42. g4 Kc7 43. Ke3 Kd7 44. Ke4 Bd2 45. Bb6 h5 46.
gxh5 f5+ 47. Kxf5 c3 48. Ba5 Be1 49. Bxc3 Bxc3 50. h6 1-0

[Event "Tilburg rapid20"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. d4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 Nc6 10. d5 Ne5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Qd2 e6 13. f4 Bg7 14. c4 exd5
15. cxd5 Bd4 16. Bb2 Qb6 17. Bd3 c4 18. Bxc4 Re8 19. Qxd4 Qxd4 20. Bxd4 Rxe4+
21. Kd2 Rxd4+ 22. Kc3 Rxf4 23. d6 Kg7 24. Rhf1 Rxf1 25. Rxf1 Bf5 26. g4 Bxg4
27. Rxf7+ Kh6 28. Kd4 Rc8 29. Bd5 Kg5 30. Ke5 h5 31. d7 Rd8 32. Be6 Kh4 33.
Bxg4 Kxg4 34. Kd6 Kh3 35. Kc7 1-0

[Event "Tilburg rapid20"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Be3 Be7 10. f3 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. Bd3
Qa4 15. Kb1 O-O 16. Rhe1 Rd8 17. Qf2 Bd7 18. Bb6 Rdc8 19. Re4 Qc6 20. Rc4 Qd5
21. Bh7+ Kxh7 22. Rxd5 exd5 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. g4 Rc6 25. Bd4 Bf6 26. h3 Bxd4
27. Qxd4 Re6 28. b3 Bc6 29. Kb2 Rf6 30. f4 Re6 31. h4 Re4 32. Qd2 f6 33. h5 Kg8
34. g5 fxg5 35. fxg5 hxg5 36. Qxg5 Re6 37. a4 Rf6 38. Kc3 Kh7 39. Kd4 Kg8 40.
Kc5 Kh7 41. c3 Kh8 42. Qe3 Kh7 43. Qd2 Kh8 44. Qc2 Kg8 45. b4 Kh8 46. Qb3 b6+
47. Kd4 Kh7 48. b5 axb5 49. axb5 Be8 50. Qxd5 Kh6 51. Qg8 Bxh5 52. Qh8+ Kg6 53.
c4 Bf3 54. Ke3 Kf7 55. Qh3 Kf8 56. Qd7 Kg8 57. Qe8+ Kh7 58. Qe7 Kg6 59. Qe5 Kf7
60. Qg5 Kf8 61. Kd4 Kf7 62. Qg3 Kf8 63. Ke5 Kf7 64. Qh3 Kf8 65. Qd7 Kg8 66. c5
bxc5 67. b6 c4 68. Qc8+ Kh7 69. Qxc4 Rxb6 70. Qd3+ Rg6 71. Qxf3 Rf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg rapid20"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 c5 5. Bxc4 e6 6. Qe2 a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
O-O Qc7 9. Nbd2 Nc6 10. Bd3 Be7 11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2 Bd7 13. Rac1 Rfc8 14. Ne4
Nd5 15. Ne5 Be8 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Qg4 g6 18. Bc4 Qd8 19. Rfd1 b5 20. Bxd5 Bxd5
21. Rxc8 Qxc8 22. Nf6+ Bxf6 23. Bxf6 Qc2 24. Qd4 Rc8 25. h3 h5 26. Rd2 Qc1+ 27.
Kh2 Qe1 28. Qf4 Bxg2 29. Kxg2 Qxd2 30. Qh6 Qd5+ 31. e4 Qxe4+ 32. Kh2 1-0

[Event "Buenos Aires Sicilian"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1994.10.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1994.10.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Be3 Be7 10. f3 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 e5 12. Qd2 Be6 13. g4 Qa5 14. Qf2 Nd7
15. Kb1 Rc8 16. Nd5 Bg5 17. h4 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 Qc5 19. Qd2 Bxd5 20. exd5 Rc7 21.
Rh2 Kd8 22. a4 Kc8 23. a5 Kb8 24. c4 Rhc8 25. b4 Qd4 26. Rc1 b5 27. Qxd4 exd4
28. Rhc2 bxc4 29. Rxc4 Rxc4 30. Rxc4 Rxc4 31. Bxc4 Ka7 32. f4 Nf6 33. g5 Nh5
34. gxh6 gxh6 35. f5 Nf6 36. Kc2 Nd7 37. Kd3 Ne5+ 38. Kxd4 f6 39. Be2 Kb7 40.
Kc3 Ka7 41. b5 axb5 42. Kb4 Ka6 43. Bxb5+ Kb7 44. h5 Nf3 45. Be2 Nd4 46. Bd3
Kc7 47. Kc3 Nf3 48. Bf1 Ne5 49. Kb4 Nf3 50. Be2 Nd4 51. Bd3 Nf3 52. Be4 Nd4 53.
Kc4 Ne2 54. Bf3 Ng3 55. Bg4 Ne4 56. Kb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Buenos Aires Sicilian"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1994.10.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1994.10.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 Bd7 8. O-O
e6 9. a4 Be7 10. h3 O-O 11. Nb3 Na5 12. Nxa5 Qxa5 13. Bd2 Qc7 14. a5 Bc6 15.
Re1 Rae8 16. Be3 Nd7 17. Bd4 Bf6 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. Qd4 Re7 20. Qb4 Rd7 21. Rad1
Rfd8 22. Rd4 h6 23. Red1 d5 24. exd5 Nxd5 25. Nxd5 Bxd5 26. c4 Bxg2 27. Rxd7
Rxd7 28. Rxd7 Qxd7 29. Kxg2 Qc6+ 30. Kg1 f5 31. Qb6 Qe4 32. b4 g5 33. b5 f4 34.
gxf4 gxf4 35. bxa6 bxa6 36. Qxa6 f3 37. Qc8+ Kf7 38. Qc7+ Kf6 39. Kh2 1-0

[Event "Buenos Aires Sicilian"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1994.10.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1994.10.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2
Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 (9. Bg5 O-O 10. Qe3 Be6 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. O-O Rfc8 13. b3
a6 14. f4 Qc5 15. Qxc5 Rxc5 16. Na4 Rc6 17. Bf3 Rc7 18. Nb6 $16 {Landenbegue,
C-Kortschnoj,V Garmisch-Partenkirchen 25' (12) 1994 1/2 29 - EXP 43}) 9... O-O
10. Qd2 (10. Qd3 $5 Be6 11. Bd4 Nd7 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. O-O Nc5 14. Qd4+ f6 15.
b4 Nd7 16. Nd5 a5 17. a3 Bxd5 18. exd5 Qb6 19. Qc3 $14 {Horvath,T-Doery,J
Hamburg HSK (11) 1991 1-0 44}) (10. Qd1 $2 Be6 11. O-O Qa5 12. Rc1 Rfc8 13. b3
a6 14. f4 Nd7 15. f5 Bxc3 16. fxe6 fxe6 17. Bg4 Nc5 18. Kh1 Bg7 19. Bxc5 Rxc5
20. Bxe6+ $15 {Barcenilla,R-Hedge,R Calcutta op (05) 1994 1-0 55}) 10... Be6
11. O-O (11. Rc1 Qa5 12. f3 Rfc8 (12... a6 13. Nd5 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 $14) 13. b3
a6 14. Na4 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Nd7 16. g4 f5 17. exf5 gxf5 18. h3 Rf8 19. f4 Rad8 (
19... d5 20. cxd5 Bxd5 21. Rhd1 Rac8 22. gxf5 b5 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Ke1 Bc6 25.
Nc5 $16 {Beljavski,A-Tiviakov,S Groningen 1993}) 20. Nc3 d5 $6 21. gxf5 $1 Bxf5
22. cxd5 Nf6 23. Bb6 Rd7 24. Ke3 Rc8 25. Bf3 $14 {Rodriguez,Am-Antunes,A
Capablanca mem-B (07) 1994 1-0 66 - CBM 43}) 11... Qa5 12. Rab1 $1 (12. Rac1
Rfc8 13. b3 a6 14. f4 b5 15. f5 Bd7 16. b4 Qxb4 17. e5 dxe5 18. fxg6 Be6 (18...
hxg6 19. Rxf6 Bxf6 20. Qxd7 $14) 19. gxf7+ Bxf7 20. Bh6 Bxh6 21. Qxh6 Bxc4 22.
Qg5+ Kh8 23. Rxf6 Rg8 $19 {Ivanchuk,V-Anand,V (1) Moscow PCA 25' (03) 1994 0-1
33}) (12. Rac1 {Ftacnik}) 12... Rfc8 13. b3 (13. b4 $6 Qd8 14. c5 a5 15. a3
axb4 16. axb4 Ra3 17. Nb5 Ra2 18. Qd3 d5 $10 {Hanel,R-Stefansson,H Vienna op 
(05) 1991 1/2 30}) 13... Nd7 (13... b5 $6 {Ftacnik} 14. b4 $1 Qc7 15. e5 dxe5
16. Nxb5 $16) (13... a6 $5 {Ftacnik} 14. Rfc1 b5 15. b4 Qd8 16. cxb5 axb5 17.
Bxb5 Ra3 $1 18. Qe1 Ng4 19. Bd2 Bd4 20. Nd1 Rxa2 $132) (13... Ng4 {Ftacnik} 14.
Nd5 $1 Qxd2 15. Bxd2 Kf8 16. Bg5 $14) 14. Rfc1 (14. Nd5 Qxd2 15. Bxd2 Bxd5 16.
exd5 b5 $15) 14... Qd8 15. Nd5 Nc5 (15... Bxd5 16. exd5 (16. cxd5 Nc5 17. Bf3
a5 18. h4 $14) 16... a5 17. h4 (17. g4 $5 $14) 17... h5 $1 18. g3 $10) 16. Bf3
a5 17. h4 Bxd5 18. exd5 (18. cxd5 b5 $10) 18... Qd7 19. Qe2 $1 (19. Re1 $5 {
Ftacnik} Rc7 20. Qe2 $14) 19... Re8 (19... e5 20. dxe6 Qxe6 (20... fxe6 21. h5
$16) 21. Bd5 $16) 20. h5 Qf5 $6 21. Rd1 Be5 (21... gxh5 $5 {Ftacnik} 22. Bxh5
Ne4 23. Qd3 Qxh5 24. Qxe4 $13) (21... Qe5 $5 {Ftacnik}) 22. g4 Qc8 (22... Qf6
23. g5 Qh8 (23... Qf5 $4 24. Bg4 Qe4 25. f3 $18) 24. Bg2 $16) 23. Kg2 Bg7 24.
Rh1 Nd7 25. hxg6 hxg6 (25... fxg6 $6 {Ftacnik} 26. Bh6 {xe6}) 26. Rh4 $40 a4
27. Rbh1 axb3 28. axb3 Ra1 29. R1h3 $1 (29. Rxa1 {Ftacnik} Bxa1 $13) 29... Qa8
30. Rh7 Qa2 (30... Be5 $1 {Ftacnik} 31. Bf4 $1 Bxf4 (31... Nf8 32. Bxe5 Nxh7
33. Qe3 dxe5 34. Qh6 e6 35. d6 $18) 32. Rh8+ Kg7 33. R3h7+ Kf6 34. Qe4 $1 Bc1 (
34... Kg5 35. Rh5+ gxh5 36. Qf5+ $18) (34... Be5 35. g5+ Kxg5 36. Qh4+ Kf5 37.
Be4#) 35. g5+ $1 Bxg5 (35... Kxg5 36. Qh4+ Kf5 37. Rh5+ gxh5 38. Rxh5+ $18) 36.
Rxf7+ $1 Kxf7 37. Rh7+ Kf8 38. Qxg6 $18) 31. Rxg7+ $3 Kxg7 32. Bd4+ f6 (32...
Ne5 33. Qe3 Rg8 (33... Qb1 34. Bxe5+ dxe5 35. Qh6+ Kf6 36. g5+ Kf5 37. Bg4+ Ke4
38. Bf5+ $3 Kd4 (38... Kxf5 39. Rf3+ Kg4 40. Rg3+ Kf5 41. Qh3+ Kf4 42. Qg4#) (
38... gxf5 39. Re3+ Kd4 (39... Kf4 40. Qh4#) 40. Qb6#) 39. Bxb1 $18) (33... Rb1
{Ftacnik} 34. Qh6+ Kf6 35. g5+ Kf5 36. Qh4 $19) (33... Rh8 34. Bxe5+ dxe5 35.
Qxe5+ $18) 34. Qh6+ Kf6 35. Bxe5+ dxe5 (35... Kxe5 36. Qg5+ f5 37. Qxe7+ Kf4
38. Qe3#) 36. g5+ Kf5 37. Be4+ Kxe4 38. Qh4+ Kf5 39. Rf3#) 33. Qe3 Nf8 34. Be4
$3 Kf7 (34... Rd1 35. Qh6+ Kf7 36. Bxg6+ Nxg6 37. Qh7+ Kf8 38. Qxg6 $18) (34...
Ra8 {Ftacnik} 35. Bb1 $1 Qxb1 36. Qxe7+ Kg8 37. Rh8+ $1 Kxh8 38. Bxf6+ Kg8 39.
Qg7#) 35. Rh8 $1 (35. Rh8 Qa5 (35... Rd1 36. Qh6 Rxd4 37. Rxf8+ Rxf8 38. Qxg6#)
(35... e5 36. dxe6+ Rxe6 (36... Nxe6 37. Bxg6+ Kxg6 38. Qh6+ Kf7 39. Qxf6#) 37.
Qh6 $1 Rxe4 38. Qxf8+ Ke6 39. Qe8#) (35... Ra8 {Ftacnik} 36. Qh6 Re1 37. Rxf8+
Rxf8 38. Qxg6#) 36. Qh6 Rg1+ 37. Kf3 e5 38. Bxg6+ Ke7 39. Bxe8 e4+ 40. Kf4 Qd2+
41. Be3 $18) 1-0

[Event "Buenos Aires Sicilian"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1994.10.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1994.10.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 (5... a6 6. Be2
d6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Be3 Be7 9. f4 O-O 10. Qe1 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. a3 Bb7 13. Qg3
Bc6 14. Rad1 Qc7 15. Bf3 Rad8 16. Kh1 Kh8 17. Rd3 a5 18. b4 axb4 19. axb4 Qb7
20. Re3 Rg8 $14 {Ljubojevic,L-Karpov,An Buenos Aires Sicilian (10) 1994 1/2 32
- CBM 44}) 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Kh1 (8. Be3 Be7 9. f4 d6 10. Qe1 O-O 11. Qg3
Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. a3 Bb7 14. Rae1 Bc6 15. Bd3 Rae8 16. Qh3 e5 17. Be3 Qd7
18. Qxd7 Bxd7 $10 {Polgar,J-Portisch,L Monaco Veterans-Women (11) 1994 1/2 53})
8... Be7 9. f4 d6 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qe1 Bd7 12. Qg3 Kh8 (12... b5 13. Bd3 b4 14.
Nce2 g6 15. f5 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 e5 17. fxg6 fxg6 18. Nf5 $16 {Losev,D-Shulman,Y
St.Petersburg op (06) 1994 1-0 28}) (12... Nxd4 {Ftacnik} 13. Bxd4 b5 14. a3
Bc6 15. Rae1 Qb7) 13. Rad1 (13. Bf3 Rac8 14. Rad1 b5 15. a3 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Bc6
17. Rd3 Qb7 18. b4 Rg8 19. e5 Ne4 20. Nxe4 Bxe4 21. c3 $14 {Karpov,
An-Ljubojevic,L Buenos Aires Sicilian (03) 1994 1-0 46 - CBM 44}) (13. Nf3 Nb4
14. e5 dxe5 15. fxe5 Nfd5 16. Bg5 f6 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. c4 fxg5 19. cxd5 exd5
20. Nxg5 $10 {Varavin,V-Shestoperov,A Smolensk 1991}) 13... Rac8 (13... Rae8
14. a3 Bd8 (14... Bc8 15. Rfe1 (15. Nxc6 $5 Qxc6 (15... bxc6 16. e5 $36) 16.
Bd4 $14) 15... Nd7 16. Qf2 Na5 17. Nb3 Nc4 18. Bxc4 Qxc4 19. Bd4 e5 20. Be3 f5
$10 {Stefanovski,D-Antic,D JUG-ch (11) 1991 0-1 39}) 15. Nf3 Ne7 16. Bd3 Ng6
17. e5 dxe5 18. fxe5 (18. Bxg6 $5 hxg6 19. fxe5 $36) 18... Nd5 19. Nxd5 exd5
20. Bd4 Bb5 21. Bxb5 axb5 $14 {Ermenkov,E-Semkov,S BLG-ch (01) 1992 1-0 39})
14. Nf3 Nb4 $1 (14... b5 {Ftacnik} 15. e5 $1) 15. Ne1 (15. e5 dxe5 (15... Nfd5
{Ftacnik} 16. Bd4 f6 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. c4 Nb4 19. exf6 Bxf6 20. Bxf6 $14) (
15... Nh5 {Ftacnik} 16. Qh3 Nxc2 17. Bc1 $13) 16. fxe5 Nfd5 17. Nxd5 (17. Bg5
Bc6 (17... Nxc3 $2 18. bxc3 Nc6 19. Qh4 Rce8 20. Bd3 h6 21. Qe4 $18) 18. Nxd5
Nxd5 19. c4 $14) 17... Nxd5 18. Bg5 $10) 15... b5 (15... d5 {Ftacnik} 16. a3
Nc6 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. Rxd5 Be6 $44) 16. a3 Nc6 17. e5 (17. Nf3 {
Ftacnik} b4 18. axb4 Nxb4 $15) 17... dxe5 (17... Ne8 $5 {Ftacnik}) 18. fxe5
Qxe5 19. Bf4 Qc5 20. Be3 Qe5 21. Rxf6 $1 (21. Bf4 Qc5 22. Be3 $10) (21. Qxe5
Nxe5 22. Bd4 Bd6 23. Nf3 (23. Bxe5 $2 Bxe5 24. Rxf6 Bxf6 25. Rxd7 Bxc3 26. bxc3
Rxc3 $19) 23... Nxf3 24. Bxf6 (24. Rxf3 Nd5 $17) (24. Bxf3 $2 e5 $19) 24...
Nxh2 25. Rxd6 Nxf1 26. Bxf1 gxf6 27. Rxd7 Kg7 $17) 21... Qxg3 22. hxg3 Bxf6 23.
Rxd7 $14 Kg8 (23... Bxc3 $2 24. bxc3 Ne5 25. Ra7 Rxc3 26. Bd4 Rxa3 (26... Nc6
$6 27. Rxf7 $1 Rxf7 28. Bxc3) 27. Bxe5 (27. Bc5 $2 Ra1 $19) 27... Re3 28. Bd6
Rc8 (28... Rd8 {Ftacnik} 29. Bd3 Rxe1+ 30. Kh2 Kg8 31. Rxa6 $17) 29. Bd3 Rxe1+
30. Kh2 $1 $16) 24. Nd1 Rfd8 $1 (24... Ne5 {Ftacnik} 25. Ra7 Rfd8 26. Rxa6 Nc4
27. Bc1 $13) 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Nf3 h5 (26... Nd4 {Ftacnik} 27. Nxd4 Bxd4 28.
Bxd4 Rxd4 29. Bd3 $10) 27. Kg1 Ne7 28. Bd3 Nd5 (28... Nf5 {Ftacnik} 29. Bf4 g6
30. Kf2 Kg7 $15) 29. Bd2 Be7 30. Kf2 Bc5+ 31. Ke2 Bd6 32. c4 $2 (32. Be1 $14)
32... bxc4 33. Bxc4 Bxg3 34. Bxa6 Nf4+ (34... Bf4 {Ftacnik} 35. Ne3 $1) 35.
Bxf4 Bxf4 $10 36. Ne3 (36. b4 g5 $15) (36. Nf2 Bc1 37. Nd3 Bxb2 38. Nxb2 Ra8
39. Bc4 Rxa3 40. Nd3 $14) 36... g5 37. Nd2 f5 $1 38. a4 Kf7 (38... g4 {Ftacnik}
39. a5 Ra8 40. Bc4) 39. Ndc4 (39. Bc4 h4 40. a5 g4 41. b4 h3 42. gxh3 gxh3 $17)
39... Rb8 $1 40. Nc2 $2 (40. Bb5 g4 41. Bc6 $15 (41. b4 {Ftacnik})) 40... g4
41. Nd4 h4 42. Nc6 Ra8 43. Bb5 h3 $19 (43... Kf6 $1 {Ftacnik} 44. Nb6 h3 $1 45.
gxh3 gxh3 46. Nd7+ Kg5 47. Nce5 Bxe5 48. Nxe5 Kf4 $19) 44. gxh3 gxh3 45. N6e5+
Kf6 46. Nd7+ Ke7 47. Ndb6 Rh8 48. Bc6 h2 49. a5 (49. Bh1 {Ftacnik} Rg8 $19)
49... Bb8 50. a6 Kd8 51. Bh1 Rg8 52. Ne5 Kc7 (52... Kc7 53. Na8+ Kd6 54. Nc6
Rg1 55. Bf3 e5 56. Nxb8 e4 $18) 0-1

[Event "Buenos Aires Sicilian"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1994.10.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1994.10.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. O-O a6 12. Bd3 Nd7 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5
Bf6 15. Be3 Nc5 16. Be2 a5 17. Rab1 Qb6 18. Rfc1 Qb4 19. Qd1 Ra6 20. Bd3 Nxd3
21. Qxd3 a4 22. b3 axb3 23. Rxb3 Qa5 24. Rxb7 Qxa2 25. g3 Rc8 26. Kg2 h5 27. h4
Ra3 28. Qc2 Qxc2 29. Rxc2 Rd3 30. Rc1 Kf8 31. Bh6+ Kg8 32. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Buenos Aires Sicilian"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1994.10.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1994.10.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Rc8 11. O-O-O Ne5 12. h4 h5 13. Bg5 Rc5 14. f4 Neg4
15. Rhe1 Qa5 16. f5 gxf5 17. Nxf5 Bxf5 18. exf5 Re8 19. Nd5 Qxd2+ 20. Rxd2 Kf8
21. a4 b6 22. Kb1 Nxd5 23. Rxd5 Bf6 24. Rxc5 bxc5 25. c3 Rb8 26. Kc2 Kg7 27.
Bd5 Ne5 28. Re4 a5 29. b4 cxb4 30. cxb4 axb4 31. Kb3 e6 32. fxe6 fxe6 33. Rxe5
Bxe5 34. Bxe6 Bc3 35. Bd5 Re8 36. Bb7 Re1 37. a5 Ra1 38. a6 d5 39. Be7 Rb1+ 40.
Ka4 b3 41. Ba3 b2 42. Kb3 Bf6 43. a7 Ra1 44. Bxb2 Rxa7 45. Bxd5 Ra6 46. Bxf6+
Rxf6 47. Bf3 Kh6 48. Kc3 Rf4 49. Kd3 Rxh4 50. Ke3 Ra4 51. Kf2 Kg5 52. Kg1 Rb4
53. Be2 Rh4 54. g3 Ra4 55. Kf2 Ra2 56. Kf3 Rb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Buenos Aires Sicilian"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1994.10.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Shirov,A"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1994.10.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Be3 Qc7 10. f4 Bd7 11. Be2 $5 b5 12. Bf3 Rb8 $5 (12... Rc8 13. Nb3
{Tukmakov,V-Csom,I/Amsterdam/1974/}) 13. Nxc6 $5 (13. g4 Na5 $1) 13... Bxc6 14.
Bd4 $1 e5 $1 (14... b4 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Ne2 h5 $14) 15. Be3 (15. Qe1 $5 Rc8 $1
$10 (15... exd4 $140 16. e5 $1 $40)) (15. Bf2 $5) 15... Be7 (15... b4 $6 16.
Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 e4 18. Be2 b3 19. axb3 Rxb3 20. Kb1 Rb8 21. Bxa6 $16) 16. Kb1
(16. g4 b4 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 b3 $1 19. axb3 exf4 20. Bxf4 Rxb3 $132) (16.
Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 exf4 (17... Nd7 $5 18. Bg4 Nb6 19. Bxb6 Rxb6 $10) 18. Bxf4
O-O 19. Rhe1 Rfe8 $10) 16... O-O 17. Rhe1 Nd7 (17... b4 $5 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19.
exd5 Nd7 20. Qd3 $1 Rb5 21. Bg4 $36) 18. Ne2 (18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 exf4 20.
Bxf4 Nb6 21. Qd4 Nc4 $1 22. e5 $1 dxe5 23. Bxe5 Nxe5 24. Qxe5 Qxe5 25. Rxe5 Bf6
$10) (18. f5 $5 Rfc8 19. Re2 Nb6 20. Bxb6 Rxb6 $13) 18... Nb6 19. Bxb6 Rxb6 20.
Ng3 Bh4 $5 (20... Rd8 21. Nf5 Bf6 22. g3 (22. Nxd6 $4 Bb7 $19) 22... b4 $13)
21. Rf1 (21. Re2 $5) 21... Bxg3 22. hxg3 Bb7 23. Qa5 (23. Qa5 Rc8 24. Rf2 Qc5
25. Rfd2 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Buenos Aires Sicilian"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1994.10.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1994.10.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g3 g6 7. Nde2 Bd7 8.
Bg2 Bg7 9. h3 Qc8 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 a5 12. a3 Ra6 13. Rb1 Na7 14. Nf4 Re8 15.
Ncd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Bxb2 17. Rxb2 a4 18. bxa4 Nc6 19. Nb6 Qc7 20. Nd5 Qc8 21.
Qd2 Ne5 22. Rb4 Bxa4 23. O-O Bc6 24. Ra1 Nd7 25. a4 Qd8 26. Qh6 e6 27. Ne3 Qf6
28. Rd1 g5 29. Qxf6 Nxf6 30. Rxd6 Rea8 31. e5 Bxg2 32. Rxa6 Rxa6 33. Kxg2 Nd7
34. Nc4 Rc6 35. f4 gxf4 36. gxf4 Nc5 37. Nd6 f5 $138 1-0

[Event "Buenos Aires Sicilian"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1994.10.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1994.10.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Bd3 Nf6 8.
O-O Nxd4 (8... Ne5 9. h3 Bc5 10. Kh1 d6 11. f4 Ned7 12. a3 $5 O-O 13. Qe1 $14 {
Kasparov,G-Ivanchuk,V/Novgorod/1994/CBM43/}) 9. Bxd4 Bc5 10. Bxc5 $5 (10. Be2
d6 11. Qd2 b5 12. Rad1 Bb7 $10 {Golubev,M-Tregubov,P/Alushta2/1994/CBM41/})
10... Qxc5 11. Kh1 (11. Na4 Qc7 12. c4 b6 13. Qe2 Bb7 14. Rac1 d6 15. Qe3 Nd7
16. Rfd1 O-O 17. Bf1 Rfd8 $10 {Anand,V-Ljubojevic,L/Linares/1991/CBM22/INF51,
182/}) (11. Qe2 d6 12. Kh1 O-O 13. f4 e5 14. Bc4 Be6 15. Bb3 Rac8 16. Qd3 b5
$10 {Saltaev,M-Tregubov,P/Volgograd/CBM41/}) 11... b5 12. Qd2 Bb7 13. Rae1 (13.
f4 b4 14. Na4 Qd4 $13) 13... Qd4 (13... d6 14. f4 $14) 14. f3 (14. e5 b4 15.
Na4 Ng4 $36) 14... h6 (14... Rc8 15. e5 Nd5 16. Ne4 (16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. c3 Qc5
$13) 16... Qxe5 17. f4 Qc7 18. f5 $36) 15. e5 Nd5 16. Nxd5 (16. Ne4 Qxe5 17. f4
Qc7 18. f5 O-O-O $13) 16... Bxd5 17. c3 Qc5 18. Be4 Bxe4 19. Rxe4 Ra7 20. Rfe1
Ke7 (20... O-O 21. Rg4 Kh8 22. Ree4 $36) 21. Rg4 Rg8 22. Qf4 Qc7 (22... d5 23.
Rxg7 $1 Rxg7 24. Qf6+ Ke8 25. Qxg7 Qf2 26. Rg1 Qxb2 27. Qxh6 Qxc3 28. Qh8+ Ke7
29. h4 $14) 23. Rd1 $14 Rb7 24. h3 a5 25. a3 Rb6 26. Qg3 Kf8 27. Rgd4 Rb7 28.
f4 g5 29. Rf1 Rg6 (29... gxf4 30. Qxf4 Rg7 31. Qf6 $18) 30. Qd3 Qc6 31. f5 $1
exf5 32. Rxf5 Re6 33. Rd6 Qc4 (33... Rxd6 34. exd6 Qc4 35. Qf3 $16) 34. Qd1 Ke8
35. Qf3 Rxd6 36. exd6 Rb8 37. Rxg5 $1 hxg5 38. Qf6 1-0

[Event "Buenos Aires Sicilian"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1994.10.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1994.10.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Kh1 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Bc5 10. Qd3 b5 11. f4 Bb7 12. Bf3 h5 $5 (12... O-O 13. e5 Ne8
14. Bxb7 Qxb7 15. a4 b4 16. Ne4 Be7 17. Be3 Qc6 18. Ng5 g6 $1 $13 (18... Bxg5
$2 19. fxg5 Nc7 20. Rf4 $1 $16 {Anand,V-Ribli,Z/Novi Sad ol/1990/INF50,209/}))
13. e5 Ng4 14. Bxb7 Qxb7 15. Ne4 Be7 16. h3 (16. Be3 Rc8 17. Bd4 Nh6 18. c3 Nf5
$13 {Nunn,J-Zichichi,A/Reggio Emilia/1983/INF38,(234)/}) 16... Nh6 17. Be3 Nf5
18. Bf2 (18. Bc5 $2 Qxe4 $1 19. Qxe4 Ng3+ $19) 18... h4 $1 $10 19. c3 O-O 20.
Rad1 Rfc8 21. Qf3 Rab8 22. b3 Rd8 23. Rd3 d6 (23... d5 $5) 24. exd6 (24. Rfd1
d5 $13 (24... Qc7 25. exd6 Nxd6 26. Bxh4 $1 (26. Nxd6 Rxd6 27. Rxd6 Bxd6 28.
Bxh4 Bxf4 $10) 26... Nxe4 27. Bxe7 Rxd3 28. Rxd3 f5 29. Bh4 $14) (24... dxe5 $2
25. Rxd8+ Bxd8 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27. Nf6+ gxf6 28. Qxb7 $18)) 24... Nxd6 25. Nxd6
(25. Bxh4 Nxe4 26. Bxe7 Rxd3 27. Qxd3 Nxc3 $1 28. Qxc3 Qxe7 $10) 25... Qxf3 26.
Rxf3 Rxd6 27. Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Buenos Aires Sicilian"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1994.10.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1994.10.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nde2 Be7 8. Bg2
Nbd7 9. a4 b6 10. h3 h5 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. Qxd5 Bb7 14. Qd2 O-O 15.
O-O Nf6 16. Nc3 Bc6 17. Rfd1 b5 18. axb5 axb5 19. b4 Qb7 20. Qd3 Rfc8 21. Bg5
Qb6 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. Qf3 Ra3 24. Bxf6 Bxf6 25. Rd3 h4 26. Rxd6 Be7 27. Rd3
Bxb4 28. gxh4 Be7 29. h5 b4 30. Nd5 Bxd5 31. exd5 Qh6 32. Bf1 Qc1 33. Qd1 Qxd1
34. Rxd1 Bd6 35. Bd3 e4 36. Bxe4 Rxh3 37. Ra1 Kf8 38. Ra8+ Ke7 39. Rh8 g6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Buenos Aires Sicilian"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1994.10.27"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1994.10.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. f3 a6 7. Be3 e6 8. Qd2
Qc7 9. O-O-O Be7 10. g4 b5 11. Nxc6 Qxc6 12. h4 Bb7 13. Kb1 Nd7 14. Ne2 Ne5 15.
Nd4 Qc7 16. h5 Rd8 17. Bf4 Rc8 18. Rh2 Nc4 19. Bxc4 bxc4 20. Qc3 Rg8 21. Bg3 g6
22. Ne2 Qc5 23. Qd2 Rd8 24. Bf2 Qe5 25. Bg3 Qc5 26. hxg6 hxg6 27. Bf2 Qe5 28.
Bg3 Qc5 29. Bf2 Qe5 30. Rdh1 d5 31. Qa5 Qd6 32. Qa4+ Bc6 33. Qxa6 dxe4 34. Bg3
Qd7 35. Rh8 Kf8 36. Qxc4 exf3 37. Nc1 f2 38. Qf4 Qd2 39. Qxf2 Bxh1 40. Rxh1
Qxf2 41. Bxf2 Rd2 42. Nd3 Re2 43. a4 Re4 44. a5 Rxg4 45. Ne5 Ra4 46. Rh7 Rg7
47. Rh8+ Rg8 48. Rh7 Rg7 49. Rh8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Buenos Aires Sicilian"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1994.10.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1994.10.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5 11. Bc4 Bd7 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Bc6 14. Bd2
Nd7 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Rhe1 Rfd8 18. Bf1 Nf8 19. Qe3 Qh4 20. h3 Rd7
21. c4 a6 22. Bb4 Rc8 23. Bd6 Ng6 24. Rd4 Qd8 25. Red1 f6 26. exf6 Qxf6 27.
R4d2 Rf7 28. Bg3 h6 29. Re1 Nh4 30. Be5 Qg5 31. Qxg5 hxg5 32. Bd6 Nf5 33. Bb4
Ne3 34. Rxe3 Rxf1+ 35. Kc2 Bd5 36. b3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Buenos Aires Sicilian"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1994.10.30"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1994.10.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. Be2 Qc7 8. g4
d5 $3 $15 (8... h6 9. Qd2 (9. a4 d5 10. exd5 exd5 11. h4 Bb4 12. Kf1 Nc6 13.
Kg2 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Ne4 $10 {Makarichev,S-Beliavsky,A USSR(ch) 1978}) (9. f4 Nc6
(9... e5 $6 10. Nf5 g6 11. Ng3 exf4 12. Bxf4 Be6 13. Qd2 $6 (13. Qd4 $1 $14)
13... Nbd7 14. O-O-O O-O-O $10 {Shirov,A-Ftacnik,L Pardubice (05) 1994 1/2 42})
10. g5 hxg5 11. fxg5 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Nd7 13. Qd2 b5 14. a3 Bb7 15. O-O-O O-O-O {
Koka,O-Arakhamia,K Bern op (9) 1991 0-1 39}) 9... b5 10. a3 Bb7 11. f3 Nbd7 12.
O-O-O d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Rhe1 Bc5 16. Bxb5 axb5 17. Nxb5 Qc6
18. Bxc5 $18 {Nevedmichy,V-Timoshenko,G Bucharest 1993 1-0 34}) (8... b5 9. g5
Nfd7 10. a3 Bb7 (10... Nb6 11. f4 (11. Qd2 N8d7 12. O-O-O Nc4 13. Bxc4 Qxc4 14.
f4 Rb8 15. Kb1 b4 16. axb4 Qxb4 17. Nb3 Be7 18. Qd4 Qxd4 19. Bxd4 O-O 20. Na5
$16 {Nevedmichy,V-Itkis,B Bucharest Ciocaltea (06) 1994 1-0 45}) 11... N8d7 12.
f5 Ne5 13. fxe6 fxe6 14. O-O Nbc4 15. Bc1 Be7 $10 {Gipslis,A-Peshina,G USSR
1985}) 11. h4 (11. f4 $5) 11... Nb6 12. h5 N8d7 13. Rg1 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Qxc4 15.
Qd2 b4 16. axb4 Qxb4 17. f4 Nc5 $17 {Lanka,Z-Schlosser,P Nettetal (11) 1992
0-1 32}) 9. exd5 (9. g5 $2 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 dxe4 $17) 9... Bb4 $1 10. dxe6 Bxc3+
11. bxc3 Qxc3+ 12. Kf1 fxe6 13. Nb3 (13. Kg2 O-O $15) 13... Nd5 14. Qd4 (14.
Bd4 Qh3+ 15. Kg1 O-O 16. Qd3 Nf4 17. Qxh3 Nxh3+ 18. Kf1 b6 19. Bxb6 Bb7 20. f3
Rxf3+ 21. Bxf3 Bxf3 $17) 14... Qc7 15. Bd3 Nc6 (15... O-O $5) 16. Qe4 Ne5 $6 (
16... Nf6 17. Qa4 Bd7 18. Nc5 O-O $15) 17. Bc5 $1 Bd7 18. Re1 Nxd3 19. cxd3 Nf4
$1 {/\ Bb5} 20. Nd4 Qxc5 (20... O-O-O $4 21. Rc1 $18) 21. Qxf4 Rf8 22. Qe4 $2 (
22. Nxe6 Bxe6 23. Rxe6+ Kd7 24. Qe3 Rac8 $10) 22... O-O-O $15 23. Re2 (23. Kg2
$4 Bc6 24. Nxc6 Qxf2+ 25. Kh3 Rf3+ $19) 23... Kb8 24. Rg1 $2 (24. Kg2 Bc8 (
24... e5 $2 25. Rb1 $16) (24... Qxd4 25. Qxd4 Bc6+ 26. Qe4 Bxe4+ 27. dxe4 $10)
25. Nxe6 Bxe6 26. Qxe6 Rxd3 27. Rb1 $10) 24... Qc7 25. Nxe6 (25. Qxh7 $5) 25...
Bxe6 26. Qxe6 Qxh2 27. Qe3 Ka8 $1 $17 28. Rg3 Rc8 29. Rg2 Qh1+ 30. Rg1 Qh4 31.
Rg2 $2 (31. Qg3 $17) 31... Rf3 $1 $19 32. Qd2 Qh1+ (32... Rxd3 33. Qxd3 Qh1+
34. Rg1 Rc1+ 35. Re1 Rxe1+ 36. Kxe1 Qxg1+ $19) 33. Rg1 Qh3+ (33... Qh3+ 34. Rg2
Rxd3 35. Qe1 Rdc3 $19) 0-1

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1994.11.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8.
Be2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Kh1 Kh8 12. f4 Rg8 13. Qe1 Bd7 14. Rf3 Rg7
15. Rh3 Rag8 16. Bf3 Nd4 17. Nxd4 Qxd4 18. Rd1 Qb4 19. b3 1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1994.11.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Ne5 11. Bb3 Rc8 12. h4 h5 13. Bg5 Rc5 14. g4 hxg4 15.
f4 Nc4 16. Qe2 Na5 17. e5 Nxb3+ 18. Nxb3 Rxc3 19. bxc3 Bc6 20. Rhf1 Ne4 21. Qc4
d5 22. Qxe4 dxe4 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Bxe7 Rd7 25. Bg5 Bf8 26. Nd4 Bc5 27. f5 Bxd4
28. cxd4 gxf5 29. Rxf5 Rxd4 30. Be3 Ra4 31. Rg5+ Kh7 32. Rh5+ Kg8 33. Rg5+
1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1994.11.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 d5 6. e5 Nc6 7. h3 Nh6 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Be2 f6 10. exf6 exf6 11. O-O Nf5 12. Bf4 Be6 13. Re1 Bf7 14. Bb5 Rc8 15.
Rc1 a6 16. Bf1 Re8 17. Rxe8+ Qxe8 18. g4 Nfe7 19. Qd2 Qd8 20. Na4 g5 21. Bg3
Bg6 22. Nc5 Qb6 23. Re1 Kf7 24. Qe3 Kg8 25. Bd6 Re8 26. Qe6+ Bf7 27. Qd7 Bf8
28. Qxb7 Qa5 29. Re3 Qxa2 30. Nd7 Bg6 31. Nxf6+ 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.01"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Dao, Thien Hai"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1994.12.01"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Vietnam"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "VIE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Be2
b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Bb2 Qe7 11. e4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Qxe4 Rad8 14. Rad1 Nf6
15. Qh4 c5 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Ne5 h6 18. Ng4 Ne4 19. Qxe7 Bxe7 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21.
Rd1 Rxd1+ 22. Bxd1 Bc5 23. Bf3 f6 24. Ne3 Kf7 25. Nd1 e5 26. Be2 Ng5 27. Bc1
Ne6 28. Nc3 f5 29. a3 Bc6 30. b4 Bd4 31. Nb5 Bxb5 32. cxb5 Kf6 33. Bc4 Bc3 34.
Kf1 Nd4 35. f3 f4 36. Kf2 h5 37. g3 g5 38. Kg2 Nc2 39. Kf1 Bb2 40. Bxb2 Ne3+
41. Ke2 Nxc4 42. Bc1 $17 {Blacks pawm structure is much better.} Kf5 43. Kd3
Nd6 44. a4 g4 45. fxg4+ Kxg4 46. gxf4 exf4 47. Bb2 $2 (47. Ke2 $142 Ne4 48. Bb2
f3+ 49. Kf1 {Can Black win? May be not!}) 47... f3 48. Bd4 Kh3 49. a5 Kxh2 50.
axb6 axb6 51. Bxb6 Kg2 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.02"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Boada, Winston"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1994.12.01"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Venezuela"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "VEN"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. h3 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 b5 8. cxb5 Qa5
9. Bd3 a6 10. b6 Nbd7 11. Nf3 Qxb6 12. Rb1 Re8 13. O-O Bb7 14. Re1 Rac8 15. Qc1
Nf8 16. Bc2 N6d7 17. Ba4 Qc7 18. Qd2 Qa5 19. Bh6 Red8 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Qg5 e6
22. Nd2 c4 23. Nf3 f6 24. Qg3 e5 25. Nh4 Nc5 26. Bc2 Rc7 27. Nf5+ Kh8 28. Ne3
Ncd7 29. Rf1 Qc5 30. Kh2 Qa7 31. f4 Re8 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.03"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Rogers, Ian"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Notkin,M"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1994.12.01"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Australia"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 {Dautov} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nge2 cxd4 7. exd4
d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bc2 Bd6 11. Ne4 Be7 12. a3 Qc7 $5 (12... Qb6 $6
13. Qd3 g6 14. Rd1 Rd8 15. Qf3 e5 $2 16. Ng5 Nf6 17. Qb3 {Dautov} Qxb3 18. Bxb3
$16 {Salov-Timman (03)/Sanghi Nagar Fide cm/1994}) (12... Re8 13. Qd3 g6 14.
Bh6 b6 15. Rad1 Bb7 16. Rfe1 Rc8 17. N2c3 (17. Bb3 a6 18. N2g3 Nb8 (18... Na5
$13 {Huebner/}) (18... Bh4 $32 {/\Nce7 Suba/}) 19. Qf3 Rc7 $2 20. Nh5 $18 {
Kamsky,G-Short,N (5)/Linares PCA qual/1994/1:0/26/}) 17... Na5 18. Qg3 Nc4 19.
Ba4 Bc6 $10 {Shirov,A-Psakhis,L/Klaipeda/1988/0:1/68/}) (12... e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5
14. Nf4 Nxf4 15. Bxf4 Ng6 16. Be3 Be6 17. Qh5 Qd5 $10 {Malisauskas,V-Serper,G/
Miedzybrodzie/1991/0,5/28/}) 13. Qd3 Rd8 14. Ng5 $6 (14. Bg5 $2 f5 15. Bxe7
fxe4 16. Bxd8 (16. Qxe4 Ncxe7 17. Qxh7+ Kf8 $17) 16... exd3 17. Bxc7 dxe2 $17)
14... g6 15. Qf3 (15. Qh3 $142 Nf6 (15... Bxg5 16. Bxg5 f6 17. Bh6 e5 18. Qf3
exd4 19. Bb3 Be6 20. Rad1 $36) (15... h5 16. Qf3 Bf6 17. Rd1 Bg7 18. Bb3 $14)
16. Qh4 $13 {Dautov} (16. Bf4 e5 $19 (16... e5 17. Qb3 exf4 18. Qxf7+ Kh8 19.
Nxh7 Nxh7 20. Nxf4 Bf5 21. Nxg6+ Bxg6 22. Qxg6 Bf8 $19)) (16. Bb3 Nxd4 17. Nxd4
Rxd4 18. Re1 Qc6 19. Be3 Rd3 $17) (16. Be3 e5 17. Qg3 Nh5 18. Qf3 Bxg5 19. Bxg5
Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Rxd4 $17) (16. Rd1 $2 Nxd4 $1 17. Nxd4 Qxc2 $1 $17)) 15... Bf6 (
15... Nf6 $2 16. Bf4 e5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Qb3) 16. Rd1 Bg7 $15 17. Bb3 h6 18.
Ne4 Nce7 19. N4c3 $6 {? Dautov} (19. Be3 Nf5 (19... Bd7 {Dautov} 20. Rac1 Bc6
21. Qh3 Nf5 $10) 20. Rac1 Qb6 21. Nc5 $15) (19. Qh3 $5 {Dautov} e5 20. Qf3 Bf5
$10 (20... f5 21. N4c3 e4 22. Qh3 Kh7 23. Bg5 $36)) (19. N2c3 $5 $10 {Dautov /\
} Nf5 20. Be3) 19... Nxc3 20. bxc3 (20. Nxc3 Nf5 $17 (20... Qb6 {Dautov} 21.
Na4 Qc6 $15) (20... Nf5 21. d5 Nd4 (21... e5 $5) 22. Rxd4 Bxd4 23. Bxh6 Qb6 24.
Rd1 $44)) 20... Qc6 21. Qxc6 $6 (21. Qg3 {Dautov} b6 $15 {/\Bb7}) 21... Nxc6
$17 22. Be3 Na5 23. Ba2 b6 24. d5 Ba6 25. Ng3 e5 (25... exd5 {Dautov} 26. Bxd5
Rac8 27. Ne4 Bc4 28. Bxc4 Nxc4 29. Bd4 f5 $17) 26. f4 Nc4 27. Bc1 (27. Bxc4
Bxc4 28. d6 (28. fxe5 Bxe5 29. Bxh6 Bxd5) 28... f5 $17) 27... exf4 28. Bxf4 Nb2
$19 29. Bc7 (29. Rd2 {Dautov} Bxc3 30. Rc2 Bd4+ 31. Kh1 Nd3 $19) 29... Nxd1 30.
Rxd1 (30. Bxd8 {Dautov} Nxc3 $19) 30... Rd7 31. d6 Rc8 32. Bd5 Be5 33. Ne4 Kg7
34. Re1 (34. Bc6 $2 {Dautov} Rcxc7 $19) 34... Rcxc7 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.04"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1994.12.01"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Slovakia"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SVK"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8.
Bd3 Re8 9. O-O c6 10. Qc2 Nf8 11. Rab1 g6 12. b4 Ne6 13. Bh4 a6 14. a4 Ng7 15.
b5 axb5 16. axb5 Bf5 17. bxc6 (17. h3 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Nf5 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Ra1
Nd6 21. Nd2 Bg7 22. bxc6 $10 {Sokolov,I-Van der Sterren,P/Amsterdam OHRA-B/
1988/1-0 (40)}) 17... bxc6 18. Ne5 Rc8 (18... Bxd3 19. Qxd3 c5 $2 20. Nc6 Qd6
21. Nxe7+ Rxe7 22. Bxf6 Qxf6 23. Nxd5 $18) 19. Rb7 Qd6 (19... Bxd3 20. Qxd3 c5
$2 21. Rxe7 $1 Qxe7 22. Nxd5 $18) 20. Rfb1 (20. Ra1 Bxd3 21. Qxd3 Nf5 (21... c5
22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Nxf7 Qc6 24. Rba7 cxd4 25. Nh6+ Kh8 26. Nf7+ Kg8 $10) (21...
Rc7 $2 22. Rxc7 Qxc7 23. Ra6 $16) 22. Bxf6 Qxf6 23. Raa7 Qe6 $14) 20... Bxd3
21. Qxd3 Nf5 (21... c5 22. R1b6 $18) 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 $1 (22... Qxf6 23. R1b6 Nd6
24. Ra7 Ra8 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. Nxc6 $16) 23. f4 (23. Nxf7 Qe6 24. Na4 Re7 25.
Rxe7 Qxe7 26. Ne5 Bxe5 27. dxe5 Qxe5 $10) (23. Rxf7 Bxe5 24. dxe5 Qxe5 25. Rbb7
Ne7 26. Rf4 c5 $13) 23... Qe6 (23... Bxe5 $6 24. fxe5 Qe6 25. e4 $1) 24. e4
dxe4 (24... Nd6 25. exd5 cxd5 26. R7b6 $14) 25. Nxe4 Be7 (25... Bg7 26. Ng5 Qd5
27. Rd7 $16) 26. Ng3 Nd6 (26... Nxg3 27. hxg3 f6 28. Nxg6 $1 hxg6 29. Qxg6+ $10
) 27. R7b6 Qd5 28. Rc1 (28. Ne2 c5 29. dxc5 Qxc5+ $15) 28... c5 29. dxc5 Rxc5
30. Re1 $1 (30. Qxd5 Rxd5 31. Nf3 Nf5 $15) 30... Bf8 (30... Qxd3 31. Nxd3 Rd5
32. Nb4 Rd2 33. Nc6 $10) 31. Qxd5 (31. Rbb1 $4 Rxe5 $1 $19) 31... Rxd5 32. Rbb1
Rd4 (32... Bg7 33. Rbd1 Rxd1 34. Rxd1 $10 Bxe5 35. fxe5 Nc4 $15) 33. f5 $1 (33.
Ne2 Re4 34. Nc3 (34. Rbd1 Nb5 $17) 34... Rxf4 35. Nd5 Rf5 36. Nd7 Rxe1+ (36...
Rd8 $5) 37. Rxe1 Kg7 $15) 33... Nxf5 (33... gxf5 34. Nf3 Rxe1+ 35. Rxe1 Rd5 36.
Nh5 $15) 34. Nxf5 gxf5 35. Nf3 Rde4 36. Kf1 Kg7 37. Rb5 Rxe1+ (37... Kg6 38.
Nh4+ Kg5 39. Rxf5+ Kxh4 40. Rxe4+ Rxe4 41. Rxf7 Bd6 42. Rxh7+ $10) (37... Kf6
38. Rc1 $132) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.05"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Shipov,S"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1994.12.01"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Nf6 (6... Bf5) 7. Bd3
Nbd7 8. h3 $1 (8. Nf3 Nh5 $10) 8... O-O 9. Qc2 Re8 10. Nf3 Nf8 11. Rb1 (11. g4
Bd6 (11... Qa5 12. Kf1 Be6 13. Kg2 Rac8 14. a3 Qd8 15. Qb3 Qb6 16. Qd1 Qd8 17.
Bg3 $14 {Sakaev,K-Kharitonov,A/Helsinki/1992/}) (11... Be6 12. Ng5 c5 13. Be5
h6 14. Nf3 N6d7 $132 {Timman,J-Huebner,R/Wijk aan Zee/1982/}) 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13.
g5 Nh5 14. O-O-O g6 15. Ne5 Ne6 16. h4 $16 {Bareev,E-Andersson,U/Biel/1991/}) (
11. O-O-O Be6 12. Kb1 a5 13. Ng5 b5 14. Be5 h6 15. Nxe6 Nxe6 16. g4 a4 17. Bf5
$14 {Korchnoi,V-Elson,J/Biel/1984/}) (11. Ne5 Be6 12. O-O N6d7 13. Nf3 Rc8 14.
Rab1 c5 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Rfd1 Qb6 17. Be5 $14 {Goldin,A-Relange,E/1994/})
11... Ng6 12. Bh2 Bd6 (12... a5 13. a3) 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. O-O Bd7 (14... Qe7 $5
) 15. b4 $14 Rac8 16. Rfc1 Qe7 (16... a6 $5) 17. b5 c5 $8 18. Qa4 a6 (18... c4
$2 19. Bxg6 hxg6 20. Qxa7) 19. dxc5 Rxc5 20. Qd4 $1 axb5 21. Nxb5 Rxc1+ (21...
b6 $2 22. Nc3 $1 $16) 22. Rxc1 Rc8 23. Rxc8+ Bxc8 24. Qb6 Ne8 25. a4 (25. Bxg6
$32 hxg6 26. Nfd4 $14) 25... Nf8 26. Nc3 Be6 (26... Qa3 $2 27. Nxd5 Qxd3 28.
Ne7+ Kh8 29. Nxc8 $16) 27. Nd4 Qc7 (27... Qa3 $5 28. Qb3 Qxb3) 28. Qb4 Nd6 29.
a5 $1 Nd7 30. Na4 Ne5 31. Be2 Nec4 (31... Nc6 32. Qc5 $1) 32. Nb6 g6 (32...
Nxb6 33. axb6 (33. Qxb6 $2 Qxb6 34. axb6 Nc8 35. Ba6 Nxb6 $10)) 33. Qc3 Qe7 34.
Qb4 Kf8 $2 (34... Qc7 $1 $14) 35. Bd3 Nxb6 (35... Qc7 $2 36. Bxc4 dxc4 37.
Nxe6+ fxe6 38. Nxc4 $1) 36. Qxb6 Nc8 37. Nxe6+ fxe6 38. Qd4 $16 Kg8 $8 39. e4
$1 Qd8 40. Qb4 Qd6 $2 (40... Nd6 41. exd5 exd5 42. h4 $1) 41. Qxb7 $18 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.06"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "1994.12.01"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Serbia & Montenegro"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "YUG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Ne7 6. Nxe5 Qd4 7. Qh5 g6 8.
Nf3 Qxe4 9. Qa5 Bg4 10. Re1 Qd5 11. Qxc7 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Qxf3 13. Qxb7 Qg4+ 14.
Kf1 Qh3+ 15. Kg1 Qg4+ 16. Kf1 Qh3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.08"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Moiseev,V"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1994.12.01"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Iceland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISL"]

1. e4 {Wedberg Ftacnik} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. d5 Nb8 (12... Na5 $6)
(12... Ne7) 13. Nf1 Nbd7 14. Ng3 Nc5 (14... g6 {Wedberg,T} 15. Be3 Nc5 16. Bc2
c6 17. b4 Ncd7 18. dxc6 Bxc6 19. Bb3 Nb6 20. Qd3 Rb8 21. Rad1 $14 {Short,
N-Ivanchuk,V/Amsterdam/1994}) 15. Bc2 a5 (15... c6 $5 16. b4 Ncd7 17. dxc6 Bxc6
18. Bb3 h6 $1 (18... Nb6 19. Bg5 (19. Qd3 a5 20. bxa5 Rxa5 21. Be3 Na4 22. Bg5
Nb2 23. Qd2 Nc4 24. Qe2 $10 {Sisniega,M-Ivanov,AV/Linares NL/1992/0-1 (40)}))
19. Nh2 Nb6 $13 {Wang,Z-Wu,S/China(ch)/1993/0,5/61/} (19... Nb6 {Ftacnik} 20.
Ng4 Nc4 21. a4 Nxg4 22. Qxg4 Bd7 23. Nf5 Kh7 24. Qg3 $14 {Tseshkovsky,
V-Timoshchenko,G/Tashkent/1987/1/2-1/2/50/})) (15... g6 {Ftacnik} 16. Nh2 h6
17. Qf3 Bg7 18. Ng4 Nxg4 19. hxg4 Qe7 20. Nf1 Kh7 21. g3 Rh8 22. Kg2 Bf6 23.
Qe3 Kg7 24. b3 $15 {Ramesh,R-Almasi,Z/Bratislava WchJM-U18 (11)/1993/0-1 (36)})
16. a4 $1 (16. Nh2 g6 17. Qf3 h5 18. Be3 Nfd7 19. Rad1 Qe7 20. Ngf1 Bg7 21. Bc1
{Short,N-Timman,J/Madrid(m/10)/1993/1:0/40/} a4 $1 $13 {Speelman} (21... c6 $2
{Ftacnik} 22. b4 $1 axb4 23. cxb4 Na4 24. dxc6 $14 {Short,N-Timman,J/El
Escorial (m/10)/1993/1-0 (40)})) 16... c6 (16... b4 $6 17. cxb4 axb4 18. Bd2
$16) (16... bxa4 $5 17. Bxa4 (17. Be3 $5) (17. Be3 {Ftacnik} Nfd7 18. Bxa4 $16)
17... Nxa4 18. Qxa4 $14) 17. axb5 cxd5 (17... cxb5 18. b4 $5 $14) 18. exd5 Bxd5
(18... Nxd5 19. c4 $5 (19. Bxh7+ $6 Kxh7 20. Ng5+ Kg8 21. Qh5 Nf6 22. Qxf7+ Kh8
23. Nh5 (23. Nf5 {Wedberg} Re7 $13) 23... Qe7 (23... Bd5 $2 24. Nxf6 $3 Qxf6 (
24... Bxf7 25. Nxf7#) 25. Qxd5 $18) 24. Qg6 (24. Nxf6 gxf6 25. Qh5+ Kg8 $19)
24... Bd5 $17 {/\ 25...Bg8}) (19. Ne4 $1 $36 {Wedberg,T}) 19... Nf6 (19... Nb4
$2 20. Bxh7+ Kxh7 21. Ng5+ Kg8 22. Qh5 $18) (19... Nf4 20. Bxf4 exf4 21. Rxe8
Qxe8 22. Nh5 $16 (22. Bxh7+ Kh8 23. Ng5 f6 $19) 22... Ne6 $2 23. Qd3 $18) 20.
Bg5 h6 21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22. Ne4 Nxe4 (22... Qf4 $2 23. g3 $18) 23. Bxe4 Bxe4 24.
Rxe4 Qe6 25. b3 f5 26. Re1 $16) 19. Bg5 $1 Bc4 $6 (19... Bb7 {>= Wedberg} 20.
c4 $16 {Moiseev}) (19... Bxf3 {Ftacnik} 20. Qxf3 $16) 20. Nd2 $1 Bxb5 21. Nde4
d5 $4 (21... Ncxe4 22. Nxe4 d5 (22... Be7 23. Bxf6 Bxf6 24. Nxd6 $18) 23. Bxf6
(23. Nxf6+ $6 gxf6 24. Qh5 e4) 23... gxf6 24. Qg4+ Kh8 (24... Bg7 25. Ng3 Bd7 (
25... Qe7 26. Nh5 $18) (25... Kh8 26. Bxh7 $1 Kxh7 27. Nf5 Bf8 28. Qh5+ Kg8 29.
Re3 $18) 26. Bf5 $18) 25. Qh5 h6 26. Ng3 $40 (26. Qf5 $6 Bd7 27. Qxf6+ Bg7)) (
21... Ncd7 22. Nxd6 (22. Nh5 $5) 22... Bxd6 23. Qxd6 $16) (21... Rc8 {Ftacnik}
22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Qg4+ (23. Qh5 Bd3 24. Bxd3 Nxd3 25. Qf5 Bg7 26. Nh5 Re6 27.
Qg4 Qf8 28. Re3 f5 29. Qxf5 Nf4 30. Nxf4 exf4 31. Qxf4 $16) 23... Kh8 24. Nxc5
Rxc5 25. Qe4 f5 26. Qxf5 e4 27. Qxf7 Bc4 28. Qf4 d5 $16) 22. Bxf6 $18 gxf6 23.
Qg4+ (23. Qxd5 {Ftacnik} Ra6 24. Nh5 $16) 23... Kh8 24. Nxc5 Bxc5 25. Bxh7 $1
Qb6 (25... Kxh7 26. Nf5 Bf8 27. Qh5+ Kg8 28. Re3 $18) (25... f5 26. Qh5 (26.
Nxf5 Qf6 27. Qh5 Re6) 26... Qf6 27. Bxf5+ Kg8 28. Qh7+ Kf8 29. Nh5 $18) 26. Nf5
(26. Nf5 {Ftacnik} Rg8 27. Bxg8 $18) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.09"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1994.12.01"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Spain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. d4 {Ernst} Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. g3 d6 7. Bg2 Bg7
8. Nf3 Bxa6 (8... Nxa6 $5 9. Nc3 O-O 10. O-O Qb6 11. Nd2 Nc7 12. Rb1 Nd7 13.
Qc2 Ba6 14. a3 Rfb8 15. Re1 Qb7 16. b3 Bxc3 17. Qxc3 Nxd5 18. Qc2 Bb5 19. e4
Nc7 20. Bb2 Bc6 21. b4 Ba4 22. Qc3 e5 23. Qe3 cxb4 24. axb4 Qa7 $10 {Hansen,
LB-Cramling,P/Biel Mixed/1991/}) 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Nc3 Nb6 $1 (10... O-O 11. Qc2
Nb6 12. Rd1 $14) 11. Nd2 (11. Re1 O-O 12. Bf4 Nh5 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bc1 Nf6 15.
Rb1 Bc4 16. e4 Bxa2 17. Nxa2 Rxa2 18. e5 Nfxd5 19. e6 Ra4 $5 $13 {Van der
Sterren,P-Hertneck,G/BL 9495/1994/}) 11... O-O 12. Qc2 Ra7 (12... Qd7 $5 13.
Rd1 Qb7 $132) (12... Bb7 {Ernst} 13. e4 (13. Qd3 Ba6 14. Qc2 $10) 13... Ba6 14.
Rd1 Ng4 15. Nf3 Nc4 16. h3 Nge5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. b3 Qa5 19. Bb2 c4 $44 {
Ginting,N-Ernst,T/Gausdal/1992}) 13. Rd1 Qa8 14. Nf1 (14. e4 Ng4 $44) 14... Bb7
$1 (14... Rb8 {Ernst} 15. b3 Nbd7 16. Rb1 $14 {Van Der Sterren,A-Miles,A/
London/1981}) 15. e4 Na4 $44 16. Ne3 $6 (16. Nxa4 Rxa4 17. b3 (17. a3 e6 $5 18.
Ne3 exd5 19. exd5 Rd4 $44) 17... Rxe4 $5 (17... Ra6 18. Bb2 $14) 18. Bxe4 Nxe4
19. Qxe4 (19. Bb2 Bxb2 20. Qxb2 Bxd5 {->/^a8-h1} 21. h4 Bb7 22. Re1 e5 $6 23.
Rad1 Qa6 24. Re3 Qc6 25. f3 Nf6 26. Red3 Re8 27. Ne3 Qxf3 28. Nd5 Qf5 29. Nxf6+
Qxf6 30. Rxd6 Qf3 31. Kh2 Re7 32. Re1 $16 {Rechlis,G-Mikac,M/Ostrava/1991/})
19... Bxa1 20. Bh6 Bg7 (20... Qxa2 $2 21. Qxe7 Rb8 22. Qc7 $18) (20... Bd4 21.
Rxd4 $5 cxd4 22. Qxd4 f6 23. Bxf8 Kxf8 24. Ne3 Qxa2 25. b4 $14) 21. Bxg7 Kxg7
22. Qxe7 Bxd5 23. Qxd6 Bf3 $44) 16... Nxc3 17. bxc3 Ra4 {><a2,c3,e4} 18. Bd2
Bc8 $1 19. h3 (19. c4 Ng4 $17) 19... Nd7 20. Bf1 Ne5 21. Be2 (21. Bb5 $6 Ra3 {
/\Nf3-+}) 21... Ba6 $5 (21... Bxh3 $2 22. f4 Nd7 23. Kh2 $18) 22. c4 $1 (22.
Bxa6 $2 Qxa6 $17 {/\Nf3}) (22. Qxa4 Bxe2 23. Qxa8 (23. Qc2 Bd3 $5 24. Qc1 Bxe4
$40) 23... Rxa8 24. Re1 (24. f4 Nf3+ 25. Kf2 Bxd1 26. Rxd1 Nxd2 27. Rxd2 Bxc3
28. Rc2 Bd4 $17) 24... Nf3+ 25. Kg2 Nxe1+ 26. Bxe1 (26. Rxe1 Bd3 $17) 26... Ra3
$15) 22... Ra3 23. Kg2 (23. Bc1 Rc3 $1 $17) 23... Nd7 24. h4 $5 (24. Rab1 Bc8
$15) 24... Bc8 (24... Bxa1 25. Rxa1 Bc8 26. Bc1 $44) 25. h5 Qa4 $5 (25... Bxa1
$6 26. Rxa1 Qa4 27. Qb2 $36 {/\Ng4,Bc1}) 26. hxg6 hxg6 27. Rac1 (27. Rac1 Rxa2
28. Qxa4 Rxa4 29. Bc3 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.10"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1994.12.01"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 Nf6 3. Nbc3 d6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 g6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Ng4 11. Bf4 Ne5 12. Nd5 Bg4 13. O-O e6 14. Ne3 Nf3+
15. Bxf3 Bxf3 16. Bxd6 b5 17. Qd3 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Qxd6 19. Rfd1 Qc5 20. c3 Rab8
21. a3 a5 22. Rac1 h5 23. Rc2 Rfd8 24. Rcd2 Rxd2 25. Rxd2 b4 26. axb4 axb4 27.
cxb4 Qxb4 28. Qxb4 Rxb4 29. Rd8+ Bf8 30. Nd1 h4 31. Kg2 Kg7 32. Rd3 f5 33. b3
Kf6 34. Ne3 Bc5 35. f3 Bxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.11"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1994.12.01"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Germany"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. c3 Nf6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bxf6
Bxf6 9. Nbd2 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. Qe2 Bg4 13. Nf3 Qe7 14. h3 Bxf3
15. Qxf3 h5 16. Rad1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.12"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1994.12.01"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia II"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Qe2 e5 6. Qc4 b6 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8.
Qc3 Qc7 9. a3 a5 10. d3 Ne7 11. Be3 O-O 12. Nbd2 Be6 13. b4 cxb4 14. axb4 axb4
15. Qxb4 c5 16. Qb5 Qc6 17. Qb2 f6 18. Rfb1 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 Nc8 20. Nb1 Rf7 21.
c4 Rd7 22. Nc3 Rxd3 23. Nd5 f5 24. Ng5 Bxd5 25. cxd5 Qa4 26. h3 Rd1+ 27. Rxd1
Qxd1+ 28. Kh2 Qa4 29. Ne6 Bf6 30. Bg5 Kf7 31. exf5 gxf5 32. Qe2 Bxg5 33. Nxg5+
Kf6 34. Nxh7+ Kg7 35. Qxe5+ Kxh7 36. Qxf5+ Kg7 37. Qxc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.13"]
[Round "12.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1994.12.01"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Bosnia&Herzegovina"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 a6 4. Ngf3 c5 5. exd5 exd5 6. Be2 c4 7. b3 b5 8. O-O
Bd6 9. c3 Ne7 10. a4 Bb7 11. Ba3 Bxa3 12. Rxa3 Nd7 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8 Bxa8
15. bxc4 bxc4 16. Qa1 O-O 17. Bd1 Bc6 18. Re1 Nc8 19. Qa3 Re8 20. Rxe8+ Qxe8
21. Nf1 Qd8 22. Ne3 Qc7 23. Nf5 g6 24. Ne7+ Kg7 25. Nxc8 Qxc8 26. h4 Qf8 27.
Qc1 Qe7 28. Bc2 h5 29. Kf1 Nf6 30. Ne5 Ng4 31. Qg5 Qxg5 32. hxg5 Nxe5 33. dxe5
Kf8 34. g3 Ke7 35. Ke2 Bd7 36. Ke3 Bh3 37. Kd4 Bg2 38. f4 Ke6 39. Ba4 Bh1 40.
Bc6 Bg2 41. Bb7 Be4 42. Ba6 Bg2 43. Bc8+ Ke7 44. f5 gxf5 45. Bxf5 Bf3 46. Bh7
Bg2 47. Ke3 Bh3 48. Kf4 Bf1 49. Ke3 Bh3 50. Kd4 Bg2 51. Bf5 Bf3 52. Bc2 Ke6 53.
g6 fxg6 54. Bxg6 Ke7 55. Bf5 Kf7 56. Ke3 Bg4 57. Bc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.15"]
[Round "13.1"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1994.12.01"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "France"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Nge2 O-O 8.
Ng3 Be6 9. Bd3 c5 10. dxc5 Nc6 11. O-O Bxc5 12. Rc1 d4 13. Nce4 Be7 14. Nc5
Bxc5 15. Rxc5 dxe3 16. Bxe3 Nb4 17. Bf5 Bxa2 18. Qxd8 Rfxd8 19. Rb5 Nbd5 20.
Rxb7 Nxe3 21. fxe3 Rdb8 22. Rxb8+ Rxb8 23. Rc1 g6 24. Rc8+ Rxc8 25. Bxc8 Kf8
26. Ne2 Nd5 27. Kf2 Nb4 28. Nc1 Bd5 29. Bg4 Ke7 30. Bf3 Kd6 31. Ke2 Bc4+ 32.
Kd2 Kc5 33. Kc3 f6 34. Nb3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.16"]
[Round "14.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1994.12.01"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Hungary"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 h6 7. Bg2 a6 8. h3 g5
9. Nb3 Nc6 10. f4 Nd7 11. O-O gxf4 12. Bxf4 Nde5 13. Qe2 Bd7 14. a4 h5 15. g5
Ng6 16. Be3 Nce5 17. a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yalta blitz"]
[Site "Yalta"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8.
Bd3 c6 9. Qc2 Re8 10. h3 Nf8 11. Bf4 a5 12. O-O Bd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Na4 Be6
15. Qc5 Qb8 16. Ng5 N8d7 17. Qc2 h6 18. Bh7+ Kf8 19. Nxe6+ Rxe6 20. Bf5 Re7 21.
Qb3 b5 22. Nc3 Nb6 23. Qc2 Nc4 24. Bd3 a4 25. b3 axb3 26. axb3 Nd6 27. Ne2 Rxa1
28. Rxa1 Qb6 29. Qc5 Qxc5 30. dxc5 Nde4 31. b4 Nd7 32. Nd4 Ne5 33. Bxe4 dxe4
34. Nf5 Re8 35. Nd6 Rd8 36. Ra7 Nd3 37. Rxf7+ Kg8 38. Rc7 Nxb4 39. Nf5 Rf8 40.
Ne7+ Kh7 41. Nxc6 Na6 42. Rb7 Nxc5 43. Rxb5 Nd3 44. Ne5 Nxf2 45. Rb4 Nd1 46.
Rxe4 Re8 47. Kf1 Nc3 48. Rc4 Nd5 49. Ng4 Nxe3+ 50. Nxe3 Rxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yalta blitz"]
[Site "Yalta"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. a3 b4 10. Ne4 bxa3 11. bxa3 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Qc7 13. Rb1 Rb8 14. Qa4 Bd6
15. Qxa7 O-O 16. Bd2 Nf6 17. Bd3 c5 18. O-O Bxf3 19. Qxc7 Bxc7 20. gxf3 cxd4
21. a4 Ra8 22. Bb5 dxe3 23. fxe3 Nd5 24. Rfc1 Ba5 25. Bxa5 Rxa5 26. Kf2 Rb8 27.
Bc6 Rxb1 28. Rxb1 Kf8 29. Rb5 Ra7 30. Bxd5 exd5 31. a5 Rd7 32. a6 Ra7 33. Rb8+
1-0

[Event "Yalta rapid"]
[Site "Yalta"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 e6 4. Bxc4 c5 5. Nf3 a6 6. O-O Nf6 7. Bd3 cxd4 8.
exd4 Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 b5 12. Bc2 Bb7 13. Qd3 Nbd7 14. Rad1 b4
15. Na4 Be4 16. Qe2 Bxc2 17. Qxc2 Qa5 18. b3 Rfc8 19. Qd2 Bf8 20. Bxf6 Nxf6 21.
Ne5 Ra7 22. Rc1 Rac7 23. Rxc7 Rxc7 24. Rc1 Ne4 25. Qf4 Bd6 26. Rxc7 Qxc7 27. g3
Ng5 28. Qe3 Bxe5 29. dxe5 Qc6 30. h4 Nf3+ 31. Kf1 Qb5+ 32. Qe2 Nh2+ 33. Ke1 Qc6
34. f4 Qh1+ 35. Kf2 h5 36. Qxh5 Qf1+ 37. Ke3 Qg1+ 38. Ke4 Nf1 39. Kd3 Qxg3+ 40.
Kc4 Qxf4+ 41. Kc5 Ng3 42. Kb6 0-1

[Event "Yalta rapid"]
[Site "Yalta"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Malaniuk, Vladimir P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A86"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d6 4. c4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Nh3 O-O 7. d5 Nbd7 8. O-O
Ne5 9. b3 c5 10. Bd2 Rb8 11. Qc1 a6 12. a4 b6 13. Bh6 Bxh6 14. Qxh6 Bd7 15.
Rfb1 Qe8 16. Qd2 Qf7 17. Nf4 Qg7 18. Nd3 Ne8 19. Nxe5 dxe5 20. e3 a5 21. f4 Nd6
22. Rf1 g5 23. Rae1 gxf4 24. gxf4 e4 25. Kh1 Kf7 26. Rg1 Qh6 27. Bf1 Rg8 28.
Re2 Rxg1+ 29. Kxg1 Rg8+ 30. Rg2 Rxg2+ 31. Bxg2 Be8 32. Ne2 Kf8 33. Qc3 Qf6 34.
Qxf6+ exf6 35. Ng3 Kg7 36. Bf1 Bf7 37. Be2 Kh6 38. Kg2 Be8 39. Kh3 Bf7 40. Kh4
Be8 41. Bh5 Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yalta rapid"]
[Site "Yalta"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Nc3 d6 5. d3 Be6 6. Nd5 Nce7 7. c3 c6 8. Nxe7
Qxe7 9. Bxe6 Qxe6 10. O-O Nf6 11. b4 Bb6 12. a4 a6 13. Kh1 O-O 14. Ng5 Qg4 15.
f3 Qh5 16. Qe1 d5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. g4 Qg6 19. Ne4 Ne7 20. a5 Ba7 21. Bg5 f6
22. Bh4 Nd5 23. c4 Ne3 24. Rf2 Bd4 25. Raa2 f5 26. gxf5 Rxf5 27. Rae2 Qh5 28.
Be7 Rxf3 29. Bc5 Re8 30. Qg1 Bxc5 31. bxc5 Re6 32. Rxe3 Rxe3 33. Rg2 Rxe4 34.
Rxg7+ Kf8 35. Rg8+ Ke7 36. Qg7+ Qf7 37. dxe4 Rf6 38. Qg5 Kd7 39. Rg7 Rf1+ 40.
Kg2 Rf2+ 41. Kg3 Rf3+ 42. Kh4 Rf4+ 43. Qxf4 Qxg7 44. Qg4+ Qxg4+ 45. Kxg4 1-0

[Event "Yalta rapid"]
[Site "Yalta"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Qb3 Nc6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 a5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O d6 8. d4
Bxc3 9. Qxc3 Qe7 10. b3 e5 11. Ba3 e4 12. Ne1 Bg4 13. f3 exf3 14. exf3 Bf5 15.
Rf2 Rfe8 16. Bf1 Qe3 17. Qxe3 Rxe3 18. g4 Bg6 19. Ng2 Ree8 20. Bb2 a4 21. h4
Nb4 22. Bc3 Nc2 23. Rc1 axb3 24. axb3 Ne3 25. Nxe3 Rxe3 26. h5 Bb1 27. d5 Nd7
28. Rb2 Rxf3 29. Rbxb1 Ra2 30. Be1 f5 31. Ra1 Rb2 32. Ra8+ Kf7 33. Rc8 Rbxb3
34. Rxc7 Ke8 35. Rc8+ Kf7 36. Rd8 Ne5 37. Rxd6 Rf4 38. Bc3 Rxg4+ 39. Kf2 Rf4+
40. Ke1 Nxc4 41. Rd7+ Ke8 42. Rxg7 Rf3 43. Bxc4 1-0

[Event "Yalta rapid"]
[Site "Yalta"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nge2 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8.
O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. a3 Bd6 11. Qd3 b6 12. Rd1 h6 13. Ne4 Bb7 14. Nxd6 Qxd6
15. Bf4 Qd7 16. Qh3 Nd5 17. Bxh6 gxh6 18. Qxh6 Nce7 19. Rd3 Nf5 20. Qg5+ Ng7
21. Rh3 Rac8 22. Qh6 f6 23. Qh7+ Kf7 24. Rg3 Rg8 25. Qg6+ Kf8 26. Bxd5 Bxd5 27.
Qxf6+ Qf7 28. Qe5 Nf5 29. Rxg8+ Kxg8 30. Nc3 Qg7 31. Nxd5 Qxe5 32. dxe5 exd5
33. Rd1 Kf7 34. g4 Ne7 35. f4 Rc4 36. Rf1 Ng6 37. e6+ Ke7 38. f5 Rxg4+ 39. Kh1
Rf4 40. Rg1 Nh4 41. Rg7+ Kf8 42. Rf7+ Ke8 43. Kg1 Nxf5 44. Rxa7 Ne3 45. h4 Rxh4
46. Kf2 Nd1+ 47. Kf3 Re4 48. Rd7 Ne3 49. Ra7 Rxe6 50. a4 d4 51. a5 bxa5 52.
Rxa5 d3 53. Ra8+ Ke7 54. Ra7+ Kd6 0-1

[Event "Yalta rapid"]
[Site "Yalta"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. O-O a6 12. Rfc1 Qa5 13. Rab1 Rfc8 14. b3 b5
15. b4 Qd8 16. cxb5 axb5 17. Bxb5 Ra3 18. Bf1 Rcxc3 19. Rxc3 Rxa2 20. Qc1 Nxe4
21. Ra3 Rxa3 22. Qxa3 d5 23. b5 d4 24. Rd1 Bf5 25. b6 Nd6 26. Qa7 Nc8 27. Qa1
Qxb6 28. Bxd4 Bxd4 29. Rxd4 Nd6 30. Ra4 f6 31. Qa2+ Kg7 32. Ra7 Nc8 33. Ra8 Be6
34. Qa3 Nd6 35. h3 Qb1 36. Qe3 Kf7 37. Rh8 Kg7 38. Rd8 Kf7 39. Qh6 Bc4 40. Qf8+
Ke6 41. Rxd6+ Kxd6 42. Qd8+ 1-0

[Event "Yalta super"]
[Site "Yalta"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Malaniuk, Vladimir P"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. e3 a6 5. Nbd2 c5 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2
Qe7 9. a3 Nc6 10. Qc2 Rd8 11. Bd3 d4 12. exd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. Bxd4 Rxd4
15. Nf3 Rd6 16. O-O b6 17. Rfd1 Bb7 18. Ne5 g6 19. b4 Rad8 20. Be2 Ne4 21. Rxd6
Rxd6 22. Rd1 Qf6 23. Ng4 Rxd1+ 24. Qxd1 Qb2 25. Bf3 h5 26. Bxe4 Bxe4 27. Ne3
Qxa3 28. Qd8+ Kh7 29. Qf6 Kg8 30. Qd8+ Kh7 31. Qf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 04th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. d4 O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 Na6 8. Rb1
c6 9. b4 Ne4 10. Bb2 Be6 11. Qb3 b5 12. Nxe4 Bxc4 13. Qe3 fxe4 14. Qxe4 Nxb4
15. Bh3 Kh8 16. Ng5 e5 17. Ne6 Bxe6 18. Bxe6 d5 19. Qg4 e4 20. Rbc1 Qd6 21. Ba3
a5 22. Bd7 h5 23. Qh3 Ra6 24. e3 Rd8 25. Bg4 Ra7 26. Rc2 Rc7 27. Rfc1 Bf8 28.
Be2 Rdd7 29. Bxb4 axb4 30. Qf1 Rf7 31. Qh3 Kg7 32. Bf1 Kh6 33. Be2 Bg7 34. Bf1
Qf6 35. Qg2 Qd6 36. Qh3 Bf6 37. Be2 Bg5 38. Qg2 Bd8 39. h4 Qd7 40. Bf1 Rf6 41.
Qh3 Rf5 42. Be2 Qf7 43. Qg2 Rf6 44. Bf1 Ra7 45. Qh3 Rf5 46. Rb1 Ra4 47. Rbb2
Qf6 48. Qh2 Be7 49. Bh3 Rf3 50. Bg2 Rf5 51. Bh3 Rf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 04th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E19"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qc2
Nxc3 9. Qxc3 Bf6 10. Qc2 d5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Bf4 Na6 13. Rad1 Re8 14. Rfe1 c5
15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Nd4 Rc8 17. Qb1 Ne4 18. Nb5 Rc5 19. a4 Bc6 20. Bxe4 Rxe4 21.
Qxe4 dxe4 22. Rxd8+ Bxd8 23. Rd1 Bf6 24. Be3 Rc2 25. b3 Bxb5 26. axb5 Rb2 27.
Ra1 Rxb3 28. Rxa7 h5 29. Rb7 Rxb5 30. Rxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 04th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 e6 6. Bd3 Be7 7. N1f3 h6 8.
Ne4 Ngf6 9. Qe2 c5 10. Nxf6+ Nxf6 11. dxc5 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qxc5 13. O-O-O Bd7 14.
Kb1 a6 15. a3 Qb6 16. Be3 Bc5 17. Bxc5 Qxc5 18. Ne5 Bb5 19. Bxb5+ axb5 20. Rd3
O-O 21. Rb3 Ra5 22. Rd1 Nd5 23. Nd7 Qc4 24. Qxc4 bxc4 25. Rxb7 Rc8 26. Ka2
Rxa3+ 27. bxa3 Nc3+ 28. Ka1 Nxd1 29. a4 Rc6 30. Rb6 Rxb6 31. Nxb6 Nc3 32. Kb2
Ne4 33. a5 c3+ 34. Kb3 Kf8 35. Kb4 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 04th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. Bd2
d6 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Ne4 11. Bxe4 Bxe4 12. Qe2 Nd7 13. Rfd1 Qe7 14. b4 Rac8
15. Rac1 Rfd8 16. Nd2 Bb7 17. Qg4 Nf6 18. Qg3 cxd4 19. Bxd4 e5 20. Bb2 Qe6 21.
h3 h6 22. Kh2 Rd7 23. f4 Re8 24. Rf1 Ne4 25. Nxe4 Bxe4 26. Rf2 f6 27. c5 bxc5
28. bxc5 Kh7 29. cxd6 exf4 30. Rxf4 Qxd6 31. Bd4 Qxa3 32. Ra1 Qe7 33. Ra6 Bd3
34. Ra5 Rc8 35. Rf2 Be4 36. Qf4 Rcc7 37. Ra6 Rc6 38. Rxa7 Rxa7 39. Bxa7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 04th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Nunn, John DM"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nge2 e5 7. h3 Nc6 8. Be3
Bd7 9. Qd2 a6 10. O-O exd4 11. Nxd4 Re8 12. Kh2 Na5 13. b3 c5 14. Nde2 Bc6 15.
Rad1 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Bxe4 Rxe4 18. Bxc5 Nc6 19. Be3 d5 20. c3 Qe7 21.
Nf4 d4 22. cxd4 Nxd4 23. Bxd4 Rxd4 24. Qc2 Rad8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 04th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 Bc5 6. Nxe5 O-O 7. Nd3 Bb6 8.
e5 Ne8 9. Nd5 d6 10. Ne3 c6 11. c3 Nf5 12. O-O Bc7 13. f4 f6 14. Bc2 Qe7 15.
exf6 Nxf6 16. Nf2 Nxe3 17. dxe3 Bb6 18. Qf3 Be6 19. Kh1 Rae8 20. Bd2 Bd5 21.
Bb3 Qf7 22. Bxd5 Qxd5 23. Qe2 Ne4 24. Nxe4 Rxe4 25. Rf3 Qe6 26. Qd3 Re8 27. Kg1
Bxe3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 04th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E66"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. O-O a6 8. d5
Na5 9. Nd2 c5 10. Qc2 Rb8 11. b3 e5 12. Bb2 b5 13. Rae1 Bd7 14. Nd1 Bh6 15. Bc3
Nh5 16. e3 Bf5 17. e4 Bd7 18. Ne3 b4 19. Bb2 Qe7 20. Qd1 Rbe8 21. f4 exf4 22.
Nf5 Bxf5 23. exf5 Qd8 24. Ne4 Bg7 25. Bxg7 Nxg7 26. Qa1 f6 27. fxg6 hxg6 28.
gxf4 Nb7 29. f5 gxf5 30. Ng3 Re5 31. Bh3 Qe8 32. Nxf5 Qh5 33. Ne7+ Kf7 34. Nc6
Qxh3 35. Nxe5+ dxe5 36. Qxe5 Kg6 37. Qe4+ f5 38. Qf4 Nh5 39. Re6+ Rf6 40. Rxf6+
Nxf6 41. d6 Qg4+ 42. Qxg4+ fxg4 43. Re1 Nxd6 44. Re6 Nde4 45. Rxa6 Kf5 46. a3
bxa3 47. Rxa3 Ke5 48. b4 cxb4 49. Rb3 Nh5 50. Rxb4 Nf4 51. Rb8 Ne6 52. c5 N6xc5
53. h4 Nf6 54. h5 Nce4 55. h6 Kf5 56. Rb2 Kf4 57. h7 Nxh7 58. Rg2 Ng3 59. Kh2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 04th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Bc5 10. Qd3 Ne7 11. Nbd2 Bf5 12. Qe2 O-O 13. Nd4 Bg6 14. Nxe4 Bxe4
15. a4 b4 16. Be3 bxc3 17. bxc3 Rb8 18. Ba2 Qd7 19. Ne6 Qxe6 20. Bxc5 Qg6 21.
f4 Bd3 22. Qf2 Bxf1 23. Rxf1 Rfe8 24. f5 Qg4 25. Bd4 c6 26. h3 Qxf5 27. Qxf5
Nxf5 28. Rxf5 Rb2 29. Rf2 Reb8 30. c4 Rxf2 31. Kxf2 c5 32. Bxc5 Rb2+ 33. Ke3
d4+ 34. Kxd4 Rd2+ 35. Kc3 Rxa2 36. Bd6 f6 37. c5 Ra1 38. Kb4 Kf7 39. c6 Rc1 40.
c7 Ke6 41. exf6 gxf6 42. Bf4 Rc6 43. Ka5 Kd7 44. g3 Kc8 45. h4 h5 46. Kb4 Kb7
47. Kb3 Ka7 48. Kb4 Kb6 49. Kb3 Kb7 50. Kb4 Kc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 04th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Bc5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Bc2 f5 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Nb3 Bb6 14. Re1 Qd6 15.
Be3 Bxe3 16. Rxe3 Rae8 17. h3 Bf7 18. Qd2 b4 19. Rae1 Rxe3 20. Rxe3 bxc3 21.
Qxc3 Rb8 22. Re2 Nb4 23. Bb1 Ne4 24. Qe5 Nc6 25. Qxd6 Nxd6 26. Nc5 a5 27. Ng5
g6 28. b3 Rb4 29. Bd3 h6 30. Nge6 a4 31. Nxa4 Bxe6 32. Rxe6 Kf7 33. Nc5 Ne7 34.
Re1 Nb7 35. Na6 Rd4 36. Rd1 c5 37. Nxc5 Nxc5 38. Bxg6+ Nxg6 39. Rxd4 Ke6 40. b4
Ne4 41. b5 Ne5 42. b6 Nc6 43. b7 Kd6 44. Kf1 Kc5 45. Ra4 Kb6 46. Ra8 Kxb7 47.
Rh8 Nb4 48. Rxh6 Nd3 49. Rh7+ Kc6 50. Rf7 d4 51. h4 Ne5 52. Rf5 Kd6 53. h5 d3
54. Rf8 Ke7 55. Rc8 Ng4 56. Rc1 Ngxf2 57. h6 Kf6 58. Rc6+ Kg5 59. Rc8 Kxh6 60.
Rd8 Kg5 61. a4 Kf4 62. a5 Ke3 63. Rxd3+ Nxd3 64. g4 Kf3 65. g5 Nd2+ 66. Kg1 Kg3
67. g6 Nf4 68. g7 Nh3+ 69. Kh1 Nf2+ 70. Kg1 Nh3+ 71. Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 04th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
Nc3 Nxe5 9. Rxe5 c6 10. b3 Ne8 11. Qf3 d5 12. Bb2 Bf6 13. Re2 Nc7 14. Na4 Bxb2
15. Nxb2 Ne6 16. c3 Qd6 17. Rae1 Bd7 18. Bb1 Rae8 19. d4 Nf4 20. Re3 g6 21. b4
Rxe3 22. fxe3 Nh5 23. e4 dxe4 24. Bxe4 Qe6 25. Ra1 Re8 26. Bd3 Qf6 27. Rf1 Qxf3
28. Rxf3 Be6 29. Bc4 Bd5 30. Bxd5 cxd5 31. g4 Ng7 32. Nd3 Ne6 33. h4 h6 34. Kf2
Kg7 35. a4 Re7 36. Re3 Kf6 37. Nf4 Rd7 38. Nxe6 fxe6 39. g5+ hxg5 40. hxg5+
Kxg5 41. Rxe6 Kf5 42. Re8 Kf4 43. Rf8+ Ke4 44. Rf3 g5 45. Re3+ Kf4 46. Rf3+ Kg4
47. Rg3+ Kh4 48. Re3 Rc7 49. Re5 Rxc3 50. Rxd5 Rc2+ 51. Ke3 g4 52. Rd7 g3 53.
Rxb7 g2 54. Kf3 Kg5 55. Rg7+ Kf5 56. a5 Rb2 57. Rxg2 Rb3+ 58. Kf2 Rb2+ 59. Kf3
Rb3+ 60. Kf2 Rb2+ 61. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 04th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Qc2 c5 8.
dxc5 h6 9. Bd2 O-O 10. e3 Re8 11. Be2 Bxc5 12. O-O a6 13. Qb3 Nb6 14. Rfd1 Be6
15. Be1 Qe7 16. Nd4 Rac8 17. Rac1 Rc7 18. Na4 Nxa4 19. Qxa4 Rec8 20. Ba5 Bd7
21. Qb3 b6 22. Be1 Ra8 23. a3 Qe8 24. Qd3 a5 25. Nb5 Rcc8 26. b4 axb4 27. axb4
Bxb5 28. Qxb5 Qxb5 29. Bxb5 Be7 30. Bc6 Ra2 31. h3 Rd8 32. Kf1 Rb2 33. Bc3 Rb3
34. b5 Kf8 35. Bd4 Rb8 36. Be5 Rc8 37. Bxd5 Rxc1 38. Rxc1 Rd3 39. Rc8+ Ne8 40.
Bd4 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 04th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e3 e6 6. Nge2 Nge7 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 O-O 9. O-O d5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Re1 Nxd4 12. exd4 Qb6 13. Nxd5 exd5 14.
Bxd5 Bxd4 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. Rxe3 Qxb2 17. Rb1 Qf6 18. Rf3 Qe7 19. Re3 Qf6 20.
Rb4 Rd8 21. Rf3 Bf5 22. Rxb7 Rab8 23. Rxb8 Rxb8 24. Be4 Rb5 25. a4 Re5 26. Bxf5
Rxf5 27. Rxf5 gxf5 28. Qd7 a5 29. Kg2 Kg7 30. Qd5 Qc3 31. Kh3 Qb4 32. Qd1 Kg6
33. f4 Kg7 34. Qc2 Kg6 35. Qc8 Kg7 36. Qd7 Qe4 37. Kh4 Qe2 38. Kh3 Qg4+ 39. Kg2
Qe2+ 40. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 04th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Qc2 g6 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Bg5 Nc6 8.
Bxf6 exf6 9. g3 Bb4 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. e3 Bf5 13. Qb3 Bxc3 14. Qxc3
Be4 15. Rfc1 Qb6 16. Nd2 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Rad8 18. Nb3 h5 19. Nc5 Rd6 20. Qb3 Qxb3
21. axb3 Nd8 22. b4 Re7 23. Nd3 Ne6 24. b5 axb5 25. Ra5 b6 26. Rxb5 Rc7 27. h4
Rxc1 28. Nxc1 Nc7 29. Rb3 Rc6 30. Ne2 Kf8 31. Nc3 Ke7 32. Kf3 f5 33. Ke2 Kd7
34. Kd3 Kc8 35. Ra3 Kb7 36. Ra1 Re6 37. Ne2 Rd6 38. Ng1 Rc6 39. Kd2 Na6 40. Ra4
Nb8 41. Nh3 Nd7 42. Ng5 Nf6 43. f3 Rc7 44. Ra3 Ne8 45. Rc3 Nd6 46. b3 Rxc3 47.
Kxc3 Kc6 48. Kd3 Kd7 49. Nh3 Ne8 50. Nf4 Kc6 51. Kc3 Nc7 52. Nd3 Kd6 53. Ne5
Ke7 54. Kb4 Ke6 55. Nc6 Kd7 56. Na7 Kd8 57. Nb5 Na6+ 58. Ka4 Kd7 59. Na3 Nc7
60. Nc2 Kc6 61. Nb4+ Kd6 62. Nd3 Kd7 63. Kb4 Ke6 64. Ne5 Ke7 65. Ka4 Ke6 66.
Nc6 Kd6 67. Na7 Kd7 68. Nb5 Na6 69. Nc3 Kc6 70. b4 Nc7 71. b5+ Kd6 72. Kb4 Ne6
73. Na4 Kc7 74. Kc3 Ng7 75. Kd3 Ne8 76. Nc3 Nf6 77. Na2 Kd6 78. Nb4 Ne8 79. Na2
Nf6 80. Nc3 Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 04th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E19"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O Ne4 8. Qc2
Nxc3 9. Qxc3 c5 10. Rd1 d6 11. b3 Nd7 12. Bb2 Bf6 13. Qc2 Qc7 14. e4 cxd4 15.
Nxd4 a6 16. Rd2 Rac8 17. Qd1 Rfe8 18. h4 Qb8 19. Qg4 Ba8 20. Rad1 b5 21. cxb5
axb5 22. Qe2 Rc5 23. b4 Rc4 24. a3 Rec8 25. Kh2 g6 26. Bh3 Qb7 27. f3 Ne5 28.
Nb3 Rc3 29. Bxc3 Rxc3 30. Nd4 Rxa3 31. Bg2 Nc4 32. Ra2 Qb6 33. Rxa3 Nxa3 34.
Qa2 Bxd4 35. Qxa3 Bc6 36. Qa5 d5 37. Qxb6 Bxb6 38. f4 d4 39. e5 Bd7 40. Ra1 Kf8
41. Ra6 Bd8 42. Rd6 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 04th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "180"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Bc5 10. Qd3 O-O 11. Nbd2 f5 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. a4 Rb8 14. axb5 axb5
15. Ra6 Qd7 16. Ng5 Bf5 17. Nde4 Bb6 18. Nxf6+ Rxf6 19. Qxd5+ Qxd5 20. Bxd5+
Kf8 21. Ne4 Rg6 22. Be3 Rd8 23. Bxc6 Rxc6 24. Ng3 Bg6 25. h4 Rcd6 26. Bxb6 cxb6
27. Rfa1 Rd1+ 28. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 29. Kh2 Rd2 30. Rxb6 Rxb2 31. f3 Rc2 32. Rxb5 Rxc3
33. Ne2 Rc4 34. Rb8+ Ke7 35. Kg3 Bf7 36. Nf4 Rc5 37. Rb6 Ra5 38. Ne2 Ra4 39.
Nc3 Ra5 40. Ne4 Bd5 41. Nd6 Be6 42. Nb5 Ra4 43. Rb7+ Kf8 44. Nd6 h6 45. Rc7 Rb4
46. Ra7 Rb2 47. Ne4 Bc4 48. Ra1 Bd5 49. Nf2 Ke7 50. Ng4 Re2 51. Ra5 Be6 52. Ne5
Kf6 53. Nd3 Bf7 54. Nf4 Rd2 55. Ra6+ Ke7 56. Kg4 Rb2 57. Ra5 Kf6 58. Rc5 Ra2
59. Kg3 Rd2 60. Rc1 Ra2 61. Re1 Ra4 62. Nd3 Ra5 63. Nf2 Be6 64. Ne4+ Kg6 65.
Kf4 Rf5+ 66. Ke3 Ra5 67. Rb1 Ra7 68. Rb6 Kf7 69. Rb5 Bd7 70. Rc5 Be6 71. Kf4
Ba2 72. g4 Bb1 73. Nc3 Bd3 74. Rd5 Bc4 75. Rd4 Be6 76. Ne4 Rc7 77. Ke5 Re7 78.
Kf4 Ra7 79. Nc5 Ra5 80. Nd3 Rd5 81. Ke3 Rxd4 82. Kxd4 Bb3 83. f4 Bd1 84. f5 Kf6
85. Nf2 Bxg4 86. Nxg4+ Kxf5 87. Ne5 g5 88. h5 g4 89. Nf7 g3 90. Ke3 Kg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 04th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nunn, John DM"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
b4 9. a5 O-O 10. c3 bxc3 11. dxc3 Nb8 12. Nbd2 Nbd7 13. Nf1 Nc5 14. Bc2 Re8 15.
Ng3 g6 16. h3 Ne6 17. Be3 Bf8 18. Qd2 Bg7 19. b4 Bb7 20. Ng5 Qd7 21. Nxe6 Qxe6
22. Rab1 h5 23. Bb3 Qd7 24. Bg5 Nh7 25. Bh4 Kh8 26. Rbd1 Bc6 27. Nf1 Bf6 28.
Bxf6+ Nxf6 29. Qh6+ Nh7 30. f3 Qe7 31. Ne3 Qg5 32. Qxg5 Nxg5 33. Nd5 Ra7 34.
Bc4 h4 35. Bxa6 Bxd5 36. Bb5 c6 37. Ba4 Bc4 38. Rxd6 Bb5 39. Bb3 Rb8 40. Red1
Kg7 41. Rb1 Kf8 42. c4 Ke7 43. Rd2 Ba6 44. Ba2 Ne6 45. Rdb2 Bc8 46. c5 Nd4 47.
Kf2 Ba6 48. Ke3 Rab7 49. f4 Rxb4 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 04th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Bb7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. d3 Nd4 10. axb5 Nxb3 11. cxb3 axb5 12. Rxa8 Bxa8 13. Nxe5 d5 14. Ng4
dxe4 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. dxe4 Rd8 17. Qc2 Qg6 18. Be3 Bxe3 19. fxe3 b4 20. Nd5
Qd6 21. Nxc7 Bc6 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. Rd1 Qb6 24. Qd2 Re8 25. exd5 Qxe3+ 26. Qxe3
Rxe3 27. Kf2 Re8 28. Rd4 Rb8 29. Ke3 Kf8 30. Re4 Rc8 31. Kd4 f5 32. Re5 Rd8 33.
Kc5 Kf7 34. d6 Kf6 35. Re2 f4 36. Kc6 Rc8+ 37. Kb7 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 04th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e5 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. a4
Be7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Nc5 11. Kh1 exf4 12. Bxf4 Bg4 13. Qe1 Re8 14. Rd1 Qa5
15. Qg3 Rad8 16. Bd2 Qb6 17. a5 Qa7 18. Be3 Qb8 19. Bxc5 dxc5 20. e5 Bxf3 21.
Rxf3 Nh5 22. Qh3 g6 23. g4 Ng7 24. Re1 Ne6 25. Ne4 Qxe5 26. Rxf7 Ng5 27. Nxg5
Qxe1+ 28. Bf1 h5 29. Qb3 c4 30. Qxc4 Rc8 31. Rf8+ Kg7 32. Qg8+ 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 04th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Qc7 8.
g3 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Bf4 Nfd7 11. Bg2 a5 12. O-O Rd8 13. Rc1 Bc5 14. Ne4 Bxe4
15. Bxe4 b6 16. Qc2 g6 17. Rfd1 f6 18. Qb3 Ke7 19. Bg2 g5 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. Bh3
Rd5 22. Rxd5 cxd5 23. Be3 Nc4 24. Bxc5+ Qxc5 25. Qc2 Ne5 26. Qxc5+ bxc5 27.
Rxc5 Rb8 28. Rxd5 Rxb2 29. f4 gxf4 30. gxf4 Ng6 31. e3 Nh4 32. Rxa5 Nf3+ 33.
Kf1 Nxh2+ 34. Ke1 Nf3+ 35. Kd1 Rd2+ 36. Kc1 Re2 37. Ra7+ Kd6 38. Rd7+ Kc5 39.
Re7 Ra2 40. Bd7 h5 41. Rh7 h4 42. Rh5+ Kd6 43. Bg4 Ne1 44. a5 Ng2 45. Rh6 Ke7
46. Rh7+ Kd6 47. Rd7+ Kc5 48. Rd2 Ra1+ 49. Kb2 Rg1 50. a6 Nxe3 51. a7 Nc4+ 52.
Ka2 Nb6 53. Rc2+ Kb5 54. Be2+ Ka5 55. Rb2 Na8 56. Bf3 Rg7 57. Rb8 Rxa7 58. Rxa8
Rxa8 59. Bxa8 Kb4 60. Kb2 Kc4 61. Kc2 Kd4 62. Kd2 h3 63. Ke2 h2 64. Kf2 f5 65.
Kg3 Ke3 66. Bh1 Ke2 67. Kxh2 Kf2 68. Ba8 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 04th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. Be2
b5 9. Qb3 c5 10. dxc5 Bb7 11. O-O Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Bg5 Nc6 14. Qe3 Bf5
15. Bh6 Bxb2 16. Rad1 Qa5 17. Bxf8 Rxf8 18. Bd3 Bxd3 19. Rxd3 Bf6 20. a3 b4 21.
Rb1 Qb5 22. axb4 a5 23. Nd2 axb4 24. Ne4 Be5 25. g3 Ra8 26. h4 h5 27. Qf3 Kg7
28. Ng5 Bf6 29. Qd5 Bxg5 30. hxg5 Rd8 31. Qxd8 Nxd8 32. Rxd8 Qxc5 33. Rb8 Qxg5
34. R8xb4 Qe5 35. R1b3 g5 36. Rb5 Qa1+ 37. Kg2 Kg6 38. Re3 Qa7 39. Rbe5 e6 40.
f4 Qa2+ 41. Re2 Qa8+ 42. Kf2 gxf4 43. gxf4 Qh1 44. Rg5+ Kf6 45. Ke3 h4 46. Rh5
Qg1+ 47. Rf2 Qe1+ 48. Kf3 Qd1+ 49. Re2 Qd3+ 50. Re3 Qf1+ 51. Ke4 Qg2+ 52. Kd4
Qg4 53. Rhe5 h3 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 04th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O Nc6 6. Nc3 d6 7. d4 a6 8. Re1
Rb8 9. Rb1 b5 10. cxb5 axb5 11. b4 Bf5 12. e4 Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 e5 15.
d5 Nd4 16. Be3 Nd7 17. Bg2 Qf6 18. Rc1 Rb7 19. h4 h6 20. f4 Ra8 21. Bxd4 exd4
22. e5 dxe5 23. d6 dxc3 24. Bxb7 Rxa2 25. Qd5 Qxd6 26. Qxa2 Qb6+ 27. Qf2 Qxb7
28. f5 e4 29. fxg6 fxg6 30. Qe3 Ne5 31. Qxe4 Qb6+ 32. Kg2 Nc4 33. Qe6+ Qxe6 34.
Rxe6 Kf7 35. Rc6 Be5 36. Kf3 Nd2+ 37. Ke3 Nc4+ 38. Ke4 Bxg3 39. Rxc3 Bd6 40.
Kd5 Bxb4 41. Rf3+ Ke8 42. Rxg6 Kd7 43. Rxh6 Be7 44. h5 Nd6 45. Rxd6+ Bxd6 46.
Rf7+ Ke8 47. Ke6 b4 48. h6 Be5 49. h7 Bh8 50. Rf3 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 04th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A67"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 exd5 4. cxd5 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Nc3 d6 7. f4 Nf6 8. Bb5+
Nbd7 9. e5 dxe5 10. fxe5 Nh5 11. e6 Qh4+ 12. g3 Nxg3 13. hxg3 Qxh1 14. Be3
Bxc3+ 15. bxc3 Qe4 16. Qf3 Qxf3 17. Nxf3 fxe6 18. dxe6 O-O 19. Ke2 Nf6 20. e7
Rf7 21. Bxc5 Bg4 22. Rd1 Nd5 23. Rd3 Nxe7 24. Bc4 Nc6 25. Kf2 Re8 26. Bxf7+
Kxf7 27. Nd4 Ne5 28. Re3 a6 29. Bd6 Nc4 30. Rxe8 Kxe8 31. Bf4 Ke7 32. Nb3 Be6
33. Nc5 Bd5 34. Ke2 Na3 35. Ke3 Bc6 36. Kd4 Nb5+ 37. Kd3 h5 38. a4 Nd6 39. a5
Nf7 40. Bc7 Nd6 41. Bb8 g5 42. Kd4 h4 43. gxh4 gxh4 44. Nxa6 bxa6 45. Kc5 Nb7+
46. Kxc6 Nxa5+ 47. Kb6 Nc4+ 48. Kxa6 Ke6 49. Bh2 Ne5 50. c4 Nxc4 51. Kb5 Kd5
52. Kb4 Kd4 53. Bg1+ Ne3 54. Kb5 h3 55. Kb4 Ke4 56. Kc3 Nf1 57. Kc2 Ke5 0-1

[Event "Linares 13th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.03.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C62"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1995.03.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Be7 5. Re1 d6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8.
Bxc6 bxc6 9. c4 O-O 10. Nc3 Re8 11. b3 h6 12. Bf4 c5 13. Nf3 Bc6 14. h3 Nd7 15.
e5 dxe5 16. Bxe5 Bf6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Nb5 Rxe1+ 19. Nxe1 Nf8 20. Nxc7 Rd8 21.
Nd5 Bxd5 22. cxd5 Rxd5 23. Qxd5 Qxa1 24. Qd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 13th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.03.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1995.03.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1 e5 8. d5 f5
9. Be2 Nf6 10. exf5 gxf5 11. Bh5+ Nxh5 12. Qxh5+ Kf8 13. Nge2 Qe8 14. Ng3 Na6
15. O-O Bd7 16. b4 Kg8 17. Rb1 Kh7 18. Nb5 Rf8 19. Qxe8 Raxe8 20. Nxa7 Ba4 21.
Bd2 Bc2 22. Rbc1 Bd3 23. Rfe1 e4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 13th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.03.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1995.03.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nc3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Rc1
Bb7 9. a3 c5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 Nbd7 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. O-O Ne4 14. Qb3 Nb6
15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Qb5 Rfc8 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Nd2 c4 19. Qb4 Qe6 20. Ne2 a5 21.
Qc3 Na4 22. Qc2 Nc5 23. Nf4 Qf5 24. f3 Nd3 25. fxe4 Qb5 26. Rb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 13th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.03.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A27"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1995.03.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Bb4 4. g3 Bxc3 5. bxc3 d6 6. d4 e4 7. Nd2 f5 8. Bg2
Nf6 9. f3 O-O 10. O-O exf3 11. Nxf3 h6 12. Qd3 Rb8 13. d5 Ne7 14. Be3 b6 15.
Bd4 Ng6 16. Nd2 Ng4 17. Bh3 Qg5 18. Bxg4 Qxg4 19. Rf2 Bd7 20. Raf1 Rbe8 21. e3
h5 22. Qe2 Qxe2 23. Rxe2 f4 24. Rff2 fxg3 25. hxg3 c5 26. dxc6 Bxc6 27. Rxf8+
Nxf8 28. Rh2 g6 29. g4 hxg4 30. Kf2 Re7 31. Rh8+ Kf7 32. Kg3 Bd7 33. Rh1 Ke8
34. Rf1 Rh7 35. Ne4 Rh3+ 36. Kg2 Bc6 37. Rf4 g5 38. Rxg4 Rh4 0-1

[Event "Linares 13th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.03.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1995.03.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 Bg7 11. c3 f5 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nc2 Be6 14. g3 O-O
15. Bg2 a5 16. O-O Rb8 17. Qh5 Qd7 18. Rad1 f5 19. Nce3 Qf7 20. Qxf7+ Rxf7 21.
Rd2 h5 22. Bf3 f4 23. Nc2 fxg3 24. fxg3 Rbf8 25. Bg2 Rxf1+ 26. Bxf1 Bh6 27. Rd1
Bg4 28. Ra1 b4 29. cxb4 Nxb4 30. Ncxb4 axb4 31. Bg2 Bd2 32. a4 bxa3 33. bxa3
Rf7 34. a4 Ra7 35. Nf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 13th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.03.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1995.03.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 h6 8. O-O
Ng4 9. Bc1 Na6 $5 $146 (9... Nc6 10. d5 Ne7 11. Ne1 f5 (11... h5 12. f3 (12. h3
Nh6 13. f4 $5 f5 $6 14. fxe5 dxe5 15. Nf3 Nf7 16. c5 f4 17. Bc4 Kh8 18. b4 Ng8
19. d6 $16 {Mozetic,D-Ligterink,G/Tilburg/1993/1:0/40/}) 12... Nh6 13. Nd3 f5
14. f4 Nf7 15. fxe5 dxe5 16. b3 c6 17. Ba3 $14 {Shipov,S-Groszpeter,A/Passau/
1994/0,5/42/}) 12. Bxg4 fxg4 13. b4 g5 14. Nc2 a5 15. bxa5 Rxa5 16. a4 Ng6 17.
Ne3 h5 18. Ba3 Rf7 19. Bb4 Ra6 20. c5 dxc5 21. Bxc5 Bf8 $10 {Lalic,B-Nunn,J/
Isle of Man/1994/0,5/40/}) 10. Rb1 (10. h3 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nf6 12. Re1 Re8 13.
Bf1 Nc5 14. Qc2 Nfxe4 15. Nxe4 Bxd4 $10) 10... f5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 (11... dxe5 12.
h3 Nf6 13. Nxe5 Nxe4 14. Nxg6 $16) 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. b4 $14 c6 14. b5 $5 (14.
c5 Nc7 15. Bc4+ Be6 16. Qb3 Qe7 17. Bb2 $14) 14... cxb5 (14... Nc5 15. Ba3 b6 (
15... Qe7 16. bxc6 bxc6 17. Na4 $18) 16. bxc6 $16) 15. Nxb5 (15. cxb5 $5 Nc5
16. Ba3 b6 17. Bc4+ Kh7 18. Bd5 $14) 15... Be6 16. Ba3 Qxd1 17. Rfxd1 Rfd8 $1
18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Nxa7 Bf8 $1 20. Bxf8 Kxf8 $44 21. exf5 (21. Rxb7 $6 Rd2 22.
Kf1 (22. Bf1 Rd1) (22. Bf3 Nc5 23. Rb5 Nxe4 $36) 22... Nc5 23. Rc7 Nxe4 $15)
21... gxf5 22. Rb2 Nc5 23. f3 Na4 24. Rc2 (24. Rb4 Nc3 25. Bf1 Rd1 26. Kf2 Rd2+
$17) 24... f4 25. Kf1 Bf5 26. Rc1 Rd2 (26... Nc5 27. Nb5 (27. Ke1 Ra8 28. Nb5
Rxa2 $15) 27... Rd2 28. Nc3 Kf7 $44) 27. c5 $1 e4 (27... Rxa2 28. Nb5 Bd7 (
28... e4 29. Nd6 exf3 30. Bxf3 Bd3+ 31. Kg1 $16) 29. Nd6 Bc6 $10) 28. c6 bxc6
29. Nxc6 exf3 (29... e3 30. Rc4 $2 (30. Nb4 $13) 30... Rxa2 31. Rxf4 Ra1+ 32.
Bd1 Nc3 33. Rxf5+ Kg7 34. g3 Rxd1+ 35. Kg2 e2 $19) 30. Bxf3 Rxa2 31. Nd4 Bd7
32. Bc6 $14 Nb6 (32... Bxc6 33. Rxc6 Kf7 34. Ne2 $14) 33. Bxd7 Nxd7 34. Ne6+
Kf7 35. Nxf4 Ne5 36. h3 Ra4 37. Nd5 Ke6 38. Rd1 Ra3 39. Kf2 Nd3+ $4 (39... Kf5
$14) 40. Rxd3 (40. Rxd3 Rxd3 41. Nf4+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Linares 13th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.03.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1995.03.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 d5 (4... Bg7 5. e4 (5. Bg5 Nc6 $5
) 5... fxe4 6. Nxe4 Nxe4 7. Bxe4 d5 8. Bg2 Nc6 9. Ne2 Bg4 10. c3 e5 $10) 5. Bg5
c6 6. f3 $6 (6. Qd2 {>=} Na6 $6 (6... Bg7 $142) (6... Bg7 {Ftacnik} 7. O-O-O)
7. f3 Be6 8. Nh3 Qd7 9. Nf4 O-O-O 10. O-O-O Bg7 11. Rhe1 Rhe8 12. Bh3 Bg8 13.
e4 $16 {Averbakh-Ozols/Adelaide/1960}) 6... Qb6 7. e4 (7. Na4 Qa5+ 8. c3 Bg7
$10) 7... fxe4 (7... Qxb2 8. Nge2 fxe4 9. fxe4 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. O-O $44)
8. fxe4 dxe4 9. Nge2 (9. Bxf6 $2 exf6 10. Nxe4 f5 11. Nf6+ $2 Kf7 $19) (9. Nxe4
Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Bg7 11. Qe2 {/\Bxg6} (11. Nf3 O-O 12. O-O e5 $15) (11. Nf3 {
Ftacnik}) (11. Ne2 $6 O-O 12. Bxe7 $2 Re8 13. Bc5 Qa5+ 14. b4 Qc7 15. Qd3 b6
$19) 11... O-O 12. c3 Nd7 (12... Bf5 13. Bxf5 Rxf5 14. Bxe7 $6 Nd7 $36) 13. Nf3
Nf6 $10) 9... Bf5 10. h3 (10. Qd2 {Ftacnik} Nbd7 11. O-O-O $13) 10... Nbd7 11.
Qd2 (11. g4 Be6 12. Nxe4 Bd5 (12... O-O-O {Ftacnik} 13. O-O $13) 13. N2c3 Nxe4
14. Bxe4 Bxe4 15. Nxe4 O-O-O $10) 11... O-O-O 12. O-O-O Ne5 $1 (12... Bg7 $5
$13 {Ftacnik}) 13. Na4 Qa6 14. Nec3 (14. Nc5 {Ftacnik} Qxa2 15. Qb4 b6 (15...
Qa1+ 16. Kd2 Qa5 17. Qxa5 Nc4+ 18. Kc3 Nxa5 19. Bxf6 exf6 $13) 16. Nc3 Qa1+ 17.
Kd2 Qa5 $1 $17) 14... Nf7 (14... Nf3 15. Bxf3 exf3 16. g4 (16. Nc5 $40 {Ftacnik
}) 16... Ne4 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. Nc3 Bd5 19. Kb1 $10 {/\Qe3}) (14... Nc4 {Ftacnik
} 15. Qe2 $1) 15. Nc5 (15. g4 $5 {Ftacnik} Nxg5 16. Qxg5 h5 17. Qh4 g5 18. Qf2
Bg6 $13) 15... Qb6 16. Kb1 (16. g4 $2 Nxg5 17. Qxg5 h5 18. Kb1 Bh6 19. Qh4 hxg4
20. hxg4 Bxg4 $17) (16. N3xe4 Nxg5 (16... Bxe4 17. Nxe4 (17. Bxe4 $2 Qxc5 18.
Bxf6 Qc4 $17) 17... Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Bg7 19. Be3 Nd6 20. Qd3 Qa5 21. Kb1 e5 $15)
17. Nxg5 (17. Qxg5 h5 $17) 17... Bh6 $17 {/\e5}) (16. Be3 {Ftacnik} e5 17.
N5xe4 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 exd4 20. Bxd4 Bc5 21. Bxc5 Qxc5 22. Qf4 $10)
16... Nxg5 17. Qxg5 h5 18. Bxe4 $8 (18. N3xe4 Bh6 19. Qh4 Bxe4 20. Nxe4 (20.
Bxe4 $4 g5 $19) 20... Rxd4 $17 {/\} 21. Nd6+ Rxd6 22. Rxd6 Qf2 $19) (18. Qf4 {
Ftacnik} Bh6 19. Qe5 e3 20. Qxe7 Rhf8 $44) 18... Nxe4 19. N3xe4 Bh6 $1 (19...
Bg7 $6 {Ftacnik} 20. Qxe7 Bxd4 (20... Qc7 21. Qxc7+ Kxc7 22. Ng5 $1 Rhe8 23. g4
hxg4 24. hxg4 Bxg4 25. Rh7 Bxd1 26. Rxg7+ $36) 21. Nb3 $1 Rd7 (21... Qc7 22.
Qxc7+ Kxc7 23. Nxd4 Bxe4 24. Ne6+ $16) 22. Nd6+ Kb8 23. Qe2 Rxd6 24. Rxd4 $1
Qc7 $10 (24... Rxd4 25. Qe5+)) 20. Qxe7 (20. Qh4 $5 {Ftacnik}) 20... Qc7 21.
Qxc7+ Kxc7 {/\b6} 22. Nc3 $2 (22. Nf6 $1 Rhf8 (22... b6 23. g4 hxg4 24. hxg4
bxc5 25. gxf5 gxf5 26. Rh5 $10) (22... Bg7 23. g4 hxg4 24. hxg4 $10) 23. g4
Bxc2+ 24. Kxc2 Rxf6 25. gxh5 gxh5 26. Rhe1 $10) 22... Be3 23. Rde1 (23. Nb3 {
Ftacnik} Bf2 $17) 23... Rde8 $1 (23... Bxd4 {Ftacnik} 24. Ne6+ Bxe6 25. Rxe6
$15) 24. Nb3 Bf2 $17 25. Rxe8 Rxe8 26. g4 hxg4 27. hxg4 Bxg4 28. Rh7+ Kd6 29.
a4 (29. Rxb7 {Ftacnik} Re1+ 30. Nc1 Be3 $19) 29... Re7 30. Rh2 (30. Rxe7 {
Ftacnik} Kxe7 $17) 30... Be3 31. a5 Bf5 32. Ne2 Kd5 $1 33. Nc3+ (33. Ng3 Bf4
34. Re2 Rxe2 35. Nxe2 Be3 $17) 33... Kc4 34. Re2 Bg5 35. Rg2 (35. Rxe7 {Ftacnik
} Bxe7 $17) (35. Nd2+ {Ftacnik} Kb4 36. Rxe7 Bxe7 37. Nb3 g5 $17) 35... Bf4 36.
Ka2 g5 37. Rf2 b6 38. Ka3 $138 (38. Ka3 b5 $17) 0-1

[Event "Linares 13th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.03.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A27"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1995.03.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 f5 4. d4 e4 5. Ng5 Nf6 6. Nh3 Bb4 7. e3 Ne7 8. Bd2
Bxc3 9. Bxc3 d5 10. Nf4 c6 11. b3 Ng6 12. Be2 Nxf4 13. exf4 e3 14. f3 Nh5 15.
Qd3 Qh4+ 16. g3 Nxg3 17. Qxe3+ Ne4+ 18. Kf1 Qh3+ 19. Kg1 g5 20. fxg5 Rg8 21.
Bf1 Qh4 22. Be1 Qxg5+ 23. Qxg5 Nxg5 24. Kf2 f4 25. h4 Ne6 26. Bc3 Kf7 27. Bd3
Rg7 28. Rae1 Bd7 29. Re5 Rag8 30. Rh2 Rg3 31. cxd5 cxd5 32. Bxh7 Rxf3+ 33. Kxf3
Rg3+ 34. Kf2 Rxc3 35. Rg2 Nxd4 36. Rxd5 1-0

[Event "Linares 13th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.03.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1995.03.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d6 4. Nc3 d5 (4... c6 5. e4 fxe4 6. Nxe4
Nxe4 7. Bxe4 Bf5 8. Qf3 Bxe4 9. Qxe4 $14) (4... g6 {Ftacnik} 5. e4) 5. Bg5 (5.
Nf3 {Ftacnik} e6 6. O-O Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2) 5... e6 (5... c6 {Ftacnik} 6. f3
Qb6 $13) 6. e3 c5 (6... h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. h4 Bd7 9. h5 c5 10. Nce2 Nc6 11. c3
Bd6 12. Nf3 O-O 13. Nf4 cxd4 14. exd4 Bxf4 15. gxf4 b5 16. a3 a5 17. Qe2 Be8
18. Ne5 Nd8 19. a4 bxa4 20. c4 $16 {Speelman,J-Bareev,E/Brussels SWIFT 25'/1992
}) (6... Be7 7. Nge2 (7. Nf3 {Ftacnik} O-O) 7... O-O 8. O-O c6 9. f3 h6 10. Bf4
Nh5 11. Bxb8 Rxb8 12. e4 Nf6 13. Qd3 Qe8 14. Rae1 Qf7 15. exf5 exf5 16. Nf4 Bd6
17. Qd2 b6 18. Rf2 Ba6 19. Bf1 Bxf1 20. Rfxf1 Rbe8 21. Nd3 Qc7 $10 {Averbakh,
Y-Fishbein,A/New York WFW 1990}) 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Ne2 (8. O-O {Ftacnik} O-O 9. Ne2
Nc6 10. c4 $1 dxc4 11. Qa4 $36) 8... Qa5+ $5 9. c3 Nc6 10. Nf4 (10. O-O {
Ftacnik} O-O 11. c4 dxc4 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Rd8 (13... Nd5 14. Bxe7 Nxe7 15.
Qd6 $36) 14. Qc2 Nd5 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Qxc4 $14) 10... O-O 11. O-O Rd8 (11...
h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Ng6 (13. Nd2 $1 {Ftacnik} Qb6 (13... c4 14. b3 $16) (13...
Qc7 14. dxc5 $16) 14. Nb3 c4 (14... cxd4 15. exd4 $16) 15. Nc5 $1 $16) 13...
Rd8 14. Nfe5 Bxe5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qb6 $10) 12. Nd3 c4 (12... b6 $5) 13.
Nde5 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Re1 Rb8 16. h3 Qc7 17. Nxc6 bxc6 (17... Qxc6 18. Ne5
$14 (18. b3 $14 {Ftacnik})) 18. b3 cxb3 19. axb3 c5 20. Re2 Qb6 (20... cxd4 {
Ftacnik} 21. cxd4 Qb6 $10) 21. Ra3 Rd7 (21... cxd4 {Ftacnik} 22. exd4 $16) 22.
dxc5 Qxc5 23. b4 Qe7 24. Nd4 $14 Rc7 25. Rea2 Rbb7 26. Qd3 Bd7 27. Ra5 Kh8 (
27... Be8 $4 28. Nxe6 $18) 28. R2a3 Be8 (28... h5 $5) 29. Bf1 Rb6 (29... h5 $5)
30. Qd2 (30. Qe2 {Ftacnik} h5 $2 31. h4 $1 g5 32. hxg5 Bxg5 33. Qa2 $1 h4 34.
Rxa7 hxg3 35. f4 $1 $18) 30... h5 31. Qa2 (31. h4 g5 32. hxg5 Bxg5 $132 {/\h4})
31... h4 (31... Rbb7 32. Ra6 Bxd4 33. exd4 $16) 32. Rxa7 hxg3 33. Rxc7 $2 (33.
fxg3 Be5 (33... Bxd4 34. exd4 Rbc6 35. Ra8 Rxc3 36. Rxc3 Rxc3 37. Qa4 $18) (
33... Bg5 34. Kf2 e5 35. Nf3 $16) 34. Rxc7 Bxc7 35. Qf2 $16) (33. f4 {Ftacnik}
Kh7 $14) 33... gxf2+ 34. Kg2 (34. Qxf2 Qxc7 35. Ra8 Qd7 $15) 34... Qxc7 35. Ra8
Bd8 $8 (35... Rb8 $2 36. Nxe6 Rxa8 37. Qxa8 Qc6 38. Qxc6 Bxc6 39. Nd4 $16) (
35... Qd7 $2 36. Qa5 Bxd4 37. exd4 Rb7 38. Qd8 $18) (35... Bh4 $2 {Ftacnik} 36.
Rxe8+ Kh7 37. Ne2 $1 $18) 36. Qa7 Qd6 $8 (36... Rb7 $2 37. Qc5 Qd7 38. Qc8 $18)
(36... Qxa7 37. Rxa7 Rd6 38. Ra8 $16 {/\Nxe6}) 37. Nxe6 Qxe6 38. Rxd8 Qe4+ 39.
Kh2 (39. Kxf2 $4 Qh4+ $19 (39... Qh4+ {Ftacnik} 40. Ke2 Qxd8 $19)) 39... Qe5+
$10 40. Kg2 Qe4+ 41. Kh2 Qe5+ 42. Kg2 Rg6+ $5 43. Kxf2 f4 (43... Qg3+ $1 {
Ftacnik} 44. Ke2 Re6 45. Kd2 (45. Qc5 Kh7 $1) 45... Qf2+ 46. Be2 Kh7 $1 $19)
44. Rxe8+ $1 $8 (44. Qd4 $2 fxe3+ 45. Ke2 Qh2+ (45... Qh5+ $6 46. Ke1) 46. Kd1
Re6 $17 (46... Re6 {Ftacnik} 47. Be2 Kh7 $1 48. Qh4+ Rh6 49. Bd3+ Bg6 50. Bxg6+
Kxg6 51. Qg4+ Kh7 52. Qf5+ Rg6 53. Qh5+ Rh6 54. Qf5+ $10)) (44. Ra8 $2 Re6 $17)
44... Qxe8 45. exf4 Qd8 (45... Rf6 46. Qd4) (45... Re6 {Ftacnik} 46. Bd3 Qh5
47. Kg3 $13) 46. Bd3 (46. Qe3 $5 Qh4+ 47. Ke2 Ra6 $132) 46... Qh4+ 47. Ke2 Re6+
48. Kd1 Qe1+ 49. Kc2 Re2+ $1 50. Bxe2 Qxe2+ 51. Kb3 Qd1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 13th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.03.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1995.03.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. O-O a6 8. Bg5
Rb8 (8... h6 9. Bd2 Bg4 10. d5 Na5 11. b3 b5 12. Qc1 Kh7 13. Qa3 Nb7 14. cxb5
axb5 15. Qb4 Bd7 16. a4 $14 {Ftacnik-Stohl/Ostrava/1994}) 9. Rc1 Bd7 {N} (9...
h6 10. Bd2 (10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Qd2 Bg7 $10) 10... Bd7 $13) (9... Bg4 10. d5 Bxf3
11. exf3 Ne5 12. Qe2 $14) 10. e4 (10. Qd2 b5 11. b3 $2 b4 12. Nd5 Ne4 13. Qe3
Nxg5 14. Qxg5 e6 15. Qxd8 Rfxd8 16. Nxc7 Rdc8 17. Nxa6 Rb6 $17) 10... Bg4 (
10... b5 11. e5 (11. d5 Na5 12. cxb5 axb5 $13) (11. cxb5 axb5 12. e5 b4 $1 13.
exf6 exf6 $13) 11... dxe5 (11... b4 12. exf6 exf6 13. Bd2 bxc3 14. Bxc3 Nb4 15.
Ra1 Bf5 16. Ne1 $16 {/\a3}) (11... Ne8 12. exd6 cxd6 13. c5 $14) 12. Nxe5 Nxe5
13. dxe5 Ng4 14. cxb5 axb5 (14... Nxe5 15. bxa6 Rxb2 16. a7 $16) 15. Nd5 f6 16.
exf6 exf6 17. Bf4 $16) 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 e5 13. dxe5 (13. d5 $5 Nd4 14. b4
c6 15. Bg2 {/\Be3,f4}) 13... Nxe5 (13... dxe5 $2 14. Qxd8 Nxd8 (14... Rfxd8 15.
Nd5 Nd4 16. Kg2 $16) 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. cxd5 $16) 14. Be2 h6 15. Be3 b5 $1 16.
cxb5 (16. c5 b4 17. Nd5 Nxe4 18. cxd6 cxd6 19. Bxa6 Qa5 20. Ne7+ Kh7 21. Bd3 d5
$10) 16... axb5 17. Nd5 (17. Nxb5 $6 Qd7 (17... Nxe4 $2 18. Qc2 $16) 18. Rxc7
Qxh3 $40) (17. b4 $5 Nc4 (17... Qc8 18. Kg2 Nc4 19. Bd4 $14) 18. Bd4 {/\Nxb5} (
18. Bxc4 bxc4 19. b5 Re8 20. Qc2 Qe7 21. f3 d5 $10) 18... c6 (18... Re8 19.
Nxb5 Rxb5 20. Rxc4 $14) 19. Bxc4 bxc4 20. e5 Nd5 21. exd6 Bxd4 22. Qxd4 Qxd6
23. a3 $14) 17... c5 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. Qd5 Qe6 $10 20. Qxe6 fxe6 21. Rfd1 Rfd8
{/\Nc6-d4} 22. f4 Nc4 23. Bxc4 bxc4 24. Rxc4 Rxb2 25. e5 (25. a4 Rb4 26. Rxb4
cxb4 $10) 25... d5 26. Rxc5 Rxa2 27. Rc6 Re8 28. Rb1 Re2 29. Ba7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 13th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.03.14"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1995.03.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qb3 c5 6. Bf4 (6. a3 Ba5
7. Bg5) 6... O-O 7. e3 d5 8. Rd1 Nbd7 {N} (8... Nc6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Be2 c4 11.
Qc2 Ne4 12. O-O Bf5 13. Qc1 Rc8 14. Ne1 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Bd6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Qb2
Rb8 18. g4 Bg6 19. Qb5 f6 20. Bf3 Rfd8 21. Ng2 Be8 22. Nf4 Ne7 23. Qa6 g5 24.
Ne2 $10 {Bareev,E-Dolmatov,S/URS-53ch Kiev/1986/0.5 (41)}) 9. cxd5 $2 (9. dxc5
{>=} bxc5 10. Bd3 $13) (9. Bd6 {Ftacnik} Re8 10. Bd3 Ba6 $132) 9... Nxd5 (9...
exd5 {Ftacnik} 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. Bb5 Bb7 12. O-O $14) 10. Bg5 (10. Bd6 $2 {
Ftacnik} c4 $1) 10... Qc7 $15 {><c3} 11. Bc4 (11. dxc5 {Ftacnik} Nxc5 12. Qc2
Bb7 $15) 11... cxd4 12. Bxd5 (12. exd4 Bb7 13. O-O Bxc3 14. bxc3 Rfc8 15. Nd2
Nxc3 16. Qxc3 b5 $17) (12. Rxd4 {Ftacnik} Nc5 13. Qc2 Bb7 $15) 12... Bxc3+ $1 (
12... exd5 13. Rxd4 (13. Nxd4 Bxc3+ 14. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 15. bxc3 Ba6 $36 {/\Ne5}) (
13. Qxb4 dxc3 14. Bf4 Qc6 15. Nd4 Qg6 $15) 13... Bxc3+ 14. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 15. bxc3
Bb7 16. c4 (16. O-O Rac8 $15) 16... Rfc8 17. cxd5 Rc1+ 18. Rd1 Rxd1+ 19. Kxd1
Bxd5 $15) 13. bxc3 exd5 14. cxd4 (14. Qxd5 {Ftacnik} Qxc3+ 15. Nd2 dxe3 16.
Bxe3 Rb8 $17) 14... Ba6 $36 {עe1} 15. Nd2 (15. Qxd5 $2 Qc3+ 16. Nd2 (16. Rd2
Rac8 17. Qb3 Qa5 18. Qb2 Rc3 $17 {/\Rfc8}) 16... Qd3 17. Qf3 Rac8 18. Nb3 Qb5
$17 {/\Rc2}) 15... Rfe8 16. Qa3 (16. f3 h6 17. Bh4 Qf4 18. Bf2 Qxd4 $17) (16.
Qxd5 h6 17. Bh4 Qc3 18. Qb3 (18. Qxd7 $2 Rxe3+ 19. fxe3 Qxe3#) (18. Be7 {
Ftacnik} Rad8 19. Qe4 Nf6 20. Qe5 Qd3 $19) 18... Qxd4 $17) 16... Qb7 17. f3
Rac8 $17 18. Qb3 (18. Rc1 {Ftacnik} Rxc1+ 19. Qxc1 Rc8 20. Qb1 Qc6 21. Kf2 h6
22. Bf4 g5 23. Bg3 Qc3 24. Rd1 Re8 25. Qb3 Rxe3 26. Qxc3 Rxc3 $17) 18... Bc4
19. Qa3 (19. Qb2 Bd3 20. Qa3 Qa6 21. Qxa6 Bxa6 22. Kf2 Rc2 $17) (19. Nxc4 $142
dxc4 (19... Rxc4 20. O-O Qc6 $17) 20. Qc3 b5 (20... h6 {Ftacnik} 21. Bf4 g5 22.
Bg3 Nf6 23. Bf2 (23. e4 Nxe4 24. fxe4 Qxe4+ 25. Kd2 Qxg2+ 26. Kc1 Qxa2 $17)
23... Nd5 24. Qc1 Qa6 25. O-O Qxa2 $17) 21. O-O b4 $17) 19... Bb5 20. Rb1 (20.
Qb3 {Ftacnik} Qc6 $17) 20... Qa6 21. Qxa6 (21. Qd6 {Ftacnik} Nf6 (21... h6 22.
Bf4 Bd3 23. Qxd7 Bxb1 24. Nxb1 Qd3 25. Kf2 Rc2+ 26. Kg3 $13) 22. Qg3 Qa3 23.
Rxb5 Rc1+ 24. Ke2 Rxh1 $19) 21... Bxa6 22. Kf2 (22. Kd1 {Ftacnik} h6 23. Bf4 g5
$19) 22... Rc2 23. Rhd1 h6 24. Bf4 Rec8 (24... Rxa2 {Ftacnik} 25. Ra1 Rxa1 26.
Rxa1 Bb5 27. Rxa7 $132) 25. a3 (25. a4 {Ftacnik} g5 (25... Ra2 26. Ra1 Rcc2 27.
e4 $15) 26. Bd6 Ra2 27. Ra1 Rcc2 28. Bb4 Bc4 29. Ke1 a5 30. Rxa2 Rxa2 31. Nxc4
dxc4 32. Bd6 Rxa4 33. Rb1 Ra2 $19) 25... R8c3 26. Bd6 (26. Ra1 {Ftacnik} Rd3
27. Ke1 g5 $19) 26... Rd3 27. Bb4 Bb5 $19 {/\a5} 28. a4 (28. Rbc1 Ra2 29. Rc7
a5 30. Bc3 Rc2 $19 (30... Rc2 {Ftacnik} 31. Rb1 Ba4 $19)) 28... Bxa4 29. Ra1
Bb5 30. Ra3 (30. Rxa7 Rb2 $19) 30... Rxa3 (30... a5 {Ftacnik} 31. Rxd3 Bxd3 32.
Bd6 b5 $19) 31. Bxa3 Ba4 $1 32. Bc1 $8 (32. Bb4 {Ftacnik} a5 33. Bd6 Ra2 $19)
32... b5 33. e4 (33. Ke2 {Ftacnik} b4 34. Kd3 Rc3+ $19) 33... b4 34. Re1 (34.
exd5 {Ftacnik} b3 35. Ba3 Ra2 36. Bc5 b2 37. Re1 Nxc5 38. dxc5 b1=Q 39. Rxb1
Rxd2+ $19) 34... b3 35. Ke3 b2 36. Bxb2 Rxb2 37. exd5 Nb6 38. d6 f5 (38... Bb5
$19 {Ftacnik}) 39. Nb1 Nd5+ (39... Nd5+ {Ftacnik} 40. Kd3 Bb5#) 0-1

[Event "Linares 13th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.03.16"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E59"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1995.03.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Dautov} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6
8. a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. Bb5 b6 (11... Bd7 {Dautov}) (11... Rd8
$142 $1 12. Re1 {Dautov} a6 13. Bd3 e5 14. Qc2 Bg4 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qxe5
17. f3 Be6 18. Bf1 b5 $10 {/\Bc4, ECO}) 12. Re1 Bb7 (12... Rd8 {Dautov} 13. e4
Bb7 14. e5 Ne8 15. Qd3 $14) 13. e4 $14 Ne7 {Dieser Springerzug ist zwar früher
auch schon gespielt worden, aber mir scheint das Roß am Damenflügel besser
plaziert.} (13... e5 {Dautov} 14. d5 Ne7 15. Bg5 $14) (13... h6 {Dautov} 14.
Bd3 Rfd8 15. Bb2 Ne7 16. Ne5 $14) 14. Bd3 Nd7 (14... Ng6 {Dautov} 15. Bg5 Rac8
(15... Nd7 $5) 16. Qd2 cxd4 17. cxd4 $14 {Gligoric-Andersson/Muenchen ol/1958})
15. g3 (15. Bg5 {Dautov} Ng6 16. g3 (16. h4 $6 Nf4 17. Bf1 h6 18. Bxf4 Qxf4 $10
) 16... h6 17. Bd2 Rfd8 18. h4 $14) 15... Rfd8 (15... Rad8 $5 {Dautov} 16. Bf4
Qc8 17. a4 $14) 16. Bf4 Qc6 17. a4 $1 {Verhindert den "natürlichen Zug" 17...
Rac8 wegen 18.Bb5 mit Damegewinn.} Nf8 {Die schwarzen Springer erzielen keine
große Wirkung.} (17... a6 {Dautov} 18. Qb3 {><b6} Ng6 (18... Rac8 $2 19. Bb5 $1
axb5 20. axb5 Qxe4 21. Rxe4 Bxe4 22. Ng5 Bf5 23. Bd6 $16) 19. Bg5 $14) 18. h4
Qe8 19. a5 {Weiß beseitigt seine Schwächen, möglich geworden, weil kein
Springer auf c6 steht.} cxd4 20. cxd4 bxa5 21. Qb3 Bc6 22. Rxa5 {Spätestens
jetzt erkennt man den deutlichen weißen Vorteil: Das Läuferpaar gewinnt in der
offeneren Stellung an Wert, der a-Bauer ist schwach und auf der anderen Seite
hat Weiß dank der Zentrumsbauern eh ein Übergewicht.} f5 {Verständlich:
Schwarz möchte sich nicht einfach erdrücken lassen.} (22... h6 {Dautov} 23. Qa2
$16) 23. Ng5 fxe4 24. Bxe4 Nd5 $6 (24... Bxe4 25. Rxe4 Nc6 (25... Nd5 26. Nxe6)
26. Ra4 $1 {Nun ist der Pe6 verloren.} Kh8 27. Nxe6 Nxe6 28. Rxe6 $16) (24...
Kh8 25. Nxe6 (25. Ra6 $5 {und Weiß vermeidet Generalabtausch.}) 25... Nxe6 26.
Qxe6 Bxe4 27. Qxe4 Nc6 28. Qxe8+ $1 (28. Ra4 Qxe4 29. Rxe4 a5 30. h5 h6 31. Be5
Rd5 32. Rc4 Ra6 {mit unerwarteten Remischancen laut "Schach" 4/94.}) 28... Rxe8
29. Rxe8+ Rxe8 30. Rd5 {Schwarz befindet sich in einem schwierigen Endspiel, z.
B.} a5 31. Rd6 Rc8 32. d5 $16) 25. Nxe6 $1 Qxe6 (25... Nxe6 26. Bxd5 $18) 26.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 27. Rxe6 Nxe6 28. Qc2+ {The point.} Kh8 29. Qxc6 Nexf4 (29... Nxd4 {
Dautov} 30. Qc4 Nxf4 31. gxf4 g6 32. Qf7 $18) 30. gxf4 Rac8 (30... Nxf4 {Dautov
} 31. Rf5 Ne2+ 32. Kg2 Nxd4 33. Rh5+ Kg8 34. Qc4+ Kf8 35. Rh8+ Ke7 36. Qc7+ $18
) 31. Qg6 Nxf4 32. Qg4 Rc1+ 33. Kh2 Rxd4 34. Rxa7 Ne6 35. Qxe6 Rxh4+ 36. Kg3
1-0

[Event "Linares 13th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.03.17"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "1995.03.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 Qa5+ 6. Qd2 (6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2
Nxd2 8. Qxd2 O-O 9. e3 d6 10. O-O Nc6 11. h3 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bd7 13. Rfd1 Nxd4
14. exd4 Bc6 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Rac1 Rc8 $10 {Karpov,An-Khalifman,A/Linares (07) ;
CBM 46 1995}) (6. Bd2 Qb6 7. Nc3 cxd4 8. Na4) 6... Qxd2+ {N} (6... Nc6 7. Qxa5
(7. d5 $6 Ne4 $1 8. Qxa5 Nxa5 $36) 7... Nxa5 8. Nbd2 b6 9. b3 Bb7 10. Bb2 Ne4
11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. O-O-O b5 13. cxb5 cxd4 14. Bxd4 Rc8+ 15. Kb2 Rc2+ 16. Ka1 e5
17. Bb2 Ke7 18. Nd4 Bxg2 19. Nxc2 Bxh1 20. Rxh1 $14 {Tukmakov,V-Kupreichik,V/
URS/1980}) 7. Nbxd2 (7. Bxd2 $6 Ne4 8. Be3 Nc6 $17) 7... cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nc6 9.
Nb5 $6 (9. N2b3 Ng4 10. Nb5 O-O 11. O-O Nge5 12. Nd2 d6 $10) (9. N2f3 {>=} O-O
10. O-O Nxd4 11. Nxd4 d5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nb3 Nb6 $10) 9... O-O 10. O-O d6 11.
Rb1 {/\b3,Bb2} Bf5 $1 12. e4 Bg4 13. Nc3 $6 (13. f3 {>=} Bd7 14. b3 a6 15. Nc3
(15. Nc7 $6 Rac8 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Nb4 $15) 15... b5 16. Bb2 Rab8 $36)
13... Nd7 14. h3 Bxc3 $1 15. bxc3 (15. hxg4 Bxd2 16. Bxd2 Nde5 17. b3 Nxg4 $15)
15... Be6 16. Rxb7 Rab8 17. Rb3 (17. Rc7 Rfc8 18. Rxc8+ Rxc8 $17 {/\Na5}) 17...
Nde5 18. f4 Nxc4 19. Rxb8 Rxb8 20. Nb3 N4a5 21. Nxa5 Nxa5 $17 22. Be3 a6 23. e5
(23. Rf2 Rb1+ 24. Kh2 Ra1 25. Bf1 Bc4 $17) 23... dxe5 24. fxe5 Nc4 (24... Bxa2
$6 25. Bc5 (25. Ra1 Rb2 26. Bc1 Rc2 27. Be4 Nb3 28. Bxc2 Nxa1 29. Bd1 Bb3 30.
Bb2 Bxd1 31. Bxa1 $15) 25... Kf8 26. Bb4 Nb7 27. Rd1 Be6 28. g4 $44) 25. Bg5 (
25. Bd4 Rb5 26. Re1 Rb2 $17) 25... Kf8 26. Re1 h5 (26... Rb2 27. Rd1 Nxe5 28.
Rd8+ Kg7 29. Bxe7 Rxa2 $17) 27. Bf1 a5 28. a4 $6 (28. Re4 $5 Rc8 $17) 28... Rb3
29. Re4 Rxc3 30. Bh6+ Ke8 31. Bxc4 Bxc4 32. Bd2 (32. Kf2 Kd7 33. Bd2 Rc2 34.
Ke3 Bd5 35. Rf4 Ke6 $17) 32... Rxg3+ 33. Kf2 Rd3 34. Bxa5 Bd5 35. Re3 Rd4 36.
Ra3 Kd7 (36... Bc6 $2 37. Bb6 Rxa4 $2 38. Rxa4 Bxa4 39. h4 Kd7 40. Ke3 Ke6 41.
Kf4 $10) 37. Bb6 Rf4+ 38. Kg1 Ke6 39. a5 Rb4 40. Bd8 Rb8 41. Bb6 Rc8 42. Bd4
Rc4 43. Ba1 g5 $19 44. a6 g4 45. hxg4 hxg4 46. Bb2 Kf5 47. a7 Ba8 48. Rc3 Ra4
49. Ra3 Rb4 50. Bc3 Re4 51. Ra1 g3 52. Rf1+ Ke6 53. Ra1 Re3 (53... Rh4 54. Kf1
Bf3 55. Ke1 Rh1+ 56. Kd2 g2 $19) 54. Bd4 Rd3 55. Bc5 Rd5 56. Bb4 f5 57. exf6
Rh5 58. Re1+ Kf7 59. Kf1 Bf3 60. Rxe7+ Kxf6 61. Ke1 Rh1+ 62. Kd2 g2 63. Re3 Bb7
0-1

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1995.04.27"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. b4 Qd6 12. Qb3 O-O 13. b5 Nb6 14. Rfc1 Bg4 15.
a4 Bxf3 16. gxf3 c5 17. dxc5 Qxc5 18. Ne2 Qd6 19. Rab1 Rac8 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21.
Qb4 Qf6 22. Qf4 Qe7 23. a5 Nc4 24. Rc1 Qb4 25. Qg4 Rc7 26. b6 axb6 27. axb6
Qxb6 28. Bxc4 dxc4 29. Rxc4 Qb1+ 30. Kg2 Rxc4 31. Qxc4 b5 32. Qc8+ Kh7 33. Qb7
Qf5 34. Ng3 Qc5 35. Qxf7 b4 36. h4 h5 37. Ne4 Qc8 38. Ng5+ Kh6 39. Ne6 Bc3 40.
Nf8 1-0

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1995.04.27"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. b3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bd6 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Be2 Qc7 11. Nf3 e5 12. Ba3 Bxa3 13. Nxa3 Nc6 14. Qc2 Bg4 15.
Rfd1 Rac8 16. Qb2 e4 17. Ne1 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 Ne5 19. h3 Rfd8 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21.
Rd1 Nd3 22. Nac2 Nd5 23. Nd4 Nc3 24. Qc2 Nb4 25. Qc1 Rxd4 0-1

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1995.04.29"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Qc7 11. Bd2 e6 12. O-O-O Ngf6 13. Ne4 Bd6 14. Nxd6+
Qxd6 15. Kb1 b5 16. Qe2 Qd5 17. Rh4 O-O-O 18. Ba5 Nb6 19. Ne5 Rhf8 20. Bb4 Qxg2
21. Bxf8 Rxf8 22. Qe3 Qg5 23. Qa3 Nfd7 24. Rhh1 Kb7 25. Qd6 Nxe5 26. Qxf8 Nec4
27. Qxf7+ Ka6 28. Qxe6 Qf4 29. Qxc6 Qxf2 30. Rhe1 Nd2+ 31. Kc1 Ndc4 32. Qe4 Na4
33. Re2 Qf8 34. c3 Naxb2 35. Rxb2 Qa3 36. Qc6+ 1-0

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1995.04.29"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Vaisser,A"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O h6 7. Rb1 a5 8. a3 Nd4
9. b4 axb4 10. axb4 Nxf3+ 11. Bxf3 f5 12. d4 $1 e4 13. Bg2 Be6 $1 14. f3 exf3
15. Bxf3 Bxc4 16. Bxb7 Rb8 17. Bd5 Bxd5 18. Nxd5 Ne7 19. Nf4 Qd7 20. d5 c6 21.
e4 $1 cxd5 22. exd5 Qa7+ 23. Kh1 Qb7 $1 24. Bb2 Bxb2 25. Rxb2 g5 26. Nh5 Qxd5+
27. Qxd5 Nxd5 28. Rxf5 Nxb4 29. Nf6+ Kd8 30. Ne4 Ke7 $2 (30... Rb6 $10) 31. Re2
Nc6 32. Nxg5+ Ne5 33. Nf7 $1 Rhf8 (33... Rh7 $6 34. Nxe5 dxe5 35. Rexe5+ Kd6
36. Ra5 $16) 34. Nxd6 Rxf5 $2 (34... Kxd6 35. Rfxe5 Rf6 36. Rh5) 35. Nxf5+ Kf6
36. Nxh6 Rb5 37. Re4 Rb1+ 38. Kg2 Rb2+ 39. Kh3 Nd3 40. Ng4+ Kf5 41. Rd4 Ne1 42.
Rf4+ Kg5 43. Ne5 Rb3 44. Rf8 Nc2 45. Nf3+ Kg6 46. Rf4 Ne3 47. Re4 Ra3 48. g4
Nd5 49. Kg3 Nf6 50. Rd4 Ra5 51. h4 Rb5 52. Rd3 Ra5 53. Re3 Ra4 54. Ne5+ Kg7 55.
Rb3 Re4 56. Rb7+ Kg8 57. Rb5 Kg7 58. Kf3 Ra4 59. h5 Kh6 60. Rb6 Kg5 61. Nf7+
Kh4 62. Rxf6 Rxg4 63. h6 Rg3+ 64. Kf4 Rg4+ 65. Ke5 Rg1 66. h7 Re1+ 67. Kd6 Rd1+
68. Ke7 Re1+ 69. Re6 Rg1 70. h8=Q+ Kg3 71. Rg6+ Kf2 72. Rxg1 Kxg1 73. Qh3 Kf2
74. Ne5 Ke2 75. Qf3+ Kd2 76. Kd6 Kc2 77. Kc5 Kd2 78. Kc4 Kc1 79. Kc3 Kb1 80.
Qe2 Ka1 81. Qb2# 1-0

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1995.04.29"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qh4 Nxc3 7. Qd4 f6 8.
Qxc3 e5 9. e4 Nc6 10. a3 a5 11. Bc4 Bc5 12. d3 Bd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Be3 c5 15.
Bxd4 cxd4 16. Qd2 Qe7 17. Rc1 Be6 18. Bxe6 Qxe6 19. Qh6 Rc8 20. Rxc8+ Qxc8 21.
O-O Kf7 22. f4 Qc7 23. fxe5 Qxe5 24. g4 Ke6 25. Qg7 Rc8 26. Qxb7 Rc7 27. Qb3+
Ke7 28. Qg8 Rc2 29. Qxh7+ Ke6 30. Qh8 a4 31. Kh1 Kf7 32. Qh6 Ke6 33. Qh8 Kf7
34. Qh7+ Ke6 35. Qh6 Qg5 36. Qh8 Rc1 37. Qe8+ Kd6 38. Qd8+ Ke6 39. Qd5+ 1-0

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1995.04.30"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 Bg7 11. c3 f5 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nc2 Be6 14. g3 O-O
15. Bg2 Rb8 16. O-O Qd7 17. Qh5 f5 18. Rad1 e4 19. f3 Bxd5 20. Rxd5 Ne7 21. Rd2
d5 22. Bh3 Rb6 23. Kg2 Rh6 24. Qg5 Rg6 25. Qh5 Rh6 26. Qg5 Rg6 27. Qh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1995.04.30"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 a5 8. h3 Na6
9. Bg5 h6 10. Be3 Nh5 11. Nd2 Nf4 12. Bf1 Nc5 13. Nb3 b6 14. g3 Nh5 15. Nxc5
bxc5 16. Qd2 Kh7 17. Be2 Nf6 18. O-O-O Qe7 19. g4 Nd7 20. h4 Nb6 21. h5 g5 22.
Nb5 Ba6 23. Qc2 Bxb5 24. cxb5 a4 25. a3 Ra7 26. Kd2 Rfa8 27. Ra1 Qd7 28. Rhb1
Bf8 29. Ke1 Be7 30. f3 Kg8 31. Kf2 Kg7 32. Kg2 Kg8 33. Bd2 Kh7 34. Ra2 Kg8 35.
Raa1 1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1995.04.30"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 a5 8. h3 Qe8
9. Be3 Nh5 10. Nd2 Nf4 11. Bf1 f5 12. g3 Nh5 13. exf5 gxf5 14. Be2 Nf6 15. f4
Na6 16. Nf3 exf4 17. Bxf4 Nh5 18. Qd2 Nc5 19. Rg1 Ne4 20. Nxe4 fxe4 21. Nd4
Nxf4 22. gxf4 Qe7 23. Qe3 Qh4+ 24. Kd2 Qxf4 25. Raf1 Qxe3+ 26. Kxe3 Bxh3 27.
Rxf8+ Rxf8 28. Nb5 Rf7 29. c5 dxc5 30. d6 c6 31. Nc7 Kf8 32. Kd2 e3+ 33. Kc1
Be5 34. Bc4 Bxd6 35. Bxf7 Kxf7 36. Na8 e2 37. Re1 Bf1 38. Kd2 Bg3 39. Rxe2 Bxe2
40. Kxe2 h5 41. Kf3 h4 42. Nb6 Be5 43. Nc4 Ke6 44. b3 a4 45. bxa4 b5 46. axb5
cxb5 47. Nd2 c4 48. Ne4 c3 49. Nf2 c2 50. Nd3 Bb2 51. Kg4 c1=Q 52. Nxc1 Bxc1
53. Kxh4 Kd5 54. Kg4 Kc4 55. Kf5 Kb4 56. Ke4 Ka3 57. Kd3 Kxa2 0-1

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1995.04.30"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Qe2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. Nbd2 Nc6 8. c3
e5 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Nxf3 exd4 11. cxd4 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Rd1 Qd6 14. Qe4 Nce7
15. Bg5 c6 16. Rac1 h6 17. Bd2 Rfe8 18. Re1 Nf6 19. Qe5 Nf5 20. Qxd6 Nxd6 21.
Bb3 Rad8 22. Ne5 Nd5 23. Bxd5 cxd5 24. Rc7 Nc4 25. Nxc4 Rxe1+ 26. Bxe1 dxc4 27.
Rxb7 Bxd4 28. Kf1 g5 29. f3 Rd6 30. Ke2 Kg7 31. Rb4 Ra6 32. a4 Rb6 33. Rxb6
axb6 34. Kd1 Kf6 35. Kc2 Ke6 36. b4 h5 37. g4 hxg4 38. hxg4 Kd5 39. Bd2 Bf6 40.
Be3 Bd8 41. Kc3 Bf6+ 42. Kd2 Bd8 43. Kc2 Kc6 44. Kc3 b5 45. a5 Bf6+ 46. Bd4
Bxd4+ 47. Kxd4 Kb7 48. Ke4 Ka7 49. Ke3 Kb7 50. Kd4 Ka7 51. Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1995.04.30"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 Nd7 7. c4 dxc4 8. Nc3
Ne7 9. Bxc4 Nc6 10. d5 Nb6 11. Bb3 exd5 12. Nxd5 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. Rc1 Nxd5
15. Bxd5 Nb4 16. Bc4 a6 17. e6 fxe6 18. Qb3 Qc8 19. a3 b5 20. axb4 bxc4 21.
Rxc4 Rb8 22. Rfc1 Qb7 23. Qa2 Bd3 24. Rf4 c4 25. Ne5 Qd5 26. Nxd3 cxd3 27. Qxd5
exd5 28. Rd4 Rxb4 29. Rxd3 Rxb2 30. Rxd5 Ra8 31. g4 a5 32. Rd7 Bf8 33. Rcc7 a4
34. Ra7 Rbb8 35. Bd4 Rxa7 36. Rxa7 Rb4 37. Be5 Re4 38. Bc3 Rxg4+ 39. Kf1 a3 40.
Ke2 Rc4 41. Kd3 Rf4 42. Bd4 h5 43. Ra8 Kh7 44. Ke3 Rf7 45. f4 Bd6 46. Be5 Bc5+
47. Kd3 Kg6 48. Ra5 Bb4 49. Ra4 Rb7 50. Ke4 Kf7 51. Ra6 Be7 52. f5 Rb4+ 53. Kd5
Rg4 54. Ra7 Rg2 55. Ke4 a2 56. Kf3 Rc2 57. Ke4 Re2+ 58. Kf4 Rxe5 59. Kxe5 a1=Q+
60. Rxa1 Bf6+ 61. Kf4 Bxa1 62. Kg5 Bb2 63. h4 Bc1+ 64. Kxh5 Kf6 0-1

[Event "Riga Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "22"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. h4 Qd7 6. h5 Ba6 7. Bxa6 Nxa6 8. Nge2
Bf8 9. a4 Nh6 10. Bxh6 gxh6 11. f4 c5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Riga Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D29"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. Qe2 b5 7. Bb3 Bb7 8. O-O
Nf6 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Nc3 Qb8 11. d5 exd5 12. Bxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Rxd5
Be7 15. e4 Qb7 16. Bg5 Nb6 17. Rf5 f6 18. Bh4 O-O 19. e5 Rae8 20. exf6 Bxf6 21.
Qc2 Bxh4 22. Rxf8+ Rxf8 23. Nxh4 c4 24. Nf3 Nd5 25. Ng5 Nf6 26. Re1 h6 27. Nf3
Nd5 28. Ne5 Nf4 29. f3 Re8 30. Re4 Nd3 31. Qe2 Rd8 32. h4 Qb6+ 33. Kh2 Qf6 34.
Nxd3 (34. g3 $5 Rd5 35. f4 Nxe5 36. fxe5 Qd8 37. Qf3 Rd2+ 38. Re2 Rxe2+ 39.
Qxe2 Qd3 40. Qg2 $13) 34... cxd3 35. Re8+ $2 (35. Qd2 $142 $15) 35... Kf7 0-1

[Event "Riga Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Dolmatov} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3
O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14.
g3 Qh3 15. Be3 Bg4 16. Qd3 Rae8 17. Nd2 Re6 18. a4 bxa4 19. Rxa4 f5 20. Qf1 Qh5
(20... f4 {Dolmatov} 21. Qxh3 Bxh3 22. Rxa6 fxe3 23. fxe3 Be7 24. Rxc6 Rxc6 25.
Bxd5+ Re6 26. e4 Kh8 27. Bxe6 Bxe6 28. Kg2 $16) 21. Rxa6 (21. Bxd5 $6) (21. c4
$5 {Dolmatov} f4 22. cxd5 Rxe3 23. fxe3 fxg3 24. dxc6+ Kh8 25. hxg3 $13) (21.
f4 {Dolmatov} g5 $132) 21... f4 22. Bxf4 $1 $146 (22. Rxc6 $2 fxe3 23. Rxe3
Nxe3 24. Bxe6+ Bxe6 25. Qe1 Bd5 {0-1/Lilienthal-Hallier/corr 1965/} (25... Bd5
{Dolmatov} 26. Rxd6 Ng4 27. h4 Nxf2 $40)) (22. gxf4 $2 Rg6) 22... Bh3 23. Rxe6
$1 (23. Bxd5 $2 Qxd5 24. Qxh3 Rxe1+ 25. Nf1 Bxf4 $17) 23... Bxf1 24. Nxf1 Bxf4
25. Raxc6 (25. Rexc6 $6 {Dolmatov} Bxg3 (25... Qf3 $2 26. Rc5 Rf5 27. Rxd5 Rxd5
28. Ra5 $16) 26. Nxg3 Qf3 27. Bxd5+ Qxd5 $132) 25... Qf3 {[#]} (25... Bb8 $2
26. Ne3 Qf7 27. Rf6 $1 Nxf6 28. Bxf7+ Kxf7 $16) (25... Rb8 $2 26. Rb6 $1 $16) (
25... Bh6 $4 26. Re5 $18) (25... Bxg3 $6 {Dolmatov} 26. Nxg3 Qf3 27. Re2 Kh8
28. Bxd5 Qxd5 29. Rce6) 26. Bxd5 (26. gxf4 Rxf4 27. Re8+ $8 Kf7 28. Bxd5+ Qxd5
{[#] Black can force this position with 27..Rxf4 instead of 27..Qf3.} 29. Rcc8
(29. Rec8 Qf3 (29... h6 $2 {/\ 30..Qf3 31.R8c7+ Kg8 32.Rc8+ Kh7} 30. R8c7+ Kg8
31. Rg6 Rf7 32. Rxf7 Kxf7 33. Rb6 (33. Rg3 Qb3 $14) 33... Qg5+ 34. Ng3 h5 35.
Kf1 $16) 30. R8c7+ Kg8 31. Rc8+ Kf7 $10) 29... Kg6 $1 {/\ 30..Qf3, ><f2} (29...
Qd6 $2 30. Rf8+ Qxf8 31. Rxf8+ Kxf8 32. Ne3 $18) (29... Qf3 30. Rf8+ Ke7 31.
Rxf4 Qxf4 32. Ne3 $16) (29... Rg4+ 30. Ng3 h5 31. h3 Rg5 (31... Rg6 $4 32. Rf8+
Ke7 33. Rce8+ $18) 32. Rf8+ $1 (32. Rc5 Rxg3+ (32... Qxc5 33. dxc5 Kxe8 $10)
33. fxg3 Qf3 $10) 32... Kg6 33. Rc5 Qb3 34. Rxg5+ Kxg5 35. Rf5+ Kg6 36. Rxh5
Qxb2 37. Rc5 $18) 30. Re3 (30. Ng3 Qf3 (30... h5 $1 31. Rf8 Rxf8 32. Rxf8 Qb7
$10) 31. Re2 h5 32. Rce8 h4 33. R8e3 {/\ 34.Ne4} Qg4 34. Kg2 $1 (34. Kh1 Qh3 $1
$15)) 30... Qb7 $1 (30... Rg4+ $6 31. Ng3 h5 32. h3 $16 {/\ 33.Rc5}) 31. Rce8 (
31. Re6+ Kf7 (31... Kg5 $2 32. Rc5+ $40) 32. Rce8 Qxb2 33. R8e7+ $10) 31...
Qxb2 32. R8e6+ (32. f3 $5 $13) 32... Kf7 33. Re7+ Kg6 34. R7e6+ $10) 26... Qxd5
27. gxf4 {[#]} Qf3 (27... Rxf4 28. Re8+ Kf7 {- 26.gxf4}) 28. d5 (28. Ng3 $6
Rxf4 $1 (28... Qxf4 29. Re2) 29. Rc8+ Kf7 30. Re2 h5 $1 31. Rce8 h4 32. R8e3 $8
Qg4 33. f3 Qg6 {>< Ng3} 34. Re8 Qd3 $40) 28... h5 $6 (28... Rxf4 29. Rc8+ Kf7 (
29... Rf8 $2 30. Rxf8+ Kxf8 31. Ne3 $16) 30. Rc7+ Kg8 (30... Kf8 $10 {Dolmatov}
) 31. Rc8+ $10) 29. Rc4 h4 30. Rg6 (30. Ne3 $2 Ra8 $17) (30. Re3 {Dolmatov}
Qxd5 31. Rd4 Qb7 32. b4 $13) 30... Qd3 31. Rgc6 (31. Rcc6 $2 Rxf4 $17) 31...
Qxd5 (31... Qf3 32. Ne3 $1 $16) 32. Rc8 $16 h3 33. Ne3 Qd2 34. Kf1 (34. Rxf8+
$32 {Dolmatov} Kxf8 35. Kf1) 34... Qxb2 (34... Qc1+ $5 {Dolmatov} 35. Ke2 Qxb2+
36. Kf3 $2 Qb7+ 37. R8c6 Rf6 38. Nd5 Rxc6 $19) 35. Rxf8+ Kxf8 36. Rc8+ Kf7 37.
Rh8 Qxc3 38. Rxh3 $18 {[#]} Qd3+ 39. Ke1 Qe4 (39... Kg8 $5 {Dolmatov} 40. f5
Kf7 41. Rg3 $14) (39... g6 $5 {Dolmatov}) 40. Ke2 Kg8 41. f5 Kf7 42. Rg3 Qh1
43. h3 Qe4 44. Rg4 Qh1 45. h4 Qh2 46. Nf1 Qe5+ 47. Kf3 $1 Qd5+ 48. Re4 Qd1+ 49.
Kg2 Qd5 50. Ng3 Qc6 (50... g6 $5 {Dolmatov} 51. fxg6+ Kxg6 52. Kh3 $14) 51. Kh3
Qc2 52. f3 Qd1 53. Kg4 Qg1 54. Re6 Qd4+ 55. Ne4 Qd7 56. Ng5+ Kg8 57. Kh5 Qd8
58. Kg6 Qd7 59. h5 Qb5 60. Ne4 {[#]} (60. Ne4 {Dolmatov} Qa4 61. Nd6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Riga Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kengis, Edvins"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c3 (4. O-O Nc6 5. c3 {seems the better way to
play this variation.}) 4... e5 $146 {The normal move seems to be new in this
situation.} (4... Qc7) 5. O-O Ne7 $1 (5... Nc6 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 e4 8. Ne5) 6.
d4 (6. e4 $10) 6... cxd4 7. cxd4 e4 $1 (7... exd4 8. Na3 $44) 8. Ne5 (8. Nfd2
d5 9. Nb3 Nbc6 10. Nc3 $10) 8... f6 9. Nc4 d5 10. Ne3 Nbc6 $15 {()} 11. Nc3 O-O
12. Nc2 (12. b3 $5 Be6 (12... Nxd4 $2 13. Qxd4 f5 14. Qd2 d4 15. Ba3 $1)) 12...
Bf5 {/\ Qd7,Bh3} 13. b3 Qd7 14. Ba3 Rfc8 15. Qd2 h5 16. Rfc1 {Indicating, that
doesn`t want to play on the K`s side} (16. f3 $6 exf3 17. Bxf3 Bxc2 18. Bxe7
Nxe7 19. Qxc2) (16. Rac1 {/\ f3 seems more natural to me.}) 16... Bh3 17. e3 {
This weakens the white sqares, but Black could play Kh7,Bh6 any time he
chooses.} (17. f3 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 f5) 17... Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Bf8 19. Qe2 Nf5 20.
Bxf8 Kxf8 21. Qb5 $5 Nfe7 22. h4 (22. Nb4 $5 {seems logical}) 22... Rc7 23. Qe2
Kg7 24. Ne1 {He is preparing himself for g6-g5.} Rh8 25. Kh2 g5 26. Ng2 Nf5 27.
Qb5 Rd8 (27... gxh4 $2 28. Qxd5 hxg3+ 29. fxg3 h4 30. Qxd7+ Rxd7 31. g4 Nh6 32.
Kh3 $16) 28. a3 (28. hxg5 $2 fxg5 29. Nxd5 Ncxd4 (29... Qxd5 $2 30. Rc5) 30.
Rxc7 (30. Qxd7+ Rcxd7 31. Nc3 Nf3+ 32. Kh1 Nd2 $17) 30... Nxb5 31. Rxd7+ Rxd7
$17) (28. Nxd5 Ncxd4 29. Rxc7 Nxb5 30. Rxd7+ Rxd7 31. Rd1 Nbd4 $17) 28... Kg6
29. Qe2 $4 (29. b4 $15) 29... Nfxd4 (29... Ncxd4 $19) 0-1

[Event "Riga Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Qe2 Nb6 8.
Bb3 h6 9. N5f3 c5 10. Bf4 Nbd5 11. Be5 Qa5+ 12. Nd2 b5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. c3 Qb6
15. a4 bxa4 16. Bxa4+ Bd7 17. Nc4 Qd8 18. Nf3 O-O 19. O-O Qc8 20. Nd6 Bxd6 21.
Bxd6 Rd8 22. Be5 a5 23. Bc2 Bc6 24. Nd4 Bb7 25. Rfe1 Nd7 26. Bg3 Nc5 27. Qb5 a4
28. Bxa4 Nxc3 29. bxc3 Nxa4 30. Rxa4 Qxc3 31. Qb4 Qxe1+ 32. Qxe1 Rxa4 33. Ne2
Rda8 34. h3 Ra1 35. Nc1 Rc8 36. Bf4 Bd5 37. Kh2 Rb1 38. Qd1 Rc4 39. Bd2 Rc8 40.
Kg3 Rc6 41. Qe1 Rc2 42. Qd1 Rc8 43. Qe1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Riga Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Endgame-CD Knaak Dolmatov} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6
6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O e5 8. d5 Ne7 9. e4 (9. c5 $6 {Dolmatov} Ne8 $132) 9... Ne8
10. Ne1 (10. b4 {Dolmatov} f5 11. Ng5 h6 12. Ne6 Bxe6 13. dxe6 c6 14. c5 $14) (
10. Be3 {Dolmatov} f5 11. Qd2 Nf6 12. Ng5 Nxe4 13. Ngxe4 fxe4 14. Bg5 Bf6 $14)
10... f5 11. Nd3 Nf6 12. Bg5 h6 (12... fxe4 $5 {Dolmatov} 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 $5 (
13... Nf5 14. c5 h6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 $14) 14. Bxe4 Bh3 15. Re1 Bf6) 13. Bxf6 Rxf6
(13... Bxf6 14. f4 exf4 (14... c6 {Dolmatov} 15. Kh1 $14) 15. Nxf4 Be5 (15...
fxe4 16. Bxe4 $16) 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. Qd2 c6 18. Kh1 Qb6 19. Rae1 $14 {Karpov,
An-Gelfand,B/Dos Hermanas 1994}) 14. f4 exf4 15. Nxf4 Kh7 {N} (15... c6 16. Kh1
Rf7 17. Qd2 Be5 18. Nd3 Bg7 19. Nf4 Be5 20. Nd3 Bg7 {1/2-1/2 Huzman,A-Nijboer,
F/Amsterdam op 1994}) (15... Bd7 {Dolmatov} 16. Qd3) 16. Qd3 Rf8 (16... c6 $5)
17. Rae1 Be5 18. exf5 Nxf5 (18... Bxf5 19. Be4 (19. Qe3 $5) 19... Bxf4 20. Rxf4
Qd7 (20... Bd7 {Dolmatov} 21. Ref1 $16) 21. Nb5 $16 {/\Nd4,><e6}) 19. Kh1 $14
Qf6 20. c5 $1 (20. g4 $2 Qh4 (20... Qg5 {Dolmatov} 21. gxf5 Bxf4 22. fxg6+ Kg7
$132) (20... Nh4 $2 21. Ne6 $16) 21. gxf5 Bxf4 22. fxg6+ Kg8 23. h3 Bf5 $17)
20... Qg7 (20... dxc5 $2 21. g4 Bxf4 22. Rxf4 Qh4 23. Ref1 $18) (20... Bd7 $6
21. c6 bxc6 22. dxc6 Be8 23. Ncd5 Qf7 24. Nxc7 Qxc7 25. Ne6 Nxg3+ 26. hxg3
Rxf1+ 27. Rxf1 Qe7 28. Qb3 $16) 21. cxd6 cxd6 22. Ne6 (22. Be4 Bxf4 23. Rxf4
Bd7 $10) 22... Bxe6 23. dxe6 Rac8 (23... Rae8 24. Bd5 $14 (24. Qd5 Bxg3 $1 $13)
) 24. Nd5 $1 $16 Ne7 (24... Bxb2 $2 25. e7 Rfe8 26. Rxf5 (26. Bh3 $16 {Dolmatov
}) 26... gxf5 27. Qxf5+ Kh8 (27... Qg6 28. Be4 $18) 28. Qxc8 Rxc8 29. e8=Q+
Rxe8 30. Rxe8+ $18) (24... Rce8 25. Rc1 Rxe6 $2 (25... Rc8 $16) 26. Rc7 Rf7 (
26... Ne7 27. Rxf8 Qxf8 28. Bh3 $18) 27. Rxf7 Qxf7 28. g4 $18) 25. Ne3 (25. b3
$1 {/\Ne3-c4} Rxf1+ (25... Nxd5 26. Bxd5 $16) 26. Rxf1 Rf8 27. Rc1 Nxd5 (27...
Rc8 28. Rxc8 Nxc8 29. Qb5 $16) 28. Bxd5 $16 {/\} Rf2 29. Qb5 Rxa2 30. Qd7 $18)
25... Bxb2 26. Rxf8 Qxf8 (26... Rxf8 {Dolmatov} 27. Qxd6 $16 (27. Nc4 Qc3 28.
Qe2 $16)) 27. Rf1 $2 (27. Nc4 Bf6 (27... Bg7 {Dolmatov} 28. Rf1 Qd8 29. Rf7 $40
) 28. Bxb7 Rd8 29. Ne3 $14 {/\Nd5}) (27. Qxd6 $5 {/\} Rc1 28. Rxc1 Bxc1 29. Nd5
Bg5 30. h4 Bf6 31. Qc7 Kg8 32. Nxf6+ Qxf6 33. Qb8+ Kg7 34. Qxb7 Qxe6 35. Qxa7
$16) 27... Rc1 $1 28. Nd1 Bf6 29. Qxd6 Kg7 (29... b6 $5 30. Qf4 Ra1 31. Qxf6
Qxf6 32. Rxf6 Rxd1+ 33. Bf1 Nf5 $10) 30. Bxb7 Nf5 31. Qxf8+ Kxf8 32. g4 Nd6 33.
Rxf6+ (33. Bd5 Ke7 34. Kg2 Nb5 $10) 33... Kg7 34. Rf1 Nxb7 35. Rf7+ (35. e7 Nd6
$10) 35... Kg8 36. Rxb7 Rxd1+ 37. Kg2 Re1 38. Rxa7 (38. e7 $142 $5 {Dolmatov
Knaak} a5 (38... a6 39. Kf2 Re5 40. Rb8+ (40. Rb6 $5 Kf7 41. Rxa6 Rxe7 42. Ra3
Rc7 43. Re3 Rc2+ 44. Re2 Rc3 $14) 40... Kf7 41. e8=Q+ Rxe8 42. Rxe8 Kxe8 43.
Ke3 Ke7 44. Kd4 Kd6 45. a3 $16 (45. h4 $1 h5 (45... Ke6 46. a4 Kd6 47. a5 Kc6
48. Ke5 Kb5 49. Kf6 $18) (45... a5 46. a4) 46. g5 a5 47. a4 Ke6 48. Kc5 $18) (
45. a3 h5 46. g5 h4 47. h3 Ke6 48. Ke4 Kd6 49. a4 a5 50. Kd4 Ke6 51. Kc5 Kf5
52. Kb5 Kxg5 53. Kxa5 Kf4 54. Kb5 g5 55. a5 g4 56. a6 g3 57. a7 g2 $10)) (38...
Kf7 $2 {Knaak} 39. Rxa7 Re2+ 40. Kg3 g5 41. a4 Rb2 42. a5 Rb3+ 43. Kf2 Rb2+ 44.
Ke3 Rxh2 45. a6 Ra2 46. Ra8 $1 Kxe7 47. a7 $18 {/\ 48.Rh8}) 39. Kf2 Re5 40.
Rb8+ (40. Rb5 Rxe7 41. Rxa5 Rb7 42. Re5 Ra7 43. Re2 Ra4 $10) 40... Kf7 41.
e8=Q+ Rxe8 42. Rxe8 Kxe8 43. Ke3 Ke7 (43... Kd7 $2 {Knaak} 44. Kd4 Kd6 (44...
Kc6 45. Ke5 Kb5 46. Kf6 $18) (44... Ke6 45. Kc5 Ke5 46. Kb5 Kf4 47. Kxa5 Kxg4
48. a4 $18) 45. Kc4 $1 (45. a4 h5 46. gxh5 gxh5 47. h4 Kc6 48. Kc4 Kd6 (48...
Kb6 $2 49. Kd5 $18) 49. Kb5 Kd5 50. Kxa5 Kc5 51. Ka6 Kc6 52. a5 Kc7 53. Kb5 Kb7
54. Kc5 Ka6 55. Kd5 Kxa5 56. Ke5 Kb5 57. Kf5 Kc5 58. Kg5 Kd6 59. Kxh5 Ke7 60.
Kg6 Kf8 $10) 45... Kc6 (45... Ke5 46. Kb5 Kf4 47. Kxa5 Kxg4 48. Kb4 $18) (45...
h5 46. gxh5 gxh5 47. Kb5 h4 48. Kxa5 $1 Kc5 49. h3 Kc4 50. Ka4 $1 Kc5 51. Kb3
Kb5 52. Kc3 Ka4 53. Kd4 Ka3 54. Ke4 Kxa2 55. Kf4 Kb3 56. Kg4 Kc4 57. Kxh4 Kd5
58. Kg5 Ke6 59. Kg6 $18) 46. h4 g5 (46... Kd6 47. Kb5 Ke5 48. Kxa5 $18) 47.
hxg5 hxg5 48. a4 $18) 44. a4 {Knaak} (44. Kd4 {+/- Dolmatov} Kf6 $1 {Knaak} 45.
h4 h5 46. g5+ Kf5 47. a4 Kg4 48. Ke5 Kxh4 49. Kf6 Kg3 $8 50. Kxg6 h4 51. Kf5 h3
52. g6 h2 53. g7 h1=Q 54. g8=Q+ Kf2 55. Qa2+ Ke3 56. Qb3+ Kd2 $10) (44. h4 a4
45. a3 (45. Kd4 Ke6 46. Kc4 Ke5 47. Kb4 Kf4 48. Kxa4 Kxg4 49. Kb4 Kxh4 50. a4
g5 $10) 45... Kf6 46. Kd4 h5 $10) 44... Kf6 45. Kf4 h5 46. g5+ Ke6 47. Ke4 h4
48. h3 Kd6 49. Kd4 Ke6 50. Kc4 Kf5 51. Kb5 Kxg5 52. Kxa5 Kf4 53. Kb5 g5 54. a5
g4 55. a6 g3 56. a7 g2 57. a8=Q g1=Q $10) 38... Rxe6 $10 39. a4 (39. h4 {Knaak}
h5 $10) 39... Re2+ 40. Kg3 g5 41. h4 (41. a5 {Knaak} Re3+ 42. Kf2 Re5 (42...
Ra3 $2 43. a6 Kh8 44. Ke2 Kg8 45. Kd2 Kh8 46. Kc2 Kg8 47. Kb2 Ra5 48. Kb3 Kh8
49. Kb4 Ra1 50. Kc5 {/\ Kd5-e5-f6-g6 usw.}) 43. a6 Re6 $1 44. Ra8+ Kg7 45. a7
Ra6 46. Ke3 Ra1 {und der weiße König kann nichts ausrichten.}) 41... Re3+ 42.
Kf2 Re4 43. Kf3 Rf4+ 44. Kg3 h5 $1 (44... Kh8 $10 {Knaak}) 45. gxh5 Rxh4 46. a5
Rxh5 47. a6 (47. Rb7 {Knaak} Rh6 48. Rb6 Rh1 $10) 47... Rh6 48. Kg4 Rc6 49.
Kxg5 Rb6 50. Kf5 Rc6 51. Ke5 Rb6 52. Kd5 Rf6 53. Kc4 Rf4+ (53... Rf4+ {
Endgame-CD} 54. Kb5 Rf5+ 55. Kc6 Rf6+ 56. Kd5 Rf5+ 57. Ke6 Rh5 58. Ra8+ (58.
Rf7 Ra5 $10) 58... Kg7 59. a7 Ra5 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Riga Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. Qc2 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. dxc5
Bxc5 9. Bg5 Qc8 10. Rc1 h6 11. Bd2 Nc6 12. e3 O-O 13. Bd3 Nf6 14. O-O Qb8 15.
b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Riga Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 b6 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4
d6 9. b3 O-O (9... Nbd7 10. Nb5 Nc5 11. Rd1 d5 12. cxd5 exd5 $5 $132 {Despite
the isolated pawn Black has good counterplay, he can activate his pie- ces by
e.g. Nce4 and Bc5.}) (9... a6 10. Ba3 $1 $14) 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. e4 (11. Nb5 Ne4
$1 12. Qe3 a6 13. Nfd4 Ndf6 14. Nc3 Nxc3 15. Qxc3 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qc7 17. Qf3
Rac8 18. Bb2 Nd7 19. Rac1 Rfd8 20. Qe4 Nf6 21. Qf3 Nd7 22. Qe4 Nf6 {1/2:1/2,
Jurek,J-Bischoff,K/Schwaebisch Gmuend op/1995/}) 11... Re8 $5 $146 {An
interesting new idea, provocing a more advantageous version of the endgame,
arising after 11...a6?!} (11... a6 $6 {><b6 This typical move surprisingly
seriously weakens Black's Queen-side and leads to a difficult endgame with a
lasting advantage for White due to his better pawn structure and central
control.} 12. Ba3 Nc5 13. e5 dxe5 14. Qxd8 $1 Rfxd8 15. Nxe5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Bf8
(16... Rdc8 17. Na4 $1 Rab8 18. Bxc5 bxc5 19. Rd3 Rb7 20. f4 Kf8 21. g4 Rcc7
22. Rad1 Ke8 23. Rh3 g6 24. f5 $1 $36 {Vaganian,R-Nogueiras,J/Rotterdam WCup/
1989/}) 17. Bxc5 $1 bxc5 18. f4 (18. Na4 $14) 18... Rd6 19. Rxd6 Bxd6 20. Kf3
Bxe5 21. fxe5 Nd7 22. Kf4 Kf8 23. Rd1 Ke7 24. Na4 $14 {Vaganian,R-Huebner,R/
GER-CupT/1993/}) (11... Qb8 12. Ba3 Nc5 13. e5 dxe5 14. Qxe5 Qc8 15. Qe2 $14 {
White is somewhat better, as it's not easy for Black to join his Rooks. His
move 15...a6? with the idea Qc7 has a serious tactical flaw.} a6 $2 16. Na4
Nfd7 (16... Qc7 17. Qe5 $1) 17. Rxd7 Qxd7 18. Nxb6 Qc7 19. Nxa8 Bxa8 20. Rd1
Qa5 21. Bxc5 Qxc5 22. Ne5 $18 {Salov,V-Adams,M/Wijk op/1993/}) (11... Qc8 $5
$132) 12. Ba3 Nc5 13. e5 dxe5 14. Qxd8 (14. Qxe5 Ncd7 $5 (14... Qc8 $10) 15.
Bxe7 Nxe5 16. Rxd8 Raxd8 (16... Rexd8 $2 17. Nxe5 $18) 17. Bxd8 Nxf3+ 18. Bxf3
Bxf3 19. Bxf6 gxf6 $15 {<->d,עg1 Black has an active Bishop and will be the
first to occupy the only open file. Also White's King is caught on the 1-st
rank.}) 14... Rexd8 15. Nxe5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 (16. Rxd8+ $5 Rxd8 17. Kxg2 Rc8 18.
Rd1 $14 {_|_<->d,() This was maybe a better chance to get more out of the
position. White has the d-file, his King is closer to the center and he plans
to gain more space on the King-side (f4,Kf3,g4-g5 etc.)}) 16... Rdc8 17. Nb5 (
17. Na4 Kf8 $10) 17... Bf8 $1 (17... a6 $2 18. Nd6 Bxd6 19. Rxd6 $16) 18. f4 {
/\Kf3,g4-g5|^} (18. Nd6 Rc7 {/\Nfe4,Rd8<=>}) 18... Nb7 (18... Nce4 $5) 19. Bxf8
Kxf8 20. g4 (20. Nd7+ Ke7 21. Nxf6 gxf6 $132 {This would exchange White's most
active piece and give Black equality, as the Queen-side majority is difficult
to utilize with 4 Rooks on the board.}) 20... Nc5 21. b4 {A double-edged move,
Pc4 could become weak.} (21. Kf3 $5 $14) 21... Na4 22. Rac1 a6 23. Nd6 (23. Nd4
$5 Rc7 24. Kf3 $14 {פa4. Now Black exchanges one of White's strong Knights
and neutralizes the pressure.}) 23... Rc7 24. Kf3 Ne8 $132 25. Ndxf7 $5 {
Retreating Nd6 is not promising, so Kramnik tries to chnge the material balan-
ce. But Black has enough conterplay.} (25. Ne4 Rac8 $132 {/\f6}) 25... Rxf7 26.
Nxf7 Kxf7 27. Rd7+ Kf8 28. Re1 (28. c5 bxc5 29. bxc5 Rc8 30. c6 Nb6 $10) 28...
a5 $1 {With this move Black activates both Ra8 and Na4, holding the position.}
29. a3 (29. bxa5 $6 Nc5 $15) 29... axb4 30. axb4 Nb2 31. g5 (31. Rxe6 Nxc4 {
/\Ra3=} (31... Ra3+ 32. Re3 Rxe3+ 33. Kxe3 Nxc4+ 34. Kd4 $14) 32. g5 {-31.g5})
31... Ra3+ 32. Kg4 Nxc4 33. Rxe6 {/\Rd8+-} Ne3+ 34. Kf3 Nd5+ 35. Ke4 Nec7 $1 {
Joining his Knights. Black is ready to return his Knights for a White Rook, if
he takes the Pb4, the resulting Rook endgame is a clear draw.} 36. Rc6 (36.
Red6 Re3+ 37. Kd4 Rb3 38. Rd8+ Kf7 $10) 36... Re3+ 37. Kd4 Rb3 38. Rdxc7 (38.
Rdxc7 Nxc7 39. Rxc7 Rxb4+ 40. Ke5 Rb2 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Riga Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. Nxe5 Nxe5 8.
d4 Bxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 10. f4 c5 11. Qd1 Ng6 12. Bd5 Nxd5 13. Qxd5 Rb8 14. Qh5 Bb7
15. Nc3 b4 16. f5 bxc3 17. fxg6 fxg6 18. Qh3 Qe7 19. e5 Rf8 20. Rxf8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Riga Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 a6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. Bb3 Nf6 7. O-O
Nc6 (7... b5 $2 8. a4 Bb7 9. axb5 axb5 10. Rxa8 Bxa8 11. Na3 $16) 8. Qe2 cxd4 (
8... Be7 9. Rd1 Qc7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Bd2 b6 12. Rac1 $14) (8... Qc7 9. Nc3 Bd6
10. Bd2 O-O 11. Rac1 cxd4 12. exd4 Bf4 13. Rfd1 Bd7 14. Ne4 Nd5 15. Nc5 Bxd2
16. Qxd2 $14 {Petrosian,A-Gulko,B/Tashkent/1984/1:0/50/}) 9. Rd1 d3 (9... Be7
10. exd4 Na5 11. Bc2 b5 12. Nc3 Bb7 13. Bg5 O-O 14. Ne5 g6 15. Bh6 Re8 16. a3
Nh5 17. b4 $13 {Lerner,K-Dokhoian,Y/Kharkov/1985/}) 10. Rxd3 Qc7 11. Nc3 (11.
e4 {Ftacnik} Bc5 12. h3 Nd7 13. Be3 b6 14. Nbd2 O-O 15. Rc3 Bb7 16. Rac1 Rac8
17. Ba4 Qb8 18. Bxc5 Nxc5 19. Bxc6 Bxc6 20. Qe3 Bb7 21. Nd4 Na4 22. R3c2 Rxc2
23. Rxc2 Rc8 24. b3 {Yermolinsky,A-Rachels,S/USA-ch (02)/1992/0.5 (28)}) 11...
Bd6 (11... Bc5 {Ftacnik} 12. a3 O-O 13. Bd2 b5 14. Rc1 Qb6 15. e4 Ng4 16. Nd1
Bb7 17. Ng5 Nce5 18. Rg3 Rad8 19. Rxc5 Qxc5 20. Bb4 Qc1 21. Bxf8 Qxg5 22. Bb4
Qf4 23. Ne3 Nf6 24. Be7 {Piket,J-Lautier,J/Amsterdam Euwe-mem (03) ;CBM 47/
1995/0-1 (52)}) (11... Be7 {Ftacnik} 12. e4 Nd7 13. Rd1 O-O 14. Be3 b5 15. Rac1
Bb7 16. Nd5 exd5 17. exd5 Ndb8 18. dxc6 Nxc6 19. Nd4 Rac8 20. Nf5 $40 {Efimov,
I-Bancrot,E/Nice (10)/1994/1-0 (26)}) 12. e4 Ne5 (12... Ng4 13. h3 (13. e5 $6
Ngxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 $15) 13... Nge5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 $132) (12... O-O $2 {Ftacnik}
13. Rxd6 Qxd6 14. e5 $16) 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. f4 $5 (14. g3 b5 15. f4 Bd6 16. e5
Bc5+ 17. Be3 $14) 14... Bxf4 (14... Bxc3 {Ftacnik} 15. Rxc3 $16) 15. Bxf4 Qxf4
16. e5 Nd7 (16... Ng4 $2 17. g3 $16 (17. g3 {Ftacnik} Qf5 18. Bc2 $40)) 17. Rf1
(17. Re3 $5 O-O 18. Rf1 Qd4 19. Kh1 $40) 17... Qxe5 18. Re3 Qd4 (18... Qc5 {
Ftacnik} 19. Ne4 Qb6 20. Kh1 O-O 21. Rh3 $40) 19. Rd1 Qa7 (19... Qb6 {Ftacnik}
20. Ba4 $40) 20. Ne4 O-O 21. Kh1 Ne5 (21... Rd8 {Ftacnik} 22. Nf6+ $1 gxf6 (
22... Kh8 23. Qh5 h6 24. Ng4 $40) 23. Qg4+ Kf8 (23... Kh8 24. Rg3 $18) 24. Qb4+
Ke8 25. Rg3 $18) 22. Rh3 Ng6 (22... h6 23. Rxh6 gxh6 24. Nf6+ $40) 23. Qh5 $2 (
23. Rxh7 $142 $18 Kxh7 24. Qh5+ Kg8 25. Ng5 Re8 26. Rf1 $18 Ne5 (26... b5 27.
Rxf7 Qxf7 28. Nxf7 Kxf7 29. Qf3+ Nf4 30. Qxa8 $18) (26... Re7 27. Qh7+ Kf8 28.
Qxg6 b5 29. Qh7 $18) 27. Rxf7 Nxf7 28. Qxf7+ Kh8 29. Qxe8#) 23... h6 $10 24.
Nf6+ gxf6 (24... Kh8 $2 {Ftacnik} 25. Qg5 $1 e5 26. Rxh6+ gxh6 27. Qxh6#) 25.
Qxh6 Re8 26. Rg3 Qf2 (26... b6 {Ftacnik} 27. Rxg6+ fxg6 28. Qxg6+ Kf8 29. Rf1
Re7 30. Qxf6+ Ke8 31. Qf8+ Kd7 32. Rd1+ $13) 27. Rxg6+ fxg6 28. Qxg6+ Kf8 (
28... Kh8 {Ftacnik} 29. Qh6+ $10) 29. Qh6+ Kf7 (29... Ke7 $4 {Ftacnik} 30. Qg7#
) 30. Qh7+ Kf8 31. Qh8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1995.05.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hecht Dolmatov Blatny,P} e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nc6
6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. O-O (7. Qe2 {Dolmatov} Qe7 8. O-O Nd6 9. Re1 Qxe2 10. Rxe2+ Be6
$10) 7... Be7 8. c4 (8. Re1 O-O (8... Bf5 9. c4 O-O 10. f3 Bb4 (10... Nd6 {
Blatny,P} 11. c5 $1 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 (12. cxd6 Bh4 $8 13. g3 Bxb1 14. Rxb1 Bf6 15.
dxc7 Qxc7 16. Bf4 {/\Be5=}) 12... Ne8 (12... Nb5 $4 13. a4 $18) (12... Nc4 $2
13. b3 Na5 14. Qa6 Bxc5 $1 $8 15. dxc5 Qf6 16. Qxa5 Qxa1 17. Bf4 $16) 13. Nc3
$14) 11. Re2 Re8 (11... Nd6 $2 {Blatny,P} 12. c5 Qf6 (12... Bxd3 13. Qxd3 {
/\a3,b4+-}) 13. Be3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Nf5 15. a3 Nxe3 16. Rxe3 Bxc5 17. dxc5 Qxb2
18. Qc3 $18 {_|_}) 12. fxe4 dxe4 13. Bc2 Bg4 14. Be3 Bd6 15. c5 (15. Nc3 {
Blatny,P} Qh4 $132 16. g3 $140 $2 Bxg3 $40) 15... Bf4 16. Bxf4 Bxe2 17. Qd2 (
17. Qxe2 $2 {Blatny,P} Qxd4+ 18. Be3 Qxb2 $19) 17... Bd3 18. Be3 Bxc2 19. Qxc2
f5 20. Qf2 Rf8 21. Bf4 Rb8 22. Nc3 e3 23. Qxe3 Rxb2 24. Rd1 $16 {Dirr,U-Zaura,
V/Munich op9192 (06)/1992/0-1 (52)}) 9. Bxe4 dxe4 10. Rxe4 Rb8 (10... c5 {
Dolmatov} 11. d5 Bb7 12. c4 c6 13. Nc3 Bf6 $44) 11. Nd2 f5 12. Re1 f4 13. c3
Kh8 14. b4 Rb5 15. Nf3 Rbf5 16. a3 a5 17. Re5 $6 Rxe5 18. Nxe5 Bd6 $1 19. Nxc6
$2 Qe8 20. b5 $6 f3 $40 {Schmid,L-Bhend,E/Venedig/1953/0-1 (26)}) (8. Nc3 Nxc3
9. bxc3 O-O 10. c4 Ba6 11. c5 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Bf6 13. c3 Re8 14. Qa6 Re6 15. Rb1
Qe7 16. Bf4 Re8 17. h3 Bg5 18. Bg3 Bd2 19. Qd3 Qg5 20. Rb7 Bf4 21. Bxf4 Qxf4
22. Rxa7 Re1 23. g3 Qc1 24. Rxc7 {Rauzer,V-Dubinin,P/URS-ch09 Leningrad/1934/
1-0 (37)}) 8... O-O 9. Nc3 (9. c5 f5 (9... Bf6 $10 {Dolmatov Yusupov/}) 10. f3
Ng5 11. Nc3 Bf6 12. Be3 Rb8 13. Qc2 g6 14. a3 Ne6 15. Ne2 Qe7 16. Bf2 a5 17. b3
Bd7 18. Rab1 Rfe8 19. Qc3 Qg7 20. Rfd1 Re7 21. b4 a4 22. b5 cxb5 23. c6 Be8 24.
Rxb5 $14 {Sveshnikov,E-Smyslov,V (4)/Tilburg4.07 (30')/1992/1-0 (78)}) 9...
Nxc3 (9... f5 10. Qa4 {Blatny,P} Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bd7 12. Qa5 $14) 10. bxc3 dxc4 (
10... Be6 11. Qc2 (11. c5 {Dolmatov} a5 12. Qa4 Qd7 13. Rb1 $14) 11... h6 $13)
(10... Ba6 $6 11. Qa4 $14) 11. Bxc4 Bf5 (11... Bd6 {Dolmatov}) (11... c5 $5 {
Dolmatov} 12. Qf3 Rb8 13. Rd1 (13. d5 Bd6 $10) 13... Bb7) 12. Bf4 Bd6 13. Bg3
Re8 (13... Qd7 {Dolmatov} 14. Qa4 c5 15. Qxd7 Bxd7 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Rad1 $16)
14. Qa4 Be4 15. Rae1 h5 $2 (15... Qg5 $5 16. f3 (16. Rxe4 $5 Rxe4 17. Qxc6 Rae8
18. Bxd6 cxd6 19. Qxd6 $44) 16... Bd5 17. f4 (17. Rxe8+ {Blatny,P} Rxe8 18.
Bxd5 Qxd5 19. Bxd6 cxd6 20. Qxa7 $14) 17... Qf5 18. Rxe8+ Rxe8 19. Bxd5 Qxd5
20. Qxa7 c5 $132) (15... Bxg3 16. hxg3 a5 {Blatny,P} 17. Re3 Bd5 18. Rfe1 Rxe3
19. Rxe3 $14) 16. f3 Bd5 (16... Bxg3 17. Bxf7+ $1 (17. fxe4 Bxe1 18. Bxf7+ Kh7
19. Qxc6) 17... Kxf7 18. fxe4+ Kg8 19. hxg3 $18) 17. Rxe8+ $1 Qxe8 18. Re1 Qd8
19. Bxd5 cxd5 20. Qc6 Bxg3 (20... Rb8 21. Qxd5 Bxg3 22. Qxd8+ Rxd8 23. hxg3 $16
) 21. hxg3 {Hecht Q+R - Q+R schwarze P-Schwächen eleganter Mattangriff bei
eigenem luftigen K} Rb8 (21... Rc8 22. Re5 $16) (21... h4 22. gxh4 Rb8 23. g3
$16) 22. Re5 h4 23. Kh2 $1 (23. Rxd5 Qe7 24. Re5 $2 (24. Kh2 {Blatny,P} hxg3+
25. Kxg3 Qe1+ $132) (24. gxh4 $4 Rb1+ 25. Kh2 Qxh4#) 24... hxg3 $1) 23... hxg3+
24. Kxg3 Rb6 (24... Qd6 25. Qxd6 cxd6 26. Rxd5 Rb6 27. Ra5 $16) 25. Qxd5 (25.
Re8+ Kh7 26. Rxd8 Rxc6 {Blatny,P} 27. Rxd5 Rxc3 28. Ra5 Rd3 29. Rxa7 Rxd4 30.
Rxc7 Ra4 31. Rc2 Kg6 $14 {_|_}) 25... Qb8 (25... Qf6 26. Qa8+ Kh7 27. Rh5+ Kg6
28. Qh8 Qd6+ 29. f4 $18) (25... Rg6+ {Blatny,P} 26. Kh2 (26. Kf2 {Dolmatov}
Qh4+ 27. Kg1 $16) 26... Qh4+ 27. Kg1 Qh3 28. Re8+ Kh7 29. Re2 $18 {_|_}) 26.
Qd7 Rg6+ 27. Kf4 $1 (27. Kh2 {Dolmatov} Rh6+ 28. Kg3 Rg6+ 29. Kf4) 27... Kh7 (
27... c5 28. Qe8+ Qxe8 29. Rxe8+ Kh7 30. dxc5 $18) (27... c6 28. Ke3) 28. Rh5+
Kg8 (28... Rh6 29. Rxh6+ Kxh6 30. Qxf7 $18) 29. Rb5 Rf6+ (29... Rb6 30. Re5 $18
) 30. Ke3 Qf8 (30... Re6+ 31. Qxe6 Qxb5 32. Qc8+ Kh7 33. Qxc7 $18) (30... Rb6 {
Hecht} 31. Re5 $18) 31. Qxc7 Qe8+ 32. Re5 Qa4 (32... Re6 33. c4 $18 (33. Kf2
$18 {Blatny,P})) 33. Qc8+ Kh7 34. Re8 Kg6 (34... Qxa2 $2 35. Rh8+ Kg6 36. Qg4#)
35. Qg4+ Kh7 36. Qh5+ Rh6 37. Qf5+ Rg6 38. Qxf7 (38. Qxf7 Rf6 39. Qg8+ Kh6 40.
Re7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1995.05.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 e6 6. Bd3 Be7 7. N1f3 h6 8.
Ne4 Ngf6 9. c3 O-O 10. O-O c5 11. Ne5 cxd4 12. cxd4 Qb6 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Be3
Rd8 15. Qc2 Nf8 16. Rfd1 Bd7 17. d5 Qd6 18. Nxd7 Rxd7 19. dxe6 Qxe6 20. Bc4 Rc7
21. Bxe6 Rxc2 22. Bd5 Rxb2 23. Rab1 Rxb1 24. Rxb1 Rd8 25. Bxb7 Bd4 26. Bxd4
Rxd4 27. g3 Ne6 28. Bc6 g6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1995.05.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Nc6 6. Ngf3 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5
8. Nb3 Bd6 9. O-O Nge7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bg5 Bg4 12. Bh4 Re8 13. Bg3 Bxg3 14.
hxg3 Qb6 15. a4 h5 16. Qd3 Bf5 17. Qd2 Be4 18. Nfd4 Nxd4 19. Qxd4 Nc6 20. Qxb6
axb6 21. Re2 Kf8 22. Rd1 Bf5 23. Red2 Red8 24. f3 g6 25. Kf2 Ke7 26. c3 Be6 27.
Nd4 Nxd4 28. Rxd4 Rdc8 29. Rb4 Rc5 30. Bd3 Rc6 31. Bc2 Ra5 32. Bb3 Rd6 33. Rd2
g5 34. Rd1 f6 35. Bc2 Bf7 36. Rbd4 b5 37. b4 Ra8 38. a5 Rc8 39. Bd3 Rxc3 40.
Bxb5 Rc2+ 41. R1d2 Rxd2+ 42. Rxd2 d4 43. Bd3 Kd8 44. b5 Be6 45. Rc2 Bc8 46. Rc5
b6 47. axb6 Rxb6 48. Rd5+ Kc7 49. Rxd4 Bd7 50. Rc4+ Kd6 51. Rc1 Rb7 52. Rb1 Kc5
53. Ke3 Ra7 54. Rc1+ Kb6 55. Ke4 Ra2 56. Bf1 Rf2 57. Rb1 Ra2 58. Rd1 Ra4+ 59.
Kd5 g4 60. Kd6 Bc8 61. Ke7 gxf3 62. gxf3 f5 63. Rd6+ Kb7 64. f4 h4 65. Bg2+ Kb8
66. gxh4 Rxf4 67. h5 Rg4 68. Rg6 Bb7 69. Rxg4 1-0

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1995.05.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. cxd5 (7. Nd2
Bb4 8. Qc2 dxc4 $14) 7... Nxd5 8. Qd2 Bb4 9. Rc1 h6 (9... e5 10. a3 Bxc3 11.
bxc3 Qxa3 12. e4 $44) 10. Bh4 c5 (10... O-O 11. Bc4 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Ba3 13. Rb1
$16) 11. a3 (11. Bd3 cxd4 12. exd4 b6 $17 {Polugaevsky,L-Janosevic,D/Amsterdam/
1970/}) (11. e4 $5 cxd4 12. Qxd4 (12. exd5 $5 dxc3 13. bxc3 Ba3 14. dxe6 Bxc1
15. exd7+ Bxd7 16. Qxc1 Rc8 17. Bd3 Rxc3 18. Qe3+ Be6 19. O-O $16) 12... Nxc3 (
12... N5f6 13. Bc4 $14) 13. bxc3 Ba3 14. Qxg7 $14) 11... Bxc3 12. bxc3 b6 13.
e4 N5f6 14. Bd3 Bb7 15. d5 c4 $1 (15... exd5 $6 16. e5 Ne4 $2 (16... Ng4 17.
Qf4 $40) 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Qd6 g5 19. Nxg5 hxg5 20. Bxg5) 16. dxe6 (16. Bb1
exd5 17. e5 Ne4 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Qd6 Qc5 $17) 16... cxd3 17. exd7+ Nxd7 18.
Qxd3 g5 19. Bg3 Nc5 20. Qd6 (20. Qd6 Nxe4 21. Qc7 (21. Qe5+ Qxe5 22. Bxe5 O-O)
21... O-O $1 (21... Nxg3 $2 22. Qxb7 O-O 23. fxg3 $1 Rfe8+ 24. Kf2 $16) 22.
Qxb7 Nc5 $44 23. Qd5 (23. Qc6 Rfe8+ $40) 23... Rad8 24. Bd6 Rfe8+ $40) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1995.05.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3
Nc6 9. Qc2 Qa5 10. O-O-O Be7 11. g4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 a6 13. Bd3 (13. g5 Nh5 14.
Bd6 Bxd6 15. Rxd6 Ne5 16. Be2 Nxf3 17. Bxf3 Qxg5 18. Ne4 Qf5 19. Bxh5 Qxh5 20.
Rg1 {draw agreed, Gelfand,B-Beliavsky,A/URS-ch/1989/}) 13... Kh8 {Instead of
playing a pawn forward to defend against the threat to h7, which could create
a target for White, Black nudges the K to the side.} 14. g5 {The position is
completely unclear. If 14...Nh5 15.Bh7 Black has a choice between 15...g6 16.
Bg6 (which I'm not so keen on); or 15...Ba3!?} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1995.06.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2
Qc7 8. O-O Be7 9. a4 $6 {Zu früh!} (9. Re1 O-O (9... Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. e5
dxe5 12. Rxe5 O-O 13. Bf4 Qb7 14. Re3 Nd5 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Rb3 Qa7 $10 {- ECO}
) 10. Be3 Nc6 11. a4 Bd7 (11... Ne5 $1) 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. a5 Nd7 14. Na4 Rae8
15. Nb6 f5 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 $10 {Horvath,T-Chuchelov,V Hamburg HSK (02) 1991 1/2
48}) 9... Nc6 10. Re1 (10. Nb3 b6 11. f4 Bb7 12. Qe2 O-O 13. g4 Rfe8 14. g5 Nd7
15. Be3 Bf8 16. Rad1 Rac8 17. h4 Na5 18. Nd4 Nc4 19. Bc1 e5 20. Nf5 exf4 21.
Rxf4 Nce5 $10 {Donguines,F-Sadler,L Genting zt (06) 1995 0-1 40 - EXP 47}) (10.
b3 O-O 11. Bb2 Bd7 12. Nde2 Rab8 13. Nf4 b5 14. axb5 axb5 15. Nh5 Nxh5 16. Qxh5
Bf6 17. Rfb1 Nd4 18. Qd1 Nxc2 $17 {Burnett,R-Oll,L New York op (02) 1995 0-1
26 - EXP 47}) 10... O-O 11. Be3 {Die Aufstellung Re1 und Be3 paßt nicht
zusammen.} Ne5 $1 (11... Na5 12. Qd3 Bd7 13. b3 Rac8 14. Bd2 Rfd8 15. h3 Nc6
16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Qe2 d5 18. exd5 Nxd5 {1/2 Brink Claussen,B-Votruba,P
Tastrup-B (03) 1992}) (11... Rb8 {Ftacnik} 12. h3 (12. Qe2 Bd7 13. Nb3 Na5 14.
Nxa5 Qxa5 15. Bd2 Qc7 16. a5 Bc6 17. Be3 Rbc8 18. Bb6 Qb8 19. Reb1 Rfe8 20. b4
Nd7 21. Bd4 Bf6 22. Bxf6 Nxf6 23. b5 axb5 24. Nxb5 d5 25. e5 Bxb5 26. Rxb5 Nd7
27. a6 {Garcia,G-O'Reilly,E/Thessaloniki olm (5)/1988/1-0 (37)}) 12... Re8 13.
Qe2 Na5 14. Rad1 Bd7 15. g4 h6 16. Bc1 Nc6 17. Nb3 Rec8 18. h4 Nh7 19. g5 hxg5
20. hxg5 Nxg5 21. Rd3 Ne5 22. Rg3 Nh7 23. f4 Ng6 24. f5 Bh4 25. fxg6 Bxg3 26.
gxh7+ Kh8 $13 {Atlas,V-Cvitan,O/SWZ-GP Wohlen (3)/1993/0-1 (71)}) 12. h3 Rb8
13. Qe2 (13. g4 $5 {Ftacnik} Nc4 14. Bc1) 13... Bd7 14. g4 (14. f4 $2 Nc4 15.
Bc1 Qc5 16. Qf2 e5 $15) (14. Rad1 $6 {Ftacnik} Nc4 15. Bc1 Nb6 16. a5 Nc4 $17)
14... h6 $1 {Die Schwächung h6 ist vertretbar und so bleibt der Nf6 auf seinem
guten Feld.} 15. Rad1 Rfc8 16. f4 (16. Bc1 $5 Qa5 17. f4 Nc4 18. e5 Ne8 $15 {
/\ Qb4}) (16. g5 $6 hxg5 17. Bxg5 b5 (17... Nc4 18. Bc1 Qa5 $17) 18. axb5 axb5
19. Ndxb5 Qc5 $1 (19... Bxb5 20. Nxb5 Qxc2 21. Nxd6 Bxd6 22. Rxd6 Qxb2 $10) 20.
Bxf6 Bxb5 21. Nxb5 Bxf6 22. Nxd6 Rd8 23. Qe3 Qxe3 24. fxe3 (24. Rxe3 Nc4 25.
Red3 Nxb2 $19) 24... Rb6 $19) 16... Nc4 17. Bc1 e5 $1 $17 {[%csl Ye4,Yf4,Yg4]
Ftacnik Black hopes to eliminate strong pawn chain e4-g4 with a typical push.
Erzwingt wegen der Schwäche b2 den Tausch auf e5.} 18. fxe5 (18. Nf5 $2 Bxf5
19. exf5 Nxb2 $1 $19) (18. Nb3 exf4 19. Qf2 g5 $19) 18... dxe5 19. Nb3 (19. Nf5
{Ftacnik} Bb4 20. Rd3 $13) 19... b5 {Schon optisch eine Sizi-Traumstellung.}
20. axb5 axb5 21. Kh1 b4 22. Nd5 Nxd5 23. exd5 (23. Rxd5 {Ftacnik} Be6 24. Rdd1
Nb6 $17 {xc2}) 23... Bh4 $1 24. Rg1 (24. Rf1 {Ftacnik} Bb5) 24... Bb5 25. d6
Qd7 (25... Nxd6 $2 26. Qxe5 $13) 26. Qe4 {Unpleasant slip in a critical moment,
it was important to strive for Nc5.} (26. Rd5 $1 {[%cal Gb3c5] Ftacnik} Bf6 27.
Nc5 Qa7 28. Ne4 Nxd6 $140 29. Nxf6+ gxf6 30. Qd2 $40) 26... Rb6 27. Rd5 Rxd6
$19 28. Nc5 Qa7 29. g5 {In seiner Verzweiflung gibt Short noch einen P um Rgd1
spielen zu können.} (29. Rgd1 Rxd5 30. Rxd5 Rxc5 $19) (29. Rxd6 $2 {Ftacnik}
Nxd6 30. Qxe5 Qxc5) 29... hxg5 (29... Rxd5 {Ftacnik} 30. Nb3 Bf2 (30... Rd4 31.
Nxd4 Qxd4 32. Qb7 Nd6 $19) 31. Qxd5 Bc6 32. Qd1 Bxg1 $19) 30. Rgd1 Rxd5 31.
Rxd5 Bc6 (31... Rxc5 $4 32. Rd8+ Be8 33. Rxe8#) 32. Qf5 (32. Qxc4 {Ftacnik}
Bxd5 33. Bxd5 Rxc5 $19) 32... Qa8 33. Kh2 Bxd5 34. Bxd5 Nd6 (34... Qxd5 $2 {
Ftacnik} 35. Qxc8+) 35. Qd3 Qa7 36. Be3 Rxc5 0-1

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1995.06.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Bc5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Bc2 Bf5 12. Nb3 Bg6 13. Nfd4 Bxd4 14. cxd4 a5
15. Be3 a4 16. Nc1 a3 17. b3 f6 18. Nd3 fxe5 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Bxe4 dxe4 {
New. The idea is to open a file to exchange heavy pieces.} (20... Bxe4 21. dxe5
$14 {Aseev-Korneev/Krumbach/1991}) 21. dxe5 Qxd1 22. Rfxd1 Rfd8 23. h3 (23.
Rdc1 $5 Rac8 24. Rc2 Kf7 25. Rac1 Ke6 26. Rc5 Be8 $13) 23... Bf7 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8
25. Rc1 Rc8 26. Bc5 Bd5 27. Kf1 (27. Bxa3 Ra8 $10) 27... c6 $10 28. Ke2 Kf7 29.
Ke3 Ke6 30. Bd6 Ra8 31. Kd4 Ra7 32. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1995.06.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. e4 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. f3 Rc8 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. cxd5 Bd7 14. O-O e6
15. dxe6 Bxe6 16. Rfd1 Qf6 17. Bxa7 Qxb2 18. Qxb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1995.06.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. Nd2 (7. Bg5 h6
8. Bh4 Nbd7 9. Nd2 g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. Nde4 Nxg3 12. Nxg3 a6 13. e3 Ne5 14. Be2
Bg7 15. Nh5 O-O 16. Nxg7 Kxg7 17. O-O g4 18. Qd2 Rg8 19. Kh1 Kh8 20. Ne4 Bf5
21. Ng3 Bh7 22. Qc3 b5 23. b4 Rc8 $132 {Nedobora,M-Moskalenko,V/Noyabrsk/1995/}
) 7... Bg7 (7... Na6 8. Nc4 Nc7 9. e4 $1 (9. a4 b6 (9... Rb8 10. e4 Bg7 11. Bf4
O-O 12. Be2 Nce8 13. O-O a6 14. a5 Qe7 15. e5 Nd7 16. exd6 Qd8 17. Na4 Bd4 18.
Qd2 Ng7 19. Rae1 f6 20. b4 $18 {Van Der Sterren,P-Austin,D/Novi Sad olm /1990/}
) 10. e4 Ba6 11. Be2 Bg7 12. Bf4 Bxc4 13. Bxc4 Nh5 14. Be3 Qh4 15. Qd2 O-O 16.
Bg5 Bxc3 17. Bxh4 Bxd2+ 18. Kxd2 Rfe8 19. Rhe1 Kg7 20. e5 Rxe5 21. Rxe5 dxe5
$44 {Gostisa,L-Ivanka Budinsky,M/Belgrade GMA-op/1988/}) 9... b5 10. Na5 a6 11.
Bg5 Bg7 12. Qf3 Bd7 13. e5 dxe5 14. Nb7 Qe7 15. d6 Qe6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nxc5 {
1-0,Sadler,M-Stratil,L/Oakham/1988/}) 8. Nc4 (8. e4 O-O 9. Bd3 (9. Nc4 a6 10.
a4 Qc7 11. Bd3 Nbd7 12. f4 Re8 13. O-O Rb8 14. Na3 Nf8 15. Re1 Bd7 16. Bd2 Kh8
17. Qc2 Ng8 18. Kh1 Ne7 19. a5 f5 20. Nc4 fxe4 21. Nxe4 Nxd5 22. Nexd6 $36 {
Flamarzi,T-Abdullah,A,M/WCH B-14 Bratislava/1993/}) 9... Re8 10. O-O Nbd7 11.
Nc4 Ne5 12. Nxe5 Rxe5 13. Bf4 Re8 14. Qd2 a6 15. a4 c4 16. Bc2 Rb8 17. a5 b5
18. axb6 Qxb6 19. Be3 $14 {1/2-1/2,Reshevsky,S-Arnason,J/Reykjavik op/1984/})
8... O-O 9. g3 b6 10. a4 Ba6 $1 (10... Na6 $6 11. Bg2 Ne8 (11... Nc7 $2 12.
Nxd6 $1 $16) 12. O-O Nac7 13. Bd2 Rb8 14. Rb1 f5 15. b4 cxb4 16. Rxb4 Na6 17.
Rb1 Nc5 18. Na5 $1 Bb7 19. Nc6 Bxc6 20. dxc6 Rc8 21. Qc2 Nf6 22. Rfd1 Qe7 23.
Bg5 Kh8 24. e3 $16 {Baburin,A-Joyce/Bunratty op/1995/}) 11. Nb5 Ne8 12. Bg2 (
12. Bf4 Bxb5 13. axb5 Qe7 (13... g5 $6 14. Bd2 f5 15. h4 $36 {[%csl Rg7,Rg8,
Rh7,Rh8][%cal Rh1h7] <->h,׻}) 14. Qd2 Nd7 15. Bg2 $13) 12... Bxb5 13. axb5 {
[%csl Rb5] ><b5} Nd7 14. Bf4 Qe7 15. O-O $6 (15. Qd2 $142 Ne5 16. Nxb6 (16. Qe3
$5 $13) (16. Rc1 $2 Nxc4 17. Rxc4 Nc7 $17) 16... Rb8 17. Bxe5 Bxe5 18. Nc4 $10)
15... g5 $1 {()>>} 16. Bd2 Nc7 {[%csl Rb5]} 17. Qb3 $8 f5 18. Rae1 (18. f4 $5
$132 {[]} gxf4 19. Bxf4 (19. gxf4 Nf6 $15 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Yf6e4] ><d5,/\Ne4})
19... Ne5 20. Rae1 $13) 18... f4 $17 19. gxf4 gxf4 20. Kh1 Ne5 21. Bf3 (21.
Nxe5 Bxe5 $17 {[%cal Re7d7,Yg8h8,Yf8g8] /\Qd7,><b5,-><->g}) (21. Na3 Ng6 $5 $40
{[%cal Rg6h4] /\Nh4}) 21... Qd7 22. Rg1 Qxb5 23. Qxb5 Nxb5 24. Nxe5 dxe5 25.
Bg4 (25. Rg4 Kh8 26. Reg1 Bf6 $17) 25... Kh8 26. Bd7 Nc7 $1 {[%csl Rd5] ><d5} (
26... Nd6 27. e4 $15) 27. Bc6 (27. d6 Rad8 28. dxc7 Rxd7 $17 {[%cal Rd7c7] /
\Rc7}) 27... Rad8 28. e4 fxe3 29. Rxe3 (29. Bxe3 Nxd5 30. Bg5 Rd6 $19) 29...
Nxd5 30. Reg3 Ne7 $1 (30... Rg8 $2 31. Bxd5 Rxd5 32. Bh6 Rd7 33. Rg5 $132 {~/=}
) 31. Rxg7 Nxc6 $19 32. Be3 Rd6 33. Rc7 (33. R7g5 Nd4 {[%cal Rd4f3] /\Nf3})
33... Rg8 34. Rxg8+ Kxg8 35. Kg2 e4 (35... Rf6 36. Kg3 (36. f3 Nd4 37. Bxd4
exd4 38. Rxa7 Rc6 $19) 36... e4 {-35...e4}) 36. Kg3 Rf6 37. Bg5 Rf3+ (37... Rg6
$142 38. Kf4 Nd4 39. Rc8+ Kf7 40. Rc7+ Ke8 {/\} 41. Rxh7 Ne6+ 42. Kf5 Nxg5 $19)
38. Kg2 Nd4 39. Rxa7 Nf5 $6 (39... Rb3 40. Bh6 Nf5 $19) 40. Ra4 Rb3 41. Rxe4
Rxb2 42. Rf4 Ng7 {Black has made it difficult for himself, but the position
still remains won. First he will free his K and then advance his passed P.} 43.
Rf6 Rb4 44. Kf3 h5 45. h4 (45. Bh6 b5 46. Rg6 Kh7 $19) 45... b5 46. Rc6 Rc4 $1
(46... c4 $6 47. Bf6 $132 {/\} Nf5 48. Ke4) 47. Rc8+ (47. Bf6 Nf5 $19) (47. Be7
Nf5 $1 48. Bxc5 Nd4+) 47... Kf7 48. Rc7+ Kg6 49. Rc6+ Kf5 50. Rf6+ Ke5 51. Rh6
{[%cal Rg5f6] /\Bf6} Nf5 $1 52. Rxh5 {[%csl Gb5,Gc5][%cal Rb5b1] White has
equalized material, but the passed pawns are already too far.} b4 53. Rh8 Nd4+
54. Kg4 Ne6+ 55. Kh5 (55. Kf3 b3 56. Rb8 Nxg5+ 57. hxg5 Rb4 $19) 55... b3 56.
Rb8 Rb4 $1 $19 (56... Nxg5 $6 57. Rxb3 $17) 57. Rxb4 cxb4 58. Bc1 Nf4+ 59. Kg5
Nd3 60. h5 Ke6 $1 (60... Nxc1 $6 61. h6 b2 62. h7 b1=Q 63. h8=Q+ Kd5 $19) (
60... Ke6 61. Kg6 (61. h6 Kf7) 61... Nxc1 62. h6 b2 63. h7 b1=Q+ $19) 0-1

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1995.06.20"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Vaisser,A"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1995.06.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Kh1 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Bc5 10. Qd3 b5 11. f4 Bb7 12. Bf3 O-O (12... h5 $5) 13. e5 Ne8
14. Bxb7 Qxb7 15. f5 f6 16. Bf4 Be7 17. Rae1 fxe5 18. Bxe5 Rc8 19. fxe6 Rxf1+
20. Rxf1 dxe6 21. Ne2 (21. Ne4 $5 Qd5 22. Qf3 h6 (22... Qxe5 $4 23. Qf7+ Kh8
24. Qf8+) 23. Bc3 $1 b4 24. Qf7+ Kh7 25. Qxe7 Qxe4 26. Re1 $1 Qxc2 27. Qxb4 $16
) 21... Nf6 22. Nf4 Qc6 (22... Qe4 23. Qxe4 Nxe4 24. c3 Rd8 {-game}) 23. c3 Rd8
24. Qe2 Qe4 25. Qxe4 Nxe4 26. Nxe6 Rd2 27. Nxg7 Bc5 28. Ne6 (28. h3 $2 Rd5 29.
Rf5 Rd1+ 30. Kh2 Bg1+ 31. Kh1 Nd6 $1 $19) 28... Nf2+ 29. Kg1 Nh3+ 30. Kh1 Nf2+
31. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1995.06.20"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1995.06.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Nge2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 d6 9. Re1 Bd7 10. Nb3 Qc7 11. f4 b5 12. Kh1 Rab8 13. a3 a5 14. Be3 Rfc8
15. g4 h6 16. h4 b4 17. axb4 axb4 18. Na4 e5 19. f5 Nh7 20. Bf2 Qd8 21. Re2
Bxh4 22. Qxd6 Bxf2 23. Rxf2 Qh4+ 24. Kg1 Nf6 25. Nac5 Be8 26. Nd3 Rd8 27. Qc5
Rbc8 28. Qb6 Nxg4 29. Rf3 Nd4 30. Nxd4 Rxd4 31. Rh3 Qg5 32. Rg3 Rxc2 33. Ne1
Rc1 34. Rxc1 Qxc1 35. Rxg4 h5 36. Rg3 Qxe1+ 37. Kh2 Qf2 38. Qb8 Kf8 39. Qxe5 f6
40. Qc5+ Kf7 41. Qa7+ Bd7 42. Qa2+ Kf8 43. Qa8+ Kf7 44. Qh8 Qf4 45. Qxg7+ Ke8
46. Qg6+ Ke7 47. Kh3 Qe5 48. Qxh5 Be8 49. Qh7+ Bf7 50. Bf3 Rd3 51. Qh6 Qxb2 52.
Qf4 Qe5 53. Qc1 b3 54. Qa3+ Rd6 55. Bd1 Qxe4 56. Qa7+ Rd7 57. Qe3 Qxe3 58.
Rxe3+ Kf8 59. Bxb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1995.06.20"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "1995.06.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Nc5 10. Bc2 Bg4 11. Nbd2 Be7 12. Re1 O-O 13. Nf1 Bh5 14. Be3 Bg6 15.
Ng3 Qd7 16. h4 Rad8 17. h5 Bxc2 18. Qxc2 Ne6 19. Rad1 f5 20. Nxf5 Qe8 21. g4
Na5 22. Kg2 c5 23. Bc1 Nc6 24. Rh1 Rf7 25. a4 Bf8 26. axb5 axb5 27. Ng5 Nxg5
28. Bxg5 Rdd7 29. f4 h6 30. Bh4 Qe6 31. Bf2 b4 32. Rhe1 Kh8 33. Kg3 bxc3 34.
bxc3 Na5 35. Nh4 Rfe7 36. Ng6+ Kg8 37. f5 Qc6 38. e6 Rd8 39. Nxe7+ Bxe7 40. Ra1
Nc4 41. Qa4 Qd6+ 42. Kf3 Nd2+ 43. Kg2 d4 44. cxd4 Qd5+ 45. Kh3 c4 46. Re3 Ne4
47. Qc2 Ng5+ 48. Kh2 Bd6+ 49. Bg3 Qxd4 50. Rae1 Nf3+ 51. Rxf3 Qxg4 52. Ree3
Qxh5+ 53. Kg2 Bc5 54. e7 Re8 55. Qxc4+ Kh7 56. Qxc5 Qf7 57. Qc2 Kh8 58. f6 g6
59. Qb3 Kg8 60. Bd6 h5 61. Rg3 Qxb3 62. Rxb3 Kf7 63. Rb8 Rxb8 64. Bxb8 Ke8 65.
Re3 1-0

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1995.06.22"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1995.06.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. Qc2 g6 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Bg5 Nc6 8.
Bxf6 exf6 9. e3 Be6 10. Be2 Bd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Rfc1 Rc8 13. Qd1 Qe7 14. Ne1
Rfd8 15. Bf3 Bb8 16. Nd3 h5 17. Rab1 h4 18. b4 Qc7 19. g3 hxg3 20. hxg3 b5 21.
Nf4 Kg7 22. Ncxd5 Bxd5 23. Nxd5 Qd6 24. Qb3 Ne7 25. Nf4 Qd7 26. Nd3 Rh8 27. Bg2
Qf5 28. Qd1 Rc4 29. Nc5 Qg5 30. Qf3 Nf5 31. Rxc4 bxc4 32. Ne4 Qh6 33. Kf1 Qh2
34. Ke2 c3 35. Rh1 c2 36. Kd2 Rc8 37. Nc5 1-0

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1995.06.22"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1995.06.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qb3 Nb6 6. d4 Bg7 7. Bf4 O-O 8.
Rd1 c6 9. e4 Bg4 10. a4 a5 11. d5 cxd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Na6 14. Bxa6 Rxa6
15. Be3 Qd7 16. O-O Bxf3 17. gxf3 Rf6 18. Kg2 Rf5 19. h3 Rd8 20. Rd2 Bf6 21.
Qc4 Rxd5 22. Rfd1 e6 23. Qf4 Bxb2 24. Rxd5 exd5 25. Bb6 Re8 26. Qd2 Qxa4 27.
Qxd5 Bf6 28. Rc1 Re5 29. Qd6 Kg7 30. Be3 Re6 31. Qb8 Rxe3 32. fxe3 Qa2+ 33. Kg3
Qb2 34. Qc8 a4 35. Rc2 Qe5+ 36. Kg2 Qxe3 37. Qxb7 Qg5+ 38. Kf1 Qf5 39. Qe4
Qxh3+ 40. Ke2 a3 41. Qd5 h5 42. Rd2 h4 43. Kd3 Qc8 44. Rc2 Qa6+ 45. Ke3 h3 46.
f4 Qa7+ 47. Kf3 Qg1 48. Qd2 Bh4 49. Qc3+ Kh7 50. Qd2 Qg3+ 51. Ke4 Bf6 0-1

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1995.06.23"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D07"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Vaisser,A"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1995.06.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. d5 Ne5 5. f4 Nd7 (5... Ng4) (5... Ng6) 6. e4
Nb6 7. a4 a5 8. Be3 e6 9. Bxb6 cxb6 10. Bxc4 Bb4 11. Nf3 Nf6 (11... exd5 $6 12.
Bxd5 (12. Bb5+ $6 Kf8 $1 (12... Bd7 $2 13. Qxd5 Nf6 14. Qe5+ $1 $16 (14. Qxb7
$2 Bxb5 15. axb5 Qc8 $1 16. Qxc8+ Rxc8 17. Nd2 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Rxc3 19. Ke2 Ke7
$15)) 13. Qxd5 Qxd5 14. exd5 Nf6 15. Rd1 Bg4 $132) 12... Nf6 13. O-O O-O 14.
Qd3 $14) 12. O-O O-O 13. dxe6 Bxe6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 (14... Qxd1 $5 15. Bxf7+ (15.
Raxd1) 15... Rxf7 16. Raxd1 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Nxe4 18. Ng5 $1 $10) 15. Qb3 $1 Kh8
$1 16. Ng5 Ng4 (16... Bc5+ $2 17. Kh1 Ng4 18. Qxe6 $1) 17. Nxe6 {[#]} (17. Qxe6
$2 Qd4+ 18. Kh1 Nf2+ 19. Rxf2 Qxf2 20. Nf7+ $2 Rxf7 21. Qxf7 Qxb2 $19) 17...
Qh4 $2 (17... Bc5+ $1 18. Nxc5 (18. Kh1 $4 Qh4 19. h3 Qg3 20. hxg4 Qh4#) 18...
Qd4+ 19. Kh1 bxc5 $13 20. h3 (20. Qc2 $2 Ne3) 20... Nf2+ 21. Kh2 Nxe4 $1 (21...
Rxf4 $2 22. Ne2) 22. Nxe4 (22. Rad1 $2 Nd2) 22... Qxe4 $10) 18. h3 Rae8 {[#]}
19. Ne2 $1 $18 Rxe6 20. Qxe6 Bc5+ 21. Kh1 h5 22. Rad1 Rd8 (22... Nf2+ 23. Rxf2
Qxf2 24. Qc4 $18) 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. Qd5 (24. g3) 24... Qh4 25. Qg5 Nf2+ 26.
Rxf2 Qxg5 (26... Qxf2 27. Qxh5+ Kg8 28. Kh2 $18) 27. fxg5 Bxf2 28. g6 $1 Kg8 (
28... h4 29. g4 hxg3 30. Kg2) 29. g4 hxg4 30. hxg4 Kf8 31. Kg2 Bc5 32. e5 $1
Ke7 33. Kf3 Kd7 34. Ke4 Kc6 35. Nd4+ Bxd4 36. Kxd4 Kd7 37. Kd5 Ke7 38. e6 Ke8
39. Kd6 Kd8 40. b3 Ke8 41. e7 1-0

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1995.06.23"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1995.06.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Be3 Be7 10. c3 Nc5 11. Bc2 Nd7 12. Re1 Ndxe5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Bd4 Nc6
15. Bxg7 Rg8 16. Qh5 Qd6 17. Bh6 Bg4 18. Qh4 O-O-O 19. Rxe7 Qxe7 20. Qxe7 Nxe7
21. Nd2 Bf5 22. Bb3 Nc6 23. a4 b4 24. Rc1 bxc3 25. Rxc3 Nd4 26. Bd1 Rge8 27.
Kf1 Re6 28. Be3 Nb5 29. Rb3 d4 30. Bg5 Rde8 31. Nf3 Nc3 32. g4 Bxg4 0-1

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1995.06.23"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "Vaisser,A"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1995.06.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4
O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. Bb3 Nc6 11. Bg5 {>< d5} Na5 $6 (11... Ne8 $5) 12. Bxf6 Bxf6
13. Nd5 Nxb3 14. axb3 Bg5 15. Qd3 Bh6 (15... f5 $2 16. Nxg5 Qxg5 17. Nc7) 16.
Rad1 Rc8 $6 (16... f5 $5 17. Nc3 $6 (17. Nd2 $5) 17... fxe4 18. Nxe4 $2 (18.
Qxe4 Qe7 19. Nd5 Qf7) 18... d5 19. Nc5 e4 $17) 17. Nd2 (17. Nc3 $1 Bg4 $1 (
17... Rc6 $2 18. Nxe5) 18. h3 (18. Qxd6 $2 Bxf3 19. Qxd8 (19. gxf3 Qg5+ 20. Kh1
Qh5 21. Rg1 Qxf3+ 22. Rg2 Rc6 23. Qd3 Qxd3 24. Rxd3 Bc1 $17) 19... Rfxd8 20.
gxf3 Bd2 $44) 18... Bxf3 19. Qxf3 $16) 17... b5 (17... Bxd5 $2 18. Qxd5 $1 Rxc2
$2 19. Nc4 b5 20. Qd3 $16) 18. c3 Kh8 19. b4 Ra8 (19... f5 20. exf5 Bxf5 21.
Ne4) (19... g6 $5) 20. Nb3 f5 21. Na5 $6 Rc8 22. Qh3 $6 Rf7 23. Rfe1 Qe8 24.
Qh4 Qf8 25. exf5 Bxf5 26. f3 Bc2 27. Ra1 Bf5 28. h3 $2 (28. Rad1 Qe8 $140 29.
Ne3) 28... Qe8 $1 29. Qf2 $2 (29. Ne3) 29... Qe6 30. Rad1 (30. Ne3 $5) 30...
Qg6 31. Kh1 $6 (31. Kh2 $5) 31... Rcf8 32. h4 $2 (32. Ne3 $2 Bxh3 $1 33. gxh3
Rxf3 34. Qg2 Rg3 $19) (32. Kh2 $1 Bc2 $1 (32... Bxh3 $2 33. Kxh3 (33. gxh3 $2
Rxf3 34. Qg1 Qc2+ $19) 33... Qh5+ 34. Qh4 (34. Kg3 $2 Bf4+ 35. Nxf4 exf4#)
34... Rxf3+ 35. gxf3 Rxf3+ 36. Kg2 Qxh4 37. Kxf3 e4+ $1 38. Kg2 $44) 33. Qg3 $1
$17 (33. Ra1 $2 Be4 $1 34. Ne3 Bxf3 $19)) 32... Bc2 $19 33. Rd2 (33. Ra1 Be4
34. Ne3 Rxf3 35. gxf3 Rxf3 $19) 33... Bxd2 34. Qxd2 Qg3 35. Nb7 Rxb7 0-1

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1995.06.23"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D07"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1995.06.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. cxd5 Qxd5 4. e3 e5 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Qd6 8.
Bd3 Nf6 9. f3 O-O 10. Ne2 Be6 11. O-O Rad8 12. Qc1 Nd7 13. Be1 Qe7 14. Qb1 Nb6
15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. Bd3 Na5 17. e4 Nac4 18. f4 f6 19. f5 Bf7 20. Rf3 Kg8 21. Rh3
exd4 22. cxd4 c5 23. d5 Ne5 24. Bc2 Nbc4 25. Nf4 b5 26. Qb3 Ng4 27. Qg3 Nce5
28. Bd1 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 23rd"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1995.07.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D21"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Konikowski,J"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1995.07.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Ftacnik} d5 2. d4 e6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Qa4+ Nc6 (4... Bd7 {Ftacnik} 5. Qxc4
Nf6 6. Nc3 a6 7. a4 Nc6 8. e4 Bb4 9. Bd3 Bxc3+ 10. Qxc3 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. Bg5
h6 13. Bf4 Ne7 14. Qxc7 Qxc7 15. Bxc7 b5 16. a5 $16 {Bruelhart,K-Lueber,H/Bad
Ragaz op (01)/1995/1-0 (45)}) 5. Qxc4 Nf6 6. Bg5 (6. Nc3 {Ftacnik} Bb4 7. Bd2
O-O 8. a3 Be7 9. e4 Na5 10. Qa4 b6 11. b4 Nb7 12. Bb5 c5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Bc6
Nd7 15. Bf4 Bf6 16. Qc2 Nb8 17. Bb5 cxb4 18. axb4 Qb6 19. e5 Be7 20. O-O Bxb4
21. Ng5 g6 22. Nge4 $40 {Krasenkov,M-Chernosvitov,A/Voskresensk/1992/1-0 (31)})
6... h6 {Aufmersamkeit verdient} (6... Be7 $5 7. e3 O-O 8. Nc3 Nd5 9. Bxe7
Ncxe7 10. Bd3 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. e4 Nf4 13. Bc2 Rc8 14. g3 Nfg6 15. b4 c5 16.
bxc5 bxc5 17. dxc5 Qa5 18. Nb5 a6 19. Nd6 Rxc5 20. Nxb7 (20. Qe2 Bc6 $13) 20...
Rxc4 21. Nxa5 Rxc2 {und Schwarz darf keine Probleme haben.}) 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8.
Nc3 Bd6 9. g3 {Auf} (9. e4 {folgt einfach} e5 10. Nd5 (10. d5 Ne7 11. Nb5 c6
12. Nxd6+ Qxd6 13. dxc6 Nxc6 14. Rd1 Qe7 15. Qc3 O-O 16. Bb5 Bd7 17. O-O Rac8
$132) 10... Qd8 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. f4 Bd6 14. e5 c6 15. exd6 cxd5
16. Qxd5 O-O 17. Be2 Re8 {und Schwarz hat genug Kompensation für den Bauern.})
9... O-O 10. Bg2 Bd7 (10... e5 {Ftacnik} 11. Ne4 Qd8 12. Nxd6 cxd6 13. O-O $13)
11. O-O Rfd8 12. Rac1 Qe7 13. Ne4 Be8 14. e3 {[%csl Gc5] Ftacnik Black enjoys
very compact but somewhat passive position, later Nc5 is hard to prevent.} Rac8
15. Rfd1 a6 16. Nc5 Bxc5 17. Qxc5 Qxc5 18. Rxc5 Ne7 (18... Nb8 {Ftacnik} 19.
Ne5 c6 20. Rc3 Nd7 21. Nc4 $16) 19. Ne5 Nd5 (19... c6 {Ftacnik} 20. Bh3 $16)
20. a3 f6 $2 {Erweist sich als erhebliche Schwächung der Bauernstruktur, wie
Weiß sofort aufzeigt. Es sollte} (20... Kf8 {geschehen.}) 21. Bh3 $5 fxe5 (
21... Bf7 22. Nxf7 Kxf7 23. e4 Nb6 (23... Ne7 {Ftacnik} 24. d5 $16) 24. d5 {
wäre noch schlechter für Schwarz.}) 22. Bxe6+ Bf7 23. Bxc8 Rxc8 24. dxe5 {
Ftacnik Two P and R is a good compensation for the B and N, since the light
pieces have no squares in the center.} Nb6 25. Rd4 {xc4} Be6 26. f4 Kf7 27. e4
g6 28. Kf2 Ke7 29. Rc1 (29. Kf3 {Ftacnik} h5 {xg4}) 29... a5 {Oder} (29... c5
30. Rd6 Nd7 31. Ke3 {mit weißem Vorteil.}) 30. Rc5 a4 31. Rb4 Bd7 32. Rc1 Bc6 {
Der Läufer wäre wohl besser auf der Schräge c8-h3 geblieben, wo er die weißen
Bauern zurückhalten könnte. Auf c6 gibt er das Motiv für den entscheidenden
Schlag ab (siehe 41.Rxc6!). Also in Frage käme 32...Be6!?} 33. Ke3 {White
certainly enjoys a pleasant plus, but it is quite difficult to improve the
position any further.} Nd7 34. Rbc4 Rb8 (34... h5 {Ftacnik} 35. Rxc6 $5 bxc6
36. Rxc6 Rb8 37. Rxg6 Rxb2 38. Rg7+ Ke8 39. e6 $16) 35. h4 $6 {Dies erschwert
die Aufgabe von Weiß, da nun seine Königsbauern festgelegt werden können.
Statt des Partiezuges logischer wäre auf jeden Fall} (35. h3 $5) 35... h5 $1
36. Rg1 Rh8 37. Rc2 (37. g4 {Ftacnik} hxg4 38. Rxg4 Rh6) 37... Ke6 38. Rgc1 Nb8
(38... Rb8 $5) 39. Rc5 Ke7 40. R1c2 Nd7 $2 {Damit läßt Schwarz dem Gegner zu,
auf c6 zu opfern.Dagegen hätte er mit} (40... Ke6 {das Qualitätsopfer
verhindern können.}) 41. Rxc6 $1 {Weiß opfert konsequent Material, um die
schwarze Stellung durchzubrechen. Die entscheidende Rolle werden nun die
weißen Bauern spielen.} bxc6 42. Rxc6 {[%csl Ge4,Ge5,Gf4,Ra4,Rc7,Rg6] Ftacnik
There is enormous difference between the value of white and black pawns on the
board.} Rb8 (42... Nf8 {Ftacnik} 43. Rxc7+ $18) 43. Rxg6 Rxb2 {Oder} (43...
Rb3+ 44. Kd4 Rxb2 45. f5 c5+ 46. Ke3 {und nun geht nicht} Nxe5 47. Re6+ {
mit leichtem Gewinn für Weiß.}) 44. f5 Rb3+ (44... Nxe5 45. Re6+ $18) 45. Kf4 {
Der weiße Monarch hat einen sicheren Plätzchen gefunden.} Rxa3 {Eine Variante
nach} (45... Nc5 46. e6 Rxa3 (46... Nd3+ 47. Kg5 Ne5 48. Rg7+ Kd6 49. Kf6 Ng4+
50. Rxg4 $1 hxg4 51. e7 Rb8 52. e5+ Kd5 53. e6 Kd6 54. Kf7 c5 55. f6 c4 56.
e8=Q Rxe8 57. Kxe8 c3 58. f7 c2 59. f8=Q+ $18) 47. e5 Nd3+ 48. Ke4 Nf2+ (48...
Nc5+ 49. Kd5 $18) 49. Kd5 Rd3+ 50. Kc6 Rc3+ (50... Ng4 51. Rg7+ Kf8 52. e7+ Ke8
53. f6 Nxe5+ 54. Kxc7 Rc3+ 55. Kb7 Rb3+ 56. Ka6 $18) 51. Kb7 Ne4 52. Rg7+ Kf8
53. e7+ Ke8 54. f6 Rxg3 55. Rh7 Rb3+ 56. Kc8 Nxf6 57. exf6 Re3 58. Rh8+ Kf7 59.
Rf8+ Kg6 60. Kxc7 {wäre für Weiß klar gewonnen.}) 46. Rg7+ Ke8 47. e6 Nf6 48.
g4 $1 {Ein Sperrzug: Der weiße König kann ungehindert weiter vordringen, da
auf g3 kein Bauer mehr mit Schachgebot geschlagen werden kann.} Ra1 {Das
Schlagen auf g4 verliert in allen Varianten:} (48... Nxg4 49. e5 Ra1 50. f6
Rf1+ 51. Kg5 $18 {bzw.}) (48... hxg4 49. Ke5 Nxe4 (49... Nh5 {Ftacnik} 50. Rh7
$18) 50. Kxe4 Rf3 51. Ke5 c5 52. Rg8+ Ke7 53. f6+ Rxf6 54. Rg7+ $18) 49. e5
Nd5+ {Natürlich keine Rettung wäre} (49... Nxg4 50. f6 Nxf6 (50... Nh6 51. Kg5
$18) 51. exf6 Rf1+ 52. Kg5 Rg1+ 53. Kh6 {und Weiß siegt, bzw.}) (49... Rf1+ 50.
Kg5 Ne4+ (50... Nxg4 51. f6 Nxf6 52. exf6 Rg1+ 53. Kxh5 $18) 51. Kg6 Nc5 52. f6
Nxe6 53. Re7+ Kd8 54. Rxe6 hxg4 55. f7 $18) 50. Ke4 (50. Ke4 {Ftacnik} Nc3+ 51.
Kd3 Nd5 52. gxh5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 23rd"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1995.07.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "1995.07.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. e3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8.
Nd2 Nbd7 9. f3 h6 10. Bh4 Qe7 11. Bd3 g5 12. Bf2 O-O-O 13. Qa4 Kb8 14. O-O-O
Nh5 15. Rhe1 f5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 23rd"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1995.07.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1995.07.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. c3 Qc7
8. Qf3 Bg4 9. Qg3 Qxg3 10. hxg3 Bf5 11. Ne2 e6 12. f3 Nd5 13. g4 Bg6 14. Nf4
Nxf4 15. Bxf4 Kd7 16. Ke2 Bd6 17. Bxd6 Kxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 23rd"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1995.07.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1995.07.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8.
Be2 c5 9. Nf3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Bc6 11. Qd3 O-O 12. O-O e6 {Small center is quite
common, but the bishop on c6 certainly less so.} (12... Nd7 13. Rb1 e6 14. Ba3
Re8 15. d5 $1 exd5 16. exd5 Bxd5 17. Qxd5 Rxe2 18. Rfd1 $18) 13. Bf4 (13. Bg5
Qa5 14. Qe3 Nd7 15. Rfe1 (15. h4 Rfe8 16. h5 f6 17. Bf4 gxh5 18. e5 Bxf3 {
0.5/Polgar,Zsu-Kortschnoj,V/Royan/1988/}) 15... Rac8 16. h3 Rfe8 17. Bf1 Bb5
18. Bxb5 Qxb5 19. Bh6 b6 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Qa3 a5 22. Rab1 Qc6 23. Rbc1 Qb7 {
Tseitlin,MS-Plachetka,J/Ostrava (5)/1991/0-1 (59)}) 13... Nd7 14. Rac1 Nf6 15.
Nd2 (15. e5 $6 Nd5) 15... Qe7 16. Qe3 (16. Bg5 Qd7) 16... Rfd8 17. Be5 (17.
Rfd1 Rac8 $10) 17... Bf8 $5 {[%csl Ya3,Yb4,Yc5,Yd6] Refreshing idea, black
saves the bishop from exchange and supports activity along a3-f8 diagonal.} 18.
Nb3 Nd7 19. Bf4 (19. Bg3 Qa3) 19... Qa3 20. Rfd1 Re8 (20... Qxa2 $5 21. Rd2 (
21. Ra1 Qc2 22. d5 exd5 23. exd5 Re8 24. Qg3 Bxd5 $1) 21... Qa3 22. Ra1 Qb4 23.
Na5 e5 24. dxe5 Bc5 $13) 21. Rc2 e5 $1 22. dxe5 Nxe5 23. f3 (23. Bg3 Ng4 24.
Qc3 (24. Bxg4 Rxe4 25. Qf3 Qb4 $1) 24... Bg7 $15) 23... f5 24. Qc3 Bg7 25. Bc1
(25. Bxe5 Bxe5 26. Qc4+ Kg7 27. exf5 gxf5 28. Qh4 Qe7 29. Nd4 Qxh4 30. Nxf5+
Kh8 31. Nxh4 Ba4 $17) 25... Qe7 26. f4 {[%csl Re4] White hopes to solve the
problem of his poor piece coordination, but e4 square is just too vulnerable.}
(26. exf5 $2 Nxf3+ $19) 26... Bxe4 $1 (26... Ng4 27. e5) 27. fxe5 Bxc2 28. Qxc2
Rac8 29. Bc4+ (29. Qd2 Red8 30. Bd3 Bxe5 $17) 29... Kh8 30. Rd5 $2 {[%csl Yc2,
Yc4,Yd5] Beliavsky just isn t too lucky with attempts to locate his pieces in
this game.} (30. Qe2 Qxe5 31. Qxe5 Bxe5 32. Bd5 b5 $17) 30... Qh4 (30... Qb4
31. Nd2 b5 32. a3 Rxc4 33. Qxc4 (33. Nxc4 $4 Qe1#) 33... Qxc4 34. Nxc4 bxc4 $17
) 31. Nd2 Rxe5 32. g3 (32. Rxe5 Bxe5 33. Bb2 Qxh2+ 34. Kf2 b5 35. Qc3 bxc4 36.
Qxe5+ Qxe5 37. Bxe5+ Kg8 $19) 32... Qe7 (32... Qe7 33. Rxe5 Qxe5 34. a4 a6 $19)
0-1

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 23rd"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1995.07.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Lobron, Eric"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1995.07.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. d4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
O-O Nge7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. Re1 Nf5 12. Bd3 h6 13. Bc2 Qd6 14. Qd3 Rd8
15. Be3 Bxe3 16. fxe3 g6 17. e4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 23rd"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1995.07.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Von Gleich,A"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1995.07.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 Nd7 7. c4 Ne7 8. Nc3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nc6 10. d5 exd5 11. Bxd5 Nb6 12. Be4 Bxe4 13. Nxe4 Nc4 14. Qb3
Qa5+ 15. Bd2 Nxd2 16. Nexd2 Qb4 17. Qc2 Be7 18. O-O O-O 19. a3 Nd4 20. Nxd4
Qxd4 21. Nf3 Qg4 22. h3 Qe6 23. a4 Rfd8 {Schwarz steht bereits leicht besser
und könnte - beinahe risikolos auf Gewinn spielen, jedoch registrierte dies
Iwantschuk nach eigener Aussage erst im Hotelzimmer !!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 23rd"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1995.07.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1995.07.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. Bc2 g6 13. b3 d5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15.
Nxe5 Rxe5 16. Nf3 Rxe4 17. Bxe4 Nxe4 18. Qc2 c5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 23rd"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1995.07.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "1995.07.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Nd5 Bc5 6. d3 h6 7. Bg2 d6 8. e3
O-O 9. O-O a6 10. a3 Ba7 11. b4 Nxd5 12. cxd5 Ne7 13. Nd2 Bf5 14. Nc4 Qd7 15.
Bb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 23rd"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1995.07.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1995.07.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Ftacnik} d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4
Bb4 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Nh4 Bg6 10. Be2 O-O (10... a5 {Ftacnik} 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12.
Qc2 Qc7 13. g3 e5 14. Rd1 Rd8 15. Bf3 O-O 16. Na2 Bd6 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Bg2 Be7
19. Bd2 Nd5 20. Qb3 $6 Nb4 $1 21. Nxb4 axb4 22. Be1 c5 23. Qc2 c4 24. Bd5 $8 {
Kramnik,V-Lautier,J/Pamplona/1992/0-1 (42)}) (10... Rc8 {Ftacnik} 11. g3 O-O
12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Qb3 Qb6 14. Rd1 Rfd8 15. Na2 Be7 16. Qxb6 Nxb6 17. a5 Nbd5
18. f3 Nb4 19. Nxb4 Bxb4 20. e4 c5 21. Be3 cxd4 22. Rxd4 Rxd4 23. Bxd4 Bc5 24.
Rd1 {Yusupov,A-Khalifman,A/Munich (08)/1992/0.5 (38)}) (10... Qc7 {Ftacnik} 11.
g3 O-O 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Qc2 e5 14. Bf3 Rfe8 15. Bg2 Rad8 16. Rd1 Nf8 17. Bd2 {
Gleizerov,E-Volzhin,A/St.Petersburg op (05)/1995/0.5 (17)}) 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12.
Qc2 Rc8 {Bisher wurden in dieser Stellung folgende zwei Fortsetzungen erprobt.
Der Textzug dürfte keine Verbesserung darstellen.} (12... Qb6 13. Rd1 e5 14.
Na2 Be7 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. b4 {Ftacnik} Rac8 17. Bb2 Qc7 18. g3 Rfe8 19. b5 c5
20. Bxe5 Qxe5 21. Bc4 Qf5 22. Qxf5 gxf5 23. Nc3 Red8 {Ivanchuk,V-Khalifman,A/
Moscow GMA-qual f (3)/1990/0.5 (24)}) (12... Qe7 13. Rd1 e5 14. h3 (14. Na2 Bd6
15. b4 e4 {/\Nd5  braucht Schwarz nicht zu fürchten}) 14... a5 15. dxe5 Qxe5
16. Bd2 $10 {Kramnik,V-Hübner,R/ BL1992.}) 13. e4 c5 {Nach 13...e5 14.de5 Ne5
hätte sich der Zug 12...Rc8 als sinnlos und überflüssig erwiesen; Weiß erhält
Vorteil mit 15.h3 nebst f2-f4.} (13... Qa5 {Ftacnik} 14. Rd1) 14. d5 exd5 15.
exd5 (15. Nxd5 $5) 15... Re8 (15... Bxc3 16. bxc3 Nxd5 {ist eine kritische
Fortsetzung:} 17. Rd1 (17. Bf3 Ne5 (17... N5f6 18. Bf4 (18. Bxb7 Rb8 19. Bf3
Ne5 {gibt dem Weißen keinen Vorteil.}) 18... Qa5 19. Bxb7 Rcd8 20. Rab1 {
Die Lage des Schwarzen ist unbequem.}) 18. Be4 Nf6 {ist offenbar befriedigend
für Schwarz.}) (17. Qb3 {Ftacnik} N7f6 18. Bf3 Rc7 19. Rd1 c4 20. Qa2 $36)
17... N5f6 18. Bf4 {Weiß hat gute Kompensation für den geopferten Bauern.} (18.
Bg5 $44)) 16. Rd1 c4 17. d6 {[%csl Gd6] Ftacnik Black will get a chance to
regret his decision not to accept pawn sacrifice two moves earlier. Getting
rid of d6P will prove surprisingly difficult.} Re6 $6 (17... Ne5 $5 18. Bg5
Bxc3 19. bxc3 Qd7 $13) 18. Bf4 Qb6 {Es ist mir nicht gelungen, eine ganz
befriedigende Fortsetzung für Schwarz zu finden:} (18... Nh5 19. Bxh5 gxh5 20.
Ne4 $16 (20. Nb5 Qf6 {ist nicht überzeugend.})) (18... a6 19. Bf3 Qb6 20. Nd5
Nxd5 21. Bxd5 Rf6 22. Be3 Bc5 (22... Qa5 23. Bxb7 {Auch 23.Bc4 ist stark.}) (
22... Qd8 23. Bg5 {und Weiß gewinnt.}) 23. Qxc4 Rxf2 24. b4 Rf4 25. bxc5) (
18... Bxc3 19. bxc3 Ne5 {bietet vielleicht am ehesten Aussicht auf Widerstand.}
) 19. Nb5 Bc5 (19... a6 {Ftacnik} 20. Nc7 Rxd6 21. Bxd6 Bxd6 22. Nd5) 20. Bg3
Ne4 {Ich sehe nichts Besseres:} (20... a6 21. Nc7 Rxd6 22. Bxd6 Bxd6 23. Nd5
Nxd5 (23... Bxh2+ {Ftacnik} 24. Kxh2 Qd6+ 25. Kg1 Nxd5 26. Rd4 $16) 24. Rxd5
Nf6 25. a5 Qc7 26. Rd4 Bxh2+ 27. Kh1 {Weiß steht auf Gewinn.}) 21. Bg4 f5 22.
Bf3 (22. Nc7 {Ftacnik} Rxd6 23. Bxd6 (23. Nd5 Rxd5 24. Rxd5 Ndf6) 23... Bxd6
24. Nd5 Qxf2+ 25. Qxf2 Nxf2 26. Kxf2 fxg4 $14) 22... Kh7 {Ich sehe keine
wirksame Verteidigung gegen die Drohung 23.Nc7; es ist peinlich für Schwarz,
daß P auf c4 jetzt auf äußerst schwachen Füßen steht.} (22... Nxg3 {Ftacnik}
23. Bd5 $1 Bxf2+ 24. Qxf2 Ne2+ 25. Kf1 Qxf2+ 26. Kxf2 Nf4 27. Bxe6+ Nxe6 28.
Nxa7 $16) 23. Nc7 {[%cal Yb5c7,Yc7d5] Ftacnik White deserves full praise for
utilising his advantage in d6P. First he have weakened black s pawn structure
and now he uses the intruder as a trampoline.} Re5 (23... Rxd6 {Ftacnik} 24.
Bxd6 Nxd6 25. Nd5 Qa6 26. Re1 $16) 24. Nd5 Rxd5 (24... Qxd6 {Ftacnik} 25. Bxe4
fxe4 26. Ne3 Qe7 27. Rxd7 Qxd7 28. Bxe5 $18) 25. Rxd5 Nxg3 26. a5 (26. a5 $1 {
Ftacnik} Qa6 (26... Bxf2+ 27. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 28. Kxf2 Ne4+ 29. Bxe4 fxe4 30. Rc1
$18) 27. hxg3 Rc6 (27... Bxd6 28. Qd2 Rc6 29. Rd4 $18) 28. Rxf5 $1 gxf5 29.
Qxf5+ $18) 1-0

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Malaniuk, Vladimir P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. d4 Nxd4 7. Bxd7+ Qxd7 8.
Nxd4 exd4 9. Qxd4 Ne7 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. Qd2 Be7 12. Nd5 O-O 13. b3 f5 14. Re1 Bf6
15. Nxf6+ Rxf6 16. Bb2 Rf7 17. exf5 Qxf5 18. Re2 Ne7 19. Rae1 Ng6 20. g3 Raf8
21. Qb4 b6 22. a4 Qf3 23. Qc3 Ne5 24. Qd2 Ng4 25. Rf1 Qf5 26. h3 Nf6 27. Bxf6
Rxf6 28. h4 h6 29. Re7 R8f7 30. Rxf7 Rxf7 31. Re1 a5 32. Re3 Kh7 33. Qe2 Qd5
34. h5 Qf5 35. g4 Qf4 36. Kg2 Qg5 37. f3 g6 38. hxg6+ Qxg6 39. Re6 Rf6 40. Re7+
Rf7 41. Kg3 Kg7 42. Qe6 Qxe6 43. Rxe6 d5 44. f4 d4 45. Kf3 c5 46. f5 c4 47.
Rg6+ Kh7 48. Rxb6 cxb3 49. cxb3 Rd7 50. Ke2 d3+ 51. Kd2 Rd4 52. Rb7+ Kg8 53.
Rb5 Rxg4 54. Rxa5 Kg7 55. Kxd3 h5 56. f6+ Kg6 57. Ra8 Rf4 58. Rg8+ Kf7 59. Rh8
h4 60. a5 Rxf6 61. Rxh4 Rf3+ 62. Kc4 Ke7 63. Rd4 Rf1 64. b4 Ra1 65. Kb5 Ke6 66.
a6 Ke5 67. Rd2 Ra3 68. Kb6 Ra4 69. b5 Ke6 70. a7 1-0

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Malaniuk, Vladimir P"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Vaisser,A"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. e3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Nbxd2 Bb7 7. Bd3 c5 $6
(7... d6) 8. e4 $1 d6 (8... cxd4 9. e5) 9. d5 exd5 (9... e5 $14) 10. cxd5 O-O
11. O-O Ba6 12. Qe2 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Nbd7 14. h3 $1 Re8 15. a4 a6 16. Rfe1 Qe7 17.
Re3 g6 18. Rae1 b5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Qxb5 Reb8 21. Qd3 Rxb2 22. Nc4 Rba2 23. e5
$1 dxe5 24. d6 Qe6 (24... Qf8 25. Nfxe5 $16) 25. Nfxe5 {[#]} Nd5 $2 (25... Ra1
$1 26. Kh2 (26. Rxa1 $2 Rxa1+ 27. Kh2 Nd5) 26... Nd5 27. Nxg6 (27. Ng4 Rxe1 28.
Rxe6 fxe6 $13) 27... Nxe3 28. Rxe3 Qf6 29. Ne7+ Kh8 30. Nf5 $44) 26. Nxg6 $2 (
26. Ng4 $1 Nxe3 27. Rxe3 $18) 26... Nxe3 27. Rxe3 Qf6 28. Nge5 $4 (28. Ne7+ Kh8
29. Nf5 Qa1+ $1 30. Kh2 Rxf2 $15) 28... Qxf2+ 0-1

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D82"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Vaisser,A"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Qa4+ Qxa4 8.
Nxa4 O-O 9. Nf3 Ne4 10. cxd5 Bd7 11. c6 $1 $146 bxc6 12. Bc4 c5 13. Bd3 Bxa4
14. Bxe4 Nd7 15. d6 Rae8 16. dxe7 Rxe7 17. Bd3 Bxb2 18. Rb1 Ne5 $1 19. Bxe5
Bxe5 20. Ke2 Bc6 21. Rhc1 Rc8 22. Nxe5 (22. g3 $1 Bxf3+ 23. Kxf3 $14) 22...
Rxe5 23. g3 Be4 $1 24. Rb2 (24. Rb3 $5) 24... Bxd3+ 25. Kxd3 Rd5+ 26. Kc4 $6 {
[#]} (26. Kc3 c4 27. Rb7 Ra5 (27... Rd3+ 28. Kc2 Rcd8 29. Kb2 $14) 28. Rc2 $14)
26... Rd4+ $1 27. Kc3 Ra4 28. Rcc2 Rc6 29. Kb3 $1 1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 c6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. O-O Ne7 7. Bg5 O-O 8.
Nbd2 f6 9. Bh4 Bf5 10. Nb3 Nd7 11. Bg3 Bxg3 12. hxg3 Re8 13. Re1 Bxd3 14. Qxd3
Ng6 15. a4 Rxe1+ 16. Rxe1 Qf8 17. a5 Re8 18. Rxe8 Qxe8 19. Qc3 Qe2 20. Nc5 Nxc5
21. Qxc5 a6 22. Qb6 Qe7 23. Kf1 Nf8 24. Ne1 Ne6 25. Nd3 Kf7 26. f4 Ke8 27. g4
Nd8 28. Qc5 Qe3 29. Qb4 Qe6 30. f5 Qe4 31. Qe1 Qxe1+ 32. Kxe1 Nf7 33. Nc5 Nd6
34. Ke2 g6 35. c3 Kf7 36. Kf3 Kg7 37. Kf4 h5 38. gxh5 gxh5 39. b3 Kf7 40. g3
Ke7 41. Kf3 Ke8 42. Kf2 Ke7 43. Kg2 Kf7 44. Kf3 Ke7 45. Kf4 Kf7 46. Ne6 Kg8 47.
Nc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O b6 10. Bc4 c6 11. h4 Bb7 12. Nd6 Qc7 13. Nxb7 Qxb7 14. Ng5 c5
15. Bd3 h6 16. Bh7+ Kh8 17. Be4 Bxg5 18. Bxb7 Bxd2+ 19. Rxd2 Rab8 20. Bc6 Nf6
21. dxc5 Rfc8 22. Rd6 bxc5 23. Bf3 Rb6 24. Rhd1 Rxd6 25. Rxd6 Kg8 26. Kd2 Kf8
27. Kc3 Ke7 28. Ra6 Rc7 29. Kc4 Ne8 30. Rc6 Rd7 31. Rxc5 Rd2 32. Kc3 Rxf2 33.
Ra5 Nd6 34. Rxa7+ Kf6 35. a4 e5 36. Kd3 e4+ 37. Bxe4 Nxe4 38. Kxe4 Rxc2 39. b3
Rxg2 40. a5 g5 41. hxg5+ hxg5 42. Kd5 g4 43. Ra8 Rd2+ 44. Kc5 Ke6 45. a6 Ra2
46. b4 g3 47. b5 g2 48. Rg8 f5 49. b6 Rc2+ 50. Kd4 Rd2+ 51. Ke3 Rb2 52. a7 Ra2
53. Rxg2 Ra3+ 54. Kd4 Ra4+ 55. Kc5 0-1

[Event "Horgen"]
[Site "Horgen"]
[Date "1995.10.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Nf3 Qc7 8. h4
Bd7 9. h5 h6 10. Bd3 Ba4 (10... Nbc6 11. O-O c4 12. Be2 O-O-O 13. a4 f6 14.
exf6 gxf6 15. Nh4 Rdg8 16. Be3 Nd8 17. Qd2 Nf7 18. Bf4 e5 19. Bh2 Ng5 20. dxe5
fxe5 {Milos,G-Pliester,L/Groningen op (06)/1994/1-0 (39)}) 11. dxc5 (11. O-O
Nbc6 (11... Nd7 12. Re1 O-O-O 13. Bf4 Kb8 14. Qc1 Rc8 15. Ra2 Nb6 16. Qd1 Ka8
17. g3 Nc4 18. Nd2 g5 19. hxg6 Nxg6 20. Be3 Nxe3 21. Rxe3 {Krakops,M-Kaminski,
M/WchJM-U16 Bratislava (03)/ 1993/1-0 (51)}) 12. Re1 O-O-O 13. dxc5 Qa5 14. Bd2
Qxc5 15. Qe2 Kb8 16. Reb1 Nc8 17. Rb4 Nb6 18. Rg4 Nc4 19. Rxg7 Rd7 20. Rg4 Bb5
{Anka,E-Maiwald,J/Budapest FS12 GM (06)/1993/1-0 (53)}) (11. Ra2 Nd7 12. Bf4 c4
13. Be2 O-O-O 14. Qc1 Rh7 15. Rh3 Rdh8 16. Nh2 Qd8 17. Bg4 Qf8 18. Rf3 Nb6 19.
Bd2 Qe8 20. g3 Nc6 {Lau,R-Maiwald,J/Dortmund op-A (04) /1993/1-0 (89)}) 11...
Nd7 12. Rh4 Qa5 $6 (12... Bc6 13. Kf1 (13. Be3 $5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. Kd2
O-O-O (15... Nf5 16. Bxf5 Qxf5 17. Rf4 Qe5 18. Qg4) 16. Qg4 Nf5 17. Bxf5 exf5
18. Qb4 $13) 13... Nxc5 14. Rg4 Nxd3 15. cxd3 Nf5 16. a4 $13) 13. Be3 $1 (13.
Bd2 Nxc5 14. Qe2 Nxd3+ 15. cxd3 Qa6 16. Nd4 Rc8 17. Rg4 Rg8 18. Kf1 Bb5 19.
Nxb5 Qxb5 20. Rb4 Qa6 21. Rab1 b6 22. a4 Rc5 {Klovans,J-Kaplun,L/Katowice op/
1993/1-0 (42)}) 13... Rc8 (13... Qxc3+ 14. Kf1 $36 {Short} Bc6 $2 (14... Qa5 $2
15. Bd2 $18) (14... b5 $8) 15. Rb4 $18 {/\ 16.Bd4}) 14. Rb1 Bc6 15. Qd2 Qxa3 (
15... Nxc5 16. Bxc5 Qxc5 17. Rg4 $16) 16. Rg4 Kf8 17. Rbb4 Nf5 $5 (17... a5 $5
18. Rbf4 {/\ Bg6} Nxc5 19. Bxc5 (19. Bg6 Be8) 19... Qxc5 20. Nd4 $140 Bd7 21.
Bg6 Nf5 22. Nxf5 exf5 23. Bxf5 Bxf5 24. Rxf5 Kg8 $13 (24... Qxc3 $6 25. e6 $36)
) 18. Bxf5 exf5 19. Rgf4 Qa1+ 20. Qd1 Qxd1+ (20... Qxc3+ 21. Bd2 Qa3 22. Rxf5
Re8 $1 $13 (22... Nxc5 $6 23. Rbf4 Be8 24. Bb4 $36)) 21. Kxd1 Re8 (21... g6 22.
hxg6 fxg6 23. g4 Ke7 24. gxf5 gxf5 25. Rxf5 Rcf8 (25... Rhf8 26. Nd4 Rxf5 27.
Nxf5+ Ke6 28. Nd6 Rg8 29. f4) 26. Nd4 Rxf5 27. Nxf5+ Ke6 28. Nd4+ Kxe5 29.
Nxc6+ bxc6 30. Bd4+) 22. Rxf5 Kg8 23. Rg4 Re7 (23... Nf8 24. Rf6 $1) 24. Rg3
Kh7 25. Bd4 Rhe8 26. Rf4 Nf8 27. Rfg4 g5 (27... Ne6 28. Nh4 Rg8 29. Nf5 Rd7 30.
Nd6 a5 31. f4) 28. hxg6+ Nxg6 (28... fxg6 29. e6 h5 $5 (29... Rxe6 30. Rh4 R6e7
31. Rxh6+ $1) (29... Nxe6 30. Rxg6) 30. Ng5+ Kg8 $13) 29. Rh3 Bd7 30. Ng5+ Kg8
31. e6 Bxe6 (31... Rxe6 32. Nxe6 Bxe6 33. Rxg6+ fxg6 34. Rxh6 Bf5 35. Rh8+ Kf7
36. Rh7+ Ke6 37. Rxb7 $18) 32. Nxe6 Rxe6 33. Rxh6 Re1+ 34. Kd2 R8e2+ 35. Kd3
Kf8 36. Rh5 Re4 37. Rxe4 dxe4+ 38. Kd2 Rb1 39. c6 (39. Bf6 {/\ Rd5-d8} Rf1 40.
Ke3 Re1+ 41. Kd4) (39. g3 $5 {x Ng6} Ke7 40. Rd5 {/\ Rd6, Bf6}) 39... bxc6 40.
Bxa7 Ke7 41. Bd4 Rb5 (41... Ke6 42. Rc5 Kd6 43. Rf5 Ke6 44. Rf6+) 42. Rxb5 cxb5
43. c4 $1 $18 bxc4 44. Kc3 Nf4 45. g3 Ne6 46. Kxc4 Kd6 47. Bf6 Kc6 48. g4 Kd6
49. c3 Kc6 50. Be5 Nc5 51. Kd4 Nd3 52. Bg3 Nc5 53. Bf4 (53. Bf4 Nd3 54. Be3 Nc5
55. Ke5 Na4 56. Bd4) 1-0

[Event "Horgen"]
[Site "Horgen"]
[Date "1995.10.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "221"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hecht Endspiel-CD Lautier Knaak} c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5.
Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Bd3 Nf6 8. O-O Ne5 9. h3 Bc5 10. Kh1 $1 d6 11. f4 Ned7 (
11... Ng6 $5 12. Qd2 O-O 13. Rf3 e5 $1 14. Nde2 Bxe3 15. Qxe3 Qc5 16. Qd2 exf4
17. Nxf4 Qg5 $10 {Polgar,J-Portisch,L/Prague/1995/CBM48/}) 12. Qe1 $5 {Eine
Neuerung.} (12. a3 b5 $1 13. Bxb5 $6 axb5 14. Ndxb5 Qb8 $1 (14... Qb6 $6 15.
Bxc5 dxc5 16. e5 $1 (16. Nd6+ $2 Ke7 17. Nxc8+ $2 Rhxc8 18. e5 Ne8 $17 {
Kasparov,G-Lautier,J/Amsterdam/1995/CBM47/INF63,154/}) 16... Ba6 17. a4 Bxb5
18. Nxb5 $44 {Kasparov}) 15. Bxc5 dxc5 16. e5 Ba6 $1 17. Nd6+ Ke7 18. Rf2 Rd8
19. Rd2 Qxb2 $17 {Hector,J-Sadler,M/Malmo/1995/CBM48/}) 12... Qb6 (12... b5 13.
b4 $5 Bxb4 14. Ncxb5 Qa5 15. Qb1 $5 (15. c3 Bc5 16. e5 $36) 15... axb5 16. Nc6
Qa4 17. Qxb4 Qxb4 18. Nxb4 Bb7 19. e5 $1 dxe5 20. fxe5 Nxe5 21. Bxb5+ $16) 13.
Na4 Qb4 14. Qxb4 Bxb4 15. Nb3 $5 {Droht /\ a3} b5 16. Nb6 Nxb6 17. Bxb6 Nd7 18.
Bd4 e5 19. c3 Bc5 20. fxe5 Bxd4 21. cxd4 dxe5 22. d5 $14 Nf6 23. Nc5 Ke7 24. a4
$1 Bd7 (24... bxa4 25. Rxa4 $16 {>< a6}) 25. a5 Rhc8 26. b4 {Weiss kann jetzt
in aller Ruhe seine Stellung verstaerken, ohne dass der Nachziehende ueber
Gegenspiel verfuegt.} Rc7 27. Rf3 Be8 28. Be2 Nd7 29. Rc3 Kd6 30. Rac1 Raa7 (
30... Rac8 $4 31. Nb7+ $18) 31. Kg1 Nf6 32. Kf2 Bd7 33. Rf3 Bc8 34. Ke3 Ne8 35.
Rcf1 f6 36. Rg3 Ke7 37. Bh5 g6 38. Bg4 Nd6 39. Bxc8 Rxc8 40. Rgf3 Rf8 41. g4
Rf7 42. Kd3 Ra8 43. R3f2 Rff8 44. h4 Rf7 45. Rf3 Rc8 46. R1f2 (46. Nxa6 Rc4
$132) 46... Rc7 47. h5 (47. Nxa6 Rc4 $132) 47... gxh5 48. gxh5 f5 $5 {Schwarz
versucht mit einem Bauernopfer von seiner sehr passiven Stellung her-
auskommen.} 49. exf5 e4+ 50. Nxe4 Nxe4 51. Re3 $5 (51. Kxe4 Kd6 $14 {Droht /\
Rc4 oder Re7 auch. Schwarz wird bald einen Bauern zurueckgewinnen und dann
bekommen wir eine solche Stellung wie in der Partie.}) 51... Kd6 52. Rxe4 Kxd5
53. f6 Kd6 54. Rf5 Rc6 $1 55. Kd4 Rc4+ $1 56. Ke3 Rc6 57. Kd4 Rc4+ 58. Ke3 Rc6
59. Kf4 h6 $1 60. Rd4+ Ke6 61. Re4+ Kd6 62. Kf3 Rc3+ 63. Kg4 Rc8 $1 {Lautier
verteidigt sich sehr gut.} 64. Rf1 Rg8+ 65. Kh4 (65. Kf5 $4 Rg5+ 66. Kf4 Rxf6+
$19) 65... Rgf8 66. Rd1+ Kc7 67. Re7+ Rxe7 68. fxe7 {Hecht: T - T Motive: a+h
vs b-Bauer, Pattgefahr!, Finale: T+a - T gefolgt von D vs T} Rf4+ {Analysefall!
} (68... Re8 69. Rg1 $5 (69. Re1 Kd7 70. Kg4 Rxe7 71. Rxe7+ Kxe7 72. Kf5 Kf7
$10) (69. Rf1 {Hecht} Rxe7 70. Rf6 Re4+ 71. Kg3 Rxb4 72. Rxh6 Kb7 73. Rb6+ Ka7
74. Rg6 Rb1 (74... Kb7 75. h6 Rb1 76. Rg4 $18) 75. Rg7+ Kb8 76. h6 $18) 69...
Rxe7 70. Rg6 Re4+ 71. Kg3 Rxb4 72. Rxh6 $16) 69. Kg3 Re4 70. Rf1 Kd7 71. Rf6
Kxe7 72. Rxh6 Rxb4 73. Rxa6 Ra4 74. Ra7+ Kf8 75. a6 Kg8 76. h6 {[#]} Kh8 (76...
b4 $1 {Hecht} 77. Rg7+ Kh8 78. a7 b3 79. Rb7 b2 $10 {Bitte prüfen!}) 77. Kf3 b4
78. Ke4 b3+ 79. Kd3 b2 80. Kc2 Rb4 81. Kb1 Rb6 (81... Rb5 {Hecht} 82. Rb7 Ra5
83. a7 $18) (81... Ra4 {Knaak} 82. Kxb2 Ra5 83. Kb3 Ra1 84. Kb4 Rb1+ 85. Kc5
Rc1+ 86. Kb6 Rb1+ 87. Kc7 Ra1 88. Ra8+ Kh7 89. Kb7 Rb1+ 90. Ka7 $18) 82. h7 {
Zugzwang!} Rb4 $2 (82... Re6 83. Ra8+ (83. Kxb2 {Lautier} Rb6+ $1 84. Ka3 Rb3+
$10) 83... Kxh7 84. Kxb2 $10 {Theoretische Remistellung.}) 83. Rc7 Ra4 84. Rc8+
$2 {Wichtige Tempoverlust} (84. Rc6 $1 {Lautier} Kxh7 85. Kxb2 Kg7 86. Kb3 Ra1
87. Kb4 Kf7 88. Kb5 Ke7 89. Kb6 Kd7 90. Kb7 $18) (84. a7 $2 Ra1+ (84... Rxa7 $1
$10 {Hecht}) 85. Kxb2 Rxa7 86. Rxa7 $10) 84... Kxh7 85. Rc6 (85. Rc7+ Kg6 86.
a7 Kf6 87. Kxb2 Ke6 88. Kb3 Ra1 89. Kb4 Kd6 90. Rh7 Kc6 $10) 85... Rb4 $2 (
85... Kg7 $1 86. Kxb2 Kf7 87. Kb3 Ra1 88. Kb4 Ke7 89. Kb5 Kd7 90. Rc4 Rb1+ $10)
86. a7 Ra4 87. Rc7+ Kg6 88. Kxb2 Kf6 89. Kb3 Ra1 90. Kb4 Ke6 91. Kb5 Kd6 {[#]}
92. Rc6+ (92. Rh7 {Hecht} Rb1+ 93. Ka6 Ra1+ 94. Kb7 Rb1+ 95. Kc8 Ra1 96. Kb8
Rb1+ 97. Rb7 $18 {ist viel einfacher}) 92... Kd5 93. Ra6 Rb1+ 94. Ka5 Kc5 95.
Rc6+ $1 {Hecht: Bekannter Gewinnweg.} Kxc6 (95... Kd5 96. Rc8 Ra1+ 97. Kb6 Rb1+
98. Kc7 Rc1+ 99. Kd8 $18) 96. a8=Q+ Kc7 {Hecht: Gewinn in 20 Zügen lt.
Endspiel-CD beginnend mit 97.Df3! 97.Da7 ist nur wenig schlechter.} 97. Qa7+
Rb7 98. Qc5+ Kb8 99. Ka6 Rd7 100. Qe5+ Kc8 101. Kb6 Kd8 102. Kc6 Rf7 103. Qg5+
Ke8 104. Kd6 Kf8 (104... Rf6+ $1 {Endspiel-CD With only a few seconds
remaining on the clock Ivancuk would have been surprised on this move. Mit nur
noch wenigen Sekunden auf der Uhr wäre Ivanchuk über diesen Zug sicher sehr
überrascht gewesen.} 105. Ke5 Ra6 106. Qd2 {White needs 21 exact moves to win.
Noch 21 genaue Züge bis zum Gewinn.}) 105. Ke6 Rh7 106. Qf6+ Kg8 107. Qg6+ Rg7
108. Qe8+ Kh7 109. Kf6 Rg4 110. Qh5+ Kg8 111. Qxg4+ 1-0

[Event "Horgen"]
[Site "Horgen"]
[Date "1995.10.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hecht Donev} e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. g3 Bb4 (5... Bxf3 $5
6. exf3 d5 7. Bg2 (7. cxd5 Nxd5 $10) 7... c6 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. O-O Nc6 10. f4 g6
$10) 6. Bd2 Bxf3 (6... Nc6 {Donev} 7. a3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 d5 9. Bg2 dxc4 10. Ne5
Nd5 11. Nxc4 O-O 12. O-O a5 13. Rc1 Qd7 14. Be1 Rfd8 15. Ne3 Nde7 16. Bc3 Rab8
17. Qc2 Na7 18. Rfd1 Qe8 19. Bxb7 Rxb7 20. Qe4 Nd5 21. Be1 {Kortschnoj,
V-Adorjan,A/Linares ;MCL 01 1985/1-0 (49)}) (6... c5 {Donev} 7. dxc5 bxc5 8.
Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Qc2 d6 11. Rfd1 Qe7 12. Bg5 Bxc3 13. Qxc3 Rfd8 14. Rd2
Rd7 15. Rad1 Rad8 16. Ne1 Kf8 17. e3 h6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Qc2 Ke7 20. a3 Ne5
21. f4 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Nc6 23. Nf3 g5 24. Qe4 Rc7 25. fxg5 hxg5 26. g4 a5 27. b3
Qg7 28. Rf2 f6 29. Rfd2 Rdd7 30. Rf2 Rc8 31. Rdf1 d5 {1/2-1/2 Lerner,K-Psakhis,
L/URS-FL Tallinn ;MCL 06 1983}) 7. exf3 O-O (7... Nc6 8. a3 Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10.
d5 Na5 11. Be2 Nb7 $10 {Garcia Gonzales,G-Kortchnoi,V/Biel 1984} (11... Nb7 {
Donev} 12. O-O a5 13. Qc2 Bc5 14. Rfe1 Bxe3 15. fxe3 Qe7 16. Bf1 c6 17. dxc6 {
1/2-1/2 Garcia Gonzales,G-Kortschnoj,V/Biel ;MCL 02 1984})) 8. Bg2 Nc6 {N} (
8... d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. f4 c6 11. O-O Ne7 12. a3 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Nd7 14. c4 Rc8
15. Qa4 Qc7 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. f5 Nxf5 18. Bf4 Qb7 19. Bg5 f6 20. Bf4 Nf8 21. d5
cxd5 22. cxd5 e5 23. Bh3 {Garcia Gonzales,G-Georgiev,Ki/Thessaloniki olm (07) ;
BIG 80 1984/0-1 (58)}) 9. a3 Bxc3 $1 (9... Be7 10. Be3 d5 11. f4 $13) 10. Bxc3
d5 $10 11. Qa4 Qd7 12. f4 Rad8 13. O-O-O Ne7 14. Qxd7 Rxd7 15. b3 c6 (15...
Rfd8 $5) 16. Rhe1 (16. a4 Rfd8 17. Rd2 dxc4 18. bxc4 Nf5 19. Rhd1 Nd6 20. d5 (
20. Bf1 Nde4 $17) (20. Bxc6 Rc7 21. d5 Nxc4 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Rc2 Na5 $17)
20... Nxc4 21. dxc6 (21. dxe6 Rxd2 22. Bxd2 fxe6 23. Bxc6 $2 Rc8 $19) 21...
Nxd2 22. cxd7 Nb3+ 23. Kb2 Nc5 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Bc6 Kf8 $17) 16... dxc4 17.
bxc4 Rfd8 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Rd7d4] /\Nf5} 18. Bh3 $8 (18. Rd2 Nf5 19. Red1 Nd6
$17) 18... Nf5 19. Bxf5 exf5 20. f3 Ne8 $1 {[%csl Rc4,Rd4] ><c4,d4,/\Nd6,/
\Nc7-e6} 21. Kc2 Nc7 22. g4 $6 (22. Rd2 {>=} f6 (22... b5 23. Ba5 bxc4 24. Bxc7
Rxc7 25. Kc3 $10) (22... Ne6 23. Re5 g6 24. d5 cxd5 25. Rexd5 $10) 23. a4 Kf7
24. Rde2 $10) 22... f6 23. gxf5 {[%csl Rf3,Rf4,Rf5] ><f5,f4,f3} (23. Rd2 Kf7
24. Rde2 Re8 25. Rxe8 Nxe8 $15) 23... b5 $1 $15 24. Ba5 bxc4 25. a4 (25. Bxc7
Rxc7 26. Kc3 Rd5 27. Kxc4 Rxf5 28. Re4 Rb7 29. Rd2 Kf7 $15) 25... Rb8 $6 (25...
Rc8 $5 26. Bxc7 Rcxc7 27. Kc3 Rd5 28. Kxc4 Rxf5 $15) 26. Bxc7 Rxc7 {Hecht: TT
- TT Motive: zersplitterte weiße B-Stellung, schwarze Freibauern am K-Flügel}
27. Kc3 Rd8 (27... Rb3+ 28. Kxc4 Rxf3 29. Kc5 $1 Rxf4 30. Kd6 $132) 28. Kxc4
Rd5 29. Re8+ $1 (29. Rb1 Rxf5 30. Re4 Kf7 $15) 29... Kf7 30. Rb8 {/\Rdb1-b7}
Ra5 (30... Rxf5 31. Rdb1 Rxf4 32. R1b7 $13) 31. Ra1 $2 (31. Rdb1 Rd7 (31...
Rxa4+ 32. Kc5 Rd7 33. R1b4 $10) 32. R1b4 $1 $10 (32. R1b7 Rxa4+ 33. Kc5 Raxd4
34. Kxc6 R4d6+ 35. Kc5 {/\Rxa7} a6 $15 {/\g6})) 31... Rd7 $1 $17 32. Rc8 Rxf5
33. Rxc6 Rxf4 34. Rd1 Rxf3 35. Rd2 g5 36. d5 h5 37. a5 h4 38. a6 g4 $19 39. Rb2
Rf4+ 40. Kc5 Rf5 41. Rd2 (41. Rd6 Rxd6 (41... Re7 $19) 42. Kxd6 g3 43. hxg3
hxg3 44. Rg2 Rf3 45. Kc6 f5 46. d6 Rc3+ 47. Kb7 Ke6 48. Rd2 Kd7 $19) 41... g3
42. Rd6 Rxd6 (42... Rxd6 43. Kxd6 Rf2 $19 (43... Rf2 {Hecht} 44. Rd1 g2 45. Rg1
h3 46. Kc7 Rf1 $19)) 0-1

[Event "Horgen"]
[Site "Horgen"]
[Date "1995.10.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6
7. Bd3 {Slightly unusual. Normally white plays 7.Nf3 to keep the option
Bf1-b5+ in case of an early c7-c5 by black.} (7. Nf3 {Ftacnik} c5) 7... h6 (
7... c5 {Ftacnik} 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nf3 h6 10. Bh4 Qa5+ 11. c3 Be7 12. O-O O-O
13. Qe2 Rd8 14. Ne5 Bd7 15. Nxd7 Rxd7 16. Bb5 Rdd8 17. Bc4 {Lutz,C-Luther,T/
Ptuj zt (07)/1995/1/2-1/2 (31)}) 8. Bh4 Bd7 (8... c5 $5 {Ftacnik} 9. dxc5 Qa5+
10. c3 Qxc5 11. Nf3 Bd6 12. O-O Bd7 13. Qe2 (13. Re1 O-O-O 14. Qe2 Qh5 15. Bxf6
gxf6 16. Rad1 Bc6 17. Kf1 Bxh2 18. Be4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Bc7 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Kg1
Rg8 22. Re3 f5 23. Qc4 Qg4 24. Qxg4 fxg4 25. Nd4 Bb6 {0-1 Stefansson,
H-Manninen,M/Reykjavik zt (11) ;CBM 47 1995 (29)}) 13... Nh5 14. b4 Qc7 15. Bb5
Nf4 16. Bxd7+ Kxd7 17. Qd1 g5 18. Bg3 Ke7 19. Bxf4 Bxf4 {Reinderman,
D-Danielian,O/WchJM-U20 Buenos Aires/1992/1/2-1/2 (35)}) 9. Nf3 Bc6 {This
position has clear parallels to the line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Ld7
followed by Bc6 and often Bxe4. In both situations Black wants to exchange the
white-squared bishop before he stabilizes the center with c7-c6.} 10. O-O Bxf3
11. Qxf3 c6 (11... Qxd4 $2 {Ftacnik} 12. Qxb7 $16) 12. c3 Be7 13. Rae1 $1 {
A very good move that shows blacks opening idea to be inferior. Why does White
not play Rfe1? Because the idea with Rael is to give more space to whites
pieces - the Rooks and the bishops. To do this white has to open the position.
The right way open up is not trying to achieve the breakthrough d4-d5 but
f4-f5. For that purpose the rooks are perfectly placed on e1 and f1.} Qd5 {
The defender has build a passive but very solid position.} 14. Qh3 {[%cal
Yf2f4,Yf4f5]} g5 $6 (14... Qxa2 $5 {Ftacnik} 15. Re2 O-O-O $13) 15. Re5 Qxa2 $8
16. Bxg5 {Dubious pawn exchange have broken the illusion of equality, but
black is also not without chances.} O-O-O (16... Nd7 17. Bxe7 Nxe5 18. Bb1 Qxb2
19. Bf6 $16) (16... Qxb2 {Ftacnik} 17. Rb1 Qa3 (17... Qxc3 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19.
Rxe6+ fxe6 20. Bg6+ $18) 18. Rxb7 $16) 17. Bc1 {17.Bh4 would also have been
strong however white does not need to take risks by giving away his queenside
pawns. His strategical superiority in connection with f4-f5 is more than
enough for a substantial advantage.} Bd6 18. Re2 Qd5 19. f4 h5 (19... Rdg8 {
Ftacnik} 20. Qh4 $16) 20. Qf3 (20. f5 Ng4 $13 {[%cal Ye6e5,Rd6h2]}) 20... c5 $2
{Ftacnik: Ivanchuk later could not excuse this "active" move, since it flatly
fails on the tactical side.} (20... Rde8 $142 $14 {Ftacnik}) 21. f5 $1 $18 cxd4
(21... Qxf3 {Ftacnik} 22. Rxf3 Ng4 (22... cxd4 23. fxe6 Ng4 24. e7 $18) 23. h3
Nh2 24. Rf4 $1 $16) 22. fxe6 {[%cal Rf1f7]} fxe6 (22... dxc3 {Ftacnik} 23. Qxd5
Nxd5 24. exf7 $18) 23. Qxf6 Rhf8 24. Qxe6+ Qxe6 25. Rxe6 dxc3 (25... Rxf1+ {
Ftacnik} 26. Bxf1 $18) 26. Rxf8 Bxf8 27. Bf5 1-0

[Event "Horgen"]
[Site "Horgen"]
[Date "1995.10.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. a3 Bf8 6. Nf3 Ne7 7. h4 (7. Bb5+ c6 8.
Ba4 Ba6 9. Ne2 Bb5 10. Bxb5 (10. Bb3 Bc4 11. Bxc4 dxc4 12. Ng3 h6 13. O-O Ng6
14. Nh5 Qd5 15. Qe2 Nd7 16. b3 b5 17. bxc4 Qxc4 18. Qxc4 bxc4 19. a4 O-O-O 20.
a5 a6 21. Ra4 Nb8 22. Ba3 Rd5 23. Re1 Rb5 24. Kf1 Bxa3 25. Rxa3 {Kruppa,
Y-Moroz,A/URS-sf Ukraine-ch Kherson ;CBM 16 1989/1-0 (95)}) 10... cxb5 11. Qd3
Qd7 12. Bd2 Nbc6 13. Bb4 Nxb4 14. axb4 Rc8 15. O-O Nc6 16. c3 Nb8 17. Nd2 h5
18. f4 g6 19. Rf3 a6 20. Nf1 Kd8 21. Ne3 Rc7 {Mudelsee,M-Zimmerman,C/BL2-SW
8788 (1988) ;BL2 1988/0-1 (72)}) 7... h6 (7... h5 8. Bg5 (8. Ne2 Ba6 9. Nf4
Bxf1 10. Kxf1 Qc8 11. Kg1 Qa6 12. Ng5 g6 13. Qf3 Nbc6 14. Be3 Nd8 15. g4 hxg4
16. Qxg4 Qc4 17. c3 Qb3 18. Qe2 Bh6 19. Nf3 Ndc6 20. Ng2 Nf5 21. Bxh6 Rxh6 22.
Ne3 Nxe3 23. fxe3 {Van de Oudeweetering,A-Vogel,J/NLD-sf (06) ;EXT 94ch 1994/
0-1 (57)}) 8... Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. O-O Qd7 11. Qd3 Nb8 12. Ne2 Nbc6 13. c4
dxc4 14. Qxc4 Nd5 15. Rac1 Nce7 16. Bxe7 Bxe7 17. Nc3 O-O-O 18. Nxd5 exd5 19.
Qa6+ Kb8 20. e6 Qc8 21. Qxc8+ Kxc8 22. exf7 {Sokolov,A-Portisch,L/Moscow
GMA-qual f (03) ;TD 90\03 1990/1/2-1/2 (34)}) (7... Qd7 8. h5 h6 9. Bb5 c6 10.
Ba4 Ba6 11. Ne2 Bb5 12. Bxb5 cxb5 13. Qd3 Nbc6 14. Bd2 Na5 15. Bb4 Nec6 16.
Bxf8 Rxf8 17. Rh4 b4 18. Rg4 bxa3 19. Qxa3 Rg8 20. b3 Qe7 21. Nc3 Rc8 22. Qxe7+
Kxe7 {Krakops,M-Repkova,E/Riga op ;EXT 95op 1995/1-0 (55)}) 8. h5 a5 9. Bb5+ c6
10. Ba4 Nd7 11. Ne2 b5 12. Bb3 c5 13. c3 Nc6 14. O-O Qc7 15. Re1 $6 (15. Nh2
$142 {Tischbierek} Be7 16. f4) 15... c4 16. Bc2 Nb6 17. Bf4 Be7 18. Bg3 Rb8 19.
Nh2 Qd8 20. Ng4 (20. f4 $142) 20... b4 21. axb4 axb4 22. cxb4 $6 Nxb4 23. Bb1
Bd7 24. b3 Ra8 25. Rxa8 Qxa8 26. bxc4 Nxc4 27. Nc1 $2 (27. Nf4 $142 $15) 27...
Ba4 28. Qe2 Qa7 $1 29. Ne3 Qxd4 30. Nxc4 dxc4 31. Qf1 O-O 0-1

[Event "Horgen"]
[Site "Horgen"]
[Date "1995.10.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g3 g6 7. Nde2 Bg7 8.
Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Rb8 10. a4 a6 11. Nd5 b5 12. axb5 axb5 13. Be3 b4 14. Ra2 Ng4
15. Bg5 h6 16. Bc1 e6 17. Ne3 b3 18. cxb3 Nge5 19. Bd2 Qb6 20. Bc3 Ba6 21. Qd2
Bxe2 22. Qxe2 Nd4 23. Bxd4 Qxd4 24. Rd1 Qc5 25. Ra6 Rxb3 26. Raxd6 Rxb2 27.
R6d2 Rfb8 28. Rc2 R8b3 29. Rdd2 Rxc2 30. Rxc2 Rb1+ 31. Nf1 Qb6 32. h3 Nc6 33.
Qc4 Nd4 34. Ra2 h5 35. h4 Kh7 36. Kh2 Rb4 37. Qc1 Nc6 38. Ne3 Bh6 39. f4 Rb3
40. Ra3 Rb1 41. Ra6 Qxa6 42. Qxb1 Qe2 43. Nf1 Nd4 44. Qb7 Kg8 45. Qc8+ Bf8 46.
Qc3 Bg7 47. Qe3 Qb2 48. Qd2 Qb3 49. Ne3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Horgen"]
[Site "Horgen"]
[Date "1995.10.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
Be3 Bg4 9. Qd2 (9. Qa4+ Nc6 10. Ne5 cxd4 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. cxd4 O-O 13. Rc1 Bd7
14. Rc5 Qb8 15. Bd3 e5 16. Bc2 exd4 17. Bxd4 Qd6 18. Be3 Be5 19. O-O Qc7 20. f4
Bd6 21. Ra5 c5 22. Qa3 Rfc8 23. Qc3 Bf8 24. e5 Rab8 25. f5 Bg7 26. fxg6 hxg6
27. Rxc5 Qxe5 28. Qxe5 Bxe5 29. Bxg6 Bxh2+ 30. Kxh2 fxg6 31. Rg5 Rc6 {1/2-1/2
Kasparov,G-Razuvaev,Y/URS-ch47 Minsk ;URS-ch 1979}) (9. Rc1 cxd4 10. cxd4 O-O
11. Be2 Qa5+ 12. Qd2 Qxd2+ 13. Nxd2 Bxe2 14. Kxe2 e6 15. Rc7 Rd8 16. Rb1 Na6
17. Rcxb7 Bxd4 18. Nf3 Bxe3 19. Kxe3 Rac8 20. Kf4 Rc2 21. Rxa7 Nc5 22. Rb5 Rc4
23. a3 e5+ 24. Kg4 h5+ 25. Kg5 Nxe4+ {Plachetka,J-Sax,G/EU-chT Skara (04) ;
EU-chT 1980/1-0 (42)}) (9. Bb5+ Nc6 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. O-O O-O 12. Rc1 Qa5 13.
Qe2 Rad8 14. Rfd1 Qa4 15. e5 f6 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. Bh6 Rfe8 18. dxc5 Rxd1+ 19.
Rxd1 Bxc3 20. h3 Bf5 21. Ng5 Bf6 22. g4 Bc8 23. Rd6 Qb5 24. Qe4 Bxg5 25. Rxg6+
{1-0 Angantysson,H-Doncevic,D/BL 8384 (1984) ;BL 80 1984}) 9... cxd4 10. cxd4
Nc6 11. Rd1 O-O 12. Be2 Rc8 13. O-O Qa5 14. Qxa5 Nxa5 15. Rc1 Nc6 16. d5 Bxf3
17. Bxf3 Nd4 18. Rfd1 b6 19. Bxd4 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 (20. Rxc1 Bxd4 21. Rc7 e6 $10)
1/2-1/2

[Event "Horgen"]
[Site "Horgen"]
[Date "1995.10.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "Jussupow,A"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hecht Ftacnik Kasparov Endspiel-CD} e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5
5. Nxe5 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. c4 Nc6 8. Nxc6 (8. f4 Nxd4 9. Bxe4 Bxe5 10. Bxh7+
Kxh7 11. fxe5 c5 12. Qh5+ Kg8 13. Bg5 Qd7 14. Nc3 Qg4 15. Qxg4 Bxg4 16. cxd5
Ne2+ 17. Nxe2 Bxe2 {Steiner,L-Rejfir,J/Maribor (06)/1934/1-0 (69)}) 8... bxc6
9. c5 (9. Nc3 {Ftacnik} f5 10. f3 Ng5 11. Be3 Be6 {Parma-Trifunovic/Beograd/
1964/}) 9... Be7 10. Nc3 (10. Qc2 {Ftacnik} f5 $10) (10. Nd2 {Ftacnik} Nxd2 (
10... Bf6 11. Nb3 a5 12. a4 Qd7 $10) (10... Bf5 {Aitken-Hooper/Felixstowe/1949/
} 11. Nb3 Qd7 $10 {Forintos, Haag}) 11. Bxd2 Bf6 12. Bc3 a5 13. Bc2 Qd7 14. h3
g6 15. Re1 Bg7 16. Ba4 Ra6 17. Qf3 Qd8 18. Re2 Bd7 19. Rae1 f5 {Geller,
E-Naranja,R/Palma de Mallorca izt (04)/1970/1-0 (43)}) (10. f3 {Ftacnik} Ng5
11. Nc3 Re8 $1 {Kasparov-Yusupov/Horgen (04)/1995/1/2-1/2/ ;CBM 50} (11... f5
12. Be3 Ne6 13. b4 f4 14. Bf2 Bh4 15. b5 Bd7 16. Qc2 Bxf2+ 17. Qxf2 cxb5 18.
Nxd5 Be8 19. Rfe1 Bf7 {Matulovic,M-Zuidema,C/EU-chT Hamburg (02)/1965/1-0 (42)}
) (11... Bf6 12. Be3 Re8 13. Bf2 Rb8 14. Qc2 g6 15. a3 Ne6 16. Ne2 Ng7 17. g4
Bh4 18. Bg3 Bf6 19. Kg2 Ne6 20. Qc3 Ng7 21. b4 {Lupu,S-Delanoy,A/Torcy op/1991/
1/2-1/2 (47)})) 10... Bf6 (10... Bf5 $5 11. Qc2 Bg6 12. Ne2 Ng5 $14) (10... f5
11. Ne2 (11. f3 Ng5 12. Qa4 $1 Qd7 13. Bf4 $14 (13. Ne2 Ne6 14. Nf4 Nd8 15. Re1
Bf6 $10 {Schmid-Krebs/corr/1951-52/})) 11... Bf6 12. Qa4 Bd7 13. f3 Ng5 14. Nf4
Qe7 15. Bd2 $14 {Timman-Yusupov/Linares/cm(8)/1992/-54/286} (15. Bd2 {Ftacnik}
g6 16. Rae1 Qg7 17. Bc3 h5 18. Ba6 $1 Rab8 19. Nd3 h4 20. Ne5 $16 {Timman,
J-Yusupov,A (08)/Linares csf2/1992/1-0 (49)})) 11. Qc2 $1 $14 {Ftacnik: Once
black have refrained from f7-f5 white hopes to make a fortune along the b1-h7
diagonal.} (11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Bxe4 Ba6 (12... Qxd4 13. Qc2 $14 {Polugaevsky})
13. Bxc6 Rb8 14. Re1 Bxd4 $10 {Keres}) (11. Be3 {Ftacnik}) 11... Bxd4 (11...
Bf5 12. Nxe4 (12. Be3) 12... dxe4 13. Bxe4 Bxe4 14. Qxe4 Qxd4 15. Qxc6 $16) (
11... Nxc3 {Ftacnik} 12. bxc3 h6 13. Bf4 $14) 12. Nxe4 (12. Bxe4 dxe4 13. Rd1
Qf6 14. Nxe4 Qe5 15. Bf4 Bxf2+ $10) 12... dxe4 13. Bxe4 Qh4 (13... Ba6 14. Rd1
Bxf2+ 15. Kxf2 Qh4+ 16. g3 $1 (16. Kg1 Rae8) 16... Qxh2+ 17. Bg2 $18 {Kasparov}
) (13... g6 14. Bxc6 $16) 14. g3 (14. Bxc6 {Ftacnik} Ba6 $132) 14... Qf6 (14...
Qh5 15. Bf4 (15. Be3 $1 $16 {Ftacnik}) 15... Rb8 16. Rab1 $14 Rb5 17. b4) 15.
Be3 $1 Bxe3 (15... Bxb2 $2 16. Rab1 Rb8 (16... Bd4 17. Bxh7+ Kh8 18. Rb4 Bxe3
19. fxe3 Qh6 20. Rh4 $40) (16... Bc3 {Ftacnik} 17. Bxh7+ $16) 17. Bc1 $1 $18) (
15... g6 {Ftacnik} 16. Bxd4 Qxd4 17. Rad1 Qf6 18. b4 $16) 16. fxe3 (16. Bxh7+
$5 Kh8 17. fxe3 Qe5 18. Be4 Rb8 $14) 16... Qh6 17. Rf4 {Ftacnik: White's
strategy is very powerful. He managed to exchange the strong Bd4 and black was
left with weaknesses on the white squares (c6,h7).} g5 (17... Rb8 $5) (17...
Rb8 {Ftacnik} 18. Raf1 $16) 18. Rf2 Bh3 19. Bf5 Rae8 $2 (19... Bxf5 20. Rxf5
Qg7 $14) 20. Qc3 $1 $16 Qh5 $2 (20... Bxf5 21. Rxf5 Re6 22. Raf1 Qg6 23. Qa5
$16 Rxe3 24. Qxc7 Re1 25. Rxe1 Qxf5 26. Qxc6 Rc8 27. Re8+ $18) 21. Bxh3 Qxh3
22. Qf6 {Ftacnik: The story is still about the weak pawns and the advantage in
the endgame, exposed nature of the black's K is only the means to achieve the
main goal.} h6 (22... Qg4 {Ftacnik} 23. Qxc6 $16) 23. Qxc6 Re7 (23... Qe6 24.
Qxc7 Qxe3 25. Qxa7 Re5 26. Qa5 Rxc5 27. Qd2 $18) 24. Raf1 Qe6 (24... Rd8 {
Ftacnik} 25. Rf6 Kg7 26. Rg6+ $1 fxg6 27. Qf6+ Kg8 28. Qxe7 $18) (24... Rxe3 {
Ftacnik} 25. Qxc7 $16) 25. Qxe6 Rxe6 26. Rf6 Rxe3 (26... Rxf6 {Ftacnik} 27.
Rxf6 Kg7 28. Rc6 $16) 27. Rxh6 Re2 28. Rf2 Rxf2 (28... Rfe8 {Ftacnik} 29. Ra6
$16) 29. Kxf2 {Hecht: T - T Motive: Abwicklung in das Endspiel T+c+h vs T mit
schlecht postiertem wT; schwarze Verteidigungsidee: Blockade des c-Bauern mit
dem K und seitlicher Angriff auf den h-Bauern.} f6 30. g4 Kg7 (30... Rb8 31.
Rxf6 Rxb2+ 32. Ke3 Rxa2 33. Rc6 $16) 31. Rh3 f5 (31... Rb8 {Ftacnik} 32. Rb3
$18) 32. Ra3 (32. Rf3 {Ftacnik} f4) 32... fxg4+ (32... Rd8 33. Rxa7 Rd2+ $16)
33. Kg3 Rf5 $2 (33... Rb8 $142 34. b3 (34. Rxa7 {Ftacnik} Rxb2 35. Rxc7+ Kf6
36. Ra7 $16) 34... Rb5 35. Rxa7 Rxc5 36. Kxg4 Kf6 37. a4 $16) 34. b4 $18 Rf4
35. b5 Rb4 (35... Rc4 {Ftacnik} 36. c6 Rb4 37. Rxa7 Rxb5 38. Rxc7+ $18) 36.
Rxa7 Rxb5 37. Rxc7+ Kf6 38. c6 Ra5 39. Rc8 Ra3+ (39... Ke7 40. Rh8 Kd6 41. Rh6+
Kc7 42. Kxg4 $18) (39... Rxa2 {Ftacnik} 40. c7 Ra3+ 41. Kxg4 Ra4+ 42. Kf3 $18)
40. Kxg4 Ra4+ (40... Rxa2 {Ftacnik} 41. c7 $18) 41. Kf3 Ra3+ (41... Ke7 42. Rg8
Kd6 43. Rxg5 Kxc6 44. Rg2 $18) 42. Ke4 Ke7 43. Rh8 Kd6 44. Rh6+ Kc7 45. Kf5
Ra5+ 46. Kg4 Rxa2 (46... Rc5 {Ftacnik} 47. a4 Kb6 48. Rg6 Rc2 49. h3 $18) 47.
Kxg5 {[#] Vgl. Sax - Hecht (Endspiel Nr.8) sowie CHESSBASE MAGAZIN No.33} Ra5+
(47... Rg2+ 48. Kf4 Rf2+ 49. Ke3 Rc2 50. h4 $18) 48. Kf4 Ra4+ 49. Ke5 Ra5+ 50.
Kd4 Ra4+ 51. Kc5 Ra5+ 52. Kc4 Rg5 (52... Ra4+ 53. Kb5 $18) 53. h4 Re5 54. h5
Rg5 55. Kd4 Kb6 (55... Rf5 56. Ke4 Rg5 57. Kf4 Rd5 58. Rh8 Kxc6 59. h6 Rd4+ (
59... Rd6 60. h7) 60. Ke5 Rd5+ 61. Ke4 Rh5 62. Kf4 $18 Kd7 63. h7 Ke7 64. Ra8)
(55... Rg4+ 56. Ke5 Rg5+ 57. Kf6 Rc5 58. Rh8 Rc1 59. h6 Rf1+ 60. Kg7 Rg1+ 61.
Kh7 Kxc6 62. Rd8 $18) (55... Ra5 56. Ke4 Rb5 (56... Rc5 $5 {Hecht} 57. Kf4 (57.
Rh8 $5 Rxc6 58. Kf5 {Lt. ENDSPIEL-CD Gewinn in 17 Zügen!}) 57... Rc4+ 58. Kf5
Rc5+ 59. Kg6 Rxc6+ 60. Kg7 Rc5 61. Rh8 Kb7 $10) 57. Kf4 Rb4+ 58. Kf5 Rb5+ 59.
Kg6 Kxc6 60. Rh7 Kd6 61. h6 Ke6 62. Ra7 Rb1 63. Kg7 $18) 56. Ke4 Rc5 57. Kf4
Kc7 58. Rh7+ Kxc6 (58... Kb6 59. c7 Kb7 60. h6 Rc6 61. Rh8 $18) 59. h6 (59. Kg4
$18) 59... Rh5 60. Rh8 Rh1 (60... Kd7 {Ftacnik} 61. h7 Ke7 62. Ra8 $18) 61. Kg5
Rh3 62. Rd8 1-0

[Event "Horgen"]
[Site "Horgen"]
[Date "1995.10.31"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4 7. Ng5 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 Re8 9. f3 e3 10. d3 d5 11. cxd5 {Weiss waehlt einen seltenen Zug.} Nxd5
12. Qb3 (12. Ne4 $6 f5 13. c4 fxe4 14. cxd5 exf3 15. Rxf3 Nd4 16. Rxe3 Bg4 17.
Be4 Qf6 $44 {Beltran,S-Veingold,A/Oviedo 25'/1993/EXP38/}) 12... Na5 (12...
Qxg5 13. f4 Nxf4 14. Rxf4 $44 {Karpov}) 13. Qa3 b6 {Eine neue Idee} (13... Qxg5
14. Qxa5 Qe5 15. Bb2 $5 (15. d4 Qd6 $10 {Karpov})) 14. f4 (14. c4 $6 Qxg5 15.
f4 Nxf4 $1 16. Rxf4 Bb7 $15) 14... Bb7 15. Bb2 (15. c4 Nf6 16. Bxb7 Nxb7 17.
Rf3 h6 18. Nh3 Qd7 19. Kg2 Ng4 $13) 15... c5 16. c4 Nb4 17. Qc3 f6 18. Bxb7
Nxb7 19. Nf3 Nd6 20. g4 $5 Nc6 21. Kh1 (21. g5 Nf5 22. gxf6 Ncd4 $15) 21... Qd7
$1 {Mit diesem Zug deckt Schwarz den g7-Punkt und er bereitet auch sein
Gegenspiel vor.} 22. Rg1 Qb7 $1 23. g5 (23. Rg2 $5) 23... Nd4 24. gxf6 g6 $1 (
24... Nxe2 $4 {[#]} 25. f7+ $1 $18) 25. Rg2 N6f5 $1 (25... Nxf3 $2 26. f7+ $1
Kxf7 27. Qf6+ Kg8 28. Qh8+ Kf7 29. Qxh7+ Ke6 30. Rxg6+ $18) 26. Ng5 Rf8 27. f7+
Rxf7 28. Nxf7 Kxf7 {Im Endergebnis hat Gulko eine Qualitaet gewonnen, aber
wegen der schwarzen Riesenspringer (d4 und f5) muss er schon aufpassen.} 29.
Qe1 $1 Nc2 (29... Nc2 30. Qc3 Ncd4 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Horgen"]
[Site "Horgen"]
[Date "1995.11.01"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bb7 14. d5 Rac8 15.
Bb1 Nh5 16. Nb3 Nxb3 17. axb3 g6 18. Bh6 Rfe8 19. Be3 Qd7 20. Kh2 Bf8 21. Nd2
Bg7 22. g3 Qe7 23. b4 Rf8 24. Ra3 Qe8 25. Nf3 Rc7 26. Bb6 Rc8 27. Nh4 Kh8 28.
Be3 Qd7 29. Bd3 Nf6 30. Rg1 Ng8 31. g4 Bh6 32. Qd2 Bxe3 33. Qxe3 Qe7 34. Kg3
Rc7 35. Rc1 Rfc8 36. Rac3 Nf6 37. Ng2 Kg7 38. Qb6 Rxc3 39. Rxc3 Ne8 40. Ne3 Rc7
41. h4 Rd7 42. f3 h5 43. Rc2 hxg4 44. fxg4 Nf6 45. Rc3 Kh7 46. Kf3 Ne8 47. Kg3
Nf6 48. Rc1 Kg7 49. Rc2 Kf8 50. Qa5 Kg7 51. Qa1 Qd8 52. Qa5 Qe7 53. Rc3 Kh7 54.
Qa1 Qd8 55. Qa5 Qe7 56. Qb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D28"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1995.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. Qe2 b5 7. Bd3 cxd4 8. exd4
Nf6 9. O-O Be7 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. a4 bxa4 12. Nc3 Nc6 13. Rxa4 O-O 14. Ne4 (14.
Rd1 Nd5 (14... a5 15. Ne5 Nb4 16. Bb1 Nfd5 17. Bd2 f5 18. Ra3 Bf6 19. Na4 Ba6
20. Qe1 Re8 21. Nc5 Bb5 22. Rh3 Bxe5 23. Qxe5 Nc6 24. Qe1 Nxd4 25. Be3 Ne2+ 26.
Kh1 Qe7 {0-1 Damljanovic,B-Rublevsky,S/Moscow olm (09)/1994 (55)}) 15. Nxd5
Qxd5 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17. Rda1 Nf5 18. Qe5 Qb3 19. Bxf5 exf5 20. Qxf5 Bxf3 21.
Qxf3 Qxb2 22. d5 {0-1 Granda Zuniga,J-Rublevsky,S/Oviedo 45' (07)/1992 (37)})
14... Nxe4 (14... Nd5 15. Nc5 Bxg5 16. Nxb7 Qe7 17. Bxh7+ Kxh7 18. Qc2+ Kh6 19.
Nxg5 Kxg5 20. Qxc6 Rfc8 21. Qd6 Qxb7 22. Qe5+ Kg6 23. Ra3 Kh7 24. Qh5+ Kg8 25.
Rh3 Kf8 26. Qh8+ Ke7 27. Qxg7 Rg8 {0-1 Iclicki,W-Davidovic,A/London Haringey/
1988}) 15. Qxe4 g6 16. Qh4 Re8 {The only unusual feature is the location of
the Ra4.} (16... a5 17. Re1 Re8 18. d5 $5 (18. Bxe7 Rxe7 19. Ng5 h5 20. Ne4 Rc7
$15) 18... Qxd5 19. Rf4 Qxd3 20. Rxf7) 17. Re1 Rc8 18. d5 (18. Bxa6 Bxa6 19.
Bxe7 (19. Rxa6 Nxd4 $1) 19... Nxe7 20. Rxa6 Nf5 $132) 18... Qxd5 (18... exd5 $5
{It remains a mystery to me, what idea was prepared after this capture.} 19.
Raa1 (19. Rf4 h5) 19... Bxg5 20. Rxe8+ Qxe8 21. Nxg5 h5 $17) 19. Rf4 Qxd3 (
19... Ne5 20. Bxe7 Nxd3 21. Rxf7 Qh5 22. Qf6 Qh6 23. Qxe6 $18) (19... Bxg5 $2
20. Nxg5 h5 21. Nxf7 Qxd3 22. Qf6 Kh7 23. Qg5 $18) 20. Rxf7 {At a cost of a
piece white has achieved a dangerous attacking position.} h5 (20... Kxf7 $2 21.
Qxh7+ Kf8 22. Bh6#) 21. Bxe7 Kxf7 (21... Rxe7 22. Rxe7 Nxe7 23. Qxe7 Qd5 24. b4
$16) 22. Qf6+ Kg8 23. Qxe6+ Kg7 $8 (23... Kh7 $2 24. Qf7+ Kh6 25. Bg5#) (23...
Kh8 $2 24. Bf6+ Kh7 25. Qf7+ Kh6 26. Qg7#) 24. Qf6+ (24. Bf6+ $2 Kf8 $1 $19)
24... Kg8 (24... Kh6 25. Qf4+ $10) 25. Qe6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "1995.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8.
O-O-O Bb4 9. f3 Ne5 10. Nb3 b5 11. Bd4 Bb7 12. Kb1 Be7 13. Na5 d6 14. Ne2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A73"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1995.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 Na6 7. Nd2 c5 8. d5 e6
9. O-O exd5 10. cxd5 Nc7 11. a4 Nfe8 12. Nc4 f5 13. f3 Qe7 14. Bf4 g5 15. Bg3
f4 16. Bf2 b6 17. Re1 Ba6 18. e5 Bxc4 19. exd6 Nxd6 20. Bxc4 Qd7 21. Ba2 Rae8
22. Qd3 Kh8 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. Rd1 Bf6 25. Bb1 Re7 26. h3 Nce8 27. Bc2 Be5 28.
Re1 Nf6 29. a5 Bd4 30. Re2 Bxf2+ 31. Kxf2 b5 32. b4 Rxe2+ 33. Qxe2 cxb4 34. Qe5
Nde8 35. Ne4 Qxd5 36. Qe7 Nxe4+ 37. Bxe4 Qd4+ 38. Kf1 Qd1+ 39. Kf2 Qd4+ 40. Kf1
Nf6 41. Qf8+ Ng8 42. Qa8 b3 43. Bd5 Qg7 44. Bxb3 $2 {The moves given in the
bulletin look strange.} Qa1+ 45. Kf2 Qd4+ $2 {Instead of giving a perpetual
Black can win easily win the Bb3.} (45... Qb2+ $142 $1 $19) 46. Kf1 Qa1+ $2 (
46... Qd3+ $142 $1 $19) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1995.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. Bg5 Be7 6. c3 c5 7. O-O Na6 8. e3
O-O 9. Nbd2 h6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Qe2 Qb6 12. a4 b4 13. Rfc1 d5 14. a5 Qd6 15.
e4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 bxc3 18. bxc3 Rac8 19. Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "185"]
[EventDate "1995.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Endspiel-CD} Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nf3 g6 5. cxb5 a6 6. b6 Qxb6 7.
Nc3 Bg7 8. e4 d6 9. Nd2 Nbd7 10. Be2 O-O 11. Nc4 Qd8 $146 (11... Qc7 {Alterman,
B - Adams,M, Cap d'Agde - 62/66}) 12. Bf4 Nb6 13. Ne3 Ne8 $5 14. O-O Nc7 {/\Nb5
} (14... e5 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. a4 $1 a5 17. Qb3 $16) 15. a4 (15. Qd2 Nb5 16.
Nxb5 axb5 17. Bxb5 Ba6) 15... a5 16. Qd2 $2 (16. Rc1 $1 Ba6 17. b3 (17. Bxa6
Nxa6 18. b3) 17... Bxe2 18. Nxe2 (18. Qxe2 e5 $5) 18... Qc8 19. Nc3 Qa6 20. Nb1
$5 $14 {/\Rc2,Na3-b1} (20. Nc4)) 16... Ba6 17. Rfd1 (17. Rac1 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 e5
$5 19. dxe6 Nxe6 20. Bg3 Nd4) (17. Bxa6 Nxa6 18. b3 c4 19. Nxc4 Nxc4 20. bxc4
Rc8) (17. Bg3 Qd7 18. Rfd1 Rfb8) 17... Rb8 $5 (17... Bxe2 18. Nxe2 (18. Qxe2 e5
19. dxe6 Nxe6 20. Bg3 (20. Bxd6 Nd4 21. Rxd4 cxd4 22. Bxf8 Kxf8) 20... Nd4)
18... Na6 19. Rdc1 Qd7 20. Nc4 Nxc4 21. Rxc4 Rfb8) 18. h4 $5 (18. Rac1 {/\b3}
Bxe2 19. Qxe2 e5 20. dxe6 Nxe6) (18. Nb5 Nxa4 $1 19. Nxc7 Bxe2 (19... Rxb2 $5)
20. Qxe2 Nxb2) 18... Bxe2 19. Qxe2 e5 $1 20. dxe6 (20. Bg3 f5) 20... Nxe6 21.
Bg5 $1 (21. Bg3 Nd4 $17) 21... Qd7 (21... f6 22. Qg4 Qd7 23. Bf4 $13) (21...
Nxg5 $1 22. hxg5 Qxg5 23. Rxd6 c4 (23... Rfe8 24. Qb5 $5) 24. Rad1 Qc5 $15) 22.
Qg4 (22. Ned5 Nxd5 23. exd5 Nd4 $15) 22... f5 (22... f6 23. Bf4) (22... h5 23.
Qg3 Be5 24. f4 Bd4 25. Kh1 $13) (22... h6 23. Bf4 h5 24. Qg3 Nxf4 25. Qxf4 Be5
26. Qg5 c4 27. Rd2 Rfe8 $13 {/=}) (22... Nd4 23. Qxd7 Nxd7 24. Be7 Rfe8 25.
Bxd6 Rxb2 26. Rab1 $14) 23. exf5 gxf5 24. Qh5 f4 $4 (24... Nd4 25. Bh6 (25.
Ned5 Nxd5 26. Nxd5 Qf7 $1 $17) 25... Qe6 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Nb5 $1 $132) 25. Ng4
Rbe8 $2 (25... Nd4 26. Re1 $140 Qf7 27. Qxf7+ Rxf7 28. Re4 $13) 26. Ne4 $18
Nxg5 27. Rxd6 $2 (27. Nxg5 Bd4 (27... Qf5 28. Rxd6 Nc4 29. Rf6 $1) 28. Re1 $1
$18) 27... Nxe4 28. Rxd7 Nxd7 29. Qd5+ Rf7 30. Re1 Nd6 $1 (30... Nef6 31. Nxf6+
Nxf6 32. Rxe8+ Nxe8 33. Qd8 $16) 31. Rxe8+ Nxe8 32. Qa8 Re7 33. Qxa5 Bxb2 $138
(33... h5 34. Nh2 Bxb2 35. Nf3 $14) (33... Bd4 34. Nh6+ Kf8 35. Nf5) 34. Qd2
Bd4 35. Qxf4 $2 $138 (35. Nh6+ Kf8 36. Nf5 Rf7 (36... Re4 37. a5) 37. Nxd4 cxd4
38. Qxd4 $18) 35... Nef6 36. a5 (36. Nh6+ $2 Kf8 37. Nf5 $4 Re1+ 38. Kh2 Be5
$18) 36... Nxg4 37. Qxg4+ Kf7 38. a6 Nf6 39. Qc8 (39. Qf5 $5 c4 (39... Re2 40.
Kf1 (40. a7 Ra2)) (39... h5 40. Kf1 c4 41. Qc8 Ba7) 40. Qc8 $5 Ba7 41. Qxc4+
Kg7 42. g4 $140 Ne4) 39... Ne4 $2 (39... h5 $10) 40. Qf5+ Kg7 (40... Nf6 41. g4
$36) 41. a7 Bxf2+ (41... Rxa7 42. Qxe4 Rf7 $10) 42. Kh2 (42. Qxf2 Nxf2 43. a8=Q
Ng4 44. Qa1+ Re5 $10) 42... Rxa7 43. Qxe4 Bd4 44. Kh3 (44. g4 Rf7 45. g5 (45.
h5 Bf6 $10) 45... h6 46. g6 Rf2+ 47. Kg3 h5 $10) 44... Kf6 $2 (44... Rf7 $10)
45. g4 Ra3+ (45... Kg7 46. h5 $1 Bf6 (46... Ra3+ 47. Kh4 Bf2+ 48. Kg5 h6+ 49.
Kf5 Be3 50. Qe7+ Kg8 51. Qb7 $18) 47. Qf5) 46. Kg2 Ra2+ 47. Kf3 Ra3+ 48. Kg2
Ra2+ 49. Kf1 Rf2+ 50. Ke1 Kg7 51. g5 Rf7 (51... h6 $2 52. Qe7+ Rf7 53. gxh6+
Kg8 54. Qe8+ Rf8 55. h7+ Kg7 56. Qe7+ Rf7 57. h8=Q+ $18) 52. h5 Kf8 53. Qa8+
Ke7 54. Qb7+ Ke6 55. Qc6+ Ke7 56. h6 Rf5 (56... Kf8) 57. Qc7+ (57. g6 hxg6 58.
Qxg6 Rf8 59. h7 Bh8 $1 $10) 57... Ke6 58. Qc8+ Ke5 59. g6 hxg6 60. h7 Kf4 61.
h8=Q Bxh8 62. Qxh8 Kg5 (62... g5 63. Kf2 (63. Ke2 Kg3 $10) 63... Ke4+ 64. Ke2 (
64. Kg2 Re5 $10) 64... Re5) 63. Ke2 Rf7 64. Kd3 Rf3+ 65. Kc4 Rf5 66. Qg7 Kh5
67. Qh7+ Kg5 68. Qh8 {CD3 Dies ist noch kein fünfsteiniges Endspiel, aber man
kann trotzdem die Endspiel CD einsetzen, indem man in ChessBase für Windows
mit Strg-Sh + S die Stellungseingabe aufruft und dann den Bauern c5 vom Brett
nimmt. Das Resultat: Mit 68...Rf4 oder 68...Kg4 hält Schwarz ohne den Bauern
c5 remis (theoretisch!).} Kg4 69. Qh6 g5 {Dieser Zug macht einen schlechten
Eindruck, weil er die folgende Fesselung ermöglicht. Ohne den Bauern c5 (wie
oben beschrieben) würde das Manöver 69...Rf4 und dann 70...g5 zum remis
genügen. "...zum remis genügen..", das ist so leicht daher gesagt. In
Wirklichkeit ist der Weg nicht leicht nachvollziebar. Offenbar ist aber die
schwarze Aufstellung günstig, da der Turm den weißen König links abwehrt und
die Dame rechts keinen Platz zum manövrieren hat.} 70. Qe6 Kf4 {Erzwungen.} 71.
Kd3 {droht Qe4 mit Turmgewinn.} Re5 (71... g4 72. Qe3#) 72. Qf6+ Rf5 73. Qd6+
Re5 {Hier würde sich das Fehlen des Bauern c5 sofort negativ auswirken, weil
Kd4 mit Turmgewinn möglich wäre. Das bedeutet, daß Schwarz durch den Bauern c5
zusätzlich Verteidigungsresourcen hat.} (73... Kf3 74. Qe6 (74. Qc6+ Kg3 75.
Qg6 Rf3+ 76. Kc4 g4 $10) 74... Rf4 75. Qh3+ Kf2 76. Qh5 c4+ $1 (76... g4 $4 {
Gelfand} 77. Qh2+ Kf3 78. Qe2+ Kg3 79. Qe5 $18) 77. Kc3 g4 $10) 74. Qf6+ Rf5
75. Qh6 {In der Stellung ohne Bauern c5 würde jetzt 75...Kg3 zum remis führen.}
Re5 {Schwarz braucht der Dame nicht zu erlauben nach h2 zu gelangen.} (75...
Rd5+ 76. Ke2 $5) (75... Kf3 $2 {Gelfand} 76. Qh3+ Kf4 77. Qe3+ Kg4 78. Qe6 $18)
(75... Kg3 $5 76. Qd6+ (76. Qh5 Rf3+ 77. Ke2 g4 78. Qxc5 Kh3 $10) 76... Rf4 77.
Qxc5 Rf3+ 78. Ke4 g4 $10) 76. Qh2+ Kf5 77. Qf2+ Ke6 $2 (77... Kg4 $5 78. Qf6
Rd5+ 79. Ke3 Rd4 $10) 78. Qf3 Kd6 {Mit dem König auf g4 oder g3 hatte die Dame
keine Möglichkeit raumgreifend zu manövrieren. Aber jetzt, wo der schwarze
König im freien Feld steht, kann sie Ihre ganze Kraft entfalten.} 79. Kc4 Ke6
80. Kb5 Rf5 (80... Kd6 {Endspiel-CD} 81. Qf7 Rd5 $2 82. Qf6+ Kd7 83. Qc6+ $18)
81. Qh3 Kf6 (81... Ke5 82. Kxc5 Kf4+ 83. Kd4 $18) 82. Qh6+ Kf7 {Damit sind
Turm und König voneinander gertrennt.} (82... Ke5 {RR: Gelfand unterlaufen in
seiner Analyse einige lehrreiche Fehler, die von der CD sehr schön aufgedeckt
werden.} 83. Kxc5 $18 g4 $5 (83... Kf4+ 84. Kd6 $1 $18 {CD} (84. Kd4 {Gelfand:
!, CD: ?} Kg3 85. Ke3 Rf3+ 86. Ke2 g4 $10 {CD3}) 84... Kg4 85. Qe6 $8 Kf4 86.
Qd7 Kg4 87. Ke7 Kf4 88. Ke6 Kg4 89. Qd1+ Rf3 90. Ke5 Kg3 91. Qg1+ Kh4 92. Qh2+
Kg4 93. Qg2+ Rg3 94. Qe4+ Kh3 95. Qe2 g4 96. Kf4 Rf3+ 97. Kg5 $8 Rg3 98. Qf2
Rf3 99. Qh4+ $18 {CD3}) (83... Ke4+ 84. Kd6 g4 85. Qg6 Kf4 86. Ke6 Re5+ 87. Kf6
Ra5 (87... Re3 88. Qf5+ Kg3 89. Kg5 $18) 88. Qd3 $18) 84. Qg6 $18 {CD3 Nur so!}
(84. Qe3+ Kf6+ 85. Kd6 (85. Kd4 Rf3 (85... Kg6 $10 {CD3}) 86. Qe5+ (86. Qh6+
Kf5 87. Qh5+ Kf4 (87... Kf6 88. Qxg4 $18) 88. Qe5#) 86... Kg6 87. Ke4 Kh6)
85... Rf3 $140 (85... Kg6 $1 $10 {CD3}) 86. Qh6+ Kf5 87. Qe6+)) 83. Kc4 Re5 84.
Kd3 Ke7 85. Qg6 Rd5+ 86. Ke4 Rd4+ 87. Ke5 Kd7 88. Qb6 Rf4 89. Qe6+ Kc7 90. Qd6+
Kc8 91. Qxc5+ {Das Endspiel ist nicht mehr spannend. Mit dem abseits stehenden
König ist Schwarz chancenlos.} Kd7 92. Qd6+ Kc8 93. Qg6 1-0

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1995.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 O-O 7.
Bg2 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Qb3 {Ftacnik: An important line for this opening.
Equalizing for black is far from an easy task.} Qa5 $1 {N} (9... Qb6 10. Bxd5
exd5 11. Be3 Nc6 12. Rd1 Qa5 13. O-O Bh3 14. Rfe1 Rac8 15. Rc1 Ne5 16. Ndb5 Be6
17. Nd4 Nc4 $10 {Beliavsky,A-Timman,J/Belgrade (02) ;CBM 51 1995}) (9... Nc6
10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. O-O Rb8 12. Na4 Ba6 13. Qc2 Bd6 {/\Nb4} 14. a3 Qe7 15. Re1
Bb5 16. e4 Nb6 $10 {Zvjaginsev,V-Bareev,E/RUS-ch Elista (11) ;CBM 50 1995}) (
9... Na6 {cf. Survey CBM 51 by Ftacnik}) 10. Bd2 (10. Bxd5 exd5 11. O-O (11.
Bd2 Nc6 12. Nc2 Be6 $10) 11... Nc6 12. Be3 Bxc3 13. bxc3 $10) 10... Nc6 11. Nc2
$6 (11. Nxc6 $5 {Ftacnik: This continuation is probably more ambitious} bxc6
12. O-O Bxc3 (12... Rb8 $2 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. a3 Bd6 15. Qxb8 $18) 13. Bxc3 (13.
bxc3 $5 {Ftacnik Nielsen,PH-Savon,V/Pardubice op/1995/}) 13... Nxc3 14. bxc3
Ba6 $10) 11... Bxc3 12. bxc3 (12. Bxc3 {Ftacnik} Nxc3 13. bxc3 Qc7 $10) 12...
Qc7 {/\Na5} 13. Qa3 $2 (13. Bxd5 Na5 (13... exd5 {Ftacnik} 14. Qxd5 Rd8 $132)
14. Qb5 Bd7 15. Qb4 exd5 16. Bf4 Qd8 $10) 13... Ne5 14. Bxd5 (14. Nb4 {Ftacnik}
Nc4 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Qc1 Qc5 $10) 14... exd5 15. Bf4 f6 16. O-O Qf7 $15 17.
Ne3 $2 {Ftacnik: An inacuracy, that can be punished with active play.} (17.
Rfd1 {Ftacnik} Bg4 18. Nd4) 17... Bh3 18. Rfd1 (18. Ng2 {Ftacnik} Rfe8 $15)
18... g5 $1 $17 19. Bxe5 fxe5 $40 20. f3 e4 {Ftacnik: All of sudden Beliavsky
has to be concerned for the safety of his own K.} 21. Qc5 (21. Rxd5 exf3 (21...
h6 {Ftacnik} 22. Rd2 exf3 23. exf3 Qxf3 $17) 22. Rxg5+ Kh8 23. exf3 h6 $1 (
23... Qxf3 24. Qc5 Qf2+ 25. Kh1 Qf3+ $10) 24. Re5 (24. Rd5 Qxf3 25. Qc5 Rae8
26. Rh5 Kh7 27. Rxh3 Rxe3 $19) 24... Qxf3 25. Qb2 (25. Qc5 Rad8 $19 {/\Rd1})
25... Rad8 26. Re1 (26. Qc2 Rde8 27. Rxe8 Rxe8 28. Nc4 Re2 $19) 26... Rd1 $3
27. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 28. Nxd1 Rf1#) 21... exf3 22. exf3 Rae8 $1 23. Rxd5 (23. Qxd5
Qxd5 24. Nxd5 Rxf3 (24... Re2 25. f4 h6 $17) 25. Re1 (25. Rab1 b6 $17) 25...
Ref8 $17) 23... h6 {Ftacnik: This calm move shows, that danger for white's
monarch is systematic and the power of the counterplay only limited.} 24. Re5 (
24. Rd2 Qxf3 25. Qd5+ Rf7 26. Qxf3 Rxf3 27. Nd5 Ref8 28. Rdd1 h5 $17 {/\h4} (
28... Rf2 $2 29. Nf4 $14)) (24. Rd3 {Ftacnik} Qxf3 25. Qd5+ Qxd5 26. Nxd5 Re2
$19) 24... Qxf3 $19 25. Qc4+ Kg7 26. Rxe8 (26. Qb5 Rxe5 27. Qxe5+ Kh7 28. Qd4
Re8 29. Qd3+ Kg7 30. Qd4+ Kg6 31. Qd3+ Re4 32. Re1 Kh5 33. Qe2 Rxe3 $19) (26.
Qd4 {Ftacnik} Qf2+ 27. Kh1 Bg2+ $3 28. Nxg2 Qf1+ 29. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 30. Qg1 Rxg1+
31. Kxg1 Rxe5 $19) 26... Rxe8 27. Qd4+ Kg6 (27... Kg8 {Ftacnik} 28. Qc4+ Be6
29. Qd4) 28. Qd3+ Re4 (28... Kh5 {Ftacnik} 29. g4+ Bxg4 30. Re1 Bh3 $19) 29.
Re1 Kh5 (29... Kh5 $1 {Ftacnik} 30. Qd2 Rxe3 $19) 0-1

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1995.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. c3 h6 4. Bh4 b6 5. Nd2 Bb7 6. e3 d6 7. f3 Be7 8. Bd3 O-O
9. Ne2 c5 10. e4 cxd4 11. cxd4 e5 12. Bg3 exd4 13. Nxd4 Nh5 14. Nf5 Nc6 15. Nc4
Nxg3 16. hxg3 Ne5 17. O-O Nxc4 18. Bxc4 d5 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. Bxd5 Rad8 21. Qd4
Qg5 22. Rad1 Qxg3 23. Qf2 Qc7 24. Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Miladinovic, Igor"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1995.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 c6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. g3 Be7 7. Bg2 Nd7 8. O-O
h6 9. h3 Ngf6 10. Bf4 O-O 11. Ne5 Bh7 12. g4 Qb6 13. Na4 Qb5 14. Nxd7 Nxd7 15.
b3 Rae8 16. a3 f5 17. e3 fxg4 18. hxg4 Qd3 19. Qxd3 Bxd3 20. Rfc1 Be2 21. b4
Rf6 22. Bg3 Bxg4 23. b5 Kh8 24. bxc6 bxc6 25. Rc3 Nb6 26. Nb2 Bd7 27. Rac1 Ref8
28. a4 Bd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1995.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Bc4 (9. O-O-O {ist die Hauptalternative. 9.Bc4 verhindert d6-d5, was
nach 9.0-0-0 möglich ist.}) 9... Bd7 10. h4 Rc8 11. Bb3 h5 12. O-O-O Ne5 13.
Bg5 Rc5 {Dieser starke Zug, 1976 von Sosonko entdeckt, hat die Popularität der
Verteidigung mit ...h5 begründet. Schwarz bereitet b7-b5 vor, der Turm greift
auf der 5.Reihe in das Geschehen ein, indem er z.B. den Bauern h5 indirekt
überdeckt und nach Wegzug der Dame nach a5, b6 oder b8 ist die Möglichkeit zur
Turmverdoppelung mit ...Tfc8 gegeben.} 14. g4 {Häufiger wird stattdessen der
wartende Vorbereitungszug 14.Kb1 gespielt.} hxg4 15. f4 Nc4 16. Qe2 {16.Bxc4
oder 16.Qd3 kommt ebenfalls vor.} Qc8 $5 {Die neueste Mode in der
Drachenvariante in diesem Abspiel. Schwarz deckt den Nc4, verstärkt den Druck
auf der c-Linie, droht Nxb2 und kontrolliert die Diagonale c8-h3 mit den
wichtigen Schlüsselfeldern e6, f5 und g4. Der Nachteil des Zuges liegt in
einer Schwächung des Feldes e7, besonders wenn dort ein Springer hingelangt.
Früher war statt 16...Qc8 der Bauernzug b7-b5 obligatorisch. Übrigens kann die
gleiche Stellung mit eingeschobenem Zugpaar Kb1 und b7-b5 entstehen.} 17. Bxf6
(17. f5 {Das ist die Stammpartie der Idee ...Qc8} e5 18. Ndb5 Bxb5 19. Nxb5
Rxb5 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Bxc4 Rb4 22. Bd5 gxf5 23. Rdf1 f4 {mit unklarem Spiel
und späterem 0-1 in Yudasin,L-Tiviakov,S/Groningen PCA (04) ;CBM 39 1993 (52)})
17... Bxf6 18. Nd5 $2 {Fragwürdig, denn nun bekommt Schwarz die Möglichkeit
zum folgendem "Opfer" eingeräumt. Möglicherweise hat Ivanchuk hier die
Varianten verwechselt und die Stellung im Sinn gehabt, die nach
eingeschaltetem 18.Bxc4 Rxc4 19.Nd5 entsteht. Dort ist der Springerzug stärker,
denn die Möglichkeit des Opfers gibt es nicht, weil der Rc5 nun auf c4 steht.
Dies würde auch erklären, warum er frustriert schon im 24.Zug aufgibt.} (18.
Bxc4 Rxc4 19. Nd5 Re8 (19... Be6 {Danailov ist übrigens der Trainer von
Topalov.} 20. Nxf6+ exf6 21. f5 (21. h5 $142 $1 g5 22. fxg5 fxg5 23. Nb5 $16 (
23. h6 $16)) 21... Bd7 22. Rhg1 (22. Qxg4 Qc5 23. c3 Rxc3+ 24. bxc3 Qxc3+ 25.
Kb1 Qb4+ 26. Ka1 (26. Nb3 Bxf5 $19) 26... Qc3+ $10) (22. Kb1 Re8 23. Qxg4 Qc5
24. c3 Rxe4 25. Qxe4 Bxf5 $19) 22... Qc5 23. Qf2 Rc8 24. Rd2 Ra4 25. Kb1 gxf5
26. exf5 Rxd4 27. Rxd4 Bxf5 28. Rg2 Qe5 29. Rd2 Rc4 30. Rg1 {1/2-1/2 Hamdouchi,
H-Danailov,S/Sitges op ;EXT 94op 1994}) 20. e5 (20. h5 g5 21. e5 Rc5 22. Qe4 (
22. exf6 Rxd5 23. fxe7 gxf4 24. Qe4 Re5 25. Qxf4 R8xe7 26. Qf6 Kh7 27. h6 Qg8
28. Qxd6 $13) 22... Be6 23. Nxe6 Qxe6 {1/2-1/2 Almasi,I-Payen,A/Budapest
Cansys IM-Nov (09) ;EXT 91 1991}) 20... dxe5 (20... Bg7 21. h5) (20... Rc5 21.
exf6 (21. Nxf6+ exf6 22. Nb3 Rc6 $19) (21. Nb3 Rxd5 22. Rxd5 Bc6 $19) (21. Qe4
dxe5 22. fxe5 Bf5 23. Nxf5 gxf5 24. Nxf6+ exf6 $19) 21... Rxd5 22. fxe7 Be6 23.
Nxe6 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Rxe7 (24... Qxe6 25. Qxe6 fxe6 26. Rxd6 Rxe7 $13) 25. Qxg4
Qxe6 26. Qxe6 Rxe6 $17) 21. fxe5 Bg7 22. h5 Bf5 (22... Qc5 23. e6) 23. h6 Bh8
24. h7+ Kf8 25. Qh2 Rd8 26. Nxf5 gxf5 (26... Qxf5 27. Qh6+ Ke8 28. Nc7+ Rxc7
29. Qf8+ Kxf8 30. Rxd8+ Kg7 31. Rg8#) 27. Qh6+ Ke8 28. Qg5 $18) 18... Rxd5 $1 {
Hier gibt der Drachenspieler ohne Nachdenken die Qualität und sagt "Danke".
Der Drachenläufer bleibt erhalten und der gefährliche Nd5 verschwindet vom
Brett. In der Philosophie des Drachenspielers ist dies auch kein Opfer,
sondern ein ganz normaler Tausch.} 19. exd5 b5 {Mit der Idee a7-a5-a4 folgen
zu lassen und den Bb3 in Schwierigkeiten zu bringen. Außerdem entstehen durch
die vorgerückten b- und a-Bauern eine Menge Hebel gegen die weiße
Königstellung, um das Läuferpaar zur Geltung zu bringen. Der schwarze Plan
dauert zwar ein paar Züge, aber Weiß muß etwas unternehmen, um nicht unter die
Räder zu kommen.} 20. h5 g5 {Vermeidet die Öffnung der h-Linie. Ein wichtiges
Motiv in dieser und ähnlichen Stellungen.} 21. fxg5 Bxg5+ 22. Kb1 {Nun ist
wieder eine für die Drachenvariante ganz typische Stellung entstanden. Als
Resultat der weißen Angriffsbemühungen hat Schwarz Spielmöglichkeiten am
Königsflügel erhalten. Der folgende Vorstoß des f-Bauern verhindert eine
Einschnürung am eigenen Königsflügel und bildet ein gefährliches
Freibauernpaar, das die Partie im Endspiel zugunsten von Schwarz entscheidet.
Schwarz muß nun noch aufpassen, daß dem etwas luftigen K nichts geschieht und
wird ansonsten möglichst Abtausch anstreben. Gelegentliche Angriffdrohungen
gegen den weißen K werden die Angelegenheit unterstützen.} f5 23. Rd3 $6 (23.
h6 {ist vielleicht noch ein Angriffsversuch.} f4 {leistet mehr als Königszüge}
(23... Kh8 $6 24. Rh5 (24. h7 f4 25. Ne6 Bxe6 26. dxe6 f3 27. Qe4 Ne5 28. Rh5
Bf6 $17 {Die schwarze Position um den König ist fest und man kann daran denken,
nach Verbesserung der Damenstellung, die Freibauern vorzuscheiben.}) 24... Bf6
25. Bxc4 {Der Läufer hat keine große Perspektive.} bxc4 (25... Qxc4 26. Qxc4
bxc4 27. Nxf5 $16) 26. c3 f4 27. Ne6 Bxe6 28. dxe6 f3 29. Qe4 $18 {mit stark
eingeschränktem Spiel für Schwarz, die Bauern g4,f3 und c4 sind sehr schwach.})
(23... Kh7 $2 24. Rh5 Bf6 (24... Rg8 25. Rxg5 Rxg5 26. Qxe7+ $18) 25. c3 $18 {
/\ 26.Bc2 Der weißfeldrige Läufer erwacht zum Leben und der Pf5 geht verloren.}
) 24. h7+ (24. Bxc4 Qxc4 25. h7+ Kh8 26. Qxc4 bxc4 $19 {Die Freibauern und das
Läuferpaar machen das Rennen.}) 24... Kh8 25. Ne6 Bxe6 26. dxe6 Ne3 27. Rdg1
Qc5 $17 {Schwarz steht gut, auch wenn die technische Realisierung des Vorteils
bestimmt noch mit taktischen Schwierigkeiten verbunden ist.}) (23. Ne6 $2 Bxe6
24. Bxc4 bxc4 (24... Qxc4 $2 25. Qxe6+ Kh8 26. Rhf1 $18 {Schwarz verliert den
Bauern f5 oder g4.}) 25. dxe6 Rf6 $19 {Weiß hat kein Spiel.}) (23. Bxc4 $2 Qxc4
24. Qxc4 bxc4 $19 {Weiß ist chancenlos.}) (23. Rhg1 $5 {Knaak; ist wohl noch
der beste Zug.} f4 24. Bxc4 bxc4 (24... Qxc4 $2 25. Rxg4 Bxg4 26. Qxg4 $18) 25.
Qe4 Kh8 (25... Rf6 $2 26. Qxe7 $18) 26. Ne6 Bxe6 27. dxe6 g3 28. Rd5 Bh6 {
und Weiß hat auch hier Mühe, Gegenspiel gegen die drohenden Freibauern zu
finden, z.B.} 29. Rf5 Rxf5 30. Qxf5 Qc5 31. Qxc5 dxc5 32. c3 Kg7 33. Kc2 Kf6
34. Kd1 Kg5 35. Ke2 Kg4 $19) 23... f4 24. Bxc4 Qxc4 {und hier gab Weiß auf.
Gute Güte!. Sicher hat Schwarz im mächtigen Freibauernpaar weit mehr als
Kompensation für die Qualität, aber ist es wirklich schon so schlimm?} (24...
Qxc4 25. Qg2 {verhindert f4-f3.} Kh8 (25... f3 $2 26. Nxf3 $18) (25... Bh6 $2 {
um mit folgenden Kh8 den Vorstoß des f-P vorzubereiten.} 26. Re1 Rf7 27. Qe4
Bg7 (27... Rg7 28. Rc3 Qb4 29. Rc7 $18 {wohin mit dem Bd7?}) 28. h6 Bxh6 29.
Rc3 Qa4 30. Rc7 b4 31. b3 $18 {gewinnt den Bd7}) 26. Re1 (26. Qe4 $2 Bf5 $19) (
26. b3 Qc5 27. Rg1 (27. Ne6 Bxe6 28. dxe6 g3 {und Weiß muß nicht nur auf die
Freibauern aufpassen, sondern auch auf Gefahren auf der langen Diagonalen
h8-a1 achten.} 29. Rf1 (29. Rd5 f3 $19) 29... Bh6 30. Rd5 Qc3) 27... Bf6 28.
Qe4 Be5 $19 {Weiß hat kein Gegenspiel gegen die schwarzen Freibauern.}) 26...
b4 $1 {verhindert die Möglichkeit Rc3 und läßt sich Zeit, den Vorteil in Ruhe
zu realisieren. Was soll Weiß jetzt machen?} (26... Bf5 $2 {verliert sofort}
27. Nxf5 Rxf5 28. Qxg4 Rxd5 29. Rxd5 Qxd5 30. Rg1 $18) (26... f3 $2 {führt zu
forciertem Remis} 27. Nxf3 Rxf3 28. Rxf3 gxf3 29. Qxg5 f2 30. Qh6+ Kg8 31. Qg5+
$10 {mit ewigem Schach.}) 27. Qe4 (27. Ne6 Bxe6 28. Rxe6 f3 29. Qf2 g3 30. Qxg3
f2 $19) 27... Bf5 $1 {einfach und klar.} 28. Nxf5 Qxe4 29. Rxe4 Rxf5 $19 {
und gegen das Vorrücken der Freibauern gibt es keinen Verteidigung mehr.}) 0-1

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1995.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Qe2 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. h4 h6 7. O-O Nge7 8. c3 e5
9. Na3 O-O 10. Nc4 d6 11. h5 f5 12. Nh4 fxe4 13. hxg6 Be6 14. Ne3 d5 15. c4 d4
16. Nd1 e3 17. dxe3 d3 18. Qd2 e4 19. Bxe4 Bxc4 20. Nc3 b5 21. b3 b4 22. Bb2
bxc3 23. Bxc3 Ba6 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Qc3+ Rf6 26. Rfd1 Qc7 27. Bxd3 Bxd3 28.
Qxd3 Ne5 29. Qc3 N5xg6 30. Nxg6 Kxg6 31. e4 Raf8 32. f4 Kh7 33. Rd2 Rg6 34. Rg2
Qd6 35. Rc1 Rc8 36. Kh2 Rg7 37. f5 Rg4 38. e5 Qd4 39. f6 Nd5 40. Qxd4 Rxd4 41.
Re2 Kg6 42. Rf1 Rc7 43. e6 Nxf6 44. e7 Ne8 45. Rf8 Rc8 46. Ref2 Re4 47. Rg8+
Kh7 48. Rff8 Rxe7 49. Rh8+ Kg6 50. Rhg8+ Rg7 51. Rh8 Re7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D73"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "1995.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Nc3 d5 5. Qb3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Nf3 Qb6 8. h3
dxc4 9. Qxc4 Be6 10. Qa4 Na6 11. O-O Qb4 12. Qc2 c5 13. dxc5 Qxc5 14. Be3 Qc8
15. Ng5 Bd5 16. Qa4 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Nb8 18. Qh4 Nc6 19. Rfd1 h5 20. Qf4 Qb8 21.
Qc4 Qe5 22. Qb3 b6 23. Rac1 Qc7 24. Nd5 Qb7 25. Nf3 Na5 26. Qb5 Nxd5 27. Rxd5
Rac8 28. Rd7 Qe4 29. b3 Rxc1 30. Bxc1 Nc6 31. Rc7 Nd4 32. Qa4 a5 33. Be3 e5 34.
Re7 Qd5 35. Qd7 Qxd7 36. Rxd7 Nxe2 37. Bxb6 Nc1 38. Bxa5 Nxa2 39. Ng5 Bh6 40.
h4 f6 41. Ne4 f5 42. Ng5 Bxg5 43. hxg5 {TL-TS: starker L, passiver sK,
Technik+Taktik} Rb8 44. Rd6 Kg7 45. Bd8 Rb5 46. Bf6+ Kf7 47. Rd7+ Kf8 (47...
Ke6 48. Re7+ Kd6 (48... Kd5 49. Rxe5+ Kc6 50. Rxb5 Kxb5 51. Be7 Nc1 52. b4 $18)
49. Rg7 Rxb3 50. Rxg6 Nc3 51. Bh8+ Kd5 52. Rg8 Ne4 53. Rd8+ Ke6 54. g6 Rb2 (
54... Nf6 55. Rf8 $18) 55. g7 $18) 48. Rg7 Nc3 49. Rxg6 Ne4 50. Bh8 f4 (50...
Rxb3 51. Bxe5 Kf7 52. Rg7+ Kf8 53. g6 $18) 51. b4 Rxb4 (51... fxg3 52. f3 $18)
52. gxf4 exf4 53. f3 Nc5 54. Rh6 Ra4 55. g6 Ra6 56. Bd4 Ne6 57. Bf6 Ke8 58. Rh7
(58. Rh8+ Kd7 59. g7 $2 Nxg7 60. Bxg7 Rg6+ $10) (58. Rxh5 Ng7 59. Rh8+ Kd7 60.
Rh7 Rxf6 61. Rxg7+ Ke8 62. Kh3 Kf8 63. Rf7+ Rxf7 64. gxf7 Kxf7 65. Kg4 Kg6 $10)
58... Rc6 59. Kh2 $1 Ra6 60. Rxh5 Ra2+ 61. Kh3 Ra6 62. Kg4 Rc6 63. Rh7 Ra6 64.
Kf5 1-0

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1995.11.09"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Vaisser, Anatoli"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1995.11.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Bg2 d6 7. d4 c6 8. O-O Na6
9. Nbd2 Rb8 10. Rc1 Kh8 11. Ne1 Be6 12. Nd3 Qd7 13. Re1 Nc7 14. e4 fxe4 15.
Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Rf7 17. Nf4 Bf5 18. Bxf5 Qxf5 19. Qc2 Qg4 20. Re4 Qf5 21.
Qe2 Re8 22. Ne6 Nxe6 23. Rxe6 Ref8 24. Rf1 Kg8 25. Rxe7 Rxe7 26. Qxe7 Qc2 27.
Qe6+ Rf7 28. Ba3 Bxd4 29. Bxd6 Bxf2+ 30. Kh1 Qf5 31. Qe8+ Kg7 32. Qe2 Kg8 33.
Bb4 1-0

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1995.11.09"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Vaisser, Anatoli"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1995.11.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 e5 5. dxe5 dxe5 6. Qxd8+ Kxd8 7. f4 Nc6 8.
Nf3 Nd4 9. Bd3 Nxf3+ 10. gxf3 c6 11. c5 Ne7 12. h4 Kc7 13. h5 Be6 14. Be3 Bh6
15. Ne2 Rad8 16. O-O-O Bxa2 17. Kc2 Be6 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. Rxh6 Rxh6 20. f5 Rh3
21. Bg5 Rxd3 22. fxe6 Rxd1 23. Kxd1 f6 24. Bxf6 Kd8 25. Bxe5 Rxf3 26. Kd2 Ke8
27. Bd6 Ng8 28. Nd4 Rf2+ 29. Ne2 Nf6 30. Ke3 Ng4+ 31. Kd2 a5 32. e5 a4 33. e7
Nh6 34. Ke3 Rh2 35. Nc3 Nf5+ 36. Kf4 Rxb2 37. Kg5 a3 38. Ne4 Rg2+ 39. Kf4 Rf2+
40. Nxf2 a2 41. Ne4 Nxe7 42. Nf6+ Kd8 0-1

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1995.11.11"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "1995.11.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3
Be6 9. Nc2 Rc8 10. b3 Nf6 11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O Nd7 13. Bb2 Nc5 14. Ne3 Bg5 15.
Ncd5 Nd4 16. Re1 b5 17. cxb5 axb5 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. Nf5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Bf6 21.
Bxb5 d3 22. Rc1 g6 23. Ng3 Qa5 24. Bxd3 Qxa2 25. Bc4 Qa5 26. Ne4 Nxe4 27. Rxe4
Rfe8 28. Rxe8+ Rxe8 29. g3 Qb6 30. Kg2 Bd4 31. Rc2 Kg7 32. Bb5 Qxb5 33. Qxd4+
Kg8 34. Rc6 Qxb3 35. Rxd6 Qc2 36. Rd7 Qf5 37. Rc7 Qe4+ 38. Qxe4 Rxe4 39. Kf3
Rd4 40. Rc5 Kf8 41. Ke3 Rd1 42. Ke4 Rd2 43. Ke5 Rxf2 44. Rc8+ Ke7 45. Rc7+ Kd8
46. Ra7 Rf5+ 47. Kd6 Rf6+ 48. Kc5 Rf2 49. Kc6 Rxh2 50. Rxf7 Ke8 51. Ra7 Rc2+
52. Kd6 h5 53. Rg7 Ra2 54. Ke6 Re2+ 55. Kf6 Rd2 56. Ke5 Re2+ 57. Kd6 Ra2 58.
Kc6 Ra6+ 59. Kc5 Kf8 60. Rc7 Ra5+ 61. Kc6 Ra6+ 62. Kc5 Ra3 63. d6 Ke8 64. Rg7
Rxg3 65. Kc6 Rc3+ 66. Kd5 Rd3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1995.11.11"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1995.11.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Ndb5 a6 8.
Be3 Qa5 9. Nd4 Ne5 10. Nb3 Qc7 11. Be2 e6 12. f4 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Qxc4 14. Qf3 Bd7
15. O-O-O Rc8 16. Bd4 b5 17. a3 Be7 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. f5 h5 20. Qg3 b4 21. axb4
Qxb4 22. Rd4 Qb6 23. Rhd1 h4 24. Qg7 Rf8 25. Kb1 a5 26. fxe6 fxe6 27. R1d3 Qc7
28. Nd2 Qc5 29. Nc4 Rc6 30. b3 Qg5 31. Qxg5 fxg5 32. Nb5 Rf1+ 33. Rd1 Rxd1+ 34.
Rxd1 d5 35. exd5 exd5 36. Rxd5 Be6 37. Nbd6+ Kd7 38. Ne5+ Kc7 39. Ne8+ Kb6 40.
Nxc6 Bxd5 41. Nxe7 Bxg2 42. Nf6 Bf3 43. Nf5 1-0

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1995.11.11"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1995.11.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. d4 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 Nc6 10. d5 Bxc3+ 11. Bd2 Bxd2+ 12. Qxd2 Na5 13. h4 Bg4 14. h5
Bxf3 15. gxf3 e5 16. hxg6 fxg6 17. d6 b6 18. Qd5+ Kg7 19. Qxe5+ Qf6 20. Qh2 h5
21. Rd1 Nc4 22. Bxc4 Qc3+ 23. Kf1 Qxc4+ 24. Kg2 Rad8 25. Qe5+ Kg8 26. Rd5 Rf7
27. Rh3 Rdd7 28. Rg3 Rg7 29. Qe6+ 1-0

[Event "Tallinn rapid"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Rytshagov, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B83"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. f4 Be7 7. Be2 Nc6 8. O-O
O-O 9. Kh1 Bd7 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. Bd3 Nb4 12. a3 Nxd3 13. cxd3 Bc6 14. b4 e5 15.
Bb2 exf4 16. Qc1 Qd7 17. Nd4 a6 18. Qxf4 Rfe8 19. Nf5 Bf8 20. Ne2 Nh5 21. Qg5
g6 22. Nf4 Nxf4 23. Rxf4 Re6 24. Raf1 Rae8 25. Ne3 h6 26. Qg3 h5 27. Rf5 Bg7
28. Bxg7 Kxg7 29. Rxh5 Rh8 30. Nf5+ Kg8 31. Rxh8+ Kxh8 32. Qh4+ Kg8 33. Nh6+
1-0

[Event "Tallinn rapid"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Liiva, Riho"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C27"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nxe4 4. Qh5 Nd6 5. Bb3 Be7 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Nxe5 g6 8.
Nxc6 dxc6 9. Qd1 Nf5 10. O-O Nd4 11. d3 O-O 12. Bf4 a5 13. Be5 Bf5 14. Re1 Bf6
15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Ne4 Bxe4 17. dxe4 Rad8 18. Qc1 Rfe8 19. c3 Nxb3 20. axb3 b6
21. Qc2 Qf4 22. Re2 Qd6 23. Rae1 c5 24. h3 Qd3 25. Qxd3 Rxd3 26. f3 Kf8 27. Kf2
Red8 28. Re3 Rd2+ 29. R3e2 Ke7 30. Rxd2 Rxd2+ 31. Re2 Rd1 32. Re1 Rd8 33. Ke2
Ke6 34. f4 f6 35. Rd1 Rd6 36. Rxd6+ cxd6 37. Kd3 f5 38. c4 h5 39. g3 Ke7 40.
Ke3 Ke6 41. Kf3 Kf6 42. g4 h4 43. exf5 gxf5 44. g5+ Kg6 45. Ke3 Kh5 46. Kd3 Kg6
47. Kc2 Kf7 48. Kb1 Ke6 49. Ka2 d5 50. Ka3 d4 51. Ka2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tallinn rapid"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Malisauskas, Vidmantas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Kh1 b5 10. a4 Bb7 11. Nd5 Nbd7 12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8 Bxa8 14. Nxe7+
Qxe7 15. f3 Rb8 16. Re1 d5 17. exd5 Bxd5 18. Bf1 Qb4 19. Bd2 Qh4 20. Bc3 e4 21.
Qd4 Nf8 22. Nc5 Ne6 23. Nxe6 fxe6 24. fxe4 Bxe4 25. Bd3 b4 26. Rxe4 bxc3 27.
Rxh4 cxb2 28. c3 b1=Q+ 29. Bxb1 Rxb1+ 30. Qg1 1-0

[Event "Tallinn rapid"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Shirov,A"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O Bb4 8.
Qd3 $5 Nc6 9. Bg5 $5 $146 h6 (9... Ne5 10. Qe3 $13) 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Rad1 h5
12. Kh1 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Be7 14. f4 (14. Qd2 $5 b5 15. Bd3 $13) 14... b5 15. e5 f5
{[#]} 16. Nd5 $3 (16. Bf3 Bb7 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. Rd2 $13 (18. Ne2 $13)) 16...
exd5 17. e6 O-O $1 (17... Rf8 18. exf7+ Kd8 19. Qxd5 Bb7 20. Qxf5 $36) 18. Rd3
$2 (18. exf7+ Rxf7 19. Bxh5 Qc4 (19... Bb7 20. Bxf7+ Kxf7 21. Qd3 $16) 20.
Bxf7+ Kxf7 21. Qh8 $1 $40) 18... h4 19. Rff3 Kh7 $1 $8 20. Rg3 (20. Qxd5 fxe6
21. Qxa8 Bb7 22. Qa7 Ra8 (22... Bc5 $2 23. Rc3) 23. Qf2 Bxf3 24. Bxf3 Rd8 $10)
20... hxg3 21. Rxg3 f6 22. Rh3+ (22. Qxd5 $2 Qxf4 $19) (22. Qf2 $2 Rg8 $1 23.
Rh3+ Kg7 24. Rg3+ (24. Qh4 Kf8 25. Qh6+ Ke8 26. Rg3 Rf8 $19) 24... Kf8 25.
Rxg8+ Kxg8 26. Qg3+ Kf8 27. Qg6 dxe6 28. Bh5 Bd6 29. Qe8+ Kg7 30. Qg6+ Kh8 31.
Qe8+ Bf8 32. Qxf8+ Kh7 $19) (22. exd7 $2 Qxd7 $19) 22... Kg7 23. Rg3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tallinn rapid"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Na6 6. e4 Bg4 7. Bxc4 Bxf3 8.
gxf3 e6 9. Bxa6 bxa6 10. Qe2 a5 11. Qc4 Rc8 12. Rg1 g6 13. Kf1 Bg7 14. Qc5 Qb6
15. Qxb6 axb6 16. Be3 O-O 17. Rc1 Nd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tallinn rapid"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Maidla, Vallo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. g3 Be6 7. Bg2 Be7 8.
N1c3 Nf6 9. Nd5 O-O 10. O-O Qc8 11. a4 Qd7 12. Na3 Bh3 13. Bxh3 Qxh3 14. Be3
Rfd8 15. c3 h6 16. Qd3 Nxd5 17. Qxd5 Bg5 18. Rfe1 Rd7 19. Rad1 Ne7 20. Qb3 Bxe3
21. Rxe3 a6 22. Nc2 Qe6 23. Qxe6 fxe6 24. Red3 d5 25. Ne3 Rad8 26. Nc4 Ng6 27.
a5 d4 28. Nb6 Rd6 29. h4 h5 30. Kf1 Kf7 31. Ke2 Ke7 32. b4 Nf8 33. Nc4 Rc6 34.
Nxe5 Rxc3 35. Rxc3 dxc3 36. Rxd8 Kxd8 37. Kd3 Ke7 38. Kxc3 Kd6 39. Kd4 1-0

[Event "Tallinn rapid"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Bd3 Nc6 8.
Nde2 d6 9. O-O Bc5 10. h3 h6 11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2 Bd7 13. Kh1 Ne5 14. Ng3 Nfg4
15. Kg1 Qh4 16. Nh1 Bc6 17. Bc2 Nf6 18. Re1 Nh5 19. Ne2 f5 20. exf5 Qg5 21.
Neg3 Nxg3 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1996.01.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1996.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. e5 dxe5 7. Nxe5 Ra7 8. d3
b6 9. O-O Be7 10. Be3 Bb7 11. Bxb7 Rxb7 12. Qf3 Qc8 13. d4 cxd4 14. Bxd4 O-O
15. a4 Nfd7 16. Rfd1 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Nc6 18. Bd6 Bxd6 19. Rxd6 Rc7 20. Qe2 Na5
21. Rxb6 Nc4 22. Rb4 a5 23. Rb5 Nxb2 24. Nd5 exd5 25. Rxb2 Rc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1996.01.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "1996.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Na3 Be7 7. Be3 cxd4 8.
Nb5 O-O 9. Bxd4 Nc6 10. Bxf6 Qxd1+ 11. Rxd1 gxf6 12. Nd6 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1996.01.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Shirov,A"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1996.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6
8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 c5 13. d5 Qb6 14. Bg2
O-O-O 15. O-O b4 16. Na4 Qb5 17. a3 exd5 18. axb4 cxb4 19. Be3 Nc5 (19... Ne5 {
Ftacnik} 20. Qd4 (20. Bxa7 d4 21. Nb6+ Kc7 22. Bxb7 Kxb7 23. Qe2 Bd6 24. Rfc1
d3 25. Qe4+ Qc6 26. Rxc4 Nxc4 27. Qxc4 Qxc4 28. Nxc4 d2 29. Be3 Bxg3 30. Bxd2
Bxh2+ 31. Kg2 Be5 {1/2-1/2 Haba,P-Buturin,V/Litomysl op/1995/}) 20... Nc6 21.
Qg4+ Rd7 22. Rfd1 Ne5 23. Qf5 Bd6 24. Bd4 Nc6 25. Bc5 d4 26. Be4 Be5 27. Bxd4
Rhd8 28. Be3 Kc7 29. Rxd7+ Rxd7 30. Nc5 {1-0 Nikolic,P-Westerinen,H/Esbjerg/
1982/}) 20. Qg4+ Rd7 (20... Kb8 {Ftacnik} 21. Qd4 Nxa4 22. Qxa7+ Kc7 23. Rxa4
Ra8 24. Qxa8 Bxa8 25. Rxa8 c3 26. bxc3 bxc3 27. Bf4+ Kd7 28. Rd1 Ke6 29. Re1+
Kxf6 30. Be5+ Kg6 31. Bxh8 $16 {1-0 Agzamov,G-Chandler,M/Beograd/1982/ (40)})
21. Qg7 $3 {Ftacnik: Fascinating sacrifice born in the safety of the home
laboratory. Black's K will be the target of the active white pieces.} (21. Nxc5
Bxc5 22. Bxc5 Qxc5 23. Bh3 (23. Qg7 Rdd8 24. Qxf7 $14) 23... Rhd8 24. Qg7 Kc7
25. Bxd7 Rxd7 $44) 21... Bxg7 22. fxg7 Rg8 (22... Rhd8 23. Nxc5 Rc7 24. Bh3+
Kb8) 23. Nxc5 d4 {Ftacnik: Very resourceful, but even without this original
trick position is not so clear.} (23... Rc7 24. Nxb7 (24. Bh3+ {Ftacnik} Kb8
25. Ne6 fxe6 26. Bxa7+ Kc8 27. Bxe6+ Kd8 28. Bxg8 Rxg7 29. Be6 $13) 24... Rxb7
(24... Qxb7 25. Bh3+ (25. Rfd1 {Ftacnik} Qc6 (25... Rxg7 26. Rxd5 $18) 26. Rxd5
Qe6 27. Bf4 $40) 25... Kb8 26. Bxa7+ Qxa7 27. Rxa7 Kxa7 $17) 25. Rfd1 Rd7 (
25... Rxg7 $2 {Ftacnik} 26. Rxd5 Qe8 27. Rc5+ $18) 26. Bd4 $16 {/\
h2-h4-h5-h6-h7} (26. Bh3 Rxg7 27. Rxa7 f5 28. Bxf5 Kb8 29. Bxd7 Rxd7 30. Raa1
$13)) (23... f5 24. Rxa7 $1 (24. Nxd7 $6 Qxd7 25. Bd4 Rxg7 $14) 24... Rgxg7 (
24... Rdxg7 25. Rfa1 $18) 25. Rfa1 $18) (23... Rxg7 24. Bh3 $1 Bc6 25. Rxa7 $18
) (23... Bc6 24. Ra6 {/\25.Rfa1+-}) 24. Bxb7+ Rxb7 25. Nxb7 Qb6 (25... Kxb7 26.
Bxd4 a5 27. Rfe1 $18) (25... Qxb7 {Ftacnik} 26. Bxd4 a6 27. Rfe1 $14) 26. Bxd4
$3 (26. Bf4 Kxb7 27. Rfe1 a5 $1 $13) 26... Qxd4 27. Rfd1 Qxb2 (27... Qxd1+ 28.
Rxd1 Kxb7 29. Rd4 Rxg7 30. Rxc4 a5 31. Rf4 $1 Kb6 32. h4 Kb5 33. b3 $18) (27...
Qxg7 28. Rxa7 Kb8 29. Rda1 Re8 (29... Qd4 30. Na5 $3 Qc5 31. Rb7+ Kc8 32. Rxf7
$18) 30. Nd6 Re1+ 31. Rxe1 Kxa7 32. Nxc4 $16) (27... Qg4 $5 {Ftacnik} 28. Nd6+
Kb8 29. Rd5 c3 $1 (29... Rxg7 $2 30. Rc5 $16) 30. bxc3 bxc3 31. Rb5+ Kc7 (31...
Ka8 32. Rb7 $18) 32. Ra6 c2 33. Rb7+ Kd8 34. Nxf7+ Ke8 35. Nd6+ Kd8) 28. Nd6+
Kb8 (28... Kc7 {Ftacnik} 29. Rxa7+ Kc6 30. Nxc4 $40) 29. Rdb1 Qxg7 $2 (29...
Qd2 30. Nxc4 Qc3 31. Ra4 $1 (31. Ne3 $2 Qc5 32. Ra4 a5 33. Rba1 b3) 31... b3
32. Na5 $1 (32. Ne3 Ka8 33. Ra3 Qxg7 34. Raxb3 $14) 32... Ka8 (32... b2 33.
Rb4+ Ka8 34. R4xb2 $18) 33. Ra3 $1 (33. Rxb3 Qe1+ 34. Kg2 Qd1 $1) 33... Qxg7
34. Nc6 Kb7 35. Nxa7 $18) (29... Qc3 30. Rxa7 $1 Kxa7 (30... Rxg7 31. Rb7+ Ka8
32. R7xb4 $18) 31. Nb5+ Ka6 32. Nxc3 bxc3 33. Rb4 $1 $18) 30. Rxb4+ Kc7 (30...
Ka8 {Ftacnik} 31. Rba4 (31. Ra5 $14) 31... f6 32. Nb5 $40) 31. Ra6 $1 {Ftacnik:
The beautiful position illustrating the might of coordination in chess. Black
heavy pieces are hidden in the corner and the K is in flames.} Rb8 (31... Qe5 {
Ftacnik} 32. Rb7+ Kd8 33. Raxa7 $18) (31... Ra8 {Ftacnik} 32. Rb7+ Kd8 33.
Nxf7+ Ke8 34. Nd6+ $18) 32. Rxa7+ (32. Rxc4+ Kd7 33. Nf5 Qb2) 32... Kxd6 33.
Rxb8 Qg4 (33... c3 34. Rc8 $18) 34. Rd8+ Kc6 35. Ra1 (35. Rxf7 c3 36. Rf4 $18)
1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1996.01.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1996.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. d4 Bd7 8. Qe2
a6 9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. d5 Bd7 11. Rd1 O-O 12. e5 dxe5 13. Nxe5 Bf5 14. c4 Qc7 15.
Nc3 Rad8 16. Nf3 h6 17. Be3 e6 18. Qd2 Ne4 19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20. Bxh6 Bxh6 21. Qxh6
Bxf3 22. gxf3 exd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1996.01.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1996.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. h3 Bf5 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 Bd6 8.
Nc3 Nge7 9. Nb5 a6 10. Nxd6+ Qxd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Bd2 Rfe8 13. Rae1 Ng6 14. Re2
Rxe2 15. Qxe2 Qd7 16. Re1 Qf5 17. c3 Qc2 18. Bc1 Qxe2 19. Rxe2 h5 20. Ne1 f6
21. Nd3 Kf7 22. Bf4 Rc8 23. g4 hxg4 24. hxg4 Nxf4 25. Nxf4 Ne7 26. f3 Re8 27.
g5 Rc8 28. gxf6 Kxf6 29. Re5 c6 30. Re6+ Kf7 31. Rd6 Rc7 32. Nd3 Nf5 33. Ne5+
Ke7 34. Rg6 Rc8 35. Rg5 Ke6 36. a4 a5 37. Kf2 Rh8 38. Rg6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1996.01.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1996.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Giese Dautov} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6
7. Bg5 Bb7 8. e3 d6 (8... h6 9. Bh4 c5 (9... Re8 10. f3 d5 11. Bd3 Nbd7 12. Ne2
c5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Bb5 Ne4 15. Bxd8 Nxc3 16. Bxd7 Rexd8 17. Nxc3 Rxd7 {
1-0 Dzevlan,M-Kurajica,B/JUG-ch (05)/1991/ (54)}) (9... g5 10. Bg3 Ne4 11. Qc2
f5 12. f3 Nxg3 13. hxg3 Qf6 14. Bd3 c5 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Ne2 Nc6 17. O-O-O Ne5
18. Rh5 Kg7 19. Nc3 Bc6 20. Be2 Rad8 21. f4 Nf7 {1/2-1/2 Szymczak,Z-Chloupek,S/
Prague Vysehrad (05)/1990/ (43)}) 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. Nf3 g5 12. Bg3 Ne4 13. Qc2
f5 14. Bd3 Qa5+ 15. Ke2 d6 16. Rhd1 e5 {1-0 Tihonov,J-Kellenberger,S/WchJM-U16
Bratislava (09)/1993 (27)}) (8... Re8 9. Nh3 h6 10. Bh4 d6 11. f3 e5 12. d5 c6
13. dxc6 Nxc6 14. O-O-O Rc8 15. Kb1 d5 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Qe1 Qc7 18. Bd3 Na5
19. e4 Ne7 {1/2-1/2 Petursson,M-Sokolov,A/Torcy op/1991/ (41)}) 9. c5 $6 {
Sokolov is very strong player and he he conciously tries to prevent the push
c7-c5. Unfortunately for him the general strategical rules will enable black
to punish him for this antipositional attempt. White simply lacks development
of his pieces.  N} (9. f3) 9... Nc6 (9... dxc5 10. dxc5 bxc5 (10... Nc6 {Dautov
} 11. Nf3 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Qxf6 gxf6 14. Rc1 Rfd8 $10) 11. Rd1) 10. Nf3 h6
11. Bh4 (11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. cxd6 cxd6 13. Be2 Rac8 $15) 11... g5 12. Bg3 (12.
Nxg5 hxg5 13. Bxg5 bxc5 14. dxc5 e5 $17) 12... bxc5 13. dxc5 Ne4 14. Qc2 f5 $1
(14... Nxc5 15. h4 (15. b4 {Dautov} Nd7 16. Rd1 $44 (16. h4 g4 (16... Qf6 $2
17. Rd1 g4 18. Nd4 (18. b5 Nb4) 18... Nxd4 19. Rxd4 $14 {[%csl Rc7,Rg4]}) 17.
Ng5 Nf6 $1 (17... hxg5 $2 18. hxg5 Re8 19. Qh7+ Kf8 20. Bh4 $18) 18. Bd3 Ne7
$17)) 15... g4 16. Nh2 h5 17. b4 $36) 15. Bb5 (15. cxd6 cxd6 16. O-O-O Rc8 17.
Kb1 Ne5 $17) 15... Rc8 16. Nd2 (16. O-O Qf6 $15) 16... Nxd2 (16... Nxg3 17.
hxg3 Qf6 18. O-O-O $13) (16... Nxc5 $2 17. b4 Qf6 18. O-O f4 19. bxc5 $14) 17.
Qxd2 Qf6 {Ivanchuk has taken over the initiative and the Bg3 is in danger.} 18.
h4 (18. cxd6 $6 f4 $1 19. exf4 gxf4 20. d7 Rcd8 $19 (20... Rcd8 {Dautov} 21.
Rc1 fxg3 22. hxg3 Nd4 $19)) (18. f3 {Dautov >=} f4 19. exf4 (19. Bf2 $5) 19...
gxf4 20. Bf2 d5 $15) 18... f4 19. hxg5 hxg5 (19... Qe5 20. Bh2 Qxc5 21. Bxc6
Qxc6 (21... fxe3 $2 22. Qd3 $18) 22. Qd3 Qe4 23. Qxe4 Bxe4 24. f3 $14) 20. exf4
(20. Qd3 Qg7 21. exf4 gxf4 $17) 20... gxf4 21. Rh4 $5 (21. Bh4 Qe5+ 22. Kf1 (
22. Qe2 {Dautov} Qxe2+ 23. Bxe2 Nd4 $17) 22... Qxc5 $17 (22... Nd4 $17)) 21...
Qe5+ (21... fxg3 22. Rg4+ Kh8 23. O-O-O Rf7 24. Bd3 $40 (24. Rh1+ {Dautov} Rh7
25. Rxh7+ Kxh7 26. Bd3+ Kh8 27. Rg6 $18)) 22. Kf1 fxg3 23. Rg4+ Kf7 24. Re1
Qxc5 $6 {Daring move that leads to the lines of rare beauty, but objectively
stronger might be} (24... Qh5 $142 $1 25. Qf4+ Ke7 26. Qxg3 $17 (26. Qxg3 Ne5
$19)) (24... Qh8 $1 25. cxd6 cxd6 26. Qxd6 (26. Qf4+ Qf6 $19) 26... Qh1+ 27.
Ke2 Qh5 28. Qd7+ Ne7 $19) 25. Qf4+ Ke8 (25... Ke7 $4 26. Rg7+ $18) (25... Qf5
$2 {Dautov} 26. Qxf5+ exf5 27. Bc4+ Kf6 28. Re6+ Kf7 29. Re2+ $10) 26. Rxe6+ (
26. Bxc6+ Bxc6 27. Rxe6+ Kd7 28. Rg7+ Kxe6 29. Rg6+ Kd7 30. Qg4+ Qf5 $19) 26...
Kd7 27. Rg7+ (27. Qxg3 Kxe6 28. Bc4+ Kd7 29. Rg7+ Ne7 $19) 27... Kxe6 28. Rg6+
$2 {[#]} (28. Bc4+ $1 d5 (28... Qxc4+ {The only way to play for win, but the
outcome is not so clear.} 29. Qxc4+ Kf6 30. Rxg3 Ne5 $15) 29. Qg4+ Rf5 (29...
Kd6 $2 30. Qd7+ Ke5 31. Rg5+ $18) (29... Ke5 30. Qxg3+ Ke6 31. Qg4+) 30. Qg6+
Rf6 (30... Ke5 31. Qxg3+ Rf4 32. Rg5+ Ke6 33. Bxd5+ Qxd5 34. Rxd5 $13) 31. Qg4+
Rf5 (31... Ke5 32. Qxg3+ Rf4) 32. Qg6+ $10) 28... Kd7 (28... Kd5 $19 {Giese})
29. Rg7+ Ke6 30. Rg6+ (30. Bc4+ $1 d5 (30... Qxc4+ 31. Qxc4+ Kf6 32. Rxg3 Ne5
33. Qh4+ Ke6 $17) 31. Qg4+ Rf5 (31... Kd6 $4 32. Qd7+ Ke5 33. Rg5+ Kf6 34. Qf5+
Ke7 35. Rg7+ Kd6 36. Rd7#) 32. Qg6+ Ke5 33. Qxg3+ Ke6 34. Qg6+ Rf6 35. Qg4+ $10
) (30. Bc4+ $142 $10 {Giese}) 30... Kd5 {[%cal Yc5f2]} 31. Qd2+ (31. Qg5+ Ne5
$19) (31. Rg5+ {Giese} Ne5 32. Qd2+ Ke6 $19) (31. Bxc6+ {Giese} Kxc6 32. Qa4+
Kb6 $19) 31... Qd4 32. Bxc6+ (32. Rg5+ {Giese} Ke6 $19) (32. Qg5+ {Giese} Ne5
$19) 32... Kxc6 $1 {The K slips into the safety and black will win with neat
combination.} (32... Kc5 33. Qxd4+ Kxd4 34. Bxb7 Rxf2+ $19) (32... Bxc6 $4 33.
Rg5+ Ke6 34. Qxd4 {[%cal Gg5a5]} Rxf2+ 35. Ke1 $40) 33. Qxd4 (33. Qc2+ Kd7 $19)
33... Ba6+ (33... Ba6+ 34. Kg1 gxf2+ 35. Kh2 (35. Qxf2 {Giese} Rxf2 $19) 35...
f1=Q $19 (35... Rh8+ 36. Kg3 f1=Q 37. Qe4+ Kb6 38. Qb4+ Qb5 $19)) 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1996.01.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Ivanchuk,V"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1996.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Nbd7 8. O-O
c6 9. d5 Ng4 10. Bd2 {A rare idea, instead of the normal move Bg5, that forces
f6. If Black play the advance f5, now or after Bg5, there is no diference. But
this break with f5 is considered dubious from a long time ago, because white
can go for the move Ng5. After f6 Black usually plays for the manouver Nh6-f7
before to play f5, like a Brenninkmejer-Piket game.} f5 $6 {Very dubious.
Black must trye other ideas. To play with a5 and Nc5, and then f5 is very slow
and doesn't works because the king knight must comeback to f6. Another idea,
may be more sound is 10...cd5 11.cd5 ( 11. Nd5, Cc5 ) Bh6!. This move is
possible now, but not after 10.Bg5 f6 11.Bd2 cd5 12.cd5 Bh6 because after 13.
h3 ypo loose the knight.} (10... a5 11. h3 Ngf6 12. Be3 Nc5 13. Nd2 $16) 11.
Ng5 Ndf6 12. b4 cxd5 (12... Qe7 {Is the known move ( by transposition ).} 13.
h3 (13. dxc6 bxc6 14. b5 h6 15. h3 hxg5 (15... Nxf2 16. Rxf2 hxg5 17. Bxg5 $16)
16. hxg4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 fxe4 18. bxc6 $16 {and this funny position, with
islands of doubled pawns in both sides of the board, must favour white because
of the weakness of the e.}) 13... Nh6 14. c5 Kh8 15. Qb3 $1 {Grunberg-Knaak,
DDR 1987.}) 13. cxd5 fxe4 $2 {Was much better} (13... Qe7 14. Qb3 $1 (14. h3
Nh6 15. Qb3 fxe4 16. Ncxe4 Nf5) (14. Bc4 $6 Nxe4 15. Ncxe4 fxe4 16. Nxe4 Qh4 (
16... Nxh2) 17. h3 Nxf2) (14. exf5 gxf5 15. f3 Nh6 16. f4) 14... Nxe4 15. Ncxe4
fxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxh2 $2 (16... Nf6 17. Ng5 (17. Bg5 $1 Bf5 18. f3 (18. Ng3) 18...
Qd7 19. Ng3 $1 $16 (19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Bd3 Bd8 $1) (19. Bd3)) 17... h6 18. Ne6
Bxe6 19. dxe6 d5) 17. Bg5) 14. Ne6 $1 {Probably Piket didn,t really consider
this move, sacrificing the e-pawn. The discoordination of the black knights
allows this possibility.} Bxe6 15. dxe6 Nh6 (15... h5 16. Bg5 (16. h3 Nh6 17.
g4)) 16. g4 $1 {A strong move, against the situation of the Nh6.} d5 (16... Ne8
17. Nxe4 {is ridiculous for black. Minor pieces are without live. White will
play Bg5, supporting the advanced pawn.} Nc7 18. Bg5) 17. Bg5 $1 {This simple
move distroys black center and the white squares.} (17. g5 Nf5 18. gxf6 Bxf6 {
seguido de Cd4.} 19. Bc1 Nd4 $13) 17... Rc8 (17... d4 18. Nxe4) (17... Re8 18.
Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Nxd5 Rc8 (19... Rxe6 20. Qb3 Nf7 21. Nc7 Qxc7 22. Qxe6 Kg7 23.
Rfd1) 20. Bb5 (20. Qb3) 20... Rxe6 21. Bd7) 18. e7 $1 {Deciding the result of
the game.} Qxe7 19. Nxd5 Qe6 20. Nxf6+ Rxf6 21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22. Qd5+ Nf7 23. Bc4
Rxc4 24. Qxc4 Qf3 25. Qe6 Bh6 26. Rad1 e3 27. Rd7 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1996.01.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1996.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d6 4. d4 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3 Na6 8. b3 c6
9. Bb2 Qe8 10. d5 Bd7 11. Rb1 Rc8 (11... Nc7) 12. e4 $1 $146 (12. Nd4 {-52/110}
) 12... Nxe4 (12... fxe4 13. Ng5 e3 14. fxe3 h6 15. Nf3 $14 (15. Nge4 Ng4)) 13.
Nxe4 fxe4 14. Ng5 Bxb2 (14... e3 15. Bxg7 (15. f4 $5) (15. fxe3 Rxf1+ 16. Qxf1
Qf8 $14) 15... exf2+ 16. Rxf2 Rxf2 (16... Kxg7 17. Qd4+ Kg8 18. Rbf1 $16) 17.
Qd4 $16) 15. Rxb2 Rf5 (15... e3 16. fxe3 Rxf1+ 17. Qxf1 Qf8 18. Rf2 Qg7 19. Bh3
$1 $18) 16. Nxe4 (16. h4 cxd5 17. cxd5 Nc5) 16... cxd5 17. cxd5 (17. g4 Re5 (
17... Rf7 18. Ng5 Rf4 19. Qxd5+ Kg7 20. f3 $5 Nc5 21. Re2 $16) (17... Rf4 18.
Qxd5+ Kg7 19. Qxb7 Nc7 20. Qxa7 Rxg4 21. Ng3 $16) (17... dxe4 18. gxf5 gxf5 19.
f3 $1 (19. Qd5+ Qf7 $13) 19... Nc5 20. fxe4 fxe4 (20... Nxe4 21. Bxe4 fxe4 22.
Rg2+ $18) 21. Qd5+ (21. Bxe4 Nxe4 22. Qd5+ Kh8 23. Qxe4 Bc6 $13) 21... Kh8 (
21... Be6 22. Qg5+ Kh8 23. Rbf2 $16) 22. Qd4+ $16) 18. cxd5 (18. f4 Rxe4 19.
Qxd5+ Re6 20. f5 Nc7) (18. Ng3 dxc4 19. Bxb7 c3 20. Bxc8 Qxc8 $44 21. Re2 Bxg4
22. f3 Qc5+ 23. Kg2 Bd7 24. Ne4 Qc8 $13) (18. Nc3 dxc4 19. Bxb7 cxb3 20. Nd5
Rc5 21. Bxa6 Bxg4 22. f3 Rcxd5 23. Bc4 Be6 $13) 18... Nc5 19. Nc3 g5 $5 (19...
Bb5 20. Nxb5 Qxb5 21. Rc2 Rf8 22. Rc4 Nd7 23. f4 Re3 24. g5 $14) 20. f4 gxf4
21. Rxf4 Qg6 $13) (17. Nc3 e6 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. Bxd5+ Rxd5 20. Qxd5+ Qf7 21.
Qxb7 Nc5 $17) 17... Nc5 18. Re1 (18. Qd4 $5 b6 19. Nc3 $1 {Ivanchuk} Rf7 20. h4
(20. Re1 a5) (20. Re2 a5 (20... Qf8 21. b4 Na4 22. Nxa4 Bxa4 23. Bh3 Bb5 $1)
21. Rfe1 Qf8) 20... a5 21. b4 axb4 22. Rxb4 Rb8 23. Rfb1 Qd8 24. a4 $14) 18...
Nxe4 19. Rxe4 (19. Bxe4 Rf7 20. Qd4 b6 21. Rbb1 Rf8 22. Rbc1 Qf7 $10) 19... Rc5
20. Rc4 (20. Qe1 Rf7 (20... Qc8 21. Rb1 Rc2 $132) 21. Rbe2 Qc8) 20... Rxc4 21.
bxc4 b6 22. Re2 Rf7 23. Qd4 Qf8 24. f4 Qg7 25. Qxg7+ Kxg7 26. Re3 Bc8 27. h4 (
27. Ra3 e5 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1996.01.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1996.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O
h6 9. b3 Be7 10. Na4 b5 11. e5 bxa4 12. Nxc6 dxc6 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. Ba3 Bxa1
15. Qxa1 f6 16. Qd1 Kf7 17. Bd6 Qd7 18. Qh5+ g6 19. Qc5 Bb7 20. Rd1 axb3 21.
cxb3 Rad8 22. h4 h5 23. b4 Kg8 24. Rd4 Qg7 25. Be4 Re8 26. f4 Qf7 27. a4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1996.01.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D48"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1996.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O a6 10. e4 c5 11. d5 Qc7 12. Qe2 (12. Bc2 Be7 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. Ng5
Qc6 15. Qf3 h6 16. Qh3 hxg5 17. Qxh8+ Kf7 18. Qh3 g4 19. Qh4 Ne5 20. f4 gxf3
21. gxf3 Ng6 $1 $15 {1-0 Lautier,J-Dreev,A/Linares/1995 (42)}) (12. dxe6 fxe6
13. Ng5 Qc6 14. Qe2 c4 15. Bc2 Bc5 16. b4 Bd4 17. Bb2 e5 18. Rad1 Rd8 19. a4
Nf8 20. axb5 axb5 21. Ra1 h6 22. Nf3 N8d7 {0-1 Velazco,E-Sieiro Gonzalez,L/
Buenos Aires VII Najdorf op (01) ;EXT 95op 1995 (35)}) (12. b3 Be7 13. Bg5 O-O
14. Re1 Ne5 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. Qd2 Nxd5 17. exd5 Qxg5 18. Qxg5 Bxg5 19. Ne4 Be7
20. d6 Bf6 21. Rac1 Bxe4 22. Bxe4 Rad8 23. Red1 Bd4 24. b4 Rxd6 25. bxc5 Bxc5
26. Rxd6 Bxd6 27. Rc6 {Dreev,A-Onischuk,A/Alushta4 (04)/1994/0-1 (62)}) 12...
Bd6 (12... e5 13. b3 Rc8 14. Nd1 c4 15. bxc4 bxc4 16. Bc2 Bd6 17. Nh4 g6 18.
Rb1 O-O 19. Bh6 Ne8 20. Ne3 Ndf6 21. Qf3 Rb8 22. Ba4 Be7 23. Nhf5 gxf5 24. Nxf5
Kh8 25. Nxe7 Qxe7 26. Bxf8 Qxf8 27. Qc3 Qe7 28. f4 {1-0 Bronstein,D-Tolush,A/
URS-ch20 Moscow/1952 (36)}) 13. Bg5 O-O 14. Bxf6 gxf6 {Ivanchuk tests the new
approach, his B pair can hopefully compensate for the inferior pawn structure.}
(14... Nxf6 $2 15. e5 $16) 15. Rad1 Ne5 $1 (15... Kh8 16. Bc2 Rg8) 16. Nxe5
Bxe5 17. f4 Bd4+ (17... Bxf4 $2 18. Qg4+ Bg5 19. h4 $16) 18. Kh1 Kh8 19. Bb1
Rg8 20. Qc2 f5 $1 21. Nxb5 $6 {Probably missing on a good option, since
black's pawn chain f7-e6-f5 is vulnerable.} (21. exf5 exd5 22. f6 Rg6 23. Nxb5
axb5 24. Rxd4 Qd6 25. Rd2 d4 $13) (21. Ne2 $1 Bf6 22. Ng3 $14) 21... axb5 22.
Rxd4 fxe4 23. Qc3 (23. d6 Qc6 24. Rd2 Rad8 25. Re1 $14) 23... Rg7 24. Bxe4 $6 (
24. d6 e3 25. Rg1 (25. dxc7 $4 Bxg2+ 26. Kg1 Be4#) 25... Qb6 26. Rd3 Be4 (26...
Bd5 27. Rxe3 Qxd6 28. Rg3 Rag8 29. Qf6 $16) 27. Rxe3 Bxb1 28. Rxb1 Qxd6 29. Rg3
Qd4 $10) 24... exd5 25. Bf3 (25. Bxd5 Qd6 $1 26. Bxb7 (26. Rd2 Bxd5 27. Rfd1
Bxg2+ $19) 26... cxd4) 25... Qb6 26. Rd2 d4 {Strong passed pawn promises good
chances for success, since white has no compensation in counter attack.} 27.
Qd3 Rd8 28. Bxb7 Qxb7 29. Re1 Rg6 30. h3 c4 31. Qe4 Qxe4 32. Rxe4 d3 33. Kg1
Re6 34. Rxe6 fxe6 35. Kf2 e5 $1 36. fxe5 $6 (36. f5 Kg7 37. Ke3 Kf6 38. g4 Rd4
$17) 36... Rd5 37. Ke1 b4 38. Rf2 c3 39. bxc3 bxc3 40. Rf8+ Kg7 41. Rc8 d2+ 42.
Kd1 Rd3 (42... Rd3 43. Rc7+ Kg6 44. e6 Re3 45. Kc2 Re1 $19) 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1996.01.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "1996.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 b5 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. g4 h6 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. h4 b4 (11... Qc7 12. Rg1 Ne5 13. g5 Nfd7 14. g6
Nc5 15. gxf7+ Qxf7 16. b4 Na4 17. Nxa4 bxa4 18. f4 Nc6 19. Bc4 Nxd4 20. Qxd4
O-O-O 21. Qa7 Qe8 22. Bb6 {1-0 Rios,M-Galarza,P/Bogota Lat Cup (07) ;EXT 92
1992}) (11... d5 12. Bh3 e5 13. g5 b4 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 exd4 16. Bxd4 Qa5
17. Rhe1+ Kd8 18. Qe3 Bd6 19. gxh6 Kc7 20. hxg7 Rxh4 21. Bxd7 Kxd7 22. Be5 Re8
23. g8=Q Rxg8 24. Bxd6 Qd8 25. Be7 {1-0 Svatos,J-Hausner,I/CZE-ch (03) ;TD
94\03 1994}) (11... Nb6 12. Bd3 (12. Rg1 b4 13. Nb1 d5 14. g5 Nfd7 15. g6 Qxh4
16. gxf7+ Kxf7 17. Rg4 Qh5 18. Rf4+ Nf6 19. Nxe6 {1-0 Jirovsky,Pe-Rajnys,V/CZE
Tschechien-ch Prague ;EXT 95ch 1995 (32)}) 12... Nfd7 13. f4 (13. g5 h5 14. g6
Qe7 15. Qf2 Nc4 16. Bxc4 bxc4 17. Rhe1 Ne5 18. gxf7+ {1-0 Andreescu,N-Schmid,S/
WchJW-U18 Szeged (05) ;TD 94\01 1994 (39)}) 13... Qc7 14. Rhe1 Nc4 15. Bxc4
Qxc4 16. a3 b4 17. axb4 Qxb4 18. g5 hxg5 19. hxg5 Rc8 {Hellers,F-Malisauskas,V/
Biel izt (10) ;CBM 37 1993/1/2-1/2 (46)}) 12. Nb1 $5 $146 (12. Nce2 d5 {
1/2-1/2 Farkas,Ti-Bordas,G/Budapest FS02 IM ;EXT 93 1993}) 12... d5 (12... e5
13. Nf5 d5) 13. Bh3 Ne5 14. g5 Nfd7 15. Qe2 Qa5 (15... hxg5 $5 16. hxg5 Rxh3
17. Rxh3 dxe4 $44) 16. f4 Nc4 17. b3 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 dxe4 19. g6 Nc5 20. gxf7+
Kxf7 21. Rhg1 (21. Nxe6 Nxe6 22. Rd7+ Be7 23. Bxe6+ (23. Rxb7 Nc5 (23... Qd5))
23... Kxe6 24. Rxb7 Qd5) 21... Rc8 {/\22...Q:a2} 22. Nxe6 (22. Qg3 Bd5 (22...
g5 $5) 23. Qg6+ Ke7) 22... Nxe6 (22... Qxa2 $2 23. Nd8+ $1 $18) 23. Rd7+ Be7
24. Bxe6+ Kxe6 25. Qh3+ (25. Rxb7 Rxc2+ 26. Kxc2 Qxa2+ 27. Kd1 Qxb1+ 28. Ke2
Qc2+ 29. Qd2 Qxd2+ (29... Qc6 30. Rg6+ (30. f5+ Kf7 31. Rxg7+ $1 $18) 30... Bf6
31. Rbxg7) 30. Kxd2 Rd8+ 31. Ke2 Bf6 $36) 25... Kf7 26. Rxb7 Qc5 (26... Rxc2+
27. Kxc2 Qc5+ 28. Nc3 $1 Qf2+ 29. Ne2 $1) 27. Qg2 Rhg8 28. Re1 e3 $1 29. f5 (
29. Qe4 Rge8 30. Rxe3 Kf8) 29... Rc6 30. Qe4 Rgc8 31. c4 bxc3 $2 (31... Kf8 $1
32. Rxe3 (32. Qxe3 Bxh4 33. Qxc5+ Rxc5) 32... Bf6 $17 (32... Bxh4)) 32. Rxe3
R8c7 33. Rxc7 Rxc7 34. f6 $1 (34. Qe6+ $1 Kf8 35. f6 $1 gxf6 (35... c2 36.
fxe7+ Rxe7 37. Rf3+ $18) 36. Rg3 $18) 34... gxf6 35. Qh7+ Ke8 36. Qg8+ Kd7 37.
Qe6+ Ke8 38. Rg3 Kd8 39. Nxc3 (39. Rg8+ Bf8 40. Qxf6+ Ke8 $13) 39... Rd7 (39...
Rc6 $5 40. Rg8+ (40. Rd3+ Kc7 41. Qd7+ Kb8) 40... Kc7 41. Rc8+ (41. Qc8+ Kb6
42. Qb8+ Ka5 43. Rg3 Bd6 $19) 41... Kb6 42. Rxc6+ Qxc6 $15) 40. Qxa6 Bd6 (40...
Kc7 $5) 41. Rg8+ Ke7 (41... Kc7 42. Rc8#) 42. Qc4 (42. Rg7+ Ke6 43. Qe2+ Be5
44. Qg4+ f5 45. Qg6+ Bf6 46. Qe8+ Re7) 42... Bf4+ 43. Kb1 Qxc4 44. bxc4 Ke6 $44
45. Nd5 Be5 46. Rh8 Rb7+ 47. Kc2 Rb2+ 48. Kd3 Rxa2 49. Rxh6 Ra3+ 50. Ke4 Ra4
51. Ne3 Bc7 52. Rh8 f5+ (52... Bb6 $6 53. Rc8 Bxe3 (53... Kd7 $2 54. Nd5) 54.
Kxe3 Ra3+ 55. Kf4) 53. Nxf5 (53. Kf3 Ra3 54. Ke2 f4) 53... Rxc4+ 54. Kd3 Ra4
55. Ne3 Bf4 56. Nc2 Be5 57. Rh7 Bf6 58. h5 Rh4 59. Ne3 Rd4+ 60. Ke2 Bg5 61. Nf1
Kf5 62. Rg7 Bf4 63. Kf3 Rd3+ 64. Kg2 Ra3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1996.01.27"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1996.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 h6 7. h3 a6 8. Bg2 g5
9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. Nb3 Ne5 11. f4 gxf4 12. Bxf4 Nfd7 13. O-O-O b5 14. Qf2 Bb7 15.
Kb1 Rc8 16. Ne2 h5 17. gxh5 Rxh5 18. h4 Be7 19. Ng3 Rxh4 20. Nh5 Rxh1 21. Bxh1
Ng6 22. Ng7+ Kf8 23. Bh6 Kg8 24. Nf5 Nde5 25. Nxe7+ Qxe7 26. Rg1 f6 27. Nd4 Kf7
28. Bg5 Rh8 29. Rf1 Nd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1996.01.28"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1996.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 e5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Nf3 f5 6. O-O d6 7. Rb1 a5 8. a3 Nf6
9. d3 O-O 10. b4 axb4 11. axb4 {Eine typischer Stellungstyp der Englischen
Eröffnung. Weiß hat Raumvorteil am Damenflügel, Schwarz am Königsflügel.} h6
12. b5 Ne7 13. Bb2 Be6 14. Ra1 (14. c5 g5 15. b6 c6 16. cxd6 Qxd6 17. Ra1 Ng6
18. Na4 Qb4 19. Bc3 Qb5 20. Nd2 Nd5 21. Bxd5 cxd5 22. Qb3 Qc6 23. Bb2 d4 {
0-1 Kagan,Is-Reilly,T/AUS-ch Melbourne (01) ;EXT 91ch 1991 (37)}) 14... Rc8 (
14... Rb8 15. c5 Nd7 16. Na4 dxc5 17. Ra3 g5 18. Qa1 Ng6 19. Nd2 Qe7 20. Nc3
Nf6 21. Ra7 b6 22. Qa6 Rfd8 23. Rd1 Qf7 24. Rb7 Rxb7 25. Qxb7 Ne8 26. Nc4 e4
27. Ne3 f4 {0-1 Urban,J-Soffer,R/Budapest FS09 GM (06) ;EXP 37 1993 (40)}) 15.
c5 $6 $146 (15. Ra7 b6 16. Qc2 (16. Qb3 g5 17. Nd2 f4 {1/2-1/2 Hickl,J-Mohr,S/
BL 9495 (1994) ;BL 90 1995 (35)}) 16... g5 17. Rfa1 f4 18. Nd2 fxg3 19. hxg3
Qe8 20. Nce4 Ng4 21. Nf1 Nf5 22. e3 Qg6 23. Rb7 Nh4 24. gxh4 gxh4 25. f3 Rxf3 {
0-1 Schneider,B-Short,N/Solingen ;TD 86\01 1986 (30)}) (15. Ne1 b6 16. Nc2 g5
17. Nb4 f4 18. d4 fxg3 19. fxg3 exd4 20. Ncd5 {1/2-1/2 Jackelen,T-Kindermann,S/
BL 9293 (1992) ;BL 90 1993 (30)}) 15... Nd7 (15... dxc5 $2 16. Nxe5 Nfd5 17.
Na4 $36) 16. cxd6 cxd6 17. Na4 d5 {Als Folge des weißen Vorstoßes c4-c5 hat
Schwarz zusätzlich ein Übergewicht im Zentrum bekommen.} 18. Nd2 Qe8 (18... f4
$5 19. e3 fxe3 20. fxe3 Nf5 21. Qe2 Qg5 $36) 19. e3 g5 20. Qe2 Qf7 21. f4 {
Notwendig, sonst wird er von den schwarzen Bauern überrollt.} Ng6 22. fxe5
Ndxe5 23. Nf3 Nxf3+ 24. Bxf3 Bxb2 25. Qxb2 f4 26. Bg2 Qe7 27. Nb6 Rcd8 28. Qd4
Qd6 29. exf4 (29. gxf4 $5 gxf4 30. Ra7 Rf7 $13 (30... Qb8 31. Nxd5)) 29... gxf4
30. Rae1 Kh7 (30... fxg3 $5 31. Rxf8+ Nxf8 $17) 31. Kh1 Bg8 32. Rf3 fxg3 33.
Rxg3 Rf4 34. Qe3 $2 (34. Qg1 $142 Rb4 35. Bh3 $13) 34... Rdf8 $2 (34... d4 $142
$1 35. Qd2 Rh4 $19 (35... Qxb6 $2 36. Rxg6)) 35. Rg1 d4 (35... Bf7) (35... Nh4)
36. Qd2 Ne5 $2 $18 (36... Qxb6 37. Be4 Rxe4 38. Rxg6 Qxg6 39. Rxg6 Re3 40. Rd6
Be6 {/\ 41...Rf1 42.Kg2 Bh3#} 41. Qxe3 dxe3 42. Rxe6 Rf5 43. b6 $16) (36... Rf2
37. Qe1 Qxb6 38. Rxg6 Qxg6 39. Be4 $18) 37. Be4+ $5 (37. Qxf4 $1 Rxf4 38. Be4+
$18) 37... Rxe4 38. dxe4 (38. Qg2 $2 Rg4 39. Rxg4 Nxg4 40. Qxb7+ Kh8 41. Rxg4
Rf1+ 42. Kg2 Qf6 43. Qg7+ Qxg7 44. Rxg7 Rb1 $10) 38... Nf3 $6 (38... Qxb6 39.
Qg2 $18) 39. Rxf3 $1 Rxf3 40. Qg2 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 05th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. Bf4 Bb4 7. Ndb5 O-O 8.
Bc7 Qe7 9. Bd6 Bxd6 10. Qxd6 Qd8 11. e3 Qa5 12. Qd2 d5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Be2 a6
15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Be6 17. O-O Rac8 18. Rfd1 Rfd8 19. h3 h6 20. a3 Qc7 21.
Bf3 Qb8 22. Be2 Re8 23. Rac1 Rc6 24. Na4 Rec8 25. Rxc6 Rxc6 26. Nc5 Qc7 27. b4
a5 28. Bb5 Rb6 29. a4 axb4 30. Qxb4 Bc8 31. Qd4 Be6 32. Rd3 Qe7 33. Rc3 Rd6 34.
a5 Bf5 35. Bf1 Rc6 36. Na4 Qc7 37. Rxc6 Qxc6 38. Nc3 Be6 39. Bd3 Qc7 40. Qb4
Nd7 41. f4 d4 42. Qxd4 Qxa5 43. Kh2 Qc5 44. Qxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 05th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Qd6 8.
Nbd2 Be6 9. a3 a5 10. b3 Nd7 11. Ng5 O-O 12. Bb2 f6 13. Nxe6 Qxe6 14. Kh1 Rfd8
15. Qh5 Qf7 16. Qg4 Nf8 17. f4 exf4 18. Rxf4 Ng6 19. Rf5 Qe6 20. Raf1 Bd4 21.
Bxd4 Rxd4 22. Qg3 Rd7 23. a4 b6 24. Nc4 Kh8 25. Rh5 Kg8 26. Rhf5 Re8 27. h4 Kh8
28. h5 Ne7 29. R5f4 h6 30. Rg4 Nc8 31. e5 fxe5 32. Rg6 Rf7 33. Rf3 Qd5 34. Ne3
Rxf3 35. Qxf3 e4 36. Qg4 Qe5 37. dxe4 Nd6 38. Nc4 Qa1+ 39. Kh2 Rxe4 40. Qd7
Rh4+ 41. Kg3 Qe1+ 42. Kf3 Qf1+ 43. Ke3 Re4+ 44. Kd2 Rd4+ 45. Ke3 Nxc4+ 0-1

[Event "Amber-blindfold 05th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3 Qf5 7. Qb3 Nc6 8.
Bd2 O-O 9. e3 Rd8 10. Be2 e5 11. Nxe5 Be6 12. g4 Qxe5 13. dxe5 Bxb3 14. exf6
Be6 15. f4 gxf6 16. O-O-O Kg7 17. Rhg1 Na5 18. b3 Nxb3+ 19. axb3 Bxb3 20. Nb5
Bxd1 21. Rxd1 Bxd2+ 22. Rxd2 Rxd2 23. Kxd2 c6 24. Nd4 a5 25. Kc3 a4 26. Kb2 c5
27. Nf5+ Kf8 28. Ka3 b6 29. Bc4 Ra5 30. Nd6 Ra8 31. h4 h6 32. h5 Ra5 33. e4 Ra8
34. Bd5 Ra7 35. Nf5 b5 36. Nxh6 c4 37. Nf5 b4+ 38. Kxb4 a3 39. Bxc4 a2 40. Bxa2
Rxa2 41. g5 Rf2 42. h6 Kg8 43. Ne7+ Kh7 44. Nd5 fxg5 45. fxg5 Kg6 46. Kc5 Kxg5
47. h7 Rh2 48. Kd6 Rxh7 49. e5 Kf5 50. Ne7+ Ke4 51. Ng8 Rg7 52. Nf6+ Kf5 53.
Nd7 Rh7 54. Nf8 Rg7 55. Nd7 Rg1 56. Ke7 Kg6 57. Nf8+ Kg7 58. Nd7 Re1 59. Kd6
Kg6 60. Nf8+ Kf5 61. Ke7 Ra1 62. Kxf7 Ra7+ 63. Ke8 Kxe5 64. Nd7+ Kd6 65. Nf8
Rg7 66. Kd8 Re7 67. Ng6 Re1 68. Nf8 Re2 69. Ng6 Re6 70. Nf8 Re2 71. Ng6 Re1 72.
Nf8 Re3 73. Ng6 Ke6 74. Nf8+ Kf7 75. Nd7 Rc3 76. Nb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 05th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E66"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O a6 8. d5
Na5 9. Nd2 c5 10. Rb1 Rb8 11. b3 b5 12. Qc2 e6 13. Bb2 e5 14. a3 bxc4 15. bxc4
Qc7 16. Ba1 Bd7 17. Rxb8 Rxb8 18. Rb1 Ne8 19. Rxb8 Qxb8 20. e4 Bh6 21. Ncb1 f6
22. Bc3 Qb6 23. Bf1 Kf7 24. Bd3 Ke7 25. Qd1 Nb7 26. Nf1 Nd8 27. Nbd2 Nf7 28.
Bc2 f5 29. exf5 gxf5 30. Qe2 Kf8 31. Ne3 Ng7 32. Ng2 Qd8 33. f4 Qe7 34. Nf3
exf4 35. Qxe7+ Kxe7 36. gxf4 Nh5 37. Nfh4 Nxf4 38. Nxf4 Bxf4 39. Nxf5+ Bxf5 40.
Bxf5 Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 05th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Bb3 d6 7. c3 Na5 8. Bc2
c5 9. Re1 Nc6 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. Nf1 h6 12. a3 Bf8 13. b4 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15.
Bb2 Nf4 16. Ng3 a6 17. Qd2 Ng6 18. d4 cxd4 19. cxd4 exd4 20. Nxd4 Rxe1+ 21.
Rxe1 Nxd4 22. Bxd4 a5 23. Bb3 Ra6 24. Ne4 axb4 25. axb4 Bf5 26. Bc5 Qxd2 27.
Nxd2 Bxc5 28. bxc5 Bd7 29. Bd5 Bc6 30. Bxc6 Rxc6 31. Nb3 b6 32. cxb6 Rxb6 33.
Nd2 Kf8 34. g3 Rc6 35. h4 Ne7 36. Nf3 g6 37. Ne5 Rc7 38. Rd1 h5 39. Rd8+ Kg7
40. Rd7 Rxd7 41. Nxd7 Nf5 42. Kg2 f6 43. Kf3 g5 44. hxg5 fxg5 45. Nc5 Nd6 46.
Kg2 g4 47. f3 gxf3+ 48. Kxf3 Nf5 49. Kf4 Nxg3 50. Kxg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 05th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Na6 6. e3 Bg4 7. Bxc4 e6 8. h3
Bh5 9. O-O Nb4 10. Qe2 Be7 11. Rd1 O-O 12. g4 Bg6 13. e4 Nd7 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15.
dxe5 Qa5 16. f4 Rad8 17. Be3 h6 18. Kg2 Bh7 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Rd1 g5 21. Rxd8+
Bxd8 22. Qd2 gxf4 23. Bxf4 Bb6 24. Bb5 cxb5 25. Bxh6 Bc5 26. Qd7 Bg6 27. Qc8+
Kh7 28. Bg5 Nd5 29. Qxc5 Nxc3 30. Qxc3 Qxa4 31. Kg3 Qxe4 32. Bf6 b4 33. Qc8
Qe1+ 34. Kf4 Qf2+ 35. Kg5 Qd2+ 36. Kh4 Qh6+ 37. Kg3 Qe3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 05th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 h6 10. Bh4 b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. f5 h5 13. Kb1 Qb6 14. Nxc6 Bxc6
15. fxe6 fxe6 16. Bd3 O-O-O 17. Rhf1 Be7 18. Ne2 Rde8 19. Nf4 Bd8 20. Be2 Bxe4
21. Bxh5 Re7 22. Bf3 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Rhh7 24. h4 d5 25. h5 Bc7 26. Ng6 Ref7 27.
Rh1 Qc5 28. a3 Kb7 29. f4 d4 30. Qxd4 Qxd4 31. Rxd4 e5 32. fxe5 fxe5 33. Rg4
Rh6 34. Rg5 e4 35. Ne5 Re7 36. Ng4 Rhe6 37. Re1 e3 38. Re2 Bb6 39. c3 Rd6 40.
Kc2 Red7 41. Nxe3 Re6 42. h6 Rxh6 43. Nd5 Bd8 44. Rf5 Rhd6 45. Ree5 Rh6 46. Kb3
Rh2 47. Re6 Rg7 48. Nb4 Bb6 49. Rff6 Bd8 50. Rf5 Bb6 51. Ref6 Bd8 52. Rxa6 Rg5
53. Rf7+ Bc7 54. Rc6 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 05th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Shirov,A"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The quality of blindfold games in Melody Amber tournament seems to increase
year by year. At least I could feel that in my games I could find much more
interesting things than one year ago over the empty monitor.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3
d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Bd7 {This move took me some time
as nobody had played against me this setup before. However after some moves it
comes to the line normally starting with} (6... e6) 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O e6 9. f3
Be7 10. h4 b5 11. g4 $5 {A rare path. White has so far been successful with
more common} (11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Ne2) 11... Ne5 {This logical move is already
new.} (11... b4 {has been played.}) 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Qh6 $5 {I got inspired
by this unusual idea and decided not to spend time on considering anything
else which I would probably do in a 'slow chess' game} Rc8 {After the game
Ivanchuk was a bit unhappy about this move and he suggested} (13... b4 {
instead. Unfortunately I don't remember how went our post-mortem but I think
that the position after} 14. Nce2 {is quite unclear.}) 14. f4 Bf8 15. Qh5 b4 {
[#]} 16. Nd5 $5 {I was feeling in a creative mood and the other continuation} (
16. Nce2 $6 Nc4 {with Black's initiative, didn't apply to me at all. As Vasily
admitted, having missed 14.Nd5 he got psychologically affected and didn't
manage to cope with all the complications.}) 16... exd5 {Refusing to take
knight wouldn't be in Black's favour for example} (16... Ng6 17. f5 exd5 18.
fxg6 fxg6 19. Qxd5 $14 {or even worse}) (16... Nc4 $6 17. Bxc4 Rxc4 18. Ne3 Rc5
19. g5 $16) 17. fxe5 fxe5 {I hope the reader will forgive me that I don't give
analysis on} (17... dxe5 18. Bxa6 $13 {-it's too complicated.}) 18. Bxa6 exd4
19. exd5 $5 {Intuition told me that my bishop could still be of use later on.}
(19. Bxc8 Bxc8 {would be quite unclear.}) 19... Bg7 $6 {Not yet a great
mistake but connected with a big oversight. During the game I considered} (
19... Qf6 $1 {to be best for Black. Now he practically doesn't risk anything
while White should be cautios. After} 20. Bxc8 {Black has two possibilities
but both of them seem to lead to an approximate equality, for instance} Qf4+ (
20... Bxc8 21. Rhe1+ Kd8 (21... Be7 22. Re4 O-O 23. g5 $14) 22. Rf1 Qh6+ 23.
Qxh6 Bxh6+ 24. g5 Bg7 25. Rxf7 Be5 $13 {or}) 21. Kb1 Bxc8 22. Rde1+ Kd8 23.
Rhf1 Bxg4 24. Rxf4 Bxh5 25. Rxd4 $13 Bf3 $140 26. Rd3 Bg2 27. Rd2 $10 {. The
following lines also indicate that keeping the rook is probably not very
promising for Black:}) (19... Ra8 $2 20. Rhf1 Qe7 (20... Qa5 21. Bb7 Rb8 22.
Bc6 $18) (20... Qb6 21. Rxf7 Kd8 22. Qg5+ Kc7 23. Bd3 $18) 21. Bb7 $1 (21. Rde1
Rxa6 22. Qxf7+ Kd8 23. Rxe7 Bxe7 24. Qg7 Re8 $13) 21... Bxg4 (21... Rxa2 22.
Rfe1 Ra1+ 23. Kd2 Qe3+ 24. Rxe3+ dxe3+ 25. Ke1 $18) 22. Bc6+ Kd8 23. Qxg4 Rxa2
24. Qxd4 Ra1+ 25. Kd2 Bh6+ 26. Kd3 Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1 Rg8 28. Qb6+ Qc7 29. Qf2 $1
$18) (19... Rc5 $6 20. Rhf1 (20. Rde1+ $6 Be7 21. Rhf1 Rf8 $15) 20... Qa8 $1 {
This poses White certain practical problems but still doesn't seem good enough
in view of} (20... Qa5 21. Rde1+ $1 (21. Qxf7+ Kd8 22. Qf6+ Kc7 23. Qxh8 Qxa6
24. Qxh7 b3 25. axb3 Qa1+ 26. Kd2 Qxb2 $13) 21... Kd8 22. Rxf7 $1 {(Ivanchuk)}
Qxa6 (22... Qa4 23. Bd3 b3 24. a3 $1 $18) 23. Rxd7+ Kxd7 24. Qf7+ Be7 25. Rxe7+
Kc8 26. Ra7 $18) 21. Rxf7 Kd8 22. Qg5+ Kc7 23. Qf5 (23. Qf6 $6 Qxa6 24. Qxh8 b3
25. axb3 Qa1+ 26. Kd2 Qa5+ $40) 23... Bh6+ 24. Kb1 Rd8 25. Bd3 Qxd5 (25... Be3
26. Qxh7 Qxd5 27. Bf5 Qc6 28. Rf1 d3 29. Bxd3 $14) 26. Qxd5 (26. Qxh7 Ra5 27.
b3 Be3 28. Bf5 Qb5 $13) 26... Rxd5 27. g5 Rf8 (27... Bxg5 28. hxg5 Rxg5 29.
Bxh7 $16) 28. Rxh7 Bxg5 29. hxg5 Rxg5 30. b3 $14) 20. Rde1+ Kf8 21. Rhf1 Be8 $4
{The decisive error. After the correct} (21... f6 22. Bxc8 (22. g5 $6 Be8 23.
Qe2 Rc7 $15) 22... Qxc8 23. Kb1 {it wouldn't be easy to asess the position})
22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 23. Bxc8 f6 24. Qf5 $1 $18 {The queen's exchange would create
unnecessary technical difficulties.} Qe5 25. Qd7 $1 d3 26. Qd8+ Kf7 27. Qc7+
Kf8 (27... Kg6 28. Bf5+ Kh6 29. Qf7 Qe3+ 30. Kb1 $18) (27... Qe7 28. Be6+ $18)
28. Be6 Qe3+ 29. Kb1 dxc2+ 30. Qxc2 $6 {A blindfold inaccuracy.} (30. Ka1 {
would be cleaner.}) 30... Qc5 31. Qe4 {Black resigned as he can not prevent
mating attack.} 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 05th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E65"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 d6 5. O-O Nbd7 6. c4 Bg7 7. Nc3 a6 8. b3
O-O 9. Bb2 Rb8 10. a4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nc5 12. b4 Qb6 13. Nc2 a5 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15.
Bxg7 Nxb4 16. Bxf8 Kxf8 17. Na3 Kg8 18. Nb5 Bf5 19. Rc1 Na2 20. Ra1 Nb4 21. Rc1
Rd8 22. Nd4 Bd7 23. Nb5 d5 24. cxd5 Bxb5 25. axb5 Qxb5 26. e4 b6 27. Re1 e5 28.
Qf3 Qd7 29. Qf6 Qd6 30. Qxd6 Rxd6 31. Bf1 Rd8 32. Re3 Kg7 33. Bb5 Kf6 34. f4 g5
35. fxg5+ Kxg5 36. Rf1 f6 37. h4+ Kg6 38. g4 a4 39. Ref3 Nxe4 40. Bxa4 Rxd5 41.
Be8+ Kg7 42. g5 fxg5 43. Rf7+ Kh6 44. hxg5+ Kxg5 45. Rxh7 Rd3 46. Re7 Kh4 47.
Rh7+ Kg5 48. Re7 Kh4 49. Rh7+ Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 05th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd5 5. d4 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. Bd3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 O-O 9. O-O b6 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Qe2 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nbd7 13. Rac1 Qc7 14. Bd3
Ng4 15. Be4 Bxe4 16. Qxe4 Ngf6 17. Qe2 h6 18. Bd2 Qc6 19. c4 Rfc8 20. Rfe1 Qa4
21. Bf4 Rc6 22. Ne5 Nxe5 23. Bxe5 Nd7 24. Rc3 Qa5 25. Re3 Rac8 26. d5 Rxc4 27.
dxe6 fxe6 28. Bb2 Rc2 29. Qg4 Rxb2 30. Qxe6+ Kh8 31. Qxd7 Rf8 32. R3e2 Qxa2 33.
Qe7 Kg8 34. h3 Rxe2 35. Rxe2 Qd5 36. Kh2 Rf7 37. Qe8+ Kh7 38. Qe3 Rd7 39. g3 b5
40. Qc3 Qd3 41. Qb2 a6 42. Re3 Qf5 43. Kg2 Rf7 44. Qe2 Qd5+ 45. Kg1 Rc7 46. Kh2
Rc1 47. Re4 Qd1 48. Qxd1 Rxd1 49. Re6 a5 50. Rb6 Rb1 51. g4 a4 52. Kg3 a3 53.
Ra6 b4 54. f4 b3 55. Rxa3 b2 0-1

[Event "Amber-blindfold 05th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Xie, Jun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nd7 10. d4 Bf6 11. a4 Bb7 12. Na3 exd4 13. cxd4 Na5 14. Ba2 b4 15.
Nc4 Nxc4 16. Bxc4 d5 17. exd5 Nb6 18. Bd3 Nxd5 19. Ne5 Ne7 20. Be3 Qd5 21. f3
Qd6 22. Qc2 g6 23. Rad1 Bh4 24. Bf2 Bxf2+ 25. Qxf2 Rad8 26. h4 Qxd4 27. Qxd4
Rxd4 28. Bc4 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Nc6 30. Bxa6 Nxe5 31. Bxb7 Nc4 32. Rc1 Rb8 33. Rxc4
Rxb7 34. Kf2 Kf8 35. Ke3 Ke7 36. Re4+ Kd6 37. Kd4 c5+ 38. Kc4 b3 39. Kc3 Kc6
40. g4 Rd7 41. Rf4 Rb7 42. Rf6+ Kd5 43. a5 Ke5 44. g5 Rb4 45. a6 Rxh4 46. f4+
Kd5 47. a7 Rh3+ 48. Kd2 Rh2+ 49. Ke3 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 05th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Bg5 Nc6 7. Nge2 a6 8. Qd2
Bd7 9. h4 h5 10. O-O-O b5 11. Nd5 bxc4 12. Nec3 Nh7 13. Be3 e6 14. Nf4 e5 15.
dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nfd5 Rb8 17. Bh6 Bxh6 18. Qxh6 c6 19. Ne3 Be6 20. Be2 Qa5 21. Rd2
Nd3+ 22. Bxd3 cxd3 23. Rxd3 Bxa2 24. g4 Be6 25. Kb1 hxg4 26. h5 g5 27. Nxg4 Rb3
28. Nf6+ Nxf6 29. Qxf6 Rfb8 30. Rh2 Qe5 31. Qxe5 dxe5 32. Rg2 Kh7 33. Kc1 Kh6
34. Rd6 Rc8 35. Rh2 a5 36. Kc2 Rcb8 37. Kc1 Rc8 38. Kc2 Rb4 39. Nd1 g4 40. fxg4
Rxe4 41. Nf2 Rc4+ 42. Kd3 Rf4 43. Rg2 Rb8 44. Ne4 Rb3+ 45. Nc3 a4 46. Rxc6 Kg5
47. Re2 Bxg4 48. Rxe5+ Bf5+ 49. Ke3 Rf1 50. h6 Re1+ 51. Kd4 Rb4+ 52. Kc5 Rxe5+
53. Kxb4 Bg6 54. Kxa4 Kxh6 55. b4 Kg5 56. b5 Be4 57. Rc5 Bc2+ 58. Kb4 Rxc5 59.
Kxc5 Bd3 60. b6 Ba6 61. Kc6 f5 62. Nd5 f4 63. Nxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 05th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O b5 8. Bb3
Be7 9. Qf3 Qb6 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Rad1 Nc5 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Rfe1 Ra7 14. Qh5
Nxb3 15. cxb3 Rc7 16. b4 Rc4 17. Nf5 Rxc3 18. bxc3 exf5 19. exf5 Qc6 20. Rxe7+
Kxe7 21. Re1+ Kd8 22. Qxf7 Re8 23. Qxf6+ Kc7 24. Qf7+ Kd8 25. Qf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 05th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 c6 4. d4 Nd7 5. O-O Be7 6. dxe5 dxe5 7. Ng5 Bxg5 8.
Qh5 Qe7 9. Qxg5 Qxg5 10. Bxg5 Nc5 11. f3 Be6 12. Be2 Nf6 13. Nd2 Nfd7 14. Nc4
f6 15. Be3 Bxc4 16. Bxc4 Ke7 17. Rfd1 Rhd8 18. a4 a5 19. b3 b6 20. Kf2 Nb7 21.
h4 Ndc5 22. Bf1 h5 23. Ke1 g6 24. g3 Rd6 25. Bh3 Rad8 26. Rdb1 Ra8 27. Rd1 Rad8
28. Rxd6 Nxd6 29. Ke2 Rb8 30. Rd1 Ne6 31. c3 b5 32. Ra1 bxa4 33. Rxa4 Rxb3 34.
Rxa5 Nb5 35. Kd2 Kd6 36. Bf1 Na3 37. Bd3 Nb1+ 38. Bxb1 Rxb1 39. Ra7 Rb2+ 40.
Ke1 Rb1+ 41. Ke2 Rb2+ 42. Ke1 Rb1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 05th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8.
Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Nf6 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. Bd2 b6 13. O-O-O Bb7 14. Ne5 c5
15. Bb5+ Ke7 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. a3 a5 18. Bc3 Bd5 19. Rhe1 Rhc8 20. f3 Kf8 21.
Kb1 Qc7 22. Bd4 Rd8 23. Qf2 Bc5 24. Bxc5+ Qxc5 25. Qxc5+ bxc5 26. c4 Bb7 27.
Kc2 g5 28. Rxd8+ Rxd8 29. Nd3 Rc8 30. Kb3 g4 31. Re3 Ke7 32. Ka4 gxf3 33. gxf3
Nd7 34. f4 f6 35. Rg3 Bc6 36. Bxc6 Rxc6 37. Kxa5 Rc8 38. Ka4 Kd6 39. Kb3 e5 40.
fxe5+ Nxe5 41. Kc3 h5 42. Rh3 Rh8 43. b4 cxb4+ 44. axb4 f5 45. b5 Ng4 46. Kb4
h4 47. c5+ Kd5 48. b6 Kd4 49. c6 Ne3 50. Rxe3 Kxe3 51. c7 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 05th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Na6 6. e4 Bg4 7. Bxc4 Bxf3 8.
gxf3 e6 9. Bxa6 bxa6 10. Qd3 a5 11. Qc4 Rc8 12. Be3 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. Kh1 Qb6
15. b3 Qb7 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. Ne2 Nd7 18. Rac1 g6 19. Nf4 Ba3 20. Ra1 Bf8 21.
Nd3 Rb8 22. Rab1 Bd6 23. Qc3 Qa6 24. Bg5 Rdc8 25. Nc5 Nxc5 26. dxc5 Bf8 27. Rd7
Bg7 28. Bf6 Rb7 29. Rxb7 Bxf6 30. Qxf6 Qxb7 31. Qc3 Rd8 32. Qxa5 Rd3 33. b4 Qb8
34. Qa6 Rxf3 35. Qxc6 Qf4 36. Rf1 Rh3 37. Qd6 Qxe4+ 38. f3 Qxb4 39. Rd1 Rxf3
40. Qe5 Qa5 41. Qb8+ Kg7 42. Qe5+ Kh6 43. Qe4 Qc3 44. c6 Rf5 45. a5 Kg7 46. a6
Re5 47. Qd4 Qxc6+ 48. Kg1 Qc5 49. Qxc5 Rxc5 50. Rd7 Ra5 51. Rxa7 Ra2 52. h3 g5
53. Kf1 h5 54. Kg1 Kf6 55. Kf1 g4 56. hxg4 hxg4 57. Kg1 e5 58. Kf1 Ke6 59. Ra8
f6 60. a7 Kf5 61. Kg1 e4 62. Kf1 g3 63. Kg1 Kf4 64. Rf8 Rxa7 65. Rxf6+ Ke5 66.
Rf8 Ra2 67. Rg8 Kf4 68. Rf8+ Kg4 69. Rg8+ Kf3 70. Rf8+ Ke2 71. Kg2 e3 72. Kxg3
Ra7 73. Rb8 Rg7+ 74. Kh2 Kf2 75. Rf8+ Ke1 76. Rd8 e2 77. Kh3 Rg5 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 05th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Be3 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qc7 11. f4 b5 12. a4 bxa4 13. Qxa4+ Bd7 14. Bb5
Qb7 15. Bxd7+ Qxd7 16. Rd4 Be7 17. Rhd1 O-O 18. e5 Qxa4 19. Rxa4 Ne8 20. Nb5 d5
21. f5 exf5 22. Rxd5 Bg5 23. Bxg5 hxg5 24. c4 g6 25. c5 f4 26. c6 Ng7 27. Nd6
Ne6 28. Rda5 f6 29. exf6 Rxf6 30. Rxa6 Raf8 31. Ne4 R6f7 32. h3 f3 33. gxf3
Rxf3 34. Ra8 Rf1+ 35. Kd2 R1f4 36. Rxf8+ Rxf8 37. Ra7 Rc8 38. Nf6+ Kf8 39. Nd7+
Kg8 40. Ne5 Nd4 41. Ra6 Kg7 42. Kc3 Ne6 43. b4 Kf6 44. Ng4+ Ke7 45. b5 Nc7 46.
Ra7 Kd6 47. Kc4 Rf8 48. b6 Nd5 49. Rd7+ Kxc6 50. Rxd5 Rh8 51. Rb5 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 05th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E89"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. Nge2 c6 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. d5 cxd5 10. cxd5 a6 11. g4 h5 12. h3 Nh7 13. Rg1 hxg4 14. hxg4 Qh4+ 15.
Rg3 Nc5 16. O-O-O Bd7 17. Rh3 Qe7 18. Ng3 Rac8 19. Kb1 f6 20. Be2 Rc7 21. Rdh1
Ng5 22. Rh4 Rfc8 23. Nd1 Na4 24. R4h2 Qd8 25. Bxg5 fxg5 26. Ne3 Rc5 27. Bd1
Rc1+ 28. Qxc1 Rxc1+ 29. Kxc1 Nc5 30. Kb1 Nd3 31. Rd2 Nf4 32. Bb3 a5 33. Rc1 Bf6
34. Ne2 a4 35. Bd1 Kg7 36. a3 b5 37. Nc2 Qb6 38. Nb4 Bd8 39. Nxf4 exf4 40. Rdc2
Kh6 41. Be2 Bf6 42. Rc7 Qd4 43. Nd3 Bxg4 44. fxg4 Qxe4 45. Rf7 Bg7 46. Ka1 b4
47. Rcc7 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 05th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 g6 6. b3 Bg7 7. Bb2 Nf6 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nd2 Nh5 10. Re1 b6 11. Nc4 Bb7 12. Nd6 Qc7 13. e5 Nf4 14. Be4 Bxe4 15.
Rxe4 Nd5 16. c4 f5 17. Re1 Ne7 18. Nf3 Nbc6 19. Qd2 b5 20. h4 bxc4 21. bxc4
Rab8 22. Bc3 Nc8 23. Rad1 Nxd6 24. exd6 Qd8 25. Rb1 Rxb1 26. Rxb1 Bxc3 27. Qxc3
Qa5 28. Qe3 e5 29. Qh6 Qxa2 30. Rb7 Qxc4 31. Rxd7 Rf7 32. Nxe5 Qc1+ 33. Qxc1
1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 05th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d3
d6 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Re8 12. Nf1 h6 13. Ng3 Bf8 14. h3 Qc7 15. Nh4
g6 16. Be3 d5 17. Qc1 Kh7 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Bd2 Bb7 20. a4 c4 21. axb5 cxd3 22.
Rxa5 Qxa5 23. Bxd3 axb5 24. c4 Nb4 25. Bb1 bxc4 26. Nhf5 e4 27. Ne3 Qa6 28. Ng4
Nd3 29. Bxd3 exd3 30. Rxe8 Rxe8 31. Bc3 g5 32. Nf6+ Kg6 33. Qd1 Qxf6 34. Qh5+
Kg7 35. Nf5+ Kg8 36. Bxf6 d2 37. Kh2 Re6 38. Nxh6+ Bxh6 39. Qxh6 Rxf6 40. Qxg5+
Rg6 41. Qd8+ Kg7 42. g4 Be4 43. Qxd2 Bd3 44. Qc3+ Kg8 45. Kg3 Rb6 46. Qd4 Rb3
47. Kf4 Be2 48. h4 f6 49. Qe4 Bd3 50. Qe8+ Kg7 51. Qe7+ Kg8 52. Qxf6 Rb7 53.
Qe5 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 05th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Nb3 Bd6 9. O-O Nge7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bg5 Qc7 12. c3 Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. Be2 Bg6
15. Nbd4 a6 16. Bd3 Rfe8 17. Bxg6 hxg6 18. Qd3 Qb6 19. Nb3 Qc7 20. Rad1 Rad8
21. Nbd4 Ne5 22. Nxe5 Bxe5 23. Nf3 Bf6 24. Re2 Rf8 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. h4 Kg7 27.
h5 Rh8 28. Rde1 Rd7 29. hxg6 Nxg6 30. g3 Rh5 31. Nd4 Ne5 32. Qd1 Rd8 33. f4
Rdh8 34. fxe5 fxe5 35. Nf3 e4 36. Nh4 Kf8 37. Rg2 Rg5 38. Qd4 Rhg8 39. Re3 b5
40. Qf6 Ke8 41. Kf2 Qc8 42. Ke1 Qc5 43. Kd2 Qc8 44. Rf2 Qe6 45. Qf4 Re5 46. Nf5
Rg6 47. a3 Qf6 48. Nd4 Qxf4 49. gxf4 Rh5 50. Kc2 Kd7 51. Kb3 Kc7 52. a4 bxa4+
53. Kxa4 Kb6 54. Nc2 Rg4 55. Re1 Rg3 56. Rd2 Kc5 57. Nb4 a5 58. Kxa5 Rf3 59.
Red1 Kc4 60. Ka4 e3 61. b3+ Kc5 62. Rxd5+ Rxd5 63. Rxd5+ Kb6 64. Re5 Rxf4 65.
Rxe3 Kc5 66. c4 Rf1 67. Nc2 Rf2 68. Re5+ Kd6 69. Rd5+ 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 05th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Xie, Jun"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. c3 Na5 8. Bb5
a6 9. Ba4 b5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Re8 12. Nf1 h6 13. h3 Bf8 14. Ng3 Qc7 15. d4
Nc4 16. d5 g6 17. b3 Nb6 18. Be3 Bg7 19. Nh2 h5 20. Qd2 a5 21. Bh6 Bh8 22. Nf3
c4 23. b4 axb4 24. cxb4 Ra3 25. Ne2 Bxh3 26. gxh3 Rxf3 27. Kg2 Ra3 28. Nc3 Qd7
29. Kh2 Rea8 30. Rg1 Na4 31. Bxa4 R8xa4 32. Qb2 Nxe4 0-1

[Event "Moscow PCA-GP Kremlin Stars"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1996.04.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 Qa5 8. Bd2 e6
9. Nge2 exd5 10. Nxd5 Qd8 11. Bg5 Be6 12. Qd2 Bxd5 13. cxd5 h6 14. Be3 Nbd7 15.
Nc3 a6 16. a4 Rc8 17. Be2 c4 18. Bxh6 Bxh6 19. Qxh6 Qb6 20. O-O-O Qc5 21. h4
Nh7 22. f4 Rce8 23. Rh3 Qf2 24. h5 g5 25. Qxd6 Qxf4+ 26. Qxf4 gxf4 27. Rh4 Ne5
28. Rxf4 Kh8 29. Kc2 Rg8 30. g4 Nf8 31. Rf5 Nfd7 32. g5 Rb8 33. d6 b5 34. axb5
axb5 35. Nd5 Ra8 36. Ne7 Rgb8 37. Rd5 b4 38. Rdxe5 Nxe5 39. Rxe5 b3+ 40. Kc3
Ra1 41. Bxc4 Rc1+ 42. Kd4 1-0

[Event "Moscow PCA-GP Kremlin Stars"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1996.04.27"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O Nge7 7. c3 O-O 8. d4 d5
9. e5 Qb6 10. Na3 cxd4 11. cxd4 f6 12. Re1 Bd7 13. Rb1 Rac8 14. Bf4 fxe5 15.
dxe5 Rxf4 16. gxf4 Qb4 17. Qb3 Rf8 18. Rbc1 Qxb3 19. axb3 Rxf4 20. Nc2 Nf5 21.
Re2 h6 22. Nce1 g5 23. Nd3 Re4 24. Ree1 g4 25. Nd2 Rd4 26. Nc5 Rxd2 27. Nxd7
Nfd4 28. Nc5 Nxe5 29. Kh1 b6 30. Nb7 Nd3 31. Rc8+ Kh7 32. Rf1 Nxf2+ 33. Kg1 Nf5
34. Rc7 Nd1 35. Nd8 Nde3 36. Rf2 Rd1+ 37. Bf1 Nd4 38. Rff7 Ndf5 39. Kf2 Rxf1+
40. Ke2 Kg6 41. Nxe6 Bxb2 42. Nf8+ Kh5 43. Ne6 d4 44. Rcd7 Rh1 45. Kd3 Rxh2 46.
Ke4 Ng3+ 47. Kd3 Ngf5 48. Ke4 g3 49. Rxf5+ Nxf5 50. Kxf5 Rf2+ 51. Nf4+ Kh4 52.
Rh7 Rxf4+ 53. Kxf4 Bc1+ 54. Kf3 d3 55. Rd7 d2 56. Rd6 h5 57. Rd5 a5 58. Rd4+
Kh3 59. Rd8 h4 60. Ke2 b5 61. Rg8 a4 62. bxa4 bxa4 63. Ra8 a3 64. Ra4 g2 65.
Ra8 d1=Q+ 66. Kxd1 g1=Q+ 67. Kc2 Qc5+ 68. Kd1 Qd5+ 69. Kxc1 Qxa8 70. Kd2 Qc6
71. Ke3 a2 0-1

[Event "Moscow PCA-GP Kremlin Stars"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1996.04.29"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. c4 Qb6 6. Nb3 Nf6 7. Nc3 a6 8. Be3
Qd8 9. Qd2 e6 10. O-O-O Be7 11. Bf4 Ng4 12. c5 e5 13. cxd6 exf4 14. dxe7 Qxd2+
15. Rxd2 Nxe7 16. Nc5 O-O 17. Bc4 b6 18. Nd3 Be6 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. h3 Nf6 21.
Nxf4 Nxe4 22. Nxe4 Rxf4 23. Re1 h6 24. Rd6 Rc8+ 25. Kd2 Rc6 26. Rxc6 Nxc6 27.
f3 Rf7 28. Rc1 Rd7+ 29. Ke2 Ne7 30. h4 Kf7 31. a3 a5 32. Rc4 Nf5 33. h5 Ne7 34.
g3 g6 35. hxg6+ Kxg6 36. g4 Kf7 37. Nf2 Kg6 38. Nd3 Kg7 39. Rc1 Kf6 40. Ke3 Ng6
41. Rc8 Rd5 42. Rb8 Ne5 43. Nxe5 Rxe5+ 44. Kd4 Rb5 45. Kc3 a4 46. f4 Rb3+ 47.
Kc2 Kf7 48. Rb7+ Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow PCA-GP Kremlin Stars"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1996.04.29"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7 7. Nc3 Nc6 8.
O-O Nf6 9. Qe2 d6 10. Kh1 b5 11. f4 Qc7 12. Bd2 O-O 13. Rae1 Bb7 14. Rf3 Nd4
15. Nxd4 Bxd4 16. Rg3 Nd7 17. Bxb5 Nc5 18. Bd3 Rfe8 19. Nd1 f5 20. Bc3 Bxc3 21.
Nxc3 fxe4 22. Nxe4 Bxe4 23. Bxe4 Rab8 24. b3 d5 25. Bd3 Qxf4 26. Rf1 Nxd3 27.
Rxf4 Nxf4 28. Qg4 Ng6 29. h4 Rb7 30. h5 Nf8 31. c4 h6 32. c5 Rc8 33. b4 a5 34.
a3 Rc6 35. Qd4 axb4 36. axb4 Rbc7 37. Kh2 Rb7 38. b5 Rcc7 39. Qb4 e5 40. b6 Rc8
41. Qb5 Rcb8 42. c6 Rxb6 43. Qxd5+ Kh8 44. Qxe5 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1996.05.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1996.05.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. a3
Nc6 9. Nb3 Be7 10. Qf3 Qc7 11. Be2 Rb8 12. Qg3 h6 13. Bh4 O-O 14. O-O b5 15.
Kh1 Nd7 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17. Rad1 e5 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. Nd4 Nb6 20. Bh5 f6 21. b3
Kh8 22. h3 Rb7 23. Nde2 Be6 24. Qe3 Rbb8 25. Rd3 Bg8 26. Bg4 Bh7 27. Rfd1 f5
28. exf5 Nxf5 29. Bxf5 Bxf5 30. R3d2 Bh7 31. Ne4 Rbd8 32. N2c3 Rxd2 33. Rxd2
Nd7 34. Kh2 Qb7 35. Rd6 Rc8 36. Qd2 Bxe4 37. Rxd7 Qc6 38. Nxe4 Qxe4 39. Rxg7
Kxg7 40. Qd7+ Kf6 41. Qxc8 Qf4+ 42. Kg1 Qe3+ 43. Kf1 Qf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1996.05.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1996.05.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Bologan Azmaiparashvili Ftacnik Gelfand} Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3
d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11.
Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O b6 (12... Bg4 $1 {Azmaiparashvili}) 13. Bg5 Re8 $6 $146 (13...
Bb7 14. Bd3 Qe6 15. Re1 Qd6 16. Qd2 e6 $13 {Miladinovic,I-Atalik,S,1992,
Vrniacka Bania,54/471} (16... e6 {Ftacnik} 17. e5 Qd7 18. Qf4 Rc8 19. Be4 Bxe4
20. Rxe4 Qd5 21. Rbe1 Rc3 $8 22. Bh6 Rxf3 $1 $8 23. gxf3 Bxh6 24. Qxh6 Nd7 25.
Rc1 Qb7 26. Re3 b5 {1/2-1/2 Miladinovic,I-Atalik,S/Vrnjacka Banja/1992/ (43)})
(16... Nc6 17. e5 Qd8 18. Be4 $36)) 14. Bb5 Bd7 15. Qd3 Qa5 (15... Rc8 16. Rfc1
) (15... Qe6 16. Bc4 Qd6 17. e5 Qc7 18. Rfc1 $44) (15... h6 16. Bc4 Qa4 (16...
Qa5 {Ftacnik} 17. Bd5 hxg5 18. Bxa8 $16) 17. Bd2 (17. Ra1 {Ftacnik} Qb4 18.
Rfb1 Qd6 19. e5 Qc6 20. d5 $44) 17... e6 18. Rfc1 Rd8 19. Ra1 Qc6 20. Ba6 Qd6
21. Bb7 $16) 16. Bc4 (16. Bxd7 Nxd7 17. Ra1 Qb4 18. e5 Rec8 (18... e6 19. Rfb1
Qf8 20. Qb5) (18... b5 19. Rfb1 Qc4 20. Qxc4 bxc4 21. Rb7 Nb6 22. Bxe7 $36) 19.
Rfb1 Qc4 20. Qxc4 Rxc4 21. Bxe7 a5 $13 {/\22...Rac8}) 16... Nc6 (16... e6 17.
Bd2 Qh5 18. d5) (16... h6 17. e5 hxg5 (17... e6 18. Bd2 Qa4 19. d5 exd5 20.
Bxd5 Bc6 21. Rb4 Qa5 22. Bxf7+) 18. Bxf7+ Kxf7 19. Nxg5+ Kg8 20. Qxg6 Qd5 21.
Rfe1 Bc6 22. Re4 Qxe4 23. Nxe4) 17. Bd2 (17. Ra1 $5 Qb4 18. Bd2 Qd6 19. e5 Qc7
20. Ng5 e6 21. Rac1 $5 $36 (21. Rfc1 $5) (21. Ne4 Ne7 $13)) (17. Rb5 Qa4 (17...
Qa6 18. Bxf7+ Kxf7 19. Rf5+ Bxf5 20. Qxa6 Bxe4 21. Qe2 $16) 18. Bb3 Nb4 19.
Bxf7+ Kxf7 20. Qc4+ Kf8 (20... e6 21. Rxb4 Qc6 22. Qe2 Qd6 $13 23. Rbb1 $14)
21. Ne5 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Kg7 (22... e6 23. Rxb4 Qc6 24. Qd3 $16) 23. e6 (23. Rxb4
Qc6 $13) 23... Bxe6 24. Qd4+ Kf7 25. Rxb4 (25. Bh6 Red8) 25... Qd7 26. Qb2 $44)
17... Qh5 18. Rb5 e5 (18... Qg4 19. h3 $18) 19. Ng5 (19. Qb3 {Ftacnik} Nd8 20.
Rxe5 Bxe5 21. Nxe5 Be6 22. Qa4 Nb7 $17) 19... Nxd4 $6 (19... Rf8 20. f4 $5 (20.
dxe5 Nxe5 (20... Rad8 $5) 21. Rxe5 Bxe5 22. f4 Bg7 23. Qxd7 (23. Nxf7 $5) 23...
Rad8 $13) (20. Nxf7 Rxf7 21. dxe5 Rd8 $1 22. Bxf7+ Kxf7 23. Qd5+ Be6 24. Qxc6
Rxd2) 20... Nxd4 21. Rxe5 Bxe5 22. fxe5 Ne6 23. Nxf7 $18 Nc5 (23... Bc8 24.
Nh6+ Kg7 25. Rxf8 Nxf8 26. e6 $18) 24. Qd6) (19... Re7 $142 20. d5 (20. Qa3 Bf8
21. d5 (21. Rxb6 axb6 22. Qxa8 Nxd4) 21... Nd4 22. Rxb6 $2 Ree8 23. Rd6 Bb5 $1
$19) (20. dxe5 Nxe5 21. Rxe5 Bxe5 22. f4 Bf6 23. Nxf7 Be6 24. Bxe6 Rxe6 25. f5
gxf5 26. exf5 Re2 $13) (20. Nxf7 Rxf7 21. dxe5 Rd8 22. Bxf7+ Kxf7 23. f4 (23.
Qc4+ Kf8 24. e6 Bxe6 25. Qxc6) 23... Be6 $15) 20... Nd8 (20... Nd4 21. d6 (21.
d6 {Ftacnik} Bxb5 22. dxe7 Be8 23. f4 $36)) 21. Rbb1 Bh6 (21... h6 $5) 22. Qg3
Qg4 23. Qxg4 Bxg4 24. f4 $44) (19... Nd8 20. Rd5 Be6 21. dxe5 $16 (21. dxe5 {
Ftacnik} Rc8 22. f4 $1 $16) (21. Nxe6 Nxe6 22. Be3 Rad8 23. dxe5 Bxe5 24. f4
$13)) 20. Bxf7+ Kh8 (20... Kf8 {Ftacnik} 21. Bb4+ (21. Bxe8 Kxe8 22. Qc4 Bxb5
23. Qg8+ Bf8 24. Qf7+ Kd8 25. Qxf8+ Kd7 26. Qxa8 Bxf1 27. Qb7+ Kd8 28. Nf7+ Ke8
29. Bg5 $18) 21... Re7 22. Rd5 Bc6 23. Bxe7+ Kxe7 24. Qa3+ Kf6 25. Rd6+ $18)
21. Bxe8 Bxe8 (21... Rxe8 22. Rd5 (22. Rb2 $16 {Ftacnik}) 22... Bc6 23. Rxd4
exd4 24. Qc4 $18) 22. Rb2 $1 $16 (22. Rd5 h6 23. Nf3 Bc6) 22... h6 (22... Qg4
23. h3 Qd7 24. Nf3) (22... Ne2+ 23. Kh1 Nf4 24. Bxf4 exf4 25. Qd5 $18) (22...
Bf6 23. Ne6 Nxe6 24. Qd5 Nc7 25. Qd6) (22... Bh6 23. Ne6 Nxe6 (23... Bxd2 24.
Qxd2 Nxe6 25. Qd5 Nc7 26. Qb7 $16) 24. Qd5 $16 (24. Bxh6 Qxh6 25. Qd5 Nc7 26.
Qb7 $16 (26. Qxe5+ Qg7)) 24... Nc7 25. Qb7) (22... Rd8 23. Nf3 $16) (22... Qe2
$1 {Ftacnik}) 23. Ne6 $3 (23. Nf3 Nxf3+ 24. Qxf3 Qxf3 25. gxf3 $16) (23. Nh3 {
Ftacnik} Bd7 $13) 23... Nxe6 24. Qd5 Nc7 (24... Rd8 {Ftacnik} 25. Qxe6 Qe2 26.
Bxh6 $1 Qxb2 27. Bxg7+ Kxg7 28. Qe7+ Bf7 29. Qxd8 $18) 25. Qb7 Qe2 (25... Qg4
26. Rc2) 26. Re1 (26. Rc2 $2 Rd8 27. Rxc7 Bb5) (26. Qxc7 Qxe4) 26... Qc4 27.
Rc1 Qd4 (27... Qe2 {Ftacnik} 28. Rbc2 Rd8 29. Be1 Qa6 30. Qxc7 $16) 28. Rbc2 (
28. Rxc7 Bc6 $5 (28... Qxb2 29. Qxa8 Qxd2 30. g3 (30. Qxe8+ Kh7 31. h3 Qe1+ 32.
Kh2 Qxf2 33. Qxe5 $18) 30... Kh7 31. Qb7 $18) 29. Qxc6 Rf8 30. h3 (30. Be1 Qxb2
31. Qxg6 Rg8 $132) 30... Rxf2 31. Be3 $18) 28... Rd8 29. Qxc7 Kh7 (29... Ba4
30. Qxd8+ Qxd8 31. Rc8 $18) (29... Rd7 {Ftacnik} 30. Qb8 Rd8 31. Qxa7 $18) 30.
Bc3 (30. Qxa7 Rd7 (30... Qxe4 31. Rc7 $18) 31. Qa8 Bf7 $18 (31... Rd8 32. Qa1
$18) (31... Bf7 32. Be1 $18)) 30... Qd7 31. Be1 (31. Bxe5 $4 {Ftacnik} Qd1+ 32.
Rxd1 Rxd1#) 31... g5 32. Qxd7 Rxd7 (32... Bxd7 {Ftacnik} 33. Rc7 $18) 33. Rc7 (
33. Rc7 {Ftacnik} a6 34. Rxd7 Bxd7 35. Rc7 Ba4 36. Bc3 $18) 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1996.05.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1996.05.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bb5+ c6 8.
Ba4 O-O 9. Ne2 b5 10. Bc2 c5 11. e5 Bb7 12. O-O Nc6 13. Rb1 a6 14. a4 cxd4 15.
cxd4 b4 16. Be3 a5 17. Nc1 Nb8 18. h4 e6 19. h5 Qh4 20. Ne2 Rd8 21. Ng3 Nc6 22.
Be4 Rab8 23. Qc1 Rdc8 24. Qd2 Qd8 25. Rfd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1996.05.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Petursson,M"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1996.05.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. d5 Nb8 13. Nf1 Nbd7 14. Ng3 g6 15.
Nh2 h5 16. Nf3 Nc5 17. Bc2 c6 18. b4 Ncd7 19. dxc6 Bxc6 20. Bb3 Nb6 21. Bg5 Bd7
22. Nh4 Be6 23. Qf3 Nbd7 24. Rad1 Rc8 25. Rd3 Bxb3 26. axb3 Qe7 27. Red1 Qe6
28. Nhf5 Qxb3 29. Nxd6 Bxd6 30. c4 Qxc4 31. Rxd6 Nh7 32. Bh6 Ndf8 33. Rxa6 Re6
34. Rxe6 Nxe6 35. Nf5 (35. Nxh5 $5 gxh5 36. Qg3+ Kh8 37. Qxe5+ f6 38. Qf5 Rd8
39. Rxd8+ Nxd8 40. Qd7 Ne6 41. Qe8+ Nhf8 42. Bxf8 Qc1+ $10) 35... Qxb4 (35...
gxf5 36. exf5 Neg5 37. Qxh5 Ne4 38. Qg4+ Neg5 39. Qh5 $10) 36. Rd7 Nhg5 37.
Bxg5 Qe1+ 38. Kh2 Nxg5 39. Qg3 $1 (39. Ne7+ Kh7 40. Qf6 Rc1 41. Qxg5 Qg1+ 42.
Kg3 Rc3+ 43. f3 Rc2 44. Rd2 Qe1+ $19) 39... Nxe4 40. Nh6+ Kh7 41. Rxf7+ Kxh6
42. Qxe5 Qd2 $4 {Allows mate in six!} (42... Rg8 43. Qf4+ (43. g4 Qb4 44. Rf4
Qd2 45. Qxe4 hxg4 46. hxg4 Qd6 $13) 43... g5 44. Qc7 (44. Qe5 g4 $1 $13) 44...
Kg6 45. Qe7 Qc3 46. Qe6+ Nf6 47. Rxf6+ Qxf6 48. Qxg8+ $10) 43. Qg7+ Kg5 44. h4+
Kxh4 45. Qxg6 Rc3 46. Qxe4+ 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1996.05.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E89"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1996.05.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. Nge2 c6 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. d5 cxd5 10. cxd5 a6 11. g4 h5 12. h3 b5 13. Bg5 Qa5 (13... h4 14. Bxh4
$2 Nxe4 $1 15. Bxd8 Nxd2 $17 {Jungen-Mar.Mueller, Berlin op 1994}) 14. Nd1 (14.
Ng3 Nh7 15. gxh5 Nxg5 16. Qxg5 Bf6 17. Qh6 Bg7 18. Qg5 Bf6 19. Qh6 Bg7 {
1/2-1/2 Kramnik-Nijboer, Groningen op 1991}) 14... b4 15. Ng3 Nh7 {[#]} 16.
gxh5 (16. Be7 $5 {Now it is not so easy to find compensation for the lost
material:} Re8 (16... Nc5 17. Bxf8 Bxf8 18. Bc4 Be7 19. O-O) (16... h4 17. Bxh4
(17. Ne2 Nc5 (17... Re8 18. Bxd6 Bf8 (18... Nc5 19. Rc1) 19. Bxf8 Rxf8 20. Ne3
Rb8 (20... Nc5 21. Nc1) (20... Ng5 21. Bg2) 21. Nc1 (21. Nc4 Qd8) 21... Ng5 22.
Bg2 Qd8 23. O-O a5 24. Nd3 Ba6 25. Rac1) (17... Bf6 18. Bxd6) 18. Bxf8 Bxf8 19.
Nc1 Be7 20. Bc4 Bg5 21. Qe2 Bf4 22. O-O Ng5 23. Kg2 f5 24. Nf2) 17... Nc5 18.
Bc4) (16... Bf6 17. Bxf6 Ndxf6 18. gxh5 gxh5 19. Ne3 Kh8 20. Ngf5) 17. Bxd6 h4
(17... Bf6 18. Bxb4 (18. Qxb4 Qd8) 18... Qb6 19. Ba5 Qa7 20. Qe3 Qb8 21. Bc4
Bh4 (21... Bg5 22. Qb3) 22. Kf2) (17... Bf8 18. Bxf8 Rxf8 19. gxh5) 18. Ne2 {
-> 16...h4 17.Ne2 Re8 18.Bxd6} (18. Bxb4 Qb6 19. Ne2 Bf6)) 16... Nxg5 17. Qxg5
Bf6 18. Qh6 Bg7 19. Qg5 (19. Qd2 Nc5 {/\ Nb3}) 19... Bf6 20. Qh6 Bg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1996.05.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1996.05.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Ne7 6. Nxe5 Qd4 7. Qh5 g6 8.
Qg5 Bg7 9. Nd3 f5 10. e5 Qg4 $5 {N. This is a short game, but quite intense.
Ivanchuks novelty 10. - Qg4 pays off. The soundness of it remains unproven,
since there are unexplored possibilities for White.} (10... h6) (10... c5) (
10... Nd5 $5) 11. f4 $6 (11. Qxg4 $6 fxg4 12. Re1 Bf5 13. Nc3 Bxd3 14. cxd3
O-O-O $15) (11. Qe3 $1 Nd5 (11... f4 $6 12. Qxf4 (12. Nxf4 Nf5 13. Qe4 g5)
12... Qxf4 13. Nxf4 Bxe5 14. Ne2 Bf5 15. d4 Bf6 16. c3 $16) 12. Qe1 (12. Qg3 f4
$1 13. Qxg4 Bxg4 14. Nc3 (14. c4 Be2 $17) 14... f3 15. Nxd5 cxd5 16. Re1 O-O
$32 $17) 12... O-O (12... Nf4 13. Nxf4 Qxf4 14. d3 Qd4 15. Qc3 $16) (12... f4
13. f3 Qf5 14. Nc3 O-O 15. Qe4 Be6 16. Nc5) 13. f4 g5 14. h3 Qh5 15. b3 $14)
11... Qxg5 12. fxg5 h6 13. gxh6 Rxh6 14. Nc3 g5 15. Re1 Kf7 16. Nf2 Be6 17. d4
Kg6 18. Ne2 $13 (18. Ne2 {/\Nh3, ><g5-f4} Rah8 (18... Bc4 19. b3 Bxe2 20. Rxe2
$14) 19. Nh3 (19. h3 c5 $1 $44) 19... Rxh3 $5 (19... f4 20. Nxg5 Kxg5 21. Nxf4
$16) 20. gxh3 Rxh3 $13) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1996.05.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1996.05.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Har Zvi} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. g3 b5 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. Ne5
Nbd7 {Dies basiert auf einer listigen Falle. Üblich ist:} (7... a6 8. a4 e6 {
mit unklarer Lage.} (8... e6 {Har Zvi} 9. Bg5 Qb6 10. O-O Be7 11. e3 h6 12. f4
Ra7 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Qh5 Rf8 15. Ng4 {with a very strong initiative for white
Timman,J-Portisch,L Tilburg 1986})) (7... Qc8 {Har Zvi} 8. O-O e6 9. b3 b4 10.
Na4 c3 11. a3 Nbd7 12. axb4 Bxb4 13. Nc4 {with about equal position Stocek,
J-Meduna 1996}) 8. Nxc6 (8. Nxb5 $2 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 O-O-O+ $19 {
ist die erwähnte Falle.}) 8... Qb6 9. d5 e6 10. a4 Bc5 $2 {A bad move entering
a difficult position for no reason at all, after the natural 10...exd5 black's
position is fine.} (10... b4 11. Be3 (11. Nb5 exd5) (11. a5 Qa6) 11... Bc5 12.
a5 Qa6 13. Bxc5 bxc3 (13... Nxc5 14. Nxb4 $16) 14. dxe6 cxb2 15. exd7+ Nxd7 16.
Rb1 Bxc6 (16... Nxc5 17. Qd6 $18) 17. Qd6 Qxa5+ 18. Bb4 $18) (10... a6 {
war nötig:} 11. axb5 (11. Be3 Bc5 12. Bxc5 (12. a5 Qc7 13. Bxc5 Nxc5 14. d6 Qc8
15. Ne7 Qd7 $17 {Der Bauer auf d6 kann nicht verteidigt werden.}) 12... Nxc5 (
12... Qxc5 $5) 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8+ Bxa8 15. dxe6 Nd3+ 16. exd3 Bxc6 17.
exf7+ Kxf7 18. Bxc6 Qxc6 19. O-O Rd8 20. d4 $14) 11... axb5 12. Rxa8+ Bxa8 {
bringt dem Weißen auch nicht mehr ein.}) (10... exd5 {Har Zvi} 11. axb5 d4 $1
12. Na4 Qxb5 13. Nxd4 Qb4+ 14. Kf1 (14. Bd2 $4 Bxg2 {with much more material
for a queen than needed}) 14... Bxg2+ 15. Kxg2 Qb7+ 16. f3 Bb4 {and black is
absolutely OK}) 11. axb5 Bxf2+ (11... exd5 {Har Zvi} 12. O-O a6 13. Nxd5 Nxd5
14. Qxd5 $18) 12. Kf1 Bc5 (12... exd5 {Har Zvi} 13. e3 Bxe3 14. Qe2 d4 15. Bxe3
dxe3 16. Na4 Qxb5 17. Qxe3+ Kf8 18. Qa3+ Kg8 19. Ne7+ Kf8 20. Ng6+ Kg8 21. Qf8+
Rxf8 22. Ne7#) (12... O-O {Har Zvi} 13. Na4 Qxb5 14. Kxf2) 13. Na5 $18 {
Jetzt kommt dem Schwarzen sein weißfeldriger Läufer abhanden, und seine
Stellung bricht zusammen.} Bxd5 {An unbelieveable move, it is clear white has
now a simple move winning immediately so what Shirov had in his mind??? black
has only one move - 13...e5 but it seems white is also better there.} (13...
Rb8 {Har Zvi} 14. Nxb7 Rxb7 15. dxe6 fxe6 (15... Ne5 16. Na4 Qxb5 17. Nxc5) 16.
Ra6 {and white is winning}) (13... e5 {Har Zvi} 14. Nxc4 Qc7 15. Na5 $1 {
with advantage for white}) 14. e4 {[#] black's position is already lost on
move 14!!} Bb4 {better chances could have been given after 14...Nxe4 but I do
not want to analyse this move} (14... Bb7 15. Nxb7 Qxb7 16. e5 Nd5 17. Nxd5
exd5 18. Bxd5 Qc8 19. Bc6 {ist hoffnungslos für Schwarz.} (19. Bc6 $1 {Har Zvi}
Rb8 (19... Ke7 20. Qd5 $1 $18) 20. Qd5 Bb6 21. e6 {winning})) 15. exd5 Bxa5 16.
Rxa5 (16. dxe6 fxe6 17. Bxa8 O-O 18. Bf3 Ng4 19. Qe2 Nde5 20. Bf4 {sollte auch
zum Sieg genügen.}) 16... Qxa5 17. dxe6 Nb6 18. Qd6 Rc8 19. Bc6+ Rxc6 20. Qxc6+
Ke7 21. Qc7+ Kxe6 22. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1996.05.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1996.05.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2
a6 8. O-O-O h6 9. Be3 Be7 10. f4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. Qe3 Qc7 {0.02} 13. e5
dxe5 14. Bxe5 (14. fxe5 Nd7 15. Ne4 Bb7 (15... O-O 16. Nf6+ $1 Nxf6 17. exf6
Bxf6 18. Bxf6 gxf6 {Klovans-Makarycev SSSR 1983 36/261} 19. Rd4 $5 h5 20. Be2
Qe5 21. Qf2 Bb7 22. Rh4 $40 {Gipslis}) 16. Nd6+ (16. Bd3 Nxe5 $17) 16... Qxd6
17. exd6 Bg5 18. Qxg5 hxg5 19. Bxg7 Rh4 20. Bd4 (20. Bc3 Bd5 21. h3 Nc5 22. Be5
Rc8 23. b3 Kd7 24. Rh2 Re4 25. Bf6 Rf4 $1 26. Bxg5 Rf2 27. Bd2 (27. Be3 Nxb3+ (
27... Bxb3 $1 28. Kb2 Ba4 $19 {Klovans,J-Vekshenkov,N/Novosibirsk/1987/0:1/33/}
) 28. Kb1 (28. axb3 Rcxc2+ 29. Kb1 Rb2+ 30. Ka1 Ra2+ 31. Kb1 Rfb2+ 32. Kc1 Rxb3
{/\33...Be4-+/}) 28... Be4 29. Bxf2 Bxc2+ 30. Kb2 Bxd1 31. axb3 Rc2+ $17))
20... Rc8 21. Rd2 (21. Bf2 Rh6 22. h4 e5 23. Be2 Bxg2 24. Rhg1 Be4 25. Rd2 Rc6
$13 {Wahls,M-Lagunov,A 1995}) 21... Bd5 22. Be3 (22. Kb1 Nc5) 22... f6 23. Bd3
Ne5 24. b3 Kd7 25. Rf1 (25. h3 Kxd6 26. Rf1 Ke7 $17) 25... Rxh2 26. Rxf6 Rxg2
27. Rxg2 Bxg2 28. Kb2 Rg8 $1 29. Be2 Kxd6 $17 {1/2-1/2 Varavin,V-Makarov,M/
RUS-ch Elista (02)/1994/ (53)}) 14... Ng4 $5 {a new move,and a very
interesting idea,black sacrifises an exchange inorder to get a strong
initiative,when white losses many tempi with is queen} (14... Qb7 15. Be2 Bd7
16. f5 O-O 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Ne4 Bd8 19. f6 Bc6 20. fxg7 Kxg7 21. Qc3+ Kh7 22.
Nf6+ Bxf6 23. Qxf6 Be4 24. Rd2 Rac8 25. Bf3 Bxf3 26. gxf3 Rg8 27. Rhd1 Rg6 {
1/2-1/2 Adams,M-Hracek,Z/BL 9495/1995/ (56)}) (14... Qa7 15. Bd4 Qb8 16. Be5 $2
Ng4 17. Qg3 Nxe5 18. fxe5 O-O $17 {Erneste,I-Serper,G Helsinki 1992}) 15. Qf3 (
15. Bxc7 {Ftacnik} Nxe3 16. Rd3 Nf5 $10) 15... Nxe5 16. Qxa8 (16. fxe5 {Ftacnik
} Bb7 $15) 16... Nd7 {0.05} (16... Nc6 $2 {Ftacnik} 17. Nxb5 $1 Qxf4+ 18. Kb1
O-O 19. Qxc6 axb5 20. Qxb5 $18) 17. g3 {0.34} (17. Qf3 {Ftacnik} Bb7 18. Qg3
$14) (17. f5 {Ftacnik} Nb6 18. Qf3 O-O 19. Bd3 $14) 17... Nb6 (17... O-O $2 {
and white gained the control over the h1-a8 diagonal,when black compensation
is not enough} 18. Bg2) 18. Qf3 {0.34} Bb7 19. Ne4 {0.34} f5 {0.30} 20. Qh5+ {
0.35} (20. Bd3 {Ftacnik} O-O $15) 20... Kf8 {0.32} 21. Nf2 {0.35} (21. Bg2 {
Ftacnik} Bxe4 22. Bxe4 fxe4 23. Rhe1 Nd5 $17) 21... Bf6 $1 {the best move,
black is not satisfied witha draw which results after 21...Bc5, and also
better than 21...Bxh1 with about equal position} (21... Bc5 22. Nh3 $3 $8 Bxh1
23. Ng5 hxg5 (23... g6 $2 24. Qxg6 Bd5 25. Rxd5) 24. Qxh8+ Kf7 25. Qh5+ {
with a draw}) 22. Bd3 {0.46} (22. Rg1 {Ftacnik} Na4 (22... Qc5 23. Bg2 $1 Qxf2
(23... Bxb2+ 24. Kxb2 Na4+ 25. Kc1 Qe3+ 26. Rd2 $18) 24. Bxb7 Nc4 25. Kb1 Bxb2
26. Qf3 $16) 23. Nd3 Be4 24. Rg2 Bxd3 (24... Nxb2 25. Nxb2 Qc3 26. Nd3 Qa1+ 27.
Kd2 Qc3+ 28. Kc1 $10) 25. Rxd3 Bxb2+ 26. Kb1 Bf6 $40) 22... Na4 23. Rhe1 {0.46}
(23. b3 {Ftacnik} Bxh1 (23... Bb2+ 24. Kb1 (24. Kd2 Qa5+ 25. Ke2 Nc3+ 26. Ke1
Nxd1+ 27. Kxd1 Bxh1 28. Nxh1 Qxa2 $19) 24... Ba3 25. Rdf1 Bxh1 26. bxa4 (26.
Rxh1 Qc3 27. Nd1 Qd2 $19) 26... Qc3 27. Nd1 Qd2 $19) 24. bxa4 (24. Rxh1 Nc3 $17
) 24... Bd5 $17) 23... Bxb2+ 24. Kb1 {0.47} (24. Kd2 {Ftacnik} Qa5+ 25. Ke2 Bg2
$19) 24... Bd5 $3 {on his last 4 moves Kramnik thought little more than 1 and
16 minutes while Ivanchuk spent less than 15 minutes the result was the same!!}
25. Bxb5 (25. Bxf5 {Ftacnik} Bxa2+ $1 26. Kxa2 Qc4+ 27. Kb1 Nc3+ 28. Kxb2 Qb4+
29. Kc1 Na2#) 25... Bxa2+ $1 {Kramnik simply sees everything} (25... Nc3+ {
Ftacnik} 26. Kxb2 Nxd1+ (26... Nxb5 27. Rd3 Qb6 28. Nd1 $14) 27. Nxd1 axb5 28.
Nc3 $13) 26. Kxa2 axb5 27. Kb1 {0.49} (27. Rxe6 $2 {Ftacnik} Qc4+ 28. Kb1 Nc3+
29. Kxb2 Qb4+ 30. Kc1 Na2#) 27... Qa5 $3 {the winning move,Kramnik is left
with only 5 minutes to reach the 40 move but he does not need to worry about
this since the game is about to end,the threat now is Nc3-Qb4 and in the end
Na2 mate} 28. Nd3 {1.01} Ba3 {1.57} (28... Bd4 {Ftacnik} 29. Rxe6 Nc3+ 30. Kc1
g6 31. Qf3 (31. Qxg6 Qa1+ 32. Kd2 Qxd1#) 31... Na2+ 32. Kb1 Nb4 33. Kc1 Bc3 $19
) 29. Ka2 (29. Rxe6 {Ftacnik} Nc3+ 30. Ka1 Bc1#) (29. c3 {Ftacnik} Nxc3+ 30.
Kc2 Nxd1 $19) 29... Nc3+ 30. Kb3 {1.02} Nd5 {1.58} (30... Ne4 {Ftacnik} 31.
Rxe4 fxe4 $19) 31. Ka2 (31. Rxe6 {Ftacnik} Qa4+ 32. Ka2 Nc3+ 33. Ka1 Bc1#)
31... Bb4+ {and there is no wasy to prevent mate after 32.Kb1 Bc3 so Ivanchuk
resigned.one of the best games this year} 32. Kb1 Bc3 {Times: 1.02/1.58} (32...
Bc3 {Ftacnik} 33. Nb2 Qa3 $19) 0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1996.06.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "1996.05.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 Nc6 7. Nf3 e6 8. Bd3
b5 9. O-O b4 10. Na4 Be7 11. Qe1 O-O 12. Be3 Rb8 13. Kh1 a5 14. Rd1 Qc7 15. b3
Rd8 16. c4 bxc3 17. Qxc3 Bd7 18. Nd2 Be8 19. Bg1 Qb7 20. Bb1 Nb4 21. Qh3 Bxa4
22. bxa4 e5 23. Nc4 exf4 24. Rxf4 Qc8 25. Nxa5 Qxh3 26. gxh3 Ra8 27. Nb3 Rdb8
28. a5 Nc6 29. Bb6 Nd7 30. Bc7 Rb7 31. Bxd6 Bxd6 32. Rxd6 Nxa5 33. e5 Nc5 34.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 35. Nxc5 Rb1+ 36. Kg2 Nb7 37. Ra6 Rxa6 38. Nxa6 Nd8 39. Nc5 Rb5 40.
Nd3 Rd5 41. Rf3 Kg8 42. Kg3 Ne6 43. Re3 Nd4 44. Kf4 Nc2 45. Re2 Rxd3 46. Rxc2
Rxh3 47. Ke4 Kf8 48. Kd5 Ra3 49. Kd6 g6 50. e6 Rd3+ 51. Kc5 fxe6 52. a4 Ke7 53.
a5 Kd7 54. Kb4 Rd1 55. Rc4 Rb1+ 56. Ka4 e5 57. a6 e4 58. Rxe4 Kc7 59. Re8 Rg1
60. Kb5 Rg5+ 61. Kc4 Kb6 62. Re6+ Ka7 63. Kd4 Rh5 64. Re2 Kxa6 65. Rb2 Ka7 66.
Ke4 Rf5 67. Ke3 Ka6 68. Rg2 Kb6 69. Rxg6+ Kc7 70. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod 3rd"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1996.07.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1996.07.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. d4 bxa4 8. dxc5
Nxe4 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. Qd5 Bb7 11. Qxe5+ Qe7 12. Qxc7 Nxc5 13. Be3 Rc8 14. Bxc5
Rxc7 15. Bxe7 Kxe7 16. Re1+ Kf6 17. Rd1 Re8 18. Na3 Re2 19. Rd6+ Ke7 20. Rb6
Be4 21. Rxa6 Rb7 22. Rxa4 Rbxb2 23. Nc4 Bb1 24. g4 Rxa2 25. R4xa2 Bxa2 26. Ne3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod 3rd"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1996.07.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1996.07.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {HarZvi Tischbierek} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6
Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Rc1 O-O 12. Re1 (12. Ne4
{HarZvi} Qe7 13. Bb3 Rd8 (13... b6 14. Ba4 c5 15. Bc6 Rb8 16. Qa4 $14) 14. Qc2
Nf6 (14... e5 $5) 15. Nc5 b6 16. Ne5 $1 Rd6 (16... bxc5 17. Nxc6 Qc7 18. Nxd8
$14) 17. Ncd3 Bb7 18. Ba4 Rc8 19. b4 Nd7 20. f4 $14 {/+/- Dautov,R-Dreev,A
Reggio Emilia 1995 65/412 [Dreev,A]}) (12. e4 e5 13. d5 Nb6 14. dxc6 bxc6 (
14... Nxc4 $2 {HarZvi} 15. Nd5 $16) 15. Be2 Rd8 16. Qc2 Bg4 17. Nb1 Bxf3 18.
Bxf3 Rd6 19. Nd2 h5 20. Nb3 a5 $14 {Van der Sterren,P-Kamsky,G Wijk ann Zee (m/
7) 1994 59/(456)}) (12. Qe2 {HarZvi} Qe7 13. Rfd1 a6 14. a3 (14. e4 b5 15. Bb3
c5 $15) 14... b6 15. e4 Bb7 16. e5 $6 (16. h3) 16... c5 17. d5 b5 18. Ba2 c4
$15 {Van Wely,L-Dreev,A Wijk Ann Zee 1996 65/413 [Dreev,A]}) (12. b4 {HarZvi
this move is considered to be the main move} Qe7 (12... Rd8 13. Qb3 Qe7 14. a4
a5 15. bxa5 Rxa5 16. Rfd1 b6 17. Be2 Bb7 18. Nd2 c5 19. Nc4 Raa8 20. d5 Bxc3
21. dxe6 Qxe6 22. Rd6 $13 {Beliavsky,A-Dreev,A Novosibirsk 1995 65/409 
[Beliavsky,A]}) 13. Qb3 (13. b5 c5 14. Bb3 b6 15. d5 Bxc3 16. Rxc3 Qf6 17. Rc4
e5 $13 {Milovanovic,R-Peng,Zhaoqin Pozarevac 1995 64/(390)}) 13... b6 14. a3 $6
(14. e4) 14... Bb7 15. e4 Rab8 16. Rfe1 Rfe8 17. Rcd1 $2 (17. e5 c5 18. d5 exd5
19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 Nxe5 21. Nxe5 Bxe5 22. Rxe5 Qxe5 23. Bxf7+ Kg7 24. Bxe8
Rxe8 $10) 17... a6 $3 $15 {with c5 on the next move Van Wely,L-Huzman,A
Amsterdam 1995 64/390 [Huzman,A]}) 12... Qe7 (12... Rd8 $5 13. e4 e5 14. d5 Nb6
15. Bb3 Bg4 $10) 13. e4 Rd8 {HarZvi: normally black does not allow white to
play e5,and play e5 by him self,see annotation to white's 12 move [ 12.e4 ]
this is a strange decision by Kramnik} (13... e5 14. d5 Nb6 15. Bb3 $16) 14. e5
b6 {N/} (14... b5 15. Bd3 Bb7 16. Ne4 c5 17. Nxc5 {1/2-1/2/ Khalifman-Huzman 
(Amsterdam 1995)} Nxc5 18. Rxc5 (18. dxc5 Qc7 $14) 18... a6 19. Rc2 $1 Bxf3 (
19... Ra7 20. Be4 $16) 20. Qxf3 Ra7 21. Re4 Rad7 22. Qe3 $16) 15. Qe2 Rb8 (
15... Bb7 16. Ba6 Rab8 (16... Bxa6 17. Qxa6 {/\Nc3-e4+/-}) 17. Bxb7 Rxb7 18.
Ne4 $16 {><c6}) 16. Bd3 $1 (16. Ba6 $5 c5 17. d5 (17. Bxc8 Rbxc8 18. d5 exd5
19. Nxd5 Qe6 20. Nf4 Qf5) 17... Bxa6 18. Qxa6 exd5 19. Nxd5 Qe6 20. Nc7 Qc6 21.
Nb5 Nf8 22. Nxa7 Qa8 23. Qa3 Ne6 {/\24...b5} 24. Nb5 Qxa3 25. Nxa3 (25. bxa3
Ra8 $44) 25... b5 $44) 16... Bb7 (16... c5 $2 {HarZvi} 17. d5) 17. Be4 {
HarZvi: white got what he should hope in this line,it seems black can not
break with c5,while white enjoyes a big space advantage thanks to the pawn on
e5,just pleasent position to play with white} Nf8 (17... c5 $5 18. Bxb7 (18. d5
exd5 19. Bxd5 (19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 Nxe5 21. Bxf7+ Kxf7 22. Nxe5+ Qxe5 23.
Qxe5 Bxe5 24. Rxe5 Rd2 $17) 19... Bxd5 (19... Nf8 $10) 20. Nxd5 Qe6 $10) 18...
Rxb7 19. Qe4 (19. d5 exd5 20. Nxd5 Qe6 21. Nf4 Qf5 22. Qa6 Rbb8 23. Nd5 Qe6 24.
Nc7 Qc6 25. Nb5 Nf8 26. Nxa7 Qa8 27. Qa3 Ne6 {/\28...b5} 28. Nb5 Qxa3 29. Nxa3
(29. bxa3 Ra8 $44) 29... b5 $44) (19. Nb5 cxd4 20. Nbxd4 $16 (20. Nd6 Rbb8 21.
Rc7 $16)) 19... Rbb8 20. d5 exd5 21. Nxd5 Qe8 $14) 18. g3 Rbc8 19. a3 Rc7 (
19... c5 20. Bxb7 Qxb7 21. Ne4 Qd5 {Huzman} (21... cxd4 $1 {Tischbierek} 22.
Nd6 Rxd6 23. exd6 (23. Rxc8 Qxc8 24. exd6 Qc6 $44) 23... Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Qd5 25.
Ne1 $1 Qxd6 26. Qa6 $13) 22. Nd6 Rb8 23. Red1 $16) 20. Red1 c5 21. Bxb7 Rxb7
22. Ne4 Rc7 (22... cxd4 23. Nd6 (23. Nxd4 Rd5 24. Nc6 $16) (23. Nxd4 {HarZvi})
23... Rc7 (23... Rbd7 24. Nxd4 $18) 24. Rxc7 (24. Nxd4 Bxe5) 24... Qxc7 25.
Rxd4 $16) 23. dxc5 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 bxc5 {/\g6-g5,Nf8-g6} 25. h4 (25. Nd6 {HarZvi
}) 25... Nd7 (25... Rb7 $5 {><b2} 26. Nd6 Rb3 27. Rd3 Rxd3 28. Qxd3 Nd7 29. Nc4
(29. Nc8 Qe8 30. Nxa7 Nxe5 31. Nxe5 Bxe5 32. b3 Bd4 {/\33...e5,34...e4<=>})
29... Nb6 30. Na5 $14) 26. Nd6 Nb6 (26... Rc6 $5 {HarZvi with the idea Nxe5})
27. Nd2 {HarZvi: a very strong move which probably Kramnim had underestimated,
since he could have played 26...Rc6 not allowing this,now white will defend
the e5 pawn with f4 and put the "bad" f3 knight on e4} (27. Qb5 $5 Qd7 (27...
c4 28. Rc1 $14) 28. Qa5 Qc6 $132) 27... Rd7 (27... Bxe5 {HarZvi alomost
working,but almost is not enough} 28. Qxe5 Nd7 29. Qf4 e5 30. Qa4 Qxd6 31. Ne4
{and white takes twice on d7 and give a check on f6 winning}) 28. f4 Rxd6 {
it is clear black position is unpleasent but after this I think losing} (28...
f6 {xe6,g6}) 29. exd6 Qxd6 30. Ne4 Qc6 $2 (30... Bd4+ 31. Kh2 $16 {/\32.b4}) (
30... Qe7 $1 {/\31...Nd5,31...Bd4<=>}) 31. Rd8+ Kh7 32. h5 Qc7 (32... gxh5 33.
Ng5+ Kg6 34. Qd3+ Kf6 (34... f5 35. Nxe6 $18) 35. Rg8 $1 {/\36.Nh7+;36.Qd8+}
hxg5 36. Qd8+ Kf5 37. Qxg5+ Ke4 38. Rxg7 $18) 33. hxg6+ fxg6 34. Rd6 Bd4+ 35.
Kh2 Nd5 36. Rxe6 (36. Qb5 $5 {HarZvi} Nb6 37. b4 $1 {winning}) 36... Qb7 37.
Qg4 Ne7 38. Nd6 Qd7 39. Qe2 Ng8 40. Qe4 Bf6 (40... Bf6 {HarZvi} 41. Ne8 Qd2+
42. Kh3 Qd7 43. g4) 1-0

[Event "Novgorod 3rd"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1996.07.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1996.07.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Be3 Bf5 12. Rc1 dxc4 13. Bxc4 c6 14. Ne5 Nxc3
15. bxc3 Nd5 16. Qf3 Be6 17. Bd2 f6 18. Nd3 Qd7 19. Rfe1 Bd6 20. h3 Bf7 21. Bb3
Rae8 22. Qg4 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Rd8 24. Qxd7 Rxd7 25. Ne5 Bxe5 26. dxe5 fxe5 27.
Rxe5 Nf6 28. Bg5 Bxb3 29. axb3 Rd1+ 30. Kh2 Kf7 31. Re3 h6 32. Bxf6 Kxf6 33. h4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod 3rd"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1996.07.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "1996.07.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 d5 6. O-O Bd6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. b3
Nbd7 9. Bb2 c5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Qe2 a6 12. Rfd1 b5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Rac1 Re8
15. Bc2 Rc8 16. Bf5 Rc7 17. Qe1 b4 18. Ne2 Nce4 19. Rxc7 Qxc7 20. Rc1 Qd8 21.
Qd1 Re7 22. Nfd4 Rc7 23. f3 Rxc1 24. Qxc1 Nc5 25. Nf4 g6 26. Nd3 Nxd3 27. Bxd3
Nd7 28. a3 Qh4 29. g3 Qe7 30. axb4 Bxb4 31. Kf2 Bc5 32. Qc3 f6 33. Bf1 Ne5 34.
h4 Bb4 35. Qc2 Qd7 36. Bc3 Bd6 37. Qd2 Bb8 38. Bb4 Nc6 39. Nxc6 Qxc6 40. Qc3
Qxc3 41. Bxc3 f5 42. Bd3 Bc8 43. f4 Bc7 44. h5 Kf7 45. Be2 a5 46. Bf3 Ke6 47.
g4 Bd7 48. gxf5+ gxf5 49. h6 Bd6 50. Bxa5 Bf8 51. Be2 Bxh6 52. b4 d4 53. b5 Kd5
54. Bc7 dxe3+ 55. Kxe3 Bf8 56. Bf3+ Kc5 57. b6 Bd6 58. Bxd6+ Kxd6 59. Kd4 Be6
60. b7 Kc7 61. Ke5 Bd7 62. Kf6 Kb8 63. Kg7 Bb5 64. Kxh7 Bd3 65. Bd5 Be4 66. Be6
Kxb7 67. Kg6 Kc7 68. Bxf5 Bg2 69. Bc2 Bh3 70. Kf6 Kd8 71. Bf5 Bf1 72. Bg6 Bh3
73. Bf7 Bg4 74. Be6 Bd1 75. Kg7 Bc2 76. Bf7 Bf5 77. Bg6 Bg4 78. Kf7 Bh3 79. Bc2
Bg4 80. Bb3 Bf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod 3rd"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1996.07.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1996.07.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Be3 Be7 10. f4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. g4 Bb7 13. Bg2 e5 14. Bg1 Rc8
15. Kb1 Rxc3 $1 16. Qxc3 Nxe4 17. Qe1 Nc3+ 18. bxc3 Bxg2 19. fxe5 Bh4 20. Bf2
Bxf2 21. Qxf2 Bxh1 22. Rxh1 dxe5 23. Qc5 f6 24. Kc1 Qd7 25. h3 (25. Rd1 Qxg4
26. Qc7 O-O $19) 25... Kf7 $17 26. Rd1 Qb7 27. Rd6 Rc8 28. Qe3 Rc4 29. Qd3 Ke7
30. Rd8 Qc6 31. Rg8 Rxc3 32. Qg6 e4 33. Rxg7+ Kd6 34. Qxf6+ Kd5 35. Qf5+ Kd4
36. Rd7+ Kc4 37. a3 b4 38. Qf1+ Rd3 39. Rxd3 exd3 40. Qxd3+ Kc5 41. axb4+ Kxb4
42. Qb3+ Ka5 43. c3 1-0

[Event "Novgorod 3rd"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1996.07.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "1996.07.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Be4 11. Qc1 Bb7 12. Qc2 Be4 13. Qc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod 3rd"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1996.07.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "Kramnik,V"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1996.07.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Agzamov HarZvi Shirov} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6.
e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 {Har Zvi: white
playes this move if he wants to avoid the variation with Bh6 which can follow
after 11.exf6 Bb7 12.g3 c5 13.d5 Bh6,but here black has a critical move 11...
Rg8 which leads to great complications} Bb7 12. Bg2 Qb6 13. exf6 c5 14. d5
O-O-O 15. O-O b4 16. Na4 {Har Zvi: Kramnik is the leading GM in the world
playing this position with Black,and it maybe not a very good idea to play
this against him even for Ivanchuk this game showes it was not a very good
opening choice.} (16. Rb1 {HarZvi this is another very interesting move in
which kramnik had some evry interesting games lately} Qa6 17. dxe6 Bxg2 18. e7
Bxf1 19. Qd5 {Har Zvi: Kamsky played 19.Kxf1 against Kramnik and got the
advantage but 2 monthes later Kramnik played again this position against
Topalov it means he has something} (19. Kxf1 Bxe7 (19... Qc6 20. exd8=Q+ Kxd8
21. Nd5 Rxh2 22. Kg1 Rh8 23. Bf4 Bd6 24. Bxd6 Qxd6 25. Qf3 $16 {Kramnik,
V-Shirov,A Monaco blind 1996}) 20. fxe7 Rdg8 21. Ne4 (21. Qd5 Rxg5 $1 22. Qxg5
bxc3) 21... Qc6 22. Nd6+ Kb8 23. Bf4 $40 {Kamsky,G-Kramnik,V Dos Hermanas 1996}
) 19... Bxe7 20. fxe7 Bd3 (20... Rdg8 21. Ne4 Rg6 {Kasparov,G-Kramnik,V
New-York PCA 1994} 22. Qa8+ $1 Nb8 23. Rxf1 Qc6 24. Rd1 $3 Qxa8 25. Rd8+ Kc7
26. Bf4+ Kb6 27. Rxh8 Re6 28. e8=Q Rxe8 29. Rxe8 Qd5 30. Rxb8+ Ka6 (30... Ka5
31. Re8 f5 32. Nxc5 $1) 31. Nd2 $1 c3 32. bxc3 bxc3 33. Nb3 c4 34. Nc1 c2 35.
h4 $18 {Kasparov,G}) 21. Ne4 Bxb1 22. Nd6+ Kc7 23. Bf4 Kb6 24. Nxc4+ Kb5 25.
Nd6+ Kb6 26. exd8=B+ Rxd8 27. Nc4+ Kb5 28. Nd6+ Kb6 29. Nc4+ Kb5 {1-2/1-2
Topalov,V-Kramnik,V Dortmund 1996}) 16... Qd6 {Har Zvi: The main line is 16...
Qb5 and there is also another interesting move 16...Qa6. The game move was
played few times, Kramnik's continuation seems to be very strong and better
than the moves played before.} (16... Qb5) (16... Qa6) 17. Bf4 $5 $146 (17.
dxe6 {HarZvi} Qxe6 18. Re1 Ne5 $1 (18... Qf5 19. Bxb7+ Kxb7 20. Bf4 {with the
idea Qf3} Qxf6 $8 21. Re8 $1 $16 {Agzamov,G-Timoscenko,G SSSR 1982 34/510}) 19.
Qxd8+ (19. Bxb7+ Kxb7 20. Qe2 (20. Qxd8 Nf3+ 21. Kg2 Qc6 $1 {Har Zvi: and not
21...Nxe1 as Agzamov analyses in informator 34} (21... Nxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Qxe1 (
22... Qh3+ 23. Kf3 Qh5+ 24. Kf4) 23. Qd7+ Ka6 24. Qc6+ Ka5 25. Bf4 Rxh2+ 26.
Kxh2 Qxf2+ 27. Kh3 Qf1+ 28. Kh4 $18 {Agzamov,G}) 22. Re7+ Bxe7 23. Qxh8 (23.
Qxe7+ Ka8 $19) 23... Nxg5+ {with Bxf6 with a strong initiative}) 20... Qh3 21.
Qxe5 Qxh2+ 22. Kf1 Qh3+ 23. Ke2 Qg4+ 24. Kf1 $10 {Shirov}) 19... Kxd8 20. Bxb7
Kc7 $4 (20... Qf5 21. Rxe5 (21. Rad1+ Nd3 22. Bf4 Bd6 $1 23. Be4 Qh3 24. Rxd3
cxd3 25. Bxd6 Qxh2+ 26. Kf1 Qh1+ 27. Bxh1 Rxh1+ 28. Kg2 Rxe1 29. Bf4 Re2 30.
Kf3 c4 $1 $17) 21... Qxe5 22. Rd1+ Kc7 23. Bf4 Qxf4 24. gxf4 Kxb7 25. Rc1 Rh6
26. Rxc4 Kc6 $10 {Shirov}) 21. Bg2 Qd7 22. Bf4 $1 $16 {+- Shirov,A-Piket,J
Aruba (m/4) 1995 63/379 [Shirov,A]}) 17... e5 (17... Qa6 $5) (17... Ne5 $4 {
HarZvi} 18. Re1 $18) 18. Be3 Bh6 19. Qc1 $1 (19. Qc2 $5) 19... Bxe3 (19... Qxf6
$2 20. Nxc5 Nxc5 (20... Bxe3 21. fxe3 $1 Qh6 22. Nxb7 Kxb7 (22... Qxh2+ 23. Kf2
Kxb7 24. Rh1) 23. Qxc4 Qxe3+ 24. Rf2 $18) 21. Qxc4 Bxe3 22. fxe3 Qd6 (22... Qb6
23. Rac1 $18) 23. Rac1 $18) 20. Qxe3 $16 (20. fxe3 $5) 20... Ba6 $6 {a
completely unexplained move,the natural move and the best one is simply to
take on d5,after this strange move black has no play at all white is winning} (
20... Bxd5 21. Rfd1 Nxf6 22. Rac1 Qc6 (22... Ng4 23. Qe2) (22... Rxh2 23. Bxd5
Nxd5 24. Kxh2) 23. Bxd5 Nxd5 24. Qxc5 Qxc5 25. Nxc5 Nb6 26. Nd3 $16 (26. Na6
Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1 c3 28. Nxb4 cxb2 29. Nd3 Nc4 (29... Na4 30. Rb1) 30. Rb1 $16 Kc7
31. Nxb2 Rb8 32. Rc1)) (20... Kb8) (20... Bxd5) 21. a3 $1 Kb8 (21... b3 22.
Rfd1) (21... c3 22. Rfc1 $16) 22. h4 $1 (22. Nxc5 $2 Nxc5 23. axb4 Nb3 24. b5
Nxa1 25. Rxa1 Bb7 26. Qxa7+ Kc7) 22... Rdg8 (22... Rc8 23. Bh3 $1 $16) 23. Nxc5
$1 Nxc5 (23... Qxc5 24. Qxc5 Nxc5 25. axb4 c3 26. bxc5 Bxf1 27. Rxf1 cxb2 28.
Rb1 $18) 24. axb4 Nb7 (24... Nb3 25. b5 (25. Rxa6 $1 {HarZvi} Qxa6 26. Qxe5+
Kc8 (26... Kb7 27. d6+) 27. d6 $1 {Har Zvi: and white is probably winning the
threats are Qd5,Qe7}) 25... Nxa1 26. Rxa1 Bb7 (26... Bxb5 27. Qxa7+ Kc8 28.
Bh3+ Bd7 (28... Kd8 29. Qa5+ (29. Qa8+)) 29. Qa8+ Qb8 (29... Kc7 30. Ra7+ $18)
30. Qc6+ $18) 27. Qxa7+ Kc8 (27... Kc7 28. Ra6 Ra8 29. Qxb7+ Kxb7 30. Rxd6 $18)
28. Bh3+ Kc7 29. Ra6 Ra8 (29... Qxd5 30. Rc6+ $18) 30. Qxb7+ Kxb7 31. Rxd6 $18)
(24... Nd3 25. b5) 25. b3 $1 {/\bc} (25. b3 $1 cxb3 (25... c3 26. Rfc1) (25...
Rg4 26. b5 Bxb5 27. Qxa7+ Kc7 28. Rfc1 {Har Zvi: and black is losing since he
can not play Qb6/Qc5 because of d6}) (25... Rc8 {HarZvi} 26. b5) 26. b5 Bxb5
27. Qxa7+ Kc7 28. Rfc1+ $18) (25. b5 Bxb5 26. Qxa7+ Kc7) 1-0

[Event "Novgorod 3rd"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1996.07.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1996.07.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Donev Huzman Huzman} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6.
Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. f4 O-O 9. Kh1 Qc7 {Donev: Auf dem Brett eintsteht eine
aktuelle, typisch sizilianische Stellung, in der der meistbenutzte Plan des
Anziehenden der Angiff am Königsflügel ist. Weiß steht grundsätzlich vor der
Frage: Wie soll ich b7-b5 vermeiden? Es gibt zwei Möglichkeiten - a)
mechanisch mitels a2-a4 b) taktisch Bf3 und e4-e5 vorbereiten.} 10. a4 Nc6 11.
Be3 Re8 12. Bf3 {this line has become recently very dangerous for black,and
white seems to have very good results with it,right now I think it is just
good for white} Rb8 (12... Bd7 13. Nb3 Na5 (13... b6 14. g4 Bc8 15. g5 Nd7 16.
Bg2 Bb7 17. Qh5 g6 $6 (17... Nb4 $14) 18. Qh3 Nb4 $2 (18... Bf8) 19. f5 Nxc2 $4
(19... exf5) 20. fxg6 fxg6 21. Rf7 $3 $18 {Tiviakov,S-Van Wely,L Groningen
1995 65/(233) [Tiviakov,S]}) 14. Nxa5 Qxa5 15. Qd3 Rad8 (15... Bc6 $2 16. b4 $1
Qc7 (16... Qxb4 $4 17. Rfb1 Qa5 18. Bb6) 17. b5 $16) 16. Rfd1 $1 (16. Qd2 Rc8
17. e5 $6 (17. Qf2 Bc6 $13) 17... dxe5 18. fxe5 Qxe5 19. Bxb7 Rcd8 $15 {
Van der Wiel,J-Kasparov,G Amsterdam 1988}) (16. g4 Bc6 (16... h6) 17. b4 Qc7
18. g5 d5 (18... Nd7 19. Nd5 $1) 19. gxf6 dxe4 20. Qc4 exf3 21. b5 Bxf6 22.
bxc6 Rc8 $1 $14 {Van der Wiel,J-Polugaevsky,L Haninge 1988}) 16... Bc6 17. b4
Qc7 18. b5 Bd7 (18... axb5 $2 19. axb5 Bd7 20. Na4 $16) 19. Rab1 $1 (19. Ne2
Rc8 20. bxa6 bxa6 21. Qxa6 Ra8 22. Qd3 Rxa4 $10 {Cuijpers-DeBoer 1988}) 19...
axb5 (19... Rc8 20. e5 dxe5 21. fxe5 Qxe5 22. Bd4 Qc7 23. Bxf6 Bxf6 24. Qxd7
$16) 20. Nxb5 $1 $14 {Anand,V-Kasparov,G PCA-Wch New-York (09) 1995 64/240 
[Anand,V]} (20. axb5 Rc8)) 13. g4 {this move seems to be black's problem in
this line,white wants to play g5 and then try to put is queen and rook on the
"h" file simply mating black,the main "old" move is 13.Qd2 which was played by
Karpov} Bf8 (13... Nxd4 14. Bxd4 b6 15. g5 Nd7 16. Bg2 Bb7 17. Qh5 g6 (17...
Qc4 18. Rad1 g6 19. Qh3 Bf8 20. f5 $16 {Kovalev,A-Skomorokhin,R Leningead 1989}
) 18. Qh3 Bf8 19. f5 Ne5 (19... Qc4 20. fxg6 (20. Rad1 $16 {17...Qc4}) 20...
fxg6 21. Rf7 h5 22. Rxd7 Qxd4 23. Rf1 $16) 20. Rf4 $5 $16 {Tiviakov,S-Akopian,
V Linares 1995 63/205 [Tiviakov]}) (13... Nd7 14. g5 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 $6 (15. Bxd4
) 15... b6 16. Bg2 Bb7 17. f5 Ne5 18. Rad1 Bc6 19. f6 Bf8 20. fxg7 Bxg7 21.
Qxd6 Qxd6 22. Rxd6 Rbc8 {with full compensation for black Gurevich,D-Wolff,P
USA-ch Modesto 1995}) 14. g5 Nd7 15. Bg2 Nxd4 (15... g6 16. Rf3 $5 Bg7 17. Rh3
Nb6 (17... Nb4) (17... Nf8 18. Rh4 $1 Nb4 19. Qd2 b6 20. Rf1 $36) 18. Nde2 Nc4
19. Bc1 d5 20. b3 d4 $2 21. bxc4 dxc3 22. e5 $16 {Fishbein,A-Dorfman,J
New-York 1989}) (15... Na5 16. Bg1 (16. Rf3 Nc4 17. Bc1 e5 18. Nf5 exf4 19.
Bxf4 Nce5 20. Rh3 g6 21. Nd5 Qd8 22. Qe1 (22. Nh6+ Bxh6 23. Rxh6 b5 $13 {
Fishbein,A-Browne,W USA 1989}) 22... gxf5 $2 (22... h5 $1) 23. Qh4 h6 24. exf5
b5 25. Rg1 Bb7 26. Nf6+ Kh8 27. Bxb7 Rxb7 28. Qxh6+ $3 $18 {Gluzman,M-Arbakov,
V Sibenik 1990}) 16... b6 17. Qh5 g6 18. Qh3 Bg7 19. Rad1 Nc6 20. Ndb5 $1 axb5
21. Nxb5 Qd8 22. Nxd6 Rf8 23. e5 $16 {Sokolov,A-Jansa,V Dubai Ol 1986}) 16.
Bxd4 b5 $6 {Giving white a rook in the seventh rank is not a very good idea 
Zu optimistisch. Weiß bekommt die a-Linie und der b-Bauer wird schwach.
Wahrscheinlich wäre der passive Zug 16...b6 nebst Bb7 die bessere Entscheidung.
} (16... b6 $5 {Huzman} 17. Rf3 Bb7 18. Rh3 g6 {/\19...e5}) (16... b6 $5 {
Huzman Lutz-Tratar (Wien 1996)}) 17. axb5 axb5 18. Ra7 Qd8 19. b4 $1 {
preventing b4 from black,and taking also the c5 square under control,black has
not play a big mistake but already his position is unpleasent ><Nd7} e5 (19...
d5 {Huzman} 20. exd5 Bxb4 21. dxe6 Rxe6 22. Nd5 (22. Be5 Rxe5 23. fxe5 Bxc3 24.
Qf3 Bxe5 25. Qxf7+ Kh8 26. Re1 Qg8 $10) 22... Bd6 23. f5 Re8 24. Qh5 Be5 25. g6
$40) 20. Be3 exf4 21. Bxf4 Ne5 {Schwarz hat das Problem des Springers d7
gelöst, aber im Gegenzug erhält der weiße Springer auf d5 einen starken
Vorposten, wodurch auch die Wirkung des Ra7 verstärkt wird.} 22. Nd5 Bg4 (22...
Nc6 {Huzman} 23. Rc7 Ne7 24. Nxe7+ Bxe7 25. Rxe7 Rxe7 26. Qxd6 $18) 23. Qd2 Nc6
24. g6 $3 {[%cal Yf1f7,Ya7f7,Yg6f7] making room on the g5 square for the
bishop! black is losing now  Dieser wichtige Zug erlaubt es Iwantschuk, alle
Figuren in den Angriff einzuschalten.Die Idee ist die Räumung des Feldes g5
für den Läufer. Man beachte, daß die schwarze Dame kaum Felder hat; wird sie
mit Bg5 angegriffen, gerät sie in eine schlimme Fesselung.} Nxa7 (24... hxg6
25. Bg5 (25. Bg5 {Huzman} Qc8 (25... Be7 26. Nxe7+ Nxe7 27. e5 d5 28. Qf4 Be6
29. Qh4 $18) 26. Rc7 Qa6 27. Qc3 Rbc8 28. Ra1 $18) (25. Rxf7 $16) (25. Rxf7 $16
) (25. Rxf7 $16 {Der Turm ist wegen Bg5+ mit Damengewinn unbekömmlich.})) (
24... fxg6 25. Bg5 (25. Bg5 Be7 (25... Qc8 {Donev} 26. Rc7 Qa6 27. Qc3 $18 {
/\Ra1,Qc6}) 26. Nxe7+ Nxe7 27. e5 d5 28. Bxe7 Rxe7 29. Qxd5+ $18)) (24... f6 {
Huzman} 25. Nxf6+ (25. Rc7 Rc8 26. Rxc6 Rxc6 27. Nxf6+ Qxf6 (27... gxf6 28.
Qd5+ Be6 29. gxh7+ Kxh7 30. Qxc6 $16) 28. Qd5+ Be6 29. gxh7+ Kxh7 30. Qxc6 Rc8
31. Qxb5 $16) (25. gxh7+ Kxh7 26. Ra3 {/\ Ra3-g3+/-}) 25... Qxf6 26. Qd5+ Kh8
27. Qxc6 Qxg6 $10) 25. gxf7+ Kh8 (25... Kxf7 26. Bg5+) 26. Bg5 Qd7 27. fxe8=N
Rxe8 (27... Qxe8 {Erlaubt die kleine Kombination.} 28. Nf6 $1 gxf6 29. Bxf6+
Bg7 30. Bxg7+ Kxg7 31. Qd4+ $16 {[%cal Yd4g7,Yd4a7]}) 28. Qf2 $1 {[%cal Yf1f8]}
Kg8 {Das materielle Gleichgewicht blieb erhalten, aber die weißen Figuren sind
nun sehr aktiv geworden. Der Ukrainische Großmeister startet einen hübschen
Schlußangriff gegen den schwarzen König.} 29. e5 $1 h6 (29... dxe5 30. Nb6 (30.
Nc7 $1 {Huzman} Qxc7 31. Bd5+ Kh8 32. Qxf8+ (32. Qxf8+ {Donev} Rxf8 33. Rxf8#))
30... Qc7 31. Bd5+) (29... Be6 {Huzman} 30. Nf4 Bc4 31. e6 Qc7 32. Nd5 $18) (
29... Nc8 {Huzman} 30. Nc7 $1 Qxc7 31. Bd5+ $18) 30. Nb6 Qc7 31. Bd5+ Kh7 (
31... Kh8 32. Qxf8+ $1 Rxf8 33. Rxf8+ Kh7 34. Be4+ g6 35. Bf6 $1 {with mate} (
35. Nd5 Qc4 (35... Qc4 {Huzman} 36. Nf6+ Kg7 37. Rg8+ Qxg8 (37... Kf7 38. Bxg6+
$18) 38. Bxh6+ Kxh6 39. Nxg8+ Kg5 (39... Kg7 40. Nf6 $18) 40. exd6 Nc8 41. Ne7
Nxd6 42. Bd3 $16))) 32. Be4+ Kg8 (32... g6 {Donev} 33. Nd5 {nebst Nf6}) 33. Nd5
Qd7 34. Ne7+ {a very impressive victory by Ivanchuk} (34. Ne7+ Bxe7 35. Qf7+
Kh8 36. Qg6) 1-0

[Event "Novgorod 3rd"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1996.07.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1996.07.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Qe8 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. b4 c6 10. b5 Qe7 11. a4 Rd8 12. Ba3 Qe8 13. Qb3 Bg4 14. a5 a6 15. bxa6
Nxa6 16. Qxb7 Bf8 17. Bxf8 Kxf8 18. Qb6 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Rd3 20. Nd5 Rxf3 21. gxf3
Nh5 22. Ne3 Nf4 23. Rfd1 Qc8 24. Ng2 Ne2+ 25. Kf1 Nd4 26. Rxd4 exd4 27. Qxd4
Kg8 28. Ne3 h5 29. f4 Qh3+ 30. Ke2 Qxh2 31. f5 g5 32. Qf6 Qf4 33. Rd1 g4 34.
Rd8+ Rxd8 35. Qxd8+ Kg7 36. Qh4 Qf3+ 37. Kf1 Qxe4 38. Qxh5 Qd3+ 39. Kg1 Qb1+
40. Kh2 g3+ 41. Kxg3 Qg1+ 42. Kf3 1-0

[Event "Novgorod 3rd"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1996.07.31"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1996.07.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O b6 13. Bg5 Bb7 (13...
Re8 $6 14. Bb5 Bd7 15. Qd3 $16 {Gelfand-Ivanchuk,Dos Hermanas,1996,66/}) 14.
Rc1 $5 $146 {This is a new and interesting idea. However after long thought ,
my opponent finds right response} (14. Bd3 Qe6 {Miladinovic-Atalik,Vrnjacka
Banja,1992,54/471}) 14... Bxe4 15. Bxe7 Re8 16. Bc4 Qa5 (16... Qb2 17. Bd6 $44
{with idea Ne5} (17. Ng5 Rxe7 18. Nxe4 Nd7) 17... b5 18. Bb3) 17. Bc5 $5 bxc5
18. Ng5 Re7 $5 (18... Nc6 19. Bxf7+ Kh8 20. Bxe8 Rxe8 21. Nxe4 Rxe4 22. Rxc5
Qb6 23. Qc2 $18) (18... Nd7 19. Bxf7+ Kh8 20. Bxe8 Rxe8 21. Nxe4 Rxe4 22. dxc5
$16) 19. Nxe4 Nd7 (19... cxd4 $4 20. Bd5 $18) (19... Nc6 20. Bd5 Rc8 21. Rxc5
Qb6 22. Nd6 Rcc7 23. Bxc6 Rxc6 24. Nc8 $18) 20. dxc5 Rd8 $1 21. Bd5 (21. c6 Ne5
22. Qb3 Nxc6 23. Bxf7+ Rxf7 24. Rxc6 Qd5 $10) (21. Qc2 $5) 21... Nf6 22. Nxf6+
(22. Nd6 Nxd5 23. Qxd5 Be5) 22... Bxf6 23. Qf3 (23. Qb3 Rc7) 23... Bg5 $1 $10 {
This move destroyes coordination of White s pieces} (23... Kg7 24. Bb3 $14) 24.
Rc2 (24. Rc4 Red7 25. Be4 f5 $10) 24... Rc7 25. Bb3 (25. g3 Rdd7 $5) 25... Qb5
(25... Rxc5 26. Qxf7+ Kh8 27. Ra2 Qc7 28. Rxa7 Qxf7 29. Bxf7 Rc1 $10) 26. Bc4
Qa4 27. Bb3 Qb5 28. Bc4 Qa4 29. Qe4 Kf8 $1 30. Bd5 (30. Ra2 Qb4 31. c6 Qc5)
30... Qxe4 31. Bxe4 a5 32. Rc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Donner Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.08.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1996.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Petursson Ftacnik Boensch Kortschnoj Rogozenko Johnson,M HarZvi} c5 2.
Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9.
O-O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Nxd5 {the main line is of course 12.
Bd4 but this is also an interesting move. Recent years players with White
played exclusive 12.Bd4.The move made by Ivanchuk reminds that there is also
another way to create problems for Black.} (12. Bd4 {Kortschnoj Das ist der
Normalzug.} e5 13. Bc5 $14) 12... cxd5 13. Qxd5 {Diese Variante hat Weiß aus
der Mottenkiste hervorgezaubert und möchte Sie jetzt nochmal leicht entstaubt
zur Diskussion stellen. another possible move is 13.Bh6 This is known to give
black a strong attack for the pawn} (13. Bh6 {HarZvi} Bxh6 14. Qxh6 Rb8 (14...
Qa5 $5) 15. h4 Bf5 16. Bd3 Qb6 (16... Bxd3 17. Rxd3 e6 18. h5 Rb7 19. Rb3 {
1/2-1/2 Har-Zvi,R-Alterman,B Zagreb zt 1993}) 17. b3 Qf6 18. Kb1 e6 19. h5 Rb7
20. hxg6 {1-2/1-2 Kuzmin,A-Tiviakov,S Belgorod GMA-qual 1989}) 13... Qc7 14.
Qc5 (14. Qxa8 Bf5 15. Qxf8+ Kxf8 {gilt als günstig für Schwarz. Läuferpaar und
Dame werden in der Lage sein, den weißen Königsflügel dauerhaft zu beunruhigen.
} 16. Rd2 h5 $1 $15 {HarZvi}) 14... Qb8 $5 {the main line is Qb7} (14... Qb7 {
Wird als die bessere Variante angesehen.} 15. b3 (15. Qa3 Bf5 16. Ba6 Qc7 17.
Qc5 Qb6 $1 18. Qxb6 axb6 19. Bc4 (19. Bd3 Bxd3 20. Rxd3 Rxa2 $10 {Tolnai,
T-Palkovi,J/Siofok Hungaroil (08) 1990/1-0 (52)}) 19... Rfc8 20. Bb3 Rxa2 21.
Rd8+ Rxd8 22. Bxa2 $10 {is the old well known line from the game
Ravinsky-Beilin USSR 1955}) (15. Bd4 {Boensch} Bf5 16. Bxg7 Rfc8 17. Qxc8+ Qxc8
18. Bc3 Qc5 $15 {0-1 Bjerring,K-Summerscale,A/Groningen op ;EXP 50 1995 (47)})
(15. Qb5 Qc7 16. Qc5 {1/2-1/2 Smirin,I-Shirov,A/Wijk op (12) 1993}) 15... Bf5
16. Bd3 Rfc8 {Rogozenko} (16... Bxd3 $6 {HarZvi} 17. Rxd3 Qa6 18. Kb1 Rac8 (
18... Rfc8 19. Qxe7 Rxc2 20. Rd8+ Rxd8 21. Qxd8+ Bf8 22. Kxc2 Qxa2+ 23. Kc3 $18
) 19. Qxa7 $1 (19. Qxe7 Rxc2 $1 20. Kxc2 Qxa2+ 21. Kd1 Qb1+ 22. Ke2 Qxh1 $15)
19... Qf6 (19... Qc6 20. c4 Ra8 21. Qb6 Qc8 22. Rhd1 Ra6 23. Qc5 Qa8 24. R1d2 {
1-0 Baranovski-Kuma Corr 1990/91}) 20. Bd4 Qc6 21. c4 Ra8 22. Qb6 Qxb6 23. Bxb6
Rxa2 24. Kxa2 Ra8+ 25. Kb1 Ra1+ 26. Kc2 Ra2+ 27. Kd1 Ra1+ 28. Ke2 Rxh1 29. Rd8+
Bf8 30. c5 {1-0 Baranovski,T-Czaplinski,P [Konikovski] Corr 1992}) (16... Rac8
17. Qa5 (17. Qxa7 Qb5 $3 (17... Bxd3 18. Qxb7 Rxc2+ 19. Kb1 Rb2+ {1/2-1/2
Rychagov,A-Savchenko,S/URS-OT56 Barnaul/1988/}) 18. Bxf5 Qxf5 19. c4 Ra8 20.
Qc5 Qf6 21. Qd4 Rxa2 22. Qxf6 Bxf6 $19) 17... Rc3 18. Bxf5 Rxe3 19. Be4 Qb8 {
White is struggling to survive. However, this game casts some doubt on
previous assessments, it would seem that 14...Qb8 is perhaps equal to 14...Qb7
One of the most important positions in the 12.Nd5 line.In my opinion Black has
good compensation, but only the future practice will show if this statement is
true.} 20. g3 Qc8 21. h4 (21. g4 Qb8 22. Qg5 Rxe4 23. fxe4 Qb4 24. Rd3 Qa3+ 25.
Kd1 Qxa2 26. Rf1 $16 {Thiele-Hollis/corr/1981-82/}) 21... h5 22. Rhg1 a6 23.
Rd5 Qe6 24. Rd8 Rxd8 25. Qxd8+ Kh7 26. Qc7 f5 27. Qc5 Rc3 28. Qd5 Qb6 {0-1/
Smirin-Bassin/ USSR 1984}) 17. Qa3 {Ftacnik} (17. Qa5 Bxd3 (17... Bc3 18. Qb5
Qxb5 19. Bxb5 a5 20. a4 e5 21. g4 Be6 22. Bd7 Rc7 23. Bxe6 fxe6 24. Rd3 Rac8
25. Rhd1 $16 {Dejko-Basin,corr.1984}) (17... Qc6 18. Bxf5 gxf5 19. c4 e5 20.
Rd5 f4 21. Bc5 Qg6 22. Rhd1 Bf6 23. Rd7 a6 24. Be7 {1-0 Dworakowska,
J-Paasikangas,J/EU-chJW Svitavy (06)/1993/ (32)}) 18. Rxd3 Qc6 19. c4 Qf6 20.
Bd4 e5 21. Bb2 h5 (21... Qf5 22. Rhd1 Qf4+ 23. Kb1 Qxh2 24. Rd7 Qxg2 25. Rxf7
Rf8 26. Rxg7+ Kxg7 27. Qxe5+ Kh6 28. Qg7+ Kg5 29. Bc1+ {1-0 Hugentobler,
P-Georg,Mi/Zuerich op/1994/}) 22. Kb1 Qf5 23. Rhd1 Rd8 24. Qd2 Bh6 25. Qc2 Rxd3
26. Qxd3 (26. Rxd3 $16 {Ftacnik}) 26... Rd8 27. Qxf5 Rxd1+ 28. Kc2 Rd2+ 29. Kc3
gxf5 {0-1 Petri,P-Ballmann,M/WchJ Baguio/1987/ (32)}) 17... Qc7 18. Bxf5 gxf5
19. c4 Qe5 20. Bd2 Rab8 21. Rhe1 Qd4 22. Kc2 Rxc4+ 23. bxc4 Rb2+ 24. Kc1 Qxc4+
25. Bc3 Bxc3 26. Qxb2 Bxb2+ 27. Kxb2 Qb4+ {0-1 Schlotter,D-Heinemann,D/RLNS
8889/1989/ (36)}) 15. b3 (15. Qa3 Be6 (15... a5 16. Bd3 Be6 17. Be4 Ra6 {
Dabrowska-Bednarska,94} 18. Bd5 Rc8 19. Bxe6 Rxe6 20. Rd3 Qc7 21. c3 Rxe3 22.
Rxe3 Bh6 23. Rhe1 Qe5 $17) (15... Bf5 {Rogozenko} 16. g4 $1 {Using the fact
that Black Queen is on b8 and cannot attack the f3 pawn.} Be6 17. Ba6 Qc7 18.
Bd4 $16 {Hovde F.-Herschel,corr.86} (18. Bd4 {Ftacnik} Rab8 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20.
Kb1 Rb6 21. b3 Rfb8 22. Bd3 $16 {Hovde-Herschel/corr/1986/})) 16. Kb1 a6 (16...
Rc8 $5 17. Ba6 Rc3 18. Rd8+ Qxd8 19. bxc3 Rb8+ 20. Kc1 Qc7 $17) 17. Bc1 Qc7 18.
b3 a5 19. Bb2 a4 20. b4 Bxb2 21. Qxb2 a3 22. Qc1 (22. Qa1) 22... Qc3 23. b5 Ra4
{0-1 Haenggi,P-Salzgerber,F/Zuerich op2 1992}) 15... Bf5 (15... a5 $1 16. Qb6
Qe5 17. Bd4 Qf4+ 18. Be3 Qe5 {Sapi/ Schneider}) 16. Bd3 (16. Ba6 Qb6 {
Rogozenko: The same position arises in the variation 12.Nd5 cd5 13.Qd5 Qc7 14.
Qc5 Qb7 15. Qa3 Bf5 16.Ba6 Qc7 17.Qc5 Qb6=, with the difference that pawn is
on b2.The circumstance that pawn is on b3, was fatal for White in the
following game} 17. Qxb6 (17. Bd3 Qf6) 17... axb6 18. Bd3 Rxa2 19. Bxf5 Bc3 {
0-1 Cross,T-Stein,A/USA-op Los Angeles 1991 0-1 Cross,T-Stein,A USA-op Los
Angeles 1991 0:1,Cross T.-Stein A./USA/91 0-1 Cross,T-Stein,A/USA-op Los
Angeles 1991 0-1 Cross,T-Stein,A/USA-op Los Angeles/1991/}) 16... Rc8 17. Qa5 (
17. Qxe7 Re8 18. Qg5 Qe5 19. Bxf5 Qb2+ 20. Kd2 gxf5 $13) 17... Rc3 $1 $146 {
?HarZvi: Hodgsons idea is simply not working since white will take the rook on
a8, and defend his position without big problems A new move in this position,
as far as is known this move has only been played in the 14...Qb7 variation
Improving on Evans-Padevsky, Havana 1964:} (17... Bc3 18. Qb5 (18. Qa4 $16)
18... Qd6 19. Kb1 Bd7 20. Qa6 Qe5 21. Be4 Bb5 22. Qa3 Bc6 23. Bxc6 Rxc6 24. Rd3
Qc7 25. Rhd1 Bf6 26. Bh6 Re8 27. Qa4 Qe5 28. c3 Rcc8 29. h3 Qh5 30. Be3 Qf5 31.
Kb2 h5 32. Bd4 e5 33. g4 Qf4 34. Bxa7 e4 35. fxe4 Rxe4 36. Bd4 Re2+ 37. Ka1 Rc2
38. gxh5 Rc1+ 39. Kb2 Rxd1 40. Rxd1 Qf3 41. Re1 Bxd4 42. Qxd4 {Evans,
LM-Padevsky,N/Havana Capablanca 1964/1-0 (62)}) (17... Bxd3 18. Rxd3 Rc6 $16)
18. Bxf5 (18. Kb1 {Kortschnoj} Bxd3 (18... Qc8 19. Bxf5 gxf5 20. Bd4 Bxd4 21.
Rxd4 Rxc2 22. Rhd1 $14) 19. Rxd3 Rxd3 20. cxd3 Qd6 $44) 18... Rxe3 (18... gxf5
$2 {Boensch} 19. Bd2 Rc6 20. Qxf5 Qd6 21. c3 Qa3+ 22. Kb1 Rb8 23. Bc1 Rxb3+ 24.
axb3 Qxb3+ 25. Bb2 $18) 19. Be4 {Now the difference becomes clear, the
position of the black rook on a8 instead of f8 forces Black to offer the
sacrifice of a whole rook but the attack should be strong enough to keep Black
on top} Qf4 $13 (19... Rxe4 20. fxe4 Qf4+ 21. Kb1 $18 (21. Kb1 {Ftacnik} Qxe4
22. Rhe1 $16)) 20. Bxa8 {Accepting the rook appears dubious, objectively
perhaps 20.g3 or 20.Kb1 was more prudent, for example} (20. Rd8+ Rxd8 21. Qxd8+
Bf8 22. Kb1 (22. Qd2 $2 {Rogozenko} Bh6 23. Kd1 Rxe4 24. Qd8+ Kg7 25. fxe4 Qc1+
26. Ke2 Qxh1 $19) 22... Re2 $44) (20. Kb1 $5 $13) (20. g3 {Johnson,M} Qf6 21.
Rd8+ (21. Bxa8 Qb2+ 22. Kd2 Qd4+ (22... Bc3+ {Boensch} 23. Kxe3 Bxa5 24. Be4
$10) 23. Kc1 Qb2+ $10) 21... Rxd8 22. Qxd8+ Bf8 23. Kb1 Qc3 24. g4 Re2 {
Black has sufficient compensation for the pawn but it's not clear that he has
any more}) (20. Kb1 Qf6 {with similar play} (20... Rf8 {Rogozenko} 21. Rd8 Re2
22. Rhd1 $5 $13 (22. g3 Qe3 23. Rhd1 Rxh2 $13)) (20... h5 {Boensch} 21. Bxa8
Qf6 22. Qd8+ (22. c3 Rxc3 {Black is not worse!} 23. Rd2 Rc8 $19) 22... Kh7 23.
Rd4 (23. Qd4 {Petursson} Qxd4 24. Rxd4 Bxd4 $44) 23... Qxd4 24. Qxd4 Bxd4 25.
Rd1 Bc3 $44)) 20... Rxb3+ $2 {A terrible mistake which loses, correct was} (
20... Rd3+ $142 $1 {Verhindert Dd8+. Das ist der Unterschied zu 20...Tb3} 21.
Kb1 (21. Rd2 Bc3 22. Qxc3 (22. Qa3 {Rogozenko} Rxd2 23. Kb1 $8 Bf6 $17) 22...
Rxc3 $17 (22... Rxc3 {Johnson,M} 23. g3 (23. Re1 $15 {Ftacnik}) 23... Qe3 24.
Kd1 Rc8 25. Be4 Qc3 26. Ke2 f5 27. Bd5+ Kg7 28. Rhd1 e6 29. Bc4 Kf6 30. a4 g5 {
when White is running out of moves and has no satisfactory defence to ...f4}))
21... Qd4 {when} 22. Qd8+ (22. c3 $2 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 24. Kb2 Qd2+ 25. Ka3
(25. Kb1 Bxc3 26. Qa3 Qd3+ (26... Qxg2 $17) 27. Kc1 Bd2+ 28. Kb2 Qc3+ 29. Kb1
Bf4 {and White will be mated in a few moves}) 25... Bxc3 {is very good for
Black}) 22... Qxd8 23. Rxd3 Qa5 (23... Qxa8 24. Rhd1 Qb7 (24... Qc6 25. Rd8+
Bf8 26. Rb8 Qc7 (26... Kg7 {Rogozenko} 27. Rdd8 Qc7 28. Rxf8 Qxh2 $19) (26...
Qc5 {Kortschnoj} 27. Rdd8 Qg1+ 28. Kb2 Qxg2 29. Rxf8+ Kg7 30. Rg8+ Kf6 31. Rb7
Qxh2 32. Rxa7 Qe5+ $15) 27. Rdd8 Qxh2 28. Rxf8+ Kg7 29. g4 h5 $1 {Black has
the initiative}) 25. Rd8+ Bf8 26. Re8 $13 (26. Re8 Qc7 27. Rdd8 Qxh2 28. Rxf8+
Kg7 29. g4 (29. Rg8+ $5 Kf6 30. Rd2 h5 31. c4 h4 32. Rh8 Kg7 33. Rhd8 $13 {
Schulz,A}) 29... h5 30. gxh5 gxh5 $17 {/-+; M.W. Johnson:" Black is close to
win"})) 24. Rhd1 h5 $13) (20... Re5+ {HarZvi} 21. Qd2) 21. Rd2 Rb8 (21... Bc3
22. Qd8+ $18 (22. Qd8+ {Boensch} Kg7 23. axb3 $18)) 22. Bd5 $18 Bh6 (22... Qe3
{HarZvi with the idea Bc3} 23. Bb3 $1 Bc3 24. Qd5) (22... Qf6 {Kortschnoj} 23.
c3 Rc8 24. Rc2 $18) (22... Qe5 23. Bxf7+ (23. c3 e6 $132) 23... Kxf7 24. Qxe5
Bxe5 25. c3 Bf4 26. Rhd1 $16) 23. Rhd1 Qd4 {Instead, Black could have won the
rook back! But White should still win:} (23... Qf6 $1 24. c3 $8 Qf5 {the
difference is that in the game black's queen was on this digonal [h7-b1] but
on d3 and white played Bb3 with an easy win,now this move is not possible!} 25.
Bxf7+ $8 Kxf7 (25... Qxf7 26. Qxa7) 26. Qxf5+ gxf5 $16 {/+-}) 24. c3 {White
has just enough defence} Qd3 (24... Bxd2+ 25. Rxd2 (25. Kc2 {Petursson} e6 $3
$10 26. Bb3 Rd8) 25... Qg1+ 26. Rd1 Qxg2 27. Bb3 Qxf3 28. Rd8+ Rxd8 29. Qxd8+
Kg7 30. Qxe7 Qxc3+ 31. Kd1 $18) 25. Bb3 Rd8 (25... Rc8 {Boensch} 26. Bc2 (26.
c4 Qd4 27. Kc2 $18) 26... Rxc3 27. Kb1 $18) 26. c4 {maybe this is what black
had missed} e5 (26... Be3 {Kortschnoj} 27. c5 Kg7 28. c6 $18) 27. c5 e4 28.
fxe4 (28. fxe4 Rc8 29. Kb2 $18) 1-0

[Event "Donner Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.08.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1996.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3
Nc6 9. b4 Be7 10. h3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Qxd1+ 12. Rxd1 a6 13. O-O b5 14. Bd3 Rd8 15.
Ne4 Nd5 16. Bg3 Bb7 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. bxc5 Nc3 19. Rd2 b4 20. axb4 Nxb4 21. Bd6
Nxd3 22. Rxd3 Nb5 23. Ra1 Rac8 24. Rdd1 Nc3 25. Rd2 Bxf3 26. gxf3 Rc6 27. Rb2
Nb5 28. Rxa6 Rxa6 29. Rxb5 f6 30. Rb7 e5 31. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Donner Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.08.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[Annotator "Tisdall,J"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1996.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{I will confess to being rather annoyed when Curt Hansen published a survey of
this variation, which I had been playing with steady success without being
noticed. Now that CBM readers have much of this information, I thought I would
have a look at a rare test of this solid defensive system at the very highest
level.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6
8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Nb3 (
14. d5 Nb4 15. Bb1 a5 16. Nf1 Na6 $5 {N An extremely sophisticated idea. The
point of this move order only becomes completely clear in note A below, when
black makes use of the open second rank for defensive purposes.} (16... Bd7 17.
Bd2 Rfc8 18. Ne3 Na6 19. Nh2 Nc5 20. Qf3 Qd8 21. h4 $13 {0-1 Adams,M-Ivanchuk,
V/Luzern 48/488 1989 (46)}) 17. N3h2 Nc5 18. g4 $6 h6 19. Ng3 Nh7 $15 {>< f4,
g5, h4} 20. Nf3 Ng5 21. Kg2 Nxf3 22. Qxf3 Bg5 23. Bxg5 hxg5 24. Rh1 Qd8 25. Bc2
$6 (25. Qe3 $5 Ra7 $1 (25... g6 $6 26. h4 gxh4 27. Qh6 Qf6 28. Rxh4 Qg7 29. Qe3
$40) 26. Bc2 g6 $5 27. h4 $2 gxh4 28. Qh6 g5 $1 29. f4 (29. Nh5 f6 $19) 29...
f6 $1 {(S. Agdestein)}) 25... g6 $1 26. Nf1 Kg7 27. Nd2 Qf6 $17 {0-1 Adams,
M-Agdestein,S/Hastings 53/351 1991 (44)}) 14... a5 15. Be3 a4 16. Nbd2 Bd7 17.
Nf1 (17. Rc1 Qb7 {I feel this is the most harmonious option: Black can even
gain pressure on the b-file with a later Rab8 and ...Nc4. It also eyes e4 and
connects the rooks. Still, this is largely a matter of taste, as we have
already seen that other options are fully playable.} (17... Rfc8 $5 18. Bd3 (
18. Bb1 Qb8 19. Nf1 Na5 20. Rxc8+ Bxc8 21. Bg5 h6 22. Bh4 Nc6 23. Ne3 $14 {
Smyslov,V-Reshevsky,S/Wch18-NLD\URS (The Hague) (01) ,MAINB 1948 (41)}) (18. a3
Qb7 19. Bb1 b4 $6 {It is often an error to give white the c4 square for knight
manoeuvres. One of black's trumps in this variation is the difficulty in
finding a reliable post for the Nd2 while keeping control of the e4 pawn.} 20.
Nc4 bxa3 21. bxa3 exd4 22. Bxd4 Nxd4 23. Qxd4 Ra6 24. Bd3 $14 {Petrosian,
T-Pfleger,H/Bamberg 5/323 1968 (55)}) 18... Qb7 19. a3 (19. Qe2 Be8 20. a3 Rab8
21. Rc2 exd4 22. Nxd4 Nxd4 23. Bxd4 Rxc2 24. Bxc2 Nd7 25. Nf3 Bf6 26. e5 dxe5
27. Nxe5 Nf8 28. Be4 Qc7 29. Nf3 Bxd4 30. Nxd4 Qc5 31. Nc2 {1/2-1/2 Nunn,
J-Spassky,B/Reykjavik WCup ,CBM 10 1988}) 19... exd4 20. Nxd4 Ne5 21. Rxc8+
Rxc8 22. Bb1 b4 (22... d5 23. Nf5 Bxf5 24. exf5 Nc4 25. Bd4 h6 26. Nxc4 dxc4
27. Qe2 {Jansa,V-Trapl,J/CSR-ch (07) 1986 (41)} Kf8 $10) 23. f4 Nc6 24. Nc4 $6
bxa3 25. bxa3 Nxd4 26. Qxd4 d5 27. exd5 Bc5 28. Qd2 Qxd5 29. Qxd5 Nxd5 $15 {
Vujadinovic,G-Lazic,Mi/YUG-chT Tivat (04) ,EXP 48 1995 (42)}) (17... Qb8 $5 18.
Nf1 (18. Qe2 Re8 19. Bd3 (19. a3 h6 20. Bd3 Na5 21. dxe5 dxe5 22. Bc5 Bd8 23.
Rc2 Nh7 24. Rec1 Ra6 $13 {Bouaziz,S-Torre,E/Hannover 36/(433) 1983. An ideal
execution of the ...Qb8 idea: Black has avoided tedious exchanges on c5 and
managed to activate the Ra8 while not losing control of b5.}) 19... Nb4 20. Bb1
Bd8 (20... h6 21. Nf1 Bd8 22. Ng3 Nc6 23. Red1 Qb7 24. dxe5 dxe5 25. Nh4 g6 26.
Nf3 Kh7 27. Rc5 Rb8 28. Bd3 b4 29. Ba6 Qa8 30. Bb5 {+/- Timman,J-Torre,E/
Indonesia 36/(433) 1983}) 21. dxe5 dxe5 22. a3 Nc6 23. Bd3 Na5 24. Rc2 b4 $10 {
Lobron,E-Torre,E/Hannover (02) ,MCL 01 1983 (41)}) 18... Na5 19. b3 axb3 20.
axb3 Nc6 21. Ng3 Ra3 22. Qd2 b4 23. Bg5 Rd8 24. Nf5 Bxf5 25. exf5 Ra2 26. Qd1
h6 27. Bb1 Ra6 28. Bd3 Rb6 {1/2-1/2 Geller,E-Kuzmin,G/Erevan zt (01) ,MCL 06
1982}) (17... Rac8 $5 18. Bb1 (18. a3 Qb8 19. Qe2 (19. Bd3 Rc7 (19... exd4 20.
Nxd4 Ne5 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Bb1 Bd8 23. Qe2 Bb6 $10 {Vitomskis,J-Toennemann,W/
Baltic Sea 86-91 ,SEC 03 1991 (50)}) 20. Qe2 Rb7 21. dxe5 Nxe5 22. Bb1 b4 23.
Nd4 bxa3 24. bxa3 d5 25. f4 Bxa3 26. Rcd1 Ng6 27. e5 $13 {Ebbett-Zur, corr.
1986}) 19... Na5 20. Bd3 b4 21. axb4 Qxb4 22. dxe5 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 dxe5 $10 {
Kristoffel,NN-Toennemann,W/4 EU-ch sf 1 bd 8 CCYB 7 1991 (31)}) 18... Qb8 19.
Nf1 Na5 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. Bg5 Be6 22. Ne3 Nc4 23. Nxc4 Rxc4 24. a3 Rc8 25. Qd2
h6 26. Bh4 Bd8 27. Bg3 Nh5 $10 {Gebuhr,G-Medvedev,VV/cr EU/M/GT/297 (1988-92)
1988 (52)}) (17... Rfb8 $5) 18. a3 (18. Qe2 Rfe8 19. Bd3 (19. Red1 g6 20. Kh2
Bf8 21. dxe5 dxe5 22. a3 Nh5 $6 23. Bd3 Bg7 24. g3 Nd4 25. Bxd4 exd4 26. Rc5
$14 {Sigurjonsson,G-Hess,C/BL 8485 (1985) ,BL 80 1985 (36)}) (19. a3 g6 20. Bb1
Bf8 21. Ba2 h6 22. dxe5 Nxe5 (22... dxe5 23. Bc5 $14) 23. Bd4 Rac8 24. Bc3 $14
{Dolmatov,S-Agdestein,S/Tilburg (02) ,CBM 39 1993/1-0 (94)}) (19. Bb1 h6 20. a3
Bf8 21. dxe5 Nxe5 22. Nd4 Rac8 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. f4 Ng6 $14 {Degerman,L-Gausel,
E/Gausdal PG (06) ,EXT 94 1994/1/2-1/2 (62). In each of the above three
examples black committed himself prematurely to a pawn move on the kingside.
In general, ...g6 should only be played when white develops a knight quickly
to g3. Otherwise ...h6 is preferable, particularly in lines where white tries
to mount pressure on the a2-g8 diagonal. Best of all is to wait with both
until it is clear which, if either, are necessary.}) 19... Rab8 20. a3 (20.
dxe5 dxe5 21. Bc5 Nh5 22. g3 {Ljubojevic,Lj-Timman,J/Bugojno 33/481 1982 (44)}
g6 $10 {Timman} (22... f6 $10 {Timman})) 20... Bd8 (20... h6 21. dxe5 dxe5 $6 {
see deFirmian-Tisdall below.} 22. Bc5 Nh5 23. Bxe7 Nf4 24. Qe3 Rxe7 25. Rc5
Nxd3 $6 26. Qxd3 b4 27. Rec1 $16 {Spassky,B-Torre,E/Hamburg-TV (1 h) 1982/1-0 
(62)}) 21. dxe5 Nxe5 22. Bb1 Ba5 23. Bg5 Nxf3+ 24. Qxf3 Bc6 25. Bxf6 Bxd2 26.
Qg3 g6 27. Qxd6 Bxc1 28. Rxc1 Bxe4 29. Qf4 Qb6 30. Ba2 Bf5 31. Bd4 Qd8 32. Rc7
Re1+ 33. Kh2 g5 34. Bxf7+ Kf8 35. Ba2 {1-0 Timman,J-Byrne,R/Wijk 29/260 1980})
(18. Nf1 h6 (18... Rfe8 19. Ng3 g6 20. Bg5 Rac8 (20... Qa7 $5) 21. Qd2 Nxd4 22.
Nxd4 exd4 23. Qxd4 (23. Qf4 Kg7 24. Bh6+ (24. e5 $6 dxe5 25. Rxe5 Bd8 26. Bxf6+
$5 Bxf6 27. Nh5+ gxh5 28. Rxh5 d3 29. Qh6+ Kg8 30. Qxh7+ Kf8 31. Qh6+ Bg7 32.
Qd6+ Re7 33. Re1 Be6 34. Qxd3 $17) 24... Kg8 25. Bg5 $10) 23... Rc4 24. Qd2 Be6
$132 {Hellers,F-Tisdall,J/Oslo 54/347 1992/0-1 (81)}) 19. Ng3 Rfe8 20. Qd2 Bd8
21. Bxh6 $16 {Beliavsky,A-Lerner,K/URS-ch50 Moscow ,URS-ch 1983/1-0 (65)}) (18.
Bb1 Rac8 19. Nf1 Rfe8 20. Ng3 g6 21. Bg5 Qa7 22. Be3 Qb7 (22... Qb8 $5) 23. Re2
exd4 24. Nxd4 Ne5 25. b3 Bf8 26. f4 Rxc1 27. Qxc1 Nc6 28. Nf3 axb3 29. axb3 b4
$13 {1-0 Mortensen,E-Tisdall,J/Politiken Copenhagen DEN (11) 1996 (40)}) 18...
Rfe8 19. Bd3 (19. Qe2 exd4 20. Nxd4 Ne5 21. f4 Ng6 22. Bd3 Rab8 23. Qf3 Bd8 24.
Kh1 Bb6 $15 {Brustman,A-Tisdall,J/Osterskars op (02) ,EXT 95op 1995 (43)}) (19.
Bb1 h6 $5 $146 (19... Bd8 $5) 20. Qe2 Bd8 21. dxe5 Nxe5 22. Bd4 Ba5 23. Bc3
Bxc3 24. Rxc3 b4 25. axb4 Qxb4 $10 {DeFirmian,N-Tisdall,J/San Francisco (07) ,
CBM 46 1995 (40)}) 19... exd4 $1 {Here this move is particularly effective 
(hits the Bd3), but one should bear in mind the following factors when
considering this capture in such positions: Often the white knight is
misplaced on d4, preventing the desirable regrouping B-d4-c3. Black avoids the
exchange of knights in an assymetrical pawn structure (WPe4 v BPd6, as opposed
to WPe4 vs. BPe5) when the extra room for manoeuvre tends to favor white, who
gains space both for the Nd2, and the plan Bd4-c3.} 20. Nxd4 Ne5 21. Bb1 Bd8 $1
{This manoeuvre lifts black's position from the ranks of the solid to the
dynamic.} 22. N4f3 (22. Qe2 Rb8 23. f3 Ng6 $5 24. Qf2 Ne5 25. Red1 d5 $36 26.
Kh1 Nc4 27. Nxc4 bxc4 28. Bf4 Qxb2 29. Rc2 Qxb1 30. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 31. Kh2 Nh5 32.
Bd6 Rb6 33. e5 Nf4 34. Qg3 Nh5 35. Qf2 Nf4 36. Qg3 Nh5 {1/2-1/2 Wedberg,
T-Tisdall,J/SCT (8) 1995}) 22... h6 23. Bd4 Ba5 {Stefansson,H-Tisdall,J/
Reykjavik open/1996 (1/2, 59)}) (17. a3 Qb7 18. Bd3 exd4 19. Nxd4 Ne5 20. Bf1
Rac8 21. Rb1 d5 22. Bg5 h6 23. exd5 hxg5 24. Rxe5 Bd6 25. Re1 Qxd5 26. N2f3 Rb8
27. Nc2 $10 {1/2-1/2 Renet,O-Tisdall,J/Manila olm ;TD 92\02 1992 (41)}) 17...
Rfe8 18. Ng3 Rac8 19. Re2 Qb7 {Kamsky refrains from any pawn moves on the
kingside, which I believe is a key factor in playing this variation. The Ng3
is still hampered by the necessity of keeping e4 covered.} 20. b3 $5 {A
logical reaction, hoping to create a potential weakness at b5 as well as to
liberate the dormant Spanish bishop.} axb3 (20... exd4 $5) 21. Bxb3 exd4 {
Freeing the Nc6 from its guard duty over e5, the first step in neutralizing
the Bb3.} 22. Bxd4 $1 (22. Nxd4 d5 $5 (22... Na5 $5) 23. exd5 (23. Bxd5 Nxd5
24. exd5 Nb4 $1 $10 (24... Nxd4 25. Bxd4 Qxd5 26. Bxg7 $1)) 23... Na5 $10)
22... Na5 (22... Nxd4 $5 23. Qxd4 $14 {is slightly more pleasant for white,
thanks to control of the center and potential pressure against f7.} (23. Nxd4
Bf8 $132)) 23. Qd2 Bd8 {Kamsky also opts for this regrouping.} (23... Nc4 {
looks like a less accurate way of playing - blocking the Spanish bishop is not
as effective as taking it.} 24. Qd3 $1 (24. Bxc4 Rxc4 25. e5 dxe5 26. Nxe5 Ra4
$10) 24... Bc6 25. Rd1) (23... Nxb3 $5) 24. Qf4 $1 {Now white has attacking
potential on the kingside and black must tread carefully.} Nxb3 25. axb3 Be6
26. Nh4 Qc6 27. Re3 $5 (27. Nhf5 $5 Bxf5 28. Nxf5 (28. Qxf5 Re6 $14) 28... Re6
(28... Rxe4 29. Rxe4 Qxe4 30. Qxe4 Nxe4 31. Bxg7 b4 $5 $14) 29. Rd1 $14) 27...
d5 28. Rc3 (28. e5 Ne4 29. Nxe4 dxe4 30. Nf5 g5 $5) 28... Qxc3 $5 {This
confronts white with completely different types of problems to solve.
Stereotyped defensive moves faced grave danger:} (28... Qd7 29. Rxc8 Qxc8 30.
Nhf5 Bxf5 31. Nxf5 Qe6 (31... Rxe4 32. Qg5 {is frightening for black, but after
} Ne8 33. Nh6+ Kf8 34. Qxd5 Qe6 {black has chances to defend.}) 32. Qg5 g6 33.
Ra8 $1 dxe4 34. Bxf6 Bxf6 35. Qxf6 $1) 29. Bxc3 Rxc3 30. e5 Ne4 $1 {Ensuring
counterplay against the b-pawn.} 31. Nxe4 dxe4 32. Nf5 $1 {Taking the e4-pawn
with the offside knight offers white the best winning chances.} (32. Qxe4 $5
Rxb3 33. Ra8 Rf8 $14) (32. Ra8 $2 g5 $1) 32... Bb6 33. Nd6 Rf8 34. Nxe4 Rxb3
35. Ra6 $1 (35. Ng5 h6) 35... Bc7 36. Ng5 (36. Ra7 $5) (36. Nc5 $5) 36... Rb1+
37. Kh2 Re1 38. Qh4 $1 Bf5 (38... Bxe5+ $4 39. f4) 39. f4 (39. Rc6 $5 Bd8 40.
Qf4 $14) 39... Rf1 40. Nf3 Bd8 41. Qg3 Be7 {Now black can pose even more
technical problems thanks to the weakness of white's king position.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Donner Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.08.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1996.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. Bb3
O-O 9. f4 b5 10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 Nfd7 12. Be3 Nxe5 13. Qh5 Nc4 14. Bxc4 bxc4
15. Rad1 Qc7 16. Rf3 g6 17. Qh6 f6 18. Rdf1 e5 19. Rg3 Bd8 20. Nf3 Nc6 21. Bc5
Be7 22. Rxg6+ hxg6 23. Qxg6+ Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Donner Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.08.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1996.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Nd2 a5 10. a3 Nd7 11. Rb1 f5 12. b4 Kh8 13. Qc2 Ng8 14. exf5 {The
Kerteminde line is still rather popular, because White avoids  the threats of
a devastating kingside attack and the fight focuses in the centre.} gxf5 15. f4
exf4 16. Nf3 Ndf6 17. Bd3 {is against the immediate Ne4.} (17. Bxf4 Ne4 $1)
17... axb4 18. axb4 Ne7 {This is the typical plan here to improve the position
of the N on g8 heading for e5.} (18... c6 19. Bxf4 (19. dxc6 bxc6 20. Ne2 $1
$14 {is worthy of consideration.}) 19... Ne4 $1 {Piket} (19... cxd5 20. Nxd5
$14)) (18... Nh5 19. Ne2 Ngf6 20. Bxf5 (20. Nxf4 Nxf4 21. Bxf4 Ne4) 20... Bxf5
21. Qxf5 Qd7 (21... Qe8 22. Ned4 Ne4 23. Qe6 Nc3 24. Rb2 $14 {Ulybin}) 22. Qxd7
Nxd7 23. Ned4 Nb6 24. Ne6 Nxc4 (24... Rf7 25. Nxg7 $1 Nxg7 26. Nd2 $14) 25.
Nxf8 Rxf8 26. b5 $1 $14 {Ulybin-Iskusnyh, Russia (ch) 1995}) 19. Ne2 $1 {
White wants to take the f4 pawn with his N and put the bishop on the long
diagonal to exchange the wonderful Bg7.} (19. Bxf4 Ng6) 19... Ng6 20. Nxf4 Nxf4
21. Bxf4 Ne4 22. Bc1 $1 {Following the right plan.} Bd7 23. Bb2 $1 Qe7 24. Rbe1
Rae8 25. Re2 (25. Nd4 {deserves serious attention here, for example:} Qh4 (
25... Be5 26. Nxf5 $1) (25... Qe5 26. Ba1 $16) 26. g3 Qg4 (26... Nxg3 27. Nf3
$1) 27. Ne6 Bxe6 28. dxe6 Nxg3 $2 29. Bxg7+ Qxg7 30. hxg3 Qxg3+ 31. Kh1 $1 Qh3+
32. Qh2 Qxd3 33. Qb2+ Kg8 34. Rg1+ $18) 25... c6 $1 {blowing up the centre} 26.
dxc6 bxc6 27. Ra1 d5 28. cxd5 (28. c5 {comes into consideration.}) 28... cxd5
29. Bxg7+ Qxg7 30. Qb2 Nc3 $1 $10 {This strong N secures Black of equal
chances.} 31. Rxe8 Rxe8 32. Kf1 Bb5 $1 33. Bxb5 Nxb5 34. Qxg7+ Kxg7 35. Ra5 Rb8
36. Ke2 Rb6 37. Ne5 Re6 38. Rxb5 Rxe5+ 39. Kf3 Kf6 40. Rb6+ Kg5 41. Rd6 Re4 42.
b5 d4 43. Kf2 Re5 44. h4+ Kh5 45. b6 Rb5 46. g3 Rb3 47. Rxd4 Rxb6 48. Kf3 Kg6
49. Kf4 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Donner Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.08.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1996.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. d4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 g6 7. e3 Bg7 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Qc7 10. a4 Nc6 11. Ba3 b6 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Rb1 Rb8 14. Rxb8
Nxb8 15. Qb3 Be6 16. Bc4 Bxc4 17. Qxc4 Nd7 18. Rd1 Nb6 19. Qxc5 Qxc5 20. Bxc5
Nxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Donner Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.08.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1996.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Petursson Ftacnik} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1
b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d3 Bd6 13.
Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15. Re4 Qd7 16. Nd2 Bb7 (16... f5 $6 {Ftacnik} 17. Re1 Kh8
18. f4 $1 g5 19. Nf3 gxf4 20. Bxd5 cxd5 21. Bxf4 $16) 17. Qf1 $5 $146 {This
opens for Bd1-f3 closing the potentially vulnerable long white diagonal.} (17.
Nf3 c5 18. a4 b4 19. Ne5 Qc7 20. Nc4 bxc3 $17 {De Firmian,N-Wahls,M/Biel (12) ;
CBM 19 1990/0-1 (57)}) (17. Re1 c5 18. Ne4 Be7 19. Qh5 (19. Bg5 f6 20. Be3 Rac8
21. Nd2 Kh8 22. d4 c4 23. Bc2 f5 24. Qh5 Qc6 25. f3 g6 26. Qh6 Bf6 $44 {
0-1 Anka,E-Von Buelow,G/Hamburg op (01) ;EXT 92op 1992 (45)}) (19. d4 c4 20.
Bc2 h6 21. f3 f5 22. Nf2 Bd6 23. Bd2 Rae8 24. Rxe8 Rxe8 25. Qf1 $14 {1-0
Kveinys,A-Wegner,H/Kuopio op (07) ;EXT 92op 1992 (29)}) (19. f3 $6 Kh8 20. Bd2
f5 21. Nf2 f4 $1 22. Ne4 fxg3 23. hxg3 Qh3 $36 {1/2-1/2 Leko,P-Sokolov,I/
Groningen (06) ;CBM 51 1995 (44)}) 19... Kh8 20. Ng5 Nf6 21. Qh3 Qc6 22. f3 c4
23. dxc4 bxc4 24. Bc2 Bc5+ 25. Kf1 h6 $13 {1/2-1/2 Anand,V-Ivanchuk,V/London
PCA (04) [2] ;EXP 42 1994 (33)}) 17... c5 18. Re1 Kh8 (18... Rae8 {Ftacnik} 19.
Ne4 Be7 20. Bg5 $16) 19. a4 f5 20. axb5 axb5 21. Rxa8 Bxa8 22. Bd1 $1 g5 (22...
f4 23. Bf3 (23. g4 f3 24. Bxf3 Nf4 $36) 23... fxg3 24. hxg3 $16 (24. fxg3 $16 {
Ftacnik})) 23. Nf3 g4 (23... f4 $5 {Ftacnik} 24. Ne5 (24. Nxg5 fxg3 25. hxg3
Bxg3 26. Ne4 Bf4 27. Bxf4 Nxf4 28. Re3 $13) 24... Qb7 25. Bf3 (25. f3 fxg3 26.
hxg3 Qc7 $132) 25... Qg7 (25... fxg3 26. fxg3 Bxe5 27. Rxe5 g4 28. Bh6 $18) 26.
Bxd5 Bxd5 $14) 24. Ne5 Qb7 25. f3 (25. f4 {Ftacnik} Nxc3 26. bxc3 (26. Bf3 Nd5
$10) 26... Qh1+ 27. Kf2 Qxh2+ 28. Ke3 Qxg3+ 29. Kd2 Bg2 30. Qg1 Qxf4+ 31. Kc2
Qa4+ 32. Kb1 Qa8 33. Bb2 $14) 25... Kg7 (25... Qg7 {Ftacnik} 26. d4 cxd4 27.
cxd4 Bb4 28. Re2 f4 29. Rg2 $1 $16) 26. Qf2 Qc7 27. Qd2 Bxe5 (27... f4 {Ftacnik
} 28. gxf4 (28. Nxg4 {Petursson} fxg3 {and Black keeps some counterchances for
the pawn}) 28... gxf3 29. Qf2 $16 (29. Qf2 Kh8 30. Bxf3 (30. Qh4 $2 Qg7+) 30...
Nxf4 31. Bxf4 Rxf4 {Here Black has good drawing chances})) 28. Qh6+ Kf7 (28...
Kg8 {Ftacnik} 29. Qe6+ Qf7 30. Qxe5 $18) 29. Qxh7+ Bg7 (29... Kf6 30. Qh5 $1 (
30. Qh6+ Kf7) 30... gxf3 (30... Bxg3 31. Bg5+ Kg7 32. Re6 $18) 31. Bg5+ Ke6 (
31... Kg7 32. Bh6+ Kg8 33. Bxf8 $18) 32. Qh6+ (32. d4 cxd4 33. cxd4 Kd7 34.
Rxe5 $18) 32... Kf7 33. Bxf3 Qd6 34. Rxe5 Qxe5 35. Qh7+ Ke6 36. Bxd5+ Kxd5 37.
Qd7+ Qd6 38. c4+ $18) (29... Ke6 30. Qxc7 Nxc7 31. Bf4 $18) 30. Bh6 $18 Rg8 (
30... Kf6 {Ftacnik} 31. f4 Bxh6 (31... Rh8 32. Bg5+ Kf7 33. Qxf5+ Bf6 34. c4
$18) 32. Qxh6+ Kf7 33. Re6 $18 (33. Re6 Rd8 34. Rg6 $18)) 31. Bxg7 Rxg7 32.
Qxf5+ Nf6 (32... Kg8 {Ftacnik} 33. Re8#) 33. Bb3+ c4 34. dxc4 bxc4 (34... Qd8 {
Ftacnik} 35. Rd1 Qe7 36. cxb5+ $18) 35. Qe6+ Kg6 (35... Kf8 {Ftacnik} 36. Qxf6+
Kg8 37. Re8+ Kh7 38. Bc2+) 36. Bc2+ Kh5 37. Re5+ {Mate in 4} (37. Re5+ {Ftacnik
} Rg5 38. Rxg5+ Kxg5 39. Qf5+ Kh6 40. Qg6#) 1-0

[Event "Donner Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.08.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Adianto, Utut"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1996.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O O-O 7. Qc2 c5 8. a3
Bxc3 9. Qxc3 d5 10. b4 Nbd7 11. d3 Rc8 12. Bb2 Re8 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Qd2 d4 15.
Rfe1 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Rxe5 18. bxc5 bxc5 19. e4 dxe3 20. Rxe3 Qd5+
21. Kg1 Rxe3 22. Qxe3 Re8 23. Qf4 Nd7 24. Qg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Donner Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.08.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "1996.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg7 6. e4 O-O 7. Nf3 Na6 8.
Be2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. Bg5 exd5 11. Nxd5 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qd8 13. Bg5 Qa5+ 14. Bd2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Donner Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.08.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1996.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Psakhis} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3
Be7 8. dxc5 (8. Qd2 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Nb8 12. O-O Nc6 13.
Kh1 Qa5 14. a3 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Qc5 16. Qd2 $10 {Apicella,M-Murey,J/FRA-tch/1993/
0,5/66/}) 8... Nxc5 {N/} (8... Bxc5 $5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Qb6 11. Bg1 Bxg1
12. Rxg1 Nc5 $13 {Ivanchuk,V-Korchnoi,V/Monaco/1992/0,5/27/}) 9. Be2 O-O (9...
Qb6 10. Rb1 $1) 10. O-O Bd7 (10... f6 11. exf6 Rxf6 12. Qd2 $14) 11. a3 Be8 (
11... f6 $2 12. exf6 Rxf6 13. b4 Ne4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Ng5 $18) 12. Qe1 Rc8 (
12... f6 $1) (12... d4 13. Rd1) (12... f6 $5 {Psakhis} 13. b4 (13. exf6 Rxf6)
13... Nd7 14. Nd4 Nxd4 (14... Bf7 15. Bg4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 a5 17. Rb1 $1 $36) 15.
Bxd4 $14) 13. Rd1 Qc7 (13... f6 $6 14. Bc4 $3 Qb6 (14... Qa5 15. Nxd5 exd5 16.
Bxd5+ Bf7 17. Qxa5 Nxa5 18. Bxf7+ Kxf7 19. b4) (14... Qc7 15. Rxd5) 15. Nxd5
exd5 16. Bxd5+ Kh8 17. b4) 14. b4 $1 {Morozevich gets here another lesson
about the French with b2-b4! Das sieht merkwürdig aus, weil Weiß - der am
Königsflügel angreifen möchte - scheinbar nur seinen Damenflügel schwächt.} Nd7
(14... Ne4 $2 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Nd2 Nd8 17. Nxe4 Qxc2 18. Nd6 $16) 15. Nb5 $1
Qb8 16. Bd3 f6 17. Qh4 f5 $16 {Ich glaube, Weiß steht im höheren Sinne auf
Gewinn. Am Königsflügel wird Weiß später mit g2-g4 einen Angriff starten, am
Damenflügel hat Schwarz kein Gegenspiel und das Zentrum ist geschlossen.} (
17... g6 18. Qh3 Bf7 19. c4 $1 $16) (17... Bg6 18. Bxg6 hxg6 19. Qg4 Kf7 20. c4
$1) 18. Qh3 (18. Bxa7 {ist ein Zug von Fritz, aber das wäre nur ein Schritt in
die falsche Richtung.}) (18. Bxa7 $1 Qa8 (18... Bxh4 19. Bxb8 Ndxb8 20. Nxh4
$16) 19. Qf2 $16 b6 $140 20. Bxb6 Nxb6 21. Qxb6 Rb8 22. Qf2 Nxb4 23. axb4 Bxb5
24. Bxb5 Rxb5 25. c3) 18... Nb6 (18... a6 19. Nbd4 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Bf7 21. g4 $16
) 19. Bxb6 $1 axb6 $18 20. g4 g6 (20... Bg6 {Psakhis} 21. Nfd4 Nxd4 22. Nxd4
fxg4 23. Qxg4 $18) 21. gxf5 exf5 (21... gxf5 22. c4 $1) 22. Rf2 Nd8 23. Nbd4
Kh8 (23... Rc3 $5 24. Rg2 $140 Rxa3 25. Bxf5 Bxb4) 24. Rg2 Rc3 25. Nh4 {
[%csl Rg6]} Nc6 (25... Rg8 26. Ndxf5 $5 gxf5 27. Rxg8+ (27. Qxf5) 27... Kxg8
28. Nxf5 (28. Qxf5 {Psakhis} Rxd3 (28... Bxh4 29. Qxh7+ Kf8 30. Qh6+ Ke7 31.
Qxh4+ Kd7 32. Bf5+ Ne6 (32... Kc6 33. b5+ Kxb5 34. Rxd5+ Ka6 35. Rxd8) 33.
Rxd5+ Kc6 34. Be4 $18) 29. cxd3 Bxh4 30. Qg4+ Bg6 31. Qxh4 (31. f5 Qxe5 32.
fxg6 Bf6) 31... Ne6 32. Qg4 (32. Qf6 Nd4) 32... Nd4 33. Rc1 Nf5 34. h4 $1 $18)
28... Qc7 (28... Rc7 29. Nh6+ Kg7 30. Bxh7 $18) 29. Nxe7+ Qxe7 30. Bxh7+ Qxh7
31. Qxc3 {+/-/+-}) 26. Ne6 (26. Nb5 $5 {Psakhis} Rxd3 27. cxd3 Nxe5 28. fxe5
Bxh4 29. Qxh4 Bxb5 30. e6 Qe5 31. Re1 $18) 26... Rg8 27. Nxf5 Qc8 (27... Rxd3 {
Psakhis} 28. Rxd3 gxf5 29. Qxh7+ $1) (27... gxf5 28. Rxg8+ Kxg8 29. Qh6 $1 Kf7
30. Qxh7+ Kxe6 31. Bxf5#) 28. Rg3 (28. Nxe7 $5 {Psakhis} Nxe7 29. Rg3 (29. Rg3
h5)) 28... h5 (28... Rxd3 {Psakhis} 29. Rdxd3 gxf5 30. Rxg8+ Kxg8 31. Qh6 Kf7
32. Rg3 $18) (28... gxf5 29. Rxg8+ Kxg8 30. Qh6 Kf7 31. Qxh7+ Kxe6 32. Bxf5#) (
28... Qxe6 29. Qxh7+ Kxh7 30. Rh3+ Bh4 31. Rxh4#) 29. Nh6 Rg7 (29... Rf8 {
Psakhis} 30. Nxf8 Qxh3 31. Nxg6+ Bxg6 32. Rxh3 $18) 30. Bf5 Rxg3+ (30... Rh7 {
Psakhis} 31. Nf8 $1 (31. Rxc3 gxf5) 31... Rxg3+ 32. Qxg3 Qc7 33. Nxh7 Kxh7 34.
Rxd5 (34. Be6) 34... Kxh6 35. Rd7 Qxd7 (35... Bh4 36. Qxh4 Bxd7 37. Qg5+) 36.
Bxd7 Bxd7 37. Qe3 $18) 31. Qxg3 Qb8 (31... Rh7 32. Nf8 $18) 32. Rxd5 Rh7 (32...
h4 {Psakhis} 33. Qg4) 33. Bxg6 Rxh6 34. Bf7 1-0

[Event "Donner Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.08.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1996.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Nc3 c5 7. e4 cxd4 8. Nxd4
d6 9. Be2 Be7 10. Be3 a6 11. O-O O-O 12. Rfd1 Nbd7 13. f3 Rc8 14. Qb3 Kh8 15.
a4 Qc7 16. Rac1 Rg8 17. Qc2 g5 18. b4 Ne5 19. Qb1 Qb8 20. Qb3 Qa8 {Black's
strategy is extremely double-edged. In principle, the queen in the corner
appeals to me here, increasing the pressure on the e4 pawn so that the ...g4
break will gain in strength; but it would worry me that the queen is stuck in
the corner when the position is about to explode. The players agree a draw
just at that point. It is for one of them to explain what was really going on.}
21. a5 bxa5 22. Na4 Ned7 23. c5 g4 24. cxd6 Rxc1 25. Bxc1 Bd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.16"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Baburin, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1996.09.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ireland"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IRL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c5 5. Nc3 Qa5 6. Bg2 Ne4 7. Qd3 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Nc5 9. Qd1 Nc6 10. Be3 Ne6 11. Nxe6 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 dxe6 13. O-O O-O 14.
Qb3 Qc7 15. Qb5 Bd7 16. Rab1 Rab8 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. Bf4 e5 19. Bxc6 Bxc6 20.
Qxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.18"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "Makarichev,S"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1996.09.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Slovakia"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SVK"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Bb5+ Nc6 9. O-O cxd4 10. cxd4 O-O 11. Be3 Bg4 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Rc1 Bxf3 14.
Qxf3 Bxd4 15. Rfd1 c5 $5 {N/} (15... e5 $14 16. Rxc6 Qe8 17. Rdc1 $14 {
Kalinichev,S-Holzke,F/Porz/1992/}) 16. Rxc5 Bxe3 $1 17. Rxd8 Bxc5 18. Rxa8 Rxa8
19. Qc3 Rd8 $1 (19... Bd6 $2 20. e5 Rb8 21. g3 Rb1+ 22. Kg2 Bb8 23. Qd3 Rb2 24.
Qd4 Rb5 25. a4 Rb7 26. Qd5 Rb6 27. a5 Rb2 28. Qd8+ Kg7 29. Qxe7 $18) (19... Bb6
20. h4 $14) 20. Kf1 Bd4 $6 (20... Bb6 $5 $14) 21. Qc7 (21. Qc4 $6 e5 $10) 21...
Bb6 22. Qxe7 Rd2 23. Qe8+ Kg7 24. Qe5+ Kg8 25. f4 $1 (25. Qe8+ $10) 25... Rf2+
26. Ke1 Rxg2 27. f5 Rc2 (27... Rxa2 $4 28. f6 $18) 28. Qe8+ (28. f6 Rc8 {
- 30...Rc8}) 28... Kg7 29. Qe5+ Kg8 30. f6 Rc8 31. Qe7 Bc5 32. Qd7 Rb8 33. Qc7
$1 Bb4+ 34. Kf2 (34. Ke2 $5 $16 Re8 35. Kf3 a5 36. e5) 34... Rb5 $138 (34...
Rb6 $5) 35. a4 (35. Qxa7 $4 Bc5+ $19) 35... Rb6 36. e5 Bf8 37. a5 $138 (37.
Qxa7 $4 Bc5+ $19) (37. Qd8 Re6 $1 $132) (37. Kf3 $5 Re6 38. Ke4 $16) 37... Re6
38. Qxa7 Rxe5 39. Kg2 (39. Qa8 Rf5+ 40. Kg2 Rxf6 41. a6 Kg7 42. Qc8 $1 {
xc5,a6,f8/} Bc5 $1 43. Qxc5 Rxa6 44. Qc3+ $1 Kh6 (44... Rf6 $4 45. h4 h6 46.
Kh3 g5 47. h5 $1 $18) (44... Kg8 $4 45. Qc8+ $18) (44... f6 $6 45. Qc7+ Kh6 46.
h4 g5 $16) 45. Qh8 (45. h4 Re6 46. Qh8 f5 47. Qf8+ Kh5 48. Qg7 h6 49. Kf3 Re4
$14) 45... f5 $132) 39... Re2+ 40. Kh1 (40. Kf3 Re6 41. a6 Rxf6+ 42. Kg2 h5 43.
Qa8 (43. Qb7 Bc5 44. Qc8+ Kh7 $1 45. Qxc5 Rxa6 $10) 43... Kg7 44. a7 Bc5 $10)
40... Re1+ 41. Kg2 Re2+ 42. Kh1 Re1+ 43. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.20"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Galego, Luis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A53"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Kharitonov,A"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1996.09.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Portugal"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POR"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. c4 c6 (3... Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. e4 e5 6. Be2 Be7 7. Be3
O-O 8. O-O Bh5 $6 9. Nd2 exd4 10. Bxd4 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Re8 12. f4 $14 {Petrosian,
T-Larsen,B/Kopenhagen/1960/1:0/33/}) 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e4 Nbd7 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 (7.
O-O Be7 8. Rb1 $5 O-O 9. Re1 Re8 10. Be3 Bh5 $6 11. Nd2 Bg6 $6 (11... Bxe2 12.
Qxe2 $14) 12. d5 a6 13. b4 h5 14. a4 h4 15. h3 $16 {Speelman,J-Larsen,B/Lone
Pine/1978/1:0/36/}) 7... Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Rc1 (9. d5 $5) (9. Nd2 $5 Bxe2 10.
Qxe2 Re8 (10... exd4 $5) 11. Kh1 Bf8 $6 (11... exd4) 12. d5 c5 13. a3 Be7 14.
b4 b6 15. Rfb1 Qc8 16. Qd1 Nf8 17. h3 Qd7 18. Rb2 Ng6 19. bxc5 bxc5 20. Rab1
$16 {Uhlmann,W-Bronstein,D/Sombathely/1966/1:0/40/}) 9... Re8 10. d5 Bf8 $6 {N/
} (10... c5 11. a3 Rc8 12. Nd2 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Rf8 14. b4 Ne8 15. Na4 Bg5 16.
Bxg5 Qxg5 17. Rb1 Qe7 18. Nb3 $1 $14 {Kharitonov,A-Savon,V/RUS-tch/1992/1:0/50/
}) 11. b4 $1 a5 $2 (11... cxd5 12. cxd5 Rc8 13. Nd2 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 $14) 12. dxc6
bxc6 13. b5 $16 cxb5 (13... c5 14. Nd2 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 $16) (13... Rc8 14. Nd2
Bxe2 (14... Be6 15. bxc6 Rxc6 16. Nd5 $16) 15. Qxe2 $16) 14. cxb5 a4 15. Nd2
Bxe2 (15... Be6 16. Nc4 $16) 16. Qxe2 Qb8 17. Nc4 Rc8 18. Rfd1 {><d6,><d5/} Nc5
19. f3 a3 20. b6 $1 {/\21.Nb5(><d6,a3)/} Rc6 (20... Nfd7 21. Nd5) 21. Nb5 Nfd7
22. Na7 $1 $18 Rxb6 23. Nxb6 Qxb6 24. Nb5 Ra5 25. Rb1 Qc6 26. Nc3 Na4 27. Nd5 (
27. Nxa4 Qxa4 28. Rdc1 $18) 27... Nb2 28. Rdc1 Nc5 29. Bd2 Ra7 30. Bb4 Qa8 31.
Rc3 f5 32. Nb6 Qd8 33. Bxa3 Qxb6 34. Rxb2 Nb3+ 35. Kh1 Rxa3 36. Qc4+ $5 (36.
Rbxb3 Rxb3 37. Rxb3 $18) 36... Kh8 37. Qc8 Kg8 38. Qe6+ Kh8 39. Rc8 $1 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.21"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Temirbayev, Serikbay"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1996.09.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Kazakhstan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "KAZ"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 e5 7. d4 Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. a4 a5 10. c5 Ne8 11. cxd6 Nxd6 12. e4 c6 13. dxc6 Nxc6 14. Bg5 Bf6 15.
Bxf6 Qxf6 16. h3 Rd8 17. Nd5 Qg7 18. Rc1 f6 19. Qe2 Be6 20. Rfd1 Kh8 21. Qe3
Rab8 22. Nb6 f5 23. exf5 Nxf5 24. Qe1 Bg8 25. h4 e4 26. Qxe4 Qxb2 27. Qb1 Rxd1+
28. Rxd1 Qxb1 29. Rxb1 Rd8 30. Bf1 Nfd4 31. Nd2 Ne2+ 32. Bxe2 Rxd2 33. Kf1 Rd4
34. Bb5 Na7 35. Bd7 Rd6 36. Bg4 Rd4 37. Bf3 Nc6 38. Ke1 Be6 39. Be2 Nb4 40. Rd1
Nc2+ 41. Kf1 Rb4 42. Rd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.24"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Torre, Eugenio"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1996.09.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Philippines"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "PHI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 (4... e6 5. Bc4 $5 (5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4
b6 $13) 5... Nb6 6. Bb3 c4 7. Bc2 d6 8. exd6 Bxd6 9. b3 Nc6 10. O-O Bd7 11. Qe2
cxb3 12. axb3 Qe7 {Hracek,Z-Piket,J/Nussloch/1996/} 13. d4 $16) 5. Bc4 Nb6 6.
Bb3 (6. Be2 d6 (6... g6 $5) 7. exd6 e5 $5 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 e4 10. Ng5 Bxd6
11. Nxe4 Bb4+ $10) 6... c4 $5 (6... d5 7. exd6 Qxd6 8. Na3 $5 $36) 7. Bc2 Qc7 (
7... d6 8. exd6 Qxd6 9. O-O Bg4 10. Re1 e6 11. h3 Bh5 12. b3 Bg6 13. Ba3 Qd5
14. Bxf8 Kxf8 15. Na3 Rd8 16. bxc4 Nxc4 17. Bb3 Bd3 18. Nxc4 Bxc4 19. d4 g6 $10
{Nunn,J-Anand,W/Monaco Amber/1994/}) (7... g6 8. b3 $1 d5 9. exd6 Qxd6 10. O-O
Bg7 11. Na3 cxb3 12. axb3 O-O 13. d4 Bg4 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 e5 16. Nb5 Qd7 (
16... Qd5 $142 $5) 17. Ba3 Rfd8 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Qe2 $36 {Dolmatov,S-Judasin,
L/Haifa/1995/}) 8. Qe2 g5 $1 (8... g6 9. d4 $5 (9. O-O Bg7 10. Re1 {()}) 9...
cxd3 10. Bxd3 Bg7 11. Bf4 $14) 9. Nxg5 (9. h3 Bg7 $36) (9. e6 $5 dxe6 10. Nxg5
Qe5 $1 $8 11. Ne4 (11. Nxh7 $2 Bh6) (11. d4 cxd3 12. Bxd3 Qxe2+ 13. Kxe2 f5 $1)
11... f5 12. Ng3 Bh6 13. Na3 Qxe2+ 14. Kxe2 O-O 15. b3 cxb3 16. Bxb3 Nd5 17.
Re1 Nf4+ 18. Kf1 Nd3 $132 {Sveshnikov,E-Chernaev,A/Jerevan op/1996/}) 9... Qxe5
10. d4 (10. Qxe5 $2 Nxe5 11. Nxh7 Bh6 12. Bf5 d5 $1 $19) (10. Nxh7 $2 Bh6)
10... cxd3 (10... Qxe2+ $6 11. Kxe2 h6 12. Nf3 Bg7 13. Nh4 $5 $132) 11. Bxd3
Qxe2+ 12. Bxe2 (12. Kxe2 Ne5 13. Bc2 h6 $36 {עe2}) 12... Bg7 13. O-O O-O 14.
Rd1 d5 $15 {[%csl Gd5,Ge7] [+]} (14... h6 15. Nh3 $1 d5 16. Nf4 $10) 15. Be3
Rd8 (15... h6 $142 $5 16. Nf3 (16. Nh3 Bxh3 17. gxh3 e6 $17) (16. Bxb6 $6 axb6
17. Nf3 Rd8 $17 {^^}) 16... Rd8 17. Na3 (17. Nbd2 $2 Na4) 17... Na4 18. Rd2 a6
19. Rad1 (19. Bd1 b5) 19... Bf5 $15 {[%csl Ga4] The Na4 cramps White seriously.
}) 16. Bh5 $1 (16. Na3 Na4 17. Rd2 Nxc3 $5 18. bxc3 Bxc3 $17 {and in this line
there is no h6-pawn en prise as after 15...h6!?}) 16... Ne5 $8 (16... f6 $2 17.
Nf7 Rd7 18. Nh6+) 17. Bd4 Ng6 $1 (17... h6 18. Nf3 $10 (18. Bxe5 hxg5 19. Bc7
Rd7 $15)) 18. Na3 $6 (18. Bxg7 $142 Kxg7 19. g3 f6 20. Nf3 e5 21. Na3 $15)
18... Bxd4 $6 (18... e5 $6 19. Bxb6 axb6 20. Nc4 $1 Ra6 21. Ne3 Bf6 22. Nf3
$132 (22. h4 $5 $13)) (18... f6 $1 19. Bxg6 (19. Nf3 $2 Nf4) (19. Nh3 Bxh3 20.
gxh3 f5 $1) 19... hxg6 20. Nf3 Bg4 21. Nb5 Rd7 $5 $17 {/\} 22. Nxa7 Na4 23. b3
Nxc3 $17 (23... e5 $5 $36)) 19. Rxd4 (19. cxd4 $6 f6 (19... Nf4 20. Bxf7+ Kg7
21. g3 h6 22. gxf4 hxg5 23. Bh5 gxf4) 20. Bxg6 hxg6 21. Nf3 Bg4 $17 {[%cal
Ra8c8] /\Rac8}) 19... f6 20. Ne4 $1 $8 (20. Nf3 e5 {/\Nf4-+}) (20. Bxg6 hxg6
$17) 20... e5 (20... Nf4 $2 21. Nxf6+ $1 (21. Bd1 $2 Ne6)) (20... Bd7 $6 21.
Nc5 Bc6 22. Rg4 $36) 21. Rd2 (21. Nxf6+ $2 Kg7) 21... Nf4 $1 22. Bd1 (22. Nxf6+
Kg7 23. Ne8+ Kh6 $1 (23... Kf8 $2 24. Nc7 Nxh5 25. Nxa8 Nxa8 26. Re1 $14) 24.
Nc7 (24. Bf7 Bf5) 24... Kxh5 25. Nxa8 Nxa8 26. Re1 Ng6 $17) 22... Kf7 {Black
must allow the N to c5.} (22... Nd7 $2 23. Bb3 $16) 23. Nc5 Ke7 24. g3 Ne6 25.
Nxe6 Bxe6 26. Bb3 Nc4 $5 27. Bxc4 (27. Nxc4 $2 dxc4 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Bc2 Rd2
30. Bxh7 Rxb2 (30... f5 $5) 31. Rb1 Rxa2 32. Rxb7+ Kd6 $17) 27... dxc4 28. Rad1
Rd3 $1 $8 (28... Rxd2 29. Rxd2 a6 30. Nc2 $10) 29. Rxd3 (29. Nxc4 $2 Rxd2 30.
Nxd2 Rd8 $1 31. f3 Bxa2 32. Ra1 (32. Kf2 $2 Bb3) 32... Rxd2 33. Rxa2 a6 $19)
29... cxd3 30. Rxd3 Bxa2 $15 31. Nc2 Ke6 (31... Bb1 32. Rd2 Bxc2 33. Rxc2 Rd8
34. Kf1 Rd1+ 35. Ke2 Rb1 36. Rd2 $10) 32. Rd2 $6 (32. Ne3 Bb1 33. Rd2 Be4 34.
f4 $5 {[%cal Yg1f2] /\Kf2=}) 32... Bd5 33. Kf1 (33. Ne3 Bf3 $36) (33. f4 $142
$1 exf4 34. gxf4 Rg8+ 35. Kf1 $1 $10 (35. Kf2 $6 Rg2+ 36. Ke3 Rxd2 37. Kxd2 Kf5
) 35... Rg4 $2 36. f5+ $1 {[%cal Rd2d5] /\Rd5}) 33... h5 34. h4 $2 (34. f4 $1
h4 35. Ne3 $15) 34... Rg8 $1 35. Ke2 f5 36. Ne3 Bc6 {/\f4} 37. c4 (37. Nc4 $6
Bb5 38. b3 Rc8 39. Rd6+ Ke7 40. Rd5 Bxc4+ 41. bxc4 Ke6 42. Ra5 a6 43. Ra4 Kd6
$17) (37. Nc2 $142 $5 a5 $5 $17 {/\b5,Rg4-a4} (37... Rg4 38. b3 $5)) 37... f4
38. gxf4 (38. Nf1 fxg3 39. fxg3 (39. Nxg3 Rg4) 39... Rf8 $19 {This position
nicely demonstrates the strength of the B with play on both flanks.}) 38...
exf4 39. Nc2 (39. Nd5 Rg4 40. Kf3 Rxh4 41. b4 (41. Ke4 f3+) 41... b5 $19) 39...
Kf5 $1 (39... Rg4 40. Nd4+ Ke5 (40... Ke7 41. Nxc6+ bxc6 42. c5 $132) 41. Nxc6+
bxc6 42. Rd7 $10) 40. Nd4+ Kg4 41. Nxc6 bxc6 $19 {Black's K and R are much
more active, also White's pawns are much more vulnerable.} 42. Rd6 (42. Rd4 Rb8
$19) (42. f3+ Kg3 $1 $19) (42. c5 Rb8 $1 $19) (42. Kf1 $5 Rb8 43. Kg2 f3+ 44.
Kh2 c5 $1 $19) 42... f3+ (42... Rb8 $2 43. Rg6+ Kxh4 44. Rxc6 Kg4 (44... Rxb2+
45. Kf3) 45. Rg6+ Kf5 46. Ra6 Rxb2+ 47. Kf3 $10) 43. Kd3 (43. Kf1 c5 $1 (43...
Rb8 44. Rxc6 Rxb2 45. Ke1 Re2+ 46. Kf1 a5 47. Ra6 Rc2 $6 48. Ke1 Rc1+ 49. Kd2
Rxc4 50. Rxa5 Re4 51. Rg5+ $1 Kxh4 52. Rg8 Re2+ 53. Kd3 Rxf2 54. Ke3 Rf1 55.
Rf8 Kg3 56. Rg8+ Kh2 57. Rf8 $10 (57. Rh8 $2 h4 $1 58. Rxh4+ Kg3)) 44. Rd5 Rb8
45. Rxc5 (45. Rg5+ Kxh4 46. Rg3 Rb3 $1) 45... Rxb2 46. Ke1 Rb1+ 47. Kd2 Rf1 48.
Ke3 Re1+ 49. Kd3 Re2 $19) 43... c5 44. Rd5 Rb8 45. Rxc5 (45. Kc3 Re8 $1 46.
Rxc5 Re2 47. Rc7 Rxf2 48. Rxa7 Re2 49. Kd3 Rxb2 50. Rg7+ Kxh4 51. Ke3 f2 52.
Rf7 Kg3 $19) 45... Rxb2 46. Rc7 a5 $1 (46... Rxf2 $2 47. Rg7+ Kxh4 48. Ke3 Rf1
49. Rxa7 $10) 47. Rg7+ (47. Ra7 Rxf2 48. Rg7+ (48. Rxa5 Re2) 48... Kxh4 49. Ke3
Rc2 50. Kxf3 Rc3+ $1 51. Kg2 Rxc4 $19) (47. c5 Rxf2 48. c6 Re2 49. Rg7+ (49.
Rd7 Re8 50. c7 f2 $19) 49... Kxh4 50. c7 Re8 51. Rf7 (51. Re7 f2 52. Rxe8 f1=Q+
53. Kd4 Qf2+ $1) 51... Kg3 52. Rg7+ Kh3 $1 (52... Kh2 $2 53. Re7 $1 f2 54. Rxe8
f1=Q+ 55. Re2+ $18) 53. Rf7 Kg2 54. Rg7+ Kf1 55. Re7 Rc8 56. Ke3 f2 57. Rf7
Re8+ $19) 47... Kxh4 48. Ke3 (48. Ke4 Rxf2 49. Ke3 Rc2 $19) (48. Rf7 $2 a4 $19)
(48. Ra7 $142 $5 Rxf2 49. Ke3 Rf1 50. c5 (50. Rxa5 Kg4) 50... Rc1 51. Rxa5 Kg3
52. c6 Rc3+ $19) 48... Rb3+ 49. Kf4 a4 50. Rg1 (50. Ra7 a3 51. c5 Kh3 $1 52. c6
Kg2 53. c7 Rc3 54. Ke5 $5 (54. Rxa3 Rxc7 55. Rxf3 Rf7+) 54... h4 $5 55. Kd6 h3
56. Ra8 (56. Rxa3 Rxc7 57. Kxc7 h2 $19) 56... h2 57. Rg8+ Kxf2 58. Rh8 Kg3 59.
Rg8+ Kf4 $19) 50... Kh3 51. c5 a3 52. Rc1 (52. c6 a2 53. c7 Rc3 54. Ra1 Kg2 $19
) (52. Ra1 Kg2 $19) 52... a2 53. Ra1 Ra3 54. c6 Kg2 55. c7 Rc3 56. Rxa2 h4 $1 (
56... Rxc7 57. Kg5 (57. Ra8 Rg7) 57... Rc5+ 58. Kh4 Re5 $19) 57. Ra8 Rxc7 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.25"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D67"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1996.09.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Estonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "EST"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 c6 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Ne4 N5f6 12. Ng3 Rd8 (12... b6 $6 13. O-O c5
(13... Bb7 14. e4 Rfd8 15. e5 Ne8 16. Qe2 c5 17. Rfd1 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 cxd4 19.
Qf4 Nf8 20. Rxd4 Ng6 21. Qe4 Rxd4 22. Qxd4 Qg5 23. Re1 Rd8 {1/2-1/2 Cording,
H-Budde,V/BL 8182/1982 (43)}) 14. e4 $1 Rd8 (14... cxd4 15. e5 $16) (14... Bb7
15. d5 exd5 16. exd5) 15. e5 Ng4 (15... Ne8 16. d5 $1 $16) 16. h3 Nh6 17. d5
exd5 18. Qxd5 Rb8 19. e6 Bb7 $8 20. Nf5 (20. exf7+ Nxf7 21. Nf5 Qf6 $10) 20...
Qxe6 21. Qxe6 fxe6 22. Bxe6+ Kf8 23. Nxh6 gxh6 24. Rfe1 {1-0 Yermolinsky,
A-Orlov,G/USA (ch) 65/442 1995 (50)}) 13. O-O c5 14. e4 cxd4 15. e5 Ne8 16. Re1
Nf8 17. Nxd4 Ng6 18. Qd2 b6 19. f4 Qh4 20. Nge2 Bb7 21. Qe3 Rac8 22. Bd3 Nc7
23. Be4 Nd5 24. Qf3 Qe7 25. a3 Qe8 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. f5 Nxe5 28. Qg3 Nd7 29.
fxe6 fxe6 30. Nc3 N7f6 31. Bf5 Nh5 (31... Nc7 32. Nxe6 Nxe6 33. Bxe6+ Kh8 34.
Bxc8 $18) 32. Qf3 $1 (32. Bxe6+ $2 Qxe6) 32... Kh8 (32... Nhf4 33. Nxd5 Nxd5
34. Bxe6+ Kh8 35. Qf2 (35. Qe4 $5 Rd8 36. Bxd5 Qxe4 37. Bxe4 Re8 38. Ne6 $1
Rxe6 39. Rf1 $18)) 33. Bxe6 Nhf4 (33... Rd8 34. Nxd5 Bxd5 35. Qf2 Bxe6 36. Nxe6
Rb8 37. Nxg7 $18) (33... Rc5 34. Nb3 Nxc3 35. Qxb7 Rb5 36. bxc3 Rxb3 37. Qf7
$18) 34. Nxd5 Nxd5 (34... Bxd5 35. Qxf4 $18) 35. Qf2 Nf6 (35... Rd8 36. Bxd5
$18) 36. Bxc8 Qxc8 37. h3 h6 38. Ne6 Qd7 (38... Bc6 39. Nxg7 Kxg7 40. Re7+ Kg6
41. Qg3+ $18) 39. Qd4 Nd5 40. Nxg7 Qxg7 (40... Qxg7 41. Re8+ Kh7 42. Qe4+ Qg6
43. Rh8+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.26"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1996.09.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Spain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O exd4 8. Nxd4
Re8 9. f3 Nc6 10. Be3 Nh5 11. Qd2 (11. Rc1 f5 12. c5 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 dxc5 14.
Bxc5 Nf4 15. Bc4+ Be6 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Bf7 18. Qb3 b6 19. Bf2 Qd6 $10 {
Zlochevskij,A-Morozevic,A/Alushta/1993/0:1/59}) (11. f4) 11... Nf4 (11... Nxd4
12. Bxd4 Nf4 (12... Bxd4+ 13. Qxd4 Nf4 14. Rf2 a5 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. cxd5 c5 17.
dxc6 bxc6 18. Rd1 Be6 19. Qxd6 Qb6 {1/2-1/2 Sokolov,I-Piket,J/Groningen (10)/
1995}) 13. Bxg7 (13. Kh1 $1 Be5 (13... Nxe2 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Nxe2 Be6 16. Nc3
$14) 14. Rad1 Ne6 $6 (14... Nxe2 15. Bxe5 Rxe5 16. Qxe2 $14) (14... Be6 15. Be3
Nxe2 16. Qxe2 Qh4 $132) 15. Be3 $1 Bg7 16. f4 f5 17. exf5 gxf5 18. Bh5 Rf8 19.
Bf3 $16 {1-0 Krivoshey,S-Golubev,M/Nikolaev zt (04)/1995/ (35)}) 13... Nxe2+ (
13... Qg5 14. Kf2 Kxg7 15. Qd4+ Kg8 16. g3 Nxe2 17. Nxe2 Qe5 18. Qxe5 (18. Rad1
Be6 19. b3 a6 20. Nc3 Qxd4+ 21. Rxd4 Kg7 22. Nd5 Rac8 {1/2-1/2 Bialy,
R-Doettling,F/Hallsdall op (04) 1996 (42)}) 18... dxe5 19. Nc3 c6 20. Rad1 Be6
21. b3 Rad8 22. Ke2 Kf8 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Rd1 Rxd1 {1/2-1/2 Trettin,
U-Kassebaum,R/BL 9495/1995/}) 14. Nxe2 Kxg7 15. Rfe1 Be6 16. Rac1 f6 17. Nf4
Bf7 18. Qd4 c6 19. Red1 Qa5 20. a3 Rad8 21. Rc3 Qe5 22. Ne2 {Giehring,S-Gergs,
W/RLNN 9091/1991/1-0 (74)}) (11... f5) 12. Rfd1 (12. Nxc6 Nxe2+ 13. Nxe2 (13.
Qxe2 bxc6 14. c5 $5 $14) 13... bxc6 14. Bd4 c5 (14... Bxd4+ 15. Nxd4 c5 (15...
Bd7 $6 16. b4 $14) 16. Nc2 Bb7 (16... Be6 17. Ne3 Qf6 18. Rac1 Qe5 19. Qc3 Qxc3
20. Rxc3 a5 21. Rd1 Reb8 22. Rd2 Rb4 23. Kf2 Rab8 24. Rcc2 {Weiss,C-Baumegger,
S/AUT-chT 95/96 (01) 1995/1996/1/2-1/2 (71)}) 17. Ne3 h5 18. Rad1 (18. a3 a5
19. b4 axb4 20. axb4 Qg5 21. Rxa8 Rxa8 22. Re1 Ra3 23. bxc5 Qxc5 {1/2-1/2 Li
Wenliang-Peng Xiaomin/Beijing Tan Chin Cup (06) 1996 (27)}) 18... a5 (18... Bc6
19. Qa5 $14) 19. h3 Bc6 20. g4 hxg4 21. hxg4 Qf6 {1/2-1/2 Sakaev,K-Belov,I/
Cappelle op (06)/1995 (26)}) (14... f6 $5) 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Nc3 Bb7 17. Rfe1
Qf6 18. Rad1 Re7 19. Re3 Rb8 20. b3 Bc6 21. Ne2 Rb4 22. Rd3 a5 {Brglez,R-Bukic,
E/Ljubljana op/1994/0-1 (58)}) (12. Bxf4 Nxd4 13. Bg5 Nxe2+ 14. Nxe2 f6 15. Bh4
Be6 16. Rac1 Qd7 17. b3 f5 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Nc3 Qf7 20. Rfe1 {Nowak,I-Pedzich,
D/POL-chT Lubniewice (05)/1994/1-0 (53)}) (12. Bd1 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Qg5 14. Be3
Bd4 15. Re1 Bxe3+ 16. Rxe3 Nxg2 17. Re2 Nf4+ 18. Kh1 Be6 19. b3 Qe5 {0-1 Oliwa,
M-Pedzich,D/POL-ch Brzeg Dolny (15) 1996 (25)}) 12... Nxe2+ (12... Nxd4 13.
Bxd4 Qg5 (13... Nxe2+ 14. Nxe2 Be6 15. Rac1 a5 16. b3 b6 17. a3 Bd7 18. Nc3 Bc6
19. Rc2 Bb7 20. Rdc1 Be5 21. Bxe5 Rxe5 22. Qf2 {1-0 Loseries,U-Kistella,R/BL
9596/1995 (31)}) 14. Bf1 Bxd4+ 15. Qxd4 Be6 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. cxd5 f5 18. Rac1
Re7 19. Kh1 fxe4 20. fxe4 Qg4 21. Re1 Nh5 {Lindner,D-Schmaltz,R/St.Ingbert op 
(02)/1995/1/2-1/2 (52)}) 13. Ncxe2 Ne5 (13... Nxd4 $5 14. Bxd4 $14) 14. b3 c6 (
14... Bd7 15. Rac1 $14) 15. Rac1 Qc7 16. Nc3 b6 (16... Be6 17. Nxe6 Rxe6 18.
Nd5 Qd7 19. Nf4 Rf6 20. b4 $14) (16... Bd7 17. Nde2 Bf8 18. Bg5 $16) 17. Nde2
Bf8 18. Bg5 $5 Nd7 (18... Bb7 19. f4 Ng4 (19... Nd7 20. e5 $16) 20. h3 Nh6 21.
f5 $18) 19. Bh6 Bxh6 20. Qxh6 Bb7 (20... Rd8 21. Rd2 (21. Qd2 Nf6 22. e5 Ne8
23. Ne4 d5 24. cxd5 Qxe5 $14) 21... Bb7 22. Rcd1 Ne5 23. Qg5 $16) 21. Qd2 Re6
22. Nd4 (22. Nd5 $5 Qd8 23. Ndf4 Rf6 24. b4 $16) 22... Ree8 23. Nde2 Re6 24.
Nf4 Rf6 25. e5 $1 Nxe5 (25... dxe5 $2 26. Qxd7 Qxd7 27. Rxd7 $18) 26. Ne4 Rf5
27. Qe3 (27. Nxd6 $2 Rd8 28. Ne2 Rxf3 $17) 27... Nd7 (27... Nxf3+ $2 28. Qxf3
d5 29. cxd5 Qxf4 30. Qxf4 Rxf4 31. Nd6 $18) (27... Rd8 28. g4 Rxf4 (28... d5
29. gxf5 dxe4 30. fxe4 $16) 29. Qxf4 $16) 28. Rxd6 Re8 29. Rcd1 Bc8 (29... Nc5
$2 30. Nf6+ $18) 30. Ne2 $1 Rfe5 (30... Kg7 31. Qc3+ (31. Rxd7 Bxd7 32. Qd4+
$16) 31... f6 32. Nd4 $18) 31. Qh6 Rxe4 (31... Kh8 32. Rxd7 Bxd7 33. Nf6 Rh5
34. Nxh5 gxh5 35. Ng3 $18) 32. fxe4 b5 (32... Rxe4 33. Nc3 Re8 34. Qf4 $16) 33.
cxb5 cxb5 34. Qc1 $1 Qd8 (34... Qb7 35. Qc6 $18) 35. Qc6 Qg5 (35... Qb6+ 36.
Qxb6 Nxb6 37. Rd8 $18) (35... Re7 36. Rc1 $18) 36. Ng3 (36. Rxd7 Qe3+ 37. Kf1
Bxd7 38. Rxd7 $18) 36... h5 (36... Qe3+ 37. Kh1 $18) 37. Rxd7 Bxd7 38. Qxd7 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.27"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "1996.09.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. c4 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
Qe7 9. Rd1 dxc4 10. Bxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.28"]
[Round "12.1"]
[White "Zagrebelny, Sergey"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "Lempert,I"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1996.09.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Uzbekistan"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UZB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8.
Nb3 O-O 9. Re1 Be6 10. Bf1 Rc8 11. Nd5 Ne5 12. a4 (12. Bg5 Bxd5 13. exd5 h6 $5
14. Be3 Qc7 $13) 12... Re8 (12... Bg4 13. f3 Nxd5 14. exd5 Bf5 15. c3 Nc4 16.
Kh1 a6 17. Bxc4 Rxc4 18. Be3 $14 {Reinderman,D-Barkhagen,J/Sas Van Gent/1992/})
13. a5 Bg4 14. f3 Bd7 15. c3 Nc4 16. Ne3 Ne5 17. Nd4 $1 (17. Nd5 Nc4 18. Ne3
$10) 17... a6 18. Qb3 Qc7 19. Nd5 $2 (19. Bd2 $5 Nc6 20. Nc4 $16) (19. Bd2 e6 (
19... Qb8 20. Red1 Qa7 21. Kh1 $16) 20. Red1 $14) (19. Kh1) 19... Nxd5 20. exd5
$2 (20. Qxd5 $142) 20... Nc4 21. Bg5 $6 (21. Bxc4 Bxd4+ 22. cxd4 Qxc4 $17) (21.
Qb4 $5) 21... Nxa5 $17 22. Qb4 Nc4 23. Bxe7 (23. Bxc4 Bxd4+ 24. cxd4 Qxc4 25.
Qxc4 Rxc4 26. Rxe7 Rxe7 27. Bxe7 Rxd4 28. Bxd6 Rxd5 $17) 23... Be5 24. Bh4 Qb6
$1 25. Bf2 Qxb4 26. cxb4 Kf8 27. Re2 Bf6 28. Rae1 Nxb2 $1 29. b5 Rxe2 30. Bxe2
a5 31. Nc6 bxc6 32. dxc6 Bxc6 33. bxc6 Rxc6 34. Bb5 Rc8 $19 35. Bg3 d5 36. Ra1
Kg7 37. Rxa5 Rc5 38. Bd6 Bd4+ 39. Kf1 Rc1+ 40. Ke2 Rc2+ 41. Kf1 Rf2+ 42. Ke1
Rxg2 43. Ra8 Nc4 44. Bg3 Bc3+ 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.30"]
[Round "13.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1996.09.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Bulgaria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BUL"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 c6 7. Qd2 e5 8. d5 Na6
9. h4 cxd5 10. cxd5 Qe8 11. f3 Bd7 12. Nh3 $1 (12. g4 $6 h5 13. Bxf6 (13. O-O-O
hxg4 14. h5 Nxh5 15. fxg4 Nf4 16. Bxa6 bxa6 17. Qh2 f6 18. Bxf4 exf4 19. Qh7+
Kf7 20. Rh6 Rh8 21. Qxg6+ Kg8 22. Rxh8+ Kxh8 23. Qxe8+ Rxe8 $17 {Gyurkovics,
M-Kuzmin,A/Budapest/1989/0|1/32/}) 13... Bxf6 14. gxh5 Kg7 15. O-O-O Rh8 16.
hxg6 fxg6 17. h5 b5 18. h6+ Kh7 $146 {Gaprindashvili,N-Makropoulou,M/MAS/1990/
0|1/26/}) 12... Nc5 13. g4 h5 14. Nf2 hxg4 15. fxg4 Rc8 (15... a5 $22 16. h5 b5
) 16. Be3 Nh7 17. Nd3 (17. h5 $5) 17... Nxd3+ 18. Qxd3 a6 19. a4 Qd8 (19... b5
20. axb5 axb5 21. Nxb5 (21. Ra6 $5) 21... Bxb5 22. Qxb5 Qxb5 23. Bxb5 Rb8 24.
Ra5 Nf6 $132) (19... f5 $5) 20. a5 Bf6 21. Bf2 Be7 22. Kd2 Nf6 23. Rhg1 Ne8 24.
Bb6 Nc7 25. g5 $36 Qe8 26. Qe3 (26. Qf3 $5 f6 (26... Nb5 27. Bxb5 Bxb5 28. h5
Kg7 29. Be3 Rh8 30. Rh1 $36) 27. gxf6 Rxf6 28. Qg3 Kh7 29. Be3 $36) 26... Nb5
27. Bxb5 Bxb5 28. h5 Kg7 (28... gxh5 29. Rh1 (29. g6 fxg6 30. Qh6 Rf6 31. Rg5
Qf7 32. Rag1 Be8 33. Rxh5 Qg7 $17) 29... Kg7 30. Rxh5 Rh8 31. Rah1 Rxh5 32.
Rxh5 Qd7 $132) 29. Qf3 Bc4 $6 (29... gxh5 $5 30. Rg2 (30. Qxh5 Rh8 31. Qf3 Rh2+
32. Rg2 Qh8 $132) 30... Rh8 31. Rh1 h4 32. Be3 Bd7 $17) 30. Rg2 Rh8 31. Rh1 Bb5
(31... Qd7 32. h6+ Kg8 33. h7+ Kg7 34. Qf2 $22 Bb5 35. Qh4) 32. Be3 Bd7 33.
Rgh2 Qd8 (33... Rxh5 34. Rxh5 gxh5 35. Rxh5 $36 (35. Qxh5 Qh8 36. Qf3 Qg8 37.
Rh6 $36)) 34. Kd3 $1 (34. hxg6 Rxh2+ 35. Rxh2 fxg6 $13) 34... Qc7 (34... Bxg5
35. hxg6 Rxh2 36. Qxf7+ $18) (34... Qxa5 35. hxg6 Bb5+ 36. Kd2 fxg6 (36...
Rxh2+ 37. Rxh2 fxg6 38. Qh3 Rg8 39. Qh7+ Kf8 40. Rf2+ $18) 37. Rxh8 Rxh8 38.
Rxh8 Kxh8 39. Qf7 Qd8 40. Nxb5 axb5 41. Qxg6 $16) 35. hxg6 Qc4+ 36. Kc2 fxg6
37. Rxh8 Rxh8 38. Rxh8 Kxh8 39. Qf7 $18 Ba4+ 40. Kd2 Qb4 41. Ke1 (41. Ke1 Qxb2
42. Nxa4 Qa1+ 43. Kf2 Qxa4 44. Qxe7 Qxe4 45. Qxd6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.10.01"]
[Round "14.1"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1996.09.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. Qc2 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bd2
O-O 9. e4 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Nd7 11. Rd1 (11. O-O-O) 11... Rc8 $5 {N} (11... Qc8 12.
Bd3 Rd8 13. O-O $14) (11... Qe8 12. Bd3 c5 13. d5 exd5 14. exd5 $14) (11... c5
12. dxc5 Qc7 (12... Qc8 13. cxb6 axb6 14. Bb5 Nc5 15. Rd4 $14 {Dreev-Epishin/
Brno/1994}) 13. cxb6 axb6 14. Bb5 Nc5 15. Be5 Qc8 16. O-O Bxe4 17. Qc3 f6 18.
Bg3 Bd5 19. Rfe1 $14 {Timoshchenko-Langeweg/Benasque op/1996}) 12. Bc4 (12. Bd3
c5 13. d5 c4 14. Be2 exd5 15. exd5 b5 $5 (15... Qc7 $2 16. d6 Bxd6 17. Qd2 $16)
(15... Nf6 $6 16. Ng5 g6 17. h4 Nxd5 18. Nxh7 $1 Kxh7 19. h5 Bf6 (19... f5 20.
hxg6+ Kxg6 21. Bh5+ Kg5 22. Qd2+ f4 23. Qe2 Qd7 24. Qe5+ $18) 20. hxg6+ Kg8 21.
g7 Bxc3+ 22. bxc3 Kxg7 23. Qh7+ Kf6 24. Rh6+ Ke7 25. Qe4+ Kd7 26. Bg4+ $18) 16.
d6 (16. O-O Nc5 $132) 16... Bf6 17. O-O Re8 $13) 12... Nf6 13. Bd3 c5 14. dxc5
(14. e5 Nd5 15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. Be4 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 cxd4 19. cxd4
Bxa3 20. O-O a5 $13) 14... Rxc5 15. O-O Qa8 16. Rfe1 (16. e5 Nd5 17. Bxh7+ Kh8
18. Be4 Nxc3 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. bxc3 Rfc8 $44) 16... Rd8 (16... h6 $5) 17. e5
Nd5 18. Bxh7+ Kf8 19. Be4 {/\Bd5,Qh7} g6 $44 20. Qd2 Nxc3 21. Qh6+ Kg8 (21...
Ke8 $4 22. Qh8+ Bf8 23. Bxb7 $18) 22. Bxg6 (22. Rxd8+ Bxd8 23. Bxg6 (23. Bxb7
Qxb7 24. bxc3 Rxc3 25. Rd1 Be7 (25... Rc8 26. h4 $40) 26. Ng5 (26. h4 Rxf3 27.
gxf3 Qxf3 28. Rd7 Qg4+ 29. Kh2 Qf5 $10) 26... Bxg5 27. Qxg5 Qe4 28. Qd8+ (28.
Rd8+ $2 Kh7) (28. h4 Qf5 $10) 28... Kh7 29. Qe7 Qf4 30. Qxa7 Rc1 31. Qd7 Rxd1+
32. Qxd1 Qxe5 $10) 23... fxg6 24. Qxg6+ Kf8 25. Nd4 Ne2+ $1 26. Nxe2 Rxe5 27.
Qh6+ Kg8 28. Qg6+ Kf8 $10) 22... Ne2+ (22... fxg6 23. Qxg6+ Kf8 24. Qh6+ Kf7
25. Rd4 Bxf3 26. Qh7+ Kf8 27. Qh6+ Kf7 $10) 23. Kf1 fxg6 24. Qxg6+ Kf8 $10 25.
Qh6+ Kf7 26. Qh7+ Kf8 27. Qh8+ Kf7 28. Ng5+ Bxg5 29. Qh5+ Kf8 30. Qh8+ Kf7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1996.12.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "Kramnik,V"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1996.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Shamkovich Hecht} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 c6
7. O-O Qb6 8. c5 $5 $146 {A novelty. 8. e4, b3, h3 and Qc2 have all been
played here.} (8. b3 e5 $5 9. e3 Re8 10. Ba3 e4 11. Nd2 d5 {Black is OK,
Kremenietsky,A-Iskusnyh,S/RUSCup2 Moscow/1996/}) (8. h3 Na6 9. e4 e5 10. Re1
exd4 11. Nxd4 Re8 12. b3 {White is better, Baburin,A-Filippov,V/op Groningen
NED 1995}) (8. Qc2 Qa6 9. b3 c5 10. Bb2 Nc6 11. d5 Nb4 12. Qd2 Qb6 13. e4 {
White's position is preferable, Murzin,L-Popovic,M/FS Oct, Budapest HUN 1996})
8... dxc5 9. Na4 Qb5 10. Nxc5 Na6 11. a4 Qb6 12. Nxa6 Qxa6 13. Re1 Rd8 14. Qb3
$6 {Unnecessary move. Better was} (14. e4 Bg4 15. b3) 14... Be6 15. Qa3 Bd5 16.
e3 $15 {Black already is slighly better.} Bf8 17. b4 e6 18. Qb2 Qb6 19. b5 Rac8
20. bxc6 Qxb2 21. Bxb2 Rxc6 22. Rec1 Rdc8 23. Ne5 Rc2 24. Bf1 Bb4 (24... Ne4
25. Bd3 Rxc1+ 26. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 27. Bxc1 Nc3 28. a5 Bb4 (28... a6 29. Bd2 Bb4 30.
e4 Bb3 31. Nd7 $132) 29. a6 bxa6 30. Bxa6 $11) 25. Rxc2 Rxc2 26. Ba3 Bc3 (26...
Bxa3 27. Rxa3 Ne4 (27... Rc1 28. f3 Nd7 29. Nxd7 (29. e4 $2 Nxe5 30. exd5 Nc4)
29... Bc4 30. Nf6+ Kg7 31. Ne8+ Kf8 32. Nd6 Bxf1 33. Kf2 b6 34. Nb5 a6 35. Rc3
Rxc3 36. Nxc3 Bc4 37. e4) 28. f3 (28. f4) 28... Nd2 29. Bd3 Rb2 30. e4 Bc6 {
A. Silver}) 27. Bd3 Ra2 (27... Rxf2 $2 28. Rc1 Rg2+ 29. Kf1 $18) 28. Rxa2 Bxa2
29. Bc4 Bb1 30. Bd3 Bxd3 31. Nxd3 Ne4 32. Nc5 Nd6 33. Kf1 b6 34. Nd3 Nc4 35.
Be7 f5 36. Ke2 Kf7 37. Bg5 Ke8 38. Kd1 Kd7 39. Kc2 Ba5 40. f3 Bd2 41. Ne5+ Nxe5
42. dxe5 {White has a bad bishop, so Black has some winning chances. [#] Hecht
Schlechter wL; Karpov installiert einen gedeckten Freibauern, der die Balance
garantiert.} Be1 43. Kd3 Kc6 44. e4 $1 h5 45. Bf4 {Decken von g3, um h3 und g4
spielen zu können.} Bb4 (45... fxe4+ $5 46. Kxe4 Kc5 {[#]} 47. Be3+ $132 {
[%csl Ra4,Rg6]} Kb4 48. Kf4 Kxa4 49. Kg5 $13 {Tempofrage! Analyse!}) 46. exf5
exf5 {White has a protected passed pawn and equalizes.} (46... gxf5 47. h3 Bf8
48. g4 fxg4 49. fxg4 hxg4 50. hxg4 Kd5 51. g5 Bg7 52. g6 a6 53. Bd2 b5 54. axb5
axb5 55. Bc3 $11) 47. Bd2 Bc5 48. Be3 Be7 {The pawn ending is drawn. Black
cannot make any progress.} 49. f4 a6 50. Kc4 b5+ 51. axb5+ axb5+ 52. Kd3 Kd5
53. Bc1 Bc5 54. Be3 Be7 55. Bc1 Bf8 56. Bd2 Ba3 57. Be3 Bb4 58. Bd2 Ba3 59. Be3
Bf8 60. Bd2 Kc6 61. Be3 Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1996.12.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1996.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Horvath,T, Kramnik, Psakhis} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 {Horvath: Mit 3...
-Nbd7 hat Kasparov keine gute Erinnerung gegen Ivachuk, sehe ihre Partie
Linares 1991 CBM 22.} 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. Qe2 e6 7. b3 (7. c3 Be7 8.
d4 cxd4 (8... O-O 9. e5 (9. Rd1 {Horvath,T} Rc8 10. e5 Ne8 $13) 9... Ne8 10.
exd6 (10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. c4 dxe5 12. Nxe5 Qd4 13. Nc3 Bd6 14. Nf3 Qd3 $13 {
Wahls,M-Groszpeter,A/Munich/1989}) 10... Nxd6 11. Rd1 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Re8 {
Lechtynsky,J-Geller,E/Moscow/1977}) 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Ne1 (11. Be3 $13)
11... Qb6 12. Be3 f6 13. f3 Ng5 14. Nd3 Nf7 15. Nc3 O-O 16. Rfe1 $14 {Chekhov,
V-Ftacnik,L/BL/1992}) (7. d4 {Horvath,T Rublevsky-Groszpéter/CBM/56}) 7... g6 {
Psakhis Interesting new idea, which was introduced into practice by Gelfand.} (
7... Be7 8. Bb2 O-O 9. c4 a6 (9... e5 10. Nc3 Ne8 11. Ne1 $1 Nc7 12. Nc2 Ne6
13. Ne3 Bg5 $6 (13... Nf6 $14) 14. g3 $1 Nf6 15. Qd3 {+/-/+/= Yudasin,L-Shirov,
A/Ljubljana/1995/}) (9... Re8 10. Nc3 a6 (10... Ne5 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. f4 exf4
13. e5 $14 {Timman-Giardelli Mar del Plata 1982 33/200 [Timman]}) 11. Kh1 Qc7
12. Rae1 Bf8 13. Ng5 h6 14. Nh3 Ne5 15. f4 Nc6 16. g4 $1 $40 {Smyslov,
V-Ioseliani,N Monaco 1994 61/204 [Smyslov]}) 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Qb6 12. Nc2 (
12. Rd1 Rac8 (12... Rfe8 {Horvath,T Eine oft gespielte Stellung, mit gleichen
Chancen.}) 13. Nc3 Rfe8 14. Rac1 $13) 12... Rac8 13. Nc3 Rfe8 14. Kh1 Qc5 15.
Rac1 Qh5 16. Qxh5 Nxh5 17. g3 {+/=/= Adams,M-Tiviakov,S PCA-WchM (4) New-York
1994 plof}) 8. Bb2 {Kramnik: 8.d4 or 8.c3 are played here as well. Kasparov
soon equalizes} (8. c3 {Psakhis} Bg7 9. d4 O-O 10. Nbd2 (10. e5 Nd5 (10... dxe5
11. dxe5 Ng4 12. Bf4 $14) 11. Re1 cxd4 12. cxd4 dxe5 13. dxe5 Rc8 $11 {1-0
Antonio-Arnason/Moscow olm 1994 (34)}) 10... Qc7 11. Bb2 Rfc8 12. Rfe1 a6 13.
e5 Ne8 14. h4 b5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Rublevsky,S-Neverov,V/St.Peterburg op 1995 (33)})
(8. d4 {Psakhis} cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bg7 10. Ba3 (10. Rd1 O-O 11. Ba3 Qb6 12. c4 Rfd8
13. Nc3 a6 $10) 10... Qb6 11. Nc3 a6 12. Rad1 O-O 13. Na4 Qc7 14. c4 {1/2-1/2
Kramnik,V-Gelfand,B (01)/FIDE-cm Sanghi Nagar 1994}) 8... Bg7 9. d4 (9. c4 {
Psakhis} O-O 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Qb6 $13) 9... cxd4 10. Bxd4 (10. Nxd4 {
Psakhis} Nc5 11. Nd2 O-O 12. c4 Qb6 $11) 10... O-O 11. Rd1 (11. c4 {Psakhis}
Qc7 12. Nc3 a6 {[%cal Rb7b5]}) 11... b5 {Der Bauer im Zentrum ist wichtiger
als am Damenflügel!} 12. Qxb5 (12. a4 b4) (12. Nc3 a6 (12... b4 13. Nb5 d5)) (
12. e5 {Psakhis} dxe5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Qb6 $11) 12... Nxe4 13. Qe2 d5 14.
c4 (14. Bxg7 {Psakhis} Kxg7 15. c4 Qf6) 14... Rc8 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qb2+ (16.
cxd5 exd5 {this is just a worse version of the game for white since after 16.
cxd5 he has opened the "c" file which is controled by black} (16... Qf6 17.
dxe6 Ndc5 (17... Qxa1 $2 18. exd7) 18. e7 $1 (18. Nd4 $6 Rfd8 $1 19. Qe3 Rxd4
$1 20. Rxd4 (20. Qxd4 Qxd4 21. Rxd4 Nxb3 22. Nd2 $8 (22. Nc3 $2 Nxc3 $19 {
[%cal Gc3e2,Gb3d4,Gb3a1]}) 22... Nxd4 23. Nxe4 Nxe6 $15 {[%csl Rg1][%cal Gc8c1,
Ga2h2]}) 20... Nxe6 21. Rd1 (21. Rxe4 Qxa1 {and thanks to his more active
pieces and white's weak king black is better} 22. Qe1 Qxa2 $17 {[%csl Rb1,Rb3,
Rg1][%cal Ga2h2,Gc8c1]}) 21... Qxa1 22. Qxe4 Qxa2 $6 $15 {[%csl Rb1,Rb3,Rg1]})
18... Rfe8 19. Nd4 Rxe7 20. Qe3 Nd6 (20... Rd7 21. Nc3 $1) 21. Qd2 Nde4 22. Qe3
$8 (22. Qb2 $2 Rd7 $17 {[%csl Rf2][%cal Gd8d1,Gf6a1]}) 22... Nd6 $11)) 16...
Qf6 17. Qxf6+ Ndxf6 18. Nbd2 Rfd8 (18... Nc3 19. Re1 Rfd8 20. Re3 Nfe4 (20...
d4 $2 21. Rd3 {[%csl Rd4]}) 21. Nxe4 Nxe4 $11) 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. cxd5 Nc3 (
20... Rxd5 $5 {Psakhis} 21. Rxd5 exd5 $36) 21. Rd2 Rxd5 22. Kf1 Rdc5 23. Re1
Nd5 {Kramnik: Black is slightly better but there are really no great chances
of winning for black so... Horvath: "Zwei gegen einen Bauern am Damenflügel
gibt Vorteil" sagen die Dogmatiker. Die schwarzen figuren stehen aber aktiver,
also ist remis korrekt.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1996.12.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1996.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{I played this game on my birthday. There had been only one decisive game in
the first two rounds (Topalov-Kasparov), but I knew from experience (Wijk aan
Zee 1996) that things can heat up very quickly! Even so, this was the only
decisive game of the 3rd round.} 1. e4 {Ftacnik Kramnik Dolmatov Shamkovich} e5
2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 {Ivanchuk had played this move
twice this year (against Kamsky and Short). Basically Black retains the option
of transposing into the Archangelsk or even 5...b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 but avoids
certain unpleasant lines arising from those move orders. [More common is Bc5
without 3...a6 4.Ba4]} 6. Nxe5 Nxe5 7. d4 Nxe4 8. Re1 $5 {8.Qe2 is usually
played here. (ECO C78/2)} Be7 (8... Qh4 $2 {Ftacnik} 9. g3) 9. Rxe4 (9. dxe5 {
Kramnik} Nc5 10. Nc3 Nxa4 11. Nxa4 b5 (11... O-O {Ftacnik} 12. Bf4 f6 13. Qd5+
Kh8 14. Rad1 fxe5 15. Qxe5 Bh4 $1 $10 16. Bg3 d6 17. Bxh4 Qxh4 18. Qd4 Qxd4 19.
Rxd4 {Geller,E-Izeta,F/Palma GMA-op (1)/1989/0.5 (19)}) 12. Nc3 Bb7 $10) 9...
Ng6 10. c4 (10. h4 $6 {Ftacnik} b5 11. Bb3 d5 $1 12. Re1 Nxh4 13. Bg5 Ng6 14.
Nc3 Be6 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Qf3 O-O $17 {Sahu-Flear,G/London/1987/}) 10... O-O
11. Nc3 d6 (11... c6 {/\ b5} 12. d5 $14) (11... f5 $5 {Kramnik} 12. Re2 f4 13.
f3 d6 {and White is better (ECO)] It is interesting that, in ECO, there is no
reference to 13... d6} (13... d6 {Ftacnik} 14. Bc2 Bf5 15. Bxf5 Rxf5 16. Qd3
Qd7 17. Nd5 Raf8 18. Nxe7+ Nxe7 19. Bd2 Nc6 20. Bc3 d5 21. c5 g5 {Kashdan,
I-Milner Barry,P/London (01)/1932/1-0 (65)})) 12. Nd5 (12. Qh5 {Ftacnik} c6 13.
Bc2 f5 14. Re1 Bf6 15. Ne2 Nh4 16. Nf4 Bxd4 17. g3 Ng6 18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. Qxg6
Qf6 20. Qxf6 Bxf6 21. Bf4 Bxb2 22. Rad1 Bc3 23. Re3 Bb4 24. Bxd6 Bxd6 25. Rxd6
f4 {1/2-1/2 Ulibin,M-Fernandez Garcia,J/Ibercaja op (07)/1994/ (39)}) (12. Re1
$5 {Ftacnik}) 12... Bh4 {I hadn't realized that this was possible. 13.g3 is
simply met by 13...c6. I didn't want to concede an insipid draw on my birthday
and after a long think conjured up... Intending to keep the pare of Bishops.
After 12...Bf5 13.Nxe7+ (or 13.Re1 c6 14.Nxe7+)13... Nxe7 14.Re1 c6 White has
just slight advantage} 13. Qh5 $1 {Quite a dangerous move. With hindsight it
even seems sound, but at the time I didn't know if I would ever get my
exchange back! 13.g3 c6 14.Nf4 Nxf4 15.Bxf4 Bf6 16.Re1 Bg5 17.Qd2 Bxf4 18.Qxf4
Be6 19.Bb3 Qd7 20.Re3 Smirin-Izeta, Las Palmas 1993} (13. g3 {Kramnik Dolmatov}
c6 14. Nf4 (14. Nc3 $2 Bf6 $15) 14... Nxf4 (14... Bg5 $10) 15. Bxf4 Bf6 16. Re1
Bg5 (16... b5 $5) 17. Qd2 Bxf4 (17... h6 18. h4 Bxf4 19. Qxf4) 18. Qxf4 Be6 19.
Bb3 Qd7 20. Re3 $14 {Smirin,I-Izeta,F/Las Palmas/1993/} (20. Re3 $1 {Ftacnik}
Rae8 21. Rae1 f6 22. h4 $14 {1-0 Smirin,I-Izeta,F/Las Palmas3 (02)/1993/ (44)})
) 13... c6 {Ivanchuk seemed surprised - I don't think he believed the exchange
sacrifice. [#] [Ivanchuk overlooked or underestimated the next combination;
better was 13...Be6 +=]} (13... Be6 $5 14. Nf4 $2 (14. Bd2 {Fritz} c6 15. Ba5
Qg5 16. Qxg5 Bxg5 17. Nc7) 14... Bxc4 15. Nxg6 Bxf2+ $1) 14. Rxh4 $1 {Having
said 'A'... Otherwise Black is just better. Anand said that he realized that
without this sacrifice he would have no advantage.} (14. Nc3 {Ftacnik} b5 15.
Bc2 f5 16. Re2 bxc4 $15) 14... Qxh4 (14... Nxh4 $2 15. Bg5 f6 (15... Qa5 16.
Ne7+ Kh8 17. Bc2 h6 (17... Ng6 18. Bxg6 fxg6 19. Nxg6+) (17... Nf5 18. Nxf5
Bxf5 19. Bf6 $1 $18) 18. Qxh6+ $1 gxh6 19. Bf6#) 16. Bxh4 $1 cxd5 ({Or} 16...
g6 17. Qf3 cxd5 18. Qxd5+ Kg7 19. Bg3 {and White is much better}) 17. Qxd5+ (
17. Bc2 $1 {Kramnik} g6 (17... h6 $2 {is insufficient in view of} 18. Qg6 Rf7
19. Qh7+ Kf8 20. cxd5 $1 {with a strong attack}) 18. Qxd5+ Kg7 19. Bg3 {
and Black has no counterplay, while d6-pawn is a goner.}) 17... Kh8 18. Bg3 $16
) 15. Qxh4 Nxh4 16. Nb6 Rb8 (16... Bf5 {Black can still bail out this way, but
the ^^s give White a slight edge.}) ({Better was} 16... Bf5 $5 {Kramnik} 17.
Nxa8 Rxa8 18. Bf4 d5 19. cxd5 cxd5 20. Bg3 Ng6 21. Bb3 Rd8 22. Rc1 {White has
a significant advantage, but Black still can hold}) (16... Ra7 {Ftacnik} 17.
Bf4 Nf5 18. d5 a5 $15) 17. Bf4 Nf5 (17... Rd8 $2 18. Bg5) 18. d5 $1 (18. Re1 $2
Nxd4 19. Bxd6 Be6 20. Bxb8 Rxb8 $15) (18. g4 $2 {Ftacnik} Nxd4 19. Bxd6 Bxg4
$17) 18... Re8 (18... cxd5 19. cxd5 Rd8 20. Re1 Kf8 21. h3 Ne7 22. g4 $1 {
And Black still has to find a way to untangle.}) (18... Rd8 $5 {Kramnik
Dolmatov} 19. Re1 f6 20. g4 (20. c5 g5 21. Bxd6 Nxd6 22. cxd6 Bf5) 20... Nd4)
19. Kf1 $1 (19. h3 h5 $1 (19... Re5 20. Rd1 $16) (19... Re2 20. g4 Rxb2 21. Bb3
Nd4 22. Bxd6 Nxb3 23. axb3 Rxb3 24. c5 $1 $16) 20. Kf1 Re4 $1) (19. f3 $2 {
This stops Re4 and threatens g2-g4, but there is another problem!} Re2 $1 20.
g4 Nd4 21. Kf1 Rxb2 22. Bxd6 Nxf3 23. Bxb8 Bxg4 {And there is no defence to
mate!}) (19. dxc6 bxc6 20. Bxc6 Re2 $1 $15 (20... Re2 {Ftacnik} 21. c5 Rxb2 22.
Be4 Be6 $17)) (19. c5 {Ftacnik} Re4 20. Bxd6 Nxd6 21. cxd6 Bf5 $15) 19... h6 $2
{Now Black gets in serious trouble.} (19... f6 $5) (19... h5 $5 20. Re1 {
Much more risky} (20. dxc6 {Of course, White can always bail out this way.}
bxc6 21. Bxc6 Rxb6 $1 (21... Re7 22. Nd5 $44) (21... Rd8 22. c5 $1) 22. Bxe8
Rxb2 {Black should be fine here.}) (20. Rd1 Re4 $1 {Now this is very
unpleasant.}) (20. f3 {Ftacnik} Rd8 $15) 20... Rxe1+ 21. Kxe1 f6) (19... Re4 $2
20. Re1 $1 $16 (20. Re1 {Ftacnik} Rxe1+ 21. Kxe1 h5 22. Bc2 g6 23. Kd2 $13) (
20. g3 Nh4 21. Bxd6 Bh3+ 22. Kg1 Nf3+ 23. Kh1 Rbe8 $19) (20. Bd2 Nd4 21. Bc3
Bf5 22. f3 Rf4 23. Re1 Kf8 $17)) 20. h3 $1 {Now Black is in big trouble.} (20.
g4 {Ftacnik} Re4) 20... Re4 (20... Rd8 21. g4 Nh4 22. c5 $16) (20... g5 {
Kramnik Dolmatov} 21. Bh2 Rd8 22. Re1 cxd5 23. cxd5 $44) 21. Bh2 cxd5 (21... h5
{Ftacnik} 22. Bc2 cxd5 23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. g4 $18) 22. g4 $1 {With the strong
threat of Bc2 [#]} Rxc4 {Material losses are unavoidable, yet Black could have
tried 22...dxc4 23.Bc2 (23.gxf5 Bxf5) 23...Rd4 or 22...h5. These lines are
less clear} (22... dxc4 {Kramnik Dolmatov} 23. Bc2 $1 $16 (23. gxf5 $2 Bxf5 24.
Bc2 Bxh3+ $17) 23... Re3 24. gxf5 Rxh3 25. Kg2 $18) (22... h5 {Ftacnik} 23. Bc2
hxg4 24. Bxe4 g3 (24... dxe4 25. hxg4 $18) 25. fxg3 dxe4 26. g4 Ne3+ 27. Ke2
Nc2 28. Rc1 Nb4 29. Bxd6 $18) 23. Nxc4 dxc4 24. Re1 $1 {This intermezzo does
the trick. White succeeds in exchanging rooks. Gaining the tempo, as 24...Nd4
fails to 25.Bxd6 Ra8 26.Re8+ Kh7 27.Bd7 wins ; if 24...b5 25.Re8+ Kh7 26. Bc2
wins} (24. Rd1 Be6 $1 (24... b5 25. Bc2 Nh4 26. Bxd6 {/\ Bg3+/-}) 25. gxf5 Bxf5
) 24... Be6 (24... Nd4 25. Re8+ Kh7 26. Bxd6 Ra8 27. Be5 (27. Bd7 {Ftacnik}
Bxd7 28. Rxa8 $16) 27... b5 (27... Nc6 28. Bc2+ f5 29. f4 $1 $18) 28. Bd1 Nc6
29. Bc2+ f5 30. Rxc8 Rxc8 31. Bxf5+ g6 32. Bxc8 Nxe5 33. Bxa6 b4 34. Ke2 $18) (
24... f6 {Ftacnik} 25. gxf5 Bxf5 26. Bxd6 Bxh3+ 27. Kg1 $16) 25. gxf5 Bxf5 26.
Bxd6 Bxh3+ 27. Kg1 Rd8 28. Re8+ Rxe8 29. Bxe8 {[#] Black has three pawns for
the piece, but the pare of White's Bishops decides the matter} Be6 (29... b5 {
Ftacnik} 30. Kh2 Be6 31. a4 bxa4 32. Bxa4 $16) 30. a4 $1 g5 (30... h5 {Kramnik
Dolmatov} 31. Kg2 h4 32. a5 h3+ 33. Kg3 Kh7 34. Ba4 Kg6 35. Bc2+ $18) 31. a5
Kg7 32. Ba4 (32. Kh2 {Ftacnik} h5 33. Be7 Kg6 $14) 32... Kg6 33. Bd1 $1 {
[E 34.Bf3]} (33. Bc2+ Bf5 34. Bd1 Be4 (34... Be4 {Kramnik} 35. Be2 Bd5)) 33...
Bd5 (33... h5 {Ftacnik} 34. Bf3 Bc8 35. Bd5 $16) 34. Bc2+ $1 Kf6 (34... Kh5 {
Ftacnik} 35. Bf5 $16) 35. Bc7 {Stopping h5} Ke6 (35... g4 {Ftacnik} 36. Kh2 Kg5
37. Kg3 f5 38. Bd8+ Kg6 39. Kf4 $18) 36. Bh7 {Stopping f7-f5.} Bf3 (36... f5 $2
{Ftacnik} 37. Bg8+ $18) 37. Kh2 Kd5 38. Bc2 (38. Kg3 Be4 {Why bother with this
ending?}) 38... Be4 39. Bd1 {Of course, White should not trade the Bishop} (39.
Bxe4+ {Ftacnik} Kxe4 40. Kg3 h5 41. Bd8 Kf5 $13) 39... Kd4 40. Be2 Bd3 (40...
c3 $2 {Ftacnik} 41. Bb6+ Kd5 42. bxc3 $18) 41. Bb6+ $1 Kd5 (41... Ke4 {Kramnik
Dolmatov} 42. Bh5 f5 43. Kg3 (43. Bc5 {Ftacnik xh6}) 43... g4 44. f3+) 42. Bd1
f5 43. Kg3 {Now White's plan is to transfer Bishop from b6 to f8} Ke5 44. Bc5
Kf6 45. Bh5 (45. Bf8 {Ftacnik} Kg6) 45... f4+ (45... Kg7 46. Bd4+ Kh7 47. Bf7 {
/\ Bd5}) 46. Kh2 {Black cannot stop both Bf8 and Bf3. Certainly one of my best
games and a nice way to celebrate my birthday.} (46. Kh2 {Ftacnik} Kf5 47. f3
Kf6 48. Bf8 $18) 1-0

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1996.12.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "Kramnik,V"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1996.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This was one of the most dramatic and complicated games of the tournament} 1.
e4 {Ftacnik Dolmatov} c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6
7. N1f3 Bd6 8. Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Nf6 11. Qe2 (11. Qh4 {Dolmatov} Ke7
$5 12. Ne5 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Qa5+ 14. c3 Qxe5+ 15. Be3 b6 16. O-O-O g5 17. Qa4 c5
18. Rhe1 {Kamsky,G-Karpov,A/Dortmund/1993/}) 11... Qc7 12. Bd2 b6 13. O-O-O (
13. Ne5 c5 14. Bb5+ Ke7 15. c3 Bb7 16. O-O Rhd8 17. f4 Ne4 18. Be3 Kf8 19. Rae1
Kg8 20. Qg4 {with attack, Kamsky,G-Anand,V/It, Dos Hermanas ESP 1996}) 13...
Bb7 14. Kb1 (14. Ne5 c5 15. Bb5+ Ke7 $1 16. dxc5 Qxc5 {Black equalized, Kamsky,
G-Karpov,A/w-ch (8) Elista RUS 1996}) (14. Rhe1 O-O (14... O-O-O {Dolmatov} 15.
Ba6 b5 16. Bxb7+ Kxb7 17. Kb1 Ka8 18. Bc1 Qb7 19. Nd2 Bb4 20. c3 Bd6 21. Nb3
Nd5 $10 {Chandler,M-Adams,M/Blackpool/1990/}) 15. g4 $5 c5 16. g5 hxg5 17. Nxg5
Bf4 18. h4 {with initiative, Kamsky,G-Karpov,A/w-ch (12) Elista RUS 1996})
14... Rd8 (14... O-O-O $5 {Dolmatov} 15. Ba6 (15. Ne5 $6 c5) (15. c4 c5 16. Bc3
Rhe8 17. Rhe1 Kb8 18. g3 Ka8 19. Bc2 a6 20. dxc5 Bxc5 21. Ne5 $14 {Sokolov,
A-Spraggett,K/St.John/1988/}) 15... b5 16. Bxb7+ Kxb7 17. Rc1) (14... Rc8 {
Ftacnik} 15. Rhg1 (15. c4 $5) 15... c5 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Bc3 O-O 18. Bd4 Qc7
19. g4 Nd5 (19... Bxf3 $2 20. Qxf3 Be5 21. g5 $1 hxg5 22. Rxg5 Bxd4 23. Rxg7+
$1 $18) 20. g5 h5 21. Ne5 (21. g6 $2 Nf4 22. gxf7+ Rxf7 $17) 21... Nf4 22. Qe3
Nxd3 23. cxd3 Bxe5 (23... Qc2+ 24. Ka1 Bd5 25. g6 $13) 24. Bxe5 Qc2+ 25. Ka1
Bd5 26. b3 {1/2-1/2 Wolff,P-Orlov,G/USA-ch Modesto (09)/1995/ (30)}) 15. Rhg1 (
15. Rhe1 {Ftacnik} O-O 16. Ne5 (16. g4 Bf4 17. Ne5 Rxd4 18. Bxf4 Rxf4 19. h4 $2
(19. Qd2 $5) 19... c5 20. Qd2 Rd4 21. c3 (21. g5 $2 Ne4) 21... Rd5 22. Qe2 $2 (
22. g5) 22... Rxe5 $1 23. Qxe5 Qxe5 24. Rxe5 Nxg4 25. Ree1 (25. Re2 Bf3) 25...
Nxf2 26. Rd2 Nxd3 27. Rxd3 Bd5 $19 {0-1 Adams,M-Speelman,J/New York PCA-qual 
(08)/1995/ (39)}) 16... c5 17. f4 cxd4 18. g4 Nd5 19. g5 hxg5 20. Qh5 f5 21.
Ng6 Nf6 22. Qxg5 Nh7 23. Qh5 Rf6 24. Rg1 Be4 25. Rg3 Rc8 26. Rc1 (26. Rdg1 $2
Bxd3 27. Rh3 Qxc2+ 28. Ka1 Nf8 $1 $17) 26... Qc6 {1/2-1/2 Kasparov,G-Epishin,V/
Moscow PCA-Intel GP 25'/1995/ (36)}) (15. c4 {Ftacnik} O-O 16. Bc3 (16. g4 Bf4
$1 17. Rhg1 c5 18. h4 $13) 16... Rfe8 (16... Qe7 17. g4 (17. Rhe1 Bb4 $1 18.
Qd2 $5) 17... c5 18. Rhg1 Bxf3 (18... cxd4 19. Nxd4 Bb4 20. g5 $1 hxg5 21. Rxg5
Bxc3 22. Rdg1 $1 g6 23. bxc3 $16) 19. Qxf3 cxd4 20. Bd2 Nd7 21. Qe4 (21. g5 Ne5
22. gxh6 Nxf3 23. Rxg7+ Kh8 24. Rh7+ $10) 21... f5 22. gxf5 Nc5 23. Qe2 exf5 {
Almasi,Z-Adams,M/Groningen (04)/1995/1-0 (57)}) 17. Ne5 (17. g4 c5 18. Rhg1
Bxf3 19. Qxf3 cxd4 20. Bd2 Nd7 21. Qe4 g6 $1) 17... c5 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. f3 a5
20. Bc2 Ba6 21. Ba4 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. Bc2 {Almasi,Z-Karpov,
An/Groningen (08)/1995/0-1 (74)}) (15. Rhe1 {Ftacnik}) 15... c5 (15... Nd5 {
Ftacnik} 16. c4 Nf4 17. Bxf4 Bxf4 18. c5 $16 {Leko}) 16. dxc5 Qxc5 (16... Bxc5
$5 {Dolmatov} 17. Ne5 Bd4 18. Bb5+ Ke7 19. Bb4+ Bc5) 17. a3 {/\ 18.Bb4} O-O (
17... a5 {Ftacnik} 18. Be3 Qc7 19. Bb5+ Ke7 20. Nd4 Bxh2 (20... g6) 21. Nf5+
Kf8 22. Rxd8+ Qxd8 23. Rd1 Qc7 24. Bd4 e5 (24... exf5 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Rd7 Qe5
27. Rxb7 (27. Qc4 Qe1+ 28. Ka2 Qe6 29. Rxb7) 27... Qxe2 28. Bxe2 $16) 25. Bxb6
Qxb6 26. Rd6 Qc7 27. Qc4 {1-0 Timman,J-Leko,P/Groningen (01)/1996/ (34); CBM 57
}) 18. g4 {The methodical advance /\ 19.g5+-} Qd5 $2 (18... Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Qd5
$11) (18... Nd5 {Dolmatov} 19. g5 (19. Qe4 $2 Nc3+ 20. Bxc3 Bxe4 21. Bxe4 $17)
19... Nf4 20. Bxf4 Bxf4 21. g6 $14 Qh5 22. gxf7+ Rxf7 23. Bg6 $16) 19. g5 $1 (
19. Nh4 {Ftacnik} Bxh2 20. Rge1 Bd6 $15) 19... Qxf3 20. gxf6 g6 {It is
understandable why Ivanchuk didn't take on f6: White's attack looked very
strong, yet Black could hold} (20... Qxf6 $142 21. Bc3 e5 22. f4 Qxf4 (22...
Rfe8 23. Rdf1) 23. Rdf1 Qh4 (23... Qa4 24. Bxe5 (24. Rxg7+ Kxg7 25. Bxe5+ $18)
24... Bxe5 25. Qxe5 $18) 24. Rg4 (24. Bxe5 {Ftacnik} Bxe5 25. Qxe5 g6 (25... f6
26. Qe7 $18) (25... g5 26. Qf5 $18 (26. Rf4 $5 {/\ h4->})) 26. Bxg6 $18) (24.
Rxg7+ $5 Kxg7 25. Bxe5+ f6 26. Bxd6) 24... Qe7 (24... Qh3 25. Rg3 Qh4 26. Rfg1
g5 27. Rg4 Qh3 28. Rxg5+ {wins}) 25. Qe3 g5 (25... f5 26. Qxh6 Bd5 27. Bxf5 Rf6
28. Qh7+ Kf8 29. Qh8+ Bg8 30. Rfg1 {wins}) 26. Rf5 f6 27. h4 Bc8 28. hxg5 hxg5
29. Rfxg5+ fxg5 30. Rxg5+ Kf7 31. Qg3 Qf6 32. Rg6 Qf4 33. Qxf4+ exf4 34. Rg7+
Ke6 35. Bc4+ Kf5 36. Bd3+ $11) (20... Qxe2 $2 {Ftacnik} 21. Rxg7+ Kh8 22. Rh7+
Kg8 23. Rg1+ $18) 21. Bxh6 $6 {There was an interesting 'Tal's style' Rook
sacrifice 21. Rxg6+ which lead to wild complications. We spent a lot of time
analyzing this continuation and still cannot be sure that it is 100% sound;
the sacrifice can be a theme for a special analytical article. We invite the
interested readers to follow our steps!} ({Meanwhile} 21. Bxg6 {is not
dangerous in view of} fxg6 (21... Qxe2 22. Bd3+ Kh8 23. Bxe2 Bxh2 24. Rg4 {
is in White's favor}) 22. Rxg6+ Kf7 23. Rg7+ Kxf6 24. Bc3+ Kf5 $1 {and White's
attack vaporises} ({Of course not} 24... e5 $4 25. Rxd6+ Kxg7 26. Qxe5+ {wins})
) (21. Rxg6+ $5 fxg6 22. Qxe6+ {White sacrifice the Rook for dangerous attack.
There are three replies: 22... Kh7, 22... Rf7 and 22...Kh8} Kh8 (22... Kh7 $1 {
As we will see later, this is the best reply. Now 23.Bxg6+ is unclear} 23.
Bxg6+ ({White has a forced draw at this point:} 23. Rg1 Bc8 24. Rxg6 Bxe6 25.
Rg7+ {draw by perpetual check}) 23... Kh8 (23... Kxg6 $2 24. f7+ Qf6 25. Rg1+ {
winning}) 24. f7 $1 Bc8 $1 (24... Bd5 25. Bc3+ Qxc3 26. Rxd5 Qg7 27. Rxd6 Rxd6
28. Qxd6 Rc8 29. f4 Qf8 30. Qe5+ Qg7 31. Qe8+ Qf8 32. f5 Rd8 33. f6 h5 34. h4
Rc8 35. b4 Rd8 36. c4 {and White's pawns decide the matter}) (24... Qxd1+ 25.
Ka2 {and Black has no defense against double threat 26.Bc3+ and 26.Qf6+}) 25.
Qe1 Kg7 (25... Be7 26. Qxe7 Qxd1+ 27. Ka2 {wins}) 26. Be4 Qf6 $1 (26... Qh5 $2
27. Bc3+ Kxf7 (27... Be5 28. Bf3 Rxd1+ 29. Bxd1 {wins}) 28. Bd5+ Kg6 29. Qe4+
Bf5 (29... Kg5 30. Rg1+ Bg4 31. f3 {and Black has no defense}) 30. Rg1+ {
winning}) 27. Qg1+ Kxf7 (27... Kh8 28. Bc3 Be5 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30. Bd5 $1 {
threatening 31.Qg8+} Be6 31. Bxe6 Qxe6 32. Qe1 Kg7 33. Bxe5+ Kxf7 34. f4 {
and White stays better}) 28. Bd5+ Be6 29. Bc3 Rg8 30. Bxf6 Rxg1 31. Rxg1 Kxf6
32. Bxe6 Kxe6 33. Rg6+ Kf5 34. Rxh6 Bc5 35. Rh7 Rd1+ 36. Ka2 Rd2 37. Rxa7 Rxc2
{White is fighting for a draw}) (22... Rf7 23. Rg1 g5 (23... Rdf8 24. Rxg6+ {
easy winning}) 24. Bc4 Qh5 (24... Rdf8 25. Qxd6 Qxf2 26. Rg3 {White is on top}
Qc5 27. Qf4 $1 Kh8 28. Qg4 Bd5 29. Bd3) 25. f4 Qg6 26. f5 Qh7 (26... Qh5 27. h4
g4 28. Rxg4+ Qxg4 29. Qxf7+ Kh8 30. Bg5 $1 {and mate follows}) 27. Re1 (27. h4
Bc8 28. hxg5 hxg5 (28... Bxe6 29. fxe6 hxg5 30. Rxg5+ Kh8 31. exf7 {winning})
29. Rxg5+ ({if} 29. Bxg5 Bxe6 30. fxe6 Rdf8 {and White has only draw after} 31.
Bh6+ Kh8 32. exf7 Rxf7 33. Bg7+ Rxg7 34. fxg7+ Qxg7 35. Rxg7 Kxg7) 29... Kh8 (
29... Kf8 30. Qd5 (30. Qxf7+ Qxf7 31. Bxf7 Kxf7 32. Bc3 Rg8 33. Rh5 Rg2 $10)
30... Rdd7 31. Rg6 Ke8 32. Bb5 $14) 30. Qxf7 {and the game is over}) 27... Bf8
28. Bb4 Bc8 29. Qe8 $1 {Unbelievable position of zugzwang! White is winning})
23. Rg1 Rc8 (23... Rxf6 24. Bc3) 24. Qxd6 Rxf6 (24... Qxf6 25. Rxg6 $1 Qxd6 26.
Rxd6 Rc6 27. Rd7 Bc8 28. Rxa7 {with advantage}) 25. Qe7 $1 Qxf2 26. Be3 Rf7 27.
Qe5+ Qf6 28. Qxf6+ Rxf6 29. Bd4 {winning}) 21... Bxh2 (21... Rfe8 $2 {Ftacnik}
22. h4 $16) 22. Rh1 (22. Bxf8 {Dolmatov} Bxg1 23. Be7 (23. Qxf3 {Ftacnik} Bxf3
24. Rxg1 Kxf8 25. Rg3 Bh5 $15) 23... Qxe2 24. Bxe2 Rxd1+ 25. Bxd1 Bxf2 $17) (
22. Bxg6 {Ftacnik} Rxd1+ 23. Qxd1 fxg6 $13) 22... Qxe2 23. Bxe2 Rxd1+ (23...
Bxh1 {Dolmatov} 24. Rxh1 Be5 25. Bg7 $18) 24. Rxd1 Rc8 25. f3 (25. Rd7 {Ftacnik
} Be4 $15) (25. Bg7 $5 {Ftacnik} Kh7 (25... g5 26. Rd7 Be4 (26... Bc6 27. Rxa7
Rd8 28. Bh5 (28. Bd3)) (26... Rc7 $2 27. Rd8+ Kh7 28. Bd3+) 27. Bd3 $1 (27. Bh5
Kh7 28. Rxf7 Rxc2 29. Rf8 Rxf2+ (29... Rc8+) 30. Kc1 Bf4+ 31. Kd1 Bf3+ 32. Bxf3
Rxf3) 27... Bxd3 28. Rxd3 {/\ Rh3} g4 (28... Rc4 29. Rd8+ Kh7 30. Rh8+ Kg6 31.
Rxh2) 29. Rd1 $18 {/\ Rh1}) (25... Be4 26. Ka2 $1 g5 (26... Bd5+ 27. c4 Rxc4
28. Bxc4 Bxc4+ 29. b3 Bd5 30. Rd3 $1 $18 {/\ Rh3}) 27. f3 Bh7 28. Rh1 Bg3 (
28... Bf4 29. Bd3) 29. Rh5 $1 $18 (29. Bd3 Bh4)) 26. f3 Rc5 27. c4 $18 {
/\ b4, Rd8; Rh1} (27. Rd7 Rc7)) (25. Ba6 $2 {Ftacnik} Bxa6 26. Rh1 Rc5 27. Rxh2
Rh5) 25... Bg3 26. Bg7 {threatening 27.Rh1} (26. Rh1 {Dolmatov} Rc5 27. Bg7 Rh5
28. Rd1 Rd5 29. Rh1 Rh5 $10) (26. Rd7 {Ftacnik} Rc7 27. Rd8+ Kh7 28. Bg7 Rc8
29. Rd1 Rc5 $8 (29... g5 30. Rd7 Rc7 31. Bd3+ Kg8 32. Rd8#) 30. c4 $1 {/\ b4,
Rd8; Rh1} a5 (30... Re5 31. Rd8) 31. b4 axb4 32. axb4 $18) 26... g5 27. Rd7 $6
{This natural move withdraws the Rook from the K-side. Correct was} (27. Bh6 $1
{and now} Bf4 $2 {fails. Correct is} (27... Kh7 28. Bxg5 Kg6 29. f4 Be4 30. Bd3
Bxd3 31. Rxd3 Bf2 32. Rd7 {White has some winning chances}) (27... Bh4 {
Dolmatov} 28. Rg1 Rc5 29. f4 Be4 30. Bd3 Bxd3 31. cxd3 Kh7 $15) 28. Rh1 Bg3 29.
Rh5 {and White is winning}) (27. Rh1 {Ftacnik} Bh4) 27... Bc6 28. Rxa7 Rd8 29.
a4 ({Perhaps better was} 29. Bh6 Bf4 30. Ra6 Be3 31. a4) (29. Ra6 {Ftacnik} Bc7
(29... Bf2 30. Ra7 Rd2 $5 (30... Bg3 $10) 31. Rc7 Rxe2 32. Rxc6 Kh7 $13) 30.
Bh6 Rd2 31. Bc4 Rg2 $15) (29. Ka2 $5 {Ftacnik} Rd2 $140 (29... Bd5+ 30. b3) 30.
Bd3 Bxf3 $2 31. Rd7 $18) 29... Be5 (29... Rd2 $2 {Dolmatov} 30. Bd3 Bd5 31. b3
(31. c4 {Ftacnik} Bxf3 (31... Rxd3 32. cxd5 exd5 $17) 32. Rd7 Rxd3 33. Rxd3 Be4
34. Kc2 g4 $17) 31... Be5 (31... Rd1+ 32. Kb2 Be5+ $19) 32. Kc1 Bf4 33. Kb2
Be5+ 34. Ka3) 30. a5 (30. Ra6 {Ftacnik} Rd2 31. Rxb6 (31. Bd3 Bd5) 31... Bd5
32. c4 Ba8 $13) 30... Rd2 $1 {Black's counterplay is quite sufficient;
moreover, White must give up his f-pawn, and Black g-pawn begins to run...} 31.
Bc4 (31. Bd3 {Dolmatov} Bd5 (31... bxa5 $6 32. Be4 $1 Bxe4 33. fxe4 g4 34. Rxa5
g3 (34... Bf4 35. Rh5) 35. Rxe5 g2 36. Rg5 Rd1+ 37. Ka2 g1=Q 38. Rxg1 Rxg1 39.
b4 $16) 32. c4 Bxf3 (32... Rxb2+ $1 {Ftacnik} 33. Kc1 Bc6 34. Be4 Bxe4 35. fxe4
g4 $17) (32... Rxd3 33. cxd5 Rxd5 34. a6 Ra5 35. b3 $13) 33. Bc2 (33. Rd7 Rxd3
34. Rxd3 Be4 35. Kc2 bxa5 36. Kd2 Bxd3 37. Kxd3 Bxb2 38. c5 Be5 $19) 33... bxa5
34. Rxa5 Re2 35. Rc5 (35. b4 $13) 35... Bb7) (31. axb6 {Ftacnik} Rxe2 32. b7
Re1+ 33. Ka2 Bd5+ $19 (33... Bd5+ 34. Ka3 Ra1+ 35. Kb4 Rxa7)) 31... b5 32. Bb3
(32. Ra6 {Ftacnik} Bxf3 33. Bxb5 Be4 34. Ba4 g4 $17) (32. Bd3 {Ftacnik} Bd5 $1)
32... Bxf3 33. Re7 (33. a6 {Ftacnik} g4 34. Bh6 Rd6) 33... Rd6 (33... g4 $2 {
Dolmatov} 34. Rxe6 fxe6 (34... Rd1+ {Ftacnik} 35. Ka2 fxe6 36. Bxe6+ Kh7 37.
Bf5+ Kg8 38. Be6+ $10) (34... Bxf6 35. Rxf6) 35. Bxe6+ Kh7 36. Bf5+ $10 (36.
Bf5+ Kg8 37. Be6+ $10)) 34. Re8+ Kh7 35. Bf8 (35. Rc8 {Ftacnik} Kg6 36. Rc5
Bxf6 37. Bxf6 Kxf6 38. Rxb5 g4 $17) 35... Rd1+ 36. Ka2 Bxf6 37. a6 (37. c4 {
Dolmatov} Rd2 38. cxb5 Bxb2 $17) 37... g4 {Suddenly, White realized that he
must stop the Black passed pawn. But how?!} 38. c4 (38. a7 {Ftacnik} g3 39. c4
(39. a8=Q Bxa8 40. Rxa8 g2 41. Bc5 Bd4) 39... Rc1 40. a8=Q Bxa8 41. Rxa8 g2 42.
Bc5 bxc4 43. Ba4 g1=Q 44. Bxg1 Rxg1 $19) 38... Rd2 39. cxb5 (39. a7 {Ftacnik}
bxc4 40. Bxc4 g3 41. a8=Q Bxa8 42. Rxa8 g2 43. Bc5 Bd4 $19) 39... g3 40. b6 (
40. Bc5 Bxb2 41. Rc8 Bd4+ (41... g2 42. Bg1 Bd4+ 43. Rc2 Bxg1 44. Rxd2 Bc5 45.
Rxg2 Bxg2 $19) 42. Ka3 g2 43. Bxd4 Rxd4 44. Rc1 Rh4 (44... Rd3 {Ftacnik} 45.
Kb4 Bd1 $19) 45. Rg1 Rh1 46. Rxg2 Bxg2 {and Black is winning}) 40... g2 41. Bc5
Bxb2 {and there is no defense against deadly discovered check! White resigns.
This was one of the most dramatic and complicated games of the tournament.} (
41... Bxb2 {Ftacnik} 42. Be3 Bd4+ 43. Bxd2 g1=Q 44. Ka3 Qa1+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1996.12.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "Kramnik,V"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1996.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik Dolmatov} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nge2 O-O 6. f3 c5
7. d5 e6 8. Ng3 exd5 9. cxd5 Nbd7 10. Be2 a6 11. a4 h5 12. Bg5 (12. O-O {
Ftacnik} h4 (12... Nh7 13. Be3 h4 14. Nh1 f5 15. Qd2 Qf6 16. f4 Re8 17. Nf2
Ndf8 18. e5 dxe5 19. fxe5 Qxe5 20. Bxc5 Nd7 21. Nd3 Qf6 22. Bf2 {Brunner,L-Xie
Jun (03)/Shanghai m/1995/0-1 (53)}) 13. Nh1 Nh5 14. Be3 g5 15. Qd2 Nf4 16. Bxf4
gxf4 17. Qxf4 Ne5 18. Qd2 Ng6 19. f4 Bd4+ 20. Nf2 f5 21. Kh1 Qe7 22. Bd3 Qg7
23. exf5 Bxf5 24. Bxf5 Rxf5 25. Nh3 Raf8 {Hansen,SuB-Mortensen,E/DEN-ch (04)/
1993/1/2-1/2 (49)}) 12... Qe8 (12... Qa5 13. Qd2 Re8 14. O-O c4 15. Be3 Ne5 16.
Nh1 Nfd7 17. f4 Nd3 18. Bxd3 cxd3 19. Nf2 Nc5 20. Bxc5 Qxc5 21. Kh1 Bd7 {
with mutual chances, Antonsen,M-Tseshkovsky,V/Politiken Copenhagen DEN 1996}) (
12... Qc7 {Dolmatov} 13. Qd2 Re8 (13... Nh7 {Ftacnik} 14. Bh6 Qd8 15. Bxg7 Kxg7
16. O-O Rb8 17. Rab1 Qa5 18. Rfd1 Qb4 19. Qc2 c4 20. Na2 Qc5+ 21. Kf1 b5 22.
axb5 axb5 23. b3 h4 24. Nh1 h3 25. bxc4 hxg2+ 26. Kxg2 Ne5 {Akhsharumova,A-Xie
Jun/Malaysia iztW (02)/1990/0-1 (57)}) (13... c4 14. O-O Rb8 15. Bh6 h4 16. Nh1
b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. Nf2 b4 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Na4 Nc5 21. Nxc5 Qxc5 {1/2-1/2
Christiansen,L-Fedorowicz,J/San Francisco (11)/1991/}) 14. O-O c4 15. Rab1 Rb8
16. Rfc1 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. b4 $13) (12... Qb6 $5 {Dolmatov} 13. Qd2 Nh7 14.
a5 Qc7 $132) 13. Qd2 Nh7 (13... Rb8 $5 {Dolmatov} 14. Bh6 Ne5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16.
f4 Neg4 17. h3 h4 (17... Nh6 18. Bf3 h4 19. Nge2 $16) 18. hxg4 hxg3 19. f5 Rh8
20. O-O-O $40) 14. Bh6 (14. Be3 {Ftacnik} f5 $36) 14... Qe5 (14... Bd4 {
Dolmatov} 15. Bxf8 Qxf8 16. Bd3 Qg7 17. Nge2 $16) (14... f5 {Ftacnik} 15. Bxg7
Kxg7 16. exf5 gxf5 17. O-O $14) 15. Bxg7 Qxg7 16. Nf1 (16. O-O h4 17. Nh1 Qd4+
(17... f5 {Ftacnik} 18. Nf2 b6 $10) 18. Qxd4 cxd4 19. Nb1 a5 (19... f5 20. Nf2
Nhf6 21. Rd1 $14) 20. Rd1 Nc5 {Black is better, Disconzi da Silva,R-Leitao,R/
ch-BRA, Americana 1996}) 16... f5 (16... Qd4 {Dolmatov} 17. Ne3 (17. Qxd4 cxd4
18. Nb1 Nc5 $132) 17... Qxd2+ 18. Kxd2 $16) (16... Rb8 {Dolmatov} 17. Ne3) 17.
exf5 gxf5 18. Ne3 Kh8 (18... Ne5 {Dolmatov} 19. f4 (19. O-O $2 f4 $132) 19...
Ng4 20. Nc4 Qc7 21. h3 Ngf6 22. a5 Bd7 23. O-O Rae8 24. Qd1 $16) (18... Rb8 $5
{Dolmatov} 19. O-O $6 (19. Nc4 Ne5 20. Nxe5 Qxe5 21. O-O) 19... Qd4 20. Rad1 f4
) (18... f4 $2 {Ftacnik} 19. Nc4 Qxg2 20. O-O-O $16) 19. Nc4 Qf6 (19... Qxg2 {
Dolmatov} 20. O-O-O Qg6 21. Qf4 $1 (21. Rhg1 Qf6 22. Qf4 (22. f4 b5 23. axb5 h4
$132) 22... Ne5) (21. Qf4 $1 {Ftacnik} Rf6 22. Rhg1 Qh6 23. Qxh6 Rxh6 24. Bd3
$14)) 20. O-O Rb8 (20... Ne5 {Dolmatov} 21. Nb6 (21. Nxe5 Qxe5 22. Rad1 Rg8 $13
) 21... Rb8 22. f4 Ng4 23. h3 (23. Bxg4 {Ftacnik} hxg4 24. Rae1 $14) 23... Qd4+
24. Qxd4+ cxd4 25. hxg4 dxc3 26. g5 cxb2 27. Rab1 $18) (20... Qd4+ $6 {Ftacnik}
21. Qxd4+ cxd4 22. Na2 $16) 21. Rfe1 b5 22. axb5 axb5 23. Na5 {Ftacnik: Black
has not only enough weak pawns b5,d6,f5,h5, but squares c6,e6 and f4 seem
ideal for white's penetration. Ftacnik: Schwarz leidet nicht nur an vielen
schwachen Bauern b5,d6,f5 und h5, auch die Felder c6,e6 und f4 sind ideal für
weiße Einbrüche.} b4 (23... c4 {Dolmatov} 24. Nc6 Rb6 25. b4 $16 (25. Ra5 $16 {
Ftacnik})) 24. Nb5 Ba6 (24... Rg8 {Ftacnik} 25. Nc6 (25. Na7 Ne5 26. N5c6 Qg7
27. g3 Ng5 $132) 25... Rb6 26. f4 $16) 25. Nc7 {is good for Black} Bxe2 26.
Rxe2 Rg8 (26... Ng5 {Ftacnik} 27. Nc6 Ne5 28. Nxe5 dxe5 29. Qe3 e4 30. Ra6 (30.
f4 Nf3+ 31. gxf3 Qg7+ 32. Rg2 Qxc7 33. Ra6 Rb6 34. Rxb6 Qxb6 35. Rg5 Rg8 36.
fxe4 Rxg5+ 37. fxg5 fxe4 38. Qxe4 $18) 30... Rb6 31. Rxb6 Qxb6 32. Qxg5 Qxc7
33. Qxh5+ Qh7 34. Qxh7+ Kxh7 35. fxe4 $18) 27. Nc6 Rbc8 (27... Ng5 {Ftacnik}
28. Kh1 Rbc8 29. Ne6 Ra8 30. Rae1 Ra2 31. Nf4 $16) 28. Ne6 Ra8 (28... Rg6 {
Dolmatov} 29. Ra7 $18) (28... Ng5 {Ftacnik} 29. Nxg5 Qxg5 30. Qxg5 Rxg5 31. Re6
$18) 29. Rae1 Ra2 30. Nf4 Qg5 (30... Ng5 {Ftacnik} 31. Kh1 Qh6 32. Ne7 $18) 31.
h4 (31. Ne7 $2 {Dolmatov} Ne5) 31... Qg3 (31... Qxh4 {Dolmatov} 32. Ne7 Qg5 33.
Nxg8 $18 (33. Nxg8 {Ftacnik} Ne5 34. Rxe5 dxe5 35. Rxe5 $16)) 32. Re6 (32. Nxh5
Qxh4 33. Nf4 Ng5 $1 {White manoeuvres into a promising position}) 32... Ndf6 (
32... Ndf8 {deserves attention} 33. Nd8 $5 {Here 'wild' complications begin:} (
33. Nxh5 Qxh4 34. Rh6 Ng6 $6) (33. Rxd6 Rg7 (33... Qxh4 34. Ne7 Rg5 35. Qe3 {
White is winning}) 34. Rd8 Qxh4 35. Ne6 Rg8 {with very complex play}) 33... Ng5
(33... Nxe6 {Ftacnik} 34. Nf7+ Kg7 35. Nxh5+ $18) 34. hxg5 Nxe6 35. Nf7+ (35.
Nfxe6 Kh7) 35... Kh7 $5 36. g6+ (36. Nxe6 {in White's favor} Rxb2 37. Qxb2
Qxe1+ 38. Kh2 c4 39. Qd4 {and White should win} (39. Nf4 Qh4+ (39... c3 40. Qc2
Qh4+ 41. Nh3 $1) 40. Nh3 c3 41. Qc2 Rg6 42. Qxf5 Qe1 43. Nxd6 {draw}) 39... h4
$6 40. Nxd6 Qg3+ 41. Kh1 h3 42. Qa7+ Kh8 43. Qd4+ Kh7 44. Qa7+) (36. dxe6 {
and Black has better chances} Rxb2 37. Nxh5 (37. Qxb2 {draw} Qxe1+ 38. Kh2 Qh4+
39. Nh3 d5) 37... Rxd2 38. Nxg3 b3 {draw}) 36... Rxg6 37. Nxg6 (37. dxe6 {wins}
Rxb2 38. Nxh5 Qxg2+ 39. Qxg2 Rbxg2+ (39... Rgxg2+ 40. Kh1 Rh2+ 41. Kg1 Rbg2+
42. Kf1) 40. Kh1 Rf2 41. e7 Rxf3 42. Nf6+ Kg7 43. Nh5+ Kh7 44. Nf6+) 37... Ng5
38. Nxg5+ Kxg6 39. Ne6 Rxb2 40. Nf4+ Kf7 41. Qe3 {and Black is winning}) (32...
Qxf3 $2 {Ftacnik} 33. Ng6+ Rxg6 34. Rxg6 $18) 33. Ne7 ({alternative is} 33.
Rxd6 Qxh4 34. Ne7 (34. Ne5 Nf8 35. Ne6 Kh7 36. Nf7 f4 {and Black can hold})
34... Nf8 35. Nfg6+ Nxg6 36. Rxf6 {wins}) 33... Rga8 $4 {a blunder in a bad
position} (33... Rg7) (33... c4 {Ftacnik} 34. Nxf5 Qxf3 35. Qd4 $18) 34. Nfg6+
{34... Kg7 35. Nxf5+ wins} (34. Nfg6+ {Ftacnik} Kg7 35. Nxf5+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1996.12.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "Shamkovich,L"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "1996.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Qe2 c5 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nf3 (9. Bg5 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qc7 11. O-O-O O-O 12. Nf3 b6 13. Ne5
Bb7 14. f4 {White is slightly better, Polgar,J-Ehlvest,J/It Vienna AUT 1996})
9... Qc7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bg5 b6 12. Ne5 (12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Qe4 (13. b4 Bd6 (
13... Bxb4 $4 14. Qe4 f5 15. Qxb4)) 13... f5 14. Qxa8 Bb7 15. Qxf8+ (15. Qxa7
b5) 15... Kxf8 $17) 12... Bb7 13. Bxf6 (13. Rae1 Rfd8 14. Ng4 $6 Qc6 15. Ne3
Bd4) 13... gxf6 {[#]} 14. Bxh7+ {The simpliest way to draw The simpliest way
to draw here.} (14. Qh5 f5 15. Rae1 f6 16. Nf3 Qf7 17. Qxf7+ Kxf7 18. Bc4 Rfe8
19. Nh4 Be4) 14... Kxh7 15. Qh5+ {Perpetual} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1996.12.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "Shamkovich,L"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1996.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Dolmatov} Nf6 {Alekhine Defense - rarely met in Ivanchuk's practice} 2.
e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 c6 6. O-O Bg7 7. h3 (7. exd6 $5 {Dolmatov}
Qxd6 8. Nbd2 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Nxf3 Nd7 11. Bb3 O-O 12. Re1 e6 13. Bg5 b5 14.
a4 b4 15. Qd2 a5 16. Rad1 Rfe8 17. Bh6 $14 {Christiansen,L-Vaganian,R/New York/
1990/}) 7... O-O 8. exd6 {Probably the best continuation because e5-pawn can
become a weakness. Now White has a small, but constant advantage.} (8. Bg5 dxe5
9. dxe5 Be6 10. Bb3 Nd7 11. Re1 Nc7 12. Nc3 h6 13. Bf4 Nc5 14. Qe2 Bxb3 15.
axb3 N7e6 16. Qe3 Nxf4 {1/2-1/2 Einarsson,E-Werner,B/op Reykjavik ICE 1996}) (
8. c3 Nb6 9. Bb3 dxe5 10. dxe5 N8d7 11. e6 fxe6 12. Qe2 Nc5 13. Bc2 e5 14. Ng5
Bf5 15. Rd1 Qc8 16. Be3 Ne6 17. Bxb6 Bxc2 18. Qxc2 Nxg5 19. Be3 Nxh3+ 20. gxh3
Qxh3 21. Qe4 Rf4 22. Bxf4 Qg4+ 23. Kh2 Qh4+ {1/2-1/2 Roevekamp,F-Ziegler,P/BL
1984}) (8. Re1 a5 $6 9. a4 Na6 10. Bg5 Be6 11. Nbd2 Ndc7 12. exd6 Qxd6 13. c3 {
White is better, Matthey,P-Dive,R/London Lloyds 1994}) 8... exd6 (8... Qxd6 $14
) 9. Re1 Nc7 (9... Nd7 $5 {Dolmatov} 10. Bg5 N7f6 11. Qd2 Be6 12. Bb3 b5 $10)
10. Bg5 Bf6 11. Bh6 Re8 12. Rxe8+ Nxe8 (12... Qxe8 $5 {Dolmatov} 13. Bf4 Qd8
14. Bb3 d5 15. c4 Be6 16. Bxc7 Qxc7 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Nc3 $14) 13. Bb3 $5 (13.
Nc3 d5 14. Bd3 Nd6 (14... Ng7 15. Ne2 $5 (15. Qd2 Nf5 16. Re1 Nxh6 (16... Nxd4
17. Nxd4 Bxd4 18. Nxd5 $1 cxd5 19. Bb5 $18) 17. Qxh6 Bg7 $13) 15... Nf5 (15...
Bf5 $2 16. Bxg7 $16) 16. Bf4 $13) 15. Bf4 Nf5 16. Ne2 Qb6 17. Rb1 Nxd4 18.
Nexd4 Bxd4 19. Nxd4 (19. Qe2 Be6 20. Nxd4 Qxd4 21. Be5 Qb6 $13) 19... Qxd4 20.
Qf3 $44) 13... d5 14. c4 dxc4 (14... Be6 $5 {Dolmatov} 15. cxd5 cxd5 (15...
Bxd5 $6 16. Nc3 Bxb3 (16... Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Qxd4 18. Rd1 $18) 17. Qxb3 $36) 16.
Nc3 (16. Ne5 Nd6 17. Nc3 Nf5 18. Bf4 Nc6 19. Nxc6 bxc6 20. Ne2 Qb6 $132) 16...
Nc6 $10) 15. Bxc4 Nd6 16. Bb3 Nf5 17. Qd2 $5 Nd7 ({In case of} 17... Nxd4 18.
Nxd4 Qxd4 19. Qe1 $1 (19. Qxd4 {Dolmatov} Bxd4 20. Nc3 Nd7 21. Re1 Ne5 22. Re4
c5 23. Be3 $44) 19... Bd7 (19... Qe5 20. Nc3 Bf5 21. Qxe5 Bxe5 22. g4 Be6 23.
Rd1 Na6 24. Bxe6 fxe6 25. Ne4 $36) 20. Nc3 Qh4 21. Ne4 $1 {White has a
dangerous initiative}) (17... Bxd4 $6 18. Bg5 Qd6 19. Nc3 Bg7 20. Qxd6 Nxd6 21.
Rd1 Bf8 22. Bf4 $36) 18. Nc3 Nxh6 19. Qxh6 Nf8 (19... Nb6 {Dolmatov} 20. Ne5 (
20. Ne4 Bg7 21. Qf4 Nd5 $10) 20... Nd5) 20. Rd1 Be6 21. d5 cxd5 22. Nxd5 Rc8 (
22... Bxb2 $5 {Dolmatov} 23. Qd2 (23. Nf4 Qe7 24. Nxe6 Nxe6 25. Bxe6 fxe6 $15)
(23. Qf4 Qb8 $6 (23... Qa5 24. Ne5 $44) (23... Bxd5 $5 24. Rxd5 $44) 24. Nc7
Bxb3 25. axb3 Ne6 26. Nxe6 fxe6 27. Qe4 Qe8 (27... Qc8 28. Ng5) 28. Qxb7 Rd8
29. Re1 $5 $36 (29. Rxd8 Qxd8 30. g3 $16 (30. Qxa7 $6 Qd1+ 31. Kh2 Qxb3 32. Ng5
$2 Be5+ 33. g3 Bxg3+ $1))) 23... Bf6 (23... Bg7 24. Qb4 $44) 24. Qf4 Bxd5 25.
Bxd5 Ne6 $13) 23. Qe3 b6 24. Ne5 Rc5 25. Ng4 Bxg4 ({After} 25... Bxb2 $5 26.
Ndf6+ Bxf6 27. Rxd8 Bxd8 28. Ne5 {the play is unclear} (28. Qd4 {Dolmatov} Rc1+
29. Kh2 Bc7+ 30. g3 Bxg4 31. hxg4 $16)) 26. hxg4 Kg7 27. f4 h6 (27... Bxb2 28.
g5 {is quite unpleasant for Black} (28. g5 {Dolmatov} Qc8 (28... Ne6 29. Qe2
Ba1 30. Rxa1 Rxd5 31. Bxd5 Qxd5 32. Rd1 Qc5+ 33. Kh2 $16) 29. Qe2 Bc3 30. Nxc3
Rxc3 31. Qe5+ Kg8 32. Qf6 $16) (28. Nc3 $6 Qc8 (28... Qc7 29. Na4 Ba3) 29. Na4
Ba3 $13)) 28. f5 g5 (28... Bxb2 {Dolmatov} 29. Qf2 (29. f6+ $1 Bxf6 30. Nxf6
Qxf6 31. Rf1 Re5 32. Qd2 $18) 29... Be5 30. fxg6 fxg6 31. Nxb6 $16) 29. Qe2 (
29. Kh1 Bxb2 30. Qe2 Bf6 31. Nf4 Qxd1+ (31... Qe7 $2 32. Nh5+ Kg8 33. Qxe7 Bxe7
34. f6 $18) 32. Qxd1 gxf4 $13) 29... Nh7 $2 ({It was necessary to control
d7-square, so} 29... Rc8 {is better. Now White is gaining some material}) (
29... a5 30. a4 $5 {x b6}) (29... Qd6 30. Qe8 Qd8 (30... Bxb2 31. f6+ $18) 31.
Nxf6 Qxf6 32. Rd8 $18) (29... Rc8 $142 30. Qa6 (30. Kh1 Qd6) 30... Bxb2 31.
Qxa7 Rc1 (31... Nd7 32. Nf4 $5) 32. Rxc1 Bxc1 33. Nf4 $5 Be3+ (33... Qe8 34.
f6+ $1 $16 {/\ Qe7}) (33... Qd7 34. Nh5+ Kh8 35. Qxb6 $18) (33... Qd4+ 34. Kh1
Nd7 35. Nh5+ Kf8 36. Qc7 $16) 34. Kh1 Qd7 35. Nh5+ Kh8 36. Qb8 Qe7 37. Bxf7 Bd4
(37... Qxf7 38. Qe5+) 38. Be6 $14) 30. Nxf6 Qxf6 31. Rd7 Re5 32. Rxf7+ Qxf7 33.
Qxe5+ Qf6 34. Qc7+ Kh8 35. Kh1 $1 (35. Qb8+ Qf8 36. Qxa7 Qc5+ 37. Kh2 Nf6 {
with counterplay}) 35... a5 36. Be6 $138 (36. Be6 Nf8 37. Qxb6 Nxe6 38. Qxe6 $1
Qxe6 39. fxe6 Kg7 40. Kh2 Kf6 41. Kg3 Kxe6 42. Kf3 Ke5 43. Ke3 Kd5 44. b3 Ke5
45. a3 Kd5 46. b4 a4 47. Kd3 Ke5 48. Kc4 {wins}) 1-0

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1996.12.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1996.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Qa4+ c6 (4... Nd7 5. e4 c5 6. Bxc4 cxd4 7.
Nxd4 Qb6 $5 8. Nb3 Bd6 9. Be3 Qc7 10. Nc3 a6 11. Rc1 {White is slightly better,
Piket,J-Lautier,J/Match, Monaco 1996}) 5. Qxc4 Nf6 6. Bg5 $146 (6. g3 Nbd7 (
6... a6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. Nc3 b5 9. Qb3 O-O 10. O-O Bb7 11. Rd1 Nbd7 12. Ne5 Rc8
13. a4 Qc7 14. Bf4 Qb6 15. a5 Qa7 16. Bh3 c5 17. Nxd7 Nxd7 18. d5 c4 19. Qc2
Bxd5 20. Nxd5 exd5 21. Rxd5 Nf6 22. Be3 $14 {0-1 Nemeth,M-Kiss,F/Budapest FS02
IMW 1994 (34)}) 7. Bg2 e5 $6 8. dxe5 Nxe5 $4 9. Nxe5 Qa5+ 10. Nc3 Qxe5 11.
Bxc6+ Bd7 12. Bxb7 (12. Bf4 $18) 12... Rd8 13. Bf4 Qf5 14. Bc7 Bc5 15. O-O O-O
16. Bxd8 {1-0 Ilivitsky G-Aronin L/Ch URS, Moscow 1952 (21)}) 6... Be7 7. e3 (
7. Nc3 $5) 7... O-O 8. Be2 Qa5+ 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. O-O e5 {After this standard
continuation the play is approximately even} 11. Ne4 $5 (11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Ne4
exd4 (12... Be7 13. Rfd1 Nb6 14. Qc2 f5 15. Ned2 e4 16. Nc4 Qb4 17. Nxb6 (17.
a3 Qa4 18. b3 Qb5 19. Nxb6 Qxb6 20. Bc4+ Kh8 21. Ne5 Qc7 22. Nf7+ Kg8 23. Ne5+
$11)) 13. Nxd4 (13. Nxf6+ Nxf6 14. Nxd4 Qb6 15. Qc2 Re8 16. Rfd1 Bg4 $11) 13...
Be5 14. Rfd1 $11) (11. Rfd1 exd4 12. Qxd4 Rd8 13. Rac1 (13. e4 $6 Nc5 14. b4 (
14. Qe3 Ne6 15. Rxd8+ Bxd8 16. Rd1 Bb6 17. Qd2 Nxg5 18. Nxg5 Bg4 $17) (14. Qe5
Be6 15. Nd4 Bd6 $6 (15... Nfd7 16. Qg3 Bxg5 17. Qxg5 Qb6 18. Rd2 h6 19. Qh4 Ne5
20. Rad1 Ng6 21. Qg3 Bxa2 $1 22. Bh5 (22. Nxa2 Nxe4 23. Qe3 Nxd2 24. Rxd2 c5
25. Nf3 (25. Nb5 Rxd2 26. Qxd2 Rd8 27. Qc2 Nf4 28. Bf1 a6 29. Nbc3 Qe6 $17 (
29... Qd6 30. Ne4 Qg6 (30... Qd1 31. Qxd1 Rxd1 32. Nac3 $14) 31. f3 $15)))
22... Kh7 23. e5 (23. b4 $6 Nb3 $17) (23. Nxa2 $2 Nxe4 24. Bxg6+ fxg6 25. Qf4
Nxd2 26. Rxd2 c5 27. Nf3 Qxb2 $19) 23... Bc4 $15) 16. Nxc6 Qc7 (16... Bxe5 17.
Nxa5 Rxd1+ 18. Nxd1 Nfxe4 19. Be3 $11) 17. Rxd6 Rxd6 18. Nb5 Qxc6 19. Nxd6
Nfxe4 20. Nxe4 Qxe4 21. Qxe4 Nxe4 22. Be3 $14) 14... Rxd4 15. bxa5 Rxd1+ 16.
Rxd1 h6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. e5 Be7 19. Nd4 Ne6 20. Nxe6 Bxe6 21. Rb1 Rb8 22. Bf3
Bg5 $17) 13... Nc5 14. Qh4 Be6 15. Nd4 (15. b4 Rxd1+ 16. Rxd1 Qa3 17. bxc5 Qxc3
18. Bd3 h6 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Qe4 g6 $17) 15... h6 16. Nxe6 Nxe6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6
$11) 11... exd4 (11... Nxe4 12. Bxe7 Re8 13. Bb4 Qb6 14. Rad1 {White's
position is preferable}) 12. Qxd4 Qb6 13. Rfd1 Re8 (13... h6 14. Bh4 c5 15. Qd3
Rd8 16. Qc2 g5 17. Bxg5 hxg5 18. Nexg5 {[%cal Ge2c4]} Rf8 19. Bc4 {[%cal Gc2g6]
} Kg7 20. Bxf7 $1 Rxf7 21. Rxd7 $3 Bxd7 22. Ne5 Be6 (22... Kf8 23. Ngxf7 $1 (
23. Qg6 $2 Rg7 $1 (23... Be6 24. Nexf7 $16) 24. Nxd7+ Kg8 (24... Nxd7 25. Ne6+
$18) 25. Qxg7+ (25. Nxb6 Rxg6 26. Nxa8 Rxg5 $15) 25... Kxg7 26. Nxb6 axb6 $15)
23... Qe6 24. Qg6 Ng4 (24... Ba4 25. b3 Bb5 26. Rd1 $18) 25. Nxd7+ Qxd7 26. Ng5
Bxg5 $8 27. Qxg5 {[%csl Rg4][%cal Gh2h3]} Re8 28. Qxc5+ $16) 23. Qg6+ Kf8 24.
Nexf7 $16) 14. Rac1 (14. Qxb6 axb6 15. Nd6 Bxd6 16. Rxd6 Ne4 17. Rdd1 Nxg5 18.
Nxg5 Ne5 $11) 14... h6 15. Bh4 Qxd4 (15... Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Qxb2 17. Bd3 $1 (17.
Bxe7 Qxe2) (17. Rc2 Qb4) 17... Kf8 18. Bxe7+ Rxe7 19. Qh7 $16 {[%csl Rf8]}) 16.
Rxd4 Nxe4 17. Rxe4 Kf8 (17... g5 18. Bg3 Nf6 19. Rd4 Be6 20. a3 Rad8 $11) 18.
a3 Nf6 19. Re5 g5 20. Bg3 Nh5 21. Nd4 Nxg3 22. hxg3 Rd8 {Black equalized} 23.
g4 Bf6 (23... c5 $5 24. Nf5 $1 (24. Rexc5 Bxc5 25. Rxc5 b6 $6 (25... Kg7 26.
Bf3 Kf6 27. Kh2 a5 28. Rc7 (28. Kg3) 28... Rd7 29. Rc5 a4 $15) 26. Rc7 Bd7 27.
Bf3 Rac8 28. Rxa7 Rc1+ 29. Kh2 $14) 24... Bf6 (24... Bxf5 25. Rxf5 Rd2 26. Bc4
f6 27. b3 Rad8 28. e4 $11) 25. Rexc5 Bxb2 26. R1c2 Bxa3 27. Rc7 Rb8 28. Ra2
Bxf5 29. Rxa3 Rd7 30. Rc5 Be6 31. Rxa7 Kg7 32. f3 b6 33. Rxd7 bxc5 34. Rc7 Rc8
(34... Rb2 35. Ba6 (35. Kf1 c4 36. Ke1 Kf6 37. Kd1 Ke5 38. Bxc4 Kd6 39. Bxe6
Kxc7 40. Bxf7 Rxg2 $11) 35... c4 36. Bc8 Bxc8 37. Rxc8 Rc2 38. Rc6 $11) 35.
Rxc8 Bxc8 36. Kf2 Kf6 37. e4 Ke5 38. Ke3 Be6 39. g3 f6 40. f4+ Kd6 41. Kd3 Kc6
42. Kc3 Kb6 43. Bd1 Kb5 44. Be2+ c4 45. Bf1 Kc5 46. Be2 $11) 24. Re4 Rd6 25.
Rc2 a5 26. Nf5 Bxf5 27. gxf5 Rad8 28. Rec4 Rd2 29. b3 Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1996.12.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "Kramnik,V"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1996.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Dolmatov Hecht} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qh4
Nxc3 7. dxc3 (7. Qd4 $5 f6 8. Qxc3 Nc6 9. e4 e5 10. a3 Qe7 11. Bc4 O-O-O 12.
O-O {with mutual chances, Rahman-Isaev, 32 Chess Ol, Yerevan 1996}) 7... e5 (
7... Nc6 {Dolmatov} 8. g3 e5 9. Bg5 Be7 10. O-O-O h6 11. Bh3 Bxg5+ 12. Nxg5
Qxg5+ 13. Qxg5 hxg5 14. Bxd7+ Ke7 15. Rd5 $14) 8. Bg5 Be7 9. e4 Nc6 10. Bc4 h6
11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Qg3 (12. Qxe7+ Kxe7 {Endgame is even, Skomorokhin,R-Huzman,A,
1996}) (12. O-O-O {Dolmatov} Qxh4 13. Nxh4 Rd8 14. Bd5 Ke7 15. Nf3 Kf6 16. Rd3
Be8 17. Rhd1 b6 18. b4 Nb8 19. Kb2 Bb5 20. R3d2 Ba4 $10 {Kramnik,V-Yudasin,L/
Wijk aan Zee/1995/}) 12... O-O-O (12... O-O $4 13. Qxg6+) 13. O-O (13. Bd5 h5
14. h4 Rde8 15. O-O-O Nd8 16. Rd2 Qf6 17. Ng5 c6 18. Bb3 Ne6 19. Qe3 a6 20.
Rhd1 Rd8 21. Rd6 Qe7 22. Bxe6 Bxe6 23. Qc5 Rxd6 24. Rxd6 Qf6 25. g3 {Vera,
R-Gonzalez Diaz,D/Aceimar op 1995/1-0 (64)}) 13... Qf6 (13... g5 {Dolmatov} 14.
Rfd1 f6 15. Nd2 Be6 16. Qf3 Rd6 17. b3 $14 a5 $6 18. Bxe6+ Qxe6 19. Nc4 Rxd1+
20. Rxd1 $16 {1/2-1/2 Kharitonov,A-Yandemirov,V/Kolontaevo/1994 (38) ><f5, a5})
(13... Be6 $2 {Dolmatov} 14. Bb5) (13... Rhe8 $5 {Dolmatov} 14. Rad1 Na5 15.
Be2 (15. Bd5 c6 16. Bb3 Nxb3 17. axb3 g5 18. Nd2 f6 19. Qe3 Kb8 20. Ra1 b6 21.
Nc4 Be6 $10) 15... f5 16. Qxg6 Rg8 17. Qxh6 fxe4 $132) (13... g5 $142 {/\
f7-f6, Bd7-e6}) (13... Rde8 $5 14. Rad1 Nd8 15. Rfe1 $14) (13... h5 14. b4 h4
15. Qg5 f6 16. Qe3 Kb8 17. Bd5 Rde8 18. Nd2 f5 19. exf5 gxf5 20. f4 Qg7 21. Nb3
Nd8 22. Nc5 Bc8 23. fxe5 Rxe5 24. Qd4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Wilhelmi,C-Vogel,R/BL2-N
9596/1996/ (44)}) 14. Rad1 Rhe8 (14... Be6 $2 15. Bd5) 15. Bd5 $1 Re7 {/\ Qf4}
16. Nd2 Qf4 17. Nc4 (17. Qd3 Bg4 18. f3 Be6 19. Nb3 Bxd5 20. exd5 Red7) 17...
Bg4 (17... Qxg3 {Dolmatov} 18. fxg3 $5 (18. hxg3 h5 19. f4 $14) 18... Rf8 (
18... Be6 19. Rf6 Bxd5 20. exd5 e4 $1 $14) 19. Rf6 Nd8 20. Rdf1 $16) (17... Be6
$1 18. Bxe6+ (18. Rd2 Bxd5 19. Qxf4 exf4 20. exd5 Ne5 $10) 18... Rxe6 19. Rxd8+
Nxd8 20. Qd3 $14) 18. Rd2 (18. f3 Qxg3 19. hxg3 Be6 20. Bxe6+ Rxe6 21. Rxd8+ (
21. g4 Rh8 $5 {/\ h6-h5}) 21... Nxd8 22. g4 {><h6} f6 23. Kf2) 18... Red7 (
18... Kb8) 19. f3 Qxg3 (19... Be6 $2 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. Rxd7 Rxd7 22. Qxg6 $18)
20. hxg3 Be6 {Trotz der symmetrischen Bauernstruktur steht Weiß besser.} 21.
Rfd1 (21. Bxe6 {Dolmatov} fxe6 22. Rxd7 Rxd7 23. g4 (23. f4 $16) 23... b5 24.
Ne3 Rd2 25. Rf2 Rxf2 26. Kxf2 g5) 21... h5 (21... a5 22. a4 Bxd5 23. exd5 Ne7
24. Nxe5 Rxd5 25. Rxd5 Rxd5 26. Rxd5 Nxd5 27. Nxf7 $16) (21... Bxd5 22. exd5
Ne7 23. Nxe5 Rxd5 24. Rxd5 Rxd5 25. Rxd5 Nxd5 26. Nxf7 $16) 22. a3 {White
stays better} (22. Bxc6 {Dolmatov} Rxd2 23. Rxd2 Rxd2 24. Bxb7+ Kxb7 25. Nxd2
Bxa2 26. b3 $2 a5 $10) 22... Kb8 23. Kf2 a6 {><a6} (23... Re7 {Dolmatov} 24.
Bxc6 Rxd2+ 25. Rxd2 $18 (25. Rxd2 bxc6 26. Na5)) (23... Kc8 $5 24. Bxc6 $140
Rxd2+ 25. Rxd2 Rxd2+ 26. Nxd2 bxc6 27. f4 exf4 28. gxf4 Kd7 $14) 24. Bxc6 (24.
Ke3 $6 {Dolmatov} Re7 25. Bxc6 Rxd2 26. Rxd2 Bxc4 27. Rd8+ Ka7 28. Bd5 $14) (
24. Bxe6 Rxd2+ 25. Rxd2 Rxd2+ 26. Nxd2 fxe6 27. f4 $16 Kc8 28. Nf3 Kd7 $1 29.
Nh4 Ne7) 24... Rxd2+ 25. Rxd2 Rxd2+ 26. Nxd2 bxc6 {[#] Hecht starker Springer
bei schlechter schwarzer Bauernstruktur.} 27. f4 $1 {Dolmatov: Black cannot
protect his King-side. It is obvious that White Knight is clearly better than
Black Bishop, and Kramnik demonstrates an excellent technique} exf4 (27... Kc8
{Dolmatov} 28. fxe5 Kd7 29. Ke3 Ke7 30. Kf4 $18) (27... f6 28. fxe5 fxe5 29.
Nf3 $16) 28. gxf4 Kc8 (28... f6 29. Kg3 g5 30. fxg5 fxg5 31. Nf3 g4 32. Nd4 $16
) (28... h4 29. Nf3 h3 30. gxh3 Bxh3 31. Ng5 Be6 32. Nxe6 fxe6 33. Kg3 $18) 29.
Kg3 (29. Ke3) 29... Kd7 30. Kh4 f6 (30... Kd6 31. Kg5 Ba2 32. Kf6 $16) 31. e5
$1 fxe5 (31... Ke7 $5 {Dolmatov} 32. g3 (32. Ne4 fxe5 33. fxe5 Bd5 34. Nc5 Bxg2
35. Nxa6 (35. Kg5 Bf1 (35... Bh3 36. Kxg6 Bg4 37. Kg5) 36. a4 Be2 (36... a5 37.
b4 axb4 38. cxb4 $18) 37. a5 Bf1 (37... Bg4 38. Nxa6 Ke6 39. Nc5+ $18) 38. b3
Be2 39. c4 Bd1 40. b4 Be2 41. Nxa6 Bxc4 42. Nc5 $18) 35... Ke6 $10) 32... Bd5
33. c4 Bg2 34. exf6+ Kxf6 35. Nb3 Bf1 36. Na5 Be2 37. b3 Bd1) (31... f5 32. Kg5
Bf7 33. Kf6 Be8 34. Nf3 $18) 32. fxe5 Bd5 (32... Bf5 33. Nb3 $1 (33. Kg5 Ke6
34. Kf4 c5 35. g3 Bc2 $14) 33... Ke6 34. Nc5+ Kxe5 35. Nxa6 $16) 33. g3 Ke6 34.
Kg5 Kxe5 (34... Kf7 $5 {Dolmatov} 35. Nf1 Be4 36. Kf4 Bf5 37. Nd2 Ke6 38. Nf3
Kd5 39. Nd4) (34... Kf7 $142) 35. Kxg6 h4 (35... c5 36. b3 a5 37. Kxh5 $18) 36.
gxh4 Kf4 37. h5 {White is winning} Ke3 38. c4 $1 Bg2 (38... Be6 39. h6 Kxd2 40.
h7 $18) (38... Bg8 39. h6 Kxd2 40. Kg7 $18) 39. Nb3 (39. h6 $4 Kxd2 40. h7 Be4+
) 39... Bf1 40. h6 (40. Na5 {Dolmatov} Bd3+ 41. Kg7 c5 42. h6 Kd2 43. Nc6 Kc2
44. Ne5 $18) 40... Bxc4 41. Nc5 (41. h7 $2 Bd3+ 42. Kg7 Bxh7 43. Kxh7 Kd3 44.
Nc5+ Kc2 45. b3 Kb2 46. a4 Ka3 $132) 41... Ba2 42. Kg7 Bb1 43. Nxa6 (43. Ne6 {
/\ Ne6-f8-g6+-}) 43... Kd4 (43... Kd2 44. a4 Kc1 45. a5 Kxb2 46. Nc5 $18) 44.
Nxc7 Kc4 45. Ne6 (45. a4 Kb4 46. b3 $18) 45... Kb3 46. Nd4+ (46. h7 {Dolmatov}
Bxh7 47. Kxh7 Kxb2 48. a4 $18) 46... Kxb2 47. Nxc6 (47. Nxc6 {Dolmatov} Kxa3
48. Ne5 Kb4 49. Ng6 Bxg6 50. Kxg6) (47. a4 c5 48. Nb5 Kb3 49. a5 Kb4 50. a6
Kxb5 51. a7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1996.12.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "Shamkovich,L"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1996.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 {
Alternate lines are 6... e5 and 6... Ng4 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 g5. Black is ready to
play the regular Scheveningen after 6. Be2} 7. g4 $5 {Ivanchuk demonstrates
his fighting spirit} h6 8. f4 b5 $5 (8... e5 9. Nf5 g6 10. fxe5 dxe5 11. g5 $1
{is in White's favor}) (8... Qc7 {Ftacnik} 9. g5 hxg5 10. fxg5 Nfd7 11. g6 Ne5
12. gxf7+ Nxf7 13. Qe2 Nc6 14. O-O-O Bd7 15. Qc4 Nfd8 16. h4 Rc8 17. Qe2 Be7
18. Qg2 Bf6 19. h5 Ne5 20. h6 gxh6 21. Rxh6 Rxh6 22. Qg8+ Ke7 23. Nf5+ exf5 24.
Nd5# {1-0 Mironov,S-Popov,A/Bankia op (08) 1990}) (8... Nc6 {Ftacnik} 9. Qf3 (
9. h3 Qc7 (9... d5 $5 10. e5 Nd7 11. Qe2 Qh4+ $1 12. Kd2 Bc5 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14.
Bxc5 Nxc5 15. Qe3 Qe7 16. Rd1 Rb8 17. Kc1 a5 $15 {Shirov,A-Salov,V/Moscow/1992/
0|1/44/}) (9... Bd7 10. Qe2 Be7 11. Bg2 Qc7 12. O-O Nxd4 13. Bxd4 e5 14. Be3
exf4 15. Rxf4 Be6 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 O-O $10 {Balashov,Y-Psakhis,L/
Sverdlovsk/1987/0,5/31/}) 10. Qe2 Bd7 $5 (10... e5 $5 11. Nb3 exf4 12. Bxf4 Be6
13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5+ Ne5 15. O-O-O Nfd7 16. Kb1 g6 17. Qd2 Bg7 18. Bd3 h5
$132 {Bologan,V-Novikov,I/Nikolaev/1995/0,5/42/}) 11. O-O-O (11. Bg2 b5 12. e5
$1) 11... b5 $5 12. Bg2 b4 13. Nd5 exd5 14. exd5 Nxd4 15. Bxd4+ Be7 16. g5 Bb5
17. Qe3 Rc8 18. Rd2 hxg5 19. fxg5 Nd7 20. Bxg7 Rg8 21. Re1 Ne5 22. Bxe5 dxe5
23. h4 Bd6 24. Be4 a5 25. h5 a4 26. g6 {1-0 Hracek,Z-Oll,L/Parnu-A (06)/1996/ 
(34)}) 9... Nxd4 10. Bxd4 e5 11. fxe5 dxe5 12. Bxe5 Nxg4 13. Bg3 Bb4 14. a3
Bxc3+ 15. Qxc3 O-O 16. Bd3 Qg5 17. Qd2 Ne5 18. Qxg5 Nxd3+ 19. cxd3 hxg5 20. Kd2
{Topalov,V-Kolev,At/Elenite (03)/1995/1-0 (54)}) (8... d5 {Ftacnik} 9. e5 Nfd7
10. Qd2 Nc6 11. O-O-O Qc7 12. Bd3 g5 13. Nf3 gxf4 14. Bxf4 Ndxe5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5
16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Bxe5 Bd6 18. Bxh8 Bf4 19. Rhe1+ Be6 20. Re3 d4 21. Bxd4 O-O-O
22. Bf5 Bxf5 23. gxf5 {1-0 Palac,M-Soln,P/Bled op (02)/1996/}) 9. Bg2 Bb7 10.
g5 $6 {This line is double-edged, but after defeat in the previous round,
Ivanchuk tries to create complications at any cost. It is nteresting to
mention that at the same time this variation was tested in the first round of
Groningen International.} (10. a3 Nbd7 11. O-O (11. g5 {Ftacnik} hxg5 12. fxg5
Nh5 13. g6 Ne5 14. gxf7+ Kxf7 15. O-O+ Nf6 16. Nf3 Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 Qc7 18. e5
dxe5 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. Qg4 Rc8 21. Ne4 Rc4 22. Ng5+ Kg6 23. Qg3 Nh5 {0-1
Shirov,A-Van Wely,L/Tilburg (07)/1996 (41)}) 11... g6 12. Qe2 e5 13. Nb3 exf4
14. Bxf4 Ne5 15. Rad1 Nfxg4 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 g5 18. Bg3 h5 19. Nd4 Bg7 20.
h3 h4 21. Be1 Nh6 22. Qh5 Nhg4 23. hxg4 Rxh5 24. gxh5 Ng4 25. Nc6 Qb6+ 26. Kh1
Kf8 27. Rd3 Re8 28. Rdf3 Kg8 29. Ba5 Qc5 30. Rxf7 Ne3 31. h6 Bxh6 32. Re7 Rf8
33. Rxf8+ Bxf8 34. Bb4 Qb6 35. Re6 Nxg2 36. Kxg2 Kh7 37. Re4 Qb7 38. Rg4 Qf7
39. Nd4 Qxd5+ 40. Nf3 Be7 {0-1 Shirov,A-Van Wely,L/Koop Tjuchem, Groningen NED
1996}) 10... hxg5 11. fxg5 b4 {The necessary counterblow; now White Knight is
distracted from center. After 11... Nh5 White is better.} 12. Na4 (12. gxf6 {
Ftacnik} bxc3 13. fxg7 Bxg7 14. bxc3 Bxe4 $1 $17) (12. Nd5 {Ftacnik} exd5 13.
gxf6 Qxf6 (13... dxe4 14. fxg7 Bxg7 15. Nf5 Be5 16. Bd4 $10) 14. exd5 Qe5 15.
Qe2 Be7 $15) 12... Nh5 (12... Nxe4 $6 13. Qg4 d5 14. O-O-O {with dangerous
attack} (14. Bxe4 {Ftacnik} dxe4 15. O-O-O $40 Nd7 (15... Qa5 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17.
Qxe6+ Be7 18. Qg6+ Kf8 19. Rhf1+ $18) 16. Nxe6 $16)) 13. O-O (13. Bf3 {Ftacnik}
g6 14. e5 d5 $15) (13. g6 $5 {Ftacnik} Nd7 (13... Qh4+ 14. Bf2 Qe7 15. gxf7+
Qxf7 16. Nb6 Nf4 17. Bf3 $14) 14. gxf7+ Kxf7 15. Qg4 Qe7 16. Rf1+ Nhf6 17. Qg3
$14) 13... Nd7 14. g6 ({Maybe} 14. c3 bxc3 (14... Ne5 15. cxb4 Nc4 16. Qe2 Nxe3
17. Qxe3 {with the threat 18.g6}) 15. g6 $1 {is more accurate}) 14... Nhf6 15.
c3 (15. gxf7+ {Ftacnik} Kxf7 16. Qg4 Qe7 17. Rad1 (17. e5 $6 Nxe5 18. Qxe6+
Qxe6 19. Nxe6 Bxg2 20. Ng5+ Kg6 21. Kxg2 Nd5 $17) 17... Ne5 $13) 15... Ne5 (
15... bxc3 $2 {Ftacnik} 16. gxf7+ Kxf7 17. Qb3 cxb2 18. Rab1 Rb8 19. Nxe6 Qc8
20. Ng5+ Kg6 21. Qf7+ Kh6 22. Rf3 $18) (15... Qe7 {Ftacnik} 16. Qb3 d5 17. exd5
Bxd5 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Rae1 $18) 16. gxf7+ Kxf7 17. cxb4 (17. Qb3 $5 {Ftacnik}
Qe7 18. Qxb4 Neg4 (18... Rh4 19. Nxe6 $1 Kxe6 20. Qb3+ d5 21. Bg5 $18) 19. Bf4
$16) 17... Rh4 $1 {Suddenly, Black Rook becomes very active. White must
consider both 18... Bxe4 and 18... Rg4} 18. Qb3 (18. Bf4 {Ftacnik} Rb8 19. b5
$16) 18... Qe8 {The critical position of the game} 19. Rac1 (19. Nc3 Rxh2 (
19... Rg4 20. h3 Rg3 21. Nf5 Rg6 22. Rad1 {with very complex play}) 20. Kxh2
Neg4+ 21. Kg1 Nxe3 22. Rf2 Nxg2 23. Kxg2 g5 {leads to complications with
unclear outcome}) (19. Bf4 Rc8 20. Bg3 Rh5 21. Nb6 Rc7) (19. Nc3 $16 {Ftacnik})
19... Bxe4 20. Rc7+ {Not a precise moves' order. Better was} (20. Bxe4 Rxe4 21.
Rc7+ (21. Nb6 Rb8 22. Nc4 Nxc4 23. Rxc4 Kg8 $10) (21. Bf2 Rg4+ 22. Kh1 Rf4 23.
Rc7+ Nfd7 24. Nc3 $10) 21... Kg8 (21... Ned7 22. Nb6 {and White is on top}) {
and if} 22. Nxe6 Rxe3 23. Qxe3 Qxe6 {the position is difficult to estimate})
20... Kg8 (20... Ned7 $2 {Ftacnik} 21. Bxe4 $1 (21. Nxe6 $6 Qxe6 22. Rxd7+ Be7
23. Bxe4 Rxe4 24. Qxe6+ Kxe6 25. Ra7 Rxa7 26. Bxa7 Rxb4 $10) 21... Rxe4 22. Nb6
Rd8 23. Nc6 Kg8 24. Nxd8 Qxd8 25. Rc8 $18) 21. Nxe6 (21. Qxe6+ $2 {Ftacnik}
Qxe6 22. Nxe6 Rg4 23. Rf2 Nd5 $19) 21... Rg4 $1 {The coldblooded reply!
Discovered checks are not dangerous for Black, for instance.} {Ivanchuk's hope
was the next move...} 22. Rxf6 $2 {Here 22... gxf6 fails to 23.Ng5+} (22. Nxg7+
Kh8 23. Nxe8 Rxg2+ {mating}) (22. Ng5+ Bd5 $1 $19) (22. Nxf8+ {Ftacnik} Bd5 $19
) (22. Rf2 $2 {Ftacnik} Bd5 $1 23. Qxd5 Nxd5 24. Rxf8+ Qxf8 25. Nxf8 Nxe3 $19)
(22. Nf4+ $142 {Ftacnik} d5 23. Nc3 (23. Nc5 Bxc5 24. bxc5 Nd3 25. h3 Rg5 $17)
23... Bxg2 24. Nxg2 Rxb4 $15) 22... Rxg2+ (22... gxf6 $4 23. Ng5+ $16) 23. Kf1
(23. Kh1 {Ftacnik} Rg3+ 24. Rf3 Bxf3#) 23... Qb5+ {Ivanchuk obviously
overlooked it.} (23... Qb5+ {Ftacnik} 24. Rc4 gxf6 $19 (24... Qxc4+ 25. Qxc4
Nxc4 $19)) 0-1

[Event "Linares 14th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.02.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1997.02.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 d5 6. a3 a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. b4
Ba7 (8... Bd6 9. Bb2 O-O $10) 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Bd3 (10. Be2 Qe7 11. O-O Rd8 12.
Qc2 d4 13. exd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Bxd4 15. Bf3 $14 {Gheorghiu,F-Parma,B/Ljubljana/
1969/}) 10... Qe7 (10... dxc4 11. Bxc4 Qe7 (11... b5 12. Bb3 $10 (12. Bd3)
12... Bb7 13. O-O Qxd1 14. Rfxd1 Rfd8 15. Rxd8+ Rxd8 16. Rd1 Rxd1+ 17. Nxd1 {
1/2-1/2 Razuvaev,Y-Tukmakov,V/URS-FL Ashkhabad 1978}) 12. O-O b5 13. Bd3 Bb7
14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Rac8 {1/2-1/2 Zaltsman,V-Sosonko,G/Lone Pine op 1979})
11. O-O Rd8 12. Qe2 Bd7 13. Rac1 Rac8 14. cxd5 ({Another plan for the white
leads to the "Merano" type position(by changing colour)after} 14. c5 $5 {
/\15.e4d416.e5} e5 15. e4 d4 16. Nd5 Qe6 17. Bc4 $16) 14... exd5 15. h3 h6 16.
Rfd1 Be6 17. b5 (17. Na4 d4 $1 18. exd4 Bb3 19. Qxe7 Nxe7 20. Re1 Rxc1 21. Bxc1
Nc6 22. Nc5 Nxd4 23. Nxd4 Rxd4 $14 {\=}) 17... axb5 18. Nxb5 Bb8 19. Bb1 Ne4
$11 20. Ba2 Ng5 21. Nfd4 (21. Nbd4 $5 Qd6 22. Nxe6 fxe6 (22... Nxf3+ 23. Qxf3
fxe6 (23... Qh2+ $2 24. Kf1 fxe6 25. Qg4 $18) 24. g3 $14) 23. g3 Ne4 (23...
Nxh3+ 24. Kg2 Ng5 25. Nxg5 hxg5 26. e4 $36) 24. Bb1) 21... Nxd4 22. Bxd4 (22.
Nxd4 Qd6 23. f4 $11) 22... Ne4 23. a4 (23. Qh5 Rc6 24. Bb2 Rdc8 $132) (23. Qb2
Qg5 $40) 23... Rc6 $1 24. Ba7 $2 Rdc8 $1 25. Qb2 (25. Rxc6 bxc6 26. Bxb8 Rxb8
27. Nd4 (27. f3 Ng3 (27... cxb5 28. fxe4 dxe4 29. Bxe6 Qxe6 30. axb5 Qb3 $17)
28. Qf2 cxb5 29. Qxg3 Qa7 30. Qf4 bxa4 31. Rd4 Ra8 $17) 27... Qa3 28. Bb1 Nc3
29. Qc2 g6 $1 $17) (25. Qe1 Nxf2 $1 26. Rxc6 (26. Kxf2 Qh4+ 27. Kf3 Qe4+ 28.
Kf2 Qxa4 $1 $19) 26... bxc6 27. Bxb8 (27. Qxf2 Bxa7 $19) 27... Nxd1 28. Na7
Rxb8 29. Nxc6 Qd6 30. Nxb8 Nb2 $19) 25... Qh4 26. Rxc6 bxc6 27. Rc1 Nxf2 $1 28.
Qxf2 Bh2+ 29. Kf1 Qxa4 0-1

[Event "Linares 14th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.02.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1997.02.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. d5 Na5 11. Bc2 Qc8 {11...c6 - 46/(452)} 12. Nbd2 c6 13. h3
Bd7 14. dxc6 Bxc6 15. Nf1 (15. b4 $5 Nb7 (15... Nc4 16. Nxc4 bxc4 17. Bg5 $14)
16. Nf1 Nd8 17. Ng3 Ne6 (17... g6 18. Bb3 $14) 18. Bb3 Rd8 19. Qe2 (19. Ng5 $5
Ra7 20. Nxe6 fxe6 $13) 19... Ra7 20. Ng5 (20. Bd2 $5 {/\ a4}) 20... d5 21. Nxe6
(21. exd5 Bxd5 22. Qxe5 $6 Bxb3 23. axb3 Rd5 24. Qe3 Rc7 25. Nxe6 Rxc3 $132)
21... Qxe6 22. Bg5 (22. Be3 Rb7 23. Rad1 h6 24. Rd2 {/\ Red1+/=}) 22... h6 23.
Bxf6 Bxf6 (23... Qxf6 24. exd5 Bxd5 25. Qxe5 Bxb3 26. axb3 Qxe5 27. Rxe5 Bf6
28. Rc5 $16) 24. Rad1 $14 {0-1 Khalifman,A-Beliavsky,A/USSR (ch) 1988 (44)})
15... Nc4 16. Ng3 g6 17. Qe2 (17. Nh2 Ne8 18. a4 Ng7 19. b3 Nb6 20. a5 Nd7 21.
b4 Nf6 22. Bg5 Qc7 23. Bb3 Ne6 24. Bh6 Rfd8 25. Ng4 Nf4 26. Bxf4 exf4 27. Ne2
Nxg4 28. hxg4 Bg5 29. Qd3 $14 {Khalifman,A-Razuvaev,Y/Minsk URS sf 1985/1-0 
(53)}) 17... Qb7 18. a4 Rfc8 {Pressing of the black at queen`s side makes the
white create weaknesses.At the same time the white don`t succeed in active
game on the king`s side.} 19. b3 Nb6 20. a5 Nbd7 21. Bd2 (21. Bg5 $5) 21... d5
$1 {Realising break in the centre,the black seize the initiative.} 22. exd5
Nxd5 23. Rad1 (23. Nxe5 Nxe5 24. Qxe5 Bf6 $17) 23... Re8 $1 {Having defended
prophylactically the pawn e5 the black can move to attack white weaknesses at
the queen`s side.} 24. Qf1 $15 {\-/+} (24. c4 bxc4 25. bxc4 Nf4 26. Bxf4 exf4
27. Rb1 Qc7 $17) 24... b4 {This move leads to specific game,in the result of
which the white succeed to simplifize the position.It would be better 24...Bf8
supporting the intensity,that was very unpleasant for the white,having less
space} 25. cxb4 Nxb4 26. Be4 Rac8 (26... Bf8 27. Qc4 Bxe4 28. Qxe4 Rab8 $15)
27. Bxc6 Nxc6 28. Ne4 Nf6 (28... Nc5 $5 29. Nxc5 Bxc5 $15) 29. Nxf6+ Bxf6 30.
Bg5 Bg7 31. Nd2 Nd4 (31... h6 32. Be3 (32. Bh4 Nd4 33. Nc4 Nf5 $17) 32... Red8
$15) 32. Nc4 $132 Re6 $6 33. Rxd4 $1 exd4 34. Rxe6 fxe6 (34... Qb5 35. Rb6 Qxg5
36. Rxa6 $16) 35. Nd6 $11 Qc6 36. Nxc8 Qxc8 37. b4 Qc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 14th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.02.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1997.02.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd5 5. d4 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bxf6
Qxf6 9. Qb3 Qe7 10. c5 Ba5 11. Bb5+ Bd7 12. Ne5 Nc6 13. Bxc6 Bxc6 14. O-O Bc7
15. f4 O-O 16. Rae1 Bxe5 17. fxe5 b6 18. cxb6 Rab8 19. Qd1 Rxb6 20. b3 f5 21.
exf6 Rxf6 22. Rxf6 Qxf6 23. Qd2 Bd7 24. Nd1 Be8 25. Nf2 Rc6 26. h3 Bh5 27. a4
Kh7 28. Rf1 Qh4 29. Kh2 Bg6 30. Ng4 Bf5 31. Ne3 Qg5 32. Rf2 Be4 33. b4 e5 34.
b5 exd4 35. Qxd4 Rc1 36. Ng4 h5 37. Qe5 Qxe5+ 38. Nxe5 Ra1 39. g4 hxg4 40. hxg4
Rxa4 41. Nc6 d4 42. Kg3 d3 43. Ne7 Kh6 44. Kh4 g5+ 45. Kg3 Kg7 46. Nf5+ Kf6 47.
Nd6+ Ke5 48. Nf7+ Kd4 49. Nxg5 Ke3 50. Nf3 Bxf3 51. Rxf3+ Ke2 52. Rf2+ Ke1 53.
Kf3 Rf4+ 0-1

[Event "Linares 14th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.02.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1997.02.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. O-O Nc6 {It was a very
serious question what to do in open ing against Vasiliy Ivanchuk. His opening
knowledge are really tremendous. After long preparation we choose very rare
variation in Gruenfeld defence.} 7. Nc3 {This move was a big suprise for us,
but not unpleasant one. Usual 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Nc3 looks more promising for White.
} dxc4 8. d5 Nb4 $1 {Stronger than} (8... Na5 9. Qa4 c6 10. dxc6 Nxc6 11. Qxc4
Qa5 12. Qh4 Rd8 13. Bh6 Qh5 14. Qxh5 Nxh5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Rfd1 Be6 17. Ng5
$14 {1-0 Roos,J-Schmitt,A/French tch 1994 (29)}) 9. e4 $2 {[%csl Rd3] N/ New
and not very good move.White produced weakness on d3 and closed diagonal h1-a8.
It was played before} (9. Ne5 {and still Black has to fight for equality. For
example:} c6 (9... e6 10. dxe6 Bxe6 11. Bxb7 (11. Qa4 Nfd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13.
Nxc4 Nb6 14. Nxb6 axb6 15. Qc2 c6 $10 {0-1 Di,M-Maier/Switzerland 1986 (46)})
11... Rb8 12. Bg2 $14) 10. dxc6 Nxc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Qa4 (12. Bxc6 Bh3) 12...
Be6 13. Bxc6 Rc8 14. Be3 a5 15. Rfd1 Qc7 16. Bf3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Voskanian,
V-Howell,J/Cannes op 1995 (35)}) 9... e6 $1 {Very strong and unexpected move
for Ivanchuk and it made big influence for a game. He waits just natural 9...
c6.} 10. Bg5 (10. Qa4 a5 11. a3 Bd7 12. Qd1 Nd3 $17) 10... h6 11. Be3 (11. Bxf6
Qxf6 12. e5 Qd8 13. dxe6 Bxe6 {also not to promising for White. also not
promising for White}) 11... Nd3 12. dxe6 (12. Ne1 {Maybe stonger} Nxe1 (12...
Nxb2 13. Qd2 exd5 14. exd5 (14. Qxb2 d4 15. Bd2 dxc3 16. Bxc3 c6 $17) 14... Nd3
15. Nxd3 cxd3 16. Bxh6 Bxh6 17. Qxh6 Bf5 18. h3 $13) 13. Rxe1 exd5 14. exd5 Bf5
$15) 12... Bxe6 13. h3 (13. Nd2 $2 Ng4 $19) 13... Qd7 $5 ({Good alternative
was also} 13... Nxb2 14. Qxd8 (14. Qb1 Nd3 15. Qxb7 Qd7 $17) 14... Rfxd8 15.
Rab1 Ng4 $5 16. Bc1 (16. Bd2 Rxd2 17. Nxd2 Bxc3 18. hxg4 Bxd2 19. Rxb2 c3 20.
Rc2 Bc4 $19) (16. Rxb2 Nxe3 17. fxe3 Bxc3 18. Rxb7 Ba5) (16. hxg4 Bxc3) 16...
Bxc3 17. Bxb2 (17. hxg4 Nd3 18. Rxb7 c5 19. Bxh6 Bxg4 $17)) 14. Qd2 {What else?
} (14. Kh2 Nxb2) (14. e5 Nd5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 $19) 14... Bxh3 15. Bxh6 Rae8 $17 {
I'll be very surprised if Judit even dreamed about position like this, just
after 15 moves , before game. Ivanchuk was so disappointed now, that I suspect
it was mutial desire to finish game as soon as possible.} 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Ng5
{Lose immediately, but} (17. Bxh3 Qxh3 18. Ng5 Qg4 19. Kg2 Nh5 {not much
better.}) 17... Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Nh5 $1 {[%cal Rd3f4,Rh5f4,Rf8h8]} 19. Qe3 (19.
Rfd1 Qg4 20. Nh3 f5 $5 21. exf5 (21. Qg5 Ndf4+ $1 $19) 21... Rxf5 $19) 19...
Ndf4+ $1 {Vasili decided stop his sufferings and resign immedeately.Any case
his position after} (19... Ndf4+ 20. Kf3 (20. gxf4 Qg4+ 21. Kh2 Rh8 22. Nh3
Nxf4 $19) (20. Kh2 Rh8) (20. Kg1 Qg4 21. Nf3 Nxg3 $19) 20... f6 21. Nh7 {
Ivanchuk} (21. gxf4 fxg5 22. f5 Rxf5+ $1 23. exf5 Qxf5+ 24. Kg2 Nf4+ $19) 21...
Kxh7 (21... g5 22. gxf4 Qh3+ 23. Ke2 Nxf4+ 24. Kd2) 22. gxf4 Qh3+ 23. Ke2 Qg4+
$19 {totally hopeless.}) 0-1

[Event "Linares 14th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.02.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1997.02.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Nbd7 7. g4 d5 8.
exd5 Nb6 9. Bg2 Bxg4 10. Qd3 Rc8 11. O-O Nc4 12. Bg5 Nxb2 13. Qg3 Qc7 14. Qh4
Qxc3 15. Bxf6 h5 16. Bg5 Qxd4 17. h3 Nc4 18. c3 Qd3 19. hxg4 Ne5 20. d6 Nf3+
21. Bxf3 Qxf3 22. dxe7 Bxe7 23. Rfe1 f6 24. Be3 Qxg4+ 25. Qxg4 hxg4 26. Rab1 b5
27. Bd4 Kf7 28. Re4 Rhe8 29. Rxg4 Bf8 30. Rg3 Rc4 31. Rd3 Re2 32. Bb6 Rxa2 33.
Re1 Bc5 34. Rd7+ Kg6 35. Bxc5 Rxc5 36. Ree7 Rg5+ 37. Kf1 Kh6 38. Ra7 a5 39. Re8
a4 40. f4 Rf5 0-1

[Event "Linares 14th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.02.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1997.02.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. f4 Qa5 {Favorite Kramnik's variation} 11. Bb5 {N}
Rd8 (11... a6 $6 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Nd5 14. Bxe7 Nxe7 15. Bd3 $36) 12. e5
dxe5 13. Qxe5 h6 14. Bh4 (14. Rxd8+ Bxd8 15. Bxh6 gxh6 16. Rd1 a6 17. Ba4 b5
$19 {0-1 Lopez,P-Rivera,D/Valencia 1989 (23)}) 14... Ng4 (14... a6 15. Be2 $14)
15. Qh5 (15. Bxe7 $2 Rxd1+ 16. Rxd1 Nxe5 17. fxe5 (17. Rd8+ Qxd8) 17... a6 $17)
15... Nf6 16. Qe5 (16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Ne4 Be7 18. Rxd8+ Qxd8 19. Rd1 Qc7 $15) (
16. Qf3 a6 17. Bd3 Bd7 $15) 16... Ng4 17. Rxd8+ Qxd8 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Qe2 {N/}
(19. Qd4 b6 $1 20. Be2 Nf6 21. Rd1 Bb7 22. g3 Rc8 {Kamsky,G-Kramnik,V/
Groningen PCA 1993}) 19... Nf6 20. Rd1 a6 $11 21. Bd3 b5 22. g4 (22. f5 $5)
22... Bb7 23. g5 hxg5 24. fxg5 Nd7 25. Qh5 $6 (25. g6 $5 Nc5 (25... f6 $5 26.
Bf5 Nf8 (26... Re8 $2 27. Qxe6+ Qxe6 28. Bxe6+ Rxe6 29. Rxd7) 27. Re1 Re8 $13)
26. Qh5 (26. gxf7+ Qxf7 27. Rf1 Nxd3+ 28. Qxd3 Qe7 $11) 26... Nxd3+ 27. Rxd3
fxg6 28. Qxg6 Qf6 $11) 25... Nf8 26. h4 Qb4 $5 27. Rf1 (27. g6 Qf4+ 28. Kb1 f5
29. Ne2 Qf2 $17 {[%csl Rg6]}) 27... g6 28. Qh6 Qg4 29. Be2 Qh3 30. h5 (30. Nd1
Rd8) 30... Bg2 $1 31. Rd1 {Rook has to leave important f line.} (31. Rf6 Qe3+
32. Kb1 Qg1+ 33. Nd1 (33. Bd1 Rd8 34. b3 (34. Kc1 Qe3+ 35. Kb1 Qe1) 34... Rxd1+
35. Nxd1 Qxd1+ 36. Kb2 Be4 $19) 33... Rd8 34. Kc1 Rxd1+ $1 35. Bxd1 Qe3+ 36.
Kb1 Qd2 $19) 31... Qf5 (31... Qe3+ $5 32. Kb1 (32. Rd2 Rd8 33. Bd3 Bf3 $5 34.
hxg6 Nxg6 $17) 32... b4 33. hxg6 Nxg6 (33... fxg6 34. Qh2 Bc6 35. Rd3 Qxg5 36.
Nd1 $132) 34. Bd3 bxc3 35. Bxg6 fxg6 36. Qxg6+ Kh8 37. Qh6+ Kg8 38. Qg6+ $11)
32. Rd3 $2 {Weak move, in moment when Ivanchuk could take initiative into his
hands after} (32. hxg6 Qf4+ (32... Nxg6 33. Bd3 Qf4+ 34. Kb1) 33. Kb1 fxg6 34.
Bd3 $36) 32... b4 33. Nd1 Be4 34. Rd2 Qf4 $1 35. hxg6 Nxg6 36. Qh3 Qxg5 (36...
Bxc2 37. Kxc2 Rc8+ 38. Nc3 bxc3 39. bxc3 Ne5 $36) 37. Qe3 (37. Ne3 Kg7 {
[%cal Ya8h8]}) 37... Qxe3 38. Nxe3 a5 $19 39. Rd4 f5 40. Ng4 (40. Rd7 $5) 40...
Nf4 41. Bc4 Kg7 (41... Kg7 42. Nf2 Kf6 43. Nxe4+ Ke5 44. c3 fxe4 45. Kd1 Rh8
$19) 0-1

[Event "Linares 14th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.02.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "1997.02.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. d5 Nb8 13. Nf1 Nbd7 14. Ng3 h6 15.
Nh2 c5 16. Bc2 Bc8 17. Be3 Nb6 18. b3 a5 19. Bd3 Ba6 20. Qe2 c4 21. bxc4 Nxc4
22. Bxc4 bxc4 23. Ng4 Nxg4 24. Qxg4 Rb8 25. Reb1 g6 26. Qd1 Qc7 27. Qa4 Rec8
28. f3 Kh7 29. Bf2 h5 30. Nf1 Bh6 31. Ne3 Kg7 32. Kh1 Rxb1+ 33. Rxb1 Rb8 34.
Rxb8 Qxb8 35. Kg1 Qc7 36. Qe8 Bg5 37. Nf1 Qb7 38. Qa4 Bd8 39. Be3 Bb5 40. Qa3
Qa6 41. Kh1 f6 42. f4 Kf7 43. Qb2 Ke8 44. fxe5 dxe5 45. Bc5 Ba4 46. Qc1 Kd7 47.
Bg1 f5 48. Qh6 Bc2 49. exf5 Bxf5 50. Ne3 Bd3 51. Qg7+ Be7 52. Qxe5 Bf6 53. Qb8
Bd8 54. Qb2 a4 55. Bf2 Bc7 56. Bg1 a3 57. Qf2 Qd6 58. Qf7+ Qe7 59. Qg8 Qe8 60.
Qg7+ Qe7 61. Qd4 Qe5 62. Qc5 Qd6 63. Qa7 Ke8 64. Nxc4 Qxd5 65. Nxa3 Qc6 66.
Qe3+ Qe4 67. Qc5 Bf1 68. Qf2 Qe2 69. Nc2 Qxf2 70. Bxf2 Bc4 71. Nb4 Ba5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 14th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.02.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1997.02.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Bg5 a6 7. Qd2 c5 8. d5 b5
9. cxb5 Nbd7 10. a4 Qa5 11. Nge2 Nb6 12. Nc1 {Dautov: Der Springer wird nach
a2 überführt, was beim Abtausch auf b5 das Schlagen mit dem Bauern a4xb5
ermöglicht.} axb5 13. Bxb5 Ba6 14. N1a2 Bxb5 15. axb5 Nh5 $1 $146 (15... Nfd7
16. O-O Bd4+ 17. Kh1 Bxc3 18. Qxc3 Qxb5 19. Bh6) (15... Rfe8 16. O-O e6 17.
dxe6 Rxe6 18. Rfb1 Nfd7 $2 {1-0 Dreev,A-Sokolov,I/Nussloch 1996/CBM 53 [Dautov]
(34)} (18... d5 $142)) 16. Rb1 (16. Z0 Bxc3 17. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 18. bxc3 Nf6 {פa2})
(16. Rd1 Nc4 17. Qe2 Nxb2 18. Qxb2 Qxa2 19. Qxa2 Bxc3+ 20. Qd2 Bxd2+ $17) (16.
Bxe7 Rfe8 17. Bg5 (17. Bxd6 $2 Nc4 $19) 17... Bd4 $40 (17... Nc4 18. Qc2 Nxb2
19. O-O $14 (19. Qxb2 Bxc3+ 20. Nxc3 Qxa1+))) (16. O-O Bd4+ 17. Kh1 Bxc3 18.
Qxc3 (18. bxc3 Ra7 {>< Na2}) 18... Qxb5 19. Z0 Rxa2) 16... Bd4 {/\f7-f5} 17.
Bh6 Rfe8 (17... Rfb8 18. b3 Nd7 19. Be3 (19. b4 Qa3) (19. Ke2 Rxb5 $44) 19...
Bxe3 20. Qxe3 Rxb5) (17... f5 $1 $36 {Kasparov} 18. Bxf8 Rxf8 {/\ Nc4} 19. b3
fxe4 20. Nxe4 (20. fxe4 Rf2 21. Qxf2 Bxf2+ 22. Kxf2 c4 23. b4 Qa7 $36) 20...
Qxb5 21. Nac3 Qa6 22. Qe2 Qa5 23. b4 cxb4 24. Qb5 Bxc3+ 25. Nxc3 Qxb5 26. Nxb5
Nxd5 {=/+/=}) 18. b3 e6 19. dxe6 Rxe6 $5 (19... fxe6 $5 20. Be3 e5 21. O-O Nf4
$5 $44) 20. Be3 Bxe3 21. Qxe3 d5 22. b4 (22. Qxc5 $2 Nf4 23. O-O d4 $1 24. Qxd4
Qxa2 25. Nxa2 Ne2+ $19) 22... Qa3 (22... cxb4 23. Nxb4 dxe4 24. O-O (24. fxe4
$14) 24... exf3 25. Qxf3 Rf6 26. Qe4 $1 $16) 23. bxc5 Nc4 24. Qd4 Nf4 25. O-O
$1 $18 (25. b6 $2 Qxa2 26. Nxa2 Rxa2 $13) (25. g3 $2 Ng2+ 26. Kf2 Qxa2+ 27.
Nxa2 Rxa2+ $17) 25... Qxa2 26. Rf2 (26. Nxa2 $2 Ne2+ $19) 26... Qa3 $6 (26...
Qa5 $5 27. exd5 (27. b6 $5) 27... Re3 28. Qxc4 (28. b6 Qxc3 29. Qxf4 Rae8 30.
b7 Nd2 31. b8=Q Nxb1 32. Qbb4 $5 $13) 28... Qxc3 29. Qxf4 $16) 27. Nxd5 $18 Qd3
(27... Nd3 28. Qxc4 Nxf2 29. Kxf2 $18) 28. Qxd3 Nxd3 29. Rc2 Na3 30. Ra2 Nxc5 (
30... Nxb1 31. Rxa8+ Kg7 32. c6 $18) 31. Rba1 f5 32. Nc7 Re5 33. Nxa8 Nxb5 34.
exf5 gxf5 35. Nb6 Nc3 36. Rc2 $138 1-0

[Event "Linares 14th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.02.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1997.02.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Qe2 Bg6 10. e4 O-O 11. Bd3 a6 $6 12. e5 $1 $146 Nd5 13. Bxg6 fxg6 14.
Ne4 c5 (14... h6 15. Bd2 $14) 15. Nfg5 $2 (15. Be3 $14 h6 $140 16. dxc5) 15...
Qe7 16. Qg4 (16. Nxh7 Kxh7 17. Bg5 Qe8 18. Nd6 Qb8 19. Qg4 Rf5 $19) 16... cxd4
17. Nxh7 (17. Qh3 h6 18. Nxe6 Rf5 19. Nxd4 Rxe5) 17... Nxe5 18. Qh3 Rf5 $1 (
18... Rfc8 19. Nhg5 Nf6 20. Bf4 $40) 19. Nhg5 Nf6 20. Ng3 Rd8 (20... d3 $1 21.
Nxf5 gxf5 22. b3 (22. Bf4 Ng6 23. Be3 Rd8) 22... d2 23. Bb2 Nf7 $17) 21. Nxf5
gxf5 22. Qb3 (22. Nf3 Neg4 $5) 22... Nd5 23. Nf3 (23. Qh3 Qf6 $5) (23. Nf3
Nxf3+ 24. Qxf3 Qf6 25. g4 (25. Qg3 Bd6 26. Qg5 $15 (26. Qb3 Qf7 27. Bg5 $140
Bxh2+)) 25... Qg6 26. h3 Nf6 $15) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 14th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.02.15"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C33"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1997.02.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 $1 exf4 3. Bc4 {Nigel Short won game in Wijk aan Zee against
Predrag Nikolic with this sharp line, just few days before Linares. Nobody
analized this variation seriously - biggest advantage of whole line.} c6 {
Piket doesn't like to check Ivanchuk preparation after normal 3...Nf6 4.Nc3 c6}
4. Nc3 d5 $5 (4... Qh4+ 5. Kf1 Qf6 6. d4 d6 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. e5 Qh6 9. exd6 Bxd6
10. Ne4 Bc7 11. Bxf7+ Kf8 12. Bc4 Nd7 $14 {1-0 Lahti,A-Harju,A/FIN t-ch 1990 
(42)}) 5. exd5 Qh4+ 6. Kf1 f3 7. d3 {N/} (7. d4 fxg2+ 8. Kxg2 Bg4 9. Qd3 Nf6
10. Qe3+ Kd8 11. Qg3 Qxg3+ 12. hxg3 b5 {0-1 Dekker,A-Keserovic,M/Durban op
1995 (33)}) 7... fxg2+ 8. Kxg2 Nf6 (8... Bg4 9. Qf1 Nf6 10. Bf4 $32) 9. Qe2+
Kd8 10. Qe5 $5 {[%cal Rc1f4]} Qf2+ $5 {Funny move, but not the best one.} (
10... Nbd7 11. Qg5 Qxg5+ 12. Bxg5 $36) ({Deserves attention.} 10... Qg4+ $5 11.
Qg3 (11. Kf1 Nbd7) 11... b5) 11. Kxf2 Ng4+ 12. Kg2 Nxe5 13. Bf4 Ng6 $6 ({
Why not} 13... Nxc4 $5 14. dxc4 Bb4 15. Ne4 Bf5 16. Ng5 Bg6 {with reasonable
game.}) 14. Bg3 f6 15. Nf3 {Ivanchuk has advantage in space and development
and his chances are clearly better.} Bb4 16. Nd4 Bd7 (16... Bxc3 17. bxc3 Ne5
18. Bxe5 fxe5 19. Nf3 Re8 20. Rae1 $36) 17. Ne6+ (17. Rae1 cxd5 (17... Bxc3 18.
bxc3 cxd5 19. Bxd5 Nc6 20. Nb5 $1 $16) 18. Bxd5 Nc6 $14) 17... Bxe6 18. dxe6
Ne7 {[%cal Ye7f5]} (18... Bxc3 19. bxc3 b5 20. Bb3 a5 21. a4 $16) 19. Rhf1 Nc8
(19... Bxc3 20. bxc3 Nc8 $140 21. Z0 Ke7 22. Z0 Nd6) 20. Ne4 Ke7 21. Bh4 (21.
Rf4 $5 Nd6 $140 22. Nxd6 Bxd6 23. Rg4 $36) 21... Rf8 (21... Nd6 22. Nxf6 Nxc4
23. Nh5+ g5 (23... Kxe6 24. Nxg7+ Kd7 25. dxc4 Rg8 26. Rf7+ Kc8 27. Rd1 $18)
24. Bxg5+ Kxe6 25. Ng7+ Kd5 26. dxc4+ Kxc4 27. Rf4+ (27. Rf7 $5) 27... Kb5 28.
a4+ Ka5 29. Ne6 Rg8 (29... Na6 30. Rf5+ c5 31. c3) 30. Rf5+ Kb6 31. a5+ Bxa5
32. Raxa5 h6 33. Ra3 $1 $18) 22. c3 Bd6 23. Kh1 {[%cal Yf1g1,Ya1f1]} b5 24. Bb3
Na6 (24... a5 25. a4) 25. a4 $1 $16 {[%cal Ra1a7]} Nc7 $6 {It was better not
to open a line.} (25... b4 $5) 26. axb5 cxb5 27. d4 a5 28. Rf3 {[%cal Ra1g1,
Rg1g7]} a4 29. Ba2 Ra6 (29... a3 $5) 30. Rg1 Ne8 (30... g5 $6 31. Rxf6 $1 Rxf6
(31... gxh4 32. Rg7+ Ke8 33. Rxf8+ Kxf8 34. Rf7+ Ke8 35. Nf6+ $18) 32. Bxg5 Ne8
33. Bxf6+ Nxf6 34. Rg7+ $18) 31. Rf5 a3 ({Stabborn} 31... Rb6 $5 {was stronger.
}) 32. Rxb5 $18 g5 33. Rb7+ Nc7 (33... Bc7 34. Bg3 axb2 (34... Rb6 35. Rxb6
Bxb6 36. bxa3) 35. Bxc7 Rxa2 36. Bd6+ Kxe6 37. Bxf8 $18) 34. Nxd6 Rxd6 35.
Rxc7+ Kd8 36. Rf7 $1 1-0

[Event "Linares 14th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.02.16"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1997.02.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O c6 7. Nc3 Qb6 8. b3 e5
9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Qc2 Na6 11. e4 Rd8 12. Be3 Qc7 13. h3 Be6 14. a3 Nd7 15. Rfd1
Nf8 16. c5 Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Rd8 18. b4 Rxd1+ 19. Nxd1 Qd7 20. Ng5 Nc7 21. Bf1 Nb5
22. Bxb5 cxb5 23. Nxe6 Nxe6 24. Kg2 a6 25. Nc3 Nc7 26. Qd2 Qxd2 27. Bxd2 Kf8
28. Nd5 Nxd5 29. exd5 e4 30. Bc1 h5 31. g4 hxg4 32. hxg4 f5 33. gxf5 gxf5 34.
f3 exf3+ 35. Kxf3 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 06th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1997.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. e4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Nc6 11. d4 Na5 12. Bf4 Bd6 13. Ne5 Qe7 14. Qg4 f6 15.
Nf3 Ba3 16. Bc1 Rae8 17. Nh4 Bxc1 18. Raxc1 Qa3 19. Qe2 c5 20. Bh3 Qa4 21. Rcd1
Bc6 22. d5 exd5 23. Qh5 Re5 24. Bf5 g6 25. Qg4 Be8 26. f4 Rxe4 27. Bxe4 dxe4
28. Qe6+ Bf7 29. Qxf6 e3 30. Rd8 Qe4 31. Rxf8+ Kxf8 32. Ng2 Nc4 33. f5 Kg8 34.
Qd8+ Be8 35. f6 Qe5 36. Qe7 Qxe7 37. fxe7 Kf7 38. Nxe3 Nd2 39. Re2 Nf3+ 40. Kf2
Ng5 41. Nc4 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 06th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1997.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8.
Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O Bd7 10. Kb1 Rc8 11. f4 a6 12. Rhe1 b5 13. Bf3 Qc7 14. Nb3 b4
15. Na4 Rb8 16. e5 dxe5 17. Nac5 Bc8 18. Bxc6 Qxc6 19. fxe5 Ng4 20. Bf4 Rb5 21.
Nd3 Qc4 22. h3 a5 23. Nbc1 Rd5 24. b3 Qb5 25. hxg4 Bxg4 26. Bh6 Bxd1 27. Rxd1
Rc8 28. Bxg7 Kxg7 29. Ne2 Qc6 30. Rh1 h5 31. Rh4 Rdd8 32. g4 hxg4 33. Qh6+ 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 06th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1997.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
Re8 9. e4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 e5 11. Rd1 Qe7 12. Bf1 a6 13. h3 exd4 14. Nxd4 Nc5 15.
Nf5 Bxf5 16. exf5 Qc7 17. g3 Re7 18. Bg5 Ncd7 19. Bg2 Rae8 20. Qd2 Be5 21. Re1
h6 22. Be3 Nb6 23. Bc5 Nc4 24. Qc2 Bd6 25. Rxe7 Rxe7 26. Bd4 Be5 27. Rd1 Rd7
28. Bxe5 Rxd1+ 29. Nxd1 Nxe5 30. Qc3 Qd6 31. Ne3 Nfd7 32. Kh2 Qd3 33. Qe1 Qd4
34. Qe2 Nf6 35. b3 h5 36. Kg1 a5 37. Qd1 Qxd1+ 38. Nxd1 Kf8 39. Kf1 Nd3 40. Nc3
Ke7 41. Ke2 Nc5 42. Ke3 Kd6 43. Kd4 Na6 44. a3 b5 45. f4 Nc5 46. b4 axb4 47.
axb4 Na6 48. Na2 h4 49. gxh4 Ng8 50. Nc3 Nxb4 51. Ne4+ Ke7 52. Kc5 Nd3+ 53.
Kxc6 Nxf4 54. Bf1 b4 55. Bc4 Nxh3 56. Ng5 Nxg5 57. hxg5 Kf8 58. Kc5 f6 59. gxf6
Nxf6 60. Kxb4 Ne4 61. Bd3 Ng3 62. f6 gxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 06th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "179"]
[EventDate "1997.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. h3 e5
9. d5 Ne7 10. e4 Ne8 11. Be3 f5 12. Qd2 Nf6 13. Ng5 fxe4 14. Ncxe4 Nf5 15.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Ne4 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 Bf5 18. Nxf6+ Rxf6 19. c5 dxc5 20. Qxc5 Qd6
21. Rac1 Rf7 22. Rfe1 Raf8 23. Qxd6 cxd6 24. Re3 h5 25. h4 Bg4 26. Rc2 Kg7 27.
Rec3 Kh6 28. Rc7 g5 29. Rxf7 Rxf7 30. hxg5+ Kxg5 31. Rc4 Kf6 32. Kf1 Rf8 33.
Ke1 Rc8 34. Rxc8 Bxc8 35. Ke2 Kg5 36. Ke3 h4 37. gxh4+ Kxh4 38. a3 a5 39. Be4
Kg5 40. Bg2 Bd7 41. Be4 Ba4 42. Bg2 Bc2 43. Bh3 Bf5 44. Bg2 b6 45. Bf1 Bg6 46.
Bg2 Kg4 47. Bf1 Be8 48. Be2+ Kg5 49. Bf1 Bd7 50. Bg2 Bb5 51. Be4 Bc4 52. Bg2
Kg4 53. Be4 Bf1 54. Bf3+ Kf5 55. Be4+ Kg5 56. Bf3 Kf6 57. Be4 Ke7 58. Bf3 Bc4
59. Be4 Bb3 60. Bg2 b5 61. Be4 b4 62. axb4 axb4 63. Bg2 Kd7 64. f4 Kc7 65. Bf3
Bc2 66. Be4 Ba4 67. Bf3 Bd7 68. Bg2 Bc8 69. Bf3 Bh3 70. Kd3 Bf1+ 71. Ke4 exf4
72. Kxf4 Kb6 73. Kf5 Bh3+ 74. Kf6 Kc5 75. Ke7 Bf5 76. Bg2 Bc2 77. Bf3 Bb1 78.
Bg2 Bh7 79. Kf7 Kc4 80. Ke6 Kc5 81. Kf7 Bf5 82. Ke7 Bg4 83. Bh1 Bd1 84. Bg2 Ba4
85. Bf3 Bb5 86. Bg2 Be2 87. Bh1 Bh5 88. Bg2 Bg6 89. Kf6 Bh7 90. Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 06th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1997.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 d5 7. Re1 Bf5 8. Nh4
Bg4 9. Bg5 c6 10. Qd2 Nbd7 11. f3 Be6 12. e4 c5 13. exd5 cxd4 14. dxe6 dxc3 15.
bxc3 Qb6+ 16. Kh1 fxe6 17. Rab1 Qc7 18. Rxe6 Nc5 19. Bf4 Qd8 20. Re2 Qxd2 21.
Bxd2 Nd5 22. f4 Rad8 23. c4 Nc3 24. Bxc3 Bxc3 25. Bxb7 Nxb7 26. Rxb7 e5 27. Rb3
Rd1+ 28. Kg2 Ba5 29. Rxe5 Rd2+ 30. Kh3 Bc7 31. Re7 Bb6 32. Rd3 Rxd3 33. cxd3
Rd8 34. Nf3 Rxd3 35. Ng5 h6 36. Ne4 Kf8 37. Rb7 Rd4 38. c5 Rxe4 39. cxb6 axb6
40. Rxb6 Kf7 41. Rb2 Ra4 42. Kg2 Ra3 43. Kf2 Kf6 44. Ke2 Kf5 45. Kd2 g5 46.
fxg5 hxg5 47. Kc2 Kg4 48. Kb1 Ra5 49. Rb8 Ra7 50. Rb5 Rh7 51. Rb2 Ra7 52. Rf2
Kh3 53. Kb2 g4 54. a3 Rb7+ 55. Ka2 Rb2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 06th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1997.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Nbd7 5. Qc2 Be7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bf4 c6 8.
h3 O-O 9. e3 Re8 10. Bd3 Nf8 11. Rb1 Ng6 12. Bh2 Bd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. O-O Bd7
15. b4 b6 16. Rfc1 Re7 17. Bf5 Bxf5 18. Qxf5 h6 19. a4 Ne4 20. Nxe4 Rxe4 21.
Rc3 Rae8 22. Nd2 R4e6 23. g3 Ne7 24. Qf4 Qd7 25. b5 h5 26. Qf3 h4 27. g4 f5 28.
gxf5 Rf6 29. bxc6 Nxc6 30. Rbc1 Ne7 31. Rc7 Qxf5 32. Qxf5 Nxf5 33. R1c6 Nd6 34.
Rd7 Ref8 35. Rcxd6 Rxf2 36. Rg6 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 06th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1997.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. e4 c5 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. d4 Qb6 5. dxc5 Qxc5 6. Be2 d6 7. O-O Nc6 8. Qb3
Qb6 9. Nc3 Qxb3 10. axb3 Nf6 11. h3 O-O 12. Be3 Be6 13. Rfd1 Nd7 14. Ng5 Nc5
15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Bg4 h5 17. Bxc5 hxg4 18. Be3 gxh3 19. gxh3 a6 20. Kg2 Kh7 21.
c5 Rad8 22. cxd6 exd6 23. Rd2 d5 24. exd5 exd5 25. Nxd5 Bxb2 26. Ra4 Bc1 27.
Rh4+ Kg8 28. Nf6+ Rxf6 29. Rxd8+ Nxd8 30. Bxc1 Nf7 31. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 06th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1997.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. d4 bxa4 8. dxc5
Nxe4 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. Qd5 Bb7 11. Qxe5+ Qe7 12. Qxe7+ Kxe7 13. Re1 Kd8 14. Be3
Re8 15. Na3 Rb8 16. f3 Nf6 17. Bd4 Rxe1+ 18. Rxe1 Bd5 19. c4 Be6 20. Kf2 Ng8
21. c6 f6 22. cxd7 Kxd7 23. Rd1 Ke8 24. Ke3 Ne7 25. Kd2 Rd8 26. Kc1 Nf5 27. Bf2
Rxd1+ 28. Kxd1 Nd6 29. b3 axb3 30. axb3 Kd7 31. Kd2 h5 32. Nb1 g5 33. Nc3 g4
34. Na4 Nb7 35. fxg4 hxg4 36. Bd4 Ke7 37. Ke3 Kf7 38. Kf4 Bd7 39. Nb2 Na5 40.
b4 Nc6 41. Bc3 Be6 42. Nd1 Bxc4 43. Ne3 Ne7 44. Nxc4 Nd5+ 45. Kxg4 Nxc3 46. Na5
Nd5 47. Nc6 Kg6 48. Kf3 f5 49. g3 Kg5 50. h3 Kh5 51. h4 Kg6 52. Ne5+ Kg7 53.
Nd3 Kh6 54. g4 fxg4+ 55. Kxg4 Ne3+ 56. Kf4 Nc2 57. Ke5 Kh5 58. Kd5 Nxb4+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 06th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1997.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. h4 Nxf6 13. Qf3 Be7 14. Nxb5 Qb6
15. Nc7+ Qxc7 16. Bxf6 c5 17. d5 Bxd5 18. Qc3 Bxf6 19. Qxf6 Rh5 20. Be2 Rf5 21.
Qc3 Qf4 22. Qe3 Rb8 23. h5 Kf8 24. h6 Kg8 25. h7+ Kh8 26. Rd1 Rxb2 27. Rxd5
Rxe2+ 28. Kxe2 Qg4+ 29. Kf1 Rxd5 30. f3 Qd4 31. Kf2 Re5 32. Qxd4 cxd4 33. Rh4
Rd5 34. Ke2 e5 35. f4 d3+ 36. Kd2 c3+ 0-1

[Event "Amber-blindfold 06th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1997.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 Bf5 8. Ne1
Qc8 9. e4 Bh3 10. Nc2 e5 11. d5 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Ne7 13. b4 a5 14. a3 axb4 15.
axb4 Rxa1 16. Nxa1 b6 17. Nb3 Nd7 18. f3 f5 19. Bg5 Bf6 20. Be3 g5 21. c5 bxc5
22. bxc5 Qa6 23. c6 Nb6 24. Qa1 Qxa1 25. Rxa1 Nc4 26. Ba7 g4 27. Nb5 gxf3+ 28.
Kxf3 Rc8 29. Ra2 Bg5 30. Rc2 Nb6 31. Nxc7 Na4 32. Nb5 Ra8 33. Na5 fxe4+ 34.
Kxe4 Nc8 35. c7 Kf7 36. Nb7 Be7 37. Nd8+ Ke8 38. Nc6 Kd7 39. Be3 Nab6 40. Nb8+
Ke8 41. Bxb6 Nxb6 42. c8=Q+ Nxc8 43. Nc7+ 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 06th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1997.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. a3
g6 9. b4 Bg7 10. Qb3 O-O 11. Rc1 Qe7 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Bd3 Nb6 14. O-O Be6 15.
a4 Rfb8 16. Nd2 a5 17. bxa5 Nd7 18. Qc2 Rxa5 19. Nb3 Raa8 20. a5 c5 21. dxc5
Nxc5 22. Nxd5 Bxd5 23. Nxc5 Rc8 24. Be4 Rxc5 25. Qxc5 Qxe4 26. f3 Qe6 27. e4
Bc6 28. Rfd1 Qa2 29. Qb6 Rxa5 30. Rd8+ Kh7 31. Kh1 Rb5 32. Qc7 Rb2 33. Rg1 h5
34. Qe7 Rb1 35. Rdd1 Rxd1 36. Rxd1 Qe2 37. Rc1 f5 38. Qh4 fxe4 39. Re1 Qc4 40.
fxe4 b5 41. Qf4 b4 42. Rc1 Qd4 43. h3 Bxe4 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 06th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1997.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Nd2 Be7 8.
e3 O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. b4 c5 11. bxc5 bxc5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. O-O Ne6 14. Nf3 Nxg5
15. Nxg5 Qa5 16. Nb5 Bd7 17. Nd4 Ne4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Qc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 06th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1997.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O d6 7. c4 b6 8. Nc3
Bb7 9. Qe2 Be7 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 Nc6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. Bb1 Rab8
15. a4 Rfe8 16. Kh1 Nd7 17. Rd3 Bf6 18. Rh3 g6 19. Qd2 Qb7 20. Qxd6 Rbd8 21.
Qf4 Bg7 22. Nb5 axb5 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Qh6+ Kg8 25. Qxh7+ Kf8 26. Qh8+ Ke7 27.
Qh4+ g5 28. Qxg5+ f6 29. Rh7+ Kd6 30. Qd2+ Kc7 31. cxb5 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 06th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "1997.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Ng3 e6 7. Bd3 c5 8.
O-O Be7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. c4 Re8 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Bc2 Ncd7 14. Ba4
Rd8 15. Bc2 b6 16. b3 Bb7 17. Bb2 Nf8 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Ng6 20. g3 Rac8 21.
h4 Bc5 22. Kg2 Nf8 23. a3 a5 24. Bxb7 Qxb7 25. Rd3 Rxd3 26. Qxd3 Qe7 27. Bd4 h6
28. Bxc5 Qxc5 29. a4 Ng6 30. Rd1 Ne5 31. Nxe5 Qxe5 32. Qd7 Qe4+ 33. Kg1 Rf8 34.
Qc7 f5 35. Rd7 Qe1+ 36. Kg2 Qe4+ 37. Kh2 Qg4 38. Rd8 Rxd8 39. Qxd8+ Kh7 40.
Qxb6 f4 41. Qc7 fxg3+ 42. Qxg3 Qf5 43. Qe3 Qg4 44. Qd3+ Kg8 45. Qg3 Qf5 46. Kg1
Qb1+ 47. Kg2 Qe4+ 48. Kh3 Qh1+ 49. Kg4 Qe4+ 50. f4 Qf5+ 51. Kf3 Qd3+ 52. Kg2
Qc2+ 53. Kf1 Qd1+ 54. Kf2 Qc2+ 55. Kg1 Qd1+ 56. Kh2 Qc2+ 57. Kh3 Qf5+ 58. Qg4
Qd3+ 59. Kg2 Qc2+ 60. Kf1 Qe4 61. h5 Kf8 62. Kf2 Qd4+ 63. Kg2 Qb2+ 64. Kf1 Qxb3
65. Qxe6 Qxa4 66. Qd6+ Kf7 67. c5 Qc4+ 68. Kf2 Qc2+ 69. Kg3 Qb3+ 70. Kh4 Qe6
71. Qb6 a4 72. c6 a3 73. Qb7+ Qe7+ 74. Kg3 a2 75. Qb3+ Qe6 76. Qb7+ Qe7 77.
Qb3+ Qe6 78. Qb7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 06th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1997.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bg5 Be7
8. Bc4 c5 9. Qe2 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qb6 11. O-O-O cxd4 12. g4 O-O 13. g5 Ne8 14. h4
Nd6 15. Bd3 Bd7 16. g6 Bb5 17. Bg5 Bxd3 18. Rxd3 Nf5 19. gxh7+ Kh8 20. Bxe7
Nxe7 21. Nxd4 Rad8 22. Rhd1 Qa6 23. Qf3 e5 24. Nb3 Rxd3 25. Rxd3 Nc6 26. a3 Qc4
27. h5 e4 28. Qf4 Ne5 29. Rd4 Qf1+ 30. Rd1 Nd3+ 31. cxd3 Rc8+ 32. Nc5 Rxc5+ 33.
Kd2 Qxd3+ 34. Ke1 Qf3 35. Qxf3 exf3 36. Rd7 Re5+ 37. Kd1 Re2 38. Rxb7 Rxf2 39.
Rxf7 Rxb2 40. Rxf3 Kxh7 41. Rf5 Kh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 06th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1997.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
h6 9. b3 b6 10. Bb2 Bb7 11. Rfd1 Qe7 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Nb5 Rfc8 14. Qe2 Bb8 15.
Ba3 Qd8 16. Rac1 Rxc1 17. Rxc1 Ne8 18. g3 a6 19. Nc3 Bd6 20. Bxd6 Nxd6 21. Ne5
Rc8 22. Nxd7 Qxd7 23. Bxa6 Ne4 24. Bxb7 Nxc3 25. Rxc3 Rxc3 26. Ba6 Qc7 27. Qb5
g6 28. a4 Rc2 29. Qd3 Rb2 30. Qd1 Qc3 31. Bb5 Kg7 32. Qf3 Qc7 33. e4 Qc1+ 34.
Kg2 Rb1 35. Kh3 Qc2 36. Be8 f6 37. Qf4 Qc8 38. Bxg6 Kxg6 39. Qg4+ Kf7 40. exd5
Qd7 41. Qh5+ Ke7 42. Qg6 e5+ 43. Kg2 Qxd5+ 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 06th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1997.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Be2 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Re1 Nbd7 8. Bf4
Qa5 9. h3 e5 10. Be3 Re8 11. Bf1 b5 12. a3 Bb7 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Nd2 Qc7 15. b4
a5 16. Rb1 Bf8 17. Qf3 Nh5 18. Rec1 axb4 19. axb4 Nf4 20. Ne2 Ne6 21. c4 bxc4
22. Nxc4 Ba6 23. Na5 c5 24. Nb3 Bd3 25. Rb2 Qb7 26. Nc3 Bxf1 27. Kxf1 cxb4 28.
Nd5 Rec8 29. Rd1 Ra3 30. Qe2 h5 31. Kg1 Kh7 32. Nd2 Nd4 33. Bxd4 exd4 34. Nf3
b3 35. Nxd4 Bg7 36. Rbb1 Nc5 37. Nf3 Ne6 38. e5 Rc5 39. Qe4 Rb5 40. Nf6+ Bxf6
41. Qxb7 Rxb7 42. exf6 Ra5 43. Kh2 g5 44. Rd3 b2 45. Rd2 Rab5 46. Nd4 Rd5 47.
Nf3 Rxd2 48. Nxd2 Rb4 49. Nf1 Nc5 50. Ne3 Na4 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 06th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1997.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Nf3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Be7 8. d4
O-O 9. Rb1 h6 10. Re1 Re8 11. e4 Nb6 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. e5 Bb4 15.
Bf1 Bd7 16. Bd2 Be8 17. a3 Be7 18. Rbd1 Na5 19. Nb5 Bxb5 20. Bxa5 Bxf1 21. Kxf1
Rac8 22. Bxb6 axb6 23. h4 Kf8 24. Rxd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 06th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1997.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. O-O a6 12. Rac1 Qa5 13. b3 b5 14. Nd5 Qxd2
15. Nxe7+ Kh8 16. Bxd2 Rfe8 17. Nc6 Nxe4 18. Bb4 Bd7 19. cxb5 axb5 20. Bxb5
Rxa2 21. Rfe1 h5 22. Re2 Rxe2 23. Bxe2 Nc5 24. Bb5 Nxb3 25. Rd1 Bf8 26. h3 Kg8
27. Bxd6 Bxc6 28. Bxc6 Rd8 29. Ba4 Rxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 06th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1997.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 a6 4. Ngf3 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Bd3 Ne7 7. Qe2 Nbc6 8.
c3 O-O 9. O-O Ng6 10. Nb3 Bd6 11. Re1 dxe4 12. Bxe4 Qc7 13. h4 e5 14. h5 Nge7
15. h6 g6 16. Ng5 Kh8 17. Bd3 Ng8 18. Ne4 Be7 19. Bc4 f5 20. Nec5 f4 21. Bd5
Bf6 22. Ne4 Be7 23. Nec5 Bf6 24. Ne4 Be7 25. Nec5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 06th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1997.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3
Nc6 9. Qc2 Qa5 10. Rd1 Be7 11. Nd2 e5 12. Nb3 Qb6 13. Bg5 Bg4 14. f3 Be6 15.
Na4 Qc7 16. Bxf6 dxc4 17. Bxc4 Bxc4 18. Qxc4 Bxf6 19. Nbc5 Rfd8 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8
21. Ne4 Bh4+ 22. g3 Be7 23. Kf2 Qd7 24. Nac3 Qh3 25. b4 a6 26. Nd5 h6 27. Nec3
Bf8 28. Qg4 Qxg4 29. fxg4 g6 30. Ke2 Bg7 31. Rd1 Kf8 32. Rf1 e4 33. h3 Bxc3 34.
Nxc3 Rd3 35. Rc1 Kg7 36. Rc2 Ne5 37. a4 Nc4 38. Nd5 b5 39. axb5 axb5 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 06th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E98"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1997.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Ne1 Ne8 10. Be3 f5 11. f3 f4 12. Bf2 g5 13. c5 Ng6 14. cxd6 Nxd6 15. Nd3
Rf6 16. Rc1 h5 17. Nc5 Nf8 18. Nb5 Nxb5 19. Bxb5 Rg6 20. Qe1 g4 21. Bh4 Bf6 22.
Bxf6 Qxf6 23. Nd3 Rg7 24. Qa5 Qd6 25. Qb4 Ng6 26. Qxd6 cxd6 27. Kf2 Nh4 28. Rg1
g3+ 29. hxg3 fxg3+ 30. Ke3 a6 31. Ba4 b5 32. Bb3 Bd7 33. f4 exf4+ 34. Nxf4 Re8
35. Nxh5 Rg6 36. Rcf1 Rf8 37. Rf4 Rxf4 38. Nxf4 Rf6 39. Rh1 Rh6 40. Rc1 Rh7 41.
Rc6 Re7 42. Rxa6 Kf8 43. Ra8+ Kg7 44. Nh5+ Kg6 45. Nxg3 Nxg2+ 46. Kd4 Kg5 47.
Rg8+ Kf4 48. Bd1 Be8 49. Rg4# 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 25th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1997.07.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1997.07.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Nf3 h6 8. Bd3
b6 9. O-O Ba6 10. Nh4 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Nbc6 12. f4 Qd7 13. Bd2 c4 14. Qh3 g6 15.
a4 O-O-O 16. Nf3 h5 17. Rfb1 Nf5 18. g3 Kb7 19. Qf1 Ka8 20. Bc1 Rb8 21. Qe1 Rb7
22. Ba3 Qd8 23. Ng5 Re8 24. Qd2 f6 25. Nf3 Nh6 26. exf6 Qxf6 27. Re1 Nf7 28.
Re2 Ne7 29. Rae1 Nf5 30. Qc1 Ng7 31. Kg2 Qd8 32. h3 Qd7 33. Nh4 Nh8 34. Nf3 Nf7
35. a5 bxa5 36. Bc5 a6 37. Qa3 Rb5 38. Ra1 Kb7 39. Ree1 Rb8 40. Bf8 Ne8 41. Ne5
Nxe5 42. fxe5 g5 43. Re2 Kc6 44. Rf1 Qh7 45. Be7 g4 46. h4 R8b7 47. Bd8 Rf7 48.
Rxf7 Qxf7 49. Rf2 Qg6 50. Kh2 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 25th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1997.07.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1997.07.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Kortschnoj Ivanchuk} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4
O-O 7. Rc1 dxc4 8. e3 c5 9. Bxc4 cxd4 (9... Nc6 10. dxc5 Qxd1+ 11. Rxd1 Bxc5
12. O-O $14) 10. Nxd4 Bd7 (10... Nd5 11. Bxe7 Nxe7 12. O-O Nbc6 13. Ndb5 Qa5
14. a3 Ne5 (14... Rd8 15. Qh5 $14) 15. Be2 a6 16. b4 Qd8 17. Nd6 $14 {1-0
Rivas Pastor,M-Donner,J/Marbella zt B 1982 (31)}) (10... a6 11. O-O b5 (11...
e5 12. Nf3 Qxd1 13. Rfxd1 Nc6 14. h3 $14 {1-0 Stean,M-Burger,K/Beer Sheva 1982
(19)}) 12. Be2 Bb7 13. Bf3 $1 $14 {1-0 Uhlmann,W-Lputian,S/Berlin 1982 (34)})
11. Bg3 (11. Be2 Nc6 12. Nb3 Nd5 13. Bxe7 Ncxe7 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Qd4 Bc6 16.
Bf3 Ne7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Kortschnoj,V-Karpov,A/Wch30-Merano 1981 (23)}) 11... a6 {
11...Sc6 12.Sdb5 a6 13.Sd6 b5 14.Ld3+/=} (11... Nc6 $1 12. Nb3 (12. Ndb5 {
Kortschnoj} a6 13. Nd6 b5 14. Bd3 $14 (14. Be2 Qb6 $1 $11 {1/2-1/2 Piket,J-Van
der Sterren,P/Lost Boys Crown, Antwerp BEL 1997 (55)})) 12... Na5 13. Be2 Rc8
14. O-O Nc4 15. Qc2 b5 16. Rfd1 b4 17. Nb5 $4 (17. Nb1 Nd6 $11) 17... Nd6 $4 (
17... Nxe3 18. Qxc8 Qxc8 19. Rxc8 Nxd1 $1 $17) 18. Qb1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Ornstein,
A-Schussler,H/SVE-ch Malmo 1986 (30)}) 12. e4 (12. O-O Nc6 13. Nb3 b5 14. Be2
Qb6 15. a4 b4 16. Ne4 Rfd8 17. a5 Qa7 18. Bf3 Be8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Sorin,
A-Glimbrant,T/Ibercaja op 1992 (46)}) 12... Nc6 13. Nb3 (13. O-O Nxd4 14. Qxd4
Bc6 $10) 13... b5 (13... Qb6 14. e5 Nh7 15. O-O Rfd8 16. Qe2 Be8 17. Kh1 Nd4
18. Nxd4 Rxd4 19. f3 Qd8 20. Rcd1 Bc6 21. Bd3 {Karpov,A-Beliavsky,A/Dortmund
1995/CBM 48/1-0 (60)}) 14. Bd3 {+/= Kortschnoj} (14. Be2 {Ivanchuk} b4 $6 (
14... e5 $1 15. Bf3 Be6 16. Nd5 Nb4 $5 17. Bxe5 Nbxd5 18. exd5 Bb4+ 19. Kf1
Bxd5 20. Bxd5 (20. Bxf6 Bc4+ $1 21. Kg1 Qxf6 22. Bxa8 Rxa8 $44) 20... Nxd5 21.
Qd4 f6) 15. Nd5 $1 (15. e5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 bxc3 $11) 15... Nxe4 (15... exd5 16.
exd5 $16) 16. Bc7 $1 $16) 14... b4 (14... Qb6 15. e5 Nd5 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. O-O
$14) (14... e5 $5 15. O-O (15. Nd5 Nxd5 (15... Nb4 $1 {Ivanchuk} 16. Nxe7+ $6 (
16. Nxf6+ $11) 16... Qxe7 17. a3 Nxd3+ 18. Qxd3 b4 $1 {/\ Bd7-b5}) 16. exd5 Nb4
$15) 15... Be6 $11 (15... Be6 16. Bh4 (16. Nxb5 $2 Nb4 $1) 16... Rc8 $11)) (
14... Be8 $5 {Ivanchuk}) 15. Na4 (15. Ne2 {Kortschnoj} Nh5 $11) 15... Ne5 16.
Bxe5 Bxa4 $11 17. Qe2 (17. O-O Rc8 (17... Bd6 {Ivanchuk} 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Qe2
Nd7 20. Rfd1 Rfd8 $11) 18. Rxc8 Qxc8 19. Qe2 Bxb3 20. axb3 Qc5 $11) 17... Qb6
$2 (17... Bxb3 18. axb3 Qa5 19. f4 (19. Bf4 e5 20. Be3 Rfc8 (20... Qa2 21. Bc4
$14) 21. O-O Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Qa2 23. Qc2 Ng4 $11) 19... Qb6 (19... Nd7 20. Bd4
Nc5 21. Bc4 Rfd8 22. Rd1 Rd7 23. O-O Rad8 24. Qe3 Qb6 $11) 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. e5
$11) (17... Bb5 {Kortschnoj} 18. Bxb5 axb5 19. O-O $1 (19. Nd4 b3 20. Nc6 bxa2
$1) (19. Qxb5 {Kortschnoj} Nxe4 $11) (19. Ra1 Ra6 (19... Qb6 $5) 20. Qxb5 Qa8
21. f3 Rxa2 22. O-O $14) 19... Rxa2 20. Nd4 $16) 18. Bd4 Qb8 19. e5 $1 $14 Nd5
(19... Nd7 20. Qe4 (20. Be4 Bg5 $1 (20... Bb5 21. Qe3 $16) 21. Rd1 Bb5 (21...
Bxb3 22. axb3 $18) 22. Qh5 Nxe5 $15) 20... g6 21. h4 Rc8 22. h5 Bxb3 23. Rxc8+
Qxc8 24. axb3 Qc1+ 25. Ke2 Qxh1 26. Qxa8+ $16) 20. Qe4 g6 $8 21. h4 (21. Nc5 {
Ivanchuk} Rc8 22. O-O Bxc5 23. Rxc5 Rxc5 24. Bxc5 Bb5 $11) 21... Rc8 (21...
Bxb3 22. axb3 Rc8 23. Ra1 $1 $16) (21... Bb5 $5 {Ivanchuk}) (21... h5 $2 {
Kortschnoj} 22. g4 $1) 22. Kd2 $5 (22. O-O Rxc1 (22... Bxb3 23. axb3 Rxc1 24.
Rxc1 Qd8 25. h5 Bg5 26. Rc4 $16) 23. Rxc1 Qe8 24. Nc5 Bb5 25. h5 Bxd3 26. Nxd3
gxh5 27. Qf3 Qb5 28. Nf4 $14) (22. Rd1 $142 $1 {Ivanchuk} Bc6 (22... h5 23. g4
Bc6 24. Na5 $1 (24. gxh5 Nf6 $1 25. exf6 Bxe4 26. Bxe4 Bxf6 $1 27. Bxf6 Qf4 28.
Bxa8 Qxf6 $13) 24... Ba4 25. gxh5 Bxd1 26. Kxd1 $40) (22... Bxb3 $142 23. axb3
Bc5 24. h5 Bxd4 25. Qxd4 g5 26. g3 $14) 23. h5 $1 Nc3 24. Qg4 Nxd1 25. hxg6 $40
) 22... Bb5 (22... Rxc1 23. Kxc1 Qc7+ 24. Kb1 $14) 23. Bb1 $1 (23. Rxc8+ $2
Qxc8 24. h5 Bxd3 25. Qxd3 (25. Kxd3 g5 26. Rc1 Qb7 27. Kd2 Qb5 $17) 25... Nf4
26. Qe4 Nxh5 $17) 23... Rxc1 (23... Bc6 24. Qg4 (24. h5 $1 Bg5+ 25. Ke1 $1 Bxc1
26. hxg6 Bg5 27. gxf7+ Kxf7 28. Qh7+ Kf8 29. Bg6 Be8 30. Bc5+ $1 (30. Rxh6 Bxh6
31. Qxh6+ Ke7 32. Qh4+ Kd7 33. Nc5+ Rxc5 $19) 30... Rxc5 31. Qh8+ Ke7 32. Qg7+
Kd8 33. Nxc5 Nf4 (33... Ne7 34. Nxe6+ Kd7 35. Nxg5 Bxg6 (35... hxg5 36. Rh7 Qd8
37. Bf5+ $18) 36. Rxh6 Qe8 37. e6+ $16) 34. Nb7+ Kc8 35. Nd6+ Kd8 36. Bxe8 Qc7
37. Qxc7+ Kxc7 38. Bf7 (38. g3 Nd3+ 39. Ke2 Nxe5 $11) 38... Nd3+ 39. Ke2 Nxe5
40. Rd1 Be7 41. Ne8+ Kb6 42. Bh5 $14) 24... h5 25. Qg3 Be8 26. Be4 Qb5 $15) (
23... Rd8 {Ivanchuk} 24. Rhd1 {/\ Kd2-e1}) (23... a5 $1 {Ivanchuk} 24. g3 (24.
Rxc8+ Qxc8 25. Rc1 Qd8 26. Ke1 $5 (26. g3 a4 27. Nc5 Nc3 $1) 26... Bxh4 27. Nc5
$1 Rc8 $140 28. Rd1 Qe7 29. Nxe6 $1 $14) 24... a4 25. h5 (25. Nc5 Nc3 $1 $17)
25... axb3 26. hxg6 Rxc1 27. gxf7+ Kf8 $17) 24. Rxc1 Qd8 25. g3 (25. h5 Bg5+
$19) 25... Bf8 (25... h5 $142 {Ivanchuk}) 26. Ke1 (26. f4 h5 27. Ke1) 26... h5
27. Bc5 Rc8 (27... Bg7 28. f4 $14) (27... Bh6 $5 {Ivanchuk} 28. f4 (28. Rd1 Rc8
29. Bd6 $16) 28... Rc8 29. Bxb4 $2 Rxc1+ 30. Nxc1 Qb6 $132) 28. Bxf8 Rxc1+ 29.
Nxc1 Qxf8 30. Qd4 $14 Qb8 31. Nb3 (31. Be4 Qc7 32. Kd2 Nb6 33. f4 Nc4+ 34. Kd1
$14) 31... Qc7 (31... Ne7 {Ivanchuk} 32. Nc5 Nf5 $14 (32... Nc6 $2 33. Qd6 $1
$16)) 32. f4 a5 $6 {><a5} (32... Kf8 33. Qc5+ Qxc5 34. Nxc5 Ne3 35. Be4 $14)
33. Qc5 $1 $16 Qxc5 (33... Qb7 {Ivanchuk} 34. Be4 $16 (34. Nxa5 Qa6 $132)) 34.
Nxc5 Ne3 35. Be4 Kf8 36. Bf3 $1 Ke7 (36... a4 37. Kf2 Nf5 (37... Ng4+ 38. Bxg4
hxg4 39. Ke3 Ke7 40. Kd4 $18) (37... Nc4 38. Be2 $18) 38. Be4 Nd4 39. Nd3 (39.
Ke3 Ne2) 39... Bc6 (39... Bxd3 40. Bxd3 $16) 40. Bxc6 Nxc6 41. Nc5 a3 42. bxa3
bxa3 43. Nd3 Nd4 44. Ke3 $14) 37. Kf2 Nf5 38. Be4 (38. Nb7 {Ivanchuk} a4 39. a3
$1 $18 {><a4}) 38... Nd4 39. Nb7 (39. a3 $1 {Ivanchuk}) 39... a4 (39... Bc6 $1
{Ivanchuk} 40. Bxc6 (40. Ke3 Bxb7 $11) 40... Nxc6 41. Ke3 f6 $1 42. Ke4 $14)
40. Nd6 Ba6 41. a3 $5 {><a4} (41. Ke3 Ne2 42. Bc6 a3 43. bxa3 bxa3 44. Be8 Nxg3
45. Bxf7 Nf5+ 46. Nxf5+ gxf5 47. Bxh5 Bc4 $11) 41... bxa3 (41... b3 42. Bg2 (
42. Bb7 Bxb7 43. Nxb7 Nc2 44. Nc5 Nxa3 45. Nxa4 Nc4 46. Ke2 f6 47. Kd3 (47.
exf6+ Kxf6 48. Kd3 Nd6 49. Nc5 Kf5 50. Nxb3 Kg4 51. Nc5 Kxg3 52. Nxe6 Kxh4 $11)
47... Na5 48. Nc5 fxe5 49. fxe5 Nc6 50. Ke4 Na5 51. Kf4 Nc4 52. Nxb3 Nxb2 53.
Kg5 Kf7 54. Nc5 Nc4 55. Nxe6 Kxe6 56. Kxg6 Nxe5+ 57. Kxh5 Kf5 $11) 42... f6 43.
Be4 f5 44. Bg2 Nc2 45. Bc6 Nxa3 46. Bxa4 Nc4 47. Nxc4 Bxc4 48. Ke3 $18) 42.
bxa3 f6 $2 (42... f5 43. Ke3 Ne2 44. Bc6 Nxg3 45. Bxa4 Nf1+ 46. Kd4 Nd2 47. Bd1
$16) (42... Ne2 {Ivanchuk} 43. Bb7 $1 Bxb7 44. Kxe2 $18) (42... Kf8 {Kortschnoj
} 43. Ke3 Ne2 44. Bb7 Bxb7 45. Kxe2 Bc6 46. Kd3 Ke7 47. Kc4 f6 48. Kb4 fxe5 49.
fxe5 g5 50. Nb5 $18) 43. Ke3 Ne2 44. Bxg6 Nxg3 (44... fxe5 {Kortschnoj} 45.
fxe5 Nxg3 46. Bc2 Nf1+ 47. Kf4 Nd2 48. Bxa4 Nb1 49. Bb5 $18) 45. Ne4 Nf1+ (
45... Nxe4 46. Bxe4 $18) 46. Kf2 f5 (46... fxe5 47. fxe5 Bd3 48. Bxh5 Bxe4 49.
Kxf1 $18) 47. Nc5 Bc4 48. Nxa4 Nd2 49. Nc5 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 25th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1997.07.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1997.07.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Ftacnik.} Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 b6 7. Bd3 (
7. b3 {Ftacnik} Bb7 8. Bb2 Bd6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Rc8 11. Rad1 h6 12. Qe2 Re8
13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Nf6 16. Qh4 Nd7 17. Qh5 c5 18. Ne5 Qe7 19.
Nxd7 Qxd7 20. d5 {1-0 Franco,Z-Rodriguez Lopez,R/Mondariz (09)/1995 (30)}) 7...
Bb7 8. O-O Be7 (8... Bd6 {Ftacnik} 9. a3 O-O 10. b4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 b5 12. Bd3 a5
13. Rb1 Qc7 14. Ng5 axb4 15. Nce4 h6 16. Nxd6 Qxd6 17. Nh7 Nxh7 18. Bxh7+ Kh8
19. axb4 g6 20. Bxg6 fxg6 21. Qxg6 Rf6 {0-1 Kecskes,G-Payen,A/Budapest FS08
IM-B (02)/1995 (26)}) (8... Qc7 {Ftacnik} 9. Re1 (9. Bd2 Be7 10. Rac1 Rc8 11.
Rfe1 O-O 12. e4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 e5 14. Qb3 h6 15. Bf1 exd4 16. Nb5 Qd8 17. Nbxd4
c5 18. Nf5 Nxe4 19. Nxh6+ gxh6 20. Bxh6 Bf6 {1-0 Lehtivaara,P-Pinski,J/Geneva
op (05) 1997 (40)}) 9... Be7 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Rd8 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Nxe4
14. Bxe7 Kxe7 15. Bxe4 Rhe8 16. c5 Kf8 17. Rad1 Nf6 18. Ne5 {0-1 Pavlovic,
Ma-Guidez,Y/Cappelle op (03) 1995 (38)}) 9. b3 (9. Rd1 {Ftacnik} O-O 10. b3 Qc7
11. Bb2 Rac8 12. Rac1 c5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Bf5 g6 15. Bh3 Rcd8 16. Ba3 Rfe8 17.
dxc5 bxc5 18. Na4 {1-0 Petkevich,J-Stromer,A/Cappelle op (03) 1995 (42)}) (9.
Ne5 {Ftacnik} O-O 10. e4 dxc4 11. Nxc4 b5 12. Ne3 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Be2 Qb6
15. Nf5 Bc5 16. Qd2 Ng6 17. e5 Ne8 18. Ne4 Bc8 19. Nxg7 Be3 20. Qxe3 Qxe3 21.
Bxe3 Kxg7 22. f4 {1-0 Burmakin,V-Strutinskaya,G/Omsk Russian Cup (01) 1996})
9... Rc8 (9... dxc4 $5 10. bxc4 c5 11. d5 $6 exd5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5
14. Rd1 Qc7 15. Bb2 Bc6 16. Be4 (16. Bxg7 Rg8 {/\ ...Bxf3}) 16... Bf6 {0-1
Zvjaginsev,V-Dreev,A/RUS-ch m5-8 1997 (45) Weiß hat nicht genügend
Kompensation für den Bauern.}) (9... Qc7 {Ftacnik} 10. Bb2 O-O 11. Rad1 c5 12.
Ne5 cxd4 13. exd4 Rfd8 14. Qe2 dxc4 15. bxc4 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nd7 17. Nb5 Qc6 18.
Qg4 Nc5 19. Nd6 Bxd6 20. exd6 g6 21. Bc2 Rxd6 22. Rxd6 Qxd6 {0-1 Luft,
A-Beikert,G/BL2-S 9596/1996 (41)}) (9... O-O {Ftacnik} 10. Ne5 Rc8 11. Bb2 Qc7
12. Rad1 Rfd8 13. f4 Nf8 14. f5 Bd6 15. e4 dxc4 16. Nxc4 Bxh2+ 17. Kh1 b5 18.
e5 bxc4 19. Bxc4 Ng4 20. Qe2 h5 21. Ne4 c5 {1-0 Adla,D-Rodriguez Lopez,R/
Aceimar op 1995 (37)}) 10. Bb2 c5 (10... Qc7 11. Rac1 h6 12. Qe2 (12. e4 $5)
12... O-O 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 dxc4 15. bxc4 Qxe5 16. Nd5 Qd6 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6
18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. c5 Qe7 20. Qg4+ Kh8 21. Qh4 Kg7 22. Qg3+ Kh8 23. Qh4 Kg7 24.
Qg4+ Kh8 25. Qh4 {1/2-1/2 Dao,T-Waitzkin,J/Budapest FS06 GM 1997}) 11. cxd5
cxd4 $2 $146 {'?' Ftacnik. Eine mißglückte Neuerung, die auf einer
Fehlkalkulation beruht.} (11... exd5 12. Rfd1 O-O 13. Rac1 Re8 14. Bf5 g6 15.
Bh3 $14 Bf8 16. Qb1 Qe7 17. Rc2 a6 18. Na4 c4 19. Ne5 b5 {1/2-1/2 Khalifman,
A-Dreev,A/EUCup f 1996/CBM 56 Weiß kann nun die Qualität gewinnen : Ftacnik:
'1/2-1/2 Khalifman,A-Dreev,A/EUCup f Budapest (03)/1996/'} 20. Nxd7 Nxd7 21.
Bxd7 Qxd7 22. Nb6 Qe6 23. Nxc8 Rxc8 {Schwarz hat wegen des schlechten Bb2 und
seines gedeckten Freibauern (den er mittels ...b4 und ...c3 weiter vorzurücken
gedenkt) etwas Kompensation, trotzdem hätte Weiß weiterspielen sollen.}) 12.
dxe6 {'!' Ftacnik.} (12. Nxd4 {Ftacnik} Nxd5 13. a3 h6 $11) 12... dxc3 13.
exd7+ Nxd7 (13... Qxd7 {Ftacnik} 14. Bf5 Qc6 15. Bxc8 cxb2 16. Qxc6+ Bxc6 17.
Rab1 $18) 14. Bxc3 Bb4 {Scheinbar hat Weiß nun Probleme auf der c-Linie.} (
14... Bxf3 15. gxf3 Bb4 16. Bc4 Bxc3 (16... Qg5+ {Ftacnik} 17. Kh1 Qh5 18. Qe4+
$18) 17. Qxc3 {führt zur Partie.}) (14... Bf6 {Ftacnik} 15. Nd4 $16) 15. Bc4
Bxf3 16. gxf3 (16. Bxb4 $2 Qg5 17. g3 b5 $19) 16... Bxc3 17. Qxc3 Qg5+ (17...
b5 {Ftacnik} 18. Qxg7 $18) 18. Kh1 b5 {Darauf hat Schwarz gehofft, aber ...} (
18... Qh5 19. Qxg7 Qxf3+ 20. Qg2 $18 (20. Kg1 $18 {Ftacnik})) 19. Qa5 $1 (19.
Qa5 Qf5 (19... Qh5 {Ftacnik} 20. Be2 $18) 20. Be2 $18 {erschien Ivanchuk gegen
einen Spieler wie Kramnik hoffnungslos, daher die frühe Aufgabe.}) 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 25th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1997.07.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[Annotator "Bangiev,A"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1997.07.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. a4 Nc6 7. O-O (7. d3 Nf6
8. Be3 O-O 9. h3 Ne8 (9... Rc8 10. Qd2 Nb4 11. Bf2 a6 12. Bc4 Bc6 13. Bb3 b5
14. O-O Qc7 15. axb5 axb5 16. Rfe1 Ra8 17. Rxa8 Rxa8 18. Ng5 Rf8 19. f5 $36 {
1-0 Hort,V-Sigurjonsson,G/Reykjavik 1985 (33)}) 10. O-O Nc7 11. Bc4 a6 12. Qd2
Nd4 13. f5 b5 $132 {0-1 Sigurjonsson,G-De Firmian,N/Reykjavik op 1986 (25)})
7... e6 (7... Nd4 8. e5 $5 (8. Bxd7+ Qxd7 9. d3 $14) 8... dxe5 9. Nxe5 $5 (9.
fxe5 Nh6 10. Nxd4 cxd4 11. Ne4 Bxb5 12. axb5 Bxe5 13. Ra3 f5 14. Ng5 Qd6 $17 {
0-1 Moisan Plante,M-Reeve,J/Quebeck op 1994 (21)}) (9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. Nxe5 Qc7
11. d3 Bxe5 12. fxe5 Qxe5 13. Bf4 Qg7 14. Qd2 $36)) (7... Nf6 8. e5 $5 dxe5 9.
Nxe5 $14) 8. Bxc6 Bxc6 9. d4 $5 Nf6 (9... cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qb6 11. Be3 $36 Qxb2 $2
12. Ncb5 $1 {[%csl Rc7,Rd6]} Bxb5 13. Nxb5 Qxa1 14. Qxd6 $18) 10. d5 (10. Re1
O-O $11) 10... exd5 (10... Bd7 $6 11. dxe6 Bxe6 $14) 11. exd5 Bd7 12. Re1+ Kf8
$14 {Schwarz benötigt drei Tempi (h6,Kg8,Kh7) um seine Entwicklung
abzuschließen. Weiß hat also genug Zeit um seine Kräfte zu koordinieren. Die
Frage der weißen Initiative ist hier die Frage der Entwicklung des Bc1. Falls
Weiß es schaffen sollte, den Bc1 ins Spiel zu bringen, dann entscheidet er den
Kampf um die Initiative für sich.} 13. b3 h6 14. Bb2 a6 15. a5 Kg8 16. Qd2 {
/\Na4 -> Nb6} Bg4 (16... Kh7 17. Na4 {Das Ziel dieses Zuges besteht darin, daß
Weiß mit dem Manöver Nb6-c4 und anschließendem Tausch auf f6 die wichtigen
weißen Felder (c4,d5) unter Kontrolle halten kann. Das weitere Spiel könnte
sich etwa folgendermaßen gestalten.} Bg4 18. Nb6 Rb8 19. Qf2 Re8 20. Rxe8 Qxe8
21. Re1 Qb5 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Nc4 Bxf3 24. Qxf3 Re8 25. Rxe8 Qxe8 26. Kf1 $14)
17. Rf1 (17. Qf2 $2 Nxd5) 17... Kh7 18. Ne5 $5 {Dieser "überraschende" Zug
wurde sicherlich vorbereitet.} (18. h3 Bxf3 19. Rxf3 Ne4 (19... Re8 20. f5 $5)
20. Nxe4 Bxb2 $13) 18... Re8 $1 (18... dxe5 {Die Annahme des Opfers gestattet
es dem Weißen, zum scharfen Angriff überzugehen.} 19. fxe5 Nd7 20. Rxf7 $1 Nxe5
(20... Re8 21. Ne4 Nxe5 22. Bxe5 Rxe5 23. Qc3 $16) 21. Rxg7+ Kxg7 22. Ne4 Re8 (
22... Qe7 23. d6 Qe6 24. Nxc5 $40) 23. Qf4 Qe7 (23... Qxd5 24. Nf6 $16) 24. Re1
Bf5 25. d6 $16) 19. Nxg4 (19. Nc4 $6 Nh5 $5 $36 {/\Bd4}) (19. Nxf7 $2 Qd7)
19... Nxg4 {Schwarz steht momentan etwas aktiver. Man beachte die weißen
Bauernschwächen (d5,a5), und die Aktivität der schwarzen Leichtfiguren. /\Bd4;
Qh4} 20. Na4 $1 Bxb2 21. Nxb2 Qh4 22. g3 (22. h3 Ne3 23. Rf3 Nf5 $15) 22... Qf6
$1 {Das beste Feld für die schwarze Dame.} 23. Nc4 $1 {Weiß hat sein Ziel
erreicht. Der Spinger auf c4 wird perfekt postiert. Nun wäre für Weiß der
Tausch der schweren Figuren sehr erwünscht, weil dann die Springerkraft wächst.
} h5 $1 {Es gelingt jetzt dem Schwarzen den Spinger nach f5 vorteilhaft zu
überführen.} 24. Rae1 Nh6 25. Kg2 {Dies soll den Zug 26.Rf2 vorbereiten.} (25.
Rf2 Rxe1+ 26. Qxe1 Ng4 $36) 25... Nf5 26. Rf2 Nd4 $36 27. Re3 Qf5 28. Kg1 Rxe3
(28... Qxd5 $2 29. Nb6) 29. Qxe3 Qd7 {/\Re8} (29... Nxc2 30. Qe7 Qxd5 31. f5 $5
Qd1+ 32. Rf1 Qd4+ 33. Rf2 $11) (29... Rd8 30. Qe7 $36) 30. Nb6 Qe8 31. Qd3 $5 {
Es droht b3-b4, bzw. f4-f5 mit dem Ziel, die schwarze Bauernkette zu sprengen.}
(31. Qxe8 Rxe8 32. Kf1 $11) 31... Rd8 32. Kg2 (32. b4 $2 Qe1+) 32... Kg8 33. b4
{Dies soll auch den Zug c2-c3 ermöglichen.} (33. c4 $6 Qe1 $5) 33... Qb5 $5 (
33... Qe1 34. c3 $14) 34. Qxb5 axb5 35. c3 Nf5 36. Re2 {Die weiße Stellung ist
nun vorzuziehen. Alle weißen Figuren stehen aktiver.} Kf8 37. Kf2 (37. bxc5 $6
dxc5 38. Rb2 Nd6) 37... c4 38. h3 $6 {/\g4} (38. Re1 $5 {/\39.h3} f6 39. h3 h4
40. g4 Ng3 41. Re6 Kf7 42. Ke3 $14) 38... h4 $1 {Ein aktiver Plan.
Andererseits bekommt Weiß nach 39.g4 eine gewisse Initiative und spürbaren
Raumvorteil.} 39. g4 Ng3 40. Re3 f5 $1 41. g5 Ne4+ 42. Ke2 Re8 $11 43. Kd1 Ke7
44. Ke1 Kd8 45. Kd1 Nf2+ 46. Ke2 Rxe3+ 47. Kxe3 Ne4 (47... Nxh3 48. Kf3 Ng1+
49. Kf2 Nh3+ 50. Kf3 $11) 48. Kd4 Kc7 49. Na8+ Kd7 50. Nb6+ Kd8 51. Na8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 25th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1997.07.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1997.07.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Bf5 4. Qb3 Qc7 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bb5+ Nd7 7. Bd2 e6 8.
Nf3 Ne7 9. O-O Nc6 10. Rc1 Rc8 11. Nc3 Be7 12. Na4 O-O 13. a3 Qb8 14. Bxc6 Rxc6
15. Bb4 Rxc1+ 16. Rxc1 Rc8 17. Rc3 Bf6 18. Rxc8+ Qxc8 19. Qc3 Qxc3 20. Nxc3 Bd3
21. Bd6 Bd8 22. Ne5 Nxe5 23. Bxe5 b6 24. Bb8 a6 25. Ba7 Bc2 26. Bb8 Kf8 27. Kf1
Ke7 28. Ke2 Kd7 29. Kd2 Bb3 30. Ne2 Bc4 31. Nf4 g5 32. Nd3 f6 33. Kc3 a5 34. b3
Ba6 35. Bg3 a4 36. bxa4 Be7 37. h4 g4 38. Bf4 Bxa3 39. Nb4 Bf1 40. Kb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 25th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1997.07.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1997.07.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nc3 Bc5 6. Na4 Qa5+ 7. c3 Bxd4 8.
Qxd4 Nf6 9. Nc5 b6 10. Nb3 Qh5 11. f3 O-O 12. Bf4 Nc6 13. Qe3 e5 14. Bg5 Ne8
15. g4 Qg6 16. O-O-O Qe6 17. Kb1 Bb7 18. Qd3 d6 19. h4 Kh8 20. Rh2 f6 21. Be3
Ne7 22. c4 Qf7 23. h5 h6 24. Na1 Nc6 25. Rhd2 Rd8 26. Nc2 Qe6 27. Bf2 Rf7 28.
Ne3 Qc8 29. Qa3 Nd4 30. Nd5 Nc6 31. Nc3 Qb8 32. Nb5 Rfd7 33. c5 bxc5 34. Bxc5
Bc8 35. Nxd6 Nxd6 36. Rxd6 Rxd6 37. Rxd6 Be6 38. Rxe6 Rd1+ 39. Kc2 Rxf1 40.
Rxc6 Qb5 41. Qa6 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 25th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1997.07.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1997.07.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 d6 {This move is a must for Black in the
early stage, as} (4... Bg7 5. e4 O-O $6 6. e5 Ng4 7. Ng5 $1 $40 {has been
proven unsatisfactory.}) 5. e4 Bg7 6. Be2 Na6 (6... O-O 7. O-O Na6 8. h3 Nc7 9.
a4 a6 10. Bf4 Rb8 11. a5 b5 12. axb6 Rxb6 13. Ra2 e6 14. dxe6 Bxe6 15. b3 Nb5
16. Bxb5 axb5 17. Re1 Nh5 18. Bg5 Bf6 19. Qd2 b4 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. Qxd5 Bxg5 22.
Qxg5 Qxg5 23. Nxg5 h6 24. Nf3 Nf4 25. Nd2 Re8 26. Nc4 Rc6 $11 {Bukic,E-Ceko,J/
Ljubljana op/1997/}) 7. O-O Nc7 8. Bf4 (8. Nd2 O-O 9. a4 b6 10. Nc4 Ba6 11. Bf4
Nh5 12. Bg5 f5 13. f3 Bd4+ 14. Kh1 f4 15. Na3 Bc8 16. Qe1 Bd7 17. Nc4 Qe8 18.
Bd3 Rb8 19. e5 $1 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Nxd5 21. exd6 e6 22. Ne5 $40 {Asrian,
K-Zakharevich,I/Russia Cup6 Krasnodar/1997/}) 8... O-O 9. a4 b6 10. Qd2 (10.
Re1 Rb8 11. Bf1 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Nd7 14. Nb5 Nxb5 15. axb5 Bxb2 16.
Rxa7 Bg7 17. Qa3 Ra8 18. Ra6 Rb8 19. Ra7 Ra8 20. Ra6 Rb8 {1/2,Nehemia,
U-Bitansky,I/Dov Porath Memorial/1997/}) 10... Re8 $5 {[%cal Ye7e6] Black aims
for quick counterplay, connected with an e6 push.} (10... Bb7 $143 11. Rfe1 (
11. Bh6 e5 12. Bg5 Qd7 13. Rab1 Nfe8 14. Ne1 f5 15. f3 Nf6 16. Nd3 a6 17. b4 c4
18. Nf2 b5 19. Be3 Nh5 20. Rfe1 Ne8 21. exf5 gxf5 22. Nh3 f4 23. Bb6 Bf6 24.
Ra1 Bh4 25. Reb1 Nef6 26. axb5 axb5 27. Ra5 Rxa5 28. bxa5 Ba6 29. Bf1 Ng7 30.
Na2 Nf5 31. Nb4 Bb7 32. a6 Ba8 33. Kh1 Kh8 34. c3 Ne7 35. Bf2 Bxf2 {Djuric,
S-Cifuentes Parada,R/Buenos Aires Konex 1991/1/2-1/2 (51)}) (11. Bc4 a6 12.
Rfe1 Qd7 13. Qd3 Rad8 14. Rab1 Qc8 15. b4 cxb4 16. Rxb4 Na8 17. Nb1 Nd7 18.
Nbd2 Nc5 19. Qa3 Qd7 20. h3 e6 21. dxe6 fxe6 22. Bg3 Bc6 23. a5 b5 24. Bf1 e5
25. c4 Nc7 26. Qe3 N7e6 27. cxb5 axb5 28. Reb1 Rb8 29. Bc4 Kh8 30. Bd5 Na6 31.
Bxc6 Qxc6 32. R4b2 Nac5 33. h4 Nd4 34. Nxd4 exd4 35. Qg5 d3 36. e5 Na4 37. Rb3
Nc3 38. Rxc3 Qxc3 39. exd6 h6 40. Qe3 Rbe8 41. Ne4 Qc4 {1-0 Aseev,K-Sakhatova,
E/London Lloyds 1994}) 11... a6 (11... Qd7 12. Bh6 a6 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Rab1 e6
15. dxe6 Qxe6 16. Rbd1 Rad8 17. b3 b5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Nxb5 Nxb5 20. Bxb5 Nxe4
21. Ng5 Qf5 22. Nxe4 Bxe4 23. Bd3 Bxd3 {1/2-1/2 Tangborn,E-Plaskett,J/Hastings
B 1988}) 12. Rab1 Re8 (12... Rc8 13. Bc4 Qd7 14. Qd3 Nh5 15. Bd2 e6 16. dxe6
fxe6 17. b4 Bc6 18. bxc5 bxc5 19. Rb6 Nf4 20. Bxf4 Rxf4 21. Rd1 Bxc3 22. Qxc3
Rxe4 23. Qd3 {1/2-1/2 Miles,A-Backwinkel,P/BL 1983}) 13. Bc4 $1 Nd7 14. Bh6 Ne5
15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Bf4 Bg7 17. Qd3 Qd7 18. b4 Reb8 19. Rb3 a5 20. bxc5 bxc5 21.
Reb1 Qc8 22. Nd1 Ra7 23. Qh3 Qxh3 24. Rxh3 Rba8 25. Rhb3 Bc8 26. Nc3 Bxc3 27.
Rxc3 f6 28. Bd2 Ba6 29. Bxa6 Nxa6 30. Rcb3 $16 {[%cal Gb1b8] _|_,<->b,Miles,
A-Dunnington,A/4NCL9697/1997/}) 11. h3 (11. Bc4 Bg4 $1 $132) (11. Rfe1 a6 (
11... Bb7 $1 {/\e6<=>}) 12. Rad1 Rb8 $6 13. e5 $1 Nh5 14. Bh6 Bh8 15. Ng5 Ng7
16. e6 Ngxe6 17. dxe6 Nxe6 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Bg4 Kf7 20. Ne4 Bf6 21. Qf4 e5 22.
Ng5+ Kg8 23. Qc4+ $18 {Kostic,V-Juraczka,F/AUT-chT/1989/}) 11... Bb7 12. Rfe1 (
12. Bc4 a6 (12... e6 $5 $13) 13. Rfe1 Qd7 14. Qd3 Rad8 15. Rab1 e6 16. dxe6
Nxe6 17. Bg5 Nd4 18. Nxd4 cxd4 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 a5 21. Qf3 Qe7 22. b4 h6
23. Bxf6 Qxf6 24. Qxf6 Bxf6 25. bxa5 bxa5 26. Rb7 Re7 27. Reb1 Rdd7 28. Rxd7
Rxd7 29. Rb5 Bd8 $11 {Jukic,M-Gheorghiu,F/Graz op/1987/}) 12... e6 $1 13. Bc4
exd5 14. exd5 Qd7 $11 15. Rxe8+ Nfxe8 (15... Rxe8 $5 16. Bb5 (16. Nb5 Ncxd5 17.
Nxd6 Ne4 $1 $36) 16... Nxb5 17. axb5 Ba8 $132 {[%cal Yf6e4,Yd7f5] /\Ne4,Qf5})
16. Bh6 Bh8 $5 {Ivanchuk chooses a more ambitious and risky continuation.} (
16... a6 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qd3 Nf6 $11) (16... Bxc3 $5 17. bxc3 Nf6 $13) 17.
Qd3 a6 18. Rb1 Rb8 $5 (18... Nf6 $143 19. b4 $36) (18... Bxc3 19. bxc3 b5 20.
axb5 axb5 21. Bxb5 Nxb5 22. Qxb5 Qxb5 23. Rxb5 Bxd5 $11) 19. b4 $5 {This pawn
sacrifice gives White good play on the black squares.} cxb4 (19... Bxc3 20.
Qxc3 Nxd5 21. Bxd5 Bxd5 22. Re1 $44 {[%cal Re1e8] /\Re8+-}) 20. Rxb4 Bxc3 21.
Qxc3 Nxd5 (21... Bxd5 22. Bf1 $44 {[%csl Gf1,Gh6] ^^}) 22. Bxd5 Bxd5 23. Nd4
$44 Qe7 24. Rb1 Qf6 (24... Qh4 $5 25. Qe3 (25. Be3 Nf6 $15) 25... Qe4 26. Qxe4
Bxe4 27. f3 Bd5 28. Be3 $44 {[%csl Rb6,Rd6] ><b6,d6}) 25. Qd2 Nc7 26. Bg5 Qg7
27. c4 (27. Bh6 Qf6 28. Bg5 Qg7 29. Bh6 $11) 27... Be4 $1 (27... Bxc4 28. Nc6
Re8 29. Ne7+ Kh8 30. Qxd6 $40) 28. Rd1 $5 (28. Re1 Re8 29. Bf4 Qf6 30. Bg5 $11)
28... Re8 (28... Ne8 $6 29. Re1 Bb7 30. Re7 $40) 29. Be3 Qe5 $5 (29... d5 $2
30. f3 $16) (29... Ne6 30. Nxe6 Rxe6 31. Bxb6 $14 {[%csl Rg7,Rg8] ע}) (29...
Qf6 30. Ne2 b5 31. Qa5 Qb2 32. Nd4 $1 $14) 30. Ne2 Ne6 (30... b5 31. Bf4 $36)
31. Qxd6 Qa5 $138 32. Bxb6 $138 (32. Qxb6 Qxa4 33. Nc3 Qxc4 34. Nxe4 Qxe4 35.
Qxa6 Nf4 $11) (32. Ra1 $142 $1 {Huebner,R}) 32... Qxa4 33. c5 $5 (33. Rc1 Qc6
$11) 33... Bxg2 $1 $138 {Despite acute time-trouble Black starts a combination,
which releases the tension in the position.} 34. Kxg2 Qe4+ 35. Kf1 $4 {A
tactical blunder, which loses immediately.} (35. Kh2 $1 {[]} Qxe2 36. c6 $44
Nf4 $5 (36... Ng5 37. c7 Nf3+ 38. Kg3 Ne5 39. Qd5 $1 {[%csl Gc7] o^c7}) (36...
Qf3 37. Be3 Rc8 38. Rc1 Rc7 $11 {Leko}) 37. Kg3 Nh5+ (37... g5 38. c7 (38. Qd7
$5 {[%cal Rd7e8] /\Qe8}) 38... Qe4 39. f3 Nh5+ 40. Kg2 Qe2+ 41. Bf2 Nf4+ 42.
Kg3 $11) 38. Kh2 Nf4 $11) 35... Nf4 $1 $19 (35... Qh1+ $2 36. Ng1 $18) 36. Qxf4
$8 (36. Nxf4 Qh1#) (36. Ng3 Qg2#) 36... Qxe2+ 37. Kg2 Qxd1 38. Qc4 (38. Qd6 Qb1
$1 $19) 38... Qe2 (38... Re1 $19 {->}) 39. Qa4 {White practically can't avoid
the exchange of Q with a lost endgame.} (39. Qxe2 Rxe2 40. c6 Rc2 41. c7 Kf8
$19) (39. Qc3 Qe4+ 40. Kg3 Re5 $40 (40... Qe5+ $19)) 39... Qe4+ 40. Qxe4 Rxe4
41. c6 Rc4 42. c7 Kf8 {[%cal Rf8d7,Rc4c7] /\Ke7-d7,Rc7} 0-1

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 25th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1997.07.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1997.07.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 (5... Ndf6 {--> De
Firmian-Karpov, Biel 1990 INF 50/163}) 6. Bd3 e6 (6... h6 $6 7. Ne6 Qa5+ 8. Bd2
Qb6 9. Nf3 fxe6 10. Bg6+ Kd8 11. O-O c5 12. c4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 e5 14. c5 $1 Nxc5
15. Ba5 $18 {Tal-Oll, USSR 1986}) 7. N1f3 Bd6 (7... Be7 8. Qe2 O-O 9. h4 c5 10.
Be3 a6 11. O-O-O $132 {Shirazi-Neamtu, Biel (op) 1987}) (7... Qc7 $2 8. Qe2 h6
9. Bg6 $1 hxg5 10. Bxf7+ $1 $40 {Van der Wiel-Karpov, Amsterdam 1987}) 8. Qe2
h6 (8... Qe7 9. Ne5) 9. Ne4 (9. Nxe6 $2 fxe6 10. Bg6+ Ke7 11. O-O Nf8 12. Bd3
Bd7 13. Ne5 Qe8 14. f4 Kd8 $17 {Arnason-Ostenstad, Torshavn 1987}) 9... Nxe4
10. Qxe4 (10. Bxe4 Nf6 11. Bd3 {--> 10.Qe4 Nf6 11.Qe2}) 10... c5 {[%csl Yd4,
Rd5,Ge5]} (10... Nf6 11. Qh4 Ke7 $5 (11... Bd7 12. Bf4 Qc7 13. Be5 $1 $16 {
1-0 Svidler,P-Burmakin,V/RUS-ch Elista 1994 (37)}) (11... Qc7 12. Bd2 Bd7 13.
O-O-O O-O-O 14. Ne5 Bxe5 15. dxe5 Qxe5 16. Qa4 Qb8 17. Rhe1 Nd5 18. c4 Nf4 19.
Be4 $44) 12. Ne5 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Qa5+ 14. c3 Qxe5+ 15. Be3 b6 16. O-O-O g5 17.
Qa4 c5 18. Rhe1 Bd7 19. Qa3 Rhd8 $15 {Kamsky,G-Karpov,A Dortmund 1993}) 11. O-O
(11. Bd2 Qc7 $146 (11... Nf6 {- 45/153}) 12. Qg4 Kf8 13. Qe4 c4 14. Bf1 Rb8 15.
a4 b6 16. Qe2 Ba6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Ehlvest,J-Gulko,B/Novgorod 1995 (25)}) 11... Nf6
12. Qh4 (12. Bb5+ Ke7 13. Qe2 Bd7 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. a4 Bxb5 16. axb5 Qb6 17.
Bd2 Rhc8 18. c4 a5 19. b3 Bb4 20. Be3 Bc5 21. Bd2 $11 {1/2-1/2 Akopian,
V-Anastasian,A/It, Erevan ARM 1996 (33)}) 12... Qc7 13. Re1 (13. dxc5 Bxc5 (
13... Qxc5 14. Be3 {/\Bd4/^a1-h8}) 14. Bf4 Qe7 15. Rad1 $14) 13... Bd7 14. Bg5
(14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Ne5 $36) 14... Be7 (14... c4 {/\0-0-0} 15. Bxf6 $5 cxd3 16.
Bxg7 Rg8 17. Qxh6 dxc2 18. Qh7 $18) 15. dxc5 Qxc5 (15... O-O-O 16. Bf4 Qxc5 17.
Be3 $40) 16. Ne5 Bc6 (16... Rd8 17. Rad1 $14) 17. Qh3 Rd8 (17... O-O 18. Bxh6
gxh6 19. Qxh6 {/\Re3+-}) (17... Ng4 18. Bxe7 $4 (18. Qxg4 Bxg5 (18... hxg5 19.
Nxf7 Kxf7 20. Qxe6+ Kf8 21. Bc4 Be8 22. Re5 $18) 19. b4 $36) 18... Qxf2+ 19.
Kh1 Qxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Nf2+ 21. Kg1 Nxh3+ 22. gxh3 Kxe7 $19) 18. Rad1 Ne4 $6 (18...
O-O 19. Bxh6 gxh6 20. Qxh6 Be4 (20... Ne4 21. Nxc6 Qxc6 (21... Qxf2+ 22. Kh1
Bg5 (22... Qxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Bg5 24. Ne7+ Bxe7 25. Bxe4 $18) 23. Ne7+ Bxe7 24.
Rxe4 Qf5 25. Rg4+ $18) 22. h4 f5 $13) 21. Qg5+ Kh8 22. Re3 $18) 19. Bxe4 $14
Rxd1 20. Bxc6+ (20. Rxd1 Bxe4 21. Bxe7 Qxe7 (21... Qxe5 22. Qa3 Bd5 23. Bd8
Kxd8 24. c4 Qe2 25. Qb3 Kc8 26. cxd5 $14) 22. Qe3 {קa7,Pb7}) 20... bxc6 21.
Rxd1 Qxe5 (21... Bxg5 22. Qd3 Qd5 23. c4 Qxd3 24. Rxd3 $14) 22. Bxe7 Kxe7 23.
Qa3+ $14 Kf6 24. Qf3+ Kg6 25. h4 Rb8 (25... Qxb2 26. h5+ Kh7 27. Qe4+ f5 28.
Qxe6 $16) 26. b3 Rb7 27. c4 Rc7 28. c5 f5 29. b4 $2 (29. Qd3 $142 Rb7 $14)
29... Kf6 $11 30. Qd3 Qd5 31. Qc2 Qe4 32. Qc3+ (32. Qxe4 fxe4 33. Rd6 Rb7 34.
a3 a5 35. bxa5 Rb5 36. Rxc6 Rxa5 {/\Ra3-c3 =}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 25th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1997.07.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1997.07.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Polgars choice, 4.d4 and 5.Bxc6, against Ivanchuks surprice 3. - f5 is not
White's most ambitious. Ivanchuk tries a new move that results in an even
ending.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. d4 fxe4 5. Bxc6 dxc6 (5... bxc6 6.
Nxe5 Nf6 7. Bg5 (7. O-O Bb7 8. Qe2 d5 9. Bg5 Be7 10. f3 O-O 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12.
fxe4 dxe4 13. c3 Qd5 14. Nd2 c5 $15 {0-1 Brunner,M-Pennekamp,M/Weihnachts
Open-B 1996/EXP 56 (19)}) 7... Bb7 8. O-O Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Qe2 Qe8 11. h3 d6
12. Ng4 Nxg4 13. Qxg4 Bxg5 14. Qxg5 d5 15. Nd1 Bc8 $13 {Mortensen,E-Saavedra,C/
Novi Sad olm 1990/TD 90\06/1/2-1/2 (43)}) 6. Nxe5 Bf5 $146 (6... Qh4 7. O-O (7.
Qe2 Be6 8. O-O O-O-O 9. Be3 Bd6 10. Nd2 Nf6 11. f4 exf3 12. Ndxf3 Qh5 13. Rae1
Rhe8 $15 {1/2-1/2 Stean,M-O'Kelly de Galway,A/London 1973/MCL 05 (23)}) (7. Nc3
Nf6 8. h3 (8. Qe2 Bb4 9. Qc4 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Nd5 11. Ba3 {1-0 Marco,G-Trenchard,
H/Wien ;HCL 01-33 1898 (22)} Qg5 $1 $13) 8... Nd5 9. O-O Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bd6 11.
Qe1 Bxe5 12. dxe5 Bf5 13. c4 c5 14. Qe3 b6 15. f4 h5 16. Bb2 O-O-O 17. Rad1 {
1/2-1/2 Short,N-Piket,J/Dortmund 1995/CBM 48/[Survey]}) 7... Nf6 8. f3 Bd6 9.
Qe1 Qh5 10. Nc3 Bxe5 11. dxe5 Qxe5 12. Nxe4 O-O 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. c3 {1/2-1/2
Rellstab,L-Tolush,A/EU-chT Wien\Baden 1957/EU-chT}) (6... Nf6 7. Bg5 Be7 (7...
Bf5 8. O-O h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 h5 11. h4 Ng4 12. Nc3 gxh4 13. Bf4 Qf6 $13 {
1-0 Mortensen,E-Sylvan,J/Copenhagen op 1993/EXT 93op (20)}) 8. Nc3 O-O 9. O-O
Bf5 10. Ne2 h6 11. Ng3 Bh7 12. Be3 Bd6 13. Qe2 Qe7 $11 {Sasaki,K-Handoko,E/
ASIA-chT 1993/EXT 93b/0-1 (73)}) 7. O-O (7. Qh5+ g6 8. Nxg6 $2 Bxg6 9. Qe5+ Kf7
10. Qxh8 Bg7 $19) 7... Bd6 8. Qh5+ g6 9. Qe2 Qh4 10. Nc3 Nf6 11. f3 Bxe5 12.
dxe5 exf3 13. Rxf3 Qd4+ 14. Kh1 (14. Qf2 Qxf2+ 15. Rxf2 Nd7 (15... Ne4 16. Nxe4
Bxe4 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bf6 O-O 19. Re1 Bd5 20. e6 $16) 16. Bg5 O-O 17. Re1 Rae8
$11) 14... Ne4 15. Nxe4 Qxe4 16. Rf2 Qxe2 17. Rxe2 Bg4 18. Re1 Rf8 19. Kg1 Be6
20. Bg5 a5 21. a3 Rf5 22. Bf6 Rf4 23. Rad1 b5 24. c3 b4 25. axb4 axb4 26. cxb4
(26. Ra1 Rxa1 27. Rxa1 bxc3 28. bxc3 Kd7 $11) 26... Rxb4 27. Rd2 Ra2 28. Rd8+
Kf7 29. Re2 Rbxb2 30. Rxb2 Rxb2 31. Rh8 $11 h5 32. Rh7+ Kf8 33. Rxc7 Rc2 34.
Re7 Bd5 35. e6 Re2 (35... Rxg2+ 36. Kf1 Rxh2 37. Rf7+ Ke8 38. Re7+ Kf8 39. Rf7+
$11) 36. Rf7+ Ke8 37. Re7+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 4th"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1997.10.25"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1997.10.25"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 h6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. Be3 (8. Bh4 $5) 8... Bd6 (8... Nd5 $6 9. Bd3 $5 (9. Qd2 Bd6 (9... Nxe3 10.
fxe3 c5 11. Bd3 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. c3 b6 14. Rad1 Bb7 15. Qc2 cxd4 16. exd4
$11 {Horn,P-Plesec,D/Geneve op 1994 (42)}) 10. O-O-O Bd7 11. Ne5 $5 Bxe5 12.
dxe5 Qe7 13. Be2 Bc6 14. f4 O-O-O $13 {Polgar,J-Speelman,J/Hastings 1993 (21)})
9... Nxe3 10. fxe3 Bd6 11. O-O O-O 12. c3 Qe7 13. Bc4 $14) (8... Be7 9. Qd2 (9.
Qd3 $5 a6 10. Ne5 b6 11. g4 $6 Bb7 12. Rg1 Nd5 13. Bg2 Nb4 $1 14. Qd2 Bxg2 15.
Rxg2 Qd5 $15 {Grabics Monika-Vuksanovic,S/It (w), Belgrade (Yugoslavia) 1995/
1-0 (60)}) 9... a6 10. Bd3 b6 11. Ne5 $1 Bb7 12. O-O-O Nd5 13. Be4 Qc8 14. Qe2
Nxe3 15. Qxe3 Bxe4 16. Qxe4 O-O 17. g4 $40 {Grabics Monika-Maric Mirjana/It (w)
, Belgrade (Yugoslavia) 1995/1-0 (83)}) 9. Qd2 (9. Bd3 Nd5 10. Qe2 Nxe3 11.
Qxe3 Bd7 12. Be4 O-O (12... c5 $6 13. O-O-O $6 (13. dxc5 $5 Qa5+ 14. c3 Bxc5
15. b4 $1 Bxe3 16. bxa5 Bf4 17. Bxb7 Rb8 18. a6 $14) 13... Qc7 14. Kb1 O-O-O
15. Qe2 Kb8 $11 {Krakops Maris-Kaminski Marcin/Ch World (cadets) (under 1995 
(42)}) 13. O-O (13. O-O-O $5 $14) 13... Qe7 14. Rfd1 Rfd8 15. Ne5 Rab8 16. g3
Be8 17. Nc4 {Hernandes-Hergott,Linares,1994,1/2-1/2}) (9. Qd3 b6 (9... O-O 10.
Ne5 $5 Bxe5 (10... b6 11. f4) 11. dxe5 Qxd3 12. Bxd3 Nd5 13. Bd2 $14) 10. Ne5
Bb7 (10... Bxe5 11. dxe5 (11. Qb5+ Qd7 12. Qxe5 Bb7 {/\ 0-0-0~~}) 11... Qxd3
12. Bxd3 Nd5 13. Bd2 Bb7 14. O-O-O) 11. Qb5+ Nd7 12. O-O-O a6 13. Qb3 (13. Qe2
$1 O-O 14. f4 {/\ Rg1, g4|^}) 13... b5 14. c4 (14. f4 Bd5 15. Qd3 O-O) 14...
O-O 15. f4 $13 {Polgar,J-Bareev,E,1992,1-0}) 9... Bd7 (9... O-O 10. O-O-O b6
$13) 10. Bd3 Qe7 11. O-O-O Ng4 $5 {Black has successfully solved opening
problems and this move is showing his agressive intentions.} 12. Rhe1 Bc6 $1 {
After immediate} (12... Nxe3 13. fxe3 O-O-O 14. e4 c6 15. e5 Bc7 16. Qe3 {
white keeps slightly better chances.}) 13. Qe2 Nxe3 14. Qxe3 O-O-O 15. Be4 Qf6
$1 {Important intermediate move preventing the penitration of white knight to
e5:} (15... Bxe4 16. Qxe4 Qf6 17. Ne5 $1 Bxe5 18. Qxe5 Qxf2 19. Rf1 {[%cal
Gf1f7,Gf7c7,Gf7g7]} Qxg2 20. Rxf7 Qg5+ $8 21. Qxg5 hxg5 22. Rxg7 Rxh2 $11) 16.
g3 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 Rd7 $15 {Black has siezed the initiative,but his advantage is
symbolical.} 18. Rd3 Rhd8 19. a3 c6 20. Kb1 Bc7 21. Red1 h5 ({Deserved
attention} 21... Rd5 $5 {[%csl Rf2][%cal Gd5f5,Gh6h5,Gg7g4] with initiative on
the kingside.}) 22. R1d2 Qf5 $5 23. Qe3 (23. Qxf5 $5 exf5 24. Re2 $1 f4 25. c3
fxg3 26. fxg3 $132) 23... Ba5 24. Rd1 Bc7 25. h4 a6 {There is no clear way to
make progress so black has to wait.} 26. Ng5 Bb6 27. f4 c5 {An attempt to
break through,leading however to almost forced draw.} 28. dxc5 Bxc5 29. Rxd7
Rxd7 30. Qe1 Rxd1+ 31. Qxd1 f6 (31... g6 32. Qf3 f6 33. Ne4 Be7 34. Qd3 $11)
32. Nf3 Qe4 33. Ne1 Bf2 $1 34. Nd3 Bxg3 35. Qg1 $1 $132 {The "poente" of
white's defense.} Bxf4 (35... Bxh4 36. Qxg7 {[%csl Rh4]} (36. Qc5+ $2 Kd7 37.
Qxh5 Qh1+ 38. Ka2 Qd5+ $17) 36... Qh1+ 37. Ka2 Qd5+ 38. b3 $132 Kb8 39. Qg8+
Ka7 $2 40. Qg1+ b6 41. Qh2 $1 $18) 36. Qxg7 Qh1+ 37. Ka2 Qd5+ 38. b3 Qf5 39.
Qf8+ Kc7 40. Qe7+ Kc8 41. Qe8+ Kc7 42. Qe7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 4th"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1997.10.26"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Chiburdanidze, Maia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1997.10.25"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Georgia (w)"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GEO"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 a6 {Eine seinerzeit von Romanishin in die
Turnierpraxis eingeführte Fortsetzung. Schwarz möchte - was für diese
Eröffnung ein wenig ungewöhnlich ist - nicht b6, sondern b7-b5 ziehen.Ribli.}
4. d3 {Eine schlaue Fortsetzung, die das sofortige 4...b5 verhindert.} (4. b3
b5 5. Nc3 c6 6. d4 d5 7. c5 Nbd7 8. Bf4 h6 9. h4 Ne4 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Ne5 Nxe5
12. Bxe5 Qd5 {1/2-1/2 Van der Sterren,P-Nikolic,P/NLD-ch 1997/CBM 60/[Ribli] 
(30)}) (4. Bg2 b5 5. d3 bxc4 6. dxc4 Bb7 7. O-O Be7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. b3 d6 10. Bb2
c5 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. Rad1 Qc7 13. e4 Ng4 14. Ne1 Nge5 15. Qd2 Nc6 16. Nc2 Rad8
17. h3 Bf6 18. Qxd6 Qxd6 19. Rxd6 Nd4 {1/2-1/2 Pfleger,H-Dautov,R/BL9192}) 4...
c5 (4... d5 5. b3 c5 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. e3 O-O 9. Bb2 b5 10. Nc3 Rb8 11.
cxd5 exd5 {1/2-1/2 Magerramov,E-Vitolinsh,A/URS-ch sf 1978 (29)}) (4... b5 $6
5. e4 bxc4 6. e5 $36) 5. Bg2 b5 {Ein extrawaganter Zug.Chiburdanidze moechte
das Spiel komplizieren,aber endlich das hilft nur fuer Ivanchuk.Ribli.} (5...
Nc6 6. O-O Rb8 {Dieser Zug gefaellt mir nicht.Es ist wahr,dass Schwarz
vermeidet die Unangenehmlichkeiten auf der grosse Diagonale nach eventuellem
b7-b5,aber der Turm steht nicht so gut,auf b8.Ribli.} (6... Be7) 7. d4 b5 8.
Bf4 Rb6 9. Nc3 bxc4 10. e4 Bb7 11. e5 Nd5 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. dxc5 Rxb2 14. Ng5
Be7 15. Nxf7 Kxf7 16. Bxd5+ Ke8 17. Bh6 Qa5 18. Bxg7 Rd2 19. Qh5+ Kd8 20. Bxc6
{Dorfman,J-Kupreichik,V/URS-ch44 1976/1-0 (46)}) 6. e4 Bb7 $2 (6... d6 $5 {
Nach meiner Meinung dass ist die einzige Moeglichkeit fuer Schwarz.Ribli.} 7.
O-O (7. e5 dxe5 8. Nxe5 Ra7 9. cxb5 (9. Bf4 Bd6 $13 (9... Be7 10. Nxf7 $6 Kxf7
11. Bxb8 Bb7 12. Bxa7 (12. Bxb7 Qxb8 $13) 12... Bxg2 13. Rg1 Bc6 {[%csl Ra7]
[%cal Rd8c7,Rc7a7]})) 9... axb5 10. Nc3 $36) 7... Bb7 8. cxb5 axb5 9. Nc3 Qb6
10. Be3 Ng4 11. Qb3 Bc6 12. a4 Nxe3 13. fxe3 c4 $1 14. dxc4 Qxe3+ 15. Kh1 bxa4
16. Qc2 Be7 17. Nd5 Qa7 $1 (17... exd5 $2 18. exd5 Bd7 19. Rae1 $16) 18. Nxe7
Qxe7 19. Nd4 O-O 20. e5 $6 (20. Nxc6 $5 Nxc6 21. e5 $13) 20... Bxg2+ 21. Qxg2
Ra6 {0-1 Zhelesny,S-Krasenkow,M/Moscow ZSKS 1992 (38)}) 7. e5 {Wenn Weiss kann
diesen Zug ziehen mit Tempo - das meint - er hat Vorteil.Schwarz hat schwerige
Entwicklungsproblemen,und sein Springer findet seinen Platz.Ribli.} Ng4 8. O-O
Ra7 (8... Nc6 $5 9. h3 (9. Re1) 9... Nh6 (9... Ngxe5 $2 10. Nxe5 $18) 10. g4 $5
$16 (10. Bxh6 gxh6)) 9. d4 $1 $16 {Schwarz hat keine Figurenkoordination.Diese
Eroeffnung war klar ungluecklich fuer die Exweltmeisterin.Ribli.} bxc4 (9...
cxd4 $2 10. Qxd4 $18 {[%cal Rd4g4,Gd4a7]}) 10. Na3 $5 {Der Springer zielt nach
c4,woher er kontrolliert die wichtigste Schwachung - Punkt d6 - in schwarze
Stellung.Ribli.} (10. h3 Nh6 11. Nc3 Nf5 12. d5 $5) 10... Bd5 (10... Nc6 11. h3
Nh6 12. Nxc4 $16 {[%csl Gc4]}) (10... h5 $5 {Ivanchuk}) 11. Ng5 Bxg2 (11... h5
12. Bxd5 exd5 13. Qf3 $16 {[%csl Rd5,Rf7]}) 12. Kxg2 h5 13. f3 Nh6 14. d5 {
Das ist noch besser,als die sofortige Zuruecknahme des Bauern mit 14.Nxc4.Der
schwarze Koenig steht besonders schlecht in der Mitte,und er hat keine
Hoffnungen seine Stellung zu verbessern.Ribli.} Nf5 (14... Be7 15. Ne4 Nf5 16.
Nxc4 $16) 15. Nxc4 Nd4 16. Ne4 {[%csl Rd6,Re8]} exd5 17. Ncd6+ Bxd6 (17... Ke7
18. Bg5+ f6 19. exf6+ $18) 18. Nxd6+ Kf8 19. b4 $1 {Schwarz hat nur einzige
gute Figur - der Springer auf d4.Der weisse Textzug schwingt der
Springerposten auf d4.Ribli.} Nbc6 (19... Ne6 20. bxc5 Nxc5 21. Qxd5 $16 (21.
Ba3 $16)) 20. Be3 Ne6 21. Bxc5 (21. bxc5 $6 d4) 21... Nxc5 22. bxc5 $18 {
[%csl Rd5,Rf7,Rf8]} d4 (22... Ne7) (22... Nxe5 23. Qxd5 f6 (23... Qe7 24. Rae1
$18) 24. f4 $18) 23. Qb3 Qe7 24. Nc8 Qxc5 25. Rac1 {Und Schwarz gab in
hoffnungsloser Stellung auf.Ribli.} (25. Rac1 Qxe5 26. Rxc6 (26. Nxa7 Nxa7 27.
Rfe1 Qd6 28. Qb7 $18) 26... dxc6 27. Nxa7 Qc7 28. Rb1 $18) 1-0

[Event "WchT 4th"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1997.10.27"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Arencibia Rodriguez, Walter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B95"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1997.10.25"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cuba"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CUB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd3
b5 8. a3 (8. O-O-O {Ftacnik} Nbd7 9. a3 (9. f4 Bb7 10. a3 Be7 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12.
e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Nd7 14. Qh3 Qc7 15. Bxb5 axb5 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Qxe6 Nc5 18.
Qa2 Qb6 19. b4 Ne4 20. Nxe4 Bxe4 21. Rhf1 Rf8 22. Rxf8+ Bxf8 23. Rf1 O-O-O {
0-1 Pandavos,P-Wojtkiewicz,A/Athens Akropolis 1992}) 9... Bb7 10. Qh3 Be7 11.
Bd3 Rc8 12. Rhe1 Rxc3 13. bxc3 Qa5 14. Nb3 Qxa3+ 15. Kb1 O-O 16. e5 Nxe5 17.
Rxe5 dxe5 18. Bxf6 e4 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Be2 Bd5 {Sareen,V-Howell,J/Calcutta op
1996/1/2-1/2 (45)}) 8... Nbd7 9. f4 Bb7 10. Qh3 $2 $146 (10. Be2 {Tyomkin,D}
Be7 11. Bf3 Qc7 (11... Qb6 12. O-O-O Nc5 13. Qe2 h6 {1/2-1/2 Longren,W-Schroer,
J/Los Angeles 1992}) (11... h6 $6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. O-O-O Nc5 (13... Qb6 14. e5
$1) 14. Qe2 Qb6 15. e5 dxe5 16. fxe5 Bg5+ 17. Kb1 O-O-O 18. b4 Nd7 19. Bxb7+
Qxb7 20. Ne4 Be7 21. c4 $1 $16 {Pandavos,P-Rytshagov,M/Ano Liosia op 1993/1/
2-1/2(33)}) 12. O-O-O Rc8 13. Kb1 O-O 14. g4 Nc5 15. Qe3 Na4 16. Rd3 Rfd8 17.
Re1 h6 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. g5 hxg5 20. fxg5 Bxd4 (20... Be5 $5) 21. Qxd4 Qc5 22.
Qxc5 Nxc5 $15 {Pandavos,P-Sioris,G/Ano Liosia op 19931/2-1/2(43)}) 10... Be7
11. Bd3 Rc8 12. O-O-O {Ftacnik: White is running enormous risk, queenside was
weakened by a3. Ftacnik: Weiss geht ein grosses Risiko ein, denn der
Damenflügel ist nach a2-a3 deutlich geschwächt.} (12. O-O $2 {Ftacnik} Qb6 $19)
{[%tqu "En","","","","c8c3","typical exchange sacrifice in this structure",10]}
12... Rxc3 $1 $17 {typical exchange sacrifice in this structure} 13. bxc3 Nc5 (
13... Nxe4 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Bxe4 Bxe4 $15) 14. Bxf6 (14. e5 dxe5 15. fxe5 Nfe4
(15... Nd5 $17 {Ftacnik}) 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 $17 {[%csl Ra3,Rc3,Re5][%cal Ge4f2]}) (
14. Rhe1 {Ftacnik} Qa5 15. Qf3 Qxa3+ 16. Kd2 b4 $40) 14... Bxf6 15. Rhe1 $4 (
15. e5 $1 dxe5 (15... Be7) 16. Nxb5 $1 {critical position after the exchange
sacrifice,and actually of the game.} Ke7 $1 (16... Nxd3+ 17. Rxd3 Bd5 18. c4 e4
19. Rdd1 axb5 20. cxd5 exd5 21. Qb3 $16) (16... Kf8 17. Bc4 (17. Be2 Qa5) 17...
Qa5 18. Nd6 Qxa3+ 19. Kd2 (19. Kb1 $4 Na4) 19... exf4 (19... Bc6 20. Ra1 Nb3+
21. cxb3 Qxd6+ 22. Qd3 $16) 20. Nxb7 (20. Rb1 $2 f3 $1) 20... Nxb7 21. Qf3 (21.
Rb1) 21... Nc5 22. Qa8+ Ke7 23. Qa7+ (23. Qxh8 Qxc3+ $19)) 17. fxe5 Bg5+ 18.
Kb1 {[%csl Rg5]} axb5 (18... Qb6 $2 19. Qg3 Bh6 20. Qh4+ $18) 19. Qg4 Kf8 (
19... f6 $6 20. h4 Bh6 21. exf6+ gxf6 22. Qh5) 20. Bxb5 Qe7 $17) 15... Qa5 $19
16. e5 (16. Kb1 {Ftacnik} Na4 $1 (16... Qxa3 17. Bxb5+ axb5 18. Nxb5 Qa5 19.
Nxd6+ Kf8 (19... Ke7 20. e5 $16) 20. e5 Be7 $13) 17. Ne2 Nxc3+ 18. Nxc3 Bxc3
19. Re3 b4 $19) 16... dxe5 17. fxe5 Bg5+ 18. Kb1 (18. Kb2 {Ftacnik} Na4+ $19)
18... Bd5 {Ftacnik: Ivanchuk plays cat and mouse game, white king is quite
lost. Ftacnik: Ivanchuk spielt mit dem Gegner, der weisse König steht steht
auf verlorenem Posten.} (18... Qxa3 $19) (18... Qxa3 {Ftacnik} 19. Bxb5+ $1 (
19. Nxb5 axb5 20. Bxb5+ Kf8 21. Qg4 $17) 19... axb5 20. Nxb5 Qa5 (20... Qa4 $2
21. Nd6+ Kf8 22. Qh5 $18) 21. Nd6+ Ke7 $19) 19. Nb3 (19. Qh5 {Ftacnik} Qxa3 20.
Qxg5 Na4 21. Bxb5+ axb5 $19) 19... Qxa3 20. Bxb5+ (20. Nxc5 {Ftacnik} Qa2#) (
20. Qh5 {Ftacnik} Nxb3 $19) 20... axb5 21. Rxd5 Na4 $1 (21... Nxb3 {Ftacnik}
22. cxb3 Qxb3+ 23. Ka1 O-O $19) 0-1

[Event "WchT 4th"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1997.10.28"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1997.10.25"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. e5 Ne4 5. Qxd4 (5. Bb5 c6 6. Qxd4 Qa5+ 7. c3
Nxf2 8. Bc4 Nxh1 9. Ng5 {Keres}) (5. Qe2 Nc5 6. Nxd4 Nc6 7. Be3 Nxd4 8. Bxd4
Ne6 9. Bc3 d5 10. exd6 Qxd6 11. Nd2 $14) 5... d5 6. exd6 Nxd6 7. Nc3 (7. Bd3
Nc6 8. Qf4 g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. Re1+ Be6 11. Qa4 O-O $10) 7... Nc6 8. Qf4 g6 (8...
Bf5 9. Bb5 Qe7+ 10. Be3 Nxb5 11. Nxb5 Qb4+ 12. Qxb4 Bxb4+ 13. c3 Bd6 14. Nxd6+
cxd6 15. O-O-O $14 {Matulovic-Kholmov/Sochi/1968/}) 9. Be3 (9. Bd3 Bg7 10. Be3
Be6 11. O-O-O Qf6 12. Qxf6 Bxf6 13. Ng5 O-O-O 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Rhe1 $14 {
Tal-Rosetto/Amsterdam/1964/}) (9. Nd4 Bg7 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O Bf5
13. Qa4 $14 {Maslov-Mikenas/Vilnius/1959/}) (9. Bb5 Bg7 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. O-O
O-O 12. Be3 a5 13. Bd4 $14 {Bronstein}) (9. Qe3+ Be6 10. Ng5 Bh6 11. Nxe6 Bxe3
12. Nxd8 Bxc1 13. Rxc1 Rxd8 $11 {Prie,E-Skalik,P/Cannes op 1995/0-1 (63)}) 9...
Bg7 10. O-O-O O-O {[#]} (10... Be6 11. Ng5 (11. Ne4 O-O 12. Nxd6 cxd6 13. Rxd6
Qa5 14. a3 $16 {Forni-Satori/corr/1989}) 11... O-O 12. h4 Be5 13. Qf3 h5 14.
Nxe6 fxe6 15. Qh3 $14 {1-0 Stefansson,H-Jussupow,A/EUCup Gr1 1994/CBM 44 (37)})
(10... Bxc3 11. bxc3 Bf5 12. Nd4 Qe7 13. g4 Be6 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Bd4 g5 16.
Qe5 Rg8 17. Bg2 $40 {1-0 Brasch,H-Schmeidler,M/Bayern-chB 1988 (30)}) 11. h4 {
[%cal Gh4h5,Gh5g6,Gh1h7,Rg7c3,Rc8f5]} h6 (11... Be6 12. Ng5 Qf6 13. Qxf6 Bxf6
14. Nxe6 fxe6 {[#]} 15. Nb5 Nxb5 16. Bxb5 Rfd8 (16... Ne5 $16 {^^+קe6}) 17.
Bxc6 bxc6 {+/=/+/- _|_ [#]} 18. g3 a6 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. c3 {/\Kc2-b3-c4} Kf7
21. Kc2 h5 22. Re1 Rd5 23. Bf4 e5 24. Bd2 Ke6 25. Re4 {/\Ra4-a5,קa6,Pc6} Rd8
26. Ra4 Ra8 27. Be3 Be7 28. Ra5 e4 29. b4 Bd6 (29... c5 30. b5 $18) 30. a4 Kd7
(30... Kd7 31. b5 {[#] 1-0 Sveshnikov,E-Kholmov,R/Moscow2 1995}) 31. b5 {
1-0 Sveshnikov,E-Kholmov,R/Moscow2 1995/CBM 47/[Blatny,P]}) (11... Qf6 $2 12.
Qxf6 Bxf6 13. Nd5 $16 Bd8 14. Bf4) 12. Bc5 $14 (12. Bc4 Bf5 13. Bb3 Re8 14. Nd4
Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Be6 16. Rhe1 g5 17. Qf3 gxh4 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Rxe4 Qg5+ 20. Be3
Qf6 21. Qxf6 Bxf6 22. Bxe6 Rxe6 23. Rxe6 fxe6 24. Rd7 Rf8 25. Rxc7 Bg5 26. Bxg5
hxg5 {Gligoric,S-German,E/Stockholm izt 1962/IZT/1/2-1/2 (42)}) (12. Nb5 Be6
13. a3 Re8 $1 14. Nxc7 Qxc7 15. Qxd6 Qa5 16. Qc5 Qxc5 17. Bxc5 Bg4 $44) 12...
Be6 (12... Bxc3 $5 13. bxc3 Be6 {/^a2-f7:/^c3-h8}) 13. Bb5 $1 (13. Bxd6 cxd6
14. Rxd6 Qa5 $44) 13... a6 (13... Qf6 14. Bxd6 cxd6 15. Qxf6 Bxf6 16. Ne4 $16)
(13... Bxc3 14. bxc3 $36) 14. Bxc6 bxc6 {קc6,c7: <->b} 15. Bd4 (15. Bxd6 $5)
15... f6 (15... Qe7 {/\Nc4} 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Rhe1 $16) 16. Bc5 Rf7 (16... Bf7
$142 17. Bxd6 cxd6 18. Rxd6 Qb6 {/^a2-f7,b2-g7,<->b}) 17. Rhe1 $16 Bd7 (17...
g5 18. Qd2 Bg4 19. Bxd6 Bxf3 20. gxf3 cxd6 21. Qxd6 $18) 18. Nd4 Qc8 19. Qg3
Nb7 (19... g5 20. Bxd6) 20. Na4 g5 (20... Kh7 21. Qb3) 21. Qb3 Na5 (21... Nxc5
22. Nxc5 Rb8 23. Qc4 $36) 22. Qd3 (22. Qc3 Nb7 {/\f5}) 22... Nb7 (22... gxh4
23. Be7 $16) 23. Re2 Rb8 24. Rde1 (24. Qxa6 $2 Ra8 25. Ba7 (25. Qc4 Rxa4 26.
Qxa4 Nxc5) 25... Nd6 26. Qxc8+ (26. Qa5 Qb7 $19) 26... Nxc8 $19) 24... Nd6 25.
Qg6 {/\Re7,><f7} Qd8 26. g4 f5 (26... Bxg4 27. Nxc6 Qf8 28. Re7 Rxe7 29. Nxe7+
$36) 27. gxf5 Nxf5 (27... Rf6 $142 28. Qh5 gxh4 29. Qxh4 Nxf5 30. Qe4 Nxd4 31.
Bxd4 $40) 28. Nxc6 Bxc6 29. Qxc6 $18 Qd7 30. Qxd7 Rxd7 31. hxg5 hxg5 32. Re6 a5
33. Ra6 Rd5 34. Rxa5 Nd4 35. Ra6 Nf3 36. Re7 Rbd8 37. c3 Rd1+ 38. Kc2 R1d2+ 39.
Kb3 Rb8+ 40. Ka3 Ne5 41. b3 (41. Rxc7 $4 Nc4#) 1-0

[Event "WchT 4th"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1997.10.29"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1997.10.25"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Switzerland"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. Nf3 g6 5. e4 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 Bg4
8. Be2 Nd7 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 h5 11. Kc2 Bh6 12. Bxh6 Rxh6 13. Rad1 e6 14. h4
Ke7 15. Rd4 Rhh8 16. Rhd1 Rhd8 17. Be2 e5 18. R4d2 Nf6 19. f3 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 4th"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1997.10.30"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Yudasin,L"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1997.10.25"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Be3 d6 4. Qd2 a6 (4... c5 5. c3 Nf6 6. f3 cxd4 7. cxd4
Nc6 8. Nc3 O-O $14) 5. f3 (5. a4 $5) 5... Nf6 (5... c5 6. c3 Qc7 7. Na3 Nd7 8.
h4 h5 9. Nh3 Ngf6 10. Ng5 b5 11. Nc2 Bb7 12. a4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 O-O
15. Rc4 Qa5 16. Nb3 Qd8 17. Rb4 Qc7 18. Ra4 d5 19. Na5 dxe4 20. Nxb7 {Votava,
J-Vokac,M/CZE-ch 1995/EXT 95ch/ - (40)}) 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. O-O-O (7. Bh6 O-O 8. g4
$14 c5 9. Bxg7 Kxg7 10. O-O-O cxd4 11. Qxd4 Qb6) 7... b5 8. Kb1 (8. g4 Nb6) (8.
Bh6 O-O (8... Bxh6 9. Qxh6 e5 $14) 9. h4 $36) 8... Bb7 9. Nh3 $6 (9. Bh6) 9...
c5 $1 $11 10. dxc5 dxc5 11. g4 (11. Bh6 Bxh6 12. Qxh6 Qc7 $22 13. Ne2 O-O-O 14.
Nc1 Ne5 $11) 11... h6 $1 12. Nf4 e6 13. h4 Qc7 14. Qh2 (14. Qg2 O-O-O 15. g5
hxg5 16. hxg5 Rxh1 17. Qxh1 Rh8 18. Qg1 Nh5 $11) (14. Qf2 O-O-O 15. Be2 $5)
14... Ne5 15. Nd3 Nfd7 16. Bf4 O-O-O $22 17. Be2 c4 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. a3 Qc5
$15 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 4th"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1997.10.31"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Kotsur, Pavel"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1997.10.25"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kazakhstan"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "KAZ"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Be7 6. Qe2 Nd6 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8.
dxe5 Nb7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 d5 11. exd6 cxd6 {[%csl Yd5,Ye5][%cal Yc6d5,Yd6e5]
Weiß hat die bessere Bauernstruktur - zwei weiße gegen drei schwarze
Bauerninseln. Schwarz besitzt das Läuferpaar und kontrolliert die
Zentralfelder d5 und e5.} 12. Nd4 Bd7 13. b4 $6 {Weiß will versuchen den
eigenen b- mit dem gegnerischen c- Bauer zu tauschen. Diese Idee (b2-b4-b5)
gefällt mir nicht, weil dadurch die weiße und schwarze Bauernstruktur
gleichwertig werden. Außerdem wird die Stellung noch mehr geöffnet, und dies
wäre für das schwarze Läuferpaar ideal.} (13. Qf3 $142 d5 14. Rad1) 13... Re8
14. b5 cxb5 15. Ncxb5 Bf6 16. Rad1 a6 17. Nc3 Qa5 $1 $15 {Plötzlich sind die
schwarzen Figuren sehr aktiv geworden.} 18. Qf3 {[%cal Yc3d5,Yf3d5]
Selbstverständlich tauscht Ivanchuk den eigenen passiven Nb7 für den aktiveren
weißen Nc3, der übrigens nach d5 wollte.} Qxc3 19. Qxb7 Red8 20. Rd3 Qc4 21. a3
d5 ({Noch mehr hätte Schwarz nach:} 21... Rab8 $1 22. Qf3 Ba4 $17 {[%cal Ya4c2]
erreichen können.}) 22. Qb4 Rac8 23. Qd2 Re8 24. h3 Be7 25. Rb1 Bf8 26. Rbb3
Ba4 27. Rb2 Qc7 28. Bf4 Qe7 29. Be3 Rb8 30. Rxb8 Rxb8 31. Qa5 Rb1+ 32. Kh2 Qd6+
33. g3 Bd7 34. Nb3 Bf5 35. Bc5 (35. Rxd5 Be4 $19 {[%cal Ye4d5,Ye4h1,Yb1h1]})
35... Bxd3 $1 36. cxd3 ({Falls Weiß das Damenopfer annehmen würde, könnten wir
Zeugen eines hübschen Mattbildes werden:} 36. Bxd6 Be4 $1 {[%cal Yb1h1,Ye4h1]}
37. f3 Bxf3 38. g4 Bxd6#) 36... Qf6 37. Nd2 Rb5 0-1

[Event "WchT 4th"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1997.11.01"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1997.10.25"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Ngf6 11. Bd2 e6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4
Nf6 15. Qe2 Qd5 16. c4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1997.11.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1997.11.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Tsesarsky} c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. e4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. f3
Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. b3 Rfc8 13. Be2 a6 14.
Na4 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Nd7 (15... Rc6 {Tsesarsky} 16. g4 Kf8 17. Nb6 Rb8 18. Nd5
Rcc8 19. Nf4 Bd7 20. g5 Ne8 21. Nd5 Nc7 22. Nb6 Rd8 23. h4 $14 {1-0
Tseshkovsky,V-Zilberman,Y/Leeuwarden op 1994 (47)}) 16. g4 f5 (16... Rc6 17. h4
(17. Rhd1 f5 18. gxf5 gxf5 19. Rg1 Kf7 20. Bd3 Ne5 21. exf5 Nxf3+ 22. Kd1 Bd7
23. Rg3 Nd4 24. Rxg7+ Kxg7 25. Bxd4+ {1-0 Dgebuadze,A-Barria,D/WchJT U26 1995 
(42)}) 17... h6 (17... Kf8 18. h5 Rac8 19. hxg6 hxg6 20. g5 Nc5 21. Nc3 b5 22.
Nd5 bxc4 23. Bxc4 a5 24. Bb5 Bxd5 25. exd5 R6c7 26. Bc6 {1/2-1/2 Short,
N-Kortschnoj,V/WchT 4th 1997 (35)}) 18. Nc3 f5 19. Nd5 Kf7 20. exf5 gxf5 21. g5
hxg5 22. hxg5 Nf8 23. f4 Ke8 24. Bf3 $16 {1-0 Soffer,R-Almasi,I/Budapest FS06
GM 1993 (46)}) (16... Kf8 17. h3 Rc6 18. f4 Nc5 19. Nxc5 dxc5 20. Rhd1 Rd8+ 21.
Ke1 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Ke8 23. Bf3 Bc3+ 24. Kf1 Rc7 25. f5 Bc8 26. Bf4 Rd7 27. Rxd7
Bxd7 28. Ke2 {1/2-1/2 Liss,E-Alterman,B/Rishon le Zion YM 1995}) 17. exf5 (17.
gxf5 gxf5 18. Rhg1 Kh8 (18... Rf8 19. Bd4 Rf7 20. f4 Kf8 21. Bxg7+ Rxg7 22.
Rxg7 Kxg7 23. exf5 Bxf5 24. Bf3 Rb8 {1/2-1/2 Alburt,L-Beliavsky,A/Vilnius zt
1975/ (32)}) 19. Nc3 fxe4 20. Nxe4 d5 21. Ng5 Bg8 22. cxd5 Bxd5 23. Rg3 Rxc1
24. Kxc1 Nf6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Lau,R-Polgar,Z/New York /1985 (30)}) 17... gxf5 18.
h3 (18. g5 d5 19. f4 dxc4 20. bxc4 Rd8 21. Ke1 b5 22. cxb5 axb5 23. Bxb5 Ra5
24. Bxd7 Bxd7 25. Bb6 Rxa4 26. Bxd8 {1-0 Suba,M-Gdanski,J/Budapest zt-A 1993/ 
(44)}) 18... Rf8 (18... Rc7 19. Rhg1 (19. Rhe1 $5 {Tsesarsky}) 19... Rf8 20. f4
Nc5 (20... Nf6 21. Bb6 Rc6 22. Bf3 d5 23. Ke3 fxg4 24. hxg4 Bd7 25. f5 $1 $16)
21. Nc3 (21. Nxc5 dxc5 22. Rcd1 Rd7+ $11) 21... fxg4 (21... b5 $5 22. gxf5 $5
Bxf5 23. Bd4 Ne6 24. Bxg7 Nxg7 25. h4 b4 26. Nd5 Rb7 27. Bf3 Kf7 28. h5 h6 29.
Ne3 $14) 22. hxg4 b5 $5 23. f5 b4 $8 $11 {1-0 Razuvaev,Y-Mantovani,R/
Reggio9697/1996/ (62)}) 19. f4 {This position will be seen more often. Black
is not so far from equality, but he has to play very carefully. Ftacnik: Diese
Stellung wird recht oft gespielt. Schwarz fehlt nicht viel zum Ausgleich, muß
aber sehr genau vorgehen.} (19. Rhf1 {Tsesarsky} fxg4 20. fxg4 Rab8 21. Nc3 Ne5
{1/2-1/2 Liss,E-Donaldson,J/Monarch Assurance, Port Erin ENG 1997}) 19... Nf6 (
19... Rad8 $5 20. Nc3 (20. Rhd1 $5 {Tsesarsky}) 20... d5 $5 21. gxf5 (21. cxd5
{Tsesarsky} Nf6 22. Bb6 Rd7 23. Rhe1 Bxd5 24. Ke3 fxg4 25. hxg4 e5 $15) 21...
Bxf5 (21... Rxf5 {Tsesarsky} 22. cxd5 (22. Nxd5 Nf6 23. Bg4 Nxd5 24. cxd5
Rfxd5+ 25. Ke2 Kf7 $11) 22... Bxd5 23. Bd3 (23. Nxd5 Nf6 $1 $11) 23... Bxh1 24.
Bxf5 Bc6 $11) 22. cxd5 Nf6 23. Bb6 Rd7 24. Ke3 Rc8 $1 25. Bf3 e6 $1 26. Bd4 (
26. dxe6 $4 Rd3+ $19) 26... exd5 (26... Nxd5+ 27. Nxd5 Rxc1 28. Rxc1 exd5 29.
Rc8+ $16) 27. Rcg1 (27. Bxf6 Bxf6 28. Nxd5 Re8+ $17) 27... Re8+ (27... Kh8 28.
Rxg7 Kxg7 29. Nxd5 $16) 28. Kd2 {1-0 Rodriguez,A-Antunes,A/Matanzas 1994/ (32)}
) (19... d5 20. cxd5 Bxd5 21. Rhd1 Rac8 22. gxf5 b5 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Ke1 Bc6
25. Nc5 Nxc5 26. Bxc5 Bf6 27. b4 $16 {Beljavsky,A-Tiviakov,S/Groningen PCA/
1993/}) 20. Rhg1 Rad8 (20... d5 21. Nc5 Ne4+ 22. Ke1 Nxc5 23. Bxc5 fxg4 24.
Bxg4 $14) (20... Ne4+ {Tsesarsky} 21. Ke1 $14) 21. Bb6 (21. g5 {Tsesarsky} Ne4+
22. Ke1 Bd7 23. Nb6 Bc6 24. Bf3 e6 $132) 21... Rc8 (21... Rd7 22. Bf3 Kf7 23.
g5 $14) (21... Rde8 {Tsesarsky} 22. Bf3 fxg4 23. hxg4 Nd7 24. Ke3 (24. f5 Nxb6
25. Nxb6 Bd4 (25... Bh6+ 26. g5 (26. Ke2 Bxc1 27. Rxc1 Bc8 (27... Bf7 28. Nd7
$14) 28. Nxc8 Rxc8 29. Bxb7 Rb8 30. Bd5+ Kg7 31. Ke3 $44) 26... Bg7 27. Bh5 (
27. fxe6 Rxf3 28. Rcf1 Ref8 29. Rxf3 Rxf3 30. Nd5 Bf8 31. g6 $14) 27... Bf7 (
27... Bxf5 28. Bxe8 Rxe8 29. Rgf1 $16) 28. g6 hxg6 29. fxg6 Be6 30. Rcf1 Bf5
31. Ke2 $14) 26. Rgf1 Bxf5 27. gxf5 Bxb6 28. Bxb7 $11) 24... Nxb6 25. Nxb6 Rb8
(25... Bb2 26. Rb1 Ba3 27. b4 a5 28. f5 Bc8 29. Nxc8 Rxc8 30. Bxb7 Rc7 31. Bd5+
Kg7 32. Ke4 Bxb4 33. g5 $16) 26. f5 Bc8 27. Bd5+ Kh8 $16) 22. Nc3 Rc6 (22...
Ne4+ 23. Nxe4 fxe4 24. Ke3 $14) (22... d5 $5 23. gxf5 (23. Nxd5 Bxd5 24. cxd5
Nxd5 25. Be3 $11) (23. cxd5 Rxc3 $1 (23... Nxd5 24. Nxd5 Bxd5 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26.
gxf5 $14) 24. Rxc3 (24. dxe6 Nd5 25. Bc5 $15) 24... Ne4+ (24... Nxd5 25. Rcg3
fxg4 26. Bxg4 $18) 25. Kd3 Nxc3 26. dxe6 Nd5 $17) 23... Bxf5 24. Bd4 $14) 23.
Be3 fxg4 (23... d5 24. gxf5 (24. cxd5 {Tsesarsky} Nxd5 25. Nxd5 Bxd5 26. Rxc6
Bxc6 27. gxf5 $14) 24... Bxf5 25. cxd5 $14 (25. cxd5 Rd6 26. Bc5 Rd7 27. h4
Nxd5 (27... Rc8 28. Bd4 $16) 28. Bc4 Be6 $2 (28... e6 29. Bxd5 $1 Rff7 (29...
exd5 30. Bxf8 $18) 30. Bd4 exd5 31. h5 (31. Rxg7+ Rxg7 32. Bxg7 Kxg7 $11) (31.
Rce1 Bg6) 31... h6 32. Rcd1 Kf8 33. Bxg7+ Rxg7 34. Rxg7 Kxg7 (34... Rxg7 35.
Ke3 Rg3+ 36. Kd4 Bg4 37. Rc1 Bxh5 38. Nxd5 Rg2) 35. Ke3 $14) 29. Bd4 Rf7 30.
Bxd5 Bxd5 31. Nxd5 Rxd5 32. Rc8+ $18)) 24. hxg4 d5 25. f5 Rd8 (25... Bf7 26. g5
Ne4+ (26... Nd7 {Tsesarsky} 27. cxd5 (27. Nxd5 Bxd5 28. cxd5 Rd6 (28... Rxc1
29. Kxc1 $16) 29. Bd3 Rxd5 30. Ke2 Ne5 31. Be4 Rd7 32. Rgd1 $16) 27... Rd6 28.
f6 $1 exf6 29. Bf4 $16) 27. Nxe4 dxe4 28. Rg4 $16) 26. Ke1 d4 $2 {Georgiev
could not resist the temptation for a countetblow, but the tactics works in
white's favour. Ftacnik: Georgiev konnte diesem lockenden Gegenstoß nicht
widerstehen. Die Taktik jedoch spricht für Weiß.} (26... Bc8 27. Bf3 Rcd6 28.
g5 $18) (26... Bf7 $5 27. g5 Ne8 28. Nxd5 Bxd5 29. Rd1 $14 (29. cxd5 {Tsesarsky
} Rxc1+ 30. Bxc1 Bc3+ 31. Kf1 Ng7 32. Rg3 $1 $16)) 27. Rd1 Rcd6 (27... Bf7 28.
Rxd4 Nd7 (28... Rxd4 {Tsesarsky} 29. Bxd4 $16) 29. Rd3 $16) (27... Ne8 {
Tsesarsky} 28. Bg5 Bf7 29. Bxe7 Rd7 30. Bb4 Nd6 31. Nd5 $18) 28. c5 $1 Nd5 (
28... Bxb3 29. cxd6 Bxd1 30. dxe7 Re8 31. g5 (31. Nxd1 {Tsesarsky} dxe3 32. g5
$18) 31... Ng4 32. Nxd1 Nxe3 33. f6 $18) (28... Rc6 29. fxe6 $18) (28... R6d7
29. fxe6 $18) 29. cxd6 Nxe3 (29... Nxc3 30. dxe7 Re8 31. Rxd4 Bxd4 32. Bxd4
Nxe2 33. Kxe2 Bd7 34. f6 $18) (29... dxc3 {Tsesarsky} 30. fxe6 Nxe3 31. dxe7
$18) 30. dxe7 Re8 31. fxe6 Rxe7 (31... dxc3 32. Rd8 $18) (31... Nxd1 32. Nxd1
Rxe7 33. Bc4 $18) 32. Ne4 (32. Ne4 Rxe6 33. Bd3 $18) 1-0

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1997.11.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kovacevic, Aleksandar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1997.11.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Tsesarsky} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7.
Be2 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. O-O Qa5 12. Rab1 (12. Rac1 Rfc8
13. b3 a6 14. f4 b5 15. f5 Bd7 16. b4 Qxb4 17. e5 dxe5 18. fxg6 Be6 19. gxf7+
Bxf7 20. Bh6 Bxh6 21. Qxh6 Bxc4 22. Qg5+ Kh8 23. Rxf6 Rg8 $19 {Ivanchuk,
V-Anand,V (1) Moscow PCA 25' (03) 1994 0-1 33}) 12... Rfc8 13. b3 b5 $5 $146 {
It was not easy to come up with a new move in such a well known position.
Black tries to take the early initiative. Es ist nicht leicht, in einer so
berühmten Stellung mit einer Neuerung aufzuwarten. Schwarz versucht die
Initiative zu übernehmen.} (13... a6 14. Rfc1 b5 (14... Nd7 15. f4 (15. b4 Qd8
16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. Qxd5 Qc7 18. Qd1 a5 19. a3 axb4 20. axb4 b6 21. f4 $14 {
Kudrin,S-Dzindzichashvili,R/USA-ch/1995/0,5/45/}) 15... Rab8 16. b4 Qd8 17. Nd5
Nf6 18. Bf3 b6 19. Qf2 Nxd5 20. exd5 Bd7 $14 {Zarnicki,P-Spangeberg,H/ARG-ch/
1995/0,5/40/}) (14... Rab8 15. f3 Kf8 (15... Nd7 {Tsesarsky} 16. b4 Qd8 17. Nd5
Bxd5 (17... f5 18. Bg5 Nf6 19. Nxf6+ exf6 20. Bf4 Bf8 21. c5 fxe4 22. fxe4 Rc6
23. Bc4 Bxc4 24. Rxc4 $14 {Micic,J-Ptacnikova,L/Erevan olw 1996/EXT 96ch2/ - 
(51)}) 18. Qxd5 Qc7 19. Qd1 a5 20. a3 axb4 21. axb4 b6 22. f4 Rd8 23. Bf3 Bh6
24. Qb3 e5 25. f5 Bxe3+ 26. Qxe3 Kg7 27. g4 Ra8 28. g5 $14 {Kudrin,
S-Dzindzichashvili,R/USA-ch 1995/CBM 51/ - (45)}) 16. Qe1 (16. b4 Qd8 17. Nd5
$1 $14 b5 18. a3 $5 Rc6 19. a4 $5 bxa4 20. Qa2 Bd7 $8 21. Bd1 Nxd5 22. exd5 Rc7
23. Bxa4 Rcb7 24. Bxd7 Qxd7 25. c5 $1 {1-0 Psakhis,L-Rodriguez,A/Andorra 1996/
(41)}) 16... Nd7 17. b4 Qd8 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. cxd5 b6 20. a4 a5 21. bxa5 bxa5
22. Rb5 Nc5 23. Qd1 Ra8 24. g4 Kg8 25. Kg2 Qf8 {1-0 Morovic Fernandez,I-Kudrin,
S/NY Open, New York USA 1997}) 15. b4 Qd8 16. cxb5 axb5 17. Bxb5 Ra3 18. Bf1 (
18. Qe1 Ng4 19. Bd2 Bd4 20. Nd1 Rxa2 $132) 18... Rcxc3 19. Rxc3 Rxa2 20. Qc1
Nxe4 21. Ra3 Rxa3 22. Qxa3 $16 {Ivanchuk,V-Khalifman,A/Yalta 25'/1995/1:0/42/})
(13... Nd7 14. Rfc1 (14. Nd5 {Tsesarsky} Qxd2 15. Bxd2 Bxd5 16. exd5 b5 17.
Rfe1 $14) 14... Qd8 (14... Qb4 15. Rc2 a6 16. Rbc1 Rab8 17. f3 Qa5 18. Nd5 Qxd2
19. Rxd2 Kf8 20. Rdc2 f5 21. exf5 Bxf5 22. Rd2 Nf6 23. Nb6 Rc6 24. Rcd1 {
Oll,L-Alterman,B/EUCup G7 1997/CBM 62/1-0 (80)} (24. Rcd1 {Tsesarsky} Re8 25.
Bf1 $14 {1-0 Oll,L-Alterman,B/EuClub Cup qual Gp 1997 (79)})) 15. Nd5 Nc5 (
15... Bxd5 16. exd5 a5 17. h4 (17. Bg4 $14 {Tsesarsky}) 17... h5 $1 18. g3 $10)
16. Bf3 $5 a5 17. h4 Bxd5 18. exd5 (18. cxd5 {Tsesarsky} b5 $10) 18... Qd7 19.
Qe2 $1 (19. Re1 $5 {Tsesarsky Ftacnik} Rc7 20. Qe2 $14) 19... Re8 (19... e5 20.
dxe6 Qxe6 21. Bd5 $16) 20. h5 {1-0 Ivanchuk,V-Anand,V/Buenos Aires Sicilian/
1994/ (34)}) (13... Ng4 14. Nd5 $1 Qxd2 15. Bxd2 Kf8 16. Bg5 (16. Bxg4 Bxg4 17.
Bg5 e6 18. Nf6 h6 19. Bxh6 Be2 20. Rfe1 Bxc4 21. Nd7+ Kg8 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23.
Rbd1 Bb5 24. Rxd6 Bxd7 25. Rxd7 Rc2 {1/2-1/2 Enders,P-Brendel,O/BL9596 1996/ 
(52)}) 16... Nf6 (16... f6 {Tsesarsky} 17. Bd2 Ne5 18. f4 Nc6 19. f5 Bf7 20. g4
Ne5 21. Rbc1 Bxd5 22. exd5 Kf7 23. Be3 b6 24. h4 h5 25. gxh5 g5 26. hxg5 fxg5
27. Bxg5 Bf6 28. Bf4 Bg5 29. Bxg5 $16 {1-0 Gelfand,B-Andersson,U/ 1997}) 17.
Nxf6 Bxf6 18. Bxf6 exf6 19. Rbd1 Ke7 20. f4 Rc5 21. Rd4 a5 22. Rfd1 Ra6 23. g4
{1/2-1/2 Tischbierek,R-Van der Weide,K/Berliner Sommer 1997/ (46)}) 14. b4 (14.
Nxb5 Qxd2 15. Bxd2 Nxe4 $11) (14. e5 $2 b4 $1) 14... Qc7 (14... Qd8 15. cxb5
Ng4 16. Bd4 $16) 15. e5 $1 (15. Nxb5 Qb7 $1 (15... Nxe4 16. Qc2 Qb7 17. Nxa7
$14) 16. e5 Ne4 17. Qc1 Bxe5 $11) 15... dxe5 (15... Ng4 16. Nxb5 Qb7 17. exd6
Nxe3 18. Qxe3 Bxc4 19. Nc7 $18) 16. Nxb5 Qb7 17. Rfc1 Rd8 (17... a6 18. Na3 Bf5
19. Bf3 Be4 (19... e4 {Tsesarsky} 20. Be2 $16) 20. Bxe4 Nxe4 21. Qe2 $14) 18.
Qe1 (18. Qb2 $2 {Tsesarsky} a6 19. Na3 Bf5 20. Bf3 $1 e4 21. Be2 Ng4 $15) 18...
Ng4 19. Bc5 (19. Bxg4 Bxg4 20. a4 a6 21. Nc3 Bf5 $132) 19... e4 (19... Bf5 20.
Bf3 e4 21. Bxg4 Bxg4 22. Nc3 (22. Qe3 $5 $16 {Tsesarsky})) 20. Bxg4 Bxg4 21.
Nc3 {White passed pawns are potentially very strong, but black is not without
counterplay. Das weiße Bauernduo ist potentiell sehr stark, aber die schwarze
Stellung ist nicht ohne Gegenspiel.} (21. Qe3 Rd3) (21. Qe3 $5 $16 {Tsesarsky})
21... Bf5 (21... f5 $5 22. Nd5 (22. h3 {Tsesarsky} Bh5 23. Nd5 e5 24. g4 fxg4
25. Qxe4 Rxd5 $8 26. Qxd5+ Qxd5 27. cxd5 gxh3 28. Rb3 $16) 22... e6 23. Ne7+
Kh8 24. b5 $14) 22. Nd5 Rd7 (22... e6 23. Ne3 (23. Ne7+ Kh8 24. Rd1 Bf6 25.
Nxf5 exf5 $14) 23... e5 24. Rd1 Rd3 25. Nd5 $14) (22... e5 {Tsesarsky} 23. b5
$16 (23. Ne7+ Kh8 24. Nxf5 gxf5 $132)) 23. Be3 (23. Rb3 $5 {Tsesarsky}) 23...
e6 (23... Rc8 24. b5 e6 25. Nb4 $14) 24. Nc3 Rc8 25. Qe2 (25. c5 $16 {Tsesarsky
}) 25... h5 (25... Rd3 $2 26. Na4 Qb8 27. g4 $16) 26. h3 h4 27. Na4 (27. c5 $6
{Tsesarsky} Rd3 $14) 27... Bd4 (27... Rdc7 28. Nc5 Qc6 29. b5 $16) 28. Nc5 $1 (
28. Bxd4 Rxd4 29. Nc5 Qe7 (29... Qb8 {Tsesarsky} 30. a3 $14) 30. Rd1 e5 $14)
28... Bxc5 29. Bxc5 (29. bxc5 Qc6 $14) 29... e3 (29... a6 30. Be3 $16) (29...
Rd3 {Tsesarsky} 30. Be3 $16) 30. Rb2 (30. Rb3 {Tsesarsky} Rd2 31. Qxe3 Rxa2 32.
Bd4 (32. f3 Qc7 $132) 32... Qe4 $14) 30... exf2+ 31. Bxf2 (31. Qxf2 {Tsesarsky}
Rd3 32. Rb3 Qe4 $14) 31... g5 (31... Bd3 32. Qg4 Qa6 33. c5 Qc6 (33... Qa3 34.
Bd4 Bf5 35. Qxh4 e5 36. Bc3 Rd3 37. Bxe5 Rxh3 38. gxh3 Qe3+ 39. Rf2 Qxc1+ 40.
Kh2 $18) 34. Qxh4 $16) 32. b5 Qe4 (32... f6 33. c5 e5 (33... Rd5 {Tsesarsky}
34. c6 Qc7 35. a4 Qa5 36. Rc4 Kg7 37. Be1 Qb6+ 38. Qf2 Rd1 39. Qxb6 axb6 40.
Kf2 $16) 34. c6 Qc7 35. Qf3 Bh7 36. Qxf6 $18) (32... Rcd8 {Tsesarsky} 33. c5
Rd3 34. c6 $16) 33. c5 Qxe2 (33... Qf4 {Tsesarsky} 34. Be3 Qg3 35. Qf2 $16) 34.
Rxe2 Bd3 (34... Rdc7 35. a4 f6 36. c6 Kf7 37. Rd2 e5 38. a5 $16) 35. Rb2 a6 (
35... f5 {Tsesarsky} 36. a4 Be4 37. c6 $16) 36. a4 (36. b6 Be4 (36... Bb5 37.
Rxb5 axb5 38. c6 $18) 37. Re1 Bd5 $16) 36... axb5 37. axb5 Rb7 38. b6 Be4 (
38... Rc6 39. Ra1 Kg7 40. Ra7 Rxa7 41. bxa7 Ra6 42. c6 Be4 43. Rc2 $1 Bxc2 44.
c7 $18) 39. Re2 Bd5 (39... f5 40. Rxe4 fxe4 41. c6 Rbb8 42. Be3 Kf7 43. b7 Rc7
44. Rf1+ Kg6 45. Ba7 $18) 40. Re5 f6 $6 (40... Rxb6 $142 41. Rxg5+ Kf8 42. Rh5
Rbc6 43. Rh8+ Kg7 44. Rxc8 Rxc8 45. Bxh4 $16) 41. Rxd5 $1 exd5 42. c6 (42. c6
Rbb8 43. Bd4 (43. c7 {Tsesarsky} Rb7 44. Rd1 Kf7 45. Rxd5 Ke6 46. Rd8 Rcxc7 47.
bxc7 Rxc7 48. Be3 $18) 43... f5 44. c7 Rb7 45. Rc6 Kf7 46. Rd6 Ke7 47. Rd8 $18)
1-0

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1997.11.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1997.11.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. Re1 Bc5 8. c3
O-O $5 {This is not just a transposition, it's a rather cunning way to avoid
Whites most solid setup with the B on e3 against the Arkhangelsk. On 8. - d6
White can enter that setup without problems. Statistics must be viewed with
caution , but in Mega 98' the setup with Be3 gives White a healthy score of
57% while the lines with Bg5 yields White a meagre 46%. This is reason enough
to try to lure the white B to g5.} 9. d4 Bb6 10. Be3 {White is stubborn and
plays the Be3 setup anyway.} (10. d5 Na5 11. Bc2 d6 12. Bg5 c6 13. dxc6 Bxc6
14. Nbd2 h6 15. Bh4 g5 16. Bg3 Rc8 $6 (16... Nh5 $142) 17. Nf1 Nb7 18. h4 $16 {
1-0 Aseev,K-Volzhin,A/Novgorod op 1995/EXP 49 (27)}) (10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 d6 {
and Black has reached the type of position he likes in the Arkhangelsk}) 10...
exd4 11. cxd4 Na5 $1 {This is the simple point. Threats against e4 and Bb3
forces White to do something.} (11... Nxe4 $2 12. d5 $16) 12. Bg5 $146 {
A new move, but Black can handle it.} (12. d5 Bxe3 13. Rxe3 Nxb3 14. Qxb3 c6 {
White is in need of a good move/idea in this position.} 15. dxc6 (15. Nc3 cxd5
(15... Re8 16. dxc6 dxc6 17. e5 Nd5 18. Rd1 $14 {Zontakh,A-Rause,O/Berliner
Sommer 1995/EXP 47/1-0 (45)}) 16. e5 d4 17. Nxd4 Ng4 18. Re2 Qh4 19. h3 Nxe5
20. Rxe5 Qxd4 $15 {1/2-1/2 Wu Xibin-Rausis,I/Lee Cup 1996/EXP 54 (33)}) 15...
dxc6 16. Nc3 (16. Qb4 c5 17. Qxc5 Nxe4 18. Qb4 Rc8 $15) 16... c5 17. h3 Qe7 18.
e5 c4 19. Qc2 (19. Qd1 Rad8 20. Nd4 Ne4 $1 21. Nxe4 Qxe5 $17) 19... Nd7 20. Qf5
Qe6 21. Qf4 $6 (21. Nd4 $142 Qxf5 22. Nxf5 b4 23. Nd5 $1 $11) 21... Bxf3 {
1/2-1/2 Wedberg,T-Rausis,I/Osterskar 1995} 22. Qxf3 Nc5 $15 (22... Nxe5 $2 23.
Qg3 $16)) 12... Nxb3 13. axb3 h6 14. Bh4 (14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Nc3 d6 16. Qd3 c5
$36) 14... g5 15. Nxg5 $1 (15. Bg3 Nxe4 $17) 15... Nxe4 $1 (15... hxg5 16. Bxg5
d6 17. Re3 $40) 16. Nxe4 Qxh4 {This looks good for Black: pair of B:s, g and
e-files, active Q, weak d4-P.} 17. Nbc3 Kh8 18. Nc5 (18. Re3 Rg8 19. Kh1 Rae8
20. Rh3 $2 Bxe4 $1 $19) 18... Bc6 (18... Bxc5 19. dxc5 Rg8 20. g3 Qh3 21. Nd5
$13) 19. g3 Rg8 20. Re5 $1 {Very active counterplay and that is indeed Whites
only hope.} Rg4 (20... d6 21. Rh5 Qf6 22. Qd2 $132) 21. N5e4 Rag8 (21... b4 22.
Nd5 $132) 22. f3 R4g6 $138 (22... Rxg3+ $5 {Annand} 23. hxg3 Rxg3+ (23... d6 $3
24. Rf5 Rxg3+ $1 25. Nxg3 Qxg3+ 26. Kf1 Qh3+ 27. Kf2 Qxf5 $19) 24. Nxg3 Bxd4+
25. Kg2 Bxe5 26. Qe1 Qf4 27. Qf2 $16) 23. Kg2 (23. Kh1 $5) 23... d6 24. Rf5 Bd7
25. Rxf7 Be6 26. Kh1 Rxg3 27. Nxg3 Bxf7 $17 28. Nce4 d5 29. Nf5 Qf4 30. Neg3
Be6 31. Ne7 (31. Qd3 $142) 31... Rg7 $2 (31... Rxg3 $1 32. hxg3 Qxg3 33. Qd2
Qh4+ 34. Qh2 Qxe7 35. Qxh6+ Qh7 $19) (31... Rxg3 $19) 32. Nc6 (32. Nh5 $1)
32... Bh3 (32... Bh3 33. Rxa6 (33. Qe2 Qd6 $15) 33... Qe3 $1 $13) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1997.11.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1997.11.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3
d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. Na3 O-O 11. axb5 axb5 12. Nxb5 Bg4 13. Re1 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nh5
15. Be3 Qf6 16. Kh1 exd4 17. cxd4 Ba5 18. Rg1 Rxb5 19. Ba4 Rxb2 20. Bxc6 Bb6
21. Rg4 Rb4 22. e5 dxe5 23. dxe5 Qe7 24. Qd5 Bxe3 25. fxe3 g6 26. Rxb4 Qxb4 27.
e6 Qc3 28. Rg1 Nf6 29. exf7+ Rxf7 30. Qe6 Kg7 31. Rg5 Qa3 32. Re5 Qd3 33. Kg2
Qe2+ 34. Kg1 Qe1+ 35. Kg2 Qe2+ 36. Kg1 h5 37. Rg5 Qd1+ 38. Kg2 Qc2+ 39. Kg3 Nh7
40. Qe5+ Kh6 41. Be4 Rxf3+ 42. Kxf3 Qd1+ 43. Kf4 Qf1+ 44. Bf3 Qc4+ 45. Be4 Qf1+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1997.11.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1997.11.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Qa4+ Nc6 5. Qxc4 Bg4 6. Ne5 (6. e3 e6 7. Nc3
Bd6 8. h3 Bh5 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O a6 (10... Qe7 11. a3 e5 12. b4 exd4 13. exd4
Rad8 14. Be3 Rfe8 15. Rad1 a5 16. bxa5 Ra8 17. Qb5 Rxa5 18. Qxb7 Nd8 19. Qb2
Rxa3 20. Rfe1 c6 21. Ne5 Bxe2 22. Rxe2 Bb4 23. Nb1 Ra8 24. Bg5 h6 25. Bh4 {
Gretarsson,H-Dos Santos,R/WchJM-U20 1994/EXT 94ch2/1-0 (45)}) 11. Bd2 Qe8 12.
Rac1 e5 13. dxe5 b5 14. Nxb5 Bxf3 15. Nxd6 cxd6 16. Bxf3 Nxe5 17. Qe2 Rb8 18.
b3 Qe6 19. Bc3 Nxf3+ 20. Qxf3 Ne4 {Pachman,L-Van der Sterren,P/Lone Pine op
1979/MCL 03/1-0 (34)}) (6. Nbd2 Qd5 7. Qxd5 Nxd5 8. a3 e6 9. e3 Bd6 10. Bd3
O-O-O 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Nxf3 Nf6 13. e4 Bc5 14. e5 Ng8 15. Bxh7 Nxd4 16. Nxd4
Bxd4 17. Bxg8 Rdxg8 18. f4 f6 19. Rb1 fxe5 20. Ke2 Rf8 {Gerstl,M-Young,R/
Summer Futurity 1991/EXT 91b/0-1 (44)}) 6... Be6 (6... Nxe5 7. dxe5 Be6 8. Qb5+
Nd7 9. Qxb7 Nxe5 10. Nc3 $14 {[%csl Ra7,Rc7]}) 7. Nxc6 (7. Qb5 Bd5 $1 (7... a6
8. Qxb7 Nxd4 9. Na3) 8. Nc3 a6 9. Qa4 b5 $36) 7... Bxc4 8. Nxd8 Rxd8 9. b3 (9.
e3 Bxf1 10. Rxf1 e6 (10... e5 11. dxe5 Ng4 12. Ke2 (12. f4 Nxh2 13. Rh1 Ng4 14.
Ke2 $13)) 11. Ke2 c5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Nc3 $11) 9... Ba6 10. Bb2 e5 (10... e6
11. e3 Bxf1 12. Rxf1 $11) 11. dxe5 Bb4+ (11... Ng4 $5 12. Bc3 $5 (12. e3 Bb4+
13. Bc3 Bxf1 14. Rxf1 Bxc3+ 15. Nxc3 Nxh2 16. Rh1 Ng4 17. Rh5 h6 18. Nb5 $15 {
/=}) 12... Bc5 (12... Rd1+ $2 13. Kxd1 Nxf2+ 14. Ke1 Nxh1 15. e3 $18 {[%csl
Rh1]}) 13. e3 Bxf1 14. Rxf1 Nxh2 15. Rh1 Ng4 16. Ke2 $11) 12. Bc3 Nd5 (12...
Bxc3+ 13. Nxc3 Ng4 14. f4 g5 15. fxg5 Nxe5 (15... h6 $5 $44) 16. e4 Nd3+ 17.
Bxd3 Rxd3 18. Nd5 $14) 13. Bd2 (13. Bxb4 Nxb4 14. Na3 O-O {>~/=}) 13... Bxd2+ (
13... O-O 14. a3 Bxd2+ 15. Nxd2 Rfe8 16. Nf3 Nf4 17. Rc1 c6 $44 {[%csl Re5]
[%cal Yf4g6]}) 14. Nxd2 Nb4 15. Kd1 (15. Rc1 Nxa2 16. Rxc7 O-O $32 {[%cal
Yd8c8]}) 15... O-O 16. a3 Nc6 17. e3 $11 Bxf1 18. Rxf1 Nxe5 19. Ke2 f5 20. Rfd1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1997.11.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Yudasin,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1997.11.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. f3 e5 4. Ne2 (4. d5 $5) (4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6.
Bc4 Ke8 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Ne2 $14) 4... Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. Be3 (6. Nbc3 Nbd7 7. Be3
c6 8. Ng3 Ne8 9. Qd2 g6 10. d5 Ng7 11. Be2 f5 12. exf5 gxf5 13. f4 c5 14. O-O
e4 15. Nh1 Nf6 16. Nf2 Rf7 17. h3 Nge8 18. Kh2 Rg7 19. Rg1 Bf8 20. g3 Qe7 21.
Rg2 h5 {- Karolyi,T-Pribyl,J/Tallinn 1985/MCL 06}) 6... c6 (6... c5 $5 7. dxc5
dxc5 8. Nbc3 Nc6 9. Nd5 Nd4 $13) 7. Qd2 Nbd7 $6 (7... a6 8. dxe5 $6 (8. d5 b5
9. Nbc3 (9. dxc6 Nxc6 10. Nbc3 Na5 $1 $36) 9... b4 10. Na4 c5 11. b3 $11) 8...
dxe5 9. c5 a5 $1 $36 {/\Na6,a4Nfd7} 10. Nec3 a4 $36) 8. d5 cxd5 9. cxd5 $14 Nh5
(9... a6 10. Ng3 b5 11. a4 bxa4 12. Rxa4 $36) (9... Ne8 $5) 10. Nbc3 Nb6 $6 (
10... g6 {/\f5}) 11. b3 h6 (11... g6 $5) 12. O-O-O Bg5 13. g4 $1 Bxe3 14. Qxe3
Nf6 15. Ng3 {/\h4} a5 (15... Bd7 16. h4 {/\Kb2,Be2,g5z}) 16. h4 a4 17. Kb2
axb3 18. axb3 $16 Nbd7 19. Bb5 $1 Nc5 (19... Ne8 20. g5 $40) 20. b4 Na6 21. Ra1
Nh7 $8 22. Nf1 $1 Bd7 23. Bxd7 Qxd7 24. Qb6 Rfc8 (24... Rab8 25. Ne3 Qd8 26.
Qxd8 Rfxd8 27. Kb3 Nf8 28. h5 $16) (24... Qd8 25. Qxd8 Rfxd8 26. Ra4 $1 $16)
25. Ne3 Nf6 26. Kb3 Ne8 27. Nc4 Qe7 28. Qe3 Rd8 29. g5 $18 h5 30. Rhc1 g6 31.
Nb5 Rab8 32. f4 $1 $40 Qd7 33. Ra5 $1 exf4 34. Qxf4 Rbc8 35. Rc3 $18 Qe7 36.
Ra2 Nac7 37. Nd4 Ra8 38. Rf2 Ra1 39. Rcf3 Rb1+ 40. Kc3 Rd7 41. Nb6 1-0

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1997.11.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1997.11.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ribli} d6 2. Nf3 Bg4 {Ribli: Es ist interessant, daß Ivanchuk eine
theoretisch so genügsame Fortsetzung wählt.} 3. c4 (3. e4 {Ribli} Nf6 4. Nc3 $5
) 3... Bxf3 4. exf3 {Ribli: Weiß hat einen Doppelbauern, aber -was wichtiger
ist- er hat auch freie Hand im Zentrum und das Läuferpaar.} c6 (4... g6 {Ribli}
5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nd7 7. Be2 c5 8. dxc5 Nxc5 9. Rc1 Nf6 10. O-O O-O 11. b4 $14
{Georgiev,Ki-Rivas Pastor,M/Las Palmas/1993/CBM36/}) 5. Nc3 Nd7 (5... g6 {Ribli
} 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O Nh6 8. d5 Nf5 9. Bd3 Nd4 10. Re1 Nd7 11. Bg5 Ne5 12. f4 h6
13. Bh4 g5 14. fxe5 gxh4 15. exd6 Qxd6 16. Qg4 {1-0 Khalifman,A-Rashkovsky,N/
Moscow PCA-Intel qual 1995/EXP 46 (26)}) (5... e6 $2 {Ribli} 6. d5 $1 exd5 7.
cxd5 Nd7 8. Bf4 Nb6 9. dxc6 bxc6 10. Ba6 Qd7 11. O-O Be7 12. Re1 Rd8 13. Qe2 {
Lukacs,P-Miltner,A/Budapest FS08 GM 1996/EXP 54/1-0 (50)}) 6. Be2 g6 (6... Ngf6
{Ribli} 7. f4 g6 8. Be3 Bg7 9. d5 c5 10. Qc2 a6 11. a4 Qa5 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. f5
O-O-O 14. a5 gxf5 15. Qxf5 Rde8 16. Qc2 e6 17. O-O h5 18. Rfd1 {1-0 Knaak,
R-Schoeneberg,M/BL9192 1992 (39)}) 7. O-O Bg7 8. Be3 Ngf6 (8... Nh6 {Ribli} 9.
Bd3 f5 10. Qd2 Nf7 11. d5 O-O 12. Ne2 Re8 13. Rad1 e5 14. dxe6 Rxe6 15. Bb1 Re8
16. Rfe1 Qc7 17. f4 Rad8 18. Nc3 Nc5 19. b4 Ne6 20. h3 b6 21. a3 {Polak,
T-Votava,J/After GP Mladi 1997/1/2-1/2 (71)}) 9. d5 O-O 10. Qb3 (10. f4 {
[%cal Ge2f3] Ribli} cxd5 11. Nxd5 Nc5 12. Nc3 Nfe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bf3 Nc5
15. Rb1 a5 16. b3 Qc7 17. h4 e6 18. h5 Rfd8 19. Bd4 e5 20. Be3 e4 21. Be2 Qc6
22. Qd5 Qxd5 23. cxd5 gxh5 24. Rfc1 h4 25. Bg4 Nd3 26. Rc7 Nb4 {0-1 Sorokin,
M-Spangenberg,H/Villa Gesell 1996/CBM 52/[Ribli] (41)}) 10... Qb8 $146 {
Ribli: Schwarz möchte a6 und eventuell b7-b5 oder Rf8-c8 spielen. Der Damezug
wirkt auf den ersten Blick ein wenig sonderbar.} (10... cxd5 11. cxd5 Qb8 (
11... Qa5 12. a3 a6 13. Rac1 Rac8 14. Qxb7 Rb8 15. Qxa6 Qxa6 16. Bxa6 Rxb2 17.
a4 Nc5 18. Bb5 Nfd7 19. Ne4 Rd8 {1/2-1/2 Bacrot,E-Markotic,G/Nice (09) ;EXP 40
1994 (41)}) 12. Rfc1 Rc8 13. f4 a6 14. a4 b6 15. Bf3 Nc5 16. Qd1 Ra7 17. b4
Ncd7 18. Ne2 Rac7 19. Nd4 Qb7 20. Nc6 {1-0 Stohl,I-Pribyl,J/BL 9394 (1993) ;BL
90 1994 (56)}) (10... Qc7 11. Rfd1 a6 12. Rac1 Rfc8 13. f4 e6 (13... Rab8 $5 {
Ribli}) 14. dxe6 $5 (14. Bf3 {Ribli} exd5 15. cxd5 c5 $13) 14... fxe6 15. Bf3
Rab8 16. g3 Re8 17. Ne2 Rbd8 18. Qa3 Bf8 19. b4 $14 e5 20. Qb3 Kh8 21. Nc3 Bg7
22. Qc2 $1 {1-0 Kharitonov,A-Agrest,E/Pinsk ;CBM 38 1993 (38)}) (10... Qc7 11.
Rfd1 Rfb8 12. Rac1 Qa5 13. a3 Qd8 14. f4 a6 15. h3 cxd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Rxd5
b6 18. f5 Ra7 19. fxg6 hxg6 20. Rcd1 a5 21. Qc2 a4 22. h4 Ra5 23. h5 gxh5 24.
Rxh5 Rxh5 25. Bxh5 Ra8 {1/2-1/2 Kharitonov,A-Gurgenidze,B/URS-FL Sverdlovsk ;
MCL 06 1984 (36)}) (10... Nc5 {Ribli} 11. Qc2 (11. Bxc5 dxc5 12. dxc6 bxc6 13.
f4 Rb8 14. Qc2 $13 {[%csl Yd4] Ribli: Schwarz hat nun auch seinen Doppelbauern,
aber das Feld d4 ist eine Schwäche im weißen Lager.})) 11. Rfd1 Rc8 12. Rac1 a6
13. Rd2 $5 {Ribli: Weiß verfügt über das Läuferpaar und Raumvorteil, aber die
schwarze Stellung ist solide und weist keine Schwächen auf. Mit dem Partiezug
behält sich Weiß verschiedene Turmverdopplungen vor.} cxd5 (13... Nc5 14. Qd1
cxd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. cxd5 $14) (13... b5 14. dxc6 bxc4 15. Qxb8 (15. Qxc4 Ne5
16. Qa4 Nxc6 17. Bxa6 $140 Nb4 18. Bxc8 Rxa4 19. Nxa4 Nxa2 20. Rc4 d5 21. Rc5
Qb4 $17) 15... Nxb8 16. Na4 Rxc6 (16... Nxc6 17. Nb6 d5 18. Nxa8 Rxa8 19. b3
$18) 17. Bxc4 (17. Rxc4 Rxc4 18. Bxc4 Nbd7 $13) 17... Kf8 (17... d5 18. Nb6
Rxb6 19. Bxd5 (19. Bxb6 Nbd7 $17) 19... Nxd5 20. Rc8+ Bf8 21. Rxd5 Rc6 (21...
Rxb2 22. Rxf8+ Kxf8 23. Rd8+ Kg7 24. Bd4+ $18) 22. Re8 $18) 18. Nb6 (18. Rdc2
Nbd7 19. Bb3 Rxc2 20. Rxc2 $13) 18... Ra7 19. Nd5 Rb7 20. Rdc2 Nbd7 21. b4 (21.
Nxf6 Nxf6 22. Bd5 $1 Rxc2 23. Rxc2 Rb8 24. Ba7 Rd8 25. Bb7 a5 26. Bb6 Rb8 27.
Rc8+ Rxc8 28. Bxc8 a4 $132) 21... Ne5 22. Bb3 (22. Bf1) 22... Rxc2 23. Rxc2 $16
) 14. Nxd5 (14. cxd5 {Ribli} b5 $11 15. Rcd1 $2 (15. Rdc2 Nc5 16. Qb4 Nfd7 {
[%cal Gg7c3] Der schwarze Bg7 kontrolliert den Damenflügel.}) 15... Nc5 16. Qc2
b4 17. Nb1 Nce4 $17 {[%cal Rc8c2,Re4d2]}) 14... Nxd5 15. Rxd5 Rc6 $6 {Schwarz
bereitet ...Qc7 und möglicherweise ...Rc8 vor.} (15... b5 16. cxb5 Rxc1+ 17.
Bxc1 Nc5 (17... e6 18. Rd1 Nc5 19. Qb4 axb5 20. a3 $16) 18. Rxc5 $5 (18. Qb4
axb5 19. a3 Qb7 20. Rd1 Rb8) (18. Qd1 axb5 19. b4 Na4 20. Rxb5 Qc7 $132) (18.
Qc2 axb5 19. b4 e6) 18... dxc5 19. bxa6 $14) (15... Nc5 16. Qb4 (16. Qa3 b5 17.
b4 e6 18. Rd2 Na4) 16... a5 17. Qa3 $1 $14 (17. Qb5 Rc6 {/\Rca6,x Qb5})) 16. f4
Qc7 17. Rdd1 a5 {Ribli: Schwarz hat dank seines aktiven Bg7 Gegenspiel am
Damenflügel. Es droht eventuell ...a5-a4 und ...Nd7-c5.} (17... Rc8 18. g3 Nb6
$140 19. Bf3 Nxc4 20. Bxc6 Qxc6 21. Bd4 $16) 18. Bf3 (18. Qa3 $5 {Ribli: /\b3,
Rc2,Qc1}) 18... Nc5 19. Qc2 (19. Bxc5 {Ribli} Rxc5 20. Qxb7 Qxb7 21. Bxb7 Rb8
22. Bf3 Rxb2 $15 {[%csl Gb2]}) 19... Rb6 20. Rb1 $16 (20. b3 {Ribli} a4 21. Rb1
axb3 22. axb3 Rba6 {[%cal Ga8a2]}) 20... a4 21. h4 {Ribli: Weiß besitzt
Initiative am Königsflügel.} (21. f5 $5) 21... e6 (21... h5 $2 {Ribli} 22. f5
$36) 22. h5 Qe7 23. Rd2 Kf8 $5 {Ribli: Schwarz spielt prophylaktisch, aber es
gibt für Weiß noch nichts Konkretes am Königsflügel.} 24. Qd1 Ke8 25. g3 {
Weiß räumt das Feld g2 für den König.} (25. b4 axb3 26. axb3 Rba6 27. Bd4 Bxd4
28. Rxd4 $16) 25... Raa6 $1 26. Kg2 Rb4 {Ribli: Schwarz möchte seinen
Kontrahenten zu 27.a3 provozieren, was den weißen Damenflügel schwächt.} 27.
hxg6 hxg6 28. Qh1 Qf8 $2 29. Qd1 $2 (29. Rbd1 Rxb2 30. Bxc5 Rxd2 31. Rxd2 dxc5
32. Qb1 Bd4 $1 33. Qb5+ Kd8 34. Rxd4+ (34. Bxb7 Rd6) 34... cxd4 35. c5 $1 e5
36. Qxb7 Re6 37. Bc6 Rxc6 38. Qxc6 $16) (29. Qh4 $5) 29... Qe7 30. Qh1 Kf8 {
Ribli: Schwarz spielt auf Gewinn und umgeht die Zugwiederholung. Aber der
schwarze König steht wegen möglicher Motive auf der Diagonale a3-f8 nicht
allzu glücklich auf f8.} 31. Rbd1 $6 {Weiß gibt seinen schwachen Pb2 und
bekommt dafür den wichtigen Pd6. Nun droht 32.Bxc5 nebst 33.Rd8.} (31. Qh7 $5
Nd7 (31... Rab6 32. f5 $1 $18) (31... Qc7 32. Bd4 $16) 32. Rbd1 $14) {[#]}
31... Rxb2 $2 (31... Nd7 $5 32. Kg1 Nf6 33. Bd4 $14) (31... Qc7 $1 {Ivanchuk}
32. Bd4 Rab6 33. Qh7 Bxd4 34. Rxd4 Rxb2 35. Qh8+ Ke7 36. Qh4+ Kd7 37. Qh7 $11)
32. Rxd6 $1 {Ribli: Mit diesem vorübergehenden Qualitätsopfer gewinnt Weiß den
Bauern zurück. Die Fesselung auf der Diagonalen a3-f8 wird unangenehm für
Schwarz.} (32. Bxc5 {Ribli} Rxd2 33. Rxd2 dxc5 $15) 32... Rxd6 33. Bxc5 Rbb6
34. Qh7 $1 (34. Qe1 Kg8 35. Qa5 Qd7 36. Qxb6 Rxd1 37. Bxd1 Qxd1 38. Qxb7 Qc2
$11) 34... a3 {Ribli: Der a-Bauer ist ohne große Bedeutung, deshalb gibt
Schwarz ihn für die offene Turmlinie her.} (34... e5 35. fxe5 (35. f5 e4) 35...
Bxe5 36. Re1 $18) (34... Qc7 35. Ba3) 35. Bxa3 Ra6 36. Bb4 (36. Bxd6 {Ribli}
Rxd6 37. Rxd6 Qxd6 38. Bxb7 Qc7 39. Ba6 Qa5 40. Bb5 Qxa2 $14 {Weiß hat
minimalen Materialvorteil. Die ungleichfarbigen Läufer erhöhen die Remisbreite.
}) 36... Rab6 37. Bc5 Qc7 (37... Ra6 {Ribli} 38. Rb1 $5 {[%cal Rb1b7,Rc5f8]})
38. Ba3 Ra6 39. Bb4 Bf6 (39... Rab6 40. c5 Rxb4 (40... Rxd1 $2 41. cxb6+ $18)
41. cxd6 Qd7 (41... Qd8 {Ribli} 42. Rc1 Rb6 43. Rc7 Rxd6 44. Rxb7 Rd7 $14) 42.
f5 $1 (42. Rc1 Rb6 (42... Qxd6 43. Rc8+ Ke7 44. Qxg7 $18) 43. Rc7 Qd8 {Rogers,I
}) 42... exf5 43. Rc1) 40. f5 {Ribli: Weiß opfert einen Bauern für eine
aktivere Stellung seines weißfeldrigen Läufers.} (40. a4 $1 Ke7 41. a5 $18 (41.
f5 gxf5 42. Bh5 Qc6+ 43. Kg1 Qe8 44. a5)) 40... gxf5 (40... exf5 {Ribli} 41.
Bd5 $44 {[%csl Gb4,Gd5,Rf7][%cal Rb4f8]}) 41. Bh5 {Ribli: Die weiße Drohung
ist einfach: 42.Bxd6 Rxd6 43.Rxd6 Qxd6 44.Qxf7 Matt.} (41. Rb1 $5) 41... Bg7
42. a4 Rab6 (42... Rac6 43. Rxd6 Rxd6 44. a5) 43. Ba3 (43. c5 Qc6+ (43... Rxb4
44. cxd6 Qc6+ 45. Kg1 Qd7 46. Rc1) (43... Rxd1 $2 44. cxb6+ $18) 44. Bf3 Rxb4
45. cxd6 Qe8 (45... Qd7 {Ribli} 46. Rc1 $36) 46. d7 Qd8 47. a5 Ra4 (47... Rd4
48. Qxg7+ Kxg7 49. Rxd4 e5 50. Rd1 e4 51. Be2 $18) 48. Bxb7 Rxa5 49. Qh4 Qxh4
50. gxh4 Bf6 51. d8=Q+ Bxd8 52. Rxd8+ $18) 43... Rbc6 (43... Ra6 {Ribli}) 44.
Bf3 $2 (44. Rxd6 Rxd6 45. a5 Be5 46. f4 Bg7 47. Kh3 Qe7 48. Bf3 e5 49. Bxb7
Rh6+ (49... exf4 50. a6) 50. Qxh6 Qxa3 51. Qb6 Kg8 52. Qd8+ Qf8 (52... Kh7 53.
Bc8) 53. Qxf8+ Bxf8 54. a6 Bc5 55. fxe5 $18) 44... Rc5 {Ribli: Schwarz kann
seinen zweiten Turm ruhig auf die Diagonale stellen, denn es droht jetzt ...
b7-b6, und der weiße Läufer kann ohnehin nur einen Turm nehmen.} 45. Rxd6 Qxd6
46. Bxb7 f4 $1 {Schwarz gibt einen zweiten Bauer für die Befreiung von der
Fesselung.} (46... Qc7 47. Kg1) (46... Bd4 {Ribli} 47. a5 $5) 47. Qh4 {Ribli:
Weiß droht 48.Bxc5 Qxc5 49.Qd8 Matt, gleichzeitig hängt der Pf4.} (47. a5 fxg3
48. a6 (48. fxg3 {Ribli} Qd2+ 49. Kh3 Qxa5) 48... gxf2) (47. gxf4 Rg5+ 48. fxg5
Qxa3 $11) (47. g4 Bd4 48. Bf3 (48. Qe4 Kg8 49. a5 Bxf2) (48. a5 Bxf2) 48... Qe5
$132) 47... Ke8 48. Bxc5 (48. a5 fxg3 49. a6 gxf2 50. Bxc5 Qxc5 51. a7 f1=Q+ $1
52. Kxf1 Qf5+ 53. Kg2 Qc2+ 54. Kh3 Qd3+ 55. Qg3 Qh7+ $11) 48... Qxc5 49. Qxf4 {
Ribli: Weiß hat zwei Bauern mehr, aber aufgrund der ungleichfarbigen Läuefer
ist es nicht leicht - wenn es denn überhaupt möglich ist -, den Vorteil zu
verwerten.} Be5 50. Qe4 Ke7 51. Ba6 Bc7 $11 {Ribli: Dame und Läufer möchten
die Diagonale a7-g1 einnehmen, um eine Blockadestellung auf den schwarzen
Feldern zu errichten.} 52. Bb5 Bb6 53. Qe1 Qd4 54. a5 Bc5 {Ribli: Weiß kann
allenfalls noch a5-a6 ziehen, aber dann geht es nicht weiter - die schwarze
Batterie hält die Stellung.} 55. Qe2 Kd6 56. Qf3 f5 57. a6 Ke5 {Ribli: Der
schwarze König schützt die Bauern, so daß Weiß nicht vorankommt.} 58. Qe2+ Kf6
59. Bc6 e5 60. Bd5 {Ribli: Der Läufer steht zwar gut auf d5, aber es gelingt
Weiß nicht, Drohungen aufzubauen.} e4 61. g4 e3 62. fxe3 Qxe3 63. Qxe3 (63.
Qxe3 {Ribli} Bxe3 64. Kf3 Bc5 65. gxf5 Kxf5 $11 {Und der schwarze König kann
die Bauern gemeinsam mit seinem Läufer leicht blockieren. Ribli.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1997.11.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1997.11.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Nc6 4. Nc3 e5 5. a3 d6 6. Rb1 a5 7. d3 f5 8. g3 Nf6 9.
Bh3 fxe4 10. Bxc8 Qxc8 11. dxe4 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Bg5 Ne8 14. Nd5 Bd8 15.
Bxd8 Qxd8 16. Kg2 Nc7 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1997.11.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1997.11.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qa4+ Bd7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 Nc6 7. d4 Bg7 8.
e4 O-O 9. e5 Be6 10. exf6 Bxc4 11. fxg7 Kxg7 12. Bxc4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Qxd4 14.
Be2 {This position is yet another example of how unusual material correlations
arise as a result of opening play. It is hard to assess this position and as I
am using this game just as an example of one particular theme I would like to
use the assessment, very popular among commentators - 'unclear'! Of course,
two extra pawns is a valuable addition to the black queen, but White has no
weaknesses and can target Black's pawns.} Rad8 15. O-O Qe5 16. Be3 Rd7 17. Rfe1
Qa5 18. a3 Rfd8 19. Bg4 f5 20. Bf3 e5 21. Bg5 (21. Bxb7 $1 c5 22. Bc6 Rd6 (
22... f4 23. Bxd7 Rxd7 24. Bc1 c4 25. h3 $1 $18 {Anand; /\ Re2, Bd2}) 23. Bb5
a6 24. Bf1 $18) 21... e4 22. Be2 c6 23. Bxd8 Qxd8 24. Red1 b5 25. Rxd7+ Qxd7
26. Rd1 Qe6 27. g3 a5 28. Rd2 e3 29. Rd3 exf2+ 30. Kxf2 Qe5 31. Bf3 Qc5+ 32.
Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Baburin} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 e5 (5... O-O 6. Nge2 c5
(6... Nc6 7. O-O Nd7 ({or} 7... e5 8. d5 Nd4 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. Ne2) 8. Be3 e5 {
are the standard and typical King's Indian solutions here.}) 7. d5 e6 {may
lead to a Benoni, which is not that bad according to nowadays theory.}) 6. d5
a5 {Black is waiting with his castles and playing for a dark-square strategy.}
7. Nge2 Na6 8. f3 {This Bd3 line many times transposes to Samish type of
positions.} Nd7 9. Be3 {White is not afraid of Black's positional threat of
exchanging the dark-squared B. Usually this is a double-edged operation. From
statical point of view this is good for Black, because he gets rid off the
passive B. From dynamical point of view after this exchange he cannot open up
the position with f7-f5 so effectively, as in case of having a B on the long /
^. Black's position ramains passive, and he has to control a lot of dark
squares, where White can blow up the position.} (9. O-O O-O 10. Be3 Nb6 (10...
Ndc5 11. Bc2 f5 12. exf5 gxf5 13. f4 $14) 11. b3 c6 12. Qe1 (12. Rc1) 12... f5
13. Qf2 c5 14. exf5 gxf5 15. Rac1 a4 16. Nb5 Qd7 17. Nec3 e4 $13 {Seirawan-I.
Igor, USA-ch Los Angeles 1991}) {Baburin: Here Ivanchuk decided to echange the
bishops with a rather standard move} 9... Bh6 $5 {Although, the idea of
trading a 'bad' bishop for a good one is very logical, it has some drawbacks:
this operation takes time and then Black needs to worry about some weakening
of his kingside. Finally we should state that White has a significant space
advantage and his remaining bishop is not really bad.} 10. Qd2 (10. Bxh6 Qh4+)
10... Bxe3 11. Qxe3 c6 $6 {Opening up the position is against the principles
now especially having the K in the middle. Baburin: A risky decision - Black
creates tension in the centre, while his king is not safe and its future is
very unclear.} (11... h5 12. O-O Qf6 {was recommended, although after} 13. b3
$1 (13. a3 Nac5 14. Bc2 (14. Nb5 Qd8) 14... a4 15. Nb5 Qd8) 13... O-O 14. a3 {
White has good chances on the <<.}) (11... O-O $5) (11... Qh4+ 12. g3 Qe7 13.
h4 Ndc5 (13... Nac5 {Baburin} 14. O-O-O {where White's chances are better.})
14. Bc2 Bd7 15. O-O-O $16) 12. Qh6 $1 {Now Black is deprived from castling.
Baburin: The weakness of the kingside becomes apparent. White might play
something like h2-h4-h5, so Black needs to come up with counterplay.} (12. O-O
$2 Qb6) 12... Ndc5 (12... Qf6 {/\ g5 is answered by} 13. h4) (12... Nac5 $142
13. Rd1 Nb6 14. b3 Qe7 $16 (14... a4 15. Bc2)) 13. Rd1 Qb6 $2 {Now the Q
leaves the >> as well. Baburin: After this mistake Black's position, already
difficult, becomes critical. The text weakens the d6-pawn, which now lacks
protection.} (13... Qf6 14. Bc2 $1 (14. Bb1 Bd7 {/\ 0-0-0}) (14. dxc6 bxc6 15.
Bb1) 14... Bd7 15. O-O O-O-O 16. a3 $16) 14. Bb1 Ke7 {[#]} (14... Qxb2 15. dxc6
bxc6 16. Qg7 (16. Rxd6 $18 {Baburin}) 16... Rf8 17. Rxd6) 15. f4 $1 $18 {
White has to open up the <->s and /^s against the K in the middle. Baburin:
Seirawan leads the attack with great energy - Black's king won't find peace in
this game. At the same time his white colleague is absolutely safe in the
centre.} exf4 16. Rf1 $1 {White brings his last inactive piece into the battle.
} (16. dxc6 $5 bxc6 17. Nxf4) ({Baburin: Also good would be the immediate} 16.
Qxf4 {Baburin}) 16... Rf8 17. Qxf4 f6 18. dxc6 Qxc6 19. Nd4 Qe8 (19... Qd7 20.
Nd5+ Kd8 21. Nb6 $18) 20. Nd5+ Kd8 21. Qxd6+ Bd7 22. Nb5 {This was one of the
first big surprises in Groningen!} (22. Nb5 Nxe4 23. Bxe4 Qxe4+ 24. Kf2 Qh4+
25. Kg1 Rf7 26. Rxf6 $18 (26. Rfe1)) 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.12"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Nd4 5. Bg2 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3 Bc5 7. O-O O-O 8.
e3 Bb4 9. Bg2 Bxc3 10. bxc3 c6 11. e4 Re8 12. a4 d6 13. d3 Bg4 14. f3 Bh5 15.
Rb1 b6 16. a5 Nd7 17. axb6 axb6 18. Rf2 f6 19. Rfb2 Bf7 20. Be3 Ra6 21. f4 Qc7
22. g4 Rea8 23. g5 exf4 24. Bxf4 fxg5 25. Bxg5 Ra2 26. Be3 Rxb2 27. Rxb2 Ra3
28. Rb3 Ra2 29. Bf1 d5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 15th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1998.02.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1998.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Kostakiev,D Anand} Nc6 {Der ukrainische Großmeister ist in der
Erröffnung immer für eine Überraschung gut. Die ganze Variante ist eine
Spezialität eines anderen, russischen Großmeisters, Alexandar Morozewitsch.
Nach dieser hochwertigen Partie wird die Variante bestimmt größere Popularität
erreichen.} 2. d4 d5 3. Bf4 Bg4 4. e3 (4. Nbd2 {Kostakiev,D Hort,V-Dueckstein,
A/CSSR 1968/Inf 05/1-0}) 4... e6 5. c4 Bb4+ $1 {Schwarz entwickelt seine
Figuren mit Tempo. Diese Fortsetzung ist seit 69 Jahren bekannt und wird nun
zum ersten Mal auf solch hoher Ebene von zwei Super-Großmeistern gespielt.} 6.
Nc3 Nf6 (6... Nge7 7. Rc1 (7. c5 {Kostakiev,D 1/2-1/2 Mirnic,M-Bukal,V/Open,
Zagreb CRO 1998 (34)}) (7. h3 Bh5 8. Rc1 (8. a3 {1/2-1/2 Rausch,S-Daus,P/
Dresden op 1996/EXP 53 (23)}) 8... O-O 9. a3 (9. Bd3 {0-1 Berebora,F-Chetverik,
M/Budapest Spring op 1996/EXP 52 (40)}) 9... Bxc3+ {Akesson,R-Morozevich,A/
London Lloyds 1994/EXP 43/0-1 (51)}) 7... O-O 8. h3 (8. Bd3 Ng6 9. h3 Bh5 $5
10. Bh2 Nh4 11. g4 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Bg6 13. Bxg6 hxg6 14. cxd5 $1 exd5 15. Kf1
$14 {0-1 van Wely,L-Morozevich,A/Tilburg 1993/Inf 59/[Morozevich,A]}) 8... Bxf3
9. Qxf3 Ng6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 Nxf4 12. Qxf4 Ne7 13. O-O c6 14. Qh4 f5 15.
Ne2 Qe8 16. Qg3 Ng6 17. Kh1 Qe7 18. Nf4 Nh4 19. Ne6 Bd6 20. Qg5 Qxe6 21. Qxh4
Rf6 22. Qh5 Raf8 23. Rfe1 Rh6 24. Qg5 Qf7 25. f4 Be7 {0-1 Menchik,V-Colle,E/
Karlsbad 1929/HCL 03}) 7. Rc1 (7. Qb3 {Kostakiev,D 0-1 Schmidt,R-Baumhus,R/2.
BL-W 1988/Inf 87 (14)}) (7. h3 {Kostakiev,D} Bh5 8. Rc1 {1/2-1/2 Treppner
Gerd-Thiel Thomas/Bundesliga (2nd) West 1997 (10)}) (7. Be2 {Kostakiev,D
Marschner,J-Alscher,H/BL2-N 8081 1981/BIG 80/1-0 (44)}) 7... O-O {Die
Eröffnungsphase ist vorbei. Die weiße Bauernstruktur ist leicht besser - wegen
der Versperrung des Pc7 durch den Nc6. Andererseits hat der Nachziehende
leichten Entwicklungsvorsprung. Man kann sagen, daß die Stellung im
dynamischen Gleichgewicht ist.} (7... Ne4 {Kostakiev,D 1-0 Duer,W-Brandner,S/
OST-BL 1989/Inf 89 (11)}) (7... dxc4 {Kostakiev,D} 8. Bxc4 Nd5 9. Bg3 {Cebalo,
M-Kovacevic,B/Open, Bled SLO 1998/1/2-1/2 (42)}) 8. h3 (8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. Rxc3
dxc4 (9... Qe7 10. Bg5 Rad8 11. h3 Bh5 12. Be2 dxc4 13. Qa4 {1/2-1/2 Gawehns,
K-Baumhus,R/BL2-W 1995/BL2}) 10. Bxc4 Nd5 11. Bxd5 exd5 12. h3 Bh5 13. O-O Rc8
14. g4 Bg6 15. Qa4 a6 16. Rfc1 h5 17. Qd1 hxg4 18. hxg4 Re8 19. b4 Re7 20. Bg3
Nb8 21. a4 f6 22. Nh4 Bh7 23. Nf5 Bxf5 24. gxf5 Nc6 25. Rxc6 bxc6 26. Rxc6 Qd7
27. Qc2 Re4 28. Kg2 Kh7 29. a5 Ree8 30. Bf4 Qe7 31. Bd6 Qd7 32. Bg3 Qe7 33.
Rxa6 Qxb4 34. Qc5 {Cebalo,M-Kutuzovic,B/CRO-Cup 1996/1-0 (56)}) (8. a3 $5 {
Kostakiev,D 1/2-1/2 Gawehns,K-Baumhus,R/BL2-W 1995/BL2 (12)}) (8. Be2 $5 {
Kostakiev,D} dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5 $11) 8... Bxf3 9. Qxf3 {[#]} Qe7 $1 {Das beste
Feld für die schwarze Dame. Von e7 bereitet sie e6-e5 vor und schielt
gleichzeitig zum abgeschwächten weißen Damenflügel hinüber.} (9... Bxc3+ $142 {
Kostakiev,D} 10. Rxc3 Ne4 11. Rc1 e5 12. dxe5 Qe7 $132 {[2NN=2BB]} 13. a3 (13.
Be2 $4 Qb4+ $19) 13... Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Qxe5 15. Rc2 d4 $1 $132) 10. Bg5 (10. Bd3
e5 $1 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Qxe5 $11) 10... Bxc3+ (10... Rfd8 {Kostakiev,D}
11. cxd5 $16) 11. Rxc3 (11. bxc3 $2 Qa3 12. Rc2 Ne4 $1 $17) 11... Qb4 {Die
Partie ist gerade einmal elf Züge alt, und schon haben wir eine
spannungsreiche Stellung vor uns.} 12. Bxf6 Qxb2 13. Rb3 ({Anand: Wandering
over the board I thought of a move that totally facinated me.} 13. Qg3 $5 {
A rook sacrifice of great creativity.} Qxc3+ 14. Kd1 g6 15. Qg5 {[%csl Yg7]
[%cal Yg5h6]} Qa1+ (15... Qb2 16. Bd3 Qc3 17. Ke2 dxc4 18. Be4 Qa5 19. d5 $18)
(15... Nb4 16. g4 $1 Nd3 17. Bxd3 Qxd3+ 18. Ke1 $18) 16. Ke2 Qb1 $1 17. g4 Qe4
18. Kd2 Nxd4 $1 (18... Qf3 $4 19. Be2 h6 20. Qh4 $18 (20. Bxf3 hxg5 21. h4 $18)
) 19. exd4 e5 $1 20. Qe3 Qb1 $1 $13 (20... Qxe3+ 21. fxe3 exd4 22. exd4 dxc4
23. Bxc4 $16)) 13... Qc1+ 14. Qd1 Qxd1+ 15. Kxd1 dxc4 16. Rxb7 gxf6 17. Kd2 (
17. Kc2 $142 $1 Rab8 18. Rxb8 Rxb8 19. Bxc4 Kf8 20. Kc3 Ke7 21. Rd1 $14 {
/\d4-d5}) 17... Rab8 $1 18. Rxc7 Na5 {[#]} 19. Kc2 (19. Kc3 Rb1 $44 {Und Weiß
muß sich Gedanken um die Zukunft seines Rh1 machen.} (19... a6 $140 {Kostakiev,
D} 20. Rc5 Rb5 (20... Nb7 21. Rc6 $1 $16) 21. Rxb5 axb5 22. Kb4 Nb7 23. Kxb5
$18)) 19... Rb4 (19... Rfc8 $5 {Kostakiev,D} 20. Rxa7 Nc6 21. Ra4 Nb4+ 22. Kc1
c3 23. Be2 $14) 20. Rxa7 Ra4 {[#]} 21. Rxa5 $1 {Ein korrektes Qualitätsopfer.
Sonst ist nicht zu erkennen, wie Weiß vorwärts kommen sollte.} Rxa5 22. Bxc4 {
Kostakiev: B and 1 P (and 1/2 P - for the spoiled pawn structure on f6 &f7!)
is not a sacrifice. It is simply gaining material. In favour to Black's RR are
the opened files a,b,c,d in their possessions. They have big chances to get a
draw.} h5 (22... Rc8 {Kostakiev,D} 23. Kb3 Rb8+ (23... Rxc4 24. Kxc4 Rxa2 25.
Rf1 $14) 24. Kc3 Ra7 25. Rd1 $14) 23. h4 {[/\Xh5]} (23. Rd1 {Kostakiev,D} Rc8
24. Kb3 Rb8+ (24... Rxc4 25. Kxc4 Rxa2 26. Rf1 $14) 25. Kc3 Ra3+ 26. Bb3 $14)
23... Rc8 24. Kd3 {[#]} (24. Kb3 {Kostakiev,D} Rb8+ 25. Kc3 Kf8 26. Rd1 Ra7 27.
Rd2 Rc7 28. Rc2 Ke7 29. g3) 24... Rxc4 $1 {Das Turmendspiel mit Minusbauer ist
mit einiger Vorsicht zu halten.} ({Nach} 24... Kf8 25. Rb1 (25. Rd1 {Kostakiev,
D} Ra3+ 26. Bb3 Ke7 27. d5 f5 28. Ke2 e5 29. d6+ Kd7 30. Rd5 f6 31. f4 Rca8 32.
fxe5 fxe5 33. Rxe5 R8a5 34. Re7+ Kxd6 35. Rh7 f4 36. exf4 $18) 25... Ra3+ 26.
Bb3 $14 {wäre Schwarz zur Passivität verurteilt.}) 25. Kxc4 Rxa2 {Kostakiev:
Now the two super grandmasters are giving us a serial of R/R endgame's lessons,
proving finaly that Black has his chances to save the game! Dank seines
aktiven R kann Schwarz Remis halten.} 26. Rf1 {[#]} f5 {Far not identical but
similar endgames are known by the classical games Duras-Capablanka 1913 New
York, and Capablanka-Eits. 1930/1931 Hastings. In both Capa won, but his
opponents missed their chances.} (26... Kf8 {Kostakiev,D} 27. Kb3 Re2 28. g3
Ke7 29. Kc4 Ra2) 27. d5 Kf8 {[#]} 28. dxe6 (28. g3 {Kostakiev,D} Ke7) (28. d6 {
Kostakiev,D} Ke8 29. Kd4 f6 $11) 28... fxe6 29. Kd4 Ke7 30. Ke5 Ra4 31. f3 Ra5+
(31... Rxh4 $2 32. Ra1 $18 {[%cal Ya1a7]}) 32. Kf4 Ra2 33. Rb1 (33. Kg3 {
Kostakiev,D}) (33. g3 {Kostakiev,D} Kf6 34. e4 Re2) 33... Kf6 (33... Rxg2 34.
Ke5 Re2 35. Rb7+ Kd8 (35... Kf8 36. Kf6) 36. Kxe6 Rxe3+ 37. Kxf5 Rxf3+ 38. Kg5)
34. Kg3 Re2 $1 {[%cal Ye2g2,Ye2e3] Es ist merkwürdig wie sich der Nachziehende
mit seinem Turm aktiv verteidigt. Von e2 greift er gleichzeitig die schwachen
Bauern g2 und e3 an.} 35. Rb3 e5 36. Rb6+ Kg7 37. Rb3 Kf6 38. Ra3 Kg6 39. Kh3
Kf6 40. g4 {Sonst kann Weiß seine Stellung nicht verstärken.} (40. g3 {
Kostakiev,D} Re1 41. f4 e4 $11) 40... hxg4+ 41. fxg4 fxg4+ 42. Kxg4 Kg6 43. h5+
(43. Kf3 Rh2 44. Ke4 Rxh4+ 45. Kxe5 Kf7 $11 {CD}) 43... Kh6 44. Ra6+ Kh7 45.
Ra3 (45. Kf3 Rh2 46. h6 Rh4 $11) 45... Kh6 46. Kf5 e4 47. Kxe4 Kxh5 48. Kf5
Rf2+ 49. Ke6 Re2 $1 50. Kf5 (50. Ke5 {Kostakiev,D} Kg6 51. e4 Kf7 52. Ra7+ Kg6
53. Rd7 Re1 54. Rc7 Rd1 $11) 50... Rf2+ 51. Ke5 Kg6 52. e4 Rb2 53. Ra7 Rb5+ 54.
Ke6 Rb6+ 55. Ke7 (55. Kd5 Rb5+ 56. Kc4 Rb1 $11) 55... Rb5 $1 56. Ra6+ Kg5 57.
Re6 Kf4 58. Kf6 {Jetzt hat der Nachziehende nur drei Fortsetzungen, die zum
Remis führen: 58...Rb8, 58...Rg5 und die - von allen am einfachste -
Partiefortsetzung...} Rh5 $1 {GM Ivanchuk führte in diesem Endspiel eine
mustergültige Verteidigung vor.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 15th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1998.02.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1998.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Qe2 Bb6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
Qe7 9. Nbd2 g5 10. Bg3 Bg4 11. Nf1 Nh5 12. Bb5 Nf4 13. Bxf4 gxf4 14. N1d2 Rg8
15. g3 fxg3 16. fxg3 O-O-O 17. a4 Nb8 18. a5 Bc5 19. Bc4 a6 20. h3 Be6 21. g4
Nd7 22. Bxa6 bxa6 23. d4 Nb8 24. dxc5 dxc5 25. O-O-O Qe8 26. Nxe5 Qa4 27. Rhf1
Rge8 28. c4 Rd4 29. Kb1 Red8 30. Rf3 $4 (30. b3 Qxa5 31. Ndf3 $13) 30... Rxe4
0-1

[Event "Linares 15th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1998.02.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1998.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. a4
O-O 9. f4 Qc7 10. Kh1 Rd8 11. Bf3 Nc6 12. Be3 Ne5 (12... Bd7 13. Qe1 Nxd4 14.
Bxd4 e5 15. Be3 b5 16. Qf2 Rdc8 17. fxe5 dxe5 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Bd6 20.
axb5 axb5 21. Be4 Be8 22. Bf5 Rxa1 23. Rxa1 Rb8 24. Bd3 {1/2-1/2 Geller,
E-Platonov,I/URS-ch39 1971/URS-ch}) 13. Be2 (13. Ndb5 axb5 14. Nxb5 Qc6 15.
fxe5 dxe5 16. Qe2 Bd7 17. c4 Be8 18. Qc2 b6 19. Qc3 {1/2-1/2 Sokolov,A-Lazarev,
V/Biel op 1992/EXP 31}) (13. Qe1 Nxf3 14. Nxf3 b6 15. Bd4 Qc6 16. e5 dxe5 17.
Nxe5 Qc7 18. Qf2 Rd6 19. a5 bxa5 20. Bc5 Rb8 21. Bxd6 Bxd6 22. Rab1 Bb7 23.
Rfd1 g6 24. Qd4 Bc5 25. Qc4 Qe7 26. Qa4 Bb4 27. Nc6 Bxc6 28. Qxc6 Ng4 29. Rd2
Qh4 30. g3 Qh3 31. Qc7 Rf8 32. Qb7 Qh5 33. Qf3 Qf5 34. Re2 Bxc3 35. Qxc3 Rd8
36. Qf3 h5 37. Kg2 Rd4 {Diker,M-Suba,M/Beersheba 1984/MCL 01/1/2-1/2 (50)})
13... b6 14. Qe1 (14. Nb3 Ned7 15. Bf3 Bb7 16. Qe2 Rac8 17. Bf2 Re8 18. Rad1 e5
19. f5 d5 20. exd5 e4 21. Nxe4 Bxd5 22. Bg3 Qa7 23. Nxf6+ Bxf6 24. Qd2 Bxf3 25.
Rxf3 Ne5 26. Bxe5 Rxe5 27. Qf2 Qb7 28. Rfd3 h6 29. Nd4 Rce8 30. h3 Qe4 31. b3 {
1/2-1/2 Haag,E-Jansa,V/Tungsram 1976/MCL 01}) 14... Nc4 15. Bc1 Bb7 16. b3 Na5
17. Bf3 Nd7 18. Bb2 Bf6 19. Rd1 Rac8 20. f5 Bxd4 21. Rxd4 Nc6 22. Rd2 Nce5 23.
fxe6 fxe6 24. Be2 Nc5 25. Qg3 Rf8 26. Rfd1 Rcd8 27. Qe3 Bc6 28. Ba3 a5 29. h3
h6 30. Rd4 Rf6 31. Bb2 Nb7 32. R4d2 Rff8 33. Kg1 Nc5 34. Rd4 Kh7 35. Bh5 Rd7
36. Nb5 Bxb5 37. axb5 Qd8 38. Qg3 Qe7 39. Kh2 Kg8 40. Bc1 Qf6 41. Be3 Kh8 42.
R1d2 Kh7 43. Bd1 Qe7 44. Bh5 Qf6 45. Bd1 Qe7 46. c3 Rf6 47. b4 Nb7 48. Qxe5
dxe5 49. Rxd7 1-0

[Event "Linares 15th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1998.02.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2825"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1998.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3
Ne4 9. Nd2 f5 $5 (9... Nf6 10. Nb3 $36) 10. Ndxe4 dxe4 11. Qb3+ Kh8 12. Rd1 Nc6
13. Be3 Bd7 14. Rac1 (14. Qxb7 Rb8 15. Qa6 Nb4 16. Qxa7 Nc2 17. Rab1 Nxe3 18.
fxe3 Bh6 {-+Kasparov ץg2} 19. d5 Rb6 20. Kf2 {Seems to be not so clear.})
14... Rc8 15. Qa3 Qa5 $11 16. Qxa5 Nxa5 17. b3 Nc6 18. f3 exf3 19. exf3 f4 $1
20. Bf2 (20. gxf4 Nb4 21. a3 Rxc3 22. Rxc3 Nd5 23. Rcd3 Bf5 $11) 20... e5 $5 (
20... b6) 21. Ne2 (21. dxe5 Nxe5 22. gxf4 Rxf4 23. Bg3 Rf7 $11) 21... Nxd4 $2 (
21... fxg3 $142 22. hxg3 exd4 23. Nxd4 Nxd4 24. Rxc8 Ne2+ 25. Kf1 Nxg3+ 26.
Bxg3 Bxc8 $19) 22. Nxd4 exd4 (22... Rxc1 23. Rxc1 exd4 24. Rd1 Bc6 25. Bxd4
fxg3 26. hxg3 Bxd4+ 27. Rxd4 Bxf3 28. Rd7 a5 29. Bxf3 Rxf3 30. Kg2 Rc3 31. Rxb7
Rc2+ 32. Kf3 Rxa2 {=/=/+}) 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 25. Rxd4 Rc1+ 26. Kf2
Rc2+ 27. Ke1 $8 Bc6 28. Rd2 Rxd2 29. Kxd2 $11 g5 30. gxf4 gxf4 31. Kc3 Kg7 32.
Kd4 Kf6 33. b4 b6 34. a3 Bb7 35. Bh1 Ba8 36. Bg2 Bc6 37. Bh1 Ke6 38. Bg2 Kd6
39. Bh1 a5 40. bxa5 bxa5 41. Bg2 a4 42. Bh1 Ba8 43. Bg2 Bb7 44. Bh1 Ke6 45. Bg2
Kf6 46. Bh1 Kg5 47. Ke5 h5 48. Bg2 h4 49. h3 Ba6 50. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 15th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1998.02.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1998.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. dxc5 Nxe4 5. cxd6 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Nxd6 7. Nc4 e5 8.
c3 f6 9. Qb3 Qc7 10. Be3 Bd7 11. Be2 Nf5 12. O-O Be6 13. Qa4 Rb8 14. Qb5 Bd7
15. Qd5 b5 16. Ncd2 Nce7 17. Qd3 Bc6 18. c4 bxc4 19. Qxc4 Nxe3 20. fxe3 Qb6 21.
Kh1 Rc8 22. e4 Bd7 23. Qd3 Ng6 24. g3 Bc5 25. Rfd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 15th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1998.03.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1998.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Be7 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. g4 h6 11. O-O-O b5 12. Kb1 Nb6 13. Na5 Qc7 14. Bxb6 Qxb6
15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Rc8 17. b4 O-O 18. h4 Rc7 19. Bh3 Nh7 20. Bg2 Rfc8 21.
Nc6 Nf6 22. f4 Nxg4 23. Bh3 h5 24. Rhg1 f5 25. fxe5 dxe5 26. Rgf1 Rf8 27. Nxe7+
Rxe7 28. d6 Ref7 29. Bxg4 hxg4 30. Qd5 f4 31. Qxe5 g3 32. Qd5 Qb7 33. Qxb7 Rxb7
34. d7 Rxd7 35. Rxd7 f3 36. Rdd1 f2 37. Rg1 fxg1=Q 38. Rxg1 Rf3 39. Kc1 Kh7 40.
Kd1 Kh6 41. Ke2 Rc3 42. Kd2 Ra3 43. c3 g2 44. Ke2 Rxa2+ 45. Kf3 Kh5 46. Kg3 Rc2
47. Ra1 Rxc3+ 48. Kxg2 Rc4 49. Rxa6 Rxh4 50. Ra7 g6 51. Rh7+ Kg5 52. Rxh4 Kxh4
0-1

[Event "Linares 15th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1998.03.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "1998.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Ndb5 a6 (
7... Bg4 8. f3 Bd7 9. Qe2 a6 10. Be3 Qa5 11. Nd4 b5 12. Bb3 e6 13. O-O-O b4 14.
Nb1 (14. Nd5 $5 exd5 15. exd5 Nxd4 16. Bxd4+ Kd8 $13 {Kramnik}) 14... Be7 $13 {
Topalov-Kramnik 1996,Dos Hermanas}) 8. Be3 Qd8 (8... Qa5 9. Nd4 Ne5 (9... Nxe4
$6 10. Qf3 f5 (10... Nxc3 $2 11. Nxc6 $18) 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. O-O-O d5 13. Nxd5
$1 cxd5 14. Bxd5 Rb8 15. Bc6+ Kf7 16. Bxe4 e6 17. Rd5 $1 $16 {Bednarskij-Minev,
Bern 1975}) 10. Nb3 Qc7 11. Be2 e6 12. f4 Nc6 $132 {Christiansen-Yermolinsky,
USA 1997}) 9. Nd4 Ng4 (9... e6 10. Bb3 Qc7 11. f4 Be7 12. Qf3 O-O 13. O-O Nxd4
14. Bxd4 b5 15. e5 dxe5 16. fxe5 Nd7 $13 {Movsziszian K-LernerK,1997 Germany})
10. Nxc6 (10. O-O Nce5 11. Bb3 Nxe3 12. fxe3 g6 $2 (12... e6) 13. Nf3 Nxf3+ 14.
Qxf3 Be6 15. Ba4+ $18 {Velimirovic-Vukovic,Belgrade 1988}) 10... bxc6 11. Qf3 (
11. Bf4 e5 12. Bg3 Be7 13. Qe2 O-O 14. O-O $14 {Ginsburg-Shmuter,1990
Simferopol}) (11. Bg5 Qb6 $6 (11... h6 12. Bh4 Ne5 13. Bb3 g5 14. Bg3 Bg7 $13)
12. Qd2 h6 13. Bh4 Qxb2 14. Rb1 Qa3 15. Nd5 $1 $14 {Tompa-Csom,Budapest 1976})
(11. Bd2 g6 12. h3 Nf6 13. Bg5 Bg7 14. Qd2 O-O 15. O-O-O Qb6 16. Rhe1 Rb8 $132
{De Firmian-Polgar.S,1995 Bermuda}) 11... Ne5 12. Qe2 e6 $146 (12... g6 13. f4
Nxc4 14. Qxc4 Bg7 15. Bd4 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 O-O $14 {Todorovic-Vykovic Kladovo 1990
}) 13. O-O-O Be7 (13... Nxc4 $6 14. Qxc4 $36) 14. Bd4 (14. Bb3 $5 a5 15. f4 Ba6
16. Qd2 $13) 14... Qc7 15. Bxe5 dxe5 16. Na4 O-O 17. Rd3 Qa5 18. b3 Rb8 19. Qd2
Qxd2+ 20. Kxd2 g6 21. Rd1 Kg7 22. Ke2 a5 23. Rc3 Bb4 24. Rcd3 Be7 25. g3 h5 26.
h4 {White coudnot impruve his pozition} f5 $6 27. Rc3 Bb4 28. Re3 Kf6 29. f4
exf4 30. e5+ $5 (30. gxf4 $5 $14) 30... Kf7 31. gxf4 Be7 32. Red3 $1 (32. Rh3
Rd8 33. Rxd8 Bxd8 $132) 32... Bxh4 33. Nc5 Be7 34. Rd6 $1 Bxd6 35. exd6 $16 Rd8
36. d7 Ke7 37. dxc8=N+ Rbxc8 38. Rxd8 $6 (38. Rg1 $5 Kf6 39. Nxe6 $16) 38...
Rxd8 39. Nxe6 Rh8 40. Ng5 (40. Kf3 h4 41. Kg2 h3+ 42. Kh2 Rh4 $132) 40... h4
41. Nh3 Kf6 42. Kf2 Rd8 43. Bd3 $14 a4 $5 44. Ng5 (44. bxa4 Ra8) 44... a3 $1 (
44... axb3 45. axb3 $16) 45. Nf3 c5 $5 46. Ng5 Rd4 47. Kf3 Rd7 48. Ke3 Rd8 49.
Nf3 Re8+ 50. Kf2 Rd8 51. Nxh4 {[%csl Yb2,Yd2][%cal Yc5c4]} c4 $3 52. bxc4 (52.
Bxc4 Rd2+) 52... Rb8 53. c5 Rb2 54. c6 Ke7 $8 55. Nxg6+ Kd6 56. Ne5 Rxa2 57.
Nc4+ Kc7 (57... Kxc6 $11) 58. Kg3 (58. Bxf5 $4 Rxc2+ $1 $19) 58... Ra1 (58...
Rxc2 $2 59. Nxa3 Rc3 $2 60. Nb5+) 59. Nxa3 Rxa3 60. Kh4 Kxc6 61. Kg5 $11 Ra5
62. Bxf5 Kd6 63. Kg4 Ke7 64. Bd3 Rc5 65. Kf3 Kd6 66. Ke4 Rh5 67. c4 Rh4 68. Kf5
Kc5 69. Ke5 Rh3 70. Ke4 Rh4 71. Be2 Rh2 72. Kf3 Kd4 73. Bf1 Rh1 74. Kf2 Rh8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 15th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1998.03.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1998.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 (5. Bd3 {isn't
necessarily only an innocent transposition, as Black can play also} Ndf6 $1 6.
Ng5 Bg4 7. N1f3 Bh5 $1 8. c3 e6 9. Qb3 Qc7 10. Ne5 Bd6 11. Nc4 Be7 12. Ne5 Nd7
13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. O-O Nf6 15. Re1 Rd8 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Qc7 18. g3 Rd7 19.
Bf4 Qc8 20. Qa4 a6 21. Qa5 Bg6 22. Bf3 O-O 23. Rad1 h6 $11 {Van der Wiel,
J-Karpov,A/Amsterdam/1988/}) 5... Ndf6 $6 {An inferior alternative.} (5... e6
$142 6. Bd3 Ngf6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8. Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qc7 11. Qg4 Kf8 (
11... Rg8 $6 {Kasparov,G-Anand,V/Linares/1998/}) 12. O-O c5 13. Re1 b6 14. c3
Bb7 15. h4 Re8 16. h5 Bd5 17. Bd2 Rd8 18. Re2 Kg8 19. Qh3 Qc6 20. Re3 Bxf3 21.
Rxf3 Nf6 22. Qh4 Be7 23. Rh3 cxd4 24. cxd4 Qd6 $132 {Topalov,V-Anand,V/Linares/
1998/}) 6. Bc4 (6. N1f3 $142 $5 {has a much better reputation.} Bg4 (6... e6 7.
Ne5 $1 Nh6 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. c3 Qc7 10. Qe2 c5 11. Bb5+ Ke7 12. O-O cxd4 13. cxd4
Nf5 14. Be3 Nxe3 {Nunn,J-Tal,M/Brussels/1988/} 15. Qxe3 $1 Nd5 16. Qg3 f6 17.
Ne4 $40) (6... h6 $2 7. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 8. Ne5+ Ke8 9. Bd3 $18) 7. Bc4 (7. Nxf7 $2
Bxf3 8. Nxd8 Bxd1 9. Ne6 Bxc2 10. Nc7+ Kd7 11. Nxa8 e6 $19 {[%csl Ra8] פa8}) (
7. h3 Bxf3 8. Nxf3 e6 9. g3 $5 $14) 7... e6 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Nxf3 $14 {[%csl Gc1,
Gc4,Gd4] White has ^^, more space and a permanent edge.}) 6... e6 7. Qe2 $5 {
[%cal Ye1c1] /\0-0-0 An unusual move.} (7. N1f3 {is not so effective anymore:}
h6 8. Nh3 Bd6 9. Qe2 Ne7 10. Bd2 Qc7 11. O-O-O b5 12. Bd3 a6 13. Rhe1 Bb7 14.
g3 c5 15. dxc5 Qxc5 $132 {Huebner,R-Karpov,A/Belfort WCup/1988/}) 7... Bd6 ({
Risky is} 7... Qxd4 $6 8. N1f3 Qd8 (8... Bb4+ $2 9. c3 Bxc3+ 10. Kf1 $18) 9.
Nxf7 $5 (9. Ne5 Nh6 $13) 9... Kxf7 10. Ng5+ Ke8 11. Nxe6 Bxe6 12. Bxe6 Be7 13.
O-O $44 {[%csl Re8] עe8}) 8. Bd2 ({Interesting was also} 8. N1f3 h6 9. Nh3 Ne7
10. Ne5 $5) 8... Qc7 9. O-O-O b6 (9... Ne7 {Ftacnik} 10. N1f3 h6 11. Ne4 $14)
10. N1f3 h6 11. Nh3 $5 {True to his nature, Shirov avoids exchanges.} (11. Ne4
Nxe4 12. Qxe4 Nf6 13. Qe2 (13. Qh4 {Ftacnik} Bb7 14. Bg5 Nd5 $13) 13... Bb7 ({
More promising probably is} 13... b5 $5 14. Bd3 a6 {[%cal Yc6c5] /\c5}) 14. Ne5
c5 (14... O-O-O $2 15. Nxf7) 15. Bb5+ Ke7 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. a3 $14 {leads by a
huge transposiion to a well-known position, in which Black's problems are not
quite solved.}) 11... Ne7 12. Ne5 c5 $1 {[] Brave, but almost forced.} (12...
Bb7 $2 13. Nxf7 Kxf7 14. Qxe6+ Ke8 (14... Kg6 15. Qf7+ Kh7 16. Bd3+) 15. Qf7+
Kd7 (15... Kd8 {Ftacnik} 16. Qxg7 Rg8 17. Qxf6 $18) 16. Be6+ $18) (12... O-O
$143 $6 13. f4 {could well mean castling "into it".} (13. g4 $5 c5 14. g5 $40))
13. Bb5+ Kf8 $13 {Karpov has already taught us that Black's K can survive such
a position, active counterplay is more important.} (13... Bd7 {Ftacnik} 14.
Nxd7 Nxd7 15. Qg4 $14) 14. Nc4 (14. Bf4 $143 Nfd5 (14... Ned5 {Ftacnik} 15.
Rhe1 Bb7 16. Bg3 Rd8 $13) 15. Bg3 Nf5 $36) (14. Be3 Bb7 $15) 14... cxd4 (14...
Nf5 {Ftacnik} 15. dxc5 Nd4 16. Qd3 Bxc5 17. Bf4 $14) 15. Nxd6 Qxd6 16. Bf4 {
Logical} (16. Bc3 $5 e5 $142 (16... Nf5 $6 17. g4 dxc3 (17... Bb7 18. gxf5 Bxh1
19. Rxd4 Qxh2 (19... Nd5 20. Bb4 $1) 20. fxe6 $1 $40) 18. Rxd6 cxb2+ 19. Kxb2
Nxd6 20. Bc6 $16) 17. f4 $1 Bg4 18. Qxe5 (18. fxe5 Qe6 $1 19. Qd3 Nfd5 20. Qxd4
Bxd1 21. Rxd1 $15 Nxc3 $4 22. Qd8+ $1 $18) 18... Qxe5 19. fxe5 dxc3 (19... Bxd1
$6 20. exf6 gxf6 21. Bb4 $1 Bg4 22. Re1 Be6 23. Nf4 $44) 20. exf6 gxf6 21. Rd4
$11 {In this endgame Black's extra pawn doesn't carry too much weight and a
draw is the most probable result.}) (16. a3 Ned5 $15) 16... Qd5 $1 (16... Qc5
$143 17. Be5 Nc6 (17... Nf5 18. Qf3 (18. Bd3 $1 {Ftacnik} Ne3 19. Bxd4 Qxd4 20.
fxe3 $16) 18... Qxe5 19. Qxa8 Qc7 20. Bd3 $36) 18. Bxc6 Qxc6 19. Rxd4 $32 {
[%csl Rf8,Rh8] עf8,Rh8}) 17. Be5 {Both players deserve credit for inventive
play. White can claim compensation, but he is currently pawn down and on top
of it a2, g2 pawns are exposed.} (17. Kb1 $6 Ng6 $17) (17. Bc4 $2 Qxg2) (17.
Rxd4 $5 Qxd4 18. Rd1 Qxd1+ 19. Qxd1 Bb7 $13 (19... Bb7 {Ftacnik} 20. f3 Nfd5
$13)) (17. Rhg1 {Ftacnik} Qxa2 18. Rxd4 Bb7 19. Ra4 Qd5 20. f3 $13) 17... Nf5 (
17... Qxg2 $6 18. Nf4 (18. Rxd4 {Ftacnik} Qxh1+ 19. Rd1 Qxd1+ 20. Qxd1 Bb7 $15)
18... Qe4 (18... Qg4 19. f3) 19. Rxd4 (19. Qxe4 $5 Nxe4 20. Rxd4 Bb7 21. Rhd1
$44) 19... Qxh1+ 20. Rd1 $40 {gives White an extra tempo, compared to the line
above.}) (17... Qxa2 18. Rxd4 (18. Bxd4 Bb7 19. f3 Rd8 $17) 18... Bd7 $5 (18...
Bb7 19. Ra4 Qd5 20. Nf4 $16) 19. Qf3 $1 $40 {is extremely risky.} (19. Ra4 {
Ftacnik} Qd5 $15)) 18. c4 $6 {[%csl Rb5] Dislodges the Q from it's central
position, but also cuts off the Bb5.} (18. g4 $2 Nxg4 $17) (18. Bc4 $2 Qxg2 19.
Nf4 Qe4 $17 {and White can't avoid disadvantageous exchanges.}) (18. Nf4 Qxa2
19. g4 (19. Bc6 Ba6 {[%cal Ra8c8] /\Rc8}) (19. Qf3 {Ftacnik} Qa1+ 20. Kd2 Qa5+
21. Kc1 Nd5 22. Bc6 Nxf4 23. Qxf4 Qa1+ 24. Kd2 Qxb2 25. Bxa8 Qc3+ 26. Kc1 Qa1+
27. Kd2 Qc3+ $11) 19... Nxg4 $1 20. Qxg4 Qa1+ 21. Kd2 Qa5+ 22. Kc1 Qxb5 23.
Rxd4 Qxe5 24. Rd8+ Ke7 25. Rxh8 g5 $17 {gives Black at least two extra pawns.})
(18. Kb1 $142 $5 {Unquestionably the best is} Bb7 $1 (18... Nd7 19. Bxd7 Bxd7
20. g4 (20. Nf4 $143 Qb5 $5 $13) 20... Bb5 21. Qe1 Ne3 (21... f6 $2 22. Nf4 $1
$18) 22. Bxg7+ $1 Kxg7 23. fxe3 Qf3 24. exd4 $1 $16 {[%cal Re1e5] /\Qe5}) (
18... Bd7 19. Bd3 {and tactical attempts fail:} Ng4 (19... Ne3 $2 20. Bxf6 Nxd1
21. Be4 $18) 20. Bxg7+ $1 Nxg7 21. Be4 Qe5 22. f4 $16) (18... Qxg2 $6 19. Nf4
Qb7 (19... Qe4 $2 20. Qxe4 Nxe4 21. Bc6 $18) 20. Bd3 Bd7 (20... Nd5 {Ftacnik}
21. Nxd5 Qxd5 22. Bxf5 exf5 23. Rhe1 Be6 24. Qa6 Rc8 25. Rxd4 $14) 21. Rhg1 $1
$40 {[%cal Gg1g7] <->g}) 19. Nf4 (19. Bd3 $6 Qxg2 20. Nf4 Qf3 $17) 19... Qe4
$132 {White will get his pawn back, but he will have to exchange Q and quite
probably also his ^^, so his chances for an advantage are dubious.}) 18... Qc5
$1 {An interesting exchange sacrifice.} ({Also possible was} 18... Qxg2 19. Qd3
$5 (19. Nf4 Qb7 $13 (19... Qb7 {Ftacnik} 20. Rhg1 Bd7 $13)) (19. Rhg1 Qxh3 20.
Bc6 Bb7 21. Bxb7 Rd8 22. Rd3 Qh4 $17) 19... Bd7 20. Rhg1 Qb7 21. Qa3+ Ke8 22.
Ba6 $44) 19. Qf3 (19. Nf4 $143 Bb7 $5 (19... Bd7 20. Nd3 Qc8 21. Kb1 $132) 20.
Nd3 (20. g4 {Ftacnik} Bxh1 21. gxf5 $13) 20... Qc8 $17 {[%csl Rc4] ><c4}) (19.
g4 {Ftacnik} Nxg4 $1) 19... Qxe5 (19... a6 {Ftacnik} 20. Qxa8 axb5 21. Rhe1 $14
(21. Bxd4 Nxd4 22. Rxd4 Qxd4 23. Qxc8+ Ne8 24. cxb5 Qd5 25. Qc6 Qxa2 $13)) (
19... Nd5 {Ftacnik} 20. Nf4 Bb7 21. Bxd4 Nxd4 22. Rxd4 Kg8 23. Rhd1 a6 24. Ba4
Qc7 25. Bc2 $14) 20. Qxa8 Qc7 21. Qc6 $6 (21. Qf3 $5 e5 $44 (21... a6 $2 22.
Bxa6 $1 Bxa6 23. Qa3+) (21... Bb7 $6 22. Qa3+)) (21. Rhe1 {Ftacnik} g5 22. Qc6
Qb8 $13) (21. Ba6 {Ftacnik} Ke7 22. Bxc8 Rxc8 $17) 21... Qb8 $1 {Ivanchuk
needs to preserve his queen for the coming attack against the white king.
Suddenly white realizes, that his light pieces occupy rather sorry positions.}
(21... Qxc6 {Ftacnik} 22. Bxc6 Ba6 23. b3 Ke7 24. a4 $14) 22. Qf3 Bb7 23. Qa3+
$6 (23. Bc6 Bxc6 24. Qxc6 Ke7 $44 (24... Ke7 {Ftacnik} 25. b3 Rc8 26. Qb5 Rc5
27. Qb4 Qd6 $13)) (23. Qf4 {Ftacnik} Qxf4+ 24. Nxf4 g5 25. Nd3 Bxg2 $17) 23...
Kg8 24. f3 g5 $1 $36 {[%csl Rb5,Rh3] ץb5,Nh3} 25. Ba4 (25. g4 Nh4 26. Rhf1 (
26. Qe7 Kg7 27. Rxd4 Bxf3 {[%csl Rg4,Rh2] ׻}) 26... e5 $17) (25. Nf2 $142 $5 {
In the game White will not be able to activate the N in time.}) (25. Ba6 {
Ftacnik} Kg7 (25... Bc6 26. g4 Nh4 27. Rxd4 Nxf3 28. Rd6 $14) 26. Bxb7 Qxb7
$132) 25... e5 26. Rhe1 (26. Nf2 Ne3 $17) 26... Kg7 27. Bc2 Nh4 {Black has
improved his central control, but he also masterfully uses his pieces for
generating unpleasant threats.} (27... Ne3 {Ftacnik} 28. Rxe3 $1 dxe3 29. Qxe3
Rc8 30. Nxg5 Rxc4 31. Kb1 $14) 28. Rd2 Rc8 29. Kb1 (29. Qe7 Rc5 $1 {[%csl Re7]
ףe7} (29... Rc5 {Ftacnik} 30. b3 Bc6 31. Nxg5 (31. Nf2 Ng8 $19) 31... hxg5 $17
)) (29. Qd3 Ba6 $36 {/\} 30. Qe2 $2 Bxc4 31. Qxe5 Qxe5 32. Rxe5 d3 $1 $17) (29.
Qb4 {Ftacnik} Bxf3 30. gxf3 Nxf3 31. Rde2 Nxe1 32. Rxe1 e4 $1 $17) 29... Rxc4
30. Ng1 Rc5 31. g3 Ra5 ({Black rightly avoids exchanges.} 31... Ng6 $143 $6 32.
Bxg6 $132) 32. Qd3 (32. Qb3 $2 {Ftacnik} Bd5 $19) 32... Ng6 33. Bb3 (33. Ne2
Nd5 $36) (33. h4 {Ftacnik} gxh4 34. gxh4 Ba6 (34... Nf4 35. Qf1 Bd5 36. a3 Rc5
37. Nh3 $13) 35. Qb3 Rc5 36. Rg2 Bc4 $17) 33... Qd6 34. Rc2 $2 (34. a3 $142 $17
) (34. h4 {Ftacnik} gxh4 35. gxh4 Nf4 36. Qf1 Qb4 $17) 34... e4 $1 {Starts an
impressive final attack. Two pawns and excellent piece play have long favoured
black. With a clever tactics his advantage becomes even bigger.} 35. Qc4 (35.
fxe4 $2 Ne5 $19 {[%cal Rb7e4] /\Be4} (35... Ne5 {Ftacnik} 36. Qd1 Bxe4 $19))
35... Ne5 36. Qc7 Qb4 37. Rd1 (37. Rcc1 Ba6 $1 38. fxe4 Bd3+ 39. Bc2 Nc4 40. b3
Qa3 $19) (37. Qxb7 {Ftacnik} Qxe1+ 38. Rc1 Qe3 $19) 37... Bd5 $1 $19 (37... d3
{Ftacnik} 38. Rc3 e3 39. Rcxd3) 38. Bxd5 (38. Qxe5 {Ftacnik} Bxb3 39. Qxd4 Qxd4
40. Rxd4 Bxa2+ 41. Kc1 Bb3 $19) 38... Rxd5 39. fxe4 (39. f4 d3 40. Rcc1 gxf4
41. gxf4 Ng6 {[%cal Re4e3] /\e3-+}) (39. h4 {Ftacnik} d3 40. Rcc1 exf3 $17)
39... Nxe4 40. a3 (40. Ka1 d3 41. Rcc1 (41. Rg2 {Ftacnik} d2 42. Qc2 Rc5 43.
Qb1 Nc4 $19) 41... Nf2 $19) 40... Qb5 {[%cal Re4c3] /\Nc3} (40... Qb3 $2 41.
Rxd4 $1 $16) 41. Ka2 d3 {The difference in piece coordination is now very
striking.} 42. Rcc1 (42. Rg2 Nc4 43. Qe7 (43. Rf1 Rd7) 43... d2 44. Qb4 Qxb4
45. axb4 Ne3 $19) 42... d2 43. Rc2 (43. Rb1 {Ftacnik} Nf2 $19) 43... Nd3 44.
Rcxd2 (44. Rdxd2 Rd7 $1 (44... Nxd2 45. Rxd2 Nb4+ $2 46. axb4 Rxd2 47. Qc3+) (
44... Nb4+ {Ftacnik} 45. axb4 Rxd2 $19) 45. Qc8 Nb4+ 46. axb4 Qa4+ 47. Kb1 Rxd2
48. Rxd2 Nxd2+ 49. Kc1 Qxb4 $19) (44. Qc4 {Ftacnik} Qxc4+ 45. Rxc4 Ndf2 $19)
44... Rc5 45. Qd8 Qc4+ 46. b3 (46. Ka1 Nxd2 47. Rxd2 Qc1+ $19 (47... Qc1+ {
Ftacnik} 48. Ka2 Qxd2 $19)) (46. Kb1 {Ftacnik} Nc3+ 47. bxc3 (47. Kc2 Nxd1+ 48.
Kxd1 Qa4+) 47... Rb5+ 48. Ka1 Qxc3+ 49. Ka2 Rb2+ $19) 46... Nc3+ 47. Ka1 Ra5 $1
(47... Qxb3 48. Qd4+ Re5 49. Qd6 Ra5 50. Qd4+ Ne5 $19) ({Now Black achieves
the same position one move earlier.} 47... Ra5 48. Qd6 (48. Ra2 {Ftacnik} Qxb3
49. Qd4+ Re5 $19) (48. Qxd3 Rxa3+ 49. Kb2 Qxb3+ 50. Kc1 Ra1+ 51. Qb1 Rxb1#) (
48. bxc4 Rxa3+ 49. Ra2 Rxa2#) 48... Qxb3 49. Qd4+ Ne5 $19) 0-1

[Event "Linares 15th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1998.03.04"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1998.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hecht} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3
c5 8. Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O b6 13. Qc1 Bb7 14.
Bc4 Qa4 15. Bb5 Qa2 16. Bc4 Qa4 17. Bb5 Qa2 18. Re1 (18. Rb2 Qe6 19. Re1 Rc8
20. Rc2 {Brenninkmeijer,J-Van Heste,J/Amsterdam OHRA-B/1988/} Nd7 $1 $10) (18.
Qe1 $6 Qc2 19. d5 Ba6 $17 {Yusupov,A-Kortschnoj,V/Reykjavik WCUP/1988/}) 18...
Rc8 19. Qd1 e6 (19... Qc2 20. Qe2 Qc7 21. Rec1 Qd8 22. Rxc8 Bxc8 23. Bf4 Bd7
24. Rc1 a6 25. Bc4 e6 26. d5 $16 {Agrest,E-Krzywicki,D/Bielsko Biala/1990/}) (
19... Nc6 20. Re2 e6 21. d5 exd5 22. Be1 Qa3 23. exd5 Rd8 24. dxc6 Bxc6 25. Qb3
$18 {Wells,P-Pribyl,J/BL/1988/}) 20. h4 {New concept in a well known position.
White tries to get some play against black's kingside, since his majesty is
quarded only by bishop g7.} (20. Qe2 Nc6 21. Qe3 (21. Bc4 Qa3 22. d5 exd5 23.
exd5 Nd4 24. Nxd4 Bxd4 25. Bb4 Qa4 26. Bb5 Qc2 27. d6 Qf5 {Sandstrom,L-Hjelm,N/
SWE-ch Vaxjo/1992/}) 21... e5 (21... Rd8 22. Ra1 Qb2 23. Reb1 (23. Bxc6 Bxc6
24. Bc3 $13 {Epishin,V-Tseitlin,M/USSR/1988/}) 23... Qc2 24. Rc1 Nxd4 25. Nxd4
Qxe4 26. Nc6 Qxe3 27. Bxe3 Bxc6 28. Bxc6 Bxa1 29. Bxa8 Bb2 30. Rb1 Rxa8 31.
Rxb2 Rd8 {Sakaev,K-Ernst,T/Gausdal Int 1992/1/2-1/2 (131)}) 22. d5 Nd4 23. Nxd4
exd4 24. Qf4 Bf8 25. Ra1 Qc2 26. Bd7 Rc5 27. Bb4 d3 28. Bxc5 Bxc5 29. Rec1 Qb2
{1/2-1/2 Khalifman,A-Epishin,V/Vilnius 1988/ (40)}) (20. Ba4 Nc6 (20... Qc4 21.
Rc1 Qa6 22. Rxc8+ Bxc8 23. Qc2 Bd7 24. Rc1 $1) (20... Na6 21. h4 Qa3 22. h5 Qf8
23. Bf4 Rd8 24. Bg5 Rd6 {Kramnik,V-Bacrot,E/Paris PCA-Intel GP/1995/}) 21. Bb3
(21. d5 exd5 22. Bb3 Qa6 23. exd5 Na5 24. Bxa5 Qxa5 25. Re7 $16) 21... Qa3 22.
d5 exd5 23. Bxd5 (23. exd5 Nd4 24. Nxd4 Bxd4 25. Re4 Qc5 (25... Bf6 26. Bb4 $16
) 26. Be1 {><f2} Bf6 27. Qf3 Kg7 28. Rf4 Qd6 29. Bb4 Qd8 30. Bd2 $1 $16 {
1-0 Chernin,A-Dvoirys,S/Podolsk 1993/ (50)}) 23... Qe7 24. Bg5 Bf6 25. Bxf6 {
1/2-1/2 Alterman,B-Rytshagov,M/Komotini op 1992/}) (20. Re2 Qc2 21. Qe1 Qc7 22.
d5 Na6 23. Rd1 Qc5 24. Bd7 exd5 25. Bxc8 Rxc8 26. exd5 Qxd5 27. Re8+ Rxe8 28.
Qxe8+ Bf8 29. Re1 {1-0 Prusikin,M-Schnitzspan,L/Tavasz 1997/ (35)}) 20... h5 {
xg6} (20... Nc6 21. Bc3 Qa3 $13) (20... a6 $5 21. Bd3 Nd7 22. h5 Qa3 23. Qe2
Qe7 $14) 21. Qe2 Nc6 22. Bc4 Qa4 $2 {I suspect that this retreat is a bit
overcourageous. The queen will not be lost, but saving of her life will be
costly.} (22... Qa3 $1 23. d5 exd5 24. exd5 Nd4 25. Nxd4 Bxd4 26. Bb3 $13) 23.
Ra1 Qc2 (23... Nxd4 24. Rxa4 Nxe2+ 25. Bxe2 $18) 24. Bd3 Qb2 (24... Qb3 25.
Reb1 $18) 25. Ra4 $1 (25. Reb1 $2 Nxd4 26. Nxd4 Qxd4 $19) 25... b5 $8 (25...
Nxd4 26. Nxd4 Bxd4 27. Rb1 $18 (27. Rb4 $18)) (25... Qb3 26. Rea1 Rd8 27. R1a3
Qb2 28. Ra2 Qb3 29. Bc2 $18) 26. Bxb5 (26. Rb1 Qxb1+ 27. Bxb1 bxa4 $17) 26...
Rd8 (26... Nxd4 27. Nxd4 Bxd4 28. Rb4 Qxd2 29. Qxd2 Bc3 30. Qd7 $1 Bxb4 31. Rb1
$18) 27. Bg5 $1 Qxe2 28. Bxe2 {The material balance was restored and white
enjoys central majority and open space for pieces.} (28. Rxe2 $2 Nxd4 29. Bxd8
Nxe2+ 30. Bxe2 Rxd8 31. Rxa7 Bxe4 32. Ng5 Rd2 33. Bf1 Bf5 $17) 28... Rd7 29.
Rb1 Nd8 (29... a5 30. Bb5 Rc8 31. Rba1 $14) (29... f6 30. Be3 a5 31. Bb5 $14) (
29... Ne7 30. Ne5 $1 Bxe5 (30... Bxe4 31. Nxd7 Bxb1 32. Bxe7 $18) 31. dxe5 $16)
30. Bd3 f5 (30... a6 31. Be3 $14) 31. d5 $1 {This fine move attacks black's
kingside pawn structure, that was made vulnerable by the move 20...h5.} fxe4 (
31... exd5 $2 32. exf5 gxf5 33. Bxf5 $18) 32. Bxe4 Bxd5 (32... Kh7 33. dxe6
Bxe4 34. Rxe4 $18) (32... Kf7 $2 33. Bxd8 Raxd8 34. dxe6+ Kxe6 35. Bxb7 $18)
33. Bxg6 Rb7 (33... Bxf3 34. gxf3 Nc6 35. Bxh5 $16) 34. Rxb7 Nxb7 (34... Bxb7
35. Bxh5 Nc6 36. Bg4 $18) 35. Be3 (35. Bxh5 Nc5 36. Ra5 Nb7 37. Ra3 a5 $132)
35... a5 (35... Bxf3 36. gxf3 a5 37. Bxh5 Bf6 38. Bg6 $18) 36. Bxh5 Bc6 (36...
Bb3 37. Ra3 (37. Rg4 Nd6 38. Rg6 a4 39. Nd4 Ra5 40. g4 Re5 41. Nxb3 axb3 42.
Rxg7+ Kxg7 43. Bd4 Nc4 44. f4 b2 45. Bxb2 Nxb2 46. fxe5 Nd3 47. g5 Nxe5 48. Kf2
$16) 37... a4 38. Nd4 Bxd4 39. Bxd4 Rd8 40. Be3 $16) 37. Rg4 Bxf3 $6 (37... Nd6
38. Nd4 Bd5 39. Rg6 a4 40. Nxe6 (40. Bh6 Ra7 41. Nxe6 Bxe6 42. Bxg7 Bf5 43.
Rxd6 Kxg7 44. g4 Bh7) 40... Bxe6 41. Rxe6 a3 (41... Nf5 42. Bf3 $18) 42. Rxd6
a2 43. Rd1 a1=Q 44. Rxa1 Rxa1+ 45. Kh2 $18) (37... Kh8 38. Ng5 Bd5 39. Nf7+ Kh7
40. Bg6+ Kg8 41. h5 $16) 38. Rxg7+ $5 (38. gxf3 Nd6 39. Ra4 $16) 38... Kxg7 39.
Bxf3 Rb8 $2 {Move that was clearly made under the ticking clock. Right now
black had to show some courage and go for counterplay.} (39... a4 $1 40. Bxb7
Ra5 41. Bd4+ (41. Bd2 Rc5 42. Be4 a3 43. Bb1 Kf7 44. Kh2 Rb5 45. Be4 Rb3 46.
Bf4 Rb5 $11) 41... Kf7 42. Kh2 a3 43. Kg3 a2 44. Bf3 a1=Q 45. Bxa1 Rxa1 $16)
40. Bf4 Rd8 (40... Rf8 41. Be5+ Kg6 42. Bxb7 $18) 41. Bxb7 a4 42. Be5+ Kg8 (
42... Kh6 43. Ba6 $1 a3 44. Bc4 Rd1+ 45. Kh2 Re1 46. f4 $18) 43. h5 $6 (43. Be4
$1 a3 (43... Rd1+ 44. Kh2 Re1 45. f3) 44. h5 a2 45. h6 $18) 43... Rd1+ 44. Kh2
Re1 45. f4 Rxe5 (45... a3 46. Bc8 Kf7 47. h6 a2 48. h7 Rxe5 49. fxe5 a1=Q 50.
h8=Q $18) 46. fxe5 a3 47. Bc8 Kf7 48. h6 a2 49. Bxe6+ (49. h7 $2 Kg7 50. Bxe6
a1=Q $19) 49... Kxe6 50. h7 a1=Q 51. h8=Q {[#] Hecht:  The ending is easily
won, because the pawn on e5 can't be taken and the king can't reorient itself
towards the first ranks because of e6+. Also, Black has hardly any checking
possibilities. [#] Hecht:  Das Endspiel ist leicht gewonnen, da der Be5 nicht
zu nehmen ist und der König sich wegen e6+ nicht nach hinten orientieren kann.
Zudem besitzt Schwarz kaum Schachmöglichkeiten.} Kd5 {Hecht: A brief example
follows of Black moving in the direction of the kingside. This cannot claim to
be exhaustive, but in should show that White can continually work with queen
exchange threats even when a pawn is lost thereby. Ein kleines Beispiel folgt,
wenn Schwarz sich zur Königsseite orientiert. Es hat keinen Anspruch auf
Vollständigkeit, sondern soll nur zeigen, daß Weiß bei zwei Mehrbauern ständig
mit der Damentauschdrohung selbst unter Bauernverlust arbeiten kann.} (51...
Qd4 52. Qf6+ Kd5 53. Qd6+ $18) (51... Kf5 {Hecht} 52. Qf6+ Kg4 53. Qf3+ Kg5 54.
Qe3+ Kg6 55. e6 Qh8+ 56. Kg3 Qb8+ 57. Qf4 Qb3+ 58. Kh4 Qxe6 59. Qg4+) 52. Qg8+
Ke4 (52... Kxe5 53. Qg7+ Kf4 54. Qxa1 $18) 53. Qg6+ Kd5 54. Qf7+ Ke4 55. Qg6+
Kd5 56. Qf7+ Ke4 57. e6 Qh8+ (57... Qe5+ 58. g3 $18) 58. Kg3 1-0

[Event "Linares 15th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1998.03.06"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2825"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1998.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. d5 Nb8 13. Nf1 Nbd7 14. N3h2 Nc5 15.
Bc2 c6 16. b4 (16. dxc6 Bxc6 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Ng3 g6 20. Ng4 Qd8
21. Ne3 h5 22. Nd5 Bh6 23. b4 Ne6 24. Bb3 Rc8 25. Ne2 Nc7 {1/2-1/2 Ghinda,
M-Cela,A/Ano Liosia op 1998/EXP 62 (40)}) 16... Ncd7 17. dxc6 Bxc6 {[%csl Yd5,
Rf6]} 18. Ng4 (18. Bg5 Qc7 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Ng4 Nd7 21. Qf3 Nb6 22. Bb3 {
[%csl Yd5]} Qb7 23. Ng3 d5 {1/2-1/2 Korneev,O-Ibragimov,I/RUS-Cup5 1997/EXP 57
(51)}) 18... Nxg4 19. hxg4 Nb6 20. Ne3 d5 21. exd5 Nxd5 22. Nxd5 Qxd5 23. Qxd5
Bxd5 24. Bb3 Be6 $6 (24... Red8 $5 25. Be3 $1 {[%csl Ya5][%cal Ye3b6] /\Bb6})
25. Bxe6 Rxe6 26. a4 $14 bxa4 $6 27. Rxa4 Rc8 28. Bd2 Rd6 29. Ra2 f6 30. Re4 $2
(30. Rea1 Rcc6 31. Kf1 Kf7 32. Ke2 Ke8 33. Ra3 $16 {Dokhoian} (33. Ra4 Kd7 34.
R1a3)) 30... g6 $1 31. c4 (31. Re1 Bg7 32. Rea1 f5 33. Kf1 e4 {קc3 Dokhoian})
(31. g5 $5 Rcd8 32. Be1 Bg7 33. gxf6 Bxf6 34. f3 $14) 31... f5 32. gxf5 gxf5
33. Rxe5 Rxc4 34. Rxf5 Bh6 $1 $11 35. Bxh6 Rxh6 36. Rc5 Rxb4 37. Rc8+ Kg7 38.
Rc7+ Kg8 39. g3 Rbb6 40. Ra7 Rhg6 41. Kg2 Rbf6 42. Ra3 Kh8 43. f3 Kg8 44. Kf2
Rb6 45. f4 h5 46. Kf3 Rbc6 47. Rd7 Rg7 48. Rxg7+ Kxg7 49. Kg2 Kh6 50. Kh3 Rg6
51. Ra5 Kg7 52. Rc5 Kh6 53. Rc8 Kh7 54. Ra8 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 15th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1998.03.07"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1998.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Petursson Gofshtein,L} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6.
Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O O-O 9. f3 (9. f4 {Gofshtein,L}) 9... Nxd4 10. Qxd4
a6 (10... Qa5 {Gofshtein,L} 11. Bd2 Qc7 12. Nb5 Qd8 (12... Qb8 13. Bb4 e5 14.
Qc3 Ne8 15. Qa3 a6 16. Nc3 (16. Nxd6 a5 17. Bc5 b6 18. Nxc8 Bxc5 19. Ne7+ Kh8
20. Nc6 $13) 16... Be6 (16... a5 17. Nd5 $1) 17. Nd5 $14 {Vera}) 13. Bb4 d5 14.
Bxe7 Qxe7 15. exd5 $1 Nxd5 16. Nxa7 Bd7 17. Kb1 $16) (10... Bd7 {Gofshtein,L}
11. Bc4 Bc6 12. h4 Qa5 13. Bb3 Rfd8 14. Kb1 b5 15. e5 dxe5 16. Qxe5 Qb6 $11 {
Relange-Sosonko,Cannes 1996}) (10... e5 {Gofshtein,L} 11. Qd2 Be6 12. Kb1 Rc8
13. h4 Rc5 14. a3 Qb8 15. Be3 $16 {Chandler-Lobron Biel 1987}) 11. h4 (11. e5 {
Gofshtein,L} dxe5 12. Qxe5 Qe8 13. Be2 Bd7 14. Qg3 $13 {Kuzmin-Oll Lviv 1990})
(11. Kb1 {Gofshtein,L} Qa5 12. Qd2 Rd8 $2 13. Nd5 Qxd2 14. Nxe7+ Kf8 15. Bxd2
Kxe7 16. Ba5 Rd7 17. c4 $16 {Liss-Van Delft Leeuwarden 1995}) 11... b5 (11...
Qa5 {Gofshtein,L} 12. Kb1 b5 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. g4 Rac8 15. Ne2 Qc7 16. Qf2 b4 $13
{Santo Roman-Gurevich France 1986}) 12. Kb1 (12. e5 dxe5 13. Qxe5 Qa5 14. Bd3
Bb7 15. Kb1 Rac8 16. Ne4 Bxe4 17. Bxe4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Qc7 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Rd4
Rfd8 21. Rhd1 h6 22. Qd3 Rxd4 23. Qxd4 {1/2-1/2 Urbanec,K-Prucha,K/CSR-ch 1954/
}) (12. a3 Bb7 13. h5 h6 14. Bh4 Rc8 15. g4 Rc5 16. Rg1 e5 17. Qd3 Ne8 18. Bf2
Rc7 19. Kb1 Bg5 20. a4 b4 21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. Qxd5 Nf6 23. Qa5 Rc6 24. Qxb4 Qc7
$44 {0-1 Lhagvasuren,C-Nicevski,R/Dreszer mem 1988/ (43)}) (12. g4 Bb7 13. Be3
(13. Qf2 b4 14. Na4 Bc6 15. Nb6 Rb8 16. Nc4 d5 17. Bf4 Rb7 18. Ne5 Bb5 19. g5
Nh5 20. Bh2 Qa5 21. Kb1 f6 22. gxf6 Nxf6 23. Bh3 $16 {1-0 Zapata,A-Hernandez,G/
Cali zt 1990/ (29)}) 13... e5 14. Qd2 b4 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 a5 17. g5 Qc7
18. h5 b3 19. axb3 a4 20. Bc4 axb3 21. cxb3 Ra5 22. Qc3 Rc8 $13 {Pribyl,M-Reeh,
O/BL9394 1994/1/2-1/2 (55)}) 12... Qc7 (12... Bb7 13. Bd3 Qc7 14. Qe3 Rfe8 15.
Rde1 b4 16. Ne2 a5 17. Nc1 a4 18. Qd2 Ba6 19. Qxb4 Reb8 20. Qd2 d5 21. Qe2
Rxb2+ 22. Kxb2 Ba3+ {0-1 Wiesmann,H-Matthias,H/NRW-I 1994/}) 13. h5 (13. Bxf6 {
Gofshtein,L} gxf6 (13... Bxf6 14. Qxd6 Qa5 15. e5 $16 Bd8) 14. g4 Qc5 15. Qd2
$13) (13. g4 $5 {Gofshtein,L}) 13... h6 14. Bh4 $6 {Not so bad in itself, but
bishop would control also other important squares from e3. White keeps the
pressure on f6 and hopes for g4-g5 attack.} (14. Be3 Bb7 15. g4 Nh7 $11) (14.
Bxf6 $6 {Gofshtein,L} gxf6 15. Qd2 Kg7 16. Rh3 $13 Rh8 $13) 14... Bb7 15. Ne2 (
15. g4 e5 (15... Rad8 16. g5 hxg5 17. Bxg5 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Bxg5 20.
Bd3 Rfe8 21. Qh7+ Kf8 22. Qh8+ Ke7 23. Qxg7 $14) 16. Qd3 Rac8 17. g5 hxg5 18.
Bxg5 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 (19. fxe4 Bxg5 20. Qxd6 Qxd6 21. Rxd6 Rfd8 $17) 19... Bxe4
20. fxe4 Bxg5 21. Bh3 Rcd8 $15) (15. Bd3 $5 {Gofshtein,L}) 15... Rac8 16. Qd2 (
16. Rc1 d5 $17) 16... Rfd8 17. Re1 {If moves like this are called for white's
plan must have gone astray. In the meantime black have managed to develop all
his pieces. Gofsthein: for white a difficult to found good move} (17. Bg3 Ne8
$15 (17... e5 {Gofshtein,L} 18. Nc3 b4 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 Bxd5 21. Bxa6
Bxa2+ $19)) (17. Nd4 d5 18. e5 (18. exd5 Rxd5 $17) 18... Qxe5 19. g4 $44) (17.
g4 {Gofshtein,L} Nxe4 18. fxe4 Bxe4 $40) 17... e5 $1 (17... d5 18. e5 $1 {
Gofsthein: This was the idea of 17.Te1} Qxe5 19. Bg3 Qf5 20. Nd4 Qh7 21. Bd3
Qh8 22. Bh4 $15) 18. Bxf6 $6 (18. Nc3 d5 (18... b4 {Gofshtein,L}) 19. Nxd5 (19.
Bxf6 dxe4 20. Qf2 Bxf6 $17) 19... Nxd5 20. exd5 Bxd5 $15) (18. Ng3 $142 d5 19.
Bd3) 18... Bxf6 19. Nc3 Bg5 20. Qd1 $6 (20. Qd3 $5 $17 {Anand} d5 (20... Qa5
21. Rd1 Rc5 $15) 21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. exd5 Rxd5 23. Qb3 $8 (23. Qf5 e4 24. Qxe4 $2
Re5 25. Qxe5 Qxc2+ 26. Ka1 Qc1+ 27. Rxc1 Rxc1#) (23. Qe4 Rd4 24. Qf5 e4) 23...
Rd2 $17) 20... Qa5 (20... d5 21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. exd5 Rxd5 23. Bd3) (20... b4 21.
Nd5 Bxd5 22. exd5 a5 23. Bb5 $1) 21. Nd5 (21. g4 Rxc3 22. bxc3 Qxc3 23. Rh2 d5
$19) 21... Bxd5 22. exd5 Rxc2 $1 {Bolt from the blue, but a very logical one.
Black has active pieces and only he could play for more after quiet
continuations.} 23. Kxc2 (23. f4 Rd2 $19) 23... Qxa2 24. f4 (24. Re4 Rc8+ 25.
Bc4 (25. Kd3 Qxb2 26. Rg4 e4+ 27. Kxe4 Qe5+ 28. Kd3 Qe3# (28... Rc3#)) 25...
bxc4 26. Rhe1 Rb8 $19) (24. Kd3 $2 Qc4#) (24. Qd3 Rc8+ 25. Kd1 (25. Qc3 Rxc3+
26. Kxc3 b4+ 27. Kc2 b3+ 28. Kc3 Qa5+ $19) 25... Rc1+ 26. Ke2 Qxb2+ $19) 24...
Rc8+ {Not even a miracle could stop such an attack.} ({Not} 24... Bxf4 $2 {
Petursson} 25. Rh3) 25. Kd2 (25. Kd3 Qc4+ 26. Kd2 Qxf4+ 27. Kd3 Qc4#) 25...
Bxf4+ 26. Ke2 Qxb2+ 27. Kf3 (27. Kd3 Qd4+ 28. Ke2 Qe3#) 27... Rc1 (27... Rc1
28. Qe2 Qc3+ 29. Kg4 Qg3+ (29... Rxe1 $19) 30. Kf5 g6+ 31. Ke4 f5#) 0-1

[Event "Linares 15th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1998.03.09"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1998.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. Be2 Qc7 8. a4
b6 9. f4 Bb7 10. Bf3 Nbd7 11. Qe2 e5 12. Nf5 g6 13. fxe5 Nxe5 14. Bg5 Qd8 15.
Ne3 Bg7 16. O-O h6 17. Bh4 O-O 18. Ncd5 g5 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20. Bg4 Qd8 21. Bg3
Nxg4 22. Qxg4 Qe7 23. Nf5 Qxe4 24. Qxe4 Bxe4 25. Nxg7 Kxg7 26. Bxd6 Rfe8 27. c3
f5 28. a5 Re6 29. Bc7 b5 30. Rad1 Kg6 31. Rd6 Rxd6 32. Bxd6 h5 33. Rd1 Rd8 34.
Rd4 h4 35. Kf2 h3 36. g4 f4 37. Be7 Rxd4 38. cxd4 Bd5 39. b4 Bb3 40. Ke2 Be6
41. Kf3 Bd5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 07th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1998.03.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1998.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.04.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.04.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nf3 e6 7. c4 N5f6 8.
Nc3 Bb4 9. Qc2 b6 10. a3 Bxc3+ 11. Qxc3 Bb7 12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O Ne4 14. Qc2 f5
15. b4 Rf6 16. Rd1 Qe7 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Rg6 19. Bh5 Rxg2+ 20. Kxg2 Nd2+
21. f3 Qg5+ 22. Kf2 Qh4+ 23. Kg1 Qg5+ 24. Kf2 Qxh5 25. Qxd2 Qxf3+ 26. Ke1 Qh1+
27. Kf2 Qxh2+ 28. Kf1 Qh1+ 29. Kf2 Qh4+ 30. Kg1 h6 31. Bb2 Qg3+ 32. Kf1 Qh3+
33. Kg1 Qg4+ 34. Kf2 Kh7 35. Qe2 Qf4+ 36. Ke1 Bf3 37. Rd4 Qxd4 38. Bxd4 Bxe2
39. Kxe2 Rd8 40. Ke3 g5 41. c5 h5 42. cxb6 cxb6 43. Rc1 h4 44. Rc7+ Kg6 45. Re7
h3 46. Rxe6+ Kh5 47. Re7 Kg4 48. e6 h2 49. Rh7 Kg3 50. Rh5 f4+ 51. Ke4 Re8 52.
Kf5 g4 53. Be5 Rf8+ 54. Kg5 Rg8+ 55. Kf5 Rf8+ 56. Kg5 Rg8+ 57. Kf5 Rf8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 07th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1998.03.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1998.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.04.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.04.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. h3 Ng6 11. Bg5+ Ke8 12. Rad1 Be6 13. Nd4 Bb4 14.
Nxe6 fxe6 15. Ne4 Nxe5 16. Bf4 Nf7 17. Bxc7 Rc8 18. Bg3 Rd8 19. c4 Be7 20. Bf4
Rf8 21. b3 b6 22. f3 Bf6 23. Rxd8+ Kxd8 24. Rd1+ Ke7 25. Kf1 c5 26. Be3 Rd8 27.
Rxd8 Nxd8 28. Ke2 Nc6 29. Bd2 Bd4 30. g4 g6 31. Bg5+ Kf7 32. Bh4 h6 33. Be1 Be5
34. Bd2 h5 35. Kd3 hxg4 36. fxg4 Bc7 37. Ng5+ Ke7 38. Ke4 Be5 39. Nf3 Bb2 40.
h4 Kf6 41. h5 gxh5 42. gxh5 Kg7 43. Ng5 Nd8 44. Bf4 Kf6 45. h6 Kg6 46. h7 Nc6
47. Bd2 Nd8 48. Bf4 Nc6 49. Nxe6 Kxh7 50. Bd2 Ne7 51. Nc7 Kg6 52. Nb5 Kf7 53.
Nxa7 Ke6 54. Bg5 Nf5 55. Bd8 Nd6+ 56. Kd3 Kd7 57. Bxb6 Nb7 58. a4 Ba3 59. Ke4
1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 07th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1998.03.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "Kostakiev,D"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1998.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.04.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.04.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nc3 {Any game of great chess players is a kind of lesson. So it is with
this game. It throws light over one of the numberous (c2+c3) doubled pawns
middlegame's structures.} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. e3
(6. Nxc6 Bxc3+ (6... bxc6 {Grimm,R-Latzke,B/Wuertt ch 1995/1/2-1/2 (44)}) 7.
bxc3 bxc6 $11 {0-1 Pel Bonno-Ernst Sipke/It (open), Hoogeveen (Netherlands)
1997 (22)}) (6. Qd3 $11 {0-1 Dieu,B-Marciano,D/FrTCh, Mulhouse FRA 1998 (18)})
6... O-O $146 (6... h6 7. Bh4 O-O 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Bd3 g5 (9... d5 $14 {1/2-1/2
Schall,A-Schwicker,F/Frankrig 1988 (27)}) 10. Bg3 $11 {Zahariev,Z-Lirindzakis,
T/Heraklio summer 1993/1-0 (54)}) 7. Be2 (7. Nxc6 $5) 7... h6 8. Bxf6 $6 (8.
Nxc6 $5 $11) 8... Bxc3+ $1 $15 9. bxc3 {Look at the pawn structure diagram and
have in mind the presence of B+N+Q+RR and their influence to the fight} Qxf6
10. O-O d5 11. Rb1 Rd8 12. Nxc6 Qxc6 13. Qd4 (13. c4 $5 Bf5 14. Bf3 $15) 13...
Be6 (13... Bf5 $5 14. Bd3 Be6 $15) 14. Bf3 b6 15. c4 $6 {Generaly good
standart idea launched in a not suitable moment. White should have try to rid
off doubled P (c3-c4) in another tactical way. May be like that:} (15. Rfd1
$142 $1 Rab8 $140 (15... Rd6 16. Rd2 a6 17. Rbd1 b5 18. a4 Rb8 19. Rb1 Ra8 20.
Ra1) (15... b5 16. a4 a6 17. axb5 axb5 18. Qd3 Rab8 19. Ra1 Ra8) 16. Rd2 a6 17.
Rbd1 Rd6 18. c4 $1 Qxc4 19. Qxc4 dxc4 20. Rxd6 cxd6 21. Rxd6 $11) 15... Rab8 {
[#]} 16. Rb4 (16. cxd5 Bxd5 17. Bxd5 Rxd5 $15) 16... Qe8 $1 17. c5 ({Inferior
is} 17. cxd5 $2 c5 $17) 17... Qe7 18. c6 (18. cxb6 $4 c5) 18... Rd6 19. Qc3 Qe8
20. Rd4 Qxc6 21. Qd2 Qd7 22. Rd1 Rd8 23. c3 c5 24. Rd3 Qa4 25. Qb2 R6d7 26. a3
b5 27. h3 a6 28. R1d2 g6 29. Bd1 Qa5 30. Bf3 h5 31. h4 $19 (31. Rd1 $142 Qc7
$17) 31... Qc7 32. g3 Qe5 33. Rd1 Qf6 34. Kg2 $19 (34. Be2 $5 $17) 34... Kh7 (
34... Bh3+ $5) 35. R3d2 (35. Be2 Bf5 36. R3d2 Re8 $19) 35... Kg7 {It seems as
not the best place for the King, because while the Qb2 is on the big diagonal
a1-h8. In a moment c3-c4 with open check becomes possible. But at the same
time the line h8-h1 stands by open for attack if an occasion will appear..} (
35... Bh3+ {would complicate the realisation of the advantage.}) 36. Qa1 {
Point of veiw (a pawn more) realisation, the heavy pieces endgames are more
difficult than the light pieces ones. One should say better was to keep the B.
But Anand has another instructive idea.} Bg4 $1 {Grandmasrer's strike! An
ordinary player should opt here for 36...Bh3 which unexpectedly would have
given better chances White to survive} 37. Bxg4 hxg4 {[#] New pair of doubled
pwans - positive (for Bllack). Briefly said: Xf3; Xf2.} 38. Kg1 Qe5 39. a4 $6 {
Better was not to leave 3d rank.} ({f.e.:} 39. Rd3 $1) 39... b4 $1 $17 (39...
Qe4 $6 40. c4+ $14) 40. cxb4 Qxa1 41. Rxa1 cxb4 42. Rd4 (42. a5 $142 $5) 42...
a5 43. Rxg4 (43. Rc1 Rb7 $17) 43... d4 44. Rxd4 Rxd4 45. exd4 Rxd4 46. Rc1 b3
47. Rb1 Rb4 48. Kf1 (48. Rb2 Kf6 49. Kf1 Ke5 50. Ke2 Kd4 $19) 48... Kf6 49. Ke2
Kf5 50. Kd3 Kg4 51. Kc3 (51. Ke2 b2 52. Ke3 f5 $19) 51... f5 52. Kb2 $19 (52.
Rb2 f4 53. gxf4 (53. Rxb3 Rxa4 54. Kb2 Rb4 $19) 53... Kxh4 54. Rxb3 Rxa4 55. f5
gxf5 56. Rb5 Ra3+ $19) 52... Rxa4 53. Rd1 Ra2+ 54. Kxb3 Rxf2 55. Rd6 Rf3+ 56.
Ka4 Kh5 0-1

[Event "Amber-blindfold 07th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1998.03.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1998.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.04.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.04.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. Bf4 Bg4 4. Nbd2 e6 5. e3 Bd6 6. Bxd6 cxd6 7. h3 Bh5 8.
c4 Nge7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Qd7 11. Rc1 Rfc8 12. a3 dxc4 13. Rxc4 Rc7 14. b4
Rac8 15. Qa1 Nd5 16. Re1 h6 17. Bd3 Nb6 18. Rc2 Ne7 19. Rec1 Bg6 20. Bxg6 Nxg6
21. Qb2 Ne7 22. Ne1 Ned5 23. Qb3 Qa4 24. Qd3 Kf8 25. g3 Ke7 26. e4 Rxc2 27.
Rxc2 Rxc2 28. Nxc2 Nc7 29. h4 a6 30. Kg2 g6 31. Nb3 Qb5 32. Qxb5 Nxb5 33. Na5
Kd7 34. Nxb7 Nc4 35. e5 Kc7 36. Nxd6 Ncxd6 37. exd6+ Kxd6 38. Kf3 Kd5 39. Kf4
f6 40. a4 Nc3 41. b5 axb5 42. axb5 Nxb5 43. Ne3+ Kxd4 44. Ng4 g5+ 45. Kf3 gxh4
46. gxh4 f5 47. Nxh6 Ke5 48. Ng8 Nd4+ 49. Ke3 f4+ 50. Kd3 Nf3 51. h5 Kf5 52. h6
Ng5 53. Ne7+ Kf6 54. Nc6 e5 55. Nb4 Kg6 56. Kc4 e4 57. Nd5 f3 58. Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 07th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1998.03.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1998.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.04.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.04.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Nf6 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3
Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. Be3 Bb7 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Qb3 Nd7 14. Rfd1 Qc7 15.
Rd2 Nc5 16. Qd1 Qb8 17. Nab1 Ne5 18. f3 Rfd8 19. Kh1 Ba8 20. Qg1 Kh8 21. b3 g5
22. Bd4 Ncd7 23. Na4 Rc6 24. Na3 Rdc8 25. Nc2 b5 26. Nb2 b4 27. Rcd1 Rg8 28.
Nd3 a5 29. Bb2 Rcc8 30. Nd4 Bc6 31. Qe3 Rg6 32. c5 Nxc5 33. Nxc5 dxc5 34. Nf5
exf5 35. exf5 f6 36. fxg6 hxg6 37. f4 gxf4 38. Qh3+ Kg7 39. Bxe5 fxe5 40. Qe6
Rc7 41. Qxe5+ Bf6 42. Rd7+ Bxd7 43. Rxd7+ Rxd7 44. Qxb8 Re7 45. Qb5 Bd4 46. g3
g5 47. Kg2 Kf6 48. Bg4 Re1 49. Qxa5 Ra1 50. Kh3 Re1 51. Qd8+ Kg6 52. Qd6+ Kg7
53. Bh5 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 07th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1998.03.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1998.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.04.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.04.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bd7 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 a5 8. a4
Be7 9. Be3 Na6 10. Bb5 O-O 11. Bxd7 Qxd7 12. Nxa5 d5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. exd5
Rfc8 15. c3 Bh4+ 16. g3 Bd8 17. Nb3 b5 18. O-O bxa4 19. Nd2 Nc5 20. c4 Qb7 21.
Bxc5 Rxc5 22. Rxa4 Rca5 23. Rxa5 Bxa5 24. Qc2 Rb8 25. Ra1 Bb6+ 26. c5 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 07th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1998.03.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1998.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.04.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.04.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Qc2 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. Nxd4
Nc6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. b3 Ba6 11. Bb2 Rc8 12. Nd2 d4 13. Rfe1 c5 14. e3 e5 15.
Nf3 Bd6 16. Rad1 Re8 17. exd4 cxd4 18. Ng5 g6 19. f4 Bc5 20. Qd2 Qb6 21. fxe5
Bb4 22. Qf2 Bxe1 23. Rxe1 d3 24. Bd4 Qd8 25. Nxf7 Ng4 26. Qf4 Qa5 27. Rf1 Rf8
28. e6 Qh5 29. Qxg4 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 07th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1998.03.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1998.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.04.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.04.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Be2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. b3
b6 9. Bb2 Bb7 10. Qc2 Qe7 11. Rad1 Rad8 12. e4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Qxe4 Nf6
15. Qe3 c5 16. Ne5 cxd4 17. Bxd4 Nd7 18. h3 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Bc5 20. Qg3 f6 21.
Bc3 e5 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Rd1 a5 24. Rxd8+ Qxd8 25. Bf3 e4 26. Bg4 Qe7 27. Bd2
g6 28. Be3 Bd6 29. Bf4 Bc5 30. Be3 Kg7 31. Bxc5 bxc5 32. Qb8 e3 33. Qg3 exf2+
34. Kxf2 Qe5 35. Qxe5 fxe5 36. g3 Be4 37. Ke3 Bb1 38. Bd1 Kf6 39. a3 e4 40. b4
cxb4 41. axb4 axb4 42. Kd4 Ke7 43. c5 Ba2 44. Be2 Be6 45. h4 b3 46. Bd1 b2 47.
Bc2 e3 48. Kxe3 Bf5 49. Kd2 b1=R 50. Bxb1 Bxb1 51. Ke3 h5 0-1

[Event "Amber-blindfold 07th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1998.03.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1998.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.04.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.04.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 e6 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. d4 O-O 10. Bf4 Nbd7 11. Rc1 Ne4 12. Nd2 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Nf6 14. Bg5 Rc8
15. e3 h6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. a4 Qd7 18. Qb3 Rc7 19. Rc2 Rfc8 20. Rec1 Qf5 21.
Nf3 cxd4 22. Nxd4 Bxd4 23. exd4 Re8 24. h4 Rce7 25. Qb5 Re6 26. a5 a6 27. Qf1
bxa5 28. Rb2 R6e7 29. c4 Qf6 30. Qd1 Bc6 31. Bxd5 Bxd5 32. cxd5 Qd6 33. Qb3 a4
34. Qxa4 Re1+ 35. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 36. Kg2 Qxd5+ 37. f3 g5 38. hxg5 hxg5 39. Qxa6
Qxd4 40. Rf2 Kg7 41. Qb5 Qe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 07th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1998.03.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1998.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.04.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.04.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 Bb7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O d5 8. a3
Be7 9. b4 c5 10. bxc5 bxc5 11. Rb1 Ba6 12. Bb2 Qc8 13. Qe2 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nbd7
15. cxd5 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Nxd5 17. Rfc1 Nc5 18. Qc4 Rb8 19. N4b3 Nxb3 20. Qg4
Qxc1+ 21. Rxc1 Bf6 22. Nxb3 Bxb2 23. Rb1 Rxb3 24. g3 Rfb8 25. Qc4 h6 26. a4
R3b4 27. Qc5 Rxa4 28. Kg2 a6 29. Qc6 Nc3 30. h4 Rab4 31. Rxb2 Rxb2 32. Qxc3 Ra2
33. Qc6 Rbb2 0-1

[Event "Amber-blindfold 07th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1998.03.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Sadler, Matthew D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1998.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.04.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.04.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 b6 2. d4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. e4 Bb4 5. Qc2 Qh4 6. d5 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Nf6 8.
Bd3 Na6 9. Nf3 Qg4 10. O-O Nc5 11. h3 Qg6 12. Ne5 Qh5 13. f4 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 d6
15. Nf3 O-O-O 16. Be3 Rhe8 17. Rae1 Ba6 18. Nd4 exd5 19. exd5 Qxd5 20. Qc2 Bxc4
21. Rf3 c5 22. Nb3 Re7 23. Nc1 Rde8 24. Kh2 Qc6 25. Qf5+ Qd7 26. Qg5 Nd5 27. f5
f6 28. Qg3 Rxe3 29. Rfxe3 Rxe3 30. Rxe3 Nxe3 31. Qxe3 Qxf5 32. Qe8+ Kc7 33.
Qe7+ Qd7 34. Qf8 Kb7 35. a3 d5 36. Kg3 d4 37. cxd4 cxd4 38. Qb4 Qc7+ 39. Kh4
Qf4+ 40. g4 Qf2+ 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 07th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1998.03.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1998.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.04.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.04.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. f3 h5 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 Bf5 12. Be2 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. Na5 Qc8 15.
Rac1 Bg6 16. b4 Bd8 17. Nb3 a5 18. bxa5 Nc5 19. Rfd1 b6 20. Bb5 f6 21. axb6
Bxb6 22. Bc6 Rxa2 23. Nxc5 Bxc5 24. Bxc5 dxc5 25. Qc3 Be8 26. Qxc5 Ra6 27. Ra1
Bxc6 28. Rxa6 Qxa6 29. dxc6 Qe2 30. Qd5+ Kh7 31. Qd3+ Qxd3 32. cxd3 Rc8 33. Rc1
Kg6 34. Kf2 Kf5 35. Ke3 Ke6 36. c7 Kd6 37. Ke4 g6 38. g4 hxg4 39. fxg4 Rxc7 40.
Rxc7 Kxc7 41. g5 f5+ 42. Kxe5 Kd7 43. h4 Ke7 44. d4 Kd7 45. h5 gxh5 46. Kxf5
Ke7 47. Kf4 Ke6 48. Kg3 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 07th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1998.03.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1998.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.04.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.04.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bc2 d5 8. d4
dxe4 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Qxd1 11. Rxd1 Ng4 12. Bxe4 Rb8 13. Bc6+ Ke7 14. Bg5+
Ke6 15. Bh4 Nxe5 16. Bd5+ Kf5 17. Nd2 Bb7 18. Ne4 Bb6 19. Ng3+ Kg6 20. Bb3 f6
21. Ne2 Rhe8 22. Nf4+ Kh6 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. Bxd5 Ng6 25. Bg3 f5 26. h4 f4 27.
Bh2 Rf8 28. g3 Rbe8 29. Re1 Ne5 30. gxf4 Nd3 31. Rxe8 Rxe8 32. Kf1 Kg6 33. f3
Nxb2 34. Be4+ Kf6 35. f5 Na4 36. Rc1 Nc5 37. Bb1 Re3 38. Bg1 Rxf3+ 39. Kg2 Rf4
40. Bd4+ Kf7 41. Kg3 Rxd4 42. cxd4 Nb7 43. Kf4 Nd6 44. Ke5 a5 45. Bd3 b4 46. h5
h6 47. Rf1 Ke7 48. Rg1 Nf7+ 49. Kd5 Ng5 50. Bc2 Kf6 51. Rg4 Kf7 52. Rg3 Kf6 53.
Kc4 Ke7 54. Rg2 c6 55. Ba4 Kd6 56. Rxg5 hxg5 57. f6 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 07th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1998.03.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1998.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.04.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.04.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nd7 10. d4 Nb6 11. Be3 Bf6 12. a3 Na5 13. Ba2 Nac4 14. Bc1 Bb7 15. a4
bxa4 16. Bxc4 Nxc4 17. Rxa4 Nb6 18. Ra5 exd4 19. cxd4 c5 20. Nc3 Re8 21. dxc5
Nd7 22. Ra3 Nxc5 23. Nd5 Rxe4 24. Rxe4 Nxe4 25. Nxf6+ Qxf6 26. Qd4 Qd8 27. Be3
Nc5 28. Bf4 Ne6 29. Qxd6 Qxd6 30. Bxd6 Rd8 31. Bg3 f6 32. Ne1 Rd2 33. Rb3 Be4
34. f3 Bf5 35. Bf2 h5 36. Be3 Rd5 37. Rb6 Rb5 38. Rxa6 Rxb2 39. g4 hxg4 40.
hxg4 Nc7 41. Rb6 Re2 42. Bf2 Bg6 43. g5 Nd5 44. Rb8+ Kf7 45. Rb7+ Re7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 07th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1998.03.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "1998.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.04.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.04.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O c5 7. dxc5 Nec6 8. Be3
Nd7 9. c4 dxc4 10. Na3 Bxc5 11. Bxc5 Nxc5 12. Nxc4 O-O 13. Qc1 Nd3 14. Qe3 Qd5
15. Nd6 Ndxe5 16. Rfd1 Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 Qe5 18. Qxe5 Nxe5 19. Bxb7 Rab8 20. Rd2
Nc4 21. Nxc4 Rxb7 22. f3 g5 23. Kf2 Rc7 24. b3 Kg7 25. Rad1 Kf6 26. Rd6 Rb8 27.
Ne3 Rc5 28. b4 Rcc8 29. Ra6 Rb7 30. a4 Bg6 31. b5 Kg7 32. Rd4 Rc3 33. h4 h6 34.
hxg5 hxg5 35. Nc4 Rc2+ 36. Kg3 Kh6 37. Rc6 Ra2 38. Nd6 Re7 39. Rdc4 f5 40. Nc8
f4+ 41. Kh2 Rh7 42. Rxe6 Kg7+ 43. Kg1 Ra1+ 44. Kf2 Rhh1 45. Rc7+ Kh6 46. Rcc6
Ra2+ 47. Re2 Raa1 48. Ree6 Kh5 49. Nxa7 Ra2+ 50. Re2 Bd3 51. Rce6 Bxe2 52. Rxe2
Rxa4 53. Nc6 Raa1 54. Re7 Ra2+ 55. Re2 Rxe2+ 56. Kxe2 Kh4 57. Kd3 Rb1 58. Kc4
Kg3 59. Nb4 Kxg2 60. b6 Rc1+ 61. Kd5 Rc8 62. Ke4 Re8+ 63. Kf5 Kxf3 64. Kxg5 Kg3
65. Nd3 f3 66. Kf5 f2 67. Nxf2 Kxf2 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 07th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1998.03.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D82"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "1998.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.04.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.04.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Qb3 Bd7 8. Be5
dxc4 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. Nf3 Na6 11. O-O Nxc5 12. Qc2 b5 13. Bd5 Rac8 14. a3 Bf5
15. Qd2 Nd3 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Ne4 Qxd2 18. Nxf6+ exf6 19. Nxd2 Rfd8 20. e4 Be6
21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. Nf3 e5 23. b4 Nb2 24. Rfb1 Na4 25. h4 Kf7 26. Kf1 Ke6 27. Rc1
Nc3 28. Re1 Rc4 29. Rac1 Rd3 30. Rc2 Rxe4 31. Rxe4 Nxe4 32. Rc6+ Rd6 33. Rc7
Rd7 34. Rc6+ Kd5 35. Rc8 Kd6 36. Ne1 Kd5 37. Nc2 Ke6 38. f3 Ng3+ 39. Ke1 Nf5
40. Rc5 a6 41. h5 gxh5 42. a4 bxa4 43. Ra5 Rd6 44. Rxa4 h4 45. Ra5 h5 46. Ke2
Ne7 47. Ke1 Nd5 48. Kf1 Rc6 49. Ne1 Nxb4 50. Ra4 Rb6 51. Ke2 Kf5 52. Kd2 Kg5
53. Ke2 Nd5 54. Ra5 Nf4+ 55. Kf1 Rb1 56. Kf2 h3 57. gxh3 Nxh3+ 58. Ke2 Nf4+ 59.
Kf2 Rb6 60. Rc5 h4 61. Rc8 Rb2+ 62. Kf1 h3 63. Rg8+ Kf5 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 07th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1998.03.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1998.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.04.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.04.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Kh1 b6 10. f3 Bb7 11. a4 Nc6 12. Bg5 Nb4 13. Nb1 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15.
Na3 Qc7 16. Qd2 Nc6 17. Nc4 Rfd8 18. a5 bxa5 19. Nbxa5 Nd4 20. Nxb7 Qxb7 21.
Bd3 Bg5 22. Qf2 a5 23. Ra4 Ne6 24. Rfa1 Nc5 25. Rxa5 Rxa5 26. Rxa5 Nxd3 27.
cxd3 d5 28. Rxd5 Rxd5 29. exd5 Qxd5 30. Qe2 Bf6 31. g3 h5 32. Kg2 g6 33. h3 Bg7
34. g4 hxg4 35. hxg4 f5 36. Kf1 Kf7 37. Qe3 Bf6 38. gxf5 gxf5 39. Ke2 Kg6 40.
Kd1 Qa8 41. Ke2 Qd5 42. b4 Kf7 43. Qa7+ Be7 44. Ne3 Qe6 45. b5 e4 46. Qa4 exd3+
47. Kxd3 Qd7+ 48. Ke2 Kg6 49. Qc4 Bd6 50. b6 Qe7 51. Kd3 Bc5 52. Qg8+ Kh5 53.
Qh8+ Kg6 54. Nd5 Qf7 55. Nf4+ Kg5 56. Qd8+ Kh6 57. Nd5 Qg7 58. Qh4+ Kg6 59.
Qg3+ 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 07th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1998.03.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1998.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.04.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.04.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. d4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O Bg4 13. Be3 Nc6 14. d5
Na5 15. Bg5 Qa3 16. Bd2 Bc3 17. Bc1 Qd6 18. e5 Qd7 19. Bd2 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Bxd2
21. Qxd2 Nc4 22. Qe2 b5 23. e6 Qd6 24. exf7+ Kg7 25. Rxb5 Ne5 26. Be4 Rxf7 27.
Ra5 Rf6 28. g3 a6 29. Bg2 Raf8 30. Kh1 h5 31. Ra4 Ng4 32. f4 e5 33. dxe6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 07th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1998.03.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1998.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.04.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.04.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 a6 4. Ngf3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nge7 8.
O-O Ng6 9. a3 Be7 10. b4 O-O 11. Bb2 Nf4 12. Bc2 b6 13. e5 Bd7 14. g3 Ng6 15.
Bd3 f6 16. Qe2 fxe5 17. dxe5 b5 18. Rac1 Na7 19. Nd4 a5 20. bxa5 Qxa5 21. N2b3
Qb6 22. Qh5 Be8 23. Rc2 Bf7 24. Rfc1 b4 25. a4 Rac8 26. a5 Qb8 27. f4 Rxc2 28.
Rxc2 Rc8 29. Qe2 Nf8 30. f5 Rxc2 31. Bxc2 Qc8 32. Bd3 Bd8 33. h4 h5 34. Kh2 Bc7
35. Nc5 Bxa5 36. Ncxe6 Nxe6 37. fxe6 Be8 38. e7 Nc6 39. Nxc6 Qxc6 40. Qf3 Bf7
41. Bh7+ Kxh7 42. Qxf7 Qc2+ 43. Kh3 Qd1 44. Qf5+ Kh6 45. Bc1+ Qxc1 46. Qg5+ 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 07th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1998.03.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1998.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.04.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.04.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Nc6 9. Bc4 b5 10. Be2 a6 11. O-O Be7 12. a4 b4 13. d5 Na5 14. Bf4 exd5 15.
exd5 O-O 16. d6 Bf6 17. Rb1 Bc3 18. Bd3 h6 19. Bc2 Be6 20. Qd3 g6 21. Bxh6 Bc4
22. Qd1 Re8 23. Rxb4 Bxf1 24. Kxf1 Re6 25. Re4 Qxd6 26. Qxd6 Rxd6 27. h4 Rc8
28. Bf4 Rdd8 29. Bg5 Rd7 30. Ke2 Rb8 31. Bc1 Nc6 32. Rc4 Nd4+ 33. Nxd4 Bxd4 34.
g4 Re8+ 35. Kf3 Re1 36. Bf4 Rf1 37. Bg3 Bxf2 38. Kg2 Bxg3 39. Kxf1 Bxh4 40. Ke2
Kg7 41. Bd3 a5 42. Re4 Bf6 43. Bc4 Bc3 44. Re3 Bb4 45. Rd3 Re7+ 46. Re3 Rc7 47.
Bb3 f6 48. Re6 Rd7 49. Kf3 Kh6 50. Bc2 Rc7 51. Bd3 Rc3 52. Ke2 Kg5 53. Re8 Ra3
54. Rg8 Kf4 55. Rxg6 Ra2+ 56. Kf1 Bc3 57. Bb5 Kf3 58. Bc6+ Kg3 59. Rg8 Rf2+ 60.
Kg1 Bd4 61. Bb5 Rf3+ 62. Kh1 Rc3 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 07th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1998.03.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1998.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.04.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.04.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bb3 a6 7. h3 Ba7 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. Nf1 Ne7 10. Ng3 Ng6 11. O-O h6 12. d4 Re8 13. Re1 Bd7 14. Be3 b5 15. Qd2
c5 16. Rad1 c4 17. Bc2 Qc8 18. Kh2 Bb8 19. Kg1 Bc7 20. Nh2 a5 21. f3 Ra6 22.
Ng4 Bxg4 23. hxg4 d5 24. Nf5 dxe4 25. Bxh6 exd4 26. cxd4 e3 27. Bxe3 Bb8 28. d5
Re5 29. d6 Qd7 30. Bg5 Rxe1+ 31. Qxe1 Bxd6 32. Bxf6 gxf6 33. Kf1 Ne5 34. Qd2
Nd3 35. Bxd3 Bb4 36. Qe3 Re6 37. Be2 Qe8 38. Qh6 Bf8 39. Qd2 Re5 40. Qc2 Bc5
41. g3 Rxf5 42. gxf5 Qe3 43. Kg2 Qf2+ 44. Kh3 a4 45. Qe4 Be3 46. Rd8+ Kg7 47.
Qg4+ Bg5 48. f4 Qg1 49. Rd1 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 07th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1998.03.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Sadler, Matthew D"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1998.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.04.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.04.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be3 a6 6. Qd2 b5 7. Bh6 O-O 8. Bd3
Nc6 9. e5 dxe5 10. dxe5 Ng4 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. Qf4 Ncxe5 13. Nxe5 Qd6 14. Nxg6
hxg6 15. Qxd6 cxd6 16. Be2 Nf6 17. Bf3 Ra7 18. O-O-O Rc7 19. Rd4 Be6 20. Re1
Rfc8 21. Kb1 Rc5 22. Re2 R8c7 23. Ne4 Nxe4 24. Bxe4 g5 25. f3 Kf6 26. c3 a5 27.
a3 Rc4 28. Red2 R7c5 29. Kc1 Re5 30. Kd1 Bf5 31. Bxf5 Kxf5 32. Rxc4 bxc4 33.
Rd4 Rb5 34. Kc2 d5 35. a4 Rc5 36. h4 e5 37. Rg4 f6 38. h5 Rc7 39. Rg3 Kf4 40.
Rh3 Rh7 41. Kd2 g4 42. Rh4 f5 43. fxg4 fxg4 44. Rh1 Kg3 45. h6 Kxg2 46. Rh5 Kf3
47. Rxe5 Rxh6 48. Rxd5 Rh2+ 49. Ke1 Rh1+ 50. Kd2 g3 0-1

[Event "Presidents Cup "]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.05.07"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1998.05.07"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qb3 Nc6 6. Bd2 Bb7 7. Bc3 Ne4 8. a3
Nxc3 9. Qxc3 Be7 10. Bg2 Bf6 11. e3 Ne7 12. Qd3 c5 13. Nc3 cxd4 14. exd4 Rc8
15. Nb5 d5 16. cxd5 a6 17. Nc3 Nxd5 18. Ne4 Be7 19. O-O Qc7 20. Ne5 f6 21. Nf3
Qc2 22. Qxc2 Rxc2 23. Rab1 Kf7 24. Rfe1 Rhc8 25. Bf1 h6 26. h4 b5 27. Bd3 R2c7
28. h5 Nb6 29. Ned2 Bd5 30. Nh4 f5 31. Ndf3 Bf6 32. Ne5+ Bxe5 33. Rxe5 Rc1+ 34.
Re1 Rxe1+ 35. Rxe1 Na4 36. b4 Rc3 37. Ng6 Rxa3 38. Nf4 Nc3 39. Bf1 Be4 40. f3
Bxf3 41. Rxe6 Ne4 42. d5 Ra1 43. d6 Nd2 44. Re7+ Kg8 0-1

[Event "Presidents Cup "]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.05.08"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B94"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1998.05.07"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Bc4 e6 8.
O-O Qa5 9. Qd2 Be7 10. Rad1 h6 11. Be3 Nc5 12. Nb3 Nxb3 13. Bxb3 b5 14. f3 Bb7
15. Qf2 Qc7 16. Qg3 Rg8 17. Qf2 g5 18. Bb6 Qc6 19. Bd4 Nh5 20. Ne2 a5 21. c3
Nf6 22. Bc2 h5 23. a4 Ba6 24. Bxf6 Bxf6 25. Nd4 Bxd4 26. Rxd4 Ke7 27. Rfd1 Rad8
28. e5 dxe5 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30. Qa7+ Ke8 31. Rxd8+ Kxd8 32. h4 gxh4 33. Be4 Qd6
34. axb5 Bc8 35. Qxa5+ Ke7 36. Qa7+ Kf6 37. Qf2 Kg7 38. Qxh4 Qc5+ 39. Kh2 f5
40. Bc6 1-0

[Event "Presidents Cup "]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.05.10"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1998.05.07"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 {Weiß beschäftigt (noch) nicht - wie in
der Variante 4.Qb3 oder 4.Qc2 - mit dem Läufer b4, sondern er entwickelt
zunächst seinen Läufer. Ribli.} O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. Qb3 Nc6 (6... c5 7. O-O Nc6 8.
d3 h6 9. Na4 (9. Bf4 Re8 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Ng4 12. a3 Ba5 13. Bf4 e5 14.
Bc1 Bxc3 15. bxc3 d4 16. h3 Nf6 17. cxd4 cxd4 18. e3 Nd7 19. Qb5 a6 20. Qd5 Qb6
21. exd4 exd4 22. Bf4 {1/2-1/2 Greenfeld,A-Gruenfeld,Y/ISR-chT 1996 (34)}) 9...
b6 10. Bf4 Bd7 $1 11. a3 Ba5 12. Nc3 Bxc3 13. Qxc3 Re8 $1 14. d4 Ne4 $1 15. Qd3
cxd4 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Nxd4 Nc5 18. Nxc6 Nxd3 19. Nxd8 Nxf4 20. gxf4 Raxd8 21.
Rfd1 $1 {1/2-1/2 Illescas Cordoba,M-Almasi,Z/Ubeda 1997 (35)}) 7. a3 (7. cxd5
exd5 8. a3 Be7 9. d4 Na5 10. Qa2 Nc4 11. Bg5 c6 12. O-O Nd6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14.
e3 Re8 15. Rfc1 Bf5 16. Na4 h5 17. Nc5 h4 18. b4 {1-0 Suba,M-Pogorelov,R/
Anibal op4th 1997 (39)}) (7. d4 Ne4 8. Qc2 Nd6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. O-O Bf5 11. Qb3
{1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V-Khalifman,A/BL9596 1996}) 7... Bxc3 $1 {Natürlich und gut!
Wenn Schwarz in diesem Aufbau 3...Bb4 spielt, steht er bereit, auf c3 zu
nehmen. Jetzt ist dieser Abtausch besser für Schwarz, den er gewinnt weitere
Zeit mit folgendem 8...d4.} (7... Be7 8. d3 d4 9. Na4 Na5 10. Qc2 c5 11. Nxc5
Bxc5 12. b4 Bb6 13. bxa5 Bxa5+ 14. Bd2 Bxd2+ 15. Nxd2 Rb8 16. O-O b6 17. a4 {
1/2-1/2 Olafsson,F-Euwe,M/Amsterdam olm 1954}) 8. Qxc3 (8. dxc3 Na5 $17 {
[%cal Ra5b3,Ra5c4]}) 8... d4 (8... a5) 9. Qc2 d3 $1 {Dieses zeitweilige
Bauernopfer führt zu großen Komplikationen mit beiderseitigen Chancen.} (9...
a5 10. b3 e5 11. d3 $14) 10. Qxd3 (10. exd3 e5 11. b4 (11. O-O Bf5 12. Ne1 Nd4
{Schwarz sollte hier mehr als ausreichende Kompensation haben.}) 11... Bf5 $17)
10... Qxd3 11. exd3 e5 $44 {[%csl Rc1,Rd3,Yd4] Weiß hat einen Mehrbauern und
das Läuferpaar, aber seine Bauernstellung ist schwach und er hat
Entwicklungsprobleme am Damenflügel zu lösen.} 12. b4 Bf5 13. Bb2 (13. b5 Nd4
14. Nxd4 (14. Nxe5 $4 Nc2+) 14... exd4 15. Bxb7 Rae8+ 16. Kd1 Ng4 $5 {[%cal
Rg4f2,Rf2d1,Rf2h1]} (16... Bxd3 $44) 17. Kc2 Nxf2 {[%csl Rc2][%cal Rf2h1,Rf2d3,
Rf5d3]} 18. Rg1 Nxd3 $36) 13... Bxd3 14. b5 e4 $5 (14... Nd4 15. Nxe5 $5 (15.
Nxd4 exd4 16. Bxd4 Bxc4 $11) 15... Nc2+ (15... Rfe8 $4 16. Bxd4 $18) 16. Kd1
Nxa1 17. Nxd3 $16 {[%csl Ra1] Und das weiße Läuferpaar ist sehr stark. Der
kleine schwarze Materialsvorteil ist hingegen nur zeitweilig.}) 15. bxc6 exf3
16. Bxf3 Rfe8+ 17. Kd1 Ne4 {[%csl Rd1,Gd3,Ge4][%cal Re4f2,Rf2d1,Rf2h1]} 18.
cxb7 Nxf2+ (18... Rab8 19. Bd4 c5 (19... Rxb7 20. Re1 $14) 20. Be3 Rxb7 $44)
19. Kc1 Rad8 {[%csl Gb2,Gb7,Rc1,Gd3,Gd8,Ge8,Gf2,Gf3]} 20. Rg1 Nh3 (20... Bxc4
21. Bc3 Nh3 22. Rd1 Nf2 23. Rg1 $11) 21. Rd1 (21. Rg2 $2 Re1+ 22. Bd1 Bf1 $19 {
[%csl Rg2][%cal Rf1g2]}) 21... Nf2 $11 22. Rg1 Nh3 23. Rd1 Nf2 24. Rg1 {
und es wurde wegen Zugwiederholung Remis gegeben.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Presidents Cup "]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.05.11"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1998.05.07"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 {Auf diese Weise vermeidet Weiß die Variante 3.Nc3
Nd4!?. Ribli.} cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 {Dies ist eine chancenreiche
Fortsetzung für Weiß. Die Alternativen (6.Bf4, 6.Bg5, 6.Ndb5, 6.e4 und 6.a3)
bieten allesamt dem Weißen keinen Eröffnungsvorteil. Der Partiezug führt
zumindest zu kompliziertem Spiel.} Bb4 (6... Qb6 {Dieser Zug bietet meines
Erachtens dem Schwarzen gute Ausgleichschancen.}) 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O Qe7 9. Na4
$5 {Dieser Zug richtet sich gegen den Läufer b4. Weiß beabsichtigt a2-a3 /
b2-b4 zu spielen und der Läufer soll nicht auf c3 nehmen können.} (9. Nc2 Bxc3
(9... Rd8 $2 10. Nxb4 Qxb4 11. Qb3 a5 12. Nb5 d5 13. Nc7 Rb8 14. cxd5 Nd4 15.
Qxb4 axb4 16. Be3 Nc2 17. Ba7 {1-0 Lisik,V-Domarkaite,L/Katowice op 1991 (41)})
10. bxc3 Rd8 11. Ba3 d6 12. Rb1 (12. Qd2 $1 Qc7 13. Rfd1 d5 14. Ne3 $1 dxc4 15.
Bd6 Qb6 16. Rab1 Qa6 17. Qb2 $44 {1-0 Ribli,Z-Ernst,T/Subotica izt 1987 (35)})
(12. Nd4 Ne5 13. Qb3 Nfd7 (13... a6 14. f4 Neg4 15. Nc2 e5 16. f5 e4 17. Qb6
Ne5 18. Ne3 a5 19. Rad1 Ra6 20. Qd4 {1/2-1/2 Tukmakov,V-Hort,V/CSR-ch int 1977
(25)}) 14. Nb5 Nc5 15. Bxc5 dxc5 16. Rfd1 Bd7 17. f4 Nc6 18. Qa3 Be8 19. Rxd8
Nxd8 20. Rd1 Bc6 21. e4 b6 22. Qb2 Nb7 23. e5 {1-0 Ftacnik,L-De Wit,J/Lloyds
Bank op 1982 (44)}) 12... Qc7 13. Nd4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 (14. cxd4 $6 Qxc4 15. Qd2
Qa6 16. Rb3 Rb8 17. e4 Bd7 18. Bb4 $5 (18. Re1 $2 Ba4 19. Rf3 $2 {0-1 Kramnik,
V-Kamsky,G/New York (m/2) 1994 (38)}) 18... Ba4 19. Ra3 b5 20. g4 $5 Rbc8 21.
g5 Nd7 22. Rc1 $140 $44) 14... e5 15. Qd3 e4 $5 16. Bxe4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Be6 18.
Rxb7 Qxc4 19. Qxc4 Bxc4 20. Rb2 $14) 9... d5 10. cxd5 (10. Bg5 Bd7 11. Bxf6
Qxf6 12. Nc2 Rfd8) 10... exd5 (10... Nxd5 $5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd2 (12. Qc2 $5
$14 {[%csl Rc6] Schwarz hat eine Bauernschwäche auf c6, aber sein Springer
steht aktiv im Zentrum.}) 12... Ba6 13. Bxb4 Qxb4 14. a3 Qb5 15. Re1 Nb6 16.
Nxb6 Qxb6 17. Qc2 {1/2-1/2 Neverov,V-Obukhov,A/RUS-Cup4 1997}) 11. Bg5 {
Mit dem weißen Springer auf c3, der schwarzen Dame auf d8 und dem schwarzen
Läufer auf e7 wäre dies eine Grundstellung der Tarrasch-Verteidigung.} h6 12.
Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Nc2 {[%csl Rd5]} (13. e3 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Qxd4 15. exd4 Be6 $11)
13... Rd8 {Schwarz legt sich bezüglich des Damenläufers noch nicht fest.} (
13... Be6 14. Nxb4 Nxb4 15. Qd2 $14) (13... Be7 14. Ne3 (14. Qxd5 Rd8 $44 {
Der geopferte Bauer wird durch das gute schwarze Figurenspiel und das
Läuferpaar kompensiert. Die weißen Springer auf a4 und c2 stehen schlecht.}) (
14. Bxd5 Rd8 $44) 14... d4 15. Nd5 $14 {[%csl Rd4,Gd5,Gg2]}) 14. Nxb4 Nxb4 15.
Qd2 (15. Qb3 Nc6 16. Rfd1 Bg4 17. Qxb7 Nd4 18. Nc3 Nxe2+ 19. Nxe2 Bxe2 20. Rxd5
Rdb8 21. Qd7 Rd8 22. Qc7 {1-0 Sieglen,J-Gawehns,K/Bonn GSK 1994 (28)}) 15...
Nc6 16. Rac1 $14 {Das Spiel gegen den isolierten schwarzen Damenbauern bietet
dem Weißn einen kleinen aber dauerhaften Vorteil.} Bf5 (16... Bg4 $5 17. h3 Bf5
18. Rfd1 Be4 19. Qf4 Qe7 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Nc3 Qb4 22. Nxe4 Qxb2 23. Nd6 Rd7
24. Nf5 Rad8 25. Rxd7 Rxd7 26. e4 Qd2 27. Qxd2 Rxd2 28. Rb1 b6 29. Rc1 Na5 30.
Rc8+ Kh7 31. Re8 f6 {1/2-1/2 Akesson,R-Alterman,B/Lloyds Bank op 1994 (37)})
17. Rfd1 Be4 (17... d4 18. Nc5 $1 {[%csl Rb7,Gc5,Rc6,Gg2]} Rab8 19. Nxb7 Rxb7
20. Rxc6 $16) 18. Bh3 {[%csl Ge4]} (18. f3 $6 Bf5) 18... d4 $5 {Ein
Bauernopfer für aktives Gegenspiel.} (18... Bf5 19. Bxf5 Qxf5 20. Rc5 $14 {
[%csl Gc5,Rd5][%cal Gc5f5]}) 19. Nc5 Bd5 20. Nxb7 Re8 21. Rc5 $6 (21. Nc5 $5
$16 Bxa2 $2 22. b3 $18 {[%csl Ra2][%cal Rd2a2]}) 21... Be4 {[%csl Gd4,Ge4]} (
21... Rab8 22. Rxd5 Rxb7 23. Bd7 $16 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Rd7e8,Rd7c6]}) 22. f3 $6
(22. Na5 $5) (22. Rdc1 $5) 22... Rab8 $132 23. fxe4 (23. Na5 Nxa5 24. Rxa5 Ba8
$44 25. Qxd4 Qxd4+ 26. Rxd4 Rxe2 {[%csl Rb2,Rf3]}) 23... Rxb7 24. Qf4 Qxf4 25.
gxf4 Ne7 {[%csl Rb2,Re4,Rf4][%cal Ge7g6,Gg6f4] Weiß ist in Besitz eines
Mehrbauern und drückt gegen d4, hat aber auch eigene Schwächen.} 26. Rd2 (26.
Rxd4 Rxb2 $132) 26... Ng6 $44 27. f5 Ne5 {[%csl Ge5,Rh3] Der schwarze Springer
ist auf e5 ausgezeichnet postiert, während die weiße Leichtfigur auf h3 recht
unglücklich steht.} 28. b3 (28. Kf2 $5 {Dieser prophylaktische Zug nimmt die
Möglichkeit 28...d3 aus der Stellung.}) 28... d3 $5 29. Bf1 (29. exd3 $4 Nf3+
$19) 29... dxe2 30. Rxe2 (30. Bxe2 Rb4 $1 {[%csl Gb4,Re4][%cal Rb4e4]}) 30...
Rd7 {[%csl Gd7,Ge5,Rf1]} 31. Rd5 Rc7 32. Kg2 g6 {Weiß, materiell in Vorteil,
hat Probleme mit der Figurenkoordination.} 33. Red2 Ng4 {[%csl Re4][%cal Rg4e3,
Re3g2,Re3d5,Re3f1]} 34. Rd7 $14 (34. Rd8 Rxd8 35. Rxd8+ Kg7) 34... Ne3+ 35. Kf2
Nxf1 {[%cal Rf1d2]} 36. Kxf1 Rc1+ $1 (36... Rxd7 37. Rxd7 Rxe4 38. fxg6 fxg6
39. Rxa7 $16 {[%csl Ga2,Gb3] Hier sollte Weiß - trotz der Remisbreite in
Turmendspielen - mit den beiden verbundenen Freibauern über ausgezeichnete
Gewinnchancen verfügen.}) 37. Kf2 (37. Rd1 Rxd1+ 38. Rxd1 Rxe4 39. fxg6 fxg6
40. Rd8+ Kf7 41. Rd7+ Re7 $11) 37... gxf5 38. exf5 a5 {Weiß besitzt einen
Mehrbauern, aber das reduzierte Material sollte dem Schwarzen im
Doppelturmendspiel ausgezeichnete Remischancen bieten.} 39. R7d5 (39. Rd8 Rxd8
40. Rxd8+ Kg7 $11 {[%csl Ra2,Gc1,Rf5,Gg7]}) 39... a4 $1 40. bxa4 Re4 $44 {
[%csl Ra2,Ra4,Gc1,Ge4,Rf5] Schwarz hat bereits zwei Bauern weniger, aber die
Aktivität seines Turmpaares rettet die Partie. Die weißen Mehrbauern sind kaum
zu verwerten.} 41. a5 (41. R5d4 Rxd4 42. Rxd4 Rc2+ 43. Kg3 Rxa2 $14 {Remis ist
trotz des Mehrbauern sehr wahrscheinlich.}) 41... Ra4 {[%csl Ra2,Ga4,Ra5,Gc1]}
42. Ke2 Ra3 43. Kf2 {und hier wurde Remis vereinbart. Weiß kann trotz des
materiellen Übergewichts praktisch nichts machen.} (43. Rb2 Rh1 $11 {[%csl Re2,
Rh2]}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Presidents Cup "]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.05.12"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1998.05.07"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 b6 8. Bf4
Bb7 9. Rd1 Nh5 10. Ng5 g6 11. Bc1 Be7 12. Nf3 Bxf3 13. exf3 Bg5 14. f4 Bh6 15.
g3 Nc6 16. Bg2 Rc8 17. Qa4 Bg7 18. Nb5 d5 19. cxd5 exd5 20. O-O d4 21. Rfe1 a5
22. Bh3 f5 23. Bf1 Kh8 24. Bc4 Nf6 25. Be6 Nd7 26. Qc4 Na7 27. Qf1 Nxb5 28.
Qxb5 Rc7 29. b4 axb4 30. axb4 Nf6 31. Bb2 Ne4 32. Qxb6 Nxf2 33. Rxd4 Nh3+ 34.
Kh1 Qe7 35. Rd2 g5 36. Bxg7+ Qxg7 37. Red1 gxf4 38. Rd8 Nf2+ 39. Qxf2 1-0

[Event "Presidents Cup "]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.05.12"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1998.05.07"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Rg1 $5 {This rare move
was also tested in Zvjaginzev's next white game against Ivanchuk, where Black
opted for 6...b5.} Nc6 7. g4 (7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. g4 e6 9. g5 Nd7 10. b3 d5 11. Bb2
Bd6 12. h4 Bb7 13. Qe2 {1/2-1/2 Wahls,M-Lutz,C/Wichern-op 1995}) 7... Nxd4 (
7... d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. Be3 Bd7 11. Bg2 Qa5+ 12. c3 e5 13. Nxc6
Bxc6 14. Bxc6+ bxc6 15. Qb3 Qb5 16. O-O-O Be7 17. c4 Qxb3 18. axb3 Rd8 19. Kc2
Bb4 20. Rxd8+ Kxd8 21. Ra1 {1-0 Todorovic,G-Lazic,D/JUG-Cup 1990 (43)}) 8. Qxd4
e5 9. Qd1 Be6 10. g5 Nd7 11. Qf3 Rc8 12. Bh3 Be7 13. Be3 (13. Bd2 {was an
alternative here.}) 13... Rxc3 $5 {It is worth noting that the game
Zvjagintzev - Ivanchuk, mentioned above, developed according to a similar
scenario. Black also sacrificed an exchange on c3 and obtained good
counterchances.} 14. bxc3 Qc7 {[%csl Rc2,Rc3,Re4][%cal Gc7c3]} 15. Bxe6 Qxc3+
16. Kf1 fxe6 17. Kg2 Qc4 18. a4 Rf8 (18... d5 $5 {deserved here serious
attention.}) 19. Qg4 {[%cal Ge8d8,Gd8c7]} d5 $6 ({The most natural decision.
Also king trasfer to the queenside (} 19... Kd8 20. Rgb1 Kc7 {) was a good
option.}) 20. c3 $1 Nc5 (20... d4 {is suicidal in view of} 21. cxd4 exd4 22.
Rgc1) 21. Bxc5 Rf4 22. Qh5+ (22. Qxe6 $2 {yields Black minimum a draw after}
Qxe4+ 23. Kf1 (23. Kh3 $4 Rh4+ $19) 23... Qc4+) 22... g6 23. Qh3 Qxc5 ({
Certainly, not} 23... Qxe4+ 24. f3 Qe2+ 25. Bf2) 24. Rgf1 Qc6 25. Qxh7 Rg4+ 26.
Kh1 Rxg5 27. Rg1 Qxc3 28. Rxg5 Bxg5 (28... Qxa1+ 29. Rg1 Qxa4 {was a good
alternative.}) 29. Rb1 Qf3+ 30. Kg1 Qg4+ 31. Kf1 Be7 32. Qh8+ Kf7 33. Qxe5 dxe4
34. Qg3 Qf5 35. Rxb7 g5 36. Rd7 Kf6 37. Ke1 $6 {A strange outcome, most
probably, caused by Black's time-trouble. At any ratem in the final position
Black can play 37...Qa5+, winning the a4 pawn, and the normal outcome of the
game should be a draw.} 1-0

[Event "Presidents Cup "]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.05.12"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1998.05.07"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Rg1 $5 {A rare, but
interesting continuation. One of the most adamant adherents of this unusual
rook move is G. Todorovic, scoring good results in this rarely played line.} b5
(6... Nc6 7. g4 (7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. g4 e6 9. g5 Nd7 10. b3 d5 11. Bb2 Bd6 12. h4
Bb7 13. Qe2 {1/2-1/2 Wahls,M-Lutz,C/Wichern-op 1995}) 7... d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9.
Nxd5 Qxd5 10. Be3 Bd7 11. Bg2 Qa5+ 12. c3 e5 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Bxc6+ bxc6 15.
Qb3 Qb5 16. O-O-O Be7 17. c4 Qxb3 18. axb3 Rd8 19. Kc2 Bb4 20. Rxd8+ Kxd8 21.
Ra1 {1-0 Todorovic,G-Lazic,D/JUG-Cup 1990 (43)}) (6... e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. g4 d5
9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Be3 Nc6 (11... Qxd1+ 12. Rxd1 Nd7 13. Be2 O-O-O
14. f4 f6 15. f5 Bf7 16. Bf3 e4 17. Bxe4 Bxb3 18. axb3 Re8 19. Bxb7+ Kc7 20.
Rg3 Bd6 21. Rxd6 Kxd6 22. Bxa6 {1-0 Todorovic,G-Dzevlan,M/JUG-chT Cetinje 1991
(40)}) 12. Qxd5 Bxd5 13. f4 exf4 14. Bxf4 Bxb3 15. axb3 Bc5 16. Rg3 O-O-O 17.
Bd3 Rhe8+ 18. Kf1 g6 19. Rd1 Nb4 {1/2-1/2 Todorovic,G-Nevostrujev,V/Novi Sad
1992}) (6... g6 7. g4 Bg7 8. Be2 Nc6 9. Nb3 O-O 10. f4 b5 11. a3 Bb7 12. g5 Nd7
13. Be3 Rc8 14. Bg4 Rb8 15. Rg3 Nb6 16. Bxb6 Qxb6 17. Nd5 Qd8 18. c3 e6 19. Ne3
Na5 20. Nxa5 Qxa5 {0-1 Petronic,J-Ilincic,Z/JUG-ch 1991 (58)}) 7. g4 e6 8. g5
Nfd7 9. Rg3 Bb7 10. a3 Be7 11. Bg2 Nc6 12. f4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 O-O 14. Qf2 Rc8 15.
Be3 $6 {15.Bd2 or 15.Kf1 was to be preferred. Now Black manages to seize the
initiative.} Rxc3 $1 {[%csl Re4][%cal Gd8c7,Gc7c3,Gc4e4,Gb7e4,Gd7c5,Gc5e4]
This thematic exchange sacrifice yields Black a stable initiative and better
chances.} 16. bxc3 Qc7 17. Kf1 (17. Bd4 {is falls short after} e5) ({If} 17.
Bd2 {then Black can choose between 17...Nb6 and 17...Nc5.}) 17... Qc4+ ({
Going for the central pawn. Still,} 17... Qxc3 {was an interesting alternative.
}) 18. Kg1 Bxe4 19. Bd4 Bxg2 20. Rxg2 d5 (20... e5 $5 {deserved seious
attention.}) 21. f5 Bc5 (21... e5 {is met by} 22. f6) 22. f6 Rc8 (22... g6 $5)
23. fxg7 Qxc3 $1 {Transforming the game into a very difficult for White ending.
} 24. Bxc3 Bxf2+ 25. Rxf2 Rxc3 26. a4 b4 27. a5 $1 {Otherwise after 27...e5
White has no chances to save the game.} Kxg7 28. Re1 Rc4 29. h3 Kg6 30. Ree2 e5
31. Re1 e4 32. Ref1 Ne5 33. Rf6+ Kg7 34. Rxa6 Rxc2 35. Rb6 Nf3+ ({The most
natural continuation, but it seems that} 35... e3 {posed much more serious
problems before White, e.g.:} 36. Rf5 Rc1+ (36... Nd3 37. Rb7 e2 38. Rbxf7+ Kg6
39. R7f6+ Kh5 $140 $4 40. Rh6#) (36... Nc4 37. Rbf6 $11) 37. Rf1 (37. Kg2 Ng6 (
37... Nd7 38. Rd6 e2 39. Rxd7 e1=Q 40. Rdxf7+ Kg6 41. R7f6+ $11) 38. Rf1 Nf4+
39. Kg1 Nxh3+) 37... Rc5 38. Ra1 (38. a6 Ra5) 38... Rc2 39. Rf6 b3 $19) 36.
Rxf3 exf3 37. Rxb4 Ra2 38. Rf4 Kg6 39. Rf6+ Kg7 40. a6 {Now the draw outcome
is evident.} d4 41. Rd6 f2+ 42. Kf1 Ra5 43. Rxd4 Rxg5 44. Kxf2 Ra5 45. Rd6 Ra3
46. h4 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Presidents Cup "]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.05.12"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1998.05.07"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 b6 8. Bf4
Bb7 9. Rd1 Bxf3 10. exf3 Nc6 11. Bd3 Nh5 12. Be3 f5 13. O-O Rc8 14. f4 g5 15.
b4 gxf4 16. Bc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Presidents Cup "]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.05.12"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1998.05.07"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 b6 8. Bf4
Bb7 9. Rd1 Bxf3 10. exf3 Nc6 11. b4 Nh5 12. Bc1 Be7 13. Be2 f5 14. f4 Nf6 15.
O-O Rc8 16. Be3 Rf7 17. Rd2 Bf8 18. Rfd1 g6 19. Bf3 Bg7 20. Nb5 d5 21. Qb3 Rd7
22. cxd5 exd5 23. Bxd5+ Kh8 24. Bxc6 Rxc6 25. Rxd7 Nxd7 26. Qd5 1-0

[Event "Presidents Cup "]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.05.13"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "1998.05.07"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 Nf6 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. b3 e5 8. e3
exd4 9. exd4 Ne4 10. Bb2 Re8 11. Nbd2 Ndc5 12. Nxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Presidents Cup "]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.05.14"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1998.05.07"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 c6 7. h3 O-O 8. Rc1
a6 9. a4 b6 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. O-O c5 12. Qe2 Ne4 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Rfd1 Qe8 15.
Bxe4 dxe4 16. Nd2 g5 17. Bh2 f5 18. Nc4 Qg6 19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. Nd6 Bxd6 21. Bxd6
Nd3 22. Bxf8 Nxc1 23. Qc4+ Kxf8 24. Rd7 Bc6 25. Qb4+ Kg8 26. Qc4+ Kf8 27. Rc7
Rd8 28. Rxc6 Qf7 29. Qb4+ Kg7 30. Qxb6 Rd7 31. Rd6 Rxd6 32. Qxd6 Qf6 33. Nxe4
Qxd6 34. Nxd6 Kf6 35. b4 Ke6 36. Nb7 Kd5 37. Nc5 a5 38. Na6 Kc6 39. bxa5 Nd3
40. Kf1 1-0

[Event "Presidents Cup "]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.05.16"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D98"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1998.05.07"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Nc6 8.
Be2 Bg4 9. d5 Na5 10. Qb4 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 c6 12. O-O cxd5 13. exd5 Rc8 14. Re1
Re8 15. Be3 Nc4 16. Bxa7 b6 17. Rac1 Bh6 18. Rc2 Nd2 19. Bxb6 Nxf3+ 20. gxf3
Qd7 21. Qh4 Qf5 22. Ne4 Bg5 23. Nxf6+ Qxf6 24. Rxc8 Bxh4 25. Rxe8+ Kg7 26. Re4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Presidents Cup "]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.05.17"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "Kostakiev,D"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1998.05.07"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nf6 (7...
e6 {1-0 Ivanchuk,V-Bareev,E/President's Cup 1998/CBM 65_03}) (7... Nd7 {
+/- Papazov,I-Zidarov,S/tt ch Bg 1994}) 8. Ne5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11.
Bd2 (11. Bf4 {1/2-1/2 Emms,J-Teske,H/BL9697 1997/BL9697 (16)}) (11. Bf4 {
1/2-1/2 Kudrin,S-Magem Badals,J/Tan Chin Nam, Beijing CHN 1998 (18)}) (11. Ne4
{0-1 Salamero,F-Garcia Palermo,C/Ibercaja op 1994/TD 94\02 (17)}) (11. Bf4 Nbd7
12. O-O-O Be7 13. Kb1 O-O 14. Qe2 a5 15. c4 a4 {1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V-Anand,V/
Chess Classic Giants 1998 (30)}) 11... Nbd7 12. Qe2 (12. Ng6 {0-1 Belotti,
B-Garcia Palermo,C/Reggio Emilia 1994/CBM 45 (18)}) 12... c5 13. Nxd7 (13. Bc3
cxd4 14. Bxd4 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Qa5+ $132) 13... Qxd7 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. O-O-O (15.
Bc3 $5 Rd8 16. O-O Be7 17. Rad1 $14) 15... Qa4 16. Bc3 Be7 17. Kb1 Rc8 (17...
O-O 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Ne4 $14) 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Ne4 Ke7 (19... Be5 20. Rhe1
$14) 20. g3 (20. Nxf6 gxf6 21. g4 Rhd8 22. Rhe1 $14) 20... Bxb2 (20... Bxb2 21.
Kxb2 Qb4+ (21... Rc6 $2 22. c3 $16) 22. Ka1 (22. Kc1 $2 Rc4 $17) 22... f5 23.
Nd6 Qc3+ 24. Kb1 Qb4+ 25. Kc1 Qa3+ $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Presidents Cup "]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.05.18"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1998.05.07"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Kostakiev,D Hecht} c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4
h6 7. Nf3 e6 (7... Nf6 8. Ne5 Bh7 9. Bd3 (9. Bc4 e6 10. Qe2 Nd5 $1 {- Liang
Jinrong-Chiburdanidze, Lippstadt 1997 EXP 59}) 9... Bxd3 (9... Qxd4 $4 10. Nxf7
) 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Nbd7 12. Qe2 (12. Ng6 $6 {is too extravagant, and Black
can easily defend his positions.} fxg6 13. Qxg6+ Ke7 14. Bb4+ c5 15. dxc5 Qc7
16. c6+ Kd8 17. Bxf8 Nxf8 18. O-O-O+ Kc8 19. Qd3 bxc6 $19 {
Belotti-Garcia-Palermo, Reggio Emilia 1994}) 12... c5 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. dxc5
Bxc5 15. O-O-O Qa4 16. Bc3 Be7 17. Kb1 Rc8 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Ne4 Ke7 {In Caro
Kann it is no surprise that Black plays quietly with a centralized K.} 20. g3 (
20. c3 Rhd8 $11) 20... Bxb2 $1 $11 {Ivanchuk-Breev, President's Cup. 1998}) (
7... Nd7 {is the solid main line.}) 8. Ne5 Bh7 9. Bd3 (9. c3 Nf6 10. Nh5 Nbd7
11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. Qf3 Qa5 13. Be2 Qd5 14. Bf4 Qxf3 15. Bxf3 Bg6 16. Bg3 Bxh5
17. Bxh5 Nf6 (17... Be7 18. O-O-O $14 {G.Timoshenko-Lytchok, Berliner Sommer
1997}) 18. Bf3 O-O-O 19. O-O-O Bd6 $11) (9. Bc4 $5 Nf6 10. Qe2 {is a really
agressive setup against this line.} Be7 {[#]} (10... Qxd4 $2 11. Nxf7 $1) (
10... Qc8 {Kostakiev,D 1-0 Zatonskih,A-Grigorian/It (open) (w) 1995 (32)}) (
10... Qe7 {Kostakiev,D 0-1 Samwel,A-Shalaby,A/Cairo op 1996/EXT 97 (23)}) 11.
Bg5 $1 {This is an original way for the -> here!} b5 (11... hxg5 12. hxg5 Nd5
13. g6 fxg6 14. Nxg6 Bxg6 15. Rxh8+ Bf8 16. O-O-O $1 $44 (16. Qxe6+ Qe7) (16.
Qg4 Bxc2 17. Qxg7 Qe7)) 12. Bb3 O-O {This cold-blooded defence is not
satisfactory either.} 13. c3 a5 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Ne4 a4 16. Bc2 Bxe5 17. dxe5
Nd7 18. O-O-O $16 {R.Mainka-H.Grund, Bayer op. Leverkusen 1997}) (9. Qf3 {
Kostakiev,D 1/2-1/2 Sollars,R-Duelge,J/corr IECG Cat-B 1995 (21)}) (9. c3 {
Kostakiev,D Krebs JF-Hugger,M/It (open) Badenweiler (Germany) 1995/0-1 (55)}) (
9. Bc4 $142 $5 $11 {Kostakiev,D}) 9... Bxd3 (9... Qxd4 $6 {Kostakiev,D} 10.
Nxf7 $1 Bc5 11. Be3 $14) 10. Qxd3 Nd7 (10... Nf6 $5 {Kostakiev,D} 11. Bf4 Be7
12. O-O-O Nbd7 $132) 11. Bf4 Qa5+ (11... Nxe5 $5 {Kostakiev,D} 12. Bxe5 Qa5+
$132) 12. c3 (12. Bd2 $2 Nxe5 $1 $19) 12... Ngf6 13. O-O (13. Nc4 {Kostakiev,D}
Qd5 14. Ne3 Qa5 $11) 13... Be7 $2 (13... Nxe5 {was the defensive move with
quick simplifications:} 14. Bxe5 (14. dxe5 Nd5) 14... Be7 15. Rfe1 O-O $11) 14.
Rfe1 O-O {[#] [#]} ({After} 14... Nxe5 {The R can already take back.} 15. Rxe5
Qb6 16. Qe2 {/\ Nf5 with a nasty pressure on the e <->.}) (14... Nd5 {
Kostakiev,D} 15. Nxd7 Nxf4 16. Qf3 $11) 15. Nf5 $1 {Perhaps this was
overlooked by Bareev?} exf5 {White creates threats along the open e-file} (
15... Rfe8 16. Nxh6+ $1 {demolishes Black's >>.} gxh6 17. Bxh6 $18) (15... Nxe5
$4 {Kostakiev,D} 16. Nxe7+ $18) 16. Nxd7 Rfe8 (16... Nxd7 17. Rxe7 $18) 17. Ne5
$1 (17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 $14) 17... Ne4 18. Qh3 $1 Nd6 19. Re3 Bf8 20. h5 Re6 (20...
Re7 $142 $11 {Kostakiev,D}) 21. Nd7 Qd5 (21... Rxe3 {Kostakiev,D} 22. Qxe3 Re8
23. Nf6+ gxf6 24. Qg3+ $14) 22. Rxe6 Qxe6 (22... fxe6 $5 23. Nxf8 $1 (23. Bxh6
$4 Nf7 $19) (23. Re1 Nc4 24. b3 Qxd7 25. bxc4 Bd6 $14) 23... Rxf8 24. Re1 $16)
23. Nc5 (23. Nxf8 $142 $5 {Kostakiev,D} Rxf8 24. Bxd6 Qxd6 25. Qxf5 $14) 23...
Qc8 $6 (23... Qe2 $142 {was the only chance with activization of the Q.} 24.
Bxd6 (24. Nd3 Qg4 (24... Ne4 {Kostakiev,D} 25. Re1 Qc2 $14)) (24. Qg3 Ne4 25.
Nxe4 fxe4 26. Bxh6 Qxh5 $11) 24... Bxd6 25. Nd3 $1 (25. Nxb7 $4 Qxb2 $19) (25.
Qxf5 Qxb2 26. Rb1 Qxa2 27. Nxb7 (27. Rxb7 $4 Qa1+ 28. Rb1 Qxc3 $19) 27... Rb8)
25... Qe4 26. Re1 Qd5 27. b3 $16) 24. Qg3 $16 {Now White wins a P, and his |^
remains also} Ne8 25. Bxh6 Nf6 26. Qh4 (26. Bg5 {Kostakiev,D} Nxh5 27. Qf3 $14)
26... Bxc5 27. dxc5 Qe6 28. Be3 Re8 (28... Ne4 {Kostakiev,D} 29. Bd4 $18) 29.
Bd4 {It is not easy to win this game from technical point of view.} (29. h6 {
Kostakiev,D} gxh6 30. Qxh6 $16) 29... Ng4 (29... Nd5 30. Qg3) (29... Ne4 {
Kostakiev,D} 30. Re1 $18) 30. f3 $1 Nh6 (30... Ne5 {Kostakiev,D} 31. Qg3 $18)
31. Bf2 (31. Qg5 {Kostakiev,D} f6 32. Qg6 Qe2 $16) (31. b3 $1 $16 {Kostakiev,D}
) 31... f6 (31... Qd5 $142 {Kostakiev,D}) 32. Re1 Qf7 33. Rxe8+ Qxe8 34. Qa4 a6
(34... Qxh5 {Kostakiev,D} 35. Qxa7 Qf7 36. Qa8+ $1 $18) 35. Qb3+ Qf7 36. Be3 (
36. Bg3 $5 {Kostakiev,D} Kh7 37. Kf2 $18) 36... Qxb3 37. axb3 {Hecht [#] Good
bishop, space, active king [#] Guter Läufer, Raum, aktiver König} Nf7 38. Kf2
Nd8 39. Ke2 Ne6 40. Kd3 Kf7 41. Kc4 Nc7 42. Bd2 Nd5 43. Kd4 g6 (43... Ke6 44.
c4 Ne7 45. Bf4 $18) 44. hxg6+ Kxg6 45. c4 Nc7 46. Kc3 a5 (46... Kf7 {Kostakiev,
D Hecht} 47. Kb4 Ke6 48. Ka5 Kd7 49. Kb6 Kc8 50. Bc3 Ne8 51. b4 $18 {[%cal
Rb4b5]}) 47. Bf4 Ne6 48. Bd6 Kf7 49. b4 axb4+ 50. Kxb4 Ke8 51. Ka5 Kd7 52. Kb6
Kc8 53. b4 1-0

[Event "Presidents Cup "]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.05.18"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1998.05.07"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6 8.
Be2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 Bf5 12. Rd1 Qb6 13. d6 Rad8 14. Na4 Qb4
15. Bf4 Qxc4 16. Bxc4 Bc2 17. Bxa6 bxa6 18. Nxc5 Bxd1 19. Rxd1 Nd7 20. Nxa6
Rfe8 21. b4 Re4 22. Be3 Bf8 23. Kf1 Nf6 24. Bc5 Bxd6 25. Bxa7 Rd7 26. a3 Rxa7
27. Rxd6 Kg7 28. a4 Rc4 29. Nd2 Rc1+ 30. Ke2 Re7+ 31. Kd3 Ng4 32. Nc5 Nxf2+ 33.
Kd4 Rd1 34. Kc3 Rc7 35. a5 Ra1 36. Kb2 Rg1 37. Ka3 Rxg2 38. Ndb3 Ng4 39. b5 Ne3
40. Kb4 Rg4+ 41. Rd4 Nc2+ 42. Kc4 Na3+ 43. Kb4 Nc2+ 44. Kc4 Na3+ 45. Kd3 Rxd4+
46. Nxd4 Nxb5 0-1

[Event "Presidents Cup "]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.05.19"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "1998.05.07"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3
O-O 9. Qd2 a5 10. Bb5 Na7 ({The most popular continuation. The alternative is} 
10... Be6 11. Nd5 (11. Rd1 Nb4 12. a3 Na6 13. Qf2 Nc7 14. Nc5 Qc8 15. Nxe6 fxe6
16. Qe2 d5 17. exd5 exd5 18. Bf2 Nxb5 19. Qxb5 d4 20. Nd5 {1/2-1/2 Grosar,
A-Popovic,P/JUG-ch 1991 (29)}) 11... Bxd5 12. exd5 Na7 13. Be2 a4 14. Nc1 Qc7
15. c4 b5 16. b3 bxc4 17. bxc4 Nc8 18. Rb1 Rb8 19. Rxb8 Qxb8 {1/2-1/2
Podlesnik,B-Gschnitzer,O/Vienna op 1990 (40)}) 11. Bd3 ({Another popular move
is} 11. Be2 Bd7 (11... Be6 12. O-O Nc8 13. Rfd1 Nb6 14. Kh1 a4 {1/2-1/2 Gomez
Esteban,J-Garcia Ilundain,D/ESP-chT 1996}) 12. a4 Nc6 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Nb4
15. c3 (15. O-O Qc7 16. c3 Na6 17. f4 f5 18. Rfd1 Bf6 19. Bb5 Nb8 20. fxe5 Bxe5
21. Nd4 Bxb5 22. Ne6 {1/2-1/2 Podlesnik,B-Gostisa,L/Vidmar mem 1989 (28)})
15... Na6 16. O-O h6 17. Bb5 Nb8 18. Qe2 {1/2-1/2 Magem Badals,J-Greenfeld,A/
Pamplona9394 1993}) 11... Nc6 12. Bb5 Na7 13. Bd3 Nc6 14. a3 Be6 15. Rd1 h6 (
15... d5 $2 {fails to} 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Bxh7+ $16) 16. O-O Nd7
17. Bb5 Qc7 18. Kh1 Nb6 (18... Rac8 {was an option here.}) 19. Qe2 Rfd8 (19...
Bg5 20. Bxb6 ({another option is} 20. Bxg5 hxg5 21. Qd2) 20... Qxb6 21. Rxd6 {
does not seem to offer a sufficient compensation for a pawn.}) (19... Na7 {
fails to} 20. Nxa5) (19... Rad8 {is strongly met by} 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. exd5) 20.
Qf2 (20. Nd5 {also deserved attention here, but the text move seems to be the
strongest continuation.}) 20... Nd7 (20... Nc4 {admits obvious refutation:} 21.
Bxc4 Bxc4 22. Bb6 Qd7 23. Bxd8 Bxf1 24. Bxe7) 21. Ba4 ({Vacating the b5-square
for the knight or, eventually, rook.} 21. Na4 $5 {provoking} Bg5 $6 22. Nb6
Rab8 23. Nxd7 Bxe3 (23... Qxd7 24. Nxa5) (23... Rxd7 24. Bb6 $16) 24. Nf6+ $16
{was a plausible alternative.}) 21... Bc4 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. Rxd5 {This is
stronger than 23.ed5 Ncb8. White is planning to keep the chronically weak
d-pawn under pressure.} Bg5 24. Bxg5 hxg5 25. Rb5 Ra6 26. Rd5 Raa8 27. Qe2 Nf8
28. c3 Ne6 29. Rfd1 Na7 (29... Nf4 {is met by} 30. Qc4) 30. g3 Nc8 31. R5d2 Nb6
32. Bb5 g6 33. Kg2 Kg7 34. Qe3 Nc4 (34... Nc8 {deserved attention here,
although White has a superior position at any rate.}) 35. Bxc4 Qxc4 36. Nc1 Qc6
37. Nd3 Kf8 $2 ({This move allow White to undertake effective operations on
the kingside.} 37... Rh8 38. Nf2 Rad8 {was to be preferred.}) 38. h4 $1 {
[%cal Ge3h6,Gh6h4,Gh4e7] This excellent move yields White a large advantage.}
gxh4 39. Qh6+ Ke7 ({Or} 39... Ke8 40. Qh8+ {and Black has nothing better than}
Ke7 $18 ({in view of} 40... Kd7 41. Nxe5+ $18) ({or} 40... Nf8 41. Nxe5 $18))
40. Qxh4+ g5 ({Black cannot avoid weakening of the f5-square, which is now
accessible to the white queen and knight, since} 40... Ke8 {is bad in view of}
41. Qf6) 41. Qg4 Rh8 42. Nf2 Rag8 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Gf2g4,Gg4e3,Ge3f5,Ge3d5,
Yg4f5,Yd1d6] Threatening by 43...Nf4+.} ({After} 42... Rad8 43. Qf5 {followed
by 44.Ng4 Black's position is unbearable.}) 43. Rxd6 $1 {Well-deliberated and
strategically firmly grounded undertaking. Exchanging his rook pair for the
queen, White achieves excellent interaction between his queen and knight,
developing very dangerous initiative.} Qxd6 44. Rxd6 Kxd6 45. Qf5 {[%csl Re5]
[%cal Gf2g4,Gg4e5,Gf5e5] The threats 46.Ng4 and 46.Nd3 force Black to
sacrifice his f-pawn.} f6 46. Qxf6 Rf8 47. Qg6 Rfg8 48. Qf7 Rg7 (48... Rf8 {
is bad in view of} 49. Qxb7) 49. Qf6 Rf8 50. Qh6 Rgf7 51. Qh5 a4 52. Nd3 b5 53.
Kf2 Nc5 54. Nxe5 $1 {The decisive blow! After this move Black is entirely
defenseless.} Nxe4+ (54... Kxe5 {loses immediately in view of} 55. Qxg5+ Kd6
56. Qd5+) 55. Ke3 Kxe5 56. fxe4 {With two pawns up and excellent prospects to
win all remaining Black pawns, White is comfortably converting his decisive
advantage.} Rg7 57. Qd1 {White's mobile queen is aiming at Black's weak pawns
on the queenside.} Kf6 58. Qf1+ Ke7 59. Qxb5 g4 60. Qb4+ $1 {Forcing the black
king to set the f-file,since after 60...Ke8 White takes the a4-pawn with check.
} Kf7 61. Qxa4 Kg8 62. Qb5 $1 Kh7 ({Now} 62... Rf3+ 63. Kd4 Rxg3 {fails to} 64.
Qb8+) 63. Qh5+ Kg8 64. Qe5 1-0

[Event "Presidents Cup "]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.05.20"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1998.05.07"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hecht} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8.
Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Bb7 12. Bg2 Qb6 13. exf6 c5 14. d5
O-O-O 15. O-O b4 16. Na4 Qa6 17. a3 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Ne5 19. axb4 Rxd5 20. Qe2
cxb4 21. Nc3 Qc6 22. Nxd5 Qxd5 {Dieses Qualitätsopfer wurde zuerst in der
Partie W.Iwantschuk-A.Shirow (Novgorod 1994) gespielt. Als Kompensation erhält
Schwarz einen starken Springer auf d3. Wie es scheint, hat Schwarz
vollwertiges Spiel.} 23. f3 Nd3 24. h4 b3 $1 {Eine neue Idee. Bislang wurde
automatisch 24...Bc5+ gespielt. Iwantschuk konsolidiert stattdessen seine
Stellung, da Weiß nichts unternehmen kann.} (24... Bc5+ 25. Kg2 Bd4 {1/2-1/2
Pedersen,H-Petersen,S/Copenhagen BSF-B 1995/EXP 46 (46)} (25... Kb7 26. Ra5 $1
{1-0 Ivanchuk,V-Shirov,A/Novgorod 1994/CBM 43/[Ftacnik] (46) Ftacnik})) 25. Kg2
Kb7 26. Ra4 Bb4 27. Bd2 Bc5 28. Be3 Rg8 29. Bg5 {Die Manöver des Läufers
machen keinen berauschenden Eindruck, aber Weiß kann ohnehin nichts machen.}
Qd4 30. Rb1 Kc6 31. Qd2 Bb6 32. Kh3 e5 $2 {Gibt Weiß eine Möglichkeit,
auszubrechen.} (32... Kb5 $1 {gibt Schwarz Vorteil. Weiß kann sich nach wie
vor nicht bewegen.}) 33. Be3 $1 Qxe3 34. Rxc4+ Kd5 35. Qxe3 Bxe3 36. Rc3 {
Das entstandene Endspiel ist unklar.} e4 37. Ra1 {Gemäß Drejew in SCHACH 7/98
war sowohl 37...Bb6 als auch 37...Bf2 besser.} Ke5 $2 {Gemäß Drejew in SCHACH
7/98 war sowohl 37...Bb6 als auch 37...Bf2 besser.} (37... Bb6 $5 38. fxe4+
Kxe4 39. Ra4+ (39. Rxb3 $13) 39... Bd4 40. Rcc4 $2 {scheitert an} (40. Rxb3 Nc5
41. Rxd4+ Kxd4 42. Ra3 Ne4 43. Rxa7 Rxg3+ 44. Kh2 $13) 40... Kf3 $1 41. Rxd4
Rxg3+ 42. Kh2 Rg2+ $19) (37... Bf2 $5 38. fxe4+ (38. Ra5+ Ke6) 38... Kxe4 39.
Ra4+ Bd4 {- 37...Bb6}) 38. Ra5+ $16 Kxf6 39. fxe4 Nf2+ 40. Kg2 Ng4 41. Rc6+ Kg7
(41... Ke7 $5) 42. Kf3 Kh7 43. Rc7 Bb6 44. Rh5+ Nh6 45. Rc6 Rg6 46. Rxg6 fxg6
47. Rb5 Kg7 48. g4 Nf7 49. e5 Nd8 50. Rxb3 Ne6 51. Rb4 Kf7 52. Ke4 Ke7 53. Rc4
Bf2 54. h5 gxh5 55. gxh5 Kf7 56. Kd5 Bb6 57. h6 {Hecht [#] Tactics. A
transition into a won pawn-versus-bishop ending, because the bishop can't
control the h-pawn. [#] Taktik. Übergang in ein gewonnenes Endspiel Bauern
gegen Läufer, weil der Läufer nicht den h-Bauern kontrollieren kann.} Nc7+ (
57... Ng5 {Hecht} 58. e6+ Ke7 (58... Nxe6 59. h7 $18) 59. Rg4 Be3 60. h7 Nxh7
61. Rg7+ $18) (57... Nf8 {Hecht} 58. e6+ Ke7 59. Rf4 Be3 60. Rxf8 Kxf8 61. e7+
$18) 58. Rxc7+ Bxc7 59. e6+ 1-0

[Event "Presidents Cup "]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.05.21"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1998.05.07"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 {Khalifman möchte das Wolga-Gambit (3.d5 b5) spielen, aber
Ivanchuk lehnt diese Einladung dankend ab. Ribli.} 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 (
4... e5) (4... e6) (4... g6) 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Nb3 (7. Ndb5 Ne5) 7... Ne5
8. e4 Bb4 9. Qe2 d6 10. Bd2 {Ein relativ selten gespielter Zug. Die
Modevariante ist 10.f4 Nc6 11.Be3 Bxc3 12.bxc3 Qc7 13.Bg2. Die
Partiefortsetzung scheint mir indes logischer, denn Weiß muß nicht mit
Doppelbauern spielen.} O-O 11. O-O-O {Dieser scharfe Zug ist die logische
weiße Konsequenz. Es sei angemerkt, daß es nicht gerade typisch für die
Englische Eröffnung ist, daß Weiß mit langer Rochade spielt.} (11. Rc1 d5 (
11... a5 12. f4 Nc6 13. Be3 Qc7 14. Nd2 b6 15. Bg2 Ba6 16. Nb5 Qd7 17. O-O Rab8
18. Rfd1 e5 19. Nf3 Qe7 20. Nh4 g6 21. fxe5 Nxe5 22. Bg5 Bc5+ 23. Kh1 Bxb5 24.
cxb5 Qe6 {1/2-1/2 Timman,J-Gulko,B/Tal mem 1995 (27)}) (11... Bd7 12. f4 Nc6
13. Bg2 e5 14. a3 Bxa3 15. bxa3 Qxb3 16. Rb1 Qxa3 17. Nb5 Qc5 18. Be3 Nd4 {
0-1 Dienz,O-Koehler,R/Wiesbaden op 1992 (40)}) 12. c5 Qd8 13. a3 dxe4 14. Nxe4
Bxd2+ 15. Nbxd2 Bd7 16. f4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Nc6 18. Bg2 e5 19. O-O exf4 20. gxf4
Nd4 21. Qf2 Nf5 22. Rcd1 Qc7 {Romero Holmes,A-Izeta Txabarri,F/ESP-chT 1997/1/
2-1/2 (46)}) (11. f4 Nc6 12. O-O-O (12. Bg2 e5 13. f5 Nd4 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Nb5
Bxd2+ 16. Qxd2 d5 17. Qxd4 Qxd4 18. Nxd4 dxe4 19. O-O Rd8 20. Nb5 a6 21. Nc3
Rd4 22. Rae1 {Pogorelov,R-Kolev,A/Zaragoza op 1996/1/2-1/2 (52)}) 12... e5 13.
f5 (13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. cxd5 Bxd2+ 15. Qxd2 Nb4 16. Kb1 Bd7 17. a3 Na6 18. Na5 Nc5
19. Nc4 Qc7 20. fxe5 dxe5 21. Qe3 f6 22. Rc1 Rac8 23. Be2 b5 $1 {Lautier,
J-Lutz,C/Baden Baden 1992/0-1 (49)}) 13... Nd4 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16.
cxd5 Re8 17. Qf3 Bxf5 18. exf5 Rac8+ 19. Kb1 Bxd2 20. Rxd2 Re1+ 21. Rd1 Qc5 22.
Bc4 Rxh1 23. Qxh1 Qxc4 24. Qe4 h5 25. a3 d3 26. Qxc4 Rxc4 27. Rxd3 Kf8 28. f6
gxf6 29. Rf3 Kg7 {1/2-1/2 Wittmann,W-Erdelyi,T/AUT-chT2S 1993 (32)}) 11... a5 (
11... Nc6 12. g4 Nd7 13. Be3 Nc5 14. Nxc5 dxc5 15. Na4 Qa6 16. Qc2 Nd4 17. Bxd4
cxd4 18. Rxd4 e5 19. Rd5 Bxg4 20. Kb1 Rac8 21. Rxe5 Qf6 22. Rd5 Bf3 (22... b5
$6 23. Rxb5 Qf3 24. Rg1 Rfd8 25. Bd3 Rxd3 26. Rxb4 Rcd8 27. Nc3 Rd2 $4 28. Qxd2
{1-0 Gschnitzer,O-Horvath,J/Dornbirn op 1990}) 23. Rg1 Qh4 24. Bd3 Rfe8 $13)
12. f4 a4 $146 (12... Nc6 13. Be3 Qa6 14. Nb5 a4 15. Nc7 axb3 16. Nxa6 bxa2 17.
Kc2 Rxa6 18. e5 $5 (18. Bg2 e5 19. f5 Bc5 20. b3 Bd7 21. Kb2 Nd4 22. Bxd4 a1=Q+
23. Rxa1 Bxd4+ 24. Kc2 Bxa1 {0-1 Gleizerov,E-Dvoirys,S/Cheliabinsk 1989}) 18...
dxe5 19. fxe5 Nxe5 20. Kb3 a1=Q 21. Rxa1 Rxa1 22. Kxb4 Bd7 $13 {Dvoirys,S}) 13.
fxe5 (13. Nxa4 $6 Rxa4 14. fxe5 dxe5 $11 {[%csl Rc1]}) 13... axb3 14. a3 (14.
exf6 bxa2 {[%csl Ga2,Rc1]} 15. Nxa2 Rxa2 16. fxg7 (16. Qg4 g6 17. Qg5 (17. Qh4
Qd4 $19 {[%csl Rc1]}) 17... Qd4 $1 $19 {[%csl Rb2,Rc1][%cal Rd4b2]} (17... Rxb2
18. Kxb2 Bxd2+ 19. Qb5 Qd4+ $17)) 16... Kxg7 $15 {[%csl Rc1]}) 14... Bxc3 $6 {
Eine natürliche Antwort, denn in der praktischen Partie wäre es natürlich sehr
schwierig, die taktische Verwicklungen nach 14...dxe5 zu überblicken.} (14...
dxe5 $5 15. axb4 {Weiß hat eine Figur mehr, aber die schwarzen Drohungen sind
gefährlich.} Ra1+ 16. Nb1 Qa7 {[%csl Ga1,Ga7,Gb3,Rc1] Es droht 17...Rxb1 18.
Kxb1 Qa2 19.Kc1 Qa1 Matt.} 17. Qd3 (17. Bc3 Qa2 {[%csl Ga1,Ga2,Rb1,Rc1][%cal
Ra2b1,Ra1b1]} 18. Qd3 Nxe4 (18... Ng4 {[%cal Rg4f2,Rf2d1,Rf2d3,Rf2h1]} 19. Rd2
Ne3 $40 {[%cal Re3c2]}) 19. Qxe4 f5 20. Qd3 e4 $19) 17... Qa2 {[%csl Rc1]} 18.
Bg2 Re8 $13 {[%cal Re8e7,Re7d7,Rd7d1] Diese letzte Variante ist ein wenig
märchenhaft, aber trotz seiner Mehrfigur ist es für Weiß nicht einfach, sich
von der tödlichen Fesselung seines Springers b1 zu befreien.}) 15. Bxc3 dxe5
16. Bxe5 $14 {Weiß besitzt das Läuferpaar und besonders sein schwarzfeldriger
Läufer ist sehr stark, während Schwarz mit seinem Damenläufer Probleme hat.}
Qc6 17. Bxf6 $5 {Weiß gibt seinen besseren Läufer auf, aber es bleibt eine
geschwächte schwarze Königsstellung.} gxf6 18. Qg4+ Kh8 19. Qf3 e5 (19... f5
20. Qxb3 $14 {[%csl Rc8,Rh8] Schwarz hat Schwierigkeiten mit dem Damenläufer.})
20. Rd5 {[%csl Gd5]} f5 {Schwarz opfert zeitweilig einen Bauern, um den Läufer
zu aktivieren.} (20... Kg7 21. Bd3 Be6 22. Rf1 {[%csl Rf6,Rg7]} Bxd5 23. exd5
Qd6 24. Qg4+ Kh8 25. Qf5 $18 {[%csl Rh7,Rh8][%cal Rd3h7]}) 21. Rxe5 Be6 22. Rb5
{[%csl Rh8]} f6 (22... Bxc4 23. Qc3+ f6 24. Bxc4 $18) 23. Rxb3 fxe4 (23... Qxe4
$2 24. Qxe4 fxe4 25. Rxb7 $16) 24. Qe3 Bxc4 25. Bxc4 Qxc4+ 26. Kb1 {Weiß hat
keinen Materialvorteil mehr, aber seine Königsstellung ist sicher und die
schwarze Bauernstruktur schlecht.} Qd5 27. Rb4 {[%csl Re4]} Rae8 28. Rc1 $1 {
Die weißen Figuren sind viel aktiver.} Rf7 29. Rc5 {[%csl Gb4,Gc5,Ge3]} Qd1+ (
29... Qe6 $142 $14) 30. Ka2 Qd6 $2 (30... Qf3 31. Qxf3 exf3 32. Rf5 Re3 33.
Rbf4 $16 {[%csl Rf3]}) (30... f5 $5 {[%csl Rh8] In der Tat ist die Sschwarze
Königsstellung schwach, aber ich denke, daß dies seine beste Möglichkeit wäre.}
31. Rd4 $36) 31. Rxe4 $1 Rxe4 32. Rc8+ {Ein wichtiger Zwischenzug.} Kg7 33.
Qxe4 $16 {[%csl Gc8,Ge4,Rg7] Weiß hat einen Mehrbauern und die schwarze
Königsstellung ist nach wie vor schwach.} f5 34. Qc4 h5 35. Rh8 $1 {Ein
originelles Motiv! Weiß droht 36.Rh7+ mit Gewinn.} Qg6 (35... Kxh8 36. Qxf7 {
[%csl Rf5,Gf7,Rh5,Rh8][%cal Rf7f5,Rf7h5]}) 36. Qd4+ $6 (36. Qc8 $1 $18 {
[%csl Rg6,Rg7]}) 36... Rf6 (36... Qf6 37. Qxf6+ Rxf6 38. Rxh5 $18) 37. Rd8 {
[%csl Rg7]} Qf7+ 38. b3 {[%cal Rd8d7,Rd7g7]} Qe6 39. Rd7+ Kg6 40. Rxb7 {
Die beiden verbundenen Mehrfreibauern bieten dem Weißen ausgezeichnete
Gewinnchancen. Außerdem findet der schwarze König noch immer keine Ruhe.} h4 (
40... Qe2+ 41. Qb2 $16) 41. a4 (41. Qxh4 $4 Qe2+ 42. Kb1 Qf1+ 43. Kb2 Qg2+ {
[%cal Rg2b2,Rg2b7]}) (41. gxh4 $6 Qe2+ 42. Qb2 Qxb2+ 43. Kxb2 f4 $16 {[%csl
Rf4]}) 41... Qc6 42. Rb8 h3 $5 43. Rg8+ Kf7 44. Rh8 Kg7 45. Rh4 $18 {Weiß hat
alle Punkte verteidigt; die schwarze Stellung ist hoffnungslos.} (45. Rxh3 $4
Qg2+ $19 {[%cal Rg2a2,Rg2h3]}) 45... Kg6 (45... Qc2+ 46. Qb2 Qg2 47. Rf4 $18 (
47. Qxg2 $4 hxg2 $19)) 46. Qe3 {[%csl Rg6]} Kf7 47. Qa7+ Kg8 48. Qh7+ {und
Schwarz gab in hoffnungsloser Lage auf.} (48. Qh7+ Kf8 49. Qh8+ Ke7 50. Rh7+
Rf7 (50... Ke6 51. Qxf6+ Kxf6 52. Rh6+ $18 {[%cal Rh6c6]}) 51. Qe5+ Qe6 52.
Qxe6+ Kxe6 53. Rxf7 Kxf7 54. a5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Presidents Cup "]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.05.22"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1998.05.07"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Qc2 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Be7 9. e4 O-O 10. Bd3 c5 11. O-O Qc8 12. Qa2 Nd7 13. Qe2 a5 14. e5 Rd8 15.
Rb1 cxd4 16. cxd4 Ba6 17. h4 h6 18. a4 Bb4 19. Be3 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Qb7 21. Qb5
Nf8 22. Rfc1 Ng6 23. Rc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Classics Giants"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1998.06.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1998.06.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nf6 8. Ne5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Nbd7 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Kb1 O-O 14. Qe2 a5
15. c4 a4 16. Rd3 Rc8 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Qb6 20. Be3 Bc5 21.
Bxh6 gxh6 22. Rg3+ Kh8 23. Qf4 Kh7 24. Qf6 Rg8 25. Qxf7+ Kh8 26. Qf6+ Kh7 27.
Rd1 Bd4 28. Rxd4 Qxd4 29. Qe7+ Kh8 30. Qf6+ Kh7 31. Qf7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Classics Giants"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1998.06.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1998.06.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Ne5 f6 12. Bg4 Bc8 13. Bxc8 Rxc8 14. Nf3 c5 15.
Qe2 Re8 16. Nxd5 Bd6 17. Nxb4 Ng3 18. Qd3 Nxf1 19. Nd5 Nxh2 20. Nxh2 Re1+ 21.
Nf1 Qe8 22. Bf4 Rxa1 23. Bxd6 Qe1 24. Ne7+ Kh8 25. Nxc8 Rd1 26. Qf5 Qxf1+ 27.
Kh2 Qh1+ 28. Kg3 Rg1 29. Qd5 g5 30. Ne7 Qh4+ 31. Kf3 Qh5+ 32. Ke4 Qg4+ 33. Kd3
Qxd4+ 34. Qxd4 cxd4 35. g3 Rg2 36. Bc5 Rxf2 37. Bxd4 Rf3+ 38. Ke4 g4 39. Nf5 h5
40. b4 Ra3 41. Bxf6+ Kh7 42. b5 Rxa2 43. c5 Rc2 44. c6 bxc6 45. Nd4 Rf2 46. Be5
cxb5 47. Nxb5 a5 48. Nc3 Kg6 49. Bc7 Rf3 50. Bxa5 Rxg3 51. Ne2 Ra3 52. Nf4+ Kh6
53. Bd8 Ra4+ 54. Kf5 g3 55. Bg5+ Kh7 56. Bh4 g2 57. Nxg2 Rg4 58. Nf4 Rxh4 0-1

[Event "Chess Classics Giants"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1998.06.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2825"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1998.06.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Be7 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. e5 d5 13. Kb1 Bb7 14. f5
fxe5 15. Qxe5 Bf6 16. Qg3 Qe7 17. fxe6 fxe6 18. Be2 O-O-O 19. Bg4 h5 20. Bh3 h4
21. Qf4 Bg7 22. Rhe1 Rh6 23. a3 Rg6 24. Bxe6+ Rxe6 25. Qg4 Rdd6 26. Rxe6 Qxe6
27. Qxg7 Qf6 28. Qg4+ Kb8 29. Rd4 Re6 30. Qxh4 Qf1+ 31. Ka2 Qxg2 32. Rg4 Qf1
33. Rg8+ Ka7 34. Qd4+ Rb6 35. Nxd5 1-0

[Event "Chess Classics Giants"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1998.06.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1998.06.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 h6 7. h3 Nc6 8. Be3
Be7 9. Qd2 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Bd7 11. O-O-O Bc6 12. Bc4 Qa5 13. Bb3 Nd7 14. Kb1 O-O
15. Qd2 Bf6 16. Bd4 Bxd4 17. Qxd4 Qc5 18. Qd2 Nf6 19. f3 d5 20. g5 d4 21. Ne2
Qxg5 22. Qxg5 hxg5 23. Nxd4 Rfd8 24. c3 Nd7 25. h4 Ne5 26. Nxc6 bxc6 27. Rdf1
gxh4 28. f4 Nd3 29. f5 Nc5 30. fxe6 fxe6 31. Bc4 Rf8 32. Rxf8+ Kxf8 33. Rxh4
Ke7 34. Rg4 Kf6 35. e5+ Kxe5 36. Rxg7 a5 37. b3 Kd6 38. Kb2 Nd7 39. a4 Rf8 40.
Rg2 Ne5 41. Rd2+ Ke7 42. Ba6 Rd8 43. Re2 Nd3+ 44. Kc2 Nc5 45. Bc4 Rh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Classics Giants"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1998.06.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2825"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1998.06.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
f3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. e3 c5 11. cxd5 g5 12. Bf2 Nxd5 13. Qd2 cxd4 14. exd4 e5 15.
h4 exd4 16. hxg5 Re8+ 17. Ne2 d3 18. Rxh6 dxe2 19. Bd4 f6 20. gxf6 exf1=Q+ 21.
Kxf1 Ne3+ 22. Kf2 Nc6 23. Bxe3 Qxd2+ 24. Bxd2 Ba6 25. Bc3 Re2+ 26. Kg3 Kf7 27.
Rh7+ Ke6 28. Rah1 Bc4 29. R1h6 Rg8+ 30. Kf4 Rf8 31. g4 Bd5 32. g5 Rf2 33. Rh3
Rg2 34. Rg3 Rxg3 35. Kxg3 Kf5 36. Rg7 Bf7 37. Kf2 a5 38. Ke3 Nd8 39. g6 Bxg6
40. Rd7 Bf7 41. Rd6 Re8+ 42. Kf2 Ne6 43. Rxb6 a4 44. Ra6 Nf4 45. Ra5+ Kg6 46.
Rxa4 Nd3+ 47. Kg3 Be6 48. Ra7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Classics Giants"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1998.06.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1998.06.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nd2 g6 5. e4 bxc4 6. Bxc4 d6 7. b3 Bg7 8. Bb2
O-O 9. Ngf3 e5 10. dxe6 Bxe6 11. O-O Nc6 12. Re1 Re8 13. Bb5 Qb6 14. a4 Rad8
15. Nc4 Qc7 16. Rc1 Re7 17. Bxc6 Qxc6 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. e5 Bg7 20. exd6 Ree8
21. h3 h6 22. Nfe5 Qa6 23. Qf3 Bxe5 24. Rxe5 Bxc4 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. d7 Rd8 27.
Rxc4 Rxd7 28. Rxc5 Rd3 29. Qa8+ Kg7 30. Qb8 Qf6 31. Qe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Classics Giants 3rd pl"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1998.06.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2825"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "1998.06.19"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Nbd7 9. g4 h6 10. Qd2 b5 11. O-O-O Nb6 12. Qf2 Nfd7 13. Kb1 g6 14. h4 h5 15.
Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Qc7 17. f4 Nc4 18. gxh5 Rxh5 19. Be2 Rf5 20. h5 gxh5 21. Bc1
Nf6 22. Bd3 e4 23. Qe2 Qe7 24. Bxc4 bxc4 25. Qxc4 Qd7 26. Rhe1 Be7 27. Rg1 Qb5
28. Qc3 Rxd5 29. Rg5 Rxg5 30. fxg5 Nd7 31. Qh8+ Nf8 32. Qxh5 Ng6 33. Qg4 Qe5
34. Nd4 d5 35. Be3 Rb8 36. b3 Ba3 37. Rf1 a5 38. Qh3 a4 39. Rf5 Qd6 40. Qh7 Rb7
41. Rf1 axb3 42. axb3 Qe5 43. Qh3 Ne7 44. Qh7 Ng6 45. Qh3 Ne7 46. Rf6 Bc5 47.
Nc6 Nxc6 48. Bxc5 Ne7 49. Qh8+ Kd7 50. Rd6+ Qxd6 51. Bxd6 Kxd6 52. Qf6+ Kd7 53.
Qxf7 Rb6 54. Kc1 Rg6 55. Qf4 Re6 56. Kd1 e3 57. Ke2 Kc6 58. c4 dxc4 59. Qxc4+
Kd7 60. b4 Rg6 61. Qg4+ Kc7 62. Kxe3 Nd5+ 63. Kf2 Kd6 64. b5 Kc5 65. Qf5 Rg7
66. g6 Kd6 67. b6 Rb7 68. Kg3 Rg7 69. Kh4 Rg8 70. b7 1-0

[Event "Chess Classics Giants 3rd pl"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1998.06.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2825"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1998.06.19"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Qa5 7. Nd2 Bb4 8. Qc2
O-O 9. Be2 c5 10. Nb3 Qc7 11. O-O dxc4 12. Bxc4 cxd4 13. Nb5 Qb8 14. N5xd4 Bd6
15. f4 h6 16. Bh4 a6 17. Be2 Nd5 18. Qd2 N7f6 19. Rad1 Bb4 20. Qd3 Bd7 21. Bf3
Ba4 22. Kh1 Be7 23. Rc1 Rc8 24. Na5 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Qd8 26. Nxb7 Qb6 27. b3 Bb5
28. Nxb5 axb5 29. Bg3 Nh5 30. Bh4 Ng3+ 31. Bxg3 Bf6 32. Bxd5 exd5 33. Nc5 Bb2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Classics Giants 3rd pl"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1998.06.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2825"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "1998.06.19"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. h4 Qb6
9. Na4 Qa5+ 10. Nc3 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bb4 12. Nb3 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Qxc3+ 14. Kf2 Nb4
15. Bd3 O-O 16. Kg1 f6 17. Bd2 Qc7 18. Bxh7+ Kxh7 19. Bxb4 Rf7 20. Bd6 Qc4 21.
Qd3+ Kg8 22. Nd4 fxe5 23. fxe5 Nb6 24. h5 Na4 25. Rh4 Bd7 26. h6 Qxd3 27. cxd3
Rc8 28. hxg7 Rxg7 29. Rf1 Nc3 30. Rf6 Nb5 31. Nxe6 Bxe6 32. Rxe6 Rc2 33. Re8+
Kf7 34. e6+ Kf6 35. Rf4+ Kg5 36. Be5 Rg6 37. e7 Re2 38. Ref8 Rxe5 39. R4f5+
Rxf5 40. e8=Q Rxf8 41. Qxf8 Nd6 42. Qf3 b5 43. g3 Re6 44. Qxd5+ Kf6 45. g4 Nf7
46. Qf5+ Ke7 47. d4 Rf6 48. Qe4+ Kf8 49. Kg2 Kg7 50. Kg3 Rg6 51. d5 Rd6 52. Kf4
Rf6+ 53. Ke3 Rd6 54. Kd4 Rg6 55. Kc5 Rf6 56. Qd4 Kg6 57. Qe4+ Kg5 58. Qe7 Kg6
59. a3 Kg5 60. Kb4 Kg6 61. Kc5 Kg5 62. Qe4 Kh6 63. Qh1+ Kg7 64. Qh5 Rh6 65. Qf5
Rf6 66. Qe4 Kh6 67. Qe3+ Kg6 68. Qh3 Kg7 69. g5 Nxg5 70. Qg4 Rg6 71. Kb4 Nf7
72. Qd4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Classics Giants 3rd pl"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1998.06.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2825"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1998.06.19"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3
Nc6 9. Rc1 a6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 Ba7 12. O-O d4 13. exd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Qxd4
15. Be3 Qh4 16. Bxa7 Rxa7 17. Qa4 Qxa4 18. Nxa4 b5 19. Nc5 Nd7 20. Rfd1 Nxc5
21. Rxc5 g6 22. f3 Be6 23. Kf2 b4 24. a4 Bb3 25. Bc2 Bxc2 26. Rxc2 b3 27. Rc3
Rb8 28. Rd4 h5 29. h4 Kg7 30. Rc6 Re7 31. Rxa6 Rc7 32. Rd2 Rc2 33. Rad6 Rb4 34.
a5 Rxd2+ 35. Rxd2 Rxh4 36. g4 hxg4 37. Kg3 Rh5 38. fxg4 Rxa5 39. Rd3 Rb5 40.
Rf3 f5 41. gxf5 gxf5 42. Rc3 Kh6 43. Kf3 Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Frankfurt Ordix op"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1998.06.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Niebling, Ferdinand"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1998.06.20"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. f4 e5 7. Nf3 Nge7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Nd4 10. Qd2 Rb8 11. Nd1 b5 12. c3 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 b4 14. Nf2 exf4 15.
Bxf4 Nc6 16. Bh6 bxc3 17. bxc3 Bxh6 18. Qxh6 Qf6 19. Qf4 Qe5 20. Ng4 Bxg4 21.
Bxg4 Qxc3 22. Qxd6 Nd4 23. Rad1 Rb2 24. Qf4 Rxa2 25. e5 h5 26. Bxh5 Qb2 27. Rf2
Qxf2+ 28. Qxf2 Rxf2 29. Kxf2 gxh5 30. Ke3 a5 31. Ra1 0-1

[Event "Frankfurt Ordix op"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1998.06.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Schaack, Harry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1998.06.20"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Nge2 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Ng3
exd5 9. cxd5 b6 10. Bf4 Qe7 11. Qd2 h5 12. Bg5 a6 13. a4 Nbd7 14. Be2 Re8 15.
O-O Nf8 16. Rab1 h4 17. Nh1 h3 18. g3 N8h7 19. Bh6 Bh8 20. Nf2 Bd7 21. b4 c4
22. g4 b5 23. a5 Nh5 24. Be3 Qe5 25. Rfc1 Ng3 26. Bd1 g5 27. Nxh3 Bf6 28. Kg2
Nh5 29. gxh5 Bxh3+ 30. Kxh3 g4+ 31. Kxg4 Kh8 32. f4 Rg8+ 33. Kh3 Qe7 34. Bd4
Qd7+ 1-0

[Event "Frankfurt Ordix op"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1998.06.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kekelidze, Mikheil"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1998.06.20"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g3 Bd7 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Nxc6 Bxc6 10. Re1 O-O 11. Be3 Qc8 12. Qe2 b6 13. Rad1 Rd8 14. Bf4 Rd7
15. g4 g6 16. Bf3 Ne8 17. g5 Bf8 18. Bg4 Bg7 19. h4 Qd8 20. Rd2 Rc8 21. Nb5
Bxb2 22. Red1 Bxb5 23. Qxb5 Bc3 24. Rd3 Bg7 25. c4 Rc5 26. Qb3 Qc7 27. e5 Bxe5
28. Bxe5 Rxe5 29. Rd4 Qc5 30. Qa4 Re7 31. Kg2 Re1 32. R1d2 Rc1 33. Re4 h5 34.
Bh3 Rc3 35. Red4 Kf8 36. Qd1 Rxc4 37. Qa1 Rc1 38. Qb2 Qc6+ 39. f3 Qc3 40. Qxc3
Rxc3 41. Kf2 Rec7 42. Bf1 d5 43. Be2 Nd6 44. Ra4 Ke7 45. Bd3 Kd8 46. Ke2 Kc8
47. Kf2 Kb8 48. Ke2 a5 49. Rb2 Ka7 50. Kd2 R3c5 51. Rb1 Nc4+ 52. Ke2 b5 53.
Bxc4 bxa4 54. Bd3 Rb7 55. Ra1 Rb4 56. Ke3 Rxh4 57. Rb1 d4+ 58. Kf2 Rxg5 59. Rc1
Rh2+ 60. Ke1 Rg1+ 61. Bf1 Rxf1+ 0-1

[Event "Frankfurt Ordix op"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1998.06.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ubilava, Elizbar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1998.06.20"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3
Be6 9. Nd5 Bxd5 10. exd5 Nb8 11. a4 a5 12. Bb5+ Nbd7 13. Nc1 O-O 14. Ne2 e4 15.
f4 Ng4 16. Bd4 e3 17. O-O Bf6 18. Ra3 Re8 19. Rf3 Re4 20. Bxf6 Ndxf6 21. h3 Nf2
22. Qe1 Nxd5 23. c4 Nb4 24. Raxe3 Rxe3 25. Rxe3 Nfd3 26. Qg3 Qb6 27. Kh2 Nxb2
28. f5 d5 29. Qe5 h6 30. Rg3 f6 31. Qe4 1-0

[Event "Frankfurt Ordix op"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1998.06.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hertneck, Gerald"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1998.06.20"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb7 6. Bg2 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nc3 Na6 10. e3 Qc8 11. Qe2 Ne4 12. Rfd1 Nxd2 13. Rxd2 d5 14. cxd5 exd5
15. Ne5 Rd8 16. a3 c5 17. dxc5 Qxc5 18. Rc2 Qd6 19. Nd3 Nc7 20. b4 Ba6 21. b5
Bxb5 22. Nxb5 Nxb5 23. Nf4 Qe5 24. Rf1 Nc3 25. Qd3 Rac8 26. Nxd5 Nxd5 27. Rxc8
Rxc8 28. Bxd5 Rc3 29. Qb5 Kf8 30. Rd1 Bxa3 31. Qd7 Qe7 32. Qh3 Kg8 33. Rd4 Rc7
34. Rf4 Qe8 35. Qf5 Bd6 36. Rc4 g6 37. Qc2 Bc5 38. Qb3 Re7 39. Kg2 Qd7 40. Re4
Rxe4 41. Bxe4 a5 42. h4 a4 43. Qc4 a3 44. h5 Kg7 45. Qc3+ f6 46. h6+ Kf7 47.
Qc4+ Kf8 48. Qa6 f5 49. Bf3 Ke7 50. Qa8 Kf6 51. Qh8+ Kg5 52. Qg7 Qd2 53. Qxh7
a2 54. Qg7 Bxe3 55. h7 Qxf2+ 56. Kh3 Bd4 1-0

[Event "Frankfurt Ordix op"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1998.06.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E68"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1998.06.20"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. c4 Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4
a6 9. Re1 exd4 10. Nxd4 Ng4 11. h3 Qf6 12. Nf3 Nge5 13. Nd5 Qd8 14. Nxe5 Nxe5
15. Qe2 Re8 16. Be3 b5 17. c5 Nc4 18. cxd6 cxd6 19. Rab1 Bb7 20. Red1 Nxe3 21.
Qxe3 Rc8 22. Rd2 Rc5 23. Qb3 Qa5 24. Rbd1 Bxd5 25. Rxd5 Rxd5 26. Rxd5 Qe1+ 27.
Bf1 Re6 28. Qc2 h5 29. h4 Qxe4 30. Qxe4 Rxe4 31. Rxd6 Ra4 32. Rd8+ Kh7 33. Rd7
Rxa2 34. Rxf7 Rxb2 35. Ra7 Ra2 36. Bxb5 Ra1+ 37. Bf1 Kh6 38. Rxa6 Rxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Frankfurt Ordix op"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1998.06.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "1998.06.20"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Ng5 Rf8 12. Nf3 Na5 13. Bc2 Nc4 14. Nbd2 Nxd2 15.
Bxd2 Re8 16. a4 Bf8 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. Bg5 Qe7 19. Nh2 h6 20. Bh4 Rad8 21. Qe2
c6 22. Bb3 Bc8 23. axb5 axb5 24. Nf1 Be6 25. Bxe6 Qxe6 26. Ra6 Ra8 27. Rea1
Rxa6 28. Rxa6 Qc8 29. Ra1 Nd7 30. f3 Nc5 31. Bf2 Rd8 32. Rd1 Ne6 33. Rxd8 Qxd8
34. Qd2 Qc7 35. Ne3 h5 36. h4 g6 37. Nc2 Be7 38. g3 Kf8 39. Ne1 Kg7 40. Nd3 c5
41. b3 c4 42. bxc4 bxc4 43. Nb2 Bc5 44. Qe2 Bxf2+ 45. Kxf2 Qb6+ 46. Kg2 Qb3 47.
Nxc4 Qxc3 48. Ne3 Nd4 49. Qf2 f5 50. exf5 gxf5 51. Nf1 f4 52. Nd2 Qe3 53. Qxe3
fxe3 54. Nc4 e2 55. Kf2 Nxf3 56. Kxe2 Nd4+ 57. Ke3 Kf6 58. Ke4 Nf5 59. Nxe5
Nxg3+ 60. Kf3 Nf5 61. Nd3 Nxh4+ 62. Kg3 Nf5+ 63. Kh3 Kg5 64. Ne1 Nd4 65. Kg3
Ne2+ 66. Kf3 Nf4 67. Ng2 Ng6 68. Kg3 Ne7 69. Nh4 Nd5 70. Nf3+ Kg6 71. Kh4 Nf6
72. Ne5+ Kh6 73. Nf7+ Kg7 74. Nd6 Kg6 75. Nc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Frankfurt Ordix op"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1998.06.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "David, Alberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1998.06.20"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Re1 Nc6 9. Nb3 a6 10. Bf1 b5 11. a4 b4 12. Nd5 Nd7 13. a5 Bb7 14. Ra2 e6 15.
Ne3 Nc5 16. Nc4 Nxb3 17. cxb3 Bd4 18. Be3 e5 19. Qd2 Rb8 20. g3 Qf6 21. Bg2
Bxe3 22. fxe3 Rfd8 23. Raa1 Qe6 24. Red1 Ne7 25. Nb6 Qxb3 26. Ra4 Bc6 27. Rxb4
Qe6 28. Rc1 d5 29. exd5 Bxd5 30. Nxd5 Rxb4 31. Qxb4 Nxd5 32. Qb3 e4 33. Rd1 Rd7
34. Bf1 Qg4 35. Rxd5 1-0

[Event "Frankfurt Ordix op"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1998.06.21"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1998.06.20"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 e5 4. Bxc4 exd4 5. exd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bd6 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
O-O Nc6 9. h3 h6 10. Re1 a6 11. a3 Re8 12. Rxe8+ Qxe8 13. Qd3 Qf8 14. Be3 Bd7
15. Nh4 Kh8 16. Nf5 Re8 17. Nxd6 Qxd6 18. Rd1 Be6 19. Bxe6 Rxe6 20. d5 Ne5 21.
Qd4 Re8 22. Bf4 c5 23. dxc6 Qxd4 24. Rxd4 Nxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 26th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1998.06.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1998.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O d5 10. Kb1 {Diese Fortsetzung, vor nicht allzu langer Zeit noch
als aussichtsreiche Überraschung gehandelt, ist wegen der folgenden schwarzen
Erwiderung nach dem 11.Zug praktisch erledigt. Weiß kann niemals gewinnen.}
Nxd4 (10... Rb8 {ist spielbar, falls Schwarz mehr als remis möchte.}) 11. e5
Nf5 12. exf6 Bxf6 $1 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 {Diese Damen"opfer" ist die Idee.} 14. Qxd5
Nxe3 15. Qd2 Nxd1 16. Qxd1 Be6 {Schwarz hat Läufer und Turm für die Dame, was
materiell einigermaßen in Ordnung ist. Er hat aber außerdem das Läuferpaar und
er wird mit seinen Turmen die d-Linie in Besitz nehmen. Die strategische
Aufgabe von Weiß besteht darin, einen schwarzen Turm zu tauschen, was kaum
gelingen wird, wenn Schwarz aufpasst.} 17. Bd3 Rfd8 18. Qe1 Rd6 19. Qa5 b6 20.
Qe1 Rc8 21. a3 Rc5 22. g4 Rcd5 23. Qg3 h5 {Der zentralisierte Turm auf d5
wirkt nicht nur auf der d-Linie, sondern kontrolliert auch die 5.Reihe.} 24. h3
h4 25. Qf2 Rxd3 26. cxd3 Rxd3 27. Qe2 Rb3 28. Rd1 g5 {Einfacher als} (28...
Rxb2+ 29. Qxb2 Bxb2 30. Kxb2 g5 $11) 29. Rd2 Kg7 30. Qe4 a5 31. Kc1 b5 32. Kd1
a4 33. Ke1 Bc4 34. Kf2 e6 35. Qc2 Bd5 36. Qd1 b4 37. axb4 Rxb4 38. Qe2 Rb3 39.
Kg2 Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 26th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1998.06.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1998.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Blatny,P Ftacnik} e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Nxe5 d6 5. Nf3 d5 6. Bd3
Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. Re1 Bg4 9. c3 f5 10. Nbd2 O-O (10... Qd6 {see Leko-Jussupow
here in CBM 66.}) 11. Qb3 {This line connected with the P grab is not highly
evaluated amongst the theoreticians. This game doesn't change the picture
either. Black has a very strong attack on the >>, and it is surprising that
Ivanchuk had the courage to play it against one of the best attacking player
of the world!} Kh8 (11... Na5 $5 {Blatny,P} 12. Qa4 Nc6 13. Qb3 Na5 14. Qa4 Nc6
15. Bb5 Nxd2 (15... Rf6 16. Bxc6 Rxc6 17. Ne5 Ra6 18. Qc2 Bh5 19. f3 $14) 16.
Nxd2 Qd6 17. Nb3 f4 18. Nc5 Qg6 19. Bd3 $1 (19. Nxb7 $6 Bf3 $1 (19... Bh3 $2
20. g3 fxg3 21. fxg3 (21. hxg3 Qf6 22. Bf4 $16) 21... Qf5 22. Bf4 g5 23. Bxc6
gxf4 24. Re5 Qf6 25. Bxd5+ Kh8 26. Qc2 Qg7 27. Qd3 $18) 20. g3 fxg3 21. fxg3
Bh4 $40) 19... Bf5 20. Bxf5 Rxf5 21. f3 $1 $11 {Yudasin-Khalifman,A/Simferopol
1988}) 12. Qxb7 Rf6 (12... Nxd2 $2 {Blatny,P} 13. Bxd2 Bxf3 14. Qxc6 Rf6 15.
Re6 Be4 16. Rxf6 Bxf6 17. Bxe4 fxe4 18. Bf4 $18 {Garbisu,U-Abell,F/ESP-chJ 1992
}) 13. Qb5 (13. Qb3 {Blatny,P} g5 (13... Qd6 $6 14. Bb5 Raf8 $2 15. Bxc6 Qxc6
16. Ne5 Qd6 17. f3 Nxd2 18. Bxd2 Bh5 19. Bg5 $18 {Losev,D-Bianchi,G/Russian
Winter op 1991}) (13... Bd6 $5) (13... Rg6 $5) 14. Bb5 Qg8 15. Bxc6 Rxc6 16.
Ne5 Rb6 17. Qc2 Bh5 18. f3 Nxd2 19. Bxd2 f4 20. c4 Rd8 21. Ba5 Ra6 22. Bc3 $1
Rf6 23. Ng4 $18 {Rychagov,A-Tammela,K/Kuopio op 1991}) 13... Rb8 14. Qa4 Bd6 {
all Black pieces are very active, while White suffers from passivity and lack
of development.} (14... Rg6 {Ftacnik} 15. Bb5 Nxd2 16. Nxd2 Rb6 17. Be2 Bh3 18.
g3 (18. Bf1 $16 {Blatny,P}) 18... f4 19. Nf3 Qf8 (19... fxg3 $142 $44) 20. Qd1
Bd6 21. Bd3 Rf6 {0-1 Hahnewald,P-Riedel,F/OLWuert/1988/ (30)} (21... Rf6 22.
Ng5 $1 (22. Ne5 $2 fxg3 23. hxg3 g6 24. f4 Nxe5 25. dxe5 (25. fxe5 Rf3 26. Bf4
Rxf4 27. gxf4 Qxf4 $40) 25... Bc5+ 26. Kh2 Qh6 $1 27. f5 Rxb2+ 28. Bd2 Qh5 29.
Kh1 Bg4+ 30. Kg2 Qh3# {Hahnewald,P-Riedel,F/OLWuert 1988}) 22... fxg3 23. hxg3
Bf5 $8 24. Bxf5 Rxf5 25. Qh5 Qg8 26. Re8 Bf8 $8 27. Qe2 $18)) 15. h3 (15. Bb5 {
Ftacnik} Nxd2 16. Bxd2 Bxf3 17. Bxc6 Bxh2+ 18. Kh1 Be5 19. dxe5 Rxc6 20. gxf3
Rc4 21. Qc2 Rb6 22. e6 Rh4+ 23. Kg2 Qf6 24. Rg1 Rxe6 25. Rae1 {1-0 Berthelot,
Y-Bex,P/FRA-chT/1993/ (36)}) (15. Be2 {Ftacnik} Qe8 16. Ne5 Bxe2 17. Nxe4 dxe4
18. Qxc6 Qh5 19. Qd5 c6 20. Qa5 f4 21. Qxa7 Rbf8 {0-1 Dzhumaev,M-Balogh,T/
WchJM-U18/1994/ (31)}) 15... Bh5 (15... Nxd2 {Ftacnik} 16. Nxd2 (16. hxg4 Nxf3+
17. gxf3 fxg4 18. fxg4 Rf3 19. Qxc6 Qh4 $1 20. Re8+ Rxe8 21. Qxe8+ Rf8 22. Qe1
Qh3 23. Bf5 Bh2+ 24. Kh1 Bg3+ $11) 16... Bxh3 17. gxh3 Rg6+ 18. Kf1 Qg5 19.
Qxc6 (19. Ke2 $1 {Blatny,P} Qh5+ (19... Re8+ 20. Kd1 Qh5+ 21. Re2 (21. f3 Rxe1+
22. Kxe1 Qxh3 23. Kd1 $18) 21... Rg1+ 22. Kc2 Rxe2 23. Bxe2 Qxe2 24. Qxc6 $18)
20. Nf3 Re6+ 21. Kd2 Rbe8 22. Rxe6 Rxe6 23. Kc2 $1 $18) 19... Qg2+ 20. Ke2 Bg3
21. Qd7 Qxf2+ 22. Kd1 Qxe1+ 23. Kc2 Bf4 24. Qxf5 Bxd2 {0-1 Ernst,T-Storland,K/
Arnold Cup/1987/}) 16. Be2 Rg6 {This is more direct than} (16... Be8 17. Qc2 (
17. Bb5 $1 {Blatny,P} Be7 (17... Rb6 $142 18. Bxc6 $140 Bxc6 19. Qxa7 Qc8 $1)
18. Nxe4 fxe4 19. Bg5 $1 exf3 20. Bxf6 Rxb5 21. Bxg7+ Kxg7 22. Qxb5 Nxd4 23.
Qd3 Ne2+ 24. Kf1 fxg2+ 25. Kxe2 Bh5+ 26. f3 Qe8 27. Kd1 Qa4+ 28. b3 Qh4 29.
Rxe7+ Qxe7 30. Kd2 $18 {_|_}) 17... Rg6 {Ftacnik} 18. Nf1 Bd7 (18... Qf6 $1 $13
) 19. Ne3 Be6 20. Bf1 f4 21. Nc4 Bxh3 22. Rxe4 dxe4 23. Qxe4 Qd7 24. Nxd6 cxd6
25. Bxf4 {1-0 Sax,G-Arlandi,E/Rome/1985/ (38)}) 17. Kf1 (17. Nxe4 fxe4 $1 18.
Ng5 {is Anand's suggestion. However after} Rxg5 $1 19. Bxg5 Qxg5 20. Bxh5 Ne7
$1 (20... Rf8 {Ftacnik} 21. Rf1 (21. Qxc6 {Blatny,P} Qf4 $1 (21... Qf6 22. Kh1
Qxf2 23. Qxd5 Qf4 (23... Qg3 $2 24. Qxd6 $8 cxd6 25. Rxe4 g6 26. Bf3 $1 Rxf3 $8
27. Rg4 $1 Qf2 28. gxf3 Qxb2 $13 {_|_}) 24. g3 Qxg3 25. Re2 Qxh3+ 26. Kg1 Qg3+
27. Rg2 Qe3+ 28. Kh1 Qh3+ $11) 22. Qxd5 $1 (22. f3 $2 Qh2+ 23. Kf1 Bg3 $1 24.
Qc5 $1 (24. Qxd5 Qh1+ 25. Ke2 Qxg2+ 26. Kd1 (26. Ke3 Bf4+ 27. Kxe4 Qc2#) 26...
Bxe1) 24... Qh1+ 25. Ke2 Qxg2+ 26. Kd1 Rb8 $1 27. Qxa7 Qxb2 28. Rc1 Bf4 $19)
22... Qxf2+ 23. Kh1 $11) 21... Ne7 22. Qd1 g6 23. Bg4 h5 {0-1 Boyle-Craig,T/
ENG-ch corr/1991/ (35)}) 21. Qd1 (21. Be2 Nf5 $40) 21... g6 22. Bg4 h5 $1 23.
Bd7 Rd8 24. Bb5 Nf5 25. Qc1 Bf4 26. Qc2 Nh4 27. Bf1 Nf3+ 28. Kh1 Nxe1 29. Rxe1
h4 $44 {Black has sufficient counterplay according Ivanchuk, because the ^-
helps for the active party.}) (17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Qg5 19. Bf1 Nxf2 $1 20.
exd6 Nxh3+ 21. Kh1 Nf2+ 22. Kg1 Nh3+ $11 {is a nice variation with perpetual.})
17... Bf4 {Ftacnik: Black obviously has some compensation for the sacrificed
pawn. The knight on e4 is extremely unpleasant for white and the attack
against white king can not be underestimated.} (17... Nxd2+ {Ftacnik} 18. Nxd2
Bxe2+ 19. Rxe2 Qd7 20. Nf3 $16) (17... Rb6 {Ftacnik} 18. Bb5 Ne7 19. Ne5 Bxe5
20. Nxe4 fxe4 21. dxe5 $16) (17... Nxf2 {Ftacnik} 18. Qxc6 Bg3 19. Qa4 $16) 18.
Nb3 Bxc1 (18... Qd6 $5 {Ftacnik} 19. Bd1 $1 (19. Bb5 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Nxf2 21.
Bxc6 Nxh3 $17) (19. Bxf4 Qxf4 20. Bd1 Nxf2 21. Kxf2 Qg3+ 22. Ke3 Re8+ $15) (19.
Nh4 Bxe2+ 20. Rxe2 Bxc1 (20... Rf6 {Blatny,P} 21. Nf3 $18) 21. Nxg6+ hxg6 22.
Rxc1 Qh2 23. Rxe4 fxe4 24. Qxc6 Rxb3 $1 $14) 19... Bxc1 20. Rxc1 Nxf2 21. Ne5
Nxe5 22. Bxh5 Qa6+ 23. Qxa6 Rxa6 24. Rxe5 $18) 19. Raxc1 Qd6 20. Rc2 $6 {
This slow move is too sophisticated and midgt have caused some headache for
White later in the game.} ({The straightforward} 20. Nh4 {is met by a nice
exchange sacrifice in order to continue the ->:} Qf4 $1 21. Nxg6+ hxg6 22. f3
Ne5 $3 {This move is based on the vertical motif, which can frequently be
overseen during a practical game!} 23. Qxa7 $1 (23. dxe5 $4 Ng3+) 23... Nxf3 $1
{Black is not afraid of sacrificing the entire board!} 24. Qxb8+ Kh7 25. Bxf3
Bxf3 26. Rxe4 $1 Bxe4+ 27. Ke2 Qg3 28. Rg1 Qd3+ 29. Kf2 f4 30. Nc5 Qd2+ 31. Kf1
Qd1+ 32. Kf2 Qd2+ $11 {with perpetual checks again.}) 20... Qf4 (20... Nxf2 {
Ftacnik} 21. Ne5 $1 (21. Kxf2 Qg3+ 22. Ke3 Bxf3 $19) (21. Nh4 {Blatny,P}) 21...
Nxe5 22. Bxh5 Ne4 23. Bxg6 Nxg6 24. Qxa7 $18) (20... Bxf3 $5 {Ftacnik} 21. Bxf3
Qh2 22. Ke2 Re8 23. Kd1 Rge6 24. Rf1 $14) 21. Bd1 Re8 (21... Re6 $5 {Ftacnik}
22. g3 (22. Be2 Bxf3 23. Bxf3 Qh2 24. g3 Rbe8 25. Ree2 Qxh3+ 26. Bg2 Qg4 $11)
22... Qh6 23. Ng1 Bxd1 24. Rxd1 f4 25. Nc5 Nxc5 26. dxc5 $14) (21... Bxf3 $142
{Blatny,P} 22. Bxf3 Re8 {/\Qh2~~}) 22. Nbd2 (22. Nc5 $2 {is inferior because
of the penetration after} Bxf3 23. Bxf3 Qh2) 22... Rge6 {Ftacnik: The pressure
becomes very dangerous, white is forced to simplify by changing the knight on
e4.} (22... Ng3+ $5 {Ftacnik} 23. fxg3 Rxe1+ 24. Kxe1 Qxg3+ 25. Ke2 Qxg2+ 26.
Kd3 f4 (26... Qxh3 {Blatny,P} 27. Rc1 $18) 27. Rc1 $1 (27. c4 Re6 28. cxd5 $1
Bg6+ 29. Kc4 $18) 27... Qxh3 28. Kc2 $16) (22... Nxd2+ {Ftacnik} 23. Rxd2 (23.
Nxd2 $2 Rxe1+ 24. Kxe1 Re6+ 25. Kf1 Qh2 $19) 23... Rxe1+ 24. Kxe1 h6 25. Rd3 $1
(25. Qb5 Rxg2 $13) 25... Qc1 26. Kf1 $14) 23. Nxe4 fxe4 (23... Bxf3 $1 {Ftacnik
} 24. Bxf3 (24. gxf3 Qh2 $17) (24. g3 $4 Rxe4 $1 $19) 24... Qh2 $1 25. g3 (25.
Re3 f4 $17 (25... Qh1+ 26. Ke2 fxe4 27. Bg4 Rf6 $40)) 25... Qxh3+ 26. Bg2 Qh5 (
26... Qh6 27. Qb5 $18) 27. f3 (27. Rce2 $1 {Blatny,P} fxe4 28. Qb5 $1 Rh6 29.
Qc5 $14 {[%csl Rc6,Rd5,Re4,Gg2][%cal Gc3c4,Gc4d5] _|_}) (27. g4 $5 Qxg4 (27...
fxg4 28. Rce2 dxe4 29. Rxe4 Rxe4 30. Rxe4 Rxe4 31. Bxe4 Ne7 32. Qxa7 $18 {_|_})
28. c4 $1 Qh5 $3 (28... Nxd4 $2 29. cxd5 Nxc2 30. dxe6 $18) (28... Rxe4 29.
Bxe4 dxe4 30. Rc3 $16) 29. cxd5 $140 Rxe4 30. Bxe4 (30. Rxe4 $4 Qd1+) (30. Rcc1
Nxd4 31. Rxe4 Rxe4 32. Qxa7 (32. Bxe4 $2 Qe2+ 33. Kg1 Qg4+ $1 34. Kf1 Qxe4 $19)
32... Qe2+ 33. Kg1 h6 $1 34. Bxe4 Qxe4 $40) 30... Rxe4 31. Rxe4 $8 Qh1+ 32. Ke2
Qxe4+ 33. Kd2 Nxd4 34. Rxc7 $1 h6 $1 $13 {_|_} (34... h5 35. Rc8+ Kh7 36. Qe8
$18) 35. Rc8+ $140 Kh7 36. Qe8 Nf3+ 37. Kc1 Qxd5 $13) 27... fxe4 28. fxe4 dxe4
$13) (23... dxe4 {Ftacnik} 24. g3 Qh6 25. d5 Rd6 26. Ng1 (26. dxc6 $2 exf3 27.
Rxe8+ Bxe8 28. Bxf3 Qxh3+ $17) 26... Bxd1 27. Rxd1 Red8 28. c4 $14) 24. g3 Qf5
25. Ng1 (25. g4 {Ftacnik} exf3 26. Rxe6 Qd3+ $19) 25... Bxd1 26. Rxd1 e3 $2
$138 {In time trouble Black loses the control.} (26... h5 $1 $17 {gave Black a
dangerus -> on the >> with more than enough compensation for the sacrificed P.}
) 27. Kg2 Qe4+ {Ftacnik: Shirov loses a crucial tempo and Ivanchuk will now be
able to defend all weaknesses on time.} ({Again} 27... Rg6 $1 {was the correct
way to keep the tension.}) (27... e2 {Ftacnik} 28. Re1 Qe4+ 29. f3 Qd3 30. Rcc1
$18 (30. Rcc1 {Blatny,P} Kg8 31. Qc2 $18)) (27... exf2 {Ftacnik} 28. Rxf2 Qe4+
29. Nf3 $18) (27... Rf8 $1 {Ftacnik} 28. f3 Ne7 $132) 28. f3 Qf5 29. Re2 {
The o^ e is blockaded and it is not easy for Black to open up the position
against the white K.} Rg6 30. Rde1 Qf4 (30... Qd3 {Ftacnik} 31. Qc2 $18) (30...
Qg5 {Ftacnik} 31. g4 h5 32. Qb5 Rf6 (32... hxg4 {Blatny,P} 33. fxg4 (33. hxg4
$2 Re4 $1 34. Rf1 Rh6 $1 $19) 33... Re4 34. Rf1 $1 $18 Rxg4+ 35. hxg4 Qxg4+ 36.
Kh1 Qe4+ 37. Nf3 (37. Rf3 Rxg1+ 38. Kxg1 Qxf3 39. Rg2 $18) 37... Rh6+ 38. Kg1
Rg6+ 39. Rg2 e2 40. Re1 Qe3+ 41. Kh1 Qxf3 42. Qxe2 Rh6+ 43. Kg1 Qh3 44. Rh2
Qg3+ 45. Kh1 $18) 33. f4 $1 Qxf4 34. Qxd5 $18) 31. g4 h5 32. Qb5 hxg4 (32...
Ree6 $1 {was the persistant defence, although after} 33. Qxd5 hxg4 34. hxg4
Rxg4+ 35. fxg4 Qxg4+ 36. Kh1 Rh6+ 37. Rh2 Rxh2+ 38. Kxh2 Qh4+ 39. Nh3 Qxe1 40.
Qh5+ $1 Kg8 41. Qe8+ Kh7 42. Qxc6 $16 {the _|_ clearly favours White.}) 33.
hxg4 Rh6 (33... Rxg4+ {Ftacnik} 34. fxg4 Qxg4+ 35. Kh1 Qe4+ 36. Rg2 Re6 37. Nh3
Rh6 38. Kg1 $18) (33... Rd6 {Ftacnik} 34. Qd3 Rde6 35. Nh3 Qh6 36. g5 $18) 34.
Qxd5 Ne7 (34... Rh2+ {Ftacnik} 35. Kf1 Rh6 36. Qc5 Nb8 37. d5 Nd7 38. Qb4 $18)
35. Qe5 {_|_ Ftacnik: Prolonging the game in a completely winning position.} (
35. Qe4 $18 {Ftacnik}) (35. Qd7 $18 {Blatny,P}) 35... Qxe5 (35... Rh2+ {Ftacnik
} 36. Kf1 Qxe5 37. dxe5 Rxe2 38. Rxe2 Nd5 39. c4 (39. f4 g5 40. c4 Nxf4 41.
Rxe3 $18) 39... Nb6 40. Rxe3 Nxc4 41. Rc3 Nxb2 42. Rxc7 Rxe5 43. Rxa7 $18) 36.
dxe5 $18 {Now the game is over, the rest is a matter of technique.} Nd5 37. Kg3
Rc6 (37... Rxe5 38. c4 $18 (38. c4 {Ftacnik} Nb6 39. b3 Rhe6 40. f4 Re4 41. Kf3
Rd4 42. Rxe3 $18)) 38. Nh3 (38. f4 {Ftacnik} g5 39. Nh3 gxf4+ 40. Nxf4 Rxe5 41.
Nxd5 Rxd5 42. Rxe3 $18) 38... Rxe5 39. Nf4 {Black's last hope, the e o^ will
fall soon.} Nxf4 (39... Ne7 {Ftacnik} 40. Rxe3 $18) (39... Ra6 {Ftacnik} 40. a3
Nxf4 41. Kxf4 Rae6 42. g5 $1 (42. Rxe3 $4 g5+ $19) 42... Rb5 43. Rxe3 Rxe3 44.
Rxe3 Rxb2 45. Re7 $18) 40. Kxf4 Ra5 (40... Rce6 {Ftacnik} 41. g5 $1) 41. a3 Rb5
42. Kxe3 Rcb6 43. b4 Ra6 (43... a5 {Ftacnik} 44. Kd4 $18) 44. Ra1 c5 (44...
Re5+ {Ftacnik} 45. Kf2 $18) 45. Rb2 cxb4 46. Rxb4 (46. cxb4 $18 {Ftacnik})
46... Rba5 (46... Rxb4 {Ftacnik} 47. cxb4 $18) 47. a4 Rc5 48. Ra3 (48. Ra3 {
Ftacnik} Rac6 49. Kd3 $18) 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 26th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1998.06.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1998.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Huzman} d6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 {Black has an
original idea in his mind waiting with castles.} (5... O-O) 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3
Nh5 {This is the most direct approach here. Black wants to eliminate White's
important B at an expence of weakening his >> pawns.} 8. e3 c5 (8... e6 {
is a flexible, but somehow passive alternative resembling to some Queen's
Indian positions.} 9. Be2 (9. Nd2 Nxg3 10. hxg3 c5 {This is logical, if it
cannot be refuted outright because of the weakness on d6.} (10... Nd7 {or}) (
10... Qe7 {are flexible alternatives.}) 11. dxc5 dxc5 12. Nde4 Qxd1+ 13. Rxd1
Nd7 14. g4 (14. Be2 $5) 14... Ke7 15. Be2 b6 16. Nd6 Bxc3+ 17. bxc3 Nf6 18. Bf3
Rb8 $11 {Smyslov-Quinteros, Dortmund 1986}) 9... Nd7 (9... Nc6 {is the main
line of ECO, but it doesn't look very impressive. The idea is to finish the
development quickly by Bd7 Qe7 and 0-0-0. However this looks rather passive
and the K is not in safety on the << either.} 10. Nd2 Nxg3 11. hxg3 Bd7 (11...
Qe7 12. g4 (12. Bf3 $5) 12... Bd7 13. Nf1 O-O-O 14. Ng3 Rdf8 15. Nh5 f5 $13 {
Doda-Botvinnik, Beverwijk 1959}) 12. Bf3 Qe7 13. Nb5 Kd8 {This game can
possibly improved by White.} 14. Qb3 a5 15. Nc3 Ra7 16. O-O-O a4 17. Qa3 f5 18.
Rde1 Qf6 $13 {Moiseev-Balashov, SU (ch) 1970}) 10. Qd3 $1 (10. Nd2 Nxg3 11.
hxg3 O-O 12. Qc2 f5 13. f4 (13. g4 Nf6 14. gxf5 exf5 15. Nf1 c6 16. Ng3 Qa5 17.
a3 f4 18. b4 Qc7 $13 {Maslov-Stein, Moscow 1972}) 13... c5 14. O-O-O cxd4 15.
exd4 g4 16. Nb3 Nf6 $11 {Antunac-Quinteros, Wijk aan Zee II 1973}) (10. Qc2 Qe7
11. Nd2 Nxg3 12. hxg3 Nf6 13. O-O-O Bd7 14. Bf3 O-O-O 15. Qb3 c6 16. Qa3 Kb8
17. Nb3 {1/2:1/2 Inkiov-V.Dimitrov, Bulgaria (cht) 1991}) 10... f5 (10... Qe7
11. Nd2 Nxg3 12. hxg3) 11. Nd2 Nxg3 12. hxg3 O-O 13. g4 $1 Nf6 14. gxf5 exf5
15. O-O-O c6 16. f3 {(Kovacevic-Thipsay, Thessaloniki (ol) 1988)} a6 17. Nf1 $1
$14 {/\ Ng3 Kovacevic}) 9. d5 (9. dxc5 Nxg3 10. hxg3 dxc5 (10... Qa5 $143 11.
cxd6 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Qxc3+ 13. Nd2) 11. Qxd8+ (11. Qc2 Nc6 12. Be2 Be6 (12... e6
13. Rd1 Qe7 14. Ne4 {/\} O-O $2 15. Nexg5 $1) 13. a3 Qa5 14. Rc1 Rd8 15. Nd2
Qc7 16. f4 O-O 17. O-O b6 18. Rcd1 Bc8 19. Nd5 Qb8 20. Nf3 e6 21. Nc3 f5 $13 {
Landenbergue-Gallagher, Grand-Prix Suisse 1993}) 11... Kxd8 {This _|_ can
easily be defended.} 12. O-O-O+ Bd7 (12... Nd7 {is less nice, but still not
bad.} 13. Be2 e6 14. Ne4 Ke7 15. Rd2 b6 16. Nd6 a6 (16... g4 17. Rhd1 Rd8 18.
Ne1 h5 19. Nc2 Be5 20. Nxc8+ Raxc8 $11 {Frois,A-Damljanovic,B/Magistral
Algarve, Vila Real de Santo A 1998/0-1 (51)}) 17. Rhd1 Ra7 $11 {Benko-Fischer,
Yugoslavia (ct) 1959}) 13. Be2 Nc6 14. Nd2 b6 $11 {Smyslov-Petrosian,
Yugoslavia (ct) 1959} (14... b6 {Huzman} 15. Ndb1 e6 16. Bf3 Rc8 17. Nb5 Ke7
18. N1c3 (18. Bxc6 Rxc6 19. Nxa7 Rc7 20. Nb5 Bxb5 21. cxb5 Ra8 22. a3 Ra5)
18... a6 19. Nd6 Rc7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Smyslov,V-Petrosian,T/JUG ct 1959 (22)})) (9.
Be2 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxg3 11. hxg3 Nc6 {Here the B on g7 is very strong.} 12. Qd2
Bd7 13. Rc1 Rc8 14. O-O Qa5 $11 {Anstad-Soloviev, Copenhagen op 1991} (14...
Qa5 {Huzman} 15. Rfd1 $11 {1/2-1/2 Anstad,T-Soloviov,S/Copenhagen op 1991 (60)}
)) 9... Qa5 10. Qc2 (10. Nd2 $6 {is an incorrect P sacrifice. The position is
rather closed, so there is no clear-cut way for an ->.} Nxg3 11. hxg3 Bxc3 12.
bxc3 Qxc3 13. Rb1 Nd7 14. Be2 Nb6 15. Rb3 Qg7 16. Qb1 Bd7 $17 {
Siegel-Gallagher, Switzerland (cht) 1995} (16... Bd7 {Huzman} 17. Ra3 O-O 18.
e4 f5 19. exf5 Bxf5 $17 {1/2-1/2 Siegel,G-Gallagher,J/SWZ-chT 1995 (42)}))
10... Nd7 11. Be2 (11. Rc1 $5 {can be answered by} a6 {/\ b5}) 11... Nb6 $1 {
[%cal Yb6a4,Ya5e1]} 12. Nd2 (12. O-O Nxg3 (12... Bd7 13. Ne4) 13. hxg3 Bxc3 {
This echange of the strong B is Black's main idea by delaying 0-0. The >>
becomes rather weak, but the black K can go to the safe <<. White's doubled
pawns on the c <-> are real targets, as in the Nimzo Indian positions.} (13...
Bd7 14. Nd2) (13... O-O 14. Nd2 {/\ f4}) 14. bxc3 Na4 15. Rac1 Bd7 16. e4 f6 {
and the centre remains closed.}) 12... Nxg3 13. hxg3 Bd7 {[%cal Yb6a4]} (13...
Bxc3 14. bxc3 {[%csl Rg5,Rh6]} Bd7 {looks as a logical plan here creating the
weaknesses as soon as possible. In this case the black K is safer than on the
>>.}) 14. Rc1 (14. O-O {can be met by the standard} Bxc3 15. bxc3 Na4 16. Rac1
O-O-O 17. f4 f6) 14... Na4 15. Nd1 {[%cal Gb2b3]} (15. Nxa4 $5 Bxa4 16. b3 Bd7
17. Bd3 {/\ Ke2 was a serious alternative, because White has a space advantage
in the centre and b7-b5 is not that dangerous.}) 15... b5 16. O-O (16. b3 Nb6)
16... Nb6 17. Nb3 (17. b3 O-O $13) 17... Qa4 (17... Qxa2 {Huzman} 18. Nc3 Qa6
19. cxb5 Qb7 20. Na5 $36) (17... Qa6 {Huzman} 18. cxb5 Bxb5 19. Bxb5+ Qxb5 20.
e4 {[%cal Gd1e3,Ge3f5]}) (17... Qb4 $5 {Huzman} 18. a3 Qa4 19. Nc3 Bxc3 20.
Qxc3 O-O $15) 18. Nc3 Bxc3 19. Qxc3 O-O 20. Nd2 bxc4 21. e4 (21. Bxc4 Nxc4 22.
Nxc4 Bb5) 21... Qb4 {Now Black equalizes the position completely.} (21... f5 {
Huzman} 22. e5 $36) 22. Qxb4 cxb4 23. Nxc4 $11 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 26th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1998.06.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1998.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 h6 8. f4
Nc6 9. h3 Be7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Qa5 12. O-O-O e5 13. Be3 Be6 14. a3 Rc8 15.
Bg2 exf4 16. Bxf4 Nd7 17. Nd5 Qxd2+ 18. Rxd2 Ne5 19. Rhd1 Rc6 20. Ne3 Nc4 21.
Nxc4 Rxc4 22. b3 Rc8 23. Kb1 h5 24. g5 h4 25. Bxd6 Bxd6 26. Rxd6 Rh5 27. g6 Rg5
28. gxf7+ Kxf7 29. R1d2 Rc3 30. e5 Rxe5 31. Kb2 Rce3 32. Bxb7 a5 33. Rf2+ Ke7
34. Rc6 g5 35. Rc7+ Kd6 36. Rc6+ Ke7 37. Rc7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 26th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1998.07.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1998.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Bd2 c5 7. Rc1 Nxc3 8.
Bxc3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. e3 Bd7 11. Be2 Nc6 12. O-O Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bc6 14. Bxg7
Kxg7 15. Bf3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Qb6 17. b3 Rfd8 18. Qe4 Rd7 19. h4 Rad8 20. Rc4 Qf6
21. g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 26th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1998.07.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1998.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. f3 Be7 8. Qd2
O-O 9. O-O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. Kb1 Nb4 13. Nb3 Qc6 14. c3 Nd5
15. Bd3 Qc7 16. Bf2 Rd8 17. Bg3 Qb6 18. Bf2 Qc7 19. Bg3 Qb6 20. Bf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 26th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1998.07.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1998.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. a3 Nc6 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bf5 14. Bf4 Na5
15. Re1 Bd6 16. Ne5 Rad8 17. a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 26th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1998.07.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Svidler,P"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1998.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Wedberg: A very nice attacking game by Peter Svidler. He fully exploits the
chances given to him.} 1. e4 {Wedberg} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5.
O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Ng5 Rf8 12. Nf3
Re8 13. Nbd2 Bf8 14. d5 Nb8 15. Nf1 Nbd7 16. Ng3 Rc8 $146 (16... Nc5) (16... g6
{Wedberg} 17. Bg5 (17. Nh2 Nc5 18. Bc2 a5 (18... c6 19. Bg5 h6 20. Bxf6 Qxf6
21. Ng4 Qg5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Arakhamia,K-Cela,A/Ikarios 1995/EXT 95op (42)}) 19.
Qf3 h5 20. Be3 Nfd7 21. b3 Qe7 22. Ngf1 c6 $13 {0-1 Arnason,J-Sturua,Z/
Katerini 1993/TD 93\09 (48)}) 17... h6 18. Be3 Nc5 19. Bc2 c6 20. b4 $14 {
1-0 Renet,O-Guyard,B/Paris 1995/EXT 95op (49)}) (16... h6 {Wedberg} 17. Nf5 Kh7
18. g4 g6 19. Ng3 Nc5 20. Bc2 c6 21. b4 Na4 22. Bxa4 bxa4 23. c4 cxd5 24. cxd5
Qd7 25. Nh2 Rac8 $13 {1/2-1/2 Lautier,J-Almasi,Z/Biel 1996/CBM 55 (47)}) 17.
Nh2 (17. a3 $5 {/\/^a2-g8}) (17. a4 Nc5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Bc2 (19. Ba2 Ra8)
19... c6 20. b4 Ncd7 (20... Na4 21. Bxa4 bxa4 22. c4 $16) 21. dxc6 Rxc6) 17...
Nc5 18. Bc2 c6 19. dxc6 Bxc6 20. Bg5 (20. Ng4) 20... g6 $2 (20... h6 $142 21.
Bxf6 Qxf6 22. Ng4 Qd8 23. Ne3 $14 (23. Nf5 $6 h5 $1)) 21. Ng4 Be7 (21... Bg7 {
Wedberg} 22. Qf3 $36) 22. Nh6+ Kf8 (22... Kg7 23. Qf3 Ne6 (23... Nfxe4 {Wedberg
} 24. Nhf5+ gxf5 25. Nxf5+ Kh8 26. Bxe7 $18) 24. Nhf5+ gxf5 25. Nxf5+ Kg6 (
25... Kf8 26. Nxe7 Nxg5 27. Qxf6 $18) 26. Bxf6 Bxf6 27. Qg3+ Bg5 28. Rad1 $1 (
28. h4 Rc7 29. Rad1 Rd7 30. Rd2 $1 $16) 28... Kf6 29. Rxd6 Qc7 30. h4 Bh6 31.
f4 $3) 23. Qf3 (23. Bb3 Ne6 (23... d5 24. Bxf6 Bxf6 25. Bxd5 $16) 24. h4 Ng8
25. Qf3 (25. Bxe6 fxe6 26. Qf3+ Kg7 27. Qf7+ Kh8 $13) 25... Nxh6 (25... Nxg5
26. hxg5 Nxh6 27. gxh6 f5 28. Nxf5 gxf5 29. Qh5 d5 30. exd5 $18) 26. Bxh6+ (26.
Bxe6 $6 Bxg5 27. Bxc8 Bxh4 $14) 26... Kg8 27. Nf5 Bxh4 (27... Bf6 28. Nxd6) 28.
Ng7 $1 Re7 29. Nxe6 Rxe6 (29... fxe6 30. g3 $18) 30. Bxe6 fxe6 $16) 23... Bd7
$8 {/\Kg8-g7;Re8-f8;Nf6-g8} (23... d5 {Wedberg} 24. Rad1 (24. Nhf5 gxf5 25.
Nxf5 Ng8 $15) 24... d4 25. h4 $16) (23... Ne6 24. h4 Kg7 25. Nhf5+) 24. Red1 $1
Rc6 $8 (24... Be6 $2 25. Ngf5 $1 gxf5 26. exf5 Bd7 (26... Bc4 27. b3 Bd5 28.
Rxd5 e4 29. Qd1 $16) 27. Qg3 $1 Ng8 (27... Nce4 28. Bxe4 Nxe4 29. Bxe7+ Kxe7
30. Qh4+ Kf8 (30... Nf6 31. Ng4 $18) 31. Qxe4 Qf6 32. Ng4 Qxf5 33. Qxf5 Bxf5
34. Ne3 Be6 35. Rxd6 $16) 28. Bxe7+ Nxe7 29. Rxd6 Rc6 (29... Qc7 30. Rf6) 30.
Rad1 (30. Qxe5 Ng8 31. Qd5 Nxh6 32. Rxc6 $18) 30... Qc7 31. Qxe5 Ng8 32. Qh8
Rxd6 33. Qxg8+ Ke7 34. Re1+ $18) 25. b4 $1 Na4 26. Bb3 {Svidler was ready to
make a serious concesion in exposing his c3 pawn. As a compensation the bishop
controls a2-g8 diagonal and multiplies the pressure against black king.} Be6 (
26... Rxc3 27. Nxf7 Rxf3 28. Nxd8 (28. Bh6+ Kg8 29. Nxd8+ Rxb3 30. axb3 Rxd8
31. bxa4 bxa4 $16) 28... Rxb3 (28... Rxd8 29. gxf3 Bxh3 30. Rac1) 29. axb3 Rxd8
30. bxa4 bxa4 31. Bxf6 Bxf6 32. Rxd6 Be7 33. Rd5 $16) 27. c4 $1 (27. Bxa4 bxa4
28. Ngf5 gxf5 29. exf5 e4 30. Qg3 Bc4) 27... Bxc4 (27... Nb2 28. cxb5 axb5 29.
Rdc1 $16 (29. Rac1 {Wedberg} Rxc1 30. Rxc1 Kg7 $14)) 28. Bxa4 bxa4 29. Rac1 d5
(29... Bb5 30. Rxc6 Bxc6 31. Nhf5 $1 gxf5 32. Nxf5 Ng8 (32... Nxe4 33. Bh6+ Kg8
34. Rxd6 $3 Bxd6 35. Qg4+ Ng5 36. Bxg5 $18) 33. Bxe7+ Rxe7 (33... Nxe7 34. Nxd6
$18) 34. Rxd6 Bd7 (34... Qc7 35. Qg3 f6 36. Rxc6 Qxc6 37. Qxg8+ $18) 35. Qg4 f6
36. Nxe7 Kxe7 37. Rxd7+ Qxd7 38. Qg7+ Kd6 39. Qxg8 $16) (29... Rc7 {Wedberg:
might be better.}) 30. Nhf5 $1 gxf5 $2 (30... d4 31. Rxc4 Rxc4 32. Nxe7 Qxe7
33. Bxf6 Qe6 34. Bg5 $16 Rxb4 $2 35. Qa3 Qd6 36. Bd2 Rb6 37. Qxd6+ Rxd6 38. Bb4
$18) (30... Bxb4 {Wedberg} 31. Ne3 $18) 31. Nxf5 $4 Nxe4 $1 (31... Ng8 32. exd5
(32. Nxe7 $2 Nxe7 33. exd5 Bxd5 34. Bxe7+ Kxe7 $1 $19) 32... Bxg5 (32... Rc8
33. Nxe7 Nxe7 34. d6 $18) (32... Bxd5 {Wedberg} 33. Rxd5 Rxc1+ 34. Bxc1 Qc8 35.
Be3 $18) (32... Bxg5 33. dxc6 Bxc1 34. Rxd8 Rxd8 35. Qg4 $18)) (31... d4 {
Wedberg} 32. Bh6+ Kg8 33. Qg3+ Ng4 34. Rxc4 $18) 32. Bh6+ (32. Bxe7+ Rxe7 33.
Qxe4 dxe4 $4 (33... Re8 $3 $17) 34. Rxd8+ Re8 35. Rxe8+ Kxe8 36. Rxc4 $18)
32... Kg8 $4 (32... Rxh6 33. Nxh6 Ng5 $19) 33. Rxc4 $1 (33. Rxc4 Rxc4 {Wedberg:
White still has to make some good moves to win this.} 34. Rxd5 $3 $18 (34.
Nxe7+ $2 Qxe7 35. Qg4+ Ng5 36. Bxg5 Rxg4 37. Bxe7 Rc4 $19) 34... Qc7 (34... Ng5
35. Bxg5 (35. Qg3 $18) 35... Bxg5 36. Rxd8 Rxd8 37. Qg3 f6 38. h4 Rc1+ 39. Kh2
Rdd1 40. Qg4 h5 41. Qxh5 $18) (34... Qc8 35. Nxe7+ Rxe7 36. Qg4+ $18) (34...
Qxd5 35. Nxe7+ Rxe7 36. Qg4+ $18 (36. Qg4+ Kh8 37. Qg7#)) (34... Bg5 {Wedberg}
35. Rxd8 Rxd8 36. Bxg5 Nxg5 37. Qe3 $1 (37. Qg3 f6 38. h4 Rc1+ 39. Kh2 Rdd1 40.
Qg4 Rh1+ 41. Kg3 Rh3+ 42. gxh3 Rg1+ 43. Kh2 Rxg4 44. hxg4 Ne4 $15) 37... f6 38.
Qa7 Nf7 39. Qe7 $18) 35. Nxe7+ Qxe7 36. Qg4+ Ng5 37. Qxc4 Qf6 38. Bxg5 Qxg5 39.
Qxa6 Qc1+ 40. Qf1 Qb2 41. Qc4 $18) 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 26th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1998.07.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C59"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1998.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8.
Be2 h6 9. Nh3 {Steinitz has played this extravagant idea several times. The N
looks awkward on h3, but taking him deprives Black from his ^^, which is
rather important in an opened position like this. In the sixties this became a
surprise weapon of the young Fischer, who has studied Steinitz's games
carefully. However against a strong tactician like Beliavsky this idea is
extremely dangerous!} (9. Nf3 {is the main line, but here Black gets some
tempi chasing the N, for example:} e4 10. Ne5 Bd6) 9... Bd6 (9... Bc5 {was
more frequently played in the past, and there is nothing wrong with it either.}
10. O-O O-O 11. d3 (11. c3 $6 {takes the natural square from the N.} Nb7 {
Only this misplaced N causes some headache for Black in this line.} 12. Qa4
Bxh3 13. gxh3 Qd6 14. d3 Nd5 $1 $17 {Steinitz-Chigorin, Havana (m/12) 1892})
11... Nb7 (11... Bxh3 $6 {gives away the excellent B for the pathetic N. Black
gets back the P on h3, but White's ^^ has a bright future and his K is safe.}
12. gxh3 Qd7 13. Bf3 Qxh3 14. Nd2 Rad8 15. Bg2 Qf5 16. Qe1 Rfe8 17. Ne4 $16 {
Fischer-Bisguier, New York 1963}) 12. Nc3 Bb6 (12... Nd5 13. Bf3 Bb6 14. Qe2
Re8 15. Re1 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Bd7 17. Ba3 Rb8 18. Rab1 Qc7 $44 {Nunn-Hardicsay,
Budapest 1978}) 13. Kh1 Nc5 14. Bf3 (14. f4 e4 $1 15. Nf2 exd3 16. Nxd3 Bf5 17.
Nxc5 Bxc5 $44 {with very active piece play for the P, Hamann-Geller,
Kislovodsk 1966.}) 14... Nd5 15. Ng1 {White has to lose a couple of tempi to
bring his misplaced N into action.} f5 16. Nge2 Ba6 17. Re1 e4 18. dxe4 fxe4
19. Bxe4 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Qh4 $44 {Kuindzi-Klovans, SU 1973}) 10. d3 {White has
to keep the position closed until he can successfully finish his development.}
(10. d4 {(Steinitz-Blackburne, Vienna 1898)} exd4 $1 $13 {Fischer}) 10... O-O
11. Nc3 (11. O-O Nd5 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Qh4 $13) 11... Nd5 (11... Rb8 12.
O-O Rb4 {This R manoeuvre connected with taking on h3 and win back the P has
the same drawback as in the Fischer-Mednis game.} (12... Nd5 $5 {was worthy of
trying}) 13. Kh1 $1 Bxh3 14. gxh3 Rh4 15. Rg1 Rxh3 16. Rg3 {(Short-P.Nikolic,
Skelleftea 1989)} Rxg3 17. hxg3 $14) 12. Bd2 Rb8 13. b3 (13. Qc1 {brings the Q
to a passive position} Bxh3 (13... f5) 14. gxh3 Nf4 15. Rg1 f5 16. Bf1 c5 17.
Bg2 Nxg2+ 18. Rxg2 $13 {Bobkov-Korelov, corr. 1975}) 13... Nb7 ({The same idea
as after 13.Qc1 is not so efficient here, because the Q is better placed.} 
13... Bxh3 14. gxh3 Nf4 15. Bf1 $1 (15. Bxf4 exf4 16. Na4 Re8 17. Kf1 (17. O-O
$2 Qg5+ 18. Kh1 f3 $1 19. Bxf3 Qf4 $19) (17. Kd2 $2 f3 $1 18. Bxf3 Bf4+ 19. Kc3
Qf6+ 20. d4 Rbd8 $40) 17... Qh4 $40) 15... f5 16. Qf3 Ne6 (16... e4 17. dxe4
fxe4 18. Nxe4 Be5 19. O-O-O {and the white K escapes on the <<.}) 17. Bg2 Nd4
18. Qd1 $13) 14. Ng1 {Both Ns have to improve their positions!} Nc5 (14... f5
$1 {comes into consideration, for example:} 15. Nf3 (15. Bf3 $5 {/\ Nge2} Be6
16. Nge2 Qh4 $44) 15... Qe7 (15... Nc5 {- 14...Nc5 15.Nf3 f5}) 16. d4 e4 17.
Ne5 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Qxe5 19. Nxd5 cxd5 20. Be3 f4 (20... Qc3+ 21. Kf1 {/\ Bd4})
21. Bd4 Qe7 $40 {/\ f3}) 15. Nf3 (15. Bf3 {is a bit sophisticated here, it is
advisable for White to hurry.} Be6 16. Nge2 Qh4 (16... f5 17. Bxd5 (17. d4 e4
18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Bxe4 (19. Bh5 Qh4) 19... Bxf2+ $1 20. Kxf2 fxe4+ $40) 17...
cxd5 18. d4 Ne4 $13)) 15... Nxc3 (15... f5 {now runs into} 16. d4 $1 (16. O-O
e4) 16... exd4 (16... e4 17. dxc5 Bxc5 (17... exf3 18. cxd6 fxe2 19. Nxe2) 18.
Ne5) 17. Nxd4) 16. Bxc3 e4 $1 17. Nd2 (17. dxe4 Nxe4 18. Bd4 Bb4+ 19. Kf1 c5
20. Bb2 (20. Be3 Qf6 $40) 20... Qb6 $40) 17... exd3 (17... e3 $6 18. fxe3 Qh4+
19. Kf1) (17... Qg5 $6 18. Nxe4 Qxg2 19. Bf3) 18. cxd3 Bf5 19. Nc4 (19. O-O
Nxd3 20. Nc4 Bc7 21. Ne3 Qd6 22. g3 Bg6 23. Bxd3 Qxd3 24. Qxd3 Bxd3 25. Rfd1
Rfd8 $11) 19... Re8 20. O-O (20. Nxd6 Qxd6 21. O-O Nxd3 $11) 20... Nxd3 $1 21.
Ba5 (21. Bxd3 $1 Bxd3 22. Qg4 {looks better} (22. Qxd3 $4 Bxh2+) 22... Bf8 23.
Rfe1 $14 {and Black has some weaknesses on the <<.} (23. Rfd1 Be2 $11)) 21...
Qd7 22. Bxd3 Bxd3 23. Nxd6 Qxd6 24. Bc7 Qxc7 25. Qxd3 $11 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 35th"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1998.08.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1998.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 4112]} 1. Nf3 {Hecht. Ftacnik} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qa4+ {Das ist
der sogenannte Anti-Grünfeldindische Aufbau. Während 4.Nf3 zu den
Grünfeld-Hauptvarianten führt, möchte Weiß mit diesem Schachgebot die
natürliche schwarze Entwicklung stören. Ribli.} Bd7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 Bg7 7.
e4 O-O {Weiß hat Übergewicht im Zentrum, aber dem Schwarzen bieten sich später
Sprengungsmöglichkeiten.} (7... Bc6 {Ftacnik} 8. Be2 O-O 9. d3 Nbd7 (9... b6
10. Bf4 Nh5 11. Be3 e5 12. g3 Bb7 13. b4 c6 14. O-O Nd7 15. Rfd1 Qe7 16. a4
Rac8 17. Qb3 c5 18. b5 Kh8 19. Nd2 Nhf6 20. a5 Rb8 21. axb6 axb6 22. Nc4 {
Tratar,M-Krupkova,P/Mitropa Cup17th/1997/1-0 (64)}) 10. e5 Nh5 11. d4 Nb6 12.
Qc5 Qd7 13. O-O Rad8 14. Be3 f5 15. Rac1 e6 16. Rfd1 f4 17. Bd2 Rf5 18. Bb5 Bf8
19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Qa5 Nc4 21. Qa6 Nxb2 22. Rf1 c5 23. Rb1 cxd4 24. Ne4 {
Boersma,P-Peelen,P/OHRA-B/1986/1/2-1/2 (58)}) (7... Nc6 {Ftacnik} 8. e5 Be6 9.
exf6 Bxc4 10. fxg7 Rg8 11. Bxc4 Nd4 12. Nxd4 Qxd4 13. d3 Qxg7 14. O-O O-O-O 15.
Re1 Kb8 16. Bf4 Rge8 17. Re5 Rd4 18. Bg3 f5 19. Rae1 f4 20. Bh4 g5 21. Bxg5 f3
22. g3 {1-0 Savchenko,S-Mirumian,V/Anibal op/1998/ (37)}) 8. e5 (8. d4 Bg4 {
Das wäre eine Grünfeld-Indische Standardstellung.}) 8... Ng4 (8... Ne8 9. d4 c6
(9... Nc6 10. Be2 Na5 (10... a5 11. O-O Nb4 12. d5 b5 13. Nxb5 Bxb5 14. Qxb5
Qxd5 15. Rd1 Qxb5 16. Bxb5 Nc2 17. Rb1 Rb8 18. Bd3 Nb4 19. Bc4 {1-0 Boersma,
P-Lont,A/Groningen 1988 (45)} (19. Bc4 {Ftacnik} a4 20. Be3 Nc6 21. Rd5 a3 22.
Bb3 {Boersma,P-Lont,A/Groningen op/1988/1-0 (45)})) 11. Qb4 Nc6 12. Qc4 Na5 13.
Qd5 b6 14. Bg5 c6 15. Qe4 f6 16. Be3 Bf5 17. Qh4 Be6 18. Rd1 Nc4 19. Bc1 b5 20.
O-O Nc7 21. Ne4 Nb6 22. b3 {Ftacnik: '1/2-1/2 Adamski,J-Huth,M/Wuerzburg op/
1992/ (41)' 1/2-1/2 Adamski,J-Huth,M/Wuerzburg 1992(42)}) 10. h4 (10. Be2 Nc7
11. h4 Bg4 12. Ng5 Bxe2 13. Kxe2 c5 14. dxc5 Nc6 15. f4 Qd4 16. Qxd4 Nxd4+ 17.
Kf2 f6 18. exf6 exf6 19. Nf3 Nc2 20. Rb1 Na6 21. Ne1 Nxe1 22. Rxe1 Nxc5 {
1/2-1/2 Birjukov,O-Yandemirov,V/Petrov mem 1998 (27)} (22... Nxc5 23. Rd1 f5
24. Be3 Rac8 25. Bd4 Bxd4+ 26. Rxd4 Ne6 27. Rd7 Nc5 {1/2-1/2 Biriukov,
O-Yandemirov,V/Petrov mem/1998/})) 10... h5 11. Qb3 Qb6 12. Qa3 Na6 13. Bxa6
bxa6 14. Be3 Nc7 15. Qxe7 Bg4 16. Ng5 Ne6 17. Nxe6 Bxe6 18. O-O Qxb2 19. Ne4
Bxa2 20. Nf6+ Kh8 21. Rac1 $16 {Ftacnik: '1-0 Tratar,M-Moor,R/Mitropa Cup17th/
1997/ (29)' 1-0 Tratar,M-Moor,R/Mitropa Cup, Montecatini Terme 1997 (30)}) (
8... Be6 9. Qh4 Nd5 10. Ng5 (10. Be2 c5 11. Ne4 Nd7 12. Neg5 h6 13. Nxe6 fxe6
14. d4 cxd4 15. O-O Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Bxh6 Bg7 18. Bd3 Qe8 19. Bxg7 Kxg7
20. Qxd4+ $14 {1/2-1/2 Boersma,P-Peek,M/Groningen 1988 (41)} (20. Qxd4+ Rf6 21.
Be4 Qb5 22. g3 b6 23. Rad1 Rd8 24. Qe5 {1/2-1/2 Boersma,P-Peek,M/Groningen op/
1988/ (41)})) 10... h6 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. Qe4 Nxc3 13. dxc3 Qd5 14. Qxg6 Qxe5+
15. Be3 Nc6 16. Bd3 $16 {1-0 Adamski,J-Vujic,B/Valjevo 1984 (41)} (16. Bd3 {
Ftacnik} Qf6 17. Qh7+ Kf7 18. O-O Rad8 19. f4 Rd6 20. Rae1 {1-0 Adamski,
J-Vujic,B/Valjevo/1984/ (41)})) 9. d4 {[#]} Nc6 $146 (9... Be6 10. d5 Bf5 11.
Bf4 Nd7 12. Qe2 f6 13. e6 Nde5 (13... Nc5 {Ftacnik} 14. Qc4 b6 15. Nd4 Ne5 16.
Bxe5 fxe5 17. Nc6 Qe8 18. b4 Nb7 19. Nb5 Rc8 20. Nbxa7 Ra8 21. Nb5 Rc8 22. Rc1
Nd6 23. Nxd6 cxd6 24. Be2 {1-0 Drogoon,A-Vorobiov,E/RUS-Cup02/1998 (30)}) 14.
Bxe5 fxe5 15. h3 Nf6 16. Rd1 e4 17. Ne5 c6 18. dxc6 Qc7 19. cxb7 Rad8 20. Nd7
Nxd7 21. exd7 Qxb7 22. Qb5 Rxd7 {Ftacnik: '0-1 Goldin,A-Mikhalevski,V/Rishon
le Zion op/1998/ (29)' 0-1 Goldin,A-Mikhalevski,V/Rishon le Zion 1997 (30)}) (
9... c6 $5) 10. Bf4 {Ftacnik: 'White is behind with a development, but his
center is strong and the knight on g4 quite shaky.'} Na5 (10... a5 $5 {Ftacnik}
11. h3 Nb4 12. Rc1 Nh6 13. d5 c6 $132) 11. Qe2 $1 $14 {Ein sehr starker Zug.
Es sei angemerkt, daß Ivanchuk nach diesem Zug nur noch 30 Minuten Bedenkzeit
hatte.} c5 (11... Be6 12. h3 Nh6 (12... Bc4 13. Qd2 Bxf1 14. Rxf1 $18 {[%csl
Rg4]}) 13. Qd2 {[%cal Rd2h6]} Nf5 14. d5 Bd7 15. b4 $18 {[%csl Ra5]}) 12. h3 (
12. d5 $5 {Ftacnik} Rc8 (12... Qb6 13. h3 Nh6 14. d6 exd6 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Bg5
$18) (12... b5 13. h3 Nh6 14. Nxb5 (14. Qd2 Nf5 15. Bxb5 Bxb5 16. Nxb5 Nc4 17.
Qe2 Qa5+ 18. Nc3 Qb4 $14) 14... Rb8 15. Nc3 Rb4 16. Qd2 Nf5 17. Bd3 $16) 13. h3
Nh6 14. O-O-O Nf5 $14) 12... cxd4 (12... Nh6 13. dxc5 (13. d5 {Ftacnik})) 13.
Nxd4 Nh6 14. Rd1 {[%csl Ra5,Rh6][%cal Gd1d8] Weiß hat Raumvorteil im Zentrum
und beide schwarzen Springer stehen schlecht, aber Weiß muß noch seine
Entwicklung beenden.} Qb6 (14... Qc8 {Ftacnik} 15. Nd5 (15. Bg5 f6 16. Bxh6
Bxh6 17. e6 Bc6 $15) 15... Qc5 16. b4 $1 (16. Qe4 Bc6 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Nb4 f5
$1) (16. Nb5 Nf5 17. Nbc7 Nd4 $13) 16... Qxd5 17. Nf5 Qxd1+ (17... Qe6 18.
Nxh6+ Bxh6 19. Bxh6 Nc6 20. Bxf8 Rxf8 21. b5 $16) 18. Qxd1 Bxf5 19. bxa5 $16)
15. Qd2 {[%csl Rh6][%cal Rd2h6] '!' Ftacnik.} (15. Nd5 $6 Qc5 $13) 15... Nf5
16. Nxf5 Bxf5 17. Nd5 {[%csl Gd5][%cal Rd5b6,Rd5e7]} Qd8 18. Qb4 $1 {[%csl Gb4,
Re7,Rg8] Weiß gewinnt einen Bauern.} (18. Nxe7+ $2 {Ftacnik} Qxe7 19. Qxa5 Rfe8
$11) 18... Kh8 (18... Nc6 19. Qxb7 (19. Qxb7 {Ftacnik} Rc8 20. Bb5 $18)) (18...
Re8 $2 19. Nf6+ $18 {[%cal Rd1d8]}) 19. Nxe7 Qb6 (19... Bd7 $2 20. Bb5 $18 {
[%csl Rd7][%cal Rd1d7]}) 20. Qxb6 axb6 21. Nxf5 gxf5 22. Bb5 {[%csl Gb5] '!'
Ftacnik. Weiß hat einen Bauern mehr und in der schwarzen Stellung sind zwei
Doppelbauern verblieben. Trotzdem hat der Nachziehende dank seines aktiven
Läufers g7 und des schwachen weißen Bauern e5 einige Rettungschancen.} (22. a3
{Ftacnik} Nc6 23. Rd7 Nxe5 24. Rxb7 Ng6 25. Bc1 Rfe8+ 26. Be2 Rac8 $132) 22...
Nc6 {[%csl Re5][%cal Ra8a2]} 23. a4 {[%csl Gb5] Weiß stärkt seine
Läuferstellung auf b5.} (23. a3 Nxe5 $14) 23... Bxe5 (23... Nxe5 24. Be3 {
[%csl Rb6]} (24. O-O {Ftacnik} Ng6 25. Be3 Bxb2 26. Rd7 $16)) 24. Bxe5+ Nxe5 {
Jetzt ist die Stellung materiell gleich, aber die schwache Bauernstruktur
bereitet dem Schwarzen Sorgen.} 25. Rd5 {[%csl Gb5,Gd5][%cal Rd5f5] Ftacnik:
'All five black pawns are weak, white has excellent chances in the endgame.'
Der Läufer b5 verhindert jetzt die Möglichkeit ...Re8.} f6 (25... Rfc8 {Ftacnik
} 26. O-O $16) 26. f4 Ng6 (26... Nc6 $5 27. Kf2 (27. Rxf5 Nd4 $132) (27. Kf2 {
Ftacnik} Rfd8 28. Rhd1 $16)) 27. O-O {[%csl Rf5]} Rad8 (27... Ne7 28. Rd7 $16 {
[%cal Rd7e7,Rd7b7]}) 28. Rxf5 {Ftacnik: 'White has won a pawn without giving
too much in return.'} Rd4 (28... Rd2 29. Rf2 $16) 29. g3 (29. b3 {Ftacnik} Ne7
30. Rh5 Nd5 31. g3 Rc8 $16) 29... Ne7 30. Rh5 Rdd8 (30... Rg8 31. Kg2) (30...
Rc8 {Ftacnik} 31. Re1 Nd5 32. Bd7 Nxf4 33. Rxh7+ Kxh7 34. Bxc8 $18) 31. Rf3 Nd5
32. Kf2 $16 (32. b3 {Ftacnik} Nb4 33. Re3 Rg8 34. Kf2 $16) 32... Nb4 33. Re3
Rd2+ 34. Re2 (34. Kf3 $5 Nc6 (34... Rxb2 35. Re7 {[%csl Ge7,Gh5,Rh7]} Rb3+ 36.
Kg4 Rg8+ 37. Kf5 Rg7 38. Re8+ Rg8 39. Rxg8+ Kxg8 40. Bc4+ $18 {[%cal Rc4b3,
Rc4g8]}) 35. Bxc6 bxc6 36. Re7 $18 {[%csl Rh8]}) 34... Rfd8 35. Rf5 (35. b3 $16
) 35... Kg7 (35... Rxe2+ {Ftacnik} 36. Bxe2 Rd6 37. Rb5 Nc2 38. Rb3 $18) 36. g4
Nc2 (36... Nd3+ 37. Bxd3 R8xd3 38. Rb5 Rxe2+ 39. Kxe2 Rxh3 40. Rxb6 $16) 37. g5
$1 {Weiß nimmt die Königsstellung in Angriff.} fxg5 38. Rxg5+ (38. fxg5 Rxe2+
39. Bxe2 Nd4 $14 (39... Nd4 {Ftacnik} 40. Rf6 Nxe2 41. Kxe2 Rd4 42. Rxb6 Rxa4
43. Rxb7+ Kg6 $16)) 38... Kf6 39. Rge5 Rxe2+ 40. Rxe2 {Hecht: '[#] Abgesehen
vom Minusbauern, der vom König gut blockiert ist, besteht das Hauptproblem von
Schwarz in seiner desolaten Bauernstellung und der Schwierigkeit, für den
Springer einen guten und sicheren Platz zu finden. Ideal wäre es an und für
sich, unter den gegebenen Umständen den Springer gegen den Läufer zu tauschen.
Doch das ermöglicht hier wie auch später wohl nur hinhaltenden, wenn auch
zäheren Widrstand. Auch Turmtausch scheitert in der Regel an der Schwäche des
Bb7.  '} Nb4 (40... Nd4 {Ftacnik} 41. Re5 $18 (41. Re5 {Hecht} Nxb5 42. Rxb5
Rd4 (42... Rd6 43. Ke3 $16 {siehe Anmerkung zum 46.Zug}) 43. Rxb6+ Kf5 44. b3
Rxf4+ 45. Kg3 $18) (41. Rd2 Rd6 42. Ke3 Nf5+ 43. Ke2 Nd4+ 44. Kd1 (44. Kf2 $2
Nxb5) 44... Kf5)) 41. Re5 (41. Kg3) 41... Rd2+ 42. Re2 Rd1 (42... Nd3+ 43. Bxd3
{Sonst kommt 43...Rxe2 nebst 44...Nxf4.} Rxd3 $14 {[%csl Gd3,Gf6] Schgwarz hat
einen Minusbauern, aber die aktive Turmstellung bietet ihm Remischancen.}) 43.
b3 {Schwarz steht aktiv, aber der starke weiße Läufer verteidigt die Stellung
und es ist für Schwarz nicht leicht etwas konkretes zu finden.} Nd5 (43... Kf5
44. Re7 Kxf4 45. Rxh7 $16) 44. Re4 Nc3 45. Re5 Rd4 (45... Nxb5 $6 46. Rxb5 Rd6
47. Kf3 $18 {[%csl Gb5,Rd6,Gf3,Rf6]}) (45... h6 {Ftacnik} 46. Bc4 $18) (45...
Rd2+ {Ftacnik} 46. Kf3 Rd1 47. Bc4 $18) 46. Ke3 Rb4 {'?' Hecht.} (46... Rd5 {
Hecht} 47. Rxd5 Nxd5+ 48. Ke4 Ne7 49. Bd7 $18 {[%csl Rb7]}) (46... Nxb5 {Hecht}
47. Rxb5 Rd6 48. Ke4 Re6+ 49. Re5 Rd6 50. Rd5 Re6+ 51. Kd4 $16 {[%csl Rb7]
[%cal Rd5d7]}) (46... Rd1 {Hecht} 47. Bc4 Rd6 (47... Re1+ 48. Kd4 $18 {[%csl
Rc3]}) 48. Rh5 Kg6 (48... Kg7 49. Rf5 Rd7 50. Re5 $18) 49. Rg5+ Kf6 50. Rg8 {
[%cal Rg8f8,Rf8f7]} Rd7 51. Re8 {[%cal Re8e6]} Rd6 52. Rf8+ $18) 47. Bc4 $1 {
[%csl Rb4] Weiß gibt zeitweilig den Bauern zurück, aber der b4-Turm bleibt
eingeschlossen. Hecht: '[#] Klaustrophobie! Der Turm kommt nicht mehr lebend
heraus. Vielleicht war Shirov ein Ende mit Schrecken lieber als ein Schrecken
ohne Ende.'} Nxa4 48. Re6+ Kg7 (48... Kf5 49. Re4 {[%cal Ge4a4]} Nc5 50. Be6+
$18 {[%cal Re4b4]} (50. Be6+ {Ftacnik} Nxe6 51. Rxb4 $18)) (48... Kf7 {Ftacnik}
49. Rxb6+ Rxc4 50. Rxb7+ Kg6 51. bxc4 $18) 49. Kd4 Nc5 (49... b5 50. Re7+ Kg6
51. Rxb7 {[%cal Rb7b5] Die Fesselung ist tödlich für Schwarz.} (51. Rxb7 {
Ftacnik} Kf5 52. Rxb5+ Rxb5 53. Bxb5 {'+-' Hecht. Hecht: '[#] Warum soll es
dem Rappen anders gehen als dem Turm -  man begutachte einen oben wie unten
verlorenen Springer:'} Nb6 (53... Nb2 54. Be2 Kxf4 55. Kc3) 54. Kc5 Na8 (54...
Nc8 55. Bd7+) 55. Bc6 (55. Kc6 {[%cal Rc6b7] Hecht}) 55... Nc7 56. Kb6 $18))
50. Re7+ $18 Kf6 (50... Kf8 {Ftacnik} 51. Rxh7 (51. Rf7+ {Hecht} Ke8 52. Rxh7
$18 {[%cal Rd4c3]}) 51... Nxb3+ 52. Kc3 $18) 51. Rf7+ Kg6 52. f5+ {'!' Ftacnik.
} (52. Kc3 $4 Rxc4+ $19) 52... Kg5 53. Kc3 {[%csl Rb4] Schwarz verliert den
Turm und gab auf.} (53. Kc3 {Ftacnik} Na6 54. Bxa6 Rh4 55. Bd3 $18) 1-0

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 35th"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1998.08.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1998.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Ndb5 a6 8.
Be3 Qd8 (8... Qa5 9. Nd4 Ng4 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bd2 g6 12. Be2 (12. Qe2 $142 Bg7
13. f4) 12... Ne5 13. Nd5 Qd8 14. Ne3 Bg7 15. Bc3 O-O 16. f4 Qb6 $1 17. Qd2 Nd7
$13 {Atalik-Kontronias,Greece 1998}) 9. Nd4 Ng4 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Qf3 (11. Bf4
$5) 11... Ne5 12. Qe2 e6 (12... g6) 13. O-O-O Be7 (13... Nxc4 14. Qxc4 Qc7 $5 {
Ivanchuk}) 14. Bd4 Qc7 (14... Nxc4 15. Qxc4 Qc7 16. Bxg7 Rg8 17. Bh6 Rxg2 18.
Rhg1 Rg6 $13) 15. Bxe5 dxe5 16. Na4 O-O 17. b3 $146 (17. Rd3 Qa5 (17... a5 18.
Rhd1 Rd8) 18. b3 Rb8 19. Qd2 Qxd2+ 20. Kxd2 g6 21. Rd1 Kg7 22. Ke2 a5 23. Rc3
Bb4 24. Rcd3 Be7 25. g3 h5 26. h4 f5 27. Rc3 Bb4 28. Re3 Kf6 29. f4 exf4 30.
e5+ {Ivanchuk-Kramnik,Linares 1998}) 17... Bd7 $1 18. c3 (18. Bxa6 Ba3+ 19. Kb1
Rfb8 20. Ka1 c5 $44) 18... a5 19. Rxd7 $1 (19. Rd3 Rfb8 20. Rhd1 Be8 $15) 19...
Qxd7 20. Nb6 Qa7 21. Nxa8 Rxa8 22. Rd1 g6 $11 (22... a4 23. b4) 23. a4 Rd8 24.
Rxd8+ Bxd8 25. Kd1 Bb6 26. Ke1 Qe7 27. g3 Qa3 28. Kf1 Qc1+ 29. Qe1 Qc2 30. h4
Kf8 31. Kg2 Ke7 32. h5 g5 (32... gxh5 $5 33. Qe2 Qxc3 34. Qxh5 Qc2 35. Qf3 $15)
33. g4 h6 34. Kf3 Kf6 35. Kg2 Kg7 36. Kf3 Kf6 37. Kg3 Bc5 38. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 35th"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1998.08.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Markowski, Tomasz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1998.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 37]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7.
Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 Qc7 9. f3 (9. h3 a6 10. O-O d6 11. f4 Na5 12. Qf3 b5 13. f5 Bb7
14. a4 Nxb3 15. cxb3 b4 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Bxd4 18. Bxd4 Qa5 (18... e5 19.
Be3 Qc2 $17) 19. Rad1 Qxd5 $17 {0-1 David,A-Markowski,T/Open, Metz FRA 1998 
(34)}) 9... a6 10. Qd2 (10. g4 b5 11. g5 Nh5 12. Nd5 Qe5 13. c3 Bb7 14. Qd3 e6
15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. f4 Qb8 17. Ne7+ Kh8 18. Nxc6 dxc6 19. O-O (19. e5 $14) 19...
Rd8 20. Qe2 c5 21. Qf2 $14 {1-0 Polgar,I-Balogh,B/Budapest HUN ch 1970 (61)} (
21. Rad1 $14)) 10... b5 (10... Na5 11. g4 Nxb3 12. axb3 d6 $132 (12... b5 $4
13. Ndxb5 $16 {1-0 Suetin,A-Aronin,L/URS-ch30 Erevan 1962/URS-ch (32)})) 11.
O-O-O (11. a4 b4 (11... bxa4 12. Rxa4 Bb7 13. O-O Ne5 14. Rfa1 $14 {1-0 Jahr,
U-Bialas,W/BL 1981/BL 80 (24)}) 12. Nd5 (12. Nce2 Na5 13. Qxb4 Nxb3 (13... e5
$6 14. Nf5 $1 (14. Ne6 $2 dxe6 15. Bb6 Nxb3 16. Bxc7 Nxa1 17. Kd2 Bh6+ 18. Kd3
a5 19. Qe7 Ba6+ 20. c4 Ne8 21. Qh4 (21. Rxa1 Nxc7 22. Qxc7 Rfc8 $19) 21... Nxc7
22. Qxh6 Nb3 $17) 14... gxf5 15. Bb6 Nxb3 (15... Qc6 16. Bxa5 fxe4 17. fxe4
Nxe4 18. Rd1 $16) 16. Bxc7 Nxa1 17. Kd2 a5 18. Qc5 Bh6+ 19. Kd1 fxe4 20. Bxe5
d6 21. Qxd6 Ra6 $132) 14. Nxb3 d5 15. Qc5 $16 {1-0 Sax,G-Balogh,B/Budapest HUN
ch 1970 (43)}) 12... Nxd5 13. exd5 (13. Bxd5 Rb8 $11) 13... Na5 14. Qxb4 Nxb3
15. Qxb3 Rb8 16. Qa3 (16. Qc3 Qxc3+ 17. bxc3 Bb7 18. d6 (18. c4 Rfc8 19. Rb1
Bxd5 $1 $17) 18... exd6 19. Kd2 f5 $15) 16... Qa5+ 17. Qc3 $15 (17. Kf2 $4 Bxd4
{0-1 Madl,I-Balogh,B/HUN-chT1 1994/TD 94/03 (17)})) (11. Nxc6 dxc6 12. O-O (12.
O-O-O a5 13. a4 Ba6 14. Qf2 $132) 12... e6 13. a4 b4 14. Na2 c5 15. Qe2 Nd7 $11
{0-1 Ortel,E-Balogh,B/Magyarorszag 1972/Inf 13 (48)}) 11... Bb7 (11... b4 12.
Nxc6 dxc6 13. Na4 a5 14. Nc5 $14 (14. h4 Ba6 15. g4 Bb5 16. Qh2 Qxh2 17. Rxh2
Rfd8 18. Rhd2 $14 (18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Rd2 Rxd2 20. Kxd2 $11 {1/2-1/2 Zaitsev,
I-Aronin,L/URS-ch30 Erevan 1962/URS-ch (24)}))) (11... Na5 12. g4 (12. Nd5
Nxb3+ 13. axb3 Nxd5 14. exd5 Bb7 $15) 12... Bb7 13. Bh6 Nxb3+ 14. axb3 b4 15.
Nce2 (15. Na4 $2 d5 (15... Bxh6 $1 16. Qxh6 d5 17. g5 (17. Nf5 gxf5 18. gxf5
Kh8 19. Rhg1 Rg8 $19) (17. e5 Qxe5 18. Nc5 Rfc8 $1 (18... Rab8 $2 19. Rhe1 Qd6
20. Nxb7 Rxb7 21. Nf5 gxf5 22. gxf5 Ng4 23. Qxd6 exd6 24. fxg4 $16) 19. Nxb7 (
19. Rhe1 Qc7 20. Nd3 a5 $17) 19... Qc7 20. Kb1 Qxb7 $17) (17. Rhg1 Kh8 $17)
17... Qf4+ 18. Kb1 dxe4 19. Nc5 Bd5 20. fxe4 Nxe4 21. Nxe4 Bxe4 22. Rhf1 Qe5
$17) 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. e5 Qxe5 18. Nc5 Bc8 19. Qxb4 Qf4+ 20. Kb1 e5 21. Nc6
Qxb4 22. Nxb4 e4 23. g5 $16 {1-0 Borocz,I-Balogh,B/HUN tch 1992 (39)}) 15...
Bxh6 16. Qxh6 Rfc8 17. Rd2 Ne8 18. Ng3 e5 19. Ndf5 gxf5 20. gxf5 (20. Nxf5 Qd8
21. Rhd1 Bc6 22. g5 Ra7 23. Qh5 d6 24. Nh6+ Kf8 25. Nf5 Qa5 26. Kb1 Kg8 27.
Nh6+ $11) 20... Qc6 (20... Qc5 21. Nh5 $18) 21. Qg5+ Kf8 22. Nh5 h6 23. Qg3 f6
(23... d6 24. f6 $16) 24. Rg1 Ke7 25. Qg8 Kd8 26. Rg7 $16) 12. h4 (12. g4 b4
13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Bb5 16. Qxb4 Be2 17. Rd2 (17. d6 $2 exd6
18. Qxd6 Qxd6 (18... Rac8 $11) 19. Rxd6 Bxf3 20. Rg1 Bc6 $132 {1/2-1/2 Bannik,
A-Aronin,L/URS-ch30 Erevan 1962/URS-ch (38)}) 17... a5 (17... Bxf3 18. Rf1 $18)
18. Qa4 (18. Qe4 Ba6 $16) 18... Ba6 19. h4 $16) 12... Rac8 (12... Rfc8 13. h5
Na5 14. hxg6 Nxb3+ 15. axb3 fxg6 16. g4 e5 17. Nde2 b4 (17... d5 18. g5 d4 19.
gxf6 dxc3 20. Nxc3 Rd8 21. Nd5 $16 {1-0 Labutin,S-Zuccheri,A/Sumperk op 1990/
EXT 90op (47)}) 18. Na4 Nxe4 $1 (18... d5 $2 19. Bb6 Qf7 20. g5 Nd7 21. exd5
Qxf3 22. Kb1 $132 {0-1 Pavlov,M-Johannsson,I/Halle zt 1963/MCL 02 (41)}) 19.
fxe4 Bxe4 20. Nc5 (20. Ng3 Qxc2+ 21. Qxc2 Rxc2+ (21... Bxc2 22. Nb6 Be4+ 23.
Nxc8 Rxc8+ 24. Kd2 Rc2+ 25. Ke1 Bxh1 26. Nxh1 Rxb2 27. Rxd7 Rxb3 $15) 22. Kb1
Bxh1 23. Kxc2 Rc8+ 24. Kd2 Bf3 $15) 20... Qa5 21. Kb1 Bxh1 22. Rxh1 Rxc5 23.
Bxc5 Qxc5 24. Qxd7 Kh8 $17) (12... Rad8 13. h5 e5 (13... Nxh5 14. Nd5 Qd6 15.
g4 (15. Nf5 gxf5 16. Rxh5 $16) 15... Bxd4 16. gxh5 Bxe3 17. Qxe3 Na5 18. hxg6
Nxb3+ (18... fxg6 $4 19. Nf6+ $18) 19. Qxb3 $1 (19. axb3 fxg6 $17) 19... hxg6
20. Qe3 $1 $18) 14. Nde2 Na5 15. Bh6 (15. Bd5 $5 $14) 15... Nxb3+ 16. axb3 Bxh6
17. Qxh6 $16 {1-0 Blaess,G-Bialas,W/BL 1983/BL 80 (28)}) (12... Na5 13. h5 e5
14. h6 Bh8 15. Nf5 Nxb3+ 16. axb3 gxf5 17. Bb6 Nxe4 $1 18. Bxc7 Nxd2 19. Rxd2
Rac8 20. Bd6 Rfe8 $132 {1-0 Szeles,K-Balogh,B/Budapest HUN ch 1972 (41)}) 13.
h5 Na5 14. hxg6 (14. Kb1 Nxb3 15. axb3 Rfe8 16. Bh6 Bh8 17. b4 d6 18. g4 Qc4 $6
19. Nce2 Qc7 20. Ng3 $16 {1/2-1/2 Shtyrenkov,V-Shabanov,Y/Kursk 1987/EXT 87 
(54)}) 14... Nxb3+ (14... hxg6 15. Bh6 Nxb3+ 16. Nxb3 $18) 15. Nxb3 fxg6 16.
Nc5 $1 $14 (16. Bc5 Rf7 (16... d6 $132) 17. Kb1 d6 $132) 16... Bc6 (16... Rf7
17. Nxb7 Qxb7 18. e5 b4 19. Na4 Nh5 20. Nb6 $16) 17. Ne2 a5 18. Rh4 $5 (18. Nd4
$5 Qe5 19. Nd3 (19. Nxc6 Rxc6 20. Bd4 Qc7 21. Bxf6 exf6 (21... Bxf6 22. Nxd7
$16) 22. Nxd7 Rc8 23. Qd5+ Kh8 24. c3 b4 25. Kb1 h6 (25... bxc3 26. Rxh7+ Kxh7
27. Rh1+ Bh6 28. Qf7+ $18) 26. Qd2 Kh7 27. cxb4 axb4 28. Rc1 $16)) 18... Ba8 (
18... b4 19. Kb1 (19. Rdh1 Rf7 20. Nd4 (20. Kb1 Bb5 (20... e5 21. Nc1 $14) 21.
Nc1 $14) 20... Ba8 21. Ndb3 $14) 19... Rf7 20. c3 $14) 19. Rdh1 (19. Kb1 b4 20.
c3 $5 $14) 19... Rf7 $6 (19... b4 $14) 20. Kb1 b4 $6 (20... Rff8 $14) 21. c3 $1
$16 (21. Nc1 $14) 21... bxc3 (21... e6 22. cxb4 axb4 23. Na6 (23. Qxb4 $2 d6
$17) 23... Qa5 24. Nxb4 Rb8 25. Nd3 Qxd2 26. Bxd2 d5 27. e5 $16) 22. Nxc3 Bh8 (
22... Rff8 23. Nb3 Bc6 24. Bh6 $16) 23. Rc1 Bc6 24. Rhh1 Qb8 25. N5a4 (25. Rc2
$5 $16) 25... Bg7 (25... Qb4 26. Bc5 Qb8 27. Nb6 $16) 26. Nb6 Rd8 (26... Rc7
27. Bd4 e5 28. Be3 Qb7 29. Qd6 Ne8 30. Qa3 $16) 27. Rhd1 $1 (27. Bd4 $14) (27.
Ncd5 a4 28. Rc4 $16) (27. Rc2 $5 $14) 27... Qb7 (27... e6 28. Ne2 Bb7 (28...
Bb5 $2 29. Nf4 Rdf8 (29... Bh6 30. Nxe6 Bxe3 (30... Nxe4 31. fxe4 Bxe3 32. Qxe3
dxe6 33. Rxd8+ Qxd8 34. Rc8 $18) 31. Qxe3 dxe6 32. Rxd8+ Qxd8 33. Rc8 $18) 30.
Qxa5 $16) 29. Qxa5 d5 30. Bf4 (30. Nc4 Rff8 31. Bf4 Qa8 32. Bc7 $16) 30... e5
31. Bg3 Bh6 32. Nxd5 Bxd5 33. Bxe5 $1 Ra7 (33... Qa8 34. Qxa8 Rxa8 35. exd5
Bxc1 36. Nxc1 $18) 34. Qxd5+ Nxd5 35. Bxb8 Rxb8 36. exd5 Bxc1 37. Nxc1 $18) 28.
e5 Ne8 (28... Nh5 29. Nc4 (29. e6 Rff8 30. Nxd7 Bxd7 31. exd7 Nf6 32. Qe2 Rxd7
33. Bc5 Rc8 34. Qe6+ Kh8 $11) 29... Qa6 30. Nd5 Rb8 31. Ndb6 Rb7 (31... e6 32.
Qxa5 Qxa5 33. Nxa5 Bxe5 34. Nxc6 dxc6 35. Rxc6 $18) 32. Qxa5 $18) 29. e6 $1 (
29. Nc4 Ra8 30. Nd5 Qa6 31. Ndb6 Ra7 32. b3 (32. Bc5 Bb5 $132) 32... e6 33. Na4
Rc7 34. Nc5 $14) 29... Rf8 (29... Rf5 30. Nxd7 Nd6 31. Nc5 $16) 30. Ncd5 Bxd5
$2 $18 (30... Bf6 $142 31. Qxa5 (31. exd7 Bxd7 32. Nxe7+ Bxe7 33. Nxd7 Nf6 34.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 35. Qe2 $16) 31... dxe6 32. Nxf6+ Nxf6 (32... exf6 33. Rxd8 $18) 33.
Qe5 $16) 31. Qxd5 Qxd5 32. Nxd5 (32. Rxd5 Nf6 33. Rxa5 dxe6 34. Ra7 $16) 32...
Rb8 33. Nxe7+ (33. b4 $5 dxe6 (33... axb4 34. Nxe7+ Kh8 35. exd7 Nf6 36. Nc6
$18) 34. Nxe7+ Kf7 35. Nc6 $18) 33... Kh8 34. Rc2 (34. b3 $18) 34... dxe6 35.
Rh1 $1 (35. Nc6 $18) 35... Rf7 36. Nxg6+ Kg8 37. Nf4 Rfb7 (37... Nc7 38. Rh5
$18) 38. Nd3 (38. Bc1 Nc7 39. a4 $1 $18 (39. Re1 Nb5 40. Re3 Nd4 $16)) 38...
Nc7 39. Bf4 Nb5 40. Bxb8 Na3+ 41. Kc1 Nxc2 42. Kxc2 Rxb8 43. Rh5 e5 44. Kd2 1-0

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 35th"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1998.08.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Oll, Lembit"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1998.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Rc8 7. O-O a6 $5 {
New fashionable plan, promised for Black stable and good position.} 8. dxc5 {
N New move didn't produced too many troubles for Ivanchuk, but Black did well
and after} (8. b3 Nge7 9. Bb2 Nf5 10. Bd3 cxd4 11. Bxf5 exf5 12. Nxd4 Be7 13.
Re1 O-O 14. Qd3 Nxd4 15. cxd4 Qa5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Sveshnikov,E-Epishin,V/Alekhin
mem.op 1992 (41)}) (8. Re1 Nge7 9. a3 Ng6 10. b4 cxd4 11. cxd4 Be7 12. Qd3 O-O
13. Nc3 f6 14. exf6 Bxf6 $11 {0-1 Grosar,K-Pitam,E/Dresden ztW 1998 (38)}) (8.
a3 Nh6 9. Kh1 Nf5 10. b4 cxd4 11. cxd4 Be7 12. Bb2 g5 $5 13. g4 Nh6 14. h3 f6
15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Nbd2 Nf7 $13 {0-1 Thipsay,P-Ehlvest,J/Groningen op 1997 (34)}
) 8... Bxc5 9. Bf4 Nge7 10. Bd3 f5 $5 11. exf6 (11. Nbd2 Ng6 12. Bg3 (12. Bg5
Qc7 {[%csl Re5]}) 12... O-O 13. Nb3 Ba7 {[%csl Re5][%cal Rf5f4,Ga7b8]}) 11...
gxf6 12. Nh4 (12. Nd4 Ng6 $5 13. Qh5 f5 (13... Kf7 $5 {[%csl Gd5,Ge6,Gf6]}))
12... O-O $1 {Brave and strong move! Whie can't organized serious threates on
the king,s side, and black,s majority in the centre on the board promised them
good middlegame.} 13. Qg4+ (13. Bh6 Rf7 14. Qh5 (14. Qg4+ Kh8 15. Qh5 Qg8 $13)
14... Ne5 15. Be2 $13) 13... Kh8 14. Qh5 f5 $8 15. b4 (15. Re1 Rg8 16. Bg5 (16.
Nf3 Ng6 17. Bg5 (17. Ng5 Qe7) 17... Qf8 18. Nbd2 e5 {[%csl Gd5,Ge5,Gf5]}) 16...
Qf8 $132 {[%cal Gf8g7,Ge6e5]}) 15... Bb6 16. Nd2 Bc7 ({Ivanchuk avoids trap,
natural} 16... e5 $2 {lose immediately after} 17. Ndf3 $1 exf4 (17... Qe8 18.
Qxe8 Rcxe8 19. Nxe5 $18) 18. Ng5 Kg7 19. Qxh7+ Kf6 20. Qh6+ $18) 17. Be3 (17.
Bxc7 Qxc7 18. Ndf3 Rf6 $1 {[%cal Gc7f4,Gc8g8,Ge6e5]} 19. Ng5 h6) 17... e5 {
[%cal Re5e4,Rf5f4]} 18. b5 $5 axb5 19. Bxb5 Qe8 (19... f4 $6 20. Bc5 b6 21. Bd3
$1 e4 22. Bxe7 Nxe7 23. Nxe4 $1 $16 {[%csl Rh8]}) 20. Qxe8 Rcxe8 {Black
position looks very nice, but Oll managed to keep equality.} 21. Nb3 f4 22. Bc5
b6 23. Ba3 {[%csl Ga3,Gb5]} Nb8 $5 24. Be2 {[%cal Re2h5]} Nbc6 (24... Be6 25.
Bb5 $11) 25. Bb5 Nb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 35th"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1998.08.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1998.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 {Winants: Peter Leko, qui était il y a
peu de temps encore, le plus jeune grand-maître de l'histoire, joue la défense
Grünfeld avec enthousiasme, tout comme son entraîneur et compatriote André
Adorjan.} 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 {Winants: Le système hongrois; les
Noirs ont l'intention de mobiliser le Bc8 en fianchetto, après ...b5.} 8. Qb3
b5 9. e5 Nfd7 10. h4 {Un coup impétueux qui correspond bien au tempérament
agressif du joueur français.} Nb6 (10... c5) 11. h5 c5 $5 $146 {Leko comes up
with a very interesting novelty, that combines the rush development of black
pieces with undermining of the white's center.} (11... Nc6 12. hxg6 (12. Be3
Be6 (12... Na5 13. Qc2 (13. Qb4 Nac4 14. b3 Nxe3 15. fxe3 Bb7 16. Rc1 Rb8 17.
Bd3 Qd7 18. Kf2 Rfc8 19. Ne4 Nd5 20. Qd2 {1-0 Hegedus,G-Chrobak,G/Debrecen/
1998/ (24)}) 13... Nac4 14. Bd3 c5 15. dxc5 Nxe3 16. fxe3 Nc4 17. hxg6 hxg6 18.
Bxc4 bxc4 19. Qe4 Rb8 20. Qh4 {1-0 Kozul,Z-Sarno,S/Reggio Emilia9394/1993/ (29)
}) 13. Qd1 f6 (13... Nd5 14. hxg6 hxg6 15. Ng5 Qd7 16. Nxe6 Qxe6 17. Nxd5 Qxd5
18. Be2 Rad8 19. Bf3 Qe6 20. Bxc6 Qxc6 21. Qg4 {1-0 Schlosser,P-Vadasz,L/
Spring op/1989/ (42)}) (13... b4 14. Na4 Nxa4 15. Qxa4 Qd7 16. Qc2 Bd5 17. hxg6
hxg6 18. Ng5 Qg4 19. Rd1 {1-0 Hofman,R-Tondivar,B/Groningen op/1994/ (26)}) 14.
hxg6 hxg6 15. Bd3 f5 16. Ng5 Bd5 17. f4 Nb4 18. Kf2 c5 19. dxc5 Nc4 20. Bxc4
bxc4 21. Qg1 Nd3+ 22. Kf1 e6 23. Qh2 {1-0 Benjamin,J-Rechlis,G/Jerusalem/1986/
(26)}) 12... Nxd4 (12... hxg6 13. Rh4 Bf5 14. Bg5 Rb8 15. Rc1 Be6 16. Qd1 Nb4
17. a3 N4d5 18. Ne4 f6 19. Bh6 {1-0 Kekki,P-Ebeling,M/Espoo/1988/ (36)}) 13.
gxh7+ Kh8 14. Qd1 Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 Qd4 16. Be2 b4 17. Nd1 Qxe5 18. Bf4 Qe6 19.
Bxc7 Nd5 20. Bg3 Bb7 {0-1 Chandler,M-Popovic,P/Vrsac/1981/ (41)}) (11... Be6
12. Qc2 Nc6 (12... c5 $5) 13. Be3 Nb4 14. Qd2 Bf5 15. Rc1 c5 16. a3 Nc6 17.
hxg6 Bxg6 18. dxc5 Qxd2+ 19. Bxd2 Nd7 20. Nd5 Ndxe5 21. Nxe5 Bxe5 {Levtchouk,
G-Duong Thanh Nha/Quebec Inv/1993/1/2-1/2 (50)}) (11... Bf5 $2 12. hxg6 hxg6
13. Bh6 (13. Be3 $5) 13... Nc6 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. d5 Na5 16. Qb4 Nac4 17. b3 a5
18. Qc5 Nd7 19. Qd4 Na3 20. Rc1 $1 {1-0 Miton,K-Szeberenyi,A/Budapest FS11
IM-B/1997/ (31)}) 12. hxg6 (12. h6 $6 c4 $1 13. Qd1 Bh8 $13) 12... hxg6 13.
dxc5 Be6 {[%mdl 4]} 14. Qc2 {The main idea becomes clear, white queen lacks
the good square for an retreat.} (14. Qb4 Nc4 (14... Nd5 $2 15. Qh4 f6 16. Qh7+
Kf7 17. Ne4 Bf5 18. Neg5+ fxg5 19. Nxg5+ Ke8 20. Qxg7 Nb4 21. Qxf8+ Kxf8 22.
Rh8+ Kg7 23. Rxd8 $18) 15. Bxc4 Nc6 16. Qa3 Bxc4 17. Bh6 $13) (14. Qd1 Qxd1+
15. Nxd1 N6d7 16. Bh6 Nxc5 $11) 14... Bf5 15. Qb3 Be6 16. Qa3 Nc4 17. Bxc4 (17.
Qb4 $2 Nc6 18. Qb3 Ne3 $19) 17... Bxc4 18. b3 {Ivanchuk must be careful, his
forces lack coordination and e5 pawn is very weak.} (18. Bh6 Bxh6 $1 (18... Nc6
19. Rd1 Qb8 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Ne4 $14) 19. Rxh6 Nc6 20. Rd1 Qb8 21. Nd5 Nxe5
22. Nxe7+ Kg7 23. Rh3 Nd3+ $1 24. Rxd3 b4 25. Qa5 Bxd3 26. c6 Ra7 $17) 18...
Bd5 19. Nxd5 Qxd5 20. Be3 (20. Bb2 Nc6 21. Rd1 Qe4+ 22. Kf1 Rfd8 (22... Qc2 23.
Rc1 Qd3+ 24. Kg1 Rfd8 $14) 23. Re1 Qc2 $44) 20... Nc6 (20... Bxe5 21. Nxe5 Qxe5
22. Rc1 $14) 21. Rd1 Qe6 (21... Qe4 22. Rh4 Qf5 23. Nd4 Nxd4 24. Rhxd4 $14 {Pc6
}) 22. O-O Bxe5 (22... Nxe5 23. Nxe5 Bxe5 24. Rfe1 $14) 23. Rfe1 (23. Nxe5 Nxe5
24. Rfe1 Qg4 $132) 23... Bc3 24. Bd2 (24. Re2 $6 Rfd8 25. Qc1 b4 $15) 24... Qf6
25. Qc1 (25. Bxc3 Qxc3 26. Rc1 Qf6 $11) 25... Bxd2 26. Qxd2 Kg7 27. Qe3 (27. b4
a5 28. a3 axb4 29. axb4 Ra4 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 35th"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1998.08.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1998.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. Bxc6+ bxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. c3 Nf6 7. d3 Nd7 8.
Be3 Qb8 9. Nbd2 Qxb2 10. d4 cxd4 11. cxd4 g6 12. Qa4 Qb5 13. Qa3 Nb6 14. Rfc1
Bg7 15. Rab1 Qa4 16. Qxa4 Nxa4 17. Rxc6 Rc8 18. d5 Nc3 19. Rb7 a5 20. a3 h6 21.
h3 Bd7 22. Rxc8+ Bxc8 23. Rc7 Ba6 24. Kh2 O-O 25. Rxe7 Ra8 26. Rd7 Bd3 27. Bd4
Nxe4 28. Nxe4 Bxe4 29. Bxg7 Kxg7 30. Rxd6 Bxf3 31. gxf3 Rb8 32. Ra6 Rb5 33. d6
Kf6 34. d7+ Ke7 35. Rd6 Rb8 36. Rd5 Rd8 37. Rxa5 Rxd7 38. Re5+ Kf6 39. Re8 Ra7
40. Kg3 Ra4 41. f4 Kf5 42. Re3 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 35th"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1998.08.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "Smirin,I"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1998.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg4 6. Nbd2 (6. Nc3 Bg7 7. O-O
e5 8. Be3 b6 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Qd6 11. a4 Nf6 12. Nb1 $5 {[%cal Gb1d2,Gd2c4]}
O-O 13. Nd2 Nd7 14. Qg3 Qe7 15. Rae1 Rfe8 16. Nc4 Bf6 $5 {[%cal Gf6h4]
Preventing f4} 17. Qg4 h5 18. Qd1 b5 19. Na5 Rac8 20. Qa1 Nb6 21. b3 Bg7 22.
Qc3 Bf8 23. Ra1 $14 {Fierro Baquero,M-Ptacnikova,L/WchJW-U18 1994/0-1 (59)}) (
6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 Bg7 8. Nd2 Nf6 9. Nc4 Nd7 10. Qg3 Nb6 11. Ne3 c4 $6 (11...
O-O $5 {and black is OK,because of disgarmony in placement of whites minor
pieses}) 12. Nxc4 Nxc4 13. dxc4 Qd4 14. Qd3 O-O-O 15. Qe2 $14 {Rublevsky,
S-Kozul,Z/EUCup f 1996/1-0 (53) black has not enough compensation for
sacrifised pawn}) 6... Bg7 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Nxf3 Nf6 (8... e5 9. Be3 Qe7 10. Qd2
Nf6 11. Qc3 Nd7 12. a4 f5 13. Qb3 Rb8 14. a5 f4 15. Bd2 Bf6 16. h4 Qf7 17.
Qxf7+ Kxf7 18. g3 fxg3 19. fxg3 {with better chanses in arising endgame} h6 20.
Ke2 $14 {Tseshkovsky,V-Ivanovic,B/JUG-chT 1997/1/2-1/2 (71)}) 9. Be3 Nd7 (9...
c4 $5 10. e5 (10. Bd4 cxd3 11. Qxd3 O-O $11) 10... Nd7 (10... Nd5 11. dxc4 Nxe3
12. Qxd8+ Rxd8 13. fxe3 $14 {[%cal Ge1e2,Ya1d1]}) 11. d4 (11. e6 $5 fxe6 12. c3
$5 cxd3 13. Qxd3 $44) 11... Nf8 (11... Nb6 12. b3 Qd5 13. O-O $13) 12. Qd2 Ne6
$11 {[%cal Gd8d5]}) 10. Qd2 b6 11. d4 ({Last attempt to get an advantage was} 
11. O-O-O $5 Ne5 (11... O-O 12. Bh6 $36 {[%cal Gh3h4,Gh4h5]}) 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13.
f4 Bd4 14. c3 Bxe3 15. Qxe3 $14) 11... cxd4 12. Bxd4 e5 $11 {Now the position
is completly equal.} 13. Be3 Nf8 14. O-O-O (14. Qc3 Qc7 15. O-O-O Ne6 16. Qa3
Bf8 $11) 14... Ne6 15. h4 Qxd2+ 16. Rxd2 Ke7 17. Ng5 Rad8 18. Nxe6 Kxe6 19.
Rxd8 Rxd8 20. h5 b5 21. hxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 35th"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1998.08.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1998.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 d6 6. Nd2 Bg5 7. Nf1 Bxc1 8.
Rxc1 Nge7 9. Ne3 O-O 10. O-O Kh8 11. Qd2 f5 12. exf5 Nxf5 13. f4 Nxe3 14. Qxe3
Bf5 15. Rf2 Bg6 16. Nd5 Na5 17. Rcf1 Nxc4 18. dxc4 Rf5 19. Qh3 Rh5 20. Qe6 Be4
21. fxe5 Rxe5 22. Qd7 h6 23. Qxb7 Rg5 24. b3 a5 25. g3 Bxd5 26. cxd5 Kh7 27.
Rf7 Rb8 28. Qa6 Rxd5 29. Ra7 Qg5 30. Qe2 Rd2 31. Qe4+ Qg6 32. Qxg6+ Kxg6 33.
Rf2 Rxf2 34. Kxf2 Kf6 35. Rxa5 Ke5 0-1

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 35th"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1998.08.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1998.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 4352]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. d4 e6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7.
Bg2 Nb6 (7... Ndb4 $1 8. e3 (8. a3 $6 cxd4 9. axb4 Bxb4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. O-O (
11. Qa4+ $2 Bd7 12. Qxb4 $4 Nc2+ $19) 11... O-O 12. Bf4 a5 $15) (8. dxc5 Qxd1+
9. Kxd1 Bxc5 10. a3 Nd5 11. Nxd5 (11. Ne4 Bb6 $132) 11... exd5 12. e3 (12. Rf1
O-O $11) 12... O-O (12... d4 13. b4 Bb6 14. b5 Na5 15. Nxd4 $14) 13. b4 Bb6 14.
Bb2 Bf5 $11 (14... Bd7 15. Rc1 Rac8 16. Re1 Rfe8 17. Re2 Bf5 $11)) 8... cxd4 9.
exd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Qxd4 11. O-O Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Be7 (12... Bc5 $6 13. Bf4 O-O 14.
Nb5 $44 {1/2-1/2 Biriukov,O-Aseev,K/City-Ch, St Petersburg RUS 1998 (41)}) 13.
Bf4 O-O $15) (7... Nxc3 8. bxc3 cxd4 9. cxd4 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Be7 (10... Qa5 11.
Rb1 Bxd2+ 12. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Ke7 14. Rhc1 $16) 11. Bc3 (11. O-O O-O 12.
Rb1 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Qxd4 14. Qc2 Qc5 15. Qxc5 {1/2-1/2 Petrosian,T-Spassky,B/
Moskva (m6) 1966 (15)}) 11... O-O 12. O-O Bd7 $1 13. Qd2 $14 {1-0 Gulko,
B-Vaganian,R/Yerevan 1996/Inf 66/ (30)}) (7... Nf6 8. e3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. b3
Qa5 11. Bd2 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. exd4 Bb4 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Bxb4 Qxb4 16. Bxe4
Bd7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Shamkovich,L-Averbakh,Y/URS-ch21 Kiev 1954/URS-ch (30)}) 8. e3
$11 (8. Bg5 $5 f6 9. Be3 (9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Ne4 Qxd1+ 11. Rxd1 Bb4+ 12. Bd2
Bxd2+ 13. Nfxd2 (13. Rxd2 Ke7 14. O-O e5 15. Rfd1 Be6 16. b3 Rad8 17. Nc5 Bc8
$11) 13... Ke7 14. f4 a5 15. Nc5 a4 16. a3 Ra5 $132 {1-0 Agdestein,S-Chandler,
M/Hastings 1991/CBM 27 (43)}) 9... Nc4 10. O-O (10. Qa4 Nxe3 11. fxe3 Bd7 $15)
10... Nxe3 11. fxe3 Be7 (11... Bd7 $5 $132) 12. Qb3 O-O (12... Qb6 13. Na4 $1
Qxb3 14. axb3 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. exd4 $14 {1-0 Ivanchuk,V-Seirawan,Y/
Tilburg m rapid 1992 (39)}) 13. Rad1 Qb6 $11) 8... Be7 9. O-O (9. Ne5 $5 Nxe5
10. dxe5 Qxd1+ 11. Kxd1 O-O 12. Ke2 Nc4 13. f4 Rb8 14. b3 Na5 15. Nb5 Bd7 16.
Nd6 Bc6 17. Bxc6 Nxc6 $11 {1-0 Ehlvest,J-Chandler,M/Reykjavik WCup 1991/CBM 26
(35)}) 9... O-O 10. dxc5 (10. Re1 Bd7 11. Ne4 cxd4 12. exd4 Rc8 13. Bg5 (13.
Qb3 Na5 $15) 13... Bxg5 (13... f6 14. Bd2 Nd5 15. Qb3 b6 $11) 14. Nexg5 h6 15.
Ne4 Nb4 16. Nc5 $132) 10... Bxc5 11. b3 (11. Qe2 $5 Bd7 (11... e5 12. Rd1 Qe7
13. Ne4 Bf5 14. Nxc5 Qxc5 15. e4 Bg4 16. Be3 Qc4 17. Rd2 Rfd8 (17... f5 18. Qe1
(18. exf5 Qxe2 19. Rxe2 e4 $19) 18... f4 19. gxf4 (19. Bxb6 axb6 20. Bf1 Qf7
21. Ng5 Qg6 22. h4 h6 23. Bc4+ Kh8 $19) 19... exf4 20. Bxb6 axb6 $11) 18. Qe1 (
18. Bxb6 Qxe2 19. Rxe2 axb6 $17) 18... Qxe4 (18... Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Rxd2 20. Bxd2
(20. Qxd2 Rd8 21. Qc1 $11) 20... Nd4 21. Bd1 $132) 19. Nd4 Qg6 20. Nxc6 bxc6
21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Bxb6 axb6 23. Qxe5 $11) 12. Rd1 Rc8 13. a3 a5 14. Nd4 $14)
11... e5 12. Bb2 Bf5 13. Qxd8 (13. Rc1 Rc8 $11 (13... Qe7 $11)) (13. e4 Bg4 $11
) 13... Rfxd8 14. Rfd1 f6 15. Ne1 (15. Rac1 $11) 15... Rxd1 (15... Rac8 16. Ne4
Be7 $11) 16. Rxd1 Rd8 17. Rxd8+ Nxd8 18. Kf1 (18. Ne4 Be7 $11) 18... Bd7 (18...
Kf7 $11) 19. Nd3 Be7 20. Ke2 (20. f4 exf4 21. exf4 Bf5 $11 (21... Bc6 $11))
20... Kf7 21. f4 exf4 22. exf4 Bc6 23. Ne4 (23. Be4 g6 $11) 23... g6 24. Bd4
Nd7 $5 (24... Ne6 $11) (24... f5 25. Ne5+ Ke6 26. Nxc6 Nxc6 27. Nc5+ Bxc5 28.
Bxc5 $16) 25. Bf3 (25. Bxa7 $5 b6 $1 (25... f5 $2 26. Nec5 Bxg2 (26... Nxc5 27.
Bxc6 Nxc6 (27... Nxd3 28. Bd5+ Ke8 29. Kxd3 $16) 28. Bxc5 $16) 27. Nxd7 Ke6 28.
N7c5+ (28. Kf2 Bh1 29. N7c5+ Kd5 30. Nb4+ Kd6 (30... Kd4 $4 31. Na4+ Ke4 32.
Nc3#) 31. Bb6 Ne6 32. Nbd3 Kd5 33. Nxe6 Kxe6 34. Ke3 $16) 28... Kd5 29. Nb4+ (
29. a4 Nc6 30. Bb6 Nd4+ 31. Kf2 Kc6 32. a5 Bxc5 33. Nxc5 Bd5 34. b4 Nc2 35. Nd3
Be4 36. Ke2 Kb5 (36... Bxd3+ 37. Kxd3 Nxb4+ 38. Kc4 Nd5 $11) 37. Nc5 Bd5 38.
Nd7 Nxb4 $11) 29... Kd6 (29... Kd4 $4 30. Na4+ Ke4 31. Nc3#) 30. Bb6 $16) 26.
Bf3 (26. Bh3 f5 27. Nd2 Bd5 28. Nb1 (28. Ne5+ Nxe5 29. fxe5 Bc5 30. Bb8 (30. b4
Bg1 $11 (30... Bxb4 31. Bxb6 Nc6 32. a4 Ke6 33. Nf3 Bb3 $11))) 28... Nc6 29.
Nc3 Bxb3 30. axb3 (30. Bg2 Nxa7 31. axb3 $11) 30... Nxa7 $11) 26... f5 27. Nc3
Bxf3+ 28. Kxf3 Nc6 29. Nb5 Ke6 30. a4 Kd5 31. Ke3 Bf6 32. Nc1 Nd4 33. Nxd4
Bxd4+ 34. Ke2 (34. Kd3 Nc5+ 35. Kc2 Kc6 36. Ne2 Bg7 37. Bb8 Nd7 38. Be5 Nxe5
39. fxe5 Bxe5 40. b4 $11) 34... Bf6 (34... Kc6 35. a5 Bg1 36. h3 $16) 35. b4
Kc6 36. a5 bxa5 37. bxa5 Kb5 38. Kd3 Kxa5 39. Bd4 Kb5 40. Bxf6 Nxf6 41. Kd4 Kc6
42. Nd3 Kd6 $11) 25... f5 26. Ng5+ Bxg5 27. fxg5 Ke6 (27... Ne6 28. Bxa7 Bxf3+
29. Kxf3 Nxg5+ 30. Kf4 h6 (30... Ne6+ 31. Ke3 Nf6 $132) 31. a4 Nf6 $132) 28.
Bb2 (28. Bxa7 Bxf3+ (28... b6 29. Nb4 Bxf3+ 30. Kxf3 Kd6 31. a4 Nc6 32. Nxc6
Kxc6 33. a5 bxa5 34. Ke3 Nc5 35. Bxc5 Kxc5 36. Kd3 Kb4 (36... Kd5 37. Ke3 Ke5
38. Kd3 Kd5 $11 (38... f4 39. gxf4+ Kxf4 40. Kc4 $18)) 37. Kc2 $11) 29. Kxf3
Nc6 30. Nf4+ Kd6 31. Be3 $16) 28... Bxf3+ 29. Kxf3 Kd5 30. Nf4+ Kd6 31. Ba3+
Ke5 32. Bb2+ Kd6 33. Ba3+ Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-33"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.09.29"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Isaev, Jamshed"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1998.09.29"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Tajikistan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TJK"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Bg7 6. e4 Nb6 7. Be3 O-O 8.
Be2 Nc6 9. Nf3 e5 (9... Bg4 10. d5 (10. e5 $5) 10... Bxf3 11. gxf3 Na5 (11...
Ne5 12. Qb3 (12. Bd4 e6 13. f4 Ned7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Qd4+ Qf6 16. O-O-O exd5
17. Nxd5 (17. exd5 Qxd4 18. Rxd4 Nf6 19. Bf3 Rad8 20. Rhd1 Rd6 21. Na4 $1 $132)
17... Nxd5 18. exd5 Rad8 {0-1 Tyrtania,M-Lagunow,A/Berliner Sommer/1994/ (29)})
12... c6 13. O-O-O cxd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Rxd5 Qc7+ 16. Kb1 Nc6 17. f4 $13 e5
18. fxe5 Bxe5 19. h4 Rfd8 20. Bc4 $1 b5 $1 {1/2-1/2 Kortschnoj,V-Svidler,P/Bad
Homburg 1998/ (33)}) 12. Bd4 e5 (12... Qd6 13. Nb5 Qb4+ 14. Qd2 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2
c6 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. dxc6 Nxc6 18. Rhd1 f5 19. Ke1 Rac8 20. Nd4 {Shabtai,
R-Jansa,V/Gausdal Int/1995/1-0 (69)}) 13. Bc5 Re8 14. Bb5 c6 15. dxc6 bxc6 16.
Ba6 Bf8 17. Bxf8 Rxf8 18. Qxd8 Raxd8 19. Rd1 Rd4 20. Ke2 Rfd8 21. b3 {1-0
Soppe,G-Malisauskas,V/Erevan/1996/ (74)}) 10. d5 Ne7 11. Bc5 (11. Qb3 c6 12.
Rd1 cxd5 13. exd5 Nf5 14. Bc5 $14) 11... Bg4 12. Qb3 Re8 (12... c6 $2 13. d6
Nec8 14. d7 Ne7 15. Qa3 Bf6 16. Nxe5 Bxe2 17. Nxe2 Nxd7 18. O-O-O Bxe5 19. Bxe7
$18) 13. h4 Nec8 (13... Nd7 14. Be3 $14) (13... c6 14. d6 Nec8 15. Rd1 Qd7 16.
Ng5 $14) 14. Bb5 $1 Bd7 (14... Nd7 15. Bxd7 Qxd7 16. Qxb7 Nd6 17. Qc6 $16) 15.
Bxd7 Qxd7 16. Qb5 $5 {[%mdl 32] Ivanchuk would like to give the game
strategical character. Opening of the h file and strong d5 pawn promise him
solid advantage.} f5 (16... c6 17. dxc6 bxc6 18. Qe2 $14) 17. Ng5 fxe4 (17...
a6 18. Qb3 $14) 18. Bxb6 $1 Nxb6 (18... Qxb5 $2 19. Nxb5 cxb6 20. Nc7 $18) 19.
Qxd7 Nxd7 20. Ngxe4 Nb6 (20... Nf6 21. O-O-O Nxe4 22. Nxe4 $14) 21. h5 Rad8 22.
O-O-O Rf8 23. Kc2 (23. Rh3 $5) 23... Rf4 24. Kb3 Bf8 {The bishop was hitting
his own blocaded e5 pawn and black lack's any counterplay.} 25. hxg6 hxg6 26.
f3 (26. Rh3 $5 a5) 26... Rf5 (26... a5 27. Rh3 a4+ 28. Kc2 (28. Nxa4 Rxd5 29.
Nac3 Rxd1 30. Nxd1 $14) 28... Nc4 29. Rdh1 $1 Ne3+ 30. Kd2 Nxd5 31. Rh8+ Kf7
32. Ng5+ Ke7 (32... Ke8 33. Ne6 Nxc3+ 34. Nxd8 $16) 33. R1h7+ Ke8 34. Nxd5
Rxd5+ 35. Ke3 Rd7 36. Ne6 Rxh7 37. Rxh7 Rf7 38. Nxc7+ Ke7 39. Nd5+ $16) 27. Rh3
{The play along h file is pretty unpleasant for black.} Kf7 $2 (27... a5 28.
Rdh1 Bg7 29. Nc5 Nxd5 30. Ne6 $1 (30. Nxb7 Rb8 31. Nxd5 Rxb7+ 32. Kc2 c6 33.
Ne3 Rf4 34. b3 e4 35. Nc4 $14) 30... Rd6 31. Nxg7 Kxg7 32. Rh7+ Kf8 33. Nxd5
Rxd5 34. Rxc7 $16) 28. Rh7+ Bg7 (28... Kg8 29. Rxc7 $18) 29. g4 Rf4 30. Ng5+
Kg8 (30... Kf6 31. Nce4+ $18) 31. Rxg7+ $1 Kxg7 32. Ne6+ (32. Ne6+ Kf6 33. Nxd8
$18) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-33"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.09.30"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Peng, Xiaomin"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1998.09.29"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. c4 Nc6 6. Nc3 Nxc3 7. dxc3 Be7 8.
Be2 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. h3 Bf6 11. Be3 b6 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. cxd4 Bb7 14. Qd2 h6
15. Rfe1 Bg5 16. Bg4 Kf8 17. d5 Bxe3 18. Rxe3 Rxe3 19. Qxe3 Qe7 20. Qxe7+ Kxe7
21. a4 g6 22. f4 h5 23. Bf3 Bc8 24. a5 Bf5 25. b4 Kf6 26. Kf2 Re8 27. axb6 axb6
28. Ra7 Re7 29. g4 hxg4 30. hxg4 Be4 31. c5 bxc5 32. bxc5 Bxf3 33. cxd6 cxd6
34. g5+ Kf5 35. Rxe7 Bxd5 36. Ke3 f6 37. gxf6 Kxf6 38. Rd7 Ke6 39. Rd8 Ba2 40.
Rb8 Kf6 41. Rb5 Be6 42. Rg5 Bf5 43. Kd4 Ke6 44. Rg2 Bb1 45. Rb2 Bf5 46. Re2+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-33"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.02"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1998.09.29"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Yugoslavia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "YUG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 e5 4. Bc4 d6 5. d3 h6 6. a3 a6 7. Nd5 b5 8. Ba2 Be6
9. b4 Nf6 10. c3 g6 11. Nd2 Bg7 12. Qf3 Nd7 13. Nf1 O-O 14. Nfe3 a5 15. bxc5
Nxc5 16. Qd1 f5 17. Rb1 Rb8 18. O-O f4 19. Nc2 Ne7 20. c4 Nxd5 21. cxd5 Bd7 22.
f3 Qb6 23. Rf2 Rfc8 24. Kf1 Qa6 25. Kg1 b4 26. Bc4 Bb5 27. axb4 Nxd3 28. Bxd3
Bxd3 29. Rb3 Bxc2 30. Rxc2 Rxb4 31. Rxc8+ Qxc8 32. Ba3 Rxb3 33. Qxb3 Bf8 34. h3
Qc7 35. Qb5 Kf7 36. Qa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-33"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.04"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1998.09.29"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Uzbekistan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UZB"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. dxe5 d5 5. Nbd2 Nc5 6. Nb3 Nxb3 7. axb3 Be7
8. Bd3 Nd7 9. c3 Nc5 10. Bc2 Bg4 11. b4 Ne6 12. Qd3 Qd7 13. O-O g6 14. Bh6 Bf5
15. Qe2 Bxc2 16. Qxc2 Bf8 17. Qd2 Bxh6 18. Qxh6 a6 19. Rfd1 Rd8 20. h4 Qe7 21.
Nh2 Qf8 22. Qe3 Qe7 23. Qa7 c6 24. Ng4 h5 25. Nf6+ Kf8 26. Qb6 Kg7 27. Rd2 Nf8
28. Rad1 Rb8 29. Qd4 Ne6 30. Qe3 Rbd8 31. f4 Kf8 32. Qf2 Ng7 33. c4 Qxb4 34.
cxd5 cxd5 35. Nxd5 Qc4 36. Qb6 Ne6 37. Qxb7 Kg7 38. Kh2 Rxd5 39. Qxd5 Qxf4+ 40.
g3 Qb4 41. Qf3 Rf8 42. Rf2 Qb5 43. Qf6+ Kg8 44. Rd6 Qc4 45. Rxe6 Qxe6 46. Qxe6
fxe6 47. Rxf8+ Kxf8 {[#] Hauptmotiv dieses Endspiels ist der Zugzwang; daneben
spielt die Tempofrage eine wichtige Rolle.} 48. Kg2 a5 (48... Ke7 49. Kf3 Kd7
50. Kf4 Kc6 51. Kg5 Kd5 52. Kf6 a5 53. b3 $22 Kd4 54. Kxe6 Kc3 55. Kf7 Kxb3 56.
e6 $18 {Daraus folgt, daß Schwarz seinen König auf f7/g7 halten muß, um
einerseits den Einbruch des weißen Königs dort zu vereiteln und um
andererseits eben dort mit g5 durchbrechen zu können. Der inzwischen in
Diensten von Solingen stehende Kasimdzhasnov verteidigt sich freilich
bestmöglich.}) 49. Kf3 Kf7 50. Ke4 g5 $1 {Sehr richtig! Zu vermeiden war Ke7/
g7:} (50... Ke7 $2 51. Kf4 Kf7 52. Kg5 Kg7 53. b3 $22 $18) 51. Kd4 Kg6 52. Kc5
gxh4 53. gxh4 Kf5 54. Kb5 (54. Kd6 $2 a4 $22) 54... Kxe5 55. Kxa5 Kd4 (55...
Kd4 56. b4 e5 57. b5 e4 58. b6 e3 59. b7 e2 60. b8=Q e1=Q+ 61. Qb4+ Qxb4+ 62.
Kxb4 Ke4 63. Kc4 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-33"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.05"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "1998.09.29"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Ncb4 11. Bb1 b6 12. Ne4 Nf6 13. Nfg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-33"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.06"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1998.09.29"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. Be2 h5 11. Bxg4 Bxg4 12. f3 Bd7 13. Bf2 Nc6 14. Qd2 Qa5 15.
O-O-O h4 16. Kb1 Rg8 17. g3 O-O-O 18. Qe2 Be6 19. gxh4 gxh4 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21.
Qc4 Bxc3 22. Qxe6+ Kb8 23. bxc3 Rg5 24. Rd5 Rxd5 25. exd5 Ne5 26. Bd4 Nxf3 27.
Bg7 Rc8 28. Rd1 Rxc3 29. Bxc3 Qxc3 30. Qxe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-33"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.07"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Polak, Tomas"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1998.09.29"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Czech Republic"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O b6 13. Qc1 Qe6 14. Qc2
Qd7 15. Rfc1 Ba6 16. Bxa6 Nxa6 17. Qc4 Qc8 18. Qxc8 Rfxc8 19. Rxc8+ Rxc8 20.
Ra1 Nb8 21. Rxa7 Nc6 22. Rd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-33"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.09"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Ivanchuk,V"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1998.09.29"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

{[%mdl 48]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 Bg4 7.
c3 Qd7 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 O-O-O 10. Rd1 $146 (10. Be3) 10... Ne7 11. Nd2 Ng6 ({
If black take the pawn} 11... exd4 {after} 12. Nb3 Ng6 13. cxd4 {White is
better}) 12. Nf1 $1 {The knight go to f5} Bd6 13. Ne3 Rhe8 14. Nf5 Bf8 15. Be3
exd4 16. Rxd4 ({After} 16. cxd4 Qe6 17. Qg4 Ne7 $1 18. Nxe7+ Rxe7 $11 {the
endgame is equal}) 16... Qe6 17. Qh5 Qg8 (17... Rxd4 18. Nxd4 Qxe4 19. Qxh7 $14
) 18. Rad1 Ne5 19. b3 g6 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Rxd8+ Kxd8 22. Qd1+ ({Better was} 
22. Qh4 $5 Nd7 (22... Nf3+ 23. gxf3 gxf5+ 24. Kf1 Qg6 25. Bd4 $14) 23. Nd4 Bd6
24. f4 Qe8 25. f5 Qe7 26. Ne6+ Kc8 $14 {keeping better position}) 22... Kc8 23.
Nd4 c5 24. Nf3 Nc6 25. Nd2 h5 $2 (25... Qe6 {leads to equality}) 26. f4 Qe6 27.
f5 Qe8 (27... gxf5 $2 28. Qxh5 fxe4 29. Qh8 Qe8 30. Bh6 e3 31. Nf3 $18) 28.
fxg6 Qxg6 29. Qf3 Bd6 30. Kf2 Kd8 31. Nc4 b5 32. Nxd6 cxd6 33. Bf4 (33. Qg3 Ne5
34. Qxg6 Nxg6 35. Kf3 Ke7 36. Bf4 Ke6 $11) 33... Ne5 34. Qd1 Kc7 35. Qd5 h4 36.
Kf1 Qh5 37. Ke1 (37. Kg1 Qe2 38. Bxe5 fxe5 39. Qf7+ Kb6 40. Qd7 Qe1+ $11) 37...
Qg6 38. Kf2 Qh5 39. Ke3 Qg6 40. Kf2 Qe8 41. b4 ({Missing last chance} 41. Kg1
$1 Qg6 42. Kh2 Qe8 43. Qd1 Qg6 44. Qe1 Qh5 45. Qe3 Qg6 (45... Qd1 46. Qf2) 46.
Qf2 Qh5 47. Be3 {and the white is control ><f6,><h4}) 41... c4 $1 42. Qd4 Nd3+
43. Ke3 Nxf4 44. Qa7+ Kc6 45. Qxa6+ Kc7 46. Qa7+ (46. Kxf4 $2 Qe5+ 47. Ke3
Qxc3+ $17) 46... Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-33"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.10"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1998.09.29"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bosnia&Herzegovina"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 (5. e3 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 {-A57})
5... g6 (5... Bxa6 {is the normal move.}) 6. e3 $5 Bg7 7. Nc3 {A rather
unusual transposition. If White plays 5.e3 g6 6.Nc3 Bg7, he mostly strives to
maintain the outpost on b5 with moves like 7.a4, or he plays 7.Nf3. Ivanchuk
shows quite a convincing reaction for Black.} Qa5 $1 {Getting the Q to an
active outpost. The following practical examples show the importance of the
a6-f1/^ even if the Q get off the board.} (7... O-O 8. Nf3 Qa5 (8... d6 9. e4
Qa5 10. Nd2 Bxa6 11. Bxa6 Qxa6 12. Qe2 Nfd7 13. Nc4 f5 14. f3 fxe4 15. fxe4 Nb6
16. Nxb6 Qxb6 17. Rf1 Nd7 18. Rxf8+ Rxf8 19. Be3 Rb8 20. Nd1 Ne5 21. Kf1 Qb4
22. Bd2 Rf8+ 23. Kg1 Qd4+ 24. Be3 Qxe4 25. Nc3 Qc4 $17 {Kaufman,L-Benko,P/
Aspen/1968/}) 9. Bd2 Bxa6 10. Be2 (10. Bxa6 Qxa6 11. Qe2 d6 12. Qxa6 Nxa6 13.
O-O Rfb8 14. Rab1 Nb4 15. a4 Nfxd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 $17 {0-1 Degli Esposti,
P-Malbran,G/Buenos Aires/1995/}) 10... Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Qa6 $5 12. e4 d6 13. Bg5
h6 14. Bf4 Nfd7 15. Nd2 Qxe2+ 16. Kxe2 f5 17. h3 fxe4 18. Be3 Na6 19. Ndxe4 Nb6
20. Rhd1 Rfb8 21. Rab1 Nb4 22. a3 Nc2 23. Kd3 Nd4 24. Nd2 Nd7 25. Nc4 Rb3 $44 {
Holland,C-Hebden,M/London/1987/}) (7... Bxa6 $143 {After this move positions
similar to the A59 line arise, only White doesn't have to lose time getting
his K to g2, (h2) as he can simply castle.} 8. Bxa6 Rxa6 (8... Nxa6 9. Nf3 O-O
10. e4 d6 11. O-O $14) 9. e4 d6 10. f4 $5 O-O 11. Nf3 $14 {[+]}) 8. Bd2 $8 O-O
$146 ({Approximately equivalent is} 8... Bxa6 9. Bxa6 Qxa6 10. Nge2 d6 (10...
O-O 11. e4 d6 12. Qc2 Qb7 $6 13. a4 Na6 14. Nb5 Rfc8 15. O-O Nb4 16. Qc4 Na6
17. Bc3 Nc7 18. Ra3 Qa6 19. Rd1 Nd7 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Nec3 $14 {Kuligowski,
A-Hawelko,M/POL-ch/1987/}) 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Qc2 O-O 13. e4 Ne5 14. Rab1 Rfb8
15. h3 Qd3 16. Qxd3 Nxd3 17. b3 Nb4 18. a4 Nc2 19. Rfd1 Na3 20. Ra1 Nc2 $11 {
Baquero,L-Benjamin,J/USA op/1990/}) 9. Ne4 $6 {After this misguided sally
White will lag in development even further and his << will be even more
vulnerable.} (9. e4 d6 10. Nf3 Bxa6 $44) 9... Qb6 {[%csl Rb2]} 10. Qb3 (10.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 11. Bc3 (11. Rb1 Bxa6 $32 {->עe1}) 11... Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Bxa6 $36)
10... Qxb3 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6 12. axb3 Bxa6 (12... Bxb2 $2 13. Ra2 Bg7 14. a7 $16)
13. Ne2 (13. Nf3 $2 Bxf1 14. Rxa8 Bxg2 $19) (13. Bxa6 Nxa6 $17 {><b2,b3,d5 and
White will never manage to get his >> pieces out without losing at least 2
pawns.}) 13... Bxb2 14. Ra2 Bg7 $36 15. Nc3 {Allows Black to transform his
advantage by a simplifying combination.} (15. Nf4 $142 e5 $5 16. dxe6 fxe6 $15)
15... Bxc3 $1 16. Bxc3 Bxf1 17. Rxa8 Bxg2 18. Rg1 Bxd5 19. Ra3 Nc6 20. Kd2 (20.
Rg5 f5 (20... e5 21. Rxe5 $5 (21. Bxe5 $2 h6 $19) 21... Nxe5 22. Bxe5 $15 {
_|_^-}) 21. h4 Rb8 22. h5 Kf7 $17) 20... f6 21. Rga1 Kf7 $17 {[%csl Rb3] After
a series of more or less forced moves Black has nearly decisive advantage-he
has two pawns for the exchange and while his structure is compact, White's
remaining pawns are weak. Especially b3 can't be held in the long run.} 22. Ra4
(22. Kc2 Rb8 $17 {[%cal Ye7e5,Yf6f5,Yd5e6,Yd7d4] /-+}) 22... Bxb3 23. Ra8 Rxa8
24. Rxa8 g5 {Now Black's pawns get somewhat stuck.} (24... d5 $142 $5 25. Ra6 (
25. Rc8 Ba4 26. Ra8 Bb5 $19) 25... Nd8 26. Ra5 Ne6 $17) 25. e4 $1 h5 26. Bb2 e5
27. Ke3 Be6 28. Rc8 c4 29. Ba3 Ne7 30. Rb8 (30. Rh8 Ng6 31. Rxh5 $2 Kg7 {
/\Nf4,Bg4-+ traps the R.}) 30... Ng6 31. Bd6 h4 32. Ra8 g4 33. Rc8 Nf4 34. Rb8
h3 35. Ra8 {This phase of the game shows signs of time-trouble, Black just
shuffles his pieces not to spoil the nearly winning position.} Nh5 (35... Ng2+
$142 $5 36. Ke2 Nh4 {/\Nf3,><h2} 37. Rf8+ Kg7 38. Be7 $2 Ng6 $19) 36. Rf8+ Kg7
37. Rb8 Kg6 38. Ra8 Kg5 39. Ra5 Kg6 40. Rb5 Kf7 41. Rb8 Kg7 42. Ra8 Kg6 43. Ra5
Nf4 {/\Ng2-h4-f3 Black finally returns to the right track.} 44. f3 $8 {White
is forced to abandon his passive tactics, but Black is already in full control
and masters the endgame nicely.} Ng2+ 45. Kf2 gxf3 46. Kxf3 Ne1+ 47. Ke2 Nc2
48. Rc5 Kg5 49. Kf3 Nd4+ 50. Ke3 Kg4 $1 {(.)} 51. Rc8 (51. Rc7 $2 Nb5 $19) (51.
Bc7 Nb3 $1 52. Rb5 c3 53. Kd3 c2 $1 54. Kxc2 Nd4+ $19) (51. Be7 f5 52. Rxe5 Nc6
$19) 51... f5 $1 $19 52. Bxe5 (52. Rc5 f4+ 53. Kf2 Nf3 (53... Nb3 $2 54. Rxe5
c3 55. Be7 $1 $40 f3 $2 56. Ke3 $1 $18) 54. Bxe5 Ng5 $19 (54... Nxh2 $5 $19)) (
52. exf5 $2 Nxf5+ $19) 52... d6 53. Bxd4 (53. Bxd6 Nc2+ (53... Bxc8 $2 54. Kxd4
$11) 54. Kd2 Bxc8 55. Kxc2 fxe4 56. Kd2 Kf3 57. Bc5 Ba6 $1 58. Bd4 e3+ $1 $19)
53... f4+ 54. Ke2 Bxc8 55. Bc3 Bb7 56. Bb4 Bxe4 57. Bxd6 Bd3+ (57... c3 $19)
58. Kd2 Kf3 59. Bc7 Bg6 60. Be5 Bf5 $22 61. Bd6 (61. Bf6 Kg2 $19) (61. Ke1 Ke3
$19) 61... c3+ $1 62. Kxc3 Ke3 (62... Ke3 63. Bc5+ Ke2 {/\f3-f2-+}) 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-33"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.11"]
[Round "12.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1998.09.29"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Russia II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nf6 8. Ne5
Bh7 9. Bc4 e6 10. Qe2 Nd5 11. Bd2 Nd7 12. O-O-O Nxe5 13. dxe5 Qc7 14. f4 O-O-O
15. Ne4 Be7 16. h5 f6 17. exf6 gxf6 18. Rhf1 Rhe8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-33"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.12"]
[Round "13.1"]
[White "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D92"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "Ivanchuk,V"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1998.09.29"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

{[%mdl 6146]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. Rc1 dxc4 7.
e4 Bg4 8. Bxc4 Nh5 9. Be3 Bxf3 10. gxf3 e5 11. dxe5 Bxe5 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. b4
$6 $146 {It is a novelty,but probably not the best.The black squares d4 and f4
become too weak and white has no time to control them.But the situation in
last match Ukraine-Armenia needs Armenians play to win.} ({More solid was} 13.
O-O Nd7 14. Rfd1 Nb6 15. Bb3 Nf4 16. Kf1 c6 17. Rb1 Nd3 $11 {Novikov-Horvath,
Nova Gorica 1997}) 13... Nf4 $1 14. Nd5 (14. O-O Nc6 $1) 14... Ng2+ 15. Kf1 (
15. Ke2 {Leads to clear advantage for black after} c6 (15... Nc6 $2 16. Bg5 $1
Rd6 17. Kf1 $18) 16. Ne7+ Kf8 17. Bc5 Nf4+ 18. Ke3 Ke8 $17) 15... Nxe3+ 16.
fxe3 c6 17. f4 (17. Nf4 Bxf4 18. exf4 Rd2 19. Ke1 Rb2 $15) 17... cxd5 18. Bxd5
Nc6 19. fxe5 (19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. fxe5 Rd2 $17 {Occuping 2-nd horizontal}) 19...
Nxb4 (19... Nxe5 {was also possible,but to win this position is very hard}) 20.
Bb3 ({Another possibility were:} 20. Bxb7 Rab8 21. Rc7 Rd2) (20. e6 Nxd5 21.
exf7+ Kxf7 22. exd5 Rxd5 23. Rc7+ Ke6 $17 {in all cases clear better for black.
}) 20... Rd2 (20... Nd3 21. Rc7 Nxe5 (21... Rac8 22. Rxf7 ({Strongest is} 22.
Re7 $1 Nc5 23. Ke2 Nxb3 24. axb3 $132) 22... Nc5 $1 (22... Rf8 23. Ke2 Rxf7 24.
Kxd3) 23. Rf2+ Nxb3 24. axb3 Rc3 $17) 22. Re7 (22. Ke2 Rd7 23. Rxd7 Nxd7 24.
Rc1 $132) 22... Re8 23. Rxb7 Kf8 24. Ke2 Re7 25. Rxe7 Kxe7 26. Rc1 $15 {
with good chances for a draw}) 21. Rc7 Rf8 $1 {Not giving a countrplay after} (
21... Nd3 22. Bxf7+ Kh8 23. e6 $1) 22. Rg1 (22. Rxb7 Rc8 23. Ke1 Rb2 $19) 22...
Na6 (22... Rxh2 23. Rg2 $1) 23. Ke1 Rb2 $1 (23... Rxh2 24. Rxf7 Rxf7 25. Rf1
$132) ({Amasing variation:} 23... Rxa2 24. Rxf7 Ra1+ 25. Ke2 Rxg1 26. Rf1+ $1
$13) 24. Rc3 (24. Rxb7 Nc5 $1 25. Bxf7+ Rxf7 26. Rxb2 Nd3+ $19) 24... b6 $1 {
Take the control xc5,and black's advantage become decisive} 25. e6 Rb1+ 26. Kf2
fxe6+ 27. Kg2 Rxg1+ 28. Kxg1 Nc5 $19 29. Kg2 Kg7 30. Rc2 Kf6 31. Rf2+ Ke7 32.
Rc2 Kd6 33. Rd2+ Ke5 34. Bc2 Rf7 0-1

[Event "Cap d'Agde KO"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "1998.10.28"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Dorfman, Josif D"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1998.10.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Qc2 e5 8.
dxe5 Qe7 9. Bd2 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Bg4 11. e3 Nxc3 12. Qxc3 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Qxe5 14.
O-O-O Qxc3+ 15. bxc3 Ke7 16. Rg1 g6 17. Bb5 Ne5 18. f4 c6 19. Ba6 Nf3 20. Bxb7
Rab8 21. Rg3 Rxb7 22. Rxf3 Rhb8 23. f5 Rb1+ 24. Kd2 Rd8+ 0-1

[Event "Cap d'Agde KO"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "1998.10.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Dorfman, Josif D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1998.10.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Nbd7 9. Ne2 cxd4 10. Nexd4 e5 11. Qb3 Bd6 12. Nf5 Nc5 13. Qc2 e4 14. Nxd6 Qxd6
15. Rd1 Qe7 16. Nd4 Bg4 17. f3 exf3 18. gxf3 Bd7 19. b3 Rfe8 20. Qf2 Rad8 21.
Ba3 b6 22. Re1 h6 23. Rad1 Nh7 24. Bf1 Ng5 25. h4 Nh7 26. Qg3 Nf6 27. Rd2 Nh5
28. Qh2 Kh8 29. e4 f5 30. e5 Be6 31. Bb5 Bd7 32. Bc4 f4 33. e6 Bc8 34. Bb5 Qf6
35. Bxe8 Rxe8 36. Qh3 Ng3 37. Bb2 h5 38. b4 Na4 39. Ba1 Qg6 40. Kh2 Bb7 41. Rg2
Bd5 42. Rxg3 fxg3+ 43. Qxg3 Qf6 44. Re5 Bxa2 45. Rxh5+ Kg8 46. Nf5 Qxa1 47.
Nh6+ Kf8 48. Qd6+ Re7 49. Qd8+ Re8 50. Rf5+ 1-0

[Event "Cap d'Agde KO"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "1998.10.29"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1998.10.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O Bg4 13. Bg5 Bf6 14. Be3
Nc6 15. Rxb7 Rab8 16. Rxb8 Rxb8 17. h3 Bd7 18. d5 Ne5 19. Bf4 Qb2 20. Qc1 Rb7
21. Qxb2 Rxb2 22. Bxe5 Rxe2 23. Bxf6 exf6 24. Ra1 Rxe4 25. Rxa7 Bf5 26. d6 Rb4
27. d7 Rb8 28. Nd4 Rd8 29. Nxf5 gxf5 30. Kf1 Kf8 31. Ke2 Ke7 32. Kf3 Ke6 33.
Kg3 Rb8 34. Kh4 Rb4+ 35. Kh5 Ke7 36. Ra2 Kxd7 37. Kh6 Rh4+ 38. Kg7 f4 39. f3
Ke6 40. Ra5 f5 41. Ra6+ Ke5 42. Kxf7 Rh5 43. Re6+ Kd4 44. Kf6 h6 45. Re2 Rg5
46. h4 Rh5 47. Kg6 Rxh4 48. Kxf5 Kd5 49. Re5+ Kd6 50. Re4 Rh2 51. Re6+ Kd7 52.
Re2 Rh4 53. Kf6 Rh5 54. Re7+ Kd8 55. Rg7 Rb5 56. Rg4 h5 57. Rxf4 Rb2 58. g3 Rg2
59. g4 hxg4 60. fxg4 Ke8 61. Kg6 Rg1 62. g5 Ke7 63. Kh6 1-0

[Event "Cap d'Agde KO"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "1998.10.29"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1998.10.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Rg1 g6 7. g4 Bg7 8. Be3
b5 9. f3 Bb7 10. Qd2 Nc6 11. O-O-O O-O 12. h4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 b4 14. Ne2 a5 15.
Ng3 Ba6 16. Bxa6 Rxa6 17. h5 e6 18. Rh1 Qc7 19. g5 Ne8 20. Bxg7 Nxg7 21. Qh2
Ne8 22. e5 d5 23. Rd4 Ra7 24. Ne2 Qc5 25. Rh4 Rc7 26. Nd4 Ng7 27. Kb1 Nxh5 28.
Nb3 Qe3 29. Rxh5 gxh5 30. Qxh5 f5 31. exf6 a4 32. g6 axb3 33. axb3 h6 34. f7+
Kg7 35. Qg4 Ra7 0-1

[Event "Cap d'Agde-B"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "1998.10.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1998.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bb4+ 5. c3 Bc5 6. Be3 Bb6 7. Nf5 Bxe3 8.
Nxe3 Nf6 9. f3 O-O 10. c4 d6 11. Nc3 Nd7 12. Qd2 Nc5 13. Be2 f5 14. exf5 Bxf5
15. Nxf5 Rxf5 16. O-O-O a5 17. Rhe1 Rf7 18. g3 Qd7 19. f4 Nb4 20. b3 Qf5 21.
Nb5 Ne4 22. Bd3 Nxd2 23. Bxf5 Nf3 24. Re3 Rxf5 25. Rxf3 Na6 26. Re3 Kf8 27. Kb2
Re8 28. Rxe8+ Kxe8 29. Rxd6 Rh5 30. Rd2 Rh3 31. Kc3 h5 32. Kd4 h4 33. Rg2 hxg3
34. hxg3 Kd7 35. Ke5 Ke7 36. f5 c6 37. Nd4 Nc5 38. Re2 Nd3+ 39. Ke4 Rxg3 40.
Ne6 Kf6 41. Kd4 b6 42. Rd2 Kxf5 43. Nxg7+ Rxg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap d'Agde-B"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "1998.10.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Adianto, Utut"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1998.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 b6 4. a3 Ba6 5. Qc2 c5 6. d5 exd5 7. cxd5 d6 8. Nc3
g6 9. g3 Bg7 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. Re1 b5 13. e4 Nbd7 14. Bf4 Qb6 15. h3
Nh5 16. Be3 Rac8 17. Bf1 Bd4 18. Kg2 Ne5 19. Qd1 Bxe3 20. Rxe3 Nf6 21. Nd2 b4
22. Na4 Bxf1+ 23. Qxf1 Qb7 24. b3 bxa3 25. Rxa3 Qb4 26. Ra2 c4 27. Qa1 Nfd7 28.
f4 Nd3 29. bxc4 N3c5 30. Nc3 Nb3 31. Qb2 Qc5 32. Nf1 Nd4 33. Na4 Qxc4 34. Rc3
Qb5 35. Qxb5 Nxb5 36. Rxc8 Rxc8 37. Ne3 Nf6 38. e5 dxe5 39. fxe5 Nd7 40. e6
fxe6 41. dxe6 Ne5 42. Nd5 Kg7 43. e7 Nd6 44. Nac3 Nc6 45. Re2 Kf7 46. Rf2+ Kg7
47. Rf6 Ne8 48. Rf8 Nxe7 49. Nxe7 Rxc3 50. Rxe8 Kf7 51. Rc8 Rxc8 52. Nxc8 a5
53. Nb6 Kf6 54. Kf3 h5 55. Kf4 g5+ 56. Ke4 Ke6 57. g4 hxg4 58. hxg4 Kf6 59. Kd5
Kg6 60. Ke6 1-0

[Event "Cap d'Agde-B"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "1998.10.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1998.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 a5 10. Ba3 Nd7 11. Nd2 f5 12. bxa5 Rxa5 13. Bb4 Ra8 14. a4 Bh6 15.
Bd3 Rf7 16. Nb3 Nf6 17. c5 fxe4 18. cxd6 cxd6 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Bf5 21.
Bxf5 Nxf5 22. Bd2 Bxd2 23. Qxd2 Qb6 24. Rfb1 Raf8 25. a5 Qb5 26. a6 bxa6 27.
Na5 Qc5 28. Nc6 Ng3 29. hxg3 Rxf2 30. Ne7+ Kg7 31. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 32. Kh2 Rf3 33.
Rb7 Qxg3+ 34. Kg1 Qf2+ 35. Kh1 Qh4+ 36. Kg1 Rf7 0-1

[Event "Cap d'Agde-B"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "1998.10.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1998.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Qd3 Nbd7 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Nc5 13. Nxc5 dxc5 14. Rad1
Bd6 15. Bg5 Re8 16. Qf5 h6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Qxf6 gxf6 19. Bg4 e4 20. g3 b5 21.
Rfe1 Re5 22. Kg2 Rae8 23. Bd7 R8e7 24. Bc8 a5 25. Ba6 b4 26. Re3 f5 27. f4
exf3+ 28. Rxf3 Kg7 29. b3 Re1 30. Rxe1 Rxe1 31. Rf1 Rxf1 32. Kxf1 Kf6 33. Ke2
Ke5 34. Kd3 f4 35. gxf4+ Kxf4 36. Bc8 Ke5 37. Bb7 f5 38. h3 f4 39. Bc6 Be7 40.
Bb7 Bg5 41. d6 Kxd6 42. Ke4 c4 43. Ba6 cxb3 44. axb3 Kc5 45. Bd3 Kd6 46. Be2
Ke6 47. Bg4+ Kd6 48. Bh5 Kc5 49. Be2 Kd6 50. Bh5 Kc5 51. Be2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap d'Agde-B"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "1998.10.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dao, Thien Hai"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1998.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bb5+ c6 8.
Ba4 O-O 9. Ne2 e5 10. O-O Nd7 11. Bb3 Qe7 12. Qc2 b6 13. a4 exd4 14. cxd4 Ba6
15. Rd1 Nc5 16. Ba3 Qxe4 17. Qxe4 Nxe4 18. Bxf8 Bxe2 19. Re1 Bxd4 20. Rxe2 Bxa1
21. Ba3 Re8 22. g3 c5 23. Kg2 Bd4 24. Bc1 Kf8 25. Bf4 g5 26. Bc7 Rc8 27. Rxe4
Rxc7 28. f4 g4 29. h3 gxh3+ 30. Kxh3 c4 31. Bc2 Bf6 32. g4 h6 33. Re1 Re7 34.
Rc1 Re3+ 35. Kg2 Rc3 36. Kf2 Be7 37. Ke2 Ba3 38. Kd2 Rd3+ 39. Bxd3 Bxc1+ 40.
Kxc1 cxd3 41. Kd2 f5 42. gxf5 h5 43. Kxd3 a6 0-1

[Event "Cap d'Agde-B"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "1998.10.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "El Gindy, Essam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1998.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 e5 7. Nf5 Be6 8.
Bb3 Qd7 9. O-O Bxf5 10. exf5 Qxf5 11. f4 e4 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Ne7 14. Bxb7
Rb8 15. Ba6 Qc5+ 16. Kh1 d5 17. c4 dxc4 18. Qc2 f5 19. Bxc4 Nc6 20. Rd1 Nb4 21.
Qa4+ Qc6 22. Qxa7 Qb7 23. Qa5 Be7 24. Qxf5 Bf6 25. Re1 Kf8 26. Rxe4 Nc2 27. Re6
1-0

[Event "Cap d'Agde-B"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "1998.10.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Arencibia Rodriguez, Walter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1998.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. Nc3 axb5 6. e4 b4 7. Nb5 d6 8. Bf4 g5
9. Bxg5 Nxe4 10. Bf4 Nf6 11. Bc4 Bg7 12. Ne2 Nbd7 13. Ng3 Nb6 14. b3 O-O 15.
O-O Bd7 16. Qd2 Nfxd5 17. Bh6 Bxh6 18. Qxh6 f6 19. Bd3 Rf7 20. a4 bxa3 21. Nxa3
Qf8 22. Qh4 Nb4 23. Be2 d5 24. Nb5 Rxa1 25. Rxa1 Kh8 26. Nc3 e5 27. f4 c4 28.
Bh5 Nd3 29. h3 Rg7 30. fxe5 fxe5 31. bxc4 Nxc4 32. Kh2 Ne3 33. Bf3 Nf4 34. Re1
d4 35. Nce4 Rg6 36. Ra1 Bc6 37. Ng5 Qe7 38. Bxc6 Qxg5 39. Ra8+ Kg7 40. Ra7+ Kf8
41. Ra8+ Kg7 42. Ra7+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gawlikowski Memorial 18th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gdanski, Jacek"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 d6 8. O-O
Bd7 9. Re1 Be7 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Qg4 h5 12. Qe2 h4 13. a4 hxg3 14. hxg3 Nf6 15.
a5 Rc8 16. Be3 Nd7 17. Bd4 Bf6 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 e5 21. c3
Kf8 22. Ra4 g6 23. c4 Kg7 24. Rc1 Qc5 25. b4 Qd4 26. Ra2 e4 27. Rd2 Qe5 28. c5
Rc7 29. c6 Nxd5 30. Qxe4 Qxe4 31. Bxe4 Nxb4 32. Rxd6 bxc6 33. Bf3 Rb8 34. Be2
Re8 35. Kf1 Re5 36. Rd4 Rce7 37. Rxb4 Rxe2 38. Rxc6 Ra2 39. Rxa6 Re5 40. Ra7
Rexa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gawlikowski Memorial 18th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gdanski, Jacek"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B89"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 a6 8. Bb3
Be7 9. Qe2 Qc7 10. O-O-O Na5 11. g4 b5 12. g5 Nxb3+ 13. axb3 Nd7 14. h4 b4 15.
Na4 Nc5 16. h5 Bd7 17. Kb1 Nxe4 18. g6 Nf6 19. h6 fxg6 20. hxg7 Rg8 21. Bg5 Kf7
22. Qf3 h5 23. Rdg1 Rac8 24. Bxf6 Bxf6 25. Rxg6 Kxg6 26. Nb6 Qxb6 27. Qxh5+
Kxg7 28. Qh7+ Kf8 29. Qxd7 Qxd4 30. Qxc8+ Kf7 31. Qb7+ Be7 32. Qxa6 Qe4 33. Rd1
Rg5 34. Qc8 Rf5 0-1

[Event "Gawlikowski Memorial 18th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Blatny, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qb3 c5 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. Qxc3 b6 11. e3 O-O 12. dxc5 Qxc3+ 13. bxc3 bxc5 14.
c4 Be6 15. cxd5 Bxd5 16. O-O-O Be6 17. Bb5 Rc8 18. Rd6 a6 19. Ba4 Ra7 20. Rhd1
Rac7 21. Ne5 g5 22. f4 c4 23. g4 Rc5 24. Rd8+ Kg7 25. Rxc8 Bxc8 26. Rd8 Rc7 27.
f5 f6 28. Ng6 Bd7 29. Nf8 Rc8 30. Rxd7+ Nxd7 31. Ne6+ Kf7 32. Bxd7 Rb8 33. Nd4
c3 34. Be6+ Kf8 35. Bb3 Rc8 36. Kc2 Rc5 37. Ne6+ 1-0

[Event "Gawlikowski Memorial 18th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gdanski, Jacek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 c5 4. c3 cxd4 5. cxd4 d5 6. e5 Nc6 7. Be2 Bg4 8. Nbd2
Qb6 9. h3 Bf5 10. O-O Nb4 11. Qa4+ Bd7 12. Qb3 Rc8 13. a3 Nc2 14. Qxb6 axb6 15.
Ra2 Nh6 16. g4 f6 17. b3 O-O 18. e6 Bxe6 19. Bd3 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Bf7 21. Nb5 Rfd8
22. a4 e5 23. Ba3 Rc6 24. f4 Be6 25. Re1 Nf7 26. Nf3 Bd7 27. fxe5 fxe5 28. Bf1
Rdc8 29. Rd2 Rc2 30. Rxd5 Bc6 31. Bc4 Bf8 32. Nxe5 Bxd5 33. Bxd5 Bxa3 34. Nxa3
R2c5 35. Bxf7+ Kg7 36. Bc4 Re8 37. Nd3 1-0

[Event "Gawlikowski Memorial 18th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Malaniuk, Vladimir P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A54"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 Nbd7 4. g3 e5 5. Bg2 c6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Qc2 O-O 8. O-O
Re8 9. b3 Qc7 10. Bb2 Bf8 11. Rac1 a6 12. Rfd1 b6 13. c5 Bb7 14. dxe5 dxe5 15.
cxb6 Nxb6 16. Ng5 h6 17. Nge4 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Rad8 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Nc5 Bxc5 21.
Qxc5 f6 22. Bc3 Nd7 23. Qe7 Bc8 24. Bxe5 fxe5 25. Rxc6 1-0

[Event "Gawlikowski Memorial 18th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Olejarczyk, Bogdan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2151"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 b6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. Qe2 Nc6 6. e5 Nd5 7. c4 Bb4+ 8. Kf1
Nde7 9. a3 Ba5 10. b4 Bxb4 11. axb4 Nxb4 12. Be4 c6 13. Bf4 Ng6 14. Bg3 O-O 15.
Nbd2 d5 16. exd6 f5 17. Bb1 Qf6 18. h4 c5 19. h5 cxd4 20. hxg6 d3 21. gxh7+ Kh8
22. Qe5 Qg6 23. d7 f4 24. Bxf4 Rf5 25. Qc7 Bxf3 26. d8=Q+ Rf8 27. Qxf8+ Rxf8
28. gxf3 Qf6 29. Rxa7 1-0

[Event "Gawlikowski Memorial 18th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qb3 Nb6 7. d4 Bg7 8.
e4 Bg4 9. a4 Bxf3 10. gxf3 Nc6 11. d5 Nd4 12. Qd1 O-O 13. a5 Nd7 14. Be3 c5 15.
dxc6 Nxc6 16. Bb5 a6 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Qe2 Ne5 19. Rd1 Qc8 20. f4 Ng4 21. Bc5
Re8 22. O-O e5 23. f3 Nf6 24. Na4 Nd7 25. Be3 exf4 26. Bxf4 Qb7 27. Kh1 Rad8
28. Bg5 Rb8 29. Rf2 Qb5 30. Rxd7 Qxa4 31. Qxa6 Bd4 32. Rd2 Qa1+ 33. Kg2 Qg1+
34. Kh3 Qxg5 35. R7xd4 Qg1 36. Qxc6 Qf1+ 37. Kg3 Qg1+ 38. Kh3 Qf1+ 39. Kg3 Qg1+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Gawlikowski Memorial 18th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Urban, Klaudiusz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Nc6 7. d5 Nb4 8. Be3
Ng4 9. Bd4 e5 10. dxe6 fxe6 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. O-O e5 13. c5 dxc5 14. h3 Nf6 15.
Nxe5 Qxd1 16. Raxd1 Re8 17. f4 Be6 18. Bc4 Bxc4 19. Nxc4 Nxe4 20. Rd7+ Kh8 21.
Ne5 Nxc3 22. bxc3 Nc6 23. Nxc6 bxc6 24. f5 Red8 25. Rxc7 Rdc8 26. Rf7 Kg8 27.
fxg6 hxg6 28. R1f6 1-0

[Event "Gawlikowski Memorial 18th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kolesnik, Eduard"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B73"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 Nc6 3. Nbc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d6 6. Be2 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8.
Be3 O-O 9. Qd2 Bd7 10. Rad1 a6 11. f3 Rc8 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5
Ba4 15. Bd3 Qd7 16. Rb1 Bb5 17. c3 Bc4 18. Bxc4 Rxc4 19. Rbd1 b5 20. Rfe1 Rfc8
21. a3 a5 22. Bg5 Be5 23. f4 Bf6 24. Bxf6 exf6 25. g3 b4 26. axb4 axb4 27. cxb4
Rc2 28. Qd4 Kg7 29. Rd2 h5 30. Rxc2 Rxc2 31. Rd1 Qg4 32. Rd2 Rc1+ 33. Kg2 h4
34. Qd3 h3+ 35. Kf2 Rh1 36. Ke3 Rxh2 37. b5 Qxg3+ 38. Ke4 Qe1+ 0-1

[Event "Gawlikowski Memorial 18th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Malaniuk, Vladimir P"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. e3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bb5+ c6 8. Bd3
Nbd7 9. O-O Be7 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 Re8 12. Ne2 Bd6 13. Ng3 g6 14. Nd2 Qc7 15.
Re1 Rad8 16. Rc1 Qb8 17. Qc2 Re7 18. Ngf1 Rde8 19. f3 Nh5 20. Qb1 c5 21. Bb5 a6
22. dxc5 Bxc5 23. Bxd7 Rxd7 24. Bd4 Bxd4 25. exd4 Nf4 26. Ng3 a5 27. Rxe8+ Qxe8
28. Re1 Re7 29. Rxe7 Qxe7 30. Ndf1 Ba6 31. Qd1 h5 32. Qd2 Qg5 33. Ne3 h4 34.
Ngf1 Bxf1 35. Nxf1 Nh3+ 36. Kh1 Qxd2 37. Nxd2 Nf4 38. Nf1 b5 39. Ne3 b4 40. g3
hxg3 41. hxg3 Ne2 42. Nxd5 Nxg3+ 43. Kg2 Nf5 44. Nb6 Nxd4 45. Nc4 Nc6 46. f4
Kg7 47. Kf3 Kf6 48. Ke4 Ke6 49. a3 bxa3 50. Nxa3 f5+ 51. Ke3 Kd5 52. Nc4 Kc5
53. Kd3 Kb4 54. Nd2 Nd8 55. Nf3 Ne6 56. Ke3 Kxb3 57. Ne5 a4 58. Nd3 a3 59. Kd2
Nxf4 60. Nc1+ 0-1

[Event "Gawlikowski Memorial 18th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1999.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 {[%cal Yc8f5]} 6. Qc2 Na6
$5 {[%cal Ya6b4,Ya6c7,Yc7e6] Putting a N on the edge of the board is often a
bad idea because it has few potential good squares to go to. However there are
a lot of exceptions from this rule. In the Exchange-variation of the Queens
Gambit blacks Nb8 in many lines end up on e6 via the manouvre Nb8-d7-f8-e6.
However after the text move it might get to the same square by Nb8-a6-c7-e6.
And there is another - more obvious - idea with the textmove. Black wants to
play Na6-b4 to force Qc2 away and thereby making it possible to develop Bc8 to
the ideal square f5. It is often difficult for black to develop the
white-squared B in a good way in this opening.} 7. e3 (7. a3 $5 {This is
whites alternative stopping Na6-b4 but the question is how useful this move is
after Na6-c7-e6}) 7... Nb4 8. Qd2 Bf5 9. Rc1 {[%csl Rb4][%cal Ya2a3] Black has
solved the problem with Bc8. Now white is threatening 10.a3 Sa6 11.Lxa6+/- so
black has to think about what to to with his Nb4} a5 10. a3 Na6 11. Nge2 {
[%cal Ye2g3] White has to try and win some tempi by attacking Bf5. If he
develops normally with Nf3 and Be2 black has no problems.} h6 (11... Be7 12.
Ng3 Bg6 $11 {is supposed to be quite reasonable for black}) 12. Bf4 (12. Bh4 $6
Be7 13. Ng3 Bh7 {[%cal Rg7g5]}) 12... Nd7 (12... Be7 13. Ng3 Bh7 14. Bd3 {
[%csl Rf5] and because Ng3 will soon have access to the square f5 white has
chances of an advantage}) 13. Ng3 Be6 {[%cal Rg7g5]} 14. e4 {White was not
rearly ready for this advance - but the threat of g7-g5 was to strong.} Nb6 15.
exd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Qxd5 $1 (16... Bxd5 17. Qe3+ Qe7 18. Nf5 Qxe3+ 19. Nxe3 $14)
17. Bc4 Qxg2 18. Qe3 O-O-O $1 19. Bxe6+ fxe6 20. Qxe6+ Rd7 21. Qe8+ Rd8 22.
Qe6+ {[%csl Rc8,Re1] Whites Ks-position is just as open as blacks so draw.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1999.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O
d6 9. Re1 Bd7 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Na4 Rb8 12. b3 e5 13. Qd3 a5 14. Bd2 Be7 15. c4
O-O 16. Rac1 Rfd8 17. c5 dxc5 18. Nxc5 Bg4 19. Qe3 Bc8 20. Rc2 Rd4 21. Rec1 Qd8
22. Be1 Rb5 23. f3 Nh5 24. Qf2 Bg5 25. Rb1 Qd6 26. f4 Bf6 27. fxe5 Bxe5 28.
Rbc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "Van Wely/Cifuentes"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1999.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 a5 10. Ba3 Nd7 11. bxa5 Rxa5 12. Bb4 Ra8 13. a4 Bh6 14. a5 (14. Qb3
Kh8 15. a5 f5 16. Bd3 Nf6 17. c5 fxe4 18. cxd6 cxd6 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Ng8
21. Nd2 $1 Nf6 22. Bf3 Bf5 23. Rfe1 $16 {Veingold-Krakops,Tallin (zt) 1998 
-73/679}) 14... f5 15. Bd3 {'N' Huzman.} (15. Nd2 Kh8 (15... Nf6 16. c5 (16.
exf5 gxf5 17. c5 Bxd2 18. Qxd2 f4 19. f3 Rf7 20. cxd6 cxd6 21. Bd3 Rg7 22. Kh1
Kh8 23. Nb5 Ne8 24. Be4 Nf5 25. Bxf5 Bxf5 $15 {0-1 Lukacs,P-Schebler,G/Koszeg
GM 1997 (49)}) 16... Bxd2 17. Qxd2 Nxe4 (17... fxe4 18. Nb5 Nf5 19. Rac1 Rf7
20. Rfe1 dxc5 21. Bxc5 c6 22. Nd6 e3 23. Nxf7 exd2 24. Nxd8 cxd5 $17 {0-1
Ivanisevic,I-Safin,S/Elista 1998/CBM Extra 66 (73)}) 18. Nxe4 fxe4 19. cxd6
cxd6 20. Rfe1 Bf5 21. Ra3 Kg7 22. Bd1 h5 23. h3 Qd7 24. Ba4 b5 25. axb6 Rxa4
26. Rxa4 Qxa4 27. Bxd6 Rf6 28. Bxe5 $18 {1-0 Veingold,A-Rodriguez,R/Mondariz
op 1994 (31)}) 16. Ra2 Nf6 17. c5 Bxd2 18. cxd6 cxd6 19. Rxd2 Nxe4 20. Nxe4
fxe4 21. Qb1 b6 $17 {1/2-1/2 Panno,O-Fiorito,F/ARG-ch 1995/CBM 49 (34)}) 15...
Kh8 (15... Nf6 16. c5 fxe4 17. cxd6 $6 (17. Nxe4 $1 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Bf5 19. Re1)
17... cxd6 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Rf4 $13 {Van Wely-Shirov,Wijk aan Zee blitz
1998} (19... Bf5 $132)) 16. Nd2 (16. Re1 Nf6 17. c5 fxe4 18. cxd6 cxd6 19. Nxe4
Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Bf5) 16... Ng8 (16... Nf6 17. c5 fxe4 18. cxd6 cxd6 19. Ndxe4
Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Nf5 21. Qb3 $14) 17. Re1 Rf7 18. Nb5 (18. Qc2 $5 Ra6 19. Rad1)
18... Ra6 19. Qc2 Ndf6 20. c5 (20. exf5 gxf5 21. Bxf5 Nxd5 22. Bxc8 Nxb4 23.
Qc3 Qxc8 24. Qxb4 Nf6 $15) (20. f3 fxe4 21. Nxe4 (21. fxe4 Ng4 22. Nf1 Qh4 $40)
(21. Bxe4 Ne7 {[%cal Ye7f5,Yf5d4,Ge7d5,Gf6d5]}) 21... Nxe4 22. Bxe4 Nf6 $132)
20... fxe4 21. Bxe4 Bd7 (21... dxc5 22. Bc3 $1 (22. Bxc5 Nxe4 23. Nxe4 Qxd5 $17
)) 22. Nc3 Bf5 23. Bxf5 gxf5 24. Nc4 Ne7 25. cxd6 (25. Rad1 Rg7 $132 (25... f4
$5 {[%cal Yf4f3]})) 25... cxd6 26. Nb5 Ne8 27. Red1 $6 (27. Nb6 $1 $16 {
Ivanchuk} Rg7 28. Ra3 {'+/=' Huzman.}) 27... f4 (27... Ng6 28. Ra3) 28. Ra3 f3
{'<=>' Huzman.} 29. Rxf3 Rxf3 30. gxf3 Qd7 31. Nbxd6 $1 (31. Nc3 Ng6 $132 {
[%csl Rg1][%cal Yg6f4,Yd7h3,Gh3g2,Gf4g2]}) 31... Nxd6 32. Bxd6 Rxd6 33. Nxd6
Qxd6 34. Qb2 $2 (34. Qb1 $1 Bf4 (34... Qd7 35. Qb6 Bf4 (35... Bg5 36. Qe6 Qxe6
37. dxe6 Nc6 38. Rd7 Kg8 39. f4 $1 $18) 36. Qe6 Qxe6 37. dxe6 $18) 35. Qxb7 (
35. Qb6 Qxb6 36. axb6 Kg7 37. d6 Nc6 38. d7 Bg5 39. Rd6 Nd8) 35... Qg6+ 36. Kf1
Qc2 37. Qb1 $1 $18) (34. Qb3 $5 Qg6+ 35. Kh1 (35. Kf1 Qa6+) 35... Bf4 36. Rg1
$1 Qh6 37. Rg2 Qa6 $1 $132 (37... Bxh2 38. Rxh2 Qc1+ 39. Kg2 Ng6 40. f4 Nxf4+
41. Kf3 $16)) 34... Qg6+ 35. Kf1 (35. Kh1 Qh5 36. Kg2 Bf4 $40) 35... Qf5 36. d6
(36. Qxb7 Qxf3 37. Qb8+ Ng8 38. Qb1 Be3 39. Qc2 Bd4 $36) 36... Qxf3 {'=!'
Huzman.} 37. Qxe5+ (37. Qc2 Nc6 38. d7 Bg5 $17) 37... Bg7 38. dxe7 Qxd1+ 39.
Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1999.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3 {Neben diesem Zug
hat Weiß viele andere Möglichkeiten: 6.a3, 6.Bg5, 6.Bf4, 6.Ndb5, aber die
Partiefortsetzung scheint mir die beste Wahl zu sein. Ribli.} Qb6 7. Nb3 Ne5 8.
e4 Bb4 9. Qe2 Bxc3+ $2 {Schwarz hatte Angst vor der Variante 9...d6 10.Bd2,
die in letzter Zeit sehr beliebt und gefährlich für Schwarz war. Ivanchuk hat
mit ihr z.B. gegen Khalifman in der dritten Partie ihres Wettkampfes in Elista
1998 gewonnen. Sokolov gibt daher den wichtigen schwarzfeldrigen Läufer auf.
Dieser Zug ist aber ganz klar keine Verbesserung. Ribli.} 10. bxc3 d6 11. f4
Nc6 (11... Ng6 12. Bg2 O-O 13. Be3 Qa6 14. c5 Qxe2+ 15. Kxe2 dxc5 16. e5 Nd5
17. Bxc5 Re8 18. c4 Nb6 19. Na5 Bd7 20. Bd6 {1-0 Ree,H-Van den Berg,C/Wijk
1971/MCL 04 (20)}) 12. Ba3 $1 $16 {[%csl Ga3,Rd6,Re8][%cal Ra3d6] [#]Weiß hat
großen positionellen Vorteil. Der schwarze d6-Bauer ist kaum zu halten und
Weiß erlangt deutliche Initiative.} e5 {Schwarz opfert (verliert!) einen
Bauern, aber meines Erachtens ist guter Rat hier schon teuer. Es ist
interessant, daß ein Supergroßmeister wie Sokolov so schlecht nach der
Eröffnung steht.} (12... Na5 13. Nxa5 Qxa5 14. Bb4 Qa6 15. Rd1 O-O 16. Rxd6 $16
b6 17. e5 Bb7 18. exf6 Bxh1 19. Qg4 g6 20. Qg5 Kh8 21. Qh6 Rg8 22. Rd7 Qxa2 23.
Rxf7 Qb1+ 24. Kf2 g5 25. Bf8 Raxf8 26. Rxf8 Qg6 27. f7 {1-0 Garcia Ilundain,
D-Rojo,G/ESP-chT 1994/EXT 94ch (27)}) 13. Bxd6 {[%csl Gd6]} exf4 14. c5 $1 (14.
gxf4) 14... Qa6 (14... Qd8 15. gxf4 $16) 15. Qxa6 bxa6 16. e5 {[%csl Gd6] Der
weiße Läufer steht auf d6 ausgezeichnet.} Ng4 (16... Nd5 17. Bg2 {[%cal Rg2a8]}
Be6 18. Rd1 $18) 17. Bg2 {[%cal Rg2c6]} Bd7 18. gxf4 Ne3 {[%cal Re3c2,Rc2e1,
Rc2a1,Re3g2]} 19. Be4 {[%cal Ge4c2]} Rc8 20. Rg1 {[%cal Rg1g7]} g6 21. Bd3 {
Weiß greift den Bauern a6 an und plant ein Qualitätsopfer.} (21. Nd4 $16) 21...
Bf5 22. Bxa6 $1 Nc2+ 23. Kf2 Nxa1 24. Rxa1 {[%csl Re8][%cal Ra6c8] Weiß hat
zwei Bauern für die Qualität und seine Läufer beherrschen das Brett.} Rd8 25.
Nd4 Bd7 (25... Nxd4 26. cxd4 $18 {[%csl Ga6,Gc5,Gd4,Gd6,Rd8,Ge5,Re8]}) 26. Rb1
{[%cal Gb1b8]} Ne7 27. Rb7 {[%cal Rb7a7]} Nc8 28. Bc7 $18 {[%csl Rd8][%mdl
16388] Weiß gewinnt die Qualität zurück und behält zwei gesunde Mehrbauern.}
O-O 29. Bxd8 Rxd8 30. c6 {[%csl Gc6] Der c-Freibauer entscheidet die Partie.}
Bh3 31. Kg3 {[%csl Rh3] Und Schwarz gab auf. Eine Eröffnungskatastrophe für
Sokolov!} (31. Kg3 Be6 32. Nxe6 fxe6 33. Rd7 Rf8 (33... Rxd7 34. cxd7 $18 {
[%cal Rd7c8,Rd7d8]}) 34. c7 $18 {[%cal Rd7d8]}) 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1999.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Na6 8. Re1
c6 9. Rb1 exd4 10. Nxd4 Re8 11. Bf1 Ng4 12. h3 Qb6 13. hxg4 Qxd4 14. Qxd4 (14.
Qf3 Qe5 (14... Nc5 $2 15. Bf4 $1 Ne6 16. Rbd1 Qb6 17. Bxd6 Ng5 $2 18. Qg3 Bxc3
19. bxc3 Nxe4 20. Rxe4 Rxe4 21. Bc7 $1 Qb2 22. Rd8+ Kg7 23. g5 {1-0 Pinter,
J-Sinkovics,P/Magyarorszag 1990/Inf 51 (23)}) 15. Bf4 (15. g5 Nc5 16. g3 a5 17.
Qd1 Qe7 18. Na4 Bg4 19. Qxg4 Nxa4 20. Qd1 Nc5 21. Bg2 Qe6 22. Qc2 a4 23. Bd2
Bd4 24. Rbd1 Qe7 25. Bc1 Ne6 26. Kh2 Bg7 27. f4 Nd4 28. Qf2 c5 $11 {1/2-1/2
Sahovic,D-Damljanovic,B/YUG-Cup 1994 (66)}) 15... Qe7 16. Rbd1 Be5 17. g3 Nc5
18. Rd2 Ne6 19. Be3 Ng5 20. Qe2 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Nxe4 $17 {0-1 Lenz,T-Apicella,M/
Munich 1993/TD 92\11 (37)}) 14... Bxd4 15. Rd1 Be5 16. g5 (16. f3 f5 $1 17.
exf5 (17. gxf5 gxf5 $36) 17... gxf5 18. f4 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Nc5 $1 20. Rxd6 Ne4
21. Rd3 fxg4 $15) 16... Nc5 17. f3 a6 $1 $132 {[%cal Yb7b5]} 18. Ne2 $1 b5 19.
Nd4 {[%csl Rc6]} Bd7 20. Be3 (20. b4 $2 Na4 $1 (20... Ne6 21. Nb3 (21. Be3 Nxd4
22. Bxd4 Bf4 23. Bf6 Be6 24. Kf2 bxc4 25. g3 Be5 (25... c3 26. Bxc3 Bxg5 27.
Rxd6 Bxa2 28. Ra1 Be7 29. Rd7 (29. Rxc6 Rec8 30. Rxc8+ Rxc8 31. Bd2 $14 {
[%csl Ra6]})) 26. Bxe5 dxe5 27. Rdc1 a5 $11)) 21. Rb3 bxc4 22. Bxc4 d5 $1 23.
Bf1 (23. exd5 Bxd4+ 24. Rxd4 Re1+ 25. Kf2 Rxc1 $19) 23... dxe4 $15) 20... Na4 (
20... b4 $5) 21. Rd2 c5 22. Nb3 b4 (22... Rab8 $5) 23. Na5 (23. f4 Bxb2 24. e5
(24. Rbxb2 Nxb2 25. Rxb2 Rxe4 $17) (24. Rxd6 Rxe4 25. Nxc5 Rxe3 26. Nxd7 (26.
Nxa4 Bxa4 27. Rxb2 a5 $11) 26... a5 $132) 24... Bc3 25. Rxd6 Bf5 26. Rbd1 Bg4
27. Rc1 Red8 $132 28. Nxc5 $140 Nxc5 29. Bxc5 Bd2) (23. Nxc5 dxc5 (23... Nxc5
24. Bxc5 dxc5 25. Rxd7 Rad8 $11) 24. Rxd7 Bxb2 $15 {[%csl Ra2]}) 23... Rab8 24.
Kf2 {[%cal Gf3f4]} f6 25. f4 (25. gxf6 Re6 26. f4 Rxf6 27. Kg3 Bxb2 28. Rbxb2
Nxb2 29. Rxb2 Re8 (29... g5 30. f5 h6 31. Kf3 $16) 30. Kf3 (30. e5 dxe5 31.
Bxc5 Rxf4 (31... exf4+ 32. Kf2) 32. Be2 h5 $132)) 25... Bd4 26. Bxd4 cxd4 27.
Rxd4 fxg5 28. fxg5 (28. Rxd6 Nc5 $1) 28... Nc5 29. Re1 Re6 $44 {[%csl Re4,Rg2,
Rg5]} 30. Bd3 Rf8+ 31. Kg1 Rf5 $1 {[%cal Yf5a5,Yf5g5]} 32. Nb3 Kf8 (32... Nxb3
33. axb3 Rxg5 $2 34. c5 $1 Rxc5 35. Bc4 $18) (32... Rxg5 $5 33. Nxc5 Rxc5 34.
e5 $1 Bc6 $1 35. Rxd6 Kf7 36. Kf2 Rcxe5 37. Rxe5 Rxd6 $11) 33. exf5 Rxe1+ 34.
Kf2 Nxd3+ 35. Rxd3 Rb1 36. f6 (36. fxg6 Rxb2+ 37. Ke3 hxg6 38. Rxd6 Bf5 (38...
Ke7 39. Rxa6 Rxg2 40. Rxg6 $16) 39. Rxa6 Rxg2 $14) 36... Rxb2+ 37. Ke3 Rxa2 38.
Rxd6 Bf5 $1 39. Nd4 Rxg2 40. Nxf5 gxf5 41. Kf4 Rg4+ 42. Kxf5 Rxc4 $11 43. Rxa6
Rh4 44. Ra8+ Kf7 45. Rb8 Rh1 46. Rb7+ Kf8 47. Rxb4 Kf7 48. Rb7+ Kf8 49. Rb5 Kf7
50. Rb7+ Kf8 51. Rb8+ Kf7 52. Rh8 Rf1+ 53. Ke4 Rh1 54. Kf3 Rh5 55. Kf4 Rh1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1999.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bc5 5. Nxe5 $5 {Eine selten gespielte
Fortsetzung. 5.Bg2 führt zu ruhigem Spiel. Ribli.} (5. Bg2 d6 6. d3 h6 7. O-O
O-O 8. a3 a5 9. e3 (9. b3 Nd4 $5 10. Ne1 (10. Bb2) 10... c6 11. e3 Nf5 12. Ne4
Bb6 13. Bb2 Nxe4 14. dxe4 Ne7 15. a4 Be6 16. Nd3 f6 17. Ba3 Ng6 18. Qe2 Qe7 19.
Kh1 Rfd8 20. f4 {1/2-1/2 Gelfand,B-Anand,V/Beograd 1997/Inf 71 (20)}) 9... Bf5
(9... Bb6 10. b3 Bf5 11. h3 Qd7 12. Kh2 Rae8 $5 $146 13. Bb2 Bh7 14. Qd2 e4 15.
dxe4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 $11 {Ibragimov,I-Onischuk,A/Kazan 1997/Inf 71 (16)})
10. b3 Ba7 11. Bb2 Qd7 12. Rc1 Bh3 13. d4 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 exd4 15. exd4 Ne7 16.
d5 Nh7 17. Qd3 Ng6 18. Rce1 Rfe8 19. Nb5 Bb6 20. Nbd4 Bxd4 21. Qxd4 Nf6 22. Qd1
Ne4 23. Nd4 c6 24. h3 {1/2-1/2 Bareev,E-Dautov,R/Elista 1998/CBM 66 ext (24)})
5... Bxf2+ (5... Nxe5 $5 6. d4 Bd6 (6... Qe7 7. dxe5 Ng4 8. e3 Nxe5 9. Bg2 $14
Nxc4 $6 10. Nd5 $40) 7. dxe5 (7. c5 Qe7 8. dxe5 (8. cxd6 Nf3#) 8... Bxe5 $15)
7... Bxe5 8. Bg2 $11) 6. Kxf2 Nxe5 7. e4 {Weiß besitzt das Läuferpaar und
möchte mit 8.d4 die Herschafft im Zentrum erobern. Andererseits steht der
weiße König auf f2 unsicher und Schwarz kommt daher immer zu guten taktischen
Gegenchancen.} (7. b3 d5 8. d4 Nc6 9. h3 O-O 10. Bg2 dxc4 11. d5 Ne5 12. Qd4
Nfd7 13. Bf4 Qf6 14. Rhd1 Nd3+ 15. Rxd3 cxd3 16. Qxf6 Nxf6 17. e4 c6 18. d6 Be6
19. Rd1 {1/2-1/2 Topalov,V-Karpov,A/Monte Carlo 1997/CBM 57 ext (59)}) 7... c5
8. d4 {Weiß öffnet seinem Läuferpaar die Stellung.} (8. d3 O-O (8... d6 9. h3
O-O $5 (9... h5 $6 10. Be2 Nh7 11. Kg2 h4 12. g4 Ng5 13. Be3 $14 {in der alten
Partie Botwinnik,M. - Keres,P. Moskau 1966.}) 10. Be2 Ne8 11. Kg2 Nc7 $11) 9.
h3 d6 10. Kg2 Bd7 11. Bf4 Bc6 12. Be2 Ne8 13. Qd2 Nc7 14. b4 cxb4 15. Nd5 a5
16. a3 bxa3 17. Rxa3 b5 18. Rha1 a4 19. cxb5 Nxb5 20. Rxa4 Rxa4 21. Rxa4 Nc7
22. Ra5 Ne6 23. Be3 h6 $13 {0-1 Contin,D-Godena,M/Montecatini Terme 1997/EXT
99 (39)}) (8. Be2 d6 9. h3 O-O 10. d3 Be6 11. Kg2 Nfd7 12. d4 cxd4 13. Qxd4 Qc7
14. b3 Rad8 15. Nb5 $16 Qa5 16. Bd2 Qa6 17. Bg5 {Und Weiß hat positionelles
Übergewicht, denn der d6-Bauer ist schwach. (Chernin,A. - Groszpeter,A.Österr.
Mannschaftmeisterschaft 1998/1999).}) 8... cxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. Bf4 (10. Qxe5
$4 Ng4+ $19 {[%cal Rg4f2,Rg4e5]}) 10... d6 {Beide Spieler haben strukturelle
Probleme. Der d6-Bauern ist ebenso schwach wie der weiße e4-Bauer.} 11. h3 {
Weiss vermeidet die Möglichkeit Ng4,oder Bg4.Ribli.} Be6 12. Be2 Qc8 {[%csl
Rc4]} 13. Rac1 {[%cal Gc1c8]} Bxh3 {Riskant oder nicht: Schwarz muß Gegenspiel
erlangen. Sonst spielt Weiß 14. Kg2 oder 14.Nd5 mit klarem Vorteil.} 14. Nd5
Qe6 $8 {Diese Fortsetzung wurde sehr schnell gespielt. Schwarz opfert
zeitweilig die Qualität, aber bekommt ernsthaftes Gegenspiel.} (14... Nxd5 15.
cxd5 Qd7 16. Bxe5 dxe5 17. Qxe5 $18 {[%csl Rh3][%cal Re5h5,Rh1h7,Rc1c7,Rc7d7]})
15. Nc7 {[%cal Rc7e6,Rc7a8]} Qe7 16. Nxa8 Nc6 $13 {[%csl Rf2][%cal Rc6d4,Rf6e4,
Re4f2]} 17. Qe3 Nxe4+ 18. Kf3 {Nach dem Textzug bekommt Schwarz Ausgleich,
aber die Alternativen sind für ihn gefährlich.} (18. Kg1 Bf5 19. c5 $5) (18.
Ke1 $5) 18... Bf5 $5 (18... Ne5+ 19. Bxe5 Qxe5 20. Nc7 (20. Qxe4 Bg2+ 21. Kxg2
Qxe4+ 22. Bf3 Qe7 $19 {[%csl Ra8][%cal Rf8a8]}) 20... Rc8 21. Nd5 Qxg3+ 22.
Kxe4 Re8+ 23. Kd3 Rxe3+ 24. Nxe3 Bf5+ 25. Kd2 $13) 19. Bd3 Re8 20. Rhe1 (20. g4
$13) 20... Qd8 {[%cal Ge8e3]} 21. Kg2 (21. Qg1 $6 Ne5+ 22. Bxe5 Ng5+ 23. Kg2
Bxd3 $36) 21... Qxa8 $44 22. Qf3 $1 Nd4 23. Qe3 Nc6 24. Qf3 {[%mdl 576] und
Remis wegen Stellungswiederholung.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1999.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bd3 d6 8. f4
e5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Qd2 Ng4 11. f5 Nxe3 12. Qxe3 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. Kh1 Bd7
15. Rad1 a5 16. Bc4 a4 17. Rd3 Bc8 18. Qe2 Kh8 19. Nd1 g6 20. Ne3 Bg5 21. Rfd1
Qb6 22. b3 Ra7 23. f6 axb3 24. cxb3 Bxf6 25. Rxd6 Bg5 26. Nd5 Qc5 27. Nf6 Qa3
28. h3 Kg7 29. Qf3 Qxa2 30. Rxc6 Qb2 31. Rf1 Qd4 32. Rd1 Ra1 33. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 34.
Kh2 Bf4+ 35. g3 Qb2+ 36. Qg2 Qxg2+ 37. Kxg2 Bg5 38. Nd5 Be6 39. h4 Bd2 40. Kf3
Rb8 41. Ke2 Bb4 42. Nxb4 Rxb4 43. Kd2 Bxc4 44. bxc4 f5 45. exf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1999.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3
O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. Re1 Bd6 13. d3 Qh4 14.
g3 Qh3 15. Re4 Nf6 16. Rh4 Qf5 17. Nd2 g5 {'!' Ftacnik.} 18. Rd4 $6 $146 {
Ftacnik: 'The original location of the white rook on the central square makes
a lot of sense. Black is pawn down and his kingside is pretty exposed.' Eine
dubiose Neuerung gegenüber Svidler-Adams/Elista (olm)/1998, welche in CBM 68
analysiert wurde.  Ivanchuk befürchtete wahrscheinlich eine vorbereitete
Verstärkung, weil Timman und Adams Mannschaftskollegen bei Europa-Cup Meister
Panfox Breda sind, eine theoretische gemeinsame Analyse von o.g. Partie war
also möglich.} (18. Rh6) 18... Bc5 19. Nf3 (19. Ne4 {Ftacnik} Bxd4 20. cxd4 h6
$15) 19... h6 $1 ({Natürlich nicht} 19... Bxd4 $2 20. Nxd4 {und Schwarz muss
den zweiten Bauern abgeben, weil} Qc5 (20... Qd7 21. Bxg5) (20... Qg6 21. Nxc6)
{an} 21. Qf3 {scheitert. Mit zwei Bauern für die Qualität hat dann Weiss einen
klaren Vorteil.}) 20. Bf4 {?!? Es ist zwar ein sehr originelle Versuch, mit
welchem Weiss das Problem mit dem Td4 und dem unentwickelten Damenflügel auf
einmal lösen will, eine bessere Alternative zur Rettung war aber das scharfe} (
20. h4 $5 {Weiss greift den wichtigen Bg5 an. Somit ist Schwarz beschäftigt
und kann nicht so leicht den Plan aus der Partie ausführen. Die Stellung
bleibt sehr kompliziert und unklar.}) (20. h4 $5 {Ftacnik} Be6 (20... Bxd4 21.
Nxd4 Qh3 22. hxg5 Ng4 23. Nf3 $16) 21. hxg5 Bxb3 22. axb3 hxg5 23. Qd2 Nh7 $13)
20... Bb7 $6 {Ohne tiefe Analyse darf man diesen interessanten Plan nicht
kritisieren. Schwarz verzichtet auf Materialgewinn und trifft Vorbereitungen
für 1) Öffnung der Diagonale a8-h1 und  2) Druck auf der d-Linie gegen Bd3. 
Das wird ihm zwar eine sehr starke Initiative geben, Weiss hat aber später
eine aussichtsreiche Verteidigung nicht gefunden.} ({Ganz schlecht wäre} 20...
gxf4 $2 21. Rxf4 Qg6 22. Ne5 {mit weisser Initiative, z.B.} Qg7 (22... Qg5 23.
Qf3 $1 Qxe5 (23... Nd5 $2 24. Bxd5 cxd5 25. Qxd5 $18) 24. Rxf6 Be7 25. Rxf7 $1
(25. Bxf7+ Kg7 26. Rg6+ Kh7 27. Qxc6 Bf5 $1 {ist nach} 28. Rxh6+ Kg7 29. d4 Qe2
{noch sehr unklar.}) 25... Be6 $8 26. Rxe7 $3 Rxf3 27. Rxe6 {mit technisch
gewonnenem Endspiel L+3B:T.}) 23. Qf3 Bd6 24. Rxf6 $5 Bxe5 25. Rxf7 $1 Rxf7 26.
Qxc6 $1 Rb8 $8 27. Qe8+ Kh7 28. Qxf7 Qxf7 29. Bxf7 {und wir bekommen wieder
ein sehr interessantes Endspiel, welches gute Gewinnchancen für Weiss bieten
soll.}) ({Schwarz wollte sich auch nicht mit} 20... Bxd4 {beeilen, weil} {
er nach} 21. Nxd4 {wahrscheinlich kein gutes Feld für die Dame sah. Es gibt
aber eins! Siehe D)} Qh3 $1 {beginnt plötzlich Schwarz mit dem Angriff und der
weisse Springer muss zurück:} ({Schlechte Alternativen sind} 21... Qg6 22. Nxc6
$18) ({und} 21... Qg4 22. Bd6 $16 (22. Be5 $16)) ({Aber nach} 21... Qd7 {
soll Schwarz mit genauer Verteidigung ebenfalls (wie mit 21...Dh3) zum Vorteil
kommen. Zuerst sieht es so aus, daß Weiß mit} 22. Be5 {für die geopferte
Qualität eine gefährliche Initiative erlangt.} {Am besten ist dann} Ng4 $1 (
22... Ne8 {verliert wegen} 23. Qf3 Bb7 {und jetzt gewinnt plötzlich} 24. Qe4 $1
{und gegen die tödliche Drohung Dg6 gibt's keine ausreichende Verteidigung,
weil auch} (24. Nf5 {wäre der langsamere Weg, nach} Kh7 {entscheidet} 25. g4 $1
{gefolgt von Dh3 und Weiss gewinnt durch den Angriff gegen den Punkt h6 in
allen Varianten:} c5 {oder} (25... h5 26. Qh3 h4 27. Nxh4 $1 gxh4 28. Qxh4+ Kg6
29. Qh5#) 26. Qh3 Qc6 27. Bd5 $1) 24... Ng7 25. Qg6 {zum Matt in nächsten Zug
führt.}) ({Ähnlich auch nach} 22... Nd5 {ist} 23. Qf3 {stark. Nach erzwungenem}
g4 $1 (23... f6 $2 24. Nxc6 $18) (23... Bb7 $2 24. Bxd5 Qxd5 25. Qf6 $18) 24.
Qe4 f5 $8 25. Bxd5+ cxd5 26. Qf4 {ist diese Stellung wegen den geschächten
schwarzen Feldern sehr unangenehm für Schwarz.}) {und nach fast erzwungenem
taktischen} 23. Be6 $1 fxe6 24. Qxg4 {muss Schwarz den einzigen genauen
Verteidigungzug finden:} c5 $1 {und durch den Gegenangriff gegen den Punkt f2
in die Variante} (24... Qd5 $2 25. f4 c5 $140 $2 26. Qh5 Kh7 27. Nf3 {mit
Mattangriff.}) (24... Bb7 $6 25. f4 $1 c5 26. Qh5 (26. Qxe6+ Qxe6 27. Nxe6 Rfc8
$16) 26... Qh7 27. Nxe6 Qxd3 28. Re1 $1 (28. Nxc5 $2 Qe3+ 29. Kf1 Qxe5 30. Nxb7
(30. Qg6+ Qg7 31. Qxg7+ Kxg7 32. Nxb7 gxf4 $19 {_|_}) 30... Qg7 $19 {_|_})
28... Qc2 29. Re2 Qb1+ 30. Kf2 $18) 25. Qe4 ({Interessant ist auch} 25. Qh5 $1
Kh7 (25... Qf7 $6 26. Qxf7+ Rxf7 27. Nb3 c4 28. dxc4 bxc4 29. Na5 {[%csl Rd4,
Re5][%cal Ga5c4,Gc4e5,Ge5d4] und Weiss gewinnt einen zweiten Bauern für die
Qualität mit Vorteil. Der ideale Aufbau mit den gedeckten Ld4 und Se5 ist sehr
stark.}) 26. f4 $5 (26. Nf3 Rf5 $1 $19) {fuehrt nach richtigen} 26... g4 $1 {
nicht zum Ziel.} ({Gefaehrlich waere aber} 26... gxf4 {und nach} 27. g4 $1 (27.
Nf3 Rf5) 27... cxd4 (27... Rg8 28. Nf3 $40) 28. g5 Rf5 $8 29. Qxh6+ Kg8 30.
Qh8+ Kf7 31. g6+ $3 Kxg6 32. Kf2 $3 {hat zwar Weiss ein Turm weniger, aber
sein Angriff ist vernichtend. ZB.:} Qe7 (32... Rxe5 33. Rg1+ Rg5 (33... Kf5 34.
Qf8+) (33... Kf7 34. Rg7+ Kf6 35. Qf8+) 34. Qg8+ $18) (32... Kf7 33. Rg1 $18) (
32... Qf7 33. h4 $3 Qf8 34. Rg1+ Kf7 35. Qh7+ Ke8 36. Rg8 $18) 33. h4 $3 Rg5 {
anders entscheidet Tg1} 34. hxg5 Bb7 35. Qh6+ Kf5 36. Bf6 $1 Qc7 (36... Qf7 37.
Re1 $18) 37. Bg7 $18)) 25... Qf7 {behält Schwarz Vorteil nach z.B.} 26. Qxa8
Bb7) 22. Bd6 Ng4 $1 23. Nf3 $8 Re8 {gefolgt von Le6 und Schwarz muß nur noch
die technische Realisierung von seinem Materialvorteil durchführen.}) ({
Auch die prophylaktische Fortsetzung} 20... Re8 {sieht nach} 21. Bd6 Ba7 $1 {
(droht c5!)} (21... Bxd4 22. Nxd4 Qd7 23. Ba3 $1 {bleibt noch nicht ganz klar.}
) 22. Ba3 Bb7 {als deutliche Verbesserung von Timman's Plan. Beide
schwarzfeldrige Läufer bleiben auf dem Brett und es ist ganz klar, welche von
diesen beiden Figuren besser steht.}) 21. Bd6 Bxd6 22. Rxd6 c5 {[%mdl 4]
Ftacnik: 'Instead of grabbing material Timman managed to coordinate his forces
and create counterplay along a8-h1 diagonal.'} 23. Nd2 $6 ({Auch nach dem
besseren} 23. Ne1 {hat Schwarz genügende Kompensation mit} Rad8 {oder} (23...
Rfe8 {Ftacnik} 24. Qd2 Re7 $40)) 23... Rad8 24. Rxd8 (24. Rb6 $5 {bietet
einige praktische Remischancen nach} Rxd3 25. Rxb7 Ne4 26. Nxe4 (26. Bxf7+ Rxf7
27. Rxf7 Qxf7 (27... Kxf7 $4 28. Qh5+) 28. Nxe4 Rxd1+ 29. Rxd1 Qxa2 $19 {_|_})
26... Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1 Qxe4 28. Rdd7 Qb1+ $1 29. Kg2 c4 30. Bd1 Qxb2 31. Bh5 {
-/+/-+ _|_}) 24... Rxd8 25. Bc2 ({Weiss hat vielleicht übersehen, dass nach} 
25. Qe2 {Schwarz den Bd3 nicht zurücknimmt, sondern gewinnt mit} c4 $1 26. dxc4
(26. Nxc4 bxc4 27. Bxc4 Re8 28. Qd1 Ng4 $19) (26. Bd1 Rxd3 27. Nf1 (27. Bc2
Rxd2 $19) 27... g4 $1 28. Bc2 Qd5 $19) 26... Rxd2 27. Qxd2 Qf3 $19) 25... Ng4
26. Qe2 $6 ({Leicht bessere Rettungschancen bot} 26. Qe1 {mit der Idee} c4 (
26... Ne5 27. Qe3) 27. Bd1 Rxd3 $1 (27... cxd3 28. Bxg4 Qxg4 29. Qe7 Rd7 30.
Qe8+ Kg7 31. Re1 $17) (27... Qxd3 28. Bxg4 Qxd2 29. Qe7 Qd5 30. f3 $15) 28.
Bxg4 Qxg4 29. Qe8+ Kg7 30. Qe5+ Kh7 31. Qe7 Bd5 $1 32. Qe1 (32. f3 Qf5 $1 (
32... Rxf3 33. Nf1 Rd3 34. Ne3 Qf3 35. Nxd5 Rxd5 36. Rf1 Rd1 37. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 38.
Kf2 Qc2+ $19 {_|_}) 33. Ne4 Rxf3 34. Re1 Bxe4 35. Qxe4 Rf1+ 36. Kg2 Rf2+ 37.
Kg1 Qxe4 38. Rxe4 Rxb2 $19) 32... Rxd2 33. Qxd2 Qf3 34. Kf1 Be6 $1 $19) 26...
c4 $1 {Ftacnik: 'The fall od d3 pawn is a bad sign for white, Black is better
developed and all endgames will be in his favour.'} 27. Bd1 (27. Ne4 {Ftacnik}
cxd3 28. Qxg4 Qxg4 $1 29. Nf6+ Kg7 30. Nxg4 dxc2 31. Ne3 Rd2 32. Rc1 Be4 $17)
27... Rxd3 28. Qxg4 Qxg4 29. Bxg4 Rxd2 $19 {Das Endspiel ist technisch
gewonnen. Weiss verliert forciert einen Bauern und beide schwarzen Figuren
sind aktiver als die von Weiss.} 30. Rb1 (30. b3 Rc2 31. bxc4 bxc4 32. Rb1 Bc6
33. f3 Rxc3 {'-/+' Ftacnik.} (33... Bb5 34. a4 Bxa4 35. Ra1 Bb5 36. Ra3 Rb2 $19
) (33... Bb5 $17 {Ftacnik}) 34. Rb6 Bb5 (34... Bxf3 $6 35. Bxf3 Rxf3 36. Rxa6
Kg7 37. Rc6 c3 38. g4 $1 $15) 35. a4 Bxa4 36. Rxa6 Bc2 37. Rxh6 Bg6 $1 $19)
30... Be4 31. Re1 Bd3 {Ftacnik: 'It is rare for black go achieve such
excellent endgame position in the Marshall attack of Ruy Lopez defence.'} (
31... f5 $5 32. b4 (32. Rd1 Rxb2 33. Bh5 Rxa2 $19) 32... Rc2 $19) 32. b4 (32.
Re8+ Kg7 33. Ra8 Rxb2 34. Rxa6 b4 35. cxb4 Rb1+ 36. Kg2 c3 $19) 32... Rxa2 (
32... Rc2 33. Bc8) 33. Rc1 f5 34. Bh3 Kf7 35. Bf1 $5 Be4 {'!' Ftacnik.} (35...
Ke6 36. Re1+ Kf6 (36... Kd5 37. Rd1) 37. Bxd3 cxd3 38. Rd1 d2 39. Kf1 Rc2 40.
Ke2 Rxc3 41. Rxd2 $17) 36. Bg2 Kf6 37. Bxe4 fxe4 38. Re1 Kf5 39. Kf1 Ra3 40.
Re3 (40. Rc1 e3 $1 41. fxe3 (41. f3 Ra2 42. Kg1 Rf2 $19) (41. Ke2 exf2 42. Kxf2
Ke4 43. Re1+ Kd3 44. Re3+ Kc2 $19) 41... Ke4 $19) 40... a5 41. bxa5 Rxa5 42.
Re2 (42. Re1 Ra3 43. Rb1 Rb3 $19) 42... Ra1+ 43. Kg2 Ra3 44. Rc2 (44. Re3 b4
$19) 44... Ke5 45. Kf1 b4 $1 46. cxb4 c3 {Ftacnik: 'Black domination brings
fruits, white has big problems to stop passed c pawn.'} 47. Ke2 (47. Rc1 Kd4
48. Rd1+ Kc4 49. Rd8 (49. Ke2 c2) 49... c2 50. Rc8+ (50. Ke2 Rc3) 50... Kb3 51.
b5 Kb2 $19) 47... Kd4 48. b5 Rb3 49. Rxc3 Rxc3 50. b6 Rb3 51. b7 Rxb7 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Reinderman, Dimitri"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1999.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 {Eine seltene Fortsetzung, aber später geht Weiß zur
Hauptvariante über. Der junge Holländer spielt gern auch 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nge2.
Ribli.} Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 {Die andere prinzipielle Fortsetzung
5.Nb5 wird heutzutage weniger gespielt, ist aber meines Erachtens nicht
schlechter als der Partiezug.} a6 {Hier empfehle ich 5...Qc7, aber die
Partiefortsetzung führt auch zu komplitziertem Spiel.} 6. Nxc6 {Auch die
Alternativen 6.g3, 6.Be2 und 6.Be3 sind möglich.} bxc6 7. Bd3 (7. e5) 7... d5 (
7... d6 {In diesem Fall kann Schwarz mit folgendem ...Be7, ...Nf6, ...Bb7
seine Entwicklung beenden.}) 8. O-O Nf6 9. Re1 (9. Qe2 $5 {Weiß möchte im
folgenden mit b2-b3 / Bc1-b2 spielen und kann eventuell f2-f4 ziehen, was in
unserer Partie mit Turm auf e1 weniger gut wäre.}) 9... Bb7 10. e5 {Dieser Zug
ist konsequent, wenn Weiß 9.Re1 gespielt hat, aber bei geschlossenem Zentrum
steht der schwarze König sicher in der Mitte und Schwarz kann seine
Zentrumsbauernmehrheit mobilisieren.} (10. Bg5 Be7 11. e5 Nd7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13.
Qh5 (13. Qg4 O-O 14. Na4 f5 {Hazai,L-Suetin,A/Leipzig 1986/Inf 42 (14)}) 13...
c5 14. b3 h6 15. f4 g6 16. Qh3 h5 17. Nd1 {1-0 Arakhamia_Grant,K-Portisch,L/
Kobenhavn 1997/Inf 70/ (47)}) (10. Bd2 Be7 (10... Qc7 $5) 11. e5 Nd7 12. Qg4 g6
13. Na4 c5 14. b3 Qc7 15. Qg3 c4 16. bxc4 dxc4 17. Bf1 h5 $1 {1/2-1/2 Adams,
M-Morovic Fernandez,I/Las Palmas 1994/Inf 60/[Morovic Fernandez,I] (51)}) 10...
Nd7 11. Na4 {Das ist ein typischer Plan. Weiß plant c2-c4 mit möglicher
Initiative am Damenflügel.} c5 $5 {[#]Schwarz mobilisiert sofort seine
Bauernmehrheit und hat keine Angst vor der unbeweglichen Bauernstruktur im
Zentrum, denn er bekommt eine offene Diagonale für den b7-Läufer.} (11... Qc7
12. Bf4 c5 (12... Be7 13. c4 dxc4 14. Bxc4 c5 15. Qb3 Rb8 16. Qg3 g5 17. Bd2 h5
18. h4 g4 19. Bg5 Bxg5 20. hxg5 h4 21. Qxg4 Nxe5 22. Qe2 h3 23. Qxe5 h2+ 24.
Kh1 Bxg2+ 25. Kxg2 h1=Q+ 26. Rxh1 Qxe5 {0-1 Brendel,O-Schaefer,M/BL 1995 (31)})
13. c4 dxc4 14. Be4 Be7 15. Rc1 O-O 16. Rxc4 Bxe4 17. Rcxe4 Rfd8 18. Qc2 Nb6
19. Nxb6 Qxb6 20. Be3 Qa5 21. Ra1 Rd5 22. h3 Rad8 23. Rc1 h6 24. b3 Qb5 $11 {
Adams,M-Andersson,U/Cannes 1989/Inf 48 (24)}) (11... Qh4 12. b3 $14) 12. c4 d4
{[%cal Gb7h1] Diese Bauernstruktur ist für die Paulsen-Variante besonders
typisch. Der gedeckte Freibauer auf d4 kann von Weiß mit z.B. b2-b3 /
Na4-b2-d3 gut blockiert werden und die schwarze Bauern verlieren damit an
Elastizität, aber Schwarz hat Chancen gegen den weißen Bauern e5 und am
Königsflügel.} 13. b3 (13. Be4 Bxe4 14. Rxe4 Qc7 15. Qe2 Be7 16. b3 O-O $11)
13... Qc7 14. Bf4 (14. Qe2 Be7) (14. f4 h6 $13 {[%cal Gg7g5,Gb7g2,Gh8g8,Gg8g1]}
) 14... f5 $13 {Mit diesem Zug kontrolliert Schwarz das Feld e4 und leider
kann Weiß nicht 15.exf6 spielen, denn es hängt dann f4.} 15. Qd2 Qc6 16. f3 (
16. Bf1 h6 $15) 16... Rg8 $15 {[%cal Gg8g1] Schwarz hat spürbare Aktivität am
Königsflügel und es ist nicht klar, wie Weiß Gegenspiel aufziehen kann.} 17. h4
(17. Nb2 g5 18. Bxg5 h6 19. Bf4 Qxf3 $15 {[%csl Rg1,Rg2]}) 17... h6 18. h5 (18.
Kf2 g5 $1 (18... Be7 $15) 19. hxg5 hxg5 20. Bxg5 Bh6 21. Bxh6 Rxg2+ $1 22. Kxg2
Qxf3+ 23. Kh2 Qh5+ $19) 18... Be7 {Schwarz muß sich mit ...g7-g5 (oder g7-g6)
nicht beeilen und verbessert zunächst seine Figurenstellung.} (18... g5 19. Bg3
$15 (19. hxg6 Rxg6 $17)) 19. Qe2 g6 $36 20. hxg6 (20. Bxh6 gxh5 $17 {[%csl Rg1]
[%cal Gg8g1,Rc6f3]}) 20... Nf8 $5 {[%cal Gf8g6,Gg6f4,Gg6h4]} (20... Rxg6 21.
Rf1 $15) 21. g7 (21. Bxh6 Nxg6 $17 {[%csl Rg1][%cal Rg6h4,Rh4g2,Rh4f3,Gg8g1,
Gb7g2]}) 21... Rxg7 22. Bxh6 Rg8 {[%cal Gf8g6]} (22... Rg6 23. Bf4) 23. Bxf8
Kxf8 $44 {[%csl Ye3,Rg1][%cal Ge7g5,Gg5e3,Ge3g1] Schwarz hat einen Bauern
weniger, aber er besitzt das Läuferpaar und sehr gefährliche Initiative am
Königsflügel.} 24. Kf1 {Weiß plant mit dem König zum Damenflügel auszuwandern.}
Rh8 {[%cal Rh8h1,Rh1f1] Es droht 25...Rh1+ nebst 26...Bh4+.} 25. Qf2 Qc7 {
Schwarz verhindert 26.Ke2.} 26. Qg3 (26. Ke2 Bh4 {[%cal Rh4e1]} 27. g3 Qxe5+
$17) 26... Rh6 $1 {Schwarz hat viel Zeit. Zuerst verhindert er das Eindringen
der weißen Dame auf g6.} (26... Bh4 $6 27. Qg6 $13) 27. Qf4 Kg7 28. Ke2 Rah8 {
[%csl Gh6,Gh8][%cal Gh8h1] Schwarz Angriff am Königsflügel. Besonders die
Bauern g2 und e5, sowie die schwarzen Felder sind schwach.} 29. Rg1 Rg6 $17 {
[%csl Re2,Re5][%cal Re7g5]} 30. g4 {Dieser Zug schwächt die weiße
Königsstellung, aber eigentlich riskiert Weiß nichts, denn seine Stellung ist
kaum haltbar.} (30. Kd1 Bg5 31. Qg3 Be3 $19) 30... Bg5 31. Qg3 (31. gxf5 Bxf4
32. Rxg6+ Kf8 $19) 31... Bh4 $138 (31... f4 $1) 32. Qf4 Bg5 33. Qg3 f4 {
[%csl Re2,Re5]} 34. Qf2 Bh4 (34... Qxe5+ $17) 35. Qg2 Qxe5+ {[%csl Re2]} 36.
Be4 (36. Kd1 Qe3 $19) 36... Bxe4 37. fxe4 f3+ $1 $19 {[%csl Re2,Rg2][%cal
Rf3e2,Rf3g2] Dieser Bauernopfer entscheidet die Partie. Schwarz öffnet die
Linie-f.} 38. Qxf3 (38. Kxf3 Rf6+ $19) 38... Rf6 {[%csl Re2,Rf3][%mdl 12] Und
Weiß gab auf.} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1999.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Nd4 5. Bg2 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3 Bb4 7. Na4 c6 8.
O-O O-O 9. d4 e4 10. Bg2 d5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Qb3 Be7 13. Bf4 b6 14. Rfc1 Ba6
15. Qd1 Nh5 16. Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E99"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1999.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Huzman} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6
8. d5 Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Be3 f5 11. f3 f4 12. Bf2 g5 13. Rc1 Ng6 14. c5 {
This pawn sacrifice enables white to come first with his assault on the queen
side,much earlier than black with his threats on the opposite side of the
board.} Nxc5 15. b4 Na6 16. Nd3 {This strong move was introduced by Piket in
his game against the World champion (Piket-Kasparov, Linares, 1997). Earlier
white played 16.Sb5, striving to recapture a sacrificed pawn. But in fact
white does not need to hurry. As long as black knight remains on a6 black
hardly can improve his chances. Let`s not forget a rule, formulated about 100
years ago by S.Tarrasch: "if one piece is badly placed - the position in whole
is bad".} Rf7 (16... h5 {Huzman} 17. Nb5 Bd7 18. a4 Bh6 19. Rc3 b6 $5 20. Be1
$1 Rf7 21. Nf2 Nh4 (21... Bc8 22. Ra3 Nb8 23. a5 a6 24. axb6 cxb6 $13 {
Pajeken-Kreiman, Hamburg 1997}) 22. Nxd6 cxd6 23. Bxa6 Qe8 $1 24. Qe2 $5 g4 $1
25. fxg4 Nxg2 $3 (25... Rg7 $2 26. h3 Qg6 27. Bb5 $1 Bxb5 28. axb5 Rf8 29. Nd1
$16 {Piket-Kasparov, Linares 1997 Inf.69/553}) 26. Kxg2 hxg4 27. Qc2 (27. Kh1
$2 f3 28. Qc2 g3 29. hxg3 Be3 $1 $19 {Kasparov}) 27... Rh7 $1 28. Nh1 Qh5 29.
Ng3 fxg3 30. Bxg3 $13 {Piket. CBM 64}) 17. Nb5 Bd7 (17... Bf8 {Huzman} 18. a4
b6 19. Be1 Rg7 20. Nf2 h5 21. Qc2 Nh4 22. h3 Kh8 23. Qc6 Bd7 24. Qb7 $16 {
Krivoshey-Stets, Presov 1997}) 18. a4 (18. Nxa7 $2 {Huzman} Qb8 $19) 18... Qe8
{A novelty, not too impressive, though. Other moves, which had been tried
before: 18...b6 or 18...h5.} (18... Qb8 {Huzman} 19. Na3 $1 (19. Qc2 c6 20.
dxc6 bxc6 21. Nc3 Nc7 {[%cal Yc7e6,Ye6d4]}) 19... Qd8 (19... c6 20. dxc6 bxc6
21. b5 cxb5 22. Nxb5 Bxb5 23. axb5 Nc7 24. Nb4 $16) 20. Qc2 $44) 19. Nb2 $1 Qb8
(19... Bxb5 20. Bxb5 $44) 20. Qc2 $5 {A very subtle move. White threatens to
take on c7.} (20. Qd2 {Huzman} h5 {[%cal Yg5g4]}) 20... Be8 {Still, however
bad it looks, black had to take on b5, and then on b4...} ({After} 20... Bxb5
21. axb5 (21. Bxb5 {Huzman} Nxb4 22. Qb3 a5) 21... Nxb4 22. Qb3 a5 23. b6 {
white, according to Piket, has a strong initiative, compensating him for
material loss...}) 21. Qd2 h5 {21...Bf8!?, eventually threatening with c7-c6.}
22. Rc4 Bh6 (22... Bd7 $2 {Huzman} 23. Rfc1 {[%csl Rc7]}) 23. Rfc1 Kg7 24. Nd3
Qd8 (24... g4 $2 {Huzman} 25. fxg4 hxg4 (25... f3 26. g5 $16) 26. Bxg4 f3 27.
Be3 Bxe3+ 28. Qxe3 c6 (28... fxg2 29. Nxd6 $1 cxd6 30. Rc8 $18) 29. gxf3 $1 $18
) 25. Qc3 g4 26. Nxc7 Nxc7 27. Rxc7 $16 g3 28. Be1 gxh2+ $6 {By this move he
deprives himself of any counterplay - he just admits he lost the battle.} (
28... Bxa4 $5 {Huzman} 29. Rxf7+ Kxf7 30. Qc7+ Qe7 31. Nb2 gxh2+ 32. Kh1 Be8
33. b5 $44) (28... Qh4 {Huzman} 29. Rxf7+ Bxf7 30. h3 $16) 29. Kh1 Bg5 (29...
Bxa4 {Huzman}) 30. Rxf7+ Bxf7 (30... Kxf7 {Huzman} 31. Qc7+ Qxc7 32. Rxc7+ Ne7
33. b5 $16) 31. Qc7 {'|^' Huzman. Huzman: '<< Black`s attack is over and White
are destroying Queen`s side of Black '} Qb8 32. b5 Bd8 33. Qxb8 Rxb8 34. Bb4
$18 Be7 35. Rc7 Kf8 36. Nb2 Ke8 37. Nc4 Kd8 38. Bxd6 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.30"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "1999.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d3 Nf6 6. d4 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
O-O Bg4 9. Nbd2 c5 10. h3 Bh5 11. dxc5 dxc5 12. Ne4 Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.31"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1999.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. Qd2 {Dies ist eine der Grundstellungen der
Drachenvariante mit 9.Lc4, die allerdings über eine Zugumstellung aus dem
Beschleunigten Drachen entstanden ist. Der Unterschied besteht darin, daß Weiß
statt 0-0-0 schon Lc4-b3 gezogen hat. Dies macht sich Schwarz nun zunutze.}
Nxd4 (10... Rc8 {führt zu den üblichen Varianten.}) 11. Bxd4 b5 {Mit einem
Läufer auf c4 ginge das nicht.} 12. h4 ({Alternativen sind} 12. O-O) (12. a4 {
oder} b4 13. Nd5) 12... a5 {Wie man sieht, kommt Schwarz nach Sxd4, b5 und nun
a5 sehr schnell am Damenflügel voran. Weiß muß reagieren. Wenn Weiß also den
Lc4 früh nach b3 zieht (bevor Schwarz Tc8 gespielt hat), dann ist Sxd4 und b5
eine gute Möglichkeit.} 13. a4 bxa4 14. Nxa4 Be6 ({Guten Erfolg hat Schwarz mit
} 14... e5 15. Be3 Be6 {erzielt.} {Nach z.B.} 16. Nb6 {ist} Rb8 17. Nd5 Bxd5 {
gut für Schwarz, weil Weiß auf d5 nicht mit dem Läufer nehmen kann 
(ungedeckter b2).} {Und nach} 18. exd5 {steht immer der unangenehme Vorstoß
e5-e4 im Raum.}) 15. Nb6 Ra6 $1 {Der Bauer a5 bleibt gedeckt.} ({Eine
Verbesserung gegenüber} 15... Rb8 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 Rb5 18. Ra4 Qc7 19. h5
$5 Ra8 $2 {Danach braucht Weiß nichts zu beweisen und steht besser.} ({Die
kritische Fortsetzung war auch hier} 19... Nxh5 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. g4 Nf6 22.
Qh6+ Kg8 23. Rf4 Rfb8 24. Rxf6 exf6 25. Qxh7+ Kf8 26. Kd1 Qc5 {wonach Weiß
zwar alle schwarzen Königsflügelbauern gewinnt, aber mit seinem Mattangriff
nicht durchdringt. Die unsichere weiße Königsstellung sollte Schwarz zum Remis
reichen.}) 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. g4 Rb4 $2 22. Qxb4 $1 axb4 23. Rxa8+ Bf8 24. Kf2
g5 25. Rha1 $18 {1-0 Hort,V-Forintos,G/Athens 1969/MCD (36)}) 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17.
exd5 Qc7 18. Ra4 Rb8 {Fast die gleiche Stellung wie in Hort-Forintos, 1969.
Dort mußte Schwarz aber mit Tb6-b5 seinen Bauern a5 decken. Das heißt Schwarz
hat hier ein Tempo mehr.} 19. h5 Nxh5 20. Bxg7 (20. Rxh5 $2 {taugt nichts.}
Bxd4 (20... gxh5 21. Qg5 f6) 21. Rxd4 gxh5 22. Qg5+ Kh8 23. Rh4 Rg8 24. Qxh5
Rg7 $17) 20... Kxg7 21. g4 Nf6 22. Qh6+ Kg8 23. Rf4 (23. g5 $2 Nh5 24. Rxh5
gxh5 25. Rh4 Rxb3 $19) 23... Qc5 ({Zu gefährlich ist} 23... a4 $2 24. Rxf6 exf6
25. Kf2 (25. Kd1 $4 axb3 $19) 25... f5 (25... Z0 $140 26. Qxh7+ Kf8 27. Re1) (
25... Qc5+ 26. Kg3 $1) 26. Qxh7+ Kf8 27. gxf5 Qb6+ (27... axb3 28. f6 $18) 28.
Kg2 gxf5 29. Qh6+ Ke7 30. Qg5+ Kd7 31. Qxf5+ $18) 24. Rxf6 exf6 25. Kd1 (25.
Qxh7+ Kf8 26. Qh8+ Ke7 27. Qxb8 Qe3+ $11) 25... Rxb3 (25... Qd4+ $5 26. Kc1 Qb4
) 26. cxb3 Qxd5+ 27. Kc2 Rc6+ 28. Kb1 Qd3+ 29. Ka2 g5 30. Qxf6 Qg6 31. Qe7 Kg7
32. Rd1 h6 33. Qd7 Ra6 (33... Qc2 $2 34. Rxd6 Rc3 35. Rb6 Rxf3 36. Qd4+ Kh7 37.
Rb8 $18) 34. Qc8 Rb6 35. Qc7 Ra6 36. Qc8 Ra7 37. Qc6 d5 38. Qc3+ f6 39. Rxd5 a4
40. bxa4 Qf7 41. Qb3 Rxa4+ 42. Qxa4 Qxd5+ 43. Qb3 Qa5+ 44. Qa3 Qd5+ 45. Qb3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens 5'"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1999.01.18"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens 5'"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1999.01.18"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nge2 e5 7. h3 Nc6 8. Be3
a6 9. O-O exd4 10. Nxd4 Bd7 11. Re1 Re8 12. Kh2 Ne5 13. f4 Nc4 14. Bc1 c5 15.
Nde2 Bc6 16. Qd3 Nb6 17. Be3 c4 18. Qd4 Ng4+ 19. hxg4 Bxd4 20. Nxd4 Bd7 21. g5
Bg4 22. a4 Rc8 23. Bf2 Nd7 24. Nd5 f6 25. Be3 fxg5 26. fxg5 Rc5 27. Bf4 Rxd5
28. exd5 Ne5 29. Re4 Qb6 30. Rae1 Bd7 31. Bxe5 Rxe5 32. Rxe5 dxe5 33. Nf3 Qxb2
34. Nxe5 Bf5 35. Nxc4 Qc3 36. Re8+ Kg7 37. Nd6 Bxc2 38. Re7+ Kg8 39. Ne8 Kf8
40. d6 Bxa4 41. Nf6 Qc5 42. Nxh7+ Kg8 43. Bd5+ Kh8 44. Nf6 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens 5'"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Reinderman, Dimitri"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1999.01.18"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 c6 4. c4 cxd5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. Bd3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 Qc7 9. Qd3 O-O 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Nb5 Qb6 12. a3 Be7 13. Be3 a6 14. Nc3 Qd6
15. Ng5 b5 16. Ba2 Bb7 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. Nge4 Qb8 19. h3 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Nf6 21.
Nc3 Rd7 22. Rfe1 Rfd8 23. Qe2 Nd5 24. Ne4 Nxe3 25. Qxe3 Qa7 26. Nc3 Bf6 27. Ne2
h6 28. Bb1 Bxd4 29. Nxd4 Rxd4 30. Bc2 Qc5 31. b4 Qg5 32. Qxg5 hxg5 33. Rxd4
Rxd4 34. Re5 Bd5 35. Rxg5 Rd2 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens 5'"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1999.01.18"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. O-O b6 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Qd2 Qd6 12. Rad1 e5 13. Ba6 Na5 14. Bxb7 Nxb7
15. Bh6 Rfe8 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Ng3 Rad8 18. f4 exd4 19. cxd4 c5 20. d5 f6 21.
e5 fxe5 22. f5 Rf8 23. Ne4 Qd7 24. f6+ Kh8 25. Ng5 Rde8 26. f7 Rc8 27. Qe3 Qe7
28. h4 Nd6 29. Ne6 Rxf7 30. Qxe5+ Rg7 31. Rde1 Re8 32. Qa1 Kg8 33. Nxg7 Qxg7
34. Rxe8+ Nxe8 35. Qe1 Qd4+ 36. Kh1 Nd6 37. Qe6+ Kg7 38. Qxd6 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens 5'"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1999.01.18"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 dxc4 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. Qa4+ Nc6 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 Qd5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Qc2 f5 11. g3 b6 12. Bg2 Bb7 13. O-O O-O-O 14. Nh4
Qd7 15. e4 fxe4 16. Bxe4 Na5 17. Bxb7+ Kxb7 18. Rfe1 Qc6 19. Qe2 Rhe8 20. Qh5
f6 21. Qxh7 e5 22. dxe5 Nb3 23. Rab1 Rxe5 24. Rxe5 fxe5 25. Qe7 Qe4 26. Qxd8
Qxb1+ 27. Kg2 Qe4+ 28. Kh3 Qd3 29. Qxd3 cxd3 30. Nf5 Kc6 31. Kg4 Nd2 32. Ne3
Ne4 33. Nd1 Kd5 34. f3 Nd6 35. h4 Ke6 36. h5 Kf6 37. Ne3 d2 38. Nd5+ Kf7 39.
Ne3 Nc4 40. Nd1 Kf6 41. Kh4 Nxa3 42. g4 Nc4 43. g5+ Kg7 44. Kg4 Nd6 45. f4 exf4
46. Kxf4 a5 47. Ke3 Nc4+ 48. Kd4 b5 49. Kc5 a4 50. Kb4 c5+ 51. Kxb5 a3 52. Kxc4
a2 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens 5'"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1999.01.18"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bxc5 Nxc5 11. Bd3 b4 12. Ne2 Qb6 13. Nfd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 a5 15.
Qe3 Ba6 16. O-O g6 17. Nb3 Na4 18. Qxb6 Nxb6 19. Nc5 Bxd3 20. cxd3 Ke7 21. Rfc1
Rhc8 22. Kf2 a4 23. a3 bxa3 24. bxa3 Nc4 25. dxc4 Rxc5 26. cxd5 Rxd5 27. Rc7+
Rd7 28. Rxd7+ Kxd7 29. Rd1+ Kc6 30. Rd4 Kb5 31. Rb4+ Ka5 32. Rb7 Rd8 33. Ke3
Rd1 34. Rxf7 Ra1 35. Re7 Rxa3+ 36. Kd4 Ra2 37. g4 a3 38. Rxe6 Rd2+ 39. Ke3 Rd8
40. Rc6 Kb4 41. Ra6 Rd1 42. f5 Re1+ 43. Kd4 Rd1+ 44. Ke4 Re1+ 45. Kd5 Rd1+ 46.
Ke6 gxf5 47. gxf5 Rd2 48. f6 Rxh2 49. f7 Rf2 50. Ke7 h5 51. f8=Q Rxf8 52. Kxf8
h4 53. e6 h3 54. Rb6+ Kc4 55. Rb1 h2 56. e7 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens 5'"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Bosboom, Manuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1999.01.18"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 a6 3. Nc3 c5 4. e3 g6 5. dxc5 Qa5 6. Bd2 Qxc5 7. b4 Qc7 8. Rc1
e6 9. a3 d6 10. Nf3 b6 11. Be2 Bb7 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Nd4 Be7 14. f3 O-O 15. e4
Rfe8 16. Be3 Rad8 17. Qd2 Qb8 18. Rfd1 Bf8 19. Kh1 h5 20. Nb3 Ba8 21. Bg5 Rc8
22. Bf1 Nh7 23. Bf4 Ne5 24. Na4 h4 25. h3 Red8 26. Qf2 Nd7 27. Qxh4 Bc6 28. Nc3
Ne5 29. Qf2 Nf6 30. Be3 b5 31. cxb5 axb5 32. Nd4 Nc4 33. Bg5 Bg7 34. Bxc4 bxc4
35. Qh4 Nh7 36. Nxc6 Rxc6 37. Bxd8 Ra6 38. Ba5 Be5 39. f4 Bf6 40. Qf2 Qb7 41.
Qe3 Nf8 42. e5 dxe5 43. fxe5 Be7 44. Qe4 Qc8 45. Nb5 Qb8 46. Nd6 Nh7 47. Nxc4
Ng5 48. Qe2 Qb5 49. Rf1 Rc6 50. h4 Nh7 51. Qf3 f5 52. exf6 Nxf6 53. a4 Qxa4 54.
Nb2 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens 5'"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1999.01.18"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Bf5 8. e3
Nbd7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. a3 a5 13. Bg3 Re8 14. Rfe1 Qb6
15. Rab1 Bf8 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Nd7 18. Bg3 Re6 19. Ne2 Rae8 20. Nf4 Re4 21.
f3 R4e7 22. Bf2 Nf6 23. b4 axb4 24. axb4 Rd7 25. b5 c5 26. dxc5 Bxc5 27. Qf5
Bxe3 28. Bxe3 Rxe3 29. Rxe3 Qxe3+ 30. Kh1 Re7 31. h3 Qe5 32. Qxe5 Rxe5 33. Rd1
Kf8 34. Nd3 Re6 35. Nf4 Rb6 36. Nxd5 Rd6 37. Ne3 Rxd1+ 38. Nxd1 Ke7 39. Ne3 g6
40. Nc4 Ke6 41. Na5 b6 42. Nc6 Nd5 43. Nd8+ Ke7 44. Nc6+ Kd6 45. Nd8 f5 46. g4
fxg4 47. fxg4 Kc5 48. Nf7 Kxb5 49. Nxh6 Ka4 50. Nf7 b5 51. Ne5 b4 52. Nd3 b3
53. Nc5+ Kb4 54. Nxb3 Kxb3 55. Kg2 Kc4 56. Kf3 Kd4 57. g5 Ke5 58. Kg4 Ne3+ 59.
Kf3 Nf5 60. Kg4 Ng7 61. h4 Ke4 62. Kg3 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens 5'"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1999.01.18"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 d5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1
Nbd7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 c5 11. Bf5 h6 12. Bh4 Ne4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Bxd7 Nxc3
15. Rxc3 Qxd7 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Rxc5 Ba6 18. Nd4 Rac8 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. f3 Qe7
21. Qd2 Qh4+ 22. Kd1 Qg5 23. Ke1 Qh4+ 24. Kd1 Qg5 25. g4 Qf6 26. h4 Rc4 27. Ke1
Bc8 28. Ke2 Qe5 29. Kf2 Qf6 30. Kg2 h5 31. g5 Qe7 32. b3 Rc7 33. Rc1 g6 34. a4
Rxc1 35. Qxc1 Qd7 36. Kg1 Qh3 37. Qe1 Bd7 38. Qf2 a6 39. Qh2 Qxh2+ 40. Kxh2 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens 5'"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.18"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1999.01.18"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qa5 10. Bxf6 Qxc3+ 11. Kf1 gxf6 12. Bb5+ Ke7 13. Rc1 Qa5 14.
Qb3 Rd8 15. a4 Qb6 16. Qb4+ Qd6 17. Rc7+ Nd7 18. Qc3 Kf8 19. Ke2 a6 20. Rd1
axb5 21. Nxb5 Qxh2 22. Qb4+ Kg7 23. Qe7 Rf8 24. Rd3 Ne5 25. Rg3+ Ng6 26. Nd6
Qxg3 27. Qxf8+ Kxf8 28. Rxf7+ Kg8 29. fxg3 Ra6 30. Rc7 Rxd6 31. Rxc8+ Nf8 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens 5'"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.18"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1999.01.18"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 d6 8. O-O
Bd7 9. Be3 Nf6 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. a4 Be7 12. a5 O-O 13. Re1 Rac8 14. Qd2 Rfe8
15. h3 Nd7 16. Bd4 Ne5 17. b3 Bd7 18. f4 Nc6 19. Bb6 Qb8 20. Na4 Na7 21. Nb2
Bc6 22. c4 Bd7 23. e5 Nc6 24. Rad1 d5 25. cxd5 exd5 26. Nd3 Bf5 27. Nc5 Rcd8
28. b4 Bxc5+ 29. bxc5 Rc8 30. Qxd5 Nb4 31. Qd6 Qa8 32. g4 Be6 33. f5 Bb3 34.
Rb1 Nc2 35. Red1 Ba4 36. Rd3 Bc6 37. Bxc6 bxc6 38. e6 fxe6 39. fxe6 h6 40. Rb2
Ne1 41. Re3 Rcd8 42. Bxd8 Rxd8 43. e7 Nf3+ 44. Kf2 Re8 45. Rxf3 Qc8 46. Re2 Qb7
47. Rf8+ 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens 5'"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.18"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1999.01.18"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Qb6 7. Bxf6 Qxb2 8.
Qc1 Ba3 9. Bxg7 Rg8 10. Nxd5 cxd5 11. Qxb2 Bxb2 12. Rb1 Bc3+ 13. Kd1 Rxg7 14.
Rc1 Bg4+ 15. f3 Bxd4 16. exd4 Be6 17. g3 a6 18. Bd3 Nc6 19. Ne2 Ke7 20. Kd2 Kd6
21. Rc3 h6 22. a4 Rgg8 23. Rb1 Rab8 24. Rb6 Bd7 25. Nf4 Rg5 26. g4 f5 27. h4
Rgg8 28. gxf5 Rg3 29. Ke3 Rg1 30. Rc5 Re1+ 31. Kf2 Ra1 32. a5 Ra4 33. Rxd5+ Kc7
34. Ne6+ Bxe6 35. fxe6 Rxa5 36. Rxc6+ 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens 5'"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.18"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1999.01.18"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Bb7 12. Bg2 Qb6 13. exf6 O-O-O 14. O-O Bh6
15. Be3 c5 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Bxc5 Qxc5 18. Bxb7+ Kxb7 19. Qf3+ Qc6 20. Ne4 Rd4
21. Rfe1 Rhd8 22. h4 R8d5 23. Re2 a5 24. Rae1 b4 25. Kh2 Kb6 26. Qg4 Bd2 27.
Rb1 Re5 28. f3 c3 29. bxc3 Bxc3 30. Qg8 Qc4 31. Qb8+ Ka6 32. Qa8+ Kb6 33. Rc2
Rexe4 34. fxe4 Rxe4 35. Rd1 Kb5 36. Qe8+ Qc6 37. Qd7 a4 38. a3 Qxd7 39. Rxd7
Kc4 40. axb4 Kb3 41. Rxc3+ Kxc3 42. Rxf7 Rxb4 43. Ra7 Kb3 44. f7 Rb8 45. g4 e5
46. g5 e4 47. g6 e3 48. g7 e2 49. Re7 1-0

[Event "Linares 16th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1999.02.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. c3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
$5 (8. cxd4 Nge7 9. a3 {see Short-Adianto, Jakarta 1996 CBM 51} (9. Nc3 {
see Hellers-Epishin, Malmo 1994 CBM 42}) (9. b3 {see Nunn-Stohl, Pardubice
1993 CBM 47})) 8... Nge7 ({accepting the P is out of question:} 8... Nxe5 $2 9.
Bb5+) (8... Bxb1 $6 {is again a move against the principles, usually it is not
advisable to exchange a developed piece for an undeveloped one.} 9. Nxc6 (9.
Rxb1 Nge7 (9... Nxe5 $5 10. Bb5+ $44 Nd7) 10. f4 Nxd4 11. cxd4 g6 12. Qa4+ Nc6
13. Bd2 Qb6 14. Bb5 a6 15. Bxc6+ Qxc6 16. Qb3 Qc4 17. Qxb7 Qc8 18. Qxc8+ Rxc8
19. Rfc1 $18 {Leskovar-Escotet, Cipolletti 1993}) 9... bxc6 10. Qa4 $1 {
another important intermediate move.} Qd7 11. Rxb1 $16) (8... Bg6 9. f4 $142 ({
On} 9. Nd2 $6 {Black can take into consideration to accept the P sac, because
the N on d2 is not very threatening.} Nxe5 (9... Nge7 {is simply met by} 10. f4
) 10. f4 (10. Bb5+ Nd7) 10... Nc6 (10... Nd3 $4 {There is no time for
advantures!} 11. f5 Nxc1 12. Bb5+ $18) 11. f5 Bxf5 $1 (11... Nxd4 {is weaker,
because the check on the /^ a4-e8 will be annoying for Black.} 12. cxd4 Bxf5
13. Rxf5 exf5 14. Bb5+ Ke7 15. Qe1+ Kf6 16. Nf3 $44) 12. Nxf5 exf5 13. Rxf5 Nf6
$17 {and Black has time to finish his development.}) (9. Bb5 $5 {is worthy of
consideration.} Nge7 10. Bg5 $13)) 9. Nxf5 Nxf5 10. Bd3 Be7 ({Black can try to
build up a blockade position:} 10... g6 11. Qe2 (11. Re1 Bc5) 11... h5 12. Nd2
Bc5 13. Nf3 Nh4 14. Ne1 g5 15. Kh1 f5 {Black already wants to seize the |^ in
the [+].} 16. exf6 Qxf6 17. f4 g4 18. Be3 Bxe3 19. Qxe3 O-O-O {1/2:1/2
Egorov-Galkin, RUS-Cup Ekaterinburg 1997}) 11. Re1 d4 $5 (11... O-O 12. Nd2
$142 (12. Qg4 {can easily be parried by} Qd7) (12. Bxf5 exf5 13. Qd3 Qd7 (13...
g6 14. Bh6) 14. Qg3 Qe6 {blockading the position.}) 12... d4 13. c4 Nb4 14. Nf3
Nxd3 15. Qxd3 $14 {blockading the d4 P.}) 12. a3 {/\ c4} (12. c4 Nb4 13. Be4 d3
$1 {otherwise a3 comes.} 14. Qa4+ (14. Bxb7 Rb8) (14. Na3 Qd7) 14... Kf8 15.
Rd1 Qd4) (12. Be4 $5 {comes into consideration, for example} dxc3 13. Nxc3 (13.
Bxc6+ bxc6 14. Nxc3 Qxd1 15. Rxd1 O-O $11 {Black's << pawns are weak, but the
white B is bad, too.}) (13. Qxd8+ Rxd8 14. Nxc3 Nxe5 15. Bxb7 Nd3 $1 $132)
13... O-O (13... Qc7 $2 14. Bxf5 exf5 15. Nd5) (13... Nxe5 $2 14. Bxf5) 14.
Bxf5 exf5 (14... Qxd1 15. Bxh7+) 15. Nd5) 12... dxc3 13. Nxc3 O-O 14. Qf3 (14.
Bxf5 exf5 15. Nd5 {is simply met by} Bc5) 14... Nh4 $1 {regrouping the N for
the attack of >< e5.} (14... Ncd4 15. Qh3 {/\ g4}) 15. Qe4 Ng6 16. f4 Qb6+ (
16... Qd4+ 17. Be3 Qxe4 18. Bxe4 $14 {leads to a slightly better _|_ for White
because of the ^^ and the space advantage.}) 17. Kf1 (17. Kh1 Rfd8) (17. Be3 {
is risky:} Qxb2 (17... Bc5) 18. Nb5 Qb3 $1 19. Rab1 Qd5) 17... Rfd8 {Black has
fully consolidated his position.} 18. g3 Na5 $5 {>< b3} (18... Nd4 19. Be3) 19.
Rb1 (19. b4 $142 $5 {is answered by the intermediate} Qc6 $1 (19... Rd4 $4 20.
bxa5 $18) (19... Qd4 $4 20. Qxd4 Rxd4 21. Bxg6 $18) (19... Nb3 20. Be3 $1 (20.
Rb1 Nxc1 $11)) 20. Qxc6 Nxc6 21. Be4 {looks also better for White, see text
before.}) 19... Rac8 (19... Nb3 $5 {was also playable} 20. Be3 Bc5 21. Rbd1 $11
({On} 21. Na4 $6 {the best reply is} Qa5 $1 $13 {Other moves fail to equalize:}
(21... Bxe3 $2 22. Nxb6 Nd2+ 23. Ke2 Nxe4 24. Nxa8 $18) (21... Qc6 $2 22. Qxc6
bxc6 23. Bxg6 Bxe3 24. Rxe3 Nd2+ 25. Ke2 hxg6 26. Rc1 $18) (21... Qc7 22. Qc4
$1))) 20. Be3 ({Here} 20. b4 $2 {is useless} Rxc3 21. bxa5 Qc6 $1 (21... Qxa5
$2 22. Bd2 Qxa3 23. Bxc3 Qxc3 24. Red1) 22. Qxc6 bxc6) 20... Qb3 $1 (20... Bc5
$4 21. Na4) 21. Bxa7 Bxa3 $1 22. Re2 (22. bxa3 Qxc3 $11) 22... Bc5 (22... Bxb2
$2 23. Rbxb2 Qxc3 24. Rec2 Qa3 25. Ra2 $16) 23. Bxc5 Rxc5 24. Bc2 Qc4 25. Ra1
Nc6 26. Ra4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 16th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1999.02.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. Qd2 Nc6 11. Nb3 Nge5 12. f3 b5 13. Bf2 Rb8 $1 14. Nd4 (14.
O-O-O Bd7 15. Nd4 Qa5 (15... Na5 16. b3 Nac6 17. Kb1 Qa5 18. Nd5 Qxd2 19. Rxd2
Rb7 20. Be2 O-O 21. h4 gxh4 22. Nf5 Bxf5 23. exf5 Rfb8 {1/2-1/2 Tolnai,T-Vegh,
E/HUN 1995 (36)}) 16. Kb1 O-O 17. h4 g4 18. f4 Nc4 19. Bxc4 bxc4 20. Ka1 Qb6
21. b3 cxb3 22. cxb3 Rfc8 {1/2-1/2 Wallace,J-Szekely,P/Budapest FS05 GM 1995 
(40)}) (14. Nd5 e6 15. Ne3 a5 16. a4 (16. Rd1 $6 a4 17. Nc1 O-O) 16... bxa4 17.
Rxa4 O-O 18. Be2 Ng6 (18... d5 $1 19. exd5 exd5 20. Qxd5 Be6 $1 21. Qxd8 Rfxd8
$132) 19. O-O Nf4 20. Rb1 Rb4 21. Rxb4 Nxe2+ 22. Qxe2 axb4 23. Qb5 {1/2-1/2
Leko,P-Milos,G/Yopal 1997 (43)}) 14... b4 $1 {Excellent active approach to the
problems of the opening. Kasparov studies his lines in extraordinary detail
manner.} (14... Bd7 15. Be2 (15. h4 g4 16. f4 g3 17. Bg1 Ng4 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19.
exf5 Nf2 20. Bxf2 gxf2+ 21. Qxf2 Qa5 22. Qg3 Kf8 23. a4 b4 24. Nd1 Nd4 25. Rc1
Nxf5 {0-1 Schneider,B-Heissler,J/BL9697 1997 (39)}) 15... Nc4 16. Bxc4 bxc4 17.
Rb1 Rg8 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. h3 h5 $1 20. Bd4 Bxd4 21. Qxd4 Qb6 $1 22. Qxb6 Rxb6
23. b4 cxb3 24. axb3 {1/2-1/2 Anand,V-Kasparov,G/Linares 1998/ (24)}) (14...
Na5 15. b3 (15. Nd5 Nac4 16. Bxc4 bxc4 17. h4 e6 18. f4 exd5 19. fxe5 Bb7 20.
e6 O-O 21. exf7+ Rxf7 22. Be3 Qe8 23. O-O-O Qa4 {0-1 Tidman,S-Petrovitch,I/
Murek 1998/ (34)}) 15... e6 16. Be2 Nec6 17. Rd1 Be5 18. a4 b4 19. Na2 Qf6 20.
g3 Ke7 21. Nxc6+ Nxc6 22. O-O Rd8 23. Kh1 a5 24. Be3 {1-0 Kovacevic,A-Ilincic,
Z/Belgrade/1998/ (43)}) 15. Nd1 (15. Nce2 Na5 16. Ng3 Nec4 17. Bxc4 Nxc4 18.
Qc1 Bd7 19. O-O Be5 20. Nh5 Qc7 21. h4 Rg8 22. Kh1 Rg6 23. Rb1 gxh4 {0-1 Ortiz,
N-Dzagnidze,N/Oropesa del Mar/1998/ (28)}) 15... Nxd4 16. Bxd4 d5 $1 {The key
move to black concept, second player has better development and he uses it to
his benefit.} 17. exd5 (17. Bxe5 Bxe5 18. Qxd5 (18. exd5 Qd6 19. g3 Bxb2 20.
Nxb2 Qe5+ 21. Be2 Qxb2 $15) 18... Qc7 19. g3 O-O (19... Bxb2 20. Nxb2 Qc3+ 21.
Qd2 Qxb2 22. Rd1 $13) 20. Qb3 Be6 21. Qa4 Bxb2 $17) (17. Nf2 dxe4 18. fxe4 Qxd4
19. Qxd4 Nf3+ 20. gxf3 Bxd4 $15) 17... Qxd5 18. c3 $6 {Endgames are usually
nice for black in the sicilian, but even middlegames can be very good. White
probably had to accept some problems after exchange of the queens.} (18. Ba7
Qxd2+ 19. Kxd2 Rb7 20. Be3 $15) 18... O-O 19. Be2 Rd8 20. Qe3 (20. Ne3 bxc3 21.
bxc3 Qe6 $15) 20... Bb7 21. Nf2 (21. Bb6 Rd6 22. Bc7 Re6 23. Bxb8 Nd3+ 24. Kf1
Rxe3 25. Nxe3 Qc5 $17) (21. O-O $5 bxc3 22. Bxc3 Rbc8 $15) 21... bxc3 22. Bxc3
(22. bxc3 Ng6 $1 (22... Nc4 23. Bxc4 Qxc4 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. h4 $1) 23. Bxg7
Kxg7 $17) 22... Qe6 23. Kf1 (23. Ne4 Ng4 24. fxg4 Qxe4 25. Qxe4 Bxc3+ 26. bxc3
Bxe4 $17) (23. O-O $2 Nxf3+ $19) 23... Bd5 $1 24. b3 (24. h4 Nc4 25. Qxe6 Bxe6
$15) 24... Rbc8 25. Rd1 (25. Rc1 Nxf3 26. Qxe6 Bxe6 27. gxf3 Rxc3 $17) 25...
Rxc3 $5 {This sacrifice seems so strightforward, that it is easy to overlook
small tactical problem in the main line.} 26. Qxc3 Ng4 27. Qa5 (27. Rxd5 Rxd5
28. Qe1 Ne3+ 29. Kg1 Nf5 $17) (27. Qd2 Ne3+ 28. Kg1 Nxd1 $17) 27... Ne3+ 28.
Kg1 Rc8 (28... Nxd1 29. Qxd8+ Kh7 30. Kf1 $1 {A shocking defense, but black
would be hard pressed to find anything better than a draw.} (30. Nxd1 Qxe2 $19)
(30. Bd3+ f5 31. Bxf5+ Qxf5 32. Nxd1 Qd3 $19) (30. Ne4 Bd4+ 31. Kf1 Ne3+ 32.
Ke1 Nxg2+ 33. Kd1 (33. Kd2 f5 $19) 33... Bxb3+ $1 $40) 30... Ne3+ (30... Nxf2
31. Kxf2 Bd4+ 32. Ke1 Qe3 33. Kd1 $1 $11 (33. Qxd5 $2 Qc1+ 34. Bd1 Qc3+ 35. Kf1
Qd3+ 36. Be2 Qb1+ $19)) 31. Kg1 Nf5 32. Kf1 $13) 29. Qxa6 $6 (29. Rd3 Rc1+ 30.
Bd1 Nxd1 31. Rxd1 (31. Nxd1 Bc3 32. Qd8+ Kh7 $19) 31... Rxd1+ 32. Nxd1 Qe2 $19)
(29. Rb1 Bd4 (29... g4 $6 30. Qxa6 Rc6 31. Qa8+ Rc8 32. Qa6 $11) 30. Qxa6 (30.
Qd2 Qb6 31. Rc1 Rd8 32. Bxa6 Bxf3 33. gxf3 Qxa6 $17) 30... Qxa6 31. Bxa6 Rc2
$17) 29... Nxd1 30. Qxe6 (30. Nxd1 Qxa6 31. Bxa6 Rc2 $17) 30... Bxe6 31. Bxd1 (
31. Nxd1 Rc2 32. Kf1 Rxa2 $17) 31... Rc1 {Ivanchuk was a bit depressed,
resigning in such a position is unusual. White position is difficult, but he
could have marched on with a lof of resistance.} (31... Rc1 32. g4 (32. Kf1 Ra1
33. Ke1 Rxa2 $17) 32... Ra1 33. Kg2 Bc3 34. a4 Ra2 35. Rf1 Bd4 36. Kg3 Rd2 $17)
0-1

[Event "Linares 16th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1999.02.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 e5 $5 {
Schwarz spielt ...e5, ohne daß die Rochade bereits geschehen ist. Dadurch
ergeben sich für beide Seiten einige neue Möglichkeiten.} (7... O-O 8. O-O e5
9. cxd5 cxd5 10. e4 {führt zu weißem Vorteil.}) 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. Nb5 $5 {
Es wäre interessant zu wissen, was Ivanchuk auf 9.e4 geplant hat bzw. warum
Kramnik dies nicht gespielt hat. Gemäß 'Theorie' steht Weiß dann besser:} (9.
e4 dxe4 (9... exd4 10. Nxd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qxd5 13. O-O $44 {
Ftacnik}) 10. Nxe4 Bb4+ (10... Nxe4 11. Bxe4 exd4 12. O-O Nf6 13. Bg5 Qc7 14.
Bxf6 Qxc2 15. Bxc2 gxf6 16. Nxd4 $16 {Browne}) 11. Kf1 $16 {1/2-1/2 Browne,
W-Kortschnoj,V/San Francisco 1995/CBM 46/[Ftacnik] (22)}) 9... Bb4+ $5 $146 (
9... Bb8 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Bd2 (12. f4 $6 Bb8 13. Bd2 O-O $6 (
13... a6 $1 14. Nd4 O-O $11 {Tsesarsky}) 14. Rc1 Bd7 15. Nc7 Bxc7 16. Qxc7 Qxc7
17. Rxc7 $14 {1-0 Tsesarsky,I-Kaganskiy,G/Israel 1998/CBM 65/[Tsesarsky] (55)})
12... O-O 13. Bc3 $14) 10. Bd2 (10. Kf1 $6 e4 11. Nc7+ Ke7 12. Nxa8 exd3 13.
Qxd3 b6 {und der Na8 geht verloren.}) 10... Bxd2+ 11. Nxd2 {Kritisch erscheint
11.Qxd2:} (11. Qxd2 $5 e4 (11... exd4 12. Qb4 $16) (11... O-O 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13.
dxe5 Ng4 14. f4 $16) 12. Qb4 Qe7 $5 (12... Qb6 13. Nd6+ Kf8 14. Bb5 Kg8 (14...
exf3 15. Nxc8+ $18) 15. Ng5 a6 16. Rc1 $16) (12... exd3 13. Nd6+ Kf8 14. Nxc8+
Ke8 15. Nd6+ Kf8 16. Nf5+ Kg8 17. Ne7+ Kf8 18. Nc6+ $18) 13. Nc7+ (13. Nd6+ Kf8
$17) 13... Kd8 14. Qxe7+ Kxe7 15. Nxa8 exd3 16. Nc7 a6 17. Ne5 Nb6 18. Rc1 $16
{Momentan kommt der weiße Springer nicht raus, aber ich sehe auch nicht, wie
Schwarz an ihn heran kommt.}) 11... O-O 12. Rc1 (12. dxe5 Nxe5) 12... e4 13.
Be2 Nb6 $11 {E scheint mir, als hätte Schwraz seine Probleme jetzt gelöst.} 14.
Qc7 Qxc7 15. Nxc7 Rb8 16. f3 Bd7 17. Nb5 (17. fxe4 dxe4 18. O-O Rbc8 $11 {
/\ ...Nbd5}) 17... exf3 18. gxf3 Na4 {Schwarz wickelt zum Unentschieden ab.}
19. b3 Bxb5 20. Bxb5 Rfc8 21. Rxc8+ Rxc8 22. Bxa4 Rc1+ 23. Kf2 Rxh1 24. Nf1 Kf8
25. Kg2 (25. Kg2 Rxf1 26. Kxf1 Ke7 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 16th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1999.02.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Ba6 $5
8. e3 $5 {-is the main line,other options are:} (8. Nf3 $5) (8. Rc1 $5) (8. f3
$6 {-see comments to Golod,V-Dgebuadze,A/Hoogeveen,1998(1-0) (Golod,V)(52)}) ({
and} 8. Qf3 $5 {see comments to Dias,P-Miralles,G/Escaldes,1998/CBM 68(1/2-1/2)
(Rodriguez,Am)(18)}) 8... d6 $5 (8... h6) (8... d5) ({and} 8... c6 {-was
checked in the previous game.}) 9. Nf3 $5 {Desides,white has several options:}
(9. Bd3 $5 {[%cal Gg1e2] -is the main line.}) (9. f3) (9. Qc2) (9. b4) 9...
Nbd7 10. Nd2 $5 ({Also possibly:} 10. Bd3 $5) ({and} 10. b4 $5) 10... c5 $5 {
[%cal Ga8c8]} (10... h6 $143 11. Bh4 c5 12. dxc5 dxc5 13. f3 Bb7 14. g4 Qc7 15.
Bg3 e5 16. Rg1 Bc6 (16... Rfd8 $5 17. O-O-O b5 $1 $132) (16... Rad8 $6 17.
O-O-O $14) 17. O-O-O Rfe8 18. h4 Qb7 19. g5 Nh5 20. Bh3 $14 {1-0 Hillarp
Persson,T-Rozentalis,E/Koge 1997/EXT 98 (33)}) (10... Rc8 $5 {Tsesarsky} 11. b4
$6 (11. Qc2 $5 Bb7 12. f3 c5 13. dxc5 Rxc5 14. Bh4 d5 15. b4 Rc8 16. Qb2 Re8
17. Be2 e5 18. cxd5 Bxd5 19. O-O Nf8 20. Bb5 $14 {1-0 Kelecevic,N-Wirthensohn,
H/SWZ 1997/EXT 99 (38)}) (11. Bd3 $132) 11... c5 $15 {-see comments to
Pedersen,S-Lalic,B/London,1997/CBM62(0-1)(Tsesarsky)(35)} (11... h6 $143 12.
Bh4 Bb7 13. f3 e5 14. Bd3 exd4 15. Qxd4 Ne5 16. Be2 c5 17. Qb2 $14 {1-0
Kiriakov,P-Savon,V/Sochi 1997/EXT 99 (38)})) 11. dxc5 bxc5 {Is the best move!}
12. Bd3 h6 13. Bh4 Ne5 $6 $146 {[%csl Rh4][%cal Ge5g6]} (13... Bb7 $5 14. O-O
a5 15. Rad1 {+/=/=; 0-1 Ostenstad,B-Har Zvi,R/Eikram mem op, Gausdal NOR,1996
(40)}) 14. Bc2 $14 ({Slightly worse is:} 14. Be2 {(><h5)} Ng6 (14... Rb8 $6 15.
b4 $1 $14) 15. Bg3 e5 {+/=/=}) 14... Ng6 15. Bg3 ({Senseless:} 15. Bxf6 Qxf6
16. Qxf6 gxf6 17. Ne4 {[%csl Rd6,Rf6]} Bxc4 18. Nxd6 (18. b3 Bb5 19. Nxd6 Bc6
$11) 18... Bd5 $11) (15. Bxg6 $143 fxg6 16. e4 g5 17. Bg3 $13) 15... Nh5 $5 ({
Also can be recommended:} 15... Qb6 $5) 16. f3 {[%cal Gg3f2]} Nxg3 17. hxg3 f5
$1 {/\Qf6} ({Dubious:} 17... Rb8 {because of:} 18. g4 $36 {(><f5,h5)} (18. Bxg6
$143 fxg6 $13)) 18. O-O-O $5 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Yc1b2]} ({Worse is:} 18. g4 {
in view of:} Qf6 19. Qxf6 Rxf6 $11) 18... Qf6 ({After:} 18... Ne5 19. g4 $1 f4
(19... fxg4 20. f4 Nf7 (20... Nc6 $2 21. Ne4 $16) 21. Qd3 Re8 $8 22. Qh7+ Kf8
23. Bg6 $1 $36 {/\Ne4(קd6)}) 20. exf4 Rxf4 21. Qe3 {white has a strong
initiative on the centre and on the king side.}) 19. Qxf6 Rxf6 20. Nb3 $1 {
[%csl Rd6]} e5 $8 (20... Rd8 $2 21. Nxc5 Bxc4 22. Nb7 $16 {[%csl Rd6,Rd8]}) (
20... Bxc4 $2 21. Rxd6 $16 {[%csl Ra7,Gb3,Rc5,Gd6]}) 21. Na5 {White's plan is:
Rd2,Rhd1(קd6)} Rb8 ({Badly:} 21... Rc8 $2 22. Rd2 $140 Kf8 23. Rhd1 Ke7 {
[%csl Ye7] because of:} 24. Ba4 $1 $16 {/\Nc6}) (21... Kf7 $5 22. Rd2 $140 Rb8
23. Rhd1 Rb6 $14 {[%csl Yb6,Rd6,Yf6][%cal Yb6d6,Yf6d6]}) 22. e4 $1 f4 $6 ({
In my opinion it is obligatory:} 22... fxe4 23. Bxe4 (23. Nc6 $2 Rb6 24. Bxe4
Bxc4 25. Nxa7 Ne7 {=/=/+}) 23... Ne7 {and white has a slight positional
advantage.}) 23. g4 Rb6 $6 24. Rd2 Nf8 $6 (24... Nh8 $5 {/\Nf7(><d6)}) (24...
Ne7 $5 {><c6}) 25. Rhd1 Kf7 26. Ba4 $1 {with the idea Bc6 or Nc6} Ke7 $2 (26...
Ng6 $142 27. Kc2 {[%csl Yc4][%cal Gc2c3] /\Kc3;Bc6} (27. Nc6 $6 Bxc4 28. Rxd6
Rxd6 29. Rxd6 Be6 $14) 27... Ne7 28. Kc3 $14) 27. Nc6+ {[%csl Rd6]} Rxc6 $8 28.
Bxc6 Bxc4 29. Kc2 $16 {/\Kc3,b4(קa7)} a5 $8 30. Kc3 Bf7 31. b4 axb4+ 32. axb4
cxb4+ 33. Kxb4 {[%cal Gd1a1,Ga1a7]} Ne6 {[%cal Ge6d4]} (33... Nd7 $143 34. Ra1
Be6 35. Ra7 Rf8 36. Rc2 Rb8+ ({Loses right away:} 36... Rc8 $2 37. Bxd7 $1 Rxc2
38. Ba4+ {[%csl Rc2]}) 37. Bb5 {/\Ka5,Rcc7+-}) 34. Rxd6 Nd4 ({Badly:} 34... Nf8
$2 {in view of} 35. Rxf6 Kxf6 36. Bd5 $18) 35. Rd7+ Kf8 (35... Ke6 $2 36. Kc5
$18 {[%csl Re6]}) 36. Rd8+ $138 Ke7 37. Rd7+ Kf8 38. Ba4 $18 Rb6+ 39. Ka5 Rb8 (
{Senseless:} 39... Rb2 {in view of:} 40. Rc1 {[%csl Rf8]} Rb8 41. Ra7 $18) 40.
Ra7 {Ivanchuk lost on time in the absolutely winning position.} 0-1

[Event "Linares 16th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1999.02.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 4128]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nb5 {Die
Alternative 5.Nc3 ist beliebter, aber der junge ungarische Großmeister spielt
den Textzug gerne. Ribli.} d6 6. Bf4 {Die andere Möglichkeit wäre 6.c4 mit
weißem Raumvorteil, aber der Textzug provoziert die Schwächung des Feldes d5.}
e5 7. Be3 {[%csl Gd5]} Be7 {Ein relativ selten gespielter Zug.} (7... Nf6 $6 8.
Bg5 Be6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd2 d5 $6 11. exd5 Bxd5 12. Bc4 $1 a6 13. Bxd5 axb5
14. Bb3 $6 (14. Ne4 $1 Be7 $8 15. c3 $16) 14... Nd4 $1 15. O-O (15. c3 $6 Nxb3
16. Qxb3 Qd3 $1) 15... Nxb3 16. axb3 $1 {1-0 Leko,P-Portisch,L/Magyarorszag 
(ch) 1997/Inf 71/[Leko,P] (52)}) (7... a6 {Dieser Zug ist die prinzipielle
Fortsetzung.}) 8. N1c3 (8. Nd2 Nf6 $5 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Nc4 Nd4 $1
$146 (11... Be6 {- 46/(229)}) 12. Nc3 Be6 13. Bd3 d5 14. exd5 Bxd5 15. Nxd5
Qxd5 16. Ne3 Qc6 17. Qg4 g6 18. Qe4 Bg7 19. Qxc6 Nxc6 {1/2-1/2 Hansen,
S-Mortensen,E/Kobenhavn 1997/Inf 70 (19)}) 8... Nf6 9. Bg5 a6 {Wir haben eine
Stellung, die sehr typisch in der Sweschnikov-Variante der Sizilianische
Verteidigung (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5
a6) ist, aber in unserer Stellung hat Schwarz ein "Extra-Tempo", den Zug Be7.
In Wirklichkeit aber stände der Läufer besser auf f8, denn in diesem Fall kann
Schwarz in einigen Varianten ...Bg7 spielen.} 10. Bxf6 gxf6 {10...Bxf6 geht
nicht wegen 11.Nxd6+.} 11. Na3 f5 12. exf5 $1 $146 {Nach diesem starken
positionellen Zug hat Weiß die Strategie, auf den weißen Feldern zu spielen
und dazu wenn möglich die weißfeldrigen Läufer zu tauschen.} (12. Bc4 Nd4 (
12... fxe4 13. Qh5 O-O 14. O-O-O Nd4 15. Nxe4 Bf5 16. Bd5 Bg6 17. Qh3 Qa5 $36 {
Rodin,M-Shariyzdanov,A/RUS-sf/1995}) 13. Qh5 O-O 14. Bd5 fxe4 15. Nxe4 Bf5 16.
O-O Bg6 17. Qd1 Kh8 18. c3 Ne6 $15 {Polgar,J-Ivanchuk,V/Monaco rapid/1993})
12... Nd4 (12... Bxf5 13. Nd5 $1 {[%csl Gd5]}) 13. Nc4 (13. Bd3 $6 d5 $13)
13... Bxf5 14. Bd3 (14. Ne3 Bg6 (14... Be6) 15. Bd3 f5) 14... Be6 15. O-O $14 {
Weiß hat eine gesunde Stellung. Sein Standardplan ist Ne3 / Ncd5 und wenn
möglich c2-c3.} Rc8 16. Ne3 d5 (16... O-O 17. Ncd5 Bg5 18. c3 $16 {[%csl Gd5]})
17. Qh5 e4 (17... Qd6 18. Rad1 $14 {[%cal Gd1d6]}) 18. Be2 (18. Qe5 $4 Bf6 $19)
18... Nxe2+ (18... Bf6 19. Bg4 $14) 19. Nxe2 d4 $6 {Dieser aggressive Zug
hilft nur Weiß. Es wäre besser, die Entwicklung zu beenden, aber auch in
diesem Fall wäre die Stellung besser für Weiß.} (19... O-O 20. Rad1 $14) 20.
Nf5 (20. Nf4 Rc5 $1 (20... dxe3 21. Nxe6 $36) 21. Nxe6 Rxh5 22. Nxd8 {[%csl
Rd8]} dxe3 23. Nxb7 exf2+ 24. Rxf2 Rb5 {[%csl Rb7]}) 20... Rc5 (20... Bxf5 21.
Qxf5 Rxc2 22. Qxe4 d3 23. Nf4 $16 {[%csl Re8]}) (20... Bf6 21. Rad1 $36) 21.
Ng7+ Kd7 (21... Kf8 $2 22. Qh6 $18) 22. Nxe6 Rxh5 (22... fxe6 23. Qg4 $16) 23.
Nxd8 Rxd8 24. Rad1 {[%csl Rd4,Rd7]} Kc7 25. Rxd4 (25. Nxd4 Rhd5 26. c3 Bf6)
25... Rxd4 26. Nxd4 {Weiß besitzt einen Mehrbauern, sowie eine gesunde
Bauernstruktur, aber Schwarz entfaltet etwas Aktivität.} Bf6 {[%cal Gf6b2]} 27.
c3 Ra5 28. f3 $1 {[%cal Gf1f7]} (28. a3 Bxd4 29. cxd4 Ra4 30. Rd1 Kd6 $11)
28... Bxd4+ 29. cxd4 e3 (29... Rxa2 30. fxe4 Rxb2 31. Rxf7+ $16) 30. a3 $16 (
30. Re1 $2 Rxa2 31. Rxe3 Rxb2 32. Re7+ Kd6 33. Rxf7 a5 $17) 30... Rb5 31. b4 a5
32. bxa5 Kd6 {Schwarz hat schon zwei Bauern weniger, aber eine sehr aktive
Stellung, was besonders in Turmendspielen wichtig ist.} (32... Rxa5 33. Rc1+
Kd6 34. Rc3 Kd5 35. Rxe3 Kxd4 36. Re7 $16 {[%cal Re7b7,Re7h7]}) 33. Re1 Rb3 {
[%csl Gb3] Der schwarze Turm steht ausgezeichnet. Er verteidigt den e3-Bauern
und es hängt a3.} 34. Kf1 {[%csl Ra3] Weiß hat nichts besseres, er bekommt den
e3-Bauern für a3 und a5.} Rxa3 35. Ke2 Rxa5 36. Kxe3 Ra2 {[%cal Ra2h2]} 37. Rb1
(37. Re2 $5 Ra3+ 38. Ke4) 37... Rxg2 38. Rxb7 Rxh2 39. Rxf7 h5 40. Ke4 $138 {
Dramatischer Moment. Ivanchuk hatte hier noch 8 Minuten, überschritt aber die
Zeitkontrolle ohne Zug. Eine Runde zuvor hatte er gegen Adams, allerdings in
gewonnener Stellung(!), ebenso verloren.} (40. Ke4 h4 41. Rh7 $16 {Die
schwarze Stellung ist schwierig, aber in Turmendspielen gibt es immer Hoffnung.
}) 1-0

[Event "Linares 16th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1999.02.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
e3 d6 9. Ne2 Nbd7 10. Qc2 c5 11. Nc3 cxd4 12. exd4 Qc7 13. Bd3 Rac8 14. O-O Ba6
15. Qa4 Bxc4 16. Nb5 Bxb5 17. Bxb5 h6 18. Bf4 Nb8 19. Rac1 Qe7 20. Qb4 Rxc1 21.
Rxc1 Rd8 22. Qa4 Nd5 23. Bg3 Qg5 24. Rc2 a5 25. Qc4 Qe7 26. Re2 Qf8 27. Rc2 Nd7
28. Qc6 N7f6 29. f3 Qe7 30. Ba6 Nh5 31. Bf2 Nhf4 32. Kh1 Qg5 33. Bf1 Qf5 34.
Rd2 Ng6 35. Qc1 Nge7 36. Rc2 Qg5 37. g3 Qf6 38. Kg2 Nf5 39. Qd2 Qg5 40. f4 Qe7
41. Kg1 Nf6 42. d5 Ne4 43. Qd3 Nxf2 44. Rxf2 Qf6 45. dxe6 fxe6 46. Bh3 Rc8 47.
Bxf5 Qxf5 48. Qxd6 Rc1+ 49. Kg2 Qe4+ 50. Kh3 Rg1 51. Rd2 Qf5+ 52. Kh4 Qf6+ 53.
Kg4 Qf5+ 54. Kf3 Qh5+ 55. Ke3 Qh3 56. Qxb6 Re1+ 57. Re2 Rxe2+ 58. Kxe2 Qxh2+
59. Kf3 Qh1+ 60. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 16th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1999.03.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 32768]} 1. e4 {Kortschnoj} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+
6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7 8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 Bd7 12. Qd3
dxc3 13. Rb1 (13. Qxc3 $5) (13. Nxc3 $5) 13... O-O-O 14. Nxc3 Na5 15. g3 {
It looks, that move in the text doesn,t raised real problems for black.
Another interesting possibility could be} (15. Nb5 $5 {for example} Bxb5 16.
Rxb5 Kb8 (16... Nf5 17. g3 $1 Nc4 18. Bh3 Qd7 19. Rb4 Kb8 20. O-O Rc8 21. Rd1
$16 {1-0 Rodriguez,A-Larrosa,J/Orense 1997/EXT 99 (53)}) 17. Qd2 $5 {
improvement, compare to} (17. g3 Rc8 18. Bd2 Nc4 19. Bg2 Qc6 20. Rb3 Nf5 21.
O-O Nxd2 22. Qxd2 Qxc2 23. Qb4 b6 $11 {0-1 Carlsson,D-Antonsen,M/Hallsberg jr
1993 (53)}) (17. Be3 $5) 17... Nc4 18. Qf2 d4 (18... Nxa3 $2 19. Rc5 $18) 19.
Rb3 (19. Bd3 $2 Qc6 $1) 19... Nd5 $1 $44 {with double eged game.} (19... Nf5
20. Bd3 Qa5+ 21. Ke2 Qd5 22. Rg1 Nfe3 23. Qf3 Na5 24. Rb5 $16 {1-0 Rodriguez,
A-Paredes,E/Mondariz op 1994 (34)})) ({Other moves are not very dangerous for
Black, for instance} 15. Rg1 Kb8 16. g4 Ng6 17. Nb5 Bxb5 18. Qxb5 Nc4 19. Rg3
Ka8 20. a4 Rd7 21. Rbb3 a6 22. Qb4 Rc8 $44 {0-1 Sanden,S-Schulman,J/Rilton Cup
1997 (31)}) ({or} 15. h3 Kb8 16. Ne2 Nec6 17. g4 Nc4 18. Qc3 Be8 19. g5 Qe7 20.
h4 Qc5 21. h5 d4 $36 {1/2-1/2 Timoshenko,G-Poldauf,D/Cairo-B 1997 (29)}) 15...
Kb8 {[%cal Gd8c8] '!' Kortschnoj. Kortschnoj: 'This move is stronger than 15...
a6, what has been played before - black obtains a good game.'} 16. Ne2 Ba4 17.
c3 $6 {N/ New and not the best move, it was better to continue Kortschnoj:
'Dubious move'} (17. Nd4 {and after, for example} Rc8 (17... Nf5 18. Rb4 (18.
Be3 b6 19. Nxf5 Bxc2 20. Rc1 Bxd3 21. Rxc7 Kxc7 22. Bxd3 exf5 23. Bxf5 $44) (
18. Nb3 {Kortschnoj} Rc8 {black would have had anyway a very active position.})
18... Nxd4 19. Rxa4 Nxc2+ 20. Kd1 Rc8 21. Bd2 Nc4 22. Rxc4 dxc4 23. Qxc2 Qc6
24. Rg1 c3 25. Bc1 Qb6 $132 {1/2-1/2 Pedzich,D-Pupo,E/Santiago Wch-jr 1990 (31)
}) 18. Bd2 Nec6 (18... Nc4 $13) 19. Nb5 Bxb5 20. Qxb5 Nc4 21. Qc5 Qd7 22. Qf2
Nxa3 $36 {game is compleatly unclear, 1/2-1/2 Kokkila,T-Norri,J/Espoo KvT 1987
(29)}) 17... Nf5 (17... Bb3 $5) 18. Bh3 $6 {Allows breakthrough in the centre
of the board. Maybe better was to play} (18. Rb4 $5 Bb3 $1 $13 {with unclear
position}) (18. Nd4 Nxd4 19. Qxd4 Bc2 20. Rb2 Nb3 21. Qe3 (21. Qb4 a5 $1 22.
Qb5 Qxc3+ 23. Kf2 Qd4+ 24. Ke1 (24. Be3 Qxb2) 24... Qe4+ 25. Kf2 Qxh1 $19)
21... Be4 (21... d4 $5) 22. Rg1 Nxc1 23. Qxc1 Qc5 {'-+' Kortschnoj.} 24. Rf2 d4
$36) 18... d4 $1 {'-/+!' Kortschnoj. White needs good advice after this
typical move.} 19. Bd2 {What else?} (19. Bxf5 dxc3 20. Nd4 (20. Qxc3 Rd1+ 21.
Kf2 Rxh1 22. Qxc7+ Kxc7 $19) 20... exf5 21. Rb4 Bc6 22. O-O Be4 {[%csl Ge4]
[%cal Rd8d3,Ga5c6]}) (19. Kf2 Bc6 $1 20. Rg1 Rh8 21. Bxf5 Rxh2+ $17) ({Maybe
Svidler just forgot that in the case of} 19. O-O dxc3 20. Qxc3 Qxc3 21. Nxc3 {
he lose after simple combination} Nxg3 $1 22. Nxa4 (22. hxg3 Rxg3+ 23. Kh2 Rxc3
$19) 22... Nxf1+ 23. Kxf1 Rd1+ 24. Ke2 Rgg1 25. Rb5 $1 Rxc1 26. Rxa5 (26. Kf2
b6) 26... Rc2+ 27. Ke3 Rxh2 $19 {[%csl Rh3]}) (19. c4 {Kortschnoj} Ne3 $1 $19)
19... Nb3 20. Bxf5 (20. c4 Nc5 21. Qf3 Bc6 $19) (20. cxd4 Nfxd4 21. Nxd4 Rxd4
22. Rxb3 (22. Qh7 Rgd8 $40) 22... Rxd3 23. Rxd3 Qc4 $1 24. Re3 $8 Qc2 $19 {
[%cal Rc2d1,Rg8d8]}) 20... dxc3 21. Qxc3 Nxd2 22. Qxc7+ Kxc7 23. Rc1+ Bc6 $1 {
[%csl Gc6,Gd2]} 24. Bh3 (24. Bc2 Kb6) 24... Kb6 25. Rxc6+ {White can,t keep
material equality any case} (25. Kf2 Bxh1 26. Rxh1 Rd3) 25... bxc6 $17 26. Kf2
c5 27. Bg2 c4 28. h4 {Pawn h - last whites hope} Nb3 29. h5 Rd2 {'-+'
Kortschnoj.} 30. Ke3 (30. h6 Nd4 31. Bf3 Kc5) 30... Ra2 31. h6 Rxa3 32. h7 Rh8
33. Nc3 Ka5 34. Ne4 Nc5+ ({Interesting alternative to the move in the game
could be} 34... Kb4 $5 {for example} 35. Ng5 Nc5+ 36. Kf2 Nd3+ 37. Ke3 Nxe5+
38. Kd4 Ng4 39. Nxf7 Rd3+ 40. Ke4 Kc5 $1 41. Rh5+ Rd5 $19) 35. Ke2 {
Unfortunately the king can't move into the centre -} (35. Kd4 Kb4 $1 (35...
Nxe4 {Kortschnoj} 36. Bxe4 Kb4 {with a threat Rd8-+}) 36. Nxc5 Rd8+ 37. Nd7
Rxd7+ 38. Ke4 Kc5 $1 {[%cal Rd7d4] loses immediately}) 35... Nxe4 {Unnacuracy
in won position} (35... Ra2+ $142 $1 36. Ke3 Rxg2 37. Nxc5 Rxg3+ 38. Kd4 Kb5
$19 {leads to easy victory}) 36. Bxe4 Rxg3 37. Rb1 Rh3 38. Kd2 $2 ({After} 38.
Rb7 $142 {Black must demonstrate good ending technique, after move in the text,
game is over.}) 38... Rd8+ 39. Kc2 Rd4 (39... Rd4 40. Rh1 Rxh1 41. Bxh1 Rd8 $19
) 0-1

[Event "Linares 16th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1999.03.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 e6 8. Ne5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nd7 11. f4 Ngf6 12. Bd2 Bd6 $1 (12... Be7 {see
Adams-Leko, Linares 1990 CBM 70}) 13. O-O-O Qc7 14. Kb1 $6 {This prophilactic
move is not that important in this situation.} (14. Qe2 O-O 15. Rhe1 {/\ f5}
Rfe8 {parrying the threat of f4-f5 by the pressure on N e5.}) (14. Ne4 Nxe4 15.
Qxe4 Nf6 16. Qf3 h5 $11 {blockading the >>, >< g4.}) (14. Ne2 $5 {Is the
typical method here promoting g2-g4 and the -> with the pawns on the >>.} h5 $1
{and this is the typical reaction as well.} (14... O-O $6 {runs into the >> ->.
} 15. g4 $1 Bxe5 16. fxe5 {White opens up the /^ c1-h6 and the <-> f.} (16.
dxe5 Nxg4 17. Rhg1 h5 18. Bb4 c5 (18... Rfd8 $2 19. Be7) 19. Qxd7 Qxd7 20. Rxd7
cxb4 21. Rxb7 Rfb8 {leads only an unclear _|_.}) 16... Nxg4 17. Rhg1 f5 (17...
Nf2 $4 18. Qg3 $18) (17... h5 $2 18. Nf4 g6 19. Nxg6 $18) 18. Nf4 (18. exf6
Ndxf6) 18... Rae8 (18... Rfe8 $2 19. Nxe6 $1) 19. Qb3 Qb6 20. Bb4 c5 21. dxc5
Nxc5 22. Bxc5 Qxc5 23. Nxe6 Qe3+ 24. Qxe3 Nxe3 25. Rxg7+ Kh8 26. Rdd7 $18) 15.
Rhg1 c5 {Black has to do something in the [+].} (15... O-O {is again met
strongly by} 16. g4 $40)) (14. Rhf1 O-O {since g4 is not a threat now, Black
has time for castles.} 15. Nc4 Be7 {The c4 N can be attacked by b7-b5.} (15...
c5 16. Nxd6 Qxd6 17. Bc3 {/\ f5}) 16. f5 b5 $1 (16... e5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5
Qxe5 19. Bc3 Qc7 20. Ne4 $14 {and Black has no counterplay.}) 17. Ne5 (17. Na5
e5) 17... Nxe5 18. dxe5 Qxe5 19. fxe6 fxe6 $1 (19... Qxe6 $2 20. Rde1 Qd6 21.
Nf5 $1 $18) (19... Rad8 20. exf7+ Rxf7 21. Qg6 $14) 20. Qg6 $44 ({Neither} 20.
Bf4 Qd5 21. Qg6 Qxa2 $1 22. Bxh6 Rf7) ({nor} 20. Bc3 Qd5 $1 (20... Qc7 21. Qg6
Kh8 22. Nh5 Nxh5 23. Qxh6+ Kg8 24. Qxh5 $18) 21. Qg6 Qxa2 22. Rd7 Rad8 $1 {
gives White anything real.})) 14... O-O 15. Ne2 $5 {/\ g4} ({On} 15. c4 {
the standard reply is} c5) (15. Ne4 {allows Black to blockade the squares after
} Nxe4 16. Qxe4 f5 $5 (16... Nf6 17. Qf3 h5) 17. Qf3 Nf6) 15... Rad8 16. Qf3 (
16. g4 $2 Bxe5 17. fxe5 Nxe5 $19) 16... h5 $1 {Black has to take the adequate
measures, otherwise after g2-g4 White has an irresistable ->.} 17. Rhg1 (17. g4
$6 {is not sound here:} hxg4 (17... Bxe5 18. fxe5 Nxg4 19. Ng3 g6 20. Ne4 $44)
18. Nxg4 Nxg4 19. Qxg4 f5 $1 20. Qg2 Nf6 $15) 17... c5 18. g4 Bxe5 19. dxe5 (
19. fxe5 {is again the real question ,for example:} Nxg4 (19... hxg4 $2 20. Qg2
) 20. Nf4 (20. Ng3 cxd4 (20... f5 $6 21. exf6 Ndxf6 (21... Rxf6 22. Qe2) 22.
Nxh5 Nxh5 23. Qxg4 Rf5 24. dxc5 $16) 21. Nxh5 {- 20.Nf4 cd 21.Nh5}) 20... cxd4
21. Nxh5 Ndxe5 22. Nf6+ $1 Kh8 (22... gxf6 $4 23. Rxg4+ Kh7 24. Qf4 $18) (22...
Nxf6 23. Qxf6 Ng6 24. Qf2) 23. Qf4 $1 Nxf6 (23... gxf6 $2 24. Rxg4) 24. Rxg7 $1
Kxg7 25. Qh6+ Kg8 26. Qxf6 Ng6 27. Rg1 (27. Bh6 $2 Qe5 $19) 27... Qh2 {and
White has no more than a perpetual after} 28. Rxg6+) 19... Nxg4 20. Ng3 f5 $1 (
20... g6 $2 {loses immediately:} 21. Nxh5 $1 gxh5 22. Rxg4+ $18) 21. exf6 (21.
Nxh5 Nb6 $15) 21... Ndxf6 22. Nxh5 Nxh5 23. Qxg4 Rf5 24. Qe2 (24. Bc3 $2 Rxd1+
25. Rxd1 Qxf4 $17) 24... Qf7 {Now White has to defend himself carefully.} 25.
Rde1 (25. Rg4 $2 Nxf4 26. Bxf4 Rxd1+ 27. Qxd1 Rxf4 $17) (25. Rg5 $2 Nxf4 $1 26.
Bxf4 Rxd1+ 27. Qxd1 Rxf4 $17) (25. Rdf1 $1 $11 {was the best defence with
equality.}) 25... Nxf4 26. Bxf4 Rxf4 27. h5 (27. Qxe6 $4 Rd1+ $19) 27... Rf6
$15 {In an _|_ with heavy pieces it is not easy at all to convert the P
majority into a win.} 28. a3 Rd5 29. Qh2 b6 30. Qb8+ (30. h6 g5) 30... Kh7 31.
Rh1 c4 32. Qc8 b5 33. a4 bxa4 (33... e5 $5 34. axb5 Rxb5 35. Rhg1 $1 {/\ Rg6})
34. Qxc4 a3 $5 (34... Rf4 35. Re4) 35. b3 $6 {This is a sophisticated move.} (
35. bxa3) 35... Rf2 {/\ Qf6} 36. h6 gxh6 37. Qa6 a2+ $2 ({missing} 37... Rdd2
$1 38. Rc1 Qe7 $17 {and Black is two pawns up.}) 38. Qxa2 Rdd2 39. Rc1 Rf5 40.
Qa4 Rf4 41. Qc6 Rd5 42. Rce1 Rf6 43. Qc4 Rg5 44. Rd1 Rd5 45. Rde1 Rg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 16th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1999.03.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hecht} d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 c5 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O Nf6 7. Bb3 Nc6
8. Nc3 cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. a3 Na5 12. Bc2 $1 b5 13. d5 $1 {
[%mdl 100]} Nc4 (13... exd5 14. Qd3 g6 (14... Nc6 $2 15. Bg5 g6 16. Rxe7 $1 Bf5
17. Qe2 $18) 15. Nd4 $1 $44) (13... Nxd5 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Qd3 g6 16. Bh6 (16.
Rxe7 $5 Qxe7 17. Qc3 Nc4 18. Bh6 f6 19. Re1 Qf7 (19... Be6 20. Nd4 $16) 20.
Bxf8 Qxf8 21. Nd4 $44) 16... Re8 (16... Bf5 17. Bxf8 $1 Bxd3 18. Bxe7 $16) 17.
Qc3 f6 18. Nd4 $44) 14. Qd3 Re8 (14... exd5 $2 15. Rxe7 Qxe7 16. Nxd5 $18) 15.
a4 (15. Ng5 $5 exd5 $1 (15... h6 16. Nge4 Nxd5 $140 (16... Ng4 17. Ng3 Nf6 18.
Nh5 $36) 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Nf6+ $18) 16. Nxh7 g6 17. Nxf6+ (17. Ng5 Bf5 $17)
17... Bxf6 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. Nxd5 Qe1+ 20. Qf1 Qxf1+ 21. Kxf1 Bxb2 22. Bxb2
Nxb2 $11) (15. Nd4 $5 {E.Ubilava}) 15... exd5 16. axb5 a5 (16... g6 17. Qd4 $1
Qb6 18. Bg5 $16) 17. b3 Nd6 (17... Nb6 18. Bg5 g6 19. Qd4 Be6 20. Ne5 $16) 18.
Nd4 (18. Re5 g6 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Qxd5 (20. Rxd5 Bb7 21. Rd4 Bxf3 22. gxf3 Qb6
$44) 20... Bb7 21. Qd2 Bxf3 22. gxf3 Bf6 23. Rxe8+ Qxe8 24. Rxa5 Rxa5 25. Qxa5
Nxb5 $44) (18. Nxd5 $5 Bf5 19. Nxe7+ (19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. Rxe8+ Qxe8 21. Qxd6
Bxc2 $19) 19... Rxe7 20. Qd2 Rxe1+ (20... Bxc2 21. Rxe7 Qxe7 22. Qxc2 (22. Ba3
Bxb3 23. Bxd6 Qd7 $11) 22... Nxb5 23. Bd2 $16) 21. Nxe1 Bxc2 22. Qxc2 (22. Nxc2
Nxb5 23. Qxd8+ Rxd8 24. Bg5 Rd3 $14 {/=}) 22... Nxb5 23. Bb2 $14) 18... Bb7 19.
f3 (19. Nc6 {L.Ljubojevic} Bxc6 20. bxc6 Nde4 21. Nxd5 Qxd5 {G.Kasparov} (21...
Bc5 22. Nxf6+ Qxf6 23. Be3 Rad8 24. Qxe4 $1 (24. Qc4 Bxe3 25. fxe3 Qf2+ 26. Kh1
Ng3+ $1 27. hxg3 Rd6 $132) 24... Rxe4 25. Bxe4 Bxe3 26. fxe3 Qe5 27. Bf3 $16 {
/+-}) 22. Qxd5 Nxd5 23. Rxe4 (23. Bxe4 Bb4) 23... Nb4 $11) 19... Rc8 20. Na4 $1
(20. Bg5 Nde4 $1 {G.Kasparov} 21. fxe4 dxe4 22. Qd2 Bb4 $44 23. Bxf6 (23. Re3
Qc7 24. Bxf6 (24. Nc6 Ng4 25. Rg3 Bc5+) 24... Bxc3 25. Qxc3 Qxc3 26. Rxc3 Rxc3
$36) 23... Qxf6 24. Re3 Red8 25. Rd1 Rxd4 26. Qxd4 Bc5 27. Qd2 g6 28. Rde1 (28.
Nxe4 Bxe4 29. Bxe4 Qf4 30. Rde1 Qxe4 $15) 28... Qd4 29. Qxd4 Bxd4 30. Kf1 f5
$44) 20... Bf8 (20... h6 $5 21. Bf4 $14) 21. Bg5 g6 22. Qd2 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Nde8
(23... h6 {G.Kasparov.} 24. Bxh6 Bxh6 25. Qxh6 Nxb5 26. Ne6 $1 fxe6 27. Qxg6+
Kf8 (27... Kh8 28. Qh6+ Kg8 29. Rxe6 Rxc2 30. Rxf6 Rc1+ 31. Kf2 Rc2+ 32. Kg3
$18) 28. Rxe6 Rc6 29. Nc5 $1 $18) 24. Re2 (24. Rxe8 Qxe8 25. Bxf6 Bb4 26. Qf2 (
26. Qc1 Ba3 $11 {Y.Dokhojan.}) 26... Be1 27. Qf1 Qe3+ 28. Kh1 Bh4 $3 29. Bxh4
Qxd4 30. Bf2 Qd2 31. Nc5 d4 32. Be1 Qxc2 33. Nxb7 d3 $19 {G.Kasparov.}) 24...
Bb4 25. Qe3 (25. Qf4 Qc7 26. Qh4 $16) 25... Rc7 26. Bd3 Re7 27. Qc1 Rxe2 (27...
Rc7 28. Qf4) 28. Bxe2 Qe7 29. Qe3 Qxe3+ 30. Bxe3 Nd7 31. Nc6 (31. b6 $5) 31...
Bxc6 32. bxc6 Nb8 {Hecht: 'Drei vs drei Leichtfiguren bei weißem Läuferpaar.'}
33. Bb6 Bd6 34. Nc3 Bc7 35. Bf2 (35. Bc5 $1 d4 36. Nd5 Bd8 37. Bb5 $18) 35...
d4 36. Nd5 (36. Nd5 Nxc6 37. Bb5 Nb4 38. Nxb4 Nd6 {'!' Hecht.} 39. Bd3 (39. Nd5
Nxb5 40. Nxc7 Nxc7 41. Bxd4 Nd5 42. Bf2 Nb4 (42... Kg7 43. Be1 Nb4 44. Bc3+ {
'!' Hecht.} f6 45. Bxb4 axb4 46. Kf2 $18 (46. Kf2 {Hecht} Kf7 47. Ke3 Ke6 48.
Kd4 $18 {[%csl Rb4]})) (42... Nc3 43. Kf1 Na2 44. Be3 $18) (42... Nf4 43. Kf1
Nd3 44. Be3 $18) 43. Bb6 Nc6 44. Kf2 Kh8 (44... Kf8 45. Ke2 (45. Ke3 Ke7 46.
Kd3 Kd6 47. Kc4 $18 {[%csl Ra5][%cal Rc4b5]}) 45... Ke7 46. Kd3 $18)) 39...
axb4 40. Bxd4 $16 {G.Kasparov}) 1-0

[Event "Linares 16th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1999.03.05"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3
Nc6 9. Rc1 a6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 Ba7 12. O-O d4 13. exd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Qxd4
15. Be3 Qh4 16. Bxa7 Rxa7 17. Qa4 Qxa4 18. Nxa4 Be6 19. Be2 Re8 20. Rfe1 Kf8
21. h3 b5 22. Nc5 Bd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 16th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1999.03.06"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B26"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Be3 Rb8 7. Qd2 b5 8. Nge2
Nd4 9. O-O h5 10. b4 a5 11. bxc5 dxc5 12. Rab1 Bd7 13. e5 Bxe5 14. Ne4 Bg4 15.
f3 Bf5 16. f4 Bg7 17. Nxc5 Nh6 18. Nxd4 Bxd4 19. Nb3 Bxe3+ 20. Qxe3 Rc8 21. Qd4
O-O 22. Qxd8 Rfxd8 23. Rf2 a4 24. Na5 Bd7 25. c4 Ng4 26. Rfb2 bxc4 27. dxc4 Ne3
28. Bf3 Nxc4 29. Nxc4 Rxc4 30. Rd1 Kf8 31. Rbd2 Ke8 32. f5 gxf5 33. Bxh5 Rcc8
34. Be2 Bc6 35. Rxd8+ Rxd8 36. Rxd8+ Kxd8 37. a3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 16th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1999.03.07"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. Nxe5 Nxe4 6. Qe2 Nxe5 7. d4 (7.
Qxe4 {is the standard move} Qe7 8. d4 Nc6 9. Qxe7+ {is safe, but boring} (9.
Qg4 {is more daring})) 7... Be7 8. dxe5 (8. Qxe4 $5) 8... Nc5 9. Bf4 (9. Nc3 c6
10. Bc4 Ne6 11. Bxe6 dxe6 12. Qg4 Kf8 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. Qh5 Bd7 15. Bg5 Be8 16.
Bxe7+ Qxe7 17. Rd6 $14 {0-1 Veroci,Z-Garcia,N/Buenos Aires 1978/MCD (40)}) (9.
Qg4 O-O 10. Bh6 Ne6 11. Bd3 f5 12. exf6 Rxf6 13. Bd2 d5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Keres,
P-Szabo,L/Budapest 1950/Candidates (37)}) 9... O-O 10. Nc3 c6 11. Bd3 Nxd3 12.
Qxd3 f6 13. Qg3 (13. Qg3 fxe5 14. Bxe5 Rf7 (14... Bf6 15. Bd6 $14) 15. Bd6 Bxd6
16. Qxd6 Rf6 17. Qg3 d5 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 16th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1999.03.09"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 1]} 1. Nf3 {Ftacnik} c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. g3 Bb4+ 6.
Nc3 $6 {Surprisingly after this natural move Black has only few problems and
achieves equality rather easily.} (6. Bd2 $142 Qb6 7. Nb3 Ne5 8. Qc2 (8. Bxb4
Qxb4+ 9. Qd2 Qxc4 10. Bg2 Ne7 11. Na3 Qa6 12. O-O O-O 13. Rac1 d5 14. Rfd1 Qb6
15. Nc5 Nc4 16. Nxc4 Qxc5 17. Ne5 Qb6 18. Qc2 f6 19. Nd3 Bd7 20. Nc5 Rad8 21.
Rd3 Bc8 22. Rb3 Qc6 23. Qd2 b6 24. Na6 Qd6 25. Nc7 Bd7 26. Nb5 Bxb5 27. Rxb5
Rc8 $17 {Langeweg,K-Wedberg,T/Buenos Aires olm/1978/}) 8... a5 (8... d6 9. Bg2
Bd7 10. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 11. Qd2 Qxd2+ 12. N1xd2 Bc6 13. Bxc6+ bxc6 14. c5 d5 15. Na5
Ne7 16. b4 Kd7 17. f4 N5g6 18. e4 h5 19. Kf2 h4 20. exd5 Nxd5 21. a3 Rh6 22.
Nf3 Rah8 23. Rhd1 hxg3+ 24. hxg3 Kc7 25. Rac1 Nge7 26. Nc4 Rh3 27. Nd6 f6 28.
b5 $36 {Tiller,B-Wedberg,T/Randers zt/1982/}) 9. Bg2 a4 10. Nc1 Nf6 11. O-O
Bxd2 12. Nxd2 O-O 13. c5 Qb5 14. Qc3 d6 15. cxd6 Ra6 16. Nf3 Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3
Rxd6 18. Nd3 Bd7 19. Qc7 Qb6 20. Rac1 Bb5 21. Qxb6 Rxb6 22. Ne5 Nd7 23. Nxd7
Bxd7 24. Rfd1 Bc6 25. Bxc6 bxc6 26. Rc2 Rfb8 27. a3 Kf8 $11 {Polugaevsky,
L-Ornstein,A/Buenos Aires olm/ 1978/}) 6... Qa5 $1 ({With the interpolated
moves} 6... Nf6 7. Bg2 Qa5 $6 {is very dubious due to} 8. O-O Bxc3 9. bxc3 O-O
(9... Qxc3 10. Nxc6 $1 dxc6 (10... Qxa1 11. Qd6 $18) 11. Qd6 Bd7 12. Rb1 {
1-0,Meins,G-Schumacher,O/Bremen GER-ch/1998/}) 10. Qb3 d5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Be3
Ne5 13. Rfd1 Bd7 14. a4 Rac8 15. Qb4 Qa6 16. Nb5 $36 {Taimanov,M-Zakharov/
URS-ch/1965/}) 7. Ndb5 (7. Nxc6 dxc6 (7... bxc6 8. Bd2 Qc7 9. Bg2 Rb8 10. O-O
Nf6 11. Nb5 Qa5 12. Bxb4 Qxb4 13. a3 Qc5 14. b4 Qe5 15. Nd6+ Ke7 16. c5 Ba6 17.
Qa4 Bxe2 18. Rfe1 $40 {King,D-Arnason,J/Reykjavik/1984/}) 8. Bd2 Qc7 9. Ne4 Qa5
10. Bg2 e5 11. Bc3 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Nf6 $132 {1/2,Adorjan,A-Wedberg,T/Oslo/1984/}
) 7... d5 {'!' Ftacnik.} (7... a6 $6 8. Nd6+ Ke7 (8... Kf8 9. Bg2 $1 $44) 9.
Nxc8+ Rxc8 10. Bd2 Nf6 11. Bg2 Rhd8 12. a3 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Qg5 14. O-O d5 15. Qb3
$16 {[%csl Gc3,Re7,Gg2] ^^,עe7,Mlynek,P-Novak,J/Brno/1996/}) (7... Nf6 8. Bg2
O-O 9. O-O a6 10. Nd6 Qc7 11. Nce4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 f5 13. a3 Be7 14. Nc3 Bf6 15.
Bf4 Ne5 16. Rc1 d6 17. b3 Bd7 18. Qd2 Rad8 19. e4 g6 20. Rfd1 Bc8 21. exf5 gxf5
22. Bg5 Bxg5 23. Qxg5+ Qg7 24. Qxg7+ Kxg7 25. f4 Nf7 26. Na4 $36 {Horvath,
J-Schlosser,P/Budapest/1991/}) 8. a3 (8. Bd2 a6 $142 $1 (8... dxc4 9. a3 Bxc3
10. Nd6+ $1 Kf8 11. Bxc3 Qc5 12. Rc1 Nge7 13. Nxc4 Qd5 14. Qxd5 Nxd5 15. Bg2
Nxc3 16. Rxc3 Bd7 17. O-O Ke7 18. Bxc6 Bxc6 19. Ne5 Rac8 20. Rfc1 Rhd8 21.
Nxc6+ bxc6 22. Rxc6 Rd1+ 23. Rxd1 Rxc6 24. Rd2 a5 25. Kg2 $14 {Jansson,
B-Wedberg,T/SWE-ch/1977/}) 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Na3 Bxa3 (10... Nf6 11. Nc2 Bf5
$132) 11. bxa3 d4 12. Ne4 Qxa3 $13) ({More promising is} 8. Bf4 $142 $5 e5 (
8... d4 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 $16) 9. Bd2 dxc4 (9... d4 10. Nd5 Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2
Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 Rb8 13. Bg2 $36 (13. Bg2 {Ftacnik} Nge7 $14)) 10. a3 Bxc3 11.
Nd6+ Kf8 12. Bxc3 Qc5 13. Bg2 $44) 8... Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 $146 {'?!' Ftacnik.} (9.
Nxc3 d4 $5 (9... dxc4 {is also quite playable.}) (9... dxc4 $5 $10 {Ftacnik})
10. b4 Nxb4 11. axb4 (11. Bd2 $2 Nd3+ $1 $17 (11... Nd3+ $1 {Ftacnik} 12. exd3
dxc3 13. Be3 Bd7 14. Bg2 Ne7 $15) (11... Nc6 12. Nb5 Qd8 13. c5 $36)) 11...
Qxa1 12. Nb5 Nf6 $5 (12... Kf8 $5 {Ftacnik} 13. Bg2 Bd7 14. O-O $13) 13. Nc7+
Ke7 14. Nxa8 Bd7 15. Bg2 (15. Nc7 Ba4 16. Qd2 Rc8 $40 {'-/+' Ftacnik.}) 15...
Rxa8 16. O-O Qc3 {'?' Ftacnik.} (16... Rc8 $5 $15 {Ftacnik}) 17. b5 {'?'
Ftacnik.} (17. Bxb7 $1 {Ftacnik} Rb8 18. Ba6 $1 Rb6 19. Bd2 Qa3 20. b5 Ne4 21.
Qa1 $16) 17... Qxc4 18. Ba3+ Ke8 19. Bxb7 Rb8 20. Bc6 Nd5 21. Bxd5 Qxd5 22. Qa4
Rxb5 23. Qxa7 f6 24. Rc1 Rb7 25. Qa8+ Kf7 26. f3 Kg6 $17 {Lerner,K-Huzman,A/
Kujbyshev/1986/}) 9... Nf6 10. Bg2 (10. Bf4 $6 e5 11. Bg5 (11. Bd2 {Ftacnik}
dxc4 $17) 11... Ne4 $40) (10. Nd6+ {Ftacnik} Ke7 11. Nxc8+ Raxc8 12. Bd2 dxc4
$17) 10... O-O 11. Qb3 {'?' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'Topalov had no idea, how
dangerous is his position with unfinished development and exposed knight b5.'}
(11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Qb3 a6 13. e4 $5 $15) (11. O-O dxc4 $17) 11... dxc4 12. Qxc4
e5 $32 {'!' Ftacnik.} 13. Nd6 $8 (13. O-O Be6 14. Qd3 Rad8 15. Qb1 Bc4 $17) (
13. Bg5 $2 {Ftacnik} Be6 14. Qd3 Rfd8 15. Qb1 a6 $19) 13... Be6 14. Qd3 (14.
Nxb7 {Ftacnik} Bxc4 15. Nxa5 Nxa5 16. Bxa8 Rxa8 $17) 14... e4 $1 {[%csl Re1]
[%mdl 512] Black starts of a series of sacrifices to keep White's K in the [+].
Ftacnik: 'The key move of black's attack, for white an unpleasant wake up call.
All black reserves will be called to service in a very short time.'} (14...
Rad8 $2 15. Nxb7 $16) (14... Qc7 15. Nb5 Qe7 16. Qd6 $132 {'=' Ftacnik.}) 15.
Nxe4 (15. Bxe4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Rad8 $17 (16... Rad8 {Ftacnik} 17. Qe3 Nd4 $19))
15... Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Rad8 17. Qc2 (17. Qe3 Rfe8 {/\Bd5-/+} (17... Rfe8 $1 {
Ftacnik} 18. f3 f5 19. Bxc6 bxc6 $19)) 17... Nd4 18. Qb2 $8 (18. Qb1 Qxc3+ 19.
Bd2 (19. Kf1 Bh3+ 20. Bg2 Nxe2 21. Bxh3 Qf3 $19) 19... Nc2+ 20. Bxc2 Qxd2+ 21.
Kf1 Bh3+ 22. Kg1 Qxe2 $19) 18... Nxe2 $1 {[%mdl 640] Black must prevent
castling at any cost. Now White's K gets caught in a crossfire. Ftacnik:
'Spectacular but also the best move, black needs to stop white king in the
center at all cost.'} 19. Kxe2 (19. Qxe2 Qxc3+ $19) 19... Rfe8 $40 20. Qb4 (20.
f3 f5 21. Bxb7 Bc4+ 22. Kf2 Qc5+ 23. Kg2 Re2+ $19) (20. Be3 Bg4+ 21. f3 (21.
Bf3 Qa6+ $19) 21... Rxe4 22. fxg4 Qc5 23. Qc1 Rde8 $19) 20... Qh5+ 21. f3 f5 {
'!' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'It is a harvest time for black. All his investment can
be recouped, with white king still sitting in the center.'} 22. g4 $8 (22. Qxb7
fxe4 $19) (22. Bxb7 $2 Bc4+ 23. Kf2 Re2+ 24. Kg1 Rd1#) 22... Qh3 23. gxf5 (23.
Kf2 fxe4 24. Qxe4 Bd5 25. Qf4 Rf8 $19) 23... Bxf5 24. Qc4+ (24. Kf2 Bxe4 25.
fxe4 Rf8+ 26. Ke1 (26. Ke2 Qg2+) 26... Qh4+ {/\Qh4#}) 24... Kh8 25. Re1 Rxe4+
$1 (25... Rxe4+ 26. fxe4 Bg4+ 27. Kf2 Qxh2+ 28. Kf1 (28. Ke3 Qg3#) 28... Bh3#)
0-1

[Event "Linares 16th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1999.03.10"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 5376]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 (3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nd4 $2 5. Nxe5 (5.
d3 Bc5 6. Nxe5 $16 (6. Bg5 d6 $11 (6... O-O 7. Nxe5 $16 {1-0
Florianova-Mulisova/CZE-chJW Svetla ,EXT 1994 (24)}))) 5... Qe7 6. Nxf7 Rg8 7.
Ng5 Rh8 8. O-O $18 {1-0 Vaupotic,M-Ozdemir,O/ch World cadets g (under 1994 (36)
}) 3... Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Bc4 c6 $2 $16 {This variation is bad for Black.} (
5... Nxe4 $2 6. Nxd4 $5 (6. Nxe4 d5 7. Bxd5 $2 (7. Nxe5 $1 Qe7 (7... dxc4 8.
Nxc4 Qe7 9. d3 f5 10. Be3 fxe4 11. Bxd4 exd3+ 12. Ne3 dxc2 13. Qxc2 Be6 14. O-O
c5 (14... O-O-O 15. Bxa7 $16 b6 16. Bxb6) 15. Bc3 Qf7 (15... O-O-O 16. b4 c4 (
16... cxb4 17. Bxg7+ $18) 17. Rfd1 $16 {[%csl Rc8,Rf8]}) 16. Rad1 Be7 (16...
Bxa2 17. Qa4+ $18) 17. Qa4+ Kf8 18. b3 Kg8 19. Nc4 a6 (19... h6 20. Nb6 Rf8 21.
Qxa7 $16) 20. Nd6 Bxd6 21. Rxd6 Re8 22. Re1 h6 23. Qe4 Bd7 24. Qxb7 Rxe1+ 25.
Bxe1 $18) 8. O-O Qxe5 9. Nc3 dxc4 (9... Nf3+ 10. Qxf3 dxc4 11. d4 cxd3 12. Bf4
$18) 10. Re1 Qxe1+ 11. Qxe1+ Be6 12. Qe5 O-O-O 13. Nb5 Nxb5 14. Qxb5 Be7 15. b3
Bf6 16. Rb1 c3 17. d3 $16) 7... Qxd5 8. d3 f5 9. Ned2 Bd7 10. O-O O-O-O 11.
Nxd4 exd4 12. Nb3 Bc6 13. f3 Bd6 $15 {1/2-1/2 Tashtanbekov,A-Koukov,V/
WchJM-U10 Bratislava 1993 (66)}) (6. Bxf7+ $2 Kxf7 7. Nxe4 (7. Nxe5+ Kg8 8.
Nxe4 Qe7 9. f4 d6 10. c3 Ne6 (10... Nf5 11. Qb3+ Be6 12. Qxb7 Re8 13. g4 (13.
Nc6 Qh4+ 14. Kd1 (14. g3 Nxg3 $1 $19) 14... Bd5 $1 $19) 13... Qh4+ 14. Kd1 dxe5
15. gxf5 Bxf5 16. d3 exf4 17. Bd2 $132) 11. Nf3 d5 12. Ng3 Nxf4+ 13. Kf1 $132)
7... Kg8 8. Nxd4 exd4 9. O-O d5 10. Ng3 Bd6 $132) 6... exd4 (6... Nd6 7. Ndb5
Nxc4 8. Nd5 Bd6 9. Qg4 Nb6 10. Qxg7 Rf8 11. Nf6+ Ke7 12. Nxh7 $18) 7. Bxf7+ (7.
Nxe4 d5 8. Qe2 dxe4 9. Qxe4+ Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. d3 Bd6 $11 {1-0 Bustos,
C-Iglesias,J/San Rafael ch-ARG jr 1992 (31)}) 7... Kxf7 8. Qh5+ g6 9. Qd5+ Ke8
10. Nxe4 Bg7 11. O-O $16 {[%csl Re8]}) (5... b5 $2 6. Bxb5 Nxb5 7. Nxb5 Nxe4 8.
Nxe5 $18 {1-0 Walker,H-Clare,P/cr Compuserve Fall95 1995 (16)}) (5... Nxf3+ 6.
Qxf3 Be7 $2 (6... d6 7. d3 (7. Nd5 c6 8. Nxf6+ Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. d3 $11 {
1-0 Dvalishvili Pavel S-Kazantsev Valentin/It (cat.8) Moscow (Russia) 1996 (55)
}) (7. h3 c6 8. a4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. d3 Be6 $11 {0-1 Roy Chowdhury,S-Hasan,K/
op, Calcutta IND 1996 (21)}) 7... Bg4 8. Qg3 Qd7 9. h3 Be6 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Bxe6
fxe6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. O-O O-O $11 {1/2-1/2 Simagin,V-Ragozin,V/Moscow ch-RUS
1947 (60)}) (6... Bb4 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8. Bxd5 O-O 9. c3 Bc5 10. O-O c6 11. Bb3 $11
{1/2-1/2 Wall-Hayes,J/North Wilkesboro,NC 1976 (33)}) (6... Bc5 7. O-O d6 8. d3
(8. h3 Be6 9. d3 c6 10. Na4 Bxc4 11. dxc4 Qa5 12. Nxc5 Qxc5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Van
Eekhout,M-De Koeyer,F/Vlissingen op 1996 (25)}) 8... c6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Be3 Bg4
11. Qg3 Bd4 12. h3 Bh5 13. f4 (13. Qxg7 Rg8 14. Qxh6 Rg6 15. Qh8+ Rg8 $11)
13... exf4 14. Qxf4 Qb6 15. Bxd4 Qxd4+ 16. Qf2 Qxf2+ 17. Rxf2 O-O-O $11 {
0-1 Van der Veen,T-Van Gool,R/Venlo 1988 (58)}) (6... c6 7. O-O d6 8. Re1 Be7
9. d3 O-O 10. Bg5 Be6 11. Bb3 Qd7 $11 {1-0 Persson,R-Blomstrom,L/SWE-chB
Borlange ,EXT 1995 (59)}) 7. Qg3 $1 (7. d3 $2 d6 $11) 7... O-O 8. Qxe5 Ng4 9.
Qg3 d5 10. Nxd5 Bd6 11. f4 $16 {1-0 Parrino,G-Damasco,R/Italy chW Formia 1992 
(57)}) (5... d6 6. Ng5 (6. h3 Be7 (6... c6 7. O-O Be7 8. d3 O-O $132) 7. d3 O-O
(7... c6 8. Nxd4 exd4 9. Ne2 b5 10. Bb3 c5 11. a4 b4 12. Nf4 Bb7 13. O-O O-O
$132 {0-1 Rodriguez,A-Apanaviciute,K/Eu Youth gu18, Mureck AUT 1998 (56)}) 8.
Be3 c5 9. Nd5 Be6 10. c3 Bxd5 11. Bxd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Nf5 $11 {0-1 Hauss,
C-Pommerin,B/RLPF-chJW U17 ,GER 1989 (40)}) (6. d3 Bg4 7. Be3 c6 8. Bxd4 exd4
9. Ne2 d5 10. exd5 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Nxd5 $15 {0-1 Mrva Martin-Marciano David/Ch
Croatia (team) (2nd league), Tucepi 1996 (33)}) 6... Ne6 7. d4 Nxg5 $1 (7...
exd4 8. Nxe6 Bxe6 9. Qxd4 Be7 10. Bxe6 (10. Bg5 a6 11. O-O-O Qc8 12. Rhe1 $14 {
1-0 Jonas,R-Stark,H/RLNN 1988 (56)}) 10... fxe6 11. e5 dxe5 12. Qxe5 Qd7 13.
Qe2 O-O 14. O-O $14 {0-1 Bocksberger,S-Mathe,G/St.Ingbert ,EXT 1987 (25)}) 8.
Bxg5 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qd3 c6 11. a4 Qb6 $11 {0-1 Panov,V-Yudovich/Moscow
1936 (40)}) 6. Nxe5 (6. d3 Qa5 (6... b5 7. Bb3 Qa5 (7... Nxb3 8. axb3 d6 $132)
(7... Nxf3+ 8. Qxf3 a5 9. a3 d6 10. O-O a4 11. Ba2 Be7 $11) 8. Nxe5 (8. Bd2 Qc7
9. O-O b4 10. Ne2 Nxf3+ 11. gxf3 g5 $1 $15 {[%csl Rf2,Rf3,Rg1]}) 8... Nxb3 9.
cxb3 b4 10. Nc4 Qd8 11. Ne2 d5 $44) 7. Bd2 Bb4 8. Bb3 (8. a3 Nxf3+ 9. Qxf3 d6 (
9... Be7 10. Nd5 Qd8 11. Nxe7 Qxe7 12. Bg5 $14) (9... d5 10. exd5 Bg4 (10...
cxd5 11. Ba2 $16) 11. Qg3 $16) 10. O-O Bxc3 11. Bxc3 $14) 8... Nxb3 9. axb3 Qc7
10. O-O Be7 (10... d6 11. Nb5 cxb5 12. Bxb4 O-O $132) (10... Bxc3 11. bxc3 d6
$11) (10... Bc5 11. Bg5 Be7 $11) 11. h3 O-O 12. Ne2 d5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Conquest,
S-Hebden,M/Hastings 1996/CBM 57/[Tsesarsky] (63)}) 6... d5 7. exd5 Bd6 (7...
cxd5 8. Bb5+ Nxb5 9. Nxb5 a6 10. Qe2 Be7 11. Nd4 O-O 12. O-O Re8 13. Ndf3 Qc7
14. d4 Bf5 15. c3 $16 {1-0 Nimzowitsch,A-Levenfish,G/It, St. Petersburg 
(Russia) 1913 (57)}) 8. Nf3 (8. Nxf7 Kxf7 (8... Qe7+ 9. Ne2 (9. Kf1 Qxf7 $17)
9... Kxf7 10. dxc6+ Be6 11. Bxe6+ Qxe6 12. d3 (12. cxb7 Rae8 $19) 12... Rhe8
13. Be3 Nxc6 $15) 9. dxc6+ Kf8 10. d3 Bg4 (10... Nxc6 $15) 11. f3 Qe7+ 12. Ne4
Nxe4 13. dxe4 Bc5 14. cxb7 Rd8 15. b8=Q (15. fxg4 Qxe4+ 16. Kf1 Ke7 17. Bg5+
Kd6 18. Be2 Rdf8+ 19. Bf3 Kc7 20. Qd3 Nxf3 21. Qxe4 Nd2+ 22. Ke2 Nxe4 $17)
15... Rxb8 16. Be3 $1 (16. c3 Qh4+ 17. Kd2 Qf2+ 18. Kd3 Nc6 19. Qe2 (19. Bf4
Rxb2 $19 {0-1 Schubert,H-Baturinsky,V/cr EUR/M 1960 (21)}) 19... Ne5+ 20. Kc2
Bxf3 21. gxf3 Nxc4 22. Qxf2 Bxf2 $15) (16. fxg4 Qxe4+ 17. Kf1 Ke7 $19) 16...
Nxf3+ 17. gxf3 Bxe3 18. fxg4 Qh4+ 19. Ke2 Qf2+ 20. Kd3 Bf4 21. Qe2 $18) 8...
Nxf3+ 9. Qxf3 O-O 10. h3 b5 $5 $146 {This active move also doesn't solve
Black's problems.} (10... Re8+ $5 11. Kd1 $1 $16 (11. Be2 cxd5 12. d4 (12. Nxd5
$5 Nxd5 13. Qxd5 Be6 (13... Qc7 14. c3 Be6 15. Qf3 $16) 14. Qf3 Qa5 15. O-O Qe5
16. Qg3 Qxg3 17. fxg3 Bxh3 18. Bb5 Re5 19. gxh3 Rxb5 20. c4 $16) 12... Qb6 13.
Qd3 (13. O-O Bb8 14. Bb5 Rd8 15. Bg5 (15. Bf4 $2 Qxd4 16. Bxb8 Rxb8 17. Bd3 Be6
18. Rab1 $11 {1/2-1/2 Podlesnik,B-Polgar,Z/Ljubljana 1994 (19)}) 15... Qxd4 16.
Rfd1 Qe5 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Nxd5 $16) 13... Bc7 14. O-O Qd6 15. f4 Bd7 16. Bf3
a6 17. Bd2 $16)) 11. Be2 b4 12. Ne4 (12. Nd1 cxd5 13. O-O Bc7 $44 {[%csl Rh2]
[%cal Gd8d6]}) 12... Nxe4 13. Qxe4 cxd5 14. Qf3 $1 (14. Qxd5 $2 Re8 (14... Be6
15. Qh5 g6 16. Qf3 Re8 17. O-O Bd5 18. Qd3 Be4 19. Qa6 Re6 $8 $36 {[%csl Ra6,
Rc1][%cal Gd6h2]}) 15. Qxa8 Rxe2+ 16. Kd1 (16. Kxe2 Ba6+ $19) (16. Kf1 $2 Qe8 (
16... Bc5 $1 17. Qf3 (17. d4 Bxd4 18. Be3 Rxe3 $19) 17... Rxf2+ 18. Qxf2 Bxf2
19. Kxf2 Qd4+ $11) 17. g4 Rxd2 18. Kg2 Rxc2 19. Be3 Qxe3 20. Qxc8+ Rxc8 21.
fxe3 Rc2+ 22. Kf3 Rxb2 23. Rhd1 Bf8 24. Rac1 $18) 16... Rxf2 17. Qe4 Bf5 18.
Qe3 Rxg2 19. Qf3 Qg5 20. d3 Rg1+ (20... Qg6 21. Bd2 $16) 21. Ke2 (21. Rxg1
Qxg1+ 22. Kd2 Qh2+ 23. Kd1 Bxh3 24. Be3 h5 25. Kc1 Bg2 $17 (25... Bg4 26. Qa8+
Kh7 27. Kb1 f5 $17)) 21... Qg2+ (21... Rg2+ 22. Kf1 $16) 22. Qxg2 Rxg2+ 23. Kd1
g5 24. a3 b3 $1 {[%csl Ra1,Rd1]} 25. cxb3 Bxd3 26. Bd2 f5 27. Rc1 f4 $132)
14... Qc7 (14... Be6 15. d4 Rc8 16. Bd3 Re8 17. O-O Qh4 18. Be3 $16) 15. O-O (
15. c4 dxc4 16. Qxa8 Bb7 17. Qxa7 Bc5 18. Qa4 Bxg2 19. Rg1 Qh2 20. Rxg2 Qxg2
21. Kd1 Qh1+ (21... Ra8 22. Qb5 Qh1+ (22... b3 23. Bxc4 Qg1+ 24. Bf1 Rxa2 25.
Rb1 $16) 23. Kc2 Qe4+ $11) 22. Kc2 Qe4+ 23. Kd1 Bxf2 24. Qxb4 Qh1+ 25. Kc2 Qe4+
26. Kd1 $11) 15... d4 $2 $18 (15... Bb7 $5 16. Bd3 (16. d4 Qxc2 17. Bd3 Qc7 18.
Be3 $11) 16... Rfe8 17. b3 Bh2+ 18. Kh1 Be5 19. Rb1 Qa5 20. Bb2 Bxb2 (20...
Qxa2 21. Bxh7+ (21. Bxe5 Rxe5 22. Qf4 $16) 21... Kxh7 22. Qf5+ Kg8 23. Bxe5
Rac8 24. Qg5 $18) 21. Rxb2 Re5 22. c3 $1 (22. c4 $2 Rae8 23. cxd5 Bxd5 $44)
22... Rae8 (22... bxc3 23. dxc3 Qxc3 24. Bxh7+ $18) 23. cxb4 Qxb4 24. Rc2 d4
25. Qg3 $16) 16. Qxa8 (16. Qe4 $2 Bc5 (16... Bb7 17. Qxd4 Rfe8 18. Qc4 Rac8 19.
Qxc7 Rxc7 20. Bd3 $16) 17. Bd3 g6 18. Qxa8 Bb7 19. Qxf8+ Kxf8 $44) 16... Bb7
17. Qxa7 Bc5 18. Qxb7 $2 $16 (18. Qa4 $1 d3 $5 {Seems very dangerous, but...}
19. Qb5 $1 (19. Bxd3 Qg3 $19) (19. Bf3 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Qg3+ 21. Kh1 Qxh3+ 22. Kg1
Qg3+ 23. Kh1 Qxf3+ $19) 19... Qg3 (19... dxe2 20. Qxe2 Qg3 21. Qg4 $18) 20.
Qxb7 dxe2 21. d4 Bxd4 22. Bd2 exf1=Q+ 23. Rxf1 $18) 18... Qxb7 19. Bd3 Qb8 (
19... Re8 20. a4 b3 21. Bb5 $16) 20. b3 $2 $14 (20. a4 $1 $16 {[%csl Ya4][%cal
Ga4a6,Gd3a6]} bxa3 (20... Qf4 21. Re1 (21. a5 $2 Bd6 22. g3 Qf3 23. Re1 (23. a6
Bxg3 $11) 23... Bxg3 24. fxg3 Qxg3+ 25. Kf1 Qf3+ $11) 21... Bd6 22. g3 Qf3 23.
Be4 $16) 21. bxa3 Re8 (21... Qf4 22. Re1 Bd6 23. g3 Qf3 24. Be4 Qh5 25. Kg2 $16
) 22. a4 Qf4 23. a5 h5 24. a6 Re7 25. Ba3 $16) 20... Qf4 21. Bb2 Bd6 22. g3 Qg5
(22... Qf3 23. Rae1 Bxg3 24. Be4 $18) (22... Qxd2 23. Bxd4 $14) 23. Kh2 h5 (
23... Qxd2 $14) 24. f4 Qd5 {[%cal Gh5h4]} 25. h4 Re8 (25... Ra8 $14) 26. a4 Bc7
{[%csl Ga5]} (26... bxa3 27. Bxa3 Bxa3 28. Rxa3 $16) 27. a5 $6 $11 (27. Rfe1
Rxe1 28. Rxe1 Kf8 29. Re4 Bb6 30. Re5 (30. Kg1 g6 (30... f5 31. Re5 Qf3 32.
Rxf5+ Ke7 33. Re5+ Kd6 34. Kh2 Qf2+ 35. Kh3 Qg1 36. Be4 $18) 31. Kf2 f5 32. Re1
(32. Re5 Qh1 $14) 32... Qc6 (32... Kg7 33. Bc4 Qc6 34. Re6 Qh1 35. Bf1 Bc5 36.
Re5 Bd6 37. Re1 (37. Bxd4 Bxe5 38. Bxe5+ Kf7 39. a5 Qe4 40. Bd3 Qh1 $44) 37...
Qh2+ 38. Bg2 Bxf4 39. gxf4 Qxh4+ 40. Ke2 Qg4+ 41. Bf3 Qxf4 42. a5 Qe5+ 43. Kf1
Qxa5 44. Bxd4+ Kh6 45. Ra1 Qb5+ 46. Kf2 $14) 33. Ra1) 30... Qf3 $14) 27... Bxa5
28. Bxd4 Qxd4 29. Rxa5 Rc8 {[%csl Rc3]} (29... g6 $14) 30. Re5 Qd6 31. Rfe1 g6
32. f5 gxf5 33. Bxf5 Rc5 34. Re8+ Kg7 35. Bd3 Rd5 {[%csl Rd3][%cal Gd5d3]} 36.
R8e3 (36. R1e3 Rd4 37. Kg2 Qc6+ $14) 36... Rd4 37. Kh3 Qd7+ 38. Kg2 Qd5+ 39.
Kf2 Qc5 40. R1e2 Rd5 41. Kg2 Rd6 42. Kh2 (42. Re4 Rd4 43. Rxd4 Qxd4 44. Re4 Qd5
$14) 42... Qc6 43. Re4 Qc5 44. Re5 Rd5 45. R5e3 Qd6 46. Rf2 f6 47. Kg2 Re5 48.
Rf4 $2 (48. Rxe5 $5 Qxe5 49. Rf5 Qe1 50. Rxh5 Qxd2+ 51. Kh3 Qd1 (51... Kf7 52.
Rh7+ Ke6 53. h5 Qg5 54. Rh8 f5 55. h6 Qg4+ 56. Kg2 f4 (56... Qd4 57. Rf8 $18)
57. Rg8 $1 $18) 52. Rf5 (52. Rh7+ Kg8 53. h5 Qh1+ 54. Kg4 Qd1+ 55. Kf4 Qc1+ 56.
Kg4 Qd1+ $11) 52... Qh1+ 53. Kg4 Qd1+ 54. Rf3 $16) 48... Qc6+ 49. Kg1 Rxe3 50.
dxe3 $44 Qc3 51. Kf2 Qd2+ 52. Be2 Qxc2 53. Rxb4 Qf5+ (53... Kg6 54. Rb5 Kf7 55.
b4 Qd2 56. Rb7+ Kg6 57. b5 Qd5 58. Bf3 Qd2+ 59. Be2 Qd5 $11) 54. Rf4 Qc2 55. b4
Kg6 56. b5 Kg7 57. Rc4 Qf5+ 58. Rf4 Qc2 {White can't take Ph5 with R...} 59. g4
hxg4 60. Rxg4+ Kh6 61. Rf4 Kg6 62. h5+ Kg7 63. Rg4+ Kh7 64. Rc4 Qf5+ 65. Rf4 (
65. Ke1 Qe5 66. Kd2 Qb2+ 67. Ke1 Qe5 $11) 65... Qe5 66. Bd3+ Kh6 67. Be2 Kh7
68. Rd4 Qf5+ 69. Rf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 08th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1999.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.05.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.05.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ c6 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qd3 Bb7 8. e4
b4 9. Na4 Nbd7 10. Be2 Qa5 11. b3 c5 12. e5 Ne4 13. Be3 Rd8 14. Qb5 Qxb5 15.
Bxb5 cxd4 16. Bxd4 a6 17. Bxd7+ Rxd7 18. Rc1 Be7 19. Ke2 Nd2 20. Be3 Nxf3 21.
gxf3 a5 22. Nc5 Bc6 23. Nxd7 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 08th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1999.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.05.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.05.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Ng5 e6 7. Qe2 Nb6 8.
Bb3 h6 9. N5f3 c5 10. Bf4 Nbd5 11. Be5 Qa5+ 12. Nd2 cxd4 13. Ngf3 Be7 14. Nxd4
O-O 15. O-O-O Rd8 16. Kb1 Nd7 17. Nc4 Qa6 18. Nf5 exf5 19. Rxd5 Nxe5 20. Ra5
Qf6 21. Nxe5 Be6 22. Rb5 Bd6 23. Nc4 b6 24. Nxd6 Rxd6 25. Bxe6 Rxe6 26. Qf3
Rae8 27. Rd5 g6 28. g3 Re1+ 29. Rd1 R1e4 30. a3 b5 31. Rd2 h5 32. Rhd1 a6 33.
c3 Kg7 34. Qd3 f4 35. Qd6 R8e6 36. Qd8 Qxd8 37. Rxd8 fxg3 38. fxg3 h4 39. Kc2
hxg3 40. hxg3 f5 41. R8d4 Kf6 42. Rxe4 Rxe4 43. Rd6+ Re6 44. Rxe6+ Kxe6 45. Kd3
Kd5 46. b3 Kc5 47. Ke3 g5 48. Kd3 a5 49. a4 bxa4 50. bxa4 Kd5 51. c4+ Kc5 52.
Kc3 f4 53. gxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 08th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1999.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.05.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.05.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qa5 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Qb3 O-O 13. O-O Qb6 14.
a4 Rd8 15. Qa3 Bxb5 16. axb5 Nd7 17. Rfe1 Qc5 18. Qc1 Kh8 19. Re3 Rg8 20. Rh3
Rg6 21. Rg3 Ne5 22. Qf4 Rag8 23. Rxg6 Rxg6 24. Qe3 Nc4 25. Qd3 Ne5 26. Qe3 Nc4
27. Qd3 Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 08th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1999.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.05.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.05.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. e3 b5 6. a4 Bb4 7. Bd2 a5 8. axb5
Bxc3 9. Bxc3 cxb5 10. b3 Bb7 11. bxc4 b4 12. Bb2 Nf6 13. Bd3 O-O 14. O-O Nbd7
15. Re1 Re8 16. c5 Bc6 17. Bc2 Ne4 18. Ba4 Qc7 19. Nd2 Bxa4 20. Rxa4 Ndxc5 21.
dxc5 Rad8 22. Bd4 Nxd2 23. Qxd2 e5 24. h3 h6 25. Rc1 exd4 26. exd4 Rd5 27. Raa1
Ra8 28. Rc4 Qc6 29. Qc2 Re8 30. Qa2 Rg5 31. g3 Qf3 32. c6 b3 33. Qd2 Re2 34.
Qxe2 Qxe2 35. Rac1 b2 36. c7 Rxg3+ 37. fxg3 bxc1=Q+ 38. Rxc1 Qe3+ 0-1

[Event "Amber-blindfold 08th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1999.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.05.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.05.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 O-O 12. Nc2 Rb8 13. g3 Bg5 14. h4 Bh6
15. Bh3 Be6 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Nde3 Bxe3 18. Nxe3 Na5 19. O-O Nc4 20. Qe2 Qc7
21. Rad1 Rb6 22. Rd3 Qc5 23. Ng4 b4 24. b3 Na5 25. a3 Nxb3 26. cxb4 Qb5 27.
Nh6+ Kh8 28. Rf3 Rxf3 29. Qxf3 Qxf1+ 30. Kh2 Rb8 31. Qf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 08th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1999.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.05.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.05.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ c6 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qc2 Bb7 8. a4
Be7 9. Ne5 Nd5 10. O-O O-O 11. d4 Na6 12. Nc3 b4 13. Ne4 c5 14. dxc5 Rc8 15. c6
Nb8 16. Nc5 Bxc6 17. Ncd3 Bb7 18. Qb3 Nc6 19. Nxc6 Bxc6 20. Bd2 a5 21. Rfc1 Bb7
22. Bf3 Qd6 23. e4 Nc3 24. bxc3 Qxd3 25. Be3 Rxc3 26. Rxc3 Qxc3 0-1

[Event "Amber-blindfold 08th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1999.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.05.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.05.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bf4 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Qe7
8. Qd5 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Qd3 d6 11. g3 b6 12. Bg2 Bb7 13. O-O Na5 14. Nd4
Bxg2 15. Kxg2 O-O 16. Bg5 Rae8 17. Rae1 Qf7 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. e4 Qxc4 20. Qd2
Nb7 21. Re3 Nc5 22. Rfe1 a5 23. h4 a4 24. Qe2 Qxe2 25. R1xe2 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 08th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1999.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.05.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.05.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 Qa5 8.
O-O O-O 9. Bb3 d6 10. h3 Bd7 11. f4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bc6 13. Qd3 Rad8 14. Rad1 Nd7
15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Kh2 Qc5 17. Bd5 Qb4 18. b3 Rc8 19. Rf3 Qc5 20. Bxc6 Rxc6 21.
Rd2 Nf6 22. Nd5 Nxd5 23. exd5 Rc7 24. f5 b5 25. Re2 Kg8 26. Rg3 Kh8 27. Rge3 b4
28. Rxe7 Rxe7 29. Rxe7 Qf2 30. fxg6 hxg6 31. Rc7 Kg8 32. Qg3 Qf6 33. Rxa7 Rc8
34. Rd7 Rxc2 35. Rxd6 Qf5 36. Rd8+ Kg7 37. Qd6 Rxg2+ 38. Kxg2 Qc2+ 39. Kf3 Qd3+
40. Kg4 Qf5+ 41. Kg3 Qd3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 08th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1999.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.05.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.05.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qb3 a5 5. g3 Nc6 6. a3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 b6 8. Bg2
Bb7 9. O-O d6 10. d3 Ne7 11. Bg5 a4 12. Qb5+ Nd7 13. Nd4 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Ra5 15.
Bxe7 Qa8+ 16. Qc6 Kxe7 17. Qxa8 Raxa8 18. Nc6+ Ke8 19. d4 f5 20. f3 Nf6 21.
Rab1 Kd7 22. Nb4 h5 23. h4 Rag8 24. Nd3 g5 25. hxg5 Rxg5 26. Kf2 h4 27. gxh4
Rxh4 28. Rh1 Rgh5 29. Rxh4 Rxh4 30. Rg1 Nh5 31. Ke3 Rh2 32. Kd2 c5 33. Rg8 Nf6
34. Rg7+ Kd8 35. Ra7 Rh1 36. Nf4 e5 37. Ne6+ Kc8 38. dxe5 dxe5 39. Rc7+ Kb8 40.
Rf7 Rh6 41. Ng7 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 08th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1999.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.05.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.05.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bb5+ Bd7 5. Bxd7+ Qxd7 6. dxc5 Nxe4 7. cxd6
Nxd6 8. O-O Nc6 9. Qe2 g6 10. Rd1 Bg7 11. Na3 O-O 12. Nb5 Rfe8 13. c3 a6 14.
Nxd6 exd6 15. Be3 Bh6 16. Rd3 Bxe3 17. Rxe3 Rxe3 18. Qxe3 Re8 19. Qd2 Ne5 20.
Nd4 Nc4 21. Qc2 Qe7 22. g3 d5 23. Rd1 Qe4 24. Qc1 Kg7 25. h4 h5 26. a4 Qg4 27.
Re1 Re4 28. Kg2 Rxe1 29. Qxe1 Qe4+ 30. Qxe4 dxe4 31. b4 Nb6 32. a5 Nd5 33. Ne2
Kf6 34. Kf1 Kf5 35. b5 axb5 36. Nd4+ Ke5 37. Nxb5 Ne7 38. Nc7 Nd5 39. Nb5 f5
40. Ke2 Ne7 41. Nc7 Nd5 42. Nb5 Ne7 43. Nc7 Nd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 08th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1999.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.05.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.05.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. cxd5 Qxd5 14. Bf4 Rac8
15. Re1 Rfd8 16. Bf1 Bf6 17. a4 Na5 18. Rc1 Bg4 19. Qd3 c5 20. c4 Qf5 21. Qxf5
Bxf5 22. dxc5 Nb3 23. Rcd1 Nxc5 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Be3 b6 26. Nd4 Bxd4 27. Bxd4
Nxa4 28. Re7 a5 29. Re1 Bc2 30. Rc1 Rxd4 31. Rxc2 Kf8 32. g3 Ke7 33. Ra2 Nc5
34. Rb2 a4 35. Kg2 Rd1 36. Be2 Rc1 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 08th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1999.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.05.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.05.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d6 7. f3 Nh5 8. g3
f5 9. Nh3 Qe8 10. b3 e5 11. Bb2 Nc6 12. d5 Nd8 13. f4 Nf7 14. Bg2 Bd7 15. O-O
Qe7 16. e3 Nf6 17. Nf2 c6 18. Rac1 e4 19. dxc6 bxc6 20. g4 Rfb8 21. Rfd1 a5 22.
gxf5 Bxf5 23. Qc2 Re8 24. Rd2 Ra7 25. Nh1 Nh6 26. Ng3 Nfg4 27. Qc3 Qh4 28. Bf1
Re6 29. Rg2 Rg6 30. Rcc2 Nxh2 31. Rxh2 Rxg3+ 32. Bg2 Bh3 33. Rxh3 Qxh3 34. Qd4
Ng4 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 08th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D73"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1999.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.05.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.05.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. Bg2 c6 6. Nbd2 a5 7. O-O a4 8. b4
axb3 9. Qxb3 O-O 10. a4 c5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bb2 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. Bxd4
Nf4 15. gxf4 Qxd4 16. Ne4 Nc6 17. e3 Qa7 18. Rfb1 Rb8 19. Qb6 Bf5 20. a5 Rfc8
21. Qxa7 Nxa7 22. Rb2 Rc7 23. h4 Kg7 24. h5 Bd7 25. hxg6 hxg6 26. Ng5 Nb5 27.
Nf3 Ra8 28. Ne5 Be8 29. Rb4 Nd6 30. Bf1 Rc5 31. a6 bxa6 32. Rxa6 Rxa6 33. Bxa6
f6 34. Nc4 Nf5 35. Kf1 Bf7 36. Ke2 Nh4 37. Nd2 Be6 38. Bd3 Rc3 39. f3 Nf5 40.
Bxf5 Bxf5 41. Rb2 Rc7 42. Ne4 Ra7 43. Ng3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 08th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1999.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.05.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.05.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. Be2 Qc7 8. g4
d5 9. exd5 Bb4 10. dxe6 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Qxc3+ 12. Kf1 fxe6 13. Bf3 O-O 14. Kg2
Nd5 15. Re1 Nc6 16. Nxc6 Qxc6 17. Rb1 b5 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Bd4 Qg6 20. f3 Bf5
21. Re7 Rf7 22. Rxf7 Kxf7 23. Qd2 Bxc2 24. Re1 Re8 25. Qf4+ Kg8 26. Rxe8+ Qxe8
27. Qc7 Qe2+ 28. Kg3 Qe1+ 29. Bf2 Qe2 30. Qd8+ Kf7 31. Qxd5+ Qe6 32. Qb7+ Qe7
33. Qxa6 Bd3 34. a4 h5 35. axb5 Qe5+ 36. f4 h4+ 37. Kxh4 Qxf4 38. Qb7+ Kg6 39.
Qb6+ Kh7 40. Bg3 Qf6+ 41. Qxf6 gxf6 42. b6 Be4 43. Bd6 Kg6 44. Kg3 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 08th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E52"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1999.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.05.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.05.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. e3 Bb4 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O d5 8. a3
Bd6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. b4 Nbd7 11. Bb2 Re8 12. Qc2 a6 13. b5 a5 14. a4 Ne4 15.
Ba3 Rc8 16. Rfc1 Ndf6 17. Qb2 Ng4 18. Nd1 h6 19. h3 Ngf6 20. Rc2 Qe7 21. Be2
Qe6 22. Rac1 Qe7 23. Bxd6 cxd6 24. Ne1 Rxc2 25. Rxc2 Rc8 26. Nd3 Rc4 27. Qc1
Qc7 28. Ne1 Rxc2 29. Qxc2 Qxc2 30. Nxc2 Ng5 31. f3 Kf8 32. Kf2 Ke7 33. Nc3 Ne6
34. Ne1 Kd8 35. Bd1 Ng8 36. Bb3 Ne7 37. Nd3 Kd7 38. h4 g5 39. hxg5 hxg5 40. g4
f6 41. Nc1 Ng7 42. N1e2 f5 43. gxf5 Ngxf5 44. Ng3 Ng7 45. Kg2 Ngf5 46. Nxf5
Nxf5 47. Kf2 Ke6 48. Ne4 Bc8 49. Nxg5+ Kf6 50. f4 Bb7 51. Bd1 Nh6 52. Bf3 Kf5
53. Ke2 Ba8 54. Kd3 Ng8 55. Bg2 Nf6 56. Bh3+ Kg6 57. Bc8 Ne4 58. Ne6 Nf2+ 59.
Kd2 Ne4+ 60. Kc2 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 08th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1999.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.05.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.05.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 cxd4 5. O-O a6 6. Nxd4 Qc7 7. e4 Bc5 8. c4
d6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Nb3 Ba7 11. Bf4 e5 12. Bg5 Nbd7 13. Rc1 h6 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15.
cxd5 Qb8 16. Bd2 Nf6 17. h3 Bd7 18. Na5 Bd4 19. Re1 Rc8 20. Be3 Bxb2 21. Rxc8+
Qxc8 22. Qb3 Qc3 23. Re2 b5 24. Nc6 Qxb3 25. axb3 Bc3 26. Bb6 Bxc6 27. dxc6 Rc8
28. Rc2 b4 29. Ba5 Ne8 30. Bf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 08th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1999.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.05.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.05.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Nf3 Bb7 8.
e3 d6 9. b4 Nbd7 10. Bb2 a5 11. Be2 axb4 12. axb4 Rxa1+ 13. Bxa1 Ne4 14. Qb3
Qf6 15. O-O Qg6 16. Rd1 f5 17. d5 e5 18. Ne1 Ndf6 19. f3 Ng5 20. Nd3 e4 21. Nf4
Qh6 22. Rf1 Bc8 23. Qd1 Bd7 24. Qe1 Ra8 25. h4 Nf7 26. Bd4 Ne5 27. Qg3 Ra2 28.
Ra1 Rxa1+ 29. Bxa1 exf3 30. gxf3 Ng6 31. Ng2 Nh5 32. Qg5 Qxg5 33. hxg5 f4 34.
e4 Kf7 35. Kf2 Ba4 36. Bd4 h6 37. gxh6 gxh6 38. c5 bxc5 39. bxc5 Nf6 40. c6 Nh7
41. Bc3 Ke7 42. Ba5 Kd8 43. Bd2 Ng5 44. Nxf4 Nxf4 45. Bxf4 Nh3+ 46. Kg3 Nxf4
47. Kxf4 Ke7 48. Kf5 Kf7 49. f4 Bc2 50. Bh5+ Ke7 51. Bf3 Kf7 52. Kg4 Kf6 53.
Kh5 Kg7 54. e5 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 08th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1999.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.05.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.05.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. O-O
d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bf4 Na6 11. Qc2 c5 12. Rad1 Qc8 13. a3 Rd8 14. Rfe1 Nc7 15.
Ng5 cxd4 16. Rxd4 Nb5 17. Rd3 h6 18. Nh3 Ne4 19. a4 Nbxc3 20. bxc3 d4 21. Be5
Nxc3 22. Bxb7 Qxb7 23. Rxd4 Rxd4 24. Bxd4 Rc8 25. Bxc3 Bf6 26. Nf4 Rxc3 27. Qa2
Qe4 28. Nd5 Rc2 29. Nxf6+ gxf6 30. Qa1 Kg7 31. e3 Rc4 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 08th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "1999.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.05.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.05.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3
Nc6 9. b4 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. Be2 Rd8 12. O-O dxc4 13. Qxd6 Rxd6 14. Bxc4 Rd8
15. Rfd1 Bd7 16. Be2 Be8 17. Nb5 Nd5 18. Rac1 a5 19. bxa5 Rxa5 20. Rd2 Nce7 21.
Rb2 Rc8 22. Rxc8 Nxc8 23. Rc2 Ndb6 24. Rd2 Kf8 25. Nd6 Nxd6 26. Rxd6 Nd5 27.
Rd8 Rxa3 28. h4 Ke7 29. Rb8 Rb3 30. Nd4 Rb1+ 31. Kh2 g6 32. Bb5 Rxb5 33. Nxb5
Bxb5 34. Rxb7+ Bd7 35. e4 Nf6 36. f3 e5 37. Kg3 Ne8 38. Ra7 Nd6 39. Kf2 h5 40.
g3 Ke6 41. Ra6 Bb5 42. Rb6 Kd7 43. Rb8 Kc6 44. Ke3 Kc5 45. Rh8 Bd7 46. Ra8 Be6
47. Ra5+ Kb4 48. Ra1 Nc4+ 49. Kd3 Na5 50. Rc1 Bc4+ 51. Ke3 Nb3 52. Rg1 f5 53.
f4 exf4+ 54. gxf4 fxe4 55. Kxe4 Nc5+ 56. Kd4 Bd3 57. Rg5 Bf5 58. Rxf5 gxf5 59.
Ke5 Nd3+ 60. Kxf5 Kc5 61. Kg5 Kd6 62. Kxh5 Nxf4+ 63. Kg5 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 08th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1999.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.05.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.05.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3
Nc6 9. Qc2 Qa5 10. O-O-O Be7 11. Kb1 Rd8 12. Nd2 e5 13. Bg3 Be6 14. Be2 Rac8
15. Rhe1 g6 16. Nb3 Qb6 17. c5 Qc7 18. Ka1 b6 19. Nd4 bxc5 20. Nxc6 Qxc6 21.
Bxe5 Nd7 22. Bg3 Nb6 23. Ba6 Ra8 24. Nb5 Bf5 25. Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 08th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1999.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.05.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.05.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. f3 Nb6 10. O-O-O Be7 11. Qf2 Nfd7 12. f4 Rc8 13. f5 Bc4 14. f6 gxf6 15.
Bxc4 Rxc4 16. Rd3 h5 17. Na5 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 08th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "1999.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.05.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.05.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3
d5 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 c5 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Rxe4 Bb7
15. Re3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.03"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Wahls, Matthias"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1999.07.31"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2
Be7 9. f4 Qc7 10. h3 Nbd7 11. g4 exf4 12. Bxf4 Ne5 13. O-O-O Nfd7 14. Nd4 g6
15. g5 Nb6 16. h4 Nbc4 17. Qe1 Rc8 18. h5 Qc5 19. Bxc4 Nxc4 20. Na4 Qc7 21.
hxg6 Ne5 22. gxf7+ Bxf7 23. Nc3 Nc4 24. Nd5 Bxd5 25. exd5 Qb6 26. b3 Na3 27. g6
Qc5 28. Qe4 Qc3 29. Bxd6 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.04"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Wahls, Matthias"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1999.07.31"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 c6 $5 (3... Nc6) (3... d5) 4. d4 $6 {This is not the
best reaction here.} (4. Bg2 $142 {is natural and better.}) 4... Bb4 {Black
makes profit from the pin on the b4-e1 /^.} (4... exd4 $6 {centralizes White's
Q, which was the main idea of 4.d4.} 5. Qxd4 d5 6. Bg5 $1 {Development first!}
Be7 7. O-O-O c5 8. Qa4+ Bd7 9. Bb5 d4 10. e5 $1 Ng4 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Nd5 Qd8
13. Bxd7+ $16 {W.Watson-Show, London Lloyds 1993}) (4... Qa5 5. Bg2 (5. dxe5
Nxe4 6. Qd4 Nxc3 (6... Bb4 {- 4...Bb4}) 7. bxc3 Bc5 8. Qd3 d6 9. exd6 O-O {
Black has already the lead of development!} 10. Ne2 Re8 11. Bg2 Bg4 12. O-O $1
{White is not losing because of the back rank motifs.} Rxe2 (12... Bxe2 13. Re1
) 13. h3 Re6 14. hxg4 Rxd6 15. Qf5 Nd7 16. Bf4 g6 17. Qe4 Re6 {and Black has
everything in order, the ^^ is not dangerous, meanwhile White's weakened << P
structure is an excellent target, J.Pedersen-Sobjerg, Aarhus-ch 1995.}) 5... d5
(5... d6 {is a passive plan.} 6. Nge2 Be7 {The B is not an active piece now.}
7. O-O O-O 8. h3 $14 {and White has finished his development harmoniously
taking control over the central squares.}) 6. Bd2 exd4 7. Nxd5 Qd8 8. Nxf6+
Qxf6 9. Nf3 {Now White is ahead of developing his pieces.} Bc5 10. O-O O-O 11.
Ne1 {/\ Nd3} Nd7 12. Nd3 Bb6 13. Qh5 Re8 14. f4 $16 {/\ e5, Hoelzl-Van
Riemsdijk, IBM-B Amsterdam 1979.}) 5. Bg2 (5. dxe5 Nxe4 6. Qd4 Qa5 (6... Bxc3+
{gives up the tension too early.} 7. bxc3 d5 8. exd6 $14) 7. Nge2 d5 $1 (7...
Nxc3 {exchanges a strong central N for a bad one.} 8. Nxc3 O-O 9. Bd2 Re8 10.
O-O-O $1 Rxe5 (10... Bxc3 $2 11. Bxc3 Qxa2 $2 12. Bc4 $18) 11. a3 Bxa3 12. Nb1
$1 {double-attack} Qc5 13. Bc3 Qxd4 14. Bxd4 $18 {Kristensen-N.Pedersen,
DEN-chT 1994}) (7... f5 8. exf6 Nxf6 9. Bd2 O-O 10. O-O-O d5 11. a3 Bxc3 (11...
Bc5 $2 {is met by the pretty intermediate move} 12. Nxd5 $1 Bxd4 13. Nxf6+ Rxf6
14. Bxa5 Bxf2 15. Nc3 Rf8 16. Bc4+ $16 {and White has a big lead of
development, Arnason-Cela, Heraklio op 1993.}) 12. Nxc3 $14 {with good
perspectives on the dark squares.}) 8. exd6 Nxd6 {Now White's strong [+] has
disappeared.} 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O (10. a3 Bxc3+ (10... Bc5 $6 11. Qf4 $16) 11.
Qxc3 (11. Nxc3 Re8+ {reminds the white K of the importance of castles.}) 11...
Qxc3+ 12. Nxc3 Re8+ 13. Kd1 (13. Kf1 Bf5) 13... Bg4+ 14. f3 Bf5 $11 {and
although White has obtained the ^^, his K in the middle causes some headache
for him.}) 10... Nf5 $11) 5... d5 $1 (5... d6 {is again a passive method.} 6.
Nge2 Nbd7 7. O-O O-O 8. h3 $14) 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. Bd2 $2 (7. Nge2 Nxc3 ({giving
away the B is less logical:} 7... Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 O-O 9. O-O) (7... exd4 $5 8.
Qxd4 O-O 9. Bxd5 (9. O-O Nxc3) 9... Qxd5 10. Qxd5 cxd5 11. O-O (11. Be3 Bg4)
11... Bxc3 ({or} 11... Be6 12. Be3 (12. Nd4 Nc6) 12... Nc6 {and despite of the
isolated P Black has a good game because of the weak light squares.}) 12. Nxc3
d4 13. Nb5 Nc6 14. Rd1 Bf5 $11 {with a completely even position in the _|_.})
8. bxc3 Bd6 {Black wants to exploit the weaknesses on the <<.} 9. O-O Nd7 10.
f4 {forcing to give up the strong e5 P, but this again weakens the P structure.
} exd4 11. cxd4 O-O 12. Qd3 Re8 13. Kh1 Nf6 14. Bd2 Bg4 15. Rae1 Qd7 16. f5 Re7
{/\ Rae8} 17. Nc3 Rxe1 18. Bxe1 Re8 19. Bd2 Bb4 $1 20. Rf2 Qe7 21. Kg1 Bxc3 22.
Bxc3 Be2 $17 {Kholmov-Rosentalis, SU-FL Sverdlovsk 1984}) 7... Bxc3 8. bxc3 (8.
Bxc3 {looks better if White is fighting for equality!} Nxc3 9. bxc3 exd4 10.
cxd4 O-O (10... Qa5+ 11. Qd2 Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 Be6 {is already a very comfortable
position for Black.}) 11. Ne2 Be6 12. O-O Nd7 $11) 8... exd4 9. cxd4 O-O 10.
Ne2 {White has to finish his development as soon as possible.} (10. c4 $2 {
is not well-prepared yet:} Re8+ 11. Ne2 Nb6 12. Rc1 (12. c5 Nc4) 12... Bg4 13.
f3 Be6 $17) 10... Re8 11. O-O Bg4 {closing the long /^.} 12. f3 Bf5 13. Re1 (
13. c4 $2 {is now founders on} Bd3 $1) 13... Na6 $1 14. c3 (14. c4 {is met by}
Ndb4 {>< c2,d3}) (14. a3 $5 {/\ c4 seems to be better.}) 14... c5 $1 $17 {
Now White's weaknesses begin to tell.} 15. Qb3 (15. Nf4 $5 Rxe1+ 16. Qxe1 cxd4
17. cxd4 Nxf4 18. Bxf4 Qxd4+ 19. Be3 {sacrifices the weak isolated P in order
to get the ^^ with some practical chances.}) (15. g4 Bd3) 15... Nb6 16. Rad1 $2
{Defending passively the weak isolated P will lose without any counterplay.} ({
Again} 16. Nf4 cxd4 17. cxd4 Qxd4+ 18. Be3 {was the last chance to change the
course of the game.}) 16... Rc8 17. Bc1 $2 {White's pieces move backwards,
which is not a good sign.} Qe7 $1 $19 {Using the pin on the e <-> Black wants
to force White's K to an exposed place.} 18. Kf2 (18. Nf4 $4 Qxe1+ $19) (18. d5
c4 $1) 18... Qf6 $1 {The pressure is growing move by move.} 19. Ba3 Be6 $1 {
regrouping the B.} 20. Qb1 Bc4 21. dxc5 {Finally White had to give up the [+],
but the weaknesses on the << are still there.} Bxe2 22. Rxe2 Rxe2+ 23. Kxe2
Nxc5 24. Bxc5 Rxc5 25. Qe4 g6 26. Qxb7 Qxc3 {materially it is still equal, but
now the white K is a precious target.} 27. Kf1 (27. Qxa7 $2 Qc2+ 28. Rd2 Re5+
29. Kf1 Qc1+ $1 $19 ({immediately} 29... Qxd2 $2 {is answered by} 30. Qb8+))
27... Nd5 $1 {Domination in the [+].} 28. Kg1 (28. Rxd5 Qc1+ 29. Ke2 Rc2+ 30.
Kd3 Rc3+ 31. Ke4 Qe3#) 28... Ne3 29. Rb1 Kg7 {The last prophylactical move
before the final assault.} 30. Bf1 Nxf1 31. Rxf1 Qe3+ 32. Kh1 Qe2 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.06"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Shipov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1999.07.31"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. Nf3 Ne4 6. Bf4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. e3
O-O 9. cxd5 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qxd5 11. Be2 Qa5+ 12. Qd2 Nc6 13. Qxa5 Nxa5 14. Bc7
Nc6 15. Rb1 Be6 16. Rxb7 Bxa2 17. Kd2 (17. Ng5 $6 a5 18. Bf3 Nb4 $15) 17... Bd5
18. Rb5 Be4 (18... Rfc8 19. Rxd5 Rxc7 20. Rc1 Nb4 21. Rd8+ $1 Rxd8 22. Rxc7 $16
) 19. Rc1 Rfc8 20. Bg3 e6 21. Ng5 $5 {Ivanchuk is a player with good feeling
for the needs of the position. Here he sacrifices pawn for the initiative and
locking out of black white squared bishop.} (21. Rbc5 $6 Bf8 $1) 21... Bxg2 (
21... Bd5 22. Bf3 Bxf3 23. Nxf3 a5 24. Rbc5 Ra6 25. Ne5 Bxe5 26. Bxe5 a4 27. e4
$16) 22. f3 h6 (22... Ne7 23. Rg1 h6 24. Nxf7 Kxf7 25. Rxg2 $14) 23. Ne4 Ne7 (
23... Nd8 $5 24. Rg1 Bh3 25. Nf2 Bf5 26. e4 Nc6 27. Rb7 Nxd4 28. Bd1 a5 29.
exf5 Nxf5 $132) 24. Rxc8+ Rxc8 (24... Nxc8 25. Nf2 $1 h5 26. Rb1 g5 27. Rg1 h4
28. Rxg2 hxg3 29. Rxg3 f6 30. Bc4 $14) 25. Nd6 Rd8 (25... Ra8 26. Rb7 (26. Ke1
a5 27. Kf2 Bh3 $17) 26... Bf8 27. Nc4 a5 28. Nb6 Re8 29. Nd7 Bg7 30. Nc5 $13)
26. Rb7 Bf8 27. Rxa7 Nf5 $2 (27... h5 28. Ne4 Nd5 29. Nc5 Bh6 30. f4 Bf8 31.
Bh4 Rc8 32. Ra5 $11) 28. Nxf7 Rc8 29. Kd3 Nxg3 (29... Bb4 30. Bc7 Kxf7 31. Bd6+
Kf6 32. Bxb4 $16) 30. hxg3 g5 (30... Bb4 31. Nxh6+ Kf8 32. Rf7+ Ke8 33. Rg7 $18
) 31. g4 Bg7 (31... Bh1 32. Ke4 Bg7 33. Ne5 $18) 32. Nd6 {[%mdl 4096] The
endgame is very difficult for black, his bishop on g2 is still locked and
white king is prepared to support the pawn march.} Rf8 (32... Rd8 33. Ne4 e5
34. Nc5 Rd6 35. Ke4 exd4 36. Bc4+ Kh8 37. Ne6 d3 (37... Bf6 38. Rf7) (37... Bf1
38. Nxg7 Bxc4 39. exd4 $18) 38. Nxg7 d2 39. Be2 d1=Q 40. Bxd1 Rxd1 41. Nf5 $18)
33. Re7 (33. Ke4 h5 $1 34. gxh5 g4 $132) 33... Bxf3 (33... Rf6 34. Ne8 Rf7 35.
Rxe6 $18) 34. Bxf3 Rxf3 35. Rxe6 Bf8 (35... Rg3 36. Nf5 Rxg4 37. Rg6 Kf7 38.
Rxg7+ Kf6 39. Nxh6 Rxd4+ 40. Kxd4 Kxg7 41. Ng4 $18) 36. Nc4 Rg3 37. Ne5 Bg7 38.
Re8+ Kh7 39. d5 $1 {The best defense is counter attack, white pawn marches to
the queening square.} Rg1 (39... Bxe5 40. Rxe5 Rxg4 41. d6 Rg1 42. Ke4 Rg4+ 43.
Kf5 Rg1 44. Re7+ Kg8 45. d7 $18) 40. Ke4 h5 (40... Bxe5 41. Kxe5 Rxg4 42. d6
$18) 41. d6 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.07"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Shipov, Sergei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1999.07.31"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {King} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O $5 ({Black has
several options:} 5... Bxc5 $5) (5... Nc6 $5) (5... Na6 $5) 6. a3 $5 ({Other
lines are:} 6. Bg5) (6. Nf3) (6. Bd2) (6. Bf4) 6... Bxc5 7. Nf3 {This is the
main line.} (7. Bf4 $5 {-see comments to Ostenstad,B-Hansen,S/Munkebo,1998/CBM
67(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(26)}) 7... b6 8. Bg5 {In my opinion better is:} (8. Bf4 $5
Nh5 9. Bg3 $5 {Besides,was checked in the previous games:} (9. Bg5 $5 {-see
comments to Gurevich,M-Gulko,B/New York,1998/CBM 64(1-0)(Gurevich,M)(44)}) ({
and} 9. Bd2 $5 f5 10. e3 (10. b4 $5) 10... Bb7 11. Be2 Nf6 12. O-O Nc6 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Dietz,H-Knoedler,D/Giengen 1987/GER (36)}) 9... f5 $5 {[%csl Rd6,Re5]}
(9... Bb7 $142) 10. e3 {-see comments to Ionov,S-Janssen,R/Wijk aan Zee,1999/
CBM 69(1-0)(Golod,V)(34)}) 8... Bb7 9. e3 $5 {Other options are:} (9. e4) (9.
Rd1 {/\e4}) ({and} 9. O-O-O) 9... h6 $5 {Also possibly:} (9... Be7) ({and} 9...
Nc6) 10. Bh4 Be7 11. Rd1 $5 (11. Be2 {-repeatedly was checked in the previous
games.}) 11... d6 (11... Nc6 $5 12. Be2 Rc8 13. O-O Nh5 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. b4
Nf6 16. Qb3 Rfd8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Chekhov,V-Reeh,O/Gausdal 1990/TD (43)}) 12. Be2
a6 {[%csl Ya6,Rb5][%cal Ya6b5] /\Qc7} 13. O-O Qc7 $11 14. Rd2 $6 {[%cal Gf1d1]}
({Seemingly better is:} 14. b4) 14... Nbd7 15. Rfd1 ({Somewhat dubious:} 15. b4
Rac8 16. Bg3 Nh5 17. Rc1 Nxg3 18. hxg3 Rfd8 19. g4 Qb8 20. Qb1 Rc7 {=/=/+;
Knaak,R-Hort,V/Leipzig,1973(0-1)(35)}) 15... Rfd8 16. Qb1 $6 $146 {[%csl Rc4,
Yd2][%cal Yd2c2]} (16. Bg3 $6 Nc5 17. b4 Nce4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Rd4 Nxg3 20.
hxg3 a5 {=/=/+; Kaposztas,M-Eperjesi,L/Salgotarjan, 1979(1/2-1/2)(24)} (20...
Rac8 $5)) ({Can be recommemded:} 16. Nd4 $5) ({Dubious:} 16. b4 {in view of:}
Bxf3 (16... Rac8 $5) 17. Bxf3 Rac8 18. Be2 b5 {[%csl Rc3]}) 16... Nc5 $5 {
[%cal Gc5e4]} 17. Rc2 Rac8 18. Nd4 ({Probably better is:} 18. Nd2) 18... Nce4
$5 ({Also not bad:} 18... Nfe4) 19. Bf3 $6 (19. Nxe4 $142 Bxe4 20. Bd3 {=/=/+})
19... Nxc3 20. Rxc3 Bxf3 21. gxf3 ({After:} 21. Nxf3 {strongly:} g5 (21... Qb7
$5 {/\d5}) (21... Qb7 $15 {King Black has the better chances: he has the
option of two pawn breaks (...b5 or ...d5); the possibility of playing the
knight into e4 after ...g5; and White's pawn on c4 is slightly vulnerable.})
22. Bg3 $140 Nh5 {[%csl Rc4,Rg3][%cal Ge7f6] King: ' is also possible. The
bishop will be strong on f6.'} 23. Qd3 Nxg3 24. hxg3 Bf6 $15) 21... Qb7 $5 $15
{(weaknessPf3);/\d5 '!' King. King: 'The queen takes the diagonal unopposed.'}
22. Kg2 ({Badly:} 22. Qd3 {[%csl Rf3][%cal Yd3e2] because of:} d5 23. cxd5 Rxc3
24. bxc3 Qxd5 $17) ({Maybe slightly better is:} 22. Rc2) 22... g5 $5 {'!' King.
} ({Good enough:} 22... d5 $5 23. Bxf6 $6 (23. Rdc1 $5 $15) 23... Bxf6 24. cxd5
Rxc3 25. bxc3 Qxd5 $17 {[%cal Ge6e5]}) 23. Bg3 g4 {[%csl Yd4,Rf3][%cal Ge6e5]
King: 'If White's queen could find its way to f3 to neutralise its counterpart,
then White would still be okay. As it is, Ivanchuk's lightning attack strikes
home.'} 24. h3 $2 ({Also badly:} 24. Kg1 {with the idea after:} gxf3 25. Nxe6
$2 {in view of:} fxe6 26. Qg6+ Kh8 27. Qxh6+ Nh7 28. Qxe6 Bf6 $17) ({Boldly
and not badly:} 24. e4 $5 gxf3+ 25. Kxf3 {[%csl Re4,Yf3]} d5 26. cxd5 exd5 27.
e5 Rxc3+ 28. bxc3 Ne4 $15) 24... gxf3+ $1 $17 (24... e5 $143 25. hxg4 $1 (25.
Nf5 $2 Qxf3+ 26. Kh2 gxh3 $1 {[%csl Rh2][%cal Gf3g2]} 27. Nxe7+ Kf8 28. Kxh3
Kxe7 {[%csl Rh3] -/+/-+}) 25... exd4 26. Rxd4 {=/+/-/+}) 25. Kh2 (25. Nxf3 $143
Ne4 {[%csl Rc3,Rc4,Rf3]} 26. Rcc1 Ng5 {'-+' King.} 27. e4 Nxe4 $17) 25... Kh8
$5 {[%csl Rh2][%cal Gd8g8,Gc8c5,Gc5h5]} ({Another alternative is:} 25... Ne4)
26. Rcc1 $6 (26. Rg1 $142) 26... Rc5 27. b4 ({Slightly better is:} 27. Qd3 Rh5
$140 28. e4 Ng4+ 29. Kg1 Rxh3 30. Qxf3 Rg8 $40) 27... Rh5 $40 {[%csl Rh3][%cal
Gf6g4][%mdl 128]} 28. Rh1 Rg8 {/\29...Ng4+ 30.Kg1 Ne3 or 29...Rg3} 29. Qd3 Rxg3
$1 30. Kxg3 (30. fxg3 Ng4+ 31. Kg1 f2+ $19 {[%csl Rh1]}) 30... Rg5+ 31. Kh4 $8
(31. Kf4 e5#) (31. Kh2 Rg2#) 31... Ne4 {[%csl Rh4] mate in 6 moves!} 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.09"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1999.07.31"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bf4 d5 11. Qe3 {In this young variation there are 3
main lines:} {1.} Be7 ({2.} 11... Qa5 12. Be2 (12. a3 Qc5 (12... Bc5 13. Qf3 (
13. Qe1 Qd8 (13... O-O $2 14. Nxd5 $1 $16) 14. f3 (14. Na4 Ba7 15. e5 Nd7 16.
Bd3 $132) 14... O-O 15. Bd3 Re8 16. e5 Nd7 17. Qg3 (17. h4 Rb8 18. g4 Qa5 19.
Nb1 (19. Ne2 Qb6 20. b4 Bf2 21. Qd2 Nxe5 $19) 19... Qb6 20. b3 $132) 17... Kh8
18. Qh3 Bf8 19. g4 Rb8 20. Qh5 Qe7 21. Na4 c5 22. c4 $132 {1/2-1/2 Degraeve,
J-Santo Roman,M/1998-9 French Team Ch FRA 1999 (61)}) 13... Ra7 (13... e5 14.
Bxe5 Bg4 15. Qg3 Bxd1 16. Qxg7 $18) 14. Bd2 (14. e5 Nd7 15. Qg3 Bf8 16. Be2 Rb7
17. h4 c5 18. Bd2 d4 19. Ne4 Qb6 20. b3 c4 21. Bxc4 Bxa3+ 22. Kb1 Kf8 23. Bf4
Nb8 24. Qd3 Rd7 25. Nd6 $14) 14... Qc7 15. Bd3 Be7 16. Rhe1 d4 17. Ne2 c5 18.
Bc4 Qxh2 $1 (18... Bb7 19. Nf4 Bd6 20. Nh5 Nxh5 21. Qxh5 g6 $132 {1/2-1/2
Berelovich,A-Lerner,K/Donetsk UKR 1998 (67)}) 19. g3 (19. Bf4 Qh4 20. Rh1 Qg4
$17) 19... Qh5 20. Qxh5 Nxh5 21. e5 g5 22. g4 Ng7 23. Ng3 Bd7 24. Ne4 Bb5 $15)
13. Qf3 e5 14. Na4 (14. Bxe5 Bg4 15. Qf4 Bxd1 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Nxd1 Qd6 $15)
14... Qd6 (14... Qa5 15. Bxe5 Bg4 16. Qc3 Qxc3 17. Nxc3 Bxd1 18. Bxf6 Bg4 $15)
15. Qe2 exf4 16. e5 Qd8 17. exf6+ Be6 18. fxg7 (18. Qe5 Qxf6 19. Qxf6 gxf6 $15
{0-1 Santo Roman,M-Campos Moreno,J/IV It, Loures POR 1997 (35)}) 18... Bxg7 19.
Qf3 Qg5 20. Be2 $14) (12. exd5 cxd5 13. Be2 Bb7 14. Be5 Nd7 (14... Be7 15. h4
Rg8 16. f4 Bc5 17. Bd4 Bxd4 18. Rxd4 Kf8 19. g4 $14 {1-0 Hoffmann,M-Bu
Xiangzhi/Budapest HUN 1999 (32)}) 15. Bd4 Bc5 16. Qg3 Bxd4 17. Rxd4 g6 18. Rhd1
Rc8 19. Kb1 Qc7 20. f4 Nc5 21. Bf3 O-O 22. Qf2 Rb8 23. Qd2 f5 24. Na4 $14 {
0-1 Neron de Surgy,G-Touzane,O/Paris 1998 (52)}) 12... Qc5 (12... dxe4 13. Bc4
(13. Qg3 Nd5 14. Nxd5 (14. Be5 Nxc3 15. Qxc3 Qxc3 16. Bxc3 Rh7 17. f3 exf3 18.
Bxf3 Bb7 19. Rhe1 Be7 $15) 14... cxd5 15. Kb1 g6 $15) 13... Qf5 14. g4 (14. Bg3
Bc5 15. Qd2 O-O $15) 14... Nxg4 (14... Qxg4 15. Nxe4 Nd5 16. Bxd5 cxd5 17. Rxd5
Bb7 18. Rd4 Rc8 19. Rhd1 Qf5 20. Qd2 Bd5 21. Kb1 Be7 22. Ng3 Qh3 23. Qe2 Rd8 (
23... O-O 24. Rxd5 $16) 24. Qxa6 $16) 15. Qb6 (15. Qxe4 Qxe4 16. Nxe4 e5 $17)
15... Qxf4+ 16. Kb1 Bd7 (16... Bd6 17. Qxc6+ Ke7 18. Qxa8 Nxf2 19. Qa7+ Ke8 20.
Rxd6 Qxd6 21. Qxf2 $18) 17. Rxd7 Ne5 (17... Kxd7 18. Rd1+ Ke7 19. Qxc6 Rd8 (
19... Qb8 20. Rd7+ Kf6 21. Rxf7+ Kg5 22. h3 Nf6 23. Nxe4+ Kh4 24. Nxf6 Qe5 25.
Qe4+ Qxe4 26. Nxe4 Kxh3 $17) 20. Qb7+ Ke8 21. Qc6+ Ke7 22. Qb7+ Ke8 {1/2-1/2
Nataf,I-Gershon,A/Bermuda 1999 (22)}) 18. Qb7 Nxd7 19. Qxa8+ Nb8 20. Nxe4 Be7
21. Bxa6 O-O $17) (12... Bb4 13. Be5 dxe4 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Qxe4 Ke7 16. Rd3
Ra7 17. a3 Bxc3 18. Rxc3 $16 {1-0 Degraeve,J-Lerner,K/Koszalin POL 1999 (27)})
13. Qg3 d4 14. Na4 Qb4 15. Qb3 Qxb3 16. axb3 Nd7 17. Rxd4 e5 18. Rxd7 Bxd7 19.
Bxe5 Be6 20. Rd1 $16 {1-0 Gershon,A-Groszpeter,A/Paks HUN 1998 (50)}) ({3.} 
11... Bb4 12. a3 (12. Be2 Qa5 (12... O-O 13. e5 Nd7 (13... Nh7 14. h4 Be7 15.
Rh3 Kh8 16. g4 Rb8 17. g5 $16 {0-1 Sutovsky,E-Wang Zili/Shenyang CHN 1999 (50)}
) 14. Qg3 Kh8 15. Qh3 Kg8 16. Rd3 Qe7 17. Rg3 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 f6 19. a3 Bc5 20.
Qxh6 fxe5 21. Bd3 e4 22. Nxe4 dxe4 23. Bxe4 Rf5 24. Bxf5 exf5 25. Qxc6 Bb7 26.
Qg6 Bxf2 27. Rh3 Be4 28. Qh7+ Kf7 29. Rf1 Qg5+ 30. Kb1 Qxg2 $19 {0-1 Greenfeld,
A-Tyomkin,D/Ramat Aviv ISR 1998 (37)}) (12... Bxc3 $6 13. Qxc3 Nxe4 14. Qxg7
Qf6 15. Qxf6 Nxf6 $16 {1-0 Sutovskij,E-Gershon,A/New York 1998/CBM 64/ (55)})
13. Be5 Bxc3 14. Bxc3 Qxa2 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Qc3 Rb8 17. b3 Qa3+ 18. Kb1 Ke7
19. Rhe1 Qb4 20. Qg3 Bd7 21. exd5 cxd5 22. Bh5 Rhc8 $17 {1/2-1/2 Fontaine,
R-Gross,D/Clichy FRA 1998 (60)}) 12... Ba5 (12... Be7 13. Be2 O-O (13... Qa5
14. Qg3 Bxa3 15. exd5 cxd5 (15... exd5 16. Qxg7 $18) 16. Bc7 $1 Qb4 17. bxa3
Qxa3+ 18. Kd2 $16) (13... Nd7 14. h4 O-O (14... e5 15. Bxe5 $1 Nxe5 16. exd5
$16) 15. Qg3 Kh8 16. Bc7 Qe8 17. Rhe1 $14 {Shekachev-Lominashvili,Smolensk 1997
}) 14. Qg3 Kh8 15. Be5 (15. Bc7 $1 Qd7 16. Be5 Qb7 17. exd5 exd5 $14 (17...
cxd5 $6 18. Rd4 $16 {0-1 Botvinnik,I-Greenfeld,A/Invitational, Rishon LeZion
ISR 1997 (35)})) 15... Bd7 16. exd5 cxd5 17. Rd4 Ne8 18. Bd3 Rc8 19. Re1 Rxc3
20. bxc3 Bxa3+ 21. Kd1 Be7 22. Re3 Qb6 23. Rg4 Rg8 24. Rg6 Bf6 25. Rxf6 gxf6
26. Qh4 Rg7 27. Qxh6+ Kg8 28. Rh3 $18 {1-0 Fedorchuk,S-Vuckovic,B/Calicut IND
1998 (38)}) 13. Be2 O-O (13... Bb7 14. Qg3 Bxc3 15. Qxc3 Nxe4 16. Qxg7 Qf6 17.
Qxf6 Nxf6 18. Rd3 $16) 14. e5 Bxc3 (14... Nd7 15. Qg3 Bc7 (15... Kh8 16. Qh3
$40) (15... Bxc3 16. Qxc3 $16) 16. Kb1 $1 Bb8 17. Rhe1 f5 18. Bh5 $16 {
Greenfed.A}) 15. Qxc3 Ne4 16. Qe3 f6 17. f3 fxe5 18. Bxe5 Qg5 19. Qxg5 Nxg5 20.
Rhe1 $16 {1/2-1/2 Degraeve,J-Apicella,M/Bescanon FRA 1999 (45)}) 12. Be2 O-O (
12... Bb7 13. Qg3 g6 14. Bc7 Qc8 15. Bf3 O-O 16. Na4 Nd7 17. Kb1 a5 18. c4 dxc4
19. Bd6 Bxd6 20. Rxd6 Qc7 21. Rhd1 $16 {1-0 Shchekachev,A-Pochikeev/Smolensk
RUS 1997 (34)}) (12... Qa5 13. Qg3 g5 14. Be5 Rg8 15. Rhe1 (15. Bc7 Qb4 16. a3
(16. e5 Nd7 17. h4 Ra7 18. Bd6 Bxd6 19. exd6 Rb7 20. b3 e5 $17) 16... Qb7 17.
Rhe1 $14) 15... Ra7 16. Bd6 $14 (16. exd5 cxd5 17. Bf3 $2 (17. Qh3 $1 Nd7 (
17... Rg6 18. Bd3 Rg8 19. Qxh6 $18) 18. Bd4 Rc7 19. Qxh6 e5 20. Bf3 e4 (20...
exd4 21. Nxd5 $18) (20... g4 21. Bxe5 Nxe5 22. Rxe5 Rxc3 23. Qh7 Kf8 24. Bxd5
Rg7 25. Qh8+ Rg8 26. Qh6+ Rg7 27. bxc3 Qxc3 28. Kb1 Ba3 29. Qh8+ Rg8 30. Re8+
Kxe8 31. Qxg8+ Ke7 32. Qxf7+ $18) 21. Qh7 Rf8 22. Bg4 $18) 17... Kf8 18. Qh3
Rg6 19. Bg4 Rb7 20. b3 h5 21. Be2 g4 22. Qg3 Nd7 23. Bd6 Bxd6 24. Qxd6+ Kg8 25.
Kb2 Qc5 {1/2-1/2 Vuckovic,B-Florean,A/Calicut IND 1998 (25)})) 13. Qg3 (13. h4
Ne8 (13... Bb4 14. e5 Bxc3 15. Qxc3 Ne4 16. Qe3 f6 17. f3 fxe5 18. Bxe5 Nf6 19.
g4 $16 {1-0 Gofshtein,L-Khasin,A/Invitational, Rishon LeZion ISR 1997 (34)})
14. Kb1 Nd6 15. Bd3 Re8 16. Qg3 Kh8 17. Be5 Bf8 18. Rhe1 a5 19. exd5 cxd5 20.
Nxd5 {1-0 Shchekachev,A-Lopushnoy,D/Russian Cup 7th Stage, Tomsk RUS 1998 (20)}
) 13... Kh8 14. Bc7 $146 (14. h4 a5 15. Qe3 Ba6 16. g4 Bxe2 17. Qxe2 Bb4 18. f3
Bxc3 19. bxc3 Qe7 20. g5 Nh5 21. Be5 f6 22. gxf6 Nxf6 23. Rhg1 Qa3+ 24. Kd2
Rad8 25. Ke1 dxe4 26. fxe4 Rxd1+ 27. Qxd1 Qxa2 $17 {1/2-1/2 Kolev,A-Kramnik,V/
Villarrobledo ESP 1998 (61)}) 14... Qd7 (14... Qe8 15. Bf3 $14) 15. Be5 Qb7 (
15... Bb7 16. f4 $14) 16. exd5 cxd5 17. Rd4 (17. f4 $132) 17... Ne8 18. Bd3 Bd7
19. Re1 Bf6 (19... Bb5 20. Kb1 (20. Nxb5 axb5 21. Kb1 (21. Qh3 Bf6 (21... Rxa2
22. Qxh6+) 22. a3 Bxe5 23. Rxe5 Nf6 24. Rh4 Nh7 25. Rb4 (25. Bxh7 Kxh7 26. Reh5
Rh8 27. Qd3+ Kg8 28. Rb4 Qb6 29. Qe2 Ra5 30. Rh3 Kh7 31. Rhb3 (31. g4 Qd8 32.
f4 (32. Rxb5 Qg5+ 33. Kb1 Rxb5 34. Qxb5 Qxg4 $15) 32... Qb6 33. Rg3 Ra4 34.
Rxb5 Qd4 35. f5 Qf4+ 36. Kb1 Re4 37. Qd1 $16) 31... Rb8 32. a4 Qd6 33. Qd3+ f5
34. Qg3 Qxg3 35. hxg3 bxa4 36. Rxb8 (36. Rxa4 Rxa4 37. Rxb8 $11) 36... axb3 37.
Rxb3 $11) 25... Ra5 26. Bxh7 Kxh7 27. Qd3+ Kh8 28. g4 $132) 21... Qa7 22. a3 b4
23. Rg4 f6 24. Rxg7 (24. Bd4 Qd7 25. Rxg7 Nxg7 26. Qg6 Nf5 27. Bxf5 (27. Rxe6
Qxe6 28. Bxf5 Qf7 29. Qxh6+ Kg8 30. Be6 Qxe6 31. Qg6+ $11) 27... exf5 28. Qxh6+
Kg8 29. Qg6+ Kh8 30. Re3 f4 31. Rh3+ Qxh3 32. gxh3 bxa3 33. bxa3 Rxa3 34. h4
$16) 24... Nxg7 25. Qg6 Nf5 26. Bxf5 exf5 27. Qxh6+ Kg8 28. Qg6+ Kh8 29. Re3
Qxe3 30. fxe3 fxe5 31. Qh6+ $11) 20... Bxd3 21. Rxd3 f6 22. Bf4 e5 23. Bc1 d4
24. Ne2 Rc8 25. f4 Bb4 26. Red1 Qe4 $132) 20. Rg4 Bxe5 21. Rxe5 Rb8 22. b3 Rc8
23. Qh4 $1 (23. Rh4 Qc7 24. Ne2 Bb5 25. f4 Nf6 26. h3 Bxd3 27. Qxd3 Ne4 $15)
23... f5 {Not coming across in a trap.} (23... Rxc3 $4 24. Rh5 $18 {[%csl Rh6]
[%cal Gh5h6]}) 24. Qe7 (24. Nxd5 fxg4 25. Ne7 Rf6 26. Nxc8 Bxc8 $19) 24... Kg8
25. Rb4 Qc7 26. Rxe6 (26. Rxd5 exd5 27. Nxd5 Qd6 28. Qxd6 Nxd6 29. Ne7+ Kf7 30.
Nxc8 Bxc8 31. Bxa6 Bxa6 32. Rb6 Ne4 33. Rxa6 Nxf2 $17) 26... Rf7 27. Nxd5 Rxe7
(27... Qa5 28. Rd6 (28. Qxf7+ Kxf7 29. Re7+ Kf8 30. Rxd7 Nf6 31. Bxf5 Nxd7 32.
Bxd7 Rd8 33. Rf4+ Kg8 34. Be6+ Kh8 35. Kb2 Rxd5 36. Ra4 Qd8 37. Bxd5 Qxd5 38.
Rxa6 Qxg2 $19) 28... Rxe7 29. Nxe7+ Kh8 30. Rxd7 Qxb4 31. Nxc8 Qe1+ 32. Kb2 Qe6
33. Ne7 $3 g6 (33... Qxd7 34. Ng6+ Kg8 35. Bc4+ Qf7 (35... Kh7 36. Nf8+ $18)
36. Ne7+ Kf8 37. Bxf7 Kxf7 38. Nxf5 $18) 34. Ra7 Nd6 35. Bxa6 Ne4 36. Bc4 Qf6+
37. Ka3 Qd6+ 38. b4 Nxf2 39. Bd5 h5 40. Kb3 Ng4 41. c4 Nxh2 42. c5 Qg3+ 43. Ka4
$18) 28. Nxc7 Bxe6 (28... Rxe6 29. Nxe6 Bxe6 30. Bxa6 Ra8 31. Rb6 Nc7 32. Bb7
Ra7 (32... Rxa2 33. Rc6 $18) 33. a4 $132) 29. Nxe6 Rxe6 30. Bxf5 Rcc6 31. Bxe6+
Rxe6 32. Rd4 {The tactical fight was finished by the prosaic equal endgame.}
Kf7 (32... Nf6 $11) 33. Kd2 $11 Nd6 34. Rf4+ Ke7 35. c4 a5 (35... g5 36. Rf3
Ne4+ 37. Kd3 Nf6 38. h3 Kd6 39. b4 Nd7 40. Rf5 $11) 36. f3 Re5 37. a3 (37. Kd3
$11) 37... Rc5 (37... Nf5 38. g3 Ne3 39. Kd3 Nf1 40. Kd4 Kd6 41. b4 axb4 42.
axb4 Re2 43. Rg4 g5 44. h4 $11) 38. Kd3 Re5 39. b4 g5 40. Rd4 Re1 41. bxa5 Ra1
42. Kc3 Rxa3+ 43. Kb4 Ra2 44. g4 Ke6 (44... Rxh2 45. c5 Rb2+ 46. Kc3 Nb5+ 47.
Kxb2 Nxd4 48. a6 Nb5 49. Kb3 Kd7 50. Kb4 Kc6 51. Kc4 Na7 52. Kd4 $11 {[%csl
Rg5,Rh6][%cal Gd4e5]}) 45. h3 Rb2+ 46. Kc3 Rb1 47. f4 Rc1+ 48. Kd2 Ra1 49. f5+
Ke7 50. c5 Nb5 51. Re4+ Kf7 52. Re6 Rxa5 53. Rxh6 Nd4 54. Kc3 (54. Ke3 $11)
54... Nxf5 55. gxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.10"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1999.07.31"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 d5 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. b3 c5 11. Bb2 Nc6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Rc1 Bb5 14. dxc5 Bxc5
15. Nb1 Ba6 16. a3 Re8 17. Re1 Ne4 18. e3 Qg5 19. f4 Qe7 20. Be5 Bb7 21. b4 Bd6
22. Bxd6 Qxd6 23. Nc3 Nxc3 24. Rxc3 a5 25. Qd4 axb4 26. axb4 Ra4 27. Rb1 Qe6
28. Rb2 h6 29. Kf2 Ra1 30. Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o. g/25+10"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.11"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1999.07.31"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4
d6 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Nb5 Nc5 11. Rd1 d5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Ba3 Qd7 14. Nc3 Ne6 15.
Ne5 Nxd4 16. Nxd7 Kxd7 17. Bxe7 Nxe2+ 18. Nxe2 Kxe7 19. Nd4 Rhd8 20. Rac1 Rac8
21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Nf5+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o. g/25+10"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.11"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "1999.07.31"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 dxc6 7. Nc3 Qe7
8. Be2 Nf6 9. O-O Nxe4 10. Nxe4 Qxe4 11. Re1 O-O 12. Bd3 Qd5 13. b4 Bxf2+ $4 {
[%mdl 8192]} 14. Qxf2 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 15th Gr6"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1999.10.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanovic, Bozidar"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1999.10.11"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Podgorica Montenegrobanka"]
[BlackTeam "Alchevsk Garant-Donbass"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MNE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8.
Nd5 Qd8 9. c3 Ne7 10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 O-O 13. O-O c6 14. Bb3 Qb6
15. Qd2 a5 16. Kh1 a4 17. Bc4 Bxd4 18. cxd4 Be6 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Rad1 Ra5 21.
f4 Rb5 22. Rf2 d5 23. e5 c5 24. h3 Rb4 25. dxc5 Qxc5 26. Rdf1 Re4 27. Rc1 Qb6
28. Rc2 h5 29. h4 Rf7 30. Kh2 Rc7 31. Rf3 Rc6 32. b3 axb3 33. axb3 Qc7 34. Ra2
Rc1 35. Ra8+ Kh7 36. Qa5 Qxa5 37. Rxa5 Rc7 38. Ra8 Rf7 39. Kg3 Kg6 40. Rh8 Rb4
0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 15th Gr6"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1999.10.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1999.10.11"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Alchevsk Garant-Donbass"]
[BlackTeam "Petah-Tikva Elitzur"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. Be3 Nf6 8.
N1d2 d6 9. a4 Nbd7 10. a5 d5 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nd5 14. Bd4 Qc7
15. Ra4 e5 16. Nc3 Nb4 17. Be3 Nf6 18. Bb6 Qb8 19. Nc5 Bg4 20. f3 Nxd3 21. Qxd3
Bxc5+ 22. Bxc5 Rd8 23. Qe2 Bd7 24. Rc4 Re8 25. Ne4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 15th Gr6"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1999.10.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1999.10.11"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Alchevsk Garant-Donbass"]
[BlackTeam "Mravince-Dalmacijacement"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Bb7 8. c3
d6 9. Re1 O-O 10. d4 Bb6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 exd4 13. cxd4 g5 14. Bg3 Re8 15.
axb5 axb5 16. Rxa8 Bxa8 17. d5 Ne7 18. Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 12th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "1999.11.29"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Damljanovic, Branko"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Yugoslavia"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "YUG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 c5 3. d4 Bg7 4. c3 Qa5 5. b4 cxb4 6. cxb4 Qc7 7. Bb2 Nf6 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Rc1 Qd8 10. e5 Ne8 11. Nd5 Nc6 12. b5 Na5 13. Be2 d6 14. Ne3 Nc7 15. O-O
Ne6 16. g3 a6 17. bxa6 b6 18. d5 Nc5 19. Rb1 Bxa6 20. exd6 Qxd6 21. Bxg7 Kxg7
22. Bxa6 Rxa6 23. Nd4 Kg8 24. Nb5 Qd7 25. d6 Nab7 26. dxe7 Qxe7 27. Nd5 Qd8 28.
Qd4 f6 29. Rbd1 Ra5 30. Qc4 Kh8 31. Rfe1 Nd6 32. Nxd6 Qxd6 33. Qh4 Nd3 34. Rxd3
Rxd5 35. Rxd5 Qxd5 36. Qb4 Kg7 37. a4 Qc6 38. h4 Rf7 39. Qb5 Rc7 40. Re7+ Kh6
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 12th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "1999.11.30"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Efimov, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Italy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 e5 5. Nge2 Nc6 6. Be3 Bd7 7. Qd2 exd4 8.
Nxd4 Nge7 9. O-O-O O-O 10. h4 h5 11. Be2 f5 12. Nf3 fxe4 13. Nxe4 Nf5 14. Bg5
Qe8 15. Bd3 Qf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 12th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "1999.12.01"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D49"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[Annotator "Lautier,J"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "France"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
a6 9. e4 c5 10. e5 cxd4 11. Nxb5 Ng4 12. Qa4 Bb7 13. Nbxd4 Qb6 14. O-O Bc5 15.
h3 Bxf3 16. hxg4 Bd5 17. Nf3 h5 $6 $146 18. g5 (18. gxh5 $2 Bxf3 (18... Rxh5 $2
19. Qg4 Rxe5 (19... g6 20. Bxg6 $16) 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. Qh3 Nxd3 22. Qxd3 $16)
19. gxf3 Rxh5 20. f4 Rh4 $1 $15) (18. Qf4 $6 hxg4 19. Ng5 f5 20. exf6 gxf6 21.
Ne4 Bd4 $15) 18... Qb7 19. Qf4 O-O 20. b3 (20. Re1 {/\ Qg3, Nd2-e4} Rad8 21.
Qg3 (21. Nd2 $2 Bxg2 22. Ne4 Bxe4 23. Bxe4 Qb6 $15) 21... Bb6 (21... Bxf3 22.
gxf3 Bd4 23. f4 Nc5 24. Bf1 Ne4 25. Bg2 Nxg3 26. Bxb7 a5 27. Kg2 Rb8 (27... Nf5
28. Be4 Rb8 29. Rb1 $16) 28. Bf3 Nf5 29. Bxh5 Bxb2 $14) 22. g6 Nc5 23. gxf7+
Rxf7 24. Bg6 Ne4 25. Bxf7+ Qxf7 26. Rxe4 Bxe4 27. Be3 Bxe3 28. fxe3 Bxf3 29.
gxf3 Rd2 $11) 20... a5 (20... Rfd8 21. Bb2 a5 22. g6 $1 fxg6 23. Bxg6 Rf8 24.
Qh4 Bxf3 25. gxf3 Qxf3 26. Bxh5 (26. Be4 Qe2 27. Bxa8 Qxb2 $132) 26... Qf4 27.
Bg4 Rf7 28. Rae1 (28. Rac1 Raf8 $132) 28... Raf8 (28... Nf8 29. Bc1 $1 Qb4 30.
Be3 $16) 29. Re2 $16) 21. Bd2 Bb4 (21... Rfd8 22. Rad1 (22. g6 fxg6 23. Bxg6
Rf8 24. Qh2 Bxf3 25. gxf3 Qxf3 26. Bxh5 Qf5 $44) 22... g6 23. Be2 Bb4 24. g4 $1
Nc5 (24... hxg4 25. Nh2 $1 Bh1 26. f3 gxf3 27. Nxf3 Bxf3 28. Bxf3 Qb6+ 29. Kg2
$16) 25. gxh5 gxh5 26. Nh4 (26. Nd4 Ne4 27. Bxb4 (27. Be3 Nc3 28. Bxh5 Nxd1 29.
Rxd1 Rd7 $13) 27... axb4 28. Bxh5 Rxa2 $132) 26... Ne4 27. Bxb4 axb4 28. Bxh5
Rxa2 29. Rd4 $16) 22. Rad1 $16 Rad8 (22... Nc5 23. Bc4 $1 (23. Bb1 Ne4 24. Be1
(24. Bxb4 axb4 25. Bxe4 Bxe4 26. Rd4 Bxf3 27. Rxb4 Qe7 28. gxf3 Rxa2 $14) (24.
Qh4 g6 25. Bxb4 axb4 26. Rd4 Nc3 27. Rxb4 Qc7 28. a4 Rfb8 $1 $14 (28... Bxf3
29. gxf3 Qxe5 30. Rc4 Rac8 $14)) 24... Bxe1 25. Rdxe1 (25. Bxe4 $2 Bxf2+ $1 $11
) 25... Nc3 $14) 23... Ne4 24. Be1 $1 (24. Bxd5 exd5 25. Qh4 (25. Be3 Nc3 26.
Rd2 a4 $132 (26... d4 $2 27. Qxd4 Nb5 28. Qd7 $18)) 25... g6 26. g4 hxg4 27.
Qxg4 (27. Bxb4 $6 axb4 28. Nh2 g3 29. Ng4 Rxa2 $132) 27... Rfe8 $44) 24... Rac8
25. Bxd5 exd5 26. Nd4 $16) 23. Be2 (23. Bb1 $2 Bxf3 24. gxf3 Nxe5 25. Qxe5 (25.
Bxb4 $4 Nxf3+ 26. Kh1 Nd2+ $1 27. f3 Qxb4 $19) (25. Be4 $6 Qb5 $15) 25... Bxd2
$11) 23... Nc5 (23... Qb8 24. Rfe1 $16) 24. Bxb4 (24. Ne1 $5 g6 (24... Ne4 25.
Bxb4 axb4 26. Bxh5 Nc3 27. Rd2 $16) 25. f3 $16) 24... Qxb4 (24... axb4 $142 25.
Rd4 Qa8 26. Qd2 (26. Rxb4 $6 Qxa2 27. Nd4 g6 $14) 26... Ne4 27. Qxb4 Rb8 28.
Qe1 Qxa2 29. Bc4 (29. b4 $2 Qb2 $44 {/\ Ng5, /\ Nc3}) (29. Bd1 Nc5 30. b4 Nd7
31. Qe3 Qb2 $14) 29... Nc5 30. Bxd5 exd5 31. Rxd5 Ne6 $16) 25. Rd4 (25. Qe3 $5
$16) 25... Qa3 26. Qd2 (26. g6 $2 Qxa2 27. Rd2 Qxb3 $15) 26... a4 (26... Rd7
27. g6 $1 fxg6 28. Nh4 $16 Rfd8 $140 29. Nxg6 Bxg2 30. Ne7+ $1 Kf8 31. Qf4+
Kxe7 32. Bxh5 Rf8 33. Qg5+ $18) (26... Rc8 {/\ Ne4-c3} 27. g6 $1 fxg6 (27...
Ne4 28. Qe3 $16) 28. Nh4 $1 (28. Qg5 $2 Qb2 $1 (28... Qxa2 $2 29. Qxg6 Qxe2 30.
Ng5 Rf5 31. Qh7+ Kf8 32. Qh8+ Ke7 33. Qxg7+ Ke8 34. Qg6+ Ke7 35. Rxd5 $18) 29.
Rd2 (29. Qxg6 $2 Bxf3 $19) 29... Qc3 $13) 28... Be4 (28... Ne4 29. Qe3 Rc3 30.
Rd3 Qxa2 31. Nxg6 Re8 32. Bf3 Rxd3 33. Qxd3 Nd2 34. Bxd5 Nxf1 35. Bxe6+ Rxe6
36. Qd8+ Kh7 37. Nf8+ Kh6 38. Nxe6 $18) 29. Bc4 $16) (26... g6 27. Rd1 $16 (27.
Bc4 Bxc4 28. Rxd8 Bxf1 29. Rxf8+ Kxf8 30. Kxf1 $16)) 27. bxa4 Ne4 (27... Nxa4
28. g6 $1 fxg6 (28... Nc3 29. gxf7+ Rxf7 30. Ng5 $16) 29. Nh4 Nc3 30. Nxg6 $16)
28. Qb4 (28. Qc1 $6 Qxa2 29. Bc4 (29. Bd3 Ng3 $1 30. fxg3 (30. Rd1 $2 Bxf3 31.
Rxd8 Rxd8 32. gxf3 Rxd3 33. fxg3 Rxf3 $19) 30... Bxf3 31. Rf2 Qxf2+ 32. Kxf2
Rxd4 33. gxf3 Rxd3 $11) 29... Bxc4 30. Qxc4 Qxc4 31. Rxc4 Nd2 32. Nxd2 Rxd2
$132) 28... Qxb4 29. Rxb4 Nc3 30. Re1 Nxa2 (30... Ra8 31. a3 $16) 31. Rh4 Nc3
32. Bf1 Ra8 33. Ra1 Rfb8 $2 (33... Ra5 $8 34. Ra3 Nb1 (34... Rc8 35. Nd2 {
/\ Nc4} Rcc5 36. Nb3 Bxb3 37. Rxb3 g6 (37... Rxa4 $2 38. Rxc3 $18) (37... Nxa4
$2 38. Rb8+ Kh7 39. Bd3+ g6 40. Rxh5+ Kg7 41. Rhh8 $18) 38. Rd4 Rc8 39. Rbb4
Rxe5 40. Rdc4 Rxc4 41. Rxc4 Nd1 42. Rc1 Nb2 43. Bb5 Rd5 44. Kf1 $16) 35. Rd3 (
35. Re3 Rc8 $16) 35... Rb8 (35... Rfa8 $2 36. Rb4 $18) 36. Be2 g6 $16) 34. a5
$18 g6 35. Rd4 Rb2 36. Rd2 Rb4 37. Rd4 Rb2 38. Rd2 Rb4 39. Rc2 Nb5 40. Rc5 Na7
41. Rac1 {/\ a6, Rc7-d7, Rcc7+-} Nc6 42. Rxd5 exd5 43. Rxc6 Rxa5 44. e6 (44. e6
fxe6 45. Bd3 $1 (45. Rxe6 Rb1 (45... Ra1 46. Rxg6+ Kf8 47. Rd6 Rbb1 48. Nd2 Rd1
49. Rxd5 Ra2 50. Rf5+ Kg7 51. Nf3 $18) 46. Rxg6+ Kf7 47. Rf6+ Ke7 $132) 45...
Ra1+ 46. Kh2 Ra2 47. Rxe6 Rxf2 48. Rxg6+ Kf8 49. Kg3 Rbb2 50. Nh4 Rfd2 51. Rf6+
$18 {o^g}) 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 12th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "1999.12.03"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Spain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. g3 Qb6 6. Bg2 Bc5 7. e3 Nc6 8. Nb3
Bb4+ 9. N3d2 d5 10. O-O O-O 11. a3 Qa6 12. b3 Be7 13. Bb2 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 12th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "1999.12.04"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 Nd7
8. Bf4 c6 9. Kc2 f6 10. Nd2 e5 11. Be3 Bc5 12. Bxc5 Nxc5 13. b4 Na4 14. Nc4 Kd8
15. Nd6 Ke7 16. Rd1 a5 17. b5 Rd8 18. Nxc8+ Raxc8 19. Rxd8 Kxd8 20. b6 Nxb6 21.
h4 h6 22. g3 Rc7 23. Be2 Nc8 24. h5 g5 25. Bg4 Nd6 26. Kd3 b5 27. Rd1 Ke7 28.
Ke3 b4 29. Rc1 Nb5 30. cxb4 axb4 31. f4 gxf4+ 32. gxf4 Nd4 33. Kd3 Ra7 34. fxe5
fxe5 35. Rb1 Kd6 36. Rxb4 Ra3+ 37. Kd2 Rxa2+ 38. Kd3 Ra3+ 39. Kd2 Rg3 40. Bd1
Nb5 41. Be2 Rg2 42. Kd3 Rh2 43. Bd1 Rh3+ 44. Kd2 Kc5 45. Ra4 Nc3 46. Bg4 Rg3
0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 12th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "1999.12.05"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Hungary"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Ne7 12. Nxf6+ gxf6 13. Be2 Bb7 14. Bf3
Qb6 15. O-O Rd8 16. c4 f5 17. Qd3 fxe4 18. Bxe4 d5 19. cxd5 Bxd5 20. Rfd1
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 12th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "1999.12.06"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 c5 7. d3 Bd6 8.
a4 O-O 9. Qb3 Ne5 10. Nxe5 Bxe5 11. Na3 Rb8 12. Nc4 Bc7 13. Qa3 b6 14. b4 cxb4
15. Qxb4 e5 16. O-O Bg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 12th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "1999.12.07"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Slovenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SLO"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
e3 c5 (8... d6 {See comments to Kasparov,G-Karpov,A/ Frankfurt,1999/CBM 72 
(1-0)(Golod,V)(43)}) 9. Nf3 {Besides,white has two principales moves:} (9. dxc5
{You can see comments to games:Lautier,J -Karpov,A/Las Palmas,1994/CBM 42(1-0)
(Lautier)(31) and Gulko,B-Aleksandrov,A/ Groningen,1997/CBM 63(1/2-1/2) 
(Psakhis)(27)}) ({and} 9. f3) 9... h6 $5 {Another options is:} (9... cxd4 $5) (
{or} 9... d6 $5) 10. Bh4 cxd4 ({Other alternative are:} 10... d6 11. Rd1 $5 (
11. Be2 Nbd7 12. O-O Rc8 13. Rfd1 Qe7 $11 {Eslon,J-GarciaTrobat,F/Javea,1992(1/
2-1/2) (21)}) (11. d5 $6 exd5 (11... g5 $5) 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Qxf6 gxf6 14.
O-O-O d4 (14... Nd7 $142) 15. exd4 Be4 16. Bd3 {+/=/+/- Gschwendtner,M-Stoer,A/
Bayern,1997 (1/2-1/2)(41)}) 11... Qe7 12. Be2 Rd8 13. O-O Nbd7 14. b4 cxd4 $6 (
14... e5 $5) 15. Qxd4 Nf8 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Qxf6 gxf6 18. Nd4 $14 {Seirawan,
Y-Andersson,U/Niksic,1983/Inf 36/613(1/2-1/2)(41)}) 11. Nxd4 d5 ({Dubious:} 
11... Nc6 {in view of:} 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Bd3 (13. Bxf6 $5 Qxf6 14. Qxf6 gxf6
15. Rd1 d5 16. cxd5 Bxd5 17. Ba6 {with advantage of white in the endgame.})
13... d6 14. O-O g5 15. Bg3 Nh5 16. Rad1 Nxg3 17. fxg3 {1/2-1/2 Chabanon,
J-Mednis,E/Cannes,1992 (17)}) 12. cxd5 Bxd5 {[%csl Rg2]} ({Slightly worse is:} 
12... Nxd5 13. Bxd8 Nxc3 14. Be7 (14. Bxb6 $5 axb6 15. bxc3 e5 $44) 14... Re8
15. Bh4 Ne4 16. f3 g5 17. Bg3 Nxg3 18. hxg3 {+/=/= Kakageldyev,A-Kiselev,S/
Azov,1991 (1/2-1/2)(26)}) 13. f3 Nbd7 14. e4 $146 (14. Bb5 $5 {and(14.b4!?)
you cand find in annotations to 15.Bb5!? in the game:Seirawan,Y-Adams,M/
Bermuda,1999/CBM 69(1/2-1/2) (Tisdall,J)(21)}) ({Also can be recommended:} 14.
Rc1 $5) 14... Rc8 $6 ({From my point of view this move:} 14... Nxe4 $1 {
[%csl Rc3,Gd8,Rh4] brings black at least equality:} 15. Bxd8 $8 Nxc3 16. Be7 (
16. Bh4 $2 Na4 $17) 16... Rfe8 17. Bd6 Na4 ({badly:} 17... e5 {in view of:} 18.
Nf5 {[%csl Rc3,Rd5][%cal Gf5e7]} Be6 19. Ne7+ Rxe7 20. Bxe7 Nd5 21. Bd6 $14)
18. Nb5 {[%csl Rc7][%cal Gb5c7]} (18. Bb5 $2 Nxb2 $1 19. Bxd7 $140 Red8 $19 {
[%csl Rd6,Rd7,Gd8]}) 18... Rac8 $5 (18... Ndc5 $5 19. Nc7 Nxb2 20. Nxe8 Rxe8
21. Bxc5 bxc5 22. Rb1 Rb8 23. Kd2 Ba2 24. Rc1 c4 $11) (18... Red8 $143 19. Nc7
Rac8 20. Be7 {transfer to 18...Rac8 (variant 19...Red8)}) 19. Nc7 Rxc7 (19...
Red8 $6 20. Be7 Nxb2 21. Bxd8 Rxd8 22. Nxd5 exd5 23. Rc1 {+/=/=}) 20. Bxc7 Nxb2
21. Rb1 (21. Bb5 $143 Rc8 $15) 21... Rc8 (21... Nc4 $5) 22. Bxb6 axb6 23. Rxb2
Ra8 24. Bb5 Nc5 $11 {[%csl Ra3]}) 15. Qe3 $140 ({Very weakly:} 15. Qd2 {
because of:} Nxe4 $1 $17) 15... Bc4 ({After:} 15... Bb7 16. Bb5 {[%csl Gb5,Gh4]
white has a better position,because of advantage two bishops.} (16. Be2 $2 Ng4
$1 $17)) 16. Bxc4 Rxc4 17. b3 $5 {This move better than:} (17. O-O {because of:
} Ng4 $1 18. Qe1 Qc7 {[%csl Rd4,Rh2]} 19. fxg4 (19. Bg3 $2 Qc5 $17) 19... Rxd4
20. Be7 Rc8 21. Qf2 {[%csl Rd4,Rf7]} Rxe4 22. Qxf7+ Kh7 $13) 17... Rc8 ({
Now impossibly:} 17... Ng4 $4 18. fxg4 Qxh4+ 19. g3 $18 {[%csl Rc4,Rh4]}) 18.
O-O $14 Qc7 {[%cal Gc7c3]} ({Senselessly:} 18... Ng4 {in view of:} 19. Qe1 {
[%csl Ye1,Rh4][%cal Ye1h4]} Ngf6 (19... g5 $143 20. fxg4 (20. Bg3 $5) 20...
gxh4 21. Rd1 Qe7 22. Qe3 Kg7 23. e5 {/\24.Rf5->}) 20. e5 g5 21. exf6 gxh4 22.
Rd1 $1 (22. Qxh4 Qxf6 $11) 22... Qxf6 $140 23. Nxe6 $14 {[%csl Rd7]}) 19. Rac1
Qb7 20. Nb5 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Gb5d6]} Rxc1 ({Dubious:} 20... Qa6 {because of:}
21. a4 {[%csl Ya4,Rd6][%cal Ya4b5] +/=/+/-}) 21. Rxc1 Rc8 22. Nd6 {Ivanchuk
transfers to slightly better endgame.} (22. Rxc8+ $143 Qxc8 23. Nxa7 Qa6 {
[%csl Ra3,Ra7]} 24. Bxf6 Nxf6 (24... Qxa7 $2 25. Bb2 $18) 25. Nc6 Qxa3 26. Qxb6
Qc1+ 27. Kf2 Qd2+ 28. Kf1 Qd1+ $11) 22... Rxc1+ 23. Qxc1 Qa6 $1 {With the idea
24...Qd3} 24. Qc8+ {Obligatory move.} Qxc8 25. Nxc8 $14 {[%mdl 4096]} a6 26.
Kf1 {[%csl Ye1,Yf2][%cal Yh4e1,Gf1e2,Ge2d3]} b5 {[%csl Ya6,Yb5,Gh4]} 27. Ne7+
$6 ({In my opinion slightly better is:} 27. Bf2 Kf8 28. Ke2 $14) 27... Kf8 28.
Nc6 Nc5 $1 29. b4 $140 Ncd7 {[%csl Ra3][%cal Gb6c4,Gd7b6]} 30. Bf2 ({Can be
recommended:} 30. Bxf6 gxf6 (30... Nxf6 $2 31. Nb8 $16 {[%csl Ra6]}) 31. g4 {or
} (31. Ke2 {with slight advantage of white.})) ({Also probably better right
away:} 30. Bg3) 30... Ng8 {[%cal Gg8e7]} 31. Bg3 {Againts:31...Ne7?? in view
of: 32.Bd6+-} Ke8 {[%csl Ye8,Rf8][%cal Yf8e8] Black's plan:Nb6-c4(קa3) or Ne7}
32. Bd6 {[%csl Gc6,Gd6,Rg8] Differently,after:} (32. Bc7 {good enough:} Ne7)
32... Nb6 {[%csl Ra3][%cal Gb6c4]} 33. Nb8 Nc4 34. Bc5 Nxa3 35. Nxa6 Nf6 {
By the exact play in the endgame Beliavsky equalizes.} 36. Bd4 Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Keres Memorial"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2000.01.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Miezis, Normunds"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2000.01.22"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 1-0

[Event "Keres Memorial"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2000.01.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rausis, Igors"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2000.01.22"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bh4 c5 4. Nd2 Nxd2 5. Qxd2 cxd4 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Nxd4 g6
8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Qc3 Rg8 10. e4 Bg7 11. e5 Qc7 12. f4 d6 13. O-O-O dxe5 14. Bb5
Bb7 15. Rhe1 e4 16. Qc5 f5 17. Bc4 Rf8 18. Be6 Qxf4+ 19. Kb1 Qxh4 20. Bd7+ Kf7
21. Qc4+ Kf6 22. g3 Qg4 23. h4 Bh8 24. Qe6+ Kg7 25. Qxe7+ Rf7 26. Qe5+ Kh6 27.
Qc7 Bc8 28. Qxc6 Rb8 29. Bxc8 Rxb2+ 30. Kc1 Qxg3 31. Be6 Rc7 0-1

[Event "Keres Memorial"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2000.01.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2000.01.22"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Qc2
d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bg2 Nd7 11. O-O c5 12. Rfd1 Rc8 13. Qb2 Bb7 14. e4 Nb4 15.
Be3 Qe8 16. a3 Nc6 17. d5 exd5 18. exd5 Na5 19. Re1 Qd8 20. Rad1 Bf6 21. Qc2
Bxc3 22. Qxc3 Qf6 23. Qc2 Rfe8 24. Ng5 Nf8 25. Bf4 h6 26. Rxe8 Rxe8 27. Ne4 Qg6
28. b4 cxb4 29. axb4 Rc8 30. Bc7 Nb3 31. d6 Nd7 32. f3 Qe6 33. Rd3 Bd5 34. Bh3
f5 35. Re3 Nd4 36. Qf2 Qg6 37. Nc3 Ba8 38. Rd3 Nc6 39. Nd5 Qf7 40. b5 Nce5 41.
Ne7+ Kh8 42. Re3 Re8 43. Bxf5 Qc4 44. Bxd7 1-0

[Event "Keres Memorial"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2000.01.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2000.01.22"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nd7 7. Ng5 Be7 8. Nh3
Ngf6 9. f4 O-O 10. c4 Nb8 11. Nc3 Nc6 12. f5 Nd4 13. g4 Nd7 14. Be3 Bf6 15. Qd2
Be5 16. Kh1 Qh4 17. g5 f6 18. Bxd4 cxd4 19. Nb5 exf5 20. exf5 d5 21. cxd5 a6
22. Na3 b5 23. Nc2 Nb6 24. Nb4 Rad8 25. Nc6 Rd7 26. Qe1 Qh5 27. Nxe5 fxe5 28.
Qxe5 Re8 29. Nf4 Rxe5 30. Nxh5 Nxd5 31. Rf2 Nb4 32. Bxb7 Rxb7 33. a3 Nxd3 34.
Rd2 Nc5 35. Rxd4 Rxf5 36. Rd8+ Kf7 37. Rg1 Re7 38. Ng3 Rxg5 39. Rf1+ Kg6 40. b4
Nd7 41. Ra8 Re6 42. Ra7 Nf6 43. Rc1 Nd5 44. Rf1 Nf6 45. Rc1 h5 46. Rcc7 Kh6 47.
Re7 Rd6 48. Rxg7 Rd1+ 49. Kg2 Rxg7 0-1

[Event "Keres Memorial"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2000.01.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2000.01.22"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Bxf6 gxf6 9. N5c3 f5 10. Nd2 Nd4 11. Nd5 fxe4 12. c3 Be6 13. Bc4 b5 14. cxd4
bxc4 15. Qa4+ Bd7 16. Qxc4 Rc8 17. Qxa6 Rc6 18. Qe2 Bg7 19. dxe5 dxe5 20. O-O
O-O 21. Nxe4 Be6 22. Nb4 Rc4 23. a3 f5 24. Nc3 e4 25. Rfd1 Qg5 26. Rd6 Bf7 27.
Nbd5 Rfc8 28. Nb6 Bxc3 29. bxc3 f4 30. Kh1 f3 31. gxf3 exf3 32. Qf1 R8c6 33.
Rxc6 Rxc6 34. Rb1 Bg6 35. Rb5 Qd2 36. Nd5 Kg7 37. Rb7+ Kf8 38. Ne7 Rxc3 39.
Nxg6+ hxg6 40. Rb1 Rxa3 41. Qh3 Qb2 42. Qh6+ Kf7 43. Qh7+ Kf8 44. Qxg6 Ra1 45.
Rxa1 Qxa1+ 46. Qg1 Qf6 47. Qf1 Qg7 48. h3 Qh6 49. Kh2 Qf4+ 50. Kg1 Qg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Keres Memorial"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2000.01.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D88"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2000.01.22"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 O-O 9. O-O cxd4 10. cxd4 Nc6 11. Be3 Bg4 12. f3 Na5 13. Bxf7+ Rxf7 14. fxg4
Rxf1+ 15. Kxf1 e5 16. Kg1 exd4 17. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 18. Nxd4 Rc8 19. Nf3 Qxd1+ 20.
Rxd1 Rc2 21. Rd8+ Kg7 22. Rd7+ Kg8 23. Ng5 h6 24. Ne6 Rxa2 25. Rg7+ Kh8 26.
Rxg6 Nc4 27. h3 a5 28. Rxh6+ Kg8 29. g5 Ne3 30. Rg6+ Kf7 31. Nf4 a4 32. Rb6 a3
33. Rxb7+ Kg8 34. Ra7 Ra1+ 35. Kf2 Nd1+ 36. Kf3 Nc3 37. Nd5 1-0

[Event "Keres Memorial"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2000.01.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rytshagov, Mikhail"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2000.01.22"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 09th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2000.03.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2000.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 {The typical
Najdorf move.} (6... e6 7. g4 e5 8. Nf5 g6 9. g5 gxf5 10. exf5 d5 11. gxf6 d4
12. Bc4 Qc7 13. Qd3 dxe3 14. O-O-O exf2 15. Bxf7+ Kxf7 16. Qd5+ Kxf6 17. Ne4+
Ke7 18. Nd6 Bh6+ 19. Kb1 Kf6 20. Rhf1 $5 Rf8 $1 21. Rxf2 Nc6 22. Qc4 Kg7 $5 (
22... Bf4 $2 23. Rxf4 exf4 24. Qc3+ Kg5 25. Rg1+ Kh4 26. Qf3 {1-0,Shirov,A-Van
Wely,L/Amber rapid/2000/}) 23. Rg1+ Kh8 24. Rfg2 Bxf5 25. Nxf5 b5 26. Qe6 Nd4
27. Nxd4 Be3 28. Rg8+ Rxg8 29. Qf6+ Rg7 30. Ne6 Qf7 31. Qxg7+ Qxg7 32. Rxg7 Re8
33. Rg3 Bf4 $1 $19) 7. Nb3 (7. Nf3 {is a more quiet retreat, which is rarely
played. White's plan in this line is a >> pawn storm and therefore the N
usually goes to b3.} Be7 (7... Qc7 8. a4 Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. Bg5 Nbd7
12. Nh4 g6 13. g3 Bb7 14. Ng2 Rfe8 15. Bf3 Rac8 16. Ne3 Qb8 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18.
Re1 Rc5 19. Qd3 Rec8 20. Rad1 Bf8 21. h4 h5 22. Bg2 Qc7 23. Re2 Qd7 24. Red2
R8c7 25. Ra1 b5 26. axb5 axb5 27. Rdd1 Qe8 $11 {1/2,Adams,M-Svidler,P/Dortmund/
1998/}) 8. Bc4 O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. Qd3 b5 $1 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Ng5 Qc8 13. f4 h6
14. Nh3 Nbd7 15. f5 Nc5 16. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 17. Kh1 b4 18. Ne2 exf5 19. Rxf5 Rac8
20. Rc1 Qc4 $36 {Xie Jun-Van Wely,L/Pamplona/1999/}) 7... Be6 8. f3 Nbd7 ({
But Black has had success with the prophylactic} 8... h5 $5 {Later he either
castles >>, or even plays Kf8,g6,Kg7. In practice it has been difficult to
prove Black's >> is seriously weak, while White's play is considerably slowed
down.} 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O b5 11. Kb1 Be7 12. g3 $6 Nb6 13. Bxb6 Qxb6 14. Nd5
Bxd5 15. exd5 a5 16. Qd3 Rb8 17. Bh3 a4 18. Nd2 Qc5 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. fxe4 Bg5
21. Rhf1 b4 22. Qa6 O-O 23. Qc6 Qe3 24. Qxd6 b3 25. cxb3 axb3 26. Rxf7 Qe2 $1
$19 {->,Xie Jun-Zhang Zhong/Shanghai/2000/}) ({The otherwise strategically
desirable} 8... d5 {here leads after} 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 (10... Bxd5
11. c4 Bb4+ 12. Kf2 {[%cal Yb3a5] _|_,׫}) 11. Qxd5 Bxd5 12. O-O-O $36 {
to an unpleasant _|_.}) 9. g4 {White avoids transposition into the
above-mentioned positions with} (9. Qd2 h5 $5) 9... Nb6 {A rare move. Black
sidesteps the more usual continuations.} (9... b5 10. g5 Nh5 ({The reputation
of} 10... b4 {has been damaged by Adams's} 11. Ne2 $1 Nh5 12. Qd2 Be7 13. Ng3
Nf4 14. h4 h6 15. Bxf4 exf4 16. Nh5 Bxb3 17. axb3 g6 18. Nxf4 hxg5 19. Nd5 Ne5
20. Be2 g4 21. f4 Bxh4+ 22. Kf1 Nf3 23. Qxb4 Bf6 24. Bxf3 gxf3 25. Kf2 $16 {
Fedorov,A-Topalov,V/EU-chT Batumi/1999/}) 11. Qd2 Nb6 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Bd7
14. Na5 Rc8 15. O-O-O Be7 16. Kb1 O-O 17. c4 Nf4 18. h4 Re8 19. Bxf4 exf4 20.
Nc6 Qb6 21. cxb5 axb5 22. Qxf4 Bxc6 23. dxc6 Rxc6 24. Bd3 $16 {[%csl Gd3,Re7]
^-->,Adams,M-Svidler,P/Tilburg/1998/}) (9... h6 {is the most played
alternative. Even here it makes sense to slow down White's >> expansion.} 10.
Qd2 b5 11. O-O-O Nb6 12. Qf2 Nc4 13. Bxc4 bxc4 14. Nc5 Qc7 15. N5a4 $5 Rb8 16.
h4 Qc6 17. g5 Nd7 18. a3 h5 $1 19. f4 (19. g6 $5 $44) 19... exf4 20. Bxf4 Be7
21. Qg3 Ne5 22. Bxe5 dxe5 23. Qxe5 O-O 24. Rd4 Rfe8 25. Rhd1 $13 {Movsesian,
S-Womacka,M/Bundesliga 9798/1998/ Although White went on to win a nice game,
this position certainly is not so clear. Although White's K is well protected
and he is a pawn up, his N are out of play and Black has an active ^^.}) 10.
Qd2 {Logical, weaker is the impatient} (10. g5 Nfd7 11. Qd2 h6 $5 {[%csl Rg5,
Rh2] and Black breaks up White's >>}) 10... d5 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] With this
interesting novelty Black returns to the idea of the central break. As the
rather scarce practical material shows, he is well advised to act:} (10... Rc8
11. O-O-O Be7 12. Kb1 Qc7 13. h4 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Qxc4 15. g5 Nd7 16. Rh2 $5 b5 17.
Na5 Qc7 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Nb8 20. f4 $40 {Jedryczka,K-Hunt,A/EU-chU20
Patras/1999/}) 11. O-O-O $5 {[%mdl 512] Topalov aggressively reacts with a
piece sacrifice. Of course in a rapid blindfold game the degree of risk one
can indulge in is considerably higher. But Topalov played 4.Nxf7 in the
Petroff against Kramnik even in a tournament game!} (11. g5 $143 d4 $142 (11...
Nh5 $6 12. Bxb6 Qxb6 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 $16 (14. Qxd5 $2 Qe3+ 15. Be2 Nf4
$40 {/\} 16. Qxe5+ $2 Be7 17. Nc1 Rc8 18. c3 Qxe2+ $1 $19)) 12. gxf6 (12. Nxd4
exd4 13. Bxd4 Nh5 $17 {is an undesirable version of the game idea.}) 12... dxe3
13. Qxe3 gxf6 (13... g6 $5 14. Rd1 Nd7 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. Rxd5 Qxf6 $132) 14. Rd1
Qc7 $13 {[%csl Rf1] /=/+,ץf1 and White is starting to miss his strong
dark-squared B.}) (11. Bxb6 Qxb6 12. Nxd5 (12. exd5 $143 $2 Rd8 13. Na4 Qc7 14.
c4 b5 $1 $17 {and White's [+] falls apart.}) {Also possible is} 12... Bxd5 (
12... Nxd5 13. exd5 O-O-O (13... Rd8 $6 14. Bc4 Qc7 15. dxe6 $1 Rxd2 16. exf7+
Ke7 17. Nxd2 $16) 14. Bc4 (14. Qc3+ Kb8 15. Qxe5+ Bd6 $44 {[%cal Re6d5] /\Bd5})
14... Qc7 15. Na5 Bc5 16. O-O-O Bd4 $1 $11 {Black regains his P and has at
least equality.}) 13. exd5 Rd8 14. Bc4 Qc7 $11 {/\} 15. Na5 Qb6 $1 16. Nb3 Qc7)
11... d4 12. Nxd4 $8 ({There is no way back now.} 12. Bf2 $2 Be7 13. Qe1 (13.
Ne2 $2 Nxe4 $1 14. fxe4 Bg5 $19) 13... Qc7 $17) 12... exd4 13. Bxd4 Be7 {
The crisis is approaching fast. Black logically tries to finish his
development, but interesting and perhaps even more promising was} (13... Qc7 $5
14. Qe3 Nbd7 {[%cal Re8c8] /\0-0-0 White must act} 15. Nd5 $5 Bxd5 $5 (15...
Qc6 16. g5 Nxd5 (16... Nh5 $5) 17. exd5 Qxd5 18. Bxg7 Qxd1+ 19. Kxd1 Bxg7 20.
Bc4 $14) 16. exd5+ Kd8 $13 {/=/+ Black's K is relatively safe in the [+] and
Black has good chances to coordiante his forces and gradually consolidate his
position.}) 14. Qe3 (14. h3 $143 $6 O-O (14... Qc7 15. Qe3 Nc4 16. Bxc4 Qxc4
17. f4 $44 {->>>}) 15. Qe3 Nfd7 $1 (15... Nbd7 $2 16. f4 $40 {is dangerous.})
16. f4 f6 $5 $15 {/-/+ Black has escaped with his minor pieces from the scope
of White's pawns.}) 14... Nbd7 15. h3 $1 $44 {[%csl Ge4,Re6,Gf3,Rf6,Gg4,Gh3]
Modest, but nevertheless the best move. White's compensation consists of his
threatening >> pawn phalanx, with Black's misplaced minor pieces in the way.} (
15. g5 Nh5 {/\} 16. f4 $2 Nxf4 $19) (15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 O-O $17) 15... Qa5 {
Black logically seeks active <=>.} (15... O-O 16. f4 $36) 16. f4 (16. Kb1 Rc8
$5 {[%cal Rc8c3] /\Rc3->} (16... O-O-O 17. f4 $44) (16... g5 17. h4 $1 Rg8 $13)
) 16... Bxa2 $1 {Consistent. The P is not as important as the counterattack.}
17. g5 Nh5 18. h4 (18. Be2 $2 Nxf4 $19) (18. Nxa2 Qxa2 19. Be2 Nxf4 $1 20. Qxf4
Qa1+ 21. Kd2 Qa5+ 22. Bc3 Bxg5 $17) 18... Rg8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] An atrocious
move, this R will stay out off play till the end of the game. Perhaps Ivanchuk
wanted to castle and made a mouse-slip (this is a blindfold game), putting his
R on g8 insted of the K?} (18... O-O $142 $1 19. Be2 g6 20. Bg4 Nc5 (20... Rfd8
$2 21. Bxd7 Rxd7 22. Bb6 $16) {The most sensible is} 21. Nxa2 (21. Bxh5 $2 gxh5
22. Nxa2 (22. Bf6 Rfe8 $1 $17) 22... Qxa2 23. Bxc5 Qa1+ 24. Kd2 Rfd8+ 25. Ke2
Qxb2 $17 {->}) (21. f5 $6 Rfd8 $15) 21... Qxa2 22. Bxc5 Bxc5 (22... Rad8 23.
Qa3 $14) 23. Qxc5 Nxf4 (23... Ng3 24. Rhe1 Qa1+ 25. Kd2 Qxb2 26. Ke3 $1 $16 {
/\Rb1}) 24. Qa3 $11) (18... O-O-O 19. Be2 $16 {/\} (19. Bh3 $6 Be6 20. f5 Bc4
$13) 19... g6 $2 20. Bxh8 Rxh8 21. Rxd7 $1 Kxd7 22. Qd4+ $18) 19. Bh3 Nc5 $6 (
19... Be6 $142 $5 20. f5 Bc4 21. Kb1 $142 $1 $36 (21. Bg4 Qa1+ 22. Kd2 Qxb2 23.
Rb1 Qa3 24. Bxh5 (24. Rxb7 $6 O-O-O $1 25. Rhb1 Bc5 {[%csl Rd2] עd2} 26. Bxh5
(26. f6 Be6) 26... Bxd4 27. Rc7+ (27. Qxd4 Nb6 28. Nd5 Bxd5 29. exd5 Qa5+ $1
$19 {[%cal Rc8b7] /\Kb7}) 27... Kxc7 28. Nd5+ Bxd5 29. Qxa3 Bc4 $17 {/-+})
24... O-O-O $13) 21... O-O-O (21... Ne5 22. b3 (22. Bb6 $5 Qb4 23. Qd4 $44)
22... Bd6 23. Nd5 $1 $40) (21... Rd8 22. Bg4 g6 23. b3 Bb5 24. Qf3 $40) 22. Bg4
g6 23. b3 {White gets his piece back, as the B can't retreat:} Bb5 $2 24. fxg6
hxg6 25. Bb6 Qb4 26. Rd4 Qa3 27. Nxb5 axb5 28. Ra4 $1 bxa4 29. Qc3+ $18) (19...
O-O-O $2 20. Bb6 Bc5 $8 21. Qxc5+ Qxc5 22. Bxd7+ Rxd7 23. Bxc5 $18) 20. Bg4 ({
Also playable was} 20. Nxa2 Qxa2 21. Bxc5 Qa1+ 22. Kd2 Rd8+ 23. Ke2 Qxb2 24.
Rxd8+ (24. Bxe7 $2 Qxc2+ $19 {as d1 is unprotected.}) 24... Bxd8 25. Qd2 $1
Qb5+ 26. Kf3 $18 {[%cal Rh1d1] /\Rd1-> Black's K doesn't have g7 at his
disposal, so the Bc5 is taboo.}) 20... g6 (20... Be6 {loses a piece:} 21. f5 $1
Qa1+ 22. Kd2 Qxb2 (22... Nb3+ 23. cxb3 Qxb2+ 24. Ke1 $18) 23. fxe6 Nxe6 24. Rb1
$1 Qa3 25. Bxh5 $18) 21. Nxa2 Qxa2 22. Bxc5 Qa1+ 23. Kd2 Rd8+ (23... Qxb2 $2
24. Bxe7 Kxe7 25. Qc5+ Ke8 26. Rb1 Rd8+ 27. Ke3 $18) (23... Qa5+ $142 24. b4
Rd8+ (24... Bxc5 25. bxa5 Bxe3+ 26. Kxe3 $18 {[%csl Rb7,Gg4,Rg8,Rh5] _|_}) 25.
Ke2 Qb5+ 26. Kf2 {Here White is also winning, but not by force.}) 24. Ke2 Qxb2
25. Kf3 $6 {An inaccuracy, which doesn't change the result.} (25. Bxe7 $1 Qxc2+
(25... Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Qxc2+ 27. Ke1 Kxe7 28. Qa3+ {leads to mate.}) 26. Ke1
Rxd1+ (26... Kxe7 27. Qa3+) 27. Bxd1 Qg2 28. Rg1 Nxf4 29. Bc5 $18) 25... Qxc2
26. Rxd8+ Bxd8 (26... Kxd8 $2 27. Qd4+) 27. Rc1 (27. Qd4 $2 Qb3+ $13) 27... Qh2
28. Rg1 $1 $18 {[%csl Re8] This calm move decides the game for good. White
stops Black's threats and starts the decisive attack on Black's K, trapped in
the [+].} (28. Bd7+ $2 Kxd7 29. Qd4+ Ke8 30. Qe5+ Kd7 $11) 28... Ba5 (28... Bc7
29. e5 {/\Qd4} Qc2 30. e6 f5 31. Bxh5 gxh5 32. Rc1 (32. Qd4 $2 Qb3+ 33. Kf2
Qa2+ $1 {/\Qe6}) 32... Qh2 33. Bd4 Qh3+ 34. Ke2 Qg2+ (34... Qxe3+ 35. Kxe3 Bd8
36. Bf6 $1 $18) 35. Kd3 Bd8 36. Rc8 $18 {->}) (28... Qc2 29. Qd4 Qb3+ 30. Kf2 {
The g3-square is already covered and White's K will hide on h1.} Qc2+ 31. Kf1
Qc1+ 32. Kg2) 29. Bd6 {Protects Pf4 and frees the Q for the mating attack.} Qd2
(29... Bd2 $2 30. Qc5) (29... Qb2 30. Rc1 Qh2 31. Rc8+ Bd8 32. Rxd8+ Kxd8 33.
Qb6+ Ke8 34. Bd7+ $1 Kxd7 35. Qc7+ Ke6 36. Qe7#) 30. Qxd2 Bxd2 31. Rd1 Ba5 32.
Rb1 b5 (32... b6 33. Rc1 b5 34. Ra1 {is the same.} (34. Rc8+ $5 $18)) 33. Ra1 {
Black will lose both his << P and still remain with an inactive R and K under
attack.} 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 09th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2000.03.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2000.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d6 7. Bg5 Re8 8.
Nf3 Qe7 9. e3 e5 10. Be2 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Nd2 Bxe2 14. Kxe2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 09th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2000.03.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2000.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 (1. d4 d6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 Nd7 5. Nf3 e5 6. Be2 Ne7 7. O-O O-O
8. Re1 Nc6 9. Bg5 f6 10. Be3 Kh8 11. d5 Ne7 12. b4 f5 13. Ng5 Nf6 14. f3 h6 15.
Ne6 Bxe6 16. dxe6 Qc8 17. Nd5 Neg8 18. exf5 gxf5 19. Qd3 Ne8 20. c5 Qxe6 21.
cxd6 cxd6 22. Qb3 Ngf6 23. Rad1 $44 {1-0 Gokhale,J-Myo,Z/Kuala Lumpur 1993/EXT
98 (46)}) 1... Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6
8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 f5 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. f3 Kh8 13. Be3 Ne8 $146 (13...
Neg8 14. c5 Bh6 15. exf5 Bxf5 (15... gxf5 16. f4 Ng4 17. Bxg4 fxg4 18. Nce4 $16
{1-0 Piket,J-Polgar,J/Aruba (m/3) 1995/ (27)}) 16. Qd2 a5 17. a3 Nh5 18. g3 Qe7
19. cxd6 cxd6 20. bxa5 Rxa5 21. Nb5 Raa8 22. Rac1 Rac8 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Nxd6
Bxg5 25. Nxc8 Bxe3+ 26. Qxe3 Bxc8 27. f4 Nhf6 28. d6 Qxd6 29. fxe5 Qe6 30. Qd4
Qd5 31. Qc3 Ne4 32. Qxc8 $18 {1-0 Har Zvi,R-Gabrielsen,S/Gausdal 1996/CBM 54
ext (35)}) 14. Rc1 c6 $2 (14... h6 15. Ne6 Bxe6 16. dxe6 Qc8 17. Nd5 (17. c5
Qxe6 18. Nb5 (18. cxd6 Nxd6) 18... d5) 17... Qxe6 18. Qd2 $44) 15. c5 $1 Ng8 (
15... h6 16. cxd6 (16. Ne6 Bxe6 17. dxe6 (17. cxd6 Qxd6 18. Bc5 Qd7 19. dxe6
Qxe6 $13) 17... d5 $36) 16... Nxd6 (16... Qxd6 17. Bc5 Qf6 18. d6 hxg5 19. d7
$18) 17. Ne6 Bxe6 18. dxe6 Rf6 19. Qd2 (19. Qb3 Qg8 20. Bc5 Qxe6 21. Qxe6 Rxe6
22. Red1 Nec8 23. b5 $44) 19... Rxe6 20. Red1 $44) 16. exf5 $1 gxf5 17. f4 (17.
dxc6 bxc6 18. cxd6 h6 19. Nh3 Nxd6 20. Bc5 Rf6 21. Qa4 $16) 17... Ne7 18. cxd6
Nxd6 19. dxc6 (19. fxe5 Bxe5 20. Bd4 Bf6 (20... Ng6 21. Nf3 Bxd4+ 22. Qxd4+ Qf6
23. dxc6 bxc6 24. Na4 $16) 21. Bf3 $16) 19... Nxc6 20. Bc5 exf4 21. Bxd6 Qxg5 (
21... Bd4+ 22. Qxd4+ Nxd4 23. Be5+ Kg8 24. Bc4+ Ne6 25. Nxe6 Bxe6 26. Bxe6+ Rf7
27. Nd5 $18) 22. Bxf8 Bxf8 23. Bf3 $1 {[%cal Ge1e8]} 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 09th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2000.03.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2000.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1 Nf6 8. a4
g6 9. Be2 Bg7 10. O-O Nc6 11. Be3 O-O 12. Qd2 Bd7 13. Rfd1 Rc8 14. f3 Nxd4 15.
Bxd4 Be6 16. a5 Bc4 17. Ra4 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 Nd7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Nd5 Rc6 21. Qd2
Nf6 22. Nxf6 exf6 23. Rd4 Qc7 24. Rc1 b6 25. axb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 09th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2000.03.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2000.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O Nf6 7. Bb3 Be7 8. Qe2
cxd4 9. exd4 Nc6 10. Rd1 Na5 11. Bc2 b5 12. Nc3 Bb7 13. Bg5 O-O 14. Rac1 Rc8
15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Be4 Qc7 17. Bxb7 Nxb7 18. Qe3 Qa5 19. Ne4 Be7 20. Qb3 Rc7 21.
d5 exd5 22. Qxd5 Rd8 23. Qb3 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Nc5 25. Nxc5 Rxc5 26. g3 Qc7 27.
Qe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 09th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2000.03.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2000.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Nc6 8. e3
O-O 9. Nc3 Re8 10. b3 e5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Bxe5 13. Bb2 Qe7 14. Qc1 Qc5
15. Nd1 Qxc1 16. Rxc1 c6 17. Bxe5 Rxe5 18. Nc3 Bf5 19. Rfd1 Kf8 20. e4 Bg4 21.
f3 Be6 22. f4 Ra5 23. Bf3 Ke7 24. Kf2 Rd8 25. Rxd8 Kxd8 26. Ke3 Ke7 27. g4 f6
28. h4 h6 29. Rc2 Nd7 30. Ne2 Rc5 31. Rxc5 Nxc5 32. Nd4 g5 33. hxg5 hxg5 34.
Be2 a5 35. Nf5+ Bxf5 36. exf5 Kd6 37. fxg5 fxg5 38. Kd4 Nd7 39. a4 Nf6 40. Bf3
b6 41. Kc4 Nd7 42. Kd4 Nc5 43. Bd1 b5 44. axb5 cxb5 45. Bc2 a4 46. b4 Na6 47.
Kc3 Ke5 48. Bd1 Nc7 49. Bf3 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 09th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2000.03.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2000.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
dxc5 Qa5 9. e4 Nf6 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qb3 Nc6 12. Bb5 e5 13. Ne2 Be6 14. Bc4 Bxc4
15. Qxc4 Rac8 16. Kf2 Rfd8 17. Rab1 Rd7 18. a4 Qd8 19. Rb5 Rcc7 20. Rhb1 h5 21.
Ng1 Nh7 22. Nh3 Kh8 23. Ke2 Nf8 24. Nf2 Ne6 25. Kf1 Kg8 26. Qb3 Nf4 27. Rd1 Nd3
28. Nxd3 Rxd3 29. Rxd3 Qxd3+ 30. Kf2 Qd7 31. Qa2 Qd8 32. Qe2 g6 33. Rb2 Rd7 34.
Rd2 Rxd2 35. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 36. Bxd2 Kg7 37. Ke3 Kf6 38. Kd3 Ke6 39. Kc4 f6 40. Kb5
Kd7 41. g4 hxg4 42. fxg4 g5 43. Be1 Kc7 44. h4 Nd8 45. h5 Nf7 46. c6 a6+ 47.
Kc5 bxc6 48. c4 Nh6 49. Ba5+ Kd7 50. Kb6 Nxg4 51. Kxa6 Nh6 52. Bd2 Nf7 53. Kb7
Nd6+ 54. Kb8 Ke6 55. a5 Nxe4 56. a6 Nf2 57. a7 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 09th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2000.03.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2000.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 {Großmeister Ivanchuk spielt die
Wiener Variante gerne. Lange Jahre galt dieses System laut Theoire als klar
vorteilhaft für Weiß. Ende der 80er Jahre gelang es Ivanchuk, die ganze
Variante für Schwarz zu verbessern.} 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5 7. Bxc4 {Auf
Großmeisterebene wird heute nur noch diese Variante gespielt.} cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qa5 10. Bxf6 (10. Bb5+ $5 {Diese Fortsetzung lässt Weiß noch die
besten Chancen, aber wo genau der Vorteil von Weiß hier liegt, ist unklar.})
10... Qxc3+ 11. Kf1 gxf6 (11... Qxc4+ 12. Kg1 Nd7 (12... gxf6 $4 13. Rc1 $18 {
[%cal Rc1c8,Rc8h8]}) 13. Rc1 Qa6 14. Bxg7 Rg8 15. Bh6 $16) 12. Rc1 Qa5 (12...
Qb4 $6 13. Bxe6 $1 Nc6 $8 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Bxc8 Rxc8 16. h4 $1 $14 {Weiß hat
dank seiner gesunden Bauernstruktur die besseren Chancen (Ribli, Z - Beliavsky,
A Barcelona 1989).}) 13. h4 {[%cal Gh1h3,Gh3a3]} (13. Bb5+ {So beginnt die
bekannte Remisvariante - meines Erachtens ist hier alles forciert, Schwarz hat
keine Möglichkeit abzuweichen.} Ke7 (13... Nd7 $2 {Das ist ein aus der Theorie
bekannter Fehler.} 14. Rxc8+ Rxc8 15. Bxd7+ Ke7 16. Bxc8 Rxc8 17. h4 $18 {
[%cal Gh1h3,Gh3d3]}) 14. e5 fxe5 15. Qh5 Nd7 16. Qg5+ Kf8 17. Rxc8+ Rxc8 18.
Bxd7 Qd8 19. Nxe6+ fxe6 20. Qh6+ Kf7 21. Qxe6+ Kf8 22. Qf5+ Ke7) 13... Ke7 {
Schwarz muss sehr vorsichtig spielen - in einigen Varianten steht der König
schlecht in der Mitte. In dieser Variante jedoch hat er nichts zu befürchten.}
(13... Bd7 14. Rh3 Nc6 15. Nb5 Ne5 16. Nd6+ Ke7 17. Nxb7 Qb6 18. Rb3 Ba4 19.
Rxb6 Bxd1 20. Rbb1 {Dreev,A-Horvath,C/EU-chJ U20 1988/TD 88\09/1-0 (40)}) (
13... Nc6) 14. Rh3 Rd8 (14... Nc6 15. Nxc6+ bxc6 16. Rd3 Rb8 17. Kg1 Rd8 18. e5
fxe5 19. Qh5 Rxd3 20. Qg5+ $1 f6 (20... Kf8 21. Bxd3 Bd7 $2 (21... Rb4 $5) (
21... Qd5 $5) 22. Bxh7 Rb4 23. h5 Qd5 24. h6 e4 25. Qg7+ Ke7 26. Bg6 $18 {
Browne,W-Van Buskirk,C/Los Angeles 1997/Inf 71/[Browne,W] (26)}) 21. Qg7+ Kd6
22. Bxd3 Qd2 23. Qf8+ Kc7 24. Qc5 Bd7 25. Bxh7 Qb4 26. Qxa7+ Rb7 27. Qa6 Qxh4
28. Qa5+ Kc8 29. Bd3 Qb4 {1/2-1/2 Bagaturov,G-Palac,M/Batumi 1999/CBM 74 (34)})
15. Rd3 Nd7 $146 {Mit dieser Fortsetzung vermeidet Schwarz die theoretische
Haputvariante - und strebt mit dem Springer das Feld c5 oder e5 an.} (15... Nc6
16. Nxc6+ bxc6 17. e5 $5 $13 fxe5 18. Rxd8 Qxd8 19. Qf3 Qd6 {1/2-1/2 Gormally,
D-Wells,P/London 1997/CBM 62/[Ribli] (26)}) (15... Bd7 $2 16. e5 Qxe5 (16...
fxe5 17. Qh5 $40 Nc6 $2 18. Nf5+ $18) 17. Qb3 (17. Re3 Ba4 18. Qxa4 Qxd4 19.
Qb4+ Qd6 20. Qxb7+ Nd7 $13) 17... b6 (17... Nc6 18. Qa3+ Ke8 19. Nb5 $16) 18.
Re1 $40) 16. Nb3 Qb6 $13 {Schwarz hat einen Bauern mehr, sieht sich aber vor
Problemen bei der Entwicklung. Sein König steht etwas unsicher in der Mitte.
Weiß hat Angriffsmöglichkeiten, aber es ist nicht leicht, seine Stellung zu
verbessern.} (16... Qe5 {In einigen Varianten kann Schwarz Qh2 spielen (in
unserer konkreten Stellung hat Weiß Rh3), aber die Dame steht im Zentrum etwas
exponiert.} 17. Qd2 $44) 17. Qh5 {[%mdl 2048] Weiß aktiviert die Dame und
gewinnt zumindest den Ph7.} Ne5 (17... Nf8 $6 18. Rf3 $40) 18. Rxd8 (18. Rdc3
Bd7 $15) 18... Qxd8 19. Be2 Bd7 $5 {Eine gesunde Fortsetzung. Schwarz kümmert
sich nicht um den Ph7, sondern beendet seine Entwicklung.} (19... Qg8 $6 20. f4
Nd7 21. Qf3 $44) 20. Qxh7 Qb6 (20... Bc6 $5 $15 21. Rd1 $2 Qh8 22. Qxh8 Rxh8
23. f4 Ng6 24. g3 Bxe4 $17) 21. Qh6 $1 {[%mdl 256] Die Dame steht unglücklich
auf h7, deshalb muss sie zurückkehren.} Bc6 22. Qf4 Rh8 23. g3 (23. h5 {
Der h-Bauer ist nicht besonders gefährlich, und auf h5 kann er ein
Schwachpunkt werden.} Qb4) 23... Ng6 (23... Qb4 $11) 24. Qg4 $8 (24. Qf3 f5)
24... Ne5 25. Qf4 Ng6 26. Qg4 Ne5 {Remis durch Zugwiederholung.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 09th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2000.03.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2000.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 {Normalerweise spielt Karpov die
klassische Variante mit 4...Be7 und 5...0-0. Vergessen wir nicht: das ist eine
Blindpartie!} 5. Nf3 a6 {Diese Variante ist in letzter Zeit sehr populär. Nach
sofortigem 5...Nc6 kann Weiß 6.Qa4 ziehen.} 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 Rb8 {Das ist
Hauptidee von Schwarz in der Variante mit 5...a6 und 6...Nc6 - der Turm
verlässt die große "katalanische" Diagonale und ermöglicht damit u.U. b7-b5.}
8. e4 Be7 9. d5 Nb4 10. Ne5 exd5 (10... Nd3 11. Nxd3 cxd3 12. Qxd3 e5 13. Qc2
Bd6 14. Na4 Qe7 15. b3 {Lautier,J-Karpov,A/Ubeda (m/1) 1994 (25)} (15. Be3 $5
b5 (15... Ng4 $2 16. Ba7 $1 Ra8 17. Bc5 $16 {/\} b5 $2 18. Bxd6 cxd6 19. Nb6
$18) 16. Nc5 Ng4 17. Rac1 Nxe3 18. fxe3 $14)) 11. exd5 Bf5 12. a3 Nd3 (12...
Nc2 $2 13. Rb1 O-O 14. g4 $18) 13. Nxc4 Nxc1 (13... O-O $5 14. b4 Re8 15. h3
Nxc1 16. Rxc1 Bd6 17. Qd4 h5 18. Rfe1 Qd7 19. Kh2 Rxe1 20. Rxe1 Re8 21. Rxe8+
Qxe8 22. Nxd6 cxd6 23. a4 Qe1 24. a5 Nd7 25. Nd1 Ne5 26. f4 h4 27. Qe3 {
1-0 Gleizerov,E-Korneev,O/Malaga 2000/CBM 74 ext (36)}) 14. Rxc1 O-O 15. Qd4 {
Weiß hat spürbar Raumvorteil, aber Schwarz hat das Läuferpaar und eine solide
Stellung.} (15. b4 Re8 (15... Ne8 $5 16. h4 Nd6 17. Ne3 Bd7 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19.
Bxe4 f5 20. Bd3 f4 21. Qh5 g6 {Remis in Kachiani Gersinska,K-Basagic,V /
Cetinje/1991/}) 16. Qd4 (16. Re1 Bf8 17. Qd4 g6 18. Ne3 Bd7 19. Nc4 Bg7 20. Qd2
h5 21. h3 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Qf8 23. d6 cxd6 24. Nxd6 h4 25. g4 {1/2-1/2 Kiss,
A-Horvath,C/HUN 1999/EXT 2000 (25)}) 16... Bd6 (16... Bf8 17. Rfd1 Qd7 18. Qf4
Bh3 19. d6 $1 {1-0 Filippov,V-Bashkov,V/Perm 1997/CBM 58/[Ribli] (33)}) 17.
Rfe1 Qd7 18. Rxe8+ Rxe8 (18... Qxe8 19. Qa7 Bd3 $11) 19. Ne3 Bg6 $6 (19... Bh3
20. Qa7 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 c6 $1 $11) 20. Qa7 {1-0 Haba,P-Arbakov,V/Chemnitz 1997/
Inf 70/[Haba,P] (43)}) 15... Nd7 $6 {[%mdl 16384] Die Alternative 15...Ne8 ist
viel natürlicher - der Springer kann auf d6 sehr gut blockieren.} (15... Ne8 $1
{[%cal Ge8d6]} 16. Rfd1 Bg5 17. Ne3 Nd6 18. h4 Bf6 19. Qf4 Bd7 20. Ng4 Bxg4 21.
Qxg4 Re8 22. Rc2 Be5 23. Na4 b6 24. Nc3 f5 25. Qg5 Qd7 26. Ne2 Ne4 27. Qc1 Re7
{1/2-1/2 Leski,M-Polak,T/Portoroz 1998/EXT 99 (27)}) 16. d6 Bxd6 (16... Bf6 $4
17. Qf4 $18 {[%cal Rd6c7,Rc7d8,Rf4f5,Rc7b8]}) 17. Nxd6 cxd6 18. Qxd6 $14 {
[%csl Gg2] Das ist ein für die Katalanische Eröffnung typisches Bild - der Bg2
steht ausgezeichnet und kontrolliert die Diagonale. Weiß hat leichten, aber
dauerhaften Vorteil - der schwarze Damenflügel ist angreifbar.} Qb6 (18... Nb6
19. Qc5 $14) (18... Re8 19. Qf4 $14) 19. Qxb6 Nxb6 20. Rfd1 Be6 (20... Nc4 $2
21. Nd5 $18 {[%cal Rc1c4,Rd5e7,Re7f5,Re7g8]}) 21. Nd5 Nxd5 (21... Bxd5 22. Bxd5
Rfd8 $2 23. Bxb7 $16) 22. Bxd5 Bxd5 (22... b5 23. Bxe6 fxe6 24. Rc6 $16 {
[%cal Rc6e6,Rc6a6]}) (22... Rfd8 23. Bxb7 $16) 23. Rxd5 {[%csl Gc1,Gd5][%mdl
4096] Weiß hat beide Türme auf den offenen Linien, dadurch ist er im Vorteil.
Die Frage ist: reicht das aus zum Gewinn, denn - das ist bekannt - in
Turmendspielen ist die Remiswahrscheinlichkeit groß.} g6 (23... Rfd8 24. Rxd8+
Rxd8 25. Rc7 $14) 24. Kg2 (24. Rc7 $14) 24... Rfc8 (24... Kg7 25. Rc7 $14) 25.
Rxc8+ Rxc8 26. Rd7 b5 {Das ist eigentlich ein Bauernopfer. In Turmendspielen
ist Aktivität sehr wichtig. Bei passiver Verteidigung wäre das Eingreifen des
weißen Königs tödlich für Schwarz.} (26... Rb8 27. Kf3 $16) 27. Rd6 a5 (27...
Ra8 28. Kf3 $16) 28. Rd5 b4 (28... Rb8 29. Kf3 $16) 29. axb4 (29. Rxa5 $6 Rc2
30. axb4 Rxb2 31. Rb5 $14) 29... axb4 30. Rb5 Rc4 31. Kf3 h5 32. Ke3 {Es droht
33.Kd3, und Weiß könnte den Pb4 gewinnen, ohne dass Schwarz zu Aktivität käme.}
Rc2 33. Rxb4 Kg7 34. h4 Kh6 35. Rb6 $1 {Der Turm steht aktiv auf b6 und
verhindert schwarzes Gegenspiel mit f6-g5.} Kg7 36. b4 Rc3+ (36... Rb2 37. b5
Kg8 38. Rb7 Kg7 39. Kd4 $1 $16) 37. Kd4 $1 $16 {Das ist ein Schlüsselmotiv in
diesem Endspiel - Weiß verteidigt nicht seinen f-Bauern, sondern aktiviert den
König, um die Partie mit seinem b-Bauer zu gewinnen. (Ein klassisches Beispiel
zu diesem Thema ist die Partie Spasski,B - Antoshin Sochi 1965, in der die
Bauern am Königsflügel und die Könige ebenso stehen wie hier. Der Unterschied
ist lediglich die Stellung der weißen Figuren auf der b-Linie. Dort steht der
Bauer auf b5, der weiße Turm auf b7, und auch dort gewinnt Weiß durch den Zug
Kd4!)} Rf3 {Hier gab es eine technische Pause. Karpov machte diesen Turmzug
nach kurzer Unterbrechung. Guter Rat ist hier aber schon teuer.} 38. Rc6 Rxf2
39. b5 {Der b-Bauer entscheidet die Partie. Schwarz kann praktisch nichts
machen, der Freibauer rückt mit Unterstützung des Turms und des Königs voran.}
Rb2 40. b6 $18 f6 41. Kc5 g5 42. Kd6 Kg6 43. Kc7 Rb4 (43... gxh4 44. gxh4 Kf5
45. b7 Rxb7+ (45... Kg4 46. Rb6 $18) 46. Kxb7 Kg4 47. Rc4+ Kg3 48. Kc6 f5 49.
Kd5 f4 50. Ke4 $18) 44. b7 {Schwarz gab das hoffnungslose Endspiel auf.} 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 09th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2000.03.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2000.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c5 3. c4 dxc4 4. d5 e6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 Nf6 7. e4 exd5 8. exd5
Bd6 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nbd7 13. Qd1 Qc7 14. Qb3 Rae8
15. Be3 Re7 16. Rad1 Rfe8 17. Bd2 h6 18. Rfe1 Nb6 19. Rxe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 09th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2000.03.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2000.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Re1 Bf5 10. Qb3 Na6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Nc3 Be6 (12... Bb4 13. Nxe4 dxe4
14. Bxe4 Bxe1 15. Bxf5 Qa5 16. Be4 Rae8 17. Bxb7 $13 {Anand,V-Ivanchuk,V/
Amber-blind 2nd 1993/CBM 34 ext/1/2-1/2 (32)}) 13. Nb5 $14 (13. a3 Nc7 14. Qc2
(14. Qa4 f5 15. Ne2 f4 16. Nc3 Ng5 17. Ne5 f3 18. g3 Nh3+ 19. Kf1 Bf5 $13 {
Shirov,A-Rozentalis,E/Bundesliga 9900 1999/EXT 2000/1-0 (42)}) (14. Qd1 Nxc3
15. bxc3 Bg4 16. Bb1 Bh5 17. Qc2 Bg6 18. Qb3 b5 19. Bxg6 hxg6 20. a4 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Yemelin,V-Rozentalis,E/Wichern op 5th 1999/EXT 2000 (21)}) 14... f5 15.
Ne2 Bf7 16. Bf4 {1/2-1/2 Popovic,P-Fahnenschmidt,G/Bundesliga 8889 1989/GER-chT
}) 13... Nb4 14. Nxd6 Qxd6 (14... Nxd3 $143 15. Nxb7 $1 (15. Qxd3 $143 Qxd6 16.
Ng5 Nxg5 17. Bxg5 f6 $11) 15... Qd7 16. Qxd3 Qxb7 17. Ng5 $16) 15. Bb1 (15.
Bxe4 $4 dxe4 16. Qa3 exf3 $19) 15... Rac8 16. Be3 f5 (16... Rfe8 17. Ne5 $13)
17. g3 f4 $6 (17... Rfe8 $142) 18. Bxf4 Rxf4 19. gxf4 Qxf4 20. Rxe4 $1 (20.
Qxb4 Bh3 $1 $19) 20... Bh3 (20... Rc1+ 21. Re1 Bh3 22. Bxh7+ Kxh7 23. Ne5 Rxe1+
24. Rxe1 $18) 21. Bd3 (21. Rxf4 $4 Rc1+ 22. Qd1 Rxd1+ 23. Ne1 Rxe1#) (21. Qxb4
$4 Rc1+ 22. Qe1 dxe4 23. Bxe4 Qg4+ 24. Kh1 Qg2#) 21... Qh6 (21... Qxf3 22. Re8+
$1 Rxe8 23. Bxh7+ Kxh7 24. Qxf3 $18) 22. Rh4 (22. Re3 $142 $5 Qh5 23. Ne1 Nxd3
24. Nxd3 b6 $18) 22... Rc1+ 23. Qd1 $1 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Qe6 25. Bxh7+ Kf8 26.
Rf4+ (26. Rf4+ Ke7 27. Re1 $18) 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 09th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2000.03.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2000.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qb3
b6 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Rac1 Ba6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Bf4 Bb7 13. Nb5 Ne4 14. Bc7 Qe8
15. Bf4 Qd8 16. Rc7 Ba6 17. Qa4 Bxb5 18. Qxb5 Ndf6 19. Qa4 a6 20. Qc6 Bd6 21.
Bxd6 Nxd6 22. Rc1 Nb5 23. Rb7 Nd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 09th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2000.03.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2000.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Qe2 Bg6 10. Ne1 O-O 11. Nd3 a5 12. Nf4 Qe7 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. e4 e5 15.
dxe5 Nxe5 16. Bb3 Ned7 17. Bc2 Rfe8 18. f3 Rad8 19. Bd2 Nd5 20. Kh1 Qf6 21.
Nxd5 cxd5 22. Bxb4 axb4 23. Bb3 Nc5 24. Qc2 Nxb3 25. Qxb3 dxe4 26. fxe4 Qe6 27.
Qxb4 Qxe4 28. Qb3 Re6 29. Rad1 Rxd1 30. Qxd1 f6 31. Qb3 g5 32. h3 Kh7 33. Rd1
Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 09th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2000.03.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2000.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. d4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O Bg4 13. Be3 Nc6 14. Rxb7
{A rarer continuation than} (14. d5) {,probably undeservedly underestimated.}
14... e6 $146 {A move recommended by Makarychev. However, it didn't show its
worth in the present game.} (14... Rab8 {was mostly tried in practice:} 15.
Rxb8 (15. Rc7 Rfc8 16. Rxc8+ Rxc8 17. Re1 (17. h3 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Rd8 {- 15.Rb8})
17... Nb4 18. h3 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Nc2 20. Qd2 Qa6 21. Rd1 Nxe3 22. Qxe3 Qb6 23. e5
a5 24. Ra1 Rc4 25. Qe4 Qa7 26. Qd5 Rxd4 {1/2-1/2 Schandorff,L-Akesson,R/SWE v
DEN, Skaenninge DEN 1998}) 15... Rxb8 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Rd8 (17... e6 18. d5
Ne5 19. Bg5 h6 20. Be7 Rb2 21. d6 Rd2 22. Qb1 Qa4 23. Qb8+ Kh7 24. Qc7 Qd4 25.
Bg4 Kg8 26. Qc8+ Kh7 27. Qc7 Kg8 28. Qc8+ Kh7 29. Qc7 {1/2-1/2 Wells,P-Rowson,
J/Agency Int, London ENG 1998}) 18. d5 Ne5 19. Qc1 Nc4 $1 20. Bg5 (20. Bxa7 $6
Qxa7 21. Qxc4 Bd4 22. Qe2 Rb8 $36 {^- Stohl,I}) 20... Re8 21. Re1 e6 $1 22. Re2
Qb3 23. dxe6 (23. Rc2 $5 exd5 24. exd5 Nd6 25. Rc6 Be5 26. Bf4 Qb4 $1 $132 {
Stohl,I}) 23... Rxe6 $10 24. Rc2 Nd6 25. Rc6 h5 26. Be3 {1/2-1/2 Khalifman,
A-Stohl,I/Deutschland Inf 71/491 1997}) (14... Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Nxd4 $140 $4 16.
Bxd4 Rfd8 17. Qa1 $18) (14... Rfd8 {is less convincing in view of} 15. d5 e6
16. Bg5 $1 ({better than} 16. Rxf7 exd5 17. exd5 Rxd5 18. Rxg7+ Kxg7 19. Qe1
Ne5 20. Bd4 Rxd4 21. Nxd4 Bxe2 22. Nxe2 Re8 23. Nc3 Qf7 24. Qa1 Kg8 25. Ne4 Qg7
26. Rd1 Rf8 27. f3 h6 28. Qa4 Qe7 29. h3 Kg7 30. Rd5 Rf5 {Bewersdorff,O-Roesch,
A/BL2-O 1994/1/2-1/2 (52)}) 16... f6 (16... Rd6 17. h3 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Ne5 19.
Be7 Rd7 20. Rxd7 Nxd7 21. d6 $14 {Stohl,I}) 17. Qc1 $5 Qxe2 (17... fxg5 18. Bc4
Qa4 19. Bb3 (19. dxc6 Qxc6 20. Rxg7+ Kxg7 21. Qc3+ e5 22. Nxe5 Qf6) 19... Qxe4
(19... Nd4 20. Qxg5 $1 Ne2+ 21. Kh1 Qa6 22. Qe7 Ng3+ 23. hxg3 Qxf1+ 24. Kh2 Qa1
25. e5 $18) 20. Nxg5 Qe5 21. dxc6 $16) 18. Bh6 Bh8 19. Re1 Qa6 (19... Qd3 20.
Qxc6) 20. dxc6 Rd6 $13 {This line needs further investigation.}) 15. d5 exd5 (
15... Rfd8 {-14...Rfd8}) 16. exd5 {In this system of the Gruenfeld White's
passed d-pawn, supported by his rook on the 7th rank and his dark-squared
bishop, is usually an important factor in White's favour outweighing Black's
a-pawn.} Ne5 17. d6 a5 18. h3 Be6 (18... Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Nxf3+ 20. Qxf3 a4 21. d7
a3 22. Bc5 Rfd8 23. Be7 $18 {-White comes first!}) 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Bf3 Rad8 (
20... Rfd8 $2 21. Rb5 $1 Rxd6 22. Qb1 $18) (20... Rab8 21. d7 $1 Rfd8 22. Rxb8
Bxb8 23. Bc6 Qb2 {[%cal Yb2e5]} 24. Qa1 $1 (24. Bd4 Qb4 25. Bf6 $4 Qf4) 24...
Qxa1 25. Rxa1 Bc7 26. Bg5 Rxd7 27. Bxd7 Bxd7 28. Rc1 $16) 21. d7 {[%cal Re3c5]}
a4 22. Bc5 a3 23. Re1 $1 f6 24. Re2 $2 {A wrong idea. White eliminates the
main enemy but loses his d7 pawn, too. Of course, it is difficult to calculate
variations accurately in a rapid game.} (24. Bxf8 Kxf8 25. Re3 {[%cal Yb7a7]
was very strong.}) 24... Qc4 25. Bxa3 Rf7 26. Rd2 Qa6 $2 ({After} 26... Bc7 $1
{White can't save his d7 pawn:} 27. Rc2 Rdxd7 $1 28. Rxc4 (28. Qc1 Qa6) 28...
Rxd1+ 29. Bxd1 Bxc4 $11) 27. Bc1 (27. Bc5 {was possible}) 27... Bf4 28. Rd4 Be5
29. Rd3 Qa1 30. Bc6 Qa6 31. Be4 Bf5 $2 {A mistake. Black weakens his pawn
structure and the position of his king thus creating a second weakness in his
camp (White's d7 pawn is the first one). Now his position must be lost.
Perhaps Black simply overlooked White's reply...} (31... Kg7) 32. Bxf5 $1 gxf5
(32... Qxb7 33. Be6 Qc6 34. Bxf7+ Kxf7 35. Ba3 {was probably better but
hopeless enough.}) 33. Qf3 Qa1 34. Rd1 Qa4 35. Bh6 $2 (35. Qd5 $18 {was
winning at once. After the text move Black just takes the d7 pawn although
White maintains the better chances thanks to the unsafe position of the black
king.}) 35... Rfxd7 36. Rbxd7 Rxd7 37. Rc1 Qe4 $2 (37... Rd8 {and Black can
fight on. After the text move the back king is turned out of his haven.}) 38.
Rc8+ Kf7 39. Qh5+ Ke6 40. Qe8+ Re7 41. Qg8+ Kd7 42. Rc1 Bc7 43. Rd1+ Kc6 44. g3
(44. Qa8+ Kc5 45. Be3+ {lead to an immediate mate but even now, with his bare
king, Black has little chances to survive.}) 44... Kb7 45. Ra1 Kb6 (45... Re8
46. Qxh7 $18) (45... Bb8 46. Qb3+ Kc8 47. Qc3+ Bc7 48. Bf4 $18) 46. Be3+ Kc6
47. Qa8+ (47. Qc8 $1 $18) 47... Kd7 48. Rd1+ Bd6 49. Qf8 Qc2 50. Rd4 Qb1+ 51.
Kh2 Kc7 52. Rc4+ {The second part of the game was a comedy of errors, which is
usual for "active" chess.} 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 09th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2000.03.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2000.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 e6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 c5 5. Bxc4 Nf6 6. O-O a6 7. a4 Nc6 8. Qe2
cxd4 9. Rd1 Be7 10. exd4 O-O 11. Nc3 Nd5 12. Bb3 Re8 13. Bd2 Bf6 14. Qe4 Ncb4
15. Ne5 b6 16. Qf3 Bb7 17. Ne4 Qe7 18. Rac1 Rac8 19. Qe2 a5 20. Bc4 Nc6 21.
Bxd5 exd5 22. Nxf6+ Qxf6 23. Qg4 Nxd4 24. Rxc8 Bxc8 25. Qxd4 Qxe5 26. Qxe5 Rxe5
27. Bc3 Rh5 28. Bd4 Bd7 29. Bxb6 Bxa4 30. Ra1 Rh4 31. Bxa5 f6 32. Bc3 Rc4 33.
Rc1 Kf7 34. f3 Ke6 35. Kf2 d4 36. Bd2 Kd5 37. Rxc4 Kxc4 38. b4 Kd3 39. Ke1 Kc2
40. b5 Bxb5 41. g4 Bc6 42. f4 Bf3 43. g5 f5 44. Bb4 h5 45. h4 g6 46. Kf2 Bg4
47. Ba5 Kd3 48. Bb4 Bd1 49. Ba5 Ba4 50. Bb4 Bc6 51. Ba5 Kc2 52. Bb4 Kd1 53. Bc5
d3 54. Bb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 09th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2000.03.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2000.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qa5 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Qb3 a6 13. Be2 Nc6 14.
O-O Qc7 15. Nf3 O-O 16. Rfd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 09th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2000.03.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2000.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. g3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bg2 c5 8.
Nf3 Qb6 (8... cxd4 9. Qxd4 Qxd4 10. Nxd4 Bc5 11. Nb3 Bb6 12. Ke2 e5 $11 {
Hertneck,G-Luther,T/Bad Lauterberg 1991}) (8... Qa5+ 9. c3 Be7 (9... cxd4 10.
Nxd4 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Qe2 a6 13. c4 Qb6 14. Rd1 $13 {Hoffmann,M-Luecke,N/
BL9798}) 10. dxc5 Qxc5 11. Be3 Qa5 12. O-O O-O 13. Bd4 Rd8 14. Qc2 Bd7 15. Ne5
$14 {Wahls,M-Teske,H/Berliner Sommer 1995}) 9. O-O Be7 $6 {For this inaccuracy
black will pay with the point!This game is another example of Ivanchuk's
strategical talent:it's amazing to see the with what ease he converted the
minimal advantage after the opening in the win.} (9... Bd7 10. c4 cxd4 11. Nxd4
Rd8 12. Nf3 (12. Be3 $1 Qxb2 13. Qb3 Qxb3 14. axb3 Bc5 15. Nxe6 $1 $16 {
Georgiev,K-Marjanovic,S/JUG-chT 1996}) 12... Bc6 13. Qe2 Be7 14. Be3 Qc7 15.
Bf4 Qc8 16. Rfd1 O-O $11 {Schula,M-Votruba,P/CZE-chT 1994}) 10. dxc5 $1 Bxc5
11. Ne5 O-O 12. Qe2 Rd8 13. c3 $14 {[%cal Gb2b4,Ga2a5]} h6 (13... a5 14. Bg5
Be7 15. Rad1 h6 16. Be3 Qc7 17. Rxd8+ Bxd8 18. Rd1 $14) 14. b4 Be7 15. Nc4 Qb5
(15... Qa6 $2 16. a4 Bd7 17. Qa2 $1 $18 {[%cal Gb4b5]}) 16. a4 $1 {Starting
the actions on the queenside.} Qe8 (16... Qf5 $5) 17. Bb2 Nd5 (17... Bd7 18. b5
$1 (18. Na5 Bxa4 19. Nxb7 Rdc8 $13) 18... Nd5 19. Ne5 $16 {[%cal Gc3c4,Gg2b7]})
18. Rfe1 Bf6 (18... b6) 19. Ne5 Bd7 20. b5 $1 {Preparing the advance of the
c-pawn and restricting the black lightsquared bishop,which will remain trapped
till the very end of the game.} Rab8 21. c4 Ne7 22. Red1 $16 b6 (22... Nf5) 23.
a5 Bc8 24. a6 $1 {[%csl Rc8]} Bd7 25. Rd2 Ng6 26. Rad1 (26. Nxg6 Bxb2 27. Rxb2
fxg6 28. Rd2 $16) 26... Nxe5 27. Bxe5 Bxe5 28. Qxe5 Rbc8 29. Bb7 $18 {The pin
over the d-file decides the game.} Rxc4 (29... Rc5 30. Qe2 Rc7 31. Rd6 $18 {
[%cal Gb7c6,Ge2d2]}) 30. Bc6 Rc5 31. Rxd7 $5 Rxd7 32. Bxd7 Qd8 33. Qd6 Kh7 34.
Bc6 Qf6 35. Qd7 g6 36. Qxa7 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 09th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2000.03.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2000.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Bxc4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 Nc6
8. O-O Nf6 9. e5 Nd5 10. Nb3 O-O 11. Nbxd4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Nb6 13. Bb3 Qe7 (13...
Be6 14. Qc5 (14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. Qb4 Qe8 16. Qb3 Qg6 17. Nd4 Nd5 18. Qg3 Qh6 19.
Rad1 c5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Michaelsen,N-Hansen,L/Hamburg 1993/EXT 97 (40)}) 14... Re8
15. Rad1 Qe7 16. Qe3 Bxb3 17. Qxb3 Rad8 $10 {1/2-1/2 Karpov,A-Anand,V/Linares
1992/ (43)}) 14. Qe4 {[%cal Ge4b7,Ge4h7]} a5 (14... c5 $5 15. Rad1 Be6 16. Bc2
(16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Rd6 Rad8 18. Rfd1 Nd5 $132) 16... g6 $11) 15. Rad1 a4 16.
Bc2 g6 17. Qf4 Re8 $6 (17... Be6 18. Ng5 $5 (18. Be4 c6) 18... Bxa2 19. Ne4 Kg7
20. Nf6 $44) 18. Ng5 Kg7 19. Rfe1 Ra5 $2 (19... Be6 20. b3 axb3 21. Nxe6+ fxe6
22. Bxb3 $14) 20. h4 $2 ({The White lose good opportunity to win the game by
elegant combination} 20. Qf6+ $1 Kg8 21. Rd8 $1 Qf8 22. e6 $1 (22. Nxh7 $1 Kxh7
23. Re4 $18) 22... Bxe6 (22... fxe6 23. Nxh7 $18) 23. Rxe8 Qxe8 24. Rxe6 fxe6
25. Nxe6 $18) 20... Nd5 21. Qg3 $2 (21. Qd2 Qb4 (21... b6 22. Re4 Bf5 23. Rxa4
Bxc2 24. Qxc2 Qxe5 25. Re4 Qf5 26. g4 Qd7 27. Rxe8 Qxe8 28. b4 Rb5 29. a4 (29.
a3 $5 {[%csl Rb5]}) 29... Rxb4 30. Rxd5 Rxg4+ 31. Kf1 Rxh4 32. Qc3+ $16) (21...
Nb4 22. Re4 Nc6 23. e6 f6 24. Nf3 a3 25. b4) 22. Re4 Qxd2 23. Rxd2 Bf5 24. Rxa4
Rxa4 25. Bxa4 Rxe5 26. Nf3 Re4 27. Bc2 Rf4 28. Rxd5 Bxc2 29. Rd7 $14) 21... Nb4
22. Bb1 Rxe5 23. Qc3 (23. Nf3 $5 Re6 (23... Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Be6 25. Qe5+ f6 26.
Qb5 $44)) 23... f6 24. Nf3 (24. Rxe5 fxe5 (24... Qxe5 25. Qxb4 fxg5 26. hxg5
Qxg5 27. Qxa4 $11) 25. Qg3 $44) 24... Re6 25. h5 Nd5 26. Qd4 $2 (26. Rxe6 Bxe6
27. Qc2 $44) 26... Qb4 $1 $17 27. Rxe6 Bxe6 28. hxg6 hxg6 29. Be4 Qxd4 30. Rxd4
a3 $1 31. bxa3 (31. Bxd5 axb2 32. Be4 Bxa2 $19) 31... Nc3 32. Bd3 (32. Rb4 b6
$17) 32... Ra8 33. Bc4 $2 (33. Rb4 b6 34. Bc4 c5 35. Rb3 Bxc4 36. Rxc3 Bxa2 $17
{/-+}) 33... c5 $1 $19 34. Bxe6 Ne2+ 35. Kf1 Nxd4 36. Nxd4 cxd4 37. Bb3 Rc8 38.
Ke2 Rc3 39. a4 b6 40. Kd2 f5 41. Bd1 g5 42. Bc2 Kf6 43. Bb3 Ke5 44. Bd1 Kd6 45.
Bc2 f4 46. Bb3 g4 47. Bd1 g3 48. fxg3 fxg3 49. Bb3 Kc5 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 09th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2000.03.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B49"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2000.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 {Mit diesem Zug möchte Ivanchuk - glaube ich - die
Sweschnikov-Variante vermeiden (die wäre möglich nach 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.
Nc3 e5). Jetzt wäre nach 3...Nf6 der Zug 4.Bb5 vorteilhaft für Weiß, während 3.
..e5 den Punkt d5 schwächen würde.} e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Be2 {Ivanchuk
wählt die klassische Variante. Anschließend rochiert Weiß und entwickelt den
Bc1.} a6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Be3 Bb4 {Das ist die prinzipielle Fortsetzung, aber die
Hauptalternative 8...d6 (oder zuerst 8... Be7 und dann d6) wäre auch möglich -
mit Übergang zur Scheveninger Verteidigung.} 9. Na4 Be7 {In letzter Zeit gibt
man dieser Fortsetzung den Vorzug gegenüber dem alten 9...0-0. Richtig ist,
dass der Bb4 (nach 9.Na4) früher, oder später wegziehen muss.} 10. Nxc6 bxc6
11. Nb6 Rb8 12. Nxc8 Qxc8 13. Bd4 {Ivanchuk folgt - natürlich -der neuesten
Theorie. Die Alternative 13.e5 Nd5 14.Bc1 wäre weniger gefährlich für Schwarz.}
O-O (13... c5 14. Be5 Rb6 15. Qd3 (15. b3 Nxe4 16. Bxg7 Rg8 17. Bb2 Rd6 $132)
15... O-O (15... d6 $5) 16. b3 $1 $146 (16. c4) 16... d6 17. Bb2 Nd7 18. Rad1
Bf6 19. Bc1 a5 20. f4 Rd8 21. Qh3 $14 a4 22. Bd3 Nf8 23. Bd2 Qa8 24. Rde1 g6
25. f5 exf5 26. exf5 Re8 27. fxg6 Bd4+ 28. Kh1 hxg6 29. Bc4 d5 30. Bxd5 Qxd5
31. Rxe8 Bg7 32. Bc3 {1-0 Shirov,A-Atakisi,U/Eu Team Ch Batumi GEO 1999 (32)})
(13... Qc7 14. e5 Nd5 15. b3 c5 16. Bb2 Rb6 17. Bc4 Nb4 18. Qe2 a5 19. Rad1 O-O
20. Rd2 Nc6 21. Rfd1 Rd8 22. Bc3 g6 23. Bb5 Nd4 24. Bxd4 cxd4 25. Rxd4 d6 {
1/2-1/2 Onischuk,A-Epishin,V/Germany 1999/GER-chT (48)}) 14. e5 Nd5 15. b3 {
[%mdl 4] Weiß schafft Platz auf b2 für seinen Läufer. Das sofortige 15.c4 gibt
Schwarz gute Gegenchancen.} (15. c4 c5 16. cxd5 cxd4 17. d6 Bg5 18. f4 Bd8 19.
Rc1 Qb7 20. b3 f6 21. Bd3 fxe5 22. fxe5 Bg5 23. Qh5 Bh6 24. Rxf8+ Rxf8 25. Rf1
Be3+ 26. Kh1 Rxf1+ 27. Bxf1 g6 28. Qf3 Qc8 29. Bc4 a5 30. g3 Qc5 {1/2-1/2
Polzin,R-Heissler,J/Germany 1999/GER-chT (45)}) 15... Nf4 {Der Nd5 muss früher
oder später bewegt werden. In unserer Partie zielt er das Feld g6 an.} 16. Bc4
{Weiß muss den weißfeldrigen Läufer auf dem Brett halten.} c5 17. Be3 Ng6 18.
f4 Rb6 $5 {Dieser Turmzug ist anscheinend ein wichtiges Motiv in dieser
Variante - Schwarz verteidigt damit den Pa6 und bereitet den Befreiungszug 19..
.d6 bzw. 19...d5 vor.} 19. Qe2 d5 20. exd6 Rxd6 21. Qf2 $14 {[%cal Gf2c5] Weiß
hat die bessere Bauernstruktur und das Läuferpaar aber noch keine konkreten
Drohungen.} Rfd8 {[%cal Gd8d1]} 22. Rae1 (22. Bxc5 $4 Rd2 $19) 22... Qc6 (22...
Nh4 $2 {[%cal Gh4f5]} 23. Bxc5 Rd2 24. Bxe7 $16 {[%csl Ge7][%cal Re7h4,Re7d8]})
23. Be2 {[%cal Ge2f3]} (23. f5 $5 $14) 23... R6d7 (23... Bf6 $5 24. f5 (24.
Bxc5 Bh4 (24... Rd2 $5 $132) (24... Rd4 $5 $132) 25. g3 (25. Qe3 Rd5 26. Bb6
Bxe1 27. Bxd8 Bd2 28. Qb6 Qxc2 $17) 25... Nxf4 26. Bf3 Nh3+ 27. Kg2 Nxf2 28.
Bxc6 Rxc6 29. Bxf2 Bf6 30. c4 Rd2 $11) 24... exf5 25. Qxf5 Rd5 $11) 24. f5 $36
exf5 25. Qxf5 Kh8 26. Bd3 (26. Qxf7 $2 Bh4 {[%cal Rd7f7,Rh4e1]}) 26... Bf8 27.
Bg5 Rb8 (27... f6 28. Re6 $36) 28. h4 {[%mdl 128] Weiß hat das Läuferpaar und
eine aktive Angriffsstellung. Es droht der Vormarsch des h-Bauern. Dennoch ist
die schwarze Stellung solide.} f6 29. Re6 Qd5 $2 (29... Rd6 30. Rxd6 Bxd6 (
30... Qxd6 $2 31. Bf4 Qd4+ 32. Kh1 Rd8 33. Qh5 (33. h5 $2 Rd5 $17) 33... Rd5
34. Bg5 $1 $18) 31. Bxf6 (31. h5 fxg5 32. hxg6 h6 $11) (31. Bd2 c4 32. bxc4 (
32. Bxc4 Nxh4 $11) 32... Qc5+ $11) 31... c4 $1 (31... gxf6 32. Qxf6+ Kg8 33.
Bc4+ $18) 32. Bxg7+ Kxg7 33. Qf6+ Kh6 $11) 30. h5 $1 (30. Rxf6 gxf6 31. Bxf6+
Bg7 (31... Kg8 $4 32. Bc4 $18) 32. Bxg7+ Kxg7 33. Qf6+ Kh6 34. Bxg6 Qd4+ $132 (
34... hxg6 35. Qf4+ Kh7 36. Qxb8 Qd4+ 37. Rf2 Qxh4 38. Qe5 $14)) 30... Qxf5 31.
Bxf5 {Auch nach dem Damentausch hat Weiß starke Initiative am Königsflügel.}
fxg5 32. hxg6 hxg6 33. Rxg6 $16 {Der Rd7 und der Pg5 hängen. Und noch
gewichtiger ist die Tatsache, dass der schwarze König auf h8 schhlecht steht.}
Rd6 34. Rxg5 Rh6 35. Bd3 Be7 36. Rd5 Bf6 37. g3 {Natürlich wäre 37.Rxc5??
wegen 37...Bd4+ ganz schlecht. Daher macht Weiß auf g2 Platz für seinen König.
Früher oder später wird der Pc5 ohnehin schwach.} a5 38. Kg2 Bd4 39. g4 {
Der Vormarsch des g-Bauern entscheidet die Partie.} Re8 40. g5 $18 Rh4 (40...
Rhe6 41. Rd7 $18 {Der schwarze König befindet sich in Mattnetz - es droht
einfach 42.Rh1+ und 42.Bc4.}) 41. Kg3 {Und Schwarz gab auf - er muss
mindestens die Qualität geben.} 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 09th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2000.03.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2000.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
f3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. e3 Nbd7 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd8 Nxc3 13. Bh4 $5 {It's main
line,other lines are:} (13. Be7 $6 {You can see comments to Shipov,
S-Stefansson,H/Las Vegas,1999/ CBM 72(1/2-1/2) (Golod,V)(46)}) (13. Bxc7 $5) ({
and} 13. bxc3 $6) 13... Nd5 14. Bf2 Ne7 $5 $146 {[%cal Gc7c5][%mdl 8]
Interesting novelty of Vassily Ivanchuk. Besides 14...f5 and 14...c5 was
checked repeatedly in the previous games.} (14... f5 $5 {It's main line.See
comments to Schandorff,L-Olafsson,H/Gentofte,1999/ CBM73(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(31)}
) ({In my opinion slightly worse is:} 14... c5 {See comments to Teplitsky,
Y-Gershon,A/Bermuda,1999/CBM 69(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(27) and Kramnik,V-Adams,M/
Linares,1999/CBM 70 (1-0)(Golod,V)(38)}) 15. Bb5 $5 {This move better than:} (
15. e4 c5 (15... Rac8 $5 {[%cal Gc7c5]}) 16. dxc5 (16. Bb5 $143 Bc6 17. Bxc6
Nxc6 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Bxc5 bxc5 20. Rc1 Ne5 $36 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Ge5d3]})
16... Nxc5 17. Bxc5 bxc5 18. Rc1 Rac8 $11) ({or} 15. Rc1 c5 $1 16. Bb5 $140 Bc6
17. Bxc6 Nxc6 18. b4 (18. Ke2 $5) 18... Rfc8 19. dxc5 bxc5 20. bxc5 Nce5 $36)
15... c6 16. Ba4 Rfd8 ({It deserves attention:} 16... e5 17. Ne2 (17. dxe5 $143
Nxe5 18. O-O-O Rad8 $36) 17... exd4 18. Nxd4 (18. exd4 $11) 18... Rad8 {+/=/=})
17. Ne2 ({After:} 17. e4 {black has two principales decisions:} e5 (17... c5 $5
18. Bxd7 Rxd7 19. dxc5 bxc5 20. Bxc5 Nc6 {[%cal Gc6e5,Gc6a5,Ga5b3,Ge5d3]} 21.
Rd1 Rxd1+ 22. Kxd1 Ne5 $44) 18. Ne2 exd4 19. Bxd4 (19. Nxd4 $6 Ne5 $36) 19...
c5 $13) 17... c5 18. Bxd7 Rxd7 19. dxc5 Rad8 $2 {Senseless sacrifice! Good
enough for black:} (19... bxc5 20. Rc1 (20. e4 $6 Nc6 $140 21. Bxc5 Ne5 $36 {
[%cal Gb7a6,Ge5d3]}) 20... Rad8 21. e4 Rd2 22. Bxc5 Nc6 23. b4 Rb2 $44) 20. O-O
$2 ({It is necessary:} 20. cxb6 axb6 (20... Rd2 $6 21. bxa7 Rxb2 22. Nc3 Nc6
23. e4 $16) 21. e4 Ba6 $5 (21... Nc8 $143 22. Nc3 Rd2 $140 23. Rd1) 22. Nc3 $14
{[%cal Ga1d1]} (22. Bxb6 $2 Rb8 23. Bc5 Rxb2 $40)) 20... Ba6 ({Also black
equalizes after:} 20... Rd2 21. Nc3 Rxb2 22. Na4 Rb3 23. cxb6 Bc6 {[%csl Rb6]}
24. Nc5 Rxb6) 21. Rfe1 Rd2 {[%csl Rb2,Re2]} 22. Nc3 Rxb2 ({A little worse is:} 
22... bxc5 23. Red1 Nc6 24. e4 c4 25. Rab1 {[%csl Ra7][%cal Gg1f1,Gf1e1] +/=/=}
) 23. cxb6 axb6 $11 24. Na4 Rb3 25. Reb1 Rxb1+ 26. Rxb1 Rd3 27. Nxb6 (27. Rxb6
$4 Rd1+ {[%csl Rg1]} 28. Be1 Rxe1+ 29. Kf2 Re2+ 30. Kg1 Bc4 $19) 27... Rxa3 28.
e4 Bd3 29. Rc1 Rb3 {[%csl Rc1,Rg1][%cal Gb3b1]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 09th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2000.03.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2000.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Ng5 e6 7. Qe2 Nb6 8.
Bb3 h6 9. N5f3 c5 10. Bf4 Nbd5 11. Be5 Qa5+ 12. Nd2 cxd4 13. Ngf3 Be7 14. Nxd4
O-O 15. O-O Bd7 16. c3 Qb6 17. Bc2 Rac8 18. N2f3 Rfd8 19. Rad1 Bf8 20. Rfe1 Be8
21. Bb3 a5 22. a3 a4 23. Ba2 Bd7 24. h3 Ne7 25. Bb1 Ne8 26. Bg3 Nf6 27. Ne5 Be8
28. Ba2 Ned5 29. Rd2 g5 30. Ng4 Bg7 31. Nxf6+ Nxf6 32. Be5 Rc5 33. Qf3 Nd5 34.
Bxg7 Kxg7 35. h4 Nf4 36. hxg5 hxg5 37. Qe3 Rdc8 38. Bb1 Bc6 39. g3 Rh8 40. Nxc6
Qxc6 41. Be4 Nh3+ 42. Kg2 Qc7 43. Qd4+ Qe5 44. Bf3 Qxd4 45. cxd4 Rb5 46. Bg4 f5
47. Bxh3 g4 48. Bxg4 fxg4 49. Rxe6 Rbh5 50. Re4 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 09th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2000.03.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C75"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2000.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 Nf6 7. Nbd2 g6 8. O-O
Bg7 9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nxe5 Bxe4 12. Nxe4 Qxd1 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14.
Rxd1 Bxe5 15. Bh6 Bd6 16. Bg7 Rg8 17. Bf6 Kd7 18. Be5 Rge8 19. Bxd6 cxd6 20.
Kf1 Re5 21. Rd4 Rae8 22. Rad1 R8e6 23. g3 h5 24. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leonid Stein Memorial"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "2000.05.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Ivanchuk,V"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2000.05.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 2081]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7.
Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a4 Na5 {Wedberg: 'Very
unusual.'} (12... h6 {is the standard move.}) 13. Ba2 $1 $146 {[%cal Ra2g8]
[%mdl 8] Wedberg: 'Interesting novelty. White defends e4 with tactics.'} ({
In few games white played} 13. Bc2 exd4 (13... c5 14. b3 (14. d5 c4 {This is a
type of position often met in the Breyer line. Black can put a N on c5.} 15.
Nf1 Nd7 16. Be3 Qc7 17. Ng3 Reb8 18. Nh2 Bc8 19. Ra2 Nc5 20. f4 $132 {1-0
Shmuter,L-Kovtun,S/UKR-ch sf 1986/EXT 97 (62)}) 14... Nc6 15. d5 Ne7 16. Bd3
$14 {1/2-1/2 Kotter,R-Reichel,A/Bad Wildbad 1999/CBM 73 ext (40)}) 14. cxd4 c5
$13 {The Bishop is well placed at "a2", so there is no reason to play Bc2})
13... c5 (13... exd4 $5) ({Maybe} 13... exd4 14. cxd4 Nxe4 {is playable} 15.
Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Bxf7+ Kxf7 17. Rxe4 Rxe4 18. Ng5+ Kg8 19. Nxe4 $14) 14. b4 {
'!' Wedberg. Wedberg: 'The idea is not to allow Black to play c4. Whatever
Black plays White gets a nice advantage.'} cxb4 (14... Nc6 $142 15. d5 Nb8 16.
bxc5 dxc5 17. c4 $14) (14... cxd4 15. bxa5 dxc3 $13) 15. cxb4 Nc6 (15... Nc4
16. Nxc4 bxc4 17. d5 $16 {[%csl Rc4] ><c4}) 16. Qb3 Qc7 $6 {Lose of time.} ({
The natural move was} 16... Qd7) 17. d5 (17. Ng5 $6 d5 $1 $15) 17... Ne7 18.
Bb1 $1 {[%cal Gb1d3] '+/-' Wedberg. Wedberg: 'White has a nice game with good
targets on the Q side. Black´s minor pieces lacks space. There isn´t room for
manouvering.'} bxa4 ({Best was waiting} 18... Rab8 19. axb5 axb5 20. Bd3 Bc8 {
and black has good defencive resourses.}) 19. Qxa4 Reb8 20. Qa5 Ne8 (20... Qxa5
21. bxa5 $16 {[%csl Gb6][%cal Yd2c4,Yc4b6,Yc4d6,Yc1a3,Ya3d6]}) 21. Qxc7 Nxc7 {
We got an ending with big space advantage for white. There is no real
counterplay for black.} 22. Nc4 Rd8 ({Interesting was the piece sacrifice} 
22... Nexd5 $5 23. exd5 Bxd5 24. Nfd2 Rxb4 25. Ne3 Be6 $14) 23. Be3 Nb5 24.
Nfd2 Rab8 25. Bd3 f5 {Wedberg: 'Black needs counterplay, but White can defuse
this one easily.'} 26. f3 fxe4 27. fxe4 $16 {[%csl Ra6,Rd6] Now the position
is difficult for black.} Nd4 28. Bxd4 {'!' Wedberg.} exd4 29. Nf3 {Wedberg:
'Black´s position is very restricted by the white P:s on d5 and e4. White´s N:
s are stronger than the black B:s.'} g6 30. Rab1 Bg7 31. Ng5 $1 {[%csl Re6]}
Bc8 32. Rf1 $18 Rd7 33. Ne6 h6 34. Rf3 g5 35. Rbf1 Ng6 36. e5 $1 {Wedberg:
'The winning break.'} Nf4 (36... Nxe5 37. Rf8+ Bxf8 38. Rxf8#) 37. Nxf4 gxf4
38. e6 Rd8 39. Rxf4 Bb7 40. Rg4 Rf8 41. Rxf8+ {This is the best game from the
event, selected by a jury.} 1-0

[Event "Leonid Stein Memorial"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "2000.05.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2000.05.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. g3 Qb6 6. Nb3 e6 7. Bg2 (7. Nc3
Ne5 8. e4 Bb4 9. Qe2 d6 $1 $132 {-A33}) 7... Ne5 (7... a5 8. O-O a4 9. N3d2 Qa5
10. Nc3 Bb4 11. Nde4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 O-O 13. a3 Be7 14. Bf4 d5 15. cxd5 exd5 16.
Nc3 d4 17. Nd5 Bd8 18. Bd6 Re8 19. Re1 Be6 20. Nb4 Qb6 21. Rc1 $36 {Raetsky,
A-Kovtun,S/Voroshilovgrad/1989/}) (7... Bb4+ 8. Nc3 $5 (8. Bd2 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5
(9... exd5 10. O-O Be6 11. Bxb4 Qxb4 12. Nc3 Rd8 13. a3 Qe7 14. Nd4 O-O 15. Qa4
Nxd4 16. Qxd4 a6 17. Rfd1 Rd7 18. Rac1 $14 {Pecorelli Garcia,H-Teske,H/Havana/
1998/}) 10. O-O (10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. c4 Rd8 14. Qc2 Qc7
15. Rac1 Bd7 16. Bc3 Be8 17. Be4 h6 18. Qb2 Bf8 19. Bb1 a5 20. Qc2 g6 21. Bf6
Be7 22. Bxe7 $11 {1/2, Giorgadze,G-Strikovic,A/La Coruna/1996/}) 10... Bxd2 11.
N1xd2 O-O 12. Nc4 Qb4 13. Rc1 Rd8 14. a3 Qe7 15. Nd4 Nf4 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Qc2
Nxg2 18. Kxg2 c5 19. Rfd1 Bb7+ 20. f3 e5 $132 {/+/=,Luce,S-Kinsman,A/Paris/
1996/}) 8... Qa6 9. c5 (9. O-O Qxc4 10. Bf4 d5 11. Rc1 Qa6 12. e4 Bxc3 13. exd5
Nxd5 14. Bxd5 exd5 15. Bd6 $2 Be5 16. Re1 Be6 17. Nc5 Qb6 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Qg4
Bxd6 20. Rxe6+ Ne7 21. Qa4+ Kf7 22. Rce1 Rhe8 23. Qh4 Ng6 {0-1,Gross,R-De
Firmian,N/Palo Alto/1981/}) 9... b6 10. O-O O-O 11. Bf4 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Bb7 13.
Re1 Na5 14. e4 Bc6 15. Bg5 bxc5 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Qg4+ Kh8 18. Qf4 Kg7 19. e5
f5 20. Nxc5 $40 {Schlosser,P-Goetz,R/Bundesliga 8889/1989/}) 8. Qc2 (8. N1d2 d6
9. O-O Bd7 10. Qc2 Rc8 11. Qc3 Qa6 12. c5 b6 13. f4 Nc6 14. cxd6 Bxd6 15. Nc4
Be7 16. Qd3 O-O 17. Ne5 Qxd3 18. Nxd3 Nb4 19. Nxb4 Bxb4 20. Rd1 Rc2 21. Bd2 {
1/2,Kortschnoj,V-Zagorskis,D/Hamburg/1997/}) (8. N3d2 Bc5 (8... d6 $142 9. O-O
Be7 $13) 9. O-O h5 $6 10. Nc3 h4 11. Na4 Qc7 12. Nxc5 Qxc5 13. Nb3 Qxc4 14. Bf4
Ng6 15. Bd6 hxg3 16. hxg3 Ne7 17. Rc1 Qg4 18. Qc2 Qf5 19. e4 Qh7 20. f3 $16 {
Schneider,A-Cao Sang/HUN-chT/1996/}) (8. O-O $5 Nxc4 9. e4 d6 10. Qe2 Ne5 11.
Nc3 Bd7 12. Be3 Qa6 13. Qxa6 bxa6 14. Na5 Rc8 15. Rfd1 Be7 16. Bxa7 Nc6 17.
Nxc6 Bxc6 18. Rac1 $36 O-O $2 19. e5 $1 dxe5 20. Bxc6 Rc7 21. Be3 Rxc6 22. Nd5
$16 {Baumgartner,H-Topakian,R/AUT-ch/1991/}) 8... Qa6 $5 $146 (8... Qc7 9. N3d2
(9. c5 d6 10. Na3 Bd7 11. Bf4 Rc8 12. Rc1 Ng6 13. Bxd6 Bxd6 14. cxd6 Qxd6 15.
Qd2 Rxc1+ 16. Qxc1 O-O 17. Qc5 Qb8 18. Qb4 b6 19. O-O Qe5 20. Nd4 Rc8 21. Rd1
h6 22. Nc4 Qc5 $11 {Hulak,K-Gostisa,L/Portoroz/1987/}) 9... d5 10. b3 $5 dxc4
11. O-O Bd6 12. Na3 Bd7 13. Ndxc4 Nxc4 14. Nxc4 O-O 15. Qd3 Be5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5
17. Bf4 Qh5 18. Bxb7 Ng4 19. h4 Bb5 20. Qf3 Rad8 21. Rfd1 $16 {Rovner,
D-Mikenas,V/Tartu/1950/}) (8... d6 9. O-O Bd7 10. Be3 Qc7 11. Na3 Bc6 12. Bxc6+
bxc6 13. Bd4 Ned7 14. e4 e5 15. Be3 Be7 16. f3 O-O 17. Rac1 Rfe8 18. Nb1 Nf8
19. Nc3 Ng6 20. Rfd1 $14 {Pol Valveny,R-Serra Olives,T/Palencia/1999/}) 9. c5 (
9. N3d2 d5 10. cxd5 exd5 $132) 9... d5 {[+]} 10. cxd6 (10. O-O Be7 (10... Bd7
$5 {/\Rc8,><c5}) 11. Nc3 O-O 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 f5 15. Bg2 Qd3
$11) 10... Bxd6 11. O-O Bd7 12. Nc3 Rc8 (12... Bc6 $143 13. e4 $14 {/\f4}) 13.
Rd1 Be7 14. Bf4 Nc4 (14... Ng6 15. Bg5 Bc6 $11) 15. Nd2 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 O-O $11 {
Black has finished his development and as White has no entry points on the
d-file, the position is about equal.} (16... Bc6 17. Bxc6+ Qxc6 18. Rac1 O-O {
/\Rfd8=}) 17. Bd6 Bxd6 18. Qxd6 Bc6 19. Rd4 (19. e4 Qb6 20. b3 Rfd8 21. Qf4 e5
$5 $15 {/\} 22. Qxe5 Qxf2+ 23. Kxf2 Ng4+) (19. Rac1 Qb6 20. Bxc6 Rxc6 21. Qd2
Ng4 $36) 19... Qb6 20. Qb4 Qxb4 21. Rxb4 b6 22. Rd1 h6 (22... Bxg2 $142 23.
Kxg2 Rfd8 24. Rbd4 Rxd4 25. Rxd4 Kf8 $11) 23. Bxc6 Rxc6 24. Ra4 Ra8 (24... a5
25. Rad4 {[%csl Rb6] ><b6}) 25. Rad4 Rcc8 26. e4 $6 {Now Black activates his N
and solves any possible problems.} (26. f3 $11 {[%cal Ye2e4,Yg1e3] /+/=,/\e4,
Kf2-e3,[+],<->d}) 26... Ng4 $1 27. f4 (27. h3 Ne5 28. Kg2 Nc4 29. b3 Ne3+ 30.
fxe3 Rxc3 31. Rd8+ (31. Kf3 Kh7 32. Rd7 Kg6 $15 {[%csl Re3,Re4] ><e3,e4}) 31...
Rxd8 32. Rxd8+ Kh7 33. Kf3 Rc7 $15 {/=}) 27... Ne3 (27... e5 28. R4d3 $14) 28.
R1d3 (28. Rc1 Rd8 $1 {[%cal Gd8d1] <->d}) 28... Nc4 29. b3 Nb2 30. Re3 Rc5 31.
Rd2 Rac8 $11 32. Rxb2 (32. Ne2 $142 Rc2 33. Rd7 $11) 32... Rxc3 33. Rxc3 Rxc3
34. Kf2 g5 $1 {[%mdl 4096] Although the position is still drawish, Black has
the more active R and White's >> P are more vulnerable, so he must be careful.}
35. Re2 Kg7 36. Re3 Rc1 (36... Rxe3 $2 37. Kxe3 $14 {is premature, White's K
is better placed.}) 37. Re1 Rc5 38. Kf3 Kg6 39. Re2 $2 (39. h3 $142 $5 Rc3+ 40.
Re3 Rc2 41. Re2 Rc1 (41... Rxe2 42. Kxe2 gxf4 43. gxf4 Kh5 44. Kf3 Kh4 45. Kg2
f6 46. a4 $11) 42. Re3 $11 {/=/+}) 39... Rc3+ 40. Re3 (40. Kg2 gxf4 41. gxf4
Kh5 $17 {and the K penetrates. But now White loses material immediately.})
40... Rc2 41. Rd3 (41. Re2 Rxe2 42. Kxe2 gxf4 43. gxf4 Kh5 44. Kf3 Kh4 $19) (
41. fxg5 hxg5 (41... Rxa2 $5 42. gxh6 Rxh2 $19) 42. Re2 g4+ 43. Ke3 Rxe2+ 44.
Kxe2 Kf6 45. Kd3 Ke5 46. Ke3 b5 47. b4 a6 48. a3 f6 49. Kd3 f5 50. exf5 Kxf5
51. Kd4 e5+ 52. Kd5 Kf6 53. Ke4 Ke6 $19) 41... Rxh2 42. a4 Rb2 $19 {_|_R Black
is a pawn up and has an active R. The rest is easy.} 43. Rc3 h5 44. fxg5 Kxg5
45. Rd3 (45. Rc7 Rxb3+ 46. Kf2 a5 47. Rxf7 Rb4 $19) 45... f6 46. Re3 e5 {
[%csl Rb3,Re4,Rg3] ק} 47. Rc3 a6 48. Rd3 Rc2 49. Re3 b5 50. a5 b4 51. Rd3 Rc5
(51... Rc3 $2 52. Rxc3 bxc3 53. Ke3 Kg4 54. b4 Kxg3 55. b5 c2 56. Kd2 h4 57.
bxa6 h3 58. a7 $11) 52. Rd8 Rxa5 53. Rg8+ Kh6 54. Rb8 Rc5 (54... Rb5 $19) 55.
Rxb4 Rb5 $1 56. Ra4 (56. Rxb5 axb5 57. b4 Kg5 $19) 56... Rxb3+ 57. Kf2 Rb6 58.
Kf3 Kg5 59. Ra3 Rc6 60. Ra4 Rc3+ {[%cal Rg5g4] /\Kg4} 0-1

[Event "Leonid Stein Memorial"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "2000.05.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2000.05.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Be3 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Qd7 12. Re1 ({Immediate} 12. Nxe4 {leads to
a slightly better ending after} dxe4 13. Qxd7 Bxd7 14. e6 $5 (14. Rfd1 $5 Rad8
15. Rxd7 $1 {This blow is working thanks to the position of black king on g8.
Below you can find a position with the king on h8.Then it won't work.} (15. Ng5
Nxe5 16. Nxe4 Bc8 17. Bc5 Bxc5 18. Nxc5 Nd7 19. Nxd7 Rxd7 20. Rxd7 Bxd7 21. f3
Rd8 22. Rd1 Kf8 23. Kf2 Ke7 24. Ke3 c5 25. Rd5 Rc8 26. g3 {1/2-1/2 Wessbecher,
H-Rothacher,D/Germany 1993/GER (26)}) 15... Rxd7 16. e6 exf3 (16... Rd3 $142
17. exf7+ Kh8 18. Nd2 Na5 $1) 17. exd7 Ne5 (17... Rd8 $142 18. Rd1 Bd6 (18...
Nb8 $5 19. Bf4 Rxd7 20. Rxd7 Nxd7 21. Bxc7 $14)) 18. Rd1 Rd8 19. Bf4 Bd6 20.
Bxe5 Bxe5 21. Re1 $18 {[%csl Rg8] 1-0 Hansen,M-Nielsen,J/DEN 1989/EXT 2000 (25)
}) (14. Nd2 Nxe5 15. Nxe4 Bc6 16. Ng3 Nd3 17. Nf5 Rfe8 18. Rab1 Bf8 19. Rfd1
Be4 20. Ng3 Bg6 21. h4 h5 22. Bd5 Rad8 23. Bf3 Bd6 24. Ne2 Ne5 25. Rbc1 Nc4 $17
{0-1 Rosen,L-Lasker,E/Paris 1900/HCL (56)}) 14... Bxe6 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Nd2
Ne5 17. Nxe4 Nd3 {The same position with white rook on e1 and black king on h8
you can find after 12.Re1 Kh8 13.N:e4} (17... Nc4 $5 $146 18. Bc1 Rf5 19. b3
Nd6 20. Ng3 Rd5 21. Be3 Bf6 22. Rac1 Kf7 23. Rc2 Rd8 24. Re1 Rd3 25. Bd4 Rd7
26. Ne2 Nf5 27. Bxf6 gxf6 28. g3 e5 29. b4 Rd1 30. Kf1 h5 $15 {0-1 Thipsay,
P-Sasikiran,K/Guntur, AP IND 2000/The Week in Chess 284 (62)}) 18. b3 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Ravi,T-Dridi,A/Moscow 1994/CBM 44 ext (38)}) 12... Kh8 {Very rare move
introduced by my brother,Mikhalevski Alexander,many years ago.} ({Much more
popular is} 12... Rad8 {However usually this position arises by different
moves order(10...Qd7,11...Rad8,12...0-0)}) 13. Nxe4 {Most logical reaction.} (
13. Qe2 f5 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. Bg5 Bg8 16. a4 b4 17. a5 bxc3 18. bxc3 Bc5 19.
Bxf6 Rxf6 20. Ba4 Qd6 21. Nb3 Ba7 22. Nfd4 Nxd4 23. cxd4 Raf8 24. Rf1 Qb4 25.
Qe1 Rb8 $15 {0-1 Stisis,Y-Mikhalevski,A/ISR 1992/TD (54)}) (13. Bc2 f5 14. exf6
Nxf6 15. Nb3 Bg4 16. Bc5 Bd6 $11 {0-1 Sanchez Almeyra,J-Mikhalevski,A/Biel
1992/CBM 31 ext (67)}) 13... dxe4 14. Qxd7 Bxd7 15. e6 {Typical idea in these
positions.White damages pawn structure in the rival's camp hoping to get
slight,but long-lasting edge.} (15. Red1 $5 {Interesting idea.See above the
same one with black king on g8(12.N:e4)} Rad8 16. Ng5 Nxe5 17. Nxe4 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Gurevich,G-Mikhalevski,A/ISR 1992/TD (50)}) 15... Bxe6 16. Bxe6 fxe6
17. Nd2 Ne5 {[%cal Ge5d3] This manoeuvre is also typical.Black is trying to
compensate drawbacks of his pawn structure by strong position of his knight.} (
17... Kg8 $6 18. Nxe4 Rf5 19. Re2 Rd8 20. g3 Rfd5 21. Kg2 Rd1 22. Rxd1 Rxd1 23.
Bc5 Bd8 24. c4 $1 $16 {[%csl Rb5,Re6][%cal Ge4c3] 1-0 Renet,O-Boudre,J/Clichy
1995/CBM 51 ext (40)}) 18. Nxe4 Nd3 19. Re2 c5 {[%cal Gc5c4] Most logical.
Black has been straightening his pawn structure preparing to strengthen
position of his knight.} 20. f3 $1 {[%cal Ge4f2] In fact only this move is new.
Ivanchuk finds an interesting idea.He wants to exchange strong black knight
while defects of Black's pawn structure remain.} ({In one of my games White
continued} 20. Rd2 c4 21. b3 {Rytshagov-Mikhalevski,V/Donner memorial 1995.})
20... c4 21. Nf2 Rad8 22. Nxd3 $1 cxd3 (22... Rxd3 23. Bf2 Bf6) 23. Rd2 {
[%csl Rd3][%cal Ga1d1]} Rd5 24. Rad1 Rfd8 25. f4 $1 {[%csl Rd3][%cal Gg1f2,
Gf2f3,Gf3e4]} Bf6 {[%cal Ge6e5]} (25... g5 {was interesting with the idea to
support the d3-pawn or ctreate objects of attack in White's camp.} 26. g3 $1 {
[%csl Rd3][%cal Gg1g2,Gg1f2,Gf2f3,Gg2f3,Gf3e4]} (26. Bb6 $6 R8d7) (26. fxg5 e5
$13 {[%cal Ge5e4,Gh8g7,Gg7g6]}) 26... gxf4 27. gxf4 Kg8 (27... Bd6 28. Kg2 Rf8
29. Rxd3 Rxd3 30. Rxd3 Bxf4 31. Bxf4 Rxf4 32. Rd6 $16 {[%csl Ra6,Re6] /+=}) 28.
Kf2 $14 {[%csl Rd3][%cal Gf2f3,Gf3e4,Ge3d4,Gf2e3]}) 26. g3 $1 {[%csl Rd3,Gg2]
[%cal Gf3e4,Gg1g2,Gg2f3] White has been preparing new route for his king:
Kg1-g2-f3-e4.} ({Immediate} 26. Kf2 $5 {[%cal Gf2f3,Gf3e4] was also possible,
but allowed} e5 {trying to open the f-file.Now the idea introduced in the game
doesn't work as after27.fe B:e528.Bd4Black takes on d4 with check.That's why
White need the g2-square for his king!} 27. Kf3 exf4 28. Bd4 $1 (28. Bxf4 $6 g5
(28... R5d7 $5 29. Ke4 Re8+ 30. Kf3 Red8) 29. Bc7 R8d7 30. Ke4 b4 $1) 28... Kg8
29. Rxd3 Be5 $1 (29... g5 30. Ke4 $1 $14) 30. Ke4 Bc7 31. Bf2 Rxd3 32. Rxd3
Re8+ 33. Kf3 $14 {[%csl Rc7,Rf4]}) 26... h5 (26... e5 {doesn't save the
d3-pawn.} 27. Bb6 $3 {Forcing the rook to leave 8-th rank which is very
important.} (27. fxe5 Bxe5 28. Kg2 $2 {[%cal Ge3d4]} (28. Bb6 $142 $1 R8d7 (
28... Rb8 29. Rxd3 Rxd3 30. Rxd3 {[%csl Rh8]}) (28... R8d6 29. Bc7) 29. Kg2 {
see 27.Bb6!!}) 28... Bf6 $1 {Opening the e-file for the rooks.} 29. g4 {
[%cal Gg2f3]} ({Now} 29. Bd4 {doesn't yield much in view of} Re8 $1 30. Rxd3 (
30. Kf3 h5 $1 31. Rxd3 $140 Rf5+ 32. Kg2 Re2+) (30. Bf2 $5) 30... Re2+ 31. Kf3
Rxb2 32. Bxf6 Rxd3+ (32... Rf5+ $4 33. Ke4 {[%csl Rh8]}) 33. Rxd3 gxf6 34. Rd6
Rxa2 35. Rxf6 $11) (29. Bb6 {Now it's too late as Black can leave the d-file}
Re8 $1 30. Kf3 $140 h5 $1 {[%cal Gd5f5]}) 29... h5 $1 30. h3 (30. Bd4 Re8 $1
31. Rxd3 Re2+) (30. gxh5 Bg5 $11) 30... hxg4 31. hxg4 Bg5 $1 32. Bxg5 Rxg5 33.
Kf3 (33. Rxd3 Rxd3 34. Rxd3 Rxg4+ 35. Kf3 Rg6 $11) 33... Rgd5 34. Ke4 $1 Rg5
$11) 27... R8d7 (27... Rb8 28. Bc7 $16) (27... Re8 28. Rxd3 Rxd3 29. Rxd3 exf4
30. gxf4 Re2 $140 31. Re3 $1) 28. fxe5 Bxe5 29. Kg2 $1 {[%cal Gb6d4]} Kg8 (
29... Bf6 30. Bd4 Re7 31. Rf2 $1 $16 {[%csl Rd3,Rh8][%cal Gd1d3,Gf2f6] The
point of Bb6!!}) (29... b4 30. c4 R5d6 31. Bc5 Rc6 32. Rxd3 Rxd3 33. Rxd3 Kg8
34. Bxb4 Rxc4 35. Bc3 $16) 30. Bd4 Bxd4 31. Rxd3 Re7 32. R3d2 $1 $16 {[%cal
Gc3d4]}) 27. Kg2 {[%csl Rd3][%cal Gg2f3,Gf3e4]} e5 28. fxe5 Bxe5 29. Bd4 $1 {
[%csl Rd3]} Kh7 30. Rxd3 $16 b4 $1 {[%mdl 256] At least creating some
weaknesses.} 31. Kf3 (31. R3d2 $5 {[%cal Gd4e3]}) 31... bxc3 32. bxc3 Bf6 33.
R3d2 (33. Ke4 $1 Ra5 $1 34. Bxf6 Re8+ $1 35. Kd4 (35. Kf4 Rf8 $1) 35... gxf6
36. R1d2 $16) 33... Ra5 $1 34. Ke2 (34. Bxf6 Rf8 $1 {Black keeps all the rooks
and creates counterplay.} (34... Rxd2 $2 35. Rxd2 gxf6 $18)) 34... Rc8 35. Rf1
Rc6 36. Kd3 Kg6 37. Rb1 Rf5 38. Rb4 Rf3+ 39. Ke4 Rf5 (39... Rfxc3 $2 40. Bxc3
Bxc3 41. Rc2 Re6+ 42. Kd5 Re5+ 43. Kd6 $18) 40. Ra4 Re6+ 41. Kd3 {It's not
easy to make progress.White need exchange a rooks pair to prevent any
counterplay.} Rc6 42. Rb2 Re6 43. Rab4 Ra5 44. Rb6 $1 Kf7 (44... Rxb6 45. Bxb6
{[%cal Gb6d4]}) 45. Rxe6 Kxe6 46. Bxf6 gxf6 47. c4 $18 {Now White is winning.
Black has no counterplay.Just some accuracy is still required.} h4 $1 {[%mdl
256] Looking for counterplay.} 48. gxh4 Ra3+ 49. Kd4 Rh3 50. Kc5 Rxh4 51. a4 $2
{[%mdl 16384]} (51. Rc2 $1 {[%cal Gc5b6] was necessary liberating the king.}
Kd7 52. Kb6 {[%cal Gc2d2]} f5 53. Rd2+ $1 (53. c5 $143 Rb4+ $1 54. Kxa6 Kc6 {
[%csl Ra6]}) 53... Kc8 54. c5 {and White should win.}) 51... Kd7 $1 {[%cal
Gd7c7,Gh4h5] Intending to put his king on c7.} 52. Rb7+ Kc8 53. Rf7 Rxh2 54.
Kb6 Rb2+ (54... Rh4 55. c5 Rb4+ 56. Kc6 (56. Kxa6 {see 54...Rb2 55.Ka6 Rb4 56.
c5}) 56... Kb8 57. a5) 55. Kc6 $1 (55. Kxa6 Rb4 {Black also can wait.} 56. c5
Rxa4+ {Not necessary again.} 57. Kb6 {Now only Black's problem is his f-pawn
which prevents checks from the long side.} Rc4 $1 58. Kc6 Kb8 $1 59. Rf8+ Ka7
60. Rc8 $1 (60. Kd6 Kb7 $1) (60. Rxf6 Kb8 {leads to a theoretical draw.}) 60...
f5 $1 61. Kd7 f4 $1 62. c6 f3 (62... Rd4+ $5 63. Kc7 f3 64. Rf8 Rh4 65. Kc8 f2
66. c7 f1=Q 67. Rxf1 Rh8+ 68. Kd7 Rh7+ 69. Kc6 Rh6+ $11) 63. Rf8 Kb6 64. Rb8+ (
64. Rxf3 Rd4+ $1 $11) 64... Ka7 65. Rb7+ Ka6 66. Rb2 Rd4+ $1 67. Ke6 (67. Kc8
Rf4 $11) 67... f2 $1 68. c7 (68. Rxf2 Kb6 $11) 68... Rc4 $11) 55... Kb8 $1 {
[%mdl 256] The king has to be on the short side.} 56. c5 (56. a5 $142 $5) 56...
a5 57. Rxf6 Rb4 $11 {Now Black always can save his skin supporting the a-pawn
with the king and giving up the rook for the c-pawn when necessary.} 58. Kd7 (
58. Rf8+ Ka7 59. Kd7 (59. Rh8 Rxa4 60. Kb5 Rb4+ 61. Kxa5 Rb1 62. c6 Rb5+ $1 $11
) 59... Rd4+ 60. Kc7 Rxa4 $11 {See previous comment.}) 58... Rxa4 59. Rb6+ (59.
Rb6+ Ka7 60. Rd6 ({Or} 60. Rb1 Rh4 61. c6 Rh7+ $11) 60... Rc4 61. c6 Kb6 62.
Rd1 a4 63. Rb1+ Ka5 $11 {with an easy draw.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leonid Stein Memorial"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "2000.05.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2000.05.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 Ne4 6. Nxe4 Bxe4 7. Nd2 Bb7 8. e4
d6 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. Nf3 Be7 11. O-O a5 12. Rb1 O-O 13. Re1 e5 14. b3 exd4 15.
Nxd4 Bf6 16. Bf1 Nc5 17. f3 Ne6 18. Nf5 Be5 19. Bb2 Qf6 20. Qd2 Rfe8 21. Qf2
Nc5 22. Ne3 Bxb2 23. Rxb2 Qc3 24. Rbb1 Rab8 25. Nd5 Bxd5 26. cxd5 Re7 27. Rec1
Qe5 28. b4 Nb7 29. Rb3 f5 30. exf5 Qxf5 31. Rbc3 axb4 32. axb4 Nd8 33. Rxc7
Rxc7 34. Rxc7 Nf7 35. Rc6 Qxd5 36. b5 Ne5 37. Rxb6 Rc8 38. Qe3 h6 39. h3 Nc4
40. Bxc4 Rxc4 41. Rb8+ Kh7 42. b6 Rb4 43. Kh2 Qf5 44. Re8 Rb2 45. Qd4 Qc2 46.
Qg4 d5 47. Rc8 Qb1 48. Qe6 Rxb6 49. Qg8+ Kg6 50. Rc7 Qb2 51. Qxd5 Kh7 52. f4
Rb8 53. Qe4+ Kh8 54. Rf7 Kg8 55. Qg6 Rf8 56. Rxf8+ Kxf8 57. Kg3 Qb3+ 58. Kh4
Qe3 59. Qf5+ Kg8 60. Kh5 Qg3 61. Qc8+ Kh7 62. Qd7 Qxf4 63. Qd3+ Kh8 64. Qd8+
Kh7 65. Qd3+ Kh8 66. Qd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leonid Stein Memorial"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "2000.05.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[Annotator "Ivanchuk,V"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2000.05.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 8256]} 1. d4 {Lutz} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ c6 6.
Qxc4 b5 7. Qd3 Nbd7 8. e4 b4 9. Na4 Qa5 10. b3 c5 11. Bg5 Bb7 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13.
d5 $6 {This is not the best move, white opens the position with two bishop for
black.  Lutz: 'Wie bereits in den Anmerkungen zu Vauli,A-Korotylev,A angegeben
ist, sollte Weiß hier besser 13.Be2 spielen. Nach dem Textzug gerät Weiß in
Schwierigkeiten.'} (13. Be2 O-O-O 14. O-O Kb8 15. d5 Nb6 16. Nxb6 Qxb6 17. Rad1
Bh6 18. Qc4 Rd6 19. dxe6 Rxe6 20. Rd5 $1 Rhe8 21. Bd3 Rd8 22. Rd1 Red6 23. Be2
Bxd5 24. exd5 Qb7 25. Qh4 Bf8 26. Bc4 $13 {1-0 Karpov,A-Gelfand,B/Linares 1993
(45)}) 13... O-O-O $1 {[%csl Gd5,Ge6]} 14. Be2 f5 {'N' Lutz.} ({Also possible
is} 14... Nb6 15. Nxb6+ Qxb6 16. O-O f5 $36 (16... Rg8 {Lutz} 17. g3 $6 f5 18.
Rfd1 fxe4 19. Qxe4 exd5 20. Qxh7 Bg7 21. Rac1 Kb8 $17 {0-1 Vaulin,A-Korotylev,
A/Moscow 1999/CBM 70/[Lutz] (32)})) 15. exf5 ({Much better was} 15. dxe6 Nb6 $1
16. Nxb6+ Qxb6 17. Qc4 fxe4 18. Ng5 {with a very unclear position.}) 15... Nb6
16. Nxb6+ Qxb6 17. O-O $6 {'?' Lutz.} ({After} 17. fxe6 fxe6 18. Ne5 $1 (18. d6
Rxd6 (18... Bg7 $6 19. O-O-O $1) 19. Qc4 Bg7 20. Rc1 Bc3+ 21. Rxc3 bxc3 22.
Qxc3 Qb4 $17) (18. O-O {Lutz}) 18... Rxd5 19. Nc4 {white 's position is still
playable}) 17... Rxd5 18. Qe3 Rxf5 {'-/+' Lutz. Lutz: 'Abgesehen von seinem
Mehrbauern hat Schwarz auch noch Druck gegen den weißen Königsflügel.'} 19. Ne5
$2 {It's difficult to find a move.} (19. g3 Qc6 $1) (19. Ne1 Bg7 20. Rd1 Rg8
$40) (19. a3 $5 {Lutz}) 19... Rg8 20. g3 {'?' Lutz. Lutz: 'Führt zu einer
tödlichen Schwächung der Diagonalen h1-a8, wie gleich deutlich wird.'} (20. Nf3
$17 {Lutz}) 20... Bg7 {Now there is no defence against the threat 21...Be5 and
22...Qc6.  Lutz: '... und Kortschnoj verlor die Lust am Weiterspielen.
Verständlich, wenn man die Varianten sieht:'} (20... Bg7 21. f4 (21. Nc4 {Lutz}
Qc6 22. f3 Bd4 $19) 21... Bxe5 22. fxe5 Qc6 $19) 0-1

[Event "Leonid Stein Memorial"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "2000.05.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2000.05.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bxe7 Nxe7 7. e3 b5 8. a4
Nd5 9. Be2 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Nd7 11. Qb1 a6 12. Nd2 Rb8 13. Bf3 c5 14. axb5 axb5
15. dxc5 O-O 16. O-O Nxc5 17. Nxc4 Bb7 18. Ne5 Qc7 19. Bxb7 Qxe5 20. Bf3 Na4
21. c4 bxc4 22. Qc2 Nc3 23. Rfc1 Rb3 24. Ra7 Rd8 25. g3 g6 26. Rb7 Rxb7 27.
Bxb7 Rd3 28. Bg2 Nb5 29. Qxc4 Rc3 30. Rxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leonid Stein Memorial"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "2000.05.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[PlyCount "178"]
[EventDate "2000.05.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Re1 Bf5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 dxc4 13. Qxc4 Nd7 14. Bg5 Qc7
15. Be7 Nb6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Qb3 Rae8 18. c4 Qc7 19. a4 Nd7 20. Rab1 b6 21. g3
Qd8 22. a5 Qf6 23. axb6 axb6 24. Kg2 Qf5 25. Qb4 Re6 26. Rb3 Rxe1 27. Qxe1 Qe6
28. Qxe6 fxe6 29. Ng5 e5 30. dxe5 Nxe5 31. Rxb6 h6 32. Ne4 Nxc4 33. Rxc6 Ne5
34. Rc7 Rf7 35. Rc3 Ng4 36. h3 Nf6 37. Nd6 Rd7 38. Rc6 Kh7 39. h4 Re7 40. Rc2
Rd7 41. Nf5 Kg6 42. Ne3 h5 43. Nc4 Re7 44. Nd2 Rd7 45. Nf3 Ra7 46. Ng5 Rb7 47.
Nh3 Ra7 48. Nf4+ Kh6 49. Rb2 Rd7 50. Ra2 Rb7 51. f3 Rc7 52. Ra8 Rc2+ 53. Kf1
Kh7 54. Ra5 Kh6 55. Ra8 Kh7 56. Ra7 Kh6 57. Ra6 Rb2 58. Ra8 Kh7 59. Ra5 Rb3 60.
Ke2 Rb2+ 61. Ke3 Rb3+ 62. Nd3 Rb7 63. Nc5 Re7+ 64. Ne4 Kg6 65. Kf4 Rb7 66. Rg5+
Kh6 67. Nd6 Ra7 68. Rc5 Ra4+ 69. Rc4 Nd5+ 70. Ke5 Rxc4 71. Nxc4 Nc3 72. Ne3 Ne2
73. Nf5+ Kh7 74. Ke4 g6 75. Ke3 Nc3 76. Kd3 Nb5 77. Ne3 Kg7 78. Kc4 Nc7 79. Nd5
Ne6 80. Nf4 Nd8 81. Kc5 Nf7 82. Kd5 Kf6 83. Nd3 Nh6 84. Nc5 Nf5 85. Ne4+ Kg7
86. Ke5 Ne3 87. Nd6 Nf1 88. Kf4 Nd2 89. Ke3 Nb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leonid Stein Memorial"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "2000.05.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2000.05.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nbd2 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. b3
Nbd7 9. Bb2 c5 10. cxd5 Bxd5 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Nc4 Rc7 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Bd4 Qe7
15. Ne3 Bc6 16. Bxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leonid Stein Memorial"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "2000.05.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2000.05.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 a6 6. Be2 Nc6 7. O-O cxd4 8.
Re1 Be7 9. Nb3 Nf6 10. Nfxd4 O-O 11. Bf4 Bd6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. c3 Re8 14. Qc2
Bg4 15. Bxg4 Nxg4 16. Nf3 Nce5 17. Nbd4 Nxf3+ 18. Nxf3 Qc5 19. h3 Nf6 20. Qb3
b6 21. Rad1 Re4 22. Nd2 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 a5 24. a3 h6 25. Nf3 Re8 26. Rxe8+ Nxe8
27. Ne5 Nf6 28. Qa4 Kh7 29. Nc6 g6 30. Ne5 Kg7 31. Qf4 g5 32. Qd2 Ne4 33. Qe2
Qd6 34. Ng4 Qe6 35. Qd3 h5 36. Qd4+ Kg8 37. Ne3 Nf6 38. f3 Kf8 39. Kf2 Ke8 40.
b4 axb4 41. cxb4 Kd7 42. a4 Kc8 43. Ke2 h4 44. Kd2 Kb7 45. Kd3 Ka6 46. Kc3 Qc6+
47. Kb3 Qe6 48. Kb2 Kb7 49. Ka3 Qd6 50. Kb3 Qe6 51. a5 bxa5 52. bxa5 Ka6 53.
Kb4 Qd6+ 54. Qc5 Qb8+ 55. Kc3 Qb1 56. Nc2 1-0

[Event "Leonid Stein Memorial"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "2000.05.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2000.05.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Nc3 h6 12. Bf4 Bd6 13. Bxd6 cxd6 14. Qb4 Nb6
15. a5 Nbd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Qd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Frankfurt sim2"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2000.06.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Driftmann, Christoph"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B56"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2000.06.19"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. f3 Qb6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
Bc4 g6 9. Bb3 Bg7 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Ba6 12. Qd2 O-O 13. O-O-O Rab8 14. g4 Rfe8
15. g5 hxg5 16. Bxg5 Nd7 17. Bh6 Ne5 18. Rhg1 Bc4 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Na4 Qb4 21.
c3 Qb5 22. Qd4 Bxb3 23. axb3 c5 24. Qd5 Nxf3 25. Rg3 Ne5 26. c4 Qb4 27. Rf1 Rh8
28. h3 Rh5 29. Kc2 Rbh8 30. Rh1 Nf3 31. Rxf3 Rxd5 32. exd5 a5 33. Rhf1 Rf8 34.
Re3 Qb7 35. Rfe1 Rb8 36. Rg1 Qd7 37. Rf1 Rh8 38. Rff3 Rh5 39. Nc3 Rf5 40. Rg3
Rf2+ 41. Kb1 Qf5+ 42. Ne4 Rf4 43. Rg5 Rxe4 44. Rxf5 Rxe3 45. Rf2 Rxb3 46. h4
Rh3 47. Rf4 f5 48. Kc2 Kf6 49. Kd2 Ke5 50. Rf2 Rxh4 51. Re2+ Re4 52. Rg2 Rxc4
53. Rxg6 Kxd5 0-1

[Event "Frankfurt sim2"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2000.06.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Armbruster, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D66"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2212"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2000.06.19"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. Nf3 Be7 10. O-O a6 11. a4 O-O 12. Rc1 Re8 13. Qc2 h6 14. Bh4 Rc8 15.
Rfd1 Qa5 16. Ra1 b4 17. Ne4 c5 18. Nxc5 Nxc5 19. dxc5 Rxc5 20. Qe2 e5 21. Nd2
Qb6 22. e4 Rd8 23. Nc4 Qe6 24. Ne3 a5 25. f3 Rcc8 26. Bc4 Qb6 27. Bf2 Bc5 28.
Bb5 Bc6 29. Rxd8+ Qxd8 30. Rd1 Qb6 31. Bxc6 Qxc6 32. b3 Qe6 33. Nc4 Nh5 34. g3
g6 35. Rd5 Bxf2+ 36. Qxf2 Nf6 37. Rxa5 Qd7 38. Qc2 Qd4+ 39. Kg2 Qc3 40. Qd1
Rxc4 41. bxc4 b3 42. Ra8+ Kg7 43. Qd8 g5 44. Qf8+ Kg6 45. Ra7 Qc2+ 46. Kh3 Qxc4
47. Kg2 Qe2+ 48. Kg1 Qe3+ 0-1

[Event "Frankfurt sim2"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2000.06.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Bosse, Volkmar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2000.06.19"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Nd2 Ne8 10. c5 f5 11. f3 f4 12. Bf2 g5 13. Nc4 Ng6 14. a4 Rf6 15. a5
dxc5 16. Bxc5 Bf8 17. Bxf8 Kxf8 18. Qb3 Nd6 19. Qb4 Kg7 20. Rf1 Nxc4 21. Bxc4
a6 22. h3 Qd6 23. Qxd6 Rxd6 24. Kf2 Bd7 25. Rfc1 h5 26. Be2 Rc8 27. Na4 Bxa4
28. Rxa4 h4 29. Rb4 Kf8 30. Rxb7 1-0

[Event "Frankfurt sim2"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2000.06.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Braun, Christian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2182"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2000.06.19"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. d4 Qe8 8. c4 c6
9. Nbd2 h6 10. Qc2 Na6 11. Rae1 g5 12. a3 Qg6 13. b4 Nc7 14. e3 Bd7 15. Re2 Rf7
16. Rfe1 Raf8 17. h3 Qh5 18. Nh2 g4 19. h4 Nfe8 20. c5 d5 21. Nb3 Ne6 22. Nc1
Nf6 23. Nd3 Ne4 24. Nf1 a6 25. Nd2 Bf6 26. Nf4 Nxf4 27. exf4 Kh8 28. Nb3 e6 29.
Nc1 Rg7 30. Nd3 Rgg8 31. Ne5 Be8 32. Bc1 Bxh4 33. gxh4 Qxh4 34. Be3 Bh5 35. Kf1
Qh2 36. a4 Be8 37. Rd2 h5 38. Bxe4 fxe4 39. Ke2 g3 40. Kd1 g2 41. f3 h4 42.
fxe4 Bh5+ 43. Kc1 h3 44. exd5 exd5 45. f5 Qg3 46. Bf2 Qf4 47. Nd3 Qxf5 48. Bg1
Rg3 49. Nf2 Qf4 50. Kb2 Bg6 51. Qd1 Rf3 52. Nxh3 Rxh3 53. Rxg2 Be4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Frankfurt sim2"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2000.06.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Busche, Markus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2000.06.19"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 c5 4. d5 d6 5. e4 Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Be2 a6 8. O-O e5
9. a4 b6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bg3 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 f5 14. Nfd2 Ra7 15. Ra3
fxe4 16. Nxe4 Bf5 17. Re3 Kh7 18. Bg4 Raf7 19. Bxf5+ Rxf5 20. Qg4 Kg6 21. Qe2
h5 22. h3 Qe7 23. Bh2 h4 24. g4 R5f7 25. f3 Nd7 26. Kg2 Kh6 27. Rb3 a5 28. Bg1
Rb8 29. Be3 Bf6 30. Rb5 Nf8 31. Rd1 Ng6 32. Rd3 Qd8 33. Rdb3 Qc7 34. Qd2 Nf4+
35. Kh2 Bd8 36. Qc2 Rb7 37. Bd2 Qb8 38. Bc3 Ng6 39. Qd1 Nf4 40. Bd2 Ng6 41. Qe1
Rg7 42. Nf2 Bf6 43. Nd1 Nf8 44. Ne3 Kh7 45. Nf5 Rgf7 46. Qe4 Ng6 47. Bc3 Rfd7
48. Bd2 Rf7 49. Kg2 Rfd7 50. Kf1 Rf7 51. Ke2 Rfd7 52. Kd1 Rf7 53. Kc2 Rfd7 54.
Kb1 Rf7 55. Ka2 Rfd7 56. f4 exf4 57. Qe6 Be5 58. Rxb6 Rf7 59. Qxf7+ 1-0

[Event "Frankfurt sim2"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2000.06.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ehrlacher, Markus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D25"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2000.06.19"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 Be6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. a4 Na6 7. Ng5 Qd7 8. Nxe6
Qxe6 9. a5 Nb4 10. Ra4 Nd3+ 11. Bxd3 cxd3 12. Qxd3 Qd7 13. O-O e6 14. e4 g6 15.
Bg5 Be7 16. Qf3 Ng8 17. Bf4 Bd6 18. d5 O-O-O 19. e5 Bf8 20. d6 f6 21. Rc1 fxe5
22. Bxe5 Bg7 23. Bxg7 Qxg7 24. a6 Rxd6 25. Nb5 Rd5 26. Nxa7+ Kb8 27. axb7 Ne7
28. Qb3 Qe5 29. f4 Qe2 30. Nxc6+ Nxc6 31. Ra8+ 1-0

[Event "Frankfurt sim2"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2000.06.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Heck, Norbert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2000.06.19"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 Na6 7. h4 h6 8. Be3 e5
9. d5 Nc5 10. Qc2 a5 11. h5 g5 12. f3 Bd7 13. g4 c6 14. Nh3 cxd5 15. cxd5 Qb8
16. a4 Rc8 17. Nf2 Nxa4 18. Rxa4 b5 19. Ra1 b4 20. O-O Ne8 21. Rfc1 Bf6 22. Qd2
bxc3 23. bxc3 Qc7 24. c4 a4 25. Nd3 Be7 26. c5 dxc5 27. Nxc5 Bxc5 28. Rxc5 Qd8
29. d6 Rxc5 30. Bxc5 Ng7 31. Be3 Ne6 32. Bc4 Nf4 33. Bd5 Nxd5 34. Qxd5 Ra5 35.
Qb7 Rb5 36. Qc7 Qxc7 37. dxc7 Rb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Frankfurt sim2"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2000.06.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Lukas, Sebastian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2000.06.19"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d6 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 Nbd7 7. e4 e5 8. Nc3
Qe7 9. a4 Rd8 10. a5 c5 11. d5 Rb8 12. Nd2 b5 13. axb6 axb6 14. Nc4 Ne8 15. Nb5
Nf8 16. Bf1 Nc7 17. Ra7 Rb7 18. Rxb7 Bxb7 19. Nxb6 Nxb5 20. Bxb5 Qc7 21. Nc4
Bc8 22. Bd2 Qb8 23. Bc6 Ba6 24. b3 Bxc4 25. bxc4 Qa7 26. Qa1 Qxa1 27. Rxa1 h6
28. Ba5 Rc8 29. Bb7 Re8 30. Rb1 Nh7 31. Bc6 Rc8 32. Rb7 Bf8 33. Bb6 Nf6 34. f3
Kg7 35. Kf2 Ng8 36. Ke2 Ne7 37. Bb5 Ra8 38. Ra7 Rxa7 39. Bxa7 f5 40. Bb8 Ng8
41. Kd3 Nf6 42. exf5 gxf5 43. Ba6 Kg6 44. Bc8 Kg5 45. Bc7 Be7 46. c3 e4+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Frankfurt sim2"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2000.06.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Schmalfuss, Konrad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2000.06.19"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Bd6 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. Nb3 Bd6 8.
Bd3 Ne7 9. O-O h6 10. h3 Nd7 11. Re1 O-O 12. Be3 a6 13. a4 Nc6 14. c3 Nf6 15.
Bc5 Bxc5 16. Nxc5 Qd6 17. Nb3 Be6 18. Nbd4 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Rad8 20. Qb3 Rd7 21.
Qa3 Re8 22. Qxd6 Rxd6 23. f3 Kf8 24. Kf2 Rdd8 25. a5 Rc8 26. Bc2 Bd7 27. Bb3 g6
28. Rxe8+ Rxe8 29. Ne2 Bc6 30. Nf4 Rd8 31. Ke3 g5 32. Ne2 Re8+ 33. Kd2 Ng8 34.
Nd4 Ne7 35. Re1 Bd7 36. Re5 f6 37. Re3 Rc8 38. Bc2 h5 39. Re1 h4 40. f4 Nc6 41.
fxg5 fxg5 42. Nxc6 bxc6 43. Re5 g4 44. Bf5 Bxf5 45. Rxf5+ Kg7 46. Rg5+ Kh6 47.
Rxg4 Kh5 48. Kd3 c5 49. b4 d4 50. bxc5 Rxc5 51. Kxd4 Rxa5 52. c4 Ra2 53. c5 1-0

[Event "Frankfurt sim2"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2000.06.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rutkowski, Ingo"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2211"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2000.06.19"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8.
Qe2 a6 9. a4 Qc7 10. f4 Be7 11. a5 O-O 12. Be3 Bd7 13. Bb6 Qb8 14. O-O Rc8 15.
Be3 Nb4 16. Bd3 Be8 17. Rfd1 d5 18. e5 Nd7 19. Bd4 Nc5 20. Nxc5 Bxc5 21. Qf2
Qa7 22. Ne2 Bb5 23. Bxb5 axb5 24. Bxc5 Qxc5 25. Qxc5 Rxc5 26. Nd4 Nxc2 27. Rdc1
Rac8 28. a6 bxa6 29. Rxa6 h5 30. Nf3 Nb4 31. Rxc5 Rxc5 32. Rb6 Nd3 33. g3 Nxb2
34. Ng5 Rc8 35. Rxb5 Nc4 36. Rb7 Rf8 37. Kf2 Nd2 38. Rb2 Nc4 39. Rb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Frankfurt sim2"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2000.06.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Verges, Joerg"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2000.06.19"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Be2 Bg7 6. c4 Nb6 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3
Nc6 9. exd6 cxd6 10. h3 Bf5 11. Be3 d5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Rc1 Nxe3 14. fxe3 Bh6
15. Kf2 Rc8 16. g4 Be6 17. d5 Qb6 18. g5 Bg7 19. dxe6 Qxb2 20. Qb3 Qxb3 21.
axb3 fxe6 22. Ne4 Nb4 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Bc4 Nd5 25. Rd1 1-0

[Event "Fujitsu Siemens Masters"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2000.06.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2000.06.22"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nf6 9. h3 Nb4 10. Be2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 O-O 12. Nc3 Nbd5 13. Re1 c6 14. Qb3 Nb6 15.
Bd3 Be6 16. Qc2 h6 17. Bd2 Nbd5 18. a3 Rc8 19. Rad1 Re8 20. Na4 Rc7 21. Ne5 Bf8
22. Ba5 b6 23. Bd2 Qc8 24. Re2 Rd8 25. b4 c5 26. bxc5 bxc5 27. Ba5 Nf4 28. Bxc7
Qxc7 29. Ree1 Qb7 30. Be4 Bd5 31. Nc3 Nxe4 32. Nxd5 Qxd5 33. Qxe4 Qxe4 34. Rxe4
Ne6 35. Nc6 Rd5 36. Re5 Rd7 37. d5 Nf4 38. Kf1 c4 39. g3 Nd3 40. Re8 g5 41. a4
Kg7 42. Re4 Nb2 43. Ne5 Re7 44. d6 Re6 45. d7 Be7 46. d8=Q Bxd8 47. Rxd8 c3 48.
Rc8 f6 1-0

[Event "Fujitsu Siemens Masters"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2000.06.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2000.06.22"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Ne4 Qc7 9. f4 Qb6 10. c4 Bb4+ 11. Ke2 f5 12. Nf2 Ba6 13. Kf3 Ne7 14. Be3 Bc5
15. Bxc5 Qxc5 16. Qd6 Qb6 17. b3 c5 18. Be2 Kf7 19. Rhd1 Rhd8 20. Ke3 Bb7 21.
Bh5+ Kf8 22. Bf3 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Rac8 24. Qxb6 axb6 25. Rd6 Rc6 26. Rd3 d5 27.
exd6 Rcxd6 28. Rxd6 Rxd6 29. Rd1 Rxd1 30. Nxd1 Ke8 31. Nb2 Kd7 32. Nd3 Nc6 33.
h4 Kd6 34. Kd2 g6 35. Ke3 Nb4 36. Nc1 h6 37. Kd2 Nc6 38. Nd3 Nb4 39. Nc1 Nc6
40. Nd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Fujitsu Siemens Masters"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2000.06.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2000.06.22"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nc7 6. Qa4+ Qd7 7. Nf3 Qxa4 8.
Nxa4 Ne6 9. b3 Nc6 10. Ba3 Nb4 11. Kd1 a5 12. Nb6 Rb8 13. Nxc8 Rxc8 14. Ne5 Rb8
15. Nc4 b6 16. Bb2 Nd8 17. Be5 1-0

[Event "Fujitsu Siemens Masters"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2000.06.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2000.06.22"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. a3 b6 6. Rb1 Bb7 7. d3 d6 8. e4 e6
9. Nge2 Nge7 10. h4 Qd7 11. h5 O-O-O 12. b4 Kb8 13. Bf4 Ne5 14. Qd2 h6 15. a4
N7c6 16. b5 Nb4 17. Rxb4 cxb4 18. Na2 g5 19. Bxe5 dxe5 20. Nxb4 Bf8 21. Nc1 Qd4
22. Ke2 Bxb4 23. Qxb4 f5 0-1

[Event "Fujitsu Siemens Masters"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2000.06.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2000.06.22"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. d5 Nd4 7. Nxd4 cxd4 8. Nb5
Qb6 9. c5 dxc5 10. Bf4 Kf8 11. Rc1 a6 12. Bc7 Qf6 13. Na3 b5 14. Rxc5 d3 15.
Bxd3 Qxb2 16. Qb3 Qxb3 17. axb3 Bd4 18. b4 f5 19. f3 Nf6 20. Nc2 Bxc5 21. bxc5
e6 22. d6 Nd7 23. c6 Ne5 24. d7 Nxd3+ 25. Ke2 Bxd7 26. cxd7 Ke7 27. Kxd3 Kxd7
28. Ba5 Rhc8 29. h4 Rc5 30. Ne3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Fujitsu Siemens Masters"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2000.06.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Rabiega, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D51"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2477"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2000.06.22"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. Bd3 Qa5 7. Bh4 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 Ne4 9. Qc2 Nd6 10. Bd3 Nf5 11. Bg3 Nxg3 12. hxg3 h6 13. Nf3 Be7 14. g4 b5
15. Kf1 b4 16. Ne4 Ba6 17. Rh5 Bxd3+ 18. Qxd3 Qb6 19. g5 O-O-O 20. gxh6 Rxh6
21. Rxh6 gxh6 22. Rc1 Kb7 23. Ned2 Qb5 24. Nc4 f5 25. Nfd2 Qd5 26. Nb3 Nb8 27.
a3 Rg8 28. f3 Rg7 29. axb4 Bxb4 30. Ra1 f4 31. exf4 Qh5 32. Kg1 Qh4 33. Nc5+
Bxc5 34. dxc5 a6 35. Nd6+ Ka7 36. Qb3 Qxf4 37. Qb6+ Ka8 38. Rxa6+ Nxa6 39.
Qxa6+ Kb8 40. Qb6+ Ka8 41. Qxc6+ Kb8 42. Qc8+ 1-0

[Event "Fujitsu Siemens Masters"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2000.06.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2000.06.22"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 Ngf6 5. O-O cxd4 6. Qxd4 g6 7. e5 dxe5 8.
Qxe5 Bg7 9. Re1 e6 10. Qd6 a6 11. Ba4 Qe7 12. Qxe7+ Kxe7 13. Bd2 Nd5 14. c4
N5b6 15. Bb4+ Ke8 16. Nc3 a5 17. Bd6 Bxc3 18. Bxd7+ Kxd7 19. Red1 Bf6 20. Bc5+
Kc6 21. Be3 Na4 22. c5 Nxc5 23. Rac1 b6 24. b3 Ba6 25. a3 Rhd8 26. Rxd8 Rxd8
27. b4 Bb2 28. Rb1 Na4 29. bxa5 bxa5 30. h4 Be2 31. Rxb2 Nxb2 32. Nd4+ Rxd4 33.
Bxd4 Nc4 34. Bc3 a4 35. Bb4 e5 36. f3 Kd5 37. Kf2 Bd3 38. g4 f5 39. gxf5 gxf5
40. Bf8 f4 41. Bb4 e4 42. fxe4+ Kxe4 43. h5 Ne5 44. Bc5 Ng4+ 45. Kg2 Kf5 46.
Kf3 Be4+ 47. Ke2 Kg5 48. h6 Kxh6 49. Be7 Kg6 50. Bc5 h5 51. Kf1 h4 52. Bg1 h3
53. Ke1 f3 54. Kd2 f2 55. Bxf2 h2 0-1

[Event "Fujitsu Siemens Masters"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2000.06.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2000.06.22"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Nc6 8. e3
O-O 9. Nc3 Re8 10. d5 Na5 11. Nd4 Bd7 12. Nb3 Nxb3 13. axb3 c6 14. dxc6 Bxc6
15. e4 Bd4 16. Bh6 e5 17. h4 Qe7 18. Qf3 f5 19. Qe2 f4 20. Kh2 Qf7 21. b4 a6
22. Qg4 Rad8 23. Rad1 Bd7 24. Qg5 f3 25. Bh1 Rc8 26. Rd3 Qe7 27. Bxf3 Qxg5 28.
Bxg5 Rc4 29. Ne2 Rxb4 30. Nxd4 exd4 31. Rfd1 Rxb2 32. Kg2 Nc4 33. Rxd4 Be6 34.
Rd8 Rxd8 35. Rxd8+ Kf7 36. Rh8 Kg7 37. Re8 Bf7 38. Re7 h6 39. Bf4 Kf6 40. Rxb7
Rxb7 41. e5+ Nxe5 42. Bxb7 g5 43. hxg5+ hxg5 44. Bxe5+ Kxe5 45. Bxa6 Kf6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Fujitsu Siemens Masters"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2000.06.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2000.06.22"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 9. Nd2 Bb7 10. b3 g6 11. Bb2 Bg7 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. f4 c5 14. Ne4 d6
15. Qg4+ Kb8 16. Qg5 Qf8 17. Nf6 dxe5 18. Be2 Rd6 19. Bxe5 h6 20. Qh4 Ka8 21.
Nd5 Nxd5 22. cxd5 g5 23. Qg3 Rg8 24. f5 Bxe5 25. Qxe5 Qe8 26. Qxe8+ Rxe8 27.
Bh5 Re5 28. Bxf7 Rxf5 29. Rhf1 Rxf1 30. Rxf1 Bxd5 31. Bxd5+ Rxd5 32. Rf6 h5 33.
g3 g4 34. Rf4 Kb7 35. h3 Rd4 36. Rf2 h4 37. hxg4 hxg3 38. Rg2 Rxg4 39. Kd2 Kc6
40. Ke3 Kb5 41. Kf3 Rg8 42. a3 a5 43. Kf4 a4 44. bxa4+ Kxa4 0-1

[Event "Fujitsu Siemens Masters"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2000.06.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2000.06.22"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O Bg4 13. Bg5 h6 14. Be3
Nc6 15. d5 Rfd8 16. Rxb7 e6 17. Rc7 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Nb4 19. Bc4 Qb2 20. Rxa7 Rxa7
21. Bxa7 exd5 22. exd5 Qe5 23. Qb3 Nxd5 24. Rd1 Qg5+ 25. Kf1 Nf4 26. Rxd8+ Qxd8
27. Bxf7+ Kh7 28. Be3 Qf6 29. Qc4 Qa1+ 30. Qc1 Qxc1+ 31. Bxc1 Be5 32. Be3 Kg7
33. Bc4 g5 34. Kg1 Kf6 35. Ba6 Nh3+ 36. Kg2 Nf4+ 37. Kh1 Nd5 38. Bc5 Kg7 39.
Bc8 Nf4 40. Kg1 Kg6 41. h3 Kg7 42. Kf1 Bc3 43. Be3 Kf6 44. h4 Ke5 45. hxg5 hxg5
46. Kg1 Bd4 47. Bb7 Bxe3 48. fxe3 Nd3 49. Kg2 Kf6 50. Ba6 Ne5 51. Kf2 Ke6 52.
Ke2 Kd6 53. Bb7 Kc5 54. Kf2 Kd6 55. Kg3 Ke7 56. f4 gxf4+ 57. exf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Fujitsu Siemens Masters"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2000.06.24"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2000.06.22"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. c3 e6 5. Be3 Ne7 6. Nd2 Nd7 7. f4 Bg6 8. Ngf3 c5
9. a3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nc6 11. N2b3 Be7 12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O Nb6 14. Rf2 Nc4 15.
Bxc4 dxc4 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Nd4 Qd5 18. f5 exf5 19. Nxf5 Qe6 20. Nxe7+ Qxe7 21.
Qd4 Rfd8 22. Qxc4 Qxe5 23. Bd4 Qb5 24. Qxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Fujitsu Siemens Masters"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2000.06.25"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2000.06.22"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a3
d6 9. c3 Be6 10. d4 Bxb3 11. Qxb3 Re8 12. Qc2 Qd7 13. Nbd2 Bf8 14. d5 Ne7 15.
Nf1 h6 16. b3 c6 17. c4 Rac8 18. Qd1 cxd5 19. cxd5 Nh7 20. a4 f5 21. Ng3 Nf6
22. axb5 fxe4 23. Nxe4 Nxe4 24. Rxe4 Qxb5 25. Rg4 Kh7 26. Bd2 Qxd5 27. Qb1+ Kh8
28. Rxa6 Nc6 29. Raa4 Rb8 30. h3 Qxb3 31. Qxb3 Rxb3 32. Ra6 Nb8 33. Ra7 Re7 34.
Ra8 Kh7 35. Nh4 Rf7 36. Ng6 Rbb7 37. Nxf8+ Rxf8 38. Rb4 Nc6 39. Rxf8 Nxb4 40.
Rd8 d5 41. Bxb4 Rxb4 42. Rxd5 Rb1+ 43. Kh2 Re1 44. Rd6 Kg8 45. Rd7 Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Fujitsu Siemens Masters"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2000.06.25"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Rabiega, Robert"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2477"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2000.06.22"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8.
Nd5 Qd8 9. c3 Ne7 10. d4 exd4 11. cxd4 Bb6 12. Nxb6 axb6 13. O-O O-O 14. Bb3 d5
15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Ne5 Be6 17. Qf3 c6 18. Rfe1 Nc7 19. Rad1 Bxb3 20. Qxb3 b5 21.
a3 Qd6 22. h4 Rad8 23. Re4 Qd5 24. Qc2 Ne6 25. Nf3 Rd6 26. Rde1 Rfd8 27. Re5
Qc4 28. Qf5 Rd5 29. Kh2 Rxe5 30. dxe5 Qd3 31. Qxd3 Rxd3 32. Re2 Kf8 33. Kg3 Ke7
34. Rd2 Nc5 35. Rc2 Ne6 36. Rd2 Rb3 37. Kg4 g6 38. h5 g5 39. Ng1 b4 40. a4 Nf4
41. g3 Nd3 42. Nf3 c5 43. Rc2 0-1

[Event "Fujitsu Siemens Masters"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2000.06.25"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[PlyCount "175"]
[EventDate "2000.06.22"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O d6 7. c4 Bd7 8. Nc3
Nc6 9. Nxc6 Bxc6 10. Re1 Be7 11. Bf4 O-O 12. Qd2 Nd7 13. Bf1 Ne5 14. Rac1 b5
15. cxb5 axb5 16. a3 Qb6 17. Rc2 Rfd8 18. Rec1 Nc4 19. Qe1 Bf6 20. a4 b4 21.
Nb5 Bxb2 22. Rxc4 Bxc1 23. Qxc1 Bxb5 24. Rxb4 Qc5 25. Qxc5 dxc5 26. Rxb5 Rxa4
27. Rxc5 Rxe4 28. Be3 Ra4 29. g3 Raa8 30. Kg2 Rac8 31. Re5 h6 32. h4 Rd5 33.
Re4 h5 34. Bc4 Ra5 35. Be2 g6 36. Bf3 Rd5 37. Ra4 Rd7 38. Be4 Rcd8 39. Kf3 Kg7
40. Bf4 Rc8 41. Rb4 Ra7 42. Be5+ Kh7 43. Kf4 Rf8 44. Bf6 Ra5 45. Rb7 Kg8 46. f3
Rc8 47. Rd7 Rac5 48. Bd4 Rb5 49. Ra7 Rd8 50. Be5 Rc8 51. Rd7 Rf8 52. Rc7 Rd8
53. Rc4 Rf8 54. Bf6 Rfb8 55. Be5 Rd8 56. g4 hxg4 57. fxg4 Ra5 58. Bf6 Rb8 59.
Rc7 Ra4 60. h5 g5+ 61. Ke5 Rb5+ 62. Kd6 Rb8 63. Bc2 Rxg4 64. h6 Rh4 65. Bxg5
Rh5 66. Bf4 Rh4 67. h7+ Rxh7 68. Bxh7+ Kxh7 69. Rxf7+ Kg6 70. Ra7 Kf5 71. Be3
Rd8+ 72. Ke7 Rd3 73. Bb6 e5 74. Ra5 Rd1 75. Bc7 Re1 76. Rb5 Re2 77. Rb6 e4 78.
Rf6+ Kg4 79. Rf4+ Kg3 80. Ke6 e3 81. Rc4+ Kf2 82. Bb6 Rb2 83. Rf4+ Kg3 84. Bc7
e2 85. Re4+ Kf3 86. Rxe2 Rxe2+ 87. Kd7 Ke4 88. Ke8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montecatini Terme"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme"]
[Date "2000.07.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R/Bareev"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2000.07.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. f3 Bb4 8. e4
Bxe4 9. fxe4 Nxe4 10. Bd2 Qxd4 11. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 12. Qe2 Bxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Qd5+ 14.
Kc2 Na6 15. Nxc4 O-O 16. Qe5 Rab8 {Dies ist ein listiger Zug, der bisher
vielleicht nicht genügend gewürdigt worden ist. Wenn Weiß die Damen auf d5
tauscht, so ist es nützlich, daß der b-Bauer in dem entstehenden Endspiel
schon gedeckt ist (nach Nc4-d6 oder Nc4-a5). Für den Fall, daß Weiß den
Damentausch meidet, kann Schwarz nach b7-b5, a4xb5 zu einem heftigen Angriff
kommen, indem er mit dem Turm auf b5 zurückschlägt.} 17. a5 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8]
Dieser Zug ist neu und hat einiges für sich. Obwohl Schwarz ins Endspiel
übergehen kann, ohne daß der Springer des Weißen nach d6 gelangt, werden seine
Angriffsmöglichkeiten (mit ...b7-b5) am Damenflügel stark eingeschränkt.} (17.
Be2 f6 (17... Nb4+ 18. Kb3 b5 19. axb5 Rxb5 20. Qxd5 cxd5 21. Ne3 Rb7 22. Kc3
Nc6 23. Nd1 Rc8 $15 {Malaniuk,V-Milov,L/ Simferopol/Alushta 1992/ 1/2-1/2 (65)}
) 18. Qxd5 (18. Qe3 Nb4+ $17 {gefolgt von ...b7-b5 sieht für Weiß zu
gefährlich aus.}) 18... cxd5 19. Nd6 (19. Na5 Rfc8+ 20. Kd2 Nc5 $15 {ist für
Weiß ungünstig.}) (19. Nd2 Rfc8+ 20. Kb3 Nc5+ 21. Kb4 {war aber vielleicht
solider als der Textzug.}) 19... Nb4+ 20. Kb1 (20. Kb3 {überläßt dem Schwarzen
Vorteil:} Nc6 21. Rad1 a6 22. Bg4 f5 23. Bxf5 exf5 24. Rxd5 $17) (20. Kc3 Nc6
21. Nb5 {sieht aber folgerichtiger aus.}) 20... a6 21. Ra3 Nc6 22. Rc1 Nd4 23.
Bf1 Rfd8 24. Rd3 e5 25. Rxd4 exd4 26. Nf5 g6 27. Nxd4 $14 {Sergejev,R-Haba,P/
EU-chT Pula 1997/ 1/2-1/2 (105)}) 17... Rfd8 (17... f6 $5 {Bareev} 18. Qxd5
cxd5 19. Nd6 $13) 18. Be2 f6 19. Qxd5 {Es ist nicht besser, dem Damentausch
auszuweichen.} ({Nach} 19. Qe3 Qf5+ 20. Kb3 ({Die Fortsetzung} 20. Kc3 Nc7 21.
Kb3 b5 {sieht für Weiß nicht angenehm aus.}) 20... b5 (20... Qb5+ {ist auch
spielbar.}) 21. axb6 Nc5+ {steht der König des Weißen in der frischen Luft.})
19... cxd5 20. Nd2 Kf7 $5 21. Rhc1 Rdc8+ 22. Kd1 Ke7 23. Nb3 (23. Rxc8 {Bareev}
Rxc8 24. Bxa6 bxa6 25. Rc1 Rxc1+ 26. Kxc1 Kd6 27. b4 $14 {/ +/-}) 23... e5 24.
Rc3 Rxc3 25. bxc3 Nc7 26. c4 dxc4 (26... d4 $5 {Bareev}) 27. Bxc4 $14 Rd8+ 28.
Ke2 Nd5 29. g3 Nc3+ 30. Ke3 Nd1+ 31. Kf3 Nb2 32. Bf1 Rc8 33. Nd2 Rc2 34. Ke3 f5
35. Rb1 f4+ 36. gxf4 exf4+ 37. Ke2 b6 (37... g5 $5 {Bareev}) 38. axb6 axb6 39.
Ke1 g5 40. Ra1 g4 (40... h5 {Bareev} 41. Ra7+ Kf6 42. Rb7 Rc6 43. Bb5 Re6+ 44.
Kf1 Ke5 45. Rh7 $14) 41. Ra7+ Kd6 42. Bb5 (42. Rxh7 {Bareev} Rc1+ 43. Ke2 Rc2
$11) 42... Rc1+ 43. Ke2 Rh1 44. Rxh7 g3 45. Ne4+ (45. Nf3 {Bareev} Nd1 (45...
gxh2 46. Nxh2 Kc5 47. Rh5+ Kb4 48. Bc6 Rc1 $14) 46. Rh6+ Kc5 47. Bd3 b5 48.
Rh5+ Kd6 49. Rh4 Nc3+ 50. Kd2 gxh2 51. Nxh2 b4 $11) 45... Ke6 (45... Ke5 {
Bareev} 46. Re7+ Kd4 47. hxg3 $11) 46. Kf3 (46. Bd7+ {Bareev} Kd5 47. Rh5+ Kd4
48. Nxg3 (48. Ng5 $11) 48... fxg3 49. Rh4+ $8 Kc3 50. hxg3 $11) 46... Rxh2 $11
47. Rd7 Ke5 48. Re7+ Kd4 49. Bf1 Rh1 50. Rd7+ Ke5 51. Bg2 Rh6 52. Ng5 Nc4 53.
Nf7+ Ke6 54. Rd4 Kxf7 55. Rxc4 Ke7 56. Rc7+ Kd6 57. Rf7 Ke5 58. Re7+ Re6 59.
Rh7 Rf6 60. Bh3 Kd5 61. Rh5+ Kd4 62. Bf5 b5 63. Kxf4 g2 64. Rg5 b4 65. Rxg2 b3
66. Kg5 Rxf5+ 67. Kxf5 Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montecatini Terme"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme"]
[Date "2000.07.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2000.07.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. c4 c6 4. Qa4 d4 5. b4 (5. d3 Bg7 6. Bg2 e5 7. O-O Ne7 8.
Nbd2 O-O 9. Qc2 a5 10. c5 Na6 11. Ne4 Be6 12. Nfd2 h6 13. Nc4 f5 14. Ned2 Nd5
15. a3 Qe7 $17 {Yermolinsky,A-Huzman,A/Pavlodar 1982}) (5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O Nf6 (
6... e5 7. e3 dxe3 8. dxe3 Nd7 9. Rd1 Nh6 10. e4 f6 11. c5 O-O 12. b4 $14 {
Gutman,L-Boehm,J/Dortmund 1985}) 7. d3 O-O 8. c5 Ne8 9. Bf4 Nd7 10. Rc1 e5 11.
Bg5 f6 12. Bd2 Qe7 {1/2-1/2 Loginov,V-Sakaev,K/Elista 1996}) 5... Nd7 $146 (
5... Bg7 6. d3 e5 7. Nbd2 Ne7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Qc7 10. Bb2 Rd8 11. a3 h6 12.
Qc2 a5 13. Nb3 a4 14. Nbd2 c5 15. Ne4 b6 {1/2-1/2 Nikolaidis,I-Kapnisis,S/
Korinthos 1999}) 6. Bb2 e5 7. e3 Bg7 {Ohne die Zugpaare Qa4/g3 gegen Nd7/c6
gibt es diese Stellung (ausgezeichnete Ergebnisse für Schwarz). Die
Verstellung des Springerfeldes c6 freut Weiß, aber seine dafür gewonnenen Züge
können nicht beeindrucken.} 8. Bg2 ({Kritisch ist} 8. exd4 e4 {Das ist die
Standardreaktion bei dieser Zentrumskonstellation.} ({Es kam aber auch} 8...
exd4 {in Frage, denn} 9. Nxd4 $2 {ist nicht gut möglich:} (9. Bg2 $142) 9...
Qe7+ $1 10. Be2 Bxd4 11. Bxd4 Qe4 12. Bxh8 Qxh1+ 13. Bf1 Ne5 $5 $40) 9. Ng1
Ngf6 (9... Nb6 10. Qc2) 10. Qb3 {und im Unterschied zur oben angedeuteten
Variante hat Schwarz ein echtes Bauernopfer gebracht.}) 8... Nh6 9. O-O (9.
exd4 e4 (9... exd4 10. O-O) 10. Ne5 Nb6 11. Qc2 f6 12. c5 fxe5 13. cxb6 Qxb6
14. O-O $11) 9... O-O 10. Na3 (10. exd4 e4 11. Ne1 Nb6 12. Qb3 Bxd4 $15) 10...
a5 $1 {Damit legt Ivanchuk die Schwächen der weißen Stellung am Damenflügel
bloß.} 11. exd4 e4 (11... exd4 12. c5 $13) 12. Ne1 Nb6 13. Qb3 axb4 14. Qxb4
Na4 (14... Bxd4 15. Bxd4 Qxd4 16. Nec2 Qd8 17. Bxe4) 15. Bc3 e3 $3 {Ich nehme
an, solche Züge spielt Ivanchuk gerne.} (15... Nf5 16. Nec2 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Bxd4
18. Nxd4 Qxd4 $15) 16. fxe3 (16. dxe3 $2 c5 17. Qb3 Nxc3 18. Qxc3 cxd4 $19)
16... c5 17. dxc5 Nxc3 18. dxc3 Qd2 19. Nb5 Ng4 ({Nach} 19... Qxe3+ $6 20. Kh1
Ng4 {rettet Weiß die Qualität mit} 21. Qb2 $13) 20. Nf3 ({Lputian verspricht
sich nichts vom Erhalt des Pe3 mit} 20. e4 {.Nach} Qe3+ 21. Kh1 Nf2+ 22. Rxf2
Qxf2 23. a3 $13 {entsteht eine zur Partie vergleichbare Stellung: der Pe4 ist
sicher kein Prachtexamplar, aber imerhin lebt er noch.} {z.B.:} Rd8 (23... f5 {
scheint nicht durchzuschlagen:} 24. e5) 24. Nd6 Qd2 25. Rb1 $15) 20... Qxe3+
21. Kh1 Nf2+ 22. Rxf2 Qxf2 23. a4 $2 ({Mehr Widerstand versprach} 23. a3 $17)
23... Bd7 24. Nc7 $6 {Freundlicherweise erlaubt Lputian einen hübschen Schluß.}
({Auch} 24. Nbd4 {rettet nicht mehr:} Bc6 25. Nxc6 bxc6 $19) 24... Rxa4 $1 (
24... Rxa4 25. Rxa4 Bh3 26. Bxh3 Qxf3+ 27. Kg1 Bxc3 $19) 0-1

[Event "Montecatini Terme"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme"]
[Date "2000.07.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2000.07.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 (5... dxc4 6. Bxc4 c5 {
führt zum angenommenen Damengambit.}) 6. O-O Bd6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. e4 dxc4 9. Bxc4
e5 {Damit sind wir wieder in einer Variante, die Anand wiederbelebt hat.
Anscheinend steht Schwarz besser, als man lange Zeit geglaubt hat.} 10. Be3 (
10. Bg5 Qe7 11. Re1 Rd8 12. Qb3 $5 exd4 13. e5 Nxe5 14. Ne4 $5 b5 $1 15. Nxd6
Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 Qxd6 17. Bxb5 Bd7 18. Bd3 Re8 19. h3 Nd5 $17 {0-1 Lautier,
J-Anand,V/Monaco 2000/CBM 75/[Lutz] (72)}) 10... Qe7 {Die Dame gehört in
diesem System nach e7.} (10... b5 11. Bd3 a6 12. a4 b4 13. Ne2 c5 $2 14. dxe5
Bxe5 15. Qc2 Ng4 16. Bf4 Qc7 $6 17. Nxe5 Ngxe5 18. Rac1 Qb6 19. Rfd1 Re8 20.
Bxe5 Nxe5 21. Qxc5 Qg6 22. Ng3 h5 23. Nf5 $1 $16 {1-0 Mikhalchishin,
A-Kupreichik,V/Ashkhabad 1978/MCL/[Bulletin] (48)}) (10... Qc7 11. Rc1 exd4 12.
Bxd4 Ne5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. h3 Be6 (14... Rd8 $2 15. Bxe5 $1 {, dieser Trick
wird durch die Damenstellung auf c7 möglich.}) 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Bxe5 Qxe5 17.
Qb3 Nh5 18. Rcd1 Nf4 19. g3 Nxh3+ 20. Kg2 Rf6 21. f4 Qh5 22. e5 Rh6 23. Qc4 Rf8
24. Qe2 Qg6 25. Rd4 c5 26. Rc4 Rh4 27. f5 {1-0 Kortschnoj,V-Godena,M/Batumi
1999/CBM 74 (27)}) 11. Bb3 (11. Qc2 exd4 12. Bxd4 Ne5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Bxe5
Qxe5 15. Be2 Be6 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. h3 Qc5 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 19. Rd1 Rd4 20. Rxd4
Qxd4 21. Qd3 Qxd3 22. Bxd3 Kf8 23. Kf1 {1/2-1/2 Marshall,F-Alekhine,A/Hamburg
1910/HCL (23)}) 11... exd4 12. Bxd4 Ne5 (12... Nxe4 $2 13. Re1 Nxc3 14. Bxc3
$18) 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Bxe5 (14. h3 $2 Rd8 {, man vergleiche mit Kortschnoj,
V-Godena,M (siehe oben)}) 14... Qxe5 15. f4 Qc5+ 16. Kh1 Be6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18.
Qb3 {Weiß hat die etwas bessere Bauernstellung, aber Schwarz steht aktiv. Weiß
hat nicht viel.} Rae8 19. e5 Ng4 $5 {Schwarz sucht aktives Spiel am
Königsflügel. Außerdem kann, falls Weiß den Nc3 nach d6 bringen sollte,
schnell mit ...Nh6-f7 dessen Abtausch angestrebt werden.} (19... Nd5 {kam auch
in Betracht.} 20. Ne4 (20. Nxd5 Qxd5 21. Qe3 Qb5 22. b3 Rd8 $132) (20. Qxb7
Nxf4) 20... Qb6 21. Nd6 Qxb3 22. axb3 Ra8 $13 {Weißß hat einen schönen
Springer auf d6, aber der Nd5 steht auch nicht schlecht.}) 20. g3 Re7 21. Rae1
Qb6 22. Qa3 (22. Qxb6 axb6 23. Ne4 Rd7 24. Nd6 Nh6 $11 {nebst ...Nf7.}) 22...
Rd7 23. Ne4 Rd4 24. Qe7 c5 {[%csl Re4,Rh1][%cal Yb6c6,Yc6h1] Öffnet die
Diagonale a8-h1 für die Dame.} (24... Rxe4 $6 25. Qxe6+ Kh8 26. Rxe4 Nf2+ 27.
Rxf2 Qxf2 28. Qc4 Qxb2 29. e6 $36) 25. Nd6 Qc6+ 26. Kg1 Qd5 $11 {Angesichts
der offenen weißen Königstellung hat Schwarz genügend Gegenspiel.} 27. Qxb7 (
27. h3 $2 Rd3 $19 {/\} 28. Ne4 Ne3) 27... Qxb7 28. Nxb7 Rb8 29. Nxc5 Rxb2 30.
Rd1 Rc4 31. Rc1 Rd4 32. Nxe6 (32. Rb1 Rxa2 33. Rb8+ Kf7 34. Rb7+ Ke8 35. Nxe6
Rdd2 $11) 32... Rdd2 33. Rc8+ Kf7 34. Ng5+ Ke7 35. Rc7+ Ke8 36. Nf3 Rg2+ 37.
Kh1 Nxh2 38. Nh4 Nxf1 39. Nxg2 Nxg3+ 40. Kg1 Ne2+ 41. Kf1 Ng3+ 42. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montecatini Terme"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme"]
[Date "2000.07.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2000.07.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 Be7 {Ivanchuk deviates from the
common lines arising after 5...c5, and goes for a solid continuation not
disclosing his plans yet.} 6. Bg2 O-O (6... Bb7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3 c5 9. dxc5
Bxc5 10. Bf4 d5 11. Ne5 Qe7 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Nd3 h6 14. Rfd1 Rd8 15. Rac1 a6
16. Nxc5 bxc5 17. Qb3 $16 {1-0 Bjarnason,S-Thorfinnsson,B/Hafnarfjordur 1995/
EXT 98 (26)}) (6... Qc8 7. Nc3 Bb7 8. O-O O-O 9. Rd1 Ne4 (9... d5 $143 $6 10.
cxd5 exd5 11. Bf4 Nbd7 12. Rac1 c5 $6 (12... c6) 13. Ne5 Rd8 14. Bh3 $16 {
1-0 Neuman,P-Jurasek,M/CZE 1997/EXT 98 (28)}) 10. Bd2 f5 11. d5 Nxd2 12. Rxd2
Bf6 13. Nd4 Bxd4 14. Rxd4 e5 15. Rd2 d6 16. Rc1 a5 17. a3 Qd8 18. Qc2 Nd7 19.
b4 Qf6 20. Nb5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Polyakov,S-Lugovoi,A/Moscow 1998/EXT 99 (41)}) 7.
O-O (7. Ne5 c6 (7... d5 8. Nc3 c6 9. Nxc6 Nxc6 10. Qxa6 Nxd4 11. Qa4 Bb4 12. e3
Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Nf5 14. cxd5 exd5 15. O-O $14 {1/2-1/2 Sorin,A-Iglesias,L/Boca
1997/CBM 58 ext (37)}) 8. Nc3 Qe8 9. O-O d5 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Qxe8 Rxe8 12. Re1
Nbd7 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14. e4 dxe4 15. Bxe4 Rac8 16. d5 Nc5 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. Bf4
Bf6 $15 {1/2-1/2 Mastrovasilis,A-Istratescu,A/Athens GRE 2000/The Week in
Chess 297 (40)}) 7... c6 8. Ne5 {Allowing black to play b6-b5} (8. Nc3 d5 9.
cxd5 cxd5 10. Ne5 Qe8 $5 {would transfer into Mastrovasilis,A-Istratescu,A/
Athens)}) 8... b5 9. cxb5 cxb5 10. Qd1 d5 11. Nd2 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Gd2b3,Ge5d3,
Yb3c5,Yd3c5]} b4 {[%cal Ga6e2] A very important move in black's strategy,
gaining extra space on the Q side and preventing white's N from going to d3}
12. Re1 Qb6 13. Nb3 Nbd7 14. Bg5 $4 {an unbelievable blunder for such a strong
player as Piket, throuwing the game away on move 14!} (14. Nxd7 Nxd7 15. Bf4
Rac8 16. Qd2 $11) (14. Bf4 $5) 14... Nxe5 15. Bxf6 $8 (15. dxe5 Ng4 16. e3 (16.
Bxe7 Qxf2+ 17. Kh1 Ne3 $19) 16... Nxf2 17. Kxf2 Bxg5 $19) 15... Bxf6 16. dxe5
Bxe5 {Now, beside the extra pawn black has a pair of B's and the more active
pieces.} 17. Qd2 Rac8 18. Rac1 h6 {After one pair of rooks is changed the 8th
rank can become vulnerable, this explains black's last profilactic move.} 19.
e4 {White's position is too passive to do nothing... he needs some air for his
pieces} (19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. Rc1 Bc4 $19) 19... dxe4 20. Bxe4 {[%csl Re5][%cal
Ge4h7]} Bf6 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Rc1 Rd8 (22... Rxc1+ $143 23. Qxc1 {Would've
given up an active R.. White's R will be restricted by the bishops.}) 23. Qc2
Bg5 {aking over the 'c' file} 24. Rd1 Rc8 25. Qb1 {The last four moves by
white were absolutely forced} Bf6 26. Rd2 (26. Rc1 Rd8 27. Rc6 Qb5 $19 {
[%cal Gb5e2]}) 26... Bb5 $1 {[%csl Rb3][%cal Ga7a4]} 27. Qd1 a5 28. Nd4 Bg5 29.
f4 {[%csl Rg1][%cal Gb6g1]} (29. Rc2 Rd8 {May I suggest a new screensaver
based upon this game: "The dancing rook" ?}) 29... Bf6 30. Kg2 Be8 31. b3 a4
32. bxa4 {[%csl Rc4]} (32. Bf3 axb3 33. axb3 Rc3) 32... Rc4 33. a5 Qxa5 34. Nb3
Qc7 35. Bf3 g5 $1 36. fxg5 hxg5 {[%csl Rg2][%cal Gg5g4,Ye8c6,Yc6g2]} 37. Rf2
Kg7 38. Nd2 Rc1 39. Qb3 Bd4 40. Re2 Qc5 (40... Rg1+ 41. Kh3 Qc5 {[%cal Gc5f5,
Gf5h7] also win}) 41. h3 Rg1+ 42. Kh2 Qc1 {There is no defense against the Rh1,
Qg1# threat.} (42... Qc1 43. h4 g4 44. Bg2 Rh1+ 45. Bxh1 Qg1#) 0-1

[Event "Montecatini Terme"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme"]
[Date "2000.08.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2000.07.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 c6 8. Re1
Re8 9. a5 Bf8 10. d5 b5 11. Bb3 cxd5 12. Nxd5 h6 13. c3 a6 14. Be3 Bb7 15. Bb6
Nxb6 16. Nxb6 Rb8 17. Qd3 Bc6 18. Nh4 Nd7 19. Qf3 Qf6 20. Nxd7 Bxd7 21. Qxf6
gxf6 22. Bd5 Rec8 23. Red1 Be7 24. Rd3 b4 25. c4 Rc5 26. b3 Bd8 27. Rd2 Rxa5
28. Rxa5 Bxa5 29. Ra2 Bb6 30. Rxa6 Bc5 31. Kf1 Kg7 32. Ke2 Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montecatini Terme"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme"]
[Date "2000.08.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Ribli/Rublevsky"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2000.07.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O d6 7. c4 Bd7 8. Nc3
Nc6 9. Nxc6 Bxc6 10. a4 {Eine Nebenvariante.} ({Gewöhnlich spielt Weiß} 10. Qe2
{, worauf Schwarz mit} Be7 {fortsetzt.}) 10... b6 $5 $146 (10... Be7 11. Re1
O-O 12. Bf4 Nd7 13. Bf1 Nc5 14. a5 $14 {Gavrikov,V-Rublevsky,S/ Oviedo rapid45
1992 mit Positionsvorteil für den Anziehenden.}) 11. Be3 Be7 12. f3 O-O 13. Qd2
Qb8 (13... d5 $2 {Rublevsky} 14. exd5 exd5 15. Qf2 $16) 14. Rfd1 Rc8 15. Bf1
Nd7 16. Bg5 Bxg5 17. Qxg5 Rd8 18. Qe3 Qc7 19. Be2 Rac8 20. Rd2 Nc5 21. Bd1 e5
$5 22. b4 Ne6 {[%csl Yd4]} 23. b5 (23. a5 {Rublevsky} bxa5 (23... Nd4 $6 24.
Ne2 $1 $14) 24. Rxa5 Rb8 $1 25. Na2 Bb7 26. Be2 Nd4 $36) 23... axb5 24. axb5 (
24. cxb5 $2 {Rublevsky} Bb7 25. Nd5 Bxd5 26. Rxd5 Nf4 27. Rd2 d5 $15) 24... Ra8
$5 25. Rda2 (25. Rxa8 Bxa8 $11) (25. Rda2 Rxa2 26. Rxa2 Bb7 $11) (25. bxc6 $2 {
Rublevsky} Rxa1 26. Nd5 Qa7 $1 27. c7 Nxc7 28. Ne7+ Kf8 29. Nc6 Rxd1+ 30. Rxd1
Qa4 31. Nxd8 Qxd1+ 32. Kf2 Qc2+ $17) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montecatini Terme"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme"]
[Date "2000.08.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2000.07.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d4 d6 6. c4 Nc6 7. d5 Na5 8. Nbd2
b5 $5 {is an interesting tactical try with only a few valid practical examples.
} (8... c5 {is the main line here.}) 9. cxb5 (9. Qc2 $143 bxc4 (9... Nxc4 10.
Nxc4 Bf5 11. Qb3 bxc4 12. Qxc4 {- 9...bxc4}) (9... c5 10. dxc6) 10. Nxc4 Bf5
11. Qa4 Nxc4 12. Qxc4 e6 {blowing up White's [+].}) (9. Nd4 $5 {wants to make
profit from the weakness of c6.} Nxc4 {solves radically the problem of the N
on the edge of the board.} (9... bxc4 10. b4 (10. Qa4 c5 11. dxc6 Qb6 12. N2f3
(12. e3 Rb8 $15) 12... Ne4 $15 {/\ Nc5}) 10... cxb3 (10... Ng4 {leaves N on a5
in the limbo.} 11. Bb2 (11. N2f3 c5 12. dxc6 e5 13. bxa5 exd4 14. Nxd4 Qxa5 15.
c7 d5 $13) 11... Rb8 12. a3 (12. Bc3 Bxd4 13. Bxd4 Rxb4 14. Bc3 Rb5 (14... c5
15. dxc6 $16) 15. a4 Rc5 16. Bb4 Nf6 {Black sacrifices the exchange for some
pawns and a good game.} 17. Bxc5 dxc5 18. e4 c6 $44) (12. Qa4 c5 13. dxc6 Qb6
14. c7 Qxc7 15. Bc3 e5 16. Nc2 Nb7 $13 (16... Nb3 $2 17. axb3 cxb3 18. Qxb3 Be6
19. Qb2 Rfc8 20. Ra3 d5 21. e3 $18)) 12... e5 (12... c5 13. dxc6 e5 14. N4f3 (
14. Nc2 d5 $132) 14... Nxc6 15. h3 (15. Nxc4 $6 d5 $17) 15... c3 16. Bxc3 Nh6
17. Nc4 Nf5 18. Rc1 $14) 13. N4f3 (13. dxe6 c5) 13... Nb3 14. Nxb3 cxb3 15. h3
Nh6 16. Qxb3 f5 17. Rac1 $14) 11. axb3 Nb7 12. Nc6 Qe8 13. Bb2 a6 (13... e6 14.
e4 Bd7 15. Qf3 e5 16. Qc3 $44) 14. Qc2 e6 15. e4 $44) 10. Nxb5 (10. Nxc4 bxc4
11. Qa4 c5 12. dxc6 d5) 10... Nb6 (10... Nxd2 11. Bxd2 $14) 11. Nc3 Rb8 $13)
9... Nxd5 10. Qa4 (10. Rb1 {Now Black has plenty of choices.} c5 (10... Rb8 11.
e4 $1 Nb4 (11... Nb6 12. b4 Nac4 13. Nxc4 Nxc4 14. Nd4 $14) 12. a3 Na2 13. Qc2
$1 Rxb5 14. b4 Nc3 15. bxa5 Nxb1 16. Nxb1 $14 {Kochyev-Kupreichik, Moscow 1989}
) (10... a6 11. e4 Nb6 12. b4 Nac4 13. Nxc4 Nxc4 14. bxa6 Bxa6 15. a4 $14) (
10... Bd7 11. e4 Nb4 12. Nb3 c5 13. Nxa5 Qxa5 14. a3 Na2 15. Bg5 Rfe8 16. e5
Bxb5 17. Qb3 Bxf1 18. Bxf1 Nb4 19. axb4 Qxb4 $13 {Loebler-Sinowjew, Austria
1994}) 11. bxc6 Nxc6 12. Nb3 Nb6 13. Nfd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 d5 $13 {
Jussupow-Grivas, Corfu 1999}) (10. Nb3 {allows Black to exchange his N on a5
again.} Nxb3 11. Qxb3 Bb7 (11... Nb6 12. Rd1 Bb7 13. Bg5 c5 14. a4 a5 15. Rac1
(15. bxa6 Bxa6 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Qxb6 Bxe2 18. Qxd6 Qxd6 19. Rxd6 Bxb2 20. Ra2
Rfd8 $13) 15... c4 16. Qa3 h6 17. Be3 d5 18. b3 Rc8 19. Bc5 Rxc5 20. Qxc5 cxb3
$44 {Bunzmann-Enzmann, Halle 1996}) 12. Nd2 e6 13. Nc4 Rb8 14. Rd1 a6 15. e4
Nf6 16. e5 Nd5 17. exd6 axb5 18. dxc7 Qxc7 $11 {Cserna-Adorjan, HUN-ch 1975})
10... Nb7 11. Qh4 (11. Nd4 Nb6 12. Qb4 a6 13. Nc6 Qe8 14. Na5 Qxb5 15. Qxb5
axb5 16. Nxb7 Ra7 {and the N is trapped.} 17. Nxd6 cxd6 $17) (11. Qc2 a6 12.
Nd4 Bxd4 13. Bxd5 axb5 14. Qe4 c6 15. Bxc6 Qb6 16. Nb3 Ra4 17. Nxd4 Rxd4 $13 {
Ujtelky-Stulik, Prague 1955}) 11... e6 12. Qxd8 (12. Rd1 Qxh4 13. Nxh4 Bd7 $13)
12... Rxd8 {Despite of the strong b5 P Black has some pressure on the <<.} (
12... Nxd8 13. e4 Nb4) 13. Nb3 a6 14. e4 $6 {This drives the N to an even
better position.} (14. bxa6 Rxa6 $13) 14... Nb4 15. Bg5 (15. bxa6 Rxa6) 15...
Rd7 (15... f6 16. Bd2) 16. a4 Bxb2 17. Rab1 Bg7 {White has to show something
real for the sacrificed P.} 18. Nbd4 a5 (18... Na2 $5) 19. Nc6 Nc5 20. Nxb4
axb4 21. Rxb4 Rxa4 22. Rxa4 Nxa4 $19 {It became clear, that White has simply
lost valuable material without chances for any counterplay.} 23. e5 dxe5 24.
Nd2 h6 25. Be3 Nc3 26. Ra1 Rd8 27. Ra8 Nxb5 28. Nc4 Kh7 29. Bf1 Nc3 30. Na5 Rh8
31. Ra7 Nd5 32. Bb5 Rd8 33. Ra8 Nxe3 34. fxe3 Bf6 35. Ba4 Bg5 36. Kf2 Rd2+ 37.
Kf3 Ra2 (37... f5 $1) 38. Bc6 Ra3 $6 (38... f5 $1 {was still required.}) 39.
Rxc8 Rxa5 40. Rxc7 Kg8 (40... Kg7 41. Be8 Ra8 42. Rxf7+ Kg8 43. Bc6 Rc8 44. Bb7
Rc3 45. Rd7 Kf8 $17) 41. Be8 e4+ (41... f5 $1 42. e4 Ra3+ 43. Kg2 fxe4 44. Bxg6
Ra2+ 45. Kf1 e3) 42. Kxe4 Rf5 {Perhaps White has some practical chances here,
but he loses without a fight.} 43. h4 Bd8 44. Rd7 Ba5 45. Ra7 Be1 46. g4 Rf6
47. h5 gxh5 48. gxh5 Rf5 49. Kd3 Kf8 50. e4 Rf4 51. Ke3 Bd2+ 52. Kxd2 Kxe8 $19
53. Ke3 Rh4 54. Ra5 Ke7 55. Kf3 Kf6 56. Rb5 e5 57. Ra5 Rxh5 58. Kg4 Kg6 59.
Ra6+ f6 60. Ra8 Rh1 61. Rg8+ Kf7 62. Ra8 h5+ 63. Kf3 Rh4 64. Ke3 Kg7 65. Ra7+
Kh6 66. Ra8 Rh3+ 67. Ke2 Rg3 68. Rh8+ Kg5 69. Rf8 h4 70. Kf2 Rg4 0-1

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 37th"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "2000.08.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2000.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Nh4 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. h3 O-O 12. Qf3 Qa5 13. Bd2 Rad8 14. Rfd1 Rfe8
15. Be1 e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Qe2 Nxc4 18. Qxc4 Qc5 19. Qxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 37th"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "2000.08.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2000.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Rogozenko} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7.
f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O d5 {This pawn sacrifice throughout the century had
been considered safe for black. Perhaps, this game will force theoreticians to
reassess this continuation, as not quite sound.} 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6
12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Qxd5 {Rogozenko: 'Ivanchuk played this line before only once
(although 9.0-0-0 is his favourite line). Although it was never considered
very dangerous for Black by the theory, the present game may change the
evaluation, or at least Black will have to look for better ways to prove
compensation for the pawn.'} Qc7 14. Qc5 Qb7 {The main line. In the game
Ivanchuk-Hodgson, 1996 14...Qb8 had been played...} (14... Qb8 {Rogozenko:} 15.
b3 (15. Qa3) 15... Bf5 16. Bd3 Rc8 17. Qa5 Rc3 18. Bxf5 Rxe3 19. Be4 Qf4 20.
Bxa8 (20. g3 Qf6 21. Rd8+ Rxd8 22. Qxd8+ Bf8 23. Kb1 Qc3 24. g4 e6 (24... Re2
$44) 25. h4 h6 26. h5 gxh5 27. gxh5 f5 28. Bd3 Re1+ 29. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 30. Kb2 Qe5+
31. Kb1 Qe1+ 32. Kb2 Qe5+ 33. Kb1 {1/2-1/2 Rios,M-Cabrera,A/Medellin 2000})
20... Rxb3+ $2 (20... Rd3+ $1 21. Kb1 Qd4) 21. Rd2 Rb8 22. Bd5 Bh6 23. Rhd1 Qd4
24. c3 Qd3 25. Bb3 Rd8 26. c4 e5 27. c5 e4 28. fxe4 {1-0 Ivanchuk,V-Hodgson,J/
Amsterdam 1996}) 15. Qa3 $1 {Rogozenko: 'Also 15.b3 is not bad, but in that
case Black is not forced to put the Rook on b8.  After 15.Qa3 he has to play
Rb8, otherwise White will not weaken the position with b3.'} Bf5 16. Bd3 {
More exact than} (16. Ba6 Qc7 17. Qc5 Qb6 $1 {what leads to an about equal
endgame.}) 16... Rab8 (16... Rfb8 {Rogozenko} 17. b3 a5 18. Bxf5 gxf5 19. Qc5 (
19. Qa4 $5) 19... a4 20. b4 (20. Qxf5 $2 axb3) 20... a3 (20... Qxb4 $2 21. Rd8+
$18) 21. Rd3 e6 {and Black has some compensation for the pawn, but not clear
if enough. 1/2-1/2 Mellado Trivino,J-Martin Gonzalez,A/Barcelona 2000/ (33)})
17. b3 Rbc8 {Two rounds later, against Movsesian, Fedorov has choosen 17...
Rfc8, what looks more active. Rogozenko: 'Taking on d3 would help White to
double his Rooks quicker. But I would think twice before allowing White to
take on f5, which seriously breaks black pawn structure.'} (17... Rfc8 {
Rogozenko} 18. Bxf5 gxf5 19. Rd3 Qc7 20. c4 a5 21. Rhd1 Ra8 22. Rd7 Qe5 23. Bd4
Qf4+ 24. Kb1 Bf8 25. Qc1 Qxc1+ 26. Kxc1 $18 {1-0 Movsesian,S-Fedorov,A/
Polanica Zdroj 2000/ (56)}) (17... Bxd3 {Rogozenko} 18. Rxd3 Rfc8 {with some
compensation.}) (17... Qc6 {Rogozenko} 18. Bxf5 gxf5 19. Bd4 Rfc8 20. c4 Qh6+
21. Kb1 Bxd4 22. Rxd4 e5 23. Rd6 $16 {1-0 Dubiel,J-Zaskalski,A/chT-Pol 2000/ 
(43)}) 18. Bxf5 gxf5 19. Rd3 {Rogozenko: 'White's strategy becomes clear: he
will take control over d-file and protect the King by playing c4. The Queen on
a3 plays an important role in protecting the King along the diagonal a1-h8. In
fact White has a solid position and at the same time obvious possibilities for
active play.'} Qc6 20. c4 Qf6 21. Rhd1 $3 {This is the main point of the
Ivanchuk's discovery: black threats along the black diagonal are not too
dangerous.} Rc6 {Too optimistic. Black threatens to win the game by Ra6 - this
threat is easy to repel. Instead I would suggest 21...Rcd8 - just to change a
pair of rooks...} 22. Bd4 e5 23. Bc3 Ra6 24. Qb2 Qh6+ 25. Kb1 Qxh2 26. Rd8 {
'!' Rogozenko.} Bf6 27. R8d7 $1 {Rogozenko: 'Everything is equal now, but
White has a huge advantage. He has a better pawn structure and his pieces are
much more active. On top on this black King is not safer than his white
colleague.'} Bg7 28. Qc2 Rg6 29. R1d2 Qg1+ 30. Kb2 f4 31. Re2 {'!' Rogozenko.}
Rg5 32. b4 {Rogozenko: 'Black is totally helpless with no active play at all,
so White just starts pushing his pawns. At one point he will just exchange
Queens (by activating white Queen) and the game will be over.'} a5 $6 {Black
play could certainly be improved. In order to render longer resistance - 32...
Rc8 or Qb6 was stronger.} 33. b5 h5 34. Qd1 Qc5 {The endgame does not suit
black: after} (34... Rxg2 35. Qxg1 Rxg1 36. b6 {black has a difficult task -
to stop white pawns. Still, it was the best what black could do...}) 35. Qd5
Qg1 {Rogozenko: 'Black overlooked the next move, but the position is lost
anyway.'} 36. Rxf7 $1 Rxf7 37. Qd8+ Rf8 38. Qxg5 Qf1 39. Rc2 1-0

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 37th"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "2000.08.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2000.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Stohl} c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. g3 Qb6 (5... Qa5+ $5 $132
{Stohl}) 6. Nc2 (6. Nb3 {Stohl} Ne5 7. c5 Qc6 8. Rg1 d5 $5 (8... e6 9. Qd4 Qe4
10. Be3 d5 11. cxd6 Qxd4 12. Bxd4 Bxd6 13. Bg2 Ke7 14. Nc3 Nc6 15. Bxc6 bxc6
16. O-O-O e5 17. Bc5 Bxc5 18. Nxc5 Rb8 19. f3 h5 20. h4 Be6 21. Rd2 Rhd8 22.
Rgd1 Rxd2 23. Rxd2 Nd5 24. Nxe6 Kxe6 25. Ne4 Ke7 26. a3 $14 {Gelfand,B-Avrukh,
B/Haifa Wydra act/2000/}) 9. cxd6 exd6 10. Bg5 (10. Nc3 d5 11. Bg2 Bb4 12. Qd4
Qe6 13. Kf1 Nc6 14. Qe3 O-O 15. Qxe6 fxe6 16. f3 e5 17. a3 Be7 18. Bg5 Be6 19.
Bxf6 Rxf6 20. Na4 d4 21. Nac5 Bd5 22. f4 Bxg2+ 23. Kxg2 exf4 24. Rgf1 Re8 25.
Nd3 fxg3 26. hxg3 Re6 $17 {Jackelen,T-Hansen,C/BL 9900/1999/}) 10... d5 11.
Bxf6 Bb4+ 12. Nc3 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Qxc3+ $5 (13... Qxf6 14. Qd4 Qe7 15. Qe3 Bf5
16. Nd4 Be4 17. f3 Nc4 18. Qf4 Bg6 19. e4 Na3 20. e5 O-O 21. Qe3 Rac8 22. Kf2
Nb1 23. Rxb1 Bxb1 24. Bh3 Qa3 25. Bxc8 Rxc8 26. Qd2 Bg6 27. Rc1 h6 $132 {
Hansen,C-De Firmian,N/Copenhagen/1985/}) 14. Qd2 Qxd2+ 15. Nxd2 gxf6 $15 {/~~})
(6. Nb5 {Stohl} a6 7. Be3 Qa5+ 8. N5c3 Ng4 9. Qd2 e6 10. Bg2 Nxe3 11. Qxe3 Bc5
12. Qd2 b5 13. Ne4 Qxd2+ 14. Nbxd2 Bd4 15. O-O-O f5 16. e3 fxe4 17. exd4 d5 18.
cxb5 axb5 19. Nb3 O-O 20. Rd2 Nb4 $17 {Miles,A-Schmittdiel,E/Ostend/1993/}) (6.
e3 {Stohl} e6 7. Bg2 Bb4+ 8. Bd2 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd4 10. exd4 O-O 11. Bxb4 Qxb4+
12. Qd2 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 exd5 14. Nc3 Be6 15. Rhc1 Rac8 16. Nb5 Bd7 17. Nd6 Rc6
$1 18. Rxc6 bxc6 19. f3 Rb8 20. Kc2 Kf8 21. Re1 a5 22. Bf1 g6 23. Ba6 Ra8 24.
Bd3 Ra7 25. Kb3 Nh5 26. a4 Ng7 27. f4 Ne6 28. Kc3 Ke7 $17 {Kortschnoj,V-Timman,
J/Amsterdam/1987/}) 6... e6 (6... d6 {Stohl} 7. Bg2 g6 8. Nc3 Bg7 9. O-O O-O
10. b3 $14 {-A39}) (6... Ne4 {Stohl} 7. e3 e6 8. Bg2 Bb4+ 9. Ke2 d5 10. Nxb4
Nxb4 11. Nd2 f5 12. Qb3 Qc5 13. a3 Nc6 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Rd1 Qe7 16. Nf3 O-O
17. Bd2 Nc5 18. Qc2 d4 19. Kf1 d3 20. Qc3 Be6 21. Ne5 Rac8 22. Nxc6 bxc6 23. a4
Nb3 24. Ra3 Qf7 25. Kg1 c5 26. Qxd3 Rfd8 $44 {Filippov,V-Sokolin,L/New York op/
1998/}) (6... Ne5 {Stohl} 7. b3 Qc6 8. f3 e6 9. Bb2 Qc7 10. Nc3 a6 11. Bg2 d6
12. f4 Ng6 13. O-O Rb8 14. Ne4 Be7 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Bxf6 gxf6 {Yermolinsky,
A-De Firmian,N/USA-ch/1994/} 17. f5 $5 $16 {[%csl Rd6,Re6,Rf6,Rf7] ק}) 7. Bg2
d5 {'!' Stohl.} (7... Ne5 $143 $6 {Stohl} 8. b3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Nc3 d6 11.
e4 Bd7 12. Kh1 Rfd8 13. f4 Ng6 14. Bb2 Rac8 15. Qe2 a5 16. Rab1 Be8 17. Ne3 Bc6
18. Qf2 Nd7 19. Ba1 Nc5 20. Ng4 Qc7 21. Rbd1 $36 {->>>,Hauchard,A-Fayard,A/
FRA-ch/1991/}) (7... Be7 {Stohl} 8. Nc3 O-O 9. O-O d6 10. b3 a6 11. e4 Bd7 12.
Kh1 Rac8 13. g4 Qc7 14. Bb2 Qb8 15. Ne3 b5 16. g5 Ne8 17. f4 bxc4 18. Nxc4 Na7
19. Ne3 Bc6 20. Qh5 Qb7 21. f5 Nb5 22. f6 g6 23. Qh6 Bxf6 24. gxf6 Nxc3 25.
Bxc3 Bxe4 26. Rac1 $18 {Tukmakov,V-Peptan,C/Biel op/1999/}) 8. O-O (8. cxd5 $1
{Stohl} exd5 {-8.0-0} (8... Nxd5 9. O-O Bd7 $5 10. e4 {gives White some
chances for an advantage.} (10. Bxd5 exd5 11. Nc3 d4 12. Nd5 Qa5 $13))) 8...
Be7 {'?!' Stohl.} (8... dxc4 $142 {Stohl} 9. Ne3 (9. Nca3 Qa6 10. b3 Be7 11.
bxc4 O-O 12. Nb5 Qa5 13. Bd2 Qd8 14. Bf4 e5 15. Bg5 Bg4 16. Nd2 Rc8 17. h3 Be6
18. Qa4 Qd7 19. Kh2 Ng4+ 20. hxg4 Bxg5 21. Ne4 Be7 22. Rfd1 Nd4 23. Qxa7 Rxc4
24. Nxd4 Rxd4 25. Rxd4 Qxd4 26. Qxd4 exd4 $15 {Alburt,L-De Firmian,N/New York/
1985/}) 9... Qa6 10. Nd2 Ne5 11. Qc2 Bd7 12. Qc3 Ng6 13. Qxc4 b5 14. Qd4 Bc6
15. Ng4 Nxg4 16. Qxg4 Be7 $11 17. e4 $6 O-O 18. Nb3 Rad8 19. Be3 Ne5 20. Qh5
Nc4 21. Bd4 e5 22. Bc5 Bxc5 23. Nxc5 Qb6 24. b4 a5 $36 {Rahman,Z-Shariyazdanov,
A/Guntur/2000/}) 9. cxd5 exd5 (9... Nxd5 {Stohl} 10. Bxd5 $5 (10. Ne3 Nxe3 11.
Bxe3 Qxb2 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Bd4 Qb7 14. Bxg7 Rg8 15. Bc3 c5 16. Qc2 Rg6 17.
Nd2 Qc6 18. Nc4 Bb7 19. f3 f6 20. Na5 Qc7 21. Nxb7 Qxb7 22. Qa4+ Kf7 23. Rad1 {
Topalov,V-Ponomariov,R/FIDE WCh Las Vegas/1999/}) 10... exd5 11. Nc3 $14) 10.
Nc3 {Stohl: '><d5'} O-O $1 {N 'N' Stohl.} (10... Be6) (10... Be6 {Stohl} 11.
Ne3 (11. b3 O-O 12. Na4 Qa5 13. Bb2 Ne4 14. Nd4 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Rac8 16. Qd3 Rfd8
17. Rac1 b5 18. Nc3 Nxc3 19. Rxc3 Rxc3 20. Bxc3 Qxa2 21. Bd4 Qa5 22. f4 g6 23.
Qe3 Qc7 24. Rc1 Qd6 25. h3 a6 26. g4 Rc8 $15 {Hoelzl,F-Fauland,A/AUT-ch/1989/})
11... d4 12. Ned5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Bxd5 O-O 15. Qb3 Qxb3 16. Bxb3 Rfd8
17. Rd1 Bf6 18. Rb1 Rac8 19. Bd2 d3 20. exd3 Rxd3 21. Be3 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rc7
23. Ba4 h6 24. Bxc6 Rxc6 25. Rd7 Ra6 $11 {Skembris,S-De Firmian,N/Vrnjacka
Banja/1983/}) 11. Nxd5 (11. Bg5 Be6 (11... Qxb2 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nxd5 Bf5 $140
(13... Bd8 14. Nce3) 14. e4 Be6 15. Rb1 Qxa2 16. Nxf6+ gxf6 17. Ne3 $40) 12.
Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Qxd5 Qxb2 $11) 11... Nxd5 12. Qxd5 (12. Bxd5 Bh3
13. Re1 Rad8 (13... Rfd8 {Stohl} 14. e4 $14) 14. e4 Be6 15. Ne3 (15. Qh5 g6)
15... Bc5 $44) 12... Be6 (12... Bf6 13. a4 $5 Be6 14. Qb5) 13. Qe4 Bf6 {
'@' Stohl.} 14. a4 (14. Be3 Qxb2 15. Rab1 Qxa2 16. Rxb7 Rfc8 $5 $13 (16... Na5
17. Rxa7 Rxa7 18. Bxa7 Nc4 19. Be3 $11) (16... Rac8)) (14. a3 Rfd8 (14... Rac8
15. Nb4 (15. Be3 Qb3) 15... Nd4 16. Be3 Rfe8 17. Qxb7) 15. Be3 Qb3 $44) (14.
Ne3 {Stohl} Rad8 $44 (14... Rfe8 $5)) 14... Rac8 (14... Rad8 $5 15. Be3 Qb3 $44
) (14... Rfe8 {Stohl} 15. Qd3 Rad8 16. Qb5 $14) 15. Be3 {'!' Stohl.} (15. Rb1 {
Stohl} Rfe8 16. Be3 Qa5 $36) (15. Qd3 $2 {Stohl} Ne5 $17) 15... Qxb2 (15... Qb3
16. Rfb1 $16) 16. Rab1 Qa2 (16... Qc3 $5 17. Rfc1 $1 (17. Rxb7 Nd8 18. Rxa7 (
18. Nd4 Nxb7 19. Nxe6 Nd6) 18... Qxc2 19. Qxc2 Rxc2 20. Rc1 Rxe2 21. Bf3 (21.
a5 Bb2) 21... Ra2 $17) (17. Nb4 Nxb4 18. Rxb4 (18. Qxb4 Qxb4 19. Rxb4 b6 $17)
18... b6 $15) (17. Rbc1 Qa5 $15 (17... Rfd8 18. Nd4)) 17... Ba2 $1 18. Rb5 (18.
Rxb7 Na5 19. Ne1 Qxc1 20. Bxc1 Rxc1 21. Rxa7 Rxe1+ 22. Bf1 Be6 $15) 18... Rfe8
(18... a6 19. Nb4) 19. Qf4 $11) 17. Rxb7 a5 {'©' Stohl.} (17... Na5 18. Rxa7) (
17... Nd8 18. Nb4 $1 Qa3 19. Rb5 Qxa4 (19... Rc4 20. Qb1 Qxa4 21. Nd5 $16) 20.
Rh5 g6 21. Nd5 $3 $16) 18. Rb6 (18. Rb5 Bb3 19. Rc5 Bxa4 $15 (19... Qxa4)) (18.
Bb6 $5 {Stohl} Bb3 19. Ne3 Qxa4 (19... Qxe2 20. Nd5 $14) 20. Nd5 Be5 (20... Bd4
21. Ne7+ Nxe7 22. Qxd4 Rfe8 23. Qxa4 Bxa4 24. Bxa5 Bc6 25. Rb2 $14) 21. Ne7+
Nxe7 22. Qxe5 Nc6 $132) 18... Ne7 19. Nd4 Rc4 $6 {Stohl: 'Black makes life
difficult for himself.'} (19... Bd5 20. Qg4 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Nd5 $1 (21... Qd5+
22. Kg1 h5 23. Qf4 Be5 24. Qh4 (24. Nf5 $16)) (21... Qxa4 $2 22. Rxf6 $18) (
21... Ng6 22. Nf5 Rc4 23. Qf3 $40 {[%cal Rf5h6] /\Nh6}) 22. Rd6 (22. Rb5 Nxe3+
23. fxe3 Bxd4 24. exd4 Rce8 (24... Qxa4 $2 25. Rxf7 $18)) 22... Qc4 $1 (22...
Nxe3+ 23. fxe3 Bxd4 24. Rxd4 $14 (24. Rxd4 {Stohl} Rc2 $44)) 23. Bg5 (23. Qf3
Bxd4 24. Bxd4 Qxd4) 23... Bxg5 (23... Bxd4 24. Rc1) 24. Qxg5 Qxd4 $11) 20. Rxe6
$1 (20. Qd3 Rd8) 20... fxe6 21. Bh3 $1 (21. Qxe6+ Kh8) 21... Kh8 {'[]' Stohl.}
(21... e5 22. Be6+ Kh8 23. Qd3) 22. Bxe6 Qxe2 $1 (22... Qxa4 23. Bxc4 Qxc4 24.
Rc1 Qd5 25. Qg4 $36) 23. Bxc4 Qxc4 {'<=>' Stohl.} 24. Qc2 Rc8 (24... Qxc2 25.
Nxc2 Rc8 26. Na3 Rc3 27. Nb5 {'+/=' Stohl.} (27. Bc1 $14 {Stohl}) 27... Rc4 $11
) 25. Rc1 Qxc2 26. Rxc2 Rxc2 27. Nxc2 Nd5 $1 $11 28. Na3 (28. Bd4 {Stohl} Bxd4
29. Nxd4 Nc3 30. Nc6 Nxa4 31. Nxa5 {is a drawish _|_ White avoids even later
on.}) 28... Nc3 29. Bd2 Nxa4 30. Bxa5 Kg8 {Stohl: 'In a position like this
White has only practical chances to realize his extra pawn, as any B or N _|_
is a theoretical draw.'} 31. Nc4 Nc5 32. Bb6 Nd7 33. Bc7 Kf7 34. Kg2 Ke6 35.
Kf3 Bd4 36. Ne3 Nf6 37. Bd8 Nd5 38. Nc4 Bf6 39. Ba5 Bc3 40. Bd8 Bf6 41. Bb6 Be7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 37th"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "2000.08.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2000.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 O-O 12. Nc2 Bg5 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 a5
15. Bb5 Ne7 16. Ncb4 Bd7 {Better than the usual 16. ... Be6. Apparently this
move (16. ... Bd7) is enough for Black to hold equal position.} (16... Be6 17.
Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Bc6 Ra7 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 Rb8 21. Qa1 $1 {[%cal Rb2b4]
Black is in seriuos trouble here. In fact White wins a pawn after the
inevitable b2-b4. 1-0 Calzetta,M-Holmsten,A/Linares 2000/ (35).} (21. Qc2 Qd7
22. O-O Bd8 23. b3 Bb6 $14 {Tiviakov-Iskusnikh/St.Petersburg 1998})) 17. Nxe7+
Bxe7 18. Bxd7 (18. Nc6 {Slightly better than the game, but should lead to
equal positions as well.} Qe8 $1 (18... Bxc6 19. Bxc6 Rb8 20. Ra2 Qb6 21. Bd5
g6 (21... Qc5 22. O-O Bd8) 22. h4 Kg7 23. h5 f5 24. Qd2 g5 25. g3 Kh6 26. exf5
Rxf5 27. O-O $14 {1-0 Motylev,A-Agamaliev,G/Bydgoszcz 1999 (42)}) 19. Qd5 (19.
Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. Bxd7 Qxd7 21. O-O {1/2-1/2 Tiviakov,S-Cifuentes Parada,R/Essent
2000}) 19... Be6 20. Qd3 Bd7 21. Rc4 (21. Nxe7+ Qxe7 $11) 21... Rc8 $11) 18...
axb4 $1 (18... Qxd7 $2 19. Nd5 $16) 19. Bc6 Rxa4 20. Qxa4 bxc3 21. bxc3 $11 Qb8
22. O-O Bd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 37th"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "2000.08.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2000.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. f4
O-O 9. Kh1 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. e5 dxe5 12. fxe5 Nd7 13. Bf4 Bg5 14. Bg3 Bh4
15. Bf4 Bg5 16. Qd2 Bxf4 17. Qxf4 Qa5 18. Rae1 Qxe5 19. Qh4 h6 20. Bd3 Qg5 21.
Qe4 g6 22. Qxc6 Rb8 23. Ne4 Qa5 24. b3 Kg7 25. Qd6 Rb6 26. Qe7 Qb4 27. Qh4 f5
28. c3 Qa3 29. Nd2 Qd6 30. Rf3 g5 31. Qf2 Qc5 32. Qe2 Bb7 33. Rh3 e5 34. Nc4
Re6 35. b4 Qc7 36. Na5 e4 37. Bc4 Ref6 38. Qf2 Ba8 39. Bf1 Ne5 40. c4 f4 41.
Qb2 e3 42. Kg1 g4 43. Rh5 Nf3+ 44. gxf3 gxf3 0-1

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 37th"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "2000.08.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "2000.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Bg4 11. Bc2 Qd7 12. Re1 Rd8 13. h3 Bh5 14. Nf1 Be7 15.
g4 Bg6 16. Ng3 Bxc2 17. Qxc2 Ne6 18. a4 O-O 19. axb5 axb5 20. Nf5 Rfe8 21. Be3
Bf8 22. Rad1 g6 23. Nh6+ Kh8 24. g5 Bxh6 25. gxh6 b4 26. Qd2 bxc3 27. bxc3 Kg8
28. Bg5 Nxg5 29. Qxg5 Qe7 30. Qf4 Rd7 31. Qf6 Qxf6 32. exf6 Rf8 33. c4 d4 34.
Ng5 Rd6 35. Ne4 Re6 36. Nc5 Re5 37. Rxe5 Nxe5 38. f4 Nxc4 39. Rxd4 Nd6 40. Na6
Ne8 41. Kg2 Nxf6 42. Nxc7 Kh8 43. Rd6 Ng8 44. f5 Nxh6 45. f6 Nf5 46. Rd7 Kg8
47. Nd5 Re8 48. Kf2 h6 49. Nc7 Rb8 50. Nd5 Re8 51. Nc7 Rb8 52. Nd5 Kf8 53. Nc7
Rb2+ 54. Ke1 Rb1+ 55. Kf2 Rb8 56. Kf3 Kg8 57. Ke4 Rc8 58. Kf4 Nd4 59. Nd5 Kf8
60. Ke5 Nf3+ 61. Kf4 Ng5 62. h4 Rc4+ 63. Ke3 Ne6 64. Ra7 Rc8 65. Nb6 Re8 66.
Nd7+ Kg8 67. Ne5 Ng7 68. Kd4 Nf5+ 69. Kd5 Ne3+ 70. Kd4 Nf5+ 71. Kd5 Re6 72.
Ra8+ Kh7 73. Rh8+ Kxh8 74. Nxf7+ Kg8 75. Kxe6 Kf8 76. Ne5 Nd4+ 77. Kd5 Ne2 78.
Nxg6+ Kf7 79. Ne5+ Kxf6 80. Ng4+ Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 37th"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "2000.08.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2000.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. Qb3
b5 9. e5 Nfd7 10. e6 fxe6 11. Be3 Nf6 12. Be2 Nc6 13. O-O Qd6 14. Rac1 Na5 15.
Qc2 Bb7 16. Rfd1 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Bxf3 18. gxf3 bxc4 19. Ne4 Qd5 20. Qxc4 Qf5 21.
Nxf6+ Rxf6 22. Qc2 Qxf3 23. Qc6 Kf7 24. Qxf3 Rxf3 25. Rxc7 Rf5 26. Rdc1 Ra5 27.
a3 Rb5 28. R1c2 Rab8 29. Ra7 Rxb2 30. Rxb2 Rxb2 31. Rxa6 Rb5 32. Ra4 Rb3 33. h3
h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 37th"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "2000.08.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2000.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nb5 d6 6. Bf4 {Die Alternative
wäre 6.c4, mit weißem Raumvorteil, aber in diesem Fall verlöre Weiß später
nach a7-a6 weitere Zeit.} e5 7. Be3 {Weiß hat ein Tempo verloren, aber das
Feld d5 ist ein positionelles Loch in der schwarzen Stellung.} Nf6 8. Bg5 a6 9.
N5c3 Be7 10. Nd2 $6 {Almasi wählt seine alte Lieblingsfortsetzung, aber die
Alternative 10.Bxf6 - die er auch schon mit Erfolg anwandte - scheint
gefährlicher. Vielleicht fürchtete er die gegnerische Vorbereitung.} (10. Bxf6
$5 Bxf6 11. Nd2 O-O 12. Nc4 b5 13. Qxd6 (13. Nxd6 {- 48/(239)}) 13... bxc4 14.
Qxc6 Be6 15. Be2 Rb8 16. Rb1 (16. O-O Qd2 17. Rab1 Qxc2 18. Rfc1 Qd2 19. Rd1
Qc2 20. Qxa6 Rfc8 21. h3 Be7 {1/2-1/2 Kasparov,G-Anand,V/Frankfurt (rapid) 73/
(218) 1998/Inf 73/[Seirawan,Y] (23) [/\ Bc5-d4]}) 16... Rb6 17. Qa4 (17. Qc5
Qb8 $44) 17... Qb8 18. O-O Rd8 19. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 20. Nxd1 g6 21. Ne3 Rb4 22. Qxa6
c3 23. b3 Rxe4 24. Bg4 {1-0 Almasi,Z-Ribli,Z/AUT-chT 2000 (34)}) 10... Bg4 $1 {
[%mdl 4] Das ist eine Provokation. Schwarz möchte seinen Genger zum Zug 11.f3
verleiten. Danach würde die Schwächung der Diagonale a7-g1 die ganze Partie
über spürbar werden.} (10... O-O 11. Nc4 Be6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nd5 b5 14. Nce3
Bg5 15. Be2 Bxe3 16. Nxe3 Ne7 17. Bf3 Qb6 18. O-O Rfd8 19. c3 a5 20. Qd2 Rab8
21. Rfd1 h6 22. Bg4 b4 23. Bxe6 fxe6 24. c4 Nc6 25. b3 Qc5 26. Qd3 Ra8 27. Nc2
a4 {1/2-1/2 Almasi,Z-Emms,J/Batumi GEO 1999 (82)}) (10... Be6 $5 11. Nc4 Nd4
12. Bd3 Rc8 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Ne3 Bg5 15. Ncd5 Bxe3 16. Nxe3 O-O 17. O-O Qb6 $6
18. c3 Nc6 19. Qe2 $14 {1-0 Almasi,Z-Cramling,P/Pamplona 1996/CBM 57/[Ribli] 
(60)}) 11. Be2 (11. f3 Be6 {[%cal Gd8b6,Gb6g1]}) 11... Bxe2 12. Nxe2 {Wenn
Weiß so spielen muss, heißt das, dass die ganze Variante für Schwarz nicht
gefährlich sein kann.} (12. Qxe2 $2 Nxe4 13. Ndxe4 (13. Ncxe4 Bxg5 $17) 13...
Bxg5 $17) 12... d5 $11 {In vielen anderen Varianten der Sizilianischen
Verteidigung bleibt die Durchsetzung von d5  nur ein Traum. In unserer Partie
erreicht Schwarz nunmehr einer bequeme Stellung.} 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. O-O (14.
Nc3 d4 15. Nd5 O-O 16. O-O g6 17. Nc4 b5 18. Ncb6 Ra7 19. a4 b4 20. a5 Bg7 21.
Qd3 Qd6 {0-1 Fernando,D-Djuric,S/Lisbon POR 1999 (42)}) 14... O-O 15. c4 $6 {
Dieser Zug gefällt mir nicht, denn er schwächt das Feld d4. Andererseits ist
es aber nicht leicht für Weiß, eine sichere Ausgleichsmöglichkeit zu finden.} (
15. exd5 Qxd5 16. Nc3 Qe6 17. Nde4 Rad8 $15) (15. c3 d4 16. cxd4 exd4 (16...
Nxd4 17. Nb3 $11) 17. Nf4 d3 $15) (15. Nc3 $5) 15... dxe4 16. Nxe4 Be7 $15 {
[%csl Yd4] Weiß hat die Bauernmehrheit am Damenflügel, aber das ist nicht von
großer Bedeutung, denn Schwarz hat ein starkes Zentrum und kann mit f7-f5
seine Bauernmasse mobilisieren.} 17. c5 $6 {Weiß möchte die Schwächung des
Feldes d4 durch aktives Spiel kompensieren, in der Folge jedoch wird der Pc5
schwach.} (17. N4c3 $5 $15 {[%cal Gc3d5]}) 17... Qc7 18. Qb3 Rad8 19. Rfd1 g6
$1 {[%mdl 32] Ein ausgezeichneter positioneller Zug - Schwarz möchte f7-f5
ziehen, aber das geht wegen der Qb3 nicht. Der Textzug bereitet Kg7 vor, und
anschließend kann schon f7-f5 folgen.} 20. Qc4 {[%cal Gb2b4]} Na5 21. Qb4 (21.
Qc3 $15) 21... Kg7 22. N2c3 $6 (22. Qc3 $15) 22... Nc6 23. Qc4 f5 {[%csl Re4]}
24. Nd6 {Dieser Zug verliert einen Bauern, aber guter Rat war schon teuer.} (
24. Nd5 Rxd5 25. Rxd5 fxe4 26. Qxe4 Rf4 $17) (24. Ng3 Na5 25. Nd5 Qxc5 26. Qxc5
Bxc5 27. Rac1 $17 (27. b4 $2 Bd4 $19)) 24... Bxd6 25. cxd6 Rxd6 26. Rxd6 Qxd6
$17 {Schwarz hat einen gesunden Mehrbauern, doch die Verwertung der
Bauernmehrheit am Königsflügel ist noch nicht leicht.} 27. Rd1 Nd4 {[%csl Gd4]}
28. f4 {Weiß möchte mit der Partiefortsetzung die Stellung des Nd4 erschüttern.
} (28. Ne2 $2 Nf3+ $19) 28... b5 29. Qd3 Rd8 30. Kh1 (30. fxe5 Qxe5 31. Kh1 b4
32. Na4 Nc6 33. Qb1 Rxd1+ 34. Qxd1 Nd4 $17) 30... b4 (30... Qe7 $17) 31. Ne2
Nb5 $1 (31... Qc5 $6 32. fxe5 Nc6 33. Rc1 Qxe5 (33... Rxd3 34. Rxc5 Re3 35.
Rxc6 Rxe2 36. h3 $11) 34. Qxa6 $132) 32. Qxd6 Rxd6 33. Rxd6 Nxd6 34. fxe5 Nc4 {
[%cal Rc4b2,Rc4e5] Endlich gewinnt Schwarz seinen Mehrbauern zurück.} 35. b3
Nxe5 36. Nf4 a5 {Es gibt ein Sprichwort, das besagt, Springerendspiele seien
eigentlich Bauernendspiele. Das trifft nicht immer zu, aber häufig. In unserer
konkreten Stellung hat Schwarz nicht nur einen Bauern mehr, sondern auch
Raumvorteil am Damenflügel, sein König kommt schnell ins Spiel.} 37. h4 {
Dieser Zug schwächt das Feld g4, aber die schwarze Drohung war 37...g5.} Kf6
38. Kg1 Ng4 {[%csl Rg1,Gg4]} 39. Nd3 (39. Kf1 Ke5 40. Nd3+ Kd4 $19 {[%csl Gd4]}
) 39... Ke6 $19 {[%cal Ge6d5,Gd5d4] Das Erscheinen des schwarzen Königs im
Zentrum entscheidet die Partie.} 40. Nc5+ Kd6 $1 41. Nb7+ Kc7 (41... Kc7 42.
Nc5 (42. Nxa5 Ne5 {[%csl Ra5]} 43. Kf2 Kb6 44. Nc4+ Nxc4 45. bxc4 Kc5 $19)
42... Kc6 43. Ne6 (43. Nd3 Kd5 $19) 43... Kd5 $19) 0-1

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 37th"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "2000.08.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Markowski, Tomasz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[EventDate "2000.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. d5 Nf6 5. e5 Ng4 6. Ng5 Nh6 7. Ne4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup-B"]
[Site "Shenyang"]
[Date "2000.09.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2000.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. e3 O-O $5 (6... c5 $5 {
It's main line.See comments to Georgiev,K-Adams,M/ Sarajevo,2000/CBM 77 (1/2-1/
2)(Golod,V)(22)}) ({Also possibly:} 6... e5 $5 {See comments to Sakaev,
K-Pigusov,E/St. Petersburg,1999/CBM 71 (1/2-1/2)(Golod,V) (41)}) 7. Bd2 ({
Other possibilities is:} 7. Nf3 c5 (7... Nc6 $143 8. Bd2 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 $14 {
Bolbochan,J-Grau,R/Buenos Aires,1936 (1-0)(14)}) (7... b6 $143 8. Bd3 Bb7 9.
O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 c5 11. e4 Qh5 12. Qe2 Nbd7 13. a4 $14 {Koutsin,S-Romanishin,
O/Katowice,1995 (1/2-1/2)(30)}) 8. Bd2 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 cxd4 10. Bxd4 Nc6 11. Bc3
e5 12. a3 Bg4 13. Be2 Rac8 14. h3 Bh5 15. O-O {+/=/= Wang Lei-Mascarinas,R/
Quezon City,2000(1-0)(63)}) ({and} 7. Nge2 c5 (7... e5 $5 8. a3 exd4 9. axb4
dxc3 10. bxc3 Bf5 11. Qa2 Nc6 12. Nd4 $6 (12. Qxd5 $5 Nxd5 13. f3 $14) 12...
Nxd4 13. cxd4 Qd6 14. Ba3 Rfe8 15. Be2 Ne4 $36 {Lange,W-Engels,L/Bad
Oeynhausen, 1939(0-1)(38)}) 8. Bd2 Qd6 $5 (8... Qd8 9. a3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Ba5 11.
Be2 Bb6 12. Nf3 Nc6 13. O-O Qe7 14. Rfd1 $14 {Flohr,S-Gilg,K/Bad Liebenwerda,
1934(1-0) (16)}) (8... Qc6 {(it's first game in this variation!!!)} 9. a3 Bxc3
10. Bxc3 Nbd7 11. dxc5 Qxc5 12. Rc1 Re8 13. Ng3 $14 {Flohr,S-Michell,R/
Hastings,1933(1-0)(54)}) 9. dxc5 Qxc5 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Nxc3 b6 12. Be2 Bb7 13.
O-O Nbd7 14. Rad1 Ne4 15. Bd3 Nef6 16. Ne4 $6 Qxc2 17. Nxf6+ Nxf6 18. Bxc2 Rac8
$11 {Eliskases,E-Foltys,J/Stuttgart,1939(1/2-1/2) (41)}) 7... Bxc3 8. Bxc3 $5
$146 {[%mdl 8] Interesting novelty of Vassily Ivanchuk.This move was not
played in the next games:} (8. bxc3 c5 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. Rb1 (10. Be2 Qd6 11. Bb5
Bd7 12. O-O Rac8 13. Qb1 Rfd8 14. Rd1 a6 15. Bf1 e5 $11 {Garcia,G-Kortschnoj,V/
Havana,1963(0-1) (27)}) 10... cxd4 $6 (10... Rd8 $5) 11. cxd4 b6 12. Bd3 Qd6
13. Bc3 h6 14. e4 Qe7 15. O-O Bb7 16. Rfe1 $14 {Hedman,E-Samuelsen,C/
Copenhagen,1999(1-0)(34)}) 8... b6 {[%cal Gc8a6] Non-typical idea.} ({It
deserves attention:} 8... c5 $5 9. dxc5 Qxc5 {+/=/=}) 9. Be2 $1 {[%csl Ra8,Rd5]
[%cal Ge2f3]} Nc6 ({Slightly dubious:} 9... Ne4 10. Bf3 Bb7 11. Ne2 $36) ({
Is a possible continuation of the play:} 9... Qe4 $5) 10. Nf3 {Now this move
better,than:} (10. Bf3 Qd6 {[%cal Gc8b7] +/=/=}) 10... a5 ({In my opinion a
little better is:} 10... Bb7) 11. O-O Ba6 12. Bxa6 Rxa6 13. Rfd1 $14 Ra7 {
Strange decision.} ({More logically:} 13... Raa8 $5) ({Also good enough:} 13...
b5 $5) 14. Nd2 {[%cal Ge3e4] With the threats 15.e4 /\15...Nxd4?? 16.Qd3(פd4)}
Nb4 ({Also white save a positional advantage after:} 14... Rd8 15. e4 Qg5 16.
Nf1 $14) 15. Qb1 Qb5 {Black is preparing c7-c5 or a5-a4.} 16. e4 a4 17. Nf3 Re8
18. h3 {Slow,prophylactic move.From my point of view a little better is:} (18.
d5 $5 exd5 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. a3 Na6 {-transfer to 18.a3!?} (20... dxe4 $4 21.
Nd4 $18)) ({or} 18. a3 $5 Nc6 (18... Na6 $143 19. d5 exd5 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21.
Rxd5 {+/=/+/-} (21. exd5 $5 $36)) 19. d5 exd5 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Rxd5 Qe2 22.
Nd2 Ra5 $1 23. Qd3 Qxd3 24. Rxd3 $14) 18... c5 $1 {It's absolutely sound
decision.} 19. dxc5 ({Again a little bit better is:} 19. a3 $5 Na6 20. dxc5
Nxc5 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Qc2 $14) 19... bxc5 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Qc1 {[%csl Rf6,
Rg8][%cal Gc1h6]} ({Probably,first of all,it is necessary:} 21. a3 Nc6 22. Qc2
{+/=/=}) 21... Nd3 22. Qc3 (22. Qh6 $2 {is refuted by:} Qxb2 {[%csl Ra1,Rf2]
[%cal Gb2f2,Gb2a1]}) 22... c4 23. Rd2 $6 ({Also leads to approximately equal
position:} 23. Qxf6 Qxb2 {[%csl Rf2,Rf6]} 24. Nd4 (24. Qxb2 Nxb2 25. Rdc1 Rc7
$11) 24... Rd7 25. Qg5+ Kf8 26. Qh6+ Kg8 $11) ({Can be recommended:} 23. Ne1 $5
Nxe1 (23... Qxb2 $4 24. Rxd3 $18) 24. Rxe1 $14) ({and} 23. Rab1 $5) 23... Kg7 {
[%csl Rf6,Yg7][%cal Yg7f6]} 24. Rad1 Rb7 {[%csl Rb2]} 25. Ne1 Nf4 $5 {[%csl
Yf4][%cal Yf4g6]} ({Mistaken exchange:} 25... Nxe1 26. Rxe1 $36 {[%csl Rg7]
[%cal Ge1e3,Ge3g3]}) 26. h4 $6 ({Much better is:} 26. Rc2 $5 Qh5 27. Rdd2 {
+/=/=}) 26... Ng6 {[%csl Yg6]} 27. g3 Reb8 $11 {With the idea Qe5(קb2,e4)} 28.
f4 $6 {Another one dubious move.} (28. Nf3 $142 $5) 28... Qh5 29. Rc1 e5 ({
Senselessly:} 29... Qg4 $6 {[%csl Rg1][%cal Gg6f4,Gg6h4] in view of:} 30. Ng2
$14) 30. Ng2 ({More safely:} 30. f5 Ne7 31. Nf3 $11) 30... exf4 31. Rf1 {
[%csl Gc3,Gf1,Rf6] Again inaccuracy.} (31. Nxf4 $142 Nxf4 32. gxf4 Qxh4 33.
Rg2+ Kh8 34. Qxc4 $11 Rxb2 $140 $4 35. Qc8+ Rxc8 36. Rxc8#) 31... Qe5 ({
In my opinion much better is:} 31... Qc5+ $5 32. Kh1 $140 (32. Rff2 $2 fxg3 33.
Qxg3 Rxb2 $19 {[%csl Gc5,Rg1]}) 32... a3 33. bxa3 Rb1 34. Rdd1 Rxd1 35. Rxd1
Qf2 $36) 32. gxf4 Qxe4 33. h5 Ne7 34. Ne3 {After this move Nigel Short is
agreed for draw,probably,because of zeitnot.} ({After:} 34. Ne3 Rb5 {[%cal
Gb5h5]} (34... Rxb2 $2 35. Rxb2 Rxb2 36. Qxb2 Qxe3+ 37. Qf2 {+/=/+/-_|_}) 35.
Rg2+ Kf8 {black has a evident advantage.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup-B"]
[Site "Shenyang"]
[Date "2000.09.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ye, Jiangchuan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2000.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Ba4 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Nc4 10. Re1 d5 11. Nd2 Nb6 12. Bb3 Bd6 13. Qh5 Re8 14. Nf3
Rxe1+ 15. Nxe1 c6 16. c3 g6 17. Qf3 Bf5 18. Bf4 Nc8 19. Qg3 Bxf4 20. Qxf4 Qd6
21. Qxd6 Nxd6 22. f3 h5 23. Kf2 a5 24. Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup-B"]
[Site "Shenyang"]
[Date "2000.09.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Xu, Jun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2000.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. d4 e6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bg2 Be7 $6 $14
{Maybe V. Ivanchuk prepared something after 7... Ndb4?} ({Very strong move
here is} 7... Ndb4 $1 $11 {For example:} 8. e3 cxd4 9. exd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 (10.
O-O Nxf3+ 11. Qxf3 Be7 12. Rd1 $44 {1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V-Topalov,V/Linares 1999/
CBM 70 (33)}) 10... Qxd4 11. O-O Qxd1 12. Rxd1 $44 {see comments to the game 1/
2-1/2 Biriukov,O-Aseev,K/St Petersburg 1998/CBM 65/[Tsesarsky] (41)}) 8. O-O
O-O 9. e4 Nb6 10. dxc5 Qxd1 11. Rxd1 Bxc5 12. e5 (12. Bf4 {- another mainline})
12... Nc4 13. Na4 Be7 (13... Bb4 $2 14. Bf4 Rb8 15. Rac1 $16 {1-0 Eberspaecher,
M-Schlamp,R/Nuremberg Weilburg op 1996/EXT 96op2/ (56)}) 14. Bf4 f6 (14... Rb8
15. b3 Na3 (15... b5 16. Nc3 Na3 17. Ne1 Nb4 18. Be3 $16 {0-1 Loginov-Kaiumov/
Tashkent 1982/ (45)}) (15... N4a5 {see comments to the game  1/2-1/2 Renet,
O-Petursson,M/Thessaloniki olm 1988/Inf 46/[Petursson,M] (38)}) 16. Rac1 Nb4
17. Bd2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Huzman,A-Magerramov,E/Baku 1988/ (42)}) 15. Rac1 ({
Also interesting is} 15. Re1 $5 N4xe5 16. Bxe5 fxe5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Rxe5 Bf6
19. Re2 $14 {[%csl Rc8][%cal Gg2b7] 1-0 Stean,M-Bjerke,R/Gausdal Jubilee 1982/
(38)}) (15. b3 $6 N4xe5 16. Nxe5 fxe5 17. Be3 Nd4 18. Nc3 Nc2 19. Rac1 Nxe3 20.
fxe3 Bc5 21. Rd3 $44 {0-1 Vadasz,L-Hmadi,S/FSGM May Budapest HUN 1996/(33)})
15... N4xe5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 (16... fxe5 17. Be3 Nd4 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. Rxd4 Rb8
20. Nc5 $14 {1-0 Heilemann,P-Steiner,X/cr Blass mem 1990/ (45)}) 17. Bxe5 ({
It is not so easy to equalize after} 17. Nc5 $5 Rb8 (17... Bxc5 18. Rxc5 $14)
18. Ne4 (18. Bxe5 fxe5 19. Nd7 Bxd7 20. Rxd7 Bd8 $11 {[%cal Gd8b6]}) 18... Rd8
19. Rxd8+ Bxd8 20. Bxe5 $1 (20. Rd1 Be7 21. Nd6 Ng6 $1 (21... b6 $6 22. Nc4 $14
(22. Bh3 Bxd6 23. Rxd6 Nf7 $11 {0-1 Rotstein,A-Belkhodja,S/Warsaw Legion ,EXT
1989/ (61)})) 22. Be3 b6 $15) 20... fxe5 21. Nd6 Bd7 22. Nxb7 $14) 17... fxe5
18. Nc5 Bg5 $5 (18... Rd8 19. Rxd8+ Bxd8 20. Nd3 Bf6 21. h4 a5 22. Re1 a4 23.
Nxe5 Ra5 24. f4 $14) (18... Bxc5 $2 19. Rxc5 $16) 19. Rc2 Rb8 20. Bh3 $5 {
[%csl Re6] White attack e6 weakness, but take on e6 will solve Bc8 development
problem!} ({I should prefer} 20. Ne4 $5 Be7 21. h4 $14) 20... Rd8 21. Rxd8+
Bxd8 22. Bxe6+ $6 $132 ({Another P take} 22. Nxe6 {was promise to White a
little advantage:} Bb6 23. Re2 Bd7 24. Rxe5 Rc8 25. Nf4 (25. Bf5 Kf7 26. Nf4
Rc1+ 27. Kg2 Bc6+ 28. Be4 Rc2 $1 $44 {[%csl Rb2,Rf2]}) 25... Bxh3 (25... Rc1+
26. Bf1 $14) 26. Nxh3 Rc2 27. Rb5 h6 28. a4 g5 29. g4 Rc4 30. a5 $14) 22...
Bxe6 23. Nxe6 Bb6 24. Ng5 {[%cal Gg5e4,Gb6d4] White N will placed well on e4,
but Black B placed on b6 also not bad and maybe will go to d4!} h6 25. Ne4 (25.
Nf3 $6 e4 $15 {[%cal Ge4e3]}) 25... Rd8 26. Kg2 Kf7 27. h4 Ke6 28. h5 (28. Kf3
$11) 28... Kf5 29. f3 Rd1 30. Re2 Rg1+ 31. Kh2 Rf1 32. Nd2 (32. Kg2 Rg1+ $11)
32... Rc1 33. g4+ Kf4 34. Re4+ (34. Re4+ Kg5 35. Kg3 $1 $11 (35. Rxe5+ $2 Kh4
$1 36. Re2 Rc2 $17)) 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup-B"]
[Site "Shenyang"]
[Date "2000.09.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2000.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Gurevich,M} e6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7.
Bg5 Bb7 8. f3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. e3 Nbd7 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd8 Nxc3 13. Bh4 $5 {
It's main line,other lines are:} (13. Be7 $6 {You can see comments to Shipov,
S-Stefansson,H/Las Vegas,1999/CBM 72 (1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(46)}) (13. Bxc7 $5) ({
and} 13. bxc3 $6) 13... Nd5 14. Bf2 Ne7 {[%mdl 4] Interesting idea of Vassily
Ivanchuk. Besides 14...f5 and 14...c5 repeatedly was checked in the previous
games.} 15. O-O-O $5 $146 {Most probably,this novelty is better than next
alternatives: '!?' Gurevich,M.} (15. e4 c5 (15... Rac8 $5 {[%cal Gc7c5]}) 16.
dxc5 (16. Bb5 $143 Bc6 17. Bxc6 Nxc6 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Bxc5 bxc5 20. Rc1 Ne5
$36 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Ge5d3]}) 16... Nxc5 17. Bxc5 bxc5 18. Rc1 Rac8 $11) (15.
Rc1 c5 $1 16. Bb5 $140 Bc6 17. Bxc6 Nxc6 18. b4 (18. Ke2 $5) 18... Rfc8 19.
dxc5 bxc5 20. bxc5 Nce5 $36) ({or} 15. Bb5 $5 c6 16. Ba4 Rfd8 17. Ne2 {You can
see comments to Karpov,A-Ivanchuk,V/Monaco,2000/CBM 76(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(29)} (
{After:} 17. e4 {black has two principales decisions:} e5 ({and} 17... c5 $5
18. Bxd7 Rxd7 19. dxc5 bxc5 20. Bxc5 Nc6 {[%cal Gc6e5,Gc6a5,Ga5b3,Ge5d3]} 21.
Rd1 Rxd1+ 22. Kxd1 Ne5 $44) 18. Ne2 exd4 19. Bxd4 (19. Nxd4 $6 Ne5 $36) 19...
c5 $13) (17. O-O-O c5 18. Ne2 Ba6 19. Nc3 cxd4 20. Rxd4 Nc5 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22.
Bc2 $11 {1/2-1/2 Sapunov,E-Yakovich,Y/Samara,2000 (22)})) 15... Rfd8 {[%csl
Yd8][%cal Gc7c5,Yd8d7]} ({It deserves attention right away:} 15... c5 $5 16.
Bb5 (16. dxc5 $6 Nxc5 $140 17. b4 $2 Na4 $17 18. Rd7 Rfd8 19. Rxb7 $2 Rac8+ 20.
Kb1 Nc3+ $19 21. Kb2 (21. Ka1 Rd2 {[%csl Ra1][%cal Gd2a2]}) 21... Nd1+ $19)
16... Rfd8 17. Ne2 {+/=/=}) 16. Bd3 $5 {Probably this move a little better,
than 16.Bb5.} c5 $140 17. Ne2 {[%csl Ye2]} cxd4 18. Nxd4 Nc5 ({Another
possibility is:} 18... Rac8+ 19. Kb1 Ne5 (19... Nc5 {Gurevich,M} 20. Bc2 e5 21.
Nf5 $14)) 19. Bc2 {+/=/=} e5 20. Nb5 $6 {'!' Gurevich,M.} ({More safely:} 20.
Ne2 Rac8 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Rd1 {+/=/=}) (20. Nb3 {Gurevich,M} Nxb3+ 21. Bxb3
e4 22. f4 Rac8+ 23. Kb1 Bd5 $13) 20... Nd5 $6 ({Black equalizes after:} 20...
e4 $5 21. Nd4 $140 (21. Nd6 {Gurevich,M} exf3 22. b4 {( ! Ivanchuk)} fxg2 23.
Rhg1 Bf3 24. bxc5 Bxd1 25. Bxd1 bxc5 26. Nc4) (21. b4 Nd3+ 22. Bxd3 exd3 23.
Kd2 $5 (23. Nd4 Rac8+ 24. Kb1 Ba6 $5 25. b5 Rxd4 26. exd4 Bxb5 $13) 23... a5
24. Ra1 $14) 21... Nc6 $1 22. Bh4 f6 $11) (20... a6 {Gurevich,M} 21. Nc3 Rac8
22. e4 $14) 21. b4 Ne6 ({Badly:} 21... a6 $2 {in view of:} 22. Nd6 $1 Nb3+ (
22... Rxd6 $2 23. bxc5 Rf6 (23... bxc5 $2 24. e4 $18 {[%csl Rd6]}) 24. Rd2 Rc8
(24... bxc5 $2 25. Rhd1 $18 {[%csl Rg8]}) 25. e4 Nf4 26. cxb6 Nxg2 27. Rg1 $16)
23. Bxb3 Rxd6 24. e4 Rc6+ 25. Kb2 {+/=/+/-}) 22. e4 Ndf4 23. Rxd8+ ({Dubious:} 
23. Nd6 Ba6 $140 24. b5 {because of:} Nd4 {[%csl Rd6]}) 23... Rxd8 24. Rd1 $1 {
[%csl Ra7,Rb6][%mdl 4096] '+/=' Gurevich,M.} Ne2+ (24... Nxg2 $2 25. Rxd8+ Nxd8
26. Nxa7 {[%csl Rb6] +/-/+-}) (24... Rxd1+ {Gurevich,M} 25. Kxd1 Nxg2 26. Nxa7
$16) 25. Kb2 N2d4 26. Nxd4 ({Impossibly:} 26. Nxa7 $2 {because of:} Ra8 27.
Bxd4 Nxd4 28. Rxd4 exd4 29. Nb5 Rd8 $17) 26... Nxd4 27. Bb1 {'?!' Gurevich,M.}
(27. f4 $1 {Gurevich,M} f6 28. fxe5 fxe5 29. Bg3 Re8 30. Bb1 $16) 27... Kf8 {
'!' Gurevich,M.} ({After:} 27... f6 $6 {very strongly:} 28. Bxd4 Rxd4 (28...
exd4 29. Ba2+ Kf8 30. Bd5 $16) 29. Rxd4 exd4 30. Kc2 Ba6 31. Kd2 Bf1 (31... Bc4
32. Bd3 b5 33. a4 Kf7 (33... a6 $2 34. Bxc4+ bxc4 35. b5 axb5 36. axb5 $18 {
[%csl Gb5]}) (33... Bxd3 $2 34. Kxd3 bxa4 35. Kxd4 Kf7 36. Kc3 Ke6 37. Kb2 $18)
34. axb5 Bb3 35. f4 $16) 32. g3 Kf7 33. Bd3 Bh3 34. Bc4+ $16 {[%csl Rd4][%cal
Gd2d3]}) 28. f4 $1 Ke8 ({Now also badly:} 28... f6 {in view of:} 29. fxe5 fxe5
30. Bg3 {[%csl Re5][%cal Gg3e5]} Re8 $140 31. Bxe5 Rxe5 32. Rxd4 {+/=/+/-}) 29.
fxe5 Ne6 30. Rxd8+ ({Senselessly:} 30. Rd6 {because of:} Rxd6 $1 (30... Ng5 $6
31. Rxd8+ Kxd8 32. Bh4 Kd7 33. Bxg5 hxg5 34. Kc3 {+/=/+/-}) 31. exd6 Kd7 32.
Bg3 (32. e5 Bxg2) 32... Ng5 $11) 30... Kxd8 {'+/=' Gurevich,M.} 31. Kc3 Nf4 32.
a4 $2 {Inexplicable move(probably of the zeitnot). '!?' Gurevich,M.} ({It is
necessary:} 32. g3 $5 Ne6 (32... Nh3 {Gurevich,M} 33. Be3 Ng5 34. Bxg5+ (34.
Kd4 Nf3+) 34... hxg5 35. Kd4 Ke7 36. Ba2 Bc6 $14) 33. h4 {and white save a big
advantage in the endgame.}) 32... Nxg2 33. a5 bxa5 $1 34. bxa5 (34. b5 $143 a6
35. b6 Nf4) 34... a6 35. e6 $5 {'(+)!?' Gurevich,M.} (35. Kd4 {Gurevich,M} Nf4
36. Kc5 Kc7 $11) (35. Ba2 {Gurevich,M} Ke7 36. Bd5 Bc8) 35... fxe6 $140 36. Kd4
{[%cal Gd4c5,Gc5b6,Gd4e5]} g5 {'!?' Gurevich,M.} 37. Ke5 {'(+)?!' Gurevich,M.}
({From my point of view a little better is:} 37. Kc5 $5 Kc7 (37... Nf4 {
Gurevich,M} 38. Kb6 Bc8 (38... Kc8 39. Bd4 $14) 39. Bd4 $14 {(/\Bb1-a2-c4-a6)})
38. Bd4 $44) 37... Ke7 38. Bc5+ Kd7 39. Bf8 $6 ({Can be recommended:} 39. Kf6
g4 $140 40. Bf2 $1 $14) 39... Nh4 $5 {'=' Gurevich,M.} ({Also good enough for
equality:} 39... Ne3 $5 {[%cal Ge3g4]} 40. h3 g4 {'=' Gurevich,M.} 41. hxg4
Nxg4+ 42. Kf4 h5 43. Bg7 $11) 40. Kf6 Nf3 41. Bxh6 Nxh2 42. Kxg5 Nf3+ $11 43.
Kf6 (43. Kf4 {Gurevich,M} Nd2 44. Bc2 Nxe4 $11) 43... Nh2 {[%cal Gh2g4]} 44.
Bc1 Ng4+ 45. Kg5 Nf2 46. e5 ({Right away draw after:} 46. Kf4 Nxe4 47. Bxe4
Bxe4 48. Kxe4 Kc6 {[%csl Ya8,Re4][%cal Yc6b7,Yb7a8]}) 46... Be4 47. Ba2 Nd3 48.
Ba3 Nxe5 49. Kf4 Bd5 50. Bxd5 Ng6+ {Please pay your attention to the fantastic
work of the black's knight.} 51. Ke4 (51. Kg5 $144 exd5 52. Kxg6 Kc6 $11 {
[%csl Ga3,Ya8][%cal Yc6b7,Yb7a8]}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup-B"]
[Site "Shenyang"]
[Date "2000.09.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2000.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 e5 7. d5 Nh5 8. Nh2 Na6
9. g3 Nc5 10. b4 Na6 11. Rb1 f5 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Rb3 Qf6 14. Be3 Nf4 15. Nb5
Nxh3 16. Qd2 Rae8 17. Be2 h5 18. c5 Bd7 19. Nc3 Nf4 20. c6 Bc8 21. Bxa7 Nxe2
22. Qxe2 e4 23. O-O Qf5 24. Rd1 Kh7 25. Nb5 Qf7 26. Bd4 e3 27. fxe3 bxc6 28.
dxc6 Bh6 29. e4 Be6 30. Nxd6 cxd6 31. Rf3 Qe7 32. Qxa6 Rxf3 33. Nxf3 Bg4 34.
Qd3 d5 35. e5 Rf8 36. Bc5 Qf7 37. Bxf8 Qxf8 38. Rf1 Qxb4 39. Nh4 Qe4 40. Qxe4
dxe4 41. Rf7+ Kg8 42. Rf6 Be3+ 43. Kf1 Bb6 44. e6 e3 45. Rxg6+ Kf8 46. Rxg4
hxg4 47. Nf5 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup-B playoff"]
[Site "Shenyang"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "McShane,L"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2000.09.05"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qb3 Qe7 {Already the game has a
unique character. Knights before bishops? Keep the queens on the starting
squares?} 6. Bg5 f6 7. Bf4 g5 8. Bxc7 Nc6 9. Bg3 {Forced, as d6, incarcerating
the bishop, was threatened.} g4 10. Nd2 Nxd4 11. Qd1 {It seems Black has
easily got away with opening eccentricities. He has more pieces out, and a
more overtly aggressive position. But there is no obvious safe haven for the
king, whilst the knight on d4 is liable to be kicked. It soon becomes clear
who is in control.} h5 12. e4 Qg7 (12... e5 13. h3 h4 14. hxg4 $1 {is the
problem. The black rook needs protection. But Ivanchuk gets an extra tempo to
consolidate.}) 13. h3 h4 14. Bf4 e5 (14... g3 {seems less weakening, though
I'd still rather be White.}) 15. Be3 g3 16. f3 {White's central bind is
cemented and Black's weaknesses show up rapidly.} Bxc3 17. bxc3 Ne6 18. c5 $1
Nh6 (18... bxc5 19. Nc4 {and Nd6 is unstoppable.}) 19. Nc4 O-O 20. Nd6 Bc6 21.
Qd2 Kh7 22. cxb6 axb6 23. Bc4 {Black's resignation is perhaps a little
premature but things are very bleak. White will simply castle, win the b-pawn
and promote the a-pawn, making use of the wedge like knight on d6. Black has
no counterplay.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup-B playoff"]
[Site "Shenyang"]
[Date "2000.09.05"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2000.09.05"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. g4 Nc6 10. g5 Nd7 11. Be3 Re8 12. a4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 b6 14. Qd2 Bb7 15.
Bf3 Rc8 16. Rae1 Bf8 17. h4 Qc7 18. h5 b5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rf2 Qa5 21. Rg2 Nb6
22. Nd1 Qxd2 23. Rxd2 Nc4 24. Rde2 Nxe3 25. Nxe3 Be7 26. Rg2 g6 27. c3 Ra8 28.
Ng4 Kg7 29. h6+ Kf8 30. Nf6 Bxf6 31. gxf6 e5 32. Rd1 Re6 33. fxe5 dxe5 34. Rf2
Rxf6 35. Be2 Rxf2 36. Kxf2 Bc6 37. Rd6 Rc8 38. Ke3 Ke7 39. Rd1 Ra8 40. Bd3 Ra2
41. Rb1 Bd7 42. Bc2 Be6 43. Bd3 Bc4 44. Bc2 Kf6 45. Kd2 Kg5 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup KO"]
[Site "Shenyang"]
[Date "2000.09.07"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[Annotator "Anand/Ftacnik"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2000.09.07"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 {Vassily had beaten my Caro-Kann in Monaco, so I felt like trying
something else. Besides, this game was played after a rest day, so I had time
to brush up my Sicilian.} 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6
7. O-O Be7 8. f4 O-O 9. Kh1 {Vassily is ready to repeat his game against Van
Wely.} Qc7 {I preferred to go for the main line.} (9... Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11.
e5 dxe5 12. fxe5 Nd7 13. Bf4 Bg5 {Ivanchuk-Van Wely/ Polanica Zdroj 2000}) 10.
a4 Nc6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Bf3 Rb8 13. Qd2 Bd7 14. Nb3 b6 15. Rae1 {A good idea.
White tries to break through with e5. I tried something similar against
Topalov (Linares 2000) , but only after Bf2 and Bg3.} (15. g4 {Ftacnik}) 15...
Bc8 {Black needs Nd7 on his next move.} 16. e5 $5 {Ftacnik: Ivanchuk decides
to open the files for his well prepared pieces, but the pawn on e5 will need
lots of support.} dxe5 (16... Nd7 {Doesn't look very attractive} 17. exd6 {
Ftacnik} Bxd6 18. Bxc6 Qxc6 19. Nd4 Qb7 20. Nf5 exf5 21. Qxd6 Nf6) 17. Bxc6 (
17. fxe5 {Ftacnik} Nxe5 18. Bf4 Nxf3 $5 (18... Nfd7 19. Qe2 $36) 19. Rxf3 Qa7
20. Bxb8 Qxb8 $44) 17... Qxc6 18. fxe5 Nd5 $1 (18... Nd7 {We both thought that
White would get a big initiative here.} 19. Qf2 (19. Bg5 Bb7 20. Bxe7 Rxe7 21.
Re2 $11) 19... Rf8 20. Qg3 Kh8 21. Nd4 (21. Bg5) 21... Qc7 22. Ne4 $1 (22. Bg5
{Ftacnik} Bb4 $13) 22... Nc5 (22... Nxe5 23. Bf4 f6 24. Nxf6 $1 gxf6 25. Rxe5
Qc4 26. Rd1 $14) (22... Bb7 23. Nd6 $36) 23. Nd6 $36) (18... Ng4 {Ftacnik} 19.
Bg5 Bb7 20. Bxe7 Rxe7 21. Nd4 Qc7 22. Qf4 Nh6 23. Rd1 $13) 19. Qf2 Rf8 (19...
Nxe3 $2 {Ftacnik} 20. Qxf7+ Kh8 21. Rxe3 Bb7 22. Rg3 $18) (19... f5 {Ftacnik}
20. Nxd5 Qxd5 21. Bxb6 Bb7 $13) 20. Nxd5 (20. Nd4 $5 {Ftacnik} Qc7 (20... Qc4
21. Nxd5 Qxd5 22. b3 Bb7 23. Nf3 b5 $13) 21. Nxd5 exd5 22. Qg3 Kh8 $13) 20...
Qxd5 {I thought that 20...Qxd5 gave me excellent compensation.} (20... exd5 {
During the game, neither of us took this very seriously.} 21. Nd4 Qxa4 (21...
Qg6 {This gives White a pleasant edge at no cost.}) 22. Qg3 Kh8 23. Rxf7 $1 (
23. b3 Qe8 24. e6 Bxe6) 23... Rxf7 24. e6 Rf8 25. Qxb8 {The pawn on e6 is a
thorn in Black's side.} Qb4 $15) 21. Bxb6 (21. Rd1 {Ftacnik} Qc6 22. Rd4 Bb7
23. Rf4 f5 $15) 21... Bb7 22. Bc5 (22. Rg1 $5 {This move escaped our attention
and now Black must look for ~/=. 22...f6 looks like a good place to start.} f6
23. Qg3 Rbc8 {Probably Black is active enough here}) (22. Bc7 {Ftacnik} Rbc8
23. Bd6 Bxd6 24. exd6 Qxd6 $15) 22... Bh4 $1 23. Qe2 $2 {[%mdl 64] Ftacnik:
Serious step in the wrong direction, white missed the importance of the
defense both of g2 and c5 square.} (23. Qg1 $1 {Vassily found this move on the
bus back to the hotel.} Bxe1 (23... Rfd8 {Ftacnik} 24. Bf2 Be7 25. Bg3 $16) 24.
Bxf8 Rc8 $1 25. Bc5 Bh4 $1 {Now that White can't place his bishop on d6, Black
has enough compensation.} 26. Rf4 $14) 23... Rfc8 $1 {This move he did not see
and now White must defend a worse ending. He had used quite a lot of time to
get here and now was in time-pressure.} (23... Bxe1 {Ftacnik} 24. Bxf8 Bh4 25.
Ba3 $14) 24. Rd1 (24. Bd6 Qxg2+ $1 {The point.} 25. Qxg2 Bxg2+ 26. Kxg2 Rxc2+
27. Kh3 Rxb3+ 28. Kxh4 Rc4+ {And mate follows.} 29. Kg5 h6+ 30. Kh5 Rh3#) 24...
Qe4 25. Qxe4 (25. Rd2 {Ftacnik} Qxe2 26. Rxe2 Bd5 27. Bd6 Bc4 $1 28. Re4 (28.
Bxb8 Bxe2 29. Rf4 Rxc2 30. Rxh4 Rxb2 31. Nc1 Rb1 $17) 28... Bxf1 29. Bxb8 Bf2
30. Nd2 Bd3 31. Rf4 Be3 32. Rf3 Rxc2 $17) 25... Bxe4 26. Bd6 Bxc2 (26... Rxc2 {
Unfortunately, the fancy stuff doesn't work.} 27. Bxb8 (27. Nd2 $5 {I wasn't
sure about this either.} Rbxb2 (27... Bxg2+ 28. Kxg2 Rbxb2 29. Kh3) 28. Nxe4
Rxg2 29. Rf3 Rxh2+ 30. Kg1 Rbg2+ 31. Kf1 Ra2 32. Bc5 $1 Rxa4 $15) 27... Rxg2
28. Nc5 Ba8 29. Rd7 $1 $11) 27. Bxb8 (27. Rd4 {Ftacnik} Rxb3 28. Rxh4 Rxb2 $17)
27... Bxd1 28. Rxd1 (28. Nd4 $2 {Ftacnik} Bxa4 $19) 28... Rxb8 {An unpleasant
ending, but far from lost. However, Vassily didn't have much time left.} 29.
Na5 $2 {Ftacnik: Tarrasch was always warning before the knight moves to the
edge of the board, but here the flaw of this jump lays mainly in the fact,
that black will be able to save the a pawn or get decisive advantage.} (29. Nc5
$1 $15 Rxb2 30. Nxa6 Kf8 (30... Ra2 {Ftacnik} 31. g3 Be7 32. Rd7 Bf8 33. Rd4
Re2 34. Rd8 $11) 31. g3 Be7 32. Rd4 h6) 29... Rxb2 30. g3 Be7 31. Nc6 (31. Rd7
{Ftacnik} Bf8 32. Nc6 Rb6 33. Nd8 Rb4 $17) 31... Bf8 $17 32. Rd8 g5 {After g4,
White has to worry about mate!} 33. h4 (33. Ra8 $1 g4 (33... Rb6 34. Nb8) 34.
Rxa6 Bc5 35. h4 gxh3 36. a5 $17 {<=>}) (33. Nb8 {Ftacnik} Kg7 34. Nxa6 Re2 35.
Nc7 Rxe5 $17) 33... gxh4 34. gxh4 Rc2 $1 35. Nb8 Kg7 36. Rd4 (36. Nxa6 Rc4 $19
37. a5 Rxh4+ 38. Kg2 Ra4 $19) 36... a5 37. Nd7 (37. Rg4+ Kh6 38. Nd7 (38. Rf4 {
Ftacnik} Bg7 39. Nd7 Re2 40. Rxf7 Bxe5 41. Nxe5 Rxe5 $17) 38... Be7 39. Rf4 Rc7
) 37... h5 $1 (37... Be7 38. Rg4+ Kh6 39. Rf4 Rc7 {also wins.}) 38. Nxf8 {
This loses another pawn, but it's a matter of time anyway.} Kxf8 39. Rd8+ Kg7 (
39... Kg7 40. Ra8 Rc5 $19) 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup KO"]
[Site "Shenyang"]
[Date "2000.09.07"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2000.09.07"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
Qd8 9. Nc3 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Bd7 11. Ne5 Nc6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Qxd8 Rfxd8 14. Be3
Kf8 15. Rfd1 Rdc8 16. Rac1 h6 17. Kf1 a6 18. a3 a5 19. Nb5 Rd8 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8
21. Nd4 Be8 22. Bf3 b6 23. Nc2 Nd7 24. b4 Rc8 25. Be2 Ra8 26. Bf3 Rc8 27. Be2
axb4 28. axb4 Ra8 29. Bd4 Bf6 30. Bxf6 Nxf6 31. Ra1 Rxa1+ 32. Nxa1 Ba4 33. f3
Ke7 34. Kf2 Nd7 35. Ke3 Ne5 36. Kd4 Nc6+ 37. Kc3 e5 38. Bd3 Nd4 39. Nc2 Bxc2
40. Bxc2 Kd6 41. Bd3 g5 42. Be4 f5 43. Bd3 h5 44. h3 h4 45. Kd2 Ke6 46. Kc3 Kd6
47. Kd2 Nb3+ 48. Kc3 Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 16th"]
[Site "Neum"]
[Date "2000.09.24"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Bauer, Christian"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2000.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Nancy"]
[BlackTeam "Warsaw Polonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 (6. c4 {is certainly
the main continuation, but the text contains also venom. White wants to
transpose to the g3 Pirc, which can be unfamiliar to some King's Indian player.
}) 6... Nc6 (6... d5 {- Svidler-Smirin, Tel Aviv 1999}) (6... Nbd7 {-
Sosonko-Van Wely, Rotterdam 1998}) 7. d5 {[%mdl 32768]} (7. Bf4 {is usually
worthless in these types of position, e5 may come soon.} Nd7 {/\ e5 leads to
complex middlegame positions.} (7... Bg4 8. Qd2 Bxf3 (8... Qe8 {is a bit
sophysticated.} 9. d5 Bxf3 10. exf3 Nb4 11. a3 Na6 12. Rfe1 Qd7 13. Bf1 $14 {
^^ and space advantage, Rashkovsky-Voitsekhovsky, Kstovo 1994.}) 9. Bxf3 e5 10.
Bxc6 exf4 11. Bxb7 Rb8 12. Bg2 fxg3 13. hxg3 Rxb2 14. Rab1 Rb6 $11 {^-}) 8. Qd2
e5 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bh6 {The exchange of the fianchettoed B is not dangerous
because of the P structure .} Nb6 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. h3 f5 13. dxe5 dxe5 {
with a strong central P formation.} 14. Qxd8 Rxd8 15. Rfd1 e4 16. Rxd8 Nxd8 17.
Nd4 c6 18. f3 exf3 19. exf3 Ne6 $11 {Andersson-Zapata, Yerevan 1996}) (7. h3 {
is too slow.} Bf5 8. Re1 Ne4 9. Nxe4 Bxe4 10. c3 e5 $11 {Ree-Zaitsev, Sochi
1976}) (7. Bg5 {Khanov-Gipslis, Sverdlovsk 1957} h6 $1 $11) (7. e4 Bg4 $5 (7...
e5 8. dxe5 (8. h3 $143 {allows Black the equalizing combination} exd4 9. Nxd4
Nxe4 $1 10. Nxc6 Nxc3 11. Nxd8 Nxd1 12. Nxb7 Nxb2 13. Rb1 {1/2-1/2
Etruk-Boleslavsky, SU 1968}) (8. d5 Ne7 $13 {/\ c6 and White can regret that
he didn't play c2-c4 in time.}) 8... dxe5 (8... Nxe5 {is also good for
equality.} 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 $11) 9. Bg5 (9. Qxd8 Rxd8 10. Bg5 Be6 11.
Rfd1 h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 Ne7 $11 {^- Gislason-D.Bronstein,
Reykjavik 1996}) 9... Qxd1 10. Raxd1 Bg4 {>< d4} 11. Rd2 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nd4 13.
Kg2 c6 14. Na4 Ne6 15. Be3 Rfd8 16. Rxd8+ Rxd8 17. Rd1 Rxd1 18. Bxd1 b6 19. f3
Bf8 20. Nc3 Bc5 21. Bc1 {White has to keep the ^^, otherwise Black can get
pressure on the dark squares.} b5 22. Ne2 Kf8 23. Bd2 Ke7 24. Nc1 Bb6 25. Be2
Nd7 26. Nb3 a6 $11 {Dzuban-Titov, SU-chT Azov 1991}) 8. h3 (8. Be3 e5 9. d5 Ne7
10. Qd2 Qd7 11. Ne1 c6 {blowing up the [+].} 12. f3 cxd5 13. exd5 Bh3 $13 {
Fedulov-Zaitsev, Smolensk 1997}) 8... Bxf3 9. Bxf3 e5 (9... Nd7 10. Be3 e5 11.
d5 Ne7 12. Qd2 f5 13. Bg5 Kh8 14. Bg2 Bf6 15. Bh6 {Beshukov-Gavrilov, Moscow
II 1990} Bg7 $11 {with a possible repetition of moves.}) 10. dxe5 (10. d5 Nd4
11. Bg2 c6 $11 {Perez-Smyslov, Dortmund 1961}) 10... Nxe5 (10... dxe5 11. Be3)
11. Bg2 Re8 12. Nd5 Nfd7 (12... c6 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 $11) 13. Rb1 c6 14. Nf4 Nc5
$11 {Knezevic-Christiansen, Grindavik 1984}) 7... Na5 $1 {It is not easy for
White to make profit from the N on the edge of the board.} (7... Nb8 $143 {
is simply too passive.} 8. e4 $14 {B07} (8. h3 c5 (8... c6 9. e4 $14) 9. e4 Na6
10. Re1 Nc7 11. a4 $1 $14 {Stohl} (11. e5 Nfe8 12. a4 b6 {Kurajica-Quinteros,
Novi Sad 1982} 13. Bf4 $14))) (7... Nb4 $5 {is a provocative idea.} 8. e4 e6 9.
h3 (9. a3 Na6) 9... a5 {securing the retrat to a3 against b4.} 10. Be3 Re8 11.
a3 Na6 12. Re1 exd5 13. exd5 Bf5 14. Nd4 Be4 $1 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. c3 Nac5 17.
a4 Re7 18. Nb3 Nxb3 19. Qxb3 Qe8 20. Bxe4 Rxe4 21. Bd2 b6 $11 {Boensch-Vogt,
Halle 1981}) 8. h3 (8. Qd4 $6 {Archangelsky-Mauro, Amantea op 1995} c6 $1 $36 {
Stohl}) (8. e4 c6 (8... c5 $143 {leaves White's strong [+] unchallenged.} 9.
Re1 Rb8 (9... e5 10. a4 Ne8 11. b3 Bd7 12. Bd2 b6 13. Bf1 Qc8 14. Nh4 {White
has a huge space advantage.} Nb7 15. Bd3 a6 16. Qe2 Nc7 17. Ng2 Nd8 18. Ne3 Ne8
19. Reb1 a5 20. Bb5 $16 {Spassky-Gufeld, Moscow 1961}) 10. a4 (10. e5 Ne8 11.
exd6 (11. h3 {This move is not necessary at all.} b5 12. Rb1 (12. a4 $143 b4
13. Nb5 a6 14. Na7 Bb7) 12... Nc4 13. exd6 exd6 14. Bg5 f6 15. Bc1 Nc7 16. b3 (
16. Nd2 $5) 16... Nb6 17. b4 cxb4 18. Rxb4 (18. Nd4 Bd7 19. Rxb4 a5) 18... a5
19. Rh4 b4 20. Nd4 Bd7 $132 {Tu Hoang Thong-Saroinsong, Canberra 1995}) 11...
Nxd6 (11... exd6 12. Bg5 $14) 12. Qe2 $14) 10... a6 11. e5 Ne8 12. h3 b5 13.
axb5 axb5 14. exd6 Nxd6 (14... exd6 15. Bg5 $14) 15. Bg5 $14) (8... Bg4 9. h3
Bxf3 10. Qxf3 c6 11. a4 {/\ R a2, b3 is a similar strategy to the Pirc Defence.
}) 9. Re1 (9. h3 {-8.h3}) 9... Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Rc8 12. Qe2 a6 13. dxc6
{giving up the pressure in the [+] is a relief for Black.} (13. a4 $5 {/\ R a2,
b3}) 13... Nxc6 14. Be3 (14. Rb1 Nd7) 14... Nd7 15. Rad1 Na5 16. Bc1 Nc4 17.
Nd5 Nxb2 18. Bxb2 Bxb2 19. Rb1 Bg7 20. Rxb7 e6 21. Ne3 Nc5 22. Rbb1 Qc7 $11 {
Smyslov-Speelman, Subotica izt 1987}) (8. Rb1 $142 Bd7 {preparing for c6.} (
8... c6 $6 {Now this can strongly be met by} 9. b4 Nc4 10. dxc6 d5 (10... bxc6
11. Nd4 {wins the c6 P.} Bd7 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Bxc6 Rb8 14. Bg2 $16) 11. cxb7
Bxb7 {~~ Beim} 12. Nd2 {Black has some compensation for the P, but perhaps not
a full one.} Qc8 13. Na4 Nd7 14. Nb3 Bc6 15. Nac5 Nxc5 16. Nxc5 d4 17. Bxc6
Qxc6 18. Qd3 Ne5 19. Qb3 $16 {Sherbakov-Karasev, Blagoveshchensk 1988}) 9. e4 (
9. b3 $5 {deserves serious attention, for example:} c6 10. Bb2 $1 Nxd5 11. Nxd5
Bxb2 12. Rxb2 cxd5 13. Qxd5 $14 {/\ c4 Beim}) 9... c6 10. b3 (10. Re1 $5 $14 {
Stohl}) (10. a4 $5 {Stohl}) 10... cxd5 11. exd5 (11. Nxd5 $2 Nxe4 12. Qe1 e6
13. Qxe4 Bc6 $1 14. c4 exd5 15. cxd5 Bb5 $1 $17) 11... Rc8 12. Bb2 $1 (12. Bd2
b5 $1 (12... Qc7 $6 13. a4 $14) 13. a3 Re8 $1 {This is a very important
prophylactical move.} (13... a6 14. Qe1 $1 Qb6 (14... Nb7 15. Nd4 Qb6 16. Nc6
$16) 15. Nxb5 axb5 16. Bxa5 Qa7 17. Rd1 Rxc2 18. Nd4 $16) 14. h3 ({Now the
variation of the previous remark is not so dangerous:} 14. Qe1 Nb7 $1 15. Nd4
Qb6 16. Nc6 Bxc6 17. dxc6 Nd8) 14... a6 15. Re1 $142 {Stohl} (15. Nd4 Qb6 16.
Nde2 $1 (16. Nce2 $6 e5 $1 17. dxe6 fxe6 {Romanishin-Beim, Linz 1997} 18. Nf4
$1 Qxd4 $1 19. Bxa5 Qxd1 20. Rfxd1 $1 g5 21. Ne2 e5 $15 {Romanishin}) 16... e5
17. dxe6 fxe6 18. Be3 Qc7 $15) 15... e5 16. dxe6 fxe6 17. Ng5 $5 $13) 12... Qc7
13. Nd4 Rfe8 $13) (8. Nd4 Bd7 9. Nb3 {exchanging the N on the edge of the
board cannot yield anything for White.} c6 10. Nxa5 Qxa5 11. Bd2 Qb6 12. Rb1
cxd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Bc6 $11 {Hartoch-Smyslov, Amsterdam 1994}) 8... c6
9. e4 Bd7 $146 {Black wants to keep the tension for a while.} (9... cxd5 {
is also playable.} 10. exd5 (10. Nxd5 Bd7 11. Re1 Rc8 12. c3 Nxd5 13. exd5 Nc4
14. a4 Re8 15. Nd2 Na5 16. Bf1 e6 17. Ne4 exd5 18. Bg5 Qb6 19. Nf6+ Bxf6 20.
Bxf6 Re6 21. Bd4 Qxb2 22. Rb1 Qa2 23. Ra1 {Romanishin-Beim, Groningen op 1990}
Qb2 $1 $11 {Stohl}) 10... Bd7 11. a4 Rc8 12. Re1 Re8 13. Nd4 a6 $11) 10. Qe2 $6
(10. a4 $11) 10... cxd5 11. exd5 Rc8 {Now Black has a pressure on the c <->.}
12. Rd1 Re8 (12... Qb6 13. a4 a6 14. Nd4 (14. Ra2) 14... Rfe8 {- 12...R e8})
13. Nd4 (13. a4 $6 {is met by a counterblow in the [+].} e5 $1 14. dxe6 Bxe6
15. Qb5 Bc4 16. Qg5 $15 (16. Qb4 $2 d5 $17)) 13... Qb6 14. a4 a6 15. Ra2 h5 $15
{It is not easy for White to finish his development.} 16. Qd3 (16. Be3 Nc4)
16... Qc5 17. Be3 (17. Bg5 $5) 17... Qb4 (17... Nc4 $1 {was stronger} 18. Bc1 (
18. Ne6 {is not so frightening because of the counterattacking move} Nxb2 $1
19. Nxc5 Nxd3 20. Rxd3 dxc5 21. d6 Bf5 22. Rd1 exd6 23. Bxb7 Rcd8 24. Bxa6 Bxh3
25. Bb5 Rf8 26. a5 $44)) 18. Nce2 Nc4 19. c3 Qb6 20. Bc1 Rc5 21. Nf4 Ne5 22.
Qe2 Qc7 23. Be3 Nc4 24. Nb3 Nxe3 25. Nxc5 Nxd1 26. Nxd7 Nxd7 27. Qxd1 Ne5 {
The position is about equal.} 28. a5 Rb8 29. Bf1 Bh6 30. Nd3 Qc4 31. Nb4 Qc5 (
31... Qe4 $2 32. Bg2 $16) 32. Ra1 Rc8 (32... f5 $2 33. Bxa6 $1) 33. Qe2 f5 $6 {
Black wants to change the drawish course of the game, but only weakens himself
totally.} 34. Kg2 f4 $6 {Following the wrong plan.} 35. gxf4 Bxf4 36. Qe4 $16 {
and suddenly the black >> is under ->.} Bh6 (36... g5 37. Bd3 $40) (36... Rf8
37. Nd3 $18) 37. f4 Nc4 38. Qxg6+ Bg7 39. Qe6+ $6 Kh8 40. Bxc4 Qxc4 41. Kf3 Rf8
42. Qe4 Qb3 $6 (42... Qc8) 43. Nd3 $18 Qc2 44. Rg1 Qh2 45. Qg6 Qxh3+ 46. Ke2
Rg8 47. Rg5 Qh2+ 48. Nf2 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 16th"]
[Site "Neum"]
[Date "2000.09.25"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2000.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Warsaw Polonia"]
[BlackTeam "Kiseljak"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 16th"]
[Site "Neum"]
[Date "2000.09.26"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2000.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Warsaw Polonia"]
[BlackTeam "Zagreb Zrinjevac"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
Be6 9. f4 Qc7 10. Kh1 Nbd7 11. a4 O-O 12. g4 Bxb3 13. cxb3 Nc5 14. g5 $5 $146 {
[%mdl 8] Ivanchuk comes with great novelty, that was likely prepared at home.
Black pieces will be driven back home and white wins material.} Nfxe4 15. Nd5
Qd8 (15... Qd7 16. Bg4 $14) 16. b4 Nd7 (16... Ne6 17. f5 $1 Nc7 (17... N6xg5
18. Qd3 Rc8 19. h4 $40) 18. f6 gxf6 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. gxf6 $40) 17. Qc2 f5 18.
Nc7 Rc8 19. Qb3+ Kh8 (19... Rf7 20. Bc4 Qf8 21. fxe5 Nxe5 22. Bxf7+ Qxf7 23.
Qxf7+ Nxf7 24. Nd5 $14) 20. Ne6 Qe8 (20... Qb6 21. Nxf8 Qc6 22. Bf3 $14) 21.
Nxf8 Bxf8 22. fxe5 {Morovic has single pawn for the exchange, but his hopes
can be connected with some play against white exposed king.} (22. Bf3 Nb6 23.
Bxe4 fxe4 24. fxe5 Nc4 $14) 22... Nxe5 (22... Qxe5 23. Bf4 $16) 23. Rxf5 g6 (
23... Qc6 24. Kg1 $1 (24. Bf3 Nf2+ 25. Kg2 Qd7 26. Rxe5 dxe5 27. Kxf2 Rxc1 28.
Rxc1 Qd2+ $15) 24... Qd7 25. Rf4 $16) 24. Rf4 Qc6 25. Bf3 (25. Kg1 $5 $16)
25... Nxf3 (25... Nf2+ 26. Kg2 (26. Kg1 $2 Nh3+ $19) 26... Nxf3 27. Rxf3 (27.
Qxf3 Nd3 28. Qxc6 Nxf4+ 29. Bxf4 Rxc6 30. Rd1 $11) 27... Ne4 28. Be3 $16) 26.
Qxf3 Qxc1+ {Fine combination that can be subtly refuted, the finish is very
instructive.} (26... Nf2+ 27. Kg1 $1 Qxf3 28. Rxf3 Ng4 29. Bf4 $18) 27. Rxc1
Rxc1+ 28. Kg2 Rc2+ 29. Kg1 (29. Kh3 $4 Nxg5+ $19) 29... Rc1+ 30. Qf1 (30. Kg2
Rc2+) 30... Rxf1+ 31. Kxf1 $1 (31. Rxf1 $2 Kg8 $19) 31... Nd2+ (31... Be7 32.
Rxe4 Bxg5 33. Re8+ Kg7 34. Rb8 $18) 32. Ke1 Be7 33. h4 $1 (33. h4 $1 Nb3 34.
Rf7 $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 16th"]
[Site "Neum"]
[Date "2000.09.27"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2000.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Beer Sheva"]
[BlackTeam "Warsaw Polonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 16th"]
[Site "Neum"]
[Date "2000.09.28"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2000.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Warsaw Polonia"]
[BlackTeam "St Petersburg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 16th"]
[Site "Neum"]
[Date "2000.09.29"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2000.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Warsaw Polonia"]
[BlackTeam "Niksic Radonja"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "YUG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Be2 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. O-O d6 8. a4
Be7 9. a5 O-O 10. Be3 Nbd7 11. g4 h6 12. f4 d5 $5 {Rublevsky looks for some
counterplay against white attack on the kingside.} (12... Nc5 13. Bf3 e5 14.
Nf5 $14) 13. exd5 (13. e5 Ne4 (13... Ne8 14. Bf3 $14) 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Qd2 Rd8
$132) 13... Nxd5 (13... exd5 $2 14. g5 hxg5 15. fxg5 Ne4 16. Nxd5 $18) 14. Nxd5
exd5 15. Nf5 (15. g5 $5 hxg5 (15... Re8 16. gxh6 gxh6 17. Nf5 Bc5 18. Bxc5
Qxc5+ 19. Kh1 $14) 16. Nf5 Nf6 17. fxg5 Ne4 18. Qxd5 Bxg5 19. Bxg5 Nxg5 20. Qd6
$14) 15... Nf6 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Ra3 (17. Bb6 Qd6 $14) 17... Be6 18. Bf3 Rfe8
19. Bd4 {Ivanchuk enjoys two bishops and better pawn structure, but black
position is solid and the knight can jump to e4.} Ne4 20. Re3 (20. f5 Bd7 21.
Re3 (21. f6 gxf6 (21... Nxf6 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Bxd5 Qc5+ $14) 22. Bxe4 Qxe4 23.
Re3 Qg6 24. Rxf6 Qg5 25. Rg3 Re4 $11) 21... Qb4 22. Rfe1 Qxa5 23. c4 Qb4 24.
cxd5 Nd2 25. Bc3 Nxf3+ 26. Qxf3 Rxe3 27. Rxe3 Qc4 28. Qe4 $14) 20... f5 21. c4
(21. c3 fxg4 22. Bxg4 Bxg4 23. Qxg4 $14) 21... Rad8 (21... dxc4 $5 22. Rfe1 (
22. gxf5 Bxf5 23. Rfe1 Qd6 24. Bxe4 Rxe4 25. Rxe4 Bxe4 26. Rxe4 Qg6+ $19) 22...
Qd6 23. Bxe4 fxe4 24. Rxe4 Bf7 $11) 22. cxd5 Bxd5 (22... Rxd5 23. Bxe4 fxe4 24.
Rxe4 Qd7 25. Rfe1 $14) 23. gxf5 Qf7 (23... Qb4 $2 24. Bb6 Rd7 25. Rd3 $18) 24.
Rfe1 Qxf5 25. Qc2 Bc6 (25... Qxf4 $2 26. Qg2 $18) 26. Bxe4 $2 {[%mdl 64]
Tactical mistake, that will force white into inferior ending of two rooks
against queen.} (26. Bc3 Qc5 27. b4 Qa7 28. Be5 Nd6 (28... Nf6 29. Qg6 Rf8 30.
Bxc6 bxc6 31. Kh1 $14) 29. Qg6 (29. Bxc6 bxc6 30. Qg6 Qf7 $11) 29... Nf5 30.
Qxf5 (30. Bxc6 Rxe5 31. fxe5 Nxe3 32. Be4 Nc2+ 33. Kf1 Nxe1 34. Qh7+ $11) 30...
Bxf3 31. Kf1 Bd5 32. Rg3 $14) 26... Rxe4 27. Rxe4 Qg6+ 28. Kf2 (28. Qg2 Qxg2+
29. Kxg2 Rxd4 30. Kf3 Rb4 $17) (28. Kh1 $2 Rxd4 29. f5 Rxe4 $19) 28... Rxd4 29.
Qxc6 $8 (29. Qb3+ Kh7 30. Rxd4 Qg2+ 31. Ke3 Qf3+ 32. Kd2 Qxb3 $19) 29... Qxc6
30. Rxd4 Qc5 31. Ree4 Qxa5 32. b4 {The position must be drawn, but it takes
patience for the unpleasant white's defence.} Qa3 33. Kg2 (33. Rd7 Qh3 34. Rxb7
Qxh2+ 35. Ke3 Qg3+ 36. Kd4 h5 $15) 33... Qc3 34. Rd8+ Kh7 35. Rdd4 (35. Re7 $2
Qxb4 36. Rdd7 Qb2+ 37. Kf3 b5 $19) 35... b6 36. f5 a5 $1 37. bxa5 bxa5 38. Ra4
Qc5 39. Rf4 Qd5+ 40. Kg3 Qd3+ 41. Kg2 Qe3 42. Rf2 (42. h3 $15) 42... Qg5+ 43.
Kf1 $4 (43. Kh3 Qg1 44. Rff4 h5 $15) 43... Qc1+ (43... Qc1+ 44. Kg2 Qc6+ $19)
0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 16th"]
[Site "Neum"]
[Date "2000.09.30"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D92"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2000.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sarajevo Bosna"]
[BlackTeam "Warsaw Polonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. Rc1 dxc4 7. e3 Be6 8. Ng5
Bd5 9. e4 h6 10. exd5 hxg5 11. Bxg5 Nxd5 12. Bxc4 Nb6 13. Bb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.10.28"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "De la Riva Aguado, Oscar"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2462"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Andorra"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. O-O d6 8. f4
Nc6 9. Qe2 Qc7 10. c4 Nb4 11. Nc3 Nxd3 12. Qxd3 Nf6 13. Nd4 O-O 14. b3 b6 15.
Bb2 Bb7 16. Qg3 Rfe8 17. Rae1 Bf8 18. Kh1 Rac8 19. e5 dxe5 20. fxe5 Nd7 21. Qf4
Re7 22. Re3 Rd8 23. Nce2 Qc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.10.29"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Sweden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SWE"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 c6 7. Qc2 Nh5 8.
Bd2 Nhf6 9. O-O-O Bb4 10. e3 O-O 11. Bd3 Re8 12. Ne2 Bd6 13. Ng3 Nf8 14. Kb1
Qe7 15. Bc3 Ne4 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Nd2 f5 18. Nc4 Bxg3 19. hxg3 Be6 20. b3 Bd5
21. Bb2 Qe6 22. Ba3 Nd7 23. Qc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.10.30"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Marin, Mihail"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Romania"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ROU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 dxc4 ({Usually black plays first} 3... Nf6 4. Nf3 {
and only now} dxc4) 4. Qa4+ Nd7 5. Na3 $5 {White tries to make use of the move
order chosen by black: the long light diagonal is not yet obstructed by Nf3.}
Rb8 $1 ({The idea of white's previous move can be seen after} 5... a6 6. Nxc4
b5 7. Qc2 Rb8 8. Na5 $16) (5... c6 {is also not enough for equality:} 6. Qxc4
$14 {/\Qc2, Nc4}) 6. Qxa7 b5 (6... Bc5) 7. Bc6 Rb6 8. Bxb5 Bxa3 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7
10. Qxa3 Ne7 11. Nf3 Bb7 $44 {Black has certain compensation for the pawn:
slight lad in development, absence of the white light squared bishop.
Nevertheless, white has the better pawn structure.} 12. O-O (12. Qc3 $5) 12...
O-O 13. b4 $6 (13. Qc3 $142 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Nf5 $44) 13... cxb3 14. axb3 Bxf3 15.
exf3 Rfb8 $15 {Somewhere around this moment the lights in the playing hall
were off and we had to wait for half an hour in semi-oscurity.This might
explain some errors ocurred in the game, as the players needed some time to
recover the concentration.} 16. Qa4 (16. Rb1 Nf5) 16... Nc6 (16... Qd5 17. Qe4
Rxb3 18. Ra3 $5 (18. Ba3 Rxf3) (18. Kg2)) 17. Bb2 Rb4 (17... Qxd2 $142 18. Rac1
Qxb2 19. Rxc6 Rxb3 20. Rxc7 Rxf3 21. Qc6 Rd3 22. Rc8+ Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 $15)
18. Qa6 Rxb3 19. Bc3 $11 {White has finally solved the problem of his bishop
and is out of danger now.} R3b5 20. Qa4 Ne7 21. Qg4 Nf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.10.31"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Rogers, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Australia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 e6 2. Qe2 Nc6 3. Nf3 e5 4. c3 d6 5. d4 g6 6. dxe5 dxe5 7. Qc2 Bg7 8. Bg5
Nge7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Bc4 Qe8 11. h4 Kh8 12. Be3 f6 13. a3 b6 14. Ba2 Bd7 15.
Nc4 Rd8 16. O-O-O Be6 17. Rxd8 Nxd8 18. Bb3 Ng8 19. Ncd2 Bh6 20. Bxh6 Nxh6 21.
Ne1 Rf7 22. Nd3 Rd7 23. f3 Bxb3 24. Nxb3 Qe6 25. Ndc5 bxc5 26. Nxc5 Qe7 27.
Nxd7 Qxd7 28. Rd1 Qe7 29. Qa4 Nhf7 30. Qxa7 f5 31. exf5 gxf5 32. g4 fxg4 33.
fxg4 Ne6 34. g5 Nf4 35. a4 e4 36. Qd4+ Kg8 37. Qf6 Nd3+ 38. Kb1 Qxf6 39. gxf6
Nd6 40. a5 Kf7 41. a6 Nc8 42. Rg1 Kxf6 43. Rg8 e3 44. Rf8+ Ke7 45. Rf3 Nc5 46.
Rxe3+ Kd7 47. Re5 Nxa6 48. Rh5 Nd6 49. Kc2 Ke6 50. Rxh7 Nf7 51. Rg7 Kf6 52. Rg8
Nc5 53. b4 Ne6 54. Kb3 Nh6 55. Rg1 Nf5 56. Rg4 Ne3 57. Re4 Ng2 58. Rg4 Ne3 59.
Rg8 Nf5 60. h5 Nf4 61. Rc8 Nxh5 62. Rxc7 Nf4 63. Rd7 Ke6 64. Rd2 Nd6 65. c4 Ke5
66. Rd1 Ne4 67. Rd8 Ne6 68. Rd5+ Kf6 69. c5 Nf4 70. Rd4 Ke5 71. Kc4 Nf6 72. b5
N6d5 73. Rxf4 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.01"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[Annotator "Ivanchuk,V"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Switzerland"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. Nf3 {Ribli} d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. d4 c5 5. O-O Nc6 6. c4 dxc4 {Ribli:
'Durch Zugumstellung haben wir eine Hauptvariante der Katalanischen
Verteidigung erreicht.'} 7. Qa4 {Ribli: 'Das ist die alte Fortsetzung -
heutzutage ist die Alternative populärer.'} (7. Ne5 {Ribli} Bd7 8. Na3) 7...
Bd7 8. Qxc4 (8. dxc5 {Ribli} Na5 $13) 8... b5 9. Qd3 {Ribli: 'Natürlich spielt
Weiß nicht 9.Qxb5?, wonach 9...Nxd4 10.Qd3 Bb5 für Schwarz gewinnt. Das ist
ein gut bekanntes Motiv. '} Rc8 10. Nc3 {Ribli: 'Dieser Zug ist - meiner
Meinung nach - weniger zu empfehlen als die Alternative. Es sieht zwar auf den
ersten Blick scheint logisch aus: Denn Weiß strebt rasche Entwicklung an. Aber
in der Folge kann Schwarz den Nc3 mit Tempo verjagen.'} ({More popular is} 10.
dxc5 Bxc5 11. Nc3 Nb4) 10... cxd4 ({Other move is} 10... c4 {had giving
control on center to the white}) 11. Nxd4 Ne5 $5 {I choosed compications '!'
Ribli. Ribli: 'Der Tausch des Springers wäre auch gut, aber der Textzug
eröffnet Schwarz eine Reihe von Möglichkeiten.'} (11... Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Bc5 13.
Qd3 b4 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Qb6 {leeds to equality} 16. a4 Rd8 17. a5 Qb5 18.
Bxh7 Bc6 19. Qxb5 Bxb5 20. Be4 Bxe2 21. Re1 Bb5 22. Bg5 {1/2-1/2 Pribyl,
J-Luther,T/Germany 2000/CBM 74 ext (22)}) 12. Qd1 b4 (12... Qb6 13. a4 b4 (
13... bxa4 {Ribli} 14. Nxa4 Qb8 15. Bf4 Bd6 16. Nc3 Nc4 17. Bxd6 Nxd6 18. Ra6
Qxb2 19. Na4 Qb8 20. Nc6 Bxc6 21. Bxc6+ Ke7 22. Qa1 Rhd8 23. Rb1 Qc7 24. Qa3
Rb8 25. Rxb8 Qxb8 26. Nc5 Rc8 27. Rxa7+ Kf8 28. Rb7 {1-0 Ribli,Z-Unzicker,W/
Luzern 1982/EXT 97-B (28)}) 14. Ne4 $14) 13. Ne4 Nd5 {Ribli: 'Schwarz geht
Vereinfachungen aus dem Wege und strebt komplitziertes Spiel an. - Ein
interessantes Bild: alle vier Zentrumsfelder sind von Springern besetzt.'} (
13... Nxe4 {Ribli} 14. Bxe4 Be7 15. Bf4 Nc4 16. b3 Nd6 17. Bf3 O-O 18. Rc1 Nb5
19. Nxb5 Bxb5 20. Qxd8 Rfxd8 21. Be3 a6 {1/2-1/2 Wang,R-Lauber,A/Perenyi
memorial 2000 (65)}) 14. Ng5 $146 {This novelty is merite attention. '?!'
Ribli. Ribli: 'Dieser Zug gefällt mir nicht - Weiß verliert zu viel Zeit mit
diesem Springer. Die Entwicklung des Bb1 ist vorzuziehen. '} (14. Bf4 Nxf4 15.
gxf4 Ng6 16. e3 {Lobron-Tot,Biel 1981} Be7 17. Qh5 Qb6 18. Rfd1 O-O 19. Nf3 Be8
20. f5 exf5 21. Qxf5 Bc6 22. Rd4 Bxe4 23. Qxe4 Rce8 24. Qc2 Bf6 25. Rd7 Ne5 26.
Nxe5 Bxe5 27. Rad1 {1-0 Lobron,E-Toth,B/Biel 1981/MCD (78)}) (14. Bg5 {Ribli}
Qb6 $11 (14... Be7 {Ribli} 15. Nd6+ $18)) 14... Be7 15. Bxd5 {'?!' Ribli.
Ribli: 'Weiß gibt den "katalanischem" Läufer für den Springer und möchte gegen
den isolierten Bauern spielen. Ich glaube, es wäre auch hier viel besser den
Läufer (entsprechend der allgemeinen Regel) auf dem Brett zu halten.'} ({
There are many possibilitie in the position and to take good decision is
difficult.During the game I saw} 15. Nf5 exf5 (15... Rxc1 16. Rxc1 Bxg5 17. f4
Qb6+ 18. Kh1 Ng4 19. fxg5 Nge3 20. Qb3 $1 $16) 16. Qxd5 Rc5 17. Qd4 O-O 18. Bf4
Bc6 19. Bxe5 (19. Qxd8 Rxd8 20. Rfc1 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Ng6 22. Be3) 19... Bxg2 20.
Kxg2 Rd5 21. Qf4 (21. Nxf7 Qa8 $1) 21... Bxg5 22. Qxf5 Re8 23. f4 Bf6 24. Bxf6
gxf6 25. Qg4+ Kh8 $44) (15. e4 Nb6 16. h4 Bf6 (16... h6 17. Ngf3 Nxf3+ (17...
Ba4 18. b3 Nxf3+ 19. Bxf3 Bd7) 18. Qxf3 Bf6 19. Rd1 $13) 17. Qh5 (17. f4 Ba4
18. b3 (18. Nb3 Nd3 $1) 18... Nd3 $1) 17... g6 18. Qe2 {with complicate game})
(15. Ngf3 {Ribli} Nxf3+ 16. Nxf3 $11 (16. Bxf3 $11 {Ribli})) 15... exd5 16.
Ngf3 (16. Ndf3 Nxf3+ (16... f6 17. Nxe5 (17. h4 Nc4 18. Qxd5 fxg5 19. Nxg5 Bxg5
(19... Nd6 20. Bf4 Bc6 $13) 20. Bxg5 Qa5 $1 $19) 17... fxe5 18. h4 Bc6 (18...
Bb5 19. Ne6 Qd7 20. Nxg7+ Kf8 (20... Kf7 21. Nf5 $1 $36) 21. Nh5 $13) (18...
Bg4 19. f3 $13) 19. Ne6 Qd7 20. Nxg7+ Kf7 21. Nh5 Qf5 $36) 17. Nxf3 $11 {
cause exchange is good for white but the black have two strong bishops}) 16...
Nc4 {'=/+' Ribli. Ribli: 'Das ist typisch für solche Stellungen: der Spieler
mit dem isolierten Pd5 besetzt die Punkten c4 und e4 - den "Schnurrbart" des
Pd5.'} 17. Qd3 $6 (17. b3 Nd6 18. a3 (18. Ne5 $5) 18... a5 (18... Ne4 19. axb4
Nc3 20. Qd3 Bxb4 21. Rxa7 O-O 22. Ng5 $1) 19. axb4 axb4 20. Ne5 {with simple
play for white}) (17. Nc2 Bh3 18. Re1 O-O 19. b3 Bf6 20. bxc4 Bxa1 21. Nxa1
dxc4 $13) 17... O-O 18. Rd1 Re8 {Ribli: 'Der Pd5P ist nur theoretisch eine
Schwäche - Schwarz hat dafür das Läuferpaar und zwei offene Linien. '} 19. Rb1
$2 {'?!' Ribli. Ribli: 'Ich verstehe diese Fortsetzung nicht. Es wäre besser,
den Zug b3 sofort zu spielen.'} ({Right was} 19. b3 Nd6 20. a3 (20. Ne5 Ne4 21.
Nxd7 Qxd7 22. Bb2 Bf6 $15) 20... a5 ({if} 20... Ne4 21. axb4 Bxb4 22. Rxa7 Nc3
23. Rf1 Ne4 (23... Bh3 $2 24. Ng5) 24. Bg5 $1 $14) 21. axb4 axb4 22. Bb2 {
and white should keep the position}) (19. b3 {Ribli}) 19... Bf6 20. b3 Nd6 (
20... Ne5 {Ribli} 21. Nxe5 Bxe5 22. Bb2 Bg4 23. Rd2 $11) 21. Bd2 (21. Bb2 {
Ribli} Ne4 $15) 21... Qb6 22. Rbc1 Ne4 {Now the black's advatage is clear:they
take control on all key positions.} 23. Be1 (23. Rxc8 {Ribli} Rxc8 24. Rc1
Rxc1+ 25. Bxc1 Nc3 $17 {[%csl Gc3]}) 23... h6 24. Kg2 a5 {Ribli: 'Mit diesem
Zug stärkt Schwarz seine Bauernstellung am Damenflügel. In einigen Varianten
kann er a5-a4 ziehen.'} 25. h3 Rc5 26. Rxc5 (26. e3 {Ribli} Rec8 $15) 26...
Qxc5 27. e3 Rc8 {Black improve the position step by step Ribli: 'Schwarz
kontrolliert die einzige offene Linie und hat das Läuferpaar. Der weiße
positionelle "Gegenwert" ist der starke Springer auf d4.'} 28. g4 $6 {Serious
weekness of king side Ribli: 'Das ist natürlich kein Angriffszug - Weiß möchte
nur seine Bauernstruktur am Königsflügel verbessern.'} (28. Qa6) (28. Bd2 $2 {
Ribli} Bxh3+ $1 $19) 28... Qb6 29. Ng1 {'?!' Ribli. Ribli: 'Weiß möchte 30.
Nge2 und 31.f3 ziehen.'} (29. Bd2 $15 {Ribli}) 29... Bxd4 {'!' Ribli. Ribli:
'Schwarz nutzt die Gunst der Stunde - Weiß kann nicht mit Nxd4 antworten, denn
der (andere) Springer hat sich nach g1entfernt.'} 30. exd4 (30. Qxd4 Qxd4 31.
Rxd4 Be6 $17 (31... Rc2 {Ribli} 32. Rxd5 Bc6 33. Rd8+ Kh7 $17)) 30... Bb5 31.
Qb1 (31. Qe3 {Ribli} Rc2 {[%csl Gc2]}) 31... Qc6 32. Bd2 Qf6 33. Be3 (33. f3 {
Ribli} Nc3 34. Bxc3 bxc3 35. Qc2 Qf4 $17) 33... Rc3 {'-/+' Ribli. Ribli:
'Droht 34...Rxe3 und 35...Qf2+.'} 34. Qb2 (34. Re1 {Ribli} Rxe3 $19) 34... Rxe3
$1 {Next is clear Ribli: 'Trotzdem! Weiß verteidigte zwar den Punkt f2, aber
dieses Opfer ist immer stark.'} 35. fxe3 Qh4 36. Rd2 (36. Kh1 {Ribli} Qf2 $19)
36... Qg3+ 37. Kh1 Qxe3 {Ribli: 'Der Pe3 ist wichtiger als die Qualität. Der
weiße König befindet sich in großer Not.'} (37... Nxd2 {Ribli} 38. Qxd2 Bf1 $17
) 38. Rc2 Ng3+ (38... Bd3 $17 {Ribli}) 39. Kg2 (39. Kh2 {Ribli} Nf1+ 40. Kh1 (
40. Kg2 {Ribli} Qe4+ 41. Kf2 Qf4+ 42. Ke1 Qg3+ $19) 40... Bd3 $19) 39... Bf1+
40. Kh2 Ne4 41. Qc1 Qg3+ 42. Kh1 Bd3 {'-+' Ribli.} (42... Bxh3 $19 {Ribli}) 43.
Rc8+ Kh7 44. Rh8+ {'!?' Ribli. Ribli: 'Dieser Zug ist schön, hilft aber nichts.
'} Kg6 {'!' Ribli.} (44... Kxh8 {Ribli} 45. Qc8+ Kh7 46. Qf5+ $11) 45. Qc6+ Nf6
46. Re8 Kh7 47. Re5 Be4+ 48. Rxe4 Nxe4 49. Qc2 {[%cal Gc2h7]} g6 $19 {[%cal
Re4f2,Rf2h1]} 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.02"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D98"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Slovakia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SVK"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg7 6. e4 O-O 7. Be2 Nfd7 8.
Nf3 Nb6 9. Qc5 Bg4 10. Be3 Bxf3 11. gxf3 e5 12. d5 N8d7 13. Qa5 c6 14. O-O-O
Qh4 15. Kb1 Rfd8 16. Rc1 Bh6 17. Bxh6 Qxh6 18. dxc6 bxc6 19. Nd1 c5 20. h4 Qf4
21. Ne3 Nf8 22. Qxc5 Ne6 23. Ng2 Nxc5 24. Nxf4 Rac8 25. Nd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.04"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Hungary"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3
e6 9. b3 Nc6 10. e3 b6 11. Ba3 Re8 12. Qd3 a5 13. Rfc1 Ba6 14. Qd1 Rc8 15. Bf1
Bb7 16. Na4 Ne4 17. Bb5 Bf8 18. Bxf8 Rxf8 19. Qe2 Nb8 20. Rxc8 Bxc8 21. Rc1 Nd6
22. Bd3 Bd7 23. Ne5 Be8 24. Qg4 Bxa4 25. bxa4 Nd7 26. Nf3 Qb8 27. Qh4 Re8 28.
Rc6 f6 29. Qg4 Kg7 30. h4 Nf8 31. Qf4 Rd8 32. g4 Ne8 33. Qxb8 Rxb8 34. g5 h6
35. Kg2 hxg5 36. hxg5 Kf7 37. gxf6 Kxf6 38. Ne5 Rb7 39. Rc8 Ke7 40. Bxg6 Nd6
41. Rc6 Nd7 42. Bd3 Nb8 43. Ng6+ Kd7 44. Rc1 Kd8 45. Nf4 Re7 46. Bb5 Nf5 47.
Kf3 Ng7 48. a3 Rf7 49. Kg4 Nd7 50. Kg5 Nf8 51. Rc6 Rb7 52. Ba6 Ra7 53. Rc8+ Ke7
54. Bb5 Kf7 55. Bd3 Rb7 56. Ng6 Nh7+ 57. Kf4 Nh5+ 58. Ke5 Ng5 59. Rh8 Nf3+ 60.
Kd6 Nf6 61. Kc6 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.05"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Torre, Eugenio"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[Annotator "Ivanchuk/Sulypa"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Philippines"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "PHI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 {Tsesarsky} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 {'?!' Tsesarsky.
Tsesarsky: 'Dubious variation. White sacrifices P and then had to justify this,
not always successful...'} dxc4 6. a3 {'=/+?!' Tsesarsky.} (6. e3 $142 {
Tsesarsky} c3 (6... Qd5 {Tsesarsky} 7. Bxf6 gxf6 8. a3 Ba5 9. Qc2 b5 10. a4 a6
11. Be2 Bb7 12. O-O Bxd2 13. Qxd2 Rg8 14. Rfc1 Nd7 15. b3 $132 {1-0 Sokolov,
I-Vasiljevic,D/Pancevo 1987/TD (47)}) (6... b5 {Tsesarsky} 7. Be2 Bb7 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. b3 Bxd2 10. Qxd2 cxb3 11. Bxb5 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Ne4 13. Bxd7+ Kxd7 14.
fxe4 Qxg5+ 15. Kh1 bxa2 16. f4 $13 {1/2-1/2 Zagoriansky,E-Ragozin,V/Sverdlovsk
1943/HCL (32)}) 7. bxc3 Bxc3 8. Rc1 Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2 Bd7 10. Bd3 Bc6 11. e4 h6 12.
Bxf6 gxf6 13. O-O $44 {1-0 Petkov,V-Dimitrov,V/BUL-ch 1991/TD (40)}) (6. e4 $6
{Tsesarsky} b5 7. a4 (7. e5 {Tsesarsky} h6 8. exf6 hxg5 9. fxg7 Rg8 $15) 7...
c6 8. Qc2 (8. e5 {Tsesarsky} h6 9. exf6 hxg5 10. fxg7 Rg8 11. axb5 cxb5 12. Qc2
(12. Bxc4 {Tsesarsky} Bxd2+ 13. Nxd2 bxc4 14. Qf3 Qd5 15. Ne4 Nd7 $19) 12...
Rxg7 13. h4 g4 $17) 8... h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. axb5 cxb5 11. b3 Nc6 12. bxc4 Nxd4
13. Nxd4 Qxd4 14. Rd1 Bb7 $19 {0-1 Saljova,S-Botsari Miladinovic,A/Hradec
Kralove 1992/TD (25)}) (6. Rc1 {Tsesarsky} b5 7. g3 Bb7 8. Bg2 Nbd7 9. O-O c5
10. a3 Bxd2 11. Bxd2 O-O 12. b3 cxd4 13. bxc4 bxc4 14. Bb4 Re8 15. Qxd4 Nb6 $15
{1-0 Maljutin,E-Lopushnoy,D/Moscow 1996/EXT 2000 (44)}) 6... Bxd2+ (6... c3 {
Tsesarsky} 7. axb4 cxd2+ 8. Qxd2 Nbd7 9. e3 h6 10. Bh4 O-O 11. Bd3 Qe7 12. Ne5
Re8 13. f4 $14 {1-0 Opocensky,K-Sefc,J/Prague 1953/MCD (35)}) (6... Be7 {
Tsesarsky} 7. Nxc4 O-O 8. e3 Nbd7 9. Rc1 c5 10. Be2 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. Bf4 cxd4
13. Nxd4 Rc8 $11 {1-0 Hebden,M-Braga,F/Benidorm 1993/EXT 97 (50)}) 7. Qxd2 c6 {
More logical move} (7... b5 {leeds to unclear position} 8. a4 c6 9. g3 (9. e3 {
Tsesarsky} O-O 10. Be2 Nbd7 (10... Ne4 {Tsesarsky} 11. Bxd8 Nxd2 12. Nxd2 Rxd8
13. axb5 $16) 11. Qc2 h6 12. Bh4 Bb7 $44) 9... Bb7 10. Bg2 a6 11. Bxf6 (11. Ne5
{Tsesarsky} Nbd7 12. f4 $44) 11... Qxf6 12. Ne5 Qe7 13. O-O O-O $13 {0-1
Misanovic,V-Bojkovic,N/Kishinev 1995/EXT 97 (40)} 14. Qa5 f6 15. Ng4 Rc8 16. e4
Nd7 17. Rfe1 Nf8 18. Ne3 $15 {0-1 Misanovic,V-Bojkovic,N/Kishinev 1995/EXT 97 
(40)}) (7... Nc6 {Tsesarsky} 8. e3 Qd5 9. Bxf6 $5 (9. Bf4 {Tsesarsky} Ne4 10.
Qc2 Qa5+ 11. Nd2 Nxd2 12. Qxd2 b5 $44 13. Qxa5 {1/2-1/2 Stoll,A-Keller,M/
Krumbach 1981/EXT 98 (13)}) 9... gxf6 10. Rc1 Na5 11. Qc3 Rg8 12. Nd2 e5 13.
dxe5 Qxe5 (13... fxe5 {Tsesarsky} 14. e4 $18) 14. Nxc4 Nxc4 15. Bxc4 Bf5 (15...
Rxg2 {Tsesarsky} 16. Qxe5+ fxe5 17. Bd5 $16 {[%csl Rc7][%cal Gc1c7]}) 16. Bb3
Qxc3+ 17. Rxc3 c6 18. g3 $14) 8. a4 (8. e3 b5 {-with good perspective for the
black}) 8... Nbd7 {'©?!' Tsesarsky.} ({Another plan connected with overpawn
keeping is} 8... b5 $5 $15 {(Tsesarsky) -in my opinion, better than move in
text. Black can delay Nbd7 and to develop queenside by a7-a6, Bb7 etc.}) 9. Qb4
{'-/+?' Tsesarsky.} (9. e3 $142 {Tsesarsky} b5 10. b3 cxb3 11. axb5 Bb7 12. Qb4
$132) 9... h6 {'=?' Tsesarsky. Tsesarsky: 'Returns equal position to White...'}
({In obvious move} 9... Qb6 {be found} 10. Qa3 $1 {and after} (10. Qxb6 {
Tsesarsky} axb6 11. e3 b5 $17) (10. Qxc4 {Tsesarsky} Qxb2 11. Rc1 Nb6 $17)
10... Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qd5 {'!' Tsesarsky.} 12. e3 a5 (12... b5 {Tsesarsky} 13. Be2
Bb7 14. O-O Ne4 15. Bb4 a5 16. axb5 cxb5 (16... axb4 {Tsesarsky} 17. Qxa8+ Bxa8
18. Rxa8+ Ke7 19. Rxh8 cxb5 20. Rxh7 $132) 17. Bxa5 Nd2 $3 18. Bxd2 Rxa3 19.
Rxa3 O-O $17) 13. Be2 b6 14. O-O Ba6 15. Bc3 {with idea Nd2-position not clear}
(15. Rfc1 c3 16. Bxa6 cxd2 17. Bb7 dxc1=Q+ 18. Rxc1 Rb8 19. Bxc6 Rc8 {the
black should be winning})) 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. e3 a5 $1 {Important move.} (11...
e5 12. Bxc4 $14) 12. Qxc4 ({The idea of 11...a5 is in} 12. Qc3 {to play} b5 13.
axb5 cxb5 14. Rxa5 Rxa5 15. Qxa5 Qf5 $1 16. Nd2 O-O $36 {with initiative})
12... O-O 13. Be2 (13. Qc3 Re8 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Qe7 $11 {with nextly Qb4})
13... e5 {Tsesarsky: 'Of course, Black solved opening problems, position is
equal but not drawn!'} 14. O-O exd4 15. Qxd4 ({more natural was} 15. Nxd4 Ne5 (
15... c5 $6 16. Nb5 Qxb2 17. Rfd1 $36) 16. Qc5 $11) 15... Qe7 16. Rfd1 $2 ({
Simply} 16. Rfc1 {,don't gived xc5, was enough for equality}) 16... Nc5 17. Qd6
$6 {'=/+?!' Tsesarsky. Tsesarsky: 'Positional mistake. White wishes to simlify
position by QQ exchange, but without QQ it will be difficult for White to
defend weaknesses on the queenside - a4 etc. '} ({Strangely played-} 17. Bc4 {
still keeping the position}) ({Much better was} 17. Qf4 {Tsesarsky} Be6 18. Nd4
$11) 17... Qxd6 18. Rxd6 Bg4 {Now there some problems for the white in the
ending:a4 is week,"d"-line will be take by black's rook and there are
potentionly passed pawn in queen side.} 19. Bc4 Bxf3 {'!' Tsesarsky.} 20. gxf3
Rfd8 {Tsesarsky: 'Now White had to yield d-file because Ra1 connected with a4
defence or to play: '} 21. Rd4 {Tsesarsky: 'with further PP weaknesses
creation after RR exchange on d4.'} Kf8 ({Possible was} 21... Rxd4 22. exd4 Nd7
23. Ra3 {but after white have good chances to draw}) 22. b3 (22. Ra3 $142)
22... Rxd4 23. exd4 Nd7 (23... Ne6 $5 {Tsesarsky} 24. Bxe6 fxe6 25. Re1 Ke7 26.
Re4 Rf8 27. Kg2 $15) 24. d5 {'!' Tsesarsky.} ({Or} 24. Kf1 {Tsesarsky} Nf6 25.
Ke2 Rd8 $17) 24... Ne5 25. dxc6 {'-/+?' Tsesarsky.} ({stronger was} 25. f4 Ng6
(25... Nxc4 26. bxc4 cxd5 27. cxd5 Rc8 28. Rb1 $15 {/=} Rc4 29. Rxb7 Rxf4 30.
d6 Ke8 31. Re7+ Kd8 32. Kg2 g5 33. Kg3 h5 34. Ra7 Rxa4 35. Rxf7 $44) 26. dxc6
bxc6 27. Rd1 Ke7 (27... Ra7 {Tsesarsky} 28. Rd4 Ke7 29. Kg2 Nh4+ 30. Kh3 Nf5
31. Re4+ Kd6 32. Kg4 g6 33. h4 Re7 34. Re5 Rxe5 35. fxe5+ Kxe5 36. Bxf7 Kf6 $15
) 28. Re1+ {enough for draw} ({or} 28. Rd4)) 25... bxc6 26. Be2 $2 ({Last
chance was} 26. f4 $5 Nxc4 27. bxc4 Rb8 28. Rd1 (28. c5 Rb4 29. Rd1) 28... Rb4
29. c5 {with good drawing chances}) 26... Rb8 27. Rb1 {'-+?' Tsesarsky.
Tsesarsky: 'Too passive...'} ({Why not} 27. f4 $1 {Tsesarsky} Ng6 28. f5 Nh4
29. f6 Rxb3 30. fxg7+ Kxg7 31. Rc1 Rb2 32. Kf1 Ra2 33. Bd1 Rd2 34. Ke1 Rd6 35.
Rc5 Ng2+ 36. Ke2 Nf4+ 37. Ke3 Rxd1 38. Kxf4 Rd4+ $17 {with certain chances to
survive.}) (27. Bd1 {Tsesarsky} Rd8 $17) 27... Rb4 {Tsesarsky: 'Now Black
without problems implements simple and strong plan: after g7-g5 and f7-f6 Ne5
became stable and then Kf8 take a walk to the queenside. White's position is
hopeless.'} 28. Kg2 Ke7 29. Re1 Kd6 30. Bd1 Rd4 $19 {The black's pieces take
all key points.} 31. Bc2 f6 {There are no any counterplay for the white.} 32.
Kg3 g5 $1 33. Rd1 {Tsesarsky: 'After RR excange endgame is also lost for White.
'} Rxd1 34. Bxd1 Nd3 {'!' Tsesarsky.} 35. Bc2 Nf4 36. Kg4 Ke5 37. b4 axb4 38.
a5 h5+ {'!' Tsesarsky.} 39. Kg3 Kd6 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.06"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Germany"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. b3 Bb4 6. Bb2 Ne4 7. Qc2 e5 8. Bd3
exd4 9. exd4 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 dxc4 11. Bxb4 Qxd4 12. O-O-O cxd3 13. Qxd3 Qxd3 14.
Rxd3 Na6 15. Ba3 c5 16. Ne2 O-O 17. Nf4 Bf5 18. Rd6 Rfe8 19. Rhd1 Be4 20. f3
Bc6 21. h4 Rac8 22. Kb1 h6 23. Bb2 Nc7 24. Rc1 f6 25. Rxc5 Rcd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.07"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A63"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Bulgaria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BUL"]

1. d4 {Bangiev} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. h3 a6
{One of the best ways to avoid the unpleasant A70 line} (7... Bg7 8. e4 O-O 9.
Bd3) 8. a4 Qe7 {Bangiev: 'Eine interessante Idee mit dem Ziel den Vorstoss 9.
e4 und damit die ganze Variante zu vermeinden.'} (8... Bg7 {Bangiev} 9. e4 {
In dieser Variante hat Weiss in der letzten Zeit gute Ergebnisse erreicht.}) 9.
g3 ({The most often played alternative is} 9. Bg5 {but even here White finds
it difficult to get a tangible edge after} Bg7 10. e3 h6 11. Bh4 O-O 12. Nd2
Nbd7 13. Be2 Ne5 14. O-O g5 15. Bg3 Bf5 16. a5 Rae8 17. Ra4 Nfd7 18. e4 Bg6 19.
Re1 Qd8 20. Nf1 c4 $1 21. Ne3 Nc5 22. Bxe5 Bxe5 23. Rxc4 Bxc3 24. Rxc3 Nxe4 25.
Rb3 Re7 $132 {Danailov,S-Marin,M/Benasque op/2000/}) 9... Bg7 10. Bg2 O-O (
10... Ne4 $5 11. Nxe4 Qxe4 12. O-O O-O 13. Nd2 Qe7 14. Nc4 Nd7 15. Bf4 Ne5 16.
Nb6 Rb8 17. Qd2 Qc7 18. a5 Bd7 19. Rac1 Bb5 20. Rfe1 Nd7 21. Nxd7 Qxd7 22. Bh6
Bxh6 23. Qxh6 f5 24. e4 Rbe8 25. exf5 Qxf5 26. Qd2 Qd3 {1/2,Atalik,S-Ionescu,C/
Balkaniad Mangalia/1992/}) 11. O-O (11. Nd2 Nbd7 12. Nc4 Ne5 13. Nb6 Rb8 14.
O-O Nfd7 15. Nxc8 Rfxc8 16. a5 b5 17. axb6 Rxb6 18. Ra4 Nf8 19. f4 Ned7 20. Qd3
Rb4 21. Rxb4 cxb4 $13 {Lipinsky,F-Cebalo,M/Bled op/1997/}) 11... Nbd7 12. Bf4 {
More active than} (12. Nd2 Nh5 $5 13. Kh2 f5 14. f4 $6 Ndf6 15. Nc4 Bd7 16. Nb6
Rae8 17. e3 Qd8 18. a5 Bb5 19. Nxb5 axb5 20. g4 $2 Nxg4+ 21. hxg4 Qh4+ 22. Kg1
fxg4 23. Bd2 g3 24. Rf3 Qh2+ 25. Kf1 Nxf4 26. exf4 Bd4 27. Be3 Bxe3 {0-1,
Arbakov,V-Milov,V/Bad Ragaz op/1994/}) 12... Rb8 (12... h6 13. e4 $5 g5 14. Be3
Rb8 (14... Nxe4 $142 15. Nxe4 Qxe4 16. Nxg5 Qg6 $13) 15. a5 b5 16. axb6 Rxb6
17. Qc2 Ne8 18. Nd2 Rb4 19. Nb3 Ne5 20. Na5 Bd7 21. f4 Nc4 22. Nxc4 Rxc4 23.
Rxa6 $16 {Alburt,L-Fedorov,V/New York/1992/}) 13. Rb1 {Bangiev: '/\b4'} Ne8 $5
$146 {[%mdl 8] A typical Benoni move, the N is better placed here, than on h5.
Bangiev: 'Ein neuer Plan an dieser Stelle, der allerdings für vielen Abspiele
der Benoni-Verteidigung typisch ist.'} (13... Nh5 14. Bg5 Bf6 (14... f6 15. Bd2
f5 16. Qc1 $14) 15. Bxf6 Nhxf6 16. Qd2 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. b4 Ba6 19. Qa2 Rb6
20. Rfc1 Ne4 21. Nxe4 Qxe4 22. Ng5 Qe5 23. Ne4 Rc8 24. Qa5 c4 25. Qa1 f5 26.
Qxe5 dxe5 27. Nc3 e4 28. Ra1 Nf6 29. f3 $16 {[%csl Ra6,Rb5] ><b5,Ba6,Shipov,
S-Rustemov,A/Orel/1997/}) (13... h6 14. Qc1 (14. b4 {Bangiev} Nh5 15. Qc1 Nxf4
16. gxf4 $36) 14... g5 15. Bd2 Nb6 16. h4 g4 17. Nh2 Kh7 18. b4 $1 (18. Qc2+
Kh8 19. b3 Nbd7 20. Qc1 Kh7 21. Qc2+ {1/2,Itkis,B-Marin,M/Bucharest/1999/})
18... c4 19. b5 $36) 14. Qd2 {Bangiev: 'Weiss strebt danach, den Bg7
abzutauschen.'} ({Perhaps more testing was} 14. Bg5 $5 f6 15. Bf4 f5 (15... b5
16. axb5 axb5 17. b4 $16) 16. Qc1 Ne5 17. Nxe5 dxe5 $13) 14... Nb6 (14... Nc7 {
Bangiev} 15. Qe3 Qxe3 16. fxe3 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Nxd5 18. Bxd6 Nxc3 19. Rb3 Ne4 20.
Bxb8 Nxb8 21. Rc1 Nc6 $13 {1-0 Najer,E-Khomyakov,V/Moscow 1994/(58)}) 15. Bh6 (
15. e4 Bd7 (15... Bxc3 16. bxc3 Nxa4 17. e5 $40) 16. Qc2 Nc4 {[%cal Yb7b5] /
\b5<=>} (16... f5 17. Rfe1 $36 {[%cal Ge1e8] <->e})) 15... Nc4 16. Qc1 Bxh6 17.
Qxh6 Ne5 {Bangiev: 'Schwarz versucht durch den angebotenen Abtausch von
Springer, die schwarzen Felder zu stärken.'} (17... b5 $142 18. axb5 axb5 19.
b4 Nf6 $5 $132) 18. b4 (18. Nxe5 dxe5 $5 {[%cal Re8d6] /\Nd6=} (18... Qxe5 19.
Qd2 {/\b4|^})) 18... Nxf3+ 19. Bxf3 Bf5 20. e4 $2 {Very natural, but now a
clever tactical blow gives Black an advantage. Topalov exploits the
unprotected white minor pieces to win material.} (20. Rb2 cxb4 (20... Qe5 21.
Rc1 Rc8 (21... cxb4 {Bangiev} 22. Rxb4 Nf6 23. Bg2 Rfc8 24. Qd2 Bd7 $14) 22. b5
$14) 21. Rxb4 Rc8 22. Rc1 Rc5 23. g4 (23. e4 Bxh3 $1 24. Qxh3 Qf6 25. Kg2 Rxc3
26. Rxc3 Qxc3 27. Rxb7 Nf6 $11) 23... Bc8 24. Ne4 $14) (20. Rb3 $5) 20... cxb4
21. Rxb4 Bxh3 $1 {[%mdl 64]} 22. Qxh3 Qf6 $15 23. Kg2 Qxc3 24. Rfb1 Nf6 25. Qh4
$5 (25. Rxb7 Rxb7 26. Rxb7 Qd4 27. Qh4 Rc8 $17) 25... Nd7 26. Be2 (26. Rxb7
Rxb7 27. Rxb7 Nc5 28. Rb1 (28. Re7 Nd3 $40) 28... Re8 $5 $15) 26... Rfe8 $6 (
26... Nc5 $142 27. Rh1 Qg7 28. Rb6 Rfe8 $15) 27. Rxb7 Rxb7 28. Rxb7 Nc5 29. Re7
$1 Rxe7 (29... Rb8 $2 30. Qf4 $16) 30. Qxe7 Qe5 (30... Qc2 31. Qxd6 Qxe2 32.
Qxc5 Qxe4+ 33. Kg1 Qxa4 34. d6 {and it's Black who must try to scrape a draw
by giving a perpetual.}) 31. Qxe5 dxe5 32. a5 $8 Kf8 33. f4 f6 34. Kf3 Ke7 35.
Ke3 Kd6 36. Bf1 Kc7 37. Kf3 Kd6 {Black can't improve his position.} (37... Kb7
{[%cal Rc5b3] /\Nb3} 38. Bc4 Ka7 {/\Nb7} 39. d6 Kb7 40. Bg8 h6 41. Bf7 $132)
38. Bc4 Nb7 39. Bxa6 Nxa5 40. Bc8 Nb3 41. Ke3 Nc5 42. Bh3 Kc7 43. Be6 Kd6 (
43... Kd6 44. Bg8 h6 45. Bf7 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.08"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Bxc4 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
e5 Nd5 9. Nb3 Nb6 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. Bxc6 Bxc6 14. Nfxd4
Bd5 15. Qg4 g6 16. f4 c5 17. Nb5 O-O 18. Nc3 Rad8 19. Rae1 f5 20. Qg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.09"]
[Round "12.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. a4 Nc6 8. O-O
Be7 9. f4 O-O 10. Kh1 Qc7 11. Be3 Re8 12. Bf3 Bd7 13. Nb3 b6 14. Rf2 Rab8 15.
g4 Bc8 16. g5 Nd7 17. Bg2 Na5 18. Nd2 Bb7 19. Qh5 Bf8 20. Qh3 Nc4 21. Nxc4 Qxc4
22. f5 exf5 23. exf5 Bxg2+ 24. Rxg2 Re5 25. Rd1 Rbe8 26. Bd4 Re1+ 27. Rg1 Rxg1+
28. Kxg1 Ne5 29. Qg2 b5 30. axb5 axb5 31. Nd5 Qc8 32. f6 g6 33. b3 Nc6 34. Bb2
Nb4 35. Nxb4 Qc5+ 36. Rd4 Re1+ 37. Kf2 Rb1 38. Nd3 Qxc2+ 39. Kg3 Qxb3 40. Kf4
Qe6 41. Re4 Qd5 42. Ke3 Rd1 43. Bd4 h6 44. h4 hxg5 45. hxg5 b4 46. Qg4 Qb3 47.
Qe2 Rh1 48. Re8 Rh3+ 49. Kd2 Qa2+ 50. Bb2 Qd5 51. Qe4 Qxg5+ 52. Kc2 Qb5 53. Nc1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.10"]
[Round "13.1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O Ne4 8. Bd2
Bf6 9. Rc1 Na6 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. Bf4 c5 12. Bd6 Re8 13. Qd2 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Bxg2
15. Kxg2 Nc5 16. f3 Nb7 17. Bb4 a6 18. Rfd1 Qc7 19. e4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.12"]
[Round "14.1"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A64"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bosnia&Herzegovina"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. g3 Bg7 8. Bg2
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Nd2 Nbd7 11. a4 a6 12. a5 Rb8 13. Nc4 Ne5 14. Nb6 Ned7 15.
Nc4 Ne5 16. Nb6 Ned7 17. Nc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "New Delhi/Teheran"]
[Date "2000.11.30"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Nd4 5. Bg2 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3 Bb4 7. Qb3 Qe7 8.
a3 Ba5 9. Qc2 c6 10. b4 Bb6 11. c5 Bc7 12. d3 a5 13. Rb1 O-O 14. O-O d5 15.
cxd6 Bxd6 16. Qb2 axb4 17. axb4 Bh3 18. Rd1 h6 19. Be3 Rfc8 20. Rdc1 b5 21. Ne4
Nxe4 22. Bxe4 Qe6 23. Ra1 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Bf5 25. Bxf5 Qxf5 26. Rc1 Qd7 27. Bc5
Re8 28. Bxd6 Qxd6 29. f3 f5 30. Rc5 Re6 31. Qc3 Kh7 32. Kg2 h5 33. Qc1 g6 34.
Qc3 Kg8 35. Kf2 Kf7 36. Ke1 Qd4 37. Qxd4 exd4 38. Rc2 Ke7 39. Ra2 Kd6 40. Ra8
Kd5 41. Kd2 Rd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "New Delhi/Teheran"]
[Date "2000.12.01"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "New Delhi/Teheran"]
[Date "2000.12.02"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. h3 Nbd7 7. O-O b6 8. c4
Bb7 9. Nc3 Ne4 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. Qd2 e5 12. Bh2 Qe7 13. Rad1 Rfd8 14. Qc1 a5
15. b3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "New Delhi/Teheran"]
[Date "2000.12.02"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd5 5. d4 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qc2 Qc7 9. Bd2 Nd7 10. Bd3 Bxc3 $5 (10... Nf4 $6 11. Bxf4 Qxf4 12. O-O a6 $6
13. Rfe1 Bxc3 $6 14. bxc3 g6 15. Re4 $36 {1-0 Spacek,P-Dejkalo,S/Prague 1989/
EXT 89 (35)}) 11. bxc3 N5f6 12. a4 (12. O-O {wirkt flexibler.}) 12... b6 13.
O-O Bb7 14. Nh4 O-O 15. f4 Bd5 16. Nf3 Bc4 17. Ne5 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Rac8 19. Rf3 (
19. a5 $5 {um den schwachen a-Bauern aufzulösen kam stark in Frage, da auf}
bxa5 20. c4 {folgen kann.}) 19... Nd5 20. Qb5 Rfd8 21. Raf1 f5 $1 {[%mdl 32]
Ehlvest stoppt die weißen Angriffsbemühungen wirkungsvoll und spielt spielt
gleichzeitig auf die schwachen weißen Felder in Ivanchuks Lager.} 22. Be1 $6 {
dieser Versuch, weiter am Königsflügel anzugreifen, führt überraschend schnell
in eine sehr schlechte Lage.} ({Schadensbegrenzung mit} 22. Rc1 {war besser, z.
B.} Nxe5 23. fxe5 Qc4 24. Bg5 $15) 22... Nxe5 $1 23. fxe5 Qc4 24. Bh4 $6 (24.
Bd2 a6 (24... Qxb5 $6 25. axb5 Nc7 26. Bg5 Rd5 27. Rc1 Rxb5 28. c4 $15) 25. Qb2
Qxa4 $17) 24... Qxb5 25. axb5 Rd7 26. Rc1 Rc4 27. Be1 Nc7 28. h3 $6 (28. Rb1
Rd5 29. Rf2 Nxb5 30. Rb3 Nc7 31. Ra2 Rb5 32. Rxb5 Nxb5 $17) 28... Rdxd4 $1 {
Es war nicht Ivanchuks Tag.} (28... Rdxd4 29. cxd4 Rxc1 30. Kf1 Nxb5 $19) 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2001.01.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2001.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. h3 a6 {The
most usual alternative to} (7... Bg7 8. e4 O-O 9. Bd3 {when Black is fighting
for equality with no chance to win even after the best} b5) 8. a4 Qe7 9. Bf4 (
9. Bg5 {is played more often, but the text is also interesting.}) 9... Nbd7 (
9... Nh5 $5 10. Bg5 (10. Bh2 $6 f5 $15) 10... f6 11. Bd2 f5 $13) (9... Bg7 $2 {
is a serious mistake due to} 10. Nd2 $1 O-O 11. Nc4 {[%csl Rb6,Gc4] White
takes control of the <<} Rd8 12. e3 Ne8 13. a5 Nd7 14. Na4 Ne5 15. Nab6 Nxc4
16. Bxc4 Rb8 17. Qd2 Nf6 18. Be2 Bd7 19. O-O Bb5 20. Bg5 $1 h6 21. Bxf6 Bxf6
22. Rab1 Qe4 23. Rfc1 Be5 24. Bf1 Re8 25. b4 $16 {Blagojevic,D-Arsovic,Z/
Podgorica/1996/}) 10. e3 ({Straightforward, but unclear is} 10. Nd2 Ne5 11.
Bxe5 (11. e4 Bg7 12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O Nfd7 {[%cal Yg6g5] /\g5 gives Black a
satisfactory postition, resembling the main line.}) 11... Qxe5 12. Nc4 Qe7 13.
Qd2 h5 (13... Nd7 14. Qf4 f5 $13) 14. Qf4 Bf5 15. e3 Rd8 16. Be2 Ne4 $1 (16...
Bg7 $11) 17. O-O Bh6 18. Qh2 Bg7 19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20. Rfd1 g5 21. a5 g4 22. Rac1
Rh6 23. hxg4 hxg4 24. Qg3 f5 25. f3 {Browne,W-Gurevich,D/Los Angeles op/ 1987/}
gxf3 26. Bxf3 Kf7 $36) (10. Ra3 $6 {loses too much time:} Bg7 11. e4 O-O 12.
Bd3 Nh5 13. Bg5 f6 14. Be3 f5 $1 15. exf5 Nf4 $36 16. Bf1 $2 Rxf5 17. g3 Bxc3+
18. Rxc3 Nxd5 19. Bc4 N7b6 20. g4 Nxc4 21. gxf5 Nxc3 22. Qb3 Qe4 23. bxc3 d5 {
0-1,Sisaetto,O-Yakovich,Y/Stockholm/2000/}) 10... Bg7 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O Rb8 (
12... Ne8 13. e4 Rb8 14. Bg5 Bf6 15. Bh6 Bg7 16. Bg5 Bf6 17. Bh6 {1/2,Halkias,
S-Emms,J/Istanbul olm/2000/}) 13. Re1 (13. Bh2 Ne8 (13... Re8 14. Nd2 Ne5 15.
Kh1 g5 16. f4 gxf4 17. exf4 Ng6 18. Bd3 Bd7 19. a5 Rbd8 20. Nf3 Qe3 21. Ng5 Nh4
22. Qc2 h6 23. Nf3 Nxf3 24. Rxf3 Qd4 25. f5 Re3 26. Bg1 Qxd3 27. Qxd3 Rxd3 28.
Rxd3 Bxf5 29. Re3 $16 {Sokolov,I-Kamsky,G/Amsterdam/1996/}) 14. Qc2 Nc7 15.
Rfd1 Re8 16. a5 b5 17. axb6 Rxb6 18. Nd2 Ne5 19. Kh1 Rb4 $6 (19... Nb5 $142
$132) 20. Nb3 Nb5 21. Na5 Bf5 22. Qd2 Qc7 23. Rdc1 Nxc3 24. bxc3 Re4 {Gonzalez
Garcia,J-Stocek,J/Budapest/1998/} 25. Bxe5 $5 Bxe5 26. Nc6 $16) (13. Nd2 Ne8
14. Nc4 Ne5 15. Nb6 f5 16. Qd2 Nf6 17. a5 Nfd7 18. Nca4 Nf6 19. Nc3 Nfd7 20.
Nxc8 Rbxc8 21. Ra4 Nf7 22. Bg3 Nf6 23. f4 Rfe8 24. Bf2 Qd7 25. b3 Re7 26. Bd3
Rce8 27. Bc2 Qc7 $11 {Morovic Fernandez,I-Illescas Cordoba,M/ESP-chT/1990/})
13... Ne8 (13... h6 14. e4 Nh7 15. Nd2 Ne5 16. Bh2 g5 17. Bf1 Re8 18. Nc4 Nxc4
19. Bxc4 Be5 20. Qd2 Qf6 21. Bxe5 Rxe5 22. Rab1 Nf8 23. b4 Nd7 24. Be2 $14 {
1/2,San Segundo,P-Foisor,O/Zaragoza op/1996/}) 14. e4 Nc7 $6 {Black now and
even later avoids Ne5 and lands in a passive position.} ({More logical and
consistent was} 14... Ne5 $142 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Bh6 (16. Bxe5 Qxe5 17. Qd2 f5
$132) 16... Ng7 17. f4 Bd4+ 18. Kh2 Bd7 19. Qd2 Rfe8 20. Bf3 Qd8 21. Bg5 Qa5
22. Qc2 f5 23. g4 Qb4 24. Re2 b5 25. axb5 Bxb5 $13 {1/2,Greenfeld,A-Psakhis,L/
ISR-chT/1997/}) 15. Bf1 Rd8 (15... b5 $2 16. e5 $1) (15... Ne5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5
17. Bxe5 Qxe5 18. Qd2 $14) 16. Qd2 b6 (16... b5 17. axb5 Nxb5 (17... axb5 $6
18. Ra7 $16) 18. Nxb5 axb5 19. Ra7 $36) 17. Rab1 (17. Rad1 $1 $36 {[%cal Re4e5]
/\e5}) 17... Bb7 18. b4 Ba8 19. Rb3 (19. b5 $142 a5 20. Rbd1 $14 {[+]|^}) 19...
Qf8 $1 20. Reb1 Rbc8 {Black has at least prevented any immediate breaks.} 21.
bxc5 $2 {Lets out Black's pieces and gives him the advantage and an |^.} (21.
b5 $142 $11 {/+/= although now it is not ideal as White's R on the b-file are
silly.}) 21... Nxc5 $1 (21... bxc5 $2 22. Bc4 $16) 22. Rb4 (22. Rxb6 $2 Bxc3
23. Qxc3 Nxe4 $1 $19 {[%cal Rc7d5] /\Nd5 wins material.}) 22... Re8 $36 23. Re1
a5 (23... f5 24. exf5 (24. e5 dxe5 25. Bxe5 Nd7 $17) 24... Rxe1 (24... Bxc3 25.
Qxc3 Nxd5 26. Bc4 Qxf5 27. Bh6 $44) (24... Qxf5 25. Nd4 $13) 25. Qxe1 gxf5 $5
$15 (25... Bxc3 26. Qxc3 Nxd5 27. Bc4 $13)) 24. Rc4 $8 (24. Rbb1 Bxc3 25. Qxc3
Rxe4 $17) 24... Bb7 $1 {[%cal Rb7a6] /\Ba6} 25. e5 dxe5 $2 (25... Ba6 $142 26.
exd6 (26. Rxc5 bxc5 27. Bxa6 Nxa6 28. exd6 Rxe1+ 29. Qxe1 Nb4 $17) 26... Bxc4
27. Bxc4 (27. dxc7 $5 Bxc3 28. Qxc3 Bxd5 $17) 27... Rxe1+ 28. Qxe1 Bxc3 29.
Qxc3 Ne8 $17) 26. Bxe5 Red8 27. Bxg7 Qxg7 28. d6 $8 Qf6 29. Rd1 Ne8 (29... Bxf3
$143 30. Rf4 $1 {/\Rf3+/=}) 30. Nb5 Bxf3 31. gxf3 (31. Rf4 $2 Qxf4 32. Qxf4
Bxd1 $19) 31... Rd7 (31... Qxf3 32. Bg2 $44) 32. h4 $5 {[%cal Rf1h3] /\Bh3
White finds the only way to get some <=>.} (32. Rf4 Qg5+ 33. Kh1 (33. Rg4 Qxd2
34. Rxd2 Rcd8 $17 35. Rgd4 $2 Nb3) 33... Ne6 34. Rd4 Qf6 $40) 32... Nxd6 (32...
Qe6 $2 33. Re1 Qf5 34. Rf4 $14) 33. Rd4 (33. Rxc5 Rxc5 34. Nxd6 Qxh4 $19 {->})
(33. Nxd6 Rcd8 34. Rd4 Nb3 35. Qf4 $8 Qxf4 36. Rxf4 Rxd6 37. Rxd6 Rxd6 38. Bc4
Rd4 $1 $17) 33... Ndb7 (33... Nxb5 34. Rxd7 Nc3 (34... Nxd7 $2 35. Qxd7 $16)
35. Rd8+ Qxd8 36. Qxd8+ Rxd8 37. Rxd8+ Kg7 38. Bc4 $11) (33... Nb3 $142 $1 34.
Rxd6 (34. Qf4 Qxf4 35. Rxf4 Rcd8 36. Nxd6 Rxd6 37. Rxd6 Rxd6 38. Bc4 Rd4 $17)
34... Nxd2 35. Rxf6 Nxf3+ 36. Rxf3 Rxd1 $15 {/-/+}) 34. Rxd7 Nxd7 35. Qxd7 Rd8
36. Qxb7 Rxd1 37. Qc8+ Kg7 38. Qc3 Qxc3 39. Nxc3 Rd4 40. Bb5 $11 {White has
maintained material balance and manages to keep his Ph4 as well, the _|_ is
drawish.} Kf6 (40... Rxh4 $2 41. Nd5 {[%csl Ra5,Rb6] /\Nb6-c4,׫}) 41. Kg2 Ke7
42. Kg3 f5 43. Be2 Kf6 44. f4 Ke6 45. Kf3 Rb4 46. Ke3 Kd6 47. Bd3 Kc5 48. h5
Rb3 49. hxg6 hxg6 50. Kd2 Rb2+ 51. Bc2 {Now it's White who is trying to win,
but Black's position is solid enough.} (51. Ke3 Rb3 $11) 51... Rb4 52. Ne2 Kd6
53. Kc3 b5 {Getting rid of a potential weakness.} 54. axb5 Rxb5 55. Nd4 Rb7 56.
Bb3 Rh7 57. f3 Rh1 58. Bf7 Rg1 59. Be8 Ke7 60. Bb5 Kf6 61. Kc2 Rh1 {Keeps the
pawn structure intact.} (61... g5 62. fxg5+ Rxg5 63. f4 Rg4 64. Ne2 Rh4 65. Kb3
Kg6 66. Be8+ Kh6 67. Ka4 Rh2 $11) 62. Kd2 Ra1 63. Kc3 Ra3+ 64. Kc4 Kg7 65. Bc6
Ra1 66. Nb3 Ra2 67. Nc5 Kh6 68. Kb5 Kh5 69. Na4 Rc2 70. Nb6 Kh4 71. Be8 (71.
Nc4 Kg3 $11) 71... Kg3 (71... Kg3 72. Bxg6 Kxf4 73. Nd5+ Kg5 74. Bh7 $11)
1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2001.01.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2001.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 {One of reliable method
of playing in this variation.} 6. e3 ({Another mainline is:} 6. Nf3 Qf5 {
-fashionable move, played on the highest level of tournaments.}) 6... c5 7. Bd2
Bxc3 8. Bxc3 cxd4 9. Bxd4 Nc6 10. Bc3 O-O (10... Qc5 {See detailed commented
game Seirawan,Y-Adams,M/Bermuda,2000/CBM 75(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(26)}) ({In some
games played in 2000 more popular was:} 10... Bd7 11. Nf3 Rc8 12. a3 (12. Be2
Nb4 13. Qb1 Bb5 14. Bxb4 Bxe2 15. Kxe2 Qb5+ 16. Qd3 Qxb4 17. Rab1 O-O 18. Rhd1
$15 {1/2-1/2 Serper,G-Christiansen,L/Seattle USA 2000/The Week in Chess 309 
(42)}) 12... Ne7 13. Rd1 (13. Be2 O-O 14. O-O Bb5 15. Rfd1 {1/2-1/2 Khalifman,
A-Leko,P/Dortmund,2000(15)}) 13... Qc5 14. e4 (14. Rd4 O-O 15. Rc4 Qb6 16. Bd4
Qa5+ 17. Bc3 Qb6 18. Bd4 Qa5+ 19. Bc3 {1/2-1/2 Cramling,P-Illescas Cordoba,M/
Barcelona ESP 2000/The Week in Chess 301 (19)}) 14... Bb5 (14... O-O 15. Bd3
Ng6 $11 {1-0 Akesson,R-Plaskett,J/Port Erin IOM 2000/The Week in Chess 311 (35)
}) 15. Be2 $11 {1/2-1/2 Van Wely,L-Gelfand,B/Polanica Zdroj POL 2000/The Week
in Chess 302 (38)}) (10... e5 {See comments to the games: Kramnik,V-Anand,V/
Frankfurt,1999/CBM 72 (1/2-1/2)(49) and Gelfand,B-Speelman,J/Las Vegas,1999/
CBM 72(1-0)(Golod,V)(53)}) 11. Nf3 Qc5 (11... b6 {See comments to the game:
Shipov,S-Short,N/Port Erin,1999/CBM 74 (1-0)(Golod,V)(43)}) 12. a3 {[%mdl 4]} (
{In case of:} 12. Rc1 Nd5 13. Bd3 $1 {Ivanchuk's idea} ({Otherwise black
equalizes without difficulties:} 13. Bd2 Qxc2 14. Rxc2 Rd8 15. a3 h6 (15... e5
16. Bb5 Nde7 17. Bc3 f6 18. Bc4+ Kf8 19. Rd2 Bg4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Lazarev,V-Hebert,
J/Montreal CAN 2000/The Week in Chess 301 (37)}) 16. b4 a6 17. Bc4 e5 18. O-O
Bf5 19. Rcc1 e4 20. Nd4 Nxd4 21. exd4 Rac8 22. Bxd5 {1/2-1/2 Georgiev,K-Adams,
M/Sarajevo BIH 2000 (22)}) 13... Nxc3 14. Bxh7+ Kh8 15. Bd3 Nb4 16. Qd2 Nbxa2
17. Rc2 $14) 12... Nd5 $146 {[%csl Rc3][%cal Gd5c3]} 13. Bd3 $1 {[%cal Gc2h7]
New idea! After eventual QQ exchange after Bc3-d2 white Bd3 will take on c2
and then will be replaced on active position on b3.} g6 (13... Nxc3 $2 14.
Bxh7+ Kh8 15. Bd3 $16 {[%csl Rc3]}) (13... h6 $4 14. Bh7+ Kh8 15. Bxg7+ $18) (
13... f5 $144 14. Bd2 Qxc2 15. Bxc2 Rd8 $14) 14. Bd2 $1 {White protects the
Bc3 from exchange and leaves with pair of BB.} (14. Rc1 $6 Nxc3 $11 {[%cal
Gc8d7]}) 14... Qxc2 15. Bxc2 e5 $2 {[%cal Gc8g4,Gf7f6]} ({I would prefer} 15...
b6 16. e4 Nde7 17. O-O $14) 16. Bb3 $1 Rd8 (16... Be6 17. Ng5 $1 $16 {[%csl
Re6]}) (16... Nde7 17. Bc3 $16 {[%csl Re5]}) 17. Rc1 $2 $11 {Dropping an
advantage.} ({Very strong was} 17. Ng5 $1 {and white leaves with serious
advantage in any case:} f5 (17... f6 18. e4 $16) (17... h6 18. Nxf7 Kxf7 19. e4
Be6 (19... Nd4 20. Bxd5+ Be6 21. Bxe6+ Kxe6 22. Rd1 $16) 20. exd5 Bxd5 21.
Bxd5+ Rxd5 22. Bxh6 $16) (17... Kg7 18. e4 Nf4 19. Bxf4 exf4 20. Nxf7 Rd4 21.
f3 (21. Bd5 Ne7 $11) 21... Rd7 22. Ng5 Rc7 {[%cal Gh7h6,Gc6d4]} 23. Rd1 h6 (
23... Kf6 24. h4 h6 25. Nh3 Bxh3 26. Rxh3 $16) 24. Ne6+ Bxe6 25. Bxe6 Ne5 26.
Ke2 $16) (17... Be6 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Rd1 $16 {[%csl Gb3,Gd2,Re5,Re6]} (19. Ke2
Nf4+)) 18. Rd1 $1 ({Or} 18. e4 fxe4 19. Nxe4 $14) 18... Kg7 $8 19. f4 $1 {
[%csl Rg7]} Nf6 $8 (19... exf4 $140 20. Bxd5 Rxd5 21. Bc3+ $18) 20. O-O $16)
17... h6 {[%csl Yh6][%cal Yh6g5]} 18. Ba4 Nde7 19. Bc3 f6 20. Nd2 Kg7 {Now
position is equal, pair of BB is not important here,black hasn't weaknesses...}
21. b4 Nd5 (21... Bd7 $11) 22. Nb3 {[%csl Ra4]} Nce7 23. Bb2 b6 {[%csl Rb3,Yb6]
[%cal Yb6a5,Yb6c5]} 24. g3 Bd7 25. Bxd7 Rxd7 26. Ke2 Kf7 $11 27. Rhd1 Rad8 28.
b5 Nc7 29. Rxd7 Rxd7 30. a4 a6 $5 31. bxa6 Nxa6 32. Ba3 Ra7 33. Nd2 Nb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2001.01.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "Tiviakov,S"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2001.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Qe2 Bc5 5. d3 Nd4 $5 (5... d6) (5... O-O) (
5... Qe7) 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 (6... exd4 $14) 7. c3 (7. Nd2 $5 {/\Nf3}) 7... Bb6 8.
Bg5 $146 (8. Bc4 $6 h6 9. Bb3 O-O 10. Be3 d5 11. Bxb6 axb6 12. O-O Re8 13. Nd2
c6 14. f4 Bg4 15. Qf2 exf4 16. Qxf4 Be2 17. Rf2 Bxd3 18. e5 Nd7 19. Qxf7+ Kh8
20. e6 Ne5 21. Qh5 Rxe6 22. Re1 Qe7 23. Re3 Re8 24. Nf1 Bxf1 25. Rxf1 Qc5 {
0-1 Weemaes,R-Levin,F/Le Touquet 1998/EXT 2000 (25)}) (8. Nd2 $5 c6 9. Ba4 d5
10. Nf3 dxe4 11. dxe4 Qe7 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 $14 Bd7 14. Bg3 Bc7 15. Nd2 Bg4
16. f3 Be6 17. Bf2 Nd7 18. Bc2 Bb6 19. Nf1 Bxf2+ 20. Qxf2 Qc5 21. Qxc5 Nxc5 22.
Ne3 O-O-O 23. Ke2 a5 24. b4 axb4 25. cxb4 Na6 26. a3 Nc7 27. Bd3 Rd4 28. Rab1
Rhd8 29. Rhd1 f6 30. a4 R8d6 31. Bc4 Bxc4+ 32. Nxc4 Rxd1 33. Rxd1 Rxd1 34. Kxd1
Kd7 35. Nb6+ Kd6 36. Nc4+ Kd7 37. Nb6+ Kd6 38. Nc4+ {1/2-1/2 Paehtz,E-Nieves,G/
Istanbul TUR 2000/The Week in Chess 314 (38)}) (8. O-O) 8... O-O 9. Nd2 d5 $5 (
9... c6 10. Ba4 d5 {- 9...d5 10.Ba4 c6} (10... d6)) (9... d6) 10. Ba4 $5 {
[/\11.Bf6 gf 12.ed; /\11.ed]} (10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nf3 $13 {/\Nh4} (11. exd5 $6
Qxd5 {ץb5, g2})) 10... c6 $8 11. Bb3 (11. O-O $6 Bg4 $1 12. Nf3 $11 (12. Qe1
Qd6 $15)) 11... Be6 {[><d5]} 12. Nf3 (12. O-O Bg4 $5 (12... Qd6 13. Bxf6 gxf6
14. Qf3 $14) 13. Nf3 Qd6 $13 (13... Re8 $5)) 12... dxe4 (12... Bc7 $14) 13.
dxe4 Qe7 (13... Bxb3 14. axb3 Qe7 15. O-O $14) 14. Bc2 (14. O-O $5 h6 $5 (14...
Bxb3 15. axb3 h6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Nd2 Rfd8 18. Nc4 Bc7 19. b4 a6 20. Rfd1 $14)
) 14... Bc7 {[><e5]} 15. O-O h6 16. Bh4 g5 $5 (16... Rad8) (16... Rfd8) 17. Bg3
Bg4 18. h3 Bh5 19. Rfd1 Rfd8 $11 20. Rxd8+ (20. a3 $5) 20... Rxd8 21. Rd1 Rxd1+
22. Qxd1 (22. Bxd1 $6 $15 {><e4}) 22... Nd7 23. Bh2 f6 24. a3 (24. g4 $5 {
(Ivanchuk)} Bg6 (24... Bf7 25. Nd4 $5 exd4 26. Bxc7 dxc3 27. bxc3 Bxa2 28. Bb3+
Bxb3 29. Qxb3+ Kg7 30. Qxb7 $11)) 24... Nc5 {[25.b4 Ne6 26.Qd3=]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2001.01.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2849"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2001.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. f4
O-O 9. Qe1 b5 10. Bf3 b4 11. Nd1 e5 12. Nf5 Nc6 13. Nde3 exf4 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7
15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Qxe1 17. Rxe1 Nd4 18. Bxf4 Nxc2 19. Bxd6 Nxa1 20. Bxf8
Kxf8 21. Rxa1 Bd7 22. a3 bxa3 23. Rxa3 Bb5 24. Rc3 Rd8 25. Kf2 Ke7 26. Rc7+ Rd7
27. Rc8 Rd8 28. Rc7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2001.01.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2001.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Ng5 e6 7. Qe2 Nb6 8.
Bb3 h6 9. N5f3 c5 10. Bf4 Nbd5 11. Be5 Qa5+ 12. Nd2 b5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. c3 Bb7
15. Ngf3 Qb6 16. O-O O-O 17. Rfe1 a6 18. Rad1 Bd6 19. Bxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2001.01.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C39"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2001.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 1]} 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 Nf6 6. d4 d6 7. Nd3
Nc6 8. c3 Nxe4 9. Bxf4 d5 10. Nd2 Bd6 11. Ne5 O-O 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Qc2 Qf6 14.
Bg5 Qf5 15. Nxc6 Bg3+ 16. Kd1 bxc6 17. Bc4 Bf2 18. Qe2 Be6 19. Rf1 g3 20. Be3
c5 21. Bxf2 Bxc4 22. Qxc4 gxf2 23. Qe2 cxd4 24. Rxf2 Qe5 25. Qg4+ Kh8 26. Rf5
Qd6 27. Kc2 d3+ 28. Kd2 Rae8 29. Re1 e3+ 30. Rxe3 Rxe3 31. Kxe3 d2 32. Rf1 Re8+
33. Kf2 Qf6+ 34. Qf3 Qb6+ 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2001.01.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2001.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 1]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. Bxc6 {This
was hot in the 1860s.} bxc6 7. Nxe5 d5 (7... Re8 8. Nf3 d5 9. e5 d4 10. O-O Ng4
11. Bf4 dxc3 12. Nxc3 Ba6 13. h3 Nxf2 14. Rxf2 Bxd3 15. Qd2 Bxf2+ 16. Qxf2 $16
{1-0 Rodriguez,A-Ramon,V/Santa Fe de Bogota 1988/EXT 2001 (25)}) 8. Bg5 $146 {
[%mdl 8] The scope for improvement is quite vast. The line hasn't been played
in top level games for ages. Ivanchuk is following the trend of picking up
forgotten lines. Very sensible given the level of information available these
days.} (8. Nxc6 $6 Qe8 9. Nd4 dxe4 10. Be3 Ba6 11. dxe4 Nxe4 12. Nd2 Rb8 13.
Qc2 f5 $36 {0-1 Mayet,C-Anderssen,A/Berlin 1865/EXT 99 (27)}) (8. O-O dxe4 9.
d4 Bd6 10. Nxc6 Qe8 11. Na5 Qb5 12. Nb3 Bg4 13. Qd2 Bxh2+ $19 {0-1 Neumann,
G-Anderssen,A/Berlin 1864/EXT 99 (18)}) 8... Re8 9. f4 {Somehow White must try
to support his claims in the centre. Black just wants to tear everything down.
A P more or less is not so important for Black at this stage.} (9. Nxc6 $6 {
cannot work} Qd6 10. Na5 Ng4 $1 $40) 9... dxe4 10. d4 Bb6 11. Nd2 (11. O-O c5
$36) 11... c5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Qe2 h6 (13... Bb7 14. O-O-O Qe7 15. Ng4 Rad8
$13) 14. Bh4 g5 $5 {[%mdl 32] Enterprising play. Kramnik sticks with the
initiative come what may.} 15. fxg5 hxg5 16. Bg3 {Black has unpinned the N,
but he has also weakened his Ks defence.} e3 17. Nb3 Bb6 18. Qf3 Be6 19. Rd1 g4
20. Qe2 (20. Qf1 e2 $1 $13) 20... Qe7 21. Nc6 Qf8 22. Nbd4 (22. O-O $2 Bc4 $1
23. Qxc4 e2+ $17) 22... Qc5 23. Ne5 (23. Be5 Bc4 24. Qxe3 Nh7 $1 $13 {[%cal
Ye8e1]}) 23... Nh5 $2 {Dropping the ball completely. Now White should win.} (
23... Bxa2 $5 24. Nxg4 (24. O-O Rxe5 25. Rxf6 Re4 26. Bf4 (26. Rf4 Rxf4 27.
Bxf4 Qh5 $13) 26... Qf8 $1 27. Qxg4+ Qg7 $13) 24... Qg5 25. Nxf6+ Qxf6 $13) 24.
Nxe6 Rxe6 25. Qxg4+ Ng7 26. Nxf7 $2 {A tempting mistake. But now Black gets a
new avenue for the attack against the white K - the f-file.} (26. Qf3 $1 Qf8
27. Nd7 Qc8 28. Be5 $18) 26... Rf8 $1 (26... Kxf7 27. Qf3+ $18) 27. Ng5 e2 $1 {
It's getting difficult for White - especially in time pressure.} 28. Rd4 (28.
Nxe6 exd1=Q+ 29. Kxd1 Qd5+ 30. Nd4 c5 $17) 28... Rg6 29. h4 Qf5 $1 30. Qxf5 (
30. Qxe2 Bxd4 31. cxd4 Rc6 $19) 30... Nxf5 31. Bf2 Nxd4 32. cxd4 Re8 33. a3 Rc6
$17 34. Kd2 Rf6 35. Nf3 Rg6 36. Ng5 Rd6 37. Nf3 c5 38. Re1 $2 (38. Kd3 $142)
38... Ba5+ 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2001.01.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2001.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bc5 4. Bg2 c6 5. Qe2 d5 6. d3 O-O 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. O-O
Re8 9. Nh4 dxe4 10. dxe4 g6 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Rad1 Qb6 13. Na4 Qb5 14. Qxb5 cxb5
15. Nc3 a6 16. Nf3 Kg7 17. a3 h6 18. Bc1 b6 19. b4 Bb7 20. Bb2 Bc6 21. Bh3 Kf8
22. Rfe1 Ra7 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. exd5 Bd6 25. Nd2 Rc7 26. Bxd7 Nxd7 27. Ne4 Ke7
28. f4 Rxc2 29. Rd2 Rxd2 30. Nxd2 Kd8 31. f5 gxf5 32. Rf1 f4 33. gxf4 exf4 34.
Nf3 Re3 35. Nd4 Rd3 36. Re1 f3 37. Nc6+ Kc7 38. Rc1 Rd2 39. Be5 Nxe5 40. Nxe5+
Kb7 41. Nxf3 Rxd5 42. Rc3 a5 43. Rb3 Kc6 44. Kf2 Be7 45. Ke3 Bf6 46. Rb1 Kd6
47. h4 Bc3 48. Rb3 Bg7 49. Rb1 h5 50. Ke2 Bh6 51. Rg1 Ke7 52. Rb1 Bf4 53. Rb3
Bd6 54. Ke3 f5 55. Rb1 Kf6 56. Rb3 axb4 57. axb4 Rd1 58. Ke2 Rc1 59. Nd2 Bf4
60. Nb1 Be5 61. Na3 Rh1 62. Nxb5 Rxh4 63. Na7 Rh2+ 64. Kf1 h4 65. Nc6 Bg3 66.
Nd4 Rf2+ 67. Kg1 Ke5 68. Nf3+ Kf4 69. Ne1 Kg4 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2001.01.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E31"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2001.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 c5 5. d5 d6 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3
e5 9. Bd3 e4 10. Bc2 Nbd7 11. f4 Nb6 12. Qe2 Bg4 13. Qf1 g5 14. fxg5 Nh5 15. a4
hxg5 16. Bf2 Nf6 17. Bg3 Qe7 18. h3 Bh5 19. a5 Nbd7 20. Ne2 Bg6 21. Bh2 Ne5 22.
Ba4+ Kd8 23. Bxe5 Qxe5 24. Kd2 Kc7 25. Qf2 Qe7 26. Raf1 Nd7 27. Bxd7 Qxd7 28.
Qf6 Rae8 29. Ra1 Qe7 30. Rhf1 Kd7 31. Ng3 Qxf6 32. Rxf6 Ke7 33. Rf2 f6 34. Ke1
Rh7 35. Rb1 Rb8 36. Rfb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2001.01.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2001.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. c3 Bg4
8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 e6 10. g3 Be7 11. Bg2 O-O 12. O-O Qb6 13. Rb1 Rfd8 14. Be3
Nd5 15. Bd2 Rd7 16. Rfe1 a5 17. Red1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2001.01.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2001.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. h3 Nf6 11. Bc4 Qb6 12. O-O Nxe4 $6 13. Nxe4 Qxd4 (13... Bxd4
14. Qh5 $36 Qxb2 15. Rae1 Kd8 16. Re2 Qb4 17. Qxf7 $40) 14. Nxd6+ $1 {[%mdl 64]
Surprising twist in a tale, black is suffering due to his neglected
development.} exd6 15. Qe2+ Be6 (15... Be5 16. Rad1 Qc5 17. Rd5 Qc7 18. Rxe5+
dxe5 19. Bxe5 Qe7 20. Bxh8 $18) (15... Kf8 16. Rad1 Qf6 (16... Qxb2 17. Rfe1
Kg8 18. Qe8+ Kh7 19. Qxf7 $18) 17. Rxd6 Qe7 18. Qd2 (18. Qf3 Kg8 19. Bxf7+ Qxf7
20. Rd8+ Bf8 21. Rxc8 Qxf3 22. gxf3 Kh7 23. Bxb8 $16) 18... Nd7 19. Re1 Be5 20.
Qd5 $18) 16. Bxe6 O-O (16... fxe6 17. Qxe6+ Kd8 18. Rad1 Re8 19. Qg6 $18) 17.
Rad1 Qf6 (17... Qxb2 18. Bd5 Nc6 19. Bxd6 $16) 18. Bd5 Nc6 19. c3 {White
enjoys eneormous advantage due to excellent bishops and better pawn structure.}
(19. Bxd6 Rfd8 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21. Ba3 $16) 19... Rad8 20. Rfe1 Qg6 (20... Rfe8
21. Qxe8+ Rxe8 22. Rxe8+ Bf8 23. Bxc6 bxc6 24. Bxd6 $18) 21. a4 (21. Bxc6 bxc6
22. Qxa6 $16) 21... Kh7 (21... a5 22. Qb5 $18) 22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. Qxa6 d5 24. a5
f5 (24... Ra8 25. Qb6 $16) 25. Be5 {Creating anything real out of kingside
attack is hampered by the white's dangerous a pawn.} Ra8 (25... g4 26. hxg4
fxg4 27. Qd3 $18) 26. Qb6 Rf7 27. b4 f4 (27... g4 28. hxg4 fxg4 29. Bxg7 Rxg7
30. Qe3 $18) 28. f3 h5 29. Qf2 Bh6 (29... g4 30. fxg4 hxg4 31. Qh4+ $18) 30.
Bd4 g4 31. hxg4 hxg4 32. fxg4 f3 (32... Qxg4 33. Qf3 $18) 33. gxf3 Raf8 34. Kg2
$1 Rxf3 (34... Bg7 35. Qe3 $18) 35. Qxf3 Rxf3 36. Kxf3 Qc2 (36... Qf7+ 37. Kg2
Qf4 38. Rd3 Qxg4+ 39. Rg3 $18) 37. a6 Qh2 38. Be5 Qa2 (38... Qh3+ 39. Bg3 $18)
39. Ra1 Qc2 40. a7 Qd3+ 41. Kf2 (41. Kf2 Qd2+ 42. Re2 Be3+ 43. Kf1 $18) 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2001.01.27"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2001.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Be7 5. a3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Qc2 O-O 8.
Nxd5 Qxd5 9. Bc4 Qd6 10. b4 Bf6 11. Rb1 Ne7 12. d3 Bf5 13. h3 Rad8 14. e4 Be6
15. Bxe6 Qxe6 16. O-O Rd7 17. Rd1 Rfd8 18. Be3 a6 19. a4 h6 20. Qb3 Qxb3 21.
Rxb3 Ng6 22. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2001.01.28"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2001.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. d4 e6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O Ne4 8. Bd2
f5 9. Qc2 Bf6 10. Rad1 Na6 11. Ne5 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 (12. Bxb7 $2 Nxe2+ 13. Kg2
Nxd4 14. Qd3 Bxe5 15. Bxa6 c5 $19) 12... Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Qc8 (13... d6 14. Nc6
Qe8 15. d5 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 f4 (16... exd5 17. cxd5 Qxe2 18. Rfe1 Qg4 19. Re7 $14)
17. Rfe1 fxg3 18. hxg3 e5 $13) 14. Rfe1 Qb7+ (14... Bxe5 15. dxe5 f4 16. Rd4
fxg3 17. hxg3 Qe8 18. Red1 $14) 15. Kg1 (15. d5 Nc5 16. Nf3 Bxc3 17. Qxc3 Rae8
$13) 15... Bxe5 $6 {[%mdl 16] Black understimates the dangers of a cramped
nature of his d pawn.} (15... c6 16. Qc1 d6 17. Nd3 Qe7 $13) 16. dxe5 Rf7 17.
b4 c6 18. Rd6 b5 (18... f4 19. g4 $14) 19. Red1 bxc4 20. a3 Rc8 (20... Nc7 21.
Rxd7 Rxd7 22. Rxd7 Qc8 23. Rd1 Nd5 24. Bd2 Qa6 25. Rc1 $14) (20... Rd8 21. Rxe6
Nc7 22. Red6 Nb5 23. R6d2 Nxa3 24. Qa2 Nb5 25. Qxc4 Nxc3 26. Qxc3 Rb8 27. Rd4
$14) 21. Be1 Nb8 $6 (21... Qb5 22. a4 Qxe5 23. Rxd7 Rxd7 24. Rxd7 $14) 22. a4
c5 (22... f4 23. Qxc4 fxg3 24. hxg3 $16) 23. b5 Qe4 (23... a6 24. Qxc4 axb5 25.
axb5 $16) 24. Qxe4 fxe4 25. Bc3 Kf8 $6 {Timman misses the last chance to stirr
trouble for white, without counterplay is black position completely lost.} (
25... Rcf8 $5 26. Rf1 g5 27. a5 g4 28. a6 (28. e3 Kg7 29. a6 Kg6 30. Rd2 Kf5
31. Ra1 h5 32. Ra4 d5 33. exd6 Nd7 34. Rxc4 Rb8 35. Rb2 $14) 28... e3 29. f4
gxf3 30. Rxf3 Rxf3 31. exf3 Rxf3 32. b6 Nc6 33. Rxd7 axb6 34. Rc7 e2 35. Rxc6
Rxc3 36. Kf2) 26. Kg2 Rc7 27. Bd2 Rc8 28. g4 c3 29. Be3 (29. Bxc3 Ke8 30. Rc1
$18) 29... a6 30. Rc1 axb5 31. axb5 Ke8 (31... c4 32. Rxc3 Ke8) 32. Rxc3 c4 33.
h3 (33. Rd4 d5 34. exd6 Rb7 35. Rxe4 Kd7 36. b6 $18) 33... Rf8 34. Ba7 $1 Ke7 (
34... Rf7 35. Rb6 $18) 35. Rd4 e3 (35... d5 36. exd6+ Kd7 37. Rxe4 $18) 36.
fxe3 Rc7 37. Bb6 Rb7 (37... Rcc8 38. Rdxc4 $18) 38. Bc5+ Ke8 39. b6 $1 (39.
Bxf8 Kxf8 40. Rdxc4 Rxb5 $16) 39... Rg8 40. Ra3 d5 (40... Nc6 41. Ra8+ Rb8 42.
Rxb8+ Nxb8 43. Rxc4 $18) 41. exd6 e5 42. Ra7 $1 (42. Ra7 $1 Rd7 43. Rxc4 $18)
1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 10th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2001.03.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2001.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 b5 8. e5
dxe5 9. fxe5 Qc7 10. exf6 Qe5+ 11. Be2 Qxg5 12. O-O Qe5 13. Nf3 Qe3+ 14. Kh1
Nd7 15. Re1 Qa7 16. fxg7 Bxg7 17. Qd6 Qb6 18. Qg3 O-O 19. Rad1 Ra7 20. Ne4 Qc7
21. Nd6 Bb7 22. Ng5 Bd5 23. Bf3 Bxf3 24. gxf3 Qxc2 25. Rg1 Qxb2 26. Qh3 Nf6 27.
Rg2 Qe5 28. Rdg1 Kh8 29. Nde4 Qf5 30. Qh4 h6 31. Nxf6 Qxf6 32. Rg4 Rc7 33. Qg3
Qe5 34. f4 Qd5+ 35. Nf3 Rg8 36. Rxg7 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 10th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2001.03.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2001.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. e3 c5 7. Bd2 Bxc3 8.
Bxc3 cxd4 9. Bxd4 Nc6 10. Bc3 O-O 11. Nf3 Rd8 12. Be2 Qe4 13. Qb3 Nd5 14. Bd2
b6 15. Bd3 Qg4 16. O-O Bb7 17. h3 Qh5 18. Qb5 a6 19. Qb3 Rab8 20. Rfc1 Nf6 21.
Bf1 Ne7 22. Bb4 Nf5 23. Nh2 Qg6 24. Qc4 Ne4 25. Qc7 Ng5 26. Ng4 Nxh3+ 27. gxh3
h5 28. Bg2 Bxg2 29. Ne5 Qg5 30. Nxf7 Qh4 31. Nxd8 Bf3 32. Nxe6 Qxh3 33. Qxb8+
1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 10th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2001.03.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2001.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
e3 d6 9. f3 Nbd7 10. Nh3 h6 11. Bh4 Rc8 12. Bg3 Qe7 13. Be2 c5 14. dxc5 Rxc5
15. Qd2 d5 16. b4 Rcc8 17. O-O Nh5 18. cxd5 Nxg3 19. hxg3 Bxd5 20. Nf4 Bc4 21.
Rfc1 b5 22. a4 Bxe2 23. Nxe2 bxa4 24. Rxa4 Rxc1+ 25. Nxc1 Nb6 26. Ra2 Rd8 27.
Qe1 Rd7 28. Nb3 Nd5 29. Nc5 Rc7 30. e4 Nxb4 31. Qxb4 Rxc5 32. Rc2 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 10th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2001.03.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2001.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. e3 a6 5. Nbd2 Bf5 6. Be2 h6 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Nb3
e6 9. O-O Nc6 10. Bd2 Bd6 11. Rc1 Ne4 12. Be1 Qe7 13. Na5 Nxa5 14. Bxa5 O-O 15.
Nd2 Rfc8 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Qd2 Qh4 18. g3 Qh3 19. f3 Bxg3 20. hxg3 Qxg3+ 21.
Kh1 Qh3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 10th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2001.03.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2001.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 Bb4 6. Qc2 Bb7 7. Bg2 Be4 8. Qd1
O-O 9. O-O Bxd2 10. Qxd2 d6 11. b3 Nbd7 12. Bb2 a5 13. Rfd1 a4 14. Bh3 Bxf3 15.
exf3 d5 16. f4 g6 17. Bf1 c6 18. Qc2 axb3 19. axb3 Qc7 20. Rac1 Rfc8 21. b4
dxc4 22. Bxc4 Qd6 23. Qb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 10th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2001.03.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2001.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Kh1 b6 10. f3 Bb7 11. a4 Nc6 12. Bg5 Nb4 13. Nb1 Qc7 14. c3 Nc6 15. c4
Nb4 16. Nc3 Nfd5 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. Qd2 f5 19. a5 bxa5 20. Nxa5 Rad8 21. Nd5
Nbxd5 22. cxd5 fxe4 23. fxe4 Bc8 24. Rac1 Rxf1+ 25. Bxf1 Rf8 26. h3 Qb6 27. Nc4
Qb8 28. Kh2 Bd7 29. Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 10th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2001.03.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2001.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 11. Ng5 Rf8 12. Nf3 Re8 13. Nbd2 Bf8 14. d5 Nb8 15.
Nf1 Nbd7 16. N3h2 Nc5 17. Bc2 c6 18. b4 Ncd7 19. dxc6 Bxc6 20. Bg5 h6 21. Bxf6
Nxf6 22. Ng4 Nxg4 23. Qxg4 Rc8 24. Bb3 Bd7 25. Qf3 Be6 26. Rac1 Be7 27. Rc2 a5
28. Qd3 Bxb3 29. axb3 axb4 30. Ne3 bxc3 31. Rxc3 Rxc3 32. Qxc3 Bg5 33. Nd5 Qd7
34. Qd3 Qc6 35. g3 Ra8 36. Kg2 Kf8 37. h4 Bd8 38. Qd2 Qb7 39. Qe2 Qc6 40. Qd2
Qb7 41. Qe2 Qc6 42. Qd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 10th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2001.03.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2001.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Qb3
c6 9. Rd1 Nd7 10. Bd3 g6 11. O-O Bg7 12. Rfe1 a6 13. a4 f5 14. cxd5 cxd5 15.
Rc1 g5 16. Qa3 Nb8 17. b4 Qd6 18. Qb2 Nc6 19. b5 Nb4 20. Bf1 a5 21. Nb1 Bd7 22.
Nbd2 Rfc8 23. Ne5 Be8 24. Be2 Qd8 25. Nd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 10th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2001.03.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2001.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Ba6 5. Qc2 c5 6. d5 exd5 7. cxd5 g6 8. Nc3
Bg7 9. g3 O-O 10. Bg2 d6 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Re1 b5 13. h3 Rb8 14. Bf4 Nb6 15. e4
Qd7 16. Bf1 Nh5 17. Bc1 b4 18. Bxa6 bxc3 19. bxc3 Qxh3 20. Bf1 Qg4 21. Kg2 Qd7
22. a4 Qc7 23. Be2 Rfe8 24. Nd2 Nf6 25. Bb5 Re7 26. Re2 h5 27. Rb1 Ng4 28. Nf3
Nd7 29. Bg5 Bf6 30. Bf4 Nge5 31. Nh2 c4 32. Bxd7 Nxd7 33. Rxb8+ Qxb8 34. Nf3
Nc5 35. Nd2 Nd3 36. Nxc4 Ne1+ 37. Rxe1 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 10th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2001.03.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2001.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Qc2 Na6 10. a3 Re8 11. Nc3 Bg4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Bxe4 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Qh4
15. g3 Qxd4 16. Be3 Qf6 17. Be4 g6 18. b4 Nc7 19. Rab1 Ne6 20. Rfd1 Be5 21. Rd7
Nd4 22. Bxd4 Bxd4 23. Rf1 Re7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 10th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2001.03.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2001.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bf5 7. O-O Be7 8.
Re1 Nc6 9. Nbd2 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 O-O 12. c3 Qd7 13. Bf4 a6 14. Re2
Rae8 15. Rae1 Bd8 16. h3 Rxe2 17. Qxe2 f6 18. Nd2 Rf7 19. Qe8+ Qxe8 20. Rxe8+
Rf8 21. Re2 Kf7 22. Nb3 b6 23. Nc1 Re8 24. Kf1 Rxe2 25. Kxe2 Ne7 26. Nd3 a5 27.
a4 Ke6 28. g4 Kd7 29. Bg3 c6 30. b4 axb4 31. cxb4 Nc8 32. h4 g6 33. f3 Ke8 34.
Bb8 Kd7 35. Bg3 Ke8 36. Bb8 Kd7 37. Kf2 Nd6 38. Bxd6 Kxd6 39. f4 Bc7 40. Kf3
Ke6 41. Ke3 Ke7 42. Kf2 Ke6 43. Kf3 Ke7 44. g5 Ke6 45. gxf6 Kxf6 46. Ne5 Kf5
47. Nxc6 Bxf4 48. Ne7+ Ke6 49. Kxf4 Kxe7 50. Kg5 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 10th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2001.03.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2001.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. c3 Bg7 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nc2 Be6 14. g3 O-O
15. Bg2 f5 16. O-O a5 17. Re1 Rc8 18. Na3 Na7 19. Qd2 e4 20. Rad1 Be5 21. Nc2
Kh8 22. Qh6 Qe8 23. Nce3 Nc6 24. a3 Qg6 25. Qh4 Qf7 26. Rd2 Rb8 27. Red1 Bxd5
28. Rxd5 Ne7 29. R5d2 Rg8 30. Kh1 Rg6 31. f4 exf3 32. Bxf3 Qg7 33. Qh5 Rf8 34.
Bg2 Bxg3 35. Qf3 Qh6 36. Bf1 Rfg8 37. Bd3 Bf4 38. Nxf5 Nxf5 39. Bxf5 Bxd2 40.
Bxg6 Qxg6 41. Qd5 Be3 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 10th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2001.03.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2001.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 c5 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. e3 Nc6 8. a3
O-O 9. Rc1 d4 10. exd4 Nxd4 11. Be2 Qe7 12. b4 Rd8 13. Bd2 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 Bd4
15. Nb5 Bb2 16. Rc2 a6 17. Qb1 Be5 18. Nc3 Qc7 19. Ne2 Bd7 20. Qb3 Rac8 21. Ng3
Bb5 22. Be2 Rd4 23. c5 Qd7 24. Bxb5 axb5 25. Be3 Rd1+ 26. Ke2 Rd8 27. Ra2 Rd3
28. Qb1 Qd5 29. Rc1 Ng4 30. Kf1 Nxh2+ 31. Kg1 Ng4 32. Nf1 Rb3 33. Rd2 Rxb1 34.
Rxd5 Rxd5 35. Rxb1 Rd3 36. Rc1 h5 37. Bd2 Rxa3 38. f3 Bd4+ 39. Kh1 Nf2+ 40. Kh2
Be5+ 41. Kg1 Nd3 42. Rd1 Ra1 43. Rxa1 Bxa1 44. Ng3 Be5 45. Ne4 Kf8 46. Kf1 Ke7
47. Ke2 Nf4+ 48. Bxf4 Bxf4 49. Nc3 g5 50. Nxb5 f5 51. Na3 h4 52. Nc4 Kd7 53.
Na5 Kc7 54. b5 b6 55. cxb6+ Kxb6 56. Nc6 g4 57. Nd4 h3 58. gxh3 gxh3 59. Kf1 e5
60. Nxf5 Kxb5 61. Kg1 Kc4 62. Nd6+ Kd3 63. Nf7 Ke2 64. Nxe5 Bxe5 65. f4 Bxf4
66. Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 10th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2001.03.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2001.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Be3 Be7 9. f4 d6 10. Qe1 O-O 11. Qg3 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. a3 Bb7 14. Kh1 Bc6
15. Rae1 Qb7 16. Bd3 b4 17. axb4 Qxb4 18. Ne2 Qb7 19. e5 Nh5 20. Qh3 g6 21. Ng3
Nxg3+ 22. hxg3 Rad8 23. g4 dxe5 24. Bxe5 Rd5 25. g5 Rxe5 26. Rxe5 Qxb2 27. Rxe6
Bd7 28. Rxg6+ hxg6 29. Qxd7 Qh8+ 30. Qh3 Qxh3+ 31. gxh3 a5 32. Ra1 Bb4 33. Kg2
Kg7 34. h4 Rh8 35. Kg3 Bc3 36. Ra4 Be1+ 37. Kf3 Rxh4 38. Re4 Bb4 39. f5 Rh3+
40. Kg4 gxf5+ 41. Kxh3 fxe4 42. Bxe4 a4 43. Kg4 a3 44. Bd5 Kg6 45. Be4+ Kg7 46.
Bd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 10th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2001.03.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2001.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8.
Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qc7 11. a4 b6 12. Nd2 Nf6 13. Qf3 e5 14. Ne4 Nxe4
15. Bxe4 Bd7 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. h3 O-O 18. O-O f5 19. Bd3 Be6 20. Re1 Rae8 21.
Qh5 c5 22. c3 Qd6 23. Bxh6 Bb3 24. Bf4 Bxf4 25. Rxe8 Qxd3 26. Rae1 Bd6 27. a5
bxa5 28. Qg6 a4 29. g4 Bf7 30. Qxf5 Qxf5 31. Rxf8+ Kxf8 32. gxf5 Bb3 33. Kg2
Bf4 34. Kf3 Bd2 35. Ra1 Kf7 36. Ke4 Bg5 37. Ke5 Ke7 38. Ke4 Bf6 39. Re1 Kd6 40.
Kd3 Bd5 41. Ra1 Bb3 42. Re1 a5 43. Re8 Ba2 44. Ra8 Bb1+ 45. Kc4 Ba2+ 46. Kd3
c4+ 47. Kd2 Bg5+ 48. Kc2 Bb3+ 49. Kb1 a3 50. Rxa5 a2+ 51. Ka1 Bf6 52. f4 Kc6
53. h4 Bxh4 54. Ra7 Bf6 55. Ra6+ Kd5 56. Rxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 10th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2001.03.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2001.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. d3 d6 10. a5 Be6 11. Nbd2 Bxb3 12. Nxb3 Re8 13. h3 Qd7 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bh4
Nh7 16. Bxe7 Rxe7 17. d4 exd4 18. Nfxd4 Nf6 19. f3 Nxd4 20. Qxd4 Qb5 21. Qd3
Qg5 22. Qd2 Qxd2 23. Nxd2 Rae8 24. Nb3 c5 25. Red1 Re6 26. Rd2 Kf8 27. Rad1 Ke7
28. Nc1 Rd8 29. Nd3 Rd7 30. b3 g5 31. Kf2 Rb7 32. Nb2 Rb5 33. Nc4 Ne8 34. e5
dxe5 35. Rd7+ Kf6 36. Ra7 Kg6 37. Rdd7 f6 38. Rd8 h5 39. Rda8 h4 40. Rxa6 Nc7
41. Rxe6 Nxe6 42. a6 Nc7 43. Ra7 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 10th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2001.03.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2001.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 Ne7 7. Nf4 Nd7 8. h4 h6
9. Nxg6 Nxg6 10. h5 Ne7 11. Ne2 c5 12. c3 Nc6 13. Bg2 Rc8 14. O-O Qh4 15. Nf4
Be7 16. Be3 O-O 17. f3 Bd8 18. Qe2 Bb6 19. Rfd1 Rc7 20. Qf2 Qxf2+ 21. Bxf2 Rfc8
22. Bf1 a6 23. Kg2 cxd4 24. cxd4 Na5 25. Bd3 Nb8 26. Ne2 Nbc6 27. Be1 Nc4 28.
Bxc4 dxc4 29. Rac1 Ne7 30. f4 Ba7 31. Kf3 Nd5 32. f5 b5 33. Nf4 Rd7 34. Nxd5
Rxd5 35. Ke4 Rcd8 36. Bf2 Bb8 37. Rf1 Ba7 38. Rfd1 Bb8 39. Rg1 Ba7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 10th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2001.03.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E37"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2001.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 c5 8.
dxc5 Nc6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nf3 O-O 11. b4 Bf5 12. Bb2 Re8 13. Rd1 b6 14. e3 bxc5
15. Bb5 Qb6 16. Qa4 Rac8 17. Rxd5 Be6 18. Bxc6 Qxc6 19. Qxc6 Rxc6 20. Re5 Bd7
21. bxc5 Rxc5 22. Rxc5 Nxc5 23. O-O Nd3 24. Bd4 a6 25. Rb1 f6 26. Ba7 Bb5 27.
Nd4 Rc8 28. g4 Rc3 29. Ra1 Bd7 30. h3 h5 31. gxh5 Bxh3 32. Kh2 Bd7 33. Kg3 Be8
34. h6 gxh6 35. Nf5 Bd7 36. Ne7+ Kf7 37. Nd5 Rc2 38. f3 Bc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 10th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2001.03.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2001.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 b5 6. cxb5 Bxb5 7. Bg2 c5 8. O-O
Bc6 9. Ba3 Na6 10. Nbd2 Be7 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Bxc5 Nxc5 13. Rc1 Nb7 14. e4 O-O
15. Nd4 Rc8 16. Nxc6 dxc6 17. Qe2 Qc7 18. Rc2 Rfd8 19. Rfc1 h6 20. h3 Nd7 21.
Nf3 Qb6 22. e5 c5 23. Nd2 Na5 24. Nc4 Nxc4 25. Rxc4 Qc7 26. b4 Qxe5 27. Qxe5
Nxe5 28. Rxc5 Rxc5 29. bxc5 Rc8 30. c6 Rc7 31. f4 Nd7 32. Rd1 Nb6 33. Rd8+ Kh7
34. Kf2 g6 35. Ke3 Kg7 36. Kd4 Kf6 37. Re8 Re7 38. Rb8 Rc7 39. Rb7 Rxb7 40.
cxb7 Nd7 41. Bc6 Nb8 42. Kc5 Ke7 43. Bb5 f6 44. h4 g5 45. fxg5 fxg5 46. h5 e5
47. Kd5 Kd8 48. Kxe5 Kc7 49. Kf6 Kxb7 50. Kg6 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 10th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2001.03.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D72"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2001.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nb4 7. d5 c6 8. a3
Qa5 9. Nc3 cxd5 10. Be3 N4c6 11. exd5 Ne5 12. Bd4 Bf5 13. Bxe5 Bxe5 14. Nge2
O-O 15. O-O Qb6 16. Na4 Qd6 17. Re1 Na6 18. Nd4 Bd7 19. Nc3 Bg7 20. Qd2 Nc5 21.
Rad1 Rac8 22. Qe3 Rfe8 23. Nc6 Bxc3 24. Qxc3 a6 25. Qe3 Bg4 26. Rd4 bxc6 27.
dxc6 Qe6 28. Qc3 Qf5 29. Rf4 Qh5 30. Re5 Bf5 31. Bf3 Na4 32. Rxa4 Qh6 33. c7 f6
34. Rxf5 gxf5 35. Bb7 Qh5 36. Rd4 e5 37. Rd7 f4 38. Bxc8 Rxc8 39. Rd8+ Kg7 40.
Rxc8 Qd1+ 41. Kg2 e4 42. gxf4 Qg4+ 43. Qg3 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 10th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2001.03.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2001.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8.
Nf3 Bg4 9. Qd2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nc6 11. Rd1 Bxf3 12. gxf3 O-O 13. f4 e6 14. h4 Qe7
15. Bg2 Rac8 16. e5 Rfd8 17. Rc1 Qd7 18. d5 exd5 19. Bh3 Qe7 20. Bxc8 d4 21.
Bg4 dxe3 22. Qxe3 Qb4+ 23. Kf1 Bxe5 24. fxe5 Qxg4 25. e6 fxe6 26. Re1 e5 27. h5
Qc4+ 28. Qe2 Qxe2+ 29. Rxe2 g5 30. Rh3 Kg7 31. Rb3 Rd7 32. Reb2 b6 33. Rc3 Nd4
34. a4 Kh6 35. a5 bxa5 36. Rc5 Nf3 37. Ke2 g4 38. Rxa5 Kxh5 39. Rba2 Kg5 40.
Rxa7 Rxa7 41. Rxa7 h5 42. Ke3 h4 43. Rg7+ Kf5 44. Rh7 h3 45. Ke2 Kg5 46. Kf1 e4
47. Rg7+ Kf6 48. Rg8 Kf7 49. Rh8 Kg7 50. Rh5 Kg6 51. Rh8 Kg5 52. Rg8+ Kf4 53.
Rf8+ Ke5 54. Re8+ Kd4 55. Rd8+ Kc3 56. Rc8+ Kd3 57. Rd8+ Nd4 58. Rg8 Nf3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 10th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2001.03.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "2001.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 9. Nd2 Qe6 10. b3 Be7 11. Bb2 O-O 12. O-O-O d5 13. exd6 cxd6 14. Qf3 d5
15. Bd3 Qh6 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Kb1 Be6 18. h4 Bd6 19. g4 Qf4 20. Qxf4 Bxf4 21.
Nf3 Nd7 22. Bf5 Rfe8 23. Nd4 g6 24. h5 Bxf5+ 25. gxf5 g5 26. Nf3 Ne5 27. Bxe5
Bxe5 28. Nxg5 h6 29. Nf3 Bf6 30. Rxd5 Re2 31. Rd2 Rxd2 32. Nxd2 Re8 33. Kc2 Bg5
34. Rg1 Kh7 35. Rg4 Re2 36. f4 Be7 37. Kd3 Rh2 38. Ne4 Rxh5 39. f6 Bf8 40. a4
Rh3+ 41. Kc4 Re3 42. f5 Rf3 43. Ng3 h5 44. Nxh5 Rxf5 45. Ng3 Rxf6 46. Ne4 Rg6
47. Rf4 Kg7 48. b4 Rg1 49. Kb5 Rb1 50. Rg4+ Kh6 51. Nf6 Bg7 52. Ng8+ Kh7 53.
Ne7 Re1 54. Nc6 f5 55. Rf4 Kg6 56. Nxa7 Kg5 57. Rf2 Bd4 58. Rg2+ Kh4 59. Nc6
Be3 60. Ne5 Kh3 61. Rg8 f4 62. a5 Rd1 63. Kc6 Rb1 64. Rb8 Kg3 65. a6 f3 66.
Rg8+ Kf4 67. Nd3+ Ke4 68. Nc5+ Bxc5 69. bxc5 f2 70. a7 f1=Q 71. a8=Q Qf6+ 72.
Kc7+ Kd4 73. Rd8+ Kc3 74. Qa5+ Rb4 75. Qa1+ Rb2 76. Qc1+ Rc2 77. Qa3+ Kc4 78.
Qd3+ Kb4 79. Rb8+ 1-0

[Event "POL Supercup"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2001.06.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Grabarczyk, Miroslaw"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2001.06.23"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3
Qb6 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Bd2 Nbd7 11. g3 Bd6 12. Kf2 Qxb3 13. axb3 a6 14. Kg2 O-O
15. g4 b5 16. g5 Nh5 17. c5 Bc7 18. f4 f5 19. Be2 Kf7 20. Ra2 Ra7 21. Rha1 Rfa8
22. Nxb5 cxb5 23. Bxb5 Nb8 24. b4 Ke7 25. Be2 Nc6 26. Rxa6 Rxa6 27. Rxa6 Rxa6
28. Bxa6 Nxd4 29. exd4 Nxf4+ 30. Kf3 e5 31. Bxf4 exf4 32. Bb7 Ke6 33. Bc6 1-0

[Event "POL Supercup"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2001.06.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Grabarczyk, Miroslaw"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "Konikowski,J"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2001.06.23"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Re1 Ne4 11. Qb3 Qb6 12. Nh4 Bxh4 (12... Qxb3 13. axb3 Bxh4
14. gxh4 Nef6 15. e4 Bg6 16. Bf4 Rfe8 17. Bd6 a6 18. d5 cxd5 19. exd5 e5 $11 {
Kludacz,M-Kononenko,T/Warsaw POL 2001/}) 13. gxh4 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (13. Nxe4
Bxe4 14. Bxe4 Bf6 15. Qc2 Bxd4 16. Bxh7+ Kh8 17. e3 Bf6 18. Bd3 Nc5 19. Be2
Rad8 20. Rb1 Qb4 21. Kf1 Qe4 22. Qxe4 Nxe4 23. Bf3 Nd2+ 24. Bxd2 Rxd2 25. Re2
Rfd8 26. Ke1 Rxe2+ 27. Kxe2 {1/2-1/2 Benko,P-Gheorghiu,F/Mar del Plata 1965/})
(13. Qxb6 Nxb6 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Bxe4 Bf6 $11) 13... Nef6 14. e4 (14. Qxb6 Nxb6
15. Bg5 h6 16. Bxf6 gxf6 $11) 14... Bg6 (14... Qxb3 15. axb3 Bg4 $11) 15. Qxb6
axb6 16. Bf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 17th"]
[Site "Panormo"]
[Date "2001.09.23"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Georgiev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2001.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.10.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Warsaw Polonia"]
[BlackTeam "Skopje Kisela Voda"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MKD"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nge2 Be7 5. g3 Bg4 6. Bg2 exd4 7. Qxd4 Nc6 8.
Qe3 O-O 9. h3 Nb4 10. Qd2 Bxe2 11. Nxe2 Na6 12. O-O Nc5 13. Nc3 c6 14. b3 a5
15. Bb2 Ne8 16. Rad1 f5 17. exf5 Rxf5 18. Rfe1 Rf7 19. Ba3 Qb6 20. h4 Bf8 21.
Bxc5 Qxc5 22. Ne4 Qh5 23. Ng5 Rf6 24. Qd3 Nc7 25. Be4 h6 26. Bd5+ 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 17th"]
[Site "Panormo"]
[Date "2001.09.24"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2001.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.10.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Beer Sheva"]
[BlackTeam "Warsaw Polonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qc2 c6 7. Bf4 Nh5 8.
Bg5 Be7 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. e3 g6 11. h3 Nb6 12. g4 Nf6 13. Bd3 Be6 14. O-O-O
O-O-O 15. Kb1 Kb8 16. Rc1 Nfd7 17. Ne2 Qf6 18. Rhg1 h5 19. Nf4 hxg4 20. hxg4 g5
21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. Rg3 Rdf8 23. Qd2 e5 24. e4 Qf4 25. Qe3 exd4 26. Qxd4 Nf6 27.
exd5 Nbxd5 28. Qe5+ Qxe5 29. Nxe5 Nf4 30. Bc4 Rh7 31. Re1 Re8 32. Rge3 Kc7
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 17th"]
[Site "Panormo"]
[Date "2001.09.25"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2001.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.10.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Warsaw Polonia"]
[BlackTeam "Norilsk Nikel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Nf3 Bd7 8. h4
Qa5 9. Bd2 Nbc6 10. h5 h6 11. Bd3 O-O-O 12. O-O c4 13. Be2 Kb8 14. g3 Ka8 15.
Nh4 Nf5 16. Ng2 Qa4 17. Bg4 Bc8 18. Ra2 Rhf8 19. Re1 Rg8 20. Kh2 Rdf8 21. Nf4
Nfe7 22. Re2 Rh8 23. Qb1 Bd7 24. Bh3 Rhg8 25. Qe1 Bc8 26. f3 Bd7 27. Qf2 Bc8
28. Bc1 Bd7 29. Ra1 Nd8 30. Bg4 Ndc6 31. Rb1 Bc8 32. Bb2 Bd7 33. Rf1 Qb5 34.
Bc1 Qa5 35. Qe1 Qa4 36. Rff2 Qa5 37. Bh3 Rh8 38. Qd2 a6 39. Re1 Ka7 40. Bb2 Nc8
41. Rb1 Nb6 42. Bc1 Na4 43. Ne2 Qd8 44. Qe1 Qe7 45. Nf4 Ka8 46. Ng2 Qe8 47. Re2
Ka7 48. Bd2 Qe7 49. Ne3 Nb8 50. Ra1 Bc6 51. Qb1 a5 52. Qf1 Nd7 53. Qf2 Ka6 54.
Ng2 Rfg8 55. Bg4 Ka7 56. Qe1 Ka6 57. Qc1 Ka7 58. Qe1 Ka6 59. Nh4 Ka7 60. f4 g6
61. Kh3 Rg7 62. Bf3 Rhg8 63. hxg6 fxg6 64. Bg4 Nb8 65. Rh2 Be8 66. Kg2 Rh7 67.
Nf3 Rgh8 68. Qe3 Nc6 69. Rah1 Bd7 70. Bc1 Qg7 71. Ng1 Ne7 72. Ne2 Nf5 73. Qf2
h5 74. Bf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 17th"]
[Site "Panormo"]
[Date "2001.09.26"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Hickl, Joerg"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2001.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.10.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hohenems"]
[BlackTeam "Warsaw Polonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. c4 Bb7 5. O-O c5 6. b3 Be7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. e3 d6
9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Qe2 a6 11. Rfd1 Qc7 12. d3 Rfe8 13. Rac1 Rac8 14. Ne1 Bf8 15.
Bxb7 Qxb7 16. Qf3 Qb8 17. Qg2 b5 18. g4 Red8 19. Nf3 g6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 17th"]
[Site "Panormo"]
[Date "2001.09.27"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2001.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.10.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Warsaw Polonia"]
[BlackTeam "Graz Merkur"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Nbd2 Nbd7 8. Be2
c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. Nxd4 Ne5 11. Rc1 Nc6 12. N2f3 Bd7 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Ne5 Qb6
15. Qc2 Rfc8 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Bh5 Rf8 18. Bxe7 Nxe7 19. Qc5 Qxc5 20. Rxc5 g6
21. Nxc6 bxc6 22. Bf3 Rfd8 23. Rc2 Rab8 24. g3 Kf8 25. Rfc1 Rb6 26. Re2 Ke8 27.
Kf1 Rd7 28. Ke1 Kd8 29. Rc5 Kc7 30. Rec2 Rd6 31. Ra5 Kb7 32. Ra4 Rb5 33. Be2
Rb6 34. Rf4 f5 35. Rh4 Ng8 36. h3 g5 37. Ra4 Nf6 38. a3 Nd7 39. b4 Ne5 40. Rc3
Rd5 41. f4 gxf4 42. exf4 Nd7 43. Bf3 Rd6 44. Ra5 a6 45. Ke2 Rb5 46. Rd3 Rxd3
47. Kxd3 Kb6 48. g4 fxg4 49. hxg4 c5 50. Kc4 Rxa5 51. bxa5+ Kc7 52. a4 Kd6 53.
Bb7 e5 54. g5 hxg5 55. fxg5 e4 56. Bxe4 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 17th"]
[Site "Panormo"]
[Date "2001.09.28"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Kantsler, Boris"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D98"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2001.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.10.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tel Aviv Shlomo Har Zvi"]
[BlackTeam "Warsaw Polonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Bg4 8.
Ne5 Be6 9. d5 Bc8 10. Be2 e6 11. O-O exd5 12. exd5 Ne8 13. Bf4 Nd6 14. Qd3 Re8
15. Nc4 Na6 16. Nxd6 cxd6 17. Rfe1 Bf5 18. Qd2 Nc5 19. Bb5 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Qb6
21. Be3 a6 22. Bf1 Bd7 23. Rc1 Re8 24. Nd1 h5 25. Rc4 a5 26. Nc3 Qd8 27. Bxc5
b5 28. Re4 dxc5 29. Rxe8+ Qxe8 30. d6 Bd4 31. Nd5 Qe6 32. Nb6 Bc6 33. d7 Qf6
34. a4 bxa4 35. Bc4 Kg7 36. Kf1 Qd8 37. Qf4 Bf6 38. Nd5 Bxd7 39. Qxf6+ Qxf6 40.
Nxf6 Kxf6 41. Ke2 g5 42. Ke3 Ke7 43. g3 h4 44. f4 f6 45. gxh4 gxh4 46. Kd3 Kd6
47. Kc3 Be6 48. Bb5 Bb3 49. Ba6 Kc7 50. Bb5 Kd6 51. Ba6 Ke7 52. Bd3 Ke6 53. Be4
Bd5 54. Bc2 Bc6 55. Kc4 Kd6 56. Bd1 Bd5+ 57. Kc3 Bc6 58. Kc4 Bg2 59. Be2 Bh3
60. Kc3 Ke6 61. Ba6 Bg2 62. Bc8+ Kd6 63. Ba6 Bh3 64. Be2 Kd5 65. Bf3+ Ke6 66.
Bb7 Ke7 67. Ba6 Kf7 68. Bd3 Be6 69. Bc2 Bb3 70. Bf5 Kg7 71. Bc8 Kg6 72. Bg4
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 17th"]
[Site "Panormo"]
[Date "2001.09.29"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C27"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2001.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.10.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Warsaw Polonia"]
[BlackTeam "Kiseljak"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. e4 d6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 c6 5. f4 Bg4 6. Nf3 exf4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3
Nbd7 9. Bxf4 Ne5 10. Qe2 Nxc4 11. dxc4 Nd7 12. O-O-O Qf6 13. Rhf1 Qe6 14. Qd2
Qxc4 15. Bxd6 Bxd6 16. e5 O-O 17. exd6 Rad8 18. Rfe1 Nf6 19. g4 b5 20. g5 Nd7
21. Qf2 f5 22. Qxa7 Qh4 23. Re7 b4 24. Ne2 Qxg5+ 25. Kb1 Nf6 26. Rg1 Ng4 27.
hxg4 fxg4 28. Ng3 Qg6 29. Ne4 Rf4 30. Qe3 Rdf8 31. b3 R4f5 32. d7 Rd5 33. Nc5
h5 34. Re8 Qf7 35. Rxf8+ Qxf8 36. Qe8 1-0

[Event "WchT 5th"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2001.10.12"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2001.10.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Germany"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Bg5 a6 7. Rc1 Nbd7 8. Qd2
c5 9. d5 b5 10. b3 Qa5 11. Nh3 Ne5 12. Nf2 Rb8 13. Be2 bxc4 14. bxc4 Rb4 15.
Ncd1 h6 16. Be3 Qa4 17. O-O Nh7 18. Nd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 5th"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2001.10.13"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2001.10.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Cuba"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CUB"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c6 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 Qa5 5. d3 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Nxe5 Bb4 8.
Bd2 dxe4 9. Nc4 Qc5 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 exd3 12. Bxd3 O-O 13. O-O Nc6 14. Bxf6
gxf6 15. b4 Qg5 16. f4 Qh4 17. b5 Ne7 18. Qf3 Qg4 19. Qe4 Ng6 20. Ne3 Qe6 21.
Qd4 Kg7 22. Nf5+ Kg8 23. Ne3 Kg7 24. Rf3 Re8 25. Nf5+ Kf8 26. Qc5+ Kg8 27. Re3
Qd7 28. Rae1 Rxe3 29. Qxe3 Qe6 30. Qf2 Qd7 31. Be4 Qc7 32. g3 Bxf5 33. Bxf5 b6
34. Qe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 5th"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2001.10.14"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2001.10.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Uzbekistan"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UZB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Nd2 Bc5 7. N2b3 Be7 8.
Bf4 $4 {a most horrible hallucination. I spent about 20 minutes at the board,
and was very happy - clear indication that in Yereven something was more than
seriously wrong with my brains.} e5 9. Nb5 Qc6 10. Bxe5 Qxh1 11. Nc7+ Kd8 12.
Nxa8 Bb4+ 13. Nd2 $2 (13. Bc3 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 Qc6 15. Nd4 {certainly gave
better chances. But I was still following my calculations...}) 13... Ne4 {
and only here I realised that after} 14. Bc3 (14. Bc7+ Ke8 15. Bf4 {black
mates with Qh2 or Qg1}) 14... Bxc3 (14... Nxc3 15. Qb3 Nxa2 16. Qxa2 Nc6 17. c5
Bxc5 18. Rc1 b6 19. Qxf7 Bb7 20. Qxg7 Re8 {was also winning, and probably
faster}) 15. bxc3 Re8 16. Nxe4 Qxe4 17. Qb3 (17. Qd4 Qxd4 18. cxd4 b6 19. Bg2
Nc6 20. d5 Nd4 21. Rd1 Nxe2 22. Kd2 Nd4 23. d6 Re2+ 24. Kc3 Rxf2 {was also
grim. The rest is agony.}) 17... Na6 18. O-O-O b6 19. Nxb6 axb6 20. Qxb6+ Nc7
21. e3 Qf3 22. Qb2 Re6 23. Bd3 Na6 24. c5 Nxc5 25. Bc4 Rf6 26. Qb4 d6 $1 27.
Rd2 (27. Qxc5 Qxd1+) 27... Qh1+ 28. Rd1 Qc6 29. Bd5 Qa6 30. Bc4 Qa7 31. f4 Kc7
32. Rd4 Bb7 33. g4 Rh6 34. Qb2 Rh3 0-1

[Event "WchT 5th"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2001.10.17"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C17"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2001.10.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Iran"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IRI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. Bd2 b6 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bd3 c5 8. a3
Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Nbc6 10. Nf3 Ng6 11. Bxg6 fxg6 12. O-O O-O 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. b4
Qe7 15. bxc5 Qxc5 16. Qd3 Rf4 17. Bd2 Rc4 18. Rab1 Rxc2 19. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 20. Rxc1
Qb6 21. Be3 Qa5 22. h4 Qa4 23. Bc5 Na5 24. Bb4 Nc4 25. h5 a5 26. Bd6 gxh5 27.
Ng5 g6 28. Bc5 Nxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 5th"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2001.10.18"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Mitkov, Nikola"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2001.10.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Macedonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MKD"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qb3 c5 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. dxc5 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Nd4 Be6 12. Qa3 Rc8 13. e3 Nd7 14. c6
bxc6 15. Ba6 Rcb8 16. O-O Rb6 17. Be2 Qg6 18. Nxe6 Qxe6 19. Rab1 Rab8 20. Rb3
Nf6 21. Bd1 Qd7 22. Bf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 5th"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2001.10.19"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2001.10.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O c6 6. d4 d5 7. Qb3 dxc4 8. Qxc4
Bf5 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Bf4 Qb6 11. b3 Ne4 12. Rac1 Rad8 13. Rfd1 Qa5 14. Nxe4 Bxe4
15. Qa4 Qxa4 16. bxa4 Nb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 5th"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2001.10.20"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2001.10.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Rd8 14. Re2 Nc6 15.
d5 Nb4 16. Bb1 a5 17. Nf1 Bd7 18. Bg5 Rdc8 19. Qd2 Na6 20. Ng3 Qd8 21. Bc2 Nc5
22. Rc1 Na4 23. Bb1 Rxc1+ 24. Qxc1 Rc8 25. Qd2 Nc5 26. Re1 Qb6 27. Nh4 g6 28.
Kh2 Qd8 29. Nf3 b4 30. Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 13th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2001.11.06"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Bogdanovski, Vlatko"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2001.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Macedonia"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MKD"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. c3 d5 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 Re8 8.
O-O e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Rxe5 11. Nf3 Re8 12. a4 h6 13. Bh4 c6 14. a5 Qe7
15. h3 Be6 16. Nd4 Bd7 17. Bf3 Rad8 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Qb3 Rb8 20. Rfd1 Red8 21.
Rd2 Be5 22. Qd1 h5 23. Be2 Rbc8 24. Nf3 Bf6 25. Qb3 Be8 26. Rad1 Qc7 27. Qa2
Kg7 28. Nd4 Qe7 29. Qb3 Rc7 30. Bf3 Be5 31. Qc2 Rcc8 32. Qb3 Bc7 33. Qa2 Qe5
34. Kf1 Rd6 35. b4 Rdd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 13th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2001.11.07"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2001.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 a6 7. Ne2 Nc6 8. c3 f6
9. a3 Be7 10. h4 O-O 11. h5 Qb6 12. Rh3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Na5 14. Ra2 Qb3 15. Nc3
Qxd1+ 16. Kxd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 13th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2001.11.08"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2001.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Belarus"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BLR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. Bb3 a6 7. O-O Ba7 8. Re1
O-O 9. h3 Be6 {This is perhaps the simplest try to fight for equality.} 10. Bc2
{White has some undeveloped pieces and brings his B into a passive position in
order to avoid the exchanges.} (10. Nbd2 Nd7 $5 {This is the beginning of a
logical N manoeuvre.} (10... Bxb3 {There is no need to hurry with this
exchange, because after} 11. Qxb3 {Black has to make a concession by defending
his b P.} Rb8 12. Nf1 Qd7 (12... Nh5 $5 {/\ Qf6, Nf4 or Kh8, f5.} 13. Bg5 Qd7 (
13... Qe8 14. g4 h6 15. Bd2 Nf6 16. Ng3 Kh7 17. Kg2 {with some space advantage
and |^ on the >>.} (17. Be3 {is less logical, because the -> on the >> needs
the B on the c1-h6 /^ especially against >< h6.} Bxe3 18. fxe3 Qd7 19. Re2 d5
20. exd5 Nxd5 21. Rf1 Nde7 $13 {Zude-Dautov, Wiesbaden op 1990})) 14. g4 $5 {
White has to grab the |^ on the <<.} (14. Rad1 {/\ d4 is not so impressive.}
Qe6 15. d4 exd4 16. cxd4 Qxb3 17. axb3 f5 18. d5 Ne5 19. N1h2 fxe4 20. Rxe4
Rbe8 $15 {Waitzkin-Xie Jun, San Francisco, 1995}) 14... h6 15. Bd2 Nf6 16. Kg2
{/\ Ng3} (16. Ng3 h5 $1)) 13. Ng3 Rfe8 14. Bg5 Qe6 15. Qxe6 Rxe6 16. Rad1 $14 {
/\ d4 Dolmatov-A.Rodriguez, Minsk 1982}) (10... Re8 11. Nf1 h6 {- 10..h6}) (
10... h6 {defending the g5 square, therefore holding the strong B on e6.} 11.
Nf1 (11. Bc2 d5 {- 10.Bc2}) 11... Re8 12. Be3 (12. Ng3 d5) 12... Bxe3 {-
Adams-Anand, Wijk aan Zee 2000 CBM 75} (12... Bxb3 {- Kaidanov-Malaniuk, WchT
Luzern 1997 CBM 62}) (12... d5 {- Yudasin-Adams, EU Cup final 14th Belgrade
1999 CBM 69})) 11. Nf1 Bxb3 12. Qxb3 Nc5 {sparing the ugly Rb8.} 13. Qc2 Ne6
14. Be3 Bxe3 {is the simplest way, as usual.} (14... d5 15. exd5 Qxd5 16. Bxa7
Rxa7 17. Ne3 Qd7 18. Ng4 f6 19. d4 exd4 20. Qf5 Re8 21. cxd4 $14 ({but not} 21.
Re4 $2 Re7 22. Rd1 Ng5 $1 $17 {Waitzkin-Levin, Budapest 1997})) 15. Nxe3 Nf4
16. Rad1 (16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Ne7 $11) (16. Kh2 {/\ Ng1, g3 is again rather
time consuming, but otherwise the N on f4 remains a menace.} Qf6 17. Ng1 Rae8
18. Rf1 Qd8 19. g3 Nh5 20. Rae1 Nf6 21. f4 d5 22. f5 d4 23. Ng2 dxc3 24. bxc3
Qd6 25. Rd1 Rd8 26. Nf3 Qc5 27. Qb2 b5 28. Rfe1 Rd7 $13 {Waitzkin-Adams, New
York CITS 1996}) 16... Qf6 $13) 10... d5 $5 {This is again the logical way to
attack the [+], if White plays passively.} (10... Ne7 {/\ Ng6 is a standard
manoeuvre, but White gets the upper hand in the [+].} 11. d4 Ng6 12. Be3 h6 13.
Nbd2 Re8 14. a4 c6 15. a5 $14 {Nevednichy-Gligoric, JUG-Cup Herceg Novi 2000})
(10... h6 11. Nbd2 d5 {Black has finished his development and now begins the
invasion of the [+]. White cannot claim any advantage here.} 12. exd5 Qxd5 13.
Nf1 Rfe8 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. Rxe3 Qd6 16. Re1 Nd5 17. d4 exd4 18. Nxd4 Nxd4 19.
Qxd4 Qb6 $11 {Rossiter-Parker, BCF-chT 1996}) 11. Ng5 $2 {Instead of finishing
the development White makes seemingly aggressive moves with an already
developed piece. This cannot be good from strategical point of view, therefore
will be punished by a tactical blow.} (11. exd5 Qxd5 (11... Nxd5 12. Ng5 $1 $14
{attacking the vulnerable B.} (12. Nxe5 {is certainly met by} Nxe5 13. Rxe5
Bxf2+ $1 {and the B is taboo.} 14. Kh1 Bg3 $15)) 12. Bb3 (12. Qe2 Rae8 13. Nbd2
h6 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. dxe4 Qd8 16. Nh2 Qh4 17. Nf1 Bc4 $1 18. Qf3 Bxf1 19. Rxf1
Re6 20. Be3 Rf6 21. Qe2 Bxe3 22. Qxe3 Qf4 $11 {Nisipeanu-Parker, EU-ch U20
Siofok 1996}) (12. Ng5 Bf5 $11) 12... Qd6 13. Bxe6 Qxe6 14. d4 (14. Nbd2 Rfe8)
14... e4 15. Ng5 (15. Qc2) 15... Qf5 16. Qc2 (16. g4 $6 {is pushing too hard.}
Qg6 (16... Qd5 17. Qb3) 17. h4 h5 18. gxh5 Nxh5 19. Rxe4 Nf6 20. Re1 Rae8 $44)
16... Rae8 17. Na3 h6 18. Nf3 Qg6 $11) (11. Nbd2 h6 {- 10...h6}) 11... dxe4 $1
{This is the refutation, the opening f <-> helps Black to attack >< f2.} 12.
Nxe6 fxe6 13. Be3 (13. dxe4 {founders on the mighty} Ng4 $1 $19 {Probably this
move was overlooked by White.}) 13... exd3 14. Qxd3 (14. Bxd3 Bxe3 15. Rxe3 e4
$17) 14... Qxd3 15. Bxd3 Rad8 {White is a P down, and still struggling with
problems of development.} (15... Bxe3 16. Rxe3 Rad8 $17 {was also tempting.})
16. Bc2 (16. Bc4 Bxe3 17. Bxe6+ {wins back the P, but leaves White with his
undeveloped <<.} Kh8 18. Rxe3 (18. fxe3 e4 $17) 18... Rd1+ 19. Kh2 Nd5 20. Bxd5
Rxd5 21. f3 Rd1 $17) 16... Bxe3 17. Rxe3 Nd5 18. Re1 Nf4 19. Na3 Nd3 (19... Rd2
20. Rad1 Rfd8 $15) 20. Re2 Nf4 21. Re3 (21. Ree1 Rd2 22. Rad1 Rfd8 $15) 21...
Rd2 22. Rd1 Rfd8 23. Rxd2 Rxd2 24. Kf1 {[#]} Na7 $1 {Black improves his worst
piece's position. /\ Nb5, so White has to do something against it.} 25. Rxe5 (
25. Ke1 {runs into} Rxc2 $1 26. Nxc2 Nxg2+ 27. Kd2 Nxe3 28. Kxe3 Kf7 $19) (25.
Bb3 {loses the b P.} Rxb2 26. g3 Nd5 27. Rxe5 Kf7 $17) 25... Nb5 $1 {Black has
given back a double P, but improved his N's position.} 26. Bb3 (26. Nxb5 Rxc2
27. Nxc7 Rxb2 $17) 26... Rxb2 27. g3 Nd3 28. Rxe6 (28. Bxe6+ Kf8) 28... Kf8 (
28... Rxb3 {would have won material, but loses the |^.} 29. axb3 Nxa3 30. Re7
Nb5 31. c4 Nd4 32. Rxc7 Nxb3 33. Rxb7 Ndc5 {and although the a o^ is dangerous,
the two knights are usually not effective in the _|_.}) 29. Nxb5 (29. Re3 Rxf2+
30. Kg1 Nxa3 31. Rxd3 Rf6 $17 {with a healthy extra P.}) 29... axb5 (29...
Rxf2+ 30. Kg1 axb5 31. Re3 {- 29...axb5}) 30. Re3 Rxf2+ 31. Kg1 Rd2 32. Rf3+
Ke8 33. Rf7 c5 $1 34. Rxg7 (34. Be6 {allows the black R to come back for the
defence of the 7-th rank.} Re2 35. Bg4 Re7 36. Rxe7+ (36. Rf5 Re3 37. Rf3 Re1+
38. Rf1 Rc1 $17) 36... Kxe7 37. Be2 Nc1 $17) (34. Bd5 Ne5 $19) 34... c4 35.
Rxb7 Nc1 $1 {Impressive technique, the B cannot run away!} 36. Rxb5 Ne2+ $1 37.
Kf2 Nxc3+ 38. Ke1 Re2+ 39. Kf1 Nxb5 40. Kxe2 Nd4+ 41. Ke3 cxb3 42. axb3 Nxb3 {
liquidating to a theoretically winning _|_, White cannot eliminate the last
remaining P.} 43. g4 Kf7 44. h4 h6 45. Ke4 Ke6 46. Kf4 Nc5 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 13th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2001.11.09"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Milov, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2001.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Switzerland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

1. d4 {Milov,V} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O
Na6 8. Re1 Qe8 9. Bf1 Bg4 10. d5 Nb4 11. Rb1 {Rare move.} ({Much more popular
is} 11. Qb3 a5 12. Nd2 Nd7 13. Na4 Na6 14. Rb1 (14. Qc2 Nf6 15. Nb1 $6 Bd7 16.
Nbc3 Nh5 17. Bd2 f5 $132 {[%csl Ra4] 0-1 Eingorn,V-Asanov,B/Beijing 1991/EXT
2000 (29)}) (14. f3 Ndc5 15. Nxc5 Nxc5 16. Qc2 Bd7 17. Nb3 Nxb3 18. Qxb3 Qe7
19. Be3 b6 20. Qc2 f5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Donk,M-Wiersma,E/Groningen 1995/CBM 50 ext 
(26)}) 14... Ndc5 15. Nxc5 Nxc5 16. Qg3 Bd7 17. Nb3 Nxb3 18. Qxb3 {1/2-1/2
Kortschnoj,V-Gelfand,B/Wijk aan Zee 1993/CBM 34 (18)}) ({The mainline is} 11.
Be2 a5 {and here a lot of various continuations:} 12. Be3 {-most popular move.}
(12. Nh4 Bd7 13. g3 b6 14. Bd2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Piesina,G-Sepp,O/Riga 1995/CBM 47 
(46)}) (12. Rb1 Na6 13. Be3 Bd7 (13... Nh5 14. Nd2 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Nf4 16. Qf1
Qd7 17. f3 f5 18. Kh1 Nh5 19. b3 f4 20. Bf2 g5 21. Qe2 Rf6 22. Nf1 Rg6 23. a3
Rf8 24. b4 axb4 25. axb4 g4 26. fxg4 Rxg4 27. Qf3 Ng3+ 28. Kg1 Rg6 29. c5 $16 {
1-0 Bukic,E-Kozul,Z/Pula 1991/TD (57)}) 14. Nd2 Nc5 15. b3 Qe7 16. a3 Ne8 17.
Qc1 $5 (17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 Na4 19. Nxa4 Bxa4 20. Qc1 f5 21. f3 $14 {[%cal
Gc4c5]}) 17... f5 18. f3 Nf6 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4 Na4 21. Nxa4 (21. Nb5 $2 c6
22. Nc7 Rac8 23. Ne6 Bxe6 24. dxe6 b5 25. Qa3 Qxe6 $15 {0-1 Kozul,Z-Tratar,M/
Charleville FRA 2000/The Week in Chess 317 (58)}) 21... Rxa4 22. Bd1 f4 23. Bf2
Raa8 24. Ra1 $14) (12. h3 Bd7 13. Be3 b6 14. Nd2 Qd8 15. a3 Na6 16. Qc2 Ne8 17.
Bf1 f5 18. exf5 gxf5 19. f4 $14 {1-0 Shariyazdanov,A-Kamble,V/Sangli 2000/EXT
2001 (34)}) 12... b6 (12... Bd7 13. Nd2 Na6 14. b3 $14 {[%cal Ga2a3] With
standard plan of PP promotion on the queenside.} (14. a3 $6 h5 (14... a4 $11)
15. h3 $6 Kh7 $6 (15... a4 16. Bd3 {[%cal Gd3c2]} Nc5 17. Bc2 Nh7 {[%csl Ga4]
[%cal Ge8a4,Ga8a4]}) 16. Rb1 (16. b3 $14) 16... a4 $132 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Ga4b3]
0-1 Sakaev,K-Schaefer,M/Groningen 1992/EXT 97 (31)})) (12... Na6 13. h3 (13.
Nd2 Bd7 14. b3 h6 15. a3 Nh7 16. Qc2 f5 17. exf5 gxf5 18. f4 Nf6 19. Kh1 Qf7
20. Rf1 Rae8 21. Rae1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Van der Sterren,P-Piket,M/Rotterdam 1990/
EXT 97 (37)}) 13... Bd7 14. Nd2 Kh8 15. Nf1 Qe7 (15... Ng8 16. Qd2 (16. Ng3 $6
{[%csl Rg3,Gg6][%cal Gg6f5,Gg6h5]} Qe7 17. Qd2 Qh4 18. Nh5 gxh5 19. Bg5 Bh6 20.
Bxh6 Nxh6 21. Qxh6 Rg8 22. Qxh5 Qxh5 23. Bxh5 Bxh3 24. Kh2 Bd7 $11 {0-1 Farago,
I-Muse,M/Split 2000/EXT 2001 (45)}) 16... f5 17. exf5 gxf5 18. f4 $14 {0-1
Tunik,G-Nikolaev,N/St Petersburg 1999/CBM 74 (30)}) 16. Qd2 Ng8 17. Rab1 f5 18.
exf5 gxf5 19. f4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Beliavsky,A-Staudner,O/Bled 1999/CBM 69 ext (47)}
) (12... Nh5 13. a3 Na6 14. h3 (14. Nd2 Bxe2 15. Nxe2 Nc5 16. Qc2 f5 17. f3
fxe4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. fxe4 Qd7 20. Rf1 Qg4 $132 {0-1 Mitenkov,A-Makarjev,I/
Moscow 1992/EXT 97 (54)}) 14... Bd7 15. Nd2 Nf4 16. Bf1 b6 (16... Nc5 {-see
commented game 1-0 Illescas Cordoba,M-Gelfand,B/Wijk aan Zee 1993/CBM 34/
[Knaak,R] (72)}) 17. Nb5 Qd8 18. b4 f5 19. exf5 gxf5 20. Bxf4 exf4 21. Rb1 $14
{1/2-1/2 Gurevich,D-Tkachiev,V/Cappelle la Grande 1995/EXT 97 (50)}) (12... Na6
$13 {Milov,V}) 13. b3 (13. Nb5 Na6 14. Nd2 Bd7 15. a3 Bxb5 16. cxb5 Nc5 17. Qc2
a4 18. Bxc5 bxc5 19. Nb1 Nd7 20. Nc3 Nb6 21. b3 axb3 22. Qxb3 Ra5 23. a4 Qe7
24. Ra2 $11 {1/2-1/2 Kozul,Z-Movsesian,S/Pula 1999/EXT 2000 (47)}) (13. Rb1 Na6
14. Kh1 Kh8 15. Ng5 Bd7 16. g4 h6 17. Nh3 Nh7 $132 {1/2-1/2 Beliavsky,A-Moreno
Carnero,J/Leon ESP 2001/The Week in Chess 367 (28)}) (13. a3 Na6 14. b3 Nc5 15.
h3 Bd7 16. Nd2 Qe7 17. b4 Nb7 18. Nb3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Kiselev,S-Krasenkow,M/
Moscow 1989/CBM 16 (42)}) 13... Na6 14. h3 Bd7 15. Nd2 Kh8 16. a3 (16. a3 {
1/2-1/2 Ftacnik,L-Movsesian,S/Germany 1999/GER-chT (16)}) 16... Ng8 17. Rb1 f5
18. f3 Nf6 19. b4 f4 20. Bf2 g5 21. Nf1 h5 22. Nh2 Rg8 23. c5 axb4 24. cxb6
cxb6 25. axb4 b5 26. Qd3 Nc7 27. Ra1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Volzhin,A-Movsesian,S/
Koszalin 1998/CBM 65 ext (30)}) 11... a5 (11... c5 12. Nb5 Qe7 13. a3 Na6 14.
h3 Bd7 15. b4 Ne8 16. Rb3 b6 17. Nh2 $14 {0-1 Nikcevic,N-Tkachiev,V/Clichy
1995/CBM 51 ext (56)}) (11... Nh5 12. Nb5 Qe7 13. a3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Nc2 15. Re2
Nd4 16. Nxd4 exd4 17. Qd3 Qd7 18. Bd2 a5 19. b3 c5 20. f4 Rfe8 21. g3 Re7 22.
a4 b6 23. Rbe1 Rae8 24. Qf3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Nikcevic,N-Ilincic,Z/Niksic 1996/EXT
2000 (42)}) 12. Bd2 (12. a3 {Milov,V} Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Nc2) 12... Nh5 {'?!' Milov,
V.} (12... Bxf3 {Milov,V} 13. Qxf3 Nc2 14. Rec1 Nd4 $11) 13. Nb5 {[%cal Gb5c7]
'!' Milov,V.} Qe7 14. a3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 (15. gxf3 $6 {Milov,V} Na6 16. Bxa5 Bh6
$36) 15... Nc2 (15... Na6 16. Bxa5 f5 17. exf5 Rxf5 18. Qe3 $16) 16. Re2 $1 {
'?!' Milov,V.} ({Black equalizes in case of} 16. Rec1 $6 Nd4 17. Nxd4 exd4 18.
b4 (18. Bd3 a4 (18... Nf6 {Milov,V} 19. Re1 $14) 19. b4 axb3 20. Rxb3 b6 $132)
18... axb4 19. axb4 Ra2 20. Be1 Nf6 21. Bd3 Rfa8 $132 {[%cal Ga8a2,Gf6d7,Gd7e5]
}) 16... c6 $5 17. dxc6 ({Worth of attention} 17. Rc1 cxb5 (17... Nd4 18. Nxd4
exd4 19. Ree1 (19. Qd3 $36 {(Milov,V) /\g3,f4}) 19... c5 (19... a4 20. Bd3 c5
21. g3 Nf6 22. Qd1 Nd7 23. f4 $14) 20. b3 $14 {[%cal Gg2g3]}) 18. Rxc2 bxc4 19.
Rxc4 $14 f5 20. exf5 Rxf5 21. Qb3 Qf7 $11 {/\22...Nf4}) 17... bxc6 18. Rc1 $6 (
{In my opinion, White can leave with a slight advantage after} 18. Bc1 $5 Nd4
19. Nxd4 exd4 20. b4 (20. b3 Rfe8 21. Qd3 c5 $1 $11 (21... Nf6 $6 22. Qxd4 (22.
Bb2 c5 $11) 22... Nxe4 23. Qd3 Rad8 24. Bd2 $1 (24. f3 Qa7+ 25. Be3 Nc5 26. Qd2
(26. Qc2 $4 Rxe3 $19) 26... Bh6 $1 27. Qd4 Rxe3 28. Rxe3 Bxe3+ 29. Qxe3 d5 30.
cxd5 cxd5 31. b4 axb4 32. axb4 d4 $132) 24... a4 25. b4 $14)) 20... axb4 21.
axb4 Rfc8 (21... c5 22. b5 $14) 22. Rc2 $14 {[%csl Gc1,Gf1][%cal Gb4b5,Gf3d3]})
18... Nd4 19. Nxd4 exd4 20. c5 $5 {Brave and interesting decision. White
sacrifices P (sometimes 2P) in order to open positon for his BB and RR.} ({
Equality after} 20. b3 c5 21. Ree1 Rfb8 22. Rb1 Nf6 23. Bd3 Nd7 $11) ({or} 20.
b4 axb4 21. axb4 c5 $11 (21... Nf6 $13 {Milov,V}) (21... Rfb8 {Milov,V} 22. Qd3
$14) (21... Ra2 {Milov,V} 22. b5 $14)) 20... dxc5 (20... Be5 $2 {Milov,V} 21.
cxd6 Qxd6 22. g3 $16 {/\23.Qd3}) 21. e5 $5 Bxe5 {'[]' Milov,V.} 22. Rce1 {
[%csl Re5][%cal Ge1e5]} (22. Qxc6 $6 Qd6 {[%csl Rh2][%cal Gd6h2]} 23. Qxc5
Bxh2+ 24. Kh1 Rfb8 25. b4 $15) 22... f6 23. g3 {'©' Milov,V. Milov,V: 'Ч‘e,Nh5,
c6,c5'} ({or} 23. Qxc6 Qd6 24. Qxd6 Bxd6 25. g4 Ng7 (25... Nf4 26. Re4 g5 27.
Bxf4 gxf4 28. Bc4+ Kg7 $44) 26. Bg2 Ra7 27. Bd5+ Kh8 28. a4 $44) 23... Qd7 ({
Possible also} 23... Qc7 24. Rc1 Bd6 25. Bg2 {[%csl Rc6][%cal Gg2c6]} Rfe8 26.
b4 (26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. Qxc6 Qxc6 28. Bxc6 Re2 $17) 26... Rxe2 27. Qxe2 axb4 28.
axb4 Qd7 (28... cxb4 $4 29. Bxc6 $18 {[%csl Ra8,Rc7][%cal Gc6d5]}) 29. b5 $44)
24. Rc1 (24. Bg2 $6 Rfc8 25. Qd3 Kh8 26. Qc4 a4 $17) (24. Qb3+ {Milov,V} Kh8 (
24... Qf7 {Milov,V} 25. Qc2 c4 26. Re4 $13) 25. Qc4 Qd5) 24... Bd6 25. Re6 (25.
Bg2 $5 {Milov,V} Ra6 $140 26. Qd3 Ra7 27. b4 $36) 25... Kh8 (25... Rfe8 {
Milov,V} 26. Rxe8+ (26. Rxf6 $5 {Milov,V} Nxf6 27. Qxf6 Re5 $8 28. Bc4+ Rd5 $13
) 26... Qxe8 27. g4 Ng7 28. Qxf6 Qe7 29. Qxe7 Bxe7 30. Re1 $14) 26. Rce1 f5 $1
{Black K looks vulnerable, but White hasn't enough resources for pressure
increasing.} ({Badly is} 26... Rfb8 $2 {because after} 27. Rxf6 $1 {attack is
very dangerous:} Rxb2 (27... Nxf6 28. Qxf6+ Qg7 29. Qxd6 $18) 28. Rf7 Qd8 29.
Bh6 (29. Bd3 Qg8 (29... Rxd2 30. Rxh7+ Kxh7 31. Qxh5+ $18) 30. Bg5 {[%cal
Gg5f6]} Bf8 $8 31. Ree7 Ng7 (31... Bxe7 32. Bxe7 Ng7 33. Rxg7 $1 $16) 32. Rxg7
Bxg7 33. Rxg7 Qxg7 34. Bf6 $16)) 27. Bg5 {[%cal Gg5e7]} (27. Bg2 Ng7 28. R6e2
Rfc8 (28... f4 $17 {Milov,V}) 29. Bg5 Re8 30. Qxc6 Qxc6 31. Bxc6 Rxe2 32. Rxe2
Rc8 33. Bf6 d3 34. Re6 Bf8 35. Bc3 $44) 27... Rae8 (27... f4 {Milov,V} 28. g4
Ng7 29. Bf6 $13) 28. Rxe8 Rxe8 29. Rxe8+ Qxe8 30. Qb3 ({After} 30. Qb3 {
[%csl Ra5,Rc5,Rc6,Gf1,Gg5] White has sufficient compensation, because one of
black PP will be captured:} Ng7 ({or} 30... Bf8 31. Bd2 {[%csl Ra5][%cal Gd2a5]
} Qa8 32. Qf7 {[%csl Ra5][%cal Gd2a5]} Bg7 33. Bxa5 Nf6 34. Bb6 $44) (30... f4
$5 {Milov,V} 31. Qb6 $11 {/\32.Qd8, ><c6,a5 Ivanchuk}) 31. Qb6 (31. Bf6 $11 {
(Milov,V) /\32.Bg7}) 31... a4 32. Qa7 Bf8 33. Qxa4 $44) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 13th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2001.11.10"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Moreno Carnero, Javier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2001.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Spain II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Na6 7. O-O e5 8. Rb1
exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. f3 c6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Nc5 13. Re1 a5 14. Bf1 a4 15. Qd2
Qb6 16. Bf2 Nfd7 17. Nc2 Qc7 18. Red1 h5 19. Kh1 Be5 20. b4 axb3 21. axb3 Qd8
22. Bd4 Qf6 23. Bxe5 dxe5 24. b4 Ne6 25. c5 h4 26. Qf2 Qg5 27. Ne3 Nf6 28. Nc4
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 13th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2001.11.11"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2001.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Iceland"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 Kf8 {
Risky but interesting move} 8. Bd2 b6 ({Worth considering} 8... Qc7 $5 {
[%cal Gc7c2] for example} 9. Bd3 b6 10. Nf3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Ba6 12. Bb4 {[%csl
Gb4]} Bxd3 13. cxd3 Nbc6 14. Bd6 Qd7 15. O-O Kg8 16. a4 h6 17. Qf4 Ng6 18. Qg4
Kh7 19. h4 Rhc8 20. h5 Nge7 $13 {0-1 Szelag,M-Socko,B/POL t-ch Glogow 2001/ 
(83) with mutial chances}) 9. dxc5 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] Interesting novelty.
Stefansson is trying to open position for his bishops.} (9. Nf3 h6 10. a4 Ba6
11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. O-O Rc8 13. Rfb1 Qd7 14. Ra2 Kg8 15. Ne1 Qc6 16. a5 b5 17.
Rab2 Rb8 18. Qe2 c4 19. g4 Kf8 20. Ng2 Ke8 21. Nf4 g6 22. Qf3 Kd7 23. Ne2 Nc7 {
Timoshenko,G-Kononenko,T/UKR t-ch Alushta 2000/1/2-1/2 (44)}) (9. h4 Ba6 10. h5
h6 11. Bxa6 (11. Ne2 Nbc6 12. Rh3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nf5 14. Bc3 Qg5 15. Qxg5 hxg5
16. O-O-O g4 17. Rh1 Rc8 $36 {0-1 Karjakin,S-Efimenko,Z/Kramatorsk Governor's
Cup-2 2001/ (43)}) 11... Nxa6 12. Ne2 Qc7 (12... Rc8 13. Qf3 cxd4 14. cxd4 Qe8
15. Rh4 Rxc2 16. Nc3 Qc8 17. Qd3 Rb2 18. Nd1 Rxd2 19. Kxd2 Nb8 20. Rc1 $16 {
1-0 Chandler,M-Pert,N/London Chapman m 2000/The Week in Chess 306 (39)}) 13.
Qf3 Kg8 14. Rh4 Nf5 15. Rf4 Rf8 16. Rg4 cxd4 17. cxd4 Qc4 18. c3 Kh7 19. Ng3
Nxg3 20. Qxg3 Rhg8 $14 {Mitkov,N-Ostenstad,B/Bergen op 2001/ /1-0 (80)}) (9.
Bd3 Ba6 10. Nh3 Bxd3 11. cxd3 Nbc6 12. O-O cxd4 13. cxd4 Nf5 14. Be3 Qh4 15.
Qxh4 Nxh4 16. Rac1 Rc8 17. Rc2 Ke8 18. Rfc1 Kd7 19. Ng5 Nf5 $15 {0-1 Betschart,
O-Dittmar,P/Pizol op 1996 (45)}) 9... bxc5 (9... Ba6 10. cxb6 Qxb6 11. Bd3 $36)
10. Nf3 ({I am sure that} 10. c4 $5 {will be checked quite soon.}) 10... c4 $5
{[%csl Rc8,Rf1] Stops 11.c4 and activization of white bishop, but this move
has and scarcity- it will be very difficult for Black to include Bc8 to the
game.} 11. Nd4 Nbc6 12. Nxc6 (12. Qg3 Qb6) 12... Nxc6 13. Qg3 (13. f4 Qb6)
13... Qb6 14. Bc1 (14. Be3 Qa5) ({White could play and} 14. Be2 $5 {and in the
case of} Qb2 15. O-O Qxc2 16. Qe3 $44 {he will have enough compensation for
the pawn, for example} Nxe5 $140 $2 17. Qxe5 Qxd2 18. Qd6+ Ke8 19. Qc6+ $16)
14... Bd7 15. a4 {[%cal Gc1a3]} h6 16. Be2 Kg8 17. Bh5 Qc7 $5 18. f4 ({Worth
considering} 18. Bf4 {with some chances for initiative}) 18... Ne7 19. Ba3 Nf5
20. Qf2 g6 (20... Bxa4 21. g4 Ne7 22. Bxe7 Qxe7 23. Rxa4 g6 24. Bxg6 (24. Rg1
gxh5 25. g5 $5 Rh7 26. gxh6+ Kh8 $13) 24... fxg6 25. O-O {and White keep small
advantage- his king is better protected.}) 21. Bg4 (21. Bf3 Bxa4) 21... Bxa4
22. Bxf5 gxf5 23. Bd6 Qb6 24. Bc5 Qc6 (24... Qb2 25. O-O Qxc2 26. Qg3+ Kh7 27.
Rfc1 (27. Rf2 Qe4 28. Rxa4 Rhg8 29. Qf3 Qb1+ 30. Rf1 Qb5 $19) 27... Qb3 28.
Rcb1 $11) 25. Bxa7 {Short ,but important for theory game} (25. Bxa7 Kh7 26. O-O
$13) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 13th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2001.11.13"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Sturua, Zurab"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2001.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Georgia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GEO"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
dxc5 f5 9. e4 fxe4 10. Qc2 e3 11. Bd3 Nd7 12. g3 Qf6 13. Ne2 Qxf3 14. Rf1 Qh5
15. Nf4 Nxf4 16. Rxf4 Nxc5 17. Bxe3 Nxd3+ 18. Qxd3 Bd7 19. Rd1 Bb5 20. c4 Ba4
21. Rd2 Rf8 22. Qe4 Rxf4 23. Bxf4 Qc5 24. Qxb7 Rd8 25. Rxd8+ Kxd8 {ilegible}
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 13th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2001.11.14"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Delchev, Aleksander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2001.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bulgaria"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

{[%mdl 4]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O
Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 f5 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. Bf3 c6 13. Be3 Kh8 14. b5 {
Black equalizes also in another variations.} ({For example:} 14. Re2 h6 15. Ne6
Bxe6 16. dxe6 Ne8 17. Rd2 Rf6 18. exf5 gxf5 19. Bh5 Rxe6 20. Bf7 Rf6 21. Bxe8 (
21. Qh5 f4 $19 {0-1 Baron Rodriguez,J-Candela Perez,J/Mancha Real 2000/EXT
2001 (26)}) 21... Qxe8 22. Rxd6 Rxd6 23. Qxd6 f4 24. Bc1 (24. Bc5 Nf5 $17 {
[%csl Rc5][%cal Gb7b6]}) 24... Rd8 25. Qe6 e4 26. Bb2 Ng6 27. Qxe8+ Rxe8 28.
Re1 $132) (14. Qb3 h6 (14... Ne8 15. Rad1 (15. Ne6 Bxe6 16. dxe6 Nc7 17. c5 d5
18. exd5 cxd5 19. Bxd5 f4 20. Bxb7 fxe3 21. fxe3 Rb8 22. Rad1 Qe8 23. Bf3 Nf5
$17 {0-1 Chow,A-Shulman,Y/Sioux Falls USA 2001/The Week in Chess 360 (30)})
15... f4 16. Bc1 cxd5 (16... Nc7 17. c5 $16) 17. cxd5 (17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Rxd5
Qxg5 19. Ne4 Qe7 $15 {[%cal Gc8e6]}) 17... Nxd5 18. Nxh7 Nxc3 19. Nxf8 Nxd1 20.
Nxg6+ Kh7 21. Qf7 Nc3 22. Nf8+ Kh8 23. Ng6+ Kh7 24. Nf8+ $11) 15. Ne6 Bxe6 16.
dxe6 fxe4 (16... Qc8 17. c5 d5 18. exd5 cxd5 19. Nxd5 Nfxd5 20. Bxd5 Nxd5 21.
Qxd5 Rd8 22. Qb3 Re8 23. Rad1 Rxe6 24. Qd5 a6 25. a4 $14 {0-1 San Segundo
Carrillo,P-Piket,J/Mondariz 2000/CBM 79 no vc (35)}) 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Qc8
19. Rad1 Qxe6 20. b5 a6 21. bxc6 bxc6 22. Rd2 (22. Qb7 Rfb8 23. Qc7 d5 24. cxd5
cxd5 25. Bc5 dxe4 26. Qxe7 Qxe7 27. Bxe7 Rb2 {1/2-1/2 Szuhanek,R-Feletar,D/
Vukovar CRO 2001/The Week in Chess 354 (27)}) 22... Rfb8 23. Qd3 d5 24. cxd5
cxd5 25. Bxd5 Nxd5 26. Qxd5 Qxd5 27. Rxd5 Rb2 28. Ra5 Rb5 29. Ra4 a5 30. g3 Rb4
{1/2-1/2 Schandorff,L-Blehm,P/Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001 (30)}) (14. a4 {-see
commented game 1/2-1/2 Rashkovsky,N-Shinkevich,V/St Petersburg 2000/CBM 76
[Huzman,A] (32)}) 14... cxd5 15. cxd5 fxe4 16. Ngxe4 Nf5 ({Equality after} 
16... Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Nf5 18. Bg4 Nxe3 19. Rxe3 Bf5 20. Bf3 {1/2-1/2 Gligoric,
S-Pavlovic,M/Herceg Novi YUG 2001/The Week in Chess 335 (20)}) 17. Nxf6 Bxf6
18. Ne4 Nxe3 (18... Bh4 19. a4 Nxe3 20. Rxe3 Bf5 21. Qb3 Rc8 22. Qb4 Rc2 23.
Rf1 Be7 $11 {0-1 Kantsler,B-Avrukh,B/Tel Aviv ISR 2001/The Week in Chess 336 
(56)}) 19. Rxe3 Bf5 20. Rc1 Bg5 21. Nxg5 Qxg5 22. Rec3 {White occupied the
only open line "c", but Black doesn't yield it:} Rac8 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Rxc8+
Bxc8 25. Qc2 Qd8 26. h4 Bf5 27. Be4 Bxe4 ({Or} 27... Qxh4 28. Bxf5 gxf5 29.
Qxf5 Qe7 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 13th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2001.11.15"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2001.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Poland"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2
e6 9. Rc1 d5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. d4 Na6 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. e3 Nb4 14. a3 Nc6 15.
Qd3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Ne5 17. Qe2 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 cxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.11.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Shovunov, Baatr"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2353"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game deserves attention manly by the fact that Ivanchuk played Dragon
with Black against his own pet line.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4
5. Nxd4 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O d5 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. exd5
Nxd5 12. Nxd5 {Thanks ti Ivanchuk this line gained popularity lately.} cxd5 13.
Qxd5 Qc7 14. Qc5 Qb7 {It is interesting that Ivanchuk plays this move and not
14. ... Qb8, what was Federov's decision after he lost to .... Ivanchuk by
playing 14. ... Qb7.} (14... Qb8 15. Qa3 Be6 16. Ba6 Qe5 17. g3 Rad8 18. Bf4
Qf6 19. Rhe1 Bf5 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. c3 Qb6 22. Be3 Bh6 23. f4 Qc6 24. Bd2 Qd5
25. Re2 e5 26. Qa4 exf4 27. gxf4 Bxf4 28. Re8+ Kg7 29. Qxf4 Rxe8 30. Bc4 Qh1+
31. Bf1 Kg8 {0-1 Adams,M-Fedorov,A/Wijk aan Zee 2001}) 15. Qa3 Bf5 16. Bd3 Rab8
17. b3 Rfc8 (17... Rbc8 18. Bxf5 gxf5 19. Rd3 Qc6 20. c4 Qf6 21. Rhd1 Rc6 22.
Bd4 e5 23. Bc3 Ra6 24. Qb2 $16 {1-0 Ivanchuk,V-Fedorov,A/Polanica Zdroj 2000/ 
(39)}) 18. Bxf5 gxf5 19. Qa5 {That's a pity. Most critical is the move 19.Rd3.}
(19. Rd3 Qc6 (19... Qc7 20. c4 a5 (20... Qe5 21. Rhd1 Qa1+ 22. Kc2 Qf6 23. Bd4
e5 24. Bc3 Qh4 25. R1d2 Qxh2 26. Qe7 $16 {1-0 Solak,D-Kozhuharov,S/Yerevan
2000/ (36)}) 21. Rhd1 Ra8 22. Rd7 Qe5 23. Bd4 Qf4+ 24. Kb1 Bf8 25. Qc1 Qxc1+
26. Kxc1 f6 27. Ra7 $18 {1-0 Movsesian,S-Fedorov,A/Polanica Zdroj 2000/ (56)})
20. c4 Qg6 (20... f4 21. Bxf4 Qf6 22. Bxb8 Qa1+ 23. Kc2 Qxh1 24. Bf4 Qxg2+ 25.
Bd2 Qxh2 26. Qxe7 $16 {1-0 Giaccio,A-Hoffman,A/Buenos Aires 2001/ (38)}) 21. f4
(21. Rhd1 Qxg2 22. Bd4 Bxd4 23. Rxd4 Qxf3 24. Qb2 Qe3+ 25. Kb1 e5 26. Rd7 Rc6
$13 {1-0 Pinter,G-Kanovsky,D/Balatonlelle 2001/ (41)}) 21... Qxg2 $13 {0-1
Zakharstov,V-Timofeev,A/Elista RUS 2001/ (47). For more detailes look to the
annotations of this game in CBM83.}) 19... Qc6 20. c4 Qe6 21. Rd3 (21. Rhe1
Rxc4+ 22. Kb1 Rcc8 23. Bd4 $4 Rxb3+ {0-1 Einarsson,H-Angantysson,H/Reykjavik
1984}) (21. Bxa7 Rxc4+ 22. Kb1 Bc3 $17 23. Qa3 (23. Rd8+ Kg7 $1) 23... f4 $1 {
[%csl Rb1][%cal Ge6f5,Ge6g6,Rh7b1]}) 21... Rxc4+ 22. Kb1 (22. bxc4 $2 Qxc4+ 23.
Kd2 Rb2+ $19) 22... h5 (22... Rcc8 23. Rhd1 $14) 23. Rd8+ Rxd8 24. Qxd8+ Kh7
25. bxc4 Qxe3 26. Rd1 {Strong bishop on g7 and exposed white king give Black
good compensation for the exchange. Still White can be better rather quick if
Black does nothing. White's task is of course to trade queens or advance the
c-pawn.} e6 $2 (26... Qc3 $1 {It remains unclear why Ivanchuk didn't make this
strong move.}) 27. Qd3 Qb6+ 28. Qb3 (28. Qb3 Qf2 29. g4 $1 {having the idea to
open diagonal b1-h7. The endgame would favour White, for instance:} hxg4 30.
fxg4 fxg4 31. Qc2+ Qxc2+ 32. Kxc2 Be5 33. c5 Bxh2 34. c6 Kg6 (34... Be5 35. Kd3
Kg6 36. Ke2 f5 37. Rd7 f4 38. c7 Bxc7 39. Rxc7 $18) 35. Rd7 $18) 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.11.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Shovunov, Baatr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2353"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. e3 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. e4 d6 8. Nf3 O-O
9. a4 Bd7 10. Bd2 Qc7 11. Be2 Rc8 12. O-O Be8 13. Re1 Qb7 14. e5 dxe5 15. Nxe5
axb5 16. axb5 Rxa1 17. Qxa1 Nxd5 18. Bf3 e6 19. Nc4 Rd8 20. Bg5 f6 21. Rxe6 Bf7
22. Rd6 Rxd6 23. Nxd6 Qe7 24. Nxd5 Bxd5 25. Bxd5+ Kf8 26. Bf4 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.11.29"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nb5 d6 6. Bf4 e5 7. Be3 Be6 8.
N1c3 a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Nd5 Rb8 11. c4 b4 12. Nc2 Nf6 13. f3 Be7 14. Be2 O-O 15.
O-O a5 16. Qd2 Qd7 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. b3 Ne8 19. Rab1 Nc7 20. f4 exf4 21. Bxf4
Ne8 22. Qe3 Bf8 23. Kh1 Bg4 24. Bf3 Bxf3 25. gxf3 Qe6 26. a3 f5 27. axb4 axb4
28. Re1 Rd7 29. Ra1 Nc7 30. Ra4 Rf7 31. Qd3 fxe4 32. Rxe4 Ne5 33. Nxc7 Rxc7 34.
Qe2 Qh3 35. Nd4 Rf7 36. Ra5 Rc8 37. Bxe5 dxe5 38. Rexe5 g6 39. Re3 Rd8 40. f4
Qc8 41. Re4 Qb7 42. Nf3 Rfd7 43. f5 Rf7 44. fxg6 hxg6 45. Kg2 Bh6 46. Rae5 Rdf8
47. Re7 Rxe7 48. Rxe7 Qc8 49. Re6 Qa8 50. Rxg6+ Kh7 51. Rg3 Qe8 52. Qd3+ Kh8
53. Nh4 Qa8+ 54. Kh3 Qc8+ 55. Rg4 Rd8 56. Qg6 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.11.30"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 dxc6 7. Nc3 a6 $6
{This move under the circumstances might be useful for black, but it might be
a waste of time as well (the second possibility is more probable...) Probably
Ivanchuk wanted to surprise his less-experienced opponent... In my database I
found only a few games with this move.The main lines are: 7...Be6, 7...Ne7 and
7...Bd4.} 8. Qf4 $146 (8. Bd3 Ne7 (8... Be6 9. O-O O-O-O 10. Qe2 Ne7 $2 (10...
Nh6) 11. e5 Qh4 12. Ne4 Bg4 13. Qe1 Rd5 14. Nxc5 Rxc5 15. Qb4 Rxe5 16. f3 $18 {
1-0 Narciso Dublan,M-Ferron Garcia,C/Catalunya 1996/EXT 99 (32)}) 9. O-O O-O
10. Kh1 Qg6 (10... Ng6 $5) 11. Qf4 Bb6 12. Na4 Qg4 13. Nxb6 Qxf4 14. Bxf4 cxb6
15. Bc7 b5 16. f4 $16 {1-0 Zelcic,R-Heidenfeld,M/Pula 1997/CBM 57 ext (57)})
8... Be6 9. Qg3 {White has "invested" three whole tempoes to get his Q from d1
to g3. It has to be said, that the g3 square is a very good position for the
white Q, so this was time well spent.} ({Possible as well} 9. Bd3) 9... O-O-O
10. Be3 (10. Bg5 $2 Bxf2+ $1 11. Qxf2 Qxg5) 10... Bxe3 11. Qxe3 {[%cal Ge3a7]}
Qh6 {[%csl Rd2]} 12. f4 {Structuraly speaking it is very useful for white to
exchange QQ. In principal the closer white gets to a pawn endgame, the easier
it's going to be to win. The pawn structure in a pure pawn endgame would be
winning for white.However the dinamics of this concrete position makes such an
exchange much more double-edged.For instanse:} (12. Qxh6 $6 Nxh6 13. Bd3 Ng4 {
[%cal Yg4e5] The position is approximately equal.}) 12... Nf6 13. Bd3 Rhe8 14.
O-O $1 Qxh2+ $6 {Black's position is quite unpleasant, however this tactical
operation leads to an endgame, where black has only some drawing chances.
Nevertheless this tactical blow should have been taken into account before
white's castling.} (14... Kb8 15. Rae1 $14) 15. Kxh2 Ng4+ 16. Kg3 Nxe3 17. Rf3
Nc4 (17... Ng4 18. f5 Ne5 {leads to the identical position in the game.}) 18.
f5 Ne5 (18... Nxb2 19. fxe6 Rxe6 20. Rh1 $16) 19. fxe6 Rxe6 (19... Nxf3 20.
exf7 Rf8 21. gxf3 Rxf7 22. f4 {and in spite of the approximate material
balance white's position should be winning.}) 20. Rf5 $1 ({The automatical} 20.
Re3 $2 {was allowing black to get a good counterplay after} Rg6+ 21. Kf4 (21.
Kh3 Rh6+ 22. Kg3 Rg6+ {the perpetual}) 21... f6 $5 {[%csl Rf4]} ({also possible
} 21... Nxd3+ 22. Rxd3 Rxg2) 22. Rg3 Rxg3 23. Kxg3 Nxd3 24. cxd3 Rxd3+ {
[%csl Rb2,Gd3]}) 20... Nxd3 21. cxd3 Rxd3+ 22. Kh2 {Despite the fact, that
black has formal material equality, it's clear, that white has good winning
chances.As long as there are many pawns remaining on the board the piece is
more valuable.} (22. Rf3 Rg6+ 23. Kf2 Rd2+ 24. Ne2 f6 $14) 22... f6 (22... Rd2
23. Rd1 (23. Rxf7 $6 Rg6 24. Rg1 Rxb2 $13) 23... Rxb2 (23... Rxd1 24. Nxd1 $16)
24. Rxf7 Rd6 25. Rxg7 Rxd1 26. Nxd1 Rxa2 27. Kg3 {[%csl Ge4] White should win
the endgame.}) 23. Kg1 Kd7 (23... Rd2 {gives nothing because of} 24. Rf2) 24.
Re1 Rd2 25. Rf2 Rxf2 (25... Red6 26. Rxd2 Rxd2 27. Re2) 26. Kxf2 Re5 27. Kf3
Ke7 28. Rd1 Rh5 29. Ne2 Ra5 30. Nd4 (30. a3) 30... g6 (30... Rxa2 31. Nf5+ Ke6
32. Nxg7+ Ke5 33. Rd2 {+/-/+-}) 31. a3 Rh5 32. Rd3 $2 {Allows black to
activate his R.} (32. Ne2) 32... Rh1 33. Ne2 (33. Rb3 c5 {and then 34...b6 or
34...b5.}) 33... a5 34. Rb3 b6 35. Rc3 Kd7 36. Rc1 Rxc1 (36... Rh5 37. Rd1+ Ke7
38. Nd4 Rc5 39. g4 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Gd1h1] with an excellent winning chances.})
37. Nxc1 h5 $2 {This was probably the last moment for Ivanchuk to save this
game.} (37... Kd6 $1 38. Nd3 c5 39. e5+ (39. b3 b5) 39... fxe5 40. Ke4 c4 41.
Nxe5 b5 42. Kd4 (42. a4 c3 43. bxc3 bxa4 {[%csl Ga4,Ga5]}) (42. Nf7+ Kc5) 42...
c5+ 43. Ke4 a4) 38. e5 $1 {From now on Macieja produces an excellent technic
to win this endgame.} Ke6 (38... fxe5 39. Ke4 Kd6 40. Nd3) 39. Nd3 g5 (39...
fxe5 40. Ke4) 40. exf6 Kxf6 41. Ke4 {[%cal Gd3e5]} c5 42. a4 Ke6 43. Ne5 Kf6
44. Nc4 $1 Ke6 45. Ne3 {[%cal Ge3d5]} c6 46. Nc4 b5 47. Nxa5 bxa4 48. Nb7 $1 {
Even stronger, than 48.Nc6.} h4 49. Nxc5+ Kd6 50. Nd3 $1 {[%mdl 4096]} (50.
Nxa4 $2 g4 51. Kf4 h3 52. gxh3 gxh3 53. Kg3 Kd5 $11) 50... g4 51. Nf2 g3 (51...
h3 52. Nxh3 $1 (52. g3 $2 h2 {[%csl Gh2]}) 52... gxh3 53. gxh3 $18) 52. Nh3 Kc5
53. Kd3 Kb4 54. Kc2 Kc4 55. Ng5 Kd5 56. Kd3 (56. Nf3 $2 h3 57. gxh3 g2 $1 $11 {
[%csl Gg2]} (57... Ke4 $2 58. Nh4 $18 {[%csl Ra4,Rc6,Gh3][%cal Gc2c3]})) 56...
c5 57. Kc3 {Black is in zugzwang.} Kc6 (57... c4 58. Kb4 Kd4 59. Nf3+ Kd3 60.
Nxh4 Kc2 61. Ka3 c3 62. bxc3 Kxc3 63. Nf5 $18) 58. Kc4 Kd6 59. Nf3 h3 60. gxh3
g2 61. h4 Ke6 62. Kxc5 Kf5 63. Kd4 Kf4 64. Ng1 Kg4 65. Ke3 Kxh4 66. Kf2 {
White's K arrived just in time.} Kg4 67. Ne2 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.11.29"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O g6 6. d4 dxc4 7. dxc5 Be6 8. Ng5
Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bg4 10. Nc3 Bg7 11. h3 Bc8 12. Be3 O-O 13. Rac1 h6 14. Nf3 Bd7 15.
Nb5 Na5 16. Na3 Ba4 17. Rd4 Rad8 18. b4 Nc6 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. b5 Na5 21. Bd2 b6
22. Bxa5 bxa5 23. Rxc4 Bd1 24. Nd4 Ne8 25. e3 e5 26. Nc6 Rd2 27. Rc1 Ba4 28.
Nxa7 Rxa2 29. Nc4 Bf8 30. c6 Bb3 31. b6 Bxc4 32. Rxc4 Nd6 33. c7 Rb2 34. b7
Rb1+ 35. Kh2 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.11.30"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 c5 6. f4 Nc6 7. c3 Be7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. a3 (9. g3 f5 10. Bg2 cxd4 11. Nfxd4 Nc5 12. Be3 Ne4 13. O-O Na5 14. a4
$14 {Vasiukov,E-Vifian,U/Leningrad 1991}) 9... a5 (9... c4 10. Ng3 Nb6 11. h4
Bd7 12. b4 cxb3 13. Bd3 Qc8 14. Bxh7+ Kxh7 15. Ng5+ Kg8 16. Qh5 Bxg5 17. hxg5 {
1-0 Skaperdas,K-Hatzileonidas,P/Korinthos 2000/EXT 2001 (17)}) 10. h4 (10. Ng3
f5 (10... cxd4 11. cxd4 f6 12. Bd3 fxe5 13. dxe5 Nc5 14. Bb1 b6 15. h4 Qe8 $13
{Klimov,S-Volkov,S/St Petersburg 1998/CBM 67}) 11. Bd3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nb6 13.
Ne2 a4 14. O-O Na5 15. Kh1 Bd7 $13 {Lanka,Z-Lupu,M/Calimanesti 1992/EXT 98})
10... f6 11. Neg1 $5 {It's hard to say where the knight is better placed, but
a move in the game looks too slow.} (11. Ng3 b6 12. Bd3 Ba6 13. Bxh7+ Kxh7 14.
Ng5+ Kg8 15. Nxe6 Qe8 16. Qg4 Qf7 $17 {Berkvens,J-Hummel,E/Hoogeveen 2000/CBM
78}) 11... cxd4 12. cxd4 Qb6 13. Bd3 {Permitting black to sacrifice on e5
which leads to extremly unclear position.} (13. Nh3 $5) 13... fxe5 14. fxe5
Ndxe5 $5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Bc2 (16. Bxh7+ Kxh7 17. Qc2+ Kg8 18. Nxe5 Bxh4+ $1 {
[%csl Rg1]} 19. Kd2 Qd4+ 20. Nd3 Bg5+ 21. Ke1 Bh4+ $44) (16. Be2 Ng4 17. Nh3
Bd6 $44) 16... Bd7 17. Qe2 (17. Bg5 Bc5 18. Qe2 Ng4 19. Nh3 Bb5 20. Qd2 Rac8
$44) 17... Rac8 18. Bxh7+ $2 {This move appears to be the decisive mistake,
while after logical 18.N:e5 I don't see how black gets sufficient compensation
for two sacrificed knights:} (18. Nxe5 $1 Bxh4+ (18... Bb5 19. Nd3 (19. Bd3
Bxh4+ 20. Rxh4 Qxg1+ 21. Kd2 Rf2 22. Bxh7+ Kf8 $13)) 19. Kd1 (19. Kd2 Qd4+ 20.
Bd3 Ba4 $1 $40 {[%cal Gc8c2]}) (19. Rxh4 $1 Qxg1+ 20. Kd2 Rxc2+ (20... Rf2 21.
Bxh7+ Kf8 (21... Kh8 22. Ng6#) 22. Rf4+ $1 Rxf4 23. Ng6+ Kf7 24. Nxf4 $18) 21.
Kxc2 Rf2 22. Bd2 $18) 19... Ba4 $1 20. Bxa4 Qd4+ 21. Nd3 Qxa4+ $19) 18... Kxh7
19. Qxe5 (19. Nxe5 Bb5 20. Qh5+ Kg8 21. Ngf3 Rc2 $44) 19... Bd6 20. Be3 $6 Qb3
$1 {After this strong move white is helpless.} 21. Nd2 (21. Qxd6 Qxe3+ 22. Ne2
Rc2 23. Ng5+ Kg8 $19) (21. Qh5+ Kg8 $19 {[%cal Gd6g3,Gc8c2]}) 21... Rf1+ $1 $19
{Nice tactical blow leading to quick finish.} 22. Kxf1 Qd3+ 23. Kf2 Bxe5 24.
Ngf3 Bxb2 25. Rab1 Rc2 26. Rhd1 e5 27. g3 Bg4 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.01"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C85"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Qd6 8.
h3 Be6 9. Ng5 Nd7 10. Nxe6 Qxe6 11. Nd2 Bg5 12. Nc4 Bxc1 13. Qxc1 O-O 14. f4 f5
15. exf5 Rxf5 16. Qe3 Qh6 17. fxe5 Qxe3+ 18. Nxe3 Rxe5 19. Nc4 Re2 20. Rf2 Rae8
21. Raf1 b6 22. g4 Nf6 23. Rxe2 Rxe2 24. Rf2 Re1+ 25. Rf1 Re2 26. Rf2 Re1+ 27.
Rf1 Re2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.02"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d4 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 d6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
e3 Be6 9. b3 exd4 10. Qxd4 d5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nge2 Qa5 13. Qa4 Qxa4 14. Nxa4
Na6 15. Nd4 Rad8 16. O-O Bc8 17. Rfc1 Ndc7 18. Bf1 Rd5 19. h4 g6 20. a3 c5 21.
Nf3 b6 22. b4 Ne6 23. Nc3 Rf5 24. Nd2 cxb4 25. axb4 Nxb4 26. Rxa7 Nc6 27. Raa1
Rd8 28. Nce4 Ra5 29. Rab1 Ne7 30. Rxb6 Kg7 31. Bc4 Nc5 32. Nb3 Nxe4 33. Nxa5
Rd2 34. Bf1 Nxf2 35. Nc4 Ra2 36. Rb2 Rxb2 37. Nxb2 Ne4 38. Rc7 Kf6 39. Kh2 Be6
40. Bg2 Nf2 41. Kg1 Ng4 42. e4 Ne5 43. Nd1 N7c6 44. Ne3 Nd4 45. Bf1 Nef3+ 46.
Kf2 g5 47. Nd5+ Ke5 48. Bg2 g4 49. Ke3 Ne1 50. Bh1 f5 51. Nf4 Nec2+ 52. Kd2
fxe4 53. Rc5+ Kd6 54. Rxc2 e3+ 55. Kc3 Nxc2 56. Kxc2 Bf5+ 57. Kc3 Ke5 58. Nd3+
1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.03"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ye, Jiangchuan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 a5 10. Ba3 b6 11. bxa5 Rxa5 12. Bb4 Ra8 13. a4 Re8 14. Qd3 {[%cal
Gd3e4,Gc3b5] Preparing Nb5.} (14. Re1 Bf8 15. Bf1 (15. h3 Bb7 16. Bf1 c5 17.
Ba3 Bg7 18. Rb1 Bc8 19. Bc1 Bd7 20. Nb5 Nc8 21. g3 Rf8 22. Bg5 Kh8 23. Kh2 Ne7
24. Bd3 Ne8 25. Bc2 $14 {0-1 Van Wely,L-Ye Jiangchuan/Moscow RUS 2001/The Week
in Chess 369 (57)}) 15... c5 16. Ba3 Bh6 17. Bb2 {-see detailed commented game
0-1 Eljanov,P-Ponomariov,R/Kharkov 2001/CBM 83_01 [Tsesarsky,I](46)}) 14... Nd7
15. Qb1 {Preparing a4-a5 - now Bb4 is protected.} (15. Nb5 Nc5 16. Bxc5 bxc5
17. a5 Ba6 18. Rfb1 Rf8 $132 {[%cal Gf7f5]}) 15... Bh6 16. a5 Nc5 {How this
game shows, this plan(Nf6-d7-c5) is wrong! Ivanchuk refutates it in excellent
style.} 17. axb6 Rxa1 18. Qxa1 cxb6 {[%csl Rb6]} 19. Rb1 {[%cal Gb1b6]} Qc7 $2
$16 ({Right was active} 19... f5 20. Bxc5 bxc5 21. Bd3 (21. Rb8 Qd7 22. Bd3 Rf8
) 21... Rf8 22. Rb8 Qd7 23. Bc2 {[%cal Gc2a4]} (23. Qa4 Qxa4 24. Nxa4 fxe4 25.
Bxe4 Bg4 26. Rxf8+ Kxf8 $11) 23... fxe4 (23... Bf4 24. Qa8 Kg7 25. exf5 Nxf5
26. Na4 $16 {[%csl Rc8][%cal Ga4b6]}) 24. Nxe4 Nf5 25. Qa8 Qd8 26. Qc6 $14) 20.
Nb5 Qd8 {Black loses two tempi, compare this position with noted above one!} (
20... Qd7 21. Bxc5 bxc5 22. Qa5 $16) 21. Bxc5 bxc5 22. Qa7 {[%cal Gb5c7]} Bg4
$6 {Wrong plan.} ({More stubborn was} 22... f5 23. Bd3 fxe4 24. Bxe4 Rf8 25.
Qb8 {[%csl Rd6]} Nf5 (25... Bf5 26. Qxd8 Rxd8 27. Bxf5 Nxf5 28. g4 Nd4 29.
Nbxd4 cxd4 30. g5 Bf8 (30... e4 31. Nxd4 $18) 31. Rb7 h6 32. h4 Ra8 33. Nd2
hxg5 34. hxg5 Re8 35. Ne4 Be7 (35... Re7 36. Nxd6 d3 37. Kf1 Rxb7 38. Nxb7 Be7
39. d6 $18) 36. Kf1 $16) 26. Ra1 Bd7 27. Qxd8 Rxd8 28. Ra6 {[%csl Rd6]} Bf8 29.
h3 $16 {[%csl Rd6,Ge4][%cal Ga6d6,Gb5d6]}) 23. h3 Nc8 (23... Bxf3 24. Bxf3 Nc8
25. Qb8 $18 {-like in this game.}) 24. Qb8 Bxf3 25. Bxf3 $18 Bg5 26. Ra1 ({
Wins also} 26. Bg4 $5 Nb6 {[%csl Rc4]} 27. Qxd6 Nxc4 28. Qxc5 Nd2 29. Rb4 $18 (
29. Re1 Qa5 $132 {[%csl Re1][%cal Ga5e1,Gd2f3]})) 26... h5 27. Ra6 {[%csl Rd6]}
Be7 28. Rc6 {[%cal Gc6c7]} (28. g3 Qd7 29. h4 Rd8 30. Rc6 {[%cal Gf3g2,Gg1h2,
Gg2h3]} Bf6 31. Bg2 $18) 28... Rf8 ({Or} 28... Bf8 29. Rc7 Bh6 30. h4 $1 $18 ({
Useless is} 30. Bd1 $6 {[%cal Gd1a4]} Bg5 31. Qb7 $18 {[%cal Gg2g3,Gh3h4]}))
29. Rc7 Bg5 30. Qb7 Bd2 31. h4 $1 {[%cal Gg2g3,Gf3g2,Gg2h3]} Ba5 32. Rc6 Be1
33. g3 Qa5 (33... Bd2 34. Bg2 Be1 35. Kf1 $1 $18 {[%cal Gg2h3]} ({White
doesn't need complications after premature} 35. Bh3 $2 Qf6 $1 {[%csl Rf2]} 36.
Rxc8 Qxf2+ 37. Kh1 Qxg3 38. Rxf8+ Kxf8 39. Qc8+ Kg7 40. Nxd6 Bf2 41. Bg2 Be3 $1
42. Qf5 $3 Qe1+ 43. Qf1 Qxh4+ 44. Bh3 $16) ({Or} 35. Qa6 $4 {[%csl Rd6]} Qf6
36. Rxc8 Qxf2+ 37. Kh1 Qxg3 38. Rxf8+ Kxf8 39. Qxd6+ Kg7 40. Qxc5 Bd2 $1 41.
Qg1 Qxh4+ 42. Qh2 Qe1+ 43. Qg1 Qh4+ $11)) 34. Kf1 $1 Qd2 {[%csl Rf2][%cal
Gd2f2]} 35. Be2 {[%csl Rc8]} Ne7 36. Qxe7 Bxf2 37. Kxf2 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.05"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Ye, Jiangchuan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 b6 4. c3 Qd7 5. a4 Ba6 6. Bxa6 Nxa6 7. Qd3 Qc8 8. b4
Ne7 9. b5 Nb8 10. Nd2 a6 11. Rb1 axb5 12. axb5 c6 13. Ne2 cxb5 14. Rxb5 Nd7 15.
O-O Qa6 16. Nf4 Nc6 17. Bb2 Be7 18. c4 dxc4 19. Qxc4 Rc8 20. Ra1 Nxd4 21. Rxa6
Rxc4 22. Nxc4 Nxb5 23. Nxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.06"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 Be7 6. Nc3 Bb7 7. Bg2 Ne4 8. Nxe4
Bxe4 9. O-O O-O 10. Ne1 Bxg2 11. Nxg2 c5 12. d5 exd5 13. cxd5 d6 14. Ne3 Qd7
15. Qc2 Na6 16. Bd2 Nc7 17. Nf5 Bf6 18. e4 Nb5 19. a4 Nd4 20. Nxd4 Bxd4 21. Bc3
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.07"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Rd1 a6 11. Bf4 d6 12. Rac1 Qc7 13. Qb4 Ne8 14. Bg5 Nf6 15.
Bxf6 gxf6 16. Nd5 exd5 17. cxd5 Qd8 18. Nd4 Kh8 19. Nc6 Qc7 20. Nd4 Qd8 21. Nc6
Qc7 22. Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.07"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. Bxb4 cxb4 6. g3 b6 7. Bg2 Bb7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Qd3 d6 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. Rfd1 Nbd7 12. Qb3 a5 13. a3 bxa3 14. bxa3
Qc7 15. Rab1 Rac8 16. e3 Ne4 17. Rb2 h6 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Nd2 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 e5
21. Qd3 Qc6+ 22. Kg1 d5 23. cxd5 Qxd5 24. Qb5 Qxb5 25. Rxb5 exd4 26. Nf3 Rc3
27. Rxd4 Nc5 28. Rxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.07"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nc3 Ne4 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Rfd1 Rc8 14. Rac1
Nc6 15. Rd2 a6 16. Qd1 d5 17. cxd5 Bxd5 18. Ne1 Bxg2 19. Nxg2 Ne5 20. Ne3 h6
21. Rxc8+ Rxc8 22. Rd6 Qc7 23. h4 Qc5 24. a3 a5 25. Qd2 Kh7 26. Rd4 b5 27. Nd1
Nc4 28. Qd3+ Kg8 29. Rd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.07"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Qc2
d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bh3 c5 11. O-O Nc6 12. Be3 Re8 13. Rfd1 h6 14. Rac1 c4 15.
Ne5 Na5 16. bxc4 Nxc4 17. Qa4 Nxe3 18. fxe3 Bb7 19. Nb5 Bd6 20. Nd7 Qe7 21. Rd3
Nxd7 22. Nxd6 Qxd6 23. Qxd7 Qxd7 24. Bxd7 Re7 25. Bb5 Rd8 26. Rdc3 Rd6 27. Rc7
Rde6 28. Bd7 Rd6 29. Bf5 Rxc7 30. Rxc7 g6 31. Bd3 Bc6 32. Rxa7 Bd7 33. Kf2 Kg7
34. Ke1 Bh3 35. Kd2 Rf6 36. Rb7 h5 37. a4 g5 38. e4 dxe4 39. Bxe4 h4 40. gxh4
gxh4 41. Bf3 Kg6 42. Ke3 Bf5 43. Rc7 Re6+ 44. Kd2 Be4 45. Bxe4+ Rxe4 46. Kd3
Rg4 47. Rc6+ Kg5 48. Rxb6 Rg2 49. a5 Rxh2 50. a6 Rh3+ 51. e3 Rh2 52. Rb5+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.07"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qb3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. e4 O-O 8. e5
Ne8 9. d5 exd5 10. cxd5 Bxf1 11. Kxf1 Na5 12. Qd3 d6 13. b4 Nb7 14. Qa6 Qc8 15.
a3 c6 16. dxc6 Qxc6 17. Bb2 Nc7 18. Qe2 Ne6 19. Rc1 Qd5 20. Rd1 Rfd8 21. Ne4
Qc6 22. Kg2 d5 23. Ned2 a5 24. Rc1 Qa4 25. Nd4 axb4 26. Nxe6 fxe6 27. Qg4 Qd7
28. axb4 Ra4 29. Bc3 d4 30. Bb2 Rxb4 31. Ba3 Rb5 32. Bxe7 Qxe7 33. Nf3 Nc5 34.
Rc4 d3 35. Rd1 Rb2 36. Kg1 Rf8 37. Rd2 Rxd2 38. Nxd2 Qa7 39. Qd4 Qa2 40. Qc3 h6
41. Rb4 Qc2 42. Qxc2 dxc2 43. Rc4 Rxf2 44. Kxf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.08"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bc4 a6
8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 c5 10. Bb3 b5 11. c3 Bb7 12. O-O Be7 13. dxc5 Qxd1 14. Rfxd1
Bxc5 15. Ne5 g5 16. Bg3 O-O 17. Nd3 Be7 18. Be5 Rfc8 19. Bd4 Nd7 20. f3 Bf6 21.
Bxf6 Nxf6 22. a4 Bd5 23. Bc2 Bc4 24. a5 Nd5 25. Ne5 Ne3 26. Be4 Nxd1 27. Bxa8
Nxb2 28. Bb7 Rc7 29. Bxa6 Ra7 30. Bc8 Bd5 31. a6 Kf8 32. Ra5 Nc4 33. Nxc4 Bxc4
34. Kf2 Ke7 35. Ke3 Bd5 36. Rxb5 Rc7 37. Bb7 Rxc3+ 38. Kd4 Rc4+ 39. Kd3 Ra4 40.
Kc3 Kd6 41. Bxd5 exd5 42. Rb6+ Ke5 43. Kb3 Ra1 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.10"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Qc7 5. O-O Nd4 6. d3 a6 7. Bc4 e6 8. Nxd4
cxd4 9. Ne2 Nxe4 10. dxe4 Qxc4 11. Nxd4 e5 12. Nf5 Qxe4 13. Nd6+ Bxd6 14. Qxd6
f6 15. f4 b5 16. Bd2 Bb7 17. Rf2 Qc6 18. Qxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.11"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "Kostakiev,D"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 {1890 - Albin. Statistic says: Black
has very small chances to win the game.(18%) and a lot of chances (40%) to
make a draw.} 5. Nf3 (5. g3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Nf3 {1/2-1/2 Svidler,
P-Gelfand,B/Moscow RUS 2001/The Week in Chess 370 (20)}) 5... Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ (6.
Bd3 c5 (6... Nxe4 7. Bxe4 Nf6 8. Bd3 Bd6 {0-1 Meitner,P-Albin,A/Vienna 1890/
EXT 99 (41)}) 7. O-O cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nxe4 9. Bxe4 Nf6 {1/2-1/2 Shirov,A-Anand,V/
Moscow RUS 2001/The Week in Chess 370 (32)}) (6. Ng3 c5 7. Be2 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5
9. Nb3 Be7 {0-1 Steinitz,W-Lasker,E/USA/CAN 1894/MainBase (76)}) 6... Nxf6 7.
Bd3 (7. Bc4 a6 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 c5 10. Bb3 b5 {1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V-Anand,V/
Moscow RUS 2001/The Week in Chess 370 (43)}) 7... c5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Qe2 O-O {
'?!' Rogers.} (9... Qc7 {(Rogers) is known to be safer.}) 10. Bd2 (10. Bg5 Qa5+
11. c3 Be7 12. Ne5 h6 {1-0 Karpov,A-Speelman,J/Reykjavik 1991/CBM 26/[Rogers] 
(52)} ({This was Speelman's idea - an improvement on the game Tal -Rogers, San
Francisco 1991, which had continued} 12... b6 $6 {Rogers} 13. Bb5 $1)) 10... e5
$146 (10... b6 11. O-O-O Bb7 12. Kb1 Qc7 13. Ne5 {0-1 Zarnicki,P-Hoffman,A/ARG
1995/CBM 49 (37)}) 11. O-O-O e4 12. Bxe4 Qe7 (12... Qb6 $5 13. Bc3 Nxe4 14.
Qxe4 Bxf2 15. Kb1 $14) 13. Rhe1 Qe6 14. a3 Nxe4 (14... Qa2 15. Bc3 Nxe4 16.
Qxe4 Bxf2 17. Re2 Bb6 18. Qd5 $14) 15. Qxe4 Bxf2 (15... Qa2 16. Bc3) 16. Re2 (
16. Ng5 Qxe4 17. Rxe4 $14) 16... Qxe4 17. Rxe4 $14 Be6 18. Be3 Bf5 19. Re7
Bxe3+ 20. Rxe3 Rfe8 21. Rde1 Rxe3 22. Rxe3 {Acording to Capablanca this P's
structure (PPP:PP on both sides!) the chaces to win are for the B's sides.
Here the draw for the N's side is promising the more active White's K and R .}
Kf8 23. Nd4 Bd7 24. Kd2 f6 25. c4 Rc8 26. Kd3 Kf7 27. g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.13"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 d6 5. d3 Be7 6. Nd2 Nf6 7. Nf1 Nd7 (7...
Bg4 8. f3 Be6 9. Ne3 O-O 10. O-O Rb8 (10... Nd7 11. Ncd5 (11. Ned5 Nb6 12. Nxb6
Qxb6 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. Bxd5 Nb4 15. Bc4 Rad8 16. f4 exf4 17. Rxf4 d5 18. exd5
Nxd5 19. Rf5 {1-0 Kasparov,G-Babula,V/Prague 2001/ (54)}) (11. g3 Nb6 12. Ncd5
(12. f4 Nxc4 13. dxc4 exf4 14. gxf4 f5 15. exf5 Bc8 16. Ncd5 Nd4 17. b3 Nxf5
18. Bb2 Nxe3 19. Nxe3 Bf6 {1/2-1/2 Svidler,P-Lautier,J/Biel 2001/ (25)}) 12...
Nxc4 13. dxc4 g6 14. Bd2 f5 15. exf5 gxf5 16. f4 Bf6 17. Qh5 Qd7 18. Nxf6+ Rxf6
19. fxe5 dxe5 20. Ng4 fxg4 21. Rxf6 Qxd2 22. Rxe6 Qe3+ 23. Kh1 Qe4+ 24. Kg1
Qe3+ 25. Kh1 {1/2-1/2 Grischuk,A-Nedev,T/Panormo 2001/ (25)}) 11... Nb6 12.
Nxb6 axb6 13. Nd5 Na5 14. a4 Nxc4 15. dxc4 Bd7 16. Nc3 Bc6 17. Qd3 Qd7 18. b3
Rae8 19. Be3 Kh8 20. Rad1 Qe6 21. Nd5 {1-0 Hracek,Z-Antic,D/Herceg Novi 2001/ 
(38)}) 11. a3 Nd7 12. g3 Nb6 13. Ba2 Bg5 14. f4 exf4 15. gxf4 Bf6 16. Kh1 Bxc3
17. bxc3 Bxa2 18. Rxa2 d5 {0-1 Kutuzovic,B-Shariyazdanov,A/Zadar 1998/ (40)})
8. Nd5 Nb6 9. Nxb6 (9. Nfe3 Nxc4 10. Nxc4 Be6 $11) (9. Nxe7 Qxe7 10. Bb3 Nd4
$11) 9... axb6 (9... Qxb6 10. Ne3 $14) 10. c3 O-O 11. Ne3 Bg5 12. O-O Kh8 (
12... Be6 $5 13. Bb3 (13. Bd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 Ne7 15. c4 b5 $11) 13... Re8 $13)
13. Bd2 Bxe3 14. fxe3 (14. Bxe3 Be6 15. f4 exf4 16. Bxf4 d5 17. exd5 Bxd5 18.
Qh5 $14) 14... Qe7 15. Bd5 Be6 16. Qb3 Na5 17. Qc2 {White is comfortably
better, but finds it difficult to improve his position.} (17. Qxb6 $2 Ra6 18.
Qb5 Bd7 $19) 17... Qc7 18. h3 (18. c4 $5 Nc6 19. Rf3 Bxd5 20. exd5 Ne7 21. Qb3
$14) (18. Rf3 $6 c4 $1 19. d4 Bxd5 20. exd5 Nb3 $15) 18... h6 19. c4 Nc6 20.
Qd1 Bxd5 21. exd5 Ne7 22. a4 (22. Qh5 f5 23. a4 Qd7 24. b3 Rf6 25. d4 $1 $14)
22... f5 23. Bc3 $6 (23. Qh5 Rf6 24. b3 Raf8 25. Rf2 $14) 23... Rf7 24. Qb3 (
24. Qh5 Raf8 25. Rf2 $14) 24... Ng6 25. Rf2 Raf8 26. Raf1 f4 27. Bd2 (27. Qb5
Qe7 28. e4 f3 29. g3 Qc7 (29... Qg5 30. Kh2 Qe3 31. Qxb6 Qxd3 32. Qxd6 Qxe4 33.
Qxc5 Qd3 34. Re1 $16) 30. Kh2 $14) 27... f3 $1 {Anand faces serious problem,
but despite everything his chances were probably still quite promising.} 28.
Rxf3 $2 (28. gxf3 Qd7 29. Kh2 Rf5 $40) (28. g3 $1 Qd7 (28... e4 29. dxe4 Qe7
30. Bc3 $1 (30. Qxb6 $2 Ne5 31. b3 Nd3 $17) 30... Qxe4 31. Qxb6 Rd7 32. Qb3 $16
) 29. Kh2 Rf5 30. g4 R5f6 31. e4 $16) 28... Rxf3 29. gxf3 (29. Rxf3 Rxf3 30.
gxf3 Nh4 31. Qd1 Qf7 32. Kf2 Qf5 33. e4 Qxh3 34. Qe2 (34. Ke3 g5 $17) 34... g5
$17) 29... Qc8 30. Kh2 (30. Kg2 Nh4+ 31. Kg3 Rf6 32. Rf2 Qf5 33. f4 Rg6+ 34.
Kh2 Qh5 $19) 30... Rf5 31. f4 Rh5 32. f5 (32. Rf3 Qg4 33. Rg3 Qe2+ 34. Rg2 Qf3
35. Rg3 Qf2+ 36. Rg2 Rxh3+ $1 37. Kxh3 Qh4#) 32... Rxf5 33. Qd1 Qf8 34. Rxf5
Qxf5 35. Qe2 (35. e4 Qf2+ 36. Kh1 Nh4 $19) 35... e4 $1 {Black does an
excellent job with his dominating pieces, white's pawn structure will suffer
too much.} 36. Qg4 (36. dxe4 Qe5+ 37. Kh1 Qxb2 $1 (37... Qxe4+ $6 38. Qg2 Qd3
39. Bc3 Kh7 40. Qg4 $11) 38. Kg2 Qc2 $19) 36... Qxg4 37. hxg4 Ne5 38. Kg3 (38.
dxe4 Nf3+ 39. Kg2 Nxd2 40. e5 Nxc4 $19) 38... exd3 39. b3 g6 40. e4 h5 41. gxh5
(41. g5 h4+ 42. Kg2 h3+ 43. Kxh3 Nf3 44. Bc3+ Kg8 45. e5 dxe5 $19) 41... gxh5
42. Kf2 h4 (42... h4 43. Bf4 h3 44. Ke3 Kg7 $19) 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.01.16"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 {Diese
Stellung konnte man in vielen hochklassigen Partien antreffen (Shirov, Bareev
mit Schwarz, Shirov, Leko mit Weiß) - nur Morozevich spielt 6...gxf6.} 7. Nf3
O-O 8. Qd2 Be7 (8... b6 $6 9. Nxf6+ Qxf6 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Ng5 $40) (8... Nd7 {
gilt als die solide Hauptvariante.}) 9. O-O-O {Weiß hält sich die Option Lc4
oder Ld3 noch offen.} Qd5 $5 {vermutlich vorbereitet} 10. Nc3 Qa5 11. a3 $5 {
Neu, Weiß verhindert einfach Lb4 - sicher eine Brettentscheidung.} (11. Ne5 Bb4
$11 12. Nc4 Bxc3 13. Nxa5 Bxd2+ 14. Rxd2 {ergibt ein völlig ausgeglichenes
Endspiel.}) 11... Nd7 12. Kb1 Qb6 (12... c6 $5) 13. Qe3 Nf6 14. Ne5 {Pläne
Weiss: Lc4 - das erschwert f6, so wird der Se5 schwer vertreibbar; Bauernzüge
f4 oder g4 Schwarz: eine Idee ist c7-c5; außerdem Sf6-d5, dann hängt es davon
ab, wie Weiß reagiert, das Grundproblem ist aber der Lc8.} Rd8 $6 {Hier hat
Ivanchuk wohl recht lange überlegt.} (14... Nd5 {scheint mir richtig zu sein.}
15. Qf3 (15. Nxd5 exd5 {Weiß steht vielleicht ein klein wenig besser, aber ich
weiß nicht, welcher Plan das bestätigen könnte.}) 15... Nxc3+ 16. Qxc3 c5 {
Das ist wohl die kritische Stellung, wiederum ist zu prüfen, wie es weiter
geht.}) 15. Bc4 $1 {Weiß steht völlig gesund da, Schwarz hat immer noch das
Problem mit dem Lc8.} Bd7 $2 (15... Nd5 {War wiederum angesagt, wenngleich
hier schon nicht mehr ganz so gut.} 16. Qg3 f6 17. Ng4 $13) 16. Bb3 Be8 17.
Rhe1 Bf8 {Schwarz spielt völlig passiv, nicht einmal a7-a5 kommt aufs Brett.
Aber was kann schon passieren, wenn die Stellung keinerlei Schwächen aufweist?}
(17... c5 18. d5 exd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Rxd5 $16) (17... Nd7) 18. g4 $1 Nd5 {
Erst jetzt, nach drei wirkungslosen Läuferzügen, kommt dieser Springerzug - zu
spät.} (18... c5 19. d5 exd5 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Bxd5 {sieht auch schlimm für
Schwarz aus.}) 19. Qf3 $1 c6 $6 {Der letzte Fehler.} (19... Nxc3+ 20. Qxc3 $16
{ist aber ebenfalls klar besser für Weiß.}) 20. Ne4 $1 Qc7 (20... Rab8 21. g5 (
21. c4 f6 $5) 21... Ne7 22. g6 $5 Nxg6 23. Nxg6 hxg6 24. Ng5 Be7 25. Nxe6 $1
$18) 21. c4 $1 Ne7 (21... Nb6 22. g5 $1 Nd7 23. Nf6+ $1 gxf6 (23... Nxf6 24.
gxf6 g6 25. h4 {und Schwarz wird nicht lange überleben.}) 24. gxf6 Nxe5 25.
Qg3+ Kh8 26. Rg1 Ng6 27. Qxc7 $18) 22. Ng5 Nc8 (22... Ng6 23. Nxg6 hxg6 24. Qh3
{jetzt sieht man warum der König besser auf b1 steht}) 23. c5 {In weniger als
zwei Stunden war alles vorbei.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.01.17"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Das Motto dieser Partie könnte lauten: 'Aktivität um jeden Preis'} 1. d4 d5 2.
c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nb6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Bg4 $1 {Provoziert
die Schwächung des weißen Königsflügels.} 8. f3 Be6 9. Nbc3 Bc4 $5 {Obwohl
dieser Zug über 10 Jahre alt ist, kam er noch nicht häufig vor.} 10. Bxc4 Nxc4
11. O-O ({Als gut galt} 11. Qb3 Nb6 12. e6 fxe6 13. Qxe6 {doch} Qd7 $1 {
(statt 13...Nxd4)} 14. Qxd7+ Kxd7 15. O-O {1/2-1/2 Khalifman,A-Magem Badals,J/
Liepaja 2001/CBM 85 (15) scheint nichts herzugeben für Weiß.}) 11... e6 12. a3
{Neu.} ({RR} 12. f4 Qd7 13. Qd3 Nb6 14. f5 O-O-O 15. Bg5 Be7 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17.
Qg3 g6 18. f6 Qb4 19. a3 Qc4 20. Rad1 Rd7 21. Qe3 Qb3 22. d5 Nc4 23. Qh3 (23.
Qc5 exd5 24. e6 Rd6) 23... Qb6+ 24. Kh1 N6xe5 25. b3 Qxb3 26. dxe6 fxe6 27.
Qxe6 Qb6 28. Qh3 Qe3 29. f7 Rf8 30. Qe6 Nd3 31. Qxc4 Nf2+ 32. Rxf2 Qxf2 33.
Rxd7 Qf1+ 34. Ng1 Qxc4 {0-1 Chow,A-Shamkovich,L/Chicago 1990/EXT 97 (34)})
12... Qd7 13. Kh1 Be7 14. Qb3 {Der muss immer irgend wann gespielt werden.} Nb6
15. Be3 O-O {Stellungseinschätzung: Positionell steht Schwarz okay (guter
Läufer, intakte Bauernstruktur), aber der Raumvorteil und die halboffene
c-Linie sollten eher Weiß favorisieren.} 16. Rac1 a5 17. Rfd1 a4 18. Qc2 Rfd8
19. Nf4 {Jetzt ist Weiß zu d4-d5 bereit.} Ra5 {Lässt scheinbar eine gute
Chance passieren:} (19... Nc4 $5 20. Bf2 Bg5 21. g3 (21. Nce2 b5 {mit der
Absicht Ne7} 22. d5 $1 $13) 21... b5 (21... Ne7 $6 22. Ne4 Bxf4 23. gxf4 b5 24.
Rg1 Ng6 25. h4 $40) (21... Qe7 $5) 22. Nxb5 (22. Ne4 Bh6 $1) 22... N6a5 23. Nc3
Nb3 24. Rb1 $13) 20. Qe4 $1 {Jetzt steht Weiß besser.} g6 {Verhindert Nh5} (
20... Z0 21. Nh5 Nc4 22. Qg4 g6 23. Ne4 Nxe3 24. Nhf6+ Kg7 25. Qh4 h6 26. Qe1
Nxd1 27. Nxd7 $18) 21. Qc2 $1 {Starkes Rückehrmotiv: nun folgt Ne4 mit
größerer Kraft als vorher, weil das Feld f6 geschwächt wurde. Ich glaube, nun
steht Weiß eindeutig besser.} Qe8 ({Das erwähnte Motiv funktioniert nicht mehr:
} 21... Nc4 22. Bf2 Bg5 23. Ne4) 22. Qe2 {22.Ne4 war möglich, aber Weiß hat
Zeit...} Rd7 23. Rc2 {Es fragt sich, was passiert, wenn Schwarz nun völlig
passiv agiert, was kann Weiß machen? Aber nach den Erfahrungen der ersten
Partie entscheidet sich Ponomariov für aktives Spiel.} Nd5 $5 {So hätte Fritz
nie gespielt, auch menschliche Spieler finden den Zug zweifelhaft. Ponomariov
möchte sich nicht, wie Ivanchuk zuvor, zusammenschieben lassen.} 24. Ncxd5 exd5
25. Rdc1 f6 $1 {Hier würde passives Spiel nur Weiß in die Hände spielen.} 26.
Nd3 (26. e6 $6 Rd6 {und der Pe6 ist eher schwach als stark.}) 26... fxe5 27.
dxe5 d4 28. Bh6 g5 {Mut, Verzweiflung oder genaue Berechnung?} 29. Rxc6 $5 {
Nicht notwendig, aber stark. Auch f4 und vor allem Qd2 sind gut.} (29. Qd2 Rad5
(29... Qg6 30. Rxc6 bxc6 31. Qxa5 Qxd3 32. Qxa4) 30. Bxg5 Nxe5 31. Nxe5 Rxe5 (
31... Bxg5 32. Nxd7 Qf7 33. Qb4 Bxc1 34. Qxb7 Rxd7 35. Rxc1 $16) 32. Bf4) 29...
bxc6 30. Rxc6 Bd6 {Ich denke, bei "normalen" Zuegen gewinnt Weiss leicht, er
hat die Dame als Reserve, alle Figuren decken sich, mit h4 und dann f4, f5
gibt es eine gute Idee.} (30... Bd8 $5) 31. f4 Rf7 (31... gxf4 32. Qg4+ Kh8 33.
exd6 $18) 32. Rc1 Rxf4 $1 {Wieder spielt Ponomariov aktiv! Er rettet sich in
ein Endspiel mit Minusfigur aber ein paar Remischancen.} 33. Nxf4 Rxe5 34. Qc4+
Qf7 35. Nd3 Rf5 36. Qxf7+ (36. g3 {sollte leicht gewinnen.}) 36... Kxf7 37. h4
gxh4 38. Kg1 Ke6 {noch Kd5, c5 und Schwarz waere gerettet.} 39. Rc4 h3 $1 {
Wieder aktiv gespielt um den Preis von Material - fuer den schwarzen Koenig
wird das Feld f3freigekaempft!} 40. gxh3 {Das ist eine forcierte Variante.} Kd5
41. Rxa4 Ke4 42. Nf2+ Kf3 {Hat Ivanchuk die Figur bewusst zurueckgegeben?} 43.
Rxd4 $2 {Gibt die Figur unnoetig zurueck.} (43. Rc4 $1 {sollte gewinnen.})
43... Bc5 {Weiss steht immer noch besser.} 44. Rd2 Rf6 (44... Kg3 $5 {Ja, der
kommt in Frage.} 45. Rd3+ Rf3 46. Rxf3+ Kxf3 {Ja, Weiss hat gute Gewinnchancen.
Bei so wenig Material bin ich etwas vorsichtig.}) 45. Bg5 (45. Rc2 $5 {
vielleicht die letzte Chance. Der Lh6 kann erhalten bleiben.} Bd4 (45... Bb6
46. Bc1 (46. Rc3+ Ke2 47. Be3 {sagt Herr Fritz}))) 45... Rg6 {Jetzt gewinnt
Schwarz den Laeufer statt des Springers und hat damit das Remis fast sicher.}
46. Kf1 Rxg5 47. Rd3+ Kf4 48. Rc3 Bb6 49. b4 Rd5 50. Rd3 Rf5 {Schwarz hat es
nicht noetig den Turm zu tauschen.} 51. Nd1 c5 {Das war's endgueltig.} 52. Nc3
cxb4 53. axb4 {Haette Weiss einen Laeufer und Schwarz einen Springer, saehe
die Sache anders aus.} Ke5+ 54. Ke1 Rf4 55. Rd5+ Ke6 56. Rb5 Bc7 57. Nd5 Re4+
58. Kf2 Bd6 {Der b4 geht verloren. remis Ivanchuk hat also den Gewinn
ausgelassen. Ich scheue mich, das Glueck fuer Ponomariov zu nennen. Er hat
sich glaenzend verteidigt. Es war m.E. eine hochklassige Partie.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.01.18"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "Reeh,O"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 {In der ersten Partie spielte Ivanchuk 1...e6. Diesmal also
Sizilianisch} 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 {Die Tajmanov-Variante.} 5. Nc3
Qc7 (5... a6) 6. g3 ({Mit der gewaehlten Variante wollte Ivanchuk seinen
Gegner wahrscheinlich zu dessen eigener Erfindung einladen:} 6. Ndb5 Qb8 7. Be3
a6 8. Bb6 axb5 9. Nxb5 {usw. 1-0 Ponomariov,R-Ivanisevic,I/Batumi 1999/CBM 74 
(46). Wahrscheinlich hatte Ivanchuk etwas vorbereitet. Aber Ponomariov , mit
der Fuehrung im Ruecken, weicht aus und spielt eine ruhige, positionelle
Variante.}) 6... a6 7. Bg2 d6 8. O-O Bd7 {In diesem Abspiel entwickelt Schwarz
erst den Damenfluegel und laesst den Springer noch auf g8. Sieht etwas
ungewohnt aus, ist aber absolut spielbar.} 9. Nxc6 Bxc6 10. Re1 Be7 11. Qg4 {
So moechte Weiss ausnutzen, dass der Sg8 noch nicht auf f6 steht. Schwarz muss
jetzt etwas andere Entwicklungswege am Koenigsfluegel suchen.} h5 {Vertreibt
die weisse Dame. Aber Schwarz verzichtet damit auch auf die kurze Rochade, die
mit dem Bauern auf h5 viel zu riskant waere.} 12. Qe2 ({Nicht etwa} 12. Qxg7 $4
Bf6) 12... h4 13. a4 hxg3 14. hxg3 Rc8 (14... Nf6 15. Bf4 (15. Be3 Rc8 16. a5
e5 17. Bb6 Qd7 18. Rad1 Kf8 19. f4 Qg4 20. Qxg4 Nxg4 21. Re2 exf4 22. gxf4 Rh4
23. Rd3 {1/2-1/2 Adams,M-Lautier,J/Tilburg 1998/EXT 99 (23).}) 15... Rc8 16.
Rad1 e5 17. Bg5 Kf8 18. Bf3 g6 {1/2-1/2 Adams,M-Movsesian,S/Sarajevo 2000/CBM
77 (41). (40)}) 15. a5 {Fixiert das Loch auf b6.} (15. Bf4 e5 16. Be3 Nf6 17.
Rad1 Qd7 18. f4 Qg4 19. Qf3 Qg6 20. f5 Qg4 21. Qxg4 Nxg4 22. Bb6 Nf6 23. Bf1 g6
24. fxg6 fxg6 25. b3 Bd8 {1/2-1/2 Zhigalko,A-Jaracz,P/Polanica Zdroj 2001.})
15... Kf8 {Ein haeufige s Motiv in dieser Variante. Der Koenig kann zwar nicht
gut rochieren, will aber auch nicht in der Mitte stehen bleiben.} 16. Be3 Nf6
17. Bb6 (17. Red1 e5 18. Rd2 {1/2-1/2 Svidler,P-Movsesian,S/Polanica Zdroj
2000/CBM 79 (18).}) 17... Qb8 18. Bf3 {Mit der Idee Kg1-g2 und Te1-h1.} Nd7 (
18... e5 {gefolgt von g7-g6 und Kf8-g7 war auch eine Idee.}) 19. Bd4 Bf6 20.
Bxf6 gxf6 {Sieht erstmal seltsam aus - warum nicht Sxf6? Aber nach gxf6 hat
der schwarze Koenig etwas mehr Luft (Feld g7), ausserdem hat Schwarz nun mehr
Kontrolle ueber die Zentrumsfelder.} 21. Bg2 {Weiss will nun den f-Bauern
mobil machen.} Ne5 22. f4 Qa7+ {Ein wichtiger Zwischenzug.} ({Nach} 22... Ng6
23. Qe3 {beherrscht Weiss das Brett.}) 23. Kf1 (23. Qf2 Qxf2+ 24. Kxf2 Ng4+)
23... Ng6 24. Qf2 {Die schwarze Dame steht zu gut auf der Diagonalen und muss
getauscht werden.} Qxf2+ 25. Kxf2 {In diesem Endspiel steht Weiss wegen der
gesuenderen Bauernstruktur etwas besser. Ein Plan waere fuer ihn die
Mobilisierung der Bauernmajoritaet am Damenfluegel mit c2-c4 und b2-b4. Dazu
muesste aber erst einmal der Sc3 ziehen, und dies versteht Ivanchuk in der
Folge clever zu verhindern.} Rh5 26. Rh1 (26. Nd1 f5 {ist jetzt nicht so
ergiebig.}) 26... Rc5 {Interessante Turmueberfuehrung: Schwarz entfaltet Druck
in der c-Linie. Ausserdem wird weiter der weisse Ba5 beaeugt.} 27. Rh7 (27. Bf1
f5 {ist unangehm fuer Weiss}) 27... Ke7 28. Bf1 {Weiss will den Laeufer nach
d3 spielen, um die Schwaeche c2 zu ueberdecken.} Nf8 29. Rh8 Bb5 $1 ({
Interessant, aber vielleicht nicht voellig ausreichend ist das typische
Qualitaetsopfer} 29... Rxc3 30. bxc3 Bxe4 31. Bd3 Bxd3 32. cxd3 Rxc3 33. Rb1)
30. Bd3 ({Nicht} 30. Nxb5 Rxc2+ {, und nach}) (30. Bxb5 axb5 {haette Weiss
grosse Schwierigkeiten in der c-Linie (Schwaeche c2!).}) 30... Bxd3 31. cxd3
Nd7 32. Rxc8 Rxc8 33. d4 Rc4 34. Ra4 {Der schwarze Turm steht zu aktiv und
soll getauscht werden.} Rxa4 35. Nxa4 f5 36. exf5 exf5 {Nun hat Schwarz zwar
die isolierten Doppelbauern auf f7/ f5, aber auch die weisse Bauern neigen zur
Schwaeche. Ein Remisausgang wird immer wahrscheinlicher.} 37. Nc3 Nf6 38. d5 {
Bei allen Abwicklungen ins Bauern-Endspiel muss man beachten, dass Weiss mit
dem b-Bauern zwei Wartezuege zur Verfuegung hat.} Nd7 (38... Ne4+ $2 39. Nxe4
fxe4 40. g4 f5 41. gxf5 (41. g5 $4 {ist remis}) 41... Kf6 42. Ke3 Kxf5 43. b3 {
und da hat Schwarz den Salat: Zugzwang.}) 39. b4 Nf6 {Durch das
Springermanoever hat Schwarz die Wartezuege mit dem b-Bauern aus der Partie
genommen.} 40. Ke3 Kd7 41. Kd4 {Der Koenig deckt den Bauern d5 und macht den
Sc3 beweglich. Idee: Sc3-d1-e3 mit Angriff auf f5.} Nh5 42. Ne2 Nf6 43. Kc4 Ne4
44. b5 axb5+ 45. Kxb5 Kc7 46. Kc4 Kb8 47. Kb4 {remis} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.01.19"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 {So spielte Ponomariov auch in der zweiten Partie, wo er
mit dem Ruecken zur Wand stand und nur gerade so ueberlebte.} 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5
Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 ({In der zweite Partie spielte Ivanchuk} 6. Bd3 {
es folgte} Nc6 7. Ne2 Bg4 8. f3 Be6 9. Nbc3 Bc4 {usw. Offenbar hatte
Ponomariov irgendwo eine Verbeserung in petto, aber Ivanchuk wollte diese
nicht sehen und wich gleich ab, 6.Lb3 ist der haeufiger gespielte Zug.}) 6...
Nc6 7. Ne2 Bf5 8. Nbc3 e6 9. O-O Qd7 10. Be3 O-O-O ({RR} 10... Rd8 11. Ng3 Bg6
12. h4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Qxd4 14. Qf3 Qxh4 15. Qxb7 Bc5 16. Qc6+ Nd7 17. Rad1 Bb6
18. Rxd7 Rxd7 19. Rd1 O-O 20. Rxd7 Qxg3 21. Qxb6 Qxc3 22. bxc3 cxb6 23. Rxa7
Rc8 24. c4 h5 25. Rd7 Rc5 26. f4 b5 27. cxb5 Rxb5 28. Kf2 Rc5 {1/2-1/2 Shirov,
A-Anand,V/Dortmund 1992/CBM 29/[Ftacnik] (28)}) 11. Qc1 $146 {Ein typisches
Manoever, das aber an dieser Stelle wohl neu ist. Bisher wurde meist erst 11.
a3 gespielt.} (11. a3 {und nun z.B.:} h5 (11... f6 12. exf6 gxf6 13. Ng3 Bg6
14. Qe2 Kb8 15. Rfd1 Ne7 16. Nge4 Ned5 17. Nc5 Qe8 18. Rac1 Bh5 19. f3 Rg8 20.
Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Bxd5 exd5 22. Re1 Bd6 23. Nd3 Qe6 24. Kh1 Rde8 25. Qd2 Bxf3 26.
gxf3 Qh3 {0-1 Mohr,S-Huebner,R/SUI 1996/CBM 55 ext (26)}) 12. Ba2 h4 13. h3 f6
14. f4 g5 15. fxg5 fxg5 16. Bxg5 Be7 17. Be3 Rhg8 18. Rxf5 exf5 19. Bxg8 Rxg8
20. Qb3 Rg7 21. Rf1 Na5 22. Qc2 Nac4 23. Bc1 Bg5 24. Rxf5 Be3+ 25. Bxe3 Rxg2+
26. Kh1 Rg8 27. Bf2 Nd5 28. Qe4 {1-0 Seres,L-Fernandez,R/Budapest 2001/CBM 83
ext (28)}) 11... Nb4 {Schwarz nutz t sofort aus, dass Weiss auf a2-a3
verzichtet hat und erhoeht die Kontrolle ueber das Feld d5.} 12. Rd1 Kb8 13.
Nf4 c6 {Womit klar ist, das der von Weiss gewuenschte Durchbruch d4-d5 nicht
realisierbar ist.} 14. Qd2 h5 15. Qe2 h4 16. Rac1 Be7 17. a3 N4d5 18. Nd3 f6
19. Bd2 (19. exf6 gxf6 {waere im Sinne von Schwarz, der dann die g-Linie zum
Angriff nutzen kann.}) 19... Bxd3 20. Qxd3 f5 {Nun wird Weiss in die Defensive
gedraengt.} 21. Ne2 (21. f4 g5 {gefiel Ivanchuk nicht.}) 21... g5 22. Bc2 g4
23. b4 Rdf8 24. Rf1 Qd8 (24... f4 25. f3 h3 $5) 25. f4 gxf3 26. gxf3 {um den
Angriff auf der g-Linie zu neutralisieren.} ({Nach} 26. Rxf3 {hat Schwarz eine
Reihe von Angriffszuegen:} Bg5 (26... h3) (26... Rfg8)) 26... Rfg8+ 27. Kh1 h3
28. f4 Rg2 29. Rf3 Qg8 30. Rg3 Rxg3 {Diagramm #} 31. hxg3 {will die Linien
geschlossen halten.} (31. Qxg3 Nc4 $17) (31. Nxg3 Rh4 $17) 31... h2 {Sonst
spielt Weiss 32.Kh2.} 32. Rf1 {Der weisse Plan ist nun Tf1-f2-g2 und Df3-f2
mit Gewinn des h-Bauern.} Qg4 33. Rf2 Qh5 (33... Qh3 $5 34. Bb3 (34. Qf3 Nc4
$17) (34. Rg2 $4 Qxg2+ 35. Kxg2 h1=Q+ 36. Kf2 Rh2#) 34... Nc7 35. Qf3 Nbd5 36.
Rg2 {macht wohl keinen grossen Unterschied.}) 34. Bb3 Nc7 35. Qf3 Qh3 36. Rg2
Nbd5 37. Qf2 Nb5 38. Bxd5 {Wickelt in ein Endspiel mit Mehrbauern ab, das
Weiss aber aufgrund seines schlechten Laeufers nicht gewinnen kann.} cxd5 39.
a4 Na3 40. Rxh2 Qxh2+ 41. Qxh2 Rxh2+ 42. Kxh2 Nc4 43. Bc3 Kc7 44. Kh3 b5 45.
axb5 Kb6 46. Be1 Ne3 47. Bd2 Nc4 48. Be1 Ne3 49. Bd2 Nc4 50. Be1 Ne3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.01.21"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O {
Bereit zum Marshall-Angriff.} 8. h3 {Blatny: "Es ist eine 'moralische'
Genugtuung für jeden Marshall-Angriff-Anhänger, wenn man sieht, dass selbst
der stärkste Spieler auf der Erde lieber dieser Eröffnung ausweicht." Nun, das
hat er zu einer Partie von Kasparov gesagt, aber vielleicht kann es bald auch
für Ponomariov gelten?} (8. c3 d5 $5 {- Marshall}) 8... Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Nb8
11. Nbd2 Nbd7 12. Nf1 Re8 13. Ng3 c6 14. Nh2 {Es ist wohl keine gute Idee der
Vorgängerpartie auszuweichen.} ({RR} 14. Nf5 Bf8 15. Nh2 d5 16. Qf3 Kh8 17. Bg5
h6 18. Bh4 $16 {1-0 Shirov,A-Adams,M/Wijk aan Zee 1998/CBM 63 (40)}) 14... d5
15. Qf3 g6 $1 {Damit wird der Sg3 kaltgestellt - die Schwächung der schwarzen
Felder spielt dagegen keine Rolle.} 16. Ba2 Bf8 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bd2 Bg7 19. Ng4
Nxg4 20. hxg4 {Das weiße Spiel macht keinen überzeugenden Eindruck.} Nc5 21.
Rad1 Rc8 22. Nf1 Ne6 23. Qg3 (23. Qh3 $5) 23... Kh7 24. Nh2 f6 25. Nf3 c5 26.
Qh2 $6 (26. Qh3) 26... Nd4 $1 27. Nxd4 cxd4 28. c3 $6 ({Nach} 28. Rc1 {ist
Weiß noch im Geschäft.}) 28... dxc3 29. bxc3 dxe4 30. dxe4 Qe7 {Die weißen
Figuren sind unkoordiniert, Schwarz steht klar besser.} 31. a4 bxa4 32. Qh3 {
[%cal Gh3d7] Weiß droht jetzt 33.Lxh6! Lxh6 34.g5; wäre die Dame doch gleich
nach h3 gegangen.} Red8 {Schwarz hat keine Mühe die Drohung abzuwehren.} (32...
Z0 33. Bxh6 Bxh6 34. g5 $18) 33. Qf3 Rc7 $1 34. Bc1 Rcd7 {Es ist nicht nur der
Mehrbauer: a4 ist schon recht weit vorn, e4 ist schwach, Schwarz hat die
d-Linie.} 35. Bb1 Qe6 {[%cal Re6b3]} 36. Rxd7 Rxd7 37. Bc2 Bc6 38. Rd1 Qa2 39.
Rxd7 Bxd7 40. Qd1 Bb5 (40... Bxg4 $5 {hat Ivanchuk sicher gesehen, und bei
knapper Zeit wegen} 41. Qxg4 Qxc2 42. Bxh6 $1 {verworfen; doch es geht weiter:}
f5 (42... Qxc3 43. Bxg7 Kxg7 44. Qd7+ Kh6 45. Qxa4 a5) 43. exf5 Qxf5 44. Qxf5
gxf5 45. Bc1 Bf8 {Schwarz sollte gewinnen.}) 41. Be3 Qc4 $19 42. Kh2 Bc6 43.
Qa1 Bf8 44. Bb1 a3 (44... Bxe4 {war sicher stark genug.}) 45. f3 Qb3 46. Qa2
Ba4 $1 {Weiß kann nun nicht mehr viel ziehen; allerdings ist es für Schwarz
technisch schwierig, irgendwann den Bc3 einzusammeln - Weiß hat dann meistens
einen Damenausfall. Am besten ist wohl der Übergang ins Endspiel.} 47. Kg3 Kg7
$2 {Wirft den Gewinn weg. Vermutlich ist hier schon das Endspiel gewonnen,
aber Ivanchuk könnte auch zunächst ein paar nützliche Züge machen.} (47... Be7
48. Kh3 Kg7 49. Kh2 a5 50. Bd2 Qxa2 51. Bxa2 Bc2 52. Kg1 a4 53. Bd5 Bb3 54. Bc1
a2 55. Bb2 Ba3 56. Ba1 Bc1 {Wäre der weiße König näher dran, würde Schwarz mit
Kf8-e7-d6 gewinnen.} 57. Kf2 Bxd5 58. exd5 a3 $19) 48. Qd2 $1 g5 {Ivanchuk
verschmäht das Remis - wer will es ihm verdenken - und begibt sich in
Verlustgefahr.} (48... Qxb1 49. Bxh6+ Kg8 50. Qd5+ Kh8 51. Bxf8 Qe1+ 52. Kh2
Qh4+ $11) 49. Ba2 Qb7 50. Qd3 Be8 51. Qd5 Qxd5 (51... Qf7 52. c4 Z0 53. c5) 52.
exd5 {Objektiv sollte das Endspiel remis sein.} a5 53. c4 Bb4 54. c5 Kf8 55.
Kf2 Bb5 56. c6 Ke7 57. Ba7 Kd8 58. Bb6+ Kc8 $2 ({Nach} 58... Ke7 {sehe ich
nicht, wie Weiß Fortschritte machen will.} 59. Ke3 Ba4 60. Kd3 Bb5+ 61. Ke4 {
aber es gibt keinen Zugzwang.}) 59. Ke3 $18 a4 (59... Ba4 {war die einzige
Chance:} 60. Kd3 $1 (60. Bc4 Bd6 61. Bxa5 Bc2) 60... Bd6 (60... Bb5+ 61. Ke4
$18) 61. Bxa5 Bd1 62. Bc4 Ba4 63. Kc3 Bd1 64. Kd2 Ba4 65. Kc1 $18 {Zugzwang})
60. Ke4 Be2 61. Kf5 e4 62. Ke6 exf3 63. d6 Bxd6 64. Kxd6 {Während sich
Ponomariov das Remis in der 2. Partie mit einer starken Verteidigung verdient
hatte, ist nun dieser Punktgewinn äußerst glücklich. Die fragwürdige
Bedenkzeitregelung der FIDE verhinderte, dass Ivanchuk die Partie sauber nach
Hause fuhr. Schade auch für das Match, das nun wohl entschieden ist.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.01.22"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 {Weiß hat nun etliche Möglichkeiten (11.Be3, 11.cd5,
11.a3 etc.) und Ivanchuk dachte einige Zeit nach.} 11. Ne5 {Auch das ist ein
ganz moderner Zug.} f6 12. Nf3 Kh8 13. h3 $6 {Das ist neu, doch ich habe große
Zweifel, ob der Zug auch gut ist.} f5 $1 {Nun droht dxc4 und Weiß muss
reagieren.} ({Auch} 13... c5 {scheint okay zu sein.}) 14. a3 Nc6 15. Nxd5 ({
Nach} 15. c5 $6 {hat Schwarz am Königsflügel die Oberhand während Weiß auf der
anderen Seite noch viel Zeit braucht.}) 15... Bxd5 16. cxd5 Qxd5 $15 {Pd4 ist
schwach, Weiß hat dafür kaum Kompensation.} 17. Qa4 (17. Bf4 $5) 17... Bf6 {
[%cal Rf6d4]} 18. Rd1 Rad8 19. Be3 (19. Bc4 Qd6 20. d5 a6 21. Qc2 Ne5 {Statt
d4 ist nun d5 schwach.}) 19... f4 $1 20. Bxf4 Nxd4 21. Nxd4 Bxd4 22. Be3 c5 23.
Bxd4 $1 (23. Bf3 Rxf3 $1 24. gxf3 Ng5 $40) (23. Qxa7 Nxf2 24. Bxd4 cxd4 25. Rf1
Qe5 $19 {(Fritz)}) 23... cxd4 24. f3 d3 $5 {Nur durch die Matchsituation
bedingt wickelt Ponomariov praktisch zum Remis ab.} ({Nach} 24... Nc5 25. Qc4 (
25. Qxa7 $2 Nb3 26. Rab1 Qc6 $19 {(Fritz)}) 25... Qe5 {steht Schwarz natürlich
auch sehr gut, aber mir scheint, dass der Springer auf c5 vom Wege abgekommen
ist.}) ({Nach} 24... Ng3 $1 25. Bc4 (25. Bd3 $2 Rxf3 26. gxf3 Qxf3 $19) 25...
Qg5 26. Qxa7 {hat Schwarz viele schöne Möglichkeiten; der Springer kann nach
f5 und h5 (später nach e3, h4 und f4), auch der d-Bauer stellt für Weiß eine
große Gefahr dar. Einen Gewinn in einer gründlichen Analyse (mit Hilfe von
Fritz) nachzuweisen ist freilich etwas leichter als das praktische Spiel.}) 25.
Qxe4 $1 {Auch Ivanchuk geht kein Risiko ein.} (25. Qxa7 Nc5 26. Bf1 d2 27. b4
Nb3 28. Ra2 Rfe8 29. Qf2 Qe6 {[%cal Re6e1]} 30. Raxd2 Nxd2 31. Rxd2 Rxd2 32.
Qxd2 Qe3+ 33. Qxe3 Rxe3 $17) 25... Qxe4 26. fxe4 dxe2 27. Rd5 $1 ({Nach} 27.
Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Re1 Rd2 29. b4 (29. Kf2 $2 Rxb2 30. Rxe2 Rxe2+ 31. Kxe2 Kg8 32.
Kd3 Kf7 33. Kd4 Ke6 $19) 29... Ra2 30. Kf2 Rxa3 31. Rxe2 Rb3 32. Rc2 h6 {
kann Schwarz noch risikolos auf Gewinn spielen.}) (27. Rd5 $1 Rde8 28. Rd4 Rf4
29. Re1 Rfxe4 30. Rxe4 Rxe4 31. Kf2 Kg8) 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.01.23"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 {Immerhin eine Überraschung.} 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Nc6 {Das
erweist sich als schlechte Wahl.} 5. c4 Nb6 6. e6 fxe6 7. Nc3 g6 8. Be3 Bg7 9.
h4 $1 O-O $6 $146 ({RR} 9... e5 10. d5 Nb4 11. a3 Na6 12. h5 Bf5 13. hxg6 hxg6
14. Rxh8+ Bxh8 15. Ng5 Qc8 16. Be2 c6 17. g4 Bd7 18. Qd3 Kd8 19. c5 e4 20.
Ncxe4 Nxd5 21. cxd6 {CBM 56-6.e6 fe6 7.Nc3 g6 8.h4/Opening 1996/CBM 56/
[Ftacnik] (21)}) ({RR} 9... d5 10. c5 Nc4 11. Bxc4 dxc4 12. Qa4 Qd7 13. O-O-O
b5 14. Qxb5 Rb8 15. Qxc4 Nb4 16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Ba6 18. Rxd7 Bxc4 19. Rhd1
Rc8 20. Bg5 Nc6 21. b3 Ba6 22. Bh6 Nxe5 23. R7d4 Nf7 24. Be3 {Nunn,J-Vaganian,
R/London 1986/MCL/1-0 (36)}) 10. h5 $1 e5 11. d5 Nd4 {Das nimmt die Schärfe
aus der Stellung, aber bei anderen Zügen stände Schwarz vielleicht noch
schlechter.} 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Bxd4 $16 g5 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. h6+ Kg8 16. Qd2 e5
17. Rh5 g4 (17... Rf4 18. g3 Nxc4 19. Qc1 $18) 18. Qg5+ Qxg5 19. Rxg5+ Kh8 20.
Rg7 Rf6 21. Rxc7 Rxh6 22. b4 {Unter normalen Umständen würde Weiß natürlich
mit guten Chancen auf Gewinn weiterspielen. Doch das Remis genügt zur
Eroberung des WM-Titels, und dieses Ziel stand natürlich im Vordergrund.} (22.
b4 a5 23. bxa5 Rxa5 24. Rb1 Rc5 25. Re7 $18) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 19th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2002.02.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2002.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4
O-O 8. Bd3 f5 9. exf6 Rxf6 10. Bg5 Rf7 11. Qh5 g6 12. Qd1 Nbc6 13. Nf3 Qf8 14.
O-O c4 15. Be2 h6 16. Bc1 Bd7 {Black did quite successfully in this
complicated line in modern practice Ftacnik: 'Black players have finally found
a way to cope with the challenges of this sharp opening line. Ponomariov is
challenged to look for an advantage for his bishop's pair.'} 17. Ne1 $146 {
[%mdl 2048] A new plan, White wants to play f4 in the future. Usually White
continued here} (17. a4 {with possible continuation} Qg7 18. Qd2 Kh7 19. Ba3 g5
20. Rab1 b6 21. Bd6 Ng6 $5 $13 {><e5} (21... Nf5 22. Be5 Qg6 23. h3 $1 Rg8 24.
g4 $16 {Macieja-Schmidt (Polen 1998)})) 17... g5 18. g3 Nf5 (18... Qg7 19. f4 (
19. Ng2 $2 e5 $1 20. dxe5 Qxe5 $36 {><c3})) (18... e5 {Ftacnik} 19. dxe5 Nxe5
20. f4 gxf4 21. Bxf4 Bh3 22. Ng2 N5g6 $13) 19. Ng2 (19. f4 $5 {Ftacnik} Nd6 (
19... gxf4 {Ftacnik} 20. Bxf4 $14) 20. Bh5 (20. fxg5 {Ftacnik} Rxf1+ 21. Bxf1
Ne4 22. Be3 hxg5 23. Bg2 $14) 20... Rf5 21. Nf3 Ne4 22. Bg4 $14) 19... Qg7 20.
f4 Nd6 {[%cal Gd6e4]} 21. Qe1 (21. a4 $2 {[%cal Gc1a3]} Ne4 22. Qe1 Nxc3 $1 23.
Qxc3 Nxd4 24. Kf2 $8 gxf4 25. Nxf4 (25. gxf4 Nxe2 26. Qxg7+ Rxg7) 25... e5 $17)
(21. Bh5 {Ftacnik} Rff8 22. Bf3 Nb5 23. Bd2 gxf4 24. a4 Nbxd4 $1 25. cxd4 Qxd4+
26. Kh1 fxg3 $13) 21... b5 {[%cal Ga7a5,Gb5b4] Starting counterplay on the
Qside} ({Worth considering} 21... g4 $1 {[%cal Gc6e7,Ge7f5]} {and after} 22. a4
(22. Ne3 {Ftacnik} h5 23. h3 gxh3 24. Bxh5 Re7 $13) 22... Ne7 $5 (22... Ne4 23.
Ba3 b6 24. Ne3 h5) 23. Ba3 Nef5 24. Bxd6 Nxd6 25. Ne3 h5 $13) (21... Ne4 $2 22.
Bxc4 $1 dxc4 23. Qxe4) 22. fxg5 Rxf1+ 23. Bxf1 hxg5 24. Ne3 (24. h4 {Ftacnik}
e5 $1 25. Bxg5 exd4 26. Nf4 Re8 $15) 24... Rf8 25. Bg2 a5 (25... Be8 {Ftacnik}
26. Ng4 Nxd4 27. cxd4 Qxd4+ 28. Be3 Qxg4 29. Bc5 $1 Nf7 30. Bxf8 Kxf8 31. Qb4+
$16) 26. Bd2 Qg6 $6 {'?' Ftacnik.} ({At this moment Ivanchuk lost great chance.
He could play} 26... b4 $1 $132 {attacking white's pawn chain and starting big
and unclear complications, for example.} 27. cxb4 $142 {'!' Ftacnik.} (27. axb4
axb4 28. Ra6 bxc3 29. Bxc3 Nb5 30. Nxd5 Nxc3 31. Nxc3 (31. Qxc3 Nxd4 32. Ne7+
Kf7 $1 $19) 31... Qxd4+ 32. Kh1 Nb4 33. Ra5 Nxc2 $132) 27... axb4 (27... Nxd4
28. bxa5 $14 Nf3+ 29. Bxf3 Rxf3 30. Rb1 $16) 28. Bxb4 Nxb4 29. axb4 Qxd4 $13 {
After text Ponomariov easily got an advantage and with hard hand won game -
opportunity seldom knocks twice!} 30. c3 $14) 27. Ng4 {'!' Ftacnik. Ftacnik:
'Fine manouvering of white pieces has presented Ivanchuk with distinct
positional problems due to the weakness of the e5 square.'} Rf5 (27... Ne4 28.
Bxe4 (28. Qe3 $5 $36) (28. Rb1 $14 {Ftacnik}) 28... dxe4 29. Qe3 e5 30. Nxe5
Nxe5 31. dxe5 Rf5 32. Qa7 Qe6 33. Be3 Rxe5 34. Rd1 $16) (27... Qxc2 28. Qe3 Qg6
29. Qxg5 $16) 28. Qe3 $16 {[%csl Rg5,Rg8]} Kg7 (28... a4 {Ftacnik} 29. Rf1
Rxf1+ 30. Bxf1 $14) 29. Rb1 Kh7 30. a4 {'!?' Ftacnik.} (30. h3 $5 $16) 30...
bxa4 (30... b4 $2 {Ftacnik} 31. cxb4 axb4 32. Bxb4 Nxb4 33. Rxb4 $18) 31. Bc1 {
'!' Ftacnik.} Rf7 32. Ba3 Qxc2 $2 (32... Nf5 33. Qe2 Qg7 (33... Ncxd4 34. cxd4
Nxd4 35. Qe5) 34. Bc5 $16) (32... Ne4 $142 $13 {Ftacnik}) 33. Rc1 Qf5 34. Bh3 {
'!' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'This part of game is dominated by the tactics, black
has to part with some material. '} (34. h3 $16) 34... Ne4 (34... Nb5 35. Ne5 $1
Qxh3 (35... Qf2+ 36. Qxf2 Rxf2 37. Nxd7 Rf3 38. Bb2 a3 39. Ba1 $16) 36. Nxf7
Kg6 37. Rf1 Qxf1+ $8 38. Kxf1 Kxf7 39. Bc1 $18) 35. Ne5 Qf2+ (35... Qxh3 {
Ftacnik} 36. Nxf7 Qg4 37. Nd6 Nxc3 38. Qxc3 Qxd4+ 39. Qxd4 Nxd4 40. Kf2 $14)
36. Qxf2 Rxf2 (36... Nxf2 $5 37. Nxf7 Nxh3+ 38. Kg2 g4 39. Nd6 $16 (39. Rb1 {
Ftacnik} Kg6 40. Rb7 $16)) 37. Nxd7 Ra2 38. Bc5 Nd2 39. Bg2 (39. Bg4 $1 a3 (
39... Kg7 $5) 40. Nf8+ Kh6 41. Nxe6 Nb3 42. Rf1 $18) {Ivanchuk play his last
trump - aP} 39... a3 40. Nf8+ (40. Re1 Nb3) 40... Kh6 $2 {Ftacnik: 'The last
inaccuracy will prevent black's counterplay from exploiting it's whole
potential.'} (40... Kh8 $1 41. Re1 (41. Nxe6 $5 Nb3 42. Rf1 Rxg2+ 43. Kxg2 a2
44. Nc7 a1=Q 45. Rxa1 Nxa1 46. Nxd5) 41... Nb3 42. Bxa3 Rxa3 43. Nxe6 Nd2 44.
Rc1 $16) (40... Kg8 {Ftacnik} 41. Nxe6 Nb3 42. Rf1 Rxg2+ 43. Kxg2 a2 44. Nc7
a1=Q 45. Rxa1 Nxa1 46. Nxd5 Nb3 47. Nb6 $16) 41. Re1 $18 {'!' Ftacnik. It
seems that Black's position can no longer be saved - there are too many White'
pieces pointed at the black king, who is all alone} e5 (41... Ne4 42. Bxe4 dxe4
43. Nxe6 $18) (41... Nd8 {Ftacnik} 42. Nxe6 Nxe6 43. Rxe6+ Kg7 44. Re7+ (44.
Bxd5 {Ftacnik} Ra1+ 45. Kg2 a2 $11) 44... Kg6 45. Re1 Rc2 46. Bxa3 Rxc3 47. Bc5
$18) 42. dxe5 {[%csl Ge5]} g4 43. e6 Nf3+ 44. Bxf3 gxf3 45. Kf1 $1 {Avoiding
last trap} ({It is still open question if White can win after} 45. e7 $2 {
for example} Nxe7 46. Rxe7 (46. Re6+ Kh5 47. h3 Rg2+ 48. Kf1 Nf5 49. g4+ Kh4
50. gxf5 a2 51. Re1 Rb2 52. Ng6+ Kxh3 53. Nf4+ Kg3 54. f6 Rb1 55. Bf2+ Kxf4 56.
f7 Rxe1+ 57. Bxe1 a1=Q 58. f8=Q+ Ke4 59. Qe7+ $16) 46... Rg2+ 47. Kf1 a2 48.
Re1 $1 (48. Be3+ Kh5 49. Re5+ Kg4 50. Rg5+ Kh3 51. Rh5+ Kg4 52. Rg5+ $11) 48...
Re2 $1 (48... Rb2 49. Be3+ Kh5 50. h3 $1 {[%csl Rh5]} Re2 (50... Rb1 51. Bc1 {
[%cal Re1e5]}) 51. Ra1 Rxe3 (51... Rb2 52. Bc1 Rb1 53. Rxa2 Rxc1+ 54. Kf2 Rxc3
55. Ne6 $18) 52. Rxa2 Rxc3 53. Rxa5 $18) 49. Ra1 (49. Rc1 Rb2) 49... Rb2 50.
Be3+ Kg7 51. Bc1 Rb1 52. Rxa2 Rxc1+ 53. Kf2 Kxf8 54. Ra3 Rc2+ 55. Kxf3 Rxh2 56.
Rxa5 Rd2 $11) 1-0

[Event "Linares 19th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2002.02.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2002.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 g6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Bf4 Nc6 8. e3
O-O 9. Be2 Ne4 10. O-O Bf5 11. Nh4 Nxc3 12. Qxc3 Be4 13. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 19th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2002.02.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2002.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bc5 5. Bg2 d6 6. d3 a6 7. h3 O-O 8. O-O b5
9. a3 Rb8 10. Kh1 a5 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Be6 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 Nd4 15. Nxd4
exd4 16. g4 Re8 17. Re1 Rxe1+ 18. Qxe1 b4 19. axb4 Bxb4 20. Qc1 Rb5 21. c3 Bc5
22. c4 Rb3 23. Rxa5 g5 24. Bg3 Qb8 25. Bf1 Rxb2 26. Ra8 Qxa8 27. Qxb2 Nd7 28.
Bg2 Qa3 29. Qe2 Qc1+ 30. Kh2 Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 19th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2002.02.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2838"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2002.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O Nc6 5. c3 d5 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 e6 8. Nc3
Nge7 9. b3 O-O 10. Qd2 b6 11. Ba3 Ba6 12. Rac1 Qd7 13. Rfd1 Rfd8 14. g4 Rac8
15. h3 h6 16. e3 Kh7 17. Rc2 Ng8 18. Rdc1 Qe8 19. Ne1 Nf6 20. f4 Kg8 21. Nd3
Bxd3 22. Qxd3 Bf8 23. Bxf8 Qxf8 24. Qd2 Nb4 25. Rb2 Kg7 26. a3 Nc6 27. b4 Ne7
28. Rbc2 Ne8 29. Bf1 Nd6 30. Ba6 Rc6 31. Qd3 h5 32. Qe2 Qh8 33. Kg2 Qh7 34. g5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 19th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2002.02.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2002.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. c3 {After many years of experience with
Sveshnikov Sicilian I tend to think that most difficult part of this opening
is to handle possible transpositions.} (11. Bd3 Be6 12. O-O Bg7 (12... Bxd5
$142 13. exd5 Ne7) 13. Qh5 $1 f4 14. c4 $14) 11... Bg7 12. Bd3 Be6 13. Qh5 (13.
O-O {We reach the position from the previous annotation when White played 13.
c3 instead of the strongest 13.Qh5 followed by 14.c4.} O-O {Black doesn't
necessary need to take on d5.} (13... Bxd5 14. exd5 Ne7 15. Qh5 e4 {leads to a
very fashionable direction of Sveshnikov Sicilian for last several years.}) 14.
Qh5 f4 {is a transposition to the line which Anand used to play last year, see
14.0-0 instead of 14.exf5 from the game.}) 13... O-O (13... f4 {looks dubious
because of 14.g3.}) (13... b4 $5 {is an interesting alternative. The position
after} 14. cxb4 Bxd5 15. exd5 Nxb4 16. Qxf5 Nxd5 17. Nc4 Ne7 18. Qh5 {needs
more practical tests.}) 14. exf5 {A new try from Anand to fight against
Sveshnikov Sicilian, although it is probably the oldest line of this opening.
In the years 1975-1978 this variation was White's main attempt to play against
5. ... e5 and the final verdict was that Black is okay, so White started to
look for different ways. But as usual in such cases at one point after many
years one discovers that there is still a lot of unexplored territory and the
assessment of a certain line can be reconsidered. It is amazing that most
often after the second wave of popularity, which can last for several years,
the previous evaluation proves to be more or less correct, even if many new
ideas are found.  In the last two decades there were almost no games played on
the high level with this particular line. I've already mentioned with other
occasions that things seem to be far from clear in this line and there is
finally a game from the world top Grandmasters.} (14. O-O f4 15. Rad1 Kh8 16.
g3 {Anand's novelty, which sets Black new problems. On the other hand Black's
position proved to have sufficient resources even after this:} Rg8 17. Kh1 Bf8
18. Be2 Rg5 19. Qf3 f5 20. gxf4 exf4 (20... fxe4 21. Qxe4 Bf5 22. Qe3 $13 {
1/2-1/2 Anand,V-Leko,P/Wijk aan Zee 2001 (34)}) 21. Nxf4 Bxa2 22. c4 (22. exf5
Rxf5 23. Qe4 Rf7 24. Bh5 Rf6 25. c4 Ne5 26. c5 Rc8 27. cxd6 Bxd6 $17 {0-1
Anand,V-Topalov,V/Monte Carlo 2001 (30)}) 22... fxe4 23. Qxe4 Qe8 24. Bf3 Qxe4
25. Bxe4 Rc8 26. Ne6 Re5 27. Bxc6 Rxc6 28. Nxf8 b4 29. Nc2 Bxc4 $13 {/= 1-0
Anand,V-Hernandez,G/Merida 2001 (53)}) 14... Bxd5 15. f6 h6 $5 {It is amazing
that this natural move wasn't played in the GM practice before.} (15... e4 16.
fxg7 Re8 17. Be2 Re5 18. Qh6 {is the main line and we can only guess what had
Anand in mind here.}) 16. fxg7 (16. Qf5 {This move can transposes to the main
line from the previous comment, with the insignificant factor that black pawn
is on h6 instead of h7. What is more important, is that White doesn't have the
move Qh6 after being attacked with Re5:} e4 17. fxg7 Re8 18. Be2 Re5 19. Qf4 (
19. Qh3 Qg5 $15) 19... Qg5 20. Qxg5 Rxg5 (20... hxg5 $5) 21. Nc2 {The endgame 
(which can arise after 15. ... e4 as well) is slightly better for White.} Be6
22. Ne3 d5 23. f4 exf3 24. Bxf3 Ne5 25. O-O Rd8 26. Rad1 d4 27. cxd4 Nxf3+ 28.
Rxf3 Bxa2 {1/2-1/2 Diaz,J-Bletz,H/Germany 1995}) 16... Kxg7 17. Nc2 (17. Qf5 $6
Qg5 $1 {ignoring the 'threat"} 18. Qxg5+ (18. Qh7+ $2 Kf6 {it turns out that
White achieves nothing witpushing the king to f6. More than that, now White
queen is in trouble on h7.}) 18... hxg5 19. Nc2 Be6 20. a4 bxa4 21. Rxa4 a5 22.
Kd2 f5 23. Rha1 Rab8 $15 {1/2-1/2 Tokmachev,M-Samojlov,A/Serpukhov 1999 (39)})
(17. h4 $5 {This is a serious alternative to the text. White takes away square
g5 from black queen and prepares Rh3-g3.} Be6 18. g4 Rh8 19. Nc2 Qd7 20. g5 Ne7
21. gxh6+ Rxh6 22. Rg1+ Ng6 23. Qg5 Rah8 24. O-O-O Rh5 25. Qg3 R8h6 26. f4 $1
$40 {1-0 Gunnlaugsson,G-Stoere,T/Nordic-chT5 corr 1993 (34)}) 17... Be6 18. Ne3
(18. a4 {This is an option to be considered, since in the game Black was more
than okay.} f5 $5 $13 (18... bxa4 $6 19. Rxa4 a5 20. Ne3 $36)) 18... d5 19. h4
(19. Bf5 Qg5) 19... Qf6 20. Bf5 Bxf5 21. Nxf5+ Kh7 22. Rd1 (22. Rh3 Qg6) 22...
Rad8 23. Rh3 Qg6 24. Qxg6+ fxg6 25. Ne3 d4 $15 {White's opening strategy
failed and he ended up in a slightly inferior endgame, which Anand hold rather
easy.} 26. Nc2 Rf4 27. Rd2 h5 28. b3 Rd5 ({Deserved attention the following
plan:} 28... Kg7 29. Kd1 a5 30. Ke1 b4 31. cxd4 exd4 32. Kd1 Ne5 33. Ne1 Kf6 (
33... Rc8 34. Nd3 Nxd3 35. Rhxd3 Rxh4 36. Rxd4 Rh1+ 37. Ke2 $11) 34. Ke2 Rc8
$15 {/-/+} 35. Nd3 $140 $2 Re4+ 36. Kd1 Rc3 {with a big advantage.}) 29. Kd1
Kg7 30. Ke1 a5 31. Kd1 Kf6 32. Ke1 Rc5 33. cxd4 exd4 34. Kd1 Rd5 35. Ne1 Ne5
36. Ke2 Re4+ 37. Kd1 Rf4 38. Ke2 Re4+ (38... Rc5 39. Nd3 Re4+ 40. Re3 $1 $11 (
40. Kd1 Rc3) 40... dxe3 41. Nxc5 Rxh4 $11) 39. Kd1 a4 (39... Rc5 40. Nc2 Rd5
41. Ne1) 40. Nd3 axb3 41. axb3 Nxd3 42. Rdxd3 Ke5 43. Rdg3 Rg4 44. Kd2 Rc5 45.
f3 Rxg3 46. Rxg3 Kf6 47. Kd3 Rc3+ 48. Kxd4 Rxb3 49. Rg5 Rb4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 19th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2002.03.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2002.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hecht} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3
O-O 8. a4 Bb7 9. d3 Re8 10. Na3 Bxa3 11. bxa3 d5 $1 12. exd5 (12. Bg5 dxe4 13.
dxe4 h6 14. Qxd8 Rexd8 15. Bxf6 gxf6 $11) 12... Nxd5 13. Bb2 $6 {The vision of
the play along the diagonal a1-h8 is very attractive, but his move is deeply
suspicious.} (13. Bd2 Qd7 14. axb5 axb5 15. c4 bxc4 16. dxc4 Nf6 17. Bg5 $14) (
13. Ng5 $5 bxa4 14. Bxa4 h6 15. Ne4 $14) 13... Nf4 $1 14. Bc1 (14. Qd2 Qf6 15.
Qe3 Qf5 $15) 14... Nxg2 $6 (14... Nd4 $5 15. Nxd4 (15. Bxf4 Bxf3 16. gxf3 exf4
$17) 15... Nxg2 $1 16. Qh5 (16. Ne2 Qh4 17. Ng3 Qh3 $19) 16... Nxe1 17. Bxf7+
Kf8 18. Bb3 Qf6 $17) 15. Ng5 $1 Nxe1 (15... Nd4 $5 16. Bxf7+ Kf8 17. Qh5 (17.
Ba2 g6 $1 (17... Qxg5 $2 18. Bxg5 Nxe1 19. Qh5 $16) 18. Nf7 Qh4 19. Bh6+ Qxh6
20. Nxh6 Nxe1 $15) 17... Nf3+ 18. Nxf3 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Nxe1 20. Qf5 Qf6 21. Qxf6
gxf6 22. Bxe8 Kxe8 23. Bb2 $11) 16. Qh5 $1 Qd7 (16... h6 17. Nxf7 (17. Bxf7+
Kh8 18. Qg6 Nf3+ $17) 17... Qf6 18. Ng5+ Kh8 19. Nf7+ $11) 17. Bxf7+ Kf8 18.
Be3 $1 {[%mdl 2048] Ivanchuk is making miracles in the endangered position and
frustrated Adams is even falling into problem zone.} (18. Nxh7+ $6 Ke7 19. Bg5+
Kd6 20. Rxe1 Nd4 21. Kf1 Qc6 22. Qg6+ (22. Re4 Qxc2 23. Rxd4+ exd4 24. Bf4+ Kd7
25. Bxe8+ Rxe8 $19) 22... Re6 23. Qe4 Qxe4 24. dxe4 Nxc2 25. Rd1+ Nd4 26. Bxe6
Kxe6 $17) 18... Nd4 19. Rxe1 Nf3+ (19... g6 20. Qh6+ Ke7 21. Qh4 Qc6 22. f3 $13
) 20. Kf1 $1 (20. Nxf3 Qxf7 21. Bc5+ Kg8 22. Qxf7+ Kxf7 23. Nxe5+ Kg8 $17)
20... Nxg5 21. Bc5+ (21. Bxe8 Rxe8 22. Bxg5 Qc6 23. axb5 $11) 21... Re7 22.
Rxe5 Nxf7 23. Rxe7 Qxe7 24. Bxe7+ Kxe7 {Hecht: '[#] Materiell ist Schwarz
etwas im Vorteil, der aber bald verschwindet, da ihm etliche Bauern abhanden
kommen. Zudem gibt es Dissonanzen im Zusammenspiel seiner Figuren. Daher geht
Iwantschuk nicht auf Remis durch Dauerschach aus.'} 25. Qc5+ $1 Kd7 (25... Ke6
26. Qxc7 Bd5 27. Qb6+ Nd6 28. Qe3+ Kd7 29. Qe5 Bf7 30. Qxg7 Rc8 $14) 26. Qd4+
Ke7 (26... Nd6 {Hecht} 27. Qxg7+ Kc6 28. Qxh7 $16) 27. Qxg7 bxa4 $2 (27... Bd5
$1 28. Qxh7 (28. Qd4 c6 $11) 28... Rh8 29. Qf5 c6 $11) 28. Qc3 $1 Kd7 29. Qd4+
Nd6 30. Qxa4+ Ke6 31. Qg4+ Nf5 32. Qc4+ Bd5 $2 {Nobody was envying black's
defensive task, but after this move white connected passed pawns on c and d
files will become unstoppable.} (32... Kd7 33. Qf7+ Ne7 34. Qxh7 $16 {und
gegen die Einzelfreibauern kann Schwarz eher kämpfen als gegen die verbundenen
wie im Text.}) 33. Qxc7 {'+-' Hecht.} h5 34. c4 Bh1 (34... Bf3 {Hecht} 35. Qf4
Bb7 36. d4 $18) 35. f4 Rf8 (35... Ne7 36. Qe5+ Kd7 37. f5 Rf8 38. Qe6+ Kd8 39.
Qd6+ Ke8 40. f6 $18) 36. Qb6+ Kf7 (36... Kd7 37. Qa7+ Kd8 38. Qxa6 $18) 37.
Qa7+ Ne7 38. Qxa6 Rb8 39. d4 Rb1+ 40. Ke2 Rb2+ 41. Kd3 Rb3+ 42. Kd2 Rh3 43. d5
$1 Rxh2+ 44. Kd3 Nxd5 45. cxd5 Bxd5 46. f5 {Black is finding no respite even
after piece sacrifice, in fact he will lose yet more material.} (46. Qa7+ Ke6
47. f5+ $1 Kxf5 48. Qc5 Ke6 49. Qc8+ Kf6 50. Qd8+ Ke6 51. Qg8+ $18) 46... Ra2
47. Qa7+ Kf6 (47... Kg8 48. Qb8+ Kg7 49. Qc7+ $18) 48. Qd4+ Kg5 49. Qxd5 Rxa3+
50. Ke4 1-0

[Event "Linares 19th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2002.03.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2002.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Qa4+ Nc6 5. Nc3 Nd5 6. Qxc4 Nb6 7. Qb3 (7.
Qd3 e5 8. dxe5 (8. Nxe5 Nb4 (8... Qxd4 9. Nxc6 Qxd3 10. exd3 bxc6 11. Be2 Bf5
12. O-O O-O-O 13. Ne4 Kb7 14. a3 Be7 15. Be3 Nd5 16. Bd2 Rhe8 17. Bf3 Nf6 18.
Bc3 Rxd3 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Rac1 Bd7 21. Nc5+ Bxc5 22. Rxc5 {1/2-1/2 Reshevsky,
S-Portisch,L/Tel Aviv 1964/MCD (22)}) 9. Qb1 (9. Qd1 Qxd4 10. Qxd4 Nc2+ 11. Kd1
Nxd4 12. e3 Ne6 {1/2-1/2 Davies,N-Stempin,P/Polanica Zdroj 1989/EXT 97 (12)})
9... Qxd4 10. Nf3 Qd6 11. e4 Bg4 12. a3 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Nc6 14. Nb5 Qe7 15. Be3
O-O-O 16. Bh3+ Kb8 17. O-O Qh4 18. Kg2 a6 19. Nc3 Rd6 20. Ne2 Nc4 21. Bf4 Rg6+
22. Bg3 Nd2 $19 {0-1 Conquest,S-Dlugy,M/New York 1984/MCD (32)}) (8. e3 exd4 9.
Nxd4 Nxd4 10. exd4 Be7 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O Be6 13. Rd1 c6 14. Bf4 Re8 15. Bf3
Nd5 $15 {0-1 Ritter,M-Dlugy,M/New York 1993/TD (58)}) 8... Qxd3 9. exd3 Nb4 (
9... Bg4 10. Bf4 Bc5 11. Be2 O-O-O 12. d4 Be7 13. O-O-O Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Nxd4 15.
Bg4+ Kb8 16. Be3 Ne6 $14 {1-0 Bewersdorff,O-Szymczak,Z/BL2-O 1994/GER-chT2 (52)
}) 10. Kd1 Bf5 11. Ne1 O-O-O 12. a3 Nc6 13. f4 Bc5 14. Nf3 Nc4 15. Kc2 Ne3+ 16.
Bxe3 Bxe3 17. g3 Bg4 18. Ng5 Nd4+ 19. Kb1 Rhf8 20. Nd1 Bd2 21. Nf2 Bf5 22. Bh3
Bxh3 23. Nfxh3 f6 24. exf6 gxf6 25. Ne4 Ba5 26. b4 Bb6 27. Ra2 f5 28. Nc3 Rfe8
$44 {0-1 Goormachtigh,J-Velikov,P/Haifa 1989/EU-chT (36)}) 7... e5 $146 (7...
Be6 8. Qd1 Bg4 9. d5 Nb8 10. Ne5 Bc8 11. e4 $16 {0-1 Pacheco,D-Vasta,E/Mar del
Plata op-28 Mar del Plata 1997 (38)}) (7... Bg4 8. d5 Bxf3 9. gxf3 Nd4 10. Qd1
e5 11. e3 Nf5 12. f4 Bb4 13. e4 Nd6 14. Bg2 Qh4 15. fxe5 Nxe4 16. Qd4 Nxd5 17.
Bxe4 Rd8 18. Bd2 O-O 19. Nxd5 Bxd2+ 20. Kxd2 Rxd5 21. Qxd5 Rd8 22. Qxd8+ Qxd8+
23. Ke3 $18 {1-0 Bukal,V-Hansen,L/Sitges op 1999 (38)}) 8. dxe5 (8. Nxe5 $5
Nxe5 (8... Be6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Qd1 $16) 9. dxe5 Be6 10. Qc2 Qd4 11. g3 (11. f4
O-O-O 12. e3 Qb4 $44) 11... Qxe5 (11... Bb4 12. Bg2 O-O-O 13. O-O Qxe5 14. Bf4
$36) 12. Bf4 Qc5 13. Bg2 O-O-O 14. Rc1 (14. O-O Nd5 $11) 14... Bd6 15. Bxd6
Qxd6 16. O-O $36) 8... Be6 9. Qc2 Nd4 10. Qd3 (10. Nxd4 Qxd4 11. g3 $5) 10...
Bc5 11. e3 (11. Nxd4 Qxd4 12. Be3 (12. Qxd4 Bxd4 13. f4 Bxc3+ (13... Nc4 14.
Nb5 Bb6 15. e4 $16) 14. bxc3 Na4 15. Bd2 O-O-O $44) 12... Qxe5 13. Qb5+ Nd7 $11
) 11... Nxf3+ 12. gxf3 Qxd3 13. Bxd3 O-O-O 14. Be2 (14. Bc2 $5 Nc4 15. f4)
14... Bb4 15. Bd2 Na4 16. a3 (16. Rg1 g6 $11) 16... Bxc3 17. Bxc3 Nxc3 18. bxc3
Rd5 19. f4 Rc5 20. Rc1 (20. Rc1 Ra5 21. Ra1 Rc5 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 19th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2002.03.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2002.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
Bb7 9. d3 Re8 10. Nbd2 Bf8 11. c3 Na5 12. Ba2 c5 13. d4 d6 14. b4 exd4 15. bxa5
dxc3 16. Nf1 Nxe4 17. axb5 axb5 18. a6 Bc6 19. Rxe4 Bxe4 20. Bxf7+ Kxf7 21.
Ng5+ Kg8 22. Nxe4 Qc8 23. Nxc3 Rxa6 24. Rb1 b4 25. Nd5 Ra7 26. Rb3 Ra1 27. h3
Re5 28. Nf4 Qe8 29. Rf3 c4 30. Kh2 b3 31. Qd2 d5 32. Ne3 Bd6 33. g3 Qc6 34. Ng4
d4 35. Qxd4 Re4 36. Qxa1 1-0

[Event "Linares 19th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2002.03.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2002.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O d6 7. c4 Be7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. f4 Re8 10. Kh1 Nbd7 11. Qe2 g6 (11... Nf8 12. Nf3 N6d7 13. Bd2 Ng6 14.
Qf2 b6 15. Rae1 Bb7 16. a3 Rc8 17. b4 Rf8 18. Ne2 Nf6 19. Ng3 e5 20. fxe5 Ng4
21. Qe2 N6xe5 22. Nxe5 Nxe5 23. Nf5 {1-0 Rodriguez,A-Darga,K/Buenos Aires 1978/
(35)}) (11... Qc7 12. Bd2 (12. Nf3 e5 13. f5 Nc5 14. Bc2 b5 15. b4 Ncd7 16. Nd5
Qd8 17. Bd3 bxc4 18. Bxc4 Bb7 19. Nxe7+ Rxe7 20. Nd2 {1/2-1/2 Kruszynski,
W-Adamski,J/Warsaw 1981/ (33)}) 12... g6 13. Rae1 e5 14. Nc2 exf4 15. Bxf4 Qd8
16. Ne3 Nh5 17. Ncd5 Nxf4 18. Nxe7+ Rxe7 19. Rxf4 Nb6 20. Ref1 Be6 21. Qd2 Nd7
22. Nf5 {1-0 Howell,J-Kovacevic,S/Cannes 1995/ (50)}) 12. Bd2 $5 {Instructive
detail, Ivanchuk will finish the development of pieces without ever losing
control of the touchy square f4.} (12. b3 Bf8 13. Bb2 e5 $1 14. Nc2 exf4 15.
Rxf4 Ne5 16. Ne3 Bg7 $11) 12... Bf8 13. Rad1 Nh5 (13... e5 14. Nf3 $14) 14. Nf3
$1 (14. f5 $6 exf5 15. Nxf5 Ne5 16. Bc2 Bxf5 17. exf5 Qh4 $15) 14... b6 15. e5
Bb7 16. Ng5 Ng7 (16... Qc7 $5 17. Nxh7 dxe5 18. Nxf8 Rxf8 19. f5 exf5 20. Bxf5
Ndf6 21. Bc2 Rfe8 22. Ba4 Re7 23. Bg5 $14) 17. Be4 Qc7 18. Qf3 $1 {White is
forcing the opponent to exchange on e4, the position is becoming critical for
Vallejo.} Bxe4 19. Ncxe4 h6 (19... Qxc4 20. Rc1 Qxa2 21. Rc7 d5 22. Rxd7 (22.
Nc3 Qxb2 23. Rxd7 Re7 $14) 22... dxe4 23. Nxe4 Red8 24. Nf6+ Kh8 25. Bc3 $40)
20. exd6 Qd8 (20... Qxc4 21. Rc1 Qb5 22. Rc7 Rad8 23. Rxd7 Rxd7 24. Nf6+ Kh8
25. Bc3 Red8 26. a4 $1 Qc4 (26... Qxa4 27. Qh3 $18) 27. b3 $18) 21. Qh3 $1 (21.
Bc3 f5 $1 $11) 21... hxg5 (21... Nf5 22. Bc3 f6 23. Nf3 Ne3 24. Ne5 Nxd1 25.
Nxd7 $18) 22. fxg5 e5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] The defense was extremely ungrateful
task after white's piece sacrifice, but this mistake is simply terminating the
fight.} (22... Nf5 23. Bc3 Bg7 24. g4 Bxc3 25. Qxc3 Rc8 26. Rd3 $1 $18) 23.
Qxd7 1-0

[Event "Linares 19th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2002.03.07"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2838"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2002.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. a3 Be7 8. Be3
O-O 9. Rc1 Nc6 10. Be2 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 d6 12. O-O Rb8 13. Qb6 Qxb6 14. Bxb6 Bd7
15. Rfd1 Rfc8 16. b4 Be8 17. Ba7 Ra8 18. Be3 Nd7 19. Na4 Rc6 20. f3 Kf8 21. Kf2
h6 22. g3 Rc7 23. Bf4 Rc6 24. Be3 Rc7 25. Bf4 Rc6 26. h4 Ra7 27. Nc3 Ra8 28.
Na4 Ra7 29. Nc3 Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 19th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2002.03.08"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2002.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. Qc2 {So kann Weiß die
populäre 6.0-0 dxc4 7.Qc2 a6-Variante vermeiden.} c5 {Das ist klar die beste
Möglichkeit für Schwarz - er möchte sofort die Zentrumsstellung klären. Die
schwarze strategische Pointe ist, dass nach} 7. dxc5 (7. cxd5 cxd4 8. dxe6 $6
Bxe6 {der schwarze d4-P zwar isoliert, aber auch sehr stark ist.}) 7... Qa5+ 8.
Nc3 dxc4 9. O-O {Weiß kümmert sich nicht um den c5-Bauern und strebt eine
schnelle Figurenentwicklung an.} (9. Nd2 Qxc5 (9... Nc6 $5 10. Nxc4 Qxc5 11. b3
Nb4 12. Qb1 Nfd5 $11) 10. Na4 Qa5 11. Qxc4 e5 (11... Bd7 $2 12. Bxb7 $1 Bxa4
13. Bxa8 Nbd7 14. Bg2 Ne5 15. Qf4 Nh5 16. Qe3 Bc5 17. b4 $1 $16 {1-0 Horvath,
C-Yu Shaoteng/Budapest 2000/CBM 76/[Ribli] (24)}) (11... Nc6) 12. O-O Nc6 13.
Nb3 Qb4 14. Qxb4 Nxb4 15. Bd2 Bg4 16. Rac1 Bxe2 17. Nbc5 Nd3 18. Nxd3 Bxd3 19.
Rc7 {1-0 Horvath,C-Radocaj,D/Pula 2000/CBM 78 ext (43)}) 9... Nc6 (9... Qxc5
10. Bg5 (10. Be3 Qh5 11. Ne4 Nxe4 12. Qxe4 Nc6 13. Qxc4 e5 14. Rfd1 Be6 15. Qb5
Rab8 16. Rac1 f6 17. Qa4 Qf7 {1/2-1/2 Wojtkiewicz,A-Van Buskirk,C/Philadelphia
2001/EXT 2002 (42)}) (10. Rd1) 10... Bd7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Ne4 Qe7 13. Qxc4 Bc6
14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Nd4 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Nd7 17. Rfd1 Nb6 18. Qb3 Rad8 19. Nb5 Nc8
20. a4 h6 21. Rac1 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Rd8 23. Nc3 {1/2-1/2 Tukmakov,V-Ribli,Z/Bled
2001/EXT 2002 (23)}) 10. Bg5 Qxc5 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 {Das ist die natürliche
Antwort, aber die scharfe Alternative 11..gxf6 kommt auch in Betracht.} (11...
gxf6 12. Ne4 Qb4 $13) 12. Ne4 Qe7 13. Rfd1 {[%cal Gd1d8] Schwarz hat einen
Bauern mehr, aber - wie gewöhnlich in der Katalanischen Eröffnung - hat sein
c8-B Entwicklungsprobleme.} (13. Nfd2 Rd8 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Ne4 Qe5 16. Rfd1
Bd7 17. Qxc4 Be8 18. Nc5 {1/2-1/2 Adamski,J-Lyrberg,P/Copenhagen 1998/CBM 65
ext (18)}) (13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Nd2 e5 15. Nxc4 Bf5 $15) 13... b5 {Schwarz
verteidigt seinen Plusbauern - wenn er noch zu Bb7 kommt, hätte er eine viel
bessere Stellung.} (13... Rb8 $5 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Nd2 e5 16. Nxc4 Bf5 $11)
14. a4 Ba6 $146 {Der Läufer steht - auf den ersten Blick - sehr schlecht auf
a6, aber Schwarz verteidigt den b5-Bauern und gleichzeitig entwickelt er den
Läufer.} (14... Rb8 15. axb5 Rxb5 16. Qxc4 Rb6 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. Nd2 Bb7 19.
b3 Ne5 20. Qd4 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Nc6 22. Qe3 Rfb8 23. Ne4 Qe7 24. Nc5 {1-0
Romanishin,O-Shneider,A/Kherson 1989/CBM 16 (35)}) 15. Nxf6+ (15. Rd6 Rac8 16.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 {Das wäre - mit Zugumstellung - unsere Hauptfortsetzung.}) (15. Nfg5
Bxg5 16. Nxg5 Qxg5 17. Bxc6 Rad8 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 19. axb5 Bxb5 20. Bxb5 Qxb5 21.
Rxa7 $11) 15... Qxf6 16. Rd6 {[%mdl 2048]} (16. Ng5 Qxg5 17. Bxc6 Rad8 18. Rxd8
Rxd8 19. axb5 Bxb5 20. Bxb5 Qxb5 21. Rxa7 $11) 16... Rac8 17. Nd2 Nd4 (17...
Bb7 18. axb5 Nb4 (18... Nd4 19. Rxd4 Bxg2 (19... Qxd4 20. Bxb7 $18) 20. Rf4 $18
(20. Rxc4 $16)) 19. Qc3 Qxc3 20. bxc3 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Nd5 22. Ra3 $14) (17... Nb4
18. Qc3 Qxc3 19. bxc3 Rfd8 20. Ne4 Rxd6 21. Nxd6 $36) {[#]} 18. Qd1 $13 {
Es scheint, dass Weiß gewinnt, denn es droht 19.Ne4 und es hängt der a6B.} (18.
Qe4 Nf5 19. Rxa6 Qxb2 {[%csl Gb2]} 20. axb5 Qxd2 21. R6a2 $15) 18... Rcd8 $1 {
[%mdl 64]} 19. Ne4 (19. Rxa6 Nb3 $19 {[%cal Rd8d1,Rb3a1]}) 19... Qe5 20. f4 (
20. Rxa6 Nb3 21. Qe1 Nxa1 22. Qxa1 b4 $13) 20... Qxd6 $8 {Schwarz muss die
Dame opfern.} 21. Nxd6 Rxd6 22. e3 Nf5 23. Qe1 {Schwarz hat Turm, Springer und
Bauern gegen die Dame - in dieser sehr zweischneidigen Stellung wurde die
Partie Remis gegeben.} (23. Qe1 bxa4 24. Rxa4 Rb8 $13) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 19th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2002.03.10"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2002.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O d6 7. c4 {Dieser
Zug ist die eigentliche Idee der Variante 5.Bd3 - in der Variante 5.Nc3 kann
Weiß nicht c2-c4 spielen. - Weiß kontrolliert hier mehr Raum und hat die
Initiative.} b6 (7... Be7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. f4 Re8 10. Kh1 Nbd7 11. Qe2 g6 12. Bd2
Bf8 13. Rad1 {So verlief die Partie Ivamchuk - Vallejo Pons in der 10. Runde
des Turniers.}) 8. Nc3 Bb7 9. f4 (9. Qe2 Nc6 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Rad1
Nd7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Bc2 Nf6 15. Qe3 Qc7 16. Qg3 {1-0 Stefansson,H-Ionescu,C/
Yerevan 1996/EXT 97 (39)}) 9... Be7 10. f5 {Dieser sofortige Bauernvorstoß ist
gefährlich für Schwarz - er muss jetzt sofort reagieren, denn sonst hängt der
Pe6.} (10. Qe2 O-O 11. Kh1 Nc6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. b3 Nd7 14. Bb2 Re8 $5 15. Rad1
Qc7 16. Bb1 Rad8 17. Qc2 Bb7 {0-1 Vallejo Pons,F-Bakhtadze,G/Yerevan 1999/CBM
72 ext (40)}) 10... Nc6 {Schwarz spielt natürlich nicht 11...e5, wonach das
Feld d5 ein großes positionelles Loch würde. Mit dem Textzug beabsichtigt
Schwarz vielmehr, den Nd4 abzutauschen.} (10... e5 $2 11. Nc2 h6 12. Be3 Nbd7
13. b4 Rc8 14. a4 O-O 15. Qf3 a5 16. b5 Qc7 17. g3 {1-0 Papaioannou,
I-Gelashvili,T/Ikaria 1998/EXT 2000 (38)}) 11. Be3 (11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. fxe6 fxe6
13. Qf3 O-O 14. Qh3 e5 (14... Qd7 {Dieser Zug sieht verdächtig aus, aber ich
kann keine konkrete Wiederlegung entdecken.}) 15. Bg5 Bd7 16. Qg3 Kh8 17. Qh4
Be8 18. Nd5 Bg6 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Qg4 {1-0 Kremenietsky,A-Anikaev,Y/Moscow
1990/EXT 2000 (40)}) 11... Nxd4 12. Bxd4 O-O $11 {[%mdl 4] Dieser Zug wirkt
viel logischer als die Alternative 11...e5. Weiß hat Raumvorteil, aber in der
schwarzen Stellung gibt es keine Schwächen.} (12... e5 13. Be3 O-O 14. Qf3 b5
15. cxb5 axb5 16. Bxb5 d5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Qg3 Rxa2 20. Rxa2
Bxa2 {1/2-1/2 Matulovic,M-Adamski,J/Vrnjacka Banja 1985/EXT 99 (20)}) 13. fxe6
(13. Qe2) 13... fxe6 14. Qe2 (14. e5 dxe5 15. Bxe5 Qe8 $11 {[%csl Gb7][%cal
Ge8c6,Gb7g2,Ga8d8,Gd8d1] Weiß hat die bessere Bauernstruktur, aber sein
Königsflügel ist ein wenig geschwächt. Der Bb7 steht sehr stark.}) 14... Kh8 {
Ein guter prophylaktischer Zug - Schwarz bringt seinen König in Sicherheit.} (
14... Nd7 15. Qg4 $14) 15. Rad1 (15. e5 dxe5 16. Bxe5 Qd7 (16... Bc5+ 17. Kh1
Bd4 18. Rad1 Bxe5 19. Qxe5 Qe8 20. Ne2 $14) 17. Rad1 Qc6 $11) 15... Nd7 {
[%cal Gd7c5,Gd7e5] Damit verbessert Schwarz seine Springerstellung. Hier wäre
16.e5 nicht besonders gut.} 16. Rxf8+ Qxf8 17. Na4 Bf6 $1 (17... Qd8 $6 18. Qh5
$36) 18. Bxf6 (18. Bxb6 $4 Nxb6 19. Nxb6 Bd4+ {[%cal Rd4b6,Rd4g1]}) (18. Be3 $5
) 18... Qxf6 19. Qe3 Rd8 20. b4 (20. Nxb6 Qxb2 21. Rb1 (21. Nxd7 Rxd7 $11)
21... Qe5 22. Nxd7 Rxd7 23. Qa7 Qc5+ (23... Bc8 24. Rb8 Qa1+ 25. Bf1 Rd8 $11)
24. Qxc5 dxc5 $11) 20... a5 $1 21. Nxb6 axb4 22. Rf1 Qh6 $5 {Schwarz fürchtet
sich nicht davor, einen Doppelbauern auf der h-Linie zu bekommen.} (22... Qe7
23. Nxd7 Rxd7 (23... Qxd7 24. Qb6 Ra8 25. Qxb4 $16) 24. Rb1 $16) 23. Qxh6 gxh6
24. Nxd7 Rxd7 25. Rb1 {[%csl Rb4][%cal Rb1b4]} Ba6 26. Rxb4 d5 $1 $132 {
Das ist die Pointe des schwarzen Spiels.} 27. Ra4 (27. exd5 exd5 28. Ra4 Bxc4
29. Bxc4 dxc4 30. Rxc4 Rd1+ 31. Kf2 Rd2+ $11) 27... Bxc4 28. Bxc4 dxc4 29. Rxc4
$14 {[%mdl 4096] Weiß hat (noch) einen Bauern mehr und Schwarz hat einen
Doppelbauern auf der h-Linie zu beklagen. Da aber das Material schon stark
reduziert ist, hat Dr.Tarrasch in diesem Fall wieder einmal Recht mit seinem
Ausspruch "Alle Turmendspiele sind Remis". Weiß steht besser, aber sein
Vorteil ist - bei guter schwarzer Verteidigung - nicht zu verwerten.} Rd1+ 30.
Kf2 Rd2+ {[%cal Rd2a2,Rd2h2]} 31. Kg3 Rxa2 32. Rc6 Ra3+ (32... e5 $2 33. Rxh6
$16) 33. Kh4 Ra2 34. Kh3 Ra3+ 35. g3 Ra2 {[%cal Ga2h2]} 36. Rxe6 h5 37. Re7 (
37. Re5 Re2 38. Rxh5 Rxe4 $11) 37... Re2 $1 {[%csl Ge2,Rh3][%cal Ge2e4,Ge2h2]
Der Turm steht ausgezeichnet auf e2 - er kontrolliert den e-Bauern und auch
den Ph2. Der weiße König steht zu seinem Unglück sehr auf h3.} 38. e5 (38. Kh4
Rxh2+ 39. Kg5 Rh3 $11) 38... h6 39. Re8+ (39. Kh4 $4 Rxh2#) (39. e6 Kg8) 39...
Kg7 40. Re7+ Kg6 41. e6 Kf6 42. Re8 Kg6 (42... Rxe6 $4 43. Rxe6+ Kxe6 44. Kh4
$18) 43. e7 Kg7 $22 $11 {Nach diesem Zug befindet sich Weiß quasi in Zugzwang
- er kann seine Stellung nicht mehr verbessern.} (43... Kf7 $4 44. Rh8 $18) 44.
g4 hxg4+ (44... Re3+ 45. Kh4 hxg4 $11) 45. Kxg4 Kf7 46. Rh8 {Weiß gewinnt zwar
noch den h-Bauern, aber die Stellung ist theoretisch Remis.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 11th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2002.03.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2002.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 Ne4 6. Nxe4 Bxe4 7. e3 Be7 8. Bd3
Bxd3 9. Qxd3 d6 10. O-O O-O 11. b4 Nd7 12. Bb2 Qc8 13. e4 a5 14. b5 Qb7 15.
Rfe1 Rad8 16. h4 e5 17. Rad1 exd4 18. Nxd4 Bf6 19. g3 Rfe8 20. Qc2 Bxd4 21.
Rxd4 Re7 22. Rd5 Rde8 23. f3 Qc8 24. Kg2 Ne5 25. Bxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 11th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2002.03.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2002.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. f4 Be7 7. Qf3 O-O 8. Be3
e5 9. Nb3 exf4 10. Bxf4 Nc6 11. Be2 Ne5 12. Qe3 Nfg4 13. Bxg4 Bxg4 14. Nd5 Bh4+
15. g3 Bf6 16. h3 Nc4 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. Qd4 Bf3 19. Qxf6 gxf6 20. O-O Bxe4 21.
Nd2 Nxd2 22. Bxd2 f5 23. c3 f6 24. Rad1 Kf7 25. Be3 d5 26. Rd4 Rfc8 27. Rb4 b6
28. Rd1 Ke6 29. Kf2 Rc4 30. Rxc4 dxc4 31. Rd4 Rc8 32. Ke1 h5 33. h4 b5 34. Kd2
a5 35. a3 Bd5 36. Bf4 Rc6 37. Kc1 Rb6 38. Bd2 Rb7 39. Kd1 Be4 40. Ke2 Bd5 41.
Kf2 Kd6 42. Bf4+ Kc6 43. Bd2 Re7 44. Be3 Re8 45. Bf4 Re6 46. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 11th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2002.03.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2002.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. Nc3
Nbd7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Ne4 11. Qb3 Qb6 12. Nh4 Bxh4 13. gxh4 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 Bg6
15. Bf4 Rfe8 16. Rad1 f6 17. e4 e5 18. Be3 Qc7 19. d5 Bf7 20. Bh3 Rad8 21. b4
a6 22. a4 h5 23. f3 Nb8 24. b5 axb5 25. axb5 Rd6 26. Qc5 Qd8 27. Kf2 cxd5 28.
Qc7 Qxc7 0-1

[Event "Amber-blindfold 11th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2002.03.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2002.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 e5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 Be6 9. b4 f6 10. d3 O-O 11. Rb1 Nd4 12. Nd2 c6 13. Nde4 Rf7 14. Bd2 Rb8 15.
a4 Nd5 16. e3 Nf5 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. bxc5 Nxc3 19. Bxc3 Rd7 20. Qc2 Qe7 21. Ba1
Rbd8 22. Rfd1 h5 23. h3 Qf7 24. Kh2 Kh8 25. Bc3 Ne7 26. Ba5 Rf8 27. Rb2 h4 28.
g4 Bd5 29. e4 Be6 30. f4 exf4 31. d4 Bc4 32. Qf2 g5 33. Rdb1 Ng6 34. Bc3 Kh7
35. Rd2 Rfd8 36. Rdb2 Kh6 37. Rd2 Qe7 38. Rdb2 Bd3 39. Re1 Ba6 40. Rd2 Qf7 41.
Rc1 Qb3 42. a5 Qa3 43. Rdc2 Bb5 44. Rb2 a6 45. Qe1 Qa4 46. d5 Ne5 47. Bxe5 fxe5
48. Qc3 Re8 49. d6 Qd4 50. Qxd4 exd4 51. Rb4 d3 52. Rd4 Kg7 53. Bf3 Kf6 54. Kg2
Re6 55. Kf2 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 11th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2002.03.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2002.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Rd8 14. a3 Bd7 15.
Nf1 Rac8 16. Ne3 Bf8 17. Bd2 exd4 18. Nxd4 Re8 19. Bc3 Qd8 20. Qf3 Nc6 21. Nxc6
Bxc6 22. Nf5 g6 23. Nxd6 Qxd6 24. Rad1 Nd5 25. exd5 Rxe1+ 26. Bxe1 Bb7 27. Bb4
Qd8 28. Bxf8 Kxf8 29. Be4 Qd6 30. Qe3 Re8 31. Qd4 f6 32. Bf3 h5 33. b4 Kg7 34.
Qc5 Rd8 35. Rc1 Kh6 36. h4 Rd7 37. Re1 a5 38. Re6 Qxc5 39. bxc5 Bxd5 40. Rd6
Rxd6 41. cxd6 Be6 42. Bc6 b4 43. axb4 axb4 44. d7 Bxd7 45. Bxd7 b3 46. Ba4 b2
47. Bc2 g5 48. Kh2 gxh4 49. f4 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 11th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2002.03.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "162"]
[EventDate "2002.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 Nc6 7. Be3 Bf5 8. Nc3
e6 9. Nf3 Be7 10. d5 exd5 11. cxd5 Nb4 12. Nd4 Bd7 13. Qf3 O-O 14. O-O-O Bg5
15. Nc2 Nxc2 16. Kxc2 Qe7 17. h4 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 Bg4 19. Rd4 Bf5+ 20. Kc1 Rae8
21. g4 Bd7 22. Re4 f5 23. gxf5 Bxf5 24. Bd3 Bxe4 25. Qxe4 g6 26. Re1 Rf5 27. e6
Qd6 28. Qg2 Qf4+ 29. Kb1 Qxh4 30. Re2 Rg5 31. Qf3 Rg1+ 32. Kc2 Rf8 33. Qe3 Rg3
34. Qe5 Rxd3 35. Kxd3 Qe7 36. Qd4 Rf5 37. Kc2 Nc8 38. Ne4 Nd6 39. Nxd6 cxd6 40.
b3 h5 41. Kb2 h4 42. Rc2 Qf6 43. Rc8+ Kg7 44. Rc7+ Kg8 45. Rc8+ Kg7 46. Rc7+
Kg8 47. Qxf6 Rxf6 48. Rd7 Rf2+ 49. Kc3 Re2 50. Kd3 Re1 51. Rxd6 h3 52. Rd8+ Kg7
53. Rd7+ Kg8 54. Rd8+ Kg7 55. Rd7+ Kh6 56. Rd8 Kg5 57. Rh8 Kg4 58. Kd4 g5 59.
Kc5 Kg3 60. Kd6 h2 61. e7 Re4 62. Rxh2 Kxh2 63. Kd7 g4 64. e8=Q Rxe8 65. Kxe8
g3 66. d6 g2 67. d7 g1=Q 68. d8=Q Qe1+ 69. Qe7 Qa5 70. a4 Qb6 71. b4 Qc6+ 72.
Kd8 Qxa4 73. Qxb7 Kg3 74. Kc8 Qe8+ 75. Kc7 Qe7+ 76. Kb8 Qe8+ 77. Kxa7 Qa4+ 78.
Kb8 Qe8+ 79. Kc7 Qe7+ 80. Kc6 Qe4+ 81. Kc7 Qe7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 11th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2002.03.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2002.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. b3 Be7 4. Bb2 Bf6 5. Nc3 c5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Ne7 9. e3 O-O 10. Bd3 Bxd4 11. exd4 Bf5 12. Be2 Nbc6 13. O-O Re8 14. Qd2
Qd6 15. Nb5 Qd7 16. Ba3 Be6 17. Qf4 Ng6 18. Qg3 Red8 19. Rfd1 Nce7 20. Rac1 Nf5
21. Qc7 a6 22. Qxd7 Bxd7 23. Nc3 Nf4 24. Bf1 Bc6 25. Bc5 Ne6 26. Bb6 Rd7 27. g3
Nd6 28. Bg2 Nb5 29. Na4 Nbc7 30. Nb2 a5 31. Nd3 f6 32. Re1 Kf7 33. Bh3 Re7 34.
Nc5 Nxc5 35. Rxe7+ Kxe7 36. Bxc5+ Kf7 37. Re1 Na6 38. Re7+ Kg6 39. Bf1 Nxc5 40.
dxc5 f5 41. f4 Kf6 42. Re5 b6 43. cxb6 Rb8 44. Bg2 Rxb6 45. Bxd5 Bxd5 46. Rxd5
a4 47. Rd3 axb3 48. axb3 h6 49. Kf2 g5 50. Ke3 Rb4 51. fxg5+ hxg5 52. Kd2 f4
53. Kc3 Rb8 54. b4 Kf5 55. gxf4 gxf4 56. Kc4 Rc8+ 57. Kd4 Rd8+ 58. Kc3 Rh8 59.
Kd2 Rxh2+ 60. Ke1 Rb2 61. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 11th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2002.03.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2002.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. g3
d6 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. O-O Nb6 11. Nh4 Nfd7 12. Qc2 Nc4 13. a3 O-O 14. Ra2 Qb6 15.
Na4 Qb7 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bxe7 Rfe8 18. b3 Nxa3 19. Rxa3 Rxe7 20. Nc3 Qb4 21. Rfa1
Nb8 22. Ne4 Bxa1 23. Rxa1 Bxe2 24. Rc1 Bb5 25. Nf6+ Kg7 26. Ne4 Qd4 27. Nxd6
Bd3 28. Qd2 Re2 29. Qf4 Qxf4 30. gxf4 Rea2 31. h3 Nd7 32. Rc3 Rd2 33. Kh2 Raa2
34. b4 cxb4 35. Rc7 b3 36. Rxd7 b2 37. Rxf7+ Kg8 38. Re7 Re2 39. Rxe2 Bxe2 40.
Be4 Ra3 41. f5 Bd3 42. Bxd3 Rxd3 43. f6 b1=Q 44. f7+ Kg7 45. Nxg6 Rxh3+ 46.
Kxh3 Qxg6 0-1

[Event "Amber-blindfold 11th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2002.03.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C85"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2809"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2002.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Nd7 8.
Nbd2 O-O 9. Nc4 f6 10. Nh4 Nc5 11. Nf5 Bxf5 12. exf5 Qd5 13. Qg4 Rfe8 14. Re1
e4 15. Ne3 Qe5 16. Nf1 Bf8 17. Ng3 Rad8 18. h4 Qd4 19. dxe4 Qc4 20. Be3 Nxe4
21. b3 Qxc2 22. Rec1 Qd3 23. Rd1 Qxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 25. Qxd1 Nxg3 26. Qd3 Ne4
27. Qc4+ Kh8 28. Qf7 Rd8 29. f3 Nc3 30. Qxc7 Rd1+ 31. Kf2 Kg8 32. Qc8 Rd5 33.
Bc5 Rxc5 34. Qe6+ Kh8 35. Qf7 Ne4+ 36. fxe4 Rc2+ 37. Kf3 Rc3+ 38. Ke2 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 11th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2002.03.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2002.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Nf3 h6
8. Be3 a6 9. Ne5 b6 10. c3 Bb7 11. Qa4+ Nd7 12. O-O-O Bd6 13. f4 Qe7 14. Bd3
Rd8 15. Rhg1 b5 16. Qc2 Bxe5 17. fxe5 c5 18. Be4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 O-O 20. g4 cxd4
21. Rxd4 Nc5 22. Qc2 Rxd4 23. Bxd4 Rc8 24. Kb1 Qb7 25. Rd1 Nd7 26. Qe2 Nf8 27.
Rf1 Ng6 28. Qf3 Qxf3 29. Rxf3 Rd8 30. Kc2 Rd5 31. Re3 Ne7 32. Kd3 Nc6 33. Ke4
Kf8 34. Rd3 Ke8 35. h3 g6 36. Rf3 b4 37. Rf2 a5 38. b3 bxc3 39. Bxc3 Rc5 40.
Rf3 g5 41. a3 Rb5 42. Ba1 Ne7 43. Bd4 Nd5 44. Bb2 a4 45. b4 Nxb4 46. axb4 Rxb4+
47. Bd4 Kf8 48. Ra3 Kg7 49. Rf3 Rb1 50. Bc5 Re1+ 51. Re3 Rf1 52. Rf3 Re1+ 53.
Kd4 Re2 54. Be7 Rh2 55. Kc4 Rb2 56. Rd3 h5 57. Bxg5 hxg4 58. hxg4 Rg2 59. Bf6+
Kg6 60. g5 Rg4+ 61. Kb5 Rg1 62. Kxa4 Rb1 63. Rb3 Ra1+ 64. Kb5 Rc1 65. Rb4 Rc8
66. Rh4 Rc2 67. Rh6+ Kf5 68. Rh7 Rc7 69. Kb6 Rd7 70. Rg7 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 11th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2002.03.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E03"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2002.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Nf3 a6 7. Qxc4 b5 8.
Qc6 Rb8 9. Bf4 Nd5 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Nc3 Bb7 13. Nxd5 Bxc6 14. Nxe7
Kxe7 15. Rc1 Bd5 16. Rxc7 Rhc8 17. Ra7 Ra8 18. Rxa8 Bxa8 19. Kd2 Nf6 20. Rb1
Ng4 21. Ke1 Be4 22. Rd1 Rc2 23. h3 Nf6 24. Rd2 Rc1+ 25. Rd1 Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 11th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2002.03.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2002.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b6 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Re1 Nc6 12. Qd3 h6 13. Bh4 Be7 14. a3 Nh5 15.
Bg3 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Bf6 17. Rad1 Ne7 18. Ne4 Nd5 19. Ne5 Rc8 20. Rc1 Rc7 21. Bb5
Qc8 22. Qd2 Rd8 23. Rxc7 Qxc7 24. Rc1 Qe7 25. Bc6 Bxe5 26. dxe5 Bxc6 27. Rxc6
Qb7 28. Qc2 a5 29. Nd6 Qa8 30. Qc4 a4 31. Kh2 Rb8 32. Qc2 g6 33. Rc4 b5 34.
Nxb5 Qb7 35. Rc5 Qb6 36. Qc4 Kg7 37. Kg1 h5 38. Qd4 Qa6 39. Nc7 Nxc7 40. Rxc7
Qb6 41. Qd7 Rf8 42. Rb7 Qa6 43. Kh2 Qc4 44. Rb4 Qc2 45. Qd4 Ra8 46. Qf4 Qc6 47.
g4 hxg4 48. Qf6+ Kg8 49. Rxg4 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 11th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2002.03.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2002.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bf5 7. O-O Be7 8.
Re1 Nc6 9. c4 O-O 10. cxd5 Qxd5 11. Qc2 Nb4 12. Bxe4 Nxc2 13. Bxd5 Rae8 14.
Bxb7 Bb4 15. Rxe8 Rxe8 16. Bc6 Rb8 17. g4 Bg6 18. a3 Nxa1 19. axb4 Bxb1 20. Bd2
Ba2 21. b5 Bc4 22. Ne5 Bxb5 23. Nd7 Bxc6 24. Nxb8 Bf3 25. h3 Nb3 26. Be3 a5 27.
Na6 c6 28. Nc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 11th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2002.03.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2002.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. a3 b4 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 bxa3 12. bxa3 Bd6 13. Rb1 Rb8 14. O-O O-O
15. Qe2 Qc7 16. Bd2 c5 17. Bxb7 Rxb7 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. a4 Rfb8 20. Qd3 Qd6 21.
Qe4 Qa6 22. Rxb7 Qxb7 23. Qd3 Bf8 24. Rd1 Nc5 25. Qc2 Qb3 26. Qxb3 Rxb3 27. a5
f6 28. Kf1 e5 29. Be1 Be7 30. Nd2 Rb4 31. Rb1 Rxb1 32. Nxb1 Kf7 33. Ke2 Ke6 34.
f3 Kd5 35. e4+ Kc6 36. Nc3 Bd8 37. Nd5 Kb5 38. Nc3+ Kxa5 39. g3 Kb4 40. Nd5+
Kc4 41. Ne3+ Kb3 42. Nf5 Ne6 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 11th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2002.03.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2002.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2
d5 9. e3 Nc6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. d4 Re8 12. Rc1 Bf8 13. Re1 Rc8 14. Bh3 Rb8 15.
Ne2 Ne4 16. Nf4 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Qd6 19. Red1 Rbd8 20. Bg2 a6 21. a3
Rd7 22. b4 Red8 23. h4 a5 24. bxa5 bxa5 25. Qa4 Nc5 26. Qc2 Qa6 27. Qf5 Na4 28.
Bd4 Nb6 29. Ne6 fxe6 30. Qxe6+ Kh8 31. Qxb6 Bxa3 32. Ra1 Bb4 33. Bh3 Rd6 34.
Qc7 Rg8 35. Rdc1 Bc6 36. Bxg7+ Rxg7 37. Qb8+ Rg8 38. Qxb4 axb4 39. Rxa6 Rgg6
40. Rb6 Bd7 41. Rxd6 Rxd6 42. Bxd7 Rxd7 43. Rc8+ Kg7 44. Rb8 d4 45. Rxb4 dxe3
46. fxe3 Rd2 47. Kf1 Rc2 48. Rf4 h5 49. Rf5 Kg6 50. Rg5+ Kh6 51. e4 Ra2 52. e5
Rb2 53. e6 Rb6 54. Re5 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 11th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2002.03.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2002.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Be2
Bb7 9. O-O a6 10. e4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. a4 b4 13. Ne4 Qc7 14. Re1 cxd4 15. Qxd4
Qb6 16. Nd6+ Bxd6 17. Qxb6 N7xb6 18. exd6 Nc8 19. d7+ Kxd7 20. Ne5+ Ke7 21. Nd3
Nd6 22. Bf3 Rhc8 23. Bxd5 Bxd5 24. Nxb4 Bc4 25. Bd2 Rab8 26. Bc3 Nf5 27. f3 h5
28. Re5 f6 29. Ra5 Rb6 30. Kf2 Rcb8 31. b3 Bxb3 32. Nxa6 Rc8 33. Nc5 Bd5 34.
Rb5 Rxb5 35. axb5 Nd6 36. Ra7+ Ke8 37. Bb4 Nxb5 38. Rxg7 Rc7 39. Rxc7 Nxc7 40.
Nd3 e5 41. Ke3 Bc4 42. Nb2 Nd5+ 43. Kf2 Bb5 44. Bd2 Kf7 45. Nd1 Ba6 46. h4 Kg6
47. Nc3 Nb4 48. g4 Bb7 49. Kg3 Nd3 50. Ne2 Nc5 51. Be3 Ne6 52. f4 hxg4 53. fxe5
fxe5 54. Kxg4 Ng7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 11th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2002.03.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2002.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 b5 6. b3 g6 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. bxc4 c5
9. Nf3 Nc6 10. cxb5 Nb4 11. Qb1 Nxd3+ 12. Qxd3 Bg7 13. Ba3 Bf5 14. Qc4 axb5 15.
Qxc5 Nd7 16. Qb4 Bd3 17. Rd1 Bc4 18. Nd2 Bd3 19. Nd5 O-O 20. Qc3 b4 21. Bxb4
Ba6 22. Bxe7 Qb8 23. Rb1 Qa7 24. Bxf8 Rc8 25. Ne7+ 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 11th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2002.03.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2002.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 g6 6. Bc4 c6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Bb3
O-O 9. Re1 Be6 10. c3 Nd7 11. Nf3 Bg4 12. Nbd2 e6 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Nxf3 a5 15.
Bg5 Qc7 16. a4 Rfe8 17. Bh4 N7f6 18. Bg3 Qe7 19. Ne5 Nh5 20. Bh2 Bh6 21. Qf3
Qf6 22. Qxf6 Nhxf6 23. Nd3 Bf8 24. g4 Red8 25. Kg2 Bd6 26. Bxd6 Rxd6 27. f3
Rdd8 28. Kg3 Kg7 29. h4 Rac8 30. Rad1 Rc7 31. Nc5 b6 32. Nd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 11th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2002.03.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2002.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. f3 b5 10. a4 b4 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Nb6 13. Bxb6 Qxb6 14. a5 Qb7 15.
Bc4 g6 16. Nc1 h5 17. Nd3 Rb8 18. Ra4 Bh6 19. Qxb4 Qc7 20. Qc3 Nxd5 21. Bxd5
Qxc3+ 22. bxc3 Rb1+ 23. Ke2 Rxh1 24. Rb4 O-O 25. Rb6 Rc8 26. c4 Rxh2 27. Kf2
Rh4 28. c5 Rd4 29. Rxd6 Bf8 30. Rd7 Bxc5 31. Kg3 Be7 32. Nxe5 Rxd5 33. Rxd5
Rxc2 34. Rd7 Kf8 35. Ra7 Bd6 36. f4 Rc3+ 37. Kh2 Bxe5 38. fxe5 Re3 39. Rxa6
Rxe5 40. Ra7 Kg7 41. Kg3 Rf5 42. a6 Ra5 43. Kf3 Ra2 44. g3 Ra3+ 45. Kg2 Kf6 46.
Kf2 g5 47. Kg2 Kg6 48. Ra8 Kf5 49. Kh3 h4 50. Rf8 Rxg3+ 51. Kh2 Ra3 52. Rxf7+
Kg4 53. a7 Ra2+ 54. Kg1 Kg3 55. Kf1 h3 56. Rb7 Ra1+ 57. Ke2 h2 58. Rh7 Rxa7 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 11th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2002.03.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2809"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2002.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. e4 Bb7 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Ne2 Nb4 6. O-O Nxd3 7. Qxd3 d6 8.
Nbc3 Nf6 9. d5 Be7 10. Nd4 Qd7 11. a4 c5 12. dxc6 Bxc6 13. b3 O-O 14. Ba3 Bb7
15. Ndb5 Rfd8 16. Rad1 Qc6 17. Qg3 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Qxe4 19. Nxd6 Bxd6 20. Bxd6
Qg6 21. Bc7 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Rc8 23. a5 b5 24. Qxg6 hxg6 25. Rd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 11th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2002.03.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2002.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. h3 Ng6 11. Bg5+ Ke8 12. Rad1 Bd7 13. Rd2 Be7 14.
Bxe7 Kxe7 15. Nd4 Rhd8 16. f4 c5 17. Nb3 Bc6 18. Re2 b6 19. f5 Nh4 20. Rf4 g5
21. Rff2 Rg8 22. Kh2 Rad8 23. Rd2 g4 24. hxg4 Rxg4 25. Kh3 Rxd2 26. Nxd2 Rxg2
27. Rxg2 Nxg2 28. Nc4 Ne1 29. Ne3 Nf3 30. Ncd5+ Kd8 31. Nf6 Nxe5 32. Nxh7 Ke7
33. Ng5 Kf6 34. Nh7+ Kg7 35. Ng5 Kf6 36. Nh7+ Kg7 37. Ng5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 11th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2002.03.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2002.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
f5 9. exf6 Rxf6 10. Bg5 Rf7 11. Qh5 g6 12. Qd1 Qa5 13. Qd2 Nec6 14. Nf3 Nd7 15.
O-O cxd4 16. cxd4 Qxd2 17. Bxd2 e5 18. Nxe5 Ndxe5 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. Rfe1 Nxd3
21. Re8+ Rf8 22. Rxf8+ Kxf8 23. cxd3 Bf5 24. Rc1 Rc8 25. Rxc8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2002.04.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2002.04.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. g4 h6 8. Bd2 b6
$5 {Es ist erstaunlich, dass dieser natürliche Zug erst einige Male in weniger
bedeutenden Partien angewandt wurde.} (8... Qe7) 9. cxd5 (9. Rg1 Bb7 10. O-O-O
Qc7 11. h4 O-O-O 12. Kb1 Ne4 13. Be1 Ndf6 14. cxd5 Nxc3+ 15. Bxc3 cxd5 16. Nd2
Rhg8 17. f3 Kb8 18. g5 hxg5 19. hxg5 Nd7 20. f4 f5 21. Rh1 $14 {1-0 San
Segundo Carrillo,P-Carraminana Lopez,J/Zaragoza 1998/EXT 2000 (41)}) 9... exd5
10. Rg1 Qe7 (10... Bb7 11. Bd3 (11. O-O-O Qc7 12. h3 O-O-O 13. Kb1 Kb8 14. Rc1
Nf8 15. Bd3 Ne6 16. h4 h5 17. g5 Ng4 18. Be1 g6 19. Qa4 $13 {1-0 Abou el Zein,
E-Hashim,A/Doha 1992/EXT 97 (33)}) 11... Qe7 12. h4 c5 13. O-O-O Ne4 14. dxc5
bxc5 15. Be1 O-O 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Nd2 Be5 18. Ndxe4 Bxc3 19. Nxc3 Bf3 20. Ne2
Ne5 21. Bc3 Rfd8 22. g5 hxg5 23. hxg5 Ng4 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. g6 fxg6 26. Nf4
$16 {1-0 Dobrov,V-Gorkavij,V/Rybinsk 2001/EXT 2002 (38)}) 11. O-O-O Bb7 12. Bd3
c5 13. Nh4 $5 g6 14. Bxg6 $5 {Weiß erhält für die zwei Figuren Turm und zwei
Freibauern am Königsflügel, muss dafür aber eine Schwächung seiner weißen
Felder in Kauf nehmen. Weiß steht besser, aber klar ist die Lage nicht.} fxg6
15. Nxg6 Qh7 16. Nxh8 Qxh8 17. h4 O-O-O 18. g5 (18. f3 $5 {kommt in Betracht,
um das Feld e4 zu kontrollieren und erst dann g4-g5 zu spielen.}) 18... hxg5
19. hxg5 Ne4 20. Nxe4 dxe4 {Jetzt bekommt Schwarz Gegenspiel auf den weißen
Feldern.} 21. Bc3 Qg8 22. dxc5 Nxc5 23. Bf6 Rd7 24. Kb1 (24. b4 Rc7 25. bxc5
Rxc5 26. Bc3 Be5 27. Bxe5 Rxc2+ 28. Kxc2 Qxa2+ 29. Bb2 Ba6 {ist mindestens
Remis für Schwarz.}) 24... Ba6 25. b4 (25. Ka1 Bd3 26. Qc3 Rc7 $13) 25... Bd3
26. Rxd3 exd3 27. Qc3 Kb7 28. bxc5 Bxc5 29. Rd1 Qd5 30. g6 (30. Bd4 Qxg5 31.
Qxd3 $14 {mit einem Mehrbauern für Weiß, allerdings ist fraglich, ob sich
dieser angesichts des schlechten Königs verwerten lässt.}) 30... Qf3 31. Rd2 $2
{Danach bekommt Weiß Probleme.} (31. Rxd3 Qf5 32. Bd4 Bxd4 33. exd4 Qxg6 $14)
31... Rc7 32. a4 (32. g7 Ba3 33. Qxa3 Qh1+ 34. Kb2 Qc1+ 35. Kb3 Qxd2) 32... Be7
33. Qxc7+ Kxc7 34. Bxe7 Qg4 $6 (34... Qh1+ 35. Kb2 Qh8+ 36. Kb3 (36. Kb1 Qc3)
36... Qg8+ 37. Ka3 Qg7 38. Bb4 a5 $17) 35. Rxd3 Qxg6 36. Kc2 Qf7 37. Bd6+ Kc6
38. f4 Qa2+ 39. Kc3 Qxa4 40. Be5 Qe4 41. Kd2 Qg2+ 42. Kc3 a5 43. Rd6+ Kc5 44.
Rf6 a4 45. Bd4+ Kd5 46. Rxb6 Qa2 47. Rb5+ Ke4 48. f5 Qa3+ 49. Kc4 Qd3+ 50. Kb4
a3 51. Re5+ Kf3 52. Ra5 Qd2+ 53. Kb5 Qd3+ 54. Kb6 Qb3+ 55. Kc5 Qc2+ 56. Kd6 Qc8
57. Rxa3 Qf8+ 58. Ke6 Qxa3 59. f6 Kg4 60. f7 Kg5 61. Bg7 Qxe3+ 62. Kd7 Qa7+ 63.
Ke8 Qb8+ 64. Ke7 Qc7+ 65. Ke6 Qc6+ 66. Ke7 Qe4+ 67. Kd7 1-0

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2002.04.03"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2002.04.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 Nh6 7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nf5 9. Bb2 Bd7 10. g4 Nfe7 (10... Nh6 11. Rg1 f6 12. exf6 gxf6 13. Nc3 Nf7 14.
Na4 Qc7 15. Rc1 Qf4 16. Rc3 Ng5 17. b5 Na5 18. Nxg5 fxg5 19. Bc1 Qxh2 20. Rgg3
Bd6 $132 {1/2-1/2 Savic,M-Lputian,S/BIH t-ch Neum 2002/(30)}) 11. Nc3 Na5 (
11... h5 $5 12. Na4 Qd8 13. Nc5 Ng6 14. gxh5 Rxh5 $132 {Benko,F-Giaccio,A/
Argentina 1997 (60)}) 12. Nd2 Rc8 13. Rc1 h5 $146 {Begginning of great idea,
but it is very interesting what White had in mind in the case of} (13... Ng6 $1
{which promise to Black nice game without completely unclear complications,
for example} 14. Bb5 (14. h4 Be7 15. h5 Nf4 16. Qf3 Bg5 17. Ne2 Rxc1+ 18. Nxc1
O-O $17 {1/2-1/2 Grischuk,A-Kruppa,Y/RUS Cup Elista 2000/CBM 79/[Psakhis,L] 
(28)}) 14... Nc6 15. Nf3 Be7 16. h4 Ncxe5 17. dxe5 Bxb5 18. h5 Nf8 19. Nxb5
Rxc1 20. Qxc1 Qxb5 21. Qc8+ Bd8 $17 {0-1 Alekseev,E-Ivanov,S/St Petersburg-ch
2001/ (35)}) 14. Rc2 Nc4 (14... Nac6 15. Na4 Qd8 16. Nc5) 15. Bxc4 dxc4 16.
Nce4 Nd5 17. Nxc4 Rxc4 $1 18. Rxc4 a5 $1 {Funny position. Black sacrifices an
exchange and a pawn, his pieces are not developed and it is not easy to prove
white's advantage!} 19. O-O (19. gxh5 axb4 20. a4 Qa6) 19... axb4 20. axb4 Qd8
21. Bc1 (21. g5 Bb5) (21. Re1 Bc6 $1 (21... Bb5 22. Rc5 $1 Bxc5 23. dxc5 Qh4
24. Nd6+ Kf8 25. Qf3 (25. Nxb5 hxg4 $40) 25... Be8 26. Ra1 hxg4 27. Ra8 $1) 22.
g5 Bxb4 $13) 21... Bb5 (21... hxg4 22. Bg5) 22. Bg5 (22. Qc2 Bxc4 23. Qxc4 hxg4
) (22. Rc2 Nxb4) 22... f6 23. exf6 gxf6 24. Rc5 $5 {[%mdl 2560] Who attacks
whom?} ({I think that White rightly avoided the line} 24. Nxf6+ Nxf6 25. Qc2
Rg8 $5 26. Rc8 Rxg5 $132) 24... Bxc5 25. dxc5 Bxf1 ({Worth considering} 25...
O-O $5) 26. Nxf6+ Kf7 27. Ne4 $8 {[%csl Gd6,Gg5] White grabs initiative in his
hands} Qc7 (27... Qg8 28. Qf3+ Ke8 29. Kxf1 hxg4 30. Qxg4 Rxh2 31. Qg3 {
[%cal Rg3b8]}) 28. Nd6+ Kg8 29. Qxf1 Qg7 $1 30. Qe2 $6 ({Ivanchuk could get
decisive advantage after} 30. h4 $5 Qg6 (30... hxg4 31. Qd3 {[%cal Gd3e4]} Nxb4
$140 $2 32. Qe4 $18) 31. Qa1 $1) 30... Qg6 31. h4 hxg4 32. Qxg4 Kh7 33. b5 (33.
h5 $142 $1 Qb1+ 34. Kh2 Rf8 35. Ne4 $16) 33... Ra8 {Looks that Black got real
counter chances, but it's only illusion!} 34. Qf3 (34. Nxb7 $5) 34... Kg8 35.
Kh2 (35. Nxb7 Qb1+ 36. Kh2 Qxb5 37. Nd6 Qd7 38. Qg4 $16) 35... Rf8 36. Qe2 Nc3
37. Qe1 Rf3 38. c6 $2 (38. Kg2 $1 Rd3 (38... Rf4 39. Qxc3 Rxh4 40. Qg3 $18) 39.
Qa1 $1 {[%csl Rb7] wins at once.}) 38... bxc6 39. b6 (39. bxc6 Nd5 $13) 39...
Qd3 $2 {Now Bareev missed his chance.} ({After} 39... e5 $1 40. Kg2 $1 (40.
Qxe5 $2 Rxf2+ 41. Kg1 {lose after brilliant} (41. Kg3 Qxd6 $1) 41... Rf4 $3 {
for example} 42. Qe8+ $8 (42. Qxc3 Qb1+ 43. Kg2 Qf1+ 44. Kg3 Qf2+ 45. Kh3 Rf3+
46. Qxf3 Qxf3+ 47. Kh2 Qe2+ 48. Kg3 Qd3+ $19) 42... Qxe8 43. Nxe8 Rb4 44. Be3
Nd5 $19) 40... Qe6 $1 41. b7 (41. Kxf3 $4 Qh3#) 41... Qg4+ 42. Kf1 Qh3+ $11 {
Black could make comfortable draw.}) 40. Qxe6+ Kh7 41. Be3 $6 {I suppose that
both players has severe time troubles, othercase Ivanchuk will play} (41. Qh6+
$1 Kg8 42. Be3 Rxe3 43. Qxe3 $1 Qxd6+ 44. Qg3+ $18) 41... Rxe3 42. Qf7+ $2 ({
White could win here maybe in the last time after} 42. Qd7+ $1 Kh6 43. b7 Rf3
44. Nf7+ $18) 42... Kh8 43. Qf6+ Kh7 44. fxe3 (44. b7 Rf3 45. Qe7+ Kh6 46. Qg5+
Kh7 47. Qh5+ Kg7 $11) 44... Qd2+ 45. Kh3 Qxe3+ 46. Kg4 Qg1+ 47. Kf5 Qf2+ 48.
Ke6 Qxf6+ 49. Kxf6 Nd5+ 50. Ke5 Nxb6 {A very interesting and difficult game,
and to make comments to it is similiar to solving Chinese puzzles!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2002.04.03"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2002.04.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Qb6 8. Na4
Qa5+ 9. c3 c4 10. b4 Qc7 11. Nb2 {White's idea is to close queenside and try
to break on the kingside. in this game Ivanchuk carries out this plan just
about perfectly!} (11. g3 Be7 12. Bh3 b5 13. Nc5 a5 14. a3 Nxc5 15. dxc5 O-O
16. Nd4 Qb7 17. O-O Bd7 18. Nxc6 Qxc6 19. Bd4 axb4 20. axb4 Rxa1 $11 {1/2-1/2
Luther,T-Atalik,S/Budapest 1991/CBM 23 ext (20)}) 11... Be7 (11... b5 12. a4 (
12. Be2 a5 13. a3 Qa7 (13... Be7 14. O-O f6 15. g3 O-O 16. Bf2 Nb6 17. Nh4 axb4
18. axb4 Rxa1 19. Qxa1 Bd7 $13 {Nowak,I-Cichocki,A/Warsaw 1990}) 14. O-O axb4
15. axb4 Qxa1 16. Qxa1 Rxa1 17. Rxa1 Nb6 18. Bd1 Be7 19. Bd2 Bb7 20. Bc2 $14 {
Moingt,J-Schemm,H/Lugano 1989}) 12... Rb8 (12... Ba6 13. g3 Be7 14. Bg2 O-O 15.
O-O Rfb8 16. f5 $16 {Gebigke,M-Wilke,M/Kassel 1996}) 13. axb5 Rxb5 14. Qa4 Qb6
15. Nxc4 dxc4 16. Bxc4 a6 17. O-O $16 {Kolar,S-Kozamernik,J/Bled 1992}) (11...
a5 12. b5 Ne7 13. a4 Nb6 14. Be2 Bd7 15. Kf2 (15. Bf2 O-O-O 16. Bh4 Be8 17. O-O
h6 18. Qd2 Bd7 19. Nd1 Re8 20. Ne3 $14 {Malbran,G-Belmonte,D/San Luis 1995})
15... O-O-O 16. Ng5 Be8 17. g4 h6 18. Nf3 Qd7 19. Qc2 $14 {Karner,C-Marzluf,D/
Werfen 1993}) 12. a4 $5 (12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O a5 14. b5 Nd8 15. a4 f5 16. Qd2
Nb6 17. Nd1 Bd7 $13 {Podkriznik,G-Soln,P/Bled 1998}) 12... O-O 13. Be2 Rb8 14.
O-O f5 $5 15. Qe1 a6 (15... a5 $5 16. b5 Nd8 17. Bd1 b6 18. Bc2 Kh8 19. Nd1 Rg8
20. Bc1 $14 {[%cal Gh2h3,Gg1h2,Gf1g1,Gg2g4,Gd1e3]}) 16. Kh1 b5 17. a5 Qd8 18.
Rg1 Rb7 19. Nd1 Kh8 20. Nf2 Qe8 21. Bd1 $1 {Bishop has to be on c2 to support
g4.} Bd8 22. Bc2 Ne7 23. Qe2 Rg8 $6 (23... Nb8 24. h3 Nbc6 25. g4 fxg4 26. hxg4
Ng6 27. Nh3 $14) 24. h3 Nf8 25. g4 Nfg6 26. Rg2 Rf8 {[%cal Gf8f4]} 27. Rag1
fxg4 $6 (27... Rc7 $5) 28. hxg4 Nxf4 (28... Rxf4 $6 29. Rh2 Rf8 30. Rg3 Rc7 31.
Rgh3 h6 32. Qd2 $16 {[%cal Ge3h6]}) 29. Bxf4 Rxf4 30. Rh2 Ng6 {Nothing changed}
(30... g6 31. Nh3 Rf8 32. Nhg5 Nc6 33. Rg3 Rg8 34. Rgh3 Rgg7 35. Rh6 Qg8 36.
Qe3 Rbc7 37. Nxh7 $1 Rxh7 38. Bxg6 $1 $18 {and black is helpless.}) 31. Rg3 Nf8
(31... Rf8 32. g5 Kg8 33. Nd2 $16 {[%cal Ge2h5]}) 32. g5 Kg8 33. Nh3 Rf5 (33...
Rff7 34. g6 Nxg6 35. Bxg6 hxg6 36. Nhg5 $18 {[%cal Gg3h3,Gh3h8]}) 34. Bxf5 exf5
35. Nf4 Qc6 36. Rgh3 g6 37. Rh6 Be6 38. Qg2 Rg7 39. Ne1 Rd7 40. Nc2 Qb7 41. Ne3
Qc6 42. R2h4 {[%csl Rd5,Rh7]} Be7 {[%csl Gg5] Bishop has to remain on the
diagonal d8-h4 in order to put a pressure on g5.} 43. Kg1 Bd8 44. Kf1 Be7 45.
Ke2 Bd8 46. Kd2 Be7 47. Kc2 Bd8 48. Kb2 Be7 (48... Bc7 49. Qh1 $1 Bd8 50. Nxg6
$1 hxg6 51. Rh8+ Kf7 52. R4h7+ Ke8 53. Rxf8+ Kxf8 54. Qh6+ Ke8 55. Rh8+ Ke7 56.
Qf8#) 49. Rxh7 $1 {Breaking up black king's shelter.} Nxh7 50. Nxg6 Bd8 51. Nf4
{[%cal Gh4h6,Gg2h3,Gg5g6]} Nxg5 (51... Rg7 52. Nxe6 Qxe6 53. Rh6 Qd7 54. Rd6
$18) 52. Rh6 Rg7 53. Nxf5 $1 Rf7 54. Rxe6 Qd7 55. Rg6+ Kf8 56. e6 Qc7 57. Nxd5
1-0

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2002.04.03"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2002.04.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3
Qc7 9. Bd2 Be7 10. O-O-O {Der König scheint mir in dieser Stellung auf dem
Damenflügel nicht besonders gut zu stehen. In der Vorgängerpartie geschah} (10.
g3 Bh5 11. Be2 g5 12. Ng2 h6 13. Rc1 Qb6 14. Qc2 Bg6 15. Bd3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Qa6
17. b3 Nbd7 18. Ke2 O-O-O 19. c5 Qxd3+ 20. Kxd3 Ne8 21. b4 Nc7 22. a4 b6 23.
Ne2 Kb7 24. Rb1 f5 25. Rhc1 e5 26. f4 e4+ 27. Kc2 g4 28. Kd1 b5 29. Ra1 h5 30.
Nh4 Bxh4 31. gxh4 a6 {1/2-1/2 Karpov,A-Bacrot,E/Cannes 2000/CBM 76 (31).})
10... Nbd7 11. cxd5 (11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. g3 $11) 11... Nxd5 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. h3
$6 (13. e4 {gefällt mir besser.}) 13... a5 14. a3 $2 {Dies scheint mir schon
ein positioneller Bock zu sein.} (14. e4 {führt noch stets zu einer vollkommen
befriedigenden Stellung für Weiß.}) 14... b5 15. Nxd5 (15. e4 {ist nun schon
nicht mehr ganz befriedigend:} b4 (15... a4 {ist weniger klar:} 16. Qc2 b4 17.
Nxd5 exd5 18. Bxb4 (18. exd5 {ist schwächer:} bxa3 19. Qxc6 Qb8 20. Bb5 O-O 21.
Qxd7 Ra7 {, und Schwarz gewinnt.}) 18... Bxb4 19. axb4 Qb6 20. Qc3 {usw.}) 16.
exd5 ({Nach} 16. axb4 axb4 17. Na2 N5f6 {ist die Stellung höchst ungemütlich
für Weiß.}) 16... cxd5 17. Kb1 bxc3 {usw.}) 15... exd5 16. Kb1 ({Auch nach} 16.
e4 Nb6 {erhält Schwarz Vorteil.}) 16... Nb6 17. e4 Nc4 18. exd5 a4 19. Qc2 cxd5
20. Bd3 $2 {Ich bin dagegen, solche Feinde wie den Springer auf c4 zu dulden;
schließlich muß man sie doch eliminieren. Nach} (20. Bxc4 bxc4 21. Rhe1 O-O 22.
Rxe7 Qxe7 23. Bb4 Qe3 24. Bxf8 Kxf8 {hat Weiß ein schweres Leben, braucht aber
noch nicht zu verzweifeln.}) 20... Rb8 21. Rhe1 O-O 22. Bxc4 ({Nach} 22. Bf4
Qxf4 23. Rxe7 Qd6 24. Re2 (24. Rde1 b4 {ist auch nicht verlockend für Weiß.})
24... Rfc8 {wird sich der Angriff des Schwarzen bald durchsetzen.}) 22... bxc4
23. Qxa4 $2 {Dies ist Selbstmord, aber die Lage war natürlich unbequem für
Weiß, zum Beispiel} (23. Bf4 Qxf4 24. Rxe7 Rb3 {, und Schwarz gewinnt.}) 23...
Ra8 (23... c3 {sieht ebenfalls stark aus.}) 24. Qb5 Bxa3 25. Bc3 Rfb8 26. Qxd5
Bxb2 0-1

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2002.04.04"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C85"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[Annotator "Wells,P"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2002.04.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Nc3 Nd7 8.
d4 Bf6 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. Nd4 Nc4 12. Rd1 Bd7 13. f4 c5 14. Nde2
Bxc3 $1 {A fine piece of realism. Black is faced with the threat of Nd5 as
well as the possibility of a well-timed combination of e5, b3, Ne4 etc which
can put him under serious pressure. The interesting thing is that in an
opening in which black's major trump card is the bishop pair, relinquishing
this major asset is followed by such a rapid and convincing consolidation.} 15.
Nxc3 Re8 16. e5 Kc8 17. b3 Na5 18. Nd5 Nc6 19. Bb2 h5 {Black's knight is well
placed, eyeing d4 and b4, the problem of his king is on the way to being
solved, and he takes steps to restrain white's king-side majority.} 20. Rd2 Be6
21. c4 b6 22. h3 Kb7 23. Kf2 Ne7 24. Rad1 h4 25. Nc3 Bf5 26. Kf3 Bg6 27. Kf2
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2002.04.04"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2002.04.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 b6 4. d4 Bb7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Be7 7. Qc2 d6 8. e4
Nbd7 9. Be2 c5 10. d5 exd5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Bxh4 13. Nxh4 Qxh4 14. Nc7+
Ke7 15. Nxa8 Bxg2 16. Rg1 Bxa8 17. Rxg7 Ne5 18. Qd2 Ng6 19. O-O-O Qg5 20. f4
Qxf4 21. Rxf7+ Kxf7 22. Rf1 Qxf1+ 23. Bxf1 Ke7 24. Bg2 Bxg2 25. Qxg2 Ne5 26.
Qb7+ Nd7 27. Qe4+ Ne5 28. Kc2 Rf8 29. Qh7+ Nf7 30. Kb3 Rb8 31. Qe4+ Kd7 32. Qf3
Ke6 33. Qd5+ Ke7 34. Qc6 Rd8 35. Qe4+ Ne5 36. Qh4+ Kd7 37. Qxh6 Kc6 38. Qg7 Rd7
39. Qg8 Kc7 40. h4 Rf7 41. h5 Rf3+ 42. Kc2 Rf2+ 43. Kd1 Rxb2 44. h6 Rf2 45. h7
Nf7 46. Qf8 Rf1+ 47. Kc2 Rf2+ 48. Kb3 Rf3+ 49. Ka4 Rf4 50. Kb5 Kb7 51. Qe7+ Kc8
52. Qe8+ Kc7 53. Qc6+ Kd8 54. h8=Q+ Nxh8 55. Qxd6+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE GP+"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2002.04.05"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E99"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2002.04.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Nd3 f5 11. Bd2 Kh8 {-more flexible than} (11... c5 12. f3
Kh8 13. Rb1 Nf6 14. b4 b6 15. bxc5 bxc5 16. Rb3 (16. g4 {and White has tempo
over in the same position - after Ra1-c1-b1- see below.}) 16... h5 17. Qc1 f4
18. Qa3 g5 19. Rfb1 g4 $132 {1/2-1/2 Mohandesi,S-Schebler,G/Antwerp 1998/EXT
2000 (78)}) 12. Rc1 Nf6 13. f3 c5 {Here White has a choice between} 14. Rb1 {
[%cal Gb2b4]} ({and} 14. g4 h6 (14... a6 15. Nf2 (15. Rb1 b5 16. cxb5 axb5 17.
b4 c4 18. Nf2 Bd7 19. Kg2 Nc8 20. a4 bxa4 21. Bxc4 Nb6 22. Ba2 Ne8 23. Qe2 Bf6
24. Nb5 Bg5 $15 {0-1 Jankovskis,G-Volke,K/Biel 1993/TD (30)}) 15... h6 (15...
Bd7 16. a3 Neg8 17. b4 b6 18. bxc5 bxc5 19. Rb1 Ne8 20. Qc1 Ra7 21. Kg2 Bf6 22.
exf5 gxf5 23. g5 Bg7 24. f4 $14 {1-0 Ftacnik,L-Ost Hansen,J/Esbjerg 1982/MCL 
(65)}) 16. h4 $1 (16. Kg2 $6 fxg4 17. fxg4 g5 18. Rb1 Ng6 19. Kg3 b6 20. b4 Ra7
21. bxc5 bxc5 22. Na4 Raf7 $15 {0-1 Halasz,T-Schmidt,W/Dortmund 1991/TD (38)})
16... fxg4 17. fxg4 Neg8 18. Kg2 Nh7 19. Rh1 Bf6 20. g5 hxg5 21. h5 Qe8 22. b4
(22. Qa4 b5 (22... Bd7 $2 23. hxg6 Nh6 24. Rxh6 Bxa4 25. Rxh7+ Kg8 26. Bg4 (26.
Nxa4 Qxa4 27. Bg4 Rae8) 26... Qxg6 27. Rxb7 Be8 (27... Rf7 28. Rxf7 Kxf7 29.
Bf5 Qg7 30. Nxa4 $18) 28. Bf5 $1 $18) 23. cxb5 Bd7 24. Qb3 $14) (22. Be3 Bd8
23. h6 $14 (23. Qa4 Bd7 24. Qa3 g4 $15 {[%csl Ra3] 0-1 Hoeksema,H-Van Wely,L/
Dieren 1990/CBM 19 ext (42)})) 22... cxb4 23. Na4 Bd8 24. Bxb4 Bd7 25. hxg6
Qxg6 26. c5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Gelfand,B-Kasparov,G/Linares 1990/CBM 17 (45)}) (
14... Bd7 15. Kg2 (15. Nf2 Neg8 16. Kh1 f4 17. b4 b6 18. Nb5 a6 19. Na3 Ne8 20.
Rb1 Qh4 21. Be1 h5 22. bxc5 bxc5 23. Nd3 Qf6 24. h3 Nh6 25. Rb6 Qd8 26. Rb2
hxg4 27. hxg4 Bf6 28. Kg2 Bh4 29. Rh1 Bxe1 30. Qxe1 Kg7 31. Qh4 Qxh4 32. Rxh4
Nf7 $14 {1-0 Ftacnik,L-Geller,E/Sochi 1977/EXT 99 (69)}) (15. a3 a5 16. b3 Nc8
17. Kh1 Nb6 18. Nf2 Rf7 19. gxf5 gxf5 20. f4 $132 {1-0 Taimanov,M-Geller,E/
Moscow 1973/URS-ch (45)}) 15... Neg8 16. Rb1 a5 17. b3 h5 18. g5 Nh7 19. h4 f4
{[%csl Rg2,Rg5][%cal Gh7g5]} 20. Rh1 Rf7 21. Kf2 Bf8 22. Bf1 Qc8 23. Bg2 Be7
24. Qf1 Nf8 25. Bh3 Bxh3 26. Qxh3 Qxh3 27. Rxh3 Bd8 28. Nb5 Bc7 29. Ke2 Bb8 30.
Rhh1 $16 {1-0 Butnorius,A-Mochalov,E/Krasnodar 1980/EXT 99 (66)}) (14... Neg8
15. Kg2 Ne8 (15... h6 16. h4 fxg4 17. fxg4 Nh7 18. Rh1 Bf6 19. Kg3 a6 20. a3 b6
21. b4 Ra7 22. Be3 h5 23. g5 Bg7 (23... Nxg5 24. hxg5 Bxg5 25. Qg1 Nh6 26. Rc2
{[%cal Gg1c1]} (26. Kh2 Ng4+ 27. Bxg4 Bxg4 28. Bf2 Bxc1 29. Qxc1 Rf3 $17 {
0-1 Zueger,B-Belotti,B/Leibnitz 1990/CBM 20 (37)}) 26... Raf7 27. Qc1 $16) 24.
Rf1 Raf7 25. Rxf7 Rxf7 $14) 16. g5 f4 17. h4 Rf7 18. Rh1 Bf8 19. Qg1 Ng7 20.
Bd1 Nh5 21. Ne2 h6 22. Kf1 Be7 23. Ba4 hxg5 24. hxg5 Bxg5 25. Be8 Rg7 26. Bxg6
Rxg6 27. Rxh5+ Kg7 28. Bc3 $132 {1-0 Ftacnik,L-Nunn,J/Vienna 1986/CBM 01 (40)})
15. h4 (15. Kg2 fxg4 16. fxg4 g5 17. Kh1 Ng6 18. Rg1 Qe7 19. Nf2 Nf4 20. Bf1
Rg8 21. Ne2 h5 22. gxh5 Bh6 23. Ng3 Qh7 24. Rc3 Bd7 25. Bd3 Rae8 26. Bc2 a6 27.
Ra3 Bf8 28. Nf5 (28. Ba4 $14) 28... Nxe4 $1 $132 {1-0 Kozul,Z-Riegler,P/
Maribor 1993/CBM 36 (44)}) 15... a6 16. Rb1 Nh7 17. Kg2 Ng8 18. Rh1 Bf6 19. Qe1
Bd7 20. Qg3 f4 (20... Be7 21. f4 $1 $16 {1-0 Kozul,Z-Fedorov,A/Pula 1997/CBM
57 ext (58)}) 21. Qf2 b5 22. h5 g5 23. b4 bxc4 24. Ne1 cxb4 25. Rxb4 $14) 14...
f4 (14... a5 15. a3 fxe4 (15... Neg8 16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 b6 18. bxc5 bxc5 19.
Qc1 Nh5 20. Nb5 fxe4 21. fxe4 Rxf1+ 22. Bxf1 Qf8 23. Be3 Nhf6 24. Nf2 Ng4 25.
Nxg4 Bxg4 26. Qd2 $14 {0-1 Allen,A-Speck,N/Sydney 1992/EXT 97 (38)}) 16. fxe4
a4 17. Nf2 Bd7 18. g4 h6 19. h4 Neg8 20. g5 Nh7 21. Qc1 Qe7 22. Nd3 Rxf1+ 23.
Kxf1 Rf8+ 24. Kg2 Rf7 25. Qh1 Bf8 26. Qh2 Qd8 27. Rg1 hxg5 28. hxg5 Be7 29. Kh1
$14 {1-0 Piesina,G-Lapienis,D/Vilnius 1995/CBM 49 ext (49)}) (14... h6 15. b4
b6 16. bxc5 bxc5 17. Nf2 g5 18. Nb5 Ng6 19. g3 f4 20. Qe1 a6 21. Nc3 Bd7 22.
Bd1 Qe7 23. Na4 Rab8 24. Nb6 $14 {1-0 Maksimovic,B-Cela,A/Heraklio 1993/TD (45)
}) (14... Neg8 15. b4 b6 16. bxc5 bxc5 17. Qa4 (17. g4 Ne8 18. Qc1 fxg4 19.
fxg4 Rxf1+ 20. Qxf1 Bf6 21. Qc1 {1/2-1/2 Jermann,F-Baeurle,S/Bayern 1999/EXT
2000 (21)}) 17... Ne8 18. Qc6 Bd7 19. Qb7 Bh6 20. Bxh6 Nxh6 21. f4 fxe4 22.
Nxe4 exf4 23. Nxf4 Rf7 24. Bd3 Kg8 25. Rbe1 $16 {1-0 Hauchard,A-Tratar,M/
Paranana 1993/EXT 97 (33)}) 15. b4 (15. g4 h5 16. h3 Nh7 17. Be1 a5 18. Kg2 Ng8
19. Bf2 Bf6 20. Qe1 Bd7 21. Rh1 Nh6 22. Kf1 Ng5 23. Qd1 hxg4 24. hxg4 Kg7 25.
Ke1 a4 26. Kd2 Qa5 27. Kc1 $14 (27. Ne1 Nxg4 28. Bg1 Ne3 $17 {0-1 Jensen,
J-Dalsgaard,H/Denmark 1998/EXT 99 (42)})) 15... b6 (15... cxb4 16. Rxb4 b6 17.
a4 a5 18. Rb2 Bd7 19. Qb3 Nc8 20. Be1 Be8 21. Bf2 Nd7 22. Rfb1 h5 23. Nb5 g5
24. Kh1 Rg8 25. Qd1 $14 {0-1 Pavlov,A-Loginov,V/Novgorod 1999/CBM 69 ext (63)})
16. bxc5 bxc5 17. g4 (17. g3 g5 18. g4 h5 19. h3 {-see comments to the game 1/
2-1/2 Lutz,C-Kindermann,S/Baden-Baden 1992/CBM 33[Wahls] (60)}) 17... g5 18.
Kf2 (18. Nf2) 18... Ng6 19. h3 h5 20. Qa4 Qe7 21. Ke1 Nh4 22. Rf2 hxg4 23. hxg4
Nxg4 $2 $18 {This piece sacrifice is too brave and optimistic...} 24. fxg4 f3
25. Bf1 Bxg4 26. Rh2 Bh5 {It is no problem to blockade PPf3 and g5.} 27. Kf2 ({
Possible also} 27. Be3 g4 28. Bf2 Bf6 29. Qa6 $18 {[%cal Gb1b7,Gc3b5]}) 27...
Rf4 28. Bh3 $2 $132 ({Why not} 28. Qc6 Rg8 29. Rb7 Qf6 30. Bxf4 gxf4 (30...
exf4 31. e5 $18) 31. Qd7 $18) 28... g4 29. Rg1 $1 {The best!} ({Badly was to
return} 29. Bf1 $2 Rg8 (29... g3+ 30. Kxg3 Rg8 31. Kf2 $18) 30. Rh1 (30. Kg3
Bf6 31. Qc6 (31. Nxf4 exf4+ 32. Bxf4 Be5 $19) 31... Bg5 32. Rb7 f2 33. Rxh4
Bxh4+ 34. Kg2 Qf8 35. Nxf4 exf4 36. Qd7 Bg6 $19) 30... g3+ 31. Kxg3 Bf6+ 32.
Kf2 Rg2+ 33. Ke1 f2+ 34. Nxf2 Nf3+ 35. Kd1 Nh2+ 36. Kc1 Rgxf2 37. Bxf4 exf4 38.
Nd1 Bxd1 39. Qxd1 Qe5 40. Qd3 f3 41. Kd1 Bg5 $17) (29. Qc6 Rg8 30. Rhh1 ({Loses
} 30. Rb7 $2 g3+ $1 31. Kxg3 f2 $1 $19 {[%csl Rg3]}) 30... gxh3 31. Rxh3 Rg4
$17) 29... gxh3 30. Rxh3 (30. Bxf4 $2 exf4 31. Nb5 Qxe4 $19) 30... Rg4 $1 31.
Rxg4 Bxg4 32. Rg3 Bd7 33. Qd1 (33. Bg5 $5 {Would simplify position:} Qxg5 34.
Rxg5 Bxa4 35. Nxa4 (35. Rh5+ Kg8 36. Nxa4 Bf6 37. Kg3 Rb8 38. Nc3 a6 39. Rxh4
Bxh4+ 40. Kxh4 Rb4 41. Nd1 Rxc4 42. N3f2 Rc2 43. Kg3 Rxa2 44. Kxf3 $17) 35...
Bf6 36. Rg4 Rf8 37. Nc3 a6 38. Nb1 Bd8 39. Nd2 Kh7 40. Rg3 Ba5 41. Nxf3 $11)
33... Bf6 34. Qg1 Rf8 35. Nd1 $4 $19 ({Right was} 35. Ne1 Qh7 36. Qh1 Bd8 $22
37. Nc2 (37. Nxf3 Be8 $19 {[%csl Rf3][%cal Ge8h5]}) 37... Bc8 (37... Ba5 38.
Bg5 Bxc3 39. Qxh4 Qxh4 40. Bxh4 Ba4 41. Ne3 Rf7 42. Nf5 $14) 38. Ne3 a6 39. Qh2
Qh5 40. Nf1 Bd7 41. Ne3 Bg5 42. Nf1 Bxd2 43. Nxd2 Bg4 44. Nd1 Rf4 45. Ne3 $44)
35... Ng2 $5 ({Immediately wins} 35... Qh7 {[%csl Re4][%cal Gh7e4]} 36. Nc3 Ng2
37. Rxf3 Bh4+ 38. Kxg2 Qg7+ $19) 36. Qh2+ Bh4 37. Bg5 $6 (37. Kg1 Qh7 $19)
37... Qxg5 0-1

[Event "FIDE GP+"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2002.04.05"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D99"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "168"]
[EventDate "2002.04.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Bg4 8.
Be3 Nfd7 9. Qb3 Nb6 10. Rd1 e6 11. Be2 Nc6 12. e5 Ne7 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 c6
15. O-O Qc7 16. Ne4 Rad8 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Rfe1 Qc7 20. Nc5 Rfe8 21.
Qa3 Qb8 22. Qb3 Bf8 23. Ne4 Be7 24. g3 Kg7 25. a3 Qc7 26. Rd2 Rd7 27. Red1 Red8
28. Qc2 Nd5 29. Qb3 Qb6 30. Qc4 Qa5 31. Qb3 Nc7 32. Nc3 a6 33. Kg2 Nb5 34. Ne2
Qc7 35. Rd3 Qb8 36. h4 Qa7 37. Qc4 h5 38. Be4 Bf8 39. Bf3 Kh8 40. Be4 Bh6 41.
Bf3 Qb6 42. Be4 Kg7 43. Bf3 Qa5 44. Be4 Nc7 45. Bf3 Nd5 46. Be4 Kg8 47. Bf3 Bf8
48. Be4 Qc7 49. Bf3 Be7 50. Be4 a5 51. Bf3 Kg7 52. Be4 Qb6 53. Rb3 Qa7 54. Rbd3
a4 55. Bf3 Qa5 56. Qc2 Ra8 57. Be4 Ra6 58. Rf3 Qd8 59. Bd3 Ra8 60. Be4 Rc7 61.
Rdd3 Qd7 62. Rd1 b5 63. Nf4 Rd8 64. Qe2 Qe8 65. Qc2 Rdd7 66. Qe2 Rb7 67. Rc1
Rdc7 68. Bb1 Nxf4+ 69. Rxf4 b4 70. axb4 Rxb4 71. Rc4 Rcb7 72. Rxb4 Rxb4 73. g4
a3 74. b3 Rxb3 75. Ba2 Rb2 76. Qc4 Qd7 77. gxh5 Qd5+ 78. Qxd5 cxd5 79. h6+ Kxh6
80. Rxf7 Bxh4 81. Rf8 Rxa2 82. Rh8+ Kg5 83. Kh3 Rxf2 84. Rh5+ Kf4 0-1

[Event "FIDE GP+"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2002.04.05"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2002.04.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. c4 a6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. b3
Rb8 9. Nd5 Nh5 ({A solid alternative for Black is} 9... e6 10. Nxf6+ Qxf6 11.
Bb2 e5 (11... Qe7 12. Rc1 e5 13. d5 Nd8 14. Qc2 b6 (14... Bh6 $142 $5) 15. b4
Nb7 16. Nd2 Bd7 17. e4 f5 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Ne4 a5 20. a3 $14 {Ruck,R-Efimenko,
Z/EU-ch Ohrid/2001/}) 12. d5 Nd8 13. c5 Qe7 14. cxd6 cxd6 15. Nd2 f5 16. Nc4
Nf7 17. Rc1 b6 18. a4 a5 19. b4 axb4 20. a5 bxa5 21. Nxa5 Bd7 22. Nc6 Bxc6 23.
dxc6 e4 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. f3 exf3 26. exf3 Ne5 27. Qd4 Qf6 28. Rfd1 Rf7 29. f4
{1/2,Podgaets,M-Fedorov,A/Aeroflot Moscow/2002/} Ng4 $11 {<=>}) 10. Bb2 e6 11.
Nc3 b5 12. d5 Ne7 13. dxe6 Bxe6 {Developing the B is logical enough, but Black
keeps his own even after} (13... fxe6 {[%csl Gc7,Gd6,Ge6] Black controls the 
[+] and keeps his own even after the pawn sacrifice} 14. c5 $5 dxc5 15. Qc2 Nc6
16. Ne4 Nd4 17. Nxd4 cxd4 18. Rad1 e5 19. e3 Bf5 20. exd4 exd4 21. Qc5 Rf7 22.
Rd2 Qe7 23. Qxe7 Rxe7 24. Nc5 d3 $1 25. Bxg7 Nxg7 26. Nxa6 Rd8 {Horvath,
J-Blehm,P/Budapest zt/2000/} 27. Rfd1 Ne6 28. Nb4 Nd4 29. h3 $5 c5 30. Nxd3
Red7 31. Nxc5 Ne2+ 32. Rxe2 Rxd1+ 33. Kh2 $11) 14. cxb5 axb5 15. Qd2 (15. Qc2
Bf5 $6 (15... b4 16. Ne4 {-15.Qd2 b4}) (15... Nf6 16. Ng5 Bf5 $11) 16. e4 Bg4
17. Rfe1 Re8 18. h3 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 b4 20. Na4 Bxb2 21. Nxb2 Ng7 22. Rad1 $14 {
Rustemov,A-Komljenovic,D/Seville/2002/}) 15... Nf6 ({Somewhat later Radjabov
used a somewhat different approach:} 15... b4 16. Ne4 Bxb2 17. Qxb2 Bd5 18.
Ned2 f5 $5 $146 (18... c5 19. e4 Be6 20. Rad1 Nc6 21. Rfe1 Re8 22. e5 dxe5 23.
Ne4 Qb6 24. Nd6 Red8 25. Nxe5 Nd4 26. Ndc4 Bxc4 27. Nxc4 Qf6 28. Re5 Re8 29.
Rde1 {1/2,Cvitan,O-Tkachiev,V/CRo Cup Pula/1999/} (29. Rxc5 Ne2+ 30. Kf1 Nhxg3+
$1 31. hxg3 Nxg3+ 32. Kg1 Ne2+ $11) 29... Ng7 $132) 19. Rfd1 Nf6 20. Rac1 Qd7
21. Nc4 Ne4 22. Ne3 Ba8 23. a3 Nc3 24. Rd2 Ne4 25. Rdd1 Nc3 26. Re1 Ne4 27. Nc2
bxa3 28. Qxa3 Nd5 29. b4 Rfe8 30. Nfd4 {Georgiev,K-Radjabov,T/Sarajevo/2002/}
f4 $5 $13) 16. Ng5 Bf5 $146 {This B is important for the time being and Black
shouldn't allow its exchange on e6.} (16... b4 $6 17. Nce4 Ned5 18. Nxe6 fxe6
19. Nxf6+ Nxf6 20. Rac1 $36 Nd7 $2 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Rc4 $16 {Cvitan,O-Jenni,F/
Mitropa Cup Baden/1999/}) (16... Bd7 17. Nce4 Nf5 18. Rac1 Ne8 19. Bxg7 Kxg7
20. Rfd1 Qe7 21. Nh3 Rd8 22. Nf4 c6 23. Qc3+ Kg8 24. a4 bxa4 25. bxa4 Ra8 26.
a5 $36 {[%csl Ga5][%cal Gc1c8,Gd1d8] ->[+],o^a,Jirovsky,M-Tissir,M/Tanta op/
2001/}) 17. Rfd1 {This allows Black welcome simplification.} ({A more
ambitious continuation was} 17. e4 Bd7 18. b4 $5 {although here Black is also
not without chances:} (18. Nd5 Nexd5 19. exd5 h6 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. Bxe4 Bxb2 22.
Qxb2 Re8 $11) 18... h6 19. Nf3 Be6 (19... Nc8 20. e5 Ng4 21. Rad1 $5 $36) 20.
Nd4 (20. Rfd1 $5) 20... Bc4 21. Rfd1 c5 22. Nc2 Nc6 $132) 17... b4 18. Nce4 (
18. Na4 $6 h6 19. Nf3 Bd7 $15) 18... Bxe4 $1 (18... Nxe4 19. Bxe4 $5 {keeps
more tension in the position.}) 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Bxb2 21. Qxb2 Qd7 $11
22. Rd2 (22. Qc2 c6 23. Bf3 Qe6 {/\d5=}) 22... Qe6 23. Bf3 c6 24. h4 h5 25.
Rad1 d5 26. e4 $5 {An inspired attempt, but it's not enough to get an
advantage.} (26. Qd4 Nf5 27. Qf4 Rfe8 28. Rc2 Rb6 $11) 26... dxe4 (26... Rfd8
27. exd5 Nxd5 (27... cxd5 28. Qd4 $36) 28. Qc2 $14) 27. Rd6 Qf5 28. Rf6 Qc5 29.
Bxe4 Rbd8 $1 30. Rc1 {Now Black even gets some initiative due to the misplaced
Rf6.} (30. Rd2 $142 Nd5 $5 31. Rc2 Qe7 32. Bxd5 Rxd5 $11 33. Rcxc6 (33. Rfxc6
$2 Rd1+ 34. Kg2 Qe1 $19) 33... Rd1+ 34. Kh2 Qe4 35. f3 Qe7 $5 $40 (35... Qe1
36. Rxg6+ fxg6 37. Rxg6+ Kf7 38. Qf6+ Ke8 39. Qc6+ $11)) 30... Qd4 31. Qxd4
Rxd4 {[%csl Rf6]} 32. Rf4 (32. Bxc6 $4 Kg7 33. Rf3 Rc8 $19) (32. Bg2 Rfd8 $15)
32... Kg7 (32... f5 $2 33. Bxc6 $14 {/\} Rxf4 34. gxf4 Rc8 35. Bd5+) (32...
Rfd8 $5 33. Rc5 Kg7 $15) 33. Kg2 Rc8 34. Rc5 Rd2 35. Bf3 Ra8 $1 (35... Rxa2 36.
Rxb4 $14) 36. Re5 Nf5 (36... Ra7 $5) 37. Bxc6 Raxa2 38. Bb5 Rac2 (38... f6 $5
39. Ree4 (39. Rexf5 gxf5 40. Rxf5 Kg6 $15) 39... Nh6 40. Kf1 $1 (40. Rxb4 Ng4
41. Rbd4 Rxf2+ 42. Rxf2 Rxf2+ 43. Kg1 $11 {/=/+}) 40... Ng4 41. Re2) 39. Bc4
Rc3 (39... f6 40. Re8 Rc3 41. Kf1 $11) 40. Rexf5 $1 gxf5 41. Rxf5 {White wins
another P or liquidates the <<, thus guaranteeing hmself a draw.} Rcc2 $6 (
41... Kg6 $142 42. Rf4 (42. Rg5+ Kf6 43. Rxh5 Rcc2 44. Rb5 Rxf2+ 45. Kh3 Rc3
46. Rxb4 Rff3 $15) 42... Rd7 (42... f6 43. Be6 $11) 43. Bb5 Rb7 44. Rxb4 Kg7
45. Rc4 Rxb3 46. Bc6 $11) 42. Bxf7 Rb2 43. Bc4 Kg6 44. Rf8 Kg7 45. Rf4 Kh6 46.
Kg1 Rd1+ 47. Kh2 Rdd2 48. Kg2 Kg7 49. g4 $11 {/+/= Now White is the active
side and he can undertake winning attempts without risk.} hxg4 50. Rxg4+ Kh6
51. Rf4 Kg6 52. Kg3 Kh6 53. Rf6+ Kg7 54. Rf5 Kg6 55. Rf4 (55. Rg5+ Kf6 56. f4
$5 $14) 55... Kh6 56. Rf8 Kg7 57. Rf5 Kg6 58. Rg5+ Kf6 59. Rg8 Ke7 (59... Rxb3+
$5 60. Bxb3 Rd3+ $11) 60. Rg7+ Kf6 61. Rb7 Rxb3+ $5 {Black finally decides to
go for the safest solution-such R_|_ are drawn even without the bP.} (61...
Rxf2 $4 62. Rf7+ $18) (61... Ra2 $11 {/+/=}) 62. Bxb3 Rd3+ 63. Kg4 Rxb3 64. h5
Rb1 65. h6 Rg1+ 66. Kf4 Rh1 $11 67. h7 (67. Rxb4 $4 Rh4+) (67. Rb6+ Kf7 68. Kg5
Rg1+ 69. Kf5 Rh1 70. f4 b3 $11) 67... Kg6 68. Rxb4 Kxh7 69. Kg5 Kg7 70. Rb7+
Kf8 71. f4 Ra1 72. f5 Ra6 (72... Ra6 73. f6 Ra1 $11 {In the well-known
Philidor position Black draws easily.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP+"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2002.04.05"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D99"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2002.04.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Bg4 8.
Be3 Nfd7 9. Qb3 Nb6 10. Rd1 e6 11. Be2 Nc6 12. Ng1 Bxe2 13. Ngxe2 Qe7 14. O-O
Rfd8 15. f3 {Radjabov consequently avoids the usual move a3, that excludes the
exchange of the queens on b4 square.} (15. a3 Na5 (15... h6 16. Na4 Na5 17. Qc2
Nac4 18. Bc1 Nxa4 19. Qxa4 Nb6 20. Qb3 Qd7 21. Bf4 {1-0 Meduna,E-Jansa,V/
Trnava 1982/ (68)}) 16. Qb5 (16. Qb4 Nac4 17. Bg5 f6 18. Bc1 a5 19. Qb3 a4 20.
Qc2 Kh8 21. Rfe1 c6 22. Kh1 e5 23. dxe5 Nxe5 {1/2-1/2 Gligoric,S-Smejkal,J/
Novi Sad 1982/ (105)}) 16... Nac4 17. Bg5 f6 18. Bc1 c6 19. Qb3 Kh8 20. Qc2
Rac8 (20... e5 21. dxe5 Nxe5 22. a4 {1/2-1/2 Chandler,M-Smejkal,J/Vrsac 1981/ 
(22)}) 21. a4 e5 22. dxe5 Nxe5 23. b3 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Rd8 25. Be3 {1-0 Ivkov,
B-Jansa,V/Skara 1980/ (62)}) (15. d5 Na5 16. Qb5 Nac4 17. Bc5 Nd6 18. Qb3 exd5
19. exd5 Rd7 20. Ng3 Qh4 21. Nge2 Nf5 22. Rd3 Qc4 {0-1 Alexandria,
N-Gaprindashvili,N/Tskhaltubo 1988/ (38)}) 15... Rd7 16. Kh1 (16. a3 Rad8 $13)
16... Qb4 17. Qxb4 (17. Qc2 Nc4 18. Bc1 Nxd4 $17) 17... Nxb4 18. Bf2 (18. b3
Nc2 19. Bf2 Rad8 20. Nb5 c5 21. Bh4 Ne3 (21... f6 $5 $15) 22. Bxd8 Rxd8 23.
dxc5 Nxd1 24. cxb6 axb6 $15) 18... Rad8 19. Bh4 Rc8 (19... f6 $6 20. e5 $1 $14)
20. b3 Nc2 21. Bf2 Rcd8 22. Bh4 Ne3 $5 {Ivanchuk has decided to simplify the
position tactically, chances remain about equal.} (22... f6 23. Bf2 f5 24. Nf4
Kf7 25. d5 exd5 26. Ncxd5 c6 27. Ne3 $11) 23. Bxd8 Rxd8 24. Rfe1 Nxd1 25. Rxd1
Bf8 (25... h5 26. Kg1 Kf8 $15) 26. g3 c5 27. dxc5 (27. d5 c4 $5) 27... Rxd1+
28. Nxd1 Bxc5 29. Kg2 Nd7 30. Nb2 $1 Kf8 31. Nd3 Ke7 32. f4 (32. Nxc5 Nxc5 33.
Kf2 f6 34. Ke3 e5 $11) 32... Kd6 33. Kf3 a6 34. Nc3 f5 35. h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP+"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2002.04.05"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2002.04.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. c4 c6 7. O-O Bg4 8. d3
Nbd7 9. Nbd2 a5 10. h3 $146 (10. a3) (10. Qc2) (10. Rc1) 10... Bxf3 11. Nxf3 e6
(11... Re8 $5) 12. Qc2 Re8 13. e4 dxe4 (13... e5) 14. dxe4 e5 15. Rad1 $14 Qc7
16. Ba3 (16. a3 $14) 16... Bf8 17. c5 Qb8 $6 18. g4 {Wegen seiner passiven
Aufstellung hat Schwarz keine echte Chance, die Schwäche auf f4 auszunutzen.}
Rd8 19. Rd2 Be7 20. Rfd1 $16 (20. g5 $2 Nh5 {würde Schwarz sehr freuen.}) 20...
Nf8 21. Rxd8 Bxd8 22. Bb2 Bc7 23. Bf1 {[%cal Yf1c4] Ein Standardmanöver im
Königsindischen Angriff..} Qe8 24. Bc4 Qe7 25. Ng5 Ne6 26. Nxe6 fxe6 27. a3 Kf7
28. b4 axb4 29. axb4 Rd8 30. Ra1 {Der besser stehende Weiße ist an einem
Abtausch nicht interessiert.} Ne8 31. Qb3 Ng7 32. Kg2 (32. Qg3 $5 $16) 32... h5
33. Ra7 Bb8 34. Ra8 hxg4 35. hxg4 Bc7 36. Rxd8 Qxd8 37. Qf3+ (37. b5 {ist der
weiße Hebel. Da Schwarz aber keine aktiven Möglichkeiten hat, kann Weiß sich
Zeit lassen und auf einen geeigneteren Moment warten.}) 37... Qf6 38. Qd3 Qe7
39. Bc1 g5 40. Qf3+ Kg6 41. Bd2 Qd8 42. Qe3 Qf6 43. b5 $1 {Es ist soweit.} cxb5
44. Bxb5 Qe7 45. Bc4 Ne8 46. Bb5 Ng7 47. Ba4 Qf6 48. Qb3 Qd8 49. Be3 Qc8 50.
Qb5 Kf6 51. Qb4 ({Nach} 51. Qd7 $18 {ist der Fall des Pb7 nicht zu verhindern.}
) 51... Kg6 52. Qb3 Bd8 53. Qd3 Be7 54. Qb5 Qc7 55. Bb3 $2 (55. Qd7 $18) 55...
Kf7 56. Qc4 Qc6 57. Qe2 $2 {Hier wird nicht mehr viel Zeit vorhanden gewesen
sein...} Ne8 $2 (57... Qxe4+ $15) 58. Qf3+ Kg6 59. Kh2 Nf6 60. Qh3 $2 (60. Kg1)
60... Qxe4 $2 (60... Bxc5 $17) 61. Bxe6 Kg7 62. Bf5 Qc4 63. Kg2 Qd5+ 64. Kg1
Qd1+ 65. Kg2 Qd5+ 66. Kh2 Bxc5 (66... Qb3) 67. Bxg5 Bxf2 $2 ({Nach} 67... Ng8
68. Qh7+ Kf8 {ist die Lage noch nicht klar.}) 68. Qh6+ Kg8 69. Qg6+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE GP+"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2002.04.07"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2002.04.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 bxc6 {This
recapture gains some popularity nowadays. The main line is 6...dc.} 7. Nc3 (7.
Bd3 {is another continuation here.}) 7... Ne7 {Short also tried here: 7...d6
against Morozevich (Wijk aan Zee 2000) and 7...Nh6 against Nataf (FIDE Wch
2000).} 8. Na4 ({More often white plays here} 8. Bd3 {, for example - see the
game Sadvakasov-Kramnik /Astana 2001/CBM 84 [Postny]}) ({White also tried} 8.
Qf4) 8... Bd6 {In almost all preceding games black choose another retreat 8...
Bb6, but Short does not want to give his dark-squared B so early.} (8... Bb6 9.
Bd3 O-O 10. O-O d6 11. Rb1 Ng6 12. Kh1 Ne5 13. Be2 Qh4 14. Qf4 Qxf4 15. Bxf4
Re8 16. f3 f5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Rublevsky,S-Lautier,J/Bastia 2001/EXT 2002 (20)}) 9.
f4 {The most principle move in the position.} Ng6 10. g3 (10. e5 $2 Bxe5 11.
fxe5 Qh4+ {[%csl Ra4,Re1] A typical trap in Scotch.}) 10... O-O 11. Qe3 $146 (
11. Bg2 Ba6 12. Qe3 Rfe8 13. Bd2 Ne7 14. O-O-O Nd5 15. Qf3 Nb6 16. Nxb6 axb6
17. e5 Qe6 18. b3 Bf8 $11 {1-0 Ehlvest,J-Blatny,P/Stratton Mountain 2000/EXT
2001 (50)}) (11. e5 Nxe5 $6 12. fxe5 Qxe5+ 13. Qe2 $8 Qa5+ 14. Nc3 Bb7 15. Qf3)
11... Re8 12. Bd2 Qe7 $6 {[%csl Rg6] This move is typical for the game with
short time-control. Black has now an immideate threat, but it can be parried
easily and black's N remains unemployed for a long time.} ({Comes into
consideration} 12... Ne7 {the same idea as in the above-mentioned game
Ehlvest-Blatny.} 13. O-O-O (13. e5 Nd5) 13... Nd5 14. Qd3 Nb4 $132) 13. Bg2 Bb4
14. O-O-O Rb8 $6 (14... Bxd2+ 15. Rxd2 d6 $14) 15. Rhe1 $6 {Missing the chance
to get big advantage.} (15. c3 $1 Bd6 (15... Ba5 $2 16. Qxa7 Rb5 17. Bf1 $18)
16. e5 Qd8 17. Qxa7 $16) 15... d6 16. Bxb4 ({Again strong is} 16. c3 Ba5 17.
Qxa7 Rb5 18. e5 {[%csl Rc6]} d5 19. Bf1 $16) 16... Rxb4 17. Nc3 (17. Qxa7 Bg4
18. Rd3 Reb8 19. a3 R4b7 20. Qe3 $16) 17... Rb6 18. h4 h6 $6 (18... Bg4 19. Rd4
(19. Bf3 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Reb8 21. b3 {with only slight edge for white.}) 19...
Reb8 $14) 19. Rd4 Nf8 {transfering the N to better pastures.} 20. Ra4 a6 21.
Qd2 Nd7 22. Rd4 Nf6 23. e5 Ng4 $2 {This looks like an oversight.} ({Necessary
was} 23... d5 {although after} 24. Na4 {black has unpleasant position.}) 24.
Na4 {[%csl Rb6,Rc6] Winning a pawn for nothing.} Rb8 25. Bxc6 Bd7 26. Bxd7 Qxd7
27. b3 $6 ({Why not} 27. exd6 {?}) 27... Qc6 ({More stubborn would be} 27...
Qe7 28. Rde4 dxe5 29. fxe5 h5) 28. Rc4 Qb7 (28... Qf3 29. Qc3 Qxc3 30. Nxc3
dxe5 31. Rxc7 exf4 32. Rxe8+ Rxe8 33. gxf4 $18) 29. Qc3 Re7 30. Kb2 Rbe8 31.
exd6 $1 cxd6 (31... Rxe1 32. d7 $18 {[%csl Re1,Re8]}) 32. Rxe7 ({Also winning
for white is} 32. Rc7 Qxc7 33. Qxc7 Rxe1 34. Qxd6 $18) 32... Qxe7 33. Rc8 {
Simplifying to winning endgame.} Ne3 34. Rxe8+ Qxe8 35. Qd3 d5 36. Nc3 (36.
Qxa6 $2 Nd1+ $132) 36... Qe6 37. h5 f5 38. a4 Kf7 39. a5 {[%csl Ra6] Black is
a pawn down and his other pawns are also weak. White's K is in safe place, so
there is not a single chance for black.} g6 40. hxg6+ Kxg6 41. Na4 Qf6+ 42. Kb1
d4 43. Nc5 h5 44. Qxa6 1-0

[Event "FIDE GP+"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2002.04.07"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2002.04.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a3
d6 9. c3 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. d4 Qe8 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Be3 Nxe4
15. Qg4 Qg6 16. Qxg6 hxg6 17. Nd2 Nxd2 18. Bxd2 Rfd8 19. Be3 c5 20. a4 c4 21.
axb5 axb5 22. f3 Ra4 23. Kf1 Rda8 24. Rab1 Rd8 25. Bf2 Bf6 26. Bg3 Rd5 27. Re2
Kf7 28. Ke1 b4 29. Re4 b3 30. h4 Be7 31. Bh2 Rda5 32. Ke2 Ra1 33. Rxa1 Rxa1 34.
Rxc4 Rb1 35. Bxe5 Rxb2+ 36. Kd3 Rxg2 37. Rc7 Ke8 38. Bxg7 Bxh4 39. Rb7 Rf2 40.
Ke3 Rb2 41. Be5 Rb1 42. Kd3 b2 43. f4 Bg3 44. Kc2 Rf1 45. Kxb2 Bxf4 46. Bxf4
Rxf4 47. Kb3 e5 48. c4 e4 49. Kc3 e3 50. Kd3 e2 51. Kxe2 Rxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP+"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2002.04.08"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2002.04.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 O-O 12. Nc2 Rb8 13. Bd3 (13. h4 {
Probably this remains the critical continuation, although the set-up starting
with 13. ... Be7 seems to solve Black's opening problems. Below is a recent
example from Lautier's practice:} Be7 14. Nce3 Be6 15. b4 Qd7 16. a4 Bd8 17.
axb5 axb5 18. g3 Ne7 19. Bg2 Qb7 {1/2-1/2 Nisipeanu,L-Lautier,J/France 2001.})
13... Bg5 14. h4 Bh6 15. g4 {As usually, Ivanchuk chooses an original opening
plan. White advances his kingside pawns and gains some space advantage.
However, the weakness of square f4 and as a consequence of square e5 (after
the usual Nd5xf4) gives Black good counterchances, even in case of a loss of a
pawn.} Bf4 16. Qe2 {This is new. White played 16.Qf3 before and I don't see a
clear advantage of Ivanchuk's 16.Qe2 if comparing to 16.Qf3, maybe only that
after Nxf4 exf4 the move Nc6-e5 will be made without gaining a tempo. An
example which shows the consequenses of White's weaknesses on the kingside:} (
16. Qf3 Be6 17. a3 (17. Nxf4 exf4 (17... Qf6 $11) 18. Qxf4 Ne5 19. Be2 Bxg4 $1
$15) 17... Re8 18. Nce3 Bxe3 19. Nxe3 a5 20. Nf5 b4 21. axb4 axb4 22. Ra6 Rb6
23. Rxb6 Qxb6 24. O-O bxc3 25. bxc3 Qc5 26. Bb1 d5 27. h5 Bxf5 28. gxf5 d4 29.
cxd4 exd4 30. Kh1 Qe7 31. Qg3 Qf6 32. f4 Qh6 33. Qh2 Nb4 34. e5 d3 35. Rd1 Rd8
36. Qh4 Rd4 37. Rc1 Qa6 38. Qe7 Qa8+ 39. Kg1 d2 40. Rd1 Nd5 41. Qc5 Ne3 42. Be4
Rxe4 43. Rxd2 Ng4 {0-1 Vasquez Ramirez,R-Cmilyte,V/Oropesa del Mar 1999.})
16... Be6 17. g5 Re8 18. Kf1 Qd7 19. Kg2 Qb7 20. f3 Ne7 (20... Bxd5 {deserved
serious attention. For instance:} 21. exd5 Ne7 22. Qe4 g6 {[%csl Rd5,Rg3,Rg5,
Rh4][%cal Ge7f5,Ga6a5,Gh7h6] and white king might easily become weaker than
Black's.}) 21. Nxf4 $1 {Now that black knight went to e7 this trade looks
logical. In the arising position White has some initiative.} exf4 22. Nd4 Ng6 (
22... Nc6 23. Nxc6 Qxc6 24. Qd2 $14) 23. Qd2 Qe7 24. Kf2 {/\25.h5} d5 25. exd5
(25. h5 $5 Ne5 26. h6 $36) 25... Bxd5 26. Bxg6 $1 fxg6 (26... Qe3+ $5 27. Qxe3
fxe3+ 28. Kg3 $13) (26... hxg6 $2 27. Qxf4) 27. Rae1 (27. Qxf4 Rf8 $44) 27...
Qf7 28. a3 {Next White wants to trade all rooks and with the queen and strong
knight on d4 he will have a certain advantage. Lautier decided to sac the
f-pawn and get some compensation. White has troubles to convert his material
advantage into a full point because of his somewhat exposed king, but it is
clear that Black must play very inventive to escape. In the game he managed it.
} Re3 (28... Rbd8 29. Rxe8+ Rxe8 30. Re1 $14) (28... Rf8 {Keeping all rooks on
the board would have been an interesting decision. One rook protects pawn f4
from f8, the other one is active on d8, while the queen creates some threats 
(for instance to penetrate on h3). Still White is slightly better:} 29. Re5
Rbd8 30. Rhe1 Qb7 (30... Qd7 31. Ne2 $1) 31. Re7 Qc8 32. Rh1 Qc5 33. Qe2 $14)
29. Rxe3 fxe3+ 30. Qxe3 Re8 31. Qd2 Rf8 32. Rh3 Kh8 33. Rg3 Re8 34. Rg4 Rf8 35.
Qe3 Bb7 36. Ne6 $2 (36. Kg3 $5 Qc7+ 37. Rf4 $1 {/\ 38.Ne6} Bd5 38. Ne2 Qb8 (
38... Bc4 39. Kg2 Rd8 40. Re4 $16) 39. Kf2 Re8 40. Qd2 {And White seems slowly
to improve, for instance:} (40. Qd4 Bc4 $132 {[%cal Ge8d8]}) 40... Bc4 41. Ng3
Rd8 42. Rd4 $16) 36... Qxf3+ (36... Re8 $1 37. Rf4 Qe7 {followed by 38. ...
Bc8 and Black wins the knight.}) 37. Qxf3 Rxf3+ 38. Ke2 Rf5 39. Rd4 {Both
sides have missed 36. ... Re8 probably because of severe time trouble. Now
Black ended up in a difficult position again, but succeeded to save half a
point though.} Bd5 40. Nf4 Bc4+ 41. Ke3 Rf8 42. a4 Kg8 43. a5 Re8+ 44. Kf3 Re1
45. Rd8+ Kf7 46. Rd7+ Kf8 47. Ra7 Rb1 48. Rxa6 Rxb2 49. Ra8+ (49. Ke4 $16)
49... Ke7 50. Ra7+ Kd6 51. Ke3 (51. Rxg7 Rc2 52. Rxh7 Rxc3+ 53. Kf2 Ra3 54. Rb7
Rxa5 55. Nxg6 $16) 51... Rc2 52. Kd4 Rd2+ 53. Ke4 Rc2 54. Rxg7 Rxc3 55. Rxh7
Ra3 56. Rg7 Kc5 57. Rxg6 b4 58. Ne6+ Kb5 59. Nd4+ Kxa5 60. Rg7 $2 (60. Rc6 $16
Bd3+ (60... b3 61. Rxc4 b2 62. Rc5+ $18) 61. Ke5 b3 62. Rc3 $18) 60... Rh3 $1
61. Rb7 Rxh4+ 62. Ke5 Rg4 63. Nc6+ Ka6 64. Rxb4 Rxg5+ 65. Kd6 Rd5+ 66. Kc7 Bb5
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP+"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2002.04.08"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "Lautier,J"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2002.04.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Stohl} e6 2. c4 b6 3. e4 Bb7 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Ne2 {Stohl: 'More accurate,
as it enables White to play ao. for f4-f5 in the near future.'} (5. Nf3 {Stohl}
Nb4 6. Nc3 (6. d5 {Stohl} Nxd3+ 7. Qxd3 Bb4+ 8. Bd2 Bxd2+ 9. Nbxd2 Ne7 10. O-O
O-O 11. Rfe1 Ng6 12. Qc3 Qe7 13. Nf1 c6 14. dxc6 dxc6 15. Ng3 (15. c5 $5 $11 {
Stohl}) 15... Rfd8 16. Rad1 c5 17. Qc1 h6 18. Re2 Rxd1+ 19. Qxd1 Rd8 20. Rd2
Rxd2 21. Qxd2 h5 22. Nxh5 Bxe4 23. Qe3 Bxf3 24. Qxf3 Qg5 $15 {Lamprecht,
F-Speelman,J/Bundesliga 0102/2001/}) 6... Nxd3+ 7. Qxd3 d6 8. O-O Ne7 9. Ne1 g6
10. Bg5 Bg7 11. f4 O-O 12. Nc2 Qd7 13. Rad1 f5 14. e5 $14 d5 15. cxd5 $6 Nxd5
16. Rf2 Rf7 17. Ne3 Bf8 18. Nexd5 Bxd5 19. Rfd2 Rc8 20. Bf6 Qc6 21. Qg3 Bg7 $11
{Crouch,C-Kinsman,A/BCF-chT Birmingham/2002/}) 5... Nb4 6. Nbc3 (6. O-O {Stohl}
Ne7 (6... Nxd3 {Stohl} 7. Qxd3 d6 $14) 7. Bf4 $5 $146 Ng6 8. Bg3 Be7 9. f4 Nxd3
10. Qxd3 O-O 11. f5 exf5 12. exf5 Nh4 13. Nbc3 g6 14. Bxh4 Bxh4 15. Nf4 Kh8 16.
Qh3 Rg8 17. d5 Qe7 18. Rad1 gxf5 19. Qxf5 Raf8 20. Qd3 f5 21. Kh1 Rg4 22. Nce2
Bg5 23. b3 Rh4 24. Nh3 Re4 25. Ng3 $16 {Epishin,V-Barle,J/Nova Gorica/2002/})
6... Nxd3+ 7. Qxd3 d6 (7... g6 {Stohl} 8. h4 $1 h6 9. h5 g5 10. f4 gxf4 11.
Bxf4 d6 12. O-O-O Qd7 13. d5 O-O-O 14. Be3 Bg7 15. Rdf1 Be5 16. Bd4 Rh7 17.
Bxe5 dxe5 18. Qg3 exd5 19. cxd5 f6 {Bacrot,E-Short,N/Sarajevo/2000/} 20. Qf3
$16) 8. O-O Nf6 {Stohl: 'White controls the [+], but Black, although passive,
has a potential plus in his ^^. In this year Ivanchuk has revived this line in
two rapid games.'} 9. f4 {'N' Stohl.} (9. d5 {Stohl} Be7 (9... Qd7 $5 {Stohl}
10. Nd4 e5 11. Nf5 g6 12. Nh6 Bg7 13. h3 Nh5 14. Ne2 Qe7 15. Rb1 Bc8 16. Qf3
Nf4 17. Nxf4 Bxh6 $11 {1/2,Pacheco Asmat,J-Belli Pino,M/PER-ch/1997/}) 10. Nd4
Qd7 11. f4 $5 (11. a4 {Stohl} c5 12. dxc6 Bxc6 13. b3 O-O 14. Ba3 Bb7 15. Ndb5
Rfd8 16. Rad1 Qc6 17. Qg3 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Qxe4 19. Nxd6 Bxd6 20. Bxd6 Qg6 21. Bc7
Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Rc8 23. a5 b5 24. Qxg6 hxg6 25. Rd8+ {1/2,Kramnik,V-Ivanchuk,V/
Monaco rpd/2002/}) (11. b3 {Stohl} O-O (11... c6 {Stohl} 12. dxc6 Bxc6 13. Ba3
$1 a6 14. Rad1 Bb7 15. Qg3 Qc7 16. Rfe1 g6 17. e5 $36 Nh5 $2 18. Bxd6 Qd7 19.
Qg4 Bxd6 20. exd6 O-O 21. Na4 Rae8 22. Nc2 Qd8 23. d7 Re7 24. Qd4 Bc6 25. Nxb6
$18 {Epishin,V-Ehlvest,J/Novosibirsk/1993/}) 12. Bb2 c6 13. dxc6 Bxc6 14. Nxc6
Qxc6 15. Rad1 Rfd8 16. Rd2 a6 17. a4 Ne8 18. Rfd1 Bg5 19. Rc2 Rab8 20. h3 h6
21. Ne2 Qb7 22. Bc1 Bxc1 23. Rcxc1 Nf6 $11 {Jelen,I-Grosar,A/Ljubljana/1997/})
11... c5 12. Nde2 exd5 13. cxd5 h5 $6 (13... b5 $5 $14 {(Stohl) <=>}) 14. a4 h4
15. h3 O-O 16. b3 Ne8 17. Bb2 Nc7 18. f5 Bf6 19. Rf4 Qe7 20. Rg4 Kh7 21. Qd2
Ne8 22. Kh1 g5 23. Ng1 Rg8 24. Nf3 Rg7 25. Rf1 Kg8 26. e5 $1 dxe5 27. Ne4 $40 {
Anastasian,A-Kengis,E/Katowice op/1993/}) 9... Be7 10. e5 (10. f5 O-O 11. fxe6
fxe6 12. d5 Ng4 (12... e5 13. Bd2 Bc8 14. Rf2 $14) 13. Nd4 (13. Nf4 Ne5 14. Qe2
exd5 15. exd5 Qd7 16. Be3 Rae8) 13... Ne5 14. Rxf8+ Qxf8 15. Qe2 exd5 16. exd5
Qf7 17. Be3 $14) (10. d5 $5) 10... Nd7 (10... dxe5 {Stohl} 11. fxe5 Nd7 12. Qg3
$16 {[%cal Gf1f7] ->,<->f}) 11. f5 {'!?' Stohl.} (11. Qg3 {Stohl} O-O $13 {/\}
12. f5 $6 dxe5 13. dxe5 Bh4 $1 14. Qf4 exf5 $15) 11... exf5 $6 (11... dxe5 $142
12. fxe6 fxe6 13. Qh3 Bf6 {'!' Stohl.} (13... exd4 $6 14. Nxd4 $40 Bc5 15. Be3
$36) 14. Qxe6+ (14. Nb5 {Stohl} O-O 15. Qxe6+ Kh8 $15) 14... Qe7 15. Qxe7+ Bxe7
(15... Kxe7 16. d5 $14 c6 $132) 16. Be3 (16. Nb5 Bd8 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Bf4 Nxc4
19. Bxc7 Bf6 20. Rac1 a6 21. Nd6+ Nxd6 22. Bxd6 Rd8 $11) 16... O-O-O 17. Rf7
Bf6 18. d5 $14) 12. Qxf5 O-O 13. exd6 (13. e6 fxe6 14. Qxe6+ Kh8 15. Bd2 Bf6
$14) 13... cxd6 (13... Bxd6 $6 14. Bg5 Qc8 (14... f6 15. Bf4 $36) (14... Qe8 {
Stohl} 15. Bf4 $14 (15. Rae1 $36 {Stohl})) 15. Rae1 $36) 14. Bf4 a6 (14... Nf6
{[%cal Rd6d5] (Stohl) /\d5} 15. d5 Bc8 16. Qd3 $14) 15. a4 $1 {>< b5, /\ d5 ><
Bb7} Qc7 16. b3 Rae8 17. Qd3 {'+/=' Stohl. Stohl: '()' Stohl: 'White has kept
some advantage, as he has more influence in the [+] and Black's Bb7 can always
be later shut out with d5.'} (17. Nd5 $5 Qc6 18. Rae1) 17... f5 $6 {Stohl: '׻,
e6'} (17... Nf6 $142 18. d5 Bc8 $14) (17... Bf6 {Stohl} 18. Ng3 $16 (18. Qg3 $5
{Stohl})) 18. Bd2 (18. Bg3 $1 g6 19. Nf4 $16) 18... g6 (18... Qc6 {Stohl} 19.
Nd5 $16) 19. Nf4 Bg5 (19... Bh4 {Stohl} 20. a5 $1 bxa5 (20... Nf6 {Stohl} 21.
d5 $36 {/\Ne6}) 21. Ncd5 $16) 20. Rae1 {Stohl: '/\Ne6'} (20. Nfd5 {Stohl} Qd8
21. Bxg5 Qxg5 22. a5 bxa5 23. Rxa5 Nf6 $132) 20... Bxf4 21. Bxf4 Nf6 22. d5 Ng4
(22... Qc5+ {Stohl} 23. Be3 Qb4 24. Na2 $16) (22... Rxe1 {Stohl} 23. Rxe1 Qc5+
24. Be3 (24. Kh1 {Stohl} Ng4 25. Nd1 $14) 24... Qb4 25. Bf2 $5 (25. Bd4 {Stohl}
Ne4 26. Rb1 $16) 25... Qxb3 26. Rb1 $40) 23. Qd4 $16 {Stohl: '><b6,d6,>>'
Stohl: 'White has increased his advantage.'} Bc8 24. h3 Ne5 25. Re2 Rf7 (25...
Qc5 {Stohl} 26. Qxc5 bxc5 27. Rfe1 Bd7 28. Bxe5 dxe5 29. Rxe5 Rxe5 30. Rxe5 Rb8
31. d6 Rxb3 32. Nd5 Bxa4 33. d7 $18) (25... Bd7 {Stohl} 26. Rfe1 Nf7 27. Be3
Qc5 28. Qd2 $5 (28. Nb1 {[%cal Rd4c3] (Stohl) /\Qc3} Qxd4 (28... Re4 $2 {Stohl}
29. Qxe4 $18) 29. Bxd4 Rxe2 (29... b5 {Stohl} 30. Rxe8 Rxe8 31. Rxe8+ Bxe8 32.
cxb5 axb5 33. a5 $16) 30. Rxe2 Rb8 31. Re7 Rb7 32. Nc3 Kf8 33. Bf6 $16 {/\} Bc8
34. Rxb7 Bxb7 35. Bd4 $18) 28... Qc7 (28... Qb4 $2 {Stohl} 29. Ne4 $1 Qxd2 30.
Nf6+ $18) 29. Bd4 $40) 26. Rfe1 Rfe7 27. Kh1 {Stohl: 'White doesn't hurry with
undermining Black's [+] bastions.'} (27. Bg5 $5 Rf7 28. Be3 Nd7 29. Bf4 Rxe2
30. Rxe2 $16) (27. a5 $5 {Stohl} bxa5 28. c5 Qa7 (28... dxc5 {Stohl} 29. Qf2 {
[%cal Rf2g3] /\Qg3+-}) (28... Nf7 {Stohl} 29. cxd6 Nxd6 30. Rxe7 Rxe7 31. Rxe7
Qxe7 32. Qc5 $18) 29. Qf2 Nd3 30. Rxe7 Rxe7 31. Rxe7 Qxe7 32. Bxd6 Qxd6 33.
cxd6 Nxf2 34. Kxf2 $16) 27... Qc5 28. Qd1 Bd7 ({In the long run it's difficult
for Black to prevent the aforementioned break:} 28... a5 $2 {Stohl} 29. Nb5 Bd7
(29... Ba6 {Stohl} 30. Nxd6 $5 Qxd6 31. Qd4 $18) 30. Bg5 Rf7 31. Be3 Qb4 32.
Bd2 $5 Qc5 33. b4 axb4 34. Be3 $18) 29. Bg5 Rf7 30. Be3 Qc7 31. Bd4 $6 (31. Qd4
$16) 31... h6 $6 (31... f4 $1 32. Ne4 (32. Rf2 {Stohl} f3 33. gxf3 $40 {/\} (
33. g4 {Stohl} Qd8 $1 {/\} 34. Bxe5 dxe5 35. Rxf3 $2 Bxg4 $1 36. hxg4 Rxf3 $17)
33... Bxh3 34. f4 Ref8 35. fxe5 Rxf2 36. Bxf2 Rxf2 37. Ne4 Bg2+ 38. Kg1 Bf3 39.
Nf6+ Kf8 40. Qd3 Rg2+ 41. Kf1 $18) (32. a5 {Stohl} f3 $13) 32... f3 $132 33.
gxf3 Rxf3 34. Nxd6 Qxd6 35. Bxe5 Rxh3+ $11) (31... a5 $142 $5 $14 {Stohl}) 32.
a5 $1 $16 {'!' Stohl.} bxa5 33. c5 {'->' Stohl.} Rfe7 34. c6 Bc8 35. Qd2 g5 36.
Na4 {Stohl: '/\Bb6,Nb6'} (36. h4 $16 {Stohl}) 36... f4 (36... Qb8 $2 {Stohl}
37. Bxe5 Rxe5 38. Rxe5 Rxe5 39. Rxe5 dxe5 40. d6 $18) 37. Bxe5 (37. Qc2 $5 Kg7
38. Nb6 f3 39. Re3 fxg2+ 40. Kxg2 $16) (37. Bb6 {Stohl} Qb8 $132) (37. Nb6 {
Stohl} Bf5 38. Nc4 $5 $36) 37... Rxe5 {'[]' Stohl.} 38. Rxe5 dxe5 (38... Rxe5 {
Stohl} 39. Rxe5 dxe5 40. Qc2 Kg7 (40... Qf7 {Stohl} 41. Nb6 f3 42. Kg1 $1 fxg2
43. Kxg2 Bxh3+ 44. Kxh3 Qf3+ 45. Kh2 $18) 41. Qc5 f3 42. Kg1 $5 $18) 39. Nc5 (
39. Qc2 $142 $5 {Stohl} Kg7 40. Qc5 f3 41. d6 (41. Kg1 $5 {Stohl}) 41... Qf7
42. Nb6 fxg2+ 43. Kxg2 Bxh3+ 44. Kxh3 Qf3+ 45. Kh2 Qf4+ 46. Kg2 Qg4+ 47. Kf2
Rf8+ 48. Ke3 $18) 39... Bf5 40. Ne4 $1 Bxe4 41. Rxe4 Qd6 (41... Rd8 42. Qc3 $16
(42. Rc4 $16 {Stohl}) 42... Rxd5 $2 43. Qc4 $18) 42. Qd3 (42. Qxa5 Qg6 43. Qb4
$16) 42... Kg7 43. Rc4 {Stohl: '/\c7,Rc6'} Rc8 44. Qe4 Rc7 (44... Kf6 {Stohl}
45. Qh7 $5 (45. Ra4 {Stohl} Qc5 $14) 45... Qxd5 46. Qxh6+ Kf5 47. Qh7+ Kf6 48.
c7 $16) 45. Ra4 h5 (45... Ra7 {Stohl} 46. Rxa5 {[%cal Rb3b5] /\b4-b5+- is too
passive. Black seeks counterplay, but his K is too vulnerable and White's o^
are too strong.}) 46. Rxa5 g4 47. Rxa6 $18 g3 48. Ra1 (48. b4 {Stohl} Kf6 49.
b5 {/\} Qc5 50. Ra1 Qxb5 51. Re1 Re7 52. d6 $18) 48... Kf6 49. b4 Rc8 50. b5
Qc5 51. Re1 Re8 52. Rb1 Rb8 53. Qd3 Ke7 54. Qh7+ Kf6 55. Qh6+ Kf5 56. Qe6+ Ke4
57. Re1+ Qe3 58. Qg6+ Kd4 59. Rxe3 fxe3 60. c7 Rf8 61. Qxg3 e2 62. Kh2 Kxd5 63.
Qd3+ 1-0

[Event "Eurotel Trophy"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2002.04.28"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2002.04.28"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. b6 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8. Nf3 O-O
{A somewhat careless move, after which White can cause Black unnecessary
worries by protecting the extra P.} (8... Qxb6 9. a4 $14 (9. Nd2 $5)) (8...
Nbd7 $142 9. a4 a5 $1 $13 {<=> and when White is denied a chance to play a5
and possibly gain a foothold on b6, it's not easy for him to prove he has an
advantage.}) 9. Qb3 $5 Bb7 10. Nd2 {The only principled follow-up.} (10. Be2
$143 Nbd7 11. O-O Qxb6 12. Qxb6 Nxb6 13. Bf4 Nfd7 14. Nd2 a5 15. Bb5 (15. a4
$142 $11) 15... a4 $1 16. Rac1 Ba6 17. Bxa6 Rxa6 18. Nd1 f5 19. f3 Ne5 20. Bxe5
Bxe5 21. g3 Ra5 22. Nc3 Rb8 $17 {Petursson,G-Rossen,C/Copenhagen/1998/}) (10.
a4 a5 11. Nd2 Na6 12. Be2 Nb4 13. Nc4 Nd7 14. Nb5 Nxb6 15. Bd2 Nxc4 16. Bxc4
Na6 17. O-O Qb6 18. Qc2 Nc7 $11 {Norbach,A-Jochens,A/Hamburg/1999/}) 10... a5 (
10... Nbd7 11. Nc4 (11. Na4 Re8 12. f3 e6 13. Nc4 Bxd5 $5 $36) 11... a5 12. a4
(12. f3 $142 $5 $14) 12... Ra6 (12... Ng4 13. Bg5 Nde5 14. h3 Nxc4 15. hxg4
Nxb6 16. Nb5 Bc8 17. Qg3 f6 18. Bd2 Rf7 19. Ra3 $1 Bd7 20. Qh2 Bh8 21. Rh3 $1
h5 22. Rxh5 gxh5 23. Qxh5 Bg7 24. Qh7+ Kf8 25. Bh6 e5 26. Nxd6 Be8 27. Nxf7
Bxf7 28. Bxg7+ Ke7 29. Bxf6+ Kxf6 30. Qh4+ Kg6 31. Qh6# {1-0,Sokolov,I-Vestly,
J/EU Cup Panormo/2001/ An original and impressive attack by White!}) 13. Qb5 (
13. Bd2 Nxb6 14. Ne3 Ra8 15. Bb5 Ba6 16. O-O Bxb5 17. axb5 a4 18. Qc2 Qd7 19.
Ra3 Rfb8 20. Rfa1 Ng4 21. Nxg4 Qxg4 22. h3 Qd7 23. Nxa4 Qxb5 24. Nc3 Rxa3 25.
Rxa3 Qd7 $11 {/=/+,Seirawan,Y-Van Wely,L/Merrillville/1997/ Black has a more
compact P-structure.}) 13... Ra8 $5 14. Nxa5 Ba6 15. Qb3 Bxf1 16. Nc6 Qxb6 17.
Qxb6 Nxb6 18. Rxf1 e6 $132) 11. Be2 (11. Bc4 Nbd7 (11... Nfd7 $5 12. Na4 Ne5
13. Bb5 Nbd7 $132) 12. Na4 Rb8 13. Qb5 Bc8 14. Qxa5 Nxb6 $44) 11... Nbd7 12.
Na4 Re8 13. O-O (13. f3 $5 {/\} e6 14. Nc4 $36) 13... e6 14. dxe6 Rxe6 15. Bc4
Re7 16. Rd1 $146 (16. Nf3 $143 Nxe4 17. Ng5 Qe8 $15 18. Nxe4 $2 Rxe4 19. Nc3 a4
$1 20. Nxa4 Rg4 21. f3 Rxc4 22. Qxc4 Bd4+ 23. Kh1 Ba6 24. Qd5 Bxf1 25. Bh6
Bxg2+ 26. Kxg2 Rxa4 27. b7 Qe2+ 28. Kh1 Rxa2 $1 $19 {Gurieli,N-Mahn,F/Berlin/
1996/}) (16. f3 $5 Rb8 17. Rd1 Ne5 (17... Bc6 18. Bb5 Bxb5 19. Qxb5 Nxb6 20.
Nxb6 Qxb6 21. Qxb6 Rxb6 22. Nc4 $16) 18. Bf1 (18. Nb1 $5 Nxc4 19. Qxc4 Nxe4 $1
20. Qb5 Bd4+ 21. Rxd4 cxd4 22. fxe4 Rxe4 $32 {->}) 18... Nc6 $44 {<=>}) 16...
Rb8 (16... Bc6 17. Bb5 Bxb5 18. Qxb5 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Rxe4 20. Bd2 $1 $14) 17. Nf3
{[%mdl 2112] White gives back the booty to finish his development. However,
the position still remains complicated enough and full of tactical piece play
till the very end.} (17. f3 $142 Ne5 {-16.f3}) 17... Nxe4 $6 (17... Bxe4 $5 18.
Rxd6 (18. Ng5 d5 19. Nxe4 Rxe4 20. Bxd5 (20. Bf1 c4 $17) 20... Nxd5 21. Qxd5
Nf8 $1 22. Qxd8 Rxd8 23. Be3 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Rxa4 25. a3 Re4 (25... Bd4 26. b7
Nd7 27. b4 $1 Rxa3 $8 28. bxc5 Bxc5 29. Kf1 (29. Bxc5 $2 Rb3) 29... Bxe3 30.
fxe3 Nb8 31. Rd8+ Kg7 32. Rxb8 Rb3 $11) 26. Bxc5 Bxb2 27. b7 Re8 28. Bd6 Nd7
29. Rb1 f6 $1 $15 {/\Be5}) 18... Bxf3 19. Qxf3 (19. gxf3 Re1+ 20. Kg2 Qe7 {
/\Nh5->}) 19... Re1+ 20. Bf1 Ne4 (20... Qe7 21. Rd1 $11) 21. Rd1 (21. Bf4 Rxa1
22. Qxe4 Qc8 $1 $15 {[%cal Yg7d4,Yc8a6] /\Bd4,Qa6}) 21... Rxd1 22. Qxd1 Bd4 23.
Be3 Nxb6 $11) 18. Bf4 Bc6 (18... Ndf6 $5 19. Ng5 Nxg5 20. Bxg5 $14) 19. Bxd6
Nxd6 20. Rxd6 Bxa4 21. Qxa4 Rxb6 $8 (21... Bxb2 $2 22. Rad1 Rb7 23. Bb5 $18)
22. Qxa5 Qb8 23. Rxb6 Qxb6 $1 (23... Nxb6 $143 24. Qb5 $16) 24. Qa8+ Nf8 25.
Rb1 Bxb2 {Seems very brave, but Black will be able to unpin his B with Qf6.}
26. Qd5 (26. Ng5 Qb4 (26... Kg7 27. Nxf7 Qf6 28. Nd8 Bd4 29. Rf1 Re1 30. Qb7+
Re7 31. Qc6 $14) 27. Nxh7 Kxh7 28. Qxf8 Bg7 $1 29. Rxb4 Re1+ 30. Bf1 Bxf8 31.
Rc4 Ra1 32. a4 Bg7 33. Rxc5 Rxa4 $11 {/+/=}) 26... Rd7 27. Qe4 (27. Qg5 $142 $5
Ne6 (27... Qf6 $2 28. Qxc5 $16) 28. Qe3 $36) 27... Qf6 28. h4 h6 29. a4 Ra7 {
Black doesn't want to allow the o^ any further.} (29... Re7 30. Qd5 Bd4 31. a5
$14) 30. Qc2 Bc3 31. Rb8 Kg7 $11 32. Bb3 Nd7 33. Rb5 Bb4 34. Qe4 Qa1+ 35. Kh2
Nf6 (35... Qc3 $142 $1 36. Qc2 $11) 36. Qe5 $1 Qc1 (36... Qxe5+ 37. Nxe5 Be1
38. f3 $14 (38. Kg1 Ne4 39. f3 Bc3 $11)) 37. Rb8 (37. Rb6 $143 Bc3 38. Qxc5 (
38. Qe2 Ng4+ 39. Kg3 Ba5 40. Rc6 h5 $40) 38... Ng4+ (38... Qf4+ 39. Kh1 Rc7 40.
Qe3 Qxe3 41. fxe3 Ng4 $11) 39. Kh3 (39. Kg3 $2 Be5+ $19) 39... Ra5 40. Qe7 (40.
Qc4 Qh1+ 41. Kg3 Be5+ $1 42. Nxe5 Qh2+ 43. Kxg4 Qxg2+ 44. Kf4 g5+ 45. hxg5
hxg5+ 46. Ke3 Rxe5+ $19) 40... Qf4 41. Qxf7+ Qxf7 42. Bxf7 Nxf2+ 43. Kg3 Nh1+
44. Kh2 $11) 37... Bc3 $2 (37... Qc3 38. Qd6 (38. Qxc3 $11) 38... c4 (38... Nd7
39. Bxf7 $5 Kxf7 40. Rd8 $40 {/\} Nf6 41. Qf8+ Ke6 42. Rd6+ Kf5 43. Rd5+ Ke6
44. Re5+ $18) 39. Qd8 (39. Rxb4 cxb3 40. Rb8 Kh7 41. Qf8 Ng4+ 42. Kg3 h5 $11)
39... Ne8 40. Qxe8 Bd6+ 41. Kh3 Bxb8 42. Qxb8 Re7 $44 (42... cxb3 43. Qxa7 b2
44. Qb6 Qc2 45. Qd4+ Kh7 46. Nd2 $18)) 38. Qd6 (38. Qxc5 $2 Qf4+ $17) 38... Nd7
39. Rd8 $6 (39. Bxf7 $1 Nxb8 (39... Kxf7 40. Rd8 Nf6 41. Qf8+ Ke6 42. Rd6+ Kf5
43. Qc8+ Kf4 44. Kh3 $1 Qh1+ (44... g5 $2 45. Rxf6+ Bxf6 46. Qg4#) 45. Nh2 Rd7
$8 (45... g5 46. g3+ Ke4 47. Qc6+ $18) 46. Rxd7 Nxd7 47. Qxd7 $18) 40. Qxg6+
Kf8 41. Qg8+ Ke7 42. Qxb8 $40) 39... c4 $5 (39... Qb2 40. Bxf7 Be5+ $8 41. Nxe5
Qxe5+ 42. Qxe5+ Nxe5 43. Be8 $14 {/+/-}) 40. Bxc4 Bf6 $1 (40... Rxa4 $2 41.
Qxd7 (41. Bxf7 $2 Be5+ $1 42. Nxe5 Rxh4+ 43. Kg3 Qf4#) 41... Qf4+ (41... Rxc4
42. Qe8 Kf6 43. Rd7 $18) 42. g3 Qxc4 (42... Qxf3 43. Qxa4 Qxf2+ 44. Kh3 Qf5+
45. Kg2 Qe4+ 46. Kh2 $18) 43. Qe8 Kf6 44. Rc8 Qf1 45. Qd8+ $18 {->}) 41. Rxd7 (
41. Rc8 $5 $36) 41... Rxd7 42. Qxd7 Qxc4 {Black has somehow managed not to
lose immediately and has drawing chances, especially due to the fact White's
time was running out.} 43. g3 $6 $138 (43. a5 $142 Bxh4 44. Qb7 $1 (44. Nxh4
Qxh4+ 45. Kg1 Qb4 $132) 44... Bd8 (44... Bxf2 $2 45. Qb2+ $18) 45. a6 Qc7+ 46.
g3 $16) 43... g5 $1 44. hxg5 hxg5 45. g4 (45. a5 Qc5 46. Qd2 Bc3 47. Qxg5+ Qxg5
48. Nxg5 Bxa5 $11 {is a theoretical draw.}) (45. Qb5 $142 $5 {still gives
White winning chances.}) 45... Bc3 46. Qf5 f6 47. Qd7+ (47. a5 Bxa5 $1 {/\} 48.
Qxa5 $2 Qf4+ $15) 47... Kg6 48. Qf5+ Kg7 49. Qd7+ Kg6 50. Kg2 Qe4 $1 51. Kg3 (
51. Qc8 Ba5 $11) 51... Qf4+ 52. Kg2 Qe4 $11 {White is unable to break the pin
and improve his position.} 53. Kf1 Qb1+ 54. Ke2 Qe4+ 55. Kf1 Qb1+ 56. Kg2 Qe4
57. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Eurotel Trophy"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2002.04.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2002.04.28"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. Bd3 b5 8. a4
b4 9. Na2 Bb7 10. Nxb4 d5 11. c3 dxe4 12. Be2 Qc7 13. f4 Nbd7 14. O-O Be7 15.
a5 O-O 16. Qe1 Nc5 17. Qf2 Rfd8 18. f5 Nd3 19. Bxd3 exd3 20. fxe6 Bxb4 21. cxb4
Rd5 22. Rac1 Qe7 23. Qg3 fxe6 24. Rc7 Rd7 25. Rxd7 Nxd7 26. Qc7 Bd5 27. b5 axb5
28. Nxb5 Rb8 29. Nc3 Ba8 30. a6 Qe8 31. Rf2 Nf6 $2 {This careless move is
elegantly refuted by Ivanchuk.} {[%tqu "En","Black's last move was very
careless. How can White take advantage of it?","As often, the best oject for
attack is the enemy king!","You need to hit Black on the kingside to bring
your bishop into attack.","f2f6","This spectacular sacrifice wins immedately.",
6]} 32. Rxf6 $1 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Ge3h6,Gc7g7,Gc7b8]} Rxb2 ({After} 32... gxf6
33. Bh6 $1 {Black has to lose his queen to avoid immediate mate.}) 33. Rf2 {
, and Black resigned, since he has no compensation for a piece.} 1-0

[Event "Eurotel Trophy"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2002.04.30"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2002.04.28"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8.
Bg5 e6 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Rhe1 O-O 11. Kb1 Qa5 12. Qd2 Rfc8 13. Nd5 Qxd2 14.
Nxe7+ Kf8 15. Nxd2 Kxe7 16. f3 h6 17. Bh4 g5 18. Bf2 Bb5 19. b3 Nd7 20. Bd4 Ne5
21. c4 Ba6 22. a4 b6 23. Nf1 Ng6 24. Ne3 Bb7 25. Ng4 h5 26. Bf6+ Kd7 27. Nh6
Rf8 28. e5 d5 29. cxd5 Bxd5 30. Nxf7 g4 31. fxg4 hxg4 32. Nh6 Kc6 33. b4 Bxg2
34. Nxg4 Rac8 35. Rd4 Kb7 36. Ne3 Bh3 37. Kb2 Rc7 38. Nc4 Ka8 39. Red1 Rfc8 40.
Rc1 Bf1 41. Rxf1 Rxc4 42. Rxc4 Rxc4 43. Rg1 Nf4 44. Kb3 Re4 45. h4 Nd5 46. b5
Re3+ 47. Kc2 Rh3 48. Rg8+ Kb7 49. Re8 Ne3+ 50. Kd2 Nf5 51. Rxe6 Nxh4 52. Re7+
Kb8 53. e6 Nf5 54. Be5+ Kc8 55. Rc7+ Kd8 56. Rxa7 Re3 57. Bf6+ Kc8 58. e7 1-0

[Event "Eurotel Trophy"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2002.04.30"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2002.04.28"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Nb6 8.
Ne5 (8. e3 e6 9. a5 Nxc4 10. Bxc4 Bd6 11. Be2 Qc7 (11... a6 12. Bf3 e5 13. e4
Be6 14. Be3 Qe7 15. O-O O-O 16. Qe2 Rad8 17. d5 {Smejkal,J-Hort,V/BL/1984/1/
2-1/2}) 12. h3 O-O 13. O-O e5 $10 {Portisch,F-Weinzettl,E/Wien op/1986/}) 8...
a5 (8... e6 9. f3 (9. e3 Bd6 (9... Bb4 10. Nd3 (10. Bd2 Nfd7 11. Nd3 Be7 12. e4
Bg6 13. Nf4 e5 14. Nxg6 hxg6 $10 {Razuvaev,Y-Chernin,A/USSR/1985/}) 10... Be7
11. f3 Bg6 12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O Bxd3 14. Bxd3 c5 $10 {Ftacnik,L-Meduna,E/Praha/
1989/}) (9... Nbd7 10. Nd3 Bd6 11. Qb3 Qb6 $10 {Pekarek,A-Meduna,E/Prag chip/
1992/}) 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O c5 12. a5 cxd4 13. exd4 Nbd5 $10 {Stempin,P-Meduna,
E/Haifa EU-chT/1989/}) (9. Bg5 Be7 (9... h6 10. Bh4 c5 11. a5 cxd4 12. axb6
dxc3 13. Qa4+ Ke7 14. Rd1 $18 {Malanjuk-Meduna/Forli op/1990/}) 10. e3 O-O 11.
Bd3 Nfd7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Bxf5 exf5 14. Nd3 c5 15. O-O cxd4 16. exd4 $14 {
Georgiev,Kir-Ninov,K/Stara Zagora zt/1990/}) 9... Nfd7 (9... Bb4 10. e4 (10. a5
Nbd5 11. Bd2 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Nd5 13. Qb3 Qh4+ 14. g3 Qxd4 $17 {Rossiter,
P-Botterill,G/ch-GB/1987/}) 10... Bxe4 (10... Bg6 11. Be3 $16 {Gelfand,
B-Drasko,M/Tallinn/1989/}) 11. fxe4 Nxe4 12. Qd3 Nd5 13. Bd2 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 O-O
15. Be2 c5 16. O-O Rc8 {0,5/Chabanon,JL-Kirov,N/France-Bulgaria/1990/}) (9...
Nbd7 10. e4 Bg6 11. Nc4 Bb4 12. Bg5 Be7 13. Be3 O-O 14. Be2 $14 {Komljenovic,
D-Velikov,P/Torcy op/1991/}) 10. a5 Nxe5 11. axb6 Nd7 12. e4 Bg6 13. Rxa7 Nxb6
14. Rxa8 {0,5/Sosonko,G-Hort,V/BL/1981/} (14. Rxb7 Ra1 15. Kf2 Bd6 16. Qb3 Rxc1
17. Qxb6 O-O $15 {Lutz,C-Meduna,E/Porz/1988/})) (8... g6 9. f3 Nbd7 10. e4 $16
{Petran,P-Hardicsay,P/Elekes Budapest/1992/}) 9. g3 (9. f3 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7
11. e4 Bg6 12. d5 e5 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. Qb3 (14. Be3 Bc5 15. Bxc5 Nxc5 16. Bc4
Qxd1+ 17. Kxd1 $14 {Miles,A-Kirov,N/Capelle la Grande/1994/}) 14... Nc5 15. Qc2
$14 {Kozul,Z-Kirov/Novi Sad/1990/}) 9... e6 10. Bg2 Bb4 11. O-O O-O 12. e3 (12.
e4 $2 Bxc3 $17) 12... h6 13. Qe2 Bh7 14. Rd1 Qe7 (14... Nfd7 {, was in der
Vorgängerpartie gespielt wurde, gefällt mir besser:} 15. Nd3 Qe7 (15... Be7 16.
e4 $14) (15... Bxd3 $11) 16. e4 e5 (16... Rfd8 17. Bf4 $14) 17. d5 (17. dxe5
Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Qxe5 19. Bf4 Qe6 $15) 17... Rfd8 (17... Bxc3 18. bxc3 {/\Ba3})
18. Be3 Bxc3 19. bxc3 cxd5 20. exd5 Nc4 $2 (20... Rac8 $11) 21. Bxh6 gxh6 22.
Qg4+ Qg5 23. Qxc4 Rac8 24. Qb5 (24. Qb3 $2 Bxd3 25. Rxd3 Nc5) 24... Rxc3 25.
Ne1 $2 (25. f4 exf4 (25... Bxd3 $2 26. Rxd3 $18) 26. Nxf4 $16) 25... b6 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V-Short,N/Novgorod 1994/CBM 43/[Hansen,Cu] (46). (46)}) 15. e4
Rfd8 16. Bf4 Rac8 17. Nd3 Nfd7 18. Nxb4 axb4 (18... Qxb4 $14 {ist solider.})
19. a5 bxc3 20. axb6 Nxb6 ({Nach} 20... cxb2 21. Qxb2 Nf6 22. f3 (22. Bc7 Bxe4)
22... Bg6 (22... Ne8 23. Ra7) 23. Bc7 {hat Weiß klaren Vorteil.}) 21. bxc3 Ra8
22. Be3 Na4 23. Qc2 b5 24. c4 Qb4 25. cxb5 cxb5 26. Rdc1 Bg6 27. Bf1 $6 (27.
Rab1 Qa5 28. Qb3 $16) 27... Rac8 (27... e5 {führt zum Ausgleich:} 28. Rab1 Qc3
{usw.}) 28. Qxc8 Rxc8 29. Rxc8+ Kh7 30. Bd3 (30. Rb8 Qc3 (30... Nc3 {dürfte
zum Verlust führen:} 31. f3 Qb2 32. Raa8 Bxe4 33. fxe4 Nd1 34. h4) 31. Rc1 Qa3
32. Rxb5 Nc3 33. Rb7 Nxe4 {ergibt Ausgleich.}) 30... Nc3 31. f3 Nd5 32. Bf2 Nb6
33. Rcc1 Nc4 34. Kg2 f5 $11 35. exf5 Bxf5 36. Bxf5+ exf5 37. Rd1 Qb2 38. d5
Ne3+ 39. Kg1 Nxd1 40. Rxd1 Qe2 41. Rd4 b4 42. Rxb4 Qd1+ 43. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Eurotel Trophy"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2002.05.01"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B34"]
[WhiteElo "2838"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2002.04.28"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nxc6 {
According to modern opening theory, this variation shouldn't promise to White
any advantage, but Kasparov has his own opinion...} bxc6 8. e5 Ng8 9. f4 f6 10.
Bd4 Qa5 11. Qd2 {This continuation leads to P sacrifice and very rich activity
of White.} (11. Qe2 fxe5 12. Bxe5 Nf6 (12... Bxe5 13. Qxe5 Qxe5+ 14. fxe5 Nh6
15. O-O-O Rf8 16. Re1 Bb7 17. Ne4 O-O-O 18. Nc5 $14 {1-0 Radulski,J-Tsvetkov,I/
Tsarevo BUL 2001/The Week in Chess (53)}) 13. Qc4 (13. O-O-O O-O 14. Bd4 d5 {
[%cal Gc8g4]} (14... Rf7 15. Qe3 Rb8 $132) 15. Qe1 (15. Qxe7 $2 Bg4 16. Rd3
Rae8 17. Qxa7 Re1+ 18. Kd2 (18. Nd1 Qxa7 19. Bxa7 Ne4 $17) 18... Rd1+ 19. Ke3
Re8+ 20. Kf2 Ne4+ 21. Kg1 Bxd4+ 22. Qxd4 Nxc3 23. bxc3 Rde1 $17) 15... Rb8 16.
a3 Rb7 17. Nb1 Qxe1 18. Rxe1 Bh6 19. g3 $14 {1-0 Kovchan,A-Vokarev,S/Swidnica
1999/EXT 2000 (53)}) 13... Qb6 14. O-O-O d5 15. Qa4 O-O 16. Bd4 Qc7 17. Be5 Qb6
18. Bd4 Qc7 19. g3 Bg4 20. Rd2 Bf3 21. Bg2 Bxg2 22. Rxg2 e6 {[%cal Gc6c5]} 23.
Qa3 Rac8 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Gc6c5]} 24. Re1 c5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Ulibin,M-Serper,G/
Tbilisi 1989/CBM 12 (27)}) (11. exf6 Nxf6 12. Bc4 d5 13. Bd3 Rb8 14. Qd2 O-O
15. Ne2 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 Nd7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Nd4 Rf6 19. Rae1 Kf7 20. b3 c5 21.
Nf3 Rxf4 22. Ng5+ Ke8 23. Nxh7 Rb6 24. g3 $11 {1-0 Tseitlin,M-Mikac,M/Ostrava
1991/CBM 26 (51)}) 11... fxe5 (11... Nh6 12. exf6 exf6 13. Bc4 d5 14. O-O-O
dxc4 (14... Be6 15. Rhe1 Kf7 16. Rxe6 $1 $18 {1-0 Kovalev,A-Roizman,A/Minsk
1981/MCD (21)}) 15. Qe2+ Kf7 16. Rhe1 Qb4 17. a3 Qd6 18. g3 $13 {[%csl Rc4]
[%cal Gc3e4,Ge2c4]}) (11... c5 12. Be3 Rb8 13. Bc4 Nh6 14. Nd5 (14. O-O Ng4
$132 {0-1 Pieri,F-Eberlein,W/Metz 1990/EXT 99 (24)}) 14... Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 fxe5
16. fxe5 Ng4 17. Bxc5 Nxe5 18. Bb3 $16) 12. fxe5 c5 (12... Bxe5 13. O-O-O Nf6
14. Re1 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 O-O 16. Rxe7 Qg5+ 17. Kb1 d5 18. Bd3 $14 {1/2-1/2
Varavin,V-Khasin,A/Elista 1994/CBM 44 (47)}) 13. Be3 (13. Bf2 Bxe5 14. Bc4 Rb8
15. Bg3 Bxg3+ 16. hxg3 Nf6 17. O-O Ba6 18. Qf4 Rb4 19. Rae1 Kd8 20. Rxe7 $1 $16
{1-0 Mansurov,V-Ponomariov,B/Yalta 1995/EXT 97 (55)}) 13... Bxe5 14. Bc4 Nf6
15. O-O Ba6 $1 $146 {[%mdl 4] Novelty. Black decided to simplify position even
with giving back a P...} ({In a couple of games played with this variation was
} 15... Bb7 16. Rae1 (16. Bf4 $6 Bd4+ 17. Kh1 Ba6 $44 {1/2-1/2 Haag,E-Hennings,
A/Zinnowitz 1966/EXT 2000 (24)}) 16... O-O-O 17. Nd5 (17. Qe2 $2 d5 $19 {
0-1 Pieri,F-Nielsen,P/Forli 1992/TD (29)}) 17... Qxd2 18. Nxe7+ Kb8 19. Bxd2
Ne4 (19... Ng4 20. h3 Bd4+ 21. Kh1 Ne5 22. Bb5 Rde8 (22... Bxb2 23. Rb1 Rde8
24. Rxb2 Rxe7 25. Ba6 d5 26. Rfb1 $18 {[%csl Rb7]}) 23. c3 Rxe7 24. cxd4 cxd4
25. Bb4 $16 {1-0 Sikorova,O-Slepankova,R/Ostrava 1997/EXT 98 (43)}) 20. Bf4
Bxf4 21. Rxf4 Nd6 22. Bd5 $14 {1-0 Sikora,J-Kutynec,V/Prerov 1995/EXT 97 (62)})
16. Bxa6 Qxa6 17. Bxc5 d6 (17... Qc4 18. Be3 $44) 18. Rae1 ({Or} 18. Bd4 Bxd4+
19. Qxd4 Qb6 $11) 18... O-O 19. Bd4 Bxd4+ 20. Qxd4 {[%csl Re7][%cal Ge1e7]} e5
21. Qd3 {This QQ exchange is equivalent to draw offer...} (21. Qd2 $6 Qb6+ 22.
Kh1 Qxb2 23. Rb1 Qa3 $15) 21... Qxd3 (21... Qb6+ 22. Kh1 Qxb2 23. Nd5 $44) 22.
cxd3 {It was possible to agree for draw here...} Rab8 23. b3 Kg7 24. Rc1 Rfc8
25. h3 (25. Ne4 $11) 25... a5 26. g4 h6 27. Kg2 (27. Kf2 d5 28. Ke2 d4 29. Ne4
Nxe4 30. dxe4 $11) 27... Rxc3 {Elegant exchange combination...} (27... d5 $132)
28. Rxc3 Nd5 29. Rc6 Ne3+ 30. Kf2 Nxf1 31. Kxf1 a4 32. bxa4 Rb1+ 33. Ke2 Rb2+
34. Ke3 Rxa2 35. Rxd6 Rxa4 36. Re6 Ra2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Eurotel Trophy"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2002.05.01"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2838"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2002.04.28"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Huebner} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. b3 Bf5 7. Ne5 e6
8. Bd2 (8. g4 {Huebner} Bg6 9. h4 Ne4 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. f3 f6 12. Nd3 Bg6 13.
h5 Bf7 14. c5 Nd7 15. Bb2 Qc7 16. f4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Huzman,A-Bareev,E/Haifa 2000/
CBM 74 ext (38). (38)}) 8... Nfd7 9. Nd3 $5 {Quite naturally white is not
striving to hop around the board with his knight, but the swap on d7 was not
promising any advantage.} Be7 (9... bxc4 10. bxc4 dxc4 11. Nb2 c5 12. Qf3 Ra7
13. Nxc4 cxd4 14. exd4 Nf6 15. Ne3 Bg6 16. d5 $13) (9... Ba3 $5 {(Huebner)
kommt in Betracht.}) 10. Be2 {Huebner: 'Nach der nun folgenden Abwicklung
entsteht eine ausgeglichene, remisträchtige Stellung.'} dxc4 11. bxc4 Bxd3 (
11... bxc4 12. Nb2 c5 13. Bf3 Ra7 14. Nxc4 cxd4 15. exd4 Nf6 16. Bf4 O-O $11)
12. Bxd3 Ne5 13. Be2 (13. dxe5 Qxd3 14. cxb5 axb5 $15) 13... Nxc4 14. Bxc4 bxc4
15. Qa4 O-O (15... e5 $5 16. Qxc4 (16. dxe5 Qd3 17. Rd1 O-O $13) 16... exd4 17.
exd4 O-O 18. O-O $11) 16. Qxc4 c5 17. d5 (17. dxc5 Nd7 18. Ne4 Rc8 19. Qxa6
Nxc5 20. Nxc5 Rxc5 $11) 17... Nd7 $5 {Kasparov with his exceptional feeling
for the initiative has spotted the chance to enliven the game.} (17... exd5 18.
Nxd5 Nc6 19. Bc3 $14) 18. dxe6 Ne5 19. exf7+ (19. Qd5 Nd3+ 20. Ke2 Nxf2 21.
Rhf1 fxe6 22. Qxe6+ Kh8 23. Nd5 Bf6 24. Rab1 Re8 25. Qf7 Ne4 $15) 19... Rxf7
20. Qd5 (20. Qe6 Nd3+ 21. Ke2 Nxf2 22. Rhf1 Qd3+ 23. Ke1 Kf8 24. Rxf2 Rxf2 25.
Kxf2 Qxd2+ 26. Kg1 $11) 20... Nd3+ 21. Ke2 Nxf2 22. Rhf1 Qxd5 (22... Bh4 23.
Rac1 (23. Qc4 Qg5 24. g3 Qf5 $1 25. gxh4 $2 Rd8 $19) 23... Qxd5 24. Nxd5 $14)
23. Nxd5 Ne4 24. Rxf7 Kxf7 25. Rf1+ Bf6 (25... Nf6 26. Bc3 Rc8 $11) 26. Ba5 Rb8
(26... Re8 27. Kd3 Re5 28. Nxf6 gxf6 $11) 27. Kd3 Nd6 (27... Re8 28. Rf4 Nd6
29. Bc3 c4+ 30. Kc2 Re6 31. g4 $14) 28. Bc3 {The defender is fighting with
some difficulties, but with good pieces he should manage to overcome the
problems.} (28. Bc7 $6 c4+ 29. Ke2 Rb2+ 30. Kf3 Be5 $15) (28. Nxf6 gxf6 29. Bc7
Rg8 30. Bxd6 Rd8 31. g4 (31. Kc4 Rxd6 32. Kxc5 Rd2 33. a4 Rxg2 34. Kb6 Rxh2 35.
Kxa6 $11) 31... Rxd6+ 32. Kc4 Kg6 33. Kxc5 Rd2 34. a4 Rxh2 35. Kb6 Rg2 36. Kxa6
Rxg4 37. a5 Rg3 $11) 28... c4+ 29. Kc2 Ne4 30. Bxf6 (30. g4 Kg6 31. Bxf6 Nxf6
32. Nxf6 gxf6 33. Rf4 Re8 34. Rxc4 Rxe3 $11) 30... gxf6 31. Rf4 (31. g4 Rb5 32.
Rf4 Rxd5 33. Rxe4 Ra5 $11) 31... Ke6 32. Rxe4+ (32. Nc3 Nd6 33. Ne4 Nxe4 34.
Rxe4+ Kd5) 32... Kxd5 33. Rd4+ (33. Rf4 Rg8 34. g3 Re8 35. Rxf6 Rxe3 $11) 33...
Kc5 34. Kc3 Rb4 $1 {[%mdl 4096] All the rook endgames are drawn, but sometimes
it is necessary to play few good moves. Kasparov is focusing on the
counterplay via a2 square.} 35. Rf4 (35. e4 Ra4 36. Rd5+ Kc6 37. Rf5 Rxa2 38.
Rxf6+ Kc5 39. Rf5+ Kd6 40. Rg5 h6 41. Rh5 Rxg2 42. Kxc4 Rg6 $11) 35... Ra4 36.
Rf5+ (36. Rxf6 Ra3+ $1 37. Kb2 Rxe3 38. Rxa6 Re2+ 39. Kc3 Rxg2 $11) 36... Kd6
37. Rxf6+ Ke5 38. Rh6 Rxa2 39. g4 Ra3+ 40. Kxc4 (40. Kd2 Ra2+ 41. Kc1 Rg2 $11)
40... Rxe3 41. h3 (41. Rxh7 Re4+ $11) 41... Rg3 42. Rxh7 (42. Kb4 Kf4 43. Rh5
Rg1 $14) 42... Kf6 {Huebner: 'Es ist für Schwarz nicht besonders schwierig,
das Enspiel zu halten; der a-Bauer hindert den König des Weißen daran, zum
Königsflügel zu gelangen.'  The model situation, since white has great
problems to get the static structure h3-g4 moving due to the concentrated
defense of black's king and his rook.} 43. Kb4 (43. Kd4 Kg6 (43... a5 44. Ke4
a4 45. Kf4 Rb3 46. g5+ Kg6 47. Rh6+ Kg7 48. h4 $16) 44. Rh5 a5 45. Ke4 a4 46.
Kf4 Rb3 $14) 43... Kg6 44. Rh8 Kg7 45. Rh5 Kg6 46. Ka5 (46. Kc4 a5 47. Kb5 Ra3
$14) 46... Ra3+ 47. Kb4 Rg3 48. Ka5 Ra3+ 49. Kb6 Kg7 50. Rg5+ Kh6 51. h4 (51.
Rg8 Kh7 $11) 51... Ra4 $1 52. Kb7 Ra3 53. Rh5+ Kg6 54. Rc5 Rg3 (54... Ra4 55.
h5+ Kh6 56. Rc6+ Kh7 57. g5 Ra5 58. Rc7+ Kg8 59. Rc8+ Kg7 60. h6+ $18) 55. h5+
(55. Rg5+ Kh6 56. Kxa6 Rb3 $1 $11) 55... Kh6 56. Rc6+ Kh7 (56... Kg5 $2 57.
Rg6+ Kf4 58. Kxa6 $18) 57. Rc4 (57. Rg6 a5 $11) 57... Kh6 58. Kxa6 Kg5 59. Kb6
Rd3 60. Kc7 Rd1 61. Kc8 Rd2 62. Rc7 Kxg4 63. h6 Rh2 64. h7 Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Eurotel Trophy"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2002.05.01"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2838"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2002.04.28"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Ne5 e6 8. Bd2
Bd6 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. f4 O-O 12. Be1 Ne4 13. Qh5 Ndf6 14. Qh3 Nxc3
15. bxc3 Ne4 16. a4 Qc7 17. axb5 axb5 18. Rxa8 Rxa8 19. Bxb5 Nxc3 20. Bd3 Ne4
21. Qh5 f6 22. Nf3 Qd7 23. Nd2 f5 24. Nxe4 dxe4 25. Be2 Ba6 26. Bxa6 Rxa6 27.
Qd1 Ra3 28. Bf2 Qb5 29. Qc2 Rb3 30. h3 Qb7 31. Rc1 Kf7 32. Qc4 Rb1 33. Rxb1
Qxb1+ 34. Qf1 Qd3 35. Qc1 h6 36. g3 g5 37. Qc6 Be7 38. Qd7 Qd1+ 39. Kg2 g4 40.
hxg4 Qxg4 41. Kf1 Qd1+ 42. Kg2 h5 43. Qb7 Qg4 44. Kf1 Qd1+ 45. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Eurotel Trophy"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2002.05.01"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C97"]
[WhiteElo "2838"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2002.04.28"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. d5 {Not the main line, but Kasparov
has played this way before. White secures a closed position and avoids a lot
of sharp lines.} Nc4 (12... c4 13. Nbd2 Nb7 14. Nf1 Nc5 {is another way.
Antunes,A-Sisniega,M/Novi Sad ol/1990 (21)}) (12... Ne8 13. b3 Nb7 14. Nbd2 g6
15. a4 Rb8 16. axb5 axb5 17. Nf1 Ng7 18. Bh6 Nd8 19. b4 f6 20. Ra3 Nf7 {
is an example of how Black can play his N:s in the closed spanish./Sion Castro,
M-Beliavsky,A/Leon/1994/ (23)}) 13. a4 Bd7 14. b3 Nb6 15. a5 Nc8 16. b4 {
White's plan is to close the Q-side and then to attack the K. White's main
trump is his mobility due to more space.} ({For} 16. Nbd2 {see 0-1 Short,
N-Bareev,E/Dortmund 1995/CBM 48/[Bareev] (41)}) 16... c4 {Ivanchuk accepts a
completely closed Q-side. A slightly surprising strategy.} (16... cxb4 {
waiting with this decision would be better, but in 85 the computers were no
match for Kasparov.} 17. cxb4 Ne8 18. Nbd2 f5 19. exf5 Bxf5 20. Ne4 Bxh3 21.
gxh3 Rxf3 22. Qxf3 Qxc2 23. Qg4 $16 {1-0 Kasparov,G-Comp Super Constellation/
Hamburg 1985/EXT 2002 (40)}) 17. Nbd2 g6 18. Nf1 Nh5 19. Bh6 Re8 20. Qd2 Bf8
21. Ng3 $5 Nxg3 22. fxg3 Ne7 23. Rf1 f6 24. Rf2 Kh8 25. Be3 Bg7 26. g4 Rf8 27.
Raf1 $14 {White's advantage is indisputable. But how can he make progress?}
Rae8 28. Nh2 Qc8 29. Qe2 Ng8 30. Rf3 Qd8 31. R1f2 Bh6 32. Nf1 Bxe3 33. Qxe3 Qe7
34. Ng3 Bc8 35. Rf1 Kg7 36. R3f2 Nh6 37. Bd1 Qd8 38. Be2 Qe7 39. Qb6 Qd8 40.
Qa7+ Qe7 41. Qe3 Qd8 42. Kh1 Qe7 43. Qb6 Qd8 44. Qa7+ Qe7 45. Qe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Eurotel Trophy"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2002.05.01"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2838"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2002.04.28"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 {
Kasparov plays the anti-Marshall even when the gambit is out of the question.
But now Black gets to play Bg4.} Bg4 9. c3 O-O 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Na5 12. Bc2
b4 $5 {A typical P-sac in this line. White cannot take without losing his
structure completely. The move also hits towards the weak square b3 - one of
White's major problems in this a4-line.} (12... c5 13. d3 c4 14. Nd2 cxd3 15.
Qxd3 b4 $1 $132 {0-1 Lukin,A-Kholmov,R/Uzhgorod 1972/EXT 2001 (59)}) 13. d4 (
13. d3 {has also been played here, e.g.} Nd7 14. Nd2 Bg5 15. Nb3 Bxc1 16. Rexc1
bxc3 17. bxc3 c6 18. Rab1 Rb8 19. Nxa5 Qxa5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Nunn,J-Romanishin,O/
London 1984/MCL (33)}) ({For good resaons noone has tried} 13. cxb4 $6 Nc6 {
[%cal Yc6b4,Yc6d4] The white position is not beautiful.}) 13... c5 (13... Nd7
14. Nd2 Bf6 (14... Bg5 15. Nb3 Bxc1 16. Raxc1 Nxb3 17. Bxb3 Rb8 18. dxe5 Nxe5
19. Qe2 a5 20. f4 Ng6 21. g3 $13 {1-0 Strikovic,A-Romanishin,O/Belgrade 1988/
TD (41)}) 15. d5 Rb8 16. b3 c6 17. cxb4 Rxb4 18. Qc3 c5 19. Ba3 Rb8 20. b4 $36
{1-0 Hadzimanolis,A-Cela,A/Ikarios 1995/EXT 97 (46)}) 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Nd2 Nd7
$146 {[%mdl 8]} (15... c4 16. Nf1 bxc3 17. Qxc3 Nc6 18. Qxc4 Rc8 19. Qd3 Nb4
20. Qxd8 Rfxd8 21. Bb1 Nc2 22. Bxc2 Rxc2 23. Ne3 Rc6 24. Nf5 $14 {1/2-1/2
Sutovsky,E-Gyimesi,Z/Medellin 1996/Juniors (47)}) 16. Bd3 Nb6 17. Bf1 c4 18.
Qg3 Qc7 19. Nf3 {White would like to organize some sort of attack on the black
K, but it seems that Black's play on the other side of the board has more
chances of success. The spanish B - so often the pride of White's position -
has fallen on hard times and is doing nothing at all from f1.} Rfe8 20. Bh6 Bf8
21. cxb4 Nb3 22. Ra3 $2 (22. Ra2 Re6 23. Be3 Bxb4 24. Rd1 Bc5 $13) 22... a5 $1
23. bxa5 Rxa5 24. Ra2 Rxa4 25. Rxa4 Nxa4 26. Nh4 $6 (26. Nd2 Nxd2 27. Bxd2 Nxb2
28. Rb1 Na4 29. Rc1 $11) 26... g6 27. Bxf8 Rxf8 28. Nf5 Nxb2 $17 29. Rb1 Na4
30. Bxc4 Qxc4 31. Rxb3 Qxe4 32. Rf3 Nc5 33. Qg5 f6 34. Ne7+ Kg7 35. Qc1 Ne6 36.
Ra3 $2 Nf4 $1 0-1

[Event "Eurotel Trophy"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2002.05.02"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2002.04.28"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 Nf6 {
Another theoretical line continues with 6...e5.} 7. Nc3 Nd7 {Other theoretical
continuation is 7...0-0.} 8. Be3 e5 9. Qd2 Qe7 {Also frequently appeares in
practice 9...h6 /\ to prevent the manoeuvre Be3-h6.} 10. O-O {This move is not
the most flexible option and also has bad statistics for white. The main line
10.Bh6 should be prefered. For example see commented game Adams,M-Chandler,M/
Redbus KO Southend 2001/CBM 83 [Gershon]} Nf8 {[%cal Yf8e6]} 11. Bh6 Ne6 $5
$146 {Ftacnik: 'Ivanchuk has such an exceptional positional feeling, that he
can afford solutions, that are not standard. '} (11... f6 12. Bxg7 Qxg7 13. Ne2
Ne6 14. c3 O-O 15. d4 Rd8 16. Qe3 cxd4 17. cxd4 exd4 18. Nexd4 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 c5
20. Nb5 Qe7 21. Rfe1 b6 $11 {0-1 Baklan,V-Mochalov,E/Kiev 1995/CBM 51 (57)}) (
11... Bxh6 12. Qxh6 f6 13. Ne2 Ne6 14. c3 Bd7 15. a3 g5 16. d4 cxd4 17. cxd4
exd4 18. Nfxd4 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 O-O-O 20. Rfe1 Qe5 21. Rad1 g4 $15 {0-1 Wang
Rui-Ni Hua/Suzhou 2001/EXT 2002 (49)}) 12. Bxg7 Nxg7 {An original knight
fianchetto.} 13. Ne2 $6 (13. Nh2 $6 {[%cal Gf2f4]} g5) ({The only way to fight
for the advantage was:} 13. Qh6 $5 f6 14. Nh2 Be6 (14... g5 15. h4) 15. f4 {
as pointed by GM Shipov in ClubKasparov site.}) 13... f6 14. Nh2 {[%cal Gf2f4]}
(14. a3 {Ftacnik} a5 15. c3 g5 $13) 14... g5 $1 (14... O-O {Ftacnik} 15. f4 $14
) 15. a3 {[%cal Gb2b4]} a5 $1 {Black has consistantly prevented all of white's
active ideas: f2-f4 and b2-b4.} (15... O-O {Ftacnik} 16. b4 Rd8 17. bxc5 Ne6
$11) 16. c3 {A committing move. In the future white will have to play the
break in the centre d3-d4, otherwise the weakness of the Pd3 may become a
factor. However it's not easy to demonstrate a useful alternative plan.} (16.
b4 {Ftacnik} axb4 17. axb4 Rxa1 18. Rxa1 cxb4 19. d4 exd4 20. Nxd4 O-O $17)
16... O-O 17. Ng4 (17. d4 exd4 (17... cxd4 {Ftacnik} 18. cxd4 exd4 19. Qxd4 f5
$15) 18. cxd4 Qxe4 19. dxc5 Be6 $132) 17... Bxg4 (17... Be6 {Ftacnik} 18. Nh6+
Kh8 19. Qe3 $11) 18. hxg4 h5 19. b4 $2 {Anand in a hurry to carry out the
break on the queenside, but it turns out to be in black's favour.} (19. gxh5
Nxh5 20. Qe3 $11) 19... axb4 20. axb4 cxb4 21. cxb4 hxg4 22. Ng3 Ne6 {An
interesting question here is: Whose weaknesses are the more important, white's
on f4 and d4 or black's on f5?} 23. Nf5 Qd7 24. Qe2 (24. Nh6+ Kh8 25. Nxg4 Nf4
{and black is on top.}) 24... Nd4 25. Qxg4 Nxf5 26. exf5 Rad8 {[%csl Rd3]
White has no compensation for his pawn islands, especially Pd3. Black has a
big advantage.} 27. Ra3 (27. Ra7 Rf7 $1 {[%cal Yf7b7]}) 27... Kg7 (27... Qf7 $1
{Ftacnik} 28. Re1 Rd4 29. Re4 Rfd8 $17) 28. d4 {It's a very depressing
position for white to defend, that's why Anand decides to get rid of his weak
P immediately to get some counterchances. Ftacnik: 'With the passive defence
white was facing only problems and a slow death.'} exd4 (28... Qxd4 {Ftacnik}
29. Qh5 Rf7 30. Qg6+ Kf8 31. Rh3 Ke7 $17) 29. f4 d3 {[%csl Yd4] The threat Qd4
forcing white to exchange QQ and the forthcoming endgame is winning for black.}
30. fxg5 Qd4+ 31. Qxd4 Rxd4 32. g6 {[%csl Gg6] This pawn is white's last hope..
.} Rfd8 33. Rd1 R8d5 $6 ({The winning line seems to be:} 33... d2 34. Re3 (34.
Ra2 R8d5 $19) (34. Rh3 Rxb4 35. Rh7+ Kg8 36. Rf7 c5 37. Rxf6 c4 38. Rf7 Rb6 $1
39. f6 (39. Rc7 Rc6) 39... Rxf6 40. Rxf6 c3 $19) 34... Rxb4 35. Re7+ Kg8 36.
Kf2 b5 37. Ke3 Rbd4 38. Re6 c5 39. Rxf6 c4 40. Rc6 b4 41. f6 c3 $19) 34. Ra5 $1
Rxa5 $2 {It's amazing, but after this obvious exchange there is no clear win
for black...The main factor is that white is actually playing with an "extra"
K.} (34... Re5 35. Kf2 Rf4+ (35... Rxb4 36. Rxe5 Rf4+ 37. Ke3 fxe5 38. Rxd3
Rxf5 39. Rd7+ Kxg6 40. Rxb7 {and the draw is not far away.}) 36. Kg3 Rfxf5 37.
Rxd3 Rxa5 38. bxa5 {White has good drawing chances.}) ({The best decision was
to admit the previous inaccuracy:} 34... Rd8 $1 {White has no move better, than
} 35. Ra3 {and now} d2 {is winning - see 33...d2.}) 35. bxa5 c5 (35... d2 36.
Kf2 Rf4+ 37. Ke3 Rxf5 38. Rxd2 Rxa5 39. Rd7+ Kxg6 40. Rxb7 {White has good
chances to save the game.}) 36. Kf2 c4 {It looks like white should resign, but
it's only from the first glance...} 37. Ke3 Rd5 38. g4 $1 Rxa5 ({An attempt to
play for a zugzwang is not sufficient as well:} 38... Kg8 39. a6 $1 (39. Ke4
Rxa5 40. Kd4 b5 41. g5 fxg5 42. f6 Ra8 43. Ke5 b4 44. Kf5 b3 45. Kxg5 b2 46.
Kh6 Rf8 $1 $19) 39... bxa6 40. Kd2 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Gd2c3]}) 39. Kd4 b5 40. Rh1
$1 $132 {'!' Ftacnik. Black has 3! connected passed pawns, but white's
counterplay is good enough to keep the balance. Ftacnik: 'Very original
position, white is probably having enough counterplay despite the
threateningly looking chain of black's pawns.'} Ra8 (40... Ra3 {[%cal Gd3d2]}
41. Rh2 $1) (40... Kg8 $2 41. g5 fxg5 42. f6) (40... d2 {Ftacnik} 41. Kc3 Ra2
42. Rh7+ Kg8 43. Rd7 $11) 41. Rh7+ Kg8 42. Rd7 $1 {[%mdl 256] putting the R on
the file of the most dangerous black's P.} Rf8 {Preventing white's idea of
g4-g5. On the other hand the black R on f8 fulfills only defensive functions,
and thus does not support it's pawn advance.} ({An amazing position could
arise after} 42... Rc8 $2 43. g5 c3 44. gxf6 d2 45. Ke5 c2 46. Rg7+ Kf8 47. Rh7
{[%cal Rh7h8]} Rc5+ 48. Kf4 $18) 43. Kc3 Rc8 {[%cal Gb5b4]} 44. g5 $1 (44. Rb7
$2 Rd8 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Gd3d2]}) 44... Rf8 (44... b4+ 45. Kxb4 c3 46. gxf6 c2
47. Rg7+ Kf8 48. Rh7 Rb8+ $1 (48... Ke8 $2 49. Rh8+ Kd7 50. Rxc8 Kxc8 51. f7
c1=Q 52. f8=Q+ $18) 49. Ka4 Ke8 50. Re7+ Kf8 $11) 45. gxf6 Rxf6 46. Rd5 Rb6 47.
Rd8+ Kg7 48. Rd7+ {Black can not avoid the perpetual.} Kg8 (48... Kf6 $4 49.
Rf7+ Ke5 50. g7 Rb8 51. Rf8 $18) 49. Rd8+ Kg7 50. Rd7+ {Another great escape
for the "slippery" Indian. It contributed greatly to his ultimate victory in
the tournament.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Eurotel Trophy"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2002.05.02"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2002.04.28"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Qe2 c5 6. Nf3 cxd4 7. exd4 Bb4+ 8.
Nc3 O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Bb3 b6 11. Bf4 Bb7 12. Rac1 a6 13. a3 Bxc3 14. Rxc3 Rc8
15. Rfc1 Rxc3 16. Rxc3 b5 17. Ne5 Ne4 18. Rc1 Ndf6 19. Rd1 Nd6 20. Nd3 Bd5 21.
Bc2 Be4 22. Nc5 Bxc2 23. Qxc2 Nd5 24. Bg3 a5 25. Bxd6 Qxd6 26. g3 Rc8 27. Qd2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Eurotel Trophy"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2002.05.02"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2002.04.28"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. Qe2 a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
O-O b5 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Nb3 Bd6 12. e4 Qc7 {[%cal Yf6g4,Yg4e5]} (
12... Ng4 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bh4 Nce5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Rfd1 Qe7 17. Bg3 Rd8 18.
Nd4 Bb7 19. Bc2 Nc4 20. Bb3 {1/2-1/2 Shipov,S-Karjakin,S/Moscow RUS 2002/ (20)}
) 13. h3 Bb7 14. Bg5 Rac8 $1 15. Rac1 {[%cal Gb3c5]} Qb8 16. Rfd1 (16. Nc5 $2
Bxc5 17. Rxc5 Nd4 $17) (16. Be3 $2 Nb4 $17) 16... Ne5 $6 (16... Nd7 $5 17. Bb1
Nce5 $11) 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Nc5 $14 h6 19. Be3 Rfd8 {[%cal Yf6d7]} 20. b4 Nd7
21. Nxb7 Qxb7 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 (22... Qxc8 23. a4 (23. Rc1 Qb7 $11) 23... bxa4 24.
Bxa6 Qc7 25. Qa2 (25. Bb5 a3 26. Qd2 Ra8 $1 $15) 25... Nf6 26. Rxd8+ Qxd8 27.
Qxa4 Nxe4 $14) 23. a4 Rb8 24. axb5 axb5 25. Rc1 Bd6 $11 26. Qd2 (26. Ra1 Ne5
27. Bf4 $11 (27. Ra7 Qc6 $15)) 26... Ne5 27. Be2 $2 (27. Bxb5 Bxb4 28. Qxb4 Nd3
29. Qc4 Qxb5 $11 (29... Nxc1 30. Ba6 Qb1 31. Bxc1 Ra8 $11)) 27... Rd8 28. Kh1
$6 (28. Qc2 Bxb4 29. Qb1 Bd6 30. Rd1 b4 31. Bc5 Qc6 32. Qxb4 Rb8 33. Qd4 $11)
28... Qxe4 29. Bxb5 Qxb4 30. Qxb4 Bxb4 $15 {/-/+} 31. Be2 Ng6 32. Rd1 Rxd1+ 33.
Bxd1 Ne7 34. g3 Nd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Eurotel Trophy"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2002.05.02"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2002.04.28"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Be3 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 b5 11. f3 Qa5 12. a3 Be7 $1 {An improvement on
our game from Linares 1992.} 13. Kb1 e5 14. Bf2 Be6 15. Be1 $6 {A slip of the
hand} (15. Bh4 Nxe4 (15... Rd8 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nd5 $14) 16. fxe4 Bxh4 17.
Qxd6 Rd8 18. Qc6+ $14) 15... Qc7 16. Bh4 Rd8 (16... Nxe4 $1) 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18.
Nd5 {The position White wants. A comfortable edge without risk.} Bxd5 19. Qxd5
Bg5 20. c3 Be3 21. Bd3 O-O 22. Bc2 Bc5 23. Bb3 (23. b4 $5 Bb6 24. Rd3 $14)
23... a5 24. h4 g6 25. g4 $6 (25. g3 {was better - to follow with f4 and e5})
25... Kg7 26. Rhf1 Rde8 27. g5 hxg5 28. hxg5 Be3 29. Qxd6 Qxd6 30. Rxd6 Bxg5
31. Rd5 b4 32. cxb4 axb4 33. axb4 Be3 {Black should be OK here} 34. b5 Re7 35.
Rfd1 Rb8 36. Bc4 Rbb7 37. Kc2 Kf6 38. Rd6+ Kg7 $2 (38... Kg5 {Why not right
away?}) 39. Rc6 Kh6 40. Kb3 Kg5 41. Rdd6 Kf4 42. Rf6+ Kg3 43. b6 {Now it's
difficult for Black.} Bf4 (43... Bg5 44. Bd5 Bxf6 45. Rxf6 $16) (43... Bd4 {
Waiting doesn't help either since White takes his king closer} 44. Kb4) 44. Ba6
Rb8 45. Rc8 $1 Rxc8 46. Bxc8 Be3 47. b7 Ba7 48. Ra6 Bb8 49. Ra8 Bc7 $2 (49...
Bd6 {doesn't help} 50. Kc4 Kxf3 51. Kd5 Bc7 52. Kc6 Kxe4 53. Bd7 $18) 50. Bg4 (
50. Kc4 {This also wins, but this was a blitz game!} Kxf3 51. Kd5 f5 52. Kc6)
50... f5 51. exf5 gxf5 52. Bxf5 Kxf3 53. b8=Q Bxb8 54. Rxb8 e4 55. Rf8 e3 56.
Bd3+ Kg2 57. Be2 Rd7 58. Rf3 (58. Re8 Kf2 59. Bc4 $18) 58... Rb7+ 59. Kc2 Rc7+
60. Kb1 Re7 61. b3 (61. b4 $4 Re4 $1) 61... Re8 62. Kb2 Re7 63. b4 1-0

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.06.01"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2002.06.01"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Qe2 Bg4 10. Rd1 Qa5 11. e4 O-O 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 e5 14. d5 Nb6 15.
Bb3 Bxc3 16. bxc3 cxd5 17. exd5 Rac8 18. c4 Nxc4 19. Bg5 (19. d6 {führt zum
Remis nach} Nxd6 20. Rxd6 Qe1+ 21. Kh2 Rxc1 22. Bxf7+ (22. Rxc1 Qxc1 23. Qxb7
Qf4+ 24. Kg1 Ne4 $19) (22. Rxf6 gxf6 23. Qxf6 Qg1+ 24. Kg3 Rc3+ 25. f3 Qe3 $19
{0-1 Salnikov,A-Minasian,A/Omsk 1996/CBM 57/[Huebner,R] (55). (55)}) 22... Kxf7
(22... Kh8 23. Rxc1 Qxc1 24. Rxf6 {, und Weiß gewinnt.}) 23. Qb3+ Kg6 24. Qg3+
Kf7 25. Qb3+) 19... Qb6 $2 {Schwarz schenkt dem Gegner die Gelegenheit, mit
a4-a5 unter Zeitgewinn den Feld a4 für den Turm freizumachen; dies erweist
sich als entscheidend.} (19... e4 $5 {verdient Beachtung:} 20. Qf5 (20. Qg3
Nxd5 21. Bxc4 (21. Bh6 Qc3) (21. Rac1 Ndb6 22. Bf6 g6 $13) 21... Rxc4 22. Bh6
Qc3 23. Ra3 Qf6 24. Bxg7 Qxg7 25. Rxd5 $11) 20... Nd6 21. Qe5 Qd8 $11 {mit
Ausgleich.}) (19... Nd7 20. d6 $16 {Kasparov}) (19... Qa6 20. d6 (20. Bxc4 Rxc4
21. d6 Nd7 22. Be7 $13 {(Hertneck)}) 20... Nxd6 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Qxf6 Nc4 23.
Qxa6 bxa6 24. Rd7 $16 {Kasparov}) 20. d6 Nd7 (20... Nxd6 {ist nicht
ausreichend:} 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. a5 (22. Qxf6 Ne4 {führt nur zum Ausgleich})
22... Qc6 (22... Qc7 23. Ra4 {mit entscheidendem Angriff:} f5 24. Qg3+ Kh8 25.
Qxe5+ f6 26. Qxd6 $18) 23. Bd5 Qc7 (23... Qc2 24. Qxf6 Qg6 25. Qxe5 Rfe8 26.
Qf4 {Es droht Ta1-a3; Weiß hat entscheidenden Stellungsvorteil.}) (23... Qc5
24. Qxf6 e4 25. Rac1 {, und Weiß hat entscheidenden Druck.}) 24. Qxf6 ({Nach} 
24. Ra4 f5 25. Qg3+ Kh8 26. Qxe5+ f6 {kann Schwarz sich wehren.}) 24... Ne8 25.
Qg5+ Ng7 26. Rac1 Qxa5 27. Bxf7+ Kh8 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Rd7 Qe1+ 30. Kh2 Qxf2
31. Rd8+ Rxd8 32. Qxd8+ Ne8 33. Qxe8+ Kg7 34. Bd5 {, und Weiß gewinnt.}) (20...
e4 21. Qg3 Nh5 22. Qh4 Qxb3 23. d7 {Weiß gewinnt größere Materialmengen.}) 21.
Qg4 Qxb3 22. Bh6 g6 23. Qxd7 1-0

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.06.01"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2002.06.01"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 dxc6 7. Nc3 Qe7 {
Introduced by Morozevich in his game against Rublevsky in 1998.} 8. Qg5 $1 ({
The alternative} 8. Bd3 {is less dangerous for black.}) 8... Nf6 (8... Bd4 $5 {
was in the game Van der Wiel,J-Korneev,O/Elgoibar 1998/CBM 69 [Mikhalevski,V]})
9. Be3 Bd6 $1 ({Dubious is} 9... Bb4 $6 {in view of} 10. e5 {- see the game
Nataf,I-Kharitonov,A/MK Cafe Cup 1999/CBM 73 [Mikhalevski,V]}) 10. Be2 $146 ({
In the past appeared} 10. Bd4 {- see the game Mellado Trivino,J-Korneev,O/
Elgoibar 1998/CBM 69 [Mikhalevski,V]}) 10... h6 11. Qh4 (11. Qxg7 $4 Rh7 {
[%csl Rg7]}) 11... O-O (11... Be5 12. Bd2 (12. O-O-O $2 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Qa3+)
12... Bxc3 $6 13. Bxc3 g5 14. Bxf6 (14. Qg3 $6 Nxe4 $15) 14... Qxf6 15. Qg3
Qxb2 16. O-O $36) 12. Bd4 Re8 13. Bxf6 $6 {White should not be in a hurry to
go for this exchange.} ({I think, that the solid} 13. f3 {gives white slightly
better chances.}) 13... Qxf6 14. Qxf6 gxf6 15. Bd3 (15. g4 {[%csl Rf6,Rf7]
[%cal Ye4f5,Yg4f5]} Be5 16. Nd1 Be6 $132) 15... Be5 ({Possible is} 15... f5 16.
O-O-O fxe4 17. Nxe4 Kg7 $11) 16. Kd2 Bf4+ 17. Ke2 Be5 18. Kd2 Bf4+ {Ivanchuk
needs a draw to qualify to the next round...} 19. Kd1 Be5 20. Rf1 c5 $1 (20...
Bxc3 $6 21. bxc3 $14) 21. Na4 (21. f4 Bxc3 22. bxc3 c4 23. Bxc4 Rxe4 $11) 21...
Bd6 $2 {This move is too passive and after this moment black is fighting for a
draw till the end of the game...} ({Much more logical and typical for this
kind of positions is to open up the BB. This could be achieved by} 21... f5 $1
22. exf5 c4 23. Bxc4 Bxf5 $44) 22. c4 {Now white has a stable advantage,
because of the defects of the black pawn structure. On top of that, the
position is now closed, and black's BB remains passive.} Be5 23. Kc2 (23. Nxc5
$2 Bxb2 24. Rb1 Bd4 $15 25. Nxb7 $2 Bb6 26. c5 Bxb7 27. cxb6 axb6 $17) 23... b6
24. Nc3 Bb7 (24... c6 25. Rae1 {White is preparing the advance of his kingside
pawns. It's hard for black to find any serious counterplay.}) 25. Nd5 ({After} 
25. Rae1 Rad8 {white should play Nc3-d5 anyway, since bad is} 26. f4 $2 {
in view of} Bxc3 27. Kxc3 Rd4) 25... Rad8 26. Rae1 Bxd5 {The best decision, at
least from practical point of view.} (26... c6 27. Nc3 (27. Ne3 $6 Bxb2 28. Nf5
Bc8 29. Nxh6+ Kg7 30. Nf5+ Bxf5 31. exf5 Bd4 $11)) 27. cxd5 f5 $1 {Black must
get rid of his double pawns as soon as possible.} 28. exf5 Bd4 (28... Rxd5 29.
f4 Red8 30. fxe5 Rxd3 31. Re2 $16) 29. f4 Kf8 {This move is actually a waste
of tempo.} (29... Kg7 $142) 30. Bb5 $1 {White must prevent the exchange of all
RR.} Rxe1 31. Rxe1 Rxd5 32. Re8+ {Now the difference between 29...Kf8 and 29...
Kg7 is clear: white's R penetrates black's position with check. However it's
not critical.} Kg7 33. g4 Bf6 $1 (33... Bg1 34. Bd3 $1 (34. Bc4 Rd4 35. b3 Bxh2
36. Re7 Bxf4 37. Rxf7+ Kg8) 34... Bxh2 35. g5 Rxd3 36. Kxd3 Bxf4 37. gxh6+ Kxh6
38. Ke4 Bd6 39. Rg8 {and white should win this endgame, exploiting the bad
placement of the black K.}) 34. Rc8 Rd4 {Now the mutual pawns capture is on.
Black's counterplay should be sufficient for a draw, but the game turned out
to be different...} ({The passive defense} 34... Bd8 {is possible, but it
looks rather unpleasant for black.}) 35. Rxc7 Rxf4 (35... Rb4 $2 36. Be8 Rxb2+
37. Kd3 $18) 36. Be8 Rc4+ (36... Kf8 37. Rxf7+ (37. Bxf7 Rxg4 38. Bd5 Rd4 39.
Be6 Ke8 40. Rxa7 Rh4 {[%csl Rb2,Rc2,Rh2] and black survives the endgame.})
37... Kxe8 38. Rxf6 Rf2+ 39. Kc3 Rxh2 {with good drawing chances.}) 37. Kb1 Bg5
$1 {[%cal Gc4c1]} ({Worse is} 37... Kf8 38. Rxf7+ (38. Bxf7 $6 Rxg4 {like in
the previous comment.}) 38... Kxe8 39. Rxf6 Rxg4 40. Rxh6) 38. a3 Rxg4 $2 {
After series of good defensive moves Ivanchuk makes a mistake.} (38... Re4 $1
39. Bxf7 Re7 40. Rxe7 Bxe7 {This endgame is drawish.}) 39. Rxf7+ Kg8 40. Rxa7
Rg2 41. Rb7 Rxh2 42. Rxb6 Rf2 43. Bg6 {The "a" pawn should decide the game in
white's favour.} c4 $6 {Opening the a7-g1 diagonal for the bishop, but for no
avail.} ({The only chance was} 43... h5 44. Bxh5 Rxf5) 44. a4 Be3 ({Again} 
44... h5 {was the better try.}) 45. Rb7 Bd4 46. a5 h5 {Too late...} 47. a6 h4
48. a7 Bxa7 49. Rxa7 h3 50. Bf7+ ({but not} 50. Rh7 $4 h2 51. Ka2 c3 $1) 50...
Kf8 51. Bxc4 h2 52. Rh7 {Very good endgame technic by Motylev in conditions of
rapid chess.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.06.01"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2002.06.01"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. e4 Bg6 11. Bd3 Bh5 12. Bf4 Qe7 (12... e5 13. dxe5 Ng4 14.
Qc2 Qe7 (14... Qa5 $1 15. Na2 $1 Rfe8 (15... Be7 16. b4 $1 $16) (15... Rae8 16.
Qc4 Be7 17. Qd4 $16) 16. Be2 Bg6 (16... Ngxe5 $2 17. Nxe5 Bxe2 18. Nxc6 $1 $16)
17. Bg3 $1 h6 $2 18. Nh4 Ngxe5 19. f4 Qc5+ 20. Qxc5 Bxc5+ 21. Kh1 Bxe4 22. fxe5
$16 {Kouatly,B-Meduna,E/Trnava/1987/}) (14... Re8 15. Be2 Bg6 16. Rad1 Qc8 17.
e6 (17. Bg3 Ngxe5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. f4 Ng4 $13) 17... fxe6 (17... Rxe6 18. Ng5
$18) 18. Nh4 Nge5 19. Bxe5 Nxe5 20. f4 Nd7 21. Nxg6 hxg6 $14 {Bronstein,
D-Finegold,B/Wijk-B (11)/1992/1-0 (73)}) 15. Be2 Bg6 16. Bg3 h6 17. Nh4 h5 18.
h3 Nh6 19. f4 $16 {Velikov,P-Meduna,E/Baile Herculane/1982/}) (12... Re8 13. e5
Nd5 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. h3 a6 16. Rfc1 Be7 17. Bd2 (17. Rc3 $5 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Nb8
$2 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Qh5+ Kg8 21. Rg3 $40 {Polugaevsky,L-Torre,E/London/1984/
1-0/}) 17... Nb8 $1 18. g4 Bg6 19. Bxg6 fxg6 $1 20. b4 Nc6 21. b5 Na5 $2 (21...
axb5 22. Qxb5 Qd7 23. Rab1 Reb8 $10) 22. Bxa5 $1 Qxa5 23. bxa6 Qxa6 (23... Rxa6
24. Rab1 Rb6 25. Qc2 $16) 24. Qxa6 Rxa6 25. Rc7 $1 $16 {Stangl,M-Van der
Sterren,P/Nettetal (10)/1992/1-0 (65)}) 13. e5 Nd5 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. Qe3 Bg6 (
15... Rfc8 16. a5 (16. Ne1 a5 17. Nc2 Bg6 $10) 16... Bg6 17. Ra4 (17. a6 $11)
17... Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Rc4 19. h4 (19. Bg5 Qf8 20. Bd2 Bxd2 21. Rxc4 dxc4 22. Qxd2
b5 $10) 19... h6 (19... Nc5 $5 20. dxc5 Rxf4 $17) 20. h5 Nc5 21. dxc5 Rxf4 22.
a6 (22. Rc1 Rc8 23. a6 bxa6 24. Qxa6 $1 (24. c6 a5 $19) 24... Rxc5 25. Rxc5
Qxc5 26. Qxa7 Qc1+ 27. Kh2 Bf8 $17) 22... bxa6 23. c6 (23. Qxa6 Qxc5 24. Qb7
Qf8 25. Rd1 a5 $19) 23... a5 24. Rc1 Rc8 25. b3 Rc7 26. Rc2 Re4 27. Ra1 Bc5 28.
Rxa5 (28. Rac1 Bb6 $17) 28... Rxc6 (28... Bb6 29. Ra1 Rb4 $17) 29. Rb5 (29. Qb5
$1 Bxf2+ $8 30. Rxf2 Rc1+ 31. Rf1 Rxf1+ 32. Kxf1 Rb4 33. Rxa7 Rxb5 34. Rxe7
Rxb3 35. Ke2 $14) 29... Qc7 30. Ra2 Bb6 31. Kh2 (31. Ra4 Rc3 32. Qd2 Rc2 $19)
31... Rc3 32. Qd2 Qc6 33. Rxb6 (33. Ra4 Rc2 34. Qd3 Rxa4 35. bxa4 Rxf2 $19)
33... axb6 34. Nd4 Rh4+ {0-1 Gofshtein,L-Sadler,M/Ischia 1996/CBM 54/[Ftacnik]
(34)} 35. Kg1 Rc1+) 16. Bg5 Qe8 17. Bxg6 fxg6 18. Rfc1 h6 19. Qb3 a5 20. Be3
Nb6 21. Qd1 {Dies scheint die kritische Stellung zu sein. Mit dem Textzug
erreicht Weiß nichts. In Betracht kommt} (21. Bd2 Bxd2 ({Nach} 21... Rxf3 22.
gxf3 Bxd2 23. Qxb6 Bxc1 24. Rxc1 {hat Weiß Vorteil.}) 22. Nxd2 Qf7 23. f3 {
mit einigem Druck.}) 21... Nc4 22. b3 Nxe3 23. fxe3 $11 g5 24. Rc7 Rf7 25. Rac1
Rxc7 26. Rxc7 Rc8 27. Rxc8 Qxc8 28. h3 Qc3 29. Kf2 Ba3 30. Ne1 Bb4 31. Nd3 Be7
32. Ke2 Kf7 33. Qb1 Ba3 34. Qd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.06.01"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2002.06.01"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Nxd4 Bd7 12. Be2 Bc5 13. Nb3 Bb6 14. a4
a5 15. c4 Bc6 16. Bf4 Ne4 17. Bf3 Nc5 18. Bxc6+ bxc6 19. Nxc5 Bxc5 20. Rfd1 Ke7
21. Rd3 Rhd8 22. Rad1 Rxd3 23. Rxd3 f6 24. Bd2 Rb8 25. b3 Bb4 26. Be3 e5 27. f3
Rb7 28. Kf2 f5 29. Ke2 Ke6 30. Kd1 Rd7 31. Kc2 Rxd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.06.01"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2002.06.01"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Ba6 9. b3 g6 10. f4 g5 11. Ba3 Qd8 12. g3 Bxa3 13. Nxa3 gxf4 14. Qe4 Qe7 15.
cxd5 Qxa3 16. Bxa6 Qxa6 17. gxf4 Qa5+ 18. Kf2 Qd2+ 19. Kf3 cxd5 20. Qe3 Qxe3+
21. Kxe3 Ke7 22. Kd4 c6 23. Rag1 a5 24. f5 Rab8 25. Rg7 Rb4+ 26. Kd3 Re4 27. e6
dxe6 28. f6+ Kxf6 29. Rhg1 Rf4 30. Ke3 Rf5 31. R7g4 Rb8 32. Rh4 h5 33. Ra4 Rb4
34. Rxa5 d4+ 35. Kd3 Rxa5 0-1

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.06.02"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2002.06.01"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
Bd3 Nd7 9. Qe2 c5 10. O-O-O (10. Nxf6+ Nxf6 (10... Qxf6 11. Qe4 g6 12. c3 Rb8
13. Ne5 cxd4 14. cxd4 Nxe5 15. Qxe5 Qxe5+ 16. dxe5 Bd7 $11 {Alburt,L-De
Firmian,N/New York 1995}) 11. dxc5 Qa5+ 12. c3 Qxc5 13. O-O b6 14. Ba6 (14.
Rfe1 Bb7 15. Ne5 Rad8 16. Rad1 g6 17. Ng4 Nxg4 18. Qxg4 Rd5 $11 {Hanninen,
V-Donner,J/Wageningen 1957}) 14... Bxa6 15. Qxa6 Qc8 16. Qb5 a6 17. Qe2 Rd8 18.
Rfd1 Qb7 19. h3 $11 {1/2-1/2 Milic,B-Trifunovic,P/Sombor 1957/MCD (19)}) 10...
cxd4 (10... Qb6 11. Nfg5 g6 $2 12. Nxf6+ Nxf6 13. Qf3 Kg7 14. dxc5 Qxc5 15.
Qxf6+ $1 {1-0 Stojanovski,D-Simonovski,M/Skopje 1998/EXT 2000 (15)}) 11. h4 (
11. g4 $5 g6 12. h4 Bg7 13. h5 Re8 14. hxg6 hxg6 15. g5 e5 16. Rh4 $40 {
Richter,K-Abramavicius,L/Hamburg 1930}) 11... Be7 $1 {[%cal Gd7f6] Black is
not interested in weakening his kingside by playing h6 or g6 that's why he
brings the knight to f6.} (11... Qc7 $6 12. Kb1 b6 13. Neg5 Bb7 14. Bxh7+ Kh8
15. Be4 $16 {Hund,B-Bondar,T/Moscow 1994}) 12. Neg5 Nf6 13. Ne5 (13. Nxd4 Qc7
14. Qf3 $5) 13... Qc7 14. g4 Bd6 15. f4 b6 16. Rhf1 {May be more accurate was
to put the rook on e1, but it hardly changing the asessment of the position.} (
16. Rhe1 $5 Bb7 17. Bc4 Bd5 18. Rxd4 Rac8 19. Bxd5 exd5 $132) 16... Bb7 17. Bc4
Bd5 18. Rxd4 Rac8 (18... Bxc4 $6 19. Rxc4 Qb7 20. Nexf7 Rxf7 21. Qxe6 Re8 22.
Qxf7+ (22. Qxd6 $2 Qg2 $1 {[%csl Rc1]} 23. Qd1 Rd7 24. Qf3 Qd2+ 25. Kb1 Re1+
$19) 22... Qxf7 23. Nxf7 Kxf7 24. g5 Nh5) 19. Bxd5 exd5 $1 20. Qd3 {Forcing
multiple exchanges leading to equal endgame.} (20. Ngf3 $5) 20... Bxe5 21. fxe5
Qxe5 22. Rdf4 h6 23. Rxf6 $8 hxg5 24. R6f5 Qe4 25. Qxe4 dxe4 26. hxg5 (26. Rxg5
Rfe8 27. h5 Re7 $11) 26... g6 27. R5f4 e3 28. Re1 Rfe8 29. Rf3 Rc5 30. Rexe3
Rxe3 31. Rxe3 Rxg5 32. Re4 f5 33. gxf5 Rxf5 34. c4 Kf7 35. b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.06.02"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2002.06.01"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 g6 7. Bb5+ Nd7 8.
a4 Bg7 9. a5 O-O 10. O-O Ne5 11. d4 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Bd7 13. Qxb7 Bxb5 14. Qxb5
cxd4 15. cxd4 Rb8 16. Qc5 Qd7 17. Ba3 Rfe8 18. Rab1 Rxb1 19. Rxb1 e5 20. d5 Rc8
21. Qd6 Qa4 22. Qa6 Rc3 23. Rb8+ Bf8 24. Rxf8+ Kg7 25. Rxf7+ Kxf7 26. Qxa7+ Kf6
27. Qe7+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.06.03"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2002.06.01"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8.
Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Bd3 b6 11. h4 Bb7 12. c3 (12. Neg5 h6 13. Rh3 c5 14.
Kb1 cxd4 15. Qf4 Qb8 16. Qxd4 Bxf3 17. Nxf3 Nc5 $15 {Riegler,P-Dizdar,G/Bled
1994}) (12. Nfg5 h6 13. f4 c5 14. dxc5 Qc7 15. Nd6 Nxc5 16. Nxb7 Nxb7 17. c3
Rfd8 18. Ne4 Rd5 $132 {Fercec,N-Dizdar,G/Pula 1997}) (12. Rh3 Nf6 13. Nxf6+
Bxf6 14. Ng5 h6 15. Nh7 Re8 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. g4 $14 {Kharlov,A-Sakalauskas,V/
Skelleftea 1999}) 12... c5 (12... Nf6 13. Neg5 (13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Bc2 c5 15.
Qd3 g6 16. Qe3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 cxd4 18. h5 Bg7 19. hxg6 Qg5+ 20. Kb1 hxg6 21.
cxd4 {1/2-1/2 De la Riva Aguado,O-Rivera Kuzawka,D/Santiago 1995/EXT 98 (21)})
13... Bxf3 14. gxf3 Kh8 15. Kb1 Qd6 16. Rdg1 $36 {Topalov,V-Dreev,A/Linares
1995}) 13. Neg5 $5 (13. dxc5 Qc7 $5 14. Qc2 h6 15. cxb6 axb6 16. Kb1 Ra5 17.
Ned2 Rfa8 18. a3 Nc5 $44 {Solozhenkin,E-Dizdar,G/Paris 1996}) 13... Nf6 14. Qc2
{[%csl Rh7] Forcing black to weaken his kingside by moving one of the pawns.}
g6 15. h5 $1 {[%csl Rg6] Starting very dangerous attack which could secure for
Ivanchuk a place in the semifinal of the tournament!} Nxh5 $5 {Not so good is}
(15... Bxf3 $6 16. Nxf3 Kg7 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. Ne5 $36 {and black suffers for
free.}) 16. Nxe6 $1 {Nothing promises} (16. Nxh7 Kxh7 17. Rxh5+ Kg7 $13 {
and black is ok.}) 16... fxe6 17. Bxg6 Nf4 $8 {Black has no time to destroy
white knight} (17... Bxf3 $2 18. Bxh7+ Kh8 19. gxf3 $18 {and white is winning})
(17... hxg6 $2 18. Qxg6+ Ng7 19. Qh7+ Kf7 20. Ne5+ Ke8 21. Qg6+) 18. Bxh7+ Kg7
19. Be4 $1 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 Ng6 21. Rh5 $1 {[%csl Gd5] Preventing from black
queen to come to d5.} Rf5 $1 {The best defensive resourse in the position.} 22.
Rxf5 exf5 23. Qxf5 Qf8 24. Qd7 Qf4+ $6 {Very serious attention deserved brave}
(24... cxd4 $5 25. Nxd4 (25. Qxd4+ Bf6 26. Qa4 $14) 25... Qxf2 26. g4 Qf4+ 27.
Kb1 Qe4+ 28. Ka1 Rd8 $1 $13 {with counterchances} 29. Ne6+ $140 $4 Qxe6 $1 30.
Qxe6 Rxd1#) 25. Kb1 Qe4+ 26. Ka1 Rd8 27. Qxa7 Ra8 28. Qd7 $6 {There was
nothing wrong in collecting another pawn} (28. Qxb6 Qc2 (28... Qd5 29. a3 cxd4
30. Qxd4+ $18) 29. Re1 (29. Rb1 $4 Rxa2+ 30. Kxa2 Qa4#) 29... Qxf2 30. a3 $16 {
and white has very good chances to win the game.}) 28... Rd8 29. Qb5 cxd4 30.
Nxd4 Bc5 $1 31. f3 Qc2 32. Qd3 {Now white is the one who has to initiate an
exchange of queens} (32. Qf1 Bxd4 33. cxd4 Re8 $13) 32... Qxd3 33. Rxd3 Kf6 $11
{Black is out of danger.} 34. Rd2 Bxd4 35. cxd4 ({May be white should've tried
} 35. Rxd4 $5 Rxd4 36. cxd4 Nh4 37. a4 Ke6 38. b4 Nxg2 39. a5 $14) 35... Nf4
36. a3 Rg8 $1 37. g4 Ke6 {Black knight is just too strong to leave white any
chances to win the game.} 38. Ka2 Kd5 39. Kb3 Ne6 40. Kb4 Nxd4 41. g5 Rc8 (
41... Rxg5 $4 42. Kc3 $18 {[%cal Gd2d5]}) 42. b3 Ke5 43. f4+ Ke4 44. a4 Rc5 45.
Ka3 Rc3 46. Kb4 Rc5 47. Ka3 (47. g6 $2 Nc2+ 48. Rxc2 Rxc2 49. Kb5 Rg2 $19)
47... Rc3 48. Kb4 Rc5 49. Ka3 Rc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.06.03"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2002.06.01"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Qa4+ c6 8.
Nxd5 exd5 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. e3 O-O 12. Bd3 c5 13. Qc2 g6 14. O-O Nc6
15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Rac1 c4 17. Be2 Rab8 18. Qd2 Rfd8 19. Nd4 Ba8 20. Nxc6 Bxc6
21. Qd4 Qb7 22. Rfd1 Qb6 23. Qxb6 axb6 24. Rd4 b5 25. Rcd1 Kf8 26. e4 Re8 27.
exd5 Bxd5 28. Rxd5 Rxe2 29. R5d2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.06.03"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E69"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2002.06.01"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Re1 $5 {Ivanchuk tries
an unusual move, last time against Radjabov in Dubai 2002 he went for the E63
lines with} (6. c4 a6 7. Nc3 Nc6 {and didn't get any advantage.}) 6... Nbd7 (
6... Nc6 7. d5 Na5 (7... Nb4 $6 8. e4 e6 9. c4 $14) 8. e4 c6 $13 {leads to
unclear positions of a different character.}) ({A playable alternative is} 6...
c5 $5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Ne5 Na6 10. c3 Nd5 11. Nc4 Be6 12. Nba3 Rd7
13. Rb1 Rad8 14. e4 Ndb4 $1 15. cxb4 cxb4 16. b3 bxa3 17. Bxa3 b5 18. Ne3 Bc3
19. Red1 b4 20. Rxd7 Rxd7 21. Bb2 Rd2 22. Bxc3 bxc3 23. Rc1 $11 {Andersson,
U-Quinteros,M/Mar del Plata/1981/}) 7. e4 e5 8. h3 Re8 ({An interesting way to
exploit White's move order is} 8... b5 $5 9. a4 b4 10. c3 Bb7 11. Nbd2 bxc3 12.
bxc3 $11 {1/2,Stohl,I-Watson,W/BL 0001/2001/}) 9. c4 c6 (9... exd4 10. Nxd4 Nc5
11. Nc3 Bd7 $13 {-E68 is more flexible.}) 10. Nc3 {After a complicated
transposition we are back to established theory, which considers this line as
advantageous for White.} a6 (10... exd4 11. Nxd4 Nc5 12. b3 $14 (12. b4 $5 Ne6
13. Nc2 $14)) 11. Be3 $14 b5 {Consistent, although it allows a central break.
Other, more passive moves are even worse.} (11... exd4 12. Nxd4 Nc5 13. Qc2 Qe7
14. Rad1 Bd7 $6 15. Bf4 $40 Rad8 (15... Nh5 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Bxd6 Qg5) 16. b4
Ne6 17. Nf5 $1 gxf5 18. Bxd6 Nd4 19. Rxd4 Qe6 20. e5 Bc8 21. Re2 $18 {Bernal
Moro,L-Paramos Dominguez,R/La Coruna/1995/}) (11... Rb8 12. d5 c5 13. Rb1 Qc7
14. Qc2 b5 15. Nd2 Kh8 16. cxb5 axb5 17. b4 c4 18. a4 bxa4 19. Nxa4 Ba6 20.
Rec1 Rec8 21. Bf1 Ng8 22. Nc3 Nb6 23. Ra1 Ra8 24. Ra5 $16 {Ehlvest,J-Martin
Ojeda,J/Sevilla/1990/}) 12. c5 $5 b4 $2 {[%csl Rb4,Rb6][%mdl 16384] ׫
Radjabov probably didn't know the line sufficiently and quickly lands in a
hopeless situation.} (12... exd4 $142 13. Nxd4 Bb7 14. cxd6 c5 15. Nb3 Nxe4 16.
Nxe4 (16. Bxe4 $5 Bxe4 17. Bxc5 $14) 16... Bxe4 17. Bxe4 Rxe4 18. Qd5 Re5 19.
Qb7 Qc8 20. Qg2 Rb8 21. Na5 Rb6 22. Rad1 Re6 23. b4 {Paehtz,T-Vogt,L/DDR-ch
Zittau/1989/} Bc3 $1 24. Bd2 $8 Rxe1+ $17) (12... dxc5 $2 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14.
Nxe5 Qxd1 15. Raxd1 Rxe5 16. f4 Re8 17. e5 $16) 13. Na4 Nxe4 (13... d5 $5 14.
exd5 Nxd5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 (16... Rxe5 17. Nb6 Be6 18. Nxa8 Qxa8 19.
Qd2 Nxe3 20. Rxe3 Rxc5 21. Qxb4 Rb5 22. Qe7 Qf8 23. Qc7 c5 24. Rd1 Bd4 25. b3
Rb8 26. Re2 $16 {Loeffler,S-Cladouras,P/BL 8687/1987/}) 17. Bd4 (17. Nb6 $1
Nxb6 18. cxb6 $36) 17... Bxd4 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. Qxd4 Be6 20. Nb6 Rd8 21. Rd1
Qe7 22. Kh2 $14 {Marovic,D-Ciocaltea,V/Zinnowitz/1966/}) 14. cxd6 Nxd6 (14...
exd4 15. Bxd4 Bf8 16. Ne5 $1 Nxe5 17. Rxe4 Qxd6 18. Qe2 f6 19. f4 Nf7 20. Rxe8
Qxd4+ 21. Kh2 Qa7 22. Qc4 $18 {Kochyev,A-Chepukaitis,G/St. Petersburg/1994/})
15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Rxe5 17. Bc5 ({Possibly even stronger was} 17. Bb6 $5
Qd7 (17... Rxe1+ 18. Qxe1 Qf8 19. Qxb4 $16) 18. Rxe5 Bxe5 19. Bc5 Nb7 20. Bxb4
$16 {/+-} Rb8 21. Qe2 Bf6 22. Rd1 Qe6 23. Qf3 Kg7 24. b3 a5 25. Bd2 Bd8 26.
Bh6+ {1-0,Smejkal,J-Casper,T/BL 9192/1992/}) 17... Rxe1+ 18. Qxe1 Be6 (18...
Nb7 19. Rd1 Bd7 20. Qxb4 (20. Bxc6 Qc7 21. Rxd7 Qxc6 22. Qe7 Rf8 23. Rxb7 Qxa4
24. Qd6 $1 $16 {[%cal Rb7b8,Rd6d5] /\Rb8,Qd5}) 20... Nxc5 21. Nxc5 Bf8 22. Qd4
(22. Bxc6 $2 Bxc6 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 $19 {[%cal Rd8d5,Rd5d1] /\Rd1,Rd5}) 22... Bxc5
23. Qxc5 $16) 19. Rd1 Bd5 20. Nb6 Rb8 (20... Nb7 21. Nxd5 (21. Qxb4 a5 22. Qa3
Nxc5 23. Qxc5 Qf8 $5 $14 {/+/-}) 21... cxd5 22. Rxd5 Qc7 (22... Nxc5 23. Rxd8+
Rxd8 24. Qxb4 Nd3 25. Qb6 $18) 23. Bxb4 $5 Bxb2 24. Qd2 Bc1 25. Qd4 $40) 21.
Nxd5 cxd5 22. Bxd5 {[%cal Rc5d6] /\Bd6+-} Bf8 (22... Nf5 23. Bxf7+ $18) 23.
Bxb4 $18 {White has an extra P and an active ^^, the game is decided. The rest
is a matter of technique.} Qf6 24. Bc3 Qf5 25. Qe5 $1 {_|_} Qxe5 26. Bxe5 Rb6
27. b3 Nf5 28. g4 Nd6 29. Kg2 h6 30. a4 Ne8 31. Rc1 Nf6 32. Bc4 Nd7 33. Bc7 Rf6
(33... Rc6 $4 34. Bxf7+ Kxf7 35. Rxc6 $18) 34. Rd1 Nc5 35. Be5 Rc6 36. Rd8 Ne6
37. Re8 $22 {Black has no constructive moves left.} (37. Ra8 {/\} Nc5 38. Bd5
Rb6 39. a5 Rb5 40. Bd6 $18) 37... h5 (37... a5 38. Ra8 $18) (37... Ng7 38. Ra8
$19) 38. gxh5 gxh5 39. f4 Ng7 40. Ra8 Rg6+ 41. Kf3 Nf5 42. Rxa6 Rg3+ 43. Ke4
Ng7 44. Rf6 (44. Ra8 $18) (44. a5 $18) 44... Ne6 45. a5 Bg7 46. a6 $1 Bxf6 47.
a7 Nc5+ (47... Nc5+ 48. Kf5 Bxe5 49. a8=Q+ $18) 1-0

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.06.03"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2002.06.01"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Ne4 8. Nxe4
Bxe4 9. Bg3 c5 10. d5 exd5 11. cxd5 O-O 12. Bd3 Bxd5 13. Bh7+ Kxh7 14. Qxd5 Nc6
15. a3 Kg8 16. O-O-O Bf6 17. Qf5 Qc8 18. Rd6 Be7 19. Rxd7 c4 20. Rhd1 c3 21.
Qe4 cxb2+ 22. Kxb2 Bf6+ 23. Kb1 Na5 24. Rc7 Qa6 25. Bd6 Rfc8 26. Rdc1 Qb5+ 27.
Bb4 Re8 28. Qc2 Rad8 29. Rd1 Rxd1+ 30. Qxd1 Rd8 31. Qc2 Qf1+ 32. Ne1 Be5 33.
Rc8 Nb7 34. Qc6 a5 35. Qxb7 Rxc8 36. Qxc8+ Kh7 37. Qc2+ g6 38. Bc3 Bxc3 39.
Qxc3 Qxf2 40. h3 b5 41. Kc1 b4 42. axb4 axb4 43. Qd2 Qf1 44. Qxb4 Qe2 45. Qd2
Qc4+ 46. Kd1 h5 47. Nd3 Qe4 48. Ke1 h4 49. Kf2 g5 50. Ne1 Qf5+ 51. Kg1 Qc5 52.
Qc2+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.06.03"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2002.06.01"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d5 5. c4 c6 6. O-O Bd6 7. b3 Qe7 8. Bb2 O-O
9. Qc1 Nbd7 10. Ba3 Ne4 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Nbd2 b6 13. Qb2 Bb7 14. Rac1 Rac8 15.
Rfd1 Rfd8 16. e3 Qe7 17. Ne1 Ba8 18. Nd3 Qd6 19. b4 Qe7 20. a3 Bb7 21. c5 Ba6
22. Nf3 Bxd3 23. Rxd3 bxc5 24. dxc5 e5 25. Rdd1 Nef6 26. Nd2 Rb8 27. Nb3 Qe6
28. Re1 Re8 29. f4 Ne4 30. Rcd1 h6 31. Qc2 Qe7 32. Na5 Rbc8 33. Bf1 Ndf6 34.
Bh3 g6 35. Qb2 Rc7 36. Re2 exf4 37. exf4 Kh7 38. Rde1 Kg7 39. Bg2 Rcc8 40. Re3
Kh7 41. Qd4 h5 42. Bf3 Qf7 43. Kg2 Re6 44. R3e2 Rce8 45. Qb2 Rc8 46. Nb3 Ree8
47. Nd4 Qg7 48. Qc2 Ng4 49. Nb3 h4 50. h3 Ngf6 51. g4 Qc7 52. Qc1 Qf7 53. g5
Nd7 54. Qb2 Nf8 55. Nd4 Qc7 56. Qc1 Ne6 57. Nxe6 Rxe6 58. Rd1 Rce8 59. Rd4 Nxg5
60. Re5 Nxf3 61. Kxf3 Rxe5 62. fxe5 Qxe5 63. Rxh4+ Kg8 64. Qg1 Qe2+ 65. Kf4
Qd2+ 66. Kf3 Qe2+ 67. Kf4 Qd2+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.06.04"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2002.06.01"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. h3 Nf6 11. Be2 Qb6 12. Nb3 Nc6 13. O-O Ne5 14. Kh1 Ng6 15. f3
Be6 16. Bf2 Qc7 17. Nd4 Rc8 18. Re1 Nh5 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Nhf4 21. Bf1 Qd7
22. c4 h5 23. Rc1 Be5 24. Kg1 g4 25. fxg4 hxg4 26. Qxg4 Qxg4 27. hxg4 Nxd5 28.
Bd3 Bh2+ 29. Kf1 Bf4 30. Rcd1 Nf6 31. g3 Be5 32. Be2 Ne4 33. Nf5 e6 34. Bf3
Nxf2 35. Rxd6 Nh1 36. Kg2 Nxg3 37. Bxb7 Nxf5 38. gxf5 Nh4+ 39. Kf1 Bxd6 0-1

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.06.04"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2002.06.01"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Be2 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. d5 Nb8 8. Bg5
e5 9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. Qd2 Nc6 11. Bh6 Re8 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Rfe1 a6 14. Rad1 b5
15. a3 Bd7 16. Nd4 b4 17. Nxc6 Bxc6 18. axb4 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20. Qc3+ Kg8
21. Bf3 Bxf3 22. Qxf3 Qd7 23. h4 Qb5 24. Qc3 Rac8 25. g3 Qb7 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27.
Re1 Rxe1+ 28. Qxe1 Qd5 29. c3 Kg7 30. Qe7 c5 31. bxc5 dxc5 32. b4 c4 33. Qe3 h5
34. Kf1 Qd1+ 35. Kg2 Qd5+ 36. Kf1 Kf6 37. Qf4+ Ke6 38. Qe3+ Qe5 39. Qf3 Kd6 40.
Qd1+ Kc7 41. Qd2 Qe4 42. Kg1 Kc6 43. Kf1 f6 44. Kg1 Qe5 45. Qa2 Qe1+ 46. Kg2
Qxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.06.05"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2002.06.01"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hecht} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5
a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bd3 Be6 12. O-O Bg7 {Transposing to
the old main line. In the last years much more popular is 12...Bxd5.} (12...
Bxd5 13. exd5 Ne7 14. c3 {is the fashionable variation of the late 1990s -
beginning of 2000.}) 13. Qh5 $1 {Most precise.} f4 14. c4 bxc4 15. Bxc4 O-O 16.
Rac1 Rb8 17. b3 Qd7 (17... Qa5 {was considered playable until after} 18. Nc2
Qxa2 {Lutz found a very strong} 19. Ncb4 $1 {which practically ruled out 17...
Qa5.} Nxb4 20. Ne7+ Kh8 21. Bxe6 fxe6 (21... Rb7 22. Bf5 h6 23. Ng6+ $1 fxg6
24. Qxg6 Kg8 25. Rc3 Qa5 (25... Rd8 26. Qe6+ Kh8 27. Rc8 Qa5 28. Rfc1 $18) 26.
Rfc1 Na2 27. Rc8 Nxc1 28. Be6+ {1-0 Khruschiov,A-Yagupov,I/Tula 2001}) 22. Ng6+
Kg8 23. Nxf8 Rxf8 24. Rc7 Kh8 25. Rfc1 (25. Qg4 $1 {Indicated by Babula, is
winning for White.} Rg8 26. Qxe6 {and White wins in all lines.}) 25... Qd2 26.
Qg5 Rg8 27. Rc8 h6 28. Qg6 Rf8 29. R8c7 Rg8 30. Rc8 Rf8 31. R8c7 {1/2-1/2 Lutz,
C-Babula,V/Bundesliga 1999.}) 18. Rfd1 $1 {White doesn't need to waste time
for 18.h3.} (18. h3 Kh8 19. Rfd1 Nd4 20. Nc2 Nxc2 21. Rxc2 f5 $132 {
Tukmakov-Sveshnikov, Tbilisi 1978}) 18... Kh8 (18... Bg4 19. Qg5 $16 {[%cal
Gd5f6]}) (18... Nd4 19. Nc2 Nxc2 20. Rxc2 Kh8 {And if White plays 21.h3?!
we'll have the above-mentioned game Tukmakov-Sveshnikov. But White has a much
stronger move:} 21. Qh4 $1 {[%cal Gd5f6]} f5 22. Ne7 $1 fxe4 23. Ng6+ Kg8 24.
Nxf8 Rxf8 25. Qg4 $18 {1-0 Howell,J-Jelen,I/Bled 1995 (43)}) 19. Qh4 Bxd5 (
19... f5 {is another theoretical move. After tactical complications White will
be a pawn up, but Black keeps some compensation. According to theory the game
move 19...Bxd5 leads to an edge for White.}) 20. Bxd5 Nb4 21. Nc4 $5 $146 {
Up to this moment both sides played the most critical moves of the variation
12...Bg7, demonstrating a very good opening preparation. Here White makes an
interesting novelty. The theoretical continuations 21.Rd2 and 21.Rc3 also give
an advantage, but improvement by Black are possible.} Nxa2 22. Rc2 Nb4 23. Rcd2
{Black will have to give back the pawn d6. After restoring material, White
will remain with an edge, thanks to the passivity of the bishop on g7.
Ivanchuk will try to activate it, but still remains with an worse position.
All in all the game confirmed that in this line White traditionally gets an
advantage.} Qd8 (23... Rb5 $5) 24. Qxd8 Rbxd8 25. Nb6 f3 26. Bc4 d5 27. Nxd5
Bh6 {Ivanchuk is close to equalize, but he fails to solve all the problems.
White has an unpleasant initiative and Black must play very accurately in
order to reach the draw - a difficult task for a rapid game.} 28. Ne3 Rxd2 29.
Rxd2 fxg2 30. Kxg2 Rg8+ 31. Kh3 (31. Kf3 Nc6 $1 $132 {[%cal Gc6d4]}) 31... Bxe3
32. fxe3 Rg1 33. Rd7 $16 {[%csl Rb4]} Kg7 34. Rxf7+ Kg6 35. Re7 Re1 36. Re6+
Kg7 37. Re7+ Kf6 38. Re6+ Kg7 39. Kg4 {The right plan to activate the king.
Black is lost.} Rxe3 40. Kf5 Nd3 41. Re7+ Kh6 42. Re6+ Kh5 {The time plays its
role. Black had to come back with the king, hoping to stop later the advance
of e-pawn.} 43. Bxd3 Rxd3 44. b4 Rh3 45. Rxa6 Rxh2 46. Kxe5 {Hecht: '[#] Thema:
Figurenzusammenspiel Aktive weiße Figuren. Rapidschach!'} Kg4 47. Ra1 ({
Ein interessanter Plan war auch} 47. Rd6 {Hecht} h5 (47... Rb2 {Hecht} 48. Rd4
$1 (48. Rh6 $2 {Hecht} Rxb4 49. Rxh7 Rb5+ $11) 48... h5 49. Kd6 h4 50. e5+ $18
{mit Vormarsch des e-Bauern unter Assistenz des Königs, der wiederum
Rückendeckung durch den Turm erhält.}) 48. Rd4 h4 49. Kd6 h3 50. e5+ Kg3 51.
Rd3+ Kg4 (51... Kg2 {Hecht} 52. e6 Rh1 53. e7 Re1 54. Kd7 h2 55. Rd2+ Kg3 56.
e8=Q Rxe8 57. Rxh2 $18) 52. e6 Re2 53. e7 h2 54. Rd1 Kg3 55. b5 Kg2 56. b6 h1=Q
57. Rxh1 Kxh1 58. b7 Rd2+ 59. Kc5 Rc2+ 60. Kd4 Rd2+ 61. Kc3 $18 {Für die näher
zu prüfende haarscharfe Variante lege ich meine Hand nicht ins Feuer.}) 47...
Rb2 48. Rg1+ Kf3 49. Rf1+ (49. Kf5 $142 {Hecht} Rxb4 50. e5 (50. Rf1+ {Hecht}
Kg3 51. Rh1 $1) 50... Rf4+ 51. Kg5 h6+ 52. Kg6 Re4 $132) 49... Kg4 50. Rf4+ {
'?!' Hecht.} Kg3 {'?' Hecht.} (50... Kg5 $142 {Hecht} 51. Rf7 h5 $132) 51. Kf5
Rxb4 52. Rg4+ Kf3 (52... Kh3 {Hecht} 53. Rg5 Kh4 54. Rg7 h5 55. Rg1 $1 $18 {
[%csl Rh5][%cal Rg1h1]}) 53. Rh4 {Hecht: 'Wirksame Sperre gegen den schwarzen
König sowie unbrauchbarer h-Bauer.'} Rb7 54. e5 Kg3 55. Rh6 Rf7+ 56. Ke6 Ra7
57. Kf6 Kg4 58. e6 Rb7 59. e7 Rb6+ 60. Kg7 Rb7 61. Kf7 1-0

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.06.05"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2002.06.01"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bg5 c4 10. Ne5 Be6 11. f4 Ng4 12. Nxg4 Bxg4 13. Bxd5 Bxg5 14. fxg5 Qxg5
15. Rf4 Rad8 16. Qd2 (16. Qf1 Be6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. e3 b5 (18... h5 19. Qg2 Ne7
20. Qe4 Rxf4 21. exf4 Qf5 22. Qxf5 Nxf5 23. Nb5 Nxd4 24. Nxd4 Rxd4 {1/2-1/2
Leskiewicz,M-Haag,M/Suncoast/1999/ (29)}) 19. Qf3 Nb4 20. Rf1 Rxf4 21. Qxf4
Qxf4 22. gxf4 Nd5 23. Kf2 b4 24. Ne4 Rb8 25. Rc1 c3 26. bxc3 bxc3 27. Nxc3 Rb2+
28. Kf3 Nxc3 29. Rxc3 Rxa2 30. Rc7 (30. Ke4 Ra5 31. Rc7 Kf8 32. h4 h6 33. Rb7 {
1-0 Rogozenko,D-Fachredinov,R/Ceske Budejovice 1994/ (56)}) 30... Kf8 31. h4 h5
32. Rc5 g6 33. Rc7 a5 34. Ra7 a4 35. Ke4 {1-0 Fioramonti,H-Bachmayr,P/Zug 1991/
(70)}) 16... h6 {The position is very interesting, white hopes to take
advantage of his central pawns, but black is not without chances due to the
weaknesses on the kingside.} (16... Bh3 17. e4 Be6 18. Raf1 Bxd5 19. Nxd5 Rfe8
20. Qc3 Qg6 21. Qxc4 Rxe4 22. Rxf7 Qe6 23. Qb3 Re2 {1/2-1/2 Shulman,
Y-Bluvshtein,M/Chicago/2002/ (34)}) (16... h5 17. e4 Be6 18. Raf1 Qe7 19. a3 g6
20. Rf6 Bxd5 21. exd5 Nb8 22. R6f2 Nd7 23. Qh6 Rde8 24. Qf4 Qe3 25. Nb5 Qxf4
26. Rxf4 Nb6 27. d6 a6 28. Nc3 Rd8 29. Rf6 Nd7 30. R6f2 f5 31. Re2 Rf6 {
0-1 Nogueiras,J-Lputian,S/Sarajevo 1985/ (42)}) (16... Bh5 17. e4 Kh8 18. Raf1
Qe7 19. Qf2 Rd7 20. e5 Qd8 21. e6 Rd6 22. exf7 g5 23. Re4 Kg7 24. Bxc6 bxc6 25.
Re8 Rxe8 26. fxe8=Q Qxe8 27. d5 cxd5 28. Qd4+ Kg6 29. g4 {1-0 Niklasch,
O-Becker,T/GER 1999/ (58)}) (16... Ne7 17. e4 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Be6 19. Ne3 b5 20.
d5 Bc8 21. Qd4 f6 22. b3 cxb3 23. axb3 a6 24. b4 Rfe8 25. Rc1 Qg6 26. Rc7 {
1/2-1/2 Vadasz,L-Dupsky,L/Szeged 1998/ (39)}) 17. Rd1 (17. Bxc4 $2 Nxd4 $17)
17... Be6 18. Bg2 (18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Rxf8+ Kxf8 20. Qxg5 hxg5 21. e3 Ke7 $11)
18... Bc8 (18... Bd7 19. d5 Ne5 20. d6 $14) 19. Qe3 Ne7 (19... a6 20. d5 Rfe8
21. Qb6 Ne5 22. d6 $16) 20. d5 Nf5 {Grischuk somehow fails to get all his
pieces to the best squares on time, so the a7 is sacrificed.} (20... b6 21. Qf2
Nf5 22. Nb5 Ne7 23. Rxc4 Ba6 24. h4 Qe5 25. Re4 Qxb2 26. Rxe7 Bxb5 27. Rxa7 $16
) 21. Qxa7 Rfe8 22. Ne4 Qe7 (22... Qg6 23. Bf3 $16) 23. Qb6 Nd6 24. Rdf1 (24.
Qc5 b5 25. Nxd6 Qxd6 26. Qxd6 Rxd6 27. Kf2 $16) 24... f5 (24... f6 25. Qc5 $16)
25. Nxd6 Rxd6 26. Qb4 Rdd8 $6 {This move is too meek, Ivanchuk manages to get
simple endgame with a spare d5 pawn.} (26... Qe3+ 27. R1f2 Rb6 28. Qc3 Qxc3 29.
bxc3 Rb1+ 30. Rf1 Rb2 31. Rxc4 Rbxe2 32. Rd1 $16) 27. Qxe7 Rxe7 28. Rxc4 (28.
Kf2 b5 29. Rd4 $16) 28... Rxe2 29. Rfc1 Bd7 30. R4c2 Rxc2 (30... Rde8 31. Bf3
Rxc2 32. Rxc2 $16) 31. Rxc2 Kf8 32. Re2 b5 (32... Re8 33. Rxe8+ Kxe8 34. Kf2
Ke7 35. Ke3 (35. d6+ Kxd6 36. Bxb7 $16) 35... Kd6 36. Kd4 g5 37. Bf3 $16) 33.
Kf2 b4 34. Rd2 Ke7 35. d6+ $1 {[%mdl 4096] Excellent decision, since now white
can control both dark and light squares in the very center.} (35. Ke3 Kd6 36.
Kd4 Ra8 $14) 35... Ke6 36. Ke3 Rc8 37. Bd5+ Ke5 (37... Kxd6 $2 38. Bb7+ $18)
38. Bb3 Rc1 (38... Be6 39. d7 Rd8 40. Ba4 Bxa2 41. b3 Bb1 42. Rd4 $18) 39. Rd5+
Kf6 40. Kd4 Rb1 41. Re5 $1 {The rook activity will become decisive, black can
not defend and pursue counterplay at the same time.} f4 (41... Rxb2 42. Re7
Rd2+ 43. Kc5 Bc8 44. Rf7+ Ke5 45. Rc7 Be6 (45... Ba6 46. Re7+ Kf6 47. Re6+ Kg5
48. d7 Rxd7 49. Rxa6 $18) 46. Rxg7 (46. Re7 Rxd6 47. Kxb4 g5 $11) 46... Bxb3
47. axb3 Rd5+ 48. Kxb4 Rxd6 49. Re7+ $16) 42. Re7 fxg3 (42... Bh3 43. Rf7+ Kg6
44. Rxf4 Rxb2 45. Kc5 Rxh2 46. Rh4 Kf6 47. Kxb4 Rh1 48. a4 $18) 43. hxg3 Bg4 (
43... Bh3 44. Rf7+ Kg6 45. d7 Rxb2 46. Ke3 Bxd7 47. Rxd7 $18) 44. Rf7+ Kg6 45.
Rf4 Kg5 46. Rxg4+ $1 Kxg4 47. d7 Rxb2 (47... Rxb2 48. Ke3 $18) 1-0

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.06.05"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2002.06.01"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 g6 6. g3 {Very solid move
leading to slow positional play with minimal advantage for white.} (6. Bc4 c6)
6... Bg7 7. Bg2 O-O (7... Nb4 8. Na3 (8. Nf3 $5) 8... Bxe5 9. dxe5 Qxd1+ 10.
Kxd1 N8c6 $13 {/\ Bg4+}) 8. O-O c6 (8... Nb4 9. Nf3 Bf5 10. Na3 {/\ c3+/=}) 9.
Nd2 (9. Re1 Bf5 (9... Nd7 10. Nxd7 Bxd7 11. Na3 Be6 12. c3 a5 13. Qe2 b5 14.
Nc2 a4 $11 {Zivkovic,V-Podobnik,M/Tucepi 1996}) 10. c3 Nd7 11. Nf3 Re8 12. Nbd2
N7f6 $6 13. Nc4 $14 {Anand,V-Adams,M/Linares 1994}) (9. Qe2 Nd7 10. c4 N5b6 11.
Nf3 Nf6 12. h3 Re8 13. Nc3 Be6 14. b3 Qc8 15. Kh2 $14 {Glek,I-Wilhelm,S/Zurich
1999}) 9... Nd7 (9... Bf5 10. Ne4 Nd7 11. Nc4 N7b6 12. Na5 Bxe4 13. Bxe4 Qd7
14. Nb3 $14 {Asrian,K-Guseinov,S/Moscow 1996}) 10. Re1 $5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Bf5 12.
a3 $14 {[%cal Gc2c4] White has more space for his pieces, which is a very
important factor.} Qc7 (12... Qd7) 13. Nf3 Bg4 14. Qe2 b5 (14... Rad8 15. h3
Bxf3 16. Bxf3 e6 17. c4 $14) 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 e6 17. h4 h6 (17... Rfd8 18.
b3 Rd7 19. c4 bxc4 20. bxc4 Nb6 21. Qe4 Rc8 $14) 18. b3 a5 $6 19. c4 bxc4 20.
bxc4 Nb6 21. Bf4 a4 22. Rad1 $16 {Intending to come to d6.} Qe7 (22... Rad8 23.
Rd6 Rxd6 24. exd6 Qd7 25. Rb1 e5 26. Be3 Nc8 27. c5 $18 {[%csl Rc6]}) 23. Rd6
g5 $5 {Probably the best chance to get counterplay.} 24. hxg5 hxg5 25. Bd2 Nd7
26. Bxc6 (26. Bxg5 $5 Qxg5 27. Rxd7 Ra5 $1 28. Qd3 Rxe5 29. Rxe5 Qxe5 30. Bxc6
$16) 26... Nxe5 27. Bxa8 Qxd6 28. Bb4 Qb8 $2 {After this move black's position
is hopeless, while after accurate} (28... Qa6 $1 29. Bg2 (29. Bxf8 Qxa8 30.
Bxg7 Nf3+ 31. Kf1 Nh2+ $11) 29... Rc8 $14 {while had to work a lot in order to
prove that his advantage is sufficient to win the game.}) 29. Be4 $1 Rd8 (29...
Rc8 30. c5 g4 31. Qa6 $16) 30. c5 g4 31. c6 Qc7 32. Qb5 Nf3+ (32... Ra8) 33.
Bxf3 gxf3 34. Ba5 $1 $18 Rb8 35. Bxc7 Rxb5 36. Bd6 {[%cal Ge1c1,Gc6c8]} Rb2 37.
Rc1 Bd4 38. c7 Bxf2+ 39. Kh1 Be3 40. c8=Q+ Kh7 41. Be5 Bxc1 42. Qh8+ Kg6 43.
Qf6+ Kh5 44. Qxf3+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.06.05"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2002.06.01"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bg5 c4 10. Ne5 Be6 11. f4 Ng4 12. Nxg4 Bxg4 13. Bxd5 Bxg5 14. fxg5 Qxg5
15. Rf4 Be6 16. Bg2 Rad8 17. d5 Nb4 18. Rd4 Bf5 19. Rxc4 Nc2 20. Rc1 Ne3 21.
Qd2 h6 22. Rc7 Rfe8 23. Rxb7 Qg6 24. Bf3 Bg4 25. Rb4 h5 26. Re4 Rxe4 27. Nxe4
Nxd5 28. Rc5 Qb6 29. Qa5 Ne3 30. Qxb6 axb6 31. Rc3 Rd1+ 32. Kf2 Nd5 33. Bxg4
hxg4 34. Rd3 Rxd3 35. exd3 Nb4 36. Ke3 Nxa2 37. Kd4 Kf8 38. Kc4 Nc1 39. Nf2 f5
40. Kb5 Nb3 41. Kxb6 Ke7 42. Kb5 g5 43. Nd1 Ke6 44. Ne3 Nd4+ 45. Kc5 Nb3+ 46.
Kb4 Nd4 47. Kc4 Nf3 48. b4 Nxh2 49. b5 f4 50. b6 Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "POL Supercup"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2002.06.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Urban, Klaudiusz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2002.06.29"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Warsaw Polonia"]
[BlackTeam "Poznan Pocztowiec"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8.
Re1 a6 9. Bf1 {White has space advantage. Now he starts a series of
profilactic moves preparing to attack. Black has no real counterplay and may
just look at manouevres of White.} h6 {[%cal Ge1e4,Gc3e4]} (9... Nbd7 10. Nf5
Bf8 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bd2 Kh7 13. Ng3 Nc5 14. Bc4 Bg4 15. f3 Be6 16. Bxe6 Rxe6 17.
Be3 Qe8 18. Bxc5 dxc5 19. f4 Rd8 20. Qf3 Qc6 21. Rad1 {1/2-1/2 Steczkowski,
K-Dobrzynski,W/Zielona Gora 1982/MCD (21)}) 10. b3 Bf8 11. Bb2 Nbd7 12. Qd2 Nc5
13. f3 c6 {[%cal Yd8b6,Yb6g1]} 14. Kh1 $1 a5 {[%cal Ya5a4,Ya4a3]} 15. a3 $1 Qc7
16. Rad1 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Gd1d6]} Bd7 17. Qf4 Nh5 18. Qh4 Nf6 19. Rd2 $1 {
[%cal Gc3d1,Gd1e3,Gd4f5,Ge3f5]} Rad8 20. Nd1 $1 Be7 (20... d5 $5 21. e5 Nh7 22.
Nf2 $36) 21. Qf2 Bc8 22. Rde2 (22. Ne3 $2 Nfxe4 23. fxe4 Nxe4 24. Qe2 Bh4 $17)
22... Bf8 23. Ne3 $16 Ncd7 (23... d5 24. exd5 cxd5 25. Nxd5 $18) 24. Rd1 {
[%cal Gd4f5,Gf5d6,Gd1d6]} g6 25. Qh4 Bg7 26. Ndf5 $1 {[%mdl 516] Typical but
always nice combination.} gxf5 27. Nxf5 Re6 (27... Ne5 28. Nxg7 Kxg7 29. f4
Ned7 30. Re3 (30. g4 $5 Kh7 31. g5 Ng8 32. Qh5 Nf8 33. f5 $40) 30... Re6 31. f5
Re5 32. Rg3+ Kf8 33. Bxe5 dxe5 34. Qxh6+ Ke7 35. Rg7 $16) 28. f4 Nf8 $6 (28...
Kh7 29. Nxg7 Kxg7 30. g4 $40) 29. Nxh6+ Bxh6 30. Qxh6 $18 N8h7 31. Re3 Ne8 (
31... Kh8 32. Rh3 Re5 33. Bxe5 $18) 32. Rg3+ Rg6 33. Rxg6+ fxg6 34. Qxg6+ Ng7
35. Bc4+ d5 36. exd5 cxd5 (36... Kh8 37. Re1 $18) 37. Rxd5 Rxd5 38. Bxd5+ Kh8
39. Qe8+ 1-0

[Event "POL Supercup"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2002.06.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Urban, Klaudiusz"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2002.06.29"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Poznan Pocztowiec"]
[BlackTeam "Warsaw Polonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. d3 e6 5. O-O Nf6 6. c4 dxc4 7. dxc4 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Bc2 9. Rf1 Nbd7 10. Bf4 Be7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Rac1 Bg6 13. Rfd1 Rfd8 14. h3
h6 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Kf8 17. Kf1 Ke8 18. Ke1 Bf8 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Rd1 Nd7
21. Bd6 Bxd6 22. Rxd6 Ke7 23. Rd2 f6 24. h4 e5 25. Ne4 a5 26. g4 Bxe4 27. Bxe4
g5 28. hxg5 hxg5 29. Bf5 Nc5 30. Rxd8 Kxd8 31. Kd2 Kc7 32. Kc3 Na4+ 33. Kc2 Nc5
34. Kc3 Na4+ 35. Kc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saraybahce exh 5'"]
[Site "Kocaeli"]
[Date "2002.08.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "171"]
[EventDate "2002.08.17"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 Qa5 5. Bd3 e5 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be3 exf4 8. Bxf4
Qb6 9. a3 Nbd7 10. Be3 Ne5 11. Be2 Nxf3+ 12. gxf3 Be6 13. Qd2 d5 14. O-O-O Be7
15. f4 g6 16. Rhf1 Bh3 17. e5 Ng4 18. Rf3 Nxe3 19. Qxe3 Bf5 20. Bd3 Bg4 21.
Rdf1 Bxf3 22. Rxf3 O-O-O 23. f5 c5 24. Na4 Qc7 25. dxc5 d4 26. Qe4 Rhe8 27. Kb1
Qc6 28. Qxc6+ bxc6 29. Bc4 Bg5 30. e6 fxe6 31. fxe6 Rf8 32. Rh3 h5 33. Rg3 Rf5
34. e7 Bxe7 35. Be6+ Kc7 36. Bxf5 gxf5 37. b4 Rf8 38. Nb2 f4 39. Rf3 Kd7 40.
Nd3 Bg5 41. Kc1 Ke6 42. Kd2 Kf5 43. Ke2 Re8+ 44. Kf1 Re3 45. Rf2 f3 46. a4 Ke4
47. b5 cxb5 48. axb5 Kd5 49. c6 Bd8 50. Ne1 Kc5 51. Nxf3 Kxb5 52. Nxd4+ Kc5 53.
c3 Rxc3 54. Ne6+ Kxc6 55. Nxd8+ Kd5 56. Rf5+ Ke4 57. Rxh5 Kf3 58. Rf5+ Kg4 59.
Rf7 Rc2 60. Rg7+ Kf3 61. Rf7+ Kg4 62. Rh7 Kf3 63. Ke1 Rc1+ 64. Kd2 Rh1 65. Nc6
Kg2 66. h4 Kg3 67. h5 Kg4 68. Ne5+ Kf5 69. Nd3 Kg5 70. Rg7+ Kh6 71. Rxa7 Rxh5
72. Nf4 Rh2+ 73. Ke3 Rb2 74. Ke4 Rb5 75. Nd5 Kg6 76. Ke5 Rb1 77. Ra8 Re1+ 78.
Kd6 Kg7 79. Nf4 Re4 80. Ne6+ Kg6 81. Ke7 Re1 82. Rf8 Re2 83. Rf6+ Kh7 84. Kf7
Rg2 85. Nf8+ Kh8 86. Rh6# 1-0

[Event "Saraybahce exh 5'"]
[Site "Kocaeli"]
[Date "2002.08.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Erdogan, Hakan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B75"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2218"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2002.08.17"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
Bd7 9. O-O-O Rc8 10. Kb1 a6 11. g4 h5 12. g5 Nh7 13. Nd5 O-O 14. Nb3 Ne5 15.
Bb6 Qe8 16. Be2 Bb5 17. Bd4 Qd8 18. h4 e6 19. Ne3 Bxe2 20. Qxe2 Qc7 21. Rd2
Rfd8 22. Rhd1 a5 23. f4 Nc6 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Qb5 b6 26. Nd4 Nf8 27. Nc4 Na7
28. Qxb6 Qxc4 29. Qxa7 a4 30. Rd3 Rd7 31. Qb6 Rcc7 32. Rc3 Qxc3 33. bxc3 Rb7
34. Qb4 Rdc7 35. Nb5 1-0

[Event "Saraybahce exh 5'"]
[Site "Kocaeli"]
[Date "2002.08.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Erdogdu, Mert"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "2321"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2002.08.17"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. c4 g6 7. d4 exd4 8. Nxd4
Bg7 9. Nxc6 Bxc6 10. Nc3 Ne7 11. Be3 O-O 12. Bd4 Bxa4 13. Nxa4 Bxd4 14. Qxd4 b5
15. cxb5 axb5 16. Nc3 c5 17. Qd2 b4 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. Qxd5 Qf6 20. Rad1 Qxb2 21.
Qxd6 Qxa2 22. Qxc5 b3 23. Qd4 b2 24. h4 h5 25. Rb1 Rab8 26. Rfd1 Rfc8 27. Kh2
Rc2 28. g3 Re2 29. Kg2 Qe6 30. e5 Qf5 31. Qf4 Qxf4 32. gxf4 Rc2 33. Kf1 Rb4 34.
Kg2 Rxf4 35. Rf1 Rxh4 36. Kf3 Rb4 37. Ke3 Rb3+ 38. Kd4 h4 39. f4 h3 40. e6 fxe6
41. Ke5 Kf7 42. Rfd1 Re2+ 43. Kd6 h2 44. Kc6 Rc3+ 0-1

[Event "Saraybahce exh 5'"]
[Site "Kocaeli"]
[Date "2002.08.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ipek, Ali"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2266"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2002.08.17"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Be2 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8. c5
b6 9. cxb6 Qxb6 10. O-O Ba6 11. Na4 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Qa6 13. Qxa6 Nxa6 14. Be3 Ne4
15. Rac1 Rfc8 16. a3 Kf8 17. b4 Nc7 18. Nc5 Nb5 19. a4 Nbc3 20. Ra1 Nd6 21. g3
Nc4 22. Kg2 Ne4 23. Rfc1 Nxc5 24. bxc5 e5 25. dxe5 Nxe5 26. Nxe5 Bxe5 27. Rab1
Rab8 28. Rxb8 Bxb8 29. Bd4 Rc6 30. Rb1 Bc7 31. Rb7 a6 32. f4 Ke8 33. Kf3 Kd8
34. Rb2 Re6 35. Rd2 Kd7 36. Rd3 Kc6 37. Bf2 Re4 38. Bd4 Ba5 39. Rd1 Bb4 40. Rd3
0-1

[Event "Saraybahce exh 5'"]
[Site "Kocaeli"]
[Date "2002.08.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Atakisi, Umut"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2361"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2002.08.17"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 Bg7 11. c3 f5 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nc2 O-O 14. Nce3
Bd7 15. Bd3 f5 16. Qh5 e4 17. Bc2 Qe8 18. Qh4 Qe5 19. O-O-O Rab8 20. f4 exf3
21. gxf3 b4 22. Rhe1 Be6 23. f4 1-0

[Event "Saraybahce exh 5'"]
[Site "Kocaeli"]
[Date "2002.08.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bayram, Yakup"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2281"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2002.08.17"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Nc3 c5 7. d5 exd5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Bd2 Nc7 10. e4 Nc6 11. O-O-O Nd4 12. Qd3 Nce6 13. Kb1 g6 14. h4 h5 15.
Ng5 Bg7 16. f4 Nxg5 17. hxg5 Qe7 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 O-O-O 20. d6 Qxd6 21. g3
Qc6 22. Rh2 Rhe8 23. Bg2 d5 24. Bc3 Kb8 25. g4 hxg4 26. Rh7 Rg8 27. Re1 Nf5 28.
Bxg7 Rxg7 29. Rxg7 Nxg7 30. Re7 Rd7 31. Qe2 Ne6 32. Qe5+ Kc8 33. Rxf7 Rxf7 34.
Bxd5 Rf5 35. Qh8+ Rf8 36. Qe5 Rf5 37. Qh8+ Rf8 38. Qe5 Rf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saraybahce exh 5'"]
[Site "Kocaeli"]
[Date "2002.08.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Arduman, Can"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2002.08.17"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. c4 d4 5. d3 e5 6. O-O Be7 7. b4 cxb4 8. a3 b3
9. Qxb3 Nf6 10. e3 Nd7 11. exd4 exd4 12. Nbd2 Nc5 13. Qc2 Bf5 14. Ne1 O-O 15.
Nb3 Ne6 16. Nf3 a5 17. Rb1 a4 18. Nbd2 Nc5 19. Ne4 Bxe4 20. dxe4 d3 21. Qc3
Nxe4 22. Qe1 Nc5 23. Be3 Nb3 24. Nd2 Nca5 25. Nxb3 axb3 26. Qc3 Bf6 27. Qb4 Bd4
28. Bf4 Re8 29. Rbd1 b2 30. Bd5 Re2 31. Rxd3 Rxf2 32. Rxd4 Nc6 33. Kxf2 Nxb4
34. Bxf7+ Kxf7 35. Rxd8 Rxd8 36. axb4 Rd4 37. Rb1 Rxc4 38. Rxb2 b5 39. Ke3 Ke6
40. Kd3 h5 41. Be3 h4 42. Bc5 hxg3 43. hxg3 Rg4 44. Rg2 Kd5 45. Ke3 Kc4 46. Kf3
Rg6 47. Rd2 Rf6+ 48. Kg2 Rf5 49. Rd4+ Kb3 50. Rf4 Rd5 51. Kh3 1-0

[Event "Saraybahce exh 5'"]
[Site "Kocaeli"]
[Date "2002.08.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2002.08.17"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 Nc6 4. f4 d5 5. e5 Ne4 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Qc2 Nb4 8. Qb1
c5 9. Be2 f5 10. O-O O-O 11. Nd1 dxc4 12. Bxc4 b5 13. Bxb5 Qb6 14. Bc4 Ba6 15.
Ne3 Rfd8 16. b3 Kh8 17. g3 Nd3 18. Bb2 Rd7 19. Bc3 Rad8 20. Qc2 Bb7 21. Rad1
Qc6 22. Bxd3 Rxd3 23. Ne1 Rxe3 24. dxe3 Rxd1 25. Qxd1 Nxc3 26. Qf3 Qa6 27. Qh5
g6 28. Qh3 Ne2+ 29. Kf2 Qxa2 0-1

[Event "Saraybahce exh 5'"]
[Site "Kocaeli"]
[Date "2002.08.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Erdogan, Hakan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "2218"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2002.08.17"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
dxc5 Qa5 9. e4 Nc7 10. Be3 e5 11. Qb3 Be6 12. Qb4 Nc6 13. Qxa5 Nxa5 14. Rb1
O-O-O 15. Nh3 Nc4 16. Bc1 f6 17. Rb4 Na5 18. Be2 Nc6 19. Rb2 Na5 20. Kf2 Bc4
21. Rd1 Bxe2 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Kxe2 Ne6 24. Rb4 Nxc5 25. Be3 Na6 26. Ra4 b6
27. f4 Kb7 28. fxe5 fxe5 29. Ng5 Nc6 30. Nxh7 b5 31. Rxa6 Kxa6 32. Ng5 Ka5 33.
Ne6 Rh8 34. h3 Ka4 35. Bc5 Kb3 36. Kd3 a5 37. Nc7 Rd8+ 38. Ke3 Kc4 39. Bb6 Rd3+
40. Kf2 Rxc3 41. Ne6 b4 42. axb4 axb4 0-1

[Event "Saraybahce exh 5'"]
[Site "Kocaeli"]
[Date "2002.08.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Soylu, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2384"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2002.08.17"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. f3 Bb4 8. e4
Bxe4 9. fxe4 Nxe4 10. Bd2 Qxd4 11. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 12. Qe2 Bxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Qd5+ 14.
Kc2 Na6 15. Nxc4 O-O-O 16. Qe3 Nc5 17. Be2 Qf5+ 18. Kc3 Qf6+ 19. Kb4 Rd5 20.
Rhf1 Qe7 21. Kc3 Rhd8 22. a5 f5 23. Rad1 Ne4+ 24. Kc2 Kb8 25. Bf3 Qb4 26. Qb3
Rd2+ 27. Rxd2 Qxb3+ 28. Kxb3 Nxd2+ 29. Nxd2 Rxd2 30. a6 e5 31. Kc3 Rd6 32. axb7
Kxb7 33. Be2 g6 34. Ra1 Rd5 35. Bc4 Rd6 36. Ra5 e4 37. Re5 Rd7 38. g4 fxg4 39.
Rxe4 h5 40. Re6 Rd1 41. Rxg6 Rh1 42. Kd4 Rxh2 43. Kc5 Rxb2 44. Rg7+ Kb8 45. Rg5
h4 46. Rxg4 h3 47. Rg8+ Kb7 48. Rg7+ Kb8 49. Rh7 h2 50. Kxc6 Rb6+ 51. Kc5 Rb2
52. Bb5 Rc2+ 53. Kb4 Rb2+ 54. Ka4 Ra2+ 55. Kb3 Rf2 56. Bc6 Rf6 57. Bh1 Rf2 58.
Kb4 Rb2+ 59. Kc5 Rc2+ 60. Kd6 Rd2+ 61. Bd5 a5 62. Kc5 a4 63. Bc6 a3 64. Kb6
Rb2+ 65. Bb5 Rxb5+ 66. Kxb5 a2 67. Rh8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saraybahce exh 5'"]
[Site "Kocaeli"]
[Date "2002.08.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ipek, Ali"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2266"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2002.08.17"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Nc6 4. Nc3 d6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nf6 7. Be2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Bd7 10. Rc1 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Bc6 12. Rfd1 b6 13. f3 Rc8 14. Qd2 Nd7 15.
Nb5 Bxb5 16. cxb5 Nf6 17. Rc6 d5 18. e5 Nd7 19. f4 Nc5 20. b4 Ne4 21. Qd4 Rxc6
22. bxc6 Qc7 23. Rc1 g6 24. a4 f6 25. Bd3 f5 26. h3 Bd8 27. Bxe4 fxe4 28. b5
Qe7 29. Qc3 Bc7 30. a5 g5 31. axb6 axb6 32. fxg5 Qg7 33. Bd4 Qxg5 34. Ra1 Rf3
35. Qb4 Rf7 36. Qb2 e3 37. Qe2 Bxe5 38. Ra8+ Kg7 39. Qg4 Rf5 40. Bxe5+ Rxe5 41.
Qxg5+ Rxg5 42. c7 e2 43. Ra1 1-0

[Event "Saraybahce exh 5'"]
[Site "Kocaeli"]
[Date "2002.08.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Atakisi, Umut"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2361"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2002.08.17"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Bf4 Bd7 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Qe1 Be7 12. h4 Qc7 13. Kb1 b5 14. f3 b4
15. Ne2 e5 16. Bh2 a5 17. Ng3 g6 18. h5 Bd7 19. Bg1 Rb8 20. Be3 g5 21. Nf5 Bxf5
22. exf5 a4 23. b3 O-O 24. Bc1 Rfc8 25. Bd3 Nd5 26. Bb2 Nc3+ 27. Bxc3 bxc3 28.
f6 axb3 29. axb3 Rxb3+ 30. cxb3 c2+ 31. Kc1 cxd1=Q+ 32. Kxd1 Bxf6 33. Ke2 d5
0-1

[Event "Saraybahce exh 5'"]
[Site "Kocaeli"]
[Date "2002.08.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Bayram, Yakup"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C59"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2281"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2002.08.17"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8.
Be2 h6 9. Nh3 Bd6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. d3 Rb8 12. O-O Rb4 13. Kh1 Rh4 14. Ng1 e4 15.
h3 Bc7 16. dxe4 Nxe4 17. Qxd8 Rxd8 18. Nxe4 Rxe4 19. Bd3 Re7 20. b3 Be5 21. Ba3
Ree8 22. Rae1 Bc3 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Ne2 Be5 25. Bc5 a6 26. Bb6 Nb7 27. Bxa6
Nd6 28. Bxc8 Nxc8 29. Be3 Nd6 30. g4 h5 31. a4 hxg4 32. hxg4 Ne4 33. a5 c5 34.
Rd1 Ra8 35. Rd5 Nc3 36. Rxe5 Nxe2 37. Rxc5 1-0

[Event "Saraybahce exh 5'"]
[Site "Kocaeli"]
[Date "2002.08.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Arduman, Can"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2358"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2002.08.17"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nd7 10. d4 Bf6 11. a4 Bb7 12. d5 Na5 13. Ba2 Qc8 14. b4 Nc4 15. Bxc4
bxc4 16. Na3 c6 17. Nxc4 cxd5 18. Nxd6 Qxc3 19. Nxb7 Qxa1 20. Qb3 Nb6 21. Ba3
Qxe1+ 22. Nxe1 Rfb8 23. Nc5 Be7 24. exd5 Rd8 25. Nf3 Nxd5 26. Nxe5 Rac8 27.
Ncd7 Bf6 28. Qxd5 Bxe5 29. Qxe5 Rxd7 30. Bb2 1-0

[Event "Saraybahce exh 5'"]
[Site "Kocaeli"]
[Date "2002.08.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Arduman, Can"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2358"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2002.08.17"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. Be3 cxd4 5. Bxd4 Nf6 6. Nd5 Nc6 7. Bxf6 exf6 8.
c3 d6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. Ne2 Re8 11. O-O Be6 12. Nef4 Bd7 13. a4 a6 14. Bc2 Ne5 15.
Re1 Bc6 16. Bb3 Rc8 17. a5 Nd7 18. f3 Nc5 19. Bc4 Ne6 20. Qb3 Nc5 21. Qa2 Bh6
22. Rad1 Kg7 23. Ne2 f5 24. exf5 Qh4 25. b4 Nd7 26. Kh1 Ne5 27. f6+ Kh8 28. Bb3
Bxd5 29. Bxd5 Qxf6 30. Bxb7 Rcd8 31. Bxa6 g5 32. Qd5 Rg8 33. Rf1 Qg6 34. Bd3
Qh5 35. Ng3 Qh4 36. Nf5 Qh5 37. Be4 g4 38. f4 g3 39. h3 Ng4 40. Bf3 Bf8 41.
Qd4+ f6 42. Bxg4 Rxg4 43. Qxf6+ Kg8 44. Qxd8 Qxf5 45. hxg4 Qxg4 46. Qg5+ 1-0

[Event "Saraybahce exh 5'"]
[Site "Kocaeli"]
[Date "2002.08.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Arduman, Can"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2002.08.17"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 d6 5. d4 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5+ 7. Nbd2 Qxc5 8.
e3 O-O 9. Bg2 Qc7 10. O-O b6 11. c4 Bb7 12. Qe2 Nbd7 13. Rac1 Rac8 14. Nd4 Bxg2
15. Kxg2 a6 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. h3 e6 18. N2f3 Qb7 19. Kh2 Ne4 20. Rc2 Ndc5 21.
Nd2 Nxd2 22. Rcxd2 Ne4 23. Rc2 Rd7 24. Qf3 h5 25. Kg2 b5 26. Rdc1 bxc4 27. Rxc4
Rxc4 28. Rxc4 d5 29. Rc2 Rc7 30. Qe2 Rxc2 31. Qxc2 Nd6 32. Nf3 Bxb2 33. Qxb2
Qc7 34. Nd4 Ne4 35. Qc2 Qxc2 36. Nxc2 Kf8 37. f3 Nc3 38. a3 a5 39. Kf2 Ke7 40.
Ke1 Nb5 41. Kd2 Kd7 42. Kd3 Nd6 43. a4 Kc6 44. b4 axb4 45. Nxb4+ Kb6 46. g4
hxg4 47. hxg4 Ka5 48. Nc6+ Kxa4 49. Kd4 Kb5 50. Nd8 Kb6 51. Ke5 Kc7 52. Nxf7
Nxf7+ 53. Kxe6 Ng5+ 54. Kxd5 Nxf3 55. Ke4 Ng5+ 56. Ke5 Nh7 57. Ke6 Kc6 58. Kf7
g5 59. Kg6 Nf8+ 60. Kxg5 Kd5 61. Kf6 Ke4 62. Kf7 Nh7 63. Kg6 Kxe3 64. Kxh7 Kf4
1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-The World"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.09.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2838"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2002.09.08"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "The World"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Rg1 g6 7. g4 Bg7 8. Be3
Nc6 9. f3 e5 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Qd2 Be6 12. O-O-O Bf8 13. Na4 h5 14. h3 Nd7 15.
Qc3 hxg4 16. hxg4 d5 17. Qxc6 d4 18. Bd2 Rc8 19. Qb7 Rb8 20. Qxa6 Ra8 21. Qb5
Bxa2 22. Bc4 Bxc4 23. Qxc4 Qf6 24. g5 Qd6 25. Kb1 Rh3 26. Rgf1 Be7 27. b3 Qa3
28. Bc1 Qb4 29. Qxb4 Bxb4 30. f4 Rh4 31. Rh1 Rxh1 32. Rxh1 Ke7 33. f5 Ra6 34.
Rh7 Nc5 35. Bd2 Rxa4 36. fxg6 Bxd2 37. Rxf7+ Ke6 38. Rf6+ Ke7 39. bxa4 Nxe4 40.
Rf5 1-0

[Event "RUS-The World"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.09.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2002.09.08"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "The World"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 c5 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O Nf6 7. Bb3 Be7 8. Qe2
cxd4 9. Rd1 Nc6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Nxd4 Qc7 12. Nxc6 Qxc6 13. e4 b5 (13... Rd8 14.
Bg5 h6 15. Bh4 Qe8 16. e5 Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Nd7 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Bc2 Nf8 20. Ne4
Bd7 21. Nd6 Bc6 22. Be4 $16 {1/2-1/2 Ruck,R-Eliet,N/Charleville 2000/CBM 79
ext (39)}) 14. Bg5 h6 (14... b4 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nd5 exd5 17. Bxd5 Qb5 18.
Qxb5 axb5 19. Bxa8 Bg4 20. f3 Rxa8 21. fxg4 Bxb2 22. Rab1 Bc3 23. Rbc1 h5 24.
Rc2 hxg4 25. Kf2 Ra6 26. Rd5 $16 {1-0 Lputian,S-Lazarev,V/Nareto 1999/EXT 2000
(56)}) (14... Ra7 15. Rac1 Qe8 16. Bc2 e5 17. Bb3 Bg4 18. Qe3 Qb8 19. Rd3 Bh5
20. h3 Bg6 21. Rcd1 Rb7 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Nd5 $16 {1-0 Pinter,J-Savchenko,V/
Dortmund 2000/EXT 2001 (41)}) (14... Bb7 15. Rac1 Qe8 16. e5 (16. a4 b4 17. e5
Nd7 18. Ne4 Bxe4 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Qxe4 Nc5 21. Qxb4 Rab8 22. Qxc5 Qxc5 23.
Rxc5 Rxb3 24. Rd2 g5 $1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Khenkin,I-Volzhin,A/Stockholm SWE 2002/
The Week in Chess 374 (41)}) 16... Nd7 17. Bf4 Nc5 18. Bc2 Qc6 19. Qg4 b4 20.
Ne2 Rfd8 21. Bg5 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Bxg5 23. Qxg5 Nd7 24. Nd4 Qc8 25. h4 h6 $11 {
0-1 Georgiev,V-Sorokin,M/Linares 1999/CBM 68 ext (37)}) 15. Bh4 (15. Bxf6 Bxf6
16. Rac1 Qb6 17. e5 Bg5 18. Rc2 Bb7 19. Ne4 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 $14 {/=}) 15... Bb7
16. Rac1 Qe8 17. e5 Nd7 18. Bxe7 (18. Bc2 Bxh4 19. Qd3 g6 20. Qxd7 Qxd7 21.
Rxd7 Bc6 $11) 18... Qxe7 19. Ne4 $5 (19. Bc2 Rfd8 $11) 19... Nxe5 (19... Bxe4
20. Qxe4 Nc5 21. Qb4 Rac8 22. Bc2 $16) 20. Nd6 Ng6 21. Qg4 Rad8 $6 ({I didn't
find enough compensation for the sacrifising pawn after} 21... Kh7 22. Nxb7 (
22. h4 Rad8 $17) (22. Bc2 Bd5) 22... Qxb7 23. Bc2 f5 24. Qg3 Rad8 $17) 22. Nxf7
$1 Rxd1+ (22... Kxf7 $2 23. Qf5+ Qf6 24. Bxe6+ Ke7 25. Rc7+ $18) 23. Rxd1 Kxf7
24. Qf5+ Kg8 (24... Qf6 25. Rd7+ Ne7 26. Qxf6+ gxf6 27. Rxb7 Rc8 28. g3 $14)
25. Qxg6 Bd5 $1 $14 26. Bxd5 exd5 27. Qd3 (27. Qxa6 Qe2 28. Rf1 Qxb2 29. Qe6+
Kh8 30. Qxd5 b4 $14) 27... Rd8 28. Qd4 Qf6 29. Qxf6 gxf6 30. Kf1 Kf7 31. Ke2 (
31. Rc1 $5 Ke6 32. Rc6+ Rd6 33. Rc8 Ke5 34. Ke2 $14) 31... Ke6 32. Kd3 Kd6 33.
Re1 h5 $1 34. Re3 h4 $1 $11 35. Rh3 Rg8 36. g3 hxg3 37. fxg3 Rc8 38. Rh7 Rc1
39. Ra7 Rd1+ 40. Kc2 (40. Kc2 Rh1 41. h4 Ke5 42. Rxa6 Rh2+ 43. Kd3 Rg2 $11)
1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-The World"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.09.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2002.09.08"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "The World"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15.
a4 Nb6 16. b3 Bg7 17. a5 Nbd7 18. d5 Qe7 19. c4 c5 20. Nh2 b4 21. Be3 h5 22.
Qd2 Nh7 23. Rf1 Rf8 24. Ra2 Rae8 25. Bb1 Bc8 26. f3 Bf6 27. Bh6 Bg7 28. Be3 Bf6
29. Bh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-The World"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.09.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2002.09.08"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "The World"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 dxc4 7. Nf3 e6 8.
Bxc4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Rc1 a6 11. Bd3 Bd7 (11... Nb4 12. Bb1 b5 (12... Bd7 13.
Ne5 Rc8 14. f4 Bc6 15. f5 exf5 16. Bxf5 Rc7 17. Bb1 Nbd5 18. Qd3 Nxc3 19. Bxf6
Nxb1 20. Bxe7 Rxe7 21. Nxc6 bxc6 22. Rxb1 Qb6 $15 {0-1 Doroshenko,V-Ignatenko,
V/Kiev 2000/EXT 2001 (40)}) 13. a3 (13. Qe2 Bb7 14. Rfd1 Rc8 15. a3 Nbd5 16.
Ne4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 g6 18. Bh6 Re8 19. Qd3 Nb6 20. Rxc8 Bxc8 21. Ne5 Qd5 22. Qg3
Bd6 23. f4 Bxe5 24. fxe5 $36 {1-0 Rieger-Hacsak,I/Debrecen 1956/MCD (30)})
13... Nbd5 14. Qd3 g6 15. Bh6 Re8 16. Ne5 Bb7 17. Rfe1 Nxc3 18. Rxc3 Qd5 19.
Qh3 Qxd4 20. Nxf7 Ng4 21. Rf1 Nxh6 22. Nxh6+ Kg7 23. Ng4 h5 24. Ne3 $36 {
1-0 Wach,M-Casagrande,H/Werfen 1998/EXT 2001 (33)}) (11... h6 12. Bh4 (12. Be3
Nb4 13. Bb1 b5 14. Ne5 Bb7 15. Qd2 Re8 16. f4 Nbd5 17. Nxd5 Qxd5 18. f5 Bd6 19.
fxe6 Rxe6 20. Bf5 Re7 21. Bh3 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Qxe5 $17 {0-1 Botvinnik,M-Euwe,M/
Hastings 1934/HCL (47)}) 12... Re8 13. a3 Nd5 14. Bg3 Nxc3 15. Rxc3 Bf6 16. Be5
Bxe5 17. dxe5 Qe7 18. Qe2 Rd8 19. Qe4 g6 20. Bb1 Bd7 21. Qf4 $36 {1-0 Weiss,
H-Podhorzer,D/Vienna 1934/EXT 99 (69)}) 12. Re1 (12. a3 Nd5 {1/2-1/2 Onischuk,
A-Dreev,A/Halkidiki GRE 2002/(12)}) 12... Rc8 {[%cal Yc6b4,Yb4d5]} (12... Nb4
13. Bb1 Bc6 14. a3 Nbd5 15. Qd3 g6 16. Ne5 Rc8 17. Ba2 $36) 13. a3 (13. Bb1 Nd5
$11) 13... Nd5 14. h4 Nxc3 15. bxc3 h6 $1 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 {[%csl Rc3,Rd4][%cal
Yb7b5]} 17. c4 b5 18. c5 Nd5 19. Ne5 Bc6 20. a4 (20. g3 Nf6 21. a4 Qd5 22. Nxc6
Qxc6 23. axb5 axb5 24. Qb3 Rb8 25. Rb1 b4 $11) 20... Qxh4 21. Nxc6 Rxc6 22.
axb5 axb5 23. Bxb5 Rc7 $11 24. Be2 $1 Rd8 25. Bf3 Ne7 26. Rc4 Nf5 27. Bg4 Ne7
28. Bf3 Nf5 29. Bg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-The World"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.09.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2002.09.08"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "The World"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Bxc4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 Qf6
8. Nb3 Nc6 9. Bb5 (9. Nfxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Nxd4 Bd7 12. O-O-O Ne7 13.
Nf3 f6 14. Bf7+ Kxf7 15. Rxd7 Rac8 16. Rhd1 $14 {1-0 Kuzmin,A-Sorokin,M/Dubai
UAE 2000 (37)}) 9... Nge7 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 (10... Qg6 11. Qe3 O-O 12. O-O $14) 11.
Nfxd4 Bd7 12. Nc5 O-O-O 13. O-O-O Be8 $11 14. Ne2 b6 15. Ba6+ Kb8 16. Rxd8+
Nxd8 17. Rd1 Ndc6 18. Nd7+ (18. Nd3 f6 $11) 18... Bxd7 19. Rxd7 Rd8 20. Rd2 $1
(20. Rxd8+ Nxd8 {[%cal Yc7c5]} 21. b4 c6 $14 {/=}) 20... Rd6 $1 (20... Rxd2 21.
Kxd2 $14 {[%cal Gf2f4,Ge4e5]}) 21. a3 (21. Rxd6 $5 cxd6 22. Nc3 $14) 21... Ne5
22. f4 Ng4 23. h3 Nf6 24. e5 (24. Bd3 Nd7 (24... Rd8 25. e5 Nfd5 26. Bxh7 $5 g6
27. Nc3 c6 28. Nxd5 cxd5 29. f5 Nxf5 (29... gxf5 30. Rf2 $16) 30. e6 fxe6 31.
Bxg6 Rc8+ (31... Ne3 32. Re2 d4 33. Kd2) 32. Kb1 Ne3 33. h4) 25. e5 Rd5 26. Nc3
Rd4 27. Bxh7 Rxd2 28. Kxd2 g6 29. Ne4 $16) 24... Rxd2 25. Kxd2 Nfd5 26. Bd3 h6
27. f5 c6 28. g4 Kc7 29. h4 Kd7 30. b4 f6 31. exf6 (31. e6+ Kd6 {[%cal Yd6e5]})
31... gxf6 (31... Nxf6 32. g5 hxg5 33. hxg5 Nfd5 34. Ng3 $36) 32. Nd4 Kd6 33.
Nf3 c5 34. b5 Nc8 35. Bc4 Nc7 36. Ke3 Ke7 37. a4 Nd6 $11 38. Nd2 Kf8 39. Kd3
Ke7 40. Ne4 Nxe4 $2 (40... Nce8 $142 $14) 41. Kxe4 Kd6 42. Kf4 Ke7 43. Ke4 Kd6
44. g5 $1 fxg5 45. hxg5 hxg5 46. f6 Ne6 47. Kf5 Nf8 48. f7 {[%mdl 4096]} (48.
Kxg5 Ke5 49. f7 Kd4 50. Ba2 c4 (50... Ke5 51. Bb3 $18) 51. Kf6 c3 52. Bb1 $18 {
[%cal Gf6e7]}) 48... g4 49. Kxg4 Ke5 50. Kg5 Kd4 51. Ba2 Ke5 52. Bb3 Nd7 53.
Kg6 Kd4 54. Kg7 c4 55. Bc2 Ke5 56. Bd1 c3 57. Bg4 c2 58. Bxd7 c1=Q 59. f8=Q
Qg5+ 60. Kf7 Qh5+ 61. Ke7 Qh4+ 62. Ke8 Qxa4 63. Qe7+ Kd5 64. Be6+ Ke4 1-0

[Event "RUS-The World"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.09.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2002.09.08"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "The World"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Be2 Rd8 11. b3 b6 12. Bb2 Bb7 13. Rac1 Nbd7 14. Nc4
Rac8 15. Kf1 Bd5 16. Nce5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 b5 18. Bf3 Bf8 19. Ke2 Ne4 20. Bxe4
Bxe4 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. f3 Ba8 23. Rc7 f6 24. Nd3 b4 25. Bd4 Bd6 26. Rc1 Bb7 27.
Bb6 Rc8 28. Rxc8+ Bxc8 29. h3 Bd7 30. e4 Bb5 31. Ke3 Kf7 32. Ba5 e5 33. Bxb4
Bxd3 34. Bxd6 Bf1 35. Kf2 Bd3 36. h4 Bb1 37. a3 Bc2 38. b4 h5 39. Ke3 Ke6 40.
Bc7 Ba4 41. g4 hxg4 42. fxg4 Bd1 43. g5 fxg5 44. hxg5 Ba4 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-The World"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.09.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2002.09.08"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "The World"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 Bg4 7. c3 Bd6 8. Be3
Qe7 9. Nbd2 O-O-O 10. dxe5 fxe5 11. b4 Nf6 12. a4 c5 13. Rb1 cxb4 14. Qc2 Bxf3
15. gxf3 g5 16. cxb4 g4 17. b5 gxf3 18. Nxf3 axb5 19. axb5 Rhg8+ 20. Kh1 Ng4
21. Ra1 Kd7 22. Qe2 Qf6 23. Rg1 Nxe3 24. fxe3 Rdf8 25. Rxg8 Rxg8 26. b6 Rf8 27.
Nd2 cxb6 28. Rf1 Qe6 29. Qb5+ Ke7 30. Rxf8 Kxf8 31. Qxb6 Qd7 32. Nc4 Ke7 33.
Qb1 Bc7 34. Qg1 Qe6 35. Na3 Qg6 36. Qb1 Qg4 37. Qxb7 Qd1+ 38. Kg2 Qe2+ 39. Kg3
Qxe3+ 40. Kg2 Qe2+ 41. Kg3 Qe3+ 42. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-The World"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.09.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2002.09.08"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "The World"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. d4 Nf6 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8.
Re1 Be7 9. Nc3 exd4 10. Nxd4 Bd7 11. h3 O-O 12. Qf3 c6 13. Bf4 Qb6 14. Rad1
Rad8 15. g4 Ne8 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. exf5 Bf6 18. g5 Bxc3 19. Qxc3 Rd7 20. f6 Qd8
21. Kh1 Nc7 22. Qg3 Re8 23. Rxe8+ Qxe8 24. fxg7 Qe4+ 25. Kh2 Nd5 26. Bxd6 Qxc2
27. Rg1 Rd8 28. Be5 Qe2 29. Rg2 Re8 30. f4 Qe4 31. Rf2 a5 32. h4 Ne3 33. Qf3
Rxe5 34. fxe5 Qxh4+ 35. Kg1 Qxg5+ 36. Kh1 Qh4+ 37. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-The World"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.09.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2002.09.08"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "The World"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Kb1 O-O 14. Qe2 c5
15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Ne1 Rc8 17. Nd3 Be7 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Qc7 20. c3 Nf6 21.
Qf3 Rfd8 22. Bf4 Qb6 23. Be5 Nd5 24. Rc1 f6 25. c4 Nb4 26. Nxb4 fxe5 27. Nc2
Rxc4 28. Ne3 Rcd4 29. Rc2 e4 30. Qe2 a5 31. Rhc1 Bf6 32. Rc8 a4 33. a3 Qb3 34.
R1c3 Rxc8 35. Rxc8+ Rd8 36. Rxd8+ Bxd8 37. Nc4 b5 38. Nd6 b4 39. Nxe4 bxa3 40.
Nc5 Qxb2+ 41. Qxb2 axb2 42. Nxa4 Kf7 43. Kxb2 Kf6 44. Kc3 Kg5 45. Nc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-The World"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.09.11"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2002.09.08"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "The World"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 Nf6 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. c3 Nc6 10. a3 Ne5 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. Nc4 Qc7 13. f4 exf4 14. Bxf4 Qc6 15.
Qe2 Rad8 16. a4 Ne8 17. Rad1 Qc8 18. Qc2 Nd6 19. Ne3 Rd7 20. h4 Rfd8 21. Ng4
Rf8 22. h5 h6 23. Qc1 Ne8 24. Rf1 Qd8 25. Ne5 Rd6 26. Qe3 Bg5 27. Bxg5 Qxg5 28.
Qxg5 hxg5 29. Rf2 Rd8 30. g4 f6 31. Ng6 Rf7 32. e5 Bxg2 33. Kxg2 Nc7 34. Rf3
Nd5 35. Rdf1 Rdd7 36. c4 Nb4 37. exf6 Nxd3 38. Kg3 e5 39. fxg7 Kxg7 40. Rxf7+
Rxf7 41. Rxf7+ Kxf7 42. b3 e4 43. Kg2 Nf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 18th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2002.09.22"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Bischoff, Klaus"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[Annotator "McShane,L"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2002.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Klagenfurt"]
[BlackTeam "Warsaw Polonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 a6 5. d4 b5 6. cxd5 cxd5 $11 {The pawns
may be symmetrical, but there are plenty of pieces left!} 7. Bd2 e6 8. Ne2 $5 {
By manouvering this knight to d3 Bischoff fights for the critical queenside
dark squares.} Bd6 9. Nc1 O-O 10. Be2 b4 $1 {Grabbing space and also
increasing control over the critical squares. In view of this, perhaps 10.Nd3
was better.} 11. O-O a5 12. Nd3 Ne4 13. Qc2 Ba6 {Given the central pawn
structure, this bishop ought to be 'bad', but Ivanchuk has found a useful
diagonal for it. By contrast, White's d2 bishop really is a poor piece now.}
14. Rfc1 Nd7 15. Be1 (15. Qc6 {is met by the cunning} Qb8 $1 {forcing White to
retreat again, as} 16. Qxd7 $2 Bb5 17. Rc6 Ra7 {traps the queen.}) 15... Qb8
16. Qd1 h6 17. h3 Ra7 18. Nd2 Rc8 19. Rxc8+ Qxc8 20. Nf1 Bb5 21. f3 Nef6 22.
Rc1 Rc7 23. Rxc7 Qxc7 24. b3 Ne8 $1 {Despite much shuffling, White's position
is still solid. However, 24.b3 created a weakness on c3 towards which Ivanchuk
immediately heads. This knight is coming to b5!} 25. Nc1 Bc6 $1 ({After} 25...
Bxe2 26. Nxe2 {White has c3 under control.}) 26. Bd3 Qb6 27. Bb1 Bb5 28. Bf2
Qc6 29. Ne2 Nc7 30. g4 Bxe2 $1 {The bishop is exchanged for a defender of c3.
White's position should still be defensible, but it seems to crumble very
quickly} 31. Qxe2 Nb5 32. Kg2 e5 $1 {Another forceful move. Exchanging on e5
would increase Black's space in the centre, but as played White allows another
weakness.} 33. Ng3 exd4 34. exd4 Nf8 $1 {Heading straight for f4.} 35. Qd3 Bxg3
{The knight might have been dangerous on f5.} 36. Bxg3 Na3 {Instead, the
knight chooses a3, and Qc6-c1 is threatened, trapping the bishop.} 37. Qd1 Nxb1
38. Qxb1 Ne6 39. Bf2 (39. Qd3 Qc3 $1 {is also bad.}) 39... Nf4+ 40. Kh2 Ne2 {
Introducing the threat of Qc6-c1, as exchanges would leave White's a2 pawn
weak.} 41. Kg2 Qc1 42. Qf5 g5 $1 {Now White has no perpetual check and will be
mated when the knight returns to f4.} 43. h4 (43. Kh2 Nf4 {followed by Qc1-f1
was also hopeless.}) 43... Nf4+ (43... Nf4+ 44. Kg3 (44. Kh2 Qf1) 44... Qh1 $1
45. hxg5 Ne2#) 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 18th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2002.09.23"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2002.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Warsaw Polonia"]
[BlackTeam "St Petersburg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 Qb6 7. a4 Nc6 8. Nb3
e6 9. a5 Qc7 10. Be3 d5 11. exd5 Nb4 12. Bb6 Qe5+ 13. Kf2 Nfxd5 14. Bd4 Qh5 15.
h4 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Nc6 17. g4 Qd5 18. Bb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 18th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2002.09.25"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Banikas, Hristos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2002.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Warsaw Polonia"]
[BlackTeam "Northern CA of DEI"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GRE"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. g3 d6 7. Bg2 Bd7 8. Nc2
Bg7 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 Qa5 11. Qd2 a6 12. O-O Rac8 13. Rfd1 Qh5 14. Ne3 Ng4 15.
Nxg4 Bxg4 16. Nd5 Qh6 17. f4 Bxb2 18. Qxb2 Bh3 19. Bf3 Qg7 20. Qd2 h5 21. Rac1
Rfe8 22. e3 Bg4 23. Bxg4 hxg4 24. b4 e6 25. Nb6 Rcd8 26. a3 g5 27. Qc3 gxf4 28.
gxf4 e5 29. Nd5 Ne7 30. Nxe7+ Rxe7 31. f5 Qg5 32. e4 Rc7 33. Qd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 18th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2002.09.26"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2002.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Skopje Alkaloid"]
[BlackTeam "Warsaw Polonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MKD"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. Bd2 O-O 6. Rc1 {A rare but quite
possible line of play. Black has some problems to solve.} c5 {The most natural
move. Other options:} (6... c6 7. Bd3 Na6 (7... dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 9. Nf3 Nb6 (
9... c5 10. O-O cxd4 11. exd4 Nb6 12. Bb3 Bf5 $6 (12... Bg4 $142 {-6...dxc4})
13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 Re8 $2 15. Ne5 Nfd5 $2 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Nxf7 Kxf7 18. Qf3
$18 {1-0 Panzer,P-Brenke,A/Lippstadt 1992/CBM 31 (29)}) 10. Bb3 Bf5 11. O-O Bd3
12. Ne2 Ba6 13. Bb4 Nbd5 14. Ba3 Ne4 15. Re1 Nd6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Ng3 b6 18.
e4 Nf4 19. Bc4 Bb7 20. e5 Qd8 21. Ne4 h6 22. Qd2 Nd5 23. a3 Qd7 24. Ba2 Nc7 25.
Red1 Rad8 26. Nc3 Kh7 27. Qe3 Qf5 28. Bb1 Qd7 29. h4 Qg4 30. g3 c5 31. Be4 {
1/2-1/2 Panzer,P-Stephan,A/Hamburg 1992/EXT 97 (31)}) (7... Be6 $5 8. b3 Nbd7
9. Nge2 Nb6 10. Nf4 Bg4 11. f3 Bc8 12. O-O Re8 13. cxd5 Nbxd5 14. Nfxd5 Nxd5
15. Nxd5 Qxd5 16. Bc3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Young,N-Gereben,E/Nice 1974/EXT 2000 (22)})
8. cxd5 Nb4 9. Bb1 (9. Be2 Nbxd5 10. Nf3 Be6 11. O-O h6 12. Na4 Ne4 13. Nc5
Nxc5 14. Rxc5 Nf6 15. Qb1 Bd5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Panzer,P-Muse,M/Germany 1993/
GER-chT (78)}) 9... cxd5 10. Qb3 Nc6 11. f4 $6 Na5 12. Qb4 Nc4 13. Nf3 a5 14.
Qb3 Ng4 $36 {1-0 Nogly,C-Wiethaup,M/GER 1998/EXT 2000 (40)}) (6... dxc4 7. Bxc4
Nbd7 8. Nf3 c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. exd4 Nb6 11. Bb3 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Qxd4
14. Be3 (14. Rfd1 $5) 14... Qb4 15. Qxb7 e6 16. Rfd1 Rfb8 17. Qa6 Qe7 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Cobo Arteaga,E-Gligoric,S/Havana 1969/MCD (30)}) 7. dxc5 Na6 (7... Be6
8. Nf3 dxc4 9. Nd4 Bg4 10. f3 e5 11. Ndb5 Be6 12. Nd6 Nfd7 13. Nxb7 Qc7 14. Nd6
Nxc5 15. Nxc4 Nc6 16. Nb5 Qe7 17. Ncd6 a6 18. Rxc5 axb5 19. Rxc6 $16 {1-0
Nogly,C-Duemmke,J/Hamburg 1997/EXT 98 (35)}) 8. Nxd5 (8. Na4 $6 Ne4 9. b4 d4
10. a3 Bd7 11. b5 dxe3 12. Bxe3 Qa5+ 13. Ke2 Rad8 {0-1 Kulakova,V-Shomoev,A/
Tomsk 2001/CBM 83 ext (13).} 14. Qc2 Bf5 $19) 8... Ne4 9. f3 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 e6 {
The strong bishop gives Black a sufficient compensation for the pawn.} 11. Nc3
Qa5 12. a3 Rd8 13. Qc2 Bd7 $1 {A clever waiting move. So far Black could not
play} (13... Nxc5 $2 {in view of} 14. b4) ({and to} 13... Qxc5 {White could
reply} 14. Qf2) {So Black lets his opponent speak out first.} 14. Kf2 {An ugly
move but what to do else?} (14. Nge2 Qxc5 {or}) (14. Bd3 Nxc5 {is clearly
favourable for Black.}) 14... Rac8 15. Be2 Qxc5 16. b4 Qe7 17. h4 $6 {This
looks like a loss of time.} (17. f4 $142 {[%cal Yg1f3]}) 17... Nc7 18. h5 Nd5
19. Nd1 $2 {A very passive move.} (19. Nxd5 $142 exd5 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. c5 Re8
22. Qd2 b6 23. Ba6 (23. cxb6 Rxc1 24. Qxc1 axb6 $36) 23... Rc7 24. cxb6 Rxc1
25. Qxc1 d4 $5 26. e4 axb6 $44) 19... a5 $1 20. h6 {This pawn will be weak but
White's position is compromised anyway.} (20. hxg6 hxg6 21. Qd2 axb4 $1 (21...
Nf6 $44) 22. cxd5 bxa3 (22... Rxc1 $2 23. d6) 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 (23... Bxc8 24. Bc4
$13) 24. d6 Qg5 25. Qa2 Qc5 $17 {Black's a3 pawn is worth more than a piece!})
20... Bf6 (20... Bh8 $5) 21. Qd2 axb4 ({The simple} 21... Nc7 {was quite
strong, too, e.g.} 22. Nb2 axb4 23. axb4 Ra8 $36) 22. cxd5 Rxc1 23. d6 (23.
Qxc1 bxa3 24. Qb1 exd5 25. Nh3 d4 $19) 23... Rxd1 24. Qxd1 (24. Bxd1 Bb5 $17)
24... Qf8 25. axb4 Be8 26. f4 Rxd6 27. Qc1 {After all complications Black has
a clear advantage thanks to his pair of bishops and better position of pieces.}
Rc6 28. Qb1 e5 $6 {Not a good idea to exchange this pawn at a cost of two
tempi.} (28... Rc3 $142 29. Nf3 Ba4 {[%cal Rc3b3] with full domination.}) 29.
fxe5 Bxe5 30. Nf3 Bf6 31. Qe4 {This active queen seriously complicates Black's
task.} Re6 $6 {After giving up the b7 pawn Black's winning chances slip away.}
(31... Bc3 32. Nd4 $1 (32. b5 Re6 33. Qd5 (33. Qxb7 $2 Qc5) 33... Qe7 $17)
32... Rf6+ 33. Bf3 $11) (31... Rb6 $142 $1 32. Rb1 Re6 33. Qxb7 $140 Bc6 34.
Qc7 Qxh6 $17) 32. Qxb7 Bc6 33. Qa7 Bxf3 (33... Qxb4 34. Nd4 $1 Bxd4 35. Qxd4
Qxd4 36. exd4 Bxg2 37. Rc1 Rc6 38. Rb1 Bh3 39. d5 $44) 34. gxf3 Bd8 35. Bc4 Bb6
36. Qb7 Bxe3+ 37. Kg2 Re5 $6 (37... Re7 $142) 38. Rh4 Re7 39. Qd5 Bxh6 40. b5 {
This passed pawn enables White to reach a draw.} Be3 41. Re4 Bb6 42. Qc6 Rxe4
43. Qxe4 Qb8 44. f4 {The simplest course. White is ready to exchange this pawn
and the queens, after which a theoretical draw will arise.} Qa7 45. Qe8+ Kg7
46. Qe5+ f6 47. Qe6 Bc5 48. b6 $1 Bxb6 49. Qg8+ Kh6 50. Qf8+ Qg7 51. Qxg7+ Kxg7
52. f5 $1 Kh6 (52... gxf5 53. Kf3 {or}) (52... g5 53. Be2 {leads to a dead
draw.}) 53. fxg6 hxg6 54. Bd3 Kg5 55. Kf3 f5 56. Bc2 Kf6 57. Bd3 g5 58. Bc2 g4+
59. Kg2 Kg5 60. Bd3 Kf4 61. Bc2 Kg5 62. Bd3 f4 63. Be2 Ba7 64. Bd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 18th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2002.09.27"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2002.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Warsaw Polonia"]
[BlackTeam "Kiseljak"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 e5 {Das ist eine seltene Variante. Gewöhnlich man
spielt 3...Bg7.} 4. Nf3 (4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 $11) (4. Nc3 Nc6 (4... exd4
5. Qxd4 Nf6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 (6... Bg7 $2 7. e5 $1 (7. Nf3 h6 8. Be3 O-O 9. Qd2 $14)
7... dxe5 (7... Qe7 8. Nd5 dxe5 9. Qh4 Nxd5 10. Bxe7 Nxe7 11. c5 $16) 8. Qxd8+
Kxd8 9. Nd5 Nbd7 10. O-O-O $18) 7. f4 h6 8. Bh4 c5 9. Qd3 g5 10. fxg5 Ng4 11.
Nf3 Nde5 12. Qd2 Be7 13. O-O-O Be6 $13) 5. d5 Nce7 6. Bd3 Bg7 7. Nge2 f5 8.
exf5 Nxf5 9. O-O Nf6 $11) 4... Bg4 5. Be2 (5. dxe5 Bxf3 6. gxf3 dxe5 7. Qxd8+
Kxd8 8. Nc3 Bd6 9. Be3 c6 10. O-O-O Ke7 11. Bh3 Nf6 12. f4 Nfd7 13. fxe5 Nxe5
14. Bg5+ f6 15. Bxf6+ Kxf6 16. Rxd6+ Kg7 17. c5 Rf8 18. Rf1 Na6 {1/2-1/2
Petursson,M-Azmaiparashvili,Z/Yerevan 1996/EXT 97 (26)}) (5. d5 Nd7 6. Nbd2
Ngf6 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 h5 9. h4 Bh6 10. g3 O-O 11. Bh3 a5 12. O-O Nc5 13. Re1
Ne8 14. Qe2 Ng7 15. Nf3 {1-0 Knaak,R-Mohr,S/Bad Lauterberg 1991/CBM 27 (40)})
5... Nc6 (5... exd4 6. Nxd4 Bxe2 7. Qxe2 $14) (5... Bxf3 6. Bxf3 Nc6 (6... exd4
$2 7. Qxd4 Nf6 8. e5 $18) 7. d5 Nd4 {Das wäre nur Zugumstellung zur
Partiefortsetzung.}) 6. d5 Bxf3 7. Bxf3 Nd4 {[%csl Gd4] Der d4N steht stark,
aber Weiss hat Raumvorteil und eine gesunde Stellung.} 8. Be3 Nxf3+ (8... c5 9.
dxc6 Nxc6 (9... Nxf3+ 10. Qxf3 bxc6 11. Nc3 $14) 10. Nc3 (10. Qd2 Bg7 11. Nc3
$16) 10... Bh6 11. O-O $16) 9. Qxf3 $14 {Weiss hat Raumvorteil und bessere
Entwicklung.} Qd7 {[%cal Gf7f5]} (9... Bh6 10. O-O $14) 10. g4 {Der Textzug
richtet sich gegen f7-f5. Dieses Motiv ist typisch in der Koenigsindischen
Verteidigung.} (10. Nc3 f5 11. exf5 gxf5 (11... Qxf5 12. Qe2 $14) 12. Bg5 Bg7
13. O-O-O Nf6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Qh5+ Kf8 $13) 10... h5 (10... f5 11. gxf5 gxf5
12. Qxf5 (12. exf5 $14) 12... Qxf5 13. exf5 Ne7 14. f6 Ng8 15. Nc3 Nxf6 16. Bg5
$14) (10... Bg7 11. Nc3 (11. h4 Nf6 $1 12. Rg1 (12. g5 Nh5 13. Nc3 O-O 14.
O-O-O f5 $36) 12... h5 13. g5 Ng4 $132) (11. Nd2 Ne7 12. h4 h5 13. g5 O-O 14.
O-O-O b5 (14... c6 15. Kb1 $14) 15. c5 c6 $132) 11... h5 12. g5 Qg4 13. Ke2 f5
14. gxf6 Nxf6 15. Rhg1 Qxf3+ 16. Kxf3 O-O 17. Ke2 Kh7 18. f3 a6 $14 {Ähnliche
Stellung bekkommen wir in der Partie.}) 11. g5 Qg4 12. Nd2 (12. Qxg4 hxg4 13.
Nc3 Be7 14. Kd2 Rh5 15. Rag1 Bxg5 16. Bxg5 Rxg5 17. h3 g3 18. fxg3 Rh5 19. h4
Nf6 20. g4 $14) 12... f5 (12... Qxf3 13. Nxf3 f5 14. Nh4 Ne7 15. exf5 gxf5 16.
f4 $14) 13. gxf6 (13. exf5 gxf5 $132) 13... Qxf3 14. Nxf3 Nxf6 15. Rg1 {
[%csl Gg1][%cal Gg1g6]} Rg8 (15... Nxe4 16. Rxg6 Kf7 17. Rg2 (17. Rg1 Bh6 18.
Ke2 Raf8 $132 19. Bxh6 Rxh6 20. Ke3 Nf6 21. Ng5+ Ke7 22. f3 c6 $11) 17... Bh6
18. Ke2 $14) 16. Ng5 Bh6 (16... Ng4 17. Ne6 $16 {[%csl Ge6]}) 17. f3 Bxg5 $6 (
17... Kd7 18. h4 $14 (18. Ke2 $14)) (17... Nh7 $5 18. Nxh7 (18. Ke2 Bxg5 19.
Bxg5 Nxg5 20. Rxg5 Kf7 21. Rag1 Kf6 22. h4 Raf8 $11) 18... Bxe3 19. Rg2 Ke7 $1)
18. Rxg5 b6 $2 (18... Nh7 19. Rg2 g5 $2 20. Ke2 $16 {[%csl Rg5][%cal Ga1g1,
Gg1g5]}) (18... Kf7 19. Kd2 (19. c5 $14) 19... Nh7 (19... a6 20. Rag1 Raf8 21.
b4 $14) 20. Rg2 g5 21. Rag1 g4 22. fxg4 hxg4 23. Kd3 (23. Rf1+ Ke7 24. Rgf2
Raf8 25. Rxf8 Nxf8 $132) 23... Nf6 24. Rf1 $14) 19. Kd2 a5 20. Kc3 $1 {[%csl
Gc3][%mdl 32] Der König steht aktiv auf c3 und im Folgenden muss Schwarz mit
dem Eindringen des Königs rechnen.} Kf7 21. Kb3 {[%cal Gb3a4,Ga4b5]} Nh7 (21...
a4+ $6 22. Ka3 $16 {[%csl Ra4]}) 22. Rg3 g5 {Dieser Zug verliert eigentlich
einen Bauern, aber guter Rat ist schon teuer - Schwarz hat eine sehr passive
Stellung - ohne Gegenspiel.} 23. Rag1 {[%csl Rg5]} g4 (23... Kf6 24. h4 $16)
24. fxg4 hxg4 25. Rxg4 Rxg4 26. Rxg4 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Weiss hat einen Bauern
mehr. Die Verwertung des Materialvorteils ist aber noch nicht leicht.} Nf6 27.
Rg2 (27. Rh4 Rg8 $132 {[%cal Gg8g1]}) 27... Rh8 (27... Nxe4 28. Ka4 $16 {
[%csl Ga4][%cal Ga4b5,Gb5c6]}) 28. Ka4 Nxe4 29. Kb5 Kf6 (29... Rh3 30. Re2 $16)
30. Kc6 Rh7 31. h4 $1 {[%csl Gh4] Weiss mobilisiert seine Reserven - der h4P
ist sehr gefaehrlich fuer Schwarz.} Kf5 (31... Rxh4 32. Kxc7 $16) 32. h5 {
[%cal Gh5h6] Droht einfach 33.h6.} Nf6 33. Rf2+ Ke4 34. Bxb6 $1 (34. Rxf6 $2
Kxe3 35. h6 e4 36. Rg6 Kd2 37. Rg7 Rxh6 $19) 34... Ng4 (34... cxb6 35. Rxf6 $18
) 35. Rg2 (35. Re2+ $2 Kf3) 35... Ne3 (35... Kf3 36. Rxg4 Kxg4 37. Bxc7 e4 (
37... Rxh5 38. Bxa5 e4 39. c5 dxc5 40. d6 $18) 38. Bxa5 $18) 36. Bxe3 Kxe3 37.
Rg8 (37. Rh2 $2 Kd4 38. b3 e4 39. h6 e3) 37... Kd4 (37... e4 38. Rc8 $1 (38. c5
dxc5 39. Rc8 Kd4 40. Rxc7 Rxc7+ 41. Kxc7 Kxd5 42. h6 e3 43. h7 e2 44. h8=Q e1=Q
$11) 38... Kd4 39. Rxc7 Rxc7+ 40. Kxc7 e3 41. h6 e2 42. h7 e1=Q 43. h8=Q+ Kxc4
44. Kc6 $18) 38. Rc8 Kxc4 (38... e4 39. Rxc7 Rxc7+ 40. Kxc7 e3 41. h6 {Das
waere nur Zugumstellung zur Variante 37...e4.}) 39. Rxc7 Rh6 (39... Rxh5 40.
Kxd6+ Kd4 41. Kc6 $18) (39... Rxc7+ 40. Kxc7 e4 41. h6 e3 42. h7 e2 43. h8=Q
e1=Q 44. Kxd6 $18) 40. Rd7 Rxh5 41. Rxd6 $18 Rh2 42. Re6 (42. Rg6 Kd4 43. d6
Rc2+ 44. Kd7 $18) 42... Rc2 (42... Rxb2 43. d6 $18) 43. d6 (43. Rxe5 Kd4+ 44.
Kd6 Rxb2) 43... Kd4+ 44. Kd7 Kd5 (44... Rxb2 45. Ke7 $18) 45. Ke7 Rh2 46. Rg6 (
46. d7 Rh7+ 47. Kf6 Rxd7 $132) 46... Rh7+ 47. Kd8 Kc6 48. d7+ Kb7 49. Re6 a4
50. Rxe5 Kc6 51. Re6+ Kb7 52. Rd6 (52. Ke8 Rh8+ 53. Ke7 Kc7) (52. Rd6 $1 $18)
1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 18th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2002.09.28"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Filippov, Valerij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Rabinovich,Al"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2002.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Warsaw Polonia"]
[BlackTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Nd7 (7...
O-O $5 8. Be3 b6 9. Qd2 e5 10. Bh6 Qd6 11. g4 Be6 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. O-O-O Rad8
14. Rhf1 b5 15. Ng5 h6 16. Nxe6+ Qxe6 17. Kb1 c4 $15 {1/2-1/2 Shirov,A-Leko,P/
Monaco MNC 2002/The Week in Chess 386 (32)}) 8. Be3 e5 9. Qd2 Qe7 10. Bh6 $5 {
The main line on high levels lately.Many games are played every week in thos
variation and yet no verdict is made.} (10. O-O {Doesn't promise much..} Nf8
11. Bh6 Ne6 12. Bxg7 Nxg7 13. Ne2 f6 14. Nh2 g5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Anand,V-Ivanchuk,
V/Prague CZE 2002/The Week in Chess 391 (50)}) 10... Bxh6 11. Qxh6 f6 12. Nh4
$5 {Almost novelty.On highest levels this move wasn't tried yet.But wild guess,
it will become one of the main lines here.} (12. Nd2 Nf8 13. f4 exf4 14. Qxf4
Ne6 (14... Be6 15. O-O Nd7 16. Rae1 O-O 17. Nd5 $14 {1-0 Rublevsky,S-Georgiev,
K/Panormo 2001/CBM 84 ext (48)}) 15. Qh6 Nd4 16. O-O-O Be6 17. Rhf1 O-O-O 18.
Kb1 f5 {1/2-1/2 Smirin,I-Shirov,A/Sarajevo BIH 2002/The Week in Chess 395 (22)}
) (12. Nh2 Nf8 13. f4 exf4 14. Qxf4 Ne6 15. Qd2 Nd4 $11 {1-0 Goloshchapov,
A-Bocharov,D/St Petersburg RUS 2002/The Week in Chess 380 (37)}) 12... Qf8 (
12... Nf8 13. O-O Qf7 14. f4 exf4 15. Rxf4 Nd7 16. e5 $1 $16 {1/2-1/2 Sulskis,
S-Estremera Panos,S/Lisbon 2001/EXT 2002 (75)}) 13. Qd2 Qe7 (13... Nb6 $5 {
Looks interesting.} 14. O-O-O Be6 {[%cal Ge8c8,Gc5c4]}) 14. O-O-O $14 {[%cal
Gf6f5]} f5 (14... Nb6 $142 {[%cal Gc8e6]}) 15. g3 f4 {Forced.} 16. Ng2 fxg3 (
16... Rf8 17. gxf4 exf4 18. d4 $36) 17. fxg3 Nf8 18. h4 h5 (18... Be6 19. Qg5
Qxg5+ 20. hxg5 $14 {[%csl Rh7]}) 19. Rdf1 Ne6 {[%csl Re5][%cal Gg2e3,Ge3c4]}
20. Rf2 Nd4 (20... Bd7 21. Rhf1 O-O-O 22. Rf7 Qd6 23. Ne3 $16) 21. Qg5 $1 {
[%mdl 32] Very nice move.White exchanges the only piece which protectes the
weaknesses on Kside!} Qxg5+ $8 22. hxg5 {[%csl Rg6][%cal Gf2f6,Gg2h4,Gh1f1]}
Rf8 $8 (22... Be6 23. Nh4 Rg8 24. Rf6 Bf7 25. Rhf1 Rg7 26. Nxg6 Rxg6 27. Rxf7
O-O-O 28. Re7 {[%cal Gf1f7,Ge7e5]} Rxg5 29. Rff7 $18) 23. Rhf1 Rxf2 24. Rxf2
$16 Be6 (24... Ne6 25. Nh4 Nxg5 26. Nxg6 {[%cal Gf2f8]} Nf7 27. Na4 b6 28. Rf6
$16) 25. Na4 (25. Nh4 $5 Kd7 26. Nxg6 Rg8 27. Rf6 {Should be winning too.})
25... b6 26. c3 Nb5 27. Nh4 O-O-O $5 28. c4 Rxd3 {Practical chance.} (28... Nc7
{Wouldn't help much.} 29. Kc2 {[%cal Gh4g6]} Na6 30. a3 b5 31. cxb5 cxb5 32.
Rf6 Rd6 $8 33. Nc3 $18) 29. cxb5 cxb5 30. Nc3 b4 31. Rf6 $1 {Good reply.} Bc4
32. Nd5 $18 Bxa2 {[%mdl 4096]} (32... Rxg3 33. Rxg6 $18) 33. Rf3 $1 Rd4 $8 34.
Nf6 $1 {[%cal Gh4g6]} Rc4+ (34... Bf7 35. Nxh5 $18) 35. Kd2 Bb1 36. Ke3 {
Giving no counterplay.} (36. Nxg6 Bxe4 37. Nxe4 Rxe4 {[%cal Ge4g4] With some
chances.}) 36... a5 37. Nxg6 a4 38. Rf1 a3 (38... Bc2 39. Nxe5 $18) 39. Rxb1 a2
40. Ra1 b3 41. Nxe5 {[%cal Gg5g8]} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup-A"]
[Site "Hyderabad"]
[Date "2002.10.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ye, Jiangchuan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2002.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 e6 6. Bd3 Ngf6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8.
Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Nf6 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. Bd2 b6 13. O-O-O Bb7 14. Ne5 c5
15. Bb5+ Ke7 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. a3 Qc7 18. Bf4 Rhd8 19. Rd4 Kf8 20. Rhd1 Bd5 21.
Kb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup-A"]
[Site "Hyderabad"]
[Date "2002.10.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Vescovi, Giovanni P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2002.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bb4+ 5. c3 Be7 6. Bc4 d6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
Qb3 Nf6 9. Bxf7+ Kf8 10. e5 Nd7 11. e6 Nc5 12. Qc2 Nxe6 13. Bh5 g6 14. Be2
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup-A"]
[Site "Hyderabad"]
[Date "2002.10.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[Annotator "Macieja,B"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2002.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{That was a very important game - I had to win it to keep chances for
qualifying to the quarter-finals.} 1. e4 {Lukacs} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4.
d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 {I had already played 5 times that move, so
it was obvious for me that Ivanchuk had something prepared. Nevertheless, I
decided to check what it was and to try to refute it. Lukacs: 'against Na5
capturing the B. White also threatens to advance on the << in order to gain
space.'} Nd4 $5 {That move was successfully played in 1994 by ... my coach
Vitaly Tseshkovsky against Vladislav Nevednichy. In 2001 Morozevich quite
easily drew with Gelfand, but for some very strange reasons that move has been
played only in 2 more games! Lukacs: 'Black has a lot of adequate replies.'} (
7... Bg4 {(Lukacs) - Fedorov-Potapov, RUS-chT 9th Ekaterinburg 2002 CBM 90}) (
7... h6 {Lukacs} 8. a5 {- Tkachiev-Fressinet, Capd'Agde KO 2000 CBM 92} (8.
Nbd2 {(Lukacs) - Bellini-Acs, Hotel Agro GM 1999 CBM 73})) (7... Be6 {(Lukacs)
- Mainka-Nenashev, Recklinhausser Schachtage 1998 CBM 67}) (7... Kh8 {(Lukacs)
-Hossain-Ehlvest, United Insurence 4th 1999 CBM 70}) 8. Nxd4 exd4 {Lukacs:
'The position is very similar to the Ruy Lopez Bird Variation!'} 9. Nd2 $1 $146
{A logical move. Both Nevednichy and Gelfand tried} (9. c3 dxc3 10. Nxc3 c6 {
/\ d5} (10... Be6 {Lukacs} 11. Qb3 (11. Bxe6 {Lukacs} fxe6 12. Qb3 Qd7 $1 $13 {
Morozevich-Gelfand, Astana 2001 CBM 84}) 11... Bxc4 (11... Qd7 $6 {(Lukacs) is
not a correct P sacrifice:} 12. Qxb7 Rfb8 13. Qa6 Rb6 14. Bxe6 Qxe6 15. Qa5 $16
{Rabiega-Breutigam, GER-ch Altenkirchen, 2001}) (11... Qc8 {Lukacs} 12. d4 $14)
12. dxc4 $14 {with some pressure in the [+], especially on d5.} (12. Qxc4 {
Lukacs} c6)) 11. Bb3 $1 {is the quiet prophylactic move avoiding g6-d5.} (11.
d4 {(Lukacs) runs into the freeing move} d5 12. exd5 cxd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14.
Bxd5 Qxd5 15. Rxe7 {^-} Be6 $11 {Nevednichy}) (11. Qb3 {Lukacs} Ng4 $5 {/\ Ne5}
12. d4 (12. h3 {Lukacs} Ne5 13. d4 Nxc4 14. Qxc4 $11) 12... Bh4 13. g3 Qf6 14.
Nd1 (14. Re2 $2 {(Lukacs) disturbs the harmony of the white pieces.} Qg6 $1 15.
Kh1 ({On} 15. f3 {Lukacs} Nxh2 $1 {comes with a devastating ->.}) 15... Bf6 16.
f3 (16. Qd1 {(Lukacs) is again met by the tactical blow} Nxh2 $1 17. Kxh2 Qh5+
18. Kg1 Bg4 $19) 16... Bxd4 $1 17. fxg4 Bxg4 18. Rg2 Bf3 19. Be2 Bxg2+ 20. Kxg2
Rae8 $1 $13 {Nevednichy-Tseshkovsky, Yugoslavia 1994}) 14... Qg6 15. Kh1 Bg5
16. Bxg5 Qxg5 17. f3 $14 {Nevednichy}) 11... Be6 12. d4 {Now White's [+] is
impressive.} (12. Bc2 {Lukacs} c5) 12... Bxb3 13. Qxb3 $14 {Gelfand}) (9. h3 {
Lukacs} Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. e5 dxe5 12. Rxe5 {Black's P structure is bad,
but White has problems with his development.} Qd7 13. Nd2 (13. Qe2 {Lukacs}
Rae8 14. Rxe6 Bb4) 13... Bd6 14. Re1 Rae8 $132) 9... Ng4 $6 {'!?' Lukacs.
Lukacs: 'This is a typical manoeuvre in the Ruy Lopez Bird Variation.'} ({
I think, better is} 9... Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 {with good chances for equalizing}
11. e5 dxe5 12. Rxe5 {is much better than before.} Bd6 (12... Qd6 {Lukacs} 13.
Qe2 Ng4 $2 14. Nc4 $18) 13. Rxe6 Qd7 14. Qe2 Nd5 (14... Rae8 {Lukacs} 15. Rxe8
Rxe8 16. Ne4 $16) 15. Nc4 Rae8 16. Re4 Nf6 17. Rxe8 Rxe8 18. Qf1 $14 {and
White has time to finish his development.}) ({Even more precise is} 9... Bg4
10. f3 (10. Nf3 d5 $1 11. exd5 Bb4 $1 $11 12. Rf1 Nxd5 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 c6
$11) 10... Be6 11. Nb3 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd4 Bc5 14. c3 Bxd4+ 15. cxd4 {
and Black has a firm blockade on d5.} c6 $44 {Shipov/Notkin}) (9... c6 {Lukacs}
10. Nf3 d5 11. exd5 cxd5 12. Bb3 $14) 10. Nf3 Bh4 {That was the last black's
active move in the game! I should add, that 10...Bh4 was followed by draw
offer. '!' Lukacs. Lukacs: 'attacking the vulnerable >< f2.'} 11. Rf1 $1 {
Rook is better placed on f1 than e2, because doesn't disturb queen and also
there are quite realistic chances for opening f file.} c5 ({It wasn't possible
to play} 11... Bf6 {because of} 12. h3 Ne5 13. Nxd4 (13. Nxe5 {Lukacs} dxe5 14.
f4 $14) 13... Nxc4 14. dxc4 Re8 15. Re1 $16) (11... Be6 {Lukacs} 12. Bxe6 (12.
Bf4 {Lukacs} Bf6 $11) 12... fxe6 13. h3 Bxf2+ 14. Rxf2 Nxf2 15. Kxf2 $14) 12.
Nxh4 $2 {A serious positional mistake. A pair of bishops will be annihilated
very soon.} (12. h3 Ne5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Qh5 Bf6 15. f4 {was leading to clear
advantage.}) 12... Qxh4 13. Bf4 Ne5 14. Bg3 Qe7 15. b3 $1 {The only chance.} (
15. Bxe5 dxe5 16. f4 exf4 17. Rxf4 Be6 $11) (15. Bd5 Be6 $11 (15... Bg4 {Lukacs
} 16. f3 (16. Qd2 {Lukacs} Be6 17. Rfe1 Rae8 18. c3 Nc6 (18... Nxd3 $2 {Lukacs}
19. Bxe6 Nxe1 20. Bd5 $16) 19. a5 $14) 16... Be6 17. Re1 Rae8 (17... Qd7 {
Lukacs} 18. c3 $14) 18. c3 dxc3 19. bxc3 Bxd5 20. exd5 Qf6 21. a5 $14)) 15...
Nxc4 {The was no need to hurry so much.} ({After} 15... Be6 {black would
easily hold the position.}) 16. bxc4 {Lukacs: 'This P structure doesn't yield
White anything real. The ^- however works for White.'} Bd7 $6 ({During the
game I was thinking about} 16... a5 $5 {with the idea of fixing a weak a4 pawn.
}) ({The simplest was} 16... f5 17. exf5 (17. f3 {Lukacs} f4) 17... Bxf5 18.
Re1 Qd7 $11) 17. a5 (17. f4 $2 {(Lukacs) is always answered by the blockading
move} f5) 17... Bc6 {A bishop doesn't have much to do on this square. Black is
playing too passive.} ({After} 17... b5 18. axb6 axb6 {I was going to play} 19.
Qb1 $1 $14) 18. Qg4 $14 {White's plan is to play f4-f5 and to start an attack
on the king's side, but there is one danger - if f4 is met by black's f5! the
evaluation of the whole position changes, because Bc6 is not any longer
passive and Bg3 not any longer active!} Rae8 {'=' Lukacs.} 19. Qf4 ({White
cannot play} 19. Rae1 {because of} f5) ({so it was worthy to play} 19. f3 $5 {
first.}) 19... Qe5 (19... Rd8 $11 {Lukacs}) 20. Qg4 (20. Qd2 Qe6 21. Rae1 $14 {
was also possible.}) 20... Qe6 21. h3 $6 {During the game I was proud of that
move (21...Qxg4 22.hxg4 would lead to a very difficult for black ending), but
the analyse shows, that I was wrong.} ({Correct was} 21. f3 $1 {taking into
control e1 square.}) 21... f6 $6 {Black misses his chance.} ({After} 21... f5
22. exf5 Rxf5 {position would equalize, because it would not be possible to
take a pawn} 23. Bxd6 $2 h5 24. Qg3 Qh6 $1 25. Qh2 h4 $17) (21... Qxg4 {Lukacs}
22. hxg4 Rd8 $11) 22. Qf4 Qe5 (22... Rd8 $11 {Lukacs}) 23. Qd2 Qe6 24. Qf4 Qe5
25. Qd2 Qe6 26. Bh2 $6 {As I could not play 26.f4 because of f5! I decided to
prepare the whole idea, by playing Bh2 and g4 first. But I completely forgot
about the possible counter play. Lukacs: 'So White wants to continue the fight.
'} ({I should have been played} 26. Rae1 $14) 26... Rf7 $6 {And again Ivanchuk
is choosing a passive continuation instead of} (26... f5 $1 27. exf5 Rxf5 28.
Rae1 Qg6 29. Rxe8+ Qxe8 30. Re1 (30. Bxd6 $2 Bxg2 $1 31. Kxg2 Qc6+ $17) 30...
Qg6 31. Bg3 Re5 $1 $11) (26... f5 $11 {(Lukacs) was again a safe continuation.}
) 27. Rae1 $14 {Now I am better again, because the counter play with f5 is not
possible any longer.} Qd7 28. g4 $1 {with the idea f4- f5 '!?' Lukacs. Lukacs:
'White wants to put his pawns on the light squares and fighting against the
freeing move f5.'} (28. f4 $2 f5 $15) 28... h5 {This move only helps me. '!?'
Lukacs.} ({It was very interesting to play} 28... g6 $5 {with the idea we have
already known} 29. f4 $2 f5 $17) 29. Qf4 $1 hxg4 30. hxg4 Re6 31. Bg3 $16 {
h file is now opened, but black cannot easily operate with rooks, because of a
weakness on d6. Lukacs: '[#]'} Qe8 {'?!' Lukacs: 'This is rather useless.'} (
31... g6 $1 {Lukacs} 32. Qh6 (32. Kg2 {Lukacs} f5 $1 $132) (32. Qd2 {Lukacs}
Rh7 $11) 32... Rg7 33. Kg2 f5 $1 $13) 32. Qd2 $1 {f4 followed by f5 is now a
big threat!} g6 33. f3 {Lukacs: 'Now the question is who will conquer the
opened h <->.'} ({Of course not} 33. f4 $2 {because of} f5 $17) 33... Rh7 34.
Kf2 {Black's position gets very tough.} Qf7 ({Black cannot fight for h file,
because he will loose d6 pawn, for instance} 34... Qd7 35. Rh1 Ree7 36. Rxh7
Rxh7 37. Qf4 $18) 35. Rh1 Qg7 ({The longest time black could hold the position
after} 35... g5 $16 {avoiding white's g5 and at the same time protecting f4
square.}) 36. Rxh7 Qxh7 37. Qc1 $1 {I want to play simply Rh1-Rh6-Qh1, but at
the same time my queen can come back to f4. Black's position is basically lost.
} Kf7 $6 {Ivanchuk got in panic} (37... g5 {was necessary.}) 38. Rh1 {Lukacs:
'White has now the |^ on the >>.'} Qg7 39. g5 $18 {There is nothing more to
add.} Ke8 40. Rh6 Kd7 {'?' Lukacs.} (40... Kf7 {Lukacs} 41. Kg2 (41. Qh1 {
Lukacs} Kg8) 41... Kg8 $14 {was still a persistant defence.}) 41. Qh1 {'+-'
Lukacs. Lukacs: 'and the penetration on the seventh rank decides the battle.'}
Re7 42. gxf6 Qxf6 43. Bh4 Qf4 44. Bxe7 Kxe7 45. Qh4+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup-A"]
[Site "Hyderabad"]
[Date "2002.10.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Iuldachev, Saidali"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2002.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. b3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Nc3 exd4 15.
Nd5 Nde5 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 Bxh3 $6 $146 {New, but hardly recommendable.
Black gets a completely cramped game - the P is a poor comfort.} (17... Bf6 18.
Kh1 Bxh3 (18... Re8 $142 {[%cal Yc8b7,Ya8c8]}) 19. gxh3 Qc8 20. Nxf6+ gxf6 21.
Rg1+ Kh8 22. Qe3 Qxc2 23. Qf4 $16 {1/2-1/2 Kasparov,G-Ponomariov,R/Moscow 2002/
CBM 91/[Wedberg] (27). (26)}) 18. f4 $1 Nc6 19. Qc3 Bd7 20. Bb2 f6 21. Rad1 {
[%csl Gb2,Gc2,Gd5][%cal Yb2g7,Yc2h7,Yd1d7,Ye1e7] Dominating position for White.
} Rc8 22. Qd3 Bg4 (22... Be8 23. e5 Bg6 24. f5 Bh5 25. exf6 Bxf6 26. Nxf6+ gxf6
27. Qg3+ Kh8 28. Rxd6 $18) 23. Rd2 Re8 24. b4 Bf8 25. e5 f5 26. e6 Qh4 27. g3
Qh5 28. e7 $1 {Ivanchuk seemingly without effort trades advantage for
advantage and makes a little in between everytime.} Bxe7 (28... Nxe7 29. Bb3
Kh8 30. Nf6 $40) 29. Nxe7+ Nxe7 30. Qxd6 Ng6 (30... Nc6 31. Bb3+ Kh8 32. Rxe8+
Rxe8 33. Qxc6 Re1+ 34. Kf2 Qh2+ 35. Qg2 $18) 31. Bb3+ Kh8 32. Re6 $1 Qh3 33.
Qd7 $1 {[%cal Ye6e8,Yd7g7]} (33. Qd7 Rg8 (33... Qxg3+ 34. Rg2) 34. Bxg7+ Rxg7
35. Qxc8+ $18) 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup-A"]
[Site "Hyderabad"]
[Date "2002.10.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2002.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Qb3
Bb4 9. Bb5 O-O 10. O-O Bxc3 11. Bxc6 Bxb2 12. Bxb7 Bxa1 13. Rxa1 Rc8 14. Bxc8
Qxc8 15. Qa3 Qb7 16. Rc1 Rc8 17. Rxc8+ Qxc8 18. Ne5 Nd7 19. Nxd7 Qxd7 20. Qa6
Bc2 21. Bb8 h5 22. Bxa7 Qa4 23. Qxa4 Bxa4 24. f3 f6 25. Kf2 Bc6 26. Ke1 Kf7 27.
Kd2 Ke8 28. Kc3 Bb5 29. Kb4 Bf1 30. g3 Be2 31. f4 Kd7 32. Kc5 Bd1 33. f5 Bc2
34. fxe6+ Kxe6 35. Bb8 g5 36. Bc7 h4 37. gxh4 gxh4 38. h3 Bf5 39. a4 Bxh3 40.
a5 Bf1 41. Kb6 1-0

[Event "SWE-chT 0203"]
[Site "Sweden"]
[Date "2003.03.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Agrest, Evgenij"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2002.10.11"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sollentuna"]
[BlackTeam "Stockholm Rockaden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SWE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SWE"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Ndb5 Ne5 8.
Bg2 a6 9. Na3 Bxa3 10. bxa3 Nxc4 11. Bg5 d5 12. O-O Bd7 13. e4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4
dxe4 15. Rb1 Qc5 16. Rxb7 O-O 17. Qc1 Bb5 18. a4 Bxa4 19. Bxe4 Rac8 20. Be7 Qe5
21. Re1 Rfe8 22. Bxh7+ Kxh7 23. Rxe5 Nxe5 24. Rc7 Bc6 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. f4 Nf3+
27. Kf2 Nxh2 28. Qd1 Bd5 29. f5 Rc4 30. Qh5+ Kg8 31. f6 Ng4+ 32. Ke1 Nxf6 33.
Bxf6 gxf6 34. Qh6 Rg4 35. Qxf6 Rxg3 36. a4 Rg4 37. a5 Bc6 38. Kd2 Bb5 39. Ke3
Kf8 40. Qd8+ Kg7 41. Kf3 Rg6 42. Qd4+ f6 43. Qa7+ Kf8 44. Qb8+ Kf7 45. Qc7+ Kf8
46. Qb8+ Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-35"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "2002.10.26"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Sharavdorj, Dashzeveg"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2418"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2002.10.26"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Mongolia"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MGL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 Na6 7. O-O Nc7 8. a4
O-O 9. h3 b6 10. Re1 Bb7 11. Bf4 Qd7 12. Nd2 e6 13. Nc4 exd5 14. exd5 Nfxd5 15.
Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Ne3 Bc6 17. Qxd6 Ne6 18. Bf3 Nxf4 19. Qxc6 Qxc6 20. Bxc6 Bxb2 21.
Rab1 Bc3 22. Red1 Rac8 23. Nd5 Nxd5 24. Bxd5 c4 25. Bf3 Rc7 26. Rb5 Re8 27.
Rbd5 Ree7 28. g4 Kg7 29. Kf1 Bf6 30. Re1 Rxe1+ 31. Kxe1 Be7 32. Be2 Bc5 33. Kf1
h6 34. Bxc4 Bxf2 35. Bb3 Bc5 36. Rd3 Kf8 37. Rf3 Bd4 38. Rd3 Bc5 39. Rf3 Bd6
40. Rd3 Bb4 41. Rf3 Bc3 42. Rd3 Ke7 43. Rd5 f6 44. Ke2 Rc6 45. Kf3 Rc8 46. Ke4
Rc6 47. Kf3 a6 48. Ke4 Rc8 49. Kd3 Be5 50. c4 h5 51. gxh5 gxh5 52. Bd1 h4 53.
Bg4 Rc7 54. Bf5 a5 55. Bg4 Bg3 56. Rh5 Rc6 57. Rd5 Kf7 58. Bd7 Rc7 59. Bf5 Ke7
60. Bg4 Be5 61. Bf5 Ke8 62. Bg6+ Kf8 63. Bf5 Kg7 64. Rd7+ Rxd7+ 65. Bxd7 Kg6
66. Ke4 Kg5 67. Bf5 Bg3 68. Bg4 Bf2 69. Bf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-35"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "2002.10.27"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Iuldachev, Saidali"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2002.10.26"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Uzbekistan"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UZB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. g3 Bb4 7. Bd2 Nf6 8. Bg2
Nc6 9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Bd6 12. f4 e5 13. f5 Rd8 14. Qe2 b5 15.
Be3 a5 16. g4 Ba6 17. Qf3 Nd7 18. g5 Bc5 19. Nd1 b4 20. Nf2 Bxe3 21. Rxe3 f6
22. Qh5 fxg5 23. Qxg5 Nf6 24. Rg3 Rd6 25. Kh1 Rad8 26. Rg1 R8d7 27. Bf3 Qd8 28.
Qe3 Kh8 29. Qc5 Re7 30. R3g2 Rd4 31. Rd1 Rxd1+ 32. Nxd1 Nxe4 33. Bxe4 Qxd1+ 34.
Rg1 Qd8 35. f6 gxf6 36. Qxc6 Ra7 37. Bd5 Rg7 38. Rxg7 Kxg7 39. c4 bxc3 40. bxc3
Bc8 41. c4 Bf5 42. Qb7+ Qd7 43. Qa8 Qc7 44. Qg8+ Kh6 45. Qf8+ Qg7 46. Qd8 Qg5
47. Qxa5 Qc1+ 48. Kg2 Qe3 49. h4 Kh5 50. Qd8 Qh3+ 51. Kf2 Qxh4+ 52. Ke2 Qf4 53.
Qe7 Kg5 54. Qg7+ Bg6 55. Qa7 Bh5+ 56. Ke1 e4 57. Qg1+ Bg4 58. Qc5 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-35"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "2002.10.28"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kulaots, Kaido"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2002.10.26"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Estonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "EST"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qf3 Bg6 8.
Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. Nge2 Nd7 11. Nf4 Bd6 12. f3 Nf8 13. g3 Ne6 14. Kf2
Kf8 15. Rd1 Re8 16. Ng2 Rg8 17. Nh4 Ng5 18. a3 Ke7 19. Bg2 f5 20. Rhe1 Kf6 21.
Re2 Re7 22. Ra1 a5 23. Rc1 Rge8 24. Ree1 Ra8 25. Bf1 Rae8 26. Rcd1 Bh5 27. Rb1
h6 28. Rbd1 Bg6 29. Rc1 Bh5 30. Na4 Re6 31. Bg2 R6e7 32. Nc5 Ra8 33. Nd3 a4 34.
Bf1 Bg6 35. Ra1 Rae8 36. Nb4 Bh5 37. Rac1 Bg6 38. Na2 Bc7 39. Nc3 Ba5 40. Re2
Bxc3 41. Rxc3 Bh5 42. Rec2 Ra8 43. Rc1 Rae8 44. Bg2 Ra8 45. Rd3 Ra6 46. Rcd1
Rb6 47. R1d2 Re8 48. Bf1 Ra8 49. Be2 Re8 50. Rc3 Ra8 51. Rdc2 Re8 52. Ng2 Nh3+
53. Kf1 Ng5 54. Ne1 Bg6 55. Rd2 Bh5 56. h4 Ne6 57. Kf2 Nc7 58. Nd3 Ne6 59. Nc5
Nxc5 60. dxc5 Rb3 61. Rxb3 axb3 62. Rd3 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-35"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "2002.10.29"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2002.10.26"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Spain"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. O-O b6 13. Rfe1 Bb7 14.
Rad1 Rc8 15. Bb3 Qf6 16. h3 Rfd8 17. Qe3 h6 18. Nh2 Qe7 19. Nf1 b5 20. d5 Nc5
21. dxe6 fxe6 22. Ng3 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Kh8 24. Bc2 a5 25. e5 Bd5 26. Nh5 Bxa2 27.
Nf4 Kg8 28. Qa3 Bc4 29. Qxa5 Qc7 30. Qc3 Nd7 31. Ng6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-35"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "2002.10.30"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Babula, Vlastimil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2002.10.26"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Czech Republic"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8.
exd5 Nb8 9. c4 Be7 10. Bd3 a6 11. Nc3 O-O 12. O-O f5 13. f3 Nd7 14. Kh1 Bg5 15.
b4 Bxc1 16. Rxc1 b6 17. a3 Kh8 18. Qd2 Bb7 19. Rc2 Rc8 20. Rfc1 Qh4 21. g3 Qe7
22. f4 g6 23. Kg1 exf4 24. gxf4 Rfe8 25. Bf1 Kg8 26. Qf2 Qe3 27. Qxe3 Rxe3 28.
Kf2 Ree8 29. Bd3 Kf7 30. h3 Re7 31. Ne2 Rce8 32. Nd4 Re3 33. Rc3 Rxh3 34. Bxf5
Rxc3 35. Be6+ Kf6 36. Rxc3 Nf8 37. f5 gxf5 38. Bxf5 Ng6 39. Rh3 Bc8 40. Bxc8
Rxc8 41. Rf3+ Kg5 42. Ne6+ Kg4 43. c5 bxc5 44. bxc5 Rb8 45. cxd6 Rb2+ 46. Ke3
Ne5 47. Rf4+ Kg3 48. Kd4 Nd7 49. Rf7 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-35"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "2002.10.31"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B24"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2002.10.26"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 e6 5. d3 Be7 6. Nh3 d5 7. O-O dxe4 8. dxe4
Qxd1 9. Nxd1 O-O 10. Ne3 Rd8 11. f4 b5 12. Nf2 Rb8 13. c3 Bb7 14. Re1 c4 15.
Nf1 Nd7 16. Be3 Nc5 17. Rad1 a6 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Rd1 Rxd1 20. Nxd1 Kf8 21.
Nd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-35"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "2002.11.01"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2002.10.26"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Georgia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GEO"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. f4 O-O 6. Qd2 Nbd7 7. e5 Ne8 8. Nf3
Nb6 9. Bh4 Bh6 10. Bd3 Ng7 11. O-O Bf5 12. Rae1 dxe5 13. Rxe5 f6 14. Re2 Bxd3
15. Qxd3 Bxf4 16. Qe4 g5 17. Bf2 c6 18. Qxe7 Qxe7 19. Rxe7 Rab8 20. Re2 Rbe8
21. Rfe1 Rxe2 22. Rxe2 Re8 23. Kf1 g4 24. Rxe8+ Nxe8 25. Ne2 Bc7 26. Nd2 Nd5
27. a3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-35"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "2002.11.02"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2002.10.26"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. d3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8.
Qd2 Nc6 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Bh6 c5 11. Rd1 Bb7 12. f3 Qd6 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Ne4
Bxe4 15. fxe4 f5 16. exf5 Rxf5 17. Nf3 Qe6 18. O-O Raf8 19. Kg2 Qxa2 20. Ra1
Qf7 21. Rxa7 g5 22. Raa1 Qf6 23. h3 c4 24. g4 Rb5 25. d4 Qf4 26. Qxf4 Rxf4 27.
Ra2 h6 28. Rc1 Re4 29. Kf2 Rb3 30. Nd2 Rf4+ 31. Nf3 Re4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-35"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "2002.11.04"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Radulski, Julian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2002.10.26"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Bulgaria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BUL"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Na5 9. Ba2 b4 10. c3 c5 11. d4 cxd4 12. cxd4 Bg4 13. Nbd2 Bh5 14. Nb3 Nxb3 15.
Qxb3 Qb8 16. Nh4 O-O 17. Qg3 Bg6 18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. dxe5 dxe5 20. Bb3 Kh8 21.
Qh4+ Kg8 22. Bg5 Rd8 23. Re3 Qd6 24. Rh3 Kf8 25. Qh8+ Ng8 26. Rh7 Bf6 27. Bh6
Ke7 28. Bxg7 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-35"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "2002.11.05"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2002.10.26"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Poland"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Qc7 9. Re1 O-O 10. Nxc6 dxc6 11. e5 Rd8 12. Qf3 Nd5 13. h4 b6 14. Bg5 Bxg5
15. hxg5 Nxc3 16. Qxc6 Qxc6 17. Bxc6 Rb8 18. bxc3 Bb7 19. Bxb7 Rxb7 20. Red1
Rc8 21. Rab1 h6 22. gxh6 gxh6 23. Rb3 Rc5 24. f4 Rbc7 25. Rd3 b5 26. Ra3 b4 27.
Rxa6 Rxc3 28. Rxc3 Rxc3 29. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-35"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "2002.11.06"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Xu, Jun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2002.10.26"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. O-O e6 5. d3 h6 6. c4 dxc4 7. dxc4 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Nf6 9. Nc3 Bc2 10. Re1 Bh7 11. a3 Nbd7 12. b4 Be7 13. c5 a5 14. Bb2 O-O
15. Nd2 Nd5 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. e4 dxe4 18. Nxe4 axb4 19. axb4 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 Rd8
21. Rd1 Bf5 22. h4 Be6 23. Kh2 b6 24. cxb6 Nxb6 25. Rxd8+ Bxd8 26. Bd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-35"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "2002.11.07"]
[Round "12.2"]
[White "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2002.10.26"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Be2
Bb7 9. O-O Be7 10. e4 b4 11. e5 bxc3 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. bxc3 c5 14. dxc5 O-O 15.
Be3 Be7 16. Rb1 Qc8 17. Qd3 Rd8 18. Qb5 Rb8 19. Qa5 Bxc5 20. Bxc5 Nxc5 21. Rfd1
Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Ne4 23. c4 Qc5 24. Rd8+ Rxd8 25. Qxd8+ Qf8 26. Qa5 Qc5 27. Qd8+
Qf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-35"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "2002.11.08"]
[Round "13.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Georgiev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2002.10.26"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Macedonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MKD"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 e6 6. Nf3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Be2
Nc6 9. Ne5 Qc7 10. Nxc6 Qxc6 11. dxc5 Qxc5 12. O-O Bd6 13. Rd1 O-O 14. Bd2 Be5
15. Qd3 Be6 16. Rac1 d4 17. Ne4 Qb6 18. b3 Rfd8 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. e4 Bd7 21.
Qg3 Bb5 22. Bc4 Rac8 23. Qd3 Be7 24. g3 Rc6 25. a4 Bxc4 26. Rxc4 Rxc4 27. Qxc4
h5 28. Rc1 Ba3 29. Qc7 Rd6 30. Qc8+ Rd8 31. Qc7 Rd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-35"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "2002.11.10"]
[Round "14.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2002.10.26"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Denmark"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "DEN"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Ne5 c5 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. d5 Qc7 14. Bf4 Bd6 15.
a3 Nc6 16. dxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Warsaw AIG Life rapid"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2002.12.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Adamski, Jan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2002.12.21"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. a3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 b6 8.
Bg5 h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Qxf6 gxf6 11. Nb5 Kd8 12. O-O-O Ba6 13. e3 h5 14. h4 f5
15. Kb1 Bxb5 16. cxb5 d5 17. g3 Bc5 18. Be2 Ke7 19. Rd2 Rad8 20. Rhd1 Kf6 21.
b4 Bd6 22. Ka2 Rc8 23. Kb3 Be5 24. Rc2 Rxc2 25. Kxc2 Rc8+ 26. Kb1 Rc3 27. Bxh5
Rxa3 28. Be2 Ra1+ 29. Kc2 Ra2+ 30. Kd3 Bd6 31. Rb1 e5 0-1

[Event "Warsaw AIG Life rapid"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2002.12.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Grabarczyk, Bogdan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2002.12.21"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. b4 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Bb2 c6 8. c4 Na6
9. Qb3 Kh8 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. a3 Bg8 12. Rfd1 Nc7 13. Qc2 Qe8 14. e3 h6 15. Nb3
g5 16. Na5 Rb8 17. Rac1 Bh7 18. Qe2 Ne4 19. d5 e5 20. dxc6 b6 21. Nb7 Qxc6 22.
Nxd6 Nxd6 23. Nxe5 Qe8 24. Nc6 Nf7 25. Nxb8 Qxb8 26. Rd7 Ne8 27. Rb7 Qc8 28. c5
bxc5 29. Rxc5 Qd8 30. Rxa7 f4 31. exf4 gxf4 32. Ra8 Qd7 33. Bc6 1-0

[Event "Warsaw AIG Life rapid"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2002.12.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Jaracz, Pawel"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2002.12.21"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Qe3 Qe7 13. Bd3 Qa7 14. Qe2
Be7 15. Rhf1 h5 16. Rf3 Qc5 17. Rh3 Kd7 18. f5 h4 19. fxe6+ fxe6 20. Qe1 Rag8
21. Bf1 b4 22. Nb1 a5 23. Nd2 a4 24. Nc4 Kc7 25. a3 Rb8 26. axb4 Qxb4 27. Rc3
Rh5 28. Rd4 a3 29. Qe3 a2 30. Ra3 Ra8 0-1

[Event "Warsaw AIG Life rapid"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2002.12.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kengis, Edvins"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2002.12.21"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 c5 3. d5 exd5 4. exd5 d6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Nge2
Na6 9. O-O Nc7 10. Ng3 Rb8 11. Qc2 g6 12. f4 b5 13. b3 bxc4 14. bxc4 Nce8 15.
h3 Ng7 16. f5 Nfe8 17. Bd2 Bf6 18. Rae1 Bd4+ 19. Kh1 Qh4 20. Rf3 Nf6 21. Qc1
Ngh5 22. Nge2 Ng4 23. Bg5 Nf2+ 24. Rxf2 Qxf2 25. Ne4 Qxf5 26. Nxd4 cxd4 27.
Nf6+ Qxf6 28. Bxf6 Nxf6 29. Qf4 Ne8 30. Re7 Ng7 31. g4 a5 32. c5 Rb4 33. c6 h5
34. Kg2 hxg4 35. hxg4 a4 36. Kf3 Rb2 37. Qf6 Rxa2 38. Bxg6 Bxg4+ 39. Kxg4 Rg2+
40. Kf3 Rxg6 41. Qf4 d3 42. Ra7 Nh5 43. Qd4 Rg3+ 44. Kf2 Rg6 1-0

[Event "Warsaw AIG Life rapid"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2002.12.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Chernin, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2002.12.21"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Bxc3 7. dxc3 d6 8.
Bg5 h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Ne1 Be6 11. b3 Qd8 12. Nc2 Qd7 13. Ne3 Bh3 14. Bxh3
Qxh3 15. Nd5 Qd7 16. e4 Ne7 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Qg4 a5 19. a4 b6 20. Rae1 Rae8
21. Kg2 g6 22. h4 h5 23. Qg5 Qxg5 24. hxg5 f6 25. gxf6 Rxf6 26. f3 Ref8 27. Rf2
Kg7 28. Rh1 Kh6 29. b4 Ra8 30. Ra2 g5 31. g4 h4 32. Kf2 Kg6 33. Ke3 Kf7 34. Rh3
Ke7 35. Ra1 Rff8 36. Ra2 Ra7 37. Rh1 Rfa8 38. Rha1 Ke6 39. Ke2 Rh8 40. Ke3 Kd7
41. Rh1 Kc6 42. Kd3 Raa8 43. Ke3 Rhf8 44. Rh3 Kd7 45. Rh1 Ke6 46. Rha1 Rf7 47.
Rh1 Raf8 48. Rh3 Kd7 49. Ra1 Kc6 50. Ra2 Rf4 51. Ra1 Kb7 52. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Warsaw AIG Life rapid"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2002.12.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2002.12.21"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
O-O Nf6 9. Re1 Bb7 10. e5 Nd7 11. Na4 Qc7 12. Bf4 c5 13. c4 d4 14. Be4 Bxe4 15.
Rxe4 Be7 16. b3 Qc6 17. Qe2 Nf8 18. Re1 Ng6 19. Bd2 O-O 20. g3 Rae8 21. h4 f5
22. exf6 Bxf6 23. Nb2 e5 24. Nd3 Re6 25. f4 Bxh4 26. Qg4 Bxg3 27. Qxg3 exf4 28.
Rxe6 Qxe6 29. Nxf4 Qd6 30. Re6 Qc7 31. Re4 d3 32. Qg4 Ne5 33. Qe6+ Nf7 34. Kg2
Qd8 35. Nd5 Kh8 36. Qe7 Qc8 37. Rf4 Re8 38. Qxf7 Re2+ 39. Kg3 h5 1-0

[Event "Warsaw AIG Life rapid pl 5/8"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2002.12.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Markowski, Tomasz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2002.12.22"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Qb6 6. c3 d6 7. Be3 Qc7 8. c4
Nf6 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Rc1 b6 11. O-O g6 12. f4 Bg7 13. b4 O-O 14. Nb3 Rb8 15. Kh1
Bb7 16. a3 Rfe8 17. Qe2 Ba8 18. Rc2 Rbc8 19. Nd2 Qb8 20. Bg1 Red8 21. Rfc1 Bb7
22. Be3 Ba8 23. Kg1 Bb7 24. Kh1 Ba8 25. Nf3 Re8 26. Bd2 Red8 27. Ng5 Re8 28.
Rf1 Bb7 29. Rcc1 Ba8 30. Be3 Bb7 31. Bg1 Ba8 32. Qd2 Bb7 33. h3 Ba8 34. Bh2 h6
35. Nf3 Nh7 36. f5 exf5 37. exf5 g5 38. c5 bxc5 39. Bxa6 cxb4 40. axb4 Rc6 41.
b5 Rxc3 42. Rxc3 Bxc3 43. Qxc3 Nhf6 44. Rc1 Ne4 45. Qc7 Ndc5 46. Qxb8 Rxb8 47.
Bxd6 Nxd6 48. Rxc5 Bxf3 49. gxf3 Kg7 50. Kg2 Kf6 51. Rc6 Ke5 52. f6 Kd5 53. Rc1
Rb6 54. Rc7 Nxb5 55. Bxb5 Rxb5 56. Rxf7 Ke6 57. Rh7 Kxf6 58. Rxh6+ Kf5 59. Rc6
Ra5 60. Kg3 Rb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Warsaw AIG Life rapid pl 5/8"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2002.12.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kengis, Edvins"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2002.12.22"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d4 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Nb6 8.
Nc3 Nc6 9. e3 a5 10. d5 Ne5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. e4 e6 13. Bh6 Re8 14. Rc1 exd5
15. exd5 Bf5 16. b3 Qd7 17. Re1 Bh8 18. Qd2 Bh3 19. Bh1 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Re8 21.
Ne4 Re5 22. Qxa5 Rh5 23. Qd2 Re5 24. Qb4 Qd8 25. Bg5 Qe8 26. d6 Nd5 27. Qxb7
cxd6 28. Qxd5 h6 29. Bf4 1-0

[Event "Warsaw AIG Life rapid qf2"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2002.12.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2002.12.22"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. f3 e5 4. Ne2 Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. Nbc3 c6 7. Be3 Be6 8. d5
cxd5 9. cxd5 Bd7 10. g4 Na6 11. Ng3 Ne8 12. Qd2 Rc8 13. Bxa6 bxa6 14. Bxa7 Bg5
15. Be3 Bxe3 16. Qxe3 Qa5 17. Kf2 g6 18. Rac1 Ng7 19. a3 f5 20. gxf5 gxf5 21.
exf5 Bxf5 22. Kg2 Rb8 23. Qe2 Bg6 24. Rhf1 Rb7 25. Rf2 Nh5 26. Nxh5 Bxh5 27.
Qe3 Kh8 28. Rcf1 Rg7+ 29. Kh1 Rgf7 30. f4 Qc5 31. Qxc5 dxc5 1-0

[Event "Warsaw AIG Life rapid qf2"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2002.12.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Chernin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2002.12.22"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8.
Ng3 Be7 9. c4 O-O 10. b3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 c6 12. Bb2 Qa5 13. a3 b5 14. cxb5 cxb5
15. Rfe1 Nd5 16. Nf5 N7f6 17. Nxe7+ Nxe7 18. Bc3 Qd8 19. Bxb5 Nfd5 20. Bb2 Qb6
21. Bc4 Rfd8 22. Rad1 Nc6 23. b4 Rac8 24. Bd3 Nf6 25. d5 Nxd5 26. Qe4 g6 27. h4
Nde7 28. Bc4 Nf5 29. Bxe6 fxe6 30. Qxe6+ 1-0

[Event "Warsaw AIG Life rapid qf2"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2002.12.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2002.12.22"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. e5 dxe5 7. Nxe5 Qc7
8. d4 cxd4 9. Bf4 Qb6 10. Nd2 Nc6 11. Ndc4 Qc5 12. Qf3 e6 13. Rad1 Rd8 14. Rfe1
Be7 15. Qb3 Qb4 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Ne5 Rc8 18. Qg3 Nh5 19. Qf3 Nxf4 20. Qxf4 O-O
21. Qxd4 c5 22. Qd7 Bf6 23. Nxf7 Bd4 24. Qxe6 Bxf2+ 25. Kh1 Rc7 26. Nd8+ Kh8
27. Qd6 Kg8 28. Qe6+ Kh8 29. Qd6 Kg8 30. Rf1 Qb6 31. Qxb6 axb6 32. Ne6 1-0

[Event "Warsaw AIG Life rapid qf2"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2002.12.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2002.12.22"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O b5 8. Bb3
Be7 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. Qg3 O-O 11. Bh6 Ne8 12. Rad1 b4 13. Nce2 Bf6 14. c3 bxc3 15.
Nxc3 Be5 16. Qg4 Kh8 17. Be3 Bxd4 18. Bxd4 e5 19. Qg3 exd4 20. Rxd4 Be6 21. Nd5
Bxd5 22. Bxd5 Ra7 23. Bb3 Nc6 24. Rd2 Ne5 25. Rfd1 Nf6 26. Rxd6 Nc4 27. Rxf6
gxf6 28. Qh4 Ne5 29. Qxf6+ Kg8 30. h4 Qe7 31. Qf5 Kh8 32. g3 Rd7 33. Bd5 f6 34.
Kg2 Qg7 35. Qe6 Qg4 36. Qxg4 Nxg4 37. Rc1 f5 38. Rc2 fxe4 39. Be6 Rg7 40. b4
Ne5 0-1

[Event "Warsaw AIG Life rapid qf2"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2002.12.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2002.12.22"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Be3 b5 9. Nxc6 Qxc6 10. Re1 Bb7 11. a3 Be7 12. f3 Qc7 13. Qd2 O-O 14. Qf2 Rac8
15. Rad1 d6 16. Kh1 Rfe8 17. Qg3 Nh5 18. Qh3 g6 19. Ne2 Bf6 20. g4 Ng7 21. c3
d5 22. Ng3 Be5 23. Bd4 Bxd4 24. cxd4 e5 25. exd5 Bxd5 26. Be4 Bb3 27. Rd3 Bc4
28. Rc1 Qe7 29. Rdd1 exd4 30. Rxd4 Ne6 31. Nf5 Qg5 32. Rdd1 gxf5 33. Bxf5 h6
34. Qg3 Rcd8 35. Re1 Qf6 36. h4 Nd4 37. Be4 Ne2 38. Rxe2 Bxe2 39. g5 hxg5 40.
hxg5 Qh8+ 41. Kg1 Qd4+ 0-1

[Event "Warsaw AIG Life rapid qf2"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2002.12.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Chernin, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2002.12.22"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. g3 d5 6. Qc2 c5 7. Bxb4 axb4 8.
dxc5 Qa5 9. Nbd2 Qxc5 10. Qd3 Nc6 11. cxd5 Rxa2 12. Rb1 exd5 13. Nb3 Qe7 14.
Bg2 O-O 15. O-O Re8 16. Nfd4 Ne5 17. Qb5 Nc4 18. Rfc1 b6 19. Nc6 Qd6 20. Nbd4
Nd2 21. Qxb4 Qxb4 22. Nxb4 Ra4 23. Nbc6 Nxb1 24. Rxb1 Kf8 25. b4 Bg4 26. Bf3
Bxf3 27. exf3 g6 28. Kg2 Ra2 29. h3 Nd7 30. Rd1 Rb2 31. b5 Nc5 32. Kf1 Ra8 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2003.01.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2003.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Be7 10. Kb1 b5 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Qxd6 Qxd6 14.
Rxd6 Rc8 15. Ne2 Ke7 16. Rd3 Rhd8 17. Nc1 a5 18. a3 b4 19. axb4 axb4 20. Rxd8
Rxd8 21. Be2 h5 22. Nd3 Rd4 23. h4 Bb5 24. g3 b3 25. Re1 Bxd3 26. Bxd3 Be5 27.
f4 Bd6 28. Re3 bxc2+ 29. Kxc2 Bc5 30. Rf3 Ra4 31. e5 Bd4 32. Be2 g6 33. Rb3 Bf2
34. Rf3 Be1 35. Bd3 Kf8 36. Re3 Bf2 37. Rf3 Be1 38. Kd1 Ra1+ 39. Ke2 Bb4 40.
Bb5 Ra2 41. Rb3 Ba3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2003.01.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2003.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. c3 Qd7 {A rare move in this position. The alternatives 10..
.0-0 and 10...Nc5 are far more popular.} 11. Qe2 {This continuation is
probably not very promising for white.} (11. Bc2 Bf5 12. Nd4 Bg6 {- see the
game Luther,T-Krasenkow,M/Asti 1996/CBM 57}) (11. Re1 Nc5 12. Nd4 Nxb3 13.
N2xb3 Nd8 14. f4 c5 15. f5 cxd4 16. fxe6 Nxe6 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 O-O $11 {
1/2-1/2 Plaskett,J-Krasenkow,M/Hastings 1993/CBM 33 ext (42)}) 11... Nc5 12.
Bc2 {This position can also arise after the following order of moves: 10...Nc5
11.Bc2 Qd7 12.Qe2.} Bf5 13. Nb3 Bxc2 14. Qxc2 Ne6 15. Be3 O-O 16. Rad1 f6 17.
exf6 Rxf6 $146 {This recapture is more logical, than 17...Bxf6.} (17... Bxf6
18. Rd2 Ne7 19. Nc5 Nxc5 20. Bxc5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Tancsa,R-Forgo,E/Pecs 1998/EXT
2000 (33)}) 18. Qd3 Rd8 19. Rfe1 h6 (19... Nf4 20. Bxf4 Rxf4 21. Re2 {and
white has some pressure along the central files.}) 20. Kh1 {A mistery move
from the first sight, but white is preparing 21.Bd4, which is not good right
now.} (20. Bd4 $2 Nf4 21. Qf1 Rg6 $36) 20... Bf8 (20... Qe8 21. Nbd4 $14) 21.
Bd4 (21. Rd2 $6 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Ge1d1]} Qf7 $132 {[%cal Gf6f3]}) 21... Nf4 22.
Qf1 Rf7 (22... Rg6 $6 23. g3) 23. Be3 Ng6 24. Bc5 Rf6 25. Re3 (25. Bxf8 $6
Rdxf8 26. Nc5 Qf7 {with a very strong pressure along the "f" file.}) 25... Qf7
26. Rd2 Rf5 ({There was interesting tactical possibility:} 26... Na5 27. Nxa5
Bxc5 28. Nb7 Bxe3 29. Nxd8 Qd7 30. fxe3 Qxd8 31. c4 bxc4 32. Qxc4 {=/+/=}) 27.
Nfd4 Nxd4 28. cxd4 Bd6 29. Bxd6 cxd6 $1 {[%csl Yc5,Ye5][%cal Yd6c5,Yd6e5]
Right recapture. It is important to cover the weak fields c5 and e5. The
activity of black's pieces compensates the double pawns.} 30. Nc1 {Ivanchuk is
trying to find better pastures for his knight.} b4 {Gaining some space on the
queenside and preventing the possible transfer of white's rook via the third
rank as well.} 31. f3 (31. Rc2 $5) 31... Qc7 32. Re1 a5 33. Ne2 Rf7 34. Rc1 Qb7
35. Qf2 Re8 36. Ng1 {In this approximately equal position draw was agreed.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2003.01.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2003.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 Nf6 8.
Nc4 b5 9. Ne3 Be7 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O Rb8 12. Ncd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Na5 14. a4 b4
15. Bd2 f5 16. c3 bxc3 17. Bxc3 e4 18. Bc2 Bf6 19. g3 Bd7 20. Rb1 Nb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2003.01.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2003.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3
d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. O-O Nf6 13. Rc1 Rc8 14. e4 c5 15.
exd5 exd5 16. dxc5 d4 17. Bb2 bxc5 18. Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2003.01.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2003.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Be2 Nc6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Qc7 8. O-O
Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Bc5 10. Qd3 b6 11. a3 Bb7 12. b4 Be7 13. Be3 O-O 14. Rac1 d6 15.
Rfd1 Rab8 16. Bf4 Rfd8 17. Qe3 Rbc8 18. h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2003.01.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2003.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 Bb4 6. a3 Bxd2+ 7. Nxd2 Bb7 8.
Nf3 d5 9. cxd5 Bxd5 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Bf4 c5 13. dxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2003.01.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2003.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. b3 Bf5 7. Bd3 e6 8. Bxf5
exf5 9. O-O Bd6 10. Qc2 g6 11. Bd2 O-O 12. Rfc1 Nbd7 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. a4 b4
15. Ne2 Rc8 16. Qd3 Qb6 17. Rc2 Qb7 18. Rac1 Nb6 19. Ne5 Rxc2 20. Rxc2 Rc8 21.
f3 Nbd7 22. Nxd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2003.01.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2003.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. Bxc6+ {Quite popular line, ten year ago} (4.
O-O Bd7 5. Re1 {was the main hit}) 4... bxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. d3 Nf6 7. Bg5 (7. c3
e6 8. Bg5 Be7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Qa4 Bxf3 11. Nxf3 Qc7 12. Rfe1 Rfb8 13. Re2 e5
14. d4 exd4 15. cxd4 Rb4 16. Qa3 Rab8 $13 {1/2-1/2 Rublevsky,S-Tiviakov,S/
Russia (ch) 1996/ (39)}) (7. Nbd2 Nd7 8. h3 Bh5 9. c3 e6 10. Qa4 Qc7 11. Re1
Be7 12. d4 O-O 13. c4 Bf6 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Qa3 a5 16. e5 Be7 17. exd6 Bxd6 18.
Qc3 Rfd8 $14 {0-1 Skripchenko,A-Babula,V/Valle d'Aosta op 2002/ (27)}) 7... Nd7
$146 {Deviating from the theory at very early stage} (7... e5 8. Nbd2 Be7 9.
Nc4 O-O 10. Ne3 Be6 11. c3 h6 12. Bh4 g6 13. Qc2 g5 14. Bg3 Nh5 15. Rfd1 f6 16.
d4 cxd4 17. cxd4 $14 {Maiko,J-Chistiakov,A/Kiev op 1998/1-0 (51)}) 8. Nbd2 f6
$5 {Interesting and brave idea} 9. Bh4 (9. Be3 $5 {[%cal Gc2c3,Gd3d4]}) 9... e5
{[%csl Rh4]} 10. Nc4 Be7 (10... h5 $5 11. h3 Be6 12. Bg3 g5 $132) 11. Ne3 Be6
12. c3 (12. Nf5 Bxf5 13. exf5 O-O $15) 12... Rb8 13. b3 d5 {[%csl Gc5,Gd5,Ge5]
Even from the first look it is easy to see that Black solved all opening
problems - he has couple of bishops and strong pawn center.} 14. Nd2 (14. Nf5
$5) 14... g6 {Taking f5 square under the control} 15. Bg3 (15. Rc1 $5) 15... d4
16. Nc2 (16. Nec4 $5 dxc3 $140 17. Nb1) 16... g5 {Topalov is getting more amd
more space.} 17. f3 Nf8 {[%cal Gf8g6,Gg6f4]} 18. Be1 Ng6 19. Nc4 Qd7 (19... Nf4
$5) 20. Nb2 $5 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Gb2a4] Bringing knight on a4 and at least
organizing some preassure on c5 pawn.} O-O 21. Na3 {[%cal Ga3c4,Gb2a4]} (21.
Na4 $5) 21... f5 22. Nac4 g4 (22... f4 {[%cal Gh7h5,Gg5g4] also worth
considering}) 23. cxd4 cxd4 24. exf5 Rxf5 25. Bg3 (25. fxg4 $143 $6 Rxf1+ 26.
Kxf1 Bxg4 $17) 25... Rbf8 26. Qe2 {[%csl Re5]} gxf3 27. Rxf3 Rxf3 28. gxf3 Bd5
29. Nd2 $1 {[%cal Gd2e4] Knight on e4 will be good defender.} (29. Nxe5 Nxe5
30. Bxe5 Bxf3 $36) 29... Qf5 (29... Bg5 $5 30. Nbc4 Qf5 $36) 30. Nbc4 Bb4 31.
Rf1 h5 $5 32. h4 $8 Kh7 (32... Nf4 33. Bxf4 Qxf4 34. Ne4 Bxc4 35. bxc4 Qxh4 $15
) 33. Ne4 Be7 34. Qh2 Nf4 (34... Bxc4 35. dxc4 $5) 35. Bxf4 exf4 (35... Qxf4
36. Qxf4 exf4 37. Rf2 $13) 36. Rf2 $1 a5 {Topalov played all game in very
active style!} (36... Rg8+ 37. Rg2) 37. Kf1 (37. Rg2 $5) 37... a4 38. bxa4 Bxc4
$2 {Terrible mistake!} ({After} 38... Bxe4 $1 39. dxe4 (39. fxe4 Qg4 {[%csl
Ge7,Rf1,Gg4]}) 39... Qe6 $19 {Topalov will be very close to victory which he
surely deserves.}) 39. dxc4 Qa5 40. Rb2 Qxa4 41. Qe2 Qa3 42. Rb7 (42. Rb7 Kh6
$1 43. Ng5 Bxg5 44. hxg5+ Kxg5 45. Qe5+ Rf5 46. Rg7+ Kh6 47. Rh7+ $1 $11)
1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2003.01.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2003.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 e6 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. b3 Re8 12. Bb2 Qe7 13. Bf1 Rad8 14. a4 Rc8 15.
Ba3 Qd8 16. Rab1 a5 17. Qe2 Bf8 18. Qb2 Ra8 19. Bxf8 Rxf8 20. b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2003.01.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2003.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. c4 Nf6 7. Nc3 Bg4 8. d4
exd4 9. Ne2 Bxf3 10. gxf3 Nd7 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Nxd4 c5 13. Nc6 Qf6 14. Qb3 Rc8
15. Qb7 Nb6 16. a4 d5 17. a5 Bd6 18. axb6 O-O 19. e5 Qg6+ 20. Kh1 Qd3 21. Be3
1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2003.01.24"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2003.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. e3
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. d5 Na5 11. Nd4 Bd7 12. e4 c6 13. Re1 cxd5 14. exd5 Rc8 15.
Bf4 Nac4 16. b3 Bg4 17. Qxg4 Bxd4 18. Bd2 Bf6 19. bxc4 Nxc4 20. d6 Nxd2 21. d7
Rxc3 22. dxe8=Q+ Qxe8 23. Rac1 b5 24. Qb4 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Nc4 26. a4 a6 27. axb5
axb5 28. Rb1 Nd6 29. Bf1 Kg7 30. Bxb5 Qc8 31. Bd3 h5 32. Qe1 Qc5 33. Rc1 Qb6
34. Rc2 Qa7 35. Qe2 Qb6 36. Qf3 Qb1+ 37. Kg2 Qb3 38. Re2 Qb4 39. Qe3 Qb7+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2003.01.25"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2003.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. e3 c5 7. Bd2 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 b6 9. Nf3 Bb7 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. O-O Rc8 12. c4 Qe4 (12... Qd6 13. Bc3 Bxf3
(13... cxd4 14. Nxd4 Qc5 15. Qa4 a6 16. Bb4 $14) 14. Bxf3 cxd4 15. Bxd4 e5 16.
Bb2 $11) 13. Bd3 Qg4 14. d5 $5 {[%mdl 4] Bareev have started the magnificient
concept with an attempt to refute black's build up. It is not fair to blame
him for the fact, that with most exact play black could have defended
sucessfully.} (14. h3 Qh5 15. Be2 O-O $11) 14... exd5 15. cxd5 Bxd5 (15... Nxd5
16. Bf5 Qh5 (16... Nb4 17. Bxb4 Qxb4 18. Rfb1 Qa3 19. Bxd7+ Kxd7 20. Qf5+ Ke7
21. Ng5 $18) 17. Qe4+ Kd8 18. g4 Qh6 19. Bxd7 Kxd7 20. Ne5+ $16) 16. e4 $1 Bb7
(16... Bxe4 $2 17. Rfe1 $18) (16... Nxe4 17. Rae1 (17. h3 Qe6 18. Rae1 f5 19.
Ng5 Qf6 20. f3 Qd4+ 21. Be3 Qc3 22. fxe4 Qxc2 23. Bxc2 $18) 17... f5 18. Ng5
Ne5 (18... O-O 19. f3 Qh4 20. fxe4 fxe4 21. Bc4 $18) 19. Bb5+ Kd8 20. f3 Nxf3+
21. Nxf3 $18) 17. h3 Qh5 (17... Qe6 18. e5 Nd5 19. Bf5 Qc6 20. e6 fxe6 21. Bxe6
Nc7 22. Bf5 O-O 23. Bxh7+ Kh8 24. Rfe1 $14) 18. e5 Nd5 $6 {This jump still
manages to keep good chances, but Ivanchuk is accepting a big risk factor. Two
other moves would have promised a bit more peaceful life.} (18... c4 19. exf6 (
19. Bf5 g6 $1 $17) 19... cxd3 20. fxg7 (20. Qxd3 O-O 21. Qxd7 Bxf3 22. gxf3
Rcd8 $15) 20... Rg8 21. Rfe1+ Kd8 22. Bg5+ Qxg5 (22... f6 23. Qb3 Rxg7 24. Nd4
$1 $16) 23. Qxc8+ Kxc8 24. Nxg5 Rxg7 25. Ne4 $11) (18... Bxf3 $5 19. exf6 (19.
gxf3 Nxe5 20. Rae1 O-O $19) 19... gxf6 $1 20. Rfe1+ Ne5 (20... Kd8 $6 21. gxf3
Qxh3 22. Bf4 Rg8+ 23. Bg3 $16) 21. Bf4 (21. gxf3 Rg8+ 22. Kf1 Qxh3+ 23. Ke2
Qxf3+ 24. Kf1 Qg2+ $15) 21... Rg8 22. Bg3 Bc6 23. Bxh7 $13) 19. Rae1 Nb4 (19...
O-O 20. Ng5 $1 Nb4 (20... h6 21. Ba6 Qxg5 22. Bxg5 Bxa6 23. Qd1 hxg5 24. Qxd5
$16) (20... g6 21. Be2 Qh4 22. Bg4 Bc6 23. e6 $18) 21. Bxh7+ Kh8 22. Qb1 Ba6 (
22... g6 23. e6 Nf6 24. Nxf7+ Kxh7 25. Re5 Qh4 26. Bg5 $18) (22... Bd5 23. a3
$1 (23. Bf5 Bxa2 24. Qa1 Rcd8 25. g4 Qh4 26. Bxb4 (26. Nh7 $2 Qxh3 27. Re3 Qh4
28. Nxf8 Bd5 $17) 26... Qxg5 27. Qxa2 cxb4 28. Qxa7 Nc5 29. Qxb6 $14) 23... Nc6
24. Bf5 Ncxe5 25. f4 Nc4 26. Qd3 Nxd2 27. Qxd2 Nf6 28. Bxc8 Rxc8 29. Re5 $16)
23. Bf5 Bxf1 24. Kxf1 Rc7 25. Bg4 Qg6 26. Qxg6 fxg6 27. Bxb4 cxb4 28. Ne6 $18)
20. Bxb4 cxb4 (20... Bxf3 21. gxf3 Qg5+ (21... Qxh3 22. Bf5 $16) 22. Kh1 Qh4
23. Bf5 Qxb4 24. e6 $18) 21. Qd2 Bxf3 (21... O-O 22. Ng5 h6 23. Nxf7 $5 (23.
Bh7+ Kh8 24. Qxd7 Bxg2 25. Nxf7+ Kxh7 26. Kxg2 Qg6+ 27. Kh2 Qxf7 $11) 23... Rc3
24. Re3 (24. Nd6 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Qf3+ 26. Kg1 Rxd3 $19) 24... Qxf7 (24... Rxf7
25. e6 $14 Rf8 26. exd7 Qd5 27. Bc4 Qxc4 28. Re8 Rd3 29. Qe2 $18) 25. e6 Qf6
26. exd7 Bc6 27. Bb5 Bxb5 28. Qd5+ Qf7 29. d8=Q $14) 22. e6 $3 Nf6 (22... Ne5
23. exf7+ Kxf7 (23... Kf8 24. Bf5 $1 Qxf5 25. Qd6+ Kxf7 26. Rxe5 Qf6 27. Qd7+
Kg6 28. Re6 $16) 24. Qf4+ Ke6 25. g4 Rhf8 26. Bc4+ Rxc4 27. Qxc4+ Bd5 28. Qd4
Kd6 29. Qxb4+ Kd7 30. Qa4+ Kd8 31. gxh5 Nf3+ 32. Kg2 Nxe1+ 33. Kg3 Rf3+ 34. Kh2
$18) (22... fxe6 23. Rxe6+ Kd8 $1 (23... Kf7 24. Bg6+ hxg6 25. Qxd7+ Kg8 26.
Qxc8+ Kh7 27. Qd7 $18) (23... Kf8 24. Bc4 (24. Ba6 Bd5 25. Rd6 $18) 24... Rxc4
25. Qxd7 Re4 26. Qe7+ Kg8 27. Rxe4 Bxe4 28. Rc1 Bf5 29. Rc7 $18) 24. gxf3 (24.
Rd6 Bc6 25. Be4 Ba4 26. Qxb4 Qa5 $19) 24... Rc5 $1 25. Rd6 (25. Qxb4 Qxh3 26.
Qg4 Qxg4+ 27. fxg4 Rd5 $17) 25... Ke7 (25... Qxh3 26. Bb5 Rxb5 27. Rd1 Rc5 28.
Rxd7+ Kc8 29. Rxa7 Qxf3 30. Rxg7 $11) 26. Rd4 Qg5+ 27. Qxg5+ Rxg5+ 28. Kh2 Ne5
29. Re1 Rd8 $17) 23. Qf4 O-O $2 {Even the world's best players are not
machines and under pressure they make mistake and inaccuracies. The defender
is sidestepping the last chance to punish Bareev for very courageous concept,
after the castling it will be white who celebrates victory.} (23... Bd5 $1 24.
Qd6 (24. Ba6 Qg6 25. f3 O-O 26. e7 Rfe8 27. Bxc8 Rxc8 28. Qc7 Re8 $17) (24. Re5
Qh6 25. Bb5+ Ke7 26. Qxb4+ Rc5 $19) (24. e7 Nd7 25. Bf5 (25. Bb5 Qg6 26. f3 Be6
27. Rxe6 Qxe6 28. Rd1 Rc6 $19) 25... Bc6 26. Rc1 Qh6 27. Qxh6 gxh6 $19) 24...
fxe6 25. Rxe6+ (25. Re5 Qh6 26. Rxe6+ Bxe6 27. Qxe6+ Kd8 28. Bf5 Kc7 29. Qe7+
Kb8 $19) 25... Bxe6 (25... Kf7 26. Rxf6+ gxf6 27. Qd7+ Kf8 28. Qxc8+ Kg7 29.
Qc7+ $14) 26. Qxe6+ Kd8 27. Bf5 Rc7 28. Qd6+ Nd7 29. Bxd7 Qc5 $19) 24. e7 Rfe8
25. Re5 $1 Nd5 (25... Qh6 26. Qxf3 Rc3 27. Qe2 $16) 26. Qg3 Nxe7 (26... Qh6 27.
Qxf3 Nxe7 28. Bb5 (28. Rfe1 Rc1 29. Bb5 Qd2 30. Kf1 Rxe1+ 31. Rxe1 Rd8 32. Rxe7
Qxa2 33. g3 $16) 28... Qf6 (28... f6 29. Re6 Kf8 30. Bxe8 Rxe8 31. Rfe1 $18)
29. Qxf6 gxf6 30. Re3 Kf8 31. Bxe8 Kxe8 32. Rfe1 $16) 27. Rxh5 Bxh5 28. Re1 Nd5
(28... Bg6 29. Bb5 Nf5 30. Rxe8+ Rxe8 31. Qc7 Re1+ 32. Kh2 $16) 29. Rxe8+ Rxe8
30. Bc4 $1 {Black pieces are too poorly coordinated so his resistance will be
very short.} Nc3 31. Qc7 b5 32. Bb3 a6 (32... a5 33. Qxa5 Bg6 34. Qxb4 $18) 33.
f4 Ne2+ (33... a5 34. Qxa5 Bg6 35. Qxb4 $18) 34. Kh2 (34. Kh2 a5 35. g4 a4 36.
Bd5 Nc3 37. Qd7 Rf8 38. gxh5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2003.01.26"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D28"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2003.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Qe2 b5 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. a4 b4 12. Nbd2 Bb7 13. Nb3 Na5 $2 {[%mdl 32]
From higher point of view this solution represents a small crime. Black his
voluntarily giving up very important dark squared bishop and on top of it
locates the knight on the ugly square at the edge of a board.} (13... Bd6 14.
e4 O-O 15. Bg5 Ng4 16. g3 h6 17. Bd2 $11) 14. Nxc5 Qxc5 15. e4 Nb3 16. Rb1 O-O
(16... Nxc1 17. Rbxc1 Qa5 (17... Qh5 18. Rc7 $16) 18. Nd2 O-O 19. Nc4 $16) 17.
Be3 Qh5 (17... Qc6 18. Bc2 Nc5 19. e5 $16) (17... Qc7 18. Bc2 Nc5 19. Rbc1 Ng4
20. Bd4 $14) 18. Qc2 Na5 19. Rbc1 (19. Qc5 Qxc5 20. Bxc5 Rfd8 21. Bxb4 Rxd3 $1
22. Rxd3 Bxe4 $11) 19... Rad8 $2 {Ponomariov is again demonstarting very poor
form, his pieces have no chance of holding on the dark squares.} (19... Rac8
20. Qe2 Nxe4 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Bxa6 Nf6 $14) 20. Bb6 Rd6 (20... Rxd3 21. Qxd3
Bxe4 22. Qxa6 Bxf3 23. Rc8 Ne8 (23... Qg4 24. Rxf8+ Kxf8 25. Qc8+ $18) 24. gxf3
$18) 21. Qc5 $1 Qxc5 (21... Rxd3 22. Rxd3 Bxe4 23. Qxh5 Nxh5 24. Re3 $18) 22.
Bxc5 Rd7 (22... Rxd3 23. Rxd3 Rc8 24. Rcd1 Nc6 25. Bxb4 Nxe4 26. Ba3 $18) (
22... Rc6 23. Ne5 Rfc8 24. Nxc6 Nxc6 25. f3 $18) 23. Ne5 Rdd8 (23... Rxd3 24.
Rxd3 Rc8 25. Rcd1 $18) 24. Bxb4 Nb3 25. Rc3 $18 {In this phase the game only
varies the cat and mouse theme, black just have to find the appropriate moment
for the innevitable capitulation.} (25. Rc7 Bxe4 26. Bxf8 Kxf8 27. Rxf7+ Kg8
28. Rc7 $18) 25... Rfe8 (25... Nd4 26. Bxf8 Kxf8 27. Rc7 $18) 26. Rxb3 Bxe4 27.
f3 Bf5 28. Rd2 Rb8 29. Bxa6 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 12th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2003.03.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 c5 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O Nf6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nbd2 Ke7 10. Be2 Bd7 11. Ne5 Bb5 12. Nec4 Nbd7 13. Nb3 Bb4 14.
Nd4 Bxc4 15. Bxc4 Rac8 16. Be2 Rhd8 17. a3 Bc5 18. Nb3 Ne4 19. f3 Nef6 20. Bd2
Nd5 21. Kf2 Bb6 22. Rac1 f5 23. g3 g5 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Rc1 Rxc1 26. Bxc1 f4
27. Bd3 h6 28. Ke2 Bxe3 29. Bxe3 Nxe3 30. Be4 b6 31. Bd3 a5 32. Nd4 Nf6 33.
gxf4 gxf4 34. Nb5 e5 35. Nc3 Kd6 36. Kd2 Kc5 37. Na4+ Kc6 38. Nc3 Nfd5 39. Ne4
b5 40. Be2 Nf5 41. Kd3 Nd4 42. Nf2 Ne3 43. Ne4 Nc4 44. b4 a4 45. Bf1 Nxa3 46.
Nd2 Nac2 47. Kc3 a3 0-1

[Event "Amber-blindfold 12th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2003.03.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Qc2 Na6 10. a3 f5 11. Nc3 Nc7 12. Ne2 Ne6 13. b4 a5 14. Bd2 Bd7 15. Rfb1
Be8 16. Ng3 g5 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. bxa5 g4 19. Bxe4 fxe4 20. Ne1 h5 21. Bb4 Bxb4
22. Rxb4 h4 23. Nf1 Bc6 24. Qd2 Nf4 25. Rb6 Qg5 26. Ra2 Rf6 27. Rab2 Qg6 28. a4
Raf8 29. a6 Nh3+ 30. gxh3 gxh3+ 31. Kh1 bxa6 32. Rb8 Bxa4 33. Qe3 Qg4 34. Rxf8+
Rxf8 35. Qh6 Bb5 36. Ne3 Qg7 37. Qe6+ Kh7 38. Qxh3 Qxd4 39. Qxh4+ Kg6 40. Qg4+
Kh7 41. Nf5 Qf6 42. Rb3 Bf1 43. Qh5+ 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 12th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2003.03.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Qb6 6. c3 d6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Be3
Qc7 9. c4 Be7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Rc1 Re8 12. f3 Nbd7 13. Qd2 b6 14. Rfd1 Bb7 15.
Bf1 Rac8 16. Kh1 Qb8 17. Bg1 Ba8 18. a3 Kh8 19. b4 g5 20. Qxg5 Nxe4 21. Qh5
Nef6 22. Qh6 Rg8 23. Qe3 Ne5 24. Na4 Rg6 25. Nb3 Rcg8 26. Nd2 Nh5 27. Nxb6 Bg5
28. Qc3 Bc6 29. c5 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 12th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2003.03.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qb3 d5 6. cxd5 Qxd5 7. Qc2 Nc6 8. Nc3
Nb4 9. Qd1 Qf5 10. Bf4 Nc2+ 11. Kd2 Nxa1 12. Qa4+ b5 13. Qxa6 Bb4 14. Qc6+ Kf8
15. e4 Qxe4 16. Qxe4 Nxe4+ 17. Ke3 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Bxc3 19. Bxb5 Rb8 20. Kd3 Bb2
21. Bc4 Ke7 22. Rb1 Rb7 23. Ne5 Rb6 24. Nc6+ Rxc6 25. Rxb2 Rb6 26. Re2 Rb1 27.
d5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 12th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2003.03.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 a6 7. O-O c5 8. dxc5
Bxc5 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Ne5 Ke7 11. Be2 Bd7 12. Bf3 Ra7 13. Rd1 Rc8 14. b3 Bd6
15. Nc4 Bc5 16. Ne5 Bd6 17. Bb2 Be8 18. a4 Nc6 19. Nc4 Bc5 20. Nc3 b6 21. Nxb6
Rb8 22. a5 Kf8 23. Nca4 Bb4 24. Rac1 Nxa5 25. Be5 Rab7 26. Bxb7 Rxb7 27. Rc8
Ke7 28. Ra8 Nd5 29. Nc8+ Kd7 30. e4 f6 31. Bg3 Bh5 32. f3 Bc5+ 33. Nxc5+ 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 12th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2003.03.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 Re8 10. Nc3 Bb4 11. Bd2 Na5 12. Nd5 Nxb3 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. axb3 Bf8
15. c4 b4 16. Nh2 Qe6 17. Qf3 a5 18. Ng4 Ra6 19. Ne3 Bc5 20. Nf5 Bf8 21. Ne3
Bc5 22. Nd5 Qd6 23. Be3 Bxe3 24. Qxe3 c5 25. f4 exf4 26. Qxf4 Qxf4 27. Nxf4 Kf8
28. Kf2 Rea8 29. Ke3 a4 30. bxa4 Rxa4 31. Rxa4 Rxa4 32. d4 d6 33. dxc5 dxc5 34.
Nd3 Ra5 35. Rf1 Bc8 36. Nf4 g5 37. Nd5 Ra2 38. Rf2 Be6 39. Kd3 Ra1 40. Ne3 h5
41. Rf1 Ra2 42. Kc2 h4 43. Rd1 Ra8 44. Rd6 Ke7 45. Rc6 Ra5 46. Nd5+ Kd7 47. Rb6
Ra1 48. Ne3 Kc7 49. Rb5 Kd6 50. Kd3 Rb1 51. Kc2 Rg1 52. Kd3 Rb1 53. Kc2 Ra1 54.
Kd3 Rb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 12th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2003.03.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2807"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Qc7 5. O-O Nd4 6. Re1 a6 7. Bf1 e5 8. h3
Nxf3+ 9. Qxf3 d6 10. a4 Be6 11. b3 Be7 12. Bc4 Qa5 13. Bb2 O-O 14. Re2 Bxc4 15.
bxc4 Qb4 16. Nd1 Qxc4 17. Ne3 Qe6 18. a5 Rfb8 19. c4 b5 20. axb6 Rxb6 21. Bc3
Rb3 22. Ree1 Qd7 23. Qd1 Qb7 24. Qc2 Bf8 25. Ng4 Nxg4 26. hxg4 Rb8 27. Ra2 Qc8
28. f3 Be7 29. Rea1 Qe6 30. Qd3 Qh6 31. Rxa6 Qh4 32. Qf1 h5 33. Qe1 Qg5 34.
gxh5 Qxh5 35. Ra8 Rxa8 36. Rxa8+ Kh7 37. Ra1 Bg5 38. Qf2 Qh6 39. Re1 Qe6 40.
Qg3 Bh6 41. Qh3 Qxh3 42. gxh3 Ra3 43. Rb1 Ra2 44. Rb2 Rxb2 45. Bxb2 Bxd2 46.
Kf1 Kg6 47. Ke2 Ba5 48. Bc1 f5 49. Kf1 f4 50. Ke2 Kg5 51. Kf1 Bc3 52. Kg2 Kf6
53. Kf1 Bb4 54. Ke2 Kg5 55. Kf1 Kh4 56. Kg2 Bc3 57. Ba3 Bd4 58. Bc1 Be3 59. Bb2
Bd2 60. Ba1 Kg5 61. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 12th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2003.03.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Qd7 11. Nc3 Nd8 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Re8 14. Nf5 Ne6 15.
Qf3 c5 16. Be3 c4 17. Ba2 Rac8 18. Rad1 Bf8 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 Nc5 21. Bd4
Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Re8 23. Nh6+ Kh8 24. Nxf7+ Kg8 25. Nh6+ gxh6 26. Qg3+ Kf7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 12th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2003.03.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8. d4
Bxe4 9. Bg5 Bd5 10. c4 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 cxd4 12. Qxb7 Qc8 13. Qf3 e5 14. Nd2 Nd7
15. Nb3 f6 16. Bd2 Be7 17. Qe2 Nb6 18. Rac1 Ra7 19. f4 O-O 20. c5 dxc5 21. fxe5
fxe5 22. Qxe5 Qf5 23. Nxc5 Qf2+ 24. Kh1 Qxd2 25. Qe6+ Kh8 26. Qxb6 Bxc5 27.
Qxc5 Raf7 28. h3 Qxb2 29. Rcd1 Qxa2 30. Qxd4 Qb3 31. Qd5 Rf1+ 32. Rxf1 Rxf1+
33. Kh2 Qb8+ 34. Qd6 Rf8 35. Qxb8 Rxb8 36. Ra1 Ra8 37. Ra5 Kg8 38. Kg3 Kf7 39.
Kf4 Ke6 40. Ke4 Kd6 41. h4 Ra7 42. g4 Kc6 43. Kd4 Kb6 44. Rg5 a5 45. Kc3 a4 46.
Kb2 Kc6 47. Rh5 g6 48. Rg5 Rb7+ 49. Ka3 Rb5 0-1

[Event "Amber-blindfold 12th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2003.03.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 O-O 12. Nc2 Bg5 13. Be2 Ne7 14. Ncb4 a5
15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Nd5 Qb7 17. Qd3 Rb8 18. O-O Be6 19. Rad1 h6 20. a3 Rfc8 21.
g3 Rc5 22. h4 Bd8 23. Ne3 Be7 24. b4 Rc7 25. Rc1 Qa8 26. Rfd1 Bb3 27. Nd5 Ra7
28. Rd2 Bf8 29. Qb1 Bxd5 30. Rxd5 axb4 31. axb4 Qc6 32. Qd3 Ra3 33. Kg2 Ra2 34.
Rc2 Ra3 35. Rc1 Ra2 36. Kf1 Be7 37. Rc2 Ra3 38. Kg2 Bf8 39. Qf3 Be7 40. Qe3 Bf8
41. Qd2 Qa6 42. Bd3 Rb6 43. Qe2 Qc8 44. Rxb5 Rxb5 45. Bxb5 Rxc3 46. Rb2 Be7 47.
Ba4 Bd8 48. Bb3 Bb6 49. Bd5 Qd7 50. Ra2 Rc8 51. b5 Rb8 52. h5 Bc5 53. Bc4 Kh8
54. Rb2 Bd4 55. Rb3 f5 56. Bd5 f4 57. Bc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 12th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2003.03.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 c4 7. Nbd2 Na5 8. g3 Bd7
9. h4 Ne7 10. Ng5 h6 11. Nh3 O-O-O 12. Nf4 Kb8 13. Be2 Qc7 14. Kf1 Nc8 15. Bh5
g6 16. Be2 Nb6 17. Qe1 Ba4 18. Kg2 Qc6 19. Bd1 Be7 20. Rb1 Bxd1 21. Qxd1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 12th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2003.03.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "198"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Bd3 b5 8.
Nxc6 Qxc6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Re1 Nf6 11. a3 Be7 12. Qf3 O-O 13. Qh3 d6 14. Bd4 h6
15. Re3 e5 16. Rg3 Kh8 17. Be3 Bc8 18. Qh4 Ng8 19. Qh5 Nf6 20. Qe2 Be6 21. Rf1
d5 22. Bxh6 gxh6 23. Qd2 Ng8 24. exd5 Bxd5 25. Nxd5 Bg5 26. f4 exf4 27. Nxf4
Nf6 28. Qb4 Rg8 29. Kh1 Rae8 30. Qd4 Qd7 31. Qxd7 Nxd7 32. Nd5 Nc5 33. Bf5 Re5
34. Nb4 Rge8 35. Rgf3 Re3 36. Rxe3 Rxe3 37. g3 Kg7 38. Nd3 Nxd3 39. Bxd3 Bf6
40. b3 Bc3 41. Rf4 Re5 42. a4 h5 43. Kg2 Rd5 44. Re4 Kf8 45. Kf3 Rc5 46. Rf4
Kg7 47. Rh4 Re5 48. Be4 bxa4 49. bxa4 Rc5 50. Bd3 a5 51. Re4 Rf5+ 52. Kg2 Rc5
53. Re7 Bf6 54. Ra7 h4 55. g4 Be5 56. Kh3 Bf6 57. Kg2 Be5 58. h3 Bd4 59. Rd7
Bc3 60. Kf3 Kf8 61. Rb7 Bd4 62. c4 Bf6 63. Ke3 Kg7 64. Ra7 Bc3 65. Kf3 Be5 66.
g5 Kf8 67. Kg4 Bg3 68. Be2 Bf2 69. Ra8+ Ke7 70. Bd3 Re5 71. Bf5 Rc5 72. Bd3 Re5
73. Ra6 Re3 74. Bf5 Rg3+ 75. Kh5 Be1 76. c5 Rc3 77. Ra7+ Kf8 78. Rc7 Bg3 79.
Rc8+ Ke7 80. g6 fxg6+ 81. Kxg6 Rc4 82. c6 Rxa4 83. Ra8 Kd6 84. Ra6 Bf2 85. Bc2
Ra3 86. Kh5 Kc7 87. Be4 Bb6 88. Bg2 Rg3 89. Bf1 Rf3 90. Bg2 Rf2 91. Be4 Rf4 92.
Bg2 a4 93. Ra8 Bc5 94. Ra5 Bb6 95. Ra8 Rc4 96. Bf3 Bc5 97. Ra5 Kb6 98. c7 Kxc7
99. Be2 Kb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 12th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2003.03.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
O-O Nf6 9. Re1 Bb7 10. Bf4 Be7 11. e5 Nd7 12. Na4 c5 13. c4 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Qc7
15. Rc1 Rd8 16. Bf1 Qc6 17. Qc2 O-O 18. b3 Rc8 19. Qc3 Kh8 20. Qg3 f6 21. exf6
Rxf6 22. Qe3 Rg6 23. Qh3 Rf8 24. Bg3 Bd6 25. Nc3 Bf4 26. Rcd1 Ne5 27. Qh5 Rg5
28. Qe2 Rg6 29. Ne4 Qc7 30. Bxf4 Rxf4 31. Ng3 Nc6 32. Qe3 Nd4 33. Qe5 Qxe5 34.
Rxe5 Bd5 35. Rc1 Rgf6 36. Nh5 R4f5 37. Rxf5 Rxf5 38. Ng3 Rf8 39. Rxc5 Ra8 40.
Bxa6 Bc6 41. Ne2 Rxa6 42. Nxd4 Rxa2 43. h3 Bd7 44. Rc7 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 12th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2003.03.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
Be7 9. O-O-O O-O 10. g4 Nd7 11. h4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 b5 13. h5 h6 14. Kb1 Bb7 15.
Be2 Rc8 16. g5 Bxg5 17. Rhg1 Qf6 18. Qxf6 Nxf6 19. Bxg5 hxg5 20. Rxd6 Rc5 21.
Rb6 Bc8 22. a4 bxa4 23. Nxa4 Ra5 24. Nc3 Nxh5 25. b4 Re5 26. Kb2 Nf6 27. Bxa6
Bxa6 28. Rxa6 Rb8 29. Kb3 g4 30. fxg4 Nxe4 31. Nxe4 Rxe4 32. c4 Re3+ 33. Ka4
Re2 34. Rg3 f5 35. gxf5 exf5 36. Rag6 Re7 37. b5 f4 38. Rf3 Re4 39. Kb4 Kh7 40.
Rg4 Rc8 41. Rh3+ Kg8 42. Rc3 Kf7 43. b6 Kf6 44. Kb5 g5 45. c5 Re1 46. c6 Rb1+
47. Ka6 Kf5 48. Rg2 Ra8+ 49. Kb7 Rg8 50. c7 g4 51. Rc5+ Ke4 52. Rxg4 Rxg4 53.
c8=Q Rg7+ 54. Rc7 Rxc7+ 55. Qxc7 Rb2 56. Qc4+ Kf5 57. Kc7 f3 58. Qd5+ 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 12th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2003.03.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 Re8 10. a3 h6 11. Nc3 Bf8 12. Ba2 Nd4 13. Nh2 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15.
Ng4 Nf4 16. Ne4 Ng6 17. c3 Ne6 18. Qf3 Rb8 19. g3 h5 20. Nh2 h4 21. Qf5 Bd5 22.
Bxd5 Qxd5 23. Nf3 Rbd8 24. gxh4 Qxd3 25. Qg4 Nc5 26. Bg5 Nxe4 27. Rxe4 Rd6 28.
h5 Nf4 29. Re3 f5 30. Qh4 Ne2+ 31. Kf1 Qd5 32. Kxe2 f4 33. Bxf4 exf4 34. Rxe8
Qd3+ 35. Ke1 Qxf3 36. Qe7 Rf6 37. h6 Qg2 38. Qxg7+ 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 12th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2003.03.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 d6 6. O-O Nf6 7. h3 O-O 8. Bd2
Nd4 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. Bxd5 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. c3 Qb6 14. cxd4
exd4 15. b4 Qb5 16. Qb3 Qd7 17. f4 Kh8 18. Rf3 Rac8 19. a4 h6 20. Re1 Bf6 21.
Ref1 Qe7 22. b5 e5 23. fxe5 Bxe5 24. Rf7 Rxf7 25. Rxf7 Qh4 26. Qe6 Rg8 27. Qg6
Rc8 28. Qe6 Rb8 29. Qg6 Rc8 30. Kf1 Rb8 31. a5 Kg8 32. Ke2 Kh8 33. Qg4 Qd8 34.
Bxh6 Qg8 35. Qg6 Rf8 36. Rxf8 Qxf8 37. Bd2 Qc8 38. Qf7 Qc2 39. g4 Qb1 40. g5
Qg1 41. g6 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 12th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2003.03.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qb3 c6 6. Bf4 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Rc1
d5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Bg2 Bb7 11. O-O Nc6 12. Rfd1 Rc8 13. a3 Ne4 14. Qa2 Ba6 15.
Nxe4 dxe4 16. d5 Bxe2 17. dxc6 Bxd1 18. c7 Qd3 19. Ne5 Bb3 20. Nxd3 Bxa2 21.
Nb4 Bxb4 22. axb4 Bd5 23. Bd6 b5 24. Ra1 f6 25. Bxf8 Kxf8 26. Rxa7 Ke7 27. Bf1
Bc6 28. Ra5 Rxc7 29. Bxb5 Bd5 30. Ra1 Rb7 31. Ra5 g5 32. b3 Bxb3 33. Bf1 Rxb4
34. Ra7+ Kd6 35. Rxh7 Bd5 36. Rh8 Rb1 37. Rc8 Bc6 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 12th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2003.03.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. dxc5 dxc5 13. Nbd2 Bb7 14. Qe2 Re8 15.
b3 Bf8 16. Rd1 Qc8 17. Nf1 c4 18. Ne3 Nf6 19. b4 Nc6 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. exd5 Nd4
22. cxd4 exd4 23. Qd2 d3 24. Bxd3 cxd3 25. Qxd3 Rd8 26. Ng5 g6 27. Bb2 Rxd5 28.
Qe3 Qd8 29. Rxd5 Qxd5 30. f3 Qd6 31. Rc1 Be7 32. Qc3 f6 33. a3 h6 34. Ne4 Bxe4
35. fxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 12th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2003.03.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. h3 Nf6 11. Qf3 Qb6 12. O-O-O Nc6 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. Be2 Nd7
15. Nd5 Ne5 16. Qa3 Rb8 17. Rd4 b5 18. Rhd1 Qb7 19. f4 gxf4 20. Bxf4 Be6 21.
Qg3 Ng6 22. R4d2 O-O 23. Be3 Kh7 24. Rf1 b4 25. Rf5 Bxf5 26. exf5 Ne5 27. f6
exf6 28. Qh4 Ng6 29. Bd3 Rbe8 30. Qf2 Re5 31. Nf4 Rfe8 32. Re2 f5 33. Nh5 Qd5
34. Nxg7 Kxg7 35. Bd4 f4 36. b3 a5 37. Bc4 Qc6 38. Bxe5+ Rxe5 39. Qa7 Rf5 40.
Kb1 f3 41. gxf3 Qxf3 42. Re1 Qc3 43. Rd1 Ne5 44. Bd5 Qxh3 45. Be6 Qf3 46. Rxd6
Qh1+ 47. Kb2 Rf1 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 12th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2003.03.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Qb6 6. c3 d6 7. Be3 Qc7 8. c4
Nf6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Rc1 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. f4 Bf8 13. Qf3 Nc6 14. Kh1 Nd7 15.
Nxc6 bxc6 16. e5 Bb7 17. Ne4 c5 18. Qh3 g6 19. Ng5 h6 20. Nxf7 Kxf7 21. Qg3 Ke7
22. Bxg6 Kd8 23. Rcd1 Qc6 24. Bxe8 Kxe8 25. f5 exf5 26. e6 Ne5 27. Rxf5 Qe4 28.
Rdf1 Ke7 29. h3 Nxc4 30. Bc1 Rb8 31. Qg8 Qxg2+ 32. Qxg2 Bxg2+ 33. Kxg2 Ne5 34.
b3 a5 35. Ba3 Rc8 36. h4 h5 37. Rf6 a4 38. bxa4 Bg7 39. Rf7+ Nxf7 40. Rxf7+
Kxe6 41. Rxg7 Ra8 42. Rg6+ Kd7 43. Bc1 Rxa4 44. Bg5 Rxa2+ 45. Kf3 Ra1 46. Rh6
c4 47. Bf4 Rd1 48. Ke2 Rd5 49. Bd2 Kc6 50. Bb4 Kb5 51. Bxd6 c3 52. Bf4 c2 53.
Rh8 Kc4 54. Rc8+ Kb3 55. Bg5 Rd1 56. Kf3 Re1 57. Kf2 Re4 58. Kg3 Kb2 59. Bf6+
Kb1 60. Rb8+ Kc1 61. Kf3 Kd1 62. Rd8+ Ke1 63. Rc8 Re2 64. Bg5 Kd1 65. Rd8+ Ke1
66. Ra8 Rf2+ 67. Ke4 Rf8 68. Rxf8 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 12th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2003.03.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qb3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 d5 7. Qa4 Bb7 8. Bg2
Bd6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nc4 dxc4 11. Ne5 Bb4+ 12. Kf1 O-O 13. Nxc6 Qe8 14. Qxb4
Bxc6 15. Qxc4 Bb5 16. Qc2 Rd8 17. a4 Ba6 18. b4 Rxd4 19. b5 Qe6 20. Bf3 Qh3+
21. Kg1 Bc8 22. Bb2 Bf5 23. Qc3 Rd7 24. Bc6 Rdd8 25. Bg2 Qh5 26. Bf3 Qh3 27.
Bg2 Qh6 28. h3 Rfe8 29. Bf3 Ne4 30. Qxc7 Rc8 31. Qf4 Qxf4 32. gxf4 Nd2 33. Kg2
Nxf3 34. exf3 f6 35. Rhc1 Rxc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 12th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2003.03.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D25"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. Nc3 c5 7. h3 Bh5 8. d5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Sigeman & Co 11th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "2003.04.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hansen, Curt"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2003.04.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. Rd1 b5 11. Bf1 c5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Nf6
15. Qc2 Qb6 16. a4 Bb7 17. axb5 axb5 18. Bd2 Be4 19. Bd3 Qb7 20. Rxa8 Rxa8 21.
Bxe4 Nxe4 22. Ng5 Nxg5 23. Qxc5 Ne4 24. Qd4 Nxd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sigeman & Co 11th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "2003.04.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2003.04.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Bd7 10. h3 Kc8 11. Rd1 ({For} 11. b3 {see 0-1 Timman,
J-Nielsen,P/Malmoe 2003 (71). (71)}) (11. Bf4 b6 12. Rad1 h6 13. g4 $6 {
Only weakening here. g4 should only be played when White is attacking or can
prevent a conterstrike with h5 by Black.} Ne7 14. Bg3 c5 (14... h5 $5) 15. Rd3
Be6 16. Rfd1 Kb7 17. Nd2 h5 $36 {0-1 Span,P-Pedersen,N/Amsterdam 2002/CBM 89
ext (40)}) 11... b6 12. b3 a5 13. a4 Be7 14. Bb2 h5 {Black secures his N on f5,
since White can hardly allow an open h-file.} 15. Ne2 {A better route for the
N than e4-g5 tried in the game Timman - Nielsen in the same event.} c5 16. Nf4
Bc6 17. Nd5 {A good post for the N.} Kb7 18. c4 $11 {White is OK, but so is
Black.} Rae8 19. Rd3 Bd8 $1 {[%mdl 2048] What is the point of this? Wait and
see!} 20. Nd2 (20. Rad1 Rhg8 $13 {[%cal Yg7g5,Yg5g4]}) 20... Kc8 (20... g5 21.
Rf3 $5) 21. g3 Bd7 22. Re1 Ne7 23. Kg2 Nc6 24. Ne4 Be6 {[%cal Yc6d7,Yd7e6,
Gf5e7,Ge7c6] Ivanchuk has performed a little regrouping and now enjoys a rock
solid position. The B on e6 and the N on c6 are working in perfect harmony
with the P-formation.} 25. f4 Be7 26. Ne3 Nb4 27. Rdd1 Rd8 28. f5 Bd7 29. Bc3
Bc6 {[%csl Gd5][%cal Yc6g2,Ye6d7,Yd7c6,Gc6b4] Remarkable footwork by Ivanchuk
here. Study this closely. The B is back on c6 and suddenly Black is in control
over the important square d5 and attacking beautifully down the long white
diagonal.} 30. Kf3 Nd3 31. Re2 Rhe8 {White is close to getting inte serious
trouble now.} 32. Nd5 $1 {Luke McShane found the brake.} ({e.g.} 32. h4 $2 Bf6
$1 $17 {[%cal Yc6f3,Ye8e4,Yf6e5,Yd3e5]}) 32... Bxd5 33. Rxd3 Bc6 34. Rxd8+ Rxd8
35. Kf4 Rd3 36. Re3 Rd1 37. Re1 Rd3 38. Re3 Rd1 39. Re1 Rd3 40. Re3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sigeman & Co 11th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "2003.05.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C75"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2003.04.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. c3 Nge7 7. d4 Ng6 8. Re1
Be7 9. Nbd2 h6 10. Nf1 Bg5 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. Nxe3 O-O 13. g3 Re8 14. Bc2 Bh3 15.
a3 Qd7 16. Qd3 Nce7 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. b4 Qe6 19. Nd2 Qf6 20. Bb3 c6 21. Ndc4
exd4 22. Qxd4 Qxd4 23. Rxd4 Ne5 24. Nxe5 dxe5 25. Rdd1 Bc8 26. f3 Kf8 27. Kf2
Ng8 28. Nc4 Be6 29. Na5 Bxb3 30. Nxb3 Nf6 31. c4 Rd7 32. Rxd7 Nxd7 33. c5 Ke7
34. Na5 Rb8 35. Rd1 Kd8 36. Nc4 Kc7 37. Nd6 a5 38. Nxf7 axb4 39. axb4 b6 40.
cxb6+ Rxb6 41. Nd6 Rxb4 42. Ne8+ Kd8 43. Nxg7 Rb2+ 44. Kg1 c5 45. Nf5 Rb6 46.
Rd6 Rb1+ 47. Kg2 h5 48. Rd2 Kc7 49. h4 Rc1 50. Ne3 Kc6 51. Kf2 c4 52. Ke2 Nc5
53. Rc2 Rxc2+ 54. Nxc2 Ne6 55. g4 Nf4+ 56. Kd2 Kc5 57. gxh5 Nxh5 58. Ne3 Nf4
59. Nd5 Ne6 60. Ke3 Ng7 61. Nf6 Kd6 62. h5 Ke6 63. h6 Kxf6 64. hxg7 1-0

[Event "Sigeman & Co 11th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "2003.05.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hansen, Sune Berg"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2003.04.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Bd7 8. O-O
Be7 9. Nxc6 Bxc6 10. a4 O-O 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Qe2 a6 13. Rfd1 Rfe8 14. a5 Rac8
15. Qc4 Nd7 16. Qa2 h5 17. h4 g6 18. Rd2 Ne5 19. Bb6 Qb8 20. Bd4 Bf8 21. Rad1
Bh6 22. Re2 Qc7 23. Bb6 Qe7 24. Be3 Bxe3 25. Rxe3 Red8 26. Qb3 Qc7 27. Ra1 Rb8
28. Nd1 d5 29. exd5 Bxd5 30. Qc3 Nc6 31. Bh3 b6 32. Qf6 bxa5 33. Nc3 Rd6 34.
Rae1 Rf8 35. g4 Qe7 36. Qf4 hxg4 37. Bxg4 Rfd8 38. Rg3 e5 39. Qh6 Qf6 40. h5
Qf4 41. Qxf4 exf4 42. Rd3 Nb4 43. Rd2 Bc6 44. Rxd6 Rxd6 45. Re5 Rd2 46. Bd1 Na2
0-1

[Event "Sigeman & Co 11th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "2003.05.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Hector, Jonny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2003.04.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {McShane} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. d3
Bc5 8. Be3 $5 {Quite an unusual move, but is has been tried by Jacov Murey,
which is a recommendation of sorts. McShane: 'Capturing on e3 allows play down
the f-file. Instead White gets a small yet stable edge and it is not easy to
find creative ideas for Black. Infact, I used Ivanchuk's idea to win my game
against Jonny Hector a couple of rounds later.'} d6 (8... Bxe3 {is simply
wrong. White gets an automatic attack on the black K along the f-file.} 9. fxe3
{[%cal Yb3f7,Yf1f7,Yd1e1,Ye1g3,Gf3h4,Gh4f5]}) 9. Bxc5 {[%mdl 28] The logical
follow up. Blacks P-formation is slightly weakened. It´s not the end of the
world for Black, but it´s something for White to probe long into the endgame.}
({Murey allowed the exchange of Bb3 with:} 9. Nc3 Bxe3 10. fxe3 Na5 $1 {
and Black was OK in 1/2-1/2 Murey,J-Beliavsky,A/Graz 1996/CBM 58/[Beliavsky] 
(71)}) 9... dxc5 10. c3 O-O 11. Qe2 Qd6 12. Nbd2 Rad8 (12... Ne7 {was tried a
few round later in 1-0 McShane,L-Hector,J/Malmo 2003/CBM95_01 (46)}) 13. Bc2
Bc8 14. Rfe1 Ne7 15. a4 $1 {Opening the a-file is an important part of White´s
strategy.} Ng6 16. g3 Nh5 {Jonny Hector likes piece attacks on the K, but this
sortie is a bit optimistic.} (16... Bg4 $142) 17. Qe3 $1 Bg4 18. Qg5 Qe6 $2 {
A blunder that gives White a chance to alter the material in his favour.} (
18... Nf6 $8) 19. h3 $3 {Tactics in service of strategy.} Bxf3 20. Nxf3 Nf6 (
20... Qxh3 21. Qf5 $1 {is awkward for Black.} Qxf5 22. exf5 Ne7 23. Rxe5 $14)
21. Kh2 Nd7 22. Qe3 $14 {With B against N White really is slightly better.} Ne7
23. Nd2 Kh8 24. Qe2 Rb8 25. h4 Nc8 26. Nf3 Nd6 27. axb5 axb5 28. Ra6 h6 29. Kg1
Ra8 30. Rea1 Rxa6 31. Rxa6 Rb8 32. Qd1 Qe8 33. Ra7 Rb7 34. Rxb7 Nxb7 35. Qa1
Nd6 36. Qa6 Nb6 37. Kg2 g6 38. Qa3 Nd7 39. Bb3 $1 {[%cal Yb3d5,Yd5c6] Inch by
inch, little by little Ivanchuk improves his position. Now the B threatens to
enter the fight via d5 and c6.} c4 {'?!' McShane. McShane: 'Black's weakened
pawns will not be easy to defend, but after other moves Ivanchuk could also
try to increase the pressure with Bb3-d5.'} 40. dxc4 Nxc4 41. Bxc4 bxc4 42. Qa5
{'!' McShane. McShane: 'Stopping Black reaching a safe setup with the knight
on b6.'} c5 43. Nd2 Qe6 44. Qa4 {'!' McShane. The first P is going down the
drain. Black is losing now.} (44. Qb5 {McShane} Qd6 $1 45. Nxc4 Qd3 $132) 44...
f5 (44... Nb6 {McShane} 45. Qb5 {also costs Black a pawn.}) 45. Nxc4 f4 (45...
fxe4 46. Qa8+ Kg7 47. Qxe4 $18) 46. Qa8+ Kg7 47. Qd5 Qe7 48. g4 {McShane:
'Black has no counterplay after this careful move.'} Kf8 49. Kh3 Kg7 50. f3 Kf6
51. Kg2 Kg7 52. Kf1 Kf8 53. Ke2 Ke8 54. Nd6+ Kd8 {McShane: 'Now Black loses by
force, but otherwise White wins easily by creating a queenside passed pawn.'}
55. Qa8+ Kc7 56. Nb5+ Kb6 57. c4 Nf6 58. Qb8+ Ka5 (58... Qb7 {McShane} 59. Qd8+
{is also decisive}) ({as is} 58... Kc6 {McShane} 59. Na7+) 59. Nd4 $1 {Mate in
a few moves. Impressive performance by Ivanchuk. McShane: 'A pretty finish.'}
1-0

[Event "Sigeman & Co 11th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "2003.05.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2003.04.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bd7 11. Rb1 a6 12. dxc5 Na5 13. Bd3 Qc7 14. f4 Rfd8
{[%mdl 512] This move (looking like a blunder) is in fact a correct exchange
sacrifice.} (14... Be6 {-see Ftacnik-Svidler in this issue.}) 15. c6 {Taking
up the challenge.} (15. Nd4 e5 $1) (15. Bd4 e5 $1) 15... Qxc6 16. Bb6 Bg4 $1
17. Bxd8 (17. h3 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 Qxc3 $5 19. Bxd8 Rxd8 $44) 17... Rxd8 $44 {
Black has a pair of bishops and active position of pieces.} 18. h3 (18. Qc2
Qc5+ 19. Rf2 e5 $5) 18... Qc5+ 19. Kh2 Nc4 (19... Qe3 {was simpler.}) 20. hxg4
Ne3 21. Qd2 Nc4 22. Qd1 $6 {White doesn't take risk playing} (22. Qe1 Rxd3 23.
Rxb7 h5 $5 (23... Ne3 $6 24. Rb8+ Bf8 25. Rf3 Rd1 26. Qh4 Nf1+ 27. Rxf1 Rxf1
28. Qh6 e5 29. f5 $16) (23... Qc8 $5 24. Qb1 Rd8 25. Rf2 Nd6 26. Rb4 (26. Rxe7
$2 Bf6) 26... a5 27. Ra4 Qxg4 28. Kg1 $16) (23... Nd2 24. Rf2 Nxe4 25. Rb8+ Bf8
26. Rf3 $16) 24. e5 (24. Qf2 Ne3 25. Kh1 Qc6 26. Rb8+ Kh7 $44) 24... Ne3 25.
Rb8+ Kh7 26. gxh5 Nxf1+ 27. Qxf1 Qe3 $44) 22... Ne3 23. Qd2 Nc4 24. Qd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sigeman & Co 11th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "2003.05.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2003.04.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. cxd5 Nxg5 7. Nxg5 c6 8.
Nf3 cxd5 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 Nc6 11. O-O e6 12. Rc1 Bd7 13. Na4 b6 14. Bb5 Qe8
15. Nc3 Na5 16. Qe2 Qe7 17. Ba6 Bc8 18. Rc2 Bxa6 19. Qxa6 Qb7 20. Qxb7 Nxb7 21.
Nb5 a6 22. Nc3 Rfc8 23. Rfc1 Nd6 24. Na4 Rxc2 25. Rxc2 Rc8 26. Ne1 Rxc2 27.
Nxc2 Nc8 28. Kf1 Bf8 29. Ke2 Bd6 30. h3 Kf8 31. Ne1 Ke7 32. Nd3 Kd7 33. Ne5+
Bxe5 34. dxe5 Kc6 35. Kd3 b5 36. Nc3 Nb6 37. f4 Kc5 38. Ne2 Nc4 39. b3 Na3 40.
Nd4 b4 41. Nf3 h6 42. Nh2 Nb5 43. Ng4 Nc3 44. Nxh6 Nxa2 45. Nxf7 d4 46. Ng5
dxe3 47. Nxe6+ Kc6 48. Nd4+ Kd5 49. Ne2 a5 50. Kxe3 1-0

[Event "Sigeman & Co 11th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "2003.05.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lindberg, Bengt"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2392"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2003.04.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 a6 8.
c4 O-O 9. Qd2 Kh8 $6 {An interesting attempt to drag the much weaker opponent
to an unknown position and to outplay him there. In fact that's exactly what
happened in this particular game, nevertheless Ivanchuk's novelty may hardly
be treated seriously and I doubt we will ever see this move played at the top
level.} (9... f5 10. Nc3 c5 11. d5 Bf6 12. O-O-O $14) 10. O-O-O Rg8 11. Qc2 (
11. h4 b5 12. d5 bxc4 13. Bxc4) (11. g3 $5 Nd7 (11... f5 12. Nc3 Bf6 13. Qe3
$16) 12. Bg2 $14) 11... f5 12. Ng3 $6 {Knight's place is on c3, but even after
this inaccuracy white keeps better chances.} (12. Nc3) 12... Qf8 13. Kb1 Nd7
14. d5 (14. c5 $5) 14... Nc5 15. dxe6 {White doesn't stand the pressure. Very
dangerous for black was} (15. Qc3+ $5 Qg7 16. Qe3 {[%cal Gg3h5]} Bd6 (16... Na4
17. Ne5 Bc5 18. Qe2 $14) 17. Nh5 Qg4 18. Nf6 (18. Qc3+ e5 19. Nf6 Ne4 $17)
18... f4 19. Qc3 Qf5+ 20. Bd3 Nxd3 21. Rxd3 $14) 15... fxe6 16. Nh5 Bf6 17. Qe2
$6 {I guess it was about time to start exchanging pieces by} (17. Nxf6 Qxf6 18.
g3 b6 19. Bg2 Bb7 20. Nh4 Bxg2 21. Nxg2 $13 {with equal position.}) 17... b6
18. Nxf6 Qxf6 19. Qe5 (19. Ne5 f4 $1 $15) 19... Qg7 $1 {Bringing the king to
the center.} 20. Qxg7+ Kxg7 {[%cal Gg7f6]} 21. Ne5 Ne4 $15 22. Nd3 Kf6 23. f3 (
23. g3 $2 Bb7 24. Bg2 Nc3+ $17) 23... Nc5 24. Nxc5 bxc5 25. f4 $6 {[%csl Rg2]
Losing by force.} (25. Rd2 Bb7 (25... e5 26. Rd5 Bb7 27. Rxc5 Rg7 $44) 26. Rd7
Rg7 27. Rxg7 Kxg7 28. Be2 Rd8 29. Rd1 Rd4 $15) 25... Bb7 26. Rg1 Rad8 27. Rxd8
Rxd8 $17 28. Kc1 Rd4 29. g3 Bf3 $1 {Forcing white to give up a pawn on c4.} 30.
Bg2 Rxc4+ 31. Kd2 Bd5 32. a3 a5 33. Bf1 Rd4+ 34. Kc1 h5 35. h4 Bf3 36. Bb5 (36.
Bg2 Bxg2 37. Rxg2 Rd3 38. Kc2 c4 $17 {[%csl Rg2,Rg3]}) 36... c6 37. Ba6 c4 $19
{[%csl Ra6] Cutting the bishop off.} 38. Re1 Ke7 39. Re3 Bd5 40. Kc2 Kd7 41.
Kc1 Kd6 42. Kc2 Be4+ 43. Kc3 Kc5 44. Bc8 Rd1 45. Bxe6 Rc1+ 46. Kd2 Rc2+ 47. Kd1
Rxb2 48. Bxf5 Bxf5 49. Re5+ Kd4 50. Rxf5 Kd3 51. Kc1 Rg2 52. Rf6 Rg1+ 53. Kb2
c3+ 54. Ka2 c2 55. Rd6+ Ke4 0-1

[Event "Sigeman & Co 11th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "2003.05.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Hillarp Persson, Tiger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2003.04.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Be2 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. Be3 Nc6 8. h3
{In my opinion, this move promises white a nice position with a pair of
bishops. I think that after exchanging on f3, white's chances are preferable
thanks to his light-squared bishop, which is going to take control over the
light-squares without any "competition", as it hasn't black opponent.} (8. Nd2
$5 {1/2-1/2 Stefansson,H-Hansen,S/Esbjerg 2002/CBM 91/[Finkel,A] (60)}) (8. Ng5
$5) 8... Bxf3 9. Bxf3 e5 10. dxe5 {I am not sure that this move is the most
principal one. White has option of d4-d5, after which he keeps more square:} (
10. d5 Ne7 11. Nb1 (11. Qd3 $5) 11... Nd7 12. c4 f5 13. Nc3 Nf6 14. Rc1 b6 15.
Be2 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. Qc2 Nf5 18. Qxe4 Bh6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Moldovan,
D-Nevednichy,V/Bucharest 1997/CBM 60 (66)}) 10... dxe5 11. Nb5 {White has
another options to fight for the advantage:} (11. Ne2 {1-0 Abramovic,
B-Kochetkov,G/Noyabrsk 1995/CBM 48/[Stohl] (51)}) (11. Qxd8 $6 {0-1 Sulskis,
S-Smirin,I/Pula 1997/CBM 57 ext/[Yudasin,L] (44)}) 11... Qe7 ({Probably the
following continuation promises equality to black.} 11... a6 12. Qxd8 Rfxd8 13.
Nxc7 Rac8 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Nd4 16. Bxd4 exd4 {1/2-1/2 Gufeld,E-Matulovic,
M/Belgrade 1974/EXT 2001 (16)}) 12. c3 Nd8 {[%cal Yd8e6] Black doesn't hurry
to play a7-a6, as he knows, that it will be long time before white plays Na3,
maybe even without a7-a6.} 13. Na3 $146 {Thie position appeared for the first
time, according to my database.} ({My feeling that white has more chances after
} 13. a4 Ne6 14. a5 (14. Nxa7 c6) 14... b6 15. axb6 axb6 16. Na7 Nc5 17. b4 Nb7
18. Qd3 h5 19. Be2 Nd6 20. f3 Kh7 21. Qd2 Qe6 22. Nb5 Nxb5 23. Bxb5 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Li Shilong-Smirin,I/Beijing 1996/CBM 54 ext (87)}) (13. Nxa7 c6 {
[%cal Ya7b5,Gc6b5]}) 13... a5 14. Nc4 b5 {Black is going to the most principal
continuation, after which it looks like white has to take on e5, otherwise his
manouevres look very dubious.} (14... Qe6 15. Qb3 a4 16. Qb5 $14) (14... a4 15.
b4 $1 $14 {[%cal Yd1c2,Yf1d1,Ge3c5]}) 15. Nxe5 $2 {Very logical, but not the
best continuation.} ({The following move looks very strange, but probably it
promises slight advantage for white.} 15. Nd2 {[%cal Ga2a4]} a4 16. b3 (16. Be2
c6 17. b3 axb3 18. axb3 Ne6 19. Qc2 $14 {/=}) 16... Ne6 17. bxa4 Rxa4 18. c4 c6
19. Be2 Qd7 20. cxb5 cxb5 21. Rb1 $14) (15. Na3 c6 16. Nc2 Ne6 $11) 15... Qxe5
16. Bd4 Qe6 $8 17. Bxf6 ({Worse is} 17. e5 Nd5 18. Bc5 (18. a4 Nc6 19. axb5
Nxd4 20. Qxd4 Rfd8 $17 (20... c6 $17)) 18... c6 19. Bxf8 Kxf8 $15) 17... Bxf6
$2 {Black misses a much more attractive continuation:} (17... Qxf6 $1 18. e5
Qa6 19. Bxa8 Qxa8 20. f4 Ne6 $15 21. f5 gxf5 22. Rxf5 Qe4 $15) 18. e5 Rb8 {
The final position is slightly better for white, but, probably the tournament
situation of Ivanchuk allowed to accept the draw.} ({For instance:} 18... Rb8
19. exf6 Qxf6 20. Qd4 $1 Qxd4 21. cxd4 Ne6 22. Rfd1 Rfd8 23. d5 Ng5 24. Be2 Ne4
25. Rac1 Rd7 26. Rc6 $14) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.05.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Conquest, Stuart"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 g6 3. c3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. d4 Nf6 6. Qb3 Qc8 7. O-O Bg7 8. dxc5
Qxc5 9. Ne5 Bd5 10. Bxd5 Qxd5 11. Qxd5 Nxd5 12. Nf3 d6 13. Rd1 Nc7 14. Nd4 Kd7
15. Na3 Rc8 16. f3 Nc6 17. Be3 Rab8 18. Bf2 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 20. Rxd4 b5 21.
Nc2 a5 22. Ne3 Ne6 23. Rd2 Nc5 24. Rad1 Rc6 25. Kf2 b4 26. cxb4 axb4 27. b3 Ne6
28. Nc4 Ke8 29. Rc2 Ra8 30. Rdd2 f5 31. Ne3 Rxc2 32. Rxc2 Ra5 33. Rc4 Rxa2 34.
Rxb4 Nc5 35. Rb8+ Kd7 36. Nd5 e6 37. Nf6+ Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.05.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E65"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. O-O Na6 {
A relatively rare move. Objectively it's somewhat weaker than} (7... Nc6 8. d5
(8. dxc5 dxc5 {-E65}) 8... Na5 {-E66 transposing to the Yugoslav variation, in
which Black nowadays doesn't experience opening problems. However Minasian
probably feared Ivanchuk's encyclopaedic theoretical prowess.}) (7... cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Nc6 $5 {-A39/E65}) 8. Re1 {White wants to maintain the central tension
and also chooses a seldom played move.} (8. d5 Nc7 9. a4 $14 {-E64 but a
fianchetto Benoni may not be everyone's favourite.}) ({More often White plays
the immediate} 8. b3 Bg4 9. Bb2 Qd7 10. Re1 Rab8 11. Qd2 Bxf3 12. exf3 $5 Rfe8
13. f4 cxd4 14. Qxd4 Nc5 15. Rad1 b6 16. Nd5 Ne6 17. Qd2 Nxd5 18. cxd5 Nc5 19.
Bxg7 Kxg7 20. b4 Na4 21. Qd4+ Kg8 22. Rc1 a5 23. a3 axb4 24. axb4 b5 25. Rc6
$36 {Kasparov,G-Cebalo,M/Manila olm/1992/}) ({Another popular move is} 8. h3
Rb8 (8... Bd7 $142 9. b3 Bc6 $5 $132) 9. e4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nc5 11. Be3 a6 12.
Rc1 Ne8 $6 13. b4 {()} Nd7 14. Qe2 Ne5 15. a3 Bd7 16. Rfd1 e6 17. f4 Nc6 18.
Nxc6 Bxc6 19. c5 Qc7 20. b5 axb5 21. Nxb5 Qa5 22. Nxd6 Qxa3 23. e5 $16 {
/+-,Nisipeanu,L-Vajda,L/Bucharest/1998/}) (8. e4 Bg4 9. Be3 Nd7 $5 $132) 8...
Bd7 (8... Rb8 9. Rb1 Be6 10. b3 (10. d5 {()[+]}) 10... Nc7 $6 11. dxc5 dxc5 12.
Bf4 $36 Rc8 13. Ng5 Nfe8 14. Qc2 Rb8 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Rbd1 Qc8 17. Bh3 b5 18.
Nd5 $18 {Mosca,L-Tomba,I/Venice/1997/}) (8... Nc7 9. e4 (9. Bg5 cxd4 (9... Rb8
$2 10. dxc5 dxc5 11. Bf4 Bd7 12. Ne5 Rc8 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14. Bh3 e6 15. Qb3 e5
16. Be3 b6 17. Rad1 f5 18. Qa4 Rf7 19. Bg2 e4 20. f3 $16 {Heinkelmann,J-Panzer,
B/RL 9495 Bayern/1994/}) 10. Nxd4 Ne6 $132) 9... Nd7 10. Be3 Rb8 11. Qd2 b6 12.
Bh6 e5 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Rad1 Qf6 16. Nd5 $36 {Gibbons,
M-Hemphill,J/Winnipeg/1999/}) (8... Bg4 9. d5 (9. h3 $142 $14) 9... Nc7 10. Nd2
Qc8 11. Qc2 Bh3 12. Bh1 Ng4 13. Nde4 h6 14. f3 Ne5 15. Nf2 Bd7 16. b3 b5 17.
cxb5 Nxb5 18. Nxb5 Bxb5 19. Bb2 Qf5 20. Ne4 a5 $11 {Ernst,S-Van der Marel,B/
Groningen/1999/}) 9. b3 Qc8 (9... Rb8 10. Bb2 Nb4 {Ibach,F-Fantin,A/FRA-chT/
1999/} 11. dxc5 dxc5 12. Ne5 $14) 10. Bg5 $5 ({A more natural continuation is} 
10. Bb2 Bh3 11. Bh1 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nc5 13. Qd2 $11 {/+/=}) 10... Re8 (10... Bh3
$6 11. Bxf6 $1 Bxf6 12. Nd5 Bxg2 13. Nxf6+ exf6 14. Kxg2 $14) 11. Rc1 (11. Qd2
$142 {[%cal Ya1d1] /\Rad1 prevents h6 and was a better chance to fight for an
advantage out of the opening.}) 11... Bh3 12. Bh1 h6 13. Bd2 e5 $5 (13... cxd4
14. Nxd4 Ng4 $13) (13... Qg4 $5 $132) 14. Nb5 (14. dxe5 dxe5 15. e4 (15. Nb5
Qe6 $5 (15... Ne4 {transposes into the game}) 16. e4 Red8 $11) 15... Nb4 16.
Qe2 Nc6 17. Nd5 Qd8 $11) 14... Ne4 {Black sacrifices an exchange, but there
was no need to do so.} (14... Qd7 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Bc3 Ne4 17. Qxd7 Bxd7 18.
Bb2 $14) (14... Qe6 $5 $132) 15. dxe5 $6 {Ivanchuk declines the offer, but
fails to get any advantage.} (15. Nxe5 $6 dxe5 16. Bxe4 exd4 17. Nd6 Qe6 18.
Bf4 Red8 $1 (18... Re7 19. Bd5 Qf6 20. e4 $1 $36) 19. Bxb7 g5 $1 20. Bd5 Qe7
$17) (15. Nh4 $5 exd4 16. Bxe4 Rxe4 17. Nxd6 Qe6 18. Nxe4 Qxe4 19. f3 {[%cal
Yh4g2] /\Ng2+/= gives White chances for a successful defence.}) 15... dxe5 16.
Be3 (16. Nh4 Nxd2 17. Qxd2 Rd8 $36) 16... Rd8 17. Qc2 Bf5 ({A solid
alternative was} 17... Nd6 $11 {and Black has no problems.}) 18. Qb2 Nb4 (18...
Nxf2 $142 $5 19. Bxf2 e4 20. Qa3 (20. Nfd4 cxd4 21. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 22. Nxd4 Qc5 23.
Rcd1 Nb4 $11 {/=/+}) 20... exf3 21. Bxf3 Bg4 $13) 19. a3 (19. Nh4 a6 20. Nxf5
gxf5 21. a3 $1 {[]} (21. Nc3 Nxc3 22. Rxc3 e4 $17) 21... axb5 (21... Nc6 22.
Bxe4 fxe4 23. Nc3 $16) 22. axb4 cxb4 23. Bxe4 $5 (23. cxb5 Nc3 $36) 23... fxe4
24. cxb5 $13) 19... Nxf2 $5 {[%mdl 64] Black feels the tide is turning and
goes for immense tactical complications. Ivanchuk initially keeps his calm.} (
19... Nc6 20. Nh4 $14) 20. Bxf2 (20. Kxf2 {exposes White's K, after} e4 21. Ne5
Na6 $5 $44 {the pin is practically unbreakable, e.g.,} (21... Nc6 $2 22. Nxc6
$1 $18) 22. g4 Bxg4 23. Bxe4 Qb8 24. Bf4 Re8 $13) (20. axb4 $6 e4 21. Ne5 Nxh1
$40) 20... e4 21. Ne5 Qb8 $5 (21... Nc6 $2 22. Nxc6 $1 bxc6 (22... Bxb2 23.
Ne7+ $18) 23. Nc3 $18) (21... Na6 {is different from the line above, after} 22.
g4 Bxg4 23. Rcd1 $1 $16 {[%cal Rb5d6,Rf2g3] White is clearly on top. /\Nd6,Bg3}
(23. Bxe4 $143 Qb8 24. Bg3 Re8 25. Nxg4 Bxb2 26. Bxb8 Rxe4 27. Nf2 Bxc1 28.
Rxc1 Rxe2 29. Bxa7 Rd8 $14)) 22. axb4 $6 {This wins a piece, but subjects
White to a dangerous attack.} ({Safer seems} 22. Red1 $142 $1 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1
Bxe5 (23... e3 24. Bxe3 Bxe5 25. Qd2 Bxg3 26. Nd6 $1 $36) 24. Qd2 $14) 22...
Bxe5 23. Qa3 e3 $6 (23... cxb4 24. Qxb4 e3 25. Bxe3 Bxg3 $44) (23... a6 $1 24.
Nc3 e3 25. Nd5 $5 (25. Bxe3 Bxg3 $40) 25... exf2+ 26. Kxf2 $132) 24. bxc5 exf2+
(24... a6 $5 25. Nd6 $1 (25. Nc3 $2 Bd4 $17) 25... exf2+ (25... Bd4 26. Red1 $1
exf2+ 27. Kf1 Bh3+ 28. Bg2 $36) 26. Kxf2 Bd4+ $1 (26... Bxd6 27. cxd6 Rxd6 28.
Bxb7 $1 $16) 27. e3 Bxc5 28. Qxc5 Rxd6 29. Red1 $14 {[%cal Gd1d8] <->d}) 25.
Kxf2 Rd2 $2 {Now Black's play gradually peters out.} (25... a6 26. Nd6 {
-24...a6!?}) 26. Rcd1 $16 Qd8 (26... Bb2 27. Qa5 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 $16) 27. Rxd2 (
27. Bd5 $5 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Qf6 29. Kg1 $16) 27... Qxd2 28. Qc1 $1 {A natural
impulse to bring the Q closer to the defence. Therefore Ivanchuk spurns} (28.
Bxb7 Bb2 {[%cal Ya8e8] /\Re8<=>}) 28... Qb4 29. Qe3 Bf6 30. Bxb7 Rf8 31. c6 (
31. Nd6 $5 {/\Bd5->}) 31... a6 (31... Be7 32. Qc3 (32. Qxh6 $143 Bc5+ 33. e3
Bd3 $1 $44) 32... Qc5+ 33. e3 (33. Qd4 $2 a6 $1 $132) 33... Be4 34. Nd4 $16) (
31... Bg5 32. Qc3 $5 Qxc3 (32... Qc5+ 33. Qd4 $18) 33. Nxc3 Bd2 34. Nd5 Bxe1+
35. Kxe1 $18) 32. Nc7 (32. Bxa6 $16 {/+- was also possible, this phase of the
game was probably influenced by time-trouble.}) 32... Bg5 33. Qd4 Qxb3 34. Ra1
(34. Nd5 $5 {/\} a5 35. h4 Bd8 36. Ba6 {[%cal Rc6c7] /\c7+-}) 34... Bc8 35.
Bxc8 Rxc8 36. Rxa6 Qb1 (36... Rxc7 $4 37. Ra8+ $18) 37. Ra8 (37. Qd7 $1 Rd8 38.
Ra8 Qb6+ (38... Rxa8 39. Nxa8 Qh1 40. Qd5 $1 Qxh2+ 41. Qg2 $18) 39. c5 $5 (39.
Kg2 Rxa8 40. Nxa8 Qe3 41. Qg4 Qe8 42. Nb6 Qxc6+ 43. Nd5 $16 {is similar to the
game.}) 39... Qxc5+ 40. Kg2 Rxa8 41. Nxa8 Qe3 42. Qg4 Qe8 43. c7 $1 Qxa8+ (
43... Qc6+ 44. Kh3 f5 45. Qd4 $18) 44. Kh3 f5 45. Qc4+ $18 {This is the point
of the pawn sacrifice on move 39.}) (37. Nd5 Qh1 $132) (37. Kg2 Qc2 38. Qe5 Bf6
$5 (38... Qxc4 39. Ne8 $1 $18) 39. Qxf6 Qxe2+ 40. Qf2 Qxc4 $5 (40... Qxf2+ 41.
Kxf2 Rxc7 42. Ke3 $18) 41. Qb2 Qe4+ 42. Kf2 Qh1 43. Qe5 $16) 37... Qf5+ 38. Kg2
Rxa8 39. Nxa8 Qc8 40. Nb6 (40. c7 Qxa8+ 41. e4 Qc6 $1 $11) 40... Qxc6+ 41. e4
$16 {/+- Despite losing his advanced o^c6 White has very good winning chances
with his extra P and strong N.} Bf6 (41... Be7 42. Nd5 Bc5 43. Qe5 $18) (41...
f5 $2 42. Qd5+ Qxd5 43. exd5 $18) (41... Qe6 42. Nd5 $16 {/+-}) 42. Nd5 $1 {
Forces further simplification.} Bxd4 43. Ne7+ Kf8 44. Nxc6 Bc5 45. Kf3 Ke8 (
45... f6 46. g4 $142 $5 (46. e5 f5 $5 (46... Kf7 47. Ke4 $18) 47. e6 Bd6 48.
Ke3 Bc5+ 49. Kd3 Ke8 $14) 46... Ke8 47. Na5 {and White should gradually win.})
(45... h5 46. e5 Ke8 47. Ke4 $18) 46. Ne5 Bd4 47. Nd3 f6 (47... Ke7 48. e5 {
[%cal Rf3e4] /\Ke4+-}) 48. g4 $1 Ke7 (48... g5 49. e5 fxe5 50. Ke4 $18) 49. h4
{[%csl Rh6][%cal Rh4h5] /\h5,><h6} g5 (49... Kd6 50. h5 gxh5 51. gxh5 Ke6 52.
Nf4+ Kd6 53. Nd5 $18) 50. h5 $18 Kd6 51. Ke2 Kc6 52. Nb4+ Kd6 (52... Kc5 53.
Kd3 $1 $18) 53. Nd5 Ke5 54. Kf3 {/\Ne3-f5} Bc5 55. Ne3 Bf8 56. Nf5 Ke6 $8 57.
Ke2 $1 Ke5 58. Ke3 Bc5+ 59. Kd3 Bf8 $8 60. c5 Bxc5 61. Nxh6 Ke6 (61... Kf4 62.
Nf5 Kxg4 63. h6 $18) 62. Nf5 Kf7 63. Kc4 Ba3 64. Kd5 Bf8 65. Nd6+ (65. Nd6+ Ke7
(65... Kg8 66. Ke6 $18) 66. h6 $1 Bxh6 67. Nf5+ $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gagunashvili, Merab"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nge2 e5 7. h3 c6 8. a4 a5
{preparing the occupation of b4 square by the knight via a6.} 9. Be3 Na6 10.
O-O Nb4 11. Qd2 {White has another logical continuation:} (11. f4 Re8 12. Qd2
exd4 13. Bxd4 d5 14. e5 Nd7 15. Rad1 f6 16. exf6 Nxf6 17. g4 b6 $11 {1-0
Palkovi,J-Slovineanu,V/Panormo 2001/CBM 84 ext (57)}) 11... d5 {Interesting
attempt to equalize immediately by this breakthrough. Black has the option of
transfering his light-squared bishop to diagonal a6-f1, which seems to be good
solution for problem of developing it:} (11... Be6 12. Rad1 (12. b3 {
preventing transfer of black's light-squared bishop to c4.} d5 13. exd5 Nfxd5
14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. dxe5 (15. Rad1 {0-1 Vajda,L-Marin,M/Bucharest 1997/CBM 60/
[Marin,M] (78) Marin,M}) 15... Bxe5 16. Rad1 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Qf6 18. f4 $13 {
Sergejev,R-Svirjov,I/ch-EST 2000}) (12. f4 Bc4 13. b3 Ba6 14. Rad1 (14. Rf2
exd4 15. Bxd4 d5 16. Rd1 (16. exd5 $5) 16... Nxe4 17. Nxe4 dxe4 $11 {0-1
Bellon Lopez,J-Marin,M/Valencia 2002/CBM 89 ext (47)}) 14... Nh5 15. dxe5 dxe5
$13 {Vajda,L-Morozevich,A/WchJM U20 1997}) 12... Bc4 $5 (12... Qc7 13. f4 Rad8
$13) (12... d5 13. exd5 Nfxd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. c3 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Nd5 17. dxe5
Bxe5 18. Bd4 Bxd4 19. Nxd4 Nb6 $11 {Franzoni,G-Strikovic,A/Erevan olm 1996}) (
12... Qc8 13. Kh2 Re8 14. f4 Bc4 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. f5 Rd8 17. Qc1 Qc7 18. Rxd8+
Rxd8 19. Rf2 Ne8 $13 {Marjanovic,S-Dujkovic,S/JUG-ch op 1996}) 13. b3 (13. Rfe1
Qc7 14. Nc1 Rfe8 15. b3 Ba6 16. Nb1 Nh5 17. g4 exd4 18. Bxd4 c5 19. Bxg7 Nxg7
$13 {Terterians,V-Belov,I/Podolsk 1991}) 13... Ba6 14. Rfe1 {0-1 Kacheishvili,
G-Nijboer,F/Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001/[Finkel,A] (35)}) 12. exd5 ({After} 12. dxe5
Nxe4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 {black's position is slightly better.}) 12... Nfxd5 13. Nxd5
Nxd5 14. Bh6 {It seems to me as the most prinicpal continuation to fight for
an advantage.} (14. dxe5 Bxe5 (14... Nxe3 15. Qxe3 Qe7 16. f4 f6 17. Nd4 fxe5
18. Rae1 Qc5 19. fxe5 Re8 20. Nxc6 $14) 15. Bd4 Bxd4 16. Nxd4 Qf6 $11 {[%cal
Yf8d8]}) (14. Bg5 Bf6 $1 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 (15... Qxf6 {deserved attention.}) 16.
Rad1 e4 17. Nc3 Re8 18. g4 h5 19. g5 Nd5 20. Rfe1 Nxc3 21. bxc3 Bf5 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Chernin,A-Dunnington,A/Cappelle la Grande 1994/TD (45)}) 14... Bxh6 {
Black tried also} (14... e4 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. c4 Nb4 17. Bxe4 Bxh3 18. Rfe1 Qf6
19. Nf4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Marinkovic,S-Strikovic,A/Vrnjacka Banja 1999/EXT 2000 (52)
}) 15. Qxh6 exd4 16. Rad1 $146 {This position is arised for the first time,
according to my database. In previous game white continued} (16. Nxd4 {, but
didn't achieve anything special.} Qb6 17. Qd2 Rd8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Orlov,V-Utkin,A/
St Petersburg 2001/EXT 2002 (48)}) 16... c5 $6 {Risky decision. After this
move white succeeds to activize all his pieces and to get the initiative.
Probably the following continuations promise black approximately equal
position:} (16... Qb6 $1 17. Qc1 (17. Bxd5 cxd5 18. Nf4 Be6 $11) (17. Rxd4 Qxb2
18. Bxd5 cxd5 19. Rh4 Qg7) 17... Ne7 18. Nxd4 Nf5 $11) (16... Qf6 17. Nxd4 Re8
$14 {/=}) 17. Nxd4 $1 cxd4 18. Rxd4 Qb6 {Black doesn't succeed to change
light-squared bishops:} (18... Be6 $2 19. Bxd5 (19. c4 $2 Qb6 20. Rh4 $4 Nf6)
19... Bxd5 20. c4 $16 Qb6 $2 21. Rh4 $1 $18) 19. Rxd5 Qxb2 20. Qd2 $14 {
White's position is slightly better thanks to more active pieces in comparison
to his oponent's ones.} Qb6 {Other moves don't promise black an equality:} (
20... Bf5 21. g4 $1 Bxc2 22. Rc1 Rac8 23. Be4 Bxe4 24. Qxb2 Bxd5 25. Rxc8 Rxc8
26. Qb5 $16) (20... Be6 $5 21. Rb5 ({Worse is} 21. Rxa5 Rxa5 22. Qxa5 Rc8 23.
c3 Rxc3 24. Qd8+ (24. Qa8+ Kg7 25. Qxb7 Qxb7 26. Bxb7 Ra3 27. Bc6 Bb3 $11)
24... Kg7 25. Qd4+ Kg8 26. Rd1 Rc2 $11) 21... Qa2 22. Rxa5 Rxa5 23. Qxa5 $14) (
20... Qb4 21. Qxb4 axb4 22. Ra1 $1 $16 {[%cal Gd5b5,Yg2b7,Yb5b4,Yb5b7]}) 21.
Re1 Ra6 (21... Qc7 {deserved attention.}) 22. h4 $6 {[%cal Yh4h5,Yh5h6]
Typical move for such positions. White intends to push forward his "h" pawn in
order to create some mate threats. But he misses more attractive continuation
he has:} (22. Ree5 $1 Qb4 23. Rd4 Qb6 (23... Qxd2 24. Rxd2 $16) 24. Rh4 {
[%cal Gd2h6]} Qf6 25. Qh6 Qg7 26. Qxg7+ Kxg7 27. Rd4 $16) 22... Qb4 23. c3 {
White achieves nothing after the trade of queens on b4:} (23. Qxb4 axb4 24. Ra1
Bf5 25. Rb5 Bxc2 26. Rxb4 b5 $1 27. Rxb5 (27. a5 Ba4) 27... Rxa4 28. Rxa4 Bxa4
$11) 23... Qxa4 24. h5 (24. Rd8 {is parried by} Re6 25. Rxe6 Bxe6 26. Rxf8+
Kxf8) 24... Re6 $1 25. h6 Rxe1+ 26. Qxe1 Re8 27. Qd2 Qa1+ $6 {Usually checks
like this is better to save for the future.} (27... Qa3 {saving important
resourse of check.}) 28. Kh2 Qa3 {Black has to bring back his queen to parry
white attack.} 29. Rd6 $6 {[%cal Yg2d5] Nice idea to transfer the
light-squared bishop to excelent attacknig position- to d5, but stronger was} (
29. c4 $1 {[%cal Gd2a5,Gd5a5,Yc4c5,Yd5d8]} Be6 (29... b6 30. c5 bxc5 31. Rd8
Qa4 32. Qc3 $18) 30. Rxa5 Qe7 31. c5 $14 {[%cal Ga5b5,Gb5b7,Yg2b7]}) 29... Qc5
30. Bd5 Be6 $1 $11 {Black has to change at least one of the white's active
pieces, otherwise...} ({For instance:} 30... a4 31. Qf4 $1 {[%cal Gf4f7,Yf4f6,
Gf6g7]} Bf5 32. Rd7 $1 Rf8 33. Qe5 Qxf2+ 34. Bg2 f6 35. Qe7 $18) 31. Bxe6 (31.
Bxb7 Kf8 {and black's position is at least equal thanks to distant passed pawn
"a".}) 31... fxe6 32. Rd7 Rf8 33. Rg7+ Kh8 34. f4 Qh5+ {liquidating the
dangerous white's pawn.} (34... Qd5 35. Qe3) (34... b5 35. Rb7 $1 Qh5+ 36. Kg2
Qxh6 37. Qd6 $16) 35. Kg1 Qxh6 36. Rxb7 g5 $1 {Black sacrifies the pawn in
order to activize his pieces and to weaken the position of white monarch.} 37.
fxg5 Qg6 38. c4 Qf5 39. Kh2 (39. Qb2+ {doesn't change the evaluation of
position.} e5 40. Rb8 Rxb8 41. Qxb8+ Kg7 42. Qc7+ Kg6 43. Qxa5 $11) 39... Qf2+
({After} 39... a4 {white should play carefully in order to get a draw.} 40. Ra7
$1 (40. Qd7 $2 Qf2+ 41. Kh3 Qf1+ 42. Kh4 (42. Kg4 h5+) 42... Qh1+ 43. Kg4 h5+
44. gxh6 Qe4+ 45. Kh3 Rg8 $19) 40... e5 (40... Qc5 41. Qb2+ e5 42. Qb7 Qf2+ 43.
Kh3 Qf5+ 44. Kh4 Rg8 45. Qe7 Qe4+ $11) 41. Rxa4 Qf1 42. Ra2 Qxc4 43. g6 $11)
40. Qxf2 Rxf2+ 41. Kh3 Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Luther, Thomas"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Qe2 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Qxe5+ Qe7
8. Qa5 Qd8 9. Qe5+ Be6 10. Ng5 Qf6 11. Re1 O-O-O 12. Nxe6 Re8 13. Qxf6 gxf6 14.
b3 Rxe6 15. Rxe6 fxe6 16. Bb2 Be7 17. Nc3 h5 18. Re1 Kd7 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Rxe4
Rg8 21. Kf1 a6 22. d3 Rg5 23. Bc3 Rc5 24. Rc4 Rxc4 25. dxc4 f5 26. g3 Bd6 27.
Kg2 Ke8 28. f3 Kf7 29. h3 Kg6 30. Bd4 b5 31. c5 Be7 32. b4 Bg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nbd2 c5 6. a3 cxd4 7. exd4 dxc4 8.
Nxc4 Be7 9. Bf4 Nc6 10. Rc1 O-O 11. Bd3 b6 12. Nce5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd5 14. Bd2
Bb7 15. Qe2 Qd7 16. Bb5 Qd8 17. O-O Rc8 18. Bd3 Qd7 19. h4 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Rc8
21. Rxc8+ Qxc8 22. Ng5 Bxg5 23. Bxg5 h6 24. Bd2 Ne7 25. Qg4 Nf5 26. Bxf5 exf5
27. Qd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Goloshchapov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ c6 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qc2 Bb7 8.
Nc3 Nbd7 9. O-O Be7 10. d4 Rc8 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd5 13. Ne4 c5 14. Bg5 Nb4
15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Nd6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
Be7 9. O-O-O O-O 10. g4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. Ne2 Bb7 13. Ng3 Rc8 14. Kb1 Qc7
15. Bd3 Nd7 16. Rhf1 Ne5 17. f4 Nc4 18. Bxc4 Qxc4 19. Rf3 b4 20. b3 Qc7 21. Bb2
Rfd8 22. Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Delchev, Aleksander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8.
d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. f3 Rc8 11. b3 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 e6 14. Be3 exd5
15. cxd5 Na6 16. Rc1 Rxc1 17. Qxc1 Nb4 18. Qd2 Nxd5 19. Ne2 Qe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Fontaine, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 Be7 11. a3 Nh4 12. Nd4 Nf5 13. Nde2 h5 14. Rd1
b6 15. Bf4 Be6 16. Rd2 Rd8 17. Rad1 Rd7 18. Bh2 Rxd2 19. Rxd2 Bg5 20. Bf4 Bxf4
21. Nxf4 Bc8 22. Ne4 Rh6 23. g3 Ne7 24. Ng5 Ng6 25. e6 f6 26. Nf7 Nxf4 27. Rd8+
Ke7 28. Rxc8 Rg6 29. Rxc7+ Kxe6 30. h4 Nd5 31. Rxa7 Rg4 32. b3 Ne7 33. Nd8+ Kd6
34. Kf1 g5 35. hxg5 fxg5 36. Kg2 Nc8 37. Rb7 Ne7 38. Nf7+ Ke6 39. Nxg5+ Kf6 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.10"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bd3 Be6 12. O-O Bxd5 13. exd5 Ne7 14. c4 {
A move which gained some popularity lately thanks to Leko's games. But as
usual in Sveshnikov Sicilian when White picks up an old variation it may work
out in few games, until Black finds most accurate way to neutralize White's
ideas.} Bg7 {This is somewhat more flexible than the immediate 14...e4.} 15.
Qd2 bxc4 $5 16. Nxc4 O-O {Black delays the advance e5-e4, waiting first to see
White's intentions. This approach was first used by Krasenkow.} 17. a4 $6 {
White's idea might have been something like a5, then Nb6 and after that push
the b-pawn. But of course he'll have no time for that slow plan, being forced
to play more in the center and on the kingside, where Black will organize
counterplay. Another idea of 17.a4 might be to prevent the typical maneuver
Ra8-b8-b5, but as mentioned above, Black has lots of resources without it as
well.} (17. Rad1 $142) 17... e4 {Time to start creating initiative on the
kingside.} 18. Be2 Ng6 19. f4 (19. Kh1 f4 $36) 19... exf3 20. Rxf3 f4 21. Kh1
Qc7 22. Raf1 {White obviously connects his hopes with the f-file. As we'll see,
this plan has a major drawback, since Black can keep the f-file closed even if
White will play g2-g3 later.} (22. Rc1 Rac8 23. Rff1 $13) 22... Rae8 23. Bd3 (
23. a5 Re4 24. Nb6 Bd4 $5 {[%cal Gd4e3,Gf7f5,Yg6e5]}) 23... f5 $1 {This leads
to a more complicated battle than 23...Qc5, which would have given White the
possibility to enter an endgame. The game continuation is logical - it keeps
the diagonal b1-h7 closed and thus it forces White to justify the plan with
Rf3 and Raf1 by playing the doubtful g2-g3.} (23... Qc5 24. Qa5 (24. b4 Qxd5
25. Bxg6 Qxd2 26. Bxh7+ Kxh7 27. Nxd2 Re2 $15) (24. Bxg6 $5 fxg6 25. b3 Rf5 $13
) 24... Qxa5 25. Nxa5 Ne5 26. Rh3 Nxd3 27. Rxd3 Bxb2 28. Rdf3 $11 Be5 $140 29.
Nc6 $44) 24. g3 $6 {A logical follow-up of White's previous play, but in fact
it only weakens White's kingside and the diagonal a8-h1. The point is that
Black is not forced to take on g3 and open the f-file for white rooks, but
instead can combine attack on pawn d5 with activity on e- and g-files.} (24. b4
Rf6 $13 {[%cal Gg6e5] Better than the immediate 24...Ne5.} (24... Re4 {is less
convincing due to} 25. Na5 $1 ({but not} 25. Bxe4 $2 fxe4 $19 {[%csl Rc4,Rf3]})
) (24... Ne5 25. Nxe5 (25. Rxf4 Bh6) 25... dxe5 26. Bxa6 Rf6 $44)) (24. Qb4 Rf6
$13 (24... Re4 $5 {Interesting, although not necessary} 25. Bxe4 fxe4 26. Rb3
e3 $5 $44)) 24... Qc5 (24... fxg3 25. hxg3 {[%csl Rf5] would obviously make
White happy - all his pieces suddenly got a job.}) 25. Qf2 {Probably White
expected 25...Qxd5, hoping to neutralize Black's pressure by sacrificing a
pawn.} (25. gxf4 $2 Nh4 26. Rg3 Qxd5+ 27. Kg1 Kh8 $19 {/\ 28...Bd4}) (25. Qg2
$5) 25... Bd4 $5 {pointing out the drawback of 25.Qf2.} (25... Qxd5 {wins a
pawn, but it would have allowed White to activate his pieces, especially
annoying would be the transfer of the bishop to d5:} 26. Nb6 Qb7 27. Bc4+ Kh8
28. Bd5 fxg3 29. Rxg3 $5 (29. hxg3 Qc7 30. a5 Re5) 29... Qe7 {Black is also
better here, but apparently Ivanchuk didn't want to give up the initiative
even temporary.}) 26. Qg2 ({After} 26. Qc2 {Black plays the same} Kh8 {
threatening ...Qxd5. White is in trouble to find an useful move at all.}) 26...
Kh8 27. h4 {Forced. White needs square h2 for the king.} (27. gxf4 Nh4 $19)
27... Rg8 28. Qh3 Ref8 29. gxf4 $2 ({White had more chances to survive after} 
29. h5 {For instance:} Ne5 30. Nxe5 dxe5 31. Bxf5 fxg3 32. Rxg3 Qxd5+ 33. Qg2
Qf7 34. Rxg8+ Rxg8 35. Qf3 {and with accurate play White must be able to make
a draw.}) 29... Qxd5 30. Kh2 (30. h5 Nxf4 $19) 30... Bf6 31. Qxf5 {The desire
to swap queens is understandable, but White loses material.} (31. h5 Nh4 32.
R3f2 Rb8 $17 {[%cal Gb8b3] the position is practically impossible to defend in
a practical game.}) 31... Qxf5 32. Bxf5 Nxh4 33. Be6 Nxf3+ 34. Rxf3 Rg7 $19 35.
b4 (35. Nxd6 Bxb2 $19) 35... Be5 36. fxe5 {White's hopes to create any
counterplay with the passed d-pawn are unrealistic because of the king. Black
wins easily using mating motifs.} (36. Nxe5 dxe5 37. f5 Rf6 {is hopeless as
well, of course.}) 36... Rxf3 37. exd6 Rf2+ 38. Kh1 ({or} 38. Kh3 Rf6 39. Bg4
Rh6+ 40. Kg3 Rhg6 41. Ne5 Rxd6 $19) 38... Rf4 {[%cal Gf4h4]} 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.11"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 h5 5. Be2 e6 6. a3 h4 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. O-O Ne7
9. Bg5 h3 10. g3 Bg4 11. b4 f6 12. exf6 gxf6 13. Bf4 Ng6 14. Nd2 Bxe2 15. Nxe2
Nb6 16. c3 Qd7 17. Qc2 Qh7 18. Ra2 O-O-O 19. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.12"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kharlov, Andrei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 a5 10. bxa5 c5 11. a4 Kh8 12. Ra3 Neg8 13. Nd2 Rxa5 14. Bb2 Qe7 15.
Nb5 Bd7 16. Qa1 Raa8 17. f4 exf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.13"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 O-O 7. c3
Bd7 8. Nbd2 Re8 9. Nf1 Bf8 10. Bg5 h6 (10... Ne7 $5 11. Bxf6 Bxb5 12. Bg5 Qd7
13. Ng3 f6 14. Be3 Kh8 15. d4 Qe6 16. a4 Bd7 17. d5 Qf7 $13 {0-1 Marta,M-Spano
Cuomo,G/Palocco 1998/EXT 2001 (40)}) 11. Bh4 Be7 12. a4 {Ftacnik: 'Ivanchuk is
not afraid of the peaceful position from the opening, in the fight he can lean
on his excellent positional feeling.'} Nh7 13. Bg3 (13. Bxe7 {Ftacnik} Qxe7 14.
Ne3 Nf6 15. a5 a6 16. Bc4 $14) 13... Bg4 14. h3 Bh5 15. N1h2 a6 (15... Ng5 {
Ftacnik} 16. Ng4 Bxg4 17. hxg4 Qd7 18. Nd2 a6 19. Bc4 Nh7 20. Nf1 $14) 16. Bc4
Qc8 17. Qc2 Kh8 18. Nh4 Bg5 (18... Bxh4 {Ftacnik} 19. Bxh4 Qd7 20. Nf1 $14) 19.
f3 {[%mdl 16] It's interesting to see how slowly Ivanchuk develops his game.
Black seems to make reasonable moves but White just plays on and improves his
position.} Qd8 20. Qf2 (20. Nf5 {Ftacnik} Bg6 21. Ng4 Bxf5 22. exf5 Qd7 $13)
20... Bf4 21. Nf5 (21. Bxf4 {Ftacnik} exf4 22. d4 Qg5 $13) 21... Bg6 22. Ne3 {
Ftacnik: 'From e3 the knight is controlling the sensitive squares d5 and f5. '}
Bxg3 (22... Bxe3 {Ftacnik} 23. Rxe3 Qd7 24. f4 (24. a5 f5 $1) 24... Na5 25. Ba2
exf4 26. Bxf4 Qxa4 27. Nf3 Qd7 28. Nh4 $36) 23. Qxg3 Nf6 24. Qf2 Nh5 25. g3 {
White prepares to expand with f4. The key to Whites play is the excellent
control he keeps over d5.} Rf8 26. Kh1 Qd7 27. h4 Ne7 (27... Qh3 {Ftacnik} 28.
Rg1 Nf6 29. g4 $14) 28. Ng2 Bh7 (28... Qh3 $2 {Ftacnik} 29. g4 Ng3+ 30. Kg1
Rae8 31. f4 $18) 29. Bb3 Qc6 30. g4 Nf6 (30... Nf4 {Ftacnik} 31. Nxf4 exf4 32.
a5 $14) 31. a5 Qd7 32. d4 {Ftacnik: 'White's advantage is based to a great
degree on the unfortunate location of the bishop h7.'} Nc6 (32... Qb5 {Ftacnik}
33. Ra3 Rad8 34. Ne3 $14) 33. Nf1 h5 34. g5 Ng8 35. Ba4 Qh3+ 36. Nh2 f6 37. f4
$1 Qc8 {This looks like a mistake, but there seems to be no better move.} (
37... fxg5 38. hxg5 $1 (38. f5 $6 {[%cal Ye1e3]} Nf6 $1 39. hxg5 (39. Re3 $4
Ng4 $19) 39... Ng4 40. Qh4 Nxa5 $1 $13) 38... Nge7 39. f5 $16) 38. Qg3 Nge7 39.
Bxc6 bxc6 (39... Nxc6 40. g6 $18) 40. f5 {'!' Ftacnik. Black is suffocating
and tries a break out.} Bxf5 {Ftacnik: 'Alekseev is desperate, since his
bishop has become a complete statist on the board.'} 41. exf5 Nxf5 42. Qf3 g6
43. gxf6 exd4 44. Nf4 Rxf6 45. Rg1 Kh7 46. Nxg6 $1 {Ivanchuk ends the game
with an attack.} Rxg6 47. Rxg6 {Ftacnik: 'Rather symptomatic solution for the
very strong player. White has a winning advantage, but he doesn't have to rush
the win in the quickest manner.'} Kxg6 48. Rg1+ Kf6 49. Qxh5 c5 50. Rg5 dxc3 (
50... Ne7 51. Qf3+ Ke6 52. Qe4+ Kd7 53. Rg7 $18) 51. Ng4+ Ke6 52. Rxf5 Qe8 53.
Rf6+ Kd7 54. Qf5+ Kc6 55. Ne5+ {Ftacnik: 'Black king will not find a peaceful
moment even on the queenside, white is playing shamelessly for mate.'} Kb5 56.
Re6 Qh8 57. Qd3+ Kxa5 58. Qxc3+ Ka4 59. Qa3+ 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 19th"]
[Site "Rethymno"]
[Date "2003.09.28"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gretarsson, Helgi Ass"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2003.09.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Warsaw Polonia"]
[BlackTeam "Reykjavik Hellir"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISL"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 c6 5. h3 {I'd recommend for everyone, who
intends to play this variation, to read my opening database in CBM 93.} Nbd7 {
The main theoretical line is} (5... Bg7 {1/2-1/2 Pavasovic,D-Volokitin,A/
Portoroz 2001/[Erenburg] (84)}) 6. f4 {Probably the most principal
continuation. While after} (6. Nf3 {white can fight for an advantage as well:}
Qc7 (6... b5 7. e5) (6... Qa5 $6 {0-1 Delchev,A-Shchekachev,A/Nice 2002/
[Erenburg] (59)}) 7. a4 {preventing b7-b5.} Bg7 8. Be2 O-O 9. Nd2 b6 {1-0
Morozevich,A-Gurevich,M/Sarajevo 2000/[Erenburg] (27)} (9... e5 {1-0 Erenburg,
S-Klenburg,M/Tel Aviv 2002/[Erenburg] (39)})) 6... e5 {Black has many other
possibilities:} (6... Qb6 $5 $146 {1-0 Movsesian,S-Cekro,E/Neum 2002/CBM 90/
[Avrukh,B] (42)}) (6... b5 7. Qf3 b4 8. Nb1 Bb7 9. Nd2 Bg7 10. Bd3 Qc7 11. Ne2
O-O 12. g4 c5 $1 13. c3 (13. d5 e6 $1) 13... bxc3 14. bxc3 cxd4 15. cxd4 Qa5
$11 {[%cal Gb7a6] 1/2-1/2 Stefanovski,D-Bogdanovski,V/Struga 1991/EXT 99 (108)}
) (6... Qa5 {1/2-1/2 Sveshnikov,E-Beliavsky,A/Bled 2001/[Erenburg] (41)}) (6...
Bg7 7. Qf3 {-see 5...Bg7 variation.}) 7. Nf3 {It is very logical to put
pressure on black's center. White tried also} (7. Qf3 Qa5 (7... Bg7 {1-0
Sveshnikov,E-Komljenovic,D/Torcy 1991/[Erenburg] (50)}) 8. Bd3 {1-0 Movsesian,
S-Ftacnik,L/Hamburg 1997/[Movsesian] (37)}) 7... Bh6 $6 $146 {Dubious novelty.
It's hard to believe, that this move can be good.} ({In the previous games
black continued} 7... Qa5 8. Qd2 Bg7 9. O-O-O O-O 10. Kb1 Re8 11. dxe5 dxe5 12.
f5 b5 13. fxg6 hxg6 14. Ng5 $36 {1/2-1/2 Luther,T-Fritz,R/Seefeld 1996 (61)}) (
7... Qc7 8. Bd3 Bg7 9. O-O exd4 10. Bxd4 O-O 11. Qd2 b6 12. Rae1 Bb7 13. e5 $14
{1-0 Shaked,T-Bengtson,M/Philadelphia 1998/EXT 99 (24)}) 8. Qd2 {This move is
better, than} (8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. fxe5 Bxe3 12. exf6
Re8 (12... Bg5 13. Rd1+ Ke8 14. Bc4 Bxf6 15. O-O $1 $14) 13. Rd1+ Kc7 14. Bd3
Bd4 $44) 8... Nh5 (8... exf4 9. Bxf4 Bxf4 10. Qxf4 $14) 9. fxe5 Bxe3 10. Qxe3
dxe5 11. O-O-O (11. dxe5 {promises white an advantage as well:} Qb6 12. Qxb6
Nxb6 13. a4 $16) 11... Qf6 {White has a development advantage, that makes
black's position quite dangerous. Black's attempt to trade queens is logical.}
(11... Ng3 12. Rg1 $32) (11... Qc7 12. Bc4 $32) 12. dxe5 Qf4 13. Kd2 {It is
well-known fact, that the center is a favorable position for king in endgames.}
O-O 14. Qxf4 (14. g4 {seems strong as well:} Qxe3+ 15. Kxe3 Ng3 16. Rg1 Nxf1+
17. Rgxf1 $16) 14... Nxf4 15. Ke3 $16 {White is a pawn up without any
compensation from the black's side.} Ne6 16. Bc4 Nc7 (16... Nb6 17. Be2 (17.
Bxe6 Bxe6 18. b3 $16)) (16... Re8 17. Rd6 Nb6 18. Be2 $16 {[%cal Gh1d1]}) 17.
e6 $6 {I'm not sure white needs to give back a pawn. His advantage is quite
obvious after} (17. Rd6 Nb6 18. Be2 Be6 19. Rhd1 $16) 17... fxe6 $8 (17... Nxe6
18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Rd6 Nb6 20. Ne5 $18 {and black is paralyzed.}) 18. Rhf1 Re8 (
18... Nb6 19. Be2 $1 {[%cal Gf3e5]}) 19. Ng5 {The following continuations
deserve attention:} (19. Be2 $5) (19. Bb3 $5) 19... Re7 ({Maybe more aggressive
} 19... Nd5+ {gave black more chances:} 20. Kd2 Ne5 21. Bb3 Nb6 22. Ke2 $16)
20. Rd6 Nb6 {Black doesn't succeed to equalize after} (20... Nd5+ 21. Bxd5 (21.
Kd2 $16) 21... exd5 22. Ne6 $16) ({as well as after} 20... Ne5 21. Bb3 c5 22.
Rd8+ $18) 21. Rd8+ Kg7 22. Bb3 Bd7 (22... h6 23. Nf3 Bd7 24. Rxa8 Nbxa8 25. Ne5
$16) 23. Rxa8 Nbxa8 24. e5 {setting free the e4 square for the knight. But, on
the other hand, this move weakens d5 square.} (24. Nf3 {comes to consideration.
}) 24... Nd5+ 25. Kd2 Be8 $6 {I think, blackhas more drawish chances after} (
25... Nxc3 26. Kxc3 c5 27. Rf6 (27. Ne4 Bc6 $1) 27... Nc7 28. Ne4 b6 $14) 26.
Nce4 $1 {Black suffers from the lack of space, so it is logical not to allow
to trade knights.} h6 27. Nf3 g5 {preparing an occupation of the f4 square for
the knight.} 28. Nd4 Nac7 29. g4 $5 Nf4 $2 ({Better is} 29... Bg6 30. Nd6 c5
31. Nf3 $16) 30. h4 $1 {White wins the g5 pawn.} Rd7 (30... Nh3 31. Rf3 Bg6 32.
Nc5 $18) 31. Ke3 $4 {Probably, both sides were in time trouble, otherwise, it
is difficult to explain such mistakes.} ({White wins after} 31. c3 $1 {[%cal
Gh4g5]} Ng6 (31... Bg6 32. Nc5 Re7 33. Nxb7 $18) 32. hxg5 hxg5 (32... Nxe5 33.
gxh6+ Kxh6 34. g5+ Kg7 35. Nc5 $18) 33. Nxg5 Nxe5 34. Bxe6 $18) 31... Rf7 $4 {
Black missed the winning continuation:} (31... Ng2+ $1 32. Kd3 Bg6 $1 {[%cal
Gc6c5]} 33. hxg5 hxg5 34. Rf6 Bh7 $19 35. Bxe6 Nxe6 36. Rxe6 Nf4+ 37. Ke3 Bxe4
38. Rd6 Rxd6 39. exd6 c5 $19) 32. Nf6 c5 (32... Ncd5+ 33. Nxd5 exd5 34. Nf5+
$16) 33. Nf3 $2 {Another mistake. White should play} (33. hxg5 hxg5 (33...
cxd4+ 34. Kxf4 $18) 34. Nf5+ exf5 35. Nxe8+ Nxe8 36. Bxf7 Kxf7 37. gxf5 Ng7 38.
Ke4 Ne2 39. Kf3 Nd4+ 40. Kg4 Nc6 41. Re1 $14) 33... Bc6 $4 {Blunder follows
blunder!} ({Good enough was} 33... Ncd5+ 34. Nxd5 Nxd5+ 35. Bxd5 exd5 36. hxg5
hxg5 $1 $15 {[%cal Gf7f4]}) 34. hxg5 $18 {White is a pawn up, his pieces are
more active. These factors promise white a victory.} Bxf3 (34... Ncd5+ 35. Kd2
$1 $18) 35. gxh6+ Kxh6 36. Rxf3 (36. Rxf3 Nfd5+ (36... Ng6 37. Rh3+ Kg7 38.
Rh7+ Kf8 39. Nd7+ $18) 37. Bxd5 exd5 38. Rf5 $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 19th"]
[Site "Rethymno"]
[Date "2003.09.29"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Acs, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2003.09.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Grodzisk"]
[BlackTeam "Warsaw Polonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. d5 O-O 7. Bd3 Qb6 {
Kortschnoj: 'A theoretical move here is 7...Na6. With his move black forces
the opponent to put his knight f3 to c4: the matters do not change much -
white retains his opening advantage.'} (7... Na6) 8. Nd2 (8. a4 Bg4 9. a5 Qc7
10. O-O e5 11. fxe5 dxe5 12. h3 Bd7 13. Qe1 Ne8 14. Qh4 f6 $13 {Ezhov,I-Kosov,
A/St Petersburg 1999}) 8... Bg4 (8... e6 9. Nc4 Qd8 10. Ne3 exd5 11. exd5 Na6
12. O-O Re8 13. Kh1 Bd7 14. Qf3 Nb4 {Dancevski,O-Kortschnoj,V/Ohrid 2001}) 9.
Be2 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 Nbd7 11. O-O Qa6 $6 {Ivanchuk bellieves in himself, so he is
ready to play worse position in which he may get chances to sieze the
initiative.} (11... Qc7 $6 12. Nc4 Nb6 13. Ne3 $14) (11... e6 $5 12. Nc4 Qa6
13. dxe6 (13. a4 exd5 14. exd5 Rae8 15. Qd3 Nb6 16. Nxb6 Qxd3 17. cxd3 axb6 $11
) 13... fxe6 14. Qd3 Ne8 15. a4 Bd4+ 16. Be3 Bxe3+ 17. Nxe3 Qxd3 18. cxd3 $11)
12. Qxa6 bxa6 13. Nc4 Rab8 14. Re1 Nb6 15. Na5 Rfe8 16. Bd2 e6 17. dxe6 Rxe6 (
17... fxe6 18. e5 dxe5 19. Nc6 Rbc8 20. Nxe5 Nfd7 21. Nxd7 Nxd7 22. Rad1 $14)
18. f5 $5 {The most crucial and ambitious coninuation.} (18. Kf2 Rbe8 19. Kf3
d5 20. exd5 Nfxd5 21. Rxe6 Rxe6 22. Nxd5 Nxd5 23. c3 $14) 18... Ree8 19. Bf4
Ng4 20. Bxd6 Rbd8 21. Bf4 ({Also after} 21. Bxc5 Rc8 22. Bf2 Nxf2 23. Kxf2 Bxc3
24. bxc3 Rxc3 25. Rac1 Re5 26. Nb3 gxf5 27. exf5 Rxf5+ 28. Kg1 $13 {black is
out of danger.}) 21... g5 $1 {[%csl Rh2] Showing that even without the queens
the position contains unlimted tactical possibilities.} 22. Bxg5 (22. h3 gxf4
23. hxg4 Rd2 24. Rac1 Bd4+ 25. Kh1 Be3 $44) 22... Bd4+ 23. Kf1 Nxh2+ 24. Ke2
Bxc3 25. bxc3 f6 $1 (25... Rxe4+ 26. Kf2 Rde8 27. Rxe4 Rxe4 28. Nb7 $14) 26.
Kf2 $1 (26. Bxf6 $2 {[%csl Rf6]} Rxe4+ 27. Kf2 Ng4+ 28. Kf3 Rxe1 29. Kxg4 Rxa1
30. Bxd8 Rxa2 $19) 26... fxg5 27. Kg3 Nf1+ 28. Rxf1 Rxe4 $11 29. Nb7 Rd5 (29...
Rd2 30. Rae1 (30. Nxc5 $6 Rc4 31. Ne6 Rxc3+ 32. Rf3 Rcxc2 33. Rg1 h6 $15) 30...
Rxe1 31. Rxe1 Rxc2 32. Re7 Rxc3+ 33. Kg4 $44 {[%csl Rg8]}) 30. Rad1 h5 31. f6
Rg4+ $6 (31... Re3+ 32. Kh2 Rxd1 33. Rxd1 Rxc3 34. Nd8 $1 $44) 32. Kh2 Rf4 33.
Rxf4 gxf4 34. Rxd5 Nxd5 35. c4 Nc3 36. Nxc5 Nxa2 37. Nxa6 Kf7 38. Kh3 Kxf6 39.
Kh4 Kg6 (39... Ke5 $2 40. Kxh5 Nc3 (40... Kd6 41. Kg5 Kc6 42. Kxf4 Kb6 43. g4
Kxa6 44. g5 $18) 41. c5 Nd5 42. Kg5 $16) 40. c5 Nc3 41. c6 Nd5 42. c7 Ne7 43.
c3 (43. Nb4 Nc8 44. Nc6 Kh6 45. c4 Kg6 46. c5 Kf6 47. Kxh5 Ke6 48. Kg4 Kd5 49.
Nxa7 Nxa7 50. Kxf4 Kxc5 51. g4 Kd6 52. g5 Kxc7 53. g6 Nc6 $11) (43. c4 $5)
43... Nf5+ 44. Kh3 Ne7 45. c4 Kg5 46. Nb4 Nc8 47. c5 a5 $11 48. Nd5 a4 49. Nb6
a3 50. Nxc8 a2 51. Nd6 a1=Q 52. Kh2 Qe1 53. Ne4+ Qxe4 54. c8=Q Qe5 55. Qd8+ Kf5
56. Qf8+ Ke6 57. Qe8+ Kd5 58. Qxe5+ Kxe5 59. Kh3 Kd5 60. Kh4 Kxc5 61. Kg5 h4
62. Kxf4 h3 63. gxh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 19th"]
[Site "Rethymno"]
[Date "2003.09.30"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2003.09.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Warsaw Polonia"]
[BlackTeam "Clichy Echecs 92"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

{In order to confirm once more several rather well-known things, a small
introduction to the present encounter is needed. When I first briefly saw the
text of the game, I had some doubts whether the record of all moves is
entirely correct (just for information - the computer recording of the games
are usually made by a human from the scoresheets of the players). I had a
similar feeling in the past a couple of times with other games and each time I
was right - it turned out that in reality some moves where played differently
than in the recorded computer notation, although in the end often same
positions would arise.  In this game, at some point Ivanchuk sacrificed an
exchange apparently out of the blue, offering Black a choice to take either
the exchange or a pawn. For some reasons Black didn't take material. I doubted
that this really happened in the game, so I contacted Loek Van Wely, who said
"yes, Ivanchuk simply ignored my threat. I should have taken the exchange". To
my question "what about the pawn then?", he replied "yes, the guy tricked me
twice...", although he admitted that "a pawn is just a pawn, but I should have
taken the exchange!" Thus, I convinced myself once again that: 1.Ivanchuk is a
brilliant chess player and for a mere mortals like me occasionally is far from
easy to understand quickly this guy's way of thinking.  2.Trust ChessBase!
Sometimes is impossible to descipher certain individuals' handwriting on the
scoresheet, and there is little to do about that. However, the notation
provided by ChessBase is in 99,99% cases correct. 3."If you prepare a threat
and have a chance to execute it, don't hesitate!", concluded Loek Van Wely,
who in the end of our discussion sent his friendly greetings to all ChessBase
users.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5
a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. g3 {An idea of Latvian players,
introduced first by Janis Klovans in 1975 and then used by Zigurds Lanka. The
bishop aims for the long diagonal, and later from e4 it will exert pressure on
both flangs.} fxe4 12. Bg2 Bg7 {Often Black plays 12...Be6 first, but Van Wely
had something different in mind.} (12... Bf5 {Protecting the pawn is
considered wrong by the theory, although it is not entirely clear. Van Wely
played it as well.} 13. f3 $1 (13. O-O Bg7 14. Re1 O-O 15. c3 Ne7 16. Nc2 Rc8
17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Adams,M-Van Wely,L/Tilburg 1998 (36)}) 13... e3 14.
f4 (14. Nxe3 Be6 15. f4 Rc8 $13) 14... Rc8 15. O-O (15. c3 exf4 16. O-O Bh6 17.
gxf4 Rg8 18. Qf3 Qh4 19. Kh1 Kf8 20. Nxe3 Bd3 21. Nac2 (21. Rf2 Be4 $1) 21...
Ne7 22. Nd4 Rc5 23. Qa8+ Kg7 24. Qb7 Bxf1 25. Rxf1 Rh5 $17 {0-1 Movsesian,
S-Babula,V/Czechia 2001 (33)}) 15... Nd4 16. fxe5 dxe5 17. Nxe3 Bg6 18. c3 Ne6
19. Nd5 Bg7 20. Qe2 O-O 21. Rad1 $13 {1-0 Suarez Real,A-Stross,F/EU-ch
Internet qual 2003 (31)}) (12... Be6 13. Bxe4 Bg7 14. Qh5 $1 (14. Nf6+ $2 Bxf6
15. Bxc6+ Ke7 16. Bxa8 Qxa8 $44 {[%csl Ra3,Ge6,Gf6][%cal Ga8h1,Gh7h5,Gh5h4]})
14... Rc8 15. c3 ({or} 15. O-O Ne7 16. Rad1 Nxd5 ({also possible is} 16... Rc5
17. Nb4 Qb6 18. Qg5 Kf8 19. Qe3) 17. Bxd5 O-O 18. c3 Qd7 ({The immediate} 18...
Rc5 $11 {is more precise.}) 19. Rd2 Rc5 20. Qd1 Rd8 21. Nc2 Bg4 22. Bf3 Be6 23.
Bd5 (23. Nb4 $5) 23... Bg4 {1/2-1/2 Lanka,Z-Jussupow,A/Baku 1979}) 15... Ne7
16. Rd1 Rc5 17. Nb4 Qb6 18. Qg5 Kf8 19. Qe3 {is the main position of the 11.
g3-variation.}) 13. Bxe4 Rb8 $5 {Black avoids the main line, starting with 13..
.Be6.} (13... Ra7 14. Qh5 Ne7 15. O-O (15. Nxe7 $5) (15. Rd1 $5) 15... Nxd5 16.
Bxd5 O-O 17. c4 $14 {1-0 Liss,E-Tsesarsky,I/Israel 1998 (55)}) (13... Be6 {
Transfers to 12...Be6 13.Bxe4 Bg7.}) 14. Qh5 {An important move in White's
plan - to prevent Black from castling.} (14. c3 O-O 15. Nc2 f5 16. Bg2 a5 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Shamkovich,L-Ochoa de Echaguen,F/New York 1987 (44)}) 14... Ne7 (14...
h6 $6 15. Rd1 O-O 16. g4 $5 Nd4 17. Rg1 f6 18. Qg6 Rf7 19. c3 Ne6 20. Nc2 Kf8
21. Nce3 Nf4 22. Nxf4 exf4 23. Nd5 Bb7 24. Qf5 $16 {1-0 Zapata,A-Espinosa
Flores,R/Cali 1990 (44)}) (14... Be6 15. Rd1 Ne7 16. c3 ({Better is} 16. Nxe7
Qxe7 17. c3 {which leads to the main game}) 16... Nxd5 17. Bxd5 O-O (17... Qd7
$5 $11) 18. Nc2 $11 {comparing to our game, here Black avoided the move h7-h6,
Stolz,M-Kalinitschew,S/Germany 1992.}) 15. Nxe7 $1 {This is a novelty. Usually
White tries to keep a piece on d5, but Ivanchuk's main idea was to prevent
Black from castle, so he wanted to keep the bishop on the diagonal b1-h7.} (15.
Rd1 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 O-O $11) 15... Qxe7 16. c3 {To understand better what
happened next, it's important to realise the following: - as long as Black is
not able to advance d6-d5, White has a better pawn structure. If Black
succeeds to play d6-d5, then usually he immediately solves all problems; -
Black's weakest squares are d5 and f5, that's why the black light-squared
bishop is extremely important. With its disappearance, White will have huge
positional advantage because of the absolut control of those squares; - for
the moment Black has problems to castle short. Apparently he can easily solve
it by playing h7-h6, but such a move will have negative consequences later, as
explained below.} ({After} 16. O-O Be6 17. Rfd1 b4 {White must retreat the
knight to b1.} 18. Nb1 Qd7 $5 $11) 16... Be6 {[%cal Gd6d5] Threatening 17...d5.
} 17. Rd1 {Preventing the threat, but what about pawn a2?} (17. O-O d5 {
is obviously fine for Black.}) 17... Qd7 {[%cal Ge6g4]} (17... Bxa2 $6 {
After this move White gets a great compensation for the pawn:} 18. Nc2 (18. O-O
Bb3 19. Rd2 (19. Nc2 $6 d5) 19... Rd8 {[%cal Gd6d5]} 20. Bc6+ (20. Nc2 $6 d5)
20... Kf8 21. Nc2 Bxc2 22. Rxc2 d5 23. Ra1 $5) 18... Bb3 (18... Rd8 19. Ne3 $44
) 19. Rd2 Bxc2 20. Rxc2 {[%csl Rd5,Rf5] To remind Loek's wise words - "A pawn
is just a pawn", which here means that for a slight material advantage Black
will have to suffer during the whole game. The presence of opposite-coloured
bishops only makes Black's life harder, since on the light squares White has
an extra piece, while the dark-squares are of no importance. Black has
probably reasonable chances to achieve a draw, which in fact is the most
likely outcome, but life without any perspectives is worth little.} (20. Bxc2
$5 $44 e4 21. Bxe4 Qe5 $16 {/+/=})) 18. O-O $5 {An amazing move, completely
ignoring Black's threat Bg4. Ivanchuk is ready to give up the exchange in
order to take control over the light squares.} (18. h3 {is a concession, since
it wastes time and weakens the pawn structure.}) 18... h6 $2 {This move is bad
for several reasons. The main one is of a general nature - if you have a plan,
go for it. White ignored 18...Bg4, but by refusing to play this, Black
psychologically lost the battle. Secondly, Black's main idea in such a pawn
formation is to push f7-f5 (d6-d5 would be nice too, but less realistic).
After pushing the pawn on f5, the weak square g6 can play a role in all sorts
of tactical complications. And last but not least, the square h6 cannot be
used anymore by Black's pieces.} (18... Bg4 {Black had to play this. Only in
such a way Ivanchuk's positional exchange sacrifice could be tested.} 19. Qh4 (
19. Qg5 O-O (19... f6 20. Qh4 Bxd1 21. Rxd1 $44) 20. Qh4 h6 (20... f5 21. Bd5+
Kh8 22. f3 Bf6 23. Qh6 Bg7 24. Qh4 (24. Qe3 Bh3 {ahould be fine for Black})
24... Bf6 $11) 21. Rd2 $14) 19... Bxd1 20. Rxd1 {White hopes to have total
control of squares d5 and f5 as the compensation for the exchange. With the
knight on e3, Black would have serious problems to find any sensible
counterplay, while with the knight on a3 Black is able to get a normal
position.} h5 $1 {[%cal Gh8h6,Gd7g4,Gg7f6] As pointed out by Van Wely, Black
is okay after this move. White still keeps positional compensation (many
weaknesses in Black's pawn formation), but it will not be sufficient for
advantage. For instance:} 21. h3 (21. Qg5 Qg4 (21... Kf8 $5) 22. Qxg4 hxg4 23.
Bf5 Rd8 24. Rd5 Bh6 $5 {[%cal Gh6c1]}) 21... Rh6 22. Bg2 Bf6 23. Qb4 Rd8 {
[%cal Ge8f8,Gf8g7]}) (18... d5 $2 19. Nc2 Bg4 20. Qg5 f6 21. Qh4 Bxd1 22. Rxd1
$16) 19. Nc2 O-O (19... Bg4 {Here this is already less attractive. White gets
a clear compensation:} 20. Qh4 Bxd1 21. Rxd1 O-O 22. Ne3 $44 {[%csl Rd5,Rf5,
Rg7,Rg8]} f5 23. Qh3 $16) 20. Ne3 f5 {[%csl Rg6]} 21. Bd5 $14 {/+/-} Kh8 22.
Bxe6 Qxe6 23. Nd5 {With the pawn on h7 the position would be between equal and
slightly better for White. With the pawn on h6 the position is between
slightly better and clear better for White. Concretely: Black does not have
moves like 23...e4 because of 24.Nf4-g6+. Also not possible is to play ...Qg6.}
f4 24. Rd2 {Easy play for White, while Black must create something, otherwise
he will be slowly in dire straits.} Rf5 25. Qe2 fxg3 ({Maybe it made sense to
try further advance, since there are plenty of tricks connected with Qh3 and
Rf4. However, with precise play White maintain a safe advantage.} 25... f3 26.
Qe4 Rbf8 27. Ne3 $1 (27. Rfd1 Rh5 28. h4 Qh3 29. Ne3 Rf4 30. gxf4 Rxh4 31. Qa8+
Kh7 32. Qe4+ Kg8 33. Qd5+ $11) (27. h4 {[%cal Gg1h2]} Rf4 $1 $132) (27. Rd3
R5f7 (27... Rf4 $2 28. Nxf4 Rxf4 29. Qa8+ Kh7 30. Rxf3 $18) 28. Rfd1 Qh3 29.
Ne3 Rf4 {Even here this is possible, although White is not forced to take.} 30.
Qg6 (30. gxf4 exf4 $40 {[%cal Gg7e5]}) 30... R8f6 31. Qe8+ Rf8 32. Qe7 Re4 $13)
27... Rh5 (27... Rg5 28. h4 Rg6 29. Rfd1 $16) 28. Qg4 $16) 26. hxg3 (26. fxg3
$5) 26... e4 $6 (26... Rbf8 {would have kept more chances.} 27. Qe4 $14 (27. f3
$6) (27. f4 $5) (27. Kg2 $5)) 27. Rfd1 Rbf8 $6 (27... Rg5 $142) 28. f4 $1 $16
Qg6 $2 (28... R5f7 29. Ne3 $16 {[%cal Ge2g4]}) 29. Qxe4 $1 Qxg3+ 30. Rg2 Qh3 (
30... Qh4 31. Ne7 $18) 31. Ne7 $18 {The weakness of square g6 finally plays
the decisive role.} Rh5 32. Ng6+ Kg8 33. Nxf8 Qh1+ 34. Kf2 Qxd1 35. Qh7+ {
White has a forced mate} Kxf8 36. Qxg7+ Ke8 37. Qg8+ Kd7 38. Rg7+ Kc6 39. Qa8+
Kb6 40. Qb7+ (40. Qb7+ Ka5 (40... Kc5 41. Rc7#) 41. b4+ Ka4 42. Qxa6#) 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 19th"]
[Site "Rethymno"]
[Date "2003.10.01"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2003.09.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Warsaw Polonia"]
[BlackTeam "Paris NAO"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Bc5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Bc2 Bf5 12. Nb3 Bg6 13. Nfd4 Bxd4 14. cxd4 a5
15. Be3 a4 16. Nd2 f6 17. Rc1 fxe5 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. d5 Ne7 20. Bc5 Rf7 21. d6
cxd6 22. Qxd6 Qxd6 23. Bxd6 Nd5 24. Bxa4 bxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 19th"]
[Site "Rethymno"]
[Date "2003.10.02"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2003.09.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tbilisi"]
[BlackTeam "Warsaw Polonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nf6 7. h3 Bc5 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. a3 Nd4 11. Bg5 c6 12. Nxd4 Bxd4 13. Qc2 h6 14. Bh4 Qd6 15.
Rad1 Nh7 16. Bh5 g6 17. Be2 h5 18. Qd2 Be6 19. Bf3 Bb6 20. Bg3 Rad8 21. Qc2 Bc8
22. Qc1 Qf6 23. Be2 Ng5 24. Na4 Bc7 25. Nc5 b6 26. h4 Nh7 27. Nb3 Re7 28. Qc3
c5 29. Nd2 a5 30. Nc4 a4 31. f4 exf4 32. Qxf6 Nxf6 33. Bxf4 Bxf4 34. Rxf4 Nd7
35. d4 Ba6 36. Kf2 Bxc4 37. Bxc4 Ne5 38. Bd5 Ng4+ 39. Kg3 Ne3 40. Rd3 Nxd5 41.
dxc5 bxc5 42. exd5 Red7 43. Rxa4 Rxd5 44. Rxd5 Rxd5 45. Rf4 Kf8 46. a4 Ke7 47.
Rf3 Rd2 48. Rb3 c4 49. Rb7+ Ke6 50. Kh2 Rd4 51. Rb4 Rxh4+ 52. Kg3 Rg4+ 53. Kf3
c3 54. bxc3 Rg5 55. Rb2 Ke7 56. Rb1 h4 57. Rb3 f6 58. Ra3 Ra5 59. Ke4 g5 60. c4
g4 61. Kd4 Kd6 62. Ra1 h3 63. gxh3 gxh3 64. Rf1 Rh5 65. Rxf6+ Kc7 66. Rf1 h2
67. Rh1 Kb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 19th"]
[Site "Rethymno"]
[Date "2003.10.03"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2003.09.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sarajevo Bosna"]
[BlackTeam "Warsaw Polonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 b6 8. Bf4
Bb7 (8... Nh5 $5 {It's main line.You can see annotations to Gershon,A-Macieja,
B/Bermuda,2003/CBM 94(1-0)(Golod,V)(62)}) 9. Rd1 ({Is a possible continuation
of the play:} 9. e3 $5 {See comments to Maksimenko,A-Ovsejevitsch,S/Nikolaev,
1993/CBM 35(1-0)(Belov)(35)}) 9... Nc6 $5 ({From my point of view,it was
dubiously:} 9... Bxf3 $6 {You can see comments to Ivanchuk,V-Zvjaginsev,V/
Elista,1998/CBM 65(1-0)(Gershon,A)(26)}) ({Also were checked up in previous
games:} 9... Nh5 $5 {9...a6; 9...d5?!; 9...Qc8; 9...Ng4?! and 9...Be7.}) 10. e4
{It was checked in the previous games:} (10. e3 $5 {You can see annotations to
game: Lalic,B-Motwani,P/Hastings,1996/CBM 57(1/2-1/2) (Alterman,B)(24)}) (10.
b4) ({and} 10. h3 $5 {[%csl Yh2,Yh3][%cal Yh3g4,Yf4h2]}) 10... Ne7 $5 {[%csl
Ye7,Rf4][%cal Ye7g6] Usually the games,which have reached this position were
continued as follows:} (10... Ng4 {See comments to Lautier,J-Wahls,M/
Baden-Baden,1992/CBM 33(1-0)(Ftacnik,L)(37)}) (10... Nh5 $5) (10... Rc8) ({or:
} 10... e5 $5 {[%csl Re1,Re4]}) 11. h3 $146 {[%csl Yf4][%cal Yf4h2] White want
to keep the bishop.} ({Also were checked in the preceding game:} 11. Be2 Ng6
12. Bg3 (12. Bc1 $143 a6 13. O-O Qc7 14. Nd4 Rac8 15. Kh1 Rfe8 16. f4 $6 Bxd4
17. Rxd4 e5 $1 18. fxe5 Qxe5 $15 {[%csl Rd4,Re4] Krush,I-Serper,G/Seattle,2003
(1/2-1/2)(57)}) 12... Nh5 {[%csl Rg3]} 13. Qd2 (13. Bd6 Bxd6 14. Rxd6 Qe7 $11)
13... Nxg3 (13... Bc6 $143 14. Nd4 (14. b4 $5) 14... Nxg3 15. hxg3 Qf6 16. b4
Bxd4 17. Qxd4 Qxd4 18. Rxd4 $14 {Ivanov,Se-Serper,G/Azov,1991(1/2-1/2)(40)})
14. hxg3 Bc6 15. Rh5 Qb8 16. Kf1 Rd8 $11 {Suba-Grunberg,HU/Sochi,1983(26)(0-1)}
) 11... Ng6 12. Bh2 Nh5 {[%csl Rf4]} 13. Qd2 Nf6 $1 {[%csl Re4] Sometimes it
is desirable to repeat the moves.} 14. Qc2 {Besides this move,White has three
principales moves:} (14. Bd3 $6 d5 $1 15. exd5 exd5 $11 {[%csl Re1]} 16. Bxg6
$140 $6 hxg6 17. cxd5 Re8+ $36) (14. e5 $5 Ne4 {[%csl Rd2,Rf2]} (14... Bxf3 $2
15. gxf3 Nh5 16. b4 Be7 17. f4 $1 {[%csl Rd7,Rh5][%cal Gf1e2]}) 15. Nxe4 Bxe4
16. Be2 (16. Qxd7 $6 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Qh4 {[%csl Rf2]} 18. Bg3 Qh5 $36 {[%csl Re5,
Rf3]}) 16... a5 17. O-O {+/=/=}) (14. b4 {The same position has met in ours
game,after 16.b4.}) 14... Nh5 15. Qd2 {Evgeny Bareev decided to continue the
game and to not repeat moves.} Nf6 16. b4 {In my opinion,it's discrepancy,
which allows to improve a position of the Black's pieces.} ({Can be
recommended:} 16. e5 {(see comments to 14.e5)}) 16... Be7 17. Bd3 {White had
no other worthy alternative:} (17. e5 $6 Ne4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Be2 (19. Qxd7 $6
a5 $36 {[%csl Ra3,Rb4]}) 19... a5 20. O-O axb4 21. axb4 Qc7 $11) 17... a5 $1 {
[%csl Ra3,Rb4] Now Black has,as a minimum,an equal position.} 18. Qb2 ({
Leads to favourable complications for Black:} 18. e5 $2 axb4 19. axb4 (19. exf6
$2 bxc3 {[%csl Rd2,Re1][%cal Gc3d2]}) 19... Bxb4 $1 20. Qb2 (20. exf6 $2 Qxf6
$19 {[%csl Ga8,Gb4,Rc3,Gf6][%cal Ga8a3]}) (20. Bxg6 $2 fxg6 21. exf6 Bxf3 {
[%csl Rc3][%cal Gd8f6,Ga8a3]} 22. fxg7 Bxd1 23. gxf8=Q+ Qxf8 {[%csl Ga8,Rh1]
[%cal Ga8a1]} 24. O-O Bb3 $19) 20... Bxc3+ 21. Qxc3 Ne4 {=/+/-/+}) 18... Nh5 {
[%csl Rf4][%cal Gh5f4] And,nevertheless Black's knight will penetrate on point
"f4".} 19. O-O Nhf4 20. Rfe1 {White continue to play without the concrete plan.
} (20. Ne5 $5 Nxe5 21. Bxf4 axb4 22. axb4 Bf6 $11 (22... Nxd3 $2 23. Rxd3 $14 {
[%csl Rd7][%cal Yb2b3,Gf1d1]})) 20... axb4 21. axb4 f5 $1 {[%csl Yd3,Re4][%cal
Gf4d3,Yd3e4] All Black's pieces have occupied ideal positions and are ready to
opening a position.} 22. Nd4 $2 {It was necessary to play on the equation of a
position:} (22. Re3 $5 {[%csl Ye3][%cal Ye3d3,Ye3f3]}) 22... Nxd3 23. Rxd3 {
[%csl Rd8][%cal Gd4e6]} Qc8 {[%csl Rc4] The game of Black corresponds to the
requirements of a position.} 24. Ndb5 ({It was weakly:} 24. Qb3 $2 {because of:
} fxe4 25. Nxe4 Bxe4 26. Rxe4 $140 Qxc4 $1 {[%csl Rg1]} (26... Ra1+ $5 27. Rd1
Rxd1+ 28. Qxd1 Qxc4 $17) 27. Qxc4 Ra1+ 28. Rd1 Rxd1+ 29. Qf1 Rxf1+ 30. Kxf1 Rc8
{-/+/-+} (30... Bxb4 $2 31. Nxe6 $11 {[%csl Rb4,Rf8]})) (24. exf5 $143 Qxc4 $17
{[%csl Rd3][%cal Ge6f5]}) 24... fxe4 25. Nd6 (25. Nxe4 {is refuted by:} Qxc4
$19 {[%csl Rb5,Gb7,Gc4,Rd3,Re4]}) {[%tqu "En","Please enter the best move for
Black.","","","e4d3","Black have calculated precisely all consequences of this
move.",10,"e7d6","",0]} 25... exd3 $3 {Black have calculated precisely all
consequences of this move.} (25... Bxd6 $143 26. Rxd6 {[%csl Rb6,Rd7,Re4]} Qxc4
27. Rxd7 {[%csl Gb2,Gd7,Rg7]} Rf7 {=/=/+}) 26. Nxc8 Raxc8 {[%csl Rc4]} 27. Qd2
{White can not simultaneously protect all weaknesses:} (27. Qb3 Nf4 28. Ra1 (
28. Bxf4 Rxf4 {[%csl Rc4]}) 28... Nxg2 29. Ra7 Bc6 30. b5 Bf3 31. Rxd7 Bc5 $36
{[%csl Rb3,Gf8,Rg1][%cal Gc5f2,Yf3d1]}) 27... Bxb4 28. Qxd3 Nh4 $1 $17 {
[%csl Gb7,Rg2,Gh4][%mdl 1024] This move a little bit better,than:} (28... Ba6 {
[%csl Rc4]} 29. Bd6 Bxc4 30. Qg3 Bxc3 31. Qxc3 Rf5 $17) 29. Rb1 {Is very
difficult to give good advice for White.} ({Leads to hopeless position:} 29. f3
$2 Nxf3+ $1 30. gxf3 Rxf3 $19 31. Qxd7 $140 $2 Bc5+ {[%csl Gb7,Yc5,Rd7,Rg1]
[%cal Gf3f7]} 32. Kg2 Rf2+ $1 (32... Rf7+ 33. Qxb7 Rxb7 $19) 33. Kg3 (33. Kg1
$144 Rg2+ 34. Kf1 (34. Kh1 Rg1#) 34... Rf8+) 33... Rg2+ 34. Kf4 (34. Kh4 g5+
35. Kh5 Bf3+ 36. Kh6 Bf8+) 34... Rf8+ 35. Ke5 Rg5+ 36. Kxe6 Rf6#) ({After:} 29.
Rc1 {immediately wins a game the following move:} Bxg2 $3 (29... Bc5 $6 30. Bg3
Nf5 31. Bf4 $15) (29... Nxg2 $143 30. Qxd7 (30. Ne4 $2 Nh4 31. Qxd7 Nf3+ 32.
Kg2 Bc6 $1 33. Qxe6+ $140 Kh8 $19 {[%csl Re4,Re6,Rg2]}) 30... Rf7 31. Qxe6 Nh4
32. Nd5 $15 {[%csl Yd5]}) 30. Bg3 $140 Bc6 $1 31. Bxh4 Rf3 {[%csl Rc3,Rg1,Rh4]
[%cal Gf3h3]} 32. Qf1 (32. Qd4 Rxh3 33. Ne4 Bc5 $1 $19 {[%csl Rd4,Re4,Rg1,Rh4]}
) 32... Bxc3 $19) 29... Bxc3 30. Qxc3 Bxg2 31. Bg3 ({Senselessly:} 31. Qg3 $2 {
in view of:} Rxc4 {[%csl Yc4][%cal Yc4h4]}) 31... Be4 {[%csl Rb1] The
important intermediate move.} 32. Rxb6 Rxc4 $1 $19 {Vassily Ivanchuk
excellently plays this game,without discrepancies!} 33. Qa3 ({Impossibly:} 33.
Qxc4 {because of:} Nf3+ {[%csl Rc4,Rg1][%cal Gf3d2]} 34. Kg2 Nd2+ {[%csl Rc4,
Rg2]} 35. Qxe4 Nxe4 $19 {[%csl Gd7,Ge6,Rf2,Gg7,Rh3,Gh7]}) 33... Nf3+ 34. Kf1 (
34. Kg2 $143 Rfc8 $19 {[%csl Rg2][%cal Gc4c1,Gc1g1]}) 34... Nd2+ 35. Kg1 ({
Hardly is better:} 35. Ke2 Rc2 {[%csl Ra3,Rb6,Gc2,Re2][%cal Gd2c4]}) ({or:} 35.
Ke1 Rc2 36. Rb8 Rxb8 37. Bxb8 Nf3+ 38. Kf1 d5 $19) 35... Rcc8 $5 {[%csl Yc8,
Yf8] Black do not give the contender to exchange RR in point "b8".} (35... e5
$5 $19 36. Bxe5 $140 $2 Nf3+ {[%csl Re5,Rg1]}) 36. Rb4 h5 $5 {[%csl Yh7][%cal
Yg8h7]} 37. h4 Rf3 {White can not find protection against numerous threats.}
38. Qb2 Rc2 39. Rb8+ (39. Qa1 $2 Rxg3+ $1 40. fxg3 Nf3+ 41. Kf1 (41. Kh1 Rh2#)
41... Bd3#) 39... Kh7 {[%csl Rb2,Gc2,Rg1][%cal Gc2c1]} 40. Qb5 Rc1+ 41. Kh2 Rf5
{[%csl Rb5,Rh2][%cal Gc1h1,Gf5b5] Final chord! Good achievement of my former
countryman, GM Vassily Ivanchuk!} 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 19th"]
[Site "Rethymno"]
[Date "2003.10.04"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2830"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2003.09.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Warsaw Polonia"]
[BlackTeam "Kazan Ladya"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
e3 d6 9. Ne2 {This line became fashionable lately.} Nbd7 10. Qd3 (10. Qc2 {
- see the annotated game Kacheishvili,G-Polgar,J/Batumi 1999/CBM 74 [Golod,V]})
({The following game was played in the same tournament:} 10. Qd2 h6 11. Bh4 Ne4
12. Bxd8 Nxd2 13. Bxc7 Nxc4 14. Nc3 Rfc8 15. Nb5 Ba6 16. Bxc4 Bxb5 17. Bxb5
Rxc7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Kacheishvili,G-Almasi,Z/Rethymnon 2003 (23)}) 10... Ba6 {
A concrete approach. Black is trying to make the immediate use of white's last
move.} (10... h6 11. Bh4 c5 (11... Re8 12. Nc3 a5 13. Be2 d5 14. cxd5 exd5 15.
Qc2 c6 16. Bd3 Ba6 17. Bf5 Ra7 18. O-O-O b5 $13 {1/2-1/2 Van Wely,L-Zoler,D/
Rethymnon 2003 (40)}) 12. Nc3 Qe7 13. Rd1 (13. Be2 cxd4 14. Qxd4 e5 15. Qd1
Bxg2 16. Rg1 Bc6 $15 {1/2-1/2 Bareev,E-Karpov,A/Cap d'Agde 2002/CBM 92 no vc 
(64)}) 13... Rfd8 14. Be2 (14. d5 Ne5 15. Qc2 Ng6 16. Bg3 exd5 17. cxd5 Nh5 18.
Be2 Nxg3 19. hxg3 a6 20. a4 $14 {1-0 Gurevich,M-Gelashvili,T/Izmir 2003 (54)})
14... cxd4 15. Qxd4 Nc5 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Qxf6 gxf6 18. Nb5 (18. Rd4 Nb3 19.
Rh4 Kg7 20. Kd1 d5 21. Kc2 Na5 22. cxd5 Bxd5 23. Nxd5 Rxd5 24. Rd1 Rc8+ 25. Kb1
{+/=/= 1/2-1/2 Bareev,E-Leko,P/Monte Carlo 2003 (79)}) 18... d5 19. cxd5 Bxd5
20. Nc7 Bb3 21. Nxa8 Bxd1 22. Bxd1 Rxa8 23. Bc2 {+/=/= 1/2-1/2 Bareev,E-Karpov,
A/GMA, Wijk aan Zee NED 2003 (60)}) ({Possible is the immediate} 10... c5 {
- see the game Gurevich,M-Mchedlishvili,M/Istanbul 2003/CBM 96 [Gurevich,M]})
11. Nc3 $146 {This novelty does not yield white an opening advantage.} ({
Just a few rounds before Kasparov as white played against Grischuk:} 11. b4 c5
12. b5 Bb7 13. Nc3 a6 14. f3 h6 15. Bh4 Qe7 16. Be2 cxd4 17. Qxd4 e5 18. Qd1 {
and eventually won in a tough battle.}) 11... d5 12. Qc2 (12. b3 c5 $132) 12...
Bxc4 13. Bxc4 dxc4 14. Qa4 h6 15. Bh4 c5 {Black has solved his opening
problems, but white still can hope to make use of the pin along the h4-d8
diagonal.} 16. Qxc4 cxd4 17. Qxd4 Nc5 {Forcing white to simplify the position.}
({Possible alternative is} 17... Qc7) 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Qxf6 gxf6 20. O-O-O
Rfc8 {[%cal Gc5e4] Possible was 20...Rfd8, but Kasparov as usual tries to play
more dinamically even in such a boring positions.} 21. Kb1 f5 22. Rd4 Nb3 23.
Rd3 Nc5 24. Rd4 Nb3 {Draw?} 25. Rh4 {Ivanchuk avoids the three throw
repetition.} Kg7 26. Ka2 Nc5 27. Rd1 a6 {Covering the b5 square against
white's possible knight jump.} (27... Rd8 $6 28. Rhd4) 28. Rhd4 (28. g4 $6 f4
$1 29. exf4 Rd8 {[%csl Yh4] and black is getting strong counterplay along the
"d" file.}) 28... b5 29. g4 $1 (29. b4 Ne4 30. Nxe4 fxe4 31. Kb2 f5 $11) 29...
fxg4 (29... e5 $6 30. Rd5 fxg4 31. Rxe5 $14) 30. Rxg4+ Kf8 31. Rh4 Ke7 $1 32.
Rdd4 (32. Rxh6 Rd8 33. Rh4 Rxd1 34. Nxd1 Rd8 35. Rd4 Rh8 36. h4 e5 37. Rd5 Nd7
$11 {[%csl Rh4]}) 32... Rg8 33. Rxh6 (33. b4 Nb7 $5 34. Rxh6 Nd6 35. Rh5 Rg2
$44) 33... Rg2 {The activity of black's pieces compensates the lack of pawn.}
34. f4 Rd8 35. f5 (35. Rxd8 Kxd8 36. f5 Nd3 $11) 35... Rxd4 36. exd4 Nd3 37.
fxe6 fxe6 38. d5 {Numerous pawns exchanges leads to inevitable draw.} Rxb2+ 39.
Ka1 exd5 40. Nxd5+ Kd7 41. Nf4 Rd2 42. Nxd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "SWE-chT 0304"]
[Site "Sweden"]
[Date "2004.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Agrest, Evgenij"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2003.10.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sollentuna"]
[BlackTeam "Stockholm Rockaden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SWE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SWE"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g4 O-O 5. g5 Ne8 6. Rg1 b6 7. Qc2 Bb7 8. a3
Bxc3 9. Qxc3 c5 10. Bg2 d5 11. d3 d4 12. Qc2 Qc7 13. Bd2 Nd7 14. O-O-O Nd6 15.
Bf4 Rfe8 16. Ne5 Bxg2 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Rxg2 Rab8 20. Rd2 b5 21.
e3 b4 22. axb4 Rxb4 23. exd4 cxd4 24. Rg4 Qxh2 25. f4 Qh1+ 26. Qd1 Qb7 27. Rh4
Rb8 28. Rhh2 Qa6 29. Qc2 e5 30. fxe5 Ra4 31. Kd1 Ra1+ 32. Ke2 Qe6 33. Kf3 Qf5+
34. Kg3 Qxg5+ 0-1

[Event "SWE-chT 0304"]
[Site "Sweden"]
[Date "2004.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Winsnes, Rikard"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2003.10.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Skara"]
[BlackTeam "Stockholm Rockaden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SWE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SWE"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Be7 10. h4 h6 11. Be3 h5 12. Bg5 Qc7 13. Kb1 Ne5 14. f4 Neg4
15. Bd3 Qb6 16. Bc4 Rc8 17. Bb3 Qa5 18. Rhe1 Rc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "SWE-chT 0304"]
[Site "Sweden"]
[Date "2004.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Brynell, Stellan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D07"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2003.10.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Stockholm Rockaden"]
[BlackTeam "Limhamn"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SWE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SWE"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nc6 3. c4 Bg4 4. cxd5 Bxf3 5. gxf3 Qxd5 6. e3 e5 7. Nc3 Bb4 8.
Bd2 Bxc3 9. bxc3 exd4 10. cxd4 Nge7 11. Bg2 O-O-O 12. Qb3 Qg5 13. Rg1 Qh5 14.
Rb1 b6 15. f4 Rd6 16. Kf1 Rhd8 17. Qb5 Qxb5+ 18. Rxb5 g6 19. Rb2 f5 20. Rc2 Re6
21. h4 h5 22. Bf3 Nd5 23. Kg2 Nce7 24. Rgc1 c6 25. Bxd5 Rxd5 26. Bb4 Kd7 27.
Bxe7 Kxe7 28. Rxc6 Rxc6 29. Rxc6 Ra5 30. Rxg6 Rxa2 31. Rg5 Kf6 32. Rxh5 b5 33.
Rh7 b4 34. h5 a5 35. Rc7 b3 36. h6 Rc2 37. h7 Rxc7 38. h8=Q+ Rg7+ 39. Kf3 a4
40. Qh6+ 1-0

[Event "Samba Cup 1st"]
[Site "Skanderborg"]
[Date "2003.10.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2003.10.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 64]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nge2 e5 {
Black has the following possibilities:} (6... Nbd7 {1/2-1/2 Gurevich,D-Gulko,B/
Buenos Aires 2003/CBM 97_01/[Erenburg] (63)}) (6... Na6 $5 {[%cal Yc7c5] 0-1
Pavasovic,D-Azmaiparashvili,Z/Istanbul 2003/CBM96_01/[Erenburg] (51)}) (6... c5
7. dxc5 dxc5 8. Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Be3 Na6 10. h3 Ne8 11. Nd5 Kf8 12. O-O-O Bd7 13.
Bg5 f6 14. Bd2 Bc6 15. Nef4 Kf7 16. Rhe1 e6 17. Nc3 Nd6 $10 {Abdelnabi,
I-Speelman,J,Luzern tt 1989-CBM 16}) ({Less popular is} 6... c6 {1-0 Bologan,
V-Narciso Dublan,M/Pamplona 2002/CBM 87/[Gofshtein,L] (80)}) 7. h3 (7. O-O {
1-0 Vokarev,S-Avrukh,B/Moscow 2002/CBM 88/[Gofshtein,L] (38)}) 7... c6 {
Black can put the pressure on the white's central pawn d4 with} (7... Nc6 8.
Be3 exd4 (8... Bd7 {1-0 Pavasovic,D-Volokitin,A/Ljubljana 2002/CBM 88/
[Gofshtein,L] (46)}) 9. Nxd4 Bd7 {1/2-1/2 Jakovenko,D-Lugovoi,A/Ekaterinburg
2002/CBM 90/[Avrukh,B] (36)}) 8. a4 a5 9. O-O Na6 {It is typical to transfer
the knight to b4 via a6 after the moves a2-a4, a7-a5 are already included.} 10.
Be3 {White has the following logical alternatives:} (10. Bg5 {1-0 Nisipeanu,
L-Delemarre,J/Wijk aan Zee 2000/CBM 75/[Avrukh,B] (33)}) (10. Re1 Re8 11. Be3
Nb4 12. Qd2 exd4 13. Bxd4 Qc7 14. Rad1 Be6 15. Nf4 Rad8 16. b3 Bc8 $11 {
1-0 De Gleria,F-Todorov,T/Budapest 1998/CBM 63 ext (42)}) 10... Nb4 11. f4 {
White had possibility not to play immediately f2-f4, but firstly to coordinate
the rooks with} ({Ivanchuk as white prefered} 11. Qd2 {See the game 1/2-1/2
Ivanchuk,V-Gagunashvili,M/Istanbul 2003/CBM96_01/[Erenburg] (41)}) 11... exf4 {
The most principal reply. Black tried also} (11... Re8 12. Qd2 exd4 13. Bxd4 d5
14. e5 Nd7 15. Rad1 f6 16. exf6 Nxf6 $11 {1-0 Palkovi,J-Slovineanu,V/Panormo
2001/CBM 84 ext (57)}) (11... d5 12. dxe5 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Bc5 Re8 15.
Qxd8 Rxd8 16. Rad1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Palkovi,J-Flumbort,A/Zalakaros 2000/EXT 2002 
(42)}) (11... Nh5 $5 12. Kh2 $6 (12. fxe5 $142 dxe5 13. d5) 12... f5 13. exf5
$6 Bxf5 14. Ne4 $2 exf4 15. Nxf4 Bxe4 16. Bxe4 Qe7 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. Bxg6 Nxg3
{0-1 Berkvens,J-Nijboer,F/Wijk aan Zee 2000/CBM 75 (18)}) 12. Nxf4 ({Worse is} 
12. gxf4 {, as white closes for his rook the "f" file.}) 12... d5 $1 {That's
the point! Otherwise black wouldn't play on the previous move exf4.} 13. e5 ({
White gets nothing after} 13. exd5 Bf5 (13... cxd5 14. Nd3) 14. Rc1 (14. dxc6
Nxc2 15. cxb7 Rb8) 14... Nbxd5 15. Ncxd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 cxd5 $11) 13... Ne8 14.
Qd2 f6 $1 15. exf6 Nxf6 16. Rae1 Bd7 $146 {According to my database, this
position appeared for the first time. In the previous game black continued} (
16... Qd6 17. g4 Bxg4 $2 (17... b6) 18. hxg4 Nxg4 19. Bh3 $1 $16 {1-0 Gritsak,
O-Szyszylo,R/Polanica Zdroj 1997/EXT 2000 (34)}) 17. g4 {At the same time,
white takes control over the f5 square, thus, robbing from him the possibility
of Bf5. Also white has the possibility to drive away black's knight from f6 by
possible g4-g5.} Qb6 $11 {Black succeeded to equalize the position after
destroying white's center.} (17... Ne8 {interesting alternative, transfering
the knight to good square d6.}) 18. Kh1 (18. g5 $6 {plays in black's hands.}
Ne8) 18... Kh8 {Useful prophylactic moves from both sides.} 19. Nfe2 {
transfering the knight to g3, and, at the same time, opening the "f" file for
a rook.} (19. Nce2 Ne4) 19... Rae8 20. Ng3 Na6 {Black decided, that the knight
has nothing to do on b4. Therefore, black is intending to transfer the knight
to better pastures. The square b4 can be occupied by black queen in the near
future.} 21. b3 Qb4 22. Qd3 (22. g5 Ng8 {and the knight gets into the game via
e7.}) 22... Nc7 23. Nce2 {After another knight was transfered to g3, white can
liberate this one for occupying the f4 square.} Ne6 24. Rb1 {Probably white
prepared the breakthrough c2-c4, but I think, that this breakthrough was
possible immediately.} (24. c4 $5 {[%cal Gg4g5]} dxc4 25. bxc4 Qxa4 26. Ra1 Qb4
27. Rfb1 (27. Rab1 Qd6 28. Rxb7) (27. g5 Nh5 $1 28. Nxh5 Rxf1+ 29. Rxf1 gxh5
30. Rb1 Qd6 31. Rxb7 Nc5 32. Bf4 $1) 27... Qd6 28. g5 $14) 24... Ng8 $1 {
Black prepares the transfer of the knight to e7 in order to strengthen the d5
outpost, at the same time, he can change the heavy pieces on the "f" file.} 25.
Rbd1 (25. c4 $5 Ne7) 25... Qd6 26. Qd2 (26. c4 $6 Ne7 27. c5 Qc7 $15 {[%cal
Gb7b6]}) 26... b6 27. c3 {After white didn't succeed to provide the
breakthrough c2-c4, it is obvious now, that the both sides don't have any
clear plan to improve the position.} Rxf1+ 28. Rxf1 Rf8 29. Nf4 Nxf4 30. Bxf4
Qa3 {The position is symmetrical, the opponents have the same pawn structure,
so the position is absolutely equal.} 31. Qc2 Ne7 32. Ne2 Nc8 {The players
improve their knights' position- white transfer his one to d3 and black to d6
accordingly.} 33. Nc1 Nd6 34. Nd3 Ne4 35. Kg1 Qe7 36. Be5 {The pawn structure
is simmetric. White is going to change dark-squared bishops, but, black gets
the "f" file as compensation, therefore, the sides agreed for a draw:} (36. Be5
Rxf1+ 37. Kxf1 (37. Bxf1 Qh4 $11) 37... Be6 38. Kg1 (38. Bxg7+ Kxg7 39. Ne5
Qf6+ 40. Kg1 Qf4 $132) 38... Qa3 $1 $11 {[%cal Ga3a1]}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Samba Cup 1st"]
[Site "Skanderborg"]
[Date "2003.10.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2003.10.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 a5 7. Bb5+ Nc6 8. Nc3
Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Be6 11. Qe2 Na7 12. Bc4 Qc7 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Rf2 b6 15.
Rd1 Qc6 16. a4 d5 17. exd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Samba Cup 1st"]
[Site "Skanderborg"]
[Date "2003.10.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2003.10.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Ne4 7. Bd2 Nxd2 8.
Qxd2 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Ne5 10. b3 a6 11. O-O O-O 12. Rfd1 Qa5 13. Rac1 Nc6 14. Qc2
Rb8 15. Ne4 f5 16. Nd6 Nxd4 17. Rxd4 Bc5 18. Rd3 Qb6 19. Rcd1 Bxf2+ 20. Kh1 Bc5
21. e4 Bxd6 22. Rxd6 Qc5 23. exf5 Rxf5 24. b4 Qxb4 25. Be4 Rf6 26. Bxh7+ Kh8
27. c5 b5 28. c6 dxc6 29. Rd8+ Rf8 30. R8d4 Qa3 31. Bd3 g5 32. Qd2 Qe7 33. Rg4
c5 34. Rxg5 Bb7+ 35. Kg1 Qf6 36. Rh5+ Kg8 37. Rg5+ Kh8 38. Rh5+ Kg8 39. Rg5+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Samba Cup 1st"]
[Site "Skanderborg"]
[Date "2003.10.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Palo, Davor"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2003.10.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Be3 Qa5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Rc1 Rd8 11. d5 e6 12. Bg5 Re8 13. d6 Bd7 14. Bh6 Bf6 15.
h4 Bc6 16. h5 Nd7 17. Ng5 c4 18. Bxc4 Rad8 19. Rh3 Qe5 20. Be2 Bxe4 21. Nxe4
Qxe4 22. Kf1 Qe5 23. Bf4 Qf5 24. hxg6 hxg6 25. c4 Nc5 26. g4 Qe4 27. Bg5 Qe5
28. Bxf6 Qxf6 29. Qe3 b6 30. Rd1 e5 31. g5 Qf4 32. Qxf4 exf4 33. Rh4 Re6 34.
Rxf4 Rexd6 35. Rxd6 Rxd6 36. Bf3 Ne6 37. Rf6 Kf8 38. Bd5 Ke7 39. Bxe6 Rxe6 40.
Rf4 Re5 41. Rg4 Ra5 42. Re4+ Kf8 43. Ke2 Rxg5 44. Kd3 Ra5 45. Re2 g5 46. Kc3 f5
47. Kd4 Kf7 48. f3 Ra3 49. Rf2 Kf6 50. Kd5 f4 0-1

[Event "Samba Cup 1st"]
[Site "Skanderborg"]
[Date "2003.10.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2003.10.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 {Die sogenannte Mikenas Variante - die schärfste
Variante der englischen Eröffnung. In der englische Eroeffnung bekommen wir
gewöhnlich geschlossene Stellungen, aber hier nicht - in folgendem sehen wir
ein halboffenes Spiel.} d5 {Die Alternative 3...c5 wird heutzutage weniger
gespielt.} 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. Nf3 e5 8. d4 {Zurück zum
klassischem Spiel! Ein Paar Jahre frueher war die Variante ohne d2-d4 (8.Bd3)
populär.} exd4 9. Bg5 Qe6+ 10. Be2 Be7 (10... f6 11. Nxd4 Qf7 12. Bf4 $13 (12.
Bh4 $13)) 11. cxd4 Bxg5 12. Nxg5 Qe7 13. Qd2 Nc6 (13... h6 14. Nf3 O-O 15. O-O
c5 (15... Bg4 $6 16. Rab1 $1 b6 17. h3 Bh5 18. Rb5 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 c6 20. Rbb1
Qd6 21. Rfd1 {1-0 Har Zvi,R-Liss,E/Rishon Le Ziyyon 1991/EXT 99 (41)}) 16. d5
Qd6 17. Rfe1 $14 {1-0 Timman,J-Naiditsch,A/Dortmund 2002/CBM 91/[Ribli] (53)})
(13... O-O 14. O-O Nd7 15. Rfe1 Nf6 16. Bd3 $14) 14. d5 (14. O-O Nxd4 15. Bh5
Be6 16. Nxf7 Bxf7 17. Bxf7+ Kxf7 18. Qxd4 Rhd8 $11) 14... Ne5 (14... Nd4 15.
Qxd4 Qxg5 16. O-O O-O 17. Bf3 a5 18. Rfe1 Ra6 19. Re5 Qd8 20. Rae1 Rf6 21. Qe3
$16 {1-0 Gulko,B-Pliester,L/Aruba 1992/CBM 30/(36)}) 15. O-O O-O 16. Rfe1 {
[%cal Ge1e7] Dieser Zug ist viel stärker, als die Alternative 16.f4.} (16. f4
Nd7 17. Bd3 Nf6 18. Rae1 Qc5+ 19. Qf2 (19. Kh1 $5) 19... Qxf2+ 20. Kxf2 {
1/2-1/2 Hansen,C-Nielsen,P/Esbjerg 2000/CBM 78 (20)}) 16... Bf5 17. Qf4 (17.
Rac1 b6 18. Qf4 f6 19. Nf3 Bd7 20. Nxe5 fxe5 21. Qe3 c5 22. dxc6 Bxc6 23. c5 b5
24. Bd3 Qf7 25. a3 Rad8 26. f3 Rd4 27. Bc2 Kh8 28. Qxe5 Rg4 29. Qf5 Qxf5 30.
Bxf5 Ra4 31. Be4 {1-0 Rasmussen,K-Rozentalis,E/Linares 2002/CBM 87 ext (50)})
17... Qf6 (17... f6 18. Nf3 $14) 18. Nf3 Rfe8 (18... Nxf3+ 19. Bxf3 Rac8 20. g4
(20. Re5 Bd3 $132) 20... Bd3 21. Qxf6 gxf6 22. c5 $16) 19. Nh4 $1 $146 {
[%mdl 4] Das ist die weiße Verbesserung! Weiß greift den f5-Läufer an, wie im
Falle von 19.Nd4, aber der große Unterschied ist, dass im Falle von 19...Ng6
20.Qxf5 mit 20...Qxh4 die schwarze Dame weniger gut steht, wie im Falle von 19.
Nd4 und 20...Qxd4.} (19. Nd4 Ng6 20. Qd2 (20. Qxf5 Qxd4 21. Bf1 $14) 20... Rad8
21. Bf1 h6 22. Nxf5 Qxf5 23. Qa5 c6 24. Qxa7 cxd5 25. Qa5 Nf4 26. g3 Qg5 27. h4
Qg4 28. cxd5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Banas,J-Rigo,Z/Prievidza 1998/EXT 99 (48)}) 19... Ng6
(19... Bd7 20. Qxf6 gxf6 21. g3 $16) (19... Nd7 20. Nxf5 Rxe2 21. Rab1 $16) 20.
Qxf5 (20. Nxg6 $4 Rxe2 $1 21. Ne5 Bb1 $1 $19) 20... Qxh4 21. Bf1 $14 {[%csl
Gc4,Gd5,Gf5] Weiß hat einen kleinen Positionsvorteil - seine Dame steht aktiv
auf f5 und später kann er seine Bauern c4-d5 mobilisieren.} Qd4 (21... Rad8 22.
g3 $14) 22. Qd7 Rxe1 (22... Ne5 23. Qxc7 Qf4 24. Qc5 $16) 23. Rxe1 Qc5 24. h4
$1 {[%csl Gd7,Ge1][%cal Ge1e8] Weiß bringt neue Kraft ins Spiel. Schwarz hat
keine besonderen Schwächen, aber die weißen Schwerfiguren sind sehr aktiv.} Kf8
(24... Nxh4 25. Re7 Qd6 26. Qxc7 $18 (26. Qxd6 cxd6 27. Rxb7) (26. c5 Qxc5 27.
Rxf7 $18)) (24... Nf8 25. Qe7 $16) 25. Qf5 {[%csl Rg6][%cal Gf5h7,Rh4h5]} Kg8 (
25... h6 26. h5 Ne7 27. Qh7 $16) 26. h5 Nf8 27. Qg5 Qd6 (27... f6 28. Qg3 $16)
28. g3 $1 {[%cal Gf1h3,Gh3c8] Weiß bereitet den Zug Bh3 vor.} h6 29. Qe7 Nd7 (
29... Qxe7 30. Rxe7 $18) 30. Bh3 {[%csl Ge1,Ge7,Gh3][%mdl 2048]} Nc5 $2 (30...
Nf6 $142 31. Bf5 Rb8 $14) 31. Bf5 Rb8 32. Qe8+ $1 {Mit diesem Schach entfernt
Weiß die schwarze Dame von der Verteidigung des c7-Bauern.} Qf8 (32... Rxe8 33.
Rxe8+ Qf8 34. Bh7+ Kxh7 35. Rxf8 f6 36. Rf7 $18) 33. Qe7 $16 {[%csl Rc7]} Qxe7
(33... Na6 34. g4 $16) 34. Rxe7 Kf8 35. Rxc7 Na6 36. d6 $18 {[%csl Gc4,Gc7,Gd6,
Gf5] Das ist die Pointe des weißen Spiels - der c7R muss nicht weg gehen und
die weißen Bauern gewinnen die Partie.} (36. Rd7 Nc5 37. Rc7 (37. Rd6 $4 Ke7
$19) 37... Na6 38. d6 $18) (36. Rc8+ Rxc8 37. Bxc8 Nc5 $132 {[%cal Gf8e7,Ge7d6]
}) 36... Rd8 (36... Nxc7 37. dxc7 $18 {[%cal Rc7b8,Rc7c8]}) 37. c5 b6 38. c6
Nb8 (38... Rxd6 39. Rxa7 $18) 39. Be4 Rxd6 40. Rc8+ 1-0

[Event "Samba Cup 1st"]
[Site "Skanderborg"]
[Date "2003.10.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E58"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2003.10.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 Qc7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. a4 Re8 12. Ba3 c4 13. Bc2 Bg4 14. Qe1 Bxf3
15. gxf3 Qd7 16. Kh1 Qh3 17. Qd1 Nh5 18. Rg1 g6 19. Rb1 b6 20. Rb5 Rad8 21. Rg5
Nf6 22. Bf5 Qh4 23. Qg1 Kh8 24. Bc2 Re6 25. Bc1 Ne7 26. Qg3 Qxg3 27. Rxg3 Ne8
28. Ba3 f5 29. Rg1 Nd6 30. Rbb1 Nc6 31. h4 Rf6 32. h5 Kg7 33. Rg2 Kf7 34. Rbg1
Na5 35. Rh2 Kg7 36. Rg3 Nb3 37. hxg6 hxg6 38. Rgh3 Rf7 39. Rh7+ Kf6 40. Bxd6
Rxd6 41. Rxf7+ Kxf7 42. Rh7+ Kf8 43. Rxa7 Nc1 44. a5 bxa5 45. Rxa5 Ne2 46. Ra3
Rb6 47. Kg2 Ke7 48. Bd1 Nc1 49. Ra1 Nd3 50. Bc2 Rb2 51. Bxd3 cxd3 52. Rd1 d2
53. f4 Rc2 54. Kf3 Rxc3 55. Rxd2 Rc1 56. Kg2 Rc8 57. Ra2 Rd8 58. Kf3 Rh8 59.
Ra7+ 1-0

[Event "Samba Cup 1st"]
[Site "Skanderborg"]
[Date "2003.10.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Sadvakasov, Darmen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2003.10.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. Qb3 Nc6 10. O-O-O Ne7 11. g4 g6 12. h4 Qd6 13. e3 a6 14. h5 O-O
15. Be2 Bg7 16. Kb1 Rab8 17. Rd2 c5 18. Qd1 c4 19. hxg6 fxg6 20. e4 Qf4 21. g5
b5 22. e5 Bc8 23. Rh4 Bg4 24. Ka1 Qf5 25. Ne1 Bxe2 26. Qxe2 Qxg5 27. Rg4 Qf5
28. Nc2 a5 29. a4 Bh6 30. f4 Bxf4 31. Rxf4 Qxf4 32. axb5 Qf1+ 33. Ka2 Qxe2 34.
Rxe2 Rf4 35. Ka3 Kf7 36. Ka4 Ke6 37. Kxa5 Nf5 38. b6 Nxd4 39. Nxd4+ Rxd4 40.
Ka6 Rf4 41. Ka7 Rg8 42. Nb5 Re4 43. Rd2 Kxe5 44. b7 Re3 45. Nc3 d4 46. Nb5 d3
47. Nc3 Kd4 48. b8=Q Rxb8 49. Kxb8 Re2 50. Nxe2+ Ke3 0-1

[Event "Samba Cup 1st"]
[Site "Skanderborg"]
[Date "2003.10.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2003.10.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Bb3 b5 8. a4 b4
9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. e4 Be7 11. e5 (11. Bc2 cxd4 12. e5 Nfd7 13. Ne4 Nc6 14. Bf4 h6
15. Re1 Qa5 16. Nxd4 Ncxe5 17. Qh5 Qd5 $2 18. Rad1 $44 {1-0 Epishin,
V-Karpatchev,A/Bad Zwesten 2002/CBM 86 ext (29)}) (11. dxc5 O-O 12. Qc2 Nfd7
13. Bc4 Nxc5 14. b3 Nc6 15. Bb2 Qc7 16. Rac1 Rfd8 17. Rfe1 Rac8 18. Bf1 Na5 19.
Bd4 Qb8 20. Qb2 $11 {1/2-1/2 Barsov,A-Lautier,J/Bastia 2001/EXT 2002 (65)})
11... Nfd7 (11... Ne4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Qe2 Bb7 14. dxc5 Qc7 15. Be3 Nd7 16.
Rfc1 O-O 17. a5 Rfc8 $11 {0-1 Shumiakina,T-Skripchenko Lautier,A/Vrnjacka
Banja 1999/EXT 2000 (42)}) 12. Nc4 (12. Re1 O-O 13. Ne4 cxd4 14. Bf4 (14. Qd3
Nc6 15. Bc2 g6 16. Bf4 Qa5 $1 $15 17. Nd6 $2 Bxd6 18. exd6 Qd5 19. Rad1 e5 $19
{0-1 Vera,R-Karjakin,S/Benidorm ESP 2002/(28)}) 14... Nc5 15. Nxc5 Bxc5 16. Rc1
Nd7 17. Nxd4 Qh4 18. Be3 $8 Rad8 $2 (18... Rac8 $1 19. Rc4 (19. Nxe6 $2 Bxe3
20. Rxe3 fxe6 $19 {[%cal Yh4f2,Yf8f2]}) (19. f4 Rfd8 $36 {[%cal Yd8d1]}) 19...
Bd5 20. Nf5 Qd8 $17) 19. Rc4 $1 $36 {1-0 Zhu Chen-Krush,I/Shanghai 2002/CBM 91/
[Huzman] (46)}) 12... O-O 13. Bf4 {[%mdl 32] An interesting idea: White is
preparing to plant his N in "d6". Ivanchuk proved unable to cope with this new
challenge} (13. Bc2 cxd4 $1 (13... Nc6 14. dxc5 $6 (14. Qd3 $142 g6 15. Bh6 Re8
(15... cxd4 16. Bxf8 Bxf8 17. Rad1 Nc5 18. Qd2 b3 19. Bb1 Nxa4 $14 {1-0
Samraoui,A-Polaczek,R/IECG 2001/Telechess CBM 95 (54)}) 16. dxc5 (16. Nd6 $5
Bxd6 17. exd6 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Nce5 19. Qg3 Qb8 20. Rad1 $44) 16... Nxc5 17. Qxd8
Raxd8 18. b3 f6 $1 $15 {1/2-1/2 Illescas Cordoba,M-Karjakin,S/Dos Hermanas
2003/CBM 95/[Huzman] (42)}) 14... Nxc5 15. Nd6 b3 $1 16. Bb1 Qc7 $11 {0-1
Dreev,A-Ponomariov,R/Yerevan 2001/CBM 86/[Stohl] (62)}) 14. Nxd4 $1 (14. Bf4
Bd5 15. Qxd4 b3 16. Bxb3 Nc6 $44 {1-0 Sasikiran,K-Ganguly,S/Mumbai 2003/CBM 94
(52)}) 14... Bd5 (14... Qc7 15. Qd3 g6 16. Bf4 Nc6 17. Nf3 Rfd8 18. Qe3 Na5 19.
Nxa5 Qxa5 20. Ng5 Qc5 21. Qe2 Bxg5 22. Bxg5 Rdc8 23. Bb3 Qxe5 $17 {1/2-1/2
Ernst,S-Krush,I/Bermuda 2002/CBM 88 (71)}) 15. Ne3 $1 Nxe5 16. Qh5 $44 {
1-0,Dautov,R-Gurevich,D/FIDE-WCh Moscow/2001/ (25)}) (13. Nd6 Bxd6 14. exd6
cxd4 15. Bg5 $6 (15. Nxd4) 15... Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Qxg5 17. Qxa8 Nc5 18. Qf3 Nbd7
19. Rad1 Ne5 20. Qh3 Qf4 21. Rc1 (21. Bc2 $5) 21... Ne4 22. Bc2 d3 $1 23. Bxd3
Ng5 24. Bxh7+ Nxh7 25. Rfe1 Nd7 $15 {/=/+,1/2,Dreev,A-Ponomariov,R/EUCup
Panormo/2001/ (26)}) (13. Qe2 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nc5 15. Rd1 Nxb3 16. Nxb3 Nd7 17.
Bf4 Bd5 18. Rac1 Rc8 $15 {1/2-1/2 Khurtsidze,N-Korbut,E/Budva 2002/EXT 2003 
(57)}) 13... Nc6 (13... cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nc5 15. Bc2 $1 Bxg2 $140 16. Kxg2 Qd5+
17. Qf3 Qxc4 18. Rfd1 Nbd7 19. Rac1 Qa2 20. Nc6 $18) 14. Bc2 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 cxd4
16. Qxd4 Qc7 17. Nd6 (17. Rac1 {/\18.Nd6} Qc6 18. Ne3 Bc5 19. Qd3 g6 20. Bb3 (
20. Qe2 Rac8 21. Rfd1 Bxe3 $1 22. fxe3 b3 23. Bxb3 Qxc1 24. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 25. Kf2
Nc5 $17) 20... Rac8 21. Rfd1 Rfd8 22. Qe2 $14 {Black is obviously suffering
from this Rc1-Qc6 opposition}) 17... Bxd6 18. Qd3 g6 19. exd6 Qc6 20. f3 Qc5+
21. Be3 Qe5 22. f4 (22. Qd4 $5 Qxd4 (22... Bd5 23. Be4 $1 Qxd6 $140 24. Bh6 $16
) (22... Rac8 23. Rfc1 Rfd8 24. Bd3 $14) 23. Bxd4 Rac8 24. Rfc1 Rc6 25. Be4
Rxd6 26. Bxb7 Rxd4 27. Bxa6 $16 {[%cal Ga4a8]}) 22... Qa5 23. Qd4 (23. Rac1 $5
Rfc8 24. Bb3 $16) 23... Rfc8 24. Rac1 Bd5 $132 25. Bd3 b3 $1 26. f5 $6 {
way too early...Now Black is getting a dangerous counterplay along the "g" file
} (26. Rfd1 $1 {[%cal Ge3f2,Gf2e1,Ge1c3,Gc3h8]} f6 (26... Rab8 27. Bf2 f6 28.
Be1 $16) 27. Bc4 $1 (27. Rxc8+ Rxc8 28. f5 gxf5 29. Bxf5 exf5 30. Qxd5+ Qxd5
31. Rxd5 Rc2 $132) 27... Kg7 (27... Rc5 28. Bxd5 Rxd5 29. Qc4 $16) 28. Bxd5
exd5 29. Bd2 $16) 26... gxf5 27. Qh4 f6 28. Qg3+ $2 (28. Rcd1 $5 {[%cal Gd3f5]}
Rc2 29. Bxc2 bxc2 30. Rd2 Be4 $44) 28... Kh8 29. Qe1 Qxa4 $17 30. Rc7 Ne5 31.
Qc3 Rg8 $40 32. Rf2 (32. g3 Qh4 $36) 32... Qh4 $2 (32... Bxg2 $1 33. Rxg2 Rxg2+
34. Kxg2 Qg4+ 35. Kf1 Qd1+ 36. Qe1 Qxd3+ 37. Qe2 Qxd6 $19) 33. g3 $4 (33. Be2
$8 Bxg2 $1 (33... Qe4 34. Bf1 $15) 34. Rxg2 Qe4 35. Bg5 $1 $18 fxg5 36. Rc5 {
[%cal Gc3h8]}) 33... Rxg3+ 34. Kf1 Qh3+ 0-1

[Event "Samba Cup 1st"]
[Site "Skanderborg"]
[Date "2003.10.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Hansen, Curt"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B64"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2003.10.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f4 h6 10. Bh4 Bd7 11. Nf3 Qa5 12. Kb1 Rfd8 13. Bd3 Rac8 14. Rhg1
e5 15. g4 exf4 16. g5 hxg5 17. Rxg5 Ne5 18. Rdg1 Nxf3 19. Rxg7+ Kf8 20. Qxf4
Nxg1 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Qxf6 Be6 23. Rh7 Ke8 24. Bb5+ Rc6 25. Rh5 d5 26. exd5
Rxd5 27. Rxd5 Bxd5 28. Qe5+ Kf8 29. Qh8+ Ke7 30. Nxd5+ Kd6 31. Qh6+ Kc5 32.
Bxc6 Qe1+ 33. Qc1 Qxc1+ 34. Kxc1 bxc6 35. Nf4 Nf3 36. h3 Kd4 37. Kd1 Ke3 38.
Nd3 f5 39. b4 f4 40. a4 Nh4 41. Ke1 Ng2+ 42. Kf1 Kf3 43. c3 Kg3 44. a5 f3 45.
Kg1 a6 46. c4 Ne3 47. c5 Nd5 48. h4 f2+ 49. Nxf2 Kxh4 50. Nd3 Kg3 51. Kf1 Kf3
52. Ne5+ Ke4 53. Nxc6 Kd3 54. Ke1 Kc4 55. Kd2 Kb5 56. Nb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Warsaw AIG Life rapid final"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2003.12.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2003.12.21"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. a3 Bxc5 6. Qg4 g6 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Nf3
Qc7 9. Bf4 Bd7 10. O-O h5 11. Qg3 O-O-O 12. Nc3 h4 13. Nxh4 g5 14. Bxg5 Nge7
15. b4 Bd4 16. Nb5 Qb6 17. Nxd4 Qxd4 18. Nf3 1-0

[Event "Warsaw AIG Life rapid final"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2003.12.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2003.12.21"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. f5 Qb6 12. fxe6 fxe6 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Kb1
O-O-O 15. Bd3 Kb8 16. Rhf1 Be7 17. Ne2 d5 18. exd5 Rxd5 19. Nf4 Rd6 20. Qe2 e5
21. Be4 Rhd8 22. Rxd6 Rxd6 23. Nd3 Qd4 24. Bxc6 Rxc6 25. Qh5 e4 26. Qe8+ Rc8
27. Qxe7 exd3 28. c3 Qe5 29. Qxf6 Qxf6 30. Rxf6 Re8 31. Kc1 Re2 32. Rxa6 Rc2+
33. Kd1 Rxg2 34. a4 bxa4 35. Rxa4 Rxb2 36. Rh4 Rc2 37. Rxh7 Rxc3 38. h4 Rc2 39.
h5 Rh2 40. h6 Ka8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Warsaw AIG Life rapid sf"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2003.12.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2003.12.21"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 Ne4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. d4 Bb4 7. Qc2 f6 8. exf6
Qxf6 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Bd3 Na5 12. O-O b6 13. Ne5 Qh4 14. a4 Ba6 15.
Ba3 Rfe8 16. Rae1 Nd6 17. Bxd6 cxd6 18. cxd5 Bxd3 19. Nxd3 exd5 20. Nb4 Qh5 21.
Re3 Rxe3 22. fxe3 Nc4 23. Qd3 Re8 24. Rf3 a5 25. Rh3 Qg6 26. Qxg6 hxg6 27. Nxd5
b5 28. axb5 a4 29. Rf3 a3 30. Rf1 Rb8 31. Rb1 Nd2 32. Ra1 Rxb5 33. Nb4 Ra5 34.
Nc2 Nc4 35. e4 Kf7 36. Ra2 Rb5 37. Nxa3 1-0

[Event "Warsaw AIG Life rapid sf"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2003.12.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2003.12.21"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. Qb3
Qb6 9. h3 Nbd7 10. Bd2 a6 11. Bd3 Be7 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Qxb6 Nxb6 14. c5 Nbd7 15.
f4 Nh5 16. O-O f5 17. b4 g5 18. Ne2 gxf4 19. exf4 Ndf6 20. a4 Ne4 21. Be3 Kd7
22. Rb1 g5 23. Bxe4 gxf4 24. Bxd5 fxe3 25. Bf3 Bg5 26. b5 axb5 27. axb5 Rc7 28.
Ra1 cxb5 29. Rfb1 Nf4 30. Nxf4 Bxf4 31. Rxb5 Ke7 32. Kf1 Rd8 33. Ra4 Bg5 34.
Ke2 Rcd7 35. Rxb7 Rxb7 36. Bxb7 Rb8 37. Ra7 Kf6 38. g3 Bh6 39. c6 Rd8 40. c7
Rxd4 41. c8=Q Rd2+ 42. Ke1 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 13th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2004.03.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bb5 Bg7 5. O-O e5 6. d3 Nge7 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Ne1
a6 9. a3 d6 10. Ba2 b5 11. Rb1 Rb8 12. Be3 h6 13. Qd2 Kh7 14. b4 f5 15. f3 cxb4
16. axb4 a5 17. bxa5 Qxa5 18. Rb2 f4 19. Bf2 g5 20. Nb1 b4 21. Qd1 d5 22. Nd2
Be6 23. Bb3 Qc7 24. Qe2 Rfd8 25. d4 Bg8 26. Nd3 exd4 27. h4 Re8 28. hxg5 hxg5
29. Ra2 Nf5 30. Nc5 Rbc8 31. Qb5 Ng3 32. Re1 Na7 33. Qxb4 Nc6 34. Qb5 Na7 35.
Qb7 Qxb7 36. Nxb7 Nb5 37. Ra5 dxe4 38. Bxg8+ Kxg8 39. Bxg3 e3 40. Ne4 Na3 41.
Rxa3 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 13th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2004.03.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Qd2 Nbd7 11. a4 Rc8 12. a5 Qc7 13. Rfc1 Nc5 14. Nxc5 dxc5
15. f3 c4 16. Na4 Nd7 17. Bf1 Rfd8 18. Qe1 Qc6 19. Kh1 h6 20. Rd1 Kf8 21. Bd2
Qb5 22. b4 Qc6 23. c3 Bg5 24. Bxg5 hxg5 25. h3 f6 26. Qe3 Ke7 27. Kh2 Bf7 28.
Be2 Be6 29. Rd2 Bf7 30. Bd1 Rb8 31. Bc2 Nf8 32. Rad1 Rxd2 33. Rxd2 Rd8 34. Nb6
Rxd2 35. Qxd2 Be6 36. Bd1 Ng6 37. g3 Nf8 38. Kg2 Qc7 39. Be2 Nd7 40. Nd5+ Bxd5
41. Qxd5 b5 42. Qg8 Qa7 43. Qxg7+ Kd8 44. Qg8+ Kc7 45. Kf1 Qe3 46. Qe6 Qxc3 47.
Qxa6 Qxb4 48. Qa7+ Kd6 49. a6 c3 50. Qe3 Qd4 51. Qxd4+ exd4 52. Ke1 Kc7 53.
Bxb5 Ne5 54. f4 gxf4 55. gxf4 Ng6 56. e5 fxe5 57. f5 Nf8 58. h4 e4 59. a7 Kb7
60. Bc6+ Kxa7 61. Bxe4 Nd7 62. Ke2 Nf6 63. Bf3 Kb6 64. h5 Kc5 65. Kd3 Kd6 66.
h6 Ke5 67. Bd1 Kxf5 68. Kxd4 Kg5 69. Kxc3 Kxh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 13th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2004.03.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Be4 11. Qc1 Nbd7 12. Ba5 Rc8 13. Nbd2 Ba8 14. a3 Nb8 15.
Rd1 Qe8 16. Nb3 Bd5 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. Qxc5 Nbd7 19. Qc3 c5 20. Qe1 Qe7 21. Rac1
Rfe8 22. dxc5 Nxc5 23. Bb4 Qa7 24. Qc3 Nfe4 25. Qe3 a5 26. Be1 Qa6 27. Nh4 Bb3
28. Bxe4 Bxd1 29. Rxc5 Rxc5 30. Qxc5 Bxe2 31. Bxh7+ Kxh7 32. Qc2+ Kg8 33. Qxe2
Rd8 34. Bc3 Rd5 35. Qg4 g6 36. Ng2 b4 37. axb4 axb4 38. Qxb4 Rd1+ 39. Ne1 Qa8
40. Qf4 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 13th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2004.03.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 Qc7 7. O-O b5 8. Re1
Bb7 9. a4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 b4 11. Nd1 Nf6 12. e5 Bc5 13. Qf4 Nd5 14. Qg3 f5 15.
Bh5+ g6 16. Bf3 O-O 17. h4 f4 18. Qg4 Rf5 19. Bxd5 Bxd5 20. Bxf4 Raf8 21. Bg3
Qc6 22. Qh3 Bd4 23. c3 bxc3 24. bxc3 Bxc3 25. Nxc3 Qxc3 26. Qg4 a5 27. Rab1 Bc6
28. Rec1 Qd3 29. Qc4 Rf3 30. Qxd3 Rxd3 31. Rc5 Ra8 32. Ra1 Rd4 33. f3 Bxa4 34.
Be1 Kf7 35. Kh2 Bc6 36. Rcxa5 Rxa5 37. Rxa5 Ra4 38. Rxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 13th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2004.03.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 O-O 12. Nc2 Bg5 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 a5
15. Bc4 Rb8 16. b3 Kh8 17. Qe2 Bd7 18. Ra1 Ne7 19. Nxe7 Bxe7 20. O-O Be6 21.
Na3 Bxc4 22. bxc4 f5 23. exf5 Rxf5 24. Rfd1 Rc8 25. Rd5 Rf6 26. Nc2 Qc7 27.
Rdxa5 Qxc4 28. Qxc4 Rxc4 29. Ne3 Rc8 30. Nd5 Re6 31. Ra8 Rg8 32. c4 e4 33. R1a6
Re5 34. Kf1 e3 35. fxe3 h6 36. Ke2 Bf8 37. Rc8 Rf5 38. Raa8 Rf7 39. Nf4 Rf6 40.
Rxf8 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 13th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2004.03.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Qe2 d6 7. Be3 Nf6 8.
Nc3 O-O 9. O-O-O Re8 10. f3 Ne5 11. Qd2 Be6 12. Be2 Bc4 13. g4 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 c6
15. g5 Nh5 16. f4 Bxe2 17. Nxe2 Nc4 18. Qf3 g6 19. Ng3 Ng7 20. h4 a5 21. h5 Qb6
22. Qc3 Qb4 23. Rd3 Qxc3 24. Rxc3 d5 25. Nd4 Ne6 26. exd5 cxd5 27. Nge2 Nxd4
28. Nxd4 Re4 29. Nb5 Rxf4 30. Nc7 Rd8 31. hxg6 hxg6 32. Rch3 Kf8 33. Ne6+ fxe6
34. Rh8+ Ke7 35. R1h7+ Kd6 36. Rxd8+ Ke5 37. Rh1 Ne3 38. Re1 Ke4 39. Rd6 e5 40.
Rxg6 Rf2 41. c3 Rc2+ 42. Kb1 Rg2 43. Rg8 Kd3 44. g6 d4 45. cxd4 exd4 46. g7 Kd2
47. Rc1 d3 48. Rf8 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 13th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2004.03.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. b3 c5 11. Ne4 Nxe4 12. Qxe4 Nf6 13. Qh4 b5 14. Be2 Bb7 15.
dxc5 Bxc5 16. Bb2 Qe7 17. a4 Bd5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. Bxb5 Bxb3 21.
Bd3 h6 22. Nd2 Bd5 23. Bxf6 Qxf6 24. Qxf6 gxf6 25. Be4 Ra2 26. Bxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 13th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2004.03.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Bg5 a6 7. Rc1 Nbd7 8. b3 c6
9. Bd3 b5 10. Nge2 bxc4 11. Bxc4 d5 12. exd5 cxd5 13. Bd3 e5 14. O-O Bb7 15.
dxe5 Nxe5 16. Bb1 Re8 17. Qd2 Rc8 18. Rfd1 Qb6+ 19. Qd4 Qxd4+ 20. Nxd4 Nc6 21.
Nce2 h6 22. Bh4 Ng4 23. Rxc6 Bxc6 24. fxg4 Bb5 25. Kf2 Bd7 26. h3 a5 27. Bd3 a4
28. b4 a3 29. b5 Bf8 30. Kf3 Bc5 31. Bf2 Rb8 32. Rc1 Rec8 33. Nc6 Bxc6 34. Rxc5
Bxb5 35. Rxc8+ Rxc8 36. Bxb5 Rc2 37. Ba4 Rxa2 38. Bd4 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 13th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2004.03.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
e3 d6 9. Ne2 Nbd7 10. Qd3 Ba6 11. Nc3 d5 12. Qc2 Bxc4 13. Bxc4 dxc4 14. Qe2 h6
15. Bh4 c5 16. Qxc4 cxd4 17. Qxd4 Qc7 18. O-O Rfc8 19. Rfd1 Qc4 20. f3 Qxd4 21.
Rxd4 Ne5 22. e4 Nh5 23. Bg3 Nxg3 24. hxg3 Kf8 25. Kf1 Nc4 26. Nd1 Ke7 27. Ke1
a6 28. Rc1 b5 29. Ke2 Nb6 30. Rxc8 Rxc8 31. Nc3 Nc4 32. Nd1 h5 33. Rd3 Rc6 34.
Rc3 Kd6 35. Rc2 Ne5 36. Rxc6+ Kxc6 37. Kd2 Nc4+ 38. Kc3 g6 39. a4 Kc5 40. axb5
axb5 41. b4+ Kd6 42. Kd3 Ne5+ 43. Ke3 Nc6 44. Nc3 Nxb4 45. Nxb5+ Kc5 46. Nc3 e5
47. Nd1 Kc4 48. Nf2 Kc5 49. g4 hxg4 50. Nxg4 Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 13th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2004.03.31"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nbd2 Bc8 13. Nf1 Be6 14. Bg5 Nd7 15. Bd2
Nc6 16. Ne3 Nb6 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Nd4 19. Nh2 a5 20. Ng4 Nf5 21. Qf3 Bg5
22. Bxg5 Qxg5 23. c3 Nh4 24. Qg3 h6 25. Ne3 f5 26. Qxg5 hxg5 27. Kf1 f4 28. Ng4
Rac8 29. Rad1 Rfe8 30. g3 Nf5 31. Kg2 Kf7 32. Nh2 c4 33. Nf3 Kf6 34. Nd2 cxd3
35. Ne4+ Kg6 36. Rxd3 Red8 37. Re2 Ne7 38. Kf3 Ng8 39. h4 fxg3 40. hxg5 gxf2
41. Rxf2 Ne7 42. Kg4 Rc7 43. Rdf3 Nbxd5 44. Bb1 Nf5 45. Nd2 Rf8 46. Rd3 e4 47.
Rxd5 Ne3+ 48. Kh4 Rxf2 49. Rxd6+ Kf7 50. Bxe4 Ke7 51. Rd4 Rd7 52. Rxd7+ Kxd7
53. Nb3 a4 54. Nc5+ Kd6 55. Nd3 Rd2 56. Ne5 Kxe5 57. Bc6 Rxb2 58. Kh5 Rb3 59.
Kg6 Rxc3 60. Bxb5 Rxa3 61. Kxg7 Nf5+ 0-1

[Event "Amber-blindfold 13th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2004.04.01"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 g6 7. Nbd2 Bg7 8. Nf1
b5 9. Bc2 d5 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Qd6 12. N1d2 O-O 13. O-O Re8 14. exd5 Nxd5 15.
Ne4 Qf8 16. Bb3 Be6 17. d4 exd4 18. cxd4 Na5 19. Nc5 Nxb3 20. axb3 Bg4 21. h3
Bxf3 22. Qxf3 Bxd4 23. Nd7 Qd6 24. Rfd1 Qxd7 25. Rxd4 c6 26. Bg3 Re6 27. Kh2
Qe7 28. Rd2 h5 29. Rd4 Qc5 30. Rad1 Rae8 31. b4 Qc2 32. R4d2 Qc4 33. Rd4 Qe2
34. Qa3 g5 35. h4 gxh4 36. Bxh4 Rg6 37. Qxa6 Ne3 38. Rg1 Ng4+ 39. Kh1 Qe5 40.
Rxg4 Rxg4 41. Bg3 Qf6 42. Qa7 Rh4+ 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 13th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2004.03.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Be2 Bf5 6. Nc3 e6 7. Nh4 Be4 8. f3 Bg6
9. Bd2 Be7 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. O-O-O dxc4 13. Bxc4 b5 14. Be2 c5 15.
dxc5 Nxc5 16. Kb1 O-O 17. Bc1 Qb8 18. g4 Rc8 19. g5 Nfd7 20. h4 b4 21. Ne4 b3
22. axb3 Nxb3 23. Bc4 Na5 24. Rxd7 Nxc4 25. Qd1 Ba3 26. Qe2 Qb5 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 13th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2004.03.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 a5 10. h3 a4 11. Rd1+ Ke8 12. a3 h6 13. Bf4 Be6 14. Ne4
Ra5 15. g4 Bd5 16. Re1 Ne7 17. e6 Bxe4 18. exf7+ Kxf7 19. Rxe4 Ng6 20. Bxc7 Rb5
21. Ne5+ Nxe5 22. Bxe5 Bc5 23. Bc3 Ra8 24. Rd1 Bf8 25. Rd7+ Kg8 26. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 13th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2004.03.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O a6 7. b3 d6 8. Bb2 Be7
9. e3 O-O 10. Qe2 Nbd7 11. Rfd1 Re8 12. d4 Ne4 13. Rac1 Ndf6 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15.
dxc5 bxc5 16. Nd2 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Ra7 18. Qf3 Qb8 19. Nb1 Nd7 20. Kg1 Rd8 21. Rd2
Rc7 22. Rcd1 Qc8 23. Nc3 Ne5 24. Qg2 Ng6 25. f4 Rcd7 26. h4 h6 27. h5 Nf8 28.
g4 Nh7 29. Qf3 Bf6 30. Na4 Bxb2 31. Rxb2 Qc7 32. Rbd2 Kf8 33. Nc3 Kg8 34. Rg2
Kh8 35. g5 hxg5 36. fxg5 d5 37. g6 Qe5 38. gxh7 Qxc3 39. Rgd2 Qe5 40. Kh1 Kxh7
41. Rg1 dxc4 42. Rdg2 c3 43. Rxg7+ Qxg7 44. Qe4+ f5 45. Rxg7+ Rxg7 46. Qc2 Rdg8
47. Qxc3 Rg5 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 13th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2004.03.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. e3 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Qb3 c5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Nc6 11. Bb5 d4 12. Bxc6 dxc3 13. Qxb4 cxb2 14. Rb1
bxc6 15. O-O Ba6 16. Rfe1 Rab8 17. Qa3 Bc4 18. Nd4 Rfe8 19. Rxb2 Rxb2 20. Qxb2
Bxa2 21. Qxa2 Qxd4 22. Qxa7 Qd5 23. Rc1 h5 24. Qa4 Rd8 25. h3 g6 26. Qf4 Kg7
27. Rc4 Ra8 28. Rc1 Ra2 29. h4 Rd2 30. Kh2 Re2 31. Kg3 Rd2 32. Rc4 Ra2 33. Rc3
Rd2 34. e4 Rd3+ 35. f3 Qd4 36. Rxd3 Qxd3 37. Qe5+ Kg8 38. Qe8+ Kg7 39. Qxc6 Qe3
40. Qc7 Qe1+ 41. Kh3 Qh1+ 42. Qh2 Qa1 43. c6 Kh7 44. Qf4 Qh1+ 45. Kg3 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 13th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2004.03.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 c6 5. Qd2 b5 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. h3
Nbd7 9. O-O e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Ne2 a6 12. a4 Bb7 13. Ng3 Qe7 14. Bh6 Rfe8 15.
Bxg7 Kxg7 16. b4 Rad8 17. Rfe1 Nb6 18. Qg5 Kh8 19. axb5 cxb5 20. Nd2 Rd4 21.
Qe3 Na4 22. Nf3 Rxb4 23. Qg5 Nc5 24. Nd2 Nd5 25. Qh6 Nf4 26. Bf1 f6 27. c4 Rb2
28. Nf3 b4 29. Rad1 a5 30. Ne2 Nfd3 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 13th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2004.03.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 c6 5. h3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 Qc7 7. Qd2 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O Bg7 10. Ne2 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Ng3 O-O 13. c4 a6 14. Rfd1 Rfd8 15.
Qc2 Ne8 16. b4 Nb6 17. c5 Nd7 18. a4 Nf8 19. Nd2 Rd7 20. Nb3 Rad8 21. axb5 axb5
22. Be2 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 24. Bxd1 Bc8 25. Qd2 Be6 26. Na5 Nd7 27. Bg4 Bxg4
28. hxg4 Bf8 29. g5 Ng7 30. Nf1 Ne6 31. Nh2 Be7 32. g3 Bd8 33. Nb3 Nb8 34. Nf3
Be7 35. Nc1 Nd7 36. Nd3 Bf8 37. Qa2 Bg7 38. Qa8+ Ndf8 39. Kg2 f6 40. gxf6 Bxf6
41. Bh6 Kf7 42. Bxf8 Nxf8 43. Qxc6 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 13th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2004.03.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bg5 h6
8. Bh4 c5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. Qe2 Be7 12. dxc5 O-O 13. O-O Bxc5 14.
Rfd1 Qc7 15. Ne5 Be7 16. Bg3 Qb6 17. Nc4 Qa6 18. Bd6 Bxd6 19. Rxd6 b6 20. b3
Rad8 21. Qe5 Nd5 22. a4 Qc8 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. h3 Nb4 25. Ne3 Rd2 26. a5 Nc6 27.
Qc3 Rd8 28. axb6 axb6 29. Ra4 Qd7 30. Ra1 Nd4 31. Kh1 Qc8 32. Qd3 Nf5 33. Nxf5
exf5 34. Qe2 Qc3 35. Rd1 Rc8 36. Rd2 f4 37. Qd1 Kh7 38. Qe2 Rc5 39. Kh2 Re5 40.
Qd1 Rc5 41. f3 g6 42. Re2 Kg7 43. Qd6 Qf6 44. Qd2 b5 45. Re4 g5 46. c4 bxc4 47.
bxc4 Rc6 48. Qb4 Rb6 49. Qd2 Rb1 50. Re1 Rxe1 51. Qxe1 Qd4 52. Qc1 Qc5 53. Qc2
Kf6 54. Qe4 Qf2 55. Qe8 Qc5 56. Qh8+ Kg6 57. Qc3 Kf5 58. Qd3+ Ke6 59. h4 Qf2
60. Qd5+ Kf6 61. Qd6+ Kg7 62. Qe5+ Kg6 63. hxg5 hxg5 64. c5 Qe3 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 13th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2004.03.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Qe2 O-O 7. d4 d5 8. e5
Ne4 9. Be3 Bd7 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. dxc5 Qb8 12. Re1 Re8 13. Bd4 Bg4 14. Nbd2 Qxb2
15. Nxe4 Qxe2 16. Rxe2 dxe4 17. Rxe4 Be6 18. Ree1 Reb8 19. a4 Rb2 20. Be3 Bd5
21. Nd4 Rc8 22. Bc1 Rb7 23. Bf4 e6 24. Rac1 Bf8 25. Be3 Bxc5 26. c4 Be4 27.
Nxe6 Bxe3 28. Rxe3 fxe6 29. Rxe4 Rb4 30. g3 Rxa4 31. Rd1 Rf8 32. Rd6 Ra2 33.
Rf4 Rxf4 34. gxf4 Kf7 35. Rxc6 h6 36. Rc7+ Kf8 37. Kg2 a5 38. c5 Rc2 39. c6 a4
40. Ra7 Rxc6 41. Rxa4 Rc3 42. Ra6 Kf7 43. Ra7+ Kf8 44. Rh7 h5 45. f3 Rc1 46.
Ra7 Rb1 47. Rh7 Ra1 48. f5 exf5 49. Kg3 Ra4 50. f4 g5 51. fxg5 Rg4+ 52. Kf3
Rxg5 53. Kf4 Rg2 54. h3 Rf2+ 55. Kg5 f4 56. Kf6 Kg8 57. Rg7+ Kh8 58. Rg5 f3 59.
Kf7 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 13th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2004.03.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. g4 h6
9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. h4 b4 12. Na4 Qa5 13. b3 Nc5 14. a3 Nxa4 15. axb4
Qc7 16. bxa4 d5 17. b5 dxe4 18. bxa6 Bxa6 19. Bxa6 Rxa6 20. Nb5 Qc8 21. Bf4 Nd5
22. fxe4 Nxf4 23. Qxf4 Rc6 24. Rhf1 f6 25. e5 Rxc2+ 26. Kb1 Qc4 27. Qxc4 Rxc4
28. exf6 gxf6 29. Rxf6 Be7 30. Rxe6 Rb4+ 31. Kc2 Kf7 32. Rc6 Rxa4 33. Rf1+ Kg7
34. Rc7 Ra2+ 35. Kd3 Rd8+ 36. Nd4 Ra3+ 37. Ke4 Re8 38. Nf5+ 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 13th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2004.03.31"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 h6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Bb5+ c6 10. Bd3 Bd7 11. c3 Bd6 12. Qe2 c5 13. O-O cxd4 14. cxd4
Qe7 15. Ne5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Bc6 17. Be4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 O-O 19. Rad1 Rfd8 20. g3
Rac8 21. Rd6 Rxd6 22. exd6 Qxd6 23. Qxb7 Rb8 24. Qxa7 Rxb2 25. a4 Qd5 26. Ra1
Rb7 27. Qe3 Qa5 28. Qd3 Rb8 29. Qd7 Ra8 30. h4 h5 31. Qc6 Ra7 32. Qe4 g6 33.
Kg2 Kh7 34. Ra3 Ra8 35. Qf4 Ra7 36. Qf6 Qd5+ 37. Kh2 Rc7 38. a5 e5 39. a6 Rc1
40. Qf3 e4 41. Qe3 Rc8 42. a7 Ra8 43. Qb6 Qd2 44. Qc5 Qd7 45. Ra5 Qb7 46. Qd4
Qc7 47. Rxh5+ 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 13th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2004.04.01"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[PlyCount "192"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Qb6 8. Na4
Qa5+ 9. c3 c4 10. b4 Qc7 11. a3 Be7 12. Be2 f5 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. O-O O-O 15.
Qc2 b6 16. Nb2 Bd7 17. Ng5 h6 18. Nh3 Bd6 19. Rae1 Ne7 20. Nd1 Be8 21. Ndf2 Bg6
22. Qc1 a5 23. Bd1 axb4 24. axb4 Ra2 25. Re2 Rfa8 26. Rxa2 Rxa2 27. Ng4 Ne4 28.
Ne5 Bf5 29. g4 Bh7 30. Bc2 Qa7 31. Bb1 Ra1 32. Qb2 Qa3 33. Bc1 Qxb2 34. Bxb2
Ra7 35. Bxe4 Bxe4 36. Ra1 Rxa1+ 37. Bxa1 Bxe5 38. fxe5 Bf3 39. g5 Bg4 40. Nf2
Bf5 41. gxh6 gxh6 42. Bb2 Kg7 43. Bc1 b5 44. Kg2 Ng6 45. Kg3 h5 46. Bg5 Kh7 47.
Nd1 Kg7 48. Ne3 Be4 49. Kf2 Kf7 50. Nf1 Bf5 51. Ng3 Bg4 52. Kg2 Bd1 53. h3 Kg7
54. Kf2 Kf7 55. Ke3 Kg7 56. Bd8 Kf7 57. Bf6 Ke8 58. Nf1 Bc2 59. Kf3 Be4+ 60.
Kg3 Bc2 61. Nd2 Bd1 62. Kf2 Nf4 63. Ke3 Ng6 64. Bg5 Kf7 65. Kf2 Ke8 66. Nf1 Bc2
67. Ng3 Bd1 68. Ke3 Kf7 69. Nh1 Bc2 70. Nf2 Bf5 71. Kf3 Ke8 72. Kg3 Bc2 73. Kh2
Kf7 74. Nh1 Bd1 75. Ng3 Ke8 76. Kg1 Kf8 77. Kf2 Kf7 78. Nf1 Bc2 79. Nd2 Bd1 80.
Bh6 Ke7 81. Ke1 Bc2 82. Nf3 Bf5 83. Ng1 Be4 84. Ne2 Bf3 85. Ng3 Kf7 86. Kf2 Bd1
87. Nf1 Bc2 88. Ke1 Be4 89. Nd2 Bc2 90. Nf3 Bf5 91. Kf2 Ke8 92. Kg3 Be4 93. Ng5
Bf5 94. Nh7 Kf7 95. Nf6 h4+ 96. Kh2 Bc2 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 5th"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2004.05.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Radulski, Julian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C97"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2004.05.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
Na5 9. Bc2 c5 10. d4 Qc7 11. d5 Bd7 12. b3 O-O 13. h3 Nb7 (13... c4 14. b4 Nb7
15. Be3 a5 16. a3 axb4 17. cxb4 c3 18. Bg5 h6 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Re3 Rfc8 21.
Nxc3 $18 {1-0 Kasparov,G-Comp Meph Experimental/Hamburg 1985/EXT 2002 (55)})
14. c4 (14. Nbd2 g6 (14... a5 15. Nf1 a4 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bd2 axb3 18. axb3 Rfb8
19. g4 $40 {1-0 Kozlov,S-Pokazaniev,N/Smolensk 2001/EXT 2002 (48)}) 15. Nf1 Ne8
16. Bh6 Ng7 17. Ng3 f6 18. Nh2 Nd8 19. f4 Nf7 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. f5 $14 {
1-0 Livshits,R-Lesiege,A/Canada 1992/EXT 98 (53)}) (14. a4 Rfb8 15. Na3 Ne8 16.
Qe2 Nd8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Hracek,Z-Nikolic,P/Selfoss 2002/CBM 92 (24)}) (14. Be3 a5
15. Nbd2 b4 16. c4 a4 17. g4 axb3 18. axb3 Na5 19. Nf1 Ra7 20. g5 $40 {1-0
Berzina,I-Petrovich,I/Paris 1998/EXT 2000 (30)}) (14. c4 b4 15. Nbd2 Ne8 16.
Nf1 g6 17. Bh6 Ng7 18. g4 f6 19. Ng3 {1/2-1/2 Kasparov,G-Matanovic,A/Banja
Luka 1979/EXT 99 (19)}) (14. a4 Rfb8 15. Na3 Ne8 16. Qe2 Nd8 17. Bd2 g6 18. Nh2
f6 19. c4 bxa4 20. bxa4 Nf7 21. Ng4 Bf8 22. Bc3 Qd8 23. Ne3 Bh6 24. Nb1 {
1/2-1/2 Hracek,Z-Nikolic,P/Selfoss 2002/CBM 92 (24)}) 14... Rfe8 (14... b4 15.
Nbd2 Ne8 16. Nf1 g6 17. Bh6 Ng7 18. g4 f6 19. Ng3 {1/2-1/2 Kasparov,
G-Matanovic,A/Banja Luka 1979/EXT 99 (19)}) 15. Nc3 (15. Nbd2 {[%cal Yd2f1,
Yg2g4,Yf1g3] is more standard.}) 15... g6 16. Bd2 Bf8 17. g4 {White starts the
classical K-side attack, but in this game things develop in quite an unusual
fashion. As we will see the combination of Nc3 and g4 works against White here.
} h5 $1 {[%mdl 4]} 18. Nh2 (18. g5 Nh7 {looks drawish.}) 18... b4 $1 19. Na4 {
Without this N on the K-side White's expansion with g4 lacks punch.} hxg4 20.
hxg4 Be7 $1 21. Nb2 Kg7 $1 $15 {[%cal Ye8h8] Black is quick to seize his
chance. As it turns out he gets the benefit of the opened h-file. White is
worse already.} 22. Kg2 Rh8 23. Rh1 Rh4 24. f3 Rah8 25. Qe2 Qc8 26. Rag1 Qg8
27. Be1 (27. Kf1 Qh7 28. Rg2 {no fun, but maybe White can survive by just
protecting h2.}) 27... Rh3 28. Nd1 $2 (28. Kf1 $142) 28... Qh7 29. Bg3 Nxg4 $1
(29... Nxg4 30. fxg4 Rxg3+ 31. Kxg3 Qh3+ 32. Kf2 Bh4+ $19) 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 5th"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2004.05.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bakalarz, Mietek"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2333"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2004.05.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bg5 c6 4. c3 Bg4 5. Ne5 Bf5 6. Qb3 Qb6 7. Nd2 Nbd7 8.
Nxd7 Nxd7 9. e3 e5 10. Be2 Bd6 11. Bh4 exd4 12. exd4 Qc7 13. Bg3 Bxg3 14. hxg3
O-O-O 15. O-O-O Rhe8 16. Rhe1 Re6 17. Nf3 Rde8 18. Bd3 Bxd3 19. Rxe6 Rxe6 20.
Rxd3 Qd6 21. Qc2 Qe7 22. Rd2 Nf6 23. Ng5 Re1+ 24. Rd1 Re2 25. Rd2 Rxf2 26. Rxf2
Qe1+ 27. Qd1 Qxf2 28. Qf3 Qe1+ 29. Kc2 Qe7 30. Qf5+ Kc7 31. Qf4+ Kb6 32. Qe5
Qd7 33. c4 dxc4 34. Qc5+ Kc7 35. Nf3 Nd5 36. Qxa7 Qf5+ 37. Kc1 Nb4 38. Ne1 Qg5+
39. Kd1 Na6 40. Qa8 Qe3 41. Nf3 Qd3+ 42. Ke1 Qb1+ 43. Kf2 Qxb2+ 44. Kg1 Qc1+
45. Kf2 c3 46. Qe8 Qb2+ 47. Kg1 c2 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 5th"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2004.05.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Akesson, Ralf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2004.05.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2
e5 9. d5 c6 10. h4 h5 11. g4 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] Already for some time this
variation was causing mistrust, since black has all the pieces on the
queenside while the danger is looming on the opposite side of the board.
Ivanchuk's novelty makes a healthy impression, the defender faces a tough
choice.} cxd5 (11... hxg4 12. h5 gxh5 13. Rxh5 cxd5 14. exd5 gxf3 15. Bh6 f2+
16. Qxf2 $16) 12. exd5 N8d7 (12... hxg4 13. h5 Bf5 14. Rd1 gxh5 15. Rxh5 Bg6
16. Rg5 gxf3 17. Nxf3 $16) 13. gxh5 Nf6 (13... gxh5 14. Rd1 Nf6 15. Bh6 Bf5 16.
Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qg5+ Bg6 18. Nh3 $14) 14. hxg6 fxg6 15. Nh3 $5 {White is playing
with nonchalance and courageously sacrifices an important central pawn.
Akesson will be suffering by any continuation, so he can as well try to grab
some material.} (15. Rd1 Bf5 16. Bd3 Nh5 17. Nge2 $16) 15... Nfxd5 (15... Bf5
16. Ng5 Rc8 17. Rd1 $18) 16. Nxd5 (16. Bc5 Nxc3 17. Bxf8 Qxd2+ 18. Kxd2 Kxf8
19. bxc3 Bf5 20. Bd3 Rd8 21. Nf2 $14) 16... Qxd5 (16... Nxd5 17. Bc5 Rf7 18.
Rd1 Rd7 19. Ng5 $1 (19. Bc4 $2 Qxh4+ 20. Nf2 Qxc4 $19) 19... Nb6 20. Bd3 $18)
17. Qxd5+ Nxd5 18. Bc4 Be6 (18... Rd8 19. Rd1 Be6 20. Bxa7 $14) 19. Ng5 Nxe3 (
19... Rfe8 20. Nxe6 Nxe3 21. Bb3 Bh6 22. Kf2 $16) 20. Bxe6+ Kh8 21. Kf2 $1 {
Black has managed to simplify the position, but his king will not feel safe in
the corner.} Nf5 (21... Nc2 22. Rac1 Nd4 23. Bf7 Rad8 24. Bxg6 $16) 22. h5 Bh6
(22... gxh5 23. Rxh5+ Nh6 24. Rah1 Rf6 25. Nf7+ Kh7 26. Bf5+ Rxf5 27. Rxf5 $18)
23. hxg6 (23. Rag1 Kg7 24. Bxf5 Rxf5 25. Ne6+ Kf7 26. hxg6+ Kxe6 27. Rxh6 $18)
23... Kg7 24. Nf7 (24. Rag1 $5 Nd4 25. Bd5 $18) 24... Be3+ 25. Ke2 Ng3+ $6 {
Even the best players are falling apart under pressure, black will eliminate
the danger for the king at a high cost of too much material.} (25... Kxg6 26.
Nxe5+ (26. Bxf5+ Kxf5 27. Nxe5 Bd4 28. Rh5+ Ke6 29. Nc4 $16) 26... Kg5 27. Nf7+
Kf6 28. Bxf5 Rxf7 29. Be4 $16) 26. Kxe3 Nxh1 27. Rxh1 Kxg6 28. Nd6 Rf6 (28...
Rad8 29. Nxb7 $18) 29. Rg1+ Kh7 (29... Kh6 30. Ke4 Rxe6 31. Nf7+ Kh5 32. Kf5
$18) 30. Ne4 Rh6 (30... Rxe6 31. Ng5+ $18) 31. Rg4 Rh2 32. b4 Rf8 33. Bb3 Kh6
34. Nd6 Kh5 35. Re4 b6 36. Rxe5+ Kh4 37. Re7 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 5th"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2004.05.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2004.05.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. O-O Be7 7. e5 (7. Re1 {
is the main line.}) 7... Ne4 8. Nxd4 O-O 9. Nf5 d5 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Nxe7+ Qxe7
12. Re1 Re8 13. f3 Nc5 {Black has excellent results with this retreat as well
as with Nd6. So its a bit unclear why white players steers for this line.} 14.
b3 Ne6 15. Qd2 Qc5+ 16. Qf2 (16. Kh1 Qd4 17. c3 Qxd2 18. Nxd2 a5 19. Ba3 Ba6
20. g3 c5 21. f4 Bd3 22. Re3 c4 {with a good game for Black in Nataf,
I-Collange,P/Paris 1993/0-1 (58)}) 16... Qd4 {The ending is pleasant for Black
due to his active possibilities on the Q-side. White has a well protected P on
e5, but it is blocked and it limits the scope of his own B - all in all Black
should be prefered.} 17. Qxd4 Nxd4 18. Na3 Bf5 19. Be3 Ne6 20. Rad1 h5 {
Holding White's K-side down.} 21. Rd2 a5 22. Nb1 Rad8 23. Bf2 d4 24. Na3 c5 25.
Nc4 a4 26. Bg3 Ra8 27. Rc1 Ra6 $1 {Preparing to double on the a-file before
taking on b3 - an old trick.} 28. c3 $6 {Its understandable that White wants
activity, but now the Q-side P:s are all weak.} Rb8 29. cxd4 axb3 30. axb3 cxd4
31. Bf2 Rxb3 32. Bxd4 {Superficially this looks almost OK for White, but with
a few sharp moves Ivanchuk proves that notion to be wrong.} Rc6 $1 {[%cal
Yc6c1]} 33. Bb2 Bd3 $1 {[%mdl 2048] The white pieces are overburdened - he
must lose material.} 34. Rxd3 (34. Ne3 Rxb2 $1 $18) 34... Rxd3 35. Kf1 Rb3 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 5th"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2004.05.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2004.05.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3
c5 9. Bd3 (9. Bb2 $5 {See comments to Sarkar,J-Shahade,G/Seattle,2003/CBM 93
(1-0)(Atlas,V)(37)}) 9... cxd4 ({More common used is:} 9... Qa5 {You can see
my comments to Erdos,V-Gyimesi,Z/Nagykanizsa,2003/CBM 99(1/2-1/2)(30)}) ({
and after:} 9... Nc6 {you can find four game in Mega Database 2004.}) 10. cxd4
Nc6 ({After:} 10... Qa5+ 11. Kf1 Bd7 $5 {[%csl Ga4][%cal Yd7a4] (This move
have to be tested more!)} (11... Nc6 12. Bxe4 dxe4 13. Bb2 Qa6 14. Ne2 Na5 15.
Rc1 $11 (15. c5 $2 b6 16. Qxe4 Bb7 17. Qg4 bxc5 $17 {[%csl Rf1][%cal Gb7g2]
Zimmerman,Yuri-Belichev,Nikolai/Budapest,1999(0-1)(27)})) 12. f3 $5 (12. Ne2
Ba4 13. Qb2 Nc6 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Be3 $13 {Karpov,A-Polgar,J/Hoogeveen,2003(1/
2-1/2)(67)}) 12... Ba4 $1 (12... f5 $143 13. Ne2 Nc6 14. Qb2 $16) 13. Qb2 Qc3
$13) 11. Ne2 Qa5+ 12. Kf1 Nb4 $6 {Too dangerous line.It is not seems to me a
correct line.} (12... f5 $143 13. Rb1 Qd8 $14) (12... Bd7 $2 13. Rb1 f6 (13...
Nd8 14. f3 f5 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Qb2 $14 {[%cal Gc1e3,Gb2b4]}) 14. cxd5 exd5 15.
Rb5 Qd8 16. Rxd5 $18 {El Gindy,E-Pavlovic,M/Linares,2003(1-0)(27)}) ({Looks
interesting:} 12... f6 $5 {You can see my annotation to Morovic Fernandez,
I-Quezada,Y/Havana,2004/CBM 101(1-0)(43)}) 13. axb4 Qxa1 14. f3 f5 15. Qb1 ({
Looks trivial, but badly is:} 15. g3 $6 dxc4 $1 {Right decision!Black should
to open the position for his bishop and try to exploit white's king weakness.}
(15... Bd7 $6 16. Kg2 Rac8 17. c5) 16. Bxc4 b5 $1 17. Bxb5 Bb7 {[%csl Gb7]
[%cal Ge4g5,Gb7h1,Gf8c8]} 18. Bc4 (18. Kg2 $143 Rfc8 19. Qb3 Bd5 $17) 18... Ng5
19. Qa2 Qxa2 20. Bxa2 Nxf3 21. Bxe6+ Kh8 22. d5 Nxe5 $15) 15... Qa4 $5 $146 ({
Also once were checked in the preceding game:} 15... Qxb1 $6 16. Bxb1 a5 17. b5
a4 18. fxe4 fxe4+ 19. Ke1 $14 {Shariyazdanov,A-Rashkovsky,N/Oberwart,2002(1-0)
(28)}) 16. Ke1 a5 17. fxe4 (17. Bc2 $143 $6 Qxb4+ 18. Qxb4 axb4 19. fxe4 dxc4
$15 {[%csl Gb4,Gc4]}) 17... fxe4 18. Bc2 Qxb4+ (18... Qc6 $143 19. c5 a4 (19...
Bd7 $5) 20. b5 Qe8 21. Rf1 $14) 19. Qxb4 axb4 20. cxd5 $6 ({In order to get
something from the opening,necessary was:} 20. Bb3 $1 dxc4 (20... Ra5 21. Ng3
Ra1 (21... Kh8 22. Ke2 $16 {[%csl Rb4,Rc8][%cal Gc1d2,Gd2b4] After White
succeeded to develop his pieces,nothing can protect all Black weaknesses.}) 22.
Ke2 Rb1 23. Bc2 Ra1 24. cxd5 exd5 25. Bb3 Bg4+ (25... Be6 26. Nxe4 $18) 26. Kd2
$16) 21. Bxc4 Ra1 (21... Bd7 22. Bb2 Rfc8 23. Bb3 $16 {[%csl Re4,Re6][%cal
Ye1d2,Yd2e3]}) 22. d5 $1 ({Too slowly is:} 22. Kd2 $6 Bd7 {/\Rc8} 23. h4 Rc8
24. Bb3 $13) 22... exd5 (22... b5 23. Bb3) 23. Bxd5+ Kh8 24. e6 $1 {[%csl Ge6]}
Re8 25. Rf1 $16 {[%cal Ye6e7]}) 20... exd5 21. Bb3 Be6 $11 {White got nothing
from the opening and this position has strong drawish tendencys.} 22. Rf1 (22.
Bb2 $6 e3 $1 {[%csl Ye3][%cal Gf8f2]} 23. Rf1 Rxf1+ 24. Kxf1 Rf8+ 25. Ke1 Rf2
26. Bc1 Rxg2 27. h4 Rh2 28. Bxe3 Rxh4 29. Nf4 Kf7 30. Bxd5 Bxd5 31. Nxd5 $15)
22... Rxf1+ 23. Kxf1 Ra1 24. Kf2 {[%cal Yf2e3,Ye3d2,Yd2c2] White transfers his
king to the queen side in order to release his dark squares bishop, while
Black transfers his king to the center in order to release his only bishop.}
Kf7 25. h3 {><g4} Rb1 26. Ba2 Ra1 27. Bb3 Rb1 28. Bc2 (28. Ba2 Ra1 29. Bb3 $11)
28... Ra1 29. Ke3 g5 {[%csl Yg5][%cal Yg5f4] Protecting square "f4" from
future possibility Nf4.} 30. Bb3 Rb1 31. Ba2 Ra1 32. Bb3 Rb1 33. Bc2 (33. Ba2
Ra1 $11) 33... Ra1 34. Kd2 $2 {Vassily Ivanchuk declined draw second time,but
after this declining he might get a worse position.Though,this time necessary
was: 34.Bb3=} Bd7 $1 35. Bb3 Ke6 {[%csl Ye6]} 36. Kc2 {Both kings achieved
their optimal places.But now,Black has a clear plan - to transfer his bishop
to c4,while his dark squares contender has no real options for development.}
Bb5 37. Kb2 Ra3 {[%cal Yb5c4]} (37... Ra8 $143 38. Ng3 {[%csl Rb4,Rg5][%cal
Gc1d2,Gd2b4,Gc1g5]}) 38. Nc3 Rxb3+ $2 {David Navara transfers the game to
drawish endgame,instead of keeping tension by exchanging white colors bishops.}
({Leads to big advantage:} 38... Bc4 $1 39. Bxc4 dxc4 40. Nxe4 h6 $1 41. Nd6 (
41. Kb1 $143 Ra8 42. Be3 c3 43. Nf6 b5 44. g4 b3 45. Ne4 b4 {[%csl Gb3,Gb4,Gc3]
} 46. Nc5+ Kd5 47. Nxb3 Kc4 $19) ({of course badly is:} 41. Nc5+ $2 Kd5 42. e6
Rg3 $19) 41... c3+ 42. Kb1 (42. Kc2 Ra2+ 43. Kb3 Ra1 $1 44. Kc2 b3+ 45. Kxc3
Rxc1+ 46. Kxb3 Rg1 $19) 42... Ra8 {[%csl Yd5][%cal Ga8f8,Gf8f2,Gb4b3,Ge6d5]
White has no valuable moves!} 43. Nc4 {[%csl Ra8][%cal Gd4d5]} Ra6 44. Kc2 Ra2+
45. Kd3 $1 {[%cal Yd3e4,Yd4d5] White's only chance.} (45. Kb3 Ra1 46. Kc2 (46.
Be3 $144 b5 $1 47. Nd6 Rb1+ 48. Kc2 Re1 49. Bc1 b3+ 50. Kxc3 Rxc1+ 51. Kxb3 Rg1
$19) 46... b3+ 47. Kxc3 Rxc1+ 48. Kxb3 h5 $19) 45... b5 46. Nd6 $1 (46. Ne3
$143 Ra1 47. Kc2 b3+ 48. Kxc3 Rxc1+ 49. Kxb3 Re1 50. Ng4 h5 $19) 46... Rxg2 47.
Nxb5 Rh2 $1 $17) 39. Kxb3 bxc3 40. Bxg5 $11 {[%csl Yb5,Gg5] It was possible to
sign draw agreement there, but David preferred to continue a game.} Bf1 41.
Kxc3 Bxg2 42. h4 Kd7 43. Kb4 Kc6 44. e6 Bh3 45. e7 Bd7 46. Ka5 b6+ 47. Ka6 $1 (
{less exact, but still a draw:} 47. Kb4 Kd6 48. Kc3 Ke6 49. Kd2 Be8 50. Kc3 h6
51. Bxh6 Kxe7 52. Bc1 $11 {[%csl Re3][%cal Yc1a3,Yc3d2,Yd2e3] White transfers
his bishop to /^a3-f8 ,where he can defend the pawn from e7 (if necessary),
while the king goes to "e3".Black has no plan to improve his position.}) 47...
b5 48. Ka5 Kd6 49. Kb4 Be8 50. Kc3 Ke6 51. Kb4 Kd6 52. Kc3 h6 53. Bxh6 {
Now drawn game is inevitable!} Kxe7 54. Kb4 Kd6 55. Bc1 Kc6 56. Kc3 Bh5 57. Kb4
Be2 58. Be3 Kd6 59. h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 5th"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2004.05.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2004.05.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. c3 Bf5 4. Qb3 Qc8 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 e6 7. c4 c6 (7...
dxc4 8. Bxc4 Ne4 9. Bh4 a5 10. Nc3 c6 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. a3 a4 13. Qd1 $14 {
Piankov,E-Brih,S/France 2003}) 8. Nbd2 {The knight is more active on c3, but
white prefers to keep an option to develop the bishop to d3.} (8. Nc3 Bd6 (8...
Ne4 9. Bf4 (9. Nxe4 Bxe4 10. Nd2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Bd5 12. Rc1 Nb6 13. Bxd5 exd5
$11 {Zimny,J-Janiszyn,E/Warsaw 1999}) 9... Bd6 10. Nxe4 Bxf4 11. Ng3 Bxg3 12.
hxg3 O-O 13. Bd3 dxc4 14. Qxc4 Qc7 15. g4 $36 {Pitschka,K-Effert,K/Germany
1989/GER-chT2}) 9. Be2 (9. Rc1 O-O (9... h6 10. Bh4 O-O 11. Be2 Qb8 12. Bg3
Bxg3 13. hxg3 Bg4 14. O-O Re8 15. Rfe1 Nb6 16. Bd3 Bxf3 {1/2-1/2 Ballmann,
M-Pelletier,Y/Switzerland 2002/CBM 91 ext (16)}) 10. Be2 Ne4 11. Bh4 Rb8 12.
O-O Qe8 13. c5 Bc7 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Nd2 Bg6 16. Qa3 a6 $11 {Llanos,G-Ricardi,
P/Pena City 1996}) 9... h6 10. Bh4 Rb8 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Bg3 Bxg3 13. hxg3 O-O
14. Nh4 Bh7 15. O-O Re8 16. Rac1 Qd8 $11 {Meggers,E-Seibt,F/Porz 1989}) 8...
Bd6 9. Bd3 Ne4 $6 {Ivanchuk is not satisfied with a draw so he tries to
complicate the matters.} (9... Bxd3 10. Qxd3 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. e4 dxe4 13.
Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 e5 $11) 10. Bxe4 dxe4 11. Nh4 c5 12. Nxf5 (12. d5 O-O 13.
Bf4 Bxf4 14. exf4 Nf6 15. Nxf5 exf5 16. Nf1 Qc7 17. g3 Ne8 18. Ne3 Nd6 $11)
12... exf5 13. f3 exf3 14. Nxf3 O-O 15. O-O Re8 16. Rad1 (16. Qd3 g6 17. a3 $5
{[%cal Ga1b1,Gb2b4]} Bf8 18. Rab1 a5 19. Bf4 a4 20. b4 axb3 21. Rxb3 Ra4 $132)
16... Bf8 17. Qd3 g6 18. b3 b6 19. Rde1 Qb7 20. d5 Ne5 {Aimed to prevent e4.} (
20... Bg7 21. e4 $14) 21. Nxe5 Rxe5 22. Bf4 $5 {The last chance to try to gain
a full point was} (22. g4 $1 Re4 (22... fxg4 23. Bf6 Rh5 (23... Ree8 24. e4 Bg7
25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. e5 $36) 24. e4 Rh3 25. Re3) 23. h3 Qc7 24. Kg2 Rae8 25. gxf5
Qe5 26. Qd1 $14) 22... Re4 23. g4 Qd7 24. gxf5 Qxf5 25. Bg3 Qg4 26. Rf4 Rxf4
27. exf4 Bd6 28. Qe4 (28. f5 gxf5 29. Kh1 f4 30. Bf2 Kh8 31. Rg1 Qh5 $13) 28...
Rd8 29. Kg2 Kf8 30. h3 Qd7 31. Bh4 (31. f5 Bxg3 32. Kxg3 Re8 33. Qxe8+ Qxe8 34.
Rxe8+ Kxe8 35. f6 Kd7 36. Kf4 Kd6 37. Kg5 Ke5 $11) 31... Re8 32. Qxe8+ Qxe8 33.
Rxe8+ Kxe8 34. f5 gxf5 35. Kf3 Be5 36. a4 a5 37. Bg5 f6 38. Bf4 Kf7 39. Bh6 Bg3
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 5th"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2004.05.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Miroshnichenko, Evgenij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2004.05.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bg5 Qb6 7. Be3 $5 {
White challenges the opponent to take the pawn.} (7. Nb3) 7... a6 {Excepting
the challenge with 7...Qb2 is dangerous. White gets a serious initiative in
this case.} (7... Nxd4 8. Bxd4 Qa5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Nxd7 $16 {1-0
Balashov,Y-Hartmann,W/Hannover 1983/MCL (39)}) (7... Qxb2 8. Ndb5 Qb4 9. Bd2
$44 Nxe4 $2 10. a3 $18) (7... Ng4 8. Nd5 Nxe3 9. fxe3 Qa5+ 10. b4 $36) 8. Qd2 (
8. Nb3 Qd8 9. a4 e6 10. a5 Bd7 11. Be2 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. f4 Nb4 14. Bf3 e5
15. Qe2 Qc8 16. Rfc1 Re8 17. Na4 Bb5 18. Qd2 Bxa4 19. Rxa4 exf4 20. Bxf4 Nc6
21. Nd4 Ne5 22. c4 Ng6 23. Bg3 Bf8 24. Re1 Ne5 25. b3 g6 26. Raa1 Bg7 27. Rad1
Nfd7 28. Nc2 {1/2-1/2 Chiburdanidze,M-Fedorowicz,J/Havana 1985/EXT 99 (28)})
8... Nxd4 $6 {An interesting solution. Black gets counterplay in spite of the
loss of tempis. Black could get a fine counterplay after 8...Qc7 as well as
was played in the game given below.} (8... Qc7 $5 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. exd5 Ne5 11.
O-O-O Bd7 12. h3 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Qxc4 $132 {0-1 Kupreichik,V-Benjamin,J/Hastings
1984/MCD (40)}) (8... Qxb2 9. Rb1 $44 Qa3) 9. Bxd4 Qc6 10. Bd3 e5 $5 {A
typical move for this type of position. Black throws back the white active
bishop.} 11. Be3 Be6 (11... Be7 $5) 12. f4 $5 {White prevents the releasing
blow d6-d5 and is trying to seize the initiative.} exf4 (12... g6 13. f5 gxf5
14. exf5 Bd7 15. Bg5 $16) (12... d5 $2 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. f5) 13. Bd4 $5 Be7 {
The transfer of the knight to e5 via d7 deserved attention. Black sacrifices a
pawn and gets a good compensation because of the bishops pair.} (13... Nd7 $5
14. Qxf4 Ne5) 14. Qxf4 O-O 15. O-O-O Rac8 16. Rhf1 {White also activizes his
pieces.} Nd7 {[%cal Re7f6] Black wishes to exchange the dark squared bishops,
reducing the pressure of white's pieces.} (16... Rfe8 $5 17. Kb1 b5) 17. Nd5 $5
{[%mdl 512] White sacrifices a pawn in order to fight for the initiative.} Bd8
(17... Bxd5 18. exd5 Qxd5 19. Bf5 $44) 18. c3 Ne5 {Black offers a pawn by
himself, getting a pair of bishops. The simple 18...b5 also deserved attention.
} (18... b5 $5) 19. Bxe5 dxe5 20. Qxe5 Re8 21. Kb1 {White's centralized knight
is his main advantage. Black can't get any real compensation for the pawn.}
Bxd5 $2 {Black goes to a complex ending where white has a clear edge. 21...b5
was necessary waiting to see what white will do.} (21... b5) 22. exd5 Rxe5 (
22... Qd7 23. Qf5 $1 Qxf5 24. Bxf5 Rb8 25. d6 $36) 23. dxc6 bxc6 (23... Rxc6
24. Bxa6 $18) 24. Bxa6 {After the exchanges the game reached an endgame where
he has both a material and a positional advantage.} Rb8 25. Rd6 {[%csl Rc6]
Immideatly attacking the weak black pawn. 25.Bc4 was also interesting.} (25.
Bc4 Bf6 26. Rd7 Rf8 27. Kc2 $16) 25... Rd5 (25... Rc5 26. Kc2 Bf6 27. Bd3 $16)
26. Rd1 $5 {26.Rc6 was also possible but white's move is sounder.} (26. Rxc6
Rd2 27. b4 Rxg2 28. h3 Rg3 29. Bc8 g6 30. a4 $18) 26... Bf6 (26... Rxd1+ 27.
Rxd1 Bf6 28. Kc2 Kf8 29. Bc4 Ke7 30. b4 $18) 27. Kc2 (27. R1xd5 $5 {27.R1d5
was a stronger move from my point of view, preparing the advance of the
queenside pawns.} cxd5 28. Kc2 d4 (28... Ra8 29. Bb7 Rxa2 30. Bxd5 Ra7 31. b4
$18) 29. cxd4 Kf8 30. Bc4 Ke7 31. Rd5 $18) 27... Rc5 {Preventing the immideate
advance of the white pawns on the queenside.} 28. Rd7 g6 29. Rf1 Kg7 30. a3 h5
31. Rf4 $5 {Transfering the rook to a 4th rank, white prepares Bc4 and then
the advance of pawns on the queenside.} Rf8 32. Bc4 g5 33. Re4 g4 34. a4 {
After preparations white carries out his main plan.} Rf5 (34... Ra5 35. b3) 35.
Re2 {35.b4 was simpler.} (35. b4 $5 Rf2+ 36. Re2 $18) 35... Rf4 36. Bb3 Rf5 37.
Rb7 Kg6 38. Bc4 Kg5 {38...Rc5 was more stubborn, although white wins in this
case too, of course.} (38... Rc5 39. Bd3+ Kg7 40. Ra7) 39. Rxf7 Rxf7 40. Bxf7
Bxc3 41. Kxc3 Rxf7 42. b4 h4 43. a5 $18 {The passed pawns on the queenside and
a more active position of the white king lead to a quick win for white.} g3 44.
hxg3 hxg3 45. a6 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 5th"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2004.05.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nyback, Tomi"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2004.05.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Nh4 Bd7 7. g3 e6 8. Bg2
c5 $1 {Natürlich ist vor Ivanchuk noch niemand auf diese Idee verfallen; sie
sieht aber nicht nur gesund aus, sondern scheint dem Schwarzen sogar Vorteil
zu verschaffen.} (8... Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. e4 Qa5 11. Bd2 Qa6 12. Nf3 Rd8 13.
Qe2 Be8 14. Be3 Nbd7 15. Nd2 e5 16. Nxc4 exd4 17. Bxd4 Nb6 18. Nxb6 Qxe2 19.
Nxe2 axb6 20. Bxb6 Rd2 21. Nc3 Rxb2 $11 {1-0 Ibragimov,I-Tikkanen,K/Skelleftea
1999/EXT 2000 (52). (51)}) 9. d5 $6 {Es ist fraglich, ob diese Fortsetzung zum
Ausgleich genügt: Schwarz ist nun ebenso gut entwickelt wie Weiß, und die
Bauernstruktur des Weißen am Damenflügel ist verzogen. Es ist aber deutlich,
warum dem Weißen die Annahme des Opfers nicht gefällt.} ({Auf} 9. Bxb7 {folgt}
Bc6 10. Bxa8 (10. Bxc6+ Nxc6 11. dxc5 Qxd1+ 12. Nxd1 Nd4 {ist offensichtlich
unbequem für Weiß.}) 10... Bxa8 11. d5 (11. O-O {ist nicht besser:} cxd4 12.
Nb5 Nc6 ({Nach} 12... Bc5 13. Qc2 Bd5 14. b4 {kann Weiß das Zentrum des
Schwarzen zerstören.}) 13. Nf3 e5 14. Qc2 (14. Bg5 a6 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Na3 Na5
{ist gleichermaßen unbequem für Weiß.}) 14... a6 15. Na3 Bxa3 16. Rxa3 Qd5 {
mit Vorteil für Schwarz.}) 11... exd5 12. O-O d4 13. Nb5 a6 14. Na3 Qd5 15. Nf3
Nc6 {Die Stellung des Weißen sieht nicht angenehm aus. Dennoch muß diese Folge
versucht werden; immerhin hat Weiß materiellen Vorteil als Ausgleich für die
strukturellen Mängel seiner Stellung, während er nach dem Textzug ohne
weiteres schlechter steht.}) 9... exd5 10. Nxd5 Nc6 11. Qc2 ({Die Fortsetzung} 
11. Bg5 Be7 12. Nxe7 Qxe7 13. Ra3 O-O-O {sieht auch nicht attraktiv für Weiß
aus.}) 11... Nxd5 12. Bxd5 Nb4 13. Qe4+ Be7 14. Bxc4 O-O (14... Bc6 15. Bb5 Qd4
16. Qxd4 cxd4 17. O-O Bxh4 {führt zu einem günstigen Endspiel für Schwarz.
Auch mit der Partiefortsetzung behält Schwarz erheblichen Vorteil. Vielleicht
sind die beiden Fortsetzungen ungefähr gleichwertig.}) 15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. Qxf5
Qd4 17. Bd3 Nxd3+ 18. Qxd3 Qb4+ 19. Kf1 $6 {Weiß sollte Damentausch anstreben:}
(19. Qc3 Qe4 20. f3 Qe6 21. Qc2 {oder auch}) (19. Qd2 {mit Rettungsaussichten.}
) 19... c4 20. Qc2 Bf6 21. Kg2 Rfd8 22. Rb1 a6 23. Be3 b5 24. Rhc1 h6 25. h4
Rac8 26. axb5 axb5 27. Qe4 Qb3 28. Qc2 Qa2 29. Bd2 $2 (29. b3 Qxc2 30. Rxc2 c3
31. Bb6 {mußte versucht werden.}) 29... c3 $19 30. Bxc3 b4 31. Ra1 Qd5+ 32. e4
Qe6 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 5th"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2004.05.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2004.05.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 dxc4 4. a4 c5 5. Nc3 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Nc6 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8 8.
e4 e6 9. Bxc4 Bb4 10. O-O Nf6 11. e5 Nd7 12. Bf4 h6 13. Nb5 Ke7 14. h4 a6 15.
Nd6 Ncxe5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 f6 18. Bxf6+ gxf6 19. Nxc8+ Raxc8 20. b3 Rhd8
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 5th"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2004.05.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Istratescu, Andrei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2004.05.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. e3 c5 8.
Bb5 Qa5 9. Bxd7+ Nxd7 10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. Qc2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nb6 14.
Qc5 Nc4 15. Rfc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 5th"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2004.05.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Asrian, Karen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D67"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2004.05.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Be7 7. Rc1 O-O 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Ne4 N5f6 12. Nxf6+ Qxf6 13. O-O e5 14. d5 e4
15. dxc6 bxc6 16. Nd2 Qg6 17. f4 Nf6 18. Qe1 Bh3 19. Qg3 Qxg3 20. hxg3 Bg4 21.
Bb3 Rfd8 22. Nc4 Be6 23. Rfd1 Ng4 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Bd1 h5 26. Bxg4 hxg4 27.
b3 Bxc4 28. Rxc4 Rd1+ 29. Kh2 Rd2 30. a4 Rd3 31. Rxe4 Rxb3 32. Re8+ Kh7 33. Re7
f6 34. e4 Rb4 35. a5 Ra4 36. e5 fxe5 37. Rxe5 Kh6 38. Re6+ Kh7 39. Re5 Kh6 40.
Rc5 g6 41. f5 gxf5 42. Rxc6+ Kg5 43. Ra6 Ra1 44. Rxa7 Kh6 45. a6 Kg6 46. Ra8
Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 5th"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2004.05.28"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[PlyCount "162"]
[EventDate "2004.05.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Nc6 8. e3
O-O 9. Nc3 Re8 10. d5 Na5 11. Nd4 Bd7 12. b4 Nac4 13. a4 a5 14. b5 Qc8 15. Re1
e5 16. Nb3 c6 17. dxc6 bxc6 18. Ra2 cxb5 19. axb5 Ra7 20. Nd2 Nxd2 21. Bxd2 Be6
22. Rc2 Bb3 23. Bc6 Rd8 24. e4 Rc7 25. Nd5 Nxd5 26. exd5 Bxc2 27. Qxc2 Rxd5 28.
Qa2 Rc5 29. Be3 R5xc6 30. bxc6 Rxc6 31. Qxa5 h5 32. h4 Bf6 33. Qd5 Qe6 34. Qxe6
Rxe6 35. Kg2 Be7 36. Rc1 Ra6 37. Rc8+ Kg7 38. Bc5 Bf6 39. Bf8+ Kh7 40. Rc7 Re6
41. Bb4 Kg7 42. Bc3 Re8 43. Rc6 Re6 44. Rxe6 fxe6 45. Kf1 e4 46. Bxf6+ Kxf6 47.
Ke2 Ke5 48. Ke3 Kd5 49. Kf4 Kd4 50. g4 e5+ 51. Kg5 hxg4 52. Kxg4 Kd3 53. Kg5
Ke2 54. Kxg6 Kxf2 55. h5 e3 56. h6 e2 57. h7 e1=Q 58. h8=Q Qe4+ 59. Kf6 Qf3+
60. Ke6 e4 61. Qb2+ Kg3 62. Qe5+ Qf4 63. Qa1 Kf2 64. Qd4+ Kg2 65. Qg7+ Kf3 66.
Qa1 Qh6+ 67. Kd5 Qd2+ 68. Ke5 Qh2+ 69. Kf5 Qh3+ 70. Kg5 e3 71. Qf6+ Kg3 72.
Qe5+ Kf2 73. Qd4 Qf3 74. Kh4 Qh1+ 75. Kg4 Qg2+ 76. Kh5 Qg3 77. Qc5 Qf4 78. Qb6
Kg3 79. Qg6+ Kh3 80. Qd3 Qe5+ 81. Kh6 Kg3 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 5th"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2004.05.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "2004.05.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 h6 7. Bh4 b6 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Rc1 c5 11. cxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch playoff fin 5th"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2004.05.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C33"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2004.05.30"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 d6 5. d4 Be6 6. Qd3 Nf6 7. Nf3 Qg4 8.
Nc3 Be7 9. h3 Qg6 10. Bxf4 O-O 11. Re1 Nh5 12. Bh2 Ng3+ 13. Bxg3 Qxg3 14. Ne2
Qg6 15. Nf4 Qh6 16. g3 Nd7 17. Kg2 Nb6 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Rhf1 c5 20. d5 Rxf4
21. gxf4 Qxf4 22. dxe6 Rf8 23. b4 Rf6 24. Qb5 Rxe6 25. bxc5 Bh4 26. Nxh4 Qxh4
27. Qb3 d5 28. cxb6 1-0

[Event "EU-ch playoff fin 5th"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2004.05.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2004.05.30"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Qc2 Nf6 5. g3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qc2 Bb7 8. Bg2
Nbd7 9. a4 c5 10. O-O cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Rc8 13. Qb3 Qb6 14. Nf3 b4
15. a5 Qa6 16. Be3 Be7 17. Nbd2 O-O 18. Qd3 Qxd3 19. exd3 Bc5 20. d4 Be7 21.
Rfc1 Nd5 22. Nb3 f6 23. Nfd2 Kf7 24. Ne4 Rfd8 25. h4 h6 26. Bd2 e5 27. g4 a6
28. h5 Bf8 29. f3 exd4 30. Nxd4 Ne5 31. b3 Nc3 32. Bxc3 bxc3 33. Ne2 c2 34.
N2c3 Rd3 35. Rxc2 Rxf3 36. Rd1 Bb4 37. Rdc1 Re3 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Tripoli"]
[Date "2004.06.19"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Arab, Adlane"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2374"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2004.06.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "LBY"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. Nb3 a6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Qxd6 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Qf6 13. Qg3 e5 14. Bc4
Be6 15. Bd5 Qe7 16. Rd3 a5 17. Rhd1 a4 18. Nd2 b5 19. Kb2 Bxd5 20. exd5 Na5 21.
d6 Qb7 22. Qf3 Nc4+ 23. Ka1 Qb6 24. Nxc4 bxc4 25. Rb1 Qxb1+ 26. Kxb1 cxd3 27.
Qxd3 a3 28. c4 Ra5 29. Kc1 Rc8 30. d7 Rd8 31. c5 Rxc5 32. Qd6 Ra5 33. Qe7 Raa8
34. c4 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Tripoli"]
[Date "2004.06.20"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Arab, Adlane"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2374"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[PlyCount "165"]
[EventDate "2004.06.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "LBY"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8.
a3 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 O-O 10. Nf3 Bf5 11. e3 Nd7 12. Be2 c5 13. O-O Rfc8 14. Rac1 c4
15. a4 a6 16. Nd2 b5 17. Bf3 Qd6 18. e4 dxe4 19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20. Bxe4 Rab8 21.
axb5 axb5 22. Bf5 Rd8 23. Bxd7 Rxd7 24. Rfd1 Qd5 25. b3 cxb3 26. Rb1 Rbd8 27.
h3 Qc4 28. Qxb3 Rxd4 29. Rxd4 Rxd4 30. Qxc4 bxc4 31. Rb8+ Kh7 32. Rb6 h5 33.
Kf1 Rd2 34. Rc6 Rc2 35. h4 g6 36. g3 Kg7 37. Kg2 Kf8 38. Rc7 c3 39. Kf3 f6 40.
Ke3 Ke8 41. Rg7 Rd2 42. Rc7 Rc2 43. Rg7 Ra2 44. Rc7 c2 45. Kd3 c1=Q 46. Rxc1
Rxf2 47. Ke3 Rf5 48. Rc7 Kf8 49. Ke4 Rf1 50. Ra7 Re1+ 51. Kf4 Re7 52. Ra6 Kf7
53. Rc6 Rd7 54. Ra6 Ke7 55. Rc6 Rd4+ 56. Kf3 Rd6 57. Rc5 Rd3+ 58. Kf4 Kd6 59.
Ra5 Rd4+ 60. Kf3 Rd5 61. Ra3 Ke5 62. Rb3 Rc5 63. Rd3 Rc1 64. Re3+ Kd4 65. Re6
Kd5 66. Ra6 Re1 67. Kf2 Re6 68. Ra5+ Ke4 69. Ra4+ Kf5 70. Kf3 Re1 71. Ra5+ Re5
72. Ra6 Rc5 73. Ra3 Rb5 74. Rc3 Ra5 75. Rb3 g5 76. hxg5 fxg5 77. Rc3 g4+ 78.
Ke3 Kg5 79. Rb3 Rf5 80. Ke4 Rf6 81. Rb5+ Kg6 82. Rb3 h4 83. Kd4 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Tripoli"]
[Date "2004.06.21"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2004.06.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "LBY"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
f3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. e3 Nbd7 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd8 Nxc3 13. Be7 Rfe8 14. Bh4
Nd5 15. Bf2 c5 16. e4 Ne7 17. Ne2 Red8 18. Nc3 cxd4 19. Bxd4 Nc6 20. Be3 Nde5
21. Rd1 Na5 22. Be2 Nec4 23. Bc1 Rdc8 24. Nb5 Bc6 25. Bxc4 Nxc4 26. Nd4 Bd7 27.
b3 Na5 28. Bf4 Re8 29. e5 Red8 30. Rf1 Bc6 31. Rf2 Bd5 32. Rb2 Rac8 33. Bd2 Nc6
34. Nxc6 Rxc6 35. Rc1 Rxc1+ 36. Bxc1 Kh7 37. b4 Rc8 38. Kd2 h5 39. Rc2 Rxc2+
40. Kxc2 h4 41. h3 Bc4 42. Bg5 Bf1 43. Bxh4 Bxg2 44. f4 Bxh3 45. a4 Kg6 46. Kd3
Kf5 47. Ke3 Bf1 48. a5 bxa5 49. bxa5 a6 50. Be7 Bb5 51. Bd8 Kg4 52. Be7 Kf5 53.
Bd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Tripoli"]
[Date "2004.06.22"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2004.06.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "LBY"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bf4 a6 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bd3 Bg4 8.
Nge2 e6 9. O-O Bd6 10. Qd2 Bxe2 11. Nxe2 Bxf4 12. Nxf4 Qa5 13. Qxa5 Nxa5 14.
Rfc1 Nc6 15. Be2 Ke7 16. Nd3 Nd7 17. Kf1 Rhc8 18. Ke1 Rc7 19. Rc3 Rac8 20. Rac1
Kd6 21. Kd2 Nd8 22. Rxc7 Rxc7 23. Rxc7 Kxc7 24. h4 Kd6 25. b4 Nc6 26. Kc3 a5
27. bxa5 Nxa5 28. Nf4 Nc6 29. Bb5 Nf6 30. f3 Ne7 31. g4 h6 32. a4 Nd7 33. Nh5
Ng6 34. Nxg7 Nxh4 35. f4 Nf6 36. Ne8+ Nxe8 37. Bxe8 Ke7 38. Bb5 Ng2 39. Kd2 b6
40. Bf1 Nh4 41. Be2 Kd6 42. Ke1 Ng6 43. Kf2 Ke7 44. Kg3 Kf6 45. Bb5 Ne7 46. Bd7
Ng8 47. Bb5 Ne7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Tripoli"]
[Date "2004.06.22"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2004.06.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "LBY"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 dxc4 7. Bxc4 e6 8.
Nf3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Rc1 a6 11. Bd3 Bd7 12. Re1 Rc8 (12... Nb4 13. Bb1 Rc8 (
13... Bc6 14. a3 Nbd5 15. Qd3 g6 16. Ne5 Rc8 17. Ba2 $36) 14. Ne5 Bc6 15. Re3
g6 16. Rg3 Nbd5 17. Bh6 Re8 18. Bxg6 fxg6 19. Nxg6 hxg6 20. Qd3 {1-0 Lukacs,
P-Klundt,K/AUT-chT 1994/TD}) (12... Qa5 13. Ne5 Rad8 14. Qf3 $36) (12... Qb6
13. d5 $5 (13. Ne5 $5)) 13. h4 (13. a3 Re8 (13... Nd5 14. Nxd5 (14. h4 Nxc3 15.
bxc3 h6 $1 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 {[%csl Rc3,Rd4][%cal Yb7b5]} 17. c4 b5 18. c5 Nd5 19.
Ne5 Bc6 20. a4 Qxh4 21. Nxc6 Rxc6 22. axb5 axb5 23. Bxb5 Rc7 $11 {1/2-1/2
Ivanchuk,V-Dreev,A/Moscow 2002/CBM 91/[Huzman] (29)}) 14... Bxg5 15. Nxg5 Qxg5
16. Nb6 Rcd8 17. Rc5 $16 {1-0 Gligoric,S-Marjanovic,S/Belgrade 1987/CBM 04 (34)
}) (13... Nd5) 14. Bb1 $1 {[%cal Gd1d3,Gb1h7]} g6 15. Ba2 Na7 16. Ne5 Bc6 17.
Qe2 Nd5 18. Bh6 {[%cal Ge5f7,Ge1e6]} Bf8 19. Qd2 Nb5 20. Ne4 $36 {[%csl Rf6]
1-0 Jussupow,A-Sorokin,M/Elista 1998/CBM 66 ext/[Huzman] (39)}) (13. Bb1 Nd5
$11) 13... Nb4 14. Bb1 Bc6 15. Ne5 g6 (15... Bd5 $5 16. a3 Nc6 17. Qd3 g6 18.
Qe3 $36) 16. Qb3 Nbd5 $6 (16... Qxd4 17. Nxc6 (17. Rcd1 Qc5 18. Nxc6 Nxc6 19.
Qxb7 Rb8 20. Qxa6 Rxb2 $36 {[%cal Yc5f2,Yb2f2]}) 17... Rxc6 18. Be4 Rc7 19.
Rcd1 (19. Be3 Qc4 $15) 19... Qc5 20. Bf3 $1 Qc4 21. Qxc4 Rxc4 22. Bxb7 Rb8 23.
Bf3 Nc2 $132) 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Na4 $16 {[%csl Rc6]} Nd7 19. Qg3 Bxg5 20. hxg5
Qa5 21. b3 Rfd8 22. Be4 Qd2 23. Red1 Qb4 24. Bxd5 $1 {[%mdl 32] This is a
great positional decision. White makes Black to get rid of his weak pawn c6
but gets the opportunity to penetrate on file "c".} cxd5 (24... exd5 $142 25.
Qd3 a5 26. Nc5 $16) 25. Rc7 $1 Rxc7 (25... Qb8 $142 26. Rdc1 e5 $5 27. Rxc8
Rxc8 28. Rxc8+ Qxc8 29. dxe5 Qc2 $44) 26. Qxc7 Qb8 27. Rc1 Qa8 $2 (27... Kf8
28. Rc6 Ke8 $16) 28. Rc6 $18 Nf8 (28... Qb8 29. Qd6 a5 30. Qe7 $1 $18) 29. Nc5
e5 (29... a5 30. Ra6 Qb8 31. Qxb8 Rxb8 32. Rxa5 $18) 30. Rf6 exd4 31. Qxf7+ Kh8
32. Rxa6 Qb8 33. Ra7 Qe5 34. Nd3 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Tripoli"]
[Date "2004.06.22"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2004.06.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "LBY"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nf3 Ne4 6. Qc2 Bb7 7. Bd3 f5 8. Nd2
Bxc3 9. bxc3 Nxd2 10. Bxd2 Qh4 11. O-O-O Bxg2 12. Rhg1 Bf3 13. Rde1 Nc6 14.
Rxg7 O-O-O 15. Reg1 Qxh2 16. c5 Bg4 17. R1xg4 fxg4 18. Ba6+ Kb8 19. Qe4 Qg1+
20. Kc2 Qxf2 21. Qxg4 h5 22. Qh3 h4 23. Qh1 h3 24. Bb5 h2 25. Ba6 Rdg8 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Tripoli"]
[Date "2004.06.23"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2004.06.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "LBY"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Bd3
Nbd7 9. O-O Bb7 10. Bg3 c5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Qe2 cxd4 14. Nxd4
Bf6 15. Rfd1 Bxd4 16. exd4 Nb8 17. Rac1 Nc6 18. Qd2 a6 19. Bb1 Qg5 20. Qd3 f5
21. f3 Rfc8 22. Qe2 Kf7 23. Rc3 Ne7 24. Re3 Rc6 25. Qe1 Qf6 26. Be5 Qg6 27. h3
Rac8 28. Kh2 Qg5 29. Bg3 Qf6 30. Be5 Qg5 31. Bg3 Qf6 32. Be5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Tripoli"]
[Date "2004.06.24"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2004.06.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "LBY"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 h6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Bb5+ c6 10. Bd3 Bd7 11. O-O c5 12. c3 cxd4 13. Qb3 Bd6 14. Nxd4
Qe5 15. g3 O-O-O 16. Rfe1 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Tripoli"]
[Date "2004.06.24"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2004.06.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "LBY"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 Kf8 8. Qd1
b6 9. Nf3 h6 10. a4 Ba6 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. O-O Kg8 13. Qd3 Nb8 14. Nh4 Nbc6 15.
f4 Qd7 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Ba3 Rc8 18. c4 Nb4 19. Qb3 dxc4 20. Qxc4 Qxa4 21. c3
Qa6 22. Qe4 Qd3 23. Qxd3 Nxd3 24. Rad1 g5 25. Rxd3 gxh4 26. Rd7 Nd5 27. Rf3 Rh7
28. Rxa7 Rg7 29. f5 exf5 30. Ra5 h3 31. Rxh3 Nf4 32. Rf3 Rxg2+ 33. Kf1 Rg4 34.
h3 Rh4 35. Ra4 Ng6 36. Rxh4 Nxh4 37. Rf4 Ng6 38. Rxf5 Rc6 39. e6 fxe6 40. Rxc5
Ra6 41. Rc8+ Kf7 42. Bc5 e5 43. Be3 Rf6+ 44. Ke2 Nf4+ 45. Bxf4 Rxf4 46. Rc5 Rh4
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Tripoli"]
[Date "2004.06.24"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2004.06.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "LBY"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. g3 Bb7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. a3
Bxd2 9. Bxd2 cxd4 10. Bb4 Re8 11. Qxd4 Nc6 12. Qd6 Rc8 13. Rfd1 Nxb4 14. Qxb4
Qc7 15. Rac1 d5 16. Nd4 a6 17. b3 Red8 18. Qe1 dxc4 19. Rxc4 Qe7 20. Rxc8 Rxc8
21. Rc1 Qxa3 22. Rxc8+ Bxc8 23. Qc3 Bd7 24. Bc6 Qc5 25. Qxc5 bxc5 26. Bxd7 cxd4
27. Bc6 a5 0-1

[Event "UKR-ch 73rd"]
[Site "Kharkov"]
[Date "2004.08.24"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Shkuran, Danylo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2004.08.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 Bb4 7. Bxc4 Qa5 8. Qb3
O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Rd1 h6 11. h3 Qb6 12. Qc2 Qc7 13. Bd2 Be7 14. Rac1 a6 15.
Ba2 c5 16. Bb1 Qb8 17. a5 b5 18. axb6 cxd4 19. Nxd4 Bb7 20. Na4 Rc8 21. Qd3 Qe5
22. Qe2 Bd8 23. f4 Qd5 24. Bc3 Qc4 25. Qxc4 Rxc4 26. b3 Rcc8 27. Ba5 Rab8 28.
Rc7 Bxc7 29. bxc7 Ra8 30. e4 Kf8 31. Nf3 Ke8 32. Nd2 Bc6 33. Nc4 Kf8 34. Nd6
Ne8 35. Nxc8 Rxc8 36. Rc1 Bb7 37. e5 f6 38. Rd1 Bc6 39. Be4 Bb5 40. Nc3 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch 73rd"]
[Site "Kharkov"]
[Date "2004.08.25"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Shkuran, Danylo"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2004.08.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Bc5 6. O-O O-O 7. c3 d6 8. Rd1
Bd7 9. Bc2 Ba7 10. h3 h6 11. d4 Re8 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Rxe5 14. Bf4 Re6 15.
Nd2 Qe7 16. Kh2 Bb5 17. Qf3 Bc6 18. Bb3 Bxe4 19. Nxe4 Rxe4 20. Bc2 $2 ({
Correct was} 20. Rd2 {, although Black retains a large advantage anyway.})
20... Re2 21. Qxb7 $2 ({More stubborn was} 21. Bd3 Rxb2 (21... Rxf2 22. Qxb7
Ng4+ 23. Kh1 {The text move allows Black to conclude the game in style.})) {
[%tqu "En","How should Black continue his attack?","Try to expose the enemy
king.","Sacrfice your knight to bring the queen into attack!","f6g4","This
nice sacrifice breaks White's defence and wins the game in style.",5]} 21...
Ng4+ $1 {[%cal Ge7h4] After this knight sacrifice the white king is doomed.}
22. Kg1 ({Black's knight is invulnerable:} 22. hxg4 Qh4+ 23. Kg1 Bxf2+ 24. Kf1
Rae8 25. g3 Bxg3 {, and White is defenseless.}) 22... Re8 $1 23. Bd3 (23. Qxa7
{fails to} Re1+ 24. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Rxe1#) 23... Re1+ 24. Bf1 (24. Rxe1 {
is refuted by} Qxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 26. Bf1 Bxf2+ 27. Kh1 Rxf1#) 24... Qe2 $1 {
The concluding blow, forcing mate in two.} (24... Qe2 25. Rxe1 Qxf2+ 26. Kh1
Qg1#) 0-1

[Event "UKR-ch 73rd"]
[Site "Kharkov"]
[Date "2004.08.26"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2004.08.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. g3 {Dieser Zug ist riskant, da Weiss
nach 5...dxc4 im folgenden mit Bauernminus weiterspielen muss, aber
Grossmeister Romanishin spielt gern diese zweischneidige Fortsetzung. Die
bekannten Alternativen sind 5.e3, oder 5.Bg5, aber 5.Qb3 ist auch möglich.}
dxc4 6. Bg2 Nbd7 {Schwarz muss so spielen, da Weiss sonst mit 7.Ne5 den Bauern
bei besserer Stellung zurückgewinnt.} 7. O-O b5 8. Bg5 Bb7 9. a4 {Das ist
Romanishins Hausvariante. Weiss hat Aktivität für den Bauern, aber ob diese
Kompensation genügt ist schwer zu sagen.} b4 {Das ist Ivanchuks (natürlich
vorbereitete) Neuerung. Schwarz hat keine Angst von der Schwächung der
Bauernstruktur am Damenflügel, er verjagt den Springer von c3.} (9... a6 10.
Ne5 Qc8 (10... Nxe5 11. dxe5 Qxd1 12. Rfxd1 Nd5 13. axb5 cxb5 14. Nxd5 exd5 15.
Bxd5 Bxd5 16. Rxd5 Be7 17. Bd2 O-O 18. e4 Rfc8 {1/2-1/2 Agdestein,S-Antunes,A/
Yerevan 1996/EXT 97 (56)}) 11. Qc2 h6 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Ne4 Be7
15. Rfd1 Rd8 16. b3 cxb3 17. Qxb3 Qc7 18. Rac1 {1-0 Izoria,Z-Timofeev,A/
Oropesa del Mar 2001/EXT 2002 (48)}) (9... Qb6 10. Ne5 Rd8 (10... Nxe5 11. a5
$2 {Ich glaube, dieser Zug ist schlecht, da der Damenflügel geschlossen wird.}
({Viel besser scheint die Fortsetzung} 11. dxe5 Nd5 12. axb5 Nxc3 13. bxc3 cxb5
14. Bxb7 Qxb7 15. Qd4 {wonach Weiss gute Kompensation bekommt, aber Schwarz
kann sich mit} Qd7 16. Qe4 Qd5 {verteidigen.}) 11... Qa6 12. dxe5 Nd5 13. Ne4 {
Diese Fortsetzung gefällt mir auch nicht, aber im Falle von 13.e4 kann Schwarz
entweder mit Nxc3 oder mit Nb4 fortsetzen.} h6 {1/2-1/2 Kortschnoj,V-Luther,T/
Essen 2002/CBM 90/[Kortschnoj] (20)}) (10... Be7 {Nach diesem Zug Weiss
bekommt die Initiative.} 11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. Bxe7 Kxe7 13. e4) 11. a5 (11. Nxd7
Rxd7 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. e3 f5 14. b3 Bb4 {1/2-1/2 Romanishin,O-Sveshnikov,E/
Bled 1998/EXT 99 (41)}) 11... Qa6 12. Nxd7 Rxd7 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Ne4 Be7 15.
Qc1 {Weiss hat spürbare Kompensation.} (15. b4 $5) 15... c5 16. Nxc5 Bxc5 17.
Bxb7 Qxb7 18. dxc5 Qd5 19. b4 {1/2-1/2 Romanishin,O-Sveshnikov,E/Nova Gorica
1999/CBM 68 ext (64)}) 10. Ne4 c5 {Das ist die schwarze Idee, er legt schnell
die Diagonale des b7-Läufers frei.} 11. Nfd2 {[%cal Gg2a8,Gd2c4,Ga1c1] Weiss
öffnet ebenfalls die Diagonale des katalanischen g2-Läufers und nimmt den
c4-Bauern aufs Korn.} (11. Ne5 Qc7 (11... Nxe5 12. Nxf6+ (12. Bxf6 gxf6 13.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Bxb7 Rd8 15. dxe5 Qxe5 16. Bc6+ Ke7 17. Qc2 c3 $17) 12... gxf6
13. Bxb7 fxg5 14. dxe5 (14. Bxa8 cxd4 $15) 14... Qxd1 15. Rfxd1 Rd8 16. Bc6+
Ke7 17. Rxd8 Kxd8 18. Rd1+ Kc7 19. Bb5 $11) 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Nxf6+ gxf6 14.
Nxc4 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Rd8 $15) 11... Qc7 (11... Bd5 12. dxc5 Rc8 13. Rc1 Nxc5 14.
Nxc5 Bxg2 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Kxg2 Rxc5 17. Nxc4 $14 {[%csl Gc4]}) 12. Bf4 Qc8
13. Rc1 $44 {[%csl Gc1][%cal Gc1c8] Weiss hat Kompensation für den Bauern.} (
13. Nxf6+ Nxf6 14. Nxc4 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Qc6+ 16. f3 Qd5 $15) 13... Nxe4 14. Nxe4
f5 15. Nxc5 (15. Nd6+ Bxd6 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. Bxd6 $44) 15... Nxc5 16. dxc5 Bxg2
17. Kxg2 Qxc5 18. e4 $1 {[%csl Re8] Weiss öffnet die Stellung, was für Schwarz
unangenehm ist, da sein König noch in der Mitte steht.} Qc6 (18... fxe4 19. Re1
Qd5 20. Qe2 $44) 19. Qd4 Rc8 (19... Qxe4+ 20. Qxe4 fxe4 21. Rxc4 $16 {Weiss
gewinnt den Bauern zurück mit viel besserer Bauernstruktur.}) 20. Rfe1 Kf7 {
[%mdl 256] Schwarz verteidigt sich gut, der König verlässt die e-Linie.} (20...
c3 21. bxc3 bxc3 22. Be5 $14) 21. f3 (21. Qxa7+ Kg6 $13) 21... Kg6 (21... fxe4
22. Rxe4 Qxa4 23. Rxe6 $1 $36 Kxe6 $2 24. Re1+ Kf7 25. Qd5+ $18) 22. exf5+ exf5
23. Re5 {[%csl Gc1,Gd4,Ge5][%cal Gc1e1,Ge1e8] Die weissen Schwerfiguren
dominieren auf dem Brett, Weiss droht nun mit der Verdopplung der Türme auf
der e-Linie.} h6 {[%cal Gg6h7] Auf diese Weise öffnet sich Schwarz das
Schlupfloch h7 für seinen König.} 24. Rce1 Kh7 25. Rxf5 {Die Stellung ist
materiell gleich und Schwarz hat seine Chancen am Damenflügel. Andererseits
steht der schwarze König nicht in voller Sicherheit.} c3 26. b3 $1 {Weiss
überlässt Schwarz den verteidigten c3-Bauern, welcher aber nur scheinbar stark
ist, da Weiss seine Chancen am Königsflügel hat.} (26. bxc3 bxc3 (26... Qxc3
27. Qe4 Rc4 $15) 27. Qd3 Qc4 28. Qc2 $16) 26... Qg6 27. g4 c2 (27... Re8 28.
Rxe8 Qxe8 29. Be3 $14) 28. h4 $16 {[%cal Gh4h5]} Rc3 29. Qe4 {[%csl Rg6,Rh7]
[%cal Re4h7]} Qc6 $4 {[%mdl 8192] Mit diesem schlechtem Zug verliert Schwarz
eine Figur.} (29... Rg8 30. Bd2 (30. Bxh6 Qc6 (30... gxh6 31. h5 $18 {Und wenn
die g6Q weggeht kommt 32.R f7+ und 33.Qh7#.}) 31. Qxc6 (31. Rd5+ Qg6) 31...
Rxc6 32. Bc1 $14) 30... Rc8 31. Bxh6 Qc6 32. Rd5+ Qg6 33. Bg5 Qxe4 34. fxe4 $16
) 30. Rxf8+ {Auf diese Weise Weiss gewinnt einfach den Läufer, der Zwischenzug
31.Rxh8 kommt mit Schach.} Qxe4 31. Rxh8+ Kxh8 32. Rxe4 Rxb3 (32... c1=Q 33.
Bxc1 Rxc1 34. Rxb4 $18) 33. Rc4 $18 {Mit einer Figur mehr gewinnt Weiss leicht.
} Rb2 34. Bc1 Ra2 35. g5 $1 (35. Rxb4 Ra1 36. Bf4 c1=Q 37. Bxc1 Rxc1 38. Rb7
$18) 35... hxg5 (35... Ra1 36. g6 $18) 36. hxg5 Kh7 37. Rxb4 Ra1 38. Rh4+ Kg6
39. Rh1 Rxa4 40. Kf2 Rd4 41. Ke2 a5 42. Be3 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch 73rd"]
[Site "Kharkov"]
[Date "2004.08.27"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[PlyCount "186"]
[EventDate "2004.08.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. Be3 exd4 11. cxd4 Na5 12. Bc2 c5 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 cxd4
15. Bxd4 Rc8 16. Bb3 Nc6 17. Qd1 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Nh5 19. Nc3 Bf6 20. Qd2 Bg5 21.
Qe2 Nf4 22. Qf3 Ng6 23. Red1 Bf6 24. Rac1 Rc5 25. Rc2 a5 26. Rcd2 Be5 27. Nd5
Qg5 28. Qf5 Qd8 29. Qg4 a4 30. Bc2 Qc8 31. Bb1 Rc1 32. Qf3 Qc5 33. g3 Rxd1+ 34.
Rxd1 Bxb2 35. Kg2 a3 36. Qe2 Qc4 37. Qxc4 bxc4 38. Nb6 c3 39. Rxd6 Ne7 40. Rd7
Nc6 41. Rc7 Nb4 42. Na4 c2 43. Bxc2 Nxc2 44. Rxc2 Rb8 45. Nb6 f5 46. Rc8+ Rxc8
47. Nxc8 fxe4 48. Nd6 h6 49. Kf1 Kf8 50. Ke2 Ke7 51. Nxe4 Ke6 52. Kd3 g6 53.
Kc4 Bg7 54. Nc5+ Ke5 55. f3 h5 56. Nd3+ Ke6 57. g4 hxg4 58. hxg4 g5 59. Nc5+
Ke5 60. Kd3 Bh6 61. Nb3 Bf8 62. Nd2 Kf4 63. Ke2 Bb4 64. Ne4 Be7 65. Nc3 Ke5 66.
Ke3 Bc5+ 67. Kd3 Kf4 68. Ke2 Bf8 69. Nb5 Ke5 70. Kd3 Kf4 71. Nd4 Be7 72. Ke2
Bf6 73. Nc6 Bg7 74. Nb4 Ke5 75. Ke3 Bf8 76. Nd3+ Kd5 77. f4 gxf4+ 78. Nxf4+ Kc4
79. g5 Kc3 80. Nd3 Kc2 81. g6 Bg7 82. Nb4+ Kc3 83. Nd5+ Kb2 84. Kd3 Kxa2 85.
Kc2 Ka1 86. Nb4 Bf8 87. Kb3 Kb1 88. Kxa3 Kc1 89. Kb3 Kd2 90. Kc4 Ke3 91. Kd5
Kf4 92. Ke6 Bg7 93. Kf7 Ba1 1/2-1/2

[Event "BEL-chT 0405"]
[Site "Belgium"]
[Date "2005.01.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Chuchelov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2004.09.09"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "KSK47-Eynatten"]
[BlackTeam "SK Rochade"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BEL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BEL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Nc3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Bf4
Nc6 9. Rd1 Rc8 10. e4 Ne7 11. h3 Ng6 12. Bh2 O-O 13. Be2 d5 14. O-O Qe8 15.
cxd5 exd5 16. Bb5 Qe7 17. exd5 Rfd8 18. Rfe1 Qf8 19. Qb3 Bd6 20. Bxd6 Qxd6 21.
Qa4 a6 22. Bc6 b5 23. Qa5 Qc7 24. Qxc7 Rxc7 25. Nd4 Bxc6 26. dxc6 Re7 27. Rxe7
Nxe7 28. c7 Rd7 29. Nc6 Rxd1+ 30. Nxd1 Nc8 31. Nc3 Ne8 32. Nd5 Ned6 33. Ndb4
Kf8 34. b3 a5 35. Nxa5 Ke7 36. Nac6+ Kd7 37. Nd4 Kxc7 38. Nd5+ Kd7 39. Nc3 Na7
40. Kf1 Kc7 41. Ke2 Kb6 42. Kd3 Kc5 43. g4 Nac8 44. f4 g6 45. g5 Ne7 46. Ne4+
1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 20th"]
[Site "Izmir"]
[Date "2004.10.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Brynell, Stellan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2473"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2004.10.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Malmo Linhams"]
[BlackTeam "Warsaw Polonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SWE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qb3 c6 6. Bf4 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. e4 d5
9. cxd5 cxd5 10. exd5 Bb7 11. Bc4 exd5 12. Bd3 Bd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. O-O Nc6
15. Rfe1 Rfe8 16. Rad1 Qb4 17. Rxe8+ Rxe8 18. Qxb4 Nxb4 19. Bb5 Rc8 20. a3 Nc6
21. Bxc6 Bxc6 22. Ne5 Kf8 23. Re1 Nd7 24. f3 Nxe5 25. Rxe5 f6 26. Re1 Re8 27.
Rxe8+ Kxe8 28. Kf2 Ke7 29. Ke3 Kd6 30. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 20th"]
[Site "Izmir"]
[Date "2004.10.04"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2004.10.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tiendas"]
[BlackTeam "Warsaw Polonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d3 Bd6 13. Re1 Bf5 14. Qf3 Qh4
15. g3 Qh3 16. Bxd5 cxd5 17. Be3 Bxd3 18. Qxd5 Rad8 19. Qf3 Bc4 20. Nd2 Be6 21.
Bd4 Be7 22. Qg2 Qh5 23. Re5 Qg6 24. Ne4 Rd7 25. Nc5 Bxc5 26. Rxc5 Rfd8 27. Qf3
h6 28. h4 Bxa2 29. Rc6 Qc2 30. Rxa6 Bd5 31. Qg4 f5 32. Qf4 Re8 33. Kh2 Qd3 34.
Rg6 Re4 35. Qb8+ Kh7 36. Raa6 Qd2 (36... Rxd4 {is refuted by} 37. Qf8 $1 Rg4 (
37... Qd2 38. Qxf5) 38. Rxh6+ gxh6 39. Rxh6#) 37. Rxh6+ {'!' This terrific
blow crowns White's attack.} Qxh6 (37... gxh6 38. Qh8#) 38. Rxh6+ Kxh6 ({Or} 
38... gxh6 39. Qh8+ Kg6 40. Qf6+ Kh7 41. Qxf5+ {, winning.}) 39. Qh8+ Kg6 40.
h5+ Kg5 (40... Kf7 {loses to} 41. Qxg7+ Ke8 42. Qh8+ Kf7 43. Bc5 Re8 44. Qh7+
Kf6 45. Qh6+ Ke5 (45... Kf7 46. Qg6#) 46. Bd4+ Ke4 47. Qe3#) 41. Bxg7 (41. Kh3
{, threatening 42.f4, was another winning continuation.}) 41... Kg4 42. Qh6 f4
43. Qg6+ Kf3 44. h6 Kxf2 45. h7 Re3 46. Bd4 Rxh7+ 47. Qxh7 fxg3+ 48. Kh3 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 20th"]
[Site "Izmir"]
[Date "2004.10.05"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "162"]
[EventDate "2004.10.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Warsaw Polonia"]
[BlackTeam "Skopje"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MKD"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Nf5 11. c3 d5 12. Bf4 c6 13. Nd2 Nh4 14. Bg3 Bf5
15. Nb3 b6 16. Bd3 Qd7 17. Bxh4 Bxh4 18. Qc2 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Rfe8 20. Nd2 Bf6 21.
g3 g6 22. Nf3 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Re8 24. Rxe8+ Qxe8 25. Kg2 h5 26. h3 Kg7 27. Qe3
Qxe3 28. fxe3 Kf8 29. Ne1 Ke7 30. Nd3 Kd6 31. b3 c5 32. dxc5+ bxc5 33. c4 Bg7
34. Kf3 Bc3 35. Nf4 dxc4 36. bxc4 Be5 37. Nd3 Bc3 38. Nf2 Be5 39. Nd3 Bc3 40.
Nf2 Be5 41. Ne4+ Kc6 42. g4 hxg4+ 43. hxg4 f6 44. Nf2 Kd7 45. Nd3 Bd6 46. e4
Ke6 47. Ke3 Kd7 48. Ne1 Be5 49. Nf3 Ke6 50. Nh4 Kf7 51. Kd3 Bg3 52. Nf3 Ke6 53.
Kc2 Bc7 54. Kb3 a6 55. Ka4 Bd8 56. Ka3 Ba5 57. Kb3 Bc7 58. Kc2 Bd8 59. Kd3 Bc7
60. Ke3 Be5 61. Ne1 Bc7 62. Nd3 Bd6 63. Kd2 f5 64. gxf5+ gxf5 65. Ke3 Kf6 66.
Nf4 Be5 67. Nd5+ Ke6 68. exf5+ Kxf5 69. Ne7+ Ke6 70. Ke4 Bh2 71. Nd5 Bg3 72.
Nf4+ Kd6 73. Nd3 Bh2 74. Kf5 Bg1 75. Nf4 Be3 76. Ne2 Bf2 77. Nc3 Bd4 78. Ne4+
Kd7 79. Ng3 Kd6 80. Ke4 Ke6 81. Nf5 Be5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 20th"]
[Site "Izmir"]
[Date "2004.10.06"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Huzman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2004.10.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Warsaw Polonia"]
[BlackTeam "Beer Sheva"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Rc1 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 O-O 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. O-O Qxc5 11. Nb5 Be6 12. Bxe6 Qxb5 13. Bb3 Rfd8 14. Qc2
Nd5 15. Bc4 Qxb2 16. Qxb2 Bxb2 17. Rb1 Nxf4 18. Rxb2 Nd3 19. Bxd3 Rxd3 20. Rxb7
Rad8 21. g4 R3d7 22. Rfb1 f6 23. g5 Kf7 24. Kg2 Ke8 25. h4 Rxb7 26. Rxb7 Rd7
27. Rb5 Rd3 28. Rb7 Rd7 29. Rb5 Rd3 30. h5 gxh5 31. gxf6 exf6 32. Rf5 Ke7 33.
Rc5 Kd6 34. Rxh5 Ra3 35. Rh6 Rxa2 36. Rxf6+ Kc5 37. Rf5+ Kb6 38. Ne5 Nxe5 39.
Rxe5 a5 40. Rh5 Rc2 41. Rxh7 a4 42. Rh8 Rc7 43. f4 a3 44. Kf3 a2 45. Rh1 Ra7
46. Ra1 Kc6 47. Ke4 Kd6 48. Kf5 Ke7 49. Kg6 Ra6+ 50. Kg7 Ra4 51. Kg6 Ra6+ 52.
Kg5 Ra5+ 53. f5 Kf7 54. e4 Kg7 55. e5 Rxe5 56. Rxa2 Re1 57. Ra7+ Kg8 58. Kg6
Rg1+ 59. Kf6 Rf1 60. Rb7 Rf2 61. Rc7 Rf1 62. Rd7 Rf2 63. Re7 Rf1 64. Re8+ Kh7
65. Rc8 Rf2 66. Rd8 Rf1 67. Rf8 Ra1 68. Re8 Rf1 69. Re2 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 20th"]
[Site "Izmir"]
[Date "2004.10.07"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Renet, Olivier"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2004.10.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Monaco"]
[BlackTeam "Warsaw Polonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MNC"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd3 dxe4 5. Bxe4 Nf6 6. Bd3 c5 7. Nf3 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 e5 9. Nde2 Bg4 10. f3 Be6 11. a3 Be7 12. Be3 O-O 13. O-O Nbd7 14. Ng3 Bc5
15. Bf2 Bxf2+ 16. Rxf2 Qb6 17. Rb1 Rfd8 18. Qe1 Rac8 19. Kh1 a6 20. Bf5 Bxf5
21. Nxf5 Qe6 22. Ng3 Nb6 23. Re2 Nfd7 24. Nge4 Nf8 25. Nf2 Ng6 26. Nd3 f6 27.
f4 Nc4 28. fxe5 Ngxe5 29. Nxe5 Nxe5 30. Rd1 Qc6 31. h3 h6 32. Ne4 Rxd1 33. Qxd1
Rc7 34. Nd6 b5 35. Rd2 Kh7 36. c3 Rd7 37. Rd4 Kg8 38. Kg1 Kf8 39. Qd2 h5 40.
Kh1 Ke7 41. Nf5+ Kf8 42. Qd1 g6 43. Rxd7 Qxd7 44. Nd4 Qd5 45. a4 b4 46. Qd2 Nc6
47. Qe3 bxc3 48. bxc3 Ne5 49. Qh6+ Kf7 50. Qh7+ Kf8 51. Qh6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 20th"]
[Site "Izmir"]
[Date "2004.10.08"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2004.10.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Paris NAO"]
[BlackTeam "Warsaw Polonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. Qf3 Nbd7 8.
Be2 h5 9. Bd3 Qc7 10. a4 b6 11. O-O Be7 12. Rfe1 Bb7 13. Rad1 Ng4 14. Bc1 g5
15. Bf1 Rc8 16. Qe2 Nge5 17. f3 h4 18. h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 20th"]
[Site "Izmir"]
[Date "2004.10.09"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2004.10.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Warsaw Polonia"]
[BlackTeam "Sarajevo Bosna"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 O-O 12. Nc2 Bg5 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 a5
15. Bc4 Rb8 16. b3 Kh8 17. Qe2 f5 18. h4 Bf6 19. exf5 Bxf5 20. Nce3 Bd7 21. Qc2
e4 22. Qxe4 Ne5 23. Ra3 Nxc4 24. Qxc4 Be5 25. Qd3 Bb5 26. Qd2 Rb7 27. g3 Rf3
28. c4 Bc6 29. Qxa5 Qxa5+ 30. Rxa5 Rxb3 31. O-O h5 32. c5 Bxd5 33. cxd6 Rbxe3
34. Rxd5 Re2 35. d7 Bc7 36. d8=Q+ Bxd8 37. Rxd8+ Kh7 38. Rd5 Kg6 39. Kg2 Rf6
40. Rd3 Rb2 41. Rf3 Rxf3 42. Kxf3 Rb3+ 43. Kg2 Kf5 44. Rc1 g6 45. Rc5+ Kf6 46.
Rc4 Ra3 47. Re4 Rb3 48. Re3 Rb2 49. Kf3 Ra2 50. Re2 Ra4 51. Ke3 Kf5 52. Rd2
Re4+ 53. Kd3 Ra4 54. f3 Ra8 55. Ke3 Re8+ 56. Kf2 Ra8 57. Rd5+ Ke6 58. Rd4 Kf6
59. Ke3 Ra3+ 60. Ke4 Ra6 61. Kf4 Rb6 62. Ra4 Rc6 63. g4 hxg4 64. fxg4 g5+ 65.
hxg5+ Kg6 66. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL2-West 0405"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2004.11.14"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2004.10.13"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Remagen"]
[BlackTeam "Godesberg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Be2
Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. b4 c6 12. O-O Re8 13. Qb3 Qd6 14. a4 Nd7 15.
a5 b5 16. Bd3 Rad8 17. Rab1 Nf8 18. Rfc1 Ne6 19. Ne2 g6 20. Qc3 a6 21. Rc2 Rc8
22. Nc1 Nf8 23. Nb3 Nd7 24. Bf1 Rc7 25. Ne1 Bc8 26. Nd3 Nb8 27. Ndc5 Rce7 28.
Rbc1 h5 29. Qd2 h4 30. Rc3 Bg7 31. Be2 g5 32. Nd3 Re6 33. Bg4 Rg6 34. Qd1 Bxg4
35. Qxg4 Qe6 36. Qh5 Qf5 37. Nbc5 Rh6 38. Qf3 Qc8 39. h3 f5 40. Ne5 Bxe5 41.
dxe5 Rxe5 42. Qd1 Qe8 43. Qd4 Rg6 44. f4 Re7 45. R1c2 Reg7 46. Nd3 Re6 47. Ne5
g4 48. hxg4 fxg4 49. e4 dxe4 50. Rd2 Qf8 51. Qxe4 Nd7 52. Rxc6 Rxc6 53. Nxc6
Qf7 54. Ne5 Qe6 55. Nxd7 1-0

[Event "BL2-West 0405"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.01.16"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Berelowitsch, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2004.10.13"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Emsdetten Turm"]
[BlackTeam "Remagen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Bg4 12. Re1 Nd7 13. Bd3 Re8 14. Rxe8+
Qxe8 15. Bd2 Nf6 16. h3 Bh5 17. Qe1 c5 18. Qxe8+ Rxe8 19. Be3 Rc8 20. Bf5 Rc7
21. dxc5 Bxc5 22. Rd1 Kf8 23. Bf4 Re7 24. Rd8+ Re8 25. Rxe8+ Kxe8 26. Be5 Bxf3
27. gxf3 Ke7 28. Bxf6+ Kxf6 29. Be4 b6 30. Kf1 Ke5 31. Ke2 f5 32. Bd3 Ba3 33.
Bc4 Bb2 34. Bg8 h6 35. Kd3 Kf4 36. Bd5 Kg5 37. Be6 Ba3 38. Ke2 Bd6 39. Bd7 Be5
40. Kd3 Bf6 41. Be6 Be7 42. Ke2 Kf4 43. Bd7 Bf6 44. c4 Bd4 45. a4 Bc5 46. Be6
Ke5 47. Bd7 f4 48. Be8 Kd4 49. Bb5 Kc3 50. Ba6 Kb3 51. Bb5 Kb4 52. Kd3 Bd6 53.
Ke2 Be7 54. Kd3 Bc5 55. Ke2 Ka5 56. Bd7 Bd4 57. Bc6 Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Megaranto, Susanto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Indonesia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "INA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 h6 7. Be3 e5 8. d5
Nbd7 9. Qd2 Kh7 10. f3 Nh5 11. Nh3 Nc5 12. Nf2 a5 13. g3 b6 14. O-O-O a4 15.
Rde1 a3 16. b3 Bd7 17. Rhf1 Qe7 18. Bd1 Nf6 19. Bc2 Rfe8 20. Kb1 c6 21. dxc6
Bxc6 22. Rd1 Red8 23. Nd3 Qb7 24. Nb4 Bd7 25. Rfe1 Be6 26. g4 Ne8 27. h4 Nc7
28. Qe2 Rab8 29. Nb5 Nxb5 30. cxb5 Rd7 31. h5 g5 32. Rd2 Kg8 33. Red1 Bf6 34.
Nc6 Ra8 35. Bd3 Rc7 36. Bc4 Re8 37. Bd5 Bxd5 38. Rxd5 Ne6 39. Rc1 Rd7 40. Nb4
Rc8 41. Rc6 Nc5 42. Qc4 Re8 43. Rd1 Be7 44. Nd5 Bd8 45. Rc1 Kg7 46. Rc3 Rf8 47.
b4 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Moreno Carnero, Javier"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Spain II"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 c6 6. Qf3 Qf6 7. Bf4 Ne7 8.
Qg3 Nd7 9. Nge2 O-O 10. O-O-O Ng6 11. Bg5 Qd6 12. Qxd6 Bxd6 13. h4 h6 14. Bd2
Nf6 15. h5 Ne7 16. f3 Bf5 17. Bxf5 Nxf5 18. g4 Ng3 19. Nxg3 Bxg3 20. Ne2 Bd6
21. Rdg1 Rae8 22. Kd1 Nh7 23. Ng3 Bxg3 24. Rxg3 Re6 25. Re1 Rfe8 26. Rgg1 Rxe1+
27. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 28. Kxe1 f5 29. gxf5 Kf7 30. Bf4 Kf6 31. Be5+ Kxf5 32. Bxg7 Kg5
33. Be5 Kxh5 34. Bb8 a6 35. Kf2 Ng5 36. Kg3 Ne6 37. c3 Kg5 38. Bd6 Kf5 39. a4
b6 40. b4 h5 41. Kf2 h4 42. Be7 h3 43. Bd6 Nf4 44. Kg3 Ne2+ 45. Kxh3 Nxc3 46.
Kg3 Nxa4 47. Bc7 Ke6 48. Kf2 Kd7 49. Bf4 Nc3 50. Ke3 Na2 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B89"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Czech Republic"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Bc4 Bd7 8.
Bb3 Be7 9. Qe2 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Bc6 11. O-O-O Qa5 12. f4 e5 13. Be3 O-O 14. g4
Bxe4 15. Rhg1 Rac8 16. g5 Rxc3 17. gxf6 Bxf6 18. bxc3 exf4 19. Bd4 Bxd4 20.
Rxd4 Qxc3 21. Rxg7+ Kxg7 22. Rxe4 f3 23. Qe3 Qxe3+ 24. Rxe3 f2 25. Rf3 f5 26.
Kd2 Rf6 27. Ke2 Rh6 28. Rxf5 Rxh2 29. Rf7+ 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 1]} c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. f4 $5 e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. Be3 {White
wants to strengthen his [+] by all means.} (6. Nc3 Nc6 7. Be3 Bg4 8. Be2 Nh6 9.
dxc5 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nf5 11. Bg1 (11. Bf2 {looked more natural.}) 11... g5 $5 12.
Qd3 Qa5 (12... Nh4 $5 13. g3 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 Qa5 15. O-O-O $14) 13. O-O-O (13.
Qb5 Qc7 14. Bxd5 $1 gxf4 15. O-O-O O-O-O) 13... O-O-O 14. Qb5 Qxb5 (14... Qc7 {
avoiding the exchange of Q leads to an unexpected blow...} 15. Nxd5 $1 Rxd5 (
15... exd5 16. Bg4 Nce7 17. Qd3 Qd7 18. c6 $1 bxc6 19. Bc5 $16 {and Black
founders on the pin.}) 16. Rxd5 (16. Bxd5 exd5 17. Qd3 Nfe7 $13) 16... exd5 17.
Bg4 gxf4 18. Bxf5+ Kb8 19. Bf2 $16 {Granda Zuniga-Aderito, Calvia 2004}) 15.
Nxb5 gxf4 $13) 6... cxd4 $142 (6... Nc6 7. dxc5 (7. Nc3) 7... Qa5+ (7... Nh6 8.
Nc3) 8. c3 Bxc5 9. b4 Nxb4 10. cxb4 Bxb4+ 11. Bd2 {Black has not enough
counterplay for the sacrificed piece.} Rc8 12. Nd4 Bg4 13. Be2 Bxe2 14. Nxe2
Nh6 15. O-O $16 {Stefansson-P.Johansson, Gausdal 1986}) 7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. Bb5+ (8.
c4 $5 {White wants to open up the position in order to exploit his better
development.} dxc4 (8... a6 $5 9. Nc3 dxc4 {- 8...dxc4}) (8... Nbc6 $6 9. Nb5
$1 $16) 9. Nc3 (9. Bxc4 Nbc6) 9... Nbc6 (9... a6 $5 10. Bxc4 Nbc6) 10. Qa4 $142
(10. Ndb5 Nd5 $1 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Qxd5 Nb4 13. Qxd8+ Rxd8 $13) 10... a6 (10...
Bd3 $5) 11. Rd1 (11. O-O-O $5 Bd3 $1) 11... Bd3 $1 (11... Qa5 $6 12. Nxf5 Nxf5
13. Qxa5 Nxa5 14. Bb6 Nc6 (14... Bb4 15. a3 Bxc3+ 16. bxc3 Nc6 17. Bxc4 $14)
15. Bxc4 $14) 12. Bxd3 cxd3 13. Rxd3 b5 (13... Qa5 14. Nxc6 Qxa4 (14... Nxc6
15. Qxa5 Nxa5 16. Ke2 $14) 15. Nxa4 Nxc6 16. a3 $14) (13... Nf5 $5 14. Rd2
Nfxd4 15. Bxd4 b5 16. Qd1 Qh4+ 17. g3 Qh3 $13) 14. Qd1 Nb4 15. Rd2 Ned5 $13 {
and if the blockade of d5 works, Black can finally finish his development.})
8... Nd7 (8... Nbc6 9. O-O a6 (9... Bg6 10. Nd2 $14) 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 (10... Nxc6
11. Nxf5 exf5 12. c3 $16) 11. g4 {White has to play agressively here, the P
structure is not so important.} Be4 12. Nd2 $36) 9. O-O a6 10. Be2 (10. Ba4 $5
{keeping the pin was possible.} b5 (10... Bg6 $140 11. f5 $1 Nxf5 12. Nxf5 Bxf5
13. Rxf5 exf5 14. Qxd5 $16) (10... Qc7 11. Nd2 Bg6 (11... b5 $2 12. Bxb5 $1)
12. N2f3 $14) 11. Bb3 $36) 10... g5 $5 (10... Bg6 11. Nd2 $14) 11. g4 $6 {
This is too sharp already.} (11. fxg5 Qc7 (11... Nxe5 12. Nxf5 Nxf5 13. Rxf5
exf5 14. Nc3 $44) (11... Bg7 12. Nxf5 Nxf5 13. Rxf5 exf5 14. Nc3 $44) 12. Nc3
$5 (12. Nxf5 $6 Nxf5 13. Rxf5 $1 exf5 14. Nc3 (14. Qxd5 O-O-O $15) 14... Bc5 $1
$15) (12. Nd2 {/\ c4}) 12... Bg6 13. Ndb5 $1 axb5 14. Nxb5 Qb8 $1 (14... Qxe5
15. Bd4 $1 $18) 15. Nd6+ Kd8 16. Nxf7+ Bxf7 17. Rxf7 Nf5 (17... Nxe5 18. Rf6)
18. Rxf5 $1 exf5 19. Bf4 $1 $44 {White has already sacrificed a whole R, but
the black pieces lack any of harmony.}) 11... gxf4 (11... Be4 12. f5 $1 $40)
12. gxf5 Nxf5 $1 (12... fxe3 13. fxe6 fxe6 (13... Nxe5 14. exf7+ Nxf7 15. Nc3
$44) 14. Bh5+ $1 Ng6 15. Qg4 Ndxe5 (15... Qe7 16. Bxg6+ hxg6 17. Qxg6+ Kd8 18.
Nxe6+ Kc8 19. Nc3 $16) 16. Qxe6+ Qe7 17. Nc3 Qxe6 18. Nxe6 Bd6 (18... Kd7 19.
Nxf8+ Raxf8 20. Nxd5 Ke6 21. Nxe3 Nf4 22. Bf3 $1 Nh3+ 23. Kg2 Rhg8+ 24. Bg4+
Nxg4 25. Nxg4 $16) 19. Nxd5 $14) 13. Nxf5 (13. Bf2 Rg8+ $1 (13... Qg5+ 14. Kh1
Ng3+ (14... Nxe5 15. Rg1) 15. Bxg3 fxg3 16. Rg1 $1 $16) 14. Kh1 Ng3+ $1 15.
Bxg3 fxg3 16. Rg1 Nxe5 17. Rxg3 Rxg3 18. hxg3 Qg5 19. Kg2 Bd6 $13) 13... fxe3
14. Nc3 $6 (14. Nd6+ $142 Bxd6 15. exd6 $14) 14... Rg8+ 15. Kh1 Qg5 16. Bf3 $2
(16. Ng3 Qxe5 $13 (16... Nxe5 17. Qd4 $1 $36) (16... O-O-O 17. Rxf7 h5 18. Bxh5
Bc5 (18... Nxe5 19. Qd4 $1) 19. Qe2 Nxe5 $13)) 16... Nxe5 (16... Qxf5 $2 17.
Bh5 $16) 17. Qe2 (17. Bxd5 $2 O-O-O $19) (17. Nxd5 $2 O-O-O $19) 17... Qxf5 (
17... exf5 18. Nxd5 Bd6 (18... O-O-O 19. Rg1 Ng4 20. Qc4+ Kb8 21. Qc7+ Ka7 22.
Qb6+ Kb8 $13) 19. Rg1 Ng4 20. Nxe3 O-O-O 21. Nxf5 h5 $13) 18. Bxd5 Qh3 $1 {
Black concentrates on the enemy K.} (18... Qg4 19. Qxe3 Qg5 $13 (19... O-O-O
20. Be4 $5 (20. Rg1 exd5 21. Rxg4 Nxg4 22. Qd4 $14) 20... f5 21. Rg1 $14)) 19.
Bxb7 Ra7 20. Bf3 (20. Bg2 Qg4 $15 (20... Qh4 $5)) 20... Bh6 (20... Be7 21. Qxe3
(21. Rad1 f5) 21... Nxf3 22. Qxf3 Qxf3+ 23. Rxf3 Rd7 $17) (20... Bc5 21. Ne4
Be7 22. Qxe3 Nxf3 23. Qxf3 Qxf3+ 24. Rxf3 f5 $17) 21. Ne4 Ke7 (21... Rg6 $1 {
was better.} 22. Bh5 Rg7 23. Rad1 (23. Rf6 Bg5) 23... Ke7 24. Nf6 (24. Rf6 Qh4
$1 $17) 24... Qh4 (24... Rc7 $5 25. c3 Rc4) 25. c3 Bf4 $1 26. Rd4 Qxf6 27.
Rdxf4 Qg5 $17) 22. Qe1 f5 23. Qb4+ Kf7 {[#]} 24. Qd4 $2 ({missing the saving
move} 24. Nd6+ $1 Kf6 25. Ne4+ Kf7 26. Nd6+ $11) 24... Nxf3 25. Qf6+ (25. Qxa7+
{is no escape of trouble either.} Kg6 26. Rg1+ Bg5 27. Rxg5+ Kh6 $1 (27... Nxg5
28. Nxg5 Kxg5 29. Rg1+ Kh6 30. Rxg8 Qf1+ 31. Rg1 Qf3+ 32. Rg2 $11) 28. Rh5+ (
28. Qc7 Nxg5) 28... Qxh5 29. Qxe3+ Rg5 $1 $19) 25... Ke8 26. Qxe6+ Kf8 27. Qf6+
Rf7 28. Qd6+ Kg7 29. Rg1+ Kh8 30. Nf6 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. cxd5 Qxd5
15. Bf4 Rac8 16. Bd3 Qd7 17. Bxf5 ({The logical attempt to get an advantage
was the move} 17. Bb5 {The pin of Nc6 is very unpleasant for Black but he can
save the balance by} Bd6 18. Bxd6 (18. Rxe8+ Rxe8 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. Ne5 Be4 21.
Qh5 Re7 22. Qh3 g6 23. Qc8+ Kg7 $11) (18. Ne5 Bxe5 19. dxe5 a6 20. Qxd7 Bxd7
21. Bd3 Ne7 $11) 18... Rxe1+ 19. Nxe1 $1 Qxd6 20. Qf3 Bd7 21. Nc2 (21. Bc4 Rf8
(21... Be6 22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. Nd3 $14) 22. Nc2 Be6 23. Ne3 Bxc4 24. Nxc4 Qe7 25.
Ne3 Re8 $11) 21... Re8 22. Bc4 Nd8 23. Ne3 c5 $132) 17... Qxf5 18. Bg3 Bd6 $11
{Black has no weaknesses and by accurate play he equalises the game.} 19. Qb3
b6 20. c4 (20. Qa4 Qd7 21. d5 (21. c4 Bxg3 22. hxg3 Rcd8 23. d5 Ne5 $11) 21...
Ne5 $11) 20... Qf6 21. d5 (21. Bxd6 Qxd6 (21... cxd6 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Qb5 Rc8
24. Re1 h6 25. Re4 Na5 26. Nd2 $14) 22. Qa4 Kf8 23. d5 Na5 24. Qc2 Kg8 $11)
21... Nd4 $11 22. Nxd4 Qxd4 23. Qa4 (23. Rad1 Bxg3 24. hxg3 Qc5 $11) 23... Re2
$1 24. Rad1 Qe4 25. Rxe2 Qxe2 26. Rf1 a5 $6 (26... Bxg3 27. hxg3 (27. fxg3 Qe7
$11) 27... Rd8 $11) (26... h6 $5) 27. Qd7 Qe8 28. Qxe8+ Rxe8 29. Bxd6 cxd6 30.
Rb1 Re4 $1 31. Kf1 Rxc4 32. Rxb6 Kf8 33. Rxd6 Ra4 34. Rd7 Ke8 35. Ra7 Rxa3 36.
Ke2 a4 37. d6 Ra2+ 38. Ke3 Ra1 39. Re7+ Kf8 40. Ra7 Ke8 41. Kf4 a3 42. Re7+ Kf8
43. Re3 Rd1 44. Rxa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. e4 {Finkel,A} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7.
Na3 b5 8. Nd5 Nce7 (8... Nge7 {Finkel,A} 9. c4 Nxd5 10. cxd5 Nd4 (10... Ne7 $6
11. h4 $1 Bd7 12. Nc2 h5 13. g3 g6 14. Bg2 Bg7 15. O-O O-O 16. Nb4 $14 {
Bologan,V-Stripunsky,A/Wijk-B 1996}) 11. Be3 Be7 12. Bd3 O-O 13. O-O Bf6 (13...
Bd7 14. Rc1 (14. Qd2 Qb8 15. Rac1 Qb7 16. Nc2 Nxc2 17. Rxc2 Rfc8 18. Rfc1 Rxc2
19. Rxc2 Rc8 $11 {Sluka,R-Moroz,A/Komercni Banka op 1997}) 14... Qa5 15. Qe1
Bd8 16. Qxa5 Bxa5 17. Nc2 Nxc2 18. Rxc2 Rfc8 19. Rfc1 Rxc2 20. Rxc2 Kf8 $11 {
Manik,M-Moroz,A/Komercni Banka op 1996}) (13... Bb7 $6 14. Qd2 $5 f5 15. Bxd4
exd4 16. Nc2 Qb6 17. Qf4 Rae8 18. Rae1 Qc5 19. Qf3 $1 $14 {[%cal Gb2b4]
Tiviakov,S-Nataf,I/Mondariz 2000}) 14. Qd2 Bd7 15. Rac1 Rc8 16. Rxc8 Qxc8 17.
Rc1 Qb7 18. Qb4 Qb8 19. Qa5 $11 {Stripunsky,A-Votava,J/Mlada Boleslav op 1995})
9. Nb4 $5 {Perhaps this move is objectively not very good, but in practical
play it is very unpleasant to meet such a bizzare move, specially in such
early stages of the game, when you don't know if your opponent prepared
something at home.  Finkel,A: 'So many things have been said and written about
this move, that it's needless to add remarks of my own. I will just say that
this move deserves an exclaimaition mark for just being a novelty on move 9 in
the Sveshnikov - the line, in which a major part of the novelties come at move
25! '} (9. Bg5 {Finkel,A} h6 (9... Be6 10. c4 Bxd5 11. exd5 bxc4 12. Nxc4 f6
13. Qa4+ Kf7 14. Qa3 Nf5 $13 {Thompson,I-Djabri,K/Telford 2004}) 10. Bxb5+ axb5
11. Nxb5 Ra6 12. Nbc7+ Kd7 13. Qg4+ f5 14. exf5 Nf6 15. Bxf6 gxf6 $15 {
Kindermann,S-Bischoff,K/Munich 1987}) (9. c4 {Finkel,A} Nxd5 10. exd5 bxc4 11.
Nxc4 Nf6 12. Be3 Rb8 13. Qa4+ Qd7 14. Qxd7+ Nxd7 15. Be2 Be7 16. O-O f5 17. f4
e4 18. Rac1 O-O 19. b3 Bb7 20. Na5 $14 {Landa,K-Lautier,J/playchess.com INT
2004}) (9. Nxe7 {Finkel,A} Bxe7 10. c4 Nf6 11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O Bb7 13. Qe2 bxc4
14. Nxc4 d5 15. exd5 Qxd5 16. f3 Rad8 17. Bc2 e4 $36 {Ciganovic,N-Rukavina,D/
Rabac 2004}) 9... Bd7 {'?!' Finkel,A. Finkel,A: 'Radjabov doesn't react very
accurately. He was probably stunned with Ivanchuk's 9th move so his play
wasn't of the highest possible level!'} (9... Nf6 {Seems to be the critical
and obvious line, but perhaps Radjabov feared some sort of home preparation
from Ivanchuk.} 10. c4 {Consistent, defending the e4 pawn is too passive.} (10.
f3 d5 $1 {And black should have the better game.}) 10... Nxe4 11. cxb5 d5 (
11... Qa5 $6 12. Bd2 Nxd2 (12... Qb6 {Finkel,A} 13. Qf3 d5 14. Nxd5 Nxd2 15.
Nxb6 Nxf3+ 16. gxf3 Rb8 17. Nxc8 Nxc8 18. O-O-O $14 {Abrahamyan,T-Hahn,A/San
Diego 2004}) 13. Qxd2 {And here I can't find enough compensation for the pawn,
since axb5 is not really possible.} axb5 14. Bxb5+ Bd7 15. Nc4 $1 {And white
wins.}) (11... a5 $5 {Finkel,A} 12. Na6 d5 13. Qc2 Bxa6 14. bxa6 f5 $13) 12.
bxa6 Bd7 $1 {[%csl Gd5,Re1,Ge5] This key move gives black the better game, he
has lots of compensation for the pawn, in form of a mobile pawn center, and
inmediate tactical threats which are not so easy to parry. Also whites pieces
look rather clumsy.}) 10. c4 {Hitting the queenside pawn chain, this is whites
only way to continue.} a5 {Finkel,A: 'Now it's too late for Nf6:'} (10... Nf6 {
Finkel,A} 11. cxb5 Nxe4 12. Nxa6 d5 13. Bd3 Ng6 14. O-O Be7 15. Qb3 $16) 11.
Nbc2 Nf6 (11... b4 {'?!' Finkel,A. Came into consideration, and is rather
logical. Nb1 is very aweful, so probably...} 12. Nb5 Bxb5 13. cxb5 Nf6 {
When the position isn't really clear. Black controls much more of the center,
and white's b5 pawn might be weak. On the other hand white has the pair of
bishops, and he has that passed pawn on b5 which might be strong!} 14. Ne3 {
Finkel,A} Nxe4 15. b6 {[%cal Gf1b5]} Qxb6 16. f3 Nf6 17. Nc4 $18) 12. Nxb5 Bxb5
(12... Nxe4 {Was probably better.} 13. Qxd6 {Spectacular, but black probably
has enough for his pawn.} (13. Nxd6+ Nxd6 14. Qxd6 Nc6 15. Qd5 Qc7 $1 $44) (13.
Bd3 Bxb5 14. cxb5 d5 {Should also give black an ok game.}) 13... Bxb5 14. Qxd8+
Rxd8 15. cxb5 Nd5 {White's king is very shaky, and his development poor. Black
should have enough for his pawn deficit.}) 13. cxb5 Nxe4 14. Be3 {Here white
might have an advantage, because his development will soon be finished, and
the pair of bishops together with that passed pawn on the wing will guarantee
a good edge. Black's pawn center isn't enough this time, since it can't
advance too much, taking into consideration that black's king is still in the
center, just behind them.} d5 15. b6 f5 16. Qe2 $5 {'+/-' Finkel,A. Another
bizzare move, any mortal would have played:  Finkel,A: 'White has better
development, a adangerous passer and a better king. In Ivanchuk's hands we are
talking about the decisive advantage.'} (16. Bb5+ Kf7 17. f3 Nd6 (17... Nf6 18.
O-O $14 {with the idea of} d4 $6 19. Bc4+ Ned5 20. Bf2 Qxb6 21. f4 {With a
humongous initiative.}) 18. Bc6 $1 Nxc6 19. Qxd5+ Kg6 20. Qxc6 {When white is
simply a pawn up.}) 16... Kf7 (16... d4 17. Qb5+ Kf7 18. O-O-O $1 $16 {Is the
idea. Black's king is the one who turns out to be very weak!}) 17. O-O-O $1 {
A very nice move, Ivanchuk brings his rook to the center inmediately, and will
safeguard his king in the queen side, since black can't really organize
something in that flank.} Qd7 (17... Rb8 {I dont think this would change much.}
18. f3 Nf6 19. Kb1 $1 {Important move, with the idea of} d4 20. Bc1 $14 {
With strong preasure against blacks central pawns.}) 18. Kb1 Qe6 19. f3 {
Finally the knight is forced back.} Nd6 $6 {This sets white less problems then}
(19... Nf6 20. Qb5 (20. f4 {doesn't really work anymore} exf4 21. Bd4 {Bxf4?
Qxb6} Rb8 $1 {And Black shouldn't really be worse if he is allowed to
sacrifice an exchange on b6.}) 20... Rb8 21. g4 $1 fxg4 22. fxg4 Qxg4 23. Bd3
$16 {With a big initiative}) 20. f4 Nc4 21. fxe5 $18 {With the fall of the
proud pawn centre, hope is extinguised as well.} Rb8 22. g4 {Simple chess,
opening lines to the king.} f4 23. Qf3 g5 24. Bxc4 dxc4 25. h4 Qc6 26. e6+ $1 {
The rest is pointless, notice how the bishop on f8 and the rook on h8 haven't
moved yet.} Kg6 27. Qf2 Qxe6 28. Bd4 Bg7 {a bit late} 29. hxg5 Rbd8 30. Rde1
Qd6 31. Bc5 Qd2 32. Re6+ {Strange, but entertaining game.} 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[Annotator "Marin,M/Stoica"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7 Bxd7 7. O-O Bd6 8.
c4 c6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. Qh5 g6 13. Qxd5 Qc7 14. c4 Be6
15. Qf3 Bxc4 16. Bh6 Rfe8 17. Rfc1 b5 18. g3 Rad8 19. a4 a6 20. Rab1 Bf8 21.
Bf4 Qc8 22. Bxc4 bxc4 23. Be3 Bg7 24. Rb4 c3 25. a5 Rd7 26. Rc2 Qc7 27. Rb6
Bxd4 28. Bxd4 Rxd4 29. Rxc3 Rc4 30. Re3 Rxe3 31. Qxe3 Rc1+ 32. Kg2 Qc4 33. Qe8+
Kg7 34. Qe5+ Kh6 35. Qf4+ Qxf4 36. gxf4 Rc3 37. Rxa6 Ra3 {Compared to the
classical "tabyias" of this kind of ending, White's weak king side structure
prevents him from putting Black in serious danger.} 38. f3 ({White could have
slightly improved his structure with} 38. f5 Kg5 39. fxg6 hxg6 {but Black's
activity should be sufficient for a draw.}) 38... Kg7 39. Kg3 Ra4 40. f5 (40.
h4 h5 41. f5 (41. Ra7 Kf6 42. a6 Ra2 $11) 41... gxf5 42. f4 Ra3+ 43. Kg2 Ra4
44. Kf3 Ra3+ 45. Ke2 Rh3 $11) (40. Ra7 Kf6 41. h3 h5 42. a6 Ra2 43. f5 g5 {
and it is not obvious what could White do.}) ({Possibly the most dangerous
continuation would have been} 40. Kg4 {although Black should be able to defend.
} h5+ 41. Kg5 $5 Ra2 (41... f6+ $6 42. Rxf6 Rxa5+ 43. f5) 42. h3 (42. f5 Rg2+
43. Kh4 Rxh2+ 44. Kg3 Ra2 $11) 42... f6+ 43. Kh4 Kf7 44. Kg3 (44. f5 Ra4+ 45.
Kg3 h4+ 46. Kf2 gxf5 47. Ra8 f4 $11) 44... Ra4 45. h4 Ke7 46. f5 gxf5 47. f4
Kf7 {and the weakness of the seventh rank has no serious consequences for
Black:} 48. Ra8 Ra3+ 49. Kf2 Ra4 50. Ke3 Kg6 51. a6 Kg7 52. a7 {(cum altfel?)}
Ra1 53. Kd4 Ra2 54. Kc5 Ra6 55. Kb5 Ra1 56. Kc6 Kf7 $1 (56... Ra2 $2 57. Rc8 $1
Rxa7 58. Rc7+ Rxc7+ 59. Kxc7 $18) 57. Rh8 (57. Kb6 Rb1+ 58. Kc5 Ra1 $11) 57...
Rxa7 58. Rh7+ Ke6 59. Rxa7 {stalemate!}) 40... g5 $1 {/\ h5=} (40... gxf5 41.
Ra7 (41. h3 f6 42. Kf2 Kg6) 41... Kg6 42. a6 {would have allowed White play on
for a while.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bulgaria"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3
d5 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 c5 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Bb7 14. Nfg5 cxd4
15. Bxd4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Qc7 17. Qe2 Rfd8 18. Rad1 Nf8 19. Bb2 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Rd8
21. h4 Rxd1+ 22. Qxd1 Nd7 23. Qe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. a3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 cxd4 12. cxd4 Bg4 13. dxe5 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 dxe5
15. Nc3 Nc6 16. Be3 Nd4 17. Bxd4 Qxd4 18. Bb3 Qb6 19. Red1 Bc5 20. Rac1 Bd4 21.
Nd5 Nxd5 22. Bxd5 Rac8 23. Qxf7+ Kh8 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Be6 Rd8 26. g3 Qd6 27.
Rd2 Qc6 28. Rd3 Qe8 29. Rf3 Qxf7 30. Rxf7 Bxb2 31. Ra7 Bxa3 32. Rxa6 Bc5 33.
Kg2 g6 34. Rc6 Bd4 35. Rc7 Rf8 36. f3 b4 37. h4 Rb8 38. Bb3 h5 39. f4 exf4 40.
gxf4 Rf8 41. e5 Rxf4 42. e6 Bf6 43. e7 Bxe7 44. Rxe7 Rxh4 45. Rb7 Rd4 46. Kf2
Rd3 47. Rxb4 Kg7 48. Rb5 Rd6 49. Bd5 Rf6+ 50. Ke3 Kh6 51. Rb8 Kg5 52. Be4 Kh6
53. Kd4 Rd6+ 54. Ke5 Ra6 55. Rb2 Kg7 56. Bd3 Rc6 57. Rb8 Rc5+ 58. Kf4 Rc6 59.
Rd8 Kh6 60. Rd7 Rf6+ 61. Ke5 Rb6 62. Be4 Kg5 63. Rd1 Kh6 64. Rf1 Ra6 65. Rf8
Kg5 66. Rg8 Ra5+ 67. Bd5 Ra6 68. Rg7 Rb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Ng4 8. Bg5
f6 9. Bh4 Nc6 10. d5 Ne7 11. Nd2 Nh6 12. f3 c5 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. b4 Kh8 15. Bf2
Nf7 16. O-O Bh6 17. b5 c5 18. Nd5 Ng5 19. Nb1 Ne6 20. Nbc3 Nd4 21. Bd3 Nxd5 22.
Nxd5 Be6 23. a4 f5 24. a5 Bxd5 25. exd5 Rb8 26. Re1 Rb7 27. Ra2 Rbf7 28. Qb1
Bf4 29. Kh1 Rb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Cuba"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CUB"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bg7 9. f3 O-O 10. Be3 (10. O-O {preparing Nde2 and Bg5 was more
fashionable some years ago, but the highly surprising counter-attack} Rc8 11.
b3 d5 $3 {, introduced by Ivanchuk himself in 2003, allows Black to equalise.})
10... Nc6 11. O-O e6 ({I would preffer} 11... Rfc8 12. b3 Qd8 {transposing Q
to the queenside and it is not easy for White to get any advantage, for
example:} 13. Qd2 Nd7 (13... Qa5 14. Rfd1 a6 15. a4 $146 (15. Rac1 b5 16. Nxc6
Rxc6 17. Nd5 Qxd2 18. Rxd2 Nxd5 19. exd5 Rc7 20. Rdc2 Rac8 21. c5 dxc5 22. Rxc5
Rxc5 23. Rxc5 Rxc5 24. Bxc5 Kf8 25. Kf2 Ke8 26. Ke3 Kd7 27. g4 e6 $11) 15...
Nd7 16. Nde2 Re8 17. Rab1 Rac8 {1/2-1/2 Sadvakasov,D-Gelfand,B/Astana 2001/
ChessBase}) 14. Rac1 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 16. Qxd4 Qb6 17. Qxb6 Nxb6 18. Rfd1 f6
19. Nd5 Kf7 20. Nxb6 axb6 21. a4 g5 22. Kf2 Rc5 23. Rd5 Ke6 24. Ke3 Rg8 25. g3
h5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Anand,V-Nielsen,P/Wch Moscow 2001/ (29)}) (11... a6 {(/\ 12...
Nxd4 13.Bxd4 b5)} 12. a4 {and only now} e6 $1 13. Rc1 Ne5 14. b3 d5 15. cxd5
exd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Rfe8 18. Bf2 Qxd5 19. Qc2 Ng4 20. fxg4 Bxd4 21. Qc4
Bxf2+ 22. Rxf2 Qxc4 23. Rxc4 Re7 24. h4 {1/2-1/2 Akopian,V-Kasparov,G/Bled
Olympiad 2002/ChessBase}) 12. Qd2 (12. Rc1 Rac8 13. Ndb5 $5 Rfd8 14. f4 (14.
Bf4 $5) 14... a6 15. Na3 Qe7 16. Bb6 Re8 17. Kh1 Nd7 18. Bg1 Nc5 19. Nab1 $1 b5
$1 {was double-edged in A.Vajda-Golubev, Bucharest 2003}) 12... a6 (12... Ne5
13. b3 d5 14. exd5 exd5 15. c5 $14 {Benjamin-I.Gurevich, New York 1991}) 13.
Nxc6 {This move appears to be a novelty, and therefore may have theoretical
value.  Ftacnik: 'Ivanchuk is trying to win against the gifted Cuban player
with the help of an original approach to the problems of the position. Black
has an uneasy task to find the best approach to the surprising novelty. '} (13.
Rfd1 Rfd8 (13... Nxd4 14. Bxd4 b5 15. c5 dxc5 16. Bxc5 Qxd2 17. Rxd2 Rfc8 18.
Be3 Nh5 19. Ne2 f5 20. exf5 exf5 21. Rad1 Re8 22. Kf2 Rac8 23. b3 Re6 24. Rd8+
Rxd8 25. Rxd8+ Kf7 26. Bc5 Nf6 27. Ra8 Nd7 28. Ra7 {Ostermeyer,P-Solomunovic,I/
Lindau Bodenseecup 2002/ 1-0 (57)}) 14. Rac1 Rab8 15. b3 Qe7 16. Kh1 Nxd4 17.
Bxd4 b5 18. cxb5 axb5 19. Qf2 Rdc8 $11 {Mieles Palau,D-Dominguez,L/Guayaquil 
(zt) 2003 0-1 (45)}) 13... Qxc6 (13... bxc6 14. Rad1 Rfd8 15. Bb6 Rdb8 16. Na4
Ne8 17. b3 $14) 14. Rac1 b5 ({Black could try} 14... Qxc4 $5 15. Nd5 {'!'
Ftacnik.} (15. Qxd6 Rfd8 16. Qg3 $11) 15... Qxa2 16. Ra1 Qb3 17. Ra3 Qb5 18.
Nc7 {and after} Qe5 (18... Qd7 19. Nxa8 Rxa8 20. Rc1 $14) 19. Nxa8 Rxa8 20. Rd3
$1 $14 {White can pretend just for a small advantage.}) 15. Rfd1 {White is
increasing pressure over the main target - Black's d6-pawn} (15. cxb5 axb5 16.
a3 $5 (16. Nd5 Qb7 {is OK for Black} 17. Rc7 Qa6 18. Ne7+ Kh8 19. a3 $14))
15... Rfd8 ({White's chances are preferable in the case of} 15... bxc4 16. Qxd6
Qxd6 17. Rxd6 Rfd8 18. Rcd1 (18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Ne2 Nd7 20. Rxc4 Bxb2 21. Rc6
$36) (18. Rc6 Rdc8 (18... Rd3 19. Re1 {[%csl Rc4]}) 19. Rxc8+ Rxc8 20. Rd1 {
'+/=' Ftacnik.}) 18... Rxd6 19. Rxd6 Kf8 (19... Ne8 20. Rc6 Rb8 21. Na4 $16)
20. Na4 $16 {[%csl Ra6,Rc4]} (20. Rc6 Rb8 {.})) (15... Ne8 {[%csl Rf8]} 16.
cxb5 axb5 17. a3 {[%csl Gb5,Rd6][%cal Gc3d5]}) 16. e5 {'!' Ftacnik. Ftacnik:
'Yet another severe blow in the moment, when all White pieces are already
prepared for the start of the action.'} Ne8 (16... Nd7 17. Bg5 $36 (17. cxb5
axb5 18. exd6 $16)) (16... dxe5 $2 17. Qxd8+ Rxd8 18. Rxd8+ Bf8 (18... Ne8 19.
cxb5 axb5 20. Ne2 $18) 19. cxb5 axb5 20. Ne4 $18) 17. cxb5 axb5 18. Ne4 $1 Qd5
(18... Qd7 $5 19. Bg5 $5 (19. exd6 f5 (19... Rxa2 20. Bb6 Rb8 (20... Rxb2 21.
Qa5 $18) 21. Rc7 $1 $16) 20. Nc5 Qxd6 21. Qe2 Qe5 $11) 19... Qa7+ 20. Kh1 Rd7
21. Nc5 Rc7 22. exd6 Nxd6 (22... Rxc5 23. Rxc5 Qxc5 24. d7 $16) 23. Qxd6 (23.
Be3 Nc4 24. Rxc4 bxc4 25. Nxe6 Rd7 $1 26. Qxd7 Qxd7 27. Rxd7 fxe6 $11) 23...
Bf8 24. Qd3 Bxc5 25. Qxb5 $14) 19. exd6 f5 (19... Rxa2 $2 {looks too dangerous
for Black, for example} 20. Bg5 f6 (20... Qxd2 21. Rxd2 f6 22. d7 fxg5 23. Rc8
Ra8 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. d8=Q Rxd8 26. Rxd8 $18) 21. Qe3 Qb7 (21... Qe5 22. Nxf6+
$1 Bxf6 23. Qxe5 Bxe5 24. Bxd8) 22. Qb3 $18) (19... Qxd2 20. Rxd2 f5 (20...
Rxa2 21. d7 $18) 21. d7 fxe4 22. Bb6 {'!' Ftacnik.} Rdb8 23. d8=Q Rxd8 24. Rxd8
$16) 20. Qf2 (20. Qb4 {could be interesting alternative to the text and after
almost forced line -} Qxa2 (20... Qe5 21. d7 $1) 21. Nc3 $1 Qc4 (21... Bxc3 $5
22. Rxc3 Qa4 23. Qxa4 bxa4 24. Bf4 $16) 22. Qxb5 Qxb5 23. Nxb5 Bxb2 24. Rc6 (
24. d7 Bxc1 25. dxe8=Q+ Rxe8 26. Rxc1 $36) 24... Rd7 $14 {White keeps small
advantage}) (20. Qe1 Qe5 21. Bd4 Qxd4+ 22. Rxd4 Bxd4+ 23. Kf1 e5 $16) 20...
Qxa2 21. d7 $1 (21. Nc3 Bxc3 22. Rxc3 Nxd6 $15) 21... fxe4 22. Bb6 {'!'
Ftacnik.} Rxd7 $6 {Ftacnik: 'Dominguez had to choose between this move and the
retreat of the rook to b8. White will prove with an excellent play that more
promising was probably the alternative to the text.'} ({Objectively, more
stubborn was} 22... Rdb8 $1 23. d8=Q (23. fxe4 $5 Qxb2 24. Qxb2 (24. Rc2 Qe5 (
24... Ra1 25. Qd2 Rxd1+ 26. Qxd1 Qb3 27. g3 $14) 25. Rcd2 Qxe4 26. d8=Q Rxd8
27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Rxd8 $14) 24... Bxb2 25. Rc6 (25. Rb1 Bf6 $11) 25... Bf6 26.
Rxe6 Kf7 $13) 23... Rxd8 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Bxd8 Qxb2 (25... exf3 26. Qxf3 Qxb2)
26. Qxb2 Bxb2 27. Rb1 Bd4+ 28. Kf1 exf3 29. gxf3 Kf7 (29... Nd6 30. Bc7 Bc5 $14
) 30. Rxb5 Nd6 {and of course the endgame is in White's favour still, but
Black will have two active pieces and good chances for successful defence.})
23. Rxd7 Qxb2 (23... Bxb2 24. Rd2 $1 Qa1 25. Rf1 $18) 24. Qxb2 Bxb2 {[%mdl
4096]} 25. Rb1 Nf6 ({Worth considering} 25... Be5 $5 26. Rxb5 $140 Ra1+ 27. Kf2
Ra2+ 28. Ke3 Ra3+ $5 29. Kxe4 Nf6+ 30. Kxe5 Nxd7+ 31. Kxe6 Nxb6 32. Rxb6 Kg7
33. Rb7+ Kh6 34. h4 $16 {with interesting rook endgame.}) (25... Ra1 26. Rxa1
Bxa1 27. fxe4 $16) 26. Ra7 {'!' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'Very strong players show a
tendency towards correct decisions in the critical moments of the fight. '} ({
Much inferior was} 26. Rdd1 Bc3 27. Rxb5 exf3 28. gxf3 Nd5 $14) 26... Rxa7 (
26... Rb8 $5 27. Rxb2 Rxb6 28. Rc2 Rb8 29. Rcc7 (29. fxe4 $16) 29... exf3 30.
Rg7+ Kh8 31. Rgf7 $16) 27. Bxa7 Bc3 28. fxe4 (28. Rxb5 {'?!' Ftacnik.} exf3 29.
gxf3 {was possible, but Ivanchuk does not like to worsen the pawn structure.}
Nd5 $14) 28... b4 (28... Nxe4 29. Rxb5) 29. Bc5 {'!' Ftacnik.} (29. Kf2 Nxe4+
30. Ke3 {hardly would give winning chances to White.}) 29... Nxe4 {White is an
exchange up. However, it is not that easy to convert it owing to Black's solid
position.} 30. Bxb4 Bd4+ $6 {And no matter how long the rest seems, the game
was virtually decided here. Ftacnik: 'The last really interesting moment of
the game. Black seems to win material with the help of Nd2. Ivanchuk has
calculated exactly, that the Knight would never get out of the square b1.'} ({
It looks that Domingues had to try} 30... Nd2 $1 31. Bxc3 $1 Nxb1 32. Bb4 {
'!' Ftacnik. The Black's Knight is trapped, but the position is not so simple -
} Kf7 33. Kf2 e5 (33... Kf6 34. Ke3 Ke5 35. Kd3 Kd5 {36.Be7! or} 36. Bf8 $1 {
followed by 37.Kc2}) 34. Ke3 Ke6 35. Kd3 Kd5 36. Be7 (36. Kc2 $2 Kc4 $11) (36.
Bf8) 36... e4+ 37. Kc2 Kd4 (37... e3 38. Kxb1 $18) 38. Kxb1 Kd3 {with good
chances for a draw.}) 31. Kf1 Kf7 32. Rc1 Kf6 33. Ke2 Be5 (33... e5 $5) (33...
h5 $2 34. Kd3) 34. Rf1+ Kg5 (34... Kg7 35. Bf8+ $1 Kg8 36. Bh6 (36. Kd3 Ng5 37.
Bh6 Nf7) 36... Bd6 37. Kf3 Nf6 38. Ra1 {with big chances for victory}) 35. Kd3
(35. Be7+ $5 Kg4 36. Kd3) 35... Nd6 $5 (35... Bd6 36. Bxd6 Nxd6 37. Kd4 $18)
36. h3 Nf5 $6 ({The lesser evil for White was} 36... h5 $142 $5) 37. Bd2+ $1
Kh4 38. Re1 Bb8 (38... Bg7 39. Rxe6 Kg3 40. Re2 Nd4 41. Be1+ Kh2 42. Ra2 $18)
39. Rxe6 Kg3 40. Re2 Ng7 {[%csl Rg7]} 41. Be1+ Kh2 42. g4+ $1 Kxh3 43. Re7 {
[%csl Rg7] Black knight is lost and Dominguez decided to stop resistance.} 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.27"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E07"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Poland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Bf4
Nbd7 9. Qb3 b6 10. Nc3 Nh5 11. Be3 Nhf6 12. Rac1 Bb7 13. Rfd1 Rc8 14. a3 h6 15.
Bf4 Nh5 16. Bd2 Nhf6 17. Be1 dxc4 18. Qxc4 c5 19. Qd3 cxd4 20. Nxd4 Bxg2 21.
Kxg2 Qc7 22. f4 Bc5 23. Nb3 e5 24. Qf3 Rfe8 25. Nb5 Qb8 26. Nxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.29"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "France"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 f5 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. Bf3 c6 13. b5 cxd5 14. cxd5 h6 15. Ne6
Bxe6 16. dxe6 fxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 d5 19. Ba3 dxe4 20. Qxd8 Rfxd8 21.
Bxe7 Re8 22. Bc5 Rxe6 23. Be3 a6 24. b6 Bf6 25. g3 Bg5 26. Bxg5 hxg5 27. Rxe4
Rxb6 28. Rxe5 Rb5 29. Rxb5 axb5 30. Rd1 Kg7 31. Rd7+ Kh6 32. Rxb7 Rxa2 33. Rxb5
g4 34. Kg2 Rc2 35. Rb4 Kh5 36. Rf4 Ra2 37. Rf7 Rb2 38. Rf6 Kg5 39. Rf8 Kh5 40.
h4 gxh3+ 41. Kxh3 g5 42. f3 g4+ 43. fxg4+ Kg6 44. Rg8+ Kf7 45. Ra8 Kg6 46. Ra5
Rc2 47. g5 Rc4 48. Kg2 Rc3 49. Kh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Heraklion blitz 5'"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2004.11.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Grivas, Efstratios"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2004.11.10"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Bd3 exd5
9. exd5 Re8+ 10. Be3 a6 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Bf4 Qc7 13. a4 Nh5 14. Bh2 Ne5 15.
Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Bxe5 dxe5 17. Qd2 f5 18. Rfe1 Bd7 19. Bf1 Qd6 20. a5 Nf6 21. Na4
Bxa4 22. Rxa4 Rac8 23. Ra3 Rc7 24. Rb3 Nd7 25. g4 Rf8 26. gxf5 Rxf5 27. Rg3 Rf4
28. Bd3 Nf6 29. Qe3 Re7 30. Rg5 e4 31. Bf1 Rf3 32. Qd2 e3 0-1

[Event "Heraklion blitz 5'"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2004.11.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Grivas, Efstratios"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2004.11.10"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb5 Nf6 6. Be3 Qd8 7. N1c3 a6 8.
Nd4 e5 9. Nb3 Bb4 10. Bc4 O-O 11. O-O Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nxe4 13. Qd3 Nf6 14. Rfd1
d5 15. Bxd5 Nxd5 16. Qxd5 Qxd5 17. Rxd5 Be6 18. Rd2 Rad8 19. Rad1 Rxd2 20. Rxd2
Rd8 21. Rxd8+ Nxd8 22. a3 Kf8 23. Na5 b5 24. Bb6 Ke8 25. Bxd8 Kxd8 26. Nc6+ Kc7
27. Nxe5 Kd6 28. Nd3 a5 29. Kf1 Kd5 30. Ke2 g5 31. Ke3 f6 32. Nc1 Kc4 33. Kd2
Bd5 34. g3 a4 35. Ne2 Be4 36. Nd4 Kc5 37. f4 gxf4 38. Ne6+ Kd5 39. Nxf4+ Ke5
40. Nd3+ Kf5 41. Ke3 Bd5 42. Kd4 Bc4 43. Nc5 Bf1 44. c4 Bxc4 45. Nxa4 Kg4 46.
Nc3 Kh3 47. a4 Kxh2 48. axb5 Kxg3 49. Kxc4 1-0

[Event "Heraklion blitz 5'"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2004.11.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Grivas, Efstratios"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2004.11.10"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Qxd8
Rxd8 9. Bg5 Na6 10. Nxe5 Re8 11. Nd3 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Rxe4+ 13. Be2 Bf5 14. Be3
Rd8 15. Rd1 Rxc4 16. O-O h5 17. Nc5 Rxd1 18. Rxd1 Rc2 19. Bxa6 bxa6 20. b3 Rxa2
21. Bd4 a5 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Rd4 Rc2 24. Nb7 Be6 25. Nxa5 Ra2 26. b4 c5 0-1

[Event "Heraklion blitz 5'"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2004.11.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Grivas, Efstratios"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2004.11.10"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb5 Nf6 6. Be3 Qd8 7. N1c3 a6 8.
Nd4 e5 9. Nde2 d5 10. Nxd5 Nxe4 11. Ng3 Nc5 12. Qd2 Nd4 13. c4 Be6 14. Bxd4
exd4 15. Qxd4 Bxd5 16. cxd5 Ne6 17. Qa4+ b5 18. Bxb5+ axb5 19. Qxb5+ 1-0

[Event "Heraklion blitz 5'"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2004.11.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Grivas, Efstratios"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2004.11.10"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Qxd8
Rxd8 9. Bg5 Na6 10. Nd5 Rd6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Rc1 b6 13. b4 Bd8 14. a3 c6 15.
Ne3 f6 16. c5 bxc5 17. bxc5 Ba5+ 18. Ke2 Rd8 19. Nc4 Bc7 20. Ncd2 Rb8 21. Ke3
Kf8 22. Rc2 Nxc5 23. Rxc5 Bb6 24. Nb3 Bxc5+ 25. Nxc5 Rb1 26. Nd2 Re1+ 0-1

[Event "Heraklion blitz 5'"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2004.11.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Grivas, Efstratios"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2004.11.10"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb5 Nf6 6. Be3 Qd8 7. N1c3 a6 8.
Nd4 e5 9. Nde2 Bb4 10. a3 Ba5 11. b4 Bb6 12. Bxb6 Qxb6 13. Qd6 Qa7 14. g3 Ng4
15. Nd1 Qb8 16. Qd2 O-O 17. Bg2 b5 18. O-O d6 19. h3 Nf6 20. Ne3 Be6 21. Rad1
Rd8 22. f4 a5 23. Kh2 axb4 24. axb4 Ra2 25. f5 Bc4 26. Nxc4 bxc4 27. b5 Qxb5
28. Nc3 Qa5 29. Nxa2 Qxa2 30. c3 Qa7 31. g4 h6 32. Bf3 Ne7 33. g5 hxg5 34. Qxg5
Kf8 35. Rd2 Neg8 36. Rg2 Ke7 37. Qxg7 Qe3 38. Qg5 Qxc3 39. h4 Qd3 40. Rff2 c3
41. h5 c2 42. Rxc2 Qxf3 43. Rc7+ Rd7 44. Rc8 Qxh5+ 45. Qxh5 Nxh5 46. Rgxg8 Nf6
$138 1/2-1/2

[Event "Heraklion blitz 5'"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2004.11.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Grivas, Efstratios"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2004.11.10"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qb3 c6 6. Bg5 d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. e3
Bxf1 9. Kxf1 Be7 10. Kg2 O-O 11. Nc3 Nc6 12. Rhc1 Qd7 13. Qa4 Rfc8 14. Ne5 Nxe5
15. dxe5 Rxc3 16. Qxd7 Nxd7 17. Bxe7 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Nxe5 19. Rc7 h5 20. b3 a6
21. h3 b5 22. Bc5 Nd3 23. Bd4 e5 24. Bc3 a5 25. f4 d4 26. Bd2 dxe3 27. Bxe3
exf4 28. gxf4 Nb4 29. Rb7 Nd5 30. Kf3 b4 31. Bd4 Rd8 32. Bb2 Nc3 33. Ra7 Rd3+
0-1

[Event "Heraklion blitz 5'"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2004.11.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Grivas, Efstratios"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2004.11.10"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb5 Nf6 6. Be3 Qd8 7. N1c3 a6 8.
Nd4 e5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bc4 Be7 11. O-O d6 12. Qe2 O-O 13. Rfd1 a5 14. Na4 Rb8
15. f3 Qc7 16. b3 Bd7 17. Nc3 Be6 18. Rd2 Bxc4 19. Qxc4 Rb4 20. Qe2 h6 21. Rad1
Re8 22. Kh1 Bf8 23. Bf2 Nd7 24. Na4 Rbb8 25. c4 Nf6 26. Bh4 g5 27. Bf2 Nh5 28.
Be3 Ng7 29. c5 dxc5 30. Nxc5 Rbd8 31. Nd7 1-0

[Event "Heraklion blitz 5'"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2004.11.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Grivas, Efstratios"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2004.11.10"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 e6 4. e3 f5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. f4 Be7 8. Bd3
Nxe5 9. fxe5 Ne4 10. O-O O-O 11. Bd2 Nxd2 12. Qxd2 Bd7 13. c5 b5 14. a4 b4 15.
Na2 a5 16. Rf2 Qc7 17. b3 Rf7 18. Raf1 Raf8 19. Nc1 Qd8 20. Be2 g5 21. Nd3 Rg7
22. g4 Kh8 23. Kh1 h6 24. Ne1 Rgf7 25. gxf5 Rxf5 26. Rxf5 exf5 27. Bd3 Be6 28.
Qc2 Qd7 29. Rf2 Kg7 30. Nf3 f4 31. Qd2 Bg4 32. Ng1 fxe3 33. Qxe3 Qc8 34. Rxf8
Qxf8 35. Kg2 Be6 36. Ne2 Qf7 37. Ng3 h5 38. Qf2 h4 39. Nf5+ Kf8 40. Qf3 Bd8 41.
Nd6 Qxf3+ 42. Kxf3 g4+ 43. Kf4 Be7 44. Bf5 g3 45. hxg3 h3 46. Kf3 Bxd6 47. Bxe6
h2 48. Kg2 Be7 49. Bd7 Bg5 50. Bxc6 Be3 51. Bxd5 Bxd4 52. c6 Bxe5 53. Kxh2 $138
1-0

[Event "Heraklion blitz 5'"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2004.11.08"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Grivas, Efstratios"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2004.11.10"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb5 Nf6 6. Be3 Qd8 7. N1c3 a6 8.
Nd4 e5 9. Nf3 Bb4 10. Bc4 O-O 11. Qd3 Qc7 12. O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 Na5 14. Bb3 d6
15. Rad1 Bg4 16. Bg5 Ne8 17. h3 Be6 18. Nh4 Rc8 19. Nf5 Bxb3 20. Ne7+ Kh8 21.
axb3 Rb8 22. Nd5 Qd7 23. f4 f6 24. Bh4 Nc6 25. f5 Ne7 26. Ne3 Qc6 27. Bf2 Rd8
28. c4 Nc7 29. Rd2 b5 30. Rfd1 Rd7 31. g4 Rfd8 32. h4 bxc4 33. Qxc4 Qb7 34. g5
d5 35. Qe2 Qc6 36. Ng4 dxe4 37. gxf6 gxf6 38. Rxd7 Rxd7 39. Rxd7 Qxd7 40. Nxf6
Qxf5 41. Nxe4 Ncd5 42. Ng3 Qe6 43. Qe4 Nf6 44. Qa8+ Kg7 45. Qb7 Kg6 46. h5+
Nxh5 47. Qe4+ Kh6 48. Be3+ 1-0

[Event "Yerevan Petrosian Memorial op"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2004.11.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Akopian, Gagik"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2004.11.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. Bc4 Nbd7 8.
Qe2 e6 9. Bb3 a5 10. a4 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Nh4 Qb6 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Be3 Nd5
15. Bxd5 exd5 16. Qd3 Rae8 17. Ne2 Bd6 18. b3 Nf6 19. h3 Qc7 20. c4 Qd7 21. c5
Bc7 22. Rfe1 Re6 23. Nc3 Rfe8 24. Bd2 g5 25. Rxe6 Qxe6 26. Kf1 Bf4 27. Bxf4
gxf4 28. Ne2 g5 29. Ng1 Ne4 30. Nf3 g4 31. hxg4 Qxg4 32. Kg1 Qh5 33. Nh2 Nxf2
34. Qd2 Ng4 35. Nxg4 Qxg4 36. Re1 Rxe1+ 37. Qxe1 f3 38. Qe8+ Kg7 39. Qe5+ f6
40. Qe7+ Kg6 41. Qe8+ Kf5 42. Qd7+ Kf4 43. Qd6+ Ke3 44. Qe7+ Kd2 0-1

[Event "Yerevan Petrosian Memorial op"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2004.11.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Mkrtchian, Lilit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2374"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2004.11.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. e5 c5 5. Qg4 Kf8 6. dxc5 Nc6 7. Ngf3 h5 8. Qa4
Bxc5 9. Nb3 Be7 10. Qf4 Nh6 11. Bd3 Nf5 12. Bxf5 exf5 13. Be3 Be6 14. O-O-O Rc8
15. Kb1 Qc7 16. Rhe1 Na5 17. Nbd4 h4 18. Ng5 Qd7 19. g3 Nc6 20. Ndf3 h3 21. Rd2
b5 22. Rg1 Rh5 23. Nxe6+ Qxe6 24. Nd4 Nxd4 25. Qxd4 Rd8 26. Qxa7 Qxe5 27. Qb7
d4 28. Rgd1 Rb8 29. Bxd4 Rxb7 30. Bxe5 Rh6 31. a3 Re6 32. Rd5 g6 33. Ka2 f6 34.
Bc3 Kf7 35. Kb3 Re4 36. f3 Re3 37. R5d3 Re2 38. R1d2 Rg2 39. g4 Bc5 40. gxf5
Re7 41. Bb4 Bxb4 42. Kxb4 Ree2 43. Rd7+ Kg8 44. Rd8+ Kg7 45. R2d7+ Kh6 46. Rh8+
Kg5 47. fxg6 Kxg6 48. Rxh3 Rxc2 49. b3 Rge2 50. Rd5 Re3 51. Rxb5 Rcc3 52. Rg3+
Kf7 53. Ka4 1-0

[Event "Yerevan Petrosian Memorial op"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2004.11.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khurtsidze, Nino"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "2399"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2004.11.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. h3
exd4 9. Nxd4 Nb6 10. b3 d5 11. Ba3 Re8 12. c5 Nbd7 13. c6 Ne5 14. cxb7 Bxb7 15.
Rc1 Rc8 16. Na4 Ne4 17. Nc5 Nxc5 18. Bxc5 Nd7 19. Qc2 Nxc5 20. Qxc5 Qd7 21. Rc2
c6 22. b4 Bf8 23. Qa5 Qc7 24. Qxc7 Rxc7 25. Bxd5 Rd8 26. e4 Bxb4 27. Nxc6 Bxc6
28. Rxc6 Rxc6 29. Bxc6 Rd2 30. Bd5 Bc5 31. Kg2 h5 32. h4 Kf8 33. Bb3 Ke7 34.
Kf3 Bd4 35. Kg2 a5 36. Kf3 f6 37. Kg2 g5 38. hxg5 fxg5 39. e5 Bxe5 40. Rd1 Rxd1
41. Bxd1 h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yerevan Petrosian Memorial op"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2004.11.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kotanjian, Tigran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2004.11.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Be2 Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. Qb3 Qc7 8. cxd5
cxd5 9. Bd2 e6 10. Ne5 Bxe2 11. Kxe2 Nc6 12. Rc1 Be7 13. Nc3 Nd7 14. Nxd7 Qxd7
15. Na4 Rd8 16. Kf1 O-O 17. Kg1 f5 18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. Rxc5 f4 20. exf4 Nxd4 21.
Qd3 Nc6 22. Re1 Qd6 23. Rcc1 Rde8 24. Re2 e5 25. Rce1 Rf6 26. fxe5 Rxe5 27.
Rxe5 Nxe5 28. Qb3 Rf7 29. Bb4 Qb6 30. Kh1 a5 31. Rxe5 Qxb4 32. Re8+ Rf8 33.
Qxd5+ 1-0

[Event "Yerevan Petrosian Memorial op"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2004.11.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Areshchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2004.11.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. dxc5 Qxc5 7. h3 Bd7 8.
Na3 e6 9. Be3 Qc7 10. Nb5 Bxb5 11. Bxb5+ Nbd7 12. Qa4 a6 13. O-O-O Rd8 14.
Bxd7+ Rxd7 15. Bg5 Be7 16. Rhe1 Qc8 17. Ne5 b5 18. Qh4 Rc7 19. Ng4 Nxg4 20.
Bxe7 Rxe7 21. hxg4 b4 22. g5 bxc3 23. Qa4+ Kf8 24. b3 h6 25. Qa5 Re8 26. g6
fxg6 27. Rd6 Kg8 28. Rxa6 Qd7 29. Rd1 Qf7 30. Qc5 Kh7 31. Ra7 Qf6 32. Rdd7 Rhg8
33. Rf7 Qd8 34. Qxc3 e5 35. Qc7 Qxc7+ 36. Raxc7 h5 37. a4 Kh6 38. b4 e4 39. Kd2
e3+ 40. fxe3 Re4 41. Rf4 Rd8+ 42. Ke2 Re5 43. b5 Rg5 44. Kf3 Rd2 45. g3 Rb2 46.
Rcc4 Re5 47. Rce4 Rxe4 48. Rxe4 g5 49. Rd4 g4+ 50. Ke4 h4 51. gxh4 Kh5 52. Kd5
g3 53. Kc6 g2 54. Rd1 Ra2 55. Rg1 Kxh4 56. b6 1-0

[Event "Yerevan Petrosian Memorial op"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2004.11.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Izoria, Zviad"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2004.11.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Ne5 Nfd7 8.
Nxd7 Bxd7 9. Bg2 e6 10. O-O O-O 11. b3 Nc6 12. e3 Qa5 13. Bd2 Qa6 14. Re1 Rfc8
15. Bf1 Qa3 16. Bc1 Qa5 17. Bd2 Nxd4 18. b4 Qa3 19. exd4 Rxc3 20. Bxc3 Qxc3 21.
Rc1 Qxb4 22. Rb1 Qxd4 23. Rxb7 Bc6 24. Rb1 Qxd1 25. Rexd1 Bc3 26. Bb5 Bb7 27.
Bd7 Ba6 28. Bb5 Bb7 29. Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yerevan Petrosian Memorial op"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2004.11.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Asrian, Karen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2004.11.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. Nd2 dxc4 8.
Bxf6 Nxf6 9. Nxc4 Qc7 10. Rc1 Be7 11. g3 O-O 12. Bg2 Rd8 13. O-O Nd5 14. a3 Bd7
15. b4 Be8 16. Qb3 Rac8 17. Rc2 Qb8 18. Rfc1 h6 19. Ne4 Qa8 20. Ne5 a6 21. Nc5
b6 22. Ncd3 Bd6 23. a4 Qb7 24. Nc4 Bf8 25. h4 Qb8 26. Nce5 c5 27. bxc5 bxc5 28.
Qxb8 Rxb8 29. Nxc5 Bxc5 30. Rxc5 Bxa4 31. Bxd5 Rxd5 32. Rc7 Be8 33. Ra7 Ra5 34.
Rcc7 Ra2 35. Nxf7 Rb1+ 36. Kg2 Rbb2 37. Rc8 Rxf2+ 38. Kh3 Rxf7 39. Rxe8+ Rf8
40. Ree7 Rf3 41. Rxg7+ Kf8 42. Rh7 Kg8 43. Rhe7 h5 44. Re8+ Rf8 45. Rxe6 1-0

[Event "Yerevan Petrosian Memorial op"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2004.11.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Smirnov, Pavel"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2004.11.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Re1 Bg4 9. c3 f5 10. Qb3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Na5 12. Qc2 Bd6 13. Ne5 Bxe5 14. dxe5 Qh4
15. Rf1 Nc6 16. f4 Qe7 17. Nf3 Qc5+ 18. Kh1 Rad8 19. Rb1 a5 20. a3 d4 21. cxd4
Nxd4 22. Qxc5 Nxc5 23. Bc4+ Kh8 24. Be3 Bxf3 25. gxf3 Ncb3 26. e6 Rfe8 27. Rbd1
b5 28. Bxb3 Nxb3 29. Rd7 Rc8 30. e7 Kg8 31. Bf2 Kf7 32. Re1 c5 33. Re5 g6 34.
Bh4 Nd4 35. Kg2 h6 36. Rd6 b4 37. a4 Rg8 38. Rf6+ Ke8 39. Ra6 g5 40. fxg5 hxg5
41. Bf2 Nb3 42. Rxf5 Kxe7 43. Be3 Ra8 44. Rh6 Raf8 45. Bxg5+ Kd7 46. Rd5+ Kc7
47. Kf2 c4 48. Bf6 Rf7 49. Rb5 Rc8 50. Be5+ Kd7 51. Rb7+ Ke8 52. Rh8+ Rf8 53.
Rhh7 Nc5 54. Rbe7+ Kd8 55. Bc7+ Rxc7 56. Rxc7 Ne4+ 57. Ke3 Nf6 58. Rhf7 1-0

[Event "Yerevan Petrosian Memorial op"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2004.11.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Frolyanov, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2004.11.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Re1 Bf5 10. Qc2 Nd7 11. Nc3 Ndf6 12. Ne5 Bg6 13. Nxg6 fxg6 14. Bxe4 Bxh2+
15. Kxh2 Ng4+ 16. Kg3 Rxf2 17. Re2 Rf1 18. Nxd5 cxd5 19. Bxd5+ Kh8 20. Kxg4 Rh1
21. Qe4 Rh4+ 22. Kg3 Rxe4 23. Rxe4 g5 24. Bd2 Qf6 25. Rae1 Rf8 26. Bb4 1-0

[Event "EU-ch rapid"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2004.11.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Tereladze, Sopiko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2236"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2004.11.28"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O c6 8. c4
O-O 9. Re1 Re8 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Rxe1+ 12. Qxe1 Bg4 13. Bg5 Qc8 14. c5 Bf8
15. Qb1 g6 16. Ne5 Be6 17. a4 Bg7 18. Bf4 Nd7 19. Nxd7 Qxd7 20. a5 a6 21. h3
Re8 22. Ra2 f6 23. Rb2 Re7 24. Bd6 Rf7 25. Bxa6 bxa6 26. Rb8+ Bf8 27. Qb6 Bxh3
28. gxh3 Qxh3 29. Qxc6 Qf3 30. Qc8 f5 31. Qe6 Qg4+ 32. Kf1 Qd1+ 33. Kg2 Qg4+
34. Bg3 Kg7 35. c6 h5 36. Rb7 Rxb7 37. cxb7 1-0

[Event "EU-ch rapid"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2004.11.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bagaturov, Giorgi"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2004.11.28"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. d5 Na5 8. Qa4
c5 9. Bd2 b6 10. Bc3 e5 11. Nbd2 Nh5 12. e4 f5 13. exf5 gxf5 14. Qc2 Bd7 15.
Ne1 b5 16. b3 Rb8 17. f3 Bh6 18. Qd3 Rf6 19. Nc2 Rg6 20. Rf2 b4 21. Bb2 Nb7 22.
Re1 Qf8 23. Nf1 a5 24. Qd1 Nf6 25. Bh3 a4 26. Nce3 Nh5 27. Kh1 Bxe3 28. Nxe3
Qh6 29. Nf1 axb3 30. axb3 Ra8 31. Bc1 Qg7 32. f4 Nxf4 33. Bxf4 exf4 34. Rxf4
Ra2 35. Bxf5 Rf6 36. Qf3 Bxf5 37. Rxf5 Rxf5 38. Qxf5 Qf7 39. Qc8+ Kg7 40. Ne3
Qf3+ 0-1

[Event "EU-ch rapid"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2004.11.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Shanava, Konstantine"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2004.11.28"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Nbd7 9. g4 Nb6 10. g5 Nh5 11. Qd2 Be7 12. O-O-O O-O 13. Rg1 Rc8 14. h4 g6 15.
Qf2 Nc4 16. Bxc4 Rxc4 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. Rxd5 f5 19. Qe2 Qc8 20. Qd3 fxe4 21.
fxe4 b5 22. Bd2 Rf2 23. Kb1 Qf8 24. Na5 Rf3 25. Qe2 Rc8 26. a4 Rf2 27. Qd3 Rf3
28. Qe2 Rf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch rapid"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2004.11.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Chibukhchian, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D07"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2406"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2004.11.28"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 a6 7. e4 Bg4 8. d5
Ne5 9. Bg3 Nfd7 10. Be2 Bxf3 11. gxf3 g6 12. f4 Nd3+ 13. Bxd3 cxd3 14. Qxd3 Bg7
15. O-O-O Nc5 16. Qc4 Qd6 17. f5 Qb6 18. fxg6 fxg6 19. e5 O-O-O 20. Rhe1 Kb8
21. Re3 Nd7 22. e6 Nf6 23. Na4 Qa5 24. Be5 Nxd5 25. Bxg7 Nxe3 26. fxe3 Rxd1+
27. Kxd1 Rd8+ 28. Bd4 Qh5+ 29. Kc1 Qxh2 30. Qc5 Qh1+ 31. Kd2 Qg2+ 32. Kc3 b6
33. Nxb6 cxb6 34. Qxb6+ Kc8 35. Qc5+ Kb7 36. Qxe7+ Kc8 37. Qc5+ Kb7 38. Qb6+
Kc8 39. e7 Re8 40. Qe6+ Kb8 41. Qd7 1-0

[Event "EU-ch rapid"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2004.11.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Izoria, Zviad"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2004.11.28"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Qc2 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. Qxc4 b5 8. Qc2
Bb7 9. e3 Nbd7 10. Bd3 Rc8 11. Qe2 b4 12. O-O c5 13. a3 cxd4 14. exd4 Qa5 15.
Nbd2 bxa3 16. bxa3 Be7 17. Rab1 Bxf3 18. Nxf3 O-O 19. Rb7 Qxa3 20. d5 Nc5 21.
Rxe7 Nxd3 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Rb7 Rc1 24. g3 Rxf1+ 25. Kxf1 Qc1+ 26. Kg2 Qc4 27.
Qe3 Qxd5 28. Rxa7 Kg7 29. Ra4 Ne5 30. Rd4 Qc6 31. Rh4 Rh8 32. Qe4 Qxe4 33. Rxe4
Ng6 34. Nh4 f5 35. Ra4 Ne7 36. Nf3 Kf6 37. Ra7 Ng6 38. Ra2 Rb8 39. Ng1 h5 40.
Ne2 h4 41. Ra4 Rb2 42. Nf4 Ne5 43. gxh4 Ng4 44. Nh3 e5 45. Ra6+ Kg7 46. h5 f6
47. Ra3 Kh6 48. Kg3 Kxh5 49. f4 Rxh2 50. Ra8 Rb2 51. Rh8+ Kg6 52. Rg8+ Kf7 53.
Ra8 Rb3+ 54. Kg2 Ne3+ 55. Kh2 Nd5 56. Ra5 Rd3 57. fxe5 fxe5 58. Ra6 Nf6 59. Kg2
Ne4 60. Ng1 Rg3+ 61. Kf1 Nd2+ 62. Kf2 Ne4+ 63. Kf1 f4 64. Ra4 Nd2+ 65. Kf2 Re3
66. Ne2 Ne4+ 67. Kf1 Kf6 68. Ra8 Ng3+ 0-1

[Event "EU-ch rapid"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2004.11.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Frolyanov, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2004.11.28"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Bb7 12. Nc2 Ne7 13. Ncb4 Nxd5 14. Nxd5
O-O 15. Qb3 Bg5 16. Be2 Kh8 17. O-O Rb8 18. Rad1 Bc6 19. Bg4 Bh6 20. Qc2 Qh4
21. Qe2 a5 22. g3 Qd8 23. h4 g6 24. Bh3 Bg7 25. Qc2 Rb7 26. Kh2 b4 27. c4 a4
28. b3 Qa5 29. Rfe1 Qc5 30. Re2 f5 31. exf5 Rbf7 32. fxg6 Rxf2+ 33. Bg2 Rxe2
34. Qxe2 hxg6 35. Qg4 Kh7 36. h5 Be8 37. hxg6+ Bxg6 38. Ne7 Bc2 39. Be4+ 1-0

[Event "EU-ch rapid"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2004.11.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Iljushin, Alexei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2004.11.28"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Carlos Torre Wimbledon 17th"]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "2004.12.17"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2004.12.13"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3 {The idea behind
this move is to bring the bishop to f3!} c5 7. O-O Nxe4 (7... cxd4 8. Nxd4 Be7
9. Re1 O-O 10. c3 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Nf6 12. Bc2 Bd7 13. Qd3 g6 14. Bh6 Re8 15. Qf3
Qb6 16. Bb3 Rad8 17. Re2 Bc6 18. Nxc6 Qxc6 19. Qxc6 bxc6 20. h3 $16 {Yemelin,
V-Erendzhenov,S/RUS-ch Elista 1995}) 8. Bxe4 Nf6 (8... Be7 $5 9. Qe2 (9. c4 $5
O-O 10. Re1 Nf6 11. Bc2 cxd4 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 d3 $5 14. Bxd3 Nh5 15. Bxe7
Qxe7 16. Ne5 $14 {Zapata Alonso-Hoffman Alejandro/It (open), Buenos Aires 
(Argentina) 1996}) 9... Qb6 (9... Nf6 $6 10. dxc5 $1 Nxe4 $6 11. Qxe4 Bxc5 12.
Qe5 $1 $36 Bf8 13. Re1 Qd6 14. Qb5+ Qd7 15. Qh5 Qc7 16. Nd4 $16 {Tseshkovsky
Vitaly-Doroshkievich Vladimir K/Tournament, Novorossijsk (Russia) 1995 (38)})
10. Rd1 O-O 11. c3 Rd8 12. Bc2 Nf8 13. Be3 $14 {Ebeling,M-Kujala,A/FIN-chT
1989 (31)}) 9. Bg5 {Very popular variation during last couple of years.} cxd4 (
9... h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. c3 $5 Bd6 12. Qa4+ Bd7 13. Qa3 Qe7 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15.
b4 Bb6 16. Bxb7 $16 {Honfi,K-Dolgener,T/Budapest FS09 IM-B 1995}) 10. Nxd4 (10.
Qe2 Be7 11. Rad1 Nxe4 (11... Qb6 12. Nxd4 Bd7 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Rfe1 Bc5 15.
Nb3 Bb4 16. c3 Be7 17. Qh5 $36 {Kovacevic,A-Kosic,D/YUG 2000/EXT}) 12. Rxd4
Qxd4 $2 13. Nxd4 Nxg5 14. f4 $16 {Morozevich,A-Zakharevich,I/RUS-Cup6 1997}
Nh3+ (14... O-O $5 15. fxg5 Bxg5 16. Nf3 Bd8 $6 17. Qe4 $1 $16 {Rublevsky,
S-Zakharevich,I/Maikop 1998/CBM 66}) 15. gxh3 O-O 16. Qe4 $14 {Morozevich,
A-Zakharevich,I/RUS-Cup6 1997}) 10... Be7 (10... Bc5 11. c3 (11. Nb3 Bd6 12.
Bxf6 gxf6 13. Qh5 f5 14. Bxf5 $4 exf5 15. Rfe1+ Be7 $19 {Ardeleanu,A-Negulescu,
A/Cupa Dinamo 1998}) 11... h6 $5 12. Bxf6 $5 Qxf6 13. Qa4+ Bd7 14. Qc4 Bxd4 15.
cxd4 Rc8 16. Qb4 $36 {Rublevsky,S-Christiansen,L/WchT 4th 1997}) (10... h6 $6
11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Qd3 a6 13. Rad1 Bc5 (13... Be7 14. Nc6 $14) 14. Nb3 Ba7 15.
Na5 $16) 11. Bf3 {The bishop has to remain on the diagonal h1-a8 to put a
pressure on black's queenside.} (11. Bd3 O-O 12. c3 Qd5 $1 13. Nf3 Rd8 14. Bc2
Qxd1 15. Raxd1 Bd7 $11 {Pandavos,P-Ellison,D/Balatonbereny op 1992}) 11... O-O
(11... a6 12. Re1 O-O 13. c3 Qa5 14. Bf4 Rd8 15. Qe2 Nd5 16. Bg3 Bf6 17. Nb3
Qb6 18. Rad1 $14 {Buckan,J-Poulsen,M/Kiel 2003}) 12. c4 (12. c3 Qa5 (12... e5
13. Nc2 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Ne3 Rb8 $11) 13. Bh4 Nd5 14. Bg3 Rd8 15. Qe2 Qb6
16. Rfd1 $14 {Womacka,M-Kuenitz,K/Seefeld 2000}) (12. Re1 Qc7 (12... Qb6 13.
Nb3 (13. Nf5 exf5 14. Rxe7 Ne4 15. Bxe4 fxe4 16. Qd5 Qxb2 17. Rc1 Be6 18. Qxe4
Qxa2 19. Qxb7 Rac8 20. Qxa7 Rxc2 {1/2-1/2 Cheparinov,I-Perez,R/Seville 2004/
CBM 098 ext (20)}) 13... Rd8 14. Qe2 Bd7 15. Bd2 $5 {[%cal Gd2a5]} Bb4 16. c3
Bd6 {[%csl Ge5]} 17. c4 $5 a5 $132 {Polgar,J-Van Wely,L/Hoogeveen 2001}) 13. c3
a6 14. Bh4 (14. Qd2 Rd8 15. Rad1 Bd7 16. Nf5 {[%cal Ge1e7]} Ba4 $1 {[%cal
Gd8d1,Ga4d1]} 17. Qf4 Rxd1 $1 18. Bxd1 Qxf4 19. Nxe7+ Kf8 $11 {Aseev,
K-Feoktistov,A/Elista 2001}) 14... Bd6 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. g3 Rd8 17. Bg2 Bf8 18.
Qh5 Bg7 19. Rad1 Qb6 20. Nb3 $14 {Shirov,A-Anand,V/Wijk aan Zee 2001}) 12...
Qc7 (12... a6 13. Bf4 Qb6 14. Nb3 Bd7 15. Qd4 Qxd4 16. Nxd4 Ra7 17. Bc7 Bc5 18.
Nb3 $14 {Svidler,P-Bareev,E/Monaco 2004}) (12... Qb6 13. Nb3 Rd8 14. Qe2 Bd7
15. Bd2 a5 16. Qe5 $14 {Antoniewski,R-Meier,G/Deizisau 2004}) 13. Qc1 Bd7 {
Nogueiras doesn't want to push ...e5 which was successfully tried by Pelletier
earlier the same year:} (13... a6 14. Re1 e5 15. Nc2 Qxc4 16. Rxe5 Be6 17. Ne3
Qxc1+ 18. Rxc1 Rac8 $11 {Morozevich,A-Pelletier,Y/Biel 2004}) 14. Re1 Rfe8 15.
b3 Qb6 16. Rd1 Rad8 ({There was nothing wrong with} 16... e5 17. Nc2 Rad8 18.
Ne3 e4 19. Be2 Be6 $11 {and black pieces are very comfortably placed.}) 17. Be3
{Starting the series of manouvres which don't change much in the position.} Bc5
18. Qc3 a6 19. h3 Bb4 20. Qb2 Qc7 21. a3 Bd6 22. Rd2 Bc8 23. Rad1 Be7 24. Qa2
h6 25. Qb2 Nd7 26. g3 Bf6 27. Bg2 Ne5 28. c5 $6 {Drasticly changing the
character of play! The move by itself is hardly a strong one, but to prove it
black had to calculate accurately a few lines.} Ng6 $2 {Trusting the opponent!
It was much better to take on c5} (28... Qxc5 $1 29. Nxe6 Rxd2 30. Qxd2 (30.
Rxd2 Qe7 31. Nd4 Bxh3 $1 32. Bxh3 Nf3+ 33. Kf1 Nxd2+ 34. Qxd2 Rd8 $17) 30...
Qe7 31. Nf4 (31. Nc5 Bxh3 $1 32. Bxb7 Bg4 $17) 31... Qxa3 32. Nd5 Bd8 33. Qc2
Be6 34. Bc5 $44 {and white's initiative should be enough for a draw, but
hardly for more than that.}) 29. b4 $14 {Now white is well in control of the
game.} Ne7 30. Qc2 Nd5 (30... e5 31. Ne2 Bf5 32. Qa4 Nc6 33. Nc3 $14) 31. Nf5
$1 Nxe3 (31... exf5 32. Rxd5 Rxd5 33. Rxd5 (33. Bxd5 $2 Rxe3 $1 34. fxe3 Qxg3+
35. Qg2 Qxe3+ 36. Kh1 Qxa3 $17) 33... Be5 (33... Rxe3 34. fxe3 Qxg3 35. Qf2 Qg6
36. Qf4 $16) 34. Bd4 Bxd4 35. Rxd4 Qe5 36. Qd2 $16) 32. Nxe3 {[%csl Ge3][%cal
Ge3c4,Gc4b6,Gc4d6]} Rxd2 33. Rxd2 Rd8 $6 (33... b6 34. Nc4 bxc5 35. Nd6 Rd8 36.
Qxc5 (36. bxc5 Be7 37. Bf3 e5 38. Kg2 Be6 $11) 36... Qb8 37. Qc6 $14 Be7 $140
$2 38. Nf5 $1 exf5 39. Rxd8+ Bxd8 40. Qe8+ $18) 34. Nc4 {[%csl Rb7][%cal Gc4d6]
} Rd4 (34... Bd7 35. Qd1 Bb5 36. Rxd8+ Bxd8 37. Nd6 Bc6 38. Nxb7 $16) 35. Nb6
$18 a5 (35... g6 36. Rxd4 Bxd4 37. Qe4 Bb2 38. Nxc8 Qxc8 39. Qxb7 Qxb7 40. Bxb7
$18) 36. Rxd4 Bxd4 37. Qa4 $1 $18 Qxg3 38. Qe8+ Kh7 39. Qxf7 1-0

[Event "Carlos Torre Wimbledon 17th"]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "2004.12.17"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2004.12.13"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. cxd3 Bd6 7. Bg3 c5 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. Qxb6 Bxb6 11. Nc3 Nc6 12. Ke2 Nh5 13. Na4 Nxg3+ 14.
hxg3 Ke7 15. a3 Bc7 16. Rac1 Bd6 17. Rc2 Rac8 18. Rhc1 Rc7 19. Nc3 Rd7 20. Nb5
a6 21. Nc3 Na7 22. Na4 Nb5 23. Nd2 Rb8 24. Nb3 Rc7 25. Rxc7+ Bxc7 26. f4 h5 27.
Kf3 g6 28. e4 dxe4+ 29. dxe4 Rd8 30. Nbc5 h4 31. Ke3 hxg3 32. Nxb7 Rh8 33. Rc6
Rh4 34. Rxa6 Bxf4+ 35. Kd3 Rh2 36. Kc4 Nc7 37. Kd4 0-1

[Event "Carlos Torre Wimbledon 17th"]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "2004.12.18"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2004.12.13"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nf3 d6 5. c3 Bb6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Bb3 Be6 8. Nc4
Nbd7 9. Bc2 Bxc4 10. dxc4 a5 11. Qe2 a4 12. Nh4 g6 13. Bh6 Re8 14. g3 Qe7 15.
h3 c6 16. Rd1 Bc7 17. O-O Qe6 18. Kh2 Nb6 19. Bd3 Nfd7 20. Be3 Nc5 21. Bxc5
dxc5 22. Ng2 Nd7 23. Ne3 Nf6 24. Rd2 h5 25. h4 Bd6 26. Rfd1 Bf8 27. f3 Red8 28.
Qe1 Bh6 29. Bf1 Rxd2+ 30. Rxd2 Qe7 31. Bh3 Rd8 32. Qd1 Rxd2+ 33. Qxd2 Ne8 34.
Qe2 Nd6 35. b3 Qc7 36. Qd3 Kf8 37. Nd1 Ke7 38. Bf1 Qa5 39. Qb1 axb3 40. axb3 g5
41. Qc1 Qa2+ 42. Qb2 Qxb2+ 43. Nxb2 gxh4 44. gxh4 Bd2 45. Na4 Be3 46. Kh3 Ne8
47. Nb2 Ng7 48. Nd3 Kd6 49. Be2 Bd2 50. b4 Ne6 51. f4 Nxf4+ 52. Nxf4 exf4 53.
Bxh5 Bxc3 54. bxc5+ Kxc5 55. Bxf7 Kd4 56. Kg2 Kxe4 57. h5 Bg7 58. Kf2 Bh6 59.
Be6 Kd4 60. Ke2 Bg5 61. Bc8 b5 62. cxb5 cxb5 63. Kd2 b4 64. Kc2 f3 65. Kb3 f2
66. Ba6 Kc5 67. Bf1 Bh6 68. Be2 Bf8 69. Bf1 Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Carlos Torre Wimbledon 17th"]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "2004.12.18"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2004.12.13"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. Qb3 c5 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Qxc3 d6 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. Rd1 a5 11. e3 Ra6 12. Nd2 Nbd7 13. f3 O-O 14. Bd3 Qb6
15. O-O Rb8 16. Rb1 Bc6 17. b3 Qb7 18. Rb2 Rb6 19. Rfb1 Qa7 20. Bc2 Ba8 21. Bh4
Re8 22. Rd1 h6 23. Kh1 Rc8 24. Rbb1 Bc6 25. e4 Ne8 26. Bf2 Qa6 27. Nf1 Ba8 28.
Ne3 Ne5 29. Bg3 f6 30. h3 a4 31. bxa4 Rxb1 32. Rxb1 Nc6 33. Be1 Nd4 34. a5 Bc6
35. Bd3 Nc7 36. Nc2 Nxc2 37. Bxc2 e5 38. Qb2 Qa8 39. Bd1 Kf7 40. Kg1 Ke7 41.
Kf2 Ne6 42. Qb6 Nf8 43. a6 Nd7 44. Qa5 Qa7 45. Ba4 Rb8 46. Bb5 Rb6 47. Rd1 Nb8
48. Qd2 Bxb5 49. cxb5 Rxb5 50. Qxd6+ Kf7 51. a4 Rb2+ 52. Rd2 Rb1 53. Kg3 Qxa6
54. Qxc5 Qxa4 55. Rd8 Rxe1 56. Rxb8 Qd7 57. Qb4 Rc1 58. Rb7 Rc7 59. Rxc7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Carlos Torre Wimbledon 17th"]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "2004.12.18"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2004.12.13"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 32]} 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nf3 O-O (4... d6) (4... Nc6 {
leads to the Italian Game.}) 5. Bg5 ({On} 5. Nxe5 $6 {Black opens up the lines
against the K in the [+].} d5 $1 6. exd5 Re8 7. f4 Bd4 $17) (5. O-O $142 {
is more flexible.} d6 6. c3 (6. Nc3 Nc6 {- C50}) 6... Bb6 (6... Nbd7 7. b4 (7.
Bb3 a6 $13) 7... Bb6 8. a4 a5 (8... c6 9. a5 Bc7 {/\ d5})) (6... Bg4 7. h3 Bh5
{This pin is usually not a big deal.} 8. Re1 (8. Nbd2 $5) 8... Nbd7 9. Nbd2 c6
10. d4 (10. Bb3 d5 11. exd5 (11. Nf1 $2 {allows Black a direct -> against ><
f2.} dxe4 12. dxe4 Qb6 $1 13. Qe2 Nxe4 $1 14. Qxe4 Bxf2+ 15. Kh1 Nf6 $36 {
Ermenkov-Barua, Calcutta 1988}) 11... cxd5 12. g4 Bg6 13. d4 (13. g5 Nh5 $13) (
13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Rxe5 Bxd3 $17) 13... exd4 14. cxd4 Bb6 $13 {and White has
weakened his >>.}) (10. b4 Bb6 11. Bb3 (11. a4 d5) 11... a5) 10... Bb6 11. Bb3
$11) (6... a6 {against b4} 7. d4 exd4 8. cxd4 Ba7 9. Nc3 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 d5 {
is an interesting try.}) 7. Bb3 (7. Nbd2 Bg4 (7... c6) 8. h3 Bh5 9. Re1 Nbd7
10. Nf1 c6 11. Bb3 (11. Ng3 Bg6 12. Bg5 (12. Nh4 Nxe4 $1) 12... h6) 11... Nc5
12. Bc2 Re8 13. Ng3 (13. g4 $6 {unnecessarily weakening the whole >>.} Bg6 14.
Ng3 d5 15. b4 Ncd7 16. Rb1 Nf8 {/\ Ne6 >< f4} 17. Qe2 Ne6 18. Nf5 Qc7 $15 {
and >< f4 becomes vulnerable, Nunn-Stean, Marbella 1982.}) 13... Bg6 14. Be3
Ne6 15. d4) 7... c6 8. Nbd2 Nbd7 (8... Re8 9. Re1 h6 (9... Nbd7 {- 8...Nbd7})
10. h3 Be6 11. Nf1 (11. Bxe6 Rxe6 12. Nc4 Bc7 13. Ne3 Nbd7 $11) 11... Nbd7 12.
Ng3 d5 13. Bc2 (13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Rxe3 Qc7 $11) 13... a5 14. Nh2 dxe4 15. dxe4
Bc5 $11 {Yu Shaoteng-I.Sokolov, Wijk aan Zee 2002}) 9. Re1 (9. h3 d5 10. Re1
Re8 11. Bc2 Bc7 12. Nf1 Nf8 13. Ng3 Ng6 14. Be3 {with two extra tempo for
White in a symmetrical position, and still nothing special!} (14. Qe2 Nf4 $132
{Adams-P.Nielsen, playchess.com INT 2004})) (9. d4 Re8 10. Re1 (10. Ng5 $6 {
White cannot make profit from the temporary weakness of f7.} d5 $1 11. exd5
cxd5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Ndf3 Bg4 $15 {Kuijf-Finegold, Amsterdam 1989})) 9... Re8
10. Nf1 (10. d4) 10... h6 11. Ng3 d5 12. h3 (12. exd5 {giving up the [+] can
only be good if White gets something very important for it immediately.} cxd5
13. Ba4 (13. Be3 Bxe3 $11) 13... Ng4 14. d4 e4 15. h3 Ngf6 16. Nh2 Re6 $13 {
Bosboom-Finegold, Wijk aan Zee 1991}) 12... Bc7 13. Nh2 (13. Be3) 13... Nc5 14.
Bc2 dxe4 {The exchange of Q leads to an equal position.} 15. dxe4 Qxd1 16. Rxd1
Be6 17. Be3 Ncd7 18. Nhf1 Bb6 19. Rd2 {1/2-1/2 Degraeve-Finegold, Ostend 1990})
5... d6 6. Nbd2 Be6 (6... h6 7. Bh4) 7. c3 Nbd7 8. b4 $5 (8. O-O h6 9. Bh4 Qe7
$11 {and the pin is not dangerous at all.}) 8... Bb6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. Nc4 {
White's plan looks rather harmless, the black cental P formation is strong.} h6
11. Bd2 (11. Bh4 Qe8 12. O-O Nh5 {and the B on h4 has no more perspectives.}
13. a4 a5 $132) 11... d5 12. Nxb6 axb6 13. Qe2 c6 (13... Qe8 14. O-O Qg6 15.
Rfe1 b5 {fixing the weakness on the a file.} 16. exd5 exd5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18.
Qxe5 Qxd3 $11) 14. O-O Qc7 {Black has to overprotect >< e5.} (14... Qe8 15. a4
Qg6 16. Rfe1 Rae8 17. a5 $14) 15. Ne1 $6 {This is a slow, sophisticated
manoeuvre.} (15. Rfe1 Rae8 16. a4 $13 {improving the P structure on the << was
more to the point.}) 15... b5 $1 {Black has finally fixed the weak a2 P.} 16.
Nc2 dxe4 (16... Ra4 {with the idea of doubling the rooks on the a file was
promising.} 17. f3 Rfa8 18. a3 Nh5) 17. dxe4 Nb6 {The doubled pawns in the [+]
are not weak at all.} 18. Rfd1 Ra4 (18... Rfd8) 19. f3 Rfa8 20. a3 Nc4 {>< a3}
21. Bc1 $2 {White defends his weak a P passively.} ({The active} 21. Ne3 $5
Nxa3 22. Be1 $44 {playing against the N on the edge of the board deserved
attention.}) 21... Nd7 22. Rb1 Ndb6 {with a total control of the light squares
on the <<.} 23. Rd3 Kh7 24. h3 {White still sticks to his wait and see
strategy.} (24. Be3 $5 {again was the active try to get rid of the weak P, but
activating the pieces.} Nxa3 (24... Nxe3 25. Qxe3 Nc4 26. Qe1 Nxa3 27. Nxa3
Rxa3 28. Rbd1 {White is a P down, but the _|_ with rooks and Q is always very
difficult.} Qf7 29. Qg3 (29. Rd7 Qg6 30. Rxb7 Ra2 31. Qg3 Rc2 32. Rc7 Raa2 $17
{and Black has the the absolute control of the 2-nd rank.})) 25. Nxa3 Rxa3 26.
Rbd1 (26. Bxb6 Qxb6+ 27. Qf2 Qxf2+ 28. Kxf2 Ra2+ 29. Kg3 Rc2 $17) 26... Ra2 $1
(26... Nc4 27. Rd7 Qc8 28. Qe1 (28. Re7 Ra1 29. Bc1 R8a2) 28... Ra1 $15) 27.
Qe1 Rc2 $15 {/\ Raa2 with lethal threats on the 2-nd rank.}) 24... Rd8 25. Ra1
Rda8 $5 (25... Rxd3 26. Qxd3 Ra8 $15) 26. Rd1 R4a6 27. Qe1 Rd8 {Black didn't
find the clear-cut plan yet.} 28. Be3 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 (29. Qxd1 Na4 30. Qe1 Nab2
$17) 29... Nb2 $1 30. Rb1 (30. Rd2 N6c4 31. Re2 Qd6 $17) 30... N6c4 {Black's
knights are really impressive, they invade the weakened light squares on the
<<.} 31. Qe2 Ra8 $1 32. Bf2 (32. Bc1 Na4 $17 {leaving White with the bad B.})
32... Rd8 33. Be1 Rd3 34. Na1 $2 {Now the black pieces penetrate with a great
effect.} (34. Ra1 Qd8 $17) 34... Re3 $1 $19 35. Qc2 Nd3 36. Bf2 Nxa3 37. Qd2 (
37. Qa2 Nxf2 38. Qxa3 Nd3 $19) 37... Nc4 38. Qxe3 {Desperation.} Nxe3 39. Bxe3
Qc8 (39... c5 $19) 40. Nb3 b6 $1 41. Bxb6 Qa6 42. Be3 Qa2 43. Nd2 Qc2 44. Kh2
Qxc3 45. Nf1 Qc2 46. Ra1 Nxb4 47. Rc1 0-1

[Event "Carlos Torre Wimbledon 17th"]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "2004.12.18"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2004.12.13"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Na6 7. O-O O-O 8. Bf4
c5 9. d5 d6 10. e4 Nc7 11. Re1 e5 12. Bd2 a6 13. Bf1 Bc8 14. Rb1 Rb8 15. b4
cxb4 16. Rxb4 Nd7 17. Qb1 Na8 18. Na4 Qc7 19. Be3 Rb7 20. Nd2 Nc5 21. Nxc5 bxc5
22. Rxb7 Bxb7 23. Bh3 Bc8 24. Bxc8 Rxc8 25. Qc2 Nb6 26. Rb1 Bd8 27. h4 Qd7 28.
Kg2 g6 29. Bg5 f6 30. Bxf6 Bxf6 31. Rxb6 Rf8 32. Nf3 a5 33. Rb5 Bd8 34. Nh2 Kg7
35. a4 Rf7 36. Qe2 h5 37. Qe3 Qe8 38. Nf3 Qf8 39. Qb3 g5 40. hxg5 h4 41. Rb7
Bc7 42. gxh4 Qc8 43. Nh2 Rf4 44. Qb6 Rf7 45. Qc6 Kg6 46. f3 Kh5 47. Kg3 1-0

[Event "Carlos Torre Wimbledon 17th"]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "2004.12.19"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Quesada Perez, Yuniesky"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2004.12.13"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Nd2 O-O 5. Bg2 c5 6. a3 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 cxd4 8.
Nf3 d5 9. cxd5 Qxd5 10. Qxd4 Nc6 11. Qxd5 Nxd5 12. O-O b6 13. Rd1 Ba6 14. e4
Nf6 15. Bf4 Rfd8 16. Rac1 Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Rc8 18. Ne1 e5 19. Bg5 Nd4 20. f3 h6
21. Be3 Nc2 22. Bd2 Rd8 23. Kf2 Na1 24. Bf1 Bxf1 25. Kxf1 Nb3 26. Ke2 Kf8 27.
Bc3 Rxd1 28. Kxd1 Nd7 29. Nd3 f6 30. Kc2 Na1+ 31. Kb1 Nb3 32. Ka2 Nbc5 33. Nxc5
bxc5 34. Kb3 Ke7 35. Kc4 Kd6 36. Kb5 Nb8 37. b4 Nc6 38. bxc5+ Kd7 39. f4 g5 40.
fxe5 fxe5 41. g4 Kc7 42. Kc4 1-0

[Event "Carlos Torre Wimbledon 17th"]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "2004.12.19"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Quesada Perez, Yuniesky"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2004.12.13"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. c3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. h3 O-O 8. Be3
Bd7 9. Ba4 Qe8 10. Nbd2 Nh5 11. g4 Nf6 12. Nh2 Nd8 13. Bb3 Ne6 14. d4 Qe7 15.
Bc2 h5 16. Ndf3 hxg4 17. hxg4 exd4 18. cxd4 d5 19. e5 Ne4 20. Bb3 c6 21. Nd2 c5
22. f4 cxd4 23. Nxe4 dxe3 24. Qxd5 e2 25. Rf2 Bc6 26. Qc4 Nxf4 27. Rxf4 Bxe5
28. g5 Bxf4 29. Nf6+ Qxf6 0-1

[Event "Carlos Torre Wimbledon 17th"]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "2004.12.20"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Graf, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C97"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2004.12.13"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Rd8 13. b3 Bd7 14. Nf1 Nc6 15. d5
Nb8 16. a4 Ra7 17. b4 c4 18. Be3 Rb7 19. axb5 axb5 20. g4 Rf8 21. Ng3 Bc8 22.
Qd2 Bd8 23. Nf5 Ne8 24. Kh1 Nd7 25. Ng5 Nb6 26. f4 exf4 27. Bxf4 Bxf5 28. exf5
Nf6 29. Bg3 h6 30. Nf3 Be7 31. Ra5 Nbxd5 32. h4 Nxc3 33. Qxc3 Nxg4 34. Ra6 Qd7
35. Qd4 h5 36. Bxd6 Bf6 37. Qd5 Rd8 38. Ng5 Ra7 39. Rb6 Re8 40. Ne4 Bc3 41. Re2
Qd8 42. f6 Qxb6 43. Bc5 Ra1+ 44. Kg2 Qd8 45. Qxd8 Rxd8 46. Nxc3 Nxf6 47. Nxb5
Nd5 48. Kg3 Ra2 49. Bh7+ Kxh7 50. Rxa2 f6 51. Rd2 Rd7 52. Rd4 f5 53. Nc3 Nf6
54. Rxd7 Nxd7 55. Kf4 g6 56. Bd4 Kg8 57. b5 Kf7 58. b6 Ke6 59. Kg5 1-0

[Event "Carlos Torre Wimbledon 17th"]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "2004.12.20"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Graf, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2004.12.13"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. f4
Nc6 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. e5 $146 {A new concept since lines after 10.d5 were proven
equal for black. Unfortunatelly for white Ivanchuk reacts simply and strongly.}
(10. d5 Na5 11. Bd4 e5 (11... Bxf3 12. gxf3 e5 13. fxe5 Nac4 14. Bxc4 Nxc4 15.
Qe2 Nxe5 16. O-O-O Qh4 17. Rdf1 Rfe8 18. Kb1 Bh6 19. Nb5 Qd8 20. f4 Nc6 21. Bc3
a6 22. dxc6 axb5 23. cxb7 Rb8 24. Qxb5 Rxe4 25. Re1 Rxf4 26. Qe5 {Temirbaev,
S-Malisauskas,V/Uzhgorod 1988/ (33)}) 12. fxe5 (12. Bxe5 Bxe5 13. fxe5 Bxf3 14.
Qxf3 Nac4 15. Bxc4 Nxc4 {1/2-1/2 Musat,A-Gerard,N/Bucharest 2002/}) 12... Qe7
13. Be2 Nac4 14. O-O Bxf3 15. Rxf3 Nxe5 16. Rf2 c6 17. Bxe5 Bxe5 18. Rf3 Bxc3
19. Rxc3 Qxe4 20. Bf3 Qf4 21. Rac1 {1/2-1/2 Sorin,A-Minzer,C/Salta 1995/})
10... Bxf3 $1 11. Qxf3 (11. gxf3 e6 12. Rg1 Qh4+ $15) 11... Nxd4 12. Qe4 (12.
Bxd4 Qxd4 13. Rd1 Qb4 14. Rd2 Rfd8 $15) (12. Qf2 c5 13. Rd1 f6 $15) 12... c5
13. Rd1 Qc7 14. g3 $6 {Graf has missed his chance to play the sensible move 14.
Nb5!? with good compensation for the missing pawn.} (14. Bxd4 cxd4 15. Nb5 Qc5
16. Nxd4 Qb4+ 17. Rd2 Rfc8 $15) (14. Nb5 $5 Nxb5 15. Bxb5 Rad8 16. O-O $11)
14... f5 $1 15. Qg2 (15. exf6 exf6 16. Nb5 Qf7 17. Nxd4 Rfe8 $17) 15... Rfd8
16. Qf2 e6 17. Bg2 (17. Bxd4 cxd4 18. Rxd4 Rxd4 19. Qxd4 Rd8 20. Qf2 Bf8 $17)
17... Nc4 18. Bc1 (18. Bxd4 cxd4 19. Rxd4 Rxd4 20. Qxd4 Rd8 21. Qf2 Bf8 $17)
18... Rd7 19. O-O Rad8 20. b3 Qa5 (20... Na5 21. Be3 Nac6 $15) 21. Na4 $2 {
The move like this is so unnatural, that it is hardly the best one.} (21. Ne2
$1 Nxe2+ 22. Qxe2 Nd2 23. Bxd2 Rxd2 24. Rxd2 Rxd2 25. Qc4 Qb6 26. Rf2 Rd4 $15)
21... Bf8 22. Kh1 b5 23. bxc4 (23. Rd3 Nxe5 24. fxe5 bxa4 $17) 23... Qxa4 24.
cxb5 c4 (24... Qxb5 25. Be3 Qe2 26. Kg1 Qxf2+ 27. Kxf2 $15) 25. Be3 c3 $1 {
Excellent feeling for the position enabled Ivanchuk to judge c passed pawn as
crucial element.} (25... Nxb5 $6 26. Rxd7 Rxd7 27. Bc6 Rd3 28. Bc5 a6 29. Bxf8
Kxf8 30. Qb6 $11) 26. Rd3 (26. Bxd4 Rxd4 27. Rxd4 Rxd4 28. Bf3 (28. Qf3 c2 29.
Qc6 Qc4 30. Qxc4 Rxc4 31. Rc1 Ba3 $19) 28... c2 29. Rc1 Rd1+ $19) 26... Qc4 27.
Rxd4 (27. Rc1 Qxd3 28. Bf1 Qe4+ 29. Bg2 Nf3 30. Bxf3 Qc4 $19) 27... Rxd4 28.
Bxd4 Rxd4 29. Rc1 (29. Qg1 c2 30. Rc1 Bc5 31. Qe1 Ba3 $19) 29... Ba3 {Graf
clearly has no compensation for his suffering.} 30. Bf1 (30. Rc2 Rd1+ $19)
30... Qd5+ 31. Bg2 Rd1+ 0-1

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.02.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2005.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. d4 a6 6. b3 Bb4 7. Bd2 Nbd7 8. Bd3
O-O 9. O-O Qe7 10. Qc2 e5 {Das wesentliche Thema in dieser Stellung ist der
Zug ...e6-e5. Für Schwarz stellt sich nur die Frage, ob er diesen Zug sofort,
nach Vorbereitung oder nach dem Tausch ...dxc4 spielt. Riazantsev konnte mit
10...e5 in der ersten Runde ein Unentschieden erzielen. Nun entscheidet er
sich anders.} (10... h6 {1/2-1/2 Akopian,V-Riazantsev,A/Moscow 2005/CBM 106_01/
[Lutz] (40) Lutz}) (10... dxc4 11. bxc4 e5 12. Bf5 (12. Nh4 g6 13. f4 $2 Ng4
14. Nf3 Bxc3 15. Qxc3 e4 16. Bc2 exf3 17. gxf3 Ngf6 18. e4 Nh5 $17 {1/2-1/2
Ehlvest,J-Stripunsky,A/New York 2004/CBM 103 ext (44)}) (12. Ne4 Bxd2 13. Nfxd2
Nxe4 14. Nxe4 f5 15. Nd2 e4 16. Be2 c5 17. d5 Ne5 18. Rab1 Rf6 19. Qc3 b6 20.
h3 Bd7 $132 {1-0 Mohr,S-Clara,H/Germany 1990/GER-chT (69)}) 12... Re8 13. Rab1
a5 14. Ne2 exd4 15. Nexd4 g6 16. Bh3 Ne4 17. Bc1 Ndf6 {1/2-1/2 Korotylev,
A-Georgiev,V/Wijk aan Zee 2005/CBM 105 (17)}) 11. dxe5 (11. cxd5 {Gurevich,M}
Bxc3 12. Qxc3 e4 13. dxc6 Nd5 $15) (11. Nxd5 $6 {Gurevich,M} cxd5 12. Bxb4 Qxb4
13. dxe5 Ng4 14. cxd5 Ndxe5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Bxh7+ Kh8 $15) 11... Nxe5 (11...
dxc4 {ist (im Gegensatz zu Akopian-Riazantsev) hier nicht möglich, da der
schwarze Turm noch af f8 steht:} 12. exf6 cxd3 13. fxe7 dxc2 14. exf8=Q+) 12.
Nxe5 Qxe5 13. cxd5 (13. Nxd5 $5 {Gurevich,M} Nxd5 14. cxd5 Bxd2 15. Qxd2 Qxd5
16. Rad1 Bg4 17. f3 Be6 18. Qb4 $14) 13... cxd5 14. Ne2 $14 {Es scheint mir,
dass die Eröffnung für Schwarz nicht so erfolgreich lief, denn es ist eine
Isolani-Stellung entstanden, in der Weiß seine Figuren halbwegs entknotet hat
und über einen kleinen, aber festen Vorteil verfügt.} Bd6 $6 (14... Bxd2 {
Gurevich,M} 15. Qxd2 Bd7 16. Qb4 $14) 15. Ng3 Qe7 $146 (15... Qg5 {Gurevich,M;
/\ ...Ng4} 16. f4 $1 Qh4 17. Rf3 {/\18.Nf5,18.Be1<=> >> (Gurevich,M)} g6 18.
Be1 $1 Qh6 19. Bc3 $16 {0-1 Pinter,J-Gurevich,M/France 2004/CBM 100/[Gurevich,
M] (65)}) 16. Bc3 h6 17. Qb2 Re8 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Qxf6 gxf6 20. Rac1 Kf8 21.
Rfd1 Bg4 22. Be2 Be6 (22... Bxg3 23. Bxg4 $16) 23. Bf3 Rac8 24. Ne2 Ba3 {
Die schwarzen Bauernschwächen geben Weiß natürlich Vorteil, aber Schwarz hat
noch etwas Aktivität.} 25. Rc3 Bb4 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Nf4 Rc2 {Immerhin hat
Schwarz jetzt einen aktiven Turm.} 28. Bxd5 Bg4 29. f3 Bc5 30. Re1 Bc8 31. Kf1
Ba3 32. Re2 Rc1+ 33. Kf2 b6 34. Be4 Bd7 35. Rd2 f5 36. Rxd7 fxe4 37. Rd2 Bb4
38. Re2 exf3 39. gxf3 b5 $2 (39... Bd6 $16 {, und Weiß hätte bis zum
Punktgewinn noch kräftig arbeiten müssen.}) 40. Nd3 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.02.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2005.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. f3 {White chooses a
rare line in the Rauzer variation. The main line is 6.Bg5} e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3
O-O {8...Be6 deserves attention with a further 9...d5. Black easily got an
equality in the next game:} (8... Be6 $5 9. Qd2 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Qxd5
12. Qxd5 Bxd5 13. O-O-O O-O-O 14. Bb5 Kc7 15. Rd2 b6 $11 {Savko-Petkevich
Latvia 1994}) 9. Qd2 a5 $5 {Black starts a counterplay on the queenside. 9...
Be6 is a possible alternative which gives black a fine counterplay as the
games given below show} (9... Na5 $5 10. O-O-O Be6 11. Nxa5 Qxa5 12. Kb1 Kh8
13. g4 b5 14. a3 b4 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Rab8 $132 {1/2-1/2 Kudrin,S-Dlugy,M/
Estes Park 1987/EXT 97 (20)}) (9... Be6 $5 10. Nd5 (10. Rd1 Na5 11. Nd5 Nxd5
12. exd5 Nxb3 13. axb3 Bd7 14. Be2 f5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Prokopchuk,E-Motylev,A/
Moscow 2002/CBM 088/[Hecht] (52)}) (10. O-O-O a6 (10... a5 {It seems a
stronger reaction than} 11. a4 Nb4 12. g4 d5 13. g5 Nxe4 14. fxe4 d4 15. Qg2
Qb8 16. Nxd4 exd4 17. Bxd4 Qf4+ 18. Kb1 Qxg5 $132 {0-1 Pribyl,M-Gross,S/
CZE-chT9495 1995 (64)}) 11. g4 b5 12. h4 Na5 13. Nd5 $13 {Pribl-Pisk,Chech Rep.
1995}) 10... Bxd5 11. exd5 Nb8 12. c4 Nbd7 13. Be2 a5 14. Rd1 Nh5 $132 {
0-1 Van der Mije,A-Gaprindashvili,N/Hyeres 1988/EXT 2004 (33)}) 10. Bb5 (10.
Bd3 a4 11. Nc1 a3 12. b3 Be6 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Bxh7+ Kxh7 16. Qxd5
Ra5 17. Qd3+ f5 $132 {0-1 Willems,L-Pavlov,M/Krakow 1964/EXT 2000 (26)}) (10.
a4 Nb4 11. Rd1 d5 12. Nxd5 Nfxd5 13. exd5 Bf5 $44) 10... Be6 $5 {Black
develops his bishop to an active position and preparing counterplay. 10...Na7
looks less convincing} (10... Na7 11. Bd3 (11. Be2 Be6 $5 12. O-O Nc8 13. Rfd1
Nb6 14. Kh1 a4 $132) 11... Be6 (11... Nc6 12. Bb5 Na7 13. Bd3 Nc6 14. a3 Be6
15. Rd1 h6 (15... d5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Bxh7+) 16. O-O Nd7 $16 {
1-0 Ivanchuk,V-Khalifman,A/Elista 1998/CBM 065/[Atlas,V] (64)}) 12. Qf2 (12.
Rd1 {1-0 Vorobiov,E-Lukin,A/St Petersburg RUS 2002/The Week in Chess 381 (45).
(44) is the main line. ist die Hauptvariante.}) (12. O-O Nc8 13. a4 Nb6 14. Qf2
Nc4 15. Bxc4 Bxc4 16. Rfd1 Qc8 $132 {0-1 Filipenko,A-Miroshnichenko,E/Bled
2000/CBM 75 ext (35)}) 12... Nc6 13. Bb5 d5 $1 {sollte genauer untersucht
werden. Mir scheint, dass Schwarz so spielen kann, z.B.} 14. exd5 (14. Nxd5
Nxd5 15. exd5 Qxd5 16. Nc5 Bxc5 17. Bxc5 Rfd8 18. O-O Nd4 $15) 14... Nxd5 15.
O-O-O a4 16. Nxa4 Qc7 $44) 11. O-O-O {11.Rd1 deserves attention, not deciding
on the position of the king yet} (11. Rd1 $5 {— 86/191}) (11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5
Na7 $5 13. Be2 a4 14. Nc1 Qc7 $132) (11. Rd1 Na7 (11... Nb4 12. a3 Na6 13. Qf2
Nc7 14. Nc5 Qc8 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Qe2 d5 $132) 12. Be2 $16 {1-0 Lobron,
E-Kunsztowicz,U/Bad Neuenahr 1980/EXT 2001 (40)}) 11... Nb4 $5 {A very
interesting move. Although, 11...Na7 and 11...Ne8 with a further transfer of
the knight to the queenside gave black a fine position in the game given below}
(11... Ne8 $5 12. g4 $6 $146 (12. Kb1 Nc7 13. Bb6 Qb8 {/\ Rc8<=>}) 12... Nc7
13. Kb1 Qb8 $1 14. Bb6 Rc8 $132 {0-1 Sanikidze,T-Kacheishvili,G/Georgia (ch)
91/177 2004/Inf 91/[Kacheishvili,G] (35)}) (11... Na7 12. Be2 b5 $1 $146 (12...
Bd7) (12... Nc8 $5 13. Qe1 a4 14. Nc5 Qb6 $36 {0-1 Kriventsov,S-Benjamin,J/San
Diego USA 2004/The Week in Chess 525 (20)}) 13. Bxa7 a4 $1 14. Be3 axb3 15.
cxb3 b4 16. Na4 d5 17. Kb1 d4 18. Bf2 Nd7 $17 {Kriventsov,S-Shabalov,A/New
York (rapid) 91/(177) 2004/Inf 91/[RR] (18)}) 12. a3 (12. Kb1 d5 13. exd5 Nbxd5
14. Nxd5 Bxd5 $132) 12... d5 $5 {A temporarily piece sacrifice. Black restores
the material balance right away.} 13. axb4 d4 14. Nxd4 (14. Bg5 Bxb3 15. cxb3
Qb6 $36) (14. Bxd4 exd4 15. Nxd4 axb4 $36) 14... exd4 15. Qxd4 Qxd4 {Black's
idea is starting to clear up. He sacrifices a pawn but gets enough
compensation for the deficit of material.} 16. Rxd4 {In case of 16.Bd4, as the
variations show, black has a serious compensation for the pawn.} (16. Bxd4 axb4
17. Nb1 (17. Na4 Ra5 18. c4 bxc3 19. Nxc3 Bb3 $44) 17... Nxe4 18. fxe4 Bg5+ 19.
Rd2 Ra1 20. c3 Ba2 21. Bd3 bxc3 22. bxc3 Ra8 $44) 16... axb4 17. Nb1 (17. Nd1
Rfc8 18. Re1 Ra5 $44) 17... Rfc8 18. c4 $6 {White doesn't stand the pressure.
It was better to play 18.Rdd1 trying to consolidate his forces.} (18. Rdd1 $5
h6 (18... Bb3 19. Bd3 Ra2 20. Bd4 $16) 19. Rhe1 Ra2 20. Bd4) 18... bxc3 19.
bxc3 Ra5 $5 {Forcing the white bishop to move from an active position.} 20. Be2
Bc5 21. Rhd1 {White is already forced to give away the exchange either now or
after 21.Rd3 Bc4.} (21. Rd3 Bc4 $36) 21... Nd7 $5 {Black is not in a hurry to
take the exchange and regrouping his pieces to a better position.} 22. Kd2 (22.
R4d3 Bc4 23. Bxc5 Bxd3 24. Be3 Bxe2 25. Rxd7 b5 $17) 22... Ra2+ 23. Ke1 Bxd4
24. Bxd4 (24. cxd4 Bb3 $36) 24... Bb3 25. Rc1 (25. Rd2 Bc2 26. Bb5 Nf8 27. Na3
Ra1+ 28. Kf2 Bxe4 $17) 25... Ra4 {[%cal Ra4d4]} 26. Kd2 Nc5 27. Ke3 Ne6 $17 {
Black has a material advantage and also a positional one.} 28. Be5 f6 29. Bg3
Ra1 {Pinning the knight and putting up more pressure.} 30. Bb5 Ba2 31. Bd7 Rd8
32. Bxe6+ Bxe6 33. c4 Rc8 $19 (33... Rc8 34. c5 Ba2) 0-1

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.02.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2005.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. Nge2 {Harmless continuation
promising white no opening advantage, but Ivanchuk obviously wasn't ready to
test Volkov's skills in the main lines of the McCutcheon variation!} dxe4 6. a3
Be7 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. Nxe4 Bd7 (8... O-O) (8... Be7) 9. g3 (9. Qd3 Bc6 10. O-O-O
Bxe4 11. Qxe4 Qd5 12. Qe3 O-O 13. Nc3 Qa5 14. Ne4 Nd7 15. h4 $14 {Bogoljubow,
E-Reti,R/New York 1924}) (9. N2g3 Bc6 10. c3 Nd7 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O Be7 13. c4
Bxe4 14. Nxe4 Nf6 15. Nc3 Qd7 {1/2-1/2 Van der Fliert,W-Happel,H/Netherlands
1994/EXT 98 (15)}) 9... Bc6 10. Bg2 Bxe4 (10... Be7 11. O-O Nd7 12. c4 Bxe4 13.
Bxe4 c6 14. Qc2 Nf6 15. Bg2 O-O $11 {Canal,E-Rethy,P/Budapest 1933}) 11. Bxe4
c6 12. c3 Nd7 13. Qc2 Qb6 14. O-O g6 {Preparing to castle kingside.} 15. Rad1
Bg7 16. h4 Nf6 (16... O-O 17. h5 Nf6 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. Bf3 Rfe8 20. Nf4 e5 $11)
17. Bf3 h6 $6 {Untill his move black was playing very accurately, but this
attempt to complicate the position is hardly justified.} 18. Nf4 g5 19. hxg5
hxg5 20. Nd3 Nd7 (20... O-O-O 21. Ne5 Qc7 22. b4) 21. b4 Qc7 22. Rfe1 Bf6 23.
b5 $1 $36 {Starting to disturb the king both on the queenside and in the
center.} cxb5 24. d5 {[%cal Ge1e8]} O-O-O (24... e5 25. d6 Qb6 26. Nb4 $36 {
[%cal Gc2f5,Gb4d5]}) (24... Qxc3 25. Qb1 e5 26. Qxb5 Rd8 27. Bg4 $16) 25. dxe6
fxe6 26. Rxe6 {[%cal Gd3b4,Gb4d5]} Bd4 {[%cal Gc7g3]} (26... Rhf8 $5) 27. Kg2
g4 $2 (27... Nc5 $6 28. Re7 $1 (28. Nxc5 Bxc5 29. Qf5 Kb8 30. Rxd8+ Rxd8 31.
Re5 $16) 28... Qxe7 $140 29. cxd4 $18 {[%cal Gc2c8]}) (27... Bb6 28. Nb4 Nc5
29. Ree1 $5 (29. Rxd8+ Rxd8 30. Rg6 Qe5) 29... Rxd1 30. Rxd1 Qh7 (30... Qf7)
31. Qxh7 Rxh7 32. Nd5 Bd8 $14) 28. Bxg4 Kb8 29. Nb4 $18 Ne5 {Transposing into
an endgame with no chances of survival, but it seems that there was no way
back.} 30. Rxd4 Rxd4 31. cxd4 Nxg4 32. Qxc7+ Kxc7 33. Rg6 Nh6 34. Rg7+ Kb6 35.
g4 {[%csl Rh6]} a5 36. Nd5+ Kc6 37. Ne7+ Kc7 38. g5 Ng4 39. Kg3 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.02.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kharlov, Andrei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2005.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. c3 a5 $5 {It's not a very common situation when one of
the players comes up with the novelty on move 3, but for Ivanchuk is not a
common person!} (3... Nc6 4. dxc5 a5 5. a4 (5. e4 dxe4 (5... e6 6. exd5 exd5 7.
Be3 Nf6 8. Bb5 Bd7 9. O-O Be7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Qa4 $16 {Almasi,I-Dao Thien Hai/
Budapest 1994}) 6. Qxd8+ Kxd8 7. Ng5 Ke8 8. Nxe4 f5 9. Ng5 Nf6 10. Bc4 Ne5 11.
Ne6 Ra7 12. Bb5+ Bd7 13. Na3 $16 {Nikolic,S-Marjanovic,S/Pancevo 1987}) (5. Bf4
f6 6. Be3 e5 7. g3 Nge7 8. Bg2 Nf5 9. Qc1 Nxe3 10. Qxe3 Qe7 $11 {Fischdick,
G-Nikolaiczuk,L/Germany 1987}) (5. Nd4 e5 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. b4 Ba6 8. g3 g6 9.
Bg2 Bg7 10. Qa4 Ne7 $15 {Dolgitser,K-La Marca,E/Mineola 1994}) 5... e6 6. Bg5
Nf6 7. e4 dxe4 8. Qxd8+ Nxd8 9. Nfd2 Bxc5 $6 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nxe4 Be7 12. Na3
$14 {Mamedyarov,S-Azmaiparashvili,Z/Benidorm 2003}) 4. dxc5 Nf6 5. c4 (5. e4
Nxe4 $5 (5... dxe4 6. Qxd8+ Kxd8 7. Ng5 Ke8 8. Nd2 (8. Bc4 e6 9. Nd2 e3 10.
Nde4 exf2+ 11. Kxf2 Na6 $13) 8... Bf5 9. Bb5+ Nc6 10. f3 exf3 11. Ngxf3 Bd7 $13
) 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Qxd5 Bxb5 8. Qxe4 Bc6 $44) 5... e6 6. cxd5 Bxc5 7. Qc2 (7.
dxe6 $4 Bxf2+ $19) 7... Bb4+ $5 (7... Qxd5 8. Nc3 Qh5 9. Bg5 Nbd7 10. e3 O-O
$11) 8. Bd2 exd5 9. Bxb4 axb4 $11 {[%csl Gc3] Both players played an opening
in a very creative fashion. Arising position is equal, but a full of life.} 10.
Nbd2 Nc6 11. Nb3 (11. e3 d4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. exd4 O-O 14. Be2 Qxd4 15. Nf3 $11
) 11... Bg4 12. g3 Rc8 (12... Bxf3 13. exf3 O-O 14. Be2 Rc8 15. O-O Ne5 16. Qd2
Qb6 17. Qd4 $11) 13. Qd1 (13. Qd3 $5) 13... O-O 14. Bg2 Qb6 15. O-O Rfd8 16.
Qd2 h6 17. Rfd1 (17. Rad1 Ra8) 17... Ne4 18. Qe1 d4 19. Nc1 (19. Nfxd4 $2 Nxd4
20. Bxe4 Nxe2+ 21. Kg2 f5 22. f3 (22. Bd5+ $2 Rxd5 23. Rxd5 Qc6 24. Qd2 Rd8 25.
Rd1 Nf4+ $1 $19 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Gg4d1]}) 22... fxe4 23. fxg4 Rc2 $19 {[%csl
Rg2]}) 19... Nc5 20. Nd3 Nxd3 (20... Bxf3 21. Bxf3 Nxd3 22. exd3 b3 23. axb3
Qxb3 24. Qd2 $11) 21. Rxd3 Ra8 22. Rd2 $5 {[%csl Ga2][%cal Gb2b3,Gd2a2]} Ra5
23. Qd1 Be6 24. b3 Bf5 25. h3 (25. Ne1) 25... Be4 26. Ne1 Bxg2 27. Kxg2 Rc5 28.
Nf3 Rc3 29. Qb1 $1 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Gb1e4]} Qa5 $6 (29... d3 $5 30. exd3 Qb5
31. d4 $140 $6 Rxf3 32. Kxf3 Nxd4+ 33. Rxd4 Rxd4 34. Kg2 Qd5+ 35. Kg1 Rd2 36.
Qe1 $11) 30. Qe4 $1 Rxb3 31. Rad1 $6 (31. axb3 $1 Qxa1 32. e3 Qc3 (32... dxe3
$2 33. Rxd8+ Nxd8 34. Qe8+ Kh7 35. Qxd8 $18) 33. Rd3 (33. exd4 Qxb3 34. d5 Na5
35. Qe7 Rf8 36. Rd4 $36) 33... Qc5 34. Nxd4 Qd6 35. Rd2 $14) 31... Ra3 32. Nxd4
Qd5 (32... Nxd4 $2 33. Rxd4 Rxd4 34. Rxd4 Rxa2 35. Qd3 $1 $18 {[%csl Rg8]}) 33.
Qxd5 Rxd5 34. Nb3 Re5 (34... Rxd2 35. Rxd2 f5 36. Kf1 {[%cal Gf1b1]} Kf7 37.
Ke1 g5 38. Kd1 Ke7 39. Kc1 Ne5 40. Kb1 $14) 35. Rc2 Na5 36. Rd3 Re8 37. Rf3 Nc6
38. Rd3 Rea8 39. Rdd2 Na5 40. Nd4 b3 (40... Nc6 $5) 41. axb3 Nxb3 42. Nxb3 Rxb3
43. Rd7 $14 {[%csl Rb7,Rf7]} Rb5 (43... b5 44. Rcc7 Rf8 45. Rb7 h5 46. Rd5 g6
47. Rbxb5 Rxb5 48. Rxb5 Kg7 $11) 44. Rcc7 Rf8 45. Re7 b6 46. Rb7 Rc5 47. Rxb6
h5 48. Rb4 g6 49. Rf4 Kg7 50. e4 Rc4 51. Rf3 Ra4 52. g4 hxg4 53. hxg4 Kh6 $2 (
53... g5) 54. Kg3 f6 $2 {[%csl Rh5]} (54... Kg7 55. g5) 55. Rb3 $18 {[%csl Rh6]
[%cal Gg3f4,Gb3h3]} Rc8 56. Kf4 g5+ 57. Kf5 Ra5+ 58. e5 Rxe5+ 59. Kxf6 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.02.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2005.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 O-O 12. Bd3 Be6 13. O-O Rb8 14. Nc2 a5
15. Qe2 b4 16. Bc4 Bg5 17. cxb4 axb4 18. Rfd1 Qa5 19. a3 bxa3 20. b4 Qd8 21. b5
Na5 22. Ba2 Kh8 23. Nxa3 f5 24. exf5 Bxf5 25. b6 Nc6 26. Nb5 Ne7 27. Nbc7 Nc8
28. Bb1 Nxb6 29. Bxf5 Nxd5 30. Rxd5 Qxc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.02.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kobalia, Mihail"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2005.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Bf4 Nc6
8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O Bf5 10. h3 (10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Rb8 12. h4 Qd7 13. Ng5 f5
14. Qd5+ $18 {1-0 Rieling,T-Hasselmann,D/Germany 2001/EXT 2002 (25)}) (10. Be2
Re8 11. Nd4 Nxd4 12. cxd4 Bf6 13. Rhe1 Qd7 14. Kb1 Re4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Nemeth,
F-Grgurovic,A/Sozina 2004/CBM 98 ext (31)}) (10. h4 Qd7 11. Ng5 Rad8 12. f3 Ne5
13. g4 Be6 14. Bd3 h6 15. Bh7+ Kh8 16. Be4 Nc4 17. Qd3 Ne5 (17... d5 $1) 18.
Qe2 $13 {1-0 Renner,C-Weisshaupt,R/Bad Wiessee 2002/EXT 2003 (27)}) 10... Bf6 (
10... Rb8 11. Nd4 Nxd4 12. cxd4 Qd7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Llames Prado,R-Bombin Pinera,
D/Gijon 1999/EXT 2001 (26)}) 11. Rg1 {[%cal Gg2g4]} Ne5 12. Be2 Be6 13. Kb1 Nc4
14. Qc1 Nb6 {Black lost a lot of time for piece manoeuvres. So it is not
surprising that White received the initiative.} (14... Qd7 15. Nd4 Bd5 16. Bg5
Qd8 17. h4 $36) 15. Ng5 Bf5 $6 (15... Bxg5 $142 16. Bxg5 Qd7 $132) 16. g4 Bg6
17. h4 $36 {>>} Re8 18. Be3 {[%cal Gh4h5]} Qe7 (18... c6 19. h5 Bxc2+ 20. Kxc2
Bxg5 21. Bxg5 Rxe2+ 22. Kd3 Qe8 23. Be3 $16) 19. Rge1 Bxg5 20. hxg5 (20. Bxg5
Qxe2 (20... Qd7 21. h5 Be4 22. h6 $16) 21. Rxe2 Rxe2 22. Rd2 $16) 20... c6 21.
c4 (21. Qd2 Nd5 22. Bd4 Qe4 $132) 21... d5 (21... Qe6 22. b3 d5 23. Bxb6 axb6
24. cxd5 Qd7 25. dxc6 Qxc6 26. Bd3 $16) 22. Bxb6 (22. cxd5 Nxd5 23. Bd2 Qc5 24.
f4 Be4 $15) 22... axb6 23. cxd5 (23. Bd3 Qc5 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. cxd5 cxd5 (
25... Qxf2 26. d6 $36) 26. Bxg6 hxg6 27. Qd2 $14) 23... cxd5 24. Bd3 Qc5 25.
Bxg6 hxg6 26. Rxe8+ (26. Qd2 $5) 26... Rxe8 27. Qf4 (27. Qd2 $1 Qc4 (27... Re4
28. f3 Re5 29. c3 $16) 28. b3 Qxg4 29. Qxd5 $16) 27... Qc4 28. Qxc4 dxc4 29. a4
Re5 30. Rd7 ({In the line} 30. Rd8+ Kh7 31. Rd7 Rxg5 32. Rxb7 Rxg4 33. Rxb6 Rf4
34. Rb4 Rxf2 35. Rxc4 {I think that White's pawns are faster.}) 30... b5 31. a5
b4 32. Rxb7 b3 $1 (32... Rxa5 33. Rb8+ Kh7 34. Rxb4 c3 35. f4 $18) 33. cxb3
cxb3 34. Rxb3 Rxa5 35. f4 Ra4 36. Rf3 (36. Rb8+ Kh7 37. b4 Ra3 $1 {[%cal Ya3f3]
} 38. Kc2 (38. Rb7 Rf3 $1 (38... Kg8 39. b5 Rf3 40. Kc2 Rxf4 41. b6 Rxg4 (41...
Rb4 42. Kc3 Rb1 43. Kc4) 42. Rc7 Rb4 43. b7 Kh7 44. Rxf7 $18) 39. Rxf7 Rb3+ 40.
Kc2 Rxb4 $14) (38. b5 Ra4 39. Kc2 Rxf4 40. Re8 Rxg4 41. Re3 Rxg5 42. b6 Rc5+
43. Rc3 Rb5 44. Rb3 Rc5+) 38... Rf3 $132) 36... Kf8 $11 37. b3 Re4 38. Kb2 Ke7
39. Ka3 Kd6 40. b4 Kc6 41. Ka4 Kb6 42. Rf1 Rc4 43. f5 gxf5 44. gxf5 Rg4 45. f6
Rxg5 46. fxg7 Rxg7 47. Rf6+ Kb7 48. Ka5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.02.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ni, Hua"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2005.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qd8 11. Bd3 (11. Nxf6+) (11. c4) 11... Nxd5 12. exd5
Ne7 13. c4 g6 (13... bxc4 $2 14. Nxc4 $16) 14. cxb5 Bg7 15. O-O {A better pawn
structure and open files for his pieces provide Black with sufficient
compensation for the pawn.} (15. bxa6 O-O 16. Nb5 Bxa6 (16... Nxd5 17. O-O (17.
Be4 Bxa6 $1 18. Bxd5 Bxb5 19. a4 Ba6 20. Bxa8 Qxa8 $44) 17... Bxa6 18. Qb3 Nf4
19. Bxf4 exf4 20. Rfd1 Rb8 21. a4 Be5 $13 (21... f3 22. g3) (21... Qf6 22. Rab1
h5 23. Qa3 Bb7 24. Nxd6 Ba8 $16 {1-0 Lanka,Z-Huschenbeth,N/Hamburg 2005 (33)}))
17. a4 Rc8 18. O-O Nxd5 19. Qb3 Nf4 20. Rfd1 Nxd3 21. Qxd3 Qh4 22. Qxd6 Bb7 23.
Qb6 Ba8 24. h3 Rc2 25. Qe3 Rxb2 26. Nc7 Bb7 27. a5 f5 28. a6 f4 29. Qc5 Bxg2
30. Kxg2 f3+ 31. Kh2 Rc2 32. Qb6 e4 33. Be3 Rxf2+ $1 (33... Be5+ $2 34. Kg1
Bxc7 $2 35. Qe6+ Rf7 36. Rd7 $18 {1-0 Polgar,J-San Segundo Carrillo,P/Madrid
1994 (38)}) 34. Bxf2 Be5+ 35. Kg1 Qg5+ 36. Kf1 Qg2+ 37. Ke1 Bc3+ 38. Rd2 Qh1+
39. Bg1 f2+ 40. Qxf2 Rxf2 $19) 15... O-O 16. Bb4 $146 {Ivanchuk correctly
wants to organize pressure on d6. White must not let Black to develop freely
his initiative.} (16. Bc4 $6 f5 (16... e4 $5) 17. Qe2 (17. Bg5 h6) 17... f4 18.
f3 Nf5 19. Nc2 $2 Ng3 $1 20. hxg3 fxg3 $19 {Korneev-Sriram/Ubeda 2001}) 16...
a5 (16... f5 $2 17. Nc4 Nxd5 18. Nxd6 $1 (18. Bxd6 Re8 $13) 18... Be6 (18...
Nxb4 $2 19. Bc4+ $18) 19. Bc4 Nf4 20. Bxe6+ Nxe6 21. Qd5 $16) ({Serious
attention deserved} 16... Nxd5 17. Be4 Nxb4 18. Bxa8 d5 $44 {[%csl Ra8][%cal
Gc8e6]}) 17. Bc3 Nxd5 ({According to M.Notkin correct was} 17... f5 {"though
with the bishops on c3 and d3 White is much better equipped to meet the plan
carried out by Sriram (see 16.Bc4 - DR) since f5-f4 gives the e4 square to the
light-squared bishop while after e5-e4 the dark squares in the Black's camp
would be weakened. Nevertheless Black has useful moves at his disposal (Bb7,
Rf7, Rc8) and the central advance can wait until an opportune moment as White
needs time to regroup for active operations" (M. Notkin) Everything is right,
only that I believe that 17...Nxd5 also offers Black enough possibilities for
counterplay.}) 18. Qf3 (18. Be4 Nxc3 19. bxc3 Rb8 $13) 18... Nb6 $2 {Black
wants to advance the d-pawn, but unfortunately for him the concrete play
favors White.} (18... Be6 19. Be4 Nxc3 20. Bxa8 Qxa8 (20... Nxa2 $5 21. Bd5
Bxd5 22. Qxd5 Nb4 $44) 21. Qxc3 (21. Qxa8 $4 Ne2+) 21... d5 $44) (18... Bb7 $5
19. Be4 Nxc3 20. Bxb7 e4 21. Qe3 (21. Bxe4 $2 Nxe4 22. Qxe4 Bxb2 $19) 21... Rb8
22. bxc3 Rxb7 23. Qxe4 (23. Rad1 Re8 $1 ({Better than} 23... d5 24. c4 Rd7 25.
c5 $16 {(M.Notkin)}) 24. c4 Qc7 $13 {[%csl Ra3]} 25. Rd5 f5 26. Rfd1 Be5 $44)
23... d5 24. Qf3 Qe7 (24... Qd6 25. Nc4 $1) (24... Rc7 $5 25. Rac1 Qd6 26. Nb1
Rb8 27. a4 Rc4 28. Rfd1 Rd8 $132) 25. Qxd5 (25. Nc2 Rxb5) 25... Rfb8 $44 {
[%cal Gg7f8]}) 19. Nc4 $1 (19. Be4 $2 d5 $17) 19... Be6 (19... Nxc4 20. Qxa8
$18) 20. Bxa5 $1 (20. Nxb6 $2 Qxb6 $17) 20... Bxc4 ({Probably Black should
have tried his chances in the following variation:} 20... Rxa5 21. Nxa5 d5 {
although after} 22. Nc6 {White has good pieces and Black's compensation is not
sufficient.}) (20... e4 $5 21. Bxe4 $1 (21. Bxb6 exf3 22. Bxd8 Rfxd8 {with
some compensation}) (21. Qxe4 $2 Bxc4 22. Bxb6 Bxd3 $19) 21... Bxc4 22. Bxb6 (
22. Bxa8 Qxa8 23. Bxb6 Qxf3 24. gxf3 Bxf1 25. Rxf1 Rb8 (25... Bxb2 26. Bc7 $18)
26. Bc7 Rxb5 27. b3 $16)) 21. Bxb6 Qxb6 22. Bxc4 {A pawn up and a better
bishop secures White a huge advantage. Ivanchuk easily converts it into a full
point.} Rac8 23. Qb3 e4 24. a4 Bd4 (24... Qa5 25. b6 $140 $2 (25. Bd5 $1 $18)
25... Rc6 $1) 25. a5 Qc5 26. Bd5 $18 Rce8 27. Qc4 Qxc4 28. Bxc4 Re5 29. b6 Rc5
30. Ra4 d5 31. Be2 Be5 32. a6 Rc2 33. a7 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.02.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2005.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. Qe2 Bd6 8.
Nf3 Nc6 9. O-O b5 10. Re1 Ng4 11. Nd5 exd5 12. exd5+ Ne7 13. Bf4 Qc5 14. Nh4 h5
15. b4 Qxb4 16. Bd2 Bxh2+ 17. Kh1 Qc5 18. f4 Bg3 19. Nf5 Nf2+ 20. Kg1 Nh3+ 21.
Kh1 Nf2+ 22. Kg1 Nxd3+ 23. Be3 Nxf4 24. Qf3 Qxd5 25. Qxg3 Nxf5 26. Bxf4+ Kf8
27. Qa3+ d6 28. Rad1 Qc6 29. Re2 Be6 30. Bxd6+ Kg8 31. Be5 Rh6 32. Red2 Rg6 33.
g3 Kh7 34. Rd8 Qb6+ 0-1

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.02.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2005.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Kh8 {
/\ Ng8, f5} 8. Nc3 (8. a5 a6 {otherwise a5-a6 is always hanging in the air.} 9.
Nc3 $5 (9. c3 Ng8 10. d4 {White has to react quickly in the [+].} (10. Qb3 f5
11. exf5 Rxf5 12. Nbd2 Nf6 13. Be6 Bxe6 14. Qxe6 Qd7 15. Qxd7 Nxd7 16. d4 exd4
17. Nxd4 Re5 $11 {Tkachiev-Fressinet, Cap d'Agde KO rapid 2002}) 10... f5 $1 {
This is Black's main weapon here.} (10... Bg4 {is not logical here, the pin is
not so important.} 11. d5 $1 (11. Be3 f5 {This Black's main threat in this
variation.} 12. exf5 exd4 13. cxd4 d5 14. Be2 Bxf5 15. Nc3 Nb4 16. Rc1 c6 17.
Qa4 Nd3 18. Bxd3 Bxd3 19. Bd2 Bd6 $11 {Degraeve-Ch Bauer, Antwerp 1998}) (11.
dxe5 Nxe5 12. Be2 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Bg5 $11 {Vratonjic-Nestorovic, Nis 1994}) 11...
Nb8 12. Bd3 $1 {Macieja} (12. Nbd2 $6 {allows} Bg5 {activating the passive B.}
13. h3 (13. Qb3 $2 Bxf3 14. Nxf3 Bxc1 15. Raxc1 {The exchange of the
dark-squared B helped for Black.} Nd7 $1 16. Bf1 $11 (16. Qxb7 $2 Rb8 17. Qc6
Rxb2 $1 18. Qa4 Ngf6 19. Qa3 Qb8 $15 {Macieja-Johannessen, Bermuda-A 2002 84/
268})) (13. Bd3 Nd7 14. b4) 13... Bxf3 14. Nxf3 Bxc1 15. Rxc1 Nd7 16. b4 Ne7
$13 {Sermek-Mitkov, Pula zt 2000}) 12... Nd7 13. b4 $14 {and White grabs the
|^ on the <<, while Black's play on the >> looks rather slow.}) (10... exd4 {
Lukacs - Hossain-Ehlvest, Dhaka 1999 CBM 70}) (10... Bf6 {blocks the f P.} 11.
h3 g6 12. Be3 Bg7 13. Qb3 Qe7 14. Nbd2 Nd8 15. Qa2 Be6 16. b4 Bxc4 17. Nxc4 $14
{Kayumov-Coleman, ADCF Masters 2003}) 11. dxe5 fxe4 $1 (11... Nxe5 12. Nxe5
dxe5 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Nd2 {and Black has problems with his
isolated P on e5.} Bf6 16. Nb3 (16. Ne4 $2 Bxe4 17. Rxe4 Rd1+ 18. Bf1 Bg5 $15)
(16. Nf3 Rd7 17. Ng5 h6 18. Be6 (18. Ne6) 18... Bxg5 19. Bxf5 Bxc1 20. Raxc1
$14) 16... Ne7 (16... Bd3 17. Bxd3 Rxd3 18. Nc5 Rd5 19. Be3 $16 {
Pyhala-Koskinen, FIN 1992}) 17. Nc5 Rab8 $14) 12. Rxe4 Bf5 13. Re1 Nxe5 14.
Nxe5 dxe5 $13 {Macieja-Bauer, Rethymnon 2003 CBM 098}) 9... Ng8 {/\ f5, which
is the main idea of this variation.} (9... Be6 10. Nd5) (9... Bg4 10. h3) 10.
Nd5 f5 11. c3 Nf6 (11... fxe4 12. dxe4 Bg4 13. Be2 Nf6 {was also interesting.})
(11... Bf6 12. b4 (12. exf5 Bxf5 $13) 12... f4 {Now Black has good attacking
chances on the >>, if White will not react immediately.} 13. d4 g5 $5 (13...
Bg4 {attacking >< d4 comes into consideration.} 14. Bb2 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 exd4 16.
cxd4 Nxd4 (16... Bxd4 17. Bxd4 Nxd4 18. Qc3 Nc6 19. Bxa6 Rxa6 20. b5 Rxa5 21.
Rxa5 Nxa5 22. Qxa5 c6 23. Qxd8 Rxd8 24. Nxf4 Nf6 $11) 17. Bxd4 Bxd4 18. Rac1 c6
19. Nc3 Qh4 $13) 14. dxe5 (14. Nxf6 Qxf6 15. dxe5 Nxe5 {- 14.dxe5}) 14... Nxe5
15. Nxf6 Qxf6 16. Nxe5 dxe5 {White has the ^^, but the position is fairly
closed, and he has to defend against an -> on the >>.} 17. Bb2 Ne7 18. Qh5 Bd7
19. Rad1 Rad8 20. Bb3 Qg6 21. Qxg6 Nxg6 $11 {Even the _|_ is playable for
Black, Bauer-Hauchard, France 2003 CBM 095.}) 12. Ng5 Ng4 13. Nxe7 Qxe7 {
The exchange of the passive dark-squared B is not dangerous for Black.} 14.
exf5 Bxf5 15. Qb3 (15. f3 Nf6 $13 {Degraeve-Karpatchev, Montpellier op 2003})
15... Nd8 $13) (8. c3 Bg4 (8... Ng8) 9. h3 Bh5 10. Nbd2 {- Erenburg-Ganguly,
Wch U20 2002 CBM 91ext}) 8... Bg4 $6 {This idea is not easy to combine with 7..
.Kh8.} (8... Ng8 {Black follows the original plan.} 9. Nd5 (9. a5 a6 {- 8.a5})
9... f5 10. Nxe7 Qxe7 11. Bg5 Qe8 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nd2 Qg6 14. Bh4 Nf6 $13 {
Landa-Fressinet, playchess.com INT 2004}) 9. h3 Bh5 (9... Bxf3 {The exchange
of the light-squared B favours White.} 10. Qxf3 Nd4 11. Qd1 c6 12. Ne2 {
Now the d4 N has to abandon his central position.} Ne6 13. Ng3 g6 14. c3 Qc7
15. Bh6 $14 {Barua-Mohota, Pune 2004}) 10. Be3 Qd7 11. Nd5 Na5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]}
(11... Nxd5 12. Bxd5 Nb4 $5 13. Bb3 (13. Bxb7 Rab8) 13... f5 14. Nxe5 (14. exf5
Qxf5) 14... Qe8 15. Nf3 fxe4 16. dxe4 d5 $1 (16... Rxf3 {is brave!} 17. gxf3
Qg6+ 18. Kh1 (18. Kh2 d5 $5) 18... d5 $5 $14) (16... Bxf3 17. gxf3 Bf6 18. c3
Nc6 $44) 17. exd5 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Qg6+ 19. Kh1 Qf5 $44 {and White's P formation
is rather shattered.}) 12. Nxe5 $1 {This is the tactical refutation!} Qd8 (
12... dxe5 $2 13. Nxf6 Bxf6 14. Qxh5 Nxc4 15. dxc4 $16 {with a healthy P up
for White.}) 13. Qd2 (13. Nf3 Nxc4 14. dxc4 Nxe4 15. Nf4 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Ng5 17.
Qxb7 $16) 13... b6 14. b4 Nxc4 15. Nxc4 Nxd5 16. exd5 f5 17. Bd4 Bh4 $2 {
overlooking the next blow.} (17... Bf6 $1 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 $14) 18. Qh6 $1 Bxf2+
19. Kxf2 Qh4+ 20. Ke3 Qxd4+ 21. Kxd4 gxh6 22. Re7 {Black has got back the P,
but the _|_ is very bad for him.} Rf7 (22... Rac8 23. Rf1 $16) 23. Rxf7 Bxf7
24. a5 Rc8 25. axb6 axb6 {[%mdl 4096]} 26. Rf1 $2 ({The penetration to the
seventh rank by} 26. Ra7 $1 {was the logical follow up.} Kg7 27. Na3 {/\ Nb5,
c4} Kf6 (27... Be8 28. Ke3 {/\ Kf4 defending the whole >>.} Kf6 29. Kf4 Bd7 30.
Nc4 {/\ Nb6} Be8 31. Ne3 Bg6 32. c4 $16 {/\ d4,c5}) 28. c4 $1 {and White
improves his position slowly but surely.} (28. Nb5 {allows Black at least to
liquidate to a R _|_.} Bxd5 $1 29. Kxd5 c6+ 30. Kxd6 cxb5 31. Rxh7 (31. Rc7 Rg8
32. Kc6 Rxg2 33. Kxb5 f4 $132) 31... Rxc2 32. Rxh6+ Kg5 33. Rh8 Kf4 34. Rg8 $16
) 28... Be8 29. Ke3 Bd7 30. Kf4 $16 {/\ Nc2-e3,d4,c5}) 26... Bg6 27. Ne3 {
White fights on the wrong side of the board. His real advantage is on the <<.}
Rf8 28. g4 (28. Rf4 Kg7 29. g3 Kf6 30. h4 (30. g4 Kg5 $1) 30... h5 {/\ Ra8})
28... f4 29. Rf3 (29. Nf5 $6 Bxf5 (29... h5 $5) 30. Rxf4 Kg7 31. Rxf5 Re8 $14)
29... h5 $1 {Black grabs the slightest possibility to create counterplay.} 30.
g5 (30. Ng2 hxg4 31. hxg4 $14) 30... h4 31. Ng2 Kg8 32. c4 (32. Rxf4 Rxf4+ (
32... Re8 33. Nxh4) 33. Nxf4 Bf5 34. Kc4 Bd7 $14 {avoiding the penetration on
the <<.}) 32... Rf5 $1 33. Nxh4 (33. Rxf4 Rxg5 34. Nxh4 {- 33.Nxh4}) 33... Rxg5
34. Rxf4 Rg3 35. Nxg6 (35. Rf3 Rg1) 35... hxg6 {The R _|_ gives good drawing
chances as a rule.} 36. h4 (36. Rg4 Rxh3 (36... Rxg4+ $2 37. hxg4 Kf7 38. g5 (
38. Kc3 Kf6) 38... Ke7 39. Kc3 Kd7 40. Kb3 $18) 37. Rxg6+ Kf7 38. Re6 Rh4+ 39.
Re4 Rh1 40. c5 bxc5+ 41. bxc5 dxc5+ 42. Kxc5 Rc1+ 43. Kb5 Rc3 44. d4 Rc1 45.
Re6 (45. Re5 Kf6) 45... Rd1 $11) (36. Re4 Kf7 37. Re3 Rg2 $11) 36... g5 $1 37.
hxg5 Rxg5 {If the pawns are on one flank, the drawing chances are much bigger.}
38. Kc3 {/\ Kb3-a4} (38. c5 $5 bxc5+ 39. bxc5 dxc5+ (39... Rg1 40. c6 $1) 40.
Kxc5 Rg3 $1 41. Rd4 Rg6 42. Ra4 Kf8 43. Ra7 Ke8 44. Rxc7 Kd8 $11 {with a
theoretical draw.}) 38... Rg1 $1 39. Kb3 Ra1 $1 {otherwise the penetration
Ka4-b5-c6 decides.} 40. c5 bxc5 41. bxc5 Rb1+ 42. Kc2 Rb5 43. cxd6 cxd6 44. d4
Rxd5 45. Kd3 Rh5 46. Kc4 Kg7 47. d5 Rh1 48. Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 14th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2005.03.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Qd3 d5 8. exd5
exd5 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O dxc4 11. Qxc4 Ba5 12. Rd1 b5 13. Qb3 b4 14. Na4 Re8 15.
Bg5 Qe7 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Qd5 Bc7 18. Qxa8 Bb7 19. Qa7 Nc6 20. Qc5 Nxd4 21.
Qxe7 Nxe2+ 22. Qxe2 Rxe2 23. Re1 Rd2 24. Rad1 Rc2 25. Rc1 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Be5 27.
b3 Bd5 28. Rc5 Be4 29. Ra5 Bd3 30. Nc5 Be2 31. Nxa6 Bc3 32. Nc7 Kg7 33. Nd5 Bd2
34. Ra8 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 14th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2005.03.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Nbd7 9. O-O-O h6 10. Bh4 Qc7 11. Bd3 g5 12. fxg5 Ne5 13. Qe2 Nh7 14. Bg3 hxg5
15. Rhf1 Nf6 16. Nf3 Nfd7 17. Kb1 b5 18. Qe3 Qa7 19. Qd2 Rg8 20. Be2 Rg7 21.
Nxe5 dxe5 22. Bh5 Rh7 23. Rxf7 Rxf7 24. Rf1 Nf6 25. Bxf7+ Kxf7 26. Qxg5 Ke8 27.
Bxe5 Qc5 28. Qg6+ Kd7 29. Bxf6 Qc4 30. Rd1+ 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 14th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2005.03.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nh6 8. Nc3
Nf5 9. Na4 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Bb4 11. Bc3 b5 12. a3 Bxc3+ 13. Nxc3 b4 14. axb4 Qxb4
15. Bb5 Bd7 16. Bxc6 Bxc6 17. Qd2 O-O 18. O-O Rfb8 19. Rab1 Rb6 20. Rfc1 Rab8
21. Rc2 h6 22. g3 a5 23. Kg2 a4 24. Ra1 Be8 25. h3 Bd7 26. Rac1 Rc6 27. g4 Ne7
28. Ra1 Rc4 29. Ra2 Qb6 30. Rc1 Rb4 31. Rca1 Ng6 32. Nd1 Bb5 33. Nc3 Qd8 34.
Kg3 Bc4 35. Rxa4 Rxb2 36. Qe3 R2b3 37. R1a3 Qe7 38. Rxb3 Rxb3 39. Ra1 Qb4 40.
Rc1 Ne7 41. Nd2 Ra3 42. f3 Nc6 43. Nxc4 dxc4 44. Qd2 Qa5 45. h4 Rb3 46. h5 Qd8
47. Rd1 Nb4 48. Ra1 Nd3 49. Ne2 Nxe5 50. Qa5 Qxa5 51. Rxa5 Nxf3 52. Nc1 Rb1 0-1

[Event "Amber-blindfold 14th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2005.03.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. Bd3 e5 11. Bd2 h6 12. Rfe1 Re8 13. h3 Qe7 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15.
Bxe4 Nf6 16. dxe5 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Bxe5 18. Nxe5 Qxe5 19. Qxe5 Rxe5 20. Bc3 Re8
21. a4 a5 22. Red1 Be6 23. f3 Bb3 24. Rd7 b5 25. axb5 cxb5 26. Rb7 Bc4 27. Rxa5
Rxa5 28. Bxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 14th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2005.03.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Nc2 Bxe3 8.
Nxe3 Qe5 9. Bd3 d5 10. Nd2 dxe4 11. Bxe4 Be6 12. Qa4 O-O-O 13. Nf3 Qh5 14. O-O
f5 15. Bxc6 Nxc6 16. Rad1 Qh6 17. b4 f4 18. b5 fxe3 19. bxc6 exf2+ 20. Kxf2 Kb8
21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. cxb7 Qf6 23. Re1 Bd5 24. Re3 Bc6 25. Qc2 h6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 14th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2005.03.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qe2 Ne4 10. Na2 Be7 11. Rd1 Nd7 12. Bd3 Bg6 13. h3 c5 14. Qc2 Nef6 15.
Bxg6 hxg6 16. dxc5 Qc7 17. Bd2 Qxc5 18. Qxc5 Nxc5 19. Bb4 Rfc8 20. Nc3 Bf8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 14th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2005.03.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 b6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O O-O 7. d3 d5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Qc2 c5 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. a3 Ba5 12. d4 Nd7 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bf4 c4 15. b4
cxb3 16. Qxb3 Rc8 17. Rac1 Qe7 18. e4 Qf7 19. e5 Rc4 20. Bh3 Re8 21. Bd2 Bxd2
22. Nxd2 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 fxe5 24. Rc7 Rf8 25. f4 Nc5 26. Rxf7 Nxb3 27. Rxf8+ Kxf8
28. Nxb3 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 14th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2005.03.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg5 f6 6. Be3 d5 7. exd5 exd5 8. d4
Nge7 9. Bg2 Nf5 10. O-O Nxe3 11. fxe3 Bh6 12. dxc5 Bxe3+ 13. Kh1 O-O 14. Nc3
Bxc5 15. Qxd5+ Qxd5 16. Nxd5 Kg7 17. c3 Bg4 18. h3 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Rae8 20. Rad1
Ne5 21. Be2 f5 22. Bb5 Rd8 23. Rfe1 Bd6 24. Kg2 a6 25. Nf4 Kf6 26. Ba4 g5 27.
Nd5+ Kg7 28. Bc2 Bb8 29. Re2 Ng6 30. Red2 Rde8 31. Rf1 f4 32. Bxg6 Kxg6 33.
gxf4 gxf4 34. Rdf2 Kg5 35. Kf3 Rf5 36. c4 Kh6 37. Rg2 b5 38. b3 Rh5 39. Rh1 Re6
40. h4 bxc4 41. bxc4 Bd6 42. Rg4 Rg6 43. Rb1 Bc5 44. Rb7 Rf5 45. Rxf4 Rxf4+ 46.
Nxf4 Rc6 47. Rd7 Bg1 48. Rd1 Ba7 49. Kg4 Bf2 50. Rc1 Rc8 51. Rc2 Rg8+ 52. Kf3
Bxh4 53. c5 Rc8 54. Rh2 Kg5 55. Ng2 Rf8+ 56. Ke4 Bf2 57. c6 h5 58. Rh3 h4 59.
Rf3 Re8+ 60. Kd5 Bg3 61. Ra3 Re2 62. Nxh4 Kxh4 63. Rxa6 Kg5 64. Ra3 Bf4 65. Ra4
Rc2 66. a3 Kf5 67. Rxf4+ Kxf4 68. Kd6 Rd2+ 69. Ke6 Re2+ 70. Kd6 Rd2+ 71. Ke6
Re2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 14th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2005.03.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
Kf8 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. Nf3 c4 12. Be2 Nc6 13. Rhb1 Rb8 14. a4 Rg8 15.
Qf4 Qe7 16. g4 b6 17. g5 hxg5 18. Nxg5 Rh8 19. Rg1 Ke8 20. Rg4 Rb7 21. Rh4 Rxh4
22. Qxh4 Kd7 23. Qf4 Nd8 24. h4 Qf8 25. h5 Qh8 26. Rh1 Qh6 27. Qe3 Ke7 28. Nh3
Qxe3+ 29. fxe3 Bd7 30. Ra1 Rc7 31. Nf2 Bc6 32. Ng4 Nb7 33. e4 dxe4 34. Bxc4 f5
35. exf6+ gxf6 36. Be2 Nd6 37. Ne3 f5 38. Ng2 e3+ 39. Nxe3 Ne4+ 40. Kd3 Nf2+
41. Kd2 Ne4+ 42. Kd3 Nf2+ 43. Kd2 Ne4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 14th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2005.03.30"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8.
Qd2 b6 9. Bb5 Bb7 10. Nxf6+ gxf6 11. Qc3 c6 12. Bxc6 Rc8 13. d5 O-O 14. Nd4 Kh8
15. Qd2 Ba6 16. O-O-O Ne5 17. Qh6 Rg8 18. dxe6 Nd3+ 19. cxd3 Qxd4 20. exf7 Rg7
21. Kb1 Rxf7 22. Rhe1 Bxd3+ 23. Ka1 Qxf2 24. Bf3 Bg6 25. h4 Qg3 26. a3 Bc2 27.
Rc1 Qg6 28. Qf4 Rfc7 29. Re6 Bb3 30. Rxc7 Bxe6 31. Rxa7 Rc4 32. Ra8+ Kg7 33.
Ra7+ Kh8 34. Qe3 Qf5 35. Qh6 Qg6 36. Ra8+ 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 14th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2005.03.31"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Bg7 6. cxd5 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Qxd5 8.
e3 c5 9. Qf3 Qd8 10. Bc4 O-O 11. Ne2 cxd4 12. exd4 Nc6 13. O-O Bd7 14. Rfe1 Rc8
15. Bb3 Na5 16. Nf4 Bf6 17. Bxf6 exf6 18. Nd5 Kg7 19. Re7 f5 20. Qf4 Nc6 21.
Rae1 Nxe7 22. Rxe7 Re8 23. Qe5+ Kh6 24. Qe3+ Kg7 25. Qe5+ Kh6 26. h4 Rxe7 27.
Nxe7 Rxc3 28. Qf6 Qb8 29. g3 Rxg3+ 30. fxg3 Qxg3+ 31. Kh1 Qh3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 14th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2005.03.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Bg5 12. Nc2 O-O 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 a5
15. Bc4 Rb8 16. b3 Kh8 17. O-O f5 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Qe2 Bg6 20. Rd1 Qc8 21.
Nce3 e4 22. Bb5 Ne5 23. Rxa5 Nd3 24. Rf1 Bd8 25. Ba6 Qc6 26. Ra3 Bg5 27. Bc4
Ne5 28. Ra6 Qd7 29. b4 Bh4 30. Ra2 h6 31. Bb3 Qe8 32. Qa6 Qe6 33. Qa7 Bh7 34.
Qd4 Qg6 35. Kh1 Rb7 36. Nf4 Qe8 37. Ne6 Rf6 38. Qd5 Rb8 39. Qxd6 Nd3 40. Ng4
Rg6 41. Ne5 Nxe5 42. Qxe5 Bg8 43. Nf4 Rc6 44. Qxe8 Rxe8 45. Ba4 Bxa2 46. Bxc6
Rc8 47. Bb7 Rc7 48. Ng6+ Kg8 49. Nxh4 Rxb7 50. Nf5 Rd7 51. Ne3 Rd2 52. h4 Kf7
53. Kh2 Ke6 54. Kg3 Ke5 55. Rd1 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 14th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2005.03.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qh4 Nxc3 7. dxc3 Nc6
8. e4 e5 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Bc4 h5 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Qxe7+ Kxe7 13. Bd5 h4 14. h3
f6 15. O-O-O Nd8 16. Rd2 c6 17. Bc4 Be6 18. Bb3 Bxb3 19. axb3 Ne6 20. Kc2 a5
21. Ra1 b6 22. Ne1 c5 23. Rad1 Ra7 24. Nf3 Rb7 25. Nh2 Nf4 26. f3 Rc8 27. Ng4
Rcc7 28. Rd6 Ne6 29. R6d2 Nf4 30. Rd6 Ne6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 14th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2005.03.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Ng5 Qd5 13. Qh5+ g6 14. Qg4
Bxg5 15. Bxg5 Nxe5 16. Qg3 Nf7 17. Be3 e5 18. Rfd1 Qc6 19. Rd2 O-O 20. Rad1
Rae8 21. b4 Nd6 22. Bc5 Rf6 23. Rd5 Nf7 24. Qe3 Qe6 25. Qxe4 c6 26. Rd7 Qxa2
27. Ra7 Ng5 28. Qxe5 Qe6 29. f4 Qxe5 30. fxe5 Rf7 31. Rxa6 Rc7 32. Bd6 Rcc8 33.
Ra7 Ra8 34. Rc7 Nf7 35. h3 Rad8 36. Rd4 Rc8 37. c4 Rxc7 38. Bxc7 bxc4 39. Rxc4
Re6 40. Rc5 Kf8 41. Kf2 Ke7 42. Ra5 Kd7 43. Ra7 h5 44. Bb8+ Ke8 45. Ra5 Kd7 46.
b5 cxb5 47. Rxb5 Kc6 48. Ra5 Kb6 49. Ra3 Nxe5 50. Re3 Rf6+ 51. Kg3 Nf7 52. Bf4
Kc6 53. Re7 Kd5 54. Bc1 Nd6 55. Re1 Ne4+ 56. Kh4 Rf2 57. g4 hxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 14th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2005.03.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d5 6. Bg2 e5 7. Nf3 d4 8. O-O
Nc6 9. e3 Be7 10. exd4 exd4 11. Bf4 Be6 12. Nbd2 O-O 13. Re1 Qb6 14. Qb3 Nd7
15. Ne4 h6 16. Rad1 Bb4 17. Bd2 a5 18. a3 Bxd2 19. Nfxd2 Qc7 20. Nf3 a4 21. Qc2
Bg4 22. h3 Bxf3 23. Bxf3 Nce5 24. Bg2 f5 25. Nd2 d3 26. Qc3 f4 27. g4 Rae8 28.
Ne4 b6 29. Qd4 Kh8 30. Nd6 Rd8 31. Nb5 Qb8 32. Bd5 Rde8 33. Bh1 Rf6 34. Nc3 Nc5
35. Nd5 Qd6 36. Qc3 Rff8 37. Qb4 Rb8 38. Qc3 Rbe8 39. Qb4 Rb8 40. Qc3 Ned7 41.
Re7 Nf6 42. Rde1 Rbd8 43. Bf3 Rd7 44. Rxd7 Nfxd7 45. Re7 Nf6 46. Qd4 d2 47.
Qxd2 Nxd5 48. Re2 Qf6 49. cxd5 Nb3 50. Qc3 Nd4 51. Rd2 Nb5 52. Qb4 Nd6 53. Re2
Rd8 54. Re6 Qf8 55. Qxb6 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 14th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2005.03.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. a3 Qa5 10. Be2 b4 11. Nd1 c4 12. a4 c3 13. bxc3 bxc3 14. Qc1 Nb6 15. O-O Bd7
16. Bf2 Nxa4 17. Be1 Bb4 18. Qe3 Ne7 19. Bd3 Qc7 20. Qe2 a5 21. Ra2 Nb6 22. Ne3
Rc8 23. Bh4 h6 24. Bxe7 Kxe7 25. f5 Rcf8 26. f6+ gxf6 27. exf6+ Kd8 28. Ne5 Bc8
29. Ba6 Nd7 30. N3g4 Qb6 31. Bxc8 Kxc8 32. Qd3 Rhg8 33. Kh1 Rg5 34. Nxd7 Kxd7
35. Ne5+ Kc7 36. Raa1 Qd6 37. Qe3 Rf5 38. Rxf5 exf5 39. Qxh6 Qe6 40. Qg7 Bd6
41. h3 f4 42. Rxa5 Bxe5 43. Qxf8 Bd6 44. Ra7+ Kb6 45. Re7 Bxe7 46. Qxe7 Qe4 47.
Qxe4 dxe4 48. h4 Kb5 49. h5 Kb4 50. h6 Ka3 51. h7 Kb2 52. h8=Q Kxc2 53. Qe8 Kd3
54. Qxf7 c2 55. Qb3+ 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 14th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2005.03.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Qc2 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Be7 9. e4 O-O 10. Bd3 c5 11. O-O Qc7 12. Qe2 Nd7 13. e5 Qc6 14. Be3 Rfd8
15. h4 Nf8 16. h5 h6 17. Rfc1 Nh7 18. Ne1 Rac8 19. Qg4 f5 20. exf6 Nxf6 21. Qh3
Qd5 22. Nf3 cxd4 23. Nxd4 Qxh5 24. Qxe6+ Qf7 25. Bf5 Ra8 26. c4 Bc8 27. Qc6
Bxf5 28. Nxf5 Rac8 29. Nxe7+ Qxe7 30. Qf3 Qe4 31. Qxe4 Nxe4 32. a4 Nd2 33. Bxd2
Rxd2 34. a5 Rf8 35. axb6 axb6 36. f3 Rc8 37. Rd1 Rxd1+ 38. Rxd1 Rxc4 39. Rd7
Rc6 40. Rb7 g5 41. g4 Kf8 42. Kf2 Re6 43. Kg3 Rf6 44. Kf2 Ke8 45. Ke3 Kd8 46.
Ke4 Kc8 47. Rh7 b5 48. Kd5 b4 49. Kc4 Rb6 50. Kc5 Rf6 51. Kxb4 Rxf3 52. Rxh6
Rf4+ 53. Kc3 Rxg4 54. Kd3 Kd7 55. Ke3 Rf4 56. Rg6 Rf5 57. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 14th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2005.03.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 e5 8. Nf5
g6 9. g5 gxf5 10. exf5 d5 11. Qf3 d4 12. O-O-O Nbd7 13. Bd2 Qa5 14. a3 dxc3 15.
Bxc3 Qa4 16. gxf6 Qf4+ 17. Qxf4 exf4 18. Bc4 Bc5 19. Rhe1+ Kd8 20. Re7 Rf8 21.
Bb4 Bxb4 22. axb4 b5 23. Bxf7 Ra7 24. Be6 h6 25. Rh7 Rxf6 26. Rh8+ Kc7 27. Rd3
Nf8 28. Rc3+ Kb6 29. Bxc8 Rc7 30. Rxc7 Kxc7 31. Bxa6 Kb6 32. Bc8 f3 33. b3 Kc7
34. Be6 Nxe6 35. fxe6 Rxe6 36. Rh7+ Kc6 37. Rf7 Re1+ 38. Kb2 Rh1 39. Rf6+ Kd5
40. Rxf3 Rxh2 41. Rf5+ Kc6 42. c4 h5 43. Rc5+ Kd6 44. Rxb5 h4 45. Rh5 h3 46.
Kc3 Rh1 47. b5 h2 48. Kb4 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 14th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2005.03.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Qc7 7. Qe2 d6 8. c4
g6 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. Rd1 O-O 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. Bf4 e5 13. Be3 Bg4 14. h3 Nd4 15.
Bxd4 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 exd4 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. cxd5 Qb6 19. Rab1 Rfe8 20. Qg3 Rac8
21. h4 Rc5 22. h5 Bf6 23. f4 Rc2 24. Kh2 Rxb2 25. Rxb2 Qxb2 26. Rb1 Qd2 27.
Rxb7 Re5 28. f5 Bg5 29. Kh3 Bf4 30. Qf3 gxf5 31. g3 Be3 32. exf5 Qxd3 33. f6
Kf8 34. Rb3 Qc4 35. Qf5 Re8 36. Rb7 Qc1 37. g4 Bf4 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 14th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2005.03.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C86"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Qe2 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. d3 d4 10. h3 Bc5 11. Bg5 Qd6 12. Nbd2 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Bd5 dxc3 15.
bxc3 Bd7 16. a4 Rab8 17. Nb3 Bb6 18. axb5 axb5 19. c4 bxc4 20. dxc4 Nd4 21.
Nfxd4 Bxd4 22. Nxd4 exd4 23. e5 Qg6 24. Ra3 Rb1 25. Rxb1 Qxb1+ 26. Kh2 c6 27.
Be4 Qc1 28. Ra6 c5 29. Rd6 Be6 30. Bd3 Qg5 31. Qe4 g6 32. f4 Qe7 33. Qf3 Rb8
34. Be4 Rd8 35. Rxd8+ Qxd8 36. Bd5 Qc8 37. Kg3 Kg7 38. Bxe6 Qxe6 39. Qd5 Qf5
40. Qd6 g5 41. fxg5 hxg5 42. Kh2 Qf4+ 43. Kg1 Qe3+ 44. Kh2 d3 45. Qf6+ Kg8 46.
e6 fxe6 47. Qg6+ Kf8 48. Qf6+ Ke8 49. Qg6+ Ke7 50. Qg7+ Kd6 51. Qf8+ Ke5 52.
Qg7+ Ke4 53. Qb7+ Kd4 54. Qb2+ Kxc4 55. Qa2+ Kc3 56. Qa3+ Kd2 57. Qb2+ Ke1 58.
Qb1+ Ke2 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 14th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2005.03.30"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 c5 2. Bg2 Nc6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. b3 Nf6 6. Bb2 O-O 7. d3 e6 8. Bxc6
dxc6 9. Qd2 e5 10. f3 Nh5 11. O-O-O a5 12. Kb1 Rb8 13. Qe3 b6 14. Qf2 Rb7 15.
e3 f5 16. f4 Rd7 17. Kc2 Nf6 18. Nf3 Ng4 19. Qg1 exf4 20. gxf4 Re8 21. Ne5 Nxe5
22. fxe5 Bxe5 23. h4 Qf6 24. Na4 Bxb2 25. Nxb2 Rde7 26. Re1 f4 27. e4 Re5 28.
Rf1 Rh5 29. Na4 Rxh4 30. Rxh4 Qxh4 31. Nxb6 Bh3 32. Rf2 Qg3 33. Qe1 Rd8 34. Na4
Qxd3+ 35. Kb2 Qg3 36. Ka3 Rd4 37. e5 Bf5 38. Nxc5 Rxc4 39. Qd2 Rxc5 40. Qd8+
Kf7 41. Qf6+ Kg8 42. e6 h5 43. Qf7+ Kh8 44. e7 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 14th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2005.03.31"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Ngf6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. O-O-O e6 14. Ne4
O-O-O 15. g3 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Bd6 17. Kb1 Rhe8 18. c4 Nf6 19. Qe2 c5 20. Bc3 cxd4
21. Nxd4 Qc5 22. g4 Qe5 23. f3 Qxe2 24. Nxe2 Bf8 25. Kc2 Nh7 26. Ng3 Rxd1 27.
Rxd1 Rd8 28. Rxd8+ Kxd8 29. Kd3 Kd7 30. b4 g6 31. c5 gxh5 32. Nxh5 a5 33. a3
axb4 34. axb4 b6 35. cxb6 Kc6 36. f4 Kxb6 37. Kc4 Kc6 38. b5+ Kb7 39. Bd4 Bd6
40. Kd3 f5 41. gxf5 exf5 42. Kc4 Nf8 43. Kd5 Bc7 44. Bg7 Ng6 45. Bxh6 Kb6 46.
Kc4 Kb7 47. Bg5 Bb8 48. Kc5 Ba7+ 49. Kd5 Bb8 50. Bh6 Kb6 51. Kc4 Kb7 52. Kb3
Kb6 53. Kb4 Kb7 54. Kc4 Bc7 55. Bg5 Bb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 12th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2005.04.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2005.04.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saransk TPS"]
[BlackTeam "Nizhny Tagil Politekhnik"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. dxe6 fxe6 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bf4 e5 10. Bg5 Be6 11. Nfd2 d5 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. cxd5 Bxd5 14. Nc3 Be6
15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Qc2 Qe8 17. Rfd1 Rb8 18. Rac1 Qh5 19. Qa4 Rxb2 20. Qxa7 Qf7
21. Rb1 Rb4 22. Nde4 Bf5 23. f3 Bxe4 24. Nxe4 f5 25. Rxb4 cxb4 26. Rd7 fxe4 27.
Rxe7 Qf6 28. Rxh7 exf3 29. exf3 e4 30. f4 Rd8 31. Rh4 Qd4+ 32. Qxd4 Rxd4 33. f5
Rd2 34. Rxe4 c5 35. Re8+ Kf7 36. Rb8 Rxa2 37. Kf1 Rxh2 38. Ke1 Kf6 39. Kd1 Ke5
40. Re8+ Kd4 41. Re2 Rh1+ 42. Re1 Rxe1+ 43. Kxe1 Kc3 44. f6 b3 45. f7 b2 46.
f8=Q b1=Q+ 47. Kf2 Qc2+ 48. Kf3 Qd3+ 49. Kf2 c4 50. Qa3+ Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 12th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2005.04.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2005.04.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[BlackTeam "Saransk TPS"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. g4 d6 8. g5 Nd7
9. Bd5 Bb7 10. Be3 Qc8 11. a4 Nd8 12. Nc3 c6 13. Ba2 Ne6 14. h4 Qc7 15. d4 b4
16. d5 Nf4 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Rc8 20. Qd3 Bxd5 21. Qxd5 h6 22.
a5 hxg5 23. Nxg5 Qc4 24. Qxc4 Rxc4 25. Kd2 Nf6 26. b3 Rc6 27. Bb6 O-O 28. Rad1
Rfc8 29. c4 bxc3+ 30. Kc2 d5 31. Nf3 Nxe4 32. Rxd5 f6 33. Rd7 Kf7 34. Re1 Nc5
35. Ra7 Rd6 36. Re3 Nd7 37. Rxa6 Rdc6 38. Ra7 Nxb6 39. axb6 Rxb6 40. Rxc3 Rxc3+
41. Kxc3 Ke6 42. Nd2 Rb8 43. Nc4 Bc5 44. Rxg7 Bxf2 45. Rh7 e4 46. Rc7 Rd8 47.
Rc6+ Kd5 48. Ra6 Bxh4 49. Ra5+ Ke6 50. Ra6+ Ke7 51. Ra7+ Ke8 52. Ra6 Ke7 53.
Ra7+ Kf8 54. Ra6 Re8 55. Kd2 f5 56. Ke2 Kg7 57. Ra5 f4 58. Nd2 Kg6 59. b4 Bf6
60. Rc5 e3 61. Nf3 Ra8 62. Ra5 Rb8 63. b5 Rc8 64. Ne1 Rd8 65. Nf3 Rb8 66. Ra4
Kf5 67. Rb4 Rb6 68. Nd4+ 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 12th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2005.04.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Raetsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D21"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2005.04.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saransk TPS"]
[BlackTeam "Voronezh Red October"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 c5 4. Bxc4 cxd4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Nxd4 Nxd4 7. exd4 e6 8.
Nc3 Nf6 9. O-O Be7 10. Qf3 O-O 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. Bb3 Bd7 13. Bf4 Qb6 14. Be3 Qb4
15. d5 exd5 16. Rd4 Qd6 17. Bxd5 Nxd5 18. Qxd5 Qxd5 19. Nxd5 Rae8 20. Rd2 b6
21. Nxb6 axb6 22. Rxd7 Bc5 23. Bxc5 bxc5 24. Rd2 Rb8 25. Rc1 Rb5 26. Rc4 g6 27.
Kf1 Ra8 28. b3 Rba5 29. a4 Rb8 30. Rd3 Re8 31. g3 Re7 32. Rd5 Rb7 33. Rc3 Ra6
34. Rdxc5 Rab6 35. a5 Rxb3 36. a6 Rb1+ 37. Rc1 Rxc1+ 38. Rxc1 Ra7 39. Rc6 Kg7
40. Ke2 Rd7 41. Rc3 Kf6 42. Ra3 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 12th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2005.04.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Burmakin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2005.04.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Vladivostok Debiut-DVGU"]
[BlackTeam "Saransk TPS"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 c6 7. b3 b6 8. Bc3
Nbd7 9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qc2 c5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Rfd1 Qc7 14. Be5 Qc8
15. Rac1 Rd8 16. Qb1 a5 17. a3 dxc4 18. b4 axb4 19. axb4 Na6 20. Rxc4 Qd7 21.
b5 Nc5 22. Rd4 Qe8 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Bc7 Rc8 25. Bxb6 Nd5 26. Ba5 Na4 27. Re1
Ndc3 28. Qd3 Nxb5 29. Nd4 Bxg2 30. Kxg2 Nxd4 31. Qxd4 Bf6 32. Qd3 Nc5 33. Qa3
Qc6+ 34. Kg1 Ne4 35. Nxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 12th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2005.04.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2005.04.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saransk TPS"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow Youth of"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 {Black plays the Accelerated Dragon, which means that he's ready to delay
d6 in order to prepare advance d5 in one move.} e6 {[%cal Gd7d5] This most
direct way to prepare d5 avoiding a waste of time for d6 is the pet line of GM
Zviagintsev.} ({The main alternative} 8... a5 {was covered in the following
recent games:} 9. O-O d6 10. Ndb5 b6 (10... Bd7 11. f3 Ne5 12. a4 Rc8 13. Qe2
Be6 $1 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. b3 Nc6 {with mutual chances in Motylev,A-Tseshkovsky,
V/ RUS-ch 57th Moscow 2004/CBM 104[Mikhalevski,V]}) 11. Re1 Ba6 12. a4 Rc8 13.
Nd5 Nd7 14. Bg5 $5 {This novelty led to very interesting play in Nataf,
IA-Efimenko,Z, Montreal A 2004/CBM 103[Mikhalevski,V].}) (8... d6 {would
transpose to the main lines of Dragon.}) 9. Qd2 $5 {A very uncommon
continuation. I was able to find only three earlier games, all of them played
by unknown players. Ivanchuk doesn't want to check what was prepared by
Malakhov in the main lines and prefers a solid playable position. The main
question remains what had Vasily prepared on Ng4.} (9. O-O) ({and} 9. f4 {
are the main lines for White here. It's important that} Ng4 $6 {is dangerous
for Black} (9... d6 {is the move which was advocated by Black in two recent
games. See} 10. Qf3 {Macieja,B-Carlsen,M Drammen 2005/ CBM105 [Mikhalevski,V]}
({and} 10. Ndb5 Nxe4 $1 {in Nataf,IA-Zviagintsev,V, Petrosian mem Internet
2004/CBM 105 [Mikhalevski,V].})) {in view of} 10. Qxg4 $1 {Grischuk,
A-Zviasgintsev,V, Pojkovsky 2004.}) 9... d5 {A consistent continuation. In
fact this is the point of playing 8...e6.} (9... Ng4 {This way Black met 9.
Qd2 earlier.} {I believe Ivanchuk prepared the following answer:} 10. Bg5 $1
Qa5 11. Nxc6 dxc6 12. Rd1 $14 {with better play for White.}) 10. exd5 Nxd5 {
Exchanging the f6-knight Black creates additional pressure on d4.} 11. Nxd5
exd5 12. O-O $14 {[%csl Rc8][%cal Gc6d4,Gg7d4] I believe this is the position
White was striving to when he played 9.Qd2. The d5-pawn is a long-term
weakness while the c8-bishop has no good squares. Black is trying to
compensate these disadvantages by putting pressure on d4.} Be6 {The only
logical square which is available for the bishop.} (12... Na5 {[%cal Ga5c4]
with the idea Nc4 deserved attention. However there is a strategical danger to
remain with the "bad" light-squared bishop vs the strong knight on d4. F.e.
after} 13. c3 Nc4 14. Bxc4 dxc4 15. Bh6 $14 {[%csl Rc8]}) 13. Rfe1 Re8 14. Rad1
a6 {[%cal Gc6a5] Black has been preparing Na5. The text was played in order to
meet Ba4 with b5.} ({It seems that Black could also play} 14... Na5 {at once
since} 15. Ba4 Nc4 16. Qb4 Bd7 {doesn't loook dangerous for Black.}) 15. c3 {
Ivanchuk stabilizes position in the centre.} Na5 16. Bh6 $1 {Offering a useful
exchange for White.} ({Of course not} 16. Bc2 Nc4) 16... Nxb3 {Black is in a
hurry to elimiate White's light-squared bishop as he didn't like that the
bishop can retreat to c2, though I believe it wasn't necessary.} ({Retreating
to c2 is not a big deal as the knight on c4 also is a nice piece.} 16... Bf6
17. Bc2 Nc4 18. Qc1 Rc8 $14) 17. axb3 (17. Nxb3 {with the idea to trade
dark-squared bishops by means of Be3-d4 looks nice, but Black has no problem
to keep his bishop. F.e.} Bf6 18. Be3 Rc8 19. Bd4 Bg5 $1) 17... Bh8 $1 {
Certainly Black keeps the dark-squared bishop.} 18. h3 Rc8 19. Re2 Bd7 20.
Rxe8+ Qxe8 21. Re1 Qd8 22. Bg5 Qc7 23. Bf4 Qc5 24. b4 Qf8 25. Bh6 Qd6 26. Bf4
Qf8 27. Be5 $1 {Speculating to exchange of the dark-squared bishops White
forces a weakening of the position.} f6 28. Bf4 Re8 29. Rd1 {White decides to
keep at least one rook to retain chances for a win.} Qf7 {[%cal Gh8g7]} 30. Be3
{Preparing regrouping of pieces.} Bg7 31. Bh6 {White repeats the moves in
order to win some time for thinking.} Bh8 32. Be3 Bg7 33. Ne2 {[%cal Gd2d5,
Ge2f4] It's not easy to break through Black's defense, but White is trying.}
Ba4 34. Ra1 Bc6 35. Nd4 Bd7 36. Nb3 {[%cal Gb3a5] An attempt to come from the
other side, this time with the rook on a1.} g5 37. Na5 Be6 38. Re1 h6 39. Bb6 {
White has blocked the b7-pawn. What is next?} Qd7 {[%cal Gd7b5]} 40. Qd3 Bf7 {
When you're on defensive any exchange of pieces brings you near to equality
and relieves defense. Is it true also for this position. Let's wait and see.}
41. Rxe8+ Bxe8 42. Qg3 $6 {[%cal Gg3b8] White is ready to penetrate to b8.} (
42. Bd4 $1 {is stronger preparing Qg3 in a better version.}) 42... Qe6 $1 43.
Bd4 {A careful move.} ({In case of} 43. Qc7 {Black obtains counterplay by
means of} Qe1+ 44. Kh2 f5 $1 {[%cal Gg7e5]} (44... Qe5+ 45. Qxe5 fxe5 46. Nxb7
d4 {also deserves attention.}) 45. Qxb7 Be5+ 46. g3 Bxg3+ $3 (46... f4 47.
Qxd5+ Bf7 {is a resrve option.}) 47. Kxg3 $1 (47. fxg3 Qe2+ {leads to
perpetual.}) 47... Qg1+ 48. Kf3 Qh1+ $1 (48... Bh5+ 49. Ke3 f4+ 50. Kd4 Qxf2+
51. Ke5) 49. Ke3 ({After inaccurate} 49. Ke2 $4 {White gets mated} Bh5+ 50. Ke3
Qe4+ 51. Kd2 Qe2+ 52. Kc1 Qd1#) 49... Qd1 $1 {[%cal Gf5f4] A nice quiet move a
piece down. I wonder whether this was the reason for rejecting 43.Qc7.} 50. Bc7
(50. f3 f4+ 51. Kf2 Qd2+ 52. Kf1 Bb5+ 53. c4 dxc4 54. Qe4 c3+ (54... Qxb2 $5)
55. Nc4 c2 56. Qg6+ Kh8 57. Qxh6+ Kg8 58. Qxg5+ Kh7 $11 {and White has to
force a draw.}) (50. f4 Qg1+ 51. Kd2 Qg2+ 52. Ke1 Qh1+ 53. Kf2 Qh2+ {and White
can't avoid perpetual.}) 50... f4+ 51. Bxf4 Qc1+ 52. Kd4 Qxf4+ $132 {and Black
obtains counterplay thanks to the kingside pawns and the bishop while playing
on two flanks.}) 43... b6 {This is the reason for playing 42. Bd4 a move
earlier. It would prevent Qe6 and thus also b6.} 44. Nb7 {[%csl Rb6][%cal
Gb7d6]} f5 45. Qb8 $1 {The last chance.} (45. Bxg7 {allows} f4 $1 $11) 45...
Bxd4 46. cxd4 Kg7 47. Nd6 $2 {This obvious move throws the advantage away.} (
47. Nd8 $3 {was a good chance to set problems. F.e.} Qe1+ 48. Kh2 Qe4 (48...
Qxf2 $2 49. Qe5+ Kf8 50. Qf6+ Kg8 51. Ne6 $1 $18) 49. f3 Qe3 50. Qd6 (50. b5 $5
axb5 51. Qd6)) 47... Bd7 48. Qc7 f4 $1 {The knight is stuck on d6. Black is
already not worse.} 49. Kh2 h5 {[%cal Gg5g4]} 50. Nc8 Qc6 $1 {Black is ready
to give up a pawn in order to build a fortress.} 51. Qe5+ Qf6 52. Qc7 Qc6 53.
Qe5+ Qf6 54. Qxf6+ {White is trying his very last chance.} (54. Qc7 $11) 54...
Kxf6 55. Nxb6 Bc6 56. b3 {[%cal Gb6a4] The only way to bring the knight back
into play.} Kf5 {[%cal Gf5e4]} 57. f3 h4 {Black closes position.} 58. Na4 Bb5
59. Kg1 Ke6 60. Kf2 Kf6 61. Ke1 Ke6 62. Nb2 Kf6 63. Nd1 Ke6 64. Nf2 Ke7 65. Ng4
Ke6 66. Ne5 Kf6 67. Kf2 Ke6 {White can't make progress and so a draw was
agreed. A tough game!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 12th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2005.04.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tregubov, Pavel V"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E07"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2005.04.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Samara Yunilain"]
[BlackTeam "Saransk TPS"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Qb3 Be7 6. g3 Nbd7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O
b6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Bf4 Bb7 11. Rfc1 Nh5 12. Bd2 Nhf6 13. e3 Qb8 14. Ne2 Ba6
15. Nf4 Rc8 16. Bf1 Qb7 17. Qa4 Bxf1 18. Kxf1 Rc4 19. Qd1 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Qa6+
21. Qe2 Qxa2 22. Qb5 Rd8 23. Kg2 h6 24. Nd3 Ne8 25. Nde5 Nd6 26. Qd3 Nxe5 27.
Nxe5 Bf6 28. Nc6 Rc8 29. b3 a5 30. Rc2 Qa1 31. Rc1 Qa3 32. Rc3 Rc7 33. f3 Qa2
34. e4 Bg5 35. e5 Nb5 36. Rc2 Qb1 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 12th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2005.04.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2005.04.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saransk TPS"]
[BlackTeam "Samara Termosteps"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 {Gelfand,B} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7.
Nxc4 Qc7 8. g3 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Bf4 Nfd7 11. Bg2 g5 12. Ne3 gxf4 13. Nxf5
O-O-O 14. Qc2 Nc5 15. O-O fxg3 16. hxg3 a5 17. Rfd1 (17. Ne4 Ne6 18. Rad1 Bb4
19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Rd1 Kb8 21. e3 h5 22. Qe2 Ng4 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. Bf3 Qg8 25.
Bxg4 hxg4 26. Nd4 $11 {0-1 Ruck,R-Van Wely,L/Panormo 2002/CBM 090 ext (66). 
(66)}) 17... h5 {'!?' Gelfand,B.} 18. Rxd8+ Qxd8 19. Rd1 Qf6 {'N!?' Gelfand,B.}
(19... Qc7 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. Qxe4 Bb4 22. Qh4 Kb8 23. Qf6 Rg8 24. Qh6 Ng4 25.
Qxh5 Qe5 26. Bh3 Qxe2 27. Bxg4 Qxg4 $2 28. Qxg4 Rxg4 29. f4 $14 {1/2-1/2
Sasikiran,K-Sturua,Z/Dubai 2002/CBM 087 ext (51). (51)}) 20. e4 {Dies ist eine
interessante positionelle Entscheidung. Weiß befestigt den Springer auf f5 und
baut Potential zum Vorgehen im Zentrum auf.} (20. Qd2 Kb8 {ergibt nicht viel.})
20... h4 $6 (20... Ng6 {sieht plausibler aus.}) 21. f4 $6 ({Mir ist nicht klar,
wie Schwarz nach} 21. Nxh4 {Kompensation für den geopferten Bauern nachweist.}
Rxh4 $1 {(Gelfand,B)} 22. gxh4 Qxh4 23. Ne2 Ne6 (23... Ng4 24. Nd4 $1 $16 {
Dreev,A} (24. Ng3 $2 Qh2+ 25. Kf1 Qxg3)) 24. Qc3 $1 Bc5 (24... Ng4 25. Qg3) 25.
Qg3 Qxg3 (25... Qf6 26. Bh3) 26. Nxg3 Nf4 $44) 21... Ng6 22. e5 (22. Bh3 $5 {
Gelfand,B}) (22. Qd2 {Gelfand,B}) 22... Qe6 23. Nd6+ {'?' Gelfand,B. Weiß muß
vermeiden, daß die Dame des Schwarzen nach c4 kommt. Der Textzug verliert
nicht; es gab jedoch mehrere andere Möglichkeiten.} (23. Ne2 {'!?' Gelfand,B.}
hxg3 {Gelfand,B: '-23.Ne2'} 24. Rd6 {'!' Gelfand,B.} (24. Nd6+ Bxd6 25. Rxd6
Qg4 26. Qxc5 (26. Bxc6 Kb8 {ist zu gefährlich für Weiß.}) 26... Qxe2 27. Rxc6+
{ergibt Remis.} Kb8 $11 {Gelfand,B} (27... bxc6 {Gelfand,B} 28. Qxc6+ Kd8 29.
Qb6+ Ke8 $11)) 24... Bxd6 (24... Qa2 {Gelfand,B} 25. Qxc5 Qb1+ 26. Qc1 (26. Nc1
Qxf5 27. Rxc6+ bxc6 28. Qxc6+ Kd8 29. Qb6+ Kd7 30. Bc6+ Kc8 $11) 26... Qxc1+
27. Nxc1 Bxd6 (27... Nxf4 28. Rf6 $16) 28. Nxd6+ Kc7 $13) 25. Nxd6+ Kb8 26.
Qxc5 {'+/-' Gelfand,B.} Qb3 27. Qd4 Rd8 {führt zu einer undeutlichen Lage.}) ({
Zum Ausgleich genügt} 23. Ne4 Nxe4 24. Bxe4 hxg3 25. Nxg3 {usw.} (25. Nd4 {
Gelfand,B} Qe7 $13) (25. Nd6+ {(Gelfand,B)} Bxd6 26. Rxd6 (26. Bf5 $2 Bc5+)
26... Qe7 $11)) (23. Bh3 $5 {(Gelfand,B)} Kc7 24. Qd2 $13) 23... Bxd6 24. Rxd6
$6 ({Besser ist} 24. exd6 hxg3 25. Nd5 Qg4 26. Re1 Nd7 27. Qc3 Kb8 28. Qxa5
Nxf4 {mit Remisschluß.}) 24... Qc4 {Jetzt fällt der Königsflügel des Weißen
auseinander.} 25. Bf1 $2 ({Die Fortsetzung} 25. Qe2 {'>=' Gelfand,B.} Qb4 (
25... Qxe2 26. Nxe2 Nxa4 (26... hxg3 {Gelfand,B} 27. Rf6 $132) 27. b3 Nc5 (
27... Nb6 28. Be4) 28. Bxc6 {ist nicht überzeugend für Schwarz.}) 26. f5 Ne7 {
'-/+' Gelfand,B. Gelfand,B: ' '} (26... Nf8 27. Qe3 {sieht für Schwarz nicht
besonders günstig aus.}) 27. f6 Ng6 28. Bxc6 hxg3 ({Auf} 28... bxc6 {folgt} 29.
Rxc6+ Kd7 30. Rc7+) 29. Bg2 ({Nach} 29. Qe3 Nh4 {dürfte der Angriff des
Schwarzen durchdringen.}) 29... Nf4 30. Qb5 {bot bessere Überlebensaussichten.}
) (25. Bxc6 {Gelfand,B} bxc6 (25... hxg3 26. Bg2 Nxf4) 26. Rxc6+ Kb7 27. Qg2
Qd4+ $19) 25... Qb4 {'-+' Gelfand,B.} 26. Na2 (26. Qf5+ Kb8 27. Qxf7 hxg3 {
'!' Gelfand,B. überläßt dem Schwarzen einen entscheidenden Angriff.} 28. Qxg6 {
Gelfand,B} (28. Rxg6 {Gelfand,B} Qd4+) 28... Qxf4) 26... Qb6 $19 27. Kh2 (27.
Qf2 {(Gelfand,B)} hxg3 28. Qe3 Nxf4) 27... hxg3+ {Gelfand,B: ' '} (27... Ne4 {
'!' Gelfand,B. ist zwingender.}) (27... Ne6 {Gelfand,B} 28. g4 Ngxf4) 28. Kxg3
Ne6 29. Qf2 Qxf2+ 30. Kxf2 Ngxf4 31. Rd2 Rh5 32. b4 Rxe5 33. Bc4 Kc7 34. Kf3
axb4 35. Nxb4 Rc5 36. Bf1 Rc1 37. Kf2 Ra1 38. Ra2 Rxa2+ 39. Nxa2 Kb6 40. Bc4
Ka5 41. Bb3 Nd5 42. Bxd5 cxd5 43. Nc3 d4 44. Ne4 Kxa4 45. Nd6 Kb3 46. Nxb7 d3
47. Na5+ Kc2 48. Nc4 d2 49. Ne3+ Kc1 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 12th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2005.04.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2005.04.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Togliatti Lada"]
[BlackTeam "Saransk TPS"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Qb6 8. a3
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bc5 10. Na4 Qa5+ 11. c3 Bxd4 12. Bxd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 b6 14. Be2 Ba6
15. Bd1 O-O 16. b4 Qb5 17. Nb2 Qc6 18. Ba4 Bb5 19. Bxb5 Qxb5 20. c4 dxc4 21.
Qxc4 Qxc4 22. Nxc4 g5 23. Rd1 Rfd8 24. g3 gxf4 25. gxf4 Nf8 26. Ke2 Ng6 27. Ke3
Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Rc8 29. Rd4 Kf8 30. Ke4 h5 31. a4 h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 12th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2005.04.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2005.04.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saransk TPS"]
[BlackTeam "Saratov Ekonomist SGSEU"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 O-O 7. e3 Bb7 8.
Be2 d6 9. O-O Ne4 10. Qc2 $6 f5 (10... Nd7 11. b4 c5 {is what I recommended
for black in my survey in CBM104, and, suprprisingly, I still hold this
opinion.}) 11. b4 Rf6 {In the aforementioned survey I concluded that if White
chooses to place his Q on c2 black'd better refrain from Rf6:} 12. d5 (12. Bb2
Nd7 {this was the exact position in question, and now after:} 13. d5 Rg6 14.
Nd4 {white gets an edge. This game nothing but enforces the overall assessment.
}) 12... exd5 13. Bb2 Rg6 14. cxd5 Nd7 ({After} 14... Bxd5 15. Rfd1 $16 {
the white pieces control the whole board.}) 15. Rac1 Rc8 16. Rfd1 a6 $6 {
A somewhat mysterious move. Black should better take care of his centre first:}
(16... c5 {doesn't work due to:} 17. dxc6 Rxc6 (17... Bxc6 18. Ba6 $18) 18.
Qb3+ Kf8 19. Rxc6 Bxc6 20. g3 {[%cal Gf3d4] with a big advantage} ({but not} 
20. Nd4 $4 Rxg2+ $1 21. Kxg2 Qg5+ 22. Kf1 (22. Bg4 Nd2+ 23. Nxc6 Qxg4+ $19)
22... Qh4 {and there is no defence against mate.})) (16... Qe7 17. Qa4 a5 18.
bxa5 Ndc5 {and Black's in the game.}) 17. Bd3 Qe7 18. Nd4 {[%csl Re4,Rf5][%cal
Gc2f5,Gd4f5,Yf2f3] Rather then just attacking the knight, Ivanchuk is
targeting the basis - Pf5. All of a sudden, Black's position is very difficult.
} Bxd5 19. Bc4 $1 Bxc4 (19... Qf7 20. Nxf5 Bxc4 21. Qxc4 Qxc4 22. Rxc4 $18) 20.
Qxc4+ Kh8 21. Nxf5 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Gb2g7] Black has absolutely nothing to put
against white's active pieces, esp. the B} Qe8 (21... Qg5 22. Qxe4 {[%cal
Ge4f5,Ge4g2]}) 22. Qxa6 {Having such an overwhelming position, why not grab a
pawn? Just in case.} Rg5 $1 {To Alex's creding I must say he's defending very
resourcefully. As we'll see soon - it pays off on many occasions, even when
playing against Ivanchuk.} 23. Ng3 Nxg3 24. hxg3 Rxg3 $1 {That is the point of
black's 22nd move. It doesn't really save the day, but keeps white in tension.}
25. Rxd6 $1 (25. fxg3 Qxe3+ 26. Kh2 Qh6+ {is a draw, of course}) 25... Ra8 26.
Re6 {[%cal Ga8a6,Ge8e6,Ye6e8,Yf2g3,Ya6a8] A picturesque position! Two queens
and two (or even three, depends how you look at it) rooks are hanging
simultaneously!} Qg8 27. Qb7 Rg5 (27... Rb8 28. Qxc7 Qxe6 29. Qxg3 $18) 28.
Rxc7 $6 {Perhaps a first step to letting the win slip away. There was no
necessity whatsoever to continue an complicate the matters. Now the first rank
is weakened} ({a simple:} 28. Re7 Rb8 29. Qxc7 Nf6 30. Rxg7 Rxg7 31. Bxf6 {
would do just fine.}) 28... Rb8 29. Qe4 Qd8 $1 {a vicious move - playing the
last card.} 30. Rb7 $4 {And this, already is a huge blunder. A rare slip for a
player of Ivanchuk's caliber.} (30. Qc2 $18 {Would have taken care of both -
the hanging rook and the first rook keeping the numerous threats: Rd6, Rec6,
Rh6! to which black is helpless.}) 30... Nf8 $1 {Now it's not at all simple
anymore.} 31. Rh6 {still not recovered from the shock, white allows an
immediate draw.} (31. Bd4 {would have still offered White some chances after:}
Nxe6 32. Rxb8 Qxb8 33. Qxe6 {and White has a shot at still winning this game.})
(31. Rxb8 {now allows a perpetual:} Qd1+ 32. Kh2 Qh5+ ({or} 32... Rh5+ 33. Kg3
Rg5+ 34. Kh2 $11) 33. Kg1 Qd1+ $11) 31... Rxb7 32. Qxb7 Qd1+ 33. Kh2 Rh5+ 34.
Rxh5 (34. Kg3 Rg5+ $11) 34... Qxh5+ 35. Kg3 Qg5+ 36. Kf3 Qf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 12th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2005.04.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2005.04.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saransk TPS"]
[BlackTeam "Sverdlovsk Ural region"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15.
Be3 Bg4 16. Qd3 Rae8 17. Nd2 Qh5 18. a4 Re6 19. axb5 axb5 20. Qf1 Bh3 21. Qe2
Bg4 22. Qf1 Bh3 23. Bd1 Qf5 24. Qe2 g6 25. Qf3 Qd3 26. Bb3 Rxe3 27. Rxe3 Qxd2
28. Bxd5 cxd5 29. g4 Qxb2 30. Rae1 b4 31. Qxh3 Bf4 32. cxb4 Bxe3 33. Qxe3 Qxb4
34. h4 Qd6 35. Qe5 Qe6 36. f3 Re8 37. Kf2 h6 38. Re3 Qxe5 39. Rxe5 Rd8 40. g5
hxg5 41. hxg5 Rd6 42. Re8+ Kg7 43. Kg3 f6 44. Kg4 Rd7 45. gxf6+ Kxf6 46. Rc8
Kg7 47. Rc5 Rd6 48. Rb5 Rd7 49. f4 Rd6 50. Kg5 Kf7 51. Rb7+ Ke8 52. Rb8+ Ke7
53. Ra8 Re6 54. Ra5 Rd6 55. Ra7+ Ke8 56. Ra8+ Ke7 57. Rg8 Re6 58. Rxg6 Re4 59.
Rg7+ Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 40th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2005.05.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2005.05.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 d6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 Be6 10. Rc1 Qa5 11. f3 O-O 12. Qd2 Rfc8 13. b3 a6 14. Na4 Qxd2+
15. Kxd2 Nd7 16. g4 f5 {A very popular position in the Maroczy system. White
has to make his choice.} 17. exf5 (17. gxf5 $5 {Despite very good results this
line remains in a shadow of 17.exf5. This is a mystery for me. I believe
Vaganian's play in his game against Ponomariov should be very inspiring.} gxf5
18. Rhg1 Kh8 19. Bd3 Ne5 $6 (19... f4 $5 {An attempt to improve on
Ponomariov's play. Black blocks the position on the kingside and hopes to hold.
} 20. Bf2 $1 {Correctly rejecting the f-pawn.} (20. Bxf4 {leads to equality
after} Rf8 21. Bg5 (21. Ke3 Rxf4 $5 (21... Ne5) 22. Kxf4 Bd4 $1 {[%csl Rf4]})
21... Rxf3 22. Bxe7 Bh6+ 23. Bg5 Bxg5+ 24. Rxg5 Rf2+) 20... Ne5 21. Ke2 Rc6 22.
Nb6 Rf8 23. Nd5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Dominguez,L-Felgaer,R/Dos Hermanas ESP 2005/The
Week in Chess 544 (33). (32) This position requires further tests.}) 20. Rxg7
$1 Kxg7 21. Bd4 $1 Rf8 $6 22. f4 $1 fxe4 23. fxe5 exd3 24. exd6+ Kf7 25. Rf1+
Ke8 26. Re1 Rf4 27. Rxe6 Rxd4 28. Nb6 Rd8 29. Rxe7+ Kf8 30. c5 $18 {1-0
Vaganian,R-Ponomariov,R, Calvia ol(Men) 2004/CBM104[Mikhalevski,V].}) 17...
gxf5 18. h3 Rf8 19. f4 Rad8 20. Nc3 ({White preferred} 20. g5 {in earlier
games.}) 20... d5 21. cxd5 Nf6 22. Rhg1 $5 {Leitao's novelty.} Nxd5 23. Nxd5
Bxd5 24. Ke1 $1 e6 $5 {Ivanchuk comes with a new idea. The point is not to
improve White's pawn structure with fxg4, while the pin along the g-file turns
out to be not very dangerous for Black.} ({In the origin-game Black played
inaccurately and eventually lost.} 24... Kh8 $6 25. Rc7 fxg4 26. hxg4 e6 27.
Rg3 Rc8 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Bd3 $14 {1-0 Leitao,R-Felgaer,R, Magistral Copa
Entel 2nd 2005/CBM106[Mikhalevski,V]}) ({In my annotations of Leitao's game I
offered} 24... fxg4 $5 {as the move which deserves to be tested.} 25. hxg4 (25.
Rxg4 Kh8 26. Rc7 Bf6 $11 {[%cal Gd8c8] is good for Black.})) 25. gxf5 {White
has to open the g-file to fight for advantage.} (25. Rc7 {promises no
advantage in view of} Rf7 26. Rxf7 Kxf7 27. gxf5 exf5 28. Bh5+ Kg8 29. Bd4 Rd7
$11) 25... Rxf5 (25... exf5 {also looks playable.}) 26. Bd4 {[%csl Rg7]} Rf7
27. Bh5 (27. Bxg7 {deserves attention.} Rxg7 28. Rxg7+ Kxg7 29. Rc7+ Kg8 30.
Kf2 $1 (30. Bd3 Rf8 $1 31. Bxh7+ Kh8 $11) 30... Rf8 31. Ke3 Rf7 32. Rc8+ Kg7
33. Bd3 $14 {[%cal Gd3e4] and White retains better chances, though it's still
not easy to make progress.}) 27... Rfd7 28. Rc3 {[%cal Gc3g3]} Be4 $2 {Black
blunders a pawn.} (28... Kf8 {was better.} 29. Bxg7+ (29. Bc5+ Kg8 30. Rcg3 Kh8
31. Rxg7 Rxg7 32. Bd4 Rdd7 {[%cal Gh8g8] and the bishops endgame which arises
after 33...Kg8 looks drawish.}) 29... Rxg7 30. Rxg7 Kxg7 31. Rc7+ Kh6) ({
Black also has chances to equalize after the following tactical trick.} 28...
Bg2 $5 29. Be5 $1 (29. Rxg2 Rxd4 30. Rc7 R4d7 $11) 29... Bxe5 30. Rxg2+ Rg7 31.
Rxg7+ Bxg7 32. Rc7 Rd4 33. Bg4 $1 Re4+ 34. Kd2 b5) 29. Be5 $2 {White returns a
favour.} (29. Bxg7 $1 Rxg7 30. Bf7+ $3 {It seems that both players missed this
brilliant resource. White wins a pawn.} Kf8 (30... Kxf7 $2 31. Rc7+ $18) 31.
Rxg7 Kxg7 32. Bxe6 Kf6 33. Bg4 $16) 29... Bg6 $1 {Black forces a rook endgame
in which White doesn't have enough recources to win.} 30. Bxg6 Rd1+ 31. Kf2
Rxg1 32. Bxh7+ $1 {The only chance.} ({Or} 32. Kxg1 hxg6 33. Bxg7 Kxg7 34. Rc7+
Kf6 35. Rxb7 Rd1+ 36. Kf2 Rd2+ 37. Kf3 Rxa2 $11) 32... Kxh7 33. Kxg1 Rd1+ 34.
Kf2 Bxe5 35. fxe5 Rd2+ 36. Ke3 Rxa2 37. Rc7+ Kg6 38. Rxb7 Kf5 $11 {Black has
achieved the maximum activity of his pieces. Now draw is inevitable.} 39. Kd4
Rd2+ 40. Ke3 Rh2 41. Kd4 Rd2+ 42. Ke3 Rd5 43. Rb6 a5 44. b4 Rxe5+ 45. Kf3 axb4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 40th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2005.05.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2005.05.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 ({A solid, but a bit passive is:
} 5. c3 Nc6 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. Nd2 g6 8. Ngf3 Bg7 9. h3 O-O 10. O-O {0-1 Anastasian,
A-Ghaem Maghami,E/Stepanakert 2004/CBM 100 [Finkel] (44)}) 5... Nc6 $6 {
A risky move. The statistics is pretty discouraging for black in this line.} ({
A rare and awkward is:} 5... Nd6 {1-0 Stefanova,A-Juswanto,D/Jakarta 2004/CBM
100 [Finkel] (43)}) (5... Qb6 6. Bxe4 dxe4 (6... Qxb2 $2 7. Bxd5 Qxa1 8. Nf3 e6
9. Bb3 cxd4 10. O-O Nc6 11. exd4 Be7 12. Bd2 Bb4 13. c3 Be7 14. c4 Bb4 15. Bxb4
Nxb4 16. Qd2 $18 {[%csl Ra1] 1-0 Stefanova,A-Grobelsek,A/Rabac 2003/CBM 96 ext
(22)}) 7. Nc3 Qxb2 8. Nge2 Bg4 9. Nxe4 Bxe2 10. Kxe2 cxd4 11. Qd3 f5 12. Ng5
Nc6 13. Ne6 Rc8 14. Rhb1 Qc3 15. Qxc3 dxc3 16. Rxb7 $18 {1-0 Adams,M-Xie Jun/
Hastings 1996/CBM 57 (22)}) ({A reliable alternative for black is:} 5... Nf6 {
1-0 McShane,L-Sutovsky,E/Pamplona 2003/CBM 99 [Finkel] (33)}) (5... cxd4 6.
Bxe4 dxe4 7. exd4 Qb6 {- 0-1 Stefanova,A-Mamedyarov,S/Wijk aan Zee 2005/CBM
106 [Postny,E]}) 6. Bxe4 $1 dxe4 7. d5 {This tempting continuation is a source
of worry for Black in this line.} ({After the solid} 7. Ne2 {Jobava didn't
survive as well in the game against Bruzon played several rounds later, though
black's play could be definitely improved.}) 7... Nb4 (7... e5 {--> Radjabov,
T-Polgar,J/Benidorm 2003/CBM 99 [Finkel]}) 8. Nc3 e6 (8... Bf5 9. a3 Na6 10. f3
$16 {Kornev,A-Prokopchuk,E/Nefteyugansk 2002/CBM 92 [Tsesarsky]}) 9. d6 {
The whole fight now will be around this mighty pawn. Black must eliminate it,
otherwise he will never complete the development.} Nc6 (9... f5 10. f3 $36) (
9... Qa5 $5 {deserves further investigation:} 10. Nge2 Bd7 11. O-O f5 12. a3
Nc6 13. b4 cxb4 14. axb4 Qb6 15. b5 Nd8 16. Nd4 Nf7 17. Na4 Qd8 18. Nxe6 Bxe6
19. Nc5 Qc8 20. Qd4 $40 {Hodgson,J-Tseitlin,M/Ischia 1996/CBM 54 [Stohl]}) 10.
Nge2 $146 (10. Nxe4 f5 11. Bg5 Qb6 12. Nf6+ Kf7 13. Nxh7 Rxh7 14. d7 Be7 15.
Nf3 Qxb2 16. O-O Qb6 17. dxc8=Q Rxc8 18. Rb1 $18 {Speelman,J-Wang Yaoyao/
Beijing 1997/CBM 61 [Speelman]}) 10... f5 $2 {After this move Black is already
losing by force.} (10... e5 11. Nb5 exf4 (11... Qa5+ $2 12. Nec3) 12. Nc7+ Kd7
13. Nxa8 fxe3 14. fxe3 Bxd6 {Despite the fact that the king is wandering, this
position could well be playable for Black.}) 11. Nb5 Kf7 12. Nc7 Rb8 {[%tqu
"En","Find the best move.","","","g2g4","This pawn thrust destroys black's
position completely.",10]} 13. g4 $1 {This pawn thrust destroys black's
position completely.} fxg4 (13... g5 14. gxf5 $1 gxf4 15. Nxf4 $1 {[%cal Gd1h5]
} Bxd6 16. Qh5+ Kf6 17. Qh6+ Kxf5 18. Ncxe6 $18) ({After} 13... g6 14. gxf5
gxf5 15. Nd4 $1 {[%cal Gd1h5]} h5 16. Nxf5 $1 {Black can't survive as well.})
14. Ng3 Nb4 (14... g5 15. Qxg4 $1 gxf4 16. Qh5+ Kg8 17. Rg1 Bg7 (17... fxg3 18.
Rxg3+ Bg7 19. Qh6 Qf8 20. Ne8 $1 $18) 18. Nxe4 {with a crushing attack.}) 15.
a3 Nd5 16. Nxe4 Nxf4 17. exf4 Kg8 18. Qxg4 {White has material advantage and
strong attack as well. Black could resign already.} h5 19. Qg3 b5 20. Rg1 Rh6
21. O-O-O Kh8 22. Nxc5 b4 23. axb4 Rxb4 24. d7 Rc4 25. N5xe6 1-0

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 40th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2005.05.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Delgado Ramirez, Neuris"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2005.05.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7
8. O-O Be7 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Re1 O-O 11. Nf1 a5 12. Be3 b5 13. Nd4 Qd7 14. Qf3
g6 15. Rad1 Rfe8 16. Ng3 Rac8 17. a3 b4 18. axb4 axb4 19. Bg5 Nce4 20. Bxf6
Nxf6 21. h3 Bd8 22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 23. Nf1 Qe5 24. Qb3 Bb6 25. Qxb4 Bxd4 26. Qxd4
Qxd4 27. Rxd4 Rxc2 28. Ne3 Rxb2 29. Nxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 40th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2005.05.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2005.05.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Nb6 8.
Ne5 a5 9. g3 e6 10. Bg2 Bb4 11. O-O O-O 12. e3 h6 13. Qe2 Bh7 14. Rd1 Nfd7 15.
Nxd7 Nxd7 16. e4 Qe7 17. Be3 Rfe8 18. h3 {Weiß hat keine Eile.} (18. Na2 Bd6
19. f4 f5 20. e5 Bc7 $11 {0-1 Avrukh,B-Sokolov,I/Izmir 2004/CBM 104 no vc (67).
(67)}) 18... Nf6 (18... f5 19. d5 {ist jetzt nicht so angenehm für Schwarz.})
19. Bf4 Nd7 20. Be3 Nf6 21. f3 Nd7 22. g4 {Weiß will den Gegner davon
abbringen, mit f7-f5 ein Gegenspiel zu beginnen.} Kh8 {Schwarz läßt sich
einschüchtern, aber es ist nicht nach jedermanns Geschmack, passiv zu bleiben.
Der Vorstoß des f-Bauern kommt trotz der Maßnahme des Weißen in Betracht:} (
22... f5 23. gxf5 exf5 24. e5 f4 (24... Nf6 25. f4 Ne4 26. Nxe4 fxe4 {verdient
ebenfalls Prüfung:} 27. Qc2 Qe6 {usw.}) 25. Bxf4 Qe6 26. Be3 Nb6 27. f4 Rad8 {
mit wirksamer Kontrolle der weißen Felder.}) 23. f4 f6 (23... f5 24. gxf5 exf5
25. e5 Nb6 26. d5 Nxd5 27. Nxd5 cxd5 28. Rxd5 Bg8 29. Rb5 Rab8 {verdient noch
stets Erwägung.}) 24. Na2 Bd6 25. Rd2 Rad8 26. Rad1 Bc7 27. Nc3 Qb4 28. Rd3 Qe7
29. Qc2 Nf8 30. Qf2 g5 $6 {Schwarz verliert die Geduld. Es ist offensichtlich,
daß der Zug} (30... Nd7 {die Krönung der vorhergehenden Manöver darstellen muß.
}) 31. f5 exf5 32. exf5 $6 (32. gxf5 $5 {bietet bessere Aussichten.}) 32... Nd7
$6 (32... Bb6 {verhindert d4-d5 und dürfte zum Ausgleich genügen.}) 33. d5 Ne5
34. Bc5 Qf7 $2 {Jetzt kann der d-Bauer des Weißen unter Umständen nach d6
vordringen, und dies ist höchst unangenehm. Es sollte vermieden werden, und
dafür gibt es zwei Möglichkeiten:} (34... Nxd3 35. Bxe7 Nxf2 36. Bxf6+ Kg8 37.
Bxd8 Nxh3+ (37... Nxd1 38. Bxc7 Nxc3 39. bxc3 cxd5 40. Bxd5+ Kg7 41. Bxa5 Ra8
42. Bb6 {kann Schwarz wahrscheinlich nicht überleben.}) 38. Bxh3 Rxd8 39. Bg2
h5 {bietet vorzügliche Remisaussichten.}) (34... Bd6 35. Bxd6 Rxd6 {sieht
ebenfalls nicht so schrecklich für Schwarz aus.}) 35. R3d2 Nc4 (35... Bg8 $5 {
verdient Untersuchung.}) 36. d6 {Dies ist wohl nicht der beste Moment für
diesen Vorstoß; Weiß sollte die Spannung im Zentrum aufrechterhalten.} (36. Re2
{mit der Absicht Te2-e6 ist möglicherweise genauer.}) 36... Bb8 37. d7 Rg8 38.
Rd4 Ne5 (38... Bf4 39. Bf1 (39. Nd5 Be5 40. Rxc4 Rxd7 41. Rc2 cxd5 42. Rcd2 d4
43. Bxd4 Bxd4 {ist nicht klar.}) 39... Ne5 (39... Ne3 40. Re1 Nxf1 41. Re7 {
, und Weiß gewinnt.}) 40. Bd6 {sieht nicht angenehm für Schwarz aus.}) 39. Qd2
Rg7 $2 (39... Nc4 40. Rxc4 Qxc4 41. Be7 Qf7 42. Bxd8 Rxd8 43. Ne4 Bg8 {bietet
Überlebensaussichten.}) 40. Ne4 Rxd7 41. Qxa5 Rg8 42. Qb4 Rxd4 43. Rxd4 Re8 44.
Nd6 $2 (44. Rd6 {gewinnt.}) 44... Bxd6 45. Bxd6 Bg8 46. Re4 Kg7 $2 {Hier steht
der König schlechter als auf h8, weil Schachgebote auf der siebten Reihe
auftreten können. Schwarz weigert sich beharrlich, seinen weißfeldrigen Läufer
zu aktivieren. Mit} (46... Qg7 47. Re3 Rd8 {kann er Widerstand leisten.}) 47.
a5 Qd7 48. Rd4 $6 (48. Qd4 {mit der Drohung 49.Te5: nebst 50.Lf8+ gewinnt
einen Bauern:} Qd8 49. Bxe5 fxe5 50. Qxd8 Rxd8 51. Rxe5 {. Allzu schwierig
sollte danach der Sieg nicht sein.}) 48... Qc8 49. Qc3 Bf7 50. b4 h5 51. Kf2 (
51. Re4 {ist ebenfalls möglich.} hxg4 (51... Bd5 52. Bxe5 Bxe4 53. Bxf6+ {
überlebt Schwarz nicht.}) 52. hxg4 Nd7 53. Rxe8 Qxe8 54. Kf2 {entsteht
strukturell die Lage, die später in der Partie vorkommt; Weiß sollte gewinnen.}
) 51... hxg4 52. hxg4 Qa8 53. Re4 Nd7 (53... Qa7+ {bietet nicht mehr
Möglichkeiten zum Widerstand:} 54. Qd4 (54. Kg3 Nxg4 55. Kxg4 Qg1 56. Rxe8
Qxg2+ 57. Qg3 {ergibt Remis.}) (54. Bc5 Qb8 {ist nicht überzeugend.}) 54...
Nd3+ 55. Ke3 Qxd4+ 56. Kxd4 Rd8 57. Kxd3 Rxd6+ 58. Rd4 {, und Weiß gewinnt
mühelos.}) 54. Rxe8 Qxe8 55. b5 cxb5 56. Bxb7 Bc4 57. Qe3 Ne5 58. Bxe5 1-0

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 40th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2005.05.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Arencibia Rodriguez, Walter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2005.05.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bd3 Bg6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qe2
Bb4 9. Bd2 a5 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 O-O 12. Bxg6 hxg6 13. Nd2 a4 14. f3 Re8 15.
e4 e5 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Rfd1 Nxc3 18. bxc3 b5 19. Nf1 Qe7 20. Qb2 Nb6 21. Ne3
f5 22. Qa2+ Kh7 23. exf5 exd4 24. Nf1 Nd5 25. Re1 Qxe1 26. Rxe1 Rxe1 27. Qf2
Rae8 28. Qxd4 Kg8 29. fxg6 Ne3 30. h3 Rxf1+ 31. Kh2 Rd1 32. Qh4 $2 {Der
folgende Gegenangriff auf der h-Linie erweist sich als erstaunlich wirkungslos.
} ({Mit} 32. Qa7 Nf1+ 33. Kg1 Red8 34. Qb6 {hätte Weiß noch lange kämpfen
können.}) 32... Nf1+ 33. Kg1 Ne3+ 34. Kh2 Nf1+ 35. Kg1 Re2 36. Qh7+ Kf8 37.
Qh8+ Ke7 38. Qxg7+ Kd6 39. Qf6+ Kc7 40. Qf7+ Kb6 {Der schwarze König ist
sicher wie in Abrahams Schoß, was von seinem Kollegen nicht behauptet werden
kann.} 0-1

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 40th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2005.05.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2005.05.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 O-O 6. Qc2 Nbd7 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
e3 Re8 9. Bd3 Nf8 10. O-O c6 11. Rab1 a5 12. a3 Bd6 {Nakamura,H (2657)
-Iordachescu,V (2609) Sigeman & Co 13th 2005 (5) 1/2 For more details about
this variation, see the comments to the game pblished in the same issue of CBM,
} 13. Rfe1 $5 {This half-waiting move cleares the f1-square for the knight in
order to overdefend the h2-square if necessary and adds more force to an
eventual advance of the e-pawn, once the black bishop has left the h4-d8
diagonal.} Bg4 14. Nd2 (14. Ne5 Bxe5 15. dxe5 Rxe5 16. f4 {(/\ f5, ץg4)} Rxg5
$1 17. fxg5 N6d7 18. Qf2 Ne5 19. Bf5 Qxg5 $44 {1/2-1/2 Deze,A (2405)-Petrosian,
A (2460)/Novi Sad 1983/MCD (35)}) 14... Bh5 (14... Ng6 $6 15. h3 $6 (15. e4 $5
$14 dxe4 $6 16. Ndxe4 Be7 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. Bxf6 $16) 15... Bd7
16. f4 h6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Nf3 Nh4 19. Ne5 Bf5 20. Na4 Bxd3 21. Qxd3 Qd8 22.
Rbd1 Bxe5 23. dxe5 f6 {0-1 Balashov,Y (2534)-Belozerov,A (2487)/Smolensk 2000/
CBM 077 (62)}) (14... Bd7 15. Nf1 $1 (15. Bh4 $6 Bxh2+ 16. Kxh2 Ng4+ 17. Kg3 g5
18. Bf5 Nh6 $1 19. Bxd7 gxh4+ 20. Kh2 Qxd7 $15) (15. h3 $6 {קh3}) 15... Ng6
16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 h6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. b5 $14 {1-0 Gyimesi,Z (2605)-Pinter,
J (2560)/Balatonlelle 2002/EXT 2004 (71)}) 15. Bh4 (15. Nf1 Bg6 16. Na4 (16. b4
h6 $5 (16... axb4 17. axb4 h6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. b5 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Ng6 {[%cal
Yg6e7,Ye7f5,Yf6f5]} 21. bxc6 $14 {1/2-1/2 Alterman,B (2590)-Gabriel,C (2565)/
Bad Homburg 1996/CBM 055/[Tsesarsky]}) 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 {קa3} 18. bxa5 $140 (18.
b5 $2 {is impossible in view of} Bxa3) 18... Qe7 {/\...Rxa5} 19. Bxg6 Nxg6 20.
Qb3 (20. Qa4 b5 $1 $15) 20... Reb8 $13) 16... Bxd3 17. Qxd3 h6 18. Bh4 Ng6 19.
Bxf6 Qxf6 20. g3 h5 21. Kg2 h4 22. f4 Ne7 23. g4 g5 24. f5 Kg7 25. Nc3 (25. h3
Ng8 26. Nc3 Qd8 {/\Nf6}) 25... h3+ $5 26. Kh1 Ng8 27. e4 dxe4 28. Nxe4 Qd8 29.
Qxh3 Bf4 30. Rbd1 Qd5 31. Qg2 Rad8 32. Nfg3 Bxg3 33. hxg3 Nf6 $15 {0-1
Tomaszewski,R (2435)-Boensch,U (2530)/Polanica Zdroj 1987/CBM 005 (46)}) 15...
Bg6 16. Nf3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 N8d7 $1 {Over-defending the f6-knight in view of
White's obvious threat to open the centre.} 18. e4 {Black will have little
problems neutralising White's initiative after this thematic pawn break, but
it is hard to recommend anything more effective for White.} dxe4 19. Nxe4 Be7
20. Nxf6+ Bxf6 21. Rxe8+ Qxe8 22. Re1 Qd8 23. Bxf6 Nxf6 24. g3 g6 25. h4 Kg7
26. Re5 h5 27. Qe2 Nd5 $11 {The control of the only open file ensures White
reasonable compensation for Black's better pawn structure and stability in the
centre, but not more than that.} 28. Ng5 Qd7 29. Ne4 b6 30. Nc3 Nxc3 31. bxc3
b5 32. Qe4 Rd8 33. Kg2 b4 34. Rxa5 bxc3 35. Rc5 Qxd4 36. Qxd4+ Rxd4 37. Rxc3
Ra4 38. Kf1 c5 39. Ke2 Kf6 40. Re3 Kf5 41. Kd2 f6 42. Rf3+ Ke5 43. Re3+ Kf5 44.
Rf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 40th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2005.05.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "173"]
[EventDate "2005.05.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 Bd6 (5... Bb4+ {is the other
main continuation trying to provoke} 6. c3 {and only then} Bd6 {hindering Nc3.}
) 6. exd5 {White gives up the [+] in order to attack Black`s central pawns at
once.} (6. Nc3 dxe4 (6... O-O {- Beshukov-Bezgodov,St.Petersburg op 2000 CBM 75
}) 7. Ng5 (7. dxe4 {- A.Rodriguez-Benares, Santos Carlos Covas 2001 CBM 82}) (
7. Nxe4 {- Mitkov-Ch.Gabriel, Pula zt. 2000 CBM 77}) 7... O-O 8. Ncxe4 Nxe4 9.
Nxe4 Bf5 $142 {- Adams-Kramnik, Tilburg Fontys 1998 EXT 99} (9... a5 $5 {
- Fedorov-Shirov, EU-chT (Men) 2001 CBM 86})) 6... cxd5 (6... Nxd5 {-
Malishov-Bimboim, ISR-ch Jerusalem 1996 CBM 56}) 7. Bg5 (7. O-O Be6 (7... O-O {
is certainly met by} 8. Bg5 (8. h3 {is too slow.} e4 9. dxe4 dxe4 10. Nd4 Nc6
11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Re1 Qe7 13. Qe2 Re8 14. Nd2 Qe5 15. Nf1 a5 16. a4 Nd5 17. c3
Bf5 18. Rd1 Be6 $13 {Lokasto-Onischuk, Alushta 1992})) 8. Bg5 (8. Re1 Nbd7 9.
Nc3 h6 $1 {against both Ng5 and Bg5} 10. Bd2 a6 $13 {and Black can hold his
strong central pawns.} ({The careless} 10... O-O {founders on} 11. Nb5 $1 Bb8
12. Bb4 $1 Re8 13. Nd6 Bxd6 14. Bxd6 $14 {Ortel-Pinter, Budapest 1977}) (10...
g5 $5 {looks rather aggressive, but Black can afford himself this because of
his advantage in the [+].} 11. Ba4 (11. Nb5 Bb8 12. Bb4 Qb6) 11... Kf8 $1 $13))
8... Nbd7 9. Nc3 {with a nasty pressure on >< d5.}) (7. Nc3 d4 {Now the a2-g8 /
^ is opened, but Black has still a strong [+], and this push comes by a tempo.}
8. Ne2 Nc6 9. O-O (9. a3 {securing the a2-g8 /^ for the B.} O-O 10. O-O {
- 9.0-0}) 9... O-O 10. a3 (10. Ng3 h6 11. Nh4 Re8 {/\ Bf8 holding the [+].} 12.
Nhf5 Bf8 $13 {De Vilder-Berkvens, Lost Boys op 2000}) 10... Ne7 11. Ng3 Ng6 12.
Re1 h6 13. Bd2 (13. h3 Re8 (13... Bd7 {1/2:1/2 Beshukov-Golod, Capella Grande
1999} 14. Nd2 {/\ Nde4 fighting for the light squares.} Rc8 15. Nde4 Be7 16.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Qh5 $14 {Beshukov-Voloshin, MK Cafe Cup-B 1999})) 13... Re8 $13
{Shaposhnikov-Neiksans, Wch U20 Athens 2001}) 7... Nc6 (7... Qa5+ $6 {helps
only for White's development.} 8. Nbd2 (8. Qd2 $5 Qxd2+ 9. Nbxd2) 8... Be6 9.
O-O Nc6 (9... Nfd7 $6 {is too sophysticated.} 10. Bh4 f6 (10... Nc6 11. Ng5 $14
) 11. Re1 O-O 12. d4 $1 {and Black's [+] will collapse soon.} Kh8 13. dxe5 fxe5
14. c4 $1 $16 {Howell-Arlandi, EU-ch U20 Groningen 1983}) 10. c4 $1 ({inserting
} 10. Bxf6 gxf6 {and then} 11. c4 {is not that precise in view of} d4 12. Ne4
Be7 $13) 10... d4 (10... O-O 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. cxd5 Bxd5 13. Ne4 $14 {with a
pressure on the light squares, and the weakness of the doubled pawns begin to
tell.}) 11. c5 $1 Bxc5 (11... Qxc5 $2 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Ne4 $18)
12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Qb3 Qc7 14. Rac1 $44 {with a totally cramped P structure for
Black.}) (7... Be6 $142 8. Nc3 Bc7 (8... Qa5 $6 {is again useless due to} 9.
O-O Nbd7 10. Qe1 $1 $16 {Taulbut-Scheeren, Politiken Cup 1981}) 9. O-O Nc6 10.
Re1 a6 (10... O-O 11. Bh4 (11. Bxf6 gxf6 {and Black can hold >< d5 and f5.})
11... Re8 12. h3 a6 13. Ng5 (13. Bxf6 gxf6 {is again not a big deal:} 14. d4 e4
15. Nh2 f5 16. Nf1 f4) 13... Qd7 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Qg4+ Qg7 17.
Ne2 f5 $13 {and Black's P [+] is stronger than ever, Matjushin-Taborov,
Independence Cup op 1999.}) 11. Bh4 O-O 12. Bg3 (12. Qc1 Rc8 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14.
Qh6 {is not frightening because of the cold-blooded} Na5 $13) 12... d4 13. Nb1
Bxb3 14. axb3 Nd7 15. c3 {1/2:1/2 Needleman-Soppe, ARG-ch sf Ezeiza 2000}) 8.
Nc3 $1 {attacking >< d5 immediately is White`s main threat.} (8. Bxf6 gxf6 9.
Bxd5 $2 {falls into} Bb4+ 10. c3 Qxd5 $17) (8. O-O Be6 $142 (8... d4 $5 9. Re1
O-O 10. Nbd2 $14 {White has some pressure on the light squares, and >< e5
remains a target.} Re8 (10... a6 11. h3 h6 12. Bh4 Re8 13. Nc4 Bc7 14. Bg3 {
White has a strong pressure against >< e5.} Nd7 15. a4 Qf6 16. c3 dxc3 17. bxc3
Nc5 18. Bc2 Bf5 19. d4 $1 Bxc2 20. Qxc2 $16 {Benjamin-P.H.Nielsen, FIDE-Wch k.
o. Las Vegas USA 1999}) 11. Bxf6 gxf6 (11... Qxf6 {avoids the corruption of
the P structure, but allows a direct assault after} 12. Ne4 Qg6 13. Nxd6 Qxd6
14. Ng5 $16) 12. Ne4 Be7 (12... Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. Ng3 Bg6 15. Nh4 $16 {
conquering >< f5.}) 13. Qd2 (13. Nh4 $5 {allows the freeing move} f5 $1 14. Qh5
fxe4 (14... Bxh4 15. Bxf7+ Kf8 16. Bxe8 Qxe8 17. Qxh4 fxe4 18. Qxh7) 15. Bxf7+
Kf8 16. Bxe8 Qxe8 17. Qxh7 Bxh4 18. Qxh4 exd3 19. Qh6+ Kg8 20. Qg5+ $11 {
and White has no more than a perpetual.} (20. cxd3 Bf5)) (13. Ng3 $1 $14 {
/\ Nh4 was the required prophylactical move here avoiding the push f6-f5, and
blockading the vital >< f5.}) 13... Bf8 $1 {/\ f5 at any cost.} 14. Nh4 (14.
Ng3 f5) 14... f5 15. Ng5 Re7 16. Qd1 {/\ Qh5} Qd6 17. Qh5 (17. Nxf7 Rxf7 18.
Bxf7+ Kxf7 19. Qh5+ Kg8 20. Nxf5 Qg6 $13 {and Black has a strong ^^.}) 17...
Qh6 18. Bxf7+ Kg7 19. Qxh6+ Kxh6 20. f4 $1 $14 {Hamdouchi-Bacrot, Paris 2002
CBM 090} (20. Nhf3 Kg7 21. Bd5 h6 $44 {and Black's [+] remains unchallenged,
while White's knights are doomed to passivity.})) 9. Nc3 Bc7 {- 7...Be6}) 8...
d4 (8... Bb4 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 {White gets the ^^ and the pressure against
>< e5 and d5 remains.} Be6 11. Re1 Qd6 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Bf4 Nfg4 14. Qe2 $14)
(8... Be6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Bxd5 Bxd5 11. Nxd5 Qa5+ 12. Nc3 Bb4 13. O-O (13. Qd2
$6 {The stubborn defence of the P is weaker due to} Nd4 $1 $44) 13... Bxc3 14.
bxc3 Qxc3 15. Rb1 $14 {and the black K is not so safe.}) 9. Nd5 Be6 10. O-O
Bxd5 (10... h6 $5 11. Nxf6+ (11. Bxf6 gxf6 $13) 11... gxf6 12. Bh4 $1 {The pin
is annoying, Black`s P structure is corrupted.} (12. Bd2 Qd7 $13) 12... Bxb3 (
12... Rg8 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Nd2) 13. axb3 Rg8 14. Nd2 {/\ f4} Be7 15. f4 $14)
11. Bxd5 $14 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 {Despite of the ^- White`s position is a bit
better because of his active B.} 13. c3 $5 (13. Nd2 O-O 14. Ne4 Qg6 15. Qf3 {
White has a pressure on the light squares.} Be7 (15... Kh8 16. h4 $1 {/\ h5,
Bf7}) 16. Ng3 Rac8 $14) 13... dxc3 (13... O-O 14. Qa4 $14) 14. bxc3 O-O 15. Rb1
Rab8 16. Qa4 Bc5 $2 (16... Bc7 17. Qe4 $1 Rfd8 (17... Rfe8 {runs into} 18. Rxb7
$1) 18. Rb3 Qd6 19. c4 $14 {and White`s main advantage is the ^-!}) (16... Rfc8
$1 {was the stubborn defence.} 17. Bxc6 (17. Qe4 Ne7 $11) 17... bxc6 18. Rxb8
Bxb8 19. Rb1 $14 {White`s pieces are rather active, he controls the only
opened b file.}) 17. Qe4 $1 Bb6 (17... Bd6 18. Rb5 $16) 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Qxe5
{Now White wins the e P.} (19. Nxe5 {is met by} Bxf2+ $1 20. Kh1 Rxb1 21. Rxb1
Re8 22. d4 $14) 19... Qg6 20. Qe2 ({Why not} 20. d4 Rfe8 21. Qf4 $16 {with a
healthy P up?}) 20... Rfe8 21. Qc2 $14 Rbd8 22. Rfd1 Rd6 23. Rd2 Red8 24. Rbd1
{White has defended everything and the black |^ cannot be maintained.} Qf5 25.
h3 Kf8 26. a4 Kg8 27. Ne1 Rg6 (27... c5 28. d4 $16) 28. d4 $16 Qg5 (28... Qxh3
$4 29. Qxg6 $1 $18) 29. Re2 c5 30. Re5 Qf6 31. Rf5 Qd6 32. a5 Bc7 (32... Bxa5
33. Rxc5 $16 {with two connected passed pawns.}) 33. Nf3 cxd4 34. cxd4 Qc6 35.
Qd3 {It is a general rule that if you have a material advantage, try to
exchange pieces.  However things are not so simple.} (35. Qxc6 Rxc6 {activates
only the black R.}) 35... Qa6 36. Rb5 Rgd6 37. d5 R6d7 38. Qc4 Qd6 39. Rc5 Bb8
40. Rc6 Qf4 41. Qc2 Be5 $6 (41... Bd6 42. a6 $16) 42. Nxe5 {Another well-known
rule is that that don`t liquidate for a R _|_ if you have an advantage because
this can be very complicated. Here the strong d o^ and the active rooks change
this assesment.} Qxe5 43. Rc5 g6 44. Qc4 Rd6 45. Rc8 Rxc8 46. Qxc8+ Kg7 47. Qc5
a6 48. g3 g5 49. Qc4 Kg8 50. Kg2 Kg7 51. Rd2 {White still follows his strategy
avoiding the exchange of queens.} (51. Qd4 Qxd4 52. Rxd4 Kf6 53. f4 {and the
black R is rather passive, ><a6 can be the next target.}) 51... Kh7 52. Rd4 Kg7
53. Qd3 Kg8 54. Qd2 Kg7 55. Kh2 Kg8 56. Rd3 Kg7 57. Qd1 Kg8 58. Kg2 Kg7 59. Qf3
Kg8 60. Kh2 Kg7 61. Rd2 Kg8 62. Qg4 Kg7 63. Qc8 Rf6 (63... Rxd5 64. Rxd5 Qxd5
65. Qxa6 {and the Q _|_ is easily won, Black has no counterplay against the
white K.} h5 66. Qb6 h4 67. Qb2+ $1 Kg6 68. a6 $18) 64. Qb7 Rd6 65. Qa7 {
Perhaps White has accumulated time for the final decision} Kg8 66. Qd4 $1 {
Finally White decides to liquidate to a R _|_ with a Tarrash R and an
additional weakness on a6.} Qxd4 67. Rxd4 Kg7 (67... Kf8 68. Kg2 Ke7 69. Kf3 {
Here we see the the weaknesses of f5 and h5 as well.} Kd7 70. Ke4 $18) 68. Kg2
Kf6 69. f4 gxf4 70. gxf4 Ke7 71. Kf3 f5 {otherwise the white K comes to the [+]
.} 72. Ke3 Rd8 (72... Kd7 73. Rd3 $1 {clearing the square for the K.} Rg6 74.
Kd4 $18) 73. d6+ $1 Kd7 ({The P _|_ is simply lost.} 73... Rxd6 74. Rxd6 Kxd6
75. Kd4 $18 {and the opposition decides.}) 74. Rb4 Re8+ 75. Kd3 Kxd6 76. Rb6+
Kd5 77. Rf6 $1 {He can take both pawns but attacks the third one! The main
idea is to drive back the active black K.} Re1 78. Rxf5+ Kc6 79. h4 {Black is
deprived from any counterplay.} Rd1+ 80. Ke4 Re1+ 81. Kf3 Re6 82. Kg4 Rg6+ 83.
Kh5 Re6 84. Re5 Rf6 85. f5 Kd7 86. Kg4 Rd6 87. Re6 $1 1-0

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 40th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2005.05.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2005.05.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 Be7 6. Nc3 c5 7. e4 cxd4 8. Nxd4
d6 9. Ndb5 (9. Qc2 O-O 10. Be2 Bb7 11. Rd1 Nbd7 12. Bg3 Qb8 13. O-O Ne5 14. h3
Rc8 15. b3 a6 16. f4 Nc6 17. Nxc6 Bxc6 18. a4 b5 {0-1 Koch,W-Capraro,L/Ascona
2003/ (33)}) 9... a6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 $5 {Ivanchuk is not losing his sleep over
one pawn, opposite soloured bishops and good development offer fair chances
for the initiative.} (10... gxf6 11. Nd4 Qc7 12. Qg4 $14) 11. Nxd6+ Ke7 12.
Nxc8+ (12. c5 bxc5 13. Nxc8+ Qxc8 14. Qc2 Nd7 $13) 12... Qxc8 13. Na4 $6 (13.
Qf3 Nd7 14. Be2 Rd8 15. O-O $14) 13... Rd8 14. Qb3 Nd7 15. Qa3+ (15. Nxb6 $2
Nxb6 16. Qxb6 Rb8 $1 17. Qe3 Bd4 18. Qa3+ Bc5 $19) 15... Nc5 16. Be2 (16. Nxb6
Qc6 17. Nxa8 Bxb2 18. Qxb2 Qxe4+ 19. Qe2 Nd3+ 20. Kd2 Nf4+ $19) 16... Qc6 17.
Nxc5 Qxc5 $1 {The paradox of modern chess, even with missing pawn black is
able to hope for better endgame.} 18. b4 (18. Qxc5+ bxc5 19. Rb1 Rab8 20. b3
Bc3+ 21. Kf1 Rd2 $17) 18... Qg5 19. Rd1 (19. Rb1 Qxg2 20. Bf3 Qg5 21. b5+ Ke8
22. bxa6 Qd2+ 23. Kf1 Bd4 $19) 19... Qxg2 20. b5+ Ke8 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Bf3
Qg5 {Jobava has clearly overstreched his forces and black is firmly in control
of the position.} 23. bxa6 (23. Qxa6 $2 Qc1+ 24. Ke2 Qxc4+ $19) 23... Qd2+ 24.
Kf1 Bd4 $1 25. Be2 (25. Kg2 Qxf2+ 26. Kh3 Bf6 $19) 25... Bc5 26. Qg3 (26. Qa4+
Kf8 27. Qb3 Qf4 28. Qf3 Qxf3 29. Bxf3 Rd2 $17) 26... Qxa2 27. Qxg7 $2 {[%mdl
128] White has not suspected, how severely he might be punished for this
daring move.} (27. Rg1 $1 Qxa6 (27... g6 28. Qf3 Qxa6 $17) 28. Qxg7 Qa2 $15)
27... Rd1+ $1 28. Kg2 (28. Bxd1 Qxf2#) 28... Rxh1 (28... Qxe2 $6 29. Rxd1 Qxf2+
30. Kh3 Qf3+ 31. Qg3 Qh5+ 32. Kg2 Qxd1 33. a7 $11) 29. Qh8+ (29. Qg3 Qa1 30.
Qb8+ Ke7 31. a7 Qg1+ 32. Kh3 Bd6 $19) 29... Kd7 30. a7 (30. Kxh1 Qxe2 31. Qg7
Qxf2 $19) 30... Qxe2 {Ivanchuk crowns his effort with a fine mating attack.} (
30... Qxe2 31. a8=Q Qxf2+ (31... Rg1+ 32. Kxg1 Qxf2+ 33. Kh1 Qf3#) 32. Kh3
Rxh2+ 33. Kg4 Rh4#) 0-1

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 40th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2005.05.15"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Delgado Ramirez, Neuris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B58"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2005.05.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8.
Bg5 Be6 9. O-O O-O 10. a3 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. Qxd5 Qb6 14. Qa2
Ne7 15. c3 Qc6 16. Bd3 Rfd8 17. Rfe1 Rac8 18. Rad1 b5 19. Bc2 Rc7 20. Bb3 Nc8
21. g3 g6 22. h4 Kg7 23. Nh2 Nb6 24. Ng4 Qd7 25. Ne3 Qh3 26. Rd3 Rf8 27. Qb1
Be7 28. Qd1 Qc8 29. Rd2 Rd8 30. Qf3 Rf8 31. Red1 h5 32. Qe2 a6 33. Ra1 Rc5 34.
Kh2 Nd7 35. Nd5 Bd8 36. a4 Qb7 37. axb5 axb5 38. Rad1 Rc8 39. Bc2 Nf6 40. Nxf6
Bxf6 41. Rxd6 Be7 42. R6d5 b4 43. c4 Qb8 44. Ba4 Rfd8 45. Bd7 Rc5 46. Bb5 Rcc8
47. Qd2 Qb6 48. Kg2 Ra8 49. b3 Rxd5 50. exd5 Bd6 51. Ba4 Ra7 52. Re1 Re7 53.
Qb2 Bc5 54. Rxe5 Bd4 55. Qxd4 Qxd4 56. Rxe7 Kf6 57. Re3 Kg7 58. Bd7 Kf8 59. Bh3
Kg7 60. Kg1 f5 61. Bf1 Kf7 62. Rd3 Qa7 63. d6 Ke8 64. Rd5 Qa8 65. Re5+ Kd8 66.
c5 Qa1 67. Re7 Qc1 68. Rc7 f4 69. gxf4 Qd1 70. c6 Qg4+ 71. Bg2 Qxf4 72. Bh3 1-0

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 40th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2005.05.16"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2005.05.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ c6 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qd3 Bb7 8. Bg2
Nbd7 9. O-O a6 10. Be3 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Bxc5 Nxc5 13. Qxd8+ Kxd8 14. Rc1
Rc8 15. Ne5 Ke7 16. Bxb7 Nxb7 17. Nd2 Nd5 18. Nc6+ Kd7 19. Ne5+ Ke7 20. Nc6+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 40th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2005.05.17"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Arencibia Rodriguez, Walter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D07"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2005.05.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 32768]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 {Eine
interessante Alternative zu der Hauptfortsetzung 5.e4.} (5. e4 Bg4 6. Be3 e6 7.
Bxc4 Bb4) 5... a6 (5... h6 6. Bh4 a6 (6... e6 7. e3 $14) 7. e4 (7. d5 Na5 8. e4
b5 9. e5 b4 10. exf6 bxc3 11. bxc3 exf6 12. Qa4+ $1 c6 13. dxc6 Qe7+ 14. Be2
Qa3 $13 {Milov,V-Morozevich,A/Tilburg 1994}) 7... Bg4 8. d5 Ne5 9. Bg3 Nfd7 10.
Be2 Bxf3 11. gxf3 g6 12. f4 Nd3+ 13. Bxd3 cxd3 14. Qxd3 Bg7 15. O-O-O Nc5 $2
16. Qc4 Qd6 17. f5 $16 {Ivanchuk,V-Chibukhchian,A/Yerevan 2004}) 6. d5 Na7 $1 {
Dies ist besser als 6...Na5.} (6... Na5 7. e4 $1 (7. Qa4+ c6 8. b4 cxb3 9. axb3
e6 10. Bd2 b6 11. b4 Bxb4 12. Qxb4 exd5 13. e3 c5 14. Qa3 O-O $13 {Horvath,
P-Antal,G/Budapest 2003}) 7... h6 (7... c6 8. dxc6 Qxd1+ 9. Rxd1 bxc6 10. e5
$14) 8. Bf4 b5 9. e5 Nh5 10. Be3 $16) 7. e4 Nb5 8. Qa4 $146 {Eine logische
Neuerung, die weiße Dame holt den Bauern c4.} ({Anspruchsvoller, dafür aber
weniger klar ist} 8. Qc2 Nxc3 9. bxc3 b5 10. a4 Bb7 $13) 8... Bd7 9. Qxc4 Nxc3
10. bxc3 h6 (10... e6 $2 11. e5 exd5 12. Qe2 Bb5 13. Qc2 $18) 11. Bf4 $1 (11.
Bh4 e6 12. e5 g5 $13) 11... e6 $2 {Wahrscheinlch hat sich Arencibia irgendwo
verrechnet, sonst hätte er den Bauern c7 nicht abgegeben.} (11... b5 $1 12. Qd3
e6 $13) 12. Bxc7 exd5 13. exd5 Qe7+ 14. Be2 b5 ({Die naheliegende Variante} 
14... Bb5 15. d6 {ist günstig für Weiß, z.B.} Qxe2+ (15... Bxc4 16. dxe7 Bxe7
17. Bxc4 Rc8 18. Ne5 $16) 16. Qxe2+ Bxe2 17. Kxe2 Nd5 18. Rab1 $1 Nxc3+ (18...
b5 19. c4 $1 Nxc7 20. dxc7 $16) 19. Kd3 Nxb1 20. Re1+ Kd7 21. Ne5+ Ke6 22. Ng6+
Kd7 23. Nxh8 $16) (14... Qc5 15. Qxc5 Bxc5 16. c4 Ne4 17. O-O $16) 15. Qd4 $16
{Schwarz hat einen Bauern weniger und keinerlei Kompensation. Der Kampf dauert
nicht lange.} Qc5 16. Qe5+ Be7 17. d6 Qxe5 18. Nxe5 $18 Nd5 (18... Bd8 19.
O-O-O Bxc7 20. dxc7 Rc8 21. Nxd7 Nxd7 22. Bxb5 $1 Rxc7 23. Rhe1+ Kd8 24. Bxa6
Rxc3+ 25. Kb2 $18) 19. dxe7 Nxc7 20. Bf3 Rc8 21. O-O-O Be6 22. Nc6 Bd7 23. Rhe1
h5 24. Na7 Rb8 25. Bc6 1-0

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 40th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2005.05.19"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2005.05.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 c5 5. e3 (5. Bxf6 {is not so dangerous.}
Bxf6 6. Ne4 Bxd4 $1 {This is the point!} 7. Nxd4 cxd4 8. Qxd4 O-O $13 {-
McDonald-Nunn, Oxford 1998 CBM 69}) (5. c3) 5... Qb6 {Black wants to exploit
the weakness of b2.} (5... O-O {and}) (5... d6 {are the "normal" continuations.
}) 6. Nc4 $6 {In fact White doesn't win a tempo, because the N is stupid on c4.
} (6. Bd3 {sarificing the b2 P for development.} Qxb2 7. O-O (7. Rb1 Qxa2 8.
Bc4 Qa5 9. Rb5 Qd8 10. Rxc5 O-O $13) 7... Qb6 8. Rb1 Qc7 {Black has lost four
tempi for the P. How can White exploit his lead of development?} 9. Bxf6 (9. e4
cxd4 (9... O-O 10. e5 Nd5 11. Ne4 {White's |^ looks impressive.} cxd4 12. c4 (
12. Rb5 $5) 12... dxc3 13. Qb3 e6 14. Nf6+ Nxf6 (14... Bxf6 15. exf6 b6) 15.
exf6 Bh8 16. Rfc1 d6 {(Carr-Formanek, New York 1993)} 17. Rxc3 $13) 10. Nxd4 a6
{/\ d6, Nbd7}) 9... Bxf6 10. Ne4 Bg7 11. Nxc5 {wins back the P in a better
developed position.}) (6. Bxf6 $5 Bxf6 7. Ne4 Qxb2 8. Rb1 (8. Nxf6+ exf6 9.
dxc5 Qc3+ 10. Nd2 Qxc5 11. Bd3 d5 12. O-O O-O $15) 8... Qxa2 9. Nxf6+ exf6 10.
dxc5 Qa5+ 11. Nd2 Qxc5 {Black's P structure is corrupted, but he has a strong
a o^.} 12. Ne4 Qe5 13. f3 O-O 14. Rb5 d5 15. Rxd5 Qe7 $15) 6... Qc7 {The N is
not very well-placed on c4, as we will see it later.} 7. c3 O-O (7... d6 8. Bd3
(8. Be2 O-O {- 7...0-0}) 8... O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Re1 b5 {gaining a vital
tempo.} 11. Ncd2 c4 12. Bc2 Bb7 13. e4 e5 14. d5 h6 15. Be3 Ng4 $132 {F.
Gomez-Slobodjan, Havana 2004}) 8. Be2 d6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. a4 b6 11. h3 Bb7 {
This is the main line, a reversed Reti Opening, but the N is on d2. Here the N
is not better on c4 at all.} 12. Rc1 (12. Nfd2 a6 13. Bf3 b5 $15 {and the N
has to retreat.}) 12... Rac8 13. Re1 Qb8 {/\ a6, Qa8 is the typical Reti setup.
} 14. Bf1 Rfd8 {Why exactlc to d8?} (14... a6 $5) 15. Ncd2 Qa8 $6 {Allowing
a4-a5 is not good from strategical point of view.} (15... a6 16. Qb3 Qa8 $13 {
and Black has an ideal Reti position except the d8 R which belongs to e8.}) 16.
Qb3 (16. b4 cxb4 17. cxb4 Rxc1 18. Qxc1 Rc8 19. Qb2 $11) (16. a5 $142 $5 {
deserved attention corrupting Black's P structure on the <<.} bxa5 17. Qa4 Qb8
18. Rc2 {defending >< b2.} (18. Qxa5 Bxf3 19. Nxf3 Qxb2) 18... Qc7 19. Ra1 $13)
16... Rc7 (16... a6 {against a4-a5 again.}) 17. Rcd1 (17. Bc4 $5) (17. a5 {
was still possible.} bxa5 18. Ra1 Rb8 19. Qc2 $44) 17... Rdc8 18. Bh4 {This
was the last chance for} (18. a5 $5) 18... a6 {Finally Black's setup is
without any flaw.} 19. Bc4 (19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. e4 cxd4 21. cxd4 e6 $11 {and the
fianchettoed ^^ attack White's P [+].}) 19... e6 20. Bf1 {The B was vulnerable
on c4, for example:} (20. Bg3 $6 cxd4 21. cxd4 (21. exd4 Rxc4 $1 $17) 21... Ne4
$1 22. Nxe4 Bxe4 $15) 20... Bd5 $6 (20... Ne4 {is typical play in the [+].} 21.
Nxe4 Bxe4 22. Nd2 Bd5 {This tempo will be missing later.} 23. c4 Bb7 $13) 21.
Qa3 Bf8 22. Bg3 Qb7 (22... Ne4 23. Nxe4 Bxe4 24. Nd2 {comes with a tempo.}) 23.
Bd3 (23. c4 Bc6 24. b4 {gaining space on the << deserved attention, trying to
punish Black's wait and see strategy.} Bxf3 25. Nxf3 Ne4 26. Bh2 $13) 23... b5
$1 {This is Black's main idea, but it is a bit late.} 24. e4 Bc6 25. axb5 axb5
26. Ra1 {White has no real penetration on the a file.} cxd4 27. Bxd6 (27. cxd4
d5 28. Qa5 dxe4 29. Nxe4 Nxe4 30. Bxc7 Nxf2 31. Kxf2 Rxc7 $44 {and Black has a
strong ^^ and a P for the exchange, the isolani is also weak.}) 27... dxc3 28.
bxc3 Bxd6 29. Qxd6 Qb6 $11 30. Reb1 Qc5 31. Qd4 Ra8 32. Rxa8+ Bxa8 33. Rb3 (33.
Rxb5 Qxc3 $11) 33... e5 34. Qb4 Qxb4 35. cxb4 Rc1+ 36. Kh2 Bc6 37. Ra3 Kf8 $4 (
37... Ne8 38. Ra5 Nd6 $11) 38. Ra5 $16 {and from now on there are serious
mistakes, which make the game illegible.} Ke7 39. Bxb5 Bxb5 40. Rxb5 Rc8 41.
Rb7 h6 42. g3 Ne8 43. Kg1 Nd6 44. Ra7 Nb5 45. Ra5 Nd6 46. Kf1 Rb8 47. Ra4 f5
48. Ke1 fxe4 49. Nh4 Nb6 50. Nxg6+ Ke6 51. Ra5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Jaracz, Pawel"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. d4 e6 4. a3 Ba6 5. e3 d5 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. b4 O-O 8. Bb2
Nbd7 9. Qc2 h6 10. Be2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Bb7 12. O-O a5 13. b5 c5 14. bxc6 Bxc6 15.
Rfc1 Qb8 16. a4 Rc8 17. Qd3 Qb7 18. Bb5 Bb4 19. Bxc6 Rxc6 20. Rxc6 Qxc6 21. Qb3
b5 22. axb5 Qxb5 23. Ba3 Rc8 24. Bxb4 axb4 25. h3 Nd5 26. Rb1 Rc3 27. Qb2 N7b6
28. Ne4 Rc7 29. Nc5 Na4 30. Nxa4 Qxa4 31. e4 Nc3 32. Qxb4 Qxb4 33. Rxb4 Nxe4
34. Rb2 g5 35. g3 Kg7 36. Kg2 Rd7 37. Rb4 Ra7 38. Rb2 Ra4 39. Re2 Nd6 40. Rb2
Ne4 41. Re2 Nc3 42. Rc2 Nd5 43. Rb2 Ra7 44. Ne5 Rc7 45. Ng4 Ne7 46. Ne5 Nf5 47.
Nf3 Rd7 48. Rb4 f6 49. Ra4 h5 50. Rb4 Kg6 51. Rb6 Kf7 52. Rb4 Rd6 53. Ra4 Kg6
54. Rb4 Ra6 55. Rb2 Ne7 56. Re2 Nd5 57. Ne1 h4 58. Nd3 Rc6 59. Kh2 hxg3+ 60.
fxg3 Kf5 61. Ne1 Rc3 62. Kg2 Ne3+ 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Chuchelov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 b6 4. a3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 Bb7 6. e3 c5 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. O-O
Be7 9. b3 cxd4 10. exd4 d5 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. c5 a5 14. Rc2 Nd7 15.
Qc1 Ndb8 16. Rd1 Ba6 17. Ne1 Qc7 18. Bc3 bxc5 19. dxc5 e5 20. b4 axb4 21. axb4
d4 22. b5 dxc3 23. Rxc3 Bb7 24. bxc6 Nxc6 25. Nc2 Rfd8 26. Bf5 Rb8 27. Be4 Bg5
28. Ne3 Nd4 29. Re1 Bc6 30. Nf3 Bxe4 31. Nxg5 Rb1 32. Nxe4 Rxc1 33. Rcxc1 f5
34. Nd6 Qd7 35. Rcd1 f4 36. Nec4 f3 37. Nxe5 Qa4 38. Nxf3 Nxf3+ 39. gxf3 Qc6
40. Ne4 Qg6+ 41. Kh1 Rf8 42. Rg1 Qh5 43. Rg3 Rxf3 44. Rd8+ Kf7 45. Rd7+ Kf8 46.
Rgxg7 Rf4 47. Ng5 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Babula, Vlastimil"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 c5 8. d5
exd5 9. Nh4 Ne4 10. cxd5 Bxh4 11. Bxe4 Bf6 12. Nc3 d6 13. Bf4 Qe7 14. Bf5 Bc8
15. e4 Nd7 16. a4 g6 17. Bxd7 Bxd7 18. Qb3 g5 19. Bd2 a6 20. Qxb6 Rfb8 21. Qc7
Rxb2 22. e5 Bxe5 23. Ne4 Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 a6 7. Qb3 Rb8 8.
d4 b5 9. O-O Bb7 10. Bf4 Bd6 11. Rc1 Bxf4 12. gxf4 Nd5 13. e3 c5 14. dxc5 Rc8
15. c6 Bxc6 16. Qa3 Bb7 17. Nbd2 b4 18. Qd3 O-O 19. Nb3 N5f6 20. Qf1 Qb6 21.
Nfd4 e5 22. fxe5 Nxe5 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Rc1 Rxc1 25. Qxc1 Nfd7 26. Bxb7 Qxb7
27. Na5 Qe4 28. Qc8+ Nf8 29. Qf5 Qxf5 30. Nxf5 Ne6 31. Ne7+ Kf8 32. Nd5 Nd3 33.
b3 Nd8 34. Kf1 h5 35. f4 g6 36. Kg2 Ke8 37. Kf3 Kd7 38. e4 Nc6 39. Nxc6 Kxc6
40. Ke3 Nc1 41. Nxb4+ Kb5 42. Nd3 Nxa2 43. Kd4 a5 44. h4 Nb4 45. Ne5 Nc2+ 46.
Kc3 Ne3 47. Nxf7 Ng2 48. f5 gxf5 49. Nd6+ Kc6 50. Nxf5 Kc5 51. Kd2 Nf4 52. Kc2
Ng6 53. Kc3 Ne5 54. Nd4 Kd6 55. Nf5+ Kc5 56. Ne3 Nf3 57. Ng2 Ne5 58. Nf4 Nf3
59. Ng2 Ne5 60. Ne1 Kb5 61. Nc2 Ng6 62. Nd4+ Kc5 63. Nf3 Nf4 64. Ne5 Ne2+ 65.
Kd3 Nf4+ 66. Ke3 Ng2+ 67. Kf2 Nxh4 68. Kg3 Kd4 69. Nc6+ Kxe4 70. Kxh4 Kd3 71.
Nxa5 Kc3 72. Kxh5 Kb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 {White's main idea in this variation is to
take control over the centre with the simple plan: 0-0, Bb5+,Re1 and d4
Erenburg: 'Svidler: 'Winants: Peter Svidler qui souhaitait probablement éviter
un débat théorique, sur le thème des grandes variantes de la défense
sicilienne, choisit ici un système peu connu, mais néanmoins très dangereux. 
L'intérêt du dispositif, réside dans son élasticité. D'abord, il faut
envisager la formation d'une phalange de pions au centre de l'échiquier,
ensuite, songer au développement pianissimo du début italien (d3 suivi
éventuellement de 0-0, Re1, Nbd2) et finalement, tenir compte de l'attaque
Rossolimo en différé avec l'échec sur b5. ' Svidler: 'Winants: Peter Svidler
qui souhaitait probablement éviter un débat théorique, sur le thème des
grandes variantes de la défense sicilienne, choisit ici un système peu connu,
mais néanmoins très dangereux.  L'intérêt du dispositif, réside dans son
élasticité. D'abord, il faut envisager la formation d'une phalange de pions au
centre de l'échiquier, ensuite, songer au développement pianissimo du début
italien (d3 suivi éventuellement de 0-0, Re1, Nbd2) et finalement, tenir
compte de l'attaque Rossolimo en différé avec l'échec sur b5. ''} g6 (4... Nxe4
$2 5. Qa4+ {[%cal Ra4e4,Ra4e8]}) ({One of them is to capture the e4 pawn, but
White gets a strong initiative. For instance:} 4... Nc6 5. d4 {Svidler: 'Un
gambit prometteur imaginé par Michael Basman.' Svidler: 'Un gambit prometteur
imaginé par Michael Basman.'} cxd4 6. cxd4 Nxe4 7. d5 Qa5+ 8. Nc3 Nxc3 9. bxc3
Nd8 (9... Ne5 10. Nxe5 Qxc3+ 11. Bd2 Qxe5 12. O-O $44 {avec d'excellentes
compensations pour les pions sacrifiés, Basman,M-Stean,M Hastings 1973}) 10.
O-O e5 11. dxe6 Nxe6 12. Nd4 $44 {1-0 Hodgson,J-Suba,M/Blackpool 1990/CBM 18 
(41)}) (4... Nbd7 {See 1-0 Svidler,P-Kasparov,G/Tilburg 1997/CBM 61[Svidler] 
(37) La réponse habituelle. D'autres possibilités seraient:}) 5. O-O Bg7 (5...
Bd7 $5) 6. Bb5+ {Erenburg: 'Svidler: 'Une idée du grand-maître Philippin
Eugenio Torre, que l'on retrouve dans les parties de Michael Adams.' Svidler:
'Une idée du grand-maître Philippin Eugenio Torre, que l'on retrouve dans les
parties de Michael Adams.''} (6. d3 O-O 7. Nbd2 Nc6 (7... e5 8. a3 Nbd7 9. b4
d5 10. Qb3 dxe4 11. dxe4 Qc7 12. a4 b6 13. Bc4 Bh6 14. Re1 Bb7 15. a5 Rae8 16.
h4 $14 {/~~ Georgiev,Kr-Petursson,M Saint John op-2 1988}) 8. Re1 b6 9. a3 Qc7
10. Bf1 Bb7 11. b4 Nd7 12. Qb3 e6 (12... cxb4 13. axb4 Nxb4 14. Qxb4 Bxc3 15.
Qb1 Bxa1 16. Qxa1 $14 {/+/-}) 13. Bb2 d5 14. d4 c4 15. Qa4 b5 16. Qc2 $13 {
Hickel,J-Hubner,R Nussloch 1996 66/163}) 6... Nc6 (6... Nbd7 7. Re1 a6 8. Bf1
O-O (8... Ne5 9. d4 Nxf3+ 10. Qxf3 Nd7 11. Rd1 O-O 12. Be3 Qc7 (12... Qb6 13.
Rd2) 13. Nd2 b6 14. Rac1 Bb7 15. Qh3 Rac8 16. d5 Rfe8 17. Bh6 e6 18. Bxg7 Kxg7
19. c4 $14 {Adams,M-Van Wely,L/Wijk ann Zee 1996}) 9. d4 e5 10. dxe5 (10. d5
Nh5 $36 (10... b5 11. a4 Rb8 12. axb5 axb5 13. Na3 $14)) (10. a4 b6 11. Na3 Bb7
12. d5 Qc7 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bd2 Kh7 15. b4 Ng8 16. Qb1 Rab8 17. a5 bxa5 18. b5
Ra8 19. Ra2 f5 20. bxa6 Bxa6 21. Bxa6 Rxa6 22. Nb5 Qd8 {1/2-1/2 Jones,
G-Karjakin,S/Olympiad B16 Malaziya 2002/ChessBase (66)}) 10... Nxe5 (10... dxe5
11. a4 b6 12. Na3 Bb7 13. Qc2 Qc7 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bh4 Bc6 16. Nd2 Rfe8 17. b4
Bf8 18. b5 axb5 19. Nxb5 Qb7 20. f3 Reb8 21. Nc4 Ne8 22. Red1 Kg7 23. Qb2 f6
24. Ne3 Nc7 {1/2-1/2 Kasimdzhanov,R-Tiviakov,S/Schrijvers rapid 2004/Chess
Today (80)}) 11. Bg5 (11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. Qc2 Be6 13. a4 Qc7 14. Na3 c4 15. f3 b6
16. Be3 Rfd8 17. Qf2 Rab8 18. Nc2 a5 19. Na3 Nd7 20. Qe2 Rbc8 21. Red1 Bf8 {
1-0 Houska,J-Pym,T/BCF-ch Scarborough 2004/}) 11... Qb6 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. Qc2
Be6 $10 {Kengis,E-Lukin.A Groningen op(3) 1991 1/2 27}) (6... Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Qxd7
8. Re1 O-O 9. d4 Na6 (9... cxd4 10. cxd4 d5 11. e5 Ne4 12. Nc3 (12. Nbd2 Nxd2
13. Bxd2 Nc6 14. Bf4 Rac8 15. Qd2 Nd8 16. h4 Ne6 17. Be3 Rc7 18. h5 Rfc8 19.
Re2 Qa4 20. Ne1 f6 21. f4 f5 22. hxg6 hxg6 23. g4 {1-0 Georgiev,K-Daubenfeld,G/
Le Touquet op 2003/}) 12... Nxc3 13. bxc3 Nc6 14. h4 (14. Ng5 Nd8 15. h4 Rc8
16. Qd3 Rc6 17. Bd2 Ne6 18. Nh3 Rfc8 19. h5 Nd8 20. Qf3 Ne6 21. Qg3 Nc7 22.
Rab1 b6 {1-0 Van den Doel,E-Bitalzadeh,A/Amsterdam ACT op 2004}) (14. Bf4 Rac8
15. Ng5 Nd8 16. Qd3 Rc6 17. Bd2 f6 18. exf6 exf6 19. Nh3 Ne6 20. Re2 Re8 21.
Rae1 Rcc8 22. Qb1 b5 23. Qd3 Nc7 24. Nf4 Rxe2 25. Rxe2 {1/2-1/2 Yudasin,
L-Wojtkiewicz,A/EUCup G7 1997/CBM 62}) 14... Rac8 (14... h5 {preventing h4-h5.}
15. Qd3 Nd8 16. Bd2 Rc8 17. Reb1 Rc7 18. a4 Ne6 19. Rb5 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Yd3b1,
Yb1b3,Gb3d5,Gb5d5]} Rfc8 20. Qb1 Nd8 21. Ne1 {White knight is going to d3.} Kh7
22. Nd3 {[%csl Gd3]} Bh6 23. Bxh6 Kxh6 24. Qa2 Rc4 25. e6 $1 $16 {1-0 Ye
Jiangchuan-Wang Pin/Shanghai 2000/CBM 76/[King] (33)}) (14... Qg4 $2 15. Qb3 {
[%csl Rb7,Rd5][%cal Gb3d5,Gb3b7]}) (14... Nd8 $5) (14... f6 $5) 15. h5 Nd8 $146
(15... Na5) 16. Qd3 Ne6 17. h6 $1 {[%csl Rg7] After this move Black plays just
without a bishop. This continuation looks very logical, so I was surprised
when I discovered that nobody played h5-h6 in such positions before me.} Bh8
18. Bd2 Rc4 19. Reb1 b5 {Black tries to keep space on the queen's side so that
White cannot play on both sides.} 20. Ne1 {[%cal Ye1c2,Yc2e3] This manouevre
is typical for this structure. From e3 the white knight controls nearly the
whole center.} a6 {supporting the b5 pawn.} 21. Nc2 $14 {1-0 Erenburg,S-Kundin,
A/Tel Aviv Last Autumn 2002/CBM 92/[Erenburg] (49)}) 10. d5 (10. e5 $5) (10. a4
Rac8 11. Bg5 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nc5 13. f3 Rfd8 14. b4 Ne6 15. Be3 a6 16. Qb3 d5 17.
e5 Ne8 18. f4 Nxd4 19. cxd4 Bf8 20. b5 Ng7 21. Nd2 h5 22. Qd3 Qf5 {1/2-1/2
Azarov,S-Zhigalko,A/BLR-ch Minsk 2004/ (92)}) 10... c4 11. Nbd2 Nc5 12. Nxc4
Ncxe4 13. a4 Nc5 14. Ne3 Qd8 15. Ra3 $14 {Adams,M-Anand,V Dortmund 1996}) 7. d4
Bd7 (7... cxd4 8. cxd4 O-O (8... a6 $146 9. Be2 $5 (9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Nc3 $14)
9... d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Be3 Qb6 $6 (11... O-O 12. Ne1 Qb6 13. f3 $140 Bxe5 14.
fxe4 Bxd4 15. Bxd4 Nxd4 16. Kh1 dxe4 $44) 12. Nc3 $1 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Na5 (13...
O-O 14. c4 Qa5) 14. Qa4+ $1 Bd7 15. Qa3 Qc7 16. Bg5 (16. Nd2) 16... Bf8 $8 (
16... Qd8 17. Bxe7) 17. Nd2 h6 18. Bh4 $36 {1/2-1/2 Adams,M-Van Wely,L/
Groningen (m/1) (52)}) (8... Qb6 9. Na3 a6 10. Ba4 O-O 11. d5 Na5 12. Qe1 Bd7
13. Bxd7 Nxd7 14. Be3 $16 {[%csl Rb6] /+- 1-0 Yudasin,L-Rechlis,G/ISR-chT 1996/
EXP 52 (33)}) (8... d5 9. e5 Ne4 10. Ne1 f6 11. f3 Ng5 12. Bxg5 fxg5 13. Nc3
O-O 14. Nc2 Bd7 15. Qd2 e6 16. Kh1 Qb6 17. a4 Rf7 18. Rfc1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Lutz,
C-Lagunow,A/GER-ch 1995/EXP 50 (44)}) 9. d5 (9. Nc3 Bg4 10. Be3 Nd7 11. Be2 e5
12. d5 Bxf3 13. dxc6 Bxe2 14. Nxe2 Nf6 15. cxb7 Rb8 16. Nc3 $14 {Torre,
T-Gallagher,J Saint John op-2 1988 1-0 32/CBM 06}) 9... Ne5 (9... Nb8 10. Nc3
$14) 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. Nc3 a6 12. Bd3 e6 13. Qb3 exd5 14. exd5 Ne8 15. Be3 Nd6
16. Bb6 Qg5 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 f5 19. d6+ Kh8 20. Bd5 f4 21. Rac1 Bf5 22. f3
Rae8 {0-1 Airapetian,T-Akatova,E/RUS-ch G18 Dagomys 2004/EXT 2005 (29)}) (7...
O-O 8. d5 Na5 (8... Nb8 {RR} 9. Re1 e6 10. a4 (10. dxe6 {HarZvi} Bxe6 11. Na3
h6 12. Bf4 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Bg3 Nc6 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Ne5 $14 {/+/- 1/2-1/
2 Torre,E-Gelfand,B/Erevan olm 1996/EXT 96ch2 (77)}) 10... a6 11. Bf1 exd5 12.
exd5 Bg4 (12... Bf5 $5 {Anand: 'HarZvi'}) (12... Bf5 {HarZvi}) 13. h3 Bxf3 14.
Qxf3 Re8 15. Rxe8+ Nxe8 16. Na3 Nd7 17. Bf4 Ne5 18. Qd1 Rb8 19. Qd2 Nc7 20. a5
Ne8 21. Nc4 $16 {Lutz,C-Khalifman,A/Munich 1992/CBM 30/[Boensch,U]/1-0 (58) ^^}
) (8... Ne5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. f3 Ne8 11. Be3 Nd6 12. a4 Qc7 13. Nd2 f5 14. Qe2
f4 15. Bf2 g5 16. b4 cxb4 17. cxb4 h5 18. Rfc1 Qd8 19. Ra3 g4 20. Rac3 a6 21.
Bd3 Qe8 22. Bh4 Bf6 {1/2-1/2 Gdanski,J-Damljanovic,B/EUR-ch Istanbul 2003/The
Week in Chess 449 (67)}) (8... a6 9. Bd3 Na5 10. h3 e6 11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. Bf4
Re8 13. Re1 d5 14. Nbd2 Qb6 15. Qc2 d4 16. cxd4 Nh5 17. Bh2 c4 18. Nxc4 Bxc4
19. Bxc4 Rac8 20. b3 Bxd4 21. Rab1 Bg7 22. Qd3 Nxc4 23. bxc4 Qc6 {1-0 Kim,
A-Kotsur,P/St Petersburg 300 Years 2003/ (52)}) 9. Re1 e6 10. Bf1 $1 {/\ c3-c4}
(10. dxe6 Bxe6 11. Ba4 $11 d5 12. e5 Ne4 13. Nbd2 Bf5 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Qxd8
Raxd8 16. Ng5 $14 {1-0 Benjamin,J-Kaidanov,G/USA-ch 1996/CBM 55 (41)}) 10...
exd5 11. exd5 Bf5 12. Na3 (12. c4 $5 {HarZvi: This is certainly a move one
must consider seriously, since now the knight on a5 seems to be out of the
game and White's Nb1 is going to have a very good place on c3.} Re8 13. Rxe8+
Qxe8 14. Bd2 b6 {[%cal Gf6e4]} 15. Bc3 {[%csl Ra5] and White has a slight
advantage.}) 12... b6 (12... a6 $5 {[%cal Gb7b5]} 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 {[%cal
Gb2b4]} g5 15. Bg3 Nh5 $132 {/->}) (12... Re8 $5 {HarZvi}) 13. Bf4 $6 {/\ Nb5}
(13. Ba6 $5 Bc8 (13... Qd7 14. b4 cxb4 15. cxb4 Ne4 16. Nd4) 14. Bd3 {>< f5 /\
c4}) 13... a6 $1 $13 14. Rc1 Be4 15. Bg5 (15. c4 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Nh5 $1 $13)
15... Re8 16. b4 (16. c4 {HarZvi} h6 17. Bd2) 16... Nb7 17. b5 $5 axb5 18. Nxb5
$36 {1-0 Anand,V-Gelfand,B/Wch Groningen 1997/CBM 63/[Anand] (36)}) (7... a6 8.
Bxc6+ bxc6 9. Re1 (9. dxc5 Nxe4 10. cxd6 Nxd6 (10... exd6 $2 11. Qa4 {[%cal
Ga4c6,Ga4e4]})) 9... cxd4 10. cxd4 O-O 11. h3 (11. Nc3 Bg4 $5) 11... Nd7 12.
Nc3 c5 (12... Rb8 13. b3 c5 14. Be3) 13. Be3 Rb8 14. Qd2 cxd4 15. Bxd4 Bxd4 16.
Nxd4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Hellsten,J-De Firmian,N/Mermaid Beach Club 1997/CBM 58/[Har
Zvi] (58)}) 8. Re1 (8. Qe2 a6 9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. d5 Bd7 11. Rd1 O-O 12. e5 dxe5
13. Nxe5 Bf5 14. c4 Qc7 15. Nc3 Rad8 16. Nf3 h6 17. Be3 e6 18. Qd2 Ne4 19. Nxe4
Bxe4 20. Bxh6 Bxh6 21. Qxh6 Bxf3 22. gxf3 exd5 {1/2-1/2 Adams,M-Ivanchuk,V/
Wijk aan Zee 1996/}) 8... O-O $146 (8... a6 9. Bf1 cxd4 10. cxd4 Bg4 11. Be3
O-O 12. Nc3 Rc8 13. Be2 Nd7 14. Rc1 Qa5 15. Nd5 e6 16. Rxc6 bxc6 17. Ne7+ Kh8
18. Nxc8 Rxc8 19. Ng5 Bxe2 20. Rxe2 Kg8 21. b3 Qb5 22. Rc2 a5 23. Qf3 {Perez
Pietronave,C-Sorokin,M/Buenos Aires op 1997/ChessBase/0-1 (42)}) 9. h3 $2 {
[%mdl 8192] This inaccuracy leads to a bad position !} (9. dxc5 dxc5 10. Nbd2
a6 $11) (9. d5 $5 Ne5 10. Bxd7 Nxf3+ 11. Qxf3 Nxd7 12. Na3 a6 $13) 9... Nxd4 $1
{A typical idea, very often Black uses this motive in the Ruy Lopez.} 10. Nxd4
(10. cxd4 Bxb5 11. Nc3 Bc6 12. d5 Bd7 $17) 10... cxd4 11. Bxd7 (11. Bd3 dxc3
12. Nxc3 $17) 11... Nxd7 12. cxd4 Qb6 $1 13. Be3 (13. d5 $5 Bxb2 14. Bxb2 Qxb2
15. Nd2 Rfc8 16. a4) (13. Nc3 $142 $5 Qxd4 (13... Bxd4 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. Rxe3
Nf6 16. Qe2 $15 {[%cal Gc3d5]}) 14. Nd5 e6 15. Qxd4 Bxd4 16. Nc7 Rac8 17. Nb5
Bc5 18. Be3 $1 $15) 13... Qxb2 14. Nd2 Bxd4 15. Rb1 (15. Qe2 Bxe3 (15... Qxa1
16. Rxa1 Bxa1 17. Qb5 $17) 16. Qxe3 b6 $19) 15... Qc3 16. Bxd4 (16. Rxb7 Nc5
17. Rb1 Rac8 $17 18. Rc1 $140 Qd3) (16. Rb3 $5 Qc5 17. Rxb7 Bxe3 18. Rxe3 Qc6
19. Rb1 {with some chances for defence.}) 16... Qxd4 17. Rxb7 Nc5 $1 {A very
strong answer, which was certainly overlooked by White.} 18. Rxe7 $6 (18. Rb1
$142 Rab8 $17 {[%cal Gb8b1]}) 18... Qf6 19. Rc7 $8 Qd8 {[%csl Rc7]} 20. Rxc5 (
20. Rc6 Qd7) 20... dxc5 $19 {The rest is simple. White has to sit and wait
while Black strengthens his position.} 21. Qc2 Qe7 22. Nc4 Rad8 23. Re3 (23.
Na5 Rd7) 23... Qd7 (23... Qe6 $5) (23... Rd4 $5) 24. Kh2 Qd1 25. Qc3 Qd4 26.
Qc2 Rfe8 27. e5 Re6 28. Rf3 (28. Qb3 Kg7) 28... h5 29. Qc1 Qe4 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. Be3
O-O 9. O-O Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Bd7 11. Qd2 Bc6 12. f3 a5 13. b3 Nd7 14. Bf2 Nc5 15.
Rab1 Qb8 16. Rfd1 Rc8 17. Rbc1 b6 18. Bd4 Bxd4+ 19. Qxd4 Qb7 20. Nd5 Re8 21. f4
Bxd5 22. exd5 Nd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "250"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. Qc2 g6 7. e3 Bf5 8. Bd3
Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Nf6 10. Nge2 Na6 11. O-O Nc7 12. h3 Ne6 13. Be5 O-O 14. Rad1 Nd7
15. Bh2 Nb6 16. b3 Bd6 17. Be5 Bb4 18. Kh1 Qe7 19. Rc1 Rfe8 20. Bh2 a5 21. Rc2
Ng5 22. a4 Ne4 23. Kg1 Qd7 24. Na2 Bf8 25. Qd1 h5 26. Nac1 Qf5 27. Nd3 Nd7 28.
Kh1 Rac8 29. f3 Nef6 30. Ne5 Bb4 31. g4 hxg4 32. hxg4 Qe6 33. Nf4 Qe7 34. Nfd3
Bd6 35. Qe1 Bc7 36. Rcf2 Nf8 37. Kg2 N6h7 38. Nf4 g5 39. Nh5 f6 40. Nd3 Qxe3
41. Qc3 Bb6 42. Qc2 Bxd4 43. Rd2 Qe7 44. Ng3 Ng6 45. Nf5 Nh4+ 46. Nxh4 gxh4 47.
Nf4 Be3 48. Re2 Qf7 49. Ng6 h3+ 50. Kh1 d4 51. Nh4 Rcd8 52. Qd3 Rd5 53. Nf5 Qd7
54. Rfe1 Re6 55. Bg1 Ng5 56. Nxe3 dxe3 57. Qg6+ Qg7 58. Qxg7+ Kxg7 59. f4 Nf3
60. Rxe3 Nxe1 61. Rxe6 Rd1 62. Re3 Nd3 63. Rf3 b5 64. Kh2 bxa4 65. bxa4 c5 66.
g5 fxg5 67. fxg5 c4 68. Bb6 Kg6 69. Bxa5 Kxg5 70. Kxh3 Kg6 71. Bc3 Rc1 72. Bd4
Rc2 73. Kg4 Rg2+ 74. Rg3 Ra2 75. Kf3+ Kf5 76. Ke3 Nf4 77. Bc3 Re2+ 78. Kd4 Re4+
79. Kc5 Ne2 80. Rh3 Kg4 81. Kd5 Re8 82. Rh2 Nxc3+ 83. Kxc4 Nxa4 84. Rf2 Re4+
85. Kd5 Nc3+ 86. Kc5 Ne2 87. Kd5 Re8 88. Rg2+ Kf5 89. Rh2 Nf4+ 90. Kc6 Re6+ 91.
Kc5 Ke4 92. Rh1 Nd3+ 93. Kb5 Rg6 94. Rh4+ Kd5 95. Rh5+ Ne5 96. Rh1 Nf3 97. Rh5+
Kd4 98. Rh8 Rg5+ 99. Kb4 Kd3 100. Rh3 Ke4 101. Rh8 Rd5 102. Rh1 Rg5 103. Rh8
Nd2 104. Re8+ Kd3 105. Rd8+ Ke3 106. Re8+ Ne4 107. Rh8 Rc5 108. Rh1 Rc2 109.
Re1+ Kd4 110. Rd1+ Nd2 111. Kb5 Ke5 112. Kb4 Kd5 113. Rh1 Nf3 114. Rh5+ Kd4
115. Kb5 Rb2+ 116. Kc6 Ne5+ 117. Kc7 Kd5 118. Rh1 Rc2+ 119. Kb7 Nf7 120. Kb6
Rc6+ 121. Kb5 Nd6+ 122. Kb4 Rb6+ 123. Kc3 Ne4+ 124. Kc2 Kd4 125. Rh8 Ke5
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nxe4 $5
7. Nxe4 Qe5 8. Be3 Qxe4 9. Nb5 Qe5 (9... Kd8 10. Qd5 $5 Qxd5 11. cxd5 Nb4 12.
Rc1 Nxd5 13. Bxa7 e6 14. Bc4 $36 {Hippe,F-Klawonn,M/Neumuenster 1999}) 10. Qd2
{For a pawn white has got a very strong initiative since all black pieces are
stuck on the 8th rank for quite a while.} a6 (10... b6 11. Be2 Qb8 12. O-O-O a6
13. Bf3 $2 Ne5 14. Bxa8 axb5 15. Be4 Nxc4 16. Qd5 e6 17. Qxb5 Nxe3 18. fxe3 Bc5
$17 {Palecha,A-Djukic,N/Chalkidiki 2000}) 11. f4 Qb8 12. Nc3 e6 13. O-O-O b5 ({
Deserved attention} 13... Be7 $5 {intending to castle as soon as possible.})
14. cxb5 axb5 15. Bxb5 Qc7 16. f5 Be7 $6 ({In the previous game played in this
tricky line black opted for} 16... Bb4 {,but it proved to be insufficient to
equalize, however it made more sense than a move in the game.} 17. fxe6 fxe6
18. a3 Na5 19. Kc2 Be7 20. Bf4 Qd8 21. Rhf1 O-O 22. Bd6 Nb7 23. Bxe7 Qxe7 24.
Kb1 $14 {Fontaine,R-Fressinet,L/France 1999}) 17. fxe6 fxe6 (17... dxe6 18. Bf4
(18. Qd4 $6 O-O 19. Qb6 Qxb6 20. Bxb6 Nb4 $1 21. a3 Rb8 22. Be3 Na2+ 23. Nxa2
Rxb5 24. Nc3 Rb7 $13) 18... Qb7 19. Bd6 Bf6 (19... Bh4 20. g3 Bf6 21. Be5) 20.
Be5 $1 O-O (20... Bxe5 $2 21. Qd8#) 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Qf4 $16) 18. Rhf1 {
[%csl Re8] Black's main problem in the arising position is a security of the
king, so white's next moves are directed to keep it in the center.} Bf6 19. Bc5
$1 Qe5 $6 {'?' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'Movsesian is centralizing the queen in the
hope, that very strong threat Bg5 will slow down opponent's attack. White will
start up the fireworks in the moment, when all his pieces are ready for the
action.'} (19... Na7 $6 20. Qf2 $1 Bxc3 $140 $2 21. Qf8+ $1 Rxf8 22. Rxf8#) (
19... Ra5 20. Rxf6 $1 gxf6 21. Ne4 {[%cal Ge4d6,Ge4f6]} Kf7 22. Qh6 Qe5 23. Rf1
$1 $18 f5 $140 24. Ng5+ Ke8 25. Qh5+ Kd8 26. Nf7+ Kc7 27. Nxe5 Rxb5 28. Bd6+) (
19... Ne7 20. Bd6 Qd8 21. Ne4 O-O 22. Kb1 (22. Nxf6+ {Ftacnik} Rxf6 23. Rxf6
gxf6 24. Qd4 Ng6 (24... Rxa2 25. Qxf6 Qa5 26. Qxe7 $18) 25. Kb1 $14) 22... Bb7
23. Nxf6+ Rxf6 24. Rxf6 gxf6 25. Bxe7 (25. Qb4 $14 {Ftacnik}) 25... Qxe7 26.
Qxd7 Qxd7 27. Rxd7 Bxg2 28. Bc4 Be4+ 29. Ka1 Bf5 30. b3 $16) 20. Rxf6 $1 {
It's hard to call this nice move a sacrifice since black loses by force if he
decide to accept it:} Qxc5 (20... gxf6 21. Bxc6 dxc6 22. Qd8+ Kf7 23. Qxh8 $18)
(20... Qxf6 21. Ne4 Qg6 22. Bxc6 $18) 21. Rxe6+ $1 $18 {A final touch!} dxe6
22. Qd8+ Kf7 23. Qxh8 Qg5+ 24. Kb1 Bb7 25. Qxh7 {Ftacnik: 'The final position
of the spectacular combination indicates, that black has no compensation for
the missing two pawns.'} Qxg2 26. Rf1+ (26. Rd7+ $5 Ne7 27. Qh4 Re8 28. Qh5+ g6
29. Qh7+ Kf6 30. Qh4+ Kf7 31. Qf4+ Kg8 32. Rxb7 Qxb7 33. Bxe8 $18) 26... Ke7
27. Qh4+ Kd6 28. Qf4+ e5 29. Rd1+ Kc7 30. Qf7+ {Ftacnik: 'The defender has
lost long ago and the hunt for his king is just the last act.'} Kb8 31. Qf8+
Kc7 32. Nd5+ Qxd5 33. Qxg7+ 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 Qa5 8.
O-O O-O 9. Nb3 Qc7 10. Bg5 a6 11. Be2 d6 12. Bxf6 exf6 13. Qd2 Ne7 14. Rad1 f5
15. Bf3 Be5 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. Nd4 Bd7 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Bc6 20. Bb3 Qb6 21.
Kh1 Rad8 22. f4 Bf6 23. Nf3 a5 24. f5 a4 25. Bc4 Qxb2 26. fxg6 hxg6 27. Ng5 Rd7
28. Bd3 Kg7 29. Qf4 Rh8 30. Nf3 Qxa2 31. Rde1 Qb2 32. c3 Qxc3 33. Re3 Qc5 34.
Be4 a3 35. Bxc6 bxc6 36. Re2 Ra7 37. g4 a2 38. g5 a1=Q 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4
d6 9. Bg5 a6 10. Rfd1 (10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Qf4 {is the more usual continuation,
by creating direct pressure against the קd6 White wants to disrupt the
coordination of Black's forces and exchange the Bb7. However, after} ({the
other alternative is} 11. Qd3 Qc7 12. Rad1 Be7 13. Nd4 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Nc6 $11)
11... O-O 12. Rfd1 Be7 13. Ne4 Bxe4 14. Qxe4 Ra7 $11 {Anand,V (2785)-Adams,M 
(2737) Sofia Mtel Masters 2005 (5) 1/2 /+/=,^- White's edge is only very
slight and can be neutralized - see 2 recent games by Adams.}) 10... Nbd7 11.
Qd2 ({The direct} 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. Na4 Rb8 13. c5 $6 {is dubious due to} dxc5
14. Qe5 Bd5 15. e4 Nxe4 16. Qxg7 Bf6 17. Qh6 Qe7 $1 18. Rac1 Rb7 19. h4 Nd6 20.
g4 Rg8 21. Qf4 Kf8 22. g5 Bh8 23. Nc3 Bxf3 24. Bxf3 Rd7 25. Kf1 Bd4 $17 {
Fancsy,I-Kalesis,N/Budapest/1994/}) 11... O-O (11... Rc8 12. Bf4 {/\} e5 $6 13.
Be3 Bxf3 (13... Rxc4 14. Nxe5 $16) 14. exf3 Rxc4 15. Qe2 b5 16. a4 $36) 12. Bf4
Ne8 13. Rac1 (13. Ng5 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Rc8 15. b3 Rc6 16. Rac1 h6 17. Nf3 Qa8 $132
18. Kg1 {1/2,Yermolinsky,A-Adams,M/FIDE WCh/2000/}) (13. e4 {leads to typical
Hedgehog positions, resembling the Uhlmann line (e4,Qe3,Nd4) after} Qc7 14.
Rac1 Rc8 (14... Rd8 $143 15. b3 Nc5 16. Qe2 Nf6 17. e5 $1 dxe5 18. Qxe5 Qc8 19.
Qc7 Rd7 20. Qxc8 Rxc8 21. Ne5 $36 {Schmidt,W-Kruszynski,W/Katowice/1992/}) 15.
b3 Ne5 $5 16. Qe2 Nf6 17. Nd4 Rfe8 18. h3 Qb8 19. Be3 Bf8 20. Re1 Ned7 $11 21.
Bg5 $6 h6 22. Bd2 Qa8 23. Kh2 g6 24. f4 Bg7 25. Nf3 Rcd8 26. Rcd1 Nc5 $132 {
Wojtkiewicz,A-Adianto,U/Las Vegas/2000/}) 13... Rc8 ({An approximately
equivalent alternative is} 13... Qc7 14. b3 Rd8 15. Ne1 (15. h4 Ne5 16. Qc2
Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 Bxf3 18. exf3 h6 19. Rd3 Nf6 20. Rcd1 b5 21. Ne4 Nxe4 22. fxe4
bxc4 23. bxc4 Qc6 $11 {Gritsak,O-Ftacnik,L/Koszalin op/1999/}) 15... Bxg2 16.
Nxg2 Qb7 17. Qe3 (17. a4 Nc5 18. Qc2 a5 19. Be3 (19. e4 $5 {()}) 19... f5 20.
Bxc5 $6 bxc5 21. e4 Bg5 22. Rb1 f4 23. Rd3 Qf7 24. Rf3 Qg6 25. Rd1 Rd7 26. Ne2
Rdf7 $36 {Ftacnik,L-Adianto,U/San Francisco/1991/}) 17... Ndf6 18. Qf3 Rd7 19.
Qxb7 Rxb7 20. a4 h6 21. f3 g5 22. Be3 Nd7 23. Ne1 f5 24. Nc2 Ng7 25. Bf2 Rc8
26. e4 f4 27. Ne2 Nc5 28. Rb1 fxg3 29. Nxg3 Nd7 30. Ne1 Ne5 $11 {Romanishin,
O-Brodsky,M/Kherson/1989/}) 14. b3 Nc5 (14... Rc7 15. Ng5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qa8+
17. Kg1 Ndf6 18. Qd3 Qb7 19. Nge4 Rd7 20. Qf3 Kh8 (20... Nxe4 $142 $11 {/+/=})
21. Rd3 b5 $6 22. Nxf6 gxf6 23. cxb5 axb5 24. e4 $36 {Chuchelov,V-Wukits,R/ECC
Rethymnon/2003/}) (14... h6 15. e4 Qc7 16. h4 Qb8 17. g4 $6 (17. Qe2 $142)
17... Nc5 (17... Ne5 $143 18. g5 hxg5 19. hxg5 g6 20. Nh2 Bc6 21. Be3 $36 {
>>1/2,Badea,B-Ionescu,C/ROM-ch Predeal/1988/}) 18. e5 Qa8 19. exd6 Nxd6 20.
Bxd6 {Georgiev,Kir-Sokolov,A/Leningrad/1987/} Rcd8 $1 21. Qf4 Bxd6 22. Rxd6
Rxd6 23. Qxd6 Bxf3 24. Qg3 Bxg2 25. Qxg2 Qd8 $15) 15. Ng5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 h6 17.
Nge4 Nb7 $5 $146 {[%cal Rf7f5][%mdl 40] /\f5-+ Typical Hedgehog strategy.
Black doesn't want to exchange too many pieces, which can sometimes complicate
the defence of his b6- and d6-pawns. Instead, he leaves White's N exposed in
the centre.} (17... Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Rc6 19. f3 Qc8 20. g4 (20. a4 $142 $5 f5 21.
Nf2) 20... b5 21. cxb5 axb5 22. Qa5 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Qb7 24. Be3 f5 25. gxf5 Rxf5
26. Qb6 Qxb6 27. Bxb6 b4 $11 {Beckhuis,G-Schulze,U/BL2S 0102/2001/}) 18. Qd3 {
[%mdl 512] Ivanchuk decides to sacrifice a piece to lure Black out from his
defensive bastions, but objectively it gives White nothing.} (18. f3 Qc7 {
/\Qc6~~}) (18. g4 $5) 18... f5 19. Nd2 g5 $5 {Nisipeanu accepts the challenge,
but he was by no means forced to do so.} ({After} 19... Nc5 20. Qf3 (20. Qc2
Bf6 21. b4 Nd7 $13) 20... g5 21. Be3 {he can already repeat moves with} (21. b4
gxf4 22. bxc5 Rxc5 23. gxf4 Kh7 $13 {/=/+}) 21... g4 22. Qf4 Bg5 23. Qd4 Bf6
$11) 20. Be3 f4 $1 ({Consistent, after} 20... Qc7 21. f3 Nc5 22. Qc2 {[%csl
Rf5,Rg5,Rh6] Black must always think about his shaky >>.}) 21. Bd4 (21. Qe4
fxe3 22. Qxe6+ Kg7 23. Qxe3 Nf6 $15) (21. Qg6+ Ng7 22. Bd4 e5 {-21.Bd4}) 21...
e5 22. Bxb6 Qxb6 23. Nd5 Qd8 24. Qg6+ Ng7 25. Qxh6 {White has 2P for the B and
chances to harass Black's K, but after the following move it transpires his Q
is isolated and he can't well avoid an _|_.} (25. Ne4 Nc5 $5 26. Nxc5 dxc5 27.
Qxh6 (27. Nf6+ Rxf6 28. Rxd8+ Rxd8 $15) 27... Qd6 28. Qh3 e4 $15) 25... Kf7 $1
(25... Nc5 26. b4 $44 {[%cal Yd2e4] /\Ne4|^}) 26. Qh3 Nc5 (26... Rh8 27. Qg4
Nc5 {would probably only transpose into the game after} 28. b4 Qd7) 27. b4 Rh8
28. Qg4 Qd7 $1 29. h3 $5 {White doesn't want to let Black activate his Ng7
after} (29. Qxd7 Nxd7 30. Ne4 Nf5 $5 {/\} 31. Nxe7 Kxe7 32. Nxg5 Rcg8 $36)
29... Qxg4 30. hxg4 Na4 (30... Nce6 $142 $5 {[%cal Ye6d4,Yg7e8,Ye8c7] /\Nd4,
Ne8-c7=/+}) 31. Rh1 Ke6 32. Rxh8 Rxh8 33. Rb1 $1 {[%cal Rb1b3,Rb3a3] /
\Rb3-a3<=>} Bd8 34. Ne4 $44 Nb6 (34... Kd7 35. Rb3 Nb6 36. Nxb6+ Bxb6 37. Nxg5
Rc8 38. Rc3 $13) 35. Nxb6 Bxb6 36. Nxg5+ Ke7 37. c5 $1 Bc7 (37... dxc5 $143 $6
38. bxc5 $36 Bxc5 $2 39. Rb7+ Kf8 (39... Kf6 40. Ne4+ $18) 40. Rb8+ Ne8 41.
Ne6+ $18) 38. gxf4 exf4 39. cxd6+ Bxd6 40. b5 a5 {Black still tries to keep
some P on the board, but his chances for an edge are gone.} (40... axb5 41.
Rxb5 Ne6 $11) 41. b6 Ne6 42. Nxe6 Kxe6 43. Rb5 a4 44. b7 a3 45. g5 Kd7 46. Rb3
Kc6 (46... Kc7 47. g6 Kb8 48. Rd3 $1 $11) 47. g6 Rg8 48. Kf3 $11 {[%csl Ra3]
Black can't improve his position without exchanging the Pa3, after that White
even in the worst case always has e3, swapping Black's last P and reaching a
theoretically drawn _|_.} Bb8 49. Rxa3 Kxb7 50. Rb3+ Ka7 {Prudently accepts
the perpetual.} (50... Kc8 $6 51. Rb6 $14) (50... Kc6 51. Rb1 {[%cal Yb1g1] /
\Rg1|^}) 51. Ra3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Milov, Vadim"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "167"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Qa4+ Nd7 8.
Be3 O-O 9. Rd1 {The idea of GM Vadim Milov.} (9. Rc1 {is played more often.})
9... c5 (9... b6 $5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Ne2 e6 12. O-O Qe7 13. Qb3 e5 14. d5 Qd6
15. c4 Nc5 $13 {1-0 Milov,V-Petrosian,T/Antalya 2004/CBM 101 (78)}) 10. Bd3 (
10. Nf3 {allows} Qc7 11. Bd3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Qc3+ {, e.g.} 13. Ke2 Nb6 14. Qb3
Qxb3 15. axb3 Bg4 $11 {0-1 Holm,S-Borge,N/Denmark 1998/EXT 99 (45)}) 10... Nb6
(10... Qc7 11. Ne2 e5 {is another plan} (11... a6 12. Qa3 Rb8 13. O-O e6 14. f4
b5 15. f5 $1 $16 {Goldin,A-Mikhalevski,V/Philadelphia 2004/CBM 101 ext (30)}) {
Here is an example of GM Milov's play:} 12. d5 Nf6 13. O-O Bd7 14. Qa3 b6 15.
Qc1 Ne8 16. Ng3 Nd6 17. f4 exf4 (17... f6 18. f5 $1) 18. Bxf4 Rae8 19. Rde1 f6
20. h4 Bg4 21. h5 Qd7 22. hxg6 hxg6 23. Qb1 Qd8 24. Nh1 Bc8 25. Nf2 Nf7 26. Bb5
Bd7 27. a4 $13 {1-0 Milov,V-Kalod,R/Albox ESP 2005/The Week in Chess 553 (48)})
11. Qa3 (11. Qb3 Bd7 $5 {[%cal Rd7a4]}) 11... cxd4 12. cxd4 Qd6 13. Qxd6 exd6
14. Ne2 f5 {A typical attack.} 15. O-O (15. f3 $5 {was the only way to fight
for an advantage. Black could reply e.g.} fxe4 16. fxe4 d5 17. e5 Bf5 18. Bxf5
Rxf5 19. Nf4 $14 {[%csl Rd5,Ge5,Rg7]}) 15... fxe4 16. Bxe4 Bg4 17. f3 Rae8 18.
Nc3 Bf5 19. Bf2 Bxe4 20. Nxe4 $6 (20. fxe4 Nc4 21. Rfe1 $11) 20... d5 21. Nc5
Re2 22. a4 Rfe8 23. Kh1 $2 {This move, hard to understand, leads to serious
trouble for White.} (23. a5 Nc4 24. Nxb7 Rb2 $44) 23... Ra2 24. Nxb7 Nxa4 $17 {
[%csl Ga7]} 25. Bg3 Nc3 (25... Ree2 $5) 26. Rd3 Rc2 (26... Ne2 $5 27. Nd6 Nxg3+
28. hxg3 Ree2 29. Rg1 Red2 $19) 27. Na5 Nb5 28. Nb3 Ree2 29. Rg1 Rb2 30. h4 a5
{Black trades his passed pawn for the weak d4 pawn, after which it is easier
for White to defend. However, there was no other way to make progress.} 31.
Nxa5 Bxd4 (31... Nxd4 $5 {was interesting, cutting off the white knight, e.g.}
32. Rc1 (32. Kh2 Rb5 33. Ra3 Bf8) 32... Rxg2 (32... Nf5 $5 33. Bf4 Rb4 34. g3
Rxf4 $1 35. gxf4 Bd4 36. Rg1 Bxg1 37. Kxg1 d4 $17) 33. Rc8+ Kf7 34. Rc7+ Kf6
35. Rxd4 Rxg3 36. Rxd5 Rxf3 $17) 32. Rc1 Rxg2 33. Bf4 Rgc2 34. Nb3 Rxc1+ 35.
Bxc1 Rb1 36. Nxd4 Rxc1+ 37. Kg2 Nc7 38. Kg3 Kf7 {This endgame looks winning
for Black but...} 39. Rb3 Rc4 40. Rb7 Ke7 41. Ne2 Kf6 42. Nf4 Ke5 43. Ra7 {
An interesting moment. Both players go for the rook ending. Which of them is
right? Apparently White!} (43. Nd3+ {was possible, of course.}) 43... Rxf4 (
43... Kd6 $142 $17) 44. Rxc7 h5 45. Re7+ Kd6 46. Ra7 (46. Kxf4 $2 Kxe7 47. Ke5
g5 $1 $19) 46... Rf6 47. Ra1 Kc5 (47... d4 $2 48. Ra6+ Ke7 49. Ra7+ {and Black
can't evade checks.}) 48. Rc1+ Kb4 49. Kf2 Re6 {Cutting off the white king but
White easily defends by means of the typical front attack.} (49... Rf4 $5 {
probably didn't win either, e.g.} 50. Rh1 d4 51. Ke2 {etc.}) 50. Rd1 Kc5 51.
Rc1+ Kd6 52. Rd1 Kc6 53. Rc1+ Kd7 54. Ra1 Ke7 55. Rb1 d4 {What else?} 56. Rb4
Rd6 57. Ke2 Ke6 58. Rb5 d3+ (58... Rd5 59. Rb6+ Kf5 60. Kd3 g5 $140 61. Rh6 $1
$11) 59. Kd2 Rd4 60. Ra5 Kf6 61. Ra8 Rd5 62. Rf8+ Ke5 63. Rg8 Kf5 64. Rf8+ Ke6
65. Rg8 Kf7 66. Ra8 Kg7 67. Ra3 Rd4 68. Rxd3 Rxh4 {This is a theoretical draw.}
69. Ke3 Rh2 70. Rd1 Kh6 71. f4 Ra2 72. Rd6 Ra3+ 73. Kf2 Kg7 74. Kg2 h4 75. Rb6
Rg3+ 76. Kf2 Rc3 77. Kg2 Ra3 78. Rc6 Rg3+ 79. Kf2 Rb3 80. Kg2 Rb4 81. Kf3 h3
82. Kg3 Rb3+ 83. Kh2 Rf3 84. Ra6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.30"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Asrian, Karen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Nf3 b6 8. Be2
Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. O-O Qe7 12. Qb3 Rd8 13. Rad1 c5 14. dxc5
Bxc3 15. Qxc3 bxc5 16. Qe5 Qxe5 17. Nxe5 Nd7 18. Nxd7 Rxd7 19. Rc1 d4 20. Rxc5
dxe3 21. fxe3 Rd2 22. Rc7 Rxe2 23. Rxb7 f6 24. Rf3 Rc8 25. h4 a5 26. Rg3 g5 27.
hxg5 hxg5 28. a4 Rcc2 29. b3 Rc3 30. Rf3 Rcc2 31. Rg3 Rc3 32. Rg4 Rcxe3 33. Rc4
Re1+ 34. Kf2 R1e2+ 35. Kg1 Re1+ 36. Kh2 Re7 37. Rxe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.07.01"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 Ne4 8. Qb3
Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 d6 10. e3 Nd7 11. O-O-O Bb7 12. Nd2 Nxg3 13. hxg3 Qe7 14. f3
O-O-O 15. Bd3 h5 16. Rh2 h4 17. Rdh1 Qf6 18. gxh4 Rxh4 19. Qd1 Rdh8 20. Qg1 Kb8
21. Rxh4 Rxh4 22. Rxh4 gxh4 23. Qh2 Qg5 24. Kc2 Nf6 25. Qh3 Bc6 26. Nf1 Nh5 27.
a3 Ng3 28. Kd2 Nxf1+ 29. Bxf1 Qa5 30. Qxh4 Qxa3 31. Qh7 f5 32. Qg8+ Kb7 33.
Qxe6 Qb2+ 34. Ke1 a5 35. d5 Ba4 36. g4 Qc1+ 37. Kf2 Qd2+ 38. Kg1 Bd1 39. Qe7
Qxc3 40. Qe6 Qd2 41. c5 bxc5 42. Qe8 c4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 6th playoff"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.07.02"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Asrian, Karen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2005.07.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 a5 7. Bb2 a4 8. Na3 c6
9. d3 Nbd7 10. Qc2 Bb4 11. Rfc1 h6 12. Qd1 Re8 13. Nc2 Bf8 14. b4 e5 15. a3 b5
16. c5 Qc7 17. Nd2 g6 18. e4 d4 19. Qe2 Bg7 20. Rf1 Nf8 21. Rae1 h5 22. f4 exf4
23. Bxd4 Ne6 24. Bxf6 Bxf6 25. e5 Bg5 26. d4 fxg3 27. hxg3 Bxd2 28. Qxd2 Ng7
29. d5 cxd5 30. Bxd5 Be6 31. Bxa8 Rxa8 32. Qd6 Qc8 33. Nd4 Bc4 34. e6 fxe6 35.
Nc6 Qe8 36. Rf6 Kh7 37. Ne5 Rd8 38. Qc7 Rc8 39. Qf7 Qxf7 40. Rxf7 Kh6 41. Rf6
Nf5 42. Rxg6+ Kh7 43. Rd1 Bd5 44. Rg5 Kh6 45. Rxf5 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 6th playoff"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.07.02"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Asrian, Karen"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2005.07.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. Be2 Be7 8. f4
O-O 9. O-O Qc7 10. a4 b6 11. Bf3 Bb7 12. g4 Nc6 13. g5 Nd7 14. Bg2 Rfe8 15.
Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Rf3 b5 17. Rh3 bxa4 18. Nxa4 Rab8 19. b3 g6 20. Nc3 Bb7 21. Bf2
Bf8 22. Ra4 Rbc8 23. f5 Ne5 24. Bd4 Qd8 25. f6 Nc6 26. Bf2 Ne5 27. Ne2 Ng4 28.
Ba7 Qc7 29. Rc4 Qa5 30. Rg3 Rxc4 31. bxc4 Ne5 32. Rb3 Qc7 33. c5 Bxe4 34. Bb6
Qc6 35. Nd4 Qd5 36. Bxe4 Qxe4 37. cxd6 Bxd6 38. Qe2 Qf4 39. Rg3 Nd7 40. Ba7
Qc1+ 41. Kg2 Bxg3 42. hxg3 Qxg5 43. Nf3 Qxf6 44. Qxa6 Ne5 45. Ng1 Qf5 46. Qb5
Qxc2+ 47. Ne2 Qc6+ 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 6th playoff"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.07.02"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2005.07.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Nc3 a6 7. b3 d5 8. Bg2
Bb4 9. Bd2 dxc4 10. O-O Bc5 11. Bg5 Nbd7 12. Rc1 Nb6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Ne4 Ke7
15. e3 Rd8 16. Nxc5 Qxc5 17. bxc4 Rb8 18. Qc2 Bd7 19. Qxh7 Nxc4 20. Nb3 Qc7 21.
Qh4 b5 22. Nd2 Rbc8 23. Ne4 Qe5 24. f4 Qb2 25. Rc3 Bc6 26. Qxf6+ Kf8 27. f5
exf5 28. Qh8+ Ke7 29. Qf6+ Kf8 30. Rxf5 Rd1+ 31. Bf1 Rc7 32. Qh6+ Ke7 33. Qf6+
Kf8 34. Qh8+ Ke7 35. Re5+ Nxe5 36. Qxe5+ Kf8 37. Qh8+ Ke7 38. Qe5+ Kf8 39. Qxc7
Rxf1+ 40. Kxf1 Qb1+ 41. Ke2 Bxe4 42. Qd8+ Kg7 43. Qd4+ f6 44. Rb3 Qh1 45. Kd2
Qxh2+ 46. Kc3 Qc2+ 47. Kb4 Qxa2 48. Ra3 Qe6 49. Rc3 Bd5 50. Rc5 Be4 51. g4 Qxg4
52. Rc6 Bf3 53. Rxa6 Qf5 54. Rb6 Qb1+ 55. Kc5 Qf5+ 56. Kd6 Kf7 57. Kc7 Qc2+ 58.
Kd8 Qf5 59. Qd6 Qd5 60. Qxd5+ Bxd5 61. Rxb5 Ke6 62. Rb6+ Ke5 63. Rb4 Ke6 64.
Ke8 Kf5 65. Ke7 Kg6 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 6th playoff"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.07.02"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C86"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2005.07.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Qe2 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. d3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Qd7 12. Re1 Nd8 13. Nf1 Ne6 14. Ng3 g6 15.
Bh6 Rfe8 16. Qe3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 c5 18. Rad1 Kh8 19. h4 Ng8 20. Qxf7 c4 21. dxc4
Nxh6 22. Qf3 Bxh4 23. cxb5 axb5 24. Qd3 Nc5 25. Qxd6 Qxd6 26. Rxd6 Bxg3 27.
fxg3 Nxb3 28. axb3 Ng4 29. b4 Red8 30. Rd5 Rxd5 31. exd5 Rd8 32. Rd1 Ne3 33.
Re1 Ng4 34. Rd1 Ne3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 6th playoff"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.07.02"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2005.07.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2
Bf6 9. Qc2 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 d6 11. Rfd1 Nd7 12. b4 c5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. b5 Nb6 15.
Qd3 d5 16. Nd2 dxc4 17. Qc2 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qd7 19. Rab1 Bxc3 20. Qxc3 Qd5+ 21.
Nf3 Qe4 22. Rb2 Rad8 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Rd2 Rxd2 25. Qxd2 h6 26. Qa5 Qxe2 27.
Ne1 Nd5 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 6th playoff"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.07.02"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2005.07.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. e4 (5. c3 d6 6. e4 {is the way
to avoid the game continuation.}) 5... d5 {This is the aggressive reply.} 6.
exd5 (6. e5 Ne4 $1) 6... Nxd5 {Black soon will attack the [+] mostly by c5.} 7.
Nb3 (7. Bc4 c5 $1 {White has the better development, but his pieces are not
well coordinated for the central fight.} 8. c3 (8. Nb3 Nb6 9. Be2 cxd4 10.
Nbxd4 Bd7 {/\ Nc6 finishing the development with easy.} 11. O-O Nc6 12. c3 Re8
13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Qxd8 Raxd8 $11 {Smyslov-Rytshagov, Tallinn 1996}) 8... cxd4
9. Nxd4 h6 (9... Nb6 10. Bb3 h6 11. Be3 Nd5 {and White's ^^ will vanish.} 12.
Bxd5 Qxd5 13. Qf3 Qxf3 14. N2xf3 Bd7 15. O-O-O Nc6 $11 {Panchenko-Petrushin,
Rostov 1993}) 10. Bh4 Nb6 11. Be2 g5 {Black grabs the |^ in the [+].} 12. Bg3
e5 13. N4b3 f5 14. f3 Nd5 15. Nc4 Nc6 {Black has a very active position.} 16.
a4 b6 17. O-O Be6 $13 {Plachetka-Roca, Bled 2002}) (7. Nc4 Nd7 {/\ c5} 8. c3 (
8. Qd2 c5 9. O-O-O {castling into the storm...} b5 10. Ne3 N5f6 11. dxc5 Qc7
12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. Qxd5 Nxc5 14. Be3 Na4 15. Nd4 Bf5 16. Bxb5 Nxb2 $1 $40 {
Agzamov-W.Watson, Frunze 1985}) 8... c5 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 {White has an
isolated P for nothing.} N7b6 $15 {Trikaliotis-Grivas, Ano Liosia 1995}) (7. c3
h6 (7... Nd7 {/\ c5} 8. Bc4 N7b6 9. Bb3 {and at least c5 will not come
immediately.} h6 10. Bh4 {looks more logical.} (10. Be3 {The B is vulnerable
here.} c5 11. O-O Nxe3 (11... cxd4 12. Bxd4 Bxd4 13. Nxd4 e5 14. N4f3 Nf4 15.
Ne4 Qd3 16. Re1 $16 {Sasikiran-Paragua, Calcutta 2001}) 12. fxe3 Qc7 $13)) (
7... c5 {Black can immediately attack the [+].} 8. dxc5 Qc7 {winning back the
P immediately.} 9. Bc4 Qxc5 10. Bb3 Nf6 11. O-O Nc6 12. Qe2 Bf5 $11 {
Moutousis-Grivas, Poros 1998}) 8. Bh4 f5 (8... Nd7 9. Bc4 N5b6 {/\ c5} 10. Bb3
c5 11. O-O cxd4 12. cxd4 Nf6 {blockading the vital d5 square, White has no
real pressure for the isolani.} 13. Re1 Nbd5 $11 {Torre-Nikolaidis, Yerevan
1996}) 9. Bc4 c6 10. O-O g5 11. Bxg5 hxg5 12. Nxg5 {White's -> looks dangerous
at first sight but Black has good defensive resources.} Qd6 13. Re1 Na6 14. f4
Nac7 15. Qh5 Rf6 $5 (15... Qh6 16. Qxh6 (16. Qf3 $143 Kh8 $17 {Cicak-Smirin,
Czechia 2004}) 16... Bxh6 17. Rxe7)) 7... h6 (7... a5 $5 {attacking the badly
placed N.} 8. c4 $5 (8. a4 h6 9. Bd2 b6 10. Be2 Bb7 11. O-O Nd7 12. c4 N5f6 13.
Qc1 Kh7 14. Rd1 e6 15. h3 Qe7 16. Bf4 Rac8 $11 {Boensch-Epishin, Brno 1991}))
8. Bd2 Bg4 (8... Nd7 9. Be2 (9. c4 N5f6 10. Qc2 e5 $1 {blowing up White's [+].}
11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Bf5 13. Qc1 Re8 14. f4 Ne4 15. Be3 $2 Qh4+ 16. g3 Nxg3
17. Bf2 Bxe5 $1 {attacking the K in the [+]?} 18. fxe5 Rxe5+ 19. Kd2 Ne4+ $19 {
Krumpacnik-Jelen, Bled 1998}) 9... c5 $1 {Black opens up the /^ for his
fianchettoed B.} (9... e5 {is the other way for equalization.} 10. dxe5 Nxe5
11. O-O c6 $11 12. c3 Qc7 13. Re1 Nf4 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Bf1 {1/2-1/2
Bareev-Khalifman, Wijk aan Zee 1995 62/(59)}) 10. c4 (10. dxc5 $6 {Dautov} Bxb2
11. Bxh6 Nc3 $17) (10. Qc1 {Dautov} Kh7 11. Nxc5 Nxc5 12. dxc5 Qc7 (12... Bf5
$44) 13. c4 Nf6 14. b4 a5 $44) 10... N5f6 11. O-O Ne4 $1 12. Be3 b6 $1 {/\ Bb7}
13. Qc1 (13. Nbd2 {Dautov} Nd6 $1 14. Bd3 cxd4 15. Bxd4 e5 16. Bc3 Re8 17. Re1
Bb7 $15) 13... Kh7 {The b3 N remains utterly passive.} 14. Rd1 Qc7 $15 {
Nikolac-Wojtkiewicz, Bad Woerishofen 1998 CBM 063}) 9. Be2 Nd7 10. h3 Be6 {
This retreat is not logical, the B is not doing anything here.} (10... Bxf3 11.
Bxf3 c6 12. O-O e5 {was more to the point.}) 11. c4 N5b6 12. Qc1 Kh7 13. d5 {
There is no need forcing matters.} (13. O-O $1 {leaving the bad B and
finishing the development was logical.} c6 14. Re1 Bf5 15. Bf1 $14) 13... Bf5
14. Bc3 e5 15. dxe6 Bxe6 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qc3+ Qf6 18. Qxf6+ Kxf6 {and
White's |^ vanished completely.} 19. Na5 (19. O-O-O a5 $13) 19... Na4 $2 (19...
Rfe8 $1 $132 {and the pin on the e <-> can be annoying.}) 20. O-O-O Nac5 $6 {
following the wrong plan.} (20... Rab8) 21. Nd4 Ne5 $2 {This is the losing
move.} (21... Rab8 22. Nxe6 $16) 22. f4 $18 Ned7 23. Nxe6 Kxe6 24. Rhe1 Rad8
25. b4 1-0

[Event "Canadian op"]
[Site "Edmonton"]
[Date "2005.07.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hyseni, Astrit"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "1805"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2005.07.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. f3 e6 3. d3 d5 4. e5 f6 5. exf6 Nxf6 6. c3 Nc6 7. Nh3 Bd6 8. g3 Bd7
9. Bg2 Qc7 10. f4 O-O-O 11. Na3 a6 12. Ng5 Rhf8 13. c4 h6 14. Nf3 g5 15. fxg5
Bxg3+ 16. Ke2 Ng4 17. hxg3 Qxg3 18. Qg1 Nd4+ 19. Kd2 Rxf3 20. Bf1 Rf2+ 21. Kc3
Qc7 22. b4 cxb4+ 23. Kxb4 Qb6+ 24. Nb5 a5+ 25. Ka3 Qc5+ 26. Ka4 Qb4# 0-1

[Event "Canadian op"]
[Site "Edmonton"]
[Date "2005.07.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Sladek, Vaclav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2047"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2005.07.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Qc7 6. O-O Nf6 7. Qe2 d6 8. c4
Be7 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. f4 h5 11. Bd2 b6 12. b4 Bb7 13. f5 e5 14. Nb3 a5 15. a3
axb4 16. axb4 Rxa1 17. Nxa1 Qb8 18. Nc2 Qa8 19. Ra1 Qb8 20. Na3 Bc6 21. Nab5 h4
22. Be3 Nh5 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. exd5 Nf4 25. Bxf4 exf4 26. f6 gxf6 27. Ra8 1-0

[Event "Canadian op"]
[Site "Edmonton"]
[Date "2005.07.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mohota, Nisha"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2343"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2005.07.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Nge2 c5 7. Be3 Qa5 8. Qa4
Qxa4 9. Nxa4 b6 10. O-O-O Nc6 11. Nac3 Rd8 12. d5 Ne5 13. b3 e6 14. Kc2 exd5
15. cxd5 a6 16. f4 Ned7 17. h3 Re8 18. Ng3 b5 19. e5 dxe5 20. fxe5 Rxe5 21. Bf4
Re8 22. Be2 h5 23. h4 Ne5 24. Rhe1 Bd7 25. Kc1 c4 26. bxc4 Rac8 27. Bxe5 Rxe5
28. Bf1 Ng4 29. Nge4 bxc4 30. g3 f5 0-1

[Event "Canadian op"]
[Site "Edmonton"]
[Date "2005.07.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Charbonneau, Pascal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2005.07.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Qa4+ Nc6 $5 {Intending to deviate from the theory as
early as possible!} 4. Nc3 Nf6 (4... a6 $5 5. e3 (5. Qxc4) 5... Be6 6. Ne5 Qd6
7. Nxc6 Qxc6 8. Qxc6+ bxc6 9. Ne4 Nf6 $15 {Cyborowski,L-Volzhin,A/Koszalin 1998
}) 5. g3 Nd5 6. Qxc4 Ndb4 $5 {This move is a novelty, which seems to promise
black good prospects in the forthcoming struggle.} (6... Nb6 7. Qb3 g6 8. Bg2
Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. d3 a5 11. Be3 Be6 12. Qc2 Nd5 13. Bd2 h6 14. a3 $14 {
Janata,M-Lehmann,H/Siegburg, Bad Godesberg 1969}) 7. Qb3 Be6 ({Another
reasonable continuation was} 7... Bf5 $5 8. d3 Bg4 9. Ne5 Be6 10. Nxc6 Bxb3 11.
Nxd8 Rxd8 12. Kd2 Be6 $13 {and black is doing fine.}) 8. Qa4 Bd7 9. Qd1 Bf5 $5
({Once again black had a comfortable choice between a move in the game and 9...
Bg4:} 9... Bg4 10. Bg2 Nd4 11. Nxd4 Nd3+ 12. Kf1 Qxd4 13. Qa4+ Qxa4 14. Nxa4
Nxc1 15. Rxc1 O-O-O $11) 10. d3 Bg4 11. a3 ({Nothing promised} 11. Bg2 Bxf3 12.
Bxf3 Nd4 13. Bxb7 Rb8 14. Bg2 Ndc2+ 15. Kf1 Nxa1 16. a3 Nac2 17. axb4 Nxb4 18.
Qa4+ Qd7 19. Qxa7 Rc8 $15 {and black is better.}) 11... Bxf3 12. exf3 Nd5 13.
Bg2 e6 14. f4 Nb6 (14... Bc5 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. O-O (16. Qb3 Qe7+ 17. Kf1 Nd4
$17) 16... Ne7 (16... O-O $6 17. Qb3 Nd4 18. Qxb7 c6 19. b4 Rb8 20. Qa6 Ne2+
21. Kh1 $14) 17. f5 Qd7 18. f6 gxf6 19. d4 Bd6 $132) 15. O-O Be7 16. Be3 Qd7
17. Qb3 O-O (17... Qxd3 $2 18. Rfd1 Qg6 19. Nb5 O-O 20. Nxc7 $16) 18. Rfd1 Rfd8
19. Rac1 Rab8 20. Bxc6 $1 bxc6 $6 {More in the spirit of the position was} (
20... Qxc6 $5 21. Nb5 Qf3 22. Nxc7 Bf6 23. Nb5 Nd5 24. Bxa7 Ra8 $44 {with more
than sufficient compensation for a pawn. After a move in the game white gets a
steady plus due to a pressure on c6.}) 21. Qc2 $14 a5 22. Rd2 Nd5 23. Na4 g5 $6
({More chances for the successfull defense would leave} 23... c5 $5 24. Bxc5
Bf6 25. d4 Nb6 26. Bxb6 cxb6 27. Rcd1 b5 28. Nc3 $14) 24. fxg5 Nxe3 25. fxe3
Bxg5 26. Kf2 $16 e5 27. Re1 f5 (27... Qe6 28. Kg1 Qh6 29. Rde2 Qg6 30. Nc5 Be7
31. Rf2 $16) 28. Qc4+ Qd5 29. Rc1 $1 Kh8 30. h4 Bxe3+ (30... Bh6 31. Qxc6 $18)
31. Kxe3 f4+ 32. gxf4 exf4+ 33. Kf2 Qe5 34. Re1 Qf6 35. Kf1 Rd4 36. Qc3 Rbd8
37. Rg2 Qxh4 38. Qxd4+ $1 1-0

[Event "Canadian op"]
[Site "Edmonton"]
[Date "2005.07.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tyomkin, Dimitri"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2005.07.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O e6 6. c3 Nf6 7. Re1 Nc6 8.
d3 Be7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nf1 Ne5 11. Ng3 Qb5 12. d4 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nd3 14. Qe2 a6
15. a4 Nxc1 16. Qxb5 axb5 17. Rexc1 d5 18. e5 Ne8 19. axb5 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 Nc7
21. Ra5 Bb4 22. Ra4 Be7 23. Ra5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Canadian op"]
[Site "Edmonton"]
[Date "2005.07.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Quan, Zhe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2396"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2005.07.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. Bd3 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. fxg5 Ne5 13. Qe2 Nfg4 14. Nf3 hxg5
15. Bg3 Bd7 16. h3 Nf6 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. Bf2 Bc6 19. Rhf1 Nh5 20. g3 O-O-O 21.
Kb1 Ng7 22. Be3 f5 23. Qf2 Rdf8 24. Bb6 Qb8 25. Bc4 f4 26. Rd3 Bd8 27. Bc5 Qc7
28. Bd6 Qb6 29. Qe2 Bf6 30. Qg4 Re8 31. Nd5 Bxd5 32. Bxd5 Qb5 33. Rfd1 1-0

[Event "Canadian op"]
[Site "Edmonton"]
[Date "2005.07.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2005.07.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O (7...
Nd7) 8. Be3 b6 9. Qd2 e5 10. Bh6 Qd6 11. O-O-O a5 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. g4 (13. Nh2
a4 14. Ng4 (14. Ne2 c4 $6 15. Ng4 $1 h5 16. Qh6+ Kg8 17. dxc4 Qe7 18. Nxf6+
Qxf6 19. Ng3 Qe7 20. Rhg1 Qh4 21. Nf5 $16 {Nisipeanu,L-Kasimdzhanov,R/Germany
2002}) 14... Ng8 15. Ne2 (15. Kb1 a3 16. b3 Qd4 17. Nh2 b5 18. Nf3 Qd6 19. Ne2
Be6 $13 {Grischuk,A-Leko,P/Moscow 2002}) 15... Bxg4 16. hxg4 Qe6 17. Kb1 Qxg4
18. f3 Qe6 19. g4 f6 20. f4 a3 21. f5 Qd7 22. b3 g5 23. Qe3 h6 24. c3 Qe7 25.
Ng1 Rfe8 26. Nf3 Rad8 27. Kc2 Rd7 28. Rd2 {1/2-1/2 Grischuk,A-Ponomariov,R/
Moscow 2002}) (13. Qg5 Re8 14. Nd2 h6 15. Qh4 b5 16. Ne2 g5 17. Qg3 a4 18. Qe3
Be6 19. Kb1 a3 20. b3 Rad8 $13 {Kveinys,A-Calistri,T/Paris 2004}) 13... Be6 {
Ivanchuk decides not to follow Leko's foot steps, even though 13...a4 braught
black a very convincing win 3 years ago.} (13... a4 14. Ne2 b5 15. Ng3 b4 16.
Qg5 Re8 17. Nd2 a3 18. bxa3 $2 h6 19. Qe3 Be6 $40 {Shirov,A-Leko,P/Dortmund
2002}) 14. Ng5 $6 {Capture on e6 hardly serves white's interests so I don't
like a move in the game.} Nd7 15. Nxe6+ (15. f4 exf4 16. Rdf1 h6 17. Nxe6+ fxe6
18. g5 hxg5 19. Rhg1 Qe5 $15) (15. Rdf1 b5 16. f4 b4 17. Ne2 Bxa2 18. Nf3 f6
$17) 15... fxe6 $1 16. g5 ({In case of} 16. h4 h6 $5 17. g5 h5 $15 {white
would be deprived any attacking chances on the kingside.}) 16... a4 17. h4 Qd4
18. Rdf1 $2 {After a move in the game white's position deteriorates in just a
couple of moves. It was necessary to try} (18. Ne2 $1 Qxf2 19. h5 Rf3 20. hxg6
hxg6 21. Rh6 Raf8 $13 {with slightly worse, but defendable position.}) 18... a3
$1 $17 {Black is the first one to get to the opponent's king.} 19. h5 (19. b3
b5 20. Kd1 c4 21. h5 cxb3 22. cxb3 Rf3 $17) 19... c4 $6 ({The simplest way to
decide the game was} 19... axb2+ $1 20. Kb1 Ra3 21. f4 Rxc3 (21... Qxc3 22.
Qxc3 Rxc3 23. Kxb2 Rxd3 24. cxd3 exf4 $13) 22. hxg6 hxg6 23. Qh2 Kf7 24. Qh7+
Ke8 25. Qxg6+ Kd8 $19 {and black king easily escapes perpetual.}) 20. f4 cxd3
$1 (20... axb2+ 21. Kb1 cxd3 22. cxd3 Nc5 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. fxe5 Qxd3+ 25. Qxd3
Nxd3 26. Rf6 Rae8 $17) 21. Rf3 Nc5 22. hxg6 hxg6 23. Qh2 axb2+ 24. Kb1 dxc2+ $6
(24... Rh8 $1 25. Rh3 Rxh3 26. Qxh3 Qxc3 27. Qh7+ Kf8 28. Qh8+ Ke7 29. Rh7+ Kd6
30. fxe5+ Qxe5 31. Qxa8 dxc2+ 32. Kxc2 Qxe4+ 33. Kxb2 Na4+ $19) 25. Qxc2 exf4
$6 (25... Rxf4 26. Rfh3 Raf8 27. Rh7+ Kg8 28. Rh8+ Kf7 29. Rxf8+ Kxf8 $19) 26.
Qxb2 Rh8 $6 (26... e5 27. Rfh3 Rh8 28. Rxh8 Qd3+ 29. Ka1 Rxh8 30. Rd1 Qf3 $19)
27. Rd1 Qe5 28. Rxf4 $1 $17 Rh3 29. Na4 Qxb2+ 30. Nxb2 Rf8 $6 (30... Rg3 $1 $19
) 31. Rxf8 Kxf8 32. Rd6 $15 Rh4 (32... Ke7 33. Rxc6 Nxe4 34. Rxb6 Nxg5 35. a4
$11) 33. Kc2 Rh2+ 34. Kc1 Ke7 35. Rxc6 Nxe4 36. Rxb6 Rh4 37. Kc2 Rh2+ 38. Kd3
Nxg5 39. a4 Nf3 40. Nc4 (40. a5 Ne5+ 41. Kd4 Nd7 42. Rb7 e5+ 43. Ke3 $11) 40...
g5 41. a5 g4 42. Ke3 Rc2 43. Nd6 (43. Rb4 e5 44. a6 Ra2 45. Rb7+ Kf6 46. a7 Nd4
47. Nb6 Nf5+ 48. Kd3 e4+ 49. Kxe4 Nd6+ 50. Kf4 Nxb7 51. a8=Q $11) 43... Nd2 44.
Kf4 Ra2 45. a6 Ra4+ 46. Kg3 Nc4 47. Nxc4 Rxc4 48. Rb8 Ra4 49. Ra8 Kf6 50. a7
Ke5 51. Kh4 Ke4 52. Kxg4 e5 53. Kg3 Ra2 54. Kh4 Ke3 55. Kh5 e4 56. Kg5 Ra5+ 57.
Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Canadian op"]
[Site "Edmonton"]
[Date "2005.07.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2005.07.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d5 7. e5 Nfd7 8. b4
a5 9. b5 c5 10. Bb2 b6 11. a4 Re8 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. cxd5 Bxd5 14. Qc2 Nf8 15.
dxc5 Bxc5 16. Be4 Nbd7 17. Bxd5 exd5 18. O-O Rc8 19. Qf5 Ne6 20. Nb3 Bf8 21.
Rfd1 Ndc5 22. Nbd4 g6 23. Qb1 Qd7 24. Nc6 Nf4 25. h3 Nce6 26. Qa2 Nc5 27. Bc1
Nfd3 28. Ba3 Nf4 29. Qc2 Rxc6 30. bxc6 Qxc6 31. Bc1 Nfe6 32. Be3 Bg7 33. Rd2 h6
34. Rb1 Rc8 35. Rb5 Kh7 36. Nd4 Qe8 37. Nxe6 Nxe6 38. Qd1 d4 39. Bxd4 Nxd4 40.
Rxd4 Bxe5 41. Rd3 Rc4 42. g3 Bg7 43. h4 Qc6 44. Qf3 Qc7 45. Rbd5 Rxa4 46. Rd7
Ra1+ 47. Kg2 Qc1 48. Rd1 Qb2 49. Qxf7 Rxd1 50. h5 gxh5 51. Qf5+ Kh8 52. Rxd1
Qf6 53. Qxh5 Qc6+ 54. Kg1 a4 55. Qf5 Qa8 56. Rc1 1-0

[Event "Canadian op"]
[Site "Edmonton"]
[Date "2005.07.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2005.07.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Ba4 exd4 7. c3 d3 8.
Qxd3 Be7 9. Bc2 g6 10. Bh6 Nf5 11. Qd2 d6 12. Re1 Be6 13. Ba4 Nxh6 14. Qxh6 Bf8
15. Qe3 Bg7 16. Ng5 Qd7 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Qxe6+ Qxe6 19. Rxe6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Canadian op"]
[Site "Edmonton"]
[Date "2005.07.17"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2005.07.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Ng4 8. Bg5
f6 9. Bc1 f5 10. h3 Nxf2 11. Kxf2 fxe4 12. Nxe4 Qh4+ 13. Kg1 Qxe4 14. d5 Bf5
15. Kh2 Na6 16. Rf1 Qc2 17. Qxc2 Bxc2 18. Be3 Nb4 19. a3 Nd3 20. Ng5 Rxf1 21.
Rxf1 Nxb2 22. c5 Bh6 23. cxd6 cxd6 24. Rf6 Bf5 25. g4 Rc8 26. gxf5 Rc2 27. fxg6
Rxe2+ 28. Kh1 Bxg5 29. Bxg5 Nc4 30. h4 Nd2 31. gxh7+ Kxh7 32. Bxd2 Rxd2 33.
Rxd6 b5 34. Ra6 Rxd5 35. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.07.30"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2005.07.30"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Spain"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. g3 b5 6. a3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3
Nbd7 9. e5 dxe5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Qe2 Nfd7 12. Bg2 Bg7 13. O-O O-O 14. Rd1 Rc8
15. a4 a6 16. axb5 axb5 17. Bf4 b4 18. Ne4 Qb6 19. b3 Rfd8 20. Be3 Qb5 21. Qxb5
cxb5 22. Ra5 Rb8 23. Rd5 Nc6 24. Raxb5 Rxb5 25. Rxb5 Nf8 26. Nf6+ Bxf6 27. Bxc6
Bc3 28. Bd5 Nd7 29. Kf1 e6 30. Bg2 Nf6 31. Ke2 h5 32. Bf3 Kg7 33. g4 hxg4 34.
hxg4 Rd6 35. g5 Nd7 36. Ra5 Nf8 37. Bf4 Rd7 38. Bc6 Rd8 39. Be3 Nh7 40. Ra8 Rd6
41. Rc8 Bd4 42. Bd2 Bc3 43. Be3 Bd4 44. Bc1 Bc3 45. Rc7 Rd8 46. Ra7 Rc8 47. Bd7
Rd8 48. Be3 Nf8 49. Bc6 Nh7 50. Rd7 Rc8 51. Bb7 Rb8 52. Ba6 Nf8 53. Rc7 Rd8 54.
Bb5 Ra8 55. Bc6 Ra5 56. Be8 Rf5 57. Kd3 Nh7 58. f4 e5 59. fxe5 Bxe5 60. Rb7 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.07.31"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2005.07.30"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 a6 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. d4 Be7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O
c6 9. Ne5 Nbd7 10. Nxd7 Bxd7 11. Qb3 Bc8 12. Bf4 Bd6 13. e3 Bxf4 14. exf4 Ne8
15. Rfe1 Nd6 16. Qb4 b6 17. b3 a5 18. Qa3 Nf5 19. Rad1 Re8 20. Re5 f6 21. Rxe8+
Qxe8 22. b4 Bb7 23. b5 cxb5 24. Qb3 Kh8 25. Nxb5 Qd8 26. Rc1 Rc8 27. Rxc8 Bxc8
28. Bxd5 Ba6 29. h4 Qe8 30. Bc4 Qe1+ 31. Bf1 Nxd4 32. Qd5 Bxb5 33. Qd8+ Qe8
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.08.01"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "McNab, Colin Anderson"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2005.07.30"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Scotland"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SCO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. b3 d4 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 e5 6. d3 Bb4+ 7. Nbd2 a5 8. a3 Be7
9. Rb1 Nf6 10. O-O Nd7 11. Ne1 O-O 12. Nc2 Nc5 13. Ne4 Na6 14. Qe1 f5 15. Nd2
Kh8 16. h4 Rb8 17. Nf3 e4 18. Ng5 Nc5 19. Qd1 Bf6 20. Nh3 b5 21. Bg5 Bxg5 22.
hxg5 b4 23. axb4 axb4 24. Nf4 Qxg5 25. e3 Rd8 26. exd4 Nxd4 27. dxe4 Ndxb3 28.
Nd5 c6 29. Nd4 cxd5 30. Nc6 Ba6 31. exd5 {Black is of course completely
winning, but now happens something, which rarely happens for the best players.
Ivanchuk blitzes out his next move, overlooking a simple knight fork.} Bxc4 $4
(31... Qg4 {wins easily.}) 32. Ne5 Qf6 33. Nxc4 Nd4 (33... Qc3 {still wins.})
34. Re1 Ne4 (34... b3 {was potentially better - Fritz.}) 35. Bxe4 fxe4 36. Rxe4
Rxd5 37. Rxb4 $1 {How often are you allowed to back rank a 2750 grandmaster?}
Rbd8 38. Kg2 Qc6 {It seems as if Black is still creating problems for White.}
39. Ne5 $1 Rxe5 40. Qxd4 $1 {"Ivanchuk's bushy eyebrows went through the
roof!" said one observer of the game. Clearly the genius from Ukraine had
missed this.} Qxe4+ 41. Qxe4 Rxe4 42. Rxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.08.02"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Brynell, Stellan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2484"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2005.07.30"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Sweden III"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SWE"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
f5 9. exf6 Rxf6 10. Bg5 Rf7 11. Qh5 g6 12. Qd1 Qa5 13. Bd2 Nbc6 14. Nf3 Qc7 {
[%cal Cd4c5,Ge6e5]} (14... c4 15. Be2 Nf5 (15... Bd7 16. O-O Kg7 $6 17. Qc1 Ng8
18. Bf4 Raf8 19. Bd6 (19. Be5+ Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Qxc3 21. Nxf7 Rxf7 22. Rb1 b6 23.
Qb2 Qxb2 24. Rxb2 Nf6 25. Bf3 Ne8 26. c3 Nc7 27. Rc1 Kf6 28. Re2 Nb5 {1-0
Bacrot,E (2664)-Jussupow,A (2589)/BL 0304 2003/ (70)}) 19... Qxc3 20. a4 $1 $16
{Topalov-Jussupow (Dortmund 1997)}) 16. O-O Nd6 17. Re1 (17. Qe1 Ne4 18. Ng5
Nxd4 19. cxd4 Nxd2 20. Nxf7 Kxf7 21. f3 Qc3 22. Qh4 Nxf1 23. Qxh7+ Kf8 24. Qh8+
Kf7 25. Rxf1 Qxc2 26. Bd1 Qf5 27. Qh7+ Kf8 28. Re1 a6 {1/2-1/2 Voss,M-Moissl,R/
corr 1993 (38)}) (17. Ng5 $5 {Psakhis,Huebner: '! Kindermann/Dirr'} Rf8 (17...
Re7 18. f4 Bd7 $11) 18. Re1 (18. f4 {1/2-1/2 Kovalev,A-Uhlmann,W/Porz
Citroen-Cup 1990 (18)}) 18... e5 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. Be3 Bd7 21. Qd4 Rfe8 22.
Rad1 Bc6 23. Qf4 Nef7 24. Nxf7 Nxf7 25. Bd4 $36 {[%csl Gd4,Gf4] 1-0 Mrazik,
L-Abegg,B/Email 2000/ICCF tele 5/2001 (41)}) 17... Bd7 (17... Ne4 18. Bf1 Bd7 (
18... Nxc3 19. Qc1 Rxf3 20. gxf3 Nxd4 21. Re3 $18) (18... Rf5 19. Bh6 b5 20.
Re3 Nxc3 21. Qe1 Ne4 22. Rxe4 dxe4 23. Qxe4 Qc7 24. a4 Rb8 25. axb5 Nd8 26. Ne5
Rxb5 27. Bxc4 Rb4 28. Bb3 Qc3 29. Rd1 Nf7 30. Nxf7 Rxf7 31. h4 Qc7 32. h5 Qd7
33. Rd3 Rf5 34. g4 Rf6 35. Rc3 {1-0 Robson,N (2550)-Von Saleski,M (2050)/corr
2004/Telechess CBM 107}) 19. Rxe4 $1 dxe4 20. Ng5 Rf5 21. Nxe4 Qd5 22. g4 Rff8
23. Bg2 Qa5 24. Qe2 $14) 18. Ng5 $1 Re7 (18... Rf6 19. Bg4 $16 {#5Ed7}) 19. Bg4
Rae8 20. h4 (20. f4) 20... e5 21. Bxd7 Rxd7 22. h5 {1-0 Huebner,R (2612)
-Hammes,M (2377)/GER-ch Altenkirchen 2001/CBM 87/[Psakhis] (35)}) 15. dxc5 $5 (
15. O-O e5 $1 16. Nxe5 (16. Ng5 Rf8 17. c4 exd4 (17... cxd4 18. cxd5 Nxd5 19.
Bc4 Nce7 20. Bb3 h6 21. Ne4 Kh7 22. Re1 {1/2-1/2 Korneev,O (2602)-Rodriguez
Guerrero,E (2430)/Linares Anibal op 2005/}) 18. cxd5 Ne5 19. Be4 Ng4 20. g3 Nf6
21. Bf4 Qd7 22. d6 Ned5 23. Bxd5+ Nxd5 24. Be5 b6 25. Re1 Rf5 26. h4 Bb7 27.
Qg4 Qc6 28. Qh3 Re8 29. f4 Ne3 30. Re2 h6 31. h5 Bc8 32. Qh2 Rxg5 33. fxg5 Rxe5
34. hxg6 Rxg5 {0-1 Ernst,T (2459)-Brynell,S (2484)/SWE-ch Goeteborg 2005/})
16... Nxe5 17. dxe5 Qxe5 18. Re1 $5 $146 {An interesting novelty - White's
aims are to play Be3 and Qd2 and then get play for his two bishops. During the
game Black failed to find any convincing remedy.} (18. c4 Bf5 (18... d4 19. Qe1
Qxe1 20. Raxe1 Bf5 21. h3 Nc6 22. Bh6 Re7 23. Rxe7 Nxe7 24. g4 Bxd3 25. cxd3
Kf7 26. Kg2 b6 27. Bf4 Nc6 28. Re1 Rd8 29. Kg3 Rd7 30. h4 Rb7 31. h5 gxh5 32.
Rh1 Re7 {Aagaard,J-Akesson,J/Malmo SWE 20041-0}) 19. Bxf5 (19. Re1 Qf6 20. Qe2
Bxd3 21. cxd3 dxc4 22. dxc4 Nc6 23. Qe3 Nd4 24. Rac1 Raf8 25. f3 Qd6 26. Kh1
Rf5 27. Qe7 Qxe7 28. Rxe7 R5f7 29. Re3 Rd7 30. Be1 Kf7 31. Kg1 Re8 {1/2-1/2
Szabo,K (2394)-Farago,I (2455)/Budapest-12 GM 2004/}) 19... Nxf5 20. Re1 Qd4
21. cxd5 Qxd5 22. Bc3 Nd4 $13 {1/2-1/2 Stefansson,H-Potkin,V/Pardubice Czech
op 2000/ (38)}) 18... Qf6 19. Be3 b6 ({Of course, not} 19... d4 $2 20. cxd4
cxd4 21. Bh6 Qxf2+ 22. Kh1 $18 {- having won the pawn, Black falls behind a
fatal attack.} Bd7 23. Bg5 $1 Bc6 24. Qg4 {Material loss is inevitable for
Black.}) (19... Qxc3 20. Bg5 Nc6) 20. Qd2 Nf5 21. Bg5 Qc6 22. Re5 Bb7 23. Rae1
Nd6 24. f3 Re8 25. Rxe8+ Nxe8 26. c4 $1 {0-1 Bluvshtein,M (2502)-Barsov,A 
(2471)/Hastings 2005/Chess Today/[Vlassov] (48)}) 15... e5 16. Be2 $5 $146 (16.
Ng5 Rf8 (16... Rf6 17. c4 e4 18. Be2 Qe5 19. f4 exf3 20. Nxf3 Rxf3 21. gxf3 Bh3
22. Kf2 Nf5 23. Bg5 d4 24. Qd2 Qxc5 25. Bd3 Rf8 26. Rhb1 Nd6 27. Bh6 Rxf3+ 28.
Kxf3 {1/2-1/2 Gutsche,D (2490)-Mauro,L (2320)/corr 2003/Telechess CBM 95}) 17.
c4 e4 (17... d4 18. O-O Bf5 19. Re1) 18. cxd5 exd3 19. d6 Qd7 (19... Qb8 20.
dxe7 (20. cxd3) 20... Qe5+ 21. Kf1 (21. Be3 d2+) 21... Nxe7 22. cxd3 Qxc5 23.
Ne4) 20. dxe7 Qxe7+ 21. Be3 h6 (21... Bf5 22. cxd3 Rad8 23. Qb3+ Kh8 24. Qc3+
Qg7 25. Qxg7+ Kxg7 26. Rb1 Rd7 27. O-O Re8 (27... Bxd3 28. Ne6+) 28. Ne4 (28.
Rfd1 Ree7 29. Ne4 Rxd3) 28... Bxe4 29. dxe4 Rxe4 30. Rfd1 $16) (21... Rf5 22.
Nf3 (22. h4 h6 23. Nf3 Rd5 24. cxd3 Bg4 25. Qb3 Bxf3 26. gxf3 Qf7 27. Rg1 Rad8
28. Rb1 Ne5 29. Rg3 R8d7 30. Kf1 Nxf3 31. Qc4 Kh7 32. Qe4 Ne5 33. h5 Qf5 34.
hxg6+ Nxg6 35. Kg2 {1/2-1/2 Smirnov,P (2624)-Djachkov,S (2387)/RUS t-ch Sochi
2005/ (68)}) 22... Be6 (22... dxc2 23. Qxc2 Be6 24. Rd1 Bd5 25. Nd4 Nxd4 26.
Rxd4 Raf8 $44) 23. Nd2 (23. O-O dxc2 24. Qxc2 Rxf3 (24... Bd5 25. Nd2 Qh4 26.
h3 Raf8) 25. gxf3 Bd5 26. Qd1) 23... Bd5 24. O-O Ne5 25. cxd3 Nxd3 ({RR} 25...
Qh4) 26. Qg4 ({RR} 26. Qc2) 26... Nxc5 27. Rac1 Ne4 28. Nxe4 Qxe4 {1/2-1/2
Lutz,C (2614)-Jussupow,A (2645)/Bad Lauterberg (rapid) ) 2001/ [Lutz,Ch]}) 22.
Nf3 Kh7 23. Qxd3 (23. h4 Bf5 24. cxd3 Rad8 25. O-O Bxd3 26. Re1 Be4 27. Bd2
Rfe8 28. Qb3) 23... Bh3 24. gxh3 Rxf3 25. O-O-O (25. Rg1 Qg7 26. Rb1 Rf7 27.
Kf1 Rd8 28. Qc4 Nd4 29. Qc3 Nf3 {1/2-1/2 Cheparinov,I (2621)-Dochev,D (2357)/
BUL-ch Pleven 2005/ (48)}) 25... Rd8 26. Qb3 Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1 Rxh3 28. Rd6 Rxh2
29. Qd3 Rh1+ 30. Kb2 Qg7+ 31. c3 Ne5 32. Qd5 Rh5 {1/2-1/2 Korneev,O (2594)
-Gonzalez Garcia,J (2478)/Badalona op 2005/ (64)}) 16... Qa5 $6 (16... Bg4 17.
O-O (17. Ng5 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 Rf6 19. c4 $140 Nd4 $132) 17... e4 18. Nd4 Bxe2 19.
Qxe2 Nf5 $13) 17. c4 $1 Qxc5 18. O-O $5 {Ivanchuk offers a pawn sacrifice
which, if accepted gives him a tremendous initiative.} (18. cxd5 Nxd5 19. c4 e4
$5 20. cxd5 exf3 21. Bxf3 Nd4 $132) 18... Bf5 (18... dxc4 $143 19. Be3 Qb5 20.
a4 Qa6 21. Ng5 Rf8 22. Qd6 $36 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Gg5e6,Gd6c5]}) 19. Bb4 $1 {
White's initiative becomes more and more unpleasant.} Nxb4 (19... Qb6 20. cxd5
Nxb4 21. axb4 e4 22. Ne5 $16) 20. axb4 Qxb4 (20... Qd6 21. cxd5 (21. c3 $5)
21... e4 22. Ng5 Rf6 23. c4 h6 24. c5 $5 Qe5 (24... Qxd5 25. Qxd5+ Nxd5 26. Bc4
$18) 25. Bc4 hxg5 26. d6+ $16) 21. Nxe5 Rff8 (21... Rf6 $5 22. cxd5 Qe4 23. f4
Qxc2 24. d6 Qc5+ 25. Kh1 Rxd6 26. Qb3+ $16) 22. cxd5 Qc3 (22... Qd6 23. Bc4 (
23. Re1 $5 Qxe5 24. d6 Qc5 25. dxe7 Rfe8 26. Bf3 Rxe7 27. Bd5+ $18 Kh8 $140 28.
Ra5 $1) 23... b5 24. Bb3 $16) 23. Bc4 $1 Bxc2 {Now the material balance has
been restored, but Ivanchuk's advantage is beyond any doubt.} (23... Kg7 $5) (
23... Qxe5 24. d6+ Kg7 25. Re1 $18) 24. Qe1 $1 {This nice move yields White a
decisive advantage.} Qxe1 $8 25. Rfxe1 Kg7 {This move isn't the most stubborn
though Black's position is already very bad anyway} (25... Nf5 $8 26. Ra2 Nd4
27. d6+ Kg7 $16) 26. Ra2 $18 {[%csl Rc2,Re7]} Bf5 27. g4 Bc8 28. d6 Nc6 29.
Nxc6 bxc6 30. d7 $1 (30. d7 Bxd7 (30... Bb7 31. Re7+ Kf6 32. Rae2 {[%cal Of2f4,
Re7e8]}) 31. Re7+) 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.08.03"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2005.07.30"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Germany"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
Kf8 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. Nf3 c4 12. Be2 Nc6 13. Rhb1 Rb8 14. a4 b6 15.
h4 Rb7 16. Qf4 Ke7 17. g4 Qf8 18. Rg1 Kd8 19. g5 Ne7 20. h5 Bd7 21. Nh4 Be8 22.
gxh6 Rxh6 23. Qg4 Rh7 24. Ng2 Kc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.08.04"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2005.07.30"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Ng4 8. Bg5
f6 9. Bc1 exd4 10. Nxd4 f5 11. h3 Ne5 12. exf5 gxf5 13. O-O f4 14. Nd5 Ng6 15.
h4 Be5 16. Bg4 Nc6 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. h5 f3 19. Bxf3 Qh4 20. g3 Bxg3 21. fxg3
Qxg3+ 22. Kh1 Qh3+ 23. Kg1 Qg3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.08.05"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2005.07.30"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Georgia"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. d5 Bg7 6. c4 Na6 7. Nd4 O-O 8. O-O e5
9. dxe6 c6 10. Nc3 Nc5 11. Bf4 Nxe6 12. Nxe6 Bxe6 13. Qxd6 Re8 14. Qd3 Ng4 15.
Rac1 Qxd3 16. exd3 Rad8 17. Rcd1 Ne5 18. Bxe5 Bxe5 19. Rfe1 Bf7 20. Kf1 Kg7 21.
f4 Bf6 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. Ne2 c5 24. b3 b6 25. d4 Rd8 26. d5 Be7 27. Nc3 Be8 28.
Kf2 Bd6 29. Bf1 Bd7 30. Bd3 Re8 31. Rg1 Kf6 32. Kf3 h6 33. h3 g5 34. Rf1 gxf4
35. gxf4 Rg8 36. Ne2 Be8 37. Ng3 Bd7 38. Re1 Bc8 39. Re2 Bd7 40. Rg2 Rg6 41.
Bc2 a6 42. Re2 Rg8 43. Re1 Rg6 44. Nh1 Rg7 45. Bd3 Re7 46. Rb1 Be8 47. Ng3 Bg6
48. h4 Re8 49. h5 Bh7 50. Nf1 Re7 51. Ne3 Rg7 52. Re1 Re7 53. Rg1 Rf7 54. a3
Re7 55. Rb1 a5 56. Rg1 Ra7 57. Bc2 Re7 58. Nd1 Rg7 59. Rxg7 Kxg7 60. Nc3 Kf6
61. Nb5 Bb8 62. Ke3 Bg8 63. d6 Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.08.06"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Kulaots, Kaido"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2005.07.30"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Estonia"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "EST"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Qb6 8. Na4
Qa5+ 9. c3 c4 10. b4 Qc7 11. Be2 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. g4 b5 14. Nc5 a5 15. a3
axb4 16. Nxd7 Bxd7 17. axb4 f5 18. gxf5 Rxa1 19. Qxa1 Rxf5 20. Bd1 Bd8 21. Bc2
Rf7 22. Qb2 Qc8 23. Ra1 Be8 24. Qb1 h6 25. Ra2 Rf8 26. Qf1 Ne7 27. Nh4 Nc6 28.
Nf3 Ne7 29. Nh4 Nc6 30. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.08.07"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2005.07.30"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Croatia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 Nc6 6. Nc3 Qb6 7. Be3 e5 8. Nf5
Qxb2 9. Nb5 Bxf5 10. exf5 Rc8 11. Rb1 Qxa2 12. Ra1 Qb2 13. Rb1 Qa2 14. Ra1 Qb2
1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chT Honor final 49th"]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "2005.09.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2005.09.10"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nge2 c5 7. d5 e6 8. O-O
Ng4 9. Bc2 Na6 10. a3 Nc7 11. Rb1 b6 12. b3 exd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Qxd5 Rb8 15.
Bf4 Be5 16. Qd2 Bxf4 17. Qxf4 Qe7 18. Rbd1 Rd8 19. Rd2 a6 20. Nc3 Be6 21. h3
Nf6 22. Rfd1 Ne8 23. a4 f6 24. Qg3 Kh8 25. f4 Bf7 26. Kh1 Rbc8 27. Ne2 Rb8 28.
Nc3 Rbc8 29. Re1 Qf8 30. Qh4 Qg7 31. Rd3 Rb8 32. Nd5 b5 33. axb5 axb5 34. cxb5
Rxb5 35. e5 dxe5 36. Nxf6 Rxd3 37. Bxd3 Rxb3 38. Nxe8 Bxe8 39. Bc4 Rb7 40. Qd8
Qe7 41. Qa8 e4 42. Bd5 Ra7 43. Qb8 e3 44. Bc6 Kg7 45. Qxe8 Qxe8 46. Bxe8 Ra3
47. Kh2 Kf6 48. Kg3 Kf5 49. Kf3 e2+ 50. Kf2 Kxf4 51. Rxe2 c4 52. Bc6 c3 53. g3+
Kg5 54. Be4 h5 55. Bc2 h4 56. g4 Kf6 57. Re3 Kg5 58. Rf3 1-0

[Event "ESP-chT Honor final 49th"]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "2005.09.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2005.09.10"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Rc1
Ba3 9. Rc2 Bb7 10. Bg2 Ne4 11. O-O Nxd2 12. Rxd2 d6 13. Qc2 g6 14. e4 Nd7 15.
Re2 Bb4 16. Rd1 Bxc3 17. Qxc3 Qe7 18. h4 Rad8 19. Qe3 e5 20. h5 Rfe8 21. hxg6
hxg6 22. Qh6 Nf6 23. Ng5 Qf8 24. Qxf8+ Kxf8 25. Red2 Nd7 26. dxe5 Nxe5 27. f4
Ng4 28. Bh3 Bc8 29. e5 Kg7 30. e6 Nh6 31. exf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 21st"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2005.09.18"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Johannessen, Leif Erlend"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2005.09.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Warsaw Polonia"]
[BlackTeam "Oslo"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NOR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Bg5 12. Nc2 O-O 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 a5
15. Bc4 Rb8 16. b3 Kh8 17. O-O f5 18. Re1 $146 {Ivanchuk succeeds to come with
a new move in a position that has been played hundreds of times.} ({Earlier
same this year he made another novelty:} 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Qe2 (19. Nce3 Bg6
20. Be2 {or 20.Bd3 is the most common continuation.}) 19... Bg6 20. Rd1 $146
Qc8 21. Nce3 e4 22. Bb5 Ne5 23. Rxa5 Nd3 24. Rf1 Bd8 25. Ba6 Qc6 26. Ra3 $16 {
1-0 Ivanchuk,V (2711)-Kramnik,V (2754)/Monaco (rapid) 2005 (55)}) 18... fxe4
19. Rxe4 Bf5 20. Re2 Qd7 $6 {This allows White to implement his idea smoothly,
without making any pawn weaknesses on the kingside. Instead, two other moves
deserved attention and were stronger.} (20... Bg6 21. Qe1 (21. Nce3 $2 Bh5 22.
f3 e4 $17) 21... Bh5 22. f3 Ne7 $13) (20... Bg4 21. f3 Bh5 $13 22. Nce3 $140 $2
e4 $17) 21. Nce3 Bg6 22. Rea2 e4 23. Bf1 {This is a new concept in the present
theoretical line: the bishop goes to f1, the rook to the a-file and the queen
remains on d1 to protect pawn b3! White can combine targeting a5 (by means of
Nc4) with the creation of the passed pawn on the b-file.} Bd8 {This is
designed to free the knight from c6, but with the next move White makes it
look useless.} 24. b4 $1 (24. h3 Ne5 $14) (24. Nc4 Bf7 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Gd7e6]}
) 24... axb4 25. cxb4 Ne5 26. Qd4 Qe6 27. b5 Bf6 28. Nxf6 Qxf6 29. h3 {White
is better: Black's pawns are well blockaded, while the b-pawn is always a
potential danger. f2 is well protected and the other rook can always become
very active. Black must try to combine some attacking ideas with defence on
the queenside (it is important to prevent the advance of White's b-pawn.} (29.
Ra7 $4 Nf3+ $18) (29. Rd2 Qg5 30. Kh1 Nd3 {[%csl Rb5]} 31. Bxd3 exd3 32. b6 Qc5
$132) 29... Qe6 {It is difficult to find a clear plan for Black, but this only
allows White to activate his rook.} ({The ugly} 29... Bf7 30. Rd2 d5 $14 {
came into consideratiomn, since the bishop was doing nothing on the diagonal
b1-h7, while from e6 the bishop protects d5 and Black can also use it for the
attack (...Bxh3 ideas). White still needs to work before converting his edge
into a real advantage. He can't take the pawn yet:} 31. Nxd5 $2 (31. Ra6 Qg5
32. Kh1 $14) 31... Bxd5 32. Qxd5 Rfd8 33. Qa2 Nf3+ $1 34. gxf3 Qg5+ $19) 30.
Ra7 Qf6 31. Qd2 Nd3 32. b6 {Ivanchuk uses the first chance to advance his pawn.
} Qd4 $2 (32... Bf7 33. R2a5 $1 {and the b-pawn cannot be taken again:} Rxb6 $2
({Correct is} 33... Nc5 {although after} 34. Rb5 {White's advantage is obvious.
}) 34. Rf5 Qe6 35. Rfxf7 Rxf7 36. Ra8+) (32... Rxb6 $2 33. Nd5 $18) 33. b7 Qb6
34. Bxd3 exd3 35. Qb2 $16 Qc5 $2 (35... Qc7 $8 36. R2a4 $1 {Taking control
over square e4 and preparing Rc4.} d2 (36... Rfe8 37. Rc4 Qd7 (37... Qf7 38.
Rc8 Qf8 39. Rc7 $16) 38. Rc8 $1 h6 (38... d2 39. Rxb8 Rxb8 40. Qxd2 Be4 (40...
Rxb7 41. Ra8+ Be8 42. Nc4 $18) 41. Nc4 Bxb7 42. Nxd6 Rd8 43. Rxb7 (43. Nf7+ Kg8
$1) 43... Qxb7 44. Nf7+ Qxf7 45. Qxd8+ Qg8 46. Qxg8+ Kxg8 47. f4 $18) 39. Rxb8
Rxb8 40. Ra8 Qc7 41. Qb5 d2 42. Rxb8+ Qxb8 43. Qd7 $18) (36... Be8 37. Rc4 Bc6
38. Qc3 Qf7 39. Nd1 $1 (39. f3 Qe8 $1 $14 {[%csl Re3]} (39... Rxb7 40. Rxb7
Bxb7 41. Rc7 $18) (39... Bxb7 40. Rc7 $18) (39... Bxf3 40. Rc7 $1 Qg6 41. Rc8
$18)) 39... Bxg2 (39... Rxb7 40. Rxb7 Bxb7 41. Rc7 $18) 40. Kxg2 (40. Rc7 $2
Qg6) 40... Qf3+ (40... Rxb7) 41. Kh2 Qxd1 42. Rc8 {and White wins due to the
threats on the seventh rank.} Qf3 43. Qd4 d2 (43... Qf5 44. Rxb8 Rxb8 45. Ra8
$18) (43... Qf7 44. Ra8 $18) 44. Ra8 d1=Q 45. Qxd1 Qxf2+ 46. Kh1 $18) (36...
Qf7 37. Rc4 d2 38. Qxd2 Rxb7 39. Rxb7 Qxb7 40. Qxd6 $16) 37. Qxd2 Rxb7 38. Rxb7
Qxb7 39. Qxd6 $16 {With accurate and long defence Black should hold the
position.}) 36. Ra8 Be4 $2 (36... d2 37. Rxb8 Rxb8 38. Ra8 $18) (36... Qc7 37.
Rxb8 Rxb8 38. Ra8 h6 39. Qb5 $18) ({The most stubborn defence wouldn't have
changed the result:} 36... Qc6 37. R2a6 Qe4 38. Rxb8 Rxb8 39. Rxd6 Qe7 40. Qd4
$1 (40. Rb6 $2 Be4 $16) 40... Rxb7 41. Rd8+ Be8 42. Nf5 Qe6 43. Qd6 $18) 37.
Rxb8 Rxb8 38. Ra8 Qc7 39. Qb6 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 21st"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2005.09.19"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2005.09.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Warsaw Polonia"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. Nge2 Nc6 8. d5
Ne5 9. Ng3 e6 10. Be2 exd5 11. cxd5 h5 12. O-O Nh7 13. Qd2 h4 14. Nh1 g5 15.
Nf2 Kh8 16. b4 b6 17. Rac1 Qf6 18. h3 Bd7 19. Ng4 Qe7 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. Bd3 Rg8
22. bxc5 bxc5 23. Rb1 Rab8 24. Ne2 Qd8 25. Rxb8 Qxb8 26. Rb1 Qc7 27. Ba6 Bc8
28. Bxc8 Qxc8 29. Qc2 Nf6 30. Qd2 Nh7 31. Qd3 Nf6 32. Bd2 g4 33. fxg4 Nxg4 34.
Rf1 c4 35. Qf3 Nf6 36. Bc3 Rg6 37. Bxe5 dxe5 38. Qf2 Kg7 39. Qxh4 Qc5+ 40. Kh2
c3 41. Ng3 c2 42. Nf5+ Kg8 43. Rc1 Qc3 44. Ne7+ Kg7 45. Nxg6 fxg6 46. Qf2 Nxe4
47. Rxc2 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 21st"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2005.09.20"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2005.09.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Warsaw Polonia"]
[BlackTeam "Paris NAO"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. Nd2 Bb4 8. Qc2
O-O 9. Be2 c5 10. O-O cxd4 11. Nb3 Qb6 12. Na4 Qc7 13. Nxd4 dxc4 14. Qxc4 Qxc4
15. Bxc4 Ne5 16. Bb5 Bd7 17. Bxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 21st"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2005.09.21"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Gallagher, Joseph G"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2005.09.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Biel"]
[BlackTeam "Warsaw Polonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8.
exd5 Ne7 9. c3 Nf5 10. a4 g6 11. Na3 Bg7 12. Bb5+ Bd7 13. Bxd7+ Qxd7 14. O-O
O-O 15. Nc4 Rac8 16. b3 h5 17. Ra2 e4 18. Re1 Rfe8 19. Qc2 Rc5 20. Rxe4 Rxd5
21. f3 Rc8 22. Ba3 b5 23. axb5 Rxb5 24. Re1 d5 25. Ne5 Qc7 26. f4 Qb6+ 27. Qf2
Rxb3 28. Qxb6 axb6 29. Bb2 Nd6 30. Re2 Bxe5 31. fxe5 Nc4 32. Kf2 Re8 33. Bc1
Nxe5 34. Rad2 Rb1 35. Ba3 Re6 36. Kg3 Nc4 37. Rxe6 fxe6 38. Ra2 Nxa3 39. Rxa3
Kf7 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 21st"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2005.09.22"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2005.09.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ashdod"]
[BlackTeam "Warsaw Polonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. Bd2
Nbd7 9. Be2 Bd6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Qc2 Qe7 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. h4 Kb8 14. Kb1
Qe6 15. Bc1 Bb4 16. Bd3 c5 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Nb5 Rc8 19. Nd4 Qb6 20. Qe2 Nxd3
21. Rxd3 Ne4 22. Nb3 Qa6 23. Rhd1 Rxh4 24. f3 Nf6 25. Bd2 Bxd2 26. Qxd2 Rhh8
27. Nd4 Rhe8 28. Ne2 Qb6 29. Nc3 a6 30. Re1 Rcd8 31. Rd1 Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 21st"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2005.09.23"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2005.09.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Warsaw Polonia"]
[BlackTeam "Saransk"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 f5 8.
Nc3 a6 9. g3 b5 10. Bg2 Bb7 11. O-O c5 (11... Qd6 12. Ne5 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 O-O 14.
Qf3 Ra7 15. Rad1 c5 16. Qe3 b4 17. Ne2 Nc6 18. Nxc6 Qxc6+ 19. d5 exd5 20. Qf3
$36 {Timoshenko,G-Lupu,M/Bucharest 1993}) (11... O-O 12. Ne5 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 b4
14. Qf3 c6 15. Ne2 Qd5 16. Rfd1 Ra7 17. Nf4 Qxf3+ 18. Kxf3 Rc8 19. Rg1 Bd6 20.
g4 fxg4+ 21. Rxg4+ Kh8 22. Rag1 $14 {Tseshkovsky,V-Kovacevic,B/Borovo 2005})
12. d5 $5 (12. Ne2 O-O 13. c3 Nd7 14. Qd2 {[%cal Gd2h6]} Nf6 (14... Bf6 15.
Rad1 Qc7 16. Qh6 Bg7 17. Qh4 Rad8 18. Nf4 Nf6 $13) 15. Rad1 Qc7 16. dxc5 Qxc5
17. Qh6 {[%cal Gf3g5]} Ng4 $13 {Najer,E-Chebotarev,O/Kazan 2005}) (12. dxc5 $6
Qxd1 13. Rfxd1 Bxc5 14. Ne5 Ra7 15. Rd3 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Ke7 17. Rad1 Rc8 18. Ne2
f6 19. Nf3 Nd7 20. Nf4 Ne5 $15 {Tseshkovsky,V-Chebotarev,O/Kazan 2005}) 12...
b4 13. dxe6 bxc3 (13... fxe6 14. Qe2 bxc3 15. Ne5 {[%csl Re8][%cal Ge2h5]}) 14.
exf7+ Kf8 (14... Kxf7 15. Ne5+ Kf6 16. Qh5 Bxg2 17. Qh6+ Kxe5 18. Rad1 $18) 15.
Qe2 cxb2 16. Rad1 Qb6 17. Rfe1 Qf6 (17... Be4 $2 18. Ng5 {[%csl Re7][%cal
Ge1e7]}) 18. c3 Be4 (18... Nc6 19. Qxb2 Rb8 20. Nh4 $36) 19. Nh4 Nc6 20. Bxe4
fxe4 21. Qxe4 Rd8 (21... Rb8 22. Rb1 Rb6 (22... Kxf7 23. Qd5+ Kf8 24. Re6) 23.
Nf5 Qxf7 24. Qf4 $40 {[%cal Gf4h6]}) 22. Rb1 Rd2 23. Nf3 Rd6 24. Rxb2 Kxf7 25.
Rb6 Ke8 26. Re3 Rf8 27. Qxh7 $18 Rf7 28. Qg8+ Rf8 29. Qc4 a5 (29... Ne5 30.
Rb8+ Rd8 31. Rxd8+ Kxd8 32. Nxe5 Qxf2+ 33. Kh1 Qxe3 34. Qd5+ Kc8 35. Qd7+ $18)
30. Kg2 Rf7 31. Qxc5 Kf8 (31... Re6 32. Rb8+ Nd8 (32... Bd8 33. Qxc6+) 33. Qb5+
Kf8 34. Rd3 Rd6 35. Ra8 $18) 32. Qh5 Kg8 33. Qg4+ Rg7 34. Qc4+ Rf7 35. Qg4+ Rg7
36. Qc8+ Bf8 37. Re8 Rg6 (37... Rf7 38. Qg4+ Rg7 39. Qe4 $18) 38. h4 (38. Nh4
Rg7 39. Rxc6 Rxc6 40. Rxf8+ Qxf8 41. Qxc6 $18) 38... Qf7 39. Rb7 Qf6 40. Ng5
Ne5 (40... Rd8 41. Qc7 Rg7 42. Qxg7+ Qxg7 43. Rxg7+ Kxg7 44. Ne6+ Kf7 45. Nxd8+
$18) 41. Rf7 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 21st"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2005.09.24"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2005.09.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Warsaw Polonia"]
[BlackTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 {Ivanchuk spielt ruhig und positionell,
aber die scharfe Alternative 4.g4 ist ebenfalls populär.} O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. a3
Bxc3 7. dxc3 {Dieser Zug scheint mir viel natürlicher als 7.bxc3.} (7. bxc3 c5
8. O-O Nc6 9. Rb1 b6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. d3 h6 $5 {[%cal Gc8f5,Gf5h7]} 12. Re1
Re8 13. h3 Bf5 {[%cal Gf5b1]} 14. Qa4 Rc8 15. g4 Bh7 {. 0-1 Le Roux,J-Sokolov,
A/Val d'Isere 2004/CBM 103/[Ribli Zoltan] (33)}) 7... c5 $146 {Eine Neuerung
von Bologan - früher spielte man praktisch immer 7...Nbd7.} (7... Nbd7 8. cxd5
exd5 9. O-O Re8 (9... Nc5 10. Be3 $14) 10. Qc2 (10. Bf4 Nc5) 10... Qe7 11. Be3
$5 (11. Bf4) 11... c5 12. Rfe1 b6 13. Rad1 Bb7 14. Nh4 Ne4 15. Bf4 g6 16. c4 $5
Qe6 17. cxd5 Bxd5 18. Rxd5 Qxd5 19. Rd1 Qe6 20. Rxd7 Qxd7 21. Bxe4 {1-0
Schlosser,P-Lingnau,C/Werther 2003/(40)}) 8. O-O Nc6 (8... h6 9. Bf4 Nc6 10.
Qc2 b6 11. b4 $14) 9. Bg5 $1 {Ein starker Zug, wonach Schwarz mit 9...dxc4
fortsetzen muss, der die Diagonale des g2-Läufers öffnet.} dxc4 10. Qa4 h6 (
10... Na5 11. Rad1 (11. Ne5 Qe8 12. Qxa5 b6 13. Bc6 bxa5 14. Bxe8 Rxe8) 11...
Qe8 (11... Qb6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Nd2 $16) 12. Qc2 $36 (12. Qxa5 b6)) 11. Bxf6
Qxf6 12. Qxc4 Qe7 13. Ne1 $1 {[%cal Ge1d3,Gg2a8][%mdl 32] Weiß öffnet die
Diagonale des g2-Läufers und bereitet 14.Nd3 vor.} Ne5 (13... Bd7 14. Nd3 b6
15. Rad1 Rac8) 14. Qf4 (14. Qe4) 14... Ng6 15. Qe3 $14 {[%csl Rc8,Gg2] Die
Bauernstruktur ist symmetrisch, aber Weiß verfügt über Positionsvorteil: sein
g2B steht viel aktiver, als sein Kollege auf c8.} c4 (15... Rb8) 16. Nf3 (16.
Qd4 Qc7 17. Rd1 e5 18. Qd6 Qxd6 19. Rxd6 Bg4 $132) 16... Qc7 (16... e5 17. h4
$14) 17. a4 $1 {Mit diesem Zug gewinnt Weiß Raum am Damenflügel.} Bd7 (17... e5
) 18. Rfd1 Rfd8 (18... Bc6 19. Qc5 $1 Qb6 20. Qxc4 $16) 19. a5 Ne7 20. Qe5 $1
Rac8 21. Rd4 $1 {[%csl Yc4][%cal Ga1d1,Gd1d8] Ivanchuk spielt diese Partie
wirklich sehr stark: Mit dem Textzug kontrolliert Weiß den c4-Bauern und
bereitet die Turmverdopplung auf der d-Linie vor.} Re8 22. Rad1 Ba4 23. R1d2
Nf5 24. Rg4 $1 (24. Re4) 24... h5 (24... Bb3 25. Qxc7 Rxc7 26. Nd4 Nxd4 27.
Rgxd4 $16) 25. Re4 Qxe5 26. Nxe5 {[%csl Rc4]} Bb3 (26... Bb5) 27. Bh3 $1 g6 (
27... Rc5 28. Bxf5 exf5 29. Nd7 Rxe4 (29... Rcc8 30. Rf4 $16) 30. Nxc5 Re7 31.
e3 $16) 28. Rd7 Rf8 (28... Ba4 $142 $5 29. Rxf7 (29. Rxb7 $2 Nd6) (29. Rd2)
29... Nd6 30. Rff4 Nxe4 (30... g5 31. Nxc4 $16) 31. Rxe4 $14) 29. Bxf5 exf5 30.
Red4 $16 {[%csl Rb3,Gd4,Gd7,Ge5] Alle weißen Figuren stehen aktiv, während die
einzige Funktion des b3-Läufers in der Verteidigung des c4-Bauern besteht.} Rc5
31. f4 Rxa5 32. Rxb7 Bc2 {[%cal Gc2e4]} 33. Rdd7 Be4 34. Rxa7 Rxa7 (34... Rb5
35. Nxc4 $18) 35. Rxa7 Bd5 {[%mdl 4096] Weiß hat einen Bauern mehr und eine
wesentlich bessere Stellung.} 36. Nd7 (36. Rc7 $1 Rb8 37. Nd7 {[%cal Rd7b8,
Rd7f6,Rf6g8,Rf6d5]} Rb5 38. Nf6+ Kg7 39. Nxd5 Rxd5 40. Rxc4 Rd2 41. b4 $18)
36... Rd8 37. Nf6+ Kf8 38. Rd7 Rxd7 39. Nxd7+ Ke7 40. Ne5 {Weiß hat nicht nur
einen Bauern mehr, sondern der c4P stellt immer eine Schwächung in der
schwarzen Stellung dar. Darüber hinaus hat Schwarz auch Probleme mit den
Doppelbauern auf den f-Linie.} Kd6 41. Kf2 Be6 42. Ke3 Kc5 43. Kd2 Kd6 44. Kc2
Kd5 45. Nf3 f6 46. Nd2 {[%cal Gb2b3] Weiß bereitet 47.b3 vor, um einen
Freibauern auf der c-Linie zu erlangen.} Kd6 47. b3 cxb3+ 48. Nxb3 Bc4 49. e3
Be2 50. Nd2 {[%cal Gc3c4,Ge3e4] Nach diesem Zug kann Weiß entweder c4 oder e4
ziehen.} Kc5 (50... Kd5 51. Kb3 $18) 51. e4 Bg4 52. Kd3 Bh3 53. c4 Kd6 54. Kd4
$18 fxe4 55. Nxe4+ Ke6 56. c5 Bg2 57. c6 Ke7 (57... Bxe4 58. Kxe4 Kd6 59. h4 (
59. f5 g5 60. c7 Kxc7 61. Kd5 Kd7 62. h3 $18) 59... Kxc6 (59... f5+ 60. Kd4 $18
) 60. f5 $18) 58. c7 Bh3 59. Kc5 Bd7 60. Nd6 Ke6 61. h4 (61. c8=Q Bxc8 62. Nxc8
g5 (62... Kf5 63. Ne7+ $18) 63. Nd6 $18) 61... g5 62. hxg5 fxg5 63. fxg5 Ke5
64. Nf7+ Ke6 65. g6 Kf6 66. Kd6 Bf5 67. Ne5 Bc8 68. Nc6 Bh3 69. Ne7 Bg4 70. g7
Kxg7 71. Ke5 1-0

[Event "Stepanakert-A"]
[Site "Stepanakert"]
[Date "2005.10.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2005.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Nbd7 9. g4 b5 10. g5 b4 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Bf5 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Be7 15.
Rg1 O-O 16. O-O-O a5 17. Kb1 f5 18. gxf6 Nxf6 19. f4 e4 20. Qe2 Qc8 21. Rg5 h6
22. Rg6 Rf7 23. Nd4 Nxd5 24. Ne6 Bf6 25. Nxg7 Ne7 26. Nf5+ Nxg6 27. Nxh6+ Kf8
28. Nxf7 Kxf7 29. Qh5 Qc4 30. f5 Ke7 31. fxg6 Rh8 32. Qxa5 Rxh2 33. Qa7+ Kf8
34. Rc1 Rg2 35. b3 Qe6 36. Qh7 Ke8 37. Rf1 Rg3 38. Bc1 e3 39. Qh5 Qe5 40. Qxe5+
Bxe5 41. Re1 Kd7 42. Bxe3 Rxg6 43. Rg1 Rxg1+ 44. Bxg1 Bc3 45. Kc1 Ke6 {time}
0-1

[Event "Stepanakert-A"]
[Site "Stepanakert"]
[Date "2005.10.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2005.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nge2 c5 7. d5 e6 8. O-O
exd5 9. exd5 Ng4 10. Bc2 Re8 (10... Na6 {Other tries are also interesting, for
example:} 11. a3 (11. h3 Ne5 12. b3 Re8 13. Bd2 f5 $5 {was simple and good.} (
13... Nb4 14. Bb1 Bxh3 {is very exciting, Black wants more than equalization.}
(14... f5 $5 {is the simple solution.}) 15. a3 Na6 (15... Bg4 $5 16. axb4 cxb4
17. Ne4 Nxc4 18. bxc4 Bxa1 19. f3 (19. Bxb4 $2 f5 20. N4g3 f4 21. Ne4 f3 $17)
19... Bd7 {with immense complications.}) 16. gxh3 Nf3+ 17. Kg2 Nxd2 (17... Qf6
$6 18. Be4 Nh4+ 19. Kg3 {This is the beginning of a K march reminding me to
the ages of Steinitz!} Rxe4 20. Nxe4 Qf3+ 21. Kxh4 Qxe4+ 22. Nf4 g5+ 23. Kxg5
Bf6+ 24. Kg4 Kh8 25. Kg3 Rg8+ 26. Kh2 Be5 27. Rg1 Bxf4+ 28. Bxf4 Qxf4+ 29. Kh1
$18 {and the K has returned home safely, Sagalchik-Ibragimov, New York 1992.})
18. Qxd2 Rxe2 19. Qxe2 Bxc3 20. Ra2 Qf6 {was the last chance for a successful
blockade.})) 11... Nc7 12. Rb1 (12. h3 Ne5 13. b3 f5 14. f4 Nd7 $13) (12. Bf4
Re8 $13) 12... a5 {Black is fighting against b4 at any rate.} ({The standard} 
12... f5 {was also possible.} 13. h3 (13. b4 cxb4 14. axb4 f4 15. Nd4 f3 $36) (
13. f4 Re8 $132) 13... Ne5) 13. b3 f5 14. h3 Ne5 15. a4 $6 {Closing the
position completely cannot yield White any advantage.} (15. f4 Nd7 16. Be3 Re8
17. Bf2) 15... Na6 $11 {/\ Nb4} 16. Nb5 Re8 17. Bb2 Nb4 18. f4 Nf7 19. Bxg7
Kxg7 20. Qd2 Bd7 21. Nec3 Rc8 22. Rbe1 Qh4 23. Bd1 h5 24. Kh2 Qf6 {1/2-1/2
Larsen-A.Hoffman, Pinamar 2001 CBM 082}) (10... Qh4 11. Bf4 Ne5 12. b3 Na6 13.
Rc1 f5 14. Qd2 Qe7 15. Rce1 Bd7 16. Bg5 Bf6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. f4 Nf7 19. a3
Rfe8 20. Bd3 Re7 21. Nc1 Rae8 $11 {leading to mass echanges on the e <->, H.
Olafsson-A.Kuzmin, Moscow 1989.}) 11. h3 (11. Bf4 Ne5 12. b3 Na6 13. Rc1 Nc7
14. Qd2 f5 $13 {is again the standard move gaining space on the >>.} (14... a6
15. Bg5 f6 16. Bh4 Ng4 17. Ne4 Nh6 18. N2g3 Nf5 19. Nxf5 Bxf5 20. f3 b5 21. Bg3
Bxe4 22. fxe4 Qe7 23. b4 $1 $16 {this time opens the << to White's favour,
Romanishin-Gulko, SU 1984.})) 11... Ne5 12. b3 b5 (12... Qh4 13. Bf4 $5 (13. f4
$6 {falls into the well-known motif} Ng4 $1 14. Rb1 {was the best defence.} (
14. Bd3 $2 {is met by the typical blow} Rxe2 $1 15. Nxe2 Bxa1 16. hxg4 Bxg4 $17
{Kremenietsky-Ulko, Moscow 2002}) (14. hxg4 $2 Bxg4 $19 {and White founders on
the numerous pins.}))) 13. cxb5 a6 14. b6 ({Accepting the Benko type of
positional sacrifice gave no easy life for White after} 14. bxa6 Bxa6 15. Rb1
Ned7 $44) (14. Rb1 axb5 15. Nxb5 Rxa2 $132) 14... a5 (14... Qxb6 15. Rb1 a5 {
- 14...a5}) 15. Ne4 (15. Rb1 $5 Ned7 $1 (15... Qxb6 16. f4 Ned7 17. f5 $36))
15... Qxb6 16. Rb1 Ba6 17. Re1 Nbd7 {Black has a nice Benoni (or Benko
Gambit?!) type of positioin.} 18. Bb2 Bh6 19. Bc1 Bg7 20. Bb2 Bh6 21. Bc1 {
and draw by repetition of moves.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Stepanakert-A"]
[Site "Stepanakert"]
[Date "2005.10.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2005.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 2048]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 {transforming
to the Anti-Berlin variation with the moves a6 Ba4 already played . Black is
threatening to eliminate White's light-squared bishop by b7-b5 with the
following Na5.} (5... b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. c3 O-O 8. Nbd2 d5 9. O-O Bb7 10. Re1
dxe4 11. dxe4 Bc5 12. h3 (12. Qe2 Ng4 13. Rf1 Nf6 14. Bc2 Qd7 15. b4 Bb6 16. a4
$14 {1-0 Novik,M-Zavlin,K/St Petersburg 1992/ (44)}) 12... Nh5 $6 {Bacrot has
been carried away by optimism, that his position already allows active
operations. It was better to finish the development with balanced chances.} (
12... Qe7 13. Qe2 b4 14. Bc2 a5 15. Qb5 Rfb8 16. Nb3 Bd6 17. Bg5 a4 18. Nbd2 a3
19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. bxa3 bxc3 21. Nb3 Bxa3 22. Nc5 Ra5 {0-1 Nielsen,P-Rorvik,J/
Copenhagen 2003/ (22)}) 13. Bd5 Qf6 (13... Nf6 14. Bxc6 (14. Nb3 Bd6 15. Bg5 h6
16. Bh4 Qe7 $14) 14... Bxc6 15. Nxe5 Bxe4 (15... Bb7 16. Qc2 Re8 17. Nef3 $14)
16. Nxe4 Qxd1 17. Nxf6+ gxf6 18. Rxd1 fxe5 19. Rd5 Bd6 20. Be3 Rad8 21. Rad1
$14) 14. a4 $1 Nf4 (14... Bb6 15. Nb3 Nf4 16. Bxf4 Qxf4 17. axb5 axb5 18. Qd3
$14) 15. Nb3 Bb6 (15... Nxd5 $2 16. Nxc5 $18) 16. Bxf4 $14 {1-0 Morozevich,
A-Bacrot,E/Biel 2004/CBM 102/[Ftacnik] (30)}) 6. c3 {preparing the square c2
for the light-squared bishop, as well as adding the option d3-d4.} Bd7 (6... g6
{A normal plan for Black in the Ruy Lopez is Be7-Re8-Bf8-g6-Bg7, so Akopian
decides to do it right away.} 7. Nbd2 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 b5 (9... Nd7 {
is another common plan, trying to force the bishop to commit itself, without
weakening the queenside pawn structure.} 10. Nf1 Nc5 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. d4 $14 {
was the continuation in many games, and White has an edge.}) 10. Bc2 d5 11. a4
{hitting the queenside pawn structure, a very common theme in the Ruy Lopez.
Despite the fact that at a first glance Black controls more space and has a
freer game, the truth is that it is White who is fighting for the advantage.
White has easier play on the queenside, and his pieces are coordinated better.}
Rb8 12. b4 {Clinching more space on the queenside. White has a nice edge here.}
dxe4 (12... Be6 {was perhaps more natural though.} 13. Nb3 {[%csl Rc5][%cal
Gb3c5]} d4 14. axb5 axb5 15. Bb2 $14) 13. dxe4 Nh5 {Black's trying to create
some type of counterplay on the other wing, but it seems quite unsuccessful.
On the other hand it is not quite clear what he can do about his weaknesses on
the queenside. At least now he is trying to open the a1-h8 diagonal for his
bishop, by trying to force White to exchange on f4.} 14. Nb3 {Logical, the N
is screaming to get to c5.} Nf4 15. Be3 {White decides that it is not
important to exchange the knight for now, and leaves it alone.} Qf6 16. Bxf4 $1
{A very nice switch. Black would prefer to take back with the e-pawn, but this
basically leads him to a strategically lost game right now.} exf4 $6 (16...
Qxf4 {This was forced and Black is still not much worse.} 17. Nc5 Rd8 18. Qe2
Bf8 19. Nd3 $14 {and White still has some initiative.}) 17. e5 $1 {the "weak"
e-pawn will take care of shutting the bishop out of play.} Qe7 18. Nbd4 Nxd4
19. Nxd4 {White will keep his e-pawn alive by pure tactical means, but it
proves to be sufficient!} Bb7 20. axb5 axb5 21. Ra7 $1 {The rook is very
strong here, Morozevich must have foreseen the following sequence.} Rfe8 22.
Bb3 $1 {Very energetic! White is willing to sacrifice an exchange to open up
the opponents king, and cut off his coordination.} Bxe5 $6 {This basically
loses by force, but the alternative was also rather gloomy.} (22... Qg5 $2 23.
Rxb7 $1 Rxb7 24. e6 {And it transpires that Black has no defence! An
incredible position.} f5 (24... fxe6 25. Nxe6 {Is quite obviously lost for
black.}) (24... Kh8 25. exf7 Rf8 26. Ne6 {Is of course winning.}) 25. e7+ Kh8
26. Nc6 $1 $18 {Domination. Black has no adequate defense against all of
whites threats (Qd8, Qd7, Bf7, Nd8 just to name a few)}) (22... Kh8 {Oh such a
sad move, but what else was there?} 23. e6 fxe6 24. Rxe6 $16 {With a clear
white advantage.}) 23. Rxb7 $1 Rxb7 24. Nc6 Qd6 25. Qd5 $1 $18 {1-0 Morozevich,
A-Akopian,V/Mallorca 2004/CBM 104/[Ramirez Alvarez] (42) The key move, Black
has no way to save his bishop on e5, and is forced into a lost endgame.}) 7.
Nbd2 {looks more flexible, than an immediate castle. White will bring the
queenside knight to g3 via f1 with following castle. The point is that White
can save the Re1 tempo.} (7. O-O g6 8. Re1 Bg7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nf1 Re8 11. Bg5
h6 12. Bh4 Qc8 13. Ne3 Nd8 14. Bc2 Ne6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nd5 Bg7 17. d4 Qd8 18.
dxe5 dxe5 19. Qd2 c6 20. Ne3 Nf4 21. Rad1 Be6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Asrian,K-Beliavsky,
A/Warsaw POL 2005/The Week in Chess 556 (41)}) 7... g6 8. Nf1 Bg7 {continuing
with normal development.} (8... Nh5 $5 {[%cal Yf7f5,Yh5f4] An interesting idea
championed by Mihai Marin. Black starts actions on the K-side in the early
opening phase. The motivation is that it's the last chance to play Nh5 before
White gets to play Ng3. Long term Black wants to attack with f5.} 9. Bg5 (9.
Ng3 Nf4 10. O-O (10. Bxf4 $6 {Taking takes White nowhere.} exf4 11. Ne2 Bh6 (
11... g5 12. d4 b5 13. Bc2 g4 14. Nd2 Bh6 15. Bd3 Qf6 $36 {0-1 Maka,M-Liwak,P/
Rowy 1998/EXT 2000 (49)}) 12. d4 Qe7 13. Bc2 O-O 14. O-O Kh8 15. Re1 g5 $40 {
0-1 Saltaev,M-Volzhin,A/Volgograd 1994/CBM 41 (35)}) 10... Bg7 11. d4 (11. Ne2
Nxe2+ 12. Qxe2 O-O 13. Bg5 Qe8 14. Qd2 f5 $15 {0-1 Stoma,P-Pinski,J/Kazimierz
Dolny 2001/CBM 81 ext (46)}) (11. Be3 O-O 12. d4 (12. Qd2 Qf6 13. d4 Rad8 14.
Ne1 h5 15. Nd3 Bh6 $15 {0-1 Stefanov,P-Marin,M/Predeal 1988/EXT 97 (47)}) 12...
b5 13. Bc2 h5 14. d5 Na5 15. b3 Qf6 16. Ne1 c5 $15 {0-1 Reyes,J-Marin,M/
Thessaloniki 1988/TD (27)}) 11... b5 12. Bb3 O-O 13. Be3 Qf6 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15.
Nxe5 Qxe5 16. Qd2 $13 {1-0 Lopez Martinez,J-Marin,M/Andorra 2001/CBM 83 ext 
(29)}) (9. d4 Bg7 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Ne3 Nf4 12. O-O O-O 13. Nd5 Ne6 14. b4 f5
15. Bb3 Kh8 16. Qe2 f4 $40 {0-1 Simon,E-Marin,M/Manresa 1993/EXT 97 (31)}) 9...
f6 10. Be3 Nf4 11. Bxf4 {White gets the centre, but I think Black's P's on the
K-side are more valuable.} exf4 12. g3 $6 {A strategical mistake softening
White where he should be defending.} (12. d4 $142 {[%cal Yf3d4,Gd4d5] if
allowed White can proceed with d5 and Nd4.} b5 13. Bc2 $13) 12... Bh6 $1 {
[%csl Rf3]} (12... fxg3 $6 13. hxg3 $14 {[%cal Yf1e3]}) 13. gxf4 (13. Qd2 Ne5
$1 $17) (13. d4 $142) 13... Bxf4 14. Nd4 O-O 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Qf3 Bh6 17. Ne3
f5 $36 {0-1 Gallagher,J-Sasikiran,K/Hastings 2002/CBM 087/[Wedberg] (39) White
is already defending.}) 9. Ng3 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. Re1 {strengthening the
centre, thus, preparing to carry out d3-d4.} ({The development of dark-squared
bishop to e3 is one of the options, but it robs White the possibility to play
d3-d4.} 11. h3 h6 12. Be3 d5 13. b4 Na7 14. Bb3 Bc6 15. Qc2 Nb5 16. Rad1 Nd6
17. c4 d4 18. Bc1 Bd7 19. a4 c5 20. bxc5 Nc8 21. c6 Bxc6 22. c5 Bd7 23. Nd2 Qc7
24. Ba3 Be6 25. Rb1 $14 {0-1 Hort,V-Torre,E/La Valetta 1980/EXT 2000 (49)})
11... Qe7 12. h3 {covering the square g4, preventing a pin along the h5-d1
diagonal.} Qf8 $146 {The idea of this move is to change the dark-squared
bishops with Bg7-h6, as well as it liberates the e7 square for the queenside
knight, in case of white's d4-d5. It should be noted, that Black's queen has
liberated the e-file for the rook, thus, making the pressure on White's pawn
on e4 more effective.} ({In the preceding game Black continued} 12... Na5 13.
d4 exd4 14. cxd4 Bxa4 15. Qxa4 Nc6 16. Bd2 Nd7 17. Qc4 Nb6 18. Qd3 Qf8 19. d5 (
19. Rac1 $14) 19... Ne5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. Rac1 $14 {1-0 Cherniaev,A-Flear,G/
Port Erin 2001/CBM 084 ext (47)}) 13. d4 Rad8 {centralizing all the pieces.} (
13... Bh6 14. d5 Ne7 15. c4 $14) 14. Bd2 {preparing to add the queen's rook to
the game from the square c1.} Kh8 {A prophylactic move. One of Black's
possible plans in this position should be carrying out the breakthrough f7-f5.
That's why Black liberates the square g8 for the king's knight.} (14... Bh6 $5
15. Rc1 (15. d5 Nb8 {[%cal Yb8d7]} 16. Rc1 Bxd2 17. Nxd2 Qh6) 15... Bxd2 16.
Qxd2 $14 Nxd4 $141 $2 17. cxd4 Bxa4 18. Rxc7 Rd7 19. Rcc1 $16 {[%cal Rd2a5,
Gb2b3,Ya2a4]}) 15. Rc1 $14 {White is slightly better, thanks to space
advantage. His plan should be connected with advance of queenside pawns.} b5 $6
{This move weakens black's queenside too much.} (15... Ng8 16. d5 Nb8 17. c4 f5
18. exf5 gxf5 19. Bxd7 (19. Ng5 c6 20. Bc2 $14) 19... Nxd7 20. Ng5 $16) ({
I would recommend} 15... Bh6 $14 {trading the dark-squared bishops.}) 16. Bc2 {
transfering the bishop to d3.} Na5 17. Bd3 {covering the spot c4.} Nb7 (17...
c5 {is met by} 18. b4 c4 19. bxa5 cxd3 20. Bg5 $16) 18. b4 $1 $16 {White's
advantage is obvious here, due to Black's passive knight on b7.} a5 {Levon
decides to open the a-file for the rooks.} (18... c6 19. a4 $16) 19. c4 $1 {
attacking Black's pawns on the queenside, thus, winning a pawn.} bxc4 (19...
axb4 20. cxb5 Rc8 21. Bxb4 $18) 20. Rxc4 c6 (20... Bb5 {doesn't change the
evaluation of the position.} 21. Rxc7 Bxd3 22. Rxb7 $16) 21. bxa5 Ra8 (21...
exd4 22. Rxd4 Ra8 23. Bc4 $1 Be6 (23... Nxa5 24. Bxa5 Rxa5 25. Rxd6 $18) 24.
Bxe6 Rxe6 25. Qc2 Nxa5 26. Ra4 $16) 22. dxe5 dxe5 23. Qc2 $1 {[%cal Ye1b1]
liberating the first rank for the other rook.} Nxa5 24. Bb4 $1 {forcing
Black's queen to move to very passive position.} Qg8 (24... c5 25. Bxc5 (25.
Rxc5 Nc6 26. Bd2 Rxa2 27. Qxa2 Qxc5 28. Ng5 $16) 25... Qg8 26. Rc3 $16) 25. Rc5
{attacking the knight and Black's central pawn e5 at the same time.} Nb7 26.
Rxe5 c5 27. Bc3 ({Maybe} 27. Rxe8 {was simplier:} Qxe8 28. Bd2 $16 {/+-}) 27...
Be6 28. Bb5 Rec8 $6 ({The best chance was} 28... Red8 29. a4 Nd7 30. Rxe6 (30.
Bxd7 Rxd7 $13) 30... fxe6 31. e5 $16 {[%cal Yg3e4]}) 29. a4 $18 {White is a
pawn up and his pieces are located much better. Therefore, Black's position is
lost.} Nd6 (29... Nd7 30. Rxe6 $18) 30. Bf1 Nfe8 31. Rxc5 Nb7 (31... Rxc5 {
leads to a lost position as well:} 32. Bxg7+ Kxg7 (32... Qxg7 33. Qxc5 Rxa4 34.
e5 Nf5 35. Qc6 $18) 33. Qxc5 Rxa4 34. Ng5 $18) 32. Rxc8 Rxc8 33. Re3 {Now
White has already two extra pawns.} (33. e5 $18 {wins as well.}) 33... Ned6 34.
Qb2 Na5 35. Ng5 Ndb7 (35... Nac4 {doesn't change anything:} 36. Bxg7+ Qxg7 37.
Qxg7+ Kxg7 38. Rd3 $18) 36. Nxe6 fxe6 37. e5 {getiing the square e4 for the
knight.} Qd8 38. Ne4 Qd1 39. Nd6 Rc7 (39... Rb8 40. Bxa5 $18) (39... Rf8 40.
Rd3 (40. Nxb7 Nc4) 40... Qxa4 41. Nxb7 $18) 40. Bxa5 1-0

[Event "Stepanakert-A"]
[Site "Stepanakert"]
[Date "2005.10.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Asrian, Karen"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2005.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Be3 Be7 10. c3 Qd7 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Qxd7 Bxd7 14. e6 Bxe6
15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Nd2 Ne5 17. Nxe4 Nc4 18. Bc1 Rf5 19. a4 Raf8 20. axb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Stepanakert-A"]
[Site "Stepanakert"]
[Date "2005.10.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2005.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 c5 7. e3 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 d6 9. Bd3 Qe7 10. Nd2 e5 11. d5 g5 12. Bg3 e4 13. Bc2 Bf5 14. Qb1 Bg6 15.
O-O Kg7 16. a4 b6 17. a5 Nbd7 18. Ba4 Rab8 19. Qd1 Ne5 20. Bc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Stepanakert-A"]
[Site "Stepanakert"]
[Date "2005.10.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2005.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 e6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 c5 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O Nf6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Bxc5 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Bb2 b6 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Be2 O-O 13. Ne1 Rfd8 14. Nd3
Be7 15. Nc4 Rac8 16. Rac1 Kf8 17. f3 Rc6 18. Rd2 Rc7 19. Rcd1 b5 20. Na5 Ba8
21. Kf2 Rdc8 22. a3 Nd5 23. Nb4 Nxb4 24. Rxd7 Nc6 25. Nxc6 Bxc6 26. Rxc7 Rxc7
27. Rc1 Bd6 28. e4 f6 29. b4 e5 30. Rc3 Bd7 31. g3 Ke7 32. Ke3 Rxc3+ 33. Bxc3
Bc7 34. Bf1 Bb6+ 35. Ke2 Kd6 36. g4 g6 37. h3 f5 38. Kd1 fxe4 39. fxe4 Be6 40.
Kc2 Be3 41. Bd2 Bf4 42. Be1 Be3 43. Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Stepanakert-A"]
[Site "Stepanakert"]
[Date "2005.10.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2005.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 Bb4 6. Qc2 Bb7 7. Bg2 Be4 8. Qd1
O-O 9. O-O Bxd2 10. Qxd2 d6 11. b3 Nbd7 12. Bb2 Qe7 13. Qc3 c5 14. Rfd1 a5 15.
Rd2 Rfc8 16. Rc1 a4 17. Qe3 axb3 18. axb3 h6 19. Bh3 d5 20. Ne5 cxd4 21. Bxd4
Nxe5 22. Bxe5 b5 23. f3 Bg6 24. c5 Rc6 25. b4 Rca6 26. Bc3 Kh7 27. Qe5 Qf8 28.
Qf4 Ng8 29. e4 Ne7 30. Bf1 Qe8 31. Re1 Qc6 32. Be5 Qb7 33. Red1 Ra4 34. Bc3 Ra3
35. Qe3 f6 36. Rd3 R8a7 37. Be1 Rxd3 38. Qxd3 dxe4 39. Qxb5 Qa8 40. Qc4 Nd5 41.
Bf2 e3 42. Be1 Ra2 43. Bd3 Bxd3 44. Qxd3+ f5 45. b5 Nc3 46. Qxe3 Nxd1 47. Qxe6
Ra1 48. Qxf5+ Kh8 49. Qe5 Nb2 0-1

[Event "Stepanakert-A"]
[Site "Stepanakert"]
[Date "2005.10.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2005.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
e3 d6 9. Ne2 Nbd7 10. Qd3 Re8 {An attempt to avoid the main theoretical lines.}
({The main continuation is:} 10... Ba6 $5) 11. Nc3 Qe7 $146 ({Previously was
checked:} 11... h6 $5 12. Bh4 Nf8 13. f3 Ng6 14. Bf2 e5 15. e4 exd4 (15... Nf4
$5) 16. Qxd4 c5 17. Qd2 d5 18. cxd5 Nxd5 19. Bb5 $14 {Khismatullin,D-Jenni,F/
Instanbul,2004(1/2-1/2)(42)}) (11... e5 $143 12. Rd1 Qc8 13. d5 e4 14. Qc2 h6
15. Bh4 g5 16. Bg3 $14 {Gagunashvili,M-Martens,M/Amsterdam,2004(1-0)(68)}) 12.
Be2 $5 {A provocative move. Ivan Sokolov invited his opponent to take the pawn
on "g2". I'm not sure that White needs to sacrifice a pawn in such an early
stage of the game. This seems good enough:} (12. e4 $5 {in order to create a
strong pawn centre.}) 12... Bxg2 {Vassily Ivanchuk has accepted the challenge.}
(12... h6 $143 13. Bh4 (13. Bxf6 $6 Nxf6 $11) 13... Bxg2 14. Rg1 Bb7 15. O-O-O
$44) 13. Rg1 Bb7 14. O-O-O $44 {For the pawn, White has obvious compensation:
a pair of bishops, the open g-file and a lot of space. But Black's position is
tough and he has enough resources in order to protect it.} Kh8 {A good
preventive move.} 15. e4 e5 16. d5 {White fixed the pawn structure in the
centre. As of this moment, the major part of the game is now on the kingside.}
Nf8 $6 (16... Nc5 {deserves attention:} 17. Qc2 {[%csl Yc2][%cal Yc2b3,Gb2b4]}
(17. Qf3 $143 Nb3+ 18. Kb1 Nd4 19. Qg2 Rg8 $13) 17... h6 18. Be3 Rac8 {/\c6}
19. b4 Ncd7 20. Qd2 Rg8 $13) 17. Rg3 $6 {White misses a good chance to start a
strong initiative:} (17. Qg3 $5 Ng6 18. h4 Rg8 19. h5 Nf4 20. Bxf4 exf4 21.
Qxf4 h6 22. Rde1 $14 {[%csl Ge4,Gf2][%cal Ge4e5,Gf2f4,Ye2d1,Yd1c2,Yf4h4]})
17... Ng6 18. Rdg1 {קg7} h6 19. Be3 Rg8 20. Qd2 Rae8 {During the last moves,
both players regrouped their forces.} 21. h4 {[%cal Cg6h4]} Nf4 {With the help
of some tactics, Vassily Ivanchuk neutralized White's initiative.} ({Loses
immediately:} 21... Nxh4 $2 22. Bxh6 Ng6 (22... gxh6 $143 23. Qxh6+ Nh7 24. Rg7
{with mate in 2 moves.}) 23. Rh1 Nh7 24. Bg5 $18) 22. Bxf4 (22. Bf3 N6h5 23.
Bxh5 Nxh5 24. R3g2 Qf6 $11) 22... Nxe4 $1 {An important intermediate move.} (
22... exf4 $143 23. Qxf4 $14 Nxe4 $140 $2 24. Re3 f5 25. f3 Nxc3 26. Rxe7 Nxe2+
27. Rxe2 Rxe2 28. Qxf5 $16) 23. Nxe4 exf4 24. Rg4 $1 (24. Qxf4 $2 Qxe4 {
[%csl Re2,Rf4]} 25. Qxe4 Rxe4 26. Re3 Rge8 27. Rxe4 Rxe4 $17) 24... Qxe4 25.
Bd3 Qe5 26. Rxf4 Re7 (26... Qe7 $143 27. Bc2 $40 {[%csl Yc2,Yd2,Rh8][%cal
Yd2d3]}) 27. Rf5 Qd4 $8 ({This leads to immediate disaster:} 27... Qh2 $2 28.
Rg4 {/\Rh5, Rxh6 (עg8)} Qh1+ (28... g5 $143 29. Rf6 Kg7 30. Rxh6 $1 Kf8 (30...
Kxh6 $2 31. Rxg5 {[%csl Gd2,Rh6]}) 31. Rxg5 $18) (28... Re5 29. Rxf7 Rh5 30.
Qe3 Qe5 31. Qxe5 Rxe5 32. Rxc7 Bc8 33. Rf4 $18) 29. Kc2 Qe1 30. Qxe1 Rxe1 31.
Rxf7 $18) 28. Rf4 ({White could to play:} 28. Rh5 $5 Qf6 $140 29. Qg5 $1 Qxg5+
30. hxg5 Rge8 (30... c6 $5) 31. Kd2 {with little advantage. Maybe Ivan Sokolov
thought that this advantage isn't enough in order to win against such a player
like Ivanchuk. Therefore, he chose to finish the game by a repetition of the
moves.}) 28... Qe5 29. Rf5 Qd4 30. Rf4 Qe5 31. Rf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Stepanakert-A"]
[Site "Stepanakert"]
[Date "2005.10.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2005.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Nd2 c5 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 cxd4 7. Nf3 b6 8.
Bg2 Bb7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qxd4 Nc6 11. Qd3 d5 12. cxd5 Qxd5 13. Qxd5 Nxd5 14. Bd2
Rac8 15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. Rac1 h6 17. Kf1 Kf8 18. Ke1 Ke8 19. h4 Ba6 20. Rc2 Nce7
21. Rdc1 Rxc2 22. Rxc2 Rc8 23. Rxc8+ Bxc8 24. Nd4 Kd7 25. g4 Ba6 26. h5 Nf6 27.
Bh3 Ne4 28. Bb4 Nd6 29. Bg2 f6 30. b3 e5 31. Nc2 Bb5 32. Ne3 Kc7 33. Kd2 Bd7
34. Nc4 Nec8 35. Ne3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Samba Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Skanderborg"]
[Date "2005.10.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Miton, Kamil"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2005.10.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. e4 Bg7 {
The move order chosen by both opponents is slightly curious.} (7... a6 8. h3 (
8. a4 Bg4) 8... b5 {is a more common way to reach the game position.}) 8. h3 a6
9. Bd3 ({We can only wonder about what Ivanchuk had in mind against} 9. a4 {
which is considered to restrict Black's counterplay. Even though Black has no
easy equality after playing ...b5, some additional space doesn't hurt him, of
course.}) 9... O-O 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Re1 b5 {Finally, we are on a normal track
now. There are plenty of move orders starting with this point and an
exhaustive study of the position is virtually impossible. I have tried to
catch all the games that are relevant in any way from the point of view of
Ivanchuk's slightly unusual plan.} 12. a3 c4 {During the one and half decades
that have passed since the moment the system based on h3, Bd3 and Nf3 became
fashionable against the Benoni, practice has generally proven that Black is
best adviced to refrain from giving up the control of the d4-square, even if
this means getting an optically excellent outpost for his knight on c5.} ({
Usually, it is White who aims to provoke the advance of the c-pawn with, for
instance,} 12... Bb7 13. Bf4 Qb6 14. Qd2 {followed by b4}) 13. Bc2 Nc5 {
This is a more significant deviation from the usual paths already. Generally,
Black keeps his knight on d7 at least until his development is complete, in
order not to worry about a possible break in the centre with e5.} 14. Bf4 Bb7
15. Qd2 Qb6 {Judging from the queen side configuration, we might think that
Black should not avoid the exchange of the dark squared bishops. Wouldn't this
exchange just increase the stability of his c5-knight? However, after the
dissapearance of the g7-bishop, White's pieces (for instance the queen) will
also feel more comfortably on d4. Besides, in the middlegame Black will be
under permanent danger of a direct mating attack.} ({Therefore,} 15... Re8 16.
Bh6 Bh8 {seriously comes into consideration.}) 16. Bh6 Rfe8 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18.
Qd4 {This move is probably premature, as we shall soon see.} ({Although not
such a bad move in itself, the instalation of the other white piece on d4 with
} 18. Nd4 {was the start of an over-optimistic plan in the following game:} h6
{(A unnecessary weakening move.)} (18... Nfd7 {looks safer}) 19. Rad1 Re7 20.
Re3 Rae8 21. Rg3 Kh7 22. e5 $2 {White's position looked quite promissing, but
this move is not justified.} Rxe5 23. Qf4 Qd8 24. Nf5 gxf5 (24... Ng8 $5) 25.
Bxf5+ Rxf5 26. Qxf5+ Kh8 {and Black managed to defend, 0-1 Szmetan,R (2282)-De
Silva,N (2236)/Bled 2002/EXT 2003 (51)}) ({The strongest continuation is
probably} 18. Rad1 {, completing the mobilisation of forces and leaving for
later the choice of concrete plans. Now, the natural} Nfd7 {would lead by a
huge transposition to a position that has been played from once in a while.} ({
Possibly, Ivanchuk had in mind} 18... Re7 $5 {maintaining the knight on f6 for
the time being.}) 19. Re3 (19. Qd4+ f6 20. Nh2 {This move leaves Black free
hands of action on the queen side.} ({Therefore,} 20. Nd2 {as in 1-0 Browne,W 
(2535)-De Firmian,N (2565)/USA 1994/CBM 044/[Hansen,Cu] (47) might be a better
way to clear the way for the f-pawn and now Black's best might again be} Re7 {
as suggested by Curt Hansen.}) 20... Re7 21. f4 a5 22. Ng4 Rae8 23. Nf2 Ba6 24.
Re3 Nb7 25. Ne2 Kg8 26. b4 cxb3 27. Rxb3 Nbc5 28. Rbb1 b4 $132 {0-1 Egorov,E 
(2403)-Kotsur,P (2581)/Tula 2001/EXT 2002 (46)}) 19... Ne5 20. Ne1 $14 {
[%csl Gd5,Ge4,Rf6,Rg7,Rh6] 1/2-1/2 Ibragimov,I (2580)-Vaulin,A (2490)/Kazan
1995/CBM 051/[Stohl] (62) [+],׻}) 18... Ncd7 $1 {Exchanging queens brings in
some relief for Black's position.} 19. Qxb6 Nxb6 20. Nd4 Nfd7 21. Re3 Nc5 22.
Rae1 Re7 {Black has regrouped in a quite aesthetical way. He now intends to
double rooks on the e-file in order to increase the pressure against the
e4-pawn. However, his position is less good than it might look at a first
glance. There is no easy way to make progress on the queen side, especially
because of the passive position of the bishop. Unfortunately, there is not
easy to transfer the bishop to d7 because ...Bc6 could always be met by Nc6.
On the other hand, Black's position is quite solid and hard to break. The
thematical advance of the e-pawn is not easy to carry out especially because
of the pressure against the d5-pawn (to which the bishop largely contributes).
And yet, it is only White who could hope for an advantage, Black's position
remaining rather defensive. Therefore, the decision of agreeing to a draw
might have had something in common with the respect for the opponent.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Samba Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Skanderborg"]
[Date "2005.10.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Zhang, Pengxiang"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[Annotator "Babula,V"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2005.10.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 4]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 e5 {[%csl Rd5] ><d5 Black prevents on
principle the d2-d4 advance and that way avoids transpositions to common open
Sicilian lines. The drawback is apparent, the weakness d5, but for White it is
difficult to exploit it, as the position has the closed character.} 4. Nd5 {
[%cal Ye2c3]} Nge7 ({Other option is} 4... Nce7 $5 {with the idea to exchange
all knights, and that way to decrease the importance of the d5 weakness. Good
example of neutralization White's small edge:} 5. Nec3 Nxd5 6. Nxd5 Nf6 7. Bc4
Be7 8. O-O d6 9. d3 O-O 10. f4 Nxd5 11. Bxd5 exf4 12. Bxf4 Be6 $1 (12... Bf6 $6
13. c3 Be6 14. Qb3 $14) 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Qg4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Adorjan,
A-Sveshnikov,E/Alushta 1994/CBM 042}) 5. Nec3 Nxd5 6. Nxd5 Rb8 {[%cal Yb7b5]} (
{Common continuation is} 6... Be7 {, where Nataf showed the model way of
defence:} 7. Bc4 (7. g3 d6 8. Bg2 h5 $5 9. d3 Bg4 10. f3 Be6 11. c3 h4 12. Be3
Qd7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Vallejo Pons,F-Nataf,I/Havana 2001/CBM 084 (29)}) 7... O-O 8.
O-O d6 9. a4 Be6 10. d3 Rb8 $5 {Black prepares Be7-g5 and moves his rook from
the potential fork Nd5-c7} 11. f4 exf4 12. Bxf4 Bg5 13. Qh5 h6 $5 14. Ba2 Bxf4
15. Rxf4 Qg5 16. Qxg5 hxg5 17. Rf2 Kh7 $1 18. h3 Kg6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Short,
N-Nataf,I/New Delhi/Teheran 2000/CBM 080 (44)}) ({Dubious, but playable is} 
6... Ne7 {with the same idea like 4..Nce7, but this version is for Black worse.
In the above example he has his knight on f6 and here on e7, what limits his
further development.} 7. Bc4 ({Possible is also retreat} 7. Nc3 g6 (7... d5 $6
8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Qh5) 8. Bc4 Bg7 9. d3 O-O 10. O-O d6 11. f4 exf4 12. Bxf4 {
1-0 Polivanov,A-Ivanova,S/Mariupol 2003/CBM 095 ext (40)} Be6 $5 $11) 7... Nxd5
8. Bxd5 d6 {In spite of fact, that Black couldn't develop his pieces in
optimal way as in the above game Adorjan-Sveshnikov, there is no clear way to
White's advantage.} (8... Be7 $2 9. Qh5)) 7. a4 {White secures the c4 square
for his Bf1.} Ne7 $6 (7... Be7 $142 {would lead to main lines with 6...Be7}) 8.
Nc3 $5 {Perhaps the best continuation.} ({After} 8. Bc4 Nxd5 9. Bxd5 d6 {
Black chances to equalize are better than after the same variation without
moves a2-a4, Ra8-b8. I think that insertion of these moves is in this position
advantageous for Black.}) 8... g6 (8... d5 $2 9. Qh5) 9. h4 $1 {[%cal Yh4h5]
The important part of White's plan. By the threat of the further advance of
his h-pawn White almost forces Black to weaken his pawn structure on kingside.}
h6 (9... d5 $2 10. Qf3) (9... h5 {><g5}) 10. Bc4 (10. h5 $143 $6 g5 {and White
can't play f2-f4.}) 10... Bg7 11. d3 d6 12. f4 Be6 (12... exf4 $6 {is not
satisfactory for Black:} 13. Bxf4 Be6 (13... O-O 14. Qd2 Kh7 15. Nb5 $16) 14.
Qd2 $16 {and Black can't castle kingside.}) 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Qg4 $14 Kd7 $5 {
Black tries to hide his king in the centre.} 15. O-O Qg8 16. Be3 Rf8 17. Ne2 {
[%cal Yc2c3,Yd3d4] White prepares an opening of the position against Black's
king in the centre.} exf4 18. Nxf4 Be5 (18... g5 19. Nh5) 19. c3 $6 {White
continues in his plan and overlooks Black's reaction.} (19. Ne2 $142 $5 $14 {
[%cal Yc2c3,Yd3d4]}) 19... Bxf4 $1 20. Rxf4 (20. Bxf4 g5 $1) 20... Rxf4 21.
Bxf4 g5 $1 $11 {Black loosens himself and is out of problems.} 22. Bh2 ({
Accepting the pawn sacrifice is risky:} 22. hxg5 $6 hxg5 23. Qxg5 Qh7) 22...
gxh4 23. Qxh4 Qg5 24. Qxg5 (24. Qf2 $5) 24... hxg5 {White cant' even think
about some edge in this ending, his bishop is very passive.} 25. Rf1 Rb8 $1 {
[%cal Yb7b5] <->b} 26. Rf2 b5 27. axb5 Rxb5 28. Kf1 e5 29. Ke1 Ke6 30. Kd1 Ra5
31. Kc2 (31. Kc2 Ra1 32. Bg3 $11 Ng6 $140 33. Rf5) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Samba Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Skanderborg"]
[Date "2005.10.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2005.10.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. Bg5 g6 8. e4
dxe4 9. Nxe4 Ndf6 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Ne5 Bg7 12. g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Samba Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Skanderborg"]
[Date "2005.10.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2005.10.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. Ne4 Bg4 11. Nfg5 Ke8 12. h3 Bf5 13. g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Samba Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Skanderborg"]
[Date "2005.10.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2005.10.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Nb3 a5 15.
Be3 a4 16. Nbd2 Bd7 17. Rc1 Qb7 18. Nf1 Rfc8 19. Ng3 Bd8 20. Bb1 h6 21. Qe2 Bb6
22. dxe5 Bxe3 23. Rxc6 Qxc6 24. exf6 Bf4 25. Nh5 Be5 26. fxg7 Ra6 27. Nh4 Qc1
28. Nf5 Bxf5 29. exf5 Qxe1+ 30. Qxe1 Rac6 31. Qf1 Rc1 32. Bd3 b4 33. Bb5 b3 34.
axb3 axb3 35. Ba4 Rxf1+ 36. Kxf1 Rb8 0-1

[Event "Samba Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Skanderborg"]
[Date "2005.10.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2005.10.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bd3 Qc7 8.
O-O Ne5 9. Nf3 Neg4 10. Bd2 d6 11. Ne2 Be7 12. c4 O-O 13. Rc1 b6 14. Nc3 Bb7
15. Qe2 Nd7 16. b3 Rfe8 17. Rfd1 Rad8 18. Bb1 Ngf6 19. Bf4 Ne5 20. Nxe5 dxe5
21. Be3 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 b5 23. f3 Qa5 24. Rc1 bxc4 25. Qxc4 Ba3 26. Rc2 Rd8 27.
Kf2 h6 28. Ke2 Bb4 29. Na4 Nd7 30. Qc7 Qb5+ 31. Qc4 Qa5 32. Qc7 Qb5+ 33. Qc4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Samba Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Skanderborg"]
[Date "2005.10.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Hansen, Curt"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E33"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2005.10.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bd2 O-O 7. a3 Bxc3 8.
Bxc3 Qe7 9. b4 e5 10. d5 Nd8 11. e3 Ne8 12. Bd3 f5 13. Nd2 Nf7 14. O-O Nf6 15.
Be2 e4 16. Rfd1 Bd7 17. Bb2 Rae8 18. Nf1 Ne5 19. c5 Qf7 20. Rd2 Nxd5 21. cxd6
cxd6 22. Bxe5 Rxe5 23. Bc4 Be6 24. Bxd5 Rxd5 25. Rc1 h6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Samba Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Skanderborg"]
[Date "2005.10.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2005.10.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nge2 dxe4 5. a3 Be7 6. Nxe4 Nf6 7. N2g3 O-O 8.
c3 Nxe4 (8... Nbd7 9. Bd3 c5 (9... e5 10. Nxf6+ Bxf6 11. d5 Nc5 12. Bc2 b6 13.
O-O Ba6 14. Re1 g6 15. Bh6 Re8 16. b4 Nb7 17. Ba4 $14 {Rogers,I-Zhang Zhong/
Wijk aan Zee 2003}) 10. Nxf6+ Nxf6 11. dxc5 Qd5 12. O-O Rd8 13. Bc2 Qxc5 14.
Qe2 Bd7 $11 {Berg,E-Brynell,S/Gothenburg 2004}) 9. Nxe4 Qd5 10. Qf3 b6 (10...
f5 11. Ng5 c5 12. Qxd5 exd5 13. g3 cxd4 14. cxd4 Nc6 $11 {Boersma,J-Bloemhard,
R/Dieren 2005}) 11. Bf4 Bb7 12. Bd3 c5 $5 (12... f5 $5 13. Nd2 Qxf3 14. Nxf3
Bxf3 15. gxf3 Bd6 $13) 13. Qg3 Nd7 14. Bh6 g6 15. Bxf8 Rxf8 16. dxc5 f5 17. Nd2
(17. Rd1 $6 fxe4 18. Bb5 Qh5 19. Bxd7 Bh4 20. Bxe6+ Kh8 21. Qg4 Bxf2+ 22. Kd2
e3+ 23. Kc2 Qxg4 24. Bxg4 Bxg2 $15) 17... f4 18. Qf3 (18. Qh3 Nxc5 19. Bc4 Qxg2
20. Qxg2 Bxg2 21. Rg1 Bc6 22. b4 $14) 18... Qe5+ 19. Qe2 Bxg2 20. Rg1 Nxc5 21.
Bc4 (21. Qxe5 $6 Nxd3+ 22. Kd1 Nxe5 23. Rxg2 f3 24. Rg1 Bh4 25. Ne4 Nd3 $15)
21... Qxe2+ 22. Bxe2 Bc6 $13 23. O-O-O f3 24. Bc4 b5 25. Ba2 Bh4 26. Kc2 Bxf2 (
26... Kg7 $6 27. b4 Ne4 (27... Bxf2 28. bxc5 Bxg1 29. Rxg1 f2 30. Rc1 $14) 28.
Rg4 Nxf2 29. Rxh4 Nxd1 30. Kxd1 e5 31. Ke1 $14) 27. Rgf1 Bh4 28. b4 Na4 29.
Bxe6+ Kg7 30. c4 f2 $1 (30... bxc4 31. Nxc4 Nb6 $15) 31. Bd5 Bxd5 32. cxd5 Rc8+
33. Kb3 Rc3+ 34. Ka2 Re3 (34... Rh3 35. Nb1 Rxh2 36. d6 g5 37. d7 g4 38. d8=Q
Bxd8 39. Rxd8 h5 $17) 35. Nb1 Re2+ 36. Rd2 Nc3+ 37. Kb3 Rxd2 38. Nxd2 Nxd5 39.
Rb1 Ne3 $2 (39... Kf6 40. Kc2 Kf5 41. Kd3 Kg4 $19 {[%cal Gg4h3,Gh3g2]}) 40. Kc3
h5 $6 41. Kd3 Bg5 42. Ke2 $14 a6 43. Rb3 f1=Q+ 44. Nxf1 Nc4 45. Ng3 Bc1 46. Ne4
(46. a4 bxa4 47. Rc3 Bb2 48. Rxc4 a3 49. Rc6 a2 50. Rxa6 a1=Q 51. Rxa1 Bxa1 $11
) 46... Bxa3 47. Nd2 Bc1 48. Nxc4 bxc4 49. Rc3 Bf4 50. h3 Bd6 51. Rxc4 Kf6 52.
Kd3 g5 53. Ke4 (53. Kc3 Ke5 $1 (53... Kf5 $2 54. Rc6 Be7 (54... Be5+ 55. Kd3 g4
56. hxg4+ hxg4 57. Rxa6 Kf4 58. Ke2 $18) 55. Rxa6 g4 56. hxg4+ hxg4 57. Ra7 Bd6
58. b5 g3 59. Kd3 $18) 54. Rc6 g4 55. hxg4 hxg4 56. Rxa6 g3 $11) 53... Ke6 54.
Rc6 Kd7 55. Rxa6 Bxb4 56. Rh6 h4 $11 57. Kd5 Bd2 58. Rh7+ Kd8 59. Kd6 Bf4+ 60.
Ke6 Kc8 61. Rd7 Bg3 62. Rd5 Bf4 63. Rc5+ Kd8 64. Rc4 Bh2 65. Rc3 Bg3 66. Rc2
Bf4 67. Rc5 Be3 68. Rd5+ Kc7 69. Rd7+ Kc6 70. Rd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Samba Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Skanderborg"]
[Date "2005.10.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Hansen, Lars Bo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2005.10.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 Nc6 5. Nf3 (5. Bb5 e6 6. Be3 Nge7 {-
Movsesian-Svetushkin, Mallorca 2004 CBM 104}) 5... Bg4 6. Bb5 (6. Be2 $6 {
This is a bit passive.} e6 7. Bf4 (7. Be3 $2 {Now the e5 P remains undefended.}
Bxf3 $1 (7... Nge7 {allows the defending move} 8. Nbd2 {and the N can take
back on f3.} Nf5 $13) 8. Bxf3 Nge7 {- Vachier Lagrave-Fontaine, Val d'Isere
2004 CBM 103}) (7. Nbd2 Bxc5 8. c3 (8. a3 Nge7 9. c4 Bxf3 10. Nxf3 dxc4 11.
Qxd8+ Rxd8 12. Bxc4 a6 13. O-O Ng6 $15 {and White has problems with his
"stronghold" on e5, Couso-Engqvist, Stockholm 1999.}) 8... Nge7 $13) 7... Bxc5
8. O-O (8. Nbd2 Nge7 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Nxf3 Ng6 11. Bg3 O-O 12. Bd3 f5 13. exf6
Qxf6 $15 {and Black has an excellent French type of position, Casa-Gereben,
Monte Carlo 1968.}) 8... Nge7 9. Nbd2 Ng6 10. Bg3 O-O $15 ({There is no need
to hurry with} 10... Bxf3 11. Nxf3 O-O 12. Bd3 $13 {Zaghedoud-Pelletier,
Agneaux 2000})) 6... e6 (6... Qa5+ 7. Nc3 e6 8. Be3 a6 $5 (8... Nge7 {allows
White to keep his extra c P.} 9. a3 $1 {/\ b4 looks more to the point.} (9. O-O
{is not so important now!} a6 10. Be2 Nf5 11. Bd2 Qc7 12. Na4 Rd8 13. Re1 Be7
14. Bf4 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 g5 16. g4 Nh4 17. Bg3 Qa5 $1 18. Bxh4 (18. b3 $4 Qxe1+ {
0:1 Hennigs-Moehring, Leipzig 1984}) 18... gxh4 $1 (18... Qxa4 19. Bg3) 19. c3
Qc7 $13) 9... O-O-O $5 (9... a6 10. Ba4 Nf5 11. b4 Nxe3 12. fxe3 Qc7 13. O-O
Be7 14. e4 d4 15. Nd5 $1 {Pretty, isn't it?} exd5 16. exd5 $16 {
Klovans-Schroeder, Senden 1999}) (9... Nf5 10. b4 Nxe3 11. fxe3 {This exchange
is not bad for White, because the dark-squared B has no perspectives.} Qc7 12.
O-O Be7 13. e4 dxe4 (13... d4 {is again met by} 14. Nd5 $1) 14. Nxe4 O-O 15.
Bxc6 Qxc6 16. Nd6 f6 17. Nd4 $1 {liquidating for a much better _|_.} Bxd1 18.
Nxc6 Bxd6 19. exd6 Be2 20. Rfe1 $16 {Kalugin-Bets, Kharkov 2000}) 10. b4 Bxf3
$1 {Black wants to corrupt White's P structure.} (10... Qc7 11. Bf4 Bxf3 12.
Qxf3 Nxe5 13. Qe2 N7g6 14. Bg3 h5 15. h3 a6 16. Bd3 h4 {(Pytel-Donev, Biel
1995)} 17. Bxe5 Nxe5 18. Na4 $14 {and White's chances on the << are preferable
to Black's central potential.}) 11. gxf3 Qc7 12. Bxc6 Nxc6 13. Bd4 a6 14. f4 f6
$5 15. h4 (15. exf6 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 gxf6 17. Rg1 Bg7 18. Na4 Kb8 $44) 15... Be7
16. Qd3 fxe5 17. fxe5 Nxe5 18. Qh3 Kb8 19. O-O-O Rhe8 $13 {Galdunts-Zelcic,
Graz 2001}) 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. a3 (10. h3 {is too slow.} Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Bxc5 12.
Bxc5 Qxc5 13. O-O-O Ne7 14. Rhf1 Qa5 15. Qd3 c5 $132 {Vallejo Pons-Spraggett,
Andora 1996}) (10. O-O Bxc5 11. Bxc5 Qxc5 12. Qd4 Qxd4 13. Nxd4 {
(Smeets-Heltzel, Venlo 2000)} c5 14. Nb3 Rc8 $13) 10... Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Bxc5 12.
O-O Bxe3 13. Qxe3 Ne7 14. b4 Qc7 15. f4 (15. Na4 a5 16. Nc5 O-O $13 {N.
Kirov-Arkell, Leningrad 1989}) 15... O-O 16. Qc5 Rfb8 17. Ne2 Rb5 $11 {and
White cannot maintain his blockade on c5 and d4.}) 7. b4 (7. Be3 Nge7 (7...
Qa5+ 8. Nc3 {- 6...Qa5}) 8. c3 {- Beshukov-Turov, Moscow 2002 CBM 88} (8. O-O
$6 Nf5 9. Qe2 Nxe3 10. Qxe3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Bxc5 12. Nd2 O-O $11 {Orso-Csonka,
ch-HUN k.o. Budapest HUN 2000})) 7... Nge7 {Now Black has problems with
gaining back the sacrificed P.} (7... Bxf3 $2 8. Qxf3 a5 9. c3 axb4 10. cxb4
Qc7 11. Bb2 b6 12. Nd2 bxc5 13. bxc5 Rc8 14. O-O Qa5 15. Qd3 $18 {
Kurnosov-Bets, Alushta 2000}) (7... a5 8. c3 Nge7 (8... Qc7 9. Nbd2 Nge7 10.
O-O g6 11. Ba4 O-O-O 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Nxf3 Bg7 14. Bf4 $18 {Blees-Khenkin, Gent
1996}) 9. Nbd2 axb4 10. cxb4 Ng6 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Nxf3 Qc7 13. O-O Ngxe5 14. Bb2
$18 {Klovans-Peelen, Gelsenkirchen 2000}) (7... Qc7 $142 $1 {looks best.} 8.
Bb2 (8. O-O Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Qxe5) (8. Nbd2 b6 $44) 8... b6 $1 9. cxb6 Qxb6 10.
Bxc6+ Qxc6 $44 {and White's << is full of weaknesses.}) 8. Nbd2 (8. Bb2 Ng6 9.
O-O a5 10. a3 {and White has a healthy extra P.} Be7 (10... axb4 11. axb4 Rxa1
12. Bxa1 Qa8 13. Nbd2 Be7 {(Yoos-Sokourinski, Canadian op 1999)} 14. h3 $16)
11. Nbd2 O-O 12. h3 $16) 8... g6 $2 {The target is >< e5, but White's
advantage on the << becomes too big.} (8... Qc7 $5 {was still required.} 9. Bb2
O-O-O 10. a3 g5 $5 11. O-O Bg7 $14) 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Nxf3 Bg7 11. Rb1 a5 12. a3
axb4 13. axb4 O-O 14. Bf4 Qc7 15. O-O Nxe5 {Black has finally won back the P,
but falls into a nasty pin.} (15... b6 16. cxb6 Qxb6 17. Bxc6 Qxc6 18. b5 $16)
16. Kh1 $1 N7c6 17. c4 $1 {White opens up the position for his ^^.} dxc4 18.
Qe2 $18 f6 19. Bxc4 Qf7 {Finally leaving the pin, but it is already late.} 20.
b5 {and the strong white pawns on the << the fight.} Nxc4 21. bxc6 Na5 22. cxb7
Nxb7 23. c6 (23. Qb5) 23... Na5 {The N is very ugly on the edge of the board.}
24. Rfc1 {The c6 o^ is simply too strong.} (24. Bd6 Rfc8 25. c7 Bf8 26. Bxf8
Kxf8 27. Nd4 $18) 24... e5 25. Be3 Nb3 (25... Rfc8 26. Qb5 $18) 26. Rc3 Nd4 27.
Nxd4 exd4 28. Bxd4 $18 {White has a healthy extra P, the rest is easy.} Rfe8
29. Qf3 Rac8 30. Rbc1 f5 31. Bxg7 Kxg7 32. c7 Re4 33. Qd3 Qe7 34. Qd1 Re6 35.
Qd4+ Kf7 36. Rc6 Re4 37. Qd2 Kg7 38. Rd6 Re2 39. Qd4+ Kh6 40. Rd7 Re1+ 41. Kh2
Qe5+ 42. Qxe5 Rxe5 43. Rd8 1-0

[Event "Barcelona Casino"]
[Site "Barcelona"]
[Date "2005.10.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Felgaer, Ruben Alejandro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2005.10.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. h4 Rc8 11. Qd2 h5 12. O-O-O Ne5 13. Bg5 Rc5 14. f4 $5 {
This interesting theoretical line hasn't been popular lately, but in Dragon
the Black player has to know very well the entire theory.} (14. Rhe1) (14. g4)
(14. Kb1) 14... Nc4 15. Qd3 b5 ({The alternative} 15... Ng4 {can lead to an
endgame, analysis of which belongs to home opening preparation:} 16. Bxc4 Nf2
17. Qe2 Nxh1 18. Bb3 Qb6 19. f5 Bxd4 20. Rxd4 Rxf5 21. exf5 Qxd4 22. fxg6 Qg1+
23. Nd1 Bg4 24. gxf7+ Kg7 25. Qd2 {All these moves represent the main
variation after 15...Ng4. The following game show that in the arising endgame
Black's life is far from easy:} Qxd1+ 26. Qxd1 Bxd1 27. Kxd1 Rxf7 28. Bxf7 Kxf7
29. Ke2 Ng3+ 30. Kf3 Nf1 31. Ke4 Nh2 32. Be3 a6 33. Kf5 Ng4 34. Bb6 Nf6 35. c4
Nh7 36. g4 hxg4 37. Kxg4 Nf6+ 38. Kf5 e6+ 39. Kg5 Nd7 40. Bd4 e5 41. Be3 Nf6
42. Kf5 Nh5 43. c5 Ng7+ 44. Ke4 Ke6 45. cxd6 Nf5 46. d7 Nd6+ 47. Kf3 Kxd7 48.
Kg4 Ke6 49. Kg5 a5 50. h5 Kf7 51. b3 b5 52. h6 a4 53. b4 a3 54. Bc5 Ne4+ 55.
Kf5 Ng3+ 56. Kxe5 Kg6 57. Be3 Ne2 58. Bd2 Ng1 59. Ke4 Kh7 60. Be3 Ne2 61. Bd2
Ng3+ 62. Kd5 Kg6 63. Kc6 Ne4 64. Be1 Kxh6 65. Kxb5 {1-0 Klovans,J (2385)
-Tiviakov,S (2535)/Groningen (open) 1991. With accurate play Black could hold
this endgame, but this requires good preparation from Black.}) 16. e5 {In such
a sharp position the theoretical knowledge is essential, especially since 20
years ago many strong Grandmasters analyzed it carefully. The general
conclusion was that Black can hold it. Nowadays with the help of computers all
old analysis provide an excellent field for additional research.} Nh7 $146 {
Black avoids theoretical discussions and produces an interesting novelty.} ({
Ivanchuk had experience as Black with this variation almost 20 years ago:} 
16... Ng4 {(the main move)} 17. exd6 Rxg5 ({Another option is} 17... Nxd6 {
which leads to a very complicated position, also requiring home analysis.}) 18.
hxg5 Nf2 19. Qe2 Nxd1 20. Rxd1 Nxd6 21. Qd3 Bg4 (21... b4 22. Nd5 a5 23. Qa6
Kh8 $13 {is critical}) 22. Rd2 Qb8 23. Qxg6 Nc4 24. Bxc4 bxc4 25. Qe4 e6 26.
Nc6 $1 Qb6 27. Ne5 Qg1+ 28. Nd1 c3 29. bxc3 Bxd1 30. Rxd1 Qc5 31. Rd7 $16 {
1-0 Klovans,J (2420)-Ivanchuk,V (2475)/Tashkent 1987 (45)}) 17. Ndxb5 (17. exd6
Nxg5 18. dxe7 (18. hxg5 exd6 $13) 18... Qxe7 19. hxg5 Bg4 20. Rde1 Qc7 21. g3
Rc8 22. Ndxb5 Qb6 $44) 17... Nxg5 18. hxg5 Na5 $2 (18... Bf5 19. Qg3 Qa5 $13)
19. Nxd6 $5 {A nice positional piece sacrifice. The bishop remains locked on
g7. Besides, Ivanchuk plans to start an attack.} ({A simpler solution was} 19.
exd6 Nxb3+ 20. axb3 Bxb5 21. Nxb5 Qd7 22. dxe7 Qxe7 {and after} 23. Nd6 {
in spite of the open long diagonal Black does not have sufficient compensation
for two pawns.}) 19... Nxb3+ 20. axb3 exd6 21. Qxd6 Rc7 22. g4 {Another
unexpected move from Ivanchuk} ({Again White had a simpler alternative:} 22.
Nd5 Rb7 23. Ne7+ Kh7 24. g4 (24. f5 $2 Bxf5 25. Qxd8 Rxd8 26. Rxd8 Rxe7 $17)
24... Bxg4 25. Qxd8 Rxd8 26. Rxd8 Rxe7 27. c4 $16 {and White should be better,
although due to the h-pawn things are rather complicated}) 22... Qc8 (22...
hxg4 23. Nd5 Rb7 24. Ne7+ $18) 23. f5 (23. gxh5 gxh5 $13 (23... Bg4 $2 24. h6
$18) 24. Rxh5 $140 Bg4 25. Rhh1 Rd7 $1 (25... Bxd1 26. Rxd1 $44) 26. Qb4 Bxd1
27. Nxd1 Rfd8 $17 {[%cal Gd7d4]}) 23... Rxc3 $2 {An understandable desire to
simplify the position. However, the resulting endgame is difficult for Black.}
(23... Bxf5 $2 24. gxf5 Rc6 25. Qd3 Bxe5 26. Nd5 Re8 27. Rde1 Kf8 28. Ref1 $16)
({Correct was the bold} 23... gxf5 $1 {and the concrete variations show that
Black has resources to defend:} 24. gxh5 (24. Rxh5 Be6 ({or} 24... Re8 25. g6 (
25. Rdh1 Bc6 $19) 25... Rxe5 26. gxf7+ Kxf7 27. Rh7 Re6 28. Qd5 Bc6 29. Qxf5+
Kg8 {and Black defends}) 25. Rdh1 Rd8 26. Qb4 fxg4 $19 {[%cal Ge6f5]}) (24. Nd5
Rxc2+ 25. Kb1 Re8 26. Nf6+ Bxf6 27. gxf6 Bc6 28. Rxh5 Be4 $19) (24. g6 Be6 {
[%cal Gc7d7]}) 24... Bc6 (24... Re8 25. Rhe1 $13) 25. Rhe1 (25. h6 Rd7 $1 26.
hxg7 Rxd6 27. gxf8=R+ Qxf8 28. exd6 Bxh1 $17) 25... Rd7 26. Qc5 Rxd1+ 27. Nxd1
Re8 $17) (23... Bc6 24. f6 Bxh1 25. fxg7 (25. Rxh1 Rd8 $19) 25... Kxg7 26. gxh5
$44) 24. bxc3 Qxc3 25. Qd4 $1 (25. Qxd7 $2 Rc8 26. Qd3 Qa1+ 27. Kd2 Qa5+ 28.
Kc1 Qa1+ $11) 25... Qxd4 26. Rxd4 {Black has no time to blockade the pawns} Bc6
27. Re1 Re8 (27... hxg4 28. f6 $18) (27... gxf5 28. gxf5 $18) (27... h4 28. f6
Bh8 29. Rd2 h3 30. Rh2 Bg2 31. Re3 Re8 32. Kd2 $18) 28. f6 Bf8 29. gxh5 gxh5
30. e6 Bc5 $2 (30... Rxe6 31. Rxe6 fxe6 32. g6 Be8 $1 33. f7+ Bxf7 34. gxf7+
Kxf7 {would have left some chances to escape thanks to the h-pawn.}) 31. g6 $1
$18 fxg6 (31... Bxd4 32. exf7+ Kf8 33. fxe8=Q+ Bxe8 34. g7+ Kf7 35. Rxe8 $18)
32. f7+ Kf8 33. fxe8=Q+ Bxe8 34. Rd7 $1 Bb6 35. c4 Kg8 36. b4 Bf2 37. Rf1 Bg3
38. Rd8 1-0

[Event "Barcelona Casino"]
[Site "Barcelona"]
[Date "2005.10.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2005.10.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. d4 {Diese seinerzeit große Neuerung
von Tal in der Partie Tal,M-Timman,J Montpellier,1985 ist noch heute in Mode.
Die andere Variante ist 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nc7.} cxd4 {Dieser Zug wird
heutzutage weniger gespielt, die Alternative ist populärer.} (5... e6 6. cxd5
Nxd5 7. Bg2 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. cxd4 Bb4+ 12. Bd2
Bxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Ke7 14. Rhc1 Rd8) 6. Nxd4 dxc4 7. Nxc6 Qxd1+ 8. Nxd1 bxc6 9. Bg2
Nd5 10. Ne3 Ba6 (10... e6 $5 11. Nxc4 Ba6) 11. Nxd5 cxd5 12. Bxd5 Rc8 13. Bd2
e6 14. Be4 $5 {Der Läufer steht aktiver auf e4, als auf g2 und provoziert
Schwarz zu dem Zug f7-f5.} (14. Bf3 Bc5 $5 15. Bc3 f6 (15... O-O 16. O-O Bb5
17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. e3 $14 f6 20. Be2 Rb8 21. a4 Ba6 22. Rd1 $14 {
1-0 Xu,J-Alterman,B/Yerevan (ol) 1996/(72)}) 16. O-O-O (16. e3 Ke7 17. O-O-O
Bb5 (17... Rb8 18. Rd2 Bb7 19. Bxb7 Rxb7 20. Rhd1 Re8 21. Rc2 $14 {1/2-1/2
Barrero Garcia,C-Franco Ocampo,Z/Dos Hermanas 1998/EXT 99 (31)}) 18. Rd2 Ba4 (
18... Rc7 19. Ba5 Bb6 20. Bc3 Bc5 21. h4 h5 22. Be4 Ba4 23. Rg1 $1 Be8 24. g4
$5 {1/2-1/2 Kallai,G-Palkovi,J/Balatonbereny 1996/CBM 55/[Ribli] (45)}) 19. h4
Rc7 20. h5 Rb8 21. Rh4 Bb4 22. Bxb4+ Rxb4 23. Rdd4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Vaganian,
R-Kamsky,G/Manila 1992/TD (43) Ribli.}) 16... Ke7 17. Bd4 Bb6 18. Bxb6 axb6 19.
Kc2 Rc5 20. Kc3 Rhc8 21. Rd4 Rd8 22. Rhd1 Rxd4 23. Rxd4 g6 24. h4 f5 25. Bg2
Rc8 26. f4 Rc5 27. Bf3 h6 28. a4 Rc8 29. e4 {1-0 Cyborowski,L-Wojtaszek,R/
Lubniewice 2005/ (37)}) 14... Bc5 15. Bc3 O-O $6 {Dieser Zug gefällt mir nicht
- ohne Damen auf dem Brett wäre es besser für Schwarz mit dem König in der
Nähe des Zentrums zu bleiben.} (15... f6 $5 16. e3 Ke7 17. O-O-O Bb5 18. h4 h5
19. Rd2 {1/2-1/2 Hjartarson,J-Arnason,J/Nordic zt 1992/CBM 31/[Ribli] (30)})
16. e3 Rfd8 17. Rd1 Bb5 18. Ke2 $5 {[%csl Yc4,Ge2] Der König steht gut in der
Mitte. Weiß hat eine gesunde Bauernstruktur. Der Zielpunkt des weißen Spiels
ist der schwache c4P.} (18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. O-O Be7 20. Bf3 Bf6 21. Bxf6 gxf6
22. Rd1 Rb8 23. Rd2 Kf8 24. Kg2 Ke7 25. Be2 Rc8 26. Rc2 {1-0 Shevelev,
A-Shevelev,A/Paris 1996/EXT 97 (80)}) 18... Ba4 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Rc1 {
[%cal Gc1c4][%mdl 4096]} f5 21. Bf3 Kf7 22. Ke1 {[%cal Gf3e2,Ge2c4] Mit diesem
Zug bereitet Weiß 23.Be2 vor.} Bb5 23. Be2 a6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Schwarz sichert
seine b5-Läuferstellung, aber verliert einen wichtigen Bauern.} (23... Rc8 $142
24. Be5 $14 (24. Bd2 Be7 25. b3 cxb3 26. Rxc8 b2 27. Rc1 bxc1=Q+ 28. Bxc1 $11))
24. Bd2 {[%csl Rc4]} Bd6 25. Bxc4 $16 Be5 26. b3 Ra8 27. a4 Bxc4 (27... Bd7 28.
Ke2) 28. Rxc4 Rb8 29. Rb4 (29. b4 $16) 29... g5 (29... Rc8 30. Rb6 $18) 30.
Rxb8 Bxb8 31. Ke2 Ke8 32. e4 $1 g4 (32... h6) 33. exf5 exf5 34. Bf4 $18 Ba7 (
34... Bxf4 35. gxf4 $18) 35. Be3 Bb8 36. Kd3 Kd7 37. Kc4 Ke6 (37... Kc6 38. b4
$18) 38. b4 h5 39. b5 axb5+ 40. Kxb5 Kd5 41. a5 Ke4 42. a6 h4 (42... Kf3 43.
Kb6 $1 $18 (43. a7 Bxa7 44. Bxa7)) 43. gxh4 1-0

[Event "Barcelona Casino"]
[Site "Barcelona"]
[Date "2005.10.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Narciso Dublan, Marc"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2005.10.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Na4 Bf5 7. Nh4 Bc8 8.
e4 Nf6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be2 c5 11. d5 e6 12. Nf3 exd5 13. exd5 Bf5 14. O-O Ne4
15. Qb3 Qb6 16. Na4 Qxb3 17. axb3 Nd7 18. Nh4 Rfe8 19. Nxf5 gxf5 20. Bb5 Rad8
21. Be3 a6 22. Bd3 Ndf6 23. Bxe4 Nxe4 24. Rfd1 b5 25. Nxc5 Bxb2 26. Nxe4 Bxa1
27. Nc5 f4 28. Bxf4 Rxd5 29. Rxa1 Rxc5 30. g3 Rc6 31. h4 f6 32. h5 Kf7 33. Kg2
Rd8 34. Be3 Ke6 35. Re1 Rd3 36. b4 Kd5 37. Bc5 Rxc5 38. bxc5 b4 39. Re7 Kxc5
40. Rxh7 b3 41. Rb7 a5 42. h6 a4 43. g4 Rd8 44. f4 Rh8 45. g5 fxg5 46. fxg5 Rg8
47. Rg7 b2 48. Rxg8 b1=Q 49. Rg7 a3 0-1

[Event "Barcelona Casino"]
[Site "Barcelona"]
[Date "2005.10.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Moskalenko, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2005.10.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Bf4 Bxf4 13. Nxf4 Ne4 14. Qc1 Ng5
15. Nxg5 Qxg5 16. Ne2 Qxc1 17. Raxc1 a6 18. Rfd1 Bd7 19. f3 Rac8 20. Kf2 Na7
21. Bc2 Rc6 22. Ke3 Rfc8 23. Kd2 Rc4 24. Bb1 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Rxc1 26. Kxc1 h6 27.
Kd2 Kf7 28. Ke3 Kf6 29. g3 Nc8 30. Nf4 Be8 31. Bd3 Nd6 32. b3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Barcelona Casino"]
[Site "Barcelona"]
[Date "2005.10.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Fedorchuk, Sergey A"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2005.10.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. c3 Nc6 7. Bd3 a5 {
This line is somewhat provocative. At a price of delaying the development,
black is pushing his "a" pawn trying to create a counterplay on the queenside
as soon as possible.} ({The main alternatives are:} 7... Be7) ({and} 7... Qb6)
8. O-O a4 (8... Be7 9. Re1 c4 10. Bc2 b5 11. Nf1 Nb6 12. N3d2 h5 13. f4 b4 14.
Qf3 g6 15. g3 a4 16. a3 bxa3 17. bxa3 Na5 18. h3 Nb3 19. Ra2 Rb8 20. g4 hxg4
21. hxg4 Na8 22. Nb1 Nc7 23. Ng3 Nb5 24. Be3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Navara,D (2620)
-Kortschnoj,V (2601)/Mallorca 2004/CBM 104 no vc (77)}) (8... g6 9. Re1 Bg7 10.
Nf1 Qb6 11. dxc5 Qc7 12. Bf4 Nxc5 13. Bc2 $14 {1-0 Nisipeanu,L (2592)-Welling,
G (2400)/Saint Vincent 2003/CBM 092 ext (22)}) 9. Re1 (9. c4 dxc4 10. Nxc4 Nxd4
11. Nxd4 cxd4 12. Qg4 Nc5 13. Bg5 Qc7 14. Qxd4 $40 {[%csl Re8] 1-0
Anagnostopoulos,D (2515)-Reefschlaeger,H (2335)/Velden 1996/EXT 97 (20)}) 9...
a3 {Ivanchuk is consequent, but the whole idea of pushing the "a" pawn till
the end is rather risky, since black is lagging in development.} 10. c4 $1 $146
{Blowing up the centre is very logical. Black has to be very careful, white's
development advantage might become very apparent.} (10. bxa3 c4 11. Bc2 Bxa3
12. Bxa3 Rxa3 13. Nb1 Ra8 14. a4 b5 15. Na3 b4 16. cxb4 Nxb4 17. Nb5 O-O 18.
Bb1 $13 {1-0 Konguvel,P (2377)-Bunzmann,D (2484)/Biel 2000/CBM 077 ext (51)})
10... Be7 (10... dxc4 11. Nxc4 cxd4 12. bxa3 $14) 11. bxa3 $1 (11. cxd5 $2 exd5
12. b3 (12. e6 $2 fxe6 {gives white nothing.}) 12... O-O 13. Nf1 cxd4 14. Ng3
f6 $15) 11... cxd4 $6 {A risky continuation.} (11... dxc4 12. Nxc4 cxd4 13. Be4
$14) 12. cxd5 Nc5 (12... exd5 13. Nb3 $14 {[%cal Gb3d4,Gf3d4]}) 13. Nc4 $2 {
This is too active.} (13. dxc6 Nxd3 14. Re4 {[%csl Rd4]} Qc7 (14... Nxc1 15.
Rxc1 bxc6 16. Nxd4 $16) 15. Qc2 Nc5 (15... Nxc1 16. cxb7 Qxb7 (16... Qxc2 17.
bxa8=Q O-O 18. Re1 $18) 17. Rxc1 d3 18. Qxd3 Rxa3 19. Qc2 O-O 20. Rc4 Bd7 21.
Rc7 Qb5 22. Nc4 $18) 16. Rxd4 Qxc6 17. Nc4 $16) 13... exd5 14. Nd6+ Bxd6 15.
exd6+ Be6 {Now black is safe.} 16. Bf4 O-O 17. Bb5 $6 {Allowing black's knight
to jump to the centre.} ({Does not work:} 17. Bxh7+ $2 Kxh7 18. Ng5+ Kg8 19.
Qh5 Bf5 $19) ({More the point would have been} 17. Rc1 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Qf6 19.
Bg3 $11) 17... Ne4 $15 (17... Rxa3 $2 18. Nxd4 $14) 18. a4 Qf6 19. Bg3 Bg4 $6 (
19... Nxg3 20. hxg3 Bd7 $15 {[%csl Rd6]}) 20. Rc1 $6 (20. Bxc6 bxc6 (20... Bxf3
21. gxf3 $1 Nc3 22. Qd3 bxc6 23. Be5 Qg5+ 24. Kh1 Ne4 25. Bxd4 $16) 21. Qxd4
Bxf3 22. Qxf6 gxf6 23. gxf3 Nxg3 24. hxg3 Rfd8 25. Rab1 Rxd6 26. Re7 $11) 20...
Nxg3 21. hxg3 Qxd6 22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. Qxd4 Bxf3 24. gxf3 {Black has two
connected passed pawns, but it's not very hard to get them forward. White has
reasonable chances for a draw.} Ra6 $17 25. Re3 h6 26. Rec3 Rfa8 27. a5 Qd7 28.
Kg2 Rxa5 {Otherwise, black is not able to achieve any progress.} 29. Rxc6 Rxa2
30. Rc7 Qe6 31. R1c6 Qe2 32. Rc3 $6 (32. Rg6 $5 Qxf2+ 33. Qxf2 Rxf2+ 34. Kxf2
fxg6 35. Rd7 Ra5 36. f4 {and this may not be winning for black, due to doubled
pawns and problems to activize both pieces.}) (32. Rc8+ Rxc8 33. Rxc8+ Kh7 34.
Rc7 Rd2 35. Re7 Qxe7 36. Qxd2 Qe5 {with good winning chances.}) 32... Rd2 33.
Qe3 (33. Qf4 Qxf2+ 34. Kh3 Rf8 35. Rc8 Qf1+ 36. Kg4 h5+ 37. Kg5 f6+ 38. Kg6
Qb1+ {without this check black could resign!} 39. Qf5 Qxf5+ 40. Kxf5 Rxc8 41.
Rxc8+ Kh7 $19) 33... Qxe3 $2 (33... Raa2 $1 34. Qxe2 Rxe2 35. Kh3 Rxf2 36. Kg4
(36. Rd7 $2 f5 37. g4 f4 38. g5 Rg2 {and white's king is in the mating net.})
36... Rae2 37. Rd7 g6 38. Kh3 (38. Rxd5 $2 f5+ 39. Kf4 {[%tqu "En","Can you
spot mate in one?","","","e2e4","",1]} Re4#) 38... h5 39. Kh4 Kg7 $19) 34. Rxe3
Raa2 35. Re8+ Kh7 36. Rxf7 Rxf2+ 37. Kh3 Kg6 38. Ree7 $2 ({The only move was} 
38. Rff8 {and the endgame is very close to be drawn.}) 38... Rh2+ 39. Kg4 h5+
$4 {Both players were obviously in time-scramble.} (39... Ra4+ $1 40. f4 (40.
Rf4 h5#) 40... h5+ 41. Kf3 Ra3+ 42. Re3 Rxe3+ 43. Kxe3 Kxf7 {with a rook up.})
40. Kf4 $11 {Now, white's king escapes.} Ra4+ 41. Ke3 Ra3+ 42. Kd4 Rd2+ 43. Kc5
Kh6 44. Rxg7 Rxf3 45. Rh7+ Kg6 46. Reg7+ Kf6 47. Rf7+ Kg6 48. Rhg7+ Kh6 49.
Rh7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 6th"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "2005.11.02"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2005.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Rc1 Nxc3 10. Rxc3 c6 11. Be2 Nd7 12. O-O Re8 {Solider ist 12...dxc4,
was zu den Hauptvarianten führt. Die Einschaltung von Re8 und Qc2 ist eher für
Weiß günstig.} (12... dxc4 13. Bxc4 (13. Rxc4 e5 $11) 13... b6 (13... e5)) 13.
Qc2 dxc4 14. Bxc4 e5 15. d5 $1 Nb6 $146 {Eine vorbereitete Neuerung, die
anderen Züge sind schlechter.} (15... e4 16. Nd4 c5 17. Nb5 Qe5 18. d6 Rf8 19.
Rd1 Nf6 20. Bxf7+ $1 Rxf7 21. Rxc5 Qe8 22. Nc7 Rxc7 23. dxc7 $18 {Gurevich,M 
(2656)-Hamdouchi,H (2588)/Belfort 2003}) (15... c5 16. Rd1 e4 17. d6 Qf6 18.
Nd2 $36 {Gurevich,M}) (15... cxd5 16. Bxd5 Nf6 17. Rc7 $16 {Gurevich,M}) 16.
dxc6 bxc6 17. Rc1 {Besser gefällt mit der Vorschlag von M. Gurevich 17.Bb3.} (
17. Bb3 Bb7 18. Rd1 Rad8 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Qe4 $14 {Gurevich,M}) 17... Nd5 $1 {
Onischuk muss aktiv spielen, um seine Bauernschwächen zu kompensieren.} (17...
Bg4 18. Qe4 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 $14) 18. Rb3 a5 $1 {Schwarz will die etwas
ungeschickte Stellung des Rb3 ausnutzen.} (18... Bg4 $5 19. Be2 (19. Qe4 Bxf3
20. Qxf3 e4 21. Qf5 Rad8 22. h3 Rd6 $11) 19... Rac8 20. Qc4 $14) 19. Qe4 a4 20.
Ra3 Bd7 $5 {Dieses Bauernopfer ist korrekt und sollte zum Ausgleich führen.}
21. Bxd5 cxd5 22. Qxd5 Rab8 23. Rac3 $2 {Gibt den Bauern gleich zurück. Besser
war 23.Qd2, wonach die Aktivität der schwarzen Figuren den geopferten Bauern
kompensieren sollte.} (23. Nxe5 $2 Qxe5 24. Qxd7 Qxb2 25. Rac3 Qxa2 $15) (23.
Qd2 $1 Red8 24. Qc2 e4 (24... Rb6 $5) 25. Nd2 (25. Nd4 Qb4 $44) 25... f5 26.
Nc4 Bb5 27. Rc3 Qf6 28. b3 axb3 29. axb3 Rd7 $44) 23... Bg4 $2 ({Nichts sprach
gegen} 23... Rxb2 $1 24. Rc7 Rd8 25. Rd1 Rbb8 $1 $11) 24. b3 axb3 25. axb3 $14
{Nun hat Weiß einen Mehrbauern und aktive Figuren.} Rb4 26. Ne1 Rd8 27. Qa5
Rdb8 28. h3 R4b5 29. Qa1 Be6 30. Nf3 Bxb3 $2 (30... Qe8 $1 31. Rc5 f6 32. Nd2
$14) 31. Rc8+ Rxc8 $2 {Der entscheidende Fehler. Schwarz durfte auf keinen
Fall die weißen Figuren auf die 8. Reihe kommen lassen.} (31... Kh7 32. R1c7
Qe6 33. Rxb8 Rxb8 34. Nxe5 $16) 32. Rxc8+ Kh7 33. Qa8 $18 {Der weiße Angriff
ist nicht zu stoppen.} Rd5 34. Qb8 Ba4 35. e4 Rb5 36. Rh8+ Kg6 37. Qg8 Rb1+ 38.
Kh2 Bd7 39. Qh7+ Kf6 40. Rg8 Ke6 41. Qxg7 Qf6 42. Qg3 Rb5 43. Ra8 Ke7 44. Qg8
Qf4+ 45. g3 Qxf3 46. Qd8+ Kd6 47. Ra6+ Kc5 48. Qe7+ Kc4 49. Ra4+ Kc3 50. Ra3+
Rb3 51. Qxe5+ Kc2 $2 (51... Kd2 52. Qd5+ Rd3 (52... Ke1 53. Qa5+ $1 Kxf2 54.
Qd2+ $18) 53. Qa2+ Ke1 54. Qb1+ Kd2 55. Ra2+ Kc3 56. Rc2+ Kd4 57. Qb2+ Kxe4 58.
Rc5 Rd5 59. Rc3 Rd3 60. Qb7+ $18) 52. Ra2+ Kc1 53. Qa1+ Rb1 54. Qd4 1-0

[Event "WchT 6th"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "2005.11.03"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2005.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. h3 (
8. e4 {leads to lines E68-9. The text-move often only transposes, but Ivanchuk
wants to go a different way.}) 8... exd4 9. Nxd4 ({Black must also reckon with
the rare} 9. Qxd4 $5 h6 10. Be3 Nc5 11. Qd2 Nfe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qc1 Kh7 14.
Rd1 Bd7 (14... Qe7 $142) 15. Bd4 Nf6 16. b3 (16. c5 $142 $1 $36) 16... Re8 17.
Qb2 Bc6 18. Re1 Be4 19. Rad1 Qe7 20. Bc3 a6 21. Rd4 Bh8 22. a4 c5 23. Rdd1 {
Bauer,C-Nataf,I/FRA-ch Vichy/2000/} Rab8 $132) 9... Nb6 $5 (9... Re8 10. e4 {
-E68}) (9... Nc5 10. e4 {-E68}) 10. b3 (10. Qc2 Nxc4 11. Ncb5 a6 12. Qxc4 axb5
$11 {[%csl Gc6,Gd5][%cal Yc7c6,Yd6d5] /=/+,/\c6,d5[+] allows Black to
neutralize the Bg2 and gives him equality at the very least.}) (10. Qd3 Nfd7
11. b3 Nc5 12. Qd1 a5 13. e4 a4 14. Rb1 axb3 15. axb3 c6 16. Be3 Re8 17. Qc2 {
Bukal,V-Sebenik,M/AUT-chT2M/2005/} (17. Re1 $5) 17... f5 $1 $132) 10... d5 {
The modern trend.} (10... c5 11. Nc2 Be6 {has been somewhat discredited due to}
12. e4 $1 Qd7 13. Kh2 Ng4+ 14. hxg4 Bxc3 15. Bh6 Bxg4 (15... Rfe8 16. Ne3 $1
$36) 16. f3 Be6 17. Bxf8 Bxa1 18. Bxd6 Rd8 19. Qxa1 Qxd6 20. Ne3 Qd4 21. Qc1
$14 {/\Nd5, Khalifman,A-Sutovskij,E/Jerusalem/1997/}) 11. c5 (11. Ba3 {
prevents the following move:} Re8 ({White probably doesn't have to worry too
much about} 11... dxc4 12. Bxf8 Qxf8 13. bxc4 $14) 12. c5 Ne4 (12... Nbd7 $142
13. c6 Ne5 {-11.c5 Nbd7}) 13. Rc1 Nd7 14. c6 $36) 11... Ne4 $5 {Until now
Black played mostly} (11... Nbd7 12. c6 Ne5 13. cxb7 Bxb7 14. Ba3 Re8 15. Rc1
Rc8 (15... a6 {is directed against Ncb5} 16. Na4 Ne4 17. e3 $5 (17. Nc5 Nxc5
18. Bxc5 Nd7 19. e3 (19. Ba3 c5 $1 20. Nc2 (20. Bxc5 $6 Nxc5 21. Rxc5 Qb6 22.
b4 Qxb4 23. Nb3 d4 $11 {/=/+}) 20... Qg5 21. h4 Qh5 22. Bf3 Qe5 $1 (22... Qf5
23. Qd2 Qe6 24. Rfd1 Rad8 25. Bxd5 Bxd5 26. Qxd5 Qxe2 27. Re1 {Illescas
Cordoba,M-Moreno Ruiz,J/ESP-ch Burgos/2003/} Qb5 $5 $132) 23. Ne3 Rad8 $13 {
V.Mikhalevski,/\} 24. Nxd5 Nf6 25. Nxf6+ Qxf6 26. Qc2 Bxf3 27. exf3 Qxf3 {
[%csl Rg1] עg1}) 19... Nxc5 20. Rxc5 Bf8 21. Rc2 c5 22. Ne2 Qd7 23. Nf4 Rad8
24. Rd2 d4 25. Bxb7 Qxb7 26. exd4 Qb4 27. Re2 Qxd4 28. Qxd4 cxd4 29. Rxe8 Rxe8
30. Rd1 g5 31. Nh5 Re2 $11 {Vaganian,R-Volokitin,A/EU-ch Silivri/2003/}) 17...
h5 18. Nc5 Nxc5 19. Bxc5 h4 20. g4 Nd7 21. Qc2 Be5 22. Ba3 $14) 16. Na4 Ne4 {
Possibly White shouldn't hurry with Nc5 so much:} 17. Rc2 $5 ({here} 17. e3 $2
{allows} Ba6 $17) (17. Nc5 Nxc5 18. Bxc5 Nd7 19. e3 $5 (19. b4 Nxc5 20. Rxc5 c6
21. a3 Bf8 22. Rc3 c5 (22... a5 $5) 23. bxc5 Bxc5 24. e3 Ba6 25. Re1 Qa5 26.
Rc1 Bc4 27. Nb3 Qxa3 {Paschall,W-Nagle,S/Budapest/2004/} 28. Bxd5 $11) (19. Qc2
Nxc5 20. Qxc5 Qd7 21. Rc2 c6 22. b4 {Khurtsidze,N-Ivanchuk,V/Yerevan/2004/} a5
$1 $132) 19... Nxc5 20. Rxc5 Bf8 21. Rc2 c6 22. Qc1 Qb6 23. Rd1 {Akopian,
V-Avrukh,B/Amsterdam/2005/} a5 $5 {[%cal Ya5a4] /\a4<=>}) 17... c5 $2 (17...
Qf6 18. Qc1 $13) 18. Nxc5 (18. Bxc5 $16) 18... Nxc5 19. Bxc5 Nd7 20. b4 Nxc5
21. bxc5 Ba6 22. Nb3 Bc4 23. Rd2 Bc3 24. Rxd5 Bxd5 25. Bxd5 Qd7 26. Qd3 Bg7 27.
Qc4 Re5 28. Bf3 Qe7 29. c6 $16 {Stean,M-Heinicke,H/Hamburg/1977/}) 12. Bb2 $146
{[%mdl 8]} (12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Bb2 Nd5 14. c6 Qd6 $5 (14... e3 $13) (14... Re8
$5) 15. Rc1 bxc6 16. Rxc6 Qd7 17. Rc5 Bb7 18. Qc1 f5 19. Rd1 Rad8 20. e3 Rf7
21. Bf1 $36 {Ravi,L-Vijayalakshmi,S/Calcutta/1999/}) 12... Nxc5 (12... Nd7 $6
13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. c6 $36) (12... Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Nd7 14. c6 $14) 13. Ba3 Ne6 $5 {
[%mdl 512] An interesting exchange sacrifice.} (13... Qe7 $6 14. Rc1 $16) (
13... Bxd4 14. Qxd4 Ne6 15. Qd3 Re8 16. Nxd5 $14) ({The less enterprising} 
13... Nbd7 14. Nxd5 c6 15. Nf4 Re8 $132 {[%cal Yc5e4,Yd7f6] was perhaps also
playable, Black's intention is for example Ne4,Ndf6 etc.}) 14. Nxe6 Bxe6 15.
Bxf8 Qxf8 16. Rc1 c6 $44 {[%csl Gc6,Gd5] Black has a P for the exchange and a
solid [+].} 17. e4 $5 {Left to his own devices, Black could gradually improve
his position. Aronian decides to lash out and gives back a P to open the
position for his R.} (17. e3 Rd8 18. Ne2 Nc8 $5 $44) 17... Bxc3 {Black
sensibly takes the P.} (17... d4 18. Ne2 {[%cal Ye2f4] /\Nf4+/=}) 18. exd5 (18.
Rxc3 dxe4 19. Bxe4 Bxh3 20. Re1 Be6 $11) 18... Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Bxh3 (19... Bb2
$143 20. Rc2 (20. Bxe6 Bxc1 21. Bxf7+ $11) 20... Bxh3 21. Bg2 $14 {/\} Rd8 22.
Rd2) 20. Bg2 Rd8 21. Qf3 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Bd2 23. Rc2 Rd4 24. Rd1 Qd6 25. Rc4 Rd5
$11 {Black has mobilized his forces and equlized the material balance, but
White's major pieces are suffciently active. In the following phase Ivanchuk
probably started playing for a win, but only gets into trouble.} 26. Re4 Kg7
27. b4 Bg5 28. Rxd5 Qxd5 29. Re2 Qd7 (29... Qxf3+ $142 30. Kxf3 Kf8 31. g4 Be7
$11) 30. Qc3+ Bf6 31. Qd2 Qc7 (31... Qxd2 32. Rxd2 Bc3 33. Rd7 Bxb4 34. Rxb7 a5
35. Rc7 c5 36. g4 $36 {[%csl Rb4] ץb4}) (31... Qc8 $5 32. Qd6 h5 $11 {still
seems safe enough.}) 32. Re8 $5 {It's White's time to show some ambition,
Aronian is not afraid of the o^c.} c5 {[%cal Rc7c6] /\Qc6} 33. b5 a6 (33... c4
$5 34. Qb4 g5 $13) 34. a4 axb5 35. axb5 h5 (35... c4 $142) 36. Qd5 Qb6 $2 ({
This was the last chance to play} 36... c4 {, although White has} 37. Re4 c3
38. Rc4 $14) 37. Qd7 {[%cal Re8b8] /\Rb8+/-} Bd4 38. Rb8 Qf6 39. f4 (39. f3 $5
$16 {/\} Qe5 40. Re8 Qg5 41. f4) 39... b6 40. Qd8 $1 {White wins a pawn and
transposes into a technical _|_.} Qxd8 41. Rxd8 Be3 (41... Bc3 42. Ra8 {
[%cal Ra8a6] /\Ra6+-}) 42. Kf3 Bg1 43. Rc8 ({Aronian saves a tempo in
comparison with} 43. Rb8 c4 44. Rc8) 43... c4 44. Rxc4 $18 Kf6 45. Rc1 Bd4 46.
Ke4 Bf2 47. Rc2 Bg1 (47... Bxg3 48. Rc6+ Ke7 49. Rxb6 $18 {[%csl Gb5] o^b}) 48.
Rc6+ Ke7 49. f5 gxf5+ (49... g5 50. Rh6 $18) 50. Kxf5 Bf2 51. Kf4 {[%cal Rc6h6]
/\Rh6+-} h4 52. gxh4 Bxh4 53. Rxb6 Bf2 54. Rc6 Kd7 55. Ke5 {[%cal Re5d5,Rb5b7]
/\Kd5,b6-b7} 1-0

[Event "WchT 6th"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "2005.11.04"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2005.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. Bb3 Ba7 7. h3 h6 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. O-O d6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Nf1 Be6 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Nxe3 Qd7 14. Nh2 Ne7 15.
Nhg4 Nxg4 16. hxg4 d5 17. d4 exd4 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Qxd4 Bc6 21.
Qf4 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Re8 23. Rd1 Qe7 24. a3 g5 25. Qf5 Be4 26. Qd7 Bc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 6th"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "2005.11.05"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Zhao, Xue"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2005.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China (W)"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Qc2 Be7 8. e4
Nxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Bd3 c5 11. O-O Qc8 12. Qe2 Ba6 13. Rd1 Bxd3 14. Rxd3 Nd7
15. h4 Qa6 16. Bg5 Rfe8 17. e5 Rac8 18. Re1 Qxa3 19. d5 Qa4 20. Rdd1 Bxg5 21.
Nxg5 Qxh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 6th"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "2005.11.08"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2005.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cuba"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CUB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. g4
h6 9. Be3 Be6 10. Rg1 Nc6 11. Nd5 Rc8 12. Bf3 Bxd5 13. exd5 Na5 14. Nd2 Nc4 15.
Nxc4 Rxc4 16. Be2 Re4 17. Qd2 Nd7 18. Bd3 Rxe3+ 19. fxe3 Bh4+ 20. Ke2 e4 21.
Bxe4 O-O 22. Raf1 Re8 23. Bf5 Ne5 24. Qb4 b5 25. Bd3 Bg5 26. Rg3 Qb6 27. Qe4 g6
28. Kd1 b4 29. Kc1 a5 30. Kb1 a4 31. Qd4 Qa5 32. e4 b3 33. Be2 bxa2+ 34. Kxa2
Rb8 35. Ra3 Rb4 36. Qc3 Qb6 37. Bd3 Be3 38. Rb1 Bc5 39. b3 axb3+ 40. Rbxb3 Kg7
41. Rxb4 Bxb4 42. Qb2 Qc5 43. Ra4 Be1 44. h3 Bf2 45. Ra8 Kf6 46. Qa3 Qc7 47.
Qb4 Bb6 48. Kb3 Kg5 49. Qd2+ Kh4 50. Ka2 Bc5 51. Qa5 Qxa5+ 52. Rxa5 Kxh3 53.
Be2 Kg3 54. Ra8 Kf4 55. Rh8 Kxe4 56. Rxh6 Kxd5 57. Kb3 Ke4 58. Rh7 Kf4 59. Kc3
d5 60. Rh8 Ke3 61. Re8 Bd4+ 62. Kb4 Kxe2 63. c3 Kd3 64. cxd4 Kxd4 65. g5 Nf3
66. Re7 Nxg5 67. Kb5 Ne4 68. Kc6 f5 69. Rd7 Nf6 70. Rg7 Ng4 71. Kd6 Ne5 72. Ke6
f4 73. Rg8 Ke4 74. Rd8 f3 75. Rxd5 f2 76. Rd1 g5 77. Rf1 0-1

[Event "WchT 6th"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "2005.11.09"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2005.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

{[%mdl 8192]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7.
f4 Nbd7 {Black prevents White's e4-e5 advance. Boris Gelfand is a well-known
guru of this variation. Another theoretical lines are:} (7... b5) (7... Qb6) 8.
Qf3 {The idea of this move is to castle long, as well as to react with e4-e5
on Black's possible b7-b5.} ({More aggressive is} 8. Bc4 Qb6 9. Qd2 Qxb2 10.
Rb1 Qa3 11. Bxe6 $5 fxe6 12. Nxe6 Kf7 13. f5 Qa5 14. O-O b5 15. a4 Bb7 16. axb5
Rc8 17. bxa6 Bxa6 18. Rf3 Be7 19. Rg3 Rhg8 20. Qe1 Bc4 $17 {0-1 Radjabov,
T-Gelfand,B/15th European Team Championship 2005 (31)}) 8... Qc7 {preparing to
carry out the b7-b5 advance.} ({Another possibility is} 8... h6 9. Bh4 e5 {
The idea of this move is to get a the central e5 square for the knight.} 10.
Nde2 $6 $146 {A very strange decision. White plays too passive, while he could
occupy the f5 square. After such a passive move it is very difficult to fight
for an advantage...} (10. Nf5 exf4 11. Bxf6 (11. O-O-O g5 12. Bf2 Ne5 13. Qe2
Qc7 $13) 11... Nxf6 12. O-O-O Qa5 13. Bc4 Be6 14. e5 O-O-O 15. exf6 Qxf5 16.
Bxa6 d5 17. Bc4 Qxf6 18. Nxd5 $16 {1-0 Santo Roman,M-Colovic,A/Sautron 2004/
EXT 2005 (51)}) (10. Bxf6 $5 Nxf6 11. fxe5 dxe5 12. Nf5 Bxf5 13. Qxf5 Qa5 14.
O-O-O Bb4 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. Rxd5 Qxa2 17. Qd7+ Kf8 18. c3 Be7 19. Qxb7 Qa1+ 20.
Kc2 Re8 21. Qxa6 $16 {1-0 Nemeth,M-Vegh,E/Hungary 2002/EXT 2004 (33)}) 10...
exf4 {Black forces White to trade the dark-squared bishop.} 11. Bxf6 {
Otherwise, White will be a pawn down:} (11. O-O-O g5 12. Be1 Ne5 $17) (11. Nd5
g5 12. Bf2 Nxd5 13. exd5 Qa5+ $17 {[%cal Yd7e5]}) 11... Nxf6 12. Nxf4 Bg4 ({
In case of} 12... Qb6 13. O-O-O Bg4 {White can react with} 14. Nfd5 $1 Bxf3 15.
Nxb6 Bxd1 16. Nxa8 Bg4 $11) 13. Qe3 {covering the g1-a7 diagonal.} Rc8 ({
Worth a consideration:} 13... g5 14. Nfd5 Bg7 $13) 14. h3 ({In my opinion,
better was} 14. Be2 Bxe2 $6 (14... Be7 $5 $13) (14... Bd7 $5 $13) 15. Qxe2 $14
{[%csl Gd5][%cal Yc3d5,Yf4d5]}) 14... Bd7 15. O-O-O {I think, that the option
of a short castle was a bit preferable for White. The side, who has a pair of
bishops, usually is better in a struggle on two flanks.} (15. Be2 Be7 16. O-O
O-O $11 17. Rad1 $141 $2 d5 $15) 15... Be7 16. Kb1 {moving away the king from
the diagonal h6-c1.} O-O $11 {0-1 Mazi,L-Kurnosov,I/Warsaw 2005/CBM 108_01/
[Erenburg] (29)}) (8... b5 $4 {is met by} 9. e5 $18) 9. O-O-O b5 {preparing to
fianchetto the light-squared bishop.} ({Another possible plan is} 9... Be7 10.
Bd3 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. fxg5 Ne5 13. Qe2 Nfd7 $6 (13... Nfg4 {is the usual move})
14. Qh5 Nf8 (14... Nc5 15. gxh6 Ncxd3+ 16. cxd3 Qc5 17. Nf5 $1 exf5 18. d4 Qb6
19. Bxe7 Nc4 20. Qe2 Qxb2+ 21. Qxb2 Nxb2 22. Bf6 $1 $18) (14... Ng6 15. Nxe6
$18) 15. gxh6 Qc5 16. Be2 {After this simple move, White retains with extra
material and a much better position.} Bxh4 (16... Nd3+ $6 {Gofshtein,L} 17.
Rxd3 Qxh5 18. Bxh5 Bxh4 19. Rf1 {White is probably on the verge of a win
already}) 17. Qxh4 Nfg6 18. Qf6 Nd7 (18... Rxh6 {Gofshtein,L} 19. h4 $1 {
is strong, throwing Black's pieces further back.}) 19. Qf2 Rxh6 20. Rhf1 Rh7
21. h4 $1 {very strong, white chooses a direct approach:} ({after} 21. Kb1 {
Gofshtein,L} b5 {Black could have hoped to get some counterplay.}) 21... Nxh4
22. e5 $1 $16 {1-0 Neelotpal,D-Alexikov,A/Alushta 2004/CBM 103/[Gofshtein,L] 
(29)}) 10. Bd3 {intending to centralize the pieces. White has tried also:} (10.
Bxf6 Nxf6 11. e5 Bb7 12. Qh3 $5 dxe5 13. Ncxb5 $5 Qb6 14. fxe5 Nd5 15. Na3 Bc5
16. Nc4 Qc7 17. Nb3 Be7 18. Kb1 Rd8 {[%cal Rd5c3,Rd8d1]} 19. Be2 O-O 20. Rhf1 {
[%cal Rf1f8]} Nb4 {[%cal Rb7d5,Yb4c6,Rc6e5] Black opens his bishop and
transfers the knight to c6 to attack the e5 pawn.} 21. Nbd2 Bd5 22. a3 Nc6 23.
Bd3 g6 24. Rde1 $14 {[%cal Ye1e5,Yc4e5] 1-0 Haznedaroglu,K-Van der Stricht,G/
Antalya 2004/CBM 101/[Gofshtein,L] (40)}) (10. e5 Bb7 11. Qh3 dxe5 12. Nxe6
fxe6 13. Qxe6+ Be7 14. Nxb5 {0-1 Kamsky,G-Gelfand,B/Linares 1993/CBM 34/
[Gelfand] (80)}) (10. Bxb5 {An interesting piece sacrifice.} axb5 11. Ndxb5 Qb6
12. e5 Bb7 13. Qe2 dxe5 14. fxe5 Qc5 $5 $146 {[%cal Rc5g5]} 15. exf6 Qxg5+ 16.
Kb1 Qxg2 $8 17. Qd3 {[%cal Rd3d7] The preliminary 17.Nc7 was also possible.}
Qc6 18. Qg3 {[%cal Rb5c7,Rf6g7] Creating two threats - 19.Nc7 and 19.fg.} gxf6
19. Nc7+ Ke7 {It was worth considering 19...Kd8 removing the king from the
centre.} 20. Nxa8 Bxa8 21. Rhe1 {[%cal Rc3d5] Bringing the rook to the centre
and putting more pressure.} Qb6 22. Nb5 {[%cal Rg3a3] Threatening 23.Qa3 and
bringing the queen to the game this way.} Qxb5 23. Qa3+ Nc5 24. Qxa8 Bg7 {
24...Qb6 deserved attention, covering the a7 square and not letting White to
activize his queen.} 25. Qa7+ Nd7 26. Qa3+ Nc5 27. Qa7+ Nd7 28. Re3 $14 {
[%cal Re3d3,Re3b3] 1-0 Kurnosov,I-Kuznetsov,V/Nojabrsk 2005/CBM 106/[Gofshtein,
L] (44) Bringing the rook to the attack.}) (10. a3 Bb7 11. g4 Be7 12. Bxf6 Nxf6
(12... Bxf6 13. g5 Bxd4 14. Rxd4 O-O {0-1 Leko,P-Gelfand,B/Monaco MNC 2001/The
Week in Chess 333 (38)}) 13. g5 Nd7 14. Bh3 Nc5 15. Rhg1 g6 {1/2-1/2 Leko,
P-Shirov,A/Monaco MNC 2001/The Week in Chess 334 (45)}) 10... Bb7 {preparing
to castle queenside.} (10... b4 $6 {is a risky continuation:} 11. Nd5 $1 {
A typical piece sarifice in this variation, which gives White a strong attack.}
exd5 12. exd5 Bb7 13. Rhe1+ Kd8 14. Nc6+ $5 Bxc6 15. dxc6 Nb8 $146 16. Bxf6+
gxf6 17. Be4 h5 18. Bd5 $5 $16 {1-0 Atakisi,U-Mazi,L/Antalya 2004/CBM 101/
[Gofshtein,L] (44) Opening the e-file for the White pieces.}) 11. Rhe1 {
White is ready to attack Black's e6 pawn, in order to get control of the
central d5 square.} Qb6 {attacking White's knight.} (11... O-O-O 12. f5 (12. a3
Be7 13. Qe2 h6 14. Bh4 Nc5 15. Bf2 d5 16. e5 Nfe4 $5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Adams,
M-Gelfand,B/Wijk aan Zee 1994/CBM 39/[Gelfand] (45)}) 12... e5 13. Nb3 Be7 14.
a4 $1 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Bxg5+ 16. Kb1 bxa4 17. Bxb7+ $1 Qxb7 18. Ne4 {[%cal Re4d6,
Re4g5]} Be7 19. Na5 Qc7 20. Nc3 $1 Qxa5 21. Qa8+ Nb8 22. Nd5 $1 Rd7 23. Re4 $1
{[%cal Ge4a4]} Rc7 24. Rxa4 Qc5 25. Rc4 $1 Qxc4 26. Nb6+ Kd8 27. Nxc4 Rxc4 28.
Qxb8+ $18 {1-0 Pavlovic,M-Janssen,R/Wijk aan Zee 2004/CBM 99/[Gofshtein,L] (34)
}) 12. Qe3 {threatening again with f4-f5 or e4-e5 strikes.} ({Black has
succeeded to neutralize White's initiative after} 12. Nd5 Qxd4 13. Bxf6 gxf6
14. Bxb5 Qc5 15. Nxf6+ Kd8 16. Nxd7 Qxb5 17. Nxf8 Rxf8 18. Qa3 Rc8 19. Qxd6+
Ke8 20. c3 Qc6 21. Qb4 a5 22. Qxa5 Ra8 23. Qg5 f6 24. Qd5 Qxc3+ 25. bxc3 exd5
$17 {0-1 Nakamura,H-Gelfand,B/Biel SUI 2005/The Week in Chess 560 (39)}) 12...
O-O-O (12... Be7 {looks unlogical:} 13. e5 dxe5 14. fxe5 Bc5 15. exf6 Bxd4 16.
fxg7 $16 {1-0 Liss,E-Karpman,V/Tel Aviv 1996/CBM 052 ext (35)}) 13. f5 (13. Nb3
{is less principled:} Qxe3+ 14. Rxe3 Be7 15. Na5 h6 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 $11 {1-0
Solomon,S-Kuczynski,R/Thessaloniki 1988/TD (89)}) 13... e5 14. Nb3 Be7 $146 {
looks like an improvement in comparison to} (14... Qxe3+ {Why to help white to
activate his pieces?} 15. Rxe3 d5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 (16... Nxd5 17. exd5 f6 18. Bh4
Nc5 19. Be2 Nxb3+ 20. axb3 Rxd5 21. Rxd5 Bxd5 22. Bf3 $14 {[%cal Ge3g3]}) 17.
exd5 Nxd5 {is refuted by} 18. Bxb5 $1 Nxe3 19. Bxa6+ Kc7 20. Bxe3 $16 {1-0
Zapata,A-Nogueiras,J/Bogota 1979/EXT 2003 (36)}) 15. Qg3 {threatening to move
away the dark-squared bishop to e3 with a following capture on g7.} ({
Interesting is} 15. Qxb6 Nxb6 16. Na5 $13) 15... g6 $1 {preparing the h5
square for the kingside knight.} 16. Rf1 (16. Be3 Qc7 17. Rf1 Nc5 $132) 16...
Nh5 $1 17. Qh4 Bxg5+ 18. Qxg5 Nf4 $132 {Black has succeeded to trade the
dark-squared bishops, that leaves White with a passive light-squared one. Now
Black is threatening to develop an initiative on the kingside through the "g"
file.} 19. g3 (19. Kb1 {is met by} f6 20. Qg4 (20. Qh6 Nxg2 $17) 20... gxf5 $17
{[%cal Gd8g8]}) 19... f6 (19... Qe3+ 20. Kb1 Nd5 21. Qh4 Nxc3+ 22. bxc3 f6 23.
Qg4 $13) 20. Qh6 {Other moves lose an exchange:} (20. Qg4 $2 Ng2 $1 $17 {
[%cal Gg2e3]}) (20. Qh4 Ng2 $17) 20... Qe3+ 21. Kb1 Nd5 $1 {A great tactical
resource, that allows White to worsen White's pawn structure.} 22. Qg7 Nxc3+
23. bxc3 gxf5 (23... Rdg8 $6 24. Qe7 $14) 24. Rxf5 {In spite of the
superiority of black's pawn structure, the activity of White's pieces promise
him good counterchances.} Qb6 {bringing the queen back to the camp.} (24...
Bxe4 $5 {leads to a perpetual check:} 25. Qe7 $1 Bf3 (25... Bxf5 $2 26. Bxf5
Qxc3 (26... Qf3 27. Qxd6 Qxf5 28. Qc6+ Kb8 29. Na5 $18) 27. Rxd6 $18) 26. Qxd6
(26. Rf1 Bb7 27. Qxd6 Rhe8 28. Rxf6 e4 29. Re6 Rxe6 30. Qxe6 Qb6 31. Qxb6 Nxb6
32. Be2 Na4 $17) 26... Bxd1 27. Qc6+ Kb8 28. Qd6+ Ka7 29. Qc7+ Ka8 30. Qc6+ $11
) 25. Rh5 Qc7 $1 {attacking the c3 pawn, and planning to protect the h7 pawn
by moving the knight to b6 or c5.} (25... Qc6 26. Kb2 Nb6 27. Na5 Na4+ 28. Kc1
Qd7 29. Qxd7+ Rxd7 30. Nxb7 Kxb7 $13) 26. Kb2 ({Worse is} 26. Rxh7 Rxh7 27.
Qxh7 Qxc3 $15 {[%cal Gd7b6,Gb6a4]}) 26... Nb6 (26... Nc5 {equalizes as well:}
27. Qxc7+ Kxc7 {[%cal Gc5e4,Gc5a4]} 28. Nxc5 dxc5 29. Rh4 $11) 27. Qxc7+ Kxc7 {
threatening with Na4+ with following capture on c3.} 28. Ka3 Rdg8 {The final
position is approximately equal. For instance:} (28... Rdg8 29. Rf1 Nd7 (29...
Rg4 30. Nd2) (29... Rg6 $11) 30. c4 bxc4 31. Bxc4 Bxe4 32. Bxg8 Rxg8 $13)
1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 6th"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "2005.11.10"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2005.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Georgia"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 c5 6. cxd5 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Qxd5 8.
e3 Bg7 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Qf3 Qxf3 11. Bxd7+ Kxd7 12. Nxf3 Nc6 13. Rb1 b6 14. dxc5
Rhc8 15. Ke2 Ke8 16. Rhc1 Nd8 17. cxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.11.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Sibriaev, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2264"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e6 7. Qf3 Qc7 8. g4
h6 9. h4 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. g5 hxg5 12. hxg5 Rxh1 13. Qxh1 Nd7 14. Bd2 g6
15. O-O-O a5 16. Qh7 Be7 17. f5 Nf8 18. fxg6 Nxg6 19. Be2 Ba6 20. Bh5 Ne5 21.
Rh1 O-O-O 22. Bxf7 Nxf7 23. Qxf7 Bf8 24. Qxe6+ Kb8 25. g6 Bc8 26. Qb3+ Qb7 27.
Rh8 Qxb3 28. axb3 Be6 29. Ne2 Be7 30. Rxd8+ Bxd8 31. Nd4 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.11.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Sibriaev, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2264"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Bf5 8.
Re1 Nbd7 9. Nbd2 c6 10. c3 Qc7 11. Nf1 Rae8 12. Nh4 Bg4 13. f3 Be6 14. Bd3 h6
15. Bd2 c5 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. Bxf5 cxd4 18. cxd4 Nb8 19. Bc3 Rxe1 20. Qxe1 Nc6
21. Qf2 Re8 22. Re1 Rxe1 23. Qxe1 Qb6 24. Qf2 Bb4 25. g3 Ne8 26. Bd3 Nc7 27.
Kg2 Qa5 28. Qd2 Ne6 29. Bb1 Qb6 30. Ne3 Bxc3 31. Qxc3 Ne7 32. Nf5 Nxf5 33. Bxf5
g6 34. Bxe6 Qxe6 35. Qd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.11.30"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. b6 d6 (5... e6 {is rather more
popular nowadays - it leads to more lively positions.}) 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. a4 a5 {
Black doesn't let White gain () on the << to slow down his play. The text-move
is the most usual continuation, but perhaps deserving attention is the
less-tested alternative} (7... Qxb6 8. a5 Qb4 9. Ra4 Qb7 10. e4 g5 $5 11. Bxg5
Qxb2 12. Bd2 Rb8 13. f4 Bg7 14. Bc4 Ng4 15. Nge2 Bd4 $13 16. Ra2 Qb4 17. Ra4
Qb2 18. Ra2 Qb4 19. Ra4 {1/2,Volzhin,A-Conquest,S/Hastings/1993/}) 8. e4 g6 9.
Nf3 Bg7 10. Be2 {Cheparinov leaves b5 free for his N, but White more often
plays} (10. Bb5 O-O 11. O-O Nxb6 12. Re1 Ne8 13. Bf4 f6 (13... Ba6 14. e5 $5
Bxb5 15. axb5 Nc7 $132) 14. Nd2 (14. h4 $5 $14) 14... Nc7 15. Bc6 Rb8 16. Nb3
Nc4 17. Nb5 Na6 18. Qe2 Ne5 19. Bxe5 fxe5 20. Nd2 Nb4 21. Nc4 Ba6 22. Ra3 Rc8
23. Na7 Rc7 24. Nb5 Nxc6 (24... Rc8 $11) 25. dxc6 Rxc6 26. Qd2 Qd7 27. Rb3 $44
{Sokolov,I-Ponomariov,R/Hastings/1999/}) 10... O-O 11. O-O Qxb6 ({Black often
plays} 11... Nxb6 {, but the character of the position remains similar. White
first tries to "cement" the << and then turn his attention to the opposite
flank.} 12. Bf4 {Aimed to prevent [+]<=>} (12. Bg5 h6 13. Be3 e6 $5 14. dxe6
Bxe6 15. Nd2 Qe7 16. Qc1 Rfc8 17. Bf3 Nfd7 18. Be2 Ne5 19. Nf3 Nxf3+ 20. Bxf3
Kh7 21. Rd1 Rab8 22. Bf4 Nc4 23. Be2 Nxb2 24. Rxd6 Rb3 25. e5 Rxc3 26. Qxc3
Qxd6 27. Qxb2 Qd4 $15 {Kobylkin,E-Tseshkovsky,V/Krasnodar/2002/}) 12... Nh5 (
12... Bg4 $6 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Nfd7 15. Rb1 c4 16. Be3 Qc8 17. Qc2 Rb8 18.
Nb5 Rb7 19. Bg4 h5 20. Bxd7 Nxd7 21. Rfc1 Ne5 22. b3 $16 {Nielsen,
P-Tseshkovsky,V/Hastings/2002/}) (12... Ne8 13. Qd2 Bg4 14. Rfe1 Nc7 15. h3
Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Nc4 17. Qc2 Na6 18. Nb5 Ne5 19. Be2 Nb4 20. Qd2 Qd7 21. Bg3 Qb7
22. Rad1 Kh8 23. f4 Nd7 24. Bc4 Nb6 25. b3 Rad8 26. Bh4 Rd7 27. f5 $36 {
Shaked,T-Shirov,A/Tilburg/1997/ Especially this second example is very similar
to our game, exchanging the Bc8 for the N makes it difficult to get effective
<=>.}) 13. Bg5 Ba6 14. Bxa6 Rxa6 15. Nd2 Ra7 16. Rc1 Rb7 17. b3 f5 $5 18. g4
fxg4 19. Qxg4 Qd7 20. f3 Bd4+ 21. Kg2 Qxg4+ 22. fxg4 Rxf1 23. Kxf1 Nf6 $14 {
/<=>,Gleizerov,E-Sadatnajafi,M/Dubai op/2003/}) 12. Nd2 Ba6 (12... Ne8 13. Nc4
Qd8 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bd2 Nb6 16. Qc1 Kh7 17. Nb5 Nxc4 18. Bxc4 Nc7 19. Bc3 Bxc3
20. Qxc3 (20. bxc3 $142 $36) 20... Nxb5 21. axb5 Bd7 {Demasi,J-Bernard,I/Isla
Margarita/1998/} 22. Ra3 Qb6 23. Rfa1 a4 $11) 13. Nb5 $1 {[%mdl 4] This move
is in keeping with White's general plan.} (13. Kh1 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Rfb8 15. f4
Qa6 16. Qf3 Rb7 17. Rb1 Ne8 18. Nb5 Nc7 19. Nxc7 Rxc7 20. b3 Rb8 21. Bb2 Bxb2
22. Rxb2 {Nakamura,R-Ali,G/Moscow olm/1994/} Rb4 $132) 13... Rfb8 $146 (13...
Ne5 14. Kh1 c4 15. f4 Nd3 16. Nxc4 Nf2+ 17. Rxf2 Qxf2 18. Be3 Qh4 19. Bf3 h5
20. g3 Qh3 21. Bg2 Qg4 22. Qf1 Qd7 23. Nb6 $16 {Alonso Gonzalez,A-Munoz,M/
Asturias/1995/}) (13... Ne8 14. Nc4 Qd8 15. Bd2 $16) 14. Qc2 Qd8 15. Nc4 Nb6
16. Nca3 $5 (16. Nxb6 Qxb6 {[%cal Yf6e8,Ye8c7,Ye7e6] /\e6,Ne8-c7<=>}) 16... Ne8
(16... e6 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. Bf4 Ne8 19. Nc4 $5 $36 {[%csl Rd6,Re6] ק}) 17. Rb1
Nc7 18. b3 $14 Bxb5 $6 {As we have indicated above, Black should be very
careful about giving White control over the light squares.} (18... Nxb5 $142
19. Nxb5 e6 $5 $14) 19. Nxb5 Na6 20. Bg5 Nb4 21. Qd2 Qd7 22. f4 Rb7 23. f5 $1
$40 {[%mdl 128] As in Shaked-Shirov, White stops any e6 ideas and starts
playing for a >>->.} Qe8 24. Rf3 Nd7 25. Rbf1 {While the Nb5 holds the <<,
White methodically concentrates the rest of his pieces against Black's K.} Be5
26. Rh3 (26. Bh6 $40 {[%cal Rf5g6] /\fg6}) 26... f6 27. Be3 {This allows Black
to put up a (at least temporary) blockade.} (27. fxg6 $5 Qxg6 (27... fxg5 28.
Bg4 $1 $40) 28. Rf5 $40) 27... g5 $5 28. g4 (28. Rh5 $1 Qf7 29. h4 $16) 28...
Rc8 29. Bc4 Bd4 $2 {Black wants to activate his Nd7 even at the cost of a P,
but he allows a powerful sacrificial blow.} (29... Qf7 $142 {[%cal Yg8e8] /
\Kf8-e8}) 30. Nxd4 cxd4 31. Bxg5 $1 {[%csl Rg8][%mdl 512] The most energetic
move, Cheparinov tears up Black's >>.} ({The mundane} 31. Bxd4 $16 {/\ is also
quite good:} Nc5 32. Rh5 Nxe4 33. Qe3 Nc5 34. Rxg5+ $18) 31... Ne5 (31... fxg5
32. Qxg5+ Kh8 33. Rxh7+ $1 Kxh7 34. Rf3 $18) 32. Bh6 d3 {Black's major pieces
are too far from the >> to help out the defence.} (32... Nxc4 33. bxc4 Rxc4 (
33... Qxa4 34. g5 Qc2 35. Qf4 $18) 34. Bg7 $1 Qf7 (34... Kxg7 35. Qh6+ Kf7 36.
Qxh7+ Kf8 37. Qh8+ Kf7 38. Rh7#) (34... e5 35. Bxf6 $18) 35. Rxh7 Qxg7 $8 36.
Rxg7+ Kxg7 37. g5 d3 38. Qg2 $18 {->}) 33. g5 Qf7 34. Rg3 Kh8 35. g6 $1 $18
hxg6 (35... Qe8 36. Rh3 {[%cal Rh6g7] /\Bg7+-} (36. gxh7 $18)) 36. fxg6 Nxg6
37. Rf5 Ne5 (37... Rg8 38. Rh5 Qh7 39. Qd1 $1 $18) 38. Bf8 (38. Bg7+ {-39.Bg7})
38... Qh7 39. Bg7+ Qxg7 (39... Kg8 40. Bxf6+ Ng6 41. Rxg6+ Qxg6+ 42. Rg5 $18)
40. Rh5+ Kg8 41. Rxg7+ Kxg7 42. Qh6+ Kf7 43. Qh7+ Ke8 44. Qf5 {[%cal Rf5c8,
Rh5h8] /\Rh8,Qc8} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.12.01"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. Bd2
Nbd7 9. Rc1 Bd6 10. a3 a6 11. c5 Bc7 12. f4 g5 13. Bd3 gxf4 14. exf4 Ne4 15.
Nxe4 dxe4 16. Bxe4 Nf6 17. Qf3 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Qd5 19. Qxd5 exd5 20. Kf2 f5 21.
Rc3 Kf7 22. h3 g6 23. Rb3 Rab8 24. Re1 Rhe8 25. Re5 Bxe5 26. fxe5 Re7 27. h4
Rh8 28. g3 Ke6 29. Ke2 Rf7 30. Bf4 Rb8 31. Rb6 Ra8 32. Kd3 a5 33. Bg5 Ra6 34.
Rb3 a4 35. Rb4 Rd7 36. Ke3 Rh7 37. Kf4 Ra7 38. Bf6 Ra8 39. Kg5 Rf7 40. b3 axb3
41. Rxb3 Ra4 42. Rd3 Ra8 43. Rf3 Ra4 44. Rd3 Ra8 45. g4 fxg4 46. Kxg4 Rh7 47.
Kg5 Rg8 48. Rb3 Rh5+ 49. Kg4 Rh7 50. a4 Ra8 51. Rb4 Rd7 52. Kg5 Kf7 53. Kh6 Rg8
54. Rb3 Rc7 55. a5 Ke6 56. Rg3 Kf7 57. Rg2 Rd7 58. Ra2 Ke6 59. a6 bxa6 60. Rxa6
Rc7 61. Kg5 Kf7 62. h5 gxh5+ 63. Kf5 Re8 64. Ra2 Rb7 65. Rg2 Kf8 66. Rh2 Rb1
67. Rxh5 Rf1+ 68. Kg6 Rg1+ 69. Bg5 Kg8 70. Kf5 Rf1+ 71. Kg4 Rg1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Keres Memorial rap"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2006.01.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Liiva, Riho"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2006.01.07"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Qc2 Nf6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Nc3 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Qe7 10. a3 h6 11. Ba2 Rd8 12. h3 e5 13. Re1 Bc7 14. Bb1 Re8 15.
Nd5 cxd5 16. Qxc7 e4 17. Nh2 Nb6 18. Qxe7 Rxe7 19. b3 Be6 20. Nf1 Rc8 21. Bd2
Rec7 22. Ng3 Ne8 23. Ne2 Nd6 24. Bb4 Rc6 25. Ba2 Kf8 26. Rec1 Ke7 27. Kf1 Rxc1+
28. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 29. Nxc1 Kd7 30. Ne2 Nbc8 31. Ke1 Ne7 32. Bb1 Nec8 33. Nf4 Ne7
34. Bc2 g6 35. Bd1 Nef5 36. Be2 Nh4 37. Kf1 Nhf5 38. a4 Ne7 39. Ke1 Nc6 40. Ba3
Na5 41. Bd1 1-0

[Event "Keres Memorial rap"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2006.01.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2006.01.07"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 O-O 12. Nc2 Bg5 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 a5
15. Bc4 Rb8 16. Ra2 Kh8 17. Nce3 g6 18. h4 Bh6 19. h5 Kg7 20. Qd2 Rh8 21. g3
Bd7 22. f4 a4 23. Rxa4 Na5 24. Rb4 Rxb4 25. cxb4 Nc6 26. Nc2 Ne7 27. Nce3 Nxd5
28. Nxd5 Be6 29. Kf2 Bxd5 30. Bxd5 Qf6 31. Qc3 exf4 32. gxf4 Qxc3 33. bxc3 Bxf4
34. b5 Rb8 35. Rb1 Rb6 36. c4 Be5 37. Ke3 gxh5 38. Rg1+ Kh6 39. Rg8 h4 40. Kf2
h3 41. Kg1 f6 42. Kh1 Kh5 43. Rg7 Kh6 44. Rb7 Rxb7 45. Bxb7 Kg5 46. Bc8 Kf4 47.
Bf5 Kg3 48. b6 Bd4 49. b7 Ba7 50. Bxh7 Bb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Keres Memorial rap"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2006.01.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kosyrev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2006.01.07"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. e4 c5 7. d5 exd5 8. e5
d4 9. exf6 dxc3 10. Bxc4 Qxf6 11. Bg5 Qb6 12. O-O Bd6 13. Rae1+ Kf8 14. Bxf7
Kxf7 15. Qc4+ Kf8 16. Qh4 Kf7 17. Be7 Nf6 18. Qc4+ Kg6 19. Qd3+ 1-0

[Event "Keres Memorial rap"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2006.01.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Yemelin, Vasily"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2006.01.07"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Bf6 11. Be4 Nce7 12. Ne5 Bd7 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Bf3
Be6 15. Bf4 Ng6 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Be5 Rc8 18. Qb3 Qb6 19. Qxb6 axb6 20. Bxf6
gxf6 21. Rac1 Rc6 22. h4 Ra8 23. a3 Ra4 24. Rxc6 bxc6 25. Rc1 Bd7 26. Rd1 Rc4
27. Rd2 g5 28. g3 Kg7 29. hxg5 fxg5 30. Kf1 Kf6 31. Bd1 Rc1 32. Ke2 Ke7 33. Ba4
Rb1 34. Ke3 Kd6 35. Bb3 Be6 36. Bd1 f6 37. Kd3 Rc1 38. Ke3 Bf5 39. Ba4 Rb1 40.
Bb3 Bg4 41. Kd3 Rc1 42. Ba2 Bd1 43. Ke3 Bc2 44. b4 0-1

[Event "Keres Memorial rap"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2006.01.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2006.01.07"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 d5 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. Ndc4 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Nd3 Na6 13. Nxc5 Nxc5 14. Bd2 Nf6
15. Bxb7 Nxb7 16. Rc1 Qd5 17. Be3 b5 18. Qxd5 Nxd5 19. Ne5 f6 20. Nd3 Nxe3 21.
fxe3 Rfc8 22. a4 bxa4 23. Rxc8+ Rxc8 24. Rf4 a3 25. bxa3 Nd6 26. Ra4 Rc7 27.
Ra6 Nc4 28. Rxe6 Nxa3 29. Ra6 Nc4 30. e4 Re7 31. Kf2 Nd2 32. Nc5 Re5 33. Ke1
Rxc5 34. Kxd2 Rc7 35. Ke3 Re7 36. g4 Kf7 37. h4 h6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Keres Memorial rap"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2006.01.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[EventDate "2006.01.07"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 Nf6 7. f4 1-0

[Event "Keres Memorial rap"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2006.01.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Berg, Emanuel"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2006.01.07"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
O-O Bb6 9. Nc2 d6 10. Nd2 Be6 11. Qh5 Ng6 12. g3 Rae8 13. Bxe6 Qxe6 14. Bxb6
axb6 15. Ne3 Nge7 16. Rfe1 Ne5 17. Qe2 Nd7 18. Qd3 Nc5 19. Qc2 d5 20. exd5 Nxd5
21. Nf3 h6 22. Nd4 Nxe3 23. Rxe3 Qd5 24. Qe2 Rxe3 25. Qxe3 Rd8 26. a3 Na4 27.
Qe2 c5 28. Rd1 b5 29. Qxb5 Qd7 30. Qb3 b5 31. Rd2 cxd4 32. Rxd4 Qe8 33. Rxd8
Qxd8 34. Qxb5 Qd1+ 35. Kg2 Qc2 36. Qe8+ Kh7 37. Qxf7 Nxb2 38. Qf3 Na4 39. Qc6
Nxc3 40. a4 Qd3 41. a5 Nd5 42. Qe6 Nb4 43. h4 Qb5 44. Qe4+ Kg8 45. Qa8+ Kf7 46.
Qf3+ Kg8 47. Qa8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Keres Memorial rap"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2006.01.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Agrest, Evgenij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2006.01.07"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 a6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bd7 9. Nxc6 Bxc6 10. Qg4 h5 11. Qe2 h4 12. Rd1 Qa5 13. Bf4 Rd8 14. Rd3 hxg3 15.
hxg3 Qh5 16. Qxh5 Rxh5 17. Rad1 e5 18. Be3 Nf6 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 Bb5 21.
Rb3 f5 22. a4 Bxa4 23. Rxb7 Bxc2 24. Rc1 Ba4 25. g4 fxg4 26. Be4 Kf8 27. Bg6
Rh3 28. Bf5 Bf6 29. Bxg4 Rh4 30. Be6 Be8 31. Rc6 Bh5 32. Kg2 e4 33. Kg3 g5 34.
f4 exf3 35. Rh7 Be5+ 36. Kf2 Rh2+ 37. Kf1 Rh1+ 38. Kf2 Rh2+ 39. Kf1 Rh1+ 40.
Kf2 Rh2+ 41. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Keres Memorial rap"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2006.01.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2006.01.07"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2 d5 8. e5 d4
9. Be4 Nd5 10. d3 Bb7 11. c4 Nb6 12. Bf4 Be7 13. Nbd2 g5 14. Bg3 h5 15. h3 Qd7
16. Re1 O-O-O 17. cxb5 axb5 18. a4 Nxa4 19. Nc4 bxc4 20. Rxa4 cxd3 21. Qxd3 Nb4
22. Qa3 Bxe4 23. Rxe4 Qc6 24. Ra8+ Kd7 25. Ra7+ Ke8 26. Rxe7+ Kxe7 27. Nxg5 d3
28. Bh4 Ke8 29. Re1 Nc2 30. Qa7 Qd7 31. Qxc5 Rc8 32. Qa5 Nxe1 33. Ne4 Qd4 34.
Qxe1 d2 35. Qxd2 Qxe4 36. Qg5 Qb4 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2006.01.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2006.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Nc3 d5 6. Qb3 O-O 7. Bg2 Qb6 8. O-O
Rd8 9. h3 {A rare, harmless move, instead of the main theoretical line} (9. c5
{or}) (9. Qa3 $5) 9... Be6 (9... Qxb3 10. axb3 Na6 11. Be3 Ne4 12. Rfc1 Nxc3
13. bxc3 Nc7 14. g4 Ne8 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Ne5 Nc7 17. Bf4 Ne6 18. Bg3 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Lingnau,C-Schaefer,M/Germany 1994/GER-chT (43)}) (9... Bf5 $5 10. cxd5
Qxb3 11. axb3 Nxd5 12. Bg5 Na6 13. e4 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Bxe4 15. Rfe1 Bxf3 16. Bxf3
f6 17. Bf4 e5 18. dxe5 Nc5 19. exf6 Bxf6 20. Be5 Bxe5 21. Rxe5 Nxb3 22. Ra2 Re8
23. Rxa7 {1/2-1/2 Loginov,V-Balashov,Y/Elista 2001/CBM 083}) 10. Ng5 $2 {
Starting a wrong operation, which leads to a poor position for White.} (10. c5
$5) 10... Bf5 11. Qxb6 axb6 12. cxd5 Nxd5 $1 13. e4 (13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. g4 Bc2)
13... Nxc3 14. bxc3 Bd7 $17 {[%mdl 32] White has obtained a strong pawn centre
but it doesn't matter at all! The decisive factor of the position is White's
weak a-pawn on the open file. It is really amazing that all White's attempts
of counterplay prove absolutely vain!} 15. f4 Na6 {[%cal Ya6c7,Yc7b5,Yb5d6,
Yd6c4] No move on the k-side! It could only weaken Black's position:} (15... h6
16. Nf3 f5 17. Ne5 $1) (15... f5 16. exf5 {[%cal Cd7f5,Yf1e1]}) 16. g4 (16. a4
c5 $1 17. Be3 (17. e5 h6 18. Ne4 cxd4 19. cxd4 Bc6 20. Be3 Nb4 $17) 17... cxd4
18. cxd4 Nb4 $36 {<<}) 16... Nc7 {Even prefering this to} (16... c5) 17. f5 (
17. a4 c5 $1) 17... Nb5 18. Bb2 Bh6 (18... gxf5 $5 19. gxf5 Nd6 20. e5 $140
Nxf5 21. Be4 f6 $1) 19. h4 (19. Nf3 $142 Nd6 $140 20. Ne5) 19... f6 20. Nf3
gxf5 21. exf5 Nd6 22. Rfe1 Kf7 23. Bh3 Rg8 24. Kf2 Bf4 25. Ne5+ {Desperation.}
(25. Re2 h5 $5 {[%csl Rf5]}) 25... fxe5 26. dxe5 Nc4 27. e6+ Kf8 28. exd7 Nxb2
$19 29. Re4 Bd6 30. Ke3 b5 31. Rb1 Nc4+ 32. Rxc4 bxc4 33. Rxb7 Kg7 34. Bg2 Kf6
35. g5+ Kxf5 36. Bxc6 Rab8 37. Kd4 Kg4 38. a4 Kxh4 39. a5 Rxb7 40. Bxb7 Kxg5
41. a6 Bb8 42. Kxc4 Kf6 43. Kb5 e5 44. Kb6 Ke7 45. Bc8 Rg2 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2006.01.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2006.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qb3 c5 6. a3 Ba5 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. dxc5
Na6 $1 9. c6 (9. cxb6 Nc5 10. Qc2 Be4 11. Qd1 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Qxb6 $13 {Van
Wely,L-Seirawan,Y/Wijk/1996/}) 9... dxc6 $146 {Ivanchuk has prepared the
novelty that hopes to keep the bishop on a5 alive for little longer.} (9...
Bxc6 10. Qc2 Bxc3+ 11. Qxc3 Nc5 12. Nd2 O-O 13. f3 d5 (13... h6 14. Bh4 d6 15.
b4 Ncd7 16. e3 a5 17. Bd3 axb4 18. axb4 Rxa1+ 19. Qxa1 Qc7 20. O-O Ra8 21. Qc3
Bb7 22. Ra1 {1-0 Sokolov,I (2696)-Macieja,B (2592)/Stepanakert 2005 (40)}) (
13... e5 14. e4 Re8 15. Be3 d6 16. Be2 Nh5 17. g3 Qd7 18. Nb3 Qh3 19. Bf1 Qe6
20. Nxc5 dxc5 21. O-O-O a5 22. Be2 Rad8 {0-1 Macieja,B (2592)-Efimenko,Z (2637)
/Khanty Mansiysk 2005 (46)}) 14. e3 Rc8 15. b4 Na4 16. Qe5 Nd7 17. Qg3 f6 18.
cxd5 Bxd5 19. Bh6 Qe7 20. e4 Bb7 21. Bb5 Bc6 22. Ba6 Rcd8 23. Rc1 Nb8 24. Be2
$16 {1/2-1/2 Sokolov,I (2684)-Mchedlishvili,M (2551)/Bled 2002 (46)}) 10. Qc2
c5 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. Bxf6 {Somewhat controversial decision as the bishop will be
missed. Sokolov should have tried the logical development of his pieces with
12.e3!} (12. e3 $1 Ne4 13. Bf4 Qc8 14. Bd3 f5 (14... Bxc3+ 15. bxc3 f5 16. Ne5
$14) 15. O-O Nxc3 16. bxc3 O-O 17. Ne5 $14) 12... gxf6 13. g3 (13. e3 Ke7 14.
Be2 Rag8 15. O-O $13) 13... Ke7 (13... Bxf3 14. exf3 Qe5+ 15. Be2 Bxc3+ 16.
bxc3 O-O 17. f4 Qc7 18. O-O $14) 14. Bg2 Nb4 $1 15. Qb3 (15. axb4 cxb4 16. Nd5+
Bxd5 (16... exd5 17. O-O dxc4 18. Rd4 b5 19. Rfd1 Rad8 20. Qc1 Bxf3 21. Bxf3
Rxd4 22. Rxd4 h5 $11) 17. b3 b5 18. Rxd5 exd5 19. Nd4 bxc4 20. Bxd5 cxb3 21.
Nc6+ Kf8 22. Qc5+ Kg7 23. Qxa5 Qxa5 24. Nxa5 b2 25. Kd2 Rad8 26. e4 f5 $15)
15... Nc6 16. O-O Rad8 17. Ne4 $6 {White would probably enjoy some advantage
after the better move 17.Nb5!} (17. Nb5 $1 Qb8 18. Qe3 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Rd8 20.
Rc1 a6 21. Nc3 $14) 17... h6 18. Qe3 Ne5 (18... f5 19. Nc3 Kf6 20. Nb5 $16) 19.
Nxe5 (19. Ned2 Bxd2 20. Nxd2 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Kf8 22. f4 Nd7 23. Ne4 $14) 19...
Qxe5 20. Rxd8 (20. b3 f5 21. f4 Qb2 22. Nf2 (22. Nxc5 Bxg2 23. Na4 Qc2 24. Rxd8
Bxf1 25. Rxh8 Bxe2 $19) 22... Bc8 23. h3 Bc3 24. Qf3 $13) (20. b4 cxb4 21. f4
Qb2 22. axb4 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Bxb4 24. Qd3 Bxe4 25. Bxe4 f5 $15) 20... Rxd8 21.
Nxf6 {White must have strived for this spirited trick in his calculations,
unfortunatelly black will end up on top.} Qxe3 (21... Qxf6 22. Bxb7 $14) 22.
fxe3 Ba6 $1 (22... Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Rd2 24. Ng8+ Kf8 25. Nxh6 f5 26. g4 Rxe2+ 27.
Rf2 Rxf2+ 28. Kxf2 Kg7 29. g5 $13) 23. Ng4 (23. b3 Bd2 24. Kh1 Bxe3 25. Ng4 Bd4
26. Nxh6 f5 $17) 23... Rd2 24. b3 $2 {[%mdl 2048] One does not have to be
impressed by white's play, but he was still very much in the game after the
correct move 24.Ne5! with slightly worse chances. The move in the game enables
bishop from a5 to become a hero.} (24. Nxh6 f5 25. g4 Bxc4 26. gxf5 Rxb2 27.
f6+ Kf8 28. Rf4 (28. Rd1 Rd2 29. Rxd2 Bxd2 30. Kf2 Bc3 31. Ng4 Kf7 $17) 28...
Bxe2 29. Bh3 e5 $17) (24. Ne5 $1 Rxb2 (24... f5 25. b4 cxb4 26. axb4 Bxb4 27.
Nc6+ Kf6 28. Nxb4 Bxc4 29. Nc6 $16) 25. Rxf7+ Kd6 26. Rxa7 Kxe5 27. Rxa6 Rxe2
28. Ra7 $15) 24... Bc3 $1 25. Nxh6 (25. e4 Rxe2 26. Nxh6 Bd4+ 27. Kh1 f6 28. h4
Bb7 $17) 25... f5 26. g4 Bg7 27. g5 Rxe2 28. e4 (28. h4 Bc8 $1 (28... Rxe3 $2
29. Rxf5 Bd4 (29... Bxh6 30. gxh6 exf5 31. h7 $18) 30. Rf7+ $16) 29. e4 Bb7 30.
h5 Bd4+ 31. Kh1 Bxe4 $17) 28... Bb7 29. Rf4 Be5 30. Rf1 Bxe4 31. Bxe4 Rxe4 {
Something went terribly wrong for white, his knight is in offside and black
pieces are completely dominating the center.} 32. Kg2 (32. Rf3 Bb2 33. Rg3 Kf8
34. g6 Kg7 35. Nf7 Rg4 $19) 32... Rh4 (32... Re2+ $5 33. Kf3 Rxh2 34. Re1 Rh3+
35. Kg2 Rg3+ 36. Kf2 Rxg5 37. Rxe5 Rh5 38. Ng8+ Kf7 $19) 33. Re1 (33. h3 Rh5
$17) (33. Rh1 Bf4 (33... Bg7 34. h3 Bxh6 35. gxh6 e5 $17) 34. Re1 Kd7 35. Nf7
Rg4+ 36. Kf3 Bxh2 37. Rh1) 33... Rxh2+ 34. Kg1 (34. Kf3 Rh3+ 35. Kg2 Rg3+ 36.
Kf2 Rxg5 37. Rxe5 Rh5 38. Ng8+ Kf7 39. b4 cxb4 40. axb4 Rh8 $19) 34... Rh5 $1
35. Nxf5+ (35. Rxe5 Rxg5+ 36. Kf2 Rh5 37. Ng8+ Kf7 $19) 35... Kd7 36. Rd1+ (36.
Rxe5 Rxg5+ 37. Kh2 Rxf5 38. Re3 e5 $17) 36... Kc7 37. Ne3 Bd4 38. Rd3 {The
knight is out of danger, but the position without the pawn is technically lost.
} (38. Kf2 Rxg5 39. Re1 Kd6 40. Kf3 Rh5 $19) 38... Rxg5+ 39. Kf1 Kc6 40. Nc2 e5
41. Rh3 (41. Nxd4+ cxd4 42. b4 Rg6 $19) 41... e4 42. Rh6+ Kd7 43. Rh4 (43. Nxd4
cxd4 44. Rh7+ Kd6 45. Rxa7 d3 46. Ra8 Kd7 47. Ra7+ Kc6 48. Re7 Rg1+ $1 49. Kxg1
d2 $19) 43... Rg1+ 44. Ke2 Rg2+ 45. Kd1 e3 46. Re4 (46. Nxd4 Rd2+ 47. Ke1 cxd4
$19) 46... Rd2+ 47. Kc1 a5 48. b4 (48. Ne1 Kd6 49. Nc2 Rd3 $19) 48... a4 $1 {
Excellent move fixating the weakness on a3 as well as keeping the white king
in potential mating net close to tthe square a2.} 49. bxc5 bxc5 50. Ne1 Rf2 51.
Kd1 (51. Nd3 Ra2 $19) 51... Kd6 52. Re8 (52. Nc2 Rd2+ 53. Kc1 Rd3 54. Re8 Kd7
55. Re4 Bc3 $1 $19) 52... Be5 53. Nd3 Rd2+ 54. Kc1 Bd4 (54... Rxd3 $2 55. Rd8+
$14) 55. Ne1 Rh2 56. Kd1 Rb2 57. Nc2 Rb3 58. Re4 Rd3+ 59. Kc1 (59. Ke1 Bc3+ 60.
Kf1 Rd1+ 61. Ke2 Rd2+ $19) 59... Be5 {White is now in zugzwang so Sokolov has
to accept lost pawn endgame.} (59... Kd7 60. Ne1 (60. Kb1 Rd1+ 61. Ka2 Rd2 62.
Kb1 e2 $19) 60... Rxa3 $19) 60. Nxe3 (60. Ne1 Rxa3 $19) 60... Rxe3 61. Rxe3 Bf4
62. Kd2 Bxe3+ 63. Kxe3 Ke5 $19 64. Kd3 Kf4 65. Kd2 Ke4 66. Ke2 Kd4 67. Kd2 Kxc4
68. Kc2 Kd4 69. Kd2 c4 70. Kc2 c3 71. Kc1 Kc5 72. Kd1 Kd5 73. Kc1 Kd4 (73...
Kd4 74. Kc2 Kc4 75. Kc1 Kb3 $19) 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2006.01.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2006.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Ftacnik} Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e3 e5 5. Be2 d5 6. d4 exd4 7. exd4
{Mit Zugumstellung haben wir die Variante 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 Nc6 4.Nc3 Nf6
5.Be2 d5 6.exd5 exd5 7.d4 erreicht. In der symmetrischen Stellung hat Weiß ein
Tempoplus.} Be6 $5 (7... Be7 8. Be3 $1 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 dxc4 11.
Qxd8+ Bxd8 12. Bxc4 $14 O-O 13. O-O Bd7 (13... a6 $5) 14. Rfd1 Bc6 15. Nb5 (15.
Bb5 $5) 15... Bb6 16. Bxb6 axb6 17. f3 $1 {1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V-Anand,V/Manila 
(ol) 1992/(43)}) 8. Be3 (8. Qa4 dxc4 $1 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Ng5 Bd7 11. Nxf7 $2 (
11. Qxc4 Qe7 12. O-O O-O $11) 11... Qe7 $1 12. Nxh8 Nb4 13. Qd1 $6 Nd3+ 14. Kf1
Nxf2 15. Nd5 Nxd1 $1 $19 {0-1 Mohr,G-Haba,P/Oesterreich 2003/(24)}) 8... dxc4
9. Qa4 {Ftacnik: 'The main line of the theoretical discussion in this line is
connected with the move 9.0-0. ' Diese Fortsetzung wird relativ selten
gespielt, die Hauptvariante ist 9.0-0.} (9. O-O cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Qd7
$1 (11... Be7) (11... Bd6) 12. Bxf6 (12. Be5 Be7 13. Qxd7+ Bxd7 14. Bxc4 O-O
15. Nd5 Bd8 16. Rfd1 Bc6 17. Nb4 Be4 18. f3 Bf5 19. Nd5 Be6 {. 1/2-1/2
Rublevsky,S-Zvjaginsev,V/Poikovsky ) 2003/ (20)}) 12... Qxd1 $1 13. Rfxd1 gxf6
14. Nd5 Rc8 15. Nxf6+ Ke7 16. Nd5+ Bxd5 17. Rxd5 Bg7 18. Re1 Bxb2 19. Bxc4+ Kf6
20. Re4 Rhe8 {1/2-1/2 Yandemirov,V-Vasilevich,I/St Petersburg 2004/EXT 2005 
(43)}) 9... cxd4 {Eine bescheidene und sichere Fortsetzung, die Alternative 9..
.Qa5 führt zu scharfem Spiel.} (9... Nd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. O-O-O c3 12. b3 $1)
(9... Qa5 10. dxc5 (10. Qxa5 Nxa5 11. Nb5 $6 cxd4 12. Bd2 Nc6 13. Nc7+ Kd7 14.
Nxa8 Bd6 $17 {0-1 Novosak,J-Poloch,P/CZE 1996/EXT 2000 (51)}) 10... Qxa4 11.
Nxa4 Nd5 12. Bd2 Ndb4 13. O-O O-O-O {0-1 Titov,G-Saltaev,M/Moscow 1983/EXT
2002 (39)}) 10. Nxd4 Bd7 11. Qxc4 Rc8 $146 (11... Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Be7 13. Rd1 O-O
14. O-O Be6 15. Qb5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Klinova,M-Kantor,L/ISR-ch (Women) 1994/EXT 98
(44)}) (11... Be7 $5) 12. O-O Bd6 $6 {Ftacnik: 'Anand is treating the position
with great deal of optimism and he develops the bishop on theactive square.
His king is still not in the safety so Ivanchuk will win the time to enhance
the pressure of his pieces.'  Mit diesem Läuferzug provoziert Anand den Gegner;
nach meiner Meinung bietet der bescheidene Läuferzug 12...Be7! die beste
Aussicht auf Ausgleich.} (12... Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Bc5 14. Qxc5 $1 Rxc5 15. Bxc5 $44
) (12... Be7 $1) 13. Nxc6 (13. Ndb5 $1 Be7 14. Rad1 O-O 15. Qf4 Qa5 16. a3 $16)
13... Rxc6 14. Qh4 O-O 15. Bxa7 $5 {[%mdl 2048] Ftacnik: 'Very selfconfident
blow, white is sure he can get his bishop out. Objectively bigger problems for
black would offer the simple continuation 13.Bf3.'  Dieser Zug ist sehr
riskant, da der Läufer auf a7 gefangen wird.} (15. Bf3 $5 Rc8 16. Rfd1 $14 (16.
Rad1)) 15... b6 16. Rad1 Bc5 $6 (16... Bc7 17. Bb5 Qa8 18. Ne4 (18. Bxc6 Bxc6)
18... Ne8 19. Rxd7 Rh6 20. Nf6+ $1 Nxf6 (20... Rxf6 21. Qa4) 21. Qxh6 gxh6 22.
Rxc7 $13) (16... Be6 $5 17. Nb5 (17. Bb5 Rxc3 18. bxc3 Qc7) 17... Bxa2 18. Nd4
(18. Bf3 Bd5 $1 19. Bxd5 Nxd5 20. Qxd8 Rxd8 21. Rxd5 Bxh2+ 22. Kxh2 Rxd5 $11)
18... Rc5 19. b4 Re5 20. Nc6 Qc7 21. Bf3 Re6 $11) 17. b4 $6 {Ftacnik: 'The
drawback of the 15th move was the neccesity to find the best continuations.
White did not find the courage to play the strongest continuation 17.Nd5! with
huge pressure on the black's centralized pieces.'} (17. Nd5 $1 Bf5 $1 (17...
Nxd5 18. Qxd8 Rxd8 19. Rxd5 Rc7 20. b4 (20. Rxc5 bxc5 21. Bb6 Re8 22. Bxc7 Rxe2
) 20... Rxa7 (20... Bxf2+ 21. Kxf2 Rxa7 22. Rfd1 Kf8 23. Bb5 Ke7 24. a4) 21.
bxc5 bxc5 22. Bb5 Kf8 23. Rfd1 Ke7 24. a4 Rc7 (24... c4 25. Bxc4) 25. f4 c4 26.
Kf2 c3 27. Bxd7 c2 28. Re1+ Kf8 (28... Kf6 29. Rd6#) 29. Bb5 $1 Rxd5 30. Re8#)
18. Qg5 (18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. Qxf6 gxf6) (18. b4 Nxd5 19. Qxd8 Rxd8 20. bxc5 bxc5
) 18... Nxd5 19. Qxf5 Rd6 20. Bb8 Qxb8 21. Rxd5 $16) 17... Be7 {[%cal Ge7h4,
Gc6c3]} 18. Qd4 (18. Nb5 Re6 19. Nd4 Qc7 $1 $15) 18... Rd6 (18... Qc8 19. Ne4
Nxe4 (19... Bf5 20. Nxf6+ Bxf6 21. Qd5 Rd8 22. Qb5 $14) 20. Qxd7 Qxd7 21. Rxd7
Bxb4 22. Bf3 f5 $11) 19. Qc4 Be6 {Es ist immer sehr schwer auf dem Brett die
beste Fortsetzungen zu finden.} (19... Rc6 $2 20. Qxc6 Bxc6 21. Rxd8 Bxd8 22.
b5 Bb7 23. Bb8 $16) 20. Qa6 {Die Dame kommt dem Läufer zu Hilfe, aber er
bleibt auf a7 bis zum Ende der Partie...} Nd5 (20... Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Qc8 22. Qa3
(22. Qxc8 Rxc8 23. Nb5 Bxa2 24. Bxb6 Bxb4 $11) 22... Qc7 23. Nb5 Qe5 24. Qe3 (
24. Nd4 Rd8 25. Bxb6 $2 Qxe2 $19) 24... Qxe3 25. fxe3 Bxb4 26. Bxb6 Bxa2 $11)
21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. Rfe1 $2 {[%mdl 16384] Ftacnik: 'Serious mistake in the
critical position. Ivanchuk was not suspecting, that the opponent can move
away the rook and start a ferrocious attack.'  Eine optimistische Fortsetzung.
Dabei ist es höchste Zeit für Vereinfachungen mittels 22.Bxb6!.} (22. b5 Rh6 $1
23. h3 (23. Bxb6 Qb8 $1 $19 {[%csl Ra6,Rb6][%cal Rb8h2,Rh6b6]}) 23... Rg6 24.
g4 (24. Bf3 Bxf3) (24. g3 Bc5 25. Kh2 Qg5 26. Qa4 Bxf2 $19) 24... Rh6 25. Bf3
Bxf3 26. Rxd8 Rxh3 27. Rxf8+ Bxf8 $19 {[%csl Rg1][%cal Rh3h1,Rh1g1]}) (22. Rxd5
Rxd5 23. Bxb6 Qb8 24. Qc4) (22. Bxb6 $1 Rxb6 23. Rxd5 Rxa6 24. Rxd8 Rxa2 25.
Rxf8+ Kxf8 26. Bc4 Rc2 27. Bd3 Rd2 28. Be4 (28. Bxh7 $2 g6) 28... Bxb4 $11)
22... Rg6 $1 $40 {[%csl Gd5,Rg1][%cal Gg6g1,Gd5g2] '!' Ftacnik.} 23. g3 (23.
Bf3 Bxf3 24. Rxd8 Rxg2+ 25. Kf1 Rxh2 26. Rxf8+ Bxf8 $19) (23. Bf1 Bxb4 24. Re3
(24. Re2 Bxg2 $1 25. Rxd8 Bf3+ 26. Bg2 Rxd8 $19) 24... Bc5 25. Rg3 Qf6 26. Qe2
Bb7 {[%csl Ra7]}) 23... Bxb4 {[%csl Re1][%cal Rb4e1]} 24. Bc4 {Ftacnik: 'The
situation has turned completely and white is not seeing the way to fend of
enemy's forces.'} (24. Rf1 Qa8 25. Bxb6 Qxa6 26. Bxa6 Rxb6 27. Rxd5 Rxa6 $19) (
24. Bf3 Bxe1 25. Bxd5 Qe7 {Das wäre nur eine Zugumstellung zur
Partiefortsetzung.}) 24... Bxe1 25. Bxd5 (25. Rxd5 Qf6 $19) 25... Qe7 $19 {
[%cal Ge7a7,Ge7e1] Schwarz besitzt Materialvorteil und ein besseres
Figurenspiel, während der a7B schlecht steht.} 26. a4 (26. Bxb6 Bxf2+ 27. Kxf2
Qb4 (27... Qf6+ 28. Kg1) 28. Qa5 Rxb6 29. Qxb4 Rxb4 $17) 26... Rf6 27. f4 Qe3+
28. Kh1 Bxg3 $1 {Ftacnik: 'Anand must have felt some satisfaction, that the
daring white bishop on a7 did never found time to get out.'} (28... Bxg3 $1 29.
hxg3 Qf2 $1) 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2006.01.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2006.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
Qe2 Be7 9. O-O-O b6 10. Qe3 Bb7 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. d5 exd5 13. Bxd5 Bxd5 14. Rxd5
c6 15. Rd2 Qc7 16. Rhd1 Nc5 17. Nxc5 Bxc5 18. Qe5 Qc8 19. Nd4 Re8 20. Qg3 Re4
21. Qf3 Rxd4 22. Rxd4 Bxd4 23. Rxd4 Qe6 24. Kb1 Re8 25. a3 h6 26. Rd3 Kf8 27.
Re3 Qd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2006.01.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2006.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 {Das ist eine der ganz populären
Varianten, so spielen heutzutage viele Spitzenspieler.} 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7 (
6... Be7 {ist die andere Hauptvariante:} 7. Qg4 g6 (7... Nf6 8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qh6
Rxg2 10. Qh3 Rg8 11. Nc3 $14 {/\Le3/Lf4 - 0-0-0}) 8. Qe2 d6 9. Nc3 (9. c4 $5
Qc7 10. Nc3 b6 $132) 9... Qc7 10. O-O Nd7 11. Bd2 b6 12. f4 Ngf6 13. Rae1 Bb7
$132) 7. Qe2 (7. Qg4 {ist zuletzt sehr aktuell geworden} Nf6 (7... g6 {Die
schwarzen Felder am Königsflügel sehen nun furchtbar aus.} 8. Qg3 Nc6 9. Nc3 d6
10. h4 Nf6 11. Bh6 $16 {Schwarz wird nun lange Zeit nicht rochieren können,
während Weiß sein Spiel ganz bequim gestalten kann.} Ne5 12. Be2 b5 13. f4 Nc4
14. O-O-O Ne3 15. Rd4 Nfg4 16. Bxg4 Nxg4 17. Qxg4 Bxd4 18. Nxd4 b4 19. Na4 Bd7
20. b3 Bxa4 21. bxa4 Qd7 22. Kb1 Rc8 23. Rd1 Qxa4 24. f5 Ke7 25. fxe6 f6) 8.
Qg3 d6 9. O-O (9. Nc3 $5 {der Plan mit der langen Rochade ist ebenfalls
interesant} Nc6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bd2 Nh5 (11... Ne5 12. O-O-O g5 13. Be2 b5 14.
f4 gxf4 15. Bxf4 Rg8 16. Qh3 Qe7 17. a3 $14 {Smirin - Arencibia (Khanty
Mansyisk, 2005)}) 12. Qf3 Qh4 13. g3 Ne5 14. Qe2 Qg4 15. O-O-O Qxe2 16. Bxe2
Nf6 17. f4 Neg4 18. Be1 Ke7 $11 {Vallejo Pons - Kamsky (Khanty Mansyisk, 2005)}
) 9... Nc6 10. Nc3 Ne5 11. Be2 O-O (11... b5 12. Bf4 b4 13. Rad1 Qe7 14. Rxd6
$1 Qxd6 (14... Ng6 15. e5 bxc3 16. exf6 gxf6 (16... Nxf4 17. Qxf4 gxf6 18. Rfd1
cxb2 19. Qa4+ Kf8 20. Rd8+ Kg7 21. Qg4+ Kh6 22. R8d3 $18) 17. Bf3 Bb7 18. Na5
Bxf3 19. Qxf3 $16) 15. Bxe5 Qe7 16. Bd6 $16 {Nisipeanu - Korneev (Benidorm,
2005)}) 12. Kh1 b5 13. f4 Nc4 14. e5 Ne8 15. a4 Bd7 16. axb5 axb5 17. Ne4 Bc6
18. Bd3 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 d5 20. Bd3 f5 21. c3 Nc7 {1/2-1/2 Delchev - Korneev 
(Benidorm, 2005)}) (7. O-O Nc6 8. Qg4 $6 Nf6 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qh6 Ne5 $44 {
zum Beispiel:} 11. Nc3 b5 12. Bf4 Neg4 13. Qh4 Nxf2 14. Rxf2 Rg4 15. Qh6 Bxf2+
16. Kxf2 Ng8 $17) 7... d6 (7... Nc6 {wird öfters gespielt} 8. Be3 d6 9. f4 {
Das ist wohl die beste Methode, gegen diese von Schwarz gewählte Variante zu
kämpfen. Man wartet ab mit der Entwicklung des Springers und macht alle
notwendigen Züge.} (9. N1d2 $2 {Dieser Zug mit der Idee der langen Rochade
scheitert an einer unerwarteten Reaktion:} e5 $1 10. f4 {ist hier wohl das
Beste:} (10. Bxa7 Rxa7 11. Nc4 b5 12. Ne3 Nf6 13. O-O-O Be6 $15 {Schwarz hat
einen super Najdorfaufbau erreicht.}) 10... Nf6 11. O-O-O Bg4 12. Nf3 Bxe3+ 13.
Qxe3 exf4 14. Qxf4 Qc7 15. h3 Be6 16. Nbd4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 O-O $11) (9. Nc3 {
ist auch gut spielbar, dieser Zug hat jedoch den Nachteil, dass Schwarz nach
Zügen b5 und a4 (von der Seite von Weiß) b4 mit Angriff auf den Springer
spielen kann.} Nf6 (9... Nge7 $5 10. O-O O-O 11. f4 b5 12. a4 Bxe3+ (12... b4
13. Nd1 Bxe3+ 14. Nxe3 $14) 13. Qxe3 b4 14. Ne2 $14) 10. O-O b5 11. a4 b4 (
11... Bxe3 {der Versuch die weiße Dame nach e3 zu locken endet traurig} 12.
axb5 $1 Bd4 (12... Bxf2+ 13. Qxf2 Ne5 14. Qd4 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 Bb7 16. Na5 $16)
13. Nd1 Qc7 14. bxc6 Bb6 15. Ne3 O-O (15... Qxc6 16. Nd5 $1 Bd8 17. Na5 Qd7 18.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Nc4 $16) 16. Nc4 Qxc6 17. Nxd6 Qxd6 18. e5 Qb8 19. exf6 gxf6 20.
Qg4+ Kh8 21. Qh4 f5 22. Rfe1 $40) 12. Nd1 Bxe3 13. Nxe3 $14 {Weiß hat ein
leichtes Spiel, denn der schwarze Damenflügel ist sehr geschwächt.}) 9... Qc7 (
9... Nf6 $5 10. Bxa7 Rxa7 11. c4 O-O 12. O-O b6 13. Nc3 Nd7 14. Rad1 $14) 10.
O-O Nf6 11. Bxa7 Rxa7 12. Nc3 b5 13. a4 b4 14. Nd1 a5 15. Ne3 O-O 16. Kh1 Bb7
17. Ng4 Nxg4 18. Qxg4 Raa8 19. Rae1 $14 {Leko - Kasimdzhanov (San Luis, 2005).
1-0 Grischuk,A-Istratescu,A/Khanty Mansiysk 2005/CBM 111_01 (19)}) 8. Be3 {
Weiß führt seinen standarten Plan durch.} Nf6 (8... Bxe3 9. Qxe3 Nf6 10. f4 O-O
11. O-O $14 {Die weiße Dame steht besser auf e3 als auf e2.}) 9. Bxa7 Rxa7 10.
c4 (10. O-O $5 {Das Spiel ohne c4 ist ebenfalls vielversprechend für Weiß.} Nc6
(10... b5 11. a4 $14) 11. f4 O-O 12. Nc3 b5 13. a4 b4 14. Nd1 $14) 10... Nc6
11. Nc3 O-O 12. O-O b6 13. Qe3 Qc7 14. Be2 $14 {Weiß hat den Raumvorteil und
das bequime Spiel auf der d-Linie. Dies reicht zu einem kleinem, aber stabilem
Vorteil.} Qb8 15. Rfd1 Rd8 16. Rd2 e5 17. Rc1 Be6 18. Rcd1 h6 19. h3 Rb7 20.
Bf1 b5 21. cxb5 axb5 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. exd5 Ne7 24. Na5 Rc7 25. Nc6 Nxc6 26.
dxc6 Rxc6 27. Qxe5 b4 28. Qd4 Qb6 29. Bc4 Qxd4 30. Rxd4 Rb6 31. Bb3 Kf8 32. g4
Ke7 33. Re1+ Kf8 34. Rc1 Rd7 35. Rc8+ Ke7 36. h4 g5 37. Rh8 Rd8 38. Rxh6 Rg8
39. f3 gxh4 40. Rxh4 d5 41. Kf2 Rbb8 42. Ke3 Kd6 43. Rh6 Rbe8+ 44. Kf4 Kc5 45.
Rd2 Rg6 46. Rh1 Reg8 47. Rc1+ Kd6 48. Rdc2 Rd8 49. Rc7 Rd7 50. R1c6+ Ke7 51.
Bc2 d4 52. Rxd7+ Kxd7 53. Bxg6 Kxc6 54. Bxf7 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2006.01.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2006.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. a4 b6 8. g4
Bb7 9. Bg2 Nfd7 $6 {This smart move is not suffcient to slow down white
advance on the kingside. Ivanchuk moves developed piece in the moment, when he
is slightly behind in bringing pieces to play.} (9... h6 10. h4 g6 11. Qe2 Nbd7
12. g5 hxg5 13. hxg5 Rxh1+ 14. Bxh1 Nh5 15. O-O-O Rc8 16. Bf3 Ng7 17. Rh1 Ne5
18. Bg2 Nc4 19. f4 Qc7 20. Bd2 Nh5 21. Qd3 Bg7 {0-1 Atlas,V (2503)-Nielsen,P 
(2642)/Austria 2002 (36)}) (9... d5 10. e5 Nfd7 11. f4 Nc6 12. O-O Nxd4 13.
Bxd4 Bc5 14. Ne2 Qc7 (14... O-O 15. g5 a5 16. Rf3 Ba6 17. Bf1 Qe7 {1/2-1/2
Smirin,I (2630)-Yudasin,L (2615)/Haifa 1995}) 15. c3 a5 16. Ng3 O-O 17. g5 g6
18. Rf2 Rfc8 19. Nf1 b5 20. axb5 Qb6 21. Ne3 Qxb5 {1/2-1/2 Asrian,K (2646)
-Huzman,A (2573)/Moscow 2006 (39)}) 10. f4 Nc6 11. O-O Rc8 12. Nxc6 $1 Rxc6 $6
{Taking the knight on c6 is a strategical meassure in quite a few positions
and black always agonizes about the best way to recapture. The rook doesn't
really belong to c6.} (12... Bxc6 13. Bd4 Bb7 14. Qe2 $14) 13. f5 g6 (13... Be7
14. fxe6 fxe6 15. g5 Ne5 16. Qh5+ g6 17. Qh6 Bf8 18. Qh3 Bc8 $14) 14. fxe6 fxe6
15. Ne2 $1 {[%mdl 2048] An excellent manouver of the knight. Defender will
have a difficult task to defend critical weakness e6.} Bg7 (15... e5 16. Nc3
$16) 16. Nd4 (16. e5 Bxe5 17. Nd4 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 e5 19. Qd1 Qh4 20. g5 Rc7 21.
Bxb7 Rxb7 22. Qf3 $16) 16... Bxd4 17. Bxd4 e5 (17... Ne5 18. Qd2 $16) 18. Be3
Rf8 19. Qe2 (19. Qd5 $5 Qe7 20. g5 (20. Rxf8+ Nxf8 21. Rf1 Rxc2 22. Qb3 Rxg2+
23. Kxg2 Bxe4+ 24. Kg3 Ne6 25. Qxb6 $16) 20... Rc7 21. Qb3 a5 22. Qd3 $16)
19... Qe7 20. c3 (20. a5 bxa5 21. g5 $16) 20... Qe6 21. Rxf8+ Nxf8 22. a5 $1 {
Unpleasant situation for black ,since his dark squares will now become
vulnerable on all parts of the board.} b5 (22... bxa5 23. Rxa5 Kf7 24. g5 $16)
23. Qf2 Qe7 (23... b4 24. cxb4 Qb3 25. Bg5 $1 Nd7 26. Qh4 Qxb2 27. Rd1 Qb3 28.
Rf1 Qg8 29. Qf2 $16) 24. h4 Ne6 25. Rd1 Rc4 26. g5 Nc5 (26... Bxe4 27. b3 $1
Bxg2 28. bxc4 $18) 27. Bxc5 Rxc5 (27... dxc5 28. Bh3 $1 (28. Qc2 Ra4 29. b3
Rxa5 $13) 28... Bc6 29. Qg3 Kf7 (29... Ra4 30. Qg4 Kf7 31. Qc8 Be8 32. Bd7 $18)
30. b3 Rxe4 31. Bg2 $18) 28. Rd3 $1 {Adams knows, how to play with pieces and
the rook aims for the perfect location on f6.} Bc8 $6 (28... Rc4 29. Qb6 Rc6
30. Qa7 Bc8 31. Qf2 Be6 32. Rf3 $16) 29. Rf3 Be6 30. Rf6 Rc6 (30... Bb3 31. Kh2
Rc6 32. Qf3 Bf7 33. Bh3 $16) 31. Kh2 Rc5 32. Qe3 Qd7 33. Qf3 Qe7 34. h5 $1 {
White has all the advantages of better pieces, but he needs concrete targets.}
b4 (34... Bf7 35. hxg6 hxg6 (35... Bxg6 36. Bh3 Bf7 37. Bg4 $18) 36. Qh3 Qf8
37. Qh7 Rc7 38. Bh3 Rb7 39. Be6 $18) 35. cxb4 Rc2 36. Qd3 Rxb2 37. Qc3 Ra2 38.
Qc6+ Kd8 (38... Bd7 39. Qa8+ Qd8 40. Rf8+ $18) 39. Qb6+ Kd7 40. Qxa6 gxh5 41.
Qb7+ Kd8 42. Qb8+ Kd7 (42... Bc8 43. Rxd6+ $18) 43. a6 Kc6 44. Qb7+ $1 (44.
Qb7+ $1 Qxb7 45. axb7 Kxb7 46. Rxe6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2006.01.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "Babula,V"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2006.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 256]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7.
Nd2 Bb4 8. Qc2 O-O 9. Be2 c5 10. O-O ({Other option is} 10. Nb3 Qa4 11. Bxf6
Nxf6 12. dxc5 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Qc6 14. O-O Bxc5 15. Nxc5 Qxc5 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17.
Qxe4 {1/2-1/2 Sokolov,I-Dreev,A/Stepanakert 2005/CBM 110/[Babula] (28)}) 10...
cxd4 11. Nb3 (11. exd4 $143 $6 dxc4 {[%csl Rg5][%cal Ya5g5]}) 11... Qb6 12. Na4
{White wants to avoid the isolated d4 pawn.} ({Immediate} 12. Nxd4 $143 $6 {
is worse because of} Bxc3 {and White has to compromise his pawn structure} 13.
bxc3 (13. Qxc3 $4 Ne4 {[%csl Rc3,Rg5]})) (12. exd4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Qc7 $11 {
1-0 Azmaiparashvili,Z-Ivanchuk,V/Tilburg 1994/CBM 044/[Hansen,Cu] (33)}) 12...
Qc7 13. Nxd4 dxc4 14. Bxc4 ({In the recent game of the same opponents Ivanchuk
continued} 14. Qxc4 Qxc4 15. Bxc4 Ne5 16. Bb5 Bd7 17. Bxf6 {1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,
V-Bacrot,E/Saint Vincent 2005/CBM 110}) {It threatens Nd4xe6.} 14... Bd6 {
Black defends his queen and at the same time he attacks the h2 pawn.} (14...
Ne5 $2 {is a mistake losing a pawn:} 15. Bxe6 $1 $16 {1/2-1/2 Flumbort,
A-Volkmann,F/Zalakaros 1997/EXT 2001 (48)}) 15. Rac1 $5 {White acts
energetically and sacrifices a pawn,} ({as after quiet} 15. h3 a6 $11 {Black
has no problems.}) 15... Bxh2+ 16. Kh1 Bd6 $1 {The best, other moves are
weaker.} 17. Nb5 ({Due to the weak king White can't play} 17. Nxe6 $2 Qa5 $1)
17... Qb8 18. Be2 {[%cal Ye2f3] White is in no hurry to take Black's bishop as
it can't escape. He transfers his bishops to f3 to pressure against Black's
queenside.} a6 19. Nxd6 Qxd6 20. Rfd1 $44 {White has an excellent compensation,
his army is fully mobilized and he has the strong pair of bishops.
Neutralizing of White's initiative requires from Black patient and precise
play.} Qb4 21. Rd4 Qa5 22. Bf4 $1 Re8 (22... e5 $2 23. b4 Qd8 24. Bxe5) 23. b4
Qf5 24. Qxf5 exf5 {The exchange of the queens eases Black's defensive task.
But on the other hand it compromises his pawn structure.} 25. Bf3 {[%cal Gf3a8]
} h6 {[%cal Yg7g5] Black prepares the advance of his g pawn to discomfort
White's bishops.} 26. Rc7 g5 27. Bg3 (27. Bd6 $143 $6 Ne4) 27... Rb8 $1 {
[%mdl 256] Black stays cool and defends precisely! He moves his rook quietly
under x-rays of White's Bg3 and prepares Nd7-f8 to liberate his position.} ({
Direct} 27... Nf8 $2 {is bad because of} 28. Nb6) 28. Nc3 Nf8 $1 29. Rd1 Ne6 (
29... f4 $2 {plays into White's hands} 30. exf4 $16 Ne6 $140 (30... gxf4 31.
Bxf4 Ne6 32. Rxf7) 31. fxg5) 30. Rxf7 Kxf7 31. Bxb8 {White has gained the
sacrificed pawn back but has lost his initiative.} g4 $1 32. Be2 Ng5 33. Kg1
Be6 $11 {Black has finished the development, the position is equal.} 34. Be5
Rc8 35. f3 gxf3 36. gxf3 Nd7 37. Bd4 Bc4 {Black eliminates White's pair of
bishops.} 38. Kf2 Bxe2 39. Nxe2 (39. Kxe2 Ne6 $11) 39... Rc2 40. a4 Nf8 41. Rc1
Rxc1 42. Nxc1 Nge6 43. Nd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2006.01.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2006.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3 Qf5 7. Qxf5 {
This move is considered not to be dangerous for black, though Van Wely plays
it constantly and not without success. In the endgame, white has a small plus,
but it's hard to convert it to a win} (7. Qb3) 7... exf5 8. a3 {White's main
alternative is 8.Bd2, where he also has a small plus} (8. Bd2 c6 9. Ne5 (9. e3
Be6 10. Ng5 Nbd7 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. Bc4 Ke7 13. a3 Bd6 14. f3 e5 $11 {1-0
Beliavsky,A-Bartel,M/Portoroz 2005/CBM 108_01/(26)}) 9... Nbd7 10. Nd3 Be7 11.
Bg5 Nb6 12. e3 a5 13. Be2 O-O 14. O-O Rd8 15. Rfc1 Kf8 16. Rc2 Nfd5 17. Bxe7+
Kxe7 18. a3 {with a slight advantage for white 1/2-1/2 Najer,E-Lastin,A/Moscow
2005/CBM 106 (82)}) 8... Be7 {Retreating to d6 is also possible, black
shouldn't fear 9.Nb5} (8... Bd6 9. Bg5 (9. g3 Be6 10. Bg2 c6 11. Bf4 Bxf4 12.
gxf4 Nbd7 13. O-O Ke7 14. e3 a5 15. Rfd1 a4 16. Ne1 Bb3 17. Rd2 Rhe8 18. Nd3
Kf8 19. Ne5 Red8 20. Ne2 Ne4 21. Bxe4 {1/2-1/2 Van Wely,L-Anand,V/Wijk aan Zee
2004/CBM 099 (21)}) (9. Nb5 {this is not the kind of position where the bishop
pair is important} Be6 10. Bd2 a6 11. Nxd6+ cxd6 12. e3 Nc6 {black is close to
equalise 1/2-1/2 Pedersen,N-Huzman,A/Bled 2002/EXT 2003 (12)}) 9... Ne4 10.
Nxe4 fxe4 11. Nd2 f5 12. e3 Nc6 13. Nc4 Be6 14. Bh4 Bd5 {and Black had no
problems to equalise 1/2-1/2 Van Wely,L-Bocharov,D/Moscow 2005/CBM 106 (48)})
9. Bg5 Be6 10. e3 {White has a small plus, because his pawn structure is a
little better, and he has a slight space advantage} c6 11. Bd3 Nbd7 {Black
develops his pieces} 12. b4 {White plays this move, before Black had played
a7-a5, Kasparov couldn't achieve anything against Kramnik after 12.0-0.} (12.
O-O h6 13. Bh4 a5 14. Rac1 O-O 15. Ne2 g5 16. Bg3 Ne4 $11 {Kasparov,G-Kramnik,
V/Linares,1999 (1/2-1/2)(20)}) 12... h6 13. Bh4 g6 {Black is planning to
exchange the knights and the dark-squared bishops with ...Nd5, that's why he
defends the pawn on f5, so he can recapture on d5 with the bishop.} 14. Ke2 Nd5
(14... g5 $6 15. Bg3 {[%csl Rf5] would only weaken Black's pawn chain.}) 15.
Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Bxe7 (16. Bg3 {White could keep the bishops but it's not clear
what he achives by it.} a6 17. Rhc1 O-O {and so on}) 16... Kxe7 17. Rhc1 Rhc8
18. g3 {[%cal Gf3d2,Gf2f3,Ge3e4] White wants to free the knight, so it could
move from f3 without losing a pawn on g2, and then to push his central pawns.}
a5 {White's usual response on this move, b4-b5 doesn't lead to advantage.} 19.
Nd2 (19. b5 c5 {Black is fully ready for the opening of the centre.} 20. dxc5
Nxc5 21. Nd4 a4 {[%cal Gc5b3] and black is fine}) 19... b5 $1 {Black takes
control of the c4 square, and prevents from White any future b4-b5.} 20. Bc2 $6
(20. f3 {[%cal Ge3e4] was definetely the right way to continue.} Nb6 (20...
axb4 21. axb4 Ra4 {this is what 20.Bc2 is aimed against, probably} 22. e4 fxe4
23. fxe4 Be6 24. Rxa4 bxa4 25. d5 Bg4+ 26. Ke3 {with initiative for White.})
21. e4 fxe4 22. fxe4 Be6 {when the position is about equal}) 20... Nb6 21. Nb3
$6 {now White loses a pawn.} (21. f3 {was still correct, with mutual chances})
21... Bc4+ 22. Kd2 axb4 23. axb4 Nd5 {it is impossible to defend the pawn on
b4, fortunately White is still not losing, as he gets some compensation for
the pawn, and good drawing chances.} 24. Na5 {[%cal Ga5c4] doubling up the
black pawns, and getting rid of the opponent's bishop} Nxb4 25. Nxc4 bxc4 26.
Rcb1 (26. Ba4 $5 {White could force a rook ending, with three pawns against
four, when he has good chances to draw.} Nd3 27. Rxc4 Nxf2 28. Rac1 c5 29. dxc5
Ne4+ 30. Ke2 Rxc5 31. Rxc5 Nxc5 32. Rxc5 Rxa4 33. Kf3 {with good chances for a
draw in the endgame}) 26... Rxa1 27. Rxa1 c5 {otherwise White brings the king
to c3 and equalises.} 28. dxc5 c3+ {Ivanchuk decides that the position after
28...Rxc5 29.Kc3 is drawish and decides to go for a rook ending with equal
material, and with a more active rook, which apparently it isn't enough for a
win.} (28... Rxc5 29. Kc3 Nxc2 (29... Nd5+ $2 30. Kd4) (29... Nc6 {and it is
not clear what Black wants to do next}) 30. Kxc2 Ke6 31. Kc3 Ke5 32. f3 g5 33.
Ra7 f6 (33... Kf6 34. Ra6+ Kg7 35. Ra4 $11) 34. Re7+ Kd6 35. Rh7 {drawing}) 29.
Kxc3 Rxc5+ 30. Kxb4 Rxc2 31. Rf1 {Although White's rook is passive, Black
doesn't have enough resources to win, the rest is obvious.} Ke6 32. Kb3 Re2 33.
Kc3 Ke5 34. Kd3 Ra2 35. h3 h5 36. f3 Rb2 (36... Rg2 37. g4 {[%cal Gf1f7]} fxg4
38. fxg4 f5 39. gxf5 gxf5 40. Ra1 Rh2 41. Ra5+ Kf6 42. e4 Rxh3+ 43. Kd4 $11 {
draw}) 37. Rg1 {preparing g3-g4 with more exchanges} Rh2 38. f4+ Kf6 39. g4 h4
{Black even won a pawn, but it doesn't change the outcome of the game.} 40. Ra1
Rxh3 41. Ra6+ Kg7 42. gxf5 gxf5 43. Ke2 {The king is getting closer to the
pawn.} Rg3 44. Kf2 Rg4 45. Ra5 Kg6 46. Ra8 Kg7 {Black can't make any progress,
the result is a draw.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2006.01.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C76"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2006.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Re1 b5
9. Bc2 exd4 10. cxd4 Bg4 11. Be3 Nge7 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Rc1 f5 14. exf5 Nxf5 15.
Nxb5 axb5 16. Bxf5 Rxf5 17. Rxc6 Kh8 18. d5 Be5 19. Bd4 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Qg5+ 21.
Kh1 Raf8 22. Rxc7 Qh6 23. Bxe5+ dxe5 24. Re3 Rh5 25. Qg1 Rg5 26. Qf1 Rh5 27.
Qg2 Rg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2006.01.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2006.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Bc5 6. d3 d6 7. c3 Bd7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bg5 Ne7 10. Bxd7 Nxd7 11. d4 Ba7 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Rd1 Qe8
15. Nd2 f6 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. Qxe3 Qc6 18. Qd3 Rfd8 19. Qc4+ Kf8 20. Qxc6 Nxc6
21. Kf1 Rd7 22. Ke2 Rad8 23. Nc4 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Rxd1 25. Kxd1 Ke7 26. Ne3 Nd8
27. Kd2 Ne6 28. f3 Kd7 29. b3 Nf4 30. g3 Ne6 31. Nf5 Ke8 32. Ne3 Ke7 33. Kd3
Nc5+ 34. Kc4 Nd7 35. Nf5+ Kf7 36. Kd5 Nf8 37. a4 Ne6 38. h4 g6 39. Nh6+ Ke7 40.
Ng8+ Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2006.01.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[Annotator "Gavrikov,V"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2006.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 cxd4 7. Nxd4 d5 8. Qb3
({Usually White prefers} 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Qb3) 8... Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 ({The
continuation} 9. bxc3 e5 10. Nb5 dxc4 11. Qa3 $5 (11. Qxc4 a6 12. Nc7 Ra7 13.
Nd5 b5 14. Qc5 Rd7 $132 {0-1 Gorelov,S-Petrosian,A/Telavi 1982/MCD (54)}) {
gives White sufficient compensation for the pawn but perhaps only enough for
an equal game,e.g.} 11... Nc6 12. Be3 Be6 13. Rd1 Qc8 $5 (13... Nd7 $143 $6 {
1/2-1/2 Kappler,J-Andruet,G/Ales 1984/EXT 2004 (17)} 14. O-O a6 15. Nd6 Qc7 16.
f4 exf4 17. Bxf4 $14) (13... Qb8 14. O-O Rd8 15. Qc5 Rxd1 16. Rxd1 a6 17. Nd6
Nd7 18. Qa3 Qc7 19. Qa4 Na5 20. Nxb7 $1 Nxb7 21. Qc6 Qxc6 22. Bxc6 Rb8 23. Bxd7
Rd8 24. Ba4 Rxd1+ 25. Bxd1 Kf8 $11 {1-0 Giorgadze,T-Polugaevsky,L/Moscow 1983/
EXT 2002 (59)}) 14. Nd6 (14. O-O Rd8) 14... Qc7 15. Nb5 Qc8 16. Nd6 Qc7 17. Nb5
Qc8 {1/2-1/2 Zilberstein,V-Kharitonov,A/Irkutsk 1983/MCD (17)}) 9... e5 10. Nb3
Nc6 $5 ({To an unclear position leads} 10... d4 11. Qa5 Qe8 $5 (11... Qe7 12.
O-O Nc6 13. Qc5 Qc7 14. f4 $36) 12. O-O (12. Bg5 Nc6 13. Qc7 Qd7 $1 14. Qxd7
Nxd7 15. Rc1 a5 $1 16. O-O a4 17. Na1 h6 18. Bd2 Nf6 $11 {0-1 Kamsky,
G-Christiansen,L/Long Beach 1993/CBM 039/(98)}) 12... Nc6 13. Qc7 Qe6 14. Nc5
Qxc4 15. Nxb7 Bxb7 16. Qxb7 e4 17. Bg5 Rab8 18. Qc7 {1-0 Starcic,T-Zeljko,T/
Bled 1998/EXT 2000 (58)} Qe6 19. Bxf6 gxf6) 11. Bg5 ({In case of} 11. cxd5 Nxd5
12. Qc5 Be6 13. Bd2 {deserves attention} Nde7 $5 14. Bc3 b6 15. Qa3 Qe8 16. Rd1
Rd8 17. Rxd8 Qxd8 18. O-O Qb8 {0-1 Gaprindashvili,N-Portisch,L/Reggio Emilia
1992/EXT 2000 (43)}) 11... d4 ({Difficult to say what has Ivanchuk prepared
after} 11... dxc4 {which is probably Black´s simplest way to solve opening
problems,e.g.} 12. Qxc4 Be6 13. Qh4 Bxb3 $1 14. axb3 Nd4 15. O-O Nxe2+ 16. Kh1
Nd4 17. Bxb7 (17. f4 $143 h6) 17... Rb8 18. Be4 h6 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Qxf6 gxf6
21. Rxa7 Rxb3 22. Rb1 Rd8 23. Rb7 Rxb7 24. Bxb7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Grigore,
G-Anapolsky,S/Bucharest 1994/EXT 97 (48)}) 12. Qf3 Be6 ({Also playable is} 
12... a5 13. Nd2 Bg4 14. Qxg4 Nxg4 15. Bxd8 Rfxd8 16. h3 Nf6 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18.
Bxe4 Ne7 19. g4 Rac8 20. b3 b6 21. Kd2 f6 {followed by g6 and f5, 1/2-1/2 Ward,
C-Emms,J/Dundee 1993/TD (38)}) 13. Rc1 Rc8 14. O-O b6 15. Nd2 h6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6
17. Qxf6 gxf6 18. Ne4 f5 $146 {This natural move is a novelty.} ({
Unsatisfactory is} 18... Na5 $6 19. b3 f5 20. Nd6 Rc7 21. Nb5 Re7 22. c5 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Zhukova,N-Goloshchapov,A/Moscow 2005/EXT 2006 (38)}) 19. Nd6 Rc7 20.
Nb5 Rcc8 21. Nd6 Rc7 22. Nb5 Rcc8 23. b3 {White has decided to continue the
game although Black has sufficient counterplay for maintain the balance.} e4
24. f3 $6 {A risky move.} ({More reasonable was} 24. Rfd1 Rfd8 25. e3 (25. c5
$2 bxc5 26. Rxc5 a6 27. Na3 Nb4 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Rxd4 Nxa2 $17) 25... d3 (
25... dxe3 26. fxe3 $13) 26. f3 a6 27. Nc3 b5 $5 28. fxe4 (28. cxb5 $2 Nb4 {
/\ d2}) 28... bxc4 29. exf5 (29. bxc4 fxe4 30. Nxe4 Ne5 $132) 29... d2 30. Rc2
cxb3 31. Rcxd2 Rxd2 32. Rxd2 bxa2 33. Nxa2 Bxf5 34. Rd6 Ne5 35. Rxa6 Be6 $11 {
/\ Rc2}) 24... a6 25. Nd6 Rcd8 26. c5 e3 27. f4 Nb4 28. Nb7 Rb8 29. c6 $5 {
Best practical chance.} ({If} 29. cxb6 $6 {then} Nxa2 30. Rc7 Nc3 31. Re1 Bxb3
32. Nc5 $140 Rxb6 33. Nd7 Rb4 34. Nxf8 Kxf8 35. Ra7 Bc4 36. Bf3 Ra4 $17) 29...
Nxa2 30. Bf3 $5 {By protecting the pawn on e2 White prepares Rcd1.} Nxc1 ({
Stronger was} 30... Bxb3 $1) 31. Rxc1 Bxb3 {Allows White to win back the
exchange.} (31... Rbe8 $142 $5 32. c7 $140 Re7 33. Nd6 Bc8) 32. c7 Rbe8 33. Nd6
Be6 34. Bb7 Bc8 35. Nxc8 Rxc8 36. Bxa6 Rfe8 37. Bxc8 Rxc8 38. Kg2 $11 b5 (38...
Kf8 39. Rc4 Ke7 40. Rxd4 Rxc7 41. Rb4 Rc6 42. Rb5 Kf6 43. Kf3 Re6 $11) 39. Kf3
b4 40. Rc4 b3 41. Rxd4 Rxc7 42. Rb4 Rc3 43. Rb5 Kf8 44. Rxf5 Ke7 45. g4 Kd6 46.
Rb5 ({Of course not} 46. Rxf7 $4 Kc6 47. Rf8 Kb7 48. Rf5 Rc6 $19) 46... Kc6 47.
Rb8 Kd5 48. h4 f6 49. h5 Kd4 50. Rb4+ Kc5 51. Rb7 Kd5 52. g5 fxg5 53. fxg5 hxg5
54. Rb8 Rc4 55. Rxb3 Ke5 56. Rxe3+ Kf5 57. Kg2 Rg4+ 58. Rg3 Re4 59. Kf2 Rh4 60.
Rf3+ Ke4 61. Re3+ Kf5 62. Rf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2006.01.28"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2006.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. O-O (
8. Bc3 {is another popular line} d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nd2 O-O 12.
O-O Rc8 13. e4 {with plenty of theory .}) 8... d5 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. Rd1 O-O 11.
Bf4 Rc8 12. Nc3 {Gelfand has already faced this position as black, and had no
problems against Tkachiev after 12...Qe8 which is also popular.} Nh5 {driving
away the white bishop out of f4.} (12... Qe8 13. e4 (13. a4 dxc4 14. bxc4 Bxc4
15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Qxc4 Bd6 17. Ne5 f5 18. h4 c5 19. Bxe4 cxd4 20. Qxd4 {1/2-1/2
Anand,V-Kramnik,V/Leon ESP 2002/The Week in Chess 398 (20).}) 13... dxc4 14.
bxc4 Bxc4 15. Nd2 Ba6 16. Qa4 Bd3 17. Ndb1 Bxb1 18. Raxb1 a5 19. Qb3 (19. e5 {
probably an improvement} Nd5 20. Nxd5 cxd5 (20... exd5 $5 {deserves attention})
21. Bf1 Rc7 22. Bb5 Qc8 23. Rdc1 Rd8 24. Rxc7 Qxc7 25. Rc1 Qa7 26. Qc2 {
and white was able to put strong pressure on black 1-0 Nyback,T-Rodshtein,M/
Stockholm SWE 2006/The Week in Chess 583 (54)}) 19... b5 20. e5 a4 21. Qb2 Nd5
22. Nxd5 exd5 23. Bh3 Ra8 24. Qc2 Nb6 25. Bf5 g6 26. Bd3 Kh8 27. Re1 Nc4 28.
Rbc1 Qd7 {and black went on to win 0-1 Tkachiev,V-Gelfand,B/Shenyang 2000/CBM
079 (43)}) 13. Bc1 Nhf6 (13... f5 {is another possible move, Black puts up a
solid pawn structure in order to restrict White's activity.} 14. e3 Bd6 15. a4
Nhf6 16. a5 bxa5 17. Ba3 Bxa3 18. Rxa3 dxc4 {with a complicated position
Izoria,Z - Mastrovasilis, A GEO-GRE Athens 2003}) 14. Bf4 Nh5 15. Bc1 Nhf6 16.
Bf4 {A silent draw offer, White has other moves if he wants to play, 16.e4 or
16.Bb2.} (16. e4 {an interesting pawn sacrifice, white gets full compensation
for it} dxc4 17. Bf4 (17. Nd2 b5 18. bxc4 bxc4 19. Na4 (19. Qa4 $6 Bb5 20. Qc2
Qa5 {and Black is simply a pawn up, 0-1 Van Wely,L-Adams,M/Wijk aan Zee NED
2001/The Week in Chess 325 (49)}) 19... c5 20. d5 exd5 21. exd5 Ne5 22. Bb2 Bd6
{with compensation for the pawn Georgiev,K - Mitkov,N Skopje op 2002}) 17...
Bb4 18. Nd2 Qe7 (18... b5 19. bxc4 bxc4 20. Na4 {White gets a small plus.}) 19.
Nxc4 Bxc4 20. bxc4 e5 21. dxe5 Nxe5 22. Ne2 {White is a little better 1-0 Van
Wely,L-Tkachiev,V/Enghien les Bains 2001/CBM 083/(41)}) (16. Bb2 dxc4 17. bxc4
Bxc4 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Nd5 20. Ne4 b5 21. Nd6 Bxd6 22. exd6 {with
compensation for the pawn 1-0 Bacrot,E-Lautier,J/Paris FRA 2002/The Week in
Chess 399 (27)}) 16... Re8 $1 {Black is not satisfied with a draw and plays
for a win.} (16... Nh5 $11) 17. e4 dxc4 18. bxc4 (18. Nd2 $5 {deserved
attention, White got a great advantage in the next game, though Black was very
cooperative.} c5 (18... b5 {deserved attention as well, similar to the lines
that were seen before}) 19. d5 e5 20. Bg5 b5 $2 (20... Nxd5 $1 {it seems that
Black can grab a pawn and gets away with it.} 21. Nxd5 Bxg5 22. Nxc4 Bxc4 23.
Qxc4 Nf6 24. h4 Bh6 25. Ne3 Qc7 26. Nf5 {with compensation for White, but not
more than that.}) 21. bxc4 b4 22. Bxf6 Nxf6 23. Ne2 Qd6 24. Nc1 Rb8 25. a3 Nd7
26. Bh3 bxa3 27. Rxa3 {[%csl Ra7,Rc5] and White's pressure becomes unbearable,
Black has too many weaknesses on the queenside, 1-0 Nyback,T-Thorfinnsson,B/
Vammala FIN 2005/The Week in Chess 566 (26)}) 18... Bxc4 19. Nd2 (19. Ne5 {
was possible, there's a long and a forced line, at the end of which Black is
totally fine.} Nxe5 20. dxe5 Nd7 21. Rd4 b5 22. Rad1 Rc7 23. Qd2 Bb4 $1 {
this move allows Black to keep his knight.} 24. a3 Ba5 25. Rd6 {and White
still has to prove that he has enough compensation for the pawn.}) 19... Ba6
20. Qa4 Bd3 21. Ndb1 $2 {Gelfand plays the same as Tkachiev played against him
in a similar situation, but Ivanchuk finds a fantastic refutation.} (21. Nb3 {
was the correct move, after which the position is equal:} b5 $5 {securing the
spot on c4 for the bishop} (21... Bc2 {here Black can even face some trouble
after} 22. Rdc1 Bxb3 23. axb3 a5 24. e5 Nd5 25. Nxd5 cxd5 26. Bf1 $1 {and
White has very good compensation for the pawn.}) 22. Qxa7 Bc4 23. Nd2 Bd3 24.
Nb3 Bc4 {and a draw is likely here}) 21... b5 $1 22. Qxa7 e5 $1 {White has
probably missed the possibility of this blow, his position deteriorates quickly
} 23. Rxd3 {The pawn is poisoned:} (23. dxe5 $2 Bc5 24. Qa6 (24. Qb7 Bxf2+ 25.
Kxf2 Ng4+ 26. Ke1 Nc5 27. Qa7 Qd4 {and Black suddenly mates !}) 24... Bxf2+ 25.
Kh1 (25. Kxf2 Ng4+ 26. Ke1 Nc5 27. Qa3 Qd4 $19) 25... Nc5 26. Qa3 Ng4 {and
Black should collect White's central pawns in the near future.}) 23... exf4 24.
Rd1 (24. gxf4 $2 Ra8 25. Qb7 Nc5 $19 {costs White another exchange}) (24. Rd2 {
doesn't help too:} Bb4 {with the idea to catch the queen with Rc7} 25. a3 Bxc3
(25... Rc7 $2 26. axb4 {and White is still in the game}) 26. Nxc3 Ra8 27. Qb7
Nc5 28. Qxc6 Nb3 {with a simple win}) 24... b4 25. e5 $5 {White looks for any
counterplay, but his position is hopeless already, other moves were not better,
for example:} (25. Ne2 Nc5 {Attacking the pawn on e4 and threatening to trap
the white queen with Ra8.} 26. Nxf4 Ra8 27. Qxa8 Qxa8 28. dxc5 Bxc5 {with an
easy win for Black}) 25... bxc3 26. Nxc3 {White sacrifices a piece but hopes
to get some positional compensation, together with a couple of pawns.} (26.
exf6 c2 $19) 26... Bb4 27. Rdc1 Bxc3 28. Rxc3 Nd5 29. Rc2 Ra8 30. Qb7 Rb8 31.
Qa7 {White tries to make it difficult for black, to take advantage of his
extra piece. Black still has to be careful and find the most accurate moves.} (
31. Qxc6 $2 {runs into} Nb4) 31... Re7 {Again, defending the pawn on c6.} 32.
Qa3 (32. Rxc6 $2 Nxe5) 32... Re6 33. Rac1 Nf8 $1 (33... fxg3 34. hxg3 Qb6 35.
Bh3 {allows White to complicate matters.}) 34. Rxc6 Rxc6 35. Rxc6 Rb1+ {
Black gave the pawn on c6, but seized the initiative, and looks as he's on a
sure way to victory.} 36. Bf1 h5 {Black opens the way for his king, so the
weakness of his 8th row won't be important anymore, and also starts an attack
on the white king.} 37. Rd6 Qc8 38. Qd3 (38. Rxd5 $2 {allows} Qc4 {[%cal Gc4d5,
Gc4f1] and Black is winning.}) 38... Nc3 {threatening to play f4-f3 and Qc8-h3
next.} 39. Kg2 {taking the square f3 under control.} Ne6 40. Qc4 {now it was
time for Black to finish this great game with 40...f3+.} Qxc4 $4 (40... f3+ 41.
Kxf3 Ng5+ 42. Ke3 Qf5 {and the mate is inevitable}) 41. Bxc4 Ne4 {Black has
probably counted on his extra piece to bring him a calm victory in the endgame
but White starts to show amazing defensive resources.} 42. Bd3 $1 Re1 {Black
decides to keep the rooks on the board.} (42... Nxd6 43. Bxb1 Nb5 44. d5 Nc5
45. d6 {White has good chances for a draw as his pawns are very advanced and
his bishop is better than his opponent's knight(s)}) 43. Rb6 g6 44. Bxe4 Rxe4
45. d5 Nf8 46. gxf4 Rxf4 47. Rb8 $1 {Another strong move, White pins the black
knight and keeps it out of play.} Rd4 (47... Re4 48. Re8 {is also not clear})
48. e6 fxe6 49. dxe6 Re4 50. Re8 $1 Kg7 {now it suddenly turns out that
winning the white e-pawn won't bring Black the victory as after} (50... Rxe6
51. Rxe6 Nxe6 52. a4 Nc5 53. a5 Kf7 54. h4 {it's important to block the black
pawns, White plays this position as if it's a pawn ending, two on two, as the
black knight and the a-pawn are out of the game, and if black brings his king
to the queenside, his pawns become vulnerable} Kf6 55. Kg3 Kf5 56. f3 Ke5 (
56... g5 57. hxg5 Kxg5 58. f4+ Kf5 59. Kh4 $11) 57. Kf2 Kd5 58. Ke3 Ne6 59. a6
Kc6 60. Ke4 Kb6 61. Ke5 g5 62. hxg5 Nxg5 63. Kf4 Ne6+ 64. Kg3 Kxa6 65. Kh4 Ng7
66. f4 {drawing}) 51. f3 Re5 52. Re7+ Kh6 (52... Kg8 53. Re8 {is the same as
before}) 53. f4 Re2+ (53... Rxe6 {Now we have to validate that this ending is
still a draw:} 54. Rxe6 Nxe6 55. Kf3 Nc5 {not letting the white pawn advance
and preventing from the white king to come to e4} 56. Ke3 Kg7 (56... h4 57. Kf3
Kh5 58. a3 Na4 59. h3 {and White holds.}) 57. Kd4 Na4 58. Kc4 $1 (58. Ke5 {
a passive defense probably doesn't work, for example:} Kh6 $1 (58... Kf7 59. f5
g5 60. f6 Nc5 61. Kf5 {drawing}) 59. Kf6 h4 60. h3 Nc3 61. a3 Kh5 62. f5 (62.
Ke5 g5 63. fxg5 Kxg5 $19) 62... g5 63. Ke5 g4 64. hxg4+ Kg5 65. f6 Kg6 66. f7 (
66. Ke6 h3 67. f7 Kg7 68. Ke7 Nd5+ 69. Ke8 Nf6+ 70. Ke7 Nh7) 66... Kxf7 67. Kf4
Nd5+ 68. Kf3 (68. Ke4 Kg6) 68... Kg6 69. a4 Kg5 70. a5 Nb4 71. Kg2 Kxg4 72. Kh2
h3 73. Kg1 Kg3 74. Kh1 h2 75. a6 Nd3 76. a7 Nf2#) 58... Kf6 59. Kb4 Nb6 (59...
Nb2 60. Kc3 Nd1+ 61. Kd4 {and the a-pawn is ready to advance}) 60. Kc5 Nc8 61.
a4 Kf5 62. a5 Kxf4 63. a6 Ke5 64. Kc6 Kd4 65. Kc7 Na7 66. Kb6 Nc8+ 67. Kc7 {
with a draw}) 54. Kf3 Rxa2 55. Re8 Nh7 56. e7 Ra3+ 57. Kf2 Ra7 {Black has to
make this move, it's clear that the draw is in sight.} 58. h4 Nf6 {there is
nothing else} (58... Kg7 $2 59. Rg8+ Kxg8 60. e8=Q+) 59. Rh8+ Kg7 60. e8=Q Nxe8
61. Rxe8 {A superb defense by white.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2006.01.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2006.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 {Das ist eine Überraschung für Karjakin -
bis jetzt spielte Ivanchuk immer 4.g3 in dieser Stellung.} Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6.
Qxc3 Qe7 7. a3 d5 8. d4 exd4 (8... Nxd4 9. Nxd4 exd4 {Diese Zugfolge führt zur
Partiefortsetzung.}) 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 {Ein natürlicher Zug; ebenso kommt die
Alternative 9...Ne5!? in Betracht.} (9... Ne5 $5 {Eine wichtige schwarze Idee
ist früher oder später Nxc4 zu spielen, wonach Weiß seinen weißfeldrigen
Läufer tauschen muss.} 10. b4 O-O 11. Bb2 Re8 12. Nf3 Nxc4 13. Bxc4 dxc4 14.
Qxc4 Be6 15. Qh4 Nd5 16. Qg3 f6 17. O-O Bf7 {0-1 Wintzer,J-Gyimesi,Z/Germany
2004/CBM 100 ext (74)}) 10. Qxd4 c5 11. Qh4 (11. Qf4 O-O $5 12. Be2 dxc4 13.
Bxc4 Be6 14. O-O $6 (14. Be2 $5) 14... Bxc4 15. Qxc4 Rfd8 16. f3 Nd7 $1 {
0-1 O'Cinneide,M-Baburin,A/Dublin 1995/CBM 46 ext (38)}) 11... Be6 (11... dxc4
12. Bxc4 O-O 13. O-O Be6 14. Bd3 (14. Be2 Bb3 15. f3 Rfd8) 14... Rfe8 {0-1
Isajevsky,A-Timoscenko,G/Cheliabinsk 2005/EXT 2006 (51)}) 12. cxd5 Nxd5 {
In Betracht kommt ebenfalls 12...Bxd5.} (12... Bxd5 13. Bb5+ Nd7 14. Qxe7+ Kxe7
15. f3 a6 (15... f5 16. Bd2 Nf6 17. Bc3 Rhd8 18. Kf2 Bb3) (15... Ne5 {[%cal
Gd5c4]}) 16. Bxd7 Kxd7 17. e4 Bb3 18. Be3 b6 {1/2-1/2 Morovic Fernandez,
I-Karpov,A/Sao Paulo 2004/ (18)}) 13. Qxe7+ $146 {[%mdl 4]} (13. Bb5+ Bd7 14.
Qxe7+ (14. Bxd7+ $5 Qxd7 15. O-O) 14... Kxe7 15. Be2 Rhd8 16. e4 Nc7 17. Be3
Ne6 18. Bc4 {1/2-1/2 Onischuk,A-Shirov,A/New Delhi/Theran 2000/CBM 81/[Ribli
Zoltan] (18)}) 13... Nxe7 14. Bb5+ Bd7 15. Be2 $1 {Weiß besitzt das Läuferpaar;
er muss seine Läufer behalten.} f6 (15... a5 16. e4 a4 17. Be3 b6 18. Rd1 O-O-O
19. f3 Be6 20. Kf2 Bb3) 16. e4 Kf7 17. Be3 Rhc8 18. f3 {[%csl Ge2,Ge3] Dr.
Tarrasch sagte: "es ist nicht wichtig, dass zwei Läufer mehr oder weniger
wirken, wichtig ist, dass sie sich auf dem Brett befinden". In diesem Fall ist
das weiße Läuferpaar nicht besonders aktiv, aber Schwarz hat auch keine aktive
Möglichkeiten.} Be6 19. Rc1 b6 (19... c4 $5) 20. Ba6 Rd8 21. b4 $1 $14 {
Weiß besitzt mit einem Minoritätsangriff aktives Angriffsspiel am Damenflügel.}
cxb4 22. axb4 Bc8 23. Be2 Be6 (23... Rd6 24. Kf2 a5 25. b5 $1) 24. Kf2 Rac8 25.
Ra1 Nc6 (25... Bc4 26. Bxc4+ $1 (26. Bd1 Nc6) 26... Rxc4 27. Rxa7 Rxb4 28. Rc1
$16 {[%cal Rc1c7,Ra7f7]}) (25... Rd7 26. Rhc1 $16) 26. Ba6 (26. Rhc1 $5) 26...
Rb8 27. Bb5 {[%csl Ra7,Gb5,Rc6,Ge3][%cal Ga1a7] Weiß verfügt über
positionellen Druck am Damenflügel.} Nxb4 28. Rxa7+ Kg8 29. Re7 {[%csl Gb5,Rb6,
Ge3,Ge7] Die weißen Figuren stehen aktiv und seine Bauernstruktur ist gesund,
während der schwarze b6P eine ewige Schwächung darstellt.} Bf7 30. Ra1 $16 {
[%cal Ra1a7,Ra7h7] Es droht die Turmeindringung auf a7.} Ra8 31. Rd7 $1 (31.
Rxa8 Rxa8 32. Bxb6 Rb8 33. Rd7 Rxb6 34. Rd8+ Be8 35. Bxe8 $16) 31... Rdc8 32.
Rxa8 Rxa8 33. Bxb6 {Weiß hat einen Bauern mehr, aber die technische Verwertung
des Vorteils ist nicht leicht, da sich beide Bauernketten am Königsflügel
befinden.} h6 34. Kg3 (34. Rd8+ Rxd8 35. Bxd8 {Mit dieser Variante erreichen
wir eine ähnliche Stellung wie später in dieser Partie.}) 34... Rc8 35. Rd6 Be8
36. Be2 {Wieder es ist notwendig das Läuferpaar zu behalten.} Rc6 37. Rxc6 Nxc6
38. Kf4 {[%mdl 4096]} Ne5 39. Bc7 Bd7 40. Ke3 $1 {[%cal Ge3d4,Gd4c5]} (40. Bxe5
$2 g5+ 41. Ke3 fxe5 $14) 40... Kf8 41. Kd4 Nf7 42. Ba5 Ne5 43. Bb4+ Ke8 44. Kc5
Ng6 45. Bd2 (45. Kd6 Nf4 46. Bf1) 45... Ne5 46. Kd6 Ba4 47. f4 Nf7+ 48. Kc7 {
Weiß verfügt über einen optimalen Angriff, unterstützt durch seinen König,
früher oder später droht er e4-e5.} Bd7 49. Bb4 Ba4 50. Bc4 Nh8 51. g3 Nf7 52.
h4 Nh8 53. Bd6 Ng6 (53... Nf7 54. e5) 54. Be2 {[%cal Re2h5,Rh5e8]} Nh8 (54...
Bb3 55. Bh5 Bf7 56. Bc5 $22 Nh8 57. Bg4 Bc4 58. e5 $18) 55. Bc4 Ng6 56. e5 $1
$18 fxe5 57. fxe5 Ne7 58. e6 g6 (58... Nf5 59. Bd3 Ne7 (59... Nxd6 60. Kxd6 $18
) 60. Bc5 Nd5+ 61. Kd6 Ne7 62. Bd4 $18) 59. Bc5 Nf5 60. Bd3 Ne7 (60... h5 61.
Bb4 Ne7 62. Kd6 $18) 61. Kd6 h5 62. Ke5 Nf5 63. Kf6 Bc6 64. e7 1-0

[Event "Morelia/Linares 23rd"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2006.02.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2006.02.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Nc3 Bb7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bf4
d5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nb5 Na6 11. O-O O-O 12. Rc1 Ne4 13. h4 Nd6 14. a4 Nc4 15.
Ne5 Na5 16. Bh3 Qe8 17. h5 Nc6 18. h6 g5 19. e4 dxe4 20. Nxc6 Bxc6 21. Bxg5
Bxg5 22. Qg4 Qe7 23. Rxc6 f5 24. Qh5 Kh8 25. d5 exd5 26. Nd4 Bf6 27. Nxf5 Qe8
28. Qxe8 Raxe8 29. Rd1 Nb4 30. Rc7 a5 31. Ng7 Re7 32. Rxe7 Bxe7 33. Ne6 Rc8 34.
Nf4 Rd8 35. Be6 Bg5 36. Kf1 Rd6 37. Bf5 Bxf4 38. gxf4 Rxh6 39. Ke2 Rf6 40. Bg4
Rxf4 41. Rg1 Nd3 42. Be6 Rxf2+ 43. Ke3 Rf8 44. Bxd5 Nb4 45. Bxe4 Rd8 46. Rc1 h5
47. Kf4 Nd3+ 48. Bxd3 Rxd3 49. Kg5 Kg7 50. Rc7+ Kf8 51. Kxh5 Ke8 52. Kg5 Rd4
53. b3 Kd8 54. Rc6 Rb4 55. Rc3 Ke7 56. Kf5 Kd6 57. Rd3+ Kc5 58. Ke5 b5 59. Rc3+
Kb6 60. Kd5 bxa4 61. bxa4 Rxa4 62. Rb3+ Ka6 63. Kc5 Rh4 64. Rb6+ Ka7 65. Rg6 a4
66. Kb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Morelia/Linares 23rd"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2006.02.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2006.02.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 c5 5. O-O g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4
d6 9. Be3 Nbd7 10. Rac1 Rc8 11. b3 a6 12. Rfd1 O-O 13. Qd2 {White keeps his Q
centralized and temporarily abandons his >> ambitions by refraining from the
currently more topical line} (13. Qh4 Rc7 14. g4 h6 15. Bxh6 $5 $146 Bxh6 16.
Qxh6 Nxg4 17. Qh4 Ngf6 18. Qh6 Ng4 19. Qh4 Ngf6 20. Nd5 (20. Qh6 {1/2,Vallejo
Pons,F-Aronian,L/Morelia/Linares 2006/}) 20... Nxd5 21. cxd5 Nf6 22. e4 a5 (
22... Kg7 $5 23. Nd4 Rh8 24. Qg3 $14 {()}) 23. Qh6 Ng4 24. Qh4 Nf6 25. Qh6 Ng4
26. Qg5 Nf6 27. Nd4 $36 Rc5 $2 28. Rxc5 bxc5 29. Ne6 $1 {1-0,Bu
Xiangzhi-Shchekachev,A/Moscow Aeroflot/2006/}) 13... Ne4 $146 {This
simplifying manoeuvre doesn't seem ideal, as it furthers White's plans of
fighting for the d5-square. Black should try to improve his pieces and prepare
the typical Hedgehog move e6, a good example of this is Chuchelov-Nikolic
below:} (13... Re8 14. Bh3 Qc7 $5 (14... Rc7 15. Ne1 (15. Bh6 Rc5 16. Bxg7 Kxg7
17. Qd4 Qc7 (17... Kg8 18. e4 Rh5 $6 19. Bg2 Qa8 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. cxd5 {
[%csl Rh5] צh5} e5 22. Qd2 f5 23. Nh4 fxe4 24. Bxe4 Rf8 25. Nxg6 Rf7 26. Nh4
Nc5 27. f3 $16 {Maric,A-Muresan,M/Thessaloniki olw/1988/}) 18. e4 Kg8 19. Qe3
Qb8 20. Nd5 b5 $1 21. cxb5 axb5 22. Nxf6+ Nxf6 23. Rxc5 dxc5 24. Qxc5 Nxe4 25.
Qe3 Rd8 26. Rd4 Qa8 $11 {1/2,Gulko,B-Grischuk,A/WChT Beersheba/2005/}) 15...
Qb8 16. Nc2 Ba8 (16... Bf8 $142 $5 {/\e6<=>}) 17. Nb4 Qb7 18. f3 e6 19. Bf4
Rcc8 20. Bxd6 b5 21. cxb5 axb5 22. e4 Red8 23. Qe3 Nf8 {Shchekachev,A-Lautier,
J/Dordrecht 5'/2001/} 24. Rd3 Ne8 25. Bc5 $16) 15. Ne1 Qb8 16. Nc2 Red8 17. Nb4
e6 $1 18. Bf4 Ne5 19. Qe3 Ba8 20. f3 Nc6 21. Nxc6 Rxc6 22. a4 Qb7 23. Rd3 d5
$132 {Chuchelov,V-Nikolic,P/EU-ch Ohrid/2001/}) (13... Nc5 14. Bh3 Rb8 15. Nd4
Nce4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Qe1 Qc7 18. b4 h6 19. f3 Ng5 20. Bg2 $14 e5 $6 21. Nb3
f5 22. c5 dxc5 23. bxc5 b5 24. Qa5 Rbc8 25. Rd6 f4 26. Qxc7 Rxc7 27. gxf4 exf4
28. Bd2 Nf7 29. Bxf4 $16 {Shchekachev,A-Cabrilo,G/Ulcinj/1997/}) 14. Nxe4 Bxe4
15. Ne1 (15. Bh3 $5 Rb8 16. Ne1 $14 {/\} b5 $2 17. c5 Nxc5 18. Bxc5 dxc5 19.
Qf4 $18) 15... Nf6 $6 (15... Bxg2 $142 16. Nxg2 Nf6 $11 (16... b5 17. cxb5 axb5
18. Qb4 Ra8 19. Rd2 Qa5 20. Qxa5 Rxa5 21. Rc7 Rd8 22. Rdc2 $14)) 16. Bh3 $1 Rb8
17. Nd3 Ba8 (17... Bb7 {[%csl Rb6] takes the sting out of a future Nb4, but
leaves the ><b6 vulnerable.}) 18. f3 $1 $14 {[%mdl 32] An excellent strategic
move, which limits 2 black minor pieces simultaneously - the Nf6 and the Ba8.}
e6 19. Bf2 {Useful prophylaxis. It's still too early for the concrete} (19. Nb4
a5 20. Na6 Rb7 $1 21. c5 (21. Qxd6 $3 Rd7 $19) 21... Ra7 22. Qd3 Nd5 $15) 19...
Re8 $2 (19... d5 20. c5 (20. cxd5 {[%cal Ye2e4] /\e4()[+]}) 20... bxc5 21. Nxc5
$36) (19... Qc7 $2 20. Nb4 $18 {wins a P for nothing, but better and probably
even necessary was}) (19... Bb7 $142 $14 {[%cal Yd8c7] /\Qc7}) 20. Nb4 $1 {
[%mdl 64]} ({Instead of the sedate} 20. e4 $14 {Ivanchuk plays a concrete line,
as the tactics work out in his favour.}) 20... a5 21. Na6 Rc8 (21... Rb7 22. c5
Ra7 (22... bxc5 23. Nxc5 Rb6 24. Qxa5 $16) 23. Qd3 $36 bxc5 (23... Bb7 24. Nc7
$1 $18) 24. Nxc5 $16) 22. Qxd6 Qxd6 23. Rxd6 $16 {/+-} Nd5 24. Rd1 $6 {This
allows Black to gain an important tempo and confuse the issue.} (24. Re1 $142
Be5 25. Rd7 Bc6 26. Ra7 Nb4 (26... Nc3 27. Bxb6 Nxa2 28. Nc7 Re7 29. Nb5 $1 $18
{Korotylev}) 27. Nxb4 axb4 28. Bxb6 Ra8 29. Rd1 $5 $16 {/+- Ivanchuk}) 24...
Nc3 25. R1d2 b5 26. Rd7 (26. cxb5 $5 Nxb5 27. Rb6 $16) 26... Be5 (26... bxc4
$142 27. Nc7 Rf8 28. Bc5 cxb3 29. axb3 Bh6 $14) 27. cxb5 Nxb5 28. Bf1 Bc6 29.
R7d3 Na3 30. f4 Bf6 31. Nc5 Be7 32. Rd1 Nb5 33. Na4 $138 (33. Rc1 $142 $16)
33... Be4 34. Rd7 Bb4 (34... Bc6 $142 $1 35. R7d2 Bb4 36. Rc2 Be4 $14 {<=>})
35. Bg2 $5 {Exchanges the active B and allows Ivanchuk to coordinate his R.}
Bxg2 36. Kxg2 Rc2 37. Rb7 Na3 38. Rdd7 Rf8 39. Kf3 Nb1 (39... Rxa2 40. Nc5 Nb1
(40... Rb2 41. Nxe6 Rxb3+ 42. Kg2 Re8 43. Nd4 $18) 41. Nxe6 $1 $16) 40. Be3
Rxa2 41. Bc5 (41. Nc5 Nd2+ 42. Bxd2 Bxc5 $14) 41... Nd2+ 42. Kg2 Bxc5 43. Nxc5
e5 $2 ({Although White has improved his position, the game is still not
decided after} 43... Nb1 $142 $8 44. Kf3 Nd2+ 45. Kf2 Rc8 $1 46. Nd3 Rf8 $16)
44. Ne6 $1 exf4 (44... Re8 45. Re7 $1 $18) 45. Rxf7 $1 (45. Rxf7 Rxf7 46. Rb8+
Rf8 47. Rxf8#) 1-0

[Event "Morelia/Linares 23rd"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2006.02.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D84"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2006.02.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nxd5 Qxd5 8.
Bxc7 Na6 9. Bxa6 Qxg2 10. Qf3 Qxf3 11. Nxf3 bxa6 {This line was examined in
CBM 95, annotations to Lputian-Obodchuk.} 12. Rg1 f6 {[%mdl 4] A useful move.
Black controls the dark squares, prepares ...Rf8-f7 and ...e7-e6 to activate
the rook and (in future) ...g6-g5. At the same time the position of the c8
bishop is yet to be chosen.} 13. Rc1 (13. Ke2 Bb7 14. Rgd1 e6 15. Rac1 Rf7 16.
Rc3 Bf8 17. a3 Rd7 18. Rdc1 Rc8 19. Ne1 g5 $132 {1-0 Leitao,R-Atalik,S/
Groningen 1996/EXT 98 (34)}) 13... Rf7 (13... Bb7 {is less flexible but also
possible:} 14. Ke2 Rf7 (14... e5 15. dxe5 fxe5 16. Nxe5 Rf5 17. f4 Rh5 18. Ng4
Bc8 19. Be5 Bxg4+ 20. Rxg4 Bxe5 21. fxe5 Rxh2+ 22. Kf3 Re8 23. Rc7 Rxe5 24. Rb4
Rb5 25. Rd4 Rf5+ {1/2-1/2 Flear,G-Illescas Cordoba,M/Vila Real 2001/EXT 2003})
(14... Rac8 15. Rc5 e5 16. Rgc1 exd4 17. Nxd4 Rfe8 18. Bg3 f5 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20.
Rxc8+ Bxc8 21. Kd3 Bxd4 22. Kxd4 Be6 23. a3 a5 24. Bb8 a6 25. Kc5 a4 26. Kb4
Bd7 27. Ka5 Bb5 28. Be5 {1/2-1/2 Iotov,V-Meszaros,M/Urgup 2004/EXT 2005}) 15.
Ba5 (15. Rc5 e6 16. Rgc1 Bf8 17. R5c3 Re8 18. Bg3 a5 19. Rc7 a4 20. a3 Rxc7 21.
Rxc7 Re7 22. Nd2 Ba6+ 23. Kd1 Rxc7 24. Bxc7 Bd3 {1/2-1/2 Erdos,V-Fogarasi,T/
Budapest 2005/CBM 104 ext (31)}) 15... e6 16. Rc3 (16. Bb4 Rb8 17. Ba3 Bd5 18.
b3 a5 19. Nd2 a4 20. bxa4 e5 21. dxe5 fxe5 22. f3 Bxa2 23. Rc2 Be6 24. Rgc1 g5
$132 {1/2-1/2 Lengyel,L-Gligoric,S/Enschede 1963/EXT 2001 (40)}) 16... Bf8 17.
Rgc1 Bd6 18. Bc7 Bf8 19. Nd2 Rd7 20. Nb3 Bd5 21. Bg3 Rb7 22. Kd3 Rd8 23. Rc7
Rb5 24. Rxa7 Bxb3 25. axb3 Rxb3+ 26. Kc2 Rb6 $11 {1/2-1/2 O'Kelly de Galway,
A-Maric,R/Bordeaux 1964/EXT 99 (42)}) ({Or} 13... Bd7 14. Kd2 Rfc8 15. Rc3 Bf8
16. a3 Kf7 17. Rgc1 e6 18. Ke1 Be7 19. Nd2 Ke8 20. Ne4 Bb5 21. Bd6 Rxc3 22.
Rxc3 f5 23. Bxe7 fxe4 24. Rc7 a5 25. Bc5 Bd7 26. Kd2 a4 27. Rxa7 Rxa7 28. Bxa7
Bc6 29. Kc3 Bd5 {1/2-1/2 Trifunovic,P-Najdorf,M/Opatija 1949/MCL}) {However,
the text move is the most accurate.} 14. Ke2 (14. Kd2 Bb7 $1 {and White must
apparently play} 15. Ke2) 14... Bd7 $1 {And now this move, bothering White
with a possible ...Bb5+!, is the most appropriate.} (14... e6 15. Bd6 a5 16.
Rc3 Ba6+ 17. Kd2 Rd7 18. Bc5 a4 19. Rgc1 Rd5 20. e4 Rh5 21. Re1 Bb5 22. Kc2 a6
23. Bd6 Rd8 24. Bg3 g5 25. Rd1 Bf8 26. a3 Rd7 27. Rc8 Be2 {0-1 Petiko,N-Enders,
P/Bad Zwesten 1999/CBM 068 ext}) 15. Nd2 {A completely harmless reply but after
} (15. Rc3 e5 $1 16. d5 Bb5+ 17. Kd2 Bf8 {a tempo gained by Black proves
crucial, e.g.} 18. a3 Rc8 19. Rgc1 Rd7 20. e4 $4 Bh6+) 15... e5 16. d5 Bb5+ 17.
Kf3 f5 18. b3 e4+ 19. Kg2 Bb2 (19... Rd7 20. d6 Bf8 21. a4 Bxd6 (21... Bd3 22.
Rc6) 22. Bxd6 Rxd6 23. axb5 Rxd2 24. bxa6 $11) 20. Rc2 Bd3 21. Rc6 Bb5 22. Rc2
Bd3 23. Rc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Morelia/Linares 23rd"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2006.02.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2006.02.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. Nbd2 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nf1 Bc8 {This manoeuvre has become
very popular lately.} 13. c3 (13. Bg5 Be6 14. Ne3 b4 15. Nh4 Bxa2 16. Rxa2 h6
17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nhf5 $14 {Shakhov,A-Frolov,D/St Petersburg 1998}) (13. axb5
axb5 14. Bd2 Bg4 $6 15. Ne3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Nc6 17. c3 g6 18. Nd5 Nh5 19. Bh6 Ng7
20. Nxe7+ Qxe7 21. Bd5 $16 {Rey,F-Maciel,J/Villa Ballester 2003}) 13... Bd7 14.
Ne3 Qc7 (14... bxa4 $5 {deserved attention:} 15. Nd2 Rb8 16. Bb1 (16. Ndc4 Nb3
17. Bxb3 Rxb3 18. Nf5 Ne8 $13) 16... Nb3 17. Ra3 (17. Nxb3 axb3 18. Rxa6 Qc7
$13 {[%cal Gc7b7,Gb8a8]}) 17... Nxc1 18. Qxc1 Nh5 19. Bc2 Qe8 $132) 15. axb5
axb5 16. b4 Nb7 $6 {[%csl Rb7] The knight is too passive on b7, so it looks
better to put it on c6.} (16... cxb4 17. cxb4 Nc6 18. Bd2 Be6 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20.
Qb3 Qd7 $11) 17. Bd2 Nd8 18. Bb3 Rxa1 19. Qxa1 Re8 ({After} 19... cxb4 20. cxb4
Be6 21. Rc1 Qd7 22. Qa2 $14 {Black is also deprived of active counterplay.})
20. bxc5 Qxc5 {Black is forced to take with the queen as after} (20... dxc5 21.
c4 $1 {[%csl Re5]} Bd6 22. Ba5 $1 (22. cxb5 Bxb5 23. Ba4 $14) 22... Qb8 23.
cxb5 Bxb5 24. Rb1 $1 $16 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Gb1b8] White has full control.}) 21.
Qa2 h6 22. h3 Ne6 23. Nd5 Nxd5 24. Bxd5 Qc8 (24... Rf8) 25. d4 Bf6 26. Qb3 Bc6
$6 (26... Qa6 27. Be3 Qa5 $14 {[%csl Rc3][%cal Ge8c8]}) 27. Qb4 $1 $16 {
Threatening to take on c6.} (27. Bxc6 $6 Qxc6 28. d5 Nc5 29. dxc6 Nxb3 30. Be3
Rc8 31. Rb1 Na5 $11) 27... exd4 28. cxd4 Bxd5 29. exd5 Ng5 (29... Nc7 $5 30.
Rxe8+ Qxe8 31. Qxd6 Qd8 32. Qxd8+ Bxd8 33. Ba5 Kf8 34. Ne5 Ke8 35. Nc6 b4 $16)
30. Rxe8+ Qxe8 31. Bxg5 hxg5 32. Qxd6 Qe2 33. Qc5 (33. Qb8+ Kh7 34. d6 Bxd4 35.
d7 Qxf2+ 36. Kh2 Bb6 37. Nxg5+ Kg6 38. Nf3 $18) 33... Qc4 $6 (33... Qb2 {
would have left some survival chances .} 34. Qc8+ Kh7 35. d6 b4 36. Qf5+ Kg8
37. Kh2 $16) 34. Qxc4 bxc4 35. Kf1 $18 Kf8 36. d6 $1 {Black's king can't
approach the pawn, so the endgame is lost for Black.} Ke8 37. Ne5 Bxe5 38. dxe5
Kd7 39. g3 1-0

[Event "Morelia/Linares 23rd"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2006.02.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2006.02.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 {The Slav is a rare guest in Topalov's
games with Black. However, he seems to have included it recently into his
basic repertoire; in Wijk aan Zee 2006 he used it successful against Van Wely.}
5. cxd5 {The exchange variation is by no means peaceful. White aims to limit
Black's counterplay to the minimum, but keep for himself chances for an
advantage. Ivanchuk obtained a nice technical victory in this symmetrical
structure against Leko, (Istanbul, ol 2000), although the opening was
different (the fianchetto Grünfeld).} cxd5 {#} 6. Qb3 $5 (6. Bf4 {would have d
to a "genuine" position of the exchange variation. After Ivanchuk's move, we
find ourselves on the independent territory of the a6-Slav.}) 6... Nc6 7. Bg5
e6 8. e3 h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Bd3 Bd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Rac1 {White enjoys a
better development, but this is not too relevant if he does not find a way to
open the position. In the long run, the pair of bishops is likely to offer
Black an advantage.} b5 13. Bb1 Bd7 14. Qc2 g6 15. Qd2 Rac8 16. Rfd1 Rc7 17.
Qe1 b4 18. Ne2 a5 19. Qd2 Rfc8 20. Ne1 a4 21. Nd3 Na5 22. Rxc7 Rxc7 23. Rc1 Nc4
24. Qe1 Qd8 25. g3 Bb5 {#Black's advantage is obvious now.} 26. h4 $6 {This
move unnecessarily weakens the king side.} g5 $1 ({Black could have won a pawn
with} 26... Nxb2 27. Nxb2 Bxe2 28. Rxc7 Qxc7 29. Qxe2 Qc1+ 30. Qd1 Qxb2 {
but it is far from clear whether this would have ensured him a win after} 31.
Qc2 Qa3 32. h5 {With his last move, Topalov not only forces the opening of the
h-file, but also retstricts the activity of the white knights even more.}) 27.
hxg5 hxg5 28. Kg2 Qc8 29. Ng1 f6 30. Qd1 Be8 31. Nf3 Bh5 32. Rc2 Bg6 33. Re2 g4
34. Nh4 Be4+ 35. Kh2 f5 36. Ne1 {#} Nxe3 $1 {Now that his domination reached
an apogeum, Topalov finally recurs to tactical methods.} 37. Rxe3 Rc1 38. Qd2
Rxb1 39. Rxe4 dxe4 40. Qg5+ Kf7 0-1

[Event "Morelia/Linares 23rd"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2006.02.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2006.02.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 dxc4 7. e3 Be6 8.
Qb1 c5 $6 $146 {A dubious novelty, which GM V.Ivanchuk confidently refutes.} 9.
Qxb7 Bd5 10. Qb5+ Nd7 11. Nf3 Rb8 12. Qa4 cxd4 13. cxd4 Qc8 {Both kings are in
the centre but White's development is better.} 14. Rc1 $1 {[%mdl 128]} e6 15.
Bxc4 $1 {A brave decision based on precise calculations.} Rb4 16. Qa6 $1 Bb7 (
16... Qc7 17. Ne5 $1 Rb6 18. O-O $1 (18. Qa4 $143 Rb4) 18... Rxa6 19. Bxa6 Qb8
20. Rc8+ Qxc8 21. Bxc8 Nxe5 22. Bf6 Rg8 23. Bxe5 {with a healthy extra pawn.})
17. Qa5 $1 f6 (17... Bd5 18. Ne5 $1 Bxg2 19. Kd1 $3 Qb8 20. Bb5 $1 $18) 18. Nd2
Bxg2 {Black has restored the material balance but his king is under a strong
attack.} 19. Rg1 Qc6 (19... Bd5 {didn't help} 20. Bxf6 $1 Rxc4 (20... Rg8 21.
Bxd5 $3 Qxc1+ 22. Ke2 Qc8 (22... Qxg1 23. Qd8+ {with a quick mate}) 23. Rc1 $1
Qb8 24. Bxe6 $18) 21. Nxc4 Qb8 22. Qa4 Qb4+ 23. Qxb4 Bxb4+ 24. Nd2 $1 {keeping
an extra exchange}) 20. Rxg2 $1 Qxg2 21. Bxe6 Bd6 22. Rc8+ Ke7 23. Rxh8 Kxe6
24. Qd8 Qg1+ 25. Ke2 1-0

[Event "Morelia/Linares 23rd"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2006.02.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2006.02.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. d3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Qxe2+ 8.
Bxe2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Nd4 Nbd7 11. Bf4 Ne5 12. h3 Bd7 13. Rae1 Rfe8 14. Bd1
Nc6 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Bd2 Bf8 17. Re3 Nd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. b3 Re7 20. a4 Rae8
21. Rfe1 b6 22. Kf1 a5 23. Bf3 Bxf3 24. Rxf3 Rxe1+ 25. Bxe1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Morelia/Linares 23rd"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2006.03.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2006.02.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. g3 $5 ({
The popularity of the Moscow variation has decreased over the past years as a
result of the fact that Black has found reliable ways to reach a solid
position with possibilities of counterplay in the main variation startingwith} 
7. e3 Nd7 8. Rc1 g6 {With his last move, Ivanchuk intends to give the position
the character of a Catalan, which can lead to very interesting play,
especially in the case Black opens the long diagonal by capturing on c4.}) 7...
Nd7 8. Bg2 dxc4 9. O-O Be7 10. Qc2 $5 ({This seems to be a new move and it
certainly brings up a new approach. Usually, White tries to win back the
sacrificed pawn as soon as possible, but this generally allows Black to obtain
sufficient counterplay. One relatively recent game played at top level went} 
10. e3 O-O 11. Qe2 e5 12. Qxc4 Nb6 13. Qb3 Be6 14. dxe5 Qxf3 15. Bxf3 Bxb3 16.
axb3 Nd7 {with approximate equality, Kramnik-Vallejo, Linares 2003.}) 10... O-O
11. Rfd1 {#White's idea starts to cristalise. He develops in a natural way,
relying on the fact that Black's useful neutral moves have more or less come
to an end. With the queen isolated from the queen side, Black can hardly
consider playing b5, which can be strongly answered by a4 or even Nh4!?} e5 {
This central break is probably the only way to justify Black's slightly
unnatural way of development. However, WHite is perfectly prepared for it,
which speaks about Ivanchuk's power of anticipation.} 12. d5 $1 Nc5 13. Nd2 Bf5
14. Qc1 Rad8 15. dxc6 bxc6 16. Nxc4 Qe6 17. Ne3 Bg6 18. b4 Na6 19. Rxd8 Rxd8
20. a3 {White has obtained a more pleasant position, because of his better
pawn structure. Ivanchuk's accurate manoeuvring in the next phase of the game
will allow him to gradually amplify his minimal advantage.} Nc7 21. Na4 e4 22.
Nc5 Qe5 23. Nb7 Rd7 24. Na5 Bf6 25. Bh3 Ne6 26. Ra2 Rc7 27. Bxe6 Qxe6 28. Rc2
Bh5 29. Ng2 Bg5 30. Nf4 Qd6 31. Kg2 Qd7 32. h4 Bxf4 33. Qxf4 Rc8 34. Rd2 Qe6
35. Nb7 Re8 36. Nc5 Qc4 37. g4 Bg6 38. h5 Bh7 39. e3 a5 {#Just when having
obtained a dream position, Ivanchuk unexpectedely overstepped the time limit,
which suddenly deprived him of any chances to win (to quote Eduard Gufeld).
After 40.Qc7 (threatening Rd8 with mate) 40...Kh8 41.Qxa5 he would have won an
esential pawn, maintaining the positional superiority.} 0-1

[Event "Morelia/Linares 23rd"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2006.03.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2006.02.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 ({More
popular is} 7. Bc3) 7... O-O 8. Rc1 d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bg2 Bb7 11. O-O Na6 12.
Bf4 Re8 13. Ne5 h6 (13... c6 14. e4 Nc7 15. exd5 cxd5 16. a4 Ne6 17. Be3 Bb4
18. Qd3 a6 19. Bh3 h6 20. f4 $14 {0-1 Schandorff,L-Hansen,S/Koege 2005 (59)})
14. Nb5 $5 {An interesting try to fight for an opening advantage, but it seems
that Black has an excellent counterplay in all of the lines.} (14. Nd3 Bf8 15.
Rc2 c6 16. Qa1 Nb4 17. Nxb4 Bxb4 18. a3 Bf8 19. Rd1 Qd7 20. Qb2 Qf5 {1/2-1/2
Vescovi,G-Spraggett,K/Buenos Aires 2005}) 14... c5 ({Black couldn't play} 14...
c6 $2 {because White gets a huge adavantage after an exchange sacrifice on f6.}
15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Rxc6 Qd7 17. Rxf6 (17. Qc1 Nb4 18. Rxf6 Rec8) 17... Bxf6 18.
Nc3 (18. Nd6 Rf8 19. Bxd5 Rad8 20. Bc4 Nc7 21. Qd3 $14) 18... Nb4 19. a3 Rac8
20. Qd2 Nc6 (20... Nc2 21. Nxd5 Qe6 22. e3 $16) 21. Nxd5 Bd8 22. Rc1 $16) 15.
Nc4 Bc6 $1 {A well calculated move. Another reasonable try was} (15... Ne4 16.
Bxe4 dxe4 17. Nbd6 Bxd6 18. Nxd6 Re7 19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. Qd2 Rd7 21. Rfd1 Ne6 $11
{with a balanced position.}) 16. Ncd6 Rf8 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Nd4 {[%csl Rc6]}
cxd4 $1 {Starting a forced play which eventually leads to equality.} (18...
Bxd6 $2 19. Nxc6 Qd7 20. Bxd6 Qxd6 21. Bxd5 Nxd5 22. Qxd5 $18) 19. Rxc6 Nb4 20.
Nb7 Qe8 {[%cal Ge8b5]} 21. Rc7 (21. Rc1 Nxa2) 21... Na6 22. Rc1 {There is no
other square for the rook.} (22. Rc2 $2 Qb5 23. Nd6 Qd7 24. Qd3 Nb4 $19) 22...
Qb5 23. Nd6 Qd7 24. Qd3 $1 {White's knight is trapped on d6, but fortunately
White has this move which keeps material balance.} Bxd6 25. Qxa6 Bxf4 26. gxf4
Qg4 27. Qd3 $1 {White wins back a pawn on d4.} (27. e3 $6 Rae8 28. Qd3 dxe3 29.
fxe3 Re6 $15 {[%csl Re3][%cal Gf8e8,Gg4h4,Gf6g4]}) 27... Qxf4 28. Rcd1 Rfe8 29.
Rfe1 Rac8 (29... Ng4 $6 30. Qg3 Qxg3 31. hxg3 $14) 30. Qxd4 Qxd4 31. Rxd4 Rc2
32. a4 Rexe2 33. Rxe2 Rxe2 34. Bxd5 Nxd5 35. Rxd5 Rb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Morelia/Linares 23rd"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2006.03.05"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2006.02.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 exd4 8. Nxd4
c6 {[%cal Gd6d5]} 9. f3 Re8 10. Bf2 d5 11. exd5 cxd5 12. O-O Nc6 13. c5 Nh5 14.
Qd2 Be5 {[%cal Gh5f4,Gh5g7]} 15. g3 Ng7 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Gg7f5,Gg7e6] A
well-known line, in which very tough positions arise. The main issues are the
weakness on d5 and the blockade on d4.} (15... Bh3 {A senseless move since it
forces the rook to a more active square, while the bishop will stay on h3 out
of play.} 16. Rfe1 $1 Ng7 17. Rad1 $1 $146 Rc8 18. Ndb5 $16 {[%csl Rd5]
Kasparov,G-Carlsen,M Rapid Reykjavik rapid 2004/CBM100[Avrukh,B].}) 16. Rfd1
Be6 {The key-position of the line has arosen. Black has just completed
development and now wants to challenge the centre. One of the ideas is a
double exchange on d4 followed by Nf5.} (16... Ne6 {is the main alternative.})
17. Bb5 $5 {[%csl Rc6] The most logical continuation, which however wasn't yet
tested on the GM level. White pins the knight on c6 and thus reduces pressure
on the centre.} ({Other options are} 17. Nxe6) (17. Bf1 {Black equalized
without problems realizing his main idea, although White's help was essential.}
Bxd4 (17... Qe7 $5) (17... Rc8 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. f4 Bf6 20. Nb5 Be7 21. Rac1
$14 {Sasikiran,K-Ramaswamy,M, Hyderabad, 2000/ CBM79.[Huzman].}) 18. Bxd4 Nxd4
19. Qxd4 Nf5 20. Qf2 d4 21. Nb5 Qe7 22. Nxd4 {This makes Black's task easier.}
(22. g4 $5 {would be a real test of Black's idea.}) 22... Qxc5 23. Nxe6 Qxf2+
24. Kxf2 Rxe6 25. Rd7 Rd6 (25... Rc8 $5) 26. Rxd6 (26. Rd1 $5) 26... Nxd6 27.
Rd1 Rd8 28. Rd4 Kf8 29. Bd3 Ke7 30. Ke3 Rc8 $11 {Kruppa,Y-Volokitin,A/
Halkidiki GRE 2002.}) (17. Ncb5 {[%csl Gd4] taking an additional control of
the d4-square makes sense.} Qd7 (17... Bh3 $5) 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. f4 Bf6 $14 {
Halkias,S-El Arousy,A/Tanta City EGY 2002.}) ({The straightforward} 17. f4 {
proved to be insufficient for getting advantage, although White's play can
possibly be improved.} Bxd4 18. Bxd4 Nf5 19. Bf2 d4 20. Nb5 Qe7 21. Bd3 (21.
Bf3 $5) 21... a6 $1 22. Bxf5 axb5 23. Be4 ({In case of} 23. Bxe6 Qxe6 24. Bxd4
Red8 25. Qf2 Rxa2 {Black is at least not worse.}) 23... Qxc5 (23... Bg4 $5 24.
Re1 Qxc5 $11) 24. Bxd4 Nxd4 25. Qxd4 Qxd4+ 26. Rxd4 Rxa2 27. Rxa2 Bxa2 28. Bxb7
$11 {Gelfand,B-Van Wely,L/Wijk aan Zee 1996.}) 17... Qd7 {[%cal Ga8d8]
Radjabov connects the rooks and prepares strengthening of the centre by means
of Rad8.} ({In the only preceding game Black protected the knight by means of} 
17... Rc8 18. Bxc6 $6 bxc6 19. Rac1 Bd7 (19... a5 $5) 20. b4 Ne6 21. b5 $6 (21.
Nxe6 $5 Bxe6 22. Bd4 $14) 21... Ng5 $1 $15 {[%csl Rf3][%cal Gg5h3] 1-0 Gutov,
A-Ershova,S/Omsk/Perm 1998.}) 18. Rac1 {Bringing the last piece into play.} ({
The regrouping of rooks} 18. Re1 Bh3 19. Rad1 {deserves attention although it
doesn't looks consistent after 16.Rfd1.}) (18. Nxe6 {strengthening Black's
centre doesn't seem to be dangerous for Black.} fxe6 19. f4 Bf6 20. Ne4 Be7 {
and Black is pretty solid. 1/2-1/2 Markus,R-Nataf,I/Vrnjacka Banja 2005/EXT
2006.}) 18... a6 {Forcing White to determine a diagonal for the bishop.} 19.
Ba4 {White decides to keep the knight c6 pinned.} Rad8 20. b4 {Now he
strengthens his position on the queenside.} Bh3 $1 {Preparing Nf5 or maybe
just waiting.} 21. Qh6 {[%csl Rh3][%cal Gd4c6]} (21. Re1 $5 {was interesting
preparing to meet} Nf5 {with} 22. Nxc6 bxc6 23. g4 Ng7 24. Qh6 {although an
exchange sacrifice} Bxg4 25. Rxe5 Rxe5 26. Qf4 Rf5 27. Qxg4 Ne6 28. Bg3 Rh5 $1
{with the idea of f5 promises counterplay.}) 21... Be6 $1 {Preventing a series
of exchanges on c6 with Qxh3 to follow.} 22. a3 {Ivanchuk stabilizes his
position on the queenside.} (22. Ne4 {[%cal Ge4g5] with the idea of Ng5 looks
dangerous for Black, but somehow the latter saves his skin} Nf5 23. Nxf5 Bxf5
24. Ng5 ({I believe that after} 24. Bxc6 $5 bxc6 25. Nd6 $1 Re7 26. Bd4 f6 $14
{White is slightly better thanks to his strong knight on d6.}) 24... f6 25.
Rxd5 Qxd5 $1 26. Qxh7+ Kf8 27. Bb3 ({White can force a draw with} 27. Qh6+ Kg8
28. Qh7+) 27... fxg5 28. Bxd5 Rd7 $1 (28... Rxd5 29. Qxb7 $16 {is dangerous
for Black.}) 29. Qg8+ (29. Qh6+ Bg7 30. Qxg5 Rxd5 $17) 29... Ke7 30. Qf7+ Kd8 {
[%csl Rf7] Suddenly the queen is traped on f7.} 31. Rd1 $1 Rxf7 32. Bxf7+ Ke7
33. Bxe8 Kxe8 {and Black is at least not worse.}) 22... Qc8 $1 {[%cal Ge5d4]
Black prepares exchanges on d4 followed by Nf5. So} 23. Qg5 Qc7 {[%csl Ge5]
Protecting the bishop on e5.} 24. Qd2 (24. f4 {deserved attention.} Bxd4 (24...
f6 25. Nxe6) 25. Bxd4 Nxd4 26. Rxd4 Rf8 {with the idea of f6 and Nf5 to follow.
} 27. Qf6 $1 $14 (27. g4 f6 28. Qh4 g5 $1 {creating counterplay.}) {with the
idea} 27... Nh5 28. Qe5 $1 (28. Qh4 Ng7 29. Bc2 (29. Qf6 $5) 29... b6 $1 30.
Na4 bxc5 31. Nxc5 Bf5 $1 {and Black is fine.}) 28... Qxe5 29. fxe5 f6 30. Re1
$14) 24... Rf8 $1 {Unpinning the knight on c6.} 25. Bc2 (25. Nce2 $5 {
Supporting the knight on d4 was logical.}) 25... Bc8 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Gg7e6]
Black prepares an exchange of the blocking knight by means of Ne6.} 26. Bb3 Ne6
$1 {Black has completed a nice regrouping of pieces.} 27. Nde2 $6 {I believe
White had to keep the d-pawn blocked.} (27. Nce2 {With a firm blockade on d4
was much safer.}) (27. Nc2 $6 d4 28. Nd5 Qb8 29. Re1 Bg7 30. Re4 Nc7 $1 {
With a good position.}) 27... d4 {Finally the d-pawn goes forward.} 28. Nd5 Qb8
{Black is ready to exchange the knight on d5 by means of Nc7 which will open a
way to the d-pawn.} 29. f4 (29. a4 {leads to equality after} Nc7 30. Nxc7 Qxc7
31. b5 axb5 32. axb5 d3 33. bxc6 dxe2 34. Qxe2 bxc6 $11) 29... Bg7 30. Qd3 $2 {
This is already a serious mistake. We all know that queen is a bad blocker,
but even the top players forget about it.} ({Now} 30. a4 {is strongly met by}
Nc7 31. Nxc7 Qxc7 32. b5 Bh3 $3 {and the knight on c6 is untouchable in view
of the weakness of light squares.}) (30. Qa2 $1 {Preventing} Nc7 $2 {Now it
doesn't work in view of} 31. Nxd4 $16 {and the knight on d5 is protected.})
30... Nc7 $1 31. Nb6 $2 {Something had definitely affected Ivanchuk's play at
this stage of the game, probably time-trouble.} ({After the correct} 31. Qf3
Be6 32. Nb6 Bxb3 33. Qxb3 Rfe8 34. Qf3 {White is still not worse.}) 31... Bf5
$17 {[%csl Gd4] Now the d-pawn will be unstoppable.} 32. Qd2 (32. Qf3 {would
be a tougher defense, although White is already in trouble anyway.} d3 33. g4
dxe2 34. Rxd8 Qxd8 35. gxf5 Nd4 36. Qd3 Nxb3 37. Qxb3 Qd2 38. Re1 Bd4 39. Kg2
Bxf2 40. Kxf2 Qxf4+ 41. Kg2 Re8 $19) 32... d3 {Each step forward of the d-pawn
increases Black's advantage.} 33. Nc3 Nd4 34. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 35. Kg2 Rfe8 $1 $19 {
[%cal Gd4e3] Creating a threat of Be3.} 36. Re1 Bxc3 37. Qxc3 Be4+ 38. Kf2 ({
The immediate} 38. Rxe4 {doesn't change much.} Rxe4 39. Rd1 Rdd4 $1 {Preparing
Qd8 and preventing} 40. Rxd3 $2 {, which loses to} Re2+ $1 41. Kf1 Nb5 $19)
38... d2 {Third step forward and White has to give up an exchange.} 39. Rxe4
Rxe4 40. Rd1 Red4 41. Bc4 ({or} 41. Nc4 Nb5 42. Qb2 Rxf4+ $1 {with the idea}
43. gxf4 (43. Kg1 {is better.}) 43... Qxf4+ 44. Kg1 Qg4+ 45. Kf2 Rd5 46. Nxd2
Rf5+ 47. Ke3 Qh3+ 48. Ke2 Nc3+ 49. Ke1 (49. Qxc3 Qxc3 $19) 49... Qe3#) 41...
Ne8 $1 {[%cal Ge8f6,Gf6e4] Radjabov transfers his knight to f6.} (41... Na8 $1
{exchanging the knight on b6 was also strong.}) 42. Qe3 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Ge3e7]
} Kf8 {Preventing an idea of Qe7.} 43. Qe5 Qxe5 44. fxe5 Nc7 {and eventually
White realized that he has no compensation for the exchange and resigned.  The
positions which arise from this line are very tense and one who wants to play
it has to know to calculate variations very well. Each move is very essential
and a price of each mistake is very high. Despite White's loss in this game
Ivanchuk's idea 17.Bb5 deserves further tests.} 0-1

[Event "Morelia/Linares 23rd"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2006.03.07"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2006.02.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 {Against such an opening expert
like Leko, Ivanchuk prefers to play a quiet variation, where the main
confrontation of forces usually starts in the middlegame.} d5 {After the
develo pment of the knight to d2, the position with hanging pawns usually
offers Black comfortable play, because of the lack of pressure aginst the
d5-square. The fact that Black will have to lose a tempo with his queen's
bishop is of lesser relevance (a situation we are accostumed already with from
the game Bacrot-Topalov).} 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Ne5 Be7 8. Qa4+ c6 9. Bg2 Bb7 10.
O-O O-O 11. Rd1 Re8 12. Ndf3 h6 13. Bf4 Bf8 14. Rac1 c5 15. h4 {A double edged
decision. White intends to increase his influence over the king side, but if
his activity will fail to bring in concrete results, the king side will remain
iremediably weak.} Na6 16. Bh3 Bd6 17. e3 {#White's concentration of minor
pieces on the king side looks impressive, but has a rather sterile character
in view of his impossibility of opening files for the rooks.} Qe7 18. Ng4 Ne4
19. Bxd6 Qxd6 {After the exchange of the bishops Black gets almost perfect
stability on dark squares. White's knights start feeling a bit uncomfortable.}
20. Bg2 Nc7 21. Nge5 Qf6 22. Qc2 Ne6 {#Having been carried way by his king
side operations, White slightly neglected the situation on the other wing.
Concretely, his queen has no comfortable square at its disposal. With his next
move, Ivanchuk tries to solve this problem.} 23. b3 $2 Rac8 $2 ({Leko missed a
unexpected tactical resource, based on the lack of stability of the white
knights:} 23... cxd4 24. exd4 Nxd4 $3 25. Rxd4 Rac8 26. Qb2 Rxc1+ 27. Qxc1 Rxe5
{winning a pawn because of the vulnerability of the f2-square. He might have
decided already to simplify the position in order to reach a draw, which is
proven by his next move, too and is partly justified by his favourable
tournament situation.}) 24. Qb2 cxd4 $6 ({There was no need to release the
tension in the centre. Black could have consolidated his advantage of space
with} 24... a5) 25. exd4 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Rc8 27. Rxc8+ Bxc8 28. Ng4 Qe7 29. Ne3 {
#As a consequence of the simplifications prematurely provoked by Black, the
knigth has obtained this excelent square. White's position is more pleasant
already and Leko had to struggle for 35 more moves, although he never got into
concrete danger of losing.} Bb7 30. Bh3 Nc7 31. Nf5 Qd8 32. Ne5 Nb5 33. a4 Nbd6
34. Qc2 a5 35. Ne3 Nf6 36. f3 Nde8 37. Kf2 Qc7 38. Bf5 Qxc2+ 39. Bxc2 Nd6 40.
g4 g5 41. Nf5 Nxf5 42. Bxf5 gxh4 43. Nd3 Ba6 44. Nf4 b5 45. axb5 Bxb5 46. Ng2
a4 47. bxa4 Bxa4 48. Nxh4 Ne8 49. Ke3 Kf8 50. Kf4 Ke7 51. Bd3 Ng7 52. Ke5 Bc6
53. Bh7 f6+ 54. Kf4 h5 55. Nf5+ Nxf5 56. gxf5 Be8 57. Bg8 Bf7 58. Bxf7 Kxf7 59.
Kg3 Kg7 60. Kh4 Kh6 61. f4 Kh7 62. Kxh5 Kg7 63. Kh4 Kh6 64. Kg4 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Morelia/Linares 23rd"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2006.03.08"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2006.02.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a4 {#} Nb8 ({This knight retreat, which gives the position
certain resemblance with the Breyer Variation, seems to have never been played
before. Topalov's previous game in this line went} 10... h6 11. Bd2 b4 12. c3
a5 13. d4 bxc3 14. Bxc3 $5 {(An interesting concept. For the sake of rapid
piece development, White gives up his central chain of pawns.)} exd4 15. Nxd4
Nxd4 16. Qxd4 {with a promissing position for White, Topalov-Grischuk, Wijk
aan Zee 2005}) ({The main variation is considered to be} 10... Na5 11. Ba2 c5 {
but we shall see that Ivanchuk has entirely different plans regarding the
d5-square.}) 11. axb5 axb5 12. Rxa8 Bxa8 13. Na3 c6 {Not only defending the
b5-pawn, but also covering the d5-square. The passivity of the light-squared
bishp is of temporary nature.} 14. c4 $5 {To a certain extent, this is similar
to 14.Bxc3 from the previous note: White "sacrifices" the integrity of his
pawn structure for the sake of piece activity.} bxc4 15. Nxc4 Nbd7 16. Bd2 Re8
17. Qc2 Bf8 18. Ba2 Qb8 19. Bc3 h6 20. Ne3 Bb7 21. b4 d5 {After a laborious
manoeuvring phase, we finally have some tension in the centre.} 22. Ng4 Bd6 23.
Qb2 Nxg4 24. hxg4 c5 {#The situation becomes tenser and tenser. With his next
move, Topalov puts pressure against a far from obvious black weakness, the
f7-pawn.} 25. g5 hxg5 26. Nxg5 Qd8 27. bxc5 Nxc5 28. Bd2 f6 29. Be3 fxg5 {
The simplest way to equality, implying a pawn sacrifice.} 30. Bxc5 Bxc5 31.
Qxb7 Rf8 32. Qxd5+ Qxd5 33. Bxd5+ Kh7 34. Re2 g4 35. g3 Kh6 36. Kg2 Kg5 37. Rc2
{#White can hardly do anyhing more than move his rook along the second rank.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Morelia/Linares 23rd"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2006.03.10"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2006.02.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 $6 {Meines
Erachtens macht sich Schwarz mit diesem Übergang in die Botvinnik-Variante
keine Freude und sollte besser den Normalzug 6...c5 wählen.} 7. a4 c6 {In der
Zugfolge 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.a4 muss
Schwarz nicht 7...Bb4 spielen, sondern hat die gute Möglichkeit 7...Bb7. Die
Partiestellung hat einen schlechten Ruf für Schwarz und Vallejo kann dies
nicht ändern.} 8. e5 h6 9. exf6 hxg5 10. fxg7 Rg8 11. g3 {Mit diesem Zug hat
Weiss lt. meiner Datenbank einen Score von 79%. Mit der Hauptalternative 11.h4
konnte Weiß "nur" 73% erzielen. So oder so erscheint die schwarze Stellung
wenig attraktiv.} (11. h4 {0-1 Cheparinov,I-Vallejo Pons,F/Cuernavaca 2006/CBM
112/[Lutz](60)}) 11... Bb7 12. Bg2 c5 13. O-O g4 14. Nh4 (14. Ne5 Bxg2 15. Kxg2
cxd4 16. Qxg4 dxc3 17. Rad1 Qc7 18. Qe4 Rxg7 19. axb5 f5 20. Qxa8 Qxe5 21. Rfe1
Qxb5 22. bxc3 Bxc3 23. Rxe6+ Re7 24. Rxe7+ Kxe7 25. Qxa7+ Nd7 26. Rxd7+ Qxd7
27. Qe3+ Kf7 28. Qxc3 Qb7+ 29. Qf3 Qc8 30. Qd5+ Kg6 31. Qd6+ Kf7 32. Qd5+ Kg6
33. Qd6+ Kf7 {1/2-1/2 Duhayon,Y-Yakovich,Y/Port Erin 2005/CBM 108 ext (33)})
14... Bxg2 15. Nxg2 Rxg7 (15... cxd4 16. Nxb5 Nc6 (16... Rxg7 17. Nxd4 $36) 17.
Qxg4 a6 (17... Rc8 18. Rad1 Bc5 19. Nf4 a6 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Qh5+ Kd7 22. Qxc5
axb5 23. axb5 Ne7 24. Qxd4+ Nd5 25. f4 Ke7 26. f5 Qb6 27. Qxb6 Nxb6 28. Rfe1 {
1-0 Shtyrenkov,V-Rodin,M/Briansk 1995/EXT 98 (28)}) 18. Qe4 Rc8 (18... Qd7 19.
Nxd4 {Ftacnik}) (18... Ne7 19. Qxa8 Qxa8 20. Nc7+ $16 {Ftacnik}) 19. Qh7 $5 (
19. Rfd1 $5 Bc5 20. Qh7 Kd7 (20... Ne7 {Ftacnik} 21. Na3 $36) 21. Na3 Bxa3 (
21... Qf6 {Ftacnik} 22. Nxc4 Rxg7 23. Qe4 $40) 22. Rxa3 Qg5 23. Ne3 Rxg7 (23...
Qxg7 {Ftacnik} 24. Qxg7 Rxg7 25. Nxc4 $16) 24. Qe4 $40 {1-0 Jussupow,A-Van
Wely,L/Groningen 1994/CBM 045/[Ftacnik] (39)}) 19... Ne7 20. Nf4 $5 axb5 21.
Nh5 f5 22. Qh6 Qd6 23. axb5 Qe5 24. Ra6 Bd6 $2 (24... Kf7 $13) 25. Nf6+ Kf7 26.
Nd7 Qd5 27. Qf6+ Ke8 28. Rxd6 Qxd6 29. Ne5 d3 30. b6 {1-0 Sakaev,K-Yakovich,Y/
Kazan 2005/CBM 109 (30)}) 16. axb5 (16. dxc5 $14 {Ftacnik}) 16... cxd4 17. Ne4
f5 $2 {Das ist mehr als die schwarze Stellung verträgt.} ({Nach} 17... Be7 {
hätte Schwarz gelassen in die Zukunft blicken können.} 18. Nd2 (18. Qa4 Nd7 19.
Qxc4 Ne5) 18... c3 $5 $13 (18... Nd7 19. Nxc4 $13) (18... Qd5 19. Qa4 Nd7 (
19... Kf8 20. Nxc4) 20. b6 $1 (20. Nxc4 $2 Nc5) 20... Kf8 21. Nxc4 Nc5 22. Qxa7
$1 $40)) 18. Nf4 $1 {Ivanchuk stürtzt sich sofort auf den schwachen Pe6.} Kf7 (
18... Qb6 19. Qc2) 19. Rc1 $1 fxe4 (19... e5 20. Qc2) 20. Rxc4 Bc5 $5 (20...
Be7 21. Rxd4 Qc8 22. Rxe4 $18) 21. Rxc5 Nd7 22. Rh5 (22. Rc6 $5 $16) 22... Nf6
$2 (22... Qb6 $5 {ist noch nicht so klar.}) 23. Re5 $18 Qd6 24. Rxe6 1-0

[Event "Morelia/Linares 23rd"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2006.03.11"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2006.02.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
Bb7 {In spite of the unfavourable result, Ivanchuk remains faithfull to the
variation he employed against Leko in Morelia. Apparently, he dislikes the
idea of weakening the c4-square at such an early stage of the game.} 9. d3 d6
10. Nbd2 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nf1 b4 ({Now that the knight has been installed on
the a5-square, from where it controls the critical c4- and b3-squares, Black
decides to block the position. The aforementioned game continued with} 12...
Bc8) 13. c3 ({Svidler deviates from a previous game of his, too. After} 13. Ne3
Rb8 14. Nd2 Bc8 15. Bc4 Nxc4 16. dxc4 Be6 17. b3 Rb7 18. Rf1 Nd7 19. Qe2 Nb8
20. Nd5 Nc6 21. Bb2 Bg5 22. Rad1 a5 {Black gradually equalised in
Svidler-Adams, Moscow 2001. By playing 13.c3, White prepares the immediate
occupation of the centre.}) 13... bxc3 14. bxc3 {#} c4 {The typical reaction.
The insufficient defence of the e4-pawn allows Black disrupt White's central
structure.} 15. Ng3 cxd3 ({This natural move will leave White with strong
pressure against the backward d6-pawn. The more restrained} 15... Re8 16. d4
Qc7 {would have been worthy alternative. Although White has a clear supremacy
in the centre, the queen side situation looks to favour Black, because of the
weakness of the b3-square and of the a4-pawn.}) 16. Qxd3 Bc8 17. Ba3 ({This
might be even better than} 17. Bg5 Be6 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Nf5 Nb7 20. Bd5 {
with just an edge for White in Nisipeanu-Solleveld, Santo Domingo 2003.}) 17...
Qc7 18. Red1 Nb7 19. Qc4 Qxc4 20. Bxc4 Re8 21. Rab1 Ra7 22. Rb6 Na5 23. Bf1 Nd7
24. Rbb1 Nc5 25. Bxc5 dxc5 26. Nxe5 g6 {#White has managed to win a clear pawn,
but the weakness of White's whole queen side as well as the black pair of
bishops make the technical phase far from easy.} 27. f4 Be6 28. f5 Bb3 29. Rxb3
Nxb3 30. Bc4 Bg5 31. Nxf7 Be3+ 32. Kh1 Nd2 33. Nd6+ Nxc4 34. Nxe8 Kf7 35. Nd6+
Nxd6 36. Rxd6 {#After some nice fireworks, White has won a second pawn, but
Black managed to activate his remaining army radically.} Rb7 37. fxg6+ hxg6 38.
h4 Bf4 39. Rd3 Ke6 40. Kh2 Rb3 41. Kh3 c4 42. Rf3 Ke5 {Little by little, it
becomes clear that White has no real chances to win.} 43. Nf1 a5 44. Kg4 Bh6
45. h5 gxh5+ 46. Kxh5 Bc1 47. Rf5+ Kxe4 48. Ng3+ Kd3 49. Rf3+ Kc2 50. Ne2 Bd2
51. Nd4+ Kb2 52. Nb5 Bxc3 53. Rf2+ Kb1 54. Rf4 Bb4 55. Rxc4 {A nice figthing
game.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 15th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2006.03.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 dxc4 8. e4 g5
9. Bg3 b5 10. axb5 cxb5 11. Nxb5 axb5 12. Rxa8 Bb4+ 13. Ke2 Nc6 14. Ne5 Na5 15.
Rb8 Nxe4 16. f3 Nd6 17. h4 f6 18. hxg5 Nf5 19. Be1 Bxe1 20. Qxe1 fxe5 21. Rxc8
Qxc8 22. Qxa5 O-O 23. Rxh6 Qd7 24. Rh3 exd4 25. Kd2 Ne3 26. Be2 Nxg2 27. Qa3
Qg7 28. Rg3 Nf4 29. Bd1 c3+ 30. Kc1 b4 31. Qa5 d3 32. Qxb4 c2 0-1

[Event "Amber-blindfold 15th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2006.03.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Ne2 c5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 Na5 11. Bd3 b6 12. Qd2 e5 13. d5 f5 14. Bg5 Qd6 15.
Bh6 f4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. f3 c4 18. Bc2 g5 19. Kh1 Bd7 20. g3 Rae8 21. gxf4 gxf4
22. Rg1+ Kh8 23. Rg5 Rg8 24. Rxg8+ Rxg8 25. Rg1 Rxg1+ 26. Nxg1 Nb7 27. Qe2 Qc5
28. Qg2 Qe7 29. Nh3 Nd6 30. Nf2 b5 31. Qg1 Qh4 32. Qg2 a5 33. a3 Nf7 34. Bd1
Qe7 35. Nh3 Qxa3 36. Ng5 Nd8 37. Qg1 Qe7 38. Qa7 h6 39. Ne6 Nxe6 40. dxe6 Qxe6
41. Qxa5 Qf6 42. Qc7 Bh3 43. Qb8+ Kh7 44. Qxb5 Qh4 45. Qb7+ Kg6 46. Qb6+ Kh5
47. Qg1 Qd8 48. Be2 Qd2 49. Bf1 Be6 50. Bxc4 Qxc3 51. Bxe6 Qxf3+ 52. Qg2 Qd1+
53. Qg1 Qf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 15th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2006.03.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 Be7 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O O-O 10. g4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. g5 Nd7 13. h4 Bb7 14. a3 Rc8 15.
Rg1 Ne5 16. Qe3 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Rxc4 18. h5 Re8 19. Kb1 Qc7 20. b3 Rc6 21. Nd5
exd5 22. exd5 Rxc2 23. g6 hxg6 24. hxg6 Rf8 25. gxf7+ Rxf7 26. Bxg7 Rxg7 27.
Qe6+ Kh8 28. Rxg7 Kxg7 29. Rg1+ 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 15th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2006.03.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Qc2 Na6 10. a3 Bg4 11. Ne5 Bf5 12. b4 f6 13. Nf3 Bg6 14. Nc3 Nxc3 15.
Bxg6 hxg6 16. Qxc3 dxc4 17. Qxc4+ Rf7 18. b5 cxb5 19. Qxb5 Qd7 20. Qb3 b5 21.
Rd1 Re8 22. Be3 Nc7 23. d5 a5 24. a4 Bb4 25. axb5 Nxb5 26. Bd2 Re4 27. Re1
Rxe1+ 28. Bxe1 Nc7 29. Bxb4 axb4 30. Qxb4 Qxd5 31. Qg4 Qf5 32. Qg3 Kh7 33. Qh4+
Qh5 34. Qc4 Qd5 35. Qh4+ Qh5 36. Qc4 Qd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 15th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2006.03.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8.
Re1 c5 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. Bf4 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Bc4 a6 13. a4 Qc8 14. Be2 Bf8 15.
Nd2 Bxe2 16. Rxe2 Nd4 17. Re3 b5 18. Bg5 Nd7 19. Nd5 Qb7 20. axb5 axb5 21. Rxa8
Rxa8 22. Nf3 Ne6 23. Be7 Nb6 24. Nxb6 Qxb6 25. Bxf8 Kxf8 26. Rd3 Ke7 27. Qd2
Ra6 28. c3 b4 29. e5 bxc3 30. Qxc3 Qb4 31. Qxb4 cxb4 32. Rd5 Nf4 33. Rb5 Nd3
34. Rb7+ Ke8 35. Rb8+ Ke7 36. Rb7+ Ke8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 15th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2006.03.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Qd3 e6 12. Bg5 Qc7 13. Qe3 Nd7 14. e5 Bd5 15.
Be7 Rfc8 16. Bd6 Qb7 17. a4 cxd4 18. cxd4 Nb8 19. a5 Nc6 20. axb6 axb6 21. Bc5
Rcb8 22. Rxb6 Qxb6 23. Bxb6 Rxb6 24. Nd2 Rb4 25. Ne4 Bxe5 26. dxe5 Rxe4 27. Qd3
Nxe5 28. Qb5 h5 29. Rc1 Nc6 30. Bf1 Nd4 31. Qd7 Kg7 32. f3 Re3 33. Rc7 Rf8 34.
Bc4 Nf5 35. g4 Nd4 36. Bxd5 exd5 37. Qxd5 Ne6 38. gxh5 Re1+ 39. Kf2 Re2+ 40.
Kf1 Nxc7 41. Qd4+ Kh6 42. Kxe2 Ne6 43. Qe5 g5 44. Qf6+ Kxh5 45. Kf2 Nf4 46. Qg7
1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 15th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2006.03.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 d5 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. b3
Nbd7 9. Bb2 c5 10. Re1 Rc8 11. e4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Rxe4 Nf6 14. Rh4 Bb7
15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Qc2 h6 17. Ng5 Bxf2+ 18. Qxf2 Bxg2 19. Qc2 Re8 20. Rd1 Qxd1+
21. Qxd1 hxg5 22. Rd4 Bc6 23. Rd6 Ne4 24. Qd4 e5 25. Qxe5 Rxe5 0-1

[Event "Amber-blindfold 15th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2006.03.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Bb4+ 12. c3 Be7 13. O-O-O Ngf6 14. Kb1 O-O
15. c4 a5 16. Nf1 b5 17. c5 Nd5 18. Bd2 Qc7 19. g4 Rad8 20. Ng3 N7f6 21. g5
hxg5 22. Nxg5 Nf4 23. Bxf4 Qxf4 24. h6 Rd5 25. hxg7 Rxg5 26. gxf8=Q+ Bxf8 27.
Rhg1 Bg7 28. Ne2 Qf5 29. Rxg5 Qxg5 30. Rg1 Qh4 31. Qg3 Qxg3 32. Rxg3 a4 33. Ra3
Kf8 34. b3 axb3 35. axb3 Nd5 36. Ra7 Ke8 37. Kc2 Bf6 38. Kd3 Nb4+ 39. Ke4 Nd5
40. Ng1 Bd8 41. Nf3 f6 42. Ne1 Bc7 43. Ng2 Kd7 44. Ne3 Nb4 45. Kf3 f5 46. Ke2
Kc8 47. Ng2 Nd5 48. Ne1 Nb4 49. Nf3 Kb8 50. Ra1 Kb7 51. Rh1 Kc8 52. Rh8+ Kd7
53. Rh7+ Kc8 54. Ng5 e5 55. Ne6 Bb8 56. Rh8+ Kb7 57. dxe5 Bxe5 58. Rh5 Ka6 59.
Rxf5 Bc3 60. Rf7 Na2 61. Kd3 Bb2 62. f4 Ka5 63. Ra7+ 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 15th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2006.03.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Qd2
Qd8 9. O-O-O Bb4 10. a3 Be7 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Bd7 13. f4 Qc7 14. Kb1 O-O-O
15. Bd3 Kb8 16. Qc2 Bc8 17. Rhe1 f6 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. g3 g5 20. Ne2 Qg7 21. e4
dxe4 22. Bxe4 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. Rxd8 Bxd8 25. Qd2 Bf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 15th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2006.03.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. g3 b5 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. d3 d6 7. O-O Nc6 8. Ng5 h6
9. Nh3 Nge7 10. f4 g6 11. f5 gxf5 12. Qh5 Ne5 13. Bg5 Qd7 14. Bxe7 Bxe7 15.
exf5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 O-O-O 17. Rae1 Rdf8 18. Ne4 Nc6 19. fxe6 fxe6 20. Rxf8+ Bxf8
21. Nf4 Bg7 22. c3 Nd8 23. Qg4 e5 24. Nxd6+ Kc7 25. Qxd7+ Kxd7 26. Nh5 Kxd6 27.
Nxg7 Nc6 28. Rf1 c4 29. dxc4 bxc4 30. Rf6+ Kd5 31. Ne6 a5 32. Nc7+ Kc5 33. a4
h5 34. Kf3 Rh7 35. Ne6+ Kd5 36. Ng5 Re7 37. Ne4 Re6 38. h4 Nb8 39. Rxe6 Kxe6
40. g4 hxg4+ 41. Kxg4 Nd7 42. h5 Nf8 43. h6 Ng6 44. h7 Nh8 45. Nd2 Kd5 46. Kf5
Nf7 47. Kf6 Nh8 48. Kg7 e4 49. Nxe4 Kxe4 50. Kxh8 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 15th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2006.03.30"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. dxc5 d4 7. Na4 Bxc5 8.
Nxc5 Qa5+ 9. Qd2 Qxc5 10. e3 dxe3 11. Qxe3+ Qxe3+ 12. Bxe3 Be6 13. Bb5 Nge7 14.
Nd4 Bd5 15. O-O O-O 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. h3 h6 18. b3 a6 19. Bf1 Rac8 20. Ne2 Nb4
21. Bd2 Nec6 22. Bc3 Be6 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Nf4 Bf5 25. g4 Bc2 26. Bg2 Rd1+ 27.
Rxd1 Bxd1 28. a3 Na2 29. Bd2 Bxb3 30. Nd3 Bc4 31. Nc5 b6 32. Nd7 Nd4 33. Nxb6
Be2 34. Bd5 Nf3+ 35. Bxf3 Bxf3 36. Kh2 g5 37. Kg3 Bc6 38. Nc8 Bd7 39. Nd6 Kg7
40. h4 gxh4+ 41. Kxh4 Kg6 42. Nc4 f6 43. f4 Be6 44. Nb2 f5 45. g5 hxg5+ 46.
fxg5 f4 47. Nd3 Kf5 48. Nxf4 Bf7 49. Nd3 Bg6 50. Nc5 a5 51. Bxa5 Nc1 52. a4 Ne2
53. Bd8 Be8 54. a5 Nd4 55. Kg3 Nc6 56. a6 Nxd8 57. Nb7 Nc6 58. Nd6+ Kxg5 59.
Nxe8 Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 15th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2006.03.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. c3 Bf8 12. Ba2 Qd7 13. Nf1 h6 14. Nh4 Ne7 15. h3
d5 16. Qf3 Kh7 17. Ng3 c5 18. exd5 Bxd5 19. Bxd5 Qxd5 20. axb5 axb5 21. Rxa8
Rxa8 22. Rxe5 Qxf3 23. Nxf3 Nc6 24. Re1 Nd5 25. Ne4 b4 26. g4 Ra2 27. Kf1 f6
28. h4 Kg6 29. c4 Nc7 30. Be3 Ne6 31. h5+ Kf7 32. Re2 b3 33. Nc3 Nb4 34. Ne1
Bd6 35. Ne4 Be7 36. f4 Ra1 37. Kg2 f5 38. gxf5 Nd4 39. Bxd4 cxd4 40. Nd2 Nc2
41. Nef3 Ne3+ 42. Kf2 Bf6 43. Nxb3 Rf1+ 44. Kg3 Nxf5+ 45. Kg2 Rd1 46. Nc5 Ne3+
47. Kg3 Nf5+ 48. Kf2 Rb1 49. Ne4 Bd8 50. Ne5+ Kg8 51. Nc6 Bc7 52. b4 Bxf4 53.
b5 Be3+ 54. Kf3 Kf7 55. Ng3 Nd6 56. Ne5+ Kg8 57. Ng4 Rb3 58. Ne5 Rb1 59. Ra2
1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 15th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2006.03.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D60"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "180"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 O-O 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Rc1 N5f6 10. Be2 c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. b4 Rd8 13. Qc2 Ncd7 14. Qb2
Nb6 15. O-O Bd7 16. Rfd1 Rac8 17. a3 Be8 18. Rxd8 Qxd8 19. h3 h6 20. Nb5 Rxc1+
21. Qxc1 Bxb5 22. Bxb5 Nfd5 23. Kf1 a6 24. Be2 Na4 25. Qc2 Ndc3 26. Bc4 b5 27.
Bb3 g6 28. Nd4 Kh7 29. g3 Qa8 30. Kg1 Qb7 31. h4 h5 32. Qd3 Kg7 33. Bc2 Qd5 34.
Kh2 Kg8 35. Bb3 Qe4 36. Qd2 Nd5 37. Bc2 Qe5 38. Bxa4 bxa4 39. Qc2 Nb6 40. Qc6
Qb8 41. Kg1 Qd8 42. Qb7 e5 43. Nf3 Nc4 44. Ng5 Qe8 45. Ne4 Kg7 46. Qxa6 Nxa3
47. Nc3 Nc2 48. b5 Qd7 49. b6 Qc6 50. Nxa4 Ne1 51. Kf1 Nf3 52. Qa5 Qc4+ 53. Kg2
Qe4 54. Nc3 Nxh4+ 55. Kf1 Qh1+ 56. Ke2 Qf3+ 57. Kd3 Nf5 58. Qxe5+ Kh7 59. Ne4
Qd1+ 60. Nd2 Qa4 61. Qd5 Qa3+ 62. Qb3 Qa6+ 63. Kc2 Nd6 64. Qb4 Qc8+ 65. Kb2 Qc6
66. e4 Kg8 67. e5 Nb7 68. Ne4 Kg7 69. Qd4 Qb5+ 70. Kc3 Qa5+ 71. Kd3 Kf8 72. e6
Qb5+ 73. Kd2 Qa5+ 74. Ke2 Qa2+ 75. Kf3 Qxe6 76. Qb4+ Kg8 77. Qb5 Kg7 78. Kf4
Qg4+ 79. Ke3 Qe6 80. Kd4 Nd6 81. Nxd6 Qxd6+ 82. Kc4 Qe6+ 83. Kb4 Qe1+ 84. Kb3
Qb1+ 85. Kc4 Qe4+ 86. Kc3 Qe1+ 87. Kd4 Qxf2+ 88. Ke4 Qg2+ 89. Kd4 Qf2+ 90. Ke4
Qg2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 15th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2006.03.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Qc2 h6 8. Bh4
Be7 9. e3 O-O 10. a5 c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Bxe7 Qxe7
15. Be2 Bg4 16. O-O Rac8 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. h3 Ne4 19. Qa4 Bh5 20. Rac1 Ng3 21.
Bd3 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Bxf3 23. gxf3 d4 24. Qc4 dxe3 25. fxg3 Qd6 26. Bf1 Qxg3+ 27.
Kh1 Qxf3+ 28. Bg2 Rd1+ 29. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 30. Kh2 e2 31. Qc8+ Kh7 32. Qf5+ Kg8 33.
Qc8+ Kh7 34. Qf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 15th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2006.03.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Ne5 Bd6 8.
Bg2 O-O 9. O-O c5 10. Ndc4 dxc4 11. Bxa8 cxd4 12. Nf3 Nbd7 13. Bc6 Nb8 14. Qa4
Qc8 15. Bb5 Bb7 16. Bg5 a6 17. Bxf6 axb5 18. Qxb5 gxf6 19. Qxb6 d3 20. Qxd6
dxe2 21. Rfe1 Bxf3 22. Qxf6 Qc6 23. Qg5+ Qg6 24. Qe3 Qd3 25. Qg5+ Qg6 26. Qe3
Qf6 27. Rxe2 Bxe2 28. Qxe2 Nc6 29. Qxc4 Qxb2 30. Rd1 Ne5 31. Qf4 Qe2 32. Qg5+
Ng6 33. Qd2 Qxd2 34. Rxd2 Ra8 35. Kg2 Ne5 36. Kh3 Nc6 37. Rb2 Ra4 38. f4 Nb4
39. a3 Nd3 40. Rb3 Nc5 41. Re3 Ne4 42. Kh4 Kg7 43. Rd3 Ra6 44. Rd5 Rxa3 45. Re5
Ra4 46. Kg4 Nf6+ 47. Kh3 h6 48. Re2 Kg6 49. Kg2 Rc4 50. Rd2 Ne4 51. Re2 Rd4 52.
Kh3 f5 53. Ra2 Rd2 54. Ra6+ Kh5 55. Ra5 Nf2+ 56. Kg2 Ng4+ 57. Kg1 Ne3 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 15th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2006.03.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. f4 a6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. d3 d5 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O
9. Ne5 Nd4 10. g4 dxe4 11. dxe4 b5 12. g5 Nd7 13. Nf3 Bb7 14. Kh1 b4 15. Nxd4
cxd4 16. Ne2 Nc5 17. Ng3 Rc8 18. b3 d3 19. cxd3 Qd4 20. Bd2 Nxd3 21. Qf3 Bc5
22. f5 a5 23. Bf4 e5 24. f6 g6 25. Rad1 Ba6 26. Nf5 gxf5 27. Bg3 f4 28. Bh4 Qe3
29. Qh5 Rfd8 30. Rf3 Qe2 31. Rdf1 Bb7 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 15th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2006.03.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Nbd7 9. Qd2 b5 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Kb1 Be7 12. g4 Nb6 13. g5 Nh5 14. Qf2 Nc4 15.
Bxc4 Rxc4 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. Rxd5 O-O 18. Rhd1 Qc8 19. Qg2 f5 20. gxf6 Rxf6 21.
c3 Rg6 22. Qf1 Nf6 23. R5d2 Qe6 24. Nc1 Rc8 25. Ne2 Rf8 26. Bf2 Nh5 27. Ng3
Nxg3 28. Bxg3 Rgf6 29. Rf2 R6f7 30. Rd3 h5 31. Rg2 g5 32. Qe2 Kh7 33. Be1 Rg7
34. Bd2 Kg8 35. Bc1 Rff7 36. Rg1 g4 37. fxg4 Rxg4 38. Rxg4+ hxg4 39. a4 Qc4 40.
axb5 Rf3 41. bxa6 Qxa6 42. Re3 Qxe2 43. Rxe2 Kf7 44. Rg2 Rh3 45. Kc2 Ke6 46. c4
Bd8 47. Bd2 Bb6 48. b4 Bd4 49. b5 Bc5 50. Ba5 Kd7 51. Bd2 Kc7 52. Kd1 Kb6 53.
Bg5 Bd4 54. Bd8+ Kc5 55. b6 Rb3 56. Rxg4 Kxc4 57. Bc7 Bxb6 58. Bxb6 Rxb6 59.
Kc2 Ra6 60. Kb2 Kd3 61. h4 d5 62. exd5 e4 63. h5 e3 64. Rg3 Kd2 65. Kb3 e2 66.
Rg1 e1=Q 67. Rxe1 Kxe1 68. Kb4 Ke2 69. Kc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 15th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2006.03.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Bf4 O-O
8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Nc5 10. h4 Bf6 11. Be3 Bg4 12. Bc4 Qc8 13. Bxc5 dxc5 14.
Qf4 c6 15. Bd3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Re8 17. Bf5 Qb8 18. Rd7 Rd8 19. Rhd1 Qe5 20. Qe4
Qxe4 21. Bxe4 Rab8 22. g3 g6 23. a4 Kf8 24. Rxd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 15th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2006.03.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O
cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Rd1 Nb4 12. Bg5 Bd7 13. d5 exd5 14. Nxd5 Nbxd5
15. Bxd5 Nxd5 16. Rxd5 Bxg5 17. Nxg5 h6 18. Rad1 hxg5 19. Rxd7 Qb6 20. g3 Qc6
21. b3 b6 22. R1d5 Qc3 23. Rd3 Qc1+ 24. Kg2 Qc6+ 25. Qf3 Qxf3+ 26. Rxf3 f6 27.
Rc3 Rf7 28. Rxf7 Kxf7 29. Rc7+ Kg6 30. h3 Rd8 31. Rxa7 Rd4 32. Re7 Rb4 33. Re3
f5 34. Kf3 f4 35. Rd3 fxg3 36. fxg3 g4+ 37. hxg4 Kf6 38. Re3 Kg5 39. Re5+ Kf6
40. Rb5 Rxb5 41. axb5 Ke5 42. g5 g6 43. Ke3 Kd5 44. Kd3 Ke5 45. Kc4 Ke4 46. Kc3
Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 15th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2006.03.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Nb8 11. Nbd2 Nbd7 12. c3 Re8 13. Nf1 h6 14. Ng3 Bf8 15. a4
c6 16. d4 Qc7 17. Bc2 Rad8 18. axb5 axb5 19. dxe5 dxe5 20. Qe2 Qb6 21. Be3 Bc5
22. b4 Bxe3 23. Qxe3 c5 24. Red1 cxb4 25. Qxb6 Nxb6 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. cxb4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 15th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2006.03.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. Bd2 e6 8. e3
Bd6 9. Ne5 Nf6 10. f4 O-O 11. Bd3 Ne7 12. O-O b6 13. Be1 Bb7 14. Bh4 Ne4 15.
Bxe4 dxe4 16. Qb3 Qe8 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. a4 Bb4 19. f5 f6 20. Ng4 Rac8 21. Rfc1
Rfe8 22. Nf2 a5 23. Rc2 Ba6 24. Qxe6+ Qxe6 25. fxe6 Rxe6 26. Rac1 Rec6 27. d5
R6c7 28. Rd1 f5 29. g4 g6 30. gxf5 gxf5 31. Nh3 Rg7+ 32. Rg2 Bc5 33. Rxg7+ Kxg7
34. Kf2 Kf6 35. Nf4 Bc4 36. Rg1 Bb4 37. h4 Bb3 38. Nfe2 Rd8 39. Nd4 Bxd5 40.
Rg5 Be6 41. Rh5 Kg6 42. Nxe6 Rd2+ 43. Ke1 Rxb2 44. Nf4+ Kg7 45. Rg5+ Kf6 46.
Nfd5+ Ke5 47. Nxb4 axb4 48. Ne2 Kd5 49. Rxf5+ Kc4 50. Rb5 Ra2 51. Rxb6 b3 52.
Nd4 b2 53. Kd1 Ra3 54. Kd2 Ra2 55. Nc2 h5 56. a5 Rxa5 57. Rb4+ Kd5 58. Rxb2 Ke5
59. Nd4 Ra3 60. Rb5+ Kf6 61. Rxh5 Rd3+ 62. Ke2 Rxd4 63. exd4 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 15th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2006.03.30"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Re1 Re8 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Rxe1+ 12. Qxe1 h6 13. Rb1 Nd7 14. h3 Qe7
15. Qxe7 Bxe7 16. Bd2 Kf8 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. a4 b6 19. Bb5 Nf6 20. Bc6 Bf5 21.
Rxb6 axb6 22. Bxa8 Bd7 23. Bf4 Bxa4 24. Bc7 b5 25. Bc6 Bd1 26. Bxb5 Ne4 27. Ba5
Bxf3 28. gxf3 Ng5 29. Kg2 Ne6 30. Bf1 Ba3 31. Bb6 Bb2 32. c4 dxc4 33. Bxc4
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 7th"]
[Site "Kusadasi"]
[Date "2006.04.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Cvitan, Ognjen"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2006.04.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e4 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. exd5 cxd5 7. Bd3 Nc6 8.
a3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Nge7 10. Qc2 Bg4 11. Ne2 Rc8 12. O-O Qd7 13. Re1 Bf5 14. Bxf5
Nxf5 15. a4 O-O 16. Ba3 Rfe8 17. Qd3 Re4 18. Ng3 Nxg3 19. hxg3 Rce8 20. Rxe4
Rxe4 21. Qb5 a6 22. Qb6 h5 23. a5 Re2 24. Rb1 Qf5 25. Rf1 Ra2 26. Qb3 Qc2 27.
Qxb7 Nxa5 28. Qa8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 7th"]
[Site "Kusadasi"]
[Date "2006.04.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Brkic, Ante"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2006.04.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Bg7 6. e4 Nb6 7. Be3 O-O 8.
Be2 Nc6 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. d5 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Na5 12. Bd4 Qd6 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Rc1
Qf6 15. Nb1 Qxb2 16. Rc2 Qb4+ 17. Nd2 c6 18. Qa1+ Kg8 19. a3 Qa4 20. Bd1 Qb5
21. Be2 Qa4 22. Bd1 Qb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 7th"]
[Site "Kusadasi"]
[Date "2006.04.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kurnosov, Igor"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2006.04.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h6 5. g4 Bd7 6. Nd2 e6 7. Nb3 a5 8. a4 Na6 9.
Be3 Qc7 10. Nf3 h5 11. gxh5 Rxh5 12. c3 Ne7 13. Bd3 Nf5 14. Qe2 Qb6 15. Nbd2 c5
16. Ng5 Rh8 17. Ndf3 g6 18. Kf1 cxd4 19. Nxd4 Nc5 20. Bb5 Qc7 21. Nxf5 gxf5 22.
Bf4 Rc8 23. Rd1 Bxb5 24. axb5 Ne4 25. f3 Nxg5 26. Bxg5 Be7 27. Kg2 Qc4 28. Qxc4
Rxc4 29. Bxe7 Kxe7 30. Ra1 b6 31. h5 Rc5 32. b4 Rxb5 33. Rh4 f6 34. exf6+ Kxf6
35. Kf2 d4 36. Rxd4 Rxh5 37. bxa5 bxa5 38. Rda4 Rh2+ 39. Ke3 Re5+ 40. Kd3 Rf2
41. f4 Rf3+ 42. Kd2 Rf2+ 43. Kd3 Rf3+ 44. Kd2 Rb5 45. R1a2 Rb1 46. Rxa5 Rxf4
47. Ra6 Rh1 48. Kc2 Rf2+ 49. Kd3 Rh3+ 50. Kc4 Rxa2 51. Rxa2 f4 52. Kb4 e5 53.
c4 e4 54. c5 f3 55. c6 e3 56. c7 Rh8 57. Rh2 Rc8 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 7th"]
[Site "Kusadasi"]
[Date "2006.04.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D60"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2006.04.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. Qb3 Be7 7. e3 a6 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O b5 10. c5 a5 11. Bf4 Nh5 12. a3 Nxf4 13. exf4 Qc7 14. g3 Rd8 15. Qc2
Nf8 16. Rfe1 Bd7 17. Bd3 Be8 18. Re3 Bf6 19. h4 Rdb8 20. Kg2 Qb7 21. Rae1 Kh8
22. Qd2 Qc7 23. Bc2 Kg8 24. h5 g6 25. Rh1 gxh5 26. Rxh5 Bg7 27. Rh3 f5 28. Ng5
Qd7 29. Ne2 Bg6 30. Nf3 Rb7 31. Nc1 Bf6 32. Nd3 Qc8 33. Re1 Rg7 34. Reh1 Kf7
35. Nde5+ Ke8 36. Ng5 Bxe5 37. dxe5 Kd8 38. Nf3 Kc7 39. Nd4 Kb8 40. Bd3 Raa7
41. Rh6 Qe8 42. Be2 Ka8 43. Rc1 Rgb7 44. Qe1 Rb8 45. Bd3 Qd7 46. Qh1 Qe8 47.
Qh4 Rg7 48. Ra1 Rbb7 49. Kf3 Rbc7 50. Ke3 Qe7 51. Qxe7 Rgxe7 52. b4 a4 53. f3
Rg7 54. Be2 Kb7 55. Rc1 Rce7 56. Kf2 Rg8 57. Rch1 Rgg7 58. Ke3 Bf7 59. g4 Bg6
60. gxf5 exf5 61. Bd3 Rgf7 62. R1h5 Ne6 63. Rxf5 Nxd4 64. Rxf7 Rxf7 65. Kxd4
Bxd3 66. Kxd3 Rxf4 67. Rf6 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 7th"]
[Site "Kusadasi"]
[Date "2006.04.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Luther, Thomas"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2006.04.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 {Paulsen in reinster Form.
Heute wird oft die Fortsetzung 5...a6 gewählt.} (5... a6 {Die Idee dieses
Zuges besteht in der Umgehung der langen Rochade.} 6. Nxc6 (6. Be3 Nf6 7. Qd2 (
7. Bd3 Qc7 8. O-O Nxd4 9. Bxd4 Bc5 10. Bxc5 Qxc5 11. Kh1 d6 12. f4 e5 $11) 7...
Bb4 8. f3 d5 9. a3 Qa5 $13) 6... bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. O-O Nf6 $132 {Für den
kleinen Entwicklungsnachteil hat Schwarz ein sehr solides Zentrum. Die
Stellung bietet gute Chancen für beide Seiten.}) 6. f4 $5 {Eine sehr aktive
Fortsetzung! Andere Spielwege sind:} (6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 $5 {Die aktuellste
Variante} (7. Be2 Nf6 8. O-O {führt zu den klassischen Scheveninger-Varianten
- bzw. nach 8....Bb4 zu einer Paulsen-Stellung.}) 7... Nf6 8. O-O-O Bb4 9. f3
Ne5 (9... Ne7 10. Nde2 d5 $13) 10. Nb3 b5 11. Kb1 Be7 12. Qf2 d6 $132) 6... a6
(6... Nxd4 {Das sofortige Schlagen verspricht Schwarz kein gutes Spiel. Er
sollte versuchen, die etwas "luftige" Stellung des Springers d4 auszunutzen.}
7. Qxd4 a6 8. a4 $14) 7. a4 {Ein seltener, aber interessanter Zug. Als
Hauptfortsetzung gilt 7.Nxc6} (7. Nxc6 Qxc6 (7... bxc6 8. Bd3 d5 (8... Bc5 9.
Qg4 $1 Ne7 10. Qxg7 Rg8 11. Qxh7 Rxg2 12. Qh3 Rg8 (12... Bf2+ 13. Kf1 $18) 13.
e5 $1 Nd5 14. Ne4 Be7 15. Bd2 $16) 9. Qe2 Nf6 10. O-O Be7 11. Bd2 O-O 12. Rae1
$14) (7... dxc6 8. Bd3 Nf6 (8... Bc5 9. Qg4 Ne7 10. Qxg7 Rg8 11. Qxh7 Rxg2 12.
Qh3 Rg8 13. Bd2 $18) 9. O-O e5 10. f5 Bc5+ 11. Kh1 h5 12. Bg5 Ng4 13. Qe2 $14)
8. Bd3 b5 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. Bd2 $14 {Weiß steht ordentlich, während Schwarz noch
mit Eröffnungsproblemen zu kämpfen hat.}) 7... Nf6 $5 $146 {Bis jetzt wurde 7..
..Bb4 gespielt, wobei man sagen muss, diese Stellung kam äußerst selten vor.} (
7... Bb4 $6 8. Nxc6 Qxc6 9. Qd4 $1 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Nf6 11. Bd3 $16 {Trotz des
Doppelbauern hat Weiß riesigen Vorteil dank seines schwarzfeldrigen Läufers.})
8. e5 (8. Nxc6 {Dieser Zug ist jetzt nicht sinnvoll, aufgrund des Bauernzuges
nach a4.} dxc6 (8... Qxc6 9. e5 Ne4 (9... Nd5 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 Bc5 12. Qe2
O-O 13. Be3 d6 $13) 10. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 11. Qe2 Qxe2+ 12. Bxe2 Bc5 $11) 9. e5 Nd5
10. Ne4 a5 11. Bd3 Qb6 $13) (8. Be3 $2 Bb4 9. Nxc6 Qxc6 10. Qd4 Qxe4 $17) 8...
Nd5 (8... Nxd4 $5 {Ist auch möglich.} 9. Qxd4 (9. exf6 Qc5 10. fxg7 Bxg7 $15)
9... Bc5 10. Qd1 Nd5 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Qxd5 O-O $44) 9. Nxd5 exd5 {Auf den
ersten Blick sieht die schwarze Stellung aufgrund der Doppelbauern auf der
d-Linie schlecht aus, jedoch ist seine Stellung als sicher anzusehen.} 10. Nf5
$1 {Wohl die beste Fortsetzung.} (10. Nxc6 dxc6 (10... bxc6 $5 11. Bd3 Bc5 12.
Qe2 (12. Qg4 O-O $15) 12... O-O 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 d6 15. exd6 Qxd6 16. O-O
c5 $132) 11. Be3 Be6 12. Bd3 O-O-O $132) (10. Be3 d6 11. Nxc6 (11. exd6 $2 Bxd6
12. Qd2 O-O 13. Be2 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Re8 $19) 11... bxc6 12. Qd4 Rb8 $15) (10. Be2
Bc5 $1 (10... d6 11. e6 $5 fxe6 (11... Bxe6 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. f5 $1 exf5 14.
O-O g6 15. Qxd5 $44) 12. f5 exf5 (12... Nxd4 13. Qxd4 exf5 14. Bh5+ $16) 13.
O-O Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Qc5 15. Be3 Qxd4 16. Bxd4 Be6 (16... Rg8 17. Rae1 Be7 18. Bf3
$16) 17. Bd3 Kd7 18. Bxf5 Bxf5 19. Rxf5 Re8 20. Rxd5 $14) 11. Nf5 O-O 12. Qxd5
Nb4 13. Qd2 d5 $44) 10... d6 11. exd6 Bxd6 12. Nxd6+ (12. Qxd5 Bxf5 13. Qxf5
O-O 14. Bd3 g6 15. Qg5 Rae8+ $17 {Der weiße König wird zum Angriffsziel aller
schwarzen Figuren.}) (12. Qe2+ Be7 13. Nxe7 Nxe7 $15) 12... Qxd6 13. Bd3 {
Schwarz muss versuchen, so schnell wie möglich kurz zu rochieren.} Qc5 (13...
Qe7+ $5 14. Kf2 (14. Qe2 Nb4 15. Ra3 $1 Bd7 16. Qxe7+ Kxe7 17. a5 Rac8 18. Kd2
Rc5 $15) 14... Qc5+ 15. Be3 d4 16. Bd2 O-O 17. Re1 Bf5 18. Qh5 g6 19. Qg5 f6
20. Qg3 Bxd3 21. Qxd3 Rfe8 $11) 14. Qe2+ Kd8 {Schwarz geht das Risiko ein und
belässt den eigenen König in der Mitte, nur um dem gegnerischen König
ebenfalls die Möglichkeit der Rochade zu nehmen.} 15. Qf2 (15. Kf1 Re8 16. Qh5
g6 17. Qxh7 Nb4 18. Qh4+ (18. Ra3 Qe7 $19) 18... Kc7 19. Bd2 Nxd3 20. cxd3 Bf5
$19) 15... Re8+ 16. Kf1 d4 $5 (16... Qxf2+ {Führt zum Ausgleich.} 17. Kxf2 Nb4
18. Bd2 Nxd3+ 19. cxd3 Bf5 20. Rad1 $11 {Im Großen und Ganzen ist diese
Stellung Remis.}) 17. Qh4+ (17. f5 Ne5 18. Ra3 Bd7 19. Bf4 Rc8 $15) 17... f6
18. Qxh7 Nb4 19. Bd2 (19. Qxg7 Nxd3 20. Qxf6+ (20. cxd3 Qh5 $1 21. Kf2 Qe2+ 22.
Kg3 Bd7 23. Qxf6+ Kc7 $19) 20... Kc7 21. cxd3 Qh5 $1 22. Qg7+ Bd7 23. Be3 $1
dxe3 $1 (23... Rxe3 24. Rc1+ Kd8 (24... Kb6 $4 25. Qxd4+ Ka5 26. b4+ Kxa4 27.
Qa1+ Kxb4 28. Qc3+ Ka4 29. Ra1+ Kb5 30. Ra5+ Kb6 31. Qc5+) (24... Kb8 25. Qxd7
Rxd3 26. h4 Rd1+ 27. Kf2 Rd2+ 28. Kg1 Ka7 $15) 25. Qf8+ Re8 26. Qf6+ Re7 27.
Re1 Qf7 $15) 24. Rc1+ Kd8 $19) 19... Nxd3 20. cxd3 Bf5 (20... Qf5 {Führt
wieder zum Remis.} 21. Qxf5 Bxf5 22. Kf2 Bxd3 23. Rhe1 $11) 21. Qxg7 Bxd3+ 22.
Kg1 Rc8 $1 $44 {Schwarz verfügt über gute Kompensation für das geopferte
Material. Die Stellung ist jedoch trotzdem unklar.} 23. h4 Re2 24. Rh3 Be4 25.
Qxf6+ Kc7 26. Rc1 Bc2 27. b4 Qc4 28. Rg3 Rxd2 29. Qe5+ Kb6 30. Rg7 Ka7 31. b5
d3 32. Kh2 Re2 33. Qd6 Re6 34. Qd7 Qxf4+ 35. g3 Qf2+ 36. Kh1 Qf3+ 37. Kg1 Re2
38. b6+ Kb8 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 7th"]
[Site "Kusadasi"]
[Date "2006.04.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Turov, Maxim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2006.04.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nf3 b6 7. O-O Ba6 8. Qc2
d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Nc3 Bb7 12. Rac1 h6 13. Bf4 c6 14. Ne5 Nfd7 15.
Nf3 Nf6 16. Rfd1 Nbd7 17. Ne5 Nh5 18. Bd2 Nhf6 19. e4 dxe4 20. Nxe4 Nxe4 21.
Qxe4 Nxe5 22. dxe5 Qc8 23. Be3 Rb8 24. Qa4 c5 25. Rd7 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 Rb7 27.
Rcd1 b5 28. Qg4 Qc6+ 29. Kg1 h5 30. Qh3 Rxd7 31. Qxd7 Qf3 32. Re1 h4 33. Qxe7
h3 34. Kf1 Qd5 35. Qxc5 Qd3+ 36. Kg1 Qe4 37. Qxf8+ Kh7 38. Qxg7+ 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 7th"]
[Site "Kusadasi"]
[Date "2006.04.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "175"]
[EventDate "2006.04.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. e3 Be7 8. Bb5+
c6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. Qc2 h6 11. O-O Nxc3 12. bxc3 c5 13. Qe2 Nd7 14. Bb2 Qc7 15.
c4 cxd4 16. exd4 Qf4 17. Nd2 Nf6 18. Rfe1 Rad8 19. d5 Rfe8 20. Nf3 Bf8 21. Be5
Qg4 22. h3 Qh5 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Bc2 Re7 25. Qf1 f5 26. Nd4 Qh4 27. Rad1 Bg7
28. Nf3 Qf6 29. dxe6 Rxe6 30. Rxd8+ Qxd8 31. Bxf5 Rxe1 32. Nxe1 Qd2 33. Bb1 Qc1
34. Nc2 Qxf1+ 35. Kxf1 Be4 36. a4 Bd3+ 37. Ke1 Bc3+ 38. Kd1 Be4 39. f3 Bc6 40.
Na3 Bb4 41. Nb5 a6 42. Nc7 Bxa4+ 43. Bc2 Bc6 44. Nxa6 Bd6 45. Be4 Bd7 46. Bd3
Bc8 47. c5 bxc5 48. Kc2 Kg7 49. g4 h5 50. gxh5 Bb7 51. f4 f6 52. Be2 Bd5 53.
Kd3 Kh6 54. Kc3 Be6 55. Bg4 Bf7 56. Be2 Bd5 57. Kd3 Bb7 58. Kc3 Bc8 59. Kb3
Be6+ 60. Kc3 Bc8 61. Kb3 Be6+ 62. Kc3 Bf7 63. Kd3 f5 64. Kc3 Be6 65. Kd3 Bd5
66. Kc3 Bb7 67. Kb3 Bc8 68. Kc3 Be6 69. Kd3 Kg7 70. Kc3 Kf6 71. Bd3 Bf7 72. Be2
Ke7 73. Bd3 Be6 74. Be2 Bd5 75. Bd3 Be6 76. Be2 Bc8 77. Kb3 Bb7 78. Kc3 Kf7 79.
Kb3 Kf6 80. Kc3 Ke7 81. Kb3 Bd5+ 82. Kc3 Bg8 83. Bc4 Bh7 84. Bd5 Bxf4 85. Nxc5
Kd6 86. Kc4 Bh6 87. h4 Ke7 88. Ne6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 7th"]
[Site "Kusadasi"]
[Date "2006.04.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2006.04.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. a4
Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. d4 Bb6 11. Bg5 Rb8 12. axb5 axb5 13. Na3 Bxf3 14. gxf3 exd4
15. Nxb5 h6 16. Bh4 g5 17. Bg3 dxc3 18. Nxc3 O-O 19. f4 Nd4 20. Bc4 Ne6 21. f5
Nf4 22. Bxf4 gxf4 23. Qf3 Bd4 24. Ne2 Bxb2 25. Rae1 Rb4 26. Bd3 d5 27. Nxf4
dxe4 28. Bxe4 Qd4 29. Nd5 Rc4 30. Nxf6+ Qxf6 31. Kh1 Kh7 32. Rg1 Re8 33. Rg4
Rc1 34. Rxc1 Bxc1 35. Bd3 Bb2 36. Kg2 Be5 37. Bc4 h5 38. Re4 Qg5+ 39. Kf1 Qc1+
40. Ke2 Qc2+ 41. Kf1 Qc1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 7th"]
[Site "Kusadasi"]
[Date "2006.04.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2006.04.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. c4
Nbc6 9. Qa4 a6 10. Nc3 dxc4 11. O-O-O Bd3 12. Bxd3 cxd3 13. Rxd3 Qa5 14. Qxa5
Nxa5 15. f4 Rd8 16. Rhd1 h5 17. h4 Nec6 18. Nxc6 Rxd3 19. Rxd3 Nxc6 20. a3 Rh6
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 7th"]
[Site "Kusadasi"]
[Date "2006.04.14"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Berescu, Alin Mile"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2433"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2006.04.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Bg2 Bxc3 8.
Bxc3 Ne4 9. Qc2 Nxc3 10. Qxc3 Qb4 11. Qxb4 Nxb4 12. Kd2 d6 13. Kc3 Nc6 14. b4
a6 15. Rhd1 Bd7 16. a4 a5 17. b5 Nb4 18. c5 Rad8 19. Rd2 f6 20. Ne1 Bc8 21.
Rad1 Kf7 22. Nd3 Nxd3 23. Rxd3 Ke7 24. f4 b6 25. h4 dxc5 26. dxc5 Rxd3+ 27.
Rxd3 Rd8 28. Rxd8 Kxd8 29. Be4 h6 30. c6 f5 31. Bd3 e5 32. fxe5 g5 33. e3 gxh4
34. gxh4 Be6 35. Bc4 Ke7 36. h5 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 7th"]
[Site "Kusadasi"]
[Date "2006.04.15"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Belov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2006.04.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bf4 e6 7. e3 Nh5 8. Be5
Be7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. h3 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Nf6 12. O-O Nd7 13. Nxd7 Bxd7 14. Qb3 Bc6
15. Bb5 Qb6 16. Bxc6 Qxc6 17. Rfc1 Rfc8 18. Rc2 Qa6 19. Rac1 Rc6 20. Na4 Rc4
21. Nc5 Bxc5 22. dxc5 Rxc2 23. Rxc2 Qc6 24. Qc3 a5 25. Qd4 h6 26. Rc3 Rc8 27.
a3 a4 28. Qf4 Ra8 29. Qb4 Qc7 30. e4 dxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 13th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2006.04.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2006.04.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kazan Ladya"]
[BlackTeam "Saransk TPS"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. e3 b6 7. Bc3 Bb7 8.
Nbd2 Na6 9. a3 Be7 10. b4 O-O 11. Bd3 d5 12. O-O Nc7 13. Bd4 dxc4 14. Nxc4 Nb5
15. Bb2 Rc8 16. Rc1 Nd6 17. Qe2 Nxc4 18. Bxc4 a5 19. Rfd1 Bd5 20. Bxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 13th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2006.04.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2006.04.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saransk TPS"]
[BlackTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. d4 d6 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. Qf3 Bb7 13. Nd2 Bc5 14. Nf1 Qc8 15.
h3 Kh8 16. Ng3 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 f5 18. Nxc5 Bxf3 19. gxf3 f4 20. Kh2 Qf5 21. Bd2
Rf6 22. Rg1 Rh6 23. Rg4 a5 24. Re1 Rf8 25. Ne4 Qh5 26. h4 Rg6 27. Rxg6 Qxg6 28.
c3 c5 29. Nxc5 Rd8 30. Ne4 Qb6 31. Rd1 Rd3 32. Bc4 Rxf3 33. Be1 g5 34. hxg5 Kg7
35. Rd7+ Kf8 36. Rf7+ Ke8 37. Rf6 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 13th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2006.04.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "2006.04.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saratov Ekonomist SGSEU"]
[BlackTeam "Saransk TPS"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 Nbd7 6. Nf3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Rb8 8.
O-O b6 9. Qa4 O-O 10. Qxa7 Bb7 11. Qa4 Ra8 12. Qb3 Ra5 13. Ne1 Qa8 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 13th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2006.04.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2006.04.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Meriya Moscow - Ulan-Ude"]
[BlackTeam "Saransk TPS"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Bc4 Bf5 7. Bd2 e6 8.
Nd5 Qd8 9. Nxf6+ gxf6 10. O-O Nd7 11. Re1 Qc7 12. d5 cxd5 13. Bxd5 O-O-O 14.
Be4 Bg6 15. Qe2 Bd6 16. Bc3 f5 17. Bd3 Rhg8 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 f4 20. Bf6
Be7 21. Be5 Bd6 22. Bf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 13th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2006.04.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2006.04.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saransk TPS"]
[BlackTeam "Sankt Petersburg FINEK"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 d6 8. O-O
Bd7 9. Re1 Be7 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Qg4 h5 12. Qe2 h4 13. a4 Nf6 14. a5 Rc8 15.
Be3 e5 16. Rec1 hxg3 17. hxg3 Qd7 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Ng4 20. Bb6 f5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 13th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2006.04.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2006.04.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Samara Yunilain"]
[BlackTeam "Saransk TPS"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. O-O Bc5 8.
Nb3 Be7 9. f4 d6 10. a4 Nc6 11. a5 b5 12. axb6 Qxb6+ 13. Kh1 O-O 14. Qf3 Nb4
15. Be3 Qc7 16. Bd4 Bb7 17. Na5 Rab8 18. Nxb7 Qxb7 19. Qh3 h6 20. Qg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 13th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2006.04.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2006.04.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saransk TPS"]
[BlackTeam "Togliatti Lada"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 Bb4 6. Qc2 Bb7 7. Bg2 Be4 8. Qd1
Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2 O-O 10. O-O d6 11. b3 Nbd7 12. Bb2 Qe7 13. Rfd1 Rfd8 14. Qe3 Re8
15. Rd2 h6 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. b4 a6 18. Rc1 Bh7 19. Rdd1 e5 20. dxe5 dxe5 21.
Qc3 c5 22. bxc5 bxc5 23. Nd2 Qe6 24. Nb3 Rc8 25. Qa5 Bg6 26. Ba3 Qf5 27. e4 Qg5
28. Qe1 Rc6 29. f3 Bh7 30. Rc2 h5 31. Bc1 Qg6 32. Bh3 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 13th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2006.04.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Asrian, Karen"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2006.04.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Chelyabinsk South Ural"]
[BlackTeam "Saransk TPS"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7 Bxd7 7. O-O Bd6 8.
Nc3 Qh4 9. g3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Qh3 11. Re1+ Be6 12. Bf1 Qf5 13. Bd3 Qh3 14. Bf1
Qf5 15. Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 13th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2006.04.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2006.04.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saransk TPS"]
[BlackTeam "Samara Termosteps"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nbd7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O b5 10. e5 Bb7 11. Qh3 dxe5 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Qxe6+ Be7 14. Bxb5
axb5 15. Nxb5 Qc6 16. Nd6+ Kd8 17. fxe5 Kc7 18. Qxe7 Rxa2 19. exf6 Ra1+ 20. Kd2
Qd5+ 21. Kc3 Qa5+ 22. Kd3 Qd5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 13th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2006.04.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2006.04.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow Youth of"]
[BlackTeam "Saransk TPS"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bf1 d5 7. d3 g6 8. Bg5
Bg7 9. c3 h6 10. Bc1 Qc7 11. h4 e5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. d4 cxd4 15.
cxd4 Be6 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. Qa4+ Kf8 18. Nd2 Re8 19. Qc4 Rd8 20. Qxc7 Bxc7 21.
a3 Bb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 13th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2006.04.30"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2006.04.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saransk TPS"]
[BlackTeam "Sverdlovsk Ural region"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Qd7 11. Nc3 Nd8 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Re8 14. Nf5 Ne6 15.
Be3 Bf8 16. Qf3 c5 17. Bd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Nc7 20. Bd2 Rxe1+ 21.
Rxe1 Re8 22. Rxe8 Nxe8 23. b3 g6 24. Nh6+ Bxh6 25. Bxh6 Qe7 26. c4 bxc4 27.
bxc4 f6 28. Bd2 h5 29. Qb3 Ng7 30. Qb6 Qe5 31. Qxa6 Qa1+ 32. Kh2 Qe5+ 33. f4
Qe2 34. Ba5 Nf5 35. Qc8+ Kh7 36. Qd7+ Kh6 37. Qd8 Kh7 38. Qxf6 Qf2 39. Qf7+ Kh6
40. Qf8+ Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16"]
[Site "Asnieres sur Seine"]
[Date "2006.05.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "2006.05.03"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Be2 b5 6. O-O Bb7 7. Qd3 Qc7 8. f4
Nf6 9. Bf3 Nc6 10. Nxc6 dxc6 11. e5 Rd8 12. Qe2 Nd5 13. Kh1 Be7 14. Nc3 Nxc3
15. bxc3 c5 16. a4 b4 17. Be3 O-O 18. Qc4 a5 19. cxb4 Bd5 20. Qb5 axb4 21. a5
Ra8 22. a6 Rfb8 23. Qe2 Rb6 24. Bxd5 exd5 25. Bg1 Qa7 26. f5 Rxa6 27. Rxa6 Qxa6
28. Qf3 Bf8 29. Qxd5 Qxf1 30. Qxa8 Qxf5 31. Bxc5 Qf1+ 32. Bg1 Qe2 33. Qc6 Qxe5
34. h3 h5 35. Bh2 Qf5 36. Bg1 g6 37. Be3 Bg7 38. Qc4 Bc3 39. Qe2 Kg7 40. Kg1
Qd5 41. Kf1 Qd6 42. Bf2 Qf4 43. Qd1 Kh7 44. Qd3 Bf6 45. Ke2 Bh4 46. g3 Qe5+ 47.
Qe3 Qb5+ 48. Qd3 Qe8+ 49. Qe3 Be7 50. Qe5 Qd7 51. Bd4 f6 52. Qe4 Kg7 53. g4
hxg4 54. hxg4 Kf7 55. Be3 Qb5+ 56. Kd2 Bd6 57. Qh1 Bf8 58. Qe4 Be7 59. Qd4 Qc6
60. Kd3 Qf3 61. Qc4+ Kf8 62. Qe4 Qd1+ 63. Kc4 Qf1+ 64. Kb3 Qb1+ 65. Kc4 g5 66.
Bc5 Bxc5 67. Kxc5 b3 68. Qa8+ Kg7 69. Qb7+ Kg6 70. cxb3 Qg1+ 71. Kd6 Qxg4 72.
b4 Qf4+ 73. Ke7 g4 74. b5 Qf3 75. Qc6 Qe2+ 76. Kf8 g3 77. b6 g2 78. b7 g1=Q 79.
b8=Q Qg5 80. Qb3 Qh6+ 0-1

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16"]
[Site "Asnieres sur Seine"]
[Date "2006.05.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A60"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2006.05.03"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 Bd6 6. e4 O-O 7. Bd3 Re8 8. Nf3
Bc7 9. O-O d6 10. h3 a6 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. b3 Nf8 13. Ne2 b5 14. Ng3 Bd7 15. a4
Ng6 16. axb5 axb5 17. Rxa8 Qxa8 18. Nd4 Qb8 19. Ndf5 Ne5 20. Bb2 c4 21. bxc4
bxc4 22. Bxc4 Bb6 23. Be2 Bc5 24. Bd4 Bxf5 25. Nxf5 Bxd4 26. Nxd4 Qb4 27. Rd1
h6 28. f3 Ng6 29. Kh2 h5 30. Qd2 Qb6 31. Ra1 h4 32. Ra6 Qc5 33. Rc6 Qa7 34. Nf5
Rb8 35. Qd4 Qa2 36. Bc4 Qa3 37. Rb6 Ra8 38. Rb3 Qc1 39. Qc3 Qf4+ 40. Kg1 Qg5
41. Bf1 Nf4 42. Qe1 Ng6 43. Qe3 Nf4 44. Qe1 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16"]
[Site "Asnieres sur Seine"]
[Date "2006.05.07"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2006.05.03"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 Qa5 8.
O-O O-O 9. Nb3 Qc7 10. Be2 d6 11. f4 b6 12. Bf3 Bb7 13. Qe1 Rac8 14. Rd1 Qb8
15. Qf2 Rfe8 16. h3 Ba8 17. Rfe1 b5 18. a3 a6 19. g4 Rcd8 20. Bb6 Rc8 21. Be3
Rcd8 22. Bb6 Nd7 23. Bxd8 Rxd8 24. Re2 e6 25. Bg2 Nb6 26. f5 Nc4 27. f6 Bf8 28.
Nd2 N4e5 29. Na2 Rc8 30. Nc1 b4 31. a4 a5 32. Nd3 Bb7 33. Ree1 Qc7 34. g5 h6
35. gxh6 Bxh6 36. Qh4 Bf8 37. Qf2 Qd8 38. Nb3 Ba6 39. Re3 Bc4 40. Nxe5 Nxe5 41.
Nd4 Rc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-37"]
[Site "Turin"]
[Date "2006.05.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Krylov, Sergey"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2387"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "IBCA"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Bg4 12. Qd3 Nd7 13. Re1 b5 14. Ng5 Nf6
15. Bb3 Qc7 16. h3 Bh5 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Bg6 19. Qe2 a5 20. a4 b4 21. Bd2
Rab8 22. Rac1 Qd7 23. Qc4 Rfc8 24. cxb4 Bxb4 25. Bc3 h6 26. Re5 Qd6 27. Bxb4
Rxb4 28. Qc3 Rcb8 29. Bc2 Bxc2 30. Qxc2 Qxd4 31. Rxa5 Rb2 32. Qc5 Qd2 33. g3 g6
34. Ra6 Re8 35. Rxc6 Re1+ 36. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 37. Kg2 Qe4+ 38. Kh2 Rb1 39. Rc8+ Kh7
40. Rh8+ Kxh8 41. Qf8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-37"]
[Site "Turin"]
[Date "2006.05.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ronchetti, Niccolo"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2419"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "Reeh,O"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Italy II"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Nb8 11. Nbd2 Nbd7 12. Nf1 Re8 13. Ne3 h6 14. Nf5 Bf8 15.
Nh2 Nc5 16. Ba2 Bc8 17. Ng4 Be6 18. Qf3 Nxg4 19. hxg4 Bxa2 20. Rxa2 c6 21. Ra1
d5 22. Qg3 f6 23. Be3 Ne6 24. Rad1 Rc8 25. d4 $2 {Prematurely opening the
centre. Eine verfrühte Öffnung des Zentrums.} exd4 26. Nxd4 Nxd4 27. Rxd4 Rxe4
28. Rxe4 dxe4 $15 29. Bf4 Qd5 30. Qe3 g5 31. Bg3 Re8 32. Qe2 {[%tqu "En",
"White threatens to play 32.Rd1, conquering the d-file. How can this be
prevented most effectively?","Black can try to weaken the diagonal c5-g1, on
which the white king is placed.","Make use of the pawn on e4.","e4e3","Very
good, if you noticed that White can't well take on e3.",10,"De","Weiß droht,
mit 32.Td1 die d-Linie zu erobern. Wie lässt sich das am wirksamsten
verhindern?","Schwarz kann versuchen, die Diagonale c5-g1 zu schwächen, auf
der ja der weiße König steht.","Setzen Sie den Bauern e4 ein.","e4e3","Sehr
gut - sofern Sie berechnet haben, dass Weiß schlecht auf e3 schlagen kann.",10]
} e3 $1 33. f3 {The e-pawn has become a very strong passed pawn, cramping
Whites game enormously. Aus dem e-Bauern ist ein bärenstarker Freibauer
geworden, der das weiße Spiel enorm einengt.} (33. fxe3 Rxe3 {, and , und} 34.
Qxe3 {fails to scheitert an} Bc5) 33... Bc5 (33... Rd8 $2 {would allow erlaubt}
34. Bc7 Rd7 35. Bb6 {and the pawn on e3 falls. und der Bauer e3 fällt.}) 34.
Rd1 $4 {White want's to conquer the d-file, but... Weiß will die d-Linie
erobern, aber...} {[%tqu "En","34.Rd1 was exactly the continuation Black had
prevented with his last move. Why?","Black's passed pawn on e3 is not as
safely blocked as it seems. The bishop on c5 targets the king on g1.","Black
can lure the white queen away from the blockade square e2, enabling the passed
pawn on e3 to advance with check.","d5d1","Forcing a decisive discovered check.
",10,"De","34.Td1 war genau die Fortsetzung, die Schwarz mit seinem letzten
Zug verhindert hatte. Warum?","Der schwarze Freibauer auf e3 ist nicht so
sicher blockiert, wie es scheint. Der Läufer auf c5 zielt gegen den Kg1.",
"Schwarz kann die weiße Dame von dem Blockadefeld e2 weglocken, wonach der
Freibauer auf e3 mit Schach vorrücken kann.","d5d1","Erzwingt ein
entscheidendes Abzugsschach.",10]} Qxd1+ $1 {Winning the house. Gewinnt Haus
und Hof.} (34... Qxd1+ 35. Qxd1 e2+) 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-37"]
[Site "Turin"]
[Date "2006.05.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Markus, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "185"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Yugoslavia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "YUG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 d5 6. Bg2 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Ne5 O-O 9. O-O Bb7 10. b3 a5 11. Bb2 Na6 12. e3 c5 13. Qe2 Re8 14. Rfd1 Bf8 15.
Rac1 Qe7 16. Qd3 Qe6 17. Qb1 Rab8 18. Nd3 Bd6 19. Nf3 Ne4 20. Nfe5 f6 21. Nf4
Qe7 22. Ned3 Rbd8 23. Ne2 Nc7 24. dxc5 bxc5 25. Nc3 Ne6 26. Nxe4 dxe4 27. Ne1
Ng5 28. Qc2 Qe6 29. Ba3 Bf8 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. Rd1 Rxd1 32. Qxd1 Nf7 33. Bf1 Ba6
34. Bxa6 Qxa6 35. h4 g5 36. hxg5 Nxg5 37. Qd5+ Qe6 38. Qxe6+ Nxe6 39. Bb2 Kf7
40. Nc2 Nd8 41. Na3 Bd6 42. Nc4 Bc7 43. g4 Kg6 44. Kg2 Nc6 45. a3 f5 46. gxf5+
Kxf5 47. Kh3 h5 48. Bc3 Kg6 49. Nd2 Kf5 50. Kh4 Be5 51. Bxe5 Nxe5 52. Kxh5 Nd3
53. Nc4 Nxf2 54. Nxa5 Nd3 55. Nc4 Nc1 56. Nd2 Nd3 57. Kh4 Ne5 58. Kh3 Nd3 59.
Kg3 Ne5 60. Kf2 Nc6 61. Nc4 Ke6 62. Ke2 Na7 63. Kd2 Kd5 64. Kc2 Kc6 65. Nd2 Kd5
66. Nb1 Nc6 67. Nc3+ Ke5 68. Na4 Kd6 69. Kc3 Ne5 70. Nb6 Nc6 71. Kd2 Na7 72.
Ke2 Ke5 73. Kf2 Nb5 74. Kg3 Kf5 75. Nc4 Nc7 76. Kh3 Nd5 77. Kh4 Nc3 78. Kh5 Nd5
79. Kh6 Kg4 80. a4 Kf3 81. a5 Nb4 82. Kg5 Ke2 83. Kf4 Kd3 84. Ke5 Kc3 85. Kd6
Na6 86. Kc6 Kxb3 87. Kb5 Nc7+ 88. Kxc5 Ka4 89. Kc6 Na6 90. Kb6 Nb4 91. a6 Nxa6
92. Kxa6 Kb4 93. Nd6 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-37"]
[Site "Turin"]
[Date "2006.05.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Uzbekistan"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UZB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
d6 9. c3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a4 h6 {The Zaitsev's variation went
on to a serious test in the World championship matches Kasparov-Karpov and
remains highly topical nowadays as well.} 13. Bc2 exd4 14. cxd4 Nb4 15. Bb1 c5
16. d5 Nd7 17. Ra3 {White's rook heading to the kingside.} f5 (17... c4 {
has been seen twice in KK World championship match in 1986. Both games ended
victoriously for White.}) 18. g4 $5 {A very interesting move, which appeared
only twice beforehand. This game will probably give a new push to this line.} (
{In the fifth KK match in 1990 Kasparov played once} 18. Rae3) ({and twice} 18.
exf5 {. It seems that recent analysis showed good defensive resources for
Black in both cases.}) ({Therefore, White switched to} 18. Nh2 {which is
considered to be the mail line nowadays.}) 18... fxg4 $6 {A novelty and
probably not the best one. In such a sharp line one inaccuracy might be enough
to lose the whole game.} (18... f4 $5 {An attempt to block white's initiative
on the kingside might be an improvement for Black.} 19. Nb3 c4 (19... g5 20.
axb5 axb5 21. Bd2 Ne5 22. Bxb4 Nxf3+ 23. Qxf3 cxb4 24. Rxa8 Qxa8 25. Qd1 Bg7
26. Qd2 $14 {De Firmian,N-Ivanov,A/Philadelphia 1993}) 20. Nbd4 Nc5 $132 21.
Bxf4 Qf6 22. Bh2 Nbd3 $44 {Hellers,F-Almasi,Z/Malmo 1994}) (18... fxe4 $6 {
This is rather risky, but deserves investigation as well. For example:} 19.
Nxe4 Bxd5 (19... Nxd5 20. g5 N7b6 21. Qc2 $40) (19... c4 20. g5 Nd3 21. Bxd3
cxd3 22. Rxd3 Nc5 23. Nxc5 dxc5 24. gxh6 $16) 20. g5 Ne5 (20... bxa4 21. Bd2
Bb3 22. Rxb3 axb3 23. Bxb4 cxb4 24. Qxb3+ Kh8 25. Nh4 Ne5 26. f4 $40) 21. Nxe5
Rxe5 22. gxh6 Qh4 23. hxg7 Bxg7 24. Rg3 Rf8 (24... Bxe4 25. Qxd6 Rae8 26. Bh6
R5e6 27. Rxg7+ Kh8 28. Qxc5 Qxh6 29. Rg4 $18) 25. Bg5 Rxg5 26. Nxg5 Bd4 (26...
Qxg3+ 27. fxg3 Bd4+ 28. Qxd4 (28. Kh2 $4 Rf2+ 29. Kg1 Rd2+ $19) 28... cxd4 29.
axb5 axb5 30. Rd1 $16) 27. Ne4+ Kh8 28. Qg4 Qxg4 29. Rxg4 bxa4 30. Rh4+ Kg7 31.
Rg4+ Kh8 $11) 19. hxg4 Ne5 ({After} 19... Be7 20. Nf1 Bf6 21. Ne3 Ne5 22. Nxe5
Bxe5 23. Nf5 {White has pleasant attacking prospects.}) ({Deserved attention:} 
19... g6 $5 {covering the f5 square..}) 20. g5 $1 Bc8 (20... hxg5 $2 21. Nxe5
dxe5 22. Qh5 $40) 21. Nxe5 Qxg5+ 22. Rg3 Qxe5 23. Nf3 {[%csl Gb1,Gc1,Gd1,Ge1,
Gf3,Gg3] White is a pawn down, but his pieces are ready for a strike.} Qh5 (
23... Qf6 24. Qe2 $1 {[%cal Ge4e5]} Bb7 (24... Nxd5 25. e5 $1 dxe5 26. Qe4 Bb7
27. Qh7+ Kf7 28. Bg6+ Ke7 29. Bxh6 $18) 25. e5 $1 dxe5 26. Qe4 $18) 24. Kg2 Bg4
25. Rh1 Bxf3+ (25... Qg6 26. Bd2 {and after the following e4-e5 White will get
a crushing attack.}) 26. Rxf3 Qg4+ 27. Kf1 Rxe4 $1 {The only way to stay in
the game.} 28. Bxh6 $1 (28. Bxe4 $2 Qxe4 {and Black is fine.}) 28... Ra7 (28...
gxh6 $2 29. Rg3 $18) (28... Rd4 $2 29. Qe2 Nxd5 30. Bf5 $18 {[%cal Gf5g4,Gf5e6]
}) (28... Rae8 29. Be3 $16 (29. Bxe4 $6 Qxe4 30. Bd2 Nxd5 $13)) 29. Bd2 {
The "h" file is now a real problem for Black.} Rf7 (29... Nxd5 $2 30. Rh8+ $1
Kxh8 31. Rxf8+ Kh7 32. Qxg4 $18 {[%cal Gb1h7]}) 30. Bxe4 Qxe4 31. Rfh3 Rf5 32.
Bxb4 Qxb4 33. Qe2 {Black is forced to exchange queens not to be mated.} Qc4 34.
Qxc4 bxc4 35. Rh5 Rxh5 $2 {This decision is hard to understand. The exchange
of rooks leads to a totally hopeless ending for Black.} ({It was necessary to
keep the rooks on the board:} 35... g5 $1 36. Rg1 (36. Rh8+ Kf7 37. R1h7+ Bg7
38. Rd8 Kg6 39. Rxg7+ Kxg7 40. Rxd6 a5 {and Black should make a draw.}) 36...
Be7 37. Rh4 Rxd5 (37... Bf6 $2 38. Rxc4 Bxb2 39. f4 Rxd5 40. Rxg5+ Rxg5 41.
fxg5 Kf7 42. Rf4+ Kg6 43. Rf8 a5 44. Rg8+ Kf7 45. Ra8 Bc3 46. Ra6 $1 $18) 38.
Rxc4 Rd2 {with good survival chances.}) 36. Rxh5 Be7 37. Rh3 $1 {Kasim plays
it precisely.} Bf6 38. b3 c3 39. Ke2 {Black's passed pawn is not dangerous at
all.} Kf7 40. Kd3 Kg6 41. Rh8 {The rook is coming to capture black's "a" pawn.
The rest is easy.} Kf5 42. Ra8 Ke5 43. Rxa6 Kxd5 44. a5 g6 45. Ra7 Kc6 46. Rf7
1-0

[Event "Olympiad-37"]
[Site "Turin"]
[Date "2006.05.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Bulgaria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BUL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 b5 8. Qd2
Bb7 9. g4 Nfd7 10. O-O-O Nc6 11. h4 Be7 12. g5 O-O 13. a3 Nde5 14. Nxc6 Bxc6
15. f4 Nc4 16. Bxc4 bxc4 17. Qd4 Qc7 18. h5 Rfb8 19. h6 Bf8 20. Qxc4 Qb7 21. b3
g6 22. Rh2 Re8 23. Kb2 a5 24. Rhd2 Rad8 25. Qd4 Rc8 26. Rd3 e5 27. fxe5 dxe5
28. Qc4 Re6 29. Rd8 Rxd8 30. Rxd8 Qe7 31. Rc8 Qb7 32. Rxf8+ Kxf8 33. Qc5+ Ke8
34. Nd5 Bxd5 35. exd5 Ra6 36. Qc3 f6 37. gxf6 Rxf6 38. Qxe5+ Qe7 39. Qxe7+ Kxe7
40. Bg5 Kf7 41. Bxf6 Kxf6 42. Kc1 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-37"]
[Site "Turin"]
[Date "2006.05.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[PlyCount "172"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Iran"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IRI"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
Nf3 d6 9. Nd2 c5 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. e3 Nbd7 12. Bd3 h6 13. Bh4 Qb6 14. O-O a5
15. Rfd1 Rfe8 16. h3 a4 17. Rac1 Bc6 18. Bg3 Qb7 19. Bf1 d5 20. Rc2 Rac8 21.
Qd3 Qa7 22. cxd5 exd5 23. Qa6 Qxa6 24. Bxa6 Ra8 25. Be2 Ra7 26. Bd6 Rb7 27. Bf3
Re6 28. Bg3 c4 29. Be2 Nc5 30. Nf3 Bd7 31. Be5 Nce4 32. Bd4 Re8 33. g4 Be6 34.
Ne5 Rc8 35. Rdc1 Nc5 36. Rd1 Nfd7 37. Nxd7 Bxd7 38. Bc3 Be6 39. Bf3 Nd3 40. Be2
Nc5 41. Bb4 Na6 42. Ba5 Nc5 43. Kg2 f6 44. Bf3 Nd3 45. Rxd3 cxd3 46. Rxc8+ Bxc8
47. Bxd5+ Kf8 48. Bxb7 Bxb7+ 49. f3 g6 50. e4 f5 51. exf5 gxf5 52. Bd2 Kg7 53.
gxf5 Bc8 54. f6+ Kxf6 55. Bxh6 Kg6 56. Bd2 Be6 57. Kg3 Kh5 58. h4 Bb3 59. Bg5
Bd1 60. Kf2 d2 61. Bxd2 Kxh4 62. b4 axb3 63. Bc1 Kh5 64. Ke3 Kg6 65. Ke4 Kf6
66. f4 Bc2+ 67. Kd4 Ke6 68. Bb2 Kd6 69. a4 Kc6 70. Kc4 Kb6 71. Kb4 Ka6 72. Bc3
Kb6 73. Ka3 Kc5 74. Be1 Kc6 75. Kb2 Kb6 76. Bd2 Ka6 77. Ka3 Kb6 78. Bc3 Kc5 79.
Bb2 Kb6 80. Kb4 Ka6 81. Bd4 Kb7 82. Kb5 Bd3+ 83. Kc5 Ka6 84. Bc3 b2 85. Bxb2
Ka5 86. Kd4 Bb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-37"]
[Site "Turin"]
[Date "2006.05.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a4 h6 13. Bc2 exd4 14. cxd4 Nb4 15.
Bb1 c5 16. d5 Nd7 17. Ra3 f5 18. Nh2 Qe7 19. Rae3 f4 20. R3e2 Ne5 21. Ndf3 g5
22. Nxe5 dxe5 23. Bd2 Bc8 24. axb5 axb5 25. Bxb4 cxb4 26. Bd3 Bd7 27. Rd2 Qd6
28. Be2 Re7 29. Bg4 Be8 30. Bh5 Bd7 31. Qf3 Rc8 32. Ra1 Rc4 33. Ng4 Kg7 34. Kh2
Bc8 35. Qe2 b3 36. Ra3 Rec7 37. Ra1 Bd7 38. Qf3 Rc2 39. Rad1 R7c4 40. Re2 Rxe2
41. Qxe2 Rc2 42. Qf3 Rxb2 43. Qc3 Bxg4 44. Bxg4 Rxf2 45. Qxb3 Qb4 46. Qxb4 Bxb4
47. d6 Rd2 48. Rxd2 Bxd2 49. Be2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-37"]
[Site "Turin"]
[Date "2006.05.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Agrest, Evgenij"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sweden"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SWE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. d4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Qd3 e6 12. Bg5 Qc7 13. Qe3 Nd7 14. e5 {
This is almost authomatically played, but it is a good question whether White
should open the long light diagonal and the d5-square so easily.} ({True,} 14.
h4 {[%csl Yg4] would weaken the g4-square, making the position arising after}
Nf6 {quite playable for Black}) ({But} 14. Bd3 {[%csl Ge4][%cal Yg5h6]}) ({
Or the more neutral} 14. Rfd1 {deserve serious attention.}) 14... a6 $146 ({
The game on which theory has been relying for a long time followed} 14... Rac8
15. Nd2 cxd4 16. cxd4 Qc3 17. Bb5 $16 {Jussupow,A (2565)-Brinck Claussen,B 
(2380)/Plovdiv 1983/EU-chT and the main drawback of Black's position is
obvious: the knight is badly placed.}) ({In a recent game, Ivanchuk tried to
regroup in optimal way with} 14... Bd5 15. Be7 Rfc8 16. Bd6 Qb7 17. a4 cxd4 18.
cxd4 Nb8 {but failed to consolidate after} 19. a5 Nc6 20. axb6 axb6 21. Bc5 {
. His pet queen sacrifice after} Rcb8 22. Rxb6 Qxb6 23. Bxb6 Rxb6 {Gelfand,B 
(2723)-Ivanchuk,V (2729)/Monte Carlo MNC 2006/TWIC 594. did not solve Black's
problems completely and after mutual mistakes White eventually won.}) 15. Be7
Rfc8 16. Bd6 Qc6 {We can understand now the point behind Ivanchuk's novelty.
He ensures some stability tohis queen along the light diagonal.} 17. a4 Qe4 {
and now, the knight proves useful by defending the weak b6-pawn.} 18. dxc5 $6
Nxc5 19. Bxc5 Rxc5 20. Rxb6 Qxe3 21. fxe3 Bxf3 22. Rxf3 Bxe5 23. c4 Bc7 24. Rb2
Rd8 $15 25. Rf1 Rd7 26. Rd1 Rxd1+ 27. Bxd1 Be5 28. Rb4 h5 29. Bb3 Bc7 30. Rb7
h4 31. Ra7 Rc6 32. h3 Bg3 33. Rd7 Rc5 34. Rd2 Re5 35. Rd3 Kf8 36. Bd1 Ke7 37.
Kf1 Rc5 38. Rc3 Be5 39. Rc2 Bd6 40. Ke2 Rg5 41. Kd3 Bb4 42. Rf2 Rc5 43. Rf4 g5
44. Rf2 Rc7 45. Bf3 Kd6 46. Rf1 Ke5 47. Rf2 f5 48. Rc2 a5 49. Ke2 Be7 50. Kf2
Bc5 51. Ke2 Bb4 52. Rc1 Rg7 53. c5 g4 54. Ba8 Ra7 55. Bc6 Rc7 56. Bb5 Bxc5 57.
Rc4 gxh3 58. gxh3 Rc8 59. Kf3 Rc7 60. Ke2 Kd5 61. Rxh4 Bb4 62. Rd4+ Ke5 63. Rc4
Rg7 64. Kf3 Rg1 65. Rc6 Rh1 66. Kg2 Re1 67. Bc4 Bd6 68. Kf3 Rh1 69. Kg2 Ra1 70.
Bb3 Re1 71. Kf2 Rh1 72. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-37"]
[Site "Turin"]
[Date "2006.05.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Nd4 5. Bg2 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3 Bb4 7. d3 O-O 8.
O-O Re8 9. Qb3 Bf8 10. Rd1 c6 11. d4 e4 12. Bg2 h6 13. d5 d6 14. dxc6 bxc6 15.
Bf4 Bf5 16. Rac1 Rb8 17. Qc2 Qa5 18. Qd2 Qb6 19. c5 Qxb2 20. Qxb2 Rxb2 21. cxd6
Rb4 22. h3 g5 23. Be3 a6 24. g4 Bg6 25. Rd4 a5 26. Na4 Rc8 27. Rxb4 axb4 28.
Nb6 Rd8 29. d7 Be7 30. Rxc6 Nxd7 31. Nd5 Bf8 32. Rc2 Ra8 33. Rd2 Ra6 34. Nxb4
Bxb4 35. Rxd7 Rxa2 36. Rd8+ Kg7 37. Bd4+ f6 38. Rd7+ Kf8 39. e3 Be1 40. Rd6
Bxf2+ 41. Kf1 Ke7 42. Rxf6 Bxe3 43. Rxg6 Bxd4 44. Bxe4 Rf2+ 45. Ke1 Rf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-37"]
[Site "Turin"]
[Date "2006.05.31"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Bxc3 7. bxc3 Re8 8.
d3 e4 9. Nd4 exd3 10. exd3 h6 11. Be3 Ne5 12. Re1 d6 13. f4 Ng6 14. Qd2 c5 15.
Nc2 Rb8 16. Bf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-37"]
[Site "Turin"]
[Date "2006.06.02"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "Radjabov,T"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

{It was important to fight for a win in this match vs. the Ukraine, as we were
quiet near to the prize-places.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5.
Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. g4 {Theory, Theory,
Theory.} b5 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. g5 Nd7 13. Bh3 $5 {This move that leads to
almost unexplored territory.} b4 (13... Nc5 $5) (13... Bb7 $5) 14. Nce2 Nc5 15.
Ng3 {Trying to play for a fast attack with Nh5-Rhg1 and Nf6+ etc.. Now
Ivanchuk starts to make prophylactic moves which finally lead to a very
interesting and sharp battle on both wings.} g6 $5 16. Bg2 $5 {[%cal Gh2h4]
Trying to play f5 quickly. Now h4 is also coming and Black has to think about
king's safety.} e5 (16... Bb7 17. h4 d5 18. Qe3 $13) 17. Nde2 (17. Ndf5 $5 gxf5
18. exf5 Bb7 19. Qe2 Bxg2 (19... exf4 20. Nh5 $44) 20. Qxg2 $44) 17... Be6 $5 {
An very, very interesting attempt by Ivanchuk, now he is threatening Bxa2 and
starts an amazing attack with many possible sacrifices.} 18. Kb1 Qa5 $5 19. Nc1
$5 (19. b3 $2 Qa3 $1 {[%cal Gc5a4]} 20. Nc1 Rb8 {[%cal Gc5a4]} 21. f5 Na4 $3 {
This was Ivanchuk's idea!} 22. bxa4 Bxa2+ 23. Nxa2 b3 24. Nc3 (24. cxb3 Rxb3+
25. Qxb3 Qxb3+ 26. Ka1 Bxg5 $19 {It's hopeless. There's completely no chance
for White here.}) 24... O-O 25. f6 Rfc8 26. Nge2 Bd8 $3 $19 {And now there is
no way to defend for White. No moves, no counterplay, just a totally crushed
position.}) 19... Rb8 $3 {Another fantastic resource. Now in case of f5 Black
has an extraordinary attack. Let's look:} 20. Rd5 $5 {So I went for this
sacrifice.} (20. f5 Bxa2+ $3 21. Nxa2 b3 22. cxb3 (22. Nc3 Bxg5 $1 (22... bxc2+
23. Kxc2 Qb4 24. Kd2 Bxg5+ 25. Ke1 Qxb2 26. h4 Bf4 27. Nge2 $14) 23. Qe2 O-O
24. fxg6 fxg6 25. Rhf1 bxc2+ 26. Qxc2 Bf4 $17) 22... Rxb3 23. Qf2 O-O $3 24. f6
(24. Nc1 Bxg5 25. Rxd6 (25. Nxb3 Nxb3 26. Rd3 Qa1+ 27. Kc2 Nc1 $1 $19 28. Rc3
Rb8 $19) 25... Rb7 26. Rd5 Rfb8 $19) (24. Rhf1 {[%cal Gf5g6,Gf2f7]} Rfb8 25.
fxg6 Rxb2+ 26. Qxb2 Rxb2+ 27. Kxb2 Qb5+ 28. Ka1 Nb3+ 29. Kb2 Nd4+ 30. Kc1 Bxg5+
$19) 24... Bxf6 $3 25. gxf6 Rfb8 $19 {And the threats Rxb2 and Ra3 give White
no practical chances to save the game.}) 20... Rb5 (20... Bxd5 $5 {It was an
interesting try, but Ivanchuk played in his unusual manner till the end.}) 21.
Nb3 Qc7 (21... Nxb3 22. axb3 Bxd5 23. exd5 $44) 22. h4 h6 23. gxh6 $5 Rxh6 (
23... Bxd5 24. exd5 Rxh6 25. h5 $44) 24. Rdd1 $1 {Time to go back as I guess
somewhere , he would take an exchange finally.} Rxh4 25. Rxh4 (25. f5 $5 {
was good enough to start an attack.} Bc8 26. Bf1 $16 (26. fxg6 fxg6 27. Rdf1
$14)) 25... Bxh4 26. f5 Bc8 27. Rh1 (27. Bf1 $5 {Maybe it was the way to bring
pieces into the battle.} Rb8 28. Bc4 $16) 27... g5 28. Nh5 $1 Bb7 29. Qg4 $1
Nxb3 (29... Kd8 $1 {was the best way for Black.} 30. Nd2 $44) 30. axb3 Rc5 (
30... Kd8 31. Rd1 $44 {[%csl Rh4][%cal Gh5f6,Gg4h5] It would be easier to play
this as White of course. It was still the best for Black, Ivanchuk had around
6-7 minutes here, I had only 1.30 left.}) 31. Rxh4 $3 gxh4 (31... Rxc2 32. Nf6+
Ke7 33. Qxg5 Rxb2+ 34. Kxb2 Qc3+ 35. Kb1 Qe1+ 36. Qc1 $18) 32. Nf6+ (32. f6 $1
{It was a so-called win in one-move.} Rxc2 (32... Qc6 33. Ng7+ $3 Kd8 34. Ne6+
$3 fxe6 35. f7 Kc7 36. f8=Q Rxc2 37. Qg5 $18) 33. Qg8+ Kd7 34. Qxf7+ Kc6 35.
Qxc7+ Kxc7 36. Kxc2 $18) 32... Ke7 33. Qxh4 Qd8 34. Bf1 a5 35. Bc4 Rxc4 36.
bxc4 a4 37. b3 axb3 38. cxb3 Bc6 39. Kc1 (39. Kb2 $1 {was winning study-like.}
Kf8 40. Qh8+ Ke7 41. Qh4 Qa5 42. Nd5+ Kd7 43. Qe7+ Kc8 44. Qf8+ Kb7 45. Qxf7+
Ka6 46. Nc7+ Kb6 47. Nb5 $3 Bxb5 48. cxb5 Qxb5 49. Qc4 $18) 39... Kf8 (39...
Qa5 40. Kb1 $16) 40. Qh6+ Ke7 41. Qg5 Qf8 42. Kd2 (42. Qh4 Kd8 43. Nd5+ Kd7 44.
Nxb4 Qa8 $11) 42... Kd8 43. Nd5+ (43. Kd3 Kc7 $13) 43... Kd7 44. Qe3 Qb8 45.
Nf6+ $11 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-37"]
[Site "Turin"]
[Date "2006.06.03"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 c6 3. Bf4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. e3 d6 7. h3 a6 8. Bd3 b5
9. O-O Bb7 10. Rc1 Nbd7 11. b3 b4 12. Na4 c5 13. d5 Nb6 14. Nxb6 Qxb6 15. Bc2
Rad8 16. Nd2 a5 17. Bg5 Rde8 18. Qf3 Nd7 19. Qg4 e6 20. e4 f6 21. Be3 f5 22.
Qh4 exd5 23. exf5 gxf5 24. Bh6 Ne5 25. Rfe1 d4 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Qg5+ Kh8 28.
Bxf5 Rf7 29. Be4 Rg8 30. Qh5 Qc7 31. g3 Qe7 32. Rcd1 Qf6 33. Rf1 Bxe4 34. Nxe4
Nf3+ 35. Kg2 Nh4+ 36. Kh2 Nf3+ 37. Kg2 Nh4+ 38. Kh2 Nf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-37"]
[Site "Turin"]
[Date "2006.06.04"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Socko, Bartosz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Poland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Re1 Nbd7 7. e4 e5 8. h3
b5 9. a4 b4 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Bg5 Bb7 12. Nbd2 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Qe2 a5 15.
Qe3 Rfd8 16. Nc4 Qe6 17. b3 Nb6 18. Nb2 Bf8 19. Rad1 Kh7 20. Nd3 f6 21. Nc5 Qc6
22. Nxb7 Qxb7 23. Qe2 Qc6 24. Nh4 Bc5 25. Nf3 Be7 26. h4 h5 27. Bh3 Rxd1 28.
Rxd1 Rd8 29. Rxd8 Bxd8 30. g4 hxg4 31. Bxg4 Qe8 32. h5 Kg7 33. Kf1 f5 34. Bh3
fxe4 35. Qxe4 gxh5 36. Nd4 Kh8 37. Ne6 Bf6 38. Nxc7 Qd8 39. Qg6 1-0

[Event "Foros Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2006.06.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Areshchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2006.06.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. O-O d6 8. f4
b5 9. a3 Bb7 10. Kh1 Nbd7 11. Qf3 Be7 12. f5 e5 13. Nde2 h5 14. Bg5 Ng4 15. Bd2
Ndf6 16. h3 d5 17. Be1 Rd8 18. Bg3 Qb6 19. exd5 Rxd5 20. Ne4 Rd7 21. N2c3 h4
22. Be1 Nxe4 23. Nxe4 Nf6 24. Bc3 Qc7 25. Rae1 O-O 26. Nxf6+ Bxf6 27. Qg4 Rfd8
28. Re3 Rd5 29. Rfe1 Rc5 30. Bb4 Rcd5 31. Bc3 Rc5 32. Bb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Foros Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2006.06.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2006.06.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Qc2 Na6 10. a3 Bg4 11. Ne5 Bf5 12. Be3 Nac5 13. dxc5 Bxe5 14. Nc3 d4 15.
Bxe4 Bxe4 16. Qxe4 Re8 17. Bf4 Bxf4 18. Qxf4 dxc3 19. bxc3 Qa5 20. Rfd1 Re7 21.
Qd4 Rae8 22. h3 Re4 23. Qd7 R4e7 24. Qd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Foros Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2006.06.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2006.06.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nbd2 Nc6 13. Nf1 Bc8 14. Bg5 Be6 15. Ne3
Bxa2 16. Rxa2 Nd7 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. c3 Qc7 19. a4 Nb6 20. axb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Foros Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2006.06.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2006.06.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 Qe7 12. Bb3 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nd4 c5
15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. Qxf5 c4 17. Bc2 g6 18. Qe4 Rfd8 19. f4 Nd3 20. Qxc4 Nxc1 21.
Raxc1 Qxe3+ 22. Kh1 Rac8 23. Qb3 Qd2 24. f5 Rc7 25. fxg6 hxg6 26. Qf3 Rdd7 27.
Qg4 Kg7 28. Rfd1 Qh6 29. h3 Be5 30. Rb1 Rxd1+ 31. Bxd1 Qe3 32. Bb3 Rc1+ 33.
Rxc1 Qxc1+ 34. Qd1 Qxb2 35. Kg1 Bd4+ 36. Kh1 Qf2 37. a4 b5 38. axb5 axb5 39.
Bd5 Be5 40. Bb3 f5 41. Bd5 b4 42. Bb3 Kh7 43. Bd5 Kh6 44. Qc1+ Bf4 45. Qd1 Kg5
46. Bb3 Kh4 47. Bf7 g5 48. Bb3 Qg3 49. Kg1 Qh2+ 50. Kf1 Qh1+ 51. Kf2 Bg3+ 52.
Kf3 g4+ 53. hxg4 fxg4+ 54. Ke3 Qxg2 55. Bd5 Qb2 0-1

[Event "Foros Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2006.06.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2006.06.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. b4 O-O 12. Rc1 Qe7 13. Qb3 b6 14. b5 Bb7 15.
bxc6 Bxc6 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. Qb1 Bb7 18. Bd3 Rac8 19. Be4 Nf6 20. Bxb7 Qxb7 21.
Ne2 Ne4 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Nd2 Nd6 24. Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Foros Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2006.06.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2006.06.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Nbd7 9. g4 Nb6 10. g5 Nh5 11. Qd2 Be7 12. O-O-O O-O 13. Kb1 Rc8 14. Rg1 g6 15.
Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Bf5 17. Bd3 Qd7 18. Qb4 Rc7 19. Bb6 Rcc8 20. Be4 f6 21. gxf6
Nxf6 22. Nd2 Rf7 23. Be3 b5 24. Qa3 Bxe4 25. fxe4 Ng4 26. Bb6 Qb7 27. Qh3 Qxb6
28. Qxg4 Qc5 29. c3 Rcf8 30. Rg2 Rf4 31. Qd7 R8f7 32. Qb7 Qe3 33. Kc2 Qh3 34.
Rdg1 Rf2 35. Rxf2 Rxf2 36. Qxe7 Rxd2+ 37. Kxd2 Qxh2+ 38. Kd3 Qxg1 39. Qe8+ Kg7
40. Qe7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Foros Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2006.06.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2006.06.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 O-O 8.
Nc3 Ne4 9. Qd3 Nxc3 10. Ng5 Ne4 11. Nxe4 d5 12. cxd5 Bxd5 13. O-O Nc6 14. Rfd1
Qe7 15. Nc3 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Nb4 17. Qc4 Nd5 18. Rac1 Rac8 19. Qc6 Rfd8 20. e3 Kf8
21. Nxd5 exd5 22. Rc3 Qd7 23. Rdc1 Qxc6 24. Rxc6 Rd7 25. h4 Ke8 26. h5 h6 27.
b4 Kd8 28. Kf3 Re7 29. g4 Kd7 30. b5 Kd8 31. a4 Kd7 32. Kf4 Re6 33. Rxe6 fxe6
34. Ke5 a6 35. Rc6 axb5 36. axb5 Re8 37. f3 Re7 38. f4 Re8 39. g5 Re7 40. gxh6
gxh6 41. Kf6 Re8 42. Kf7 Re7+ 43. Kg6 Re8 44. Kxh6 Rg8 45. Kh7 Rg3 46. Rc3 Ke7
47. Rxc7+ Kf6 48. h6 Rg1 49. Rb7 Ra1 50. Rb8 Ra7+ 51. Kg8 Kg6 52. Re8 Kf6 53.
Rb8 Ra1 54. Rf8+ 1-0

[Event "Foros Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2006.06.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2006.06.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. h3 O-O 8. Nf3
Bf6 9. Be2 Be6 10. d5 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Bd7 12. O-O Na6 13. Bg5 f6 14. Be3 Nc5 15.
Re1 Re8 16. Bf1 Re7 17. Nd4 Qf8 18. Nb5 Bxb5 19. cxb5 Rae8 20. a4 f5 21. a5 f4
22. Bd2 Rxe1 23. Bxe1 Nbd7 24. f3 Qf6 25. Rc1 b6 26. axb6 axb6 27. Bf2 h6 28.
Bd4 Qg5 29. c4 Nf6 30. Ra1 Nh5 31. Ra7 Qe7 32. Qc2 Ng3 33. Ra1 Qg5 34. Kh2 Kf7
35. Kg1 Nd7 36. Kh2 Ne5 37. Bf2 Ng6 38. Bd3 Nh4 39. Ra7 Re7 40. Ra8 Ngf5 41.
Bf1 Ne3 42. Bxe3 fxe3 43. Qe2 Nf5 44. Ra2 Qf4+ 45. Kg1 Qd4 46. Kh2 Qe5+ 47. f4
Qxf4+ 48. Kg1 Ng3 49. Qd3 Re4 50. Be2 Rd4 51. Qb1 Rd2 0-1

[Event "Foros Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2006.06.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2006.06.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Ng4 8. Bg5
f6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh6 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Nd2 Be6 14. O-O-O Na6
15. f3 c6 16. Nb3 Nf7 17. Bf2 Bf8 18. Rxd8 Nxd8 19. Rd1 b6 20. Na1 Nb7 21. Nc2
Rd8 22. Rxd8 Nxd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Foros Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2006.06.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2006.06.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. Qe2 Nc6 7. c3 e6 8.
d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Be3 f5 12. Rd1 Qf7 13. Nc3 Be7 14. Qb5 Rb8
15. Ne2 a6 16. Qd3 O-O 17. Ne1 Na5 18. b3 h6 19. f3 Ng5 20. Qd2 Nc6 21. Nd3
Rfc8 22. Rac1 Nh7 23. Nc5 Nf8 24. Rc2 Bd8 25. Rdc1 Ba5 26. Qd1 Nb4 27. Rb2 Nc6
28. Rbc2 Nb4 29. Rb2 Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Foros Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2006.06.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "2006.06.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3
O-O 9. d4 Bb6 10. axb5 axb5 11. Na3 d6 12. Nxb5 Bg4 13. Bc2 d5 14. h3 Bxf3 15.
Qxf3 exd4 16. Bg5 dxc3 17. Nxc3 Nd4 18. Qd3 h6 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Nxd5 Qe5 21.
Kh1 Nxc2 22. Qxc2 f5 23. Qc4 Kh7 24. Rae1 fxe4 25. Rxe4 Qxb2 26. Re2 Qa3 27.
Qc2+ Kh8 28. Ne7 Rf6 29. Ng6+ Kg8 30. Ne7+ Kh8 31. Ng6+ Kg8 32. Rfe1 Qc5 33.
Qa2+ Kh7 34. Ne5 Rd8 35. f4 Rxf4 36. Qb1+ Kg8 37. Nd3 Rxd3 38. Qxd3 Qf5 39. Qd1
Kh7 40. Re5 Qg6 41. Re6 Rf1+ 42. Rxf1 Qxe6 43. Qb1+ Kg8 44. Rc1 Qf7 45. Qe4 Qf6
46. Rd1 Kh8 47. Rb1 Kg8 48. g3 Qd4 49. Qe6+ Kh7 50. Qf5+ g6 51. Qf7+ Qg7 52.
Rf1 Qxf7 53. Rxf7+ Kg8 54. Rd7 Ba5 55. Kg2 c5 56. Kf3 Bc3 57. g4 Bf6 58. Rc7
Bh4 59. Ke4 c4 60. Kd5 c3 61. Ke6 Bg5 62. Rxc3 Kg7 63. Rc7+ Kg8 64. Rb7 Bh4 65.
Ke5 Bg5 66. Ke4 Bh4 67. Kf4 Kh8 68. Ke4 Kg8 69. Kd5 Bg5 70. Ke6 Bh4 71. Rc7 Bg5
72. Rd7 Bh4 73. Rd4 Bg5 74. Ra4 Kg7 75. Ra1 Kg8 76. Rh1 Bh4 77. Rf1 Kg7 78.
Rf7+ Kg8 79. Rf6 Kg7 80. Rf3 Bg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Geller Memorial"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2006.07.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Bogdanovich, Stanislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B39"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2190"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2006.07.02"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Ng4 8.
Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 e5 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O a6 12. Rc1 d6 13. Qd2 Be6 14. Rfd1 Qd7
15. b3 Rac8 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. Ne2 b5 18. cxb5 axb5 19. Qb4 Qa7 20. Nf4 Rxc1 21.
Rxc1 Qxa2 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Rf1 Qa6 24. g3 Rc8 25. Bxb5 Qb6 26. Qa4 e5 27. Ra1
Rf8 28. Bd3 Qc7 29. Qc4+ Qxc4 30. Bxc4+ Kh8 31. Kf1 Rb8 32. b4 Bf6 33. b5 Bd8
34. Ke2 Bb6 35. f4 Kg7 36. Kd3 Bc5 37. f5 gxf5 38. exf5 Kf6 39. Ke4 Bb6 40. Ra6
Bc5 41. h4 h5 42. Rc6 Rb7 43. b6 Re7 44. Ba6 Rd7 45. b7 Ba7 46. Kd5 d3 47. Bxd3
Rxb7 48. Rxd6+ Kf7 49. Be2 Bb8 50. Bxh5+ Kf8 51. Rf6+ Kg7 52. Rg6+ Kf8 53. f6
e4 54. Rh6 1-0

[Event "Geller Memorial"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2006.07.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tukmakov, Vladimir B"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2006.07.02"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 e6 4. Bxc4 c5 5. Nf3 a6 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. e4
cxd4 9. e5 Nd5 10. Re1 Nc5 11. Bf1 d3 12. Bg5 Qd7 13. a3 h6 14. Bh4 b5 15. Bxd3
Nxd3 16. Qxd3 Bb7 17. Nbd2 Nf4 18. Qxd7+ Kxd7 19. Ne4 Bxe4 20. Rxe4 Nd5 21. Ne1
Bc5 22. Nd3 Rhc8 23. Rd1 Ke8 24. Kf1 Bb6 25. Bg3 Rc2 26. Re2 Rac8 27. Rdd2 R2c4
28. Rd1 a5 29. h3 a4 30. Bh2 Rc2 31. Rdd2 R2c4 32. Bg1 Ba5 33. Rd1 Rc2 34. f4
R8c4 35. g3 g5 36. fxg5 hxg5 37. Bf2 Ke7 38. Be1 Rxe2 39. Kxe2 Re4+ 40. Kf2
Bb6+ 41. Kf3 Re3+ 42. Kg4 Rxe5 43. Nxe5 Ne3+ 44. Kxg5 Nxd1 45. Bb4+ Ke8 46. h4
Nxb2 47. h5 Nc4 48. Nf3 Be3+ 49. Kf6 Bc1 50. g4 Bb2+ 51. Kg5 Nxa3 52. h6 Nc4
53. h7 a3 54. Bc5 a2 55. Bd4 Bxd4 56. Nxd4 a1=Q 57. h8=Q+ Kd7 58. Qg7 Nd6 59.
Qe5 b4 60. Kf6 b3 61. Kg7 0-1

[Event "Geller Memorial"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2006.07.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Drozdovskij, Yuri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2006.07.02"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 h6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. Be3 Nd5 9. Bd2 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bd3 O-O 12. Qe2 Qc7 13. O-O-O Nf4 14.
Bxf4 Qxf4+ 15. Kb1 b6 16. g3 Qc7 17. Be4 Bb7 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. Ne5 Rad8 20. f4
Be7 21. a3 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Bxd8 24. c3 Bf6 25. Ng4 Be7 26. Kc2 Qd5
27. Ne5 Bf6 28. Nd3 g6 29. Nb4 Qh1 30. Nd3 h5 31. Ne1 Kg7 32. Nf3 Qa1 33. Qd1
Qa2 34. Qd3 Qa1 35. Kb3 Qh1 36. Qe2 Qb1 37. a4 Qf5 38. Qc4 Qb1 39. Qe2 Qf5 40.
Nd2 e5 41. fxe5 Bxe5 42. Qf3 Qh3 43. Qd5 Bf6 44. Ne4 Qg4 45. Nd6 Qd7 46. h3 Kg8
47. g4 hxg4 48. hxg4 Bg7 49. c4 a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Geller Memorial"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2006.07.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Zhukova, Natalia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2006.07.02"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bc5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Bd6 8.
Nbd2 c5 9. Nc4 Qe7 10. h3 O-O 11. g4 Qe6 12. Ne3 Nh7 13. Qe2 b5 14. a4 c6 15.
Nf5 f6 16. O-O Rf7 17. Bg3 Bf8 18. Kg2 g6 19. Ne3 Bg7 20. Rh1 Qd6 21. h4 f5 22.
gxf5 gxf5 23. exf5 Bxf5 24. Nd2 Qd4 25. Nxf5 Rxf5 26. Qe4 Raf8 27. axb5 cxb5
28. Qxd4 exd4 29. Rxa7 Nf6 30. Ne4 Ng4 31. Rb7 c4 32. Ra1 cxd3 33. cxd3 Ne5 34.
Raa7 Bh8 35. Ra6 R5f7 36. Rxf7 Rxf7 37. Bxe5 Bxe5 38. Rxh6 b4 39. Rg6+ Kf8 40.
Rb6 Rf4 41. Rb5 Bg7 42. h5 Rh4 43. Ng3 1-0

[Event "Geller Memorial"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2006.07.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2006.07.02"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 a5 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. a4
Re8 9. Ba3 d5 10. Ne5 c6 11. f4 Nxe5 12. fxe5 Ng4 13. Bc1 f6 14. h3 fxe5 15.
hxg4 exd4 16. Na2 Bxg4 17. Bf3 Bf5 18. g4 Bd7 19. Bg5 Qb6 20. Qd2 e5 21. e4
dxe3 22. Qxe3 Qc7 23. Rad1 e4 24. Bf4 Qc8 25. Bg2 Bxg4 26. Rd2 Qd8 27. c3 Rf8
28. Nc1 Qh4 29. Ne2 Bxe2 30. Rxe2 Bxc3 31. Bh3 Qf6 32. Kh1 Bd4 33. Qg3 Qe7 34.
Rd1 Bc5 35. Bh6 Rf7 36. Bg5 Qe8 37. Bg4 h5 38. Bxh5 gxh5 39. Bf6+ Kf8 40. Rg2
1-0

[Event "Geller Memorial"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2006.07.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2006.07.02"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bd3 Be6 12. O-O Bxd5 13. exd5 Ne7 14. c4 Bg7
15. Rb1 e4 16. Be2 bxc4 17. Nxc4 O-O 18. f4 Rb8 19. Kh1 Rb5 20. Ne3 Rxb2 21.
Rxb2 Bxb2 22. Qd2 Bg7 23. Rb1 Qc7 24. Bxa6 Rb8 25. Rc1 Qa7 26. Bf1 Rb2 27. Qe1
Rxa2 28. Nc4 Qf2 29. Qxf2 Rxf2 30. Nxd6 Bb2 31. Rb1 Nxd5 32. Nxf5 Rxf4 33. g4
Rf2 34. Bc4 Nc3 35. Rf1 Rxf1+ 36. Bxf1 Ba3 37. Bc4 Bc5 38. Kg2 Kf8 39. g5 Nb1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Geller Memorial"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2006.07.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Eingorn, Vereslav S"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2006.07.02"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bxf6
Bxf6 9. a4 Nc6 10. d5 Ne7 11. O-O Bg7 12. b4 f5 13. Bd3 h5 14. h4 Bh6 15. c5 a5
16. cxd6 cxd6 17. bxa5 Rxa5 18. Nb5 Rf6 19. Ng5 Bd7 20. Qb3 Bxb5 21. axb5 Bxg5
22. hxg5 Rf7 23. Rac1 fxe4 24. Bxe4 Qb6 25. Bd3 Ra8 26. Qc2 Rc8 27. Qd2 Rcf8
28. Qe3 Qd8 29. Be4 Nf5 30. Bxf5 Rxf5 31. b6 R8f7 32. Rc2 Rf4 33. Rfc1 Qxg5 34.
Rc8+ Kg7 35. R1c7 Qg4 36. Rxf7+ Rxf7 37. Rc7 Qd1+ 38. Kh2 Qxd5 39. Qg5 Qd4 40.
Rxf7+ Kxf7 41. Qd8 Qf4+ 42. Kg1 Qf6 43. Qc8 Qe7 44. Qc4+ Kf6 45. Qd5 Qd7 46. f3
Ke7 47. Kh2 Qc8 48. Kg3 g5 49. Qe4 h4+ 50. Kh2 Kf6 51. Qh7 Qc6 52. Qc7 Qd5 53.
Qd8+ Kf5 54. Qd7+ Kf6 55. Qd8+ Kg6 56. Qe7 g4 57. fxg4 e4 58. Kh3 Qe5 59. Qxe5
dxe5 60. Kxh4 e3 0-1

[Event "Geller Memorial"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2006.07.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2006.07.02"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Be2
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Qe2 c5 12. Rfd1 Ne4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Bg3 Qc8
15. Rac1 a5 16. Bb5 Bc6 17. e4 Re8 18. d5 exd5 19. exd5 Bxb5 20. Qxb5 Bf6 21.
Nd2 Be5 22. Nc4 Bxg3 23. hxg3 Qc7 24. d6 Qb7 25. Re1 Kf8 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27.
Nxa5 Qa7 28. Nc4 Re6 29. a4 g6 30. Rd1 Ke8 31. b3 Kd8 32. a5 bxa5 33. Ra1 Qa8
34. f3 f6 35. Rxa5 Qd5 36. Ra7 Rxd6 37. Nxd6 Qxd6 38. Qc4 1-0

[Event "Geller Memorial"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2006.07.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Golubev, Mikhail"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2484"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2006.07.02"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bc5 6. Be3 Bb6 7. Bb5 O-O 8.
O-O Re8 9. Re1 Ne5 10. h3 c6 11. Bf1 d6 12. f4 Ng6 13. Qf3 Ba5 14. Bf2 Bd7 15.
Rad1 Qc7 16. Kh1 Rad8 17. Bg1 h5 18. Bh2 h4 19. f5 Ne5 20. Qf2 Bxc3 21. bxc3
Qa5 22. Nb3 Qxc3 23. Rxd6 Bc8 24. Re3 Nxe4 25. Qxh4 Qxe3 26. Rxd8 Nf2+ 27. Kg1
Nxh3+ 28. Kh1 Nf2+ 29. Kg1 Nfg4+ 30. Kh1 Rxd8 31. Qxd8+ Kh7 32. Qh4+ Qh6 33.
Qxh6+ gxh6 34. Bg1 b6 35. Nd4 h5 36. Be2 Bd7 37. c4 c5 38. Nb5 Bxb5 39. cxb5
Kh6 40. Bxg4 Nxg4 41. a4 Kg5 42. a5 Ne5 0-1

[Event "Chess Cruise g/15'"]
[Site "Odessa/Istanbul"]
[Date "2006.08.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Klinova, Masha"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A54"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2346"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2006.08.30"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Bg5 Nd7 3. c4 Ngf6 4. Nc3 h6 5. Bh4 e5 6. e3 Be7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Qc2
exd4 9. Nxd4 Ne5 10. Be2 Be6 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. O-O Qe8 13. Bg3 Nc6 14. c5 Qd7
15. cxd6 cxd6 16. Rad1 Rac8 17. e4 e5 18. Bb5 a6 19. Bxc6 Qxc6 20. f3 b5 21.
Bf2 b4 22. Qb3+ Qc4 23. Na4 Qxb3 24. axb3 Rc2 25. Be3 Kf7 26. Rd3 Ke6 27. Rfd1
Rb8 28. Nb6 Rxb2 29. Nc4 Ra2 30. Nxd6 Rd8 31. Nf5 Rxd3 32. Rxd3 1-0

[Event "Chess Cruise g/15'"]
[Site "Odessa/Istanbul"]
[Date "2006.08.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lerner, Konstantin Z"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2006.08.30"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O c5 7. a4 Nc6 8. Qe2
Be7 9. Rd1 O-O 10. Nc3 Qc7 11. h3 Rd8 12. b3 cxd4 13. exd4 Na5 14. Bg5 h6 15.
Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Ne4 Be7 17. Rac1 Nxc4 18. Rxc4 Qb6 19. Qe3 Bd7 20. Ne5 Be8 0-1

[Event "Chess Cruise g/15'"]
[Site "Odessa/Istanbul"]
[Date "2006.08.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Palatnik, Semon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2006.08.30"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Rc1
O-O 9. b3 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. c5 N6d7 13. Nf3 Nc6 14. Bc4 Nd4
15. Ng5 Rf8 16. Nce4 Nf5 17. O-O Nf6 18. Rfd1 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Nxe3 20. fxe3 Bh6
21. Kf2 Rb8 22. b4 Kg7 23. Nd6 Bg5 24. Rd5 Bf6 25. b5 Be6 26. Rd3 Be7 27. Bxe6
fxe6+ 28. Ke2 Bxd6 29. cxd6 Rf7 30. Rc7 e4 31. Rd1 Rd8 32. d7 b6 33. Rxa7 Kf6
34. a4 Ke7 35. Rb7 1-0

[Event "Chess Cruise g/15'"]
[Site "Odessa/Istanbul"]
[Date "2006.08.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Savchenko, Stanislav"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2006.08.30"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c5 3. c4 e6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3
Nc6 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Qb3 Na5 13. Qc2 Bg4 14. Nf5 Rc8 15.
Bd4 Bc5 16. e3 Ne4 17. Nh4 Bxd4 18. exd4 b5 19. a3 Qf6 20. Rfe1 g5 21. Bxe4
dxe4 22. Rxe4 Bh3 23. Nd5 Qd6 24. Nf5 Qxd5 25. Qxc8 Rxc8 26. Ne7+ Kg7 27. Nxd5
Rc2 28. Ne3 Rxb2 29. g4 Nb3 30. Nf5+ Kf6 31. Rd1 Nd2 32. Re3 Bxg4 0-1

[Event "Chess Cruise g/15'"]
[Site "Odessa/Istanbul"]
[Date "2006.08.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Tukmakov, Vladimir B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C14"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2006.08.30"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. f4 a6 8. Nf3
c5 9. dxc5 Nc6 10. Bd3 Qxc5 11. Qd2 b5 12. O-O-O O-O 13. h4 Qe7 14. Ne2 Nc5 15.
Ned4 Nb4 16. Bxh7+ Kxh7 17. a3 a5 18. axb4 axb4 19. b3 Ra2 20. Kb1 Qa7 21. Qxb4
Bd7 22. Kc1 Rc8 23. Rhe1 Ra1+ 24. Kd2 Ne4+ 25. Ke3 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Rxc2 27. Qe7
b4 28. Ng5+ Nxg5 29. hxg5 Rc3+ 30. Kf2 Kg6 31. Qxb4 Qa2+ 32. Kg1 Qb2 33. Kh2
Re3 34. Qd2 Qxd2 35. Rxd2 f6 36. gxf6 gxf6 37. exf6 Kxf6 38. b4 e5 39. fxe5+
Kxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Cruise g/15'"]
[Site "Odessa/Istanbul"]
[Date "2006.08.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A24"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2006.08.30"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 e5 7. d3 c6 8. Rb1 a5
9. b3 Re8 10. Ba3 Na6 11. Qd2 h6 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. dxe4 Nc5 14. Ne1 Qc7 15. Rd1
Bf8 16. Nd3 b6 17. f4 Bb7 18. f5 Rad8 19. Qe3 Bc8 20. Bc1 Qe7 21. g4 Qf6 22.
Nxc5 dxc5 23. Qg3 g5 24. h4 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Rd8 26. Rd3 gxh4 27. g5 Rxd3 28. exd3
Qxf5 29. Qxh4 Qg4 30. Qxg4 Bxg4 31. gxh6 f6 32. Kf2 Kh7 33. Bf3 Bd7 34. Kg3
Bxh6 35. Bxh6 Kxh6 36. Bg4 Bxg4 37. Kxg4 Kg6 38. a4 f5+ 39. exf5+ Kf6 40. Kg3
Kxf5 41. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Cruise g/15'"]
[Site "Odessa/Istanbul"]
[Date "2006.08.31"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gaprindashvili, Nona"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2006.08.30"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Bd3 e6 4. Nf3 d6 5. c4 g6 6. Bg5 f6 7. Be3 Nh6 8. Nc3 Nd7
9. b4 a5 10. a3 Bg7 11. O-O O-O 12. Qb3 Nf7 13. Rad1 Qe7 14. Rfe1 axb4 15. axb4
c6 16. c5 bxc5 17. bxc5 Rfb8 18. cxd6 Nxd6 19. Ra1 Ba6 20. Qc2 Bxd3 21. Qxd3
Qd8 22. Bf4 Nf8 23. h4 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Rb7 25. Ra6 Qd7 26. Na4 Rb5 27. Bxd6 Qxd6
28. Qxb5 cxb5 29. Rxd6 bxa4 30. Ra6 1-0

[Event "Chess Cruise g/15'"]
[Site "Odessa/Istanbul"]
[Date "2006.08.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Golubev, Mikhail"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2006.08.30"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7 Bxd7 7. O-O Bd6 8.
c4 c6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. Qh5 g6 13. Qf3 Re8 14. Bf4
Bxf4 15. Qxf4 Rc8 16. Rac1 Qa5 17. Qd6 Red8 18. Qb4 Qxa2 19. Rc2 a5 20. Qxb7
Qa3 21. Qxd5 Ba4 22. Ra2 Qxc3 23. Qe5 Bb3 24. Bb1 Bxa2 25. Bxa2 Qxd4 26. Qe7
Rd7 27. Qa3 a4 28. h3 Rc2 29. Bb1 Rc3 30. Qb2 a3 31. Qb8+ Kg7 0-1

[Event "Chess Cruise g/15'"]
[Site "Odessa/Istanbul"]
[Date "2006.08.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Drozdovskij, Yuri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2006.08.30"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Be3 Bd6
8. Bd3 O-O 9. Qe2 b6 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. Kb1 Nd5 12. Bg5 Be7 13. h4 h6 14. Bc1
Qd6 15. Ne5 Nb4 16. Bc4 Bd5 17. Bxd5 Nxd5 18. g4 c5 19. c4 Nb4 20. dxc5 Qxc5
21. a3 Na6 22. Nd7 Qc6 23. Nxf8 Rxf8 24. g5 h5 25. b4 Nc7 26. Bb2 Rc8 27. Rhe1
Bf8 28. Qxh5 Qxc4 29. g6 fxg6 30. Qxg6 e5 31. Rc1 Qb3 32. Re3 Qd5 33. Rxe5 Qd7
34. Rh5 Ne6 35. Qh7+ Kf7 36. Rf5+ Ke7 37. Bf6+ Ke8 38. Qg6+ 1-0

[Event "Chess Cruise g/15'"]
[Site "Odessa/Istanbul"]
[Date "2006.08.31"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Zhukova, Natalia"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2456"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2006.08.30"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
O-O O-O 9. a3 Be7 10. b4 d6 11. Bb2 Nbd7 12. Qb3 Rc8 13. Rfd1 Qc7 14. Rac1 Rfd8
15. Nd4 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Ne5 17. e4 Qb7 18. f3 a6 19. Nf1 g5 20. h3 h5 21. Qe3 g4
22. hxg4 hxg4 23. Nd2 gxf3+ 24. N4xf3 Ng6 25. Rh1 Ng4 26. Qf4 Nxf4+ 0-1

[Event "Chess Cruise g/15'"]
[Site "Odessa/Istanbul"]
[Date "2006.08.31"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Eingorn, Vereslav S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2006.08.30"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 a5 5. e3 d6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Bxd2 8.
Nxd2 e5 9. b3 exd4 10. exd4 Nxd4 11. Bb2 Ne6 12. Qf3 O-O 13. Rae1 a4 14. b4 a3
15. Ba1 c5 16. Ne4 Nd4 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. Qxf6 gxf6 19. Bxd4 cxd4 20. Re4 Ra4
21. Rb1 Bf5 22. Rxd4 Bxd3 23. Rxd3 Rc8 24. Rd4 Re8 25. Kf1 Re6 26. Rb3 b6 27.
g3 h6 28. Rdd3 Kf8 29. Rxa3 Rxb4 30. Rab3 Rxc4 31. Rxb6 Rc2 32. Rdxd6 Rxd6 33.
Rxd6 Rxa2 34. Rxf6 Kg7 35. Rf5 1-0

[Event "ESP-chT Honor Gp1"]
[Site "Olite"]
[Date "2006.09.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2006.09.05"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. h3 h6 11. Be3 b6 12. Rad1+ Ke8 13. Nd4 a6 14. Rfe1
Bb7 15. e6 Ng6 16. e7 Bxe7 17. Nf5 Bc8 18. Nxg7+ Kf8 19. Nh5 Be6 20. Ne2 Rd8
21. Rxd8+ Bxd8 22. Rd1 Ke8 23. Ng7+ Ke7 24. Nd4 Bd7 25. Ndf5+ Bxf5 26. Nxf5+
Ke6 27. Ng7+ Ke7 28. Nf5+ Ke6 29. Ng7+ Ke7 30. Bxh6 f6 31. Nf5+ Kf7 32. Be3 c5
33. Kf1 Ke6 34. Ng7+ Kf7 35. Rd7+ Ne7 36. Bf4 Rh7 37. Rxd8 1-0

[Event "ESP-chT Honor Gp1"]
[Site "Olite"]
[Date "2006.09.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2006.09.05"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. d4 e6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 Bb4 6. Qc2 Bb7 7. Bg2 c5 8. a3
Be4 9. Qd1 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 Nc6 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. O-O Rb8 13. b4 O-O 14. Qc3 cxb4
15. axb4 Rxb4 16. Ba3 a5 17. Bxb4 axb4 18. Qb2 Qb6 19. Nd2 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Qc5
21. Rfc1 h5 22. Nb3 Qg5 23. h4 Qg6 24. f3 Ne7 25. Qd2 Rc8 26. e4 Nxe4 27. fxe4
Qxe4+ 28. Kf2 Nc6 29. Qe2 Qg6 30. c5 f6 31. Kg2 Ne5 32. Rd1 Kh7 33. Ra4 d5 34.
Rxb4 Ra8 35. Nd4 Ng4 36. Nxe6 Re8 37. Re1 1-0

[Event "ESP-chT Honor Gp1"]
[Site "Olite"]
[Date "2006.09.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "De la Riva Aguado, Oscar"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2006.09.05"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. e5 Nd5 7. Nc3 Nc7 8.
Bxc6 dxc6 9. Ne4 b6 10. Nf6+ Kf8 11. Ne4 Bg4 12. d3 Ne6 13. Ned2 Bh6 14. h3
Bxf3 15. Nxf3 Bxc1 16. Qxc1 Kg7 17. Ng5 Qd5 18. Nxe6+ Qxe6 19. Re4 Rad8 20. Qe3
h5 21. b3 Rd5 22. Re1 Rhd8 23. Kh2 Rd4 24. Qf4 a5 25. g3 Qf5 26. Rxd4 Rxd4 27.
Qxf5 gxf5 28. f4 b5 29. Re2 c4 30. dxc4 bxc4 31. Kg2 Rd1 32. Kf3 Ra1 33. Re3
Rxa2 34. Rc3 cxb3 35. cxb3 Ra3 36. Rxc6 a4 37. Ra6 Rxb3+ 38. Kg2 a3 39. h4 Rb2+
40. Kf3 a2 41. Ke3 f6 42. e6 Kg6 43. Kf3 Rc2 44. Ra8 Rc3+ 45. Kf2 Rc6 46. Rxa2
Rxe6 47. Ra5 Rb6 48. Kf3 Rb8 49. Kf2 Re8 50. Kf3 e6 51. Ra7 e5 52. Rb7 Re6 53.
Ra7 Rb6 54. fxe5 fxe5 55. Re7 e4+ 56. Kf2 Rb2+ 57. Kf1 Rb3 58. Kg2 Kf6 59. Re8
Ra3 60. Rh8 Ra2+ 61. Kf1 e3 62. Re8 Rf2+ 63. Kg1 Re2 64. Kf1 Rf2+ 65. Kg1
1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chT Honor Gp1"]
[Site "Olite"]
[Date "2006.09.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2006.09.05"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 6. d4 Nxd4 7. Nxd4 cxd4 8.
Ne4 d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Qa4+ Kf8 11. Nc5 Bf6 12. Qb3 Ne7 13. Bh6+ Bg7 14. Bd2
Qb6 15. Bb4 Kg8 16. Nd3 Bf5 17. Bxe7 Re8 18. Qa3 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Rxe7 20. O-O
Qxb2 21. Bxd5 Qxe2 22. Qxe2 Rxe2 23. Rae1 Rxe1 24. Rxe1 Bf6 25. Re8+ Kg7 26.
Rxh8 Kxh8 27. Bxb7 d3 28. Kf1 Bc3 29. Ba6 d2 30. Ke2 Kg7 31. Bc4 g5 32. g4 f6
33. Bb3 Kf8 34. f4 Ke7 35. fxg5 fxg5 36. Bc2 h6 37. h3 Kd6 38. Kd3 Ba5 39. Kd4
Kc6 40. Ba4+ Kd6 41. Bb3 Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chT Honor Gp1"]
[Site "Olite"]
[Date "2006.09.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2006.09.05"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nde2 Nc6 8.
Bg5 Be7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Nd5 Be6 11. c3 Bg5 12. Ng3 g6 13. Bc4 Rc8 14. O-O O-O
15. a4 Nb4 16. Qb3 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 Bxd5 18. Qxd5 Qb6 19. Qa2 Rc5 20. Rfd1 Rfc8
21. Rd3 Rc4 22. a5 Qc6 23. Rd5 Bf4 24. Rad1 1/2-1/2

[Event "NED-chT 0607"]
[Site "Netherlands"]
[Date "2006.09.23"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Smerdon, David"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2006.09.23"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Utrecht"]
[BlackTeam "Groningen Share"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. exd5 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nf3 e6 7. Qb3 a6 8.
d4 Nc6 9. Bg5 Qb6 10. Bc4 Qxb3 11. Bxb3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Na5 13. Ba4+ b5 14. Bc2
Bb7 15. O-O f6 16. Bf4 g5 17. Nxg5 fxg5 18. Be5 Rg8 19. Bxh7 Rg7 20. Bxg7 Bxg7
21. Rae1 Kd7 22. f4 gxf4 23. Rxf4 Rf8 24. Rxf8 Bxf8 25. h4 Bh6 26. Re2 Nc4 27.
Be4 Bxe4 28. Rxe4 Nd6 29. Re2 Nf5 30. a4 Nxh4 31. axb5 axb5 32. Re5 1/2-1/2

[Event "NED-chT 0607"]
[Site "Netherlands"]
[Date "2007.02.03"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Lemmers, Oscar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2381"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2006.09.23"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Groningen Share"]
[BlackTeam "Enschede ESGOO"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 Bc8 7. Bb5+ Nc6 8.
e4 Bd7 9. Nge2 dxe4 10. d5 Ne5 11. O-O g6 12. Be3 a6 13. Bxd7+ Qxd7 14. Ng3 Bg7
15. Bd4 Qd6 16. Qa4+ Kf8 17. Qb3 Qb8 18. Rad1 h5 19. Ncxe4 Neg4 20. d6 exd6 21.
Ng5 d5 22. h3 Nh6 23. Rfe1 h4 24. Be5 Qa7 25. Bd4 Qb8 26. Nf1 Nf5 27. Be5 Qa7
28. Ne3 Nxe3 29. Rxe3 Rh5 30. Nxf7 b5 31. Nd6 Qc5 32. Rc3 Qb6 33. Bd4 Qd8 34.
Rc6 Qd7 35. Rdc1 Rb8 36. Qf3 Kg8 37. Bxf6 Rf8 38. Rc7 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 22nd"]
[Site "Fuegen"]
[Date "2006.10.08"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2006.10.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Reykjavik Hellir"]
[BlackTeam "Saransk"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. Re1 h6 11. h3 Ng6 12. Bd2 Bd7 13. Rad1 Kc8 14. Ne2
c5 15. Ng3 b6 16. Nh5 Kb7 17. Bc3 Be6 18. g4 Kc6 19. a3 a5 20. a4 Ne7 21. Nf4
g5 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Nd2 Rd8 24. Ne4 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Bg7 26. b3 Rf8 27. Re1 Nd5
28. Bd2 Nb4 29. Bxb4 axb4 30. Nd2 Kd5 31. Nc4 Rf4 32. Kg2 Rxc4 33. Re3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 22nd"]
[Site "Fuegen"]
[Date "2006.10.09"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2006.10.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saransk"]
[BlackTeam "Reichenstein"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c6 7. e4 dxe4 8.
fxe4 e5 9. Nf3 Qa5 10. Qd3 Nbd7 11. Bd2 b6 12. Qc2 O-O 13. Bd3 Ne8 14. O-O Nd6
15. c5 Ne8 16. c4 Qa6 17. cxb6 axb6 18. c5 b5 19. a4 Nc7 20. d5 cxd5 21. exd5
Nxd5 22. Bxh7+ Kh8 23. Ng5 N7f6 24. Be4 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 22nd"]
[Site "Fuegen"]
[Date "2006.10.10"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2006.10.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Taldea Gros Xake"]
[BlackTeam "Saransk"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bc5 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. e3 a6 8. a3
Ba7 9. b4 Be6 10. d3 e4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. dxe4 Bxc4 13. Re1 Ne5 14. Qc2 Bd3 15.
Qc3 Bxe4 16. Nxe5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 dxe5 18. Qxe5 Re8 19. Qf5 Qc8 20. Qxc8 Raxc8
21. Bb2 c5 22. bxc5 Bxc5 23. Rec1 Rc6 24. a4 Rec8 25. Kf3 f6 26. Rab1 Bb4 27.
Rd1 a5 28. Rd7 b5 29. axb5 Rb6 30. Bd4 Rxb5 31. g4 Rcb8 32. Ra7 Bc5 33. Rxb5
Rxb5 34. Bxc5 Rxc5 35. h3 h5 36. Ke4 hxg4 37. hxg4 Rc4+ 38. Kf5 Rc5+ 39. Ke4
Rc4+ 40. Kf5 Rc5+ 41. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 22nd"]
[Site "Fuegen"]
[Date "2006.10.11"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2006.10.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saransk"]
[BlackTeam "Ashdod"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. g3 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 Qa5 7. Ndb5 Nf6 8.
a3 Bxc3+ 9. Nxc3 Ne4 10. Bd2 Qf5 11. f4 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Qe4 13. Rg1 Qe3 14. Rg2
O-O 15. Qd6 b6 16. g4 Ba6 17. Rg3 Qc5 18. Qxc5 bxc5 19. e4 f6 20. O-O-O e5 21.
Rd6 exf4 22. Rf3 Rad8 23. Rxf4 Kf7 24. b4 Ke7 25. Rd5 cxb4 26. axb4 Bb7 27. c5
a6 28. Rd6 Rb8 29. Rf2 Ne5 30. Rfd2 Bc6 31. Bxa6 Nf7 32. R6d5 Bxd5 33. exd5 Ne5
34. b5 Ra8 35. g5 h6 36. gxf6+ gxf6 37. Bb4 Kf7 38. c6 Rg8 39. c7 Rg1+ 40. Kc2
Rg4 41. Kb3 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 22nd"]
[Site "Fuegen"]
[Date "2006.10.12"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Bucinskas, Valdas"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2336"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2006.10.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Vilnius"]
[BlackTeam "Saransk"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LTU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8.
Bg5 a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nd5 Bg7 12. c3 f5 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Nc2 Be6
15. Nce3 Ne7 16. g3 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 O-O 18. Bg2 a5 19. O-O Rb8 20. Qd2 Qd7 21. f4
f5 22. Rac1 Kh8 23. Rfd1 Rfc8 24. b4 e4 25. g4 axb4 26. Nxb4 Bg8 27. Kh1 d5 28.
gxf5 Qxf5 29. Qe3 Rc4 30. Bh3 Qh5 31. a3 Rxc3 32. Rxc3 Qxd1+ 33. Kg2 Rb6 34.
Bf5 Rf6 35. Rc1 Qf3+ 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 22nd"]
[Site "Fuegen"]
[Date "2006.10.13"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Prusikin, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2006.10.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saransk"]
[BlackTeam "Wollishofen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
dxc5 Qa5 9. e4 Ne7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qb3 Qc7 12. a4 Nd7 13. a5 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8]
A curious novelty in a well-known line, connected with a pawn sac.} (13. Qa3 f5
$1 14. Nh3 (14. Bd3 Ne5 15. Bc2 Nc4 16. Qc1 e5 17. Ne2 Nxe3 (17... fxe4 $5 18.
Bxe4 Bf5) (17... f4 $5) 18. Qxe3 Be6 19. O-O Rac8 20. Rab1 Nc6 $2 (20... f4 21.
Qf2 Rfd8 $44) 21. exf5 $16 {1-0 Erdogan,H-Yildiz,B/Antalya 2004/CBM 101/
[Mueller,Karsten] (50)}) 14... fxe4 15. fxe4 Ng6 (15... Ne5 16. Be2 N7g6 17.
Nf2 Nf4 18. Bxf4 Rxf4 19. O-O Bd7 20. g3 Rff8 21. Nd3 Rxf1+ 22. Rxf1 Nxd3 23.
Bxd3 Rc8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Vaisser,A-Psakhis,L/Novosibirsk 1993/CBM 036/[Wahls] (44)
}) 16. Bb5 $5 (16. Nf2 Nde5 17. Be2 Nf4 18. Bxf4 Rxf4 19. O-O Bd7 20. Rad1 Raf8
21. Qb4 Bc6 22. Qd4 {1/2-1/2 Golod,V-Makarichev,S/Simferopol 1990/EXT 97})
16... Nde5 (16... Nh4 $5) 17. Bf2 Ng4 18. Bg3 e5 19. O-O-O Ne3 20. Rd6 a6 21.
Bd3 Kh8 $13 {1-0 Roeschlau,B-Kersten,U/Bruchkoebel 2002/EXT 2003/[Hoehne,V/
Loukas,T] (42)}) 13... Nc6 (13... Nxc5 14. Qc4 Na6 15. Qxc7 Nxc7 16. Bc5 Re8
17. Bd6 Na6 18. Bb5 Nc6 19. e5 Bd7 20. Ne2 $14 {[%csl Ra6]}) 14. Bb5 Nxa5 (
14... Nce5 $5 15. Qa3 $140 f5 $1 {needs testing}) 15. Qa3 b6 (15... Nc6 16. Ne2
) 16. Ne2 Bb7 (16... Ne5 $5 {[%cal Ra5c4]} 17. Bd4 Rd8 (17... Nec6 18. O-O $1)
18. O-O Bd7) 17. O-O Rfc8 18. cxb6 axb6 19. Qe7 Nc5 20. Qxc7 Rxc7 21. Rfd1 $14
{[%csl Gb5,Rb6,Ge3][%cal Gd1d8][%mdl 4096] White has a bishop pair, controls
the d-file , and Black's b6 pawn is weak.} Rcc8 22. Ra2 {[%cal Rd1d6]} (22. Rd6
Nc4 $1 23. Rxa8 Nxd6) 22... Bc6 $1 23. Bxc5 Bxb5 $6 (23... bxc5 $142 $1 24. c4
(24. Rxa5 Rxa5 25. Bxc6 Kf8 26. Rd6 Ra6 27. Bb7 Rxd6 28. Bxc8 Ke7 {[%csl Rc8]})
24... Kf8 25. Kf2 $14 {/=}) 24. Bxb6 Bxe2 25. Rxe2 Nc4 26. Bf2 $16 {Of course,
such a weak extra pawn is not easy to convert but defense is quite hard, too!}
h6 27. h3 Rc6 28. Be1 g5 29. Rb1 Kg7 30. Bg3 Kg6 31. Kh2 Ra3 32. Be1 Rc8 33.
Rc2 Rc6 34. Bf2 Ra8 35. Rb4 Ra1 36. Bd4 e5 37. Bf2 Rc7 38. Re2 Rc1 39. Be1 Ra1
40. Rb8 Ra3 41. h4 Ra1 42. Kh3 f6 43. Kg4 Ra6 44. Rg8+ Kf7 45. Rd8 Kg6 46. Bf2
Ra3 47. Rc2 Ra1 48. h5+ Kf7 49. Rd5 Ke6 50. Rd8 Kf7 51. Rd5 Ke6 52. Rd8 Kf7 53.
Rh8 Kg7 54. Rb8 Kf7 55. Rd8 Ra6 56. Rd1 Ke6 57. Rb1 Kf7 58. Bg1 Ra4 59. Bf2 Ra6
60. Kh3 Ra4 61. Rcc1 Ra2 62. Bg1 Na3 $6 (62... Rd2 $142 63. Rb8 Nd6 64. Ra1
$140 $2 Rxc3 65. Ra7+ Ke6) 63. Rb8 Nc4 (63... Rd2 64. Bb6 Rc6 65. Ra1 $18) 64.
Rd1 $1 Rc2 $2 {Black eventually succumbs to pressure. The d1 rook now invades
Black's camp, which ends the game. However,} (64... Rd2 {apparently didn't
help either:} 65. Rxd2 Nxd2 66. Kg4 {[%cal Yg4f5]} Nc4 (66... Rxc3 67. Rb7+ Ke6
68. Rb6+ Ke7 69. Kf5) (66... Nf1 67. c4 $1 Rxc4 68. Rb1 Nd2 69. Rb7+ Ke6 70.
Rb6+ Ke7 71. Kf5 $18) 67. Rh8 Kg7 68. Ra8 {[%cal Ya8a6,Yg4f5]} Nd6 69. Ra6 Ne8
70. Ra7 $18 {The endgame is lost for Black because of his weak kingside pawns 
(especially h6).}) (64... g4+ $1 {was correct.} 65. Kg3 (65. fxg4 Nd2) 65...
gxf3 66. gxf3 Rd2 67. Rxd2 Nxd2 {and the weakness of White's f3 pawn
diminishes his winning chances.}) 65. Rh8 Kg7 (65... Ke6 66. Rxh6 g4+ $5 67.
Kg3 gxf3 68. gxf3 Rxc3 69. Rg6 $18) 66. Rdd8 Rc1 67. Rdg8+ Kf7 68. Rg6 Ke6 69.
Kh2 Nd2 70. Rhxh6 R7xc3 71. Rxf6+ Ke7 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 22nd"]
[Site "Fuegen"]
[Date "2006.10.14"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ruck, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2006.10.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saransk"]
[BlackTeam "Eynatten"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BEL"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 c5 7. h4 h5 8. Nf4 Bh7
9. g5 Nc6 10. Qxh5 Nxd4 11. Be3 Ne7 12. Bxd4 cxd4 13. Nxe6 Qb8 14. Bb5+ Nc6 15.
Nxd4 Qxe5+ 16. Nce2 O-O-O 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Nxc6 Qe4 19. f3 Qe3 20. Nxd8 Bb4+
21. c3 Re8 22. Rh2 Qg1+ 23. Kd2 Qxh2 24. Re1 Bd6 25. Qxh7 Bg3 26. Qf5+ Kxd8 27.
Qxd5+ Kc7 28. Qxf7+ Kd8 29. Qd5+ Kc7 30. Qc4+ Kb6 31. Qd4+ Kc7 32. Qxa7+ Kc8
33. Qc5+ Kd8 34. Rd1 Rxe2+ 35. Kc1+ Ke8 36. Qc8+ Kf7 37. Qf5+ Ke8 38. Qg6+ Ke7
39. Qxg7+ Ke8 40. Qg6+ Ke7 41. Qf6+ 1-0

[Event "Barcelona Casino"]
[Site "Barcelona"]
[Date "2006.10.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2006.10.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. g4 h6 8. Bd2
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Be2 Bb7 11. e4 Be7 12. Rc1 c5 13. e5 Nd5 14. Nxb5 O-O 15.
dxc5 Bxc5 16. O-O Rc8 17. Qb1 Ne7 18. Bf4 Ng6 19. Bg3 Ndxe5 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21.
Rfd1 Qf6 22. Nd6 Bxd6 23. Rxd6 Nf3+ 24. Kf1 Be4 25. Qxe4 Rxc1+ 26. Bd1 Rd8 0-1

[Event "Barcelona Casino"]
[Site "Barcelona"]
[Date "2006.10.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2006.10.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Nb3 d6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nc3 O-O 9. h3 Rb8 10. e4 b5 11. Re1 Nd7 12. Nd5 e6 13. Ne3 Qc7 14. a4 a6 15.
axb5 axb5 16. Qe2 Nc5 17. Nxc5 dxc5 18. c3 b4 19. Bd2 Na5 20. cxb4 Nb3 21. Ra3
Nxd2 22. Qxd2 cxb4 23. Rd3 Ba6 24. Rd7 Qa5 25. Bf1 Bb7 26. Nc4 Qc5 27. Qe3 Qxe3
28. Rxe3 Rfd8 29. Rxd8+ Rxd8 30. e5 Rd1 31. Rd3 Rb1 32. b3 Bf8 33. Nd2 Rc1 34.
Rd7 Bd5 35. Rd8 Kg7 36. Nc4 Bc5 37. Nd6 Rc2 38. Bc4 Bxf2+ 39. Kf1 Bg2+ 0-1

[Event "Barcelona Casino"]
[Site "Barcelona"]
[Date "2006.10.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Lacasa Diaz, Jose Antonio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2006.10.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 dxc4 7. O-O O-O 8. Ne5
Nd5 9. Qc2 Nb6 10. Rd1 N8d7 11. Ne4 Nf6 12. Nd2 Bxd2 13. Rxd2 Nfd7 14. Nxc4
Nxc4 15. Qxc4 e5 16. b3 Qe7 17. d5 cxd5 18. Qxd5 Nf6 19. Qa5 Re8 20. Ba3 Qe6
21. Rd6 Qf5 22. Rd8 h5 23. Rxe8+ Nxe8 24. Qd8 Qe6 25. Be7 1-0

[Event "Barcelona Casino"]
[Site "Barcelona"]
[Date "2006.10.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2006.10.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. O-O b6 13. e5 Bb7 14. Qe3
Rc8 15. Bd3 Re8 16. Nd2 Nf8 17. Ne4 Bxe4 18. Bxe4 Ng6 19. Rad1 Ne7 20. Qh3 g6
21. Rd3 Nd5 22. Qh6 Re7 23. g4 Rc3 24. Rfd1 Rec7 25. Kg2 b5 26. h4 b4 27. Rh1
Rxd3 28. Bxd3 Nc3 29. h5 Qxd4 30. hxg6 fxg6 31. Bxg6 Qxg4+ 32. Kf1 Qe2+ 0-1

[Event "Barcelona Casino"]
[Site "Barcelona"]
[Date "2006.10.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Narciso Dublan, Marc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E68"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2006.10.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. e4
a6 9. Qc2 exd4 10. Nxd4 Re8 11. Rd1 Rb8 12. h3 Qe7 13. Bg5 Qf8 14. a4 Bh6 15.
Qd2 Bxg5 16. Qxg5 Qg7 17. Kh2 Nc5 18. Qe3 Be6 19. Nxe6 Rxe6 20. b4 Ncd7 21. a5
h5 22. Kg1 h4 23. g4 g5 24. Rac1 c5 25. b5 Ne5 26. Na4 Nfd7 27. Bf1 Ra8 28. Nc3
Nf6 29. Rb1 axb5 30. Nxb5 Nexg4 31. hxg4 Rxe4 32. Qh3 Rxg4+ 33. Bg2 Rxa5 34.
Nxd6 Qg6 35. Rxb7 Qh5 36. Rxf7 1-0

[Event "Barcelona Casino"]
[Site "Barcelona"]
[Date "2006.10.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Peralta, Fernando"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2006.10.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 a5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 d5 7. Nf3 b6 8. O-O
Ba6 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. cxd5 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 exd5 12. Rac1 c6 13. Ne2 Qc7 14. Rfd1
Rfe8 15. Qc2 Rec8 16. a3 Bf8 17. a4 Bd6 18. Nc3 Bb4 19. Ne2 Bf8 20. Nc3 Qd6 21.
e4 Nxe4 22. Nxe4 dxe4 23. Qxe4 Nf6 24. Qf5 g6 25. Qe5 Nd5 26. Qxd6 Bxd6 27. Ne5
Rc7 28. Kf1 Rac8 29. Nc4 Be7 30. Ne3 Bf6 31. Rc4 Rd7 32. Nxd5 Rxd5 33. Be3 Kf8
34. Rdc1 Rd6 35. b4 axb4 36. Rxb4 Bd8 37. Bf4 Rd5 38. Rbc4 Ke8 39. Ke2 Kd7 40.
h3 Bf6 41. Be3 Be7 42. g4 Bd6 43. R1c2 h5 44. Rc1 Rc7 45. Kd3 Rc8 46. Ke2 Be7
47. Kd3 Bh4 48. Rb1 Bd8 49. Rbc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Barcelona Casino"]
[Site "Barcelona"]
[Date "2006.10.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2006.10.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 Bb4 6. Qc2 Bb7 7. Bg2 Be4 8. Qd1
O-O 9. O-O Bxd2 10. Qxd2 d5 11. b3 dxc4 12. Ba3 Re8 13. bxc4 e5 14. Rfd1 exd4
15. Nxd4 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 c5 17. Nf5 Qxd2 18. Rxd2 Ne4 19. Rd5 Nf6 20. Rd2 Ne4 21.
Rd3 Nc6 22. Bb2 Ne5 23. Nxg7 Kxg7 24. f4 f6 25. fxe5 fxe5 26. Rd5 Nf6 27. Bxe5
Kg6 28. Bxf6 Kxf6 29. Kf3 Re6 30. e4 Kg6 31. Rad1 Rae8 32. Rd6 Kf7 33. Rd7+ Kg8
34. Rxa7 Rxe4 35. Rdd7 Rxc4 36. Rg7+ Kh8 37. Rxh7+ Kg8 38. Rag7+ Kf8 39. h4 Ra8
40. Rb7 Kg8 41. Rhg7+ Kh8 42. h5 Rc3+ 43. Kg4 Rd3 44. Rh7+ Kg8 45. Rbg7+ 1-0

[Event "Barcelona Casino"]
[Site "Barcelona"]
[Date "2006.10.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2006.10.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4
Be6 9. Bb3 O-O 10. O-O Nc6 11. Qe2 Na5 12. Rfd1 Nxb3 13. axb3 Nd7 14. Nd5 Bxd5
15. Rxd5 Qc7 16. Rda5 Rac8 17. c3 Qc6 18. Qc2 Bd8 19. R5a4 Bb6 20. Bxb6 Nxb6
21. Ra5 f6 22. b4 Qc4 23. Nd2 Qe2 24. Qd1 Qd3 25. f3 Qe3+ 26. Kh1 Rfd8 27. b5
axb5 28. Rxb5 Ra8 29. Rc1 Qf2 30. Nf1 Na4 31. Rxb7 d5 32. Rc2 Qc5 33. exd5 Nb6
34. b4 Qb5 35. Ne3 Qa6 36. Rc7 Nxd5 37. Nxd5 Qd3 38. Rc1 Qxd1+ 39. Rxd1 Rxd5
40. Rg1 Ra2 41. c4 Rc2 42. h3 h5 43. Rxg7+ Kxg7 44. cxd5 Rb2 45. Rd1 Kf7 46. d6
Ke8 47. d7+ Kd8 48. Rd6 e4 49. fxe4 Rxb4 50. Rxf6 Rxe4 51. Rd6 h4 52. Kh2 Rf4
53. Rg6 Rf7 54. Rg4 Rh7 55. Rd4 Rh6 56. Kg1 Rh7 57. Kf2 Rf7+ 58. Ke3 Re7+ 59.
Kf3 Rf7+ 60. Kg4 Rh7 61. Rd2 Rh8 62. Kg5 Rh7 63. Ra2 1-0

[Event "Barcelona Casino"]
[Site "Barcelona"]
[Date "2006.10.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2006.10.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 d6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Be3 a6 5. f4 b5 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. e5 Nh6
9. Qe2 Nb6 10. O-O-O Qd7 11. Rhg1 O-O 12. g4 Nxg4 13. Ng5 Nxe3 14. Qxe3 e6 15.
Qh3 h6 16. Nxf7 Qxf7 17. Rxg6 Qxf4+ 18. Kb1 Rf7 19. Rdg1 Kh8 20. R6g4 Qd2 21.
Qh5 Raf8 22. a3 Re7 23. Rxg7 Rxg7 24. Rxg7 Rf1+ 25. Bxf1 Kxg7 26. Bd3 Qg5 27.
Qe8 dxe5 28. dxe5 Qxe5 29. Qe7+ Kg8 30. Qe8+ Kg7 31. Qe7+ Kg8 32. Bh7+ Kh8 33.
Bg6 Qg7 34. Qd8+ Qg8 35. Qf6+ Qg7 36. Qd8+ Qg8 37. Qxc7 Nd5 38. Qe5+ Qg7 39.
Qb8+ Qg8 40. Qe5+ Qg7 41. Qxe6 Qf6 42. Qxf6+ Nxf6 43. Bf5 Kg7 44. Kc1 Ne8 45.
Ne4 Bxe4 46. Bxe4 Nd6 47. Bd3 a5 48. Kd2 Kf6 49. Ke3 Ke5 50. Kf3 b4 51. axb4
axb4 52. Kg4 Kf6 53. Kf4 Ke6 54. b3 Kf6 55. Bc4 Nf5 56. Ke4 h5 57. Be2 h4 58.
Bg4 Nd6+ 59. Kf4 Nb7 60. Bf5 Nc5 61. Kg4 h3 62. Bh7 Ne6 63. Bd3 Ke5 64. Kxh3
Nf4+ 65. Kg4 Nxd3 66. cxd3 Kd4 67. h4 Kc3 68. h5 Kxb3 69. h6 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0607"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2006.10.28"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2006.10.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Remagen"]
[BlackTeam "Kreuzberg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Nbd7 9. Qb3 a6 10. a4 Qe7 11. Rd1 Rb8 12. Qc2 b6 13. Qe2 Ra8 14. Na2 Bb7 15.
Nxb4 cxb4 16. Bd3 Ne4 17. Nd2 f5 18. Nc4 Rac8 19. f3 Nd6 20. Nxd6 Qxd6 21. Bxa6
Bxa6 22. Qxa6 e5 23. Bd2 exd4 24. Qb5 Qe6 25. exd4 Rc2 26. Qxb4 Nf6 27. Re1 Qc4
28. Qxc4+ Rxc4 29. Re5 Rd8 30. Rxf5 Rc2 31. Bc3 Nd5 32. Re1 g6 33. Rfe5 Nf4 34.
g3 Nh3+ 35. Kh1 Nf2+ 36. Kg2 Ne4+ 37. Kh3 Nxc3 38. bxc3 Rxc3 39. f4 Rxd4 40.
Re8+ Kf7 41. R1e7+ Kf6 42. Rxh7 Rxa4 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0607"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2006.10.29"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Rabiega, Robert"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2006.10.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Berlin Tegel"]
[BlackTeam "Remagen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 d6 6. Qxd4 e6 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8.
Bxd7+ Nxd7 9. exd6 Qb6 10. Nbd2 Qxd4 11. Nxd4 Bxd6 12. Ne4 Be7 13. Bg5 f6 14.
Bd2 Kf7 15. c4 Nb4 16. Ke2 Rhd8 17. Rhd1 Nc5 18. Bxb4 Nxe4 19. Bxe7 Kxe7 20. f3
Nc5 21. b3 Rac8 22. Nb5 a6 23. Nc3 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Nd7 25. Kd2 h5 26. f4 h4 27.
h3 b6 28. Re1 g6 29. Ne2 Kd6 30. Ke3 b5 31. Rd1+ Ke7 32. cxb5 axb5 33. Rc1 Ra8
34. Rc2 Nb6 35. Nd4 Nd5+ 36. Kf3 b4 37. Rc4 Rxa2 38. Nc6+ Kd6 39. Nxb4 Rb2 40.
Nxd5 exd5 41. Rb4 f5 42. Rb6+ Kc5 43. Rxg6 Rxb3+ 44. Ke2 Rb2+ 45. Kf3 Rb1 46.
Ke2 Kd4 47. Re6 Rb2+ 48. Kf3 Rb3+ 49. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0607"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2006.12.09"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Khenkin, Igor"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2006.10.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tegernsee"]
[BlackTeam "Remagen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 c5 5. d5 Nh5 6. g3 d6 (6... O-O {is
usually played but GM V.Ivanchuk has his own idea.}) 7. e4 exd5 8. cxd5 f5 $1
$146 {[%mdl 8] Undermining White's centre.} (8... O-O {is quite possible, too,
e.g.} 9. Bg2 (9. Nh3 $142 f5 10. Nf2) 9... f5 10. f4 Qe8 11. Nge2 fxe4 12. h3
Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 b5 14. O-O Na6 15. g4 Nf6 16. Ng3 Bb7 17. Qc2 Bxd5 18. Rd1 Nc7
19. c4 bxc4 20. Bb2 Rd8 $17 {0-1 Moskalenko,V-Howell,J/Belgorod 1990/EXT 99 
(53)}) 9. exf5 (9. f4 $6 Nf6) 9... O-O 10. Nge2 Bxf5 11. Bg2 (11. g4 $2 Qh4+
12. Kd2 Bd7 13. Qe1 (13. gxh5 Rxf3 $19) 13... Qe7 14. gxh5 Rxf3 $40 {[%csl Rd2]
}) 11... c4 12. O-O Bd3 $15 {[%csl Gd3] Black has got better prospects after
the opening. Is the whole system unplayable for White?} 13. Bh3 (13. Be3 Re8
14. Bd4 Nd7 (14... Bxc3 15. Nxc3 Bxf1 16. Qxf1 $44) 15. Rf2 Nc5 $15) 13... Na6
14. Be6+ Kh8 15. g4 Nf6 16. Nf4 $5 {[%mdl 512] An interesting exchange
sacrifice, which Black declines.} Nc5 (16... Bxf1 $5 17. Qxf1 (17. Kxf1 g5 18.
Nh3 h6 19. Qd4 Nc5) 17... g5 18. Ng2 (18. Nh3 h6 {[%cal Ya6c7] with no
sufficient compensation for White.}) 18... Qa5 (18... Qb6+ 19. Kh1 Bxc3 20.
bxc3 Nc7 21. Qxc4 Qc5 22. Qxc5 dxc5 23. Bxg5 Nfxd5 24. Bf5 $44) 19. Bxg5 Nc5 {
The position is extremely complicated but Black's prospects look preferable, e.
g.} 20. Bf5 Nd3 $1 21. Bxd3 Nxg4 22. fxg4 Rxf1+ 23. Bxf1 Re8 $15 {due to the
better co-ordination of Black's pieces.}) 17. Nxd3 (17. g5 Nfd7 $17) (17. Re1
Nfd7 {[%cal Yd7e5,Yg7g5]}) 17... Nxd3 18. Ne2 Qa5 19. a3 b5 {Not the most
accurate move but the position is already unclear:} (19... Bc5+ 20. Kg2 Rae8
21. b3 (21. Nf4 $2 Nxf4+ 22. Bxf4 Nxd5) (21. Rb1 $5 Be3 $1 22. Bxe3 Nxd5 23.
Bd2 (23. Bxd5 Rxe3 {[%cal Re3e2]} 24. Nc3 Nf4+ 25. Kg3 Rd3 $17) 23... Rxe6 24.
Bxa5 Ne3+ 25. Kg3 Nxd1 26. Nd4 Re5 27. Rfxd1 Rxa5 28. b3 $132) 21... b5 (21...
Be3 $6 22. bxc4) 22. Bd2 Qa6 23. Nc3 $13) 20. Kg2 Bc5 (20... Rae8 $2 21. Bg5
Bc5 22. b4) 21. Nf4 {This is the difference! The capture on d5 after the
exchange on f4 is impossible and White obtains sufficient counterplay due to
the g4-g5 threat.} Nxc1 22. Qxc1 Rae8 (22... Qb6 23. Re1 Bf2 $5 24. Re2 Bh4)
23. Re1 Bd4 $6 {Now White seizes the initiative.} (23... Qd8 {[%cal Yf6g8,
Yd8h4]}) 24. g5 Qd8 $5 {Looks like a bluff but what else?} (24... Ng8 25. Re4
Qb6 26. Nh5) 25. Qd2 $2 {White probably was under time pressure already.} (25.
Ne2 $1 Bxb2 (25... Nxd5 26. Bxd5 Be3 $6 27. Qc3 Qxg5+ 28. Ng3) 26. Qxb2 Nxd5
27. Bxd5 Qxg5+ 28. Ng3 Qxd5 29. Qc3 $14 {Black's passed pawns are safely
blocked.}) 25... Be5 $1 $17 26. Nh3 $6 {This loses the g5 pawn and the game.} (
26. gxf6 Qxf6 27. Rxe5 dxe5 28. Ne2 Qxf3+ 29. Kg1 Qf2+ 30. Kh1 Rf6 $17) (26.
Ne2 Nh5 27. h4 Nf4+ 28. Nxf4 Rxf4 29. Re4 Ref8 $17) 26... Nh5 27. Re4 Nf4+ $1
28. Nxf4 Qxg5+ 29. Kh1 Rxf4 30. Bd7 Ref8 $1 {Black doesn't care about the b5
pawn although} (30... Rb8 {was quite possible.}) 31. Bxb5 Qh5 32. Rxf4 Rxf4 33.
Rf1 g6 (33... Rxf3 $6 34. Bxc4) (33... Rd4 34. Qe2 Bxh2 35. Qe8+ Qxe8 36. Bxe8
Be5 $19) (33... Qf7 $5 $19 {[%cal Rf4f3]} 34. Kg2 $2 Rh4) (33... a6 $1 34. Bxa6
(34. Bc6 Rxf3 35. Rf2 Bxh2 $1 36. Rxf3 Bf4+ 37. Kg1 Qxf3 $19) 34... Rd4 35. Qe2
Bxh2 $1 $19) 34. Rf2 Qh4 35. Bd7 $6 (35. Qe2 Rd4 36. Kg1 {was the only (quite
hopeless) way to play on.}) 35... Rd4 36. Qe2 Rd1+ 37. Qxd1 Qxf2 38. f4 Bxf4
39. Qg1 Qf3+ 40. Qg2 Qd1+ 41. Qg1 Qxd5+ 42. Qg2 Qd1+ 43. Qg1 Qe2 {Winning a
third pawn (on b2).} 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0607"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2006.12.10"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gyimesi, Zoltan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2006.10.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Remagen"]
[BlackTeam "Eppingen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Bg5 Qd6 7. Nbd2 Nd7 8.
Nc4 Qe6 9. O-O O-O 10. a4 Nb6 11. Be3 Nxc4 12. Bxc5 Nd6 13. a5 f6 14. d4 Rd8
15. Re1 Nb5 16. d5 Qf7 17. c4 Nd6 18. Qb3 cxd5 19. cxd5 c6 20. Bxa7 cxd5 21.
Bb6 Re8 22. exd5 Bd7 23. Nd2 Rac8 24. Rac1 h5 25. Rc3 Nb5 26. Rd3 Nd6 27. h3
Bb5 28. Rc3 Rxc3 29. bxc3 Rc8 30. Rc1 Ba6 31. c4 Nxc4 32. Rxc4 Bxc4 33. Nxc4
Qxd5 34. Nd2 Qxb3 35. Nxb3 Re8 36. Nc5 Re7 37. f3 Kh7 38. Kf2 Kg6 39. Ke3 Kf5
40. Bd8 Rf7 41. h4 g6 42. g3 g5 43. Ne4 Rd7 44. g4+ 1-0

[Event "ESP-ch final"]
[Site "Lugo"]
[Date "2006.11.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2006.11.03"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 c6 5. h3 Bg7 6. g4 b5 7. e5 Nfd7 8. f4 Nb6
9. Nf3 N8d7 10. Bd3 b4 11. Ne4 Nd5 12. Bd2 c5 13. Nfg5 Qb6 14. c4 bxc3 15. bxc3
Ba6 16. Rb1 Bxd3 17. Rxb6 N5xb6 18. exd6 h6 19. Nxc5 Nxc5 20. dxc5 O-O 21. Qf3
Bc4 22. cxb6 hxg5 23. b7 Rab8 24. Qc6 Bxa2 25. O-O exd6 26. Ra1 Be6 27. Rxa7
gxf4 28. Ra8 Be5 29. Rxb8 Rxb8 30. Qc7 1-0

[Event "ESP-ch final"]
[Site "Lugo"]
[Date "2006.11.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2006.11.03"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bd3 Bb4 8.
Bd2 Nc6 9. Nf3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Nf6 12. Bg5 Bd7 13. a3 Nd5 14. Bd2 Bf6
15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Ne5 g6 17. Qb3 Rb8 18. Bc3 Be6 19. Rad1 Bxe5 20. dxe5 d4 21.
Bc4 Qb6 22. Qxb6 axb6 23. Bxe6 dxc3 24. Bd7 cxb2 25. Rb1 Rbd8 26. e6 fxe6 27.
Bxe6+ Kg7 28. Rxb2 Rfe8 29. Kf1 Rd6 30. Ba2 Rxe1+ 31. Kxe1 Nd4 32. f4 Kf6 33.
Kf2 b5 34. Rd2 Ke7 35. g4 Nc6 36. Rxd6 Kxd6 37. g5 b4 38. axb4 Nxb4 39. Bg8 Nd5
40. Kg3 Ne7 41. Bxh7 b5 42. h4 b4 43. h5 gxh5 44. f5 b3 45. f6 Nd5 46. Kh4 b2
47. Bf5 Nf4 48. Bc2 Ke6 49. Bb3+ Nd5 50. Ba2 b1=Q 51. Bxb1 Nxf6 52. Bg6 Ke7 53.
Bxh5 Ne4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 41st"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2006.11.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2006.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Nb3 a5 15.
Be3 a4 16. Nbd2 Bd7 17. Rc1 Rac8 18. Bd3 Qb8 19. Qe2 Nb4 20. Bb1 Rxc1 21. Rxc1
Re8 22. b3 axb3 23. Nxb3 Rc8 24. Rxc8+ Bxc8 25. Bd2 Na6 26. Bd3 Bd7 27. dxe5
dxe5 28. Bc3 Bd6 29. Qb2 Bc6 30. Bxe5 Nb4 31. Qd4 Bxe5 32. Nxe5 Be8 33. Bb1 Na6
34. Nf3 Nd7 35. e5 Nf8 36. Qe3 Nc7 37. Nbd4 Nd5 38. Qb3 Ne7 39. Bd3 Neg6 40.
Bxb5 Nxe5 41. a4 Nxf3+ 42. Qxf3 g6 43. Qf6 h5 44. g3 Bd7 45. Kh2 Qa7 46. h4 Qa5
47. Bc4 Be8 48. Nc6 1-0

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 41st"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2006.11.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2006.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d4 a6 5. Bg2 dxc4 6. Ne5 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Nd5 8. Bd2
b5 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. e4 Nb6 12. f4 Bb7 13. f5 exf5 14. Rxf5 N8d7 15.
Ng4 Qe7 16. Qc2 Rae8 17. Re1 f6 18. Rf4 Na4 19. Ne3 Qa3 20. Rb1 Ndb6 21. Rh4
Bc8 22. e5 f5 23. Rf4 g6 24. h4 c5 25. h5 g5 26. Rxf5 Bxf5 27. Nxf5 Kh8 28. Nd6
cxd4 29. Nxe8 d3 30. Qd1 Nxc3 31. Qg4 Rxe8 32. Qxg5 Qe7 33. Qxe7 Ne2+ 34. Kh2
Rxe7 35. Bg5 Re8 36. Rf1 Nd7 37. Bc6 Rxe5 38. Bh4 Rxh5 39. Bxd7 c3 40. Bg4
Rxh4+ 41. gxh4 c2 42. Bxe2 d2 0-1

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 41st"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2006.11.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2006.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
h5 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. O-O b5 11. Qd2 Be7 12. Rfd1 Nb6 13. Bf1 Qc7 14. Qf2 Na4 15.
Nxa4 bxa4 16. Bb6 Qb8 17. Na5 Nd7 18. Be3 Qxb2 19. Nc4 Bxc4 20. Bxc4 Qc3 21.
Qe2 O-O 22. Bd2 Qd4+ 23. Be3 Qc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 41st"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2006.11.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E37"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2006.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 c5 8.
dxc5 Nc6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nf3 Qf6 11. e3 Bg4 12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O Rfe8 14. Bd2
d4 15. Rad1 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 Rad8 17. Qc1 d3 18. Rxd3 Rxd3 19. Bxd3 Bxf3 20. gxf3
Ne5 21. Be4 Nxf3+ 22. Bxf3 Qxf3 23. Qd1 Qf5 24. b4 h6 25. Re1 a5 26. e4 Qg6+
27. Kf1 axb4 28. axb4 Rxe4 29. Qb1 Qa6+ 30. Kg2 Rg4+ 31. Kh3 Rg6 32. Qf5 Qc6
33. Re4 Rg5 34. Qf3 Qd7+ 35. Kh4 Rg1 36. Qe3 Qf5 37. Re8+ Kh7 38. Qe4 g5+ 0-1

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 41st"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2006.11.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Miton, Kamil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2006.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. Qe2 e6 7. b3 Be7 8.
Bb2 O-O 9. c4 a6 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Qa5 12. Nc3 Rfe8 13. Rad1 Rac8 14. f4 b5
15. e5 b4 16. exf6 bxc3 17. Bxc3 Qxc3 18. fxe7 Nf6 19. g4 d5 20. g5 Ne4 21. f5
Rxe7 22. f6 Rd7 23. cxd5 Rxd5 24. Qxe4 Rcd8 25. Rf3 Qc5 26. Rfd3 e5 27. fxg7
Rxd4 28. Qe3 Qd5 29. Rxd4 exd4 30. Qf4 d3 31. Rd2 Qc5+ 32. Rf2 Qd5 33. Rd2 Re8
34. Kf2 Re4 35. Qf6 Re5 36. Rxd3 Rf5+ 0-1

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 41st"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2006.11.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2006.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Bd7 8. O-O
Nc6 9. Nxc6 Bxc6 10. a4 Be7 11. Be3 O-O 12. a5 Nd7 13. Re1 Rc8 14. Na4 f5 15.
Nb6 Nxb6 16. Bxb6 Qd7 17. Qd3 fxe4 18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Bd8 20. Bxd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 41st"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2006.11.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2006.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. a4 h6 8. axb5
Nxc3 9. bxc3 cxb5 10. Ba3 e6 11. Bxf8 Kxf8 12. Qb1 a6 13. Nd2 Nd7 14. Be2 Bb7
15. Nxc4 Bxg2 16. Rg1 bxc4 17. Rxg2 Nb6 18. Qb4+ Kg8 19. Rg3 Nd5 20. Qb7 Rb8
21. Qxa6 Nf4 22. Bxc4 g5 23. Qc6 Rc8 24. Qe4 Nh5 25. Rf3 Nf4 26. Bf1 Kg7 27. h4
Ra8 28. Rc1 Ra3 29. Rg3 Ng6 30. hxg5 hxg5 31. Qg4 Rh1 32. Qxg5 Qxg5 33. Rxg5
Ra2 34. Rg3 Kf8 35. Rb1 Ke8 36. Rh3 Rg1 37. Rd3 Nh4 38. Rg3 Rh1 39. Rg8+ Kd7
40. Rb7+ Kc6 41. Rxf7 Ra1+ 42. Ke2 Rhxf1 43. Kd3 Rfd1+ 44. Kc4 Ra4+ 45. Kb3
Rda1 46. f3 Nf5 47. Rc8+ Kb6 48. Re8 R4a3+ 49. Kc4 Ra4+ 50. Kd3 Kc6 51. Rxe6+
Kd5 52. Rb6 Rd1+ 53. Ke2 1-0

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 41st"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2006.11.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2006.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 Bg7 5. Qd2 c6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Bh6 Bxh6 8.
Qxh6 Nbd7 9. Be2 Qa5 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 c5 12. O-O-O Rc8 13. Kb1 cxd4 14.
Rxd4 Nb6 15. Nd5 Nfxd5 16. exd5 Nc4 17. Rd3 Qb6 18. Rb3 Qxf2 19. Rxb7 Ne3 20.
c3 Qc2+ 21. Ka1 Rxc3 22. bxc3 Qxc3+ 23. Rb2 Nc2+ 24. Kb1 Na3+ 25. Ka1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 41st"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2006.11.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "2006.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. c3 c5 8.
Be3 Qc7 9. Ne5 a6 10. Qa4+ Bd7 11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Bxc5 Qxc5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 41st"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2006.11.30"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Miton, Kamil"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2006.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. O-O e6
9. h3 Bf5 10. Bb2 Bd6 11. Bd3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 O-O 13. Rac1 Re8 14. cxd5 cxd5 15.
Rc2 Qb6 16. Rfc1 Qb7 17. Ne2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Carlos Torre Wimbledon 19th"]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "2006.12.18"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Perez Garcia, Rodney Oscar"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2006.12.18"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. h3 Na5 8. a4
Nxc4 9. dxc4 O-O 10. Re1 c6 11. b3 Qc7 12. Ba3 Rd8 13. Qd2 Nh7 14. Rad1 Ng5 15.
Nxg5 hxg5 16. Re3 Be6 17. Rd3 Kf8 18. Bxd6 Bxd6 19. Rxd6 Rxd6 20. Qxd6+ Qxd6
21. Rxd6 Ke7 22. c5 g4 23. hxg4 Bxg4 24. f3 Be6 25. Kf2 Rh8 26. Rd1 g5 27. Ne2
f5 28. exf5 Bxf5 29. Rd2 Rh4 30. Ng3 Bg6 31. Ke3 a5 32. Ne4 Bxe4 33. fxe4 Rg4
34. Kf3 Rf4+ 35. Ke3 Rg4 36. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Carlos Torre Wimbledon 19th"]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "2006.12.18"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Perez Garcia, Rodney Oscar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[PlyCount "222"]
[EventDate "2006.12.18"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Bf5 8.
Re1 Nc6 9. c4 Nb4 10. Bf1 O-O 11. a3 Nc6 12. cxd5 Qxd5 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. bxc3
Bf6 15. Bf4 Qd7 16. Qd2 Rfe8 17. Bg3 Na5 18. Qf4 c5 19. a4 c4 20. Ne5 Bxe5 21.
dxe5 Bc2 22. Bxc4 Nxc4 23. Qxc4 Rac8 24. Qb4 a5 25. Qxa5 Ra8 26. Qb4 Rxa4 27.
Qd6 Rxa1 28. Rxa1 Qb5 29. h3 Be4 30. Re1 Bd5 31. Re3 Qc6 32. f3 Qc4 33. Bf2 h6
34. Re1 Re6 35. Qd8+ Kh7 36. h4 Rg6 37. Re3 Qb3 38. Kh2 Qd1 39. Bg3 Qd2 40. Re4
Qa2 41. Rd4 Bc6 42. Rd2 Qb1 43. Qd4 Qf5 44. Qe3 h5 45. c4 Re6 46. Qc3 Re8 47.
Rd4 Ra8 48. Rf4 Qg6 49. Qb2 Rd8 50. Rd4 Rxd4 51. Qxd4 Qf5 52. c5 Kg8 53. Bf4
Kh7 54. Bg5 Kg8 55. Qc3 Kh7 56. Kg3 Kg8 57. Kf2 Kh7 58. Ke3 Qb1 59. Kf2 Qf5 60.
Qd4 Qc2+ 61. Kg3 Qf5 62. Bd2 Qg6+ 63. Kh2 Qf5 64. Bc3 Qg6 65. Bb2 Kg8 66. Ba1
Kh7 67. Bc3 Kg8 68. Bb2 Kh7 69. Ba1 Kg8 70. e6 fxe6 71. Qd8+ Qe8 72. Qg5 Qf7
73. Bb2 Bd5 74. Bc3 Bc6 75. Be5 Bd5 76. Kg1 Kh7 77. Kf2 Kg8 78. Bd4 Bc6 79. Qg3
Kh7 80. Qe5 Kg8 81. Bc3 Kh7 82. Bb2 Kg8 83. Ba1 Kh7 84. Bc3 Kg8 85. Qb8+ Qe8
86. Qc7 Qf7 87. Qd8+ Qe8 88. Qg5 Qf7 89. Qe5 Kh7 90. Qd6 Kg8 91. Qd3 Qf5 92.
Qe3 Qc2+ 93. Kg3 Qg6+ 94. Kh2 Qf5 95. Be5 Kh7 96. Qc3 Qf7 97. Kg3 Qg6+ 98. Kf2
Ba4 99. Qa5 Bc6 100. Qd8 Qc2+ 101. Kg3 Qg6+ 102. Kh2 Qe8 103. Qg5 Qf7 104. Bg3
Kg8 105. Kg1 Qf5 106. Qe7 Qb1+ 107. Kh2 Qf5 108. Qd6 Kh7 109. Bf4 Kg8 110. Qd8+
Qf8 111. Qd4 Qf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Carlos Torre Wimbledon 19th"]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "2006.12.18"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Perez Garcia, Rodney Oscar"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "2006.12.18"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. h3 Na5 8. a4
Nxc4 9. dxc4 O-O 10. Re1 c6 11. b3 Qc7 12. Ba3 Rd8 13. Qd2 Be6 14. Rad1 Rd7 15.
Qe3 b6 16. Rd2 Rad8 17. Red1 Nh7 18. Ne2 Ng5 19. Ng3 g6 20. Nh2 Nh7 21. Nf3 h5
22. Bb2 Re8 23. Qh6 Bf8 24. Qe3 Be7 25. Qh6 Bf8 26. Qe3 Be7 27. Ne2 Red8 28.
Qh6 Bf8 29. Qe3 Be7 30. Nh2 Bg5 31. f4 exf4 32. Qf3 d5 33. exd5 cxd5 34. cxd5
Qc5+ 35. Bd4 Qxd5 36. Qf2 f3 37. Nxf3 Bxd2 38. Rxd2 Qe4 39. Ng3 Qf4 40. Ne2 Qh6
41. Qg3 Bd5 42. Rd3 Bxf3 43. Qxf3 Ng5 44. Qe3 Kh7 45. Bf6 Rxd3 46. cxd3 Ne6 47.
Qxh6+ Kxh6 48. Bxd8 Nxd8 49. Kf2 Kg5 50. Ke3 Kf6 51. Ke4 Ke6 52. Nd4+ Kd7 53.
Kd5 Nb7 54. b4 a5 55. bxa5 Nxa5 56. h4 Nb7 57. Nb3 Nd6 58. Nd4 f6 59. Ne6 Ke7
60. Nf4 g5 61. Nxh5 gxh4 62. Nxf6 Nf5 63. Ke5 Ng3 64. Nd5+ Kd8 65. Nxb6 Kc7 66.
Nd5+ Kc6 67. Nf4 Kc5 68. Ng6 Nf1 69. Nxh4 Ne3 70. g3 Kb4 71. Ke4 Nf1 72. g4
Kxa4 73. g5 Ng3+ 74. Kf4 Nh5+ 75. Kg4 Ng7 76. Nf5 Ne8 77. g6 Kb3 78. Kf4 Kc3
79. Ke3 Nf6 80. Nh6 Nd5+ 1-0

[Event "Carlos Torre Wimbledon 19th"]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "2006.12.18"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Perez Garcia, Rodney Oscar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2006.12.18"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 1-0

[Event "Carlos Torre Wimbledon 19th"]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "2006.12.18"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Perez Garcia, Rodney Oscar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2006.12.18"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 1-0

[Event "Carlos Torre Wimbledon 19th"]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "2006.12.19"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Georgiev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2006.12.18"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bf4 Be7 5. Nbd2 cxd4 6. cxd4 Nc6 7. e3 Nh5 8.
Bg3 b6 9. a3 Bb7 10. Bd3 O-O 11. Ne5 g6 12. Nxc6 dxc6 13. Be4 f5 14. Bf3 f4 15.
Bxh5 fxg3 16. hxg3 gxh5 17. Qxh5 Rf7 18. Qg4+ Kh8 19. Nf3 Qg8 20. Qxe6 Re8 21.
O-O-O Bxa3 22. Qa2 Bd6 23. Qxa7 Rc7 24. Qxb6 Qc4+ 25. Kb1 Ra8 26. d5 Qe4+ 0-1

[Event "Carlos Torre Wimbledon 19th"]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "2006.12.19"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Georgiev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2006.12.18"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 dxc4 4. a4 Bg4 5. Ne5 Bh5 6. Nc3 Nd7 7. Nxc4 Ngf6 8.
f3 e6 9. e4 Bb4 10. Be2 Nb6 11. Ne5 c5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Qxd8+ Rxd8 14. a5 Nbd7
15. Nd3 Bd6 16. a6 b6 17. Nb5 Bb8 18. Bd2 Rc8 19. Bb4 Nc5 20. Kf2 Nfd7 21. Rhd1
f6 22. Nxc5 Nxc5 23. Ba3 Ke7 24. b4 Nd7 25. Nd4 Bd6 26. Nb5 Bb8 27. Nd4 Bd6 28.
Nb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Carlos Torre Wimbledon 19th"]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "2006.12.20"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "De la Paz Perdomo, Frank"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2006.12.18"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. d3 d6 10. a5 Be6 11. Nbd2 Nd7 12. c3 Nc5 13. Bxe6 Nxe6 14. Nc4 Bf6 15.
Qa4 Qd7 16. cxb4 Rab8 17. Bd2 d5 18. exd5 Qxd5 19. Rac1 Ned4 20. Nxd4 Nxd4 21.
Bc3 Nc6 22. Re4 Rfd8 23. Rce1 h6 24. h3 Qb5 25. Qxb5 Rxb5 26. R1e3 Bg5 27. Rf3
Bf6 28. Kf1 Nd4 29. Bxd4 exd4 30. g4 Kf8 31. Ref4 Ke7 32. h4 Rf8 33. Re4+ Kd7
34. Kg2 Re8 35. Ref4 Re6 36. Rf5 Bxh4 37. Rxf7+ Re7 38. Rf8 Bf6 39. Nd2 Re8 40.
Rf7+ Re7 41. Rxe7+ Kxe7 42. Ne4 Rxb4 43. Nc5 Rxb2 44. Nxa6 Rb5 45. Nxc7 Rxa5
46. Rf5 Be5 47. Na6 g6 48. Nb4 gxf5 49. Nc6+ Kf6 50. Nxa5 fxg4 51. Nc6 Kf5 52.
f3 g3 53. Nxd4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Carlos Torre Wimbledon 19th"]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "2006.12.20"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "De la Paz Perdomo, Frank"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2006.12.18"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 a6 6. Bb3 Ba7 7. h3 d6 8. Nbd2
h6 9. Nf1 Be6 10. Ng3 Qd7 11. Be3 O-O 12. O-O Rfe8 13. Nh2 d5 14. Qf3 Bxe3 15.
fxe3 Rad8 16. Rad1 dxe4 17. dxe4 Qe7 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. Qxf5 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Rd8
21. Bd5 Rd6 22. Ng4 Nxg4 23. Qxg4 Nd8 24. Rf1 c6 25. Bb3 g6 26. Qg3 Kh7 27. Qf3
Kg7 28. Qg3 Rd2 29. Kh2 b5 30. Rf5 f6 31. Rf2 Rxf2 32. Qxf2 Nb7 33. Qe2 h5 34.
a4 Nd6 35. axb5 axb5 36. Qd3 Nb7 37. Qd1 Qc7 38. Qa1 Nd6 39. Qa8 Qc8 40. Qa3
Qd8 41. Qa7+ Kh6 42. Qc5 Qd7 43. Bc2 Kg7 44. b3 Nf7 45. b4 Ng5 46. h4 Nf7 47.
c4 bxc4 48. Qxc4 Nh6 49. Qe2 Ng4+ 50. Kg3 Qa7 51. Kf3 Kh6 52. Bb3 Qa1 53. Be6
Qb1 54. Bd7 Qxb4 55. Bxc6 Qb1 56. Bd7 f5 57. Bc6 f4 58. Bd7 Nf6 59. Bc6 Qc1 60.
Bb5 Ng4 0-1

[Event "Carlos Torre Wimbledon 19th"]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "2006.12.21"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2006.12.18"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.
Nge2 O-O 9. Qc2 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. f3 Be6 12. Rad1 Rc8 13. Kh1 Ng6 14. a3 Qc7
15. Nf4 Bd7 16. Qf2 Rcd8 17. Rc1 Qd6 18. Nxg6 fxg6 19. Bf4 Qe6 20. Bc7 Rc8 21.
Be5 Qf7 22. e4 Be6 23. Qd2 Bf8 24. Ne2 Qd7 25. Bg3 dxe4 26. fxe4 Rcd8 27. Bf2
Bf7 28. Nc3 Bc5 29. dxc5 Qxd3 30. Qxd3 Rxd3 31. Rfd1 Bc4 32. h3 Nxe4 33. Nxe4
Rxe4 34. Rxd3 Bxd3 35. Rd1 Re2 36. Rxd3 Rxf2 37. Rd8+ Rf8 38. Rd7 Rf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Carlos Torre Wimbledon 19th"]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "2006.12.21"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2006.12.18"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Bd7 9. c3 O-O 10. Nbd2 Na5 11. Bc2 c5 12. Re1 Re8 13. Nf1 h6 14. h3 Bf8 15. Ne3
c4 16. axb5 axb5 17. Nh2 h5 18. dxc4 bxc4 19. Nf5 Qb6 20. Bg5 Nh7 21. Be3 Qxb2
22. Rb1 Qa2 23. Ra1 Qb2 24. Rb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Carlos Torre Wimbledon 19th"]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "2006.12.21"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2006.12.18"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. Re1 Re8 10. Nf1 h6 11. Bd2 b5 12. Bc2 Bb7 13. d4 d5 14. exd5 Qxd5 15.
Bb3 Qd6 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Rxe5 18. Rxe5 Qxe5 19. Be3 Re8 20. Qd2 Ne4 21.
Qd7 Re7 22. Qd8+ Kh7 23. Rd1 Nc5 24. Bc2 Re8 25. Qd2 Qe7 26. Ng3 Ne6 27. Qd7
Qf8 28. Qd2 Rd8 29. Qe1 c5 30. h4 Kg8 31. h5 g5 32. Nf5 c4 33. Qe2 Rxd1+ 34.
Qxd1 Qd8 35. Qg4 Bf8 36. Bd4 Nxd4 37. cxd4 Qf6 38. Ne3 Qe6 39. Bf5 Qf6 40. Bc2
Qe6 41. Bf5 Qf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Carlos Torre Wimbledon 19th"]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "2006.12.21"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2006.12.18"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.
Nge2 O-O 9. Qc2 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. f3 Be6 12. Rad1 Rc8 13. Kh1 Ng6 14. a3 Nd7
15. Bf4 a6 16. Bg3 c5 17. e4 Nf6 18. e5 Nd7 19. f4 c4 20. Bf5 Ndf8 21. Bh3 Bxh3
22. gxh3 Nh8 23. f5 Bg5 24. Bf4 h6 25. Ng3 Rc7 26. Qg2 Rd7 27. Nh5 f6 28. e6
Nxe6 29. fxe6 Rxe6 30. h4 Qe8 31. Nxg7 Kxg7 32. hxg5 hxg5 33. Nxd5 Rxd5 34.
Qxd5 gxf4 35. Rg1+ Ng6 36. Qf5 1-0

[Event "World Cup ACP 1st"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2007.01.06"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Amonatov, Farrukh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2007.01.05"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 dxc6 7. Nc3 Be6
8. Na4 Rd8 9. Bd3 Bd4 10. O-O b5 11. Nc3 Ne7 12. a4 a6 13. axb5 axb5 14. Kh1
O-O 15. f4 Qh4 16. Ne2 Bb6 17. f5 Bc4 18. b3 Bxd3 19. cxd3 c5 20. Bb2 Nc6 21.
Rf3 Nd4 22. Bxd4 cxd4 23. f6 Ra8 24. Raf1 Qh6 25. Qxh6 gxh6 26. Ng3 Ba5 27. Nf5
Bd2 28. Nxd4 b4 29. Nf5 Kh8 30. d4 Rad8 31. d5 Rde8 32. R3f2 Bc3 33. Re2 Bxf6
34. Nxh6 Kg7 35. Nf5+ Kh8 36. g3 Bc3 37. Kg2 f6 38. h4 Ra8 39. Kh3 Ra3 40. Rb1
Rfa8 41. Kg4 Ra1 42. Rxa1 Rxa1 43. Kh5 Ra3 44. g4 Rxb3 45. g5 fxg5 46. e5 Rb2
47. Re3 gxh4 48. d6 cxd6 49. exd6 Kg8 50. d7 Rd2 51. Re8+ Kf7 52. Nh6+ Kf6 53.
Ng4+ Kf5 54. d8=Q Rxd8 55. Rxd8 h3 56. Rd3 h2 57. Nxh2 Ke4 58. Rh3 Kd4 59. Ng4
b3 60. Ne3 Bd2 61. Nd1 Kc4 62. Kg4 Kb4 63. Kf5 Bc1 64. Ke4 h6 65. Kd3 Ka3 66.
Kc4 1-0

[Event "World Cup ACP 1st"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2007.01.06"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Amonatov, Farrukh"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2007.01.05"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 Bc5 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. d3 h6 8. h3 a5
9. Kh2 Bd7 10. Be3 Re8 11. Qd2 Qe7 12. Rae1 Nd4 13. Bxd4 exd4 14. Ne2 Bb4 15.
c3 dxc3 16. bxc3 Bc5 17. Nf4 Bc6 18. Nd4 Bd7 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. exf5 Qd7 21. Bxb7
Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Rb8 23. Bg2 Qxf5 24. d4 Bb6 25. Bc6 a4 26. Bxa4 c5 27. Bc2 Qd7
28. Qd3 Kf8 29. Bb3 cxd4 30. cxd4 d5 31. Kg2 Bc7 32. Qf3 Qf5 33. Rc1 Bxf4 34.
Qxf4 Qxf4 35. gxf4 Rb4 36. Rd1 Ke7 37. Kf3 Kd6 38. Ke3 Ne8 39. Rg1 g6 40. Kd3
Ng7 41. Kc3 Rb8 42. Bc2 Ne6 43. f5 Rc8+ 44. Kd3 gxf5 45. Bb3 Rb8 46. Kc3 Rc8+
47. Kd3 Rb8 48. Rd1 h5 49. h4 Rg8 50. a4 Rg4 51. Kc3 Rxh4 52. a5 Rf4 53. Ba4
Kc7 54. Bc2 Rf3+ 55. Kb4 Rxf2 56. Bb3 h4 57. Bxd5 h3 58. Rc1+ Kd6 59. Bh1 Nxd4
60. Rd1 Ke5 61. Re1+ Kd6 62. Rd1 Ke5 63. Re1+ Kd6 64. Rd1 Ke5 65. Kc5 Nb3+ 66.
Kb5 Nxa5 67. Kxa5 Kf4 68. Kb4 Kg3 69. Kc3 f4 70. Kd3 f3 71. Ra1 h2 72. Rb1 f5
73. Ra1 Rg2 74. Rf1 Rg1 0-1

[Event "World Cup ACP 1st"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2007.01.07"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2007.01.05"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qe2 c5 11. Bg3 Ne4 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Rad1 Qc8 14. Rc1 Rd8
15. Rfd1 Ndf6 16. Ne5 Qe6 17. Bh4 Rac8 18. f3 cxd4 19. exd4 Nxc3 20. Rxc3 Rxc3
21. bxc3 Nd7 22. Bxe7 Qxe7 23. Nxd7 Rxd7 24. Re1 Qxe2 25. Rxe2 Kf8 26. Re3 Re7
27. Kf2 Rxe3 28. Kxe3 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup ACP 1st"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2007.01.07"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2007.01.05"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. c5 g6 7. Bd3 Bg7 8. h3 O-O
9. O-O Nbd7 10. Re1 Re8 11. e4 b4 12. Na4 dxe4 13. Bxe4 Nxe4 14. Rxe4 a5 15.
Bf4 Nf6 16. Re1 Nd5 17. Be5 Ba6 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. b3 Qc7 20. Qd2 Bb5 21. Nb2 a4
22. bxa4 Bxa4 23. Nd3 b3 24. Nde5 f6 25. Ng4 bxa2 26. Rxa2 Bb5 27. Ne3 Nxe3 28.
Rxa8 Rxa8 29. Qxe3 Ra7 30. d5 Bc4 31. d6 exd6 32. cxd6 Qf7 33. Qc5 Rd7 34. Qxc6
Bd5 35. Qc5 Bxf3 36. gxf3 Qf8 37. Re6 Qf7 38. Qe3 Qf8 39. Re7+ Rxe7 40. dxe7
Qe8 41. Qe6 g5 42. Kg2 Kg6 43. f4 gxf4 44. Kf3 Kg7 45. Kxf4 Qb8+ 46. Kg4 Qe8
47. Kg3 Qg6+ 48. Kh2 Qe8 49. f4 Kg6 50. Kg3 Kg7 51. Kf2 Kg6 52. Ke3 Kg7 53. f5
h5 54. h4 Qb8 55. e8=N+ 1-0

[Event "World Cup ACP 1st"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2007.01.08"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2007.01.05"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Ng4 8. Bg5
f6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh6 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. c5 Nc6 13. O-O g4 14. Nh4 Be6 15.
Qa4 Qd4 16. Qb5 Qb4 17. f4 gxf3 18. Nxf3 Ng4 19. Rfd1 Bh6 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. Rxd5
Rad8 22. Rad1 Qxb5 23. Bxb5 Ne3 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Rxd8+ Nxd8 26. Bh4 Ne6 27.
Bxf6 Nxc5 28. Bxe5 c6 29. Be2 Nxe4 30. g3 Ng4 31. Bb8 Be3+ 32. Kg2 Bb6 33. Ne5
Ne3+ 34. Kh3 Bd8 35. g4 a6 36. Nc4 Nd5 37. Kg2 Ng5 38. Nd6 b5 39. Nf5 Bf6 40.
h4 Ne6 41. b3 Nc3 42. Bf3 c5 43. g5 Bd4 44. Bd6 Kf7 45. Bh5+ Kg8 46. Bg4 Ne4
47. Nh6+ Kg7 48. Bb8 Nd8 49. Nf5+ Kg8 50. Bf3 Nc3 51. a3 a5 52. Bc7 Ne6 53.
Bxa5 Be5 54. Bxc3 Nf4+ 55. Kf1 Bxc3 56. Bc6 Bb2 57. a4 bxa4 58. bxa4 Bc3 59.
Kf2 Ba5 60. Ke3 Ng6 61. Ke4 Kf8 62. Bd5 Ne7 63. Nd6 Kg7 64. Nc4 Be1 65. a5 Nc8
66. h5 Na7 67. Kf5 Nb5 68. h6+ Kh8 69. a6 Bg3 70. Ne5 Na7 71. Nf7+ Kg8 72. g6
1-0

[Event "World Cup ACP 1st"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2007.01.08"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2007.01.05"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
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1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. c5 g6 7. Bd3 Bg7 8. h3 O-O
9. O-O Nbd7 10. a3 Re8 11. e4 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Rxe5 14. Bf4 Re8 15.
Qf3 d4 16. Ne2 Nd7 17. b4 Ne5 18. Qg3 Nxd3 19. Qxd3 Be6 20. Rad1 Bc4 21. Qf3 d3
22. Ng3 a5 23. Bd6 Qf6 24. Qe3 axb4 25. axb4 Qc3 26. Rd2 Bd4 27. Qg5 f6 28. Qh6
Qxb4 29. h4 Bc3 30. Rdd1 Ra7 31. h5 Rg7 32. Rb1 Bd2 33. f4 Qc3 34. Kh2 Be3 35.
e5 f5 36. Qg5 d2 37. h6 Bxf1 38. Rxf1 Rf7 39. Nh5 Qc4 40. Rd1 Qe2 41. Ng3 Qxd1
42. e6 Bg1+ 43. Kh1 Bf2+ 44. Kh2 Bxg3+ 0-1

[Event "World Cup ACP 1st"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2007.01.08"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2007.01.05"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nc6 8.
Nge2 Bg4 9. f3 Bh5 10. O-O Bg6 11. b3 O-O 12. Be3 Re8 13. Bxg6 hxg6 14. Qd2 Bf6
15. d5 Ne5 16. Bf2 Nbd7 17. Ne4 Bh4 18. Bd4 Nf6 19. N4c3 Nh7 20. Rad1 a6 21.
Kh1 Qe7 22. Bg1 Rad8 23. Nd4 Nd7 24. Qc2 Bf6 25. Rd2 Be5 26. f4 Bxd4 27. Bxd4
Qh4 28. Re2 Nhf6 29. Qd3 Rxe2 30. Qxe2 Re8 31. Qf3 Nc5 32. Bf2 Qh5 33. Qxh5
gxh5 34. Re1 Rxe1+ 35. Bxe1 Kh7 36. g3 Kg6 37. Kg2 Nfe4 38. Nxe4 Nxe4 39. Kf3
f5 40. h3 Kf7 41. g4 g6 42. gxh5 gxh5 43. Ke3 Ke8 44. Kd4 Kd7 45. Bh4 c6 46.
Be1 c5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup ACP 1st"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2007.01.08"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2007.01.05"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 d5 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. Ndc4 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Nd3 Na6 13. Nxc5 Nxc5 14. b3 Nf6
15. Bxb7 Nxb7 16. Ba3 Qxd1 17. Rfxd1 Rfc8 18. Rac1 Rc7 19. f3 Rac8 20. Kf2 Ne8
21. g4 f6 22. h4 Kf7 23. g5 b5 24. Ne3 Rxc1 25. Bxc1 Rd8 26. Rg1 e5 27. h5 Ke6
28. Ba3 Nbd6 29. h6 gxh6 30. gxf6 Nxf6 31. Bxd6 Rxd6 32. Rc1 h5 33. Rc5 a6 34.
a4 Nd7 35. Rc8 Rd4 36. axb5 axb5 37. Rh8 Rb4 38. Rxh7 Nf6 39. Rb7 Rxb3 40. Rb6+
Kf7 41. Rb7+ Ke6 42. Rb6+ Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup ACP 1st"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2007.01.08"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2007.01.05"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 d5 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. Ndc4 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Qa4 Qc8 13. Bd2 Nf6 14. Qb3 Bxg2
15. Kxg2 Nc6 16. Nxc6 Qxc6+ 17. Qf3 Qxf3+ 18. Kxf3 Rfd8 19. Bg5 Be7 20. Rfd1 h6
21. Bf4 Nd5 22. Rac1 Kf8 23. Bd2 Ke8 24. e4 Nf6 25. Bc3 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 g6 27.
Ne5 Rc8 28. g4 Rc7 29. h3 h5 30. Nd3 Rd7 31. Rd2 hxg4+ 32. hxg4 Rd8 33. Ne5
Rxd2 34. Bxd2 Nd7 35. Nc6 a6 36. Ke2 Bf6 37. b3 Ne5 38. Nxe5 Bxe5 39. Kd3 b5
40. Bc3 Bd6 41. a4 Kd7 42. axb5 axb5 43. Kd4 Kc6 44. f3 Kd7 45. Bd2 Kc6 46. Bg5
Kd7 47. Bf6 Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup ACP 1st"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2007.01.08"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2007.01.05"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Rc1
O-O 9. b3 a5 10. Be2 Na6 11. Nf3 Bd7 12. O-O Rc8 13. Qd2 a4 14. Rfe1 axb3 15.
axb3 Re8 16. Bh6 Bh8 17. h4 e5 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. Bg5 f6 20. Be3 Nc5 21. Bxc5
Rxc5 22. b4 Rxc4 23. Bxc4+ Nxc4 24. Qd5+ Be6 25. Qxb7 Qb8 26. Qc6 Bf7 27. Nd5
Nd6 28. Nc7 Rd8 29. Red1 Qxb4 30. Na6 Qa3 31. Qc7 Rc8 32. Qxd6 Rxc1 1-0

[Event "Morelia/Linares 24th"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2007.02.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2007.02.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. g3 d5 8.
Bg2 dxe4 ({Black does not intend to make any kind of concession in the centre,
but will end up in a slightly worse position anyway. The main alternative is
to give up the pair of bishops with} 8... Bxd4 9. cxd4 dxe4 10. Nc3 Bf5 11.
Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Bxe4 {when after} O-O-O 13. d5 Nxd5 $1 {White did not get
sufficient compensation for the sacrificed (lost) pawn in Ligterink,G (2430)
-Kortschnoj,V (2645)/Leeuwarden 1977/EXT 98/ (0-1, 40)}) 9. O-O O-O 10. Nd2 Bb6
11. Re1 Nxd4 12. Nxe4 Qg6 13. Bxd4 Nc6 14. Bxb6 axb6 15. Qd2 {In spite of the
almost complete symmetry, Black still faces some problems of development.} Qf5
$6 $146 ({A novelty. The placement of the queen in front of the bishop looks a
bit awkward. Leko probably wanted to solve his problems by displaying activity
with his queen, but Her Majesty will not enjoy sufficient stability along the
5th rank. A recent opening catastrophy went} 15... Ra5 16. Qf4 Ne5 17. Rad1 f6
18. b4 Ra8 19. Ng5 Bg4 20. Rd2 Rae8 21. Rxe5 {and Black resigned in
Rublevsky-Sasikiran, Khanty Mansyisk 2005.}) 16. h3 $1 {A deep move, aiming to
force the enemy queen to abandon the kingisde.} h6 17. g4 Qb5 18. a4 $1 {
The queen cannot find peace anywhere.} Rxa4 ({Black has to pick up the
gauntlet. In case of} 18... Qa5 19. b4 Qe5 20. f4 Qe7 21. f5 $16 {White would
have a crushing advantage of space.}) 19. Nf6+ $1 ({This spectacular move
offers White a very strong attack. The main alternative was} 19. Rxa4 Qxa4 20.
g5 $1 {, provoking the serious weakening of Black's king's position without
major material investments. For instance, if} h5 {then} 21. Nf6+ {when Black
has to reject the present with} Kh8 {, leaving White with a wide choice of
maintaining his initiative.}) 19... gxf6 20. Rxa4 Qxa4 21. Qxh6 Qa5 22. Qxf6 $6
({This move slows down White's attack unnecessarily.} 22. Be4 {would have been
considerably stronger, for instance} f5 23. Bxc6 bxc6 24. g5 Qc5 {(Forced, in
order to defend the e7-square.)} 25. g6 fxg6 26. Qxg6+ Kh8 27. Qh5+ Kg7 28. Re3
$16 {with strong threats. In the least of the cases, Black will lose his
c8-bishop, without bringing his king into safety. It should be said that} f4 {
only makes things worse because of} 29. Re5 $18) 22... Qc5 $2 ({Pure panic.
Leko probably failed to notice White's concrete threats and mechanically
approached with the queen. It would have required a cold-blooded approach to
play the "normal" developing move} 22... Bd7 $1 {The importance of activating
this bishop is revealed b the following line analyzed by Jacob Aagaard:} 23.
Bxc6 Bxc6 24. Re5 Qa1+ 25. Kh2 Qh1+ 26. Kg3 {and now the manoeuvre} Be4 27.
Rg5+ Bg6 {saves the day for Black. White will have to decide himself to force
a perpetual with Rxg6+ soon.}) 23. Be4 $1 {White threatens b4 and if ...Qb5,
then c4! In fact, this theme is familiar to us from the previous phase of the
game. After the enemy queen will quite the fifth rank, a checkon g5 will soon
lead to mate.} Ne7 $8 24. Rd1 $6 {Too soft.} (24. Bh7+ $1 {would have led to
favourable simplifications.} Kxh7 25. Re5 {Apparently, Ivanchuk missed this
move.} Qxe5 (25... Nc6 26. Rxc5 bxc5 27. f4 $40 {followed by the massive
advance of the kingside pawns would put the blackking in a critical position.})
26. Qxe5 Nc6 27. Qxc7 $16) 24... Ng6 25. Bxg6 fxg6 26. Qxg6+ Kh8 27. Qh6+ Kg8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Morelia/Linares 24th"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2007.02.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2007.02.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 ({Although
Topalov has obtained outstanding results with} 6... e6 {over the past years,
the text move is also part of his main repertoire.}) 7. Nf3 $5 ({Nowadays, the
main theoretical discussion is held in the sharp lines starting with} 7. Nb3 {
. The knight retreat to f3, which became popular in the '80s, mainly as a
consequence of the efforts of the leading English Grandmasters, usually leads
to a positional battle. It might seem that the knight is less favourably
placed on f3, by blocking the f-pawn and failing to put pressure on the enemy
queenside, but the situation is not that onesided.}) 7... Be7 ({One of the
most obvious ideas of 7.Nf3 is that it inhibits} 7... Be6 {, which can be met
by} 8. Ng5 {. 7...h6 and 7...Qc7 are the main alternatives to the text move.})
8. Bc4 {Now, we can notice a further difference, if compared to the lines
based on 7.Nb3. If attacked with ...Qc7 or ...b5, the bishop can safely
retreat to b3, in the spirit of the Sozin Attack, but with the significant
difference that the a2-g8 diagonal has been weakened after the early advance
of the black e-pawn.} O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. Bxe6 $5 ({This apparently simplistic
move has never been played at grandmaster level. Apparently, White is just
helping his opponent to strengthen his centre, but Ivanchuk relied on some
hidden dynamic factors. There have been some recent development after} 10. Bb3
{. The following game, one of Leko's first experiences ever as a Najdorf
player with Black, must have inspired Ivanchuk when choosing the structure in
the centre:} Nc6 ({It should be mentioned that the only game where Topalov
faced 7.Nf3 continued with} 10... b5 {, but Black failed to equalize,
Kramnik-Topalov, Cap d'Agde 2003.}) 11. Bg5 Nd7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nd5 Qd8 14.
c3 Na5 15. Re1 Rc8 16. h3 Nb6 ({Later, Leko took greater care about the
activity of hisknight and gradually equalized after} 16... b5 17. Nh2 Nc4 {
in Svidler-Leko, Morelia/Linares 2006.}) 17. Nxb6 Qxb6 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Re2
Rc6 20. Qd3 Qc7 21. Rd1 Nc4 22. b3 Nb6 23. c4 Nc8 24. Red2 h6 25. Qe2 Kh7 26.
h4 {White was clearly better and went on winning in Anand-Leko, Wijk aan Zee
2006. We can see that the situation is very similar to that arising after
White's 22nd move in our main game. The d6-pawn is submitted to strong
pressure, the black knight cannot find a good square, while the white h-pawn
keeps Black's eventual kingside counterplay under control.}) 10... fxe6 11. Na4
{White's idea becomes clear now. The weakness of the b6- and e6-squares cause
Black serious problems with finishing his development. The generally desirable
11...Nbd7 is impossible because of 12.Ng5.} Ng4 {This solves the problem only
partially. In fact, it just helps White complete his development.} 12. Qd3 Nxe3
13. Qxe3 {Apart from Nb6, White has a new threat already: Qb3, with attack
against b7 and e6.} b5 14. Nb6 Ra7 15. Nd5 Rb7 16. Qd2 {Maintaining the knight
in the centre for as long as possible, in order to prevent the harmonious
development of Black's pieces.} Nc6 17. Rad1 Rd7 18. Qc3 Nb8 19. Nxe7+ {
Now that the enemy knight has retreated to a passive square, this exchange is
entirely justified.} Qxe7 20. Rd3 h6 21. Rfd1 Rfd8 22. h4 {Dr. Tarrasch used
to say: If one piece stands badly, the whole position is bad. This applies
here perfectly. With his knight on a favourable square (such as f7 or f6,
Black would have a dream position, because of his strong control over the
centre. However, it is virtually impossible to activate the knight, which
leaves him struggling.} Kh7 23. R1d2 Qf8 24. Qb3 Qe8 25. a4 Qg6 $5 ({Topalov
decides to give up a pawn in order to finally bring his knight into play. In
case of} 25... bxa4 26. Qxa4 {White would have had several plans at his
disposal, for instance the infiltration through the b-file or the creation of
a passed b-pawn.}) 26. axb5 axb5 27. Re3 Na6 28. Qxb5 Nc5 29. Qc4 Ra7 30. Re1
Qe8 31. b4 Na4 32. Qb3 Nb6 33. Red1 Rad7 34. Qd3 Rc8 35. c3 Ra7 36. Qe3 Ra6 37.
Qe2 Nc4 38. Ra2 Rac6 39. Ra7 R6c7 40. Rda1 {Topalov's plan has succeeded only
partially. His knight has reached a stable square, but White is under no
direct pressure and can hope to gradually convert his extra-pawn into a win.}
Qf7 $4 {A relatively convincing prove that the recent accusations against
Topalov do not have a solid basis.} 41. Qxc4 {. If 41...Rxa7, then 42.Rxa7,
retaining an extra-knight.} 1-0

[Event "Morelia/Linares 24th"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2007.02.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2007.02.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Re1 Bf5 10. Qb3 {Both players had some experience with this position.
Black has achieved some activity in the centre, but faces some problems
completing the development of his queenside. As it so often happens,
developing the bishop earlier than the knight leaves the b7-square vulnerable.}
Qd7 ({A relatively rare move, which from the point of view of the general
rules of development might seem a bit paradoxical. Black moves his queen
before developing the knight, blocking the d7-square at the same time. In
doing so, he relies on the fact that White does not dispose over simple means
of developing his initiative, partly because of the active placement of the
black minor pieces in the centre. The more common continuation is} 10... Na6 {
, indirectly defending the b7-pawn (11.Qxb7 would be met by 11...Nb4). However,
in the long run the knight might remain passive on the edge of the board.
Ivanchuk had his first contact with this position 14 years ago:} 11. cxd5 ({
In a more recent game, Svidler preferred} 11. Nc3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nxc3 13. bxc3
b5 14. Bf1 Nc7 15. Bg5 Qc8 16. Bh4 a5 17. Bg3 a4 18. Qb2 Bxg3 19. hxg3 Nd5 20.
c4 bxc4 21. Bxc4 {with easier play for White, who went on winning a long
ending, Svidler-Morozevich, San Luis 2005.}) 11... cxd5 12. Nc3 Bb4 13. Nxe4
dxe4 14. Bxe4 Bxe1 15. Bxf5 {with interesting play in Anand-Ivanchuk,
Amber-blind 1993. White has excellent compensation for the exchange, in view
of his active pair of bishops and better coordination of forces. Apparently,
Ivanchuk liked White's play in this game, since he later tried it himself.
However, Black deviated with 12...Be6, when White retained a small plus with
13.Nb5, Ivanchuk-Shirov, Monte Carlo 2000.}) 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. Bxf5 Qxf5 13.
Qxb7 $5 ({This is the first game in which White decides to capture this pawn,
although the move has been suggested in some comments already. Earlier this
year, Svidler failed to obtain any significant advantage after} 13. bxc3 b6 14.
cxd5 cxd5 15. Ba3 Bxa3 16. Qxa3 Nc6 17. h3 Qd7 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. Rxe5 Rae8 20.
Rae1 Re6 21. Rxe6 {and a draw was agreed in Svidler-Kramnik, Wijk aan Zee 2007.
}) 13... Qd7 14. Qxd7 Nxd7 15. c5 ({The series of intermediate moves continues.
After the neutral} 15. bxc3 dxc4 16. Nd2 Nb6 {Black enjoys stability on light
squares.}) 15... Bxh2+ $5 ({An instructive moment. Black's central pawns are
not weak, but could become so if any of the c5- or d4-squares would become
available to the white minor pieces. The move played by Ivanchuk is the only
one to avoid such a situation. For instance, if} 15... Bxc5 16. dxc5 Ne4 {then}
17. Nd4 Ndxc5 18. f3 Nf6 19. Nxc6 {with better chances for White.}) ({Or,
similarly,} 15... Ne4 16. cxd6 Nxd6 17. Bf4 Ne4 18. Rac1 {and Black will
probably have to play ...c5 anyway.}) 16. Nxh2 Ne4 17. Bf4 Rfe8 18. f3 Nef6 19.
Nf1 Nf8 {The position remains complicated. The pawn structure is rather
assymetrical, while the force of the white bishop cannot be evaluated
unilaterally. In principle, it puts some pressure on Black, but its activity
is restricted by the own central pawns, which could transform it in a "bad"
bishop in case of mass simplifications. Another important aspects is the
hidden weakness of the c6- and d4-pawns. Neither of them is in imemdiate
danger, but they need permanent care.} 20. Rxe8 Rxe8 21. Rd1 Re7 22. Nd2 Ne6
23. Be5 a5 24. Nb3 Ra7 25. a4 {Blocking the a5-pawn on a dark square, but
ruining the flexibility of the own structure at the same time.} ({The pawn
structure arising after} 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. a4 f5 {is not necessarily
favourable for White, because of the excellent placement of the black knight
and the relative weakness of the g3-square.}) 25... Nh5 {Untill now, Black has
been defending. Once the queenside situation has been stabilized, he starts
active operations on the other wing, where he has a mobile pawn majority.} 26.
Re1 h6 27. Kf2 Nhf4 28. Re3 h5 29. g3 {White prevents the blocking move ...h4,
but weakens the f3-square.} Nh3+ 30. Ke1 g5 31. Nc1 g4 32. fxg4 hxg4 33. Rb3
Nhg5 {Black's initiative has reached alarming heights. He only needs to
approach with his king in order to create decisive threats.} 34. Bb8 $5 ({
This was probably not intended as an active move (the bishop is not doing
anything special on b8) but as a form of preserving it from the exchange
operation ...Nf3+xe5 followed by ...Nxc5. White needs the c5-pawn in order to
generate counterplay after the probable elimination of Black's c6-pawn.} 34.
Rb8+ Kh7 35. Nb3 {would have solved thisproblem, but helped Black centralise
his king at the same time. For instance} Kg6 36. Rb6 Kf5 37. Rxc6 f6 38. Bd6
Rh7 {and the situation of White's king looks dangerous. It might all end with
a perpetual, but this is hard to foresee during the game.}) 34... Rd7 (34...
Re7 {is worth considering.}) 35. Ne2 Nf3+ 36. Kd1 Nfxd4 37. Nxd4 Nxd4 38. Rb6
Re7 {For the time being, Black has managed to keep his c6-pawn on board, but
the knight is stuck on d4, blocking the own d-pawn.} 39. b4 axb4 40. a5 Re3 41.
Rxb4 Nb5 42. Kd2 Re8 43. Rxg4+ Kh7 44. Bd6 d4 45. Bf4 Ra8 46. Rh4+ Kg7 47. Be5+
f6 48. Rg4+ Kf7 49. Rf4 Ke6 50. Bxd4 Nxd4 51. Rxd4 Rxa5 52. Rd6+ Ke5 53. Rxc6 {
Finally.} Ra3 {Admittedly, even in Sofia they would call it a day.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Morelia/Linares 24th"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2007.02.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2007.02.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 b5 {Well, there is no such perfect move
order in chess. White has avoided the Queen's Indian with ...Ba6 and the
Catalan with an early ...dxc4, but Black deviates now radically from the long
main lines of the Catalan. Just a couple of hours later, I had the occasion to
see the following opening in our national championship: 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.
Nbd2!? d5 4.b4 and White soon obtained a promissing position in Nanu - Grigore.
I had not the occasion to ask nanu whether he was inspired by Carlsen's play
or if it was a mere coincidence.} 5. Nbd2 Bb7 6. Nb3 a5 7. Bd2 Nc6 8. Nc1 Bd6
9. Nd3 O-O 10. O-O Ne4 11. Be3 b4 12. Re1 Ba6 {White has regrouped his pieces
harmoniously, but his central pawns are too passively placed. Black has no
problems.} 13. Nfe5 Ne7 14. f3 Nf5 15. Bf4 Nf6 16. c3 Ne7 17. Qd2 bxc3 18. bxc3
Rc8 19. Bg5 Bxd3 20. Nxd3 Nd7 21. e4 c5 22. exd5 exd5 23. Bh3 cxd4 24. cxd4 h6
25. Bf4 Bxf4 26. Nxf4 Rc4 27. Bf1 Rc8 28. Bh3 Rc4 29. Bf1 Rc8 30. Rab1 Nf6 31.
Rb5 Nc6 32. Rc5 Qb6 33. Rec1 g5 34. Ne2 Ne5 35. Qc3 Nc4 36. Kh1 Nd7 37. Rxc8
Rxc8 38. Qd3 Nf6 39. Nc3 Qb2 40. Rc2 Qa1 41. Qd1 Qxd1 42. Nxd1 Re8 43. Kg2 Ne3+
44. Nxe3 Rxe3 45. Kf2 Ra3 46. Bb5 h5 47. Ke2 Kg7 48. Rb2 h4 49. Kf2 hxg3+ 50.
hxg3 g4 51. Be2 gxf3 52. Bxf3 a4 53. Rb5 Rxa2+ 54. Ke3 a3 55. Ra5 Ra1 56. Kd2
a2 57. Kc2 Rf1 58. Bd1 Ne4 59. g4 Nf2 60. Rxa2 Rxd1 0-1

[Event "Morelia/Linares 24th"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2007.02.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2007.02.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Bd7 10. h3 Kc8 11. b3 Be7 12. Bb2 h5 13. Rad1 a5 14. a4 b6
15. Ne2 c5 16. Nf4 Bc6 17. Nd5 Kb7 18. c4 Rad8 19. Rd2 h4 20. Rfd1 Rde8 {
Each side has fulfilled its programmed tasks and the position can be evaluated
as equal. The game will end in a draw in a rather uneventful way.} 21. Re1 Bd8
22. Re4 Kc8 23. Kf1 Bd7 24. Rde2 Rh7 25. Bc1 Rhh8 26. Bb2 Rh7 27. Ke1 Rh6 28.
Kd1 Rg6 29. Nf4 Rh6 30. Nd5 Rg6 31. Ke1 Rh6 32. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Morelia/Linares 24th"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2007.02.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2007.02.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. O-O-O Be7 10. h3 $5 {A new move. White intends to take advantage of
Black's delaying ...b5 by carrying out the standard g4 by other means than an
early f3. The f-pawn is reserved a different fate.} b5 11. g4 O-O ({
Eliminating the central pawn with} 11... b4 12. Nd5 Nxe4 {is not without
strategical risk. After} 13. Qxb4 Bxd5 14. Rxd5 Nef6 15. Ra5 {the weakness of
the light squares leaves Black with problems consolidating.}) 12. Kb1 Qc7 13.
Bg2 Nb6 14. Bxb6 Qxb6 15. f4 Bc4 16. g5 Nh5 17. fxe5 dxe5 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5
Bd6 {This is the position both sides have been aiming for. White has more
space, but the impetuous advance of his kingside pawns have left numerous
weaknesses behind.} 20. Na5 ({This looks more like a defensive move 
(preventing the advance of the a-pawn) rather than an attempt to activate
White's play. Indeed, the knight's efficiency on c6 would be questionable. The
optimal regroupment for White would involve the transfer of the knight to e4,
in order to safely block the e5-pawn and put the d6-square and the enemy
kingside under pressure. However, this manoeuvre is not easy to achieve,
because the best placement of the queen is precisely the d2-square. For
instance, after} 20. Qe1 {Black can radicaly prevent White's plan with} e4 $5 {
when} 21. Bxe4 Ng3 {reveals the main drawback of Anand's novelty, the weakness
of the g3-square.} 22. Rg1 Rfe8 {Black's activity has reached alarming heigths
and White will soon lose the exchange.} 23. Nd2 Qd4 24. c3 Qe5 25. Bc2 Qf4 {
. The white queen is trapped, which forces} 26. Qxg3 {, leading to a small
material advantage for Black.}) 20... f5 21. gxf6 Rxf6 22. Rhf1 Re8 23. Rxf6
Nxf6 24. Nb3 {Now that the danger of ...a5 has dissapeared, the knight hurries
to join the rest of his army, freeing the queen from her defensive task.} e4
25. Nd4 Re5 26. c3 Qc5 27. Qe2 Nxd5 28. Bxe4 Nf6 29. Nb3 Qc7 30. Nd2 Qe7 31.
Qd3 Bc5 32. Bg2 {In spite of opposite castles, both kings are in relative
safety, while in case of simplifications the presence of opposite coloured
bishops would make a draw highly probable. Therefore, the oponents decided to
shorten the process.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Morelia/Linares 24th"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2007.02.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2007.02.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Nbd7 {In spite of the dangers
he had passed through in his earlier game against Morozevich, Aronian did not
lose faith in this variation.} 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Qc2 {Ivanchuk chooses a quiet
system of development, which is not without poison as we shall see.} c5 8. a3
Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 h6 10. Bxf6 ({Consequent to his linear strategy.} 10. Qe3+ {
was played in Van Wely-Sargissian, Bundesliga 2006 and Van Wely-Aronian, Wijk
aan Zee 2007, which might be a hint that this line is an Armenian specialty.})
10... Qxf6 11. e3 O-O 12. Be2 b6 13. O-O Bb7 {The position is characteristic
for the Tartakower-Makagonov-Bondarevsky variation of the Queen's Gambit
declined. The main differences are that in the QGD the queens find themselves
in opposition on the a3-e7 diagonal and that the black bishop is developed
slightly more actively on e6.} (13... a6 $5 14. Rac1 c4 15. Ne5 b5 16. f4 Qd6
17. Bf3 Bb7 18. g4 Rfe8 19. Rce1 Nf8 20. g5 {Taking advantage by the fact that
Black has released the tension in the centre, White has built up a dangerous
kingside attack.} hxg5 21. fxg5 Rxe5 $5 {This sacrifice does not prevent
White's long-term attack.} 22. dxe5 Qe7 23. h4 Ng6 24. Qd4 Nxe5 25. Bg2 Re8 26.
Re2 Qe6 27. Ref2 Re7 28. Rf5 Nd3 29. h5 Ne5 30. h6 $18 {Yakovich,Y (2577)
-Sargissian,G (2658)/Moscow RUS 2007/TWIC 641 (1-0, 49)}) 14. Rfc1 {A novelty.
White usually developes the other rook on c1.} (14. b4 $5 c4 15. b5 a6 16. a4 {
led to an interesting structure, where each side has his trumps. Black relies
on his passed pawn, while White will try to setup pressure against the d5-pawn.
} Qe7 17. Nd2 Ra7 18. Bf3 Nf6 19. Rfb1 a5 20. Re1 Ba8 21. Rab1 Qd6 22. Bd1 Re8
23. Bc2 Rc7 24. f3 Rd8 25. Nf1 Bb7 26. Ng3 g6 27. Nh1 Re7 $13 {Goldin,A (2590)
-Voitsekhovsky,S (2475)/Novgorod 1997/CBM 060 (1/2-1/2, 75)}) (14. Rac1 Rfc8
15. Rfd1 Qe7 (15... a5 $5) 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. b4 $14 d4 $5 18. Qd2 Re8 $5 (18...
Nf6 $2 19. bxc5 dxe3 20. Qxe3 Qxe3 21. fxe3 Ne4 22. Ne5 Nxc5 23. Bc4 $16 {
Kazhgaleyev,M (2606)-Hanley,C (2419)/Port Erin IOM 2006/TWIC 621 (1-0, 63)})
19. bxc5 dxe3 20. Qxe3 (20. Qxd7 $2 exf2+ 21. Kh1 $8 Qxd7 22. Rxd7 Bxf3 $1 23.
gxf3 $8 Rxe2 $15) (20. fxe3 Nxc5 $15) 20... Qf8 $1 {[%csl Yc5,Ye2]} 21. Qf4
Nxc5 22. Bc4 $14 {[%csl Yc1,Yc4,Yd1,Gf7]}) 14... Rac8 15. dxc5 Qxc3 16. Rxc3
Rxc5 ({Black cannot maintain the compactness of his structure with} 16... bxc5
{because of} 17. b4 {, ensuring White the control of the d4-square. The point
behind Ivanchuk's novelty is revealed after} cxb4 18. Rxc8 Rxc8 19. axb4 {
when the queen's rook is optimally placed on its initial square.}) 17. Rcc1 $5
({A paradoxical move. White is not sufficiently well prepared to fight for the
control of the c-file with} 17. Rac1 {because of} Rfc8 {when} 18. Rxc5 bxc5 19.
b4 cxb4 {leads to simplification and a probable draw, in spite of Black's
isolated pawn. One general rule states that the side playing against the
isolani should keep as many major pieces on board and try to provoke the
exchange of minor pieces, in order to successfully attack the relative
weakness of the central pawn. From this perspective, Ivanchuk's willing
retreat is easy to understand.}) 17... Rfc8 $6 ({Obviously missing White's
idea. Safer would have been} 17... Rxc1+ 18. Rxc1 Rc8 {with a
defensibleposition for Black.}) 18. Rd1 $1 {Of course. Black's activity along
the c-file will have a temporary character, while the pressure against the
d5-pawn will be permanent.} Rc2 19. Bb5 Nf8 20. Rab1 R2c7 21. Ba4 Ne6 22. Bb3
Kf8 23. h3 Rc5 24. Kh2 Ke7 25. Rd2 Rb5 26. Ba2 Rbc5 27. Ne1 a5 28. Rbd1 Rd8 29.
Kg3 Rb5 30. f3 {White has a pleasant position, but there is a long way till
achieving something more concrete still.} Rc8 $2 ({Rather careless. Black
should have brought the other rook into safety with} 30... Rc5) 31. Nd3 $1 {
Suddenly, the rook is trapped. The threat a4 is hard to prevent in adequate
way.} d4 ({Other moves also lose this pawn, for instance} 31... a4 32. Nb4 Nc7
33. e4 {when} dxe4 34. Rd7+ {leads to a devastating attack}) ({or} 31... Nc5
32. Nf4 Na4 33. Bxd5 Bxd5 34. Nxd5+ {when the central knight compensates for
the presure against the b2-pawn.}) 32. Bxe6 Kxe6 33. Nf4+ Ke7 34. Rxd4 Rc7 35.
R1d2 {White is basically winning now, but Aronian went down rather quickly,
possibly demoralized by the unexpected course of events.} Rbc5 36. e4 Rc4 37.
Rd6 R4c6 38. e5 Rc2 39. Rxc2 Rxc2 40. Rxb6 Bc6 41. b4 g5 42. Nh5 axb4 43. axb4
Bd5 44. Ng7 Re2 45. Nf5+ Ke8 46. Nxh6 Be6 47. Rb5 Rb2 48. Rb8+ Kd7 49. Rg8 1-0

[Event "Morelia/Linares 24th"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2007.03.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2007.02.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. Be3 $5 ({More natural looks} 8. Bh4) 8... Nd5 9. Bd3 $5 ({Very provocative.
White allows the dark squares in his camp to be weakened for the sake of rapid
development. The main alternatives are} 9. Qd2) ({and} 9. Bd2) 9... Nxe3 10.
fxe3 Bd6 11. e4 e5 12. dxe5 Bc5 13. Bb5+ c6 14. Qxd8+ Kxd8 15. Bc4 Ke7 16. c3
Be6 17. Bxe6 Kxe6 18. Ke2 Bb6 {White's extra-pawn has no real significance. In
fact, both central pawns are weak. It is hard to understand what Leko was
counting on when heading for this position. Could he have been tempted by the
fact that Fritz prefers White?!} 19. Rhf1 Rhf8 20. Rad1 Rad8 21. Rxd8 Bxd8 22.
Rd1 Bc7 23. Ke3 g6 24. g4 Rd8 25. Rxd8 Bxd8 26. Kf4 c5 27. h3 Bc7 28. h4 f6 29.
c4 Bxe5+ 30. Nxe5 g5+ {The position is dead drawn, but with his last move
Black makes it clear that, if anything, only he can be better.} 31. Ke3 Kxe5
32. h5 a6 33. b3 Kd6 34. Kd3 b6 35. a3 Kc6 36. Kc3 Kd6 37. Kd3 Ke5 38. Ke3 Kd6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Morelia/Linares 24th"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2007.03.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "2007.02.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7 7. Qe2 d6 8. Be3
Nc6 9. f4 Nge7 10. O-O O-O 11. c3 ({Slightly passive.} 11. Nc3 b5 12. a3 {
looks more ambitious.}) 11... b5 12. N1d2 Bxe3+ 13. Qxe3 Rb8 14. Kh1 Qb6 15.
Qe2 a5 {Black takes advantage of the lack of pressure against the b5-pawn in
order to launch the thematic minority's attack.} 16. a3 Bd7 17. Rf3 Ng6 18. g3
Rfd8 19. Rd1 Nce7 20. h4 h6 21. Kh2 Be8 22. Rg1 Nc6 23. h5 Nf8 24. g4 $6 {
With his knights passively placed, White is not prepared for such a resolute
action. Instead of obtaining the desired attacking chances, he will be left
with just weaknesses on dark squares.} e5 $1 {With a knight on c3, such a move
would hardly have been advisable.} 25. g5 hxg5 26. fxg5 Rb7 27. Qf1 Ne6 28. h6
g6 29. Nc1 Qc7 30. Qf2 Qe7 31. Qh4 b4 32. Nc4 bxc3 33. bxc3 d5 34. exd5 Rxd5
35. Re3 Qc5 36. Rf1 Rb2+ 37. Rf2 Rxf2+ 38. Qxf2 Qe7 39. Be4 Rd1 40. Qc2 Rd8 {
White's attack has been extinguished before even starting, while his structure
is in ruins.} 41. Nd3 Nxg5 42. Bxc6 Bxc6 43. Ndxe5 Qf6 44. Nxc6 Qxc6 45. Qe2
Qc7+ 46. Ne5 Rd5 47. Kg2 Ne6 48. Qc4 Qe7 49. Kg3 Qg5+ 50. Ng4 Rc5 51. Qe4 Rf5
52. Rf3 Kh7 53. c4 a4 54. Qe3 Qe7 55. Qc3 Qc7+ 56. Kf2 Rxf3+ 57. Qxf3 Qc5+ 58.
Ne3 f5 59. Qb7+ Kxh6 {The sequence of moves before the first and the second
control has been a complete success for Black. He has converted his positional
advantage into an extra-pawn.} 60. Qd5 Qe7 {Along the next phase of the game,
Ivanchuk will insistently avoid the exchange of queens, probably hoping to
finish the game with a mating attack. Only a thorough analysis will prove
whether his decision was objectively best, but for practical reasons the
knight ending would have been a relatively safe to the desired victory.} 61.
Qe5 Qh4+ 62. Kf1 Ng5 ({For instance,} 62... Qe4 {would have offered Black
little chances for survival.}) 63. Qh8+ Nh7 64. Qe5 Nf6 65. Ke2 Kg5 66. c5 Qh5+
67. Kd3 {Topalov starts playing very resourcefully. He gradually activates his
positin, while Black's pawns are on the same positions as several moves
earlier.} Qf3 68. Kc4 Qb7 69. Qc3 Ne4 70. Qb4 Qa6+ 71. Kd4 Qf6+ 72. Kd5 Kf4 73.
Qd4 Qf7+ 74. Kc6 Qe8+ 75. Kb6 Qb8+ 76. Ka6 Qa8+ ({The decision to give
perpetual looks premature, even with litle time left. A brief glance is
sufficient to reveal that} 76... Qc8+ 77. Kb6 Qxc5+ $1 {would have simplified
to a position where Black can still play for a win without any risk after} 78.
Qxc5 Nxc5 79. Nd5+ Ke4 80. Kxc5 g5 {Apparently,} 81. Nf6+ Kd3 82. Kd5 {would
have still saved the day for White, but this is another question.}) 77. Kb6
Qb8+ {A narrow escape by Topalov.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Morelia/Linares 24th"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2007.03.04"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2007.02.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 Re8 10. a4 h6 11. axb5 axb5 12. Rxa8 Bxa8 13. c3 d6 14. Na3 b4 15.
Nc4 Bf8 16. Bd2 bxc3 17. bxc3 Nb8 18. Ne3 Nbd7 19. Ng4 Nc5 20. Bc4 Nxg4 21.
hxg4 d5 {After thorough preparation, Black finally plays the move that is
characteristic for the Marshall Attack. The similarity induced by the fact
that the e5-pawn is hanging here too is rather feeble. After capturing that
pawn, it will be White who will have to sacrifice material soon.} 22. exd5 Bxd5
23. Rxe5 Rxe5 24. Nxe5 Bxc4 25. dxc4 Ne4 26. Qf3 ({There is no way back. If} 
26. Nf3 $2 {then} Bc5 $1 {with advantage for Black.}) 26... Nxd2 27. Qxf7+ Kh7
28. Qf5+ Kg8 29. Qe6+ Kh7 30. Qg6+ Kg8 31. Qe6+ Kh7 32. Qg6+ Kg8 33. Qf7+ Kh7
34. Nd7 {Since the perpetual is always there, White can play for a while, in
spite of his material defficit.} Ba3 35. c5 Kh8 36. g5 hxg5 37. Qe6 Ne4 38.
Qh3+ Kg8 39. Qe6+ Kh8 40. Qxe4 Qxd7 41. Qa8+ Kh7 42. Qxa3 {Finally, White
recuperated the sacrificed material with interest, but now it is Black's turn
to force a draw by perpetual.} Qd1+ 43. Kh2 Qh5+ 44. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Morelia/Linares 24th"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2007.03.06"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D88"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "Carlsen,M"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2007.02.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game was played in the 11th round, right after I had lost the very
important game against Anand. I played for a win, but as usual I did not
expect very much.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Na5 11. Bd3 b6 {Ivanchuk chose
this variation against Nielsen in Monaco, after which Nielsen replied:} 12. Rc1
(12. Qd2 $6 e5 {After which Nielsen was gradually outplayed (although he saved
a draw in the end).}) 12... cxd4 {This move, opening the c-file right after
White has played Rc1 doesn't look very good, but it is part of a setup.} 13.
cxd4 e6 {Before developing the bishop on b7, Black wants to prevent d5. This
move does, however, create some weaknesses on the dark squares around the
black king.} 14. Qd2 Bb7 15. h4 {This move has long been considered the best
move here. The h4 pawn is obviously immune.} Qe7 $6 {This is just a bit too
indifferent in my opinion.} (15... Nc6 {Is the main continuation, after which}
16. e5 {Is quite interesting, and probably quite promising for White.}) 16. h5
Rfc8 17. e5 $1 {This is apparently a novelty, but quite a logical one, as to
create play on the dark squares on the kingside is whites plan here.} Rxc1 $2 {
This looks like a very bad plan to me.} (17... Nc6 {should probably have been
tried, I think that Black's first priority here should be to bring the knight
back into the game.}) 18. Rxc1 Rc8 19. Rxc8+ Bxc8 20. Bg5 Qc7 $6 (20... Qd7 {
was more resistant, but after Bf6 it is in any case very hard to believe that
Black can survive.}) (20... f6 21. exf6 Bxf6 22. Bxf6 Qxf6 23. hxg6 hxg6 24.
Qc2 {Drops a pawn, but the black position is anyway so critical that it may
have considered.}) 21. Bf6 Nc6 22. Qg5 h6 {This prevents immediate
infiltration, but doesn't help, as after} (22... Nb4 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Qf6+ Kf8
25. Bxg6 $1 hxg6 26. h6 {and wins.}) 23. Qc1 {Black is completely defenceless.}
g5 (23... Qd7 24. hxg6 {is clearly no better.}) 24. Bb5 Bd7 25. d5 $1 {By
exploiting the pin on the c-file, White wins a piece and the game.} exd5 26.
Nd4 Bxf6 27. exf6 Qd6 28. Bxc6 Qxf6 29. Bxd7 Qxd4 30. g3 Qc5 31. Qxc5 bxc5 32.
Bc6 d4 33. Bb5 Kf8 34. f4 gxf4 35. gxf4 {After this game had finished I had a
strange feeling, since I could not really understand what that had just
happened: Without making any particularily spectacular moves I had just beaten
one of best players in the world. It seems to me that Ivanchuk must have had
an extremely bad day (as it seemed to me, for most of this tournament he
played really well).} 1-0

[Event "Morelia/Linares 24th"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2007.03.07"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2007.02.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 ({This is the old main line.
In recent years, the main theoretical discussion has been held in the lines
starting with} 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3) ({or} 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 dxc6) 5... Bb6 6. Nc3
Nf6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 d6 9. Qe2 O-O ({The game between the players who showed
the most entertaining play in this tournament so far promisses to become
interesting from an early stage already. Black opts for an opposite castles
position, instead of the habitual} 9... Be6 {followed by long castle.}) 10.
O-O-O Re8 11. f3 Be6 12. Kb1 a5 {A lucky move for Black in this 12th round. It
eventually yielded Svidler a win in his game against Leko.} 13. Bf2 ({Allowing
the enemy pawn to advanced unhindered is probably not a good idea. Something
like} 13. Na4 Ba7 14. Qe1 {, preventing Black's plan but avoiding pawn
weaknesses such as a2-a4, might have been safer.}) 13... a4 14. Nc5 {Unlike
Svidler, Morozevich allows this knight jump. Given the fact that we have a
different pawn structure, such comparisons have a purely formal character.} a3
15. Nxe6 Rxe6 16. Bxb6 cxb6 17. Qd2 ({Ivanchuk probably thought that once it
will reach b2, the black a-pawn will be... the best defender of the white king.
The main alternative was} 17. b3 {but then White would have been under
permanent danger of getting mated on b2. A possible continuation would be} d5
18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Rxd5 Qf6 {, when White's lack of development and the
weakness of the dark squares from his camp would become noticeable.}) 17...
axb2 18. Bc4 Re5 {A nice way to activate the rook. With his king in a safer
situation than White's, Black has excellent play.} 19. Bb3 ({White's lack of
stability on the queenside can be felt inthe line} 19. Qxd6 $6 Qxd6 20. Rxd6
Rc5 {when Black wins material.}) 19... Rc5 20. Na4 Rca5 21. Nc3 ({A curious
decision. White throws away two whole tempi. Ivanchuk probably intended to play
} 21. Nxb2 {but then changed his mind.}) 21... Ne8 22. Nd5 Ne5 23. Qd4 Nd7 24.
Rd2 Nc5 25. Rhd1 Nxb3 26. axb3 Nc7 27. Nxc7 Qxc7 28. Qxb2 b5 {Can you guess
where this double pawn is going to?} 29. Rxd6 b4 {Suddenly, the threat ...Qc3
followed by mate on a1 gets contour.} 30. Rd7 ({White has to hurry preventing
Black's plans. He had no time to bring his kingside pawns into safety with
moves such as} 30. g3 {because of} Kh7 $3 {when the threats ...Qc3 or ...Ra3
followed by ...Qa5 would have been impossible to meet in adequate way. The
immediate 30...Qc3 would be bad because of the exchange of one pair of rooks
with 31.Rd8+.}) 30... Qxh2 31. Rxb7 Qxg2 32. Rxb4 Qxf3 33. Rbd4 Kh7 {
Everything is ready for the advance of the h-pawn now. With his queen very
passively laced, White can hardly react.} 34. b4 {This will not end up in a
pawn race, but weaken the position of the king only.} Ra4 35. e5 Qe2 36. R4d3
h5 37. b5 $2 Ra1+ $1 38. Qxa1 Rxa1+ 39. Kxa1 Qxe5+ {After the loss of the
b5-pawn, White will not be able to oppose anything to the advancing black
pawns.} 0-1

[Event "Morelia/Linares 24th"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2007.03.09"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2007.02.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. d5 $5 ({
This move was introduced in top level games by Polugajevsky during his
Candidate's match against Kortschnoj, back in 1981. Polugajevsky was probably
exasperated by the fact that he could not get an advantage in the "normal" line
} 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qc2 Nxc3 9. Qxc3 f5 {(in fact, he even lost one game with it
in that match, as he had done 3 years earlier against the same opponent and
same kind of event.) Later, the young Kasparov included this interesting pawn
sacrifice into his repertoire. However, Black gradually discovered ways to
stand the first way of White's assault.}) 7... exd5 8. Nh4 ({This is
Polugajevsky's novelty. He came up with it in the last game of the match, when
he desperately needed to win in order to even the score. Previously, he tried
the known} 8. Nd4 {in two games of the match.}) 8... c6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nf5
Nc7 11. Re1 d5 12. e4 d4 $5 {A rare move and a pragmatic decision. Black
returns the pawn for the sake of rapid development.} 13. Nxd4 (13. Qg4 g6 14.
e5 Bc8 $6 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Qxd4 {led to an advantage for White in
Mamedyarov-Palo, Chalkidiki 2001. Black should probbaly prefer 14...Ne6,
defending his extra-pawn. If one is going to suffer, he should have some
consolation at least.}) 13... c5 14. Nf5 Nc6 15. Nc3 ({A novelty over} 15. e5 {
when after} Qxd1 16. Rxd1 Rfd8 17. Bd2 Bf8 18. Nc3 Ne6 {the control of the
d4-square and the stability of the e6-knight offered Black a reasonable
position in Piket-Almasi, Monaco 2002.}) 15... Nd4 {Now that this knight is
not pinned anymore, it can jump on this active square.} 16. Bf4 {It might look
tempting to capture on e7, but this would just eliminate White's most active
piece and help Black complete his development.} Bf6 ({Black should also avoid
releasing the tension. After} 16... Nxf5 17. exf5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 {it would be
hard to improve the position of the c7-knight and retain some chances for the
control of at least one of the central files. For instance,} Ne8 19. Qf3 {
with dangerous initiative for White.}) ({The main alternative to the text move
was} 16... Nce6 {, consolidating the d4-knight.}) 17. e5 $5 {An interesting
exchange of tactical blows starts now.} Bxg2 18. exf6 Bf3 19. Ne7+ Kh8 20. Bxc7
Qxc7 21. Nb5 Bxd1 22. Nxc7 Bc2 23. Nxa8 Nf3+ 24. Kg2 Nxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Rxa8 26.
Nd5 gxf6 27. Nxf6 Kg7 28. Nh5+ Kf8 29. g4 {The position has calmed down and is
about equal.} Rd8 30. Nf6 h6 31. Kg3 Kg7 32. Nh5+ Kf8 33. Nf6 Ba4 34. Ne4 Bc6
35. Nc3 Rd2 36. Re2 Rd4 37. Re1 Bd7 38. f3 Be6 39. a3 Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Morelia/Linares 24th"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2007.03.10"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2007.02.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 Bb4 6. Qc2 Bb7 7. Bg2 c5 8. dxc5
Bxc5 9. b3 Nc6 10. O-O Be7 11. Bb2 {The position is characteristic for the
English Hedgehog lines, but the knight's development on d2 deprives White from
the possibility of maintaining the centre under pressure.} Qc7 12. Rac1 h6 13.
Ne4 Nb4 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Qb1 Bxb2 16. Qxb2 O-O 17. Qd2 Nc6 18. Rc3 Ne7 19.
Rd1 Bc6 20. Qd6 Qxd6 21. Rxd6 {White will not be able to maintain the blockade
on d6. At the same time, Black's only weakness, the d7-pawn, is safely
defended, which yields White's advantage a rather symbolic significance.} Nf5
22. Rd2 Rac8 23. Bh3 Ne7 24. Nd4 Rc7 25. e4 Rfc8 26. f3 Kf8 27. Kf2 a6 28. Ke3
Bb7 29. Rcc2 Nc6 30. Nxc6 Bxc6 31. Bf1 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 16th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2007.03.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2007.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 b6 7. e3 Bb7 8.
Be2 d6 9. O-O a5 10. b3 Nbd7 11. Bb2 Qe7 12. d4 Ne4 13. Qc2 f5 14. Ne1 Qg5 15.
Qc1 Rf6 16. f3 Qh5 17. g4 fxg4 18. fxe4 Rh6 19. Rf2 Bxe4 20. Qd2 Qh4 21. Bd3 g3
22. Rg2 gxh2+ 23. Kh1 Rf8 24. Nc2 Rhf6 25. d5 e5 26. Qe1 Bxg2+ 27. Kxg2 h1=Q+
0-1

[Event "Amber-blindfold 16th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2007.03.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2007.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
g6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. O-O Bg7 11. b4 a6 12. a4 O-O 13. b5 a5 14. Rb1 Rd8 15. Qc2
Qd6 16. e4 c5 17. e5 Qe6 18. Nxd5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Qxd5 20. Be4 Bf5 21. Bxf5 gxf5
22. Qxf5 c4 23. Qc2 Qd3 24. Rfc1 Rac8 25. Qxd3 Rxd3 26. Kf1 f6 27. e6 f5 28.
Rd1 Rxd1+ 29. Rxd1 c3 30. e7 Re8 31. Rd7 b6 32. Ke2 Kf7 33. Nd4 Bxd4 34. Rxd4
Rxe7+ 35. Kd3 Rc7 36. Kc2 Ke6 37. Rh4 Ke5 38. g3 Kd5 39. Rxh6 Rc4 40. Rh4 Rc8
41. h3 Ke5 42. Rf4 Rc7 43. h4 Rc8 44. h5 Kf6 45. Rh4 Kg7 46. h6+ Kh7 47. f3 Rc5
48. Rh5 Rc4 49. Rxf5 Rxa4 50. Rf6 Rb4 51. g4 Rxb5 52. f4 a4 53. g5 a3 54. Rf7+
Kg6 55. Rg7+ Kf5 56. Ra7 Rb2+ 57. Kxc3 Rh2 58. Rf7+ Ke4 59. g6 a2 60. Ra7 Rxh6
61. g7 Rg6 62. Rxa2 Rxg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 16th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2007.03.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E37"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2007.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 c5 8.
dxc5 Nc6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nf3 Bf5 11. b4 d4 12. g4 Bg6 13. Qb2 O-O 14. Bg2 Re8
15. O-O Nc3 16. Re1 h5 17. g5 Be4 18. Bd2 Ne5 19. Bxc3 Bxf3 20. exf3 dxc3 21.
Qxc3 Qxg5 22. f4 Qxf4 23. Re4 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 16th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2007.03.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2007.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. e5 Ng4 8. e6
fxe6 9. Ng5 Bxb5 10. Nxe6 Bxd4 11. Nxb5 Qa5+ 12. Qd2 Qxd2+ 13. Bxd2 Kd7 14.
Nec7 a6 15. Nxa8 axb5 16. a4 bxa4 17. Nb6+ Kc6 18. Nxa4 Nd7 19. Nc3 Nb6 20. Nd1
Nc4 21. c3 Bg7 22. Bc1 h5 23. O-O h4 24. Re1 Bf6 25. h3 Nh6 26. Nf2 Nf5 27. Ng4
Rf8 28. Nxf6 Rxf6 29. b3 Nb6 30. c4 Nd7 31. Bb2 Rf8 32. Bc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 16th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2007.03.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2007.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. d3 d6 10. a5 Be6 11. Nbd2 Qc8 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Nc4 Rb8 14. Bg5 Rb5 15.
Nfd2 Qe8 16. Nb3 Nd7 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. f3 Nc5 19. Nxc5 Rxc5 20. Kh1 Qf6 21. Qd2
Qf4 22. Qf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 16th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2007.03.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2007.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nc3 Nc6 13. Bg5 Qd7 14. Nh2 Kh8 15. Bxf6
Bxf6 16. Bd5 Rae8 17. Rf1 Bd8 18. Qg4 Bc8 19. Qxd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 16th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2007.03.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2007.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Nf3 h6
8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Bb5+ c6 10. Bd3 Bd7 11. Qe2 O-O-O 12. O-O-O Bd6 13. Kb1 Kb8 14.
a3 Bc8 15. Be4 e5 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. Bf3 Qf6 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Rd1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 16th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2007.03.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2007.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd2 e6 7. Nh4 Be4 8. f3 Bg6
9. Qb3 Ra7 10. O-O-O Be7 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Kb1 O-O 13. g4 dxc4 14. Bxc4 b5 15.
Be2 c5 16. dxc5 Nbd7 17. c6 Nc5 18. Qc2 Qb6 19. g5 Nh5 20. Rc1 Rc8 21. b4 Na4
22. Nxa4 bxa4 23. Qxa4 Rb8 24. Rc4 Bxg5 25. f4 Bd8 26. Rhc1 Bc7 27. Qb3 Nf6 28.
a4 Rd8 29. R1c2 Raa8 30. Ka2 Rab8 31. Bf3 Rd6 32. e4 Rbd8 33. Be3 Qb8 34. R4c3
Rd4 35. Bxd4 Rxd4 36. Rc4 Qd8 37. e5 Ne8 38. Rxd4 Qxd4 39. Qc4 Qe3 40. Qe4 Qb6
41. a5 Qg1 42. h4 Qg3 43. Be2 Qxh4 44. Bxa6 g5 45. Bc8 Bd8 46. Qd4 gxf4 47. Rd2
Be7 48. Qd7 f3 49. Qxe8+ Kh7 50. Ba6 Qxb4 51. Bd3+ Kh6 52. Qh8+ Kg5 53. Qxg7+
Kf4 54. Qh6+ Kg4 55. Qg7+ Bg5 56. Rc2 Qa4+ 57. Kb2 Qb4+ 58. Ka2 Qa4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 16th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2007.03.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2007.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Ngf6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qa4 13. O-O e6 14. Rfe1
O-O-O 15. a3 Bd6 16. b3 Qb5 17. c4 Qa6 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Nf6 20. Qh4 Kb8
21. Bb4 Ka8 22. Bxd6 Rxd6 23. Qg3 Ne8 24. Qf4 Rf8 25. c5 Rd8 26. Rxe6 Nf6 27.
Rd6 Rde8 28. Ne5 Qe2 29. g4 Ne4 30. Rd7 Ng5 31. Kh2 f5 32. Qe3 Qb2 33. Rd1 fxg4
34. Kg2 g3 35. Rd2 gxf2 36. Rxf2 Rxf2+ 37. Qxf2 Qxb3 38. Rxg7 Qh3+ 39. Kg1 Qxh5
40. Qb2 Rb8 41. a4 Nh3+ 42. Kg2 Nf4+ 43. Kg1 Qd1+ 44. Kh2 Ne6 45. Rd7 Qh5+ 0-1

[Event "Amber-blindfold 16th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2007.03.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2007.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. O-O
Bd6 9. g3 O-O 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Qc2 dxc4 12. Bxc4 c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Rd1 Rc8
15. Bf1 Bb4 16. Bd2 Nd5 17. Bg2 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Qc7 19. Be1 N7b6 20. Rd4 Nxc3 21.
Qxc3 Qxc3 22. Bxc3 Rxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 16th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2007.03.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2007.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qa4 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Be4 11. Qc1 Bb7 12. Bf4 Nd5 13. Nc3 Nxf4 14. Qxf4 Nd7 15.
Rfd1 Bd6 16. Qh4 Nf6 17. a3 Qb8 18. g4 Rd8 19. Rac1 Be7 20. g5 Nd7 21. d5 Nf8
22. Ne5 Bd6 23. dxe6 Bxg2 24. Qf4 Bb7 25. e7 Re8 26. exf8=Q+ Rxf8 27. Rxd6 cxd6
28. Nd7 Qd8 29. Nxf8 Qxf8 30. Rd1 Rd8 31. f3 Qe7 32. Kf2 Bc6 33. Rd2 Rd7 34.
Rd3 g6 35. Re3 Qd8 36. Qd4 Re7 37. Qf6 Rd7 38. Qxd8+ Rxd8 39. Re7 d5 40. Rc7 d4
41. Rxc6 dxc3 42. bxc3 Rd1 43. Ke3 a5 44. c4 Rb1 45. Rb6 Rb3+ 46. Kd2 b4 47.
axb4 axb4 48. Rb8+ Kg7 49. h4 h6 50. e3 hxg5 51. hxg5 Kh7 52. f4 Kg7 53. Ke2 f5
54. gxf6+ Kxf6 55. Rb6+ Kf7 56. Kf3 Rb1 57. Ke4 b3 58. Ke5 Kg7 59. e4 b2 60. c5
Rc1 61. Rxb2 Rxc5+ 62. Kd6 Rc4 63. Rb7+ Kf8 64. Ke5 Ra4 65. Kf6 Ke8 66. Re7+
Kf8 67. Re6 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 16th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2007.03.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2007.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. O-O Bd6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. e4
e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. exd5 exd4 11. Nc4 Nc5 12. Nxd6 Qxd6 13. Bc4 d3 14. b4 Na6
15. a3 Bf5 16. Bb2 Rfe8 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Bxd3 Rad8 19. Bxf5 Qxf5 20. Qd4 Qxd5
21. Qxa7 Nc7 22. Rfe1 Nb5 23. Qa5 Qd3 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Re1 Rc8 26. a4 Nc3 27.
Qc7 Qd8 28. Qxb7 Nxa4 29. Ng5 Qf8 30. g3 Rb8 31. Qe4 g6 32. Qc6 Nb6 33. b5 Qd8
34. h4 Rc8 35. Qb7 Qc7 36. Re8+ Kg7 37. Ne6+ 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 16th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2007.03.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2007.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
Nbd7 9. Qd2 h5 10. O-O-O Be7 11. Kb1 Qc7 12. Bd3 b5 13. h3 h4 14. f4 Nb6 15.
Qf2 Rb8 16. Rhe1 Nc4 17. fxe5 dxe5 18. Bc5 O-O 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Qxh4 Rfc8 21.
Qg3 Na3+ 22. Ka1 Rxc3 23. bxc3 Qc7 24. Kb2 Nc4+ 25. Kc1 Nb6 26. Bf1 Rc8 27. Re3
Na4 28. Rd2 Nd7 29. Be2 Ndb6 30. Bg4 Nc4 31. Bxe6 fxe6 32. Red3 Nxd2 33. Kxd2
Nb2 34. Rf3 Rd8+ 35. Kc1 Nc4 36. Qg5 Qb6 37. Rf1 Rd7 38. Qg6 Qe3+ 39. Kb1 Na3+
40. Kb2 Nc4+ 41. Kb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 16th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2007.03.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2007.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 Re8 10. c3 d6 11. Nbd2 Na5 12. Bc2 c5 13. Nf1 Rc8 14. Ng3 g6 15. Bg5
Nd7 16. Bd2 Nb6 17. Nh2 Rc7 18. f4 Bh4 19. Qg4 c4 20. Nf3 cxd3 21. Nxh4 dxc2
22. f5 Nac4 23. Bh6 Bc8 24. Nh5 Nxb2 25. Bg5 gxh5 26. Qg3 Rxc3 27. Nf3 Kf8 28.
Bxd8 Rxd8 29. Qg5 Ke8 30. Qg8+ Kd7 31. Qxf7+ Kc6 32. Qe7 Rd7 33. Qe8 Kb7 34. f6
Rcc7 35. Ng5 Nd3 36. Rec1 Nxc1 37. Rxc1 d5 38. f7 dxe4 39. f8=Q Rd1+ 40. Qf1
Rxf1+ 41. Kxf1 Nc4 42. Ke2 Rg7 43. Rxc2 h6 44. Rxc4 bxc4 45. Nxe4 Rxg2+ 46. Ke3
1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 16th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2007.03.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2007.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Ng4 8. Bg5
f6 9. Bh4 Nc6 10. d5 Ne7 11. Nd2 Nh6 12. f3 c5 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. b4 Be6 15. Bf2
d5 16. Nb3 d4 17. Na4 f5 18. O-O f4 19. b5 g5 20. Rb1 cxb5 21. cxb5 Rf6 22.
Nac5 Bc8 23. Be1 Kh8 24. Ba5 Qe8 25. Nd3 Rg6 26. g4 Nf7 27. Nd2 h5 28. h3 Rh6
29. Rf2 Qg8 30. Rh2 Qh7 31. Nf1 Bf6 32. Rc1 Ng6 33. Rc6 Kg7 34. Nc5 hxg4 35.
hxg4 Rxh2 36. Nxh2 Bd7 37. Rxf6 Rh8 38. Rxf7+ Kxf7 39. Bc4+ Ke8 40. Qd2 Bc8 41.
Nd3 Qh3 42. Qg2 Qh7 43. Be1 Qe7 44. Qc2 Rh3 45. Bd5 Bd7 46. Qc7 Qd8 47. Bf7+
Ke7 48. Bb4+ 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 16th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2007.03.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2007.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 d6 7. b4 a5 8. Bb2
e5 9. g3 axb4 10. axb4 Rxa1+ 11. Bxa1 b5 12. cxb5 Bd7 13. e3 Qc8 14. Be2 Qb7
15. d3 Bxb5 16. O-O Nc6 17. Rb1 Qa6 18. Qb3 Ra8 19. Nd2 Qa2 20. Bc3 Qxb3 21.
Rxb3 Ra2 22. Bf1 Nd5 23. Bg2 Nce7 24. Bb2 Ba4 25. Ra3 Rxb2 26. Rxa4 Nb6 27. Ra7
Rxd2 28. Rxc7 Kf8 29. Rb7 Rd1+ 30. Bf1 Nec8 31. b5 Ra1 32. Rc7 g6 33. h4 Rb1
34. d4 exd4 35. exd4 Ne7 36. Kg2 h5 37. Rb7 Nbd5 38. Rb8+ Kg7 39. Rd8 Rb2 40.
Kg1 Nf5 41. Bc4 Rb1+ 42. Kh2 Nf6 43. f3 Rb2+ 44. Kh3 Nxd4 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 16th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2007.03.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2007.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Bg6 7. c3 Be7 8. Na3
Bxa3 9. bxa3 Ne7 10. a4 Qa5 11. Qb3 Nb6 12. Bd1 Bh5 13. Rb1 O-O 14. Qb4 Qxb4
15. Rxb4 Rfb8 16. Be2 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Nc4 18. Bg5 Kf8 19. Rfb1 Na5 20. Be2 Ke8
21. g4 b6 22. h4 h6 23. Bc1 Kd7 24. h5 Nc4 25. f3 a5 26. R4b3 Kc7 27. Kf2 Rb7
28. Bd3 Rh8 29. Bf4 Rbb8 30. Rg1 Rbg8 31. Rbb1 Kb7 32. Ke2 Ka7 33. Bg3 Rc8 34.
Bf2 Rhf8 35. g5 hxg5 36. Rxg5 g6 37. hxg6 fxg6 38. Bxg6 Nxg6 39. Rxg6 Rce8 40.
Rh1 Nb2 41. Rhh6 Nxa4 42. Be1 Rg8 43. Rxg8 Rxg8 44. Rxe6 Rg2+ 45. Kf1 Rxa2 46.
Rh6 Nb2 47. e6 Nc4 48. e7 Ne3+ 49. Kg1 Rg2+ 50. Kh1 Re2 51. Bg3 Nf5 52. Be5
Nxe7 53. Rh7 Ka6 54. Rxe7 a4 55. Re8 Kb7 56. Re7+ Ka6 57. Re8 Kb7 58. Re7+ Ka6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 16th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2007.03.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2007.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 Bc5 4. Nc3 d6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. d3 h6 7. O-O O-O 8. b3 a6
9. Bb2 Ba7 10. e3 Rb8 11. Qe2 Re8 12. Rfd1 Ne7 13. Ne4 Ng6 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15.
d4 Qe7 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Nd2 f5 18. a3 e4 19. b4 Ne5 20. c5 Nd3 21. Bd4 Bd7 22.
c6 Bxd4 23. cxd7 Qxd7 24. exd4 Qxd4 25. Nb3 Qe5 26. Qc2 Rbd8 27. Bf1 Nb2 28.
Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Nc5 b6 30. Nxa6 Kh7 31. Qxc7 Qd4 32. Qf4 Qf6 33. Rb1 Nd3 34. Qe3
Qc3 35. Qxb6 Qc2 36. b5 e3 37. Qxe3 Qxb1 38. b6 Rd6 39. Nc7 Ne1 40. Nb5 Rd1 41.
Nc3 Nf3+ 42. Kg2 Ne1+ 43. Kh3 Qc2 44. Nxd1 Qxd1 45. Qe2 Qb1 46. b7 g5 47. Qe7+
Kg6 48. Qe8+ Kg7 49. b8=Q g4+ 50. Kh4 Nf3+ 51. Kh5 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 16th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2007.03.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2007.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 c5 6. d5 exd5 7. cxd5 Bb7 8. Bg2
Nxd5 9. O-O Be7 10. Rd1 Nc6 11. Qf5 Nf6 12. e4 g6 13. Qf4 O-O 14. e5 Nh5 15.
Qg4 d5 16. exd6 Bf6 17. Nc3 Nd4 18. Nxd4 Bxg2 19. Nf5 Bc6 20. d7 Qc7 21. Nd5
Bxd5 22. Rxd5 Rfd8 23. Be3 Bxb2 24. Nh6+ Kf8 25. Rad1 Bg7 26. Rxh5 gxh5 27. Qf5
1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 16th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2007.03.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2007.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 dxc4 7. Nxc6 Qxd1+
8. Nxd1 bxc6 9. Bg2 Nd5 10. Ne3 e6 11. Nxc4 Ba6 12. b3 Bb4+ 13. Bd2 Ke7 14. Rc1
Rac8 15. Bxb4+ Nxb4 16. a3 Nd5 17. O-O c5 18. Rc2 Bxc4 19. Rxc4 Nb6 20. Rc3 c4
21. Rb1 cxb3 22. Rcxb3 Rc4 23. Bf3 Rhc8 24. Kg2 R8c5 25. h4 g6 26. Rb4 Rc3 27.
R1b3 Rxb3 28. Rxb3 f5 29. e4 Kf6 30. exf5 gxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 16th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2007.03.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2007.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Bg5 d6 6. Qd2 c5 7. d5 b5 8. cxb5 a6
9. a4 Qa5 10. Ra3 Nbd7 11. f3 Nb6 12. Qc2 axb5 13. Bxb5 Bd7 14. Bd2 Ne8 15.
Nge2 Nc7 16. Bxd7 Nxd7 17. Nb5 Nxb5 18. Bxa5 Nxa3 19. Qd3 Rxa5 20. Qxa3 Rfa8
21. b3 c4 22. O-O Nc5 23. bxc4 Rxa4 24. Qe3 Rxc4 25. Rb1 h5 26. Kf1 Ra2 27. Nc1
Rac2 28. Ne2 Ra4 29. Rc1 Rb2 30. e5 Raa2 31. exd6 exd6 32. Qe8+ Bf8 33. Nf4 g5
34. Ne6 Rf2+ 35. Kg1 Rxg2+ 36. Kh1 Rxh2+ 37. Kg1 Rhg2+ 38. Kh1 fxe6 39. dxe6
Rh2+ 40. Kg1 Rag2+ 41. Kf1 Rf2+ 42. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 16th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2007.03.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2007.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3
d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. O-O Rc8 13. e4 c5 14. exd5 exd5
15. dxc5 dxc4 16. c6 cxb3 17. Re1 b2 18. Bxb2 Nc5 19. Nc4 Bxc4 20. Qg4 Bg5 21.
Qxc4 Nd3 22. Be5 Nxe1 23. Rxe1 Bf6 24. Bxf6 Qxf6 25. c7 Qd6 26. Rc1 b5 27. Qc2
g6 28. Bb7 b4 29. h4 h5 30. Kf1 a5 31. Qc5 Qxc5 32. Rxc5 a4 33. Ke2 b3 34. axb3
axb3 35. Kd3 Rfe8 36. Kc3 Kf8 37. Kxb3 Ke7 38. Kc4 Kd6 39. Bxc8 Rxc8 40. f4
Rxc7 41. Rxc7 Kxc7 42. Kd5 Kd7 43. f5 Ke7 44. Ke5 f6+ 45. Kf4 gxf5 46. Kxf5 Kf7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Calatrava op rapid 2nd"]
[Site "Calatrava"]
[Date "2007.04.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Coleto Calderon, Jose Antonio"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2153"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2007.04.06"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. a4 Nc6 5. O-O a6 6. Bc4 Nf6 7. Re1 e6 8. Nc3
Be7 9. d3 O-O 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Nh5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Qd2 Nf6 14. d4 cxd4 15.
Nxd4 Rac8 16. Bb3 Na5 17. Rad1 Rfd8 18. Kh1 Nc4 19. Bxc4 Rxc4 20. Qd3 Rdc8 21.
Rd2 Bxa4 22. Nxa4 Rxa4 23. b3 Ra2 24. h3 Qc7 25. c4 Qa5 26. Red1 Rxd2 27. Rxd2
Nxe4 28. Re2 Nf6 29. Qf3 Qa1+ 0-1

[Event "Calatrava op rapid 2nd"]
[Site "Calatrava"]
[Date "2007.04.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Granero Roca, Antonio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2348"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2007.04.06"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 d6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
Nc6 9. Be3 Bd7 10. Nc2 Rc8 11. Rc1 a6 12. Re1 Ne5 13. Na3 Be6 14. b3 Qa5 15.
Nab1 b5 16. cxb5 axb5 17. f3 b4 18. Na4 Rxc1 19. Qxc1 Rc8 20. Qd2 Nfd7 21. Bf1
h5 22. Rc1 Nc5 23. Nxc5 dxc5 24. a3 Rd8 25. Rxc5 Rxd2 26. Rxa5 Rd1 27. Nd2 bxa3
28. Rxa3 Nc6 29. Kf2 Nd4 30. Bc4 Bxc4 31. Nxc4 Rb1 32. Nd2 Rb2 33. Kf1 Nc2 34.
Ra8+ Kh7 35. Bc5 Bd4 36. Bxd4 Nxd4 37. Ke1 Nxb3 38. Nxb3 Rxb3 39. Ra7 Rb2 40.
Kf1 h4 41. h3 g5 42. Rxe7 Kg6 43. Rd7 Ra2 44. Rd6+ Kg7 45. Rd1 Kf6 46. Re1 Ke5
47. Re2 Ra3 48. Rb2 Kf4 49. Kf2 f6 50. Re2 Rb3 51. Ra2 Rc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Calatrava op rapid 2nd"]
[Site "Calatrava"]
[Date "2007.04.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Chernin, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2007.04.06"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Nd2 a6 7. Bg2 Nc6 8.
Nxc6 dxc6 9. O-O e5 10. Qc2 Be6 11. b3 Be7 12. Ne4 O-O 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Bb2
Be7 15. Rad1 f6 16. Rd2 Rad8 17. Rfd1 Rxd2 18. Rxd2 Rd8 19. Rxd8+ Qxd8 20. Be4
g6 21. h4 f5 22. Bg2 Bf6 23. Qd3 Qe7 24. Qd2 Kg7 25. e3 Bf7 26. Bf1 b6 27. Bc3
c5 28. f4 a5 29. Qb2 e4 30. Bxf6+ Qxf6 31. Qxf6+ Kxf6 32. a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Calatrava op rapid 2nd"]
[Site "Calatrava"]
[Date "2007.04.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gritsak, Orest"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2007.04.06"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 g6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. d5 Bg7 6. Nd4 Bd7 7. e4 c5 8. Nf3
O-O 9. Bf4 Bg4 10. Be2 a6 11. O-O Nbd7 12. a4 Qa5 13. Bd2 Rfe8 14. h3 Bxf3 15.
Bxf3 e6 16. Nb5 Qb6 17. a5 Qd8 18. Nxd6 Re7 19. Nxb7 Qb8 20. d6 Re8 21. b4 Qxb7
22. e5 Ne4 23. Qc2 f5 24. exf6 Ndxf6 25. bxc5 Qc6 26. Be3 Rac8 27. Rab1 Red8
28. Rb6 Qa8 29. Rfb1 e5 30. Rb7 1-0

[Event "Calatrava op rapid 2nd"]
[Site "Calatrava"]
[Date "2007.04.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2007.04.06"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Nxe4
Bxe4 9. Ne1 Bxg2 10. Nxg2 d5 11. Qc2 c6 12. Bf4 Nd7 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Rac1 Nf6
15. Bg5 Ne4 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Nf4 Qb7 18. Qc7 Qa6 19. Qe5 Nf6 20. a3 Rac8 21.
Kg2 h6 22. Qd6 Rc4 23. e3 Rfc8 24. Rxc4 Qxc4 25. h4 Qc2 26. Qb4 Ne4 0-1

[Event "Calatrava op rapid 2nd"]
[Site "Calatrava"]
[Date "2007.04.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "Shirov,A"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2007.04.06"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 {Continuing the
principled discussion - I chose the same opening line against Vassily in our
previous game in Foros 2006.} 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 d6 ({But in that game I preferred
} 8... O-O 9. d4 Bb6 {which is slightly dubious according to the current state
of theory.}) 9. d3 $6 {Not only an objectively unpretentious move but also a
surprising decision. By playing} (9. d4 Bb6 10. axb5 axb5 11. Na3 O-O 12. Nxb5
Bg4 13. Bc2 {Vasily could transpose to the same line as in Foros where I drew
with severe difficulties. Naturally this time I hoped to improve on Black's
play somehow.}) 9... O-O 10. Nbd2 Bb6 $6 {An unnecessary bishop retreat since
it was much more logical to play the immediate} (10... Kh8 {after which White
would not have the idea of 11.Re1 at all as it would fail to 10...Ng4 followed
by 11...f5. When I studied the database after my game vs. Ivanchuk I suddenly
noticed that I already played the same wrong move 11 years earlier against
Adams (Madrid 1996)! Looks like I can never learn :)}) 11. Re1 $1 {During both
the old and the actual game I thought this move was erroneous but in fact it's
quite good.} ({Adams continued in the afore-mentioned game} 11. h3 {and after}
Nh5 12. axb5 axb5 13. Re1 Nf4 14. Nf1 Qf6 15. Be3 Ne7 16. N1h2 c5 {the
opponents didn't mind a peaceful end with} 17. Ng4 Qg6 18. Nh4 Qg5 19. Nf3 Qg6
{. Hopefully our games in Elista will be more interesting.}) 11... Ng4 12. Re2
Kh8 {A standard idea for the Italian game but here White is a little better
prepared for such a maneuvre as he might get some initiative on the queenside.}
13. h3 Nh6 14. g4 $5 {Vasily is not afraid of ghosts such as possible
incorrect sacrifices on g4.} Ne7 $6 {Too standard and primitive. Obviously I
couldn't be attracted by} (14... Qf6 15. Qf1 $1) ({or} 14... Nxg4 15. hxg4 Bxg4
16. Qf1 f5 17. Qg2) ({but} 14... g6 $1 {trying to get the f5 break at whatever
cost would promise me a good game after} 15. Nf1 Ng8 16. axb5 axb5 $13) 15.
axb5 axb5 16. Nf1 Ng6 17. N1h2 $6 {Now White is getting a bit passive.} (17. d4
$1 $14 {, increasing space advantage, was more or less called for.}) 17... f6
18. Be3 Nf7 $6 {Again doing strange things with knights. Here and also on the
next move it would be right to play} (18... Bb7 {keeping the freeing d6-d5 in
mind.}) 19. Qd2 Bxe3 (19... Bb7 $1) 20. fxe3 Ng5 $6 21. Nxg5 fxg5 22. Rf2 Rxf2
23. Qxf2 b4 $2 {This time I make a serious mistake which luckily doesn't get
punished. By playing} (23... c6 {I could still hope for equality although
optically Black's position after} 24. Ra7 Bb7 {looks quite dangerous.}) 24. Bc4
$4 ({If Ivanchuk had played here} 24. Qf7 {I would definitely not be
annotating this game as the tournament winner. Indeed Black is in serious
trouble because of White's total domination and the only practical chance in
my opinion is} bxc3 25. bxc3 Bd7 $1 ({much worse would be} 25... Qf8 26. Qxf8+
Nxf8 27. Bd5 $1 {and White is practuically winning, for example} Bd7 (27... g6
28. Nf3 h5 29. Ra7 $1 hxg4 (29... Kg7 30. Rxc7+ Kh6 31. Nd2) 30. hxg4 Nh7 31.
Rxc7 Bxg4 32. Nd2 $1 $16) 28. Nf3 h6 29. d4 c6 30. Bc4 Be6 31. Bxe6 Nxe6 32.
Ra6 $16) 26. Nf1 $1 Bb5 $1 {and it looks like after} 27. Ra7 Bxd3 28. Rxc7 Qf6
(28... Qf8 29. Nd2 Bb5 30. Qxf8+ Rxf8 31. Bc4 $16) 29. Nd2 $1 {White is better.
Still Black can keep fighting with} Nh4 $1 30. Qxf6 gxf6 31. Rd7 Nf3+ 32. Nxf3
Rxb3 33. Rxd6 Rxc3 34. Rxf6 Kg7 35. Rd6 h6 36. Nd2 $1 Bc2 $1 {with some
drawing chances}) 24... bxc3 25. bxc3 c6 26. d4 Qe7 27. Rf1 $6 {Playing for
the advantage by inertia. It was already time for simplifications -} (27. Qf7
Qxf7 28. Bxf7 Nh4 {with a likely draw.}) 27... exd4 28. cxd4 Be6 29. Bxe6 Qxe6
30. Qf5 $2 Qe7 $1 {Black is clearly better now.} 31. e5 {trying to simplify by
giving a pawn.} dxe5 32. Qe4 exd4 $2 {The endgame will be technically
difficult to win. I was calculating the right line} (32... Qd6 33. Nf3 exd4 34.
Nxg5 Qg3+ 35. Kh1 {but I missed the fact that I would have the simple} Qxe3 $19
{there.}) 33. Qxe7 Nxe7 34. exd4 h6 35. Nf3 Rb3 36. Kf2 Ng6 37. Rc1 Nf4 38.
Rxc6 Nxh3+ 39. Kg2 Nf4+ 40. Kf2 Rb2+ 41. Kf1 Nd5 42. Re6 Kg8 43. Re2 Rxe2 $2 {
And now it will be objectively drawn.} ({It seems that} 43... Rb3 $17 {would
be correct.}) 44. Kxe2 Kf7 45. Ne5+ Ke6 46. Kf3 Nf6 47. Ke3 Kd5 48. Kd3 Ne4 49.
Ke3 Nd6 50. Kd3 Nb5 51. Nf3 Nc7 52. Ke3 $1 ({Correctly avoiding the line} 52.
Ne5 Ne6 53. Nd7 $2 Nxd4 54. Nb6+ Kc6 $19) 52... Ne6 53. Kd3 g6 54. Ne5 $4 {
The last error in this game is White's. There would be no win after} (54. Ke3
h5 (54... Nf4 55. Ne5 Ke6 56. Ke4 h5 57. Nf3 Kf6 58. Ne5) 55. gxh5 gxh5 56. Kf2
$1 Ke4 57. d5 $1 Kxd5 58. Kg3 {and Black can't save the pawns.}) 54... Nxd4 55.
Nxg6 Nc6 {Now the knight is trapped.} 56. Ke2 Ke6 57. Nf8+ Ke7 58. Nh7 Kf7 0-1

[Event "Calatrava op rapid 2nd"]
[Site "Calatrava"]
[Date "2007.04.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Movsziszian, Karen"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2007.04.06"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O Nc6 5. d3 g6 6. Nbd2 Bg7 7. e4 O-O 8. c3
Qc7 9. Re1 e6 10. Qe2 b6 11. Nf1 dxe4 12. dxe4 Bb7 13. e5 Nd5 14. h4 a5 15.
N1h2 a4 16. c4 Nde7 17. Ng4 Nf5 18. Bg5 Ncd4 19. Nxd4 Nxd4 20. Qd3 Bxg2 21.
Kxg2 Qc6+ 22. f3 Rfb8 23. Rad1 b5 24. cxb5 Rxb5 25. Bc1 Rab8 26. Rd2 Qd5 27.
Rf2 Qxa2 28. h5 Qd5 29. h6 Bh8 30. Qd1 Rb3 31. Re3 Kf8 32. Rxb3 Rxb3 33. Bf4 g5
34. Bxg5 Bxe5 35. Be3 Bh8 36. Bc1 Qf5 37. Qf1 Qd3 38. Qe1 Nc6 39. Be3 c4 40.
Qc1 Qd5 41. Rd2 Rd3 42. Rxd3 cxd3 43. Nf2 Ke7 44. Qc5+ Qxc5 45. Bxc5+ Kd7 46.
Nxd3 Na5 47. Bf8 Bd4 48. Nc5+ Ke8 49. Bd6 Nc4 50. Nb7 Bxb2 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 14th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2007.05.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2007.05.02"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cheboksary Elara"]
[BlackTeam "Saransk TPS"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 c5 6. d5 exd5 7. cxd5 Bb7 8. Bg2
Nxd5 9. O-O Be7 10. Rd1 Qc8 11. Qf5 Nf6 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Bg5 d6 14. Qxc8 Rxc8
15. Nb5 Nbd7 16. Nxd6 Bxd6 17. Rxd6 h6 18. Be3 Nf8 19. Nh4 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Ne8
21. Rd3 Rd8 22. Rad1 Ne6 23. Nf5 Kf8 24. g4 Rxd3 25. Rxd3 Rd8 26. Rxd8 Nxd8 27.
Bf4 Nc6 28. Kf3 Ne7 29. Bb8 Nc6 30. Bf4 Ne7 31. Bd6 Nxd6 32. Nxd6 Nc6 33. Ke4
g6 34. a3 Ke7 35. Kd5 Nd4 36. e3 Nf3 37. h3 Ne1 38. Nc8+ Kd7 39. Nxa7 Nd3 40.
Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 14th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2007.05.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Asrian, Karen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2007.05.02"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saransk TPS"]
[BlackTeam "Chelyabinsk South Ural"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Ne4 7. Qd3 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 Nc5 9. Qf3 d6 10. Bg2 e5 11. Nf5 Qf6 12. Ne3 Qxf3 13. exf3 Nba6 14. Ba3
Be6 15. O-O-O O-O-O 16. f4 exf4 17. gxf4 f5 18. h4 Rhe8 19. h5 Kc7 20. Rhg1 Bf7
21. Nxf5 Bxc4 22. Bf3 Rd7 23. Nxg7 Rf8 24. f5 Bxa2 25. h6 Re7 26. Kd2 Ne4+ 27.
Kc2 Nac5 28. Rde1 Kd7 29. Re3 Bb3+ 30. Kb2 Nd2 31. Bxc5 Rxe3 32. Bxe3 Nxf3 33.
Rg3 Bd5 34. c4 Bc6 35. Bxa7 Ne5 36. Kb3 b5 37. cxb5 Bxb5 38. Bd4 Nc6 39. Be3
Ne7 40. Ne6 Rxf5 41. Nd4 Rd5 42. Kc3 Rc5+ 43. Kd2 Ng6 44. f4 Ke8 45. f5 Ne7 46.
f6 Nd5 47. Bg5 Bd7 48. Bh4 Rc4 49. Rg8+ Kf7 50. Rg7+ Ke8 51. Kd3 Rc1 52. Ke4
Nc3+ 53. Kf3 Rf1+ 54. Kg2 Rf4 55. Re7+ Kf8 56. Bf2 Ne4 57. Bg3 Nxf6 58. Rxd7
Rxd4 59. Rxd6 Rxd6 60. Bxd6+ Kf7 61. Bf4 Kg6 62. Kf3 Ng8 63. Kg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 14th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2007.05.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bocharov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "2007.05.02"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Nizhny Tagil Politekhnik"]
[BlackTeam "Saransk TPS"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8.
Bg5 b6 9. e3 Bb7 10. Be2 Be7 11. O-O h6 12. Bh4 Nh5 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Rfd1 Nf6
15. b4 Rfd8 16. Qb3 d6 17. h3 Nd7 18. Nd2 Nf6 19. Nf3 Nd7 20. Ra2 Nce5 21. Ne1
Nf6 22. Rad2 Rac8 23. Rd4 Ba6 24. b5 Bb7 25. Qb4 Ne8 26. a4 Qc7 27. f4 Nd7 28.
Bf3 Nc5 29. Qb1 Nf6 30. R1d2 Rd7 31. Qd1 Rcd8 32. Qc2 d5 33. cxd5 exd5 34. Ne2
Re7 35. Qc3 Rde8 36. Nc2 Nfe4 37. Qa3 Nxd2 38. Rxd2 d4 39. Nexd4 Bxf3 40. gxf3
Qd6 41. a5 Re6 42. axb6 axb6 43. Qc3 Rg6+ 44. Kh2 Qf6 45. Nb4 Re5 46. Rg2 Rxg2+
47. Kxg2 Rh5 48. Qe1 Ne6 49. Nbc6 Nxd4 50. Nxd4 Rc5 51. Qa1 Qg6+ 52. Kf2 Kh7
53. Qa8 Rh5 54. Qc8 Qf6 55. Qc2+ g6 56. Kg2 Rc5 57. Qe4 Kg7 58. Kg3 Qd6 59. Qe8
Rc3 60. Kf2 Qf6 61. Qd7 Ra3 62. Ke2 Ra2+ 63. Kd3 Ra1 64. f5 g5 65. Ke4 Ra8 66.
Nc6 Ra4+ 67. Nd4 Rc4 68. Kd3 Rc1 69. Ke4 Kf8 70. Kd3 Qe7 71. Qd5 Rc5 72. Qa8+
Kg7 73. h4 gxh4 74. f4 Rc1 75. Qg2+ Kh7 76. Qb2 Rd1+ 77. Ke2 Rh1 78. Nf3 Qe4
79. Qf6 Qc4+ 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 14th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2007.05.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2007.05.02"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saransk TPS"]
[BlackTeam "Sverdlovsk Ural region"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Ng4 8. Bg5
f6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh6 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Qd5+ Kh8 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Nd2 c5
15. f3 Nc6 16. O-O-O Nd4 17. Bd3 Be6 18. Nb3 Rac8 19. Kb1 f5 20. exf5 Nhxf5 21.
Rhe1 Nxg3 22. hxg3 g4 23. f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 14th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2007.05.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2007.05.02"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[BlackTeam "Saransk TPS"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nf6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bd7 9. Nb3 Be7 10. a4 O-O 11. a5 Ne5 12. f4 Nc4 13. g4 h6 14. Rf2 Rc8 15. g5
hxg5 16. fxg5 Ne8 17. h4 g6 18. Bh3 Ng7 19. Rg2 Re8 20. Bg4 d5 21. h5 gxh5 22.
Bxh5 d4 23. Bxf7+ Kxf7 24. g6+ Kg8 25. Qf3 Ne5 26. Qh3 Bf6 27. Qh7+ Kf8 28.
Nxd4 Ke7 29. Bg5 Kd6 30. Bxf6 Qxf6 31. Rf1 Qe7 32. Rd1 Kc7 33. Qh2 Qd6 34. Rg5
Nf5 35. exf5 exf5 36. Qf4 Kb8 37. g7 Ka8 38. Rg3 Qc5 39. Kf1 Ng4 40. Rdd3 Qe7
41. Kg2 Rc5 42. b4 Re5 43. b5 axb5 44. Qf3 Rc5 45. Nd5 Rxd5 46. a6 Qc5 47. c3
Bc6 48. Nxc6 bxc6 49. Rxg4 fxg4 50. Qf7 Re2+ 51. Kf1 Rf5+ 52. Kxe2 Qf2+ 53. Kd1
Qf1+ 54. Kd2 Rxf7 55. g8=Q+ Ka7 56. Qxg4 Rf2+ 57. Ke3 Qe1+ 58. Kd4 Qe7 59. c4
Rc2 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 14th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2007.05.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Miton, Kamil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2007.05.02"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saransk TPS"]
[BlackTeam "Buryatia Shatar"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Ng5 Rf8 12. Nf3 Re8 13. Nbd2 Bf8 14. a4 Na5 {
Miton opts for less popular alternative to the mainstream moves like 14..h6.}
15. Bc2 b4 16. Bd3 bxc3 17. bxc3 d5 $5 {The pawn advance d6-d5 in Ruy Lopez
has grown to be the major strategic idea. Black clears up the centre,
unleashes his pieces and in most cases solves all his problems.} 18. exd5 (18.
Nxe5 dxe4 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Rxe4 (20. Bxe4 Bxe4 21. Rxe4 f6 $17) 20... Bxe4 21.
Bxe4 Rxe5 22. Bxa8 c6 $15) 18... exd4 $2 (18... Qxd5 $1 19. c4 (19. Ne4 exd4
20. Nxf6+ gxf6 21. cxd4 Nb3 $1 $15) 19... Qd8 20. d5 c6 21. Bb2 $13) 19. Rxe8
Qxe8 20. c4 c6 (20... Bd6 21. Nxd4 c6 (21... Bh2+ 22. Kxh2 Qe5+ 23. Kg1 Qxd4
24. Ra3 $16) 22. dxc6 Nxc6 23. Rb1 $14) 21. Nb3 $1 {[%mdl 32] More often than
not the knight on a5 is located poorly. Ivanchuk exploits its weakness by
offering to exchange at an unpleasant moment for his opponent.} Qd8 (21... Nxb3
22. Qxb3 Bc8 (22... Rb8 23. Bf4) 23. Bg5 cxd5 24. Bxf6 dxc4 25. Bxc4 gxf6 26.
Re1 $16) (21... Bb4 22. Ba3 Nxb3 23. Qxb3 Bxa3 24. Qxb7 Bc5 25. dxc6 $16) 22.
Rb1 $1 Bc8 (22... Ra7 23. Nxa5 Qxa5 24. Bc2 c5 25. Qd3 g6 26. Bb2 Ra8 27. Bxd4
cxd4 28. Rxb7 $16) 23. Nxa5 Qxa5 24. dxc6 {Black has lost the first middlegame
phase, his task will be to build up some resistance.} Bc5 (24... Qc5 25. Nxd4
$1 Qe5 26. Be3 $16) 25. Bf4 Be6 26. Ng5 Re8 (26... Rc8 27. Nxe6 fxe6 28. c7 Bf8
29. Qe2 $18) 27. Nxe6 fxe6 (27... Rxe6 $2 28. c7 Re8 29. Rb8 $18) 28. Be5 Bb6 (
28... Be7 29. Bxd4 $18) 29. Bxf6 gxf6 30. Bxh7+ $1 {Ivanchuk is an extremely
strong player so the alternative idea with 30.Qg4+ was surely also considered.
It is well known, that better queen endings are often easily won..} (30. Qg4+
Kh8 31. Qh4 f5 32. Be2 Qc5 33. Qf6+ Kg8 34. Bh5 Rf8 35. Qxe6+ Kg7 36. c7 Bxc7
37. Rb7 $18) 30... Kxh7 31. Rxb6 Qxb6 (31... Rc8 32. Qxd4 $18) 32. Qh5+ Kg7 33.
Qxe8 {White is a tempo ahead and the black king is naked, so Black's
counterplay with d4-pawn does not really stand a chance.} Qb1+ (33... d3 34.
Qd7+ Kh6 35. c7 $18) 34. Kh2 Qe4 35. g3 d3 (35... e5 $1 36. Qd7+ (36. c7 $6 Qf5
$1 37. Qc6 Qxf2+ 38. Qg2 Qf5 39. g4 Qc8 40. Qc6 d3 $16) 36... Kh6 37. Qd5 Qxd5
(37... Qf5 38. Kg2 $18) 38. cxd5 d3 39. c7 d2 40. c8=Q d1=Q 41. Qxa6 $18) 36.
Qd7+ Kg6 37. c7 (37. c7 Qf3 38. Kg1 d2 39. Qxd2 Qb7 40. Qd7 Qb1+ 41. Kh2 Qf5
42. Qd4 $18) 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 14th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2007.05.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khenkin, Igor"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2007.05.02"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow Youth of"]
[BlackTeam "Saransk TPS"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb7 6. Bg2 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 a5 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nc3 d6 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Nbd7 12. Qc2 Be4 13. Qb2 Qb8 14. Bh3 Re8 15.
Nd2 Bb7 16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 h6 18. Rxa8 Bxa8 19. Ra1 Bb7 20. f3 Nf8 21. e4 Ng6
22. Qa3 Qd8 23. Qa7 Bc8 24. Bg2 e5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 14th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2007.05.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2007.05.02"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saransk TPS"]
[BlackTeam "Kazan Ladya"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Qd2 Be7 8. f3
O-O 9. g4 d5 10. g5 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Nh5 12. O-O-O Bxg5 13. Kb1 Kh8 14. Bb5 a6 15.
Bxg5 Qxg5 16. Qc5 Rg8 17. Bc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 14th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2007.05.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2007.05.02"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saratov Ekonomist SGSEU"]
[BlackTeam "Saransk TPS"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nbd2 Rd8 11. Ne5 b6 12. Nb3 Rxd1+ 13. Bxd1 Bd6 14. Nc4
Bc7 15. Bf3 Ra7 16. Bd2 Bb7 17. Bxb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 42nd"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2007.05.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2007.05.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. g3 Ne4 7. Qd3 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 Nc5 9. Qf3 d6 10. Ba3 O-O 11. Rd1 Qa5 12. Nb5 Bd7 13. Bb4 Qxa2 14. Bxc5
dxc5 15. Nc7 Ba4 16. Rc1 Nc6 17. Nxa8 Qa3 18. Qe3 Na5 19. f3 Nxc4 20. Qf4 b5
21. Rb1 Qxc3+ 22. Kf2 Nd2 23. Re1 Rxa8 24. Bg2 c4 25. Qc7 Qd4+ 26. e3 Qd8 27.
Qe5 Rc8 28. Qc3 Qd3 29. Qa5 c3 30. Re2 Nb3 31. Qxa7 c2 0-1

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 42nd"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2007.05.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2007.05.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Bd3 f5 6. O-O Nf6 7. b3 Qe7 8. Bb2 O-O
9. Qc1 b6 10. Ba3 Bb7 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Nc3 Nbd7 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Rd1 Rac8 15.
Bc4 N7f6 16. Qb2 Rfd8 17. h3 Nxc3 18. Qxc3 Ne4 19. Qb2 c5 20. dxc5 Qxd1+ 21.
Rxd1 Rxd1+ 22. Kh2 Rxc5 23. Bxe6+ Kf8 24. Bc4 b5 25. Be2 Rd6 26. Nd4 b4 27. Bc4
Bd5 28. Nxf5 Rf6 29. Qe5 1-0

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 42nd"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2007.05.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2007.05.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 a6 6. Be2 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. d4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bd6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Nd2 O-O 12. Bf3 Qc7 13. g3 Rd8 14. Qe2 a5
15. Ne4 Be5 16. Re1 Ba6 17. c4 Bd4 18. Ng5 Qa7 19. Kg2 h6 20. Qc2 hxg5 21. cxd5
g4 22. Bxg4 cxd5 23. Bf4 Qb6 24. Rab1 Rac8 25. Qd2 a4 26. h4 Rc6 27. Rbc1 Rdc8
28. Rxc6 Rxc6 29. Be3 Bxe3 30. Rxe3 d4 31. Re5 d3 32. Bd1 Bb7 33. Kh2 Rc1 34.
Re3 Rb1 35. Rxd3 Rxd1 36. Qxd1 Qxf2+ 37. Kh3 Bg2+ 0-1

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 42nd"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2007.05.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2007.05.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c5 7. O-O-O Bxc3 8.
Qxc3 cxd4 9. Bxf6 dxc3 10. Bxd8 cxb2+ 11. Kxb2 Kxd8 12. Nh3 Bxh3 13. gxh3 Ke7
14. Bg2 Rd8 15. Bxd5 Nc6 16. Bxc6 bxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 42nd"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2007.05.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Quesada Perez, Yuniesky"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2007.05.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Nb8 11. Nbd2 Nbd7 12. Nf1 Re8 13. Ng3 h6 14. Ba2 Bf8 15.
Nh2 c5 16. Ng4 Rc8 17. c4 b4 18. Bb3 a5 19. Ba4 Bc6 20. Bxc6 Rxc6 21. Be3 Rc8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 42nd"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2007.05.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Miton, Kamil"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2007.05.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Qa4+ Nd7 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. Be2 c5 10. O-O cxd4 11. cxd4 Nc5 12. Qc2 Ne6 13. Be3 Nxd4 14. Nxd4
Bxd4 15. Rad1 e5 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. Qb2 Be6 18. Qxb7 Qb6 19. Qxb6 axb6 20. Rxd4
Rxa2 21. Bb5 Rc8 22. Rb1 Rcc2 23. Bf1 Kg7 24. Rdb4 Rxf2 25. Rxb6 h5 26. Rc6 h4
27. Rc3 Kf6 28. Re1 Ke5 29. Rce3 h3 30. gxh3 Rxh2 31. Rg3 Rhb2 32. Rg2 Rb4 33.
Rxa2 Bxa2 34. Bg2 Rb1 35. Rxb1 Bxb1 36. Kf2 Bxe4 37. Bf1 Kf4 38. Be2 g5 39. Bc4
f6 40. Be2 Bf5 41. Bf1 Be6 42. Bg2 f5 43. Bf1 Ke5 44. Bg2 f4 45. Bf1 Ke4 46.
Bg2+ Kf5 47. Bf3 Ke5 0-1

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 42nd"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2007.05.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2007.05.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nbd2 Ke7 10. Be2 Bd7 11. a3 Ba7 12. b3 Rd8 13. Bb2 Bc6 14. Bd4
Bxd4 15. Nxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 42nd"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2007.05.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Arencibia Rodriguez, Walter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2007.05.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. a4 Nc6 8. Be2
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bf3 Rb8 13. Qd2 Bd7 14. Nb3 b6 15. g4
Bc8 16. g5 Nd7 17. Bg2 Na5 18. Bd4 Nc4 19. Qc1 Bb7 20. Nd2 Na5 21. Nf3 Rbc8 22.
f5 Ne5 23. Qf4 Nac4 24. Nh4 Bf8 25. g6 fxg6 26. fxg6 h6 27. Ne2 Be7 28. Qg3 Nd2
29. Rf7 Nxe4 30. Qf4 Nf6 31. Bxe5 dxe5 32. Qf1 Bxg2+ 33. Qxg2 Qxc2 34. Rf1 Qe4
35. Nf3 Rc2 36. Nc3 Qd3 37. Qh3 e4 38. Ng1 Bd6 39. Rd1 Qxh3 40. Nxh3 Be5 0-1

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 42nd"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2007.05.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Delgado Ramirez, Neuris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2007.05.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8.
Bf4 Ne5 9. Be3 Qc7 10. f4 Nc6 11. g4 d5 12. e5 Nd7 13. Nb5 Qd8 14. h4 a6 15.
N5d4 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 b6 17. O-O-O Qc7 18. Rh3 Bb7 19. Bf2 Rc8 20. Rc3 Bc5 21.
Nxc5 bxc5 22. Qd2 O-O 23. h5 c4 24. h6 g6 25. Bxc4 Qa5 26. Bb3 Rxc3 27. Qxc3
Qxc3 28. bxc3 g5 29. c4 dxc4 30. Rxd7 Bc8 31. Ra7 cxb3 32. axb3 gxf4 33. Bh4
1-0

[Event "Foros Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2007.06.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2007.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{When Kasparov was active in chess, his opponents' opening preparation would
usually bring no desired result for them for the reason that Kasparov's
preparation was deeper. Much deeper. One could relatively easily guess
correctly what opening and even what concrete variation will Kasparov choose
to play in a given game, but nevertheless that would rarely help his opponents:
Kasparov's analysis and evaluation of the resulting positions were more
precise than anyone else's. To put it differently: against Kasparov you knew
what to expect, but you simply had too little time and resources to analyse it
deep enough. Well, against Ivanchuk there is another story. Trying to guess
correctly even his first move is a difficult job. Trying to guess the
variation he is going to choose is entirely hopeless. Only in 2007 Ivanchuk
replied 1.e4 with 1...e5, 1...e6, 1...c5, 1...c6, 1...d6 and even 1...Nf6! The
two remained reasonable answers after 1.e4 (1...g6 and 1...d5) were played by
Ivanchuk in 2006. Thus basically in just one year time Ivanchuk played all
possible openings against 1.e4... To put it differently: before the game you
have no clue what to expect from the Ukrainian GM. So the best preparation
against Ivanchuk during a tournament is to go for a walk or have a good sleep.
} 1. e4 c5 {Najdorf? Ivanchuk likes to play it.} 2. Nf3 Nc6 {Looks like the
Sveshnikov Variation. Ivanchuk plays it often too.} 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 {
After all it is the Accelerated Dragon. Indeed, from time to time Ivanchuk
chooses it as well.  It won't be an exaggeration at all to affirm that Vassily
can play absolutely everything. But really amazing is the fact that he knows
very well these openings, often better than his very strong opponents.} 5. Nc3
({Two years ago Ivanchuk showed a deep knowledge and preparation in the
Maroczy Variation:} 5. c4 d6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 Be6 10.
Rc1 Qa5 11. f3 O-O 12. Qd2 Rfc8 13. b3 a6 14. Na4 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Nd7 16. g4 f5
17. exf5 gxf5 18. h3 Rf8 19. f4 Rad8 20. Nc3 d5 21. cxd5 Nf6 22. Rhg1 Nxd5 23.
Nxd5 Bxd5 24. Ke1 e6 {Only this move is a novelty. A good one.} 25. gxf5 Rxf5
26. Bd4 Rf7 27. Bh5 Rfd7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Dominguez,L (2658)-Ivanchuk,V (2739)/
Havana 2005 (45)}) 5... Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O {In case that Karjakin
expected in a way the first 6 moves (after all they have already had a game
with these moves before!), Ivanchuk's 7...0-0 must have came as a real
surprise. Now the Accelerated Dragon will soon transpose into the classical
Dragon Sicilian, which is a very rare guest on the high level nowadays. In
spite of his wide repertoire, Ivanchuk played the Dragon Sicilian only many
years ago.} ({Ivanchuk used to play} 7... Qa5 {lately. Same opponents had it
before:} 8. O-O (8. f3 Qb4 $132) 8... O-O 9. Nb3 Qc7 10. Bg5 a6 11. Be2 d6 $11
{0-1 Karjakin,S (2635)-Ivanchuk,V (2739)/Warsaw 2005 (38)}) 8. Bb3 d6 ({Here} 
8... Qa5 {is less attractive in view of} 9. f3 $14) 9. f3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Rc8 11.
O-O-O Ne5 12. Kb1 {The most critical move.} Re8 ({The once popular variation} 
12... Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. g4 b5 15. b3 $1 {with advantage for White run
almost completely out of fashion}) 13. Bh6 {Karjakin makes a move that brought
him success in the past, but most likely the young Ukrainian was caught by
surprise by Ivanchuk and forgot that the evaluation of 13.Bh6 changed after
that early game of his.} ({The strongest is} 13. h4 {and only after} h5 {
White plays} 14. Bh6 {The point is that after the inclusion of h4/h5 the
sacrifice on c3 is no longer good for Black:} Bxh6 ({The main direction is} 
14... Nc4 15. Bxc4 Rxc4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Nd5 $14) 15. Qxh6 Rxc3 $6 16. bxc3 a5
17. f4 {[%csl Rg6] This is the difference: Black can't remove the knight from
e5 in view of Qxg6. After the forced} Nfg4 18. Qg5 a4 19. fxe5 axb3 20. cxb3
Nxe5 21. Nf3 $16 {Black doesn't have sufficient compensation for the exchange.
It's a pity that Ivanchuk's intention after 13.h4 remains a mystery.}) 13...
Bxh6 14. Qxh6 Rxc3 $1 15. bxc3 a5 $1 {No wonder that Ivanchuk is aware of the
best play for Black.} (15... Qc7 {is weaker:} 16. h4 Qxc3 17. Ne2 $1 (17. h5
Nc4 18. Qc1 Rc8 19. hxg6 fxg6 20. Ne2 Qb4 21. Nf4 $14 {1-0 Karjakin,S (2460)
-Zeliakov,N/Dubai (rapid) 2002 (50)}) 17... Qb4 18. h5 {and White has a strong
attack.}) 16. a4 (16. a3 Qb6 (16... a4 17. Ba2 Qb6+ 18. Ka1 Qc5 19. Kb2 Qb6+
$11) 17. Ka1 Qc5 18. Qc1 b5 19. Qb2 Ra8 20. Ba2 h5 $44 {0-1 Al Sayed,M (2443)
-Hakki,I (2451)/Dubai 2004 (51)}) 16... Qb6 (16... b5 17. Nxb5 (17. axb5 a4 18.
Ba2 Qa5 $44) 17... Bxb5 18. axb5 a4 19. Ba2 (19. Bxa4 $5 Qa5 20. Rd4 $13) 19...
Qa5 20. Rd4 Qxb5+ 21. Ka1 Qc5 22. Qd2 Qa3 23. Rb1 $16 {1-0 Tranchant,S (2115)
-Sebe Vodislav,F (2298)/Avoine 2004 (36)}) (16... Qc7 17. h4 (17. Rhe1 $6 b5
18. axb5 a4 19. Ba2 Rb8 $36) 17... b5 18. axb5 a4 19. Ba2 Rb8 20. Qd2 {Here
the draw was agreed in Tiviakov,S (2593)-Hakki,I (2451)/Taiz 2004. After} Bxb5
{Black has good play for the exchange.}) 17. h4 $146 {This new move shows
Karjakin's realistic and mature approach. In order to avoid giving his
opponent the long-term initiative and find himself on a defensive side,
Karjakin calculated that 17.h4 will most likely force Black soon to force a
draw.  It must be said that the advance of the h-pawn was mentioned by
Tiviakov in comments to the above given game versus Hakki (see 16...Qc7), but
the Dutch GM too optimistically considered that Black has an advantage after
it. The present game shows that 17.h4 leads to a draw almost by force.} (17.
Qc1 Qc5 $5 ({Black wants more than} 17... Bxa4 18. Qb2 Bxb3 19. cxb3 $13) 18.
Qb2 Rb8 19. Ka2 b5 20. axb5 Bxb5 21. Nxb5 Qxb5 $44 {1/2-1/2 Komiagina,M (2312)
-Pogonina,N (2362)/Samara 2005 (72)}) ({Black has a strong initiative after} 
17. Ka2 Qc5 {[%cal Ge5c4,Gb7b5]}) 17... Bxa4 18. h5 Nc6 (18... Bxb3 19. cxb3
Nc6 {(=/+ - Tiviakov)} (19... Rc8 20. hxg6 fxg6 21. Qd2 $14) 20. hxg6 Nxd4 21.
gxh7+ Kh8 22. cxd4 {transposes to the game.}) 19. hxg6 ({Karjakin rejected} 19.
Ka2 {in view of} Bxb3+ 20. cxb3 a4 21. b4 (21. bxa4 $2 Ra8 $19) 21... Nxd4 22.
Rxd4 Nxh5 {and with two pawns Black has good compensation. Now the idea} 23. e5
dxe5 24. Rxh5 {doesn't bring anything because of the check on e6:} Qe6+ {
Then after} 25. c4 (25. Ka3 $4 Qb3#) 25... gxh5 26. Qxe6 fxe6 $13 27. Re4 Rd8 {
White doesn't have any winning chances and the draw remains the most likely
outcome here too.}) 19... Bxb3 20. gxh7+ (20. Nxb3 $6 fxg6 $1 $44 {[%csl Rb3]
[%cal Ga5a4]} (20... a4 {allows the unexpected} 21. Rxd6 $1 exd6 (21... axb3
22. Rxf6 bxc2+ 23. Kxc2 $18) 22. gxh7+ Nxh7 23. Qxh7+ (23. e5 $16) 23... Kf8
24. e5 $1 Nxe5 (24... axb3 $4 25. Qh6+ Ke7 26. Qxd6#) 25. Qh8+ Ke7 26. Qh4+ Kd7
27. Qxa4+ $14)) 20... Kh8 21. cxb3 ({Now} 21. Nxb3 $2 a4 22. Rxd6 {is no
longer good in view of} axb3 23. Rxf6 Ra8 {with the decisive attack for Black.}
) 21... Nxd4 22. cxd4 Qxb3+ 23. Ka1 (23. Ka1 Rc8 24. Rd2 $11 {will end in a
draw as well, since black rook cannot leave the back rank due to the mate on
f8.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Foros Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2007.06.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2007.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Nc3 e6 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5 7. e5 cxd4 8. Qa4+
Nc6 9. O-O-O Bd7 10. Ne4 Nxe4 $5 {Ivanchuk is such a versatile player, that it
is not easy to play well known positions against him. The main continuation is
10...Be7, but Nisipeanu gives preference to the value of surprise and the
fruits of his home analyses.} 11. Bxd8 Rxd8 12. Nxd4 Bd2+ (12... Nxf2 13. Bxc4
$5 (13. Nxc6 Nxd1 14. Qxb4 Bxc6 15. Bxc4 Nf2 16. Rf1 $16) 13... Nxd1 14. Rxd1
Bc5 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Bb5 $16) 13. Rxd2 Nxd2 (13... Nxd4 14. Qxa7 Nxd2 15. Qxd4
Bc6 16. Qc5 Rd5 17. Qa3 $16) 14. Nxc6 (14. Kxd2 $6 Nxd4 15. Qxa7 Bc6 $14) 14...
Bxc6 15. Qa3 $1 {[%mdl 1024] A very subtle and important move, which prevents
Black's castling and shows that the defender has not obtained sufficient
compensation for the queen. Even though he retains some drawing chances,
Nisipeanu's ordeal is not to be envied.} Nxf1 16. Rxf1 Rd3 (16... f5 $5 17.
exf6 gxf6 18. Qxa7 Kf7 19. Qb6 Rhg8 20. g3 $16) 17. Qb4 a5 (17... a6 18. f3 Rd8
19. Rd1 Bd5 20. Kc2 $16) 18. Qxc4 Rd5 (18... Rd8 19. Rd1 Rc8 20. Kb1 $16) 19.
Rd1 (19. Re1 O-O 20. Qc2 Rfd8 21. g3 $16) 19... O-O (19... Rxe5 20. Qd4 Rd5 21.
Qxg7 $16) 20. Rxd5 Bxd5 21. Qa4 Bxg2 (21... b6 22. f3 g6 23. Kd2 $16) 22. Qxa5
Bd5 23. f4 (23. b3 f6 24. exf6 Rxf6 25. Qc5 $16) 23... f6 (23... f5 24. Qc3 h6
25. h4 Ra8 26. a3 $16) 24. f5 $5 {The battle bears a distinctly technical
nature, but the genius from the Ukraine is trying to exploit some amusing
tactical features. This surprising move opens up the space to create a passed
pawn.} (24. exf6 Rxf6 25. Qa4 $16) 24... fxe5 25. fxe6 Bxe6 26. b3 $1 (26. Qxe5
$2 Bxa2 $14) 26... e4 (26... Rf5 27. Qb6 Kf7 28. Qxb7+ Kf6 29. Qb6 $16) 27. Qb5
Bf7 (27... e3 28. Qb6 Rf1+ 29. Kb2 Kf7 30. Qxb7+ Kf6 31. Qe4 Rf2+ 32. Ka3 $18)
28. Qxb7 e3 29. Qb5 {Slowing down the black pawn on the e file became a key
feature in the position. Success would enable White to start advancing his own
candidates for promotion.} (29. Qe4 $2 Re8 $13) 29... h6 (29... Re8 30. Kd1 $16
) 30. Kd1 g5 31. Qe2 Rd8+ 32. Ke1 (32. Kc1 Rd2 33. Qxe3 Rxa2 34. Qe5 Ra6 35. b4
$16) 32... Rd2 33. Qxe3 Rxa2 34. b4 Rxh2 {Nisipeanu is literally annihilating
the enemy pawns, but the main danger on the b file remains out of reach.} (
34... Ra1+ 35. Kf2 Ra2+ 36. Kg3 Rb2 37. Qb6 Rb3+ 38. Kg4 Kg7 39. Kf5 $18) 35.
b5 Rb2 36. b6 g4 (36... Bd5 37. Qc5 Rb1+ 38. Kd2 Be4 39. Qc4+ Kg7 40. Qd4+ Kf7
41. Qxe4 Rxb6 42. Qh7+ Kf8 43. Kd3 $18) 37. Qxh6 {The queen is too strong a
piece in this open position and Black stands no chance to achieve coordination
of his pieces.} Rb1+ (37... g3 38. Qg5+ Kh7 (38... Kf8 39. Qd8+ Kg7 40. Qd4+
$18) 39. Qh4+ $18) 38. Kf2 Rb3 39. Qc6 (39. Qc6 g3+ 40. Kg2 Rd3 41. Qc8+ Kg7
42. b7 Bd5+ 43. Kh3 g2+ 44. Kh2 $18) 1-0

[Event "Foros Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2007.06.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2007.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. e4
O-O 9. Bd3 b5 10. Bxb5 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Qa5+ 12. Nfd2 Qxb5 13. Nxd6 Qa6 14. N2c4
Rd8 15. Bf4 Nd7 16. O-O Nb6 17. Nxb6 Qxb6 18. Nxc8 Raxc8 19. Rb1 Qb7 20. d6 Bf8
21. Qd2 Bxd6 22. Bxd6 Rc6 23. b4 cxb4 24. Rxb4 Qd7 25. Rd1 Rxd6 26. Qxd6 Qxd6
27. Rxd6 Rxd6 28. Ra4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Foros Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2007.06.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2007.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Na3 Bxa3 8.
bxa3 Bd7 9. Ne5 Bc6 10. Nxc6 Nxc6 11. Rb1 Rb8 12. Bb2 Qd7 13. e4 Rfd8 14. d5
exd5 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. exd5 Ne5 17. Qd4 Qd6 18. f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Foros Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2007.06.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2007.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 O-O 12. Nc2 Rb8 13. h4 Be7 14. Nce3 Be6
15. Qf3 Qd7 16. Rd1 Bd8 17. Be2 Ne7 18. h5 h6 19. O-O Qc8 {The latest fashion.
The black queen leaves the d-file and keeps control over square f5, preventing
Ne3-f5.} (19... Bb6 20. Nf5 Nxd5 (20... Bxd5 21. Rxd5 $1 Nxd5 $2 22. Qg4 Qxf5
23. Qxf5 Nf6 24. Rd1 $18 {1-0 Korneev,O (2671)-Khairullin,I (2544)/Sochi 2006 
(48)}) 21. Rxd5 $1 Bxf5 (21... Bxd5 $2 22. Qg4) 22. exf5 Qe7 23. Bd3 Rfd8 24.
Rd1 Rbc8 25. Be4 $14 {1-0 Kudrin,S (2551)-Eljanov,P (2663)/Khanty Mansiysk
2005 (51)}) 20. Nxe7+ (20. Nf5 $2 Nxf5 21. exf5 Bxf5 22. Ne3 Be6 23. Rxd6 Bc7
24. Rd2 f5 $17) (20. Rd3 Nxd5 21. Nxd5 (21. exd5 Bd7 $132 {[%cal Gf7f5]}) 21...
Bg5 22. Rfd1 Rd8 $11 (22... a5 $11)) 20... Bxe7 21. b3 $5 $146 {An improvement
over a game of Karjakin, played several weeks before. White not only protects
pawn a2, but also new he always is ready to meet opponent's advance ...b4 with
c4. Moreover, he can even consider to play c4 with the black pawn on b5. On
the other hands the main drawback is obvious too: now the pawn c3 lacks
protection.} (21. Nf5 Qc7 22. Bd3 (22. a3 Rfd8 $11) 22... Bg5 23. Bc2 b4 $1 24.
Nxd6 (24. Bb3 $142 $11) 24... Rfd8 25. Nf5 bxc3 26. bxc3 Bxa2 $15 {0-1
Karjakin,S (2686)-Yakovich,Y (2600)/Dagomys 2007/ (75)}) (21. Nd5 Bd8 22. a3 a5
$11) 21... Bg5 {Ivanchuk forces the matters, exploiting immediately the
weakness on c3.} (21... Qc5 22. Nf5 Rfe8 (22... Bxf5 23. exf5 Rfc8 24. c4 $14 (
24. Rd3 $14)) 23. Rd2 $13) (21... Qxc3 $2 22. Nd5 Qxf3 23. Nxe7+ $18) (21...
Rd8 22. Nd5 Bg5 23. Rd3 Qc5 {[%cal Gc5a3]} 24. b4 $5 Qc8 25. Bd1 $13 {/+/=})
22. Rxd6 ({Instead of taking the sacrificed pawn White had an interesting,
although rather risky alternative to produce himself a positional sacrifice:} 
22. Nf5 $5 d5 {This is not forced, but quite tempting.} (22... Bxf5 23. exf5
Qc5 {[%csl Ra2][%cal Gc5a3]}) 23. Rxd5 Bxd5 24. exd5 e4 25. Qh3 $44 (25. Qxe4
$2 Re8 26. Qd3 Rxe2 $19 27. Qxe2 Qxf5 $19)) (22. Nd5 Rd8 $11) 22... Qxc3 23.
Rxa6 Bxe3 24. Qxe3 (24. fxe3 Rfd8 $44) 24... Qxe3 25. fxe3 Rfc8 {In return for
the sacrificed pawn Black destroyed opponent's pawn formation and activated
his pieces. This should be enough and Ivanchuk convincingly achieves a draw.} (
{Worse is} 25... Ra8 26. Bxb5 Rxa6 27. Bxa6 Ra8 {since now White has an
additional possibility} 28. Bb7 (28. Bb5 Rxa2 29. Rb1 {leads to the game})
28... Rxa2 29. Rb1 {[%cal Gb7d5]}) 26. Ra5 ({Black also has compensation after
} 26. Rd1 Rc2 {For instance:} 27. Kf1 Rb2 28. Ra5 (28. Ke1 Rc8 29. Rd2 Rc1+ 30.
Bd1 Rbb1 $44 31. Rd8+ $140 Kh7 32. Raa8 g6 33. hxg6+ Kxg6) 28... Rc8 29. Rxb5
Rcc2 30. Bf3 Rxa2 $44) 26... Ra8 {It seems that already here Ivanchuk figured
out that he will be able to transpose into a drawish bishops endgame.} ({
Otherwise Black could also play} 26... b4 27. Rxe5 Ra8 $11) 27. Rxa8 Rxa8 28.
Bxb5 Rxa2 29. Rb1 (29. Ba4 Rb2 30. Rf2 Rb1+ 31. Rf1 Rb2 $11) 29... Ra3 $1 30.
b4 (30. Ba4 Kf8 $44 {[%csl Ra4,Rb3]}) 30... Kf8 {King's activity is more
important than taking the pawn on e3, which plays no role at all.} ({After} 
30... Rxe3 $2 31. Bc6 {Black is in troubles:} Rb3 (31... Kf8 32. b5 Rd3 33. b6
Rd8 34. b7 Rb8 35. Ra1 $18) 32. Rxb3 Bxb3 33. b5 Ba4 34. Bd7 Bc2 35. b6 Bxe4
36. Bc8 {and taking into consideration that White has a light-squared bishop,
perhaps Black will be able to make a draw with a piece down. But perhaps not.
Of course there is no point to calculate all this. Ivanchuk's decision is much
more simple.}) 31. Bc6 Rb3 $1 32. Rxb3 Bxb3 $11 33. Bd5 (33. b5 Ba4 {with
inevitable ...Kf8-e7-c5.}) 33... Ba4 34. Kf2 Ke7 35. Bc4 {White can't break
through. His kingside pawns are extremely poorly blockaded on the light
squares.} ({After} 35. Ke2 f6 36. Kd3 Be8 37. Kc4 Kd6 {white king goes nowhere.
Then} 38. b5 (38. g4 Bd7) 38... Bxh5 39. b6 Be2+ 40. Kb4 h5 {can be bad only
for White}) 35... Bc2 36. Kf3 f6 37. g3 Kd6 38. Ke2 (38. Bd5 $6 Bd1+ {[%csl
Rh5]}) 38... Bxe4 39. Bd3 Bc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Foros Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2007.06.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2007.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Bg5 Bc5 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 Bxd4 11. exd4 h6 12. Bh4 Qd6 13. Bg3 Qe7 14. O-O Ne4
15. Rc1 Nxc3 16. Rxc3 Qf6 17. Rd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Foros Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2007.06.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2007.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. d5 exd5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. O-O Be7 10. Rd1 Qc8 11. Qf5 Nf6 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Bg5 d5 14. Nh4 Nc6 15.
Qxc8 Rfxc8 16. Nf5 Kf8 17. Nb5 Ne8 18. Bf4 g6 19. Nfd6 Nxd6 20. Nxd6 Bxd6 21.
Bxd6+ Ne7 22. Bxd5 Bxd5 23. Rxd5 Rd8 24. Rad1 Ke8 25. Re5 Rd7 26. Rd3 f6 27.
Re4 f5 28. Re5 a6 29. Rde3 Raa7 30. Re6 Rab7 31. Rf6 c4 32. Kf1 a5 33. Ke1 b5
34. Kd2 b4 35. Kc1 Rb5 36. Rfe6 Rbb7 37. Rf6 Rb5 38. Kc2 Rd5 39. Ree6 Rd4 40.
f3 Rb7 41. a4 c3 42. Kb3 cxb2 43. Kxb2 Rd2+ 44. Kb3 Rd7 45. h4 Rd5 46. h5 gxh5
47. Rh6 Rd2 48. Ref6 Rxe2 49. Rxh7 Rb7 50. Bf4 Kd7 51. Rxf5 Ke6 52. Rxa5 Nc6
53. Rh6+ 1-0

[Event "Foros Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2007.06.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2007.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Be7 8. g4
O-O 9. g5 Nfd7 10. h4 Nc5 11. Be3 b5 12. Qg4 b4 13. Na4 Nxb3 14. axb3 Qc7 15.
O-O-O Nc6 16. Nxc6 Qxc6 17. Nb6 Rb8 18. Nxc8 Rbxc8 19. Rd2 a5 20. g6 f5 21.
gxh7+ Kh8 22. Qg3 a4 23. Rg1 Bf6 24. Bg5 f4 25. Qd3 axb3 26. Bxf6 Rxf6 27. Kb1
Rf7 28. cxb3 Rfc7 29. Rdd1 Qb6 30. h5 Qxf2 31. h6 g5 32. Rxg5 e5 33. Rdg1 f3
34. Rg8+ Kxh7 35. R1g7+ Rxg7 36. Rxg7+ Kxh6 37. Qxd6+ Kxg7 38. Qxe5+ Kh6 39.
Qe6+ Kg5 40. Qxc8 Qe1+ 41. Ka2 Qxe4 42. Qc1+ Qf4 43. Qg1+ Kh5 44. Qh1+ Kg6 45.
Qg1+ Kf5 46. Qc5+ Kg4 47. Qg1+ Qg3 48. Qd4+ Kh3 49. Qxb4 f2 50. Qc4 Kg2 51.
Qd5+ Kg1 52. Qd4 Qg8 53. Ka3 Qa8+ 54. Kb4 Qf3 55. Ka3 Kg2 56. Qd2 Qa8+ 57. Kb4
Qb7+ 58. Ka4 Qa6+ 59. Kb4 Qf6 60. Ka3 Kh1 61. Qd5+ Kg1 62. Qc5 Qf4 63. Ka2 Qe4
64. b4 Kf1 65. b5 Ke1 66. Qc3+ 0-1

[Event "Foros Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2007.06.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "272"]
[EventDate "2007.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Kh1 Nc6 10. f3 b5 11. Qd2 Qb6 12. Rd1 Re8 13. Qe3 Qc7 14. Bd2 Be6 15.
Be1 Bf8 16. Rac1 Ne7 17. Bh4 b4 18. Na4 Nd7 19. Nd2 d5 20. c3 bxc3 21. Qxc3 Qb7
22. Qc7 Qb4 23. Bxe7 Bxe7 24. exd5 Bxd5 25. Ne4 Be6 26. b3 Qa3 27. Bc4 Rac8 28.
Bxe6 Rxc7 29. Rxc7 fxe6 30. Rdxd7 Rd8 31. Rxd8+ Bxd8 32. Rc8 Kf7 33. g3 Be7 34.
Rc2 Qb4 35. Rd2 Qa5 36. Kg2 Bb4 37. Rc2 h6 38. h4 Kg6 39. Kh3 Be7 40. Kg4 h5+
41. Kh3 Qe1 42. Kg2 Bb4 43. Rf2 Qb1 44. Nb6 Be1 45. Re2 Qd1 46. Rb2 Qc1 47. Na4
Bb4 48. Rf2 Be1 49. Re2 Qd1 50. Rb2 Bb4 51. Nf2 Qd4 52. Rc2 Be1 53. Ne4 Qd1 54.
Rb2 Bb4 55. Nf2 Qd4 56. Re2 Bc5 57. Nxc5 Qxc5 58. Nd3 Qd4 59. Nxe5+ Kf6 60. Nc4
Qd1 61. Rd2 Qe1 62. Rf2 e5 63. Nd6 a5 64. Ne4+ Ke7 65. Rc2 g6 66. Nf2 Qb1 67.
Rd2 Qe1 68. Rd5 Ke6 69. Rb5 Qd2 70. a4 Kf6 71. Rb6+ Kf7 72. Ra6 Kg7 73. Rc6 Kf7
74. Rc5 Ke6 75. Rc4 Kf6 76. Kf1 Ke6 77. Ne4 Qd1+ 78. Kf2 Kf7 79. Rc3 Kf8 80.
Rc8+ Kf7 81. Rc7+ Kf8 82. Rc8+ Kf7 83. Rc5 Qxb3 84. Rxa5 Qb6+ 85. Rc5 Qb2+ 86.
Kf1 Qa1+ 87. Kg2 Qxa4 88. Rxe5 Qc2+ 89. Nf2 Kf6 90. Re4 Kf7 91. Kf1 Qc1+ 92.
Kg2 Qc2 93. Rd4 Kg7 94. Rd7+ Kf8 95. Kf1 Qc1+ 96. Rd1 Qc2 97. Ke1 Kg7 98. Rd7+
Kf8 99. Ne4 Qb2 100. Rd2 Qb3 101. Kf2 Kg7 102. Kg2 Qe3 103. Rf2 Qd3 104. Ng5
Qe3 105. Nh3 Kf7 106. Nf4 Qc3 107. Ra2 Qc4 108. Rb2 Qc3 109. Rb7+ Kg8 110. Re7
Qc2+ 111. Re2 Qc4 112. Rb2 Qc3 113. Re2 Qc4 114. Rf2 Kf7 115. Nh3 Kg7 116. Ng5
Kf8 117. Rd2 Qc3 118. Ne4 Qe3 119. Ra2 Kg7 120. Ra5 Qe2+ 121. Nf2 Kf7 122. Rg5
Qc2 123. g4 hxg4 124. Rxg4 Qe2 125. Rg5 Qd2 126. Re5 Qb2 127. Re4 Kg7 128. Kg3
Qb8+ 129. Kh3 Qb3 130. Rf4 Qe3 131. Kg3 Qe5 132. Ne4 Kh6 133. Nf2 Kg7 134. Nh3
Qe1+ 135. Kg2 Qd2+ 136. Kh1 Qc1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Foros Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2007.06.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2007.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 2] Played in the penultimate round, in a moment when Ivanchuk had an
advantage of just half a point over Shirov, this game had enormous importance
for the final configuration of the cross-table.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6
4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. d4 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. Re1 Bg4 {After a
slightly unusual move order, the increasingly fashionable tabyia of the Yates
system has arisen. Shirov never employed this system before, but might have
included it in his repertoire under the influence of his second in the
just-finished Candidates' matches in Elista - Dieter Nisipeanu.} 10. Be3 exd4
11. cxd4 d5 12. e5 Ne4 13. Nc3 {There are certain subtleties regarding the
move order.} ({White frequently inserts the moves} 13. h3 Bh5 {before playing}
14. Nc3 Nxc3 15. bxc3 {in order to be able to meet} f5 $6 {with} 16. exf6 Rxf6
17. g4 $14) 13... Nxc3 14. bxc3 Qd7 {The most natural move: Black completes
his development by connecting rooks.} (14... f5 {is an important alternative,
because White cannot capture on f6 already:} 15. exf6 Rxf6 {[%csl Yf3]}) 15. h3
{But now, it is considered that White should not play this move any more,
because it only drives the bishop closer to the stable g6-square. (However, it
is typical for Shirov's style to launch massive pawn attacks on the kingside,
regardless of the opening. From this perspective, the next moves are easy to
understand).} ({For instance, after} 15. Bc2 {, threatening Qb1 or Qd3, Black
plays} Bh5 {anyway, which in certain cases offers White a clear extra-tempo.}
16. Qb1 Bg6 (16... Bxf3 $2 17. Bxh7+ Kh8 18. Bf5 $1 $16) 17. a4 Rab8 18. axb5
axb5 19. Bg5 $14 {Korneev,O (2559)-Blagojevic,D (2521)/Arco 2003/EXT 2004 (1-0,
61)}) 15... Bh5 16. g4 (16. Bc2 {is slightly less efficient now, because Black
gets a whole tempo for his regrouping.} Nd8 17. Qb1 (17. Rb1 Ne6 18. g4 Bg6 19.
Bf5 a5 20. Qd3 Rab8 21. Kh2 Qc6 22. h4 h5 23. Rg1 Qc4 24. Qc2 b4 25. gxh5 Bxh5
26. Bh6 Qxc3 27. Qxc3 bxc3 {>Pc3} 28. Rxb8 (28. Bxe6 Rxb1 29. Rxg7+ Kh8 30. Bf5
Bg6 $1 $15) 28... Rxb8 29. Bxe6 Kh7 $3 30. Bg5 (30. Bxg7 fxe6 31. Ne1 Bxh4 $17)
30... fxe6 31. Bxe7 Bxf3 32. Rc1 $11 {Ganguly-Kurnosov, Moscow 2005}) (17. a4
Ne6 18. Bf5 Qc6 19. g4 Bg6 20. axb5 (20. Qb3 $5) 20... axb5 21. Qb3 Rfb8 (21...
Ra4 $1 {<->a} 22. Rab1 Ra5) 22. Reb1 Qb7 23. Kg2 c6 24. Qc2 Rxa1 25. Rxa1 Ra8
26. Rxa8+ Qxa8 27. h4 Qa4 28. Qb1 $14 {Lehner,O (2428)-Haznedaroglu,K (2430)/
Gothenburg 2005/CBM 109 (1-0, 49)}) 17... Bg6 18. Bg5 Ne6 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 $11 20.
a4 c6 21. Ra2 Rfb8 22. Rb2 Qa3 23. Qc1 Bxc2 24. Qxc2 Qxa4 25. Qxa4 bxa4 26.
Rxb8+ Rxb8 27. Ra1 Rb3 28. Rxa4 Rxc3 29. Rxa6 g5 $15 {קd4 Milman,L (2434)
-Onischuk,A (2653)/San Diego 2004/CBM 105 (0-1, 42)}) ({A slightly more
refined way to prepare a kingside expansion is} 16. Bf4 Nd8 17. g4 Ne6 18. Bg3
{By transferring the bishop to g3, White increases his control over the
e5-square, which is important if we think that the advance of the f-pawn (...
f5 or ...f6) is one of Black's main defensive elements. Besides, by defending
the h4-square, White enables Nh4-f5 (which is more active than Shirov's Nd2).}
Bg6 19. Nh4 (19. Bc2 Bxc2 20. Qxc2 c5 21. Qd3 Rfc8 22. Nd2 cxd4 23. cxd4 Bb4
24. Rec1 Rxc1+ 25. Rxc1 Rc8 26. Nb3 Rc4 $17 {Leventic,I (2370)-Blagojevic,D 
(2425)/Kladovo 1991/TD (0-1, 43)}) 19... Rae8 $5 (19... c5 20. Nf5 cxd4 21.
cxd4 Rac8 22. h4 Bb4 23. Re3 h5 24. Nd6 Bxd6 25. exd6 $14 {Timofeev,A (2622)
-Lastin,A (2590)/Sochi 2005/CBM 107 (1-0, 33)}) 20. Nf5 (20. Qd2 {/\f4} Bg5 21.
f4 $2 Nxf4) (20. Nxg6 $2 fxg6 $1 {<f4, <->f}) (20. Rf1 $5) 20... Ba3 21. Qd2 f6
$132 22. Bc2 $6 {/\>Nf5} Ng5 23. Kg2 Ne4 $15) 16... Bg6 17. Nd2 {With the
brutal threat f4-f5.} a5 $146 {Black reacts with an indirect defence.} ({
In case of the previously played} 17... f5 {, White should probably react with}
18. exf6 (18. Qf3 Rad8 19. Qg3 Na5 20. Bf4 Qe6 21. g5 c5 22. Bd1 c4 23. Bf3 b4
$132 {Arencibia,W (2485)-Servat,R (2450)/Matanzas 1995/CBM 047 ext (1/2-1/2,
37)}) 18... Bxf6 19. f4 Rae8 20. Qf3 $13) 18. f4 (18. a3 $6 a4 19. Ba2 Bxa3 20.
Bxd5 Qxd5 21. Rxa3 f6 $15 {leaves Black with nice control of the light squares.
}) ({However, the thematic} 18. a4 {deserves further investigation.} b4 19. c4
(19. cxb4 Nxb4 20. f4) 19... dxc4 20. Nxc4 (20. Bxc4 Nxd4 21. Nb3 c5) 20...
Rfd8 21. f4 (21. d5 $6 Qxd5 22. Qxd5 Rxd5 23. Nb6 Rd3 24. Nxa8 Rxb3 25. f4 (25.
Nxc7 Nxe5 $44) 25... Rxe3 26. Rxe3 Bc5 27. f5 (27. Kf2 Bc2 $19) 27... Bxe3+ 28.
Kg2 Nxe5 $44) 21... Nxd4 (21... Be4 22. Bf2 Bd5 23. f5 $14 {()}) 22. f5 {
and now Black has several ways to sacrifice a piece for 3 pawns, with unclear
play.}) 18... a4 19. Bc2 Bxc2 20. Qxc2 f5 21. exf6 {Of course, after the
exchange of the light-squared bishops, White should be even less interested
than before in keeping the position blocked.} Bxf6 22. Nf3 Rae8 {Optically
speaking, Black has a wonderful position. He has just completed his
development in a very harmonious way, while the enemy forces are not that well
coordinated. Strategically, he can also be satisfied, because in the long run
the weakness of the light squares in the white camp (c4 and e4 in first line)
might tell. However, things are not that one-sided. First of all, Black's
minor pieces do not have active possibilities yet and display only defensive
functions (such as controlling the e5-square). Besides, White's kingside
majority is quite threatening. In conclusion, the position remains enormously
complicated and probably equal, although subjectively speaking I would prefer
Black.} 23. Bf2 {White probably intended to exchange the rooks, after which
Black's lead in development would be annihilated, while the kingside plan
would remain valid.} ({With the queen's rook undeveloped yet,} 23. Ne5 {
might seem premature, but things are not entirely clear:} Bxe5 24. dxe5 (24.
fxe5 $15 {stabilizes the position in Black's favour.}) 24... g5 $5 25. Qd2 d4
$5 26. Rad1 (26. cxd4 $2 gxf4 27. Bxf4 Nxd4 $17) 26... Qf7 $13) 23... h5 $1 {
The player with an advantage in development should play actively!} 24. Qg6 (24.
f5 hxg4 25. hxg4 g6 $132) 24... Re4 25. Rxe4 dxe4 {The critical moment of the
game. White cannot capture on e4 because this would leave him in an unpleasant
position after ...hxg4, but where to move the knight?} 26. Nh2 $2 {Shirov was
probably hoping for a slow but consistent attack, based on g5, Qxh5 and g6.
The knight was designed to go either to e3 or g4 (after gxh5). If this is
correct, he might have relied on the fact that the enemy minor pieces are
restriced by his central pawns, forgetting for a minute that he has not
completed his development yet, a detail that makes such moves away from the
centre very risky.} (26. Ng5 Bxg5 27. Qxg5 $13) (26. Ne5 Bxe5 27. fxe5 $13 {
In both cases, Black would have faced difficulties in establishing his
domination on the light squares and the evaluation of the position would have
remained uncertain (although, once again, I would take Black!).}) 26... Nxd4 $3
{A splendid sacrifice, underlining the lack of harmony reigning in White's
camp. The queen is cut off from the rest of the army, while the other pieces
are spread all over the board. It appears that White's centre was not solid
enough to protect him against dynamic operations.} 27. cxd4 Bxd4 28. Rb1 {
Curiously, there is no better square along the first rank.} (28. Rf1 $2 e3 $19)
(28. Re1 $2 Bxf2+ 29. Kxf2 Qd2+ 30. Re2 Rxf4+ 31. Kg3 h4+ ({Even better than} 
31... Qxe2 32. Kxf4 Qxh2+ {, which should win as well.}) 32. Kxh4 Qxe2 33. Qe8+
Rf8 34. Qe6+ Kh8 $19) (28. Rd1 Bxf2+ 29. Kxf2 Qxd1 $19) (28. Rc1 Bxf2+ 29. Kxf2
Qd2+ $19) 28... e3 29. Bg3 h4 $1 {Removing the only defender of the f4-pawn.}
30. Bxh4 Rxf4 {Black threatens ...e2+ followed by ...Qd5+ and mate to follow
soon.} 31. Qd3 $5 {The only way to defend against the immediate threats. The
queen takes the third rank under observation, which would allow him save the
game in case of a hurried advance of the e-pawn.} Qd5 (31... e2+ $2 32. Kg2
Qd5+ 33. Nf3 $1 {and suddenly there is no attack.}) 32. Nf1 Rf2 $5 (32... e2+
33. Ne3 Qf3 {would have won as well.}) 33. Nxe3 (33. Bxf2 exf2+ 34. Kh2 Be5+
$19 {[%csl Yd3]}) 33... Rg2+ 34. Kh1 Qf3 0-1

[Event "Foros Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2007.06.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D81"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2007.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg7 6. e4 O-O 7. Be2 Nfd7 8.
Be3 Nb6 9. Qc5 e5 10. Nf3 N8d7 11. Qa5 exd4 12. Bxd4 Bxd4 13. Nxd4 Qe7 14. O-O
Nc5 15. Qa3 Re8 16. Rfe1 Ne6 17. Qxe7 Rxe7 18. Nc2 Nc5 19. f3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Odessa Pivdenny Bank"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2007.07.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Drozdovskij, Yuri"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2007.07.04"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 e5 4. Bxc4 Nc6 5. Nf3 e4 6. Nfd2 Qg5 7. g3 Nf6 8. Nc3
Qg6 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. Bxd5 Bf5 11. Qa4 O-O-O 12. Bxc6 Qxc6 13. Qxc6 bxc6 14. Nb3
h5 15. h4 Bg4 16. Bd2 Rd5 17. Rc1 Rh6 18. Na5 c5 19. Nb3 Bf3 20. Rg1 Ra6 21.
dxc5 Rxa2 22. Bc3 g6 23. Bd4 Bh6 24. Rb1 f5 25. Kd2 Ra4 26. Kc3 Be2 27. Nc1 Bb5
28. b3 Ra6 29. Rd1 Bf8 30. b4 Ra3+ 31. Rb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Odessa Pivdenny Bank"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2007.07.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B89"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2007.07.04"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nc6 8. Be3
Be7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. Rhg1 b5 12. g4 b4 13. Nd5 exd5 14. Nxc6 Qxc6
15. g5 Nxe4 16. Bxd5 Qa4 17. Bxe4 Be6 18. Rd4 $146 {Ivanchuk has been in great
form lately and part of his trick lies in his vast chess knowledge. The new
move puts Black in grave danger due to the idea of Bxh7+.} (18. Bxh7+ Kxh7 19.
Qh5+ Kg8 20. g6 fxg6 21. Qxg6 Bf6 22. Bd4 b3 23. axb3 Qa1+ 24. Kd2 Qa5+ 25. Kc1
Qa1+ 26. Kd2 Qa5+ 27. Kc1 Bxd4 28. Rxd4 Rf7 29. Qxe6 Qa1+ 30. Kd2 Qxg1 {
0-1 Janovsky,S (2360)-Machulsky,A (2465)/Sverdlovsk 1989 (38)}) (18. Bd4 g6 19.
Bxa8 (19. h4 Rac8 20. h5 Qxa2 21. f4 Rc4 22. Qe3 (22. Rh1 Qa1+ {0-1 Valenti,G 
(2240)-Weindl,A (2360)/Chiasso 1991}) 22... Rfc8 23. hxg6 fxg6 24. Kd2 Bf5 25.
Bxf5 gxf5 26. Qe6+ Kf8 27. Ke1 Re8 28. Qxf5+ Kg8 29. Qe6+ Kf8 30. Kf1 {1-0
Brinck Claussen,B (2395)-Olsen,N/Lyngby 1990 (35)}) 19... Rxa8 20. b3 Qxa2 21.
Rd2 Rc8 22. Qe3 Qxb3 {1/2 Stean,M (2345)-Dueball,J (2455)/Nice 1974}) 18...
Rac8 (18... Qxa2 $2 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Qh5+ Kg8 21. Rh4 f5 22. g6 $18) (18...
g6 19. Bxa8 Qxa2 20. Qd1 Rxa8 21. Rxb4 d5 $13) 19. a3 a5 (19... d5 20. Bd3 (20.
Bxd5 $2 Bxd5 21. Rxd5 bxa3 $19) 20... Rc4 $1 21. Bxh7+ $1 (21. Bxc4 $6 dxc4 22.
Rxc4 Qb5 23. b3 bxa3 $15) 21... Kxh7 22. Qh5+ Kg8 23. Rxc4 dxc4 24. g6 fxg6 25.
Qxg6 Bf6 26. Bd4 Bxd4 27. Qxe6+ Rf7 28. Qc8+ Kh7 29. Qh3+ Kg8 30. Qc8+ $11) 20.
Bd3 {White ignores the idea Kb1 at his peril, as it would have solved the
problem of the queenside attack.} (20. Kb1 $1 g6 21. b3 Qe8 22. axb4 a4 23. Qd3
$14) 20... g6 (20... Qb3 $1 21. axb4 Qa2 22. Qd1 $13) 21. h4 $2 (21. Kb1 $1 Rb8
22. b3 Qc6 23. a4 $14) 21... Qb3 $1 22. axb4 Qa2 (22... axb4 23. Qe1 d5 24. Kb1
Qa4 25. b3 Qa5 26. Bc1 $15) 23. Qd1 (23. Qe1 d5 24. bxa5 Rb8 25. b3 Qa1+ 26.
Kd2 Qxa5+ 27. Ke2 Qc7 $13) 23... d5 $1 {The only active side on the board is
Black and White has to fight for survival.} (23... Qa1+ 24. Kd2 Qxb2 25. Qa1
Qxa1 26. Rxa1 axb4 27. Ra7 $14) 24. bxa5 Qxa5 25. Qe1 (25. h5 Rb8 26. hxg6 fxg6
$15) 25... Qa1+ 26. Kd2 Qxb2 27. Qc1 (27. Qa1 Bb4+ 28. Ke2 Qxa1 29. Rxa1 Bc3
$17) 27... Qb8 $1 {[%mdl 128] This neat move supports the black pieces and
transfers the queen to the kingside. White's king will not be happy in the
centre so it is his natural respite...} (27... Qc3+ 28. Ke2 Rfe8 29. Qa1 Qc7
$17) 28. Ke2 Bc5 29. Rf4 (29. Ra4 Bd7 30. Rf4 Rfe8 31. Kf3 Bxe3 32. fxe3 Qe5
$17) 29... Rfe8 30. Bxc5 $2 {Even the greatest players are capable of cracking
under pressure. Much tougher resistance could have been put up after 30.Kf3.} (
30. Kf3 Bd6 31. Ra4 Bd7 32. Ra6 Qb4 $17) 30... Bg4+ $1 31. Kf1 Bh3+ 32. Rg2
Rxc5 33. h5 (33. Kg1 Bxg2 34. Kxg2 Ra5 $19) 33... Qe5 34. Rh4 (34. hxg6 hxg6
35. Kg1 Bxg2 36. Kxg2 Qxg5+ $19) 34... Qh2 {Finally the queen decides the
battle with her smart manoeuvres..} (34... Ra5 35. f4 Qd4 36. Rxh3 Ra1 $19) 35.
Rxh3 Qxh3 36. hxg6 (36. Qd1 gxh5 37. Kg1 d4 $19) 36... Qxd3+ $1 0-1

[Event "Odessa Pivdenny Bank"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2007.07.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2007.07.04"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nb6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Bg4 8. f3
Be6 9. Nbc3 Qd7 10. Ne4 Bd5 11. Nc5 Qc8 12. Nf4 e6 13. Be3 Nb4 14. Bb5+ c6 15.
Be2 Bc4 16. Nh5 N6d5 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bc1 Bxe2 19. Qxe2 g6 20. Ng3 b6 21. Nb3 a5
22. a3 a4 23. axb4 axb3 24. Rxa8 Bxb4+ 25. Kf2 Qxa8 26. Ne4 Kd7 27. Qc4 Qa4 28.
Bd2 Ra8 29. Qd3 Qa2 30. Bc1 Ra4 31. Kg3 Be7 32. Rd1 g5 33. Kg4 b5 34. g3 Rc4
35. Nd2 Rxc1 36. Rxc1 Qxb2 37. Rb1 Qa2 38. Rxb3 Bb4 39. Rxb4 Nxb4 40. Qh7 Ke7
41. Ne4 Qxh2 42. Nd6 h5+ 43. Qxh5 Qxh5+ 44. Kxh5 Nc2 45. Kxg5 Nxd4 46. f4 c5
47. g4 c4 48. Ne4 b4 49. f5 c3 0-1

[Event "Odessa Pivdenny Bank"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2007.07.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2007.07.04"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. e4
O-O 9. Bd3 a6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. O-O Re8 12. Re1 Qe7 13. Bf4 Nh5 14. Bh2 Rb8 15.
g4 Nhf6 16. e5 dxe5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Rxe5 Qxe5 19. Bxe5 Rxe5 20. Qb3 h5 21.
Qb6 Bd7 22. f3 hxg4 23. hxg4 Re3 24. Qd6 Rbe8 25. Bxg6 Rxf3 26. g5 Bh3 27. gxf6
Rxf6 28. Qxf6 Bxf6 29. Bd3 Re3 30. Rd1 Bd4 31. Kh2 Kf8 32. d6 Be5+ 33. Kg1 Bd4
34. Kh2 Bg4 35. Rd2 Rh3+ 36. Kg2 Be3 37. Rd1 Bf4 38. Be2 Rh2+ 39. Kg1 Bd7 40.
Bf3 Rxb2 41. Ne4 Be3+ 42. Kh1 Bd4 43. Ng5 f6 44. Ne4 Bxa4 45. d7 Ke7 46. Rc1
Bb5 47. Rd1 Ba4 0-1

[Event "Odessa Pivdenny Bank"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2007.07.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2007.07.04"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
Bb7 9. d3 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. axb5 axb5 12. Rxa8 Bxa8 13. Nxe5 Nd4 14. Nd2 Bd6
15. c3 Nxb3 16. Nxb3 c5 17. d4 c4 18. Nc5 b4 19. Bd2 bxc3 20. bxc3 Bxc5 21.
dxc5 Qc8 22. Qe2 Ne7 23. Be3 Nd5 24. Qxc4 Qf5 25. Bd4 Nf4 26. c6 Qg5 27. g3
Nh3+ 28. Kg2 Qf5 29. g4 Nf4+ 30. Kg3 Qg5 31. h4 Nh5+ 32. Kg2 Nf4+ 33. Kf3 Qf6
34. Kg3 Ne6 35. Bb6 Rc8 36. f4 h5 37. f5 Nf8 38. Bd4 hxg4 39. Ng6 Qd6+ 40. Be5
Qd2 41. Ne7+ Kh7 42. Re2 Qd1 43. Qxf7 Qg1+ 44. Kf4 Qf1+ 45. Kg5 Qc1+ 46. Bf4
Ne6+ 47. Rxe6 1-0

[Event "Odessa Pivdenny Bank"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2007.07.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2007.07.04"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 a6 6. a4 c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O
Be7 9. dxc5 O-O 10. Qc2 Bxc5 11. Rd1 Bd7 12. Ne4 Nb4 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Qe2 Bc6
15. e4 Rfd8 16. Rxd8+ Qxd8 17. Bd2 Nc2 18. Bg5 Nd4 19. Nxd4 Qxd4 20. Bd3 Qb4
21. Qc2 Bd4 22. Ra2 0-1

[Event "Odessa Pivdenny Bank"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2007.07.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2007.07.04"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Bf5 8. d5
Na5 9. Nd2 c6 10. b4 Nxd5 11. cxd5 Bxc3 12. e4 Bxa1 13. exf5 Bg7 14. Re1 cxd5
15. bxa5 gxf5 16. Bxd5 Qxa5 17. Nc4 Qc7 18. Bf4 Rad8 19. Qb3 b6 20. Bf3 Rc8 21.
Bd5 Rcd8 22. h4 e6 23. Bxe6 fxe6 24. Nxd6 Kh8 25. Rxe6 Qc3 26. Qd5 Rd7 27. Qb5
Rdd8 28. Re7 Qc5 29. Qxc5 bxc5 30. Nf7+ Rxf7 31. Rxf7 c4 32. Rxf5 c3 33. Rc5
Bd4 34. Rc4 Bf6 35. Kg2 Rd3 36. a4 Kg8 37. a5 Kf7 38. Rc7+ Ke6 39. Rxa7 Bd4 40.
Ra6+ Kd5 41. Rd6+ Kc5 42. a6 c2 43. a7 Ra3 44. Rd7 Kc4 45. Rxh7 Bxa7 46. Rc7+
Bc5 47. h5 Rc3 48. h6 Kd3 49. h7 Bd4 50. Rd7 1-0

[Event "Odessa Pivdenny Bank"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2007.07.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2007.07.04"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Qd7 11. Nc3 Rfe8 12. Ne2 Nd8 13. Ng3 Ne6 14. Ng5 h6 15.
Nxe6 fxe6 16. c3 c5 17. d4 Bf8 18. Bc2 cxd4 19. cxd4 exd4 20. Qxd4 Rac8 21. Bb3
Qf7 22. Bd2 d5 23. exd5 Bxd5 24. Bxd5 Nxd5 25. Rac1 Rcd8 26. Qg4 Nf6 27. Qe2
Bd6 28. Ba5 Rd7 29. Ne4 Nxe4 30. Qxe4 Bb8 31. Rc3 Rd5 32. Rf3 Qd7 33. Bc3 Ba7
34. Rg3 Bd4 35. Bxd4 Rxd4 36. Qg6 Kh8 37. Re5 Rf4 38. Rd3 Qe7 39. Rd6 Ref8 40.
Rdxe6 Qa7 41. Re7 Qxf2+ 42. Kh2 R4f7 43. Rxf7 Rxf7 44. Re8+ Rf8 45. Rxf8+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Odessa Pivdenny Bank"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2007.07.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Tukmakov, Vladimir B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2007.07.04"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 c6 8. Ba2
b6 9. Qe2 Qc7 10. Rd1 Bb7 11. Nh4 exd4 12. Rxd4 g6 13. Bg5 Rfe8 14. Rad1 a6 15.
Qf3 Ne5 16. Qf4 Nh5 17. Qc1 Bf8 18. f4 Nd7 19. b4 Kg7 20. f5 Ne5 21. Bh6+ Kh8
22. Bxf8 Rxf8 23. Rxd6 Rad8 24. Qd2 Rxd6 25. Qxd6 Qxd6 26. Rxd6 Kg7 27. fxg6
hxg6 28. Nf3 Ng4 29. Bb3 Nf4 30. g3 Nh5 31. Rd7 Bc8 32. Rc7 Nhf6 33. Rxc6 Bb7
34. Rxb6 Bxe4 35. Nxe4 Nxe4 36. Rb7 Rd8 37. Rxf7+ Kh6 38. c4 1-0

[Event "Montreal 8th"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2007.07.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2007.07.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 Ngf6 5. O-O cxd4 6. Qxd4 a6 7. Bxd7+ Bxd7
8. c4 g6 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Qd3 Be6 12. Bd2 Nd7 13. b3 b5 14. cxb5 Nc5
15. Qe2 axb5 16. Qxb5 Ra3 17. e5 Qa8 18. Rac1 Rb8 19. Qf1 Bf5 20. Re3 dxe5 21.
Qc4 Nd3 22. Rxd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal 8th"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2007.07.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Charbonneau, Pascal"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C59"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2007.07.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8.
Be2 h6 9. Nf3 e4 10. Ne5 Bc5 11. O-O O-O 12. Kh1 Re8 13. f4 exf3 14. Nxf3 Ng4
15. d4 Bd6 16. h3 Bg3 17. Kg1 Qe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal 8th"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2007.07.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2007.07.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bd2 dxc4 5. e3 Be6 6. Nf3 c6 7. Ng5 Bd5 8. e4
h6 9. exd5 hxg5 10. dxc6 Nxc6 11. Bxg5 Bg7 12. Bxc4 Nxd4 13. Be3 e5 14. O-O O-O
15. Rc1 Qb6 16. f4 Rad8 17. fxe5 Bh6 18. Kh1 Bxe3 19. Rxf6 Ne6 20. Qc2 Rd2 21.
Qe4 Rd4 22. Qxe3 Rxc4 23. Qe2 Rc5 24. h3 Qc7 25. Re1 Kg7 26. Rff1 Nd4 27. Qf2
Nf5 28. g4 Nh6 29. Qf6+ Kh7 30. Qh4 Rc4 31. Ne4 Kg7 32. Qf6+ Kg8 33. Qh4 Qc6
34. Rf6 Qd5 35. Rd6 Qa5 36. e6 fxe6 37. Rxe6 Rc6 38. Rxc6 bxc6 39. a3 Kg7 40.
Kg2 Qd5 41. Qe7+ Rf7 42. Qd6 Ng8 43. Qxd5 cxd5 44. Nc5 a5 45. Re8 Ne7 46. b4
axb4 47. axb4 d4 48. Rd8 g5 49. b5 Rf6 50. Rd7 Kf7 51. Ne4 Rb6 52. Rxd4 Ke6 53.
Nc3 Rb8 54. Kg3 Rc8 55. Rd3 Ke5 56. b6 Rc4 57. b7 Nc6 58. Nd5 Nb8 59. Nb6 Rb4
60. Rd8 Rb3+ 61. Kg2 Rb2+ 62. Kf1 Rb1+ 63. Ke2 Nc6 64. b8=Q+ Nxb8 65. Rxb8 Rb2+
66. Kd1 Ke4 67. Re8+ Kd4 68. Nd7 Rh2 69. Rh8 Ke3 70. Nc5 Rd2+ 71. Ke1 Rc2 72.
Re8+ Kf3 73. Ne6 Kg3 74. Rh8 Rc6 75. Nxg5 Kf4 76. Rg8 1-0

[Event "Montreal 8th"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2007.07.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2007.07.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. a4 Qc7 12. Qe2 Bd6 13. h3 O-O 14. c3 h6
15. Re1 b6 16. Bd3 Bb7 17. Bd2 Rfd8 18. Rad1 Bc5 19. Nf3 Bd6 20. Bc2 Rd7 21.
Be3 Rad8 22. Bd4 Bc5 23. Bxf6 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 25. Qxd1 gxf6 26. Nd4 Qe5 27.
Bd3 Bd6 28. Nf3 Qf4 29. Be2 Kg7 30. Kf1 Bc7 31. Ne1 a5 32. Qd7 Bd5 33. Nd3 Qh2
34. Bf3 Bxf3 35. gxf3 Qxh3+ 36. Ke2 Qh2 37. b4 h5 38. bxa5 bxa5 39. c4 h4 40.
c5 h3 41. c6 Bb6 42. Qb7 Qg1 43. Qxb6 h2 44. c7 h1=Q 45. Qb3 Qf1+ 46. Ke3 Qh6+
0-1

[Event "Montreal 8th"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2007.07.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2007.07.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 Bb7 12. Qf3 Bd6 13. Bxd5 c6 14. Re2 cxd5
15. d4 Qc7 16. g3 Rae8 17. Be3 a5 18. Nd2 b4 19. cxb4 Bxb4 20. a3 Bd6 21. Ree1
Re6 22. Rac1 Qb6 23. Qd1 Rfe8 24. Qb3 Bf8 25. Rc3 Qa6 26. Nf3 a4 27. Qc2 f6 28.
Rc1 Qb5 29. Ne1 Rb6 30. Nd3 Ree6 31. Nc5 Bxc5 32. dxc5 Ra6 33. b4 axb3 34. Rxb3
Qd7 35. Rcb1 Bc6 36. Qf5 Re8 37. Qxd7 Bxd7 38. h4 Rea8 39. Rb6 Bf5 40. Rxa6
Rxa6 41. Rb8+ Kf7 42. Rb7+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal 8th"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2007.07.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2007.07.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Bg7 6. e4 Nb6 7. Be3 O-O 8.
Bb5 N8d7 9. f4 c6 10. Be2 Nf6 11. Rc1 Be6 12. b3 Qd7 13. h3 Rad8 14. Nf3 Nh5
15. Kf2 f5 16. e5 Bh6 17. g3 Nd5 18. Rg1 Ng7 19. Na4 b6 20. Bd2 Bf7 21. Qc2 Rc8
22. h4 Qb7 23. b4 Ne6 24. Rgd1 Rfd8 25. a3 Ndc7 26. Be3 Nb5 27. Ra1 Nec7 28.
Nb2 Nd5 29. Bd2 Ndc7 30. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal 8th"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2007.07.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Bluvshtein, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2007.07.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. f3 a6 8. Qd2
e6 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Kb1 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Bc6 12. h4 h6 13. Bd2 Qc7 14. Bd3 b5 15.
g4 Nd7 16. g5 hxg5 17. hxg5 Rxh1 18. Rxh1 Ne5 19. Be3 f6 20. Nd5 exd5 21. exd5
Bb7 22. Rh8+ Bf8 23. gxf6 gxf6 24. Bh6 O-O-O 25. Bf5+ Kb8 26. Bxf8 Nf7 27. Rg8
Nh6 28. Bxd6 Qxd6 29. Rxd8+ Qxd8 30. Qf4+ Ka8 31. Qxh6 Qxd5 32. Be4 Qd1+ 33.
Qc1 Qe2 34. Qh1 Bxe4 35. fxe4 Ka7 36. a3 Kb6 37. Qg1+ Kc6 38. Qd4 Qf3 39. b3
Kb7 40. Kb2 Qf4 41. Qd5+ Kb6 42. a4 bxa4 43. bxa4 Qf1 44. a5+ Ka7 45. Qd7+ Kb8
46. Qd3 Qe1 47. Qd8+ Kb7 48. Qb6+ Kc8 49. Qc6+ Kb8 50. Qb6+ Kc8 51. Qxa6+ Kb8
52. Qb6+ Ka8 53. Qc6+ Ka7 54. a6 1-0

[Event "Montreal 8th"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2007.07.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Miton, Kamil"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2007.07.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Ba6 5. e3 Be7 6. Bd3 d5 7. cxd5 Bxd3 8. Qxd3
exd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Nbd2 Nbd7 11. b3 Bd6 12. Bb2 Qe7 13. Rfc1 Rfe8 14. Rc2 Ne4
15. Rac1 Qe6 16. Rc6 Nb8 17. R6c2 Nd7 18. Rc6 Qf5 19. Qf1 Rad8 20. Nxe4 dxe4
21. Nd2 Re6 22. a4 Nf6 23. Nb1 Nd5 24. Ba3 Ne7 25. R6c3 Bxh2+ 26. Kxh2 Qh5+ 27.
Kg1 Rh6 28. f3 Nf5 29. Nd2 Qh2+ 30. Kf2 Qh4+ 31. Kg1 Ng3 32. Qd1 exf3 33. Qxf3
Qh2+ 34. Kf2 Rf6 35. Qxf6 gxf6 36. e4 Nh1+ 37. Rxh1 Qxh1 38. Be7 Qh6 39. Rg3+
Kh8 40. Nf3 Re8 0-1

[Event "Montreal 8th"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2007.07.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2007.07.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Re1 Bf5 10. Qb3 Na6 11. Nc3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nxc3 13. bxc3 b5 14. Bf1 Nc7
15. Bg5 Qd7 16. Ne5 Qe6 17. c4 Bxe5 18. Rxe5 Qg6 19. Qf3 f6 20. Rxf5 fxg5 21.
Rxf8+ Rxf8 22. Qe3 Qf6 23. Rc1 bxc4 24. Bxc4+ Kh8 25. g3 h6 26. Bb3 Nd5 27. Qd2
Re8 28. Qd3 Rf8 29. Qd2 Re8 30. Qd3 Rf8 31. Rf1 Qd6 32. Re1 Qd7 33. Bc2 Nf6 34.
Qa3 Rd8 35. Qc5 Qf7 36. Bb3 Qf8 37. Qxa7 Re8 38. Re5 Ng4 39. Rxe8 Qxe8 40. Qf7
Qd8 41. a4 1-0

[Event "Villarrobledo op 22nd"]
[Site "Villarrobledo"]
[Date "2007.08.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Almagro Mazariegos, Sebastian"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2296"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2007.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. f4 b5 10. a4 b4 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. Qxd5 Qb6+ 13. Kh1 Bb7 14. Qd3 Nd7 15.
Be3 Qc7 16. Bf3 a5 17. Rfe1 Rfd8 18. Rac1 exf4 19. Bxf4 Ne5 20. Qe2 Bh4 21.
Red1 Ba6 22. Qe3 Nc4 23. Qg1 Nxb2 24. Rd5 Nc4 25. Nd4 Bf6 26. Nb5 Bxb5 27. Rxb5
Rab8 28. Rd5 Be5 29. Bg5 Re8 30. Be2 h6 31. Bh4 Bf4 32. Rf1 Ne3 33. Bb5 Nxd5
34. exd5 Be3 35. Bf2 Bxf2 36. Qxf2 Re5 37. Bc6 Qe7 38. h3 h5 0-1

[Event "Villarrobledo op 22nd"]
[Site "Villarrobledo"]
[Date "2007.08.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Iljushin, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2007.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qd3 e6 8. e4
c5 9. dxc5 Qxd3 10. Bxd3 Bxc5 11. e5 Nd5 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Bf4 Be6 14. Ke2 Nd7
15. a4 b4 16. Rhc1 Ke7 17. Bg5+ f6 18. exf6+ gxf6 19. Be3 Bxe3 20. Kxe3 Kd6 21.
Nd4 Ne5 22. f4 Nxd3 23. Rc6+ Kd7 24. Kxd3 Bf5+ 25. Kd2 Be4 26. Rxf6 Bxg2 27.
Rg1 Rhg8 28. Rf7+ Kd6 29. Rxh7 Be4 30. Rh6+ Kd7 31. Rg5 Raf8 32. Ne6 Rc8 33.
Nc5+ Ke7 34. Nxe4 dxe4 35. h4 Rxg5 36. hxg5 b3 37. Ke3 Rc2 38. Rxa6 Rxb2 39.
Kxe4 Rb1 40. Rb6 b2 41. Kf5 Kd7 42. a5 Kc7 43. Rb3 1-0

[Event "Villarrobledo op 22nd"]
[Site "Villarrobledo"]
[Date "2007.08.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Strikovic, Aleksa"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2007.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bc4 Nb6 7. Bb3 dxe5 8.
Nxe5 e6 9. cxd4 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. O-O Be7 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Be3 Nd5 14. Nxd5
cxd5 15. Qd2 Bd7 16. Rfc1 Qb6 17. Bc2 a5 18. Bd3 Bb5 19. Bxb5 Qxb5 20. Rc7 Bd6
21. Rc2 Rfc8 22. Rac1 Rxc2 23. Rxc2 a4 24. h3 h6 25. Bf4 Bxf4 26. Qxf4 Qd3 27.
Rc7 Qb1+ 28. Kh2 Rf8 29. Rc3 Qxb2 30. Rg3 Qb8 31. Qg4 g6 32. Qd1 Qf4 33. Kg1
Rc8 34. Re3 Rc4 35. g3 Qxd4 36. Qe2 h5 37. Kg2 Kg7 38. h4 Rb4 39. Rf3 Qe4 40.
Qa6 Rb8 41. Qa7 Rf8 42. a3 Kg8 43. Qd7 e5 44. Qc6 f6 45. Qc3 Kg7 46. Qc7+ Rf7
47. Qc6 f5 48. Qc3 d4 0-1

[Event "Villarrobledo op 22nd"]
[Site "Villarrobledo"]
[Date "2007.08.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Fedorchuk, Sergey A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2007.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 a5 6. Bg2 Ba6 7. Ne5 Ra7 8. Bxb4
axb4 9. a3 Bc8 10. Nd3 bxa3 11. Nxa3 Bb7 12. Bxb7 Rxb7 13. Qa4 Nc6 14. Nb5 O-O
15. O-O d5 16. cxd5 Qxd5 17. Rfc1 h5 18. Qc4 Qxc4 19. Rxc4 Na5 20. Rxc7 Rxc7
21. Nxc7 Nb3 22. Ra4 Rc8 23. Ra8 Rxa8 24. Nxa8 Nd5 25. e3 Nd2 26. Nf4 Nxf4 27.
gxf4 b5 28. Nc7 b4 29. Na6 b3 30. Nc5 Kf8 31. Kg2 Ke7 32. Nd3 Kd6 33. f3 Kd5
34. Kf2 Nc4 35. Nb4+ Kd6 36. Nd3 Kd5 37. Ke2 f6 38. Nb4+ Kd6 39. Nd3 Kd5 40.
Nc5 Nxb2 41. Nxb3 e5 42. e4+ Kc4 43. fxe5 fxe5 44. dxe5 Nd3 45. Na5+ Kc3 46.
Nc6 g5 47. Ke3 Nf4 48. Nd4 Ng2+ 49. Kf2 Kxd4 50. e6 1-0

[Event "Villarrobledo op 22nd"]
[Site "Villarrobledo"]
[Date "2007.08.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2007.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. e3 Bb4 7. Ndb5 O-O 8.
a3 Be7 9. Be2 d5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. O-O Be6 12. b4 a5 13. bxa5 Qxa5 14. Bb2 Rfd8
15. a4 Rac8 16. Na2 Ne4 17. Nc1 Qd2 18. Qxd2 Nxd2 19. Rd1 Nc4 20. Bc3 Bf5 21.
Nd3 Be4 22. Nf4 Bc5 23. Kh1 Nb4 24. Bg4 Rb8 25. Bxb4 Bxb4 26. Ra2 Ne5 27. Be2
Rbc8 28. h3 Bf8 29. Nd4 Nc6 30. f3 Nxd4 31. Rxd4 Bc2 32. Rb2 Ba3 33. Rxb7 Bc5
34. Rxd5 Bxe3 35. Rxd8+ Rxd8 36. Nd5 Bc5 37. Nc3 Bd4 38. Nb5 Be5 39. a5 Rd2 40.
Nc3 g5 41. a6 Bxc3 42. a7 Rxe2 43. a8=Q+ Kg7 44. Qa2 Re1+ 45. Kh2 Be5+ 46. f4
Bxf4+ 47. g3 Re2+ 48. Kg1 Be3+ 49. Kf1 Rf2+ 50. Ke1 Bg6 51. Qa1+ Rf6 52. Qe5
Bf2+ 53. Ke2 h6 54. Rd7 Bf5 55. Rc7 Be6 56. g4 Bb6 57. Rc6 Bd8 58. Ke3 Be7 59.
Rc7 Bf8 60. Rb7 Kg6 61. Rb8 Be7 62. Qe4+ Kg7 63. Qd4 Kh7 64. Rb7 Rf4 65. Qd3+
1-0

[Event "Villarrobledo op 22nd"]
[Site "Villarrobledo"]
[Date "2007.08.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Evdokimov, Alexander A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2007.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 d6 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O Nxd4 10. Bxd4 a5 11. Re1 Bd7 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Bxd4 14. Qxd4 Re8
15. Rac1 e5 16. dxe6 Rxe6 17. Bf1 Qc7 18. Rcd1 Rxe1 19. Rxe1 Qc5 20. Rd1 Qxd4
21. Rxd4 Ra6 22. f3 Rb6 23. Rd2 Be6 24. Kf2 Rb4 25. Be2 Kf8 26. g4 h6 27. Rc2
g5 28. Ke3 d5 29. b3 a4 30. Kd4 axb3 31. axb3 dxc4 32. Bxc4 Bxc4 33. bxc4 b5
34. Kc5 Rxc4+ 35. Rxc4 bxc4 36. Kxc4 h5 37. gxh5 Kg7 38. Kd5 Kh6 39. Ke5 Kxh5
40. Kf5 Kh4 41. Kf6 g4 42. f4 g3 43. hxg3+ Kxg3 44. Kg5 Kf3 45. f5 Ke4 46. Kf6
Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Villarrobledo op 22nd"]
[Site "Villarrobledo"]
[Date "2007.08.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2007.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3
d5 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 c5 12. e4 dxc4 13. Nxc4 Bb7 14. e5 Nd5 15.
Bb2 b5 16. Nd6 Bxd6 17. exd6 c4 18. bxc4 bxc4 19. Ne5 N7b6 20. Ba3 f6 21. Ng4
Qd7 22. Rc1 Rac8 23. h4 c3 24. h5 h6 25. Qd3 Kh8 26. Qg6 Nc4 27. Bc5 Nxd6 28.
Bxd5 Bxd5 29. Nxh6 f5 30. Bxd6 Rf6 31. Nf7+ Qxf7 32. Qxf7 Rxf7 33. Bc5 Kh7 34.
Rxc3 Kh6 35. f3 Kxh5 36. Kf2 Rb7 37. Ra3 Rb2+ 38. Re2 Rxe2+ 39. Kxe2 a6 40. Ke3
Rc6 41. Kf4 g5+ 42. Ke5 Kg6 43. f4 g4 44. Ra4 Kf7 45. a3 Ke8 46. Rb4 Kd7 47.
Rb7+ Kc8 48. Rh7 Rc7 49. Rxc7+ Kxc7 50. Kf6 Kc6 51. Ke5 Kb5 52. Kf6 a5 53. Ke5
Kc4 54. Be7 Kd3 55. Bf6 Ke3 56. Bh4 Kf3 57. Kd6 Ke4 58. Bf6 a4 59. Kc5 Bb3 60.
Kb4 Kd5 61. Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Villarrobledo op 22nd"]
[Site "Villarrobledo"]
[Date "2007.08.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2007.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. h3 d6 6. c4 Nc6 7. Nc3 Nd7 8. Be2
e5 9. Bh2 f5 10. O-O e4 11. Nd2 Nf6 12. Rb1 Kh8 13. b4 Ne7 14. b5 Be6 15. a4
Qd7 16. Qc2 g5 17. Rfd1 Rae8 18. a5 Ng6 19. b6 axb6 20. axb6 c6 21. d5 Bg8 22.
dxc6 Qxc6 23. Nb3 f4 24. Nb5 Rd8 25. N3d4 Qc5 26. Nc7 Qe5 27. Rb5 d5 28. c5 Ne8
29. c6 Nxc7 30. bxc7 Qxc7 31. Rxb7 Qe5 32. c7 Rc8 33. Bg4 Ne7 34. Bxc8 Rxc8 35.
Rc1 Qf6 36. Rb8 1-0

[Event "Mainz sim"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2007.08.13"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ballo, Harald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "1985"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2007.08.13"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bc4 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Re1 Nb6 11. Bb3 Bf6 12. Be3 Nb4 13. Ne4 Be7 14. Ne5 N4d5
15. Rc1 a5 16. Nc5 Nf6 17. Bg5 Nbd5 18. Qf3 Nd7 19. Bxe7 Nxe7 20. Ncxd7 Bxd7
21. Qxb7 1-0

[Event "Mainz sim"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2007.08.13"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Becker, Hans Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "800"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2007.08.13"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 d6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 Be6 4. Bg2 c6 5. d3 Be7 6. f4 Bf6 7. e4 g6 8. Nge2 Nd7
9. O-O Nc5 10. b4 Na6 11. Rb1 Ne7 12. f5 gxf5 13. exf5 Bd7 14. Ne4 Nc8 15. g4
h6 16. N2g3 Bg7 17. Nh5 Rh7 18. Nxg7+ Rxg7 19. Bxh6 Rg8 20. g5 Rh8 21. Qh5 Qb6+
22. c5 Qc7 23. g6 dxc5 24. g7 Rg8 25. Nf6+ Kd8 26. Nxg8 Qd6 27. Qxf7 Kc7 28.
Bg5 cxb4 29. Nf6 Ne7 30. Nxd7 Kxd7 31. f6 Re8 32. Bh3+ Kd8 33. fxe7+ Rxe7 34.
Qf8+ 1-0

[Event "Mainz sim"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2007.08.13"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Bonsen, Andreas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2047"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "2007.08.13"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. e5 d4 6. Bc4 b5 7. Bb3 Be6 8. Bxe6
fxe6 9. a4 Qd5 10. O-O Nh6 11. d3 Nf7 12. Nbd2 Be7 13. Qb3 Qd7 14. Ne4 h6 15.
Bd2 O-O 16. Rfc1 Rd8 17. Ba5 Qd5 18. Qxd5 Rxd5 19. axb5 Rxb5 20. Nxd4 Rxe5 21.
Bc3 Nd8 22. Kf1 Rd5 23. Ke2 Nd7 24. Ra6 Nb8 25. Ra4 Kf7 26. Rc4 a6 27. Ra1 Ra7
28. g3 Rad7 29. Nf3 Bf6 30. Nxf6 gxf6 31. Rf4 Rf5 32. Rxf5 exf5 33. Ra5 Rd5 34.
Rxd5 cxd5 35. Bd2 h5 36. Nh4 Ke6 37. Ng2 Kf7 38. Nf4 d4 39. Nxh5 Nbc6 40. Nf4
Nb7 41. h4 Nc5 42. Ng2 Ne5 43. Ne1 Na4 44. Bc1 Ke6 45. Nc2 Nc6 46. Na3 Nc5 47.
Nc2 a5 48. Bd2 Na4 49. b4 axb4 50. Bxb4 Kd5 51. Bf8 Nc3+ 52. Kd2 Ne5 53. Nb4+
Ke6 54. Bc5 Nf3+ 55. Kc2 Ne1+ 56. Kb3 Ne2 57. Kc4 Nf3 58. Nc6 Nd2+ 59. Kb4 Nf3
60. h5 Nc1 61. Nxd4+ Nxd4 62. Bxd4 Nxd3+ 63. Kc4 Ne1 64. h6 Kf7 65. Kd5 Nf3 66.
Be3 Ne5 67. h7 Ng6 68. f4 Kg7 69. Ke6 Nf8+ 70. Kxf5 Nxh7 71. Bd4 Kf7 72. g4 Ke7
73. Bc3 Kf7 74. Bb4 Kg7 75. Ke6 Kg6 76. Bd2 Nf8+ 77. Ke7 Nh7 78. f5+ Kg7 79.
Bc3 1-0

[Event "Mainz sim"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2007.08.13"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Eckhardt, Thorsten"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "1987"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2007.08.13"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 Be6 6. d4 Bg4 7. O-O Qc8 8. Qa4
Nd7 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Be3 Be7 11. Nd5 Nb6 12. Qb5 f6 13. Nxe7 Kxe7 14. Rfd1 Kf7
15. c5 a6 16. Qd3 Bf5 17. Qc3 Nd7 18. Nd2 Re8 19. Nc4 Nf8 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21. Na5
Be4 22. b4 h5 23. a4 Rd8 24. Rxd8 Qxd8 25. f3 Bd5 26. Qc2 Qe8 27. Qf5 Kg8 28.
Rd1 Qf7 29. Qd3 Qe8 30. Bd2 Rd8 31. Be1 Ra8 32. h4 Ng6 33. Kh2 Ne7 34. Bf2 Rb8
35. Be1 Ra8 36. Kg1 Kh8 37. Kf2 Qf7 38. Ke3 g6 39. Kd2 1-0

[Event "Mainz sim"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2007.08.13"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Faqiry, Ramat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "1853"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2007.08.13"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4
Nc6 9. O-O Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. Nh4 Nxe4 13. Nxg6 Nxc3 14. Bxf7+ Kd7
15. bxc3 hxg6 16. Rb1 Rb8 17. Qf3 Qf8 18. Qd5 Nd8 19. Bxg6 Rxh3 20. Kg2 Rh4 21.
Bf5+ Ke8 22. Rh1 Qf7 23. c4 Qxd5+ 24. cxd5 Rxh1 25. Kxh1 Kf7 26. Kg2 g6 27. Bd7
Bf8 28. Rh1 b5 29. Bg5 Bg7 30. Rh3 Rb7 31. Bc8 Rb8 32. Bxa6 Kg8 33. Rb3 Nf7 34.
Be3 Ra8 35. Bxb5 Rxa2 36. Bd3 Ra4 37. f3 Kh7 38. Rb7 e4 39. Bxe4 Ne5 40. Bg5
1-0

[Event "Mainz sim"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2007.08.13"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gass, Ulrich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2177"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2007.08.13"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nge2 O-O 7. O-O e5 8. d5
Nb8 9. Bb1 a5 10. f3 h5 11. Bg5 Qe8 12. Qd2 Bd7 13. Kh1 Kh7 14. b3 Ng8 15. a3
Na6 16. Bc2 f6 17. Be3 g5 18. Rfb1 Bh6 19. b4 b6 20. Ng3 g4 21. f4 Ne7 22. f5
Bxe3 23. Qxe3 h4 24. Nge2 axb4 25. axb4 Qh5 26. Ra2 Kg7 27. Qd2 g3 28. Rba1
gxh2 29. Rxa6 Rxa6 30. Rxa6 1-0

[Event "Mainz sim"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2007.08.13"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Graebner, Laurent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D07"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2085"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2007.08.13"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. d5 Bxf3 6. exf3 Ne5 7. Bf4 Ng6 8.
Bxc4 Nf6 9. Be3 c6 10. Qa4 Qc7 11. Rc1 Nd7 12. Qb3 Nge5 13. Be2 c5 14. O-O b6
15. f4 Ng6 16. g3 h5 17. Bf3 Rc8 18. Nb5 Qb8 19. Qa4 a5 20. h4 e5 21. dxe6 fxe6
22. Rfd1 Rd8 23. Bc6 Qc8 24. Na7 Qc7 25. Rxd7 Rxd7 26. Rd1 Bd6 27. Bxd7+ Ke7
28. Nc8+ Kf7 29. f5 1-0

[Event "Mainz sim"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2007.08.13"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Greif, Gavin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "1197"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2007.08.13"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b4 d5 2. Bb2 Bf5 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. a3 c5 6. c4 cxb4 7. axb4 Bxb4 8.
Qa4+ Nc6 9. Nd4 Qb6 10. Nxf5 Bxd2+ 11. Nxd2 Qxb2 12. Nd6+ Ke7 13. Rb1 Qc3 14.
Nb5 Qe5 15. Nf3 Qe4 16. Qa3+ Kd7 17. Qd6+ 1-0

[Event "Mainz sim"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2007.08.13"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Grill, Bernd"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C14"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2182"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2007.08.13"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. f4 O-O 8.
Nf3 c5 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Qd2 Nc6 11. O-O-O a6 12. Ne2 Ne4 13. Qe3 b5 14. Ned4
Nxd4 15. Nxd4 f6 16. g3 Qc5 17. exf6 gxf6 18. Bg2 Bb7 19. Rhe1 Rac8 20. Re2
Rfe8 21. a3 Kh8 22. Rd3 e5 23. fxe5 fxe5 24. Nf5 Qf8 25. g4 Nc5 26. Rd1 d4 27.
Qg3 d3 28. Rf2 Be4 29. c3 Rcd8 30. Kd2 Bxg2 31. Qxg2 e4 32. Re1 Qg8 33. h4 Qb3
34. Ke3 d2 35. Rxd2 Rd3+ 36. Kf4 Ne6+ 0-1

[Event "Mainz sim"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2007.08.13"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Haubold, Martin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D63"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2007.08.13"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 O-O 7. Rc1 a6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bd3 c6 10. O-O Re8 11. Qb3 Nf8 12. Rfd1 Ng4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Na4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Mainz sim"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2007.08.13"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Heller, Lutz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "1879"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2007.08.13"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 d6 3. c4 Bf5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. g3 c6 6. Bg2 a6 7. Nf3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. d4 exd4 10. Nxd4 Qd7 11. Nxf5 Qxf5 12. Rc1 Rd8 13. e4 Qe6 14. Ne2 d5 15.
Nf4 Qd7 16. e5 Ne8 17. cxd5 Bg5 18. d6 Bxf4 19. gxf4 Qf5 20. Qf3 Rd7 21. Bh3
Qg6+ 22. Kh1 Rd8 23. Rg1 Qh6 24. Rg5 1-0

[Event "Mainz sim"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2007.08.13"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Henrici, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "794"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2007.08.13"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b4 e6 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. a3 Bd6 4. c4 b6 5. d4 c5 6. dxc5 Bc7 7. cxb6 Bxb6 8. e3
Qe7 9. Nf3 O-O 10. Nc3 h6 11. Be2 Bb7 12. c5 Bc7 13. Nb5 Rc8 14. O-O Bc6 15.
Nfd4 Bxb5 16. Nxb5 a6 17. Nxc7 Rxc7 18. Be5 Rc8 19. Bf3 Ra7 20. Bd6 Qe8 21. a4
Nc6 22. b5 axb5 23. axb5 Rxa1 24. Qxa1 Ne7 25. b6 Nc6 26. b7 Qd8 27. bxc8=R 1-0

[Event "Mainz sim"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2007.08.13"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Hettler, Wolfgang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2063"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2007.08.13"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bh4 d5 4. Nd2 Nd6 5. Ngf3 g6 6. e3 Bg7 7. c4 dxc4 8.
Nxc4 Nf5 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bf4 O-O 11. h3 Nd7 12. b4 c6 13. Rc1 Nb6 14. a3 Nh6 15.
Na5 Nf7 16. Bh2 Qe8 17. Be2 Nd8 18. O-O Kh8 19. Nd2 Qf7 20. Ne4 Re8 21. Bf3 Qf8
22. Qd2 f5 23. Nc5 e5 24. dxe5 Qe7 25. Rfd1 Bxe5 26. Bxe5+ Qxe5 27. Rc3 Rb8 28.
Rd3 Be6 29. Rd4 Nd5 30. e4 Nf6 31. exf5 gxf5 32. Re1 Qc7 33. Rd6 Qf7 34. Naxb7
Nxb7 35. Rdxe6 Nxc5 36. Rxe8+ Rxe8 37. bxc5 Re6 38. Rxe6 Qxe6 1-0

[Event "Mainz sim"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2007.08.13"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Hoffmann, Frank"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C34"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "1405"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2007.08.13"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. Nf3 d6 5. d4 Bg4 6. Bxf4 Bxf3 7. gxf3 Qf6 8.
Be3 Nge7 9. c3 a6 10. Nd2 Ng6 11. Qb3 Na5 12. Qa4+ b5 13. Qxa5 bxc4 14. Qxc7
Qd8 15. Qc6+ Ke7 16. Nxc4 Ra7 17. Nb6 Ke6 18. Qd5+ Ke7 19. Qb3 f6 20. h4 Ke8
21. Qa4+ Kf7 22. Qc4+ 1-0

[Event "Mainz sim"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2007.08.13"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Jordan, Dirk"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2221"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2007.08.13"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Na6 6. e3 Bg4 7. Bxc4 e6 8. h3
Bh5 9. O-O Nb4 10. Qe2 Be7 11. Rd1 O-O 12. g4 Bg6 13. e4 Re8 14. Bf4 Nd7 15.
Bg3 Rc8 16. a5 Ra8 17. Bb3 b5 18. axb6 axb6 19. Rxa8 Qxa8 20. Nh4 Qa5 21. Nxg6
hxg6 22. Qf3 Bf6 23. h4 g5 24. h5 b5 25. Kg2 c5 26. e5 Bd8 27. d5 Nf8 28. dxe6
fxe6 29. Rd2 Nd5 30. Bc2 Nxc3 31. bxc3 Be7 32. Be4 Rd8 33. Rxd8 Qxd8 34. Bc6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Mainz sim"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2007.08.13"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Klein, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D66"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "1703"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2007.08.13"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 h6 8. Bh4
O-O 9. O-O dxc4 10. Bxc4 b5 11. Bd3 a6 12. a4 b4 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Ne4 Bb7 15.
Rc1 Rc8 16. Qe2 a5 17. Rfd1 Qb6 18. Ne5 Rfd8 19. Nc5 Bxc5 20. Rxc5 Nd7 21. Nxd7
Rxd7 22. Rdc1 Rd5 23. Be4 Rxc5 24. Rxc5 Qd8 25. Qc2 Kf8 26. g3 Ke7 27. h4 Ke8
28. Bxc6+ Bxc6 29. Rxc6 Rxc6 30. Qxc6+ Ke7 31. Qc5+ Ke8 32. f3 Qa8 33. Kf2 Kd7
34. e4 Qa6 35. Qc2 Kd6 36. h5 Qb6 37. Qc4 f6 38. g4 Kd7 39. Ke3 1-0

[Event "Mainz sim"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2007.08.13"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kribben, Matthias"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2224"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2007.08.13"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Nd5 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O d6 8. d4
Nxd5 9. cxd5 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Qxd4 Bd7 12. Be3 c5 13. dxc6 Bxc6 14. Rac1
Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Qa5 16. Qc4 b5 17. Qb3 Rac8 18. Rfd1 Qa6 19. Bd4 Rc4 20. Qe3 Rfc8
21. Rxc4 Qb7+ 22. Qf3 Qxf3+ 23. Kxf3 Rxc4 24. Bxa7 Ra4 25. Bd4 Rxa2 26. Rc1 Ra4
27. e3 f5 28. Rc7 Kf7 29. Bxg7 Kxg7 30. Rxe7+ Kf6 31. Rxh7 Rb4 32. h4 Rxb2 33.
Rd7 Ke6 34. Rb7 b4 35. h5 b3 36. h6 Rb1 37. Kf4 Rf1 38. f3 Rh1 39. Kg5 Rh3 40.
g4 fxg4 41. fxg4 Rxe3 42. h7 Rh3 43. Kg6 d5 44. Rxb3 Rh4 45. g5 1-0

[Event "Mainz sim"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2007.08.13"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kropp, Volker"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2122"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2007.08.13"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 g6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d6 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 Bd7 8. b3
Bg7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. O-O Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Bc6 12. Qd3 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Qd7 14. Rfd1 b6
15. Rac1 Qb7+ 16. f3 Rac8 17. e4 Nd7 18. Qe2 Nc5 19. Nd5 Bxb2 20. Qxb2 f6 21.
h4 Rf7 22. Qd2 f5 23. b4 Ne6 24. exf5 Rxf5 25. Re1 Re5 26. Rxe5 dxe5 27. Qe3
Ng7 28. Qxe5 e6 29. Nf6+ Kh8 30. Ne4 Qa6 31. Rc2 h6 32. c5 bxc5 33. bxc5 Qd3
34. Rd2 Qe3 35. Qd4 Qxd4 36. Rxd4 Rb8 37. Rd2 Nf5 38. Kf2 a5 39. g4 Nxh4 40. c6
Rc8 41. Rd7 1-0

[Event "Mainz sim"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2007.08.13"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Moroder, Mainhard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "1387"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2007.08.13"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 h6 6. O-O O-O 7. d4 exd4 8.
Nxd4 Re8 9. Bf4 a6 10. Rc1 Bc5 11. Nb3 Ba7 12. c5 Bb8 13. Qd2 Nh5 14. Be3 d6
15. cxd6 Qxd6 16. Qxd6 cxd6 17. Nd5 a5 18. Rfd1 Be6 19. Bf3 Bxd5 20. Rxd5 Nf6
21. Rb5 Re7 22. a4 Re5 23. Rxb7 Nd8 24. Rc8 Re8 25. Rbxb8 Rxb8 26. Rxb8 Nd7 27.
Ra8 1-0

[Event "Mainz sim"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2007.08.13"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Mueller, Thomas1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "1547"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2007.08.13"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Nc3 Qa5 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bd2 c6 8. Qe2
Ne7 9. O-O-O O-O 10. h4 Qh5 11. g4 Qa5 12. h5 Qc7 13. hxg6 Nxg6 14. Ne4 b5 15.
Bd3 Nd7 16. Qe3 f6 17. Ng3 Bb7 18. Qxe6+ Rf7 19. Rxh7 Nf4 20. Rxg7+ Kxg7 21.
Nh5+ Nxh5 22. gxh5 Rh8 23. Rg1+ Kf8 24. Nh4 1-0

[Event "Mainz sim"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2007.08.13"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Niekrens, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "1836"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2007.08.13"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 Bg7 4. e5 Ng8 5. d4 c5 6. dxc5 Bxe5 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Be3
Nf6 9. Rc1 Nc6 10. h3 O-O 11. Be2 Ne8 12. O-O d6 13. Qb3 Na5 14. Qa3 Be6 15. b3
b6 16. cxb6 axb6 17. Na4 Nc6 18. Rfd1 Bd7 19. Rb1 Ne5 20. Qb4 Bxa4 21. bxa4 Nd7
22. Nd4 Bxd4 23. Rxd4 Nc5 24. Bd1 Nc7 25. Rd2 N7e6 26. h4 h5 27. g3 Ra6 28. Qa3
Qa8 29. Rb4 Qe4 30. Bc2 Qc6 31. Bxc5 bxc5 32. Rb5 Nd4 33. Rxd4 cxd4 34. Rg5
Qxc4 35. Rxg6+ Kh8 36. Qf3 Ra5 37. Qf4 1-0

[Event "Mainz sim"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2007.08.13"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Noll, Hanno"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A39"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "1644"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2007.08.13"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. g3 Bg7 7. Bg2 O-O 8.
O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 10. Qd3 Rb8 11. Bf4 Bd7 12. c5 Nh5 13. Be3 Bf5 14. Qb5 Bxc3
15. bxc3 a6 16. Qb4 d5 17. Rfd1 Nf6 18. c4 Kg7 19. cxd5 Qd7 20. Bd4 Kg8 21. Be5
Rbd8 22. e4 Bg4 23. f3 Bh3 24. Bxh3 Qxh3 25. Rac1 h5 26. Qxb7 h4 27. Qxe7 hxg3
28. hxg3 Nd7 29. Bd6 Qh6 30. Bf4 Qg7 31. c6 Nb6 32. Rc2 Nc8 33. Qe5 1-0

[Event "Mainz sim"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2007.08.13"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Paap, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "1882"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2007.08.13"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 Nfd7 5. d4 c5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nf3 cxd4 8.
Qxd4 Nb6 9. Bb5+ Nc6 10. O-O Be7 11. e6 O-O 12. exf7+ Rxf7 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14.
Ne5 Rf6 15. Bg5 c5 16. Qd2 Re6 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. f4 Ba6 19. Rfe1 d4 20. Ne4 Nc4
21. Nxc4 Rxe4 22. Ne5 Bb7 23. Rxe4 Bxe4 24. Re1 Bd5 25. b3 a5 26. Qc2 Rc8 27.
h3 g5 28. Nf3 Qf7 29. Nxg5 Qg7 30. Re5 1-0

[Event "Mainz sim"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2007.08.13"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Post, Hans Dieter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "1853"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2007.08.13"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 g6 5. Bf4 a6 6. e3 Bg7 7. h3 O-O 8. Rc1 Nh5
9. Bh2 Be6 10. Ng5 Bh6 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. Qb3 b5 13. cxb5 axb5 14. Bd3 Nd7 15.
O-O e5 16. Bxe5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 e6 18. a4 Qh4 19. axb5 Rxf2 20. Rxf2 Bxe3 21.
Rcf1 Nf4 22. Ne2 Ra1 23. Kh2 g5 24. Rxf4 Bxf4+ 25. Nxf4 Rxf1 26. Bxf1 Qxf4+ 27.
Qg3 1-0

[Event "Mainz sim"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2007.08.13"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Reitz, Gerhard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2048"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2007.08.13"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. Qb3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1
Qa5 9. Bh4 Ne4 10. Bd3 dxc4 11. Qxc4 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Ba3 13. Rc2 e5 14. O-O Nb6
15. Qb3 exd4 16. cxd4 Be6 17. Qb1 Qh5 18. Bg3 Rfe8 19. Ne5 Rad8 20. Be2 Qg5 21.
Rd1 Bd6 22. Nf3 Qg6 23. Bd3 Qh5 24. Bxd6 Rxd6 25. Rc5 Qh6 26. h3 Na4 27. Re5 b5
28. Qb4 Rd5 29. Rc1 a5 30. Qxa5 Nb2 31. Bf1 f6 32. Rxe6 Kf7 33. Rxe8 1-0

[Event "Mainz sim"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2007.08.13"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Rosa, Mike"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2098"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2007.08.13"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 b6 4. e4 Bb7 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e5 Ne4 8. Nge2
Be7 9. Qc2 Nxc3 10. bxc3 h6 11. Ng3 c5 12. Nf5 O-O 13. Qe2 Bc8 14. h4 Bxf5 15.
Bxf5 Re8 16. Qg4 Kh8 17. Qh5 Kg8 18. Bxh6 Bf6 19. Bg5 1-0

[Event "Mainz sim"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2007.08.13"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Rossi, Aldo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "1559"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2007.08.13"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 e5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nf3 g6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 c6 11. Qd2 Be6 12. Rd1 Ne8 13. h4 h5 14. O-O Qa5 15.
Na4 Qxd2 16. Rxd2 Bh6 17. e3 Rd8 18. Rfd1 Bg4 19. Re1 Bc8 20. Nc5 b6 21. Ne4
Bg7 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Red1 d5 24. cxd5 cxd5 25. Rxd5 Rxd5 26. Rxd5 Bb7 27. Rd4
Bxe4 28. Bxe4 Nf6 29. Bd3 Rc8 30. Bc4 Rc7 31. Kf1 Ng4 32. Ke2 Ne5 33. a4 Nxc4
34. Rxc4 Rxc4 35. bxc4 Kf6 36. e4 Ke5 37. Ke3 f6 38. f3 Ke6 39. Kd4 Kd6 40. f4
a6 41. e5+ fxe5+ 42. fxe5+ Ke6 43. Ke4 1-0

[Event "Mainz sim"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2007.08.13"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ruisinger, Werner"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2175"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2007.08.13"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. d3 Nc6 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8.
Nf3 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Bd2 Bg4 11. Qc2 f5 12. Rac1 Qe8 13. Nh4 Qh5 14. Rfe1 g5
15. Ng2 Rf6 16. h4 gxh4 17. Nxh4 Be7 18. f3 Bh3 19. Kf2 f4 20. Rh1 fxg3+ 21.
Kxg3 Be6 22. Ne4 Rf4 23. Ng2 Rg4+ 24. Kf2 Qf7 25. Qxc6 Rf8 26. Qxc7 Qg7 27. Ne3
Nd5 28. Qc6 Nf4 29. Nxg4 Nxd3+ 30. exd3 Bxg4 31. Rcg1 Rxf3+ 32. Ke1 Bb4 33.
Bxb4 Re3+ 34. Kd2 Re2+ 35. Kc3 1-0

[Event "Mainz sim"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2007.08.13"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Sausner, Carsten"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "800"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2007.08.13"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Qc2 g6 6. b3 Bg7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Be2
Bf5 9. d3 Re8 10. O-O Qc7 11. Rac1 dxc4 12. bxc4 c5 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. cxd5 Bxb2
15. Qxb2 Bg4 16. d4 Nd7 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Qd4 Bxf3 19. Rxc5 Qxc5 20. Qxc5 Bxe2
21. Rc1 Bg4 22. Qb4 Be2 23. Qxb7 Bc4 24. Rxc4 Rab8 25. Qc6 Rb1+ 26. Rc1 1-0

[Event "Mainz sim"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2007.08.13"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Szivek, Ernoe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C34"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "1700"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2007.08.13"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Bxf4 O-O 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O d5 9. e5 Ne4 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Ng5 Bxg5 12. Bxg5 Qd5 13. c4 Qc6 14. d5
Qg6 15. Bf4 Bf5 16. h3 h5 17. g4 Bd7 18. gxh5 Qxh5 19. Be2 Qh4 20. Rdg1 Qh7 21.
Bh6 g6 22. h4 Bf5 23. h5 Nd7 24. hxg6 1-0

[Event "Mainz sim"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2007.08.13"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Voigt, Ingrid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2122"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2007.08.13"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. c4 d5 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. d4 Nf6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nc3 Be7 8.
Qa4+ Bc6 9. Qc2 O-O 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Bf4 Rc8 12. Rac1 a6 13. Rfd1 Bb7 14. Bh3
h6 15. Ne5 c5 16. Nxd7 Nxd7 17. dxc5 Rxc5 18. Qb3 Nf6 19. Be3 Rc6 20. Bg2 Rd6
21. Bf4 Rd7 22. Na4 b5 23. Nc5 Bxc5 24. Rxc5 Qe7 25. Qe3 Ne4 26. Bxe4 dxe4 27.
Rxd7 Qxd7 28. Rc7 Qd5 29. h4 Rc8 30. Rxc8+ Bxc8 31. Qd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mainz sim"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2007.08.13"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Volk, Benjamin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "1651"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2007.08.13"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 Nbd7 7. Nf3 c5 8. dxc5
Nxc5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Qxd5 O-O 13. Qe5 Ne6 14. a3
Bd7 15. Bd3 Rfe8 16. O-O Rac8 17. Rac1 Ng5 18. Qxe7 Nxf3+ 19. gxf3 Rxe7 20.
Rxc8+ Bxc8 21. Rc1 Be6 22. h4 g5 23. hxg5 hxg5 24. Kg2 Rd7 25. Rc3 Kg7 26. Kg3
f6 27. f4 gxf4+ 28. Kxf4 Re7 29. Be4 Kf8 30. Bf5 Bd5 31. Rd3 Bc6 32. e4 Kg8 33.
Rd6 Kf7 34. f3 Kg7 35. Ke3 Kf7 36. Kd4 Re5 37. Kc3 Ke7 38. Rd4 Rc5+ 39. Rc4 Kd6
40. Rxc5 Kxc5 41. b4+ Kd6 42. Kd4 b6 43. f4 Ke7 44. e5 fxe5+ 45. Kxe5 1-0

[Event "Mainz sim"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2007.08.13"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Weinzierl, Rudolf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "1733"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2007.08.13"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4 exd4 5. Qxd4 Nf6 6. e5 dxe5 7. Bxc6+ bxc6
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nxe5 Be6 10. Nxc6+ Kc8 11. O-O Bd6 12. Nd4 Bd7 13. Nc3 Kb7 14.
Bg5 Rhe8 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 17. Rxe1 Re8 18. Rxe8 Bxe8 19. Ne4 Be5
20. c3 Kb6 21. g3 c5 1-0

[Event "Mainz sim"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2007.08.13"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Wendling, Boerries"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "1296"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2007.08.13"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 d5 4. cxd5 Qxd5 5. Nc3 Qd8 6. d5 Na5 7. e4 e6 8. Bb5+
Bd7 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. Ne5 Qc7 11. Qa4+ Ke7 12. Bf4 Qd8 13. O-O-O b5 14. Nxb5
Qb6 15. d6+ Kd8 16. Nxf7+ Ke8 17. Nxh8 Rc8 18. Nxa7+ 1-0

[Event "Mainz sim"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2007.08.13"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Werner, Hansi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "800"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2007.08.13"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Nc6 5. Nc3 Be6 6. Nf3 Bxc4 7. dxc4 h6 8. f5
Be7 9. Rg1 g6 10. g4 gxf5 11. gxf5 Qd7 12. Be3 O-O-O 13. Qe2 b6 14. O-O-O Qe8
15. Kb1 Kb7 16. Rg2 a5 17. Rdg1 Ra8 18. Nd5 Nxe4 19. Bxb6 cxb6 20. Qxe4 Bd8 21.
Rg7 Kb8 22. f6 Ra7 23. Nh4 Rf8 24. Nf5 Qe6 25. Nxh6 Rb7 26. Ng8 Ka7 27. h4 Nd4
28. h5 Nf5 29. R7g5 Nd4 30. h6 Rxg8 31. Rxg8 Bxf6 32. h7 1-0

[Event "Mainz sim"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2007.08.13"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Zweschper, Erich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2007.08.13"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 d6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Qc2 Bg4 8. h3
Be6 9. b3 h6 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Bb2 Qc7 12. Rac1 Rac8 13. e4 Nb6 14. Rfd1 Rfd8 15.
d5 cxd5 16. exd5 Bd7 17. Nh4 Nh5 18. Qe2 g6 19. Nf3 Re8 20. a4 a5 21. Qe1 Qd8
22. Ne2 Na8 23. c5 f6 24. cxd6 Bxd6 25. Nd2 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Nb6 27. Bc3 Nc8 28.
Nc4 b6 29. g4 Ng7 30. Ng3 Bb8 31. Qd2 h5 32. gxh5 g5 33. d6 Be6 34. Rd1 Qd7 35.
Ne4 Rf8 36. h6 Nh5 37. Nxg5 Bxc4 38. bxc4 Nf4 39. Ne4 Kh7 40. c5 Nxg2 41. Kxg2
Rg8+ 42. Kh2 Qf5 43. Qd3 Qf4+ 44. Ng3+ Kh8 45. Qf5 bxc5 46. d7 Nd6 47. Qxf4
exf4 48. Bxf6+ Kh7 49. d8=Q 1-0

[Event "Mainz sim"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2007.08.13"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Jurkic, Bosiljko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2088"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2007.08.13"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[BlackTeam "Schwarzenbach"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 a6 7. b3 Bb4 8. a3
Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 Ne4 10. Qc2 O-O 11. Bd3 f5 12. O-O Rf6 13. a4 a5 14. Ba3 Rh6 15.
Rac1 Nf8 16. Rfd1 Ng6 17. Bf1 Bd7 18. g3 Be8 19. Bg2 Nh8 20. Ne5 Nf7 21. Nd3
Nfg5 22. f3 Nf6 23. Rf1 Nf7 24. Nc5 Qc8 25. Rfe1 b6 26. Nd3 Qd8 27. c5 b5 28.
axb5 cxb5 29. c6 Qc7 30. Qc5 b4 31. Bb2 g5 32. e4 fxe4 33. fxe4 Ng4 34. exd5
Nxh2 35. Re5 Ng4 36. d6 Nxd6 37. Rxg5+ Rg6 38. Nf4 1-0

[Event "Mainz FiNet op 6th"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2007.08.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Bonnaire, Ulrich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2198"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rbbkrqnn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RBBKRQNN w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2007.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 c6 4. b3 Bg4 5. Bb2 Ng6 6. Nf2 Bxf3+ 7. gxf3 e5 8. f5
Nh4 9. Qh3 g5 10. fxg6 Nxg6 11. c4 Bd6 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Bf5 h5 14. Nd3 Ba3 15.
Bc3 Qd6 16. f4 exf4 17. Bxg6 fxg6 18. Qh4 Rf8 19. Be5 Qb6 20. Nxf4 d4 21. Qxh5
dxe3 22. Rc1 Bxc1 1-0

[Event "Mainz FiNet op 6th"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2007.08.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Margolin, Boris"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "brnknbqr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRNKNBQR w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2007.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b4 b6 2. f3 f5 3. e3 Ncd6 4. Ned3 Nf6 5. Ne5 g6 6. c4 Bg7 7. Nb3 Nf7 8. Be2
Nxe5 9. Bxe5 d6 10. Bb2 e5 11. Qf2 Qe6 12. d4 Qe7 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. a3 g5 15.
g4 Bxf3 16. Nd2 Ne4 17. Qxf3 c5 18. bxc5 bxc5 19. Bc3 Rc8 20. Qf1 0-1

[Event "Mainz FiNet op 6th"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2007.08.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Al Modiahki, Mohamad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "qrknbbrn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/QRKNBBRN w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2007.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 f5 2. Nhf2 Ng6 3. g3 e5 4. fxe5 Nxe5 5. Bg2 Bh5 6. Nc3 Ne6 7. Nd3 Nxd3+
8. cxd3 Bc5 9. Rf1 Bb6 10. a4 a5 11. Bf2 Bxf2 12. Rxf2 c6 13. e3 Qa7 14. d4 Bg6
15. Bh3 d6 16. Ne4 Ng5 17. Kc2 h5 18. Rh1 Rh8 19. Kd3 Ra8 20. Nf6 d5 21. e4 Rh7
1-0

[Event "Mainz FiNet op 6th"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2007.08.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nrbnkbqr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NRBNKBQR w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2007.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nb3 b6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 f6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. f4 e5 7. Nb3 Nc7 8. Bd2
Bb7 9. g3 Bb4 10. Nb5 Bc5 11. Be3 Qe6 12. f5 Qe7 13. Nc3 Nd5 14. Nxd5 Nb4 15.
c4 Bc8 16. g4 h5 17. Be2 Na6 18. h3 1-0

[Event "Mainz FiNet op 6th"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2007.08.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bischoff, Klaus"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rknbqrbn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RKNBQRBN w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2007.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nd3 Nd6 3. Ng3 f5 4. e3 c6 5. Ne2 Bc7 6. h3 g5 7. Bh2 Ng6 8. c3 h5
9. Bc2 h4 10. Ne5 Nc4 11. Nxg6 Qxg6 12. Bxc7+ Kxc7 13. b3 Nd6 14. Kb2 Qf6 15.
f4 Bf7 16. fxg5 Qxg5 17. Nf4 e5 18. Nd3 Bh5 19. Rc1 Ne4 20. Nf4 Bd1 21. Qf2
Rfe8 22. Qd2 Bh5 23. Qf2 Qf6 24. Nxh5 Qg5 25. Nf4 Qf6 26. Qd2 Qe7 27. a3 Qf6
28. Ka2 Re7 29. Kb2 Rc8 30. Bd3 0-1

[Event "Mainz FiNet op 6th"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2007.08.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnqkbbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNQKBBNR w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2007.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 d6 5. d3 Bc6 6. Nf3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Nbd7 8.
b4 b6 9. Qb2 a6 10. a4 a5 11. b5 Bb7 12. e4 Nc5 13. Qc2 c6 14. Nh4 cxb5 15.
axb5 Ne6 16. Nf5 Qc5 17. Ne3 Rc8 18. Qb2 Nh5 19. f4 exf4 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. exd5
Ng5 22. gxf4 f6 23. fxg5 fxg5 24. Bh3 Nf4 1-0

[Event "Mainz FiNet op 6th"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2007.08.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rkbqrbnn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RKBQRBNN w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2007.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Ng3 f5 3. Nf3 Nf7 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. e3 h6 6. h4 Ng4 7. Qd2 e5 8. dxe5
g5 9. Bd3 Bc5 10. Re2 Ngxe5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Rxe5 13. hxg5 hxg5 14. Qc3
Bd6 15. Nxf5 Bxf5 16. Bxf5 a5 17. Bd3 a4 18. a3 c6 19. Re1 Kc7 20. Rh1 Re7 21.
Rh7 Rf7 22. Qa5+ Kd7 23. Qxa8 Rxh7 24. Qxb7+ Ke6 25. Qb6 g4 26. Qxc6 Kf7 27.
Bb5 g3 28. Ka2 Be5 29. Qg6+ Ke7 30. Qxh7+ Kd6 31. Bxa4 Ke6 32. Bd7+ Kd6 33. Bb5
Ke6 34. Qd7+ Kf6 35. Qxd8+ Kf5 36. Bd3+ Ke6 37. Qc8+ Kd6 38. Bf5 1-0

[Event "Mainz FiNet op 6th"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2007.08.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "qnbrkbrn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/QNBRKBRN w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2007.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ng3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Rxd5 5. Bc4 Rd8 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nxd4 8.
Na3 a6 9. Be3 e5 10. Bxd4 exd4 11. Nc2 b5 12. Bd3 Be6 13. Bg6 hxg6 14. Nxd4 Bd5
15. Qc1 Qb7 16. Qc5 Qc6 17. Qxc6+ Bxc6 18. Ne4 g5 19. h3 g6 20. g4 Rd6 21. Nxc6
Re6 22. Rd6 Re5 0-1

[Event "Mainz FiNet op 6th"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2007.08.17"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "bbrknnrq/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BBRKNNRQ w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2007.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 c5 2. c4 b6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g4 Ne6 5. d3 h5 6. g5 Ng4 7. Qg2 Nf4 8. Qg3
Nxe2 9. Kxe2 Bxg3 10. Nxg3 f6 11. h3 Bxf3+ 12. Kxf3 Ne5+ 13. Kg2 h4 14. Ne4 Qh5
15. Bxe5 fxe5 16. Bc2 Qg6 17. Rge1 e6 18. Re2 d5 19. Nd2 Qxd3 20. Kg1 e4 21.
Nf1 d4 22. g6 Ke7 23. Kh1 Kf6 24. Kg1 Kxg6 0-1

[Event "Mainz FiNet op 6th"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2007.08.17"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "qrknnrbb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/QRKNNRBB w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2007.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 f5 2. g3 g6 3. Nc3 a5 4. d4 Qa6 5. Nd3 d6 6. d5 Bxc3 7. Rd1 a4 8. Rd2 Qb5
9. b4 axb3 10. cxb3 Kd7 11. Qb2 Qa6 12. Kd1 Ra8 13. b4 Qa4+ 14. Ke1 Qxb4 15.
Qxb4 Ra5 16. Bd4 Bxd5 17. Bxc3 Bf3 18. exf3 0-1

[Event "Mainz Ordix op 14th"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2007.08.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Beutel, Hubert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2123"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2007.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2 Bg4 12. Re1 Ne6 13. Nf1 Bh5 14. Ng3 Bg6 15.
Bb3 d4 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. cxd4 O-O 19. Be3 Qd5 20. Ne2 Qd7 21. Rc1
Rac8 22. Qb3 c6 23. f3 Rfd8 24. Nf4 Bf7 25. Red1 Bg5 26. Ne2 Bxe3+ 27. Qxe3 c5
28. d5 exd5 29. Rxc5 Be6 30. Rxc8 Qxc8 31. Nd4 Qd7 32. Qa3 Ra8 33. Rc1 Qa7 34.
Qc5 Qxc5 35. Rxc5 Re8 36. Kf2 g6 37. Rc6 Bc8 38. b4 Kg7 39. g4 Kh6 40. h4 Kg7
41. a3 Kg8 42. Kg3 Bb7 43. Rc7 Bc8 44. Kf4 h6 45. Rc6 Kg7 46. e6 Kf6 47. g5+
hxg5+ 48. hxg5+ Ke7 49. Ke5 Kf8 50. Kf6 1-0

[Event "Mainz Ordix op 14th"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2007.08.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lehmann, Andreas"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2248"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2007.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O Ngf6 5. Re1 a6 6. Bf1 b6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bb7 9. Nc3 e6 10. Kh1 Rc8 11. f4 Rxc3 12. bxc3 Nxe4 13. Rxe4 Bxe4 14. Bd3
Qa8 15. Qe2 Bxd3 16. cxd3 Be7 17. Ba3 Qd5 18. f5 e5 19. Nf3 O-O 20. Nd2 Nf6 21.
Nc4 b5 22. Nxe5 Re8 23. Nf3 Bf8 24. Qd2 Qxf5 25. Nd4 Qd5 26. Rf1 Ng4 27. Qf4
Ne3 28. Rf3 Qxa2 29. Ne2 Nxg2 0-1

[Event "Mainz Ordix op 14th"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2007.08.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Mueller, Matthias"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2007.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Re8 14. Nc3 Bb7 15.
Nf5 Bf8 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bh4 Rc8 18. Rc1 Nc4 19. Qd4 Re6 20. Bb3 g6 21. Qa7 Rc7
22. Nd4 Re5 23. Bxc4 bxc4 24. Bxf6 Qxf6 25. Nd5 Bxd5 26. Qxc7 Bxe4 27. Rxc4 d5
28. Rc6 Qg5 29. g3 Qd2 30. Nf3 Bxf3 31. Qxe5 Bg7 32. Qe3 Qa5 33. Rc5 1-0

[Event "Mainz Ordix op 14th"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2007.08.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Medvegy, Zoltan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A64"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2007.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Nd2 a6 11. a4 Nbd7 12. h3 Rb8 13. Nc4 Nb6 14. Na3 Bd7 15. e4
Qc7 16. f4 Nxa4 17. Nxa4 Nxe4 18. Rf3 b5 19. Nc3 Nf6 20. Nc2 b4 21. Nb1 Bb5 22.
Re3 Rxe3 23. Bxe3 Nd7 24. Qc1 Re8 25. Bf2 Re2 26. Bf1 Rxf2 27. Kxf2 c4 28. Ne3
Nc5 29. Nd2 c3 30. bxc3 bxc3 31. Nf3 Nb3 32. Qb1 Nxa1 33. Qxa1 c2 34. Qc1 Ba4
35. Nxc2 Bxc2 36. Bxa6 Qb6+ 37. Kg2 Be4 38. Qc8+ Bf8 39. Qc4 Qe3 40. Qe2 Qxe2+
41. Bxe2 Bxd5 42. Kf2 Bg7 43. Ke3 Kf8 44. Nd4 Ke7 45. Bb5 Kd8 46. h4 Kc7 47.
Kd3 Kb6 48. Be8 Kc5 49. Nc2 Bc4+ 50. Kd2 Be6 51. Kd3 d5 52. Ne3 d4 53. Nc2 Bf6
54. Ne1 Bd8 55. Nf3 Bc4+ 56. Kc2 d3+ 57. Kd2 f6 58. Ke3 Kb4 59. Kd2 Ba5 60. h5
gxh5 61. Bxh5 Kb3+ 62. Ke3 Kc3 63. g4 Bd5 64. f5 Bb6+ 65. Kf4 Bc7+ 66. Ke3 Bxf3
0-1

[Event "Mainz Ordix op 14th"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2007.08.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2007.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. g3 d5 6. Bg2 e5 7. Nf3 d4 8. O-O
Nc6 9. e3 Be7 10. exd4 exd4 11. Bf4 O-O 12. Ne5 Qb6 13. Qb3 Na5 14. Qxb6 axb6
15. Nd2 Nh5 16. Rfe1 Nxf4 17. gxf4 Bb4 18. Rad1 Be6 19. a3 Bxd2 20. Rxd2 Rfd8
21. f5 Bxf5 22. Bd5 Nb3 23. Rdd1 Bc2 24. Bxb7 Bxd1 25. Bxa8 Bc2 26. Be4 Bxe4
27. Rxe4 f5 28. Re1 d3 29. Rd1 d2 30. Kf1 g5 31. Nc6 Rd7 32. Nb4 Kf7 33. Ke2 f4
34. a4 Re7+ 35. Kd3 Nc5+ 36. Kxd2 Ne4+ 37. Kc2 Nxf2 38. Rd5 Kg6 39. Rd6+ Kf5
40. Rxb6 f3 41. a5 Re2+ 42. Kb3 Ne4 43. Nd3 Rd2 44. Rb5+ Kf6 45. Rd5 f2 46.
Nxf2 Rxf2 47. a6 Ke6 48. a7 Rf8 49. Kb4 Ra8 50. Ra5 h5 51. Kb5 Nd6+ 52. Ka6 Nc8
53. Kb7 Rxa7+ 54. Rxa7 Nxa7 55. Kxa7 g4 56. c5 Kd5 57. Kb6 h4 58. c6 g3 59.
hxg3 hxg3 60. c7 g2 61. c8=Q g1=Q+ 62. Kb5 Qf1+ 63. Ka4 Qd1+ 64. b3 Qf1 65. Qc3
Kd6 66. Qc8 Qa1+ 67. Kb5 Qe5+ 68. Ka6 Qe2+ 69. Ka5 Qa2+ 70. Kb4 Qd2+ 71. Kb5
Qd5+ 72. Ka4 Qd4+ 73. b4 Qa1+ 74. Kb5 Qf1+ 75. Kb6 Qg2 76. Qc7+ Ke6 77. Qc6+
1-0

[Event "Mainz Ordix op 14th"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2007.08.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2007.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 c5 4. d5 e6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. Qxd5 Qxd5 7. Nxd5 Bd6 8.
Bxc4 Nc6 9. Ne2 Nge7 10. Bf4 Bxf4 11. Nexf4 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 Ne5 13. O-O-O Rb8 14.
Nd3 Nxd3+ 15. Rxd3 b6 16. Rhd1 Ke7 17. Bc4 Rb7 18. f3 f6 19. Bb5 Rc7 20. Rd6 g5
21. Kc2 h5 22. Kc3 h4 23. e5 Rf8 24. Bc4 h3 25. exf6+ Rxf6 26. Rxf6 Kxf6 27. g3
Rd7 28. Re1 Re7 29. Rxe7 Kxe7 30. Kd2 Be6 31. Bf1 Bxa2 32. Bxh3 b5 33. f4 gxf4
34. gxf4 a5 35. Bg4 b4 36. h4 a4 37. Bd1 a3 38. bxa3 bxa3 39. Kc3 Kf6 40. Bb3
Bb1 41. Kc4 a2 42. Bxa2 Bxa2+ 43. Kxc5 Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mainz Ordix op 14th"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2007.08.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2007.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Qc2 Be7 7. Bf4 Nc6 8.
Nc3 Nf6 9. e3 O-O 10. Rd1 Qa5 11. Be2 Be6 12. O-O h6 13. Nd4 Nxd4 14. Rxd4 Rac8
15. Bf3 Bb4 16. Qb3 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Rxc3 18. Ra4 Qc5 19. Qxb7 Rc1 20. Qb2 Rxf1+
21. Kxf1 Ne4 22. Rb4 Rc8 23. Rb8 Rxb8 24. Qxb8+ Kh7 25. Qb2 Qa5 26. Be2 Nd2+
27. Kg1 Ne4 28. Kf1 Nd2+ 29. Kg1 Ne4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mainz Ordix op 14th"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2007.08.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Drozdovskij, Yuri"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D21"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2007.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 cxd4 5. Bxc4 Qc7 6. Qb3 e6 7. exd4 Nf6 8.
Nc3 Nc6 9. O-O a6 10. Bd3 Be7 11. h3 O-O 12. Bg5 Rd8 13. Rad1 Nxd4 14. Nxd4
Rxd4 15. Be3 Rh4 16. Be2 b5 17. Rc1 Qb8 18. f4 Bb7 19. Kh2 g5 20. g3 gxf4 21.
Bxf4 Rxf4 22. Rxf4 Bd6 23. Rg1 Bxf4 24. gxf4+ Kh8 25. Qb4 Qa7 26. Nd1 Nd5 27.
Qd2 Rg8 28. Rxg8+ Kxg8 29. Bf3 Qc5 30. Nf2 f5 31. Nd3 Qd4 32. Qg2+ Kf8 33. Qg5
Qxd3 34. Qd8+ Kg7 35. Qg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mainz Ordix op 14th"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2007.08.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2007.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Bxc3 dxe4 7. Qg4 O-O 8.
Qxe4 Nd7 9. O-O-O Nf6 10. Qf3 Qd5 11. Bb4 Re8 12. c4 Qxf3 13. Nxf3 b6 14. Bd3
Bb7 15. Rhe1 Ng6 16. Bf1 Ne4 17. Re2 Nd6 18. Ree1 Ne4 19. Re2 Nd6 20. Rc2 Be4
21. Rcd2 a5 22. Bc3 Bb7 23. Rc2 Be4 24. Rcd2 Bb7 25. Rc2 Be4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mainz Ordix op 14th"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2007.08.19"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ruck, Robert"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2007.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O e6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Re1 d6 8. e4 a6
9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qc7 11. Be3 O-O 12. f4 Nc6 13. Rc1 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Nd7 15.
Qd2 Rac8 16. Red1 Rfd8 17. Qf2 Qb8 18. b3 Bc6 19. b4 b5 20. cxb5 axb5 21. Bd4
Nf6 22. Qe2 e5 23. Bf2 Bd7 24. a3 Rc4 25. fxe5 dxe5 26. Nd5 Nxd5 27. exd5 Bg4
28. Bf3 Bxf3 29. Qxf3 Rdc8 30. Rxc4 Rxc4 31. Bc5 Bd6 32. Rf1 f6 33. Qf5 Bxc5+
34. bxc5 Rxc5 35. Qe6+ Kf8 36. Rxf6+ gxf6 37. Qxf6+ Kg8 38. Qe6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 23rd"]
[Site "Kemer"]
[Date "2007.10.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Arkell, Keith C"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2007.10.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hilsmark Kingfisher"]
[BlackTeam "Sarajevo Bosna"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nc3 Nb6 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. e3
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. b3 e5 11. dxe5 Bg4 12. Qc2 Nb4 13. Qe4 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Bxe5
15. Qxb4 Qf6 16. Bd2 Qxf3 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. Qb5 Re6 19. Bc1 Rxd1 20. Nxd1 a6
21. Qb4 Rc6 22. Bb2 Bxb2 23. Nxb2 Nd5 24. Qd2 Nc3 25. Re1 Ne4 26. Qe2 Qf5 27.
Nd3 Rd6 28. Rc1 c6 29. Rc2 Nxg3 30. hxg3 Rxd3 31. e4 Qd7 32. g4 Rh3 33. Rd2 Qe7
34. Rd3 Rh4 35. Rg3 h5 36. gxh5 Qe5 37. Kg2 Rxh5 38. Qg4 Kg7 39. Kf3 Rh2 40.
Rg2 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 23rd"]
[Site "Kemer"]
[Date "2007.10.04"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2007.10.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sarajevo Bosna"]
[BlackTeam "Reykjavik CC"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISL"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. d3 Be7 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. Re1 d6 10. a3 Re8 11. h3 Bf8 12. Nf1 h6 13. Ne3 Bc8 14. c3 Be6 15. Bc2
Bd7 16. b4 Ne7 17. Bb2 Ng6 18. c4 c5 19. Bb3 cxb4 20. axb4 bxc4 21. Nxc4 Bb5
22. d4 Qb8 23. Rc1 Ra7 24. Qd2 Rb7 25. Na5 Rc7 26. Rcd1 Qa8 27. d5 Nf4 28. Nd4
Nxh3+ 29. gxh3 exd4 30. Qxd4 Qc8 31. Re3 Nh5 32. Nc6 Qd7 33. Kh2 Bxc6 34. dxc6
Qxc6 35. Rc1 Qb7 36. Bd5 Qb8 37. Rf3 Ree7 38. Rxc7 Qxc7 39. Rf5 Nf6 40. Rxf6
gxf6 41. Qxf6 Re5 42. Bxe5 dxe5 43. Qg6+ Bg7 44. Qxa6 Qc1 45. b5 Qf4+ 46. Kg2
Qg5+ 47. Kf1 Bf8 48. Qc6 Kg7 49. b6 Qf6 50. Qc7 Bd6 51. Qc8 Qe7 52. b7 Qc7 53.
Kg2 Kh7 54. Qe8 Kg7 55. h4 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 23rd"]
[Site "Kemer"]
[Date "2007.10.05"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Asrian, Karen"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2007.10.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Yerevan"]
[BlackTeam "Sarajevo Bosna"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 Bc5 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be3 b5 8. Bb3
Bxe3 9. fxe3 Na5 10. O-O O-O 11. Qe1 c5 12. Nd5 Nd7 13. Ne7+ Qxe7 14. Qxa5 Nf6
15. Nd2 Rb8 16. Rf3 Qd8 17. Qxd8 Rxd8 18. a4 Bd7 19. axb5 axb5 20. Ra6 Be8 21.
Rf1 c4 22. dxc4 bxc4 23. Nxc4 Nxe4 24. Rd1 Kf8 25. Rb6 f6 26. Ra1 d5 27. Rxb8
Rxb8 28. Na5 Rb5 29. Kf1 Ke7 30. Ke1 Nd6 31. Ra2 h5 32. c3 h4 33. Bc2 Rb8 34.
Bd3 Rc8 35. Nb3 Bb5 36. Ra7+ Ke6 37. Bxb5 Nxb5 38. Ra6+ Nd6 39. Nd2 Kd7 40. Ra5
Ke6 41. Ra6 Kd7 42. Ra5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 23rd"]
[Site "Kemer"]
[Date "2007.10.06"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2007.10.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sarajevo Bosna"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nbd2 Bf5 6. Qb3 Qc7 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8.
Qxd3 e6 9. O-O Be7 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nbd7 12. Bg5 O-O 13. Bh4 Qd8 14. Nc3 b5
15. Rac1 Rc8 16. Rfd1 Nh5 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. b3 Nhf6 19. Qe3 Qb4 20. Ne5 Rfd8
21. Nd3 Qe7 22. h3 h6 23. Qe2 Qd6 24. Ne5 Qb4 25. Rc2 bxc4 26. Nxc4 Nb6 27.
Nxb6 Qxb6 28. Na4 Qa7 29. Nc5 a5 30. Rc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 23rd"]
[Site "Kemer"]
[Date "2007.10.07"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2007.10.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sarajevo Zeljeznicar"]
[BlackTeam "Sarajevo Bosna"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bd3 Bg6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Bxg6
hxg6 9. Qe2 Ne4 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Nd2 Qh4 12. h3 Nf6 13. f3 exf3 14. Nxf3 Qg3
15. e4 Rxh3 16. e5 Ng4 17. Qe1 Qxe1 18. Rxe1 Rh8 19. Bg5 Kd7 20. Rf1 Rh5 21.
Rae1 f6 22. Bd2 Be7 23. g3 Rah8 24. Kg2 Nh2 25. Rg1 g5 26. exf6 gxf6 27. Bc3
Nxf3 28. Kxf3 Rh2 29. Ke4 b5 30. cxb5 cxb5 31. Kd3 Rf2 32. Re3 Rhh2 33. a3 a5
34. Rd1 b4 35. axb4 axb4 36. Bd2 Bd6 37. b3 g4 38. Be1 Rf3 39. Rxf3 gxf3 40.
Ke3 Rb2 41. Kxf3 Rxb3+ 42. Kg2 f5 43. Ra1 Ra3 44. Rb1 b3 45. Kf1 Kc6 46. Ke2
Kd5 47. Kd3 b2+ 48. Kc2 Ra1 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 23rd"]
[Site "Kemer"]
[Date "2007.10.08"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2007.10.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Keystone"]
[BlackTeam "Sarajevo Bosna"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qb3 Nb6 7. d4 Bg7 8.
Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 Be6 10. Qd1 O-O 11. e3 c5 12. dxc5 Nd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Bxe7
Qxe7 15. Qxd5 Bxb2 16. Rb1 Bc3+ 17. Ke2 Na6 18. g3 Nxc5 19. Bh3 Rfd8 20. Qc4
Bf6 21. Rhc1 b6 22. Rc2 Rd3 23. Rd1 Rxd1 24. Kxd1 Rd8+ 25. Ke2 Rd3 26. Nd2 Rd4
27. Qb5 Kg7 28. Nb3 Nxb3 29. Qxb3 h5 30. Bg2 h4 31. Rd2 Rxd2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 23rd"]
[Site "Kemer"]
[Date "2007.10.09"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[Annotator "Radjabov,T"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2007.10.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sarajevo Bosna"]
[BlackTeam "Ural Sverdlovskaya"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. c4 {This match vs. Bosna was an important encounter for us, as the winner
could probably be first in the European Club Cup, so were fighting on all
boards. Dieses Match gegen Bosna war eine wichtige Begegnung für uns, denn der
Sieger hatte wahrscheinlich gute Chancen, den europäischen Mannschaftspokal zu
gewinnen, daher kämpften wir an allen Brettern.} g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nc3
O-O 5. d4 d6 {Eine typical position of the KID with g3. Eine typische Stellung
des Königsinders mit g3.} 6. Nf3 c6 7. O-O Qb6 {A rare line. Ivanchuk took
some 15-20 minutes thinking at this point. Now White has some problems
developing the c1-bishop. Ein seltenes Abspiel. An dieser Stelle dachte
Ivanchuk etwa 15-20 Minuten nach. Weiß hat jetzt nämlich einige Probleme, den
Läufer c1 zu entwickeln.} 8. Re1 $5 {Trying to start e4-e5 taking positions in
center. Versucht, mit e4-e5 im Zentrum Stellung zu beziehen.} Bg4 $5 {There
are many moves and also many ideas for Black, but Bg4 and Nfd7 (x Pd4) looked
interesting. Es gibt viele Züge und auch viele Ideen für Schwarz, aber Bg4 und
Nfd7 (x Pd4) sah interessant aus.} 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nfd7 11. e3 Na6 (11...
c5 $6 12. Nd5 Qd8 13. Qb3 Nc6 14. Qxb7 Rc8 15. Nf4 Nb6 (15... cxd4 16. Bxc6 Nc5
17. Qxa7 Rxc6 18. exd4 Ra6 19. Qxe7 Nb3 20. Qxd8 Rxd8 21. Rb1 $16) 16. Bxc6 Rc7
17. Qa6 Rxc6 18. Qxa7 cxd4 19. exd4 $14) 12. Rb1 e5 13. d5 c5 $6 {Well, I
don't think this kind of move is good here because White gets play on both
wings. Of course, it is hard to break Black's defence. But playing with White
is a much easier task here. Also, an dieser Stelle halte ich diese Art von Zug
nicht für gut, weil Weiß Spiel auf beiden Flügeln bekommt. Natürlich ist es
schwer, die schwarze Verteidigung zu überwinden. Aber mit Weiß zu spielen ist
hier doch die deutlich einfachere Aufgabe.} (13... f5 $5 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. e4 (
15. Qxd6 e4 $17) 15... f4 16. Kg2 Rab8 $11 (16... Qc5 17. b3 Nb6 $11 {[%cal
Ga6c7,Gc7e6,Ge6d4]})) 14. e4 $1 Qd8 15. h4 $1 {Practically the best decision,
now White puts a pawn on h5, the king on g2 and the rook on h1. Praktisch die
beste Entscheidung; Weiß stellt nun einen Bauern nach h5, den König nach g2
und den Turm nach h1.} Nc7 16. Kg2 f5 {Otherwise Black may end up without any
counterplay! The only way is to push through f4 somehow and try to close the
queen's flank! Ansonsten bleibt Schwarz am Ende vielleicht völlig ohne
Gegenspiel! Die einzige Möglichkeit besteht darin, irgendwie f4 durchzudrücken
und zu versuchen, den Damenflügel zu schließen!} 17. Bg5 Bf6 18. Bd2 Qe7 19.
Qe2 f4 20. Rh1 Rf7 21. Rh3 Raf8 22. Rbh1 a6 23. b3 {Now the position is
closed! And Ivanchuk tries to open up the game carefully on the queen's flank!
Jetzt ist die Stellung geschlossen! Und Ivanchuk versucht vorsichtig, das
Spiel am Damenflügel zu öffnen!} (23. h5 g5 24. h6 $14) 23... Kh8 24. a3 g5 $5
{It's not easy at all to play with Black! White is pressing on the queen's
flank, and also on the kingside it is hard to do something with Black. Schwarz
hat es keinesweg leicht! Weiß drückt am Damenflügel, und auch am Königsflügel
kann der Nachziehende kaum etwas unternehmen.} 25. h5 (25. hxg5 Bxg5 26. g4 Rb8
27. a4 a5 $11 {[%csl Gf8][%cal Gb8g8,Gc7e8,Ge8f6,Gd7f8,Gf8g6]}) 25... h6 (25...
Rb8 26. a4 a5 {was possible, but the position is very unpleasent anyway. war
möglich, aber auch dann bleibt die Stellung höchst unangenehm.}) 26. Bg4 Bg7
27. Bf5 {After this move and g4, many players asked me how the bishop came to
f5, from which square :) Nach diesem Zug und g4 fragten mich viele Spieler,
über welches Feld der Läufer eigentlich nach f5 gelangt war :)} b5 $1 28. g4 b4
{The only way is to try and to close the position! Der einzige Weg besteht in
dem Versuch, die Stellung zu schließen!} 29. Na4 (29. axb4 $1 cxb4 30. Na4 Rb8
(30... a5 31. Ra1 Na6 $13 32. c5 Naxc5 33. Nxc5 Nxc5 34. Rxa5 Rb8 35. Rb5 $16)
31. Ra1 Rff8 $14) 29... a5 30. Ra1 Rb8 31. Rhh1 Rff8 32. Ra2 Rb7 33. Rha1 Rfb8
34. axb4 axb4 35. Nb2 {Now it's very pleasant for White, he can maneouvre for
hours when Black has to wait in passive defence, calculating sacrifices all
the time. Nun ist es sehr angenehm für Weiß; er kann stundenlang manövrieren,
während Schwarz passiv abwarten und dabei ständig Opfer auf der Rechnung haben
muss.} Nb6 {My idea was to kick the f5-bishop somehow. It worked! Meine Idee
war, irgendwie den f5-Läufer zu beharken. Es klappte!} 36. Nd3 Nc8 37. Ra5 Qe8
{Now the knight is going to e7. Nun kommt der Springer nach e7.} 38. Nxc5 $6 {
Well, even if not bad, this is too early. Nun, selbst wenn dies vielleicht
nicht schlecht ist, kommt es zu früh.} (38. f3 $5 {This move followed by a
d2-bishop regroupment was more to the point, I think. Dieser Zug nebst der
Umgruppierung des Läufers d2 traf den Nagel eher auf den Kopf, denke ich.} Ne7
39. Bc1 Nxf5 40. exf5 e4 41. fxe4 Bxa1 42. Rxa1 $16) 38... dxc5 39. Rxc5 Bf8 $1
40. Rca5 Ne7 41. f3 (41. Bc1 $5 Nxf5 42. exf5 Bg7 (42... e4 43. Bb2+ Kg8 44.
Qd2 $18) 43. Bb2 Qe7 44. f3 Qd6 $14) 41... Qf7 42. R1a4 $2 {Well, after this
move White misses a clear plan and his king on g2 is vulnerable. Nun, nach
diesem Zug fehlt es Weiß an einem klaren Plan, und sein König auf g2 ist
anfällig.} Nxf5 43. exf5 Kg8 {Now I am going to play Ne8-f6 followed by e4.
Jetzt lautet mein Plan Ne8-f6 nebst e4.} 44. Qxe5 $2 {White misses a very
strong attacking conception. Weiß übersieht ein bärenstarkes Angriffskonzept.}
(44. Be1 $5 Ne8 45. Qxe5 Nf6 46. Qe6 Re8 47. Qxf7+ Kxf7 48. Bf2 Re2) 44... Re8
$1 45. Qd4 Qe7 $3 {Great concept - now it's lost for White! Ein großartiges
Konzept - nun ist Weiß verloren!} 46. Qf2 (46. Qe4 Qxe4 47. fxe4 Rxe4 48. Ra2
Rd4 $15) 46... Qe2 $1 47. Ra1 Qd3 48. Re1 Qxb3 49. Rxe8 Nxe8 50. Ra8 Re7 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0708"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2007.10.21"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2007.10.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Remagen"]
[BlackTeam "Bindlach"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Qd7 11. Nc3 Rfe8 12. Ba2 Nd8 13. Bg5 Ne6 14. Bh4 c5 15.
Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Bd5 Bd8 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. Nd5 Nc7 19. Nxc7 Bxc7 20. Nd2 Ba5 21.
Re3 Bxd2 22. Qxd2 f6 23. Qe2 a5 24. c3 b4 25. axb4 axb4 26. Rxa8 Rxa8 27. d4
bxc3 28. bxc3 cxd4 29. cxd4 exd4 30. Qc4+ d5 31. Qxd4 dxe4 32. Rxe4 Qc6 33. Qe3
Rc8 34. Kh2 h6 35. Re7 Qd6+ 36. g3 Qc5 37. Re8+ Kf7 38. Qe6+ Kg6 39. Qg4+ Kh7
40. Re2 Re8 41. Rd2 Rd8 42. Ra2 Rd4 43. Qf3 Qd5 44. Qxd5 Rxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0708"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2007.11.30"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2007.10.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Remagen"]
[BlackTeam "Godesberg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 Qe7 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Nd2 h6 11. Bh4 Qe6 12. c4 Nd7 13. Rb1 c5 14. Bg3 Rb8
15. Rb3 Rb6 16. Ra3 a6 17. Rb3 f5 18. exf5 Rxf5 19. Qe2 Qf7 20. Ne4 Rxb3 21.
axb3 Bb7 22. f3 Nf8 23. Bf2 Ne6 24. Be3 Qg6 25. Kh1 Rf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0708"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2008.02.09"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2007.10.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Remagen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. Re1 Nc5 11. c3 d4 12. Bxe6 Nxe6 13. cxd4 Ncxd4 14. Nxd4
Qxd4 15. Qc2 Qc5 16. Qe4 Rd8 17. Nf3 Qd5 18. Qc2 Bb4 19. Rf1 Bc5 20. Bg5 Qd3
21. Rac1 Qxc2 22. Rxc2 Rd3 23. Rfc1 Bb6 24. Bd2 O-O 25. Kf1 Rfd8 26. Ke2 h6 27.
Rc3 R3d5 28. Be3 c5 29. Ra3 a5 30. Rac3 a4 31. b3 Ba5 32. R3c2 axb3 33. axb3
Bb4 34. Ra2 g5 35. h3 Rd3 36. Rb1 Bc3 37. Ra6 R3d5 38. Rb6 b4 39. Rc1 Bxe5 40.
Nxe5 Rxe5 41. Kf3 Rd3 42. g4 Rxb3 43. Kg2 Kg7 44. Rb5 Rexe3 45. fxe3 Rxe3 46.
Rh1 b3 47. h4 c4 48. hxg5 hxg5 49. Kf2 Re2+ 50. Kxe2 Nd4+ 51. Kd2 Nxb5 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0708"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2008.02.10"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2007.10.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Remagen"]
[BlackTeam "Hamburger SK"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ne2 Ndf6 6. N2c3 Nxe4 7. Nxe4 Bf5
8. Qf3 e6 9. c3 Be7 10. Bc4 Nf6 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6 12. a4 a5 13. O-O O-O 14. Re1
Rc8 15. Bf4 Bg5 16. Be5 Bf6 17. Bg3 Bh4 18. Re5 Bf6 19. Re3 Kh8 20. h3 Qe7 21.
Rae1 Bc2 22. Qe2 Bg6 23. Bf4 Rfd8 24. g3 h6 25. h4 Bh7 26. Bb3 Qd7 27. Qf3 Qe7
28. Qh5 Ra8 29. Bc4 Bg6 30. Qf3 Rac8 31. R1e2 Bh7 32. Qg4 Qd7 33. Qh5 Ra8 34.
Bd3 Bxd3 35. Rxd3 Kg8 36. Rf3 Qe7 37. Re4 Rd5 38. Be5 Bxe5 39. dxe5 Qf8 40. c4
Rd7 41. Rg4 Kh7 42. Rgf4 Kg8 43. Rg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chT finals"]
[Site "Calvia"]
[Date "2007.10.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2007.10.20"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Qd7 11. Nc3 Rae8 12. Be3 Bd8 13. Ne2 Ne7 14. Ng3 c5 15. c3
Ng6 16. Bc2 Bb6 17. d4 Qd8 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Rxe5 20. Bf4 Re6 21. Nf5 Bxe4
22. Bxe4 Nxe4 23. Qg4 g6 24. Bh6 Nf6 25. Qf3 Rfe8 26. Rxe6 Rxe6 27. Ne3 d5 28.
Rd1 d4 29. cxd4 cxd4 30. Nc2 Ne4 31. Be3 Rd6 32. Bf4 Re6 33. Be3 d3 34. Bxb6
Qxb6 35. Rxd3 Qc5 36. Nd4 Re8 37. b4 Qc1+ 38. Rd1 Qb2 39. Qe3 h5 40. f3 Nd6 41.
Qc1 Nc4 42. Qxb2 Nxb2 43. Rd2 Nc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mukachevo m g/10'+10''"]
[Site "Mukachevo"]
[Date "2007.10.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "167"]
[EventDate "2007.10.26"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Qc7 7. Qe2 d6 8. c4
g6 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. Rd1 O-O 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. h3 Nd7 13. Be3 Bxc3 14. bxc3 f6 15.
Qd2 Rd8 16. Bc2 Nc5 17. Nd4 Na5 18. Qe2 e5 19. Nf3 Be6 20. Nd2 Qf7 21. f4 Rac8
22. Rab1 Nxc4 23. f5 gxf5 24. exf5 Bd5 25. Nxc4 Bxc4 26. Qg4+ Kh8 27. Rb6 Bd5
28. Qh4 Bc6 29. Rb4 Rg8 30. Rg4 Qe7 31. Qh6 d5 32. Kh2 Nd7 33. Bb3 Qf7 34. Bf2
Rxg4 35. hxg4 Rg8 36. Kh3 Rg7 37. Bh4 Kg8 38. Rd3 Kf8 39. Rg3 Ke8 40. g5 Nc5
41. Bd1 Bd7 42. Bh5 Bxf5+ 43. Kh2 Rg6 44. Bxg6 Qxg6 45. Qxg6+ hxg6 46. gxf6 Kf7
47. Re3 Ne4 48. Kg1 b5 49. Kf1 g5 50. Rxe4 Bxe4 51. Bxg5 Bg6 52. Ke2 Ke6 53.
Ke3 Kf5 54. Bh4 Kg4 55. Bf2 Kg5 56. Kd2 Kxf6 57. Bc5 Bb1 58. a3 Kf5 59. Ke3 Be4
60. g3 Bg2 61. Bb4 Bh3 62. Bc5 Bg4 63. Bb4 Ke6 64. Kd2 Kd7 65. Ba5 Kc6 66. Bb4
d4 67. cxd4 exd4 68. Ba5 Kc5 69. Kc2 Kc4 70. Kb2 Kd3 71. Bb4 Ke2 72. Kc1 d3 73.
Bc3 Be6 74. Bb4 Kf3 75. Kd2 Bf5 76. Ba5 Kxg3 77. Bb4 Kf3 78. Ba5 Ke4 79. Kc1
Ke3 80. Bd2+ Kd4 81. Kb2 Kc5 82. Ba5 Kc4 83. Bd2 Bg6 84. Ba5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mukachevo m g/10'+10''"]
[Site "Mukachevo"]
[Date "2007.10.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2007.10.26"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qf3 bxc6 7. Be2 Qxf3
8. Bxf3 Ne7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. O-O d6 11. Rd1 a5 12. Na4 Ba7 13. c4 Ng6 14. c5 dxc5
15. Be3 c4 16. Bxa7 Rxa7 17. Be2 Rb7 18. Rac1 Rb4 19. Rxc4 Be6 20. Rxb4 axb4
21. b3 Ra8 22. g3 f5 23. Rd4 fxe4 24. Rxe4 Bd5 25. Rxb4 Kf7 26. Rb7 Ke6 27.
Rxc7 Ne7 28. Bg4+ Kf6 29. h4 Ng6 30. f4 Nf8 31. Kf2 h6 32. Nc3 Ra6 33. Ke3 g5
34. fxg5+ hxg5 35. h5 Be6 36. Bf3 Bd7 37. Ne4+ Ke7 38. Nc5 1-0

[Event "Mukachevo m g/10'+10''"]
[Site "Mukachevo"]
[Date "2007.10.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B37"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2007.10.26"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Nc2 Bg7 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O Nd7 10. Bd2 b6 11. Rc1 Bb7 12. b3 a6 13. Kh1 e6 14. f3 Qe7 15. Qe1
Rfd8 16. Be3 Rab8 17. Qd2 Nc5 18. Rfd1 Ba8 19. Nd4 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Bxd4 21. Qxd4
e5 22. Qe3 Ne6 23. Bf1 Nd4 24. Ne2 Ne6 25. Nc3 Nd4 26. Rd2 Bc6 27. Rcd1 a5 28.
Ne2 Ne6 29. Nc3 Nd4 30. Rd3 h5 31. Ne2 Ne6 32. Qd2 Qf6 33. Nc3 Nd4 34. Ne2 Ne6
35. Nc3 Nd4 36. Ne2 Ne6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mukachevo m g/10'+10''"]
[Site "Mukachevo"]
[Date "2007.10.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2007.10.26"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 d6 5. d3 Be7 6. Nd2 Bg5 7. Nf1 Bxc1 8.
Rxc1 Nge7 9. Ne3 O-O 10. O-O Ng6 11. Ncd5 Nce7 12. c3 Be6 13. Nxe7+ Qxe7 14. g3
Rab8 15. a4 Qd7 16. Qb3 Ne7 17. f4 exf4 18. gxf4 Bxc4 19. Qxc4 Kh8 20. f5 f6
21. Qe6 Qc7 22. Rc2 Rbe8 23. Rg2 Nc6 24. Qd5 Rd8 25. Rf3 Qd7 26. Rfg3 Ne7 27.
Qb3 g6 28. Qd1 Rg8 29. fxg6 Rxg6 30. Qf3 Rf8 31. Qf4 Rxg3 32. Rxg3 Qe6 33. Qh6
Rg8 34. Kf2 b6 35. Rf3 Rg6 36. Qf8+ Ng8 37. Nd5 Qg4 38. Rg3 Qh4 39. Kg2 Rxg3+
40. hxg3 Qg5 41. Ne7 Qg4 42. Kf2 Qg5 43. Ke2 (43. Nxg8 $1 {and the white king
can escape from perpetual check - on the square a8, e.g.:} Qd2+ (43... Qxg8 44.
Qxf6+ Qg7 45. Qxd6) 44. Kf3 Qxd3+ 45. Kf4 Qf1+ 46. Kg4 Qe2+ 47. Kf5 Qf3+ 48.
Ke6 Qxe4+ 49. Kxd6 Qd3+ 50. Kc6 Qf3+ 51. Kb5 Qd3+ 52. c4 Qb3+ 53. Ka6 Qxa4+ (
53... Qxc4+ 54. Kxa7 $18) 54. Kb7 Qd7+ 55. Ka8 {and no more checks, so:} Qg7 (
55... Qc6+ 56. Kb8 {loses immediately}) 56. Qxg7+ Kxg7 57. Nxf6 Kxf6 58. Kxa7
Kf5 59. Kxb6 Kg4 60. Kxc5 Kxg3 61. b4 {and White wins.}) 43... Qxg3 44. Nxg8
Qg2+ 45. Kd1 Qg1+ 46. Kc2 Qg2+ (46... Qxg8 $2 47. Qxf6+ Qg7 48. Qxd6 {and
White has good winning chances.}) 47. Kc1 (47. Kb3 Qxg8+ 48. Qxg8+ Kxg8 {
and Black is winning.}) 47... Qg1+ 48. Kd2 Qf2+ 49. Kd1 Qf1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mukachevo m g/10'+10''"]
[Site "Mukachevo"]
[Date "2007.10.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2007.10.26"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Qa5 11. O-O Be6 12. Rab1 Rfc8 13. b3 a6 14. Rfc1
Rab8 15. b4 Qd8 16. c5 a5 17. a3 axb4 18. axb4 dxc5 19. Qxd8+ Rxd8 20. bxc5 Kf8
21. f3 Ne8 22. Nb5 Ra8 23. Rd1 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Ra2 25. Bf1 Ra1 26. Rxa1 Bxa1 27.
Kf2 Bd7 28. Bc4 Be5 29. f4 Bb2 30. e5 Ng7 31. Nd4 Bxd4 32. Bxd4 h5 33. Ke2 Ne6
34. Be3 Nc7 35. Kd2 Bb5 36. Bb3 Bc6 37. g3 Nd5 38. Bf2 Ke8 39. Kd3 Nc7 40. Be1
Bd5 41. Ba4+ Bc6 42. Bd1 e6 43. Ba5 Nd5 44. Bb3 Kd7 45. Bd2 Ne7 46. Bc4 Bd5 47.
Bb5+ Bc6 48. Bc4 Bd5 49. Bb5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mukachevo m g/10'+10''"]
[Site "Mukachevo"]
[Date "2007.10.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2007.10.26"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. Nbd2 Nf6 7. a4 Nd7 8.
h3 O-O 9. a5 e5 10. Nc4 Qe7 11. O-O Rd8 12. Bd2 Nf8 13. Rb1 f6 14. b4 Be6 15.
Ne3 b6 16. axb6 axb6 17. bxc5 bxc5 18. Rb6 Qd7 19. Qb1 Bf7 20. Rb7 Qc8 21. Ng4
Ne6 22. Bh6 Rd7 23. Rb6 Rda7 24. Qb2 Ra2 25. Qc3 R2a3 26. Qd2 Bh8 27. Rfb1 R3a6
28. Be3 Bg7 29. Nh6+ Bxh6 30. Bxh6 Rxb6 31. Rxb6 Qc7 32. Rb1 Qe7 33. Qc3 g5 34.
Rb6 Nd8 35. h4 g4 36. Nh2 Be6 37. Be3 c4 38. dxc4 Kf7 39. Nf1 Ra3 40. Rb3 Ra4
41. Nd2 Nb7 42. Rb6 Qd7 43. c5 Kg6 44. Kh2 Nd8 45. Qd3 Qxd3 46. cxd3 Ra3 47. d4
g3+ 48. Kg1 exd4 49. Bxd4 Rd3 50. Be3 Bd7 51. Rb8 gxf2+ 52. Kxf2 Ne6 53. Nc4
Rc3 54. Nb6 Rc2+ 55. Kf3 1-0

[Event "Mukachevo m g/10'+10''"]
[Site "Mukachevo"]
[Date "2007.10.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2007.10.26"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Qa5 11. O-O Be6 12. Rab1 Rfc8 13. b3 Ng4 14. Nd5
Qxd2 15. Bxd2 Kf8 16. Bg5 Nf6 17. Nxf6 Bxf6 18. Bxf6 exf6 19. f4 Rc5 20. Rfd1
Ke7 21. Kf2 a6 22. Rd4 b5 23. cxb5 axb5 24. Rb2 Ra3 25. Rbd2 f5 26. exf5 Bxf5
27. b4 Rc2 28. Rxc2 Bxc2 29. Bxb5 Bb1 30. Bc6 Rxa2+ 31. Ke3 Bf5 32. Rd2 Ra3+
33. Kd4 Be6 34. Rb2 Kd8 35. b5 Ra4+ 36. Ke3 Ra3+ 37. Kd4 Ra4+ 38. Ke3 Ra3+ 39.
Kd2 Kc7 40. b6+ Kb8 41. Rb4 h5 42. Kc2 Ra5 43. Kd3 Bd5 44. Bxd5 Rxd5+ 45. Rd4
Ra5 46. Rxd6 Ra2 47. g3 Rxh2 48. Ke3 h4 49. gxh4 Rxh4 50. Rf6 Kb7 51. Kf3 Rh1
52. Ke4 Re1+ 53. Kd5 Rd1+ 54. Ke4 Re1+ 55. Kf3 Rb1 56. Kg4 Rg1+ 57. Kf3 Rb1 58.
Rxf7+ Kxb6 59. Ke4 Rb5 60. Rg7 Kc6 61. Rxg6+ Kd7 62. Rg5 Rxg5 63. fxg5 Ke6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Mukachevo m g/10'+10''"]
[Site "Mukachevo"]
[Date "2007.10.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2007.10.26"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qf3 bxc6 7. Nd2 Qxf3
8. Nxf3 Nf6 9. Bd3 d5 10. exd5 cxd5 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 Bb7 13. Be3 Bd6 14. Bd4
c5 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. c4 dxc4 17. Bxc4 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Be5 19. Rad1 Rfd8 20. b3
Kf8 21. Kg2 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Ke7 23. Re1 Rg8+ 24. Kh3 Kf8 25. Re4 Rg1 26. Rh4 Kg7
27. Rg4+ Rxg4 28. fxg4 f5 29. gxf5 f6 30. Kg2 Kf8 31. h3 Ke7 32. Kf3 Bd4 33.
Ke2 Kd6 34. f4 Bb2 35. Kf3 Bc1 36. Kg4 h6 37. Bf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mukachevo m g/10'+10''"]
[Site "Mukachevo"]
[Date "2007.10.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2007.10.26"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Qa5 11. O-O Be6 12. b3 Rfc8 13. Rfc1 Ng4 14. Bxg4
Bxg4 15. Bd4 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Be6 17. Rab1 a6 18. a4 Rab8 19. Re1 Qb4 20. Qd3 Rc5
21. h3 Rbc8 22. Re3 R5c6 23. Kh2 Qc5 24. f4 Rb6 25. Nd5 Bxd5 26. exd5 Rb4 27.
Rxe7 b5 28. Rbe1 Rf8 29. Re8 Qf2 30. Rxf8+ Kxf8 31. Qc3 Qxf4+ 32. Kh1 1-0

[Event "Mukachevo m g/10'+10''"]
[Site "Mukachevo"]
[Date "2007.10.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C85"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2007.10.26"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Nc3 Nd7 8.
d4 exd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. Qe2 Re8 11. Bf4 Bc5 12. Rad1 Qf6 13. Be3 Bb4 14. f3 Ne5
15. Nb1 Ng6 16. Qf2 Bf8 17. Nc3 Bb4 18. Nce2 Bd6 19. Nc3 Bb4 20. Nde2 Be6 21.
Bc5 Bxc3 22. Nxc3 b6 23. Be3 Qe7 24. Rfe1 Rad8 25. Rxd8 Qxd8 26. b3 f5 27. Qd2
Qxd2 28. Bxd2 Kf7 29. Kf2 a5 30. h3 h5 31. Bg5 fxe4 32. fxe4 Bc8 33. Ke3 Nf8
34. Bf4 Ne6 35. Be5 Bb7 36. Rf1+ Kg6 37. Rd1 Re7 38. Bg3 Bc8 39. Ne2 Ng5 40. e5
Ne6 41. Nf4+ Nxf4 42. Bxf4 Bf5 43. c3 Kf7 44. Rd8 Rd7 45. Rxd7+ Bxd7 46. e6+
Kxe6 47. Bxc7 b5 48. Bxa5 Kd5 49. Kf4 g6 50. g4 hxg4 51. hxg4 c5 52. Bd8 c4 53.
Be7 cxb3 54. axb3 Be6 55. Kg5 Kc6 56. Kxg6 Bxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mukachevo m g/10'+10''"]
[Site "Mukachevo"]
[Date "2007.10.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "2007.10.26"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nc6 8.
Nge2 a5 9. O-O a4 10. Be3 Nb4 11. d5 O-O 12. Nd4 Nxd3 13. Qxd3 Nd7 14. Qc2 Nc5
15. Rad1 Bg5 16. Rfe1 Bg4 17. f3 Bxe3+ 18. Rxe3 Bd7 19. Ndb5 Re8 20. Rxe8+ Bxe8
21. Qe2 Bd7 22. Re1 h5 23. Qd2 Rc8 24. Nd4 Qf6 25. b4 axb3 26. axb3 Bf5 27. Re3
Bg6 28. Nce2 h4 29. h3 Ra8 30. Kh2 Kh7 31. Nb5 Rc8 32. Qd4 Qxd4 33. Nexd4 c6
34. dxc6 bxc6 35. Na7 Ra8 36. Ndxc6 Nd3 37. Re7 f6 38. b4 Nb2 39. Na5 Bd3 40.
c5 dxc5 41. bxc5 Nc4 42. Nxc4 Bxc4 43. c6 Ba6 44. Kg1 Rd8 45. Rd7 Re8 46. c7
Re1+ 47. Kh2 Rc1 48. Rd6 Bb7 49. Nb5 Rc5 50. Rb6 Bc8 51. Kg1 Rc1+ 52. Kh2 Rc5
53. Rb8 Bd7 54. Rd8 Bxb5 55. c8=Q Rxc8 56. Rxc8 g5 57. Kg1 Kg6 58. Kf2 Bd3 59.
Ke3 Bf1 60. Rc2 Kf5 61. Rc5+ Kg6 62. Kf2 Bd3 63. Rc1 Bb5 64. Ke3 Ba6 65. Ra1
Bc4 66. Kd4 Bb5 67. Kc5 Be2 68. Kd6 f5 69. Ke5 g4 70. f4 Bd3 71. Re1 g3 72. Kd4
Bc2 73. Re6+ Kf7 74. Rh6 Be4 75. Rxh4 Bxg2 76. Rh5 Kf6 77. Ke3 Bf1 78. h4 Bh3
79. Rg5 Bg4 80. h5 1-0

[Event "Mukachevo m g/10'+10''"]
[Site "Mukachevo"]
[Date "2007.10.28"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C85"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2007.10.26"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Nc3 Nd7 8.
d4 exd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. Qe2 Ne5 11. Be3 Bd6 12. Rad1 Qh4 13. h3 Re8 14. f4 Ng6
15. e5 Bc5 16. Qf3 Qe7 17. Ne4 Bxd4 18. Bxd4 f5 19. Ng3 Be6 20. b3 Rad8 21. c4
Rd7 22. Rd2 Red8 23. Rfd1 a5 24. Ne2 c5 25. Be3 Rxd2 26. Rxd2 Rxd2 27. Bxd2 b6
28. Qd3 Qd7 29. Qxd7 Bxd7 30. Nc3 Bc6 31. Kf2 Kf7 32. g3 Ke6 33. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 16th"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2007.10.30"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2007.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Be3 Bxe3 7. fxe3 Bg4
8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nd7 10. Nc3 Qh4+ 11. Kd2 Qe7 12. Raf1 f6 13. g4 O-O-O 14. h4
h6 15. Qf5 Rdf8 16. Qg6 Nc5 17. g5 hxg5 18. hxg5 Rxh1 19. Rxh1 fxg5 20. Ke2 Ne6
21. Rf1 Rf6 22. Rxf6 gxf6 23. Nd1 Nf8 24. Qg8 b6 25. Nf2 Kb7 26. Ng4 Nd7 27. a3
a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 16th"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2007.10.31"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Georgiev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "2007.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Macedonia"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MKD"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Ne5 Bd7 8. Na3
cxd4 9. Naxc4 Rc8 10. Qb3 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Bc6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Rd1 c5 14. e3 Bd6
15. exd4 c4 16. Qc2 O-O 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Qa4 Rc7 20. Rac1 Rb8 21.
Rc2 Qd8 22. a3 Rb6 23. Rdd2 Rxb2 24. Rxb2 c3 25. Be4 g6 26. Qb3 Qg5 27. Rdc2
cxb2 28. Rxc7 Bxc7 29. Qxb2 Bb6 30. d5 exd5 31. Bd3 h5 32. Kg2 h4 33. Qe2 Qf6
34. a4 h3+ 35. Kxh3 Bxf2 36. Kg2 Bb6 37. Bc2 Qb2 38. Qd3 Kg7 39. h4 Be3 40. Kh3
Qe5 41. Bd1 d4 42. Kg2 Qd5+ 43. Kh2 Kf8 44. Be2 Qc6 45. a5 Qf6 46. Qe4 Qf2+ 47.
Qg2 Qf5 48. a6 d3 49. Bd1 Qb5 50. Qb7 Bb6 51. Qc8+ Kg7 52. Qc3+ Kg8 53. Qc8+
Kh7 54. h5 gxh5 55. Bf3 Kg7 56. Qc3+ f6 57. Be4 Qxa6 58. Qxd3 Qxd3 59. Bxd3 a5
60. Bc2 Kh6 61. Kg2 Kg5 62. Kf3 Bc7 63. Ba4 Bd6 64. Bb5 Bb4 65. Be8 Be1 66. Bd7
f5 67. Ba4 h4 68. gxh4+ Bxh4 69. Bb3 Be1 70. Bc2 Bb4 71. Ba4 Bc5 72. Bb5 Kf6
73. Ke2 Ke5 74. Kd3 f4 75. Kc4 Kd6 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 16th"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2007.11.01"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2007.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "France"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. Bd2 Nhf6 8. Qc2
g6 9. g3 e5 10. dxe5 Ng4 11. e6 (11. Na4 Ngxe5 12. Bc3 (12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Bc3
Qe7 14. O-O-O Bh6+ $36 {[%cal Gc8f5]}) 12... Bg7 (12... Nxf3+ $5 13. exf3 f6
$13) 13. O-O-O O-O 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. e4 $36 {1/2-1/2 Miton,K (2653)-Bacrot,E 
(2709)/Torrelavega 2007 (23)}) (11. Bg2 Ngxe5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. O-O Bg7 14.
Rad1 O-O 15. Be3 Bf5 16. Qc1 Re8 17. Bd4 Qc7 18. e4 dxe4 19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20. Bxe4
Rad8 $14 {/=, 1/2-1/2 Pashikian,A (2534)-Laznicka,V (2610)/Yerevan 2007 (58)})
11... Nxc5 12. exf7+ Kxf7 13. e4 Bg7 14. Bg2 (14. h3 Nf6 15. Ng5+ Kg8 16. Be3
Qa5 $1 (16... Ncxe4 $2 {1-0 Aronian,L (2750)-Bacrot,E (2695)/Mainz (rapid)
2007 (22)}) 17. Bd2 (17. O-O-O $6 h6) 17... Qb6 18. Be3 (18. exd5 $2 Bf5 $19)
18... Qa5 $11) 14... Bxc3 $1 $146 {A strong novelty, prepared by Etienne for
his Candidates Match versus Kamsky (Elista 2007). It didn't work out then, but
the present game confirms that good opening preparation sooner or later pays
off.} (14... Re8 15. O-O Kg8 16. Bg5 Qa5 17. exd5 Bf5 18. Qd2 $14 {1/2-1/2
Sargissian,G (2658)-Laznicka,V (2593)/Moscow 2007 (44)}) 15. Bxc3 dxe4 16. Bxh8
{The correct move, which leads to a draw. This means that the entire variation
starting with 11.e6 brings White no advantage.} (16. Nd2 $6 Nd3+ (16... Qd3 17.
Qxd3 Nxd3+ 18. Ke2 Re8 $36) 17. Kf1 Ndxf2 $36 {[%cal Gg4e3]}) 16... Nd3+ 17.
Kf1 (17. Ke2 exf3+ 18. Bxf3 Qxh8 19. Qb3+ Kf8 20. Kxd3 (20. Qa3+ c5 $17) 20...
Bf5+ 21. Ke2 Qd4 $17) 17... exf3 18. Bxf3 Ngxf2 19. Qb3+ Ke7 (19... Kf8 20. Qc3
$5 Bh3+ 21. Kg1 (21. Bg2 $2 Bxg2+ 22. Kxg2 Qd5+ $19) 21... Qe7 22. Bd4 Qf7 23.
Bxf2 Qxf3 24. Qh8+ Kf7 25. Qxh7+ Kf8 $11) 20. Bg7 ({As pointed out by Bacrot
White can make a draw with} 20. Qa3+ c5 (20... Kf7 21. Qb3+ $11) 21. Re1+ Nxe1
22. Qxc5+ Qd6 23. Bf6+ Ke6 24. Qxd6+ Kxd6 25. Kxf2 Nxf3 26. Kxf3 $11 {However,
in the game White still could have escaped.}) (20. Qc3 $2 Bh3+ $19 {[%cal
Gd8h8]}) 20... Bh3+ 21. Bg2 ({Another draw is} 21. Kg1 Qd7 22. Bh6 (22. Re1+ $2
Nxe1 23. Kxf2 Nxf3 $17) 22... Re8 23. Bg5+ Kf8 24. Bh6+ $11) 21... Qd7 22. Bxh3
(22. Bh6 Nxh1 (22... Re8 23. Bg5+ Kd6 (23... Kf8 24. Bh6+ Ke7 25. Bg5+) 24.
Bf4+ Kc5 (24... Nxf4 $2 25. Qb4+ $18) 25. Rc1+ $1 Nxc1 26. Be3+ Rxe3 27. Qxe3+
Kb5 28. Kxf2 Nd3+ 29. Kg1 $13) 23. Bg5+ Kf8 24. Bh6+ Ke7 $11 (24... Ke8 25.
Qg8+)) 22... Qxh3+ 23. Kg1 Qf5 24. Qxb7+ $2 {Missing the last chance to escape.
} ({White had to deflect the knight from controlling the b4-square first:} 24.
Re1+ $1 Nxe1 25. Qxb7+ Kd6 (25... Qd7 26. Qxd7+ Kxd7 27. Kxf2 Nd3+ 28. Ke3 $14)
26. Qb4+ Kc7 (26... c5 27. Qb6+ Ke7 28. Qb7+ Ke6 29. Qb3+ Qd5 30. Qxd5+ Kxd5
31. Kxf2 Nd3+ 32. Ke3 $11) 27. Qe7+ Kb6 28. Qb4+ Qb5 29. Qd4+ c5 30. Qd6+ Qc6
31. Qxc6+ Kxc6 32. Kxf2 Nd3+ 33. Ke3 $11) 24... Kd6 {Now Black's attack is
decisive.} 25. Qb6 (25. h3 Qf3 26. Rh2 Qxg3+ 27. Rg2 Nxh3+ $19) (25. Qxa8 Nh3+
26. Kg2 Qe4+ 27. Kxh3 Nf2#) 25... Qf3 26. Qd4+ Kc7 27. Be5+ Kc8 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 16th"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2007.11.03"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2007.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Czech Republic"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Re1 Nd7 14. g4 Bg6 15.
Bg5 Qc7 16. Nh4 b5 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. Bb3 a5 19. Qf3 Nb6 20. Re2 Rae8 21. Rae1
Rxe2 22. Rxe2 Qd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 16th"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2007.11.04"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2007.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg7 6. e4 O-O 7. Be2 c6 8. Nf3
b5 9. Qb3 Qa5 10. Bd2 b4 11. Na4 Nxe4 12. Bxb4 Qc7 13. O-O Be6 14. Qc2 Nd6 15.
Rfd1 a5 16. Ba3 Bd5 17. Nc3 Na6 18. Rac1 Qb8 19. Ne5 Nb4 20. Bxb4 axb4 21. Nxd5
cxd5 22. Nd7 Qc8 23. Nxf8 Qxc2 24. Rxc2 Kxf8 25. b3 Ne4 26. Rd3 e6 27. Kf1 Bf6
28. g4 Ra3 29. f4 Nc3 30. Rdd2 Kg7 31. Kg2 Bh4 32. Kf1 Bd8 33. Kg2 Bh4 34. Kf1
Kg8 35. Rb2 Ra8 36. Rbc2 Ra3 37. Rb2 Kf8 38. Rbc2 Be7 39. Kg2 Kg7 40. Rb2 h6
41. Rbc2 Bd6 42. Kf3 g5 43. fxg5 hxg5 44. Bd3 f6 45. Rf2 e5 46. dxe5 fxe5 47.
Bf5 e4+ 48. Kg2 Bf4 49. h4 Kf6 50. h5 Ke5 51. h6 d4 52. h7 Ra8 53. a3 d3 54.
axb4 dxc2 55. Rxc2 Kd4 56. b5 e3 57. b6 e2 58. b7 Rh8 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 16th"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2007.11.05"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Socko, Bartosz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2007.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Poland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 7. Bd2 Qa4 8. Rb1
c4 9. Qc1 Nc6 10. Be2 f6 11. Nf3 b6 12. Bf4 Bd7 13. h4 O-O-O 14. h5 Rf8 15. Kf1
Be8 16. Rh3 Nge7 17. Kg1 Rhg8 18. Bh2 Kb7 19. Bd1 Nf5 20. Bf4 Ka6 21. Ra1 Bd7
22. Qd2 Qb5 23. Qc1 Qa4 24. Be2 Kb7 25. Qb2 Be8 26. Re1 Bd7 27. Bd1 Rf7 28. Qc1
Rff8 29. Kh2 Ka6 30. Rg1 Kb7 31. Rf1 Rf7 32. Re1 Ka6 33. Be2 Kb7 34. Bf1 Ka6
35. Kg1 Kb7 36. Rh2 Nfe7 37. Bd2 fxe5 38. Ng5 Rf5 39. g4 Rxg5 40. Bxg5 e4 41.
f3 exf3 42. Rf2 Nc8 43. Qf4 Qxa3 44. Qf7 N6e7 45. Rxf3 h6 46. Bxe7 Nxe7 47.
Rfe3 Kc7 48. Rxe6 Bxe6 49. Rxe6 Kd7 50. Re5 Qd6 51. Bg2 Qf6 52. Rxe7+ Qxe7 53.
Qxd5+ Kc7 54. Qxc4+ Kd7 55. Qc6+ Kd8 56. Qa8+ Kd7 57. Qxa7+ Kd8 58. Qa8+ Kd7
59. Qd5+ Kc7 60. Qc4+ Kd7 61. Bc6+ Kc7 62. Be4+ Kd7 63. Bf5+ 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 16th"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2007.11.06"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2007.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 Nc6 7. Bc4 e6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Kh1 Bd7 11. Qe2 Rc8 12. Rad1 Ne5 13. Bd3 Nfg4 14. Bc1 Qb6
15. Nb3 Bh4 16. a5 Qa7 17. Kg1 f5 18. exf5 exf5 19. h3 Nxd3 20. cxd3 Rfe8 21.
Qf3 Be6 22. Nd2 Ne5 23. Qf4 Bd8 24. Nf3 Bxa5 25. Be3 Qb8 26. Bd4 Ng6 27. Qg5
Ne5 28. Qf4 Nxf3+ 29. Qxf3 Qc7 30. Rde1 Qf7 31. Qf4 Bd7 32. Qxd6 Bc6 33. Qf4
Rcd8 34. Rxe8+ Bxe8 35. Re1 Bc6 36. Re3 Bc7 37. Be5 Bxe5 38. Rxe5 Rf8 39. d4
Qf6 40. d5 Bd7 41. Re1 Rc8 42. d6 Rc6 43. Rd1 Kh8 44. Rd4 h6 45. Qd2 Qe5 46. f4
Qe6 47. Kh2 Kh7 48. Nd5 a5 49. Ne3 Rc5 50. Nc2 Bc6 51. Ne3 Bd7 52. Nc2 Bc6 53.
b4 axb4 54. Nxb4 Bd7 55. Nd3 Rb5 56. Ne5 Rxe5 57. fxe5 Qxe5+ 58. Kh1 b5 59. Qd1
Kg6 60. Rd5 Qe4 61. Rd4 Qe5 62. Rd2 b4 63. Rd5 Qe6 64. Rd3 Kh7 65. Rd4 b3 66.
Rb4 Bc6 67. Rb6 Ba4 68. Qd4 Bd7 69. Kh2 h5 70. h4 Be8 71. Qf4 Qd5 72. Qg3 Ba4
73. Rb4 Qc5 74. Rxa4 b2 75. Qd3 Qe5+ 76. Kh3 1-0

[Event "Mukachevo m playoff"]
[Site "Mukachevo"]
[Date "2007.10.28"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2007.10.28"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 e5 6. Rb1 Nge7 7. a3 a5 8. d3 d6
9. Nd2 Be6 10. Nd5 O-O 11. Nf1 Rb8 12. Nfe3 b5 13. Bd2 b4 14. O-O Bd7 15. axb4
Nxb4 16. Bc3 Nexd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 a4 19. b4 axb3 20. Rxb3 Qc7 21. Ra3
Bc6 22. Bxc6 Qxc6 23. Qa1 Ra8 24. Rb1 Rxa3 25. Qxa3 e4 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Rb5
exd3 28. Qxd3 Re8 29. e3 h5 30. h4 Ra8 31. Rb1 Re8 32. Rd1 Re6 33. Qc3+ Kg8 34.
Qd3 Qe4 35. Qe2 Qg4 36. Qxg4 hxg4 37. Kf1 Kf8 38. Ke2 Ke7 39. Rd5 f5 40. h5 Kf6
41. hxg6 Kxg6 42. Rd1 Kf6 43. Ra1 Re7 44. Kd3 Rb7 45. Ra2 Ke5 46. Rd2 Rb3+ 47.
Kc2 Ra3 48. Kb2 Ra4 49. Kc3 Ra3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mukachevo m playoff"]
[Site "Mukachevo"]
[Date "2007.10.28"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2007.10.28"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. g4 h6 10. O-O-O b4 11. Na4 Ne5 12. b3 Bd7 13. Nb2 d5 14. Bf4 Qc7 15.
Nd3 Nxd3+ 16. Bxd3 Qb6 17. Ne2 dxe4 18. Bxe4 Rd8 19. Be3 Bc5 20. Bxc5 Qxc5 21.
Qd4 Rc8 22. Ng3 Ke7 23. Rhe1 Qxd4 24. Rxd4 a5 25. Bd3 Rhd8 26. Nf5+ Kf8 27. Nd6
Bc6 28. Be2 Rb8 29. Rd2 Nd5 30. Nc4 Nc3 31. Rxd8+ Rxd8 32. Nxa5 Nxe2+ 33. Rxe2
Bxf3 34. Rf2 Bxg4 35. Nc6 Rd1+ 36. Kb2 f5 37. Nxb4 e5 38. Kc3 e4 39. Rd2 Ra1
40. Rd5 e3 41. Re5 f4 42. Nd3 g5 43. h4 e2 44. hxg5 f3 45. Re4 h5 46. Rf4+ Kg7
47. a4 Rd1 48. Kd4 Ra1 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2007.11.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 Be6 {Quite an
original move order. Black eventually gets a decent position.} 7. Qc2 (7. Qa4
$5 {is probably more logical. Here are two practical examples:} Nbd7 (7... Qc8
8. Nc3 Bg7 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. e4 Nb6 11. Qc2 Bh3 12. O-O Bxg2 13. Kxg2 O-O 14. Bf4
Re8 15. Rad1 Nfd7 16. Rd3 e5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Rxe5 20. f4
Re7 21. Rfd1 Rd7 22. Rxd7 Nxd7 23. e5 $14 {1-0 Georgiev,K-Naiditsch,A/Kemer
TUR 2007/The Week in Chess 674 (42)}) (7... Bg7 {leads to normal Gruenfeld
lines}) 8. Nc3 Nb6 9. Qd1 (9. Qc2 $5) 9... Nbd5 10. Bg2 Bg7 11. O-O O-O 12. Na4
Bf5 13. Nh4 Bc8 14. h3 Nb6 15. e4 Nfd7 16. Nf3 Nxa4 17. Qxa4 e5 18. Be3 Nb6 19.
Qb4 exd4 20. Bxd4 Bxd4 21. Nxd4 a5 22. Qc3 Na4 23. Qe3 Nxb2 24. Rac1 $44 {
1/2-1/2 Dydyshko,V-Urban,K/Dzwirzyno 2004/CBM 102 ext (36)}) 7... Bf5 8. Qa4 {
The black bishop is better placed on f5 than on e6, isn't it?} Nbd7 9. Bg2 Nb6
10. Qd1 Bg7 11. O-O O-O {It is curious that this position has happened (from
different move orders) in two other games (by quite weak players, however).}
12. Nc3 Ne4 13. Nh4 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Be6 15. e4 {White has created a pawn centre
but his knight is away on h4, which Black immediately exploits:} Bc4 16. Re1 c5
17. Nf3 Ba6 $6 {Too passive.} (17... Qd7 $5 18. Be3 cxd4 19. cxd4 Rfd8 20. Qd2
f5) 18. Bf4 (18. Bg5 $5) 18... Nc4 19. Qb3 Qb6 20. Bf1 Na5 21. Qa4 (21. Qxb6
axb6 {[%cal Ga8a2]}) 21... Bxf1 22. Rxf1 Qa6 23. Rab1 cxd4 24. cxd4 b6 {
Now, curiously, we have a position, typical for the D85 line with 8.Rb1. It is
slightly better for White.} 25. Kg2 $6 {White loses a crucial tempo.} (25. Qa3
$1 $14 {[%cal Yd4d5,Yb1c1]}) (25. d5 $143 Qd3 26. Kg2 Rfc8 $132) 25... Qc4 26.
Rb4 (26. Qa3 Qe6 27. Rfe1 Rac8 28. d5 Qd7 29. Rec1 {was still possible
although Black now has more counterplay, e.g. after.} f5) 26... Qd3 27. d5 Rac8
28. Rd1 Qc2 {After the exchange of queens White's initiative vanishes, despite
his apparently strong central pawns.} 29. e5 Rfd8 30. d6 Qxa4 31. Rxa4 Rd7 32.
Rad4 ({After} 32. Rad4 h6 33. h4 Nc4 {Black easily equalizes.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2007.11.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. d4 exd4 10. e5 Ne4 11. cxd4 Bg4 12. Nc3 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 f5
15. Kh1 Na5 16. Bc2 Kh8 17. Rg1 Qd7 18. Bg5 Bxg5 19. Rxg5 Nc6 20. Qc1 Qe6 21.
f4 Ne7 22. a4 c6 23. Bd3 Rac8 24. Qe3 Rb8 25. Be2 Rb7 26. Rag1 Rg8 27. Bd3 a5
28. Ra1 b4 29. cxb4 Rxb4 30. Rgg1 Qh6 31. Rgb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2007.11.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Qc2 O-O 12. Bb3 Qe7 13. Ne4 {This is one of
the main positions of the Moscow variation.} e5 (13... Rd8 {is too passive:}
14. Rfd1 $1 (14. Rad1 $143 a5 15. a3 Ra6 (15... Nf8 16. Ne5 Bd7 17. f4 Be8 18.
g4 Kh8 19. Rde1 $14 {1/2-1/2 San Segundo Carrillo,P-Zvjaginsev,V/Pamplona 1996/
CBM 052 (28)}) 16. Rd2 (16. h3 $5 {Dreev}) (16. h4 $5) 16... Nf6 17. Nc5 Ra7
18. Ne5 Bd7 19. Rfd1 Be8 20. Na4 Raa8 21. e4 Qc7 22. Nf3 Rac8 23. e5 Nd7 24.
Rc1 $6 (24. Qe4 $11) 24... c5 25. Qe4 b6 26. g3 Qb8 27. d5 Nxe5 28. Nxe5 Qxe5
29. Qxe5 Bxe5 30. Nxb6 (30. Re2 Bxa4 31. Bxa4 Rxd5) 30... Rb8 31. Nc4 Bd4 $17 {
0-1 Bareev,E-Dreev,A/Wijk aan Zee 1995/CBM 045 (54)}) 14... Nf8 15. Ne5 (15.
Rac1 $5 Bd7 16. a3 Be8 17. Ne5 f5 $6 18. Nd2 Rac8 19. Nd3 g5 20. Qc5 Rc7 21.
Qxa7 Bh5 22. Re1 Kh8 23. Qa5 b5 24. Rc5 $16 {1-0 Goldin,A-Bykhovsky,A/Israel
1996/CBM 052 ext (34)}) 15... f6 16. Nf3 Bd7 17. Qc5 Qxc5 18. dxc5 f5 19. Nd6
Bxb2 20. Rab1 Bf6 21. Nxb7 Re8 22. e4 fxe4 23. Nd2 e3 24. fxe3 Bg5 25. Kf2 Reb8
26. Nd6 a5 27. N2c4 a4 28. Bc2 a3 29. Rxb8 Rxb8 30. Rb1 Rxb1 31. Bxb1 $16 {
1/2-1/2 Biriukov,O-Ivanov,S/St Petersburg 1998/CBM 065/[Hecht] (51)}) 14. Nc3 {
[%cal Rc2g6] An interesting move. After provoking ...e6-e5 the knight comes
back to support d4-d5. White has a lot of other options seen in practice:} (14.
Rfe1 Kh8 15. Ned2 (15. Rad1 f5 16. Nc5 e4 17. Nd2 Nxc5 18. dxc5 Qe5 19. Rb1 Bd7
20. Red1 Rad8 21. Qc4 b5 22. cxb6 axb6 23. a4 b5 $15 {1/2-1/2 Guliev,S-Yagupov,
I/Moscow 1997/EXT 2000 (46)}) (15. Nc3 $142 $1) 15... Re8 $1 16. Nc4 e4 17.
Nfe5 $6 (17. Nfd2 Nf8 18. h3 Bf5 19. Rac1 Rad8 $15 {Dreev}) 17... Nxe5 18. dxe5
(18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Bf5 $15) 18... Bf5 19. Rad1 Rf8 20. Nd6 Bxe5 21. Nxf5
gxf5 22. Rd2 Rad8 23. Red1 Kg7 $15 {0-1 Dautov,R-Dreev,A/Yerevan (ol) 1996/Inf
68/[Dreev,A] (75)}) (14. Rfd1 exd4 15. Nxd4 Nf6 16. Nc5 b6 17. Nd3 c5 18. Nf4
Kh7 19. Nde6 Bxe6 20. Bxe6 b5 21. Bd5 Rad8 22. a4 a6 23. axb5 axb5 24. Ra5 Kh8
25. Bf3 {1/2-1/2 Tukmakov,V-Korotylev,A/Biel 2003/CBM 095 ext}) (14. Rad1 exd4
15. exd4 (15. Rfe1 d3 16. Qxd3 Kh7 17. Nd6 Nc5 18. Qc2 Nxb3 19. Nxc8 Rfxc8 20.
Qxb3 a5 21. Qc2 Rd8 22. b3 Qb4 {1/2-1/2 Litvinenko,N-Wilczek,T/Chessfriend.com
2003/Telechess CBM 101 (43)}) 15... Nf6 (15... Nb6 16. Rfe1 Bg4 17. Ned2 Qd6
18. h3 Bf5 19. Ne4 Qf4 20. Ne5 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Qxe5 22. Qc5 Qxb2 23. Ng3 Nd5 24.
Nxf5 gxf5 25. Bxd5 cxd5 26. Qxd5 $44 {1/2-1/2 Dautov,R-Godena,M/Vienna 1996/
CBM 053 ext/[Chekhov] (42)}) 16. Nc5 Bf5 17. Qc1 Rad8 (17... b6 18. Nd3 Qd6 19.
Nde5 Be4 20. Rfe1 Bd5 21. Bxd5 cxd5 22. h3 Ne4 23. Qe3 Rac8 24. Rc1 b5 $11 {
0-1 Shipov,S-Dreev,A/Internet ICC 2002/EXT 2003 (74)}) 18. Rfe1 Qc7 19. h3 Nd5
20. Nd3 Qd6 21. Nfe5 Rfe8 22. Nf4 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Rxe5 24. Nxd5 cxd5 25. Qxh6
Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 d4 $13 {1-0 Sokolov,I-Savchenko,S/Lyon 1994/CBM 045 (88)}) (14.
Ng3 $5 Kh8 15. h4 (15. Rad1 Re8 (15... f5 $5) (15... a5) 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5
Bxe5 18. f4 Bg7 (18... Bc7 $143 19. Qc3+ (19. f5 g5 20. Qc4 Qxe3+ 21. Kh1 Qe7
22. Qxf7 Qxf7 23. Bxf7 Rf8 24. Bg6 b6 25. Nh5 Be5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Gallo,L-Busch,
K/IECG 2003/Telechess 117 (53)}) 19... Kg8 $2 (19... f6 $142 20. e4 $36 {
Kaidanov,G.}) 20. f5 g5 21. Kh1 Be5 22. Qc4 Bxg3 23. hxg3 Rf8 24. Qc3 c5 25. f6
Qc7 26. Qd3 c4 27. Bxc4 Bf5 28. Rxf5 Rad8 29. Rd5 {1-0 Kaidanov,G-Ippolito,D/
Connecticut 2002/CBM 087 ext}) 19. f5 (19. e4 Bg4 {1/2-1/2 Castaneda,G-Yagupov,
I/Tula 2007/CBM 119 ext}) 19... Bxf5 20. Nxf5 gxf5 21. Qxf5 Qxe3+ 22. Kh1 Qe4
23. Qxf7 Re7 24. Qf2 {1/2-1/2 Ruck,R-Goloshchapov,A/Topola 2004/CBM 101}) 15...
f5 (15... Re8 $5 {[%cal Ye5e4]} 16. Qc4 Rf8) 16. h5 e4 17. Nd2 g5 18. Rac1 c5
19. Qc4 Qf6 20. dxc5 Ne5 21. Qb5 a6 22. Qa5 Nd3 23. Rc2 Nxb2 24. Rb1 Nd3 25.
Nc4 $14 {0-1 Bacrot,E-Filippov,V/Corsica 1997/EXT 1999 (49)}) 14... a5 $146 (
14... Kh8 15. Rad1 f5 (15... b6 16. d5 Bb7 17. h4 Nc5 18. d6 Qd7 19. h5 Nxb3
20. axb3 g5 21. e4 Rad8 22. Ne2 Qe6 23. Ng3 (23. Qd3 $5) 23... Rxd6 24. Nf5
Rdd8 25. Nh2 c5 26. Ng4 a5 27. Nge3 $44 {1-0 Kramnik,V-Piket,J/Monte Carlo
2002/CBM 087 ext (38)}) 16. d5 (16. Ne2 a5 17. Rfe1 Kh7 18. a3 e4 19. Nd2 c5
20. Nc3 Nb6 21. Nc4 Nxc4 22. Bxc4 cxd4 23. exd4 Be6 24. Bxe6 Qxe6 25. d5 Qd7
26. a4 Rac8 27. Qb3 $13 {1-0 Epiney,F-Mauro,L/Chessfriend.com 2003/Telechess
CBM 95 (49)}) (16. e4 f4 17. d5 g5 18. dxc6 bxc6 19. Na4 g4 20. Nd2 Ba6 21. Bc4
Bb5 22. Nc3 Bxc4 23. Nxc4 Nc5 24. Nd6 $36 {1-0 Pozo Vera,S-Rasmussen,K/Havana
CUB 2007/The Week in Chess 655 (66)}) 16... e4 17. Nd4 Ne5 18. Nce2 Bd7 (18...
cxd5 $142) 19. Nf4 Rfc8 20. d6 Qf6 21. Nde6 Rab8 22. Qc5 Kh7 23. Qxa7 $16 {
1-0 Makarov,M-Lastin,A/Krasnoyarsk RUS 2007/The Week in Chess 670 (40)}) (14...
Kh7 $142 $1 15. Rad1 (15. Rfe1 $143 Re8 (15... b6 16. Rad1 Bb7 $11 17. h4 $6
Rae8 18. h5 e4 19. Nd2 Nf6 20. hxg6+ fxg6 21. f3 exf3 22. Nxf3 Ng4 23. Qd3 Rxf3
24. gxf3 Nxe3 $17 {0-1 Graf,A-Goloshchapov,A/Dubai 2003/CBM 093 ext (51)}) 16.
Rad1 e4 17. Nd2 f5 18. Nc4 Nb6 19. Nxb6 axb6 20. a3 Bd7 21. Rd2 b5 22. d5 Qc5
23. dxc6 Bxc6 24. Ne2 Qxc2 25. Rxc2 Red8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Mamedyarov,S-Gelfand,B/
Moscow RUS 2007/The Week in Chess 681 (82)}) 15... f5 (15... Re8 16. d5 Nc5 17.
d6 Qd7 18. Nd5 (18. Ne4 $142) 18... e4 19. Ne1 cxd5 20. Qxc5 d4 21. exd4 Rd8
22. Nc2 f5 23. Ne3 b6 24. Qd5 $6 Bb7 25. Qe6 Qxe6 26. Bxe6 Rxd6 $17 {0-1
Halkias,S-Potkin,V/Katernberg GER 2007/The Week in Chess 682 (54)}) 16. d5 (16.
Nxe5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Qxe5 18. Rd3 f4 19. exf4 Qxf4 20. Re3 Bf5 21. Qe2 Rad8 22.
Bc2 $11 {1/2-1/2 Oms Pallise,J-Perez Candelario,M/Lorca 2005/CBM 111 (29)})
16... e4 17. Nd4 Ne5 18. Nce2 Nd3 $1 19. dxc6 bxc6 20. Qxc6 Bb7 {The g6 pawn
is protected!} 21. Qe6 Rfe8 22. Qxe7 Rxe7 23. Nc1 Bxd4 24. exd4 Nxb2 25. Rd2
Nd3 26. Nxd3 exd3 27. Bc4 Rd8 28. Rxd3 Rc7 29. Re3 Rxd4 {1/2-1/2 Bu
Xiangzhi-Motylev,A/Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2007/The Week in Chess 682}) 15. a3 {
An obvious reply. The insertion of ...a7-a5 and a2-a3 must be favorable for
White as Black's queenside is now weakened.} (15. Qxg6 $2 a4) 15... Kh7 16.
Rfe1 (16. Rad1 {needs testing.}) 16... b6 (16... Re8 $5) 17. Rad1 Bb7 18. d5 $1
{Of course! Instead of anti-positional plans with h2-h4 (see 14...Kh7), White
breaks in the centre.} Rac8 (18... cxd5 {deserved attention although the
weakness of the b6 pawn was now quite annoying.} 19. Bxd5 Nc5 20. Bxb7 Qxb7 21.
e4 $14) 19. d6 Qe8 20. h4 $1 {Now, after gaining space in the centre, it's
time to switch to the kingside!} f5 21. e4 $1 {[%cal Rh4h5]} f4 22. Na4 $1 {
The consequences of 14...a5? will now make Black worry during the whole game.
However, his position is still very solid.} Bf6 23. g3 Bd8 24. Kg2 Rf6 25. g4
Ba6 ({Alas,} 25... Qf8 {doesn't work due to} 26. g5 $1 Rxd6 27. Rxd6 Qxd6 28.
Qc4 Qf8 29. Rd1 Rc7 30. Qe6 Bc8 31. Rd6 $18) (25... Rf8 $5 {deserved attention
but I guess, Black intentionally allowed White to open up the kingside, in
order to get some counterplay in future.}) 26. g5 Rf8 27. gxh6 $6 {This turns
out to be good for Black.} (27. Rh1 $142 c5 ({in case of} 27... h5 {White will
prepare an invasion to e6}) 28. Bd5 b5 29. Nc3 b4 (29... c4 30. a4 $1 b4 31.
Nb5) 30. Na4 c4 31. axb4 axb4 32. Ra1 {keeping initiative.}) 27... Kxh6 28. Rg1
c5 29. Bd5 b5 30. Nc3 {The knight has fulfilled its mission.} b4 31. Ne2 $6 (
31. Na4 c4 32. axb4 axb4 33. Ra1 Bb5 34. Qd2 Nf6 $132) 31... Nb6 32. Kh2 Rh8 $2
{Overlooking a tactical blow. After} (32... Kg7 33. Rg4 Rh8 {the position
remained tense.}) {[%tqu "En","What tactical blow did Black overlook?","","",
"d5f7","",10]} 33. Bf7 $1 Qxf7 34. Nxe5 Qe8 35. Nxg6 {and the black king is
helpless.} Nd7 36. Nexf4 Ne5 37. d7 $1 Nxd7 38. e5 Qxe5 39. Nxe5 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2007.11.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Ng5 Rf8 12. Nf3 Re8 13. a4 $5 {Usually, White
advances his a-pawn one move later.} ({However, during the last years, after} 
13. Nbd2 Bf8 14. a4 {Black has been very successful with} Na5 $5 {. The latest
example at a high level is Kasimdzhanov,R (2690)-Polgar,J (2708)/Madrid 2007/
CBM 121/[Marin] (0-1, 38)}) 13... h6 {It is noteworthy that here, too, just as
in the same line, Black's best reaction to a4 is ...h6.} ({This is less
obvious here, where Black still has the useful move at his disposal. The
necessity of covering the h6-square was revealed by the greatest expert (with..
. Black!) of the Zaitsev Ruy Lopez ever:} 13... Bf8 14. d5 Na5 15. Ba2 c6 16.
Na3 ({Karpov himself did not experience problems with Black against the
premature occupation of the g5-square with} 16. Bg5 cxd5 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Bxd5
Bxd5 19. Qxd5 Qe6 {It appears that White has not sufficient development to
maintain the control of the d5-square with pieces.} 20. axb5 Qxd5 21. exd5 axb5
22. Nfd2 Nc4 $11 {Tseshkovsky,V (2595)-Karpov,A/Rostov on Don 1980/EXT 99 (1/
2-1/2, 27)}) 16... cxd5 $6 17. exd5 bxa4 18. Qxa4 Nxd5 {and now, finally,} 19.
Ng5 $1 $16 {Karpov,A (2700)-Miles,A (2610)/London 1984/MCL/[ChessBase] (1-0,
34)}) 14. Nbd2 exd4 $5 ({Black is not forced to transpose to the old main line
with} 14... Bf8 15. Bc2 exd4 16. cxd4 Nb4 {, which is probably exactly what
White was hoping for, since he has plenty of attacking possibilities here.})
15. cxd4 Nb4 {One of the first games where this position was seen was the 44th
of the first Karpov-Kasparov matches. Black intends to more or less "trap" the
b3-bishop, preventing its transfer to b1, from where it overprotects the
e4-pawn and eventually backs up Qh7#. However, the bishop is quite active on
b3, too, maintaining the f7-square under permanent pressure and enabling
certain tactical possibilities.} 16. d5 {This early release of the tension in
the centre hardly offers chances for an advantage.} (16. axb5 {is almost
unexplored. The only relevant game went} axb5 17. Rxa8 Qxa8 18. e5 dxe5 19.
dxe5 Nfd5 20. Ne4 c5 21. e6 $13 {De Firmian,N (2540)-Nikolic,P (2575)/Tunis
1985/IZT/[ChessBase] (1-0, 39)}) (16. Qe2 {looks like the most consistent move.
White maintains the tension in the centre and puts the b5-pawn under pressure.
On the other hand, the queen's opposition with the enemy rook somewhat
restricts White's active possibilities.} Bf8 17. e5 dxe5 ({It is curious that
in most of the games played after the endless K-K match, Black avoided Karpov's
} 17... Bc6 {. Normally, the reigning World Champion's choice should have
received better treatment, but people might have been put off by the fact that
the final part of the game was marked by the young challenger's initiative. Or
maybe after almost 5 months of fight the match had ceased to excite the
interest of spectators of all chess levels...} 18. axb5 Bxb5 19. Qd1 Nfd5 20.
Ne4 c6 {Kasparov,G (2715)-Karpov,A (2705)/Moscow 1985/MainBase/[ChessBase] (1/
2-1/2, 40). By now, Black is maintaining acceptable stability in the centre.})
18. dxe5 (18. Nxe5 Bd5 19. axb5 Bxb3 20. Nxb3 Qd5 $15 {Kholmov}) 18... Nd3 (
18... Qd3 19. Qxd3 Nxd3 20. Re3 Nxc1 21. Rxc1 Nd5 22. Bxd5 Bxd5 23. axb5 axb5
24. Rxc7 Ra1+ 25. Kh2 Ra2 26. Rc2 b4 $44 {/+/= Black managed to draw, but one
can feel that he was basically struggling all the way, Aseev,K (2455)-Ivanov,A
(2400)/Kostroma 1985/MCD (1/2-1/2, 31)}) 19. Rd1 {Black should probably just
continue his development by connecting rooks with} Qd7 (19... Nf4 {means too
much moving around with the same piece.} 20. Qf1 N6d5 21. Ne4 Qc8 22. Ng3 $14 {
White has maintained his advantage in space on the kingside, having almost
completed his development, Aseev-Fedorov, USSR 1985 (1-0, 30)}) (19... c5 {
fails to consolidate the d3-knight under favourable circumstances:} 20. Qf1 Nh5
(20... Nxe5 21. Nxe5 Rxe5 22. Nf3 $1 Rd5 23. Bxd5 Bxd5 24. axb5 axb5 25. Rxa8
Qxa8 26. Qxb5 Bxf3 27. gxf3 Qxf3 28. Qd3 $14) 21. Nc4 $1 Be4 22. axb5 axb5 23.
Rxa8 Qxa8 24. Rxd3 Bxd3 25. Qxd3 bxc4 26. Qxc4 $14 {Despite his minimal
material advantage, Black is under serious pressure. White has unchallenged
domination on the light squares and the h5-knight stands badly.}) 20. Nf1 (20.
Bc2 {allows Black win time for his regroupment.} Nb4 21. Ne4 Nfd5) ({After} 20.
axb5 $6 axb5 21. Rxa8 Bxa8 22. Nf1 $6 Nxc1 $1 {White clearly misses his
queen's rook. Rac1 would have maintained the enemy queen under attack, while}
23. Rxc1 {offers Black a vital tempo to take over the initiative with} Bxf3 24.
gxf3 c5 $36) 20... Rad8 21. e6 $1 {The only way to fight for the initiative.
This pawn is doomed anyway and White does better to give it up while spoiling
the enemy structure.} (21. Bc2 $2 Bxf3 $1 22. gxf3 Rxe5 23. Qxd3 Rd5 $17) 21...
fxe6 22. Ne5 Nxc1 23. Raxc1 Qc8 24. axb5 axb5 25. Qxb5 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Bd6 {
The active pair of bishops and the outposts provided by the c- and e-pawns
offer Black reasonable play despite his minor structural problems.}) 16... Bf8
{This looks like the most logical answer, but Black seems to have several
other acceptable continuations.} (16... c5 17. dxc6 Nxc6 18. Nf1 Bf8 19. Ng3
Ne5 20. Nd4 d5 21. f4 Nc4 22. e5 Ne4 23. Nxe4 dxe4 24. Bxc4 bxc4 25. Be3 $13 {
Tseshkovsky,V (2505)-Ivanov,A/Soviet Union 1984/EXT 2000 (0-1, 45)}) (16... Nd7
{Black activates his kingside minor pieces, but neglecting the break with ...
c6 is slightly dangerous in the long term. The b7-bishop could eventually
remain passive for a long time.} 17. axb5 (17. Nd4 Bf6) 17... Bf6 $5 (17...
axb5 18. Rxa8 Qxa8 19. Nd4) 18. Bc4 $6 (18. bxa6 Bxa6 19. Ba4 {[%cal Ga4e8]}
Bb5 $6 20. Bxb5 $1 Rxa1 21. Nb3 Ra2 22. Nfd4 $14) 18... Nc5 19. bxa6 Bxa6 20.
Bxa6 Nbxa6 {White's delay in development is at least as important as his extra
pawn.} 21. Nb3 {But this is hardly a solution. Black will retain an active
piece and the better pawn structure in conditions of material equality.} Rxe4
22. Rxe4 Nxe4 23. Nbd4 Nac5 $15 {Arizmendi Martinez,J (2540)-Perez Candelario,
M (2496)/Leon 2006/CBM 116 (0-1, 42)}) 17. Nf1 $146 ({A novelty over the not
very relevant game} 17. axb5 axb5 18. Rxa8 {1/2-1/2 Sax,G (2565)-Smejkal,J 
(2555)/Zagreb 1985/MCL}) 17... c6 {Black should not delay this move for too
long. Since Black is better developed, he should not fear the tactical
operation initiated by White's next move.} 18. Bd2 Nd3 (18... a5 19. Bxb4 axb4
20. dxc6 (20. axb5 cxd5 $1) 20... Bxc6 21. Ng3 {leaves White with a pleasant
control of the light squares.}) 19. dxc6 Bxc6 20. Bxf7+ Kxf7 21. Qb3+ d5 22.
Qxd3 dxe4 23. Qc3 exf3 24. Qxc6 fxg2 25. Qxg2 Qd5 $15 {Black has the better
structure and an active piece placement. After the more or less inevitable
exchange of queens, his king would be placed rather well in the neighbourhood
of the centre. However, the most probable result remains a draw.} 26. Rxe8 Rxe8
27. Qxd5+ Nxd5 28. axb5 axb5 29. Ra5 Rb8 30. Ne3 Nxe3 31. Bxe3 Rb7 32. Kf1 Be7
33. Ke2 Bf6 34. b3 Ke6 35. Kd3 Kf5 36. Ke2 Ke4 37. Ra8 Rd7 38. Re8+ Re7 39.
Rxe7+ Bxe7 40. f3+ Kf5 41. Bd4 Bf6 42. Be3 h5 43. Bd2 g6 44. Be3 Be5 45. Bd2
Bd6 46. Be3 Bc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "185"]
[EventDate "2007.11.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Bg5 12. Nc2 O-O 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 a5
15. Bc4 Kh8 16. O-O Rb8 17. b3 f5 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Qe2 Bg6 20. Rd1 e4 21. Nd4
Nxd4 22. Rxd4 Rb7 23. Qe1 Rbf7 24. Ra2 h5 25. Ne3 Rf4 26. Rd5 Bh6 27. Rdxa5
Rxf2 28. Rxf2 Rxf2 29. Qxf2 Bxe3 30. Rxh5+ Bxh5 31. Qxe3 d5 32. Bf1 Be8 33. b4
Qb8 34. Be2 Kg8 35. h3 Bb5 36. Bg4 Bc4 37. Be6+ Kh7 38. Qf2 Qd8 39. Qf7 Kh6 40.
Qf4+ Kh7 41. Qe5 g6 42. Bg4 Qb6+ 43. Qd4 Qd6 44. Qa7+ Kh6 45. Qe3+ Kh7 46. h4
Kg7 47. h5 gxh5 48. Bxh5 Qe7 49. Bg4 Kg6 50. Bc8 Qc7 51. Be6 Qd6 52. Bh3 Qc7
53. Kf2 Qf7+ 54. Ke1 Qf1+ 55. Kd2 Kh7 56. Qa7+ Kg6 57. Qb6+ Kh7 58. Qe3 Bb3 59.
Qg3 Bc4 60. Bg4 Qf6 61. Qe3 Qf1 62. Qh3+ Kg7 63. Qg3 Kf8 64. Bh5 Qf6 65. Qe3
Qf1 66. Qh6+ Kg8 67. Qg6+ Kf8 68. Ke3 d4+ 69. cxd4 Qd3+ 70. Kf4 Qxd4 71. Qe8+
Kg7 72. Qe7+ Kg8 73. Qg5+ Kh8 74. Qh6+ Kg8 75. Qg5+ Kh8 76. Qc5 Qd2+ 77. Kf5
Qh6 78. Qe5+ Kh7 79. Kxe4 Qc1 80. Qd6 Qc2+ 81. Kd4 Bf1 82. Qe7+ Kh6 83. Qf8+
Kxh5 84. Qxf1 Qb2+ 85. Kc4 Qa2+ 86. Kc5 Qa7+ 87. Kb5 Qd7+ 88. Kc4 Qe6+ 89. Kc3
Qe5+ 90. Kc2 Qe4+ 91. Kb3 Qe3+ 92. Kb2 Qd2+ 93. Ka3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2007.11.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 e6 4. e3 f5 5. Be2 Nf6 6. O-O Bd6 7. Ne5 Nbd7 8. f4
Ne4 9. Nd2 Ndf6 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bd2 O-O 12. Rc1 Bd7 13. Be1 a5 14. Bd3 Be8
15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Bc3 Qe7 17. Qd2 b6 18. Qc2 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Bh5 20. Qb3 Ra6 21.
Rf2 Rd8 22. Rd2 Rxd2 23. Bxd2 Be2 24. a4 h6 25. c5 b5 26. axb5 Bxb5 27. Bc3 a4
28. Qb4 Kh7 29. Rd1 Bd3 30. Ra1 Bc2 31. Qc4 Ra7 32. Bd4 Bd3 33. Qb4 Bb5 34. b3
axb3 35. Rxa7 Qxa7 36. Qxb3 Qa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2007.11.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3
d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. O-O Rc8 13. e4 c5 14. exd5 exd5
15. dxc5 dxc4 16. cxb6 Nxb6 17. Re1 cxb3 18. Qxb3 Nd7 19. Nf3 Bc4 20. Qa4 Be6
21. Bb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2007.11.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 d5 5. d4 Nc6 6. a3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 a6 8. O-O
b5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. b4 Bd6 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 f5 14. Bxc6+ Bxc6
15. Bb2 O-O 16. Be5 Bxf3 17. Qxd6 Qxd6 18. Bxd6 Rfd8 19. Bc5 Be2 20. Rfc1 Rd5
21. a4 Rad8 22. axb5 Bxb5 23. h4 h6 24. Bb6 R8d7 25. Rc8+ Kh7 26. Rac1 Kg6 27.
Kh2 e5 28. Rf8 R7d6 29. Bc7 Rf6 30. Rd8 Rxd8 31. Bxd8 Rd6 32. Bc7 Rc6 33. Rxc6+
Bxc6 34. Bxe5 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2007.11.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. Qa4 a6 15.
Be3 dxc4 16. Qxc4 Bd6 17. Qa2 Qf6 18. Rad1 h6 19. c4 Be4 20. c5 Bf8 21. d5 Bxf3
22. Bxf3 Nd4 23. Bxd4 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Qxd4 25. d6 cxd6 26. Bxb7 Re8 27. Rf1 Qxc5
28. Bxa6 d5 29. a4 Ra8 30. Qe2 Qe7 31. Qxe7 Bxe7 32. Bb5 Rc8 33. g3 Rc2 34. Re1
Kf8 35. Kf1 g6 36. Re2 Rxe2 37. Kxe2 Bd8 38. Bc6 d4 39. Kd3 Ke7 40. f3 Bb6 41.
Bd5 f5 42. Kc4 d3 43. Kxd3 Bg1 44. Ke2 Kd6 45. Bf7 g5 46. Kf1 Bb6 47. Kg2 Ke5
48. Bg6 Kf6 49. Be8 Ke5 50. Bd7 Bc7 51. Kf2 f4 52. Kg2 Kd4 53. Kh3 Ke3 54. Bc6
fxg3 55. hxg3 Kf2 56. Kg4 Bxg3 57. a5 Bc7 58. a6 Bb6 59. Kh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Bb3 Be7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. dxc5 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Bxc5 11. Bd2 Nbd7 12. Rac1 b5 13. Ne2 Bb7 14. Ne5
Rfc8 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. Ba5 Nf6 17. Nf4 Rc6 18. Nd3 Be7 19. Ne5 Rxc1 20. Rxc1
Bd6 21. Nd3 Rc8 22. Rxc8+ Bxc8 23. f3 Nd7 24. e4 Nc5 25. Nxc5 Bxc5+ 26. Kf1 Bd4
27. Bc3 Bxc3 28. bxc3 Kf8 29. Ke2 Ke7 30. e5 Kd7 31. Ke3 Kc6 32. Kd4 a5 33. a3
h6 34. f4 Kb6 35. Bc2 Bd7 36. g4 Bc6 37. g5 hxg5 38. fxg5 g6 39. Bd1 Bd7 40. h4
Bc6 41. h5 gxh5 42. Bxh5 Be8 43. Be2 Bd7 44. Bd3 Bc6 45. Bh7 Bd7 46. Bg8 Be8
47. g6 fxg6 48. Bxe6 g5 49. Ke4 Kc5 50. Kf5 b4 51. axb4+ axb4 52. cxb4+ Kxb4
53. Kxg5 Kc5 54. Kf6 Kd4 55. Bg8 Bd7 56. Be6 Be8 57. Bf5 Bf7 58. Kxf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Savchenko, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Be2 d6 9. O-O Bd7 10. Nc2 Qa5 11. Kh1 Be6 12. f4 Rac8 13. Rb1 Nb4 14. Na3 a6
15. Qd2 b5 16. cxb5 Nxa2 17. Nd5 Qxd2 18. Nxe7+ Kh8 19. Bxd2 Nxe4 20. Ba5 Rce8
21. f5 Bd7 22. Nd5 axb5 23. Ra1 Nc5 24. Bxb5 Ra8 25. f6 Rxa5 26. fxg7+ Kxg7 27.
Bc4 Ne4 28. Bxa2 Rb8 29. Ne3 Be6 30. Bxe6 fxe6 31. Ra2 d5 32. Kg1 Rb3 33. Nec2
e5 34. Re1 Kf6 35. h3 Ke6 36. Re2 Ra6 37. Ne1 Ng3 38. Rd2 Nf5 39. Nf3 h6 40.
Ra1 e4 41. Re1 Rab6 42. Ree2 Kf6 43. Nd4 Nxd4 44. Rxd4 Ke5 45. Red2 e3 46.
Rxd5+ Ke6 47. R2d3 Rxb2 48. Nc4 Rb1+ 49. Kh2 e2 50. Re5+ Kf6 51. Rf3+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. c3 Qb6 6. Qb3 c4 7. Qc2 Bf5 8. Qc1
e6 9. h3 h6 10. Nbd2 Qd8 11. Be2 b5 12. a3 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. Re1 Qd7 15. Bd1
Rfe8 16. Bc2 Rad8 17. e4 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Rxe4 Qd5 21. Qe3
Qf5 22. Re1 Rd5 23. g4 Qg6 24. Kh2 Bf8 25. Rg1 a6 26. Nh4 Qh7 27. Bg3 h5 28.
Kg2 Be7 29. Nf3 Qg6 30. Kf1 Bd8 31. Ne5 Nxe5 32. Bxe5 f6 33. Bh2 Qf7 34. Kg2
hxg4 35. hxg4 f5 36. gxf5 Rxf5 37. Bg3 Qd7 38. Re1 Qd5 39. Kg1 Kf7 40. Qe2 Bf6
41. Qg4 Rh8 42. Kf1 Rh1+ 43. Ke2 Rfh5 44. Kd2 Rxe1 45. Rxe1 Rg5 46. Qf4 Rf5 47.
Qc7+ Kg6 48. Qc8 Bg5+ 49. Kc2 Rxf2+ 50. Kb1 Rf6 51. Qe8+ Kh7 52. Be5 Rh6 53.
Qf7 Bf6 54. Bxf6 Rxf6 55. Rh1+ Qxh1+ 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Nbd2 Nxd2 9. Bxd2 Bg4 10. c3 O-O 11. Bf4 Bd6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Re1 g6 14. h3
Rae8 15. Bc2 Nb8 16. Re3 Rxe3 17. fxe3 c6 18. e4 dxe4 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B55"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "188"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e6 6. c4 Nc6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Be3
O-O 9. Nc2 b6 10. Be2 Bb7 11. O-O Rc8 12. Bf2 Ne5 13. Ne3 Qc7 14. Qd2 Rfd8 15.
Rfd1 Qb8 16. Bf1 a6 17. a4 Nfd7 18. a5 Nc5 19. Qc2 bxa5 20. Rxa5 Nc6 21. Ra3
Nb4 22. Qb1 Bc6 23. Nc2 Rd7 24. Nxb4 Qxb4 25. Na2 Qb8 26. b4 Rb7 27. Qc1 Rxb4
28. Nxb4 Qxb4 29. Ra2 Ba4 30. Qd2 a5 31. Qxb4 axb4 32. Bxc5 Bxd1 33. Bxb4 Rb8
34. Ra7 Bf6 35. Ra6 Bd4+ 36. Kh1 h5 37. Rxd6 e5 38. Bc3 Be2 39. Bxd4 exd4 40.
Kg1 Rb1 41. Kf2 Bxf1 42. Rxd4 Rc1 43. c5 g6 44. h4 Bb5 45. Rd5 Rc2+ 46. Kg1 Bc6
47. Re5 Kg7 48. Re7 Rxc5 49. Kf2 Rc2+ 50. Kg1 Bb5 51. Ra7 Bc4 52. Rc7 Bb3 53.
Rb7 Be6 54. Ra7 Kf6 55. Ra5 Rb2 56. Kh2 Ke7 57. Kg1 Kd6 58. Kh2 Rc2 59. Kg3 Rc5
60. Ra6+ Ke5 61. Rb6 Rc2 62. Kh2 Kf4 63. Rb1 Bc4 64. Ra1 Rf2 65. Rc1 Bb5 66.
Rb1 Bf1 67. Kg1 Rxg2+ 68. Kxf1 Rg3 69. Rb4 Rxf3+ 70. Kg2 Kg4 71. e5+ Rf4 72.
Rb6 Kxh4 73. e6 fxe6 74. Rxe6 g5 75. Re2 Kg4 76. Kh2 h4 77. Rg2+ Kh5 78. Ra2
Rb4 79. Ra3 Rb2+ 80. Kh1 Rb6 81. Ra5 Rb4 82. Kh2 Kg4 83. Ra2 h3 84. Ra3 Rb2+
85. Kh1 Kh4 86. Ra4+ g4 87. Ra3 g3 88. Ra4+ Kg5 89. Ra1 Rf2 90. Rb1 g2+ 91. Kg1
Rf3 92. Ra1 Kg4 93. Ra4+ Kg3 94. Ra3 h2# 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. O-O Nf6 5. Re1 O-O 6. c3 Nc6 7. h3 Nxe4 8.
Rxe4 d5 9. Re1 dxc4 10. b3 cxb3 11. axb3 Bf6 12. Qc2 g6 13. d3 Bf5 14. Re3 Bg7
15. Nbd2 Bh6 16. Ne4 Bxe3 17. Bxe3 Bxe4 18. dxe4 a5 19. Nh2 Qd6 20. Qe2 Qe6 21.
Rb1 f5 22. exf5 gxf5 23. Nf3 f4 24. Bd2 Qf5 25. Re1 Rae8 26. Qc4+ Kh8 27. Re4
Rg8 28. Kh2 Qg6 29. Nh4 Qg5 30. Rxf4 exf4 31. Bxf4 Qf6 32. Nf3 Ref8 33. Bg3
Rxg3 34. fxg3 Ne5 35. Nxe5 Qxe5 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D73"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Nc3 d5 6. Qb3 O-O 7. Bg2 Qb6 8. c5
Qxb3 9. axb3 Bg4 10. b4 a6 11. Ne5 Nbd7 12. Bf4 Bf5 13. h3 h5 14. f3 Rfd8 15.
g4 Be6 16. e3 hxg4 17. hxg4 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Nd7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Kf2 Rh8 21. g5
f6 22. gxf6+ Nxf6 23. Rag1 Rxh1 24. Rxh1 Rf8 25. Ke2 Bd7 26. Nd1 Re8 27. Nf2 e5
28. dxe5 Rxe5 29. Nd3 Re7 30. Kd2 Bf5 31. Nf4 Nd7 32. Ne2 Nf8 33. Nd4 Ne6 34.
Nxf5+ gxf5 35. Rh5 f4 36. e4 dxe4 37. fxe4 Nd4 38. Kd3 Rd7 39. e5 Kg6 40. Rh8
Ne6+ 41. Ke2 Rd4 42. Bh3 Ng5 43. Rg8+ Kh6 44. Bf5 f3+ 45. Ke3 f2 46. Rh8+ Kg7
47. Rh1 Rxb4 48. Rf1 Nf7 49. e6 Nh6 50. Rxf2 Kf6 51. Bh3+ Ke7 52. Rd2 Ng4+ 53.
Bxg4 Rxg4 54. Rd7+ Kxe6 55. Rxb7 Kd5 56. Kd3 Kxc5 57. Kc2 a5 58. Rh7 Kb5 59.
Kb3 Rg3+ 60. Ka2 a4 61. Rh5+ c5 62. Rh4 c4 63. Rh8 Kb4 64. Rb8+ Kc5 65. Rc8+
Kd4 66. Ra8 Rg2 67. Rxa4 Kc5 68. Ra3 Kb5 69. Rc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Qb3 c6 8. Rc1
Nh5 9. Be5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 g6 11. Be2 Qb6 12. Qc2 Rd8 13. O-O Bd7 14. a3 Qa5 15.
Ra1 dxc4 16. Bxc4 c5 17. Bd3 b5 18. a4 b4 19. Ne4 Qc7 20. Ned2 Bc6 21. Nc4 Bxf3
22. gxf3 Rd7 23. Rad1 Rad8 24. f4 Ng7 25. Be4 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Rd7 27. Kf1 Qd8 28.
Ke2 Nf5 29. Na5 Rxd1 30. Nc6 Qc7 31. Qxd1 Kg7 32. Qd3 a5 33. Qb5 Bd8 34. Qxc5
Qd7 35. Bxf5 gxf5 36. Qd6 Qe8 37. Nxd8 Qxa4 38. Qd3 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Qc2 Qe7 12. Bb3 b6 13. e4 O-O 14. d5 cxd5 15.
exd5 Nc5 16. Rfe1 Nxb3 17. Qxb3 Bd7 18. Rad1 Rac8 19. Ne5 Bxe5 20. Rxe5 Rfd8
21. Rde1 Rc5 22. Qa3 Qd6 23. Qb3 Qe7 24. Qb4 Qf6 25. Qd4 Kg7 26. f4 exd5 27.
Nxd5 Be6 28. Qxc5 Qxe5 29. Rxe5 bxc5 30. Nc3 Rd2 31. b3 c4 32. bxc4 Bxc4 33.
Re4 Be6 34. a3 Rd3 35. Nb5 a6 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B55"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. c4 a5 8. Be3
a4 9. N3d2 Qa5 10. Qc2 Nc6 11. Qc3 Bd8 12. Be2 O-O 13. Kf2 Nd4 14. Rc1 Qa7 15.
Na3 Bb6 16. Nb5 Nxb5 17. cxb5 d5 18. Bxb6 Qxb6+ 19. Qc5 Qa5 20. b4 Qd8 21. Qc7
dxe4 22. Qxd8 e3+ 23. Kxe3 Rxd8 24. a3 Be6 25. Nc4 Nd5+ 26. Kf2 Nf4 27. Bf1 f6
28. Nb6 Rd2+ 29. Kg1 Rad8 30. Nxa4 Bf5 31. Nc5 b6 32. Ne4 Bxe4 33. fxe4 Ne2+
34. Bxe2 Rxe2 35. Rd1 Rxd1+ 36. Rxd1 Ra2 37. Rd8+ Kf7 38. Ra8 Kg6 39. Ra7 h5
40. h4 f5 41. exf5+ Kxf5 42. Rxg7 Rxa3 43. Rg5+ Kf4 44. Rxh5 e4 45. Rh8 Ra1+
46. Kh2 e3 47. Re8 Rb1 48. Kh3 Rh1# 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Korotylev, Alexey"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Bg7 6. e4 Nb6 7. Be3 O-O 8.
Bb5 Bd7 9. Be2 c5 10. d5 f5 11. Nf3 fxe4 12. Ng5 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Ba4 14. Qb1
Qxd5 15. Nxe4 N8d7 16. O-O Bc6 17. f3 Qe5 18. Bd3 Nf6 19. Nxf6+ Rxf6 20. Qc1
Rd8 21. Rd1 Rdd6 22. Bf2 Rde6 23. Re1 Qd6 24. Bf1 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 h6 5. Be3 Nfd7 6. c3 c5 7. f4 Nc6 8. Nf3 Be7
9. Bd3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nb4 11. Be2 Nb6 12. a3 Nc6 13. Nc3 Nc4 14. Bc1 Bd7 15. b3
Nb6 16. O-O Rc8 17. Bd2 f5 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Be3 O-O 20. Rc1 Be8 21. Ne5 Bxe5
22. fxe5 Bg6 23. Bg4 Qe7 24. a4 Rxf1+ 25. Qxf1 Rf8 26. Qe2 Bf5 27. h3 a6 28.
Nd1 Qb4 29. Bxf5 Rxf5 30. Qd3 Nd7 31. Nf2 Nf8 32. Rc3 Nd7 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nc6 8.
Nge2 Bf6 9. Be3 O-O 10. b3 Re8 11. O-O Bg4 12. Qd2 d5 13. c5 Bxe2 14. Bxe2 Nc8
15. Rfe1 N8e7 16. Bg4 g6 17. Re2 Bg7 18. Rae1 Nf5 19. Bxf5 gxf5 20. Bh6 Rxe2
21. Nxe2 Qf6 22. Bxg7 Qxg7 23. Rd1 Re8 24. f3 Ne7 25. Ng3 Qf6 26. Re1 Kf8 27.
Re5 c6 28. Nh5 Qg6 29. Nf4 Qf6 30. Qe3 h6 31. g3 Rc8 32. Kf2 b6 33. h4 Rd8 34.
Nh5 Qg6 35. Rxe7 Qxh5 36. Rxa7 Re8 37. Qxe8+ Kxe8 38. cxb6 f4 39. b7 fxg3+ 40.
Kg2 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Re1 Bg4 9. c4 Nf6 10. Nc3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nxd4 12. Qd1 Ne6 13. Bf5 dxc4 14. Qa4+
c6 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Qxc4 O-O 17. Rxe6 Nd5 18. Be3 Bf6 19. Bc5 Re8 20. Rxe8+
Qxe8 21. Nxd5 cxd5 22. Qxd5+ Qf7 23. Qd2 Rd8 24. Qb4 Qxa2 25. Re1 b6 26. Be7
Re8 27. Bxf6 Rxe1+ 28. Qxe1 gxf6 29. Qb4 a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 d6 5. h3 c5 6. c3 Qb6 7. Qc1 cxd4 8. exd4
Nd5 9. Bh2 Bh6 10. Qxh6 Qxb2 11. Bc4 Qxa1 12. O-O Be6 13. Qd2 b5 14. Bxb5+ Nd7
15. c4 Rb8 16. cxd5 Rxb5 17. Nc3 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Qa5 11. O-O Be6 12. Rfc1 Rfc8 13. b3 Ng4 14. Bxg4
Bxg4 15. Bd4 Bd7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qd4+ Kg8 18. Nd5 Qd8 19. a4 Bc6 20. Nc3 Qa5
21. Rab1 Qc5 22. Qd3 a5 23. Re1 e6 24. Re3 Rd8 25. Rd1 Rd7 26. Qd2 Rad8 27. Rd3
b6 28. h3 h5 29. Rd4 Kg7 30. Rd3 Kg8 31. Rd4 Kg7 32. Qe2 Kg8 33. R4d3 Kg7 34.
Qd2 Kg8 35. Qe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 e6 7. Nc3 Bb4 8. Bd3
Nbd7 9. O-O O-O 10. Rd1 Qe7 11. Qe2 dxc4 12. Bxc4 e5 13. d5 Bxc3 14. dxc6 Bxb2
15. Bxb2 bxc6 16. Rac1 c5 17. Bb3 a5 18. Qc2 Rfb8 19. Ba1 Rc8 20. Qf5 a4 21.
Bc4 Rab8 22. Rd2 Re8 23. Rcd1 Nf8 24. Qc2 a3 25. Rd3 Ra8 26. Qc1 Qa7 27. Rb3
N8d7 28. Rd6 Reb8 29. Ra6 Qc7 30. Qxa3 Rxa6 31. Qxa6 Rxb3 32. Bxb3 g6 33. Bc3
Kg7 34. Qc4 Nb6 35. Ba5 Nxc4 36. Bxc7 Nd5 37. Bxe5+ Nxe5 38. Bxd5 c4 39. Kf1 c3
40. Bb3 Kf6 41. Ke2 Ke7 42. f4 Nc6 43. Kd3 f6 44. Kxc3 Kd6 45. h4 h6 46. g3 Kc5
47. a4 Na5 48. Ba2 Nc6 49. Bb1 g5 50. Bf5 Ne7 51. Be4 Nc8 52. a5 Nd6 53. Bd3
gxh4 54. gxh4 Nc8 55. a6 Na7 56. Bc4 Nc6 57. Kd3 Nb4+ 58. Ke4 Nc6 59. Bf1 Kd6
1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D21"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 dxc4 4. d5 e6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. Qxd5 Qxd5 7. Nxd5 Bd6 8.
Nd2 Nc6 9. Nxc4 Bb8 10. Be3 Be6 11. O-O-O Nge7 12. Nxe7 Nxe7 13. b3 b6 14. g3
Bc7 15. Bg2 Rc8 16. Bf4 Nf5 17. e3 Ke7 18. g4 Bxf4 19. gxf5 Bxc4 20. exf4 Bb5
21. Rhe1+ Kf8 22. a4 Be8 23. Bb7 Rb8 24. Ba6 h5 25. Rd6 h4 26. Re5 h3 27. Kd2
Rh4 28. Ke3 Rg4 29. Bf1 Rg1 30. Bxh3 f6 31. Red5 Rb1 32. Rd3 Bf7 33. Rd7 a5 34.
Bg2 Bxb3 35. Bd5 Bxd5 36. R3xd5 Rb3+ 37. Kd2 Rf3 38. Rc7 Rxf4 39. Rdd7 Rg4 40.
h3 Rg1 41. Ke3 Re8+ 42. Kf3 Kg8 43. Rb7 Re5 44. Rxb6 Rxf5+ 45. Ke2 Rg2 46. Rb5
Rgxf2+ 47. Ke3 c4 48. Rdd5 R2f3+ 49. Ke2 Rxd5 50. Rxd5 Rxh3 51. Rxa5 Ra3 52.
Kd2 g5 53. Ra7 g4 54. a5 g3 55. Ke2 f5 56. Rc7 f4 57. Rxc4 f3+ 58. Kd2 g2 59.
Rg4+ Kh7 60. a6 Rxa6 61. Ke3 Ra1 62. Kf2 Rf1+ 63. Ke3 g1=Q+ 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. b3
b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Bb2 Rc8 11. Rac1 c5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Qb1 cxd4
15. Nxd4 Bb7 16. Rfd1 Qe7 17. Bf3 Bxf3 18. Nxf3 Nc5 19. Qc2 a5 20. Qe2 Rfd8 21.
Qb5 Qb7 22. Rd4 Bf8 23. h3 Rxd4 24. Bxd4 Nd7 25. Rd1 Rc7 26. Nd2 e5 27. Bb2 Rc5
28. Qd3 Rd5 29. Qe2 b5 30. Nf3 Rxd1+ 31. Qxd1 f6 32. Qc2 Nc5 33. Nd2 Qd5 34.
Ba3 Qd3 35. Qc1 b4 36. Bb2 a4 37. bxa4 Nxa4 38. Qc4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. h3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Bg5 Na6
9. Nd2 Qe8 10. Be2 Kh8 11. O-O Bd7 12. Kh1 Ng8 13. Rb1 Nc5 14. Nb3 Nxb3 15.
Qxb3 b6 16. Rbe1 Bh6 17. Bh4 Bd2 18. Rd1 Bf4 19. Bd3 f5 20. exf5 gxf5 21. Ne2
Bh6 22. f3 Qh5 23. Bf2 f4 24. Ng1 Nf6 25. Qc2 Rg8 26. Be1 Rg7 27. Rd2 Rag8 28.
Re2 Bg5 29. Bf5 Bh4 30. Bxd7 Nxd7 31. Qd1 Nf6 32. a3 Qg5 33. Bd2 Qf5 34. Qb1
Qd7 35. g4 fxg3 36. Kg2 Bg5 37. f4 Bxf4 38. Bxf4 exf4 39. Rxf4 Nh5 40. Rf5 Rg5
41. Re6 Qg7 42. Ne2 Rf8 43. Rxf8+ Qxf8 44. Qe1 Ng7 45. Re4 h6 46. Nf4 Qf6 47.
Qc3 Qxc3 48. bxc3 Nf5 49. Ne6 Rg8 50. Nxc7 h5 51. Nb5 Kg7 52. Nd4 Nxd4 53. cxd4
Kf7 54. Re6 Rc8 55. Rxd6 Rxc4 56. Kxg3 b5 57. Rb6 b4 58. axb4 axb4 59. d6 Rxd4
60. Rb7+ Ke6 61. d7 h4+ 62. Kf3 Ke7 63. Ke3 Rc4 64. Kf3 Rd4 65. Ke3 Rc4 66. Kf3
Rd4 67. Ke3 Rc4 68. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Savchenko, Boris"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 b5 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Ne2 Bb7 12. h4 Be7 13. g4 O-O 14. Nd4 Nd7
15. Be3 d5 16. exd5 Bxd5 17. Nf5 Bxf3 18. Qxd7 exf5 19. Rg1 Bxd1 20. Qxd1 Qxd1+
21. Kxd1 fxg4 22. Rxg4 f5 23. Rf4 Bd6 24. Rf3 Be5 25. c3 g6 26. Kc2 Kg7 27. b4
Rac8 28. Bc5 Rxc5 29. bxc5 Rc8 30. c4 Rxc5 31. Ra3 bxc4 32. Rxa6 h5 33. a4 Bg3
34. a5 Bxh4 35. Ra7+ Kh6 36. a6 Rc6 37. Ra8 Bf2 38. Kc3 h4 39. Bxc4 Kg5 40. Kd3
Rc5 41. Rd8 Ra5 42. Ke2 Bg1 43. Rd1 Ba7 44. Rd7 Bb8 45. Rb7 Be5 46. Rb3 Kg4 47.
Kf2 h3 48. Be2+ Kh4 49. Rb4+ Kg5 50. Rb5 Rxb5 51. Bxb5 Kf4 52. Bf1 Bd4+ 53. Ke1
Kg3 54. Bb5 f4 55. Bc6 f3 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. Be3 d6 6. Qd2 Nd7 7. O-O-O e6 8. f3
a6 9. h4 h6 10. Kb1 Ne7 11. Nh3 c5 12. Nf2 Qc7 13. d5 e5 14. Bd3 h5 15. Nh3 Nf6
16. Bc2 Bc8 17. Ba4+ Bd7 18. Bxd7+ Qxd7 19. a4 Neg8 20. Kc2 Bh6 21. Ng5 Kf8 22.
Rb1 a5 23. Nb5 Kg7 24. Rbf1 Re8 25. b3 Nh7 26. Rf2 Nf8 27. Rd1 Nf6 28. Rdf1 Re7
29. Qd3 Ne8 30. Nc3 f6 31. Nh3 Bxe3 32. Qxe3 f5 33. exf5 Qxf5+ 34. Ne4 Nh7 35.
Kb2 Rf8 36. Qd2 Qd7 37. Qc3 Kg8 38. Qe3 Nef6 39. Neg5 Nxg5 40. Nxg5 Qf5 41. Ne6
Rff7 42. Ka3 Nh7 43. g4 Qf6 44. gxh5 gxh5 45. Rg2+ Kh8 46. Rfg1 Re8 47. Rg6
Qxf3 48. Qh6 Qc3 49. Rf6 Ree7 50. Rff1 e4 51. Nf4 Qb4+ 52. Ka2 Qd2+ 53. Kb1
Rxf4 54. Qxf4 Qd3+ 55. Kb2 e3 56. Qh6 Qd2+ 57. Kb1 Qd3+ 58. Ka2 Qd2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "23"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O
d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nc3 Bb7 11. Qc2 Na6 12. Bf4 Qc8 13. Rfd1 Rd8 14. Ng5 Qd7
15. Be5 g6 16. Bh3 Qe8 17. Qc1 c5 18. a4 Nh5 19. Ne6 Bc8 20. Nxd8 Bxh3 21. Nb7
Qc6 22. e4 dxe4 23. d5 Qxb7 24. d6 Bf8 25. Nd5 Be6 26. Nc7 Nb4 27. Nxa8 Qxa8
28. Qc3 Qc6 29. Rd2 Nd5 30. Qc2 e3 31. fxe3 Nxe3 32. Qd3 Nd5 33. Qf3 Nb4 34.
Qxc6 Nxc6 35. d7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "24"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7 7. Qe2 d6 8. Be3
Nc6 9. N1d2 Nf6 10. O-O e5 11. a4 O-O 12. Bxa7 Rxa7 13. c3 Be6 14. Rfd1 Qc7 15.
Bc4 Raa8 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. a5 Rad8 18. Kh1 Qf7 19. f3 Nh5 20. Qe3 d5 21. Nc5
Nf4 22. g3 Ng6 23. Rf1 Qe7 24. b4 d4 25. Qd3 Rf7 26. Nc4 Nf8 27. Rad1 Nd7 28.
Nxb7 Rdf8 29. Ncd6 Rf6 30. Qxa6 Rxf3 31. Rxf3 Rxf3 32. Qxc6 Qf6 33. Nf5 exf5
34. Qxd7 h6 35. a6 Qxa6 36. b5 Qa4 37. Rg1 Qc2 38. exf5 Rf2 39. Qe8+ Kh7 40.
Qg6+ Kh8 41. Qe8+ Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "25"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 h6 7. Nxf6+ gxf6
8. Bh4 c5 9. Bc4 cxd4 10. O-O Bc5 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "26"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. g3 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Bg2 O-O 8.
O-O Ne5 9. Qb3 Be7 10. Rd1 a6 11. Bf4 Qc7 12. Na4 d6 13. Nb6 Rb8 14. Rac1 Nfd7
15. Nxd7 Bxd7 16. c5 dxc5 17. Nf3 Nxf3+ 18. Bxf3 e5 19. Bxe5 Qxe5 20. Rxd7 b5
21. Qa3 Rfd8 22. Rcd1 Rxd7 23. Rxd7 Bf8 24. Qxa6 Qxb2 25. Rxf7 Kxf7 26. Qa7+
Be7 27. Qxb8 Qxa2 28. Qxb5 Qe6 29. Qd3 Qh6 30. Qf5+ Ke8 31. Be4 Qf6 32. Qxh7
Qd4 33. e3 Qe5 34. Qg8+ Kd7 35. Qc4 Bf6 36. h4 Ke7 37. Kg2 Qd6 38. Bf3 Be5 39.
h5 Bf6 40. Qb5 Qc7 41. Qc4 Qd6 42. Be4 Qe5 43. Bg6 Kd8 44. Qf7 Qd6 45. Be4 Kc8
46. g4 Qe5 47. Bf5+ Kb8 48. Qd7 Bh4 49. Qc6 Ka7 50. Be4 Qe7 51. Bd5 Bg5 52. f4
Bf6 53. Kf3 Bc3 54. g5 Bd2 55. e4 c4 56. Qxc4 Qa3+ 57. Kg4 Qe3 58. Qc7+ Ka6 59.
Bc4# 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "27"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d6 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8.
e3 b6 9. f3 h6 10. Bh4 c5 11. Bg3 d5 12. Rd1 Ba6 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Nh3 Qb6 15.
Rd2 Rfe8 16. Be2 Rad8 17. Bf2 Bxc4 18. Bxc4 dxc4 19. e4 Qb5 20. O-O Nb6 21.
Rfd1 Na4 22. Qc2 Rxd2 23. Rxd2 Rb8 24. Bg3 c3 25. bxc3 Qb1+ 26. Qxb1 Rxb1+ 27.
Kf2 Nxc3 28. Rd8+ Kh7 29. Be5 Ncxe4+ 30. Ke2 Ng5 31. Nf4 Rh1 32. h3 c4 33. Ra8
Nd7 34. Bc3 e5 35. Nd5 Nb6 36. Ne3 Nxa8 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "28"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C76"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 g6 7. Bg5 f6 8. Be3 Nh6
9. h3 Nf7 10. Nbd2 Bg7 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 h5 13. Nf1 Kh7 14. Bc2 Ne7 15. Qd2
Bh6 16. Rad1 Be6 17. Bb3 Bxb3 18. axb3 Qe8 19. c4 Rd8 20. Qc3 g5 21. Ng3 g4 22.
Nxh5 Ng5 23. Nxg5+ Bxg5 24. hxg4 Ng6 25. f3 Qe6 26. Kf2 Kg8 27. Rh1 Kf7 28.
Bxg5 fxg5 29. Qd2 Qe7 30. Ng3 Rh8 31. Nf5 Qf6 32. Qa5 b6 33. Qd5+ Qe6 34. Qb7
Qd7 35. Rh5 Nf4 36. Rxg5 Kf6 37. Rg7 Rh2 38. g5+ Ke6 39. d5+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "29"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 d5 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O O-O 8. dxc5
Nc6 9. Na4 e5 10. Bb5 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. c4 dxc4 13. Bxc4+ Kh7 14. Qxd8 Rxd8
15. Rad1 Bd7 16. Nc3 e4 17. Nd4 Rac8 18. Ne6 Ne5 19. Nxd8 Rxd8 20. Be2 Rc8 21.
Nd5 Rxc5 22. Nxf6+ gxf6 23. Rc1 Ra5 24. Rc7 Kg6 25. Rxb7 Rxa2 26. h3 Bc6 27.
Rb8 a5 28. Rc1 Bd5 29. Rb5 Bf7 30. f4 Nd3 31. Rc7 Ra1+ 32. Kh2 Re1 33. Rbb7
Rxe2 34. Rxf7 Rxe3 35. Rg7+ Kh5 36. Rb5 Kh4 37. Rxf5 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "30"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Korotylev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Nbd7 8. O-O
Re8 9. d5 Nh5 10. g3 Bf8 11. b4 Ng7 12. a4 a5 13. bxa5 Rxa5 14. Nd2 f5 15. Nb3
Ra8 16. a5 Be7 17. f3 Rf8 18. Bf2 h5 19. Kg2 h4 20. g4 Bg5 21. h3 Bf4 22. c5
Bg3 23. Be3 Bf4 24. Bg1 Nf6 25. cxd6 cxd6 26. Bb6 Qe7 27. Bd3 Nfh5 28. gxh5
Nxh5 29. Rg1 Qg5+ 30. Kf1 Bg3 31. exf5 Bxf5 32. Bxf5 Qxf5 33. Ra2 Nf4 34. Ne4
Qxh3+ 35. Rag2 Nxg2 36. Rxg2 Qh1+ 37. Bg1 Rac8 38. Nxg3 hxg3 39. Rxg3 Rf6 40.
Nd2 Rc3 41. Kf2 Qh4 42. Kg2 Ra3 43. Ne4 Ra2+ 44. Bf2 Rf4 45. Qe1 Kf8 46. Qe3
Ra1 47. Bg1 Ra2+ 48. Bf2 Ra1 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "31"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O Ne4 8. Bd2
f5 9. Qc2 Bf6 10. Rad1 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Be4 12. Qc1 d6 13. Ne1 Qe8 14. f3 Bb7 15.
e4 Nd7 16. Nd3 fxe4 17. fxe4 e5 18. d5 Bc8 19. Bh3 Nc5 20. Bxc8 Nxd3 21. Rxd3
Rxc8 22. Rdf3 Qg6 23. Rf5 h6 24. Qd1 Be7 25. Qa4 Rxf5 26. exf5 Qe8 27. Qxa7 Bg5
28. Kg2 Qh5 29. Qb7 Qe2+ 30. Rf2 Qe4+ 31. Kh3 Rf8 32. Qxc7 Be3 33. Rf1 Qd3 34.
Rf3 Qe4 35. Rf1 Qd3 36. Rf3 Qe4 37. Rf1 h5 38. Re1 Qxf5+ 39. Kg2 Qf3+ 40. Kh3
Qg4+ 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "32"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. Nf3 Na6 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Qxc3 Nxc5 9. e3 b6 10. Be2 d5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Qc2 Ba6 13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14. O-O
Rc8 15. Qe2 Nc5 16. Bd2 Nb3 17. Rad1 Nxd2 18. Rxd2 Qc7 19. Rfd1 h6 20. Nd4 Qc4
21. e4 Qxe2 22. Nxe2 Ne7 23. Rd7 Nc6 24. f4 Rfd8 25. Nc3 Rxd7 26. Rxd7 Na5 27.
Rxa7 Nc4 28. Nb5 Nxb2 29. Nd6 Rc1+ 30. Kf2 Rc2+ 31. Kg3 Nd3 32. Ra8+ Kh7 33.
Nxf7 Rc3 34. Kg4 Nf2+ 35. Kh4 Nxe4 36. Rh8+ Kg6 37. Ne5+ Kf5 38. Rf8+ Nf6 39.
g3 Rxa3 40. Rf7 Ra2 41. Kh3 b5 42. Rxg7 b4 43. Rf7 b3 44. Ng4 b2 45. Rxf6+ Ke4
46. Rxe6+ Kd4 47. Rb6 Kc3 48. Nxh6 Ra4 49. Rxb2 Kxb2 50. Kg4 Kc3 51. Nf5 Kc4
52. h4 Kd5 53. Kg5 Ke6 54. g4 Kf7 55. Ng3 Ra3 56. Nh5 Ra5+ 57. f5 Rb5 58. Nf4
Ra5 59. h5 Kg7 60. Ne6+ Kh7 61. Kf6 Kh6 62. Nf8 Ra6+ 63. Ke7 Ra4 64. f6 Rxg4
65. Ng6 Rb4 66. f7 Rb7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "33"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Nh4 Bg4 10. f3 Bh5 11. g4 Nd5 12. Ng2 Bg6 13. Na2 Be7 14. e4 N5b6 15.
Bb3 a5 16. Nc3 O-O 17. f4 h6 18. f5 exf5 19. gxf5 Bh7 20. Nf4 Kh8 21. Be3 Bg5
22. Qf3 Qe7 23. Rae1 Qb4 24. Qd1 Rad8 25. Qc2 Nf6 26. Kh1 Rxd4 27. Bxd4 Qxd4
28. Rd1 Qe3 29. Rd3 Qc5 30. Rdf3 Nbd7 31. Nd3 Qd4 32. Qe2 Ng4 33. Rg3 Nge5 34.
Rd1 Qb6 35. Ba2 Bf6 36. Nf4 Bg5 37. Nh3 Bf6 38. Nf4 Bh4 39. Rg2 Nf6 40. Nd3 Qc7
41. Qe3 Rd8 42. Qf4 Rxd3 43. Rxd3 Bg5 44. Rd8+ Qxd8 45. Qxe5 Bg8 46. Qc5 Nd7
47. Qf2 Ne5 48. Rg1 Qd3 49. Rd1 Qh3 50. Qg2 Qh4 51. h3 Bf6 52. Ne2 b5 53. axb5
cxb5 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "34"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Re1 Nc5 12. Nd4 Qd7 13. Bc2 Bg4 14. f3 Bh5 15.
Nf5 Bg6 16. g4 d4 17. cxd4 Bxf5 18. Bxf5 Qxd4+ 19. Kg2 Nxe5 20. Nb3 Qxd1 21.
Rxd1 Na4 22. Na5 Bb4 23. Bf4 Nxb2 24. Rd5 Ng6 25. Bxg6 fxg6 26. Bxc7 Rac8 27.
Nc6 Rxc7 28. Nxb4 Rc3 29. Nxa6 Rcxf3 30. Rxb5 Nc4 31. Rbb1 Ne3+ 32. Kh1 Nxg4
33. Nc5 Rf2 34. Rb4 h5 35. Ne4 Re2 36. Ng5 Rxh2+ 37. Kg1 Re2 38. a4 Re5 39. Nh3
Re3 40. Ng5 Rg3+ 41. Kh1 Nf2+ 42. Kh2 Rxg5 43. a5 Nd3 44. Rb3 Rf2+ 45. Kh1 Nc5
46. Rb5 Rff5 47. Rb8+ Kh7 48. a6 Nxa6 49. Rxa6 Rf7 50. Raa8 Rf1+ 51. Kh2 Rf2+
52. Kh1 Rf1+ 53. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "35"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[PlyCount "430"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3
d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. O-O Rc8 13. e4 c5 14. exd5 exd5
15. dxc5 dxc4 16. cxb6 Nxb6 17. Re1 cxb3 18. Qxb3 Nd7 19. Nf3 Bc4 20. Qb2 Nc5
21. Bxg7 Nd3 22. Bxf8 Nxb2 23. Bxe7 Qb6 24. Ne5 Be6 25. Re2 Nc4 26. Rae1 Nxe5
27. Rxe5 h6 28. R5e2 Qd4 29. h4 Rc4 30. Ba3 Qd3 31. Bb2 Rc2 32. Bf1 Rxe2 33.
Rxe2 Qb1 34. Bc3 Qc1 35. Bb4 Bc4 36. Re1 Qb2 37. Re8+ Kh7 38. Bxc4 Qxb4 39.
Bd3+ Kg7 40. Re4 Qb6 41. Bc2 Qc6 42. Rg4+ Kf8 43. Bb3 a5 44. Rf4 f6 45. Rc4 Qb7
46. Kh2 Kg7 47. Rg4+ Kh7 48. Rd4 Qc7 49. Rf4 Qe5 50. Kg2 Kg7 51. Rg4+ Kf8 52.
Rf4 Kg7 53. Kf3 Kf8 54. Re4 Qf5+ 55. Ke3 Qc5+ 56. Kf3 Qf5+ 57. Rf4 Qe5 58. Kg2
Kg7 59. Ra4 Qc5 60. Rg4+ Kf8 61. Rg6 Qf5 62. Rg8+ Ke7 63. Rg7+ Kf8 64. Rf7+ Ke8
65. Rc7 Qe4+ 66. Kh2 Qf5 67. Rc2 Kf8 68. Re2 Qf3 69. Rd2 Kg7 70. Bd5 Qc3 71.
Re2 Qc5 72. Bb3 Qb4 73. Rc2 Qd4 74. Bc4 Qe4 75. Bb3 a4 76. Rc7+ Kf8 77. Rc4 Qe2
78. Rxa4 Qxf2+ 79. Kh3 h5 80. Rf4 Qg1 81. Bd5 Kg7 82. Bg2 Qc5 83. a4 Qa5 84.
Rd4 Kg6 85. Rf4 Kg7 86. Bf1 Kg6 87. Kh2 Qd2+ 88. Bg2 Kg7 89. Rf5 Kg6 90. Rd5
Qa2 91. a5 Kg7 92. Kh3 Kg6 93. Rc5 Kh6 94. Rb5 Qe6+ 95. Kh2 Qa2 96. Rd5 Kg6 97.
Kh3 Kh6 98. Rc5 Qe6+ 99. Kh2 Qa2 100. Rc6 Qxa5 101. Rxf6+ Kg7 102. Rf4 Qe5 103.
Bf3 Kg6 104. Kh3 Qe6+ 105. Kg2 Qa2+ 106. Kg1 Qb1+ 107. Kh2 Qc2+ 108. Kh3 Qc8+
109. Kh2 Qc2+ 110. Bg2 Qd2 111. Kg1 Qe1+ 112. Kh2 Qd2 113. Rf3 Qb2 114. Kg1
Qc1+ 115. Bf1 Qa1 116. Kg2 Qb2+ 117. Rf2 Qb7+ 118. Kh2 Qd5 119. Bh3 Qd4 120.
Rf4 Qb2+ 121. Bg2 Qd2 122. Rc4 Qf2 123. Rc6+ Kg7 124. Ra6 Qd2 125. Rb6 Qe2 126.
Rd6 Qf2 127. Rd5 Kg6 128. Rg5+ Kh6 129. Kh3 Qf6 130. Rd5 Qe6+ 131. Kh2 Qe2 132.
Rd4 Kg6 133. Rf4 Qd2 134. Rf3 Qb2 135. Kg1 Qc1+ 136. Bf1 Qd2 137. Bd3+ Kg7 138.
Kf1 Qb2 139. Be2 Qd2 140. Rf5 Qe3 141. Rg5+ Kf6 142. Bxh5 Qc1+ 143. Kg2 Qd2+
144. Kh3 Qd3 145. Rg6+ Ke7 146. Rg7+ Ke6 147. Rf7 Qd5 148. Bg6 Qh1+ 149. Kg4
Qd1+ 150. Rf3 Qd4+ 151. Kh3 Qg7 152. Bh5 Qh6 153. Bg4+ Ke7 154. Rf4 Qc6 155.
Bf3 Qe6+ 156. Rg4 Kf6 157. Be4 Qd7 158. Bf3 Qf5 159. Kh2 Qc2+ 160. Bg2 Qe2 161.
Rf4+ Kg7 162. Rf3 Qe5 163. Kh3 Qe6+ 164. g4 Qd7 165. h5 Qe7 166. Rf5 Qe3+ 167.
Bf3 Qe6 168. Kh4 Qe1+ 169. Kh3 Qf1+ 170. Bg2 Qd3+ 171. Kh4 Qd2 172. Bd5 Qe1+
173. Kh3 Qe3+ 174. Rf3 Qd4 175. Bc6 Qc5 176. Bb7 Qe5 177. Rf5 Qe3+ 178. Bf3 Kh6
179. Rf6+ Kg7 180. Rf5 Kh6 181. Kg2 Qd2+ 182. Kg3 Qe1+ 183. Kh3 Qf1+ 184. Bg2
Qd3+ 185. Kh4 Qd4 186. Bd5 Kg7 187. Rg5+ Kh6 188. Rg6+ Kh7 189. Bg8+ Kh8 190.
Be6 Qf2+ 191. Kg5 Qe3+ 192. Kf6 Qd4+ 193. Kf7 Qa7+ 194. Ke8 Qb8+ 195. Ke7 Qc7+
196. Bd7 Qe5+ 197. Re6 Qg5+ 198. Kd6 Kh7 199. Re4 Qf6+ 200. Be6 Qg5 201. Bf5+
Kg7 202. Re7+ Kh8 203. Re6 Qd2+ 204. Ke7 Qg5+ 205. Ke8 Qg8+ 206. Kd7 Qg5 207.
h6 Qd2+ 208. Ke8 Qa5 209. Kf7 Qd5 210. Kf6 Qd4+ 211. Kg6 Qd8 212. Kh5 Qd7 213.
g5 Qd1+ 214. Kg6 Qd7 215. Re4 Qf7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "36"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 Ne4 8. Qc2
Bb7 9. Be5 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Rg8 11. d5 f5 12. Nd4 Na6 13. g4 Qe7 14. Bg2 exd5 15.
f4 gxf4 16. Bxf4 Qh4+ 17. Bg3 Nxg3 18. hxg3 Qxg3+ 19. Kf1 fxg4 20. Qd3 Rf8+ 21.
Kg1 Qf2+ 22. Kh2 Qh4+ 23. Kg1 Qf2+ 24. Kh2 O-O-O 25. cxd5 Bxd5 26. Qxa6+ Kb8
27. e4 Qh4+ 28. Kg1 Qf2+ 29. Kh2 Bxe4 30. Qe2 g3+ 31. Kh3 Bxg2+ 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "37"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb7 6. Bg2 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 c5 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bxb4 cxb4 10. a3 Na6 11. a4 d6 12. Nbd2 Qc7 13. Re1 e5 14. e4 Rfe8 15.
Qc2 Rad8 16. Re2 Nb8 17. Rae1 Nc6 18. Qb2 a6 19. h3 Rd7 20. Nf1 exd4 21. Nxd4
Nxd4 22. Qxd4 Rde7 23. Ne3 Qc5 24. Qxc5 dxc5 25. e5 Ne4 26. Nf5 Rxe5 27. Nd6
Nxd6 28. Rxe5 Rxe5 29. Rxe5 Kf8 30. h4 g6 31. h5 gxh5 32. Rxh5 Bxg2 33. Kxg2
Nb7 34. Rh6 Na5 35. Rxb6 Nxb3 36. Rxa6 Ke7 37. a5 Kd7 38. Ra8 Kc7 39. a6 Kb6
40. f4 Nd2 41. Rc8 Nxc4 42. Rxc5 Ka7 43. Rf5 Na3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "38"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2007.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7 7. Qe2 Nc6 8.
Be3 d6 9. N1d2 Nf6 10. f4 O-O 11. Bxa7 Rxa7 12. g4 b5 13. O-O-O Rc7 14. Rhg1
Qe7 15. Kb1 Nd7 16. g5 Bb7 17. Rg3 Nb4 18. Rh3 g6 19. Qg4 Rfc8 20. Qh4 Nf8 21.
a3 Nxd3 22. cxd3 h5 23. gxh6 Qxh4 24. Rxh4 Nh7 25. Nd4 Nf6 26. N2f3 Re8 27. Ng5
e5 28. fxe5 dxe5 29. Ndf3 Nh5 30. Rg1 Kh8 31. Nh3 Bc8 32. Nf2 Nf4 33. Nxe5 Ne2
34. Re1 Nd4 35. Neg4 Nf3 36. Nf6 Rd8 37. Nd5 Rb7 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2007.11.24"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Aderito, Pedro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2352"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 dxc4 6. a4 $5 {A relatively
unexplored line, typical for... the Slav Defence. Before attacking the c4-pawn,
White discourages ...b5.} ({The immediate} 6. Ne5 {is more common.}) 6... Bb4+
{This move can lead to a curious transposition.} ({Another critical line is} 
6... c5 $5 {This looks like a loss of tempo, but Black hopes to prove that the
presence of the white pawn on a4 has more drawbacks than good parts. The
a4-square is not available to the queen now, while the b3- and b4-squares are
weak.} 7. O-O Nc6 8. dxc5 $5 {This move is supposed to be relatively
inoffensive with the pawn on a2. In the current position, it makes slightly
more sense, though, as we shall see later.} ({In the genuine ...c5 variation
of the Catalan,} 8. Ne5 {is the main move, but here Black can play} Nxd4 $5 {
The point is that against} 9. e3 {, which would more or less win in the
positions with the pawn on a2, Black has} Nb3 $1 {with a normal position.}) (8.
e3 {is not too dangerous either.} cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Na3 O-O 11. Nxc4 Nd5 12.
h4 b6 13. Re1 Bb7 14. Bd2 Rc8 15. Qb3 Qc7 16. Rac1 Qb8 17. Nce5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 {
1/2-1/2 Kortschnoj,V (2601)-Felgaer,R (2569)/Barcelona 2004/CBM 105}) 8... Qxd1
9. Rxd1 Bxc5 10. Nbd2 c3 ({Earlier, Korneev had tried} 10... Na5 {, but failed
to equalize:} 11. Ne5 Bd7 12. Nexc4 Nxc4 13. Nxc4 Bc6 14. Bxc6+ bxc6 {Black's
queenside weaknesses are more relevant than White's. One would think that
White should aim for an endgame with N vs B, but he did precisely the opposite.
} 15. Bf4 Ne4 16. Nd6+ Bxd6 17. Bxd6 O-O-O 18. Bb4 Kb7 19. f3 Nf6 20. Bc3 Rhg8
21. e4 $16 {[%csl Gc6,Gg7][%cal Gg1e3] Mascaro March, Pedro (ESP) (2314)
-Korneev,O (2559)/Spain 2004 (1/2-1/2, 49)}) 11. bxc3 O-O 12. Nb3 Be7 {In this
position, the move a4 is useful, because it helps putting the enemy queenside
under pressure with a further a5 and it enables Ba3, carrying out the
strategically favourable exchange of the dark-squared bishops.} 13. Nfd4 (13.
Ba3 $5) 13... Bd7 14. Ba3 $5 (14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Bxc6 bxc6 $11 {Mozny,M (2392)
-Korneev,O (2657)/Germany 2006/EXT 2007 (0-1, 76)}) 14... Bxa3 15. Rxa3 $14 {
[%csl Gb7,Gd6]}) 7. Bd2 ({After} 7. Nc3 $5 {the game could take a genuine
gambit course.} Ne4 $6 {Instead of moving for the second time with an already
developed piece, Black should have continued his development.} 8. Qc2 Qa5 9.
Bd2 (9. Qxe4 $5 {leads to interesting play:} Bxc3+ 10. Kf1 Bb4 11. Ne5 c3 12.
bxc3 Bxc3 13. Ra3 Bb4 14. Qg4 g6 15. Qf3 $44 {Black is underdeveloped and his
position has many weaknesses. The fact that White has lost his right to castle
is not too relevant, because the position has not an open character and most
of his pieces are active anyway. Later, he could activate his king's rook with
h4-h5.}) 9... Nxd2 10. Nxd2 Qd8 11. e3 O-O 12. Nxc4 Nd7 13. O-O Nb6 14. Ne5 a5
15. Rfd1 Bd6 16. Ne4 Be7 17. Nc5 $14 {Grivas,E (2500)-Gavrilakis,N (2410)/
Athens 1996/EXT 2001 (1/2-1/2, 72)}) 7... a5 (7... Be7 8. Qc2 b6 9. Qxc4 Ba6
10. Qc2 O-O 11. Nc3 Nbd7 12. O-O Rc8 13. Rfd1 Qc7 14. Rac1 Qb8 15. Bf4 $14 {
Blasko,I (2383)-Acs,G (2181)/Fuzesabony 2000/EXT 2004 (1-0, 25)}) 8. Qc2 (8.
O-O O-O 9. Na3 Bxa3 10. Rxa3 Nbd7 11. Qc2 Nb6 {was a not too relevant draw, 1/
2-1/2 Marosi,G (2350)-Zsinka,L (2360)/Budapest 1983/EXT 98. Despite the
missing pawn, White's position looks preferable, because of his better
development, advantage of space and pair of bishops.}) 8... Na6 $6 {Too slow.
Black intends to transfer the knight to b4, but this will not compensate for
his lack of space in general.} (8... b5 $2 {would lead to a known trick from
the Catalan line 4...dxc4 5.Bg2 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 a5, namely} 9. axb5 $1 Bxd2+ (9...
cxb5 $4 10. Bxb4 $18) 10. Nfxd2 $1 $16 {[%cal Gg2a8]}) (8... Bxd2+ $5 {would
again have transposed to the 4...dxc4 and 5...Bb4+ line, but this time to a
fashionable form of it:} 9. Qxd2 (9. Nbxd2 b5) (9. Nfxd2 Qxd4) 9... b5 10. axb5
cxb5 11. Qg5 {Kramnik,V (2743)-Topalov,V (2813)/Elista 2006/CBM 115/[Marin,M] 
(1-0, 75)}) 9. O-O O-O ({Against} 9... Bxd2 {White could consider} 10. Nbxd2 $5
b5 11. b3 Nb4 12. Qb2 cxb3 13. Nxb3 $44 {[%csl Gc5][%cal Gf3e5] with excellent
compensation for the pawn. White has wonderful development, while the enemy
queenside is weak.}) 10. Qxc4 $14 {White has retrieved the pawn and maintains
a stable advantage of space.} Ne4 $6 {The knight was optimally placed on f6
for defensive purposes, because it inhibited White's main positional threat,
consisting of a pawn break in the centre.} 11. Bf4 Be7 12. Nc3 Nd6 13. Qb3 Nf5
14. Rad1 $16 {[%cal Ge2e4,Gd4d5]} g5 {Weakening the kingside without getting
any counterplay.} (14... Nb4 15. e4 Nd6 16. Rfe1 $16 {[%cal Gd4d5,Gf3e5] and
White is ready to open play in the centre.}) 15. Bc1 Nb4 16. h3 f6 17. Rfe1 Kh8
18. e4 Ng7 19. Be3 f5 $6 20. Ne5 (20. d5 $5 fxe4 21. dxc6 Qe8 22. Nxe4 $18)
20... f4 21. Bc1 $16 {With his incomplete development, Black cannot claim he
is attacking. At the same time, his weaknesses will stay there forever...} Bd6
22. Ne2 Nh5 23. Bf3 Qe8 24. gxf4 Nxf4 25. Nxf4 gxf4 26. Kh2 Bxe5 27. dxe5 c5
28. Rd6 Bd7 29. Qc3 Rc8 30. b3 Qe7 31. Rg1 c4 32. bxc4 Na2 33. Qd2 Nxc1 34.
Rxd7 Nb3 35. Qd1 Qh4 36. Qxb3 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2007.11.25"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Aderito, Pedro"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2352"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 Nf6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
exd5 cxd5 9. d4 Be7 10. Bd3 O-O 11. a3 Rc8 12. Rd1 Re8 13. Bf4 Nb6 14. Ne2 Nc4
15. Bc1 a6 16. b3 Na5 17. Ng3 g6 18. Nf1 b5 19. Nd2 Qb6 20. Qe3 Nd7 21. Nf3 Bf6
22. Bb2 Nc6 23. Re1 Qc7 24. Ne5 Ncxe5 25. dxe5 Be7 26. Bd4 Bc5 27. h4 Qd8 28.
g3 Bxd4 29. Qxd4 Nc5 30. Bf1 Ne4 31. Bd3 Nc5 32. Bf1 Ne4 33. a4 bxa4 34. Bxa6
Rxc2 35. Bd3 Rd2 36. Qe3 axb3 37. Bb5 b2 38. Rab1 Rxf2 39. Bxe8 Qxe8 40. Qd4
Rd2 41. Qb6 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2007.11.27"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Galkin, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 Nd7 6. Nf3 Ne7 7. Be2 Nc8 8. O-O
Be7 9. a4 O-O 10. a5 a6 11. Be3 Na7 12. Ne1 c5 13. Nxc5 Nxc5 14. dxc5 Nc6 15.
Nf3 Bg4 16. Nd4 Bxe2 17. Nxc6 Bxd1 18. Nxd8 Be2 19. Rfe1 Rfxd8 20. Rxe2 d4 21.
Bd2 Bxc5 22. Kf1 Rac8 23. Re4 Ba7 24. c3 Rd5 25. Ra4 Rb5 26. Ra2 dxc3 27. Bxc3
Bb8 28. Raa4 h5 29. f4 Rcc5 30. Rab4 Bc7 31. Rxb5 Rxb5 32. b4 Rd5 33. Ke2 b5
34. axb6 Bxb6 35. Rc4 a5 36. bxa5 Bxa5 37. Bxa5 Rxa5 38. Kf2 Kh7 39. Rc7 Kg6
40. Kg3 Ra4 41. h4 Ra3+ 42. Kf2 Rb3 43. Ra7 Rc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2007.11.28"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Galkin, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. cxd5 Nxd3 10. Qxd3 Qxd5 11. Re1 Bf5 12. Ne5 O-O-O 13. Qf3 g6 14. g4 Bh4
15. Nc3 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Be6 17. g5 f6 18. gxf6 Rhf8 19. Qxd5 Bxd5 20. f7 Bxf7 21.
Bh6 Bd5 22. Bxf8 Rxf8 23. Re2 Rf5 24. h3 a5 25. a4 b6 26. Rb1 Rg5+ 27. Ng4 Bc6
28. Ra1 Rf5 29. Raa2 Bd5 30. Rab2 Bc6 31. Ra2 Bd5 32. Rab2 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2007.11.29"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Galkin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8.
Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qc7 11. O-O b6 12. Qg4 Kf8 13. Qh4 c5 14. Be4 Rb8
15. Rd1 c4 16. Bc6 Ba6 17. d5 e5 18. a4 Kg8 19. Nd2 g5 20. Qg4 Nf6 21. Qe2 Rd8
22. Nxc4 e4 23. h3 Bh2+ 24. Kh1 Be5 25. Bb5 Bb7 26. Nxe5 Qxe5 27. c4 a6 28. Bc6
Bxc6 29. dxc6 Rc8 30. Bd2 Rxc6 31. Bc3 Qe7 32. a5 Kg7 33. axb6 Rxb6 34. c5 Qxc5
35. Bd4 Qb5 36. Qxb5 Rxb5 37. Rxa6 Rf5 38. Bc3 Rc8 39. Kg1 Rxc3 40. bxc3 Rc5
41. Rc1 Nd5 42. c4 Nf4 43. Rc2 Nd3 44. Rb6 Ne5 45. Rb4 f6 46. Rb5 Rxc4 47. Rxc4
Nxc4 48. Rb4 Nd2 49. Rd4 e3 50. fxe3 Nb3 51. Rd5 Kf7 52. Kf2 Ke6 53. e4 Na1 54.
h4 Nc2 55. h5 Nb4 56. Rd8 Nc6 57. Ra8 Ne5 58. Ke3 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2007.11.29"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Galkin, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Bd2 O-O 10. axb5 axb5 11. Nc3 Rxa1 12. Qxa1 Qb8 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5
Bf6 15. h3 Ne7 16. Bb3 Qa8 17. Ng5 Bxg5 18. Bxg5 Nc6 19. c3 Be6 20. Bxe6 fxe6
21. Qd1 h6 22. Bc1 Qa4 23. Qg4 Rf6 24. Qh5 Qa8 25. Be3 Ne7 26. Qd1 c5 27. Qb3
Qa6 28. d4 c4 29. Qb4 exd4 30. cxd4 Ng6 31. f3 d5 32. Rd1 Kh7 33. Kh1 Rf7 34.
Bc1 Qc6 35. Re1 Rd7 36. exd5 Rxd5 37. Be3 e5 38. dxe5 Nxe5 39. Qe7 Nd3 40. Qe4+
Qg6 41. Qxd5 Nxe1 42. Qd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2007.11.30"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 4]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 e6 4. c4 b5 {The Blumenfeld Gambit is
Dieter's favorite opening.} 5. Bg5 exd5 6. cxd5 d6 (6... h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Qc2
c4 9. a4 Bb4+ 10. Nc3 bxa4 11. Rxa4 a5 12. e3 O-O 13. Bxc4 {1/2-1/2 Postny,
E-Nisipeanu,L/Germany 2006/CBM 111(33)}) 7. e4 (7. e3 {is more careful.}) 7...
a6 8. Nbd2 Be7 {[%cal Rf6d5]} 9. Bf4 {This move looks quite strange but
otherwise Black is OK:} (9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Qc2 Nd7 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O c4 13. a4
Rb8 14. axb5 axb5 15. Rfd1 Re8 16. Nf1 Nc5 $17 {0-1 Vegh,E-Nagy,H/Hungary 2005/
EXT 2006 (40)}) (9. a4 Nxd5 $5 (9... bxa4 10. Qxa4+ Bd7 11. Qc2 O-O 12. Bd3 h6
13. Bf4 Bg4 14. O-O Nh5 15. Bg3 $14 Nd7 $6 16. Bxa6 {1-0 Solcanean,
S-Tikhomirov,S/Techirghiol 1999/EXT 2004 (21)}) (9... O-O {is quite playable:}
10. Bxf6 (10. h4 bxa4 11. Rxa4 Nbd7 {[%csl Re1]}) 10... Bxf6 11. Qc2 Nd7 (11...
bxa4 $5 12. Rxa4 a5 13. Bd3 g6 14. O-O Na6 15. Bxa6 Bxa6 16. Nc4 Bb5 17. Ra2
Re8 $13 {0-1 Winkelmann,E-Hanley,J/London ENG 2007/The Week in Chess 663 (49)})
12. axb5 Rb8 13. bxa6 Rxb2 14. Qc1 Ne5 (14... Rb4 $5 15. Ra2 Nb6 $44) 15. Bc4
Qb6 $6 (15... Nxf3+ 16. Nxf3 Re8 17. e5 Bxe5 18. O-O $14 {Gutman}) 16. O-O Rb4
17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Ra2 Bf4 19. Bd3 $16 {1-0 Shalimov,V-Vovk,Y/Pardubice 2005/
CBM 107 ext/[Gutman] (28)}) 10. Bxe7 {This move brings White nothing;} (10.
exd5 {is equally harmless:} Bxg5 11. axb5 O-O 12. Be2 Bb7 13. O-O axb5 14. Rxa8
Bxa8 15. Bxb5 Bxd5 $17 {0-1 Tishin,D-Ovetchkin,R/Alushta 2004/CBM 103 (31)}) (
10. axb5 $5 {should be checked} Bxg5 $140 11. Nc4 $1) 10... Qxe7 11. axb5 O-O (
11... Nb6 12. bxa6 Bxa6 13. Qb3 Qc7 14. Bxa6 Rxa6 15. Rxa6 {1-0 Johner,
P-Havasi,K/Debrecen 1925/HCL}) (11... Nf6 12. Bd3 O-O 13. O-O Bb7 14. Re1 axb5
15. Rxa8 Bxa8 16. Bxb5 Nxe4 17. Qa4 $18 {1-0 Kirusha,A-Ivanov,S/Gatchina 2001/
EXT 2002 (33)}) (11... f5 $5 12. Nc4 Bb7 13. bxa6 $2 (13. e5 $1 $14) 13... fxe4
14. Nfe5 O-O 15. axb7 Rxa1 16. Qxa1 dxe5 $17 {0-1 Gralka,J-Krupa,M/Lubawka
2007/CBM 119 ext (39)}) 12. Bc4 (12. Be2 Nb4 13. O-O Bb7 14. bxa6 N8xa6 15. Nc4
Rad8 16. Nfd2 f5 $1 $15 {1-0 Bernal,G-Sanz,P/Villa Martelli 2004/CBM 103 ext 
(31)}) (12. bxa6 Nb4 13. Be2 f5 14. exf5 Rxa6 15. Rxa6 Bxa6 16. Kf1 Bb7 $40 {
0-1 Wu,L-Aagaard,J/Great Yarmouth ENG 2007/The Week in Chess 665 (39)}) 12...
Nb4 {Two other knight retreats are equally good:} (12... Nb6 13. O-O Be6 (13...
Bb7 14. Re1 Rd8 15. Bf1 axb5 16. Bxb5 Nc6 17. Rxa8 Bxa8 18. Nc4 Nxc4 19. Bxc4
Nb4 $11 {0-1 Huss,A-Malakhatko,V/Geneve SUI 2007/The Week in Chess 638 (52)})
14. b3 axb5 15. Rxa8 Nxa8 16. Bxb5 Qb7 17. Bd3 Nc7 $11 {1-0 Hillarp Persson,
T-Clausen,S/Copenhagen 1996/CBM 054 ext (56)}) (12... Nf4 $5 13. O-O Bb7 14.
Re1 (14. bxa6 Nxa6 15. g3 Nh3+ 16. Kg2 Ng5 17. Bd5 Nxf3 18. Qxf3 Nb4 19. Bxb7
Qxb7 20. Rxa8 Qxa8 21. Nc4 Qa6 22. Ne3 Nc6 23. Nf5 Qb6 {1/2-1/2 Klauser,
M-Cvitan,O/Switzerland 2007/CBM 117 ext}) 14... axb5 15. Rxa8 Bxa8 16. Bxb5 Nc6
17. Bf1 (17. Nc4 Rd8 18. Nb6 Ne5 19. Nxa8 Rxa8 20. Nxe5 Qxe5 21. Bc4 g5 22. g3
Ng6 23. Kg2 Kg7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Gupta,A-Krivoshey,S/Balaguer 2006/CBM 113 ext (42)
}) 17... Qf6 18. Nc4 (18. Qb3 $142 Rb8 19. Qc3 $11 {Ribli}) 18... Rd8 $15 {
0-1 Sargissian,G-Nisipeanu,L/Germany 2006/CBM 112/[Ribli] (29)}) 13. O-O Bb7
14. Re1 (14. bxa6 N8xa6 15. Re1 Nc7 16. Ra3 Ne6 $11 {0-1 Malyshev,V-Ghaem
Maghami,E/Abu Dhabi 2003/CBM 097/[Hecht] (40)} (16... Qf6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Dautov,
R-Volokitin,A/Germany 2004/CBM 100 (21)})) 14... Nd7 (14... axb5 15. Rxa8 Bxa8
16. Bxb5 N8c6 {1/2-1/2 Beliavsky,A-Cvitan,O/Celje 2004/CBM 103 ext}) 15. bxa6
Nxa6 16. Bf1 Nb6 17. Qb3 Nb4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Ghorbani,M-Ghaem Maghami,E/Teheran
2001/EXT 2002 (36)}) 9... O-O 10. a4 bxa4 (10... Re8 $143 11. Bd3 c4 12. Bc2
Bb7 13. O-O Nbd7 14. Nd4 Qb6 15. Be3 Nc5 16. Nf5 $14 {0-1 Sriram,J-Venkatesh,M/
Mumbai IND 2006/The Week in Chess 631 (50)}) 11. Bd3 $146 {[%mdl 8] An
original approach.} (11. Rxa4 Bd7 12. Ra2 (12. Ra3 $142) 12... a5 13. Bd3 Na6
14. Nc4 Nb4 15. Ra3 Bb5 16. b3 Re8 17. O-O Bf8 18. Re1 h6 {1/2-1/2 Thomas,
R-Casey,K/Australia 1995/EXT 1998 (49)}) 11... Bd7 {Black protects his a4 pawn
but how can he develop now?} (11... Nbd7 $5) 12. O-O Bb5 13. Qe2 Nbd7 (13...
Qb6 14. Nc4) (13... Qd7 14. Nc4 {[%cal Rc4b6]}) 14. Bxb5 axb5 15. Qxb5 Rb8 16.
Qd3 $1 Rb4 (16... Rxb2 17. Rxa4 {[%cal Yd2c4]} (17. Nc4 $5 Rb3 18. Qc2 Nb6 19.
Na5) 17... Nb6 18. Ra7 $14) 17. Nc4 Nb6 18. Nfd2 Qc7 19. Rfc1 Rd8 20. Ra2 h6
$14 {Black's position is quite solid but his e7 bishop is too passive.} 21. g3
({After} 21. Nxb6 Qxb6 22. Nc4 Qb5 23. Bd2 Rb3 24. Qc2 Ra8 {it is very
difficult for White to break through.}) 21... Nfd7 $6 {Black decides on an
active plan but it eventually leads to a loss of a pawn.} (21... g5 $6 22. Be3
Ng4 {was risky but}) (21... Qa7 {[%cal Ya7a6] was quite playable.}) 22. h4 Nxc4
23. Nxc4 Nb6 24. Bd2 Rb3 25. Bc3 Bf6 26. Nxb6 Qxb6 27. Rxa4 Bxc3 28. bxc3 $16 {
Of course, it is not easy for White to convert his extra pawn as Black will
carefully prevent e4-e5.} Re8 29. Rca1 Qd8 30. Qc2 $6 (30. Qf3 {was more
active. Black's best reaction is probably} Qe7 (30... Qf6 $6 31. Qxf6 gxf6 32.
Ra6 $5 (32. Ra8 $143 Kf8 33. Rxe8+ Kxe8) 32... Rxe4 33. Rxd6 Kg7 34. Raa6 Rxc3
35. Rxf6 $18) 31. Ra7 $140 Rb7) 30... Rb7 31. Ra7 Rxa7 32. Rxa7 Qf6 33. Qd3 g5
34. h5 Kg7 (34... g4 $142 $1) 35. Rd7 (35. Kg2 $1 g4 36. f4 $1 gxf3+ 37. Qxf3
$16) 35... g4 36. Qe3 (36. Qe2 Qf3 37. Qxf3 gxf3 38. Rxd6 Rxe4 39. Rc6 Rc4 40.
Kh2 Rxc3 41. g4 c4 42. Kg3 Rd3 43. d6 c3 44. Kf4 c2 {[%cal Rd3d6]} 45. Ke5 Rd2
$11) 36... Qe5 {This is now even simpler than} (36... Qf3) 37. Qe2 Qxe4 38.
Qxe4 Rxe4 39. Rxd6 Rc4 40. Kf1 Rxc3 41. Rc6 c4 42. d6 Rd3 (42... f5 $5 {
led to an immediate draw.}) 43. Rxc4 Rxd6 44. Rxg4+ {and Black easily held
this endgame:} Kh7 45. Kg2 Rd5 46. Rf4 Kg7 47. g4 Ra5 48. Kg3 Rb5 49. Rf5 Rb3+
50. f3 Ra3 51. Re5 Rb3 52. Kf4 Ra3 53. Ke4 Ra4+ 54. Kf5 Ra3 55. f4 Rh3 56. Ra5
Rh2 57. Ra1 Rh4 58. Rg1 Rh2 59. Ke4 Rh3 60. Rg2 Kh7 61. Re2 Kg7 62. Re1 Kf6 63.
Re3 Rh1 64. Kf3 Kg7 65. Kg2 Ra1 66. Re5 Ra2+ 67. Kg3 Ra3+ 68. Kf2 Rh3 69. Kg2
Rh4 70. Kg3 Rh1 71. Re2 Rg1+ 72. Rg2 Rh1 73. Rh2 Ra1 74. g5 hxg5 75. h6+ Kg6 $5
76. fxg5 (76. h7 $4 Ra3+ 77. Kg2 Ra2+ 78. Kg1 Rxh2 79. Kxh2 Kxh7 80. fxg5 Kg6
$19) 76... Ra8 (76... Kxg5 $5 77. h7 Ra3+ 78. Kg2 Ra2+ $11) 77. Kg4 Ra4+ 78.
Kf3 Ra8 79. Rg2 f6 80. gxf6+ Kxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2007.12.01"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. O-O-O Be7 10. f4 Ng4 11. g3 Nxe3 12. Qxe3 Nf6 13. Kb1 Qc7 14. Be2 h6
15. g4 exf4 16. Qxf4 Nd7 17. Nd4 Bf6 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Qxd6 Qxd6 20. Rxd6 Ke7
21. Rhd1 Rad8 22. Bc4 Nc5 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Rxd8 Kxd8 25. b4 Bxc3 26. bxc5 Kd7
27. c6+ Kxc6 28. Bxe6 b6 29. a3 Kc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2007.12.02"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Today at the World Cup in Khanty-Mansiysk six tiebreak matches were played,
which consisted of two rapid games (25 min. + 10 sec./move), then if the
result is 1-1, two blitz games follow (5 min. + 10 sec./move) and in case of
2-2 the sudden death game decides the overall winner (White gets 6 min., Black
5 min. with no addition. In order to qualify White must win). Four matches
were decided after the rapid games, in two matches the blitz games were played.
The tiebreak winners today are Aronian,Svidler, Bareev, Nisipeanu, Karjakin
and Sasikiran. Ivanchuk, Rublevsky, Grischuk, Bacot and Macieja are out.} 1. d4
Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. d5 b5 {The Bluemenfeld Gambit again. At this moment
Nisipeanu still had faith in it.} 5. Bg5 b4 {A rare move, although its logic
is evident - to take away square c3 from opponent's knight. In order to
achieve advantage White must play very energetic, otherwise Black will either
close the center (d6 and e5) and then build an initiative onthe kingside, or
he will be able to create pressure on White's pawn center (after the exchange
on d5).} ({In their first regular game of the match Nisipeanu played} 5... exd5
6. cxd5 d6 7. e4 a6 {but couldn't equalize after} 8. Nbd2 Be7 9. Bf4 O-O 10. a4
bxa4 11. Bd3 Bd7 12. O-O Bb5 13. Qe2 Nbd7 14. Bxb5 axb5 15. Qxb5 Rb8 16. Qd3
Rb4 17. Nc4 Nb6 18. Nfd2 {and Black had to work hard before reaching the draw,
Ivanchuk,V (2787)-Nisipeanu,L (2668)/Khanty-Mansiysk 2007 (80)}) 6. a3 h6 7.
Bh4 a5 {This premature advance is nicely exploited by Ivanchuk.} (7... exd5 8.
cxd5 Bb7 9. axb4 cxb4 10. Qd4 g5 11. Bg3 Bxd5 12. Rxa7 Rxa7 13. Qxa7 Nc6 14.
Qe3+ Qe7 15. Qxe7+ Kxe7 16. e3 Bg7 17. Nbd2 Ra8 18. Bd3 Ra1+ 19. Bb1 Ne4 20.
Ke2 Nxd2 21. Nxd2 Bxg2 22. Rd1 Bxb2 23. Nb3 Ra3 24. Nc5 Bh3 25. Be4 Bc3 26.
Bd6+ Ke8 27. Rb1 Bg4+ 28. f3 Ra2+ 29. Kd3 Na5 30. Rd1 Bh3 31. Bd5 Rf2 32. Bg3
Rf1 33. Rxf1 Bxf1+ 34. Kc2 Nc4 35. Bf2 Nb6 36. Bb3 d5 37. e4 d4 38. Bg3 Nc4 39.
Bf2 Na3+ {0-1 Lautier,J (2638)-Koch,J (2510)/Besancon 1999/CBM 073}) 8. axb4
cxb4 9. Nd4 Be7 10. Nb5 d6 11. c5 $1 {Black needs to make a series of only
moves to avoid a quick disaster.} O-O {The only reasonable answer.} (11... Nxd5
12. Nxd6+ Kf8 13. Bxe7+ Nxe7 14. Nd2 {is a clear advantage for White}) 12. dxe6
dxc5 13. exf7+ Kxf7 14. Nd2 Kg8 15. e3 Ng4 {Going nowhere. Black should have
developed the queenside pieces instead.} 16. Bg3 Bh4 17. Ne4 $1 Bxg3 18. hxg3
Nc6 19. Qxd8 Rxd8 20. Nxc5 {With a pawn up and better position Ivanchuk easily
wins the endgame.} Nce5 21. Be2 Bf5 22. Nd4 Rac8 23. Rxa5 Rd5 24. Nxf5 Rdxc5
25. Rxc5 Rxc5 26. O-O Rc2 27. Bd1 Rxb2 28. f4 g6 29. Ne7+ Kg7 30. Nd5 b3 31.
fxe5 Nxe5 32. Nc3 Rd2 33. Ne4 Rd3 34. Kf2 b2 35. Be2 Rb3 36. Rb1 h5 37. Nc5 Rc3
38. Ne6+ 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2007.12.02"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[Annotator "Nisipeanu,LD"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{I must confess that at the start of this game, I was not exactly filled with
optimism. Ivanchuk played the first rapid game in a very impressive way and I
was in a 'must win' situation. Ich muss gestehen, dass ich zu Beginn dieser
Partie nicht gerade vor Optimismus strotzte. Ivanchuk hatte die erste
Schnellpartie sehr beindruckend gespielt, und ich befand mich in einer 'must
win'-Situation.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 {Quite a
surprise to me, as I was expecting a Petroff or Anti-Marshall for this game.
Eine ziemliche Überraschung für mich, denn ich hatte für diese Partie Russisch
oder einen Anti-Marshall erwartet.} 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 {Maybe in a different
match situation I would have put my knight on another square... In einer
anderen Matchsituation hätte ich meinen Springer vielleicht auf ein anderes
Feld gestellt...} Be6 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. O-O-O {My opponent has a very broad
repertoire and he usually does not play the same opening twice in a row.
Normally, I would have started to worry about my opponent's home preparation,
but in this case, instead of becoming worried, I became curious to see it.
Mein Opponent hat ein sehr breites Repertoire und spielt gewöhnlich dieselbe
Eröffnung nicht zweimal hintereinander. Normalerweise hätte ich begonnen, mir
über die gegnerische Heimvorbereitung Sorgen zu machen, in diesem Fall aber
wurde ich stattdessen neugierig darauf.} b5 ({In our previous game Ivanchuk
played In unser vorigen Partie spielte Ivanchuk} 9... Be7 10. f4 Ng4 11. g3
Nxe3 12. Qxe3 Nf6 {but he decided to play differently now. , jetzt aber
entschied er sich für eine andere Fortsetzung.}) 10. f4 Qc7 (10... b4 $6 {
is not a good idea, because after ist keine gute Idee, denn nach} 11. Nd5 Nxe4
12. Qxb4 Nef6 13. Nxf6+ gxf6 14. Qa4 {Black will find it hard to find a safe
shelter for his king. wird es Schwarz schwer fallen, ein sicheres Plätzchen
für seinen König zu finden.}) 11. Kb1 Rc8 12. a3 $5 {Stopping ...b4 for now.
The downside of this move is that if Black can prepare the advance b5-b4, he
will open files on the queenside and the white king will not be happy about it.
Stoppt ...b4 erst einmal. Der Nachteil dieses Zuges ist, dass wenn es Schwarz
gelingt, den Vorstoß b5-b4 vorzubereiten, er am Damenflügel Linien öffnen kann,
was den weißen König nicht erfreuen wird.} ({Most of the games played in this
position continued with Die meisten Partien mit dieser Stellung gingen weiter
mit} 12. h3 {but I felt that my opponent would have been prepared for it. ,
aber ich spürte, dass mein Gegner darauf vorbereitet gewesen wäre.}) 12... Be7
13. f5 Bc4 14. g4 $5 (14. Be2 {is not bad, but I wanted to get to the black
king as soon as possible. ist nicht übel, aber ich wollte so schnell wie
möglich den schwarzen König angehen.}) 14... Nxg4 15. Rg1 h5 ({Maybe better
would have been Besser gewesen wäre vielleicht} 15... Nxe3 16. Qxe3 g6 17. Bxc4
bxc4 18. Nd5 Qb8 19. Nc1 {with compensation for the sacrificed pawn. mit
Kompensation für den geopferten Bauern.}) 16. h3 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 Rh7 18. Bxc4
bxc4 19. Nd2 Nf6 20. Nf3 $6 {Up to this point, I played well, but this move
allows Black to force my queen to c1 and this is not something that I liked.
Bis zu diesem Punkte hatte ich gut gespielt, aber dieser Zug erlaubt Schwarz,
meine Dame nach c1 zu zwingen, und dies behagte mir gar nicht.} ({Better was
Besser war} 20. Qe2 Qc5 21. Nf3 Rb8 22. Ka2 $44) 20... Rb8 $1 21. Ka2 Qb6 22.
Qc1 {Here panic took over and I spent something like 6 minutes for this move.
Hier überkam mich Panik, und ich verbrauchte etwa 6 Minuten für diesen Zug.} ({
The alternative Die Alternative} 22. Qxb6 Rxb6 23. b4 cxb3+ 24. cxb3 {is
probably better, but here the chances of a 'swindle' are zero. ist womöglich
besser, aber die Chancen auf einen 'Schwindel' sind gleich null.}) 22... Qb7
23. Ng5 Rh8 24. Rg2 h4 $1 $17 {Because of the horrible position of the white
queen on c1, White needs a lot of cooperation from Black to succeed with his
attack. Aufgrund der schrecklichen Stellung seiner Dame auf c1 braucht Weiß
reichlich Entgegenkommen von Schwarz, um mit seinem Angriff durchzudringen.}
25. Rdg1 {I played this move in desperation, as I never thought that Ivanchuk
will allow me to sacrifice on f7. Diesen Zug spielte ich in Verzweiflung, denn
ich hätte nie gedacht, dass Ivanchuk mir erlauben würde, auf f7 zu opfern.} Rh5
$6 {A very bad practical decision, which probably cost Ivanchuk the
qualification. Eine sehr schlechte praktische Entscheidung, die Ivanchuk
wahrscheinlich die Qualifikation kostete.} ({The simple Das einfache} 25... Rg8
{would have taken the air out of my position. hätte aus meiner Stellung die
Luft rausgelassen.}) 26. Nxf7 $1 {I played this very quickly, because it
seemed the only chance to complicate the position. Dies spielte ich sehr
schnell, da es wie die einzige Chance aussah, die Stellung zu komplizieren.}
Kxf7 27. Rxg7+ Kf8 $6 {Ivanchuk played this very quickly, but he could not
conceal his frustration about allowing me to sacrifice on f7. Ivanchuk zog
dies ebenfalls sehr schnell, konnte aber nicht seine Enttäuschung darüber
verbergen, dass er mir erlaubt hatte, auf f7 zu opfern.} ({He should have
played Spielen sollen hätte er} 27... Ke8 28. R1g6 Rh7 29. Rxh7 Nxh7 30. Nd5
Bg5 {with advantage to Black. mit Vorteil für Schwarz.}) 28. R1g6 d5 $2 {
Still not reducing the speed, but this move is the decisive mistake. Noch
immer, ohne das Tempo zu verlangsamen, aber dieser Zug ist der entscheidene
Fehler.} ({According to Fritz Laut Fritz ergibt} 28... Qb6 $1 29. Nd5 Nxd5 30.
Rg8+ Kf7 31. R6g7+ Kf6 32. Rxb8 Qxb8 33. Qg1 Nf4 34. Rg6+ {is a draw. ein
Remis.}) 29. exd5 ({Better was Besser war} 29. Nxd5 Nxd5 30. exd5 Qxd5 31. Qg1
Rh8 32. Rxe7 Kxe7 33. Qa7+ $18 {but the move I played is also winning. , aber
der von mir gespielte Zug gewinnt ebenfalls.}) 29... Nxd5 $6 ({Tougher was
Hartnäckiger war} 29... Ne8 $1 30. Rg8+ Kf7 31. Na4 $1 Rxf5 32. Qg1 $18 {
as indicated by Fritz. , wie von Fritz angegeben.}) 30. Rg8+ Kf7 31. R6g7+ Kf6
32. Nxd5+ Qxd5 33. Rg6+ {The human way again. Wieder der menschliche Weg.} (33.
Qg1 Rxb2+ 34. Ka1 $1 {is a quicker, but by any means, simpler kill. ist eine
schnellere, aber nicht unbedingt einfachere Methode.}) 33... Kf7 34. Rxb8 $18
c3+ 35. Kb1 (35. b3 $2 Qd2 $1 {would have led to unnecessary complications.
hätte zu unnötigen Komplikationen geführt.}) 35... Rxf5 36. Qg1 Bf8 (36... Rf1+
37. Qxf1+ Kxg6 38. Qxa6+ $18) 37. Rg8 Bh6 38. Qg6+ 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2007.12.02"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ {Having little success with the Bluemendfeld
Gambit Nisipeanu finally switches to a more classical opening.} 4. Nbd2 b6 5.
a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Bb7 7. e3 O-O 8. Be2 d6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. b4 Ne4 11. Qc2 f5 12.
Bb2 Rf6 13. d5 Rg6 14. Rad1 e5 15. Bd3 c6 16. Bxe4 fxe4 17. Qxe4 cxd5 18. cxd5
Nf6 19. Qc4 Rc8 20. Qb3 Qd7 21. Ne1 $4 ({After} 21. Bxe5 $1 dxe5 22. Nxe5 {
all three results are possible}) 21... Ba6 22. f3 Bc4 $1 {It turns out that
White loses a whole rook.} 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2007.12.02"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Be2 b5 7. O-O Bb7 8. Bf3
Nc6 9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. a4 Bd6 11. axb5 cxb5 12. e5 Bxe5 13. Nxb5 axb5 14. Rxa8+
Bxa8 15. Bxa8 Nf6 16. h3 O-O 17. Bf3 b4 18. Bd2 Rd8 19. Qe1 Qxc2 20. Bxb4 Qxb2
21. Be7 Rb8 22. Qa5 h6 23. Rd1 Bd4 24. Qd2 Qxd2 25. Rxd2 Rb1+ 26. Kh2 Be5+ 27.
g3 g6 28. Re2 Ba1 29. Ra2 Nd7 30. Kg2 Kg7 31. Ra8 Bf6 32. Bd6 Rb6 33. Ba3 Ne5
34. Bf8+ Kh7 35. Bc5 Rb3 36. Bd4 Nxf3 37. Bxf6 g5 38. Rc8 Ne1+ 39. Kf1 Nd3 40.
Ke2 Kg6 41. Bc3 Nb4 42. g4 f6 43. Bxb4 Rxb4 44. Kf3 h5 45. Rc6 Rf4+ 46. Kg3 e5
47. Rc7 Ra4 48. Rb7 Ra3+ 49. Kg2 Ra8 50. Rb6 Rf8 51. Kf3 Rh8 52. Rb7 Rh7 53.
Rxh7 Kxh7 54. Ke4 hxg4 55. hxg4 Kg6 56. Kd5 f5 57. Kxe5 fxg4 58. Ke6 Kh6 59.
Kf6 Kh5 60. Kf5 Kh4 61. Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Carlos Torre Wimbledon 20th"]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "2007.12.19"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2007.12.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. dxe5 Bc5 5. Qd5 Bxf2+ 6. Kd1 f5 7. Bc4 Qe7 8.
Nc3 c6 9. Qd3 b5 10. Bb3 a5 11. a4 b4 12. Nxe4 fxe4 13. Qe2 d5 14. exd6 Qxd6+
15. Bd2 e3 16. Rf1 Ba6 17. Bc4 Bxc4 18. Qxc4 Ra7 19. Ke2 Re7 20. Be1 Qg6 21. g3
Re4 22. Qd3 Nd7 23. Rd1 O-O 24. Qxd7 Qh5 25. g4 Qh3 26. Ng5 Qg2 27. Bxf2 Rxf2+
28. Rxf2 exf2+ 0-1

[Event "Carlos Torre Wimbledon 20th"]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "2007.12.19"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2007.12.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. e3 a6 8. Rc1
Rc8 9. Be2 e6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Qb3 Rc7 13. Na4 O-O 14. Nc5 Rb8 15.
Rc3 Bg4 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 e5 18. Qb6 exd4 19. exd4 Nd7 20. Nxd7 Rxd7 21. Be2
g6 22. Rfc1 Nd8 23. Rb3 Ra8 24. Bg4 f5 25. Qxd6 Rxd6 26. Bf3 Ne6 27. Rxb7 Nxd4
28. Bd1 Ne6 29. Kf1 Rf8 30. Ba4 Rf7 31. Rc6 Rxb7 32. Rxd6 Nc5 33. b3 Nxa4 34.
bxa4 Rb4 35. Rxa6 Rb2 36. Rd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Carlos Torre Wimbledon 20th"]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "2007.12.20"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Almeida Quintana, Omar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2007.12.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Be2 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. a4
b6 9. f4 Bb7 10. Bf3 Qc7 11. Kh1 Rc8 12. Qe1 h5 13. Be3 Be7 14. Rd1 g6 15. Nde2
Qb8 16. Bf2 Qa8 17. Bh4 Nxe4 18. Bxe7 Kxe7 19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20. Qd2 Rhd8 21. f5
Ne5 22. Bxe4 Qxe4 23. fxe6 fxe6 24. Qg5+ Kd7 25. Ng3 1-0

[Event "Carlos Torre Wimbledon 20th"]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "2007.12.20"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Almeida Quintana, Omar"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2007.12.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Qc2 Nxc3 8.
Qxc3 h6 9. e3 Be7 10. Bb5+ c6 11. Be2 Nd7 12. O-O c5 13. b4 Rc8 14. bxc5 bxc5
15. Bb2 O-O 16. dxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Carlos Torre Wimbledon 20th"]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "2007.12.21"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Graf, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2007.12.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 d5 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. e3 Rc8 12. Bd3 h6 13. Bh4 Bg4 14. Bf5
Bxf5 15. Qxf5 Bxa3 16. O-O Bxb2 17. Nxd5 Qe8 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. Qxc8 Qxc8 20.
Ne7+ Kh7 21. Nxc8 Rxc8 22. Rb1 Rc2 23. Rfd1 Ne4 24. Ne1 Re2 25. Nd3 Bf6 26.
Rxb7 a5 27. Rxf7 a4 28. Ra7 Ra2 29. Nb4 Nxf2 30. Rf1 Rb2 31. Rxf2 1-0

[Event "Carlos Torre Wimbledon 20th"]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "2007.12.21"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Graf, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2007.12.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. b3 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Bb2 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. c4 O-O 8. Nc3
d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Qc2 Nc6 11. Rac1 Rc8 12. Qb1 Bf6 13. Nxd5 Bxb2 14. Qxb2
Qxd5 15. Ne5 Qd6 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Bxc6 Rxc6 18. Rc4 Rfc8 19. Rfc1 h6 20. d3
R8c7 21. R1c2 b5 22. R4c3 Qd4 23. Qc1 a6 24. a4 e5 25. axb5 axb5 26. Ra2 Rf6
27. e3 Qd5 28. Qc2 Rd6 29. Ra5 Qf3 30. d4 e4 31. Ra1 h5 32. Rxc5 Rxc5 33. dxc5
Rc6 34. b4 h4 35. Qd1 Qf5 36. Qd8+ Kh7 37. Qxh4+ Rh6 38. Qf4 Qd5 39. Qg4 g6 40.
Rd1 Qb3 41. Rd4 1-0

[Event "Carlos Torre Wimbledon 20th"]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "2007.12.21"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Graf, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2007.12.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. d4 e6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nbd2 Nc6 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. e3 b6 8.
Bd3 Bb7 9. Qe2 Qc7 10. Ba6 Bxa6 11. Qxa6 d5 12. O-O O-O 13. Rac1 Rfd8 14. c4
Nb4 15. Qa4 Qd7 16. Qb3 dxc4 17. Qxc4 b5 18. Qe2 c4 19. a3 Nd5 20. Ne4 Rac8 21.
Rfd1 Qc6 22. Nc3 Nxc3 23. Rxc3 Qe4 24. Nd2 Qd5 25. Nf3 f5 26. Rdc1 Qb7 27. Ne5
Bf6 28. Qf3 Qxf3 29. Nxf3 Kg7 30. a4 a6 31. axb5 axb5 32. b3 cxb3 33. Rxc8 b2
34. R8c2 bxc1=Q+ 35. Rxc1 f4 36. Kf1 fxe3 37. fxe3 Ra8 38. Rb1 Ra3 39. Ke2 Ra2+
40. Nd2 Bd8 41. Kd3 Ba5 42. Nf3 Rxg2 43. Rxb5 Bc7 44. h4 h6 45. h5 Rf2 46. Nd2
Rh2 47. Ne4 Rh4 48. Rc5 Bh2 49. Ra5 Rh3 50. Ke2 Rh4 51. Kf3 Rh3+ 52. Kf2 Rh4
53. Nd2 Bc7 54. Rb5 Rh2+ 55. Ke1 Bg3+ 56. Kd1 f5 57. Nb3 Rxh5 58. Nc5 e5 59. d5
e4 60. Rb6 Rh1+ 61. Ke2 Rc1 62. Ne6+ Kf7 63. Nd4 f4 64. exf4 Bxf4 65. Re6 e3
66. Re4 Bd6 67. Kxe3 Rc5 68. Nf5 Rxd5 69. Nxh6+ Kg6 70. Ng4 Bc5+ 71. Ke2 Kf5
72. Ne3+ Kxe4 73. Nxd5 Kxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Carlos Torre Wimbledon 20th"]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "2007.12.21"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Graf, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[PlyCount "169"]
[EventDate "2007.12.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Nd2 b6 4. a3 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 Bb7 6. f3 f5 7. e3 Nf6 8. Bd3
O-O 9. Ne2 Nc6 10. O-O Qe7 11. b4 a5 12. b5 Nd8 13. a4 Nf7 14. Ba3 d6 15. c5
Rad8 16. c6 Bc8 17. Ng3 g6 18. e4 fxe4 19. fxe4 e5 20. d5 Ng4 21. h3 Qh4 22.
Ne2 Nf6 23. Qe1 Qxe1 24. Raxe1 Kg7 25. Bc1 g5 26. Ng3 h6 27. Rf2 Nh8 28. Ref1
Nh7 29. Nh5+ Kg6 30. Be2 Rxf2 31. Rxf2 Rf8 32. Rxf8 Nxf8 33. Ng3 Nh7 34. Bg4
Bxg4 35. hxg4 Nf6 36. Be3 Ne8 37. Nf5 Kf6 38. Nxh6 Ng6 39. g3 Ne7 40. Kg2 Kg6
41. Nf5 Nc8 42. Kf3 Nf6 43. Bd2 Ne8 44. Ne3 Nf6 45. Nc4 Ne8 46. Ke3 Nf6 47. Kf3
Ne8 48. Bc3 Nf6 49. Nxa5 bxa5 50. Bxa5 Ne8 51. Be1 Kf7 52. a5 Nf6 53. Bd2 Nh7
54. Be3 Ke7 55. Ke2 Ke8 56. Kd3 Kd8 57. Kc4 Ne7 58. b6 cxb6 59. axb6 Kc8 60.
Kb5 Nf6 61. Bxg5 Nfxd5 62. exd5 Nxd5 63. b7+ Kb8 64. Kc4 Nc7 65. Be7 Ne8 66. g5
e4 67. Kd4 d5 68. g6 Kc7 69. Bg5 Ng7 70. Bf4+ Kxc6 71. b8=Q Ne6+ 72. Ke5 Nc5
73. Qd6+ Kb5 74. Qxc5+ Kxc5 75. g7 d4 76. g8=Q e3 77. Qc8+ Kb5 78. Kxd4 e2 79.
Qc4+ Kb6 80. Qxe2 Kc6 81. Qe5 Kd7 82. Qd6+ Ke8 83. Ke5 Kf7 84. Qe6+ Kg7 85. g4
1-0

[Event "Carlos Torre Wimbledon 20th"]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "2007.12.22"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[PlyCount "174"]
[EventDate "2007.12.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Re1 Bf5 10. Qb3 Na6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Nc3 Be6 13. Qd1 f5 14. Nb5 Bb8 15.
a3 Bf7 16. Be2 Nc7 17. Bf4 Nxb5 18. Bxb8 Nxd4 19. Qxd4 Qxb8 20. Ne5 Be6 21. f3
Nf6 22. Bd3 Qd6 23. Rac1 Rfe8 24. Rc2 Bd7 25. Rce2 a6 26. Nc4 Qc6 27. Ne3 Rac8
28. Nxf5 Bxf5 29. Bxf5 Rxe2 30. Rxe2 Re8 31. Rc2 Qd6 32. g3 g6 33. Bc8 Re7 34.
Qc5 Ne8 35. Qd4 Nf6 36. Kf2 Kf7 37. Rc3 a5 38. Bh3 Rc7 39. Ke2 Rxc3 40. Qxc3
Qa6+ 41. Kd2 Qb6 42. Kd3 Ne8 43. Qe5 Qc6 44. Kd2 Nf6 45. Qd4 b6 46. b4 axb4 47.
axb4 Qc7 48. Bf1 Qd6 49. Bb5 Qc7 50. Ba4 Qd6 51. Bb3 Ke7 52. Ke3 Qe6+ 53. Kf2
Qd6 54. Kg2 Qe6 55. Kf1 Qd6 56. Kf2 Kf7 57. Ba4 Qc7 58. Bb3 Qd6 59. Ke3 Qe6+
60. Kd2 Qd6 61. Kd3 Ke7 62. Kc3 Qc7+ 63. Kb2 Qd6 64. Ka3 Qc6 65. g4 Qc1+ 66.
Ka2 Qe1 67. Qxb6 Qd2+ 68. Ka3 Qc1+ 69. Ka4 Qa1+ 70. Kb5 Qf1+ 71. Kc6 Nd7 72.
Qe3+ Kd8 73. b5 Qa1 74. b6 Qa5 75. Qg5+ Ke8 76. Qe3+ Kd8 77. Qd4 Qa8+ 78. Kb5
Qa3 79. Bxd5 Qd6 80. g5 Qxh2 81. f4 Ke7 82. Qb4+ Kd8 83. Qd4 Ke7 84. b7 Qe2+
85. Bc4 Qe1 86. Kc6 Qh1+ 87. Kc7 Qh3 1-0

[Event "Carlos Torre Wimbledon 20th"]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "2007.12.22"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2007.12.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nbd2 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. b4 O-O 6. Be2 b6 7. Bb2 Nbd7 8. b5
Bb7 9. O-O a6 10. a4 axb5 11. axb5 Rxa1 12. Qxa1 Qa8 13. Ba3 Re8 14. Qb2 Qa7
15. Bb4 Bf8 16. Ra1 Qb8 17. Ne5 e6 18. Bxf8 Nxf8 19. Ndf3 Ne4 20. c4 f6 21. Nc6
Bxc6 22. bxc6 Qd8 23. Qb4 Qd6 24. Qxd6 Nxd6 25. cxd5 exd5 26. Ne1 Ne6 27. Nc2
f5 28. Bd3 Ne4 29. g4 Kf7 30. Nb4 Rd8 31. f3 Nd2 32. gxf5 gxf5 33. Kf2 f4 34.
exf4 Ke7 35. Re1 Kd6 36. Re5 Nxf4 37. Ke3 Nxd3 38. Kxd3 Nxf3 39. Rh5 1-0

[Event "Carlos Torre Wimbledon 20th"]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "2007.12.22"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2007.12.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. d4 Be7 7. h3 O-O 8.
Bd3 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Re1 Nbd7 11. d5 Re8 12. a4 Bf8 13. Rxe8 Qxe8 14. Bg5 Nxd5
15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Bxh7+ Kxh7 17. Qxd5 Ne5 18. Nd4 f6 19. Bf4 c6 20. Qe4+ Ng6
21. Qf5 Kg8 22. Bg3 Ne5 23. f4 Nf7 24. Re1 Qc8 25. Qg6 Nh6 26. f5 c5 27. Ne6
Qe8 28. Nc7 Qxg6 29. fxg6 Rc8 30. Nd5 Nf5 31. Bf2 Nd4 32. Bxd4 cxd4 33. b4 a5
34. Nxb6 Rxc2 35. Re8 Rc7 36. bxa5 d3 37. Kf2 Rc2+ 38. Kf3 1-0

[Event "Carlos Torre Wimbledon 20th"]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "2007.12.22"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2007.12.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nbd2 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. h3 e5 8. c3
a5 9. Re1 Nd7 10. Bb5 exd4 11. cxd4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Bxd4 13. Nf3 Bf6 14. Bh6 Re8
15. Qd2 c6 16. Bf1 Nc5 17. Qc2 Qe7 18. Rad1 a4 19. Bf4 Rd8 20. e5 dxe5 21.
Rxd8+ Qxd8 22. Nxe5 Ne6 23. Ng4 Bd4 24. Bd2 h5 25. Ne5 Qf6 26. Nf3 Bxb2 27. Bc4
a3 28. Ng5 Nxg5 29. Re8+ Kg7 30. Bb4 Bf5 31. Qe2 Nxh3+ 32. gxh3 Qg5+ 33. Kh1
Rxe8 34. Qxe8 Qc1+ 35. Kg2 Qxc4 0-1

[Event "World Cup ACP 2nd"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2008.01.04"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2008.01.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 f5 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. d5
Na6 9. Nd4 Bd7 10. Rb1 c6 11. dxc6 bxc6 12. b4 Nxb4 13. Rxb4 c5 14. Rb1 cxd4
15. Bxa8 dxc3 16. Bg2 Bc6 17. Qd3 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qc6+ 19. f3 Nd7 20. Bg5 Re8 21.
Rfc1 Nb6 22. c5 dxc5 23. Qb5 Rc8 24. Qxc6 Rxc6 25. Bxe7 Nd5 26. Rb8+ Kf7 27.
Bg5 h6 28. e4 hxg5 29. exd5 Ra6 30. Rb7+ Kf8 31. Rc2 Rb6 32. Rxg7 Kxg7 33. Rxc3
Rb2+ 34. Kg1 Rxa2 35. Rxc5 a5 36. d6 Rd2 37. Rxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup ACP 2nd"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2008.01.04"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2008.01.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Nc3 d5 5. Qb3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Nf3 dxc4 8. Qxc4
Bf5 9. O-O Nbd7 10. e3 Nb6 11. Qe2 Ne4 12. Rd1 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Na4 14. Bb2 Be4
15. Rac1 b5 16. c4 Nxb2 17. Qxb2 a6 18. Qb3 Qb6 19. Ne1 Bxg2 20. Nxg2 c5 21.
Nf4 cxd4 22. c5 Qd8 23. exd4 Bxd4 24. Ne2 e5 25. Qb4 Rc8 26. Nxd4 exd4 27. Rxd4
Qe7 28. Re4 Qf6 29. h4 Rc6 30. Rce1 Rfc8 31. Re5 h5 32. a3 Kg7 33. R1e3 R8c7
34. Rd5 Re7 35. Rxe7 Qxe7 36. Rd6 Rxd6 37. cxd6 Qd7 1-0

[Event "World Cup ACP 2nd"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2008.01.06"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2008.01.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bxc6 Nxc6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 d6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Qg4 e5 11. Qg3 Be6 12. b3 h5 13. c4 h4 14. Qf3 h3 15.
g3 Be7 16. Nc3 O-O 17. Ba3 Qd7 18. c5 dxc5 19. Na4 Qa7 20. Qc3 c4 21. Bxe7 Qxe7
22. Qxe5 cxb3 23. axb3 Qb4 24. Nc5 Rfe8 25. Rec1 Rad8 26. Qh5 Bc8 27. Qf3 a5
28. Qe3 f5 29. e5 Qd4 30. Qxd4 Rxd4 31. e6 Rd5 32. Rxa5 Bxe6 33. Nb7 Rxa5 34.
Nxa5 Bd5 35. Nc4 Re2 36. Kf1 Ra2 37. Ke1 g6 38. Ne5 Kg7 39. Nxc6 Bxb3 40. Nd4
Bd5 41. Ne2 Bg2 42. Nc3 Rb2 43. Nd1 Rb3 44. f4 Kf6 45. Ke2 Bf3+ 46. Kf2 Be4 47.
Kg1 g5 48. fxg5+ Kxg5 49. Nf2 Bg2 50. Ra1 Re3 51. Rb1 Kf6 52. Ra1 Rb3 53. Re1
Ra3 54. Rc1 Ke5 55. Re1+ Kd4 56. Rd1+ Ke3 57. Re1+ Kd2 58. Rd1+ Ke2 59. Rb1 Be4
60. Rc1 Kd2 61. Rf1 Bg2 62. Rb1 Ra2 63. Rd1+ Ke2 64. Rb1 Ke3 65. Rb3+ Kd4 66.
Rd3+ Ke5 67. Re3+ Kf6 68. Re1 Ra3 69. Rd1 Bf3 70. Re1 Bg4 71. Nxg4+ fxg4
1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup ACP 2nd"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2008.01.06"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2008.01.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. h3 Nc6 6. c3 e5 7. dxe5 Nxe5 8.
Nf3 Bd6 9. Nxe5 Bxe5 10. Nd2 O-O 11. Nf3 Bc7 12. O-O Re8 13. Re1 Rxe1+ 14. Qxe1
Qd6 15. Be3 Bd7 16. Qd2 Ne4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Qxd6 Bxd6 19. Rd1 exf3 20. Rxd6
Be6 21. Bxa7 h5 22. Be3 Rxa2 23. Rd2 fxg2 24. Kxg2 Kh7 25. h4 Kg6 26. Kg3 Kf5
27. Rd4 Rxb2 28. Rb4 Rb3 29. Rxb3 Bxb3 30. f4 Ke4 31. Bd4 f6 32. Bc5 Kd3 33.
Bb4 Be6 34. Kf2 b5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup ACP 2nd"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2008.01.06"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2008.01.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O Nge7 7. Re1 e5 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. a3 d6 10. c3 h6 11. b4 b6 12. Bb2 Bg4 13. h3 Be6 14. Kh2 Qd7 15. b5 Nd8
16. a4 Nb7 17. d4 exd4 18. cxd4 d5 19. Ne5 Qc7 20. Rc1 Rad8 21. Nc6 Nxc6 22.
bxc6 Qxc6 23. e5 Rc8 24. f4 Qd7 25. g4 cxd4 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Nf3 Nc5 28. Nxd4
Qxa4 0-1

[Event "World Cup ACP 2nd"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2008.01.06"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A89"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2008.01.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8. b3 e5
9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Ba3 Re8 11. e4 Nd4 12. Re1 c6 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Nh4 Bc2 15.
Qc1 e4 16. Bb2 Bd3 17. Rd1 Qa5 18. Qd2 Rad8 19. Rac1 Qh5 20. Kh1 g5 21. Nd5
Nxd5 22. cxd5 gxh4 23. h3 hxg3 24. fxg3 Rxd5 25. g4 Qg6 26. Re1 Red8 27. Qf2
Rf8 28. Qd2 Bh6 29. Qb4 Bxc1 30. Bxd4 Bd2 31. Qxd2 Rxd4 32. Qe3 Rd7 33. Qxa7
Rdf7 34. Qe3 Qf6 35. b4 Qf4 36. Qc5 Rg7 37. a4 Qf2 38. Re3 Bf1 39. Bxe4 Kh8 40.
a5 Bc4 41. Bg2 Bg8 42. Qc3 Qf6 43. Qe1 Bd5 44. Bxd5 cxd5 45. Kg1 Rgf7 0-1

[Event "World Cup ACP 2nd"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2008.01.06"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A38"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2008.01.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 e5 6. d3 c5 7. c4 Nc6 8. Nc3 O-O
9. O-O Rb8 10. Nd2 Nh5 11. a3 a5 12. Nd5 f5 13. e3 f4 14. Ne4 Be6 15. Bc3 b6
16. Rb1 Ne7 17. exf4 Bxd5 18. cxd5 exf4 19. Bxg7 Nxg7 20. Qg4 fxg3 21. fxg3
Nef5 22. Rbe1 Rb7 23. Ng5 Qf6 24. Kh1 Re7 25. Ne4 Qd4 26. Qg5 Re5 27. Qd2 h5
28. Rf4 Kh8 29. g4 hxg4 30. Rxg4 Qxd5 31. Rxg6 Qf7 32. Rg4 Qh5 33. h3 d5 34.
Ng5 Qe8 35. Rf1 Re2 36. Qf4 Nh5 37. Rh4 Nxh4 38. Qxh4 Rxf1+ 39. Bxf1 Re1 40.
Kg2 Kg7 41. Nf3 Qg6+ 42. Kf2 Re8 43. b4 axb4 44. axb4 Nf6 45. bxc5 bxc5 46. Qf4
Qh6 47. Qc7+ Kh8 48. Qxc5 Qf4 49. Qc3 Rg8 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2008.01.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2008.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 d5 6. Bg2 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Ne5 O-O 9. O-O Bb7 10. b3 a5 11. Bb2 Na6 12. Re1 Ne4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Rc1 f6
15. Nc6 Bxc6 16. Rxc6 Nb4 17. Rc1 f5 18. a3 Nd5 19. e3 Qd7 20. Qc2 Rad8 21. Qc6
Qc8 22. Re2 Rd6 23. Qc4 Qd7 24. Rec2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2008.01.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2008.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. Nf3 a6
9. a4 Nbd7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Be2 Qe7 12. Nd2 Ne8 13. Nc4 Rb8 14. O-O Ne5 15. Nb6
Nd7 16. Nxc8 Rxc8 17. Re1 Nef6 18. Bg5 Rfe8 19. Bf1 h6 20. Bd2 c4 21. a5 Nc5
22. e5 dxe5 23. Bxc4 Red8 24. Rc1 Ne8 25. Bf1 Nd6 26. b4 Nd7 27. b5 axb5 28.
Nxb5 Rxc1 29. Qxc1 Nxb5 30. Bxb5 Nf6 31. Qb2 Nxd5 32. Qb3 Qd6 33. Bc4 Rd7 34.
Bb5 Rd8 35. Bc4 Rd7 36. Bb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2008.01.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2008.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 c6 3. d4 e4 4. d5 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Qe7 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Bg2 O-O 8. Nh3
cxd5 9. cxd5 d6 10. Nxe4 Bxh3 11. Nxf6+ Qxf6 12. Bxh3 Qxb2 13. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 14.
Qd2 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Na6 16. e4 Nc5 17. Rhe1 Rae8 18. f3 Re5 19. Re2 g6 20. Bg2
f5 21. f4 Nxe4+ 22. Bxe4 Rxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2008.01.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2008.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8.
Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qc7 11. O-O b6 12. Qg4 Kf8 13. b3 Bb7 14. Bb2 Nf6
15. Qh3 Nd5 16. g3 c5 17. dxc5 Qxc5 18. Rae1 Nf6 19. Ne5 Rd8 20. Qh4 Bc7 21. b4
Qe7 22. a3 a6 23. Re2 Nd5 24. Qh5 Nf6 25. Qh4 Nd5 26. Qh3 h5 27. Rfe1 Rh6 28.
Bc1 Rh8 29. Bg5 Nf6 30. Qh4 Bxe5 31. Rxe5 b5 32. Rf5 exf5 33. Rxe7 Kxe7 34. Qf4
Rhe8 35. f3 Bc8 36. Kf2 Kf8 37. Bxf6 gxf6 38. Qh6+ Ke7 39. Qe3+ Kf8 40. Qh6+
Ke7 41. Qe3+ Kf8 42. Qh6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2008.01.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2008.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bd6 6. d4 exd4 7. Qxd4 f6 8.
b3 Ne7 9. Ba3 Bg4 10. Bxd6 Bxf3 11. Bc5 Qxd4 12. Bxd4 Rd8 13. Bc5 Bxe4 14. Re1
Rd7 15. Nc3 Bd5 16. Rad1 Kd8 17. Bxe7+ Rxe7 18. Rxe7 Kxe7 19. Nxd5+ cxd5 20.
Rxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2008.01.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2008.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. h4 Nh5 8.
Bc4 e6 9. Nf1 Nd7 10. g4 Nhf6 11. h5 Be4 12. g5 Nb6 13. Bb3 Nfd7 14. Ng3 Bd5
15. Qe2 Be7 16. Bxd5 cxd5 17. Kf1 Qc7 18. Kg2 Qc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2008.01.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2008.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. cxd5 Qxd5
15. Bf4 Rac8 16. h3 Be4 17. Be3 Na5 18. Nd2 Bf5 19. c4 Qd7 20. Nf3 Bf6 21. Rc1
c5 22. dxc5 Qxd1 23. Rcxd1 Nb3 24. c6 Rxc6 25. Bxa7 Bc3 26. Rf1 Ra6 27. Be3 h6
28. c5 Rxa3 29. Bc4 Rc8 30. Nh4 Be6 31. Bxe6 fxe6 32. Rd7 Nxc5 33. Bxc5 Rxc5
34. Rxb7 Ra2 35. Rd7 Bf6 36. Nf3 Rcc2 37. Rdd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2008.01.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2008.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Bb4 13. Ne4 Ngf6 14. Nd6+ Ke7
15. Nxb7 Bxd2+ 16. Nxd2 Qb4 17. Qb3 Qxd4 18. O-O-O c5 19. Qg3 Qb4 20. Qd6+ Ke8
21. Qc6 Ke7 22. Ne4 Qb6 23. Na5 Rhc8 24. Qd6+ Qxd6 25. Nxd6 Rc7 26. Nb5 Rcc8
27. Nd6 Rc7 28. Nb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2008.01.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2008.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. d4 g6 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qd8 12. Be3 Qa5+ 13. Bd2 Qd8 14. Bc3
O-O 15. Qd2 Bd7 (15... Bg4 $1 {is definitely more accurate - see theoretical
section.}) 16. O-O Rc8 {This position was examined in CBM 96 (annotations to
Korobov-Avrukh) and CBM 99 (Sakaev - McShane).} 17. Rfc1 $146 {[%mdl 8] A
possible move but still no response has been found to Sakaev's} (17. Rac1 a6
18. Bb3 $1 e6 19. d5 exd5 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Bxd5 f6 22. Nf4 Qe7 23. h3 Rfd8 24.
Qe3 Kh8 25. Qb6 $14 {1-0 Sakaev,K-McShane,L/Germany 2003/CBM 099/[Krasenkow] 
(37)}) 17... a6 18. a4 (18. Bb3 $5 {is interesting here, too}) 18... Na7 {
Black has no tactical tricks with ...b7-b5 (using the a7-g1 diagonal), which
work when the white pawn is on f3, and looks for other ways to obtain
counterplay. However, the knight is poorly placed on a7.} 19. Bd3 b5 20. Ba5 {
As Black was not threatening anything, White had no need to hurry and slow
improvement of the position was also appropriate:} (20. Ra2 {[%cal Cb5a4,Ya2c2]
}) 20... Qe8 21. Rxc8 (21. Bb6 $5 Rxc1+ 22. Rxc1 Nc8 (22... Qb8 23. Bc5 $16)
23. Bc5 bxa4 24. e5 $16) 21... Nxc8 (21... Bxc8 $5 22. Bb6 Qd7) 22. e5 $16 {
[%csl Rc8,Re8,Rf8,Rg7] White's advantage is obvious. Black is lacking space
and the position of his pieces is very bad. However, White should play very
accurately not to let the black pieces out.} bxa4 23. Nc3 Na7 24. Bb4 {The e7
pawn is an object of attack in many Gruenfeld lines.} (24. Bxa6 $143 Nc6 25.
Nxa4 (25. Bb6 Qb8 26. Bc5 Na5) 25... Nxe5 $1 26. Nc5 Ng4 $14) 24... Nb5 (24...
Nc6 $142 25. Bc5 Na5 26. Bc2 Nb3 27. Bxb3 axb3 28. Nd5 $16) 25. Nd5 Nxd4 26.
Bxe7 $1 {This leads to complications, favorable for White, but mutual
time-trouble mistakes distort the picture.} (26. Nxe7+ Kh8 27. Qe3 {was less
energetic.}) 26... Nb3 (26... Bc6 27. Nf6+ Bxf6 28. exf6 $18 {[%cal Yd2h6,
Yd3c4]}) 27. Qf4 $1 Kh8 (27... Nxa1 $2 28. Nf6+ Bxf6 29. Bxf6 $18 {[%cal Rf4h6]
}) (27... Bb5 $2 28. Nf6+ Bxf6 29. Bxf6 Nc5 30. Qh6 Ne6 31. Ra3 $1 $18) 28. Re1
(28. Bxf8 Qxf8 {didn't quite satisfy White...}) 28... Rg8 29. Bd6 $6 {But now}
(29. Qh4 $1 Qc8 (29... h5 30. Nf4 $18 {[%cal Rf4h5]}) (29... h6 30. Bf6 Kh7 31.
Bxg7 Kxg7 32. Qf6+ Kh7 33. Qd6 $18) 30. Nf6 {would already win a rook for a
knight (not a bishop!) and gradually the game.}) 29... Qe6 30. Ne7 $2 {[%csl
Re7] A very unfortunate placement of the knight, which lets White's advantage
slip.} (30. Nc7 {was very strong:} Qg4 31. Qxf7 Bc6 32. Nd5 $18) 30... Rf8 31.
h3 ({If} 31. Bxa6 {then} Qg4 $1) 31... Bb5 32. Be4 Bc4 $6 (32... Qc4 $1 $132)
33. Bc6 $6 (33. Rd1 $5 $16 {[%cal Cf8e8,Ce8e7,Ye4d5]}) 33... a3 34. Bxa3 Rd8
35. Bf3 Nd4 36. Bg4 f5 $1 (36... Qb6 37. Rc1 $16) 37. exf6 $5 {This striking
sacrifice, alas, leads to a draw but White had nothing better anymore.} Qxe1+
38. Kh2 Bf7 $1 39. fxg7+ Kxg7 40. Bb2 (40. Qg5 $5 Qxf2 $1 41. Nxg6 hxg6 (41...
Qf6 42. Qxf6+ Kxf6 43. Be7+ Kxg6 44. Bxd8 Be6 $11) 42. Qxd8 Qf4+ $11) 40...
Qxe7 41. Bxd4+ Rxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2008.01.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E07"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2008.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 c6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Bf4 Nh5 10. Bc1 Nhf6 11. Bf4 Nh5 12. Bc1 Nhf6 13. Nd2 b5 14. cxb5 cxb5
15. Nxb5 Qb6 16. Qa4 Bb7 17. Nc3 Bc6 18. Qc2 Qxd4 19. Nb3 Qb6 20. Be3 Qa6 21.
Nd4 Bb7 22. Bg5 Rfc8 23. Rfc1 e5 24. Nf5 Bf8 25. Qd3 Qe6 26. Nh4 h6 27. Bxf6
Nxf6 28. Qd1 Rab8 29. e3 d4 30. exd4 Bxg2 31. Nxg2 Rxb2 32. dxe5 Qxe5 33. Qe1
Bd6 34. Nd5 Rxc1 35. Nxf6+ Qxf6 36. Rxc1 Rxa2 37. Nf4 Qf5 38. Qe3 a5 39. Qd4
Bf8 40. Qd8 Qe4 41. Nd5 Re2 42. Rf1 Qa4 43. Nc3 Re8 44. Qc7 Qa3 45. Rd1 Bb4 46.
Qd7 Kf8 47. Nd5 Qf3 48. Nxb4 axb4 49. Rb1 b3 50. Qb5 Re2 51. Qb8+ Ke7 52. Qc7+
Kf6 53. Qb6+ Kf5 54. h3 f6 55. Qd4 b2 56. Kf1 Rc2 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2008.01.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2008.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ c6 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qc2 Bb7 8. d4
Nbd7 9. Ne5 Qb6 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Be3 Bb4+ 12. Nd2 c5 13. Bxb7 Qxb7 14. O-O
cxd4 15. Bxd4 O-O 16. Rfd1 Be7 17. Rac1 Rac8 18. Qe4 Qa6 19. Qd3 Nf6 20. Nb3 h6
21. a4 Qxa4 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Ra1 Qb4 24. Rxa7 Nd5 25. Rb7 Qc4 26. Qf3 Rc7 27.
Rb8+ Rc8 28. Rb7 Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2008.01.26"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2008.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Bb3 cxd4 8.
exd4 Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Re1 Nc6 11. Bg5 b5 12. h4 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. d5 Bxc3
15. bxc3 exd5 16. Bxd5 Bb7 17. a4 Qd7 18. axb5 axb5 19. Rb1 Ra5 20. Rb2 b4 21.
Be4 Rd8 22. Qb1 Rb5 23. cxb4 Nd4 24. Nxd4 Qxd4 25. Bxb7 Rxb7 26. g3 Rb5 27.
Rbe2 g6 28. Re4 Qf6 29. Qc1 h5 30. Qh6 Qc6 31. Qe3 Rbd5 32. Kh2 Rd1 33. Qf4
Rxe1 34. Rxe1 Rd5 35. Rc1 Qb6 36. Rc8+ Kg7 37. Rc5 Rd1 38. Qf3 Rb1 39. Rc6 Qd4
40. Rc7 Qf6 41. Qxf6+ Kxf6 42. Rb7 Ke6 43. b5 Rb2 44. Kg2 Rb3 45. Kf1 Rb2 46.
Ke1 f6 47. Kf1 Kf5 48. b6 Ke6 49. f3 Rb1+ 50. Kf2 Rb3 51. Ke2 g5 52. hxg5 fxg5
53. Rb8 Kf7 54. b7 Kg7 55. f4 h4 56. f5 h3 57. f6+ Kf7 58. Rh8 h2 59. Rxh2 Kxf6
60. Rh7 Kf5 61. Kd2 Kg4 62. Rd7 Kh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2008.01.27"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2008.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Qc2 g6 6. d4 Bg7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
Bg4 9. Ne5 Be6 10. Bd2 Nbd7 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Na4 Rac8 14. Nc5
Qc7 15. Qb3 Bf5 16. Bxf5 gxf5 17. Rfc1 Qb8 18. Nxb7 Ne4 19. Be1 e5 20. Na5 Rxc1
21. Rxc1 exd4 22. Qxb8 Rxb8 23. Nc6 Rxb2 24. Ne7+ Kf8 25. Nxf5 Nc3 26. Kf1 d3
27. Nxg7 Rc2 28. Rxc2 dxc2 29. Bd2 Nxa2 30. Nh5 c1=Q+ 31. Bxc1 Nxc1 32. Nf4 d4
33. exd4 a5 34. Ke1 Nb3 35. Kd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Morelia/Linares 25th"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2008.02.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2008.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4
O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. Bb3 Nc6 11. Qe2 Na5 12. Rfd1 Nxb3 13. cxb3 {Recapturing
with the c-pawn is not desirable, but Carlsen believes in the advantages it
carries. Opening of the c-file invites activity by White's rook, also the
knight move to d5 will gain in impact.} Nd7 (13... Qe8 14. Ne1 (14. Bg5 Nh5 15.
Nd2 f5 16. Bxe7 {1/2 Movsesian,S (2632)-Babula,V (2585)/Czechia 2006}) 14...
Ng4 (14... h6 15. Nc2 Qd7 16. Nb4 Rfc8 17. f3 Bd8 18. Rd3 a5 19. Nbd5 Nxd5 20.
Nxd5 a4 21. bxa4 Rxa4 22. b3 {1-0 Carlsen,M (2675)-Nunn,J (2617)/Amsterdam
2006 (45)}) 15. Nc2 f5 16. f3 Nxe3 17. Nxe3 fxe4 18. Nxe4 Rd8 19. Nd5 Qf7 20.
Qd3 Bxd5 21. Qxd5 Qxd5 22. Rxd5 Kf7 23. Rad1 Ke6 $11 {0-1 Carlsen,M (2698)
-Karjakin,S (2672)/Cap d'Agde 2006 (50)}) 14. Nd2 Qc7 15. Rac1 Rfc8 16. Nd5 Qd8
{Ivanchuk is much too strong to fall for the simple trick of the black rook
being hit by the e3-bishop later in the tactical line.} (16... Qxc1 $2 17.
Nxe7+ Kf8 18. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 19. Nf1 Rxf1+ 20. Kxf1 Kxe7 21. Qc2 Kd8 22. f4 $16)
17. Rxc8 (17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Nc4 Rc6 19. Na5 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 h6 21. Nxb7 Nf6 22.
Na5 Nxe4 $11) 17... Rxc8 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. Nc4 Bxc4 {Black was surely
confident, that he could hold the position even though White will now have
reason to fight for more.} (19... Rc6 20. Na5 Rc7 21. Qd2 Nf8 22. Qb4 Rd7 23.
f3 $14) 20. bxc4 Nc5 21. b3 (21. f3 Ne6 22. g3 Rc6 $14) 21... Rc6 (21... Nxe4
$2 22. Qg4 $18) 22. Qc2 h6 23. g3 Qc7 24. Kg2 (24. Bxc5 Rxc5 25. Qd2 Rc6 26.
Qd5 $14) 24... Nd7 25. Qd3 Nf6 26. a4 Nd7 27. h3 (27. b4 Rxc4 28. Bc5 b5 $11)
27... Kf8 $2 {The king has decided to help with the support of the vulnerable
d6-pawn, but the move has a serious flaw.} (27... Qa5 28. Qe2 Qb4 29. Rd3 Nc5
30. Bxc5 Qxc5 $14) 28. Bc1 $6 {[%mdl 64] The last truly exciting moment of
this game has passed without either playersreally noticing. Carlsen misses a
golden chance to create serious problems with the b-pawn advance.} (28. b4 $5
Rxc4 (28... Nf6 $6 29. b5 Rxc4 30. Bb6 Qc8 31. Qxd6+ Kg8 32. Qe7 Qe6 33. Rd8+
Kh7 34. Qxe6 fxe6 35. bxa6 bxa6 36. a5 Nxe4 37. Ra8 $16) (28... a5 29. c5 axb4
30. cxd6 Qa5 31. Qb3 Ra6 32. Bd2 Qxa4 33. Rc1 $16) 29. Bc5 Rxc5 30. bxc5 Nxc5
31. Qxd6+ Qxd6 32. Rxd6 Nxa4 33. Rd5 f6 (33... Nc3 $2 34. Rxe5 f6 35. Rc5 Nxe4
36. Rc8+ Ke7 37. Rc7+ $16) 34. Rd8+ Ke7 35. Rg8 Kf7 36. Rc8 b6 37. Rc7+ Kg6 (
37... Kf8 38. Rb7 Nc5 (38... b5 39. Kf3 $16) 39. Rxb6 Nxe4 40. Rxa6 $16) 38. f4
exf4 39. gxf4 Nc5 40. Kf3 a5 41. Rc6 $16) 28... Nc5 29. Qf3 Qb6 30. Ba3 Qxb3
31. Qxb3 Nxb3 32. Bxd6+ Kg8 33. Bxe5 Rxc4 34. Rd8+ Kh7 35. Rd7 Rxe4 36. f4 {
White's pieces are active enough to secure draw.} Kg8 (36... Kg6 37. Rxb7 Nc5
38. Rb6+ f6 39. Bd6 Nxa4 40. Rxa6 $11) 37. Rd8+ Kh7 38. Rd7 Kg8 39. Rd8+ Kh7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Morelia/Linares 25th"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2008.02.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2008.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d4
$5 Nxd4 9. Bxf7+ $5 ({Later in the same tournament, Ivanchuk obtained an
advantage with the more normal continuation} 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. e5 {, although
he later blundered a piece, Ivanchuk,V (2751)-Aronian,L (2739)/Morelia/Linares
2008/CBM 123 (0-1, 60)}) 9... Rxf7 (9... Kxf7 10. Nxe5+ Kg8 {transposes to the
game.}) 10. Nxe5 Rf8 (10... Nc6 $2 11. Nxf7 Kxf7 12. e5 Ng8 13. Qh5+ Kf8 14.
Qf5+ Ke8 15. Qxh7 $18 {1-0 Palkovi,J (2410)-Lochte,T (2230)/Budapest 1994/EXT
97 (21)}) (10... Ne6 $5 {makes more sense.} 11. Nxf7 Kxf7 12. e5 Bb7 13. exf6
Bxf6 14. Nc3 Kg8 15. Nd5 Bd4 {Davies,A (2187)-Atalik,E (2400)/Ottawa 2007/CBM
119 ext (1/2-1/2, 37)} 16. Be3 $5 Bxb2 17. Rb1 Be5 18. c4 $14 {White has
completed his development and retains a small material advantage, with
acceptable stability in the centre.}) 11. Qxd4 {White has won a pawn, but he
is behind in development, while two of his developed pieces are exposed and
will cause him additional loss of time. Besides, Black has the pair of bishops.
} c5 12. Qd1 Qc7 {Black refrains from developing his queen's bishop yet,
because he hopes to prove it to be useful on its initial square, too.} (12...
Bb7 {is the more popular alternative, at least in correspondence games.} 13.
Nc3 Qe8 {The most consistent continuation. Black intends to put the enemy
kingside under strong pressure.} (13... d6 14. Nf3 b4 {help White improve the
placement of his knights.} 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Bf6 17. Qd3 Bc8 18. a3 $1 $14
{Todorcevic,M (2425)-Belkadi,R (2340)/Nice 1974/EXT 2000 (1-0, 58)}) (13... b4
14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Bf6 {Howell,J (2370)-Blatny,P (2395)/Groningen 1985/EXT
2000 (1-0, 73)} 16. Nc4 $5 $14) (13... Qc7 {makes little sense because after}
14. Ng4 Nxg4 15. Qxg4 $14 {Rantanen,Y (2435)-Pinter,J (2535)/Helsinki 1983/MCD
(1/2-1/2, 44). Black does not have ...d5 at his disposal anymore.}) 14. Ng4 $6
{This helps Black develop his attack, but practice has not shown a clear way
for White yet.} Qg6 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Nd5 Rae8 $32 {Szczepanski,Z-Malinin,V/
URS corr 1990/Corr Nr. 1 [Malinin] (0-1, 29)}) 13. Ng4 Nxg4 14. Qxg4 d5 15. Qh5
dxe4 16. Qd5+ Kh8 17. Qxa8 {After making 7 moves, the queen has captured a
whole rook. However, she will soon be lost, which will lead to almost material
equality.} Bb7 18. Qa7 $146 {This novelty does not really save the queen, but
it will considerably slow down Black's counterplay.} (18. Qxf8+ Bxf8 19. Nd2
Bd6 20. Nf1 Be5 21. c3 h6 22. Be3 Bd5 23. h3 Bc4 24. Nd2 Bd3 25. a3 Bh2+ 26.
Kh1 Bd6 27. b4 cxb4 28. cxb4 Qc3 29. f3 exf3 {1/2-1/2 Vorobiov,E (2580)-Novik,
M (2466)/Sochi 2007/CBM 118 ext}) 18... Ra8 19. Bf4 {As pointed out by Dorian
Rogozenko, the purpose of this move is to temporarily drive the enemy queen
away from controlling of h2-square.} Qc6 20. Qxa8+ Bxa8 21. Be3 {White has
stabilized the position and Black needs to spend some time before attacking
the h2-pawn and provoking the desirable weakening of the white kingside.} Qf6
22. c3 Bd6 23. Nd2 Qe5 $6 {Although this is part of Black's main plan, he
should have delayed it slightly.} ({As pointed out by Rogozenko,} 23... Bc6 $5
{would have been better, preventing the opening of the a-file.} 24. Nb3 (24. a4
bxa4 25. Nc4 Bf8 {is OK for Black.}) 24... Qe5 25. g3 Be7 26. Rad1 h6 $44 {
and White cannot activate his rooks easily.}) 24. g3 h6 ({It is too late for} 
24... Bc6 $2 {already:} 25. Bf4 Qe6 26. Bxd6 e3 27. Rxe3 Qxd6 28. Ne4 $16 {
White has considerable material advantage. If necessary, he will be able to
consolidate his knight with f3, removing any danger of an attack.}) 25. a4 $14
{Once he has an additional open file for his rooks, White will have the better
position.} Bc6 26. axb5 axb5 27. Nb3 (27. c4 $5 b4 (27... Qxb2 28. Ra6 $1 $18)
(27... Qe7 28. Ra6 Qc7 29. Rea1 bxc4 30. Nxc4 $16) (27... Qe8 28. Ra6 $36) 28.
Ra6 Qe8 29. Nb3 $14 {[%csl Gc5]}) 27... Bf8 28. Red1 Bd5 29. h4 $5 (29. Nxc5
Bxc5 30. Bxc5 e3 31. Bxe3 Qe4 32. Rxd5 Qxd5 $14 {White is very stable and,
strictly speaking, has a small material advantage, but it is not easy to
suggest a constructive plan to improve his position decisively.}) ({After} 29.
Nc1 $5 {Black could achieve a more favourable form of the game position with}
g5 $5 {, when his kingside would be less weak.}) 29... Kg8 (29... Bxb3 $5 30.
Rd8 Kg8 31. Raa8 Qf5 {White has an active position, but it is hard to prove
that he can get anything more than a... drawn opposite coloured bishops ending
with an extra pawn.} 32. Rac8 Be6 33. Rxf8+ (33. Rxc5 $2 Qf3 34. Kh2 h5 $3 35.
Rc7 Bh3 $1 36. Kxh3 Qh1#) 33... Qxf8 34. Rxf8+ Kxf8 35. Bxc5+ Kf7 $11) 30. Nc1
g5 $6 31. hxg5 hxg5 32. Ra5 $36 {Black's weaknesses along the 5th rank leave
him struggling.} Qc7 33. Ra6 Qf7 34. Rb6 Be7 35. Rxb5 Be6 36. Rb8+ Kg7 37. Rb7
Kh6 38. Re1 Qf6 39. Rb6 Qf5 40. Nb3 Kh5 41. Nd2 Bd7 42. Ra1 Bd8 43. Rb8 1-0

[Event "Morelia/Linares 25th"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2008.02.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2008.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Nbd7 9. g4 b5 10. g5 b4 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Bf5 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Be7 15.
h4 a5 $146 {Ivanchuk adds a new twist to this well known position. White was
planning long castling so Black's novelty hopes to start activity on the
queenside as soon as possible.} (15... O-O 16. O-O-O a5 17. Nd2 a4 (17... f5
18. Kb1 (18. gxf6 Nxf6 19. h5 Qc8 20. h6 g6 21. Rhg1 Kh8 22. f4 Ng4 23. fxe5
Nxe5 24. Bd4 Bf6 {1/2 Shirov,A (2726)-Svidler,P (2713)/Wijk aan Zee 1999 (41)})
18... Qc8 (18... Qc7 19. Nc4 a4 20. Rhf1 g6 21. b3 Rfe8 22. f4 Bf8 23. h5 exf4
24. Rxf4 Bg7 {1/2 Anand,V (2803)-Bu Xiangzhi (2640)/Turin 2006 (40)}) 19. f4
Qa6 20. Qxa6 Rxa6 21. Nc4 Rc8 22. b3 Bd8 23. Rhe1 Kf7 24. Bc1 Rxc4 25. bxc4 e4
26. Bb2 Bb6 27. Re2 Bc5 {1/2 Ponomariov,R (2743)-Anand,V (2755)/Mainz 2002 (40)
}) 18. Kb1 f5 19. f4 Qc7 20. Nc4 exf4 21. Bd4 Nc5 22. Bxc5 Qxc5 23. Rhf1 Rfe8
24. Rxf4 g6 25. Qd4 Qxd4 26. Rfxd4 h6 27. Rg1 {1/2 Leko,P (2743)-Kasparov,G 
(2838)/Bled 2002 (54)}) 16. a3 a4 (16... Qb8 17. axb4 a4 18. Nd2 Qxb4 19. Qa3
Qb7 $13) (16... O-O 17. axb4 axb4 18. Rxa8 Qxa8 19. O-O $14) 17. Nd2 Rb8 (17...
bxa3 18. Rxa3 O-O 19. Nc4 f5 $13) 18. axb4 Rxb4 19. Qa3 Qb8 {The defender is
fighting without the help of the best moves. It seems reasonable to believe
that queen had to go to a5, also hitting the vulnerable d5-pawn.} (19... Qa5 $1
20. c3 Rb8 21. Qxa4 Qxd5 22. b3 Rc8 $13) 20. c3 $1 Rxb2 21. Qxa4 Rb7 $6 (21...
h6 22. gxh6 gxh6 23. Nc4 Rb5 24. Ke2 $14) 22. Ke2 $1 Rc7 $2 {The loss of a
tempo is what actually seals Black's fate. The rook is actually not exercising
real pressure along the c-file.} (22... O-O 23. Rhb1 Rc8 (23... Nc5 24. Rxb7
Qxb7 25. Qc6 Qb2 (25... Qxc6 26. dxc6 Rc8 27. Ra7 Bf8 28. Bxc5 dxc5 29. Ra6 $16
) 26. Ra7 Bd8 27. Qxd6 $16) 24. Rxb7 Qxb7 25. Qa7 Rc7 26. Qxb7 Rxb7 27. Ra8+
Nf8 28. f4 $16) 23. Rhb1 Qc8 (23... Rb7 $2 24. Qc6 $18) 24. Bb6 $1 Rb7 (24...
Rxc3 25. Ne4 Rc4 (25... Rc2+ 26. Kd3 $18) 26. Rc1 Rxc1 27. Rxc1 Qxc1 (27... Qb8
28. Rc7 O-O 29. Qxd7 Qxb6 30. Qxe7 $18) 28. Qa8+ Nb8 29. Qxb8+ Kd7 30. Nc5+
Qxc5 31. Qa7+ $18) 25. Ba7 {Suddenly Ivanchuk is facing the whole white army
without the chance to use the help of the h8-rook.} e4 (25... f6 26. Rxb7 Qxb7
27. Qc6 Qxc6 28. dxc6 Kf7 29. cxd7 $18) 26. fxe4 (26. Rxb7 exf3+ 27. Ke3 Qxb7
28. Qc6 Qxc6 29. dxc6 Ne5 $14) 26... Rxb1 27. Rxb1 O-O 28. Qc6 Ne5 {At least
the second player is not losing outright.} (28... Rd8 $2 29. Rb7 $18) 29. Qxc8
Rxc8 30. Rb8 {Topalov prefers to simplify with a rook exchange in order to
prevent any real counterplay.} (30. Rb7 Kf8 31. Bd4 f6 32. Nf3 $16) 30... Rxb8
31. Bxb8 Kf8 {Unfortunatelly Black is unable to survive with the help of
keeping the knight on e5.} (31... f6 32. gxf6 gxf6 33. Nf3 Kf7 34. Nxe5+ fxe5
35. h5 Kf6 36. c4 Kg5 37. c5 dxc5 38. Bxe5 $18) 32. Nf3 Ng6 (32... Nxf3 33.
Kxf3 Ke8 (33... f6 34. gxf6 gxf6 35. Kf4 $18) 34. e5 $18) 33. c4 Ke8 (33... f6
34. Ke3 Ke8 35. h5 Nf8 36. h6 gxh6 37. gxf6 Nd7 38. fxe7 Nxb8 39. c5 Kxe7 40.
cxd6+ Kxd6 41. Kd4 $18) 34. e5 $1 {The key part of White's plan is to unleash
the power of the c4-d5 pawn pair.} Kd7 (34... dxe5 35. Bxe5 Nxe5 36. Nxe5 f6
37. g6 hxg6 38. Nxg6 $18) (34... Nxe5 35. Nxe5 dxe5 36. Bxe5 f6 37. gxf6 gxf6
38. Bd4 $18) 35. Kd3 h6 (35... Nxe5+ 36. Nxe5+ dxe5 37. Bxe5 $18) 36. exd6 Bxd6
37. Bxd6 Kxd6 38. gxh6 gxh6 39. Kd4 {Knight endgames are often compared to
simple king pawn positions. Black has no compensation for his plight.} f6 40.
c5+ Kd7 41. Ke4 (41. c6+ Kd6 42. Nd2 Kc7 43. Nc4 $18) 41... h5 42. d6 Ke6 43.
Nd4+ Kd7 44. Nf5 {Topalov keeps the h4-pawn on the board, the battle is over.}
(44. Kf5 Nxh4+ 45. Kxf6 Ng2 46. Ke5 $18) 44... Ne5 (44... Ke6 45. c6 Nxh4 46.
c7 $18) 45. Kd5 Nc6 46. Nd4 (46. Nd4 Nb4+ 47. Kc4 Na6 (47... Na2 48. Ne2 $18)
48. Kb5 Nb8 49. Kb6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Morelia/Linares 25th"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2008.02.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2008.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d4
{This move can lead to many forced variations, but from the theoretical point
of view it has never been a serious problem for Black.} Nxd4 9. Nxd4 {Ivanchuk
deviates from a second-round game versus Leko.} (9. Bxf7+ Rxf7 10. Nxe5 Rf8 11.
Qxd4 c5 12. Qd1 Qc7 13. Ng4 Nxg4 14. Qxg4 d5 15. Qh5 dxe4 16. Qd5+ Kh8 17. Qxa8
Bb7 18. Qa7 Ra8 19. Bf4 Qc6 20. Qxa8+ Bxa8 21. Be3 {1-0 Ivanchuk,V-Leko,P/
Morelia/Linares 2008 (42). And in this complex middlegame the Ukrainian
managed to score a full point.}) 9... exd4 10. e5 Ne8 11. Qxd4 Bb7 12. c4 bxc4
13. Qxc4 d5 14. exd6 Nxd6 15. Qg4 Nb5 16. Nc3 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Bd6 18. Bf4 Qf6 19.
Bxd6 cxd6 20. Rad1 Rad8 {The long opening variation has led to a position
considered equal by theory, but Ivanchuk shows that White can still exert some
pressure.} 21. Qb4 $1 $146 (21. Re3 Rfe8 22. Rde1 Rxe3 23. Rxe3 g6 24. h4 h5
25. Qb4 Rd7 26. Rd3 Re7 27. Qd4 Re1+ 28. Kh2 Qe7 29. Re3 {1/2-1/2 Carlsen,M 
(2693)-Leko,P (2738)/Dortmund 2007}) 21... Ba8 (21... Rd7 22. Re3 {is also a
plus for White, since unlike in the aforementioned game Carlsen-Leko, Black
can't exchange a pair of rooks.}) 22. Re3 {This is a great square for the rook.
It protects pawn c3, can be switched to the kingside if needed and at the same
time White is ready to double on either the d- or the e-file.} g6 ({After} 
22... Rfe8 $2 {White has} 23. Qxd6 $1 ({which is even stronger than} 23. Rxd6
Qg5 24. g3 Rxe3 25. Rxd8+ Qxd8 26. fxe3 $16) 23... Qxd6 24. Rxd6 {and Black
loses one more pawn!}) 23. Qb6 $1 {With simple, but precise moves Ivanchuk
wins a pawn.} Qg5 24. Rg3 Qb5 25. Rxd6 Rxd6 (25... Qxb6 26. Rxb6 Rfe8 27. Re3
$1 Rxe3 28. fxe3 Be4 29. Rb4 ({or} 29. Rxa6 Rd2 30. Ra4 $16) 29... Bc6 30. Rd4
$16) 26. Qxd6 a5 27. Qf4 $16 Bd5 28. Rg5 {White is a pawn up and has the
initiative. Black's only hope is to somehow exploit his opponent's back rank
weakness.} f5 $2 ({The only move which would have left chances to survive was} 
28... Qe8 {when after} 29. Qd2 Bxb3 30. axb3 a4 {White can't keep all the
queenside pawns with} 31. b4 {due to} Qe4 32. h3 Ra8 {with good counterplay
for Black.}) 29. Qe5 Rd8 30. h4 ({Both players missed} 30. Qxf5 $1 Bxb3 31.
Qxb5 Rd1+ 32. Qf1 {winning at once}) 30... a4 31. Bc2 Qb8 32. Qxf5 Bxa2 33.
Bxa4 Bf7 34. h5 Qb6 35. hxg6 hxg6 36. Qf4 Rc8 {With two pawns up White is
completely winning, but in severe timetrouble Ivanchuk blunders.} 37. Rg3 $4 {
This move defends against the threat 37...Rxc3, but Black also had the second
threat.} ({Several moves win, for instance 37.Qd2, or} 37. Qb4 {and if} Qxb4
38. cxb4 Rc4 {then simply} 39. Rb5) 37... Rc4 {An unexpected double attack.
However, even after this White can make a draw.} 38. Qh6 $4 {As often happens,
a bad mistake is followed by a bigger one. White should have prevented the
black queen from coming to f6.} ({After the forced} 38. Qe5 Rxa4 39. Rh3 Ra1+ (
39... Kf8 {loses the rook:} 40. Rh8+ Bg8 41. Rxg8+ Kxg8 42. Qe8+ Kg7 43. Qxa4)
40. Kh2 Kf8 41. Rh8+ Bg8 {White makes a draw:} 42. Rxg8+ ({The computer even
prefers} 42. Qf4+ Kg7 43. Rh3 {with attack for White, but nevertheless that
must be a draw as well}) 42... Kxg8 43. Qe8+ Kg7 44. Qe7+ Kh6 45. Qh4+ {
with a perpetual check}) 38... Rxa4 39. Rh3 Ra1+ 40. Kh2 Qd6+ 41. f4 Qf6 {
Black has defended and kept the extra piece, which Aronian converts into a win.
} 42. Qh7+ Kf8 43. Qh6+ Ke7 44. Re3+ Kd7 45. Kg3 Ra4 46. Rd3+ Kc6 47. Rd4 Ra3
48. Rd3 Bd5 49. Qh3 Qf5 50. Qxf5 gxf5 51. Kh3 Ra1 52. Rd2 Rh1+ 53. Kg3 Rh6 54.
Re2 Re6 55. Rd2 Rg6+ 56. Kh3 Kc5 57. Re2 Kc4 58. Rd2 Be4 59. g4 Kxc3 60. gxf5
Bxf5+ 0-1

[Event "Morelia/Linares 25th"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2008.02.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2008.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. f4 d5 8. e5
Nd7 9. Qd2 Bc5 10. O-O-O O-O 11. Qf2 Qe7 12. Kb1 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 b5 14. Bd3 b4
15. Ne2 a5 16. Rhe1 Ba6 17. f5 Bxd3 18. Rxd3 exf5 19. Nf4 Bxd4 20. Qxd4 Nf6 21.
Rf1 Nd7 22. Re1 Nf6 23. Rf1 Nd7 24. Nxd5 Qxe5 25. Rxf5 Qxd4 26. Ne7+ Kh8 27.
Rxd4 g6 28. Rb5 Nf6 29. Nc6 Rfe8 30. b3 Re2 31. Nxa5 Rxg2 32. h4 Ng4 33. Nc4
Rg1+ 34. Kb2 Nf2 35. Rxb4 Nd1+ 36. Kb1 Nc3+ 37. Kb2 Nd1+ 38. Kb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Morelia/Linares 25th"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2008.02.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2008.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Qd2
g5 9. Bd3 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qc2 dxc4 12. Bxc4 c5 13. Rfd1 g4 14. Ne1 cxd4 15.
exd4 Nb6 16. Be2 h5 17. Ne4 Qg6 18. Nc3 Qxc2 19. Nxc2 Bd7 20. Rd2 Bh6 21. Ne3
f5 22. g3 f4 23. gxf4 Bxf4 24. Re1 Bc6 25. Bb5 Bf3 26. Be2 Bc6 27. Bb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Morelia/Linares 25th"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2008.02.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2008.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Be3 Be7 9. f4 d6 10. a4 O-O 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bf3 Rb8 13. Qd2 Bd7 14. Nb3 b6 15.
g4 Bc8 16. g5 Nd7 17. Qf2 Bb7 18. Bg2 Na5 $5 {[%mdl 8] Ivanchuk has a creative
mind. In a well known position he comes up with a strong novelty.} (18... g6
19. h4 Bf8 20. Rad1 Nc5 21. h5 Ba8 22. f5 Ne5 23. Bd4 Ncd7 24. hxg6 fxg6 25.
fxe6 Rxe6 26. Nd5 Bxd5 27. exd5 Re7 28. Bxe5 Nxe5 29. Nd4 $11 {1-0 Radjabov,T 
(2682)-Babula,V (2604)/Saint Vincent 2005 (39)}) (18... Bf8 19. Rad1 Nb4 20.
Rd4 d5 (20... Nc6 21. Rc4 Nc5 $13) 21. exd5 exd5 22. Rd2 {1/2 Galkin,A (2569)
-Jakovenko,D (2557)/Batumi 2002}) 19. Rad1 {Anand was unable to find a weak
side to the manoeuvre by the knight. Especially winning the pawn on b6 would
have been strategically risky.} (19. Nd4 Nc4 20. Bc1 Na5 (20... Rbc8 21. b3 Na5
22. Bb2 Nc6 $11) (20... e5 21. fxe5 Ncxe5 22. Nd5 $14) 21. Be3 $11) (19. Nd2
Nc4 20. Nxc4 Qxc4 21. f5 $5 (21. Bxb6 $2 Nxb6 22. Qxb6 Bxe4 $19) 21... Ne5 22.
f6 Ng4 23. Qf4 Nxe3 24. Qxe3 Bf8 $11) (19. Bxb6 $6 Nxb6 20. Nxa5 Ba8 21. Rfd1
d5 22. exd5 Bc5 $15) 19... Nxb3 (19... Nc4 20. Bc1 e5 21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. exd5 f6
$13) 20. cxb3 Bc6 21. b4 (21. f5 Ne5 22. Qe2 b5 23. f6 Bf8 24. axb5 axb5 25. b4
Rec8 $11) 21... b5 22. a5 (22. axb5 axb5 23. Ra1 Ra8 24. Rfc1 Qb7 $11) 22...
Rbc8 23. f5 {White was facing the risk, that without active play it would have
been Black trying to open up the centre.} (23. Rc1 Qb7 24. Kg1 d5 $11) 23...
Ne5 24. Qg3 Bf8 (24... Kh8 25. f6 gxf6 26. gxf6 Rg8 27. Qh3 Bd8 $13) 25. Bd4 (
25. f6 g6 26. Rf4 Nc4 $13) 25... exf5 $1 {A concrete and very sound decision
to open up the a8-h1 diagonal.} 26. exf5 Qb7 27. Bxc6 (27. Rf2 $5 g6 28. Kg1
Bg7 $11) 27... Qxc6+ 28. Qg2 {Anand sensibly decided to exchange the queens
and navigate towards an equal endgame.} (28. Kg1 Qc4 29. f6 g6 $15) 28... Qxg2+
29. Kxg2 Nc6 30. Nd5 Ne7 (30... Re4 31. Bc3 Rg4+ 32. Kh3 Rxg5 33. f6 Rg6 34.
Rc1 $13) 31. Bc3 (31. Bc3 Nxd5 32. Rxd5 Rc4 33. Kg3 Re3+ 34. Rf3 Re2 $11)
1/2-1/2

[Event "Morelia/Linares 25th"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2008.02.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2008.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 {As we shall soon see, this is not
a prelude to the Berlin variation, but an invitation to transpose to the Open
variation. Usually, Carlsen employs the "normal" move order (3...a6, etc.) but
in Corus Ivanchuk had surprised him with the exchange variation, which he
plays only occasionally. Although the game ended in a draw, Carlsen seems to
have had his reasons to avoid this course of events. Did he feel uncomfortable
about the exchange variation, or did he just want to avoid early
simplifications with an increased probability of a draw?...} 5. d4 a6 6. Bxc6 {
So, whatever Carlsen's thoughts had been, he guessed correctly that Ivanchuk
was not going to allow the Open variation.} dxc6 {Theory is not too
well-settled in this variation. Black's position certainly looks dangerous and
his move order at least provocative, but in practice things have been rather
unclear.} 7. Qe2 Bf5 8. Re1 {A very rare move. Among other things, White
threatens to win material with Qd3. After the present game, people may start
asking themselves why this line was not tried more frequently... Black
certainly needs to find a strong improvement somewhere.} (8. Rd1 Be7 9. dxe5
Qc8 {Black's position looks a bit cramped and his e4-knight unstable. However,
White is not too well developed and Black's good control of the light squares
offers him adequate play. Just compare this with the Berlin variation where he
needs several tempi to get castled artificially...} 10. Nd4 (10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2
Re8 12. Nbd2 Ng5 {In fact, the capture on d2 would be more restrictive,
although it could eventually transpose to the game.} 13. Nxg5 Bxg5 14. Nf3 Be7
15. h3 Bg6 16. c4 a5 17. Bc3 c5 18. Nh2 $13 {1/2-1/2 Savon,V (2420)-Buturin,V 
(2415)/Alushta 1992/EXT 97} Qe6 {With all his pieces well placed, Black has no
problems. The direct attack} 19. f4 a4 20. g4 {is not dangerous because of} f5
$1) (10. Rd4 {Apparently, White is just helping the knight improve its
position with gain of time, but he has some tactical play in mind.} Nc5 11. Bg5
$5 Ne6 12. Bxe7 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Kxe7 14. Qh5 Rd8 15. Qh4+ Kf8 16. Nd2 c5 17. N4f3
Qe6 $17 {Rausis,I (2551)-Wedberg,T (2473)/Upplands Vasby 2000/CBM 081 (0-1, 47)
. Black has completed his development, maintaining his material advantage.}) (
10. Be3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Nxd2 12. Rxd2 h6 13. Rad1 c5 14. Qc4 b6 15. a3 Qb7 $11 {
In the Berlin variation, this square is usually occupied by the king, not
without some efforts.} 16. Qf4 Be6 17. Nh4 $6 g5 $1 18. Qf3 Qxf3 19. Nxf3 Kg7
20. h3 Kg6 21. Nh2 h5 $15 {Aroshidze,L (2401)-Mastrovasilis,D (2568)/Korinthos
2004/CBM 101 ext (1/2-1/2, 58). With all his pieces well placed, Black has a
favourable form of the Berlin variation. In the absence of queens, the plan of
a kingside expansion is strategically sound.}) 10... Bg6 11. Be3 {Opening
expert Geller tries to improve upon an older game of his opponent.} (11. f3 Nc5
12. b3 O-O 13. Bb2 Ne6 14. Nxe6 Qxe6 {Kupper,J-Kaplan,J (2470)/Lugano 1968/MCD
(0-1, 42). with comfortable play for Black.}) 11... O-O 12. Nd2 Nxd2 13. Rxd2
c5 14. Nb3 b6 {White's manoeuvre has only left the knight passive on b3,
requiring further loss of time. Black was going to play ...b6 and ...c5 anyway!
} 15. Rad1 Qf5 16. Qc4 Qe4 17. Qxe4 Bxe4 18. f3 Bf5 19. Nc1 {The sign that
something had gone wrong. As we know from previous examples, the control of
the d-file has a sterile character, because there are no squares available for
infiltration, while Black can exchange rooks with ...Rd8, whenever he wants.}
Rfd8 20. c3 Be6 21. Kf2 a5 22. Rxd8+ Bxd8 23. g3 Be7 {1/2-1/2 Geller,E (2610)
-Kaplan,J (2460)/Amsterdam 1974/MCL. Black's pressure against the queenside
prevents White from starting active operations on the other wing.}) ({The more
forcing line} 8. g4 Bg6 9. Nxe5 Qxd4 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Nc3 f5 12. Bf4 O-O-O 13.
Rad1 Qf6 14. Nxe4 fxe4 15. Rxd8+ Kxd8 16. Qxe4 {was at one time supposed to
offer White the slightly better chances. Indeed, certain endings would favour
him, but the following recent game saw Black drawing without problems.} Bd6 17.
Rd1 Re8 18. g5 Rxe4 19. gxf6 gxf6 20. Bxd6 cxd6 21. Rxd6+ Ke7 22. Rd3 Ke6 {
1/2-1/2 Womacka,M (2423)-Matamoros Franco,C (2544)/Olomouc 2006/CBM 113 ext.
Only Black can be microscopically better here, because of his more compact
kingside structure.}) 8... Bb4 $5 $146 (8... Be7 9. g4 Bg6 10. Nxe5 f5 11. Nc3
(11. gxf5 Bxf5 12. Qf3 $16 {wins two pieces for a rook, because after} Nd6 $2
13. Bg5 $18 {Black is in even bigger trouble, not being able to fre himself
from the pin. For instance} O-O 14. Qb3+ $1 Kh8 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Ng6+ $1 $18)
11... O-O 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Qc4+ Kh7 14. Nxe4 fxe4 15. Rxe4 Bh4 16. Be3 $16 {
Georgiev,K (2480)-Piket,J (2550)/Corfu 1991/EXT 97 (0-1, 31). White has won a
pawn, but later went terribly wrong and lost.}) (8... Bd6 9. Qd3 O-O 10. Rxe4
Bxe4 11. Qxe4 exd4 12. Qxd4 Be5 $5 13. Qc4 Qd1+ 14. Qf1 Qxf1+ 15. Kxf1 Rad8 16.
Nbd2 Rfe8 17. Nxe5 Rxe5 $16 {Simmelink,J-Van Wieringen,C/NED-ch28 corr9899
1998/Corr 2000 (1-0, 45). White certainly faces some problems completing his
development, but when this has been accomplished, he will retain good chances
for a win.}) 9. c3 Bd6 {I am not entirely sure whether weakening the d3-square
has improved Black's position that much, but according to Carlsen he was just
improvising, not being able to remember "theory".} 10. Qc2 {It looks logical
to make use of this square that has just become available.} ({However,} 10. Qd3
{does not look bad either.}) 10... Qd7 11. dxe5 Bc5 12. Rxe4 O-O-O $16 {
White has won material, "according to the plan", but he still faces some
problems completing his development and getting out of the pin. Besides,
Ivanchuk had spent a lot of time already.} 13. Nbd2 Qd5 14. Kf1 Rhe8 15. b3 {
According to Carlsen, this might be too slow.} (15. c4 $5 Qd7 16. Nb3 $16 {
[%cal Gc1f4]}) 15... g5 16. Bb2 g4 17. Nd4 Bxd4 $5 {Striving for counterplay.}
({Simplifying with} 17... Bxe4 {would have meant struggling for a draw after}
18. Qxe4 Qxe4 19. Nxe4 Rxe5 20. Nxc5 Rxc5 21. f3 $14) 18. cxd4 c5 19. Rae1 cxd4
20. Qc4 $6 {Offering Black undeserved counter-chances.} (20. Qd1 $16 Bxe4 21.
Rxe4 d3 22. Qxg4+ $16) 20... Bxe4 21. Rxe4 Rxe5 22. Rxg4 Rde8 23. Nf3 Qxc4+ 24.
bxc4 Re2 $132 {Things have become completely irrational now.} 25. Bxd4 Rxa2 26.
Rg7 a5 27. Rxf7 Rc2 28. g4 a4 29. g5 a3 30. Rxh7 a2 31. Rh8 Rxh8 32. Bxh8 Rxc4
33. h3 c5 34. Ne1 Rc1 35. g6 Kd7 36. Bb2 Ke6 37. h4 c4 38. h5 c3 39. Bxc1 a1=Q
40. Nd3 0-1

[Event "Morelia/Linares 25th"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2008.02.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2008.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Bb4 13. c3 Be7 14. c4 Qc7 15.
O-O-O Ngf6 16. Kb1 O-O 17. Rhe1 {This critical opening position is somewhat
special. Both players would love to storm the hideouts of the enemy king, but
the flexible nature of the position forces them to concentrate their forces
towards the centre.} (17. Qe2 Rfe8 (17... Rad8 18. Ne5 $1 (18. Bc3 Bd6 $132)
18... c5 19. Ng6 $1 {Nataf-Chabanon, Port Barcares 2005/}) 18. Ne5 (18. Bc3 b5
$1 $132) 18... b5 $5 (18... Nxe5 19. dxe5 Nd7 20. f4) (18... Rad8 19. f4 $1 c5
20. Bc3 cxd4 21. Bxd4 Bc5 $13) (18... c5 $5 19. Bc3 cxd4 20. Bxd4 Nxe5 21. Bxe5
Qc6 22. f4 Rac8 $13) 19. c5 $5 (19. cxb5 cxb5 20. Qxb5 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Nd5 $44) (
19. f4 bxc4 20. Qxc4 c5 $132 {Manik-Zelcic, Mitropa Cup 2003}) (19. Rc1 $5 bxc4
20. Rxc4 $1 c5 $132) 19... Nd5 20. f4 b4 21. Ne4 {/\ g4-g5}) 17... a5 {Less
well known, but a very useful move helping to control the b4-square. Black is
taking a useful step in his quest to get towards the white king.} (17... Rad8
18. Qc2 (18. Qe2 Bd6 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 Nf6 21. Qh4 Be7 $13) (18. Nf5 $6
exf5 19. Rxe7 Ne4 $15) 18... Ng4 19. Bc3 Rfe8 20. Qe2 a5 21. Ne5 {1/2 Motylev,
A (2632)-Dreev,A (2694)/Moscow 2005}) (17... Rfe8 18. Ne5 Bd6 (18... Rad8 19.
Qf3 $36) (18... b5 19. Rc1 bxc4 20. Qxc4 c5 21. Nxf7 Kxf7 22. Rxe6 Kf8 23. Nf5
Nb6 24. Qc2 Bd8 25. Rxe8+ Nxe8 26. dxc5 Nd5 27. Rd1 {0-1 Smikovski,I (2538)
-Lastin,A (2594)/Moscow 2006 (101)}) 19. f4 Rad8 20. Qf3 c5 $1 21. Nxd7 Rxd7 (
21... Nxd7 22. d5 Nb6 (22... exd5 23. Nf5 Nf6 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. cxd5 Qd7 26.
g4 Ne4 27. Be3 Bf8 $11) 23. dxe6 Nxc4 24. exf7+ Qxf7 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. Bc1 Bf8
$14) 22. d5 $1 exd5 23. Rxe8+ Nxe8 24. cxd5 {1-0 Karjakin,S (2658)
-Mchedlishvili,M (2564)/Beersheba 2005/ (41)}) (17... Rfd8 $5 18. Qe2 (18. Nf5
Bf8) 18... c5 19. Ne5 $1 Qb6 (19... cxd4 20. Nxf7 $1) 20. Nxf7 $5 Kxf7 21. Ba5
$40) 18. Bc1 (18. a3 b5 19. cxb5 cxb5 20. Rc1 (20. Nf5 exf5 21. Rxe7 Qd6) 20...
Qb7 21. Nf5 Bxa3 22. bxa3 exf5 23. Qxf5 b4 $17 {0-1 Lhoest,A (1870)-Hentzien,M
(1970)/Champagne Ardennes 2003 (39)}) (18. Bc3 Rfe8 (18... Rfd8 19. Qe2 Bb4 $11
) 19. Ne5 a4 $11) (18. Nf5 Bb4 19. Ng3 $11) 18... Rfd8 19. Qc2 a4 20. Ne5 $6 {
Leko is becoming nervous and it shows in his reaction. The pawn structure will
favour Black, which can be useful even in endgames.} (20. a3 $5 Bd6 21. Ne4
Nxe4 22. Rxe4 Nf6 23. Rh4 Qe7 $11) 20... Nxe5 21. dxe5 Rxd1 22. Qxd1 Nd7 23. f4
(23. a3 Nc5 24. f4 Qa5 $15) 23... Nc5 (23... Qa5 24. Bd2 Qa6 25. Re4 Nb6 26.
Qe2 $11) 24. Ne4 (24. Qf3 Qa5 (24... Rd8 25. Rd1 b5 $15) 25. Rd1 Qb4 26. Qc3 (
26. Qe2 a3) 26... Qxc3 27. bxc3 a3 28. Kc2 Ra4 29. Ne2 Kf8) (24. Qc2 a3 25. b3
Bh4 $15) 24... Rd8 25. Qc2 Nxe4 26. Rxe4 (26. Qxe4 a3 27. b3 Bb4 28. Rf1 Rd7
29. g4 Qd8 $15) 26... Qb6 $1 27. Qxa4 $6 {White reacts in a truly human way.
Grabbing the pawn should compensate for the suffering caused by the need to
fight for equality.} (27. Re1 a3 28. b3 Bb4 $15) 27... Qg1 28. Qc2 Rd1 29. Re2
(29. Re3 Bb4 30. Rd3 Rxd3 31. Qxd3 Qxg2 $15) 29... Rf1 30. a3 Bc5 $1 {[%mdl 32]
The trade off is clearly pleasant for Ivanchuk. The absence of the pawn is
compensated for by the punishing impact of all his pieces.} (30... Rxf4 31. Ka2
Rh4 32. Rd2 Qf1 $17) 31. Qd2 (31. Rd2 Bd4 $1 32. g3 c5 $17) 31... Rd1 32. Qc2
Bd4 33. c5 (33. Rd2 Rf1 34. g3 c5) 33... Rf1 34. Rd2 Rxf4 35. Ka2 (35. Qc4 Bxe5
36. Rd8+ Kh7 37. Qc2+ f5 $17) 35... Rf2 $1 {Black has won the pawn back and
White will face the painful task of fighting on in a miserable endgame.} 36.
Rxf2 Bxf2 37. g4 $6 (37. b3 Bxc5 38. Bb2 Qe3 $17) (37. Qd2 Bxc5 38. b4 Bf8 39.
Bb2 c5 $17) 37... Bxc5 38. Bf4 Qd4 (38... Qxg4 39. Qxc5 Qxf4 40. Qb6 Qxe5 41.
Qxb7 Qd5+ 42. Kb1 Qxh5 $17) 39. Qd2 Qe4 40. Ka1 (40. g5 $1 hxg5 41. Qd8+ Kh7
42. Qxg5 Qc4+ 43. Ka1 Qf1+ 44. Ka2 Qh1 $17) 40... Bd4 {Ivanchuk methodically
improves his pieces, Leko is fighting without a trace of hope.} 41. Qh2 c5 42.
Ka2 b5 43. Qd2 (43. Qg3 Qe2 44. Bc1 c4 $19) 43... Qd5+ 44. Kb1 b4 $1 45. a4 (
45. axb4 cxb4 46. Qd3 b3 47. Bd2 Bxe5 $19) 45... b3 46. Qd3 c4 47. Qe2 Qh1+ 48.
Bc1 Qa8 (48... Qc6 $19) (48... Qa8 49. Qxc4 Qe4+ 50. Ka1 Bxb2+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Morelia/Linares 25th"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2008.03.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2008.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. O-O
Be7 9. Qf3 Qb6 10. Be3 Qb7 11. Qg3 b4 12. Na4 Nbd7 13. f3 O-O 14. Rfd1 Kh8 15.
Kh1 {White should have less reasons to remove the king to the corner, but
praxis is proving good chances for the second player.} (15. Rac1 Ne5 16. Ne2
Rb8 (16... a5 17. c4 bxc3 18. Nexc3 (18. Rxc3 Bd7 19. Nb6 Ra6 20. Nxd7 Nexd7
21. Rdc1 a4 22. Bc2 Ra5 23. b4 axb3 24. Bxb3 Qa6 25. Nd4 {1/2 Zapata,A (2515)
-Morovic Fernandez,I (2580)/Cienfuegos 1997 (48)}) 18... Ra6 19. f4 Ng6 20. Bc4
Rc6 21. Bd3 Qb8 22. Qf3 Bb7 23. h3 d5 24. e5 d4 25. exf6 Rxc3 26. fxg7+ Kxg7
27. Bxd4+ Kg8 {1/2 Zapata,A (2515)-Morovic Fernandez,I (2580)/Yopal 1997 (42)})
17. c4 bxc3 18. Nexc3 Bd7 19. Nb6 Bc6 20. Kh1 Rfd8 21. Rc2 Nfd7 22. Nxd7 Bxd7
23. Rcd2 Be8 24. f4 Nd7 25. f5 $14 {1-0 Comp Fritz 6-Van Wely,L (2643)/
Eindhoven 2000 (36)}) (15. c3 bxc3 16. Nxc3 Nc5 17. Na4 Nxb3 18. Nxb3 a5 19.
Rac1 Bd7 20. Nb6 Ra6 21. Nxd7 Nxd7 22. Bd4 e5 23. Bc3 a4 $11 {0-1 Zorko,J 
(2339)-Lenic,L (2458)/Murska Sobota 2006 (38)}) (15. Ne2 a5 16. c3 Ra6 17. Qf2
Ne5 18. c4 Bd7 19. c5 Bxa4 20. Bxa4 dxc5 21. Bxc5 Neg4 22. Qd4 e5 $19 {1-0
Roskar,R (2284)-Vombek,D (2344)/Murska Sobota 2007 (40)}) 15... Ne5 16. a3 bxa3
{Topalov is rightly mistrustful about the move 16..a5. The semi-open b- and
c-files should be sufficient for getting enough counterplay.} (16... a5 17. Nb6
$1 Ra6 (17... Qxb6 18. Nxe6 Nh5 19. Qe1 Qb8 20. Nxf8 Bxf8 21. axb4 axb4 22.
Rxa8 Qxa8 23. Qxb4 $16) 18. Nxc8 Rxc8 19. axb4 axb4 20. Qe1 $14) 17. Rxa3 Rb8
18. Nc3 Ned7 19. Ra2 {Interesting tactics would be introduced the the rook
advance to a5, but the evaluation of the position would remain unchanged.} (19.
Ra5 $5 Qc7 (19... Nc5 20. Rxc5 dxc5 21. Nc6 Ra8 (21... c4 22. Qxb8 Qxb8 23.
Nxb8 cxb3 24. cxb3 $14) 22. Nxe7 Qxe7 23. e5 Nd7 24. Ne4 Bb7 25. Ba4 Rfd8 $13)
20. Ra4 Nc5 $13) 19... Nc5 20. Bc4 Qc7 (20... Qb4 21. Nc6 Qxc4 22. Nxb8 Bb7 23.
Bxc5 Qxc5 24. Nxa6 Qb6 25. Rda1 Bxa6 (25... Ra8 26. Nb4 Rxa2 27. Nbxa2 $18) 26.
Rxa6 Qxb2 27. Qe1 Qxc2 28. Ra7 $16) 21. b3 Bd7 22. Qe1 Rfc8 23. Rda1 Ne8 (23...
Kg8 24. Nde2 $14) 24. Nde2 Bf6 25. Bd4 $6 {With each move Ivanchuk was
masterfully improving the coordination of his pieces, but the last move helps
the defender.} (25. Ra5 $1 Kg8 26. Bxc5 dxc5 27. Bxa6 $16) 25... Bxd4 26. Nxd4
Qb6 (26... Rb6 27. Qe3 Nf6 28. Nde2 $16) 27. Qe3 Nc7 28. h3 h6 (28... Nb5 $5
29. Nce2 Kg8 $11) 29. Ra5 Kg8 30. R1a2 Qb4 (30... Nb7 31. Rh5 (31. R5a3 Nc5)
31... Nc5 $13) 31. Nce2 Qb6 32. Nc3 Qb4 33. Nce2 Qb6 34. Ng3 d5 $2 {Is Black
wanting to punish White for avoiding the repetition? It was much better to
keep playing with restraint, without disturbing the balance.} (34... Re8 35.
Qc3 (35. Nh5 d5 36. Qc3 dxc4 37. Nc6 (37. Nf5 e5 38. Nfxg7 Nb5 $15) 37... f6
38. Nxf6+ gxf6 39. Qxf6 Qxc6 40. Qg6+ $11) 35... g6 36. f4 e5 37. fxe5 Rxe5 $11
) (34... Nb5 35. Bxb5 axb5 $11) 35. exd5 exd5 36. Ndf5 Re8 (36... dxc4 $2 37.
Ne7+ Kh8 38. Nxc8 Rxc8 39. Qxc5) 37. Qxc5 $2 {[%mdl 128] White spoils his
chance to unleash an extremely unpleasant attack with the wicked queen move to
c3.} (37. Qc3 $1 f6 (37... Bxf5 38. Nxf5 Qg6 (38... f6 39. Bxd5+ Nxd5 40. Qxc5
$16) 39. Rxc5 dxc4 40. Qxc4 $16) (37... N5e6 38. Bxd5 Bb5 39. Be4 Rbd8 40. Qa1
Rd7 41. c4 Red8 42. Qg1 Rd1 43. Nf1 Qxg1+ 44. Kxg1 $16) (37... Qg6 38. Rxc5
dxc4 39. Qxc4 $16) 38. Nxg7 $1 Kxg7 (38... Rf8 39. Qd4 dxc4 40. Rxc5 cxb3 41.
cxb3 Qxb3 42. Qxd7 Rf7 43. Qd2 Rxg7 44. Nf5 $18) 39. Nh5+ Kg6 40. Rxc5 dxc4 (
40... Qxc5 41. Qxf6+ Kxh5 42. g4+ Bxg4 43. hxg4#) 41. Rxc7 Re1+ (41... Kxh5 42.
Rxd7 $16) 42. Qxe1 Qxc7 43. Qe7 Qe5 44. Qxd7 Qxh5 45. Rxa6 $18) 37... dxc4 38.
bxc4 Bxf5 (38... Qxc5 39. Rxc5 Ne6 40. Rca5 Nc7 41. Kh2 $16) 39. Nxf5 Re2 40.
Qxb6 Rxb6 41. Kh2 {Ivanchuk has a pleasant advantage, but Black will keep
pestering him with his pieces.} (41. c5 Rb4 42. Nd6 $16) (41. Nd4 Re3 42. Kg1
$16) 41... Rd2 (41... Rg6 42. Ng3 Rf2 43. Re5 $16) 42. h4 (42. Rc5 Ne6 43. Rd5
Re2 44. Ng3 Re1 45. c5 Rc6 46. Ne4 $16) 42... Kh7 43. h5 (43. Rc5 Ne6 44. Rd5
Rf2 45. Rd7 g5 46. Kg1 Re2 47. Ng3 $16) 43... Rf6 44. Re5 Ne6 45. Rxa6 $2 {
The tactics work against White, the whole advantage now goes up in a smoke.} (
45. c5 Nf4 46. Ne3 $14) 45... Nd4 $1 46. Rxf6 Nxf3+ 47. Kh3 Nxe5 48. Rd6 $6 {
Fortunatelly for the Ukrainian player this second mistake will be less costly.}
(48. Ra6 Rxc2 (48... Nxc4 49. Ra7 Kg8 50. Ra8+ Kh7 51. Ra7 Ne5 52. Re7 Rd5 53.
Kg3 $11) 49. Nd6 Nxc4 50. Rc6 Ne3 51. Rxc2 Nxc2 52. Nxf7 $11) 48... Rxc2 49.
Rd5 Nxc4 50. Rc5 Ne3 (50... Rf2 51. Rxc4 Rxf5 52. g4 $15) 51. Rxc2 Nxc2 52. g4
{Topalov will find it impossible too activate his king without exchanging
pawns with a nearly immediate draw.} Ne1 53. Kg3 Nd3 54. Kf3 Kg8 55. Ke4 Nc5+
56. Kd5 Nd7 57. Ke4 Kf8 58. Kf4 Nc5 59. Ke5 Ne6 60. Kd5 Ke8 61. Ke5 Kf8 {
Both super grandmasters have seen the knight sacrifice on g7, Black refused to
try it on the board.} (61... Kd7 62. Nxg7 $1 Nxg7 63. Kf6 Nxh5+ 64. gxh5 Ke8
65. Kg7 f5 66. Kxh6 f4 67. Kg7 f3 68. h6 f2 $11) 62. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Morelia/Linares 25th"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2008.03.03"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2008.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Qc2 dxc4 8.
Ne4 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] Another unbelievable novelty at such an early stage of
the game. It looks quite harmless; however, it brings some fresh air to the
position.} (8. O-O-O a6 9. e4 b5 10. e5 Bg5+ 11. Kb1 Bb7 12. h4 Be7 $15 {
0-1 Bradbury,N-Wells,P/London 1985/MCL/[Tsesarsky] (39)}) (8. e3 c5 9. dxc5 (9.
Bxc4 cxd4 10. exd4 Nc6 11. O-O-O O-O 12. Qe4 Qa5 13. Rhe1 Bd7 14. Kb1 Rac8 15.
Bb3 Rfd8 16. Qe3 Be8 $15 {[%csl Rb1] 0-1 Li Shilong-Negi,P/Wijk aan Zee 2008/
CBM 122 (48)}) 9... Qa5 10. Bxc4 Qxc5 11. Ne4 Qb4+ (11... Qa5+ 12. Ke2 Be7 13.
Qc3 $146 (13. g4 Nd7 (13... Bd7 $142 $1) 14. a3 Nf6 (14... O-O $142 $1) 15.
Ned2 (15. b4 $142 $1) 15... Bd7 16. Rhg1 Rc8 17. Qb3 Qb6 18. Qxb6 axb6 19. Ne5
Ba4 $11 {0-1 Bacrot,E-Kortschnoj,V/Albert 1997/CBM 061/[Kortschnoj] (54)})
13... Qxc3 14. Nxc3 a6 15. Rhd1 Nd7 16. Ne4 b5 17. Bb3 Bb7 18. Nd6+ Bxd6 19.
Rxd6 Ke7 $11 {0-1 Vallejo Pons,F-Topalov,V/Linares 2005/CBM 106/[Postny] (38)})
12. Nfd2 (12. Ke2 $6 Qxb2 $1) 12... Nd7 $6 (12... Qxb2 $1 13. Nd6+ Ke7 14. Qxb2
Bxb2 15. Nxc8+ Rxc8 16. Rb1 Bc3 17. Rxb7+ Nd7 18. Ke2 Bxd2 19. Bb5 $11) 13. Bb3
Be7 14. O-O O-O 15. Qc7 $6 (15. Rfd1) (15. Rac1) 15... Bd8 $5 (15... a5 $5 $11)
16. Qf4 Qe7 17. Rac1 $14 {1-0 Najer,E-Kruppa,Y/Elista 2000/CBM 079/[Tsesarsky]
(53)}) 8... b5 $5 9. a4 Bb7 $5 {[%mdl 512] Black wants to develop his pieces
and not to keep his extra pawn by} (9... c6) {In fact, he sacrifices a pawn
himself!} 10. axb5 a6 $5 11. Nxf6+ Qxf6 12. Qxc4 O-O 13. Qxc7 {Development is
a problem for White so he decides to take some material.} axb5 14. Rxa8 Bxa8
15. e3 (15. Ne5 $5 {needs testing although such a move requires nerves of
steel!} Qf5 16. Nd3 Be4 17. Nb4 {etc.}) 15... Bxf3 16. gxf3 Qxf3 17. Rg1 {
[%cal Rc7e5] White has given the pawn back but his rook is now active.} Qf5 $1
(17... Qe4 $143 18. Kd2 Qb1 19. Qc2) 18. Qc3 $6 (18. f4 $5 Qb1+ 19. Kf2 Qxb2+
20. Be2 Na6 21. Qe5 g6 $132 {[%cal Ya6b4]} 22. Qxb5 $11) 18... Qb1+ $6 {Missing
} (18... b4 $1 19. Qd3 (19. Qxb4 Qb1+ 20. Ke2 Nc6 $36) 19... Qa5 {and Black
seizes the initiative.}) 19. Kd2 Nd7 20. Qc2 Qa2 21. Bd3 e5 22. b3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Morelia/Linares 25th"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2008.03.04"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2008.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8.
Bg5 a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nd5 Bg7 12. c3 f5 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Nc2 Be6
15. g3 O-O 16. Bg2 f5 17. O-O a5 18. Re1 Rc8 19. Nce3 Kh8 20. Qh5 b4 21. Rad1
bxc3 22. bxc3 Ne7 23. c4 Nxd5 24. Bxd5 Qf6 25. Re2 f4 26. Be4 Qh6 27. Qxh6 Bxh6
28. Rxd6 fxe3 29. Rxe6 exf2+ 30. Kf1 Rxc4 31. Rc6 Rxc6 32. Bxc6 Bg7 33. Be4 Rf6
34. Rb2 Bf8 35. Rb5 a4 36. Rxe5 a3 37. Bf5 Rh6 38. h4 Bd6 39. Re8+ Kg7 40. Kxf2
Rf6 41. g4 h5 42. Kf3 hxg4+ 43. Kxg4 Rf8 44. Re6 Rf6 45. Re3 Bb4 46. h5 Rd6 47.
Be6 Kf6 48. Bb3 Rd4+ 49. Kf3 Bd2 50. Re6+ Kg5 51. Re5+ Kh6 52. Ke2 Bg5 53. Ra5
Kxh5 54. Rxa3 Kg4 55. Be6+ Kf4 56. Bh3 Ke5 57. Ra5+ Rd5 58. Rxd5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Morelia/Linares 25th"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2008.03.06"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2008.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. Bb3
Nc6 9. f4 Qc7 10. Kh1 O-O 11. f5 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 b5 13. fxe6 Bxe6 14. Bf4 Qc5 15.
Qd3 b4 16. Ne2 d5 17. e5 Ne4 18. Be3 Qc7 19. Nf4 Qxe5 20. Bxd5 Bxd5 21. Nxd5
Rad8 22. Rad1 Bd6 23. Bf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Morelia/Linares 25th"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2008.03.07"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2008.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bd3 O-O 7. Nge2 c6 8.
O-O Re8 9. Ng3 h6 10. Bd2 Nbd7 11. Nce2 Bxd2 12. Qxd2 Nf8 13. Nf4 Qd6 14. f3
Bd7 15. Bf5 Re7 16. Bxd7 Qxd7 17. Nd3 Ng6 18. Nc5 Qc7 19. Nf5 Ree8 20. g4 b6
21. Nd3 Re6 22. Rae1 Rae8 23. b4 Nh7 24. h4 Nhf8 25. h5 Ne7 26. Nf4 Rf6 27.
Nxe7+ Rxe7 28. Rxe7 Qxe7 29. Nd3 Re6 30. Re1 Rxe1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 17th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2008.03.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Be3 Qd7 10. c3 Nc5 11. Bc2 Bg4 12. Nbd2 Ne6 13. h3 Bh5 14. a4 Rb8 15.
axb5 axb5 16. Bf5 Be7 17. Nb3 O-O 18. Nbd4 Ncxd4 19. cxd4 Bg6 20. Bg4 Ra8 21.
Qd2 h6 22. Nh2 c6 23. Rfc1 Rfc8 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. f4 h5 26. Be2 Ra2 27. g4 Be4
28. f5 Nf8 29. Rf1 Ba3 30. Qe1 Rxb2 31. gxh5 Bb4 32. Qf2 Qxf5 33. Qg3 Rb1 34.
Ng4 Rxf1+ 35. Bxf1 Kh7 36. h6 Ng6 37. hxg7 Kxg7 38. Be2 Be7 39. Nh6 Qd7 40. Qf2
Bh4 41. Qf1 b4 42. Bg4 Qe7 43. Nf5+ Bxf5 44. Qxf5 b3 45. Qh5 Qb4 46. Qh6+ Kg8
47. e6 Qe1+ 48. Kg2 Qg3+ 49. Kf1 b2 50. exf7+ Kxf7 51. Qh7+ Kf6 52. Qb7 Qxe3
53. Qxc6+ Kg5 0-1

[Event "Amber-blindfold 17th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2008.03.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Bc4 d6 6. Nxd4 exd4 7. Nd5 Nd7 8.
O-O g6 9. c3 Bg7 10. cxd4 Bxd4 11. Nc3 c6 12. Ne2 Bg7 13. d4 O-O 14. Bb3 Nf6
15. f3 Be6 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Qb3 Qd7 18. Be3 Kh8 19. Rfd1 Ng8 20. Rac1 Bh6 21.
Rc2 Bxe3+ 22. Qxe3 Nf6 23. Nc1 Qg7 24. Nd3 g5 25. h3 Nh5 26. b4 a5 27. bxa5
Rxa5 28. e5 d5 29. Nc5 Nf4 30. Rb2 b6 31. Rxb6 Rxa2 32. Rd2 Qa7 33. Rb7 Qa5 34.
Rxa2 Qxa2 35. Qf2 Qe2 36. Rb2 Qd1+ 37. Kh2 Ra8 38. Rd2 Qb1 39. Rb2 Qd1 40. Qd2
Ra1 41. Qxd1 Rxd1 42. g3 Nd3 43. Rb8+ Kg7 44. Nxe6+ Kg6 45. Rf8 Rd2+ 46. Kg1 h6
47. h4 Rd1+ 48. Kg2 Rd2+ 49. Kf1 gxh4 50. Rf6+ Kh7 51. gxh4 Rf2+ 52. Kg1 Re2
53. f4 Rd2 54. Rf7+ Kg6 55. Rf6+ Kh7 56. Nf8+ Kg7 57. Ne6+ Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 17th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2008.03.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. O-O dxc4 7. Bxc4 Bd6 8.
Nc3 O-O 9. e4 e5 10. Be3 Qc7 11. Rc1 exd4 12. Bxd4 Ne5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Bxe5
Qxe5 15. h3 Be6 16. Bxe6 Qxe6 17. Qd4 Rfd8 18. Qe3 b6 19. Rfd1 h6 20. b3 Rxd1+
21. Rxd1 Re8 22. f3 Re7 23. Rd8+ Re8 24. Rd1 Re7 25. Rd8+ Re8 26. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 17th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2008.03.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Qc7 7. Qe2 d6 8. c4
g6 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. Rd1 O-O 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. h3 Nd7 13. Bf4 Bxc3 14. bxc3 e5 15.
Bh6 Rd8 16. Qe3 Nc5 17. Bc2 Qe7 18. Nd2 Ne6 19. a4 Rb8 20. Rab1 Bd7 21. Qg3 Kh8
22. Nf1 Na5 23. Ne3 Bc6 24. Rd2 f6 25. Rbd1 Rd7 26. h4 Rg8 27. Qf3 f5 28. Qh3
f4 29. Nd5 Bxd5 30. Rxd5 Nxc4 31. a5 Rc8 32. Bb3 Rcc7 33. h5 gxh5 34. Qxh5 b5
35. axb6 Nxb6 36. Rxe5 Nc4 37. Red5 Rd8 38. Bxc4 Rxc4 39. Rxd6 Rxe4 40. Rxd8+
Nxd8 41. Kh2 Nf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 17th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2008.03.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. Re1 Bd6 13. d3 Bf5 14. Qf3 Qh4
15. g3 Qh3 16. Be3 Bxd3 17. Nd2 Qf5 18. Qxf5 Bxf5 19. Bd4 Rfd8 20. a4 Bf8 21.
Ne4 h6 22. h4 Bg6 23. Rad1 Bh5 24. Rc1 Nb4 25. Re3 Nd5 26. Ree1 Nb4 27. Re3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 17th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2008.03.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 Nc6 5. Bg5 d5 6. e3 O-O 7. Rc1 Be7 8. c5 e5
9. Bb5 exd4 10. exd4 Ng4 11. Bf4 g5 12. Bxc7 Qxc7 13. fxg4 Rd8 14. Nh3 Be6 15.
Qd2 Bxg4 16. Nf2 Be6 17. O-O h6 18. a3 Bf8 19. b4 Bg7 20. Ne2 f5 21. Rce1 Qf7
22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. Nd3 Rf8 24. Ne5 Qe8 25. Nc3 f4 26. Rf2 Bf5 27. b5 cxb5 28.
Nxd5 Rd8 29. Nc7 Qe7 30. Nxb5 Qf6 31. Nxa7 Kh7 32. Nac6 Rc8 33. d5 Ra8 34. d6
Rxa3 35. d7 Raa8 36. Rfe2 g4 37. Qxf4 Bxd7 38. Qxf6 Rxf6 39. Ne7 Bb5 40. Re4
Raf8 41. g3 Rf1+ 42. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 43. Kg2 Rc1 44. Nf5 Rxc5 45. Nxg7 Kxg7 46.
Rxg4+ Kf6 47. Nf3 Bc6 48. Rf4+ Kg6 49. Rg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 17th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2008.03.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. Re1 Re8 10. h3 b5 11. Bc2 Bb7 12. d4 Nb8 13. Rb1 Nbd7 14. d5 c6 15. c4
Qc7 16. b3 Bh6 17. Nf1 Bxc1 18. Rxc1 bxc4 19. bxc4 Nc5 20. N3h2 Bc8 21. Qf3 Qe7
22. dxc6 Be6 23. Ne3 Nh5 24. Nd5 Qg5 25. Rb1 Rac8 26. Rb6 Nf4 27. Kh1 Bxd5 28.
cxd5 Nxg2 29. Rg1 Qd8 30. Rb4 Nf4 31. Rc4 Rb8 32. Ng4 Qe7 33. Ne3 Rb5 34. a4
Rb2 35. Rg4 Qf6 36. Rg3 h5 37. Nf5 Kh7 38. Ne3 Reb8 39. Ng2 h4 40. Rg4 Nxd5 41.
Rxh4+ Kg7 42. Qg4 Nc7 43. Ne3 Qxf2 44. Nf5+ Kf6 45. Qd1 gxf5 46. exf5 Qxh4 47.
Rxh4 d5 48. Rh7 Ra2 49. Qh5 Ra1+ 50. Kh2 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 17th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2008.03.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[PlyCount "177"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. cxd5 Qxd5 14. c4 Qd6
15. d5 Ne5 16. Nd4 Bd7 17. a4 Rfe8 18. Be3 Qg6 19. Nb5 Bh3 20. Bf3 Bd6 21. Bd4
Nxf3+ 22. Qxf3 Bg4 23. Qc3 Bf4 24. d6 Bxd6 25. Nxd6 cxd6 26. a5 Bd7 27. Qg3
Qxg3 28. hxg3 Rec8 29. Rfc1 Rc7 30. Rc3 h6 31. c5 Rac8 32. Rac1 dxc5 33. Rxc5
Rxc5 34. Rxc5 Bc6 35. Rc3 a6 36. Bb6 Kh7 37. g4 Kg6 38. f3 Rh8 39. Rc5 Re8 40.
Kf2 Re7 41. Rc2 Rd7 42. Re2 Bb5 43. Rc2 Bc6 44. Re2 Rd5 45. Rc2 f6 46. Kg3 Kf7
47. Re2 h5 48. gxh5 Rxh5 49. Kf2 Rf5 50. Re3 g5 51. g4 Rb5 52. Kg3 Kg6 53. Bd8
Rd5 54. Bb6 Bd7 55. Re7 Bc6 56. Re3 f5 57. Re6+ Kf7 58. gxf5 Rxf5 59. Re3 Kg6
60. Re6+ Kh5 61. Re3 Rd5 62. Re2 Kg6 63. f4 Rd3+ 64. Re3 Rd2 65. fxg5 Kxg5 66.
Re5+ Kf6 67. Kf4 Rd3 68. Re3 Rd1 69. Bc7 Rd4+ 70. Kg3 Be4 71. Kf4 Bc6+ 72. Kg3
Rc4 73. Kf2 Be4 74. Bb6 Ke5 75. Rg3 Bc6 76. Ke3 Rc3+ 77. Kd2 Rc4 78. Rc3 Rh4
79. Rd3 Bd5 80. Kc3 Kd6 81. Rd4 Rh1 82. Rg4 Be6 83. Rg7 Rh3+ 84. Kd4 Rh4+ 85.
Kc3 Bd7 86. Rg6+ Kd5 87. Rg5+ Kc6 88. Rc5+ Kd6 89. Rg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 17th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2008.03.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 Nf6 5. Qd2 c6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Bh6 Bxh6 8.
Qxh6 Nbd7 9. Be2 Qa5 10. O-O Qb4 11. Qe3 O-O 12. Rab1 e5 13. Rfd1 Rfe8 14. h3
Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Qb6 16. Qd2 Rad8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 17th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2008.03.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Be3 c6 5. h3 Nbd7 6. f4 b5 7. Bd3 b4 8. Nce2 c5
9. Nf3 Bg7 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Bxc5 dxc5 12. e5 Nd7 13. Be4 Rb8 14. h4 Qc7 15. h5
c4 16. Qd4 O-O 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. Ng5 Nc5 19. Bd5 Bf5 20. Qxc4 e6 21. Be4 Rfd8
22. Bxf5 gxf5 23. Rh3 Qa5 24. Nd4 Rbc8 25. Nb3 Qb6 26. Rd1 Nxb3 27. Rxd8+ Rxd8
28. axb3 Qg1+ 29. Ke2 Qxg2+ 30. Ke3 Bf8 31. Rh8+ Kxh8 32. Nxf7+ Kg8 33. Nxd8
Bc5+ 34. Kd3 Qf3+ 35. Kd2 Be3+ 0-1

[Event "Amber-blindfold 17th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2008.03.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3
Qc7 9. Bd2 Be7 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Kb1 Rd8 13. g4 dxc4 14. Bxc4
Nb6 15. Be2 Nfd5 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. f4 g5 18. h3 Rd6 19. Bc1 Rdh6 20. Bf1 Qd7
21. Qc2 Re6 22. Bd3 Reh6 23. Qg2 Rh4 24. e4 dxe4 25. Bxe4 gxf4 26. Bxf4 Nd5 27.
Bc1 g6 28. Qf3 O-O 29. Rhe1 Bd8 30. Qb3 b5 31. Qf3 Kg7 32. Qg3 Rfh8 33. Bg2 Bc7
34. Qf3 Bd8 35. Rf1 a5 36. Rf2 a4 37. Rdf1 Rf8 38. Qg3 Qe6 39. Qe5+ Qxe5 40.
dxe5 Be7 41. Rc2 Nb4 42. Rc3 c5 43. a3 Na6 44. Rd3 Nb8 45. Be3 Rhh8 46. Rd5 Rc8
47. e6 fxe6 48. Re5 Rhf8 49. Rxe6 Rxf1+ 50. Bxf1 Kf7 51. Rb6 Nd7 52. Rb7 Nf6
53. Bxb5 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 17th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2008.03.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 Nc6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Bd2 O-O 10. Nc3 dxe5 11. dxe5 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 b6 13. Qe2 Bb7 14. Bd3 Bb4
15. Bxh7+ Kxh7 16. Qe4+ Kg8 17. Bxb4 Nxb4 18. Qxb7 Qd5 19. Qxd5 Nxd5 20. Rfd1
Rac8 21. Rd2 Rc4 22. g3 Rfc8 23. Kg2 Kh7 24. h4 b5 25. Re1 Kg6 26. Ng5 Rc2 27.
Ree2 Rxd2 28. Rxd2 b4 29. Kf3 a5 30. Ne4 a4 31. g4 Kh7 32. Nd6 Rc7 33. Rd4 Kg8
34. Rc4 Rxc4 35. Nxc4 a3 36. Nxa3 bxa3 37. bxa3 Kf8 38. h5 Ne7 39. a4 Nc6 40.
Ke4 g5 41. hxg6 fxg6 42. Kf4 Kf7 43. Kg5 Nxe5 44. a5 Nc6 45. a6 e5 46. f3 Kg7
47. f4 exf4 48. Kxf4 Kf6 49. a3 g5+ 50. Ke4 Ke6 51. Kd3 Kd5 52. Kc3 Kd6 53. Kc4
Na7 54. Kd4 Nb5+ 55. Ke4 Ke6 56. a4 Nc3+ 57. Kd4 Nxa4 58. a7 Nb6 59. Kc5 Na8
60. Kc6 Ke5 61. Kb7 Kd6 62. Kxa8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 17th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2008.03.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. e4 dxe4 8. Nxe4
Nxe4 9. Bxe4 e5 10. O-O exd4 11. Bg5 Nf6 12. Qxd4 h6 13. Bh4 Be7 14. Qe5 Be6
15. Bc2 O-O 16. Rad1 Qb8 17. Qc3 Qf4 18. Rfe1 Rfe8 19. b3 Qc7 20. h3 Rad8 21.
Nd4 Bc8 22. Qd3 Kf8 23. Qf3 Qa5 24. Nf5 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Bxf5 26. Qxf5 Qxa2 27.
Bxf6 Bxf6 28. Qh7 Qa5 29. Qh8+ Ke7 30. Qh7 Rd8 31. Qe4+ Kf8 32. Rxd8+ Qxd8 33.
g3 a5 34. Kg2 g6 35. Qe3 Kg7 36. Be4 h5 37. h4 Qe7 38. Bf3 Qb4 39. Qd3 Qb6 40.
Bd1 Bd4 41. Qd2 Qc5 42. Qe2 Qa3 43. Qd2 Bf6 44. Qc2 Qa1 45. Bf3 Qe1 46. Qe2 Qc3
47. Qe3 Qb2 48. Bd1 Qb1 49. Qe2 b5 50. cxb5 cxb5 51. Bc2 Qb2 52. Bd3 Qxb3 53.
Bxb5 Qd5+ 54. Kg1 Bd4 55. Bc4 Qc5 56. Ba2 a4 57. Qf3 Qa7 58. Kg2 a3 59. Qd5
Bxf2 60. Qe5+ f6 61. Qd5 Bxg3 62. Qg8+ Kh6 63. Qh8+ Qh7 64. Qxf6 Bxh4 65. Qxh4
Qb7+ 66. Kg1 Qb6+ 67. Kf1 Qb5+ 68. Kg1 Qg5+ 69. Qxg5+ Kxg5 70. Kf2 Kf4 71. Ke2
h4 72. Kd3 h3 73. Kc3 Ke5 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 17th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2008.03.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bd3 Nc6 8.
Nf3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Bf6 11. Be4 Nce7 12. Ne5 Bd7 13. Qd3 h6 14. Qf3 Bc6
15. Ng4 h5 16. Nxf6+ Nxf6 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Rd1 Nf5 19. Qh3 Qb6 20. b3 Nxd4 21.
Ba3 Rfe8 22. Rd2 e5 23. Rad1 Rad8 24. Qd3 Nd5 25. Na4 Qb5 26. Bc5 Nf4 27. Qe3
Nd5 28. Qd3 Qxd3 29. Rxd3 Nb5 30. f3 f6 31. h3 Kf7 32. Kh2 g5 33. R1d2 Kg6 34.
Nb2 Rd7 35. Nc4 Red8 36. Na5 Nd4 37. Bxd4 Nb4 38. Rc3 Rxd4 39. Re2 Rd2 40. Nxc6
Rxe2 41. Nxd8 Nd5 42. Rc1 Ne3 43. Rg1 Rxa2 44. b4 a6 45. Nc6 h4 46. Kh1 Rc2 47.
Nb8 Ra2 48. Nc6 Kf5 49. Kh2 Kf4 50. Ne7 Rc2 51. Ng6+ Kf5 52. Nf8 Nd5 53. Rd1
Nf4 54. Rg1 Rb2 55. Nd7 Rxb4 56. Ra1 Rd4 57. Nc5 Rd2 58. Ne4 Rxg2+ 59. Kh1 Rb2
60. Rxa6 Nh5 61. Kg1 Rc2 62. Rb6 Kf4 63. Nxf6 Nxf6 64. Rxf6+ Kg3 65. Kf1 Rf2+
66. Ke1 Rxf3 67. Rg6 Rf5 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 17th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2008.03.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. Bg5
Be7 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. e5 Bb7 11. exd6 Bxd6 12. Qe3 Bc5 13. O-O-O Nc6 14. Qxe6+
fxe6 15. Nxe6 Qe5 16. Nxg7+ Kf8 17. Ne6+ Kf7 18. Rhe1 Qxe1 19. Nxc5+ Kg6 20.
Rxe1 Kxg5 21. Nxb7 Nd4 22. Nd6 Rhf8 23. f3 b4 24. Nce4+ Nxe4 25. Rxe4 Nxb3+ 26.
axb3 a5 27. Rg4+ Kf6 28. Ne4+ Ke5 29. Rh4 a4 30. bxa4 Rxa4 31. Nc5 Ra1+ 32. Kd2
Rg8 33. g3 Rf1 34. Ke2 Rb1 35. Rxb4 Kd5 36. Ne4 Kc6 37. h4 Rh1 38. Rc4+ Kb6 39.
b4 Rd8 40. Rc5 Ra8 41. c3 Ra2+ 42. Ke3 Re1+ 43. Kf4 Rf1 44. Rh5 Ra8 45. Rh6+
Kb5 46. Nd6+ Ka4 47. Rxh7 Kb3 48. Rc7 Rd8 49. Nf5 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 17th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2008.03.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Qc2 dxc4 6. e4 Nc6 7. e5 Nb4 8. Qb1
Nfd5 9. Bxc4 Nb6 10. Bb3 Bd7 11. a3 N4d5 12. O-O Bc6 13. Ne4 Qd7 14. Nc5 Bxc5
15. dxc5 Na4 16. Qc2 b6 17. cxb6 axb6 18. Be3 Nxe3 19. fxe3 Bxf3 20. Rxf3 O-O
21. Rd1 Qb5 22. Rd4 Nc5 23. Bc4 Qa4 24. Qf2 Rfd8 25. Bf1 Qe8 26. h4 Qe7 27. Qg3
Kh8 28. Bb5 f5 29. exf6 gxf6 30. Qf4 f5 31. b4 Rxd4 32. exd4 Ne4 33. Bc6 Rd8
34. Bxe4 fxe4 35. Qxe4 Qg7 36. Rf4 Rg8 37. a4 h6 38. a5 Qg3 39. Qe5+ Rg7 40.
Rf8+ Kh7 41. Qe4+ Qg6 42. Qxg6+ Kxg6 43. a6 c6 44. Rb8 b5 45. Rb7 Rg8 46. a7
Ra8 47. g4 h5 48. g5 Kf5 49. Kf2 Ke4 50. g6 Kxd4 51. g7 Kc3 52. Rb8 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 17th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2008.03.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 h6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. Be3 Bd6 9. Bd3 b6 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. O-O-O Nd5 12. Bd2 Nf4 13. Bxf4 Bxf4+ 14.
Kb1 O-O 15. h4 Qd5 16. Rhe1 Rad8 17. Qf1 Qa5 18. Be4 Ba6 19. Bd3 Bb7 20. Be4
Ba6 21. Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 17th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2008.03.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 h6 7. Rg1 Be7 8. Be3
a6 9. h4 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. Bg2 Qa5+ 13. c3 Nd7 14. Qe2 Bxh4
15. Rh1 Be7 16. Rh5 g5 17. O-O-O Nf6 18. Rh3 Bd7 19. Kb1 O-O-O 20. Rdh1 Nd5 21.
Rxh6 Rxh6 22. Rxh6 Nxe3 23. fxe3 Qb6 24. Be4 Kb8 25. Qf3 Be8 26. Rh8 e5 27. Nb3
Qb5 28. Rh2 a5 29. Rd2 a4 30. Rxd8+ Bxd8 31. Nd2 f6 32. Qf1 Qxf1+ 33. Nxf1 Bd7
34. Bf5 Bxf5+ 35. gxf5 Kc7 36. Nh2 e4 37. Ng4 Kd6 38. Kc2 Kd5 39. b3 b5 40. Kd2
axb3 41. axb3 Be7 42. Ke2 Bd8 43. Ke1 Be7 44. Kf2 Bd8 45. Kg3 Be7 46. Kh3 Bd8
47. Kg2 Be7 48. Kf2 Bd8 49. Ke2 Be7 50. Kd2 Bd8 51. Kc2 Be7 52. Kb2 Bd8 53. Kc2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 17th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2008.03.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 d6 7. Bg2 Bd7 8.
Nxc6 Bxc6 9. e4 Bg7 10. Be3 O-O 11. O-O Qa5 12. a3 Rfc8 13. b4 Qd8 14. Rc1 Bd7
15. Qe2 Ng4 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bd2 a5 18. f4 axb4 19. axb4 Bxc3 20. Rxc3 Qb6+ 21.
Kh1 Qxb4 22. Be1 Qb1 23. h3 Ra2 24. Qf3 Rxg2 25. Kxg2 Nf6 26. Rb3 Qa2+ 27. Rf2
Qa6 28. Kh2 Rxc4 29. Ra3 Qc6 30. e5 Ne4 31. Re2 dxe5 32. fxe5 Ng5 33. Qxc6 Bxc6
34. g4 Rc1 35. Kg3 Ne4+ 36. Kh2 Ng5 37. Kg3 Ne6 38. Bb4 g5 39. Bxe7 Nf4 40. Rd2
Rg1+ 41. Kf2 Rh1 42. Rd8+ Kh7 43. Bf6 Rh2+ 44. Ke1 Rh1+ 45. Kd2 Rh2+ 46. Kc1
Ng6 47. Raa8 Rh1+ 48. Kd2 Rh2+ 49. Kc3 Rxh3+ 50. Kd4 Rg3 51. Rh8+ Nxh8 52.
Rxh8+ Kg6 53. Rg8+ Kh7 54. Rg7+ Kh8 55. Rxg5+ Kh7 56. Rg7+ Kh8 57. Rxf7+ Kg8
58. Rg7+ Kf8 59. e6 Rf3 60. Ke5 Re3+ 61. Kd6 Rd3+ 62. Kc7 Re3 63. Rf7+ Ke8 64.
Re7+ Kf8 65. Kd6 Rd3+ 66. Ke5 Re3+ 67. Kd6 Rd3+ 68. Kc7 Rf3 69. Rf7+ Ke8 70.
Kd6 Rd3+ 71. Ke5 Re3+ 72. Kd6 Rd3+ 73. Kc7 Re3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 17th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2008.03.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nd5 Bc5 7. d3 Nxd5 8.
cxd5 Nd4 9. Nd2 d6 10. e3 Nf5 11. Nc4 a5 12. Bd2 a4 13. b4 axb3 14. axb3 Rxa1
15. Qxa1 b5 16. Na5 Ne7 17. O-O Bg4 18. Nb7 Qd7 19. Nxc5 dxc5 20. Qxe5 Qd6 21.
d4 Be2 22. Qxd6 cxd6 23. Re1 Bd3 24. dxc5 dxc5 25. Rc1 c4 26. bxc4 bxc4 27. Bb4
Re8 28. Bxe7 Rxe7 29. Bf1 Bxf1 30. Kxf1 Re4 31. Ke2 f5 32. f3 Re5 33. d6 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 17th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2008.03.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E69"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4
a6 9. h3 c6 10. Be3 Re8 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. c5 Bf8 13. b4 a5 14. a3 b6 15. cxb6
axb4 16. axb4 Rxa1 17. Qxa1 Nxb6 18. Rd1 Nfd7 19. b5 cxb5 20. Nxb5 Nc4 21. Bg5
Qb6 22. Nc3 Qb2 23. Qxb2 Nxb2 24. Rb1 Nd3 25. Bf1 N3c5 26. Bb5 Ba6 27. Be3 Bxb5
28. Rxb5 Rc8 29. Bxc5 Rxc5 30. Rxc5 Nxc5 31. Nxe5 Bg7 32. f4 Bxe5 33. fxe5 Nd3
34. e6 fxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 17th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2008.03.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Be6 7. Nf3 h6 8.
Bxf6 exf6 9. a3 Be7 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O f5 12. Qc2 Bf6 13. Rad1 g6 14. Rfe1 Kg7
15. b4 a6 16. Bf1 f4 17. h3 dxc4 18. d5 Bf5 19. Qc1 Na7 20. Nd4 Bd7 21. Ne6+
Bxe6 22. dxe6 Qc8 23. Rd7 Kh8 24. Qxf4 Bg7 25. Rxf7 Qc6 26. e7 Rxf7 27. Qxf7
Re8 28. Re6 Qd7 29. Nd5 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2008.04.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2008.04.02"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saransk"]
[BlackTeam "Cheliabinsk Southern Ural"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. h3 g6 7. Bf4 Bg7 8. Nd2
O-O 9. Ngf3 a6 10. O-O Bf5 11. Bxf5 gxf5 12. Ne5 e6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Nb3 Nd7
15. Re1 Kh8 16. Re3 a5 17. a4 Qb6 18. Rg3 Rg8 19. Rb1 Bf6 20. Rxg8+ Rxg8 21.
Bd6 Qd8 22. Qe2 Nb6 23. Bf4 Nc4 24. Nc5 Bg5 25. Bh2 Bf6 26. b4 axb4 27. Rxb4
Qf8 28. Rxc4 dxc4 29. Nd7 Qg7 30. Qf3 Qh6 31. Bd6 Rd8 32. Qxc6 Qc1+ 33. Kh2 Bg5
34. Qc7 Rxd7 35. Qxd7 Bf4+ 36. g3 Bxd6 37. Qxd6 Kg7 38. Qe5+ Kg6 39. d5 exd5
40. a5 Qa3 41. h4 h5 42. Qxd5 Qxc3 43. a6 Qc2 44. Qc6+ Kg7 45. Qc5 Qa2 46. a7
Qa1 47. Qe7 f4 48. gxf4 c3 49. Qe5+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2008.04.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2008.04.02"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow ShSM-64"]
[BlackTeam "Saransk"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3
d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. O-O Rc8 13. e4 c5 14. exd5 exd5
15. dxc5 dxc4 16. c6 cxb3 17. Re1 Bb5 18. axb3 a5 19. Rc1 Bxc6 20. Bxg7 Kxg7
21. Rxc6 Rxc6 22. Bxc6 Nf6 23. Qc2 Bb4 24. Re2 Bxd2 25. Rxd2 Qc7 26. Rd4 Rd8
27. Rc4 Qe5 28. Kg2 Rc8 29. h3 h6 30. Kh2 Rc7 31. Qd1 Qe6 32. Qf3 a4 33. Bxa4
Rxc4 34. bxc4 Qxc4 35. Bb3 Qd4 36. Kg1 b5 37. Qb7 Qd7 38. Qxd7 Nxd7 39. Kf1 Nc5
40. Bd5 Kf6 41. Ke2 Ke7 42. Ke3 f6 43. f4 Kd6 44. Kd4 Nd3 45. Kxd3 Kxd5 46. g4
f5 47. gxf5 Kd6 48. Kc3 Ke7 49. Kb4 Kf6 50. Kxb5 Kxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2008.04.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2008.04.02"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saransk"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow ShSM-64"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. cxd5 Qxd5
15. Bf4 Rac8 16. h3 Be4 17. a4 Bf6 18. Nd2 Bxg2 19. Bg4 Rxe1+ 20. Qxe1 Rf8 21.
Rb1 h5 22. Rb5 Qd8 23. Rxh5 g6 24. Rb5 Bd5 25. Bxc7 Re8 26. Qd1 Qxc7 27. Rxd5
Re7 28. Qf3 Bh4 29. Ne4 f5 30. Bxf5 gxf5 31. Rxf5 Rf7 32. Kf1 Rxf5 33. Qxf5 Bd8
34. Nc5 Qf7 35. Qxf7+ Kxf7 36. Nxb7 Bh4 37. Ke2 Ke6 38. Nc5+ Kd5 39. Kd3 Na5
40. f3 Nc4 41. Kc2 Ne3+ 42. Kb3 Nc4 43. Ne4 Be7 44. Kc2 Ne3+ 45. Kd3 Nc4 46. a5
a6 47. Ng3 Nxa5 48. Nf5 Bf8 49. Ne3+ Ke6 50. h4 Nb7 51. h5 a5 52. Kc2 a4 53.
Nc4 Kf5 54. Nb6 a3 55. Nc4 Kf4 56. Kb3 Kxf3 57. Nxa3 Kg4 58. c4 Kxh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2008.04.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2008.04.02"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saransk"]
[BlackTeam "St Petersburg Finek"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O
cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Qd2 Bd7 12. Ne5 Nd5 13. Bxe7 Ndxe7 14. Ne4 Be8
15. Rfd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2008.04.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2008.04.02"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow Spasio"]
[BlackTeam "Saransk"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 c5 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O Nf6 7. Bb3 Be7 8. Qe2
cxd4 9. exd4 O-O 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. Rd1 Na5 12. Bc2 b5 13. Bg5 Bb7 14. Rac1 Rc8
15. Bb1 Nc4 16. Ne5 Nd5 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Nxc4 bxc4 20. Be4 Qb4
21. Bxd5 exd5 22. Re1 Rc6 23. Qc2 Qa5 24. Qc3 Qxa2 25. Ra1 Qb3 26. Ra5 Re6 27.
Rxe6 Qxc3 28. bxc3 fxe6 29. Rxa6 Rb8 30. Kf1 Rb1+ 31. Ke2 Kf7 32. Ra2 Rc1 33.
Kd2 Rh1 34. g3 Rxh2 35. Ke3 Rh1 36. Rc2 Rd1 37. Kf4 Kf6 38. g4 h6 39. f3 Rd3
40. Rc1 g5+ 41. Kg3 e5 42. dxe5+ Kxe5 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2008.04.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E68"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2008.04.02"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saransk"]
[BlackTeam "Saratov Economist II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 Nbd7 4. Nc3 e5 5. Qc2 c6 6. g3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. O-O
O-O 9. e4 Qc7 10. Rd1 Re8 11. h3 b6 12. Be3 Ba6 13. b3 Rac8 14. a4 Qb8 15. Ra2
Nf8 16. d5 cxd5 17. exd5 N8d7 18. Bf1 Bb7 19. a5 bxa5 20. Rxa5 a6 21. Rda1 Bf8
22. h4 Ng4 23. Bg5 Bg7 24. Bh3 h5 25. Nd2 f5 26. Bxg4 hxg4 27. Ne2 Nf6 28. Qd3
Qc7 29. R1a2 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2008.04.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2008.04.02"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[BlackTeam "Saransk"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Be2 Bg7 6. Nb3 d6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nc3 O-O 9. Bg5 Be6 10. f4 b5 11. a3 a5 12. Bf3 a4 13. Nc1 Nd7 14. Nd3 Nc5 15.
Kh1 Nxd3 16. cxd3 Rb8 17. f5 Bb3 18. Qd2 b4 19. axb4 Rxb4 20. Bh6 Qb6 21. Bxg7
Kxg7 22. Bd1 Bxd1 23. Qxd1 Qd4 24. Nd5 Rb3 25. Qc1 Ne5 26. Qc7 Nxd3 27. Qxe7
Nf2+ 28. Rxf2 Qxf2 29. Qxd6 Rc8 30. f6+ Kh6 31. Qd7 Rxb2 32. Qg4 Rcc2 33. Nf4
a3 34. h4 Rb5 35. Rxa3 Qd4 36. Nd5 Rb1+ 37. Kh2 Qg1+ 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2008.04.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2008.04.02"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saransk"]
[BlackTeam "Nizhniy Tagil Polytechnik"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nbd7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Rhe1 Qb6 12. Qe3 O-O-O 13. f5 e5 14. Nb3 Be7
15. Qxb6 Nxb6 16. Na5 Nfd5 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. a4 bxa4 19. Nc4 Kc7 20. Nxb6 Kxb6
21. Bc4 f6 22. Nxa4+ Kc7 23. Nc3 g6 24. g4 h5 25. h3 hxg4 26. hxg4 gxf5 27.
gxf5 d5 28. Bxd5 Bxd5 29. exd5 Rh4 30. b3 Rd7 31. Rd3 Rf4 32. Kb2 Rd6 33. Ne4
Rxd5 34. Rc3+ Kb7 35. Nxf6 Rb5 36. Ne4 Nxf5 37. Nc5+ Ka7 38. Rxe5 Nd6 39. Re7+
Nb7 40. Ne6 Rf6 41. Rcc7 Kb8 42. Re8+ Ka7 43. Nd8 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2008.04.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2008.04.02"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saratov Economist"]
[BlackTeam "Saransk"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. Bd3 Bxd3
15. Qxd3 Na5 16. cxd5 Qxd5 17. Bf4 Bd6 18. Ng5 f5 19. Bxd6 cxd6 20. Nh3 Nc4 21.
Nf4 Qf7 22. d5 Ne5 23. Qc2 Rac8 24. Ne6 Qg6 25. Nd4 f4 26. Qxg6 hxg6 27. Nb5
Red8 28. Nxa7 Rxc3 29. Nb5 Rc5 30. Nxd6 Rxd6 31. Rxe5 Rcxd5 32. Rxd5 Rxd5 33.
Rb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2008.04.12"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2008.04.02"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saransk"]
[BlackTeam "Ekaterinburg Ural"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 c6 7. Qc2 O-O 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Rd1 b6 10. Bf4 Nh5 11. Bc1 Nhf6 12. Bf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2008.04.13"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2008.04.02"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Buryatia Shatar"]
[BlackTeam "Saransk"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 h6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. Bh4 c5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. Qe2 Be7 12. dxc5 O-O 13. O-O Bxc5 14.
Rad1 Qc7 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Rd3 Rfd8 17. Rfd1 Rxd3 18. Rxd3 Rd8 19. Ne1 Rxd3 20.
Nxd3 Bd6 21. g3 Qc4 22. Nc1 Qc6 23. c3 f5 24. Qe3 Qe4 25. Qxh6 Qc2 26. Qg5+ Kh7
27. Qh5+ Kg7 28. Qg5+ Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 4th"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2008.05.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2008.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb7 6. Bg2 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 a5 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qc2 d6 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. Rfe1 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Be4 13. Qb2 {This popular
line was examined in CBM 56, annotations to Van Wely - Karpov by GM L.Ftacnik.
The position is complicated but Black has good chances to equalize, despite
White's bishop pair.} Re8 {Other options:} (13... a4 14. Bh3 $1 c5 15. Rad1 Qc7
16. d5 e5 17. Nd2 Bg6 18. e4 Ne8 19. Qc2 Qd8 20. f4 f6 21. Be6+ Kh8 22. bxa4
exf4 23. gxf4 Nc7 24. Nf1 Qe8 25. Ng3 Nb8 26. f5 $16 {1-0 Markus,R-Kovacevic,A/
Bar 2003/EXT 2004 (35)}) (13... Qb8 14. Bf1 Bxf3 $1 15. exf3 d5 {a typical
manoeuvre closing down the position.} 16. Rac1 c6 17. c5 Re8 18. Bd2 Qb7 19.
Bf4 Rec8 20. Bd3 bxc5 21. dxc5 Ne8 22. Bd2 Nc7 23. f4 Re8 24. Qb1 Nf8 25. Bc3
f6 26. Re2 Nb5 27. Ba1 Na3 28. Qb2 Qb4 29. Qd2 Qxd2 30. Rxd2 Reb8 31. Bb2 Nb5
$11 {1/2-1/2 Hulak,K-Polugaevsky,L/Zagreb 1987/CBM 004 (43)}) (13... c6 14. Bf1
d5 15. Nd2 Bg6 16. a4 Nb8 17. Bg2 Na6 18. e4 Re8 19. Rac1 h6 20. Qa3 Ra7 21. e5
Nd7 22. cxd5 cxd5 23. Bf1 Ndb8 24. Bb5 Rf8 25. Nf1 Nc7 26. Be2 Rb7 27. Bd2 Qd7
28. Ne3 Rd8 29. Nc2 Nc6 30. Qa1 b5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Nguyen Anh Dung-Barus,C/Bled
2002/EXT 2003 (42)}) 14. Bh3 {A common idea in such positions: White removes
this bishop in order to avoid its exchange.} (14. Bf1 Bb7 15. Nd2 c5 16. e4
cxd4 17. Bxd4 e5 18. Bc3 Nc5 19. Qc2 h5 20. a3 h4 21. b4 axb4 22. axb4 Rxa1 23.
Bxa1 Ne6 24. Bb2 Ng5 25. Qd3 hxg3 26. hxg3 Qc7 27. f4 Ne6 28. Qe3 Ng4 29. Qf3
Nf6 30. Bd3 Ra8 $132 {1/2-1/2 Akesson,R-Hansen,S/Sweden 2000/EXT 2002 (45)})
14... Bb7 (14... Bxf3 15. exf3 d5 {was possible, of course, but Black tries
another plan.}) 15. Nd2 e5 16. Rad1 (16. d5 {is principled, followed by e2-e4
and then preparation of f2-f4.}) 16... h6 17. f3 exd4 18. Bxd4 Ne5 19. Nf1 Nh5
20. Bxe5 {Black's knights are very strong and White decides to exchange one of
them. However,} (20. Ne3 $5 {[%cal Ye3d5] was interesting} Qg5 $140 21. Bg2)
20... Rxe5 21. e4 Qf6 22. Ne3 Qxf3 $5 {[%mdl 512] An unexpected twist - Black
sacrifices an exchange. As a compensation, he gets control of the dark squares
and weakens White's e4-pawn.} 23. Bg2 Qf6 24. Ng4 Qe7 25. Nxe5 dxe5 26. Qf2 Bc6
27. a4 Qc5 28. Qxc5 bxc5 29. Re3 Kf8 30. Red3 Ke7 31. Rd5 $2 {Why? There is no
danger for White after} (31. Bf3 Nf6 32. Kf2 {as Black can't bring his knight
to d4, e.g.} Nh7 33. h4 Nf8 34. Bg4 $1 Bxe4 35. Re3 f5 36. Rxe4 $1 fxe4 37. Rd5
$14) 31... Bxd5 32. Rxd5 Nf6 33. Rxc5 (33. Rxe5+ Kd6 34. Rf5 Re8 $17) 33... Kd6
34. Rb5 Ra7 $17 {[%mdl 4096] A typical situation when the knight is much
stronger than the "bad" bishop.} 35. h4 $6 (35. Rb8 Kc5 $5 $17 {[%cal Yc5d4]})
35... Nd7 {[%cal Rc7c6]} (35... c6 $5 36. Rb8 Kc5 {[%cal Yc5d4] was possible
here, too, but why not win by force in the following pawn endgame?}) 36. Rd5+
Ke7 37. Bh3 c6 38. Rxd7+ (38. Rd2 Nc5 $19) 38... Rxd7 39. Bxd7 Kxd7 {[%cal
Rd7d6,Rd6c5,Rc5b4]} 40. c5 h5 41. Kf2 g6 42. Ke2 f5 43. exf5 gxf5 44. Kd3 Ke6
45. Kc4 f4 46. gxf4 exf4 47. Kd4 Kf5 48. Kd3 (48. b4 f3 49. Ke3 axb4 50. a5 b3
51. a6 b2 52. a7 b1=Q 53. a8=Q Qe4+ 54. Kd2 Qd4+ $19) 48... f3 (48... f3 49.
Ke3 Kg4 50. Kf2 Kf4 $19) 0-1

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 4th"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2008.05.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2008.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. a3 {
This is a rare move. Usually White plays 8.Qd2 b5 and here 9.a3. To my mind,
Topalov's choice won't find many followers. After the move in text Black might
save a tempo by refraining from ...b7-b5, at least for a while. It is
interesting that on the next day Topalov employed the same line as Black,
against his second Ivan Cheparinov.} ({Cheparinov didn't follow the main line
either:} 8. Ne2 Be7 9. c3 O-O 10. g3 cxd4 11. Nexd4 Nc5 12. Bg2 Bd7 13. O-O Rc8
$11 {0-1 Cheparinov,I (2696)-Topalov,V (2767)/Sofia BUL 2008/The Week in Chess
705 (38)}) 8... cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bc5 10. Be2 {Topalov is trying to steal a tempo,
in case that Black will go for a standard overall exchange on d4 followed by
Qd8-b6.} (10. Qd2 Bxd4 11. Bxd4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Qb6 13. Qxb6 Nxb6 {In this
endgame White has a slight edge but, usually Black keeps the balance without
many difficulties.} 14. Bd3 Bd7 15. Ne2 f6 16. Kd2 fxe5 17. fxe5 Ke7 18. Rhf1
Raf8 {+/=/= 1/2-1/2 Psakhis,L (2560)-Drasko,M (2510)/Moscow 1988/CBM 009 (28)})
(10. g3 Qb6 11. Na4 Qa5+ 12. Nc3 Qb6 13. Na4 Qa5+ 14. Nc3 Qc7 15. Nce2 O-O 16.
Bg2 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Nb6 18. b3 f6 $1 19. exf6 e5 $1 20. fxe5 Qxe5 21. Qd2 Rxf6
$36 {0-1 Lalic,B (2548)-Kortschnoj,V (2659)/Calcutta 2000/CBM 074 ext (47)})
10... O-O {Of course, Black is not forced to go for the exchange on d4 so
quickly.} 11. Qd2 Qc7 ({Now the exchange} 11... Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 Qb6
{is a bit worse for Black, since in the forthcoming endgame the king is on an
inferior g8 location, compared to an ideal e7 square.}) 12. Bf3 $6 {Topalov
vacates the e2 square for the knight but, loses control over the f1-a6
diagonal which will be exploited by Ivanchuk a few moves later. It would have
been more natural and preferable to complete his development.} (12. O-O b5 (
12... Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Qb6 14. Rfd1 {+/=/=} Qxb2 $4 15. Rdb1 $18 {[%csl Rb2]}) 13.
Rad1 {White's position is very solid in this case.} ({Worthy of consideration
was} 13. Rf3 $5 Bb7 14. Rg3 {trying to harass the black monarch.})) 12... Nxd4
13. Bxd4 Nb6 14. Ne2 Bxd4 (14... Nc4 $6 {is a punch in the air.} 15. Qc3 {
[%cal Gb2b3]}) 15. Qxd4 Bd7 16. b3 {If it were White's turn, after QQd4-d2
followed by Ne2-d4 White's position would be very good. However, Black is just
in time to prevent this regrouping.} ({The immediate} 16. Qd2 $6 Rac8 17. Nd4
$2 {would fall into} Nc4 18. Qc3 Nxe5 $1 19. Qxc7 Nxf3+ 20. Nxf3 Rxc7 {and
Black is a healthy pawn up.}) 16... Bb5 $1 (16... f6 $6 {is too risky.} 17.
exf6 gxf6 18. O-O e5 19. fxe5 fxe5 20. Qd2 $14 {Black's monarch is vulnerable
and his pawn centre is not so tough.} (20. Bxd5+ $4 Kg7 21. Qd2 Qc5+ $19)) 17.
Nc3 $2 {After this move Black seizes the intiative.} ({By} 17. Qc3 Qxc3+ 18.
Nxc3 Rfc8 19. Kd2 Rc5 20. Nxb5 axb5 21. c3 Rac8 22. Rhc1 $11 {Topalov could
get a much better version of the endgame that arose later in the game.}) 17...
Rfc8 18. Nxb5 axb5 19. Be2 Nd7 20. Ra2 {If White has to make such an awkward
move, this means that something went definitely wrong.} (20. Bd3 Nc5 $17) 20...
Nb8 $1 {Transfering the knight to better pastures.} 21. O-O Nc6 22. Qd2 Qb6+ {
Before proposing the exchange of queens, it is useful to drive away the white
king far from the centre.} 23. Kh1 Qa5 {White is nearly forced to exchange
queens under unfavourable circumstances.} 24. Qxa5 Rxa5 25. Raa1 Rca8 ({
Probably stronger would have been} 25... Nd4 26. Bd3 Rca8 $17 {The knight on
d4 also prevents the counterplay f4-f5 that occurred later in the game.}) 26.
Rad1 Rxa3 27. Bxb5 Nb4 28. c4 {Practically forced.} R8a5 $2 {Wasting time and
weakening the back rank. It should be noted that Ivanchuk was in a severe
time-scramble.} (28... Rxb3 29. cxd5 Nxd5 30. Bc4 Rb4 31. Bxd5 exd5 32. Rxd5
Rxf4 $1 33. Kg1 {White should hold this endgame.}) (28... g6 $5 $15) 29. f5
exf5 {[%tqu "En","White is in trouble. How can he achieve counterplay?","","",
"g2g4","Well played. This move was definitely unpleasant for Ivanchuk,
especially in time-trouble.",10]} 30. g4 $1 {Well played. This move was
definitely unpleasant for Ivanchuk, especially in time-trouble.} Rxb3 (30...
fxg4 31. Bd7 $1 {[%cal Ge5e6]} dxc4 32. e6 Re5 33. exf7+ Kf8 34. Bxg4 Ra8 35.
bxc4 {and White survives.}) 31. gxf5 Re3 $2 (31... Rb2 32. e6 Raa2 33. Rfe1
Rxh2+ 34. Kg1 Rag2+ 35. Kf1 {and Black has no more than a perpetual check.})
32. Rb1 Nd3 33. e6 $2 {Missing the chance.} (33. Ra1 $1 Rxa1 34. Rxa1 g5 35.
cxd5 Nxe5 36. d6 {and Black can't stop the d-pawn and has to give up a knight.}
) 33... d4 {According to the evidence, Ivanchuk had about only 7 seconds for 7
remaining moves until the move 40 (no increment!). So, at this point his prior
task was to be able not to lose on time...} 34. Be8 $2 (34. Bc6 $1 Nc5 35. Bxb7
fxe6 36. fxe6 Nxb7 37. Rxb7 h6 38. e7 Rae5 $11) 34... Nc5 {Finally, the knight
has arrived at a perfect outpost.} 35. Bxf7+ Kf8 36. f6 gxf6 37. Rxf6 Ke7 {
Now Black has perfect harmony between all his pieces.} 38. Rh6 d3 39. Rxh7 d2
40. Rg1 Re1 41. Bh5+ Kxe6 {With some ups and downs, Ivanchuk gloriously
survived the incredible time-scramble. Topalov can resign now, the d-pawn
decides the outcome.} 42. Rhg7 Ne4 43. R7g6+ Ke5 {A dramatic finish of a very
important encounter!} 0-1

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 4th"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2008.05.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2008.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 {By refraining from the immediate
occupation of the centre (d4 instead of, for instance, Nf3), White intends to
win a tempo for piece development, giving to the position a hypermodern
character. Of course, he can switch at any moment to well-known paths by
playing d4 later.} a6 {Black has a wide range of moves here, but none of them
is entirely free of drawbacks. After examining the practical material
available, I would recommend Black to refrain from the text move. However,
this might mean widening the opening repertoire (that is, adding some other
form of Slav than the Moldavian a6-line).} (4... Bg4 {allows White maintain an
advantage in space with} 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. Ne5 Be6 7. d4 $14 {Therefore, Black
should probably choose from one of the following three lines.}) ({In case of} 
4... Nbd7 {[%cal Ge7e5] , apart from transposing to a normal Semi-Slav, White
can try to exploit his microscopical advantage in the symmetrical position
arising after} 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. d4) ({Or if} 4... e6 5. b3 Nbd7 {, then} 6. Qc2
(6. cxd5 $6 {is not advisable now because of} exd5 $1) 6... Bd6 7. Bb2 {
. There are lots of games starting from this position, but I would just
mention one which was annotated by an expert of this whole white setup,
Gurevich,M (2643)-Savchenko,S (2583)/Vlissingen 1999/EXT 2000/[Gurevich,M] 
(1-0, 38).}) ({Finally, there is} 4... g6 {, inviting White to the Schlechter
variation.}) 5. Qc2 b5 6. b3 Bg4 $6 {This certainly looks premature.} (6... e6
7. d4 {allows White transpose to a favourable form of the Semi-Slav in which
Black's early queenside action has left him with weaknesses and no real
counterplay.}) (6... g6 $5 {[%cal Gc8f5]} 7. Bb2 $5 (7. d4 Bf5 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9.
Qxd3 {Although White has basically lost a tempo, things are not easy for Black
yet.} Nbd7 10. O-O Bg7 11. cxd5 (11. Bd2 O-O 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Ne2 Ne4 14. Rfc1
e5 $132 {Sargissian,G (2572)-Motylev,A (2634)/Istanbul 2003/CBM 096 (1/2-1/2,
36)}) 11... cxd5 12. a4 b4 13. Ne2 a5 ({This looks like a loss of tempo,
allowing White take over the control of the c-file. However,} 13... Qa5 {
does not equalize either.} 14. Bb2 O-O 15. Rfc1 Rfc8 16. Rc2 $1 $14 {[%cal
Ga1c1]}) 14. Bb2 O-O 15. Rfc1 Qb6 16. Rc2 Rfc8 17. Rac1 Rxc2 18. Qxc2 e6 19.
Ne5 Qa6 20. Nf4 Bh6 21. Nfd3 Nxe5 22. dxe5 Nd7 23. Bd4 $16 {Petronic,J (2450)
-Matulovic,M (2420)/Vrnjacka Banja 1998/EXT 2002 (1/2-1/2, 51)}) 7... Bf5 8.
Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Bg7 10. cxd5 Nxd5 (10... cxd5 $2 11. Nxd5 $1 $16) (10... b4
11. Na4 cxd5 12. O-O O-O 13. Rac1 $16) (10... O-O 11. e4 b4 12. Na4 cxd5 13. e5
Ne4 14. Rc1 $14) 11. O-O-O $5 (11. Nd1 Bxb2 12. Nxb2 O-O 13. O-O Nd7 {Makarov,
M (2513)-Asanov,T (2427)/St Petersburg 2002/EXT 2003 (1/2-1/2, 21). After the
simplifications, White's possibility of occupying the centre is less relevant.}
) 11... O-O (11... Nxc3 12. Qxd8+ Kxd8 13. Bxc3 Bxc3 14. dxc3+ $36 {[%cal
Gf3g5,Gh2h4]}) 12. Nxd5 Bxb2+ 13. Kxb2 cxd5 14. Rc1 Qd6 {[%cal Gb8c6]} 15. Qc3
{[%cal Gh2h4]} Nd7 16. Qc7 $36) 7. Ne5 $36 {With his c6-pawn vulnerable and
his bishop exposed, Black faces serious problems already.} Bh5 $2 {This
blunder has been played before.} (7... Be6 8. Bb2 $14 Qc7 9. cxd5 (9. Ne2 $1
$14 {[%csl Rc7,Rf8][%cal Ge2f4,Gc4d5]}) 9... cxd5 10. Rc1 Nbd7 (10... Qxe5 11.
Nxb5 $18 {[%cal Gb5c7]}) 11. Bxb5 $6 {Here, this sacrifice is unsound.} (11.
Nxd7 $5 Qxd7 12. a4 $14 b4 $2 13. Nb5 $1 $18) 11... axb5 12. Nxb5 Qxc2 13. Rxc2
Nxe5 14. Nc7+ Kd8 15. Nxa8 Nd3+ (15... Bf5 $1 $17) 16. Ke2 Nxb2 17. Rxb2 Bc8
18. b4 $13 {Komarov,D (2540)-Prie,E (2516)/Chalons en Champagne 2007/CBM 116
ext (0-1, 48)}) 8. cxb5 cxb5 $6 $146 {Not suspecting anything.} ({In the
previous game where this position was seen, Black understood in time what was
cooking for him and played the "relatively better"} 8... Qc7 9. Nxc6 Nxc6 10.
bxc6 Qxc6 $16 {Agamaliev,G (2516)-Khaghani,M (2289)/Tehran 2005/CBM 104 ext 
(1-0, 30). , which allowed him play some more decent moves before resigning.})
9. Bxb5+ axb5 10. Nxb5 {The game is over. Black's insistence on playing on for
20 more moves may be regarded as some lack of respect for the opponent, but it
is not easy to resign before the game even started (although it is allowed by
the Sofia rule!)} e6 (10... Na6 11. Qc6+ Nd7 12. Nxd7 $18) 11. Nc7+ Ke7 12.
Nxa8 Nfd7 13. Ba3+ Kf6 14. Bb2 Nxe5 15. f4 Nbd7 16. Nc7 Bg6 17. Bxe5+ Nxe5 18.
fxe5+ Kxe5 19. Qc3+ Kf5 20. O-O+ Kg5 21. a4 Kh6 22. Rf3 Bf5 23. Raf1 Bd6 24.
Nb5 Bb8 25. Nd4 Be4 26. Rh3+ Kg6 27. d3 Bf5 28. Rhf3 Be5 29. Qe1 Bxd4 30. Rg3+
Kh6 31. exd4 g6 32. Rgf3 1-0

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 4th"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2008.05.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E99"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2008.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Nd3 f5 11. Bd2 Nf6 12. f3 f4 13. c5 g5 14. Rc1 Ng6 15. cxd6
cxd6 16. Nb5 Rf7 17. Qc2 Ne8 18. Nf2 h5 19. a4 Bf8 20. h3 {[%mdl 4]} Rg7 21.
Qb3 Nh4 22. Rc2 g4 {This position is well-known in opening theory.} (22... Nf6
{and}) (22... a6 {are the most common moves.}) {The text move (an attempt of
an immediate attack) is probably premature.} 23. fxg4 Nf6 24. Be1 $1 {[%cal
Ye1h4]} hxg4 (24... Kh8 25. g3 $1 (25. Qc4 hxg4 26. Nxg4 Nxg4 27. Bxg4 Bxg4 28.
hxg4 Rxg4 29. Qd3 Qg5 $44 {1/2-1/2 Ftacnik,L-Pribyl,J/Bratislava 1983/MCD (57)}
) 25... hxg4 26. Nxg4 Nxg4 27. hxg4 Bxg4 28. Bxg4 Rxg4 29. Nc7 Rb8 30. Ne6 Qb6+
31. Qxb6 axb6 32. Kh2 $16) 25. hxg4 (25. Nxg4 Nxg4 (25... Nxe4 26. Qc4 Nc5 27.
Bf2) 26. Bxg4 Bxg4 27. hxg4 Rxg4 28. Qh3 Qg5 29. Nc7 (29. Bxh4 $6 Rxh4 30. Qe6+
Kh8 31. Rf3 Be7 32. Rfc3 Rg8 $132 {0-1 Sanchis,A-Roger,M/France 2003/EXT 2004 
(42)}) 29... Rb8 (29... Rc8 30. Ne6 Rxc2 31. Nxg5 Rgxg2+ 32. Kh1 $18) 30. Ne6
Qh5 31. Kh1 $16) 25... Nh5 {Black tries to avoid the above variation, which
would arise after} (25... Nxg4 26. Nxg4 Bxg4 27. Bxg4 Rxg4) 26. Nh1 $6 (26. Nd1
$142 $1 Bxg4 27. Bxg4 Rxg4 28. Qh3 Qg5 29. Nc7 Rc8 $1 (29... f3 30. Bxh4 Rxh4
31. Qe6+ Kh8 32. Rxf3) 30. Kh1 $1 {[%cal Rc7e6]} Rxc7 (30... Ng3+ 31. Bxg3 Rxg3
32. Qxc8 Qh5 33. Qe6+ Kh8 34. Qe8 Qh6 35. Kg1 $18) 31. Rxc7 Ng3+ 32. Bxg3 Rxg3
33. Rg1 $3 Qh5 34. Qh2 Rg6 35. Rxb7 Rh6 36. Rb3 $16) 26... f3 $6 (26... Bxg4
$142 27. Bxg4 Rxg4 28. Qh3 Qg5 29. Nc7 Rc8 $1 30. Bxh4 Qxh4 31. Qxh4 Rxh4 32.
Rfc1 Ng7 33. Nf2 Rh6 {and the endgame far from clear.}) 27. Bxf3 (27. gxf3 $1
Nf4 28. Ng3 Qb6+ 29. Bf2 Nh3+ 30. Kh2 Nxf2 31. a5 Qxa5 32. Rxf2 Qb6 33. Bc4 Bd7
34. Na3 Rh7 35. Nh5 Be7 36. Qxb6 axb6 37. Bb5 $1 $16 Rxa3 $140 38. bxa3 Bxb5
39. Rc8+ Kf7 40. f4 $18) 27... Nf4 {Looks formidable but White successfully
defends.} 28. Ng3 (28. Bxh4 {was safer but after} Qxh4 29. g3 (29. Rc7 Rg6)
29... Nh3+ 30. Kg2 Nf4+ $1 (30... Qh7 31. Nf2) 31. Kf2 Nh3+ 32. Ke1 Qd8 33. Nf2
Ng5 34. Be2 Rf7 {Black has a kind of fortress.}) 28... Bxg4 (28... Nxf3+ 29.
gxf3 Qb6+ 30. Bf2 Nh3+ 31. Kg2 Nf4+ (31... Nxf2 32. a5 $1 Qxa5 33. Rfxf2) 32.
Kh1 Rh7+ (32... Qd8 33. Bg1) 33. Nh5 Qd8 34. Bg3 Nxh5 35. gxh5 Rxh5+ 36. Bh2
$16) 29. Bxg4 Rxg4 30. Nc7 (30. Rff2 Qg5 31. Rfd2 Qf6 {[%cal Rf4g2]} 32. Rc3
Qg6 $44) 30... Rc8 $1 31. Ne6 Rxc2 $1 32. Qxc2 (32. Nxd8 $4 Rxg2+ 33. Kh1 Nf3
$1 $19) 32... Qb6+ $2 {This move misses the target.} (32... Qe8 $1 $44 {
lead to an unclear position.}) 33. Kh1 Nhxg2 (33... Nf3 $5 {was, alas,
unsatisfactory:} 34. Nxf4 Nxe1 35. Qc8 $1 Rxf4 36. Rxf4 exf4 37. Nf5 Qf2 38.
Ne7+ $1 {and White mates}) (33... Nhg6 $142 {but after} 34. Bf2 (34. Nf5 $5
Rxg2 35. Bf2 Qb4 36. Ne3 $16) 34... Qb4 35. Kg1 {White starts converting his
material advantage.}) 34. Nf5 $1 {[%mdl 2048]} Qa6 (34... Nxe6 35. dxe6 Nxe1
36. Qe2 $1 Rg5 37. e7 $18) 35. Rg1 Qd3 36. Qxd3 Nxd3 37. Bh4 Rxe4 38. Rxg2+ Kf7
39. Nxd6+ Bxd6 40. Ng5+ {Quite a typical KI game: Black's attack looked very
strong but White defended in a tense tactical fight.} 1-0

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 4th"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2008.05.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2008.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. a3
Nbd7 9. g3 Be7 10. b3 (10. f4 {which was successfully experimented with by
Topalov in the World Championship match against Kramnik, might be a better way
to fight for an opening advantage.}) 10... e5 {White is making a lot of moves
with his pawns, delaying natural development. Therefore, this thrust in the
centre looks very logical.} (10... O-O $6 11. Bg2 b5 12. c5 a5 13. Bb2 Qc7 14.
O-O Rfe8 15. f4 Nh7 16. g4 f5 17. g5 $16 {1-0 Eljanov,P (2701)-L'Ami,E (2598)/
Germany 2007/EXT 2008 (65)}) 11. cxd5 (11. Bg2 e4 12. O-O Nb6 13. Bd2 Qd7 14.
c5 Nc8 15. f3 exf3 16. Qxf3 Bd8 17. h3 Ne7 18. g4 g5 19. Rae1 O-O 20. e4 dxe4
21. Qf2 Ned5 22. Nxe4 Nxe4 23. Rxe4 Bf6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Sasikiran,K (2700)
-Svetushkin,D (2588)/Moscow 2007/CBM 117 (61)}) 11... Nxd5 $1 12. Nxd5 $6 {
After this careless exchange I already don't see a clear way for White to
equalize. It seems that Aronian wasn't well prepared for this opening
variation.} (12. Bb2 Nxc3 (12... Qa5 $6 13. Qc2 $1 exd4 14. b4 Qd8 15. Nxd5
cxd5 16. Bxd4 $14) 13. Bxc3 exd4 14. Bxd4 Bf6 (14... Qa5+ $6 15. b4 Qd5 16.
Bxg7 Qxh1 17. Bxh8 O-O-O 18. Bd4 $14) 15. Bg2 $11 {White does not have more
than equality here.}) 12... Qa5+ $1 {A very annoying check.} 13. Nc3 (13. Bd2
$2 Qxd5 $17 {[%csl Rd4,Rh1]}) 13... Qxc3+ 14. Bd2 Qb2 15. d5 $6 $146 {Trying
to weaken some light squares in Black's camp. Actually, this idea does not
work out properly. On the other hand, Black is already better in all lines.} (
15. Bg2 exd4 16. exd4 Qxd4 17. O-O O-O $6 (17... O-O-O $15) 18. Bb4 Qxd1 19.
Rfxd1 Bxb4 20. Rxd7 Bc3 21. Rc1 Bb2 22. Rc2 Bxa3 23. Rxb7 Rab8 24. Rxa7 Rxb3
25. Bxc6 Rb1+ 26. Kg2 Rc1 27. Rxc1 Bxc1 28. Bd5 $14 {1-0 Wang Yue (2644)
-Bobras,P (2542)/Cappelle la Grande 2007/CBM 117 ext (75)}) ({White is not
able to trap the queen after} 15. Rb1 Qxa3 16. b4 exd4 17. exd4 O-O $17) (15.
Qb1 Qxb1+ 16. Rxb1 exd4 17. exd4 Nb6 $15 {[%csl Rd4,Gd5]} (17... Bxa3 $2 18. b4
{[%csl Ra3]})) 15... cxd5 16. Bb5 a6 (16... Rd8 {was possible as well.} 17. Rb1
Qxa3 18. b4 e4 19. Rb3 Qa2 20. Bc3 d4 $1 21. Bxd4 a6 $17) 17. Bxd7+ Kxd7 {
The king feels okay in the centre. White's pieces are passive and can't really
harass the black monarch.} 18. O-O e4 19. Bc3 $2 {Aronian preferred to
sacrifice a piece for some practical chances to suffering with a pawn down.
Frankly speaking, this looks more like a bluff.} (19. Bb4 Qe5 20. Bxe7 Kxe7 $17
) 19... Qxc3 20. Qxd5+ Ke8 21. Rac1 Qd3 22. Qxb7 Rd8 23. Rfd1 (23. Rc7 Bf6 24.
Rfc1 Rh5 $19) 23... Qxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 25. Kg2 a5 {All Black needs now is to
coordinate his forces. This is not that trivial, since his king has lost the
right to castle.} 26. g4 {Trying to prevent the activation of the rook via h5
square.} Kf8 27. Qxe4 g5 $1 28. Qf5 {[%csl Ra5]} Bd8 29. Qc5+ Kg8 30. Qe5 g6
31. b4 axb4 32. axb4 Kh7 33. b5 Rf8 34. Qc5 Kg8 {Black managed to "castle".
The rest is pure technique.} 35. b6 {This is already a lack of concentration.
Anyway, White's position is completely lost.} Rb1 {[%csl Rb6]} 36. f4 Rb2+ 37.
Kg3 gxf4+ 38. exf4 Bxb6 39. Qc3 Rb1 40. f5 Rg1+ 41. Kh3 Re8 42. Qf6 Bf2 43.
Qg7+ {The last try.} Kxg7 44. f6+ Kf8 {Avoiding the last easy trap. White
resigned.} (44... Kxf6 $4 45. g5+ {could lead to stalemate!}) 0-1

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 4th"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2008.05.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2008.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 Bg7 11. Bd3 Ne7 12. Nxe7 Qxe7 13. c3 f5 14. Nc2 O-O
15. O-O Rb8 16. exf5 e4 17. Be2 Bxf5 18. Nb4 Qg5 19. f4 exf3 20. Bxf3 Rbe8 21.
Nc6 Be5 22. Nxe5 dxe5 23. Qc1 Qxc1 24. Raxc1 Be6 25. Rfe1 f6 26. Rcd1 Rd8 27.
Bb7 a5 28. Bc6 b4 29. cxb4 axb4 30. a4 Rxd1 31. Rxd1 Rc8 32. Be4 f5 33. Bd5
Bxd5 34. Rxd5 Rc2 35. b3 Rc3 36. Rxe5 Rxb3 37. Rxf5 Ra3 38. a5 b3 39. Rb5 Kg7
40. h3 b2 41. Rxb2 Rxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 4th"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2008.05.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2008.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Rc1
{An old-fashioned move.} Bd6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Qe7 11. Qc2 a6 $6 (11... dxc4 {
is more common:} 12. Bxc4 e5 (12... Nb6 13. Ne4 Nxc4 14. Qxc4 Bc7 15. Ne5 Rd8
16. f4 f6 17. Nd3 a5 18. Rf2 Bd7 19. Ndc5 b5 20. Qe2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Tomashevsky,
E-Pavasovic,D/Dresden 2007/CBM 118 (43)}) (12... b6 13. Ne4 (13. Rfd1 Bb7 14.
Ne4 Bc7 15. Rd2 Rac8 16. a3 Bb8 17. b4 Rfd8 18. Bd3 f5 19. Ng3 c5 $132 {
0-1 Sladek,V-Cech,P/Ostrava 2003/EXT 2006 (65)}) 13... Bc7 14. Bb3 Ba6 $6 (
14... Bb7 $1) 15. Rfd1 Rac8 16. Ba4 f5 17. Ng3 Bb7 18. Qe2 Qd6 19. e4 $14 {
0-1 Sladek,V-Klimsa,J/Ostrava 2003/EXT 2006 (38)}) 13. Ne4 exd4 (13... Bb8 $5
14. Ng3 (14. d5 $5) 14... Nb6 15. Bb3 Re8 16. a4 e4 17. Nd2 Bxg3 18. fxg3 Be6
19. Rf4 Qb4 20. Bxe6 Rxe6 21. Rxe4 Rxe4 22. Nxe4 Nxa4 23. b3 Nb6 24. Nc5 Nd5
$132 {0-1 Stanojevic,B-Basagic,Z/Skofja Loka 1997/CBM 061 ext (60)}) 14. Nxd6
Qxd6 15. Rfd1 Ne5 (15... Nb6 16. Rxd4 Qe7 17. Bb3 Be6 18. Qe4 Rae8 19. Bc2 f5
20. Qh4 Bxa2 21. Qxe7 Rxe7 22. Ra1 Bd5 23. Rxa7 Nc8 24. Ra8 g6 $11 {1/2-1/2
Hjartarson,J-Thorhallsson,T/Iceland 1993/TD (44)}) 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Rxd4 Bf5
18. Qc3 Rae8 19. Qa3 a6 20. Rcd1 Bc8 21. b4 Qc7 22. Qc3 Re5 23. a3 Rfe8 24. Rf4
Bf5 25. h3 a5 26. g4 axb4 27. axb4 Be6 28. Rfd4 Bc8 29. Rf4 Be6 30. Bxe6 R5xe6
31. Qd4 Re5 {1/2-1/2 Capablanca,J-Levenfish,G/Moscow 1936/HCL}) 12. c5 Bc7 13.
e4 {[%mdl 32] A typical reaction.} dxe4 14. Nxe4 Rd8 $146 {Black decides to
defend passively.} (14... e5 {is quite risky:} 15. Rfe1 exd4 16. Neg5 (16. Nd6
$5 Qd8 17. Nxc8 Rxc8 18. Bf5 $36) 16... Qxc5 17. Qb3 Qd5 $2 (17... Qb6 $2 18.
Bh7+ Kh8 19. Nxf7+ Kxh7 20. Qd3+ Kg8 21. Nxh6+ $16) (17... Qd6 $1 18. Nxf7 (18.
Bh7+ Kh8 19. Nxf7+ Rxf7 20. Qxf7 Kxh7 21. Re7 Qg6 22. Rxd7 Bxd7 23. Qxd7 Qd6
24. Qxd6 Bxd6 25. Nxd4 Re8 $15) 18... Rxf7 19. Bc4 Qf8 20. Nh4 $44) 18. Qxd5
cxd5 19. Nh7 $16 {1-0 Kiselev,S-Guliev,S/Azov 1991/CBM 025 (40)}) 15. Rfe1 Nf8
16. Qc3 f6 17. Bb1 Kh8 18. a3 Bd7 19. Nfd2 {[%cal Rd2c4]} f5 $1 {Just in time!}
20. Ng3 Qf6 21. Nf3 Be8 22. Ba2 (22. Ne5 Ng6 $1) 22... b6 (22... a5 $5 {
[%cal Ya5a4]} 23. Ne5 Nd7 $5) 23. Rc2 (23. Ne5 $5 bxc5 (23... Rab8 24. cxb6
Bxb6 25. Ne2) 24. Qxc5 (24. dxc5 f4 25. Nf1 a5 $13) 24... Rab8 {[%cal Rc7b6,
Rb8b2]} 25. Qc3 Rd6 26. Ne2 $14 (26. b4 $143 a5)) 23... bxc5 24. Qxc5 $14 {
Black has a lot of weaknesses but his bishop pair can be potentially strong.}
Rab8 25. Rd2 a5 26. Qc3 Rd6 27. Rde2 (27. Ne5 $5) 27... Bb6 28. Re5 {The rook
is not the best blockader but White can afford this.} Bf7 29. Bb1 Qd8 30. Ba2
Rb7 31. Ne2 Ng6 32. Re3 a4 {Both sides have made a little progress. Black
decides to blockade White's queenside pawns but his own a4-pawn can now be
weak.} 33. Qc2 Rc7 $6 {[%mdl 512] This pawn sac to activate pieces is dubious.}
(33... Ra7 $142) 34. Qxa4 c5 35. dxc5 $6 (35. Rc3 $1 cxd4 (35... Kg8 36. dxc5
Rxc5 37. Ned4 $5) 36. Rxc7 Qxc7 37. Nexd4 Bxd4 38. Nxd4 Qb6 39. Nxf5 $1 (39.
Nxe6 $143 Qxb2 40. Bb3 Rd3) 39... Rd2 40. Rf1 Rxb2 41. Bc4 {and Black has no
sufficient compensation.}) 35... Rxc5 $44 {[%csl Re3] Now Black is fine.} 36.
Rc3 Ne5 37. Ned4 Ng4 $6 (37... Be8 38. Qb3 Rcd5 $44) (37... Nxf3+ $5 38. Nxf3
Rxc3 39. bxc3 Rd2 $1 40. Nxd2 Qxd2 41. Rf1 Qxa2 42. Qb4 Bc7 43. Qe7 Qc4 44.
Qxf7 Bxh2+ 45. Kxh2 Qxf1 {and the endgame should end in a draw.}) 38. h3 $6 {
This leads to complications, which eventually end in a draw.} (38. Qc2 $1 $14 {
kept the better prospects for White.}) 38... Nxf2 $1 39. Kxf2 Ra5 40. Qc2 Rxd4
41. Kf1 Qd7 42. Rc8+ Kh7 43. Qc6 Qd6 44. Qxd6 Rxd6 45. Rf8 Ra7 46. Ne5 Rd2 47.
Re2 Rd1+ 48. Re1 Rd2 49. Re2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 4th"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2008.05.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2008.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O e6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4
d6 9. Rd1 a6 10. b3 Nbd7 11. e4 {This tricky move order has been known for a
very long time. By delaying the development of his queen's bishop, White
retains the possibility of attacking the d6-pawn with Ba3, depending on
Black's answer.} Qc8 {Equally tricky.} ({White's main idea is revealed after} 
11... Qc7 12. Ba3 Nc5 13. e5 dxe5 14. Qxe5 {. It is far from clear whether
White has an objective advantage here, but his play seems to be easier in the
ensuing ending. See for instance Villamayor,B (2560)-Nguyen Anh Dung (2557)/
Manila 2001/CBM 083/[Stohl] (1/2-1/2, 57).}) (11... Qb8 {is less effective
than the text move because after} 12. Ba3 Nc5 13. e5 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 dxe5 {
White has} 15. Bc6+ $1 {, depriving Black from the right to castle and
retaining strong initiative after} Kf8 16. Qe3 Ra7 17. b4 Ncd7 18. c5 {Stempin,
P (2380)-Ksieski,Z (2415)/Polanica Zdroj 1983/MCD (1-0, 36)}) 12. Bb2 {Having
provoked the slightly awkward placement of the enemy queen, White returns to
the normal course of development. Later, Black will need to spend a tempo on
improving the queen's position.} (12. Ba3 Nc5 13. e5 {would not work out so
well now because after} Bxf3 $1 14. Bxf3 dxe5 {the c6-square is defended by
the black queen.} 15. Qe3 ({Despite general belief before the computer era,} 
15. Qxe5 {is playable. After} Ncd7 $1 {[%csl Ga3,Ge5] White saves the game with
} 16. Rxd7 Nxd7 17. Qxg7 Bf6 18. Ne4 $3 Bxg7 19. Nd6+ Kd8 20. Nxf7+ $1 $11 {
and Black has to agree to a draw by perpetual because} Kc7 $4 {unexpectedely
leads to mate in one with} 21. Bd6#) 15... Rb8 {Schneider,A (2425)-Wojtkiewicz,
A (2550)/Stara Zagora 1990/CBM 017 (0-1, 42). and White's compensation is
questionable.}) 12... O-O 13. Qe3 {In the systems where White develops with
Bb2 and Qe3, his rooks usually go to e2 and e1, in order to prevent the
freeing move ...d5 in view of e5. This means that the loss of time provoked by
...Qc8 may be compensated by the early commitment of White's king's rook.
However, Bu had some unexpected plan in mind, where his rooks belong to d1 and
c1.} Re8 {In the English Hedgehog, the optimal placement of Black's rooks
depends on far from obvious details. Given the fact that Ivanchuk could not
foresee Bu's plan (as far as I know, it had only been played once before, in a
worse form for White, leading him to defeat), his last move seems very natural,
because it creates some pressure against the white queen (in view of an
eventual ...d5).} ({Anticipating the further course of events,} 13... Rd8 {
comes into consideration. For instance:} 14. Rac1 Qc7 15. h3 {Same plan as in
the game, never tried in this position, though.} ({In case of} 15. Nd4 {
Black can return to the normal regrouping with} Re8 16. h3 Rad8 {, for instance
} 17. Re1 Qb8 18. Rb1 Bf8 19. a4 g6 20. Ba3 Bg7 $13 {and Black has achieved a
comfortable position in Bukal,V (2422)-Markus,R (2584)/Djakovo 2005/CBM 106
ext (0-1, 53)}) 15... Rac8 16. Nh2 Qb8 17. Ng4 Ba8 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Na4 Bxb2
20. Nxb2 {and now, having the d6-pawn more securely defended, Black can play}
b5 $132) 14. Rac1 Qc7 15. h3 $5 {[%cal Gf3h2,Gh2g4] This move is usually
played in order to secure the queen on h3, but this game will add new
dimensions to the apparently modest pawn move.} ({Once again,} 15. Nd4 {
is not dangerous for Black.} Rac8 16. h3 Qb8 (16... Bf8 17. Re1 g6 18. Rcd1 Qb8
19. Qd2 {1/2-1/2 Bischoff,K (2541)-Lutz,C (2643)/Altenkirchen 2001/CBM 087})
17. g4 h6 18. Qg3 Nc5 19. f3 Bd8 $5 {An original regrouping, justified by the
awkward placement of the white queen.} 20. h4 Bc7 21. g5 d5 22. Qh3 Nh5 23. Qg4
g6 24. cxd5 Bf4 $36 {Popov,R (2470)-Notkin,M (2478)/Moscow 1999/EXT 2001 (0-1,
37)}) 15... Rac8 ({Here, too, placing a rook on d8 would have made sense.} 
15... Rad8 16. Nh2 Qb8 17. Ng4 Ba8 18. Nxf6+ ({The only game where Bu's
manoeuvre had been played went} 18. Ne2 Nxg4 19. hxg4 h6 $1 {Blocking the
g4-pawn and preventing White from increasing his advantage of space.} 20. Rc2
Ne5 21. f3 d5 $1 $132 {Espig,L (2445)-Womacka,M (2430)/Germany 1993/GER-chT2 
(0-1, 33)}) 18... Bxf6 19. Na4 Bxb2 20. Nxb2 {. Again,} b5 {offers Black
acceptable play, although in the previous similar line the rooks seem to be
better placed on c8 and d8.}) 16. Nh2 Qb8 17. Ng4 {The point is that, after
the exchange of one pair of knights, Black faces some problems defending his
d6- and b6-pawns. We have a slight paradox here, because the exchange of
pieces usually favours the player who lacks space.} Ba8 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Na4
Be7 ({In the absence of a rook on d8,} 19... Bxb2 20. Nxb2 $14 {offers White
some initiative, because of the threat Qd4.}) 20. e5 {Finally, White has
managed to carry out this pawn break, several moves after the opening has
finished. This ensures him some initiative, but maybe not an objective
advantage yet.} Bxg2 21. exd6 $5 (21. Kxg2 Nxe5 22. Bxe5 dxe5 23. Qxb6 Qa8+ 24.
Kg1 Bg5 25. Rb1 e4 $132) 21... Bxd6 ({The tempting} 21... Bxh3 {does not seem
to work out well for Black:} 22. dxe7 Qb7 (22... Rxe7 $2 23. g4 $3 {[%csl Gh3]
This elegant move traps the bishop. The pawn is taboo because of Qg5, while} b5
{can be met by} 24. Ba3 $1 $18) 23. f3 Rxe7 24. Rxd7 $1 Rxd7 25. Nxb6 Bf5 26.
Nxd7 Qxd7 27. g4 Bg6 28. g5 $1 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Ge3e5] Preventing ...f6, which
would secure the g7-square and prepare an expansion in the centre.} Qd6 29. f4
$5 (29. Qe5 Qxe5 30. Bxe5 {offers Black some counterplay after} f6 $5 31. gxf6
gxf6 32. Bxf6 Rf8) 29... Kf8 30. Qe5 Qxe5 31. Bxe5 $14 {and White's passed
pawns preserve their mobility, while Black's kingside is blocked.}) 22. Kxg2
Nc5 23. Nc3 $1 {The exchange of knights would solve Black's problems of
coordination.} Be5 $2 $16 {Rather careless. With his king's rook passively
placed, Black is not ready to display such activity.} ({It was not too late
yet to take the d-file under control with} 23... Red8 $5 {for instance} 24. Rc2
(24. b4 Nd7 $1 {[%csl Gb4]}) 24... Qb7+ 25. Kg1 Be7 {and Black's position is
entirely viable.}) 24. b4 Nb7 (24... Qb7+ 25. f3 Nd7 26. Rxd7 Qxd7 27. Qxe5 $16
) 25. Qxb6 Rxc4 26. Na4 Rxc1 27. Rxc1 $16 {With his knight passively placed,
his back rank vulnerable and his a6-pawn weak, Black can hardly resist to the
invasion of the enemy forces.} Bxb2 28. Nxb2 Qa8 29. Qc6 Nd6 30. Qxa8 Rxa8 31.
Rc6 Nf5 32. Rc7 h5 33. Nd3 h4 34. g4 Nd4 35. a4 f6 36. Nc5 e5 37. a5 Ne2 38.
Ne6 Nf4+ 39. Nxf4 exf4 40. Rc6 {This move allows Black some activity, which
will eventually prove sufficient to save this difficult ending.} (40. Rb7 $5
Rd8 (40... Kh7 41. Kf3 {loses a pawn without any counterplay.}) 41. b5 $1 axb5
(41... Rd5 {does not change anything, because it fails to create a threat.
White can first carry out his kingside plan with} 42. Kf3 $1 Kh7 43. Kxf4 {
, and only now think about bxa6.} axb5 44. a6 b4 45. a7 Ra5 46. Ke3 $18) 42. a6
Ra8 43. a7 Kh7 {With a pawn on the seventh rank, White is winning, if only he
can eliminate the dangerous b-pawn and keep the relatively slow black
counterplay on the opposite wing under control.} 44. Kf3 b4 45. Ke4 $1 {
Ignoring the f4-pawn, of course.} Kh6 46. Kd4 g5 ({In the event of} 46... f3 {
the white king can go straight to the own pawn with} 47. Kc5 $1 b3 48. Kb6 $18
{[%cal Gb6a6] and Black's counterplay is one move too slow.}) 47. f3 b3 48. Kc3
Kg6 (48... f5 49. gxf5 g4 50. fxg4 f3 {would lose too much material, allowing
White change plans with} 51. Kd3 $1 $18 {After the exchange of the b- and
a-pawns, his kingside advantage will be decisive anyway.}) 49. Kxb3 f5 50.
gxf5+ Kxf5 51. Kc4 g4 52. fxg4+ Ke4 53. Kc5 f3 54. Rf7 Ke3 55. Kb6 $18) 40...
Kf7 41. g5 Kg6 42. gxf6 gxf6 43. Kf3 Kg5 44. Rc5+ f5 45. Rc6 Rb8 46. Rb6 Ra8
47. Ke2 Re8+ 48. Kd3 Re4 49. Kc3 Re2 50. Rxa6 Rxf2 51. Rd6 f3 52. Rd1 Kf4 53.
Kb3 Re2 54. a6 Re3+ 55. Kc4 f2 56. Rf1 Kg3 57. b5 Ra3 {Black's counterplay has
become too threatening and White decided to force a draw.} 58. Kb4 Ra2 59. Kb3
Ra5 60. Kb4 Ra2 61. Kb3 Ra5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 4th"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2008.05.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2008.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 e6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. O-O
Bd6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Bd2 Re8 11. Qd1 dxc4 12. Bxc4 a6 13. a4 c5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15.
Qc2 Rc8 16. Rfd1 Qe7 17. Rac1 Rc7 18. Be1 Rec8 19. Be2 h6 20. Bf3 Ncd7 21. Qb3
Ne5 22. Be2 Bb4 23. Rc2 Nc6 24. Bf3 Ne5 25. Be2 Nc6 26. Bf3 Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 4th"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2008.05.18"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2008.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 {Already a kind of a surprise. Obviously, Ivanchuk has vast
experience in the Sicilian, however, in his tournament situation when a draw
would secure him clear first, some solid opening was expected. But, you can
never know, what to expect from Ivanchuk!} 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5.
Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8. O-O-O Bb4 {So, it is one of the sharpest
variations in the Paulsen.} 9. f3 Ne5 10. Nb3 b5 (10... Bxc3 $6 11. bxc3 {
is in White's favour since the dark squares in Black's camp are vulnerable.})
11. Bd4 {This move is more tempting, though the prophylactic 11.Kb1 is also a
common move here.} (11. Kb1 Nc4 (11... Be7 12. Qf2 d6 13. Bb6 Qb8 14. Bd4 O-O
15. g4 Nfd7 16. Rg1 b4 17. Na4 a5 18. f4 Nc6 19. Be3 Ba6 20. g5 Rc8 $132 {
0-1 Macieja,B (2599)-Iotov,V (2531)/Plovdiv BUL 2008/The Week in Chess 703 (69)
}) 12. Bxc4 bxc4 13. Nc1 Rb8 14. Bf4 (14. Ka1 $6 O-O 15. Bf4 e5 16. Bg5 Ne8 17.
N1e2 d6 18. a3 a5 19. Qc1 Be6 20. Na2 f5 21. Nec3 Qb7 22. Rhf1 Bc5 23. Rfe1 f4
$17 {0-1 Morozevich,A (2755)-Vitiugov,N (2594)/Moscow RUS 2007/The Week in
Chess 685 (71)}) 14... e5 15. Bg5 Qb6 16. N1e2 O-O 17. Bxf6 Ba3 18. b3 Qxf6 19.
Nd5 Qd8 20. f4 $1 $14 {1-0 Cheparinov,I (2670)-Pelletier,Y (2609)/Crete 2007/
CBM 121 (30)}) 11... Be7 (11... Bb7 12. Kb1 Be7 13. Qf2 (13. Na5 d6 14. Ne2 {
1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V (2740)-Ljubojevic,L (2600)/Belgrade 1995/CBM 051}) 13... Rc8
14. a3 O-O 15. g4 d6 16. g5 Nfd7 17. Rg1 Nc6 18. Be3 b4 19. axb4 Nxb4 20. f4
Rfe8 21. f5 exf5 22. exf5 Bf8 23. Rd4 $16 {1-0 Cheparinov,I (2550)-Pogorelov,R
(2451)/Dos Hermanas 2004/CBM 099 ext (41)}) 12. Qf2 {Cheparinov deviates from
his own game, obviously suspecting some improvement which might have been
prepared by Vassily Ivanchuk.} (12. Kb1 d6 13. Qf2 O-O 14. g4 Nfd7 15. Rg1 b4
16. Na4 Qc6 17. Nb6 Nxb6 18. Na5 Qd7 19. Bxb6 Rb8 20. f4 Ng6 21. Nc4 Qc6 22.
Ba7 Rb5 23. f5 Ne5 24. Nxe5 Rxe5 25. Bd4 $16 {1-0 Cheparinov,I (2625)
-Middelburg,T (2413)/Netherlands 2006/EXT 2007 (38)}) 12... d6 13. g4 O-O {
Now the position is similar to one that arises in the other Sicilian variation:
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.f3 b5 8.Qd2 and so
on. Castling on opposite sides always promises a sharp, double-edged fight.}
14. g5 Nfd7 15. Rg1 Bb7 16. Kb1 Rfc8 17. Rg3 $2 $146 {Just a bad novelty.
Needless to say, that in such a sharp position one mistake is enough to lose
the game.} (17. a3 {This move is necessary to prevent b5-b4.} Nc4 18. Bxc4 Qxc4
{I think that the recapture by the queen is preferable. This way Black keeps
his queenside pawns mobile, compared to the position which arises after 18...
bxc4.} (18... bxc4 19. Nc1 Rab8 20. N1e2 Bc6 21. Ka1 Qa5 22. Na2 e5 23. Bc3 Qc7
24. Ng3 g6 25. Nf1 Nc5 26. Ne3 $14 {1-0 Kasparov,G (2838)-Ye Jiangchuan (2667)/
Bled 2002/EXT 2003 (66)}) 19. Rg4 Qc7 (19... a5 $5 $13 {[%cal Gb5b4] Ribli})
20. f4 e5 21. Be3 exf4 22. Bxf4 Ne5 23. Rg3 Bf8 24. h4 $14 {[%csl Yd5][%cal
Gh4h5,Gc3d5] 1-0 Lahno,K (2472)-Goloshchapov,A (2577)/Kharkov 2004/CBM 103 (41)
}) 17... b4 18. Na4 {The knight has to go to this unfortunate square.} Bd8 $1 {
Covering b6 square and preparing 19...Bc6. The Na4 has no place to retreat to.}
19. Nc1 {What else?} Bc6 20. b3 Bxa4 21. bxa4 Nc6 22. Be3 Qb8 $1 {Preparing
either 23...Nb6 or 23...Bb6.} ({An immediate} 22... Nb6 $2 {would
unnecessarily give up a pawn:} 23. Bxb6 Qxb6 24. Qxb6 Bxb6 25. Rxd6) 23. Rh3 {
An attempt to create mating threats along the h-file is too primitive but,
White has no other idea instead. His position on the queenside is permanently
corrupted.} Nb6 24. Qh4 (24. Bxb6 Qxb6 25. Qxb6 Bxb6 26. Rxd6 Be3 $17 {White
has too many weaknesses.}) 24... h6 {The only defence but, sufficient.} 25. Qg3
(25. Qh5 Nxa4 26. gxh6 Nc3+ 27. Ka1 Nxd1 28. hxg7 Bf6+ $19) 25... Nxa4 26. Rxd6
hxg5 27. Bd3 Bf6 {White has no threats, meanwhile his king is doomed.} 28. e5
Bxe5 29. Rh8+ {Trying to shatter Chukky's confidence but, not in this
tournament!} Kxh8 30. Qh3+ Kg8 31. Qh7+ Kf8 32. Rd7 Nc3+ 33. Ka1 Nb5+ {With
this win Ivanchuk set the seal on a convincing overall victory with a superb
result: 8 points out of 10!} 0-1

[Event "Leon 21st"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2008.05.31"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2008.05.30"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{La segunda semifinal del Magistral Ciudad de León 2008 presenta un duelo
apasionante: Vassily Ivanchuk vs. Alexei Shirov. Alexei Shirov, número 1 del
ranking español, ha jugado en León varias veces proclamándose vencedor del
Magistral en los años 1995 y 2004. Sin embargo, Ivanchuk es uno de los pocos
jugadores de la superélite que todavía no ha jugado en este torneo -aunque si
lo hizo en Cto. de Europa jugado en León en 2001- su participación se produce
cuando el GM ucraniano vive el mejor momento de su carrera ajedrecística desde
que con apenas 19 años se impusiera en Linares derrotando al mismísimo Garry
Kasparov. Ivanchuk ha ganado brillantemente hace pocos días el torneo de Sofía
con impresionante resultado, 8 puntos de 10 contra jugadores de primérisima
fila. Ambos GM se han enfrentado muchísimas veces a lo largo de los últimos 20
años: según podemos ver en las bases de datos nada menos que en setenta
ocasiones, de las cuales cuarenta partidas han sido disputadas a ritmo clásico
y treinta a ritmos rápidos: el resultado favorece ampliamente a Ivanchuk en
ambas modalidades: por +13-4=23 y +10-5=15; score que Shirov tratará, sin duda,
de rebajar aquí en León.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 {El orden antipelikán} e5
{Ayer Anand jugó en esta posición 3...g6 pasando a un dragón acelerado en el
cual las negras han eludido la formación Maroczy} 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 d6 6. O-O ({
En la partida que resultó decisiva en la Copa del mundo 2007 Kamsky jugó
contra el propio Alexei} 6. Nd2 Bg5 7. Qh5 Nh6 8. h3 Nd4 9. O-O O-O 10. Nb3
Bxc1 11. Raxc1 Ne6 12. Ne2 Qf6 13. Nd2 Kh8 14. c3 g5 15. d4 Rg8 16. dxe5 dxe5 {
con posición complicada que Kamsky logró inclinar a su favor en los apuros de
tiempo. Kamsky,G (2714)-Shirov,A (2739) Khanty-Mansiysk 2007}) 6... Nf6 7. a3 (
{la línea más directa} 7. Ng5 {se ha jugado en innumerables ocasiones en la
elite mundial. Después de} O-O 8. f4 exf4 9. Bxf4 h6 10. Nf3 Be6 11. Nd5 Bxd5
12. exd5 {las negras logran equilibrar el juego según el veredicto de la
teoría. un ejemplo es la partida Kramnik,V (2809)-Leko,P (2736) Linares 2003})
7... Be6 {novedad teórica} ({un antecedente ilustre es la siguiente partida
jugada a la ciega} 7... O-O 8. h3 a6 9. Ba2 Be6 10. Nd5 Nd4 11. Ne3 Bxa2 12.
Rxa2 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nxe5 Nxe3 15. fxe3 Qd5 16. Nc4 b5 17. b3 bxc4 18.
dxc4 Qd7 19. exd4 cxd4 20. c3 Bc5 21. b4 Ba7 22. c5 d3 23. Rd2 Rad8 24. Rf3 {
1-0 Kramnik,V (2777)-Van Wely,L (2617) Montecarlo 2004}) 8. Ng5 Bxc4 9. dxc4
O-O 10. b3 Nd4 11. Bb2 {Ambos han gastado aproximadamente el mismo tiempo:
tienen 15 mn. para el resto de la partida. La posición después de la apertura
parece equilibrada aunque llena de vida.} a6 12. a4 Qd7 13. Qd3 {Tras esta
Shir ov se ha sumido en una profunda reflexión en busca del mejor plan.} Bd8 {
buscando nuevos horizontes para el alfil} ({era atractiva} 13... Nh5 {pero
después de} 14. Nh3 {las negras no consiguen nada concreto}) 14. Kh1 Ba5 15.
Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Qf5 17. Ne4 (17. Qxf5 Nxf5 18. Ne4 Rad8 {y las negras están
bien}) 17... Qg6 18. g4 $1 {una jugada inesperada y muy interesante. Ivanchuk
consolida la casilla e4 y pone presión en un momento en que los relojes marcan
11 minutos para él por tan sólo 5 para su rival} (18. Bxd4 exd4 {y el alfil
estaría ahora muy bien en a5 controlando la casilla e1}) 18... Bd8 $2 ({
por supuesto} 18... Qxg4 $2 19. Nf6+ $1 gxf6 20. Rg1 {gana la dama}) ({pero
parece más lógico} 18... Rae8 {y si las blancas persisten en su intención
jugando} 19. f4 exf4 20. Rxf4 Re7 {con posición de doble filo}) 19. f4 $1 Qxg4
{Alexei acepta el reto con sólo 3 minutos en el reloj. La posición se abre y,
aunque la iniciativa parece estar en manos del blanco, la situación de su rey
dará posibilidades de contrajuego a las negras.} 20. Nxd6 exf4 21. Bxd4 cxd4
22. Nf5 $1 {crea muchas amenazas: los acontecimientos se precipitan} Qh5 23.
Rxf4 g6 24. Qxd4 $1 {con ventaja decisiva.: el ataque es imparable} gxf5 25.
Rg1+ Bg5 26. Qf6 $1 {la clave de la combinación} h6 27. Rxf5 Kh7 28. Rfxg5 hxg5
29. Rxg5 {y las negras están indefensas a pesar de la torre de más.} Qxg5 {
la única posible} 30. Qxg5 f5 31. d6 $1 {este peón decide la partida} f4 32. d7
f3 33. Qe7+ Kh6 34. Kg1 Rg8+ 35. Kf2 Raf8 36. c5 Rg2+ 37. Kf1 Rgg8 38. Qh4+ Kg6
39. Kf2 Rh8 40. Qe4+ Kg5 41. h4+ Kh5 42. Qxb7 Kxh4 43. Qe4+ Kg5 44. Qe5+ Kg6
45. c6 {Y Shirov abandona. Una excelente victoria de Ivanchuk} 1-0

[Event "Leon 21st"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2008.05.31"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2008.05.30"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.03"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 {La línea más
agresiva es el arma principal de Shirov contra la Najdorf en los últimos
tiempos.} e6 7. f4 Nbd7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. O-O-O b5 10. Bd3 ({las complicaciones
que surgen tras} 10. e5 {suelen conducir a tablas como en la siguiente partida}
Bb7 11. Qh3 dxe5 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Qxe6+ Be7 14. Bxb5 axb5 15. Nxb5 Qc6 16.
Nd6+ Kd8 17. fxe5 Kc7 18. Qxe7 Rxa2 19. exf6 Ra1+ 20. Kd2 Qd5+ 21. Kc3 Qa5+ 22.
Kd3 Qd5+ {Ivanchuk,V (2731)-Gelfand,B (2727) Sochi 2006}) 10... Bb7 11. Rhe1
Qb6 12. Nb3 Be7 ({Anand jugó} 12... Rc8 {contra el propio Shirov en Linares
este año y ganó una importante partida.} 13. Qh3 Rxc3 14. bxc3 Qc7 15. Kb1 Be7
16. e5 dxe5 17. f5 Nd5 18. Bxe7 Kxe7 19. fxe6 fxe6 20. Qg3 g6 21. Rd2 Rc8 22.
Qg5+ Ke8 23. Qg4 Nxc3+ 24. Ka1 Bd5 25. Re3 Nf6 26. Qh4 Qe7 27. Bf1 Bxb3 28.
cxb3 Nce4 29. Rb2 Rc1+ 30. Rb1 Qc5 {0-1 Shirov,A (2755)-Anand,V (2799) Linares
2008}) 13. Qh3 b4 14. Ne2 h6 ({da una duradera iniciativa al blanco la captura
} 14... Nxe4 15. Bxe7 Kxe7 16. Ned4) 15. Bh4 ({se había jugado} 15. Ng3 O-O-O
16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. f5 e5 18. Bc4 d5 {y las negras están bien en la partida
Tsarouhas,V (2195)-Georgiev,K (2525) Poros 1998}) 15... a5 16. Nbd4 O-O 17. g4
{empieza el ataque a la bayoneta, el problema de las blancas es la defensa del
punto e4} Nc5 18. g5 {a pesar de todo} ({la alternativa es} 18. Ng3 Rac8 19.
Kb1 a4 20. e5 {con grandes complicaciones}) 18... hxg5 19. Bxg5 Bxe4 20. Bxe4
Ncxe4 21. Rg1 {las blancas tienen un ataque muy peligroso a cambio del peón:
!una posición estilo Shirov!} b3 $1 {Ivanchuk abre líneas contra el rey blanco}
({resulta lenta} 21... Rfc8 22. Bh6 Bf8 23. Bxg7 $1 Bxg7 24. Qh6 Kf8 25. Rxg7
Ke7 26. Qg6 Rf8 27. Ng3 {y las blancas tienen peligrosas amenazas}) 22. axb3 ({
es pobre para las blancas} 22. Qxb3 Qxb3 23. axb3) 22... a4 23. b4 (23. Bh6 $6
g6 24. Nxe6 $2 {se encuentra} axb3 {y las negras ganan}) 23... Rfb8 $1 {
el ataque de las negras ha llegado antes} 24. c3 (24. Bh6 g6 25. Rxg6+ fxg6 26.
Rg1 d5 27. Rxg6+ Kf7 28. Rg7+ Ke8 {no da nada a las blancas}) 24... a3 25. Bh6
g6 26. f5 axb2+ 27. Kxb2 Nf2 $1 {y las negras comen la torre con jaque} 28. Qg2
Nxd1+ 29. Rxd1 exf5 30. Nxf5 Qa7 {las negras tienen la partida ganada} 31.
Nxe7+ Qxe7 32. Bg5 Qe6 33. Nc1 Ne4 {Shirov abandona. Es dificil decir donde ha
fallado el blanco. Impecable victoria de Ivanchuk que está a un paso de la
gran final.} 0-1

[Event "Leon 21st"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2008.05.31"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2008.05.30"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 {una defensa que
Shirov juega regularmente con la que ganó una importante partida a Ivanchuk
que le sirvió para ganar el torneo de Cañada de Calatrava.} 7. a4 Rb8 8. axb5 (
{En la citada partida Ivanchuk jugó} 8. c3 d6 9. d3 {Ivanchuk,V (2750)-Shirov,
A (2715) Cañada de Calatrava 2007}) 8... axb5 9. c3 d6 10. d4 Bb6 11. Na3 O-O
12. Nxb5 Bg4 {nos encontramos en la línea principal de este sistema: una
posición recurrente en los torneos de élite de los últimos años.} 13. Bc2 Bxf3
14. gxf3 Nh5 15. f4 Nxf4 ({la alternativa es} 15... Qh4 {como en la partida
Kasimdzhanov,R (2690)-Anand,V (2801) Moscú 2007}) 16. Bxf4 exf4 17. Qg4 Qf6 18.
Kh1 ({Magnus Carlsen, contra el propio Shirov, jugó} 18. Ra6 Ne7 19. Na3 c6 20.
Nc4 Bc7 21. Ra7 Rbc8 22. e5 dxe5 23. dxe5 Qh6 24. Rd1 Nd5 25. Be4 {y el joven
fenómeno noruego consiguió ventaja que acabó convirtiento en victoria. Sin
duda Alexei venía preparado contra esto. Carlsen, M (2733)-Shirov,A (2755)
Morelia/Linares 2008}) 18... Ne7 19. Rg1 Ng6 20. Qf5 Qe7 21. Qg5 Qe6 {Alexei
ha conseguido igualar la partida, el problema es que el marcador le obliga a
jugar a ganar.} 22. Qg4 Qe7 23. Qg5 Qd7 24. Qf5 Qd8 25. Qd5 ({Contra} 25. Qg5
c6 26. Qxd8 Rfxd8 27. Na3 Bc7 28. b4 c5 {podría ser la intención de Shirov
pero la posición sigue igualada}) 25... Qh4 {Alexei gasta su último cartucho}
26. Raf1 Ra8 27. f3 Ra5 28. b4 Ne7 29. Qc4 Raa8 30. Qb3 Ng6 ({interesante es} 
30... Qh5 31. Na3 Ng6 {con idea de llevar el caballo a h4}) 31. Qd5 Ne7 32. Qg5
Qxg5 33. Rxg5 Ra2 34. Rg2 Rfa8 35. Bb3 Rxg2 36. Kxg2 Kf8 37. Rf2 f5 38. Ra2 Rd8
39. Ra6 (39. c4) 39... fxe4 40. fxe4 g5 41. h3 Kg7 42. Bd1 ({no vale} 42. Nxc7
$2 Bxc7 43. Ra7 Rd7 44. Be6 Nc6 45. Rb7 Re7 {y las negras se quedan con pieza
de más.}) 42... Rb8 43. Bg4 (43. Nxc7 Bxc7 44. Ra7 Bd8 {tampoco funciona})
43... c5 $1 {Alexei logra crear complicaciones hasta el último suspiro} 44.
Nxd6 cxd4 45. cxd4 Bxd4 46. b5 Be5 47. Nf5+ $2 ({con} 47. Be2 $1 {las blancas
están bien}) 47... Nxf5 48. Bxf5 Rxb5 49. Ra7+ Kf6 50. Ra6+ Ke7 51. Ra7+ Kd6
52. Rd7+ Kc6 53. Rxh7 Rb2+ {Las negras tienen ahora la posibilidad real de
ganar la partida} 54. Kf1 f3 55. Bd7+ $2 {ahora las negras ganan} (55. Rf7 {
es la única defensa} Bd4 56. e5 $1 {y si} Ra2 57. Be4+ {ganando el peón}) 55...
Kc5 56. Rf7 Bf4 $4 ({Alexei deja escapar la victoria: con} 56... Rb1+ 57. Kf2
Bd4+ $1 58. Kg3 ({la clave es que no es posible} 58. Kxf3 {por} Rf1+) 58...
Rg1+ 59. Kh2 f2 {y las negras ganan}) 57. Bg4 {Ahora la partida es tablas.} f2
58. Rd7 Be3 59. Rd1 Bd4 60. Bf3 Rb3 61. Kg2 Rb2 62. Kf1 Rb6 63. e5 Re6 64. Rc1+
Kb6 65. Rc4 Bc5 66. Re4 Re7 67. Be2 Ra7 68. Kg2 Ra1 69. Bf1 Re1 70. Re2 Kc7 71.
e6 Kd8 72. e7+ Ke8 73. Rc2 Re5 74. Re2 Rf5 75. Re4 Bxe7 76. Re2 {Y tablas Una
lástima: Shirov ha estado a punto de darle emoción a la cuarta partida.
Ivanchuk se proclama finalista de León.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon 21st"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2008.05.31"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2008.05.30"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nbd7 8. Qf3
h6 {otra de las muchas variantes posibles en este sistema} ({En la segunda
partida del match Ivanchuk jugó} 8... Qc7) 9. Bh4 Be7 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. Bd3 g5
12. fxg5 Ne5 {una línea que fue popular en los años 70: los GM Walter Browne y
Ljubomir Ljubojevic eran entonces sus principales valedores. La ausencia del
sistema 6.Ag5 de la práctica magistral durante los años 80 y 90 hizo que
muchas variantes interesantes dejaran de jugarse.} 13. Qe2 Nfg4 14. Nf3 hxg5
15. Bg3 Bd7 16. Rhf1 ({es la alternativa principal.} 16. Rdf1) 16... Qc5 {
nos encontramos en territorio muy poco explorado por la teoría} 17. Nxe5 Nxe5
18. Kb1 Rc8 19. Bf2 Qa5 20. Bd4 Rh6 ({pude jugarse} 20... Rxh2 21. Rh1 ({
no da nada} 21. Qf2 Rh7 22. Bb6 {por} Nxd3) 21... Rxh1 22. Rxh1 {con posición
complicada}) 21. h4 $5 Rxh4 22. g3 Rh8 {Ivanchuk devuelve el peón, a cambio
provoca la simplificación en e5} (22... Rh7 23. Rh1 Rxh1 24. Rxh1) 23. Qf2 Rc6
24. Bxe5 Qxe5 25. Qxf7+ Kd8 26. Ne2 Rf8 27. Qh7 Rh8 28. Qf7 Rf8 29. Qh7 Rh8 {
y tablas. Ivanchuk ha mostrado en este match una excelente preparación contra
las líneas más agudas de la siciliana Najdorf} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon 21st"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2008.06.01"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2008.05.30"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124 Extra"]
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{La final de la XXI edición del Torneo Magistral Ciudad de León, enfrenta al
campeón del mundo, número 1 del ranking mundial y siete veces ganador en León
Viswanathan Anand contra el jugador más en forma del momento: el genial GM
ucraniano, reciente vencedor en Sofia y número 2 mundial en la próxima lista
de la FIDE, Vassily Ivanvchuk. Anand e Ivanchuk son viejos conocidos que
llevan casi dos décadas enfrentándose en los torneos más importantes del mundo.
Las bases de datos recogen 114 enfrentamientos de los cuales 63 han sido a
ritmo clásico y 51 a ritmos rápidos: Anand domina en ambas modalidades por
+15-6=42 y +12-8=31 respectivamente. Sin duda la Final 2008 en León ofrece uno
de los encuentros más emocionantes que puede disfrutar el buen aficionado.} 1.
e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 {Ivanchuk es famoso por su enciclopédico conocimiento de la
teoría de aperturas: para la ronda de hoy elige el sistema Scheveningen} 3. d4
cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Be3 Be7 9. f4 d6 10. Qe1 ({
fue tema principal en el ya lejano match Kasparov-Anand jugado en las Torres
Genelas de Nueva York en 1995.} 10. a4) 10... O-O 11. Qg3 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13.
a3 Bb7 14. Kh1 Rad8 15. Rae1 Rd7 16. Bd3 Re8 17. f5 $5 {Anand introduce una
novedad} ({En partida reciente entre dos jovenes talentos emergentes se
produjo una lucha espectacular.} 17. e5 dxe5 18. Bxe5 Qd8 19. Ne4 Nh5 20. Qe3
Nf6 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Nc5 Bxg2+ 23. Kxg2 Bd4 24. Bxh7+ Kh8 25. Qh3 Bxc5 26. Re5
Bd4 27. Re4 Bf6 28. Qh5 g6 29. Bxg6+ Kg7 30. Qh7+ Kf8 31. Bh5 Rd2+ 32. Kh1 Bg7
33. Bxf7 Kxf7 34. f5 Rxh2+ 35. Qxh2 Rh8 36. fxe6+ Ke7 37. Rf7+ Ke8 38. Qxh8+
Bxh8 39. Kg2 Qd5 40. Rff4 Bxb2 41. c4 bxc4 {0-1 Ni Hua -Jakovenko,D Nizhniy
Novgorod 2007}) 17... e5 18. Be3 Kh8 19. Bg5 Nh5 20. Qh4 Bxg5 21. Qxg5 ({
No conduce a nada} 21. Qxh5 Bd2 22. Rd1 Bxc3 23. bxc3 d5 $1 {y las negras
están bien.}) 21... Nf6 {El juego ha sido hasta aquí rapidísimo: Anand 17mn.
Ivanchuk 19mn.} 22. Rf3 Qc5 23. Rg3 Rg8 {El enroque del negro es seguro.
Ivanchuk domina las sutilezas dee la posición extraordinarimante e inicia
ahora el contrajuego en el flanco de dama.} 24. Rh3 b4 25. axb4 Qxb4 26. Rb1
Rc7 {las negras parecen haber creado amenazas muy peligrosas pero...} 27. Rh6
$1 {Anand encuentra un bonito recurso que mantiene el equilibrio.} d5 $1 {
Ivanchuk juega a ganar:} ({sólo da tablas} 27... Rxc3 28. Rxf6 gxf6 29. Qxf6+
Rg7 30. Qd8+ Rg8 31. Qf6+ {y las blancas dan jaque perpetuo.}) 28. exd5 ({
contra} 28. Rxf6 {las negras evitan las tablas con} Qe7) 28... Qb6 29. Na4 Qd6
30. Rh4 Bxd5 31. Nc3 Rb8 {renovando la amenaza de capturar en c3. Ambos
jugadores tienen 7 minutoa en el reloj para el resto de la partida.} 32. Qc1 {
Anand pasa a la defensiva, las piezas de Ivanchuk están
perfectamentecoordinada s.} e4 $1 {la jugada más agresiva} ({la alternativa es
retirar el alfil con por ejemplo} 32... Ba8) 33. Bxe4 (33. Nxd5 Qxd5 34. Qf4
Rcc8 35. Bxe4 {es quizás una defensa más tenaz} Nxe4 36. Qxe4 Qxe4 37. Rxe4
Rxc2 {las blancas sostienen el final.}) 33... Nxe4 34. Nxe4 Qc6 35. Qe3 {
la posición es incierta: Anand tiene por fin ventaja de tiempo: Ivanchuk
dispone de tan solo 2 mn. para el resto de la partida} Qxc2 36. Rg1 $6 ({
es mejor} 36. Re1 {aunque tras} f6 {las negras estarian mejor.}) 36... f6 $1 {
las negras están mejor tras esta jugada que se adelanta las amenazas blancas.}
37. Qd4 Rd7 {la mejor jugada, según Rybka la posición es ya muy favorable al
negro.} 38. Nxf6 $2 gxf6 39. Qxf6+ Rg7 40. Rg4 Qxb2 $1 {el detalle que se le
ha escapado a Anand. Las blancas abandonan. Una lección magistral de Ivanchuk.}
0-1

[Event "Leon 21st"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2008.06.01"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2008.05.30"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124 Extra"]
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[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 {Anand suele utilizar la
Najdorf cuando necesita ganar con negras.} 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 {Ivanchuk elige
una continuación sólida que ya ha empleado en ocasiones anteriores} Be7 8. Bc4
O-O 9. O-O Qc7 ({Topalov jugó contra Ivanchuk} 9... Be6 {y aqui el GM
ucraniano introdujo una original maniobra} 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Na4 Ng4 12. Qd3
Nxe3 13. Qxe3 b5 14. Nb6 Ra7 15. Nd5 Rb7 16. Qd2 Nc6 17. Rad1 Rd7 18. Qc3 Nb8
19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. Rd3 {con ventaja blanca, que Ivanchuk convirtió en un punto
en la partida Ivanchuk,V -Topalov,V Morelia/Linares 2007}) 10. Bb3 Be6 11. Qd2
Rc8 12. Ng5 Bc4 13. f4 $5 {Ivanchuk juega en gran estilo asumiendo muchos
riesgos a pesar de que el marcador le favorece: Todo un regalo para el público.
} ({la jugada normal es evidentemente} 13. Rfd1) 13... Nbd7 ({no} 13... Bxf1 $2
14. Bxf7+ Kh8 15. Rxf1 {con gran ventaja blanca}) (13... h6 14. Nf3 Bxf1 15.
Rxf1 {las blancas tienen compensación a largo por la calidad}) 14. fxe5 dxe5
15. Rf5 Bb4 {Anand se ha defendido con gran ingenio su posición está fuera de
peligro y ofrece buenas posibilidades de hacerse con la iniciativa.} 16. Rd1
Rd8 $1 {Las negras están ya mejor debido a la dificultad de las blancas para
coordinar la acción de sus piezas. Los relojes indican que ambos jugadores
disponen de 13 mn. para el resto de la partida.} ({las negras no ganan
material tras} 16... Bxb3 17. axb3 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Qxc3 {por que las blancas
tienen} 19. Nxf7 $1) 17. Qe1 h6 18. Nf3 Be6 $1 ({contra} 18... Nxe4 $6 {
las blancas tienen el recurso} 19. Nd5 $1 Bxd5 20. Qxb4 {con posición
complicada.}) 19. Qg3 Bxf5 {por fin Anand gana la calidad su posición es ahora
muy favorable.} 20. exf5 Bc5 21. Bxc5 Nxc5 22. Re1 Nxb3 23. axb3 b5 24. h3 Rac8
25. Nxe5 Re8 26. b4 Qd6 {Ivanchuk abandona: el match está al rojo vivo.} 0-1

[Event "Leon 21st"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2008.06.01"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2008.05.30"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Be3 Be7 9. f4 d6 10. Qe1 O-O 11. Qg3 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. a3 Bb7 14. Rae1 Rad8
15. Bd3 {variando ligeramente el orden empleado en la primera} Rfe8 16. Kh1 Rd7
{finalmente por transposición se ha llegado a la misma posición que el la
primera partida} 17. Nd1 {Anand intenta un nuevo plan en lugar de 17.f5 que
resultó inofensiva para las negras.} g6 ({también se puede jugar inmediatamente
} 17... d5 {después de por ejemplo:} 18. Be5 (18. e5 Ne4 19. Qe3 Rc8 {y las
negras tienen todo bajo control.}) 18... Qd8 19. exd5 Bxd5 20. Ne3 Bc6 {
y la posición mantiene un tenso equilibrio.}) 18. Bc3 ({se había jugado} 18. f5
e5 19. Bc3 Kh8 20. Ne3 Bxe4 21. fxg6 Bxg6 22. Nf5 Nd5 {y las negras acabaron
ganando tras oscuras complicaciones en la partida Socko,B -Ftacnik,L Graz 2008}
) 18... Nh5 19. Qh3 Bf6 20. e5 $5 {empieza el baile} dxe5 21. fxe5 Bg5 22. Qg4
Qd8 23. Nf2 Bh4 24. Re2 Qg5 $6 {una decisión precipitada : el final resultante
es favorable a las blancas.} 25. Qxg5 Bxg5 26. Ne4 Bxe4 27. Rxe4 {Las blancas
están mejor gracias a la pareja de alfiles y sobre todo a la posible ruptura
a4 que dejará muy débil el flanco de dama de las negras.} Rc8 28. g4 $1 {
dejando el caballo sin juego} Ng7 29. a4 $1 {golpeando los puntos débiles de
las negras.} Rd5 30. axb5 axb5 31. Ra1 Be7 32. Ra7 b4 $1 {la mejor defensa:
antes de que las blancas jueguen Tb7} 33. Bxb4 Bxb4 34. Rxb4 Rxe5 35. Rbb7 Rf8
36. b4 Ne8 37. Rb8 $6 (37. Ra5 Re1+ 38. Kg2 Nf6 39. Kf3 {y las blancas están
mejor}) 37... Nf6 38. Rxf8+ Kxf8 39. b5 Nxg4 40. b6 Nf2+ 41. Kg1 Nxd3 42. b7
Re1+ $1 {es importante que rey esté en g2 para dar un doble en e1} 43. Kg2 Rb1
44. cxd3 (44. Ra8+ Kg7 45. b8=Q Rxb8 46. Rxb8 Ne1+ 47. Kf2 Nxc2 {y las negras
están mejor}) 44... Kg7 45. Kf3 Rb4 46. d4 $1 {Las blancas llevan rápidamente
el rey en ayuda del peón de b7} g5 47. Ke4 Kf6 48. Kd3 h5 49. Kc3 Rb1 50. Kc4
g4 51. Kc5 h4 52. Kc6 Rc1+ 53. Kd6 Rb1 54. Kc6 Rc1+ 55. Kd6 Rb1 56. Kc6 {
Las blancas no pueden jugar a ganar} ({veamos una línea ilustrativa} 56. Kc7
Rc1+ 57. Kb8 g3 58. hxg3 hxg3 59. Ra2 Kg5 60. Rb2 f5 61. Ka7 Rc7 62. Ka6 Rxb7
63. Rxb7 f4 64. Rg7+ Kh4 65. Rf7 Kg4 {y los peones negros decidirían la lucha.}
) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon 21st"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2008.06.01"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2008.05.30"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124 Extra"]
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[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]
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1. d4 {Ivanchuk domina por igual todas las aperturas.} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4
4. e3 {Un sistema que se ve menos entre la elite que 4.Dc2 que se ha
convertido en el arma principal contra la defensa Nimzoindia.} O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6.
Nf3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 9. Qe2 cxd4 10. exd4 b6 11. d5 (11. Bg5 Bb7 {
nos llevaría a una posición clásica muy del gusto por el ex-campeón mundial
Anatoly Karpov.}) 11... Nc5 $2 {Un error . Ivanchuk trae preparada una fuerte
novedad contra lo hasta ahora aceptado como correcto por la teoría} ({el
camino más seguro nos lo muestra Anatoly Karpov en la siguiente partida} 11...
Bxc3 12. dxe6 Bb4 13. exd7 Qxd7 14. a3 Bd6 15. Rd1 Qc7 16. h3 Bb7 17. Be3 Rae8
18. Rac1 Qb8 19. Bb5 Re7 20. Bc6 $1 {y aquí las negras debieron jugar} Bf4 $1
21. Bxf4 Rxe2 22. Bxb8 Rxb8 23. Nd4 Re5 $1 $11 {con igualdad según los
analisis de la partida Portisch,L-Karpov,A San Antonio 1972.}) 12. Rd1 Qe8 13.
Nb5 $1 exd5 $2 {esta es la jugada perdedora} (13... Na6 14. d6 {es muy
favorable al blanco pero mejor que la continuación de la partida}) 14. Nc7 Qe4
15. Rd4 $1 {una fuerte novedad que recomienda el ordenador y que refuta la
defensa negra. Ivanchuk ha encontrado un hueco increible en la preparación del
campeón del mundo.} ({Hasta aquí se había jugado las blancas jugaron en una
antigua partida del GM inglés Stuart Conquest} 15. Nxd5 {y tras} Qxe2 16. Nxf6+
gxf6 17. Bxe2 Ba6 18. Bxa6 Nxa6 {la partida acabó en tablas tras 42 jugadas
Conquest,S -Zaichik,G Tbilisi 1988}) 15... Qg6 (15... Qxe2 16. Bxe2 {y las
negras pierden material}) 16. Nh4 {Anand abandona. Ivanchuk Campeón del XXI
torneo Magistral Ciudad de León.} 1-0

[Event "Foros Aerosvit 3rd"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2008.06.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Carlsen,M"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2008.06.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 {Predicting the opening choice of Ivanchuk is
really difficult. Before the game I had tried to check everything he might
play against d4, but somehow the KID still came as a surprise to me. Die
Eröffnungswahl von Ivanchuk vorherzusagen, ist wirklich schwierig. Vor der
Partie hatte ich versucht, alles, was er gegen d4 spielen könnte, zu checken,
aber irgendwie kam KI trotzdem für mich überraschend.} 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6.
Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 {I have admittedly played a lot of silly
sidelines against the KID, but this time I decided that enough was enough, and
went for the main line. Zugegebenermaßen habe ich gegen KI eine Menge alberner
Nebenvarianten gespielt, aber diesmal entschied ich, irgendwann reicht es, und
wählte das Hauptabspiel.} Nh5 10. Re1 f5 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. f3 {This has become
the main line after a lot of Van Wely-Radjabov games, in which both have had
their successes. Dies ist zum Hauptabspiel avanciert nach vielen
Wely-Radjabov-Partien, in denen beide ihre Erfolge gehabt haben.} Kh8 {
Ivanchuk follows the main line, which came as a surprise to me, as I had
expected him to come up with something original even earlier. Ivanchuk folgt
dem Hauptabspiel, was für mich überraschend kam, denn ich hatte erwartet, dass
er noch früher mit irgendwas Originallem aufwartet.} 13. b5 $6 {For some
reason, I decided against playing the main line, with Ne6 and came up with
this move instead, which clamps down on the black queenside. The move looked
interesting to me during the game, but now I don't like it anymore; it's
probably just too slow. Aus irgendeinem Grund entschied ich mich gegen das
Hauptabspiel mit Ne6 und kam stattdessen auf diesen Zug, welcher den schwarzen
Damenflügel einschnürt. Während der Partie sah mir der Zug interessant aus,
aber jetzt gefällt er mir nicht mehr; wahrscheinlich ist er einfach zu langsam.
} Ne8 {Ivanchuk came up with this interesting move after about half an hour.
Nh5 was also possible, with the same plan of rounding up the e6 pawn with Bf6
and Ng7.  Nach etwa einer halben Stunde verfiel Ivanchuk auf diesen
interessanten Zug. Nh5 war ebenfalls möglich, mit dem gleichen Plan, den
e6-Bauern mit Bf6 und Ng7 einzukreisen.} 14. Be3 $5 (14. c5 $5 {was another
option I considered quite seriously, but I didn't really believe that Black
could not be doing fine after war eine andere Option, die ich recht ernst in
Betracht zog, aber ich konnte nicht wirklich glauben, dass Schwarz nach} dxc5
15. Be3 Bh6 $1 (15... b6 16. Ne6 Bxe6 17. dxe6 {with excellent compensation
mit ausgezeichneter Kompensation}) 16. Nf7+ Rxf7 17. Bxh6 $13 {nicht
ordentlich stehen würde.}) (14. Ne6 Bxe6 15. dxe6 Qc8 16. Be3 Qxe6 17. c5 {
could also be considered, with some compensation. war auch zu überlegen, mit
einiger Kompensation.}) 14... Bf6 (14... f4 15. Bf2 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Qxg5 17. c5 {
gives White the initiative and quite reasonable compensation. gibt Weiß die
Initiative und ganz vernünftige Kompensation.}) 15. Ne6 Bxe6 16. dxe6 Ng7 $1 {
I think that this is the strongest. Ich denke, das ist am stärksten.} (16... f4
17. Bf2 Ng7 18. c5 {was also possible of course, but here White has the
initiative instead of Black, which is the most important factor here. war
natürlich ebenfalls möglich, aber dann hat Weiß die Initiative und nicht
Schwarz, was hier der wichtigste Faktor ist.}) 17. Bh6 {Clearly the best, as
Black's prospect improves a lot when he doesn't have to play f4, closing the
centre and burying the black bishop. Eindeutig am besten, den die schwarzen
Aussichten verbessern sich deutlich, wenn er nicht f4 spielen muss, was das
Zentrum schließt und den schwarzfeldrigen Läufer begräbt.} Nxe6 {The logical
follow-up. Die logische Folge.} (17... Ng8 18. Bxg7+ Bxg7 19. c5 $1 dxc5 20.
Qb3 {looks good for White, but sieht gut aus für Weiß, aber}) (17... b6 $5 {
was an interesting option, even if hardly stronger than the text. war eine
interessante Möglichkeit, wenngleich kaum stärker als der Text.}) 18. Bxf8 Qxf8
19. c5 $1 {I think this is basically the only move, as the highest priority is
to activate the bishop. Meines Erachtens ist dies im Grunde der einzige Zug,
denn die höchste Prioriät besteht darin, den Läufer zu aktivieren.} Nxc5 {
After this the knight will be slightly sidelined. Nach wird der Springer
leicht im Abseits stehen.} (19... dxc5 {was probably better. I intended to
continue war womöglich besser. Ich wollte fortsetzen mit} 20. Qd7 (20. Bc4 Nd4
$13 {was also possible. was also possible.}) 20... Qc8 (20... Nd4 21. Qxc7 Nc2
22. Qxb7 {is somewhat better for White. ist etwas besser für Weiß.}) 21. Qxc8+
Rxc8 22. Bc4 {with an about equal ending. mit einem etwa ausgeglichenen
Endspiel.}) 20. Bc4 {Now the bishop is activated, and the knight, even if
quite nicely placed on c5, has few active prospects. Nun ist der Läufer
aktiviert, und der Springer, auch wenn er auf c5 ganz nett steht, hat wenig
aktive Aussichten.} Bg5 $1 21. Qe2 $1 Qh6 22. Rad1 {I am just in time the
prevent the further activation of the black bishop. Now that everything has
calmed down we can take stock and say that the position is about equal, as
neither side can actually do much. The knight on c5 stops most of the plans
White might have of attacking the c7-pawn, while it's hard to believe that
Black could really think of mating White here, and advancing the centre with
c6 and d5 doesn't seem very realistic either. Ich komme gerade rechtzeitig, um
die weitere Aktivierung des schwarzen Läufers zu verhindern. Nun, da sich
alles beruhigt hat, können wir Bilanz ziehen und sagen, dass die Stellung
ungefähr gleich ist, da eigentlich keine Seite viel unternehmen kann. Der
Springer auf c5 stoppt die meisten Pläne von Weiß für einen möglichen Angriff
auf den Bauern c7, während es schwer zu glauben ist, dass Schwarz wirklich
daran denken könnte, Weiß mattzusetzen; und das Zentrum mit c6 und d5 in
Bewegung zu setzen, scheint auch nicht besonders realistisch.} Rf8 23. a4 {
I was not quite sure if including a4 and b6 was a good idea, as the a4-pawn
will require constant attention now, but it has to be said that b6 is also
quite a concession here, as it gives up any dream of ever advancing the pawn
centre, and therefore leaves Black with few active possibilities.  Ich war
nicht ganz sicher, ob der Einschub von a4 und b6 eine gute Idee war, denn der
a4-Bauer wird nun ständiger Aufmerksamkeit bedürfen; andererseits ist zu sagen,
dass auch b6 ein ganz schönes Zugeständnis darstellt, da es jeden Traum
aufgibt, jemals das Bauernzentrum vorzurücken und daher Schwarz nur wenige
aktive Möglichkeiten belässt.} b6 24. g3 Qh3 {An annoying move, I am not
allowed to play Kg2, which would improve the harmony in my position.  Ein
lästiger Zug, ich komme nicht zu Kg2, was die Harmonie in meiner Stellung
verbessern würde.} 25. Qg2 Qh6 26. Qe2 Qh3 {It could be that Ivanchuk wanted
to just repeat moves to gain some time, but I actually think he was happy to
repeat moves here since the position is equal and a draw would suit him well.
Es könnte sein, dass Ivanchuk einfach die Züge wiederholen wollte, um etwas
Zeit zu gewinnen, aber eigentlich glaube ich, dass er hier mit der
Zugwiederholung zufrieden war, da die Stellung ausgeglichen ist und ihm ein
Remis gut passen würde.} 27. Kh1 {Well, I didn't rate my chances all that
highly, but I just didn't want to make a draw yet. Nun, ich schätzte meine
Chancen keinesfalls so hoch ein, aber ich wollte einfach noch kein Remis
machen.} Nd7 $6 {I don't really like this move. Better was probably just
Dieser Zug gefällt mir eigentlich nicht. Besser war vermutlich einfach} (27...
Qh6 28. Kg2 Kg7 {with equality. mit Ausgleich.}) 28. Ra1 $1 {I believe that
the rook is a little better placed on a2 than on d1, as it can now support a5,
and also go to c2 in some lines. Ich glaube, der Turm steht auf a2 einen Tick
besser als auch d1, denn jetzt kann er a5 unterstützen und auch in manchen
Abspielen nach c2 gehen.} Qh6 29. Ra2 (29. Nd5 Nxd5 30. Bxd5 Bd2 {is certainly
not something I should allow. ist sicher nichts, was ich zulassen sollte.})
29... Nf6 $6 {This is simply the wrong direction... There was still not much
wrong with the black position after Nc5. Das ist einfach die falsche Richtung..
. Nach Nc5 war an der schwarzen Stellung noch immer nicht viel auszusetzen.}
30. Kg2 Nh5 $6 (30... Nd7) 31. Nd5 Nxd5 32. Bxd5 {Now White is definitely
better. Nun steht Weiß definitiv besser.} Bf4 {This was his idea, but it's
really hard to believe that this could ever work.  Das war seine Idee, aber es
fällt schwer zu glauben, dass dies jemals funktionieren könnte.} 33. Qf2 fxe4
34. Bxe4 Qg5 35. Rc2 d5 $2 {Now the black position is completely ruined. Damit
ist die schwarze Stellung komplett ruiniert.} (35... Rf7 36. Bb7 $1 {intending
Bc8-g4 gives White a clear edge, but certainly nothing decisive. mit der
Absicht Bc8-g4 gibt Weiß ein klares Plus, aber gewiss nichts Entscheidendes.})
36. Bxd5 Bxg3 37. hxg3 Nf4+ 38. Kf1 Nxd5 39. Rce2 $1 {I really don't know what
Ivanchuk missed, as all this seems forced. Anyway, the conclusion is clear:
the black position is falling apart. Ich weiß wirklich nicht, was Ivanchuk
übersehen hat, da all dies forciert erscheint. Jedenfalls, das Fazit ist klar.
Die schwarze Stellung fällt auseinander.} Qf6 (39... Rf5 40. g4 {or oder}) (
39... Re8 40. f4 {doesn't help either. hilft auch nicht.}) 40. Rxe5 Qxf3 {
This loses quickly, but Black was lost anyway. Dies verliert schnell, doch
Schwarz war sowieso verloren.} 41. Qxf3 Rxf3+ 42. Ke2 Rf5 43. Rxf5 gxf5 44. Kd3
c5 45. Re5 Nb4+ 46. Kd2 {Black resigned as his pawns are falling and the
knight as cut off from the game. An interesting game, which unfortunately was
marred by Ivanchuk's self-destruction after move 30. Interestingly, but maybe
not too surprisingly, this game turned out to be the decisive one in the
tournament, as I ended up winning one point ahead of Ivanchuk, who made a
great comeback and ended up on +3. Schwarz gab auf, denn seine Bauern fallen,
und der Springer ist vom Spiel abgeschnitten. Eine interessante Partie, die
leider durch Ivanchuks Selbstzerstörung nach Zug 30 getrübt wurde. Vielleicht
nicht allzu überraschend erwies sich diese Begegnung als die entscheidende des
Turniers, denn ich gewann am Ende einen Punkt vor Ivanchuk, der ein großes
Comeback startete und auf +3 landete.} 1-0

[Event "Foros Aerosvit 3rd"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2008.06.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2008.06.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 a5 7. O-O $5 {
Possibly, a new trend.} ({Since the Kramnik-Topalov match, there has been some
theoretical discussion in the variation} 7. Qc2 Bxd2+ (7... Ra6 $5 $146 {
Marin,M (2551)-Kortschnoj,V (2611)/Reggio Emilia 2008/CBM 122/[Marin,M] (1/2-1/
2, 58)}) 8. Qxd2 c6 9. a4 b5 10. axb5 cxb5 11. Qg5 O-O 12. Qxb5 Ba6 13. Qa4 Qb6
14. O-O Qxb2 15. Nbd2 Bb5 16. Nxc4 Bxa4 17. Nxb2 Bb5 18. Ne5 Ra7 19. Nbd3 $1 {
Gleizerov,E (2552)-Luther,T (2534)/Predeal Romanian team championship 2007 
(1-0, 53)} (19. Bf3 {Kramnik,V (2743)-Topalov,V (2813)/Elista 2006/CBM 115/
[Marin,M] (1-0, 75)})) 7... O-O 8. Bg5 {Still refraining from moving the queen,
in complete accordance with classical principles (The lady must be the last to
be developed)} (8. Qc2 {Karpov,A (2710)-Piket,J (2615)/Monte Carlo 1999/CBM
070/[Piket] (1/2-1/2, 43)}) 8... b5 ({There is an important deviation here:} 
8... Nc6 {In practice, Black has been doing fine, but White seems to be able
to improve.} 9. Nc3 (9. e3 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. a3 Bd6 12. Nc3 e5 13. d5 Na7
14. Nd2 b5 15. a4 Bd7 16. Qc2 Bb4 17. axb5 Nxb5 18. Nxb5 Bxb5 19. Nxc4 a4 20.
Rfc1 $14 {/= Markus,R (2585)-Beliavsky,A (2622)/Turin 2006/CBM 113 (1/2-1/2,
27)}) 9... Rb8 10. e3 e5 $6 (10... b5 11. Nd2 Bd7 12. a4 $14) (10... h6 $5 11.
Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Nd2 Bd7 13. Nxc4 b5 $132) 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Qxd1 13. Rfxd1
Nd7 14. Nd5 (14. Ne4 Nxe5 15. a3 f6 16. axb4 fxg5 17. Rxa5 $16) 14... Nxe5 15.
Nxb4 axb4 16. Be7 Re8 17. Bxb4 Bg4 $132 {Huzman,A (2565)-Korneev,O (2601)/
Bastia 2005 (1/2-1/2, 26)}) 9. a4 {White is supposed to play a4, Nc3 and Ne5,
but the move order can make a difference.} ({In a recent game, Kramnik himself
deviated from his first experience against this variation with} 9. Ne5 Ra6 (
9... Ra7 {is slightly unnatural, but is not entirely pointless. Black leaves
the a6-square available for the bishop. Now,} 10. a4 bxa4 {would transpose to
Kekelidze,M (2445)-Moradiabadi,E (2540)/Abu Dhabi 2007/CBM 119 ext (0-1, 26)
below.}) 10. a4 bxa4 (10... c6 11. Nc3 {would transpose to Buhmann,R (2583)
-Bartel,M (2609)/Polanica Zdroj 2007/CBM 120 (1/2-1/2, 54), below}) 11. Nxc4
Nbd7 12. Nc3 c5 13. Nxa4 h6 14. Bd2 $14 {White is better developed. His
knights occupy very active positions, targetting the numerous weaknesses in
Black's camp. The following display of dynamism is impressive.} Qc7 15. Bf4 Qa7
16. Nd6 Nd5 17. Nb5 Qb7 18. Nc7 Ra7 19. Nxd5 exd5 20. Bd6 $16 {Kramnik,V (2788)
-Navara,D (2672)/Prague 2008 (1-0, 33)}) 9... c6 {The natural answer, aiming
to consolidate the extra-pawn.} ({For dynamic reasons,} 9... bxa4 $5 {may be
worth investigating:} 10. Ne5 (10. Nbd2 c3) 10... Ra7 11. Nxc4 (11. Rxa4 $5)
11... Ba6 12. Nba3 h6 13. Be3 Nd5 $132 {Kekelidze,M (2445)-Moradiabadi,E (2540)
/Abu Dhabi 2007/CBM 119 ext (0-1, 26)}) 10. Nc3 $146 {Still in accordance with
classical rules. Before moving with the other knight to the centre, Ivanchuk
looks after his last undeveloped queenside piece. (The rook is relatively
active on a1 already).} (10. Ne5 {looks active, but has the drawback that in
case of an eventual exchange on f6 (...gxf6) the knight would lose stability
in the centre. Still, White seems to have good play here, too.} Ra6 11. Nc3 h6
12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Ng4 e5 14. e3 Kg7 15. h3 $44 {Buhmann,R (2583)-Bartel,M 
(2609)/Polanica Zdroj 2007/CBM 120 (1/2-1/2, 54)}) 10... Qb6 {[%csl Gb5] For
Black, the process of development is not so simple and he has to move with his
queen while the whole queenside is undeveloped.} (10... Ra7 11. axb5 Bxc3 12.
b6 $1 Qxb6 13. bxc3 $16) (10... Ba6 11. axb5 cxb5 12. Ne5 Ra7 13. d5 Bxc3 14.
bxc3 exd5 15. Qd4 $36) (10... h6 11. Bxf6 (11. Bh4 $5 g5 $140 12. Nxg5 hxg5 13.
Bxg5 $44) 11... Qxf6 12. axb5 Bxc3 13. bxc3 cxb5 14. Qb1 Bd7 15. Ne5 Ra7 16.
Nxd7 Nxd7 17. Qxb5 $16) 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. axb5 cxb5 13. d5 {A typical pawn
break, underlining the weakness of the double pawns and that of the f5-square.}
Rd8 $2 {Obviously missing the next move.} ({Black should have tried to build
up his defence by somewhat unnatural means with} 13... a4 $5 14. Nd4 (14. Qd4
$6 Qxd4 15. Nxd4 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Ra5 17. Rfb1 Bd7 {[%cal Gb8a6,Ga6c5]}) 14... Ra5
{[%cal Ga4a3,Gc8d7,Gb8a6] White would have needed a big creative effort to
find a way to deliver a kingside attack (although reaching a draw by perpetual
should not be a problem).}) 14. Qd4 $1 {Splendid! The time has come for the
queen to be developed and this causes Black great problems!} Qxd4 (14... Nd7
15. dxe6 Qxe6 (15... fxe6 16. Qg4+ Kh8 17. Ng5 $16) 16. Ng5 fxg5 17. Bxa8 $16)
15. Nxd4 $14 {/+/- White will reestablish the material equality, maintaining
the better development and the better structure.} Ra6 (15... Bxc3 16. bxc3 exd5
17. Rfb1 $16 {would retrieve both sacrificed pawns soon, with an obvious
advantage.}) 16. Ndxb5 Rb6 17. Rfd1 e5 {[%csl Gf5]} 18. Na3 Ba6 19. Na4 Rb7 20.
Rdc1 Rc7 21. e4 f5 (21... Nd7 22. Nc2 {[%csl Gf5][%cal Gc2e3]}) 22. exf5 Nd7
23. Bf1 (23. Nc2) 23... Rdc8 24. Nc2 Bf8 25. Ne3 e4 26. Nc3 Nc5 27. Rd1 Nb3 28.
Ra4 Bb4 29. d6 Rb7 30. Ncd5 Kf8 31. Nxb4 Bb5 32. Ra2 axb4 33. Bxc4 $1 Bxc4 34.
Nxc4 Kg7 (34... Rxc4 35. d7 $18) 35. Ne3 Rd8 36. Rd5 Rb6 37. Ra4 Nc1 38. Nc4
Rb7 39. Rc5 Nd3 40. Rc7 Rb5 41. g4 Rd5 42. Raa7 Rf8 43. h4 h5 44. g5 Ne1 45.
f6+ Kg6 46. Kh2 Rf5 47. Ra5 Rxf2+ 48. Kg1 e3 49. Ne5+ Kh7 50. Rxf7+ Rxf7 51.
g6+ Kh6 52. gxf7 Rxf6 53. d7 1-0

[Event "Foros Aerosvit 3rd"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2008.06.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Nisipeanu,LD"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2008.06.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 {A big surprise for me. Some years
ago I was considering including this line in my repertoire. But since I was
playing a lot of open tournaments in those days, drawing in 6 moves, even as
Black, was simply not an option. Eine Riesenüberraschung für mich. Einige Jahr
zuvor hatte ich überlegt, dieses Abspiel in mein Repertoire aufzunehmen. Aber
da ich damals sehr viele Opens spielte, kam Remisieren in 6 Zügen, selbst als
Schwarzer, einfach nicht in Frage.} 5. Nb3 (5. Nc3 Bc5 6. Na4 Qa5+ 7. Nc3 {
and since Nb3 is a threat, Black has to play Qb6 with a repetition of moves.
und da Nb3 eine Drohung ist, muss Schwarz mit Qb6 die Züge wiederholen.} (7. c3
Bxd4 8. Qxd4 Nf6 9. Nc5 Nc6 10. Qe3 O-O {is the main line, but it always
seemed unconvincing to me. ist das Hauptabspiel, schien mir aber nie
überzeugend zu sein.})) ({For a while, I was trying to remember what was wrong
with Eine Zeitlang versucht ich mich zu entsinnen, wo der Haken bei} 5. Be3 Bc5
(5... Qxb2 6. Nd2 {seems dangerous for Black. wirkt gefährlich für Schwarz.})
6. Nd2 $2 Bxd4 7. Nc4 {and then it hit me: liegt, und dann fiel der Groschen:}
Bxe3 $1 (7... Qb4+ $6 8. c3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qxc3+ 10. Bd2 $36) 8. Nxb6 Bxb6 $17)
5... Qc7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. O-O d6 (7... d5 8. Nc3 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 {
happened in Zhang Pengxiang-Bauer in 2006 and White seems better here. geschah
in Zhang Pengxiang-Bauer im Jahr 2006, und hier scheint Weiß besser zu stehen.}
) 8. c4 {Ivanchuk played a great tournament in Sofia, but the only game in
which he was in real danger, the game against Bu, featured the hedgehog
structures. This influenced my choice, allthough more critical is Nc3 followed
by f4. Ivanchuk spielte ein großartiges Turnier in Sofia, aber die einzige
Partie, in der er wirklich in Gefahr schwebte, die gegen Bu, beinhaltete
Igel-Strukturen. Dies beeinflusste meine Wahl, obwohl Nc3 nebst f4 eigentlich
kritischer ist.} Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 b6 $1 (10... a6 11. a4 {followed by a5
is unpleasant for Black. nebst a5 ist unangenehm für Schwarz.}) 11. a4 {
This is risky with the black knight still on b8, but how else do I justify the
Nb3? Dies ist riskant, solange der schwarze Springer noch auf b8 steht, aber
wie sonst soll ich den Nb3 rechtfertigen?} ({Maybe Vielleicht ist} 11. Nb5 $5
Qd8 12. a4 Bb7 13. f3 {/\ a5 is better than the game. besser als die Partie.})
11... Nc6 12. a5 bxa5 (12... Nxa5 13. Nxa5 bxa5 {allows erlaubt} 14. Qa4 (14.
Nb5 $6 Qb7 15. Rxa5 a6 $1 (15... Nxe4 16. Qc2 Nf6 17. Nxa7 $14) 16. Nc3 Qxb2
17. Nb5 Bd7 18. Bd4 Qb4 19. Ra4 Qxa4 20. Qxa4 axb5 $15 {only Black can try to
win this position. und nur Schwarz kann in dieser Stellung Gewinnversuche
unternehmen.}) 14... Ng4 15. Bf4 $13) 13. Nb5 Qb8 $1 ({If Auf} 13... Qb7 {
then sichert} 14. N5d4 {secures White's advantage. den weißen Vorteil.}) 14.
Nxa5 Nxa5 15. Rxa5 a6 16. Nd4 Qxb2 17. c5 $5 {I lost most of my remaining time
deciding on this move. The position seemed very promising to me, but I could
not find any advantage for White during the game and even after analysing with
'technical' help. Über diesem Zug verlor ich den Großteil meiner restlichen
Bedenkzeit. Die Stellung schien mir sehr vielversprechend, aber ich konnte
während der Partie keinen Vorteil für Weiß finden - und auch danach mit
'technischer' Hilfe nicht.} (17. Nc6 Qb7 18. Qa4 Ng4 19. Rb1 Qd7 20. Nxe7+ Qxe7
21. Bd4 $44) 17... dxc5 $5 {My opponent was also in a fighting mood. Mein
Gegner war ebenfalls in Kampfstimmung.} ({I was expecting Ich erwartete} 17...
Bd8 $5 18. Ra1 dxc5 19. Rb1 Qa3 20. Nc6 Bd7 21. Ra1 $11) 18. Nc6 Re8 19. e5 ({
Possibly stronger was Stärker war womöglich} 19. Nxe7+ Rxe7 20. Rxc5 Rd7 $1 (
20... Bb7 21. e5 Nd5 22. Bd4 Qa3 23. Qc2 $36) 21. e5 Ne4 $1 22. Rc2 (22. Bxe4
Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Bb7 24. Rb1 Rd8 $1 25. h4 Qxb1+ 26. Bxb1 Rd1+ $15) 22... Qb4 23.
Rc4 Qxc4 24. Bxc4 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Bb7 26. Rd7 Bd5 $11) 19... Nd5 20. Nxe7+ Rxe7
21. Bxc5 Rc7 $5 {Intuition or excellent calculation skills? Considering the
amount of time Ivanchuk spent here, I strongly suspect that his decision
relied on calculation. Intuition oder ausgezeichnete Rechenfähigkeit? In
Anbetracht der Bedenkzeit, die Ivanchuk hier investierte, vermute ich stark,
dass seine Entscheidung auf letzterem fußte.} (21... Rd7 {is also posible,
since ist gleichfalls möglich, denn} 22. Bxh7+ $5 (22. Bd6 Bb7 $11) 22... Kxh7
23. Qh5+ Kg8 24. Ra4 Qd2 (24... g6 $2 25. Qh6 Ne7 26. Bxe7 Rxe7 27. Qg5 $18) (
24... Bb7 25. Rh4 f5 (25... f6 $2 26. Qh7+ Kf7 27. Rg4 $18) 26. Qh7+ Kf7 27.
Rh6 Qxe5 28. Qg6+ Kg8 29. Qh7+ $11) 25. Be3 Nxe3 26. Rh4 Kf8 27. Qg5 Kg8 {
is only a draw. ist nur Remis.}) ({The most natural move Der höchst natürlich
Zug} 21... Qc3 $2 {is losing after the surprising verliert nach dem
überraschenden} 22. Bxh7+ $3 Kxh7 23. Ra3 $1 Qxc5 (23... Qxe5 24. Bxe7 Nxe7 25.
Rh3+ Kg6 26. Qg4+ Kf6 27. Qf3+ $18) 24. Qh5+ Kg8 25. Rh3 f6 26. exf6 $18) 22.
Bd6 Rc3 23. Ra4 ({More restrained was Zurückhaltender war} 23. Ra1 Qb3 24. Be4
Qxd1 25. Rfxd1 Bd7 $11) 23... h6 $1 (23... Bb7 $2 24. Bxh7+ Kxh7 25. Rh4+ Kg8
26. Qh5 f5 27. Qh7+ Kf7 28. Rh6) ({The solid Das solide} 23... g6 {would
actually increase my attacking chances after würde tatsächlich nur meine
Angriffschancen erhöhen nach} 24. h4 $1 (24. Ra1 Qb3 25. Be4 {with a probable
draw mit vermutlichem Remis}) 24... Bb7 25. h5 Bc6 26. hxg6 hxg6 27. Rg4 Kg7 {
and here White can choose between a draw with Bxg6 followed by Rxg6 or try
playing on with , und hier kann Weiß sich entscheiden, ob er remisieren will
mit Bxg6 nebst Rxg6 oder weiterspielen mit} 28. Be4 Rh8 29. Bxd5 Bxd5 30. Be7
Rh5 31. Rb4 Rb3 32. Rxb3 Qxb3 33. Qxb3 Bxb3 34. Bf6+ Kf8 35. g4 Rh3 36. f3 {
although Black should hold this too. , obwohl Schwarz sich auch hier halten
sollte.}) 24. Rg4 $6 {I was in time trouble already, but I just could not stop
going for the black king. Ich war bereits in Zeitnot, aber ich konnte einfach
nicht vom schwarzen König lassen.} (24. Ra1 $11) 24... Bd7 $1 25. Rg3 {During
the game, I thought that White has a winning attack here. Während der Partie
dachte ich, dass Weiß hier siegreichen Angriff hätte.} (25. Be4 $2 Bb5 26.
Rxg7+ Kxg7 27. Qg4+ Kh8 28. Qh5 Qc1 $19) 25... Bb5 26. Qg4 g5 {I completely
missed this simple move and I must admit, that I was simply lucky to survive
after this. Diesen einfachen Zug hatte ich völlig übersehen, und ich muss
zugeben, dass ich danach einfach nur mit Glück überlebte.} 27. Qh5 $1 {There
was no choice, because Es gab keine Wahl, denn} (27. Bxb5 axb5 28. Qh5 Rxg3 29.
fxg3 Qd4+ $19 {is painful to even look at. tut schon beim Zuschauen weh.})
27... Bxd3 28. Qxh6 Bg6 29. Rxg5 Nf4 30. Rg4 Rc1 31. Qxf4 Rxf1+ 32. Kxf1 Qb1+
33. Ke2 Qd3+ 34. Ke1 Rc8 {This looks decisive, but amazingly there is no mate.
Dies sieht entscheidend aus, aber überraschenderweise gibt es kein Matt.} 35.
Bb4 $8 a5 36. Bd2 Rb8 37. Qc4 (37. f3 Rb1+ 38. Kf2 Rb2 39. Ke1 a4 {looked bad
to me during the game, but White holds with schien mir während der Partie
schlecht, aber Weiß hält sich mit} 40. Qh6 Rb1+ (40... a3 $6 41. Rh4 Bh7 42.
Ra4 $16) 41. Kf2 Rb2 $11) 37... Rb1+ 38. Bc1 Qf5 39. f3 Qxe5+ 40. Kf2 $11 Rb4
41. Qc8+ Kh7 42. h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Foros Aerosvit 3rd"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2008.06.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2008.06.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Qc2 c5 8. dxc5
Na6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bxe7 Nxe7 11. g3 Qa5 12. Bg2 Nb4 13. Qb3 Qxc5 14. O-O Nbc6
15. Rfd1 e5 16. Rac1 Be6 17. Qxb7 Rab8 18. Qa6 Rxb2 19. Nd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Foros Aerosvit 3rd"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2008.06.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2008.06.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Kritz} c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 {Kritz: 'The other
popular continuation is 5.Bd3, after which there are complicated positions
offering chances to both sides.' Kritz: 'Die andere populäre Fortsetzung ist 5.
Bd3, wonach es zu komplizierten, für beide Seiten chancenreichen Stellungen
kommt'} (5. Bd3 {Kritz} Bc5 (5... Nf6 6. O-O Qc7 7. Qe2 d6 8. c4 $132) 6. Nb3
Be7 (6... Ba7 7. Qe2 Nc6 8. Be3 $132) 7. Qg4 g6 8. Qe2 d6 9. c4 Qc7 10. Nc3 Nd7
11. O-O b6 12. Be3 Bb7 $132 {As so often in the 5.Bd3-Variation, we get a
hedgehog position with interesting and unclear play. Wie so oft in der 5.
Bd3-Variante, entsteht eine Igelstellung mit interessantem und unklarem Spiel.}
) ({Equally playable is Ebenfalls spielbar ist} 5. c4 {Kritz} Nf6 6. Nc3 {
after nach} Qc7 7. a3 b6 8. Be2 Bb7 9. f3 d6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Be3 Be7 $132 {
we have another hedgehog position, which is also interesting and full of
possibilities. kommt wieder eine Igelstellung aufs Brett, die ebenfalls sehr
interessant und ideenreich ist.}) 5... d6 {Black keeps his plans for
developing his queenside open. Meanwhile, Nf6 is prepared. This is a
relatively rare continuation in comparison to 5...Nc6, 5...Qc7 and 5...b5.} ({
Of course,} 5... Nf6 $2 {is bad, due to} 6. e5) ({The main variation is Die
Hauptvariante ist} 5... Qc7 {(Kritz) but there follows doch es folgt} 6. Bd3
Nf6 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nxc6 $1 {The correct move to challenge the move order chosen
by Black. Das ist der richtige Zug, um die von Schwarz gewählte Zugfolge in
Frage zu stellen.} (8. Be3 Nxd4 9. Bxd4 Bc5 10. Bxc5 Qxc5 $11) 8... dxc6 (8...
bxc6 {leads to the other Pauslen Variation, in which the moves Qc7-Nf6 are not
combined. führt zur anderen Paulsen-Variante, bei der man die Züge Qc7-Nf6
nicht miteinander kombiniert.} 9. Qe2 d5 10. b3 $14) 9. f4 e5 10. Kh1 Bd6 11.
f5 b5 12. a4 $14 {On account of his advantage in space, White is better almost
all over the board. Weiß steht wegen seines Raumvorteils fast in allen Teilen
des Brettes besser.}) 6. Bd3 {Kritz: 'The development of the f1-bishop and
kingside castling seems to me the best against this variation. ' Kritz: 'Die
Entwicklung des f1-Läufers und die danach folgende kurze Rochade scheint mir
nicht das Optimale gegen diese Variante zu sein. '} (6. Be3 $5 {Kritz} b5 7.
Qd2 Bb7 8. f3 {later transposes into the Najdorf Variation (reckoned good for
White), because Black will sooner or later have to play Nf6. That is probably
the best method of play against e6-a6-d6. führt später in die Najdorf-Variante
über (die als gut für Weiß gilt), weil Schwarz früher oder später sowieso Nf6
spielen muss. Das ist wahrscheinlich die beste Methode gegen e6-a6-d6 zu
spielen.}) (6. Be2 {Kritz} b5 7. O-O Bb7 {and Black is at least level. I even
suppose it brings an advantage because the e4-pawn is difficult to defend. und
Schwarz steht zumindest ausgeglichen, ich vermute sogar, mit Vorteil, weil der
Bauer e4 nur mit Mühe gedeckt werden kann.}) 6... Nf6 7. O-O Nbd7 {This move
is more flexible than 7...Nc6, since it keeps the options of the b7-b5 advance,
as well as Nc5.} ({Black needed to take control over the e5-square.  For
instance:} 7... b5 $2 {would be too optimistic, in view of} 8. a4 b4 9. Na2 (9.
Nce2 $5) 9... e5 (9... d5 10. e5 Ne4 (10... Nfd7 $2 11. Nxe6 $18) 11. Qe2 $16)
10. Nf5 d5 11. Qf3 $16) 8. Kh1 {Prophylactic move. White moves away the king
from the a7-g1 diagonal, preparing the f2-f4 advance. The main drawback is
that Black can grab some advantage on the queenside with b7-b5. Below are some
of the games played previously: Kritz: 'I do not think that this is the
strongest continuation. ' Kritz: 'Ich denke, das ist nicht die stärkste
Fortsetzung. '} ({Kritz: There is the alternative Kritz: Man kann alternativ} 
8. Be3 {, but it is not so good because the bishop is blocking the e-file and
making difficult the advance e5. Kritz: 'spielen, was aber auch nicht so gut
ist, weil der Läufer die e-Linie versperrt und den Vorstoß e5 schwierig macht.'
} Qc7 (8... b5 $2 {Kritz} 9. a4 bxa4 (9... b4 10. Nc6 Qc7 11. Nxb4 d5 12. Nba2
$16) 10. Rxa4 $16 {and White attacks the a6-pawn, whereas Black has not yet
completed his development. und Weiß greift den a6-Bauern an, während Schwarz
noch nicht mal seine Entwicklung beendet hat.}) 9. f4 b5 10. a3 Bb7 11. Qf3 Be7
12. Rae1 (12. g4 {is not particularly dangerous, because of} h6) 12... Nc5 {
preparing the d7 spot for the kingside knight.} 13. Bf2 O-O 14. Qh3 (14. g4 $2
{enables} d5 $1 15. e5 Nfe4 $17) 14... g6 15. Nf3 Nh5 16. Be3 f5 17. exf5 Nxd3
18. cxd3 exf5 19. Ng5 Bxg5 20. fxg5 Rae8 $11 {1-0 Macieja,B (2538)-Hracek,Z 
(2620)/Budapest 2000/CBM 078 (40)}) (8. a4 b6 9. f4 Bb7 10. Qf3 g6 11. Nb3 $6
Bg7 12. Qh3 Qe7 13. Be3 h5 $1 14. Kh1 (14. f5 Ng4 15. fxg6 fxg6 16. Bd4 Nc5 17.
Bxg7 Qxg7 18. Nxc5 Qd4+ 19. Kh1 Qxc5 $15 {[%cal Ye8c8]}) 14... Ng4 15. Bg1 Nc5
16. a5 Nxd3 17. cxd3 b5 18. f5 exf5 19. exf5 O-O $17 {1-0 Semeniuk,A (2456)
-Rublevsky,S (2684)/St Petersburg 1999/CBM 071 (40)}) (8. Qe2 $5 {(Kritz) This
seems the best to me. White waits to see what Black will do. In the event of
an early b5, he can play immediately on the queenside with Bd2-a4, since his
king is better placed for this on g1 than on h1. On the other hand, if Black
plays slowly with Qc7-Be7, then White can either play f4 at once or else put
his king on h1 after developing other pieces. Dies scheint mir am besten. Man
wartet ab, was Schwarz macht. Im Fall von frühem b5, kann man mittels Bd2-a4
sofort am Damenflügel spielen, dafür steht der König auf g1 besser als auf h1.
Spielt Schwarz dagegen langsam mit Qc7-Be7, so kann man entweder gleich f4
spielen, oder den König erst dann nach h1 stellen, nachdem man andere Figuren
entwickelt hat.} Qc7 (8... b5 9. Bd2 Bb7 10. b4 $5 Ne5 (10... d5 11. exd5 Nxd5
12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. a4 $16) 11. Nb3 d5 12. Na5 $14 {Black is behind in
development, which allows White to take specific action. Schwarz liegt in der
Entwicklung zurück, das erlaubt Weiß, zu konkreten Aktionen zu kommen.}) 9. Bd2
Be7 10. Kh1 O-O 11. f4 $14) 8... b5 (8... Qc7 9. Bd2 g6 10. f4 Bg7 11. Qe1 Nc5
12. f5 Ng4 13. fxe6 fxe6 14. Qh4 Ne5 15. Nf3 ({Worth consideration} 15. Be2 {
preventing castling.} Nf7 16. Be3 O-O 17. Rad1 $14) 15... O-O 16. Nxe5 dxe5 17.
Rxf8+ Bxf8 18. Be2 Bd7 19. Rf1 Re8 20. Qg4 b5 21. a3 Bc6 $13 {1/2-1/2 Mitkov,N
(2539)-Nielsen,P (2663)/Mallorca 2004/CBM 104 (42)}) 9. Qe2 ({Now} 9. a4 {
is met by} b4 10. Na2 d5 {and Black solves all his problems.}) 9... Bb7 10. Bd2
{[%csl Gd4,Re6][%cal Yf2f4,Yf4f5,Gf5e6]} Qb6 $5 $146 {Black drives away
White's knight from its central position from where it could have put pressure
on the e6-pawn. This position is appearing for the first time. In the
preceding games Black has tried the following continuations: Kritz: 'This is a
new move. Up till now, only 10....Nc5 has been tried.' Kritz: 'Dies ist ein
neuer Zug. Bis jetzt hat man nur 10....Nc5 ausprobiert.'} (10... Nc5 11. f3 ({
Better is} 11. b4 Nxd3 12. cxd3 Be7 (12... g6 {Kritz} 13. a4 bxa4 14. Nxa4 Bg7
15. Be3 $14 {White has a slight plus because of his strong centre and his
advantage in space on the queenside. Weiß hat ein kleines Plus wegen dem
starken Zentrum und Raumvorteil am Damenflügel.}) (12... d5 {Kritz} 13. e5 Nd7
14. Rac1 Be7 (14... Bxb4 15. Ncxb5 $16) 15. f4 O-O 16. a3 $14 {A typical
position in which the b7-bishop is completely shut out of the game. Eine
typische Stellung, in der der Läufer b7 völlig aus dem Spiel ausgeschaltet ist.
}) 13. a4 $14) 11... g6 12. a4 b4 13. Na2 e5 14. Nb3 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 a5 16. Rfd1
Ba6 $15 {0-1 Ashton,A (2321)-Agrest,E (2591)/Gibraltar 2006/CBM 110 ext (42)}
17. Qe3 {Kritz} Bc4 $15 {Ashton - Agrest (Gibraltar, 2006)}) (10... Be7 11. a4
bxa4 (11... b4 {looks better.} 12. Nd1 Qb6 13. Nb3 a5 14. Ne3 O-O 15. Nc4 Qc7
$11) 12. Nxa4 O-O 13. Nb3 Qc7 14. Na5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Scholl,E (2400)-Van der
Weide,P (2290)/Leeuwarden 1973/MCD (38)}) (10... g6 11. f4 Bg7 12. f5 Qe7 ({
The typical} 12... e5 {deserves attention. For example:} 13. Nb3 O-O {with
approximately equal chances.}) 13. fxe6 fxe6 14. a4 b4 15. Nd1 Nc5 16. Bxb4
Nfxe4 17. Bxe4 Nxe4 18. Nc3 Nxc3 19. Bxc3 e5 20. Nb3 Bf6 21. Rad1 O-O 22. Bb4
Rad8 23. Na5 Ba8 24. Qxa6 $14 {0-1 Buenermann,V (2325)-Weritz,J (2311)/Germany
2004/EXT 2006 (28)}) 11. Nb3 (11. Be3 {Kritz} Qc7 $132 {White has not put his
bishop on the best square - it would be much better on d2. Weiß hat seinen
Läufer nicht auf das beste Feld gestellt - auf d2 steht er viel besser.}) 11...
h5 $5 {[%csl Gf6][%cal Rb7h1,Yh5h4,Yh4h3,Gf6g4] The idea to advance the h-pawn
is typical for the Paulsen variations. Black keeps his king in the centre and
tries to weaken White's king's residence by pushing the pawn to h3.  Kritz:
'Eine sehr interessante Idee! Schwarz entscheidet sich für das Spiel ohne
Rochade und will die etwas ungeschickte Lage der weißen Figuren ausnutzen. Auf
diesem Weg wird auch der Zug f4 unterbunden.'} 12. a4 {White has to develop
the initiative on the queenside.} (12. f4 $6 {Kritz} h4 13. f5 (13. h3 $2 Nh5)
13... h3 14. fxe6 (14. g3 exf5 15. Rxf5 Ne5 $15) 14... fxe6 $132 {Black has
the super e5-square for his knight and the white king is not much safer than
the black one. In addition, if necessary Black can still castle queenside.
Schwarz hat das Superfeld e5 für den Springer und der weiße König ist nicht
viel sicherer als der schwarze. Übrigens, im Notfall kann Schwarz später auch
noch lang rochieren.}) 12... b4 13. Nd1 (13. a5 {Kritz} Qc7 (13... Qc6 14. Na2
d5 (14... Nxe4 15. Nxb4 Nc3 16. Nxc6 Nxe2 17. Nb4 $18) 15. e5 Ne4 16. Nxb4 Qc7
17. f4 h4 18. Nd4 h3 19. g3 $14) 14. Na4 d5 15. exd5 Nxd5 $11) 13... h4 14. h3
$6 {[%csl Rf4,Rg3] The main disadvantage of this move is that it weakens the
black squares on the kingside.} ({Deserving attention was} 14. f3 $5 {[%csl
Rb7,Ye4,Yf3][%cal Yd1f2] limiting the possibilities of Black's light-squared
bishop and taking control over the e4 spot.} h3 (14... Nh5 {is parried by} 15.
Nf2) (14... d5 15. e5 Nh5 16. Nf2) 15. g3 $13 {[%cal Yd1e3,Ye3c4]}) 14... d5 $1
{It looks like that after this breakthrough Black has solved all his opening
problems. Kritz: 'Black's play has been very strong and he has even achieved a
slight advantage. I think this setup does not suit White. he has to delay the
move Kh1 till Black confirms what his plans will be.'  Kritz: 'Schwarz hat
sehr stark gespielt und ist sogar zu einem kleinem Vorteil gekommen. Ich denke,
dieser Aufbau ist für Weiß nicht geeignet. Man muss mit dem Zug Kh1 abwarten,
bis Schwarz seine Pläne festlegt.'} 15. exd5 ({Worse is} 15. e5 Ne4 {and
White's central pawn is too weak:} 16. Bf4 (16. Be3 Qc7) 16... g5 17. Bh2 Bg7
$15) 15... Nxd5 16. Be4 N7f6 17. Bf3 Rc8 18. Rc1 Be7 {With the idea to castle.}
19. Bg5 {Trying to prevent castling.} ({Perhaps better was} 19. a5 {[%cal
Yc2c4]} Qa7 20. c4 {trying to get some counterplay on the queenside.} bxc3 21.
Nxc3 O-O $15 {However, thanks to his centralised pieces Black's prospects look
preferable.}) 19... O-O $1 {White's hopes collapse. Black has definitely
gained positional advantages until now, and his only problem was his unsecured
king. Sacrificing the pawn, Black mobilizes all his forces.} 20. Ne3 {White
tries to exchange as many pieces as possible, hoping to neutralize Black's
activity.} ({Taking a pawn was too dangerous.} 20. Bxh4 Nf4 21. Qe3 Qxe3 22.
Nxe3 (22. fxe3 Bxf3 23. exf4 (23. Rxf3 Ne2 $17) 23... Bc6 24. a5 Bb5 25. Rf2
Rfd8 $17 {[%cal Yf6e4]}) 22... Bxf3 23. gxf3 Nxh3 $15) 20... Nxe3 21. Bxe3 Bxf3
22. Qxf3 Qc6 23. Qxc6 Rxc6 $15 {Black's position is better thanks to a
superior pawn structure and more active pieces. It should be noticed that
Black's pawn on h4 makes White's monarch's position vulnerable.} 24. Na5 Rc7
25. c4 $6 ({Probably better was} 25. b3 {, building a "fortress" on c4.} Nd5
26. Nc4 $15) 25... bxc3 26. Rxc3 Rxc3 27. bxc3 Rc8 28. Bd4 Ne4 $17 {Now
Black's advantage is obvious. White cannot protect all his pawns.} 29. Nb3 (29.
Rc1 {isn't better at all:} e5 $1 30. Be3 (30. Bxe5 Nxf2+ {[%cal Yf2d3]}) 30...
Bc5 $19) 29... Rb8 30. Rb1 (30. Nc1 Rb1 $19) 30... Bc5 (30... Bd6 {[%cal Ye6e5]
} 31. Kg1 e5 32. Ba7 Ra8 $17 (32... Rb7 $2 33. Nd2 $1)) 31. Nd2 Nxf2+ 32. Kg1
Rxb1+ 33. Nxb1 Ne4 $19 {Black's position should be winning, however, Ivanchuk
was in time trouble, and therefore didn't play his best.} 34. Kf1 Kh7 ({
The computer's recommendation} 34... Bxd4 {turns out to be not so convincing:}
35. cxd4 Ng3+ 36. Kf2 Nf5 37. d5 exd5 38. Nc3 Ne7 39. Ke3 {and White's chances
to survive look good, thanks to his active king.}) 35. Ke2 Bxd4 36. cxd4 Kg6
37. Ke3 Kf5 (37... Nd6 {allows White to activate his knight.} 38. Nc3) 38. Na3
Nd6 39. Nc2 Nc4+ 40. Kf3 a5 41. Na1 {Transfering the knight to b3.} Kf6 42. Nb3
Ke7 43. Kg4 Kd6 44. Kxh4 Kd5 45. g4 Ke4 46. Kg3 Kd3 ({Worse is} 46... g5 $6 47.
h4 gxh4+ 48. Kxh4 Kd3 49. Kg5 Kc3 50. Nc1 Kxd4 51. Kf6 $11) 47. h4 Kc3 48. Nc1
Kxd4 49. h5 {The advance of the g-pawn is coming.} Ke4 $2 ({It looks like after
} 49... f6 $1 {Black wins the game:} 50. g5 fxg5 51. Kg4 Ne5+ 52. Kxg5 Kc3 53.
Ne2+ Kb4 54. Nd4 Kxa4 55. Nxe6 Kb4 56. Kf5 (56. Nxg7 a4 57. h6 Nf7+ 58. Kg6
Nxh6 59. Kxh6 a3 60. Nf5 a2 61. Nd4 Kc3 $19) 56... a4 57. Kxe5 a3 58. Nd4 a2
59. Nc2+ Kc3 $19) 50. Nb3 f5 ({Black had better winning chances after} 50...
Ke5 51. Kh4 Kf4 52. g5 Nd6 53. h6 (53. Nxa5 Nf5+ 54. Kh3 Kxg5 55. Nc4 Nd4 56.
a5 Nc6 57. a6 f6 $19) 53... Nf5+ 54. Kh3 gxh6 55. gxh6 Nxh6 56. Nxa5 Nf5 $17)
51. g5 f4+ 52. Kf2 Kf5 53. Nd4+ Kxg5 54. Nxe6+ Kxh5 $2 (54... Kf6 {probably
was the last chance to fight for a win:} 55. Nxf4 Nb6 $15) 55. Nxg7+ Kg4 56.
Ne6 Nd6 57. Nd4 Ne4+ 58. Kg2 Nc5 59. Kf2 Nxa4 60. Nb3 Nc3 61. Nxa5 Ne4+ 62. Kf1
f3 63. Nc4 Kf4 64. Nb2 Ke3 65. Nc4+ Kd4 66. Nb2 Nc3 67. Kf2 Ke4 68. Nd3 Nd1+
69. Kg3 Ke3 70. Ne5 f2 71. Ng4+ Ke2 72. Nxf2 Nxf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Foros Aerosvit 3rd"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2008.06.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2008.06.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. a3 c6 8. h3 b6
9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Be2 Bb7 12. Qa4 c5 13. O-O a6 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15.
Qc2 Bf6 16. Rac1 Rc8 17. Qb1 Qe7 18. Rfd1 g6 19. Bf1 Nb3 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. Qa2
Nc1 22. Qb1 Nb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Foros Aerosvit 3rd"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2008.06.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2008.06.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Nc6 7. Bf4 Qf6
8. Qd2 Be7 9. O-O-O O-O 10. Re1 Qf5 11. a3 Bf6 12. Bd3 Qa5 13. h4 Bf5 14. Ng5
Rae8 15. g4 Bxg5 16. Bxf5 Bxf4 17. Qxf4 Re5 18. Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Foros Aerosvit 3rd"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2008.06.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2008.06.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Bg7 6. e4 Nb6 7. Be3 O-O 8.
Bb5 Qd6 $5 {A rare continuation.} (8... a6) (8... Be6) (8... f5 {are the most
popular moves.}) 9. Nge2 (9. e5 $5 Qb4 $5 10. Nge2 {needs testing.}) 9... c6
$146 (9... a6 $5 10. Bd3 Rd8 11. O-O Nc6 12. d5 (12. e5 $5 Nxe5 $140 $2 13. Ne4
) 12... Ne5 $132 {0-1 Aleksandrov,A-Grischuk,A/chessassistantclub.com INT 2004/
CBM 104 ext (41)}) 10. Bd3 e5 11. dxe5 Qxe5 12. Bd4 Qe7 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 $11 14.
Bc2 {There was no point in keeping this "bad" bishop. Development was more
important:} (14. O-O N8d7 15. Qc2 Ne5 16. Rfd1 $11) 14... Rd8 15. Qc1 Na6 16.
O-O Be6 17. Nf4 Bc4 18. Re1 $6 (18. Rd1 $5) 18... Nb4 (18... Qe5 $5) 19. a3 (
19. e5 Rd4 $36) 19... Nxc2 20. Qxc2 Qf6 $15 {Black has finally exchanged the
white bishop; additionally, he now controls the d-file.} 21. Nce2 Rd7 22. b3
Ba6 23. Rad1 Rad8 24. g3 Qe5 25. f3 (25. Qc3 Qxc3 26. Nxc3 Rxd1 27. Rxd1 Rxd1+
28. Nxd1 Kf6 $17) (25. Rxd7 Rxd7 26. Qc3 Qxc3 27. Nxc3 g5 28. Ng2 Rd2 29. Ne3
$15) 25... Kg8 (25... g5 $5) 26. a4 h5 27. Kf2 Rd6 28. Qc3 Nd7 29. Rxd6 $6 {
Definitely conceding the d-file, which was not forced.} (29. b4 $142 $15) 29...
Qxd6 $17 30. Rc1 Ne5 31. h4 Qf6 32. b4 $4 {[%mdl 8192] Tactical oversights are
quite usual in inferior positions.} (32. Ng1 $8 Qe7 $17 {[%cal Re5d3]}) 32...
Rd3 $1 33. Nxd3 Qxf3+ 34. Kg1 Bxd3 35. Qxe5 Qe3+ 36. Kh2 Qxe2+ 0-1

[Event "Foros Aerosvit 3rd"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2008.06.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2008.06.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxe5 Nd4 12. Nd2 Re8 13. Ndf3 Nxb3 14. axb3 f6
15. Ng4 Qd7 16. Bd2 c5 17. Qe2 h5 18. Ngh2 Bd6 19. Qf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Foros Aerosvit 3rd"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2008.06.18"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2008.06.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 {This is a good complement to the Grünfeld Defence. Classic players
like Adorjan and Jansa used to play this way. Of course, Black has to be ready
to play the Pirc or the Modern.} 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 ({In the event of} 3. d4 {
Black would be in time to transpose to the Grünfeld with} Nf6 4. Nc3 d5) (3.
Nc3 c5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 {is known to offer Black good play after} Nc6 6. Nc2
Bxc3+ $5 $132) 3... e5 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 $5 {Slightly unusual.} ({Black's
initial idea was} 5... Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Be2 Re8 8. f3 c6 {, practically
winning a whole tempo if compared to the King's Indian, because the queen's
pawn will advance to d5 in one move.} 9. Bg5 (9. Nc2 d5 {Adamski,J-Adorjan,A/
Polanica Zdroj 1970/MCL/[Belov] (0-1, 76)}) (9. O-O d5 {Spassov,L (2480)-Sax,G
(2565)/Budapest 1977/MCL (1/2-1/2, 29)}) 9... h6 10. Bh4 d5 {Gurevich,M (2694)
-Jansa,V (2458)/Forchheim 2000/CBM 076/[Gurevich,M] (1/2-1/2, 44)}) 6. Be3 (6.
Nxc6 bxc6 {would define White's intentions in the centre too soon. After} 7.
Nc3 d6 8. Be3 {Black can already deviate from the Modern paths (8...Ne7) and
return to the King's Indian setup with} Nf6 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Re8 {, where
the exchange on c6 may well have been premature.}) 6... Qf6 $5 (6... Nge7 7.
Nc3 d6 8. Be2 {would transpose to a popular line of the Modern Defence.}) 7.
Nxc6 dxc6 $5 {An interesting plan. In a pawn ending, Black would practically
be a pawn down, but with the board populated by pieces, things are not that
one-sided. The good control over the d5- and d6 squares (and, in the event of
an eventual ...c5, over the weak d4-square), as well as the possibility of
rapid development of the c8-bishop, compensate for the structural defect.} 8.
Nc3 Qe7 9. Bd3 $146 (9. Qd2 f5 {illustrates one of Black's main ideas, the
rapid development of the queenside.} 10. exf5 (10. f3 Nf6 11. Bd3 fxe4 12. Nxe4
Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Be6 14. O-O-O O-O 15. Qc2 Bf5 $11) 10... Bxf5 11. O-O-O (11. Be2
Rd8 12. Qc1 Nf6 13. O-O O-O 14. Re1 Rfe8 $32) 11... Nf6 12. Bd3 Rd8 13. Qe2
Rxd3 14. Rxd3 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Ng4 16. Bd4 O-O $17 {Tratar,M (2466)-Cicak,S (2500)
/Campillos 2006/CBM 111 ext (1/2-1/2, 59)}) (9. Be2 $5 {deserves attention,
since the bishop will eventually land on this square anyway. For instance,} Nf6
10. f3 {would win a tempo over the line starting with 10.f3 below.}) 9... Nf6
10. h3 {Apparently, the most solid way of preventing ..Ng4. However, in the
game we will see that the relative weakness of the h3-pawn offers Black ideas
for counterplay.} (10. O-O $6 {alows Black win a couple of tempi if compared
to the game after} Ng4 11. Bf4 O-O 12. h3 Ne5 13. Be2 Be6 $15) (10. f3 {
safely defends the e4-pawn, but restricts the light-squared bishop even more.}
O-O 11. O-O Nd7 12. Qc2 Ne5 13. Be2 Be6 14. b3 g5 $13) 10... Nd7 11. O-O O-O
12. Qc2 Ne5 {Obviously, the knight's placement should be improved. For the
time being, Ivanchuk gives up the plan of installing it on d4, which would
have been connected with practical problems and prefers to consolidate it on
another active central square.} (12... Nc5 $5 13. Be2 $140 f5 $132 (13... Ne6
14. Rad1 c5 15. Nd5 $36)) 13. Be2 g5 {A method known from the Benoni Defence.}
14. Rad1 (14. f4 gxf4 15. Bxf4 Be6 $132 {[%csl Ge5]} (15... Nxc4 $6 16. Bxc4
Qc5+ 17. Kh1 Qxc4 18. Bxc7 Be6 19. Rf3 $36) 16. b3 Rad8 $132) 14... Be6 15. b3
Rfe8 $132 {Black has achieved comfortable development and White's "extra pawn"
is not making itself felt yet.} 16. Bh5 $6 {[%csl Rf5][%cal Gc3e2,Ge2g3] This
strategically ambitious move unexpectedly gives Black the opportunity of
launching a strong attack.} (16. Rfe1 $5 Qf6 $5 {[%csl Gc3][%cal Ge5c4]} (16...
g4 $6 17. hxg4 Bxg4 (17... Nxg4 18. Bxg4 Bxg4 19. f3 $14) 18. f4 $5 $36 (18. f3
$14)) 17. Na4 b6 18. Qc1 h6 $132 {[%cal Gf6g6,Gf7f5,Gc6c5,Ge5c6,Gc6d4]}) (16.
Rd2 $5 Qf6 17. Rc1 $5 Qg6 $132 {[%cal Gh7h5,Gg5g4,Gf7f5]}) 16... g4 $1 $36 {
[%csl Rh5]} (16... Qf6 17. Ne2 $14) 17. Bxg4 (17. f4 Qh4 $1 $15) 17... Bxg4 18.
hxg4 Nxg4 19. Bf4 Be5 20. Qe2 $2 {Just a blunder in an unpleasant position.} (
20. Ne2 Qh4 21. Qc1 Bxf4 22. Qxf4 Rxe4 $1 23. Qg3 Qxg3 24. Nxg3 Re7 $15 {
[%csl Gc6,Gc7,Gf7,Gh7]}) (20. Qc1 Rad8 21. Ne2 h5 22. Ng3 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Qc5 24.
Rf1 Bd4 $36) 20... Qh4 $1 21. Qf3 Nh2 $1 0-1

[Event "Foros Aerosvit 3rd"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2008.06.19"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2008.06.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Nbd7 5. Qc2 $5 dxc4 6. e4 a6 $5 {After 6
moves we have an almost fresh position!} (6... Nb6 {and}) (6... c5 {have been
played several times here.}) 7. e5 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (7. Bxc4 c5 $132 ({or} 
7... b5 8. Bd3 c5)) (7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 Be7 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Be2 b4 11. Na4 Bb7 12.
e5 Nd5 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Nc5 Nxc5 15. dxc5 a5 16. c6 Ba6 $13 {1/2-1/2 Kuzmin,
G-Terentiev,V/Voronezh 2000/EXT 2001 (26)}) 7... Nd5 8. Bxc4 Nxc3 (8... N7b6 9.
Bg5 $1 {doesn't change much.}) 9. Qxc3 (9. bxc3 b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 {[%cal Yb7f3]})
9... Nb6 (9... c5 $6 10. d5) (9... b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Bg5 $1 Be7 $140 12. Bxe7
Qxe7 13. Qxc7) 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Bb3 Nd5 $6 {This move will be
necessary but Black should prevent the closure of the queenside:} (12... a5 13.
a3 Nd5) 13. Bxd5 exd5 14. O-O O-O $6 (14... a5 $1) 15. b4 {[%mdl 32]} Bf5 16.
a4 c6 17. a5 $1 {Black's queenside pawn majority is now neutralized and White
will start exploiting his kingside pawn majority.} Bg4 18. Nd2 Be2 $6 19. Rfe1
Bc4 $6 {A wrong manoeuvre. This bishop will be completely out of play here.}
20. h3 (20. Nxc4 $143 dxc4 21. Qxc4 Rad8 {and weaknesses on d4 and b4 make the
conversion of White's extra pawn extremely difficult.}) 20... Rfd8 21. f4 Rab8
22. Kh2 Qe6 23. Rac1 h6 24. Re3 Qf5 25. Rf3 b6 {Black has no other counterplay
but...} 26. Nxc4 {It's time to take the pawn now as Black has his own
weaknesses on the queenside.} dxc4 27. Qxc4 bxa5 28. bxa5 Rb5 29. Qxc6 Rxa5 30.
g4 Qd7 31. Qxd7 Rxd7 {[%mdl 4096]} 32. Rd3 {White's pawn chain guarantees him
a decisive advantage.} g5 (32... Ra4 33. Rcd1 {[%cal Yh2g3,Yg3f3,Yf3e4]} (33.
Rc8+ $143 Kh7 34. d5 Rxf4 35. d6 a5)) 33. Kg3 Rad5 34. Rc4 a5 35. Kf3 Kf8 (
35... gxf4 36. Kxf4 {[%cal Yh3h4,Yh4h5] was hardly better.}) 36. fxg5 hxg5 37.
Ke4 Ke7 38. Rc6 $1 (38. Rb3 $143 f6) 38... Rb5 $6 {Allowing the d4 pawn to
move forward. However, Black hardly had a satisfactory defence anyway:} (38...
Ke8 39. Rc8+ Ke7 40. Rg8) (38... Kf8 39. Rc8+ Kg7 40. Rc4 Kf8 (40... f6 41. e6
R7d6 42. Rc8 $18) 41. Rb3 $18) 39. d5 Ra7 40. Rdc3 (40. Rc8 $1 a4 $140 41. d6+
Kd7 42. Rf8 $18) 40... Rbb7 (40... Rd7 41. Rd3 (41. R3c5 $6 Rxc5 42. Rxc5 Ra7)
41... Ra7 42. Rc8 $1 $18) 41. R6c4 (41. Rc8 $1 $18) 41... f6 {This leads to a
hopeless pawn endgame.} (41... Rb4 {looks more stubborn but it was also lost
for Black:} 42. Rxb4 axb4 43. Rb3 Rb7 44. Kd4 (44. Kf5 Rb5 45. Kxg5 Rxd5 46.
Rxb4 Rxe5+ 47. Kh6 {is probably winning, too.}) 44... f6 $8 45. exf6+ Kxf6 46.
d6 (46. Kc5 $143 Rc7+ 47. Kd6 Rc4 48. Kd7 {is also good}) 46... Ke6 47. Kc5 Kd7
48. Re3 $1 Kd8 (48... Rb8 49. Re7+ Kd8 50. Rg7 $18) 49. Kc6 Ra7 50. Re4 $1 Ra6+
(50... Ra4 51. Kc5 Ra5+ 52. Kxb4 Rd5 53. Kc4 Rxd6 54. Rd4 $18) (50... b3 51.
Rb4 Ra6+ 52. Kd5 $18) 51. Kd5 $1 (51. Kc5 $143 b3 52. Rb4 Kd7 53. Rb7+ Ke6 $1
54. Re7+ Kf6) 51... Kd7 (51... Ra5+ 52. Ke6 Rb5 53. Re1 Rb6 54. Rf1 Ke8 55. Ra1
Rb8 56. Ra7 $18) 52. Re7+ Kc8 53. Rc7+ Kd8 54. Rb7 Ra3 55. Rxb4 Rxh3 56. Rb8+
Kd7 57. Rb7+ Kd8 58. Rg7 Ra3 59. Ke6 Re3+ 60. Kf6 Rd3 61. Kxg5 Rxd6 62. Rf7 $18
) 42. Rc7+ $1 Rxc7 43. d6+ Kd8 44. dxc7+ Rxc7 45. Rxc7 Kxc7 46. exf6 Kd7 47.
Kf5 Ke8 (47... a4 48. Kg6 $18) 48. Kxg5 a4 49. Kh6 (49. Kg6 $144 Kf8 50. g5 a3
51. Kh7 a2 52. g6 a1=Q 53. g7+) 49... a3 (49... Kf7 50. g5 $18) (49... Kf8 50.
g5 a3 51. g6 a2 52. g7+ Kf7 53. Kh7 $18) 50. Kg7 a2 51. f7+ Kd7 52. f8=Q a1=Q+
53. Qf6 Qh1 54. h4 Qh3 55. Qd4+ Ke6 56. g5 Qh1 57. Qf6+ Kd5 58. h5 Kc5 59. h6
Qb7+ 60. Kg6 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 36th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2008.06.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2008.06.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. a4 Nc6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bf3 Bf8 13. Qd2 Rb8 14. Rfd1 Na5 {
The knight move to a5 is well established in the classical Scheveningen, but
for some reason in this very position it is still a rare guest.} 15. Qf2 (15.
b3 b6 16. Qe1 Bb7 17. Rd3 Nc6 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. Qg3 e5 20. fxe5 dxe5 21. Bg5
Be7 22. Bh6 Bf8 23. Bg5 Be7 24. Bh6 Bf8 25. Rf1 Rbd8 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 $15 {
1-0 Mikita,J (2209)-Obona,J (2241)/Slovakia 2004 (38)}) 15... Nc4 16. Bc1 e5 $1
17. Nde2 (17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. exf5 exf4 $1 (18... e4 19. Be2 Rbc8 20. g4 $36) 19.
Qd4 Ne3 $15) 17... exf4 (17... d5 $5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Rxd5 (19. exd5 $2 e4 20.
Bh5 g6 21. b3 Nd6 22. Bb2 e3 23. Qg3 Nf5 $17) 19... Be6 20. Rd1 Rbd8 $44) 18.
Nxf4 Be6 {[%mdl 4] Van Wely has used the moment of his opponent's strain to
play the standard counterplay in the centre. Ivanchuk will have to work hard
in order to get even a trace of an advantage.} (18... Ng4 19. Qg3 Nce5 20. Be2
Qc5 21. Rf1 Nf6 22. Be3 Qc6 $14) 19. b3 (19. Nfd5 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Rxd5
g6 22. b3 Bg7 23. Ra2 Nb6 24. Rd1 Nd7 25. Bf4 Be5 $11) 19... Ne5 20. Bb2 g6 $1
{The transfer of the bishop to g7 is well known, but here it completely
eliminates the potential of its dangerous counterpart on b2.} 21. Ncd5 (21. Be2
Bg7 22. h3 Nc6 $11) 21... Bxd5 22. Nxd5 (22. exd5 $6 Bg7 23. c4 Nfg4 $15) 22...
Nxd5 23. Rxd5 {White is too experienced to fall for the positionally second
rate capture with the pawn on d5.} (23. exd5 $2 Bg7 $15) 23... Bg7 24. c4 Nxf3
25. gxf3 (25. Bxg7 Ng5 $1 26. Rxg5 (26. Bb2 Nxe4 27. Qd4 f6 $17) 26... Kxg7 27.
Qd4+ Kg8 $11) 25... Bxb2 26. Qxb2 Re5 27. Rad1 (27. Rxe5 dxe5 28. Rd1 b5 $11)
27... Rxd5 28. Rxd5 Qb6 $1 {The defender actually had to see this fine move in
advance, othwerwise the weakness of the d6-pawn could cost him dear.} (28...
Re8 $2 29. Qd4 Qd7 (29... Re6 30. c5 $1 $16) 30. Rxd6 Qh3 31. Qd1 Re5 32. Qe2
$16) 29. Kg2 Rc8 $1 (29... Qb4 30. e5 dxe5 31. Qxe5 Rc8 32. Rd3 $11) 30. Qc3
Rc5 31. h4 Rxd5 32. cxd5 Qd8 33. Kg3 Qb6 34. Kg2 (34. Qc8+ Kg7 35. Qd7 Qg1+ $11
) 34... Qd8 35. e5 Qxh4 $1 {A precise reaction to the last enemy attempt to
get some chances. White's king will be too exposed to hide from perpetual
checks.} (35... dxe5 $6 36. Qxe5 Qxh4 37. d6 $14) 36. exd6 Qg5+ 37. Kf2 Qh4+ (
37... Qxd5 38. Qc8+ Kg7 39. d7 Qd2+ $11) 38. Kg2 (38. Ke3 Qg5+ 39. Ke4 Qf5+ 40.
Ke3 (40. Kd4 $4 Qf6+ 41. Kc4 Qxc3+ 42. Kxc3 Kf8 $19) 40... Qg5+ $11) 38... Qg5+
39. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 36th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2008.06.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2008.06.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 2]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 {
Nowadays White's main attempt against this Paulsen move-order.} ({After} 6. Be2
Qc7 7. O-O Nf6 8. Be3 {Black can (and often does!) steer into a Scheveningen
with} Be7 9. f4 d6 10. a4 O-O 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bf3 Bf8 {-B85. Even the great
Paulsen expert Rublevsky prefers this transposition, as witness his recent
game with Jakovenko in Poikovsky 2008.}) 6... bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. O-O Nf6 9. Qf3
$5 {This is starting to become popular in place of the once main continuation}
(9. Re1 Be7 {The direct} 10. e5 (10. Qf3 O-O 11. Bg5 (11. Bf4 {is more usual,
as now Black can occupy more [+]().}) 11... d4 12. Na4 e5 13. b3 Nd7 14. Bxe7
Qxe7 15. c3 c5 16. Rac1 Qd6 17. Qg3 Bb7 18. Rc2 Rac8 19. Rec1 Qh6 20. Nb2 f5
21. exf5 e4 22. Bc4+ Kh8 $44 {<=>,Topalov,V (2772)-Mamedyarov,S (2757)/Sofia/
2007/}) 10... Nd7 11. Qg4 g6 12. Bh6 {can be effectively met by} Rb8 13. Qh3
Rb4 14. Bg7 Rh4 15. Qg3 Rg8 16. Bf6 Bxf6 17. exf6 g5 18. Qd6 Bb7 19. g3 Rh6
$132 20. Qb4 Bc8 21. Qd6 Bb7 22. Qb4 {1/2,Alekseev,E (2606)-Navara,D (2616)/
Lausanne/2004/}) 9... Be7 (9... Bd6 $143 $6 10. Bg5 (10. Re1 {is also good})
10... Qc7 11. Kh1 Nd7 12. Qh3 d4 13. Ne2 c5 14. b3 e5 15. Qg3 Nb6 16. c3 Bb7
17. cxd4 cxd4 18. Rac1 Qd7 19. f4 f6 20. fxe5 fxe5 (20... Bxe5 21. Bf4 $16) 21.
Rf5 Qe6 22. Bf4 $1 g6 23. Rxe5 Bxe5 24. Bxe5 O-O 25. Nxd4 Rac8 26. Re1 Qd7 27.
Nf5 Rfd8 28. Rf1 {1-0, Miton,K (2628)-Larino Nieto,D (2428)/Elgoibar/2007/}) (
9... Bb7 10. Bf4 Be7 11. Rfe1 {-9.Re1} O-O 12. Rad1 (12. e5 Nd7 13. Qg3 g6 14.
Bh6 Re8 15. Na4 c5 16. c4 Nb6 17. Nxb6 Qxb6 18. b3 Red8 19. cxd5 Rxd5 20. Bc4
Rd7 21. Rad1 Rad8 22. Rxd7 Rxd7 23. Qc3 Qd8 24. Be3 Rd1 $11 {1/2, Kovchan,A 
(2513)-Kovalyov,A (2525)/Sort/2008/}) 12... Nd7 (12... g6 $142 $5 13. Na4 Qa5
$132) 13. Na4 Nb6 14. Nxb6 Qxb6 15. b3 c5 16. exd5 Bxd5 17. Qh3 g6 18. Be5 Rfe8
19. Re3 Bf8 20. Qh4 Bg7 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Rh3 h5 23. Qg5 Qd8 24. Rxh5 $16 {
Svidler,P (2723)-Anand,V (2766)/Cap d'Agde/2003/}) 10. Qg3 (10. e5 Nd7 11. Qg3
{leads to the game position with 2 moves less.}) 10... Nh5 (10... O-O $5 11.
Bh6 (11. e5 Nh5 (11... Ne8 12. Na4 $14) 12. Qf3 g6 13. Na4 f6 $132) 11... Ne8
12. Bd2 (12. Bf4 a5 13. exd5 cxd5 14. Nb5 {1/2, Lastin,A (2625)-Tunik,G (2503)/
St Petersburg/2002/} f6 $132) 12... a5 13. e5 (13. Rad1 Ba6 14. Bxa6 Rxa6 15.
Na4 Qc7 16. e5 c5 17. c4 Qc6 18. Nc3 d4 19. Nb5 a4 20. Rfe1 g6 21. h4 Nc7 22.
Nd6 Bxd6 23. exd6 Ne8 24. Bh6 Qxd6 25. Qg5 Ng7 26. Qf6 Ne8 27. Bxf8 Nxf6 28.
Bxd6 Rxd6 $44 {Movsesian,S (2670)-Laznicka,V (2610)/Bundesliga/2008/}) 13... a4
14. b3 axb3 15. axb3 Rxa1 16. Rxa1 f6 17. f4 g6 18. Qe1 fxe5 19. fxe5 Ng7 20.
Na4 c5 21. Be3 d4 22. Bh6 Bb7 23. Be4 Bxe4 24. Qxe4 Qa8 25. Qe1 Qb7 26. Nb2 Ra8
27. Rxa8+ $11 {1/2, Karjakin,S (2686)-Rublevsky,S (2680)/Foros/2007/}) (10...
h5 {is suspect:} 11. e5 Ng4 12. h3 Bh4 13. Qf4 Nh6 14. Qf3 g6 15. Na4 Nf5 16.
c4 O-O 17. Bxf5 exf5 18. cxd5 Qxd5 19. Qc3 Qe6 20. Nc5 Qe7 21. g3 Bg5 22. Bxg5
Qxg5 23. h4 Qe7 24. Rfd1 $16 {Leko,P (2738)-Mamedyarov,S (2757)/Dortmund/2007/
with a long-lasting edge for White. Although Leko didn't manage to win in the
end, Ivanchuk clearly was in no mood for such suffering}) 11. Qf3 (11. Qg4 g6
12. Bh6 Rb8 $132) (11. Qh3 g6 12. e5 f5 $5 13. Bh6 (13. exf6 $5 Bxf6 14. Bh6
Bg5 15. Bxg5 Qxg5 16. Qe3 $14) 13... Rb8 14. Be2 Rb4 15. Bxh5 Rh4 16. Qg3 Kf7
$5 17. Ne2 Rxh5 18. Bd2 c5 19. a3 Rh4 20. b4 Re4 21. Qf3 Bd7 22. Ng3 Rc4 $15 {
Movsesian,S (2695)-Predojevic,B (2651)/Sarajevo/2008/}) 11... Nf6 12. e5 {
After a short intermezzo Leko avoids repetition.} Nd7 13. Qg3 g6 (13... Kf8 14.
Na4 Rb8 15. b3 h5 16. Bb2 ({The bishop is not too useful here, more natural is
} 16. c4 $142 $36) 16... g6 17. f4 Nb6 18. Nxb6 Qxb6+ 19. Kh1 h4 20. Qh3 c5 21.
Rad1 Kg7 22. Ba1 a5 $132 {Jansa,V (2495)-Priehoda,V (2365)/Hamburg op/1995/})
14. Bh6 {This position is slightly different from Alekseev-Navara above,
White's Q is less exposed on g3 and this takes the sting out of the manoeuvre
Rb8-b4.} c5 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (14... Bf8 15. Bxf8 (15. Qf4 $5) 15... Kxf8 16.
Rfe1 (16. Na4 Qc7 17. Rfe1 c5 18. c4 d4 19. b3 Kg7 20. h4 h5 21. Nb2 Bb7 22.
Be4 a5 23. Rad1 Ra7 24. Bxb7 Qxb7 25. Qg5 Qa8 26. Rd3 Qd8 27. Qf4 Nb6 28. Rf3
Qe7 29. Nd3 Nd7 30. Nc1 a4 $132 {Nijboer,F (2556)-Rublevsky,S (2664) Bled ol 
(Men) 2002 (8.4) 1-0 Vachier Lagrave,M (2632)-Laznicka,V (2578)/EU-ch Plovdiv/
2008/ It proved rather difficult for White to emulate the model game}) 16... a5
(16... c5 $142 $14 {/=}) 17. Na4 Kg7 18. c4 h5 19. h4 Rb8 (19... Nb6 $14) 20.
b3 Nb6 21. Nc3 Qe7 22. Ne2 Bd7 23. Rac1 a4 24. Nf4 Rh6 25. Be2 $16 {Kurnosov,I
(2593)-Movsesian,S (2695)/EU-ch Plovdiv/2008/}) (14... a5 15. Rfe1 Ba6 16. Qh3
Bf8 17. Ne2 Qe7 18. Nd4 Bb7 19. c4 dxc4 20. Bxc4 Bxh6 21. Qxh6 Qf8 {Kurnosov,I
(2577)-Kobalia,M (2623)/Moscow/2008/} 22. Qe3 $36) 15. Na4 c4 $6 {Ivanchuk for
the time being ignores his uncastled K and opts for immediate activity.
However, although Black prevents c4, he gives White a chance to blow up the <<
with a timely b3.} ({The more circumspect} 15... Bf8 $5 {transposes to the 14..
.Bf8 lines.}) (15... Nb6 16. Nxb6 Qxb6 17. b3 Bf8 18. Qf4 $1 $36) 16. Be2 Bb7
17. b3 $5 Bc6 18. Nb2 Rb8 (18... Nxe5 19. Qxe5 $1 (19. Bg7 Bf6 20. Bxh8 Bxh8
$44) (19. bxc4 f6 $5 $13 {[%cal Ye8f7] /\Kf7}) 19... Bf6 20. Qg3 Bxb2 21. Rab1
c3 (21... Bf6 22. bxc4 $36) 22. Bg7 Rg8 23. Bxc3 Bxc3 24. Qxc3 Bb5 25. Rbe1 $14
{[%csl Re8] עe8}) (18... Qb8 19. Rab1 $5 $14) 19. Nd1 (19. Rab1 $5) 19... Nc5
(19... Nxe5 $5 20. Bg7 Bf6 21. Bxh8 Bxh8 22. Ne3 h5 $5 23. Rad1 Qb6 $44 {/\}
24. bxc4 d4) 20. Ne3 $36 {[%csl Re8,Rf6][%cal Ye3g4,Yh6g7][%mdl 4] /\Ng4, Bg7,
><f6 White has realized his opening plan without much hindrance, his N already
heads for f6 and Black still hasn't safeguarded his K.} Ne4 (20... Bf8 21. Bxf8
Kxf8 22. Qf4 Kg7 23. bxc4 d4 24. Ng4 $16) 21. Qh3 {[%cal Rh6g7] /\Bg7} Ng5 {
The N will eventually be lost here, but White is on top also after} (21... Rg8
22. bxc4 (22. Bf3 cxb3 (22... Nd2 23. bxc4 $16) 23. axb3 Nd2 24. Rfd1 $36)
22... d4 23. Ng4 $16) 22. Qg4 c3 23. a3 $1 (23. Bxa6 $14 {is perhaps also
possible, but Leko first of all stops any <=>, connected with Rb4.}) 23... Bb5
$2 (23... Ne4 $142 24. Bxa6 d4 25. Rfd1 $5 (25. Rad1 Bf8 26. Bxf8 Kxf8 27. Nc4
Nc5 28. Rxd4 Bd5 29. Nd6 Nxa6 30. Qf4 Qe7 31. Rd3 $14) 25... Bf8 (25... Qb6 26.
Bd3 dxe3 27. Bxe4 exf2+ 28. Kh1 $36) 26. Bxf8 Kxf8 27. Bd3 Nxf2 28. Kxf2 dxe3+
29. Kxe3 $14 {/+/-}) 24. Bxb5+ axb5 25. f3 $1 {[%csl Rg5][%cal Rh2h4] פg5, /
\h4} Qb6 {Black's N is in terminal trouble and Ivanchuk seeks desperate <=>.}
26. Rae1 d4 27. Nd1 ({White can already aspire for more than a healthy P after
} 27. Bxg5 h5 28. Qf4 Bxg5 29. Qxg5 dxe3 30. Qxe3 $16) 27... d3+ 28. Kh1 (28.
Nf2 $5 d2 29. Re2 $16 {/+-}) 28... dxc2 29. Nf2 Bc5 30. Nd3 Be3 31. Bxg5 Bd2
32. Re2 O-O {Black has finally managed to castle, but it's too late and his
position is ruined beyond repair.} (32... Qa5 $142 33. Ra1 O-O $16) 33. Nc1 $1
(33. Bxd2 $6 cxd2 34. Rxd2 Rfd8 35. Qe4 Qd4 $1 $14) 33... b4 (33... Qa5 34. Be7
Rfe8 35. Bd6 Rbd8 36. Qe4 $18) 34. Bxd2 cxd2 35. Rxd2 bxa3 36. Rxc2 Rfc8 37.
Qe4 $18 Rxc2 38. Qxc2 Qd4 39. Na2 $6 (39. f4 $142 $5 {/\} Qb2 40. Rf2 $18)
39... Qxe5 (39... Qb2 40. Qxb2 axb2 41. Rb1 Rxb3 42. Kg1 Kf8 43. Kf2 $18) 40.
b4 Rd8 41. h3 h5 42. Rb1 Qe3 43. Rd1 Rd5 $1 44. Qb1 Qe2 45. Re1 (45. Rxd5 $6
exd5 46. b5 d4 47. b6 Qb2 $1 48. Qe4 $1 d3 (48... Qxb6 49. Qa8+ Kg7 50. Qxa3
$18) 49. b7 d2 50. Qd5 Qc1+ $1 51. Kh2 Qc7+ 52. g3 Qxb7 53. Qxb7 d1=Q $132)
45... Qd2 $6 (45... Qf2 $1 46. Rf1 Qe3 47. Qe1 Qb3 48. Qe2 Rd4 $16 {/+/=}) 46.
Rc1 $18 Rd8 (46... Qf2 47. Rc2 Qd4 (47... Qe3 48. b5 $18) 48. Nc3 Rd7 49. b5
$18) 47. b5 Rb8 48. Rc3 h4 49. b6 (49. Rxa3 $18) 49... Qd6 50. Rb3 Rb7 51. Nc3
Qc6 52. Rxa3 Qxb6 (52... Rxb6 53. Qe1 $18 {[%csl Rh4] ><h4}) 53. Qxb6 Rxb6 54.
Ra4 g5 55. f4 Rb3 56. Ne2 Re3 57. Ng1 $1 {Wins another P, converting a full
extra piece doesn't present any problems.} 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 36th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2008.07.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2008.06.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. Bb3
Qc7 9. f4 Nc6 10. Kh1 Na5 11. f5 Nxb3 12. axb3 Bd7 13. Rf3 Rc8 14. Rg3 e5 15.
Nde2 Bc6 16. Bg5 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. Nc3 Bc6 19. Bxe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 36th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2008.07.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gustafsson, Jan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2008.06.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 b5 7. a4 c6 8. e5 h6
9. exf6 hxg5 10. fxg7 Rg8 11. g3 g4 12. Nh4 Bb7 13. Bg2 Rxg7 14. axb5 Qb6 15.
bxc6 Nxc6 16. O-O Ne7 17. Qe2 Rc8 18. Qe5 Kf8 19. Na4 Qc7 20. Qxc7 Rxc7 21.
Bxb7 Rxb7 22. Rfc1 Rc7 23. Nc5 c3 24. bxc3 Bxc5 25. dxc5 Rg5 26. Ra4 Nc6 27.
Kg2 Rb7 28. Rc2 Rb5 29. f3 gxf3+ 30. Nxf3 Rgxc5 31. Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 36th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2008.07.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2008.06.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 a6 6. a4 c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O
Be7 9. dxc5 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Bxc5 {A quiet but crafty variation. Black must play
very accurately to equalize.} 11. Bd2 {[%cal Ya4a5]} b6 {Other moves seen in
this position:} (11... Bd7) (11... Ke7) (11... O-O) (11... Na5) 12. Bd3 {
[%cal Yc3e4] A cunning move provoking 12...Nb4. The other options.} (12. Rac1
Bb7 13. Na2 (13. Ne2 O-O 14. Ned4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Rfd8 16. Nb3 Be7 17. Bc3 Rxd1+
18. Rxd1 Rd8 19. Rxd8+ Bxd8 {1/2-1/2 Ujtelky,M-Kozma,J/Wijk aan Zee 1969/MCD})
13... O-O 14. Be1 a5 (14... Rfd8 15. Rxd8+ Nxd8 16. Nb4 Be7 17. Be2 a5 18. Nd3
Rc8 19. Rxc8 Bxc8 20. Nfe5 Nd7 21. Bc3 f6 22. Nxd7 Bxd7 {1/2-1/2 Ugge,
A-Frostick,C/ICCF 1997/CBM 114}) 15. Nc3 Rfd8 16. Kf1 Kf8 17. Bb5 Rxd1 18. Rxd1
Ke7 19. h3 h6 20. Nd2 Rd8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Karpov,A-Hjartarson,J/Seattle 1989/
Candidates (39)}) (12. Ng5 Ne5 (12... Na5 13. Ba2 Bb7 14. Rac1 Rc8 (14... Rd8
$5) 15. Ne2 Nc6 16. a5 h6 17. Nf3 Ne4 18. Be1 bxa5 19. Bb1 Nb4 20. Ne5 Nd6 21.
Nd3 Nxd3 22. Bxd3 a4 23. Bc2 $14 {1-0 Smejkal,J-Huebner,R/Rio de Janeiro 1979/
IZT (38)}) 13. Be2 Bb7 14. Na2 h6 15. Bc3 Ned7 16. Bf3 Bxf3 17. Nxf3 O-O 18.
Rac1 Rfc8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Lahaye,R-Okkes,M/Hilversum 2008/CBM 122 Extra (73)}) (
12. Ne2 O-O (12... Ke7 13. Ned4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Bxd4 15. exd4 Bb7 16. Bb4+ Kd7
$11 {0-1 Vasilev,M-Steingrimsson,H/Plovdiv BUL 2008/The Week in Chess 704 (66)}
) 13. Ned4 Nxd4 14. exd4 Bd6 15. Bg5 Nd5 16. Bxd5 exd5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Porter,
R-Nelson,W/Kingston 1998/EXT 2006 (25)}) (12. Na2 $5 Ne4 13. Be1 Bb7 (13... Nd6
14. Be2 a5 15. Rac1 Ke7 16. Nd4 Bd7 17. Nb3 Nb4 18. Nxc5 bxc5 19. Nc3 Rhd8 20.
f3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Cacco,C-Bruno,F/Cremona 2005/CBM 109 ext (49)}) 14. b4 Be7 15.
Rac1 Nd6 16. Bf1 (16. Bxa6 $5) 16... Rc8 17. b5 axb5 18. axb5 Na5 19. Ne5 $36 {
1-0 Barkhagen,J-Bering,A/Copenhagen 1999/CBM 071 ext (36)}) 12... Bb7 (12...
Nb4 $142 13. Be2 {[%cal Ya4a5]} (13. Be4 $5) 13... Bb7 (13... O-O 14. a5 b5 15.
Rac1 Be7 16. Ne5 Nd7 (16... Ra7 $2 17. Nxb5 $1 axb5 18. Bxb4 Bxb4 19. Nc6 Rxa5
20. Nxb4 Bd7 21. Rc7 $16 {1-0 Sokolov,I-Nielsen,P/Malmo 2004/EXT 2005 (22)})
17. Nxd7 Bxd7 18. Be1 Rfd8 19. Ne4 Be8 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Rc7 $6 (21. Nc5 $142
$14) 21... Bf8 (21... Nd5 $1 22. Ra7 $140 f5 23. Nc3 Bc5 24. Rxa6 Nc7) 22. g4
h6 23. h4 Nd5 24. Rc1 f5 25. Nd2 Be7 $13 {1-0 Sokolov,I-Van Wely,L/
Villarrobledo 2006/CBM 113 ext (36)}) (13... a5 $5 14. Nb5 Ke7 15. Nfd4 Bb7 16.
f3 Rhd8 17. Kf1 e5 18. Nf5+ Kf8 19. e4 Ne8 20. Be3 Na6 21. Bxc5+ Nxc5 22. Ne3
Rxd1+ 23. Bxd1 Bc6 $11 {0-1 Dziuba,M-Sorokin,M/Linares 2005/CBM 105 ext (81)})
14. a5 bxa5 15. Rxa5 Be7 16. Na4 (16. Ne5 O-O 17. f3 Rfd8 18. e4 Nc2 19. Bd3 $6
Bb4 20. Na4 Ne3 21. Bxb4 Nxd1 $15 {1/2-1/2 Sokolov,I-Wells,P/London/Crowthorne
2006/CBM 113 ext (30)}) 16... Ne4 17. Be1 Nc6 18. Nb6 Rd8 19. Raa1 Rxd1 20.
Bxd1 O-O {1/2-1/2 Fabiani,J-Schrancz,I/IECG 2002/Telechess CBM 105}) 13. Ne4
Be7 14. Nxf6+ (14. Bc3 Nb4 15. Nxf6+ gxf6 16. Be2 $14 {(I.Sokolov) but V.
Ivanchuk probably considered it insufficient.}) 14... Bxf6 15. Rac1 O-O 16. Be4
Rfc8 17. b3 Na5 18. Bxb7 Nxb7 {The position looks absolutely equal but the
Ukrainian magician creates something from nothing.} 19. Bb4 $1 Bb2 (19... Nc5
20. Bxc5 Rxc5 21. Rxc5 bxc5 22. Rd6 $14) (19... h6 $142) 20. Rxc8+ Rxc8 {
[%mdl 4096]} 21. Rd7 Na5 $6 (21... Nd8 $14 {was better in any case; after the
text move Black's double pawns become a permanent defect.}) 22. Bxa5 bxa5 23.
g4 h6 24. Kg2 Bc3 25. g5 {It is important to create initiative on the kingside.
} Rb8 26. Rd3 $1 Rc8 (26... Rxb3 {leads to a deadly pin. Here is a possible
variation:} 27. gxh6 gxh6 28. Nd4 Ra3 29. Nc2 Rb3 30. e4 Kg7 31. Ne3 {[%cal
Re3d1]} Ra3 32. Nc4 Rb3 33. Nxa5 Ra3 34. Nc4 Rb3 35. Kf3 $18 {[%cal Yf3e2,
Ye2d1,Yd1c2]}) 27. h4 hxg5 28. hxg5 Kh7 29. Kg3 Kg6 30. Kf4 Rc6 31. e4 f6 32.
Kg4 fxg5 (32... Ba1 33. Nh4+ Kf7 34. f4) 33. Nxg5 e5 34. Nf3 $22 Kf6 (34... Ba1
35. Rd5) 35. Kh5 Ke7 36. Nh4 Kf6 37. Rf3+ Ke6 38. Nf5 Kd7 $2 (38... Kf7 $16 {
was still possible to keep the material balance.}) 39. Rd3+ Kc7 40. Nxg7 {
and White converted his extra pawn:} Be1 41. f3 Rc3 $6 {This exchange only
helps White.} 42. Ne6+ Kc6 43. Rxc3+ Bxc3 44. Kg6 Kd6 45. Kf5 Kc6 46. f4 exf4
47. Kxf4 Bf6 48. e5 Be7 49. Ke4 Bh4 50. Kd4 Bg3 51. Ng5 Bf4 52. Nf3 Bg3 53. Kc4
{[%cal Rf3d4]} 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 36th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2008.07.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E49"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2008.06.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
e3 O-O 9. Bd3 b6 10. Ne2 Ba6 11. O-O Re8 12. Ng3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Nc6 14. Ra2 Qd7
15. Re2 Re6 16. Bb2 Rd8 17. Rd1 Ne7 18. e4 Qa4 19. Bc1 Rc8 20. Rde1 g6 21. dxc5
Rxc5 22. Be3 Rc8 23. Bd4 dxe4 24. Nxe4 Nxe4 25. Rxe4 Rxe4 26. Qxe4 Nf5 27. Bxb6
Qxe4 28. fxe4 axb6 29. exf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 36th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2008.07.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2008.06.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 {
Die von Schwarz gewaehlte Variante ist die Hauptvariante und gilt als sehr
solide.} 8. Re1 ({Nach den Zügen} 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3
12. bxc3 Nc6 13. cxd5 Qxd5 14. Bf4 Rac8 15. Re1 Rfe8 {entsteht eine Stellung,
die in der modernen Theorie eine der am weitesten ausanalysierten Stellungen
ist.}) 8... Bg4 9. c4 {Eine seltene aber doch sehr giftige Variante. Die
andere Möglichkeit ist 9.c3:} (9. c3 f5 10. Qb3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Na5 12. Qc2 Nc6
13. b4 (13. Qb3 $11 {Will Weiß Remis forcieren, so kann er das auf diese Art
machen.}) 13... a6 $132 {mit Chancen für beide Seiten.}) (9. Bxe4 $6 {so
leicht kann Weiß den Bauer nicht gewinnen.} dxe4 10. Rxe4 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 (11.
gxf3 f5 12. Re1 Qxd4 $15) 11... Nxd4 12. Qc3 Ne6 13. Qe1 O-O 14. Nc3 $11) 9...
Nf6 {Der einzige Zug. Alle anderen geben Weiß großen Vorteil.} (9... Bxf3 10.
Qxf3 Nxd4 11. Qe3 Nf5 12. Qh3 Nd4 13. cxd5 $16) (9... Nxd4 $4 10. Bxe4 dxe4 11.
Qxd4 $1 exf3 (11... Qxd4 12. Nxd4 $18) (11... Bxf3 12. Qxd8+ Rxd8 13. gxf3 exf3
14. Nc3 $18) 12. Qxg7 Rf8 13. Qxg4 $18) 10. Nc3 Bxf3 (10... Nxd4 $5 {kam nur
ein Mal in der Praxis der Großmeister vor. Meiner Meinung nach verdient der
Zug jedoch größere Beachtung.} 11. cxd5 Bxf3 (11... O-O 12. Bxh7+ Nxh7 13. Qxd4
Bxf3 14. gxf3 $16 {Obwohl die weiße Bauernstruktur nicht schön aussieht,
bieten ihm der Mehrbauer und die offene g-Linie gute Gewinnchancen.}) 12. gxf3
c5 13. dxc6 (13. Bb5+ Kf8 (13... Nxb5 14. Nxb5 Qb6 15. d6 O-O-O 16. Nxa7+ Qxa7
17. Rxe7 $16) 14. Bc4 Bd6 15. Be3 Qc8 $1 $132) 13... Nxc6 14. Be3 $5 (14. Bb5
O-O 15. Qxd8 Bxd8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Polgar,J (2671)-Karpov,A (2700)/Hoogeveen NED
1999 (43)}) 14... O-O 15. Rc1 $14 {Die Stellung ist völlig offen und das weiße
Läuferpaar überwiegt ein wenig die schlechte Bauernstruktur. Trotzdem ist die
Stellung spielbar für Schwarz.}) (10... dxc4 11. Bxc4 O-O 12. d5 Na5 13. Bd3
$14 {Die Lage des schwarzen Springers auf a5 ist zumindest verdächtig.}) 11.
Qxf3 Nxd4 ({Schlechter ist} 11... dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nxd4 (12... Qxd4 13. Bb5 Kf8
14. Be3 Qd7 15. Rad1 Bd6 16. Bg5 $44) 13. Qxb7 O-O 14. Rd1 $14) 12. Qd1 Ne6 13.
cxd5 (13. Bf5 dxc4 (13... d4 14. Ne2 d3 15. Nf4 Nd4 16. Bxd3 $14 {Morozevich -
Gelfand (Mexico City, 2007)}) 14. Qa4+ c6 ({nicht so gut ist} 14... Qd7 15.
Qxc4 {und jetzt kann Schwarz nicht kurz rochieren:} O-O $4 16. Rxe6 $1 $18) 15.
Bxe6 fxe6 16. Qxc4 O-O (16... Nd5 17. Rxe6 O-O {führt nur zur Zugumstellung.})
17. Rxe6 (17. Qxe6+ Rf7 18. Be3 Qd6 19. Qxd6 {1/2-1/2 Anand - Kramnik (Mainz,
2001)}) 17... Nd5 18. Be3 Bf6 19. Bc5 Re8 20. Rxe8+ Qxe8 21. Nxd5 cxd5 22.
Qxd5+ Qf7 23. Qd2 Rd8 24. Qb4 Qxa2 25. Re1 b6 26. Be7 Re8 27. Bxf6 Rxe1+ 28.
Qxe1 gxf6 29. Qb4 a5 {1/2-1/2 Morozevich - Ivanchuk (Moscow, 2007)}) 13... Nxd5
14. Bb5+ c6 15. Nxd5 cxb5 16. Qh5 {Kurz davor, in der dritten Runde des
Turniers, hat Naiditsch gegen Kramnik 16.Bf4 gespielt:} (16. Bf4 Nxf4 17. Rxe7+
Kf8 18. Re5 Qd6 {und hier brachte Weiß mit} 19. Qd2 $1 {eine starke Neuerung,
die ihm den Punkt brachte. Sicherlich hat Kramnik die Stellung analysiert und
eine Verbesserung der Variante gefunden, so dass Ivanchuk sie nicht
wiederholen wollte.} Qxe5 $1 (19... Ng6 $2 20. Ree1 $16 {Naiditsch - Kramnik 
(Dortmund, 2008)}) 20. Qb4+ Ke8 $11) (16. Qb3 O-O 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Qxb5 {
führt zur selben Stellung wie in der Partie.}) 16... O-O 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18.
Qxb5 {Zwar läuft das Spiel an beiden Flügeln und Weiß verfügt über einen
Läufer, doch ist die Stellung ausgeglichen. Schwarz hat keine Schwächen und
dazu noch einen kleinen Entwicklungsvorsprung, der ihm hilft, die Stellung zu
vereinfachen.} Rfd8 19. Be3 a6 20. Qb3 Rac8 21. h3 h6 {Mehrere Partien endeten
bereits hier mit Remis.} 22. Rad1 (22. Rac1 Nd4 23. Bxd4 $8 (23. Qa4 $4 Rxc1
24. Rxc1 Ne2+ $19) 23... Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Rxd4 $11) 22... Rxd1 (22... b5 $1 {
Es wäre sinnvoller, diesen Zug gleich zu spielen.} 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Rd1 (24.
Rc1 Nd4 25. Bxd4 Rxd4 $11) 24... Rxd1+ 25. Qxd1 Qb4 $11 {Keinesfalls steht
Schwarz schlechter - Dame und Springer sind üblicherweise stärker als Dame und
Läufer.}) 23. Rxd1 b5 24. Rd3 Rc6 25. Qd5 Qe8 26. Rd2 Qc8 27. b3 {Zwar ist die
Stellung immer noch gleich, aber Weiß hat schon eine kleine Initiative
entwickelt. Es ist für mich trotzdem eine große Überraschung, dass Kramnik
diese Partie verloren hat.} Rc3 28. h4 a5 29. Rd1 Rc2 30. Qxb5 Rxa2 31. h5 Nf8
32. Rd4 Qc7 33. Rd1 Rb2 34. Rc1 Qd7 35. Qb8 Rc2 36. Ra1 Qf5 $4 {Ein taktisches
Unglück - Schwarz durfte das Feld d8 nicht aufgeben! Vielleicht war das ein
Fehlgriff, wer weiß...} (36... Qd5 37. Qb6 Rb2 38. Rxa5 Qd1+ 39. Kh2 Rxb3 $11)
37. Qd8 $1 $16 Qxh5 38. Rxa5 Qg4 39. Ra4 Qd7 40. Rd4 Qb7 41. b4 Rb2 42. Bd2
Rb1+ 43. Kh2 Qb5 44. Qd5 Qe2 45. Be3 Ng6 46. Qf5 Qf1 47. Kg3 Rb3 48. Re4 Nf8 $2
49. Rf4 1-0

[Event "Sochi FIDE GP"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2008.07.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2008.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qb3 $5 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Bb7 {[%cal Rc6d4]}
(6... Na5 {is played more frequently but the whole line is quite rare. A
typical example in which Black equalized:} 7. Qc3 c5 8. dxc5 bxc5 9. e4 Bb7 10.
e5 Ne4 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Bg2 Nc6 13. O-O Rb8 14. Re1 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Nd4 16. Qd3
Be7 17. Rb1 a5 18. Bd2 Qb6 19. Be4 {1/2 Gustafsson,J (2606)-Eljanov,P (2681)/
Germany 2008/CBM 123}) 7. e4 (7. e3 $5 Na5 (7... h5 $5 {is curious}) 8. Qc2 (8.
Qc3 c5 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. Bg2 g6 11. b3 Bg7 12. Bb2 Nh5 13. Qc2 Bxb2 14. Qxb2 Qf6
15. Qxf6 Nxf6 16. O-O Ke7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Lysyj,I-Shirov,A/Mainz 2007/CBM 119 ext
(32)}) 8... c5 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. Bg2 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. b3 Qb6 13. Bb2 d6 14.
Ng5 e5 15. Nge4 Ne8 16. Rad1 $14 {1-0 Tunik,G (2490)-Azarova,N (2299)/Minsk
BLR 2008/The Week in Chess 717 (48)}) 7... d5 (7... Bb4 8. d5 Bxd2+ 9. Bxd2 Ne7
10. Bd3 d6 11. O-O O-O 12. Bg5 (12. dxe6 $1 fxe6 13. Ng5 $36) 12... Nd7 13. Qc2
a5 14. Rfe1 Nc5 15. Bf1 h6 16. Be3 e5 17. Nh4 Bc8 18. Bg2 f5 {1/2 Farago,I 
(2482)-Lauer,M (2284)/Nuernberg GER 2008/The Week in Chess 722}) (7... Na5 8.
Qc2 Bb4 (8... c5 9. d5 $14) 9. Bd3 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. O-O Rc8 12. Qd1 Ng4 13.
a3 Qf6 14. Rb1 Nc6 15. b4 Bd6 16. Bb2 $14 {0-1 Barlov,D-Benjamin,J/New York
1987/CBM 002 (34)}) (7... Ne7 8. Bd3 Ng6 9. O-O d6 10. Re1 Be7 11. Qc2 e5 12.
b3 O-O 13. Bb2 Nd7 14. Bf1 $14 {1-0 Barlov,D-Efimov,I/Cutro 1997/EXT 2000 (37)}
) 8. cxd5 exd5 9. e5 Ne4 10. Bd3 (10. Qc2 Qd7 11. a3 O-O-O 12. h4 Kb8 13. Bh3
Qe8 14. O-O f6 15. exf6 gxf6 16. Re1 Qh5 17. Bg2 f5 $36 {0-1 Oms Pallise,
J-Nisipeanu,L/Andorra 2003/CBM 095 ext (39)}) (10. a3 Be7 11. Bd3 Qd7 12. O-O
O-O-O 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Bxe4 Nxd4 15. Bxb7+ Kxb7 16. Nxd4 Qxd4 17. Qxf7 Qxe5
$11 {0-1 Gonzalez Zamora,J-Veingold,A/Mallorca 2004/CBM 104 (62)}) 10... Bb4 (
10... Be7 $5 {is probably safer but is it good enough to equalize?} 11. O-O O-O
12. Re1 (12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Bxe4 Nxd4 14. Qe3 (14. Bxh7+ $4 Kxh7 15. Qd3+ Kh8
16. Nxd4 c5) 14... Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 Bxe4 16. Qxe4 Qd7 $11) 12... f5 13. exf6 Nxf6
14. a3 Kh8 15. Qd1 $1 (15. Qc2 Ne4 16. Bb5 Qd6 $1 $11 (16... Nxd4 $2 17. Nxd4
Bc5 18. Nxe4 Bxd4 19. Bg5 Qc8 20. Rad1 $18 {1-0 Greenfeld,A-Almasi,Z/Mainz
2004/CBM 101 ext (25)})) 15... a5 $6 (15... Qd7 16. b4 Rae8 17. Bb2 $14) 16.
Ng5 $1 Nxd4 17. Nxh7 Bc5 $5 18. Nxf8 Qxf8 19. Nf3 Ng4 20. Bf4 Ne6 $5 21. Nh4 $6
(21. Ne5 $18 {Gershon}) 21... Bxf2+ 22. Kf1 Nxh2+ 23. Kxf2 $2 (23. Kg2 $3 Nxf4+
24. gxf4 d4+ 25. Kh3 $1 Bc8+ 26. f5 $18 {Gershon}) 23... Nxf4 24. Kg1 Qc5+ $1
$132 {0-1 Tkachiev,V-Sulskis,S/Istanbul 2003/CBM 096/[Gershon] (33)}) 11. O-O
O-O (11... Bxd2 12. Bxd2 (12. Nxd2 $5 {Sasikiran}) 12... O-O (12... Nxd2 13.
Nxd2 O-O (13... Nxd4 $2 14. Qa4+ Nc6 15. Bb5) 14. Qc3 $14) 13. Be3 Kh8 (13...
Qd7 14. Nh4 $1 $16) 14. Nh4 f5 15. exf6 Nxf6 16. f3 a5 17. a3 Ba6 18. Bxa6 Rxa6
19. Rac1 Ne7 20. Bf4 Ra7 21. Rfe1 Qd7 22. Qe3 Nc6 23. Qc3 Ne7 24. Re5 Rc8 25.
Rce1 Neg8 26. Re6 $16 {0-1 Zakhartsov,V (2556)-Moranda,W (2533)/Warsaw POL
2008/The Week in Chess 718 (69)}) 12. Rd1 {[%cal Rd2e4]} (12. Nxe4 dxe4 13.
Bxe4 Nxd4 {is still OK for Black:} 14. Nxd4 Bxe4 15. Qxb4 c5 16. Ne6 cxb4 17.
Nxd8 Rfxd8 $11 {0-1 Cramling,P-Lautier,J/Montpellier 2006/CBM 111 ext (45)})
12... Bxd2 13. Bxd2 Qd7 (13... a5 14. Rac1 Rc8 15. a3 (15. Qa4 Ne7 16. b4 (16.
Bb5 $14) (16. Bf4 $14) 16... axb4 17. Bxb4 c5 18. dxc5 bxc5 19. Qa7 cxb4 20.
Qxb7 Nc3 21. Re1 Rb8 22. Qa7 {1/2-1/2 Riazantsev,A-Ivanov,S/St Petersburg 2005/
CBM 106 ext}) 15... Kh8 16. Bb5 Ne7 17. Be2 Ba8 18. Bg5 h6 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20.
Nh4 Rb8 21. Bg4 c5 22. f3 Ng5 23. Nf5 Qd8 24. Nd6 $14 {1/2-1/2 Dydyshko,
V-Maiorov,N/Minsk 2007/CBM 116 ext (33)}) (13... Kh8 14. Rac1 (14. Be3 f6 15.
Bb5 $6 Na5 16. Qc2 Nc4 17. Bxc4 dxc4 18. d5 Bxd5 19. exf6 Qxf6 20. Rxd5 Qxf3
$15 {0-1 Karpov,A-Lautier,J/Cap d'Agde 2003/CBM 098 (44)}) (14. Bf4 $5 f6 15.
exf6 Rxf6 16. Rac1 $14 Qe8 $2 17. Qxd5 Nd6 18. Re1 Ne7 19. Qe5 $18 {0-1
Lautier,J-Sasikiran,K/Corsica 2005/EXT 2006 (25)}) 14... f6 15. Bf4 (15. Bb5
Qd7 16. e6 Qxe6 17. Qa4 Qf5 18. Kg2 Ne5 $1 19. dxe5 fxe5 $40 {1-0 Aleshin,O-Xu
Yuhua/Moscow 2005/EXT 2006 (39)}) 15... Na5 16. Qc2 Rc8 17. b4 $6 (17. exf6
Rxf6 18. Ne5 $16) 17... Nc6 18. Qa4 fxe5 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Bxe4 Rxf4 21. gxf4
Ng4 22. Bf3 Qh4 23. Bxg4 Qxg4+ 24. Kh1 Qf3+ 25. Kg1 Qg4+ 26. Kh1 Qf3+ 27. Kg1
Qg4+ 28. Kh1 {1/2-1/2 Sargissian,G-Zhang Zhong/ICC INT 2004/CBM 105}) 14. Rac1
Rac8 15. Be3 $14 {White has a bishop pair, a space advantage, and Black's
b7-bishop is still passive.} Na5 16. Qc2 Nc4 17. Bf4 h6 18. b3 Na5 {[%csl Ra5]}
19. Nd2 $6 {So far everything has been correct but now White should have
prevented ...c7-c5 by means of} (19. Qb1 $1 $16 c5 $140 ({to other moves, say,
} 19... Qe6 {, White replies} 20. b4 $1 Nc4 $140 21. Rxc4 $18) 20. dxc5) 19...
c5 20. Nxe4 (20. dxc5 Rxc5 21. Qb2 Rfc8 $14) 20... dxe4 21. Bxe4 cxd4 22. Qd3
Rxc1 23. Rxc1 $14 {White still keeps something of a plus, mostly due to
Black's poor a5-knight.} Rd8 (23... Bxe4 $5 24. Qxe4 d3) 24. b4 (24. Bxb7 $5
Nxb7 (24... Qxb7 25. b4 Nc6 26. Qe4 Rc8 27. e6 $18) 25. b4 {[%csl Rb7]}) 24...
Nc6 25. Qf3 Rc8 26. Rd1 Qe6 27. b5 $6 {White certainly saw Black's tactical
idea but he didn't find a good way to anticipate it. Here are some possible
lines:} (27. Qg2 Ba6) (27. Qh5 Rd8 {[%cal Yc6a5]}) (27. a3 g5 28. b5 gxf4 29.
bxc6 Bxc6 30. Rxd4 fxg3 31. hxg3 Bxe4 32. Rxe4 Rc5 {and Black has enough
counterplay in any case.}) 27... Nxe5 $1 28. Bxe5 Bxe4 29. Qxe4 Re8 30. Re1 f6
31. Qxd4 Qxa2 {Even simpler than} (31... fxe5) 32. Re3 fxe5 33. Rxe5 Rxe5 34.
Qxe5 Qc4 35. h4 a6 36. bxa6 Qxa6 37. Qe8+ Kh7 38. Qe4+ Kg8 39. Qe8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sochi FIDE GP"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2008.08.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2008.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 {Playing the Sveshnikov
Sicilian against Kamsky without special preparation is at least questionable.
The point is that Kamsky plays a very solid system, which suits his style
perfectly.} 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c4 ({
Kamsky has also scored many wins with the move 11.c3, including a game against
Ivanchuk 18 years ago...} 11. c3 O-O 12. Be2 Bg5 13. Nc2 Rb8 14. O-O a5 15. Qd3
Be6 16. Nce3 Bxe3 17. Nxe3 Qc7 18. Rfd1 Rfd8 19. Bg4 Ne7 20. Qe2 d5 21. Bxe6
fxe6 22. Qg4 Rb6 23. Qg3 Rc6 24. Qg5 d4 25. Ng4 Ng6 26. h4 Rc5 27. Rac1 Nf4 28.
Kh2 d3 29. Rd2 b4 30. Rcd1 bxc3 31. bxc3 Rxc3 32. g3 Ng6 33. h5 $16 {1-0
Kamsky,G (2655)-Ivanchuk,V (2720)/Tilburg (rapid) 1992 (70)}) 11... b4 12. Nc2
a5 13. Be2 O-O 14. O-O Bg5 15. Qd3 Rb8 {A common way of development, but
combining moves a6-a5 with Rb8 somehow doesn't look like the most optimal
set-up.} ({The position (or rather the pawn structure) is of such nature that
Black lacks active ideas. Possibly the best for Black is to eliminate quickly
the Nd5, eventually changing the pawn structure as well:} 15... Be6 16. Rad1
Bxd5 17. cxd5 (17. Qxd5 Qb6 $13) 17... Nb8 $13 {and the knight goes via d7 or
a6 to c5.}) 16. Rad1 g6 17. b3 Be6 18. Bf3 Rb7 $146 {This novelty prepares the
transfer of the knight to c5. The question remains if Black really needed a
move like Ra8-b8 then.} (18... Kg7) ({and} 18... Qd7 {were met before. White
keeps a slight plus in both cases.}) 19. Qe2 {Typical play for White in this
system. The queen's retreat to e2 has several purposes. First of all White
frees the d3-square and is ready to double rooks on the d-file. Secondly, 19.
Qe2 prepares the transfer of his bishop to the diagonal c8-h3. Finally, the
queen runs away in case Black transfers the knight to c5.} Ne7 $6 {This is a
rather strange decision, most likely dictated by the fact that Ivanchuk didn't
feel comfortable with Black's position (but then the opening choice was a
clear mistake!).} ({A logical follow-up of the previous move would be} 19...
Nb8 {followed by Na6-c5 and White is only marginally better.}) 20. Nxe7+ ({
Kamsky decided that it's too early to start concrete play with} 20. c5 {
although it looks promising:} dxc5 21. Nf6+ Bxf6 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Qa6 {
favours White. Perhaps Black must try 20...Qb8!? instead of taking on c5.})
20... Qxe7 21. Rd3 {Simple chess: White has clear plans to increase the
pressure in the centre.} h5 $6 {Another nervous move, designed to prevent
Bf3-g4. The weaknesses created by this advance will make Black's life harder,
though.} ({After} 21... Rb6 22. Rfd1 Ra8 {White still had a hard job to break
through.}) 22. Rfd1 $16 Rd8 {No choice for Black, even if placing the rook on
the d-file (instead of protecting Pd6 from the 6th rank) means that he must
always watch out for the advance c4-c5.} ({With the kingside weaknesses a
defence like} 22... Rb6 23. Ne3 Ra6 24. Nd5 Qa7 {is out of question. White can
even consider the direct refutation} 25. Bxh5 gxh5 26. Qxh5 {with a strong
attack.}) 23. Ne3 $1 (23. c5 {is premature due to the simple} Rbd7 {and the
position opens up in Black's favor.}) 23... Bxe3 {The collapse of Black's
strategy. He is not able to deal with all his weaknesses.} (23... Qc7 {is
strongly met by} 24. Nf5 $1 gxf5 25. exf5 Bxf5 26. Bxb7 Qxb7 ({or} 26... Bxd3
27. Rxd3 Qxb7 28. Rg3 f6 29. h4 $16) 27. Qxh5 ({Even better than} 27. Rg3 Bg4
28. Rxg4 hxg4 29. Qxg4 f6 30. h4 $16) 27... f6 28. Rg3 Qg7 (28... Qh7 29. Rxg5+
$18) 29. h4 Bg6 30. Qg4 Bf4 31. Qxg6 Bxg3 32. Qxg3 {and the endgame should be
winning for White.}) 24. Qxe3 {A dream position for White in this system.
Black has no counterplay, while his structure is full of weaknesses.} Rdd7 ({
After} 24... Rbd7 {the pawn a5 falls:} 25. Qb6 $18) 25. Qh6 $1 ({After} 25. Qd2
{Black protects pawn d6 with the amazing} Qd8 {and White cannot take the pawn
yet:} (25... Rb6 26. c5 $18) 26. Rxd6 $4 Rxd6 27. Qxd6 Rd7 $19) 25... Qf8 {
Ivanchuk tries his last chance: to build a kind of fortress in the endgame.
However, the unfortunate pawn on h5 will prove to be the decisive factor in
the evaluation of resulting positions.} 26. Qxf8+ Kxf8 27. Rxd6 Rbc7 28. h4 $1
$16 {/+-} Ke7 29. Ra6 Rc5 30. Kf1 Rxd1+ 31. Bxd1 Kd7 32. Ra7+ Kc6 33. Ke2 Kb6
34. Re7 Rc7 (34... Rc8) ({or} 34... a4 {would have kept some chances to make
White's task more difficult.}) 35. Rxc7 Kxc7 36. g3 Kd6 37. Ke3 f6 {The final
part of endgame is very instructive: White needs to break through on the
kingside and Kamsky achieves it in just three moves.} 38. f4 Bf7 ({After} 38...
exf4+ 39. gxf4 Kc5 (39... Bf7 40. Kd4 $18 {[%cal Gc4c5]}) 40. e5 (40. f5 Bf7 $1
(40... gxf5 41. Bxh5 $18)) 40... f5 41. Bf3 {White wins by threatening to
bring the bishop to b5 (via b7 and a6), after which Black will be in zugzwang.
Black can prevent it only by advancing the a-pawn and create threats to sac
the bishop on c4. However, as soon as Black plays a5-a4 (thus weakening the
Pb4), White wins the pawn endgame arising after Bd5:} a4 ({Or} 41... Bf7 42.
Bb7 a4 (42... Be6 43. Ba6 Bd7 (43... a4 44. bxa4 $18) (43... Bf7 44. Bb5 Be6
45. Be8 $18) 44. Kd3 Kb6 (44... Be6 45. Bb5 $18) (44... a4 45. Bb5 $18) 45. Bb5
Bxb5 46. cxb5 Kxb5 47. Kd4 Kc6 48. Kc4 $18) 43. Bd5 Bxd5 44. cxd5 axb3 45. axb3
Kxd5 46. Kd3 Kc5 47. e6 Kd6 48. Kc4 Kxe6 49. Kc5 $18 {similar to 41...a4}) 42.
Bd5 axb3 43. axb3 Bxd5 44. cxd5 Kxd5 45. Kd3 Kc5 46. e6 Kd6 47. Kc4 Kxe6 48.
Kc5 $1 ({Not} 48. Kxb4 $2 Kd5 49. Kc3 Ke4 50. b4 Kxf4 51. Kd4 (51. b5 $4 {
even loses after} Ke5) 51... Kg3 52. b5 f4 53. b6 f3 54. b7 f2 55. b8=Q+ Kg2
$11) 48... g5 (48... Kf7 49. Kxb4 $18) 49. fxg5 f4 (49... Ke5 50. Kxb4 f4 51.
Kc3 $18) 50. Kc4 $1 ({Avoiding} 50. Kd4 $2 Kf5 51. Kd3 Ke5 52. Ke2 Ke6 53. Kf3
Kf5) 50... Ke5 (50... Kf5 51. Kd4 $18) 51. Kd3 Kd5 (51... Kf5 52. Kd4 $18) 52.
g6 Ke6 53. Ke4 Kf6 54. Kxf4 Kxg6 55. Ke5 $18) 39. f5 $1 g5 40. g4 $1 hxg4 41.
hxg5 fxg5 42. Bxg4 a4 43. f6 a3 44. Bf5 Kc5 (44... Bxc4 45. bxc4 b3 46. c5+ Kc7
(46... Kxc5 47. f7 bxa2 48. f8=Q+ $18) 47. f7 bxa2 48. f8=Q a1=Q 49. Qc8#) 45.
Kf3 Bh5+ 46. Kg3 Kd6 47. Bc8 {As often happens in such situations, things end
up in a zugzwang for Black, who cannot keep control over all the important
squares: e6 (against Be6), c5 (against the advance of the c-pawn), f7 (against
the advance of the f-pawn and g4 (against Kg4). Therefore Ivanchuk resigned.} (
47. Bc8 Bd1 (47... Kc7 48. Be6 Kd6 49. f7 Ke7 50. c5 $18) 48. c5+ Kxc5 49. f7
$18) 1-0

[Event "Sochi FIDE GP"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2008.08.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2008.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 e6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. O-O
Bd6 {A very modern method of solving the opening problems. Black is giving up
his light squared bishop for convenient development and a compact position.} 9.
Nc3 O-O 10. Bd2 Re8 11. Qd1 dxc4 12. Bxc4 a6 {Praxis so far has seen the
defenders solving the problems, despite the fact that opening of the position
is a sensitive issue due to the white bishop pair.} 13. Qc2 c5 (13... b5 14.
Be2 c5 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Rfd1 Rc8 17. Rac1 Be7 18. Qb1 $14) 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15.
Rfd1 Rc8 16. Be1 Qe7 {Aronian has build up a very solid position, but it seems
next to impossible to achieve full equality.} (16... Qc7 17. Rac1 Red8 18. Be2
Nce4 19. g3 Nxc3 20. Qxc3 Qb8 21. Qb3 $14) (16... b5 17. Be2 Qc7 18. a3 Red8
19. Rac1 Nce4 20. g3 $14) 17. Rac1 Rc7 18. Be2 Rec8 19. Qb1 (19. Bf3 b5 20. Qb1
b4 21. Ne2 a5 22. Nd4 $14) 19... h6 20. Bf3 {The task for Ivanchuk will be to
show, how to generate some pressure with the help of the light-squared bishop.}
g6 (20... Be5 21. Ne2 b6 22. g3 $14) 21. Ne2 Rb8 22. Nf4 Ncd7 (22... Be5 23.
Bb4 b6 24. Nd3 Bd6 25. Nxc5 Bxc5 26. Bc3 $16) 23. Rxc7 Bxc7 24. Qc2 Ne5 25. Be2
{White's progress is not spectacular, but after the swap of the rooks his
pieces are breathing more freely.} Nc6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (25... Rd8 26. Rc1 Nc6
27. Nd3 (27. Bxa6 $2 Bxf4 28. exf4 Nd4 $19) 27... Nd5 $14) 26. Bxa6 $1 Bxf4 (
26... g5 27. Ne2 bxa6 28. Qxc6 Rxb2 29. Qxa6 $16) 27. exf4 Nb4 $2 {Misfortune
does not usually appear alone; after the mistake in 25th move we are
witnessing the consecutive one. In his calculations Black probably overlooked
some point, othewise he would surely resist the transformation to a position
in which he is simply a pawn down.} (27... Nd5 $1 28. Bf1 Nxf4 29. g3 Nd5 30.
Bg2 Rd8 31. a3 $14) (27... bxa6 28. Qxc6 Nd5 29. Bc3 $16) 28. Bxb4 Qxb4 29. a3
$1 Qf8 (29... Qxf4 30. Bxb7 Kg7 31. Bc6 $16) 30. Be2 Rc8 31. Qb3 Rc7 32. Bf3
Qc8 33. g3 Kg7 (33... Rc2 34. Rd8+ Qxd8 35. Qxc2 $16) 34. Qb4 h5 35. h4 Rc4 $6
{Aronian understood, that passive defense is probably not enough, but speeding
up the commotions will simply shorten his suffering.} 36. Qxb7 Qc5 37. b4 Qf5
38. Qe7 Ne4 (38... Rc3 39. Rd8 Nh7 40. Qb7 Rxa3 41. Rd7 $16) 39. Qa7 e5 (39...
Rc2 40. Qd4+ Nf6 41. a4 $18) 40. Qa6 Rc3 41. Qe2 {Ivanchuk did manage to
consolidate and the fight is effectively over.} Nf6 42. fxe5 Rxf3 43. exf6+ Kh7
(43... Qxf6 44. a4 Rb3 45. Qe4 Rb2 46. Qd4 $18) 44. Qe7 1-0

[Event "Sochi FIDE GP"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2008.08.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2008.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Nc6 7. Bf4 Be7
8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. Kb1 O-O-O 11. Bb5 a6 12. Ba4 Bf6 13. Rhe1 h6 14.
Nd4 Bd5 15. f3 Rhe8 16. Ne2 Bc4 17. Ng3 Bh4 18. Be3 f6 19. Bf2 Bxg3 20. hxg3
Rxe1 21. Rxe1 Re8 22. Bxc6 Qxc6 23. b3 Bf7 24. Rxe8+ Qxe8 25. Qe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sochi FIDE GP"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2008.08.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Al Modiahki, Mohamad"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2008.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4
Nf6 15. Qd3 O-O 16. Kb1 c5 17. Qe2 Qb6 18. Be3 Rfd8 19. dxc5 Bxc5 20. Bxc5 Qxc5
21. Ne5 Rd5 22. Rxd5 Qxd5 23. f3 Rd8 24. a3 Qd2 25. Qxd2 Rxd2 26. g4 Kf8 27.
Re1 Ke7 28. Re3 Nd7 29. Nd3 Nb6 30. Ne5 Nd7 31. Nd3 Nb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sochi FIDE GP"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2008.08.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2008.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. a4 Nc6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bf3 Rb8 13. g4 Nd7 14. Bg2 b6 15. g5
Bb7 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Qh5 Bf8 18. Bg1 g6 19. Qh3 Bg7 20. f5 exf5 21. exf5 Bxc3
22. Qxc3 Bxg2+ 23. Kxg2 Qxc3 24. bxc3 Nc5 25. Bxc5 dxc5 26. fxg6 hxg6 27. Rae1
Rbd8 28. Rxe8+ Rxe8 29. Kf3 Kg7 30. Rd1 Rh8 31. Kg3 Re8 32. Kf3 Rh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sochi FIDE GP"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2008.08.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2008.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 d6 8.
Bg5 Bd7 9. Nd2 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bxc6 Bxc6 12. Bg3 Ne8 13. d4 f6 14. Re1 Ng7
15. f3 Qe8 16. Nc4 b6 17. Ne3 Qf7 18. Qd3 Rae8 19. Qc4 Qxc4 20. Nxc4 Rf7 21.
Ne3 exd4 22. cxd4 f5 23. d5 Bd7 24. exf5 Nxf5 25. Nxf5 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Bxf5 27.
Re2 Kf8 28. Kf2 Re7 29. Rd2 Kf7 30. c4 a6 31. a4 a5 32. h3 Bd7 33. Ra2 Bf5 34.
Rd2 Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sochi FIDE GP"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2008.08.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2008.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. Bg5 d6 7. Nbd2 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Nh5 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. d4 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nxg3 13. hxg3 Qf6 14. N2b3 Bb6
15. Qf3 Qxf3 16. gxf3 Kg7 17. g4 d5 18. Nf5+ Bxf5 19. gxf5 Rfe8 20. Nd2 Rad8
21. Rd1 dxe4 22. fxe4 Rd5 23. Ke2 Rxf5 24. Rh2 Rf4 25. f3 f5 0-1

[Event "Sochi FIDE GP"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2008.08.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2008.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Qc2 a6 12. Be2 b5 13. b4 Ncd7 14. Ne4 Be7 15.
Nxf6+ Nxf6 16. a4 bxa4 17. Rxa4 Bb7 18. Rfa1 Ne4 19. Bxa6 Rxa6 20. Rxa6 Nxd2
21. Qxd2 Qxd2 22. Nxd2 Bxa6 23. Rxa6 Bxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sochi FIDE GP"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2008.08.11"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2008.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 d6 8. e4 a6
9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qc7 11. Be3 O-O 12. Rc1 Re8 13. f4 Bf8 14. f5 $1 h6 {
The greatest mystery of this game is the question, why has Ivanchuk decided to
defend the variation with such a dubious reputation? Black has always been
strugggling to cope with the direct onslaught against the e6-pawn. The move h6
does not seem to present a satisfactory solution.} 15. Rf1 Nbd7 16. fxe6 fxe6
17. Bh3 {Until this moment the play was very easy for Gelfand. The real
mastery will have to be displayed in breaking down the resistance of his
excellent opponent.} Qc5 (17... Qxc4 18. Nxe6 Nxe4 (18... Rxe6 19. b3 Qxf1+ 20.
Qxf1 Re7 21. Qc4+ Kh8 22. Rf1 $18) 19. Na4 Qxa2 20. Nxf8 Nxf8 21. Rc7 Rab8 (
21... Qd5 22. Qxd5+ Bxd5 23. Nxb6 $18) 22. Bd4 Re5 23. Bg2 $18) (17... Nc5 18.
b4 Ncxe4 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Nxe6 Qe7 21. Bxb6 $18) 18. b4 $1 Qxc4 (18... Qxb4
19. Bxe6+ Kh8 20. Nd5 Qa3 (20... Nxd5 21. cxd5 Qa3 22. Qe2 Nc5 23. Rf7 $16) 21.
Bf4 Bxd5 22. exd5 Qxa2 23. Bf5 $16) 19. Nd5 Qxa2 $6 {The optimal choice
between miserable options is a difficult task even for super grandmasters.
Probably the best was to eliminate most pieces in the centre and accept a
difficult ending.} (19... Bxd5 20. exd5 (20. Rxc4 Bxc4 21. Qc2 Bxf1 22. Kxf1
Kh8 (22... e5 23. Qb3+ Kh8 24. Nf5 Rec8 25. Qf7 $18) 23. Bxe6 $16) 20... Qxd5
21. Nxe6 Qxa2 (21... Qxd1 22. Rcxd1 d5 23. Bd4 Rab8 24. Nxf8 Rxf8 25. Be6+ Kh8
26. Rc1 Rfe8 27. Rc6 $16) 22. Bd4 Rxe6 23. Rc2 Qd5 (23... Qb3 24. Re2 $1) 24.
Bxf6 Qxd1 25. Bxe6+ Kh7 26. Rxd1 Nxf6 27. Rc6 $16) (19... exd5 20. Rxc4 dxc4
21. Be6+ Kh8 22. Bxd7 Nxd7 23. Rf7 Re7 24. Rxe7 Bxe7 25. Nf5 Bf8 26. Nxd6 $18)
20. Rf2 Qxf2+ (20... Qa3 21. Rc3 Nxe4 22. Rxf8+ Nxf8 23. Rxa3 Bxd5 24. Nf5 $18)
21. Bxf2 exd5 22. Bxd7 {[%mdl 128] Gelfand probably began to see the contours
of the special solution with the sacrifice of the knight on the h6-square. A
conservative win was at hand without giving up the precious light-squared
bishop.} (22. Rc7 $1 Bc8 23. Be6+ Kh8 24. exd5 $18) 22... Nxd7 23. Rc7 Bc8 24.
Nf5 $1 (24. Qh5 Nf6 (24... Re5 25. Nf5 dxe4 26. Qg6 $18) 25. Qf7+ Kh8 26. Be3
Bd7 27. Bxh6 Rxe4 28. Nf5 $18) (24. Nc6 Nf6 25. exd5 Bg4 $14) 24... Ne5 (24...
Nf6 25. Bd4 Bxf5 26. exf5 $18) 25. Qh5 $6 {The move in the game is very
unpleasant for the defender, but objectively it was better to leap with a
trojan horse to e7.} (25. Ne7+ $1 Bxe7 (25... Kh8 26. Qxd5 $18) 26. Qxd5+ Be6
27. Qxe6+ Kf8 28. Bxb6 Rab8 29. Rxe7 Rxe7 30. Qxd6 Rbe8 31. Bd8 $18) 25... Re6
(25... Be6 26. Bd4 Bxf5 (26... dxe4 27. Nxh6+ gxh6 28. Bxe5 dxe5 29. Qg6+ Kh8
30. Rh7#) (26... Rec8 27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Nxh6+ gxh6 29. Bxe5 Rc1+ 30. Kf2 dxe5
31. Qg6+ Kh8 32. Qxe6 $18) 27. exf5 Re7 28. Rxe7 Bxe7 29. Qd1 $16) 26. Bd4 Rf6
27. Bxe5 dxe5 28. Nxh6+ $1 {The witty combination is combining two problems
that can not be remedied - the vulnerability of the 7th rank and the threat of
finishing the fight after the check on the d5-square.} gxh6 (28... Rxh6 29.
Qf7+ Kh7 30. Qxf8 $18) 29. Qxe5 Rd6 (29... Bg7 30. Qxd5+ $18) 30. Qh5 Bd7 31.
e5 Be8 32. Qf3 Rdd8 (32... Rc6 33. Qxd5+ Kh8 34. Rxc6 Bxc6 35. Qxc6 $18) 33.
Qf5 Bg7 34. Qg4 Bf7 35. e6 {This position was in Gelfand's mind; the battle is
over.} Rf8 36. Rxf7 Rxf7 37. exf7+ Kxf7 38. Qd7+ (38. Qd7+ Kf8 39. Qd6+ $18)
1-0

[Event "Sochi FIDE GP"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2008.08.12"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2008.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bf4 d6 6. e3 c5 7. d5 Qb6 $5 {
An unusual but decent move.} (7... Qa5 {and}) (7... Na6 {are normally played.})
8. Rb1 (8. Qd2 Bf5 9. Rc1 a5 10. b3 a4 11. bxa4 Ne4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Ng5 Bf5
14. e4 Bd7 15. Bd3 Rxa4 $13 {1-0 Drozdovskij,Y-Alford,P/Dos Hermanas 2004/CBM
099 ext (30)}) (8. Qb3 Qxb3 9. axb3 Na6 10. e4 Nb4 11. O-O-O Ng4 12. Bg3 f5 13.
h3 fxe4 14. Nxe4 Nh6 15. Bd3 Nf5 16. Bh2 Bd7 17. Rhe1 b5 18. Nc3 Nxd3+ 19. Rxd3
bxc4 20. bxc4 Rab8 21. g4 Nd4 22. Nxd4 cxd4 23. Nd1 Bf6 24. b3 a5 $15 {1/2-1/2
Anastasian,A-Kruppa,Y/St Petersburg 1993/TD (43)}) 8... e5 $5 {As White can't
take on d6 now, his whole setup with Bf4 loses sense.} (8... Na6 9. a3 Nh5 10.
Bg5 Re8 11. Nd2 Nb8 12. Be2 Nf6 13. O-O Nbd7 14. Qc2 e6 15. e4 e5 16. b4 $16 {
1/2-1/2 Pytel,K-Cornelisse,J/La Fere 2007/CBM 119 ext (41)}) 9. Bg5 (9. dxe6
Bxe6 10. Qb3 (10. Qxd6 $6 Nc6 $36) 10... Qc6 11. Rd1 Rd8 12. Be2 h6 13. O-O Na6
14. Rd2 Nh5 15. Bg3 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Nc7 17. Rfd1 Rab8 $132 {0-1 Nikolic,
B-Vojinovic,G/Vrsac 2000/EXT 2001 (38)}) 9... Bf5 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Nbd7
12. Nd2 (12. e4 Nh5 {[%cal Yf7f5]}) 12... Rae8 13. a3 a6 14. f3 Qc7 15. Bh4 Nh5
$1 16. g4 e4 $1 {[%mdl 512] An excellent positional sacrifice based on a
tactical idea.} 17. fxe4 (17. Ncxe4 f5 $1 {the point!} 18. gxh5 fxe4 19. fxe4
Ne5 20. Qe2 $13 {may be better for White than the text as he has two extra
pawns here!}) 17... Bf6 $1 18. Bxf6 (18. Bf2 Bxc3 $1 19. bxc3 $8 Nhf6 20. h3 {
With two pairs of doubled pawns White's position is not too attractive.}) 18...
Nhxf6 19. Qe2 {Black has a strong e5-square but White's position is quite
solid and he eventually holds his ground. It is curious that doubled pawns
have a certain merit: they protect all the important squares beside (though
not in front of) them!} Ne5 20. h3 Qe7 21. Rg1 Nfd7 22. Kd1 Qh4 23. Kc2 Rb8 (
23... Qxh3 $2 24. Rh1 Qxg4 25. Qh2 {[%cal Rh2h7,Rb1g1]}) 24. Rh1 Kg7 25. a4 Rh8
26. Qg2 Qg5 27. Qg3 h5 28. Qf4 Qe7 29. g5 Rhf8 30. Rbf1 Qd8 31. Qg3 Qa5 32. Ra1
Qb4 33. a5 b5 34. axb6 Nxb6 35. Na2 Qa5 36. Nc3 Qb4 37. Na2 Qa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sochi FIDE GP"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2008.08.13"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2008.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. d4 c5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Ne4 7. Bd2 Nxd2 8.
Qxd2 cxd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. O-O Ne5 11. b3 a6 12. Nf3 Qa5 13. Rfc1 Nc6 14. Nd4
Be7 15. Rc2 Qc7 16. Rd1 Rb8 17. e3 Rd8 18. h3 h6 19. Kh2 Bf8 20. f4 d6 21. Nd5
Qd7 22. Nb6 Qc7 23. Nd5 Qd7 24. Nb6 Qc7 25. Nd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sochi FIDE GP"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2008.08.14"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Wang, Yue"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2008.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. dxe5 d5 5. Nbd2 Be7 6. Nxe4 dxe4 7. Qxd8+
Bxd8 8. Nd4 c6 9. Bf4 Nd7 10. Nf5 O-O 11. Nd6 Ba5+ 12. c3 Bc7 13. O-O-O Bxd6
14. exd6 Nb6 15. c4 Be6 16. b3 a5 17. Be2 a4 18. Kb2 axb3 19. axb3 Nd7 20. Ra1
f5 21. Kc3 Kf7 22. h4 c5 23. Rhd1 h6 24. f3 b6 25. fxe4 fxe4 26. Rf1 Nf6 27.
Be5 Kg6 28. Kd2 h5 29. Ke3 Bd7 30. Bc3 Rfe8 31. Rf4 Rxa1 32. Bxa1 Re6 33. Bxf6
gxf6 34. Rxe4 Rxd6 35. Re7 Bf5 36. Re8 Bc2 37. Rg8+ Kh7 38. Rb8 Bxb3 39. Bd3+
Kg7 40. Rb7+ Kf8 41. Be2 Rd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 3rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D92"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2008.08.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Rc1 dxc4 7. e4 Bg4 8.
Bxc4 Nfd7 {Kamsky does not dare to use the main, positionally somewhat risky
line against Ivanchuk.} (8... Nh5 9. Be3 Bxf3 10. gxf3 e5 {with shared chances.
}) 9. Be2 Nc6 (9... Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Bxd4 11. Qxd4 e5 12. Bxe5 Nc6 13. Bxc7 Nxd4
14. Bxd8 Raxd8 15. Be2 Ne5 16. f3 f5 17. Rd1 {1-0 Estremera Panos,S (2355)
-Fernandez Garcia,J (2490)/Las Palmas 1996 (61)}) 10. Be3 (10. d5 Bxf3 11. Bxf3
Nd4 12. O-O c5 13. Be2 a6 14. Re1 b5 15. Bf1 Nb6 16. Be3 Rc8 17. a4 b4 18. Nb1
a5 19. Nd2 Qd7 20. b3 f5 {1-0 Drozdovskij,Y (2561)-Borisek,J (2507)/playchess.
com INT 2006 (61)}) 10... Nb6 11. d5 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Ne5 13. Qb3 $146 {This
interesting position was played in the games of stronger players only once and
White wrongly offered the swap of the dark-squared bishops.} (13. Bd4 c6 14. f4
Ned7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. O-O e5 18. fxe5 Qg5+ 19. Kh1 Qf4 20. Rc2
Nxe5 {0-1 Jost,C (2330)-Kouatly,B (2515)/France 1992 (45)}) 13... c6 (13... f5
$2 14. Nb5 $16) 14. f4 Ned7 15. O-O $1 (15. dxc6 bxc6 16. O-O (16. e5 e6 17.
O-O Qh4 $14) 16... Bh6 17. e5 Rb8 18. Qc2 e6 $14) 15... Qe8 $2 {Topalov's
future opponent in the candidates match arrived in Moscow in weakish form. The
retreat of the queen to the e8-square is not a solution to his problems.} (
15... cxd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Qxd5 Nf6 18. Qxd8 Rfxd8 19. Bf3 $16) 16. a4 (16.
dxc6 bxc6 17. Rfd1 e5 18. f5 Qe7 19. a4 $16) 16... cxd5 17. Nb5 $1 (17. Nxd5
Nxd5 18. Qxd5 Nb6 19. Qxb7 Qxa4 $14) 17... Rc8 {Also the exchange of the rooks
along the c-file can not be praised; the defender had to decide for the
exchange sacrifice with the help of daring advance of the d-pawn.} (17... dxe4
18. a5 $1 $18) (17... d4 $5 18. Nc7 Qd8 19. Nxa8 dxe3 20. Nxb6 exf2+ 21. Kxf2 (
21. Rxf2 Nxb6 22. Rd1 Qc8 23. e5 $16) 21... Bd4+ 22. Kf3 Nxb6 23. a5 Nc8 24.
Qd5 $16) 18. Rxc8 Qxc8 (18... Nxc8 19. Qxd5 Nf6 20. Qxb7 Nd6 21. Qxa7 $16) 19.
e5 $6 {Ivanchuk seems to have been on top of his form in the last two years,
but sometimes it is difficult to explain the mental process even of the best
players. Kamsky would be sweating much harder after the immediate liquidation
of the a7-pawn.} (19. Nxa7 $1 Qb8 (19... Qc7 20. Rc1 Qd6 21. Nb5 $16 Qf6 22. e5
Qf5 23. Qb4 $16) 20. Bxb6 Nxb6 21. Qxb6 Qxf4 (21... dxe4 22. Qe3 Bh6 23. Kg2
Bxf4 24. Qxe4 Bxh2 25. Nb5 $16) 22. Qe3 Qh4 23. f4 $16) 19... a6 $2 (19... Qc6
$1 20. Rc1 Nc4 21. Nxa7 Qe6 $14) (19... Nc5 20. Qb4 Ne6 21. Nxa7 Qc2 22. Bd1
Qf5 23. Qxb6 Nxf4 24. Bxf4 Qxf4 25. Qe3 Qxe3 26. fxe3 Bxe5 27. b3 $16) 20. Na7
Qc7 $2 {Black is beyond recognition in this game. Too many moves deserving a
question mark will be played in the game.} (20... Qd8 21. a5 Nc4 22. Qxb7 Nb8
23. Bc5 $16) 21. Rc1 Qd8 (21... Nc4 22. Bxc4 dxc4 23. Rxc4 Qb8 24. Rb4 b6 25.
Nc6 Qe8 26. Qc4 $16) 22. a5 Nc4 23. Bxc4 dxc4 24. Qxb7 {White has won the war
on the queenside and Black has no compensation for his suffering.} g5 (24...
Nb8 25. h3 (25. Rxc4 $2 Qd1+ 26. Kg2 Qg4+ $11) 25... f6 26. Rxc4 fxe5 27. Rc8
Qd1+ 28. Kh2 exf4 29. Rxf8+ Bxf8 30. Bxf4 $16) 25. Nc6 Qe8 26. Rxc4 gxf4 27.
Bxf4 Kh8 {His positional desperation is visible from the aim to get any
counterplay along the open g-file.} (27... e6 28. Qxa6 $18) 28. Bg3 Rg8 29. Kf1
(29. Qc7 f6 30. e6 $18) 29... e6 30. Rd4 Nc5 31. Qb6 Nd7 32. Qc7 Nb8 (32... Nc5
33. Rd8 $18) 33. Nd8 $1 {The finish of this game is somewhat comical, since
Black is struggling not to lose to a mating pattern.} Qb5+ 34. Kg1 h6 35. Nxf7+
Kh7 36. Qc2+ 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 3rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2008.08.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O e6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. d4 cxd4 11. Qxd4 Qxd4 12. Nxd4 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Na6 14. Be3
Bf6 15. Rac1 O-O 16. Rc4 Bxd4 17. Bxd4 Rfd8 18. Be3 b5 19. Rc3 Nb4 20. Bc5 Nd5
21. Rc2 h6 22. Rec1 f5 23. f3 a6 24. e4 fxe4 25. fxe4 Nf6 26. Be7 Rd7 27. Bxf6
gxf6 28. Kh3 Kf7 29. Kg4 Kg6 30. Rc6 e5 31. Rf1 Rf8 32. Rf5 Rd2 33. Rxa6 Rxh2
34. Rxe5 h5+ 35. Kf4 Rf2+ 36. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 3rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2008.08.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Qc2 Na6 10. a3 Bg4 11. Ne5 Bxe5 12. dxe5 Nac5 13. f3 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 Nc5
15. Qd4 Nb3 16. Qxg4 Nxa1 17. Bh6 g6 18. Nc3 Qb6+ 19. Rf2 Rfe8 20. Qf4 Qc7 21.
Re2 Re6 22. Kf1 d4 23. Qxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 3rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2008.08.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Qb3
Ra7 9. g4 Bg6 10. g5 Nfd7 11. Nxd5 Nc6 12. Nf4 e5 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Bd2 Be7 15.
Nf3 e4 16. Ng1 Bxg5 17. Ne2 Nce5 18. Ng1 Nc6 19. O-O-O Nf6 20. Bg2 Qc8 21. Kb1
Qf5 22. Be1 Bh4 23. Ne2 O-O 24. Ng3 Bxg3 25. fxg3 Nd5 26. h4 a5 27. Bd2 a4 28.
Qc2 Re8 29. a3 Raa8 30. Bh3 Qf3 31. Rde1 Qxg3 32. h5 gxh5 33. Bd7 Red8 34. Rxh5
Rxd7 35. Reh1 f5 36. Rh8+ Kf7 37. Rxa8 Nxe3 38. Bxe3 Qxe3 39. Qc4+ Kf6 40. Rf8+
Kg5 41. Qc5 g6 42. Rfh8 Qd3+ 43. Ka1 Nxd4 44. Rg1+ Kf6 45. Qf8+ Ke5 46. Qc5+
Kf6 47. Qb6+ Ke5 48. Qc5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 3rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2008.08.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Bf4 Nc6
8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. Kb1 O-O-O 11. Bb5 a6 12. Ba4 Bf6 13. Bg5 Bxg5 14.
Qxg5 b5 15. Bb3 f6 16. Bxe6 Qxe6 17. Qf4 h5 18. h3 g5 19. Nd4 Qd5 20. Nxc6
Qxd1+ 21. Rxd1 gxf4 22. Nxd8 Kxd8 23. Kc1 Rg8 24. Rg1 f3 25. g3 Re8 26. Rd1 Re2
27. Rd2 Re1+ 28. Rd1 Re2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 3rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2008.08.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. d5 ({Considering the numerous new
ideas for Black that have been discovered lately in the main line introduced by
} 12. a4 {, it is just logical that the advance of the d-pawn has become
increasingly popular.}) 12... Nb8 13. Nf1 Nbd7 14. N3h2 Rc8 $5 $146 {An
interesting novelty. One important element of Black's plan is to break open
the centre with ...c6. However, this would weaken the d5-square and White can
try to take advantage of it by exchanging the f6 knight (with either Ng4 or
Bg5). The move played by Ivanchuk will be useful after a later ...c6 anyway 
(in some line given below, ...Rxc6 is possible), but refrains from defining
the position yet, waiting for White's reaction.} ({I have annotated several
lines where the topical line} 14... Nc5 15. Bc2 c6 16. b4 Ncd7 17. dxc6 Bxc6
18. Bg5 {was played.} Qc8 $5 {[%cal Yc8c3,Yc8h3]} (18... Qc7 {Carlsen,M (2765)
-Navara,D (2672)/Baku 2008/CBM 124/[Marin,M] (1/2-1/2, 45)}) ({I have examined
the available material after} 18... h6 {Kamsky,G (2726)-Adams,M (2729)/Baku
2008/CBM 124/[Marin,M] (1-0, 60)}) 19. Ng3 {Svidler,P (2750)-Morozevich,A 
(2747)/Moscow 2006/CBM 116/[Marin] (1-0, 78)} (19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Ng4 Nxg4 21.
hxg4 Bd7 {[%csl Yc3,Yg4] This is the point behind placing the queen on c8.
White cannot defend both the attacked pawns simultaneously. However, he will
get good compensation in view of the centralized knight.} 22. Ne3 Ra7 $5 23.
Bb3 Qxc3 24. Nd5 Qc8 25. Nb6 Qd8 26. Nxd7 Qxd7 27. Bd5 g6 $11 {Hracek,Z (2620)
-Beliavsky,A (2640)/Germany 2000/CBM 074 ext (1/2-1/2, 39)})) 15. Ng4 ({
I suppose that Ivanchuk's idea was to refrain from an early ...c6 in case of} 
15. Bg5 {, trying to eliminate the enemy dark-squared bishop and activate his
own. Here are some possible lines.} Be7 16. Ng3 g6 $5 {Since the position has
a closed character, Black can afford to prepare the threat ...Nxd5 at his own
convenience.} (16... Nxd5 $2 {is premature because of} 17. Bxd5 $1 $18 {
[%csl Rb7]}) (16... Nc5 $6 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Gf6d5]} 17. Nf5 $1 Nxd5 18. Bh6 $1
$40) 17. a4 (17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. a4 Bh4 $11 {[%cal Gc7c6] In this line, the
white knights are far from the d5-square.}) 17... Nc5 18. Bc2 Nxd5 ({The less
ambitious} 18... c6 {is possible, too:} 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Ng4 Bg5 21. axb5 axb5
22. dxc6 Bxc6 23. Ne3 Bxe3 $1 24. Rxe3 Qe7 {and, once the main danger (Nd5)
has been removed, Black is doing fine.}) 19. Bxe7 Nxe7 20. Ng4 Rf8 {and
White's compensation is not very obvious.}) 15... Nxg4 16. Qxg4 Nc5 17. Bc2 c6
18. dxc6 (18. b4 Na4 $1 {With the rook on c8, Black is well prepared for the
structural modifications implied by this move.} 19. Bxa4 bxa4 20. c4 (20. dxc6
Rxc6 $1 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Gb7c8,Gc8e6]}) 20... cxd5 21. cxd5 {Black should not
have problems activating his b7-bishop, if only he is careful for a while.} Qb6
(21... a5 22. b5 $1) (21... Rc4 {[%cal Gc4b4,Gb7d5,Gb7c8,Gc8d7,Gd7b5]} 22. Ne3
Rxb4 23. Ba3 Rb5 {[%cal Gb7c8,Gc8d7]} 24. Qd1) 22. Be3 Qb5 23. Rac1 g6 $132)
18... Bxc6 19. Ne3 g6 20. Rd1 (20. Nf5 {is premature because after} Kh8 21. Nh6
Qe7 22. Be3 Bg7 {the knight is more of a source of worries.}) 20... Bh6 {
A logical move, preparing the exchange of the potentially "bad" bishop, which,
however, supposes some risks.} (20... h5 {looks premature.} 21. Qf3 Ne6 (21...
b4 22. cxb4 Ne6 23. Bb3 Ng5 24. Qe2 Nxe4 25. Nd5 $16) 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. Rxd5 (
23. exd5 Nd4 $1) 23... Nd4 (23... b4 24. Ba4 $1) 24. Qd1 (24. cxd4 Rxc2 25.
dxe5 Rxe5) 24... Nxc2 25. Qxc2 $14) 21. b4 {Leko consequently plays for the
d5-square, but this plan is time consuming and weakens the c-file as well.} (
21. Nf5 {may be the critical line.} Bxc1 22. Raxc1 h5 23. Qg3 Re6 $5 (23...
Bxe4 $6 24. Nxd6 Bxc2 25. Qf3 $1 (25. Rxc2 Ne4 26. Qd3 Nxd6 27. Qxd6 Qa5 $1)
25... Bxd1 26. Qxf7+ Kh8 27. Qxg6 Rf8 28. Rxd1 $16) 24. f3 Kf8 25. Ne3 (25. b4
Nxe4 26. Bxe4 Bxe4 27. fxe4 gxf5 28. exf5 h4 29. Qe3 Rf6 30. Rf1 Ke7 {Black's
structure is more compact and the king feels quite safe in the centre, because
of the absence of minor pieces.}) 25... Re8 {[%cal Gc5e6,Ge6f4]} (25... h4 26.
Qf2 $1 {[%cal Gf2d2]}) 26. h4 a5 $13 {Although the black kingside may seem a
bit weak, the weakness induced by f3 (necessary at that moment) can have a
long term significance.}) 21... Ne6 22. Bb3 ({Now it is too late for} 22. Nf5
$6 Bxc1 23. Raxc1 h5 24. Qg3 Nf4 25. Rd2 d5 26. Bb3 (26. exd5 Qxd5 $5) 26...
Qf6 27. exd5 Qxf5 28. dxc6 Rxc6 $15) 22... Kh8 23. Nd5 Bxc1 24. Raxc1 Rf8 25.
Rc2 f5 26. exf5 (26. Qe2 Qg5) 26... gxf5 $36 {Psychologically, it must have
been unpleasant for Leko to fight against his favourite... Sveshnikov
structure. Moreover, Black has already solved the problem of his dark-squared
bishop and has a strong initiative.} 27. Qh5 (27. Qf3 Qg5 $36) 27... Qd7 $6 {
Ivanchuk underestimates the dynamic potential of White's position.} ({He
should have played the thematic} 27... Bxd5 $1 {at once:} 28. Bxd5 Nf4 29. Qf3
(29. Qh6 Rf6) 29... Qg5 $36 {[%cal Gc8c7,Gc7g7]}) 28. Qh6 $14 {Suddenly, it is
not easy for Black to free himself.} Bxd5 29. Rxd5 $2 (29. Bxd5 Nf4 30. g3 Nxd5
(30... Ng6 31. c4 $14) 31. Rxd5 $14) 29... Qe7 30. Rcd2 Rc6 31. g3 f4 $1 $40 {
Everything is working fine now for Black. He has safely defended the d6-pawn
and a knight move to g5 will fit in with the pawn structure perfectly.} 32. Kh2
Rf6 33. Qh5 Qf8 34. R5d3 e4 35. Qd5 exd3 36. Qxc6 fxg3+ 37. fxg3 Ng5 38. Bd5
Qh6 39. h4 Nf3+ 40. Bxf3 Qxd2+ 41. Kh3 Qxa2 42. Qb6 (42. Bd5 Qf2) 42... Qe6+
43. Kg2 Qf5 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 3rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2008.08.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 Na5 11. Bb5 $6 Bd7 12. Bd3 {A strange concept but
what could White do after his previous move?} (12. Bxd7 {is harmless:} cxd4 13.
cxd4 Qxd7 14. Rc1 e6 15. Qd2 b6 16. Rc2 Rfc8 $11 17. Rfc1 Rxc2 18. Qxc2 Rd8 (
18... b5 $5) 19. Bg5 Rf8 20. Qc7 $2 Qb5 21. Be7 Qxe2 22. Bxf8 Bxf8 23. Qxa7 Qd2
24. Rb1 Nc4 $19 {1-0 Ioseliani,N (2499)-Qin Kanying (2489)/Shanghai 2001/CBM
082 ext (42)}) 12... b6 {Black doesn't want to transpose to theoretical lines
by means of} (12... Bg4) 13. Rb1 e5 {We have seen a similar idea in
Cheparinov-Kamsky from this issue; the main difference is that the white rook
now attacks the b6 pawn.} 14. dxc5 Ba4 $6 {e6 is apparently the better square
for this bishop.} (14... Be6 $5 15. cxb6 axb6 16. Bxb6 (16. Rb4 Bxa2 17. Bxb6
Qd6) 16... Qd6 17. Rb4 Bxa2 18. Bb1 Qxd1 19. Rxd1 Bb3 $44) 15. Qd2 (15. Qxa4 $5
Qxd3 16. Ng3) 15... Qd7 16. cxb6 axb6 17. Nc1 (17. Rxb6 Rfd8 18. Nc1 Qc8 {
[%cal Ra5c4]} 19. Qe2 (19. Rb4 Nc6 20. Rb1 Na5) 19... Qxc3 {and White can
hardly make use of his extra pawn.}) 17... Rfc8 (17... b5 $5) 18. Rxb6 Bf8 {
Despite two extra pawns, it is not easy for White to consolidate his position.
To achieve that, he must find an appropriate moment to give back one of the
pawns like in the following line:} (18... Nc4 19. Bxc4 Rxc4 20. Rd6 Qc8 21. Nd3
$1 Rxc3 22. Nb4 {[%cal Rb4d5]} Bf8 23. Rb6 $14) 19. Ra6 $1 Qb7 20. Rxa8 Qxa8
21. Nb3 {The same idea, but it will be practically impossible to convert the
c3-pawn.} Nxb3 22. axb3 Bxb3 23. Rb1 Qa3 24. h3 Be6 25. Rc1 Rd8 26. Qc2 Bb3 (
26... Bc5 $1 {was the simplest course. It is important that} 27. Bg5 (27. Bh6
f6) {doesn't work due to} 27... f6 $1 28. Bxf6 $2 Rxd3) 27. Qb1 Ba2 $6 (27...
Qa4 $142 {[%cal Yf8a3]}) 28. Qb5 {The white queen has occupied this important
position; still, there is no reason for panic.} Rc8 (28... Bc5 {was possible
even now but hardly worthwhile:} 29. Qxc5 Qxc5 30. Bxc5 Rxd3 31. c4 $1 Bb3 32.
Kh2 $16) 29. Qxe5 Bc5 $4 {Even top GMs take absolutely inadequate decisions in
time trouble fever, not to mention making ordinary blunders.} (29... Bg7 {
regained the c3 pawn, after which Black should survive with 3 pawns vs 4 at
the same side.}) 30. Bxc5 Rxc5 31. Qb8+ Kg7 32. Qf4 {Now, with two extra pawns
in quite a simple position, White should bring home his advantage.} Qb2 33. Qe3
f6 34. Qxc5 Qxc1+ 35. Bf1 Qe1 36. Qd4 g5 37. c4 Qc1 38. c5 Be6 39. f3 h5 40.
Kf2 h4 41. Qe3 $6 (41. Qd6) 41... Qc2+ 42. Kg1 Bc4 43. Bxc4 Qxc4 {[%mdl 4096]
Time pressure is over and the Ukrainian GM finds a confident way to a victory.}
44. Kh2 (44. e5 {looks attractive but what to do after} Kf7 45. exf6 Kxf6 {?}
46. Kh2 $4 Qf4+ 47. Qxf4+ gxf4 48. Kg1 Ke5 49. Kf2 Kd5 50. Ke2 Kxc5 51. Kd3 Kd5
{leads to an unexpected draw.}) 44... Kf7 45. Qa3 Ke6 46. Qa7 Qc1 47. Qb6+ Kf7
48. Qd6 Qf4+ {Black has no other choice but the pawn endgame is now winning
for White (although grandmasters in the press room had a different impression
for a moment).} 49. Qxf4 gxf4 50. Kg1 Ke6 51. Kf2 Kd7 52. Ke2 Kc6 53. Kd3 ({
But not} 53. e5 $2 fxe5 54. Kd3 Kxc5 55. Ke4 Kd6 56. Kf5 Kd5 57. Kg5 Kd4 58.
Kxh4 Ke3 59. Kg4 Kf2 60. Kf5 (60. h4 Kxg2 61. h5 e4 $11) 60... Kxg2 61. Ke4 (
61. Kxe5 $4 Kxf3 $19) 61... Kg3 $3 62. h4 Kxh4 63. Kxe5 Kg5 $11) 53... Kxc5 54.
Kc3 Kd6 55. Kd4 {The crucial opposition...} Ke6 56. Kc4 $1 (56. Kc5 $143 Ke5)
56... Kd6 57. Kb5 {... and the decisive outflanking!} Ke6 58. Kc6 Ke5 59. Kd7
f5 60. exf5 (60. exf5 Kxf5 61. Kd6 Kf6 62. Kd5 Kf5 63. Kd4 $18) 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 3rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C93"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "177"]
[EventDate "2008.08.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Ng5 Rf8 12. Nf3 Re8 13. Nbd2 Bf8 14. a3 h6 15. Bc2
Nb8 16. b4 Nbd7 17. Bb2 c6 18. Rc1 Rc8 19. Bb1 g6 20. Qb3 c5 21. dxc5 dxc5 22.
c4 Qe7 23. bxc5 Qxc5 24. cxb5 Qxb5 25. Rxc8 Bxc8 26. Qxb5 axb5 27. Rc1 Bb7 28.
Rc7 Ba8 29. Bd3 Bd6 30. Ra7 Bc6 31. Nb3 Bb8 32. Ra6 Bxe4 33. Bxb5 Bd5 34. Na5
Bc7 35. Ra7 Bb6 36. Bxd7 Re7 37. Ra6 Nxd7 38. Nxe5 Bc7 39. Ra7 Nxe5 40. Bxe5
Rxe5 41. Rxc7 Rg5 42. g4 Re5 43. Rc1 Re4 44. Rd1 Be6 45. Nc6 Ra4 46. Rd3 Kg7
47. f3 h5 48. Kf2 Kf6 49. Nd4 Bc4 50. Re3 Ba6 51. Nc6 Bc8 52. Nb4 Ra5 53. Kg3
hxg4 54. hxg4 Be6 55. Rc3 Ra8 56. Nd3 Ra5 57. Kf4 g5+ 58. Ke3 Ke7 59. Nc5 f5
60. Kd4 fxg4 61. Re3 gxf3 62. Rxe6+ Kf7 63. Re3 g4 64. Ne4 Kg6 65. Rc3 Kf5 66.
Ke3 Re5 67. Rc5 Rxc5 68. Nxc5 Ke5 69. Ne4 Kd5 70. Kd3 Ke5 71. Ke3 Kd5 72. Nd2
Kc5 73. Kd3 Kb5 74. Kc3 Ka4 75. Kb2 g3 76. Nxf3 g2 77. Ka2 Ka5 78. Kb3 Kb5 79.
a4+ Ka5 80. Ka3 Ka6 81. Kb4 Kb6 82. a5+ Ka6 83. Ka4 Ka7 84. Kb5 Kb7 85. a6+ Ka7
86. Ka5 Kb8 87. Kb6 Ka8 88. a7 g1=B+ 89. Nxg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 3rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2008.08.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 c5 5. Bxc4 e6 6. O-O a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Ne5 Ke7 10. Be2 Bd7 11. Bf3 Nc6 12. Nxc6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Grachev, Boris V"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. h3 Be7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O d6 8. Bh2
c5 9. c3 Nc6 10. Qe2 Rc8 11. Nbd2 h6 12. Rfd1 d5 13. Ne5 Nd7 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15.
Nf3 Bb7 16. e4 dxe4 17. Bxe4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Nf6 19. Qb7 Qd7 20. Qa6 c4 21. Ne5
Qd5 22. Qxa7 Bd6 23. Qa4 b5 24. Qc2 Ra8 25. a3 Ra4 26. Re1 Rfa8 27. Rad1 R4a6
28. Qe2 Re8 29. Nf3 Bf8 30. Be5 Nd7 31. Bg3 Raa8 32. Nd2 Nb6 33. Ne4 Na4 34.
Qc2 Rad8 35. Be5 Qc6 36. Re3 Nb6 37. Rg3 Nd7 38. Re1 Kh8 39. Bf4 e5 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. Bc2 Nb8 13. a4 Nbd7 14. Bd3 c6 15. b3
g6 16. Bf1 Bg7 17. Bb2 Qc7 18. Qc2 Rac8 19. Rad1 Qb8 20. g3 Nf8 21. Bg2 Ne6 22.
b4 Nd7 23. axb5 axb5 24. dxe5 Nxe5 25. Nd4 c5 26. bxc5 Nxc5 27. Re3 Nc4 28.
Nxc4 bxc4 29. Ba3 Nd3 30. Rb1 Qa8 31. Nb5 d5 32. Nd6 d4 33. cxd4 Qxa3 34. Nxe8
Bxd4 35. Rf3 Bxe4 36. Nf6+ 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. O-O
Be7 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. Qg3 O-O 11. Bh6 Ne8 12. Rad1 Bd7 13. f4 Nc6 14. Nxc6 Bxc6
15. f5 Kh8 16. f6 gxh6 17. fxe7 Qxe7 18. Qf2 Ng7 19. Qd4 Qa7 20. Qxa7 Rxa7 21.
Rxd6 Rc8 22. a3 a5 23. Rfd1 Ne8 24. Rd8 Raa8 25. R8d4 Rab8 26. h3 b4 27. axb4
Rxb4 28. e5 Rcb8 29. Rxb4 axb4 30. Na2 Nc7 31. Rd4 Na6 32. Bc4 Nc5 33. b3 Be4
34. Rd2 Rb7 35. c3 bxc3 36. Nxc3 Bg6 37. Nb5 Nxb3 38. Rd8+ Kg7 39. Nd6 Na5 40.
Ne8+ Kf8 41. Nf6+ 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Be3 Bxe3 7. fxe3 Bg4
8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nd7 10. Nc3 Qh4+ 11. g3 Qe7 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. g4 g6 14.
Rdf1 Rdf8 15. Qg3 h5 16. g5 f6 17. gxf6 Rxf6 18. Rxf6 Qxf6 19. Rg1 Rg8 20. h4
Nf8 21. Qh3+ Qe6 22. Qh2 Nh7 23. a3 Nf6 24. Nd1 Ng4 25. Qh3 Rf8 26. Rf1 Rxf1
27. Qxf1 Qe7 28. Kd2 Qxh4 29. Qf7 Qh2+ 30. Kc1 b6 31. Qxg6 Kb7 32. b4 Qh3 33.
a4 Nxe3 34. b5 cxb5 35. axb5 Nxd1 36. Qc6+ Kb8 37. Kxd1 Qf3+ 38. Kd2 Qf7 39.
Ke2 h4 40. Qh6 Qe7 41. c4 Kb7 42. Qc6+ Kb8 43. Qh6 a6 44. bxa6 Ka7 45. Qc6 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. g3
Nbd7 9. a3 Be7 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O Rc8 12. c5 e5 13. f4 e4 14. Be2 Ne8 15. g4
g5 16. f5 g6 17. fxg6 fxg6 18. Rxf8+ Kxf8 19. Bd2 Ndf6 20. Qa4 Ra8 21. Be1 Qd7
22. h3 Bd8 23. b4 a6 24. b5 Nc7 25. bxc6 bxc6 26. Bg3 Ne6 27. Rf1 Ke8 28. Kg2
Ng8 29. Qb4 a5 30. Qb1 Bc7 31. Nb5 Bxg3 32. Kxg3 Ke7 33. Nd6 Nf6 34. Qb6 Qc7
35. Rb1 Nd7 36. Qxc7 Nxc7 37. Rb7 Ne8 38. Nxe8 Kxe8 39. Rc7 Rb8 40. Rxc6 Rb3
41. Kf2 Kd8 42. Rxg6 Rxa3 43. Rxg5 a4 44. Rxd5 Kc7 45. Rd6 Ra1 46. Ra6 a3 47.
g5 Nf8 48. g6 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 a6 6. Bb3 Ba7 7. O-O d6 8. Be3
Ne7 9. Bxa7 Rxa7 10. Nbd2 Ng6 11. Re1 O-O 12. Nf1 Nh5 13. g3 Nf6 14. Ne3 Ra8
15. Bc2 Re8 16. d4 exd4 17. Qxd4 c5 18. Qd1 Nxe4 19. Nd5 f5 20. Nd2 Ne5 21.
Nxe4 fxe4 22. Rxe4 Bf5 23. Re3 Bg4 24. f3 Bh5 25. Qf1 Bf7 26. Rd1 b5 27. b3 Ra7
28. Qh3 h6 29. f4 Ng6 30. Qf5 Nf8 31. Rde1 Rxe3 32. Nxe3 Re7 33. Qg4 Qa5 34. b4
Qxa2 35. Qd1 Qa3 36. Qd2 a5 37. bxa5 Qxa5 38. Kf2 Re8 39. Nf5 Rxe1 40. Qxe1 Qa2
41. Qe2 d5 42. Kg2 d4 43. cxd4 cxd4 44. Kh3 b4 45. Qe5 Ne6 46. Qb8+ Nf8 47. Qe5
Ne6 48. Qb8+ Nf8 49. Ne7+ Kh8 50. Qxf8+ Bg8 51. Qxg8+ Qxg8 52. Nxg8 Kxg8 53.
Kg4 Kf7 54. Kf5 Ke7 55. Ke4 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Nc6 8.
d3 O-O 9. Be3 e5 10. Rc1 Nd4 11. a3 c6 12. Ne4 Nd5 13. Bd2 a5 14. Nc3 Nb6 15.
Ne4 Bg4 16. Nxd4 exd4 17. Nc5 Qe7 18. Re1 a4 19. Bb4 Qc7 20. h3 Bf5 21. b3 Rfd8
22. bxa4 Nd5 23. a5 h5 24. h4 Ne3 25. Qb3 Nxg2 26. Kxg2 Re8 27. Bd2 Ra7 28. a4
Bf8 29. Qb6 Qb8 30. Rb1 Qa8 31. Nb3 Ra6 32. Qxd4 b5 33. e4 c5 34. Nxc5 Rd8 35.
Qxd8 Qxd8 36. Nxa6 Bg4 37. Nb4 Qxa5 38. axb5 Qxb5 39. Bc3 Bg7 40. Nd5 Qxd3 41.
Rb8+ Kh7 42. Re3 Qd1 43. Nf6+ Kh6 44. Nxg4+ hxg4 45. Bxg7+ Kxg7 46. Rb5 f6 47.
e5 f5 48. e6 Qa4 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Be7 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. e5 d5 13. f5 fxe5 14. Qxe5
Bf6 15. Qg3 Bh4 16. Qh3 O-O 17. Bd3 Ra7 18. Kb1 Bf6 19. Rhf1 Kh8 20. g4 Rg8 21.
fxe6 fxe6 22. Ne2 Rag7 23. Nf4 Be5 24. Nh5 Rc7 25. Rde1 Qg5 26. Qf3 Bg7 27. h4
Qe7 28. g5 Rf8 29. Qg3 Rxf1 30. Rxf1 e5 31. Nxg7 Kxg7 32. h5 e4 33. Be2 d4 34.
h6+ Kg8 35. g6 d3 36. cxd3 Qc5 37. a3 Be6 38. dxe4 Qc2+ 39. Ka1 Qc1+ 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Ngxe5 8.
Nxe5 Nxe5 9. Nc3 Re8 10. Rb1 a5 11. a3 d6 12. b4 axb4 13. axb4 Ba7 14. Qc2 Be6
15. Nb5 Bb8 16. Rd1 Qf6 17. Bb2 Bf5 18. e4 Bg6 19. f3 c6 20. Nc3 h5 21. Ra1
Ba7+ 22. Kh1 h4 23. Rf1 Qf4 24. Bc1 Be3 25. Bxe3 Qxe3 26. Qc1 Qd4 27. Rd1 Rxa1
28. Qxa1 Qf2 29. Rf1 Qd4 30. Rd1 Qf2 31. Rf1 Qe3 32. Qc1 Qd4 33. Rd1 Qf2 34.
Rf1 Qd4 35. Rd1 Qf2 36. Rf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8.
Bf4 e5 9. Bg5 Nd4 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Nd5 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qd8 13. b4 Nxd5 14. bxc5
Nc7 15. Ba5 b6 16. cxb6 Ne6 17. g3 Bb7 18. f3 axb6 19. Bb4 Re8 20. Kf2 Rc8 21.
Qd3 Ba6 22. Re1 d5 23. Bh3 dxc4 24. Qf5 c3 25. Qc2 Rc7 26. Bf5 g6 27. Bd3 Nc5
28. Bxc5 Bxd3 29. exd3 Rxc5 30. Re4 Rxe4 31. fxe4 Rb5 32. Rb1 Rxb1 33. Qxb1 Qg5
34. Qc2 Qe3+ 35. Kf1 b5 36. g4 Qf4+ 37. Ke1 Qxg4 38. Qb3 Qg1+ 39. Ke2 Qe3+ 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 g6 6. h3 Qc7 7. g3 Bg7 8. Bf4 Qd8
9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Bf5 11. Qb3 Qc8 12. Rad1 Nbd7 13. Rfe1 Be4 14. Bf1 Bxf3 15.
exf3 Re8 16. Na4 Nh5 17. Bc1 Qc7 18. f4 e6 19. Qc2 f5 20. b3 Nhf6 21. Nb2 Ne4
22. Be3 h5 23. Nd3 a5 24. Bg2 Kh7 25. h4 Nef6 26. f3 b6 27. cxb6 Qxb6 28. Bf2
Bf8 29. Re2 Ba3 30. Rde1 Nf8 31. Bf1 Rac8 32. Kg2 Kg8 33. Qc3 N6d7 34. Rc2 Rc7
35. Rd1 Rec8 36. Qe1 Kf7 37. Rdd2 Qa7 38. Re2 Be7 39. Qc1 Qa8 40. Rc3 Bd6 41.
Rec2 Qb7 42. Be2 Qa8 43. Qd1 Qa7 44. Qd2 Qa8 45. Be3 Kg8 46. Kf2 Kh7 47. Rc1
Ra7 48. R3c2 Rac7 49. Qd1 Kg8 50. Kf1 Ra7 51. Nb2 Ba3 52. Rb1 Nb6 53. Nd3 Nbd7
54. Bc1 Be7 55. Bb2 Qb8 56. Bc3 Qa8 57. Qd2 Bd6 58. Rbc1 Be7 59. b4 axb4 60.
Bxb4 Bxb4 61. Nxb4 Nb8 62. Rc3 Ra4 63. Qb2 Ra5 64. a3 Nfd7 65. Re3 Nf8 66. Rcc3
Nbd7 67. Qc1 c5 68. dxc5 d4 69. c6 Nf6 70. Rxe6 Nxe6 71. Bc4 dxc3 72. Bxe6+ Kg7
73. Qxc3 Rxa3 74. Qe5 Rxc6 75. Bd5 Rc1+ 76. Kg2 Qe8 77. Qb2 Rac3 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. h3 e5 7. dxe5 Nxe5 8.
Nf3 Nxd3+ 9. Qxd3 Be7 10. O-O h6 11. Be3 O-O 12. Nbd2 a6 13. Rfe1 Re8 14. Rad1
Bf8 15. Nb3 Qc7 16. Qd4 Bf5 17. Bxh6 Re4 18. Rxe4 dxe4 19. Nh4 Be6 20. Bg5 Nh7
21. Bd8 Qc6 22. Qe3 Qa4 23. Rd2 Qxa2 24. Nc5 Qc4 25. Nxb7 g5 26. Bxg5 Qb5 27.
Bh6 Bxh6 28. Qxh6 Qxb7 29. Ng6 Qb5 30. Nf4 Qf5 31. Rd6 Qe5 32. Nxe6 fxe6 33.
Rxe6 Qh8 34. Rg6+ Kf7 35. Rxa6 Rxa6 36. Qxa6 Qe8 37. Qb7+ Kg6 38. Qd5 Nf6 39.
Qd6 e3 40. fxe3 Qxe3+ 41. Kh2 Kf5 42. Qg3 Qd2 43. Qf3+ Ke5 44. b4 Nd5 45. Qg3+
Ke6 46. b5 Qxc3 47. Qxc3 Nxc3 48. b6 Kd7 49. h4 Ne4 50. g4 Kc6 51. g5 Kxb6 52.
g6 Nf6 53. Kg3 Kc6 54. Kf4 Kd6 55. Kg5 Ke7 56. h5 Ne4+ 57. Kf5 Ng3+ 58. Kg4 Ne4
59. Kf5 Ng3+ 60. Kg5 Ne4+ 61. Kh6 Kf8 62. g7+ Kf7 63. Kh7 Nf6+ 64. Kh8 Ng8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d6 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8.
g3 b6 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. O-O a5 11. b3 Re8 12. Bb2 Qe7 13. Rfd1 h6 14. b4 axb4 15.
axb4 Qf8 16. Bh3 Rxa1 17. Rxa1 Ra8 18. Ra3 Ne4 19. Qd3 Rxa3 20. Qxa3 Qa8 21.
Qxa8+ Bxa8 22. Bg2 Nef6 23. Nd2 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 d5 25. b5 dxc4 26. Nxc4 Ne4 27.
f3 Nd6 28. Nxd6 cxd6 29. Ba3 d5 30. Bd6 Nf6 31. Bc7 Ne8 32. Bxb6 Nd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 b6 11. Rd1 Be7 12. Bg5 Bb7 13. Bxe7 Kxe7 14. g4
Nh6 15. Nd4 Rhd8 16. f4 c5 17. Ndb5 Rdc8 18. Kf2 Bc6 19. a4 a6 20. Na3 Rd8 21.
b3 f6 22. Nc4 Nf7 23. exf6+ Kxf6 24. Ne3 Ke6 25. Re1 Rd2+ 26. Kg3 Kf6 27. Rad1
Rad8 28. Rxd2 Rxd2 29. Rd1 Rxd1 30. Ncxd1 Nd6 31. Nc3 Ke6 32. Kf2 b5 33. axb5
axb5 34. Ke2 b4 35. Ncd1 Bb5+ 36. Ke1 c4 37. Nf2 cxb3 38. cxb3 c5 39. Kd2 c4
40. bxc4 Nxc4+ 41. Nxc4 Bxc4 42. Ne4 Kd5 43. Ng3 g6 44. h4 Kd4 45. f5 b3 46. f6
Ke5 47. g5 Ke6 48. Ne4 Ke5 49. Nc5 Kf4 50. Kc3 Bf7 51. Nxb3 Kg4 52. Nc5 Kxh4
53. Ne4 Kg4 54. Kd4 Kf4 55. Nd6 Kxg5 56. Ke5 Ba2 57. f7 Bxf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 d6 5. Bc4 dxe5 6. Nxe5 e6 7. O-O Bd6 8. d4
O-O 9. Qe2 Nd7 10. Re1 cxd4 11. cxd4 Qb6 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. Nf3 N7f6 14. Nc3 Nxc3
15. bxc3 b6 16. Bd2 Bb7 17. Bd3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Bxh2+ 19. Kh1 Bd6 20. c4 Rad8 21.
g3 Rd7 22. Kg1 Rfd8 23. Be3 Be7 24. Rac1 h6 25. Bb1 Qb7 26. Qe2 Qc6 27. Bc2 Ba3
28. Rb1 Bf8 29. Bb3 Qe4 30. Bc2 Qg4 31. Qf1 Qf3 32. Rb3 Ng4 33. Bf4 Qc6 34. d5
exd5 35. Bf5 dxc4 36. Bxd7 Rxd7 37. Rxd7 cxb3 38. Rd8 b2 39. Qb1 Qc3 40. Kg2
Ne5 41. Qe4 Qc6 42. Qxc6 Nxc6 43. Rd1 Na5 44. Be5 Nc4 45. Bc3 b5 46. Rb1 Ba3
47. Kf3 f5 48. Ke2 Kf7 49. Bd4 a5 50. Kd3 g5 51. Kc3 h5 52. Kb3 a4+ 53. Kc3 h4
54. gxh4 gxh4 55. Kd3 h3 56. Rh1 Kg6 57. Kc2 Kg5 58. Rxh3 Kf4 59. Rh6 Ke4 60.
Bg7 Bc5 61. Bxb2 Bxf2 62. Bc1 f4 63. Rh5 b4 64. Rb5 Be1 65. Rc5 Ne3+ 66. Bxe3
fxe3 67. Kd1 Bc3 68. Ke2 a3 69. Rb5 Kd4 70. Rb8 Bd2 71. Rb7 Kc3 72. Kd1 Kb2 73.
Rb5 Kxa2 74. Kc2 Bc3 75. Kd3 Kb3 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Grachev, Boris V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Be3 c4 7. b3 cxb3 8. axb3
Bd6 9. Bd3 h6 10. O-O O-O 11. h3 Nc6 12. Nbd2 Re8 13. Qc2 Bd7 14. b4 a6 15. Nb3
Qc7 16. Nc5 Rad8 17. Nxd7 Nxd7 18. b5 axb5 19. Bxb5 Nb6 20. Qb3 Re6 21. Rfb1
Ne7 22. Bd3 Rc8 23. Bd2 Bf4 24. Bxf4 Qxf4 25. Re1 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Qc7 27. Rxe7
Qxe7 28. Qxb6 Rxc3 29. Qb5 g6 30. g3 Qe6 31. Kg2 Qc6 32. Qb1 Rc1 33. Qb2 Qc3
34. Qe2 Qc6 35. Qe3 Rc3 36. Ne5 Qf6 37. Qxh6 Rc8 38. h4 Qg7 39. Qf4 Re8 40. Ng4
Re6 41. Qb8+ Kh7 42. Qxb7 f5 43. Qxg7+ Kxg7 44. Ne3 Rd6 45. Bxf5 Kf6 46. Bg4
Rd8 47. Bf3 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. O-O d6 8. a4
b6 9. f4 Bb7 10. f5 e5 11. Nb3 Nbd7 12. Qf3 Be7 13. Kh1 h5 14. Be3 h4 15. Qh3
Nh5 16. Rae1 Ndf6 17. Nd2 O-O-O 18. Kg1 d5 19. exd5 Nf4 20. Bxf4 exf4 21. Nde4
Kb8 22. Kh1 Nh5 23. Kg1 Ng3 24. Rf2 g5 25. Qg4 f6 26. Qf3 Nxf5 27. Rd2 h3 28.
Nxg5 Bc5+ 29. Kh1 Nd4 30. Qg4 fxg5 31. Ne4 hxg2+ 32. Qxg2 Bxd5 33. c3 Nf5 34.
Qxg5 Ng3+ 35. Kg2 Nxe4 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. Be3 Ng4 8. Bg5
f6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh6 11. c5 g4 12. Nd2 exd4 13. Nb5 f5 14. cxd6 c6 15. Nc7
f4 16. Nxa8 fxg3 17. hxg3 Qxd6 18. Nc4 Qe7 19. e5 b5 20. Nd6 Qxe5 21. Nxc8 Rxc8
22. O-O Nd7 23. Bxg4 Nxg4 24. Qxg4 Qd6 25. Rfe1 h5 26. Qxh5 Rxa8 27. a4 b4 28.
Re8+ Rxe8 29. Qxe8+ Nf8 30. Re1 d3 31. Re7 Qd5 32. Re1 d2 33. Rd1 Bxb2 34. g4
Bc3 35. g5 Qxg5 36. Qxc6 Qg4 37. Qd5+ Kg7 38. Rxd2 Bxd2 39. Qxd2 Qc4 40. Qg5+
Ng6 41. Qa5 b3 42. Qxa7+ Kf6 43. Qb6+ Kg5 44. a5 Qc1+ 45. Kh2 b2 46. Qb5+ Kh6
47. g4 b1=Q 48. Qh5+ Kg7 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O e6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Qxd4 O-O 12. Bg5 Bxg5 13. Qxd5 Bxd5 14. Nxg5
Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Nd7 16. Red1 Rfd8 17. Rac1 h6 18. Nf3 Nc5 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. b4
Ne4 21. Rc7 a5 22. bxa5 bxa5 23. Rc4 Nd2 24. Rd4 Rxd4 25. Nxd4 Kf8 26. f3 Nc4
27. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. c4 Nfd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. Bh2
exd4 9. exd4 Nc6 10. Be2 Re8 11. O-O Nb6 12. b3 a6 13. Qd2 Bf5 14. Rad1 d5 15.
c5 Nc8 16. Qf4 Re7 17. Rfe1 N8a7 18. Bf1 Rxe1 19. Rxe1 Rc8 20. Bg3 Be6 21. Bh4
Qf8 22. Bf6 Bxf6 23. Qxf6 Re8 24. h4 h6 25. Bd3 Qg7 26. Nxd5 Rd8 27. Qxg7+ Kxg7
28. Nxc7 Nxd4 29. Nxd4 Rxd4 30. Rxe6 Rxd3 31. Rb6 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "23"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. d4 d6 5. Qc2 Nbd7 6. g3 e5 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O
Bxc3 9. Qxc3 e4 10. Ng5 Re8 11. b3 d5 12. Qc2 c6 13. Ba3 Nf8 14. Rac1 h6 15.
Nh3 Ne6 16. Rfd1 a5 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. f3 a4 19. Nf2 e3 20. Nh3 Bd7 21. Bd6 axb3
22. axb3 Nxd4 23. Rxd4 Bxh3 24. Bc7 Qd7 25. Bxh3 Qxh3 26. Bf4 g5 27. Bd6 Rec8
28. Qd1 Rxc1 29. Qxc1 Ra2 30. Qe1 Qe6 31. Bb4 Nd7 32. Bc3 Ne5 33. Ra4 Rc2 34.
Ra8+ Kg7 35. Bd4 f6 36. Qd1 Rd2 37. Qa1 Nxf3+ 38. exf3 e2 39. Bxf6+ Qxf6 40.
Qxf6+ Kxf6 41. Kf2 d4 42. Ke1 Rb2 43. Rd8 Ke5 44. Re8+ Kd5 45. Rd8+ Kc5 46.
Rc8+ Kb5 47. Rd8 Rxb3 48. Rxd4 Rxf3 49. Kxe2 Rf6 50. h4 gxh4 51. Rxh4 Kc5 52.
g4 Rd6 53. Rh1 b5 54. Rc1+ Kb4 55. Rb1+ Ka5 56. Ra1+ Kb6 57. Rb1 Rd4 58. Rh1
Rd6 59. Rb1 Rg6 60. Kf3 Kc5 61. Rc1+ Kd4 62. Rb1 Kc4 63. Rc1+ Kd3 64. Rb1 Rb6
65. Kg3 b4 66. Kh4 b3 67. Kh5 Kc2 68. Rg1 b2 69. Rg2+ Kd3 70. Rg1 b1=Q 71. Rxb1
Rxb1 72. Kxh6 Ke4 73. g5 Kf5 74. g6 Rb6 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "24"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 Be7 11. Bf4 Nh4 12. Nd4 Nf5 13. Nde2 h5 14.
Rad1 Be6 15. b3 Rd8 16. Ne4 b6 17. Bg5 Bd5 18. N2c3 Bxg5 19. Nxg5 Ke7 20. Rd3
Be6 21. Rfd1 h4 22. Nxe6 Rxd3 23. Rxd3 fxe6 24. Ne4 c5 25. c3 a5 26. a4 Rh5 27.
Nd2 Nh6 28. Nc4 Nf5 29. Kf1 Rg5 30. Na3 Nh6 31. Nb5 Rxe5 32. Nxc7 c4 33. bxc4
Rc5 34. Na8 Rc6 35. Rd1 Nf5 36. c5 Rxc5 37. Nxb6 Rxc3 38. Rd7+ Kf6 39. Ra7 Rc1+
40. Ke2 Rc2+ 41. Kf3 Rc3+ 42. Kg4 Kg6 43. Rxa5 Rc2 44. Kf3 Rc3+ 45. Ke2 Rc2+
46. Ke1 Rc1+ 47. Kd2 Rg1 48. Re5 Kf6 49. Nd7+ Ke7 50. Nc5 Kd6 51. Rxe6+ Kxc5
52. Re5+ Kb4 53. Rxf5 Rxg2 54. Rf4+ Ka5 55. Ke2 Rh2 56. Rxh4 g5 57. Rg4 Rxh3
58. Rxg5+ Kxa4 59. Rc5 Kb4 60. Rc8 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "25"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
O-O Bb6 9. Bb3 Na5 10. Bc2 Nc4 11. Bc1 Nc6 12. Ne2 d6 13. Ng3 N6e5 14. h3 Bd7
15. a4 a6 16. Qe2 Rae8 17. b3 Na5 18. Be3 Bxe3 19. Qxe3 Nac6 20. f4 Qh6 21. Nd2
Ng6 22. Qf2 Nge7 23. Rae1 Qf6 24. Re3 g6 25. e5 Qg7 26. Nde4 Nd5 27. Rd3 Nce7
28. c4 f5 29. exd6 fxe4 30. dxe7 Rxf4 31. Qc5 Rxf1+ 32. Nxf1 exd3 33. Qxd5+ Qf7
34. Qxd3 Rxe7 35. Ng3 Qf4 36. Qd5+ Kg7 37. Ne4 Bc6 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "26"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Qd2
g6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Bg7 11. b4 O-O 12. O-O Qd6 13. Rab1 b5 14. a4 a6 15. a5
Re8 16. Rfc1 Nf8 17. g3 Bg4 18. Nh4 Ne6 19. Be2 Bh3 20. Bf1 Bxf1 21. Kxf1 Ng5
22. Qd1 Qd7 23. Nf3 Qh3+ 24. Kg1 Ne6 25. Ne2 Rac8 26. Ne1 h5 27. Nd3 g5 28. Nc5
Nxc5 29. Rxc5 Bf8 30. Rc3 Re6 31. Qf1 Qf5 32. Rb2 h4 33. Qg2 hxg3 34. hxg3 g4
35. Nf4 Rh6 36. Rbc2 Kg7 37. Nxd5 Bd6 38. e4 Qh7 39. Ne3 Bxb4 40. Nf5+ Kf8 41.
Rb3 Bxa5 42. Nxh6 Qxh6 43. Ra3 Bb6 44. d5 a5 45. e5 b4 46. Rd3 Qg6 47. Qf1 b3
48. Rxc6 Rxc6 49. dxc6 a4 50. Rd5 Qxc6 51. Qb5 Qxb5 52. Rxb5 Bd4 53. Kg2 b2 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "27"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 c5 8. d5
exd5 9. Nh4 Ne4 10. cxd5 Bxh4 11. Bxe4 Bf6 12. Qc2 h6 13. Bg2 d6 14. Bf4 Qe7
15. Nd2 Nd7 16. e4 Ne5 17. h3 Ba6 18. Bf1 Bxf1 19. Kxf1 b5 20. a4 a6 21. Kg2 c4
22. Bxe5 Qxe5 23. Rab1 Qd4 24. Nf3 Qc5 25. b4 Qb6 26. Rbd1 Rfe8 27. a5 Qa7 28.
Nh2 g6 29. f4 Bg7 30. Nf3 Qc7 31. e5 dxe5 32. d6 Qc6 33. fxe5 Rxe5 34. Rxe5
Bxe5 35. d7 Rd8 36. Qe2 Bf6 37. Kh2 c3 38. Ne1 Kg7 39. Qd3 Qe6 40. Nc2 Rxd7 41.
Qxd7 Qe2+ 42. Kg1 Qxc2 43. Rf1 Qe4 44. Rf4 Bd4+ 45. Kh2 Qe2+ 46. Kh1 Qe1+ 47.
Kg2 Qg1+ 48. Kf3 Qf2+ 49. Ke4 Qe2+ 50. Kd5 Qc4+ 51. Kd6 c2 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "28"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E51"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Bb4 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. e3 O-O 8. Bb2
Nc6 9. Rc1 Na5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. dxc5 Bg4 12. c4 dxc4 13. Qxd8 Rfxd8 14. Bxc4
Be6 15. Nd4 Ne4 16. c6 Rac8 17. Nf5 Bd5 18. f3 Rc7 19. Be5 Ng5 20. Ne7+ Kf8 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "29"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c5 8.
Qb3 Nc7 9. Qc4 Ne6 10. d3 Nc6 11. Qh4 Ned4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Bg5 Re8 14. Rac1
h6 15. Bd2 Rb8 16. g4 Kh7 17. Rfe1 b6 18. Ne4 Bb7 19. Bf4 Ne6 20. Bxb8 Qxb8 21.
Rb1 Nf4 22. Bf3 Kg8 23. g5 Bxe4 24. Bxe4 hxg5 25. Qg3 Be5 26. Kf1 Nxe2 27. Qxg5
Bf6 28. Qh6 Bg7 29. Qh4 Bf6 30. Qh6 Nf4 31. Re3 Bg7 32. Qh4 Bf6 33. Qh6 Qd6 34.
Rg3 Bg7 35. Qh4 f5 36. Bb7 Kf7 37. Rf3 Ne6 38. Re1 Nd4 39. Rfe3 e6 40. Rh3 Rh8
41. Qg3 Qxg3 42. Rxg3 Rxh2 43. Kg1 Rh4 44. Ba6 g5 45. Kg2 g4 46. Rh1 Rxh1 47.
Kxh1 Ne2 48. Rg2 Bxb2 49. f4 gxf3 50. Rf2 Ng3+ 51. Kh2 Be5 52. Rxf3 Ne4+ 53.
Kg2 Nc3 54. a3 Kf6 55. Rh3 Nd5 56. Rh7 Nc7 57. Bc8 b5 58. Kf3 a5 59. Bd7 a4 60.
Rh1 b4 61. axb4 a3 62. b5 a2 63. b6 Na6 64. Bb5 Nb8 65. Rh6+ Kg5 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "30"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 Bb4 6. Qc2 Bb7 7. Bg2 c5 8. dxc5
Bxc5 9. b3 Be7 10. Bb2 d6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. Ne4 Be7 14. Qd3 Na6 15.
Nxd6+ Bxd6 16. Qxd6 Qxd6 17. Rxd6 Ke7 18. Rd2 Rad8 19. Nh4 Bxg2 20. Nxg2 Nb4
21. Nf4 Rxd2 22. Kxd2 Rd8+ 23. Nd3 e5 24. f3 f5 25. Ke3 Nc2+ 26. Kf2 e4 27.
fxe4 fxe4 28. Nf4 Rd2 29. Nd5+ Ke6 30. Rb1 Ke5 31. Rb2 Rxd5 32. cxd5 Nb4 33. a3
Nxd5 34. Rc2 a5 35. Rc4 g6 36. h4 h5 37. Rc6 Kf5 38. Rd6 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "31"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qd6 6. Na3 Be6 7. Qe2 f6 8.
Rd1 O-O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. Be3 Qe6 11. dxe5 Rxd1+ 12. Qxd1 Bxa3 13. bxa3 Ne7 14.
Nd4 Qd7 15. f3 fxe5 16. fxg4 Rd8 17. c3 c5 18. Bg5 exd4 19. cxd4 cxd4 20. Qd3
Re8 21. h3 Nc6 22. Re1 Ne5 23. Qg3 d3 24. Bf4 Nc4 25. Rd1 Qd4+ 26. Kh2 d2 27.
e5 h6 28. g5 hxg5 29. Qxg5 Kb8 30. Bg3 Ne3 31. Bf2 Ng4+ 32. Qxg4 Qxf2 33. Qd7
Qf4+ 34. Kh1 Rxe5 35. Qxd2 Re3 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "32"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Qc2 b6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. e3 Bb7 10. Bd3 c5 11. O-O Nc6 12. a3 a6 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Rfd1 d4 15.
Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Ne4 dxe3 17. Nxc5 exf2+ 18. Kf1 Qb8 19. Be4 Nd8 20. Bxb7 Nxb7 21.
Nd7 Qc8 22. Qxf2 Qc4+ 23. Kg1 Rfd8 24. Nxf6+ gxf6 25. Nd4 Rd6 26. Nf5 Rxd1+ 27.
Rxd1 Qc5 28. Nxh6+ Kf8 29. h3 Qxf2+ 30. Kxf2 Nc5 31. Kf3 a5 32. Ng4 Ke7 33. Ne3
a4 34. Nd5+ Kf8 35. Nxf6 Rb8 36. Rd2 Rb3+ 37. Ke2 Ke7 38. Nd5+ Ke6 39. Nc3 f5
40. Rc2 Ke5 41. h4 Ne4 42. Nxa4 Rg3 43. Kf1 Rg4 44. Nc5 Rxh4 45. Nxe4 fxe4 46.
Kf2 Rh1 47. Re2 Rd1 48. a4 Ra1 49. b3 Rb1 50. a5 Rxb3 51. Ra2 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "33"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. Rc1
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Qxc5 10. Bb3 Nc6 11. O-O Qa5 12. h3 Qa6 13. e4 Rd8 14. Qe1 Nb4 15.
Ne5 Be6 16. Na4 Bxb3 17. axb3 Nd3 18. Nxd3 Qxd3 19. Nc5 Qb5 20. e5 Nd5 21. Bg5
Rac8 22. b4 h6 23. e6 f5 24. Bd2 a5 25. Nd7 axb4 26. Ne5 Rxc1 27. Bxc1 Kh7 28.
Nf7 Rc8 29. Qd2 b3 30. Rd1 Rc2 31. Qe1 Qc6 32. Bxh6 Bxh6 33. Qe5 Nf6 34. Rd8
Rc1+ 35. Kh2 Rh1+ 36. Kxh1 Qc1+ 37. Rd1 Qxd1+ 38. Kh2 Qd2 39. Qc5 Bf4+ 40. g3
Ne4 41. Qb6 Bxg3+ 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "34"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D25"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. O-O Nc6 7. h3 Bh5 8. b3
Bd6 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Nbd2 a6 11. Be2 Qe7 12. Rc1 Ba3 13. Bxa3 Qxa3 14. Nc4 Qe7
15. Nfe5 Bxe2 16. Nxc6 Qe8 17. Qxe2 Qxc6 18. Rc2 Qb5 19. Rfc1 a5 20. Ne5 Qxe2
21. Rxe2 c6 22. a4 Rfd8 23. Rec2 Nd5 24. Nd3 h6 25. Kf1 Ra6 26. Rb2 Rb6 27. Rc5
Ra8 28. Ke2 f6 29. Kd2 Kf7 30. Rc1 Rd8 31. Rc5 Ra8 32. Rc1 Rd8 33. Rc5 Ra8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Slam Final 1st"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2008.09.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2798"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2008.09.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 {This must have come as a big surprise to Anand. Ivanchuk has employed the
Marshall Attack extremely rarely. With the exception of a game played in 2004 
(which he lost!) his previous experience with it dates back to 1994. At the
same time, Ivanchuk is known for his ability to play almost any existing
opening...} 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14.
g3 Qh3 15. Be3 Bg4 16. Qd3 Rae8 17. Nd2 Re6 {Following the classic main line} (
{For} 17... Qh5 {see Ponomariov,R (2718)-Leko,P (2741)/Moscow 2008/CBM 126/
[Marin] (1-0, 41)}) 18. Qf1 Qh5 19. f3 $5 {This unexpected move, which leaves
the e3-bishop undefended, was brought into limelight by Kramnik in 2007,
although it had been played before just once.} Rf6 (19... Nxe3 {Kramnik,V 
(2772)-Aronian,L (2759)/Yerevan 2007/CBM 118/[Marin,M] (1-0, 45)}) 20. Qe2 $6
$146 {My feeling is that Anand designed this not very meritorious novelty
over-the-board, possibly influenced by the opening surprise he had been
confronted with.} ({Previously,} 20. Bd1 {had been played.} Re8 21. Bf4 Rxe1
22. Qxe1 Re6 23. Be5 Bh3 $5 $146 ({An improvement over} 23... Bxe5 $6 {,
played in the game where 19.f3 had been tried for the first time.} 24. dxe5 Bf5
25. f4 {White has managed to consolidate his position and is a clear pawn up.}
Qg6 26. Qf2 f6 27. c4 $1 bxc4 28. Nxc4 Bd3 29. Bb3 $16 {Segovia Becker,M-Henao,
L/IECG email 1995/E-Mail 2000 (1-0, 37)}) 24. Qf2 ({The over-ambitious} 24. f4
{leaves the e5-bishop in an uncomfortable situation.} Qg6 25. Qe4 Bf5 26. Qg2
Bf8 27. Bb3 f6 28. Bb8 Kh8 $44 {and Black is ready to develop his initiative,
while the b8-bishop cannot return into play easily.}) 24... Bxe5 25. f4 Bxd4 $1
{This intermediate capture wins the pawn back with approximate equality.} 26.
Bxh5 Bxf2+ 27. Kxf2 Nf6 28. Bf3 Kf8 29. Re1 Rd6 $11 {Jakovenko,D (2710)
-Svidler,P (2732)/Moscow 2007/CBM 122 (1/2-1/2, 37)}) 20... Bxf3 21. Nxf3 Rxf3
{Anand may have thought that Black has problems of coordination, because of
the pin along the d1-h5 diagonal and only now realized that Black's activity
is quite threatening already.} 22. Bxd5 {Sadly, the only move that keeps White
in the game.} ({His first intention might have been} 22. Bf2 $2 {[%cal Gb3d1] ,
which indeed looks promising, but there is a tactical problem with it:} Nf4 $3
23. gxf4 Bxf4 24. Bg3 Bxg3 $40 {and White is in trouble. There are several
good answers against} 25. Bd1 {, the most forcing being} Bxh2+ $5 26. Qxh2 Qg5+
27. Kh1 Rf4 {[%cal Gf4h4]} 28. Re5 Rf1+) (22. Bd1 $2 {is also bad because of}
Bxg3 $1 $40) 22... Qxd5 $11 {(/=/+) Black is better developed and has a firm
control over the light squares. In the Marshall Attack, these factors tend to
compensate for White's extra pawn, but here material is equal!} 23. Bf2 Rf6 24.
b3 ({For long term purposes, it might have been useful to get rid of the
a-pawn with} 24. a4 $5 {, opening the a-file at the same time.}) 24... Qf5 25.
Rad1 {White has obtained a centralized position of his pieces, but the
vulnerability of his king invites him to prudence.} h5 $36 26. Rd3 h4 27. Re3 (
27. gxh4 Bxh2+ 28. Kxh2 Qxf2+ 29. Qxf2 Rxf2+ 30. Kg3 Rxa2 $15) 27... Rg6 28. c4
hxg3 29. hxg3 bxc4 30. bxc4 c5 $5 {An interesting decision. From the strategic
point of view, it looks not too desirable to leave White with a defended
passed pawn in the centre. Ivanchuk must have thought that the stability of
his bishop is a high priority (in view of the permanent threat of c4-c5
followed by Re7).} 31. Qf3 ({Personally, I would see no reasons to refrain from
} 31. d5 {, although Black would retain a pleasant position.}) 31... Qh3 (31...
Qxf3 32. Rxf3 cxd4 {is more or less drawish, but only Black can be better,
because of his better structure.}) 32. Qg2 Qd7 33. dxc5 $6 {This seems an
invitation to trouble. White will soon lose his c4-pawn and will be left
struggling.} (33. d5 $5) 33... Bxc5 34. Re4 Qc7 35. Kh2 Rh6+ 36. Kg1 Rf6 37.
Be3 Rd8 38. Kh2 Bxe3 39. R4xe3 Rh6+ 40. Kg1 Qc5 {Ivanchuk tries to find the
best way to win the pawn.} ({After} 40... Qxc4 41. Re8+ Rxe8 42. Rxe8+ Kh7 43.
Qe4+ Qxe4 44. Rxe4 Rd6 45. Ra4 {the more active placement of his rook allows
White to count on a draw.} Kg6 46. Ra5 Kf6 {The transfer of the king to the
queenside is the only chance to keep the fight on, although it is rather time
consuming.} ({Black does not get anywhere with} 46... f5 47. Kg2 Kg5 48. Kf3)
47. Kf2 Ke6 48. Kf3 Kd7 49. Kf4 Kc7 50. g4 Kb6 51. Rh5 $15 {[%cal Gh5h7]}) 41.
Qf2 Qh5 42. Qg2 Rd2 43. Re8+ Kh7 44. R8e2 Qc5+ 45. Qf2 Rxe2 46. Rxe2 (46. Qxc5
Rxe1+ $17) 46... Qxc4 47. Qf5+ g6 48. Qe4 Qc5+ 49. Kg2 Rh5 50. Rc2 Qb6 51. Rd2
{Having used the permanent blackmail of trading queens, White has obtained a
centralized position, which makes the weakness of his kingside less relevant.}
Rb5 52. a4 Rb4 53. Qe7 Qc6+ 54. Kh2 Rb7 55. Qh4+ Kg7 56. Qd4+ f6 (56... Qf6 57.
Qxf6+ Kxf6 58. Rd6+ Kf5 59. Rxa6 $11) 57. a5 g5 58. Qd5 Qb5 (58... Qxd5 59.
Rxd5 {[%cal Gd5d6]} Rb2+ {The only way to activate the rook, but it is
insufficient.} 60. Kh3 Ra2 61. Rc5 Kg6 62. g4 Ra3+ 63. Kg2 Kf7 64. Rc7+ $1 Ke8
(64... Ke6 65. Rc6+ Ke5 66. Rxa6 $11) (64... Kg6 $11) 65. Rc6 $5 (65. Rc5 Kd7
66. Rf5 Ke6 67. Rc5 $11) 65... Rxa5 66. Rxf6 Kd7 (66... Ra2+ 67. Kg3 a5 68. Rf5
$11) 67. Kg3 Kc7 68. Kf3 Kb7 {[%cal Ga5b5,Ga6a5]} 69. Rf7+ $1 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Slam Final 1st"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2008.09.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2008.09.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Bb3 Ne5 12. Kb1 a6 13. Rhe1 b5 14. Bh6 Bxh6
15. Qxh6 Rxc3 16. bxc3 a5 17. f4 Neg4 18. Qh4 a4 19. Bxf7+ Rxf7 20. e5 Nd5 21.
e6 Nxc3+ 22. Kc1 Bxe6 23. Nxe6 Qa5 24. Qxg4 Nxa2+ 25. Kb2 Qc3+ 26. Kxa2 Qxc2+
27. Ka1 Qc3+ 28. Kb1 Qb3+ 29. Ka1 Qc3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Slam Final 1st"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2008.09.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2008.09.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Bxc4 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
e5 Nd5 9. a3 Be7 10. Qb3 Na5 11. Qa4+ Nc6 12. Nxd4 Nb6 13. Nxc6 Nxa4 14. Nxd8
Bxd8 15. f4 Nb6 16. Ba2 Be6 17. Ne4 Bxa2 18. Rxa2 f5 19. Nc5 Rb8 20. b4 c6 21.
g4 Nd5 22. Ne6 Rg8 23. Rg2 Bb6+ 24. Kh1 Ne7 25. Bb2 g6 26. h3 h6 27. Re1 Nd5
28. gxf5 Kf7 29. Nd4 Bxd4 30. Bxd4 gxf5 31. e6+ Ke7 32. Bc5+ Kf6 33. Bd4+ Ke7
34. Bc5+ Kf6 35. Bd4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Slam Final 1st"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2008.09.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2008.09.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. a4 Nc6 8. Qe2
Qc7 9. Rd1 Be7 10. dxc5 O-O 11. b3 {This line was examined in CBM 108 
(Riazantsev-Rublevsky annotated by GM A.Huzman) and CBM 116 
(Aronian-Morozevich annotated by GM R.Knaak).} Ne4 {A rare move.} (11... e5 {
[%cal Yc8g4] is more logical but White obtained a small plus in the
above-mentioned game Aronian-Morozevich:} 12. h3 (12. Nc3 $143 e4 13. Nd4 Bg4
$5 (13... Bxc5 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Qe5 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Bb2 Qg5 (17... Bd6
18. g3) 18. Rdc1 Bh3 19. Qf1 Bd7 20. Qc4 Bh3 21. Qf1 Bd7 22. Nxc6 Rfc8 23. Nd4
Rd8 24. Rc4 $14 {1-0 Kosyrev,V (2539)-Dieb fritz,D/playchess.com INT 2005/CBM
106 ext (66)}) 14. f3 exf3 15. gxf3 Bh5 16. Ba3 Rfe8 17. b4 Ne5 18. Nd5 $1 (18.
Bb3 $2 Rad8 19. Rf1 $2 (19. Qf2) 19... Bxc5 $1 20. bxc5 Rxd4 21. exd4 Nxf3+ 22.
Qxf3 Bxf3 23. Rxf3 Ng4 $1 $17 {0-1 Riazantsev,A (2608)-Rublevsky,S (2645)/
Warsaw 2005/CBM 108/[Huzman] (35)}) 18... Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Rad8 20. Be4 g6 21. Bb2
Bg5 22. Nc2 a5 $1 $132 {1/2 Shvyrjov,I (2432)-Rausis,I (2512)/Alushta UKR 2008/
The Week in Chess 714 (36)}) 12... e4 13. Nd4 Ne5 14. b4 (14. Bb2 Bxc5 15. Nd2
Qe7 16. Nf1 Bd7 17. Ng3 g6 18. Qc2 Rac8 19. a5 Rfe8 20. Nde2 Bc6 21. Nc3 Ned7
22. Nce2 Ne5 23. Nc3 {1/2-1/2 Milov,V-Karjakin,S/Warsaw POL 2005/(23)}) 14...
b6 15. Nd2 bxc5 16. bxc5 Bxc5 17. Ba3 Bxa3 18. Rxa3 Ng6 $5 19. Nf1 Qc5 20. Rc3
Qg5 21. Ng3 h5 22. Kh1 $14 {1-0 Aronian,L (2741)-Morozevich,A (2747)/Moscow
2006/CBM 116/[Knaak] (42)}) 12. Ba3 (12. Bb2 Nxc5 13. Nbd2 b6 14. Nd4 Bf6 15.
Rac1 Qb7 16. Ba3 Bxd4 17. exd4 Nxd4 18. Qe5 Nc6 19. Qh5 a5 20. Nf3 Nb4 21. Bb2
f6 22. Nd4 Qf7 {1/2 Miroshnichenko,E (2651)-Kruppa,Y (2533)/Predeal 2007/EXT
2008 (28)}) 12... Rd8 (12... Nxc5 $5 {[%cal Yb7b6,Ya6a5]}) 13. Rxd8+ Qxd8 14.
Qc2 Nxc5 15. Nbd2 Nd7 {It is not easy for Black to complete development, e.g.}
(15... Qb6 16. Rd1 Nb4 17. Qc3 a5 18. Bb5 {[%cal Rd2c4]}) 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Rd1
(17. Ne4 $5) 17... Nf6 $6 (17... Nb4 $142 18. Qc3 (18. Qe4 Nc5) 18... b6) 18.
Ne4 $1 Nd5 {Black agrees to accept an isolated pawn.} (18... Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Bd7
20. Ng5 $1 g6 21. Qh4 h5 22. g4 Ne5 23. Be2 (23. gxh5 $143 f6 24. Qf4 Nxc4 25.
Ne4 Rf8 26. bxc4 Bxa4) 23... f6 24. Ne4 g5 25. Qxh5 Bc6 26. Ng3 Rd8 27. Rxd8+
Qxd8 28. Qh6 $16) 19. Bxd5 (19. Qd2 Bd7 $1 (19... Ncb4 $143 20. Nc3 $36) 20.
Bxd5 $140 exd5 21. Qxd5 Be6 22. Qc5 Bxb3) 19... exd5 20. Nc3 Be6 {It is very
difficult to win such a position (especially as White's queenside is weakened)
but it is even more difficult for Black to withstand this torture!} 21. h3 h6
22. Qb1 Nb4 23. Ne2 Rc8 24. Nf4 Qc5 25. Nd4 Bd7 26. g4 {[%mdl 32] Typical -
White must open up a second front.} a5 27. Kg2 b6 28. Kg1 {No hurry! Black has
no counterplay or way to strengthen his defence.} Qd6 29. Qb2 Rc5 30. Nf3 Qe7
31. Nd4 Qe5 32. Qe2 Qe7 33. Qf3 Qe5 34. Nfe2 Kf8 35. Nf4 Kg8 36. Nfe2 Kf8 37.
Kg2 Kg8 38. Nf4 Rc3 39. Qg3 Rc5 40. h4 g6 41. Kh2 Qc7 (41... g5 $6 42. Nh5) (
41... Qe4 $5) 42. g5 {Yes, slowly - but White is making some progress!} h5 {
A first achievement - the black pawns are fixed on light squares.} 43. Nfe2 Kf8
44. Qxc7 Rxc7 45. Kg2 Ke7 46. Kf1 Bg4 47. f3 Bd7 48. Ke1 Rc8 49. Kd2 Rc7 50.
Nc3 Rc5 51. Rf1 Bc8 (51... Rc8 $142 52. f4 f6 {At least, it would prevent
f4-f5.}) 52. f4 {[%cal Rf4f5]} Ba6 (52... f5 53. gxf6+ Kxf6 54. e4 $1 Ke7 55.
e5 $16) (52... Bf5 53. Nxf5+ gxf5 54. Rc1 {[%cal Yc3e2,Ye2g3]}) 53. Rf3 Nd3 $6
{A desperate attempt but what else to recommend?} 54. Ncb5 Nb4 55. f5 Nc6 56.
fxg6 fxg6 57. Rf6 Bxb5 58. Nxb5 Ne5 59. Nd4 Kd7 60. Rxb6 {A first but not last
material gain - Black is in zugzwang and must give up more material.} Rc8 61.
Rb5 Kd6 62. Rxa5 Rf8 63. Ra6+ Kd7 64. Rf6 Rxf6 65. gxf6 Ke8 66. a5 Kf7 67. a6
Nd7 68. a7 Nb6 69. Kc3 Kxf6 70. Kb4 {A classic game! Black lost without making
obvious mistakes!} 1-0

[Event "Grand Slam Final 1st"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2008.09.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2008.09.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3 Qf5 7. Qxf5 exf5 8.
a3 Be7 9. Bg5 c6 10. e3 Be6 11. Nd2 Nbd7 12. Bc4 Nd5 13. Bxe7 Kxe7 14. Bxd5
cxd5 15. f3 Rhc8 16. Kf2 Rc6 17. a4 Rb6 18. Ra2 a5 19. b3 Rc8 20. Ne2 Nb8 21.
Rc1 Rbc6 22. Rxc6 Rxc6 23. Nb1 Na6 24. Na3 Nb4 25. Rd2 b6 26. Nb5 Bd7 27. h3 h6
28. h4 g6 29. f4 Rc8 30. Nbc3 Kd6 31. Na2 Na6 32. Nec3 Nc7 33. Rc2 Ne8 34. Nb5+
Ke7 35. Rxc8 Bxc8 36. Nbc3 Nf6 37. b4 Ba6 38. b5 Bc8 39. Nc1 h5 40. N1e2 Kd6
41. g3 Ne4+ 42. Ke1 Be6 43. Kf1 Bc8 44. Ke1 Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Slam Final 1st"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2008.09.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2008.09.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Qb3 a5 10. Na2 Be7 11. Nh4 Be4 12. Nc3 Bd5 13. Bxd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 cxd5
15. Nf3 Qb6 16. Qxb6 Nxb6 17. b3 f6 18. Bd2 Kd7 19. Rfc1 Rhc8 20. Ne1 Rxc1 21.
Rxc1 Ba3 22. Rc2 Nc8 23. Nd3 Ne7 24. Nc5+ Bxc5 25. Rxc5 b6 26. Rc2 h5 27. f3
Nc6 28. Kf2 Rb8 29. Ke2 b5 30. axb5 Rxb5 31. Ra2 Rxb3 32. Bxa5 Nxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Slam Final 1st"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2008.09.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2008.09.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qc2
Nc6 9. a3 Qa5 10. O-O-O Be7 11. h4 Rd8 12. Nd2 a6 $6 {[%cal Yb7b5] An
interesting idea but still it appears too slow.} (12... dxc4 {- see CBM 117,
annotations to Topalov-Kramnik.}) 13. Be2 $2 {Too passive. Two other moves
seen in practice are more logical:} (13. Nb3 $5 Qb6 14. c5 Qa7 15. Bc7 {
and Black didn't manage to consolidate his position in the following game:} Rf8
(15... Rd7 $5 16. Bb6 Qb8 {[%cal Ye7d8,Ye6e5]}) 16. Na4 Ne8 17. Bh2 Bd8 18. Bd3
h6 19. g4 e5 20. g5 h5 21. g6 (21. Bh7+ $1 Kh8 22. Bf5 {[%csl Rd5]} Be6 23.
Bxe6 fxe6 24. Qg6 $18) 21... f5 22. Be2 Nf6 23. Rhg1 $6 Be6 24. Rg5 $2 Ng4 {
0-1 Arnold,J (2320)-Ganaus,H (2340)/Austria 2000/EXT 2001 (53)}) (13. g4 $5
dxc4 (13... b5 14. g5 $1 Nh5 $140 15. cxd5) (13... Nxg4 $5 $13) 14. Nxc4 Rxd1+
15. Qxd1 Qd8 16. Qxd8+ Bxd8 17. Bg2 e5 (17... Nxg4 18. Rd1 $1 Bxh4 19. Bxc6
bxc6 20. Nb6) 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Nxg4 20. Bg3 $16 {1-0 Nielsen,P (2625)
-Glud,J (2486)/Silkeborg 2008/CBM 123 Extra (40)}) 13... b5 $1 {[%mdl 128]
Black now seizes the initiative.} 14. cxd5 (14. cxb5 axb5 15. Bxb5 (15. Nxb5 e5
) 15... Bd7 $40) 14... exd5 15. g4 Be6 16. Nb3 Qb6 17. g5 Ne4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19.
Rxd8+ Nxd8 20. Kb1 Rc8 21. Qd1 Nc6 22. h5 a5 {Black's attack comes first.} 23.
g6 $6 (23. h6 $142 a4 24. Nd4 Rd8 (24... Nxd4 25. Qxd4) 25. hxg7 Nxd4 (25... b4
26. axb4 Qxb4 27. Nxc6 Rxd1+ 28. Bxd1 {may be difficult to win}) 26. exd4 Rxd4
27. Qc1 {keeping chances for counterplay.}) 23... a4 24. Nd2 (24. Nd4 Nxd4 25.
Qxd4 (25. exd4 Bb3) 25... Qc6 26. Qd2 Rd8 27. Qc2 Qd5 $19) 24... b4 {White's
king is helpless.} 25. gxf7+ Bxf7 26. Nc4 Qb7 27. Qxa4 (27. Nd6 Bxd6 28. Qxd6 (
28. Bxd6 Rd8 $19) 28... bxa3 29. Qxa3 Nb4 $19) 27... bxa3 28. Nxa3 Bxa3 29.
Qxa3 Nb4 30. b3 Nd3 31. Bxd3 exd3 32. Rc1 d2 0-1

[Event "Grand Slam Final 1st"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2008.09.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B83"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2008.09.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. a3 d6 7. Be2 Be7 8. Be3
Bd7 9. f4 O-O 10. O-O a6 11. Qe1 Rc8 12. Rd1 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bc6 14. Qg3 Qc7 15.
Kh1 Rfd8 16. Bd3 b5 17. Rde1 Qb7 18. b4 Rc7 19. Re3 g6 20. Qh3 Rdc8 21. Nd1 Nh5
22. c3 Bd7 23. e5 Bc6 24. f5 dxe5 25. Bxe5 exf5 26. Bxf5 Bg5 27. Bxc8 Rxc8 28.
Ree1 Rd8 29. Qg4 Bh6 30. Bd4 Bg7 31. Ne3 Bd7 32. Qh4 Rc8 33. Bxg7 Nxg7 34. Qe7
f5 35. Ng4 Bc6 36. Nh6+ Kh8 37. Nf7+ Kg8 38. Qxb7 Bxb7 39. Nd6 Rc7 40. Nxb7
Rxb7 41. Rf3 Kf7 42. Rd1 Ne6 43. Re3 Ng5 44. Rd6 Ra7 45. Red3 Ke7 46. Kg1 Ne4
47. Rc6 a5 48. h3 axb4 49. cxb4 1-0

[Event "Grand Slam Final 1st"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2008.09.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2008.09.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 h5 7. d3 Qf6 8.
Nbd2 Ne7 9. Re1 Ng6 10. d4 Nf4 11. hxg4 hxg4 12. g3 gxf3 13. Qxf3 Ne6 14. dxe5
Qxe5 15. Qf5 Qb5 16. Nf3 g6 17. Qxb5 axb5 18. c3 b4 19. cxb4 Bxb4 20. Re2 O-O
21. Be3 Rfd8 22. Ng5 Nd4 23. Bxd4 Rxd4 24. Nf3 Rdd8 25. Kg2 Be7 26. b3 c5 27.
Rc1 Ra6 28. Ne5 Re6 29. f4 Rd4 30. Kf3 b5 31. Rcc2 f5 32. exf5 gxf5 33. Re3 Kg7
34. Rh2 Bf6 35. Rh5 Rd2 36. Rxf5 Rxa2 37. g4 Ra3 38. g5 Be7 39. Kg4 c4 40. Nxc4
Rxe3 41. Nxe3 Rxb3 42. Re5 Bf8 43. Nf5+ Kf7 44. Nd4 Rb4 45. Nxb5 Rc4 46. Rd5
Ke6 47. Re5+ Kf7 48. Kf5 Kg8 49. Na7 Kf7 50. Re4 Rc1 51. Rd4 Rc5+ 52. Kg4 Ke6
53. Nc8 Ra5 54. Rd8 Ba3 55. Re8+ Kd7 56. Rh8 Bb2 57. Rf8 Ba3 58. Rg8 Ra4 59. g6
Bb2 60. Kg5 Ra1 61. Rf8 Rg1+ 62. Kf5 Bc1 63. Na7 Bxf4 64. Rf7+ Ke8 65. Kxf4
Rf1+ 66. Ke5 Rxf7 67. gxf7+ Kxf7 68. Kd5 c6+ 69. Kxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Slam Final 1st"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2008.09.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2008.09.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. a3 Bd6 10. O-O O-O 11. Qc2 h6 {A rare, rather second-rate move in this
popular position.} (11... a6 {- see Svidler-Karjakin in CBM 124}) 12. e4 (12.
Bd2 {is less energetic:} Qe7 (12... a5 13. Rfd1 (13. h3 Qe7 14. Rfe1 b4 15.
axb4 axb4 16. Na4 e5 17. e4 Nh5 18. g3 Ra5 19. Bf1 Rfa8 20. b3 Qf6 21. dxe5
Nxe5 $13 {1-0 Rausis,I (2521)-Fargere,F (2330)/Basel 2007/CBM 116 ext (51)})
13... Rc8 14. Be2 Qc7 15. Rac1 Rfe8 16. h3 Qb8 17. Qb1 e5 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19.
Nxe5 Rxe5 20. Bf3 $14 c5 $6 21. Bxb7 Qxb7 22. Qd3 Qe7 23. Nxb5 $16 {0-1 Wang
Yue (2598)-Zhang Pengxiang (2623)/Wuxi 2006/CBM 113 ext (36)}) 13. b4 a5 14.
bxa5 Bxa3 15. e4 e5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Ng4 18. Be2 Nxe5 19. f4 Nd7 20. Kh1
Bb4 21. e5 Rfd8 22. Rfb1 Nf8 23. Nd5 Qc5 24. Ne7+ Kh8 25. Qxc5 Bxc5 26. Bb4
Bxb4 27. Rxb4 Ne6 $13 {0-1 Kachiani Gersinska,K (2420)-Dreev,A (2645)/Bad
Wiessee 1998/EXT 2001 (39)}) (12. h3 $5 a5 13. e4 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5
Bxe5 16. Be3 Re8 17. Rad1 Qe7 18. Ne2 Rad8 (18... c5 $1 19. Bxb5 Bxe4 20. Qxc5
Qxc5 21. Bxc5 Reb8 22. a4 Bxb2 $13) 19. f4 Bd6 20. Ng3 $16 {1-0 Fressinet,L 
(2640)-Sebag,M (2471)/Cap d'Agde 2006/CBM 115 (33)}) 12... e5 13. dxe5 (13. Rd1
Qe7 14. Nh4 exd4 15. Nf5 Qe6 16. Nxd4 Qe5 17. Nf3 Qe7 18. Nh4 Bc5 19. Nf5 Qe6
20. Bf4 Ne5 21. b4 Bb6 22. Be2 Rfd8 23. Be3 Ng6 {1/2 Mukherjee,A (2514)
-Khromov,S (2481)/RCCA 2004/ICCF CBM 120}) 13... Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. h3 a6 (
15... Nh5 $5 16. f4 $140 Bd4+ 17. Kh2 Qh4) 16. Be3 c5 {It is a logical idea to
open up the way for the b7-bishop by means of this pawn sacrifice. There was
probably no sense in waiting, e.g.} (16... Re8 17. f4 $1 (17. Rad1 $143 Qe7 18.
Ne2 {gives Black an excellent opportunity to play} c5 $1 19. Bxc5 Qc7 $132)
17... Bd4 18. Bxd4 Qxd4+ 19. Kh2 c5 20. e5 $14) 17. Bxc5 Re8 18. Rad1 Qc7 19.
Nd5 $1 Nxd5 $6 {Black fails to find a difficult defence:} (19... Bxd5 $1 20.
exd5 Rac8 21. b4 (21. Rc1 Nxd5) 21... Bh2+ 22. Kh1 Bd6 23. Bf5 Rcd8 {regaining
the d5-pawn with good drawing chances.}) 20. exd5 Bxb2 {Black has regained the
material in a simpler way but White has obtained a strong passed pawn, which
makes a big difference.} 21. d6 Qc6 22. f3 Rec8 23. Bh7+ Kh8 24. Be4 Qxc5+ 25.
Qxc5 Rxc5 26. Bxb7 Rd8 27. Rfe1 Be5 $6 (27... Re5 28. Rxe5 Bxe5 29. d7 a5 30.
Rd5 Bc7 31. Kf2 {is probably winning for White but}) ({the prophylactic} 27...
Kh7 $1 {was much stronger:} 28. Bxa6 (28. d7 Rc7 29. Bc8 Rdxc8 30. dxc8=Q Rxc8
{must be a draw}) 28... Rc6 (28... Bxa3 $5 29. d7 Bb4 30. Re8 Ba5 31. Rxd8 Bxd8
32. Rb1 Kg6 33. Bxb5 Kf6) 29. Bxb5 Rcxd6 30. Rxd6 Rxd6 31. a4 Kg6 {and White
can hardly win}) 28. d7 a5 29. f4 Bc7 30. Bd5 $1 {The second weakness (f7)
proves decisive.} Kh7 31. Bxf7 Rf5 (31... Bxf4 32. Re6 {[%cal Rf7g6]}) 32. Ba2
Rxf4 33. Bb1+ Kg8 34. Bg6 {With a simple threat: 35.Re8+ Rf8 37.Rf1.} Bb6+ 35.
Kh1 Bc5 (35... Rdf8 36. Re8 Bd8 37. Rc1 $18) 36. Rc1 $6 (36. Re8+ $142 Rf8 37.
Rd3 a4 {(what else?)} (37... b4 $2 38. Rd5) 38. Re5 Bf2 39. Rxb5 $18) 36... Bf8
37. Red1 Bxa3 $2 (37... Rc4 {gave Black some chances to survive.}) 38. Rc8 Rff8
39. Be8 Be7 40. Re1 {"trapping" the black bishop} Bg5 41. g3 a4 42. h4 Bf6 43.
Re6 {[%cal Re6f6]} 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 24th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2008.10.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Van der Werf, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2414"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saransk"]
[BlackTeam "Leiden LSG"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. Be3 exd4 11. cxd4 d5 12. e5 Ne4 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Qd7 15.
h3 Bh5 16. g4 Bg6 17. Bg5 Rad8 18. Qe2 Qe6 19. a4 Bxg5 20. axb5 Nxd4 21. Nxd4
Qb6 22. Rxa6 Qc5 23. Rc6 Qe7 24. e6 Rfe8 25. Qe5 fxe6 26. Rxe6 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 24th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2008.10.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hera, Imre Jr"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Szombathely"]
[BlackTeam "Saransk"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Bg2 c6 5. c3 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. Bf4 Bf5 8. Qb3
Qb6 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. h3 Ne4 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Nd2 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 e5 14. dxe5
Bxe5 15. Qxb6 axb6 16. Bxe5 Nxe5 17. f4 Nd7 18. e4 Rfd8 19. exd5 Nc5 20. Nc4
cxd5 21. Ne5 d4 22. cxd4 Rxd4 23. a3 Rad8 24. Rf2 f6 25. Nf3 Rc4 26. Re2 b5 27.
Rae1 b4 28. Nd2 Rc2 29. Nf3 Rxe2+ 30. Rxe2 bxa3 31. bxa3 Kf7 32. Re3 b6 33. g4
Rd3 34. Kf2 Rd1 35. g5 Ra1 36. Nd4 f5 37. Nc6 Ne4+ 38. Kg2 Ke6 39. Rd3 Ra2+ 40.
Kg1 Ra1+ 41. Kg2 Ra2+ 42. Kg1 Rd2 43. Nd8+ Ke7 44. Nc6+ Ke8 45. Rb3 Kd7 46.
Ne5+ Kc7 47. h4 Nc5 48. Rc3 Rd4 49. h5 gxh5 50. Rh3 Rxf4 51. Rxh5 Ne6 52. Rxh7+
Kd6 53. Nf7+ Kc5 54. Rh2 b5 55. Re2 Rg4+ 56. Kf2 Nxg5 57. Re5+ Kd4 58. Rxf5
Ne4+ 59. Kf3 Rg3+ 60. Kf4 Rg2 61. Ne5 Nc3 62. Nc6+ Kc4 63. Na5+ Kd3 64. Nc6 Rg1
65. Rh5 Rd1 66. Ke5 Kc2 67. Nd4+ Kb2 68. Rh3 Rc1 69. Kd6 Rd1 70. Ke5 Rd2 71.
Rf3 Rh2 72. Kd6 Rh4 73. Kc5 Rh5+ 74. Rf5 Rxf5+ 75. Nxf5 Kxa3 76. Nd4 Ka4 77.
Nxb5 Nxb5 78. Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 24th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2008.10.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saransk"]
[BlackTeam "Zagreb"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 b6 7. Bb2 Bb7 8. d4
Rc8 9. Rd1 c5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 Bd6 12. O-O O-O 13. Qe2 Re8 14. Ba6 Qc7 15.
Rfe1 cxd4 16. Nb5 Bxa6 17. Nxc7 Bxe2 18. Nxe8 Bxd1 19. Nxd6 Rc2 20. Bxd4 Bxf3
21. gxf3 a6 22. a4 g6 23. a5 Rc6 24. Nb7 Rc7 25. Nd6 Rc6 26. Nb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 24th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2008.10.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Saransk"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 b6 7. Nc3 Nh6 8. a3
O-O 9. O-O Qc7 10. Be3 f5 11. Bxh6 Bxh6 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Qe2 Bf4 14. d4 Qd7
15. Rfe1 cxd4 16. Qc4+ Rf7 17. Ne2 b5 18. Qxd4 Bd6 19. Ne5 c5 20. Qd5 Bxe5 21.
Qxe5 Qd6 22. Qe3 Rd8 23. Nc3 Bxc2 24. Rac1 Bd3 25. Rcd1 Qd4 26. Nxb5 Qxb2 27.
Qxc5 Rf5 28. Qxe7 Rdf8 29. Rxd3 Qxf2+ 30. Kh1 Rxb5 31. Rd7 Rf7 32. Qe8+ Rf8 33.
Qe6+ Rf7 34. Rc1 Rbf5 35. Rxf7 Rxf7 36. Qe5 Qf6 37. Qxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 24th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2008.10.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saransk"]
[BlackTeam "Iretza Gros"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be2
Be7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. a4 O-O 11. Qd2 Rc8 12. a5 Qc7 13. Rfd1 Rfd8 14. Qe1 Nc5 15.
Nxc5 dxc5 16. Rxd8+ Rxd8 17. Kh1 Qc6 18. f3 c4 19. Bf1 Kf8 20. Na4 Nd7 21. Qc3
Rc8 22. Qd2 Rd8 23. Qc3 Rc8 24. Qd2 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 24th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2008.10.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saransk"]
[BlackTeam "Erevan MIKA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 e6 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. Bd2 Re8 12. Rac1 {This system was examined in
CBM 91, annotations to Hebden - Meenakshi by GM L.Ftacnik.} (12. Be1 {is also
played.}) 12... Rc8 (12... Qe7 13. Qe2 (13. cxd5 exd5 14. Qg3 Rac8 15. Be1 Nf8
16. b4 Ne6 17. Na4 b6 18. Qf3 Qd7 19. Nc3 b5 20. Nb1 Qd6 $11 {1-0 Veresov,
G-Ragozin,V/Moscow 1944/URS-ch (57)}) (13. Qg3 dxc4 14. Bxc4 e5 15. Bb3 Rad8
16. Qh4 Nb6 17. dxe5 Qxe5 18. Qb4 Bf8 19. Qf4 Qxf4 20. exf4 Nfd5 $11 {1/2
Kuzubov,Y (2582)-Zugic,I (2477)/Calvia 2007/CBM 120 ext (56)}) 13... dxc4 (
13... Rad8 14. Bb1 (14. Be1 a6 15. a3 e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. cxd5 Nxd3 18. Rxd3
Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Rxd5 20. Rxd5 cxd5 21. Qc2 d4 {1/2-1/2 Simagin,V-Ignatiev,F/
Moscow 1962/ (29)}) 14... Nf8 15. Be1 Rd7 16. a3 dxc4 17. Qxc4 Nd5 18. Qf1 Bh6
19. Rd3 f5 20. Rcd1 Red8 21. Bd2 Rc7 22. Qe2 {1-0 Lisitsin,G-Ragozin,V/Moscow
1948/ (57)}) 14. Bxc4 e5 15. d5 cxd5 16. Bxd5 e4 $6 (16... Nb6) 17. Bxb7 Rab8
18. Bc6 $6 (18. Nd5 $14) 18... Rxb2 $11 {1/2 Hebden,M (2534)-Meenakshi,S (2266)
/Torquay 2002/CBM 091/[Ftacnik] (43)}) (12... dxc4 13. Bxc4 e5 14. Bb3 exd4 15.
exd4 Nb6 16. Bg5 Qd6 17. Bf4 Qd7 18. Be5 $14 {1-0 Ivanov,S (2528)-Hasangatin,R
(2458)/St Petersburg 1999/CBM 071/[Ftacnik] (44)}) (12... a6 13. Qe2 $6 (13.
Be1) 13... e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Qxd5 17. Bb1 Qb5 18. Qxb5
axb5 19. b3 Red8 20. Bb4 Bf8 21. Bc3 Bg7 22. Bb4 Bf8 23. Bc3 Bg7 24. Bb4 {
1/2 Lushenkov,M (2368)-Chuprikov,D (2377)/Sochi 2006/EXT 2007}) 13. Be1 Qe7 14.
Qe2 a6 $1 {[%mdl 32]} (14... e5 {is a typical advance in such positions but
now it was not so good due to} 15. dxe5 Nxe5 (15... Qxe5 16. cxd5 cxd5 (16...
Nxd5 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. Bb5) 17. Bb5 $14) 16. cxd5 Nxd5 (16... Nxd3 17. Rxd3
cxd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. Rxd5) (16... cxd5 17. Bc2 $1 {[%csl Rd5]
[%cal Yc2b3,Ye2b5]}) 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. Bb5 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 $14) 15. b3 Rcd8 {
Black decides to wait.} (15... e5 $5 {was now quite appropriate:} 16. dxe5 Nxe5
17. cxd5 cxd5 $11 {Black's acive pieces compensate for his isolated pawn.}) 16.
Qc2 Rc8 17. Bf1 Bf8 18. Qb1 Rcd8 19. g3 {The transfer of this bishop to g2 (to
control the d5 square and therefore prevent ...e6-e5) is quite typical in this
structure.} Bg7 20. Bg2 h5 21. Ne2 h4 $6 {It was probably better to continue
waiting:} (21... Bh6) 22. g4 e5 23. Ba5 $1 Rc8 24. dxe5 Nxe5 25. Bc3 (25. cxd5
$1 Nxd5 (25... cxd5 26. Nf4) 26. e4 Nc7 27. f4 $14 {[%csl Ge4,Gf4,Gg4]}) 25...
dxc4 $6 (25... Red8 $1 26. Ba5 $1 Re8 27. cxd5) 26. bxc4 Qc7 ({After} 26... b5
27. cxb5 cxb5 28. Bb4 {the position opens up and White's bishop pair become
very strong but the text move allows him to fix Black's weakness on b7.}) 27.
c5 $16 {[%csl Rb7,Gc5]} Rcd8 $2 {Loses material without enough counterplay.} (
27... Nd5 28. Bd4 $16) 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Bxe5 Qxe5 30. Qxb7 Rd2 31. Nd4 Ne4 32.
Nxc6 Qb2 33. Ne7+ Kf8 (33... Kh7 34. Qxb2 Bxb2 35. Bxe4 Bxc1 36. c6 $18) 34.
Qa8+ Kxe7 35. Qxe4+ Qe5 36. c6 Rd8 37. c7 Rc8 38. Qb7 Qe6 39. Qxc8 (39. Qxc8
Qxc8 40. Bb7 $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 24th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2008.10.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kiev Kievchess"]
[BlackTeam "Saransk"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. g4 h6 10. O-O-O b4 11. Nce2 Qc7 12. h4 d5 13. Bh3 dxe4 14. g5 hxg5 15.
hxg5 exf3 16. Ng3 Nd5 17. g6 N7f6 18. gxf7+ Kxf7 19. Nf1 Rxh3 20. Rxh3 e5 21.
Nxf3 Bxh3 22. Ng5+ Kg8 23. Nxh3 Qa5 24. Qd3 Qxa2 25. Qb3 Qxb3 26. cxb3 Be7 27.
Bd2 Ne4 28. Re1 Nc5 29. Kc2 e4 30. Ne3 Nxe3+ 31. Bxe3 Nd3 32. Ra1 Rf8 33. Kd2
Rf3 34. Ng1 Rf6 35. Ne2 Rg6 36. Ra5 Bf6 37. Bd4 Bg5+ 38. Be3 Bf6 39. Bd4 Bd8
40. Rd5 Bg5+ 41. Be3 Bf6 42. Bd4 Rg2 43. Bxf6 Rxe2+ 44. Kxe2 Nf4+ 45. Kf2 Nxd5
46. Bd4 Kf7 47. Kg3 g5 0-1

[Event "Cap d'Agde CCAS Gp-A"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2008.10.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lagno, Kateryna"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2008.10.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. Bb3 Ba7 7. O-O d6 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. h3 Nh5 10. Re1 Qf6 11. Nf1 Qg6 12. Nh4 Qf6 13. Nf3 Nf4 14. Be3 Be6 15.
Bc2 d5 16. d4 exd4 17. e5 Qh6 18. cxd4 f6 19. exf6 Rxf6 20. Ng3 Raf8 21. Nh2
Qh4 22. Ng4 Bxg4 23. Qxg4 Qxg4 24. hxg4 Nxd4 25. Bb1 Re8 26. Kf1 c6 27. g5 Rff8
28. b4 Re5 29. a4 Rxg5 30. Kg1 h5 31. Bxf4 Rxf4 32. Re7 Nb3 33. Ra2 Rxg3 34.
Rxb7 Bd4 35. Re2 Nc1 36. Re8+ Rf8 37. Bh7+ Kxh7 38. Rxf8 Nd3 39. b5 axb5 40.
axb5 Nxf2 41. bxc6 Rc3 42. Kf1 Rxc6 43. Rf5 Ng4 44. Rxh5+ Kg6 45. Rh3 Rf6+ 46.
Ke2 Rf2+ 47. Kd3 Bf6 48. Rg3 Kh5 49. Rb5 Rf5 50. Rb8 Rf4 51. Rb5 Rd4+ 52. Ke2
Re4+ 53. Kd3 Ne5+ 54. Kc2 d4 55. Rb8 d3+ 56. Kd1 Bg5 57. Rh8+ Bh6 58. Rxg7 d2
59. Rxh6+ Kxh6 60. Re7 Re1+ 0-1

[Event "Cap d'Agde CCAS Gp-A"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2008.10.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2008.10.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 c5 8.
Ne2 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bd7 10. Nbc3 O-O-O 11. Be3 Re8 12. Rd2 Bc6 13. Rad1 b6 14. Nf4
Nh6 15. Nfd5 Ng4 16. Bf4 Ne5 17. Bg3 Kb7 18. Ne3 g6 19. Ncd5 Bg7 20. b3 Rhf8
21. c4 Rf7 22. h3 Bf8 23. f3 Bd6 24. Bh4 Nd7 25. g4 Be5 26. Kg2 Nf8 27. Bg3 Ne6
28. h4 a5 29. Bxe5 fxe5 30. g5 Bxd5 31. cxd5 Nf4+ 32. Kh2 Nh5 33. Kg2 Nf4+ 34.
Kh2 Nh5 35. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap d'Agde CCAS Gp-A"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2008.10.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2008.10.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 e6 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. Bd2 Qe7 12. Rac1 Rfe8 13. Be1 Nb6 14. b3 Rad8
15. Bf1 e5 16. dxe5 Qxe5 17. cxd5 Nfxd5 18. Nxd5 Rxd5 19. Qe2 Red8 20. Qc2 Rxd1
21. Rxd1 Rxd1 22. Qxd1 Bf6 23. a4 Kg7 24. g4 Nd5 25. Bc4 Qe4 26. Bd3 Qe5 27. b4
Qb2 28. b5 Bc3 29. bxc6 bxc6 30. Be4 Bxe1 31. Qxe1 Nb4 32. Qd1 Qe5 33. Bg2 c5
34. Bf1 Nd5 35. Qf3 Nf6 36. Bc4 Qe4 37. Qe2 h5 38. g5 Nd7 39. Qb2+ Ne5 40. Bd3
Qd5 41. Be2 Kh7 42. a5 Nc6 43. Qf6 Nxa5 44. Bd3 Qd7 45. h4 Kg8 46. Bxg6 Qg4+
47. Kf1 Qd1+ 48. Kg2 fxg6 49. Qxg6+ Kf8 50. Qf6+ Ke8 51. g6 Qd5+ 52. f3 Nc6 53.
g7 Ne7 54. e4 Qf7 55. Qe5 Qg6+ 56. Kf2 Kf7 57. f4 c4 58. f5 Qf6 59. g8=Q+ Nxg8
60. Qd5+ Kg7 61. Qxc4 Qxh4+ 62. Ke3 Qg3+ 63. Kd4 Qd6+ 64. Ke3 Nf6 65. Qb5 Qb6+
66. Qxb6 axb6 67. e5 b5 68. exf6+ Kxf6 69. Kd4 0-1

[Event "Cap d'Agde CCAS Gp-A"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2008.10.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2008.10.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Qc7 11. Rc1 Rd8 12. Bf4 Be5 13. Bxe5 Nxe5 14. Bb3
Ng4 15. Ng3 Qf4 16. Qf3 Qxf3 17. gxf3 Nf6 18. Rfd1 Kf8 19. Ne2 b6 20. e5 Nh5
21. dxc5 Ba6 22. Ng3 Nf4 23. cxb6 axb6 24. Rd4 Rxd4 25. cxd4 Bb7 26. Kf1 Bxf3
27. Rc3 Bg2+ 28. Ke1 Rd8 29. Ne2 Nxe2 30. Kxe2 Rxd4 31. Rc4 Rxc4 32. Bxc4 f6
33. exf6 exf6 34. Ke3 g5 35. Kd4 Ke7 36. Be2 Kd6 37. a3 Bd5 38. Bg4 Be6 39. Bh5
Ba2 40. Bg4 Bb1 41. Bh5 Bg6 42. Bxg6 hxg6 43. Kc4 g4 44. Kb5 Kc7 45. a4 f5 46.
Kc4 Kc6 47. Kd4 f4 48. Kc4 g5 49. Kb4 Kd5 50. Kb5 Ke4 51. Kxb6 Kf3 52. a5 Kxf2
53. a6 g3 54. hxg3 fxg3 55. a7 g2 56. a8=Q g1=Q 57. Qf8+ Kg2+ 58. Kb7 Qe3 59.
Qg7 Qf3+ 60. Kb8 g4 61. Qb2+ Kh3 62. Qh8+ Kg3 63. Qg7 Qe3 64. Ka8 0-1

[Event "Cap d'Agde CCAS Gp-A"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2008.10.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2008.10.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Bf4 O-O
8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Nc5 10. Be3 Re8 11. Bc4 Be6 12. Bxe6 Nxe6 13. Kb1 Qd7 14.
Qd5 Qc6 15. Qxc6 bxc6 16. Nd4 c5 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. c4 Bf6 19. b3 Rf8 20. f3 h5
21. h3 Be5 22. Rhe1 Bg3 23. Re2 Rf5 24. Bd2 Kf7 25. Ba5 d5 26. cxd5 exd5 27. c4
c6 28. Kc2 Re8 29. Rdd2 Re6 30. Rxe6 Kxe6 31. Kd3 Kd7 32. Rc2 Kd6 33. Re2 Kd7
34. Bd2 g5 35. Be3 d4 36. Bd2 Bf4 37. Bxf4 gxf4 38. h4 a5 39. Re4 Kd6 40. Re8
Re5 41. Rd8+ Kc7 42. Rf8 Re1 43. Rxf4 Rd1+ 44. Kc2 Ra1 45. g4 Rxa2+ 46. Kc1
Ra1+ 47. Kb2 Re1 48. g5 Re2+ 49. Kc1 Kd6 50. Rf6+ Ke5 51. Rf8 Rg2 52. Kd1 Rb2
53. Ke1 Rxb3 54. g6 Rb7 55. f4+ Ke4 56. f5 Rb1+ 57. Kd2 Rb2+ 58. Kc1 Rg2 59. f6
Rxg6 60. f7 Rf6 61. Re8+ Kd3 62. f8=Q Rxf8 63. Rxf8 Kxc4 64. Rf5 a4 65. Rxh5 a3
66. Rh8 Kb3 67. Rb8+ Kc3 68. Ra8 Kb3 69. h5 1-0

[Event "Cap d'Agde CCAS Gp-A"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2008.10.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sebag, Marie"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2008.10.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qd6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8.
Nc3 O-O-O 9. Be3 Nh6 10. h3 f5 11. Qf3 fxe4 12. Nxe4 Qg6 13. Nb3 Nf5 14. Rfe1
Nh4 15. Qg3 Qxe4 16. Bg5 Qxg2+ 17. Qxg2 Nxg2 18. Kxg2 Re8 19. Rxe8+ Bxe8 20.
Re1 Bd6 21. Be7 Bf4 22. Nc5 Bg6 23. Ne6 Bh6 24. Bg5 Re8 25. Bxh6 gxh6 26. Re3
Bxc2 27. Nd4 Rg8+ 28. Rg3 Be4+ 29. f3 Bg6 30. Ne6 Bf7 31. Rxg8+ Bxg8 32. Nd4
Bxa2 33. Kg3 a5 34. Kf4 c5 35. Ne2 Bd5 36. Ng1 Kd7 37. Ke5 Kc6 38. f4 b5 39. f5
b4 0-1

[Event "Cap d'Agde CCAS Gp-A"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2008.10.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2008.10.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. c3 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. Qe2 dxe4 8.
Nxe4 Nxe4 9. Bxe4 Nd7 10. Nf3 O-O 11. O-O h6 12. Bf4 e5 13. Bxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5
Re8 15. Nd3 Bd6 16. Rae1 Bf5 17. f3 Qc7 18. g3 Bxg3 19. hxg3 Bxe4 20. fxe4
Qxg3+ 21. Kh1 Qh3+ 22. Kg1 Qg3+ 23. Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap d'Agde CCAS Trophee KO"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2008.10.29"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "183"]
[EventDate "2008.10.29"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 9. Nd2 Bb7 10. b3 a5 11. Qe3 a4 12. Rb1 axb3 13. axb3 c5 14. Bb2 Ra2 15.
Bd3 Bxg2 16. Rg1 Bc6 17. Ne4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Qe6 19. Rg3 g6 20. f4 Be7 21. Kf1
Rf8 22. Qf3 f5 23. Rg2 Kf7 24. Kg1 Kg8 25. Rd1 Rb8 26. Bb1 Ra7 27. Qh3 Rf8 28.
Kh1 Rf7 29. Rdg1 Nc8 30. Qh5 Ra6 31. Qf3 Rb6 32. Bc2 Bf8 33. Bc3 Ne7 34. Rd1
Nc6 35. Re2 Nb4 36. Bb1 Nc6 37. Bc2 Nb4 38. Bb1 Qc6 39. Kg2 Bh6 40. Kg3 Qxf3+
41. Kxf3 Nc6 42. Bc2 Nd8 43. Bd2 Ne6 44. Be3 Kf8 45. Red2 Ke8 46. Ra1 g5 47.
Ra8+ Ke7 48. Rg8 gxf4 49. Bf2 Rf8 50. Rg1 Rfb8 51. Bh4+ Ke8 52. Rg8+ Bf8 53.
Bf2 Rxb3+ 54. Bxb3 Rxb3+ 55. Ke2 f3+ 56. Kd1 f4 57. Kc2 Rb4 58. Kc3 Rb1 59. Kd3
Rc1 60. Rg1 Rxg1 61. Bxg1 Ng5 62. h4 Nh3 63. Bf2 Be7 64. h5 Ng5 65. Bh4 Nf7 66.
Bxe7 Nxe5+ 67. Ke4 Nxc4 68. Rc2 Ne3 69. Rd2 Kxe7 70. Kxf4 Nc4 71. Rf2 d5 72.
Rxf3 d4 73. Rg3 Kf6 74. h6 Ne5 75. Rg7 Ng6+ 76. Ke4 Kg5 77. Rxh7 c6 78. Rc7
Kxh6 79. Rxc6 Kg5 80. Rxc5+ Kg4 81. Kxd4 Kf4 82. Rc6 Nh4 83. Rf6+ Nf5+ 84. Kd5
Kg4 85. Ke4 Ng3+ 86. Ke5 Kg5 87. Rf8 Kg4 88. Rf7 Ne2 89. Ra7 Ng3 90. Ra4+ Kf3
91. Ra3+ Kg4 92. Rxg3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap d'Agde CCAS Trophee KO"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2008.10.29"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "2008.10.29"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 a6 6. Be2 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. d4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bd6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. c4 Ne7 12. Nc3 Qc7 13. f4 Bc5+ 14. Kh1 O-O
15. Ne4 Rd8 16. Nxc5 Rxd1 17. Rxd1 Ng6 18. Bg4 e5 19. f5 Ne7 20. Rf1 g6 21. Bg5
Bxf5 22. Bf3 e4 23. Nxe4 Bxe4 24. Bxe4 Qe5 25. Bxe7 Qxe4 26. Bf6 Qxc4 27. a3 h6
28. Rac1 Qb5 29. Rfe1 g5 30. h3 Kh7 31. Rc2 Kg6 32. Rf2 Qc5 33. Rf3 Qd5 34. Bc3
f5 35. Rfe3 Rg8 36. Re6+ Kh5 37. R6e5 Qd7 38. Rxf5 Re8 39. Ref1 Re6 40. Kg1
Qa7+ 41. R1f2 Re2 42. Rf7 Qc5 43. R7f5 Qa7 44. Kf1 Rxf2+ 45. Rxf2 Qe3 46. Rf3
Qc1+ 47. Kf2 Qc2+ 48. Kg3 Qe4 49. Rf6 g4 50. hxg4+ Qxg4+ 51. Kh2 Qh4+ 52. Kg1
Qe4 53. Rf3 Kg6 54. Rg3+ Kf5 55. Rh3 Kg6 56. Rf3 h5 57. Kf2 Qh4+ 58. Kg1 Qe4
59. Kh1 Qh4+ 60. Rh3 Qg4 61. Rd3 Qh4+ 62. Kg1 Qe4 63. Rd4 Qe3+ 64. Kh2 Qe5+ 65.
Kh1 Qe6 66. Ra4 Qe2 67. Rf4 Qd1+ 68. Kh2 Qd6 69. g3 Qd5 70. Kg1 Qc5+ 71. Kg2
Qd5+ 72. Kf2 Qc5+ 73. Rd4 Qf5+ 74. Ke3 Qe5+ 75. Kf2 Qf5+ 76. Rf4 Qc5+ 77. Kg2
Qd5+ 78. Kh2 Qb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap d'Agde CCAS Trophee KO"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2008.10.29"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2008.10.29"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 Bg7 11. c3 Ne7 12. Nc2 f5 13. Nxe7 Qxe7 14. exf5
Bb7 15. Ne3 O-O 16. Be2 Kh8 17. a4 b4 18. O-O e4 19. cxb4 Bxb2 20. Rb1 Be5 21.
Bc4 d5 22. Bxd5 Rad8 23. Qb3 Bxd5 24. Nxd5 Qd6 25. Rbd1 Bxh2+ 26. Kh1 Be5 27.
Qe3 Rg8 28. g3 Rg4 29. f6 Re8 30. Kg2 Qb8 31. Rh1 Rg6 32. Rh5 Reg8 33. Rdh1 1-0

[Event "Cap d'Agde CCAS Trophee KO"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2008.10.29"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2008.10.29"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bf5 5. d3 h6 6. b3 e6 7. Bb2 Be7 8. c4 O-O
9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. h3 Bh7 11. g4 a5 12. a3 Re8 13. Qc2 Bd6 14. Rfe1 e5 15. e4 Rc8
16. Nf1 b5 17. Ng3 a4 18. b4 bxc4 19. dxc4 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. Nd2 e3 22.
Ne4 exf2+ 23. Qxf2 Be7 24. Rad1 Bh4 25. Ng3 Qc7 26. Qe3 Nb6 27. Bf1 Bc2 28. Rd2
Bb3 29. Nf5 Bxe1 30. Qxe1 Bxc4 31. Bg2 Bd5 32. Bf1 Bc4 33. Rf2 Bxf1 34. Qxf1
Nd5 35. Bc1 Re6 36. h4 e4 37. Rg2 e3 38. g5 h5 39. Qf3 Rce8 40. Qxh5 Nf4 41.
Nh6+ Rxh6 0-1

[Event "Cap d'Agde CCAS Trophee KO"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2008.10.31"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2008.10.29"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bf4 dxc4 6. e3 a6 7. a4 Bd6 8. Bg3
b6 9. Bxc4 Bb7 10. Bh4 O-O 11. O-O Qb8 12. d5 exd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Ne5
15. Rc1 Bxd5 16. Qxd5 c6 17. Qe4 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 Bxh2+ 19. Kh1 Be5 20. Rxc6 b5
21. axb5 Qxb5 22. Rd1 Qxb2 23. Qd5 Qe2 24. f4 Qh5 25. g3 Rae8 26. fxe5 Rxe5 27.
Qd6 Rfe8 28. Rf1 g5 29. Qf6 gxh4 30. gxh4 Re4 31. Rg1+ Rg4 32. Rcc1 Rg6 33. e4
a5 34. Rcf1 Rf8 35. Rg2 Rxg2 36. Kxg2 Qg6+ 37. Qxg6+ fxg6 38. Ra1 Ra8 39. Ra4
Kf7 40. Kf3 Ke6 41. Kf4 h6 42. Ke3 Ke5 43. Kf3 Kd6 44. Ke3 Kc5 45. Kd3 Kb5 46.
Rd4 a4 47. Kc2 a3 48. Kb1 Ra4 49. Rd6 Rxe4 50. Rxg6 Rxh4 51. Ka2 Rh3 52. Rf6 h5
53. Rf4 Kc5 54. Ra4 Kb5 55. Rf4 Re3 56. Rf5+ Kb4 57. Rxh5 Re2+ 58. Ka1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap d'Agde CCAS Trophee KO"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2008.10.31"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2008.10.29"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 c5 7. Bb2 Nc6 8. e3 b6
9. Nc3 Bb7 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. d4 Rad8 13. Ne5 Qd6 14. Rc1 Nxe5 15.
Bxb7 Qb8 16. Be4 cxd4 17. Bxd4 Bf6 18. Qc2 h6 19. Bb2 Rc8 20. Qe2 Rxc1 21. Rxc1
Rc8 22. Rc2 Rxc2 23. Qxc2 Qd8 24. h4 g5 25. hxg5 hxg5 26. Kg2 Kg7 27. Qe2 Nd7
28. Ba3 Nc5 29. Bf3 Nd3 30. Qd1 a5 31. Qh1 Bc3 32. Qd1 Bf6 33. Kf1 Nb4 34. Qe2
Qc7 35. Bxb4 axb4 36. Kg2 Qd6 37. Be4 Qe5 38. Qc2 Qb2 39. Qxb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap d'Agde CCAS Trophee KO"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2008.10.31"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2008.10.29"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4
d6 9. b3 a6 10. Ba3 O-O 11. Rfd1 Ne8 12. Ne4 Bxe4 13. Qxe4 Ra7 14. Rac1 Rc7 15.
Nd4 Qc8 16. Qe3 Nd7 17. Nf5 Nc5 18. Nxe7+ Rxe7 19. Rd2 a5 20. Rcd1 Qc7 21. Bb2
Rd7 22. h4 e5 23. Qf3 Re7 24. Qc6 Qb8 25. e3 h6 26. f4 f5 27. fxe5 dxe5 28. Rd8
Qc7 29. Bd5+ Kh7 30. Qxc7 Rxc7 31. Bxe5 Re7 32. Bd4 g5 33. hxg5 hxg5 34. Kg2
Kg6 35. Rh1 Ne6 36. Bxe6 Rxe6 37. Rb8 f4 38. gxf4 gxf4 39. Rxb6 Rxb6 40. Bxb6
a4 41. Rf1 axb3 42. axb3 Nd6 43. Bc5 1-0

[Event "Cap d'Agde CCAS Trophee KO"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2008.10.31"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E24"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2008.10.29"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Nc6 7. e4 O-O 8. Bd3
cxd4 9. cxd4 Nxd4 10. e5 Qa5+ 11. Kf1 Ne8 12. Bb2 Nc6 13. f4 f6 14. Qh5 h6 15.
Nf3 fxe5 16. Qg6 Nf6 17. fxe5 Ne7 18. Qg3 Nh5 19. Qf2 b6 20. Be4 Rb8 21. g3 Ba6
22. Rc1 Rbc8 23. Bc3 Qxa3 24. Kg2 Rxc4 25. Bb2 Qa4 26. Rxc4 Bxc4 27. Ra1 Qb3
28. Ba3 Rf7 29. Bxe7 Rxe7 30. Rxa7 Bd5 31. Bxd5 Qxd5 32. Qd4 Qxd4 33. Nxd4 Rf7
34. Rb7 g5 35. Nb5 Rf5 36. Rxd7 Rxe5 37. Nc7 Nf6 38. Rd6 Re2+ 39. Kf3 Rxh2 40.
Rxe6 Kf7 41. Rxb6 Rc2 42. Rb7 Rc3+ 43. Ke2 Kg6 44. Ne6 Rxg3 45. Nf8+ Kh5 46.
Rb6 Ng4 47. Ne6 Re3+ 48. Kd2 Kh4 49. Nd4 Ra3 50. Rb1 Ne5 51. Rh1+ Kg4 52. Rg1+
Kh5 53. Rh1+ Kg6 54. Ke2 Ra2+ 55. Ke3 Ra3+ 56. Ke4 Ng4 57. Rb1 Nf6+ 58. Ke5
Ra5+ 59. Ke6 Ra6+ 60. Ke5 Ra5+ 61. Kd6 Ra6+ 62. Ke5 Ra5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap d'Agde CCAS Trophee KO"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2008.11.01"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C81"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2008.10.29"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. Rd1 O-O 11. c4 bxc4 12. Bxc4 Bc5 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 Qb8
15. Bb3 Na5 16. Nbd2 Nxd2 17. Rxd2 Nxb3 18. axb3 Rc8 19. Rc1 Qb4 20. Rc5 Rab8
21. Rd3 Rb5 22. Rc6 Rb6 23. Rxb6 Qxb6 24. Qxb6 cxb6 25. Rc3 Rxc3 26. bxc3 a5
27. Nd4 Bd7 28. Kf1 Kf8 29. f4 Ke7 30. f5 h5 31. Ke2 f6 32. e6 Be8 33. h3 h4
34. Ke3 g6 35. Nf3 gxf5 36. Nxh4 Kxe6 37. g3 Bh5 38. Ng2 Bd1 39. Nf4+ Kd6 40.
b4 a4 41. Kd2 a3 42. Kc1 Bb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap d'Agde CCAS Trophee KO"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2008.11.01"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2008.10.29"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O
c6 9. Bf4 d5 10. Nbd2 Nbd7 11. Rfc1 c5 12. Qa4 Bb7 13. Ne5 cxd4 14. cxd5 Nxe5
15. Bxe5 Bxd5 16. Qxd4 Bc5 17. Bxf6 Bxd4 18. Bxd8 Rfxd8 19. Bxd5 Rxd5 20. Rc2
Rad8 21. Rac1 h6 22. Nf3 Bf6 23. e4 R5d7 24. b3 g5 25. h3 Kg7 26. Kf1 Bd4 27.
b4 Bf6 28. Ke2 h5 29. g4 hxg4 30. hxg4 Be7 31. a3 a5 32. bxa5 bxa5 33. a4 Bd6
34. Rd1 Be7 35. Rxd7 Rxd7 36. Ne5 Rd4 37. Rc4 Rxc4 38. Nxc4 Bb4 39. Ne5 Bc3 40.
Nc6 f5 41. Kd3 Be1 42. f3 Kf6 43. Kc4 fxe4 44. fxe4 Bd2 45. e5+ Kf7 46. Kc5 Ke8
47. Kd6 Kf7 48. Nd8+ Ke8 49. Nxe6 Bb4+ 50. Kd5 Bd2 51. Ke4 Ke7 1-0

[Event "ESP-chT final"]
[Site "Motril"]
[Date "2008.11.02"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2008.11.02"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Linex Magic"]
[BlackTeam "Cajacanarias"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Qc7 7. Qe2 d6 8. c4
g6 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. Nf3 O-O 11. Bf4 Nh5 12. Bg5 Bxc3 13. bxc3 e5 14. Nh4 Nc6 15.
g3 Bh3 16. Rfd1 Ng7 17. f4 Bd7 18. f5 f6 19. Bh6 Ne7 20. g4 Kh8 21. Ng2 Rf7 22.
Ne3 Qc5 23. Qf2 Ng8 24. Bxg7+ Rxg7 25. Be2 Rd8 26. a4 Bc6 27. Nd5 a5 28. Qxc5
dxc5 29. Kf2 Rd6 30. Ke3 Rgd7 31. Nb6 Rxd1 32. Bxd1 Rd6 33. Nd5 Nh6 34. h4 Nf7
35. Rb1 g5 36. hxg5 Nxg5 37. Bc2 Nf7 38. Ne7 Nd8 39. Nxc6 Rxc6 40. Rd1 Nf7 41.
Rd7 Nd6 42. Kd3 h6 43. Bd1 Kg8 44. g5 hxg5 45. Bh5 Kf8 46. Rh7 Rb6 47. Rc7 Rc6
48. Rh7 Rb6 49. Rc7 Rc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chT final playoff"]
[Site "Motril"]
[Date "2008.11.02"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2008.11.02"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cajacanarias"]
[BlackTeam "Linex Magic"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Qd2
O-O 9. O-O-O a5 10. Kb1 a4 11. Nc1 a3 12. b3 Be6 13. h3 Ra5 14. g4 d5 15. g5 d4
16. gxf6 Bxf6 17. Qe1 Nd7 18. Nd5 Rxd5 19. exd5 Bxd5 20. Rg1 Qc7 21. Bg5 Rc8
22. c4 dxc3 23. Rxd5 c2+ 24. Ka1 e4+ 25. Bxf6 Nxf6 26. Rb5 Rd8 27. Bc4 Rd1 28.
Qa5 Qd7 29. Rd5 Rxg1 30. Qa8+ Qe8 31. Qxa3 Nxd5 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 3th"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2008.11.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2008.11.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. a4 Qc8 11. Be3 Na5 12. Bc2 Nc4 13. Bc1 c5 14. d5 Nb6 15. Nbd2
c4 16. h3 Bh5 17. Nf1 Nxa4 18. Bxa4 bxa4 19. Ng3 Bg6 20. Qxa4 Qc7 21. Bg5 h6
22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Ra2 a5 24. Rea1 Rfc8 25. Qc2 Qb6 26. Ra4 Rc5 27. Qe2 Qb5 28.
R1a2 Bd8 29. Nd2 Rac8 30. Ngf1 f5 31. Ne3 fxe4 32. Ndxc4 Be8 33. Qf1 Qa6 34.
Rb4 Bc7 35. b3 Ra8 36. Qa1 Bb5 37. Rxb5 Qxb5 38. Ra3 Rf8 39. Qa2 Qb8 40. Qc2
Rb5 41. Qa2 Bb6 42. Nxb6 Qxb6 43. c4 Rb4 44. Rxa5 Rxb3 45. Ra6 Qb4 46. c5 Rb2
47. Qc4 Qe1+ 48. Kh2 Qxf2 49. Qxe4 Re2 50. Ra3 Re1 51. cxd6 h5 52. d7 h4 53.
Nf1 Rxe4 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 3th"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2008.11.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2008.11.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Qa4+ Nc6 5. Nc3 Nd5 6. Qxc4 Nb6 7. Qb5 a6 8.
Qd3 e5 9. Nxe5 Qxd4 10. Nxc6 Qxd3 11. exd3 bxc6 12. Bf4 Bd6 13. Bg3 Bf5 14. Be2
O-O-O 15. O-O-O Nd5 16. Bxd6 Nxc3 17. bxc3 cxd6 18. d4 a5 19. Bd3 Bxd3 20. Rxd3
Rhe8 21. Kd2 Kc7 22. Rb1 Rb8 23. Rxb8 Rxb8 24. Kc2 Re8 25. Kd2 Rb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 3th"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2008.11.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2008.11.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Bf1 Bg4 8. d3
e6 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Bg6 11. Nh4 Nd7 12. g5 e5 13. Qg4 Be7 14. Nf5 Bxf5 15. exf5
h6 16. h4 hxg5 17. hxg5 f6 18. Nd2 fxg5 19. Ne4 Nf6 20. Qxg5 O-O 21. Qg6 Qe8
22. Bg2 Qxg6 23. fxg6 Nh5 24. Ng3 Nf4 25. Bxf4 Rxf4 26. Bd5+ Kf8 27. Kg2 Bf6
28. Re4 Ne7 29. Bf7 Rxe4 30. dxe4 Bg5 31. Rh1 Bh6 32. Kf3 b5 33. Kg4 a5 34. a3
a4 35. Nh5 b4 36. cxb4 cxb4 37. axb4 Rb8 38. Nf6 gxf6 39. Rxh6 Rxb4 40. Rh8+
Kg7 41. Rh7+ Kf8 42. f3 Rxb2 43. Rh8+ Kg7 44. Rh7+ Kf8 45. Kg3 a3 46. Rh8+ Kg7
47. Rh7+ Kf8 48. Rh8+ Kg7 49. Rh7+ Kf8 50. Rh8+ Kg7 51. Rh7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 3th"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2008.11.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2008.11.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e5 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Bc4 Nf6 8.
O-O O-O 9. h3 Be6 10. Bb3 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 3th"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2008.11.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2008.11.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
O-O Bb6 9. Bb3 d6 10. a4 a6 11. Nc2 Be6 12. Bxb6 Bxb3 13. Bxc7 Rac8 14. Bb6 d5
15. Nd2 Bxc2 16. Qxc2 Nb4 17. Qb3 Qxb6 18. cxb4 dxe4 19. Nxe4 Nc6 20. b5 axb5
21. Nd6 Rcd8 22. Nxb5 Rd2 23. Rad1 Rfd8 24. Rxd2 Rxd2 25. Qc3 Qa5 26. Qe3 Qd8
27. h3 Rxb2 28. Re1 g6 29. Qf4 Rd2 30. Kh2 Rd7 31. Re3 Kg7 32. Rf3 Qb8 33. Qxb8
Nxb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 3th"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2008.11.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2008.11.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3
O-O 9. axb5 axb5 10. d3 d6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Re8 13. Nbd2 Be6 14. Re1 Bb6 15.
Nf1 Bxb3 16. Qxb3 Qe7 17. Qd1 Qe6 18. d4 exd4 19. cxd4 d5 20. exd5 Qxd5 21.
Bxf6 gxf6 22. Ne3 Qh5 23. Qd3 Ne7 24. h3 Ng6 25. Nf5 c6 26. Qc2 Re6 27. Rxe6
fxe6 28. Ng3 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 3th"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2008.11.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2008.11.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. c3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Re1
a6 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. d4 Nd7 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. h3 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 3th"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2008.11.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2008.11.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. cxd5 Qxd5
15. Bf4 Rac8 16. h3 h6 17. Nd2 Na5 18. Nf1 Qd7 19. Ne3 Bg6 20. Bg4 f5 21. Qd3
Rf8 22. Bf3 Bd6 23. Nd5 Rce8 24. Rxe8 Rxe8 25. Bxh6 c6 26. Nf4 Bf7 27. Bg5 Nc4
28. a4 Bf8 29. h4 Nd6 30. h5 Ne4 31. Bxe4 fxe4 32. Qg3 Qf5 33. h6 g6 34. Nh3
Be6 35. Be3 Be7 36. Qc7 Qf7 37. Qxb7 Bxh3 38. gxh3 Qe6 39. Qb1 Kh7 40. Qa2 Qf5
41. Rb1 g5 42. Rb7 Kxh6 43. Rc7 Bd6 44. Qf7 Qxf7 45. Rxf7 Kg6 46. Rxa7 Rb8 47.
Ra6 Bf4 48. Rxc6+ Kh5 49. Re6 Bxe3 50. fxe3 Kh4 51. Rxe4+ Kxh3 52. Kf2 g4 53.
Re7 Rb2+ 54. Ke1 g3 55. d5 g2 56. Rg7 Rb1+ 57. Kd2 g1=R 58. c4 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 3th"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2008.11.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2008.11.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 c5 8.
Bd3 Qa5 9. Qc2 c4 10. Bf5 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. Nd2 g6 13. Bh3 Kg7 14. Rae1 h6
15. Bh4 g5 16. Bxd7 Bxd7 17. Bg3 Nh5 18. f4 g4 19. f5 f6 20. Rf4 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 3th"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2008.11.08"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A95"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2008.11.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 f5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 d5 7. O-O c6 8. Bf4
Bd7 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. Qc2 Ne4 11. Na4 Qd8 12. Ne5 Be8 13. f3 Nd6 14. Nc5 Qc8 15.
Rac1 g5 16. Bd2 Nf7 17. Ned3 Bf6 18. e3 Nd6 19. b3 Bf7 20. Ne5 Be8 21. Bb4 a5
22. Ba3 b5 23. Ne4 Nxe4 24. Bxf8 Nxg3 25. hxg3 Kxf8 26. cxb5 Bxe5 27. dxe5 Qd8
28. f4 gxf4 29. gxf4 cxb5 30. Qc7 Qxc7 31. Rxc7 Na6 32. Rxh7 Nb4 33. Rc1 Bg6
34. Rh8+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 3th"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2008.11.08"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kazhgaleyev, Murtas"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2008.11.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 d6 6. g3 b6 7. Bg2 Bb7 8.
O-O O-O 9. d5 Nbd7 10. Nd4 Ne5 11. dxe6 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Qe8 13. exf7+ Qxf7 14.
Qb3 Nxc4 15. Bf4 Rae8 16. Rad1 Re4 17. Qc2 Rfe8 18. Rfe1 Ng4 19. Nf3 Rxf4 20.
Kg1 Rf6 21. Rd4 Rxf3 22. Rxg4 Ne5 23. Re4 Rxf2 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 3th"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2008.11.08"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2008.11.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 b6 2. Nf3 Bb7 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. d3 O-O 8. e4 d6
9. Rb1 Nc6 10. a3 Nd7 11. Be3 a6 12. d4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Rc8 14. b3 Nc5 15. Nde2
e6 16. Qc2 Qc7 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. h3 Nd7 19. Bg5 Nf6 20. Qd2 Rd7 21. Rbc1 Na5
22. Qa2 Qb8 23. Be3 Ba8 24. Na4 Rb7 25. Bf4 Ne8 26. b4 Nxc4 27. Rxc4 Rxc4 28.
Qxc4 b5 29. Qb3 bxa4 30. Qxa4 Rb6 31. Be3 Rc6 32. Nd4 Bxd4 33. Rxd4 e5 34. Rd2
Qc8 35. Kh2 Kg7 36. Qd1 Qc7 37. Qe2 Nf6 38. Qd3 Bb7 39. a4 Ne8 40. b5 axb5 41.
axb5 Rc3 42. Qe2 Qc4 43. b6 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 3th"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2008.11.08"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2008.11.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O
d6 9. d3 Rb8 10. Rb1 a6 11. Bd2 b5 12. cxb5 axb5 13. b4 cxb4 14. Na2 Bd7 15.
Nxb4 Nxb4 16. Bxb4 Qb6 17. Qd2 Bxb4 18. Qxb4 Rfc8 19. Nd2 Qc5 20. Nb3 Qxb4 21.
axb4 Bc6 22. Rfc1 Bxg2 23. Rxc8+ Rxc8 24. Kxg2 e5 25. Kf1 Nd5 26. Nd2 f5 27. e4
Rc2 28. exd5 Rxd2 29. Rb3 g6 30. Ke1 Ra2 31. Rc3 Ra4 32. Rc6 Rxb4 33. Rxd6 Rd4
34. Ke2 b4 35. Ke3 b3 36. Rb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 3th"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2008.11.08"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Amin, Bassem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2008.11.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Be7 10. Nbd2 Nc5 11. Bc2 O-O 12. Nb3 Bg4 13. Re1 Ne6 14. Qd3 g6 15.
Bh6 Re8 16. Qe3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Bg5 18. Qg3 Kh8 19. f4 f5 20. Rad1 Qf6 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 3th"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2008.11.08"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2008.11.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 Qc7 7. Qf3 g6 8. Bd3
Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. h3 b5 11. g4 Bb7 12. g5 Nfd7 13. h4 Nc6 14. Nde2 Nb4 15. h5
Nc5 16. Qh3 Bxc3+ 17. bxc3 Nbxd3+ 18. cxd3 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-38"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2008.11.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Vietnam"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "VIE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 Re8 6. O-O d6 7. Ne1 Nc6 8. Nc2
a5 9. d3 Nd4 10. Bg5 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Ne6 12. f4 exf4 13. Bxf4 Nxf4 14. Rxf4 Nd7
15. Rb1 Rb8 16. d4 Nf8 17. Qd3 b6 18. Rbf1 f6 19. h4 Bd7 20. e4 Ng6 21. R4f2
Ne7 22. Ne3 Be6 23. g4 Qd7 24. Qd1 Rf8 25. Kh2 Kh8 26. g5 Ng8 27. d5 Bf7 28.
Qd4 Qe7 29. Nf5 Qe5+ 30. Qxe5 dxe5 31. Bh3 Rbd8 32. gxf6 Nxf6 33. Nxg7 Bxd5 34.
exd5 Kxg7 35. Be6 e4 36. Kh3 e3 37. Re2 Ne4 38. Rg1+ Kh6 39. Rxe3 Rf4 40. Rge1
Nd6 41. Bg4 Rxc4 42. Re6+ Kg7 43. Re7+ Kh8 44. R1e3 Rg8 45. Be2 Rf4 46. Bd3 Rg7
47. Rxg7 Kxg7 48. Kg3 Rf7 49. Re5 h6 50. Re6 Rf6 51. Re7+ Rf7 52. Re6 Rf6 53.
Re7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-38"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2008.11.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ivanisevic, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Serbia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "YUG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 Nf6 7. f4 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bc5 9. Qd3 d5 $5 $146 {Ivanisevic is introducing a very interesting
novelty.} (9... d6 10. Bd2 a6 11. O-O-O Bd7 12. Qg3 O-O 13. Bd3 Bb5 14. f5 Bxd3
15. cxd3 Bd4 16. Kb1 exf5 17. exf5 Qb6 $15 {1/2 Schoene,M (2186)-Uhlmann,D 
(1987)/Dresden 2008/ (32)}) 10. exd5 exd5 (10... O-O $5 11. Be3 (11. Bd2 exd5
12. O-O-O Rd8 $13) 11... Bxe3 12. Qxe3 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. O-O-O Bf5 15. Bd3
$11) 11. Be3 $1 {Ivanchuk is a very strong grandmaster and he promptly reacts
with the development of his pieces, hoping for a minimal advantage.} (11. Nxd5
$6 Nxd5 12. Qxd5 O-O 13. Bd2 Re8 $17) 11... O-O 12. Bxc5 Qxc5 13. O-O-O Ne4 (
13... Rd8 14. Qd4 $14) 14. Nxe4 (14. Rhe1 Nxc3 15. Qxc3 Qxc3 16. bxc3 Be6 17.
Bf3 $14) 14... dxe4 15. Qd4 (15. Qxe4 $6 Bf5 16. Rd5 Bxe4 17. Rxc5 Rac8 18.
Rxc8 Rxc8 19. c3 Bxg2 $11) 15... Qf5 {The concept of Back's play is so sound,
that he might have considered several moments as suitable for improvements.} (
15... Qxd4 16. Rxd4 Be6 17. g4 (17. Rxe4 Bd5 18. Re7 Bxg2 19. Rg1 Bc6 20. Bc4
Rad8 21. Bb3 g6 $11) 17... g6 18. Rhd1 f5 $11) (15... Qe7 16. Rhe1 Bf5 17. g4
Rfd8 18. Qe3 Bd7 $13) 16. Rhf1 Be6 17. a3 Rac8 $2 {In comparision with better
ideas a serious step in the wrong direction.} (17... h5 18. h3 Rfd8 19. Qxd8+
Rxd8 20. Rxd8+ Kh7 21. Rd4 $14) (17... Qg6 18. g4 f5 $11) 18. g4 Qc5 19. Qxe4
Rfe8 20. Bd3 g6 (20... Bxg4 $2 21. Qxh7+ Kf8 22. Qh8+ Ke7 23. Qh4+ $18) 21. Qg2
$1 {The retreat of the queen backwards is impressive, from the g2-square it
defends the vital points g4 and c2.} Bd5 22. Qd2 Re3 $6 (22... Red8 23. Qf2 $16
) 23. Rfe1 Rh3 (23... Rce8 24. Rxe3 Rxe3 25. g5 $16) 24. Re5 f6 25. Bf5 $1 {
[%mdl 64] Very original tactical shot. Please note, that beside other problems
both black rooks are currently on the c8-h3 diagonal.} (25. Bc4 fxe5 26. Bxd5+
Kg7 27. fxe5 Rf8 $13) 25... fxe5 $2 (25... gxf5 26. Rxd5 Qe3 27. Qxe3 Rxe3 28.
Rxf5 Re2 29. c3 Rxh2 30. Rxf6 $18) (25... Rxa3 $1 26. Qxd5+ Qxd5 27. Rexd5 Ra1+
28. Kd2 Rxd1+ 29. Kxd1 gxf5 30. Rxf5 $16) 26. Bxc8 Bf7 (26... Qxc8 27. Qxd5+
$18) 27. Qd8+ {The speedy war has ended in a fiasco for Black; he has no
remedy against the heavy material losses.} (27. Qd8+ Qf8 (27... Kg7 28. g5 $18)
28. Qc7 Re3 29. Rd8 Be8 30. Be6+ Kh8 31. Qc8 Re1+ 32. Kd2 Qxf4+ 33. Kxe1 $18)
1-0

[Event "Olympiad-38"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2008.11.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "181"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Georgia"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. O-O c5 6. d4 a6 7. a4 cxd4 8. exd4
Nc6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. h4 Nb4 12. Ne5 Nc6 13. Be3 Qc7 14. Bf4 Bd6 15.
Rc1 Rd8 16. Bd3 Bd7 17. Bg5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Bxe5 19. Nd5 Bh2+ 20. Kh1 Nxd5 21.
Rxc7 Bxc7 22. Bxd8 Rxd8 23. Qc2 h6 24. Rd1 Bd6 25. Bh7+ Kf8 26. Be4 Bc6 27. Bf3
Kg8 28. h5 Be7 29. Kg1 Rd7 30. Qb3 Rc7 31. g3 Rd7 32. Be2 Rd8 33. Rc1 Nb4 34.
Bf3 Rd3 35. Rc3 Bxf3 36. Rxd3 Nxd3 37. Qxd3 Bc6 38. Qc4 a5 39. f4 Bb4 40. Kf2
e5 41. fxe5 Bd7 42. Qd5 Bg4 43. Ke3 b6 44. Kf4 Be6 45. Qd8+ Kh7 46. Qxb6 Bd2+
47. Kf3 Bd5+ 48. Kf2 Be6 49. Qd8 Bb4 50. Kf3 Be1 51. Qd3+ Kg8 52. Kf4 Bb4 53.
Qd8+ Kh7 54. g4 Be1 55. Qd3+ Kg8 56. g5 hxg5+ 57. Kxg5 Bb4 58. Qd8+ Kh7 59. h6
g6 60. Kf4 Bb3 61. Qf6 Bf8 62. Ke4 Be6 63. Kd3 Bb3 64. Kd4 Be6 65. b4 axb4 66.
a5 b3 67. Kc3 Bxh6 68. a6 Be3 69. Qe7 g5 70. a7 Bxa7 71. Qxa7 Kg6 72. Qf2 Kh5
73. Qg3 Kg6 74. Qf3 Kh6 75. Kd4 Kg6 76. Qh1 Bf5 77. Qh8 Be6 78. Ke3 Kf5 79.
Qf6+ Kg4 80. Qf3+ Kh4 81. Kf2 g4 82. Qf6+ Kh5 83. Kg3 b2 84. Qh8+ Kg6 85. Qb8
Kf5 86. Qxb2 Ke4 87. Qc3 Kf5 88. Qd4 Kg5 89. Qf4+ Kg6 90. Qf6+ Kh7 91. Qg5 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-38"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2008.11.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. a4 b4 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. Nc4 d6 10. h3 Be6 11. O-O Nd7 12. Be3 Bf6 13. c3 bxc3 14. bxc3 Rb8 15.
Rb1 d5 16. Ncd2 Nb6 17. Re1 Re8 18. Qc2 Qd7 19. Bc5 Na5 20. Ba2 Qxa4 21. Qxa4
Nxa4 22. exd5 Rxb1 23. Rxb1 Bxd5 24. Bxd5 Nxc5 25. Ne4 Nxe4 26. Bxe4 Rd8 27. g4
Rd6 28. Rb8+ Rd8 29. Rb2 Rd6 30. Nd2 Bg5 31. h4 Bxh4 32. Ra2 Nc6 33. Nc4 Rf6
34. Rxa6 Na7 35. Ra2 g6 36. Nxe5 Rf4 37. Nf3 Rxg4+ 38. Kh2 Nb5 39. Kh3 Rxe4 40.
dxe4 Be7 41. Rc2 Nd6 42. Re2 Nb5 43. Re3 Bc5 44. Rd3 Nd6 45. Nd2 f6 46. f4 Kf7
47. e5 fxe5 48. fxe5 Ne8 49. Nb3 Be7 50. Nd4 Ng7 51. c4 h5 52. Rb3 Bc5 53. Nb5
Bb6 54. c5 Bxc5 55. Nxc7 Bd4 56. Rf3+ Ke7 57. Rf6 Bxe5 58. Nd5+ Kd7 59. Rxg6
Ne6 60. Kh4 Nf4 61. Nb6+ Kc7 62. Rh6 Bg7 63. Na8+ Kb7 64. Rh7 Ne6 65. Kxh5 Kxa8
66. Kg6 Nf8+ 67. Kxg7 Nxh7 68. Kxh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-38"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2008.11.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "254"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. Qg4 Bf6 8.
Qg3 (8. N1d2 $1 {Das sieht meiner Meinung nach am besten aus. Der größte
Nachteil des Zuges 7....Bf6 ist die Schwäche des Feldes d6. Auf diese Art
versucht Weiß, diese Schwäche sofort auszunutzen.} Nc6 (8... b5 $2 9. a4 bxa4
10. Rxa4 $16) 9. Qg3 d6 (9... Nge7 10. Nc4 d5 $1 (10... O-O 11. e5 Nf5 12. Bxf5
Bh4 13. Bxh7+ Kxh7 14. Qc3 $16) 11. Nd6+ Kf8 12. Nxc8 Rxc8 13. O-O $14) 10. Nc4
e5 {Jetzt ist es klar - wenn man Bf6 spielt, um danach e5 zu ziehen, dann ist
etwas falsch an der Variante.} (10... Ne5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 (11... dxe5 12. h4 $1
h6 13. Be3 $16) 12. f4 Bf6 13. O-O Qc7 14. c4 $14 {/\c5-e5}) 11. Be3 Be6 12.
Nb6 Rb8 13. c3 Nge7 14. O-O O-O $14 {Almasi - Nakamura (Dresden, 2008)}) 8...
Nc6 9. Nc3 $6 {Ich denke, dass die richtige Strecke für den Springer über die
Felder d2 und c4 führt. Wenn man den Gegner für die Schwächung des Feldes d6
bestrafen will, muss man den Springer anders positionieren.} (9. N1d2 $1 {
->8.Nbd2!}) 9... Nge7 10. O-O O-O {Schwarz braucht sich nicht zu beeilen, sein
Gegenspiel zu bekommen. Dank der verstärkten Kontrolle über das Feld e5, steht
er statisch gesehen ganz gut.} (10... d5 $6 11. exd5 Nxd5 (11... exd5 12. Re1
O-O 13. Bg5 $16 {Schwarz hat eindeutig einen schlechten Isolani.}) 12. Ne4 $1
O-O (12... Be5 13. f4 Bf6 14. c4 Ndb4 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Be4 $18) 13. Nxf6+
Qxf6 14. Re1 $16 {Das Läuferpaar sichert dem Weißen einen großen Vorteil,
zumal Schwarz auch noch unterentwickelt ist.}) 11. Bg5 (11. Bf4 e5 $1 (11...
Bxc3 12. bxc3 d5 13. Bc7 Qe8 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Bd6 Nde7 16. Nd4 $16) (11... d5
12. Bc7 Qd7 13. Nc5 Qe8 14. e5 Nf5 15. Bxf5 Be7 16. Bd6 exf5 17. Nxd5 $18) (
11... Ng6 12. Bd6 Be5 13. Bxe5 Ngxe5 14. Rad1 $14) 12. Be3 (12. Bg5 Bxg5 13.
Qxg5 d6 14. Rad1 Be6 $11) 12... d6 13. Rad1 Be6 $132 {Schwarz scheint in
Ordnung zu sein. Seine einzige wirkliche Schwäche - der Bauer d6 - kann nicht
effektiv angegriffen werden.}) 11... Bxg5 12. Qxg5 d6 {Es sieht so aus, als ob
Schwarz ziemlich problemlos Ausgleich erreicht hat. Er hat genug Zeit, um sich
zu entwickeln und den Bauern d6 zu verteidigen.} 13. f4 (13. Rad1 $5 {Ist ein
alternativer Plan. Weiß sollte versuchen, den Gegner so schnell wie möglich
unter Druck zu setzen. Leider reicht hier die Zeit dafür nicht aus.} Qc7 14.
Rd2 b5 15. Rfd1 Bb7 16. Be2 Rad8 $11 {Schwarz ist ok. Demnächst spielt er Ne5
oder b4 und versucht, zu Gegenspiel zu kommen.}) 13... b5 14. f5 $6 {Eine
übermütige Entscheidung. Weiß gibt den Punkt e5 auf, das ist eigentlich schon
eine strategische Kapitulation. Dafür muss man sicher sein, dass der Angriff
am Königsflügel ein Mattende haben wird, denn wenn nicht, landet man in einer
schlechten, passiven Stellung. Nun sind die Mattchancen in dieser Stellung
ziemlich gering, weil die Dame keine Verstärkung bekommt.} (14. Rad1 Bb7 15. e5
{Ein Versuch, aktiv zu werden endet im Nichts.} (15. Kh1 $5 Ng6 16. Qg4 b4 17.
Ne2 Qf6 $132) 15... Qb6+ 16. Kh1 h6 (16... dxe5 17. fxe5 (17. Bxh7+ $2 {
Schön und schlecht.} Kxh7 18. Rd3 Kg8 19. fxe5 Ng6 20. Rh3 Ncxe5 21. Qh5 f5 $18
) 17... Ng6 18. Bxg6 fxg6 19. Ne4 Na5 20. Nd6 Bd5 21. Nxa5 Qxa5 22. Qe7 Qd8 $11
) 17. Qg3 dxe5 18. fxe5 Rad8 {Nun hat es Weiß mit der permanenten Schwäche e5
zu tun. Der Versuch, das Spiel zu forcieren, bringt nur negative Ergebnisse.}
19. Ne4 Ng6 20. Nf6+ gxf6 21. Bxg6 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Nxe5 $3 (22... fxg6 23. Qxg6+
Kh8 24. Qxh6+ Kg8 25. Qg6+ Kh8 26. Rd3 $18) 23. Bd3+ Kh8 24. Qf4 Kg7 $17) 14...
Ne5 {Meiner Meinung nach besitzt Schwarz schon einen kleinen Vorteil.} 15. Rad1
(15. f6 N7g6 16. h4 $5 {Der einzige Versuch, das Spiel dynamisch zu gestalten.}
gxf6 17. Qg3 (17. Rxf6 h6 $19) 17... h5 (17... Kh8 $5 18. h5 Ne7 19. Qh4 N7c6
20. Qxf6+ (20. Rxf6 $2 Ng4 $19) 20... Qxf6 21. Rxf6 Kg7 22. Raf1 h6 $1 $15) 18.
Be2 b4 19. Nd1 Bb7 20. Bxh5 Bxe4 21. Ne3 (21. Be2 Kh7 (21... f5 22. h5 Qh4 23.
Qxh4 Nxh4 24. Ne3 $13 {/\Rf4}) 22. h5 Ne7 23. Qf4 f5 $17) 21... Kh7 22. Bxg6+
fxg6 23. Qf4 f5 24. Nd2 Bc6 25. Qxb4 Rb8 $17) 15... Qb6+ 16. Kh1 f6 $1 {
Das sieht ungewöhnlich aus, ist aber sehr stark. Schwarz nimmt Weiß alle
Chancen auf einen Angriff und kommt zu kostenlosem Gegenspiel am Damenflügel.}
17. Qg3 Kh8 (17... Bd7 {würde sich anbieten, aber Ivanchuk hat richtig gesehen,
dass außer dem Nehmen auf e6 Weiß ja nichts Besseres hat. In dem Fall steht
der König sicherer auf h8.} 18. fxe6 Bxe6) 18. fxe6 Bxe6 19. Be2 (19. Nd5 $6
Nxd5 20. exd5 Bxd5 21. Bxh7 Bxg2+ {Hier ist ein weiterer Vorteil der schwarzen
Königsposition.} 22. Qxg2 Kxh7 $15) 19... b4 20. Nd4 (20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. exd5 Bd7
22. Nd4 {->20.Nd4.}) 20... Bd7 {Der Läufer steht besser auf d7, von wo er das
Feld f5 kontrolliert.} ({Der Zug} 20... Bf7 {verhindert den weißen
Springereinzug nach d5 sowieso nicht.} 21. Nd5 Nxd5 22. exd5 Bxd5 $2 23. Nf5 g6
24. Rxd5 gxf5 25. Rxf5 Qc6 26. Rd2 $14) 21. Nd5 Nxd5 22. exd5 Rac8 23. a3 (23.
Ne6 $2 {Der Springermarsch nach vorne bringt nur dem Weißen Schwierigkeiten.}
Bxe6 24. dxe6 Rxc2 25. Bh5 Qc7 $17) 23... a5 (23... bxa3 $6 24. Qxa3 {Weiß
bekommt die theoretische Gelegenheit, früher oder später c4 zu spielen und
damit eine Bauernkette aufzustellen, die schwer zu brechen sein wird.}) 24.
axb4 Qxb4 25. b3 {Kommt Weiß zu c4, wird sein Leben leichter, aber Schwarz
wird den Versuch in seiner Wurzel unterbinden.} (25. Qb3 Rfe8 26. Qxb4 axb4 27.
Rd2 Rc5 28. Nb3 Rc7 $15 {Weiß hat nur Schwächen und passive Figuren, die
Stellung muss aufgehen.}) 25... Rc3 $1 26. Qf4 Rfc8 $17 {Totale Dominanz der
schwarzen Figuren. Der Springer auf e5 steht glänzend. Die Frage ist nur, wann
es endlich zu einem entscheidenden Durchbruch kommen wird.} 27. Rd2 a4 $1 {
Bevor Ivanchuk den d5-Bauern ins Visier nimmt, will er auf c2 einschlagen.} (
27... R8c5 $5 28. Rfd1 Rxd5 29. Qe4 Rdc5 30. Qa8+ Rc8 31. Qd5 $17 {Das kleine
Problem für Schwarz ist, dass seitdem der d5-Bauer verschwunden ist, der
d6-Bauer schwach wurde. Unter Umständen kann es dazu kommen, dass die Bauern
des Damenflügels abgetauscht werden, und man in einem Endspiel mit starken
remslichen Tendenzen landet.}) 28. bxa4 Bxa4 29. Qf5 Bd7 30. Ne6 (30. Qf4 R3c5
31. Rfd1 Rxd5 32. Ne6 Qxf4 33. Nxf4 Rxd2 34. Rxd2 Rc6 $1 $17 {Ich denke, die
Stellung ist einfacher zu gewinnen, wenn die Bauern auf dem Brett bleiben.} (
34... Kg8 35. Kg1 Kf7 36. Rxd6 Rxc2 37. Bd1 $17)) 30... Qb2 31. Bd3 (31. Ba6
Re8 32. Be2 Qa2 33. Re1 Bxe6 34. dxe6 Qxe6 35. Qxe6 Rxe6 36. Bg4 Re8 37. Rxd6
Rxc2 $17 {Mit Springer gegen Läufer sollte es auch an einem Flügel nicht
schwer sein zu gewinnen.}) 31... Nxd3 $1 {Richtige Wahl. Weniger verspricht 31.
...Rxd3} (31... Rxd3 32. Rxd3 Nxd3 33. Qxd3 Qe5 34. Qd2 (34. Nf4 Bf5 $17) 34...
Bxe6 35. dxe6 Qxe6 36. Rd1 $15 {Mit guten Remischancen für Weiß.}) 32. Rxd3
Qxc2 33. Rxc3 Qxc3 34. Qg4 Rg8 {Es sieht so aus, als wenn Weiß für einen
kurzen Augenblick zur Initiative gekommen ist, doch in Wirklichkeit kann er
keinen Nutzen daraus ziehen.} 35. Ng5 (35. h3 Qe5 36. Rd1 g6 $17) 35... Be8 36.
Ne4 (36. Ne6 Qe5 37. Qd4 Bf7 38. Qxe5 dxe5 39. Ra1 Bxe6 40. dxe6 Re8 $19) 36...
Qc4 (36... Qd4 $4 {würde die ganze Partie verderben.} 37. Nxf6 $1 Qxg4 38. Nxg4
$11) 37. Qf5 Qa6 38. Qf4 Bf7 39. Nxd6 Bxd5 40. Nf5 Qe2 {Nun ist es eine Sache
der Technik. Zuerst muss Schwarz die Damen tauschen, um seinen Turm zu
befreien. Danach wird er die weißen Figuren an die Verteidigung seiner Bauern
binden, und schließlich mit dem König das Gewinnkonzept vollenden.} 41. Rf2
Qd1+ 42. Rf1 Qd3 43. Kg1 Be6 (43... Qe4 44. Qxe4 Bxe4 $17) 44. h3 Qd7 45. Kh2
Rd8 46. Rf2 Kg8 47. Rf3 Kh8 48. Rf2 Qf7 49. Rf3 Qa7 50. Rf1 Qb8 {Mit drei
Figuren auf dem Brett kann man nicht weiterkommen - Weiß steht zu kompakt.} 51.
Qxb8 Rxb8 52. Nd4 Bd5 53. Rf2 h6 54. Re2 Rb6 55. Nf5 Be6 56. Nd4 Bd7 57. g4 $1
{Die beste Verteidigungsmethode. Man sollte nicht abwarten, bis Schwarz seine
Bauern aufrollt und den weißen König in Bedrängnis bringt.} Rb4 58. Rd2 Kh7 59.
Nc2 Rb7 60. Ne3 Be6 61. Rd6 Bf7 62. Rd3 h5 $1 {An die Schwäche h3 kommt man
nicht heran, wenn man den g4-Bauern nicht abtauscht.} 63. Kg3 Bg6 64. Rc3 Rb1
65. Kh4 Rb4 66. Kg3 Re4 67. Ra3 Kh6 68. Rc3 Bh7 69. Ra3 Bg6 70. Rc3 Re5 71. Ng2
Be4 72. Ne3 Kg5 $1 {Innerhalb der letzten Züge ging der Kampf darum einen
günstigen Abtausch zu erzwingen. Schwarz will nicht auf g4 nehmen, weil der
Bauer g4 nachher von dem Springer gut verteidigt wird. Weiß wollte seinerseits
nicht auf h5 schlagen, weil der h3-Bauer leichter anzugreifen ist.} 73. h4+ {
Weiß ist gezwungen, in diesem oder dem nächsten Zug auf h5 zu nehmen,
ansonsten spielt Schwarz ...h4 und ...Kf4.} (73. Ra3 h4+ 74. Kf2 Rb5 (74... Kf4
75. Ra4 $1 g6 76. Ng2+ Kg5 77. Ne3 $17) 75. Ra2 g6 76. Rd2 Rb3 77. Ra2 f5 $19)
73... Kg6 74. gxh5+ Rxh5 $19 {Jetzt ist die Partie endgültig entschieden - der
h-Bauer ist nicht zu halten. Mit jeweils nur 30 Sekunden für einen Zug finden
jedoch beide Spieler nicht die besten Züge und nachdem Weiß zwischenzeitlich
eine Remisstellung erlangt, gewinnt am Ende doch der Schwarze.} 75. Rc7 Ra5 76.
Rc4 Re5 77. Ng4 Re7 78. Rc5 Kh7 79. h5 Rf7 80. Kf4 Bd3 81. Nf2 Be2 82. Ne4 Ra7
83. Rc6 Rf7 84. Ng3 Bb5 85. Rb6 Ba4 86. Ra6 Bb3 87. Rb6 Ba2 88. Ra6 Bc4 89. Rc6
Bd5 90. Rd6 Bg2 91. Rd2 Bb7 92. Rc2 Re7 93. Rc4 Bd5 94. Rc5 Rd7 95. Rb5 Bc4 96.
Rc5 Rd4+ 97. Ke3 Rd3+ 98. Kf4 Bd5 99. Nf5 Be6 100. Ng3 Rd4+ 101. Ke3 Rg4 102.
Kf3 Ra4 103. Ke3 Kh6 104. Kf3 Rh4 105. Rc7 Rb4 106. Rc5 Ra4 107. Rb5 Rh4 108.
Rb8 Kh7 109. Rb5 Kh6 110. Rb8 Bg4+ 111. Ke3 Rh3 112. Kf2 Rh2+ 113. Kg1 Ra2 114.
Rh8+ Kg5 115. h6 gxh6 116. Ne4+ Kf5 117. Nxf6 Kxf6 118. Rxh6+ Kg5 119. Rh2 Ra1+
120. Kf2 Kf4 121. Rh8 Ra2+ 122. Ke1 Re2+ 123. Kf1 Kg3 124. Rd8 Re3 125. Rg8 Re7
126. Rg5 Rh7 127. Ke1 Rd7 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-38"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2008.11.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Bb3 d6 7. c3 Na5 8. Bc2
c5 9. Re1 Nc6 10. h3 Be6 11. Nbd2 h6 12. Nf1 Rc8 13. Ng3 Re8 14. Bb3 Bf8 15.
Bxe6 Rxe6 16. c4 g6 17. Bd2 Nh7 18. Rb1 h5 19. b4 b6 20. b5 Ne7 21. a4 Bg7 22.
a5 Qf8 23. Qa4 Kh8 24. axb6 axb6 25. Qa7 Rb8 26. Ra1 Ng8 27. Ra2 Re7 28. Qa4
Bh6 29. Bc3 Ng5 30. Nxg5 Bxg5 31. Rea1 h4 32. Ne2 Kh7 33. Qd1 Nf6 34. Be1 Reb7
35. Ra6 Kg7 36. R1a2 Qd8 37. Kh1 Nh5 38. Nc3 Nf6 39. Qf3 Qh8 40. Qd1 Qd8 41.
Kg1 Qc8 42. Kf1 Qd8 43. Ra7 Qd7 44. Rxb7 Rxb7 45. Ra6 Qd8 46. Qf3 Ne8 47. Qg4
Nc7 48. Ra2 Bf6 49. Nd1 Ne6 50. Ne3 Bg5 51. Nd5 Nc7 52. Nxc7 Rxc7 53. Ra6 Rb7
54. Ke2 Kh7 55. f3 Kg7 56. Kd1 Bf6 57. Kc2 Rb8 58. Kb3 Ra8 59. Bc3 Rxa6 60.
bxa6 Qe8 61. f4 b5 62. f5 bxc4+ 63. dxc4 Qc6 64. fxg6 fxg6 65. Bd2 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-38"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2008.11.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Wang, Yue"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 e6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. Bd3
Bd6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. g4 O-O 11. g5 Ne8 12. h4 Bb4 13. Qf5 g6 14. Qh3 Nb6 15. h5
Qd7 16. Qh4 Nc4 17. Bxc4 dxc4 18. Bd2 Nd6 19. Ne4 Bxd2+ 20. Nxd2 Rae8 21. O-O-O
Re7 22. e4 Rd8 23. Kb1 Qe6 24. e5 Nf5 25. Qf4 Rxd4 26. Ne4 Qxe5 27. Nf6+ Kg7
28. h6+ Kh8 29. Qxe5 Rxe5 30. Rde1 Re6 31. Rxe6 fxe6 32. Re1 Rd6 33. a4 Ne7 34.
Ne4 Rd5 35. Nf6 Rd6 36. Ne4 Rd5 37. Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-38"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2008.11.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Chandler, Murray G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "New Zealand"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NZL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Nc3 Bb7 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. Rfd1 Re8 13. Rac1 c6 14. Ne1 Nf8
15. Bg5 Ne6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. e3 Qd6 18. Nd3 g6 19. b4 Rad8 20. a4 h5 21. h4
Bg7 22. Qb3 Bh6 23. Ne2 Re7 24. Rc3 Rde8 25. Rdc1 Bg7 26. Qd1 Rc7 27. Qc2 Rce7
28. Qd1 Rc7 29. Bh3 Rce7 30. R3c2 Ba8 31. Bg2 Rc7 32. Qd2 Bb7 33. Nef4 Nxf4 34.
Nxf4 Rd7 35. b5 c5 36. dxc5 bxc5 37. Rxc5 d4 38. Bxb7 Rxb7 39. R1c4 Qe7 40.
exd4 Rd7 41. d5 Be5 42. Rc8 Rxc8 43. Rxc8+ Kg7 44. Qe2 Qf6 45. Qe4 Rc7 46. Re8
Bd4 47. Kg2 Bb6 48. Qf3 Qf5 49. a5 Bxa5 50. Qa3 Bc3 51. Qf8+ Kh7 52. d6 Rd7 53.
Nh3 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-38"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2008.11.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d6 7. f3 c5 8.
dxc5 dxc5 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bf4 Nc6 11. Rd1 Qa5 12. Bd2 Qa4 13. e3 e5 14. Ra1 Re8
15. Ne2 Bf5 16. b3 Qa6 17. Ng3 Bg6 18. Be2 Qb6 19. O-O a5 20. Rfd1 Nh7 21. Be1
Ng5 22. Rd5 Ne6 23. Rad1 a4 24. b4 cxb4 25. axb4 Nf4 26. Rd6 Nxe2+ 27. Nxe2
Red8 28. b5 Rxd6 29. Rxd6 Qc7 30. c5 Na5 31. Qb4 Nb3 32. c6 bxc6 33. b6 Qb7 34.
Nc3 Na1 35. Qc5 a3 36. Qxc6 Qxc6 37. Rxc6 Rb8 38. Nd5 Nb3 39. Bc3 a2 40. Bxe5
f6 41. Bc3 Bf7 42. e4 Bxd5 43. exd5 Na5 44. Rc5 Nb3 45. Rc6 Na5 46. Rc5 Nb3 47.
Rb5 Rc8 48. b7 Rxc3 49. b8=Q+ Kh7 50. Rxb3 a1=Q+ 51. Rb1 Rc1+ 52. Rxc1 Qxc1+
53. Kf2 Qd2+ 54. Kf1 Qd1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-38"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2008.11.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. gxf3
Nbd7 9. f4 e6 10. c5 Ne4 11. Bd2 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 a5 13. Bd3 f5 14. h4 Nf6 15. h5
Ne4 16. Bb2 Be7 17. Qc2 a4 18. b4 Kf7 19. O-O-O Nf6 20. Rh3 Qd7 21. Rdh1 Rag8
22. f3 Bd8 23. Bc3 Bc7 24. Be1 Qc8 25. Qg2 g6 26. hxg6+ hxg6 27. Bh4 Bd8 28.
Kd2 Rh6 29. Bxf6 Rxh3 30. Rxh3 Bxf6 31. Qh2 Rh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-38"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2008.11.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Kf8 8. Bd2
Qc7 9. Bd3 b6 10. Nf3 Ba6 11. dxc5 Qxc5 12. O-O Bxd3 13. cxd3 Nbc6 14. a4 h5
15. Qg5 Nf5 16. Rfb1 Kg8 17. Rb5 Qe7 18. Qf4 Qd7 19. Rab1 Rc8 20. h3 Rh6 21. a5
bxa5 22. Qa4 Rg6 23. Rxa5 Rc7 24. Rab5 Qc8 25. Bf4 Kh8 26. Kh2 Kg8 27. Kh1 Kh8
28. Rc5 Kg8 29. d4 Qd7 30. Qb5 Qc8 31. Ra1 Kh7 32. Ra6 Nce7 33. Ng5+ Rxg5 34.
Bxg5 Rxc5 35. dxc5 Ng6 36. c6 Nxe5 37. Qb7 Nd6 38. Qxc8 Nxc8 39. Be3 Kg6 40. c7
1-0

[Event "Benidorm Stars 7th"]
[Site "Benidorm"]
[Date "2008.12.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Lagno, Kateryna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2008.12.05"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.08"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3
d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. Na3 O-O 11. axb5 axb5 12. Nxb5 Bg4 13. Bc2 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nh5
15. f4 Nxf4 16. Bxf4 exf4 17. Na3 Ne7 18. Nc4 c6 19. e5 dxe5 20. dxe5 Qc8 21.
Qf3 Nd5 22. Be4 Qe6 23. Ra6 Bc7 24. Rd1 Ne7 25. Qxf4 f6 26. Rxc6 Qc8 27. Qh4 h6
28. Rxf6 gxf6 29. Kh1 Nf5 30. Qg4+ Ng7 31. Rd7 1-0

[Event "Benidorm Stars 7th"]
[Site "Benidorm"]
[Date "2008.12.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Vega Gutierrez, Sabrina Neide"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2278"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2008.12.05"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.08"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Nf6 6. Qc2 b6 7. Nc3 Bb7 8. e4
Nbd7 9. Bf4 Rc8 10. Rd1 b5 11. e5 Nd5 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Qb3 a6 14. Bd3 Be7 15.
O-O O-O 16. Bb1 Re8 17. Rc1 Rc4 18. Qd3 Nf8 19. Nd2 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Qb6 21. Nb3
a5 22. Nc5 Bc6 23. Qg3 Ng6 24. Bg5 Bxg5 25. Qxg5 b4 26. h4 Bb5 27. Bxg6 hxg6
28. Re1 Qd8 29. Qg4 Qe7 30. Re3 Rc8 31. h5 gxh5 32. Qxh5 g6 33. Qh6 Qf8 34. Qg5
Qd8 35. Qf4 Qf8 36. Rh3 Qg7 37. Qg5 Kf8 38. Rh6 Re8 39. Rh4 Kg8 40. a3 bxa3 41.
bxa3 Bc6 42. Rh3 Qf8 43. Qh4 Qg7 44. Rb3 g5 45. Qh5 Qg6 46. Qxg6+ 1-0

[Event "Benidorm Stars 7th"]
[Site "Benidorm"]
[Date "2008.12.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vila Gazquez, Xavier"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2422"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2008.12.05"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.08"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e5 Nh5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Ne4 d6 8. Bb5
Bd7 9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. d3 Qc7 11. exd6 Qa5+ 12. c3 Bxe4 13. d7+ Kf8 14. dxe4
Bxc3+ 15. Bxc3 Qxc3+ 16. Kf1 Rd8 17. g3 Nf6 18. Kg2 Rxd7 19. Qe2 Qd3 20. Qxd3
Rxd3 21. Rhd1 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Ke8 23. e5 Nd7 24. e6 fxe6 25. Ng5 Nf8 26. Rc1 b6
27. b4 Nd7 28. Nxe6 Kf7 29. Ng5+ Kf6 30. f4 h6 31. Ne4+ Kf5 32. Kf3 Rc8 33. Rd1
Ke6 34. bxc5 Nxc5 35. Nc3 Nd7 0-1

[Event "Benidorm Stars 7th"]
[Site "Benidorm"]
[Date "2008.12.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2008.12.05"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.08"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8.
Bg5 Bg7 9. Qd2 Be6 10. Rc1 O-O 11. Bd3 Qa5 12. O-O Rfc8 13. b3 a6 14. Rfe1 Rc5
15. Be3 Rc6 16. h3 Nd7 17. Bf1 Bxc3 18. Rxc3 b5 19. Rec1 Rac8 20. cxb5 Rxc3 21.
bxa6 Nf6 22. f3 R3c5 23. Rxc5 Rxc5 24. b4 Qa3 25. bxc5 dxc5 26. Bh6 Nd7 27. Bb5
1-0

[Event "Benidorm Stars 7th"]
[Site "Benidorm"]
[Date "2008.12.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2008.12.05"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.08"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. Qc2 g6 7. f3 Nf6 8. Bh6
Bf8 9. Bxf8 Kxf8 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. e4 Nb6 12. h3 Nh5 13. Nge2 Nc4 14. g4 Ne3
15. Qd2 Nxd1 16. Nxd1 Ng7 17. e5 h5 18. Bg2 Ne6 19. Ne3 Bd7 20. Kb1 Rc8 21. Rf1
c5 22. f4 hxg4 23. hxg4 Bb5 24. f5 gxf5 25. Nxf5 Qg5 26. Qc2 Rc7 27. Bxd5 cxd4
28. Nfxd4 Rxc2 29. Nxe6+ Ke7 30. Nxg5 Rxe2 31. Rxf7+ Ke8 32. Rxb7 Rhh2 33. a4
Bxa4 34. Nf7 Bd7 35. Nd6+ Kd8 36. Nf7+ Kc8 37. Nd6+ Kd8 38. g5 Rd2 39. e6 Bxe6
40. Bxe6 Rxd6 41. g6 Rg2 42. g7 Rxe6 43. Rb8+ Kc7 44. g8=Q Rxg8 45. Rxg8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Benidorm Stars 7th"]
[Site "Benidorm"]
[Date "2008.12.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lagno, Kateryna"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2008.12.05"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.08"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1
d6 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Nc6 12. Nf1 Re8 13. h3 h6 14. d4 cxd4 15. cxd4
exd4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 Be6 18. Bf4 Rc8 19. Bb3 Bxb3 20. axb3 d5 21. e5 Ne4
22. Ne3 Bc5 23. Qd3 Qh4 24. g3 Qxh3 25. Qxd5 Bxe3 26. Qxe4 Bxf4 27. Qxf4 Qe6
28. Re3 Rc2 29. Qd4 Rec8 30. Rc3 g6 31. Rxc2 Rxc2 32. Qd8+ Kh7 33. Qf6 Qxf6 34.
exf6 Rc6 35. Kf1 g5 36. Ke2 Kg6 37. Kd3 Rxf6 38. Ke3 Re6+ 39. Kf3 h5 40. Rc1 f6
41. Rc8 Re1 42. Rc6 Rb1 43. Rc2 b4 44. Rc4 a5 45. Rc2 Rd1 46. Ke2 Rh1 47. Kf3
Rb1 48. Rd2 Rc1 49. Re2 Rd1 50. Ke4 f5+ 51. Ke3 g4 52. Kf4 Rd4+ 53. Ke5 Rd3 54.
Rc2 Rxb3 55. Rc6+ Kf7 56. Rc7+ Ke8 57. Ra7 Rxb2 58. Rxa5 Rxf2 59. Rb5 Kd7 60.
Rxb4 Rf3 61. Rb6 Rxg3 62. Kxf5 h4 63. Kf4 Rg2 0-1

[Event "Benidorm Stars 7th"]
[Site "Benidorm"]
[Date "2008.12.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vega Gutierrez, Sabrina Neide"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2278"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2008.12.05"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.08"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Bc4 Bg7 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Nb3 Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. f4 O-O 11. Be3 a6 12. Qf3 Qc8 13. Na4 Nd7 14. Qh3 Nd8
15. Nb6 Nxb6 16. Bxb6 Bxb2 17. Rab1 Qxc2 18. Bxd8 Raxd8 19. Qxe6+ Rf7 20. f5
gxf5 21. Rbe1 Qc8 22. Qh6 Rdf8 23. exf5 Rxf5 24. Rxf5 Qxf5 25. Qd2 Bc3 0-1

[Event "Benidorm Stars 7th"]
[Site "Benidorm"]
[Date "2008.12.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Vila Gazquez, Xavier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2422"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2008.12.05"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.08"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 e5 4. Bxc4 exd4 5. exd4 Nf6 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8.
Nc3 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Bg6 11. Ne5 c5 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Bxf7+
Kxf7 15. Qb3+ Ke8 16. Re1+ Be7 17. Bf4 Rf7 18. Nb5 Kf8 19. Nc7 Qc8 20. Ne6+ Ke8
21. Ng5 Rf8 22. Rxe7+ Kxe7 23. Qb4+ 1-0

[Event "Benidorm Stars 7th"]
[Site "Benidorm"]
[Date "2008.12.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2008.12.05"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.08"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bg7 9. f3 Nc6 10. Be3 O-O 11. O-O a6 12. a4 Qd8 13. b3 Qa5 14. Qd2 Rfc8
15. Rfd1 Rab8 16. Rab1 Nd7 17. Nde2 Qd8 18. Kh1 Nc5 19. Nd5 e6 20. Ndc3 Bf8 21.
Bf4 Ne5 22. Qe3 Qc7 23. Bg3 Be7 24. f4 Nc6 25. f5 Ne5 26. Nd4 Bf6 27. fxe6 fxe6
28. b4 Nxc4 29. Qe2 Na3 30. Ra1 Bxd4 31. Rxa3 Nxa4 32. Nxa4 e5 33. Nb2 Qc2 34.
Qxc2 Rxc2 35. Nd3 Rbc8 36. h3 Re2 37. Ne1 Rc4 38. Nf3 Rxb4 39. Nxd4 Rxd4 40.
Rxd4 exd4 41. Bxd6 Rxe4 42. Rf3 b5 43. Bb4 d3 44. Bd2 Rd4 45. Rf6 a5 46. Ra6 a4
47. Kh2 Rc4 48. Rd6 b4 49. Rxd3 b3 50. Rd8+ Kf7 51. Rb8 Rc2 52. Bb4 Ke6 53. Bf8
Ra2 54. Bg7 Kd5 55. Rb4 Kc5 56. Bf8+ Kd5 57. Bg7 Kc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Benidorm Stars 7th"]
[Site "Benidorm"]
[Date "2008.12.08"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2008.12.05"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.08"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 d6 6. Nd2 Bg5 7. Nf1 Nh6 8. Ng3
O-O 9. O-O Kh8 10. f4 Bxf4 11. Bxf4 exf4 12. Rxf4 f5 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Qd2 Bd7
15. Raf1 Rxf4 16. Qxf4 Ne5 17. Bd5 Bc6 18. d4 Ng6 19. Qd2 Qh4 20. Nge2 Ne7 21.
Bxc6 Nxc6 22. dxc5 dxc5 23. h3 Rd8 24. Qe3 Nd4 25. Qe5 b6 26. Nxd4 Qxd4+ 27.
Qxd4 cxd4 28. Nb5 a5 29. Rf3 g6 30. g4 Rd5 31. a4 Rc5 32. Nxd4 Rc4 33. c3 Rxa4
34. Rf8+ Ng8 35. Rb8 Ra1+ 36. Kg2 a4 37. Rxb6 a3 38. bxa3 Rxa3 39. Rc6 Ne7 40.
Rc5 Kg7 41. Rc7 Kf8 42. Ne6+ Ke8 43. Nf4 Kd8 44. Ne6+ Ke8 45. Nf4 Kd8 46. Rc4
Kd7 47. Kg3 Nc6 48. Nd5 Ne5 49. Rd4 Ke6 50. Kf4 Ra7 51. g5 Nc6 52. Rd1 Ra4+ 53.
Kg3 Rc4 54. Nf4+ Kf5 55. Rd5+ Ke4 56. Rd3 Rc5 57. h4 Rc4 58. h5 gxh5 59. Rd6
Rxc3+ 60. Nd3 Ne5 61. Kh4 Nxd3 62. Kxh5 Ne5 63. Kh4 Rc1 64. Rf6 Rh1+ 65. Kg3
Rg1+ 66. Kh4 Ng6+ 67. Kh5 Nf4+ 68. Kh4 Kf3 0-1

[Event "Nanjing Pearl Spring 1st"]
[Site "Nanjing"]
[Date "2008.12.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2008.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Nb3 a5 15.
Be3 a4 16. Nbd2 Bd7 17. Rc1 {In this opening variation, Black is allowed to
win space on the queenside with gain of time, but the slightly over-extended
character of his position leaves him a bit hanging. Apart from the e5-square,
he has to care about the newly weakened b5-square.} Qb7 ({The main alternative
is to place the queen on b8 , keeping the e5-pawn over-defended. However, after
} 17... Qb8 {, the queen disturbs the coordination of rooks. Apart from that,
Svidler intends to introduce a new plan, based on giving up the tension with ..
.exd4, when the queen is better placed on b7, because it keeps the e4-pawn
under pressure.}) ({A more consistent form of achieving the mentioned
regrouping is} 17... Rac8 {followed by ...Qb8, as in the game Leko,P (2747)
-Akopian,V (2679)/Elista 2008/CBM 128 [Marin] (1/2, 28)}) 18. Nf1 h6 {This
move is almost invariably played in this line, but usually at a slightly later
stage. Black needs to activate or simply regroup his dark-squared bishop, with
either ...Bf8 or ...Bd8-b6, both leaving the f6-knight vulnerable to an
eventual Bg5. The gneral view seems to be that it is better to make the useful
piece moves first and only then weaken the king's position with ...h6. Svidler
seems to have thought that, since ...h6 is unavoidable anyway, he should
refrain from any other kind of commitment until White defines his plans.} (
18... Rfe8 19. Ng3 Bd8 20. Qe2 h6 {leaves Black under pressure in the centre
and on the queenside.} 21. Bd3 $5 {Karjakin,S (2732)-Inarkiev,E (2684)/Baku
2008/CBM 124/[Karjakin,S] (1-0, 43)} (21. Red1 $5 {had been previously played})
) 19. Ng3 Rfe8 20. Qd2 {A logical move, taking the h6-pawn under control.
Black has to permanently count with a sacrificial attack.} ({Now,} 20. Qe2 {
seems less adequate because of} exd4 {The same idea as in our main game.} ({
In the only game where this position has been reached, Black transposed above
with} 20... Bd8 {Al Sayed,M (2486)-Rimawi,B (2317)/Doha 2006/CBM 115 ext (1-0,
40)}) 21. Nxd4 Ne5 22. Bb1 Bf8 $132 {and the queen is slightly vulnerable on
e2.}) (20. d5 {is premature, because Black has not committed his bishop yet.}
Nb4 21. Bb1 Na6 22. Nh2 Rac8 23. Qf3 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Rc8 25. Qd1 Nh7 26. Nf3 Bd8
$1 {This manoeuvre would have lost much more time if Black had previously
played ...Bf8.} 27. Rxc8 Qxc8 28. Qc1 Qb8 29. Qd2 Bb6 $11 {Domingos,C (2240)
-El Taher,F (2482)/Lusaka 2005/EXT 2006 (0-1, 60)}) 20... exd4 $5 $146 ({
In the first recorded game where ...h6 had been played on the 18th move, Black
carelessly played} 20... Bd8 $2 {allowing} 21. Bxh6 $1 {with a decisive attack.
} gxh6 ({In the game, he shied away with} 21... Nh7 {but could not save
himself after} 22. Nh5 $16 {1-0 Beliavsky,A (2570)-Lerner,K (2525)/Moscow 1983/
URS-ch (65)}) 22. Qxh6 {[%cal Gf3g5,Gg3h5,Gh6h7,Gh7f7]} Bc8 {[%csl Gf7]} (22...
Nxd4 $2 23. Nxd4 exd4 24. e5 dxe5 25. Nh5 $18) 23. Bd3 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Gc1c6,
Gg3h5]} (23. Ng5 $5 Nxd4 24. Red1 $40 {[%cal Gd1d4,Ye5d4,Ge4e5,Rc2h7,Gg3h5]})
23... Ra6 {[%csl Gc6,Rc8]} 24. d5 Nb4 25. Rxc8 $1 Qxc8 26. Ng5 Ra7 27. Nf5 $18)
(20... Bf8 {retreats with the bishop far from the queenside, when} 21. d5 {
is entirely justified already} Na5 22. Bd3 {McShane,L (2592)-Bruzon Bautista,L
(2610)/Esbjerg 2003/CBM 096/[Wedberg] (1-0, 39)}) 21. Bxh6 $1 {The most
consequent answer.} ({Most of the commentators criticized this move and
recommended the simple} 21. Nxd4 {. Indeed, the engines are rather sceptical
about Black's position, but I believe that in such cases we should trust the
feeling of the two opponents.} Bf8 $5 (21... d5 22. Nxc6 Bxc6 23. Bxh6 gxh6 24.
Qxh6 dxe4 25. Nf5 $18) (21... Bd8 22. Ndf5 Bxf5 23. Nxf5 Ba5 24. Qxd6 Bxe1 25.
Rxe1 {[%cal Gf5h6]} Rad8 $6 26. Qg3 $18) 22. Ndf5 (22. Nxc6 Bxc6 23. Bd4 Nd7
24. Qf4 Ne5 $132) 22... Bxf5 23. Nxf5 Rad8 $13 {[%csl Re4][%cal Gc6e5,Ge5g6,
Ge5c4] Black is harmoniously regrouped, while the c2-bishop has problems
finding an active diagonal.}) 21... Ne5 $1 {The correct reaction. Black keeps
the c2-h7 diagonal blocked.} (21... gxh6 $2 22. Qxh6 Ne5 23. Ng5 {/\f4, e5} Bf8
24. Qxf6 Bg7 25. Qf4 $16) 22. Bg5 $2 {I have the distinct feeling that
something from the good old '50s and '60s has been irremediably lost.} ({
In those (chesswise) happy days, when the rating system had not been invented
and there was no fear that Fritz would later refute a sacrificial attack, most
of the Soviet masters would have played} 22. Bxg7 {without hesitation. This
consequent move would not have led to a forced win, but would have been the
only way to question the viability of Svidler's novelty, keeping Black under
long-term pressure.} Kxg7 ({Unblocking the e4-pawn with the intermediate} 22...
Nxf3+ $2 {would have fatal consequences after} 23. gxf3 Kxg7 24. Qg5+ Kf8 25.
Qh6+ Kg8 26. e5 dxe5 27. Nh5 $18) 23. Nxd4 Rg8 24. f4 (24. Ndf5+ Bxf5 25. Nxf5+
{is also possible, but after} Kh8 {White has to spend a tempo on} 26. Kh1 {
in order to prevent ...Nf3+. In any case, the king's retreat would be an
useful move for later, if White plans to advance his f-pawn.} Bf8 27. f4 Nc4
28. Qd4 Rg6 29. b3 axb3 30. axb3 Na3 31. Bd3 Qa7 32. Qb2 $44) 24... Nc4 25. Qf2
Kh8 26. Ngf5 $40) 22... Nxf3+ 23. gxf3 Bxh3 $13 {The position has become messy.
White has more space, but his king is unsafe. In any case, we cannot speak
about a refutation of Svidler's idea.} 24. Qxd4 Nh7 25. Bxe7 (25. Nh5 {leads
nowhere after} Bf8) 25... Qxe7 26. f4 Qh4 {[%cal Ge8e6,Ge6h6,Yh7f8,Yf8e6]
Starting with this move, Svidler builds up a slow, but very consistent attack.}
27. Bd3 Re6 28. e5 {Ivanchuk's attempt to get some activity in the centre will
leave his pieces hanging, without preventing Black's attack.} Rd8 29. Rcd1 Rh6
30. Bxb5 {White feels like "getting something" in exchange for all the
miseries he has to endure, but at the end of the game the hanging position of
this bishop should have cost him dearly.} Bg4 31. Rd3 $6 {After this move,
Black's attack will be hardly stoppable.} ({Maybe he should have sacrificed
the exchange with} 31. Bc6 $5 {, bringing the bishop back home, but maybe
Black could just have ignored the present with} Nf8 $5) 31... Nf8 32. exd6 (32.
Bc4 {[%csl Ge6]} Bf5 33. Rdd1 Ng6 $1 {It appears that the knight has another
route to f4.} 34. exd6 Nxf4 35. Qxg7+ Kxg7 36. Nxf5+ Kf6 37. Nxh4 Rg8+ 38. Kf1
Rxh4 39. Bd5 Nxd5 40. Rxd5 Rh1+ 41. Ke2 Re8+ 42. Kd2 Rexe1 $19 {and the d-pawn
is too slow.}) (32. Bc6 Ne6 33. Qe3 dxe5 34. Rxd8+ Nxd8 {[%csl Gc6]} 35. Bg2
Bc8 $5 $40 {[%cal Gh4h2,Gc8a6]}) 32... Ne6 33. Qe5 (33. Qe3 Bf5 $19 {[%cal
Ge6f4]}) (33. Qb4 Qh2+ 34. Kf1 Rf6 35. Re4 Ng5 $1 36. Red4 Nh3 $19) 33... Qh2+
34. Kf1 Qh3+ ({Now and two moves later, Svidler misses the simple} 34... Rh5 $1
$19 {[%csl Rb5][%cal Gg3h5,Gh2h1]}) 35. Kg1 Qh2+ 36. Kf1 Qh3+ 37. Kg1 Qh2+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Nanjing Pearl Spring 1st"]
[Site "Nanjing"]
[Date "2008.12.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B37"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2008.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. e4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Nc2 Bg7 8. Be2
Nd7 9. Bd2 {Aronian is admitting, that Ivanchuk has not moved with the knight
to d7 without intending to take on c3 with the bishop.} a5 10. O-O Nc5 11. Qc1
h5 $5 {Ivanchuk is strategically very strong and thus he can afford to try
continuations with a higher level of risk.} (11... O-O 12. Bh6 $1 b6 (12... a4
13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Qe3 Qa5 15. Nd5 Qa7 16. b4 Nxe4 17. Nb6 Rb8 18. Na3 Nf6 19.
Nb5 Qa6 20. Nd5 b6 21. Nxd6 Qa7 22. Nxf6 exf6 23. Ne8+ Rxe8 24. Qxe8 {1-0
Ibragimov,I (2684)-Perelshteyn,E (2592)/Reno 2005 (39)}) (12... Bxh6 $5 13.
Qxh6 Be6 14. Qe3 Qb6 15. b3 a4 $11) 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Qe3 Ra7 15. f4 f6 16. b3
Rd7 17. Rab1 e5 18. f5 Ne7 19. g4 Bb7 20. a3 Bc6 21. Rf2 gxf5 22. gxf5 Kh8 {
1/2-1/2 Nijboer,F (2485)-Petursson,M (2555)/Reykjavik 1990 (80)}) (11... Nb4
12. Nxb4 axb4 13. Nd5 b3 $6 14. axb3 $1 Rxa1 (14... Nxb3 $2 15. Rxa8 $1 Nxc1
16. Rxc1 O-O $2 17. Rxc8 $1) 15. Qxa1 O-O 16. Bc3 (16. Bg5 Re8 17. Qa8 $14)
16... e5 17. Qa5 (17. Bb4 $1 Nxe4 18. Qa7 $16) 17... Be6 18. Qxd8 Rxd8 19. Ra1
(19. Ba5 Rd7 20. Nb6 $16) 19... Nxe4 20. Ra7 Bxd5 21. cxd5 Nxc3 22. bxc3 e4 23.
Rxb7 Bxc3 {1/2-1/2 Perunovic,M (2384)-Velimirovic,D (2558)/Valjevo 2000 (51)})
12. Rd1 Bd7 13. Ne1 (13. Be3 Bxc3 $5 14. Bxc5 Bf6 15. Be3 O-O $11) 13... Nd4
14. Bf1 O-O 15. Bg5 (15. Be3 Nde6 16. Nd3 Bxc3 17. Nxc5 Nxc5 18. Qxc3 Nxe4 19.
Qd4 Bc6 20. f3 Nc5 21. Bh6 Ne6 $13) 15... Bc6 $5 16. Nd5 (16. f3 Nde6 17. Be3
Na4 $11) 16... Re8 $6 {The defence of the pawn on e7 is not a mistake, but it
lacks the strength of the more radical solution. The best seems to be the
exchange of the mighty knight on d5, as all the black pieces would be
optimally located.} (16... Bxd5 $1 17. exd5 Nf5 $11) 17. f3 b5 (17... Ba4 18.
Rd2 Rc8 19. Rb1 Bc6 $11) 18. Be3 $1 Nce6 $6 {[%mdl 2048] The first step on a
road, that will deliver the defender to oblivion in no time. It seems, that
the more daring advance of the e-pawn might still have limited the damage.} (
18... e5 $1 19. cxb5 (19. Bg5 $5 Qd7 20. Nc2 $14) 19... Bxd5 20. exd5 Rc8 (
20... Rb8 21. Rb1 (21. Nd3 Na4 $1 $13) 21... Nxb5 22. Bxc5 dxc5 23. Bxb5 Rxb5
24. Qc4 $1 Rb4 25. Qxc5 Bf8 $11) 21. Qd2 Nf5 $13) 19. Qd2 bxc4 20. Bxc4 Rb8 21.
Kh1 $5 (21. Rab1 Bb5 22. Bxb5 Nxb5 23. Rbc1 $14) 21... Nb5 $6 {The knight on
d4 is feeling unsure and thus uses the only available square for the retreat.
The coordination of the black forces is rapidly decreasing.} 22. Rac1 Nc5 $6 (
22... Bd4 23. Bxd4 Nbxd4 24. Nf4 (24. Qh6 Rf8 25. Ne3 $16) (24. Nxe7+ $1 Qxe7
25. Bxe6 Ba4 26. b3 Nxe6 27. bxa4 $16)) (22... Bxd5 23. Bxd5 Nbc7 24. b3 Nxd5
25. exd5 Nf8 $14) 23. b4 {Aronian is choosing to open the lines on the
queenside, where White will retain his activity and thus also his advantage.} (
23. Bxc5 dxc5 24. Bxb5 Bxb5 (24... Rxb5 $2 25. Nf6+ $1 Bxf6 26. Qxd8 $18) 25.
Rxc5 Qd6 26. Rc2 $16) 23... axb4 (23... Ne6 24. bxa5 $16) 24. Nxb4 Qb6 $6 {
Vassily has clearly had a second rate day, too many of his moves are deserving
of criticism.} (24... Bd7 25. Bxc5 dxc5 26. Na6 Nd6 27. Nxb8 Qxb8 28. Nd3 $16)
25. Ned3 $1 Na3 (25... Nc7 26. Nxc6 Qxc6 27. Nxc5 dxc5 28. Bxc5 $16) 26. Bb3
Ba8 (26... Nxb3 $2 27. axb3 $18) 27. Nxc5 $1 dxc5 (27... Qxb4 28. Qxb4 Rxb4 29.
Na6 $1 Rb7 30. Nc7 Rc8 31. Nxa8 Rxa8 32. Bd5 $18) 28. Bxc5 {The catastrophe is
complete, White has gained a pawn and all his forces are better coordinated.}
Qa5 (28... Qb7 29. Nd5 e6 30. Bxa3 exd5 31. Qxd5 Qxd5 32. exd5 $18) 29. Qf4 $1
e6 (29... Rf8 30. Bxe7 $18) 30. Rd7 Rf8 31. Rxf7 (31. Bxe6 fxe6 32. Bxf8 Rxf8
33. Rc8 $18) 31... Rxf7 32. Qxb8+ Kh7 33. Bxe6 1-0

[Event "Nanjing Pearl Spring 1st"]
[Site "Nanjing"]
[Date "2008.12.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2008.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxd5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bb5 e6 8.
O-O Be7 9. d4 O-O 10. Re1 Bd7 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Bf4 Bf6 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5
Bxb5 15. exf6 Qxf6 16. Qxd5 Bc6 17. Qg5 Qxg5 18. Bxg5 Rfe8 19. Bd2 a6 20. Rxe8+
Rxe8 21. Re1 Rxe1+ 22. Bxe1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nanjing Pearl Spring 1st"]
[Site "Nanjing"]
[Date "2008.12.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D73"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2008.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. d4 c6 6. b3 dxc4 7. bxc4 c5 8. O-O
Nc6 9. d5 Nd7 10. dxc6 bxc6 11. Nc3 Bxc3 12. Rb1 O-O 13. Bh6 Bg7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7
15. Qa4 Qc7 16. Nd2 Nb6 17. Qa5 Rd8 18. Nb3 Be6 19. Qxc5 Bxc4 20. Rfc1 Bd5 21.
Nd4 Rac8 22. Nb5 Qd7 23. Nxa7 Qxa7 24. Rxb6 Qxa2 25. Qxe7 Re8 26. Bxd5 Qxd5 27.
Qc5 Qxc5 28. Rxc5 Rxe2 29. Rbxc6 Rxc6 30. Rxc6 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nanjing Pearl Spring 1st"]
[Site "Nanjing"]
[Date "2008.12.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2008.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be3 Nc6 7. f4 a6 8. Qf3
Qa5 {The move spotted by Movsesian and it is too early to give a verdict; the
most common is the queen move to c7.} 9. Bd3 (9. O-O-O Nxd4 10. Rxd4 Bd7 11.
Bc4 Bc6 (11... Rc8 12. Bb3 Rxc3 13. bxc3 Qxc3 14. Kb1 Bc6 15. Rhd1 Be7 16. Bc1
Qa5 17. g4 (17. Bd2 $14) 17... d5 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Bxd5 20. Rxd5 exd5 21.
Rxd5 Qb4+ 22. Qb3 f6 {1/2 Jakovenko,D (2720)-Movsesian,S (2677)/France 2008 
(35)}) 12. Rhd1 b5 13. Bb3 b4 14. Rc4 Bb7 15. Na4 (15. Ba4+ $5 Nd7 (15... Ke7
$2 16. Rxd6 bxc3 17. Bb6 $18) 16. Bxd7+ Kxd7 17. Rc5 Qd8 18. Na4 Ke8 19. Rc4
$16) 15... d5 16. exd5 Bxd5 17. Qe2 Be7 18. Nb6 O-O 19. Nxa8 Rxa8 20. Qd3 Bxc4
21. Qxc4 Nd5 22. Qc6 Rd8 23. Bxd5 Rxd5 24. Rxd5 Qxd5 25. Qxd5 exd5 26. Kd2 $14
{1/2 Bryson,D (2295)-Sommerfeld,A (2265)/Edinburgh 1988 (38)}) 9... Nxd4 10.
Bxd4 e5 11. Be3 exf4 {This is the structure, that Sergei prefers for Black in
Sicilian openings, the e4-pawn is left isolated and potentially vulnerable in
the future.} (11... Be7 12. f5 O-O 13. O-O-O b5 14. a3 $14) 12. Bd2 $5 (12.
Qxf4 Be7 13. Bd4 Be6 14. a3 $14) 12... Qc7 (12... Qb6 13. Qxf4 Be7 14. O-O-O
O-O 15. Kb1 $14) 13. Qxf4 Be6 14. Nd5 $5 {[%mdl 512] Ivanchuk wants to break
the pattern of the peaceful development and opts for a philosophical pawn
sacrifice. Black can not possibly take with the bishop, so the diagonals will
be open and Black's own bishop on the comical square d5.} (14. O-O-O O-O-O 15.
Kb1 d5 $1 $11) 14... Nxd5 (14... Bxd5 $2 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Qe4+ Ne7 17. O-O $16
) 15. exd5 Bxd5 16. O-O-O (16. O-O Be6 17. Rae1 O-O-O $11) 16... Be6 (16...
O-O-O 17. Qg5 (17. Kb1 Be6 18. Bc3) 17... Be6 18. Ba5 Be7 19. Qh5 Qd7 20. Bxd8
Bxd8 21. Kb1 $14) 17. Rhe1 Be7 (17... O-O-O 18. Bf5 Bxf5 19. Qxf5+ Kb8 20. Bc3
$14) 18. Bc3 {Now it is clearly visible, what Vassily had in mind with his
sacrifice on d5. All the white pieces are exercising serious pressure and
Black has yet to finish development.} O-O-O (18... O-O $4 19. Qe4 $1 g6 20. Qd4
$18) 19. Kb1 (19. Bxg7 Rhg8 20. Bf6 Bxf6 21. Qxf6 Rxg2 $15) 19... Kb8 {The
next few moves will prove very difficult for such skilful players, both sides
miss what are objectively the best lines.} (19... d5 20. Qxc7+ Kxc7 21. Bxg7
Rhg8 22. Be5+ Bd6 23. g3 $14) 20. g3 (20. Bxg7 Rhg8 21. Qh6 $1 Qa5 22. c4 $16)
20... h5 (20... g5 21. Qe4 Rhe8 22. Qxh7 Qc8 23. a3 $14) 21. Bxg7 Rhg8 22. Bf6
$6 {Ivanchuk might have not been mentally ready to fight for the full point
with all his might. For some reason he is content with a small advantage and
then even equality.} (22. Bd4 $1 Rde8 23. Be4 $16) 22... Rg4 23. Qf2 Bxf6 24.
Qxf6 Rc8 25. Bf5 (25. b3 Qc5 $13) 25... Ra4 26. a3 (26. b3 Ra5 27. Bd3 Qc5 28.
Re4 $14) 26... Ra5 27. Bxe6 $6 {The birds of winning chances are losing their
wings with this modest move, Black has nothing more to fear.} (27. Bd3 Re5 28.
Rxe5 dxe5 29. Bf5 $14) 27... Qxc2+ 28. Ka2 fxe6 29. Rc1 (29. Qxe6 Rb5 30. Qxd6+
Ka8 31. Qd4 Qxh2 $11) 29... Qf5 30. Rxc8+ Kxc8 31. Rxe6 {Instead of an equal
rook ending White decided to let his opponent finish the game with perpetual
check.} (31. Qxe6+ Qxe6+ 32. Rxe6 Kd7 33. Rh6 Rf5 $11) 31... Qd5+ 32. Ka1 Qd1+
33. Ka2 Qd5+ 34. Ka1 Qd1+ 35. Ka2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nanjing Pearl Spring 1st"]
[Site "Nanjing"]
[Date "2008.12.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2008.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 a6 7. Ba4 c4 8. Bc2
Ng4 9. b3 b5 10. bxc4 bxc4 11. Na3 Nge5 12. Qe2 Nxf3+ 13. gxf3 Ne5 14. Nxc4
Nxc4 15. Qxc4 e6 16. d4 Be7 17. Qd3 O-O 18. Bf4 Rc8 19. c4 e5 20. Bg3 exd4 21.
e5 g6 22. exd6 Bf6 23. Rad1 Rc5 24. Qa3 Rxc4 25. Bd3 Rc3 26. Qxa6 Qa8 27. Qxa8
Rxa8 28. Be5 Kg7 29. Bf1 Rxa2 30. Bxf6+ Kxf6 31. Rxd4 Ra8 32. h4 Ra4 33. Rxa4
Bxa4 34. Kg2 Bc6 35. Re3 Rxe3 36. fxe3 Ke5 37. Kg3 Kxd6 38. Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nanjing Pearl Spring 1st"]
[Site "Nanjing"]
[Date "2008.12.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2008.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 f5 {Without a previous ...Nc6, this is considered to be
premature, because of White's reply.} 3. d4 exd4 4. Nf3 $5 {An original answer,
which does not necessary improve over the common continuation. After the text
move, play ressembles a similar variation from the Sicilian> 1.e4 c5 2.f4 d5 3.
exd5 Nf6. The extra-tempo (g3) cannot harm White, of course.} ({The approved
continuation is} 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qe3+ $14 {as, for instance, in Delchev,A (2583)
-Nikcevic,N (2468)/France 2003/CBM 094/[Ribli] (1-0, 46). You can find a small
survey of the variation in the notes to this game.}) 4... Bb4+ (4... c5 5. e3
dxe3 6. Bxe3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Qd2 $44 {Videki,S (2305)-Ruban,V (2580)/
Norresundby 1992/EXT 2000 (0-1, 20). The position is characteristic of a
reversed... Scandinavian > 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.dxe6 Bxe6, etc}) 5.
Nbd2 (5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 c5 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. e3 O-O (8... Ne4 9. Qe2 {As we
will see below, d3 is a better square for the queen.} O-O 10. O-O {King,D 
(2500)-Westerinen,H (2380)/Gausdal 1993/TD (1-0, 36)} Re8 $1 11. Re1 Nc6 $13)
9. O-O Ne4 10. Qd3 dxe3 11. Qxe3 (11. fxe3 $2 Nc6 $15 {Biolek,R (2370)
-Likavsky,T (2250)/Czechoslovakia 1992/TD (1-0, 35)}) 11... Nc6 {. Play has
transposed again into the aforementioned game.} 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Qe7 14.
Qxe7 Nxe7 15. Rfe1 Nc6 16. Rad1 $44 {King,D (2500)-Westerinen,H (2380)/Gausdal
1993/TD (1-0, 36)}) 5... Nf6 {Aronian keeps developing, not letting himself
tempted by the perspective of playing with an extra-pawn.} (5... c5 6. Bg2 Nf6
(6... Nc6 7. O-O Bxd2 8. Qxd2 Nf6 9. e3 $14 dxe3 $6 10. Qxe3+ Qe7 11. Re1 Qxe3
12. Bxe3 $16) 7. O-O Bxd2 (7... O-O 8. Nb3 $14) 8. Qxd2 O-O 9. e3 dxe3 10. Qxe3
d6 11. b3 $44) 6. Bg2 {Ivanchuk continues tempting him, but without succcess...
} (6. Nxd4 $5) 6... Nc6 7. O-O Bc5 8. Nb3 d6 9. Nfxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 $14 {
White has retrieved the pawn and enjoys more space in the centre.} O-O 11. Nc2
$6 {Ivanchuk's plan is coherent, but rather time-consuming.} ({He could have
consolidated his advantage by completing his development with} 11. b3 Qe7 12.
Bb2 Ne4 (12... f4 13. gxf4 Ne4 14. e3 $16) 13. e3 $14 {[%cal Gd1c2,Ga1d1,Gf1e1]
}) 11... Qe8 12. b4 Bb6 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Nxe3 f4 $1 $132 {Black gets rid of a
potentially weak pawn, opens the diagonal for his bishop and puts the enemy
kingside under pressure. White's advantage of space in the centre loses part
of its relevance.} 15. Nd5 (15. gxf4 Nh5 16. Nd5 Nxf4 $132 17. Nxc7 $4 Qg6 $19)
15... Nxd5 16. Qxd5+ Kh8 17. Rfe1 ({The thematic pawn break} 17. c5 {is best
neutralized by} c6 $1 (17... Rf6 18. cxd6 Rxd6 19. Qc5 $14) (17... Qxe2 18.
Rae1 Qb2 19. cxd6 cxd6 20. Re4 $32 f3 $6 21. Bxf3 $1 $16) 18. Qxd6 Bg4 $36)
17... Rf6 18. Rad1 c6 19. Qe4 $6 {Again, Ivanchuk choses a slow plan of
regrouping.} ({After the simpler} 19. Qd4 Qf7 (19... Qh5 {[%cal Gf6h6]} 20. Qc5
$5 Qh6 21. Qe5 $14) 20. b5 {White may keep some initiative.}) 19... Qf7 20. Rd4
Bg4 (20... fxg3 21. hxg3 $1 Rxf2 $2 22. Bf3 $16) 21. Qd3 Rf8 {Black has
achieved an optimal regrouping and his position looks preferable already.} 22.
Qd2 (22. Rxd6 fxg3 23. hxg3 $8 Rxd6 24. Qxd6 Qxf2+ 25. Kh2 $8 $15) 22... h5 $36
23. Bf3 $6 {With this move, White admits that he is struggling already.} (23.
gxf4 Rxf4 24. Rxf4 Qxf4 25. Qxf4 Rxf4 {[%cal Gf4b4]} 26. e4 h4 27. h3 Be6 $15)
(23. f3 $5 {Aronian}) 23... fxg3 24. hxg3 Bxf3 25. exf3 Rxf3 26. Re2 c5 27.
bxc5 (27. Rxd6 h4 $40) 27... dxc5 28. Rd8 (28. Rd7 Qg6 29. Rxb7 h4 $40) 28...
Qxc4 29. Rxf8+ Rxf8 30. Re5 b6 31. Rxh5+ Kg8 32. Rh4 Qe6 33. a4 a6 34. Rh5 c4
35. Qd4 Qf7 36. Rd5 c3 37. Rd6 $2 ({Missing an excellent drawing chance:} 37.
Rd8 $1 {It seems that Black's king cannot avoid perpetual.} c2 38. Rxf8+ Kxf8
39. Qd8+ Qe8 40. Qd6+ Kg8 41. Qd5+ Qf7 42. Qa8+ Kh7 43. Qh1+ Kg6 44. Qc6+ $1
$11) 37... b5 $17 38. Rxa6 (38. axb5 axb5 39. Rd8 {comes too late already:} Qc4
40. Qxc4+ (40. Rxf8+ Kxf8 41. Qd8+ Kf7 42. Qd7+ Kf6 43. Qd6+ Kg5 44. Qe5+ Kg4
45. Qxg7+ Kf3 $19) 40... bxc4 41. Rd1 Kf7 (41... Rf3 42. Rd4 $1 $11) 42. Rc1
Ke6 43. Rxc3 Kd5 {and White has little hope to save this ending, because of
the huge difference between the kings' activity.}) 38... Rc8 39. Qg4 Qc4 {
There are no checks available and the c-pawn is unstoppable.} 0-1

[Event "Nanjing Pearl Spring 1st"]
[Site "Nanjing"]
[Date "2008.12.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2008.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 {Eine andere Möglichkeit
gegen Paulsen zu spielen ist 5.Nb5.} (5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Nf6 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3 b6
9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Ne5 11. f3 Be7 12. Be3 O-O $132 {Es entsteht eine
Igelstellung, in der Weiß einige Probleme mit dem Na3 hat. Die Stellung ist
ungefähr ausgeglichen, beide Seiten haben ihre Chancen.}) 5... Nf6 {Schwarz
weicht von dem Paulsen-System ab.} 6. Ndb5 (6. Nxc6 $5 {Das Nehmen auf c6 ist
eine vollwertige Alternative.} bxc6 (6... dxc6 $6 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8 8. Bf4 Bb4 9.
O-O-O+ Ke7 10. f3 Rd8 (10... Bxc3 11. Bd6+ Ke8 12. bxc3 $16) 11. Be2 Bd7 12. a3
Bxc3 13. Bd6+ Ke8 14. bxc3 b6 15. g4 $16 {J.Polgar - Amura (Benidorm, 2002)})
7. e5 Nd5 8. Ne4 Qc7 9. f4 Qb6 10. c4 $14 {Die Stellung ist sehr kämpferisch,
doch wie die Erfahrungen zeigen, sind die weißen Chancen besser.}) 6... Bb4 $6
{Schwer zu verstehen, warum Ivanchuk diese Variante ausgewählt hat. Es ist
wohl bekannt, dass Weiß einen "kostenlosen" Vorteil bekommt.} (6... d6 7. Bf4
e5 8. Bg5 a6 {führt mit Zugumstellung zur Sveshnikov-Variante.}) 7. a3 (7. Nd6+
$2 {Das Schachgebot gilt seit Ewigkeiten als Fehler: Schwarz tauscht nicht
seinen guten Läufer ab, sondern zieht es vor, mit dem König im Zentrum zu
bleiben.} Ke7 $1 (7... Bxd6 8. Qxd6 Qe7 9. Bf4 $16) 8. Nxc8+ Rxc8 9. Bd3 d5 10.
exd5 Nxd5 $15) 7... Bxc3+ 8. Nxc3 d5 9. exd5 $1 {Das ist die alte,
prinzipielle und meiner Meinung nach stärkste Fortsetzung. Das Endspiel, das
nach 9.Bd3 entsteht, kann man auch spielen, doch der Vorteil dort ist eher
minimal:} (9. Bd3 dxe4 (9... d4 $2 {Ein strategischer Fehler. Schwarz wird
nach der späteren Spielöffnung Schwierigkeiten haben, weil er dem weißen
schwarzfeldrigen Läufer nichts entgegenzusetzen hat.} 10. Ne2 e5 11. O-O O-O
12. h3 Re8 13. Ng3 Be6 14. f4 $1 exf4 15. Bxf4 Nd7 16. Qh5 g6 17. Qh6 Qf6 18.
Bg5 Qg7 19. Qh4 Nce5 20. Bh6 Qh8 21. Nf5 $1 $16 {Shirov - Grischuk (Linares,
2001)}) 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Qxd1+ 12. Kxd1 Bd7 13. Be3 f5 14. Bf3 e5 15. Kc1
$14 {Weiß verfügt über das Läuferpaar und hat damit einen kleinen Vorteil.
Doch ich denke, dass Schwarz bei richtigem Spiel ausgleichen kann. Das Zentrum
und der schlecht platzierte weiße König sind die Gründe dafür.}) 9... exd5 10.
Bd3 O-O 11. O-O d4 (11... h6 {Der Versuch, den Bc1 einzugrenzen bringt nichts,
weil der Läufer sowieso rauskommt.} 12. Bf4 d4 13. Ne2 Nd5 14. Bg3 $14) 12. Ne2
Bg4 ({Nach} 12... Re8 {hat Weiß die Wahl, ob er die Entwicklung des Läufers
auf g4 vermeiden sollte oder nicht. Beide Möglichkeiten versprechen ihm gutes
Spiel.} 13. b4 (13. h3 h6 14. b4 a5 15. Rb1 axb4 16. axb4 Nd5 17. Qd2 Qh4 18.
Rb3 Re5 19. b5 Nce7 20. Nxd4 $16 {Berg - Ivanov (Copenhagen, 2007)}) 13... Bg4
14. f3 Bh5 15. Bb2 {Die Schwäche des d4-Bauern erlaubt Schwarz nicht, den
Springer über d5 nach e3 zu führen.} a6 (15... Nd5 16. Qd2 Ne3 17. Rfe1 a6 18.
Nxd4 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 $1 $18) 16. Rf2 $1 {Nun droht das Nehmen auf d4.} Bg6 (16...
Qb6 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Qxd4 19. Bxh7+ $18) (16... Kh8 17. Bc4 $16) 17. Bxg6
hxg6 18. Nxd4 $16 {Vorobiov - Hasangatin (Pardubice, 2007)}) 13. f3 Bh5 14. Nf4
({Eine andere gute Möglichkeit ist} 14. Bg5 Qd6 15. Qd2 Nd5 (15... Rfe8 16.
Rad1 $16) 16. Be4 h6 17. Bf4 Nxf4 18. Nxf4 Bg6 19. Nxg6 fxg6 20. Qd3 Kh8 21.
Rad1 $16 {Iordachescu - Van Riemsdijk (Vlissingen, 2006)}) 14... Re8 $6 $146 {
Ehrlich gesagt gefällt mir diese Idee gar nicht. Weiß bekommt das Läuferpaar
plus der Bauer d4 ist schwach plus Weiß hat Chancen, auf Angriff zu spielen.
Das traditionelle 14....Bg6 ist jedoch auch nicht viel besser. Wie gesagt, die
gesamte Variante sieht sehr verdächtig aus.} (14... Bg6 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. f4
$14 {Das Szenario ist ungefähr das gleiche wie in der Partie - Weiß kombiniert
das Spiel gegen die schwarzen Schwächen.}) 15. Nxh5 Nxh5 16. f4 $1 {Dieser Zug
dient zwei Zielen: erstens, der Bauer kann unter Umständen den weißen Angriff
unterstützen; zweitens, er nimmt dem schwarzen Springer das lebenswichtige
Feld e5. Grundsätlich gilt, Weiß darf den weißfeldrigen Läufer nur dann
tauschen, wenn er einen materiellen Nutzen davon zieht.} Nf6 17. Qf3 Nd5 {
Das Feld e3 ist die einzige Hoffnung des Schwarzen.} 18. Qh3 g6 (18... h6 19.
Qf5 g6 (19... Nf6 {Der Springer kam gerade von f6, sicherlich ist es keine
gute Idee, hin und her zu laufen.} 20. b4 $1 $16) 20. Qh3 Ne3 21. Bxe3 dxe3 (
21... Rxe3 22. Qxh6 $18) 22. Rae1 Qb6 23. Qxh6 Rad8 24. f5 e2+ 25. Rf2 Ne5 26.
h3 $1 (26. f6 $4 Qxf2+ 27. Kxf2 Ng4+ $19) 26... Nxd3 27. cxd3 Rd6 28. fxg6 fxg6
29. Qd2 $16) 19. f5 $1 {Die schwarze Stellung sieht furchtbar aus. Seine
einzige Chance ist es, mit dem Springer auf e3 das Übel zu kompensieren, doch
auch das gelingt nicht ganz.} Ne3 20. Qh6 $1 Qe7 (20... Nxf1 {Das Annehmen des
Opfers bringt die sofortige Katastrophe.} 21. fxg6 (21. Bg5 Qd6 22. Rxf1 Ne5
23. fxg6 fxg6 24. Bf6 Qc7 25. Be4 $44) 21... hxg6 (21... fxg6 22. Bc4+ Kh8 23.
Bg5 Qd6 24. Rxf1 Rf8 25. Bf7 $1 $18) 22. Bg5 (22. Bxg6 fxg6 23. Qxg6+ Kh8 24.
Bg5 Ne3 25. Bf6+ Qxf6 26. Qxf6+ $14) 22... Qd6 23. Rxf1 Qf8 24. Qh4 $18 {
Es ist keine Kompensationsstellung - Weiß steht auf Gewinn!}) 21. Rf4 gxf5 (
21... Nxf5 {gibt den letzten Vorposten auf e3 auf.} 22. Bxf5 gxf5 23. Bd2 Qe6
24. Qh3 Ne7 25. Rxd4 $16) 22. Bd2 $1 {Topalov spielt cool. Die schwarze
Bauernstruktur ist geschwächt, der König völlig kompromittiert. Weiß braucht
sich nicht zu beeilen, es ist offensichtlich, dass seine Läufer die Stellung
auseinander reißen werden.} Rad8 (22... Qe5 23. Re1 Re6 24. Qh4 Rg6 25. Bxe3
dxe3 26. Rxf5 Qg7 (26... Qxb2 27. Rxe3 Qc1+ 28. Re1 Qh6 29. Rh5 $18) 27. Be4
$16) 23. Bxf5 Nxf5 24. Rxf5 $18 {Schwarz ist chancenlos. Schlechte
Bauernstruktur, schwacher König, Läufer gegen Springer. Es ist ein Wunder,
dass Ivanchuk so lange überstanden hat.} Rd6 25. Qf4 (25. Qh5 $1 Rg6 26. Re1
Qd7 27. Ref1 Nd8 28. g3 $18) 25... Rg6 26. Rf1 Qe2 27. g3 Rf8 (27... Re4 28.
Qc7 $1 {Bevor Weiß den Damentausch anbietet, gewinnt er einen Bauern.} Re7 29.
Qc8+ Re8 (29... Kg7 30. Bg5 Qe6 31. Qa8 Rd7 (31... Re8 32. Rxf7+ Qxf7 33. Rxf7+
Kxf7 34. Qxb7+ Kg8 35. Bf4 $18) 32. Rf6 Qe5 33. Rxg6+ hxg6 34. Bf6+ Qxf6 35.
Rxf6 Kxf6 36. Kf2 $18) 30. Qxb7 Re7 31. Qc8+ {Die weiße Dame arbeitet sich
zurück nach Hause.} Re8 32. Qc7 Re7 33. Qf4 Re4 34. Qf2 $18) 28. Rf2 (28. Rxf7
$2 Qxf1+ 29. Qxf1 Rxf7 $16 {Immernoch steht Weiß mit Vorteil da, doch die
schwarzen Chancen steigen enorm.}) 28... Qe6 29. h4 Ne7 (29... Qd6 {sieht
besser aus, doch es führt sehr schnell zur Niederlage:} 30. h5 $1 Qxf4 (30...
Rxg3+ 31. Kh2 Qxf4 32. R2xf4 Rg7 33. Re4 $1 Rd8 34. Bh6 $18 {Interessantes
Bild - der Turm ist gefangen.}) 31. R2xf4 Rd6 (31... Rxg3+ 32. Kh2 Rg7 33. Re4
$18) 32. Rg4+ Kh8 33. h6 f6 (33... Rg8 34. Bg5 $1 $18) 34. Rg7 $18) 30. Re5 Qd7
31. h5 Rg7 32. Rg5 f5 33. Rxg7+ Kxg7 34. Qe5+ {Bis jetzt hat Topalov die
stärksten Züge gespielt. An dieser Stelle hätte er das Spiel mit 34.Bb4 sofort
beenden können. Wobei das keine große Rolle spielt, Weiß hat viele
Möglichkeiten zu gewinnen.} (34. Bb4 $1 Rf7 (34... Rf6 35. Re2 Re6 36. Rxe6
Qxe6 37. Qxd4+ Kh6 38. Qf4+ Kg7 39. Bxe7 Qxe7 40. Qxf5 Qe1+ 41. Kg2 Qe2+ 42.
Kh3 $18) 35. g4 Kg8 36. gxf5 $18) 34... Kg8 35. Bh6 Nc6 (35... Rf7 36. Qb8+ Nc8
37. Re2 $18 {Schwarz ist fast im Zugzwang!}) 36. Qf4 Rf7 37. g4 $1 d3 (37...
fxg4 38. Qg5+ Kh8 39. Bg7+ Kg8 (39... Rxg7 40. Rf8+ $18) 40. Be5+ Kf8 41. Qg7+
Ke8 42. Qg8+ $18) 38. cxd3 Kh8 39. gxf5 (39. Qc4 $5 {gewinnt noch schneller.}
Ne5 40. Qc3 Qc7 41. Qd4 Kg8 42. gxf5 $18) 39... Qxd3 40. Kg2 Qd5+ 41. Qf3 {
Übergang ins Endspiel ist eine gute Entscheidung - Schwarz hat nicht mal den
Ansatz auf eine Hoffnung.} Ne7 (41... Qxf3+ 42. Rxf3 Ne7 43. f6 Nd5 44. Bg5 $18
) 42. Qxd5 Nxd5 43. Rc2 $1 {Bringt auch die Türme vom Brett.} Rc7 (43... Ne7
44. Rc7 $18) (43... Nc7 44. Rd2 $18) 44. Rxc7 Nxc7 45. Kf3 {Der Rest ist
Technik.} Kg8 46. Ke4 Ne8 47. Ke5 Kf7 48. Bg5 Nc7 49. h6 Nb5 50. Be3 b6 51. a4
Nc7 52. Kd6 Na6 53. Kc6 Nb4+ 54. Kb7 Nd5 55. Bg5 a5 56. Kc6 Nb4+ 57. Kxb6 Nd3
58. b3 1-0

[Event "Nanjing Pearl Spring 1st"]
[Site "Nanjing"]
[Date "2008.12.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2008.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 Ngf6 5. Nc3 cxd4 6. Qxd4 e5 7. Qd3 h6 8.
Be3 Be7 9. O-O-O a6 10. Bc4 b5 11. Bb3 Bb7 12. g4 Nxg4 13. Rhg1 Nxe3 14. Qxe3
g6 15. Bd5 Rb8 16. Bxb7 Rxb7 17. Nd5 Nb6 18. Nxe5 dxe5 19. Nf6+ Bxf6 20. Rxd8+
Bxd8 21. Qc5 Nd7 22. Qc8 Ra7 23. Qc6 h5 24. a3 h4 25. h3 Ke7 26. Rd1 Rh5 27.
Kb1 Rg5 28. Ka2 Rg2 29. c3 Rh2 30. f4 exf4 31. e5 Re2 32. Rxd7+ Rxd7 33. Qf6+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Nanjing Pearl Spring 1st"]
[Site "Nanjing"]
[Date "2008.12.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2008.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 {Ivanchuk avoids the main theoretical dispute which could
arise most probably in Petroff.} Nf6 3. Bc4 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Nd5 $5
{After this move the game is already out of theory even though it has appeared
in a few games beforehand. White is trying to play d2-d4 without wasting time
on the d2-d3 developing move. The common continuation is, obviously, 6.d3.
Here one example from the "old school":} (6. d3 Be6 7. Bxe6 fxe6 8. Ne2 Nbd7 9.
c3 Ba5 10. a4 c6 11. Ng3 Qe7 12. Qe2 h6 (12... Bc7 13. d4 d5 $5 $13) 13. d4 Bc7
14. b3 Qf7 15. Ba3 Rfe8 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. Rfd1 Red8 19. Bc5 $14 {
1-0 Larsen,B (2625)-Smyslov,V (2620)/Las Palmas 1972/MCD (77)}) 6... Be6 $6 {
Not the best reply. After all, White made a second move with the same piece in
the opening, why not exchange it?} (6... Nxd5 7. Bxd5 c6 8. Bb3 Bg4 (8... Qe7 {
followed by 9...Be6 is playable as well.}) 9. h3 Bh5 $11) 7. d4 Bxd5 (7... Nxd5
$6 8. exd5 Bg4 9. c3 Ba5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 {and White is
clearly better thanks to pair of strong bishops.}) (7... exd4 8. Nxd4 Bxd5 9.
exd5 Nbd7 {is not more than slightly worse for Black.}) 8. exd5 e4 $2 {This
push is the source of Black's troubles. It looks like the Chinese GM got tired
to the end of the tough tournament. It's curious that this bad move is also
suggested by all modern engines!} ({It was necessary to release the pressure
in the centre by} 8... exd4 9. Qxd4 (9. a3 Bc5 10. b4 Bb6 11. Bb2 Nbd7 12. Nxd4
Re8 13. Bb3 a5 14. c4 axb4 15. axb4 Rxa1 16. Qxa1 Ng4 $132) 9... Nbd7 10. Qh4
Re8 {with a playable position.}) 9. Nh4 {I must say that it's already not the
first time that Bu has got a bad position against Ivanchuk right before move
ten! (check the encounter between the same players in Sofia 2008)} c6 10. c3
Ba5 (10... cxd5 11. Bb3 Ba5 12. f3 $16) 11. Bg5 Nbd7 12. Nf5 Nb6 {[%tqu "En",
"Find the strongest continuation for White.","","","f2f3","Ignoring the threat
on the bishop. It is more important to open the f-file. A passive retreat by
the bishop would allow Black to defend.",15,"c4b3","was far less convincing in
view of",0]} 13. f3 $3 {Ignoring the threat on the bishop. It is more
important to open the f-file. Variations that arise here, are quite easy for
White, but it's not easy to find such a move! A passive retreat by the bishop
would allow Black to defend.} (13. Bb3 $6 {was far less convincing in view of}
Qd7 $1 14. Nh6+ gxh6 15. Bxf6 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 cxd5 17. Qh5 Bd8 $14) 13... h6 (
13... Nxc4 14. fxe4 {[%csl Rf6][%cal Gg5f6,Gf1f6,Gf5g7] and then 15.Nxg7 is
inevitable and crushing.}) 14. Bh4 e3 (14... Nxc4 15. fxe4 {is not better for
Black than on the previous move.}) 15. Qd3 Nxc4 (15... cxd5 16. Bb3 Re8 17.
Nxe3 $18) 16. Qxc4 Qd7 17. Nxe3 $18 {White has won a pawn without any
compensation.} Nh5 18. Rae1 Bd8 19. Bxd8 Rfxd8 20. Qd3 Rab8 21. b3 Nf6 22. dxc6
bxc6 23. Re2 a5 24. Rfe1 {[%cal Ge3f5]} g6 25. d5 $6 {I think that the
exchange of knights gives Black some hope.} (25. Nc4 $18) 25... Nxd5 26. Nxd5
cxd5 27. Qxd5 Qa7+ 28. Kh1 Qc5 29. Qd2 $1 {Correctly avoiding the exchange of
queens. Rook endgames always contain drawing chances for the defending side.}
d5 30. Re5 a4 31. bxa4 h5 $2 (31... Kg7 {would force Ivanchuk to work hard for
a full point. Compared to the variation that occurred in the game, the
h6-square is covered.}) 32. f4 $1 {Suddenly, the black king is in real danger.}
Rbc8 33. f5 Qxc3 34. Qh6 (34. Qh6 gxf5 35. R5e3 $18 {[%cal Ge3g3]}) 1-0

[Event "Mukachevo m rap"]
[Site "Mukachevo"]
[Date "2009.01.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "2009.01.03"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. c4 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 dxc4 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. a3 Bd6 8. Qa4
O-O 9. Qxc4 e5 10. d5 Ne7 11. Bg5 Nd7 12. O-O h6 13. Be3 Nf6 14. Bc5 Bxc5 15.
Qxc5 Qd6 16. Qxd6 cxd6 17. Nd2 Rd8 18. Nc4 Ng6 19. Rfc1 Ne8 20. Nb5 Kf8 21. e4
f5 22. Rc3 fxe4 23. Bxe4 Ne7 24. Rac1 Bh3 25. Na5 Rd7 26. f3 b6 27. Nc4 Rb8 28.
Ne3 Rbb7 29. a4 a6 30. Na3 Nf6 31. Nac4 b5 32. axb5 Rxb5 33. Ra1 Rd8 34. Rxa6
Nexd5 35. Nxd5 Nxd5 36. Rd3 Nf6 37. Rdxd6 Rxd6 38. Rxd6 Ke7 39. Rb6 Rc5 40.
Rb7+ Kf8 41. Bd3 Rd5 42. Be2 e4 43. f4 Bg4 44. Kf1 Bxe2+ 45. Kxe2 Rh5 46. h4 g5
47. fxg5 hxg5 48. Rb5 gxh4 49. Rxh5 Nxh5 50. gxh4 Nf4+ 51. Kf2 e3+ 52. Kxe3
Ng2+ 53. Ke4 Nxh4 54. b4 Ke7 55. b5 Kd7 56. Kd5 Ng6 57. b6 Ne7+ 58. Kc5 Nc6 59.
Nd6 Nd8 60. Kd5 Nc6 61. Ne4 Nd8 62. Kc5 Kc8 63. Kb5 Kb8 64. Nc5 Nb7 65. Nd7+
Kc8 66. Ka6 Nd6 67. Ne5 Kb8 68. Nc6+ Ka8 69. Ne5 Kb8 70. Nd7+ Kc8 71. Nf6 Kb8
72. Nd7+ Kc8 73. Ne5 Kb8 74. Nd3 Ka8 75. Nb2 Kb8 76. Na4 Ka8 77. Nc5 Kb8 78. b7
Nxb7 79. Nxb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mukachevo m rap"]
[Site "Mukachevo"]
[Date "2009.01.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2009.01.03"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Qc7 8. a4
Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. a5 Nc6 11. Bb6 Qb8 12. Nd5 Nxe4 13. Bc7 Qa7 14. Bb6 Qb8 15.
Bc7 Qa7 16. Bb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mukachevo m rap"]
[Site "Mukachevo"]
[Date "2009.01.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "169"]
[EventDate "2009.01.03"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Ne5 Bd7 8. Na3
cxd4 9. Naxc4 Be7 10. Qb3 Qc7 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Bf4 Qd8 13. Bxc6+ bxc6 14. Ne5
c5 15. Qa4+ Nd7 16. b4 g5 17. Nc6 Nb6 18. Qb5 a6 19. Qa5 Nc4 20. Qxd8+ Bxd8 21.
Rac1 gxf4 22. Rxc4 cxb4 23. Rxb4 fxg3 24. hxg3 Bf6 25. Nxd4 Rc8 26. Nf3 O-O 27.
Rg4+ Kh8 28. Ra4 Rc6 29. Rb1 Bc3 30. Rb7 h6 31. Nh2 a5 32. Ng4 Kg7 33. Ne3 Rfc8
34. Rg4+ Kf8 35. Rh4 Kg7 36. Kg2 R6c7 37. Rxc7 Rxc7 38. Rc4 Rxc4 39. Nxc4 f5
40. Kf3 h5 41. Ke3 Kf6 42. Kf3 Kg5 43. Kg2 h4 44. f4+ Kh5 45. gxh4 Kxh4 46. Kf3
Kh5 47. e3 Kg6 48. Ke2 Kf6 49. Kd3 Be1 50. Kd4 Bb4 51. a3 Be7 52. a4 Bb4 53.
Ne5 Bd2 54. Nc6 Be1 55. Kd3 Kg6 56. Kc4 Bd2 57. Kd3 Be1 58. Ke2 Bc3 59. Kd1 Kf6
60. Kc2 Be1 61. Nd4 Bb4 62. Kd3 Be1 63. Nc2 Bg3 64. Na3 e5 65. fxe5+ Bxe5 66.
Nc4 Bc7 67. Kd4 Ke6 68. Kc5 f4 69. exf4 Bxf4 70. Kc6 Bg3 71. Nxa5 Be1 72. Nc4
Bc3 73. Ne3 Be1 74. Nd5 Bd2 75. Nc7+ Ke7 76. Na6 Kd8 77. Kb7 Be1 78. Nc5 Bd2
79. Kb8 Be1 80. Kb7 Bd2 81. Ne6+ Kd7 82. Nd4 Be1 83. Nb3 Kd8 84. a5 Bxa5 85.
Nxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mukachevo m rap"]
[Site "Mukachevo"]
[Date "2009.01.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2009.01.03"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
h5 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. exd5 g6 12. O-O-O Nb6 13. Qa5 Bh6 14. Bxh6 Rxh6
15. h4 Kf8 16. g3 Kg7 17. Kb1 Rh8 18. c4 Re8 19. Be2 Rc8 20. Rc1 e4 21. f4 e3
22. Rhg1 Ne4 23. Ka1 Nd7 24. Qxd8 Rcxd8 25. Na5 Ndc5 26. Rc2 Rc8 27. b3 Rc7 28.
Kb2 Rec8 29. Rcc1 Nd7 30. Bd3 Nf2 31. Be2 Nf6 32. Rge1 N6e4 33. Rg1 f5 34. Rc2
Kf6 35. Rcc1 Re7 36. Rc2 Rcc7 37. a3 Re8 38. Rg2 Nh1 39. Bf3 Nhxg3 40. Rg1 Nd2
41. Rxg3 Nxf3 42. Re2 Nxh4 43. b4 Re4 44. c5 dxc5 45. d6 Rd7 46. bxc5 Rxf4 47.
Rgxe3 Re4 48. Rxe4 fxe4 49. Rxe4 Nf5 50. Rb4 Nxd6 51. cxd6 Rxd6 52. Nxb7 Rd5
53. Kc3 Rb5 54. Kd3 Rxb4 55. axb4 h4 56. Ke3 h3 57. Kf2 Ke5 58. Nc5 Kd4 59.
Nxa6 Kc4 60. Kg3 Kb5 61. Nc7+ Kxb4 62. Kxh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mukachevo m rap"]
[Site "Mukachevo"]
[Date "2009.01.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2009.01.03"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. g3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bc5 7. Nb3 Be7 8.
Bg2 Nc6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Rc1 b6 11. Nd5 exd5 12. cxd5 Bb7 13. dxc6 dxc6 14. O-O
Qc8 15. Nd4 c5 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. Nf5 Rfe8 18. Bc3 Qe4 19. Qc2 Qe6 20. b3 Bf8
21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22. Ne3 Rad8 23. Rfd1 Qe6 24. Qc4 Qe5 25. Qa6 Qb8 26. Nd5 h5 27.
e3 Rd6 28. Nc3 Red8 29. Rxd6 Rxd6 30. h4 g6 31. Ne4 Rd8 32. a4 Qa8 33. Qc4 Bg7
34. b4 cxb4 35. Qxb4 Qd5 36. Qe7 Qd7 37. Rc7 Qxe7 38. Rxe7 a5 39. Kg2 Rd1 40.
Re8+ Bf8 41. Rb8 Ra1 42. Rxb6 Rxa4 43. Nf6+ Kg7 44. Ra6 Ra1 45. Ne8+ Kg8 46.
Ra7 a4 47. Nf6+ Kg7 48. Ne4 Kg8 49. Ng5 f6 50. Ne6 Bh6 51. Nd4 Bf8 52. Ne2 Bh6
53. Nc3 a3 54. Nd5 Bg7 55. Nf4 Bf8 56. Nxg6 Bc5 57. Ra8+ Kf7 58. Nf4 Rb1 59.
Kf3 Rb3 60. Ra5 Bb6 61. Ra6 Bc5 62. Nd5 f5 63. Ra5 Bd6 64. Nf4 Rb2 65. Rxf5+
Ke8 66. Rxh5 Kd7 67. Ra5 Kc6 68. Ne2 Kb6 69. Ra4 Bb4 70. h5 Kb5 71. Ra8 a2 72.
h6 Rxe2 73. Kxe2 Ba5 74. Rb8+ Bb6 75. h7 a1=Q 76. h8=Q Qa2+ 77. Kf1 1-0

[Event "Mukachevo m rap"]
[Site "Mukachevo"]
[Date "2009.01.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2009.01.03"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Be2 Nc6 5. d4 O-O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. c4 Qa5+ 8.
Bd2 Bb4 9. d5 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nd4 11. Nc3 Qa6 12. b3 Qa5 13. Rc1 f5 14. O-O Nf6
15. g3 Kb8 16. Bg2 Rhe8 17. Re1 h6 18. Re3 a6 19. h3 Nd7 20. Be1 Nc5 21. Kh1 g5
22. f4 exf4 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. Qxd4 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Bxc3 26. Re8+ Ka7 27. Qf2
fxg3 28. Qxg3 Bd4 29. d6 cxd6 30. Qxd6 Qc3 31. Kh2 Qa1 32. Qb8+ Kb6 33. Qd8+
Ka7 34. Qb8+ Kb6 35. Qd8+ Ka7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2009.01.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Smeets, Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. a4 {Not the most popular
reply to the Botvinnik system but, of course, its theory is now quite
extensive, too.} Bb4 7. e4 Bxc3+ (7... b5 {is the main line here; besides,
Black sometimes plays}) (7... c5 {or}) (7... Qa5) 8. bxc3 Qa5 9. e5 Ne4 10. Bd2
Qd5 {This line originates from the old game Donner-Kotov (Venice 1950), which
Black won. However, lengthy queen manoeuvring doesn't look quite healthy.} 11.
Qc2 {Practice has also seen:} (11. a5) (11. Be2) (11. Qb1) 11... c5 (11... b5
$6 12. Be2 Nd7 13. O-O f5 14. Ng5 $1 Nxg5 15. Bxg5 Nb6 16. a5 Na4 17. Bf3 Qd7
18. Rxa4 $1 bxa4 19. Qxa4 O-O 20. Bxc6 Qc7 21. Be7 Qxe7 22. Bxa8 $18 {1-0
Sturua,Z (2420)-Kaidanov,G (2415)/Lvov 1985/MCD (36)}) 12. Be3 (12. Rd1 cxd4
13. cxd4 c3 $1 14. Bc1 (14. Bxc3 Nxc3 15. Qxc3 Nc6 16. Bd3 Qa5 $11) 14... Bd7
15. Bd3 Bc6 16. O-O Na6 17. Ba3 Nd2 18. Rxd2 cxd2 19. Bc4 Qe4 20. Bd3 Qd5 21.
Bc4 Qe4 22. Bd3 {1/2 Pashikian,A (2556)-Balogh,C (2575)/Moscow 2008/CBM 123})
12... cxd4 (12... Nc6 $2 13. O-O-O $1 (13. Be2 $2 cxd4 14. cxd4 Nb4 15. Qc1 c3
16. O-O Bd7 17. Ne1 Rc8 18. f3 Nd2 19. Bxd2 Na2 20. Rxa2 Qxa2 $19 {0-1 Donner,
J-Kotov,A/Venice 1950/MCD (25)}) (13. Rd1 $5 cxd4 14. Nxd4 f5 15. f3 Nc5 16.
Nb5 Nd3+ 17. Bxd3 cxd3 18. Rxd3 Qxe5 19. f4 Qb8 20. Bc5 Qxf4 21. Nd6+ Ke7 22.
Nxc8+ Kf6 23. Nd6 $18 {1/2 Carlsen,T-Silva Filho,A/ICCF Email 2004/ICCF CBM
122 (54)}) 13... cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nc5 (14... Qxe5 15. f4 $18) 15. Nb5 Nb3+ 16. Kb2
Qxe5 17. Nd6+ Ke7 18. Nxc4 {1-0 Danielian,O (2460)-Ceteras,M (2330)/Vejen 1993/
EXT 1999}) 13. cxd4 Qa5+ 14. Nd2 Nxd2 15. Bxd2 Qd5 (15... Qd8 16. Bxc4 Nc6 17.
O-O (17. Bc3 $5 O-O 18. Qe4) 17... O-O 18. Be3 Ne7 19. Qe4 Nf5 20. Rfd1 Nxe3
21. fxe3 (21. Qxe3 $142 $14 {[%cal Yd4d5]}) 21... Rb8 22. Rf1 Qg5 23. h4 Qg6
24. Qf4 Bd7 25. Rf3 Rbc8 26. Bb5 $14 {1/2 Ikonnikov,V (2560)-Haimovich,T (2375)
/Dieren 2005/CBM 107 ext (44)}) 16. Qxc4 (16. Be3 {Stoica,V} Qa5+) (16. Bxc4 $5
Qxd4 17. O-O Nc6 18. Rae1 $44 Bd7 19. Re4 Qc5 20. Be3 Qa5 21. Qb2 Ne7 22. Qxb7
Bc6 23. Bb5 Qxb5 24. Qxb5 Bxb5 25. axb5 Nd5 26. Ra1 {1/2 Goldin,A (2600)
-Stisis,Y (2380)/Israel 1996/CBM 052 ext}) 16... Qxc4 (16... Qe4+ $5 17. Be3
Nc6 {deserved attention to disrupt White's development.}) 17. Bxc4 $14 {_|_}
Nc6 18. Bc3 (18. Be3 Bd7 19. O-O Na5 {[%cal Yd7c6]}) 18... Ne7 (18... Bd7 $142
$1 {M.Notkin} 19. Kd2 (19. d5 Rc8 $1 20. dxe6 fxe6 {[%cal Yc6e7]}) (19. Be2 Rc8
) 19... Ne7 20. Bb4 Nc6) 19. a5 $1 Bd7 {Black is preparing to control the
central d5-square but his king remains in the centre and rooks disconnected.}
20. Bb4 Rc8 21. Be2 Nc6 $6 {A wrong tactical idea.} (21... Nd5 $142 22. Bc5 Nf4
(22... b6 23. axb6 axb6 24. Bd6 {[%csl Re8]}) (22... Bc6 23. Rg1 $1) 23. Bf1
Bc6 24. Rg1 a6 25. g3 Nd5 26. Kd2 $14 {[%csl Gc5][%cal Yf2f4]}) 22. Bc5 Nxe5 (
22... Nxa5 23. Rxa5 (23. Bxa7 Nb3 24. Rb1 Rc3 25. h4 O-O 26. Rh3 Rxh3 27. gxh3
Ba4 28. Bf3 f6 $1 {is less clear}) 23... b6 24. Rxa7 bxc5 25. Ba6 $1 Rb8 26.
dxc5 Rb1+ 27. Kd2 Rxh1 28. Ra8+ Ke7 29. Rxh8 $16 Rxh2 $140 $2 30. Bb7) 23. Rb1
$6 (23. a6 $1 {(indicated by IM M.Notkin) was the refutation:} b6 (23... bxa6
$2 24. Bxa6 Rc6 25. O-O {loses material}) (23... b5 24. Bxa7 $16 {[%csl Ga6]})
24. Bxb6 $1 Nc6 (24... axb6 25. dxe5 $16 {[%csl Ga6]}) 25. Bc5 $16 {[%csl Ra7,
Re8]}) 23... Nc6 24. Rxb7 Nxa5 25. Rxa7 Nc6 26. Rb7 Nd8 27. Rb3 {The position
has been simplified, and without queenside pawns to attack, White's bishops
are not so formidable.} Bc6 28. O-O Nb7 29. Ba3 (29. Ba6 $142 $5 Nxc5 30. dxc5
Rd8 31. Rb6 Kd7 32. Bb7 $14) 29... Kd7 30. Rc1 Nd6 31. Rb6 Nf5 {Oof... Black
has finally consolidated his position and should not lose.} 32. d5 $6 {This
pawn sac is quite harmless.} exd5 33. Bg4 g6 34. Bb2 Rhe8 35. Bxf5+ gxf5 36. f3
Re2 37. Bd4 Rd2 38. Be3 Rd3 39. Bf4 d4 $6 {Black made this inaccurate move,
and White... lost on time! Meanwhile, after} (39... d4 40. Rc4 Rd1+ 41. Kf2 {
he wins the d4 pawn and can torture his opponent due to his better pawn
structure}) (39... Rd4 $142 $5 40. Be5 Rc4 {Black keeps an extra pawn although
a draw is highly probable.}) 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2009.01.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wang, Yue"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Nc3 a6 7. g3 $146 {
[%mdl 8] A novelty in this well-known position!} (7. e4 {is the main line but
Black is apparently OK after} b5 $1 {or else:} (7... Rb8 8. Qxc4 (8. Bxf6 Qxf6
9. Qxc4 c5 10. e5 Qf4 11. d5 Qxc4 12. Bxc4 Nb6 13. Nd2 Nxc4 14. Nxc4 b5 15. Ne3
Be7 16. d6 Bd8 $13 {1/2 Damaso,R (2440)-Korneev,O (2560)/Leon 1998/EXT 1999 
(33)}) 8... b5 9. Qd3 Bb7 10. e5 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Nxg5 hxg5 13. Bxg5 {0-1
Radulescu,M-Bondoc,D/Bucharest 1965/EXT 2008 (40)} Rg8 $1 14. h4 b4 15. Na4
Rxg5 16. hxg5 Ne4 $132) (7... Be7 8. Bxc4 (8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. e5 Be7 10. Bxc4 O-O
11. Qc2 c5 12. d5 $2 Nb6 13. d6 Nxc4 14. dxe7 Qxe7 15. Ne4 b5 16. Nfg5 f5 17.
exf6 gxf6 18. Nf3 Bb7 $17 {1-0 Namgilov,S-Meszaros,G/Budapest 1990/EXT 2000 
(39)}) 8... O-O (8... Rb8 9. Qc2 b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Rd1 c5 12. dxc5 Qa5 13. O-O
Nxc5 $13 {0-1 Damljanovic,B (2587)-Adla,D (2494)/Zaragoza 2003/EXT 2004 (57)})
9. Qc2 c5 (9... h6 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. e5 Nd5 12. Qe4 Bb4 13. Rc1 c5 14. O-O Bxc3
15. bxc3 cxd4 16. cxd4 Bd7 17. Bd3 g6 18. Qg4 Kg7 $11 {[%cal Yd7b5] 1/2 Zhao
Jun (2566)-Xu Jun (2534)/Jiangsu Wuxi CHN 2008/The Week in Chess 736 (36)}) 10.
dxc5 Qc7 11. b4 b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Rfe1 Ne5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. Be3 bxc5 16. b5
axb5 {1/2 Hort,V (2540)-Lau,R (2485)/Bad Neuenahr 1991/CBM 024}) (7... h6 $143
8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Bxc4 Rb8 10. Be2 b5 11. Qc2 c5 12. d5 Bd6 13. O-O Qc7 14. a4 b4
15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Nb1 Ne5 17. Nbd2 O-O 18. Kh1 Bb7 19. Nc4 Nxf3 20. Bxf3 Be5
21. Bg4 $14 {1/2 Sapis,W (2375)-Hnydiuk,A (2355)/Ksiaz 1998/CBM 063 ext (27)})
8. Nxb5 axb5 (8... Rb8 9. Nc3 Rxb2 10. Ne5 Bb7 $2 (10... h6 11. Bc1 (11. Nc6
Nb6 $1 12. Nxd8+ Nxa4 13. Nxa4 Rb4 $17) 11... Rb4 12. Qc2 c5 $5) (10... c5 11.
d5 Rb4 $1 12. Qc6 Rb6 $11 {J.Speelman}) 11. Nxc4 Rb4 12. Qc2 Ba8 13. e5 h6 14.
Bd2 Nd5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Nd6+ $1 Bxd6 17. exd6 Rb7 18. Ba5 Qa8 19. dxc7 O-O
20. h4 Rc8 21. Rh3 Qa7 22. Rc1 $1 Qxd4 23. Qc3 $16 {1-0 Speelman,J (2605)-Muir,
A (2340)/England 1994/CBM 040/[Speelman,J] (44)}) 9. Qxa8 Bb4+ 10. Kd1 Nb6 11.
Qa7 $6 (11. Qc6+ Bd7 12. Qb7 Bc8 $11) 11... e5 $1 12. Kc2 exd4 13. Rd1 d3+ 14.
Bxd3 cxd3+ 15. Rxd3 Qe7 16. a3 O-O 17. axb4 Qxe4 $36 {1-0 Arbakov,V (2400)
-Ivanov,A (2470)/Simferopol 1989/EXT 1997 (38)}) ({The other moves (and
therefore the whole line) are equally harmless:} 7. Qxc4 b5 (7... c5 $5) 8. Qb3
(8. Qc6 $6 Ra7 9. Ne5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Nxd7 Bxd7 12. Qc5 Qa8 13. e3 Be7
14. Qh5 b4 15. Ne2 O-O $15 {0-1 Markmann,U-Buecker,P (2285)/Germany 1984/EXT
2001 (30)}) 8... c5 9. e3 (9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Qd1 Bb7 11. Qxd8+ Rxd8 12. Rc1 h6
13. Be3 Nce4 14. Nd2 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Ba3 $17 {0-1 Khmelnitski,A (2486)-Ivanov,A 
(2312)/St Petersburg 2005/CBM 108 ext (64)}) 9... Bb7 10. Be2 cxd4 11. exd4 Be7
12. O-O O-O 13. Ne5 Nb6 14. Rfd1 Nfd5 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Bf3 Nxc3 17. Qxc3 Rac8
18. Qd3 Bxf3 19. Nxf3 h6 $15 {0-1 Pyda,Z (2405)-Volzhin,A (2530)/Wisla 1998/
EXT 2000 (63)}) (7. Bxf6 gxf6 (7... Qxf6 8. Qxc4 c5 9. Ne4 Qf4 10. dxc5 Nxc5
11. Ned2 Qxc4 12. Nxc4 b5 $15 {1/2 Arnold,F (2355)-Peredy,F (2235)/Budapest
1995/CBM 050 ext (38)}) 8. O-O-O Rb8 9. Qxc4 b5 10. Qd3 Bh6+ 11. e3 Bb7 12. d5
Qe7 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. Qd4 Bg7 15. Qh4 f5 16. Qxe7+ Kxe7 $15 {0-1 Goldin,A 
(2530)-Gelfand,B (2585)/Klaipeda 1988/CBM 011 (32)}) (7. e3 Rb8 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9.
Qxc4 b5 10. Qd3 Bb7 11. Rd1 c5 12. d5 c4 13. Qc2 Bb4 14. dxe6 fxe6 15. Be2 Qa5
{1/2 Csom,I (2460)-Schlosser,P (2485)/Budapest 1991/CBM 027}) 7... b5 $1 {
A typical pawn sacrifice.} (7... c5 8. Bg2 {[%cal Gg2a8]}) 8. Nxb5 Rb8 9. Na7
$2 {[%csl Ra7] Directly to hell!} (9. Na3 Rxb2 (9... Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Bxd2+ 11.
Nxd2 Bb7 12. f3 O-O 13. Naxc4 Nb6 14. Nxb6 cxb6 15. e4 {Black gets a
development advantage for his sacrificed pawn but he has yet to prove it is a
sufficient compensation.}) 10. Nxc4 Rb4 11. Qc2 Bb7 12. Bg2 Be7 13. O-O Be4 14.
Qc1 O-O 15. Bd2 Rb7 {and Black should gradually equalize.}) 9... Rb4 $1 10.
Bxf6 gxf6 11. Qa5 Bb7 {[%cal Rd8b8,Rd8a8] The a7-knight is lost, and White
starts a desperate attack. Black makes several inaccuracies, and the attack
becomes quite dangerous.} 12. Bh3 Qb8 (12... Qa8 $142 13. Qh5 Ke7 14. d5 Bxd5
$19) 13. Qh5 Ke7 (13... Rb6 $142 $19) 14. d5 Qxa7 $2 (14... Bxd5 $1 15. Qxd5
exd5 16. Nc6+ Kd6 17. Nxb8 Rxb8 {[%cal Yd7e5] keeping a healthy extra pawn (M.
Notkin).}) 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Bxe6 $1 Kxe6 17. Qe8+ Be7 18. Qxh8 Nf8 19. Qg8+
Kd7 20. O-O-O+ $2 {[%mdl 16384] White misses his chance. His king will be
unsafe here.} (20. Qg4+ $1 Ke8 21. Qh5+ Ng6 22. Qxh7 $13) (20. Rd1+ $143 Ke8
21. Nd4 {M.Notkin} Bc8) 20... Ke8 21. Qg4 (21. Nd4 c3 $1 {and Black's attack
comes first! The same happens after the text move.}) 21... Qc5 22. a3 Rxb2 $1
23. Kxb2 Qxa3+ 24. Kb1 Qb3+ 25. Ka1 c3 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2009.01.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 Ne8 {This move looks clearly inferior to 9...Nh5 but GM Teimour
Radjabov definitely had his own plan.} 10. a4 (10. c5 {is obvious and
straightforward but White probably wanted to evade Black's preparation.}) 10...
f5 11. a5 {At first sight - quite slow.} Nf6 12. Bg5 $146 {[%mdl 8] This
typical KI move is unusual in this position.} (12. a6 b6 13. c5 fxe4 14. cxd6
cxd6 15. Nd2 Kh8 16. Nc4 $6 (16. Ndxe4 Nexd5 $13) 16... Nf5 17. Be3 Bd7 18. Qd2
Rc8 19. Rac1 Be8 20. Na3 Bf7 21. Ncb5 Qd7 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Rc1 Rxc1+ 24. Qxc1
Nxd5 $17 {0-1 Steiner,T (2134)-Yanayt,E (2255)/Tulsa 2008/CBM 123 Extra (48)})
(12. Nd2 Bh6 (12... f4 13. c5 g5 14. g4 Ng6 15. f3 h5 16. h3 Rf7 17. Rf2 Bf8
18. Ba3 Rh7 19. Nf1 Be7 20. Rc1 Qf8 21. Nb5 Ne8 22. c6 bxc6 23. Rxc6 Bd8 24.
Nc3 $36 {1-0 Miroshnichenko,E (2615)-Nataf,I (2553)/Kapuskasing 2004/CBM 101
ext (76)}) 13. c5 Bxd2 14. Bxd2 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 fxe4 16. Bg5 Qe8 17. Rc1 Nf5 $132
18. Rc3 $6 Bd7 19. Qd2 Nd4 20. Re1 Bb5 $15 {0-1 Epishin,V (2465)-Akopian,V 
(2520)/Tbilisi 1989/CBM 012 (37)}) 12... Nh5 $5 {The knight finally goes to h5.
What about the time wasted?} (12... fxe4 13. Nd2 {or}) (12... Nxe4 13. Nxe4
fxe4 14. Nd2 h6 (14... Bf5 15. g4 $1) 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Nxe4 {leads to a
typical situation when White controls the e4-square - and then the advance of
his queenside pawns will be very important!}) (12... h6 $5 13. Bxf6 Rxf6 14.
Qd3 {[%cal Yf3d2,Yc4c5]}) 13. exf5 $5 gxf5 (13... Bxf5 14. Qd2 Nf4 15. Bxf4
exf4 16. Rfe1 $14) 14. Qd2 {[%cal Rf3e5]} Nf6 15. c5 {Black's knight
manoeuvres (it has made 5 moves!) has brought White a considerable development
advantage.} Bd7 16. b5 Be8 17. c6 {This is a potential queen!} b6 18. Nh4 {
White must attack Black's second weakness - the f5 pawn, otherwise he will not
be able to break through on the queenside.} Bf7 19. Bd3 Bg6 20. f3 Qe8 21. Kh1
Kh8 22. Bc2 Qf7 23. g4 $5 {Taking an opportunity but maybe it was more
sadistic to continue the torture by} (23. Ra4 $5) 23... Nfg8 (23... fxg4 24.
Nxg6+ Nxg6 25. fxg4 Nf4 $5 26. Bxf4 exf4 27. Bf5 $1 $16 (27. Qxf4 $143 Qg8 28.
Qd2 Nxg4)) 24. Ra4 Rae8 (24... fxg4 25. Nxg6+ hxg6 26. Rxg4 Nf6 27. Bxf6 Bxf6
28. Rfg1 $16) 25. axb6 axb6 26. Ra7 (26. Nxg6+ $142 $5 Qxg6 (26... hxg6 $2 27.
gxf5) 27. Ra7) 26... Rc8 27. Nxg6+ Qxg6 (27... hxg6 $5) 28. Rg1 $6 {This rook
should protect the f-file!} (28. Be3 $142 {[%cal Rg4g5,Rf3f4]} Qf7 29. h3 {
and White must gradually break up Black's defence.}) 28... Qf7 29. Rg3 e4 {Or}
(29... fxg4 $5 30. Qd3 $140 Bh6 {and Black frees himself.}) {Both players were
under time pressure (especially Ivanchuk); hence inaccurate play.} 30. Ne2 (30.
gxf5 Nxf5 31. Rh3 exf3 32. Rxf3 Qh5 $1 $13) 30... Nf6 (30... Qxd5 $5 31. Qxd5
Nxd5 32. fxe4 Nb4 33. Bb1 fxe4 (33... fxg4 34. Kg1 $1 {[%csl Rb4][%cal Rg5d2]})
34. Bxe4 Rce8 35. Bf3 Nd3 36. Rxc7 Be5 $132) 31. Nf4 exf3 32. gxf5 Nfxd5 33.
Rxf3 Nxf4 34. Qxf4 Bf6 35. Bb3 Qh5 36. Bxf6+ Rxf6 37. Be6 $6 (37. Bc2 $13)
37... Rcf8 38. Rxc7 $4 {[%mdl 8192] Of course, a blunder but it was far from
easy for White to find his salvation:} (38. Rg3 $3 Nxf5 (38... Rxe6 39. fxe6
Qd5+ 40. Kg1 Qd1+ 41. Kg2 $11) 39. Bxf5 Rxf5 40. Qd4+ Re5 41. Rxc7 Rf1+ 42. Kg2
Qe2+ 43. Kh3 Rf8 44. Qa1 $1 {and Black has no mate, just a perpetual.}) 38...
Rxe6 39. fxe6 Rxf4 40. Rxf4 Qd5+ 41. Kg1 Qg5+ 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2009.01.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Stellwagen, Daniel"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 h6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Bd3 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. c3 O-O 12. b4 Qe7 13. Re1 b6 14. Be4 Rb8
15. b5 Bb7 16. Bxb7 Rxb7 17. Qa4 a5 18. Rad1 Rbb8 19. Ne5 Bxe5 20. Rxe5 Rfd8
21. Rde1 Qf6 22. Qc4 Rbc8 23. g3 Rd6 24. h4 h5 25. R1e3 Qd8 26. Qe2 Rd5 27.
Rxd5 Qxd5 28. Re5 Qd8 29. Qe4 Qf6 30. Qb7 Qd8 31. Qe4 Qf6 32. Qb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2009.01.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {The Spanish, regarded over the past 5-10 yaesr as
one of the most solid ways to play for Black. Several elite players (eg.
Aronian) confidently hide behind its bastions, without any fear at all.} a6 4.
Ba4 ({It ahs been known since time immemorial that the win of the pawn by} 4.
Bxc6 dxc6 5. Nxe5 {is only temporary:} Qd4) 4... Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 {
But now this is necessary, since Bxc6 and Nxe5 was a threat.} 7. Bb3 O-O {
Most modern-day players castle with the pawn still on d7. It is always nice to
threaten a Marshall, even if one actually intends to play another, quieter
line.} 8. c3 {Vassily is not afraid of anything...} d6 {Nor is Magnus, but
even so, he decides not to risk a theoretical duel. Mind you, one cannot
escape from a serious theoretical examination, whatever move one plays here -
the Spanish has been analysed deeply in all its variations..} 9. h3 ({The
classical recipe. From time to time, White chooses the more direct} 9. d4 {
allowing the bishop out to g4.}) 9... a5 {So that's his idea...Excuse my
excessive emotion, but when you are expecting to see the main line, on which
you have commentated innumerable times before, and then you get a fresh move -
well, your eyes light up, the sun shines, and your brain starts to work again.
Actually, the move has been known for a long time. It was first played in 1935
by the Swedish master G Stoltz. At the end of the 1940s it was taken up by the
likes of Bondarevsky, Bolbochan, Rossolimo, etc. But then its popularity waned,
and theory was evidently not convinced of its merits. But lately, it has
become popular again. Black prepares to drive the dangerous Spanish bishop off
the diagonal by means of a5-a4.} 10. d4 {Ivanchuk decides not to prevent his
opponent's plan, but to get on with his own.} ({In a clash between two of the
line's pioneers, the continuation} 10. a4 {was tested. After} b4 11. d4 bxc3
12. Nxc3 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 exd4 14. Qxd4 Rb8 15. Bc4 c6 16. b3 Nd7 17. Bf4 Bf6 18.
Qe3 Ne5 19. Bxe5 Bxe5 20. Rad1 Be6 {Black had excellent play 
(Konstantinopolsky-Bondarevsky, USSR Ch 1948).}) 10... a4 ({The father of the
variation played it differently:} 10... exd4 11. cxd4 a4 12. Bc2 Nb4 13. Nc3
Nxc2 14. Qxc2 c6 15. d5 cxd5 16. exd5 b4 17. Nxa4 Bd7 18. b3 Nxd5 19. Qc4 Bf6
20. Bb2 Bxa4 21. Bxf6 Nxf6 22. bxa4 Rxa4 {and Black had the advantage (Sir G
Thomas-Stoltz, Warsaw 1935).}) 11. Bc2 Bd7 {Introduced into practice by
Smyslov. The bishop develops very modestly. It's main object is not to
obstruct the other pieces, and, of course, also to support the pawn on b5.} 12.
Na3 {It seems that Ivanchuk is well acquainted with the theory, although he
can hardly have prepared for this variation. He spent some time trying to
recall his old knowledge, and then quickly utilises it.} ({The move} 12. Be3 {
allows Black to exchange the strong Spanish bishop, in the style of Stoltz:}
exd4 13. cxd4 Nb4 $1) ({Another move which has been played here is} 12. Nbd2 {
One recent example is} Re8 13. Bd3 Rb8 14. Qe2 Bf8 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 dxe5
17. Nf3 h6 18. b3 Bc5 19. Be3 Qe7 20. bxa4 bxa4 21. Rab1 Rb6 {and Black
obtained equal chances (G Garcia-Becerra Rivero, USA 2008).}) 12... Rb8 {
Black is prepared for further action on the queenside.} ({Formerly the main
line was considered to be} 12... Qb8 {This queen manoeuvre becmes possible,
thanks to the modest move Bc8-d7. The game Renet-Agdestein, Lyon 1988 continued
} 13. Bd3 exd4 14. cxd4 Nb4 15. Bb1 Qb7 16. Bg5 Rad8 17. Nc2 Na6 18. Ne3 Rfe8
19. Qd3 g6 20. a3 c5 21. e5 dxe5 22. dxe5 Bc6 23. Qc3 Nd5 {and Black won after
a sharp struggle.}) 13. d5 {Apparently a novelty.} ({The last word of theory
here is} 13. Bd3 b4 14. Nc4 bxc3 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nfxe5 dxe5 17. bxc3 Bd6 18.
Bc2 Bc6 19. Bg5 a3 20. Qf3 h6 21. Bc1 Qe7 22. Ne3 Bd7 23. Bb3 Kh8 {1/2-1/2
Yagupov,I (2482)-Zaitsev,I (2417)/Moscow 2000/EXT 2001}) 13... Na7 ({After
some thought, Carlsen retreats the knight deep within its own camp. Of course,
a7 is only a temporary post - Black needs to regroup as quickly as possible
and advance c7-c6. Thus far, White has not yet definitely seized the
initiative. A concrete battle is starting...The clocks times are not
surprising: 1.12 - 1.44. On} 13... Na5 {the reply} 14. b4 $1 {is unpleasant,
eg.} axb3 15. axb3 {and the threat of b3-b4 gives Black some problems.}) ({
The counter-blow} 13... b4 {does not promise equality:} 14. Nc4 $1 Na7 15. cxb4
Rxb4 16. b3 {and White can even attack the queenside successfully.} axb3 17.
axb3 Nc8 18. Ra8) 14. c4 {The whole times Vassily was thinking, I was studying
precisely this move, the sharpest and most aggressive.} Ra8 {An amazingly
quick response, like a table tennis. response. Magnus frees the square b8 for
his queen. But this leads us to ask the question: was 12...Rb8 really a good
move? Wasn't the more usual 12. ..Qb8 better? Amazingly quick...Black had a
number of interesting moves, the consequences of which were not easy to assess.
} ({In the variation} 14... b4 15. Nb1 Qe8 {White obtains the advantage by} 16.
c5 $1) ({Black is simply worse after} 14... bxc4 15. Nxc4 Qe8 16. Be3 Nc8 17.
Rc1 {etc.}) ({It seems to me that the young Norwegian's fighting temperament
is suited by the pawn sacrifice} 14... c6 15. dxc6 Bxc6 16. cxb5 Nxb5 17. Bxa4
Qd7 18. Nxb5 Bxb5 19. Bxb5 Rxb5 20. b3 Qb7 21. Qe2 Rc8 {and a quick central
break with d6-d5 will follow. On the other hand, of course, it is always
easier to sacrifice somebody else's pawns...}) 15. Be3 ({Now Black would answer
} 15. c5 {with} c6 $1 {After} 16. cxd6 Bxd6 17. dxc6 Bxc6 {he has everything
defended, whereas with the queen on e8 (as in the variation above beginning 14.
..b4), the bishop on d6 would be hanging.}) ({whilst after} 15. cxb5 Nxb5 16.
Bxa4 Nc3 $1 17. bxc3 Rxa4 {Black would obtain a definite initiative for the
pawn.}) ({The modest} 15. Bd2 {deserves attention.}) 15... b4 {This is the
drawback of 15. Be3. Black now keeps the c-file closed, on which he has a
backward pawn on c7.} 16. Nb1 c5 {Slamming the door!} 17. a3 ({Note that
exchanging a central pawn for a flank pawn by means of} 17. Bxa4 Nxe4 {would
not be good for White.}) ({However, it was possible to exchange central pawns:
} 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. d6 {although without great effect:} Re8 19. dxe7 Qxe7 {
with complicated play.}) 17... b3 {The key goes into the lock. Now the
queenside is sealed up for good.} 18. Bd3 {Now all hopes rest on the other
side of the board. Possibly the two sides will prepare the corresponding
breaks f2-f4 and f7-f5.The position looks about equal.} Nxe4 {Lightning from a
clear sky! Carlsen decisively abandons the slow manoeuvering. However, with a
knight on a7, such complications are rarely favourable. Black will regain his
piece, of course, but in the subsequently play, the white army should be
better coordinated.} ({At first, the official site showed Black's move as} 
18... Nxd5 {producing shock the whole chess world over. Admittedly, though,
even the move 18...Nxe4 can hardly be described as the most normal.}) ({
I think that 99 players out of 100 would have played} 18... Nc8 {aiming to put
the knight on b6 and then slowly prepare something on the kingside. The 100th
player is carlsen. True, as far as the rating list is concerned, he is closer
to first. And the rest of us, we ordinary players, follow at a respectful
distance...}) 19. Bxe4 ({vassily does not need much time to take himself in
hand. Weaker is} 19. Nxe5 dxe5 20. Bxe4 Bd6 {and after f7-f5, Black has a good
structure and attacking chances.}) 19... f5 20. Nfd2 ({A surprise in return.
Evidently, Vassily wants to put his queen's knight on d2. I was looking at} 20.
Bd3 e4 21. Nc3 $1 {and in my view, whichever way Black recaptures the piece,
he does not obtain equality. White stands much better in the centre.}) ({
One mystery remains: why did White not play} 20. Nc3 fxe4 21. Nxe4 {By
comparison with the game, his knightis on f3, instead of b1, which is
obviously a significant gain.}) 20... fxe4 21. Qh5 {I would ask you to bear in
mind that I am writing my comments as the game is being played, and before
seeing the next move. I have to make a lot of guesses, based on my own
understanding of the logic of the position.} ({Now it turns out that Ivanchuk
is not planning} 21. Nxe4 {on which one can recommend} Qe8 {and the queen
comes to g6.}) 21... Be8 ({One can well ask what the queen is doing on h5. I
prefer the reply} 21... Qe8 {In the ending, Black puts his bishop on g6 and
his knight on b6, although this can hardly lead to any serious disturbance of
the equality..}) 22. Qe2 Bd7 23. Qh5 Be8 24. Qe2 Bd7 {The players are
evidently worn out by the stress of the game. After the opening, the battle
was very hard and non-standard, and the move 18...Nxe4 was the icing on the
cake.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2009.01.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 a5 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2
c5 9. Rd1 Be4 10. Qc1 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Na6 13. Bxb4 axb4 14. Nd2 d5
15. Qc2 Qd7 16. cxd5 Rfc8 17. Qd3 Nxd5 18. Qf3 h6 19. N2b3 Qb7 20. Nb5 Qd7 21.
N5d4 Qb7 22. Nf5 Rd8 23. e4 exf5 24. exd5 Nc5 25. Nxc5 bxc5 26. b3 g6 27. Rac1
Ra5 28. Rd2 h5 29. h4 Rd6 30. Kh2 Qd7 31. Qd3 Qd8 32. Rc4 Qd7 33. Rcc2 Qd8 34.
Qc4 Qa8 35. Rd3 Qd8 36. Re2 Kg7 37. Rde3 Qf6 38. Rd2 Rd8 39. Qf4 Ra6 40. Qc7
Qd6 41. Re7 Qxc7 42. Rxc7 Rda8 43. Rxc5 Rxa2 44. Rxa2 Rxa2 45. Kg2 Rb2 46. d6
Rd2 47. Rc4 Rxd6 48. Rxb4 Rd3 49. Rb7 Kf6 50. b4 Rb3 51. b5 f4 52. gxf4 Ke6 53.
f5+ Kxf5 54. Rxf7+ Kg4 55. Rf6 Rxb5 56. Rxg6+ Kxh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2009.01.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B83"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "Movsesian,S"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. f4 Nc6 7. Be3 Bd7 $5 ({
It was clear, that Ivanchuk had some improvement on our last game and I was
not very curious to see it:)} 7... a6 8. Qf3 Qa5 $5 9. Bd3 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 e5 11.
Be3 exf4 12. Bd2 $5 $13 {Ivanchuk-Movsesian,Nanjing 2008}) 8. Be2 ({Another
option is} 8. Qf3 Nxd4 9. Bxd4 Qa5) 8... Be7 9. Ndb5 Qb8 10. O-O O-O 11. a4 Rd8
12. Kh1 Nb4 13. Bf3 e5 $5 14. Qe2 Bc6 15. fxe5 (15. f5 {would be in Black's
favour after} a6 16. Na3 d5 $1) 15... dxe5 16. a5 b6 {It is time to do
something with the queenside.} (16... a6 17. Na3) 17. axb6 axb6 18. Rxa8 Bxa8
19. Na4 {Ivanchuk was already short of time, but still decided on risky play.}
({White could try to play on the kingside:} 19. g4 $5 h6 20. h4 Nh7 21. Qf2 $13
) 19... Bc6 20. c4 $6 ({White was probably not satisfied with} 20. Bxb6 Bxb5
21. Qxb5 Nxc2 22. Rc1 Rd2 $11) 20... Nxe4 21. Nxb6 f5 $1 {Now Black will
develop a strong initiative, as the white knights are misplaced.} 22. Nc3 Qb7
23. c5 Nd3 24. Bxe4 $6 {Trying to simplify the position in time-trouble, but
in fact just helping Black to increase the pressure.} ({Black would be only
somewhat better after} 24. Nxe4 Bxe4 25. Qc2 Bxf3 26. gxf3 Qc6 $15) 24... Bxe4
25. b4 Kh8 $1 26. Rb1 f4 27. Bg1 $2 ({White's only chance was} 27. Bxf4 exf4
28. Nxe4 Qxe4 29. Qxe4 Nf2+ 30. Kg1 Nxe4 31. Re1 Rd4 32. c6 Bd6 33. Na8 $1 Nf6
34. Rc1 Rxb4 35. c7 Bxc7 36. Nxc7) 27... Bg6 28. Nc4 e4 29. Na5 Qa8 30. c6 Bxb4
31. Nb7 f3 $1 $19 32. gxf3 exf3 33. Qxf3 Rf8 34. Qd5 Bxc3 35. c7 Nf4 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2009.01.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Qd2 Nbd7 11. a4 Qc7 12. Rfd1 Rac8 13. a5 Nc5 {Black is
willing to accept a slightly inferior pawn structure in return for the freedom
of his pieces.} 14. Nxc5 dxc5 15. Qe1 Rfd8 16. Rxd8+ Rxd8 17. f3 c4 (17... Qc6
18. Na4 Nd7 19. c4 Nf8 20. Nb6 f6 21. Nd5 Bd6 22. Ra3 Bf7 23. Rb3 Ne6 24. Rb6
Qd7 25. Qa1 Rc8 26. Bd1 Rb8 27. Ba4 Qd8 28. Qa3 Nd4 $11 {1-0 Ponomariov,R 
(2718)-Alekseev,E (2708)/Moscow 2008 (53)}) 18. Na4 Nd7 19. Qc3 {The next few
moves strongly resemble the shadow theatre as both players seem unsure about
the best concept.} (19. h3 Qc6 20. Kh2 Kf8 21. Bd2 Nc5 22. Nb6 Nd7 23. Be3 Nxb6
24. Bxb6 Rc8 25. Rd1 h6 26. Qc3 f6 27. g3 Qa4 28. Qd2 Bb4 $15 {1/2-1/2
Naiditsch,A (2638)-Pashikian,A (2556)/Moscow 2008 (47)}) (19. Kf1 Rc8 20. Nb6
Nxb6 21. Bxb6 Qc6 22. c3 Bc5 23. Bxc5 Qxc5 24. Qf2 Qc7 25. Ra4 h6 26. Qe3 Rd8
27. Kf2 Rd6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Petrik,T (2522)-Fercec,N (2501)/Pula 2007 (34)}) 19...
f6 (19... Qc6 20. b4 cxb3 21. Qxc6 bxc6 22. cxb3 Bxb3 23. Kf2 Kf8 24. Bxa6 Bxa4
25. Rxa4 Nc5 26. Bxc5 Bxc5+ 27. Ke2 Rb8 $11) (19... Rc8 $5) 20. b3 (20. b4 $5
Qc6 21. Qa3 $14) 20... Rc8 21. b4 Qc6 22. Qa3 f5 $6 {Karjakin is searching for
counterplay. It was more cautious to secure the bishop on e7 and live with
slightly worse chances.} (22... Bf8 23. Rd1 (23. c3 Qb5 24. Nb2 $14) 23... Qb5
24. Rb1 Qc6 25. Nc3 $14) 23. b5 $1 axb5 (23... Bxa3 $2 24. bxc6 $18) 24. Qxe7
bxa4 25. Rd1 (25. a6 Qxa6 26. Rd1 Nf8 27. Rd6 Qa5 $13) 25... Nf8 (25... f4 26.
Rd6 Qxd6 27. Qxd6 Rc6 28. Qe7 fxe3 29. Bxc4 $1 Bxc4 30. Qxd7 $18) 26. Rd6 Re8
$1 (26... Qe8 27. Qxe8 Rxe8 28. exf5 Bxf5 29. Bxc4+ Be6 30. Bb5 Ra8 31. a6 bxa6
32. Bxa4 $16) 27. Rxc6 Rxe7 28. Bc5 $1 {A magnificient blow in a position
where Ivanchuk is pawn down. The main idea is to get the best square for the
rook currently on c6.} Rd7 $2 (28... Re8 29. Rc7 fxe4 30. fxe4 (30. Rxb7 Ra8
31. Rb5 Nd7 32. Ba3 e3 $1 $11) 30... Ra8 (30... Nd7 31. Bb4 Rb8 32. Kf2 $14)
31. Bb4 a3 32. Bxa3 Rxa5 33. Bb4 $14) 29. Rb6 $1 (29. Rxe6 Nxe6 30. Bxc4 Rd1+
31. Kf2 Rd2+ 32. Kf1 Rxc2 33. Bxe6+ Kh8 $132) 29... fxe4 (29... Bf7 30. a6 bxa6
31. Rb8 $18) 30. fxe4 c3 (30... Rd2 31. Rxb7 $1 Rxe2 32. a6 $18) 31. Kf2 $1 {
[%mdl 2048] Ivanchuk is showing his legendary class. Not only he refrained
from dubious combination on the 29th move, but now he improves the king in
order to cooperate with his excellently located pieces.} (31. Bxf8 Kxf8 32.
Rxe6 a3 33. Bc4 Rd1+ 34. Kf2 Rd2+ 35. Ke3 Rxc2 $14) (31. a6 bxa6 32. Rb8 Rf7
33. Ra8 $16) 31... Ba2 (31... Rd2 32. a6 bxa6 33. Rb8 h5 34. Rxf8+ Kh7 35. Ke3
Rxc2 36. Bd6 $16) 32. a6 $1 bxa6 33. Rb8 Rf7+ 34. Ke3 g6 {Black is defending a
very compromised position despite the fact, that he nominally enjoys advantage
of two pawns.} (34... Rf6 35. Be7 Rf7 36. Bd6 $16) 35. Bd6 Rf6 (35... Kg7 36.
Bxe5+ Kh6 37. Bxc3 $16) 36. Rd8 a3 (36... Be6 37. Bxa6 a3 38. Bxa3 Kg7 39. Re8
Ba2 40. Bc8 $18) 37. Bxa3 Kg7 38. Bd6 Rf7 39. Bxe5+ Kh6 40. Bxa6 Ne6 41. Rc8 {
Karjakin has ended the game positionally and materially bankrupt. A great
creative achievement by Ivanchuk!} 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2009.01.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be6 8.
d3 Be7 9. a3 O-O 10. b4 a5 11. b5 Nd4 12. Rb1 Nd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Nxe5 Bxg2
15. Kxg2 Qd5+ 16. Nf3 Nxf3 17. exf3 Rfd8 18. Re1 Bf8 19. a4 Qxd3 20. Qxd3 Rxd3
21. Bf4 c6 22. bxc6 bxc6 23. Rec1 Rd4 24. Rxc6 Rxa4 25. Bd6 Bxd6 26. Rxd6 h6
27. Rd7 Rb4 28. Rxb4 axb4 29. Rb7 Ra4 30. h4 h5 31. g4 g6 32. gxh5 gxh5 33. Rb5
Kg7 34. Rxh5 b3 35. Rb5 Rxh4 36. Rxb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2009.01.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 e6 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. b3 Re8 12. Bb2 a5 $146 {[%mdl 8] A new plan.
Black prepares queenside counterplay. Besides, if the white knight now moves
away from c3, ...a5-a4 will follow.} (12... Qe7 {is a common move in this
position played, among others, by Ivanchuk himself:} 13. Bf1 (13. Qe2 {[%cal
Ye2c2] is also possible}) 13... Rad8 14. a4 Rc8 15. Ba3 Qd8 16. Rab1 a5 17. Qe2
Bf8 18. Qb2 Ra8 19. Bxf8 Rxf8 20. b4 {1/2 Van Wely,L (2668)-Ivanchuk,V (2699)/
Wijk aan Zee 2003/CBM 093}) ({On the other hand,} 12... e5 {is premature and
only creates a weakness on d5, e.g.} 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Qf4 Nxd3
16. Rxd3 Qa5 17. Rad1 Rac8 18. Qf3 Red8 19. a3 $14 {[%csl Rd5] 1-0 Van Wely,L 
(2648)-Beckhuis,G (2328)/Germany 2006/EXT 2007 (40)}) 13. Rab1 {White starts
preparing b3-b4.} Qb8 14. Qe2 h5 {A typical move. Black wants to force h3-h4
and obtain the g4 square.} 15. Qc2 Nb6 16. Ne2 Nc8 17. Bc3 Nd6 18. Be1 (18. c5
Nf5 $11) 18... Bh6 19. Nc3 b5 $5 {Looks premature but how could Black prepare
this advance better? Waiting was not an option either - White would play Qe2,
f3, Bg3 etc.} 20. cxb5 cxb5 21. Qe2 b4 22. Na4 e5 $5 {Otherwise White seizes
the c5-square and stands better.} 23. dxe5 Rxe5 24. Qb2 Nd7 25. Rbc1 (25. Nc5
$5 Re7 26. Qd4 $14) 25... Bg7 26. Qc2 Ra7 27. Be2 (27. Qc6 $142 Nf6 28. Nc5 $36
{activating the knight. Instead, White starts lengthy manoeuvring, and Black
consolidates his position.}) 27... Kh7 28. Qc6 Nf5 29. Qc2 Qe8 30. Bf1 Bh6 31.
Bd3 Nf6 32. Qc8 Qe7 33. Bxf5 (33. Nb6 $5 d4 34. Qc2 {[%cal Rb6c8]}) 33... Rxf5
34. Qc5 Qb7 35. Rc2 {This allows a freeing pawn sacrifice, а la Nimzowitsch.} (
35. Qd4 $5 $14 {[%cal Yc1c5]}) (35. Qb6 $5 $14) 35... d4 $5 {[%mdl 512]
However, a pawn is a pawn!} 36. Qxd4 Rd5 37. Qa1 Rg5 38. f4 Rd5 39. Rxd5 Nxd5
40. Qd4 Bg7 41. Qd3 Qa8 42. Bd2 $6 {Converting White's material advantage is
not an easy task. He should probably start solving it with the prophylactic} (
42. Bh4 $1 Rd7 $140 43. Nc5 {the d8-square is now unavailable} Rc7 44. Rc4 {
etc. Instead, he places his bishop in a passive position.}) 42... Rd7 43. Nc5
Rd8 44. Qe4 Qa7 45. Qf3 Nc3 46. Ne4 a4 $5 47. Kh2 axb3 48. axb3 Qc7 (48... Qd7
$5 49. Be1 Nxe4 50. Qxe4 Re8 51. Qxb4 Rxe3 52. Bf2 Rd3 $44 {[%csl Rb3,Rf4] was
probably even better}) 49. Be1 Re8 50. Nxc3 {Practically resigning himself to
a draw - with the strong c3-pawn Black easily reaches one.} bxc3 51. e4 Qb7 (
51... Bd4 $5) 52. Bxc3 Qxb3 53. Rc1 Rc8 54. e5 Bh6 55. Kg3 Qe6 56. Rf1 $6 {
An oversight but} (56. Bd2 Rxc1 57. Bxc1 {is hardly promising}) 56... Bxf4+ $1
{[%mdl 64]} 57. Qxf4 (57. Kxf4 Rxc3 58. Qxc3 Qf5+ 59. Kg3 Qxf1 $11) 57... Rxc3+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2009.01.30"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qc2 Nc6 9. Bd3 Ba5 10. a3 h6 11. O-O O-O 12. Be3 Nce7 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Bh7+
Kh8 15. Be4 Bd7 16. Bxd5 exd5 17. Qb3 Bc6 18. Ne5 Bc7 19. Qd3 Be8 20. Rfe1 f6
21. Ng6+ Bxg6 22. Qxg6 Qd7 23. Re2 Rae8 24. Rae1 Qf7 25. Qxf7 Rxf7 26. Bd2 Rxe2
27. Rxe2 Bb6 28. Re8+ Kh7 29. Bc3 Rd7 30. g4 Kg6 31. Kg2 f5 32. f3 Bd8 33. h3
Bf6 34. Kg3 Rd8 35. Rxd8 Bxd8 36. Bd2 fxg4 37. fxg4 Bf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2009.01.31"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 Nc6 6. Nc3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3
Be6 9. Nd5 Bxd5 10. exd5 Nb4 11. c4 a5 12. Qd2 b6 13. Be2 O-O 14. O-O Na6 15.
Rae1 Nd7 16. f4 Nac5 17. fxe5 Nxb3 18. axb3 Nxe5 19. b4 Nd7 20. Bd1 Bf6 21. b3
Be5 22. Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2009.02.01"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Bd2 e6 8. h3 Bxf3
9. Qxf3 Ba3 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Rad1 Rc8 13. Qe2 Re8 14. c5 Bb4 15. a3
Bxc3 16. Bxc3 e5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Bf5 Ra8 19. Bd4 Qe7 20. Bb1 a5 21. Qb2 a4
22. f4 Ned7 23. b4 Qf8 24. g4 Ne4 25. g5 f5 26. gxf6 Ndxf6 27. Kh2 g6 28. Rg1
Kf7 29. Qg2 Qh6 30. Rdf1 Qh5 31. Qb2 Ra7 32. Rg5 Qh4 33. Qg2 Rae7 34. Bc2 Kf8
35. Re5 Rf7 36. Rxe8+ Kxe8 37. f5 g5 38. Bxe4 Nxe4 39. f6 h5 40. Rf4 gxf4 41.
Qg8+ Rf8 42. Qe6+ Kd8 43. Qe7+ Kc8 44. Qxf8+ Kd7 45. Qe7+ 1-0

[Event "Linares 26th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2009.02.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Wang, Yue"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2009.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. Bxb4 cxb4 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. g3 d6 8.
Bg2 Nc6 9. O-O e5 10. d5 Nb8 11. a3 Na6 12. Ne1 Qb6 13. Nd3 Bf5 14. e4 Bg4 15.
Bf3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Nd7 17. Qe3 Ndc5 18. Nxc5 Nxc5 19. Nb3 Rfc8 20. Nxc5 Qxc5 21.
Qxc5 Rxc5 22. b3 bxa3 23. Rxa3 a5 24. Rfa1 b6 25. b4 Rxc4 26. bxa5 Rxa5 27.
Rxa5 bxa5 28. Rxa5 Kf8 29. f3 h5 30. Ra8+ Ke7 31. Ra7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 26th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2009.02.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2009.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Na6 8. Re1
c6 9. Bf1 exd4 10. Nxd4 Qb6 11. h3 Ng4 12. hxg4 Qxd4 13. Qxd4 Bxd4 {#} 14. Rd1
{A novelty, which failed to impress.} (14. g5) 14... Bxc3 $1 15. bxc3 Bxg4 16.
f3 Be6 17. Bf4 Rfd8 18. Bxd6 b6 19. a4 Nc5 20. Bxc5 (20. a5 {runs into} Nb3 {
and White must continue} 21. axb6 Nxa1 22. b7 Rab8 23. Bxb8 Rxb8 24. Rxa1 Rxb7
{where there is not even a shadow of advantage.}) 20... bxc5 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22.
Rb1 Kg7 23. a5 (23. Rb7 Rd7 $11) 23... Rd2 24. Rb7 a6 25. Rb6 Ra2 26. Rxc6 (26.
Rxa6 $4 Ra1 27. Kf2 Rxf1+ 28. Kxf1 Bxc4+ {and Black wins}) 26... Rxa5 27. f4
Kf8 28. Bd3 Ke7 29. f5 gxf5 30. exf5 Bd7 31. Rb6 f6 32. g4 h6 33. Be4 Ra4 34.
Bd5 a5 35. Kf2 Ra3 36. Be6 Bxe6 37. Rxe6+ Kf7 38. Rc6 Rxc3 39. Rxc5 a4 40. Rc7+
Kg8 41. c5 a3 42. Ra7 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 26th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2009.02.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2009.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. Bg2 d5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Qb3 Qa5 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 Ba6 14.
Rfd1 Qc5 15. e4 Bc4 16. Qa4 Nb6 17. Qb4 Qh5 18. Re1 c5 {This popular line
became even more famous after the World Championship match game Kramnik -
Anand (see CBM 127, with annotations by GM M.Marin).} 19. Qa5 Be2 $146 (19...
Rfc8 20. Be3 $5 (20. Bf4 e5 21. g4 $5 Qxg4 22. Bxe5 Be2 23. Bg3 Bf3 24. h3 Qh5
25. Qb5 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 Qg6 27. Rad1 Rc6 28. a4 h5 29. h4 Qe6 30. a5 a6 31. Qe2
Nc4 32. Rd5 Nxa5 33. Qxh5 Nc4 $13 {1/2 Harikrishna,P (2659)-Hracek,Z (2613)/
Dresden 2008/CBM 128 (73)}) 20... Be2 21. Bf4 $5 e5 22. Be3 Bg4 $6 23. Qa6 $1
$16 f6 24. a4 Qf7 25. Bf1 Be6 26. Rab1 $1 $16 {1-0 Kramnik,V (2772)-Anand,V 
(2783)/Bonn 2008/CBM 127/[Marin,M] (29)}) 20. Bf4 (20. Be3 Rfc8 {- see above
Kramnik - Anand.}) 20... e5 21. Bxe5 $5 (21. Be3 $5 Rfc8 (21... Nc4 22. Qa6
Nxe3 23. Rxe2 Nxg2 24. Kxg2 $14) 22. h3 $14) 21... Nc4 22. Qa6 Qxe5 23. Rxe2
Qxc3 24. Ree1 $14 {The bishop is stronger than the knight as the position is
quite open.} Nd2 (24... Nb2 25. Bf1 $1 $36) 25. Rac1 Qb4 26. e5 Rad8 27. Qxa7
c4 {[%csl Gc4] Black's passed pawn guarantees him counterplay in return for
the material deficit.} 28. Re3 (28. a4 Nb3 29. Rb1 c3 {[%csl Gc3]}) 28... Rfe8
29. e6 $6 {White unnecessarily gives his material advantage back.} (29. Qb7 Qa5
$140 30. Qb2 $14) (29. Rce1 $5 $14 {A Sayapin}) 29... fxe6 30. Rec3 e5 31. Bc6
Re7 32. Qe3 e4 33. Kg2 (33. a4 $5 {[%cal Yc6b5]} Rf7 $1 34. Bxe4 Qxa4 $11)
33... h6 $2 $138 (33... Re6 34. R1c2 Rxc6 35. Rxd2 Rxd2 36. Qxd2 Rd6 $11 {
A Sayapin}) 34. Rd1 $2 $138 (34. R1c2 $1 Rd3 35. Rxd3 exd3 36. Qxd2 Qc5 37.
Qxd3 Qxc6+ 38. Qf3 $16) 34... Rd6 $6 (34... Qb2 $142 35. Rxc4 Rd3 36. Rxd2 Qxd2
37. Qc5 Qg5 38. Qxg5 hxg5 39. Bxe4 Rd2 $11) 35. Rxd2 Rxc6 $14 {White keeps a
pull as Black's c4- and e4-pawns are now extremely weak.} 36. Rd8+ Kh7 37. Rd4
Kh8 38. a3 Qb5 39. Qe2 e3 $6 {Returning the favour for 29.e6.} (39... Qb7 $5 {
and White can't comfortably win a pawn:} 40. Kg1 (40. Rdxc4 Rxc4 41. Rxc4 e3+
42. f3 Qb3 $11) 40... Qb1+ 41. Rd1 Qb5 42. Rdc1 Qa6 {etc.}) 40. Rxe3 $6 (40.
fxe3 $142 $1 {, creating a passed pawn, with some winning chances.}) 40... Rxe3
41. Qxe3 (41. Rd8+ Kh7 42. Qxe3 Qf5 $132) 41... Rc8 42. Qc3 Qb7+ 43. Kg1 Qb3 $1
{Correct. In the rook ending all Black needs for a draw is to swap the
queenside pawns.} 44. Qxb3 cxb3 45. Rb4 Rc1+ 46. Kg2 Rb1 47. g4 g5 48. Rb7 b2
49. f3 Ra1 50. Rxb2 Rxa3 51. Rb5 Kg7 52. h4 gxh4 53. Rh5 Ra2+ 54. Kh3 Ra3 55.
Rf5 Kg6 56. Kxh4 h5 $1 {The simplest.} 57. Rg5+ Kf7 58. Kxh5 Rxf3 59. Kh6 Rh3+
60. Rh5 Rg3 61. g5 Kg8 62. Rh1 Ra3 63. Rb1 Ra6+ 64. g6 Ra8 65. Rb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 26th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2009.02.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D81"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2009.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Be6 6. Qb5+ Bd7 7. Qb3 c5 8.
dxc5 Bg7 9. e4 Nc6 10. Nf3 Qa5 11. Bc4 O-O 12. O-O Qxc5 13. Be3 Qh5 14. Be2 Qa5
15. Rfd1 Rfd8 {#} 16. Nd5 {Perhaps a little too aggressive.} ({After} 16. h3
Rac8 17. Rac1 {White keeps a plus.}) 16... Nxd5 (16... Nxe4 17. Qxb7 Rab8 18.
Nxe7+ $1 Nxe7 19. Qxe4 {is slightly better for White}) 17. exd5 Ne5 18. a4 Ng4
19. Bd4 Bxd4 20. Rxd4 Qb6 21. Qc3 (21. Qxb6 axb6 22. Nd2 Nf6 23. Ne4 Nxe4 24.
Rxe4 Kf8 25. Rb4 Ra5 26. Rxb6 Rxa4 27. Rxa4 Bxa4 28. Rxb7 Rxd5 $11) 21... Rac8
22. Bc4 e5 $1 23. dxe6 Bxe6 24. a5 {#} (24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Bxe6 Qxf2+ 26. Kh1
fxe6 {favours Black}) 24... Qxd4 25. Nxd4 Rxc4 26. Nxe6 {The only move} Rxc3
27. Nxd8 Rb3 (27... Rc7 $5) 28. h3 Ne5 29. Re1 Nc6 30. Nxc6 bxc6 31. Re7 Rxb2
32. Rxa7 Ra2 33. Rc7 Rxa5 34. Rxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 26th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2009.02.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2009.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game is interesting first of all for its rook endgame.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6
3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O O-O 9. Qe2 Nbd7
10. e4 Bg6 11. Bd3 Bh5 12. e5 Nd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Qe3 Re8 15. Ne1 Bg6 16.
Bxg6 hxg6 17. Nd3 Qb6 18. Nxb4 Qxb4 19. b3 Rac8 20. Ba3 Qc3 21. Rac1 Qxe3 22.
fxe3 f6 23. Bd6 a5 $2 $146 {A bad attempt to improve on Kramnik's play.} (23...
g5 24. h3 (24. Bc7 $5) 24... Kf7 25. Kf2 Kg6 26. Ke2 fxe5 27. dxe5 b6 28. b4
Rc4 29. Rxc4 dxc4 30. Rc1 Rc8 31. g4 a5 32. b5 c3 33. Rc2 Kf7 34. Kd3 Nc5+ 35.
Bxc5 Rxc5 36. Rxc3 Rxc3+ 37. Kxc3 {1/2-1/2 Anand,V (2783)-Kramnik,V (2772)/
Bonn 2008}) 24. Bc7 $1 $16 {After this move everything becomes clear. White
will double rooks on the c-file and then remove the bishop from c7, thus
forcing Black to give up the c-file. Perhaps Ivanchuk had a similar idea in
mind in the event of 23...g5 too, but Anand's 23...a5 only made 24.Bc7 even
more powerful.} fxe5 25. dxe5 b6 26. Rc3 Rf8 27. Rfc1 $1 Rf5 28. g4 Rf7 (28...
Rg5 29. h3 Ra8 (29... Nxe5 $2 30. Bxe5 Rxc3 31. Bxc3 $18) (29... Re8 30. Kg2
Nxe5 31. Bxb6 $18) 30. Kg2 Nxe5 31. Bxb6 Kh7 32. Rc8 Ra6 33. Bd8 $18) 29. Bd6
Nc5 (29... Rxc3 30. Rxc3 g5 31. Rc8+ Kh7 32. Kg2 Kg6 33. Re8 $18) 30. Bxc5 bxc5
31. Rxc5 Rcf8 (31... Rxc5 32. Rxc5 Rb7 33. Rb5 Ra7 34. Kf2 Kf7 35. e4 dxe4 36.
Ke3 $18) 32. Rxa5 Rf3 33. Ra7 g5 ({More chances to survive are offered by} 
33... Rxe3 34. Rcc7 Kh7 $1) 34. Re1 (34. Rcc7 $2 Rf1+ 35. Kg2 R1f2+ $11) 34...
d4 35. exd4 Rxb3 36. Rf1 $1 Rd3 (36... Rc8 $142) 37. Rxf8+ Kxf8 38. a5 Rxd4 39.
h3 Kg8 40. a6 Ra4 41. Kf2 Ra5 42. Kf3 Rxe5 43. Re7 Kh7 44. Re8 Ra5 45. Rxe6
Ra3+ 46. Ke4 Rxh3 {This apparently simple endgame is in fact more complicated
than it seems.} 47. Kd5 $2 ({The only winning move is} 47. Kd4 $1 {Then after}
Rg3 (47... Ra3 48. Kc5 Ra4 49. Kb6 $18) 48. Kc5 Rxg4 {White has} 49. Re5 $1 {
again the only winning move. This is why the rook is better placed on e6 than
on c6. A few variations:} Ra4 (49... Kh6 50. a7 Ra4 51. Kb6 {[%cal Ge5a5]} Rxa7
52. Kxa7 Kh5 53. Kb6 Kg4 54. Kc5 Kf4 55. Kd4 g4 56. Re7 g3 57. Rf7+ Kg4 58. Ke3
g5 59. Rf8 $18) 50. Kb5 Ra1 51. Rxg5 Kh6 52. Rc5 g5 53. Kb6 Kh5 ({Even simpler
is} 53... g4 54. a7 Rxa7 55. Kxa7) 54. Ra5 Rb1+ 55. Kc7 Rc1+ 56. Kd7 Rd1+ 57.
Ke7 Re1+ 58. Kf7 Rf1+ 59. Kg7 Rd1 60. a7 Rd8 61. a8=Q Rxa8 62. Rxa8 g4 63. Kf6
$18) (47. a7 Ra3 48. Re7 Kh6 49. Kd5 g6 50. Kc6 Rxa7 51. Rxa7) 47... Rc3 $1 ({
Both} 47... Ra3 48. Kc5) ({and} 47... Rg3 48. Kc6 Rxg4 49. a7 Ra4 50. Kb7 {
lose for Black.}) 48. Rb6 (48. Rc6 {does not win:} Rg3 49. Kc5 (49. a7 Ra3 50.
Rc7 Kh6 51. Kc6 g6 {and now Black escapes thanks to the idea Rxa7 stalemate!
The only move to prevent that is} 52. Kd7 {but then just} Ra1 {and Black waits
until the white king leaves the seventh rank, after which he takes on a7 with
stalemate.}) 49... Rxg4 {With the rook on e6 White would have played here 50.
Re5, see 47.Kd4. Now this is a draw:} 50. Kb5 (50. a7 Ra4 51. Kb6 g4 52. Rc4 (
52. Kb7 g3 53. a8=Q Rxa8 54. Kxa8 g5 55. Kb7 g2 56. Rc1 Kg6 57. Kc6 Kf5 58. Rg1
Kf4 59. Rxg2 g4 $11) 52... Rxc4 53. a8=Q Rf4 {here Black places the rook on f6,
gives up the g4-pawn and achieves a theoretical draw.}) 50... Rf4 51. a7 Rf8
52. Ra6 Ra8 53. Kc6 g4 54. Kb7 Rf8 55. a8=Q Rxa8 56. Rxa8 Kg6 $1 {It is
important to realize here that only this move achieves a draw. That's why with
the pawn on g6 instead of g7 Black would be lost.} 57. Kc6 (57. Ra5 g3 58. Kc6
g2 59. Ra1 Kf5 60. Rg1 g5 61. Rxg2 Kf4 62. Kd5 g4 63. Kd4 Kf3 $11) 57... Kf5
58. Kd5 g3 $11) (48. Kd4 {achieves nothing due to} Rc1) (48. a7 {is a draw due
to stalemate:} Ra3 49. Re7 Kh6 50. Kc6 g6 {and then take on a7.}) 48... g6 $2 {
As indicated by Ivanchuk, now White is winning again.} ({Black had to wait
until White plays Rc6 and then attack the g-pawn:} 48... Rc1 49. Rc6 (49. a7
Ra1 50. Rb7 Kh6 51. Kc6 g6 52. Kc7 Ra2 53. Kb8 Rxa7 $11) 49... Rg1 50. Kc5 Rxg4
$11 {see 48.Rc6}) 49. Kd6 $2 (49. a7 $2 Ra3 50. Rb7+ Kh6 {followed by 51...
Rxa7 is a stalemate again:}) ({But with the pawn on g6} 49. Rc6 {wins:} Rg3 50.
Kc5 Rxg4 51. Kb5 Rf4 52. a7 Rf8 53. Ra6 Ra8 54. Kc6 g4 55. Kb7 Rf8 56. a8=Q
Rxa8 57. Rxa8 $18 {As mentioned above, with the pawn on g7 the position would
be a draw because of 57...Kg6. But now White is winning:} Kh6 (57... g3 58. Kc6
g2 59. Ra1 Kh6 60. Kd5 Kg5 61. Rg1 Kf4 62. Rxg2 g5 63. Kd4 g4 64. Rf2+ Kg3 65.
Ke3 Kh3 66. Kf4 g3 67. Rf3 $18) 58. Ra5 $1 g3 59. Ra3 Kg5 60. Rxg3+ Kf5 61. Kc6
g5 62. Kd5 Kf4 63. Rg1 g4 64. Kd4 Kf3 65. Kd3 g3 66. Rf1+ Kg2 67. Ke2 $18)
49... Kh6 $11 {Now it is draw again and the evaluation won't change anymore.}
50. Rb8 {Other attempts don't win either.} (50. Rc6 Rg3 51. Kc7 Rxg4 52. a7 Ra4
53. Kb7 Rxa7+ 54. Kxa7 g4 55. Kb6 Kg5 $11) 50... Ra3 51. Ra8 Kg7 (51... Ra4 52.
Kc6 Rxg4 $2 53. a7 $18) 52. Kc5 Ra1 53. Kb6 Rb1+ 54. Ka7 Rb4 55. Rb8 Rxg4 56.
Rb5 Ra4 57. Rxg5 (57. Kb6 g4 58. a7 g3 $11) 57... Rb4 58. Rc5 Kh6 59. Rc6 Kh5
60. Rb6 Rf4 61. Rb5+ g5 62. Kb6 Rf6+ 63. Ka5 Rf7 64. Kb6 Rf6+ 65. Ka5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 26th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2009.02.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2009.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. g3 Qb6 6. Nc2 e6 7. Bg2 d5 8. O-O
Be7 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. Be3 Qa5 13. Nd4 Ne5 14. Bf4 Nc4
15. Qd3 Qa4 16. Qe4 Re8 17. Rfd1 g5 18. Be5 Bd7 19. Bc7 e5 20. Nf5 Qc6 21. Rab1
Qxe4 22. Bxe4 Bxf5 23. Bxf5 b6 24. Rd7 Rac8 25. Bd3 Na5 26. Bxe5 Nc6 27. Bd4
Red8 28. Rb7 Kf8 29. e3 h6 30. Bf5 Rb8 31. Rc7 Nxd4 32. cxd4 a5 33. Rb5 Rd6 34.
Bd3 Bd8 35. Rc2 Rb7 36. Kg2 Rdd7 37. Be4 Rbc7 38. Rcb2 Rc3 39. Kf3 Ke7 40. Kg4
Rd6 41. Rf5 Kf8 42. Kh5 Kg7 43. Bd5 Bf6 44. Bf3 a4 45. Be4 a3 46. Re2 Re6 47.
Bd5 Rd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 26th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2009.02.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2009.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 c6 8. d5 Ng4
9. Bg5 f6 10. Bh4 c5 11. O-O h5 12. Ne1 Nh6 13. f3 {Here Black played 13... g5
once before, but Ivanchuk forces opponent's bishop to abandon the diagonal
h4-d8 in a different way, after which Black uses his g6 pawn to support the
advance f6-f5.} Nf7 14. Rb1 Bh6 {Creating a positional threat to transfer the
bishop via e3 to d4.} 15. Bf2 (15. Qd3 {can be answered by} Bg5 {and then f5
anyway.}) 15... Na6 16. a3 b6 17. b4 f5 18. exf5 gxf5 19. f4 $5 Bxf4 20. Bxh5
Bd7 21. Rb3 Qg5 {Aronian played well until now, but here he errs.} 22. b5 $2 {
This advance is connected with a wrong idea.} ({In order to find the correct
solution White needs to notice the well hidden tactical motif: black queen and
king are both on the same file and White has ideas to pin the queen! This can
be reached in the following way:} 22. Nd3 $1 Be3 (22... Bd2 {doesn't prevent
White's intention:} 23. Nb1 Be3 24. b5 Nc7 25. Nxc5 Bxc5 26. Rg3) 23. bxc5 $1
Nxc5 ({Relatively best is to make a positional concession and leave the knight
on a6, although after} 23... bxc5 24. Bxe3 Qxe3+ 25. Nf2 {White has a large
advantage.}) 24. Nxc5 Bxc5 25. Bxc5 ({Accuracy is always required. Bad is to
start with} 25. Ne4 fxe4 26. Bxc5 {in view of} Ba4 $1) 25... bxc5 26. Ne4 $1
fxe4 27. Rg3 {Mission completed. White wins thanks to the pin on the g-file.})
22... Nc7 23. Bxf7+ Rxf7 24. Ne2 Rg7 25. Nxf4 Qxf4 26. Bxc5 Qh6 27. Be3 f4 28.
Bc1 Bg4 29. Qd2 Rf8 30. Nd3 Ne8 {White is a pawn up, but that doesn't matter
at all. In fact he might even prefer not to have the pawn on c4, which closes
the c-file. Unexpectedly it turns out that the position is difficult for
Aronian, since Black has very easy play on the kingside, where he enjoys two
open files and a space advantage. Black plans ...Nf6, then remove the bishop
from g4 and place the knight there, after which White will be forced to make
fatal weaknesses around his king.} 31. Nxf4 {This doesn't save White, but
there was no way out in any case.} Rxf4 32. Rxf4 Qxf4 33. Qxf4 exf4 34. Bxf4
Rf7 35. g3 Re7 {At this moment White still has three pawns for the piece.
Unfortunately he is forced to give them one by one in order to prevent Black's
increasing activity.} 36. h3 Bxh3 {The first one is gone.} 37. Kf2 Nf6 38. g4
Bxg4 {The second one.} 39. Re3 Ne4+ 40. Ke1 Kf7 41. a4 Nc5 42. Kd2 Rxe3 43.
Kxe3 Ke7 44. Kd4 {and Aronian resigned before Black would take the next pawn
on a4.} 0-1

[Event "Linares 26th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2009.02.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Wang, Yue"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2009.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. cxd5 Qxd5
15. Bf4 Rac8 16. a4 Bd6 17. Be3 Na5 18. Nd2 Qe6 19. g3 h6 20. Bf3 c5 21. dxc5
Bxc5 22. Bxc5 Qxe1+ 23. Qxe1 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Rxc5 25. Re8+ Kh7 26. Ne4 Bxe4 27.
Bxe4+ g6 28. Ra8 a6 29. Rd8 Rc7 30. Bd5 Kg7 31. Re8 Nc4 32. Bxc4 Rxc4 33. Re7
Rxc3 34. Rxb7 Rc4 35. a5 Rc5 36. Ra7 Rxa5 37. g4 Kf6 38. Kg2 Ra3 39. h4 Ke6 40.
h5 gxh5 41. gxh5 Kf6 42. f3 Ra2+ 43. Kg3 Ra1 44. Kg4 Ra4+ 45. f4 Ra1 46. Ra8
Kg7 47. Ra7 a5 48. Kf5 a4 49. Ra6 a3 50. Ra7 a2 51. Ra8 Kh7 52. Ra3 Kg8 53.
Ra8+ Kg7 54. Ra7 Rh1 55. Rxa2 Rxh5+ 56. Kg4 Rb5 57. Ra6 h5+ 58. Kh4 f6 59. Ra8
Kg6 60. Rh8 Rb1 61. Kg3 Rb3+ 62. Kg2 Ra3 63. Kf2 Ra7 64. Kg3 Rh7 65. Rxh7 Kxh7
66. f5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 26th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2009.03.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2009.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. d3 fxe4 5. dxe4 Nf6 6. Bg5 Bc5 7. Nc3 d6 8.
Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Nd5 Qd8 10. b4 Bb6 11. O-O Bg4 12. a4 O-O 13. Be2 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 a6
15. Nxb6 cxb6 16. c3 Kh8 17. Bg4 Rf6 18. Qd3 Ne7 19. g3 Qc7 20. a5 Raf8 21. Qe3
bxa5 22. Rxa5 Qc4 23. h4 Qc6 24. Be2 Rc8 25. Ra3 Rcf8 26. Kg2 d5 27. f3 Qc7 28.
Bd3 Rd6 29. Rf2 d4 30. cxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 26th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2009.03.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2009.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. cxd5 Qxd5
15. Bf4 Rac8 16. h3 h6 17. g4 Bg6 18. Bf1 Bd6 19. Rxe8+ Rxe8 20. c4 Qe4 21. Be3
Rd8 22. Bg2 Qe7 23. g5 Bc5 24. Ra2 Bh5 25. Rd2 Bxa3 26. gxh6 Bb4 27. Rd3 Rd6
28. c5 Rg6 29. Bf4 Qf6 30. Bg3 gxh6 31. Kh2 a5 32. Qa4 Bxf3 33. Bxf3 Rxg3 34.
fxg3 Nxd4 35. Bg2 c6 36. Qd1 Bxc5 37. Qg4+ Kf8 38. Qc8+ Kg7 39. Qg4+ Kf8 40.
Qc8+ Kg7 41. Qg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 26th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2009.03.03"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2009.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. Be2 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 dxc4 12. Rxc4 Nd7 13. O-O e5 14. Qc2 exd4
15. Nxd4 Nb6 16. Rc5 Nd7 17. Ra5 Nf6 18. Rc1 Bg4 19. Bf1 Bd7 20. Nf3 Bg4 21.
Nd4 Bd7 22. Nf3 Bg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 26th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2009.03.05"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2009.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 b6 11. Re1 Bb4 12. Bd2 Be6 13. g4 Ne7 14. Kg2
Rd8 15. a3 Bxc3 16. Bxc3 c5 17. Rad1 Rxd1 18. Rxd1 a5 19. Kg3 h6 20. Nh4 g5 21.
Ng2 Ng6 22. f3 a4 23. Rh1 Kd7 24. h4 h5 25. hxg5 hxg4 26. Rxh8 Nxh8 27. f4 Ng6
28. Ne3 Ne7 29. Nxg4 Bf5 30. Ne3 Be4 31. b3 axb3 32. cxb3 Nf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 26th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2009.03.06"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "Giri,A"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2009.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 {The Semi Slav, one of the sharpest
openings, which has been developed a lot thanks to Anand.} 5. e3 Nbd7 {Meran...
} 6. Qc2 {Anti-Meran...} Bd6 {and now... the Anti-Anti Meran, do you think? No!
} 7. b3 {White chooses a calm and positional approach. Instead 7.g4! is sharp
and was tried by Magnus in this tournament successfully against Anand and
unsuccessfully against Aronian.} O-O 8. Be2 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Bb2 Rc8 11. Rac1
{Normally, to the best of my knowledge, Black puts his queen on e7, before
striking in the centre. But this move order had already been played by Anand
against Ivanchuk.} c5 12. dxc5 {Novelty.} bxc5 13. Rfd1 Qe7 14. g3 {A strong
move! Ivanchuk prepares cxd exd Nh4!} Rfd8 15. cxd5 exd5 {A structure with
hanging pawns has arisen. Hanging pawns might be weak, but they can be strong
as well.. It depends on how well the player handles them.} 16. Nh4 {As I told
you! The knight is provoking some weaknesses.} Bb8 17. Bf1 {Transporting the
bishop to g2 or h3.} Ne5 {An inaccuracy, I think ...Qe6, putting the queen on
a typical square for this structure and preventing Bh3, kept the position
equal.} 18. Bh3 Rc7 19. Bg2 d4 {Too early. Aronian just gives up a pawn. But
to be honest his position was a bit unpleasant already. Though I think, after
the best ...Rcc8! Black can hold the position.} 20. Nf5 Qe8 21. exd4 cxd4 22.
Nxd4 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 g6 24. Ne4 $1 {Nice trick, which Black could have avoided
by not playing g6. But it was very bad for Black anyway. The rest is easy for
Ivanchuk.} Qe7 25. Nxf6+ Qxf6 26. Qe2 Rxc1 27. Rxc1 Qd6 28. Qe4 (28. f4 $1 {
would win immediately.} Nd7 29. Nc6 {winning.}) 28... Qb4 29. Rc2 f5 30. Qe2
Qb7+ 31. Nc6 $1 Re8 32. Kg1 Nf3+ 33. Qxf3 Re1+ 34. Kg2 Qb5 35. Rc4 1-0

[Event "Linares 26th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2009.03.07"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2009.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 Re8 10. Nc3 h6 11. Bd2 Rb8 12. Nd5 Bf8 13. a4 d6 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15.
c3 Bc8 16. axb5 axb5 17. Nh2 Be6 18. Ng4 Qg6 19. Bxe6 Qxe6 20. Ne3 Ne7 21. Ra7
c6 22. Qg4 Qxg4 23. hxg4 d5 24. Kf1 Nc8 25. Rc7 dxe4 26. dxe4 Nd6 27. f3 Rec8
28. Rxc8 Nxc8 29. Ra1 Nb6 30. Ra6 Bc5 31. b4 Bxe3 32. Bxe3 Nc4 33. Ke2 Rc8 34.
Ra7 g5 35. Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 18th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2009.03.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. Qa4
Nbd7 9. e5 Nb6 10. exf6 Nxa4 11. fxg7 Re8 12. Nxa4 e5 13. dxe5 Bg4 14. Nc3 Bxf3
15. gxf3 Rxe5+ 16. Be2 Qe7 17. f4 Re6 18. Kf1 Rd8 19. Bf3 Re1+ 20. Kg2 Rxh1 21.
Kxh1 Rd3 22. Kg2 c6 23. Ne4 f5 24. Nc3 Kxg7 25. a4 a5 26. Nd1 h5 27. Ne3 h4 28.
h3 Qe6 29. Kf1 Rd4 30. Be2 Qe4 31. f3 Rxa4 32. fxe4 Rxa1 33. exf5 Rxc1+ 34. Kf2
Rb1 35. Nc4 a4 36. fxg6 Rxb2 37. Nxb2 a3 38. Bc4 axb2 39. Bd3 c5 40. Ke3 b5 41.
Bb1 b4 42. Kd3 Kxg6 43. Kc4+ 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 18th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2009.03.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. a3 Nc6 11. Bd3 Bb6 12. O-O Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. b4 Re8
15. Rc1 a6 16. Bxa6 Rxa6 17. b5 Rxa3 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. Rxc6 Ra7 20. Qb3 Bxf3
21. Rxb6 Be2 22. Rb1 Bc4 23. Qc3 Rae7 24. f3 f6 25. Qd4 Qc8 26. e4 dxe4 27. Rc1
e3 28. Qxc4+ Qxc4 29. Rxc4 e2 30. Bg3 e1=Q+ 31. Bxe1 Rxe1+ 32. Kh2 R1e7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 18th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2009.03.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. f4 d6 8. Qf3
Be7 9. O-O-O O-O 10. Rg1 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 e5 12. fxe5 dxe5 13. Qg3 Rd8 14. Be2
Rxd4 15. Rxd4 Bc5 16. Rc4 Be6 17. Rd1 Bxc4 18. Bxc4 Rd8 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. Bxd5
Kh8 21. Rf1 f6 22. Kb1 b5 23. Qf3 b4 24. g4 Qb6 25. h4 Be3 26. g5 Bf4 27. gxf6
Qxf6 28. h5 a5 29. a4 Qg5 30. Qe2 Rf8 31. Rh1 Qe7 32. Qa6 Qc5 33. Bb3 Rd8 34.
Ka2 Bg5 35. Rf1 Bf4 36. Rd1 Qf8 37. Bd5 Qc5 38. Bb3 Qf8 39. Rh1 Ra8 40. Qb6 Qd8
41. Qe6 Qe8 42. Qd5 Qd8 43. Qb5 Qe8 44. Qe2 Rd8 45. Qa6 Ra8 46. Qb7 Rb8 47. Qc7
Qd8 48. Qc4 Qd6 49. Rh3 Rd8 50. Rd3 Qf8 51. Rd5 Ra8 52. Rd7 Rd8 53. Ra7 Ra8 54.
Rf7 Qd6 55. Qb5 Bh6 56. Rd7 Qf6 57. Qd5 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 18th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2009.03.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 Nc6 7. Be2 g6 8. O-O
Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Bd7 11. f3 Rc8 12. Rfd1 Re8 13. Bf1 Qc7 14. Qf2 Na5 15.
Ndb5 axb5 16. Bb6 Qb8 17. Bxa5 bxa4 18. Nxa4 Bxa4 19. Rxa4 Rf8 20. Bb5 b6 21.
Bb4 Qc7 22. c3 Ra8 23. Rda1 Rxa4 24. Rxa4 Nd7 25. Qe2 Nc5 26. Ra1 Qb7 27. Bc4
Ra8 28. Rd1 Qc7 29. g3 e6 30. Kg2 Bf6 31. Bb5 Ra7 32. h4 h5 33. Bc4 Qc6 34. Kh3
Be7 35. Re1 Qa8 36. Rd1 Ra1 37. Ba3 Rxd1 38. Qxd1 Qc8 39. Bb5 d5 40. exd5 exd5+
41. Kg2 Qe6 42. Qe2 Kf8 43. Qxe6 Nxe6 44. Bxe7+ Kxe7 45. Kf2 d4 46. c4 Nc7 47.
Ba4 f5 48. Ke2 Na6 49. Bb5 Nb4 50. f4 Kf7 51. Kd2 Ke7 52. Ke2 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 18th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2009.03.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Bb4 13. c3 Be7 14. c4 Qc7 15.
O-O-O Ngf6 16. Kb1 Rd8 17. Ne4 O-O 18. g3 b5 19. Bf4 Qb7 20. Nxf6+ Nxf6 21. Ne5
c5 22. cxb5 Rxd4 23. Qf3 Nd5 24. Nc6 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Bf6 26. Qb3 a6 27. Rc1 axb5
28. Rxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 18th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2009.03.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Wang, Yue"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. h3 e6 6. e3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Be2
Nc6 9. O-O Be6 10. b3 Rc8 11. Bb2 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bc5 13. Nxc6 Rxc6 14. Rc1 O-O
15. Na4 Ba7 16. Rxc6 bxc6 17. Bxa6 Ne4 18. Qh5 f5 19. Bd3 Bd7 20. Rc1 Qe7 21.
Rc2 f4 22. exf4 Rxf4 23. Bxe4 Rxe4 24. Bc3 d4 25. Bd2 d3 26. Rc3 Re2 27. Rxd3
Rxd2 28. Rxd2 Qe1+ 29. Kh2 Qxd2 0-1

[Event "Amber-blindfold 18th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2009.03.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c6 6. O-O b5 7. Ne5 Bb7 8. a4 a6
9. axb5 axb5 10. Rxa8 Bxa8 11. Nc3 Be7 12. Nxb5 cxb5 13. Bxa8 O-O 14. Bf3 Nd5
15. h4 Qc7 16. Bd2 Bf6 17. e4 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Ne7 19. Bb4 Nbc6 20. Bd6 Qb6 21. b3
Ra8 22. bxc4 bxc4 23. Qc1 Ng6 24. Qxc4 Ncxe5 25. Bxe5 Nxe5 26. Qc3 Qd4 27. Rc1
g5 28. Kg2 Qxc3 29. Rxc3 g4 30. Be2 Kg7 31. f4 gxf3+ 32. Bxf3 Ra2+ 33. Kf1 Ra4
34. Kf2 Kf6 35. Ke3 Nc4+ 36. Kd3 Ne5+ 37. Ke3 Nc4+ 38. Kd3 Ne5+ 39. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 18th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2009.03.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C93"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. Bc2 h6 13. d5 Ne7 14. b3 c6 15. c4
cxd5 16. cxd5 Nd7 17. g4 Ng6 18. Nf1 Nf4 19. Kh2 Rc8 20. Bd2 h5 21. Ne3 hxg4
22. hxg4 Nf6 23. Rg1 g6 24. Rc1 Qd7 25. Rg3 Be7 26. Bb1 Rxc1 27. Bxc1 Bd8 28.
Kg1 Bb6 29. Nh4 Qc7 30. Bd2 Bc8 31. Qf3 Nh7 32. Kf1 Qd8 33. Qh1 Ng5 34. Nf3 Kg7
35. Nxg5 Qxg5 36. Nf5+ Bxf5 37. gxf5 Qf6 38. Bd3 Rh8 39. Qg1 Qh4 40. Bxf4 exf4
41. Rxg6+ Kf8 42. Rxd6 Bxf2 43. Qg2 f3 44. Qxf2 Qe7 45. Qg3 Qc7 46. f6 Rg8 47.
Qf4 Rh8 48. Rc6 Rh1+ 49. Kf2 Qa7+ 50. Kxf3 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 18th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2009.03.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D82"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Rc1 Ne4 8. cxd5
Nxc3 9. Qd2 Qxa2 10. bxc3 Qa5 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. Nf3 Nxc5 13. Be5 Bxe5 14. Nxe5 f6
15. Nd3 Ne4 16. Qa2 Qxa2 17. Bxa2 b6 18. f3 Nd6 19. c4 e5 20. dxe6 Bxe6 21. Nf4
Bf7 22. O-O Rc8 23. Rfd1 Nb7 24. e4 Nc5 25. Nd5 Rc6 26. Rc3 Kf8 27. Ra3 a5 28.
Rb1 Bxd5 29. cxd5 Rd6 30. Re3 g5 31. e5 fxe5 32. Rxe5 h6 33. Rbe1 Kg7 34. Re7+
Kf6 35. Rc7 a4 36. Re3 Na6 37. Ra7 b5 38. f4 Nb4 39. fxg5+ hxg5 40. Bb1 Nxd5
41. Rf3+ Nf4 42. Rf1 Rd2 43. Be4 Ke5 44. Bf3 g4 45. Re1+ Kd6 46. Rd1 Rxd1+ 47.
Bxd1 Rc8 48. Kf2 Rc3 49. Ra6+ Kc5 50. Bxg4 a3 51. h4 b4 52. h5 Nd3+ 53. Kg1 b3
54. Rxa3 Rc1+ 55. Kh2 b2 56. Rb3 b1=Q 57. Rxb1 Rxb1 58. Bf5 Rb3 59. h6 Ne5 60.
h7 Rb8 61. Kg3 Kd6 62. Kf4 Nf7 63. g4 Ke7 64. g5 Kf8 65. g6 Nh8 66. Kg5 Kg7 67.
Be4 Rc8 68. Kh5 Rc4 69. Bd3 Rc1 70. Be4 Rg1 71. Bf5 Kf6 72. Be4 Rg5+ 73. Kh6
Rg4 0-1

[Event "Amber-blindfold 18th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2009.03.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E69"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "165"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. Nf3 c6 7. O-O Qa5 8. e4 e5
9. h3 Nbd7 10. Re1 exd4 11. Nxd4 Ne5 12. Bf1 Re8 13. Be3 Be6 14. Nxe6 Rxe6 15.
Kg2 Rae8 16. Rb1 a6 17. b4 Qc7 18. Rc1 Qb8 19. c5 Rd8 20. cxd6 Rexd6 21. Qc2 b5
22. Red1 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Rxd1 24. Nxd1 Qd6 25. Bf4 Qd4 26. f3 Nfd7 27. Qd2 Nc4
28. Bxc4 bxc4 29. Qxd4 Bxd4 30. Ne3 Nb6 31. Kf1 f6 32. Ke2 c5 33. bxc5 Bxc5 34.
Bc7 Na4 35. Ba5 c3 36. Nd5 Kf7 37. Kd3 Bd6 38. g4 Ke6 39. Bxc3 Nxc3 40. Kxc3 f5
41. Kd4 fxg4 42. hxg4 Be5+ 43. Ke3 g5 44. Kd3 Bd6 45. Kd4 Bh2 46. a4 Bg1+ 47.
Kc4 Ke5 48. Nb4 Kf4 49. Nxa6 Kxf3 50. e5 Bh2 51. e6 Bd6 52. Kd5 Bf8 53. Nb8 h5
54. Nd7 hxg4 55. Nxf8 g3 56. e7 g2 57. e8=Q g1=Q 58. Qe4+ Kg3 59. Ne6 Qd1+ 60.
Qd4 Qb3+ 61. Ke5 g4 62. Kf5 Kh2 63. Qf2+ Kh1 64. Qh4+ Kg1 65. Qxg4+ Kh1 66.
Qe4+ Kh2 67. Kf6 Qa3 68. Ke5 Qc3+ 69. Qd4 Qa5+ 70. Kd6 Qa6+ 71. Kd7 Qb7+ 72.
Nc7 Qf3 73. Qh8+ Kg1 74. Qd4+ Kh2 75. Qe5+ Kg1 76. a5 Qd3+ 77. Kc8 Qh3+ 78. Kb8
Qb3+ 79. Ka7 Qa3 80. a6 Kh1 81. Kb6 Qg3 82. Qd5+ Kh2 83. a7 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 18th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2009.03.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "221"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. h3 a6 8. a4 Qe7
9. Bf4 Nbd7 10. e3 Bg7 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O Ne8 13. Qc2 Ne5 14. a5 Nxf3+ 15.
Bxf3 Bd7 16. Na4 Bb5 17. Rfe1 Nf6 18. Nc3 Nd7 19. Qb3 Ne5 20. Nxb5 c4 21. Qb4
axb5 22. Be2 Qd7 23. e4 Rfe8 24. Bg3 h5 25. Ra3 Rac8 26. a6 bxa6 27. Rxa6 Rc5
28. Bf4 Qc8 29. Rb6 Nd7 30. Bxd6 Nxb6 31. Bxc5 Na4 32. Be3 Qd7 33. Bd1 Rxe4 34.
Bxa4 bxa4 35. Rd1 f5 36. Qb6 Kh7 37. d6 Re8 38. Bf4 c3 39. bxc3 a3 40. Qa5 Re4
41. Qc7 Qa4 42. Ra1 Rc4 43. Qe7 Re4 44. Qc7 Rc4 45. Rxa3 Qd1+ 46. Kh2 Qe2 47.
Ra7 Rxc7 48. dxc7 Qc4 49. Bd6 Qc6 50. c8=Q Qxc8 51. Be5 Qe6 52. Rxg7+ Kh6 53.
f4 h4 54. Rb7 g5 55. Rb8 Kg6 56. Rd8 Qc4 57. Rd6+ Kh5 58. fxg5 Kxg5 59. Rd4 Qc5
60. Bf4+ Kh5 61. Rd3 Qc4 62. Rf3 Qc5 63. Kh1 Kg6 64. Bh2 Kg5 65. Bg1 Qc4 66.
Be3+ Kg6 67. Bd4 Kg5 68. Re3 f4 69. Rf3 Qe2 70. Kh2 Kf5 71. Bc5 Qe6 72. Ba3 Qe1
73. Bd6 Kg6 74. c4 Qe6 75. c5 Qd5 76. Rxf4 Kh5 77. Rg4 Qe6 78. Rd4 Qd7 79. Re4
Qc6 80. Re6 Qa4 81. Rf6 Qc6 82. Rf8 Qe4 83. Rc8 Qd4 84. Rd8 Qe4 85. Rh8+ Kg5
86. Rc8 Qd5 87. Rd8 Kh5 88. Re8 Qc4 89. Rf8 Qd5 90. Rf6 Kg5 91. Rf4 Kh5 92. Rg4
Qc6 93. Kg1 Qd5 94. Kf2 Qd3 95. Kg1 Qd1+ 96. Kh2 Qd5 97. Rf4 Qc6 98. Rf5+ Kg6
99. Rf1 Kh5 100. Rc1 Kg5 101. Kh1 Kh5 102. Bh2 Kg6 103. Bg1 Kh5 104. Bf2 Kg5
105. Rc4 Qd5 106. Rg4+ Kf5 107. Rxh4 Qd2 108. Bg1 Qe1 109. Rg4 Ke6 110. Rd4 Kf5
111. c6 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 18th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2009.03.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 dxc4 7. Bxc4 h6 8.
Bxf6 exf6 9. Nf3 Bd6 10. O-O O-O 11. h3 Bf5 12. Bd3 Qd7 13. Bxf5 Qxf5 14. Qb3
Na5 15. Qa4 Rfc8 16. Nb5 Nc4 17. Rfc1 a6 18. Nxd6 Nxd6 19. Qb4 Qd5 20. Rc5 Rxc5
21. Qxc5 Qe6 22. d5 Qd7 23. Rd1 Rc8 24. Qb4 Rc4 25. Qb3 Qa4 26. Qxa4 Rxa4 27.
a3 Kf8 28. Kf1 Re4 29. b3 Ke7 30. Nd4 Kd7 31. a4 Re8 32. Rc1 Re5 33. Rc5 Ne4
34. Rc1 Nd2+ 35. Kg1 Rxd5 36. Ne2 Nxb3 37. Rb1 Nc5 38. a5 Kc7 39. Nf4 Rf5 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 18th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2009.03.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E33"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bd2 a5 7. a3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3
Qe7 9. e4 e5 10. d5 Nb8 11. c5 Nbd7 12. cxd6 cxd6 13. Nd2 O-O 14. Be2 Nc5 15.
b4 axb4 16. axb4 Rxa1+ 17. Bxa1 Na6 18. Qb3 Bg4 19. f3 Bd7 20. Nc4 Nc7 21. Qe3
Nh5 22. g3 Bb5 23. O-O f5 24. exf5 Nxd5 25. Qb3 Kh8 26. Rd1 Nhf6 27. Bf1 Qc7
28. Rc1 Bxc4 29. Qxc4 Qb6+ 30. Kh1 Ne3 31. Qb5 Qa7 32. Qa5 Qxa5 33. bxa5 Nxf1
34. Rxf1 Rc8 35. Rb1 h5 36. Bb2 Rc5 37. Ba3 Rxa5 38. Bxd6 e4 39. fxe4 Nxe4 40.
Bc7 Rxf5 41. Rxb7 Rf7 42. Rb8+ Kh7 43. Bf4 h4 44. Kg2 hxg3 45. hxg3 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 18th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2009.03.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. Nbd2 Ba7 7. h3 O-O 8. Bb3
d6 9. O-O h6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Nf1 Be6 12. N3h2 Bxb3 13. axb3 Qd7 14. Ng3 Ne7 15.
b4 c6 16. Ng4 Qe6 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. Nxe3 d5 19. exd5 Nexd5 20. Nc4 Nd7 21. Ne4
Nf4 22. Qf3 b5 23. Na5 f5 24. Nc5 Nxc5 25. bxc5 Nd5 26. Nb7 e4 27. dxe4 fxe4
28. Qg3 Nf6 29. Nd6 Re7 30. b4 Kh7 31. Qe3 Qe5 32. Ra3 Qh5 33. Qd4 Qg6 34. c4
bxc4 35. Qxc4 Re5 36. Rg3 Rg5 37. Rxg5 hxg5 38. Nxe4 Nxe4 39. Rxe4 a5 40. bxa5
Rxa5 41. Re5 Qf6 42. Qe4+ g6 43. Re6 Ra1+ 44. Kh2 Qf4+ 45. Qxf4 gxf4 46. Rxc6
Ra2 47. f3 Rc2 48. h4 Kg7 49. Rc8 Kf7 50. c6 Kg7 51. Kh3 Kf7 52. Rd8 Rxc6 53.
Rd4 Kg7 54. Rxf4 Rc5 55. Re4 Rb5 56. Kg4 Rc5 57. f4 Rb5 58. g3 Kf6 59. Re5 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 18th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2009.03.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. a4 Bf8 14. Bd3 c6 15. b3
g6 16. Qc2 Qb6 17. Bb2 Nh5 18. Bf1 Nf4 19. Rad1 exd4 20. cxd4 d5 21. Qc3 a5 22.
Qe3 Nh5 23. e5 Ba6 24. axb5 Bxb5 25. Ra1 Ng7 26. Ba3 Nf5 27. Qc3 c5 28. dxc5
Nxc5 29. Nd4 Bd7 30. e6 Bxe6 31. Nxf5 Bxf5 32. Bb2 f6 33. Rxe8 Rxe8 34. Qd4 Qd8
35. g4 Be4 36. Qxf6 Qxf6 37. Bxf6 Rb8 38. Be5 Bg7 39. Rxa5 Nxb3 40. Bxb8 Nxa5
41. Nxe4 dxe4 42. Bb5 Bd4 43. Kf1 Nb7 44. Bc6 Nc5 45. Ke2 Kg7 46. h4 h6 47. Bd6
Kf7 48. Bf4 Kg7 49. Bd2 Bf6 50. Be3 Ne6 51. Bd5 Nc7 52. Bxe4 Bxh4 53. f4 Bf6
54. Kd3 Ba1 55. Kc4 Ne8 56. Bf3 Nf6 57. Kc5 Bb2 58. Kd6 Kf7 59. Kc6 Ba1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 18th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2009.03.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7 8.
Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 Bd7 12. Qd3 dxc3 13. Nxc3 a6 14. Ne2
O-O-O 15. g3 d4 16. Qc4 Nf5 17. Bg2 Na5 18. Qxc7+ Kxc7 19. Rb1 Bc6 20. Bxc6
Kxc6 21. Kf2 d3 22. cxd3 Rxd3 23. Rg1 Rh8 24. h4 Nc4 25. a4 b6 26. Ra1 Kd5 27.
Ra2 Ke4 28. Re1 Nh6 29. Kg2 Ng4 30. Ng1+ Kf5 31. Nf3 a5 32. Ng5 Kg6 33. Rae2
Rb3 34. f5+ exf5 35. e6 f6 36. e7 Re8 37. h5+ Kxh5 38. Ne6 Kg6 39. Nc7 Kf7 40.
Nxe8 Kxe8 41. Re6 Rc3 42. Bf4 Rc2+ 43. Kg1 Nce5 44. Bxe5 Nxe5 45. Re3 Nd7 46.
Rd6 Rc7 47. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 18th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2009.03.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Wang, Yue"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 c5 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
h6 9. Bh4 Nc6 10. Bg3 cxd4 11. Nxd4 d6 12. Bf3 Qd7 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. b3 a6 15.
Bxc6 Qxc6 16. Qf3 Rfc8 17. Rac1 Qxf3 18. gxf3 Rc6 19. Rfd1 Rac8 20. Ne2 Kf8 21.
e4 Nh5 22. f4 g6 23. f3 Ke8 24. Bf2 Nf6 25. Kf1 Nd7 26. Be3 h5 27. f5 gxf5 28.
exf5 e5 29. a4 Nf6 30. Nc3 Kd7 31. Ke2 Rg8 32. Rg1 Rxg1 33. Rxg1 Ke8 34. Rd1
Kd7 35. Bg5 Ng8 36. Be3 Nf6 37. Rg1 Ke8 38. Kd3 Kf8 39. Nd5 Nxd5 40. cxd5 Rc8
41. Bxb6 Rb8 42. a5 Bd8 43. Bxd8 Rxd8 44. b4 Rb8 45. Kc4 Ke7 46. Rg5 Rc8+ 47.
Kb3 Rc1 48. Rxh5 Rf1 49. Rh3 Rd1 50. Rh8 Rd3+ 51. Kb2 Rxf3 52. Ra8 Rf4 53. Kc3
Rf3+ 54. Kc2 Rf4 55. Rxa6 Rxb4 56. f6+ Kxf6 57. Rxd6+ Kf5 58. Rb6 Ra4 59. a6 e4
60. h4 e3 61. d6 Ra2+ 62. Kd3 Kf4 63. Rb1 Rd2+ 64. Kc3 Rxd6 65. a7 Rc6+ 66. Kd3
Rd6+ 67. Kc3 Rc6+ 68. Kd4 Rd6+ 69. Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 18th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2009.03.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C85"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Nd7 8.
Nbd2 O-O 9. a4 c5 10. a5 f6 11. Nh4 Rf7 12. Nf5 Nf8 13. Nc4 Ne6 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7
15. Be3 Bd7 16. Qd2 Bb5 17. b3 g5 18. f3 Rd8 19. Bf2 Bxc4 20. bxc4 c6 21. Rab1
h5 22. Be3 h4 23. Rb6 Rd7 24. Rfb1 Rg7 25. Qf2 Kf8 26. Kf1 Ke8 27. Ke2 Kd8 28.
Kd2 Kc8 29. Kc3 Qd6 30. Kb2 Rdf7 31. h3 Rh7 32. Ka2 Rd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 18th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2009.03.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Qc2
Nbd7 9. Nf3 Re8 10. O-O-O Nf8 11. Kb1 Ne4 12. Bxe4 Bxg5 13. Bf5 Bf6 14. g4 g6
15. Bxc8 Rxc8 16. h4 Ne6 17. h5 c5 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. Qb3 cxd4 20. Nxd4 Nxd4 21.
exd4 Qd7 22. Nxd5 Bg7 23. Qf3 Rc6 24. Rhe1 Rxe1 25. Rxe1 Re6 26. Rc1 Rc6 27.
Rxc6 bxc6 28. Nc3 Bxd4 29. Ne4 c5 30. Qe2 a5 31. f3 a4 32. a3 Qb7 33. Nd6 Qb3
34. Nc4 Kg7 35. f4 Qb7 36. f5 gxf5 37. gxf5 Kf6 38. Qc2 Qh1+ 39. Ka2 Qc6 40. b3
axb3+ 41. Kxb3 Qf3+ 42. Ka2 Qxf5 43. Qxf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 18th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2009.03.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
d3 O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Rc1 f6 11. a3 Nd4 12. Ne4 Bb3 13. Qd2 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 Bd5
15. Qc2 c6 16. Nd2 Kh8 17. Rfd1 f5 18. b4 Bg5 19. Bxg5 Qxg5 20. a4 Qe7 21. a5
Bxf3 22. Nxf3 e4 23. dxe4 fxe4 24. Nd2 e3 25. axb6 exd2 26. Rxd2 axb6 27. Rd4
Rae8 28. e3 Rf7 29. Qd3 b5 30. Rd1 h6 31. Rd2 Ref8 32. f4 b6 33. Rd6 Rf6 34.
Kf2 Re8 35. Rxf6 Qxf6 36. Qd7 Qg6 37. f5 Qh5 38. h4 Re5 39. e4 Rxe4 40. f6 gxf6
41. Qxc6 Qf5+ 42. Kg2 Re7 43. Qxb6 Kg7 44. Rf2 Qe5 45. Kh2 Re6 46. Qb7+ Re7 47.
Qc6 Re6 48. Qd7+ Re7 49. Qg4+ Kh7 50. Kh3 h5 51. Qf3 Kg7 52. Kh2 Qd4 53. Qf5
Re1 54. Qf3 Re7 55. Kh3 Qe5 56. Qc6 Qe6+ 57. Qxe6 Rxe6 58. Rf5 Kg6 59. Rxb5 Re2
60. Rb8 Rb2 61. b5 Kg7 62. b6 f5 63. b7 Kh7 64. Rf8 Rxb7 65. Rxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 18th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2009.03.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. d4 e6 6. Be3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bb4+ 8.
Nc3 O-O 9. Be2 Qa5 10. Qb3 b6 11. Ne5 Ba6 12. Bxa6 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Qxa6 14. c4
Rc8 15. O-O Nc6 16. Rfd1 Rc7 17. Bf4 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Rxc4 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Qg3+
Kf8 21. Qf3 Rd8 22. Qxf6 Rd5 23. Qh6+ Ke8 24. Qxh7 Qa4 25. Qh8+ Ke7 26. Qh4+
Ke8 27. Qh8+ Ke7 28. Qh4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 18th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2009.03.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Rc1 O-O 12. Bb3 Qe7 13. Na4 e5 14. d5 e4 15.
Nd4 cxd5 16. Nc3 Ne5 17. Nxd5 Qg5 18. Rc7 Bg4 19. Qc2 Nf3+ 20. Nxf3 exf3 21. g3
Rad8 22. h4 Qe5 23. Ne7+ Kh8 24. Bxf7 Bf5 25. Nxg6+ Bxg6 26. Bxg6 Qe6 27. Kh2
Qxa2 28. Be4 Qa6 29. Re1 Qa5 30. b4 Qe5 31. Bxb7 a5 32. Rc4 axb4 33. Rb1 b3 34.
Rxb3 Qa5 35. Rd3 Rb8 36. Rd7 Qa1 37. Rd1 Qa7 38. Be4 Rb2 39. Qd3 Rxf2+ 40. Kh3
Qa2 41. Kg4 Qa6 42. Rc6 Qa7 43. Rb1 Re2 44. Rb7 Qxb7 45. Rxh6+ Bxh6 46. Bxb7 f2
47. Bg2 Rxe3 48. Qd4+ Kh7 49. Be4+ Rxe4+ 50. Qxe4+ Kh8 51. Qe5+ Kg8 52. Qe6+
Rf7 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 16th"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2009.04.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ionov, Sergey"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2009.04.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg Mikhail Chigorin"]
[BlackTeam "Saransk TPS"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Nd2 Bb7 5. c3 h6 6. Bh4 d6 7. Bb5+ c6 8. Bd3
Be7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Ne4 Be7 11. f4 Nd7 12. Nf3 Qc7 13. Qe2 O-O 14. O-O Rad8
15. Rae1 c5 16. Nfd2 Rde8 17. a3 Bh4 18. Rd1 f5 19. Ng3 Bxg3 20. hxg3 Nf6 21.
Rfe1 Qf7 22. Nf1 Qg6 23. Bc2 Bd5 24. dxc5 dxc5 25. Rd2 Re7 26. Red1 Rff7 27.
Bb1 Kh7 28. Bc2 Rc7 29. c4 Be4 30. Ba4 Rfe7 31. Rd8 e5 32. Rf8 Qg4 33. Qxg4
fxg4 34. Rfd8 Bf5 35. Kh2 h5 36. R1d2 g6 37. Bc2 Bxc2 38. Rxc2 exf4 39. gxf4
Ne4 40. Rc1 Rcd7 41. Rd1 Rxd1 42. Rxd1 Kg7 43. Rd3 h4 44. g3 g5 45. Kg1 Kf7 46.
fxg5 h3 47. Nh2 Kg6 48. Rd5 Nxg5 49. Nxg4 Re4 50. Rd6+ Kg7 51. Rd7+ Kf8 52. Nf6
Rxc4 53. Nh7+ Nxh7 54. Rxh7 a5 55. Rb7 Rc1+ 56. Kh2 Rc2+ 57. Kxh3 Rxb2 58. Kg4
b5 59. Kf5 b4 60. axb4 cxb4 61. Ra7 Ra2 62. Kf6 Rf2+ 63. Ke6 Re2 64. Rxa5 Rxe3+
65. Kd5 Rxg3 66. Kc4 Rg4+ 67. Kb3 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 16th"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2009.04.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2009.04.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saratov Ekonomist SGSEU"]
[BlackTeam "Saransk TPS"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. d5 exd5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. O-O Be7 10. Rd1 Qc8 11. a3 d6 $146 {[%mdl 8] A novelty in a well-known
position.} (11... Nc7 $5 {- see Sargissian-Grischuk in CBM 128 (annotated by
GM I.Stohl).}) (11... Nf6 {is the main theoretical line, examined in many CBM
issues, most recently in CBM 126, annotations to Topalov-Anand by GM E.Postny.}
) 12. Nd4 $1 (12. e4 Nf6 13. Nc3 O-O 14. Bf4 Rd8 {looks quite solid for Black.}
) 12... Nf6 13. Bxb7 (13. Nf5 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 (14. Nxg7+ $6 Kf8 15. Bh6 Ng4 16.
Qd2 Kg8 17. Kxg2 Nxh6 18. Qxh6 Bf8) 14... Qb7+ 15. f3 O-O {leads to a similar
position}) 13... Qxb7 14. Nf5 O-O 15. Nc3 $1 (15. Nxd6 Bxd6 16. Rxd6 Nc6 {
gives Black a development advantage and the initiative.}) 15... Nc6 16. Bg5 Ne8
(16... Rad8 17. Qa4 $5 (17. e4 $143 Ng4 $1) 17... Qd7 18. e4 $44) 17. Bxe7 Nxe7
18. Nxd6 Qc6 19. Nf5 $6 {A harmless move. Simplifications are favorable for
Black.} (19. Nc4 $142 {[%cal Rc4e5]} Qe6 20. Nb5 {keeping up the pressure.})
19... Nxf5 20. Qxf5 Nf6 21. Nd5 (21. e4 Rad8 22. e5 Nd5 23. Qe4 Ne7 $11) 21...
Nxd5 22. Rxd5 Rad8 23. Rad1 g6 24. Qf3 (24. Qf3 Rxd5 25. Rxd5 Re8 26. e4 c4
$132) 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 16th"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2009.04.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2009.04.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saransk TPS"]
[BlackTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 b6 7. Nc3 Bb7 8. d4 c5
9. dxc5 bxc5 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. Bf4 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Nd7 13. Bf4 Nb6 14. a4 Bf6 15.
Rc1 Bxc3 16. Rxc3 Qe7 17. cxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 16th"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2009.04.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2009.04.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow ShSM-64"]
[BlackTeam "Saransk TPS"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. g3 Qb6 6. Nc2 e6 7. Bg2 d5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. O-O Bc5 10. a3 a5 11. e4 Nde7 12. Nc3 Qb3 13. Be3 b6 14. Nd4 Qxd1
15. Rfxd1 Bxd4 16. Bxd4 Nxd4 17. Rxd4 Bd7 18. e5 Bc6 19. Rd6 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Rb8
21. Rad1 O-O 22. Rd7 Nc6 23. f4 Rfd8 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Rxd8+ Nxd8 26. Kf3 Kf8
27. Na4 b5 28. Nc3 b4 29. axb4 axb4 30. Na2 Nc6 31. Ke4 f6 32. exf6 gxf6 33.
Kd3 Ke7 34. Kc4 Kd6 35. Nxb4 Ne7 36. Nc2 Nd5 37. Kd4 e5+ 38. fxe5+ fxe5+ 39.
Ke4 Ke6 40. Ne3 Nb4 41. Nc4 Nc6 42. g4 Kf6 43. h4 h6 44. Ne3 Kg6 45. Kd5 e4 46.
Kxc6 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 16th"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2009.04.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2009.04.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saransk TPS"]
[BlackTeam "Sankt Petersburg Chess Federation"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. a3 exd4 15.
Nb3 Bb7 16. Nbxd4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Rfe8 18. Bf4 Bf8 19. Rc1 Qb6 20. Be3 Qd8 21.
Bg5 h6 22. Bxf6 Qxf6 23. Re3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 16th"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2009.04.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Belov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2009.04.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow Eurasia Logistics"]
[BlackTeam "Saransk TPS"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. e3 c5 8.
Bd3 Qa5 9. Qc2 c4 10. Bf5 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. Nd2 g6 13. Bh3 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Ne4
15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Bxd7 Bxd7 17. Bf4 Qd5 18. a4 b6 19. Rfb1 Re6 20. Qa2 g5 21.
Be5 h5 22. h3 Rc8 23. Qe2 f6 24. Bh2 h4 25. Rb4 Kg7 26. Rab1 Re7 27. Qh5 Rf7
28. Ra1 Rff8 29. Qe2 Rfe8 30. Rab1 Kg6 31. Kh1 Rh8 32. Rf1 g4 33. hxg4 h3 34.
f4 hxg2+ 35. Kxg2 f5 36. Bg3 Rh7 37. g5 Qe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 16th"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2009.04.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2009.04.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saransk TPS"]
[BlackTeam "Sverdlovsk Ural region"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8. exd4
Nc6 9. O-O Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bf4 Bd7 12. Bb3 Nb4 13. Ne5 Rc8 14. d5 exd5 15.
Nxd5 Nbxd5 16. Bxd5 Bg4 17. Bf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nalchik FIDE GP"]
[Site "Nalchik"]
[Date "2009.04.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2009.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg5 d5 5. Nbd2 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. c3 Nd7 8. e3
b4 9. c4 dxc4 10. Nxc4 c5 11. Bg2 Bb7 12. O-O Rc8 13. dxc5 Rxc5 14. Nd6+ Bxd6
15. Qxd6 Qb6 16. Qd2 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Ne5 18. Be2 O-O 19. Rfd1 Rfc8 20. Rac1 b3
21. axb3 Qxb3 22. Rxc5 Rxc5 23. Rc1 Rxc1+ 24. Qxc1 Kg7 25. Qd2 a5 26. Qxa5 Qxb2
27. Qe1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nalchik FIDE GP"]
[Site "Nalchik"]
[Date "2009.04.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2009.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. d3 {White is
not obliged to play the most popular move 7.Re1 as this modern alternative
sidesteps some intricate lines connected with the early 6...Bb7 system.} Be7 (
7... Bc5 8. Nc3 d6 9. a4 b4 10. Nd5 $14) 8. a4 O-O 9. Re1 d6 10. Nbd2 {White's
setup gives the impression of being rather timid and Ivnachuk has no problems
to equalise the game.} Re8 11. Nf1 h6 12. Ne3 Bf8 13. g4 $5 {Svidler was
surely aware, that normal developing moves have failed to promise any
advantage in current tournament praxis. His approach with the daring g-pawn
advance seriously compromises White's kingside pawn structure.} (13. Bd2 Ne7 (
13... Nb8 14. c3 Nbd7 15. Nd5 c6 16. Nxf6+ Nxf6 17. c4 bxc4 18. Bxc4 d5 19. Bb3
Bd6 20. Bc3 Nd7 $14 {1-0 Navarro Lopez Menchero,D (2076)-Rodriguez Lopez,R 
(2335)/Palma de Mallorca 2008 (39)}) 14. c4 c6 15. Qc2 Ng6 16. Nf5 bxc4 17.
Bxc4 d5 18. Ba2 c5 19. Ng3 c4 20. exd5 cxd3 21. Qxd3 Bxd5 22. Bxd5 Qxd5 23.
Qxd5 Nxd5 24. Rad1 {was just equal in 1/2-1/2 Svidler,P (2640)-Adams,M 2660)/
Pula 1997/.}) (13. c3 Na5 (13... Ne7 14. Nh4 c5 15. Ng4 Nxg4 16. Qxg4 Qc8 17.
Qg3 c4 18. dxc4 bxc4 19. Ba2 Qe6 20. Nf3 Nc6 21. Nd2 Na5 $17 {1/2-1/2 Emms,J 
(2586)-Hebden,M (2510)/Port Erin 1999 (48)}) 14. Ba2 c5 15. b4 cxb4 16. cxb4
Nc6 17. Bd2 Qd7 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Ne7 20. Bxb7 Qxb7 21. Qb3 Reb8 22. axb5 {
1/2-1/2 Lutz,C (2590)-Strikovic,A (2560)/Pamplona 1998. With very small
advantage for White.}) 13... Nd4 (13... Na5 14. Ba2 d5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5
Bxd5 17. Bxd5 Qxd5 18. Qe2 Nc6 $11) 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Nf5 d5 $1 {The
counterattack in the centre is from the strategic point of view the most
appropriate reaction to the aggressive white plans.} 16. axb5 (16. f3 c5 $11)
16... dxe4 (16... axb5 17. Rxa8 Qxa8 18. g5 hxg5 19. Bxg5 Nd7 $11) 17. dxe4 (
17. bxa6 exd3 18. Rxe8 Qxe8 19. cxd3 Rxa6 20. Rxa6 Bxa6 $15) 17... axb5 18.
Rxa8 Qxa8 {Black has no reason to complain about the activity of his well
placed pieces.} 19. e5 (19. f3 c5 $15) (19. Nxd4 Nxe4 20. c3 Nd6 $15) 19... Ne4
(19... Bf3 20. Qd3 Nxg4 21. e6 $1 fxe6 22. Bxe6+ Kh8 23. Nh4 Rxe6 24. Rxe6 Bd5
25. Ng6+ Kg8 26. Re1 $16) 20. e6 $1 {Svidler must begin to look for active
ideas in order to keep the opponent busy and sidestep problem for himself.} (
20. c3 Rxe5 21. Bf4 Re8 22. Nxd4 Bd6 (22... Bc5 23. Bxc7 (23. h3 b4 $1 $15)
23... Ng5 24. h4 (24. Rxe8+ Qxe8 25. Kf1 Qe4 $15) 24... Rxe1+ 25. Qxe1 Nf3+ 26.
Nxf3 Bxf3 27. Bg3 Bxg4 28. Qe5 $11) 23. Bxd6 Nxd6 24. Bc2 Rxe1+ 25. Qxe1 c5 26.
Nf5 Bh1 27. Qf1 Nc4 28. Ne3 $15) 20... fxe6 21. Nxd4 Rd8 (21... Nc5 $1 22. c3
Bh1 23. f3 Bxf3 24. Qxf3 Qxf3 25. Bxe6+ Rxe6 26. Nxf3 Rxe1+ 27. Nxe1 Kf7 $15)
22. Bxe6+ $2 {Both great players seem to be carried away by their own agendas.
Objectively this natural move is unnatural, since it enables the enemy to
unleash a counterattack with the help of a queen move to a4.} (22. g5 $1 Nc5 (
22... Rxd4 23. Bxe6+ Kh8 24. Qxd4 Bc5 25. Qe5 $16) 23. Qg4 Nxb3 24. Qxe6+ Kh8
25. Nxb3 hxg5 26. Bxg5 Rd6 27. Qf5 $14) 22... Kh8 23. g5 Rxd4 $2 {Ivanchuk was
playing in Nalchik without his usual inspiration, very far from his optimal
chess strength. At the critical moment he falls for the obvious combination in
order to benefit from the strong centralised knight.} (23... Qa4 $1 24. c4 Qxd1
25. Rxd1 bxc4 $1 (25... c5 26. Bd5 Bxd5 (26... Rxd5 27. cxd5 cxd4 28. Rxd4 Nd6
29. gxh6 gxh6 30. Bf4 $14) 27. Ne6 Re8 (27... Bxe6 28. Rxd8 Kg8 29. gxh6 $18)
28. cxd5 hxg5 29. f3 Nf6 30. Bxg5 $16) 26. Bg4 $11) (23... c5 $2 24. gxh6 gxh6
(24... Rxd4 25. hxg7+ Kxg7 26. Qg4+ Kf6 27. Qf5+ Ke7 28. Qf7+ Kd8 29. Bf4 $18)
25. Qg4 $16) 24. Qxd4 Bc5 25. Qe5 Bxf2+ (25... Qf8 26. Bf4 Bxf2+ 27. Kf1 Bxe1
28. gxh6 $18) 26. Kf1 Qf8 27. gxh6 $1 {[%mdl 2048] Svidler is hinting with a
great dose of elegance, that White's forces will be much better coordinated in
the attack against the enemy king.} Bxe1+ (27... Bg3+ 28. Qf5 Qxf5+ 29. Bxf5
Bxe1 30. Kxe1 Nd6 31. Bd3 $16) 28. Bf4 $1 Nd2+ (28... Nf6 29. hxg7+ Qxg7 30.
Kxe1 $18) (28... Qf6 29. Qxc7 Nd2+ 30. Kxe1 Nf3+ 31. Kf2 Qh4+ 32. Kg2 Nd4+ 33.
Qxb7 Nxe6 34. hxg7+ $18) 29. Ke2 $1 (29. Ke2 $1 {The final touch is impressive.
White is underlining the hopelessness of black forces in active play and they
are all absent from the defence of their own king.} Qf6 30. Bf5 Bc6 31. Qxc7
$18) 1-0

[Event "Nalchik FIDE GP"]
[Site "Nalchik"]
[Date "2009.04.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2009.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. O-O
Bd6 9. g3 O-O 10. Bd2 Qe7 $146 (10... Re8 11. Rc1 a6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. f3 (13.
c5 Bc7 14. f4 $14) 13... e5 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Qb3 exd4 16. exd4 {1/2-1/2
Gavrikov,V (2578)-Khalifman,A (2688)/Tallinn 2002}) 11. Rc1 dxc4 12. Nxg6 hxg6
13. Bxc4 e5 14. Bb3 Nb6 15. Qc2 {An important move, taking control over
important squares in the centre before starting to advance the pawns. Besides,
in spite of multiple defences the threat 16.Qxg6 is quite unpleasant for Black.
} Kh8 (15... e4 16. f3 Rae8 (16... exf3 17. Qxg6 $16) 17. Rce1 $14) (15... Nbd5
16. Nxd5 cxd5 (16... Nxd5 17. e4 $14) 17. dxe5 Bxe5 18. Rfd1 $14 Rfd8 (18...
Rac8 $2 19. Qxc8 Rxc8 20. Rxc8+ Kh7 21. Rc2 g5 22. Bc3 $16) 19. Bc3 Rac8 20.
Qd3 $14) (15... exd4 16. exd4 Nbd5 17. Bg5 $14) 16. dxe5 {White is better
first of all thanks to the strong bishop on b3 and the possibility of
advancing the central pawns.} Qxe5 $6 {Too provoking.} (16... Bxe5 {is safer,
since after} 17. f4 {Black continues} (17. Rfd1 $142 $14) 17... Bxc3 18. Qxc3
Nbd5 19. Qd3 Rad8 20. Qe2 Rfe8 {with a good position.}) 17. f4 $5 {Ivanchuk
decides to start rolling the pawns forward without delay. In connection with
the next move this approach gives Black certain counterplay, although
Ivanchuk's intuition was right - White's position contains sufficient
potential to neutralise Black's initiative.} (17. e4 $14) (17. Rce1 $14) 17...
Qf5 18. e4 {Not fearing the neighbourhood of the opponent's queen to white
king.} ({Again White had a good alternative with the quiet} 18. Kg2 {keeping
all the advantages of the position without allowing Black any counterplay:}
Rae8 (18... Qxc2 19. Rxc2 Rae8 20. Kf3 $16) 19. Rfe1 $5 (19. Rce1 Ne4 (19...
Qxc2 20. Bxc2 Nc4 21. Bc1 $14) 20. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 21. Qxe4 Rxe4 22. Kf3 Nc4 23. Bc3
Rfe8 24. Bxc4 Rxc4 $14) 19... Ne4 20. Rcd1 Nxd2 (20... Bc7 21. Nxe4 Qxe4+ (
21... Rxe4 22. Qb1 $16 {[%cal Gb3c2]}) 22. Qxe4 Rxe4 23. Kf3 f5 24. Bc3 $16 {
[%csl Gb3,Gc3]}) (20... Nxc3 21. Bxc3 $16 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Ge3e4]}) 21. Qxd2
Bc7 22. e4 $14) 18... Qh3 19. Rce1 Ng4 20. Bc1 Bc5+ 21. Kh1 {In spite of his
opponent's activity White keeps everything under control. The bishop pair,
better development and pawn structure must secure White a clear advantage. For
the moment Black can compensate for these factors by the pressure on the
kingside, but if Black loses the dynamic initiative his position can easily
collapse.} Be3 $1 {Gelfand feels that it is important for Black to exchange at
least one of white bishops and uses tactics in order to achieve this task.} (
21... Rad8 22. Qg2 Qh5 {leaves White with a pleasant choice between 23.e5, 23.
Bd1 and 23.h3. In all cases Black's position remains dangerous.}) 22. Qe2 ({
After} 22. Bxe3 $2 Nxe3 {White can't take the knight due to the fact that rook
on f1 remains unprotected.}) 22... Bxc1 23. Rxc1 Nd7 $1 {Continuing the right
strategy to improve the position of the pieces. Nevertheless there is still a
long way to go before equalizing the position.} 24. Rce1 (24. Bc2 Nc5 25. Nd1
Rad8 26. Ne3 Nxe3 27. Qxe3 $14) 24... Nc5 25. Bd1 f5 26. Qg2 (26. e5 $2 {
is unexpectedly met by} Nd3 {and White loses the exchange.}) 26... Qxg2+ 27.
Kxg2 Nd3 $1 (27... Rad8 28. Bxg4 fxg4 29. Re2 $16) 28. Re2 Nc1 29. Ree1 $2 ({
White had the nice resource} 29. h3 $1 $16 {[%csl Rh8][%cal Gh3g4,Gf1h1,Gh1h8,
Gd1b3] forcing Black to find a lot of only moves. After} Nxe2 (29... Nh6 30.
Rc2 Nd3 31. e5 $16) 30. hxg4 Nd4 (30... Nxc3 $2 {loses in view of the brilliant
} 31. Bb3 $1 {and due to the mate threat Black must give up a lot of material:}
({Not} 31. Rh1+ $2 Kg8 32. Bb3+ Rf7) 31... Nd5 32. exd5 fxg4 {and now either}
33. Rh1+ ({or} 33. dxc6 Rf5 34. c7 Rc8 35. Rc1 $18) 33... Kg8 34. dxc6+ Rf7 35.
Rd1 $18) 31. Ne2 $1 Rad8 ({Again the alternatives lose quickly:} 31... Nxe2 32.
Bb3 $18) (31... Ne6 32. Bb3 Rfe8 33. Nd4 $1 Nf8 34. Rh1+ Nh7 35. Nf3 $1 $18)
32. Nxd4 Rxd4 33. Rh1+ Kg8 34. Bb3+ Rf7 35. exf5 (35. gxf5 gxf5 36. e5 Rd2+ 37.
Kf3 Rxb2 $11) 35... gxf5 36. gxf5 {White still has possibilities here to play
on. E.g:} Rd2+ (36... Rb4 37. Be6 $1 Kf8 38. Rh8+ Ke7 39. b3 Rf6 (39... Rf8 40.
Rh7 Rf7 (40... Kf6 41. Kf3 {[%cal Gg3g4]} g6 42. Rh6 $18) 41. Kf3 $16) 40. Rg8
g6 41. Rg7+ Kf8 (41... Kd6 42. Rd7+ Kc5 43. fxg6 $1 Rxe6 44. f5 Rd6 45. g7 Rg4
46. b4+ Kd5 47. Re7 $16 {[%cal Gg2h3,Gg3g4,Gh3h4]}) 42. Rxg6 Rxg6 43. fxg6 Kg7
44. f5 Rd4 (44... c5 $6 45. Kf3 b5 46. g4 c4 47. Ke3 cxb3 48. axb3 $18 {
[%csl Rb4]}) 45. Kf3 $16) 37. Kf3 Rxb2 38. Be6 $1 Kf8 39. g4 Rb5 40. Rh8+ Ke7
41. a4 Ra5 42. Rb8 Rf8 43. Rxb7+ Kd6 44. Rxg7 Rxa4 45. Rd7+ Kc5 46. g5 $18)
29... Nd3 30. Re2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nalchik FIDE GP"]
[Site "Nalchik"]
[Date "2009.04.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2009.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Nh4 Bc8 7. e3 e5 8. Bxc4
exd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Na6 12. Nf3 Nb4 13. Bg5 Bg4 14. Qb3 Bxf3
15. gxf3 a5 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. Re5 Rad8 18. Rde1 Rd7 19. Bh4 Bd8 20. Bg3 Rxd4 21.
R5e4 Nxe4 22. Bxc7 Nd2 23. Bxf7+ Kh8 24. Qd1 Bxc7 25. Nb1 Bf4 26. Re8 Rxe8 27.
Bxe8 Nd5 28. Bf7 Nf6 29. Nxd2 Bxd2 30. Qe2 Bb4 31. Qe5 Rd6 32. Kg2 b5 33. axb5
cxb5 34. Qxb5 Rd8 35. Qb6 Rf8 36. Qc7 Ne8 37. Qd7 Nf6 38. Qb7 Bd6 39. Qc6 Bb4
40. Qc7 Ne8 41. Qd7 Nf6 42. Qa7 Rd8 43. h4 Rf8 44. h5 h6 45. Kg3 Bd6+ 46. Kh3
Bb4 47. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nalchik FIDE GP"]
[Site "Nalchik"]
[Date "2009.04.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2009.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qb3 Nc6 8. a3
Na5 9. Qa2 O-O 10. Nf3 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Be5 Be6 13. Bd4 Bxd4 14. Nxd4 Nc6
15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Be2 Qe7 17. O-O Rac8 18. Rac1 Kh8 19. Rfd1 Nd7 20. Rd2 Nde5
21. Qb3 Qf7 22. Bf1 d4 23. Na2 Ng4 24. Rdc2 dxe3 25. fxe3 Na5 0-1

[Event "Nalchik FIDE GP"]
[Site "Nalchik"]
[Date "2009.04.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2009.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bg5 Qc7 7. e3 b6 8. Bd3
{Drei Züge später geht der Läufer doch nach e2.} Bb7 9. O-O Nc6 10. Rc1 Rc8 11.
Be2 Be7 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Nd5 {Das sieht recht aussichtsreich aus, mit einem
Tempo mehr wäre es richtig stark gewesen.} exd5 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. cxd5 Bxb2 16.
Rc2 Be5 17. dxc6 dxc6 18. Bxa6 Rd8 19. Qf3 c5 20. Bb5+ Kf8 {Mittelfristig
lässt sich ein doppelter Turmtausch in der d-Linie kaum verhindern.} 21. g3 g6
22. Rd1 Kg7 23. Rcd2 Rxd2 24. Rxd2 Rd8 25. Rxd8 Qxd8 {Zwei Dinge sind völlig
klar: Aronian versucht immer noch zu gewinnen, objektiv ist die Stellung
jedoch klar remis. Um sein Ziel dennoch zu erreichen, muss Weiß ein wenig
Spannung bewahren, d.h. vor allem nicht die Damen tauschen, aber letztlich
muss ein schwarzer Fehler helfen.} 26. Kg2 h5 27. Qe4 {Es beginnt ein
geschicktes Manöver, an dessen Ende Weiß das Feld d5 erobert.} Bc3 28. Qb7 Bf6
29. Bc4 Qe7 30. Qd5 {Die schwarze Bauernmehrheit am Damenflügel ist wertlos,
die weiße Majorität auf der anderen Seite soll dennoch nicht zum Sieg
ausreichen. Es ist jedoch erstaunlich, wie schwierig der Verteidigung für
Schwarz ist.} h4 31. e4 hxg3 32. hxg3 Bd4 33. f4 f6 $6 {Das ist zwar korrekt,
erschwert jedoch die Verteidigung. Aber völlig passiv sollte sich Schwarz auch
nicht verhalten.} ({In Frage kommt} 33... Qf6 34. Qd7 Bc3 35. e5 Qf5 $1 36.
Qxf5 gxf5 {und der Gewinn des Bauern f5 reicht nicht zum vollen Punkt.}) 34.
Kf3 Kh6 35. Qg8 g5 $5 {Das ist früher oder später notwendig.} 36. e5 {Aronian
ist es gelungen, eine Situation herbeizuführen, in der der naheliegende Zug
verliert, der weniger logische hingegen remisiert, und das in Zeitnot
Iwantschuks.} fxe5 $2 ({Nach} 36... Qg7 37. Qe6 {hat Schwarz nur einen Zug,
der das Remis sichert und der sieht ein wenig unästhetisch aus:} Qg6 $1 {, z.B.
} 38. Qh3+ Kg7 39. Qd7+ Kh6 40. exf6 Bxf6 $1 (40... gxf4 $2 41. Qh3+ Qh5+ 42.
Qxh5+ Kxh5 43. f7 Bg7 44. Kxf4 Kg6 45. a4 Kf6 46. Ke4 Ke7 47. Kd5 Kxf7 (47...
Bc3 48. Kc6 Ba5 49. g4 Kf8 50. g5 Kg7 51. g6 Kf8 52. Kd7 Bc3 53. Kc7 Ba5 54.
Kc6 $22 $18) 48. Kc6+ Ke8 49. Kxb6 Bf6 50. Kc6 Bd8 51. g4 Kf8 (51... Ke7 52. g5
Kf8 53. g6 Kg7 54. Bd3 c4 55. Bc2 $18) 52. Kb5 Ke8 53. a5 Kd7 54. a6 Kc8 55.
Kxc5 $18) 41. Bd3 Qg8 {und Weiß kommt nicht weiter.}) 37. Bd3 e4+ 38. Bxe4 Qg7
39. Qe6+ Qf6 40. Qd7 $1 {Jetzt zielt die weiße Dame nach h7 und h3, die
Verteidigung ...Dg7 geht nicht mehr; Schwarz gibt auf.} 1-0

[Event "Nalchik FIDE GP"]
[Site "Nalchik"]
[Date "2009.04.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2009.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 Bc5 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Bg5 Qd6 8.
Nbd2 Nd7 9. Nc4 Qe6 10. O-O O-O 11. h3 Re8 12. b3 Nf8 13. Be3 Bd6 14. a4 a5 15.
Qd2 Bb4 16. c3 Bd6 17. b4 axb4 18. cxb4 Qe7 19. b5 cxb5 20. axb5 Bd7 21. Qb2 f6
22. b6 Be6 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. bxc7 Bxc7 25. Qxb7 Rd8 26. Rc1 Rd7 27. Ne1 Ba5 28.
Qb1 Bxe1 29. Rxe1 Qd8 30. Bb6 Qb8 31. Qc2 Ng6 32. Ra1 h6 33. Be3 Kh7 34. Nb6
Rd8 35. Ra3 Qd6 36. Rc3 Bf7 37. Na4 Ra8 38. Rc7 Bb3 39. Rxg7+ Kxg7 40. Qxb3 Rb8
41. Qc4 Nf4 42. Nc5 Rc8 43. Kh2 Rc6 44. Qb5 Ne6 45. Nxe6+ Qxe6 46. f4 Rd6 47.
Bc5 Qd7 48. Qb8 Rxd3 49. fxe5 fxe5 50. Qxe5+ Kh7 51. Bb4 Qg7 52. Qf4 Qg5 53.
Qb8 Qg8 54. Qf4 Qg5 55. Qb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nalchik FIDE GP"]
[Site "Nalchik"]
[Date "2009.04.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2009.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3
Ne4 9. Ne5 Bf5 10. Qb3 Nc6 11. Rd1 Na5 12. Qxd5 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Qxd5 14. Bxd5
Rad8 15. Bf3 Bxe5 16. e4 Bxe4 17. Bxe4 Bd6 18. c4 Nxc4 19. Bxb7 Rb8 20. Ba6 Nb2
21. Rd2 Na4 22. Rc2 Rb4 23. Be3 Nb6 24. Rac1 h5 25. Bb7 Nc4 26. Rxc4 Rxb7 27.
d5 a5 28. Bc5 Rc8 29. Bxd6 Rxc4 30. Rxc4 exd6 31. Rc6 Rb2 32. Rxd6 Rxa2 33.
Rd8+ Kg7 34. d6 Kf6 35. Re8 Rd2 36. Ra8 Rxd6 37. Rxa5 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nalchik FIDE GP"]
[Site "Nalchik"]
[Date "2009.04.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2009.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Bxc3 7. bxc3 Re8 8.
Ne1 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nc2 e4 11. Rb1 Na5 12. Nd4 b6 13. Qc2 c5 14. Nb3 Nxb3
15. axb3 Bf5 16. f3 exf3 17. Qxf5 fxg2 18. Qxf7+ Kh8 19. Rf2 Qd6 20. c4 Nf6 21.
Bb2 Rf8 22. Qb7 Qxd2 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Ra1 Rfe8 25. Qc6 Rf8 26. Kxg2 Qd4 27.
Ra2 Rac8 28. Qb7 Rb8 29. Qf3 Rf7 30. e4 Re8 31. Rfe2 Rd7 32. Qf5 Kg7 33. h4 Qd6
34. Re3 Qe6 35. Qf4 a5 36. Rf2 Rd4 37. Kh2 Re7 38. Qf3 Qe5 39. Qg4+ Kh8 40. Rf5
Rd2+ 41. Kh3 Qb2 42. Qf3 Rg7 43. Qh1 Qd4 44. Qf3 Qb2 45. Qh1 Qd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nalchik FIDE GP"]
[Site "Nalchik"]
[Date "2009.04.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2009.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8.
Bg5 a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Nd5 Be7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. c3 O-O 13. Nc2 Bg5 14. a4 bxa4
15. Rxa4 a5 16. Bc4 Rb8 17. b3 Kh8 18. Nce3 g6 19. h4 Bxh4 20. g3 Bg5 21. f4
exf4 22. gxf4 Bh4+ 23. Kd2 Ne7 24. Qg1 Nxd5 25. Nxd5 Be6 26. Qh2 g5 27. fxg5
Bxg5+ 28. Kc2 h6 29. Raa1 Rg8 30. Rag1 Rg6 31. Nf4 Bxf4 32. Qxf4 Qf6 33. Rxg6
Qxf4 34. Rhxh6+ Qxh6 35. Rxh6+ Kg7 36. Rh5 Bxc4 37. bxc4 Re8 38. Rxa5 Rxe4 39.
Rd5 Rxc4 40. Rxd6 Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nalchik FIDE GP"]
[Site "Nalchik"]
[Date "2009.04.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2009.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. c5 Nf4 11. Bxf4 exf4 12. Rc1 h6 13. Nd4 a6 ({As to} 13... g5
{White replies} 14. Bh5 {(the main theoretical line), Black looks for a useful
waiting move. Besides the text,}) (13... Kh8 $5 {and}) (13... a5 $5 {have been
tried.}) 14. h3 (14. Qd2 g5 15. h3 $6 (15. Bh5 $142 $1) 15... Ng6 16. Bh5 (16.
Bg4 Bxg4 17. hxg4 Ne5 18. f3 $140 Nc4) 16... Ne5 17. Nf3 Bd7 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19.
Bg4 Bxg4 20. hxg4 Qf6 21. Rfd1 h5 $1 22. gxh5 g4 $40 {0-1 Antonsen,M-Josephsen,
N/Aarhus 1989/EXT 1998 (64)}) (14. a4 $5 {needs testing:} g5 (14... c6 $5 15.
Nb3 a5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Karpman,V-Golod,V/Simferopol 1991/EXT 1998}) 15. h3 (15.
Bh5 $5) 15... Ng6 16. Bg4 Bxd4 17. Qxd4 Ne5 18. f3 Qf6 19. Ne2 Qg6 20. Qd2 h5
21. Bxc8 Raxc8 22. Nd4 Qf6 23. Nf5 $16 {1-0 Pecak,M-Jedra,W/Lublin 1999/EXT
2003 (31)}) (14. Re1 {is the most popular move:} Kh7 (14... Bd7 15. a3 Kh7 16.
Nb3 f5 17. Bf3 $1 fxe4 18. Nxe4 Nf5 19. Na5 b6 20. cxb6 cxb6 21. Nc6 $16 {
1-0 Psakhis,L-Kantsler,B/Israel 2002/CBM 088/[Psakhis](37)}) (14... Kh8 15. Qd2
Ng8 16. Nb3 Be5 17. Na5 g5 18. Nc4 f6 19. h3 $16 {1-0 Thallinger,H-Gross,D/
Balatonbereny 1995/CBM 048 ext (52)}) 15. Qd2 g5 16. Bh5 $1 Ng6 17. Bxg6+ Kxg6
18. Na4 (18. Qd3 $1 Be5 19. Nf3 f6 20. Ne2 $14) 18... Be5 19. Nb2 Qf6 20. Red1
f3 $13 {0-1 Karpman-Bitansky,I/Tel Aviv 1996 (36)}) 14... Kh8 (14... Kh7 15.
Qd3 (15. Bg4 Bxg4 16. hxg4 Ng8 17. Nf3 {Wahls} Re8 $13) (15. Re1 $5) (15. Qd2
$5 g5 16. Bh5) 15... Ng8 16. cxd6 $6 (16. Rfd1) 16... cxd6 17. Nf3 Re8 18. a4
Bd7 19. a5 Rc8 $15 {0-1 Karpman,V-Kruppa,Y/Simferopol 1990/CBM 021/[Wahls] (53)
}) 15. Qd2 Ng8 $6 16. Rfd1 h5 {An unusual plan - and an unusual reply!} 17.
Qxf4 $5 {[%mdl 512] In fact, this sacrifice was not necessary -} (17. Nf3 {
[%cal Ye2d3,Yc3e2] created serious problems for Black. If} f5 {then} 18. Bd3)
17... Bh6 18. Qg3 h4 19. Qd3 Bxc1 20. Rxc1 {Of course, White's central pawn
gives him a more than sufficient compensation for the exchange.} Qg5 21. Re1
Bd7 22. c6 {There was no need to hurry:} (22. Nf3 Qf4 (22... Qf6 23. Qe3 {
[%cal Ye2c4,Ye4e5]}) 23. Qd4+ Kh7 24. Bd1 $36) 22... bxc6 23. dxc6 Be6 24. Bg4
$5 Bxg4 25. hxg4 Ne7 (25... Qxg4 $5 26. Nd5 h3 $1 27. Qxh3+ Qxh3 28. gxh3 Ra7
29. Re3 $36 {[%cal Ye3a3]}) 26. Qd1 Rab8 27. a3 Kg7 28. Re3 Qf6 29. Nf3 Nxc6 $6
{Black decides to give up two pawns (c7 and a6) for this one but overlooks a
dangerous trick. It was not easy to find a better defence. E.g.} (29... Rfe8
30. g5 Qf4 (30... Qe6 31. Nxh4 Nxc6 32. Nd5) 31. e5 d5 $5 (31... dxe5 32. Re4
Qf5 33. Rxe5 Qc8 34. Qa1 $16 {[%cal Yc3e4]}) 32. e6 $1 $36) ({Perhaps the
difficult} 29... Rbe8 $5 {move was the best option} 30. g5 $140 Qf4 31. e5 d5
$1 32. e6 fxe6 33. Rxe6 h3 $1 $132) 30. Nd5 Qe6 (30... Qd8 31. Qa1+ Ne5 (31...
f6 32. g5) 32. Nxe5 dxe5 33. Qxe5+ f6 34. Qc3 $16) 31. Nxc7 $2 (31. Ng5 $1 {
was much stronger} Qd7 $140 (31... Qe5 $2 32. f4 Qd4 33. Qc1 {[%cal Rc1c6,
Rg5f3]}) 32. Nh7 $1 Rfd8 33. Rc3 $1 {[%cal Rh7f6]} Qe6 34. Rxc6 Kxh7 35. Rxc7
$18) 31... Qxg4 $2 {Resignation. Black's position now collapses.} (31... Qd7 $1
32. Nxa6 Rbd8 {kept drawing chances} ({or} 32... Rbc8 33. e5 Rfd8)) 32. Qxd6
$18 Rbd8 (32... h3 33. Ne1) 33. Qxc6 Rd1+ 34. Ne1 h3 35. Qc3+ f6 36. Rxh3 Rc8
37. e5 1-0

[Event "Nalchik FIDE GP"]
[Site "Nalchik"]
[Date "2009.04.28"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2009.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Bf4 Bd7 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Qe1 Be7 12. f3 Qc7 13. Kb1 b5 14. Bd3 b4
15. Ne2 e5 16. Bd2 a5 17. g4 d5 18. Ng3 dxe4 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Bxe4 21.
Qxe4 O-O 22. Rhe1 Rac8 23. Bc1 Bf6 24. Rd5 Rfd8 25. Red1 Rxd5 26. Rxd5 Rd8 27.
Be3 Bg5 28. Bxg5 Rxd5 29. Qxd5 hxg5 30. a3 bxa3 31. bxa3 Qc3 32. Qd8+ Kh7 33.
Qxg5 Qxf3 34. Qh4+ Kg8 35. Qd8+ Kh7 36. Qh4+ Kg8 37. Qd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nalchik FIDE GP"]
[Site "Nalchik"]
[Date "2009.04.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2009.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. a4 c5 13. Bc2 c4 14. b3 cxb3 15.
Bxb3 d5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rxa8 Bxa8
21. Qg4 Kh8 22. Qh5 Bd5 23. Rd1 Bxb3 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Bg5 Bxg5 26. Qxg5 Rd1+
27. Kh2 h6 28. Qe7 Bc4 29. Qb7 Re1 30. Qc8+ Kh7 31. Qf5+ Kg8 32. Qc8+ Kh7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 5th"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2009.05.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2009.05.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bg7 9. f3 O-O 10. Be3 (10. O-O Rc8 11. b3 d5 $1 $11 {geht auf Ivanchuk
zurück (Delchev-Ivanchuk/Istanbul 2003)}) 10... Nc6 11. O-O Rac8 12. b3 e6 13.
Rc1 Rfd8 14. Qd2 d5 15. exd5 exd5 16. c5 $2 {Als Entschuldigung für Ivanchuk
kann gelten, dass so schon in mehreren Partien gespielt wurde, sogar in
Gelfand-Shirov - diese allerdings im Blitz.} (16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18.
Nxd5 cxd5 19. Bd4 $11) 16... Nxd4 $1 17. Bxd4 Ne4 $1 18. Qe3 (18. fxe4 $142
dxe4 19. Nxe4 Qxd4+ 20. Qxd4 Bxd4+ 21. Kh1 b6 $17) 18... Nxc5 {Schwarz hat nun
glatt einen Bauern mehr.} 19. Rcd1 Bxd4 20. Rxd4 Qc6 21. Ne2 Ne6 22. Rd2 d4 23.
Nxd4 Qb6 24. Rfd1 Rd5 0-1

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 5th"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2009.05.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Wang, Yue"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2009.05.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6
8. Qd2 Be6 {Wenn man als Schwarzspieler Russisch als Eröffnung wählt, dann
sollte man auch nicht in die Verführung reinfallen, und den remislichen
Varianten ausweichen. Die Variante mit der langen Rochade ist sicherlich die
solideste Fortsetzung gegen den von Weiß gewählten Aufbau.} (8... O-O 9. O-O-O
Ne5 10. Kb1 Re8 (10... a6 11. Be2 Be6 12. Nd4 Nc4 13. Qd3 Nxe3 14. Nxe6 fxe6
15. Qxe3 e5 16. Bd3 $14 {Anand - Kramnik (Monte Carlo, 2005)}) 11. h4 Bg4 12.
Be2 Qc8 13. h5 Bf6 14. Nxe5 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Bxe5 16. Qf3 $14 {Bologan -
Charbonneau (Turin, 2006)}) 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. Kb1 a6 11. Be2 (11. Nd4 Nxd4 12.
cxd4 d5 13. Bd3 Bf5 14. Rhe1 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 O-O $11 {Adams - Gashimov (Baku,
2008)}) 11... Bf6 {Schwarz will wohl allen Abwicklungen mit möglichem 12.Nd4
aus dem Weg gehen.} (11... h6 $5 12. Rhe1 O-O-O 13. Nd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 (14. Qxd4
c5 15. Qd2 (15. Qxg7 $4 Rdg8 $19) 15... d5 $11) 14... Rhg8 15. h3 Qa4 16. b3
Qa5 $11 {Kobalia - Kritz (Warsaw, 2005)}) (11... O-O-O 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 c5
(13... Bf6 14. Qa7 Qc6 15. Bf3 d5 16. Rhe1 Rhe8 17. c4 $14) 14. Qxg7 Rdg8 15.
Qh6 Qa4 (15... Rxg2 16. Bxc5 $16) 16. b3 Qa5 17. c4 Rxg2 18. Bf3 Rg6 19. Qf4
$14 {Die weißen Figuren stehen etwas besser.}) 12. Ng5 {Weiß bleibt nichts
anderes übrig, als in diese Stellung zu gehen, wo sein Vorteil eher
symbolischen Charakter hat.} (12. h4 h6 13. Rhe1 O-O-O 14. Nd4 Bxh4 $15) (12.
Rhe1 O-O-O 13. Nd4 Bxd4 $1 (13... Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 Rhg8 (15... Kb8
16. Qxg7 Rhg8 17. Qxh7 Rxg2 18. Qh4 $16) 16. Qa7 c6 17. Rd4 $14)) 12... Bxg5
13. Bxg5 f6 14. Be3 O-O-O {Stellungen mit solcher Bauernstruktur und diesem
Materialverhältnis wurden schon öfters gespielt. Das übliche Ergebnis hier ist
ein Remis.} 15. Rhe1 Rhe8 16. b3 {Weiß verbessert seine Bauernstruktur. Am
besten sollte er die Bauern am Damenflügel alle auf die weißen Felder stellen.}
Bg4 $1 {Schwarz spielt richtig - Läufertausch ist eindeutig zu seinen Gunsten.
Durch das Erzwingen des Bauernzuges f3, schwächt Schwarz das Feld e3 im weißen
Lager und bringt dadurch die gewünschten Abtäusche näher.} 17. f3 Bf5 18. Bf1
Bg6 (18... Re7 $5 {sieht ebenfalls sehr logisch aus.} 19. c4 Rde8 $11 {Nun
kann Weiß dem Turmtausch nicht entkommen.}) 19. Kb2 Re5 20. Bf2 Qf5 21. Bg3
Rxe1 22. Bxe1 Qg5 $6 {Bis jetzt war eigentlich nichts los, Schwarz hat
problemlos seine Hauptidee - den Abtausch der Schwerfiguren, in erster Reihe
die Türme, - durchgeführt. Der Damentausch auf g5 ist aber fraglich, weil er
die Bauerstruktur offener macht, und damit den weißen Läufern mehr Platz
bietet.} (22... Re8 23. Bf2 Kb8 24. c4 a5 $11 {Wie vorher gibt es wenig zu
machen für beide Seiten.}) 23. Qxg5 fxg5 24. c4 (24. h4 {verdient Betrachtung,
bringt aber ziemlich wenig} gxh4 25. Bxh4 Re8 26. Kc1 Kd7 27. Kd2 Re5 $11 {
Es ist nicht zu sehen, wie Weiß die schwarze Stellung knacken kann.}) 24... Ne7
25. Bd2 $1 {Bevor Weiß Bc3 spielt, will er alle schwarzen Bauern des
Damenflügels auf schwarze Felder bringen.} (25. h4 $2 {Hier ist dieser Versuch
sogar ein großer Fehler:} Nf5 $1 26. Bd2 (26. hxg5 Ne3 27. Rc1 Nxf1 28. Bf2 Re8
29. Rxf1 Re2 30. Bd4 Rxc2+ 31. Ka3 Rxg2 $15)) 25... h6 26. Bc3 Nf5 27. Re1 $1 {
Weiß spielt die besten Züge.} (27. g4 Ne3 28. Re1 Nxf1 29. Rxf1 Rg8 $11) (27.
Bd3 $5 {sieht verlockend aus, wird jedoch kaltblütig pariert:} Rg8 $1 (27...
Ne3 28. Re1 Bxd3 29. Rxe3 (29. cxd3 $2 Nxg2 30. Re7 Nh4 31. Bxg7 Nf5 32. Rf7
Nxg7 33. Rxg7 Rf8 34. Rh7 Rxf3 35. Rxh6 Rxd3 $17) 29... Bf1 30. Bxg7 Bxg2 31.
Bxh6 Rg8 32. f4 gxf4 33. Bxf4 $14) 28. Re1 (28. g4 Nh4 29. Bxg6 Nxg6 $15) 28...
Nh4 29. Bf1 Kd7 $11) 27... Re8 28. Rxe8+ Bxe8 29. Bd3 ({Nichts bringt der
direkte Versuch} 29. g4 Nh4 {Schwarz hält sich in allen Varianten.} 30. Bxg7 (
30. Be2 Bc6 31. Bxg7 Bxf3 32. Bd3 (32. Bxf3 Nxf3 33. Bxh6 Nxh2 34. Bxg5 Nxg4
$11) 32... Bxg4 33. Bxh6 Nf3 34. Be4 Nxh2 35. Bxg5 Nf3 $11) 30... Nxf3 31. h3 (
31. Bxh6 Nxh2 32. Be2 Bd7 33. Bxg5 Bxg4 $11) 31... h5 32. gxh5 (32. Bf6 hxg4
33. hxg4 Bd7 34. Be2 Nh2 $11) 32... Bxh5 33. Be2 Kd7 $11) 29... g6 30. Kc1 {
Richtige Entscheidung - der König gehört im Endspiel ins Zentrum.} (30. g4 $6
Nh4 31. Be4 Bc6 32. Bg7 Bxe4 33. fxe4 h5 34. Bf6 Nf3 $15) 30... Nh4 31. Bf1 Kd7
{Schwarz bringt auch seinen Monarchen näher zum Spielgeschehen.} 32. Kd2 Ke6
33. Ke3 Nf5+ 34. Kf2 Kf7 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen, Weiß kann aus seinem
Vorteil keinen materiellen Nutzen ziehen.} 35. Bd3 Ne7 36. g4 Nc6 (36... b6 $6
37. c5 dxc5 38. Bc4+ Kf8 39. Bxa6 Nc6 (39... Bc6 40. Be5 $16) 40. a3 $14) 37.
Be4 Nd8 38. Bd5+ Ke7 39. Bg7 h5 {Die Stellung bleibt gleich, Schwarz will Bc6
spielen und einen der weißen Läufer abtauschen.} 40. Bd4 Bc6 41. Be3 Kf6 42.
Kg3 Ne6 43. a4 ({Nichts bringt der Bauerngewinn} 43. Bxe6 Kxe6 44. Bxg5 hxg4
45. Kxg4 Bd7 $11 {Das Endspiel ist absolut Remis.}) 43... Ke5 44. Bxg5 $4 {
Ivanchuk hat sich bestimmt verrechnet.} Bxd5 45. f4+ Ke4 $3 {Vermutlich hat
Weiß die folgende Idee von Schwarz übersehen.} (45... Kd4 46. cxd5 Kxd5 47.
gxh5 gxh5 48. Kh4 Ke4 49. Kxh5 Kf5 50. h4 $14) 46. cxd5 Nxg5 47. fxg5 h4+ $3
$19 48. Kxh4 Kf3 {Plötzlich ist Weiß verloren! Sein König kann dem Brettrand
nicht entkommen.} 49. b4 (49. Kh3 Kf2 50. Kh4 Kg2 51. h3 b6 $19) 49... b5 50.
a5 Kg2 51. h3 Kh2 0-1

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 5th"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2009.05.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2009.05.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Qc2 Nf6 5. Nbd2 dxc4 6. Nxc4 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
g3 b5 9. Nce5 Qc7 10. Qb3 a6 11. Bg2 Bb7 12. O-O Bd5 13. Qc3 Ne4 14. Qe1 O-O
15. Nd3 Bb6 16. Bf4 Qe7 17. Nd2 Nf6 18. e4 Bb7 19. Be3 Nbd7 20. Nb3 Rac8 21. f3
Rfd8 22. Rd1 Ne8 23. Bxb6 Nxb6 24. Qb4 Qc7 25. Qc5 Nc4 26. Qf2 Nf6 27. Nbc5 Nd7
28. b3 Nce5 29. Rc1 Nxd3 30. Nxd3 Qd6 31. Qe3 b4 32. Rfd1 Rxc1 33. Rxc1 a5 34.
Bf1 Ba6 35. Nc5 Nxc5 36. Qxc5 h6 37. Qxd6 Rxd6 38. Bxa6 Rxa6 39. Kf2 a4 40. Rc4
axb3 41. axb3 Ra2+ 42. Kg1 Ra1+ 43. Kg2 Ra2+ 44. Kh3 Rf2 45. f4 f5 46. Rxb4 g5
47. fxg5 hxg5 48. exf5 exf5 49. g4 Rf3+ 50. Kg2 fxg4 51. h4 Kh7 52. hxg5 Kg6
53. Rxg4 Rxb3 54. Rg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 5th"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2009.05.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2009.05.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 {Dieser Zug ist in der heutigen
Praxis eher selten anzutreffen, obwohl er zu einer interessanten Stellung
führt, in der Weiß um Vorteil kämpfen kann. Das liegt wohl daran, dass die
Alternative 5.Bd3 Schwarz in Eröffnungsschwiriegkeiten bringt.} (5. Bd3 {
Ist heute der am meisten gespielte Zug.} Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 (6... Ba7 7. Qe2 Nc6 8.
Be3 d6 9. O-O $14 {Mit angenehmen Spiel für Weiß. Das größte Problem für
Schwarz ist die Schwäche des Bauern d6, der ohne seinen Hauptverteidiger - den
schwarzfeldrigen Läufer - geblieben ist.}) 7. O-O d6 8. Qg4 g6 9. Qe2 $14 {
Die theoretischen Varianten in dieser Stellung sind sehr lang und kompliziert,
doch es sieht so aus, dass Weiß am Drücker ist.}) (5. Nc3 {ist der
zweitpopulärste Zug. Auch hier erreicht Weiß aussichtsreiche Stellungen,
obwohl Schwarz eher zum Kontern kommt als nach 5.Bd3.} b5 (5... Nc6 {Leitet zu
der anderen Paulsen-Variante über, die als sehr solide gilt.} 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7.
Bd3 d5 8. O-O Nf6 $132 {Weiß hat Entwicklungsvorsprung, Schwarz dafür ein
starkes Zentrum und keine Schwächen im eigenen Lager.}) (5... Qc7 6. Bd3 Nc6 7.
Nxc6 dxc6 8. O-O e5 9. f4 $14) 6. Bd3 Qb6 7. Nb3 d6 8. Be3 Qc7 9. O-O Nf6 10.
f4 Be7 11. Qf3 Bb7 $132) 5... Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 (6... Qc7 {ist eine alternative
Fortsetzung.} 7. a3 {Prophylaxe gegen 7....Bb4.} b6 8. Be3 (8. Be2 Bb7 9. f3 d6
{führt nur zu Zugumstellung.}) 8... Bb7 {Die nächsten Züge für beide Seiten
sind mehr oder weniger erzwungen - beide streben eine Igelstellung an und
müssen die Entwicklung beenden. Die Zugfolge spielt dabei keine große Rolle.}
9. f3 d6 10. Rc1 Nbd7 11. Be2 Be7 12. O-O O-O $132 {Radjabov - Kamsky (Baku,
2008). Es entsteht eine Igelstellung mit Chancen für beide Seiten.}) 7. Qf3 {
Dies wurde auf hohem Niveau noch nicht ausprobiert.} ({Kramnik hat in dieser
Stellung mehrmals und mit Erfolg} 7. Bd3 {gespielt. Nach} Nc6 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9.
bxc3 d6 10. O-O Ne5 11. f4 Nxd3 12. Qxd3 e5 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bh4
exd4 16. e5 dxc3 17. Qxd8+ Kxd8 18. exf6 $14 {bekam Weiß ein besseres Endspiel
aufgrund des schlechten schwarzen Königs in Kramnik - Svidler (Wijk aan Zee,
2005).}) 7... Qc7 8. a3 Be7 (8... Bxc3+ {leitet in die Variante über, die für
Schwarz als ungünstig gilt.} 9. Qxc3 Nxe4 10. Nb5 $3 axb5 11. Qxg7 Rf8 12. Bh6
Qd6 (12... Qc5 13. f3 $3 bxc4 (13... Qf2+ 14. Kd1 $18) 14. Bxc4 $1 Ng5 (14...
Nf6 15. Qxf6 Qxc4 16. Rc1 $18) 15. Qxf8+ Qxf8 16. Bxf8 Kxf8 17. h4 $18) 13.
cxb5 $1 {Weiß hat's nicht eilig, der Turm f8 läuft nicht weg.} b6 14. f3 Nc5
15. b4 Na4 16. Rc1 Bb7 17. Rc7 Ra7 18. Bd3 f5 19. Kf2 Qe7 20. Qxe7+ Kxe7 21.
Bxf8+ Kxf8 22. Bc2 Nb2 23. Rb1 $18 {Ob man es glaubt oder nicht, aber das
Spiel verläuft bis hierher forciert - angefangen mit 10.Nb5!}) 9. Qg3 d6 $5 {
Es ist immer die Frage, um was man eigentlich spielen will. Schwarz kann die
Damen tauschen und ein passives Endspiel spielen, das er vielleicht Remis
halten können wird, aber wo er keine Chancen auf Gewinn hat. Ivanchuk
bevorzugt, den Bauer zu opfern und Kompensation dafür zu suchen.} (9... Qxg3
10. hxg3 d6 (10... Nc6 11. Nxc6 dxc6 (11... bxc6 12. e5 $16) 12. e5 Nd7 13. f4
$14) 11. Be2 (11. Be3 Ng4 12. Bd2 Nc6 $11) 11... Nc6 12. Be3 Bd7 13. O-O-O $14)
10. Qxg7 {Weiß muss den Bauern nehmen.} Rg8 11. Qh6 Nbd7 (11... Qb6 {ist nicht
im Sinne der Stellung} 12. Qd2 $16) (11... Nc6 {Auch der Figurentausch kann
nicht gut sein, wenn Schwarz Initiative entwickeln will.} 12. Nxc6 Qxc6 13. f3
$16) (11... b6 {ist etwas zu langsam, Weiß schafft es, seinerseits Initiative
zu ergreifen.} 12. f3 Bb7 13. g4 $1 $16 {/\g5}) 12. Qe3 (12. f3 $2 Ne5 $1 {
Deswegen ist der Springerzug im 11. die beste Fortsetzung - Schwarz greift
sofort an.} 13. b3 b5 $1 $17) 12... b6 {Jetzt muss Schwarz die Entwicklung
vollenden, und auf eine Dauerkompensation hoffen.} (12... Ne5 13. Qe2 b6 14. f4
Ned7 15. g3 Bb7 16. Bg2 Rc8 17. b3 b5 18. O-O bxc4 19. Rb1 cxb3 20. Rxb3 Nc5
21. Rb4 $14 {Weiß hat den Bauer zurückgegeben, dafür bleibt der schwarze König
im Zentrum und der Turm g8 ist aus dem Spiel.}) 13. Bd2 ({Verlockend sieht der
Versuch aus, den Läufer zu fianchettieren.} 13. g3 Bb7 14. Bg2 Qxc4 15. b3 Qc5
$1 {Doch bekommt Schwarz starke Initiative in diesem Fall.} 16. O-O Ng4 17. Qd2
Bg5 18. f4 Bf6 $36) 13... Bb7 14. f3 {Was Weiß da macht, sieht logisch aus -
er verteidigt systematisch alle Schwachpunkte seiner Stellung, zuerst c3,
jetzt auch e4.} Ne5 {Schwarz muss Druck machen.} 15. b3 O-O-O 16. Rc1 (16.
O-O-O $2 d5 $15 {Der Bauer a3 hängt.}) 16... Kb8 {Die weiße Stellung ist nicht
leicht zu spielen, denn alle schwarzen Figuren stehen ideal. Außerdem hat Weiß
momentan keinen konkreten Plan. Er würde gerne seine Entwicklung vollenden,
aber das lässt der schwarze Turm auf g8 nicht zu.} 17. b4 {Deckt das Feld c5,
so dass der schwarze Läufer nach dem Vorstoß d5 nicht zu aktiv wird.} (17. g3
$6 {ist zu gefaehrlich.} d5 $1 {Schwarz nutzt die neu entstandenen Schwächen
im weißen Lager aus.} 18. cxd5 Bc5 19. Na4 Bxd4 20. Rxc7 Bxe3 21. Rxb7+ (21.
Bxe3 Kxc7 22. Bxb6+ Kb8 23. Bxd8 Rxd8 $19) 21... Kxb7 22. Bxe3 exd5 23. Bxb6
Rc8 $17) 17... Rc8 {Schwarz lässt sich Zeit.} 18. Na4 (18. g3 h5 $1 $36 {
Schwarz braucht sich keine Sorgen mehr um das Läuferfianchetto zu machen - der
Läufer ist an den Bauern c4 gebunden.}) 18... Nfd7 19. g3 $1 {Früher oder
später, das ist der einzige Weg, sich zu befreien.} Nc6 $2 ({Verrückte
Varianten beginnen nach} 19... h5 $5 20. Be2 h4 21. g4 (21. Kf2 Bg5 22. f4 Nf6
$1 23. Ke1 Bh6 $17) 21... Bg5 22. Qf2 Bxd2+ 23. Kxd2 Nc5 $3 24. bxc5 dxc5 25.
Ke1 (25. Nb3 Qd7+ $19) 25... cxd4 26. Qxd4 b5 $132 {Intuitiv kann man sagen,
dass die schwarze Kompensation den weißen Bauern überwiegt.}) 20. Nb3 $2 (20.
Nxc6+ {Es ist nicht zu sehen, wie Schwarz sich halten kann.} Bxc6 21. b5 Bb7 (
21... Ba8 22. bxa6 f5 23. Rb1 $18) 22. bxa6 Bxa6 (22... Bc6 23. Nc3 $16) 23. c5
$3 $16) 20... f5 $1 {Schwarz muss die Stellung öffnen, um den weißen König
anzugreifen.} 21. f4 (21. exf5 Bg5 22. Qf2 Nce5 $40) 21... e5 $1 (21... fxe4
22. Bh3 $1 Nd8 23. O-O h5 24. Nd4 $16 {Plötzlich ist es Weiß, der hier
angreift.}) 22. Bg2 exf4 23. Qxf4 Bg5 $6 (23... fxe4 $1 {Nichts spricht gegen
das einfache Nehmen.} 24. O-O (24. Qxe4 Nxb4 25. Qxb7+ Qxb7 26. Bxb7 Nd3+ 27.
Kf1 Rcf8+ 28. Kg2 Rf2+ 29. Kg1 Kxb7 $19) 24... Nce5 25. c5 (25. Bxe4 Rg4 $19)
25... dxc5 26. bxc5 bxc5 27. Ba5 Qd6 28. Rcd1 Rcf8 29. Rxd6 Rxf4 30. Re6 Rxf1+
31. Kxf1 Rf8+ 32. Ke2 Rf7 $15 {Am Ende dieser nicht forcierten Variante ist es
Schwarz, der auf Gewinn spielen kann.}) 24. Qxf5 Rcf8 25. Qh3 Bxd2+ 26. Nxd2
Nde5 27. Rc3 (27. Ke2 Nd4+ $19) 27... Bc8 $2 (27... Nd4 $1 {würde die Partie
wahrscheinlich entscheiden.} 28. Rf1 Bc6 29. Nb2 Qg7 $1 $17 {Die weißen
Figuren auf der langen Diagonale kommen in Schwierigkeiten.}) 28. Qh4 b5 29.
Nb2 (29. cxb5 axb5 30. Nb2 Qg7 $17) 29... Qg7 $19 {Die Stellung ist objektiv
gewonnen für Schwarz. Vermutlich waren beide Spieler zu diesem Zeitpunkt in
starker Zeitnot.} 30. g4 Qa7 $2 {Schwarz wollte es wohl zu schön machen. Das
einfache ...Ng4 würde den vollen Punkt bringen.} (30... Nxg4 31. Qg3 Qd4 {
Weiß kann nichts machen, alle seine Figuren stehen schlecht.} 32. Nb3 Qf2+ 33.
Qxf2 Rxf2 34. cxb5 Rxg2 35. bxc6 Rxb2 $19) 31. h3 Bxg4 $2 {Wieder nicht die
beste Fortsetzung.} (31... Qd4 $1 32. Qg3 Bxg4 $1 33. Qe3 (33. hxg4 Rxg4 34.
Qe3 Rxg2 35. Qxd4 Nxd4 $19) 33... Be6 34. Qxd4 Nxd4 35. Bf1 Rc8 $17) 32. c5 $2
{Ein Gegenfehler. Der einzige Zug war 32.Rf1.} (32. Rf1 Be6 33. Rxf8+ Rxf8 34.
Qg3 a5 $1 $15) 32... Be2 $1 33. Rg3 (33. Kxe2 Rxg2+ 34. Kd1 Rff2 $19) 33... Nd4
$2 {Schon wieder lässt Schwarz den sofortigen Gewinn aus!} (33... Qf7 $1 34.
Kxe2 (34. Rxg8 Qxg8 $1 35. Bf1 Nd4 36. Bxe2 Qg2 $19) 34... Nd4+ 35. Kd1 Qa2 $1
$19 {Weiß kann aufgeben!}) 34. Rxg8 Rxg8 35. Qf6 Qc7 $6 {Wieder gab es eine
stärkere Fortsetzung!} (35... Rxg2 $1 36. Qxd6+ Qc7 37. Qxd4 Nc6 $3 38. Qe3 (
38. Qh8+ Ka7 39. Nf1 Qf7 $19) 38... Nd4 $3 $19) 36. Bf1 {Weiß verteidigt sich
mit einzigen Zügen.} Bf3 $6 (36... Bxf1 {gewinnt sofort.} 37. Kxf1 (37. Rxf1
dxc5 38. bxc5 Qxc5 $19) 37... dxc5 38. Rg1 Ng6 $19) 37. Nxf3 Nexf3+ $4 {
Der letzte große Fehler! Hätte Schwarz mit dem anderen Springer genommen,
hätte er die Partie noch für sich entscheiden können.} (37... Ndxf3+ $1 38. Kd1
dxc5 $19 {Mit der geöffneten d-Linie ist Weiß verloren.}) 38. Kd1 Rd8 39. Nd3 {
Der Springer d4 stört den schwarzen Angriff.} dxc5 40. bxc5 Re8 {Nachdem die
Zeitnot vorbei war, landete Schwarz in einer verlorenen Stellung. Doch ließ
Weiß den Gewinn mit seinem 41. Zug aus.} 41. Nb4 $2 (41. Be2 $1 Qd8 (41... Ne5
42. Nb4 $16) 42. Qxd8+ Rxd8 43. Bxf3 Nxf3 44. Kc2 $16) 41... Qd8 42. Nxa6+ Kb7
43. Qxd8 Rxd8 44. Nb4 Ra8 {Schwarz gewinnt den weißen Mehrbauern zurück und
die Stellung endet in einem remislichen Endspiel.} 45. Nc2 Kc6 46. Bd3 Kxc5 47.
Rf1 Ne5 48. Nxd4 Kxd4 49. Bxb5 Rxa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 5th"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2009.05.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2009.05.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. Bd3 h6 11. Qh3 Nc5 {Topalov is famous for many
achievements, one of them is undoubtedy his independent approach to many
opening lines. The move with the knight to c5 amounts to a small revolution.
The move of the knight to b6 has a much higher reputation and better results,
as it defends the critical d5-square.} (11... Nb6) 12. Rhe1 (12. f5 Nd5 $5 13.
Bxe7 Nxc3 14. f6 (14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. bxc3 O-O $15) 14... Nxd1 15. Rxd1 gxf6 16.
Bxf6 e5 17. Qg3 Nxd3+ $1 (17... Rf8 18. Bb5+ $1 $18) 18. Rxd3 Rf8 19. Ne2 Be6
$11) 12... Rg8 {Another rather provocative move that opens the conflict on the
kingside and in the centre. Should the developing move 12...Bd7 prove viable
it must be a much safer solution.} (12... Bd7 13. f5 (13. e5 dxe5 14. fxe5 Nd5
15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Qg3 O-O 17. Ne4 Rad8 18. Nxc5 (18. Nd6 Nc8 19. Nb3 $14) 18...
Qxc5 19. Qh4 Bb5 20. Nxb5 axb5 21. a3 Rd5 {1/2-1/2 Atakisi,U (2406)-De Firmian,
N (2559)/Kavala 2006 (55)}) 13... O-O-O 14. Bh4 g5 15. fxg6 fxg6 16. e5 dxe5
17. Nb3 Nd5 18. Bxe7 Nxe7 19. Nxc5 {1/2-1/2 Virzi,E (1952)-Cardani,R (1887)/
Erba 2007}) 13. Bh4 {The game is unbelievably complex and interesting, we have
just passed the first great potential crisis. Meeting the immediate advance in
the centre would be anything but easy for Black.} (13. e5 $5 hxg5 (13... dxe5
14. fxe5 hxg5 15. exf6 Bxf6 (15... gxf6 16. Qh7 (16. Nf5 Nxd3+ 17. Rxd3 Qf4+
18. Rd2 Qxf5 19. Qxf5 exf5 20. Nd5 Rh8 21. Nc7+ (21. Nxe7 Be6 22. Nxf5 Rd8 $11)
21... Kf8 22. Nxa8 Rxh2 23. Nc7 f4 $1 24. Rde2 Be6 25. Nxe6+ fxe6 26. Rxe6 Bc5
$44) 16... Kf8 17. g3 Nxd3+ 18. Rxd3 Qa5 19. g4 $14) 16. Nd5 Qd8 17. Nf5 $1 (
17. Bh7 Qxd5 $1 (17... Rh8 $2 18. Nf5 $1 g4 19. Qg3 Kf8 20. Nxf6 {1-0 Planinec,
A (2520)-Najdorf,M (2540)/Wijk aan Zee 1973}) 18. Bxg8 (18. Nxe6 Qxd1+ 19. Rxd1
Bxe6 $17) 18... Qxa2 19. Qh5 e5 $13) 17... Kf8 18. Nxf6 Qxf6 19. Qe3 Na4 20. c3
Bd7 21. Bc2 $16 {1-0 Plaskett,J (2467)-Rechel,B (2414)/West Bromwich 2003 (56)}
) 14. exf6 Bxf6 (14... gxf6 15. Qh7 (15. Nf5 $1 Kd8 16. Qh7 Re8 17. Nxe7 Qxe7
18. Nd5 $18) 15... Rf8 16. Nf5 Qc6 17. Be4 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 d5 19. Nxe7 Kxe7 20.
Nc3 Rd8 21. fxg5 fxg5 22. Qg7 {1-0 Valenti,G-Santolini,L/Tivoli 1973 (27)}) 15.
Nd5 Qd8 16. Bh7 Rh8 17. Nxf6+ (17. Nf5 Bxb2+ 18. Kxb2 Kf8 $17) 17... Qxf6 18.
Nf5 Kf8 19. Nxd6 gxf4 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. Qa3+ Ke8 22. Bxe4 $14) (13. Bxf6 Bxf6
14. Qe3 Bd7 15. Kb1 O-O-O 16. e5 Be7 17. Nf5 Bf8 18. Nxd6+ Bxd6 19. exd6 Qa5
20. Bb5 axb5 21. Qxc5+ {1-0 Videnova,I (2155)-Nikolova,A (2234)/Vratsa 2007 
(52)}) 13... g5 14. e5 $1 {Ivanchuk must force the crisis as a peaceful
continuation is too mellow to promise any advantage.} (14. fxg5 hxg5 15. Bf2
Bd7 $11) 14... dxe5 (14... Nd5 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. exd6 Qxd6 17. Qg3 Kf8 18. fxg5
hxg5 19. Qxd6 Bxd6 20. Bg3 Bxg3 21. hxg3 $14) ({A very interesting alternative
to the game continaution lay in the elimination of the dark-squared bishop} 
14... gxh4 $5 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Nd5 Qd8 17. Nb3 (17. Nf5 Kf8 18. Nxf6 Qxf6 19.
Qxh4 Qxh4 20. Nxh4 d5 $11) (17. Bh7 Rh8 (17... Rg7 18. Nf5 Rxh7 19. Nxd6+ Kf8
20. Nxf6 Qxf6 21. Qe3 $1 Na4 (21... b6 $2 22. Ne4 Nxe4 23. Qxe4 $16) 22. Qa3
Qxb2+ 23. Qxb2 Nxb2 24. Kxb2 Bd7 25. Nf5 exf5 26. Rxd7 Re8 $11) 18. b4 Bxd4 $1
(18... Kf8 19. Nxf6 (19. bxc5 exd5 $1 $17) 19... Qxf6 20. bxc5 dxc5 21. Qa3
Qxf4+ 22. Kb2 Rxh7 23. Qxc5+ Kg8 $11) (18... Rxh7 $2 19. Qf5 $1 Kf8 20. Qxf6
$18) 19. Rxd4 Kf8 20. bxc5 exd5 21. Bf5 dxc5 22. Rd2 Qf6 23. Rxd5 Bxf5 24. Qxf5
Qxf5 25. Rxf5 Rc8 $11) 17... Nxb3+ 18. axb3 Kf8 (18... Bd7 19. Qf3 (19. f5 $2
Be5 $1 $17) 19... Bc6 20. f5 Rg5 21. Nxf6+ Qxf6 22. Be4 Bxe4 23. Qxe4 Rxf5 24.
Qxb7 Rd8 $11) 19. Nxf6 Qxf6 $11) 15. fxg5 $1 {Two of the very best players in
the world are navigating the complexity of the position with confidence. Much
weaker was the other recapture.} (15. fxe5 Nd5 $1 (15... Nh5 16. Bg3 Nxg3 17.
Qxg3 Bd7 18. Rf1 Rf8 19. Kb1 Qa5 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. Bxe4 O-O-O 22. Rf3 Ba4 23.
Rfd3 $16 {1/2-1/2 Sylvan,J (2285)-Hunt,H (2315)/Witley 1996 (51)}) 16. Nxd5 (
16. Bf2 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Na4 $15) 16... exd5 17. Qg3 Ne6 18. Nf5 Kf8 $1 19. Qe3
gxh4 20. Qxh6+ Ke8 21. Kb1 $15) 15... hxg5 {Topalov prefers small steps,
despite the fact that he had an enviable choice of very complex lines.} ({
The rather simplistic capture on d4 unleashes the might of the white pieces.} 
15... exd4 16. gxf6 Bd6 17. Nd5 Qc6 (17... Qa5 18. Bc4 b5 19. b4 Qa4 20. Rxd4
bxc4 21. bxc5 $16) 18. Ne7 $1 Bxe7 (18... Qxg2 19. Bf1 Qxh3 20. Bxh3 $16) 19.
fxe7 Qxg2 20. Qxg2 Rxg2 21. Rg1 Nxd3+ 22. cxd3 Rg5 23. Bxg5 hxg5 24. Rxg5 $16)
(15... Nh5 {Refuting the knight move to h5 is not easy and only the very
Sicilian sacrifice on b5 can put the defender to the real test.} 16. Bb5+ $1 (
16. gxh6 exd4 17. h7 Rh8 18. Bxe7 (18. Nd5 exd5 19. Rxe7+ Qxe7 20. Bxe7 Bxh3
21. Bxc5 Bxg2 22. Bxd4 Ke7 $17) 18... Qxe7 19. Qxh5 dxc3 $17) 16... Kf8 (16...
axb5 17. Ndxb5 Qb6 18. gxh6 Nf4 19. h7 Rh8 20. Qg4 $18) (16... Bd7 $2 17. Nxe6
fxe6 18. Bxd7+ Nxd7 19. Qxe6 O-O-O 20. Nd5 $18) 17. gxh6 Nf4 (17... axb5 18.
Ndxb5 Qb6 19. Bxe7+ Kxe7 20. Qxh5 $18) (17... exd4 $2 18. Bxe7+ (18. h7 $2 Qf4+
19. Kb1 Qxh4 20. Qxh4 Bxh4 21. hxg8=Q+ Kxg8 22. Re5 dxc3 23. Rxc5 axb5 24. Rxh5
Bf6 $17) 18... Qxe7 19. Qxh5 axb5 (19... dxc3 20. h7 cxb2+ 21. Kb1 $18) 20. h7
Rh8 21. Qh6+ Ke8 22. Rxd4 $18) 18. Bxe7+ Qxe7 19. Qe3 {White may be losing
some material, but the black pieces are poorly coordinated.} f6 (19... axb5 20.
h7 Rh8 21. Qxe5 Nfd3+ 22. cxd3 Rxh7 23. Ndxb5 $18) (19... Nxg2 20. Qxe5 Nxe1
21. h7 $1 $18) 20. Bf1 exd4 21. Rxd4 Ng6 (21... Nxg2 22. Bxg2 Rxg2 23. Nd5 Qf7
24. Nb6 $18) 22. Red1 b5 23. Ne4 $18 {White is on the verge of winning the
position.}) ({The most challenging for White would have been the knight move
to the centre, when Black would not suffer from the vulnerability of the steed
on the h-file.} 15... Nd5 $5 16. Bb5+ (16. Nde2 hxg5 17. Bg3 Ne3 18. Rd2 $13) (
16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Qg3 Bxg5+ 18. Kb1 f6 19. Qf2 $11 {White has enough
compensation for the mere pawn.}) 16... Kf8 (16... axb5 17. Ndxb5 Qc6 18. gxh6
f6 19. Bg3 $13) 17. gxh6 exd4 $1 (17... Nxc3 18. h7 Nxa2+ 19. Kb1 Rh8 20. Bxe7+
Kxe7 21. Qh4+ f6 (21... Kf8 22. Qh6+ Ke7 23. Nc6+ bxc6 24. Qg5+ Kf8 25. Rd8+
$18) 22. Qh6 Kf7 23. Be2 $1 $18) (17... axb5 18. h7 Rh8 19. Ndxb5 Qc6 20. Bxe7+
Kxe7 21. Rxe5 $18) 18. Rxd4 (18. h7 Qf4+ 19. Kb1 Nxc3+ 20. bxc3 Qxh4 21.
hxg8=Q+ Kxg8 $17) (18. Nxd5 exd5 19. Bxe7+ Qxe7 20. Qh5 Bg4 $17) 18... Nf6 (
18... Nxc3 19. h7 Rh8 20. Bxe7+ Kxe7 21. Qh4+ f6 22. Qh6 Kf7 23. Rg4) (18...
axb5 $2 19. h7 Rh8 20. Nxd5 exd5 21. Bxe7+ Qxe7 22. Qh6+ $18) 19. Qe3 axb5 20.
h7 Nxh7 21. Nd5 Nb3+ 22. Qxb3 exd5 23. Bxe7+ Kg7 24. Qxd5 $11 {The final
position is roughly equal.}) 16. Bg3 Ncd7 {Black must try to hold the center,
otherwise the disparity between White's fully developed forces and Black's
half finished business will become too painful. Unfortunatelly the other
knight's move is simply insufficient.} (16... Nfd7 $2 17. Bf5 $3 (17. Qh7 Rf8 (
17... Nf6 18. Qh6 (18. Bxe5 Nxh7 19. Bxc7 Nxd3+ 20. Rxd3 Bd7 21. Nd5 exd5 22.
Rde3 Be6 23. Nxe6 Kd7 24. Nd4 Bc5 25. Rf3 f6 26. Rh3 Nf8 27. Nb3 $14) 18...
Nxd3+ 19. Rxd3 Rg6 20. Qh8+ Rg8 21. Qh3 $16) 18. Nf3 Bf6 (18... Nxd3+ 19. Rxd3
f6 20. Qg6+ Rf7 21. Rf1 Nf8 22. Qh5) 19. Qh5 (19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 $16) 19...
Rh8 20. Qg4 $16) 17... Rf8 (17... exf5 18. Nd5 Qd8 19. Bxe5 Nxe5 20. Rxe5 Be6
21. Qh7 Rg6 22. Nxe6 Nxe6 23. Rxf5 $18) 18. Bg4 b5 19. Bh5 $16) 17. Nxe6 $5 {
[%mdl 128] The course of this fascinating battle indicates, that Ivanchuk was
really in fighting mood and was willing to go to extremes to win the game. His
sacrifice on e6 is a bit too temperamental.} (17. Kb1 Qb6 (17... Bb4 $5 18. Ne4
(18. Nxe6 $2 Qb6 19. Ng7+ Rxg7 20. Bxe5 Nxe5 21. Rxe5+ Kf8 $17) 18... Bxe1 19.
Nxf6+ Nxf6 20. Rxe1 Qa5 (20... Nd7 21. Nxe6 $16) 21. Rxe5 Qd2 22. Re1 Bd7 $14)
(17... b5 18. Ne4 Qb6 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. Be4 Ra7 21. Nc6 Rc7 {0-1 Dimitrijevic,
A (2369)-Brkic,A (2402)/Subotica 2003 (72)} 22. Rd6 Bb7 23. Qh5 Bxc6 24. Bxc6
Rxc6 25. Rxd7 $16) 18. Nb3 Bb4 19. Bxe5 Nxe5 20. Rxe5 $14) 17... Qb6 {Black
can play much more safely than accepting the dangerous gift.} (17... fxe6 18.
Qh6 Kd8 $1 19. Bxe5 (19. Bg6 Qc4 20. Rxe5 Ng4 21. Qh7 Ngf6 22. Qf7 Rf8 23. Qxe6
Qxe6 24. Rxe6 $14) 19... Nxe5 20. Bh7+ Ke8 21. Bxg8 Nxg8 22. Qh8 Kf8 23. Rf1+ (
23. Rxe5 Bf6) (23. Qxe5 Qxe5 24. Rxe5 Nh6 $1 $15) 23... Nf7 24. Ne4 {Black has
three minor pieces for the white rook, but they are not coordinated. Topalov
would have to play very carefully just to survive the onslaught.} Bd7 (24...
Qc4 $2 25. Qh7 e5 26. b3 Qe6 27. Rd6 Bxd6 28. Nxg5 $18) 25. Rxf7+ (25. h4 Be8
26. hxg5 Qb6 27. g6 Qe3+ 28. Kb1 Qh6 $15) 25... Kxf7 26. Qh7+ Kf8 27. Rf1+ Qf4+
28. Rxf4+ gxf4 29. h4 $1 $16) ({The safest way to limit White's attacking
chances might have been the other queen move.} 17... Qc6 $5 18. Bh7 Qxe6 19.
Qxe6 fxe6 20. Bxg8 Nxg8 21. Bxe5 Nxe5 22. Rxe5 Nh6 $15) 18. Bc4 $1 (18. Nxg5
Rxg5 19. Bf5 Qc6 20. Ne4 Rxf5 21. Qxf5 Nxe4 22. Qxe4 Qxe4 23. Rxe4 f5 24. Rc4
f4 $17) (18. Bh7 Qxe6 (18... Rh8 19. Nxg5 Nxh7 20. Nf3 Qe6 $11 {is very messy
and unlcear.}) 19. Qxe6 fxe6 20. Bxg8 Nxg8 21. Bxe5 Nxe5 22. Rxe5 Nh6 $15)
18... g4 {The sheer number of very complex and interesting lines after each
move must have seriously tested the players' ability to combine exact
calculation and tactical "feeling" with ticking clocks right next to them.} ({
Accepting the sacrifice at this moment is not a serious attempt to play for a
win with Black.} 18... fxe6 19. Ne4 (19. Bxe6 $2 g4 $19) 19... Qc6 $1 (19...
Nxe4 20. Rxe4 Nf6 21. Bxe5 Nxe4 (21... Bd7 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Qh5+ Ke7 24. Rxd7+
Kxd7 25. Qf7+ Be7 26. Bxe6+ $11) 22. Qh5+ Kf8 23. Qh6+ Kf7 24. Qh7+ Kf8 25.
Qh6+ $11) 20. Bd3 g4 (20... Kd8 21. Nxf6 Bxf6 22. Rf1 Rf8 23. Bxe5 Bxe5 24.
Rxf8+ Kc7 25. Rf7 Kb8 26. g3 $11) (20... Nd5 21. Qh7 Rf8 22. Qg6+ Kd8 23. Nxg5
$11) 21. Nxf6+ Nxf6 22. Qh6 e4 23. Bxe4 Nxe4 24. Qh5+ Kf8 25. Rf1+ Nf6 26. Bd6
Kg7 27. Qg5+ Kf7 28. Qh5+ $11) ({Much more original and dangerous for White is
the fascinating defensive line} 18... Nf8 $1 19. Bxe5 (19. Nd8 Bxd8 20. Rxe5+ (
20. Qh6 Ng4 $17) 20... Be7 21. Rxe7+ (21. Qh6 Be6 22. Bxe6 fxe6 $17) 21... Kxe7
22. Bd6+ Qxd6 23. Qe3+ Ne6 24. Rxd6 Kxd6 $15) 19... Bxe6 20. Bxe6 Nxe6 (20...
fxe6 21. Bd4 $13) 21. Qf5 Rg6 22. Bd6 Ng8 23. Bg3 Rd8 $15 {Black must have
some chances to survive with extra material.}) 19. Qh6 fxe6 20. Bh4 $1 {
Black has an extra piece that is not taking part in the game and the
centralized king is under maximum fire. White is running a serious risk, but
playing the position is more difficult for the defender.} (20. Ne4 Nxe4 21.
Qh5+ Kf8 22. Qh6+ Rg7 23. Qh8+ Kf7 24. Rxe4 (24. Qh5+ Kg8 25. Qe8+ Nf8 26. Rxe4
Qc6 $17) 24... Bg5+ 25. Kb1 Nf6 26. Rf1 Bd7 27. Qxa8 Rg8 28. Qxg8+ (28. Rxe5
Rxa8 29. Rxg5 Rh8 30. Be5 Rh6 31. Rgf5 Ke8 $17) 28... Kxg8 29. Rxe5 Nh7 30. Re4
$15) (20. Bd3 Nd5 21. Bg6+ Kd8 $15) 20... Bf8 $1 {Topalov gets a lot of credit
for this intuitive expulsion of the queen from the active square. Seemingly
compact defence with the rook} (20... Rf8 21. Rf1 (21. Bd3 Kd8 22. Qg7 $13)
21... Rf7 $1 (21... Qc6 $2 22. Bd3 $1 Qb6 23. Bxf6 Bxf6 24. Bg6+ Ke7 25. Ne4 $1
(25. Rxf6 Rxf6 26. Qg7+ Kd8 27. Qxf6+) 25... Rh8 26. Bh7 $18) {fails to the
quiet retreat of the king from the exposed c1-square} 22. Kb1 $1 (22. Bd3 Kd8
23. Bg6 (23. Ne4 $2 Rh7 $17) 23... Rf8 24. Qg7 Rg8 25. Qf7 Rf8 $11) (22. Ne4
Nxe4 23. Rxf7 Bxh4 24. Qg6 Qe3+ 25. Kb1 Nd2+ 26. Ka1 Kd8 27. Bxe6 $11) 22...
Qc6 23. Bd3 $18) 21. Qd2 Qc6 $6 {A clear proof that Black had to play at least
some moves based on "feeling". The best way to play for advantage was the rook
retreat to the h-file.} (21... Be7 22. Qh6 (22. Rf1 Qc6 23. Bd3 e4 24. Nxe4
Nxe4 25. Bxe4 Qxe4 26. Bxe7 Kxe7 27. Qd6+ Kd8 28. Rf8+ Rxf8 29. Qxf8+ Kc7 30.
Qd6+ $11) 22... Bf8 23. Qd2 $11) (21... Rh8 $1 22. Bg5 Be7 (22... Rxh2 $6 23.
Qd3 $1 $40) 23. Ne4 Qd4 $17) 22. Bd3 b5 $2 {Topalov is openly admitting, that
he badly needs to finish his development. Unfortunately most of the natural
moves simply fail to solve the mounting problems.} (22... Rh8 $2 23. Bxf6 Nxf6
24. Bg6+ Ke7 25. Qd8#) (22... Be7 23. Qh6 Qc5 (23... Nd5 24. Qh5+ Kd8 25. Nxd5
exd5 26. Bxe7+ Kxe7 27. Qh7+ $18) (23... Qxg2 24. Ne4 Nxe4 25. Qh5+ Kd8 26.
Bxe7+ Kxe7 27. Qh7+ $18) (23... Rf8 24. Rf1 $1) 24. Ne4 (24. Bg6+ Kd8 25. Bf7
Kc7 26. Bxg8 Nxg8 27. Qh7) 24... Nxe4 25. Rxe4 $16) (22... Nd5 23. Bh7 Rg7 (
23... Nxc3 $2 24. Bxg8 Nxd1 25. Qg5 $18) 24. Be4 Qc5 25. Qh6 $18) ({The best
idea for Black was to transfer the queen to the d-file with many ideas.} 22...
Qd6 $1 23. Rf1 (23. Qe2 Nd5 24. Ne4 Qc7 $17) 23... e4 24. Nxe4 Nxe4 25. Qe3 Be7
(25... e5 26. Bxe4 Bh6 (26... Qh6 27. Rxf8+ Qxf8 28. Kb1 $3 $16 {An
unbelievable position in which White dominates the board despite the fact that
he is missing a whole rook!}) 27. Rxd6 Bxe3+ 28. Kb1 Bg5 (28... Bf4 29. Re6+
Kf7 30. Re7+ Kf8 31. g3 $16) 29. Rg6 Bxh4 30. Rxg8+ Ke7 31. Rg7+ Kd6 32. Rxg4
$16) 26. Bxe4 Qc5 27. Qb3 Qe5 {might be the best defence against manifold
threats.}) 23. Ne4 $2 {Ivanchuk had a golden opportunity to decide the fight
for himself with pressure returning to the f-file.} (23. Rf1 $1 e4 $1 (23...
Bg7 24. Bg6+ Ke7 25. Be4 $18) (23... Nd5 24. Bh7 $1 Nf4 (24... Rg7 25. Qh6 $1
$18) 25. Bxg8 Bh6 26. Bh7 Ne2+ 27. Kb1 $18) (23... Be7 24. Qh6 Rf8 25. Bg6+ Kd8
26. Bxf6 Rxf6 27. Rxf6 Bxf6 28. Be4 $18) (23... Bb7 24. Rxf6 $5 (24. Bxf6 Nxf6
25. Rxf6 O-O-O 26. Qe1 Be7 27. Be4 Qc4 28. Bxb7+ Kxb7 29. Rf7 $16) 24... Nxf6
25. Bxf6 Qc7 26. Bh4 $16) 24. Bxf6 exd3 (24... Nxf6 25. Bxb5 $1 axb5 26. Qd8+
Kf7 27. Qxf6+ Ke8 28. Rd8#) 25. Qxd3 e5 $1 (25... Qc5 26. Bh4 Qh5 27. Qe4 Qh6+
28. Kb1 Ra7 29. Qc6 Qxh4 30. Qxe6+ Kd8 31. Qxg8 $18) (25... Bb7 26. Qh7 Nxf6
27. Rxf6 Rg7 28. Rxf8+ Kxf8 29. Rf1+ Qf3 30. Qh8+ Kf7 31. Qh5+ $18) 26. Nd5 Bb7
27. Qf5 Qxd5 28. Rxd5 Bxd5 29. Bxe5 $16) 23... Nd5 $1 24. Rf1 Bb7 $6 {Once
again a sound idea but not the most exact execution. The best was a retreat of
the queen from the c6-square with tempo.} (24... Qb6 $1 25. Kb1 Bb7 26. Rxf8+
Nxf8 27. Qh6 Kd7 $17) 25. Rxf8+ $1 {Played with a great deal of fantasy,
Ivanchuk prefers a colourful solution to the mundane attack along the f-file.}
(25. Qf2 Nf4 (25... Rg7 $2 26. Nd6+ Bxd6 27. Bg6+ Rxg6 28. Qf7#) (25... Bh6+
26. Kb1 Bf4 27. g3 $14) 26. g3 Nxd3+ 27. Rxd3 Bh6+ 28. Kb1 Rf8 29. Nd6+ Qxd6
30. Rxd6 Rxf2 31. Rxe6+ Kf7 32. Re7+ Kg8 $1 33. Rxf2 Bc6 34. Re6 Be3 35. Rf5
$11) 25... Nxf8 (25... Kxf8 $2 26. Rf1+ Ke8 27. Qh6 $18) (25... Rxf8 26. Qh6
Rf7 27. Ng5 Rf6 28. Qh8+ Nf8 29. Nh7 O-O-O 30. Nxf6 (30. Bxf6 Nxf6 31. Nxf6
Qxg2 $11) 30... Ng6 31. Qh7 Ndf4 $11) 26. Qh6 Rg6 {White is attacking without
a rook, but the danger for Black is very real. Topalov might have proven the
balance even after the 26...Qc7 move, but to calculate the lines properly
would surely require a lot of time or/and a silicon heart!} (26... Kd7 27. Nf6+
Nxf6 28. Bxb5+ Nd5 29. Bxc6+ Kxc6 30. Rxd5 Kxd5 31. Qd2+ Kc6 32. Be7 $18) (
26... Qc7 27. Rf1 $1 Rc8 28. Nf6+ (28. Qh5+ Ng6 29. Nf6+ Nxf6 30. Bxg6+ Kd7 31.
Bxf6 Bd5 $11) 28... Nxf6 29. Rxf6 Qb6 30. Qh5+ Kd7 31. Qf7+ Kd6 32. Qxg8 Bf3
33. Kd2 Rxc2+ $3 34. Kxc2 Qc5+ 35. Kd2 Qb4+ $11) 27. Nf6+ {We should be
merciful to the players and not ask for solutions like} (27. Qh5 $5 Qc7 (27...
Kd7 28. b4 Rg7 29. Qxe5 Rf7 30. Bg3 Rd8 31. Nd6 $13) 28. Nf6+ (28. Rf1 Qg7 $1
29. Nd6+ Kd7 30. Nxb7 (30. Rf7+ $2 Kxd6 31. Rxg7 Rxg7 $19) 30... Qh6+ 31. Qxh6
Rxh6 32. Rf7+ Kc6 33. Nd8+ Kd6 34. Nb7+ $11) 28... Nxf6 29. Bxg6+ Nxg6 30.
Qxg6+ Qf7 31. Qxf6 Qxf6 32. Bxf6 Bxg2 $11) 27... Rxf6 28. Bxf6 Nxf6 $2 {
Topalov is losing his heart and accepts the fact, that the game should end in
a draw. He could still have test his dangerous opponent to the limit with the
much stronger move} (28... Qc7 $1 29. Bg7 O-O-O $1 (29... Qd6 30. Qh5+ Kd8 31.
Bxe5 Qc5 32. Rf1 Kd7 33. Bg3 $11) (29... Qf7 30. Bxf8 Qxf8 31. Qxe6+ Qe7 32.
Qxg4 $44) (29... Ne3 30. Rd2 $1 (30. Bg6+ Nxg6 31. Qxg6+ Qf7 32. Qxf7+ Kxf7 33.
Rd7+ Kg6 34. Rxb7 Rd8 35. b3 Rd1+ 36. Kb2 Rd2 37. Bxe5 Rxc2+ 38. Kb1 Rxg2 $17)
30... e4 $1 (30... O-O-O 31. Bf6 $1 (31. Bxf8 Rxd3 $1 $19) 31... Nd5 (31... Re8
32. Qxe3 $16) 32. Bxd8 Qxd8 33. Qg7 $13) 31. Bxf8 exd3 32. Bb4 Qe5 (32... Nd5
33. Qxe6+ Ne7 34. Bd6 Qd7 35. Qe5 $16) 33. Qf8+ Kd7 34. Rxd3+ Nd5 35. Qe7+ Kc6
(35... Kc8 36. Qe8+ Kc7 37. Ba5+ Kd6 38. Bb4+ $11) 36. Qc5+ Kd7 37. Qe7+ $11)
30. Bxf8 {White would need to rise to the occasion and find} Nf4 31. Qg7 $1 Rd7
(31... Bxg2 32. Qxc7+ Kxc7 33. Bg7 Rd5 34. Re1 Nxd3+ 35. cxd3 Rxd3 36. Bxe5+
Kc6 $15) 32. Qh8 Qd8 (32... Rxd3 33. Rxd3 Nxd3+ 34. Kd2 Nxb2 35. Ba3+ $11) 33.
Bg7 Qxh8 34. Bxh8 e4 35. Bf1 e3 36. Rxd7 Kxd7 37. Be5 $1 Nxg2 (37... e2 38.
Bxe2 Nxe2+ 39. Kd2 Ng1 40. Bd4 $11) 38. Bd4 $11 {saving the draw in a slightly
spectacular way.}) 29. Bg6+ $1 (29. Qxf6 $2 e4 $17) 29... Nxg6 30. Qxg6+ Ke7
31. Qg7+ Ke8 32. Qxf6 {Naturally White can already give perpetual check.} (32.
Qg6+ $11) 32... Rc8 $1 33. c3 (33. Qh8+ $11) 33... b4 34. Qg6+ Ke7 (34... Kf8
$2 35. Rf1+ Ke7 36. Qg7+ Kd6 37. Rd1+ Kc5 38. Qxe5+ Kb6 39. Rd6 $18) 35. Qg7+
Ke8 36. Rf1 Qc5 37. Qxb7 $2 {With a few seconds left on the clock Vassily goes
over the top and loses beautifully. He was still better after} (37. Qf7+ Kd8
38. Rd1+ Bd5 39. Qxe6 Qe3+ 40. Kb1 Qe4+ 41. Ka1 (41. Kc1 Qe3+ $11) 41... Kc7
42. Qxd5 Qxd5 43. Rxd5 Rh8 44. cxb4 Rxh2 45. Kb1 Rxg2 46. Rxe5 $11 {but the
game would end in a draw.}) 37... Qe3+ 38. Kc2 (38. Kd1 Rd8+ 39. Kc2 Qe2+ 40.
Kb3 Qxf1 $19) 38... Qe2+ 39. Kb3 Qc4+ 40. Kc2 b3+ $1 {The symbolic 40th move
locks the white king into 2 ranks and forces a winning queen endgame.} 41. Kd2
$8 (41. axb3 Qe2+ 42. Kb1 Qxf1+ 43. Ka2 Rd8 $19) 41... Rd8+ 42. Ke1 Rd1+ $1 43.
Kxd1 Qxf1+ 44. Kd2 Qf4+ 45. Kd1 {It was a bit late to show bravery, but
objectively speaking much more challening for Black would have been the daring
centralization of the king.} (45. Kd3 $5 bxa2 46. Qb8+ Kf7 47. Qa7+ Kg6 48. Qg1
Qf5+ 49. Kd2 Qb1 50. Qb6 Kh5 51. Qb8 Qg6 52. Ke2 Qe4+ 53. Kf2 Qf4+ 54. Ke2 Qc4+
55. Kd2 Qd5+ 56. Ke3 Qc5+ 57. Ke4 a1=Q $19) 45... bxa2 46. Qc8+ (46. Qxa6 a1=Q+
47. Qxa1 Qf1+ $19) 46... Kf7 47. Qd7+ Kf6 48. Qd8+ Kf5 49. Qf8+ Ke4 50. Qa8+
Kd3 51. Qxa6+ {Unfortunatelly for White he can not even give check on d8.} (51.
Qd8+ Qd4 $1 $19) 51... Qc4 52. Qa7 (52. Qd6+ Ke4 53. Qa3 a1=Q+ 54. Qxa1 Qf1+
$19) 52... g3 {Black would like to mate the white king after Qg4+.} (52... Qb3+
53. Ke1 Kc2 $19) 53. h3 (53. hxg3 Qg4+ 54. Kc1 Qg5+ $19) 53... Qb3+ 54. Ke1 Kc2
{One of the most complicated games in recent months with a finish in the style
of ancient greek tragedies. Ivanchuk did not really deserve to lose after his
enterprising play in the whole game.} 0-1

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 5th"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2009.05.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2009.05.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Be7 {This move has become popular since Kortschnoj employed it
twice against Shirov.} 10. Re1 {This is an unusual way to reach the game
variation.} (10. c3 O-O 11. Re1 {is the usual move order:} (11. Bc2 f5 {
leads to an old main variation, which has become topical again. This is how
the aforementioned games continued and I dedicated to it two articles in CBM
115 and 116.}) 11... Nc5 ({As I had the occasion to find out,} 11... Nxd2 {
does not quite equalize:} 12. Bxd2 Qd7 13. Bg5 Rad8 14. Bc2 f6 15. Qd3 g6 16.
exf6 Bxf6 17. Bxf6 Bf5 18. Qd2 Rxf6 19. Nd4 Bxc2 20. Qxc2 Na5 21. b4 Nc4 22. a4
$14 {Stojanovic,D (2492)-Marin,M (2538)/Turin (ol) 2006 (1/2, 65). White's
more mobile structure leaves him with a permanent plus.}) 12. Bc2 d4 {and we
have transposed to the game.}) ({It is worth mentioning that a game between
the same players, but with reversed colours, continued} 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Bxe6
fxe6 12. Ng5 Qd5 13. Qh5+ g6 14. Qg4 Bxg5 15. Bxg5 Nxe5 16. Qg3 Nf7 17. Be3 e5
18. Rfd1 Qc6 19. Rd2 O-O 20. Rad1 Rae8 21. b4 Nd6 $11 {Ivanchuk,V (2711)
-Shirov,A (2713)/Monte Carlo 2005/CBM 105 ext (1/2, 57). Black's weaknesses
compensate for the extra-pawn.}) 10... Nc5 11. c3 d4 (11... O-O 12. Bc2 d4 {
would be another possible move order.}) 12. Bc2 $146 {This is the first, but,
curiously, not the last novelty in this game! The move has not been played
before in this specific position, but play will eventually transpose to
familiar paths and then we will have the real novelty.} ({After} 12. Bxe6 Nxe6
13. cxd4 Ncxd4 {, the insertion of the moves ...Be7 and Re1 favours Black (if
compared with the lines starting with 9...Nc5 10.c3 d4), because he is one
step closer to getting castled. Ivanchuk had the following recent experience
with it:} 14. Nxd4 Qxd4 15. Qc2 Qc5 16. Qe4 Rd8 17. Nf3 Qd5 18. Qc2 Bb4 19. Rf1
Bc5 20. Bg5 Qd3 21. Rac1 Qxc2 22. Rxc2 Rd3 23. Rfc1 Bb6 24. Bd2 O-O 25. Kf1
Rfd8 $15 {McShane,L (2592)-Ivanchuk,V (2787)/Germany 2008/CBM 123 (0-1, 51)})
12... O-O {Shirov's move order remains a bit of a mystery, since Black had two
ways to deviate. Maybe he wanted to avoid the line from the game
Stojanovic-Marin, although I see no reason for that.} (12... d3 13. Bb1 Qd5) (
12... dxc3 13. bxc3 Qd5) 13. cxd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Qxd4 {Black is better
developed, but the exposed position of the black queen will allow White to
catch up relatively quickly. In the meanwhile, Black should be concerned about
maintaining the stability of his pieces.} 15. Nf3 (15. Qe2 {Georgiev,K (2660)
-Piket,J (2590)/Biel 1993/CBM 37/[Wolff] (1/2, 43)}) (15. Nb3 {Ernst} Nxb3 16.
axb3 Qxd1 17. Rxd1 c5 $17 {Lasker-Tarrasch/Petersburg/1914/}) 15... Qxd1 16.
Rxd1 Rfd8 17. Nd4 Bd5 (17... Bg4 {is a worthy alternative.} 18. f3 Ne6 19. Nc6
(19. Be4 $6 Rac8 20. Be3 Nxd4 21. Rxd4 Rxd4 22. Bxd4 c5 23. Be3 Be6 24. f4 f5
$15 {White's majority is safely blocked, while the black queenside pawns are
mobile. Capturing on f6 would leave the white queenside in trouble after ...
Bxf6, while} 25. Bb7 Rb8 26. Bxa6 $2 {drops a piece to} Rb6 $19) 19... Bc5+ 20.
Kf1 Rxd1+ 21. Bxd1 Bf5 22. Bd2 Bd3+ $1 (22... Nd4 23. Rc1 Bd3+ 24. Ke1 $14 Bc4
$2 {Rodriguez Lopez,R (2290)-Estremera Panos,S (2385)/Mondariz 1996/EXT 2004 
(1/2, 26)} 25. Na5 $1 $16) 23. Ke1 Re8 24. Rc1 Bc4 $13 {White's queenside
pressure looks worrying, but his king is relatively unsafe.}) 18. Nf5 $5 $146 {
This is the "second novelty".} ({It certainly looks more active than} 18. Be3
Ne6 19. Nf5 Bf8 {Brodsky,M (2530)-Tikhomirov,A (2319)/Alushta 1999/EXT 2000 (1/
2, 49)}) 18... Bf8 19. Bg5 Rd7 20. Ne7+ Bxe7 21. Bxe7 Rxe7 $6 {Strategically,
this is wrong. In order to maintain his stability on the light squares, Black
should avoid giving up the light-squared bishop.} (21... Ne6 {offered better
chances to equalize.} 22. Bb3 (22. Rxd5 Rxd5 23. Be4 Rad8 24. Bxd8 Rxd8 $15 {
The material balance is the same as in the game, but Black controls the only
open file.}) 22... c6 23. Bxd5 (23. Bd6 Bxb3 24. axb3 a5 {[%cal Gf7f6] looks
fine for Black.}) 23... Rxd5 24. Rxd5 cxd5 25. Rc1 {Black has a fantastic
knight, sustaining the passed pawn, but the only open file is occupied by the
white rook. It seems that Black should be able to retain equal chances with
accurate play.} Re8 $1 (25... g5 26. Bf6 $1 $14) 26. Bd6 g5 27. Rc6 Kg7 28. Kf1
(28. Rxa6 Rc8 $132) 28... h5 29. g3 (29. Ke1 Nf4) 29... g4 $132 {[%cal Gg7f5,
Gd5d4,Ge6d4,Gd4f3]}) 22. Rxd5 Ne6 23. g3 g6 24. f4 $14 {[%cal Gg1e3,Gg3g4,
Gf4f5] Black is under strong pressure.} c5 25. Kf2 Kg7 26. Rad1 c4 27. Ke3 {
[%cal Gg3g4,Gf4f5]} f6 28. Rd7 Kf7 29. Be4 Rae8 30. Rxe7+ Rxe7 31. exf6 Kxf6
32. Rd6 Kg7 33. f5 $5 {A dynamic way to parry the threat ...Nc5.} (33. Rc6 {
would be a less spectacular way to solve the problem.}) 33... gxf5 (33... Nc5
$2 34. f6+ $1) 34. Bxf5 Nf8+ 35. Kd2 Re5 36. g4 a5 37. Ra6 a4 38. Rb6 Ng6 39.
Kc3 $16 {/+- Black's position is desperate. White's pieces are more active and
the black queenside pawns are weak. The next phase of the game features
inaccuracies from both sides.} Ne7 40. Rb7 (40. Re6 $1 $18 {After the exchange
of rooks, the queenside pawns would fall.}) 40... Kf6 (40... h5 41. Bd7 hxg4
42. Rxb5 $16) 41. Bxh7 Kg5 42. h3 Kf4 43. Rd7 $6 (43. a3 Ke3 44. Kc2 $16) 43...
Re2 $2 (43... Ke3 {[%cal Ge7d5]} 44. Kc2 (44. Kb4 $6 Nd5+ 45. Ka5 a3 46. bxa3
Nf6) 44... Nd5 {It is not easy to make progress with White, because of Black's
centralized position.}) 44. a3 Nc6 45. Rf7+ Kg3 $2 {The decisive mistake in a
difficult position.} (45... Kg5 46. Rf5+ Kh6 47. Rh5+ Kg7 48. Bc2 Re3+ 49. Kd2
$16) 46. g5 Re3+ 47. Kd2 Rb3 48. g6 Rxb2+ 49. Kc1 1-0

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 5th"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2009.05.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Wang, Yue"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A62"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2009.05.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. O-O {Once considered to be just solid but inoffensive, the fianchetto
variation has been causing Black lots of troubles lately.} Re8 (9... Nbd7 10.
h3 a6 11. a4 Rb8 12. Bf4 Ne8 $5 (12... Qe7 {Bareev,E (2653)-Alekseev,E (2716)/
Khanty-Mansiysk 2007/CBM 122/[Marin,M] (1/2, 30)}) 13. Rc1 {Grischuk,A (2748)
-Bacrot,E (2728)/Nalchik 2009/CBM 130/[Marin] (1-0, 56)}) (9... a6 10. a4 Re8
11. Bf4 Ne4 {Aronian,L (2759)-Carlsen,M (2693)/Elista 2007/CBM 119/[Marin,M] 
(1-0, 66)}) 10. Bf4 Na6 (10... Bg4 11. Nd2 $146 Nh5 12. Be3 Nd7 $5 {A creative
way to solve the opening problems. Topalov is ready to sacrifice material in
order to get his knight to e5 and weaken the enemy kingside.} 13. h3 Bxh3 14.
Bxh3 Nxg3 15. fxg3 Rxe3 {Eljanov,P (2692)-Topalov,V (2780)/Wijk aan Zee 2008/
CBM 122/[Marin,M] (1-0, 46)}) 11. Re1 Bg4 ({The dubious experiment} 11... Bf5
$6 $146 {only worked for one game, Gleizerov,E (2552)-Marin,M (2551)/Predeal
2007/CBM 121/[Marin,M] (1/2, 30)}) 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nd7 $5 {Black
immedtately places his knight on a favourable route.} ({In my notes to the
aforementioned game against Gleizerov, I have expressed my doubts about
Black's position after the approved} 13... Qd7 {Sargissian,G (2642)-Stellwagen,
D (2605)/Dresden 2008/CBM 128/[Ftacnik] (1-0, 37). Apparently, Black is
developed harmoniously, but his kingside pieces are frozen. In the meanwhile
there was another game which more or less confirmed my evaluation, although
its course was slightly different than my lines.}) 14. e4 {This move does not
question Black's strategy in any way. White occupies the centre, but weakens
the d3-square and gives Black an important tempo to complete his development.
Other neutral moves have been played, leading to similar play, where Black is
fine.} (14. Qb3 Ne5 15. Bg2 Rb8 16. Nb5 Qb6 17. Be3 Nc7 18. Nc3 Qa6 19. a4 Qc4
$132 {Carron,J (2345)-Cvitan,O (2539)/Biel 2006/CBM 113 ext (0-1, 52)}) (14.
Bg2 Ne5 15. Ne4 b5 $6 (15... h6 $5 16. g4 Qe7) 16. g4 Nc7 $6 (16... h6 $5) 17.
Bg5 $1 f6 18. Bh4 $14 Qe7 $2 19. Nxc5 $1 $16 {Georgiev,V (2576)-Ivanisevic,I 
(2607)/Crete 2007/CBM 121 (0-1, 41)}) ({Personally, I would be afraid of} 14.
Bxd6 {, which offers White excellent compensation for the exchange after} Qb6
15. Bf4 Qxb2 16. Ne4 Qxa1 17. Qxa1 Bxa1 18. Rxa1 $44 {[%csl Ra6,Gd5,Ge2,Gf3,
Gf4]}) 14... Qe7 {It is slightly strange that until the end of the game
Ivanchuk will refrain from occupying the e5-square with the knight. It could
be that in Sofia he had slight problems to chose the optimal placement for the
knights, see also his Ruy Lopez loss against Topalov.} (14... Ne5 $5 15. Be2 (
15. Bg2 c4 $15 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Ga6c5]}) 15... Nc7 {[%cal Gd8d7,Yd7b5,Yd7h3,
Gb7b5,Gg1g2]} 16. Kg2 (16. a4 Na6 $132) 16... Rb8 (16... Qd7 17. a4 Na6 $2 18.
Bb5 $18) 17. a4 Na6 $132 {[%cal Ga6b4]}) 15. Bg2 Nc7 16. a4 a6 17. Bf1 $1 {
A typical regroupment.} (17. a5 $6 {leaves the b5-square undefended.} Nb5 $132)
17... Rab8 18. Kg2 (18. a5 b5 19. axb6 Rxb6 $132) 18... Bd4 $14 {Black admits
that something has gone wrong in the previous phase and starts waiting,
relying on the solidness of his position.} ({The problem is that the queenside
counterplay with} 18... b5 $6 {offers White strong initiative after} 19. axb5
axb5 20. Ra7 $36) 19. Qd2 Nf6 20. Bg5 Qf8 21. Bh6 Qe7 22. Bg5 Qf8 23. Bh6 Qe7
24. f3 {This looks too passive. White does not seem to have much against a
peacefull result.} (24. Bd3 $1 $14 {[%cal Gc3e2,Gf2f4] would have been a more
ambitious way to defend the e4-pawn.}) 24... Nd7 25. h4 Qf6 26. Bg5 Qg7 27. Bh6
Qf6 28. Bg5 Qg7 29. Bf4 Qf6 30. g4 Be5 31. Bg5 Qg7 32. Bh6 Qf6 33. Bg5 Qg7 34.
Bh6 Qf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 5th"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2009.05.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2009.05.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 {Der Grund, warum Weiß nicht 3.d4 spielt, ist, dass
er mit dieser Zugfolge die Sweschnikow-Variante vermeidet.} ({Nach} 3. d4 {
kann Weiß Sweschnikow nicht mehr ausweichen.} cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6.
Ndb5 d6 $132 {mit 30-Züge langer Theorie.}) ({Eine vernünftige Alternative ist
} 3. Bb5 $5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 {und Weiß bekommt eine Stellung,
die er relativ risikofrei spielen kann.}) 3... g6 {Die Drachen-Variante wurde
in letzter Zeit zur Spezialität von Magnus Carlsen.} 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6.
Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 ({Nach} 7. Nxc6 bxc6 (7... dxc6 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Bc4 Ke8 10. f3
$14) 8. e5 {muss Schwarz den Bauer opfern:} Nd5 $1 (8... Ng8 9. Bd4 f6 10. f4
Qa5 11. Qe2 $14 {Volokitin - Tiviakov (Copenhagen, 2002)}) 9. Nxd5 cxd5 10.
Qxd5 Rb8 11. Bc4 O-O 12. O-O-O Qc7 $44 {und Schwarz hatte gute Kompensation in
Firman - Efimenko (Lvov, 2001)}) 7... O-O 8. Bb3 d6 {Wohl der beste Zug. Die
Alternativen sind nicht so gut.} ({Ein bekannter Fehler ist} 8... Na5 $2 {Nach}
9. e5 Ne8 10. Bxf7+ $3 Kxf7 (10... Rxf7 11. Ne6 $18) 11. Ne6 $1 $18 {gewinnt
Weiß die Dame oder setzt den gegnerischen König Matt (im Fall von 11....Kxe6)})
({Nicht gut für Schwarz ist auch die Variante} 8... a5 $6 9. O-O a4 10. Nxa4
Nxe4 11. Nb5 Ra6 12. c4 d6 13. Qe2 $14 {Weiß kontrolliert alle wichtigen
Felder im Zentrum, dazu ist der Damenflügel von Schwarz sehr kompromittiert.})
({Kaum zu empfehlen ist} 8... Ng4 $6 9. Qxg4 Nxd4 10. Qd1 Nxb3 11. axb3 {
, denn obwohl Schwarz den weißen Läufer vernichtet, hat er zu viele Schwächen
im eigenen Lager - der König ist anfällig, der Bauer a7 hängt, das Feld d5 und
die d-Linie stehen den weißen Figuren zur Verfügung.} b6 12. Qd2 Bb7 13. Bh6
$14 {Bologan - Wirthensohn (Bern, 1998)}) 9. f3 {Weiß muss sich gegen die
Drohung 9....Ng4 verteidigen.} Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 {Schwarz will nicht warten bis
Weiß lang rochiert und beginnt aktives Spiel am Damenflügel. Dies hat seine
Vor- und Nachteile. Der Hauptvorteil ist, dass Weiß nicht mehr lang rochieren
kann. Der Hauptnachteil ist, dass im Fall weißer kurzer Rochade die schwarzen
Bauern am Damenflügel anfällig werden können.} (10... Rc8 11. O-O-O {führt zur
Hauptstellung der normalen Drachen-Variante.}) (10... Qa5 11. O-O-O Rfc8 12.
Kb1 Ne5 {geht in die Drachen-Variante über.}) ({Auch nach} 10... Ne5 11. O-O-O
{entsteht die Hauptvariante im Drachen.}) 11. Bxd4 b5 12. h4 ({Wenig
verspricht die sofortige Aktion am Damenflügel} 12. a4 bxa4 (12... a6 $2 {
sieht sehr künstlich aus.} 13. O-O Bc6 14. axb5 axb5 15. Na2 Bb7 16. Nb4 $16 {
Kramnik - Van Wely (Wijk aan Zee, 2004) Der Bauer auf b5 ist sehr schwach.}) ({
Dagegen verdient Betrachtung} 12... b4 $5 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. exd5
Qa5 16. Qd4+ Kg8 17. O-O Rac8 18. Rfe1 Rfe8 19. Kh1 Qc5 20. Qh4 e5 $132 {
Mamedov - Guseinov (Kocaeli, 2008)}) 13. Nxa4 (13. Bxa4 Bxa4 14. Rxa4 Qb8 15.
O-O {1/2-1/2 Nijboer - Tiviakov (Hilversum, 2007)}) 13... Be6 $1 14. Bxe6 fxe6
15. O-O Qc7 16. Nc3 Rfc8 $132 {und Schwarz hatte keine Sorgen in Vallejo Pons
- Anand (Leon, 2008)}) (12. O-O $5 {Die kurze Rochade bietet sich an.} b4 $1 {
Nur so! Schwarz muss in diesem Moment sehr aufpassen und nicht auf das logisch
aussehende 12...a5 verfallen.} (12... a5 $6 13. a4 b4 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5
Bxd4+ 16. Qxd4 Re8 17. Rfe1 $14 {Weiß steht klar besser, weil Schwarz noch
nicht mal ansatzweise etwas Gegenspiel hat.}) 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Bxd4+ 15.
Qxd4 a5 $1 {Jetzt kann Weiß nicht mehr so gut a4 spielen, daher bekommt
Schwarz gutes Gegenspiel am Damenflügel.} 16. Rfe1 (16. a4 $6 bxa3 17. Rxa3 a4
18. Bxa4 (18. Bc4 Qc7 $132) 18... Bxa4 19. Rxa4 Rxa4 20. Qxa4 Qb6+ 21. Kh1 Qxb2
$15) 16... Re8 (16... a4 17. Bc4 Re8 18. Re3 Rc8 19. Rae1 Qc7 20. b3 $14) 17.
h4 Qc7 18. h5 Rac8 19. h6 Qc5 $11 {Sutovsky - Van Wely (Polanica Zdroj, 1999)})
12... a5 13. a4 ({Verrückte Komplikationen fangen an nach} 13. h5 a4 14. Bd5 e5
$132 {Bologan - Maze (Evry, 2008)}) 13... bxa4 (13... b4 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5
Bxd4 16. Qxd4 {Im Vergleich zu der Variante 12.0-0!? steht hier der weiße
König immer noch im Zentrum und das gibt Schwarz Gegenchancen. Trotzdem ist
die weiße Stellung etwas angenehmer zu spielen.} e5 $1 17. dxe6 Bxe6 18. O-O-O
$5 (18. Bxe6 Re8 19. O-O-O Rxe6 $132) 18... Bxb3 19. cxb3 Re8 20. Kb1 Re2 21.
h5 $36 {Berg - Smerdon (Liverpool, 2007)}) 14. Bxa4 {Bis jetzt wurde fast
ausschließlich 14.Nxa4 gespielt.} (14. Nxa4 Be6 15. Nb6 ({Nichts bringt} 15.
Bxe6 fxe6 16. b3 Qc7 17. Qc3 Qb7 $132 {Berg - Macieja (Oslo, 2009)}) 15... Ra6
16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 {denn Schwarz bekommt schnell das Gegenspiel am
Damenflügel:} Qc7 18. Ra4 Rb8 19. h5 (19. Kf2 h5 20. Re1 Ne8 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22.
Rae4 a4 23. Qd4+ Nf6 24. Rxe7 Qb6 25. Qxb6 Raxb6 26. Bxa4 Rxb2 27. Kg3 Nxd5 $11
{Motylev - Kudrin (Minneapolis, 2005)}) 19... Nxh5 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. g4 Nf6 22.
Qh6+ Kg8 23. Rf4 Qc5 24. Rxf6 exf6 25. Kd1 (25. Qxh7+ Kf8 26. Qh8+ Ke7 27. Qxb8
Qe3+ 28. Kf1 Qxf3+ 29. Kg1 Qg3+ 30. Kf1 Qf3+ $11) 25... Rxb3 26. cxb3 Qxd5+ 27.
Kc2 Rc6+ 28. Kb1 Qd3+ 29. Ka2 g5 $15 {Shirov - Ivanchuk (Wijk aan Zee, 1999)})
14... h5 $5 $146 {Schwarz verhindert alle möglichen Angriffsversuche von Weiß.
Das kostet ihn jedoch einen Zug Zeit, was Weiß vielleicht ausnutzen kann, um
seine Initiative zu entwickeln.} (14... Bxa4 15. Rxa4 Qd7 16. O-O Qb7 17. Rfa1
Rfd8 18. b3 e5 19. Be3 d5 $132 {Jenni - Wirthensohn (Pontresina, 2000)}) 15.
O-O Rb8 16. Bxd7 (16. Bb3 Qc7 17. Nd5 $2 Nxd5 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. exd5 Qc5+ 20.
Rf2 a4 21. Bxa4 Bxa4 22. Rxa4 Rxb2 $17) 16... Nxd7 (16... Qxd7 {gleicht wohl
auch aus.} 17. b3 Qc7 (17... Rfc8 18. Rxa5 e5 19. Ba7 Qc7 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. Qxd5
$14) 18. Ra4 Rfc8 19. Rc4 Qd8 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 $11 {Mit nur einem Turm kann Weiß
keinen starken Druck gegen den Bauern a5 entwickeln.}) 17. b3 Bxd4+ 18. Qxd4
Qb6 {Üblicherweise ist der Damentausch erwünscht für Weiß, aber in dieser
Stellung schafft es Schwarz sehr schnell, seinen schwachen Bauern a5
abzutauschen und er kann versuchen, auf Konter zu spielen.} 19. Qxb6 (19. Qf2
$1 {Das sieht sehr komisch aus, wäre aber die beste Fortsetzung gewesen. Durch
das Nehmen auf b6 bringt Weiß den schwarzen Springer dorthin, wo er den
Vormarsch a4 unterstützen kann.} Qxf2+ 20. Rxf2 (20. Kxf2 $4 Rfc8 $19) 20...
Ra8 21. Nd5 e6 22. Ne3 $14 {Schwarz hat nun eine weitere Schwäche auf d6. Weiß
hat einen kleinen Vorteil.}) 19... Nxb6 20. Nd1 (20. Ne2 Rfc8 21. c4 Nd7 (21...
a4 22. bxa4 Nxc4 23. a5 $14 {Der Bauer kann bei Gelegenheit gefährlich werden.}
) 22. Rxa5 Rxb3 23. Ra7 Ne5 24. Rxe7 Rxc4 $11) 20... Rfc8 21. Ne3 Ra8 $1 {
Schwarz bereitet den Zug 22....a4 vor, wonach seine einzige Schwäche - der
Bauer a5 - abgetauscht wird.} 22. Ra2 a4 23. Rfa1 axb3 24. Rxa8 Nxa8 $1 {
Sehr richtige Entscheidung - ein Paar Türme sollte Schwarz auf dem Brett
lassen, um die Möglichkeit zu haben, den Bauern b3 anzugreifen. Das
Springerendspiel dagegen ist eher zum weißen Vorteil.} (24... Rxa8 $6 25. Rxa8+
Nxa8 26. cxb3 e6 27. Kf2 Kf8 28. Ke2 Ke7 29. Kd3 Kd7 30. g4 $1 $14 {
/\gh-Ng2-Nf4}) 25. cxb3 Nb6 26. Ra7 Rc3 ({Zum selben Ergebnis führt} 26... Kf8
27. Rb7 Rc3 28. Kf2 Rxb3 29. Nc4 Rxf3+ 30. gxf3 Nxc4 $11) 27. Kf2 e6 {Der
sicherste Weg, in ein remisliches Endspiel zu gelangen.} (27... Rxb3 28. Rxe7
Rb2+ 29. Kf1 Rb1+ 30. Ke2 Rb2+ 31. Kd3 $14 {Weiß behält kleine Chancen dank
der besseren Position seiner Figuren, aber bei richtigem Spiel muss Schwarz
Remis machen können.}) 28. Rb7 (28. b4 Rb3 $15) 28... Rxb3 29. Nc4 Rxf3+ 30.
gxf3 Nxc4 31. Rb4 d5 32. exd5 exd5 33. Rb8+ Kg7 34. Rd8 Kf6 35. Rxd5 Ke6 36.
Rb5 Nd6 $11 {Weiß hat keine Chancen auf Gewinn.} 37. Ra5 Nf5 38. Ra6+ Ke5 39.
Ra5+ Ke6 40. Ra6+ Ke5 41. Ra5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 5th"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2009.05.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C97"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[EventDate "2009.05.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. d5 {This move is frequently played,
with the aim of avoiding the lines based on ...cxd4. Personally, I feel that
this release of the tension in the centre is premature.} Bd7 {I consider this
natural developing move to be the best.} ({The immediate attempt to improve
the queen's knight position with} 12... Nc4 {succeeds only partially:} 13. b3
Nb6 14. a4 Bd7 15. a5 Nc8 {I do not feel that the knight is much better placed
here than it was on a5. Besides, White has managed to win much space on the
queenside.} 16. Nbd2 g6 17. Nf1 Nh5 18. Bh6 Re8 19. Qd2 Bf6 20. Ng3 Nxg3 21.
fxg3 Bg7 22. Rf1 f6 23. Be3 Ne7 24. g4 Rf8 25. Kh2 Rae8 26. Nh4 Qc8 27. b4 c4
28. Rf3 Rf7 29. Raf1 Ref8 {Black has managed to regroup, but his position
remains passive.} 30. Bh6 $6 ({Shipov reccomends} 30. Nf5 $5 gxf5 31. gxf5 {
[%cal Gg2g4,Gh3h4] with enduring pressure, despite the big material
disadvantage. In this line, the black knight remains passive all the same.})
30... g5 $1 $11 {Bacrot,E (2728)-Svidler,P (2726)/Nalchik 2009/CBM 131 (1/2,
36)}) (12... c4 $6 {is premature because of} 13. b4 $1 {In this line, it is
important that the c3-pawn is defended.}) 13. b3 {This is the most consistent
continuation, aiming to keep the a5-knight out of play.} (13. Nbd2 {is met by}
c4 $132 {[%cal Ga5b7,Gb7c5]} 14. Nf1 (14. b4 $2 cxb3 $1 {[%csl Gc3]}) 14... Nb7
15. g4 (15. N3h2 {Karjakin,S (2645)-Aleksandrov,A (2630)/Saint Vincent 2005/
CBM 110/[Marin,M] (1/2, 31)}) 15... h5 {Sulskis,S (2528)-Efimenko,Z (2620)/
Dresden 2007/CBM 118 [Marin] (0-1, 74)} (15... Ne8 {Harikrishna,P (2673)
-Fressinet,L (2624)/Pamplona 2005/CBM 111/[Marin,M] (1-0, 41)})) 13... c4 $6 {
I find it hard to justify such an early opening of the queenside.} ({When
facing this position, I played} 13... Rab8 {intending to discourage an
eventual break with a4 and waiting for White to develop his knight in order to
continue with ...g6 and Nh5 without fearing Bh6.} 14. Be3 (14. a4 $6 bxa4 15.
bxa4 {>< b3}) (14. Nbd2 g6 15. Nf1 Nh5) 14... g6 ({As we shall find out from a
further line, it is better to transfer the knight to g7 via h5 rather than with
} 14... Ne8) 15. Nbd2 ({I was slightly worried about} 15. Bh6 $5 {but after}
Rfe8 16. Nbd2 Nh5 {Black would have an extra-tempo compared to the line
starting with 13...g6 below.}) 15... Nh5 16. Bh6 Ng7 ({In fact, even here} 
16... Rfe8 $5 17. Nf1 Bf8 {came into consideration.}) 17. Nf1 Nb7 {The knight
initiates its voyage to f7.} 18. g4 Nd8 19. Ng3 f6 20. Nh2 Nf7 21. Be3 Kh8 (
21... a5 $5) 22. Qd2 (22. f4 f5 $5 $132 {/\ Bh4}) 22... Qc8 (22... a5 $5) 23.
f4 exf4 (23... f5 24. exf5 gxf5 25. g5 $1) 24. Bxf4 Ne5 25. Rf1 a5 $11 {
Maze,S (2455)-Marin,M (2540)/Moscow 2005 (1/2, 34)}) 14. Ba3 $146 {[%cal Gf3e5]
An interesting novelty.} ({In fact, there is nothing wrong with the natural} 
14. b4 Nb7 15. Be3 $6 ({White should start fighting for the a-file with} 15. a4
$1 {since} a5 {fails to equalize after} 16. axb5 axb4 17. Rxa8 Rxa8 18. cxb4
Bxb5 19. Na3 $14 {[%csl Gb7]}) 15... a5 16. a3 axb4 $6 {Black should not help
White clear the c3-square for his knight.} ({Once he has avoided queenside
problems, he should have switched to Rubinstein's old plan} 16... Ne8 17. Nbd2
g6 18. Nf1 Ng7 19. g4 f6 20. Ng3 Nd8 21. Qd2 Nf7 $11 {[%cal Ga8a6,Gf8a8]}) 17.
cxb4 $14 {[%cal Gb1c3]} c3 $6 18. Bg5 h6 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Re3 $16 {Kasparov,G
(2715)-Comp Meph Experimental/Hamburg 1985/EXT 2002 (1-0, 55)}) 14... Bd8 {
This is the only way to parry the threat.} (14... Rfe8 $2 15. Nxe5 dxe5 16.
Bxe7 Rxe7 17. d6 $18) 15. Nbd2 Ne8 16. Bb4 cxb3 $6 {Opening the a-file leads
to trouble with the a5-knight.} ({Before anything, Black should have continued
his regrouping with} 16... g6 17. Qe2 Ng7) 17. axb3 Nb7 18. Qe2 $1 {White
prepares to put up pressure against the b5-pawn, in order to discourage ...a5.}
Qb8 (18... a5 19. Ba3 Qxc3 20. Bd3 $16 {[%cal Ge1c1,Gd3b5] Black is very
poorly coordinated.}) ({It is too late for} 18... g6 19. c4 a5 20. Ba3 $1 $16 {
[%csl Gc1]} (20. Rec1 Rb8 $1 21. Bc3 b4 22. Bb2 Nc5 $15) 20... Rc8 {[%cal
Gb5b4]} 21. cxb5 $1 Qxc2 22. Rec1 $18) 19. Ba3 $1 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Gb3b4]} (19.
c4 a5 20. Bc3 b4 21. Bb2 Nc5 $15) 19... Bb6 {Black has activated his bishop,
but this is not the highest priority in the Chigorin Ruy Lopez. It is the
knights he should be concerned in the first line. The bishop's activity is
rather sterile, while the knights cause problems of coordination.} (19... Na5
20. b4 $16) 20. b4 Nc7 {This looks ugly, but Black needed to consolidate the
b5-square.} ({It was too late for reaching a harmonious development with} 20...
g6 21. c4 Ng7 22. Bb2 f6 {[%cal Gb7d8,Gd8f7] because of} 23. cxb5 Bxb5 24. Bd3
$16 {and the queenside is vulnerable.}) 21. Bd3 $14 (21. c4 $1 $16 {seems to
pose even bigger problems, because of the permanent threat of c5.}) 21... a5 $1
{Black reduces the damage. He still gets a weak pawn on b5, but at least there
will be no c4-c5 hanging around.} 22. Nf1 axb4 23. cxb4 f6 24. Ne3 g6 25. Bb2
Rxa1 26. Rxa1 Nd8 27. Nd2 Nf7 {The bad knight has been transferred to a
relatively favourable square, but the other (usually good) knight stands
miserably.} 28. Kh2 Qd8 ({Black cannot regroup with} 28... Ba7 29. Rf1 Ne8 30.
Nb1 Ng7 {because of} 31. Na3 $16 {, winning the weak pawn.}) 29. Rf1 Qe7 30.
Bc1 Ra8 31. Nb1 Bd4 32. Nc2 Bb6 33. Nc3 {The b5-pawn is almost doomed, which
forces Black open the other wing.} f5 34. exf5 gxf5 35. f4 $1 $14 {White has
stabilized the position and remains better coordinated. The problem is that
Black cannot release the tension, because this would give White free hands to
grab the b5-pawn.} Rc8 {A slightly mysterious move.} (35... Qf6 {has been
recommended, but White remains in control after} 36. Be3 e4 37. Bxb5 Nxb5 38.
Nxb5 Bxe3 39. Nxe3 Rb8 40. Na3 Rxb4 41. Nac2 Rb3 42. Ra1 $14 {White has the
safer king and the more active minor pieces.}) 36. Be3 Bxe3 37. Qxe3 (37. Nxe3
$5 $14 {comes into consideration, since} exf4 $6 {can be met by} 38. Nxf5 $1 (
38. Rxf4 $2 Qe5) 38... Qxe2 39. Nxe2 Nxd5 40. Nxf4 $16) 37... Ne8 38. Be2 Qf6
39. Qd2 exf4 $6 {Ivanchuk probably thought that this is a good moment to start
his counterattack, overlooking White's 41st move.} 40. Nd4 Qe5 41. Bxb5 $1 {
It appears that the discovered check is not dangerous for White.} ({Black may
have counted with} 41. Kh1 Nf6 $36) 41... f3+ 42. Kg1 Bxb5 43. Ncxb5 fxg2 44.
Rxf5 $16 {White is more active and will be a pawn up soon.} Qe4 45. Nc3 Qh4 46.
Qxg2+ Kh8 47. Nce2 Nf6 48. Rf4 Qh6 49. Nf5 Qf8 50. Ned4 Ne5 51. b5 Qg8 52. Ne7
Rc1+ 53. Kh2 Qxg2+ 54. Kxg2 Nfd7 55. Ndf5 Nc4 56. Rg4 Nf6 57. Rg3 Rc2+ 58. Kg1
Rc1+ 59. Kh2 Rc2+ 60. Rg2 Rxg2+ 61. Kxg2 Ne4 62. Nc8 Nc3 63. Ncxd6 Nb6 64. Ne3
Kg7 65. Kf3 Kf8 66. Kf4 Ke7 67. Ndc4 Nxc4 68. Nxc4 Nxd5+ 69. Kg5 Kd7 70. h4 Ne7
71. Kf6 Ng6 72. Ne5+ Nxe5 73. Kxe5 Kc7 74. h5 Kb6 75. Kf6 Kxb5 76. Kg7 Ka4 77.
Kxh7 Kb3 78. h6 Ka2 79. Kg6 Kb1 80. h7 Kc2 81. h8=Q 1-0

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 5th"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2009.05.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2009.05.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Nc3 Nb6 9. e3 Re8 10. Re1 e5 11. d5 Na5 12. e4 c6 13. Bg5 f6 14. Be3 cxd5 15.
Bxb6 axb6 16. Nxd5 Be6 17. Qe2 Bxd5 18. exd5 f5 19. b4 e4 20. Rac1 exf3 21.
Qxe8+ Qxe8 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Bxf3 Be5 24. bxa5 bxa5 25. Rc5 b6 26. Rc6 Kf7 27.
h4 h5 28. a4 Rd8 29. Rxb6 Rb8 30. Ra6 Rb1+ 31. Kg2 Rb2 32. d6 Rd2 33. Rxa5 Bxd6
34. Rb5 Kf6 35. a5 Be5 36. Kf1 Bd4 37. Be2 Ra2 38. Rd5 Ba7 39. Rd6+ Ke5 40.
Rxg6 Rxa5 41. f4+ Kd5 42. Rf6 Ke4 43. Re6+ Kd4 44. Bxh5 Bc5 45. Kg2 Bb4 46. Bg6
Bd2 47. h5 Ra2 48. Re2 Kd3 49. Kf3 Ra5 50. h6 Bc3 51. h7 Ra8 52. Bxf5+ Kd4 53.
g4 Rf8 54. g5 Kd5 55. Kg4 Bh8 56. Re6 1-0

[Event "Prague Cez Trophy m"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2009.05.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B73"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2009.05.27"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. Be3 Nc6 8.
O-O O-O 9. Qd2 Bd7 10. Rfd1 Ng4 11. Bxg4 Bxg4 12. f3 Be6 13. Nce2 Bc4 14. Ng3
Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 16. Qxd4 b5 17. a4 Qc7 18. Rd2 bxa4 19. Rxa4 Rfc8 20. b3
Bb5 21. Ra3 a5 22. c4 a4 23. Nf1 Bd7 24. bxa4 Qxc4 25. e5 Bxa4 26. exd6 exd6
27. Qxc4 Rxc4 28. Ne3 Rc1+ 29. Kf2 Bc6 30. Rxa8+ Bxa8 31. Rxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Prague Cez Trophy m"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2009.05.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2009.05.27"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 c6 8. Be2
b5 9. Qd3 Qa5 10. Nd2 b4 11. Nc4 Qd8 12. Na4 Ba6 13. Nc5 Bb5 14. Be3 Nbd7 15.
Qc2 Nxc5 16. dxc5 Qc8 17. f3 Qa6 18. a4 Nd5 19. exd5 cxd5 20. Nb6 Bxe2 21. Nxa8
Bc4 22. Nc7 Qa5 23. Nxd5 b3+ 24. Qd2 Qxd2+ 25. Bxd2 Bxd5 26. O-O-O Rc8 27. Be3
e6 28. Kb1 Rc6 29. Rd3 Ra6 30. Rc1 Be5 31. c6 Bxc6 32. Rxb3 Kg7 33. h3 Bxa4 34.
Ra3 Bd6 35. Bd4+ e5 36. Bc5 Bb8 37. Rc4 Bb5 38. Rb4 Rxa3 39. Rxb5 Rd3 40. Rxb8
Rd2 41. g4 Rd3 42. g5 h6 43. Bf8+ Kh7 44. Be7 1-0

[Event "Prague Cez Trophy m"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2009.05.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2009.05.27"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8. exd4
Nc6 9. O-O Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bg5 b6 12. Qd2 Bb7 13. Rad1 Na5 14. Ba2 Bxf3 15.
gxf3 Rc8 16. Qe3 Nd5 17. Nxd5 Bxg5 18. f4 Bh6 19. Nc3 Qf6 20. d5 Bxf4 21. Qh3
Bd2 22. Bb1 Qh6 23. Qxh6 Bxh6 24. dxe6 fxe6 25. Ba2 Kh8 26. Bxe6 Rce8 27. Bd5
Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 Bd2 29. Re7 Bxc3 30. bxc3 g6 31. Rxa7 Rc8 32. Ra6 Rc5 33. Bg2
Rxc3 34. Rxb6 Rc4 35. Ra6 Rxa4 36. Bf3 Rf4 37. Bd5 Nc4 38. Bxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Prague Cez Trophy m"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2009.05.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2009.05.27"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qb3 dxc4 8.
Qxc4 Nd7 9. Rd1 g6 10. g3 Bg7 11. Bg2 O-O 12. Qb3 Qe7 13. O-O b6 14. e3 Bb7 15.
Nd2 Nf6 16. Rc1 Rfd8 17. Rfd1 Rac8 18. Nc4 c5 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. dxc5 Rxd1+ 21.
Qxd1 Rxc5 22. b3 Qc6 23. Qd6 Nd5 24. Qxc6 Rxc6 25. Ne2 b5 26. Nd2 Ra6 27. Rc8+
Kh7 28. Nc1 Nc3 29. Kf1 Nxa2 30. Nxa2 Rxa2 31. Ne4 a5 32. Rc7 Rb2 33. Rxf7 Rxb3
34. Ra7 a4 35. Nf6+ Kh8 36. Ra8+ Bf8 37. Nd7 a3 38. Nxf8 b4 39. Nxe6+ Kh7 40.
Nd4 Rb2 41. h4 a2 42. Kg2 Rd2 43. Nb3 Rb2 1-0

[Event "Prague Cez Trophy m"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2009.05.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2009.05.27"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. e3
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Re1 e5 11. d5 Na5 12. e4 c6 13. b3 cxd5 14. exd5 Bg4 15. Ba3
e4 16. Nxe4 Nxd5 17. Rc1 Nc6 18. Nd6 Rxe1+ 19. Qxe1 Rb8 20. Nxb7 Rxb7 21. Rxc6
Rd7 22. h3 Nc3 23. Kh2 Bxf3 24. Bxf3 Nb5 25. Qc1 Qe8 26. Rc8 Rd8 27. Bc6 Rxc8
28. Bxe8 Rxc1 29. Bxc1 Nc3 30. a3 Bd4 31. Kg2 Kf8 32. Bc6 Nd1 33. f4 Be3 34.
Bxe3 Nxe3+ 35. Kf2 Nc2 36. Be4 Nxa3 37. Bd3 Ke7 38. Ke3 Kd6 39. Kd4 f6 40. g4
Kc6 41. g5 fxg5 42. fxg5 a5 43. Ke5 Kc5 44. h4 Nb5 45. Kf6 Nd6 46. Bxg6 hxg6
47. Kxg6 Kd5 48. h5 Ke6 49. h6 Nf7 50. h7 Ke7 51. Kg7 1-0

[Event "Prague Cez Trophy m"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2009.05.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2009.05.27"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qf6 6. d4 exd4 7. Bg5 Qd6 8.
Nxd4 Be7 9. Be3 Nf6 10. f3 c5 11. Ne2 b6 12. Nbc3 Bb7 13. Qxd6 Bxd6 14. Bf4 Nh5
15. Bxd6 cxd6 16. Rad1 O-O-O 17. Rd2 Rd7 18. Rfd1 Rhd8 19. g4 Nf6 20. g5 Ne8
21. Nf4 Nc7 22. h4 b5 23. Kf2 Ne6 24. Nh5 Rg8 25. Rxd6 Rxd6 26. Rxd6 Kc7 27.
Rd2 Rh8 28. Nd5+ Bxd5 29. exd5 Rd8 30. Ke3 Nd4 31. Nxg7 b4 32. c3 bxc3 33. bxc3
Nb5 34. c4 Nd6 35. Kf4 Rb8 36. Re2 Kd8 37. h5 Rb4 38. h6 Rxc4+ 39. Ke5 Kd7 40.
Nh5 Rc3 41. Nf6+ Kc7 42. Ne4 Nc4+ 43. Kf4 Rd3 44. Nf6 Rd4+ 45. Re4 Nd6 46. Rxd4
cxd4 47. Nxh7 Nf5 48. Nf6 d3 49. Ne4 1-0

[Event "Prague Cez Trophy m"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2009.05.31"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2009.05.27"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. e3
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Re1 a5 11. d5 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Qxd5 13. Nd4 Qc4 14. Ba3 Bd7 15.
Bf1 Qa4 16. Qxa4 Nxa4 17. Rec1 Ne5 18. Rab1 c5 19. f4 cxd4 20. fxe5 Bf5 21.
cxd4 Bxb1 22. Rxb1 e6 23. Rxb7 Reb8 24. Re7 Nc3 25. Bd3 Nd5 26. Rd7 Nxe3 27.
Be4 Rd8 28. Rd6 Nc4 0-1

[Event "Prague Cez Trophy m"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2009.05.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2009.05.27"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Be7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. O-O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. Nxc6 Qxc6 13. Bd3 Qc7 14. Bd4
b6 15. Qe1 Bb7 16. Be5 Qc5 17. Qg3 Qe3+ 18. Kb1 Qg5 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Rd7 Bxf3
21. Rxe7 Bg4 22. Rc7 Qg6 23. h3 Bf5 24. Qxg6+ Bxg6 25. Bc3 Rfc8 26. Rd7 b5 27.
a3 a5 28. Rb7 Rc5 29. Rd1 Rf5 30. Rbd7 Rc8 31. R7d2 Rfc5 32. Rc1 a4 33. Re1 Rc4
34. Re5 R8c5 35. Rxc5 Rxc5 36. Kc1 Rf5 37. Bd4 f6 38. Rf2 Rg5 39. Be3 Rd5 40.
g3 Be4 41. h4 Bf5 42. Bf4 e5 43. Be3 Kg6 44. h5+ Kxh5 45. Rxf5+ Kg4 46. Rf1
Kxg3 47. Rd1 Rxd1+ 48. Kxd1 Kf3 49. Bc5 f5 50. b3 axb3 51. cxb3 g5 52. Bd6 Ke4
53. a4 bxa4 54. bxa4 Kd5 55. Bc7 g4 56. a5 Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon 22nd"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2009.06.05"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2009.06.05"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{La primera semifinal de esta XXII edición del Torneo Magistral Ciudad de León,
enfrentará a dos de los jugadores más creativos del ajedrez mundial: el
ucraniano Vassily Ivanchuk ganador de la pasada edición del Magistral, y el
ruso Alexander Morozevich que debuta este año ante la afición leonesa. Los
duelos anteriores entre estos jugadores son bastante espectaculares y en ellos
la lucha ha sido encarnizada y sin cuartel. Hasta en las partidas que acaban
en tablas, la sangre corre en el tablero. Es curioso observar que a ritmo
rápido, como el de León, los marcadores arrojan casi un empate técnico de 7 a
6 a favor del ucraniano y 7 tablas. En sus partidas a ritmo clásico la
supremacia de Ivanchuk es incontestable y los números hablan por si solos. 7 a
2 y solo 2 tablas!!.Vencer o morir es su lema. Todo hace prever que este
primer asalto -que se disputará al mejor de cuatro partidas de 20 minutos con
un incremento 10 segundos por jugada- nos espera mucha emoción, una lucha
encarnizada y un ajedrez original y de altísima calidad.} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6
3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 {Morozevich plantea la defensa Ragozin que se ha
convertido en una de sus armas favoritas contra peón dama en los últimos años.
Carlsey Aronian son otros ilustres partidarios de este sistema.} 5. cxd5 exd5
6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Rc1 c6 ({La alternativa principal es} 7... c5 {pero suele
conducir finales con el peón dama aislado que aseguran una leve ventaja al
blanco.} 8. dxc5 Qa5 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. Rxc3 Ne4 11. Bd2 Ndxc5 12. Rc1 Nxd2 13.
Qxd2 Qxd2+ 14. Nxd2 {como en la partida Navara,D -Carlsen,M Wijk aan Zee 2006
que finalmente acabó en tablas en 39 jugadas}) 8. a3 Bd6 9. e3 O-O 10. Bd3 Re8
11. O-O Nf8 12. Re1 h6 13. Bh4 Bg4 14. Qc2 Bh5 ({después del cambio} 14... Bxf3
15. gxf3 {las blancas tienen una posición dominante gracias a la pareja de
alfiles,y el fuerte control del centro especialmente la casilla e4 las blancas
podrían organizar un ataque aprovechando la columna g abierta}) 15. Bg3 Bxg3
16. hxg3 Bg6 17. Bxg6 Nxg6 {Morozevich ha conseguido aliviar la presión blanca
gracias al cambio de dos piezas menores. No parece que las blancas hayan
conseguido nada tangible en la apertura.} 18. Ne2 Ne4 19. Nf4 Qf6 20. b4 {
Ivanchuk inicia el conocido ataque de las minorias} Nxf4 21. gxf4 Nd6 $1 {
Morozevich coloca el caballo en la casilla ideal desde donde controla y domina
c4} ({una alternativa muy interesante pero probablemente superficial es} 21...
g5 {pero tras} 22. fxg5 hxg5 23. Ne5 Kg7 24. b5 cxb5 25. f3 Ng3 26. Qb3 {
sería el blanco quien se haría la iniciativa}) 22. Qc3 a5 $1 {una vez evitado
el golpe b5 es el negro el que empieza a luchar por la iniciativa en el flanco
de dama.} 23. bxa5 Qd8 24. Qb4 Rxa5 {y son las negras, gracias a su compacta
estructura y la magnifica ubicación de su caballo quienes tienen ahora algo de
ventaja.} 25. a4 Qc7 26. Rc5 {antes de que Morozevich doble torres en la
columna a} ({una línea iluistrativa de las intenciones del negro puede ser la
siguiente} 26. Ne5 Rea8 27. Ra1 f6 28. Nd3 b5) 26... Ra6 27. Rec1 Qb6 (27...
Rea8 {permitiría} 28. Rxd5) 28. Qxb6 Rxb6 29. Ra5 f6 30. Ra7 Rb2 31. a5 {
Ivanchuk se ha defendido muy bien y ha neutralizado la actividad de las negras,
ahora amenaza a6 rompiendo la estructura negra} Ra2 32. a6 {!a pesar de todo!}
Rb8 {una posición curiosa: las blancas no pueden tomar en b7 pero tampoco es
fácil mejorar la posición de las piezas negras. Lo que si está desiquilibrado
es el reloj; mientra que Ivanchuk dispone de 7 minutos a su rival le quedan
poco mñas de 2} 33. Ne1 {un busca de la casilla c5} Ra3 {impidiendo el paso
por la casilla d3} 34. Rb1 b6 $4 {un grave error fruto del apuro de tiempo.
Una jugada de espera como por ejemplo 34...h5 mantenía el equilibrio.} 35. Nc2
$1 {ahora las blancas consiguen una amplia ventaja debido a la debilidad de c6
combinado con la posibilidad de jugar Td7 -atacando el caballo- seguido de a7}
Ra5 36. Kf1 ({directamente} 36. Ra1 {es muy fuerte}) 36... Kh7 37. Ra1 Nc4 {
con segundos en el reloj Morozevich no encuentra solución a sus problemas que
por otra parte eran ya irresolubles} 38. Rxa5 bxa5 (38... Nxa5 39. Nb4 {
es desesperado}) 39. Rc7 $1 Rb6 40. a7 Ra6 41. Ke2 Kg6 ({el problema es que
nunca se puede jugar} 41... a4 {por} 42. Nb4) {Ahora Ivanchuk remata con gran
eficacia} 42. g4 $1 h5 43. f5+ $1 Kh6 44. f4 $1 hxg4 45. Rc8 $1 {y la amenaza
de mate le cuesta la torre a Morozevich. Un sólo error de Morozevich ha
bastado para que el actual campeón de León consiga su primera victoria.} 1-0

[Event "Leon 22nd"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2009.06.05"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2009.06.05"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Na6 7. c6 d5 8. a3
Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 Ne4 10. Qc2 bxc6 11. e3 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Nxd2 13. Nxd2 c5 14. Bd3 h6
15. O-O Bb7 16. Rfc1 Qb6 17. b4 dxc4 18. Nxc4 Qc6 19. Bf1 cxb4 20. Na5 Qxc2 21.
Rxc2 b3 22. Rc3 b2 23. Rb1 Rfc8 24. Rxc8+ Bxc8 25. Rxb2 Nc5 26. Rc2 Ne4 27. Rc7
Kf8 28. Nc6 a5 29. Na7 Nd6 30. e4 e5 31. Nc6 f6 32. Ne7 Be6 33. f3 Bf7 34. Nf5
Nxf5 35. exf5 a4 36. Bb5 Rb8 37. Bc4 Be8 38. Be6 Rd8 39. Rc3 Rd2 40. h4 h5 41.
Kh2 Rb2 42. Kh3 Ke7 43. Rc7+ Kf8 44. g4 Rd2 45. g5 Rd3 46. g6 Rxf3+ 47. Kg2
Rxa3 48. Rc8 Ke7 49. Rc7+ Kf8 50. Rc8 Ke7 51. Rc7+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon 22nd"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2009.06.05"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2009.06.05"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Ivanchuk tiene un repertorio amplísimo que incluye prácticamente todo
el abanico que ofrece la teoría de aperturas en esta ocasión le toca el turno
a la venerable Apertura Inglesa} e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 {las negras eligen uno
de los sistemas de defensa más populares, la posición se transforma en una
variante de Dragón de la defensa siciliana con los colores cambiados} 4. cxd5
Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. d3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Rc1 f5 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. O-O Kh8 11. a3
Be6 {se ha alcanzado una posición cómoda para el bando siciliano que en este
caso es el blanco.} ({defender e5 con} 11... Bf6 12. Bc5 Re8 13. b4 Be6 14. Nd2
Nd5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. e4 fxe4 17. Nxe4 $14 {tampoco resolvío todos los
problemas de las negras en la partida 1-0 Onischuk,A -Fogarasi, Budapest 1993})
12. b4 a5 $6 {Novedad de Morozevich que provoca intrincadísimas complicaciones}
({de nuevo la alternativa es} 12... Bf6 13. Bc5 Rf7 14. e4 Rd7 15. Qe2 Rxd3 16.
b5 Bc4 17. bxc6 Rxc3 18. Qd2 Bxf1 19. Qxc3 Bxg2 20. cxb7 $1 $16 {y las
complicaciones han resultado favorables al balnco en la partida Savchenko,B
-Rublevsky,S Moscú 2007}) 13. b5 Nd4 14. Nxe5 Bxa3 15. Bxb7 $1 {este golpe
puede habérsele escapado a Morozevich. Ivanchuk tiene ahora una fuerte
iniciativa} ({contra} 15. Rb1 {simplemente} Bb4 {y todo está en orden}) 15...
Bxc1 16. Qxc1 Rb8 17. Bxd4 $1 Qxd4 18. Nc6 {Las blancas consolidan la ganacia
de material} Qd6 19. Nxb8 Rxb8 20. Bc6 a4 {este bpeón pasado es el único
factor con que pueden contar las negras para organizar un contrajuego} 21. Qe3
Bb3 22. Ra1 h6 23. Qc1 Rd8 24. Qa3 Qe5 25. Rc1 h5 26. Bf3 h4 {la ventaja
parece estar del lado de las blancas, pero la centralización de la dama negra
y el peón pasado de la columna "a" dan cierto contrajuego a Morozevich} 27. Qb4
Rd4 {es necesario cortar el paso de la dama blanca al flanco de rey} 28. Qf8+
Kh7 29. g4 {una jugada sorprendente que tiene como objetivo debilitar las
casillas blancas en especial la diagonal e4-h7. A pesar de todos estos
factores parece que con una defensa precisa las negras sostienen la posición}
Rf4 $6 {Morozevich deja pasar una buena oportunidad} ({era posible a pesar de
todo} 29... fxg4 $1 30. Be4+ g6 {y no se ve un camino claro para las blancas})
30. Qd8 $1 {Invanchuk se hace ahora con la iniciativa: el peón de "h4" cae con
jaque} (30. gxf5 h3) 30... a3 $5 {el mejor recurso para obtener contrajuego}
31. Qxh4+ Kg8 32. Qd8+ Kh7 33. gxf5 a2 {las negras amenazan Qc3} 34. Nxa2 $1 {
Ivanchuk encuentra la jugada ganadora} Bxa2 35. Rxc7 $2 {pero ahora se equivoca
} ({era muy fuerte} 35. Qxc7 Qxc7 36. Rxc7 {las negras dificilmente podrán
oponerse a la peonada blanca}) 35... Bd5 $1 {ahora las negras obtienen
contrajuego contra el rey blanco} 36. e4 {las blancas se conforman ya con las
tablas} Rxf3 37. Qh4+ Kg8 38. Qd8+ {y tablas por jaque perpetuo. Morozevich
necesita la victoria en la cuarta y última partida para empatar el encuentro.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon 22nd"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2009.06.05"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2009.06.05"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 {Ivanchuk insiste con la Nimzoindia} 4. Qc2 O-O {
pero ahora se aparta de lo senda de la segunda partida en la que pasó por
serios apuros} 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. e3 d6 9. Ne2 Nbd7 10. Qc2
c5 11. Rd1 Qe7 12. d5 {Novedad teórica que no pasará a la historia: Ivanchuk
conseguirá la igualdad sin problemas} (12. Nc3 Rac8 13. d5 h6 14. Bh4 exd5 15.
cxd5 a6 16. a4 c4 17. Rd4 Ne5 18. Qd1 Rc5 19. Be2 g5 $13 {Es poco claro,
aunque las blancas acabaron ganando en Grischuk,A (2719)-Nakamura,H (2704)/
Dresden 2008}) 12... exd5 13. cxd5 Rae8 14. Nc3 Qe5 $1 {Jugada multiusos,la
dama se desclava y ataca el alfil de g5 y el desvalido peón de d5 blanco.Es,
posiblemente, la refutación de la novedad blanca. Las negras se apoderan de la
iniciativa.} 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Bc4 Bc8 $5 {Llevando al alfil a lugares mas
activos.} (16... Re7 {era otro plan más que interesante.}) 17. Be2 (17. O-O $2
Ng4 18. g3 Qh5 19. h4 g5 $17) 17... Bf5 18. Qb3 Ne4 {lo mas simple.
Simplificando las negras se acercan a la final.} 19. O-O Nxc3 20. bxc3 Be4 $1
21. Bb5 (21. f3 $2 Bg6 $1 22. e4 f5 $15) (21. Rfe1 Qg5 22. Bf1 {manteniendo
minimamente la tensión y alguna posibilidad en el match}) 21... Re7 22. c4 $6
Qf5 $1 {amenazando tanto Bc2 ganando la calidad como Bxg2 forzando las tablas
por jaque continuo. El match ha terminado} 23. Rd2 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Qg4+ 25. Kh1
Qf3+ 26. Kg1 Qg4+ 27. Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon 22nd"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2009.06.07"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2009.06.05"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Vassily Ivanchuk y Magnus Carlsen protagonizan la final del XXII Torneo
Magistral Ciudad de León: el futuro del ajedrez que encarna mejor que nadie el
GM noruego de 18 años, se enfrenta a un jugador, que a sus cuarenta años,
lleva más de veinte maravillando al mundo con sus partidas. Ivanchuk, campeón
en León en 2008 y Campeón del Mundo de Blitz en 2007, es, quizás con Anand, el
mejor jugador del mundo en partidas a ritmos rápidos, con Carlsen se ha
enfrentado doce veces en esta clase de encuentros y el resultado le favorece:
3 victorias, 8 empates y una sola derrota. Carlsen por su parte aventaja al
ucraniano en partidas disputadas a ritmo clásico por cuatro victorias a dos y
diez empates.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7
7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O {La variante dragon de la siciliana era muy posible en
esta primera partida ya que Carlsen la emplea mucho.} 9. O-O-O {9.Ac4 es la
otra gran posibilidad,evitando la jugada del negro en la partida.} d5 10. exd5
({Le habian jugado anteriormente a Magnus:} 10. Qe1 e5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. exd5
cxd5 13. Bg5 Be6 14. Bc4 Qc7 15. Bxf6 dxc4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. Rxd5
Rfe8 19. Qc3 Kg8 20. Qa5 Qe7 21. Re1 Qh4 22. Rdxe5 Rxe5 23. Qxe5 Rd8 24. h3 c3
25. Qxc3 Qg5+ 26. f4 Qxg2 27. b3 {Con mucha ventaja de las blancas,aunque
Carlsen aguantó hasta las tablas en 65 jugadas. Leko,P (2741) -Carlsen,M (2765)
Miskolc 2008.}) 10... Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 Qb6 14. Na4 Qc7
(14... Qa5 15. b3 Qc7 16. h4 h5 17. Re1 Nb6 18. Nc3 Rd8 19. Qe5 Qd6 20. Kb2 Bf5
21. Ba6 Qxe5 22. Rxe5 Rd2 23. Re2 Rad8 {con clara igualdad 1/2-1/2 Leko,P 
(2747)-Radjabov,T (2751) Elista 2008.}) 15. Bc4 {Novedad.} ({Es interesante la
única partida jugada hasta este momento.} 15. h4 Rb8 16. b3 h5 17. c4 Nf6 18.
Bd3 Rd8 19. Qe3 Be6 20. Bxg6 Bxc4 21. Bc2 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Bd5 23. Qg5+ Kf8 24.
Qh6+ Kg8 25. Re1 Qd6 26. Kb1 Rb7 27. Qg5+ Kf8 28. Nc3 {con clarisima ventaja
de las blancas, que acabaron imponiendo.1-0 Zapata, A (2454)-Clavijo,J (2388)
Fusagasuga 1999}) 15... Rd8 16. Bb3 $5 {Amenazando c4 y poniendo el alfil a
buen recaudo.} (16. Nc5 Rb8 17. Bb3) 16... Bf5 17. g4 {lo más directo y lo
mejor.} (17. Nc5 e5 18. Qh4 Qb6) 17... Nf4 ({volver con el alfil es posible,
pero no agradable.} 17... Be6 18. Nc5 Nf4 19. Nxe6 Nxe6) 18. Qe3 Be6 19. h4 (
19. Bxe6 Nxe6 {No ocasiona mayores problemas a las negras.}) 19... Bxb3 20.
axb3 Ng2 $5 {Casilla que habitualmente ocupa un alfil.La clave es que
inexorablemente se cambiaran damas en f4.} (20... Nd5) 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Qe4
Qf4+ 23. Qxf4 Nxf4 {Ivanchuk no ha sacado nada de ventaja y dan ganas de jugar
esta variante con las negras.} 24. Nc3 (24. Re1 Ng2 $5 {!de nuevo!} 25. Rxe7
Nxh4 26. Re3 Rd4 {Y aún sufririan las blancas.}) 24... h5 $1 {Intentando fijar
el flanco de rey.} 25. Re1 hxg4 (25... e6 $5) 26. fxg4 Ne6 (26... e6) 27. Ne4 (
27. Re5 {Es un posible intento de crear ciertos problemas al negro.}) 27... Kg7
28. b4 Rh8 29. Ng5 $1 ({No es tan buena} 29. Nc5 Nxc5 30. bxc5 e6 $15) 29...
Nxg5 30. hxg5 e6 31. Re4 (31. Re5 {Es similar.}) 31... Rb8 32. Rc4 Rb5 33. Rxc6
Rxb4 34. c4 a5 35. Kb1 (35. Kc2 a4 36. Kc3 Rb3+ 37. Kc2 Rg3 38. Ra6 Rxg4 39.
Rxa4 {Debe ser igualdad, aunque parece más venenoso por parte de las blancas.})
35... e5 36. Rc5 e4 37. Rxa5 Rxc4 38. Re5 e3 39. Rxe3 Rxg4 40. Re5 f5 41. gxf6+
Kxf6 {El resto es sencillo.} 42. Re8 g5 43. Kc2 Rf4 44. Rf8+ Ke5 45. Rxf4 Kxf4
46. b4 g4 47. b5 Ke5 48. b6 Kd6 49. b7 Kc7 50. b8=Q+ Kxb8 51. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon 22nd"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2009.06.07"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2009.06.05"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Qc2 O-O 8. Bd3
Nbd7 9. Nge2 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. Rae1 Be6 12. f3 Rc8 13. Kh1 N6d7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7
({A Kasparov le comieron con torre. Cosa que casi nadie ha repetido....} 14...
Rxe7 15. Nf4 Rc7 16. Qf2 Nf6 17. e4 dxe4 18. fxe4 Rcd7 19. d5 cxd5 20. Bb5 Rc7
21. exd5 Bd7 22. Be2 Rc8 23. Qxa7 b6 24. Qa6 Ne4 25. d6 Nxd6 26. Nfd5 Re5 27.
Qxb6 Nf5 28. Qxd8 Rxd8 29. Bd3 Rxe1 30. Rxe1 Ng6 31. a4 Kf8 32. a5 Nd4 33. Bxg6
hxg6 34. Rd1 Ne6 35. Nb6 Bc6 36. Rxd8+ Nxd8 37. b4 Ne6 38. b5 {1-0 Kasparov,G 
(2750)-Andersson,U (2605) Belfort 1988}) 15. Nf4 (15. Qd2 Nb6 16. b3 Rcd8 17.
a4 Qb4 18. Ne4 Qxd2 19. Nxd2 $11 {Lutz,C (2605)-Jussupow,A (2630)Tilburg 1993})
(15. Ng3 $5 Nb6 16. Qf2 c5 17. a3 a6 18. f4 f6 19. e4 dxe4 20. Ncxe4 cxd4 21.
Nh5 Qf7 22. Qh4 Bc4 23. Nd6 Qd7 24. Rxe8 Bxd3 25. Qg3 Bg6 26. Qb3+ Kh8 27. Nxc8
Qxe8 28. Nd6 Qd7 29. Qxb6 Bxh5 30. Qxd4 Qc6 31. Re1 h6 32. h3 Ng6 33. Re8+ Kh7
34. Qc4 Nxf4 35. Qxc6 bxc6 36. Re7 Kg8 37. Kh2 Nd5 38. Ra7 Be2 39. Nf5 g5 40.
Nxh6+ Kf8 41. Nf5 Ke8 42. Nd4 {1-0 Bareev,E (2709)-Jussupow,A (2628)Frankfurt
2000}) 15... Qd6 16. Qf2 (16. Qd2 Rcd8 17. e4 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Qc7 19. Nh5 f6 20.
Qb4 Bd5 21. Bc4 Re6 22. Bxd5 cxd5 23. Nc3 Nb6 24. Rxe6 Nxe6 25. Re1 Qf7 26. Ng3
Re8 27. Nf5 Nf4 28. Rxe8+ Qxe8 29. Qe7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Sakaev,K (2629)-Asrian,K 
(2572)Dubai 2000}) 16... f6 {!La novedad!} (16... Ng6 17. Nfe2 Qb4 18. Ng3 Nf6
{1/2-1/2 Malgina,T (2342)-Guramishvili,S (2281)St Petersburg 2009}) 17. Nxe6 (
17. h4 $5) 17... Nxe6 18. f4 $1 Ndf8 (18... b5) (18... Rcd8) 19. e4 $5 {
Ahora parece precipitado este avance central.} (19. Kg1 {o}) (19. a3) 19...
dxe4 20. Nxe4 Qd5 $2 ({No, por supuesto} 20... Qxd4 $2 21. Qxd4 Nxd4 22. Nd6
Rxe1 23. Rxe1 Rb8 (23... Rd8 24. Bc4+) 24. Bc4+ Kh8 25. Nf7+ Kg8 26. Nd8+ Kh8
27. Re8 {ganando. Pero}) (20... Qd7 21. f5 Nxd4 22. Bc4+ Kh8 23. Nc5 Qd6 24.
Nxb7 Qb4 {Mantendria a las negras en la partida.}) 21. Rd1 $4 (21. f5 $3 {
era practicamente decisiva} Nxd4 22. Qg3 $1 {La clave.} Rxe4 23. Bxe4) 21... f5
$1 22. Nc3 Qxd4 {Ahora si.} 23. Bxf5 Qxf2 24. Rxf2 Rcd8 {las negras
solucionaron todos sus problemas.} 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. g3 Kf7 27. Kg2 Nc5 (27...
Nd4 {Era más activa, pero similar} 28. Rd2 Nfe6) 28. Re2 g6 29. Bc2 a5 $1 {
Solidificando el caballo de c5} 30. a3 Rd4 $1 {impidiendo b4} 31. Bb1 Nfd7 32.
Ba2+ Kf8 33. Kf3 Nf6 34. Re5 Nfd7 35. Re3 Nf6 36. Re5 Nfd7 37. Re2 {No se ve
el posible progreso del blanco} Nf6 38. Re5 Nfd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon 22nd"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2009.06.07"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2009.06.05"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 {Magnus insiste con su
Dragón} 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6
12. Bd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 Qb6 14. Bc4 {Permitiendo la debilitación de la
estructura de peones a cambio de activar rápidamente sus piezas} ({En la
primera partida de esta final Ivanchuk prefirió} 14. Na4 {que no le reportó
ventaja alguna.}) 14... Qxd4 {después de una larga reflexión} ({En la vieja
partida, el GM Kudrin perdió con un jovencísimo Emil Suitovsky tras} 14... Ne3
15. Rd2 Nxc4 16. Qxc4 Be6 17. Qf4 Rab8 18. b3 Qa5 19. Kb2 Rb4 20. Qe3 Rfb8 21.
h4 Qc7 22. Ne2 c5 23. h5 a5 24. hxg6 hxg6 25. c3 R4b6 26. Nc1 a4 27. g4 axb3
28. a3 Bc4 29. Rdh2 e5 30. Qg5 {1-0 Sutovsky,E (2410)-Kudrin,S (2555)/
Philadelphia 1993/EXT 97}) 15. Rxd4 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Rb8 $1 {Magnus se adelanta a
la torre blanca, con esta maniobra logra defender cómodamente sus puntos
débiles en el flanco de dama} 17. Re1 Rb7 18. Re5 Rc7 19. a4 Kg7 20. a5 Kf6 21.
Rc5 e6 22. h4 h6 23. f4 {Con más espacio Ivanchuk intenta reducir a la
pasividad las piezas negras, pero no se vislumbra un plan que pueda llegar a
quebrar las bien organizadas defensas negras.} h5 24. Kd2 Ke7 25. Ke3 Rd8 26.
g3 Rd6 27. Kd3 ({Siempre se está a tiempo de meter la pata. El intento de
centralizar el rey con} 27. Ke4 $4 {se encuentra con el siguiente mazazo} Rd5
$1 {y las blancas pueden abandonar, como puede comprobarse calculando un par
de sencillas variantes}) 27... Rdd7 28. Kd2 {No hay posible pogreso} Rd6 29.
Ke3 Rdd7 30. Rd3 ({Un intento como} 30. Rxd7+ $2 Bxd7 31. Kd4 Kd6 32. Be2 f6 {
sólo beneficia a las negras}) 30... Rd6 31. Ke4 Rdd7 32. Kf3 Rd6 33. Ke3 Rdd7
34. Bb3 {el alfil se dirige a la casilla a4} Rd6 35. Ba4 Ba6 36. Rd4 Bf1 37.
Kf2 Ba6 38. Kf3 Bb7 39. Ke3 Rd5 $1 {por fin las negras hacen una jugada activa
que modifica la estructura de peones} 40. Rdxd5 exd5 41. a6 Bxa6 $6 ({Las
negras tenían a su disposición} 41... Ba8 $5 42. Kd4 Kd6 43. c4 Re7 {activando
su torre, con perspectivas de alcanzar incluso ventaja}) 42. Rxc6 Rxc6 43. Bxc6
Kd6 44. Be8 Bc4 45. Kd4 a5 $1 46. Ba4 ({desde luego es un suicidio merendarse
el de f7} 46. Bxf7 $4 a4 {y las negras consiguen un Q en pocas jugadas}) 46...
f6 47. Ke3 ({el intento} 47. Bb3 Bxb3 48. cxb3 {no resulta por} f5 ({pero no} 
48... Kc6 49. g4 {y las blancas ganan porque las negras no pueden para f5.}))
47... Ke7 48. Kd2 Ke6 49. Ke3 Ke7 50. Bc6 Kd6 $2 {ahora las negras pierden un
peón} ({Mantiene el equilibrio} 50... Kf7) 51. Be8 Ke6 52. Bxg6 a4 53. Kd2 Be2
54. Kc1 a3 55. Kb1 d4 {el último recurso de contrajuego} 56. cxd4 Kd5 57. c3
Kc4 58. Ka2 Kxc3 59. d5 $1 {La jugada ganadora las blancas logran comer en h5
a cambio del peón d} Bc4+ 60. Kxa3 Bxd5 61. Bxh5 Be4 62. Bf7 Kd4 63. h5 {
y la amenaza Bg6 decide la partida. A Ivanchuk le basta hacer tablas en la
cuarta partida para proclamarse campeón por segunda vez} 1-0

[Event "Leon 22nd"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2009.06.07"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2009.06.05"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 ({Carlsen obligado a ganar, sin embargo no
acepta la invitación de su rival de jugar el agudo Gambito eslavo que empieza
con} 4. e4) 4... Bd6 5. Bd3 f5 6. Nge2 Nf6 7. Qc2 {Una antigua línea poco
frecuente en nustros días entre los grandes. debemos remontarnos a 1950 para
encontar su de momento de mayor protagonismo en el match por el Campeonato del
Mundo entre Mihail Botvinnik y David Bronstein} O-O 8. f3 Kh8 9. Bd2 a6 {
preparando b5} ({Las negras lograron empatar contra un durísimo rival con} 9...
Qe7 10. O-O dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nbd7 12. Ng3 b5 13. Bd3 b4 14. Na4 c5 15. dxc5 Nxc5
16. Nxc5 Bxc5 17. Rac1 Bb6 18. Kh1 Bb7 19. e4 Rac8 20. Qb3 fxe4 21. Rxc8 {
1/2-1/2 Sargissian,G (2678)-Zhigalko,S (2587)/Moscú 2009}) 10. c5 ({
directamente} 10. O-O-O {se encuentra con} b5 11. c5 Bc7 {con una versión
mejor que la de la patida}) 10... Bc7 11. O-O-O e5 12. dxe5 Bxe5 13. f4 (13.
Bxf5 Bxf5 14. Qxf5 Nbd7 {ofrece juego activo a las negras}) 13... Bc7 14. Nd4
Ne4 15. Nxe4 fxe4 16. Be2 b6 {debilita el flanco de dama pero un juego pasivo
permitiría movilizar los perones blancos del flanco de rey lo que a medio
plazo sería sin duda muy peligroso} 17. cxb6 Bxb6 18. Bb4 Rf6 19. Kb1 a5 20.
Bc3 Ba6 21. g4 $1 {la avalancha de peones es muy peligrosa de todas maneras.
las blancas y disfrutan ya de una peligrosa iniciativa} Bxe2 22. Qxe2 Nd7 23.
g5 Bxd4 $1 24. Bxd4 ({desde luego no} 24. gxf6 Bxc3 25. bxc3 Qxf6 {que ofrece
muy buen juego a las negras}) 24... Rd6 25. h4 Qf8 26. h5 Kg8 27. Qg4 Re8 28.
Rhf1 c5 $2 {un serio error en una posición muy delicada} 29. Be5 $1 {las
negras no pueden capturar en e5} Rde6 30. Bc3 $6 ({dejando pasar la
oportunidad de golpear con} 30. h6 $1) 30... d4 $1 {ahora Ivanchuk consigue
complicar la posición} 31. exd4 e3 32. d5 $6 ({mucho mejor es mantener las
amenazas con} 32. Rfe1) 32... Re4 $1 {la amenaza e2 salva a las negras} 33.
Rfe1 Ne5 $2 ({en la sala de prensa eran mayoría los partidarios de} 33... Qd6 {
que mantiene la tensión y pone máximas las dificultades al bando que tiene
ventaja}) 34. Bxe5 R8xe5 35. Rxe3 $1 {Este golpe acal la posición y potencia
al máximo el peón pasado de las blancas que ya tienen gran ventaja} Rxf4 36.
Qe2 $6 ({Es mucho mejor} 36. Qh3 {impidiendo el jaque en f5}) 36... Qf5+ 37.
Ka1 Rd4 $1 {De nuevo Ivanchuk aprovecha las imprecisiones de su rival.} 38. Re1
Rxe3 39. Qxe3 Rxd5 $1 40. a3 ({no sirve} 40. Qe8+ Qf8 41. Qe6+ Qf7 42. Qc8+ Qf8
{y no vale} 43. Re8 Rd1#) ({la jugada de Rybka} 40. b4 {puede ser muy buena
pero.... ?quién se atreve a jugarla?}) {las negras no acierta en una posición
que está cogida con alfileres} 40... Qd7 $2 41. Qb3 $1 a4 42. Qc4 {la clavada
es terrible} Kf8 {única porque} (42... Kh8 43. Qxd5 Qxd5 44. Re8+ Qg8 45. Rxg8+
Kxg8 46. b3 {y las blancas ganan}) 43. Ka2 ({dejsando escapar una vez más la
victoria que se obtenía con} 43. Rf1+ Ke7 44. Qe4+ Qe6 45. Qf4 $1) 43... Rf5 $1
44. Ka1 $3 {las negras están casi en zugzwang} Rd5 45. Rc1 {!Carlsen no quiere
jugar Rf1!} Ke7 46. g6 hxg6 47. hxg6 Kf6 $1 {a lo Lasker, el rey participa en
el final !aunque haya damas en el tablero!} 48. Qc2 Rf5 49. Rd1 Qc6 50. Rg1 Qd7
(50... Rf4) 51. Rd1 Qc6 52. Rg1 Qd7 53. Qc4 Re5 54. Qh4+ Ke6 55. Qg4+ Ke7 56.
Qh4+ Kd6 $4 {Por alguna razón incomprensible ivanchuk no repite posiciones Ke6.
La jugada de la partida pierde forzado} 57. Rd1+ Rd5 58. Qf4+ $1 Kc6 59. Qxa4+
Kc7 60. Qa7+ Kc6 61. Qa8+ {ganando la torre y la partida. Una partida
emocionanteÑ el Magistral se decidirá en dos partidas rápidas de 5 minutos + 3
segundos de incremento por jugada.} 1-0

[Event "Leon 22nd"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2009.06.07"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2009.06.05"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qd2 Bb4 9. Rc1 h6 10. Bh4 c5 11. a3 Bxc3 12. bxc3 b6 13. c4 Qxd2+ 14. Nxd2 Ne7
15. f3 Nf5 16. Bf2 Ba6 17. Bd3 Ke7 18. O-O Rhd8 19. Rfd1 Rac8 20. a4 Nd6 21.
Bf1 e5 22. d5 f5 23. Rc2 Rb8 24. Bg3 g5 25. Bd3 Re8 26. Re1 Kf7 27. Be2 f4 28.
Bf2 fxe3 29. Bxe3 Nf6 30. a5 Nf5 31. Bf2 Nd4 32. Ra2 b5 33. cxb5 Nxe2+ 34. Rxe2
Rxb5 35. Re1 Nxd5 36. Nc4 Re6 37. Nxe5+ Kg7 38. Rd2 Nf6 39. h4 Rxa5 40. hxg5
hxg5 41. Rc2 c4 42. Nxc4 Rxe1+ 43. Bxe1 Rc5 44. Ne3 Rxc2 45. Nxc2 g4 46. Bf2
gxf3 47. gxf3 Bb7 48. Bxa7 Bxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon 22nd"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2009.06.07"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "199"]
[EventDate "2009.06.05"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 Bg7 11. c3 f5 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nc2 O-O 14. Nce3
Be6 15. Bd3 f5 16. Bc2 f4 17. Qh5 Rf7 18. Bxh7+ Kf8 19. Bf5 Qe8 20. Bxe6 Qxe6
21. Qg4 Qh6 22. Nc2 e4 23. Qh3 Qxh3 24. gxh3 Ne5 25. O-O Nd3 26. a4 Rb8 27.
Ncb4 bxa4 28. Rxa4 Nxb2 29. Rxa6 Nc4 30. Rfa1 Be5 31. Nc6 Rb5 32. R6a4 Nd2 33.
Ra8+ Kg7 34. Nce7 Kh7 35. Kh1 Rg7 36. h4 e3 37. fxe3 Ne4 38. R8a2 Nxc3 39. exf4
Nxd5 40. fxe5 Nxe7 41. exd6 Nf5 42. Ra7 Nxd6 43. Rxg7+ Kxg7 44. Kg2 Nf5 45. Kf3
Nxh4+ 46. Ke4 Ng6 47. h4 Nxh4 48. Rf1 Ng6 49. Rf5 Rb4+ 50. Ke3 Ne7 51. Ra5 Kf6
52. Kd3 Ke6 53. Rh5 Nf5 54. Kc3 Rg4 55. Kd3 Ke5 56. Kc3 Rf4 57. Kd3 Kd5 58. Kc3
Rf3+ 59. Kb4 Kc6 60. Rg5 Ne3 61. Rc5+ Kd6 62. Rh5 Nd5+ 63. Kc4 Rf4+ 64. Kd3 Rg4
65. Rf5 Kc5 66. Rh5 Rf4 67. Rg5 Rh4 68. Rf5 Rh3+ 69. Ke2 Kd4 70. Rf8 Nc3+ 71.
Kf2 Ne4+ 72. Kg2 Rg3+ 73. Kh2 Ke3 74. Rf7 Rg8 75. Rf5 Ng5 76. Ra5 Nf3+ 77. Kh3
Ng1+ 78. Kh4 Ne2 79. Rg5 Rh8+ 80. Kg4 Ke4 81. Rg7 Re8 82. Ra7 Rg8+ 83. Kh4 Nd4
84. Kh3 Nf5 85. Ra4+ Kf3 86. Ra3+ Ne3 87. Kh4 Rg1 88. Kh5 Kf4 89. Ra4+ Ke5 90.
Ra5+ Nd5 91. Rb5 Ke4 92. Ra5 Nf6+ 93. Kh6 Ng8+ 94. Kh5 Nf6+ 95. Kh6 Kf4 96.
Ra4+ Kf5 97. Ra5+ Ke6 98. Ra6+ Kf7 99. Ra7+ Kf8 100. Rf7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon 22nd"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2009.06.07"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2009.06.05"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Nf3 a6 8. Qe2
Bg4 9. e5 dxe5 10. Qxe5+ Qe7 11. Qxe7+ Bxe7 12. Ne5 Nbd7 13. Nxg4 Nxg4 14. Bf4
Nge5 15. O-O-O Bd6 16. Kb1 f5 17. h3 O-O-O 18. Be2 Nf7 19. Bc1 Rhe8 20. Rhe1
Be5 21. Bf1 Nd6 22. Bg5 Bf6 23. Be3 b5 24. a4 c4 25. axb5 axb5 26. Na2 Kb7 27.
Nb4 Ra8 28. Nc6 Ne4 29. g4 Nb6 30. gxf5 gxf5 31. Bg2 Na4 32. Bd4 Bxd4 33. Nxd4
Kb6 34. d6 Rad8 35. Nxf5 Nxf2 36. Rxe8 Rxe8 37. d7 Rd8 38. Rd6+ Kc7 39. Bc6 Nc5
40. Bxb5 Nxd7 41. Rc6+ Kb8 42. Rxc4 Nxh3 43. Ne7 Ne5 44. Re4 Nf3 45. Nc6+ Kc7
46. Re7+ Rd7 47. Rxd7+ Kxd7 48. Ne5+ Kd6 49. Nxf3 Nf4 50. Kc1 h5 51. Bf1 Kc5
52. Kc2 Kb4 53. Ne5 Nd5 54. Nd3+ Ka5 55. Kb3 h4 56. Bg2 Ne3 57. Bh3 Nd5 58. Kc4
Nb6+ 59. Kd4 Na4 60. b4+ Kb6 61. Bd7 1-0

[Event "Bazna Kings 3rd"]
[Site "Bazna"]
[Date "2009.06.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C93"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2009.06.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. Bc2 h6 {An important moment of
decision for Black. The choice between three big moves is not easy. The idea
with h6 (restricting White and waiting at the same time) is the least tested.}
(12... Nb8) (12... g6) 13. d5 Ne7 14. b3 c6 15. c4 cxd5 16. cxd5 Nd7 {The swap
of the pawns on the d5-square has been played only a few times. The defender
is dreaming about undermining the white centre with the f7-f5 advance.} (16...
Rc8 17. Nf1 (17. Bb2 Ng6 18. g3 Qd7 19. Kg2 Rc7 20. Nf1 Rec8 21. Rc1 Be7 22.
Bb1 Nh7 23. Ne3 Ng5 24. Nxg5 Bxg5 25. Rxc7 Rxc7 {1/2-1/2 Ziaziulkina,N (1950)
-Bezgodova,S (2214)/St Petersburg 2009 (59)} 26. h4 $14) 17... Nh5 18. a4 Qc7
19. Bd3 f5 (19... Qc3 20. Rb1 $14) 20. axb5 fxe4 21. Rxe4 $1 Qc3 22. Ba3 Nf6 (
22... Nf4 23. bxa6 Bxd5 24. Re3 Bxb3 $6 25. Qb1 $1 $18) 23. Bxd6 $1 Nxe4 24.
Bxe4 axb5 25. Ra7 {1-0 Topalov,V (2630)-Piket,J (2670)/Amsterdam 1995/ (40)})
17. a4 {The strategy chosen by Nisipeanu is easy to grasp. If Black decides to
blow up White's centre, the slow "Spanish" transfer of the knight via the
f1-square may turn out to have been a waste of time. White prefers to invest
his energy in weakening the b5-pawn.} (17. Nf1 f5 18. exf5 Nxd5 19. Ng3 (19. b4
N7b6 20. Be4 Qd7 21. N1h2 Rac8 22. Ng4 Rc4 (22... h5 23. Ne3 Nxe3 24. Rxe3 Bxe4
25. Rxe4 Qxf5 $17) 23. Bd2 h5 24. Ngh2 Nc3 25. Bxc3 Rxe4 26. Rxe4 Bxe4 27. Ng5
Bxf5 28. Qxh5 Nd5 {0-1 Polgar,J (2711)-Morozevich,A (2788)/Mainz 2008 (71)})
19... Rc8 20. Bd2 b4 21. Ne4 N7f6 22. Bd3 Nc3 23. Bxc3 bxc3 {0-1 Gara,A (2303)
-Bjornsson,S (2297)/Budapest 2001 (48)}) (17. g4 Ng6 18. Nf1 Nf4 19. Kh2 Rc8
20. Bd2 h5 21. Ne3 hxg4 22. hxg4 Nf6 23. Rg1 g6 24. Rc1 Qd7 25. Rg3 $17 {
1-0 Ivanchuk,V (2779)-Morozevich,A (2771)/Nice 2009 (50)}) 17... f5 18. axb5 (
18. exf5 Nxd5 19. Ne4 (19. Bb2 Nf4 $11) 19... Nb4 20. Bb1 d5 21. Ng3 Bc5 22.
axb5 Qb6 23. Be3 d4 24. Bd2 d3 (24... Qxb5 $5 $11) 25. Ne4 Bxe4 $2 (25... axb5
26. Rxa8 Rxa8 27. Nxc5 Qxc5 28. Bxb4 Qxb4 29. Bxd3 Bxf3 30. gxf3 $14) 26. Rxe4
$16 {0-1 Shchekachev,A (2551)-Lin Ta (2361)/Bad Zwesten 2003 (40)}) (18. Ba3
Nf6 19. exf5 Nexd5 $11) 18... axb5 {Ivanchuk was clearly unprepared for the
resolution of the centre, so he has to consent to the exchange of rooks.} (
18... fxe4 $2 19. Nxe4 Nxd5 20. bxa6 $18) 19. Rxa8 Qxa8 (19... Bxa8 20. Bd3 Qb6
21. Qe2 fxe4 22. Nxe4 Rb8 23. Be3 Qa6 24. Nh4 Bxd5 25. Qg4 $13) 20. Bd3 Nf6 {
[%mdl 4] The mounting of the pressure against the squares e4 and d5 is
unpleasant for the first player. Analysis proves that immediate action in the
centre was good enough for equality.} (20... fxe4 21. Nxe4 Nxd5 22. Bxb5 Bc6
23. Bc4 N7b6 24. Nh4 Re6 25. Qg4 Qe8 $11) 21. Bxb5 (21. exf5 Bxd5 22. Nh4 Bc6
23. Qe2 Qa5 $11) 21... Rc8 22. Bc4 {The active taking of the f5-pawn with the
ambition of attacking along the light squares would mean bigger problems for
Black.} (22. exf5 $5 Nxf5 (22... Bxd5 23. Nh4 $16) 23. Bd3 Ne7 24. Nc4 Nexd5
25. Bf5 Rc7 26. Be6+ Kh7 27. Qc2+ e4 28. Bd2 Nb6 $13) 22... fxe4 23. Nxe4 Nxe4
24. Rxe4 Bxd5 25. Rg4 Kh8 {The well known strategy of directing the attention
towards Black's kingside should not be too effective. Ivanchuk is enjoying
sufficient counterplay in the centre and on the queenside.} (25... h5 26. Re4
g6 $11) 26. Be3 (26. Bb2 Bxf3 27. Qxf3 Qxf3 28. gxf3 d5 29. Bd3 Rb8 $11) 26...
Bxf3 27. gxf3 (27. Qxf3 Qxf3 28. gxf3 d5 29. Ba6 Rc3 $15) 27... d5 28. Bd3 Rc3
29. Bb1 {Nisipeanu was beginning to feel uncomfortable, since his mighty
opponent's centre could start to advance.} (29. b4 Qa3 30. Bf1 d4 31. Bd2 Rxf3
$15) 29... d4 (29... Qa3 30. b4 Qb3 $15) 30. Be4 $1 Qa2 31. Bd2 Rxb3 (31...
Qxb3 32. Qxb3 Rxb3 33. f4 Rb2 34. Ba5 $11) 32. Kg2 $2 {The respect paid to
hise famous opponent has surely complicated White's defence. Under pressure
Nisipeanu has missed the chance to sacrifice the piece for the draw with a
repetition moves.} (32. f4 $1 d3 33. Kg2 Rb1 34. Qf3 Qxd2 35. Bxd3 Rb8 (35...
Rb3 $2 36. Qa8 $16) 36. Qe4 Kg8 (36... g6 $2 37. Qxe5+ Kh7 38. Qxb8 Qxd3 39.
Qxf8 $18) 37. Bc4+ Kh8 38. Bd3 $11) 32... Rb2 33. Be1 (33. Bc1 Rxf2+ 34. Kg1 d3
35. Bxd3 (35. Qxd3 Re2) 35... Nd5 36. Bc4 Bc5 37. Bxa2 Rd2+ 38. Kh1 Rxd1+ $19)
33... Nd5 34. Kg1 {The crisis has culminated with the unfortunate retreat of
the king, White resigned without waiting for the blow to fall.} (34. Kg1 Nf6
35. Rg6 Nxe4 36. fxe4 Rb1 $19) (34. Bxd5 Qxd5 35. Qd3 Be7 $17) 0-1

[Event "Bazna Kings 3rd"]
[Site "Bazna"]
[Date "2009.06.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2009.06.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Qc7 5. O-O a6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Ne4 Bg4 {In this variation Black is ready to sac the pawn c5 in order to build
a pressure on White's center.} 9. c4 {A rare move, played only once before.} ({
The main continuation is} 9. Nxc5 {Then after} e6 10. Nd3 Rd8 {Black has a
good compensation for the pawn.}) 9... Nb4 {This is a new move. In the only
available game Black retreated the knight to b6.} 10. d4 O-O-O 11. Nxc5 e6 {#}
12. Nxb7 {Fire on board! The move is good, but as stated by Alexey after the
game he miscalculated something. White's idea is to destroy opponent's pawn
formation and then to catch opponent's knight on b4.} Qxb7 13. a3 Bxf3 14. gxf3
{#} (14. Qxf3 $2 Nc2 {and Black saves the knight}) 14... Rxd4 {A counter-sac
by Ivanchuk! The Ukrainian is not willing to hand the initiative over to his
opponent.} 15. Qxd4 Nc2 16. Qd3 {This move is based on a miscalculation.} ({
Correct was} 16. Qc3 Nxa1 17. b4 c5 18. Bd2 {and here Ivanchuk was going to
play} Be7 {(another option is to take everything on b4 and then play Nc2)} 19.
Rxa1 Rd8 {with compensation for the pawn}) 16... Nxa1 17. b4 ({Here Shirov
noticed that the planned} 17. Bg5 {runs into} f6 18. exf6 gxf6 19. Bxf6 Bg7 $1
20. Bxg7 Qxg7+ {with check!}) 17... Be7 18. Bb2 Rd8 19. Qc3 Qd7 $1 20. Rxa1 Qd2
21. Qxd2 Rxd2 22. Bc1 ({After} 22. Bc3 Rc2 23. Bd4 Rxc4 {Black enjoys the
advantage with equal material.}) 22... Rd1+ 23. Kg2 {# In spite of being a
pawn down Black has the advantage.} c5 (23... Bh4 $5) 24. b5 axb5 25. cxb5 c4 (
25... Bg5 {brings nothing due to} 26. Bb2 Rd2 27. Bc1 {and Black must repeat
the position.}) 26. a4 c3 27. a5 Bg5 28. f4 $1 {Great defense by Shirov. He
needs the bishop on f4 in order to attack it later with the rook.} Bxf4 29. a6
Rxc1 30. Ra4 $1 {Now Black is forced to return the extra piece.} Kb8 (30... Bg5
{loses obviously after} 31. a7) 31. Rxf4 Rb1 32. Rxf7 c2 33. b6 Rxb6 34. a7+
Ka8 35. Rc7 Rb2 {Diagram 4} 36. Kg3 g6 37. h4 h6 38. f3 Ra2 39. Kg4 Rb2 40. f4
Ra2 41. h5 g5 42. fxg5 Ra4+ 43. Kf3 Ra3+ 44. Ke4 Ra4+ 45. Kd3 hxg5 46. Rxc2 Rh4
47. Rc8+ Kxa7 48. Rh8 Kb6 49. h6 Kc6 50. h7 Kb7 51. Ke3 Ka7 52. Kf3 Rf4+ 53.
Kg3 Rh4 54. Re8 Rxh7 55. Kg4 Kb7 56. Rxe6 Kc7 57. Ra6 Rh1 58. Rd6 Re1 59. Kf5
g4 60. Rd3 g3 61. Rxg3 Kd7 62. Rg7+ Ke8 63. Ke6 Kf8 64. Rf7+ Ke8 65. Rf2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Bazna Kings 3rd"]
[Site "Bazna"]
[Date "2009.06.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2009.06.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Bd3 {This variation is known to
lead to quiet positions and the present game changed nothing in that respect.}
Nf6 6. O-O Be7 7. c3 O-O 8. Bc2 Bg4 9. d4 Nbd7 10. Nbd2 Re8 {#} 11. Nc4 {
This is Ivanchuk's mini-improvement in this harmless opening variation. White
doesn't spend time for h2-h3 and transfers the knight to f5 with tempo.} (11.
h3 {is the move met previously.}) 11... Bh5 12. Ne3 Bf8 13. Nf5 c6 14. a4 d5 {
The knight on f5 is White's only achievement. However, the pawn structure is
simmetrical and Black has no weaknesses at all, so the position is equal
anyway.} 15. Bf4 Ne4 16. Ng3 {Black knight on e4 is strong as well, so
Ivanchuk exchanges it.} Bg6 17. Re1 Bd6 18. Bxd6 Nxd6 19. Rxe8+ Qxe8 20. h4 f6
21. Bxg6 hxg6 22. a5 Nf8 23. Qc2 Qd7 24. Nf1 Re8 25. Ne3 a6 26. g3 Qh3 27. Re1
Re4 28. Qd3 Nf5 29. Ng2 Rxe1+ 30. Nfxe1 Qg4 31. Nc2 Nd6 32. Nce3 Qf3 33. Qc2
Kf7 34. Nf4 Ne4 35. Nf1 Nd6 36. Qb3 Ne6 37. Nd2 {#} ({After} 37. Nd2 Qg4 38.
Nxe6 Kxe6 39. Kf1 f5 {it is Black who has a small initiative.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bazna Kings 3rd"]
[Site "Bazna"]
[Date "2009.06.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2009.06.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Ne4 Qc7 9. f4 Qb6 10. c4 Ne3 11. Qd3 Nf5 {In my opinion this is a doubtful
line for Black.} 12. Bd2 $1 $146 {In 1992 Kasparov won a nice game with 12,g4
and since then this pawn advance has been played almost automatically.
Ivanchuk's powerful novelty puts even more pressure on aficionados of the move
11...Nf5.} (12. g4 Nd4 13. Bg2 h5 14. g5 Bb7 15. Be3 Nc2+ 16. Kf2 Nxe3 17. Qxe3
Qxb2+ 18. Kg3 Ba6 19. Rab1 h4+ 20. Kh3 Qc2 21. Rhc1 Qa4 22. Qc3 Ba3 23. Rc2 Be7
24. Rb3 O-O 25. Nf6+ gxf6 26. gxf6 Bc5 27. Be4 Rfb8 28. Kxh4 Kf8 29. Rg2 Qxc4
30. Qxc4 Bxc4 31. Bh7 Bf2+ 32. Kh5 {1-0 Kasparov,G (2780)-Illescas Cordoba,M 
(2555)/Linares 1992}) 12... Qxb2 {Practically forced, otherwise Black's entire
opening concept makes little sense.} 13. Rb1 Qd4 {This leads to a difficult
endgame for Black.} ({Perhaps Black should take the second pawn, although after
} 13... Qxa2 14. Be2 {White's compensation is beyond doubt.}) (13... Qa3 14. g4
(14. Qxa3 Bxa3 15. c5 $44) 14... Qxd3 15. Bxd3 $44 Nd4 $140 16. Be3 c5 17. Bxd4
cxd4 18. c5 $16) 14. Qxd4 Nxd4 15. c5 $1 a5 16. Kf2 Be7 (16... Ba6 $2 17. Bxa6
Rxa6 18. Rb8+ Ke7 19. Nd6 {and mate on e8.}) 17. Nd6+ Bxd6 18. exd6 O-O 19. Rb6
$1 {Prevents 19...Ba6} Nc2 20. Bc4 Nb4 21. Bxb4 axb4 22. Ke3 {Ivanchuk is
ready to protect the c5-pawn (in the event of Ra5) and wants to play for
domination. However, he spent almost all of his time on 22.Ke3 and soon found
himself in severe time-trouble. In spite of White's great activity it will not
be easy now to break through Black's position.} ({White could achieve a large
advantage with} 22. Rb1 Ra5 23. R1xb4 Rxc5 24. Ra4 $1 {and at some moment both
white rooks come to the 8th rank, winning the bishop. Then the a-pawn will
decide the outcome.}) 22... h6 $1 23. Kd4 (23. h4 Ra3+ 24. Kd4 Rg3 $132) (23.
Rf1 f5 24. Kd4 g5 {is also not convincing for White.}) (23. Rxb4 $5 Ba6 24. Bb3
$14) 23... g5 24. f5 (24. g3 $14) (24. fxg5 hxg5 25. Rb1 Kg7 26. R1xb4 Rh8 $132
) 24... exf5 (24... Kg7 25. Rf1 $14) 25. Re1 Kg7 26. g3 (26. Re7 $142 f4 27.
Rxb4 Kf6 28. a4 $14) 26... Kf6 27. Re7 h5 {The advance of the h-pawn secures
Black counterplay.} 28. Bb3 (28. Rxb4 Ba6 (28... h4 $5 29. gxh4 Rh8 30. Rxf7+
Kg6 31. Ke5 Ra5 $13) 29. Rxd7 Bxc4 30. Kxc4 Rxa2 31. Rc7 Rc2+ 32. Kd4 Re8 33.
Rxc6 Re4+ 34. Kd3 Ree2 $11) 28... h4 29. gxh4 ({The last possibility to retain
some advantage was} 29. Rxb4) 29... Rh8 $1 $11 30. Rxf7+ Kg6 31. hxg5 Rxh2 32.
Rf8 Rh4+ 33. Ke3 Kxg5 34. Rg8+ Kf6 35. Rf8+ Kg5 36. Rg8+ Kf6 37. Rf8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bazna Kings 3rd"]
[Site "Bazna"]
[Date "2009.06.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2009.06.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. a4 Nc6 8. Be2
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Qd2 Bd7 13. Rad1 {The concentration
of the white forces along the d-file is calling for an immediate
simplification, since the defender will manage to optimally develop all his
pieces.} Nxd4 14. Qxd4 (14. Bxd4 Bc6 15. Bd3 (15. Qe3 Nd7 16. Qf2 Qa5 17. Bd3
Bf8 18. e5 Qc7 19. exd6 Bxd6 20. b3 Be7 21. f5 e5 22. Be3 Nf6 $15 {0-1
Kuporosov,V (2500)-Chuchelov,V (2510)/Cuxhaven 1993 (31)}) 15... e5 16. Be3
Rad8 17. Qe2 d5 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. fxe5 Qxe5 21. Bb6 Qxe2 22. Bxe2
Rd6 23. Rxd5 Rxb6 24. Rd7 $14 {1/2-1/2 Pavlovic,M (2535)-Tosic,M (2505)/
Vrnjacka Banja 1998 (70)}) 14... Bc6 {Ivanchuk does not see any need to force
matters in the centre, unlike his forerunners in games against Sznapik.} (14...
e5 15. Qd3 Rad8 16. Bf3 (16. Qc4 Qxc4 17. Bxc4 exf4 18. Bxf4 Be6 19. Bb3 h6 20.
Be3 Bxb3 21. cxb3 Bf8 {0-1 Sznapik,A (2460)-Wojtkiewicz,A (2495)/Warsaw 1991 
(34)}) 16... b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 exf4 {1/2-1/2 Sznapik,A 
(2450)-Ftacnik,L (2550)/Haifa 1989}) 15. Bc4 $2 (15. Bf3 d5 16. e5 (16. exd5
Nxd5 17. Bxd5 Bxd5 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. Qxd5 Qxc2 20. Qxb7 Qxa4 $11) 16... Nd7 $13
) 15... Bxe4 $1 {A severe punishment for the opponent's naïve move with the
transfer of the bishop to the attractive diagonal a2-g8.} (15... Nxe4 16. Nxe4
d5 17. Bxd5 (17. Bd3 dxe4 18. Bxe4 Bf6 19. Qc5 Bxb2 $15) 17... Bxd5 18. Nc3
Rad8 $15) 16. Nxe4 d5 17. Bxd5 (17. Nd2 dxc4 18. Qxc4 Qxc4 19. Nxc4 Rac8 20. b3
Nd5 $17) 17... Nxd5 {The simplification in the centre in this form is a clear
triumph for Black. Ivanchuk has managed to get rid of the d6 weakness and
activate his pieces, and now he is threatening to start active operations.} 18.
c3 (18. Nc3 Bf6 19. Nxd5 exd5 20. Qc5 Qd7 21. c3 Rac8 22. Qb6 Qxa4 $17) 18...
Rad8 19. Ng3 Qc6 (19... g6 $5 20. Qe4 Nxe3 21. Qxe3 Qc4 $17) 20. Nh5 Bf8 {
The clean continuation without weakening moves with pawns is too passive at
this moment. Much more challenging for Kamsky would have been the daring 20..
f6!} (20... f6 $1 21. Bg1 Rd6 22. Qe4 g6 23. Ng3 f5 24. Qe2 Qxa4 $17) 21. Bg1
g6 22. Rd3 (22. Nf6+ Nxf6 23. Qxf6 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Bg7 25. Qg5 Qxa4 $17) 22... f6
{At long last Ivanchuk has been unable to avoid the advance of the f-pawn, but
even now he did not discover the most precise continuation. White would have
bigger problems after the more active advance of the pawn to the f5-square.} (
22... Bh6 23. Rg3 f5 24. Qe5 Kf7 25. Bd4 Rg8 (25... gxh5 $2 26. Rg7+ Kf8 27.
Rxh7 $18) 26. Qe2 Ke7 $17) (22... e5 23. fxe5 gxh5 24. Rg3+ Bg7 25. e6 f6 26.
c4 Rxe6 (26... Ne7 27. Rxg7+ Kxg7 28. Qxf6+ Kg8 29. Qf7+ $11) 27. cxd5 Qxd5 $15
) (22... f5 $5 23. Qe5 (23. Ng3 Nxf4 $19) 23... gxh5 24. Bd4 Kf7 25. Qh8 (25.
Rg3 Ke7 $19) 25... Re7 26. Qxh7+ Ke8 27. Qxh5+ Rf7 $17) 23. c4 (23. Ng3 Nxf4
24. Qxf4 Rxd3 25. Ne4 Be7 26. Nxf6+ Bxf6 27. Qxf6 Qc7 $19) 23... gxh5 (23...
Nxf4 $2 24. Nxf6+ Kh8 25. Nxe8+ Rxd4 26. Bxd4+ $18) 24. Rg3+ (24. cxd5 Rxd5 25.
Rg3+ Kf7 26. Qe4 Rf5 $17) 24... Bg7 (24... Kf7 $2 25. Qd3 f5 26. cxd5 Rxd5 27.
Qe2 $16) 25. cxd5 exd5 {Black still has an excellent position, but he has
already had to part with his compact pawn structure and allow his opponent
some counterattack.} (25... Qxd5 $2 26. Qxf6 $14) 26. Qd1 h4 27. Rh3 (27. Rg4
Re4 28. Rxh4 f5 29. Rh3 d4 $15) 27... d4 $1 28. Rff3 (28. Rxh4 d3 29. Rf2 Re4
$15) (28. Bxd4 Qc4 29. Rd3 f5 30. b3 Qd5 $19) 28... Qe4 {The centralized black
forces together with advancing the d-pawn represent a huge problem for White.
It seems unlikely, that counterpaly can be of sufficient strength.} 29. f5 (29.
Rxh4 d3 30. Rhh3 (30. Re3 d2 31. Rxe4 Rxe4 32. Qb3+ (32. Bf2 Rc4) 32... Kh8 33.
Rxh7+ Kxh7 34. Qh3+ Kg6 35. g4 Kf7 36. Qb3+ Kf8 37. Bc5+ Ke8 38. Qg8+ Kd7 39.
Qd5+ Kc8 $19) 30... d2 31. Re3 Qxf4 32. Rxe8+ Rxe8 33. Qb3+ Kh8 34. Rd3 Bh6 $17
) 29... Re5 30. Bf2 (30. Rd3 Bf8 31. Qh5 Qxf5 32. Qxh4 Re4 $17) 30... Qe2 31.
Qb3+ Kh8 32. Rxh4 $2 {A serious blunder with a slightly unusual geometrical
motif. The rook on h4 is not safe at all.} (32. Bg1 Qe4 33. Qb6 Rc8 34. Rd3 Rc1
35. Rhf3 h6 $19) 32... Qe1+ $1 (32... Qe1+ $1 33. Bg1 Qxh4 $19) (32... Qxf2 $4
33. Rxh7+ $18) 0-1

[Event "Bazna Kings 3rd"]
[Site "Bazna"]
[Date "2009.06.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2009.06.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Be7 7. f4 O-O 8. Qf3
{The variations with the white queen on the f3-square are quite unpleasant for
the defender. The white king can castle to the queenside and the lady controls
the centre and both flanks as well.} e5 9. Nf5 Bxf5 10. exf5 Nbd7 11. Bc4 {
Ivanchuk has no reason to hide his high ambitions. The white-squared bishop
has lost its counterpart and thus its control of the a2-g8 diagonal could play
a significant role. There has been more experience with immediate castling,
but Black's counterplay is rather swift.} (11. O-O-O Rc8 $5 {The idea is to
sacrifice the exchange for the knight on c3 and destroy the shelter for the
white king. The alternative move with the queen to a5 would be less precise as
it enables 12.Bc4.} (11... Qa5 12. Bc4 (12. Kb1 $6 Rac8 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Rxd5
Qc7 15. Rd2) (12. g4 Rac8 13. Bd2 $1 (13. g5 Rxc3 14. gxf6 Rxe3 (14... Bxf6 $6
15. bxc3 e4 16. Qxe4 Bxc3 17. Rd3 $16) (14... Nxf6 $1 15. bxc3 d5 $1 16. fxe5 (
16. Kd2 d4 17. Bxd4 exd4 18. Bd3 Nd5 $17 {Kamsky,G-Sakaev,K/URS/1986/}) 16...
Qxc3 17. Rd3 $8 Qa1+ 18. Kd2 Bb4+ 19. c3 Bxc3+ 20. Rxc3 Ne4+ 21. Qxe4 dxe4 22.
Bd4 $19 {Faas-Sakaev,K/URS/1987/0-1 (25)}) 15. Qxe3 Nxf6 (15... Bxf6 16. Bc4
exf4 17. Qxf4 Nc5 18. Qf3 Qb4 19. Bb3 a5 20. c3 Nxb3+ 21. Kc2 Rc8 22. axb3 $16
{Leko,P-Theissen,H/Dortmund Op-A (10)/1992/1-0 (41)}) 16. Bc4 e4 $13) 13... e4
(13... d5 14. Kb1 d4 15. Ne4 Qc7 16. Nxf6+ Nxf6 17. Bd3 $40) 14. Qe2 d5 15. Kb1
Bb4 16. g5 Bxc3 $2 (16... e3 $142 $1 $8 17. Qxe3 Rfe8 $132) 17. Bxc3 Rxc3 18.
bxc3 $1 Nb6 19. Qb5 {1-0 Zarnicki,P (2475)-Sakaev,K (2555)/Moscow 1994 (44)}) (
12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. Qxd5 Qxd5 14. Rxd5 Nf6 15. Rb5 b6 16. Be2 exf4 17. Bxf4 d5 18.
Bf3 Bc5 19. Rd1 Rad8 20. a4 Rfe8 21. a5 Ne4 22. Bc7 $14 {Ivanov,AV-Vehi Bach,V/
Biel/1990/0.5 (43)}) 12... Rac8 13. Bb3 Rxc3 $1 $8 (13... exf4 14. Qxf4 Nc5 15.
Kb1 Nxb3 16. axb3 b5 17. b4 Qa6 18. g4 Rc4 19. Rd4 Rfc8 20. g5 Qc6 21. Rhd1
Rxc3 22. bxc3 $16 {Howell,J-Lukin,A/Yaroslavl/1990/1-0 (31)}) 14. bxc3 d5 $1 (
14... Qxc3 15. Kb1 a5 16. Bd2 Qc7 17. g4 Ra8 18. a4 Qc6 19. Qe2 Ne4 20. g5 Ndc5
{1-0 Giaccio,A (2410)-Valerga,D (2475)/La Carlota 1995 (30)}) 15. Kb1 $1 (15.
Bd2 Rc8 16. Kb1 e4 $1 17. Qh3 h5 $1 18. c4 Qc7 19. cxd5 Bd6 $1 $44 {|^ Agapov,
K-Epishin,V/URS/1987/0-1 (40)}) 15... Ne4 16. Bd2 $1 Nxd2+ 17. Rxd2 e4 18. Qe3
$1 Nb6 19. Rhd1 $16 {Tseitlin,MS-Karpman,V/URS/1988/1-0 (24)}) 12. Kb1 (12. Bd2
Qa5 13. Kb1 d5 14. g4 Bb4 15. g5 Ne4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Bxb4 Qxb4 18. Qb3 Qa5
19. g6 exf4 20. Bc4 Ne5 21. Qh3 hxg6 22. fxg6 Nxg6 {0-1 Shanava,K (2519)
-Stocek,J (2584)/Plovdiv 2008 (27)}) (12. Bb5 Rxc3 13. bxc3 Qc7 14. Bxd7 Nxd7
15. fxe5 dxe5 16. Qd5 Qxc3 17. Qb3 Qc6 18. Qd5 Qc3 19. Qb3 Qc6 20. Qd5 {
1/2-1/2 Hoffmann,M (2469)-Babula,V (2608)/Germany 2008}) (12. g4 Rxc3 13. bxc3
d5 $40) 12... Rxc3 13. bxc3 d5 14. Rxd5 e4 15. Qd1 Nxd5 16. Qxd5 Nb6 17. Qxd8
Rxd8 18. Bb5 Nd5 {1/2-1/2 Karjakin,S (2686)-Nisipeanu,L (2693)/Foros 2007})
11... Rc8 $146 {The small mystery behind the scenes: What would both super
grandmaters have thought about the tempting swap on f4? Current praxis seems
to promise Black fair chances for equality. Nisipeanu's move is a novelty.} (
11... e4 12. Qe2 Qa5 13. O-O-O Rac8 14. Kb1 Rc6 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Rc7 17.
g4 Rfc8 18. Bb3 Nc5 19. Rd5 $16 {1-0 Georgiev,K (2490)-Kolev,A (2395)/Bulgaria
1988 (46)}) (11... exf4 $5 12. Bxf4 (12. Qxf4 Nh5 13. Qd4 (13. Qf2 Bh4 14. g3
Bf6 15. O-O Bxc3 16. bxc3 Ne5 17. Be2 Nf6 18. Bd4 Re8 19. Rfe1 Qa5 20. Bf1 Rac8
$11 {0-1 Kupreichik,V (2520)-Yudasin,L (2555)/Leningrad 1989 (41)}) 13... Bf6
14. Qd5 Qe7 15. Kf2 Be5 16. Qf3 Qh4+ 17. g3 Qxc4 18. Qxh5 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Qxc3
$19 {0-1 Kupreichik,V (2520)-Epishin,V (2460)/Leningrad 1989 (34)}) 12... Ne5
13. Bxe5 (13. Qe2 Nxc4 14. Qxc4 d5 15. Qd4 Qc8 16. O-O-O Qxf5 17. Qe5 Qxe5 18.
Bxe5 Ng4 19. Bd4 Rfd8 20. h3 Nf6 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Nxd5 Be5 23. c3 f6 24. Kc2
Kf7 25. g4 {1/2-1/2 Stellwagen,D (2524)-Timman,J (2607)/Almelo 2005}) 13...
dxe5 14. Nd5 e4 15. Qb3 b5 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Bd5 Qa5+ 18. c3 Rae8 19. O-O e3 {
0-1 Mitkov,N (2455)-Sokolov,A (2585)/Bourbon Lancy 1997 (33)}) 12. Bb3 d5 {
The consequent striving to solve the problems of the centre even at a cost of
sacrifices. Black has to hurry with his escalation of the conflict, since his
relative development advantage is very perishable.} (12... Nc5 13. Bxc5 Rxc5
14. O-O-O exf4 (14... Qc8 15. g4 $1 Qc6 16. Qxc6 Rxc6 17. Rhg1 $16) 15. Rhe1
Rxf5 16. Qxb7 Nd7 17. Qxa7 Ne5 $14) 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 (13... e4 14. Nxe7+ (14. Qd1
Bc5 15. Bxc5 Nxc5 16. Ne3 $11) 14... Qxe7 15. Qe2 Nc5 16. O-O $14) 14. Qxd5
exf4 15. Bxf4 Bb4+ {Black was trying to rob his opponent of the chance to
castle, but unfortunately the bishop on b4 will remain exposed.} (15... Rc5 $5
16. Qd3 (16. Qxb7 Bh4+ 17. g3 Qe7+ 18. Kd1 Rd8 19. Kc1 Rxf5 $13) 16... Nf6 17.
O-O Qxd3 18. cxd3 Rxf5 19. d4 $14) 16. c3 Qe7+ (16... Qh4+ 17. g3 Rfe8+ 18. Kf2
(18. Kd2 Qf6 19. Qxf7+ Qxf7 20. Bxf7+ Kxf7 21. cxb4 Nf6 $14) 18... Bc5+ 19.
Qxc5 Qxf4+ 20. gxf4 Nxc5 21. Kf3 $14) 17. Kf1 Rc5 $6 {It may not have been
possible to magically create enough compensation for the pawn, but this
aggressive move is quite risky.} (17... Bc5 18. Re1 Nb6 19. Qf3 Qd7 20. g3 Qxf5
21. Kg2 $16) (17... Nf6 18. Qe5 Rfe8 19. Qxe7 Bxe7 20. Re1 $16) 18. Re1 (18.
Qd3 Qf6 19. g4 (19. cxb4 Rxf5 20. g3 Ne5 21. Qe4 Ng6 22. Bc2 Re5 23. Qf3 Nxf4
24. gxf4 (24. Qxf4 Qc6 25. Rg1 Qb5+ $19) 24... Rfe8 25. Rc1 Re3 26. Qf2 g6 $17)
19... Ne5 (19... Qc6 20. Rd1 Qxh1+ 21. Kf2 Qc6 22. cxb4 Ne5 23. Qe2 $18) 20.
Bxe5 Qxe5 21. Re1 Qf4+ 22. Kg2 Qxg4+ 23. Qg3 Qxg3+ 24. hxg3 Ba5 25. Re7 Rc7 26.
Rhe1 $16) 18... Qh4 (18... Rxd5 19. Rxe7 Rxf5 20. cxb4 Rxf4+ 21. Ke1 Nb6 22.
Rxb7 Nc4 23. Rxa7 Re8+ 24. Kd1 $16) 19. Qe4 $1 {[%mdl 2048] Ivanchuk has many
chess qualities and an exceptional feeling for pieces is one of them. The
centralisation of the queen prepares her exchange at the cost of parting with
the f5-pawn.} (19. Qxd7 $2 Qxf4+ 20. Kg1 Rxc3 $19) (19. Qf3 Rxf5 20. g4 Rf6 21.
Kg2 Bd6 22. Qg3 Qxg3+ 23. Bxg3 Nc5 $14) 19... Ba5 20. Bd6 (20. g3 Qh3+ 21. Qg2
Qxf5 22. Bc2 Qh5 23. h4 Bb6 24. g4 Qd5 25. Qxd5 Rxd5 26. Rh2 $14) 20... Qxe4
21. Rxe4 Rxf5+ 22. Ke2 Nc5 $2 {Nisipeanu was not able to withstand the
pressure of the complicated fight and commits a huge mistake. On the other
hand even the best defence was not able to eliminate the might of White's long
range pieces.} (22... Nf6 23. Re7 (23. Re3 Ng4 24. Re7 Rf2+ 25. Kd1 Rxb2 $13)
23... Bd8 $1 24. Rxb7 Re8+ 25. Kd1 Ne4 26. Re1 (26. Bg3 $6 Bg5 $14) 26... Nf2+
(26... Nxd6 27. Rxe8+ Nxe8 28. Rb8 Be7 29. Rxe8+ Bf8 30. Ke2 $16) 27. Kd2 Ne4+
28. Rxe4 $1 Rxe4 29. Rb8 Re8 30. Be7 (30. Ba4 $4 Rd5+ 31. Kc2 Re2+ 32. Kb3 Rxd6
$19) (30. Kd3 g6 31. Ba4 Rd5+ 32. Kc4 Rxd6 33. Bxe8 Kf8 34. Bb5 $14) 30... Bxe7
31. Rxe8+ Bf8 32. Kd3 $16) 23. Re3 Rc8 (23... Nxb3 24. Bxf8 Kxf8 25. axb3 Bb6
26. Rf3 $18) 24. g4 {The rook is unable to stay on the 5th rank and defend the
knight on c5.} (24. g4 Rg5 25. h4 Rxg4 26. Bxc5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Bazna Kings 3rd"]
[Site "Bazna"]
[Date "2009.06.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "167"]
[EventDate "2009.06.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 c5 6. cxd5 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Qxd5 8.
e3 Bg7 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. Be2 cxd4 11. cxd4 O-O 12. O-O b6 {An old-fashioned
system of development. The present game shows once again that it doesn't solve
all Black's problems.} 13. Rc1 (13. Qb3 $5 {is another annoying move as it is
unfavourable for Black to exchange the queens on b3, opening the a-file for
the white rook. See Sargissian-Areshchenko in CBM 110.}) 13... Bb7 14. Qa4 e6 (
{To} 14... a6 15. Qb3 {gains in strength:} Qxb3 16. axb3 Rfc8 17. Nd2 {[%cal
Rd2c4]} b5 18. Bf3 Bf8 19. Bg3 {[%cal Yd2e4,Ye4c5,Rd4d5]} a5 $6 20. Be2 $6 (20.
Rc5 $1 $18) 20... a4 21. Bxb5 a3 $132 {1/2 Lambert,G (2420)-Cummings,D/
Brighton 1977/EXT 1999 (28)}) (14... Rfc8 15. Bc4 Qh5 (15... Qa5 16. Qb3 {
[%csl Rf7]}) 16. Ba6 Bxa6 17. Qxa6 Qd5 18. Rc4 $2 (18. Rc3 $1 $16) 18... Rc7
19. e4 $2 (19. Rfc1 Nb4 $1) 19... Qxe4 20. Qb5 Nxd4 21. Rxd4 Bxd4 22. Re1 Rc5
$1 {0-1 Bilek,M-Doncevic,D/Porz 1982/EXT 2006/[Bulletin]}) (14... Rac8 {
is probably the critical line preventing Rc1-c3:} 15. Rfd1 (15. Bb5 e5 $1 16.
Bxc6 Bxc6 17. Qxa7 g5 (17... exd4 $5 18. exd4 Qf5 19. Rc3 Bd5 $44) 18. Bg3 (18.
Bxg5 e4 19. Ne5 Bb5 {[%cal Rf7f6]}) 18... g4 19. Rxc6 Qxc6 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21.
Bxe5 f6 22. Bf4 Ra8 $11 {1/2 Mikhalchishin,A (2435)-Vaganian,R (2545)/Rome
1977/EXT 1999 (62)}) (15. Bc4 Qa5 16. Qb3 Qh5 {[%cal Rc6a5]}) 15... e6 16. Ba6
{A harmless exchange as Black controls the c-file} (16. Rc2 $5 Nxd4 $140 $4 17.
Rxc8 Nxe2+ 18. Kf1 $18) 16... Na5 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. h3 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Rc8 20.
Rxc8+ Qxc8 21. Ne5 f6 22. Nd3 Qc6 23. Qxc6 Nxc6 24. Kf1 Kf7 25. Ke2 Bf8 26. Bg3
Ba3 {1/2 Poutiainen,P-Schmidt,W/Yerevan 1976/EXT 1999}) 15. Rc3 $1 $146 {
[%mdl 8] The most appropriate place for the rook leaving the a4-d1 diagonal
free for the queen.} (15. Rc2 a6 16. Rfc1 Rfc8 17. Nd2 b5 18. Qb3 Qxb3 19. axb3
Nb4 20. Rxc8+ Rxc8 21. Rxc8+ Bxc8 22. Ne4 e5 23. Nf6+ Bxf6 24. Bxf6 exd4 25.
Bxd4 Nc6 26. Bc5 Kg7 27. Kf1 Kf6 28. Ke1 Ke5 $11 {1/2 Hoi,C (2410)-Roos,D 
(2380)/Berlin West 1980/MCD (47)}) ({The other plans also require accurate
play from Black:} 15. Rfd1 Rfc8 16. Bc4 Qa5 17. Qb3 Qh5 18. Bxe6 {1-0 Seul,G 
(2255)-Beutel,J/Wittlich 1985/GER (26)} fxe6 19. Qxe6+ Kh8 20. Qf7 Na5 21. Bf6
Bxf6 22. Qxf6+ Kg8 $11) (15. Ba6 Na5 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. Rc2 Qe4 $6 (17... Rfc8
$142 18. Rfc1 Bf8 19. Ne5 Rxc2 20. Qxc2 $140 Ba3 $1) 18. Rfc1 e5 19. Rc7 exd4
20. exd4 $16 {1-0 Boensch,U (2510)-Zahariev,Z (2405)/Wattens 1990/EXT 2006 (24)
}) 15... Rfc8 16. Rfc1 a6 17. Ne1 $1 {[%cal Re2f3]} b5 18. Qc2 Nxd4 {What
else? Moves like} (18... Na7 {are too ugly, e.g.} 19. Bf3 Qd7 20. Bxb7 Qxb7 21.
Rc7 Rxc7 22. Qxc7 Qxc7 23. Rxc7 $16) 19. exd4 Bxd4 20. Bf3 $1 (20. Rxc8+ Rxc8
21. Qd1 ({or} 21. Qxc8+ Bxc8 22. Rxc8+ Kg7) 21... Rxc1 22. Qxc1 Qxa2 {is
satisfactory for Black.}) 20... Rxc3 21. Qxc3 (21. Bxd5 $143 Rxc2 22. Nxc2 Bxd5
23. Nxd4 Bxa2 24. Bf6 Bd5 {- surprisingly, the white knight is better placed
on e1 than d4!}) 21... Bxc3 22. Bxd5 Bxd5 23. Rxc3 Bxa2 24. Bf6 $1 $16 {
[%csl Rg8] So Black has got 3 pawns (including two connected passers) for the
piece but his prospects are still gloomy due to the awful position of his king.
After the white knight enters the game, this will become visible.} b4 (24... a5
25. Nd3 a4 26. Ne5 a3 27. Rc7 Bd5 28. Nxf7 a2 29. Ba1 $16) 25. Rc7 b3 (25...
Bd5 26. Nc2 $1 a5 27. Ne3 b3 (27... h5 28. Nxd5 exd5 29. Rb7) 28. Ng4 e5 29.
Bxe5 $16) 26. Nd3 a5 {27.Ne5 has been prevented (due to 27...b2) but...} 27.
Nc5 $1 g5 {The only way for Black to free his king.} (27... a4 $2 28. Nxa4) 28.
Rb7 {White immediately captures one of Black's passed pawns but the other one
now moves forward.} (28. Kf1 $5 {was safer:} h6 29. Na4 $16 {then moving the
king to the queenside.}) 28... h6 29. Nxb3 a4 30. Nc5 Bd5 31. Rd7 $6 {Wrong!
But it was not easy to find the best solution under time pressure:} (31. Rc7 $1
a3 32. Nd7 $1 a2 33. Ba1 $16 {continuing the attack on Black's king while
stopping his a2-pawn.}) 31... a3 32. Rd8+ {White has nothing better but the
resulting endgame is clearly drawn.} Rxd8 33. Bxd8 {[%mdl 4096]} Kg7 34. Ba5
Kg6 35. Bc3 f6 36. f3 h5 37. Kf2 e5 38. g3 Kf5 39. Nd7 Bc6 40. Nc5 g4 41. fxg4+
Kxg4 42. h4 a2 43. Bb2 Bd5 44. Nd3 Kf5 45. Ba1 Bc4 {I think every viewer was
waiting for the handshake at this point but...} 46. Nc5 Bd5 47. Bb2 Kg4 48. Na4
Bb3 49. Nc5 Bd5 50. Nd7 Kf5 51. Ke3 Bc6 52. Nb6 Kg4 53. Kf2 Kf5 54. Nc4 Ke4 55.
Ne3 Bd7 56. Nd1 Be6 57. Nc3+ Kd3 $6 {Psychology! It is not easy for a human to
wait passively when such an "attractive" move forward is available.} 58. Ba1
Bc4 $6 {Black was in a kind of zugzwang and had to abandon the g4-square but
allowing h4-h5 was absolutely unnecessary.} (58... Bf7 59. g4 (59. Nb5 Kc2)
59... hxg4 60. Kg3 f5 {and White must force a draw by} 61. Nxa2 Bxa2 62. Bxe5)
59. g4 $5 hxg4 60. h5 {Black must now solve real problems!} e4 61. h6 e3+ 62.
Ke1 Bg8 63. Nxa2 {The main enemy has fallen.} f5 64. Be5 Ke4 65. Bc7 f4 {
Still, Black's pawn avalanche should secure him a draw.} 66. Nc3+ Kf5 (66...
Kd3 $142 67. Nd5 f3 68. Bg3 (68. Nf6 $4 f2+ 69. Kf1 Bc4) 68... f2+ 69. Kf1 Bxd5
70. h7 Bg2+ 71. Kxg2 Ke2 $11) 67. Nd5 Bh7 68. Ke2 g3 69. Kf3 e2 70. Kxe2 g2 71.
Kf2 f3 72. Bb6 Ke6 73. Nc3 Kf7 74. Be3 Kg6 75. Nd5 Kf7 76. Kxf3 Bb1 77. Nc3 Bc2
78. Kxg2 Kg6 79. Kg3 Kh5 80. Nd5 Kg6 81. Kh4 Bb1 82. Bg5 Bc2 83. Nf6 Bf5 84. h7
(84. h7 Kg7 85. Bh6+ Kh8 86. Bf8 {[%cal Yf8g7,Yh4g5,Yg5h6]}) 1-0

[Event "Bazna Kings 3rd"]
[Site "Bazna"]
[Date "2009.06.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2009.06.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nb5 d6 6. g3 a6 7. N5c3 Nf6 8. Bg2
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Bf4 Qc7 {This natural move is new.} 11. Na3 Rd8 12. Rc1 {
Typically for such positions White threatens Nc3-d5.} Ne5 13. Qb3 Nfd7 ({
The development of the bishop via d7 to c6 is bad because of the mentioned
idea Nc3-d5:} 13... Bd7 14. Rfd1 Bc6 15. Nd5 exd5 16. cxd5 {and the change of
pawn structure favours White.}) 14. Rfd1 Rb8 {# Black's plan is to complete
development with b6 and Bb7, after which he will have a good version of the
so-called Hedgehog structure. All he has to do is to watch out for some
tactical tricks.} 15. Be3 Re8 $1 {The main advantage of this move is that it
frees square d8 for the queen.} (15... b6 {would be a big tactical mistake in
view of} 16. Ncb5 axb5 17. Nxb5 {and the black queen is trapped! After the
forced} Nc5 18. Nxc7 Nxb3 19. axb3 {White remains with a pawn up in endgame.})
16. Ba7 Ra8 17. Bd4 Rb8 {White won a tempo by transferring the bishop to d4,
but this changes nothing: Black is ready again to play 18...b6, with equality.
Gelfand took a good practical decision to force a draw. After all White is not
better and Ivanchuk had time advantage. Moreover, such Hedgehog-type of
positions are very tricky and any inaccuracy from White's side can be severely
punished. So Gelfand decided to repeat the position.} 18. Ba7 Ra8 19. Bd4 Rb8
20. Ba7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bazna Kings 3rd"]
[Site "Bazna"]
[Date "2009.06.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2009.06.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 a5 8. Be2 Na6
9. O-O O-O 10. Qb3 Nb4 {As it often happens in the Slav, Black has a slightly
passive, but very solid position.} 11. Na2 Na6 12. Rac1 h6 13. Bh4 g5 14. Bg3
Ne4 15. Nc3 Nxg3 (15... h5 16. cxd5 exd5 {favours White:} 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Nd2
h4 19. Be5 {and Black is left with a lot of weaknesses.}) 16. hxg3 Bf6 17. Ne5
Bg7 {#} 18. f4 {White is slightly better thanks to the kingside initiative.}
Nb4 19. Rf2 Bd7 20. Na2 Nxa2 21. Qxa2 Be8 22. Qb3 Rb8 23. Bg4 Qe7 24. Qb6 Qd8
25. Qb3 Qe7 26. Nd3 f5 27. Bf3 g4 28. Be2 h5 29. Rff1 Rf6 30. Kf2 Rh6 31. Rh1
Bf6 32. Qb6 Qd8 {# "I am not sure that exchanging queens was the correct plan"
(Ivanchuk) White's problem is that in the arising endgame the only way to make
progress is connected with the advance b2-b4, but after that Black has a clear
plan to hold the position.} 33. Qxd8 Bxd8 34. Ne5 Kg7 35. Bd3 Rf6 36. Rc2 Ra8
37. Rb1 Bc7 38. b4 axb4 39. Rxb4 Bxe5 40. fxe5 Rf7 41. c5 Rc7 42. Ke2 Kf8 43.
Rcb2 Ra7 44. Kd2 Ke7 45. Kc3 Kd8 46. Bc2 Rh7 47. Rb1 Kc7 48. Rh1 Rh8 49. Rb6
Bf7 50. Kb4 Rha8 {# "I missed this defensive set-up" (Ivanchuk). Now it
becomes clear that White cannot break through.} 51. Ra1 Ra5 52. Bb3 R8a7 53.
Ra2 Ra8 54. Ra1 R8a7 55. Rf1 Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bazna Kings 3rd"]
[Site "Bazna"]
[Date "2009.06.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B94"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2009.06.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. f4 Qc7 8.
Qe2 e5 9. Nf5 h6 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. Ne3 exf4 12. Ned5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Qa5+ 14. Qd2
Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Rb8 16. Nxf4 Be7 17. Bc4 Bg5 18. Raf1 Be6 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Kd3
Bxf4 21. Rxf4 Rf8 22. Rxf8+ Kxf8 23. Rf1+ Ke7 24. Rf3 Rc8 25. Rg3 Kf7 26. Rf3+
Ke7 27. Rg3 Kf7 28. Rf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "GRE-chT 37th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2009.07.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Mchedlishvili, Mikheil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2009.07.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Nge2 dxe4 6. a3 Ba5 7. fxe4 e5 8. Qd3
Qh4+ 9. g3 Qe7 10. d5 Nf6 11. d6 Qe6 12. h4 Ng4 13. Bh3 h5 14. Rf1 Qg6 15. Rf5
f6 16. Bd2 Qf7 17. Bxg4 hxg4 18. Rf2 Be6 19. Na4 Bb6 20. Be3 Nd7 21. O-O-O Qg6
22. b3 Bxe3+ 23. Qxe3 Qh6 24. Qxh6 Rxh6 25. Nb2 b5 26. Nd3 a5 27. Kd2 Rh8 28.
Ke3 Kf7 29. Nc3 Rhb8 30. Rfd2 Ra6 31. h5 Kg8 32. Rh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "GRE-chT 37th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2009.07.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2009.07.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qf6 6. d4 exd4 7. Bg5 Qd6 8.
Nxd4 Bd7 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. Bh4 O-O-O 11. Bg3 Qf6 12. Qd2 Bg4 13. e5 Qg6 14. Qf4
Nd5 15. Nxd5 Rxd5 16. c3 Bc5 17. e6 Bb6 18. Qxf7 Qxf7 19. exf7 Rf8 20. Rae1
Rxf7 21. Re4 Bxd4 22. Rxd4 Rxd4 23. cxd4 Rd7 24. Be5 g6 25. f4 Be6 26. a3 Rd5
27. Rc1 Rb5 28. b4 a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "GRE-chT 37th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2009.07.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2009.07.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Qc2 Bg4 6. Ne5 Be6 7. d4 Nbd7 8. Nd3
Nb6 9. c5 Nbd7 10. Nf4 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Nxh5 Nxh5 13. Bd2 g6 14. Be2 Ng7 15.
e4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Nf5 17. Bc3 Bg7 18. O-O-O Qc7 19. Kb1 O-O 20. h4 e6 21. h5
Rfd8 22. hxg6 hxg6 23. Qd2 Nf8 24. d5 e5 25. Ba5 Qe7 26. d6 Qe6 27. Ng5 Qe8 28.
Bc4 Rd7 29. Rh3 Nd4 30. Rdh1 Nfe6 31. Bb6 Nf4 32. Rh7 Nd5 33. Qd3 f6 34. Nf3
Nxf3 35. Bxd5+ cxd5 36. Qxd5+ Qf7 37. Qxf3 f5 38. Qh3 Qf6 39. Qb3+ Qf7 40. Qh3
Qf6 41. Bc7 e4 42. Qb3+ Qf7 43. Rxg7+ Kxg7 44. Qc3+ 1-0

[Event "GRE-chT 37th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2009.07.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Miroshnichenko, Evgenij"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E07"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2009.07.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 e6 5. g3 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Nc3
b6 9. Bf4 Nh5 10. Bd2 Nhf6 11. Bf4 Nh5 12. Bd2 Nhf6 13. Rfd1 Bb7 14. Rac1 Rc8
15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Bf4 Nh5 17. Bd2 Nhf6 18. Bf4 Nh5 19. Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "GRE-chT 37th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2009.07.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2009.07.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Bf4 Na6 8. a3
d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. O-O c5 11. Qc2 Qd7 12. Rfd1 Rfd8 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Nd4 Nce4
15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Qc7 Qxc7 17. Bxc7 Rd5 18. Rac1 Bc5 19. Nb3 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Be7
21. Be5 Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Bxd8 23. Bd4 Ne8 24. g4 h6 25. e3 Bf6 26. Bxf6 Nxf6 27.
h3 Ne8 28. Bf1 Nd6 29. Be2 g5 30. Nd4 Kg7 31. Kf1 Kf6 32. Ke1 Ke5 33. Kd2 f5
34. Kc3 f4 35. a4 Ne8 36. b3 Nf6 37. Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "GRE-chT 37th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2009.07.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2009.07.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nh3 Nf6 7. Nf4 e5 8.
Nxg6 hxg6 9. dxe5 Qa5+ 10. c3 Qxe5+ 11. Qe2 Nbd7 12. Bf4 Qxe2+ 13. Bxe2 Nd5 14.
Bd2 N7f6 15. Bf3 O-O-O 16. O-O-O Bc5 17. Bxd5 Nxd5 18. Ne4 Bb6 19. c4 Rh4 20.
cxd5 Rxe4 21. dxc6 Rc4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "GRE-chT 37th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2009.07.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Bojkov, Dejan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2009.07.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Na6 7. Be3 e5 8. d5
Ng4 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bh4 h5 11. Nd2 c5 12. a3 Qe8 13. O-O g5 14. Bg3 f5 15. exf5
Bxf5 16. Nde4 Qg6 17. Re1 Bxe4 18. Bxg4 Bc2 19. Bxh5 Qh7 20. Qd2 g4 21. Nb5 Bf5
22. Qg5 Kh8 23. Nxd6 1-0

[Event "GRE-chT 37th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2009.07.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Howell, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2009.07.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qc2 Nb6 7. d4 Bg7 8.
e4 Bg4 9. Ne5 Bxe5 10. dxe5 Nc6 11. Bb5 Bd7 12. Bxc6 Bxc6 13. Be3 Qd7 14. Rd1
Qe6 15. O-O Rd8 16. Bd4 Rg8 17. b3 g5 18. Rd2 Rc8 19. Rfd1 Kf8 20. Ne2 Qg6 21.
Ng3 e6 22. Nf5 exf5 23. exf5 Qh5 24. f6 Rg6 25. Bc5+ Ke8 26. Qf5 Ra8 27. Be7
Qxd1+ 28. Rxd1 Nd5 29. e6 Nf4 30. exf7+ Kxf7 31. f3 Re8 32. h4 h6 33. Kf2 h5
34. Re1 1-0

[Event "GRE-chT 37th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2009.07.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kempinski, Robert"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[EventDate "2009.07.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 d5 6. cxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM 42nd"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2009.07.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2009.07.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. Nb5 Na6 8.
c4 Qc6 9. Nf3 b6 10. Be2 Bb7 11. O-O Be7 12. Nbd4 Qc8 13. Qa4+ Nd7 14. Bg5 Nac5
15. Qa3 Nf6 16. b4 Nce4 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. c5 bxc5 19. Bb5+ Ke7 20. Rac1 cxd4
21. Rxc8 Rhxc8 22. Ba6 Rab8 23. b5+ Nd6 24. Bxb7 Rxb7 25. Rd1 Rc3 26. Qa6 Rxb5
27. Qxa7+ Rb7 28. Qa6 Rbc7 29. h3 R7c6 30. Qa7+ Rc7 31. Qa6 R7c6 32. Qa7+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM 42nd"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2009.07.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2009.07.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 c6 6. Qf3 Qf6 7. Qxf6 Nxf6 8.
Nge2 Nbd7 9. a3 Be7 10. f3 h5 11. h4 Nf8 12. Nf4 Bd7 13. Kf2 O-O-O 14. Nce2 Ne8
15. Bd2 Bf6 16. Bb4 g6 17. Rae1 Ng7 18. c3 Bf5 19. Ng3 Bxd3 20. Nxd3 Nfe6 21.
a4 Rhe8 22. f4 b6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM 42nd"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2009.07.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2009.07.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 {Das Vierspringerspiel ist ein ziemlich seltener
Gast in der modernen Turnierpraxis der Super-GM.} Nf6 4. Bb5 {Alternativ kann
man 4.d4 oder 4.g3 spielen. Beide Fortsetzungen versprechen jedoch keinen
Vorteil.} (4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5 cxd5 9. O-O
O-O 10. Bg5 c6 $11) (4. g3 d5 5. exd5 Nd4 $5 {Der einfachste Weg zum Ausgleich.
} 6. Bg2 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Bxf3 Nxf3+ 9. Qxf3 Bb4 10. O-O O-O $11 {Schwarz
gewinnt den Bauern zurück und hat keine Probleme.}) 4... Nd4 {Die populärste
Fortsetzung. Man muss aber sagen, dass die Hauptvariante 4....Lb4 ebenfalls zu
vernünftigen Stellungen für Schwarz führt.} (4... Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7.
Bg5 Bxc3 8. bxc3 Qe7 9. Re1 h6 $5 10. Bh4 a6 {Forciert das Spiel.} 11. Bxc6 (
11. Ba4 Nd8 $15 {Der weiße Läufer auf a4 steht sehr schlecht.}) 11... bxc6 12.
d4 Bg4 13. Qd3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 g5 15. Bg3 Nd7 $11 {Shirov - Erenburg (Sochi,
2006)}) 5. Ba4 ({Zu einem absolut remislichen Endspiel führt} 5. Nxd4 exd4 6.
e5 dxc3 7. exf6 Qxf6 (7... cxd2+ $2 8. Bxd2 Qxf6 9. O-O Be7 10. Bc3 $18 {
Der weiße Entwicklungsvorsprung garantiert ihm riesigen Vorteil.}) 8. dxc3 Qe5+
9. Qe2 Qxe2+ 10. Bxe2 d6 $11) ({Zu interessantem, aber gleichem Spiel führt} 5.
Nxe5 $5 Qe7 (5... Nxb5 $2 6. Nxb5 Nxe4 7. Qe2 d5 8. f3 Qh4+ 9. Kf1 Ng3+ 10.
hxg3 Qxh1+ 11. Kf2 Bc5+ 12. d4 $18) 6. f4 Nxb5 7. Nxb5 d6 8. Nf3 Qxe4+ 9. Kf2
Qc4 10. Re1+ Be6 $132 {Yeo - Hebden (Birmingham, 2002)}) (5. Bc4 {verspricht
Weiß überhaupt nichts.} Bc5 6. d3 ({Schwarz hat gute Kompensation nach} 6. Nxe5
Qe7 7. Nf3 d5 8. Bxd5 Bg4 9. d3 Nd7 $44 {/\Ne5 Rublevsky - Onischuk (Poikovsky,
2009)}) 6... d6 7. Nxd4 Bxd4 8. O-O Be6 $11) 5... c6 (5... Nxf3+ {ist zu
passiv. Weiß hat Entwicklungsvorsprung, der ihm soliden Vorteil garantiert.} 6.
Qxf3 Bc5 (6... c6 7. O-O d6 8. d3 Be7 9. Nd5 $1 Qa5 10. Nxe7 Qxa4 11. Nxc8 Rxc8
12. Bg5 Nd7 13. b3 Qa5 14. Qg4 h6 15. Be3 Ke7 16. f4 $16 {Anand - Ljubojevic 
(Monte Carlo 1996)}) 7. d3 (7. Qg3 O-O 8. Qxe5 $2 Bxf2+ $1 $17) 7... O-O 8. Bg5
Be7 9. h3 $14) 6. Nxe5 (6. O-O $6 Qa5 $1 {Und es ist eher Weiß, der mit
Schwierikeiten zu kämpfen hat.} 7. Re1 d6 8. h3 Be7 9. d3 b5 10. Bb3 Nxb3 11.
cxb3 O-O $15 {Mrva - Stocek (Tatranske Zruby, 2004)}) 6... d5 ({Der am
häufigsten gespielte Zug ist} 6... d6 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. d3 d5 {Schwarz hat
ausreichende Kompensation in allen Abspielen.} 9. O-O (9. exd5 Nxd5 10. O-O Be7
11. Re1 O-O 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. c3 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Ne6 $44 {Rublevsky - Bacrot 
(Khanty Mansyisk, 2005). Die schwarze Kompensation basiert auf der Schwäche
des weißen Königs.}) (9. Be3 Nxf3+ 10. gxf3 Bh5 {Weiß hat nun ein Problem mit
dem Bauern f3, der für immer gefesselt ist.} 11. e5 $2 d4 $1 12. exf6 dxc3 13.
fxg7 Bxg7 $17 {Istratescu - Malaniuk (Yerevan, 1996)}) 9... b5 (9... dxe4 10.
Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Re1 $1 Be7 12. Rxe4 Nxf3+ 13. gxf3 Bf5 14. Re5 Be6 15. Bb3 Bxb3
16. axb3 O-O 17. Qe2 $14 {Motylev - Grischuk (Moscow, 2001)}) 10. Bb3 b4 11.
Nb1 dxe4 12. dxe4 Nxf3+ 13. gxf3 Qxd1 14. Rxd1 Bxf3 15. Re1 Nd7 16. Bf4 Be7 17.
Nd2 Bh5 18. Nc4 O-O $11 {Vallejo Pons - Almasi (Tripoli, 2004). Die aktivere
Stellung der weißen Figuren wird kompensiert durch die bessere schwarze
Bauernstruktur.}) 7. d3 Bd6 8. Nf3 (8. f4 $6 Bc5 $1 9. exd5 O-O 10. Ne4 Nxe4
11. dxe4 Qh4+ 12. g3 Qh3 $44 {Rublevsky - Mamedyarov (Foros, 2006)}) 8... Bg4 (
8... Nxf3+ $5 9. gxf3 (9. Qxf3 $4 d4 10. Ne2 Qa5+ $19) 9... O-O (9... d4 10.
Ne2 Qa5+ 11. c3 $16) 10. Bb3 (10. Ne2 Nh5 11. c3 Qh4 12. Be3 f5 13. exd5 f4 $1
$44 {Vajda - Bluvshtein (Budapest, 2007)}) 10... Nh5 11. exd5 Re8+ 12. Be3 cxd5
13. Nxd5 $14 {Gormally - Hebden (Newport, 2004)}) 9. Be3 Nxf3+ $5 $146 ({
Bis zu dieser Partie wurde nur das Nehmen auf e4 ausprobiert:} 9... dxe4 10.
Nxe4 Nxe4 (10... Nxf3+ 11. gxf3 Bh5 12. Ng3 Bxg3 13. fxg3 Qa5+ 14. c3 Bxf3 15.
Qxf3 Qxa4 16. O-O $14 {Kosintseva - Krivec (Varna, 2002)}) 11. Bxd4 Qa5+ 12. c3
Ng5 13. Be3 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Qf5 15. Bxg5 Qxg5 $44 {und Schwarz hatte gute
Kompensation für den Bauern in Shanava - Khenkin (Dresden, 2007)}) 10. gxf3 Bh5
{Weiß hat das typische Problem für diese Variante - der Bauer f3 ist gefesselt
und es ist nicht zu sehen, wie Weiß die Fesselung aufheben kann. Also muss er
weitere materielle Eroberungen unternehmen.} 11. exd5 O-O (11... b5 12. Bb3 b4
13. Ne4 Nxd5 14. Ng3 Bg6 15. f4 $1 $14) 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. Rg1 $1 {Man muss die
Figuren ins Spiel bringen. Es wäre falsch zu versuchen, weitere materielle
Vorteile zu erzielen.} (13. Bxc6 Rb8 14. Ne4 (14. Rb1 $2 Qc8 15. Be4 Rxb2 $1
$15) 14... Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Rxb2 $44 {Schwarz hat exzellente Kompensation dank
der Aktvität seiner Figuren.}) 13... Nd5 $2 {Schwarz reagiert sehr unglücklich
und gibt Weiß gleich mehrere Möglichkeiten, einen sicheren Vorteil zu bekommen.
} ({Stärker wäre} 13... Rb8 14. Bb3 Re8 $44) 14. Nxd5 ({Ebenfalls zu einer
sehr guten Stellung führte} 14. Bd4 $5 Bg6 15. Bxc6 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Rc8 17. Be4
Re8 18. Kf1 Bxh2 19. Rg2 $16) (14. Bxc6 Nxe3 15. fxe3 Rb8 16. Kd2 $1 $14 {
Der weiße König fühlt sich wohl hinter der Deckung der weißen Bauern.}) 14...
cxd5 15. Rg5 d4 (15... g6 16. Rxh5 $1 {ist der einfachste Weg zum Vorteil.}
gxh5 17. Qd2 Qf6 18. O-O-O $16 {Weiß hat mehr als nur Kompensation für die
Qualität.}) (15... Bg6 {wäre die stärkste Fortsetzung.} 16. c3 d4 $1 17. cxd4
Rb8 18. Qc2 $14) 16. Rxh5 dxe3 17. fxe3 $16 {Schwarz hat eindeutig zu viel
Material geopfert. Dabei stehen seine Schwerfiguren alle auf der Grundreihe
und üben noch keinen richtigen Druck aus.} g6 {Zumindest muss man den weißen
Turm vertreiben.} 18. Rh3 (18. Rd5 $2 Bb4+ 19. c3 Bxc3+ 20. bxc3 Qxd5 $15)
18... Qb6 19. Kf2 Qxb2 20. d4 $1 {Weiß spielt absolut richtig - er muss seine
Bauern auf die schwarzen Felder stellen, um die Aktivität des schwarzen
Läufers zu begrenzen.} Rac8 21. Bb3 {Es ist am einfachsten, die von Schwarz
geplante Kombination zuzulassen, um in eine technisch gewonnene Stellung zu
gelangen.} (21. f4 $6 Rc3 22. Bb3 Rfc8 23. Kg1 Rxc2 24. Bxc2 Rxc2 $44 {
Plötzlich hat Schwarz einen Ansatz auf Gegenspiel, obwohl die Stellung immer
noch besser für Weiß ist.}) 21... Rxc2+ $1 22. Qxc2 $1 {Am besten behält man
die Damen erst mal auf dem Brett, weil die weiße Dame eine bessere Stellung
einnimt als die schwarze.} (22. Bxc2 Rc8 23. Rc1 (23. f4 Rxc2+ 24. Kg1 $44)
23... Ba3 24. f4 Qxc1 25. Qxc1 Bxc1 26. Bb3 $14 {Ohne Damen hat Schwarz
bessere Remischancen.}) 22... Qxa1 23. f4 Qh1 24. Qc4 a5 25. Qf1 {Weiß will
kein Risiko eingehen und entscheidet sich doch für den Damentausch.} Qxf1+ 26.
Kxf1 Kg7 ({Nichts bringt der Versuch, den Turm zu aktivieren.} 26... Rc8 27.
Rg3 Rc1+ 28. Ke2 Rh1 29. Rg2 $18 {Schwarz hat sehr viel Zeit verloren und der
weiße König marschiert nun ins Zentrum.}) 27. f5 $6 {Sieht zumindest unlogisch
aus. Warum nicht einfach den König zentralisieren?} (27. Ke2 Rc8 28. Kd3 f5 29.
Rg3 Rc1 30. Rg2 $16) 27... gxf5 (27... Rc8 28. f6+ Kxf6 29. Rxh7 Rc7 30. Ke2
$16) 28. Bc2 Rc8 $2 {Ein großer Fehler.} (28... Rb8 $1 {Der Turm braucht das
Feld b2!} 29. Bxf5 h6 $14 {Und Schwarz hat sehr gute Chancen, das Endspiel zu
halten.}) 29. Bxf5 Rc1+ 30. Ke2 h6 31. Be4 {Nun kontrolliert der weiße Läufer
das Feld h1 und kann auch den Bauer a2 von d5 aus verteidigen.} a4 32. Rh4 $1 {
Der Turm muss von der Verteidigung des Bauern befreit und ins Spiel gebracht
werden.} a3 33. Rg4+ Kf6 34. h3 Bc7 35. Bd5 {Die Stellung ist gewonnen für
Weiß, Schwarz hat zu viele Schwächen.} Rc2+ 36. Kd3 Rf2 (36... Rh2 37. Bg2 h5
38. Rg8 h4 39. Ke2 Bg3 40. Rxg3 $1 hxg3 41. Kf3 $18) 37. Rg8 Bd6 38. Ra8 Kg7 (
38... Rh2 39. Ra6 Ke7 40. Ra7+ Kf6 41. Rxf7+ Kg6 42. Rf3 $18) 39. Ra6 Bb4 40.
Ra7 Bf8 41. e4 h5 42. Ke3 Rf6 43. e5 Rf5 44. Ke4 Rf2 45. Ke3 Rf5 46. Ke4 Rf2
47. e6 Kg6 48. Ke3 Rf1 (48... Rf5 49. Be4 $18) (48... Rf6 49. e7 $18) 49. Ke2 {
Nach 49....Rf4 oder 49....Rf6 kommt 50.e7 mit Figurengewinn.} 1-0

[Event "Biel GM 42nd"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2009.07.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2009.07.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 e6 5. b3 Bd6 6. Bb2 O-O 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. O-O
e5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Ne4 Bc7 11. Qc2 f5 12. Ng3 e4 13. Nd4 Ne5 14. f4 exf3 15.
Nxf3 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Bxg3 17. hxg3 Be6 18. Bxd5 Qxd5 19. Qc3 Qd7 20. Rf4 Rf6 21.
g4 Rg6 22. gxf5 Bxf5 23. Raf1 Be6 24. Ba3 h6 25. Qc2 Kh7 26. R1f3 Rd8 27. Rg3
Qd3 28. Qxd3 Rxd3 29. Rxg6 Kxg6 30. Bb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM 42nd"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2009.07.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2009.07.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 c6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 Bf5 8. Bd3
Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Nbd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qc2 Re8 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM 42nd"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2009.07.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2009.07.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. e4 e5 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nge7 7. Nc3 d6 8.
Nxc6 Nxc6 9. Be2 O-O 10. Qd2 f5 11. exf5 Bxf5 12. O-O Qf6 13. Rad1 Kh8 14. Rfe1
Nb4 15. Rc1 Na6 16. Bf1 Rae8 17. f3 Nb4 18. Bf2 Nc6 19. Rxe8 Rxe8 20. b3 Qf7
21. Nd5 a6 22. Rd1 Be6 23. h3 h6 24. Bd3 Ne5 25. Be4 g5 26. a4 Rf8 27. a5 Bxh3
28. gxh3 Nxf3+ 29. Bxf3 Qxf3 30. Re1 Qxh3 31. Qe3 Rf3 32. Qe8+ Rf8 33. Qe3 Rf3
34. Qe8+ Rf8 35. Qe6 Qf3 36. Re2 Qd3 37. Ne7 Kh7 38. Qe4+ Qxe4 39. Rxe4 Re8 40.
Kg2 Bf8 41. Nd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM 42nd"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2009.07.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2009.07.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. e3 b6 8. Nf3
Bb7 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Be2 c5 11. O-O Rc8 {This line was examined in CBM 110,
annotations to Dreev-Bologan, and CBM 111, annotations to Bocharov-Smirnov by
GM V.Golod. In this typical position, after the central tension is discharged
one way or another, White will keep a small plus due to his bishop pair but
the good position of Black's pieces reduces that advantage to a minimum.} 12.
a4 {Practice has also seen:} (12. Bb2 {is harmless since b2 is not necessarily
the best square for this bishop:} cxd4 (12... Ne4 $5 13. Qd3 Qe7 14. Rac1 Rfd8
15. Qb1 dxc4 16. bxc4 cxd4 17. exd4 Ng5 $11 18. Nd2 $2 Nh3+ 19. Kh1 Nf4 20. Bf3
Ne5 $1 21. Bxb7 Qxb7 22. f3 Ned3 $17 {0-1 Samuelsen,C (2055)-Rowson,J (2494)/
Torshavn 2000/CBM 078 ext (68)}) 13. exd4 dxc4 14. bxc4 b5 (14... Qc7 15. a4
Nd5 16. cxd5 Qxc3 17. Bxc3 Rxc3 18. dxe6 fxe6 19. a5 Rf4 20. axb6 axb6 21. Rfd1
Bd5 22. Ne1 Nb8 23. Rdb1 Nc6 24. Rxb6 Kf7 25. Nf3 {1/2 Bellmann,H (2496)
-Behling,H (2323)/corr 2001/Telechess 86/[Bellmann]}) 15. c5 a6 (15... Nd5 16.
Qd2 Bc6 $1 $11 {[%cal Ya7a5] A.Nikitin}) 16. a4 Nd5 17. Qd2 b4 (17... Bc6 $5
18. axb5 axb5 $10 {A.Karpov, I.Zaitsev}) 18. a5 $1 Qc7 19. Rfc1 Qf4 20. Bf1
Rfd8 21. Qxf4 Nxf4 22. Ra4 (22. g3 $5 {A.Karpov, I.Zaitsev}) 22... Nd5 23. Nd2
$1 Rc7 $1 24. Raa1 Nb8 $1 $10 {1/2 Karpov,A (2725)-Kasparov,G (2760)/Moscow
1988/URS-ch (30)}) (12. Rd1 cxd4 13. exd4 (13. Qxd4 $5 {V.Golod}) 13... Ba6 14.
a4 Qc7 15. Ba3 (15. a5 $5 b5 16. c5 b4 17. Qe3 {V.Golod}) 15... Rfe8 $6 (15...
Rfd8 $142 16. Be7 Re8 $11 {V.Golod}) 16. Bf1 (16. Ne5 $5 {V.Golod}) 16... dxc4
17. bxc4 e5 18. Re1 Ng4 19. h3 exd4 20. Qxd4 Ngf6 21. Nh4 (21. Bd6 $142 Qc6 22.
Ne5 Nxe5 23. Bxe5 $14 {V.Golod}) 21... Rxe1 $6 (21... Nc5 $5 22. Nf5 Nce4 $13 {
V.Golod}) 22. Rxe1 Re8 23. Rxe8+ Nxe8 24. Nf5 $14 {1/2 Dreev,A (2694)-Bologan,
V (2682)/Stepanakert 2005/CBM 110/[Golod,V] (46)}) 12... Qc7 (12... cxd4 13.
exd4 Ba6 $6 (13... Qc7 $142 {V.Golod}) 14. Ba3 Re8 15. Rac1 $14 Rc7 (15... dxc4
16. bxc4 Qc7 17. Qe3 e5 18. d5 Nc5 19. a5 $1 $16 {V.Golod}) 16. Qb2 Ne4 17.
Rfd1 Qa8 18. Rc2 Rec8 19. Rdc1 dxc4 $6 20. bxc4 Re8 21. h3 h6 22. Bb4 Nef6 23.
a5 $1 $16 {1-0 Bocharov,D (2592)-Smirnov,P (2637)/Khanty Mansiysk 2005/CBM 111/
[Golod,V] (33)}) (12... a5 $5 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. Ba3 dxc4 15. bxc4 Ng4 16. h3 Bxf3
17. Bxf3 Qh2+ 18. Kf1 Ngf6 19. Ke2 $14 {1/2 Rodshtein,M (2457)-Ivanov,S (2538)/
Stockholm 2006/CBM 110 ext (46)}) (12... dxc4 $5 13. bxc4 Qc7 14. Rd1 Rfd8 15.
Bb2 cxd4 16. exd4 Qf4 17. Qe3 Qxe3 18. fxe3 a5 19. Nd2 Ne4 20. Nxe4 Bxe4 21.
Rdc1 (21. Ra3 $5) 21... Nc5 22. Ra3 Bc6 23. Bc3 Nxa4 24. Be1 $44 {1/2 Carlsen,
M (2772)-Bacrot,E (2721)/Dortmund GER 2009/The Week in Chess 766 (39)}) 13. Rd1
(13. Bb2 Rfd8 (13... dxc4 $5 14. Bxc4 $5 Bxf3 15. gxf3 {A.Mikhalevski}) 14.
Rfc1 $1 Qb8 15. dxc5 Rxc5 16. b4 Rcc8 17. Qd4 $1 $14 dxc4 18. Rxc4 Rxc4 19.
Qxc4 Rc8 20. Qd4 Be4 21. Ne1 $1 a5 22. Bb5 Bc6 23. Nd3 Bxb5 24. axb5 Rc2 25.
bxa5 bxa5 26. Rxa5 $1 Rd2 27. g3 $16 {1/2 Mikhalevski,A (2464)-Palac,M (2573)/
Paris 2000/EXT 2001 (67)}) 13... Rfe8 14. Bb2 dxc4 15. Bxc4 Ne4 (15... Bd5 $5 {
deserves attention, forcing the exchange of bishops. However, GM Evgeny
Alekseev, a Nimzo-Indian specialist, definitely knows what he is doing.}) 16.
Qc2 Ndf6 17. dxc5 Qxc5 {The symmetry of the pawn structure gives Black good
chances to equalise.} 18. Qe2 (18. Ne5 Nd6 19. Bd4 Qc7 20. Rac1 Qe7 $11) 18...
Qh5 19. h3 Rc5 20. Rac1 h6 (20... Rec8 $5) 21. Nd4 (21. b4 Rcc8 22. Ba6 Rxc1
23. Rxc1 Qd5) 21... Qh4 {A small inaccuracy. Surprisingly, the black queen
soon becomes quite passive here.} (21... Qg5 $142) 22. Nf3 Qh5 23. Nd4 Qh4 24.
f3 $1 Nd6 (24... Ng3 $6 25. Qf2 {[%csl Rg3,Rh4]}) 25. Bb5 (25. Bd3 $5 Rg5 $140
26. Ba3 $36) (25. Nb5 $5 Nxc4 26. Rxc4 Rxc4 27. bxc4 Ra8 28. e4 $14 {[%csl Rb7]
}) 25... Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Nxb5 27. Qxb5 (27. Nxb5 $5 Ba6 28. Rc7 Ra8 $14) 27...
Rd8 28. Qe5 Qg5 {Finally trading this queen.} 29. Qxg5 hxg5 30. e4 Rd7 {
[%mdl 4096] White still keeps a small plus in this endgame (first of all, his
bishop is more active) but it is not enough to win.} 31. Nb5 a6 32. Na3 Nh5 33.
Be5 f6 34. Bb8 (34. Bc7 Rd3) 34... Nf4 35. Bxf4 (35. Rc7 Rxc7 36. Bxc7 Bc6 37.
Bxb6 Ne2+ 38. Kf2 Nc1) 35... gxf4 36. Nc4 Rc7 37. Rd1 b5 38. Na5 Bc8 39. axb5
axb5 40. b4 e5 41. Rd6 Kf8 42. Rb6 Bd7 43. Nb3 Ra7 44. Nc5 Be8 45. h4 Ke7 46.
Kh2 Kf8 47. Kh3 Bh5 $6 {A risky sortie. Black had nothing to worry about after}
(47... Ra1 {, e.g.} 48. Kg4 Rg1 49. Kf5 Rxg2 50. Rb7 Bh5 {, and White must
force a draw by} 51. Ne6+ Kg8 52. Rb8+ Kh7 53. Nf8+ Kh6 54. Nd7 Bg6+ 55. Ke6
Kh7 56. Nf8+ Kh6 57. Nd7) 48. Rb8+ $1 (48. Rxb5 $143 Ra1 49. Kh2 Ra2 50. Ra5 (
50. Ne6+ $2 Kf7 51. Nxf4 Bxf3) 50... Rb2 51. Nd3 Rd2 $11) 48... Kf7 $1 (48...
Ke7 $143 49. Rxb5 Ra1 $140 50. Kh2 Ra2 51. Ra5 Rb2 52. Nd3 Rd2 53. Nxe5 $1) 49.
Rxb5 Ra1 50. Kh2 Ra2 51. Kg1 Ra1+ 52. Kh2 Ra2 53. Ra5 Rb2 54. Nd3 Rb3 (54...
Rd2 {is now met by} 55. Rd5 {[%cal Rd3e5]}) 55. Rd5 $6 {After this move
White's pieces are tied up, and Black easily reaches the draw.} (55. Nxf4 $142
$1 Bxf3 $1 56. gxf3 exf4 57. Kg2 Rxb4 58. Kh3 {- White wins the f4 pawn and
can torture Black in the "3 vs 2" rook endgame for quite a while.}) 55... Kg6
56. Kg1 Kh6 57. Rd8 Kh7 58. Rd7 Kg8 59. Rd8+ Kh7 60. Rd7 (60. Kf2 Bf7 $11 {
[%cal Yf7c4]}) 60... Kg8 61. Rd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM 42nd"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2009.07.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2009.07.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 Bg7 (4... c6 {is an important alternative,
aiming to discourage the plan based on Qd2 and Bh6.}) 5. Qd2 c6 6. Bh6 Bxh6 7.
Qxh6 Qa5 8. Bd3 c5 9. Nge2 {'is not too dangerous.'} ({Since Black can play ...
cxd4 anyway, the only reason I see for White's last move is that in the event
of} 9. Nf3 {he was worried about} Bg4 {This has been played only once so far.}
10. dxc5 {This is the critical continuation.} (10. O-O-O Nc6 11. d5 Bxf3 12.
gxf3 Nd4 13. f4 O-O-O $13 {was entirely satisfactory for Black in Kupreichik,V
(2560)-Cuijpers,F (2425)/Germany 1993/GER-chT2 (0-1, 67)}) 10... Bxf3 (10...
Qxc5 11. Ng5 $1 Nc6 12. O-O {leaves Black with problems finding a safe
location for his king.}) 11. Bb5+ $1 {An important intermediate move, cutting
the queen's access to c5.} Nbd7 12. gxf3 Qb4 13. Qe3 Qxc5 ({Black does not
seem to get sufficient compensation for the pawn if he insists avoiding to
occupy the c5-square with a pawn:} 13... Rc8 14. cxd6 Qxb2 15. Kd2 Qb4 16. dxe7
$14) 14. Qxc5 dxc5 15. e5 $5 (15. O-O-O O-O-O 16. f4 Nh5 {[%csl Gf4] looks
safe for Black}) 15... a6 $1 16. exf6 (16. Ba4 Nh5) 16... axb5 17. fxe7 Kxe7
18. O-O-O Rhd8 19. Rhe1+ Kf8 {White is slightly better developed, but Black's
better structure and the activity of his queen's rook along the a-file may
keep the balance even.}) ({In the comments to the game Lupulescu,C (2558)
-Nikolic,P (2674)/Plovdiv 2008/CBM 124/[Marin,M] (1-0, 39) I mentioned that I
find} 9. d5 $1 {quite annoying for Black. Since in that game another variation
had been actually played, I insert here the analysis:} Nbd7 10. Nf3 b5 11. Bxb5
Rb8 12. Bxd7+ ({My opponent effectuated this move after 45 minutes of thought.
I understood that he was considering including the moves} 12. a4 $4 {12...a6??
before playing 13.Bxd7. Later, I was to find out that this line had been
recommended in the Informator. I expected his move with anxiety, since I had
noticed immediately that} Rxb5 $1 {wins a piece, because of the double pin. My
young opponent could not contain his laughter when I showed him this resource
after the game. He had rejected 12.a4 on general ground...}) 12... Bxd7 13.
O-O-O $6 ({Later, I failed to find an adequate answer after} 13. O-O $1 {
, for instance} Rxb2 14. Nd1 Rxc2 15. Ne3 $16 {[%csl Re8][%cal Ge4e5] Since
Nikolic had not faced 9.d5 so far, it would be nice to guess what he had in
mind against it.}) 13... Rxb2 $6 (13... Qb4 $1 $132) 14. Kxb2 Qb4+ 15. Kc1 Qxc3
16. Qe3 $1 $16 {Nguyen Anh Dung (2465)-Marin,M (2545)/Calcutta 1997/CBM 056
ext (1/2-1/2, 42)}) 9... Nc6 $5 ({Black avoids releasing the tension with} 9...
cxd4 10. Nxd4 {, which has been discussed in the notes to the aforementioned
game briefly.} Nc6 $1 (10... Qb6 $6 11. O-O-O Nc6 12. Bb5 a6 13. Bxc6+ bxc6 14.
Rhe1 Rb8 15. b3 Qc5 16. Kb2 Bd7 17. e5 $36 {Willemze,J (2422)-Nikolic,P (2671)/
Amsterdam 2004/CBM 101 ext (1/2-1/2, 55)}) 11. Nb3 Qb6 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. Qg7 Rf8
14. exd5 Ne5 15. O-O h5 16. Kh1 Bd7 $13 {Bunzmann,D (2596)-Nikolic,P (2641)/
Germany 1999/EXT 2000 (0-1, 28). Black has a strategically nice position and
maintains the possibility of evacuating his king to the other wing, while the
white queen is somewhat misplaced behind the black pawns.}) 10. d5 Ne5 {
Black's minor pieces are much more at ease than their white counterparts. The
threat of ...c4 is very strong.} 11. Bb5+ (11. f4 $2 {leads to complications
favouring Black:} Neg4 12. Qh4 (12. Qg7 $2 {leaves the queen trapped after} Rg8
13. Bb5+ Kd8 $1 14. Qxf7 Nh6) 12... c4 $1 13. Bxc4 Ne3 {[%cal Ge3c4,Ge3g2]} 14.
Bb5+ $8 Kd8 15. Kd2 Nxg2 16. Qh6 Nxe4+ $17) (11. Qd2 {is a safe move, but its
main drawback is that it allows Black to castle.} O-O $6 (11... c4 $1 12. f4
Nxd3+ 13. cxd3 cxd3 14. Qxd3 O-O 15. Nd4 Bd7 16. O-O Rac8 $11) 12. f4 Nxd3+ 13.
cxd3 b5 14. O-O b4 15. Nd1 c4 16. dxc4 Nxe4 17. Qd4 Qc5 18. Ne3 Qxd4 19. Nxd4
$14 {Van der Wiel,J (2570)-Tjiam,D (2295)/Netherlands 1995/EXT 1999 (1-0, 53)})
11... Kd8 $1 $146 {Black prefers to give p the right to castle, rather than
spoil his minor piece coordination.} (11... Bd7 12. Bxd7+ Nexd7 13. O-O O-O-O
14. a3 Kb8 {Meyer,F (2368)-Engelbert,C (2213)/Hamburg 2004/CBM 100 ext (1-0,
50)} 15. b4 $36) 12. Ng3 $2 {This move is mistaken because of far from obvious
reasons.} (12. f4 $2 {is wrong because of} Neg4 $17 {, when} 13. Qg7 $2 Rg8 14.
Qxf7 Nh6 $19 {transposes to a line mentioned above.}) (12. h3 {is solid,
possibly leading to a draw after} a6 13. f4 Nf3+ 14. gxf3 axb5 15. Qg7 ({
Against other moves, Black would be doing better than in the game. Having
spared (at least temporarily), the move ...c4, he can prevent Caruana's
regrouping.} 15. O-O b4 16. Nd1 Nh5 $15) (15. Ng3 b4 16. Nce2 b3+ $132 {
Black has managed to open the queenside, with strong counterplay.}) 15... Rg8
16. Qxf7 Bd7 {Black threatens to trap the queen with 17...Be8 18.Qe6 Rf8!
followed by ...Bd7.} 17. e5 $1 Be8 18. Qe6 Bd7 $11) ({Personally, I would be
worried about the regrouping move} 12. Qd2 {, for instance} Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Qxb5
14. O-O $44 {Black's structure is solid, but with his king in the centre he is
in permanent danger.}) 12... c4 $1 {[%cal Ga7a6]} 13. h3 ({It is too late for} 
13. Qd2 a6 14. f4 axb5 15. fxe5 dxe5 {White has no obvious way to shake
Black's stability on the dark squares:} 16. Qg5 b4 17. Nce2 b3+ 18. Nc3 bxc2
19. d6 Ra6 20. dxe7+ Kxe7 21. O-O h6 22. Nd5+ $2 Qxd5 $1 $19) 13... a6 {
(?) The only problem with this generally good move is that it misses an
immediate win.} (13... g5 $3 {prevents f4, renewing the threat of ...a6, while
after} 14. Qxg5 (14. h4 g4 $19) 14... a6 15. f4 Ng6 {[%cal Gh7h6] the threat
to trap the queen with ...h6 leaves White a piece down.} 16. f5 Ne5 $19) 14. f4
Nf3+ $1 ({Black's position is more dangerous after} 14... axb5 15. fxe5 b4 16.
Qg7 Re8 (16... Rg8 $2 17. exf6 $3 Rxg7 18. fxg7) 17. exf6 bxc3 18. fxe7+ Rxe7
19. bxc3 Qc5 20. Ke2) 15. gxf3 axb5 16. O-O b4 17. Nce2 Qc5+ 18. Kg2 Bd7 {
The position is quite unusual. Strategically, Black can be very satisfied, but
his king does not enjoy complete safety yet.} 19. c3 {White needs to activate
his e2-knight.} (19. Qg7 $2 Rg8 20. Qxf7 $2 Be8 21. Qe6 Rf8 $1 $19) 19... bxc3
{Maybe Black should not have allowed his opponent to solve the knight's
problem so easily.} ({He may have done better to play one of the useful moves
he played in the next phase of the game.} 19... Rg8 $5 20. cxb4 Qxb4 $132) 20.
Nxc3 $1 (20. bxc3 Rg8 $15 {[%cal Gf6h5]}) 20... b5 (20... Kc7 $5) 21. a3 {
White intends to build up his attack in a slow, gradual, manner.} ({He could
have started active operations immediately, but the result would not have been
entirely clear.} 21. e5 $5 Nxd5 (21... dxe5 22. Nge4 Nxe4 23. Nxe4 $36) 22.
Nxd5 Qxd5 23. Rad1 Qe6 24. exd6 exd6 25. Ne4 $44) 21... Kc7 22. Rad1 (22. e5 {
does not work anymore.} Nxd5 23. Nxd5+ Qxd5 24. Rad1 Qc6 25. exd6+ exd6 26. Ne4
d5 {(If we compare with the previous line, the king has evacuated the
d8-square, avoiding Qg5+)} 27. Nc3 Be6 $17) 22... Rhg8 $5 {A very interesting
way to generate counterplay. Apparently, the rook is not doing much on g8, but
more about that later...} 23. e5 Nh5 $1 {Enabled by the previous move.} 24.
Rfe1 $1 {A strong move, completing the development. The only defect of White's
position is the presence of doubled pawns, but it requires very deep insight
on Black's part to take advantage of it.} (24. Nce4 $2 Qe3 $1 $17) (24. Nxh5 $2
gxh5+ 25. Kh2 (25. Kh1 Rg3 26. Ne4 Rxh3+ 27. Kg2 Rg8+ 28. Ng5 Qe3 $19) 25...
Rg6 26. Qxh5 Rag8 27. Rde1 (27. Ne4 Qe3 $19) 27... Qd4 $19) 24... g5 $3 {
Really original and the only logical consequence of Black's previous moves.}
25. exd6+ $5 {This exchange may seem like a premature concession, but
weakening the d6-square makes sense in view of a tactical detail revealed
slightly later.} (25. fxg5 $2 Nf4+ 26. Kh1 Qf2 $19 27. exd6+ Kb7 $1 28. Rg1
Qxf3+ 29. Kh2 Qf2+ 30. Kh1 Bxh3 $19) (25. Qxh5 {has equal merits with the game
continuation.} gxf4 26. Nce4 Rxg3+ 27. Kh1 $1 (27. Nxg3 $2 Rg8 28. exd6+ exd6
29. Re2 Rxg3+ 30. Kh2 Rxh3+ 31. Qxh3 Bxh3 32. Kxh3 Kb6 $17) (27. Kh2 $6 Qb6 28.
Qxf7 (28. Nxg3 Qf2+ 29. Kh1 fxg3 $19) 28... Rxh3+ 29. Kg2 Rh6 30. e6 Rg6+ 31.
Kh3 Rag8 32. Qxf4 Be8 $40) 27... Rxh3+ 28. Qxh3 Bxh3 29. Nxc5 dxc5 {Black
seems to have sufficient compensation for the exchange. His queenside majority
may become threatening.} 30. Re4 Bf5 31. Rxf4 Bg6 {[%cal Gc4c3]} 32. Rc1 Rd8
33. Rd1 Ra8 $44) (25. Nxh5 Rg6 {may transpose to the game.}) 25... exd6 26.
Nxh5 $6 ({The only way to justify the previous exchange would be} 26. fxg5 Nf4+
27. Kh1 {I assume that this had been Caruana's first intention, but then he
noticed that Black disposes over another fantastic pawn move:} f5 $3 {It is
difficult to exhaust the position, but it seems that a draw by perpetual 
(against either of the kings!) is the most likely result. Did Caruana fear
that Black would have more than a draw in the following variations, or did he
overestimate his position and play for a win?} ({Black's problem is that} 27...
Qf2 $2 {is impossible because of} 28. Qxd6+ $1 $16 {With ...f5!! Black takes
the e4-square under control, renewing the threat of ...Qf2}) ({Another line in
which the control of the e4-square is important goes} 27... Rg6 $6 28. Qh4 {
[%csl Gf4]} Nxh3 29. Nce4 $14 {White has avoided the immediate threats and
maintains excellent coordination.}) 28. Qh4 ({In the event of} 28. gxf6 $2 {
, apart from simply capturing on g3, Black can play} Qf2 29. Qxf4 Rxg3 30.
Qxd6+ Kc8 $1 $19 {checks have come to an end and White has to give up his
queen in order to avoid mate.}) (28. Re7 Qf2 29. Rxd7+ (29. Nxb5+ Kc8 $1 30.
Nxd6+ Kb8 $1 {White has exhausted checks and time has come to think about his
own defence.} 31. Rg1 $8 Qxf3+ $11) 29... Kc8 $1 30. Rg1 Qxf3+ $11) (28. Nh5
Nxh3 29. Re7 Nf2+ 30. Kh2 Nxd1 31. Rxd7+ Kxd7 32. Qxh7+ Kc8 33. Qxg8+ Kb7 34.
Qf7+ Kb6 35. Nxd1 Qd4 36. Qe6 Qxd1 37. Qxd6+ Ka5 38. Qb4+ Kb6 39. Nf6 {White
still has some hopes to get with his king out of the perpetual check net. In
order to avoid that, Black only has to prevent Kf4, for instance} Qe2+ 40. Kg3
Qe5+ $1 $11 {(this can be achieved in other ways, too).}) (28. Rd2 $6 {gives
up the control of the e-file after} Rae8 $1 $36) 28... Ng6 (28... Nd3 $6 29.
Re7 $36 Nf2+ $6 30. Kg2 Nxd1 31. Rxd7+ $1 {wins, because, if compared to the
line starting with 28.Nh5 above, the white king is better defended and no
perpetual is possible any more.} Kxd7 32. Qxh7+ Kc8 33. Qxg8+ Kb7 34. Qf7+ Kb6
35. Nxd1 Qd4 36. Nc3 Qd2+ 37. Nce2) 29. Qxh7 ({White fails to consolidate after
} 29. Qd4 Qxd4 30. Rxd4 Ne5 31. Kg2 Nd3 $15 {[%cal Gg8g5]}) 29... Qf2 30. Nxb5+
Kb6 31. Qxd7 Qxf3+ $11) 26... Rg6 27. Ne4 $2 ({White would have maintained
excellent saving chances after} 27. Qxh7 gxf4+ 28. Qxg6 fxg6 29. Nxf4 $15 {
with a stable position.}) 27... Rxh6 28. Nxc5 dxc5 29. Ng3 gxf4 30. Ne2 Kd6 $17
{/-+ The rest is relatively easy.} 31. Nxf4 Rg8+ 32. Kf2 Rh4 33. Ng2 Rxh3 34.
Rh1 Rgg3 35. Rxh3 Rxh3 36. Re1 h5 37. Re4 Rh1 38. a4 Rb1 39. axb5 Rxb2+ 40. Kg3
c3 41. Ne3 Bxb5 {A very interesting game, featuring unexpected tactical
nuances and great fighting spirit on both sides.} 0-1

[Event "Biel GM 42nd"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2009.07.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2009.07.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 a6 6. a4 b6 (6... c5 {would
lead to a major main line. würde zu einer großen Hauptvariante führen.}) 7.
Bxc4 Bb7 8. O-O Bb4 9. Qb3 Nc6 10. Rd1 Bd6 11. Qc2 Nb4 12. Qe2 Ne4 13. Nxe4
Bxe4 14. Bd2 Bxf3 {In a weaker player, this move would be mercilessly
criticised: White gets the two bishops and there is no doubt that he is better
off.   Bei einem schwächeren Spieler würde man diesen Zug ohne Pardon tadeln:
Weiß erhält das Läuferpaar und steht zweifellos besser.} 15. Qxf3 O-O 16. a5 c6
{Another surprising move.  Noch ein überraschender Zug.} 17. axb6 Qxb6 18. h4
a5 19. h5 Be7 20. Rdc1 {Here, and one move later, White could play Hier wie
auch einen Zug später konnte Weiß gut} (20. h6 {. spielen.}) 20... Rfc8 21. b3
h6 22. Ra4 $6 {Not very convincing. White should do something to allow himself
to meet ...Nd5 with e4 without any problems. Das kann nicht überzeugen. Weiß
sollte etwas tun, um auf ...Nd5 problemlos mit e4 antworten zu können.} Nd5 $1
23. e4 Bb4 {This is the point of it - a pair of minor pieces is exchanged and
White's previously clear advantage disappears.  Das ist der Witz - eine
Leichtfigur wird getauscht und der ehemals deutliche weiße Vorteil
verschwindet.} 24. exd5 (24. Be3 Nxe3 25. fxe3 {was perhaps worth a try. war
vielleicht einen Versuch wert.}) 24... Bxd2 25. dxe6 ({Or Oder} 25. Rc2 cxd5
26. Rxd2 dxc4 27. bxc4 {with equality. mit Ausgleich.}) 25... Bxc1 26. Qxf7+ $2
{Ivanchuk overlooks the defence provided by moves 27 and 28. Iwantschuk
übersieht die Verteidigung im 27. und 28. Zug.} (26. e7 Qa7 27. Qxf7+ Kh8 28.
Bd3 Bg5 29. Qg6 Kg8 30. Bc4+ Kh8 31. Bd3 {would have led to a draw. hätte zum
Remis geführt.}) 26... Kh8 27. Bd3 Qd8 $1 28. Qg6 Qg8 {An unpleasant surprise
- the only threat has been parried, White cannot strengthen his attack.  Eine
unangenehme Überraschung - die einzige Drohung ist pariert, Weiß kann seinen
Angriff nicht verstärken.} 29. Rc4 Ba3 30. g3 Be7 31. d5 cxd5 32. Rf4 Bd6 33.
Rf7 Rc7 34. Rd7 Be5 35. Qf5 Rxd7 36. exd7 Bc7 37. Bb5 Rf8 38. Qg6 Qf7 0-1

[Event "Biel GM 42nd"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2009.07.30"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2009.07.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d5 7. Bd3 c5 8. dxc5
dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Qxd1+ 11. Kxd1 a5 12. Bf4 Bxc5 13. Ke2 f5 14. Bc2
Nc6 15. Rhd1 a4 16. Kf1 b6 17. Kg1 h6 18. Bd6 Rf7 19. Rd2 Bxd6 20. Rxd6 Rc7 21.
Rad1 Kf8 22. Nd4 Nxd4 23. R1xd4 b5 24. g4 bxc4 25. gxf5 Ke7 26. fxe6 Rb8 27.
Bxa4 Bxe6 28. Ra6 Bf5 29. Rc6 Rxc6 30. Bxc6 Rxb2 31. Rxc4 Rb1+ 32. Kg2 Rb3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Jermuk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2009.08.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2009.08.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Na4 Bb6 7. c3 Ne7 8. O-O
Ng6 9. Re1 O-O 10. Nxb6 axb6 11. Bb3 Re8 12. Bd2 h6 13. a4 Bd7 14. h3 Bc6 15.
Bc2 d5 16. b4 dxe4 17. dxe4 Bd7 18. Be3 Be6 19. Nd2 Qe7 20. Qe2 Red8 21. Red1
Nd7 22. Qf3 Qh4 23. Nf1 Qf6 24. Nh2 Qxf3 25. Nxf3 f6 26. Nd2 Ne7 27. Nb3 Nc8
28. a5 Nd6 29. Rdb1 Kf7 30. f3 Ke7 31. Kf2 Rdc8 32. Bd3 Bc4 33. Ke2 Ra6 34.
axb6 Rxa1 35. Nxa1 cxb6 36. Nc2 Ra8 37. Ra1 Rxa1 38. Nxa1 b5 39. Nc2 Bxd3+ 40.
Kxd3 Nc4 41. Bf2 Kd6 42. Ne3 Nxe3 43. Bxe3 h5 44. g4 hxg4 45. hxg4 g5 46. Kc2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Jermuk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2009.08.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "180"]
[EventDate "2009.08.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8.
Bg5 a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Nd5 Be7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. c4 b4 13. Nc2 O-O 14. Be2 a5 15.
O-O Rb8 16. Qd3 Bg5 17. Rad1 Be6 18. b3 Kh8 19. Nde3 g6 20. Bg4 Qc8 21. Bxe6
fxe6 22. Qxd6 Rd8 23. Qc5 Rxd1 24. Nxd1 Qd7 25. Nb2 Be7 26. Qe3 Rd8 27. Qb6 Rb8
28. Qe3 Rd8 29. Ne1 Qa7 30. Qxa7 Nxa7 31. Nf3 Nc6 32. Rd1 Rxd1+ 33. Nxd1 Kg7
34. Nb2 h5 35. Kf1 Kf6 36. h3 Nb8 37. Ke2 Nd7 38. Na4 Bd6 39. Kd3 Ke7 40. g4
hxg4 41. hxg4 Kd8 42. Nh4 g5 43. Nf3 Be7 44. Ke3 Kc7 45. Nb2 Kc6 46. Nd3 Bf6
47. Kd2 Kd6 48. Kc2 Be7 49. Kb1 Bf6 50. Kb2 Nb8 51. a3 Nc6 52. axb4 axb4 53.
Nfe1 Bd8 54. Nc2 Ba5 55. Kc1 Kd7 56. Nc5+ Kd6 57. Nb7+ Kc7 58. Nc5 Kd6 59. Nb7+
Kc7 60. Nxa5 Nxa5 61. Nxb4 Nxb3+ 62. Kc2 Nd4+ 63. Kd2 Kb6 64. Nd3 Nc6 65. Kc3
Kc7 66. Ne1 Nd4 67. Kd3 Kb7 {Breakthrough in a knight ending At first glance,
the barricaded kingside makes any progress for White look problematic. Thus
the plan 68.Ke3? Kc7 69.Nf3? leads straight to a draw. However Inarkiev finds
a possibility to break through the black walls:  Durchbruch im
Springerendspiel Auf den ersten Blick sieht es angesichts des verrammelten
Königsflügels problematisch aus, mit Weiß Fortschritte zu erzielen. So führt
der Plan 68.Ke3? Kc7 69.Nf3? geradewegs ins Remis. Inarkiev findet jedoch eine
Möglichkeit, die schwarzen Wälle zu durchdringen:} 68. f4 $3 (68. Ke3 $2 Kc7
69. Nf3 $2 {leads straight to a draw: führt geradewegs ins Remis:} Nxf3 70.
Kxf3 Kc6 71. Ke3 Kc5 72. Kd3 Kb4 73. f3 Ka5 $1 74. Kc3 Ka4 $11) 68... gxf4 69.
g5 Nb3 {Ivanchuk seeks salvation in a counter-attack. Ivanchuk sucht nach
Rettung im Gegenangriff.} ({The passive Das passive} 69... Nc6 {is not
sufficient either because of the weakness of the black pawns: reicht
angesichts der Schwäche der schwarzen Bauern ebenfalls nicht aus:} 70. Nf3 Kc7
71. g6 Kd6 72. Ng5 Ne7 (72... Kd7 73. g7 Ne7 74. c5 Ng8 75. Kc4 Kc6 76. Nf3 $18
) 73. Nf7+ Kc5 74. Nxe5 $18) 70. Ke2 Nc5 71. Kf3 Nb3 72. g6 Nd2+ 73. Kg4 Nxe4
74. Nd3 Nf6+ 75. Kg5 Ne8 ({The more active Das aktivere} 75... Ne4+ {doesn't
help either, because the white knight turns out to be very nimble: hilft auch
nicht, weil sich der weiße Springer als sehr wendig erweist:} 76. Kh6 f3 77. g7
Nf6 78. Kg6 Ng8 79. Kf7 Nh6+ 80. Kxe6 e4 (80... Ng8 81. Kxe5 Kc6 82. Ke6 Kb7
83. c5 Kc8 84. Nf2 Kc7 85. Ng4 Nh6 86. Nxh6 f2 87. g8=Q f1=Q 88. Qg3+ $18) 81.
Nc5+ Kc6 82. Nxe4 Ng8 83. Nf2 Kc5 84. Ng4 Kxc4 85. Ne5+ $18) 76. Nxe5 Kb6 77.
Kxf4 Kc5 78. Ke4 Ng7 79. Nd3+ (79. Nf7 $5 {was somewhat simpler: war etwas
einfacher:} Kxc4 80. Nd6+ Kc5 81. Ke5 Nh5 82. Ne4+ Kc6 83. Ng3 Ng7 84. Kf6 Ne8+
85. Kxe6 $18) 79... Kxc4 80. Nf4 Kc5 81. Ke5 Kc6 82. Kf6 (82. Nxe6 {also wins:
gewinnt ebenfalls:} Ne8 83. Nd4+ Kc7 (83... Kd7 84. Nf5 $18) 84. Ke6 Ng7+ 85.
Kf6 Nh5+ 86. Ke7 $18) 82... e5 83. Kxe5 Kd7 84. Kf6 Ne8+ 85. Kf7 Nd6+ 86. Kf8
$2 {Inarkiev misses the following liquidation to a draw. Inarkiev lässt die
folgende Remisabwicklung zu.} ({To improve his knight, he should have chosen
Um seinen Springer zu verbessern hätte er zunächst das intuitiv fernliegende} 
86. Kg7 $1 {which intuitively looks all wrong: wählen sollen:} Nf5+ 87. Kf6 Nd6
88. Nd5 Ne8+ 89. Kf7 Nd6+ 90. Kg7 Ke6 91. Kh7 Nf5 ({nach} 91... Kxd5 92. g7 Ne8
{and the pawn queens with check: zieht der Bauer mit Schach ein:} 93. g8=Q+ $18
) 92. Ne3 Ne7 93. g7 {and according to Fine's rule of thumb, White has reached
a winning position because his pawn has reached the seventh rank supported by
its king, e.g.  und Weiß hat gemäß Fines Faustregel eine Gewinnstellung
erreicht, weil sein vom König unterstützter Bauer die 7.Reihe erreicht hat, z.
B.} Ke5 94. Ng2 Nd5 95. Nh4 Nf6+ 96. Kh8 Ke6 97. Ng6 Kf7 98. Nf4 Ng8 99. Ng6
Nf6 100. Ne5+ Ke6 101. Ng4 {and the knight is decisively deflected. und der
Springer wird entscheidend abgelenkt.}) 86... Nf5 87. Kf7 Nh4 88. g7 Nf5 89.
g8=Q (89. g8=N {of course no longer helps. Black could simply sacrifice his
knight with hilft natürlich auch nicht mehr. So könnte Schwarz z.B. seinen
Springer einfach mit} Nh6+ 90. Nxh6 $11 {opfern.}) 89... Nh6+ 90. Kg7 Nxg8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Jermuk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2009.08.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2009.08.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. g4 h6 8. h3 {
For this line - see my survey in CBM 129.} e5 9. Bd2 {GM Vasyl Ivanchuk looks
for his own ways in every opening!} (9. cxd5 cxd5 (9... Nxd5 $5 {is a new idea
in this variation needing more tests:} 10. dxe5 Nb4 11. Qb1 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5
13. a3 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 Nd5 15. c4 Nf6 16. Qc2 h5 17. gxh5 Rxh5 18. Bd3 Bf5 19.
Bxf5 Qa5+ 20. Bd2 Qxf5 21. Qxf5 Rxf5 22. Ke2 O-O-O $11 {1-0 Maslak,K (2541)
-Kreisl,R (2394)/Budva 2009/CBM 130 (43)}) 10. dxe5 (10. Nb5 Bb8 11. Bd2 O-O {
- game} (11... e4 $143 12. Rc1 O-O 13. Bb4 Re8 14. Nd2 (14. Nh4 $5 Nf8 15. Nc7
Bxc7 16. Qxc7 Bd7 17. Qxd8 Raxd8 18. Be2 Rc8 19. Kd2 $14 {1-0 Moranda,W (2445)
-Pazdziora,M (2078)/Leba 2006/CBM 111 ext (42)}) 14... Qb6 15. a4 Nh7 16. a5
Qf6 17. Nc7 Bxc7 18. Qxc7 $16 {1-0 Jankovic,A (2540)-Schink,B (2029)/Pula CRO
2009/The Week in Chess 765 (28)})) 10... Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Bd2 O-O 13. Bg2
Ne4 (13... Be6 $6 14. f4 Bxc3 15. Bxc3 Ne4 16. O-O Nxc3 (16... f5 17. Bxe4 dxe4
18. Qg2 Qe7 19. Qg3 Qf7 20. Rf2 Rad8 21. Rg2 $36 {1-0 Chabanon,J (2415)
-Relange,E (2420)/Paris 1994/CBM 042 (33)}) 17. Qxc3 f6 18. Rad1 Re8 19. Qb3
Qb6 20. Qxb6 axb6 21. a3 $16 {_|_1-0 Wojtkiewicz,A (2570)-Khalifman,A (2645)/
Rakvere 1993/CBM 038/[Chekhov] (61)}) 14. Nxd5 Qxd5 15. Qxe4 Qxe4 16. Bxe4 Bxb2
17. Rb1 Bf6 18. Ke2 $14 {[%csl Rb7,Rc7][%cal Yh1c1,Yc1c7,Yb1b7,Ye4b7]} Rb8 19.
Rhc1 Re8 20. f3 Be6 21. a4 b6 22. Rc7 Re7 23. Rbc1 {1/2 Pedersen,N (2508)
-Nielsen,P (2625)/Horsens 2003/CBM 095/[Lutz] (100)}) 9... O-O 10. cxd5 $146 ({
After} 10. O-O-O e4 $1 (10... Re8 $143 11. g5 hxg5 12. Nxg5 exd4 13. exd4 Nf8
14. Rg1 b5 15. c5 Bc7 16. Bd3 $36 {1-0 Mamedyarov,S (2717)-Najer,E (2663)/
Mainz GER 2009/The Week in Chess 769 (43)}) 11. Nh4 Re8 {White can hardly
create any threats on the kingside, e.g.} 12. Nf5 Bf8 13. f3 $6 exf3 14. cxd5
cxd5 15. Bd3 Nb6 16. Rhf1 Be6 17. Rxf3 Rc8 18. Kb1 Ne4 $17 {0-1 Bosiocic,M 
(2578)-Fressinet,L (2666)/Budva 2009/CBM 130 (33)}) 10... cxd5 11. Nb5 Bb8 12.
Bb4 Re8 13. Rc1 {A typical manoeuvre; White plans Nb5-c7, exchanging Black's
bishop and invading the 7th rank; however, Black's pieces are actively posted 
(Re8, his knight now goes to e4) and he obtains good counterplay.} (13. Nd6
Bxd6 14. Bxd6 exd4 15. Nxd4 Ne4 $36) 13... Ne4 $1 ({Of course, not} 13... e4 $6
14. Nh4 $14 {- see 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.Nb5 line} ({or} 14. Nd2)) 14. Be2 (14. Nc7
$2 Bxc7 15. Qxc7 Qf6 $17) 14... exd4 $1 15. Nbxd4 {Alas, Nb5-c7 will not occur
in this game, which means that Black has an excellent position. White's
kingside is just weak, which is more important than Black's isolated pawn.} Ne5
16. Nd2 Bd7 (16... a5 $5 17. Ba3 Nxd2 18. Qxd2 Nc4 $36 {S.Zagrebelny}) 17. Qb3
Nc6 $1 {Lifting the blockade.} 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 (18... bxc6 19. Nxe4 Rxe4 $15 {
was a good alternative.}) 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Bc3 Be5 {A simple decision. It
would not be easy for Black to make use of the b8-h2 diagonal as White could
play Ke1-f1-g2 instead of castling.} 21. O-O {[%csl Rg1] This is now possible
but the position of White's king is quite poor anyway.} h5 (21... Qh4 $1 22.
Kg2 h5 {was more accurate as White now gets an additional possibility.}) 22. f4
$5 {Desperation? No, a search for counterplay; otherwise Black will easily
obtain an attack on White's weak king. E.g.:} (22. Rfd1 Qh4 23. Kg2 hxg4 24.
Bxg4 Qg5 $36) (22. Kg2 Qh4 23. Bc4 Qf6 24. Be2 Bxc3 25. Qxc3 Re5 $36) 22...
exf3 23. Bxf3 Qc7 $1 24. Bxc6 bxc6 25. Bxe5 $6 {White misses a good
opportunity to exchange queens:} (25. Ba5 $1 Qd7 $1 (25... Qe7 26. Bb4 Qe6 27.
Qxe6 Rxe6 28. b3) 26. Rcd1 Qe6 27. gxh5 Qxb3 28. axb3 Bxb2 29. Rd2 Bf6 30. Rd3
Re5 31. Bc3 {with good drawing chances.}) 25... Rxe5 {Now, with the queens on
the board, White faces a hard defensive task.} 26. Rf4 Rae8 27. Rcf1 R8e7 28.
R1f3 Rd5 29. Kg2 Rd2+ {Black starts an immediate action.} ({Before ...Rd2+
Black could include the exchange on g4:} 29... hxg4 30. hxg4 (30. Rxg4 Qe5 $5)
30... Rd2+ 31. Rf2 Rxf2+ {but then White had another defence:} 32. Rxf2 ({
instead of} 32. Kxf2 $6 g5) 32... Re4 33. Kf3) ({He could also have applied
the "don't hurry" principle (as White has no counterplay or ways to really
strengthen his defence) and started manoeuvring:} 29... Qd6 {etc.}) 30. Rf2
Rxf2+ 31. Kxf2 g5 $2 {An oversight leading to a draw.} (31... hxg4 $1 {was
correct:} 32. Rxg4 ({or} 32. hxg4 g5 33. Rd4 Qh2+ 34. Kf1 Re6) 32... Qh2+ 33.
Rg2 $1 Qd6 ({of course, not} 33... Qxh3 $4 34. Qb8+ Kh7 35. Rh2) 34. Qc3 g6 $17
{, and White will finally be unable to defend all his weaknesses (the e3 and
h3 pawns and his king).}) 32. Rf5 {The Rxg5+ threat forces Black to give a
perpetual.} Qh2+ (32... Re5 33. Qd3 $1 Qa5 34. Rxe5 Qxe5 35. Qd8+ Kh7 36. Kf3 {
leads to a drawish queen endgame.}) 33. Ke1 Qg3+ 34. Ke2 Qg2+ 35. Ke1 Qg1+ 36.
Ke2 Qh2+ 37. Ke1 Qg3+ 38. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Jermuk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2009.08.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2009.08.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 d4 $5 {An ambitious advance. Black avoids
Catalan, or Double fianchetto positions and strives for a Benoni with reverse
colours. Possibly he was inspired by Shirov's success in the following example:
} (4... Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 d4 $5 7. e3 c5 8. exd4 cxd4 9. d3 Nc6 10. Qe2 a5
$5 11. Na3 a4 12. Bb2 Nd7 13. Nb5 e5 14. Nd2 Nc5 15. Ba3 Bf5 16. Bxc5 Bxc5 17.
Kh1 $6 Bg6 18. Ne4 Be7 19. f4 f5 20. Nd2 exf4 21. gxf4 Re8 22. Qe6+ Kh8 23. Nf3
Bb4 $36 {Kamsky,G (2720)-Shirov,A (2745)/Bazna/2009/ For more details see the
notes in CBM 131. However, there is also a significant difference between
these two games: Shirov advanced his Pd5 only after White already played b3 -
a move, which usually isn't too useful in Benoni positions and later even had
the negative effect of weakening White's <<. However, right now this is all
rather abstract and the text move leads to interesting play.}) 5. O-O {While
this is the most natural move, White can also try to isolate and attack
Black's [+] outpost with} (5. b4 $5 {After} c5 (5... Bxb4 $6 6. Qa4+ Nc6 7. Ne5
Rb8 8. O-O O-O 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. a3 Bc5 11. d3 Nd7 12. Nd2 Nb6 13. Qa5 Be7 14.
Ne4 c5 15. Nxc5 Bxc5 16. Qxc5 f6 17. Bd2 Qd6 18. Bb4 Qxc5 19. Bxc5 Rd8 20. Rfb1
$16 {De Fotis,G (2420)-Karklins,A (2280)/Illinois/1987/}) 6. Bb2 Qb6 (6... Nc6
7. b5 Ne7 8. e3 dxe3 {Ilivitzki,G-Spassky,B/URS-ch Moscow/ 1955/} 9. fxe3 $14 {
[+]}) 7. Qb3 Nc6 8. b5 Na5 9. Qc2 Bd6 10. e3 e5 11. exd4 exd4 (11... cxd4 $142
$1 $13) 12. O-O O-O 13. d3 Bd7 14. Nbd2 {[%csl Ra5] White made full use of the
פa5 in the following model game:} h6 15. Rae1 Rae8 16. Bc1 Rxe1 17. Rxe1 Re8
18. Rxe8+ Bxe8 19. Nh4 a6 20. a4 Qa7 21. Nf5 Bf8 22. Ne4 Nxe4 23. Bxe4 b6 24.
Qd1 axb5 25. axb5 Bd7 26. Qh5 Be6 27. Bf4 Nb3 28. Qd1 Qa2 29. h4 Na1 30. h5 Nc2
31. Be5 Qb2 32. Bc7 Na3 33. Qg4 Qc1+ 34. Kg2 Nb1 35. Bf4 Nd2 36. Qe2 {1-0,
Kotov,A-Taimanov,M/Zuerich ct/ 1953/}) 5... c5 {More usual and consistent with
the previous move than} (5... Nc6 {However, even this setup is plausible and
White doesn't get anything tangible after} 6. d3 Be7 7. e3 O-O (7... e5 8. exd4
exd4 9. Re1 O-O 10. Bf4 Bf5 11. Ne5 (11. Nbd2 $5 $14 {Ribli}) 11... Nxe5 12.
Rxe5 Qd7 13. Bxb7 Rab8 14. Qf3 $2 (14. Rb5 $13) 14... Bg4 15. Qc6 Bd6 16. Na3
Bxe5 17. Bxe5 Qf5 18. Bf4 {Groenn,A (2409)-Carlsen,M (2567)/Gausdal/2004/} Qxd3
$19) 8. exd4 Nxd4 9. Nxd4 (9. Nbd2 Nc6 10. Qe2 Re8 11. Nb3 a5 12. Bf4 a4 13.
Nbd2 Bd6 14. Be5 Bxe5 15. Nxe5 Nd4 16. Qd1 Nd7 $11 {/=/+,Pantsulaia,L (2501)
-Gulko,B (2597)/Moscow Aeroflot/2004/}) 9... Qxd4 10. Nc3 e5 11. Nb5 Qd7 12. d4
a6 13. dxe5 axb5 14. exf6 Bxf6 15. Qc2 bxc4 16. Qxc4 c6 17. a4 Qe6 18. Qc2 Qe5
19. Ra3 Rd8 20. Re3 Bf5 21. Be4 Bxe4 22. Rxe4 Qd5 $11 {1/2,Kortschnoj,
V-Bronstein,D/URS-ch Tbilisi/1966/}) 6. e3 Nc6 7. exd4 cxd4 8. d3 Be7 ({
A typical example of effective Benoni strategy is} 8... Bd6 $143 9. Re1 O-O 10.
a3 a5 11. Bg5 $5 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Nbd2 Qd8 14. Rc1 Re8 15. c5 Bc7 16. Nc4
Bd7 17. Nfd2 Rb8 18. Nd6 Bxd6 19. cxd6 Na7 20. Qh5 Bc6 21. Bxc6 bxc6 22. Qc5
Qb6 23. Qxb6 Rxb6 24. Nc4 Ra6 25. a4 Rd8 26. Re5 Kf8 27. Nxa5 Rxd6 28. Nb7 Rd5
29. Rxd5 cxd5 30. Nc5 Rd6 31. b4 $18 {Aronian,L (2606)-Filippov,V (2627)/
Istanbul/2003/}) 9. Re1 O-O {Black does best to safeguard his K first before
starting to transfer his forces to better squares.} (9... Nd7 $143 10. Na3 Nc5
(10... e5 11. Nc2 O-O 12. b4 $1 $14) 11. Nc2 a5 12. b3 O-O 13. Bb2 Bf6 14. Ba3
Qb6 15. Nd2 $142 $1 (15. Bxc5 Qxc5 16. Nd2 Qb6 $1 (16... Be7 17. a3 Bd7 18. Rb1
Qb6 19. b4 $1 $16) 17. a3 Qc7 18. c5 (18. b4 $5) 18... b5 $1 (18... Rb8 19. Nc4
$1 $16) 19. cxb6 Qxb6 20. Nc4 Qc7 21. b4 Rb8 $5 (21... Bb7 22. b5 Ne7 23. Bxb7
Qxb7 24. a4 $14) 22. Nxa5 (22. Bxc6 Qxc6 23. Nxa5 Qc3 $44) 22... Nxa5 23. bxa5
Qxa5 24. Nb4 Bb7 25. Nc6 Bxc6 26. Bxc6 Rfc8 27. Be4 g6 $11 {1/2,Petrosian,T 
(2640)-Kortschnoj,V (2670)/Moscow cm/1971/}) 15... Be7 $14 (15... Nxd3 $2 16.
Ne4 Nxe1 17. Nxf6+ gxf6 18. Qg4+ Kh8 19. Bxf8 $18) (15... Nb4 16. Bxb4 axb4 17.
Nf3 {[%csl Rb4,Rd4][%cal Yd1d2] ><b4,d4,/\Qd2})) 10. Na3 Ne8 {A standard
manoeuvre in this structure. Black keeps an eye on his Pd4 while shifting his
N to c7, where it can support a future b5 advance.} 11. Nc2 (11. Rb1 f6 12. Nc2
(12. Nh4 g5 13. Nf3 e5 14. h4 h6 15. Nd2 $5 $13) 12... a5 13. a3 {Leads to a
situation similar to the one, which arose later in our game.} (13. b3 {/\a3,b4
, or}) (13. Nh4 $142 $5 {give White more chances to fight for an edge.}) 13...
a4 14. Nh4 Nc7 15. f4 f5 $6 ({Impatient,} 15... Bd7 $11 {is more to the point.}
) (15... Na6 16. f5 $1 $36) 16. Nf3 Na6 17. Bd2 Nc5 18. Nb4 (18. Bb4 $142 $1
$14) 18... Na5 19. Ne5 Nab3 $5 20. Nbc6 bxc6 21. Nxc6 Qc7 22. Nxe7+ Qxe7 23.
Bxa8 Ba6 $2 (23... Nxd3 $44) 24. Bg2 Nxd3 25. Rxe6 $1 Qxe6 26. Bd5 $18 {
Evdokimov,A (2455)-Geller,J (2489)/Yerevan/2004/}) 11... f6 $5 {A circumspect
move, Black doesn't commit his a-pawn till White has prepared the b4 thrust.} (
11... a5 12. b3 f6 13. a3 e5 14. Rb1 Nc7 15. b4 axb4 16. axb4 Kh8 17. Nd2 $14
Ra2 $6 18. Ba3 Bf5 19. Rb3 Rxa3 20. Nxa3 Bxb4 21. Bxc6 Bxd2 22. Be4 Bxe1 23.
Bxf5 g6 24. Qxe1 gxf5 25. Rxb7 $36 {Javakhishvili,L (2461)-Savanovic,A (2417)/
Banja Luka/2008/}) 12. Bd2 {This is possibly not the best, as the N can also
use the d2-square and in some lines the Pd3 can be vulnerable. White had other
and maybe better alternatives:} (12. Nh4 $142 $5 g5 (12... Nc7 13. Qh5 $1 $14)
13. Nf3 e5 (13... Ng7 $142 $5) 14. h4 h6 15. hxg5 hxg5 16. Nh4 $1 Nc7 (16...
gxh4 $4 17. Bd5+ $18) 17. Ng6 Rf7 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. b4 $1 (19. Be4 Be6 20. Qh5
$14) 19... Nxb4 20. Ba3 a5 21. Nxd4 Qd8 22. Bxb4 Qxd4 23. Re4 Qd8 24. Bc3 Ra6 {
Arakhamia Grant,K (2440)-Botsari,A (2245)/Jakarta 1993/EXT 1997 (25)} 25. d4
$16) (12. Rb1 a5 {-11.Rb1}) 12... a5 13. a3 a4 $1 {A logical reaction, which
enables Black to stabilize his << and [+], thus justifying his brave 4th move.}
(13... Rb8 $6 14. b4 (14. Nh4 g5 15. Nf3 Nc7 16. h4 h6 {Papaioannou,I (2542)
-Botsari,A (2333)/Athens/1999/} 17. b4 $36) 14... b5 (14... axb4 15. axb4 b5
16. Nh4 Ne5 17. c5 Nxd3 18. Re4 e5 19. Nxd4 $1 $18 {/\Qb3}) 15. cxb5 Rxb5 16.
a4 $16) 14. Nb4 (14. Bb4 $5 {is perhaps more in keeping with 12.Bd2, but Black
is doing fine after} e5 15. Nd2 Nc7 $132) 14... Nc7 15. Rb1 $146 {Ivanchuk
anticipates Na5-b3 and modestly removes his R in advance. More straightforward
attempts also don't give White much:} (15. Nh4 Na5 16. f4 (16. Qxa4 Nxc4 17.
Qc2 Nxd2 18. Qxd2 g5 19. Nf3 g4 20. Nh4 f5 21. f4 Bxh4 22. gxh4 Qxh4 23. Re5
Qd8 $15) 16... Nb3 17. Rb1 Bc5 $5 (17... g6 18. Nf3 Bd7 19. Nc2 Bc6 20. Bb4 $11
) 18. Be4 Ne8 $15) (15. Bh3 Rf7 (15... Bc5 $5 {/\Qd6}) 16. Nh4 {Black is
already well-prepared for this time-consuming sortie.} g5 17. Nf3 e5 18. Bg2
Na5 19. h4 h6 20. hxg5 hxg5 21. Qxa4 Nxc4 22. Qc2 Na5 23. Rac1 Bd6 $15 {
[%csl Gd4,Ge5,Gf6,Gg5] ()[+],Kallio,H (2507)-Drenchev,P (2412)/Kavala/2005/})
15... Bd7 (15... Na5 16. Qxa4 Nxc4 17. Qc2 (17. Qb3 Nxd2 18. Nxd2 Ra5 19. Rbc1
$14) 17... Nxd2 18. Nxd2 $14) ({Alekseev chooses a solid move, but equally
playable was the more active} 15... e5 $5 16. Nh4 Nxb4 17. axb4 g5 18. Nf3 Bf5
$11) 16. Nh4 Na5 {Black still avoids committal pawn advances.} (16... g5 17.
Nf3 e5 (17... g4 18. Nxd4 $18) 18. h4 h6 19. Nh2 $14) (16... e5 17. f4 Bd6 18.
Qh5 $14) 17. f4 g6 (17... Bd6 18. Be4 (18. f5 exf5 19. Nd5 g5 $17) 18... Qc8
$13) 18. f5 $5 {[%mdl 512] An enterprising, but risky sacrifice. Subsequently
both players admitted it was based on a mutual tactical oversight, pointed out
below.} (18. Nc2 Bc6 19. Bxa5 Rxa5 20. Qd2 Ra8 21. Nf3 Bc5 22. Nb4 Qd6 $11 {
was the "correct" way, leading to a position, in which it's difficult for both
sides to come up with any concrete active plan.}) 18... gxf5 {Strategically
capturing towards the [+], but roughly equivalent was} (18... exf5 $5 19. Nd5
Nxd5 (19... Bd6 20. Bb4 Bxb4 21. axb4 Nb3 22. Nb6 Ra6 23. c5 g5 24. Nf3 Bc6 $15
) 20. Bxd5+ Kg7 21. Qf3 (21. Bxa5 Rxa5 22. Bxb7 Re5 $17) 21... Nb3 22. Rbd1
Nxd2 23. Rxd2 Bc5 $13 {/=/+}) ({Black must take the P,.} 18... g5 $6 {is weak:}
19. fxe6 Bxe6 20. Rxe6 Nxe6 21. Bd5 (21. Nf5) 21... gxh4 22. Bxe6+ Kh8 23. Qh5
$44 {|^}) 19. g4 $6 (19. Qh5 Rf7 20. Re2 Nc6 $15) ({This was Ivanchuk's idea.
He could have still held the balance with the objectively stronger} 19. Bh6
$142 $5 Rf7 20. g4 fxg4 (20... Bf8 21. Bxf8 Qxf8 22. gxf5 e5 23. Nd5 Nxd5 $5
24. Bxd5 Qh6 25. Re4 Bc6 $13) 21. Qxg4+ Kh8 22. Qxd4 Nb3 23. Qf2 $132) 19... f4
$6 {The critical moment, correct was} (19... fxg4 $1 20. Qxg4+ Kh8 21. Qxd4 ({
Both players thought that White was winning after} 21. Ng6+ $2 hxg6 22. Qxg6 {
, overlooking the refutation} Rf7 $3 (22... Qe8 23. Qh6+ Kg8 24. Be4 f5 25. Kh1
$18) 23. Qxf7 Be8 $19) (21. Bh6 Rg8 22. Qxd4 Na6 23. Nxa6 Rxa6 $17) 21... Nb3
22. Qf2 Nxd2 23. Qxd2 Rg8 24. Kh1 Rg4 25. Nf3 e5 $17) 20. Bxf4 Na6 $2 {Invites
a powerful tactical blow, Black should have first consolidated his position
with the circumspect} (20... Rf7 21. Qf3 Na6 $132) 21. Nd5 $3 {[%mdl 704] This
brilliant idea is half calculation, half intuition - with both Black's N and
Ra8 still asleep Ivanchuk believes in the power of his ->.} exd5 (21... Bc5 $6
22. g5 fxg5 23. Qg4 exd5 (23... e5 24. Qxg5+ Qxg5 25. Bxg5 $18) (23... Rf7 24.
Re5 $1 $18) 24. Bxd5+ Kg7 25. Be5+ Kh6 26. Be6 Bxe6 27. Qxe6+ Kh5 28. Nf5 Rxf5
29. Qxf5 $18) 22. Bxd5+ Kg7 ({Just as disgusting was} 22... Kh8 23. Qf3 {
[%cal Rh4g6] /\Ng6} Qe8 (23... Be8 24. Nf5 Bc5 25. Bh6 Rf7 26. Bxf7 Bxf7 27.
Bg7+ Kg8 28. g5 $18) (23... Rg8 24. Bxg8 Kxg8 25. Qd5+ Kg7 (25... Kh8 $6 26.
Qf7 $18) 26. Re2 $1 (26. Rxe7+ Qxe7 27. Qxa5 Qe2 28. Qd5 Qxg4+ 29. Bg3 Bc6 30.
Qd6 $16) 26... Nc6 (26... Bc8 27. Qh5 $18) (26... Kh8 27. Qf7 Nc6 28. Bh6 $18)
27. Rbe1 Kh8 28. g5 $1 $18) (23... Kg7 24. Qh3 h5 25. Nf5+ Bxf5 26. gxf5 $18)
24. Re2 $1 (24. Qh3 Nc6 25. Bxc6 bxc6 26. Rxe7 Bxg4 27. Rxe8 Bxh3 28. Rxf8+
Rxf8 29. Bd6 Re8 30. Kf2 $14) 24... Nc6 (24... Nb8 25. Rbe1 Nbc6 26. Bc7 Ra6
27. Qf4 $16) 25. Rbe1 Nc5 26. Rxe7 Nxe7 27. Bd6 $18) 23. Kh1 $6 {This refined
move must have come as surprise for Black, who fails to find his way. However,
more forceful was} (23. Qf3 $1 {The Q heads for h3 and even the most resilient}
Rg8 (23... Nc5 24. Qh3 $1 $18) (23... Nc6 24. Qh3 $1 $18) (23... f5 24. Be5+
Bf6 25. g5 $1 Bxe5 26. Qh5 $18) (23... Bc5 24. Qh3 Rf7 25. Bh6+ Kg8 26. Bxf7+
Kxf7 27. Qf3 $18) (23... Qe8 24. Qh3 Kh8 25. Rxe7 Bxg4 26. Rxe8 Bxh3 27. Rxf8+
Rxf8 28. Kh1 Nc5 29. Bh6 Re8 30. Rg1 Ne6 31. Rg3 Ng5 32. Rxh3 Nxh3 33. Nf5 Rg8
34. Bxg8 Kxg8 35. Kg2 Ng5 36. Nxd4 $18) 24. Bxg8 (24. Qh3 Kh8 $1) 24... Kxg8
25. Qd5+ Kg7 26. Re2 $18 {only tranposes into one of the lines from the
previous note.}) 23... Re8 $2 {The final error, which costs Alekseev the game.}
(23... Rg8 $2 24. Nf5+ $1 Bxf5 25. gxf5 Qd7 26. Bxg8 (26. Rg1+) 26... Rxg8 27.
Rg1+ Kh8 28. Rxg8+ Kxg8 29. Qg4+ $18) (23... Nc6 24. Qf3 $5 (24. Nf5+ Kh8 25.
Bh6 Rg8 26. Bxg8 Kxg8 27. Qf3 Bxf5 28. gxf5 Bf8 29. Rg1+ Kh8 30. Bf4 $16) 24...
Ne5 25. Qg3 Re8 (25... Ng6 26. Nf5+ Kh8 27. Bh6 Rg8 28. Qf3 $36) 26. Nf5+ Kh8
27. Nxe7 Qxe7 28. g5 Qg7 29. gxf6 Qxg3 30. hxg3 Ng4 31. Bxb7 $16) (23... Bc5
24. g5 Bc6 (24... fxg5 25. Bxg5 Qxg5 26. Rg1 Qxg1+ 27. Qxg1+ Kh6 (27... Kh8 28.
Qg5 $18) 28. Qg3 $18) 25. Bxc6 Nxc6 26. Qh5 Kh8 (26... Qd7 27. Rg1 $18) 27. g6
Qd7 28. Nf5 Rg8 29. Re7 $18) ({Necessary was} 23... Kh8 $142 $1 24. Qf3 Rg8 25.
Nf5 (25. Bxg8 Qxg8 $1 {shows the drawbacks of the K on h1:} 26. Rxe7 Bc6 27.
Re4 Nc5 28. Nf5 Nab3 $132) 25... Bc5 (25... Re8 26. Nh6 Rf8 27. Qe4 Bc5 28. g5
$40) (25... Bxf5 26. gxf5 Rg7 27. Bh6 $36) 26. Nh6 Rg7 27. Nf7+ Rxf7 28. Bxf7
Bc6 29. Bd5 Bxd5 30. cxd5 $13) 24. g5 $1 $18 {The point of White's previous
move, now the -> is decisive. His Q heads for h5, while g1 is already free for
his R.} Kh8 (24... Bc6 25. Rxe7+ (25. Bxc6 Nxc6 26. Qh5 $18) 25... Rxe7 26.
gxf6+ Kxf6 27. Qh5 Bxd5+ 28. cxd5 $18) (24... fxg5 25. Qh5 gxf4 26. Rg1+ Kh8
27. Ng6+) 25. Qh5 Rg8 26. Bxg8 {Here White already has more than one way to
win.} (26. Rxe7 Qxe7 27. gxf6 Qc5 28. Be5 $18) 26... Kxg8 27. g6 $1 (27. gxf6
Bc6+ 28. Re4 $18 {also wins, but the text move more or less forces mate.})
27... Bc6+ 28. Re4 $5 (28. Kg1 hxg6 29. Qxg6+ Kh8 30. Re5 $1 $18) 28... Bxe4+
29. dxe4 hxg6 30. Qxg6+ Kh8 31. Qh5+ (31. Qh5+ Kg7 32. Rg1+ Kf8 33. Bh6#) 1-0

[Event "Jermuk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2009.08.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2009.08.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Ne4 7. Bd2 Nxd2 8.
Qxd2 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Qb6 {A rare continuation, instead of the usual} (9... Ne5)
10. e3 $146 {[%mdl 8] A simple and logical move. White didn't obtain any
advantage in the following games:} (10. Nc2 Be7 11. O-O (11. Rd1 d6 12. O-O O-O
13. b3 Rd8 14. e3 Bd7 15. Nd4 Rac8 16. f4 Nxd4 17. exd4 d5 18. Rb1 dxc4 19.
bxc4 Qa5 20. Qd3 b6 $15 {0-1 Provotorov,I (2368)-Kostin,A (2386)/Voronezh 2007/
EXT 2008 (33)}) 11... O-O 12. Rab1 d6 13. Rfd1 Rd8 14. Ne3 a6 15. b4 Qa7 16. a4
Bd7 17. a5 Ne5 18. b5 axb5 19. Nxb5 Qxa5 20. Qxa5 Rxa5 21. Nxd6 Ba4 22. Nxb7
Bxd1 23. Nxd8 {1/2 Sasikiran,K (2669)-Macieja,B (2612)/Warsaw POL 2009/The
Week in Chess 768}) (10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. a3 Be7 12. b4 d5 13. b5 cxb5 14. cxd5
Rb8 15. O-O O-O 16. dxe6 fxe6 17. e3 a5 18. Rab1 Ba6 19. Qa2 Rfc8 20. Rfc1 b4
21. axb4 axb4 22. Ne2 b3 $36 {0-1 Martinovic,S (2427)-Macieja,B (2607)/Budva
2009/CBM 130 (69)}) 10... Ne5 11. b3 Qa5 12. Rc1 a6 13. O-O O-O 14. f4 Ng4 {
Provocative but after the natural} (14... Nc6 {Black has yet to find a way to
develop his queenside.}) 15. Qd3 Be7 (15... d6 $5) 16. h3 Nf6 17. g4 Rb8 $6 (
17... h6 {is safer.}) 18. g5 Ne8 19. Ne4 {[%cal Rf4f5]} Qd8 20. Rcd1 Nc7 21. c5
b6 22. c6 {It is clear that Black has not solved his opening problems.} a5 23.
Rf3 $2 {An far from obvious but significant mistake. This rook has nothing to
do here.} (23. Rf2 $142 $1 Ba6 24. Qc2 Rc8 (24... Nd5 25. Nf6+ $1 gxf6 26. Bxd5
{[%cal Rc6c7]} Rc8 27. Bc4 $1 Bxc4 28. bxc4 fxg5 29. Rg2 $40) 25. Nc3 d5 26. e4
Bc5 27. Na4 $16) 23... Ba6 24. Qd2 (24. Qc2 Nd5 25. Qb2 Rc8 $132) 24... Bb4 25.
Qc1 d5 26. Ng3 Qd6 {Black has suddenly activated his pieces.} 27. Nh5 Qc5 (
27... Rbc8 $5 {[%csl Rc6][%cal Yc7e8,Yb4c5]}) 28. Qb2 $2 {Simply giving up the
c6-pawn.} (28. Rf2 {was logical to protect it although Black had good
counterplay after} Qxc1 29. Rxc1 Rfc8 {[%csl Rc6]}) 28... Bc3 29. Qf2 Bxd4 30.
exd4 Qxc6 {All White's attempts to create a kingside attack now prove vain.}
31. Rg3 Kh8 32. Qe3 Qd6 33. Rc1 Rfc8 34. Rg4 Ne8 35. Re1 g6 36. Nf6 Nxf6 37.
gxf6 Rc2 38. Rh4 Rbc8 39. Qg3 Qb4 40. f5 Qxe1+ $1 41. Qxe1 Rc1 42. Qxc1 Rxc1+
0-1

[Event "Jermuk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2009.08.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "227"]
[EventDate "2009.08.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qb3 Nb6 6. d4 Bg7 7. Bf4 Be6 8.
Qa3 Nc6 9. e3 a5 10. Be2 Nb4 11. O-O c6 12. Ng5 Bd5 13. Rfc1 h6 14. Nge4 Nc4
15. Nxd5 Nxa3 16. Nc7+ Kf8 17. bxa3 Nd5 18. Nxd5 cxd5 19. Nc5 b6 20. Bc7 Qe8
21. Bxb6 Kg8 22. Rab1 e5 23. dxe5 Qxe5 24. Bf3 Kh7 25. Rd1 Qe7 26. Bxd5 Rab8
27. Na4 Qxa3 28. Bb3 Rhc8 29. Bxa5 Ra8 30. Nb6 Qxa5 31. Nxa8 Rxa8 32. Bxf7 Qf5
33. Bb3 Rf8 34. Rf1 h5 35. Rbd1 Be5 36. Rd5 Qe4 37. h3 Kh6 38. Rfd1 g5 39. R5d2
Bb8 40. Rc2 g4 41. hxg4 hxg4 42. g3 Qf3 43. Rd5 Rf6 44. Kh2 Bd6 45. Rcd2 Bb4
46. Bd1 Qe4 47. R5d4 Qb1 48. Rc2 Ba5 49. Kg2 Bb6 50. Rd3 Qb5 51. Rcd2 Qb4 52.
Kg1 Ba5 53. Rc2 Qb5 54. Rd4 Bb6 55. Rdc4 Qb1 56. Rc1 Qxa2 57. R1c2 Qa5 58. Rc6
Rxc6 59. Rxc6+ Kg5 60. Re6 Bc7 61. Be2 Qa2 62. Re7 Bxg3 63. Rg7+ Kf6 64. Rxg4
Be5 65. Bf3 Qb1+ 66. Kg2 Qh7 67. Kf1 Qh3+ 68. Ke2 Ke7 69. Re4 Qf5 70. Kf1 Kd6
71. Kg2 Qh7 72. Rc4 Qh2+ 73. Kf1 Qh3+ 74. Ke2 Qh7 75. Rc6+ Kd7 76. Rc5 Qb1 77.
Rd5+ Ke6 78. Rd3 Kf5 79. Rd5 Ke6 80. Rc5 Bd6 81. Rd5 Qa1 82. Be4 Qa6+ 83. Rd3
Bb4 84. Kf3 Qa1 85. Kg2 Be1 86. Kf1 Bc3+ 87. Kg2 Qb2 88. Rd1 Ke5 89. Kf3 Bd2
90. Rb1 Qa2 91. Rb5+ Kd6 92. Rb6+ Kc5 93. Rc6+ Kb5 94. Rc2 Qf7+ 95. Kg2 Bc3 96.
Rc1 Qg7+ 97. Kf3 Qf6+ 98. Kg2 Qg5+ 99. Kf1 Kc4 100. Bf3 Qf5 101. Kg2 Qg5+ 102.
Kf1 Kd3 103. Be2+ Kd2 104. Rd1+ Kc2 105. Rd7 Qh6 106. Bd3+ Kc1 107. Rh7 Qe6
108. Be2 Kd2 109. Rh4 Qf5 110. Bc4 Bf6 111. Rf4 Qh3+ 112. Kg1 Be5 113. Bf1 Qh7
114. Rd4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Jermuk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2009.08.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2009.08.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Bf5 6. Nh4 Bc8 7. Nf3 Bf5 8. Bf4
Nbd7 9. e3 e6 10. Be2 Ne4 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. O-O Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Be7 14. e4 dxe4
15. Bxe4 O-O 16. Re1 Re8 17. Bf3 Bg5 18. Bd6 Be7 19. Bg3 Bh4 20. Bd6 Be7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Jermuk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2009.08.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[PlyCount "195"]
[EventDate "2009.08.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Re8 10. d3 Bf8 11. Nd2 a5 12. b5 Nd4 13. e3 Nf5 14. Qc2 Nd6 15. a4
Bf5 16. Nb3 Qc8 17. Re1 Rd8 18. Ba3 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Ndc4 20. Qe2 Bxa3 21. Nd5 Bd6
22. Nxb6 Nxb6 23. Red1 f5 24. g4 fxg4 25. Nd2 Qe6 26. Bxb7 Rab8 27. Bc6 Bb4 28.
Ne4 h6 29. Kg2 Rxd1 30. Rxd1 Rf8 31. Ng3 Kh8 32. Qc2 Qc4 33. Be4 Qxc2 34. Bxc2
Rf7 35. Ne4 Rd7 36. Rc1 Ba3 37. Ra1 Be7 38. Bb3 Rd3 39. Rb1 g6 40. Kf1 Kg7 41.
Ke2 Rd7 42. Be6 Rd8 43. Rc1 Nxa4 44. Rxc7 Kf8 45. Rc6 Rb8 46. Bb3 Nb6 47. Rxg6
Ke8 48. Rxh6 a4 49. Be6 a3 50. Rh8+ Bf8 51. Rh7 Be7 52. Rh8+ Bf8 53. Rh7 Be7
54. Rg7 Nd7 55. Nc3 Nf6 56. Rg6 Kd8 57. Kd3 Kc7 58. Bxg4 Rg8 59. Rxg8 Nxg8 60.
Kc2 Bh4 61. f3 Kb6 62. Kb3 a2 63. Kxa2 Be1 64. Kb3 Bxc3 65. Kxc3 Kxb5 66. h4
Kc5 67. Be6 Nf6 68. Bf7 Kd6 69. Kc4 Ke7 70. Bg6 Ke6 71. h5 Ng8 72. Kc5 Nh6 73.
e4 Ng8 74. Bf5+ Ke7 75. Kc6 Nh6 76. Bg6 Ke6 77. Kc7 Ke7 78. Kc8 Ng8 79. Bf5 Nh6
80. Kc7 Nf7 81. Kc6 Kf6 82. Kd5 Ng5 83. Bg4 Nf7 84. h6 Kg6 85. h7 Kf6 86. Bh5
Nh8 87. Be8 Ke7 88. Kxe5 Kxe8 89. Ke6 Kf8 90. Kf6 Nf7 91. f4 Nh8 92. f5 Nf7 93.
e5 Nh8 94. e6 Nf7 95. Kg6 Ne5+ 96. Kh5 Kg7 97. h8=Q+ Kxh8 98. e7 1-0

[Event "Jermuk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2009.08.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2009.08.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 dxc4 4. e3 c5 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O Nf6 7. a4 Nc6 8. Nc3
Be7 9. dxc5 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Bxc5 11. Bd2 Bd7 12. a5 Bb4 13. Na4 Ke7 14. Bxb4+
Nxb4 15. Nb6 Rab8 16. Ne5 Rhd8 17. Rdc1 Be8 18. Be2 Nfd5 19. Nxd5+ Rxd5 20. Rc4
Nc6 21. Nxc6+ Bxc6 22. Bf3 Rd2 23. h3 Bxf3 24. gxf3 Rbd8 25. Rb4 R8d7 26. Kg2
f5 27. Kg3 g5 28. Rh1 Kf6 29. h4 gxh4+ 30. Rhxh4 Rg7+ 31. Kh3 Rg6 32. f4 h6 33.
Rxb7 Rxf2 34. Rb6 Re2 35. Rxa6 Rxe3+ 36. Kh2 Re2+ 37. Kh3 Rxb2 38. Ra7 Rb3+ 39.
Kh2 Rb2+ 40. Kh3 Ra2 41. Rh7 e5 42. R4xh6 Ra3+ 43. Kh4 exf4 44. Rxg6+ Kxg6 45.
Ra7 Kf6 46. a6 Ke5 47. Re7+ Kd6 48. Re1 Rxa6 49. Kg5 f3 50. Kxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Jermuk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2009.08.20"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "164"]
[EventDate "2009.08.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. a3 c5 8. e4
cxd4 9. cxd5 exd5 10. exd5 O-O 11. Ne4 Qf4 12. Qxd4 Re8 13. Be2 Bxa3 14. Rxa3
Rxe4 15. Qd2 Nd7 16. Qxf4 Rxf4 17. O-O Rb4 18. b3 Nf6 19. Rd1 Bf5 20. Nd4 Be4
21. d6 a6 22. Bf3 Rd8 23. Bxe4 Nxe4 24. Nf5 Rb5 25. f3 Nc3 26. Ne7+ Kf8 27. Rd3
Ne2+ 28. Kf2 Nc1 29. Rd1 Nxb3 30. g4 g6 31. h4 Nc5 32. Rc3 Ne6 33. Re3 Kg7 34.
Kg3 Rb6 35. Red3 a5 36. h5 a4 37. hxg6 fxg6 38. d7 Ra6 39. Nc8 a3 40. Ra1 a2
41. Rd2 b5 42. Raxa2 Rxa2 43. Rxa2 Rxd7 44. Ra6 Nd4 45. Rb6 Ne2+ 46. Kf2 Nc3
47. Kg3 Rd3 48. Na7 Rd5 49. Kf2 h5 50. Kg3 Ne2+ 51. Kf2 Nd4 52. Kg3 Kh6 53. Rb8
Kg5 54. f4+ Kh6 55. Rb6 Ne2+ 56. Kf3 Nc3 57. Kg3 Rd3+ 58. Kh4 Nd5 59. Rd6 Nxf4
60. g5+ Kg7 61. Rxd3 Nxd3 62. Nxb5 Kf7 63. Nd4 Ke7 64. Kg3 Kd6 65. Nf3 Kd5 66.
Nh4 Ne5 67. Kf4 Kd4 68. Ng2 Nd3+ 69. Kf3 Ke5 70. Nh4 Nf4 71. Ke3 Nd5+ 72. Kf2
Ne7 73. Kf3 Kd4 74. Kf4 Kd5 75. Nf3 Nf5 76. Ne5 Nh4 77. Nf7 Ke6 78. Nh8 Ke7 79.
Kg3 Kf8 80. Kxh4 Kg7 81. Nxg6 Kxg6 82. Kg3 Kxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Jermuk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2009.08.21"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2009.08.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Bxc4 Bd6 11. g3 Qe7 12. f4 c5 13. d5 Nb6 14. Bb5+ Kf8 15.
dxe6 Qxe6 16. Be2 c4 17. Bf3 Bc5 18. Qe2 Rd8 19. Rd1 Ke7 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Kh1
Qd7 22. b3 Bb4 23. Bb2 Qd3 24. Rc1 Rd7 25. bxc4 Nxc4 26. Nd5+ Rxd5 27. Rxc4
Qxe2 28. Bxe2 Rd2 29. Rxb4 Rxe2 30. Rxb7+ Ke6 31. Bxf6 gxf6 32. Rxa7 Rxe3 33.
Ra6+ Ke7 34. a4 Ra3 35. a5 Ra2 36. Kg1 Kf8 37. Ra8+ Kg7 38. a6 f5 39. Ra7 Kh6
40. Kf1 f6 41. Ra8 Kg7 42. h4 Ra3 43. Kf2 Kh7 44. Kg2 Kh6 45. Kf1 Kh7 46. Ra7+
Kh6 47. Kf2 Kh5 48. Ke2 Kh6 49. Ra8 Kg7 50. Ra7+ Kh6 51. Ra8 Kg7 52. Kd2 Rxg3
53. Kc2 g5 54. hxg5 fxg5 55. fxg5 f4 56. Rb8 Ra3 57. Rb6 Ra5 58. g6 f3 59. Kd2
Ra2+ 60. Ke1 Re2+ 61. Kf1 Ra2 62. Rc6 Kh6 63. Rb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Jermuk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2009.08.22"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2009.08.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. h3 Bd6 7. Nbd2 c5 8.
Nc4 Nd7 9. Bd2 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. Bc3 f6 12. Nh4 Nf8 13. Nf5 Ne6 14. Qg4 g6
15. Qg3 Bf8 16. a4 Nf4 17. Rfe1 Be6 18. Nfe3 b6 19. h4 Bf7 20. b3 Bg7 21. Bb2
Qd7 22. Kh1 Rf8 23. Qh2 Ne6 24. Qh3 Rad8 25. Rad1 Rfe8 26. Qg3 Nf4 27. Qf3 Qc6
28. Ng4 Nh5 29. Kg1 Be6 30. g3 Rf8 31. Nh2 Rf7 32. Ne3 Qe8 33. Ng2 Bf8 34. Ne3
Bg7 35. Bc1 Bc8 36. Bb2 Bb7 37. Qe2 Bf8 38. Nhg4 Bg7 39. Nh2 Bf8 40. Nhg4 Bg7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Jermuk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2009.08.23"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2009.08.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Re1
O-O 9. Nbd2 Re8 10. Nf1 h6 11. Ng3 b5 12. Bc2 d5 13. Qe2 Be6 14. h3 Nd7 15. Be3
d4 16. Bd2 Nc5 17. Rec1 Qd6 18. cxd4 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Qxd4 20. Bc3 Qd6 21. Bb4 Qb6
22. Qe3 Bf8 23. Bc3 Rad8 24. Qf3 Bg7 25. b4 Na4 26. Bd2 Rd7 27. a3 Red8 28. Be3
Qb7 29. Rab1 Ba2 30. Ra1 Be6 31. Rab1 Nc3 32. Ra1 f5 33. exf5 Qxf3 34. gxf3
gxf5 35. Bb3 Bxb3 36. Rxc3 Be6 37. Ba7 Rxd3 38. Rxc7 Rxf3 39. Re7 Bf7 40. Rc1
Bf6 41. Rec7 Bg5 42. Re1 e4 43. Rc5 Rd7 44. Bb6 Be6 45. Rc8+ Kf7 46. Bc5 Rxa3
47. Rf8+ Kg6 48. Re8 Kf7 49. Rf8+ Kg6 50. Re8 Bc4 51. Rb8 e3 52. h4 exf2+ 53.
Bxf2 Bxh4 54. Rb6+ Kg5 55. Be3+ f4 56. Ne4+ Kf5 57. Bf2 Rg7+ 58. Kh2 Bxf2 59.
Nxf2 Ra2 60. Kh1 Bd5+ 61. Ne4 Rc7 62. Rf6+ Ke5 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 25th"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2009.10.04"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "De Jong, Jan Willem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[PlyCount "200"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ashdod Illit"]
[BlackTeam "Leiden LSG"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qb3 Bxf3 9. gxf3 Nb6 10. Be3 e6 11. O-O-O Be7 12. d5 exd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14.
Rxd5 Qc7 15. Kb1 O-O 16. Rb5 Bf6 17. Bd3 Nd4 18. Rxb7 Qc6 19. Bxd4 Bxd4 20. Be4
Qf6 21. Rc1 Rad8 22. a3 Rd6 23. Rc2 g6 24. Ka2 Rfd8 25. Rcc7 Rb6 26. Rxb6 Bxb6
27. Rb7 Bxf2 28. Bd5 Rf8 29. Qc4 Kg7 30. Qe4 h5 31. f4 Qd4 32. Qe5+ Qxe5 33.
fxe5 g5 34. e6 Kf6 35. exf7 g4 36. Rb5 Bg1 37. Be4 h4 38. Rf5+ Ke7 39. Rg5 Rxf7
40. Rxg4 Bxh2 41. Rxh4 Be5 42. b4 Kd8 43. Rh5 Bd4 44. Kb3 Kc7 45. a4 Bf2 46. a5
Rd7 47. Rf5 Be3 48. Bd5 Rg7 49. Bf3 Rd7 50. Re5 Bd4 51. Rb5 Be3 52. Ka4 Bd2 53.
Rc5+ Kb8 54. Rc4 Be3 55. Re4 Bd4 56. Bg4 Rd6 57. Re7 a6 58. Re8+ Kc7 59. Ra8
Be3 60. Be2 Kb7 61. Re8 Bf2 62. Kb3 Bg1 63. Re5 Bf2 64. Bc4 Bd4 65. Rh5 Bf2 66.
Bd5+ Kc7 67. Kc4 Rf6 68. Rh7+ Kb8 69. Rb7+ Kc8 70. Re7 Rd6 71. Bg2 Rd4+ 72. Kc3
Rd6 73. Bh3+ Kb8 74. Re8+ Kc7 75. Bg4 Bd4+ 76. Kb3 Bf2 77. Rc8+ Kb7 78. Rc2 Be3
79. Ka4 Kb8 80. Bf3 Rf6 81. Bd5 Rd6 82. Bc4 Rc6 83. Kb3 Rd6 84. Re2 Bg1 85. Ka4
Bd4 86. Re8+ Kc7 87. Re7+ Kb8 88. b5 axb5+ 89. Kxb5 Bf2 90. a6 Rb6+ 91. Ka5 Rb2
92. Bb5 Ra2+ 93. Kb4 Rb2+ 94. Ka4 Rc2 95. Rb7+ Kc8 96. Rf7 Be3 97. Kb3 Rc5 98.
Kb4 Rxb5+ 99. Kxb5 Kb8 100. Kc6 Ka8 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 25th"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2009.10.05"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Schneider, Ilja"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Berlin SF"]
[BlackTeam "Ashdod Illit"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Nc6 7. Bf4 a6 8. Bd3
Nxc5 9. O-O Be7 10. Qd2 O-O 11. a3 f5 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. Rae1 Qb6 14. Bd6 Nxd3
15. cxd3 Rd8 16. Bg3 Bd7 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Bxe5 19. Rxe5 Rac8 20. Rfe1 Rf8
21. R5e2 Rf6 22. Nd1 Be8 23. Ne3 Qd4 24. Qb4 Qxb4 25. axb4 Rf4 26. Nc2 Bb5 27.
g3 Rf6 28. Nd4 Bxd3 29. Rxe6 Rc4 30. Re8+ Rf8 31. Rxf8+ Kxf8 32. Ne6+ Kf7 33.
Nc5 Bc2 34. Nxb7 Rxb4 35. Nd6+ Kf6 36. Ne8+ Kg6 37. Re2 Rxb2 38. Rd2 a5 39. Nc7
a4 40. Nxd5 a3 41. Nc3 a2 42. Nxa2 Rxa2 43. Rd4 Kf6 44. Rf4+ Ke6 45. h4 Ra4 46.
Rf8 Ke7 47. Rc8 Be4 48. Rc1 Kf6 49. Kh2 Ra2 50. Re1 Kf5 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 25th"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2009.10.06"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ashdod Illit"]
[BlackTeam "St Petersburg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 d5 7. Bb2 dxc4 8. bxc4
c5 9. Ne5 Qc7 10. Qb3 Rd8 11. Rd1 Nbd7 12. f4 Rb8 13. Na3 a6 14. d4 cxd4 15.
Bxd4 Nc5 16. Qe3 Rxd4 17. Qxd4 Bf5 18. Qe3 Nfd7 19. Nxd7 Nxd7 20. Rac1 Bb2 21.
Qxe7 Qa5 22. Nc2 Bxc1 23. Rxc1 Qxa2 24. Bd5 Rf8 25. Ne3 Qd2 26. Nxf5 Qxc1+ 27.
Kf2 gxf5 28. Qxd7 b6 29. Qxf5 Qb2 30. h4 a5 31. h5 Qg7 32. g4 Kh8 33. g5 h6 34.
gxh6 Qxh6 35. Qe5+ Qg7 36. Qd6 Rg8 37. Ke3 Qc3+ 38. Ke4 Re8+ 39. Kf5 Qh3+ 40.
Kg5 Rg8+ 41. Kf6 Qh4+ 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 25th"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2009.10.07"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Glek, Igor Vladimirovich"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Eupen Rochade"]
[BlackTeam "Ashdod Illit"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BEL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 Bxc3 6. bxc3 Nxe4 7. Nxe5 Nxe5
8. Bxe4 d5 9. Bg2 Bg4 10. f3 Be6 11. O-O Qd7 12. f4 Nc6 13. Qf3 g6 14. d3 O-O-O
15. f5 gxf5 16. Bg5 Rde8 17. Rae1 Rhg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 25th"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2009.10.08"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Huzman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ashdod Illit"]
[BlackTeam "Beer Sheva"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Nc3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bg4 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bf4 Bd6 12. Bxd6 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Qxd6 14. h4
Rae8 15. h5 Re6 16. g3 Rfe8 17. Rxe6 Rxe6 18. Kg2 Ne7 19. a4 Rf6 20. Qg4 Qe6
21. Qxe6 Rxe6 22. a5 h6 23. f4 Nc8 24. c4 dxc4 25. Bxc4 Rd6 26. Ra4 Kf8 27. Bd3
Ne7 28. Kf3 Ke8 29. g4 f6 30. c3 Kd8 31. Be4 c6 32. Ra1 Kc7 33. Re1 Re6 34. Rg1
Nd5 35. c4 Ne7 36. c5 Nd5 37. g5 fxg5 38. fxg5 Ne7 39. Kf4 Kd8 40. gxh6 Rxh6
41. Rg5 Ke8 42. Bd3 Kf8 43. Ke5 Rf6 44. Bc4 Rh6 45. Be6 g6 46. hxg6 Nxg6+ 47.
Kd6 Ne7 48. Kd7 Rh7 49. Rg1 Nd5+ 50. Kd8 Nf6 51. Rg6 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 25th"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2009.10.09"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kiev Kievchess"]
[BlackTeam "Ashdod Illit"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3
d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. O-O f5 13. a4 Rc8 14. a5 b5 15. c5
Bg5 16. f4 Bh6 17. Nf3 Rc7 18. Bd2 Qe8 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Qe7 21. Be3 g5 22.
b4 Bc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 25th"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2009.10.10"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saratov Economist"]
[BlackTeam "Ashdod Illit"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 Nd7
8. Bf4 c6 9. Kc2 f6 10. Be3 e5 11. Nd2 Bc5 12. Nc4 b5 13. Bxc5 Nxc5 14. Nd6+
Ke7 15. Nxc8+ Raxc8 16. f3 a5 17. Bd3 h5 18. Rhd1 h4 19. Kd2 Rhd8 20. Ke3 Na4
21. Rab1 Rb8 22. Bc2 Rxd1 23. Bxd1 Nc5 24. Rc1 Kd6 25. Rc2 b4 26. Rd2+ Kc7 27.
cxb4 Rxb4 28. g3 Rb8 29. gxh4 Rh8 30. Rg2 Rxh4 31. Rxg6 Rxh2 32. Rxf6 Rxb2 33.
a4 Ra2 34. Rf7+ Nd7 35. f4 Ra3+ 36. Kd2 Kd6 37. fxe5+ Nxe5 38. Ra7 Nc4+ 39. Kc2
Kc5 40. e5 Re3 41. Bh5 Kb6 42. Ra8 Nxe5 43. Bd1 Nc4 44. Bh5 Nd6 45. Bd1 Ra3 46.
Kb1 Rh3 47. Kc1 Nc4 48. Be2 Rc3+ 49. Kb1 Nd2+ 50. Kb2 Re3 51. Bd1 Nc4+ 52. Ka2
Kc5 53. Bb3 Re2+ 54. Ka1 Nd2 55. Kb2 Nf3+ 56. Ka3 Re3 57. Kb2 Nd4 58. Bd1 Rd3
59. Bh5 Kb4 60. Rb8+ Kxa4 61. Rb6 Rd2+ 62. Kc3 Rh2 63. Kxd4 Rxh5 64. Rxc6 Rh1
65. Rb6 Rc1 66. Kd3 Ka3 67. Kd2 Rc8 68. Rb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0910"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2010.02.06"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C86"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2009.10.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Eppingen"]
[BlackTeam "Remagen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. a4 b4 8. a5
O-O 9. O-O Rb8 10. d3 d6 11. Be3 Rb5 12. Ba4 Rxa5 13. Nbd2 Bd7 14. Bxc6 Rxa1
15. Rxa1 Bxc6 16. Rxa6 Qd7 17. Ra7 Ra8 18. Rxa8+ Bxa8 19. Nc4 Qa4 20. Qd1 Nd7
21. Bd2 c5 22. Be3 Qa2 23. Nfd2 f5 24. Qh5 g6 25. Qh3 d5 26. exf5 dxc4 27. f6
Nxf6 28. Qe6+ Kf8 29. Bh6+ Ke8 30. Bg5 Qa1+ 31. Nf1 Bxg2 32. Kxg2 Qa8+ 33. f3
Qd5 34. Qc8+ Qd8 35. Qe6 Qd5 36. Qc8+ Qd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0910"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2010.02.07"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Erdos, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E40"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2009.10.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Remagen"]
[BlackTeam "Trier"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 d5 5. a3 Be7 6. Qc2 O-O 7. Bd2 b6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. g3 c5 10. Bg2 Nc6 11. Nge2 Bg4 12. h3 Bxe2 13. Nxe2 Rc8 14. dxc5 Bxc5
15. Bc3 d4 16. O-O-O Nd5 17. Kb1 Nxc3+ 18. Nxc3 Qe8 19. exd4 Nxd4 20. Qd3 Ne6
21. f4 Rd8 22. Qc4 Rc8 23. Qd3 Rd8 24. Qe4 Rd4 25. Qb7 a5 26. Bd5 Kh8 27. Ka2
Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Bf2 29. f5 Nc5 30. Qxb6 Ne4 31. Qxa5 Nxg3 32. Bb3 Qc8 33. Rd3 Be1
34. f6 gxf6 35. Qb6 Kg7 36. Qg1 Re8 37. Rxg3+ Bxg3 38. Qxg3+ Kh8 39. Qf4 Kg7
40. Ne4 Qc6 41. Nd6 Re5 42. Nxf7 Rd5 43. Qf3 1-0

[Event "Hoogeveen Unive Crown 13th"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2009.10.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2009.10.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. e3 c5 8.
Be2 Qa5 9. O-O c4 10. Nd2 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Qxc3 12. e4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Rc1
Qa5 15. Bd2 Qf5 16. Rxc4 O-O 17. Qc2 Nb6 18. Rc5 Qg6 19. Rg5 Qc6 20. Rc5 Qg6
21. Rg5 Qc6 22. Rc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogeveen Unive Crown 13th"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2009.10.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "2009.10.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bd2 Bb7 6. g3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Bg2
O-O 9. O-O Na6 10. a3 Be7 11. b4 Rc8 12. Qb3 Qc7 13. Rfd1 Rfd8 14. Nb5 Qb8 15.
Bf4 d6 16. Rac1 h6 17. h3 e5 18. Bd2 Nc7 19. Nc3 Qa8 20. Be3 Bf8 21. Kh2 Ne4
22. Nh4 Nxc3 23. Rxc3 Bxg2 24. Nxg2 Ne6 25. f3 d5 26. cxd5 Rxc3 27. Qxc3 Rxd5
28. Rc1 Qd8 29. Qc8 g6 30. Qa6 Qd7 31. Rc8 Kg7 32. Rb8 Qe7 33. Bc1 Rd7 34. Bb2
Nd4 35. h4 h5 36. Bxd4 exd4 37. Nf4 Kh7 38. Qc8 Kg7 39. Qc2 Rc7 40. Qd1 Qd7 41.
Qd3 Qd6 42. Re8 Rc3 43. Qb5 Be7 44. Ra8 Re3 45. Rxa7 d3 46. exd3 Rxf3 47. Kg2
Re3 48. Kf2 Re5 49. Qd7 Qf6 50. d4 Re4 51. Kf3 Re1 52. Kf2 Re4 53. Kf3 Re1 54.
Ra8 Ra1 55. Qe8 Kh6 56. Qh8+ Qxh8 57. Rxh8+ Kg7 58. Rb8 Rxa3+ 59. Kg2 Bxb4 60.
Rxb6 Be1 61. Ne2 Re3 62. Rb2 Kf6 63. Kh3 Kf5 64. Rb5+ Kf6 65. Rb6+ Ke7 66. Rb2
f6 67. Kg2 Kd6 68. Ra2 Kd5 69. Kh3 Ke4 70. d5 Kxd5 71. Nf4+ Kd6 72. Rg2 Ke5 73.
Nxg6+ Kf5 74. Nf8 Rd3 75. Rg1 Re3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogeveen Unive Crown 13th"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2009.10.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "292"]
[EventDate "2009.10.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bc4 Bf5
8. Qe2 e6 9. Bg5 Qa5+ 10. c3 Bg4 11. Qe5 Nd5 12. Nd2 f6 13. Qg3 h5 14. h3 Bf5
15. Be3 g5 16. Qf3 g4 17. Qe2 gxh3 18. gxh3 O-O-O 19. Nb3 Qa4 20. Bd3 Bxd3 21.
Qxd3 c5 22. Qe2 cxd4 23. Nxd4 e5 24. Qc2 Qc4 25. Qe2 Nxe3 26. fxe3 Qxe2+ 27.
Nxe2 Rd3 28. Rf1 Rxe3 29. Rxf6 Be7 30. Rf5 e4 31. Kd2 Rxh3 32. Re5 e3+ 33. Kd3
Bd6 34. Rxe3 Rxe3+ 35. Kxe3 h4 36. Rd1 Bc7 37. Ng1 Bb6+ 38. Kf4 Rf8+ 39. Ke4
Rf2 40. Nf3 Rxb2 41. Nxh4 Rxa2 42. Nf5 Kc7 43. Rh1 Bc5 44. Kd5 Ra5 45. Kc4 a6
46. Ng7 Bb6 47. Ne8+ Kb8 48. Nd6 Rc5+ 49. Kb3 Rc6 50. Rh8+ Kc7 51. Nc4 Bf2 52.
Rh7+ Kb8 53. Rd7 Bg3 54. Ne3 Be5 55. Nd5 Rc5 56. c4 Rc8 57. Nb6 Rc6 58. Nd5 Bd6
59. Rd8+ Ka7 60. Rd7 Bf8 61. Rd8 Bc5 62. Rd7 Rh6 63. Rc7 Rh3+ 64. Kc2 Bd4 65.
Re7 a5 66. Re4 Bh8 67. Re3 Rh2+ 68. Kb3 Bd4 69. Re8 Bc5 70. Ka4 b6 71. Rg8 Rb2
72. Rg7+ Ka6 73. Nc7+ Kb7 74. Nb5+ Kc8 75. Na7+ Kd8 76. Nc6+ Ke8 77. Rh7 Ra2+
78. Kb3 Ra3+ 79. Kc2 Re3 80. Ra7 Re6 81. Nxa5 bxa5 82. Rxa5 Re5 83. Kd3 Kd7 84.
Ra6 Kc7 85. Rg6 Re3+ 86. Kd2 Rh3 87. Rf6 Bb4+ 88. Ke2 Rc3 89. Rf3 Rc2+ 90. Kd3
Rd2+ 91. Ke4 Kc6 92. Rf5 Rd1 93. Rd5 Rc1 94. Kd3 Rc3+ 95. Kd4 Rh3 96. Rg5 Bc3+
97. Ke4 Bb2 98. Rd5 Ba3 99. Rg5 Bd6 100. Rd5 Bc5 101. Re5 Re3+ 102. Kf5 Rc3
103. Re4 Bb4 104. Re6+ Kc5 105. Re4 Rd3 106. Kf4 Bd2+ 107. Kg4 Bc3 108. Kf4 Bd4
109. Re2 Kxc4 110. Ke4 Rh3 111. Rc2+ Bc3 112. Re2 Rh4+ 113. Ke3 Bd4+ 114. Kd2
Rh1 115. Kc2 Ra1 116. Kd2 Bc3+ 117. Ke3 Kd5 118. Kd3 Bd4 119. Kc2 Ra3 120. Re8
Kc4 121. Rc8+ Bc5 122. Rc7 Ra2+ 123. Kc1 Rg2 124. Rc8 Kd4 125. Kb1 Kd5 126. Rc7
Be3 127. Rc2 Rg1+ 128. Ka2 Bd4 129. Rc8 Ke4 130. Kb3 Rb1+ 131. Ka4 Kd5 132. Ka3
Rb7 133. Rc2 Ke4 134. Ka4 Kd3 135. Rc8 Bc3 136. Rc5 Rb6 137. Rb5 Ra6+ 138. Kb3
Ra1 139. Rd5+ Bd4 140. Rb5 Rc1 141. Rb4 Bc5 142. Rb5 Rc3+ 143. Kb2 Ba3+ 144.
Ka2 Kc4 145. Rb8 Bc5 146. Kb2 Rh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogeveen Unive Crown 13th"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2009.10.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2009.10.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Nf3 e6 8. Bb5
Nd7 9. Qa4 Qb6 10. Nh4 Be4 11. O-O a6 12. Rac1 Be7 13. f3 Bg6 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15.
Bxc6 bxc6 16. Rc2 c5 17. Rfc1 c4 18. e4 Bd6 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. exd5 Qxh2+ 21.
Kf1 Qh1+ 22. Kf2 Qh4+ 23. g3 Qh2+ 24. Ke3 Qh6+ 25. Kf2 Qh2+ 26. Ke3 Qh6+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogeveen Unive Crown 13th"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2009.10.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Tiviakov,S"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2009.10.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Bf4 Nd5 8.
Nxd5 Qxd5 9. Nf3 Nb6 10. Be2 Bf5 11. c3 e6 12. O-O Be7 13. a4 $5 $146 (13. Re1
O-O 14. Ne5 Qd8 (14... Rac8 $5 15. a4 Qd8 16. a5 Nd5 17. Bg3 Bg5 18. Qb3 Qe7
19. Bf3 Rfd8 20. Rad1 h6 21. Nd3 Bxd3 22. Rxd3 Qd7 23. Rdd1 Ne7 24. Be4 Bf6 25.
Bc2 Nd5 26. Qc4 g6 27. Qb3 Qe7 28. Be4 Kg7 29. h3 Rd7 30. Bf3 Qd8 31. Qa4 Ne7
32. Be5 Bxe5 33. dxe5 Rxd1 34. Rxd1 Qc7 35. Qd4 Qxa5 36. b4 Qc7 37. Qxa7 Nd5
38. Qd4 Ra8 39. b5 cxb5 40. Bxd5 Rd8 41. Qf4 Rxd5 42. Qf6+ Kh7 43. Rxd5 exd5
44. e6 fxe6 45. Qxe6 Qxc3 46. Qf7+ Qg7 47. Qxd5 b4 48. Qb5 Qe7 49. g3 g5 50.
Qc4 Kg7 51. Kg2 Qd6 52. Kg1 Kf6 53. h4 Qd1+ 54. Kg2 b3 55. hxg5+ hxg5 56. Qc3+
Ke7 57. Qg7+ Kd6 58. Qf8+ Kc6 59. Qf6+ Kc5 60. Qe7+ Kc4 61. Qc7+ Kd3 62. Qxb7
g4 63. Qd5+ Kc2 64. Qc5+ Kb1 65. Qf5+ Kc1 66. Qf4+ Qd2 67. Qc4+ Qc2 68. Qf4+
Kb1 69. Qxg4 b2 70. Qf3 Qc4 71. Qf5+ Kc1 72. Qg5+ Kc2 73. Qf5+ Qd3 74. Qc5+ Kd1
75. Qh5+ Kd2 76. Qg5+ Kc3 77. Qc5+ Kb3 78. Qb6+ Ka2 79. Qa5+ Kb1 80. g4 Kc1 {
0-1 Vila Gazquez,J-Tiviakov,S/Benidorm 2008/CBM 127 Extra (80)}) 15. Qb3 (15.
Bg3 $5 Nd7 (15... Bg5 16. a4 Nd5 17. a5 Rc8 $14) 16. Nc4 (16. Nf3 Qb6 $11)
16... Nb6 17. Na5 $140 Qd7 $11) (15. c4 $140 Bb4 16. Rf1 (16. Bd2 Be7 17. Bc3
Nd7 $13) 16... Be7) 15... Qd5 {1/2-1/2 Pikula,D-Tiviakov,S/Budva MNE 2009/The
Week in Chess 748 (15)} (15... Nd5 16. Bg3 (16. Qxb7 Rb8 17. Qxa7 Ra8 18. Qb7
Rb8 19. Qa6 Nxf4 20. Nxc6 Qc7 21. Nxb8 Rxb8 22. Bb5 Rb6 23. Qa8+ Rb8 24. Qa6
Rb6 $11) 16... Qb6 $11) (15... Bd6 $5) (15... a5 16. a4 Nd5 17. Bg3 Qb6 18.
Qxb6 Nxb6 19. Bd3 Bxd3 20. Nxd3 Nd5 21. Ne5 Rfd8 $11)) (13. Qc1 O-O 14. c4 Qd8
(14... Qe4 15. Re1 Qc2 16. Qxc2 Bxc2 $11) 15. Rd1 Qc8 16. Qe3 Rd8 17. Rac1 Bf6
18. h3 h6 19. Rd2 Qd7 20. Rcd1 Qe7 21. Be5 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Rxd2 23. Qxd2 Kf8 24.
Qa5 Qc7 25. Rd6 Ke8 26. Nd4 Bg6 27. Nb3 a6 28. Nc5 Rd8 29. Rxd8+ Kxd8 30. Nxb7+
Qxb7 31. c5 Kc7 32. Bxa6 Qa7 33. f4 Be4 34. Kf2 Bd5 35. a3 Ba2 36. Ke3 Bd5 37.
g3 Ba2 38. b4 Bd5 39. h4 Bb3 40. Kd4 Bd1 41. Qxb6+ Qxb6 42. cxb6+ Kxb6 43. Bd3
f6 44. Bc4 Bg4 45. a4 Bh3 46. a5+ Kc7 47. Kc5 fxe5 48. fxe5 g5 49. hxg5 hxg5
50. a6 Bg4 51. a7 Kb7 52. Kd6 {1-0 Kasparov Sergey (BLR)-Tomazini Aljosa (SLO)/
Graz (Austria) 2009 (52)}) 13... a5 (13... O-O 14. a5 Nc4 15. Qb3 (15. b3 Nb2
16. Qd2 (16. Qc1 Qxb3 17. Nd2 Qc2 18. Qxc2 Bxc2 19. Ra2 Bd3 $15) 16... Qxb3 $13
) 15... Nd6 (15... Qe4 16. Bxc4 Qxf4 17. Qxb7 $14) 16. c4 Qe4 17. Be3 a6 (17...
Qc2 18. Qxc2 Bxc2 19. a6 b6 20. Ne5 $14) (17... Rfd8 18. Ne5 $14) 18. Rfe1 (18.
Ne5 Qc2 19. Qxc2 Bxc2 $14) 18... Qc2 19. Qb4 $14) 14. Bc7 Bd8 (14... Nc8 $2 15.
Ne5 $18) (14... Nd7 15. Nd2 $14) 15. Bg3 Qd7 (15... O-O 16. Ne5 Bg5 17. Bf3 Qd8
18. Qb3 Ra7 19. Rad1 Nd5 20. Rfe1 $14) 16. Qb3 (16. Ne5 Qe7 $14) 16... Bc7 17.
Rfe1 (17. Ne5 $5 Qc8 (17... Qe7 18. Nc4 Nxc4 19. Qxb7 $16) (17... Qd8 18. Rad1
$14) 18. c4 (18. Qa3 $5) 18... O-O 19. Rad1 $14) 17... O-O 18. Rad1 (18. Ne5
Qe7 $14) 18... Nd5 (18... Bxg3 19. hxg3 Nd5 $14) (18... Rfe8) (18... Rab8) (
18... Rad8 $5 19. Ne5 Qc8 $14) 19. Ne5 Qc8 20. Rd2 Rd8 21. Bh5 Bg6 (21... Rf8)
22. Bg4 Re8 (22... Bd6 $14) 23. Bf3 Nf6 (23... Bf5) (23... Rd8) 24. c4 Bd6 (
24... Bh5 25. Bxh5 Nxh5 26. Qf3 Nf6 $14) 25. c5 Bxe5 26. Bxe5 Nd5 27. h4 h6 28.
h5 Bf5 29. Rde2 (29. Bxd5 exd5 30. Rde2 f6 (30... Bg4 31. Qg3 f6 32. Bxf6 Rxe2
33. Rxe2 Qf5 34. f3 Qxf6 35. Qxg4 $16) 31. Bd6 Rxe2 32. Rxe2 Be6 $14 {/\Qd7,
Re8} (32... Bg4 33. Re7 Bxh5 34. f3 $16)) 29... Rd8 (29... Nb4 30. Be4 Bxe4 31.
Qg3 (31. Rxe4 Nd5 32. Rg4 f6 33. Bd6 Qd7 $14) 31... g5 32. Rxe4 f5 33. R4e2 Qd7
$14) 30. Bd6 Nf6 31. Qe3 Rd7 32. Qf4 Qd8 33. Qg3 (33. g4 Bd3 34. Re3 Bc4 $11 {
/\Bd5}) 33... Ne8 34. Be5 Qg5 (34... f6 $142 35. Bf4 Rxd4 36. Rxe6 $1 (36. Bxh6
Qc7 $15) 36... Bxe6 37. Rxe6 $44) 35. Qh2 (35. Qxg5 hxg5 36. g4 Bd3 37. Re3 Bc2
$11) 35... Rad8 36. Re3 Qe7 (36... Bc2 37. b3 Nf6 38. Bf4 Qf5 39. Bc7 Ra8 $13)
37. g4 Bh7 (37... Bc2 38. b3 Nf6 $11) 38. Bd1 Kf8 $6 $138 (38... Nf6 $11) 39.
Bb3 Qg5 40. Qg3 (40. f3 Rxd4 41. Bxd4 Rxd4 $13) 40... Nf6 41. f3 $6 (41. Bd1
$14 {/\f4}) 41... Nd5 $2 (41... Rxd4 $1 42. Bxd4 Rxd4 43. Bxe6 (43. Qb8+ Ne8
$11 44. Qxb7 (44. Bxe6 Rd1 $15) 44... Qf4 $15 {->}) 43... fxe6 44. Qb8+ Kf7 45.
Rxe6 Rxg4+ 46. fxg4 Qxg4+ $11) 42. Bxd5 Rxd5 43. f4 Qe7 44. g5 (44. f5 Kg8 45.
fxe6 fxe6 46. Bc7 (46. Bd6 Qf6 $14) 46... Re8 $14) 44... hxg5 (44... Bf5 45.
gxh6 f6 46. Bd6 R5xd6 47. cxd6 Rxd6 $16) 45. fxg5 Bf5 46. h6 (46. Rf3 $16) (46.
Rf1 $16) 46... Rxd4 (46... gxh6 47. Bf6 $18) (46... Kg8 47. Rf3 (47. Bxg7 Rxd4
{- 46...Rg4}) 47... Rxe5 48. Rxe5 Bg6 $16) 47. Bxd4 $6 (47. Bxg7+ Kg8 48. Bf6
Qxc5 (48... Qf8 49. h7+ $1 Kxh7 50. Kf2 Rd2+ (50... Kg6 51. Rh1 Rg4 52. Qf3
Rd2+ 53. Kf1 Rd5 54. Rh8 Qxh8 55. Bxh8 Rxg5 $16) 51. Kf3 Kg6 52. Rh1 $16) 49.
g6 $3 Bxg6 50. h7+ Kxh7 51. Bxd8 $16) 47... Rxd4 48. Re5 (48. Rf1 Qxc5 49. h7
$1 Bxh7 50. Qb8+ Ke7 51. Qxb7+ Kd6 52. Qb8+ Ke7 53. Qc7+ Ke8 54. Qxf7+ Kd8 55.
Qf8+ Qxf8 56. Rxf8+ Ke7 57. Ra8 Rxa4 58. Ra7+ Kd6 59. Rxg7 Rg4+ 60. Kf2 Bf5 $14
) 48... Bg6 (48... Qc7 $11) 49. Qh3 (49. Rxe6 fxe6 50. Qf2+ Bf5 51. Qxd4 Qxg5+
52. Kf2 Qxh6 $11) 49... gxh6 (49... Bh7 $11) 50. Qxh6+ Kg8 51. Rxe6 fxe6 52.
Qxg6+ Qg7 53. Qe8+ Qf8 54. Qxe6+ Qf7 55. Qc8+ Kg7 56. Qh3 Qg6 (56... Kg8 $11)
57. Kh1 (57. Re2 Rd3 58. Qh4 Rd5 $11) 57... Rd5 (57... Qf7 $11) 58. Re7+ (58.
Qh4 Rxg5 59. Qd4+ Qf6 60. Re7+ Kg6 $11) (58. Qc3+ Kg8 59. Qh3 Kg7) 58... Kf8
59. Re1 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogeveen Unive Crown 13th"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2009.10.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2009.10.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Bf4 O-O
8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Nc5 10. Nd4 Re8 11. f3 Ne6 12. Be3 Bg5 13. h4 Bxe3 14. Qxe3
Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Qe7 16. Bc4 Qe3+ 17. Qxe3 Rxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D95"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2009.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd2 c6 {A rare reply to a
rare system. Both players were probably trying to avoid major theory.} 7. Qb3
e6 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. O-O Qe7 (9... b6 {is the main move in this position.}) 10.
Na4 {[%cal Yd2b4] Otherwise Black pushes ...e6-e5 and equalizes.} (10. e4 dxc4
11. Bxc4 e5 12. d5 $6 {1-0 Zagoriansky,E-Rokhlin,Y/Moscow 1944/EXT 1999 (40)}
b5 $1 13. Be2 Nc5 14. Qc2 (14. Qa3 $2 a5) 14... cxd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Bf5
$36) (10. Rfe1 dxc4 11. Bxc4 e5 12. e4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Ne5 14. Bf4 {1/2 Malaniuk,
V (2525)-Stambulian,A (2394)/Krasnodar 2004/EXT 2006}) (10. cxd5 exd5 {OK, no .
..e6-e5 but the Karlsbad structure with White's Bd2 is safe for Black:} 11. Qc2
Re8 12. b4 Ne4 13. b5 Nb6 14. bxc6 bxc6 15. a4 Nxd2 16. Nxd2 Be6 17. a5 Nd7 18.
Nb3 c5 $11 {1/2 Trifunovic,P-Bogdanovic,R/Belgrade 1952/EXT 2000 (23)}) 10...
Re8 $6 {To be followed by a strange retreat (11...Qd8). Black didn't like} (
10... a5 {but it was probably the best option.}) 11. Bb4 Qd8 12. Bd6 $1 dxc4
13. Qxc4 Nb8 $6 (13... Nb6 14. Nxb6 axb6 15. Be5 $14) 14. Qc5 b5 $6 (14... a5)
15. Nc3 Bb7 16. Rac1 $6 (16. a4 $1 Na6 17. Qa3 $16 {was a severe punishment of
Black's opening strategy. After the text move he gradually consolidates his
position, and the white queen and bishop get trapped in the opponent's camp.})
16... a5 17. Bg3 $6 (17. Bxb8 Qxb8 18. Ne4 $14 {[%csl Rb7] was probably a
quite comfortable "must".}) 17... Nbd7 (17... e5 $142 $1 {[%cal Rg7f8]} 18.
dxe5 (18. Bxe5 $143 $6 Nfd7 19. Qd6 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Nd7 $15) 18... Nh5 19. Rfd1
Nxg3 (19... Nd7 20. Qd6 $1 Nxg3 21. e6 $3 Rxe6 22. Qxg3 $11) 20. hxg3 Nd7 $15)
18. Qd6 Bf8 19. Qc7 Qxc7 20. Bxc7 Rec8 21. Be5 b4 22. Na4 Nd5 {[%cal Yc6c5]}
23. Nc5 $2 {[%mdl 16384] An unfortunate decision - to block the c-file.
Besides, White's c5-pawn now becomes weak, and his bishop on g3 badly
restricted.} (23. Rfd1 $142 c5 $140 24. Bb5 Nxe5 (24... Bc6 25. Bxc6 Rxc6 26.
e4 N5b6 27. d5 $14) 25. dxe5 $14 {[%csl Gc4,Rc5]}) 23... Nxc5 24. dxc5 f6 25.
Bg3 e5 26. Rfd1 Ba6 $1 27. Bxa6 Rxa6 28. Nd2 a4 {[%cal Ra4a3]} 29. e4 $6 (29.
Ne4 $142 {in order to control the c3-square or provoke ...f6-f5, which frees
the g3 bishop. Black, however, keeps the better prospects after} Kf7 ({but not
the premature} 29... a3 30. b3 f5 $2 31. Nd6 Bxd6 32. cxd6 Nc3 33. Rd2)) 29...
Nc7 {[%csl Rc3][%cal Yc7b5,Ya4a3,Yc7e6]} 30. f3 $6 (30. Nc4 Ne6 $17) (30. f4 $5
) 30... Bh6 $2 {[%mdl 16384] Obvious but bad!} (30... a3 $1 31. b3 Nb5 {
[%cal Rb5c3]} 32. Nb1 Nd4 33. Kf1 Ra5 $17) 31. Rb1 a3 {Too late!} (31... Be3+
32. Bf2 Bd4 (32... Bxf2+ 33. Kxf2 Ne6 34. Nc4 Nxc5 35. Rbc1 Ne6 36. Rd6 $44)
33. Bxd4 exd4 34. Nc4 $11) 32. Nc4 $1 {With the black bishop on f8 this would
lead to the loss of the c5-pawn.} Nb5 33. Be1 $1 {Attacking the b4-pawn and
protecting the c3-square. The game now moves towards a draw.} axb2 34. Rxb2
Rca8 35. Bxb4 Rxa2 36. Rxa2 Rxa2 37. Kf1 Bf8 38. Nd6 Nd4 39. Be1 Rc2 40. Bf2
Nb3 41. Nb7 Nxc5 42. Nxc5 Bxc5 43. Bxc5 Rxc5 44. Rd8+ (44. Rd8+ Kg7 45. Rd7+
Kh6 46. Rf7 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2009.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. Nxe5 Nxe4 6. Qe2 Nxe5 7. Qxe4 (7.
d4 {Deviating from Kamsky,G (2725)-Topalov,V (2796)/Sofia 2009/CBM 129 [Marin]
(0-1, 32)}) 7... Qe7 8. d4 Nc6 9. Qg4 h5 10. Qxg7 Bxd4 11. Qg3 {White has
prevented Black's short castling and spoiled his structure, but has completely
neglected the development of the queenside.} a6 12. Bc4 $146 ({Previously,} 12.
Bxc6 dxc6 {has been played. Svidler did not wish to give up his Spanish bishop,
which would also have accelerated the development of the black queenside.
However, his novelty does not change the evaluation of the variation as
inoffensive for Black.} 13. c3 (13. Qd3 Bg7 14. Nc3 Bd7 15. Qg3 Be5 16. Bf4 h4
17. Qe3 Bxf4 18. Qxf4 O-O-O 19. Qe3 Qxe3 20. fxe3 Be6 21. Rad1 Rdg8 22. Rf4 Rg5
$11 {Tolnai,T (2490)-Ninov,K (2465)/Stara Zagora 1990/CBM 017 (1/2, 55)}) 13...
h4 14. Qf3 Be5 15. Qe3 Bf5 16. Nd2 O-O-O 17. Nf3 Bd6 18. Qxe7 Bxe7 {1/2 Vogt,L
(2495)-Kirov,N (2435)/Polanica Zdroj 1977/MCD}) 12... h4 13. Qf4 d6 14. Bd5 Be5
15. Qc4 Bd7 16. c3 O-O-O {Black is well ahead in development. White's
consolation consists of his better structure.} 17. Nd2 Be6 18. f4 Bf6 19. Ne4
Rde8 20. Re1 Bxd5 21. Qxd5 Qe6 22. Qxe6+ Rxe6 23. Bd2 Bd8 24. Ng5 Rf6 25. Ne4
Re6 26. Ng5 Rf6 27. Ne4 Re6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2009.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Qc2 O-O 8.
e3 c5 9. Be2 Qa5 10. O-O cxd4 $5 {An interesting concept. Black usually blocks
the queenside with ...c4, with or without the prior exchange on c3.} 11. Nxd4
Bxc3 12. bxc3 Re8 13. Bf4 Ne5 14. Rab1 a6 15. Bxe5 Rxe5 16. Rfc1 Qc7 17. c4 {
White admits that the d5-pawn is no weaker than his c3-pawn and hopes to take
advantage of his advance in development. Black's hopes are mainly connected
with his queenside majority, which may become a telling factor in the event of
simplifications.} dxc4 18. Qxc4 Qxc4 19. Rxc4 b5 20. Bf3 bxc4 21. Bxa8 Kf8 22.
Rb8 Re8 23. Kf1 Nd7 24. Rb4 a5 25. Rb1 Ne5 26. Bd5 c3 27. Bb7 Bxb7 28. Rxb7 Rc8
29. Nc2 Nc6 30. a3 Rd8 31. Rb1 Rd2 32. Rc1 Ne5 33. Nd4 Rxf2+ 34. Kxf2 Nd3+ 35.
Kf3 Nxc1 36. Ke4 Ke7 37. Nc2 Kd6 38. Kd4 Nb3+ 39. Kxc3 Nc5 40. Kc4 f5 41. Nd4
g6 42. Nf3 Ne6 43. h4 Nc7 44. Ng5 h5 45. g3 Nd5 46. Kd4 Nc7 47. a4 Nd5 48. Nf7+
Ke6 49. Nd8+ Kd6 50. Nb7+ Ke6 51. Nd8+ Kd6 52. Nf7+ Ke6 53. Ne5 Nb6 54. Nxg6
Nxa4 55. Nf4+ Kf7 56. Nxh5 Nb6 57. Nf4 a4 58. Nd3 a3 59. Nb4 Kg6 60. Kc3 Kh5
61. Nc2 a2 62. Kb2 Na4+ 63. Kxa2 Nc3+ 64. Kb3 Ne4 65. Kc4 Nxg3 66. Kd5 Kxh4 67.
Ke5 Kg4 68. Nd4 Kg5 69. Nf3+ Kg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2009.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. f3
Be6 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. g4 Rc8 12. Qf2 Nbd7 13. Kb1 b5 14. g5 Nh5 15.
Nd5 Bxd5 16. Rxd5 Rcb8 17. f4 Nxf4 ({Previously, Black has played} 17... Nb6 {
, but White can transpose if he wishes so.}) 18. Bxf4 exf4 19. Qxf4 Nb6 20. Rd3
$146 {Only this move gives the game an independent value.} (20. Rd1 {would
transpose to previously played games. Ivanchuk may have played} Rc8 $5 {anyway.
} (20... Nc4 21. h4 a5 22. Nd4 a4 23. Rh3 Qc5 24. Nf5 Bf8 25. Rd5 Qb4 26. Qc1
a3 27. b3 Ne5 28. Nd4 $16 {Lupulescu,C (2496)-Itkis,B (2452)/Bucharest 2003/
CBM 093 ext (1-0, 35)}) (20... Bf8 21. h4 Re8 22. h5 Re5 23. g6 $40 {Korneev,O
(2613)-Barria,D (2351)/Seville 2003/CBM 092 ext (1-0, 54)}) {However, White
could defend the c2-pawn with} 21. Bd3 {, a move that will not be available in
the game.}) 20... Rc8 21. Rc3 Qd8 22. Rf3 Bxg5 23. Qxf7+ Kh8 24. Rg1 Qe7 25.
Qh5 Rf8 26. Rxf8+ Rxf8 27. Bd3 Bh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2009.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be2 b6 7. a4 c5 8. c3 Ba6
9. O-O Qc8 10. Re1 Qb7 11. Bb5 Bxb5 12. axb5 a6 13. Qe2 axb5 14. Rxa8 Qxa8 15.
Qxb5 Na6 16. Bh2 Qb7 17. Nbd2 Nc7 18. Qb3 Ne6 19. Ra1 Rb8 20. Ra3 b5 21. Qa2
Qd5 22. Qa1 Ne4 23. Qa2 Qxa2 24. Rxa2 Nxd2 25. Nxd2 b4 26. Kf1 bxc3 27. bxc3
cxd4 28. cxd4 Nc7 29. Ra5 f5 30. g4 Rb5 31. Rxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2009.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 c5 4. d5 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Nge2 e6 8. Ng3 Na6
9. Be2 exd5 10. cxd5 Nc7 11. a4 a6 12. Bg5 Bd7 13. h4 b5 14. h5 h6 15. Be3 b4
16. Nb1 g5 17. Bf2 Nfe8 18. Ra2 f5 19. b3 fxe4 20. Nxe4 Bf5 21. Ng3 Kh8 22. Bc4
Bh7 23. O-O Nf6 24. Re2 Qd7 25. Rfe1 Rae8 26. Rxe8 Rxe8 27. Rxe8+ Qxe8 28. Nd2
Nfxd5 29. Nde4 Qc6 30. Bd3 Nf4 31. Bc2 Nce6 32. Nd2 Nd3 33. Nge4 Nef4 34. g3
Nh3+ 35. Kg2 Nhxf2 36. Nxf2 Nxf2 37. Kxf2 Bg8 38. Qe2 d5 39. Qe7 Bd4+ 40. Kf1
Qe6 41. Qf8 Qh3+ 42. Ke2 Qg2+ 43. Kd1 Qg1+ 44. Ke2 Qf2+ 45. Kd1 Bg7 46. Qd6 a5
47. Qb6 Qg1+ 48. Ke2 Qg2+ 49. Kd1 c4 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2009.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Marin} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 e6 7. Nc3
Nbd7 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Bd6 10. O-O O-O 11. e4 e5 12. d5 (12. Be3 exd4 13.
Bxd4 Ne5 (13... Qe7 $11) 14. Qe2 Nxc4 15. Qxc4 Re8 $11) 12... Nb6 13. Bd3 $146
{An interesting novelty: after the exchange of pawns on d5 the bishop will be
well placed on the diagonal b1-h7.  Marin: 'Apparently, Ivanchuk considers
that the bishop is more useful on the b1-h7 diagonal, while the d5-pawn does
not need the bishop's defence.'} ({Previously White achieved nothing by
retreating the bishop to b3:} 13. Bb3 cxd5 14. exd5 h6 15. Be3 a6 (15... Rc8
16. Rac1 {Marin: 'is similar to the main game. Black could provoke a
transposition with 16...Nc4, but preferred the prophylactic'} a6 {1/2-1/2
Koneru,H (2612)-Movsesian,S (2677)/Wijk aan Zee 2008 Marin: 'with an immediate
draw agreement.'}) 16. Rac1 Nbd7 17. a3 Bc7 {1/2-1/2 Koneru,H (2473)-Lalic,B 
(2540)/Torquay 2002}) 13... cxd5 14. exd5 {The only drawback of the Bd3 is
that the Pd5 can be temporarily weak. If Black won't use this factor, White
will regroup the pieces and achieve advantage.} h6 ({Marin: It is dangerous to
go for the d5-pawn:} 14... Bb4 $5 15. Rd1 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Nbxd5 17. c4 e4 18.
Bxe4 Nxe4 19. cxd5 $14 (19. Qxe4 Nc3 20. Rxd8 Nxe4 21. Rd4 ({or} 21. Rd7 Nc5
$11) 21... Rfe8 22. Be3 b6 $14 {/=}) 19... Nd6 20. Ba3 Re8 $14 {/=}) 15. Be3
Rc8 ({Again} 15... Bb4 {was a critical alternative.}) 16. Rac1 {Following the
saying "the threat is stronger than its execution" Ivanchuk leaves the move
Bd3-f5 as a threat Black must deal with.} Nc4 {And Gelfand loses the patience!}
({Preferable was} 16... Qe7 $14) (16... a6 {Marin may reveal a hidden aspect
of Ivanchuk's novelty after} 17. Bf5 $5 $14) 17. Bxc4 $1 ({After} 17. Nb5 {
Black has the choice either to play a slightly worse position, or sacrifice a
pawn and get some compensation. In both cases White is only marginally better.}
e4 $5 (17... Nxe3 18. Rxc8 Qxc8 19. Nxd6 Qd7 20. Qxe3 Qxd6 21. Qxa7 Qxd5 22.
Bc2 $1 $14) 18. Bxe4 Nxe3 19. Qxe3 ({Weaker is} 19. Rxc8 Bh2+ $1 20. Kh1 Qxc8
21. Qxe3 Bb8 22. Rc1 Qd7 23. Nc3 Re8 $44) 19... Bb8 {with some compensation
for the pawn.}) 17... Rxc4 18. Qe2 Rc8 19. Bxa7 $14 {This unexpected and
strong move is the logical follow-up of 17.Bxc4. Usually taking such pawns is
highly dangerous, but here Ivanchuk rightly appreciated that the bishop will
be safe on a8. It can be protected by the knight and besides, the pawn b6 will
require always protection too. Now Black faces an unpleasant task: everywhere
he is slightly worse and it is very difficult to choose the continuation that
offers best practical chances to escape. Marin: 'This bishop is not easy to
trap.'} b6 ({In case of} 19... Qa5 20. Be3 ({Less convincing is} 20. Nb5 Qa6
21. a4 Nxd5 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Rd1 Nf4) {White often has the tactical motiv
Bxh6:} 20... Bb4 (20... Nxd5 21. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 22. Nxd5 Rxc1 (22... Qxd5 23.
Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Qg4+ $18) 23. Nf6+ Kg7 24. Nh5+ Kh8 25. Rxc1 $16 {/+-}) 21. Rfd1
Bxc3 ({Even after} 21... Rfd8 {White can take on h6:} 22. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 (22...
Bxc3 23. Bg5 $1) 23. Ne4 Nxe4 (23... Kg7 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. a3 $1 Bf8 26. Nxf6
Kxf6 27. Qf3+ Ke7 28. d6+ $18) 24. Qg4+ Kh7 (24... Kf8 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Qxc8+
Ke7 27. Qxb7+ $18) (24... Kh8 25. Rxc8 $18) 25. Qxe4+ Kh8 26. Qxe5+ Kg8 27.
Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Rd4 $18) 22. Rxc3 Rxc3 23. bxc3 Qxc3 (23... Nxd5 24. Bxh6 $1 gxh6
25. Qxe5 Rd8 26. c4 $18) 24. Qb5 $36) 20. Nb5 (20. Rfd1 $5) 20... Rc5 $1 (20...
Bc5 21. d6 $1 (21. a3 $2 Nxd5 22. Rfd1 $140 Nf4) 21... Qd7 22. b4 Bxb4 23. Rc7
$16) (20... Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Nxd5 22. Rd1 Nf4 23. Qe4 $18) 21. Rfd1 Qd7 22. Nxd6 (
{A good alternative was} 22. Rxc5 Bxc5 (22... bxc5 $2 23. Nxd6 $16) 23. a4 {
with the idea of the further advance of the a-pawn. For instance:} Ra8 24. a5
Rxa7 25. Nxa7 Qxa7 26. a6 $16 {[%cal Gd5d6,Ge2b5] and the two passed pawns
secure White clearly better chances.}) 22... Qxd6 (22... Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Qxd6 {
regains the pawn, since White cannot hold Pd5. Nevertheless keeps the
advantage after} 24. Qb5 (24. Rd1 $2 Ra8 25. Qa6 Qd7 $19) (24. Rc6 Qxd5 $14 {
[%csl Ra2] /=}) 24... Qxd5 ({Deserves attention also} 24... Nxd5 $5 25. Rc6 Qd7
26. Bxb6 Nf4 {hoping for counterplay with the white pieces stuck on the
queenside.}) 25. Qxb6 Qxa2 26. Qb7 Rd8 27. b4 $14) 23. Rxc5 Qxc5 24. Qe3 Qc2
25. Qb3 $1 Qxb3 26. axb3 $16 {The fact that such a strong technical player
like Gelfand didn't succeed to hold a draw here proves that the endgame is
more difficult for Black than it may seem.} Rd8 (26... Nd7 27. Rc1 $16) 27. d6
b5 28. f3 Ra8 (28... Kf8 29. Bb6 $5 (29. Kf2 Ke8 30. Re1 Rxd6 31. Rxe5+ Kd7 32.
Rxb5 Rd2+ $132) 29... Rd7 30. Bc5 $16 (30. Re1 Nd5 31. Bc5 f6)) 29. Be3 Nd7 30.
Rd5 Rb8 31. f4 exf4 32. Bxf4 f6 33. Rd2 Kf7 34. Kf2 Ke6 35. Ke3 Rc8 $2 {
After this mistake Black cannot save the game.} (35... g5 {would have kept
good chances for a draw:} 36. Bh2 (36. Bg3 f5 $132 {/=}) 36... Rc8 37. Kd4 Rc1
38. Re2+ Ne5 39. Bxe5 Rd1+ $1 40. Kc5 fxe5 {and the passed e-pawn leaves hope
for counterplay.}) 36. Kd4 g5 37. Re2+ $1 Ne5 (37... Kf5 38. Be3 $1 (38. Bh2 h5
39. Kd5 $140 Rc5+) 38... Re8 (38... h5 39. Kd5 Re8 40. Rf2+ Kg6 41. Bd4 $18)
39. g4+ Kg6 40. Kd5 Kf7 41. Kc6 Ne5+ 42. Kc7 $18) 38. Bxe5 fxe5+ 39. Rxe5+ Kxd6
40. Rxb5 Rc2 41. g4 Rxb2 (41... Kc6 42. Rf5 $18) 42. Rb6+ Kc7 43. Kc3 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2009.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Be4 11. Qc1 Bb7 12. Bf4 Bd6 13. Nbd2 Bxf4 {This has not
been played at a high level so far.} ({The common continuation is} 13... Nbd7)
14. gxf4 Qd6 15. Nb3 Nbd7 16. Rd1 a5 17. Ne5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 a4 19. Nc5 Nxc5 20.
Qxc5 Qxc5 21. dxc5 Rfd8 22. Nc6 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Kf8 24. Kf3 Ke8 25. Nb4 Nd7 26.
c6 Nc5 27. Rc1 Na6 28. Nxa6 Rxa6 {White retains the more active position and
will eventually convert his advantage into an extra pawn. However, this will
prove insufficient for a win.} 29. e4 b4 30. Rc5 f5 31. exf5 exf5 32. Ke3 Ke7
33. Kd4 Kd6 34. Kc4 b3 35. axb3 axb3 36. Rxf5 Rxc6+ 37. Kxb3 Rc1 38. h4 Rf1 39.
Rg5 Rxf2 40. Rxg7 Rxf4 41. Rxh7 c5 42. h5 Rh4 43. h6 Kc6 44. Kc3 Kd5 45. Rh8
Rh3+ 46. Kd2 Kc6 47. Ke2 Kb7 48. Kf2 c4 49. Kg2 Rh5 50. Kf3 Rh4 51. Kg3 Rh1 52.
Kf4 Rh2 53. Ke5 Rxb2 54. Kd4 Rb6 55. Kxc4 Rg6 56. Kd5 Rf6 57. Ke5 Rc6 58. Rh7+
Kb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2009.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 2] A crucial game for the outcome of the tournament, by winning it
Ivanchuk could overtake Kramnik. Although he didn't succeed, Black had to
overcome some scary moments...} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 {
This surprisingly became a popular choice in Moscow, competing on equal terms
with the ever-present Semi-Slav} (4... c6) 5. e4 {The main active try.} (5. e3
{is considered too soft, although Black must know his way around:} a6 6. a4 c5
7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O Be7 9. dxc5 (9. Qe2 cxd4 10. Rd1 e5 11. exd4 exd4 12. Nxd4
Nxd4 13. Qe5 Qd6 14. Qxd4 Qxd4 15. Rxd4 Bc5 16. Rd1 O-O $11 {is symmetrical
and drawish.}) 9... O-O $5 ({White has a slight initiative after the more usual
} 9... Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Bxc5 11. Bd2 b6 12. Bd3 Nb4 13. Be2 $11 {/+/=}) 10. Qc2 (
10. Qe2 {is played more often.}) 10... Bxc5 11. Rd1 Bd7 $5 (11... Qc7 $146 12.
Ne4 Be7 13. Bd2 (13. Bd3 $5) 13... Na5 $5 14. Bxa5 (14. Bd3 $142 Qxc2 15. Bxc2
$14 {_|_}) 14... Qxa5 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Bd3 g6 17. Be4 Qb4 18. Rd2 Ra7 $1 19.
h3 (19. h4 $5 {/\h5|^}) 19... b6 20. Rad1 b5 21. axb5 Qxb5 22. Nd4 Qb6 23. Qc6
Rb7 ({Black already aspires for more than easy equality after} 23... Qxc6 $11)
24. Rc2 Qxc6 25. Nxc6 Kg7 26. Rdd2 h5 27. Bf3 h4 28. Na5 Rd7 29. Bc6 Rxd2 30.
Rxd2 {Anand,V (2788)-Morozevich,A (2750)/Moscow Tal mem/2009/} Rd8 $11 {/=/+,^^
}) 12. Ne4 (12. Bd2 $142 $11) 12... Nb4 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Qe2 Bc6 $32 15. e4 (
15. Bd2 $1 {/\} Qxb2 16. Rab1 Qa3 17. Ra1 $11) 15... Rfd8 16. Rxd8+ Qxd8 17.
Bd2 Nc2 18. Bg5 Nd4 $36 {Kortschnoj,V (2623)-Ivanchuk,V (2729)/Odessa rpd/2007/
}) (5. Bg5 Bb4 6. a3 (6. e4 {transposes into our game and the more usual
Vienna line positions. However, White's try isn't without venom as well.}) 6...
Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 h6 ({Anand decides to play it safe. This position is almost
unexplored and Black has numerous options:} 7... Qd5 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Nd2 $44) (
7... b5 8. a4 c6 9. g3 h6 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Bg2 Bb7 12. Qb1 a6 13. Nd2 Qc7 14.
O-O Nd7 15. Qb4 c5 16. dxc5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Qc6+ 18. Kg1 Ke7 19. Rfb1 Rhb8 20.
axb5 Rxb5 21. Qxc4 Rxc5 22. Qb4 a5 23. Qa3 Ke8 24. c4 h5 $132 {1/2,Grischuk,A 
(2710)-Van Wely,L (2679)/Wijk aan Zee/2005/}) 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. e3 (9. Qa4+ Bd7 (
9... Nd7 $5 10. e3 O-O 11. Qxc4 c5 {/\b6, Bb7<=>}) 10. Qxc4 Bc6 11. Ne5 $5 (11.
e3 O-O 12. Be2 Nd7 13. O-O Rac8 14. Qb3 b6 15. Rfd1 Bxf3 (15... Rfe8 $142) 16.
Bxf3 c5 {Kuzubov,Y (2634)-Bokros,A (2487)/AUT-chT/2009/} 17. a4 $36) 11... O-O
12. Nxc6 Nxc6 13. g3 Ne7 14. Bg2 c6 15. Rb1 Rab8 16. e4 Nc8 17. a4 Qe7 18. O-O
{1/2 Koopmann,J-Windt,L/Hamburg 1978/EXT 2008 (47)}) 9... b5 10. a4 c6 11. Ne5
a6 12. g4 $5 $146 (12. g3 Ra7 13. Bg2 Rc7 14. O-O O-O 15. Qb1 Bb7 16. axb5 cxb5
17. Bxb7 Rxb7 18. Nxc4 Rc7 19. Nd2 Rc6 20. Ne4 Qe7 21. Nc5 Qd6 22. Qb4 Nd7 23.
Nxd7 Qxd7 $11 {Olesen,N-Hvid,J/Aarhus/1992/}) 12... Bb7 (12... Ra7 $5 13. Bg2
Rc7 $13) 13. Bg2 Qe7 (13... Nd7 $5 14. Bxc6 Bxc6 15. Nxc6 O-O 16. O-O e5 $132)
14. O-O O-O 15. f4 $44 Nd7 (15... Qc7 16. g5 {|^>>}) 16. Nxc6 Qd6 17. Ne7+ Qxe7
18. Bxb7 Ra7 19. Bg2 Nb6 20. axb5 axb5 21. Rxa7 Qxa7 22. Qa1 Qe7 23. e4 Ra8 24.
Qb2 Ra5 25. e5 Qh4 $6 (25... Qa3 26. Rb1 Qxb2 27. Rxb2 Ra1+ 28. Kf2 Na4 $132)
26. Qe2 $6 (26. f5 $5 $36 {/\} Qxg4 27. h3 Qg3 28. fxe6 fxe6 29. Qb4) 26... Ra3
27. f5 Rxc3 28. fxe6 fxe6 29. Qe4 Qd8 30. Qg6 Qxd4+ 31. Kh1 Re3 $8 32. Qxe6+
Kh7 33. Qf5+ Kh8 34. Qf8+ Kh7 35. Qf5+ Kh8 36. Qf8+ {1/2,Carlsen,M (2801)
-Anand,V (2788)/Moscow Tal mem/2009/}) 5... Bb4 6. Bg5 h6 $5 {A rare move with
a dubious reputation, nevertheless Kramnik employed it twice in Moscow.} (6...
c5 {is the standard reaction, which Kramnik had to face himself this year in
Dortmund. After} 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qa5 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxf6
gxf6 12. Bxd7+ Nxd7 13. O-O a6 14. Rb1 Qc7 15. Qh5 Nc5 16. Rb4 Qe5 17. Qh6 Rc8
{he came up with the novelty} 18. Nf3 $5 {Kramnik,V (2759)-Naiditsch,A (2697)/
Dortmund/2009/ For more details about this game see the notes in CBM 131 by
Krasenkow.}) 7. Bxf6 $8 (7. Bh4 $2 g5 $17) 7... Qxf6 8. e5 {Ivanchuk has an
original plan.} ({Aronian went for the natural and almost universally played} 
8. Bxc4 c5 $5 {Attacking the [+] immediately give Black some extra options, as
right now the Nc3 is still pinned.} (8... O-O 9. O-O c5 ({Black shouldn't
leave White's [+] intact:} 9... Rd8 $143 $6 10. Qe2 Nc6 (10... Nd7 11. Rfd1 c6
12. a3 Bf8 13. e5 Qe7 14. h4 Qe8 15. Bd3 Be7 16. Qe4 Nf8 17. Qg4 b6 18. Ne4 Kh8
19. Ng3 Bd7 20. Nh5 Ng6 21. Rac1 Rac8 22. Re1 c5 23. d5 $1 $40 {Podgaets,M 
(2484)-Rivera,A (2392)/Havana/1999/}) 11. e5 Qf4 12. Rad1 Na5 13. Bd3 Bxc3 14.
bxc3 Bd7 15. h3 Bc6 16. Nh2 Ba4 17. Rd2 h5 18. Rb2 g6 19. Rb4 Bd7 20. d5 Qh6
21. c4 c5 22. Rbb1 b5 23. Be4 $16 {Chernin,A (2560)-Frias,V (2485)/Saint John/
1988/}) 10. e5 (10. Nb5 a6 11. e5 Qe7 12. Nd6 cxd4 13. Qxd4 Nc6 14. Nxc8 Raxc8
15. Qe4 Rfd8 16. Bd3 g6 17. h4 {Kupchik,A-Reinfeld,F/New York/1938/} h5 $11)
10... Qd8 11. d5 (11. Ne4 cxd4 12. a3 Be7 13. Qxd4 Qxd4 14. Nxd4 Nd7 15. f4 Nc5
16. Nc3 Rd8 17. Rad1 Bd7 18. Rd2 Rac8 19. Ba2 Na4 20. Ne4 Nb6 21. f5 Nc4 22.
Bxc4 Rxc4 23. f6 {Sharavdorj,D (2441)-Jahedi,S (2106)/Berkeley/2008/} gxf6 $15)
(11. a3 Bxc3 12. bxc3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bd7 $5 $132) 11... exd5 (11... Bxc3 $5 12.
bxc3 exd5 13. Qxd5 $5 $14) 12. Bxd5 (12. Nxd5 $142 $36) 12... Bxc3 13. bxc3 Nc6
14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Qa4 Qc7 (15... Be6 $1 16. Qxc6 Qa5 $44) 16. Rfd1 Be6 17. Qa3
c4 18. Rd6 Bd5 19. Nd4 Qe7 20. f4 Qh4 21. Rf1 Qg4 22. Qb2 Rab8 23. Qf2 $14 {
Gligoric,S-Karaklajic,N/Sarajevo/1951/}) 9. e5 (9. O-O $5 cxd4 10. Nb5 Qd8 11.
a3 Be7 12. Nbxd4 O-O 13. e5 $14 {Chernin}) 9... Qd8 $5 (9... Qe7 10. O-O Bxc3 (
10... cxd4 11. Ne4 O-O 12. Qxd4 Rd8 13. Qe3 Bd7 $6 (13... Nd7 $14) 14. Rad1 Bc6
15. Nf6+ $1 Kh8 16. Rxd8+ Qxd8 17. Ng5 Qe7 18. Qd3 g6 19. Bxe6 $18 {->,Flear,G
(2495)-Condie,M (2430)/Bath zt/1987/}) 11. bxc3 O-O 12. Nd2 $5 (12. Qe2 Bd7 {
[%cal Yd7c6] /\Bc6<=>}) (12. d5 exd5 13. Bxd5 Nd7 14. Re1 Nb6 15. Be4 Rd8 16.
Qe2 {Gligoric,S-Kostic,B/Zagreb/1946/} Be6 $11) 12... b6 13. Ne4 (13. d5 $1 $36
) 13... Ba6 14. Bxa6 Nxa6 15. Qa4 Nc7 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. c4 $14 {Kmoch,H-Gilg,K/
Kecskemet/1927/}) 10. d5 exd5 11. Bxd5 O-O 12. Rc1 Nc6 13. O-O Nd4 14. Be4 Re8
15. Nd5 Bf5 16. Bxf5 Qxd5 17. Nxd4 Rxe5 $6 (17... Qxd4 $1 18. Qxd4 cxd4 19. f4
Bd2 20. Rc7 Be3+ 21. Kh1 Rab8 22. g3 Kf8 {[%cal Ye8e7] /\Re7= and Black should
gradually neutralize White's slight pressure.}) 18. Nb5 $1 (18. Nb3 Rxf5 19. a3
Qxd1 (19... c4 $2 20. Nd4 Rf4 21. Ne2 Qxd1 22. Rfxd1 Re4 23. Ng3) 20. Rfxd1 c4
21. Rxc4 (21. Nd4 Rd5 22. axb4 Rad8 23. Rxc4 b5 $15) 21... Be7 $11) 18... Qxd1
19. Rfxd1 Rxf5 20. a3 $6 (20. Nd6 $142 Rg5 21. Nxb7 Rb8 22. Nd6 $14 {[%csl Ra7,
Rc5] /+/-,,_|_ק<< would have given White a pleasant and riskless edge.}) 20...
c4 $1 21. axb4 Rxb5 22. Rxc4 a5 23. g3 {1/2,Aronian,L (2786)-Kramnik,V (2772)/
Moscow Tal mem/2009/}) ({After} 8. Qa4+ Nc6 9. Bxc4 {Black can avoid
transposing into the game with} Bd7 $5 (9... Qf4 10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 $14 {/\}
Qxe4 $2 12. d5 $1 $18) (9... O-O 10. O-O Bxc3 $6 11. bxc3 e5 12. Bd5 Bd7 13.
Rab1 exd4 14. cxd4 Rab8 15. Rfe1 Rfc8 {Ftacnik,L (2580)-Mirzoev,A (2516)/
Lisbon op/2001/} 16. Qc4 $16 {[%csl Gd4,Ge4] ()[+]}) 10. Qd1 (10. Qb3 Ba5 $1
11. Rd1 Bb6 {[%cal Rc6d4,Yc6a5] /\Nd4, Na5}) 10... g5 $5 $13 (10... O-O 11. O-O
$14)) 8... Qd8 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (8... Qe7 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. Qc2 (10. O-O $142)
10... Nc6 $6 (10... c5 $132) 11. O-O Rd8 12. Rad1 a6 {0-1 Jernberg,K-Storslett,
R/Tromsoe 1998/EXT 2003 (52)} 13. Qe4 $36 {()->>>}) 9. Qa4+ $5 (9. Bxc4 c5 {
transposes to Aronian-Kramnik.}) 9... Nc6 10. Bxc4 {The main point of White's
previous 2 moves was to postpone the liberating thrust c5.} Bd7 11. Qc2 (11.
Qb3 Bxc3+ 12. Qxc3 (12. bxc3 Na5 $14) 12... Ne7 $13) (11. O-O $2 Bxc3 12. bxc3
Nxe5 $19) 11... Na5 $6 {Kramnik still insists on pushing his Pc7 ASAP, but he
will soon have a lot of problems with his sidelined N.} (11... Ne7 $142 $5 $13
{/+/=}) 12. Bd3 ({An alternative was} 12. Be2 c5 (12... Bc6 13. a3 $16) {
More solid is} 13. dxc5 $5 (13. Rd1 cxd4 (13... Rc8 14. d5 $36) 14. Rxd4 Nc6
15. Rg4 {was an interesting suggestion by Shipov. White has attacking chances,
but Black isn't without <=> after} Qa5 $13) 13... Rc8 14. a3 Bxc5 15. O-O Be7
16. Rfd1 $14) 12... c5 {Risky, but consistent.} (12... Bc6 13. a3 Be7 14. Be4
$14 {is rather passive.} (14. Rd1 $5 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Nc6 16. d5 $13)) 13. dxc5
Rc8 14. a3 $1 Bxc5 $8 15. O-O (15. b4 {doesn't win a piece and unnecessarily
weakens the << after} Bb6 $5 (15... Be7 16. O-O Nc4 17. Qe2 $14) 16. O-O O-O
$14) 15... O-O 16. Rad1 {Ivanchuk patiently improves his position.} Be7 (16...
Bb6 17. Qe2 $36) 17. Qe2 {White still doesn't force the issue. After} (17. Bb5
{he would have to reckon with a radical change of the character of the
position with} Bxb5 $5 (17... Nc6 18. Qe4 Qc7 19. h4 $1 $40) 18. Rxd8 Rfxd8 19.
Rd1 Rxd1+ 20. Qxd1 Rd8 21. Qc1 Bd3 $14 {[%csl Gd3,Ge7] /<=>^^ and converting
the slight material advantage against Black's active pieces is far from simple.
}) 17... Qc7 {Keeps an eye on d7 and e5.} ({However Black could perhaps afford
even the seemingly more dangerous} 17... Qb6 $5 18. Qe4 (18. Bh7+ Kxh7 19. Rxd7
Rfe8 $11) (18. Ne4 Ba4 $15) 18... g6 19. Qg4 $1 {It's important to further
weaken the >>.} (19. Qf4 Kg7 $132) 19... h5 (19... Kg7 $2 20. Bxg6 $18) 20. Qf4
(20. Qg3 $5 Be8 21. Ne4 Qxb2 22. Nd6 $44) 20... Kg7 (20... Qxb2 $2 21. Qh6 $1
$16 {->}) 21. Ne4 Ba4 $1 {[%cal Ra4c2] /\Bc2<=>} (21... Qxb2 22. Nf6 $40)) 18.
Qe4 g6 19. Qg4 (19. Qf4 Bc6 20. Nd4 $5 (20. Qxh6 Bxf3 21. Bxg6 $11 (21. gxf3 $2
Qxe5 $17)) 20... Rcd8 (20... Rfd8 21. Bxg6 $1 fxg6 (21... Bg5 22. Qg3 fxg6 23.
h4 $1 $16) 22. Nxe6 Bg5 23. Qg3 Qf7 24. Nxd8 Rxd8 25. Rxd8+ Bxd8 26. Rd1 $36)
21. Bxg6 Rxd4 (21... fxg6 22. Qg3 $36) 22. Qxd4 $5 fxg6 23. b4 Rf5 $1 24. bxa5
Qxa5 $14) (19. Qe3 {Zagrebelny} Bc6 20. Nd4 Bc5 21. Qxh6 Bxd4 22. Bxg6 fxg6 23.
Qxg6+ Kh8 $5 (23... Qg7 24. Qxe6+ Kh8 25. Qh3+ $14 {/+/-}) 24. Rxd4 Qh7 25.
Qxe6 Rce8 26. Qd6 Qg7 $13) 19... Kg7 {This natural move allows White to
enhance his -> with a strong manoeuvre.} ({Solid, but passive is} 19... Be8 20.
Ne4 $14 {|^}) (19... h5 20. Qg3 $1 (20. Qf4 Rfd8 21. Ne4 $14) 20... Be8 21. Ne4
{/\} Ba4 22. Qf4 $1 $16 {[%cal Rf4h6,Yd1c1] /\Qh6, Rc1}) (19... Bc6 20. Bxg6
Bxf3 21. Bxf7+ $1 (21. gxf3 $6 Kh8 $1 (21... Qxe5 22. Rd7 Qg5 $11) 22. Qh5 Bg5
$15) 21... Kxf7 (21... Kh8 22. Qxf3 Bg5 23. Nb5 Qxf7 24. Qxf7 Rxf7 25. Nd6 $16)
22. Qxf3+ Kg8 23. Qg4+ Kh8 24. Qxe6 Bg5 25. Ne4 $40) 20. Ne2 $1 {[%mdl 128]}
Bc6 $2 (20... Nc6 21. Nf4 Rg8 22. Bxg6 Kf8 (22... fxg6 $2 23. Rxd7 $18) 23. Rd3
$5 (23. Qh5 fxg6 24. Qxh6+ Kf7 25. Rfe1 $44) (23. h4 $5 Rg7 24. Qh5 $40) 23...
fxg6 24. Rfd1 Nb8 25. Nd4 $40) ({The text move provokes a crisis, but could
have cost Kramnik dearly. Black should have limited himself to the passive} 
20... Rg8 21. Nf4 (21. Ng3 $5) 21... Kh8 $14) (20... h5 21. Qg3 {again only
loosens Black's >>.}) 21. Nf4 Rg8 $8 (21... Bxf3 22. Nxe6+ $1 Kh8 (22... Kg8
23. gxf3 Qxe5 24. Rfe1 $18) 23. Qh3 Qxe5 24. Nxf8 Rxf8 25. Qxf3 (25. Rfe1 Qxb2
26. Qxh6+ Kg8 27. Bxg6 Qg7 28. Qxg7+ Kxg7 29. gxf3 $18) 25... Qxb2 26. Qe3 $18)
22. Nd4 $1 {[%cal Rd4e6,Rf4e6,Yb2b4] /\Ne6, b4} ({Ivanchuk's move is even
stronger than} 22. Nxe6+ fxe6 23. Qxg6+ Kf8 24. Qxh6+ Rg7 (24... Kf7 25. Bf5 $1
$18) 25. Nd4 (25. Qxe6 Bxf3 26. Qf5+ $16) 25... Qxe5 26. Qh8+ Kf7 27. Bg6+ $1
Kxg6 28. Qxc8 Kh7 29. Nxc6 Nxc6 30. Rd3 $16) 22... Kh7 (22... Qxe5 23. Rfe1 $18
) 23. h4 $2 $138 {Ivanchuk was down to his last 7 minutes and with more
tempting possibilities to choose from he starts to falter.} (23. b4 $5 Ba4 $5 (
23... Qxe5 24. Ndxe6 $1 (24. bxa5 $2 Qxd4 25. Bxg6+ Rxg6 26. Qxg6+ fxg6 27.
Rxd4 e5 $15) 24... Qf6 (24... h5 25. Qg3 (25. Rde1 hxg4 26. Rxe5 Kh6 27. Rxa5
fxe6 28. b5 $16) 25... fxe6 26. Rfe1 Qg5 27. Rxe6 $1 $18) (24... Nb3 25. Rfe1
Qf6 26. Qh3 $5 (26. b5 Bd7 27. Nd5 Qh4 28. Nf8+ $16) 26... Rce8 27. Bc4 fxe6
28. Nxe6 $16 {and White back the piece with a continuing ->.}) 25. bxa5 fxe6
26. Rfe1 $16 {[%csl Rh7] ->עh7}) 24. Rde1 Nc4 (24... Nb3 25. Ndxe6) 25. Ndxe6
Qd7 26. h4 $5 {/\} Nd2 27. Ng5+ hxg5 28. e6 Qd6 29. exf7 gxf4 30. Re6 Qxd3 31.
fxg8=Q+ Rxg8 32. Rxe7+ Rg7 33. Rfe1 $40) (23. Ndxe6 $142 $1 Qxe5 24. b4 {
is even more accurate, as it avoids line B) above.}) 23... Qxe5 24. h5 $6 (24.
Ndxe6 $5 $36 {still retains a dangerous ->, but in a less clear situation,
than in the above note.}) 24... Kh8 $1 {[%mdl 256] Ivanchuk possibly
underestimated this cold-blooded defence.} 25. Nxc6 (25. hxg6 $2 Qxd4 $19)
25... Nxc6 26. hxg6 f5 $11 27. g7+ {White decides it's time to bail out.} ({
After} 27. Qf3 Nd4 28. Qe3 Bd6 {he has, in any case, nothing better than} 29.
Qxe5+ Bxe5 30. Nxe6 Nxe6 31. Rfe1 Rc5 32. b4 Rd5 33. Bc2 Nd4 (33... Rxd1 34.
Bxd1 $11 {/+/=}) 34. Bb3 Nf3+ 35. gxf3 Rxg6+ $11 {with a drawish _|_.}) 27...
Rxg7 $8 (27... Qxg7 $2 28. Qxg7+ Rxg7 (28... Kxg7 29. Bc4 $16) 29. Nxe6 Rf7 30.
Bb1 $36) 28. Ng6+ Kg8 29. Nxe5 (29. Nxe5 fxg4 30. Bc4 Nd8 31. Rfe1 $44 {
gives White enough play for the P to hold the balance, but not more.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Nd2 h6 4. Bh4 c5 5. e3 cxd4 6. exd4 b6 7. Ngf3 Bb7 8.
Bd3 Be7 9. O-O d6 10. Re1 Nbd7 11. a4 a6 12. c3 O-O 13. Nc4 Qc7 14. Ne3 Rfe8
15. Bc2 Bf8 16. Qe2 Bc6 17. Bd3 Qb7 18. Nc2 e5 19. dxe5 dxe5 20. Bf5 g6 21. Bh3
g5 22. Bxd7 Nxd7 23. Bg3 f5 24. Nxe5 f4 25. Bxf4 gxf4 26. Qg4+ Bg7 27. Nxc6
Qxc6 28. Nd4 Qb7 29. Nf5 Nf6 30. Qg6 Kf8 31. Rxe8+ Nxe8 32. Nxh6 Nf6 33. Nf5
Qf7 34. Qg5 Qd7 35. Qxf4 Re8 36. Qb4+ Kg8 37. Nxg7 Kxg7 38. Qxb6 Qd2 39. h3 Re2
40. Qxa6 Qxb2 41. Rd1 Qc2 42. Rd4 Re1+ 43. Kh2 Qxf2 44. Qa7+ Kh6 45. Qc7 Qg1+
46. Kg3 Re3+ 47. Kh4 Qf2+ 48. g3 Rf3 49. Qe5 Rf5 50. Rf4 Rxe5 51. Rxf2 Rh5# 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qd7 7. Qg4 f5 8. Qg3
Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. Ne2 Kf7 11. h4 Qa4 12. Qd3 c5 13. Rb1 Ne7 14. h5 Rhc8 15.
Rb2 Kg8 16. Nf4 Rc6 17. O-O Rac8 18. Qg3 Rf8 19. h6 g6 20. Nh5 cxd4 21. Qh4 Rf7
22. Nf6+ Kh8 23. Ne8 Ng8 24. Nd6 Rf8 25. Qd8 Rc8 26. Qxc8 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bh4 d5 4. Nd2 Bf5 5. e3 g6 6. c4 Nxd2 7. Qxd2 c6 8. Nf3
Bg7 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Qb4 Nc6 11. Qxb7 Bd7 12. Qb3 Rb8 13. Qc3 Qb6 14. b3 O-O
15. Be2 Bg4 16. O-O e5 17. Rac1 Nb4 18. Qd2 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 exd4 20. exd4 Rfe8
21. Rfd1 Nc6 22. Bxd5 Nxd4 23. Bc4 Re4 24. Bg3 Rbe8 25. Re1 h5 26. h3 Kh7 27.
Rxe4 Rxe4 28. Re1 Bh6 29. Qd1 Qc6 30. Bxf7 Qc2 31. Bxg6+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 c5 8.
Bd3 Qa5 9. Qc2 c4 10. Bf5 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. Nd2 g6 13. Bh3 Bxc3 14. Qxc3 Qxc3
15. bxc3 Kg7 16. a4 h6 17. Bf4 g5 18. Bxd7 Bxd7 19. Be5 Kg6 20. f3 Bc6 21. Kf2
Nd7 22. Bg3 a5 23. Rfb1 Ra6 24. Rb2 f5 25. h4 Rea8 26. Rab1 R8a7 27. hxg5 hxg5
28. Be5 Bxa4 29. Rxb7 Bc6 30. Bd6 Rxb7 31. Rxb7 Bxb7 32. Bc7 a4 33. Bd6 Nb8 34.
Ke1 Nc6 35. Kd1 Na5 36. Kc2 Nb3 37. Nf1 Bc6 38. Kb2 Bd7 39. Be7 f4 40. Ka3 Bf5
41. exf4 gxf4 42. Bd6 Bd3 43. Nh2 Kf5 44. Ng4 Nd2 45. Nh6+ Kg5 46. Nf7+ 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qe2 bxc6 7. Nc3 Bd4
8. Na4 Qe7 9. c3 Bb6 10. g3 d6 11. Bg2 Bd7 12. O-O Nf6 13. e5 dxe5 14. Re1 e4
15. Bxe4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Qxe4 17. Rxe4+ Be6 18. c4 O-O-O 19. Bf4 c5 20. b3 Bd7
21. Re7 Bxa4 22. bxa4 Rd7 23. Rxd7 Kxd7 24. Bd2 a5 25. f3 Rd8 26. Kf2 Kc6 27.
Ke2 g6 28. Rc1 Re8+ 29. Be3 Kd6 30. Kd3 h5 31. Rb1 Re6 32. Bd2 Kd7 33. Rb5 Rd6+
34. Kc3 Re6 35. Kd3 Rd6+ 36. Ke2 Rd4 37. Bxa5 Bxa5 38. Rxa5 Rxc4 39. Kd3 Rd4+
40. Kc3 Kc6 41. Ra6+ Kb7 42. Rf6 Rxa4 43. Kb3 Ra5 44. Rxf7 c4+ 45. Kxc4 Rxa2
46. Rg7 Rxh2 47. Rxg6 Rg2 48. f4 h4 49. g4 h3 50. g5 Rg4 51. Kd5 Rxf4 52. Rh6
Rg4 53. Rxh3 Rxg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. Qg4 Bf8 6. Nf3 Ne7 7. Bd2 Qd7 8. Bd3
Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. Ne2 c5 11. O-O cxd4 12. Nfxd4 Nc5 13. c3 Nd3 14. f4 Nxb2
15. f5 exf5 16. Qg3 Nc4 17. Bg5 g6 18. Bf6 Rg8 19. Rad1 O-O-O 20. Nf4 Re8 21.
Qf3 Bh6 22. g3 Bxf4 23. gxf4 Kb8 24. Nc2 Rc8 25. Nb4 Rge8 26. Rd4 Nc6 27. Rxd5
Qb7 28. Rfd1 Ne7 29. R5d3 Qxf3 30. Rxf3 Nc6 31. Rd5 a5 32. Nc2 Rc7 33. Rfd3
Rec8 34. Nd4 Kb7 35. Rb5 Ka6 36. Rb1 b5 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 Nc6 7. Be2 e5 8. Nf3
h6 9. Be3 Be7 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 Nb8 12. a5 O-O 13. O-O f5 14. Nd2 Nd7 15.
Nc4 f4 16. Bd2 Rb8 17. Bg4 Nf6 18. Bxc8 Qxc8 19. Nb6 Qf5 20. f3 Rbe8 21. c4 Bd8
22. Bb4 Bxb6+ 23. axb6 Rd8 24. Qe2 e4 25. fxe4 Nxe4 26. Rae1 Rfe8 27. Qd3 Re5
28. Bc3 Nxc3 29. Qxf5 Rxf5 30. bxc3 Rf7 31. Re6 Rc8 32. Rxd6 Rxc4 33. Rd8+ Rf8
34. Rxf8+ Kxf8 35. d6 Ke8 36. Re1+ Kd7 37. Re7+ Kxd6 38. Rxb7 Rxc3 39. Rxg7 Rb3
40. Rg6+ Kc5 41. Rxh6 a5 42. Rf6 Rb4 43. b7 Rxb7 44. Rxf4 Ra7 45. Ra4 Kb5 46.
Ra1 a4 47. h4 a3 48. h5 Kb4 49. Kh2 a2 50. h6 Kb3 51. g4 Kb2 52. Rf1 Rc7 53. g5
Rc1 54. h7 Rxf1 55. h8=Q+ Kc2 56. Qc8+ Kd2 57. Qd7+ Kc1 58. Qc6+ Kb2 59. Qb5+
1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 g6 6. Bc4 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Re1 a6 9. Bg5 b5 10. Bb3 Bb7 11. Ne5 Nc6 12. Bxf6 exf6 13. Ne4 Qd8 14. Nxc6
Bxc6 15. c3 f5 16. Nc5 Qd6 17. a4 Rae8 18. Qd3 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Re8 20. Ra1 Be4
21. Qg3 bxa4 22. Bxa4 Rb8 23. b4 Bd5 24. Bb3 f4 25. Qd3 Bxb3 26. Nxb3 Qd5 27.
Nc5 Re8 28. h3 Bf8 29. Nxa6 Bd6 30. c4 Qa8 31. c5 Bf8 32. b5 c6 33. b6 Bg7 34.
Rb1 Qb7 35. Nc7 Rd8 36. Qa6 Qb8 37. d5 Bd4 38. dxc6 Bxc5 39. Nd5 Qe5 40. c7
Qxd5 41. b7 Bxf2+ 42. Kxf2 Qd4+ 43. Kf1 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. d3 d6 6. Be3 Bb6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. h3
Ne7 9. Ba4 Ng6 10. Qe1 c6 11. c3 Bc7 12. Bb3 d5 13. Rd1 Re8 14. Bg5 h6 15. Be3
Be6 16. Nh2 d4 17. Bxe6 Rxe6 18. Nb3 dxe3 19. fxe3 a5 20. Qe2 Bb6 21. Kh1 Qe7
22. a4 Rd8 23. Nd2 Bc7 24. Nhf3 Qd7 25. Ne1 b5 26. axb5 cxb5 27. Rf2 a4 28. Ra1
Bb6 29. Nf1 Nf8 30. Ng3 g6 31. Rd1 Rde8 32. Nc2 N8h7 33. Qf1 h5 34. Ne2 Rd8 35.
d4 Nxe4 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C25"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 exf4 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. Nd5 Be7 6. d4 d6 7. Bxf4 Nf6 8.
Bd3 Nxd5 9. exd5 Nb4 10. Bc4 Bf5 11. O-O O-O 12. c3 Na6 13. Qb3 Rb8 14. Rae1 b5
15. Bxb5 c6 16. dxc6 Nc7 17. c4 a6 18. Qe3 Re8 19. Ba4 Rxb2 20. Qa3 Rb8 21. d5
a5 22. Rxe7 Rxe7 23. Qxd6 Qe8 24. Qc5 Rc8 25. h3 Bd3 26. Rf2 Re4 27. Nd2 Re1+
28. Kh2 Na6 29. Qd4 Bg6 30. d6 Qe6 31. d7 Rf8 32. d8=Q 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A86"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 f5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. d5 e5
9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. Qb3 Qe7 11. Ng5 Bc8 12. Bf4 Kh8 13. Rad1 Ne8 14. Nf3 Na6 15.
Qa3 Be6 16. Nd4 Bxc4 17. b3 Bg8 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Qxa6 Qc7 20. Rc1 Rb8 21. Qxc6
Qa5 22. Na4 Be5 23. Bxe5+ Qxe5 24. Qc3 Nf6 25. e3 Nd5 26. Qd2 Nb6 27. Nc3 Rbc8
28. Rfd1 Rfd8 29. Ne2 Bf7 30. h4 Kg7 31. Nf4 Rxc1 32. Rxc1 Rc8 33. Rxc8 Nxc8
34. Ne2 Nb6 35. Nc3 a5 36. Qd4 Qxd4 37. exd4 Kf6 38. f4 h6 39. Kf2 g5 40. Ke3
gxh4 41. gxh4 Ke7 42. d5 Nd7 43. Kd4 Nc5 44. Bf3 Be8 45. Bd1 Bd7 46. a3 Na6 47.
Be2 Nc5 48. b4 axb4 49. axb4 Na4 50. Nxa4 Bxa4 51. b5 Kd8 52. Bd3 Kc7 53. Kc3
Kb6 54. Kb4 Bd1 55. Bxf5 Be2 56. Bd7 Bf3 57. Be6 Be2 58. f5 Bxb5 59. f6 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. f3
O-O 9. g4 Be6 10. g5 Nh5 11. Qd2 a5 12. Rg1 a4 13. Nc1 Nc6 14. N1e2 a3 15. b3
f6 16. gxf6 Nxf6 17. O-O-O Nb4 18. f4 Rc8 19. Kb1 d5 20. fxe5 Nxe4 21. Nxe4
Rxc2 22. Qxc2 Nxc2 23. Kxc2 Qc7+ 24. N4c3 b5 25. Kd2 b4 26. Nb5 Qxe5 27. Ned4
Bf5 28. Re1 Be4 29. Be2 Rc8 30. Rc1 Rxc1 31. Rxc1 h6 32. h3 Bg5 33. Rg1 Bxe3+
34. Kxe3 Bb1+ 35. Kd2 Be4 36. Rg4 Qh2 37. h4 Kh7 38. Ke3 Qh3+ 39. Kd2 h5 40.
Rf4 g6 41. Rf7+ Kh6 42. Rc7 Qxh4 43. Rc6 Qf4+ 44. Kd1 h4 45. Rc8 Qf6 46. Rc6
Qg5 47. Rc8 Qe5 48. Bg4 Qg3 49. Be6 Qd3+ 50. Ke1 Qb1+ 51. Kf2 Qxa2+ 52. Ke3 Qg2
53. Rh8+ Kg5 54. Bd7 Qg3+ 55. Kd2 a2 56. Ne6+ Kf6 57. Ra8 Qf2+ 58. Kd1 Qc2+ 59.
Ke1 Qb1+ 60. Kf2 a1=Q 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Ngf3 Nf6 7. Bc4 Qc6 8.
Qe2 Nbd7 9. b3 b6 10. Bb2 Bb7 11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O-O Nd5 13. Be4 Qc7 14. g3 N7f6
15. Kb1 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Be7 17. c4 Nb4 18. Be5 Qc6 19. Rhe1 Rad8 20. a3 Qxe4+ 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 g6 5. Bf4 Bg7 6. e3 O-O 7. Nc3 a6 8. Bd3
Bg4 9. Ne5 Be6 10. h3 Nbd7 11. Rd1 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Be2 Nxe5
15. Qb3 b5 16. Nxd5 Qa5+ 17. Qb4 Qxb4+ 18. Nxb4 Nc4 19. Nc6 Rfe8 20. b3 Bc3+
21. Kf1 Nd2+ 22. Kg1 Rac8 23. Nd4 Bxd4 24. Rxd2 Bc3 25. Rd1 Bf6 26. Bd3 g5 27.
Bg3 h5 28. h4 gxh4 29. Bxh4 Red8 30. Bxf6 exf6 31. Rh4 Kf8 32. Rxh5 Ke7 33. Rh4
a5 34. Kf1 b4 35. Ke2 Rc3 36. Rd4 Rxd4 37. exd4 Kd6 38. f3 a4 39. bxa4 Ra3 40.
d5 Bd7 41. Bc4 Bxa4 42. Rd2 Rc3 43. Ba6 Bc2 44. Bb5 Bb1 45. Ba4 Bf5 46. Bb3 Bd7
47. Rd4 Kc5 48. Rf4 f5 49. Kd2 f6 50. Rh4 Bb5 51. Rh8 Rd3+ 52. Kc2 Re3 53. Rc8+
Kd6 54. Rb8 Kc5 55. d6 Bd7 56. Rf8 Kxd6 57. Rxf6+ Kc5 58. Kd2 Re5 59. f4 Re4
60. g3 Re7 61. Rg6 Bb5 62. Bc2 Re2+ 63. Kc1 Bc4 64. Bxf5 Bxa2 65. Rg5 Kd4 66.
Bh7 Kc3 67. Rc5+ Bc4 68. Kd1 Rf2 69. Rxc4+ Kxc4 70. Kc1 Kc3 71. Kd1 b3 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bg2 Bb4+ 8. Bd2
Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Nc3 Re8 11. Rc1 Nbd7 12. Bf4 Qe7 13. Re1 Rac8 14. a4 Bb4 15.
Ne5 c6 16. Bh3 Nxe5 17. Bxc8 Bxc8 18. Bxe5 Ng4 19. e4 dxe4 20. Rxe4 Bxc3 21.
Rxc3 f6 22. Rxg4 Bxg4 23. Qxg4 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Qc2 c5 8.
dxc5 h6 9. Bd2 O-O 10. e3 Qe7 11. Be2 Bxc5 12. O-O a6 13. Qb3 Nb6 14. Rac1 Be6
15. Nd4 Rac8 16. Rfd1 Bxd4 17. exd4 Nc4 18. Be1 b5 19. h3 Rfe8 20. Bf3 Qd7 21.
Ne2 Bf5 22. Ng3 Bg6 23. a3 Ne4 24. Bg4 f5 25. Bh5 Nxg3 26. Bxg6 Ne2+ 27. Kh1
Nxc1 28. Bxe8 Rxe8 29. Rxc1 Re2 30. Qf3 Rxb2 31. Bb4 a5 32. Bc5 Qe6 33. Qg3 b4
34. axb4 axb4 35. f3 b3 36. Re1 Re2 37. Qb8+ Kh7 38. Rxe2 Qxe2 39. Qxb3 Ne3 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. h3 Re8 8.
Bg5 Nbd7 9. c3 Nf8 10. Qc2 h6 11. Bh4 Ne6 12. Re1 Bd7 13. Nbd2 Nf4 14. Ne5 Nxd3
15. Qxd3 Be6 16. Re2 Be7 17. Qf3 Nh7 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Rae1 Qd6 20. h4 Nf8 21.
Nf1 f6 22. Nd3 Bf7 23. Ng3 Bg6 24. Rxe8 Rxe8 25. Rxe8 Bxe8 26. Nf5 Qd7 27.
Qxd5+ Qxd5 28. Ne7+ Kh8 29. Nxd5 c6 30. Ne3 Bf7 31. b3 Nd7 32. f3 Kg8 33. c4
Kf8 34. Kf2 a5 35. Ke2 Be6 36. Nf4 Bf7 37. Nf5 b6 38. Nd6 Bg8 39. Ng6# 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c3 d5 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Bb5
Nd7 9. Qa4 Rc8 10. O-O a6 11. Bxc6 Rxc6 12. Rfc1 Be7 13. Ne2 Qb6 14. Rxc6 Qxc6
15. Qxc6 bxc6 16. Rc1 Bd3 17. Nc3 c5 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Ne5 f6 20. Nc6 Bc4 21.
b3 Nd3 22. Rd1 Nxf4 23. bxc4 Ng6 24. cxd5 exd5 25. Nxd5 Bf8 26. Nc7+ Kf7 27.
Rd7+ Ne7 28. Nxe7 Bxe7 29. Nd5 Ke6 30. Rxe7+ Kxd5 31. Rxg7 Rb8 32. h4 Rb1+ 33.
Kh2 Rb2 34. Kg3 h5 35. Rh7 Rxa2 36. Rxh5+ Ke6 37. Kf3 a5 38. g4 Ra1 39. Kg2 Ra3
40. Rb5 a4 41. Ra5 Ra1 42. h5 Kf7 43. Ra6 a3 44. Kf3 a2 45. Kf4 Ke7 46. Kf5 Kd7
47. Kxf6 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B69"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Be7 9. f4 Bd7 10. Nf3 b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Kb1 Qb6 13. f5 O-O-O 14. Qe1
Kb8 15. fxe6 fxe6 16. g3 Bc8 17. Bh3 Rhe8 18. Rf1 Bf8 19. Ne2 Bg7 20. Nf4 Qc5
21. a3 f5 22. exf5 exf5 23. Qf2 Ne5 24. Nxe5 Bxe5 25. Nd3 Qxf2 26. Rxf2 f4 27.
Bxc8 fxg3 28. hxg3 Rxc8 29. Nxe5 dxe5 30. Rd6 e4 31. Rxa6 e3 32. Re2 Rcd8 33.
c3 Rd5 34. Rh6 Re7 35. Kc2 Rg5 36. Rh3 h5 37. Kd1 Kc7 38. Ke1 Kb6 39. Kf1 Rd5
40. Kg2 Ka5 41. Rh4 Rf5 42. Rd4 Ref7 43. Rxe3 Rf2+ 44. Kh3 Rxb2 45. Re5 Rf1 46.
Rxh5 Ra2 47. Kg4 Rxa3 48. c4 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. e3 b6 8. Nf3
Bb7 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Be2 c5 11. O-O Rc8 12. a4 cxd4 13. exd4 Qc7 14. Re1 dxc4 15.
bxc4 Ba6 16. Ba3 Rfe8 17. Rac1 e5 18. Bf1 exd4 19. Nxd4 Rxe1 20. Rxe1 Re8 21.
Nf5 Rxe1 22. Qxe1 Qe5 23. Ne7+ Kh8 24. Qd2 h6 25. Nc6 Qc7 26. Qd6 Qxd6 27. Bxd6
Ne4 28. Bb4 Ndc5 29. f3 Nd6 30. Nxa7 Nxc4 31. Bxc5 bxc5 32. Nc6 Bb7 33. Bxc4
Bxc6 34. a5 Kg8 35. Kf2 Kf8 36. Ke3 Ke7 37. Kd3 f6 38. Ba6 Kd6 39. Kc4 f5 40.
Bc8 f4 41. a6 Kc7 42. Kxc5 Bxf3 43. gxf3 Kxc8 44. Kd6 g5 45. Ke5 Kb8 46. Kf5
Ka7 47. h3 Kxa6 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. d3 Nd7 7. Be3 Bd6 8.
Nbd2 O-O 9. Nc4 Re8 10. d4 exd4 11. Qxd4 Bc5 12. Qd2 Rxe4 13. Bxc5 Rxc4 14. Bd4
c5 15. Bc3 Re4 16. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 17. Rxe1 h6 18. Ne5 Qe7 19. Ng6 Qd6 20. Ne7+ Kh7
21. Qe2 Nf6 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Rd1 Bg4 24. Qxg4 Qxe7 25. Qf5+ Kg7 26. Qg4+ Kh7
27. Qf5+ Kg7 28. Qg4+ Kh7 29. Qf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D07"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 exf6 7. e3 Bd6 8.
Bxc4 O-O 9. Qc2 Ne7 10. O-O c6 11. h3 Bf5 12. e4 Bg6 13. a4 a5 14. Rad1 Qb6 15.
Rfe1 Rad8 16. Ba2 Bb4 17. Qb3 Qc7 18. e5 Nd5 19. Rc1 Nf4 20. exf6 Nd3 21. Nd5
Rxd5 22. Qxd5 Bxe1 23. fxg7 Bxf2+ 24. Kf1 Rd8 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[Round "23"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Qc2 c5 6. cxd5 cxd4 7. Nxd4 O-O 8.
Bg5 Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Nxe7 10. Rd1 Qb6 11. Qb3 Qxb3 12. Nxb3 b6 13. e4 Bb7 14. Bb5
Bc6 15. Ke2 a6 16. Bxc6 Nbxc6 17. Nd4 Rfd8 18. Nxc6 Nxc6 19. Na4 b5 20. Nc5
Nd4+ 21. Ke3 e5 22. Rc1 a5 23. Rhd1 Nc2+ 24. Ke2 Nd4+ 25. Ke1 f6 26. f3 Kf7 27.
Nb3 Nxb3 28. Rc7+ Kg6 29. axb3 Rxd1+ 30. Kxd1 h5 31. h4 b4 32. Rc5 Kh6 33. Kd2
g5 34. hxg5+ Kxg5 35. Ke3 Kg6 36. g3 Ra7 37. f4 exf4+ 38. gxf4 h4 39. Kf3 h3
40. Kg3 Rh7 41. Rc2 Rh8 42. Rh2 Re8 43. Kf3 Rh8 44. Kg4 Re8 45. f5+ Kg7 46. Kf4
Rh8 47. Kg4 Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[Round "24"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bc5 4. Bg2 d6 5. Nge2 Nc6 6. O-O a6 7. d3 h6 8. a3
O-O 9. Be3 Bxe3 10. fxe3 Bg4 11. Qd2 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Ne7 13. Rf2 Nh7 14. Raf1 f6
15. h4 c6 16. Bh3 Kh8 17. Kh2 d5 18. Rg2 Qd6 19. Bf5 Rad8 20. Rgf2 g6 21. Bh3
h5 22. Bg2 Kg7 23. Nd1 dxe4 24. Bxe4 f5 25. Bg2 Nf6 26. Bh3 e4 27. d4 c5 28. c3
Neg8 29. b4 cxb4 30. axb4 Nh6 31. Rg2 Rc8 32. Qa2 Rc7 33. Qa5 Rfc8 34. Rc2 Nd5
35. b5 axb5 36. Qxb5 Qc6 37. Qb2 b5 38. Rff2 Qd7 39. Qb3 Rc4 40. Rfe2 Qc6 41.
Nb2 Rxc3 42. Rxc3 Nxc3 43. Rc2 Nf7 44. Nd1 b4 45. Qxb4 Nxd1 46. Rxc6 Rxc6 47.
Qd2 Nc3 48. d5 Rc5 49. Qd4+ Kf8 50. Qxc5+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[Round "25"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C33"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 exf4 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bc4 Bb4 6. Nd5 Nxd5 7. exd5 Qe7+
8. Qe2 Qxe2+ 9. Kxe2 Ne7 10. d4 Ng6 11. h4 h5 12. Bd3 Be7 13. Bxg6 fxg6 14.
Bxf4 d6 15. Bg5 Bf6 16. Rae1 Bf5 17. Kd2+ Kd7 18. Re3 Rae8 19. Rhe1 Rxe3 20.
Rxe3 Re8 21. c4 Bb1 22. a3 a6 23. g3 b5 24. b3 Bf5 25. Rxe8 Kxe8 26. Kc3 Kd7
27. a4 Kc8 28. Kb4 bxc4 29. bxc4 Be4 30. Nd2 Bc2 31. Be3 Kb7 32. Nb3 Bxb3 33.
Kxb3 Kc8 34. Kc2 Kd7 35. Kd3 Kc8 36. Ke4 Kd7 37. Bf2 Kc8 38. Kf4 Kd7 39. g4
hxg4 40. Kxg4 Kc8 41. Be3 Kb7 42. c5 c6 43. dxc6+ Kxc6 44. cxd6 Kxd6 45. Bf4+
Kd5 46. Be5 Ke4 47. a5 Kd5 48. Kg3 Bd8 49. Bxg7 Bxa5 50. Kg4 Bc3 51. Kg5 a5 52.
Kxg6 a4 53. Bf8 Bxd4 54. h5 Be3 55. Kf5 Kc4 56. Ke4 Bc1 57. h6 Bxh6 58. Bxh6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[Round "26"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. c3 Bg4
8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Qd5 10. Be2 e6 11. O-O Qxf3 12. Bxf3 a5 13. c4 Be7 14. Be3
O-O 15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. g4 a4 17. Kg2 h6 18. h4 Ne8 19. Kg3 Rd7 20. d5 cxd5 21.
cxd5 e5 22. Rac1 Nd6 23. Bc5 f5 24. gxf5 Nxf5+ 25. Kh3 Bxc5 26. Rxc5 Nd6 27.
Bg4 Re7 28. Be6+ Kh7 29. Re1 e4 30. Re3 Rf8 31. Kg3 Kg6 32. b3 axb3 33. Rxb3
Kf6 34. f4 exf3 35. Rxf3+ Ke5 36. Rxf8 Ne4+ 37. Kg4 Nxc5 38. Bg8 Nd7 39. Rf5+
Kd6 40. Kf4 Re2 41. Rf7 Rf2+ 42. Ke3 Rxf7 43. Bxf7 Ke5 44. Kd3 Nb6 45. h5 Nxd5
46. Kc4 Nf4 47. Kc5 Kf6 48. Bc4 Nxh5 49. Kb6 Nf4 50. Kxb7 h5 51. a4 h4 52. Bf1
Ne6 53. a5 Ke7 54. Kb6 Kd6 55. a6 Nc7 56. a7 g5 57. Bh3 Nd5+ 58. Kb7 Nc7 59.
Bg4 Na8 60. Kxa8 Kc7 61. Bh3 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[Round "27"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 g6 4. c3 Qb6 5. Qb3 Nf6 6. e5 Ng8 7. f4 h5 8. Nf3 Nh6
9. Be3 Bf5 10. Nbd2 e6 11. a4 Nd7 12. a5 Qxb3 13. Nxb3 Be7 14. Be2 Kf8 15. O-O
Kg7 16. Rfc1 Rhc8 17. h3 c5 18. Bb5 cxd4 19. Bxd7 Rd8 20. Bxd4 Rxd7 21. Bc5 Be4
22. Nfd4 Nf5 23. Bxe7 Rxe7 24. Kf2 Rc7 25. g4 hxg4 26. hxg4 Ne7 27. Nb5 Rd7 28.
Nc5 Rdd8 29. Nxb7 Rh8 30. Kg3 Rh7 31. a6 Rah8 32. Rf1 Rh2 33. f5 g5 34. f6+ Kg6
35. fxe7 R8h3# 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[Round "28"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O a6 8. Bf4
Rb8 9. Rc1 b5 10. b3 Bd7 11. Qd3 Nh5 12. Bg5 h6 13. Be3 Nf6 14. Nd5 Ng4 15. Bd2
e6 16. Ne3 Nxe3 17. Bxe3 Ne7 18. Rfd1 bxc4 19. bxc4 Ba4 20. Re1 Qd7 21. Bd2 c5
22. dxc5 dxc5 23. Qa3 Nf5 24. Qxc5 Rb2 25. Bc3 Bxc3 26. Rxc3 Rxa2 27. Rd3 Qe7
28. Qa5 Bb3 29. Qc3 Ba4 30. Ra1 Rxa1+ 31. Qxa1 Qb4 32. Ra3 Bc6 33. Ne5 Bxg2 34.
Kxg2 Nd4 35. Rxa6 Nxe2 36. Ra7 Qc3 37. Qxc3 Nxc3 38. c5 Nb5 39. Rb7 Nd4 40. Rd7
Nb5 41. c6 Rc8 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[Round "29"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. O-O d4 6. e3 e5 7. exd4 exd4 8. d3
Be7 9. Bf4 O-O 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Ng4 12. Bf4 Bd6 13. Qf3 Bxf4 14. Qxf4 g5
15. Qd2 Rb8 16. Na3 b6 17. Rae1 Qf6 18. h3 Ne5 19. f4 gxf4 20. Rxf4 Qg7 21. Nb5
f6 22. Nd6 Qxg3 23. Nxc8 Qxd3 24. Ne7+ Kh8 25. Qf2 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[Round "30"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Bg5 Bg7 7. Bb5+ Nbd7 8.
Qe2 O-O 9. O-O-O a6 10. Bxd7 Bxd7 11. f4 Rc8 12. e5 Rxc3 13. bxc3 Nd5 14. Qf3
Qa5 15. Nb3 Qa3+ 16. Kb1 Nb6 17. Rd4 dxe5 18. Rb4 Bc6 19. Qxc6 bxc6 20. Rxb6
exf4 21. Bxf4 Bxc3 22. Bc1 Qa4 23. Rd1 a5 24. Rd7 Qe4 25. g3 a4 26. Nc5 Qf5 27.
Be3 Re8 28. Rd3 Bg7 29. Nxa4 Qf1+ 30. Bc1 Bh6 31. Rd8 Qxc1# 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[Round "31"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. O-O Bc5 8.
Nb3 Be7 9. a4 d6 10. Be3 b6 11. f4 Nbd7 12. Qf3 Bb7 13. Qg3 h5 14. h3 h4 15.
Qf2 Nh5 16. Ne2 Nhf6 17. Nc3 Nh5 18. Ne2 g6 19. Bd4 Rh7 20. f5 e5 21. Be3 g5
22. Nd2 Nf4 23. Bxf4 gxf4 24. Kh1 Nf6 25. a5 bxa5 26. Nc3 Nh5 27. Kh2 Rc8 28.
Rfc1 Ng3 29. Nd5 Bxd5 30. exd5 Qc5 31. Qf3 Bd8 32. f6 Rh6 33. Ne4 Nxe4 34. Bxe4
Rxf6 35. Qg4 Bb6 36. Qxh4 Ke7 37. Ra3 Qf2 38. Qxf2 Bxf2 39. Rxa5 Be3 40. Rca1
Rc4 41. Bd3 Rd4 42. R1a4 Rxa4 43. Rxa4 f3 44. gxf3 Rxf3 45. Rxa6 f5 46. Ra4 e4
47. Bxe4 Rf4 48. Ra3 Rxe4 49. Kg2 Bf4 50. Kf3 Be5 51. c3 Rh4 52. Kg2 Kf6 53.
Ra8 Kg5 54. Rc8 Re4 55. Kf3 Re1 56. b4 Rc1 57. c4 Rc3+ 58. Kg2 f4 59. c5 f3+
60. Kf1 Bd4 61. Re8 f2 62. Kg2 Rc1 63. Rf8 Rg1+ 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[Round "32"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Qc2 d5 5. Nf3 c6 6. Bf4 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. h3 Ne4
9. Bd3 Nd7 10. g4 Ndf6 11. Ne5 Nxc3 12. bxc3 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Nd5 14. Bg3 Qa5 15.
Rc1 Nxc3 16. Qd2 Bb4 17. Nd3 Nxa2 18. Nxb4 Nxc1 19. O-O fxg4 20. Rxc1 gxh3 21.
Kh2 Bd7 22. Qb2 Qf5 23. Rg1 Rf6 24. Nd3 b5 25. Ne5 bxc4 26. Nxd7 Qb5 27. Nxf6+
gxf6 28. Qa3 Kf7 29. Qd6 Qb7 30. Qf4 Rg8 31. Qh6 Rg7 32. Qh5+ Ke7 33. Qc5+ Kf7
34. Qxc4 Qb5 35. Qc2 h5 36. Qe4 Rg4 37. Qh7+ Rg7 38. Qe4 Rg4 39. Qf3 a5 40. Rc1
f5 41. Rxc6 h4 42. Rc7+ Kg6 43. Be5 Kh6 44. Qa8 Rg2+ 45. Kxh3 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[Round "33"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 g6 4. h4 h6 5. c4 d6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. Qc2 c5
9. d5 a6 10. h5 g5 11. Bg3 Qa5 12. Bd3 b5 13. Bxf5 bxc4 14. Nd2 Nb6 15. Bxc8
Rxc8 16. Qg6+ Kf8 17. e4 Nfd7 18. O-O Bxc3 19. bxc3 Qxc3 20. e5 Nxe5 21. Bxe5
Qxe5 22. f4 Qd4+ 23. Kh1 g4 24. f5 Qxd2 25. f6 Qg5 26. fxe7+ Kxe7 27. Rf7+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[Round "34"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C29"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. fxe5 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Qh4+ 7. Ke2 Qe4+
8. Kf2 Qxe5 9. Nf3 Qh5 10. Rb1 a6 11. Qe2+ Be7 12. Ba3 Nc6 13. Qe3 Qf5 14. Bxe7
Nxe7 15. Bd3 Qe6 16. Qxe6 fxe6 17. Rhe1 h6 18. Bc4 Kf7 19. Re4 Rd8 20. Rbe1 Nd5
21. Nd4 b5 22. Bb3 c5 23. Nc6 Rd6 24. Ne5+ Kg8 25. c4 Nf6 26. R4e2 b4 27. Nd3
a5 28. Nxc5 Rc6 29. Na4 e5 30. h3 Be6 31. Rxe5 Rf8 32. Rxe6 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[Round "35"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3
d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. O-O Nf6 13. Re1 c5 14. cxd5 Nxd5
15. Bb2 cxd4 16. Bxd4 Bb4 17. Qc2 Rc8 18. Qb2 Bc3 19. Bxc3 Nxc3 20. Ne4 Nxe4
21. Bxe4 Qf6 22. Qa3 Bxe2 23. Qxa7 Qd4 24. Qa4 Qxa4 25. bxa4 Bc4 26. Reb1 Rb8
27. Rb4 Rfc8 28. Rc1 Bxa2 29. Rxc8+ Rxc8 30. Rxb6 f5 31. Bc6 Bd5 32. Bxd5 exd5
33. Rb5 d4 34. Rxf5 d3 35. Rd5 Ra8 36. Rd4 d2 37. Kg2 Rxa4 38. Rxd2 h5 39. Rd5
g6 40. Rd7 Rc4 41. Kf3 Rb4 42. Ke3 Kf8 43. h4 Ra4 44. Rd4 Ra2 45. f3 Kg7 46.
Kf4 Ra5 47. Re4 Kf6 48. Rc4 Rb5 49. Ke4 Re5+ 50. Kd4 Re1 51. Rc6+ Kf7 52. Rc5
Kf6 53. Rg5 Rd1+ 54. Ke3 Re1+ 55. Kf2 Ra1 56. f4 Ra2+ 57. Kf3 Ra3+ 58. Kg2 Ra2+
59. Kh3 Rf2 60. Rb5 Kf7 61. Rb7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[Round "36"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 Nc6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2
O-O 9. O-O-O a6 10. g4 Nd7 11. h4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. g5 Bb7 14. a3 Qc7 15. h5
Ne5 16. Qe3 Rfc8 17. g6 fxg6 18. Bh3 Kf7 19. hxg6+ hxg6 20. f4 Nc4 21. Qg3 Rh8
22. Bxe6+ Kxe6 23. Qxg6+ Kd7 24. Qg4+ Kc6 25. Nd5 Qd7 26. Qxg7 Rxh1 27. Nxe7+
Kc7 28. Nd5+ Bxd5 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[Round "37"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. O-O d5 6. dxe5 Be7 7. Nbd2 Nc5 8.
Nb3 Nxd3 9. Qxd3 O-O 10. Be3 Bg4 11. Nbd4 Nb4 12. Qd2 c5 13. Nb3 d4 14. Bf4 Qd5
15. Ne1 Rad8 16. h3 Be6 17. Nd3 Nc6 18. Bg5 Bxg5 19. Qxg5 h6 20. Qg3 c4 21. Nf4
Qxe5 22. Rfe1 Qf5 23. Nd2 Nb4 24. Nf3 Nxc2 25. Re5 Qf6 26. Rd1 d3 27. b3 Nd4
28. Nxe6 Nxf3+ 29. gxf3 fxe6 30. bxc4 b6 31. Re3 d2 32. Qg4 Rd4 33. Qxe6+ Qxe6
34. Rxe6 Rxf3 35. Re2 Rfd3 36. Kg2 Kf7 37. f3 Kf6 38. Kf2 Kf5 39. Re7 g5 40.
Rxa7 Rxc4 41. Ke2 Rcd4 42. Rb7 Kf4 43. Rf7+ Kg3 44. Rg1+ Kh2 45. Rd1 Kxh3 46.
Rf6 h5 47. Rxb6 h4 48. a4 Kg2 49. a5 Rd8 50. Rb5 R3d5 51. Rxd5 Rxd5 52. Rxd2
Rxd2+ 53. Kxd2 h3 54. a6 h2 55. a7 h1=Q 56. a8=Q 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[Round "38"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. b3 Bd6 6. Bb2 O-O 7. Be2 dxc4 8. bxc4
e5 9. O-O Re8 10. Qc2 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Nh4 Bg6 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. d4 Qe7 15.
Rad1 Nbd7 16. Bf3 Rad8 17. g3 exd4 18. exd4 Qe6 19. c5 Bb8 20. Kg2 Nf8 21. Bc1
Qc8 22. Be3 Ne6 23. d5 cxd5 24. Nxd5 Nxd5 25. Rxd5 Rxd5 26. Bxd5 Rd8 27. Rd1
Rd7 28. Bf3 Rxd1 29. Qxd1 Nxc5 30. Qd5 b6 31. Qa8 Qd8 32. Bd5 Bc7 33. Qc6 Qe7
34. h4 Bd6 35. Bg5 Qc7 36. Qe8+ Bf8 37. Be3 Qd7 38. Qa8 Qe7 39. Qc6 Qd6 40. Qa8
Qe7 41. Bf3 Qd6 42. Qxa7 Be7 43. Qa8+ Kh7 44. Bd5 Ne6 45. Qb7 Bd8 46. Bf3 Bc7
47. a4 Nc5 48. Qa7 Ne6 49. Qa8 Nc5 50. Bd5 Ne6 51. Be4 Nc5 52. Bc2 f5 53. h5
gxh5 54. Bxf5+ g6 55. Bc2 Qe7 56. Qc6 Qd6 57. Qe8 Qe6 58. Qa8 Qd6 59. Qa7 Qe7
60. a5 Bd6 61. axb6 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[Round "39"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "180"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O g6 6. Re1 Bg7 7. d4 Bd7 8. d5
Ne7 9. Bxd7+ Nxd7 10. Be3 O-O 11. c4 Kh8 12. Nc3 Ng8 13. b4 a5 14. a3 f5 15.
Qc2 Bh6 16. Bxh6 Nxh6 17. c5 axb4 18. axb4 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 dxc5 20. bxc5 Nxc5 21.
Re1 Qf6 22. exf5 Nxf5 23. Ne4 Nxe4 24. Rxe4 Nd4 25. Nxd4 exd4 26. f3 Ra8 27.
Qb2 b5 28. h3 Rb8 29. Qb4 d3 30. Re6 Qg7 31. Re3 d2 32. Qxd2 b4 33. Rb3 Qa1+
34. Kh2 Qe5+ 35. f4 Qe4 36. Qf2 h5 37. Qb2+ Kh7 38. Qd2 Rb5 39. d6 cxd6 40.
Qxd6 Rb7 41. Qd2 Qc4 42. Qe3 Rf7 43. g3 h4 44. Kg2 hxg3 45. Kxg3 Rd7 46. Qf3
Rc7 47. Rb1 Qd4 48. Rd1 Qf6 49. Rd3 Rc3 50. Qb7+ Kh6 51. Rxc3 Qxc3+ 52. Kg4 b3
53. Qb8 b2 54. Qf8+ Qg7 55. Qb8 Qf6 56. Kg3 Kh5 57. Qb5+ g5 58. Qe2+ Kh6 59.
Qc2 Qxf4+ 60. Kg2 Qf6 61. Kg3 Qe5+ 62. Kg2 Kg7 63. Kf3 Qd5+ 64. Kg4 Qb5 65.
Qc7+ Kf8 66. Qd6+ Ke8 67. Qe6+ Kd8 68. Qf6+ Kc7 69. Qc3+ Kb7 70. Qg7+ Kb6 71.
Qg6+ Ka5 72. Qb1 Qe5 73. Kh5 Kb4 74. Kg6 Kc3 75. Kh5 Qe3 76. Qa2 Qxh3+ 77. Kg6
Qd3+ 78. Kh6 b1=Q 79. Qa3+ Qb3 80. Qc5+ Kb2 81. Qe5+ Qbc3 82. Qh2+ Qdd2 83.
Qb8+ Kc1 84. Qf8 g4+ 85. Kh7 Qdd3+ 86. Kh6 Qc6+ 87. Kh5 Qdd5+ 88. Kh4 Qh1+ 89.
Kg5 Qhh6+ 90. Qxh6 Qxh6+ 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[Round "40"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bc4 Nxe4 5. Nxe4 d5 6. Bd3 dxe4 7. Bxe4 Bd6
8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 Re8 10. d3 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. c3 Bg6 13. Be3 Qd7 14. Nh4 f5
15. Bxc6 Qxc6 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. d4 f4 18. dxe5 fxe3 19. exd6 exf2+ 20. Kxf2
Qb6+ 21. Qd4 Qxb2+ 22. Kg3 cxd6 23. Rab1 Qa3 24. Rxb7 Re5 25. Rxe5 dxe5 26.
Qxe5 Qf8 27. c4 Kh7 28. Re7 Rd8 29. Rxa7 Rd2 30. Kh2 Rc2 31. c5 Rxc5 32. Rxg7+
Kh6 33. Rg8 Qxg8 34. Qxc5 Qxa2 35. h4 Qe6 36. Qg5+ Kh7 37. Qf4 Qd5 38. Kg3 Qd3+
39. Kg4 Qd7+ 40. Kf3 Qd1+ 41. Kf2 Qc2+ 42. Kg1 Qd1+ 43. Kh2 Qd7 44. Qe5 Qa4 45.
Kg3 Qb3+ 46. Kf4 Qf7+ 47. Kg5 Qd7 48. g3 Qd8+ 49. Qf6 Qd5+ 50. Kf4 Qc4+ 51. Ke3
Qb3+ 52. Kf2 Qa2+ 53. Kg1 Qa3 54. Qf7+ Kh6 55. Kh2 Qc5 56. Kh3 Qc8+ 57. Kh2
Qc2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[Round "41"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. e3 Ne4 6. Qc2 Bb7 7. Bd3 f5 8. O-O
Bxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Nd2 Qh4 11. f3 Ng5 12. e4 fxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Bxe4
15. Qxe4 Qxe4 16. fxe4 Nc6 17. Bf4 d6 18. c5 e5 19. Bg3 exd4 20. cxd6 cxd6 21.
cxd4 Nxd4 22. Bxd6 Rfe8 23. e5 Rac8 24. a4 Rc4 25. Ra2 Nc6 26. Raf2 h6 27. Rf8+
Rxf8 28. Rxf8+ Kh7 29. e6 Rxa4 30. e7 Nxe7 31. Bxe7 Re4 32. Bd6 Rd4 33. Be5 Rd5
34. Bc3 Rc5 35. Bd4 Rd5 36. Be3 Re5 37. Kf2 Re7 38. Rc8 Rf7+ 39. Ke2 Re7 40.
Rc6 Kg8 41. Kf3 Kh7 42. h4 Rf7+ 43. Ke2 Re7 44. g4 Re4 45. Kf3 Ra4 46. h5 Kg8
47. Rc7 Kf8 48. Rd7 Kg8 49. Bd4 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[Round "42"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 Nc6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bb5 Bg7 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
d3 O-O 9. Qe1 Bg4 10. b3 Bxf3 11. Rxf3 Nd7 12. Bd2 f5 13. exf5 Rxf5 14. Qe6+
Rf7 15. Re1 Nf8 16. Qe2 Qd7 17. Na4 Re8 18. Bc3 Bxc3 19. Nxc3 e5 20. Ne4 Kg7
21. fxe5 Rxe5 22. Ref1 Rxf3 23. Qxf3 Qe7 24. Nxd6 Ne6 25. Ne8+ Kg8 26. Nf6+ Kg7
27. Ne4 Nd4 28. Qd1 Rf5 29. c3 Rxf1+ 30. Qxf1 Nf5 31. Qf2 c4 32. bxc4 Qa3 33.
Qd2 Qa5 34. h3 h5 35. Qf2 Qa3 36. Kh2 a5 37. g4 hxg4 38. hxg4 Ne7 39. Qf6+ Kg8
40. Kg3 a4 41. Ng5 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.11.21"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Bezgodov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2484"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 $6 {Von den beiden Alternativen 4.Bg5 und
4.e5 ist das eindeutig die schlechtere Wahl. Schwarz gleicht sehr leicht aus,
wenn er in die Rubinstein-Variante reinkommt, wie es in der Partie geschah.} (
4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 $14 {führt zu komplexem Spiel mit
Chancen für beide Seiten.}) 4... dxe4 $1 {Die beste Fortsetzung aus
theoretischer Sicht. Schwarz gleicht problemlos aus. Andere Alternativen
führen zu kompliziertem Spiel mit besseren Chancen für Weiß.} (4... Be7 5. e5
Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. f4 a6 8. Nf3 c5 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. dxc5 Qxc5 11. O-O-O $14 {
Eine typische französische Stellung, in der Weiß einen stabilen Vorteil hat,
weil der schwarze Läufer c8 schlecht ist.}) (4... Bb4 {ist die aggressivste
Fortsetzung.} 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 (6. exf6 $2 hxg5 7. fxg7 Rg8 8. Qh5 Qf6 $15) 6...
Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4 g6 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. h4 $36) 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 ({
Schlechter ist} 5... Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O b6 10. Bd3
Bb7 11. h4 $14 {Weiß hat bessere Aussichten am Königsflügel als Schwarz hat am
Damenflügel.}) 6. Nxf6+ (6. Nf3 {ist Zugumstellung:} h6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6 {-> 6.
Nxf6}) 6... Nxf6 7. Nf3 h6 8. Be3 ({Zu gleichem Spiel führt} 8. Bh4 c5 9. Bb5+
Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. Qe2 (11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Qxd7+ Kxd7 14. Ke2
Rhd8 15. Rhd1+ Kc6 16. Rxd8 Rxd8 $11 {Sulskis - Vaganian (Gothenburg, 2005)})
11... cxd4 12. O-O-O Bc5 13. Qe5 Qe7 14. Nxd4 O-O 15. Rhe1 Rfd8 $11 {Anand - M.
Gurevich (Bastia, 2004)}) ({Auch nichts bringt} 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Bb5+ c6 (9...
Bd7 $5 {vielleicht kann Schwarz so auch ausgleichen} 10. Bxd7+ Kxd7 11. Ne5+
Kc8 12. O-O Bd6 13. Qe2 c6 $11) 10. Bd3 Bd6 11. Qe2 Bd7 12. O-O O-O 13. Ne5
Rad8 14. f4 g6 15. Rf3 c5 $132 {Sutovsky - Akopian (Moscow, 2002)}) 8... Nd5 9.
Qd2 (9. Bd3 Nxe3 10. fxe3 Bd6 11. e4 e5 12. dxe5 Bc5 13. Bb5+ c6 14. Qxd8+ Kxd8
15. Bc4 Ke7 {Leko - Ivanchuk (Morelia/Linares, 2007). und Schwarz konnte das
Endspiel trotz des Minusbauern leicht halten.}) 9... Bd7 ({Schwarz kann auch} 
9... Bd6 {spielen} 10. O-O-O Qe7 11. Bd3 Bd7 12. Be4 Nf6 13. Bd3 (13. Bxb7 $2
Rb8 14. Ba6 Ba3 $19) 13... Nd5 14. c4 Nxe3 15. Qxe3 c5 16. Be4 O-O-O $11 {
Nakamura - Akobian (Miami, 2007)}) 10. Bd3 Bd6 11. O-O (11. O-O-O Qe7 {-> 9....
Bd6}) 11... Qe7 12. c4 (12. Ne5 Bxe5 13. dxe5 O-O 14. Rad1 Rad8 $11) 12... Nxe3
13. Qxe3 ({Ebenfalls keinen Vorteil bekommt Weiß nach dem Nehmen mit dem
Bauern:} 13. fxe3 c5 14. Rad1 Bc6 15. Qc2 Bxf3 16. Rxf3 O-O 17. Bf1 {1/2-1/2
Almasi - Savchenko (Neukoelln, 2005)}) 13... c5 14. Rad1 Rd8 15. Rfe1 $6 {
Weiß spielt sehr langsam. Schwarz hat das Läuferpaar, und damit im langen
Spiel einen positionellen Vorteil. Daher sollte Weiß das Geschehen auf dem
Brett forcieren.} (15. Bc2 $5 Bc6 (15... O-O $2 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Qe4 g6 18.
Qxb7 $16) 16. dxc5 $1 Bxc5 17. Rxd8+ Kxd8 (17... Qxd8 $4 18. Qxc5 $18) 18. Nd4
e5 (18... Bxd4 $4 19. Qxd4+ Kc7 20. Qxg7 $18) (18... Kc7 $2 19. Qe5+ Bd6 20.
Qxg7 $18) (18... Kc8 19. Nxc6 bxc6 20. Qf3 $14) 19. Nxc6+ bxc6 20. Rd1+ Kc7 $11
{Schwarz hat eine etwas schlechtere Bauernstruktur, da er jedoch im nächsten
Zug Rd8 spielt und die Türme tauscht, wird das Endspiel mit ungleichfarbigen
Läufern nicht zu gewinnen sein.}) 15... b6 $1 {Schwarz bereitet die kurze
Rochade vor.} (15... O-O 16. Qe4 g6 17. Qxb7 Rb8 18. Qxa7 $14) 16. Qe4 cxd4 (
16... g6 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. Qf4 $14 {Schwarz hat immer noch Schwierigkeiten zu
rochieren.}) 17. Nxd4 {Es droht Nc6} Qf6 18. Nf5 (18. Nc6 Bxc6 19. Qxc6+ Ke7
$11 {Schwarz hat nichts zu befürchten.}) 18... Bc5 19. Re2 {Verteidigt das
Feld f2.} g6 20. Ne3 O-O {Schwarz hat sein größtes Problem gelöst und steht
damit zumindest nicht schlechter.} 21. Ng4 Qg5 22. Ne5 Bc8 23. h4 $2 (23. g3 {
führt zu gleichem Spiel.}) 23... Qf6 $6 (23... Qh5 $1 {wäre viel stärker
gewesen - alle weißen Figuren stehen unter Druck.} 24. Nf3 (24. Red2 Rd4 $19)
24... Qf5 $1 25. Ree1 Rd6 26. Qxf5 gxf5 27. Be2 Rfd8 $17) 24. Nf3 $2 {Beide
Gegner machen sehr viele Fehler, wahrscheinlich kam die Zeitnot näher.} (24. b4
$1 {wäre die beste Chance.} Bxb4 25. h5 Bc5 26. hxg6 fxg6 27. Qxg6+ Qxg6 28.
Nxg6 Rf6 29. Ne5 $132) 24... Rfe8 (24... Qf5 $5 $15 {-> 23....Qh5}) (24... Rd7
$1 {führt zu sehr großem Vorteil - Schwarz hat gleich zwei Ideen: Bb7 und Rfd8.
}) 25. a3 $2 {Jeder Zug ein Fehler! Besser war 25.h5, wobei auch dann Schwarz
besser steht.} (25. h5 e5 $1 26. hxg6 Bf5 $1 27. Qxf5 (27. gxf7+ Qxf7 28. Qxf5
Qxf5 29. Bxf5 Rxd1+ $17) 27... Qxf5 28. Bxf5 Rxd1+ $17) 25... a5 $2 (25... e5
$1 {und Schwarz gewinnt! Es gibt keine Verteidigung gegen Bf5.} 26. g4 Rd7 $19
{/\Bb7}) 26. g4 Qe7 27. Red2 e5 $1 {Endlich! Schwarz aktiviert seinen
weißfeldrigen Läufer und gewinnt sehr schnell.} 28. Bc2 Rxd2 29. Rxd2 (29. Nxd2
Qxh4 $19) 29... Bb7 30. Rd5 (30. Qe2 e4 31. Nd4 e3 32. fxe3 Qxh4 $19) 30... Qf6
$19 {Schwarz hat genug Zeit, er muss das Qualität nicht gleich nehmen. Der
Rest ist Sache der Technik.} 31. h5 gxh5 32. gxh5 Kf8 33. b4 axb4 34. axb4 Bxb4
35. Nxe5 Qg5+ 36. Kf1 Qc1+ 37. Kg2 Bxd5 38. Nd7+ Kg8 39. Qxd5 Qg5+ 40. Kf3 Bc5
0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.11.22"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Bezgodov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2484"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Nc3 d5 7. a3 Bxc3 8.
Bxc3 O-O 9. Bg2 Rd8 10. O-O b6 11. Qc2 Bb7 12. b3 a5 13. Bb2 a4 14. b4 dxc4 15.
Qxc4 Na7 16. Rfc1 Rdc8 17. Ne5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 c6 19. Qd3 Nd7 20. Nc4 Rc7 21. Rc2
Rac8 22. Rac1 Nb5 23. e4 Nd6 24. Ne3 Qd8 25. h4 f6 26. e5 Nb5 27. Qe2 Nf8 28.
exf6 gxf6 29. Qf3 Kg7 30. Rxc6 Rxc6 31. Rxc6 Rxc6 32. Qxc6 Nxd4 33. Qb7+ Kh8
34. Qf7 Qa8+ 35. Kg1 Nf3+ 36. Kf1 Nh2+ 37. Ke1 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.11.24"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "So,Wesley"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{First I would like to thank CBM Magazine for inviting me to annotate a game
for this issue. This is the first time I have annotated for them and this is
always good experience.   After winning my rapid tie break against Gadir
Guseinov from Azerbaijan, in the next round I had to face one of the top seeds
in the tournament: Vassily Ivanchuk. Of course I had to play very carefully in
the match (if I were not to lose immediately) and in general I would be happy
if I managed to reach the tiebreaks. What happened was quite unexpected, but
OK this is only a 2 game match.} 1. e4 {(1:30) Even his first move came as a
surprise to me. Before the game I mostly prepared for 1.d4 and the English but
against Vassily you never know.} e6 {(1:30)} 2. d4 {(1:30)} d5 {(1:30)} 3. Nc3
{(1:30)} Bb4 {(1:30) I had prepared this variation specially for my match
against Guseinov, but unfortunately in our games he chose 3.Nd2, which had
rarely occurred in his games before.} 4. exd5 {(1:30) He played this quite
quickly, even without thinking much but I'm not sure why, as this line should
not give Black too many problems and during the game I could even relax a bit.
Of course I expected 4.e5 and Vassily also plays this line with both colours.}
exd5 {(1:31)} 5. Bd3 {(1:31)} Nf6 {(1:31)} ({In recent years Black has
experienced some problems after} 5... Nc6 6. a3 $1 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Nge7 8. Qh5
$36 {when his dark squares are quite vulnerable. What I played in the game is
simpler.}) 6. Nge2 {(1:30)} O-O {(1:29)} 7. O-O {(1:31)} Bg4 {(1:27) I'm not
sure what Black's best setup here is, and so I decided to try and exchange my
light-squared bishop right away.} 8. f3 {(1:11)} (8. a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 Nbd7 10.
f3 Bh5 11. Nf4 Bg6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 $132 {followed by ...c5 should give Black
sufficient counterchances as well.}) 8... Bh5 {(1:26)} 9. Nf4 {(1:07)} Bg6 {
(1:22)} ({I was playing my moves quite quickly,as my position is relatively
easy to play although maybe even simpler is} 9... c6 {when White has nothing
after} 10. Nxh5 Nxh5 11. g4 Nf6 12. g5 $5 Ne8 $11 {and this is fine for me.})
10. Nxg6 {(1:07)} hxg6 {(1:21)} 11. Bg5 {(1:04)} c6 {(1:17) During the game I
wanted to keep a compact pawn structure, and since he had played 4.exd5 I was
trying to play as solidly as possible and to avoid any complications. I don't
know if this is a correct approach, but against Ivanchuk I didn't want to take
too many risks.} ({It is probable that a better continuation is:} 11... c5 12.
dxc5 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Nbd7 $132 {when Black has good counterplay.}) 12. f4 {(1:04)
} Qb6 $1 {(1:11) I think this is a strong move for me, as it removes the pin
from my knight while at the same time gaining time by attacking the d4-pawn.}
13. Na4 $1 {(0:34) He thought for a long time at this position, for about 30
minutes. While he was thinking, I suddenly 'saw' that he can continue with 13.
Na4! and for some time I thought that I'm simply losing. But fortunately the
complications seems to work out just fine for me.} ({When I played 12...Qb6, I
was expecting lines like} 13. Ne2 Nh7 14. Bh4 Nd7 15. f5 g5 16. Bg3 Rfe8 17. c3
Bf8 18. Qd2 Ne5 $1 $132 {but is is obvious that this is not going to trouble
me.}) (13. f5 Qxd4+ 14. Kh1 Nbd7 15. fxg6 fxg6 $15) 13... Qxd4+ {(0:51) Of
course I had no choice but to go for complications,as otherwise he simply
plays f4-f5 and gets a devastating attack. So much for me trying to keep the
game quiet or so I thought :) .} 14. Kh1 {(0:33)} Ne4 $1 {(0:40) I used a lot
of time for this move, as it is neccessary for Black now to defend accurately.
Even now I think that this is the simplest for me, and indeed the computer
cannot find a way for White to gain an advantage.} ({The only other way for
Black to continue is} 14... Bd2 {although it certainly is very risky, and the
lines are getting too complicated. I'll give a few lines:} 15. Qxd2 Ne4 $1 (
15... Qxa4 $2 16. f5 Ne4 17. Bxe4 Qxe4 18. Rf4 $18 {would lose immediately.})
16. c3 ({After} 16. Qa5 b6 17. Nxb6 Qxb6 18. Qxb6 axb6 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Rfe1
Re8 {Black has a fine ending. During the game, I thought I would be slightly
worse here, but this is not the case, for example after:} 21. Kg1 f6 22. Bh4
Na6 23. a3 Nc7 24. c4 f5 $1 25. Rad1 Ne6 26. g3 $6 Ra4 $1 27. Rc1 Nc5 $17 {
Black even manages to seize the advantage.}) 16... Qxa4 17. Bxe4 Qxe4 (17...
dxe4 $6 18. f5 gxf5 19. Rxf5 {would give White a very strong attack, for
example after} f6 20. Bxf6 $1 $18) 18. f5 $1 Nd7 ({The computer also gave} 
18... Qg4 19. f6 $1 (19. fxg6 f6 20. Qe3 Qe4 $132) 19... Nd7 20. fxg7 Rfe8 21.
h3 Qh5 22. Qf4 f5 23. Rfe1 $40 {although it seems that White's position is
easier to play, and in a tournament game this is very difficult to defend for
Black.}) 19. Rf4 (19. Rae1 Qg4 $1 20. Be7 Rfe8 21. Rf4 Qh5 22. Rh4 Qxf5 23. Rf4
Qh5 $11 {leads to a draw. It seems that if White tries for more, he can only
get in trouble.}) 19... Qe5 20. Re1 Qc7 21. fxg6 f6 22. Bh4 Rfe8 $132 {and
apparently Black has sufficient resources to defend! Of course I did not see
all these lines during the game,and I still think that 14...Bd2 is too risky.})
15. c3 {(0:29)} ({White does not have enough resources for an immediate attack
with:} 15. Bxe4 Qxe4 16. f5 f6 $5 17. Rf4 Qe1+ $3 18. Qxe1 Bxe1 19. Bxf6 Bd2
20. Rf2 Be3 21. Rf3 d4 $17 {of course, this line was given by Rybka (who else?
:) ).}) 15... Nf2+ {(0:40)} 16. Rxf2 {(0:29)} Qxf2 {(0:40)} 17. cxb4 {(0:29)} (
{After} 17. Rc1 $5 Bxc3 (17... Bd6 $2 18. Rc2 Qe3 19. Re2 $18 {traps Black's
queen.}) 18. bxc3 Re8 $15 {Black has no problems at all as well, and White's
initiative on the kingside has run out.}) 17... f6 $1 {(0:37)} 18. Qg4 {(0:28)}
fxg5 {(0:36)} 19. Qe6+ {(0:28)} ({The computer assesses this position as (0.00)
and so this game should probably end in a draw. One way to do that is} 19. g3
gxf4 20. Bxg6 fxg3 21. Qe6+ Rf7 22. Qc8+ Rf8 23. Qe6+ Rf7 $11 {with perpetual.}
) 19... Kh8 {(0:36)} 20. Nc5 {(0:14) OK this came as a surprise for me, but
then I noticed that I have enough resources to be able to defend.} ({While he
was thinking, I mostly calculated the lines after} 20. Rf1 Qh4 21. g3 ({
During the game I also saw} 21. Qe7 Na6 $1 22. Qxb7 Rae8 23. Qxa6 Rxf4 24. Rg1
Qf2 25. Nc3 Rh4 26. h3 g4 27. Rf1 Re1 $17 {and Black has a clear advantage.}) (
{While} 21. Rf3 {fails to} Na6 $1 22. Rh3 Rae8 23. Rxh4+ gxh4 $19 {and Black
wins the queen back, due to the back rank mate threat.}) 21... Qh6 22. fxg5 (
22. Qe7 Nd7 23. Qxd7 gxf4 $17) 22... Rxf1+ 23. Bxf1 Qxg5 24. Qc8+ Kh7 25. Qxb7
Qc1 26. Kg1 Qe3+ 27. Kg2 Qd2+ 28. Kg1 {And now I calculated up to this
position during the game, when I thought this ends with a perpetual. The
computer now gives} Nd7 $1 29. Qxa8 Ne5 30. Qf8 Ng4 31. Ba6 $3 Qxh2+ 32. Kf1
Qd2 33. Be2 Ne3+ 34. Kf2 Nd1+ 35. Kf1 $11 {and White still manages to save the
game.}) ({While simply dubious is} 20. Qxg6 $6 Qh4 21. Nc5 (21. fxg5 Nd7 22. g3
Qh3 $19) ({Or} 21. g3 Qh6 $17) 21... Qh6 $1 22. Qxg5 Qxg5 23. fxg5 Rf2 24. Nxb7
Nd7 $1 $17 {when Black will be able to consolidate, and the extra exchange
should give him the win.}) 20... Qxb2 $1 {(0:18)} 21. Qh3+ {(0:01)} Kg8 {(0:18)
} 22. Qe6+ {(0:02)} Kh8 {(0:18) Here Vassily had used most of his time, and
only had 2 minutes left to make it to the time control on move 40. He was
looking for a way to win immediately, but unfortunately there isn't one (the
computer gives (0.00)!). The most logical would be to draw of course, but my
opponent wanted more.} 23. Rf1 {(0:02)} Qf6 {(0:18)} 24. Qh3+ {(0:01)} Kg8 {
(0:18)} 25. g3 $2 {(0:01) But this came to me as a surprise, although I
realized that I don't have anything to fear here.} ({I was expecting} 25. Ne6 {
although I could defend after} g4 $1 26. Qxg4 Nd7 27. Ng5 (27. Qh3 Rfe8 28. Ng5
Nf8 $19) 27... Rfd8 28. Qh4 Nf8 29. f5 gxf5 30. Bxf5 Qh6 $17 {and White runs
out of resources for his attack.}) ({But White could still draw after} 25. Ne4
$1 dxe4 (25... Qf5 $2 26. g4 $18) 26. Bc4+ Rf7 27. Qc8+ Kh7 28. Qh3+ $11 {
but of course,having decided to play for a win with 23.Rf1,there is no turning
back.}) 25... Re8 {(0:13) I still had about 12 minutes around this point,
while my opponent was on his last minute, so our next few inaccuracies can be
explained.} 26. Nxb7 {(0:00)} gxf4 {(0:12)} ({I played my move quite quickly,
but it transpires that even more accurate would be} 26... Nd7 $1 27. Qxd7 Re7
$17 {and Black regains the knight on b7, but only the computer will be able to
find this move so quickly.}) 27. Rxf4 $6 {(0:01)} ({My opponent also continued
quite quickly, as he was in severe time trouble here. But the computer
suggests the very strong} 27. Nc5 $1 {and suddenly it is easy to develop
Black's pieces on the queenside, while all White's pieces are well-coordinated
(for example, his c5-knight completely dominates my knight for the time being).
After} a5 28. Qg4 $1 {White creates strong threats on the kingside, and
suddenly he gets serious counterchances!} ({And not} 28. Rxf4 Qg5 $17)) 27...
Re1+ $6 {(0:12) Even now I don't know why I gave this check, as it only helps
White to improve his king position.} ({Of course} 27... Qe6 $19 {would have
been even more decisive, as White has no other choice but to exchange queens.})
28. Kg2 {(0:01)} Qe6 {(0:11)} 29. Qxe6+ {(0:02)} ({I used a few minutes for 28.
..Qe6, as I hallucinated and thought that} 29. Rf8+ $5 Kxf8 30. Qh8+ {is
possible, simply missing that I have} Qg8 $19 {:)}) 29... Rxe6 {(0:11)} 30. Nc5
{(0:02)} Re7 $6 {(0:11)} ({An even more accurate way to win is} 30... Rd6 31.
b5 cxb5 32. Bxb5 Rb6 33. Be8 Rf6 $1 $19 {but OK, we were in time trouble.}) 31.
b5 {(0:02)} ({Black wins as well after} 31. Rg4 Nd7 32. Nxd7 Rxd7 33. Rxg6 Rc7
34. Rd6 Kf8 35. h4 a5 $19) 31... Nd7 {(0:06) I want to develop my knight as
quickly as possible,although objectively this is not Black's best way to
continue.} (31... cxb5 32. Bxb5 Re5 $17 {intending ...Rf5 was suggested by the
computer, but during the game I did not see this.}) 32. Nxd7 {(0:03)} Rxd7 {
(0:07)} 33. bxc6 {(0:03)} Rd6 {(0:07)} 34. Bb5 {(0:03)} Re8 {(0:07)} 35. Rd4 $6
{(0:03) Now this makes things very easy for me. I'm not sure, but it seems
that Vassily has given up hopes on saving the game already.} ({Maybe} 35. Ba4 {
intending to put the bishop on b3 is more stubborn, but Black should still be
able to win after} Rc8 $17 {intending ...Rf6.}) 35... Kf7 {(0:07) Now my king
helps to restrain White's passed pawn on c6.} 36. Rf4+ {(0:03)} (36. Bc4 Ke7 $1
37. Rxd5 (37. Bxd5 Kd8 $19) 37... Rxd5 38. Bxd5 Kd6 39. Bb3 Re2+ 40. Kh3 Kxc6
$19 {also wins easily.}) 36... Ke6 {(0:07)} 37. Rg4 {(0:03)} Ke5 {(0:08)} 38.
Kf3 {(0:03)} Rf6+ {(0:08)} 39. Ke3 {(0:04)} Kd6+ {(0:08) and my opponent
resigned, just before he reached the time control. Having won the first game,
I then managed to draw the second game with White after great difficulties
even though I played the Exchange Slav. Of course I'm happy to win a match
against such a player as Ivanchuk, but OK 2 games do not prove anything and I
still think he is one of the world's very best players.} 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.11.25"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "Nielsen,Peter Heine"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 $2 {Ivanchuk badly need to win, and chooses the Slav!} 3. Nf3
Nf6 4. cxd5 $1 {#} cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 a6 7. Rc1 Bf5 8. e3 e6 9. Qb3 Ra7 10.
Ne5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Nd7 12. Bg3 Be7 13. Be2 O-O 14. O-O Qa8 15. Nb1 Rc8 16. Bd3
Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Rc6 $1 {To unbalance the position a bit.} 18. Rc2 Nb6 19. Rfc1
Nc4 20. Nd2 Nxd2 21. Qxd2 a5 22. Qd3 a4 23. f3 Raa6 24. e4 Qd8 25. Rxc6 Rxc6
26. Rxc6 bxc6 27. Bf2 h5 28. Be3 Qa5 29. Kf2 h4 30. g4 $2 h3 $1 31. Kg3 Qe1+
32. Kxh3 dxe4 33. Qxe4 {#} Qf1+ {Missing a golden chance.} (33... Qe2 $1 {
This threatens ...Bd6.} 34. Bf4 (34. a3 {(just to use a random move to
illustrate)} Bd6 35. f4 g5) 34... Qf1+ 35. Kg3 g5 $1 36. Bc7 Bb4 $1 {being the
point - creating a mating net.}) 34. Kg3 Bd6+ 35. Bf4 Bb4 36. g5 Be1+ 37. Kg4
Qg2+ 38. Bg3 Bxg3 39. hxg3 Qxb2 40. Qxc6 Qxd4+ 41. f4 g6 42. Qc2 a3 43. Kf3 e5
44. fxe5 Qxe5 45. Qd3 Qb2 46. Qd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Warsaw AIG Life rapid 9th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2009.12.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Somyk, Marcin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "1888"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2009.12.19"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 d6 6. e5 f6 7. exd6 Bxd6 8.
Nbd2 e5 9. Ne4 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Be3 Qe7 12. Qe2 Bf7 13. Nfd2 Rb8 14. b3 Nh6
15. Nxd6+ Qxd6 16. Ne4 Qd5 17. Bxh6 1-0

[Event "Warsaw AIG Life rapid 9th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2009.12.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Maleki, Nicolas"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2184"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2009.12.19"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 c5 8.
e3 O-O 9. Nf3 Re8 10. Bd3 c4 11. Bf5 Bxf5 12. Qxf5 Ne4 13. Bd2 Nc6 14. h4 h6
15. g4 Re6 16. Qh5 Nf6 17. Qf5 Ne7 18. Qf4 Re4 19. Qg3 Nxg4 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21.
dxe5 Nf5 22. Qh3 Rxh4 23. Qg2 Rxh1+ 24. Qxh1 Qd7 25. Ke2 Re8 26. f4 Ng3+ 0-1

[Event "Warsaw AIG Life rapid 9th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2009.12.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Majdan, Joanna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2347"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2009.12.19"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. d4 exd4 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6. Qe3+ Qe7 7. Nc3 Bg7 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. O-O d6 10. Qxe7 Nxe7 11. Bf4 Be6 12. b3 Nh5 13. Bd2 d5 14. Ng5 dxc4
15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Rab1 Rfd8 17. Ne4 Nf6 18. Bg5 Kf7 19. bxc4 Rd4 20. Rxb7 Nxe4
21. Bxe7 Rxc4 22. Ba3 Nc3 23. Bf3 Nd5 24. Rd1 Rc2 25. Bd6 Rd8 26. Bb4 a5 27.
Bxa5 Rxa2 28. Be1 Ra1 29. Rxa1 Bxa1 30. e4 Ne7 31. Rxc7 Be5 32. Ra7 Kf6 33. Kg2
Nc6 34. Rxh7 1-0

[Event "Warsaw AIG Life rapid 9th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2009.12.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Urban, Klaudiusz"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2009.12.19"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. O-O a6 8. h3
Rb8 9. e4 b5 10. cxb5 axb5 11. Re1 e6 12. d5 b4 13. dxc6 bxc3 14. bxc3 e5 15.
c4 Rb6 16. c5 Rxc6 17. cxd6 cxd6 18. Bg5 Ba6 19. Nh2 Qa5 20. Ng4 Nxg4 21. hxg4
Rfc8 22. a3 Rc2 23. Be3 Bf8 24. Bf1 Bxf1 25. Kxf1 Qa4 26. Qd5 R8c4 27. Rab1
Rxe4 28. Rb8 Qc4+ 29. Qxc4 Rexc4 30. g5 Rc8 31. Rb5 Ra8 32. Ra1 Rc4 33. Bd2 Be7
34. Bb4 Kf8 35. Rd1 Rc6 36. Kg2 Ke8 37. f4 Rd8 38. Kf3 f6 39. gxf6 Bxf6 40.
Rbd5 exf4 41. gxf4 Ke7 42. Re1+ Kd7 43. f5 Rf8 44. Rh1 Rf7 45. fxg6 hxg6 46.
Ke4 Ke6 47. Rb5 Be5 48. Rg1 Rf4+ 49. Kd3 Kf5 50. Bd2 Rf3+ 51. Ke2 Rxa3 52. Rg5+
Kf6 53. Rb8 Rc2 54. Rf8+ Kg7 55. Rf2 Raa2 0-1

[Event "Warsaw AIG Life rapid 9th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2009.12.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Vovk, Yuri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B59"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2009.12.19"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Kh1 a5 10. a4 Be6 11. f4 exf4 12. Bxf4 d5 13. e5 Ne4 14. Bd3 f5 15.
exf6 Nxf6 16. Nb5 Rc8 17. Qe1 Qd7 18. Nxa5 Nb4 19. Nd4 Bg4 20. Bb5 Qd8 21. Nxb7
1-0

[Event "Warsaw AIG Life rapid 9th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2009.12.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Stupak, Kirill"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2456"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2009.12.19"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Nf3 c6 4. Bg2 Bf5 5. O-O e6 6. c4 h6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. Nd2
Nb6 9. b3 dxc4 10. Nxc4 Bb4 11. Bb2 Nbd5 12. Rc1 O-O 13. a3 Be7 14. Nb1 Be4 15.
Bxe4 Nxe4 16. Nbd2 Nxd2 17. Qxd2 f5 18. e3 a5 19. Ne5 Bd6 20. Nc4 a4 21. b4 Bc7
22. Qe2 Qg5 23. Kh1 Rf7 24. Rce1 Raf8 25. Qd1 Qg6 26. Nd2 b5 27. f4 Bd6 28. Qe2
Nf6 29. e4 fxe4 30. Nxe4 Nxe4 31. Qxe4 Qxe4+ 32. Rxe4 Re7 33. Rfe1 Kf7 34. Bc1
h5 35. h4 g6 36. Bb2 Rd8 37. Rc1 Rc7 38. Kg2 Be7 39. Kf3 Bf6 40. Ke3 Rd5 41.
Ba1 Ke7 42. Bb2 Kd6 43. Rc2 Be7 44. Kd3 Bf6 45. Rce2 Re7 46. Bc3 Re8 47. Be1
Rf5 48. Rc2 Bd8 49. Rc5 Kd7 50. Rxf5 exf5 51. Rxe8 Kxe8 52. Bd2 Kd7 53. Be1 Ke6
54. Bd2 Kd5 55. Be1 Be7 56. Bd2 Bd6 57. Be1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Warsaw AIG Life rapid 9th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2009.12.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2009.12.19"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bd3 Qh4 7. Qe2 Nf6
8. h3 d5 9. g3 Qh5 10. Qxh5 Nxh5 11. Nc3 Nf6 12. Bf4 Bb4 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Bd2
Nxc3 15. Bxc3 Bxc3+ 16. bxc3 Be6 17. f4 O-O 18. Kf2 Rab8 19. f5 Bd7 20. Rhe1
Rfd8 21. Re5 Kf8 22. Ra5 Rb7 23. Re1 Be8 24. Re4 Rd5 25. Rea4 Rxa5 26. Rxa5 f6
27. Ke3 Ke7 28. Kd4 Kd6 29. c4 c5+ 30. Rxc5 Rb4 31. Rd5+ Ke7 32. Kc3 Ra4 33.
Kb3 Ra6 34. a3 c6 35. Rd4 c5 36. Rh4 h6 37. Be4 Rb6+ 38. Kc3 Ra6 39. Kb2 Rb6+
40. Ka2 Ba4 41. Rg4 Kf8 42. Rf4 Rd6 43. Rf2 Rd1 44. Kb2 Rg1 45. Rf3 Re1 46. Rf4
Re3 47. Bf3 Ke7 48. Bd5 Re2 49. Be4 Re3 50. Bd5 Bd7 51. Rg4 Kf8 52. Rf4 Rxg3
53. h4 Ke7 54. Be6 Ba4 55. Bd5 Re3 56. Rg4 Kf8 57. Rg2 Bd7 58. Rf2 Re5 59. Kb3
Rxf5 60. Rxf5 Bxf5 61. Ka4 Ke7 62. Kb5 Kd6 63. Ka6 Kc7 64. Kb5 Kd6 65. Ka6 g5
66. Kxa7 Kc7 67. Ka6 Bd7 68. hxg5 fxg5 0-1

[Event "Warsaw AIG Life rapid 9th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2009.12.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Neiksans, Arturs"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2009.12.19"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Be2 cxd4 6. Nxd4 e6 7. Be3 Be7 8. f4
Qc7 9. O-O O-O 10. a4 b6 11. Bf3 Bb7 12. g4 Nc6 13. g5 Nd7 14. Nb3 Rfe8 15. Bg2
Bf8 16. Qd2 Na5 17. Nxa5 bxa5 18. Rad1 Bc6 19. b3 Qb7 20. Bd4 Rac8 21. f5 Nc5
22. g6 hxg6 23. fxg6 fxg6 24. Qf2 g5 25. Rde1 Rc7 26. Qg3 Qb4 27. Qe3 Be7 28.
e5 Bxg2 29. Kxg2 d5 30. Rd1 Bd8 31. h3 Nd7 32. Qf3 Rf8 33. Qg4 Rxc3 34. Qxe6+
Kh7 35. Bxc3 Qe4+ 36. Kg3 Qe3+ 37. Kg2 Qe2+ 38. Kg3 Nc5 39. Qg4 Ne4+ 40. Qxe4+
dxe4 0-1

[Event "Warsaw AIG Life rapid 9th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2009.12.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Zubov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2009.12.19"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 d5 6. Bg2 c6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. b3
b5 9. c5 b4 10. Re1 Be7 11. Qc2 Bb5 12. a4 bxa3 13. Nb1 a5 14. Nc3 Ba6 15. Bf4
O-O 16. Rxa3 Nh5 17. Be3 Qc7 18. Rea1 Bb7 19. Qa2 h6 20. Rxa5 e5 21. b4 e4 22.
Ne1 f5 23. Bd2 Kh7 24. e3 Nhf6 25. Nc2 g5 26. b5 cxb5 27. Nb4 Nxc5 28. dxc5
Bxc5 29. Ne2 Bb6 30. Rxa8 Rxa8 31. Qb2 Rxa1+ 32. Qxa1 Ng4 33. Bh3 Qc4 34. Bxg4
fxg4 35. Nd4 Bc8 36. Nbc6 Bd7 37. Ne5 Bxd4 38. exd4 Qc2 39. Qa7 1-0

[Event "Warsaw AIG Life rapid 9th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2009.12.20"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E96"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2009.12.19"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Re1
c6 9. Bf1 a5 10. h3 exd4 11. Nxd4 Re8 12. Bf4 Nc5 13. Qc2 Nh5 14. Be3 Nf6 15.
Bf4 Nfd7 16. Nb3 Ne6 17. Bxd6 a4 18. Nd2 Ne5 19. Bxe5 Bxe5 20. Nf3 Nd4 21. Nxd4
Qxd4 22. Nxa4 b5 23. Red1 Qa7 24. Nc3 b4 25. Ne2 Be6 26. Nc1 c5 27. Nb3 h5 28.
g3 g5 29. a3 Qb6 30. axb4 Qxb4 31. Rxa8 Rxa8 32. Nc1 Qxb2 33. Qxb2 Bxb2 34. Nb3
Rc8 35. f4 f6 36. Rd6 Bf7 37. Kg2 h4 38. Rd2 Bc3 39. Rc2 Be1 40. fxg5 fxg5 41.
gxh4 gxh4 42. Be2 Bg6 43. Bf3 Bb4 44. Nc1 Rd8 45. Ne2 Bf7 46. Nf4 Rd2+ 47. Rxd2
Bxd2 48. Nd5 Kg7 49. Bg4 Bxd5 50. exd5 Bf4 51. Kf3 Bg3 52. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Warsaw AIG Life rapid 9th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2009.12.20"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Dziuba, Marcin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B55"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2009.12.19"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. c4 O-O 8. Be3
a5 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. Nc3 a4 11. Nc1 Be6 12. Nd5 Nd7 13. Ne2 h6 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15.
Nc3 Nc5 16. Rd1 Rad8 17. Be2 f5 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. O-O a3 20. bxa3 Kh8 21. Rfe1
Rf6 22. Nd5 Qf7 23. Nxf6 Qxf6 24. Qb2 Ne6 25. Bd3 Bxd3 26. Rxd3 Qg6 27. Rd2
Ncd4 28. Qxb7 Rf8 29. Kh1 Nc5 30. Qb1 Qf6 31. Rb2 h5 32. Rb8 h4 33. Bxd4 1-0

[Event "Warsaw AIG Life rapid 9th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2009.12.20"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Socko, Bartosz"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2009.12.19"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qd6 6. Na3 b5 7. c3 c5 8. d4
cxd4 9. cxd4 exd4 10. Nxd4 c5 11. Ne2 Nf6 12. f3 Be7 13. Qxd6 Bxd6 14. Bf4 Be7
15. Nc2 Be6 16. Rfd1 Nd7 17. Ne3 Bf6 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. Rxd5 Bxb2 20. Rad1 O-O-O
21. Bd6 Bf6 22. f4 Rde8 23. e5 Be7 24. Bxe7 Rxe7 25. Ng3 g6 26. Ne4 c4 27. a4
Nb6 28. Rc5+ Rc7 29. Nd6+ Kb8 30. Rxc7 Kxc7 31. axb5 axb5 32. Nxb5+ Kc6 33. Nd6
f5 34. exf6 Rd8 35. f7 c3 36. Rc1 Kxd6 37. Rd1+ Nd5 0-1

[Event "Warsaw AIG Life rapid 9th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2009.12.20"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "163"]
[EventDate "2009.12.19"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 d6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
Bg2 Bd7 9. b3 Bg7 10. Bb2 O-O 11. Qd2 Qc8 12. h4 h5 13. Rd1 Rd8 14. Qe3 Re8 15.
Na4 Ng4 16. Qd2 Nf6 17. Bf3 Rb8 18. O-O c5 19. Nc3 Bc6 20. Rfe1 Nd7 21. Bxc6
Qxc6 22. Nd5 Bxb2 23. Qxb2 a5 24. Qd2 a4 25. Qg5 Nf6 26. Nxe7+ Rxe7 27. Qxf6
Re6 28. Qc3 axb3 29. axb3 Qb7 30. Rd3 Rbe8 31. Qd2 Qc6 32. e3 Ra8 33. Rd1 Ra6
34. Qc3 Qa8 35. Rd5 Ra2 36. R1d2 Ra1+ 37. Kg2 Rb1 38. Qd3 Ra1 39. e4 Re1 40.
Re2 Qa1 41. Rxe1 Qxe1 42. Rxd6 Rxd6 43. Qxd6 Qxe4+ 44. Kh2 Qf5 45. Qf4 Qe6 46.
b4 cxb4 47. Qb8+ Kh7 48. Qxb4 Qe2 49. Qc5 Qc2 50. Qd4 Kg8 51. Kg2 Kh7 52. Qd5
Kg7 53. c5 Kg8 54. c6 Kg7 55. Qe5+ Kh7 56. c7 Qc6+ 57. Kf1 Qc1+ 58. Ke2 Qc2+
59. Kf1 Qc1+ 60. Kg2 Qc6+ 61. Kh2 Qc2 62. Qf4 Kg7 63. g4 hxg4 64. h5 Qc5 65.
h6+ Kh7 66. Qxf7+ Kxh6 67. Kg3 Qc3+ 68. Kxg4 Qc5 69. Kf3 Qc3+ 70. Kg2 Qc6+ 71.
Kg3 Qc3+ 72. Kg2 Qc6+ 73. f3 Qc2+ 74. Kh3 Qc5 75. Qd7 Qh5+ 76. Kg2 Qg5+ 77. Qg4
Qd2+ 78. Kh3 Qc1 79. Qh4+ Kg7 80. Qd4+ Kh6 81. Qh8+ Kg5 82. Qh4+ 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 Be7 8. Bg2
Nfd7 9. Be3 Nc6 10. O-O O-O 11. f4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 b5 13. Qd2 Bb7 14. g5 Rc8 15.
Ne2 Rc4 16. b3 Rc7 17. Ng3 Qa8 18. f5 Rfc8 19. Rac1 Nc5 20. fxe6 fxe6 21. Qe2
Nxe4 22. Bxe4 Bxe4 23. Bb6 Rxc2 24. Rxc2 Rxc2 25. Qxe4 Qxe4 26. Nxe4 d5 27. Nf2
Bxg5 28. Re1 Kf7 29. Nd3 Rxa2 30. Ne5+ Kf6 31. Nd7+ Kf7 32. Ne5+ Kf6 33. Nd7+
Kf7 34. Ne5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Bf4 Nd5 8.
Nxd5 Qxd5 {Keeping the queen active from the very beginning of the game seems
to be one of Tiviakov's favourite methods in the Scandinavian.} 9. Nf3 ({
Against} 9. Be2 {Tiviakov did not shy away from taking the pawn, although this
meant moving again and again with his queen:} Nxe5 10. Bxe5 Qxg2 11. Bf3 Qg6
12. d5 Bg4 $1 {Anand,V (2792)-Tiviakov,S (2669)/Wijk aan Zee 2006/CBM 111/
[Finkel,A] (1/2, 50)}) 9... Nb6 10. Be2 Bf5 11. c3 ({Another example of, let
us call it "unpunishable greedyness" went:} 11. O-O Qe4 12. Bc7 Qxc2 13. Bxb6
Qxd1 14. Rfxd1 axb6 15. d5 g6 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. Rac1 Bg7 $1 {Black returns the
pawn for the sake of completing his dveelopment and enjoy the bishops pair.}
18. Rxc6 O-O $15 {Parligras,M (2611)-Tiviakov,S (2686)/Germany 2008/CBM 126
Extra (0-1, 33)}) 11... Qe4 $146 {Deviating from a previous game between the
same players, but foloing the aforementioned policy.} (11... e6 12. O-O Be7 {
Ivanchuk,V (2756)-Tiviakov,S (2670)/Hoogeveen 2009/CBM 133/[Tiviakov] (1/2, 59)
}) 12. Qd2 Qc2 13. Qxc2 Bxc2 $14 {After the exchange of queens, the endgame
looks holdable for Black, although in the game this happened not without
suffering from Black.} 14. Ne5 h5 15. O-O e6 16. Rfe1 Be7 17. h3 Rd8 18. g3 Bd6
19. Be3 Nd5 20. Bd2 h4 21. Rac1 Bh7 22. Bf3 hxg3 23. fxg3 O-O 24. Kg2 c5 25. a3
cxd4 26. cxd4 Rfe8 27. Nc4 Bc7 28. Ne3 Nxe3+ 29. Bxe3 Bb6 30. d5 e5 31. Bxb6
axb6 32. Red1 e4 33. Be2 e3 34. Bf3 Be4 35. Rd4 Bxf3+ 36. Kxf3 Rd6 37. Re1 Rf6+
38. Rf4 Rd6 39. Rxe3 Rxe3+ 40. Kxe3 Rxd5 41. Rd4 Re5+ 42. Kd3 Rf5 43. Kc4 b5+
44. Kb4 Rf3 45. Rg4 f6 46. Kxb5 Rb3+ 47. Rb4 Rxg3 48. h4 Rd3 49. a4 f5 50. Kb6
Rd7 51. a5 Rf7 52. Rf4 Kh7 53. b4 g5 54. hxg5 Kg6 55. b5 Kxg5 56. Rf1 f4 57. a6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Smeets, Jan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qc7 8. Qf3
b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. a3 Bb7 11. Be2 h5 12. O-O-O Nd7 13. f5 {Strategically, the
correct decision.} ({In an older game at grandmaster level, White went for the
h5-pawn. His greedyness not only cost him time, but also left him one pawn
down when the forced operation was over.} 13. Qh3 O-O-O 14. Bxh5 Kb8 15. Qg4 f5
16. Qe2 Nf6 17. Bf3 fxe4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 d5 20. Bf3 Qxf4+ 21. Kb1 Rxh2
$17 {Unzicker,W (2530)-Balashov,Y (2600)/Munich 1979/MCD (1/2, 32)}) 13... e5
14. Nb3 Rc8 15. Kb1 Nb6 $1 $146 {Obviously, the right square for the knight,
keeping d5 under control.} (15... h4 16. Rd3 Nc5 $6 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. Rxd5 Nxb3
19. Qxb3 $14 {Felton,J-O'Bee,C/BCCP-ch6 corr 1995/Corr Nr. 1 (1/2, 52)}) 16.
Rd3 Bh6 $5 {For the sake of maximal activation of forces, Ivanchuk leaves the
h5-pawn undefended.} 17. Qxh5 Ke7 18. Qf3 Nc4 19. Rhd1 Bg5 20. h3 Rh4 {For the
sacrificed pawn, Black has obtained some stability on dark squares and
attacking chances. It is hard to prove that his compensation is entirely
adequate, but in a practical game it may work out well.} 21. Qf2 Qb8 22. Bg4 a5
23. Qe2 Rhh8 24. Qe1 Rhd8 25. Nd5+ Bxd5 26. Rxd5 Qc7 27. Qe2 a4 28. Na1 b4 29.
axb4 a3 30. Nb3 Nxb2 31. Ra5 Ra8 32. Ka2 Nxd1 33. Qxd1 Qc3 34. Qa1 Qxc2+ 35.
Kxa3 Rxa5+ 36. bxa5 Rb8 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nbd7 8. Qe2
Qc7 9. O-O-O b5 10. a3 Be7 (10... Bb7 {is considered to be the main move.}) (
10... Rb8 {has similar deffects as in the aforementioned game Nakamura-Van
Wely:} 11. Nd5 $1 exd5 12. exd5+ Be7 13. Nc6 Nb6 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. g3 $40 {
Bronstein,D (2585)-Gheorghiu,F (2530)/Petropolis 1973/IZT (1-0, 36)}) 11. g4
Rb8 ({Again,} 11... Bb7 {is by far more popular.}) 12. Bg2 b4 13. axb4 Rxb4 (
13... h6 $5 {may be a last chance to avoid the disaster. If the bishop
retreats, the f4-pawn and the h4-bishop would be hanging along the fourth rank
after ...Rxb4.}) 14. e5 dxe5 15. Nc6 $16 {It is hard to understand what did
Black have in mind when entering this variation. An earlier game had proven
that Black is in trouble and his novelty looks more like over the board
desperation.} Bb7 $146 (15... Rb6 16. Nxe7 Bb7 17. Bxb7 Rxb7 18. fxe5 Nxe5 19.
Rde1 Ned7 20. Qxa6 {1-0 Spraggett,K (2631)-Czakon,J (2482)/San Sebastian 2007})
16. Nxb4 Bxb4 17. fxe5 Bxc3 18. exf6 gxf6 19. bxc3 fxg5 20. Bxb7 Qxb7 21. h4
Qc7 22. hxg5 Qxc3 23. Qxa6 Nc5 24. Qa8+ Ke7 25. Qa7+ Kf8 26. Rhf1 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. d4 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. O-O Nge7 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. Re1 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. c3 a5 14. a4 h6
15. Be3 Bxe3 16. Rxe3 Qb6 17. g4 Bg6 18. Nfd4 Rad8 19. Qe2 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Nc6
21. Rd1 Rd7 22. h4 Qc7 23. h5 Bh7 24. Rd2 Qf4 25. Qf3 Qxf3 26. Bxf3 Rfd8 27.
Kh2 Kf8 28. Kg3 Nxd4 29. Rxd4 Bc2 30. Re2 Bb3 31. Red2 Rd6 32. Bd1 Bxd1 33.
Rxd1 Ke7 34. f3 R8d7 35. R1d2 b6 36. f4 Kf6 37. Kh4 Ke7 38. g5 Rd8 39. Kg4 R8d7
40. f5 hxg5 41. Kxg5 Rd8 42. c4 f6+ 43. Kg6 Rh8 44. Kxg7 Rxh5 45. Rxd5 Rxd5 46.
Rxd5 Rg5+ 47. Kh6 Rg4 48. b3 Rg3 49. Rb5 Rg5 50. Rxb6 Rxf5 51. Rb5 Rf3 52. Kh5
f5 53. Kg6 Ke6 54. Kg5 Kd7 55. Kf6 Kd6 56. Rb6+ Kc7 57. Rb5 Kd6 58. Rd5+ Kc6
59. Ke5 Rxb3 60. Rxa5 f4 61. Kd4 Ra3 62. Rf5 Rxa4 63. Rxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Qc7 8.
g3 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Bf4 Nfd7 11. Bg2 f6 12. O-O O-O-O 13. a5 Nc5 14. Qe1 Nb3
15. Ra4 Nc5 16. Ra1 Nb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{As was true of another young player yesterday, Carlsen opted to take a rest
against his opponent - World Champion Anand. Reinvigorated today, the
Norwegian brought his A-game to the A section, in a demolition worthy of the
world's top-ranked, A-grade player.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5.
Qc2 g6 6. Bd3 Be6 $146 {leaving well-tested lines early.} 7. b3 Bg7 8. Nge2 c5
9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Bxd5 11. e4 Be6 12. Qxc5 Nc6 13. Be3 Rc8 14. Qa3 O-O 15.
Rd1 Nxd4 (15... a5 {with the idea of providing an outpost for the knight,
facilitating an exchange for White's light-squared bishop, may have been
better.}) 16. Bxd4 Bxd4 17. Bb1 Bc5 18. b4 Qxd1+ {with this move, things go
from bad to worse.} (18... Bxf2+ {was to be much preferred.}) 19. Kxd1 Bxf2 20.
Nf4 Bc4 21. Bd3 Rfd8 22. Ke2 Bxd3+ 23. Kxf2 Rc2+ 24. Kf3 Bc4 25. Rc1 Rxa2 26.
Qc3 b5 27. Ra1 Rdd2 28. Rxa2 Rxa2 29. h4 h5 30. g4 hxg4+ 31. Kxg4 f6 32. e5 Kf7
33. exf6 exf6 34. Qe3 Rc2 35. Qa7+ {With Black's position in tatters, Ivanchuk
mericfully put himself out of his own misery.} 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 a5 {A relatively new plan. Traditionally, Black is
supposed to strive for ...b5, as in the game Dominguez-Nakamura from the same
tournament. The advance of the a-pawn aims to increase Black's control on dark
squares, which is a plan more typically employed in the systems with a delayed
...Nxd4 (answered by Bxd4).} 11. O-O a4 12. Bd4 Bd7 $5 $146 {Ivanchuk chooses
the most solid regrouping, which, curiously, was never tried before. Usually,
Black develops his bishop to e6, putting pressure on the c4-pawn, which cannot
be defended with b2-b3 easily, because a new weakness would appear on b3.} (
12... Be6 13. Qe3 Nd7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. b3 axb3 16. axb3 $14 {Almasi,Z (2691)
-Tiviakov,S (2643)/Reggio Emilia 2007/CBM 122/[Tiviakov] (1/2, 38)}) (12... Qa5
{This seems to be a specialty of GM Mircea Pârligras.} 13. Qe3 Be6 14. Nb5 Bd7
(14... Rfc8 15. Rfc1 Qb4 {Not finding a favourable way to defend c4, White
started the perpetual attack against the enemy queen:} 16. Bc3 {with a draw
after a few repetitions in Seel,C (2493)-Parligras,M (2547)/Muelheim 2009 (1/2,
21).}) 15. b4 axb3 16. axb3 Qb4 17. e5 Nd5 18. cxd5 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 Bxb5 $11 {
Fridman,D (2630)-Parligras,M (2611)/Dresden 2008/CBM 128 (1/2, 31). Black has
absolutely no problems. In fact, it is White who has remained a bit over
extended.}) 13. Rfe1 Bc6 14. Qe3 ({Refraining from} 14. f3 {, which would
unnecessarily weaken the e3-square.}) 14... Nd7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 {[%cal Gd8b6]}
16. Nd5 e6 17. Nc3 {White has spent two tempi for the sake of provoking a
slight weakness in Black's structure.} Qb6 18. Qd2 Rfd8 19. Rad1 Nf6 {Black
opts for maximum safety again.} ({In his days of glory, Bent Larsen used to
employ such a setup:} 19... e5 20. Bf1 Nc5 {Ivanchuk might have feared a
kingside attack starting with} 21. Re3) 20. Bf1 h5 21. Re3 Rd7 22. h3 Rad8 {
Black is perfectly regrouped and has a solid position. Of course, he cannot
display any form of activity, but finding a constructive and risk free plan
for White is far from easy. Therefore, negotiations of peace were initiated
soon.} 23. Qc2 Kh7 24. Rf3 Kg7 25. Re3 Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3
d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. axb5 axb5 11. Na3 Bg4 12. Nxb5 O-O 13. Re1 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nh5
15. Kh1 Qf6 16. Rg1 exd4 17. Bg5 Qe5 18. Bd5 dxc3 19. Bxc6 cxb2 20. Rb1 Bxf2
21. Rg2 Rb6 22. Qd5 ({Deviating from} 22. Rxf2 {as played in Leko-Caruana.})
22... Bc5 23. Rbxb2 Rxc6 24. Qxc6 Ng3+ 25. hxg3 Qxg5 26. Rb1 Qh5+ 27. Rh2 Qxf3+
28. Rg2 Qh5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8.
Bxc4 c5 9. O-O O-O (9... cxd4 {is a common alternative but the whole line is
quite rare.}) 10. e5 Qd8 11. Qe2 {Or else:} (11. a3 cxd4 12. axb4 dxc3 13. bxc3
Qc7 (13... Qxd1 $6 14. Rfxd1 Bd7 15. Bd3 Rc8 16. c4 Bc6 17. Nd4 b6 18. Nb5 a5
19. Nd6 $16 {1-0 Schoen,W (2405)-Martin,A (2415)/Gausdal 1989/EXT 1997 (31)})
14. Qe2 Bd7 15. b5 Be8 16. Bd3 Nd7 17. Qe4 g6 18. Qe3 Kg7 19. Ra3 Qc5 20. Qxc5
Nxc5 21. Be2 a5 22. bxa6 bxa6 23. Rfa1 Rc8 {1/2 Bogoljubow,E-Tartakower,S/
Maehrisch Ostrau 1923/HCL}) (11. Ne4 cxd4 12. a3 Be7 13. Qxd4 (13. Nxd4 $2 Qc7)
13... Qxd4 14. Nxd4 Nd7 15. f4 Nc5 16. Nc3 Rd8 17. Rad1 Bd7 18. Rd2 Rac8 19.
Ba2 Na4 $11 {1-0 Sharavdorj,D (2441)-Jahedi,S (2106)/Berkeley 2008/CBM 127
Extra (53)}) (11. d5 $5 exd5 $2 (11... Bxc3 $1) 12. Bxd5 $2 (12. Nxd5 $1 $16)
12... Bxc3 13. bxc3 Nc6 (13... Qc7 $5) 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Qa4 Qc7 16. Rfd1 Be6
17. Qa3 c4 18. Rd6 Bd5 19. Nd4 Qe7 20. f4 Qh4 21. Rf1 Qg4 22. Qb2 Rab8 23. Qf2
$14 {1/2 Gligoric,S-Karaklajic,N/Sarajevo 1951/EXT 2002 (61)}) (11. dxc5 $5 {
K.Sakaev} Qxd1 12. Rfxd1 Bxc5 13. Rac1 $36) 11... cxd4 12. Rad1 (12. Rfd1 Nc6
13. Qe4 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Bd7 15. cxd4 Ne7 16. Bd3 g6 17. Qf4 Kg7 18. Be4 Nd5 19.
Bxd5 exd5 20. Rdc1 Be6 21. Rab1 {1/2 Fressinet,L (2658)-Movsesian,S (2711)/
Heidelberg GER 2010/The Week in Chess 799}) (12. Ne4 Bd7 13. Rfd1 $5 Nc6 14. a3
Be7 15. b4 Qb8 16. Ng3 b5 17. Bxb5 Nxe5 18. Bxd7 Nxd7 19. Nxd4 $14 {1/2
Grischuk,A (2736)-Aronian,L (2781)/Linares ESP 2010/The Week in Chess 798 (101)
}) 12... Bd7 (12... Nc6 $5 13. Nb5 Bc5 14. Qe4 Bd7 15. Nbxd4 Qe7 (15... Nxd4 $5
16. Nxd4 Qb6 $11) 16. Bd3 g6 17. Nb3 Bb6 18. Qf4 Kg7 19. h4 Nb4 20. Be4 Bb5 21.
Rfe1 Rfd8 22. Nbd4 Ba4 23. b3 Be8 $11 {0-1 Guimard,C-Fine,R/New York 1951/MCL 
(40)}) 13. Ne4 $5 {White transfers his knight to the kingside to create an
attack.} (13. Rxd4 $5 {, with play in the centre, was a worthy alternative:}
Nc6 14. Rd3 Qc8 15. Rfd1 Rd8 16. Bb3 Be8 17. Nb5 $14 {[%csl Rd6]}) 13... Nc6
14. Ng3 Qc7 (14... Qa5 $5 15. Bd3 $140 Qxa2) 15. Bd3 Ne7 {[%mdl 256]} (15...
Rfd8 16. Qe4 g6 17. h4 $36) 16. Rc1 $1 (16. Qe4 g6 17. Nxd4 Rfd8 18. Nh5 Nd5
$132) 16... Bc6 17. Nxd4 Rad8 $5 (17... Rfd8 $5 18. Rc4 Qb6 19. Qg4 Bd2 $1 (
19... Bd5 $2 20. Nh5 g6 21. Nf6+ Kh8 22. Qf4 Ng8 23. Nxd5 exd5 24. Rxb4 Qxb4
25. Qxf7 $1 $18) 20. Rd1 Qxb2 21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. Qxe6+ Kh8 23. Rc2 Qb4 24. Rcxd2
Ba4 25. a3 $1 Qxa3 26. Bc2 Rxd2 27. Rxd2 Bxc2 28. Rxc2 Qa1+ 29. Nf1 Nc6 $11 {
K.Sakaev}) 18. Rc4 Qb6 19. Qg4 Bc5 $5 (19... Bd5 20. Nh5 g6 21. Nf6+ Kh8 22.
Qh4 (22. Qf4 $2 g5 $1 23. Nxd5 exd5 {, and the f7 pawn is protected - that's
the difference from 17...Rfd8}) 22... Ng8 23. Nxd5 Rxd5 $11 {K.Sakaev}) 20. Nh5
g6 21. Bxg6 $6 {Logical but probably wrong!} (21. Nxc6 bxc6 22. Qg3 Bd4 $132)
21... Nxg6 (21... fxg6 $143 22. Nf6+ Kh8 23. Nxe6 Bxf2+ 24. Rxf2 Rd2 25. Rd4 $1
Rxf2 26. Kxf2 Qxb2+ 27. Qe2 Qxe2+ 28. Kxe2 Rc8 29. Kf2 $14 {[%csl Ge6,Gf6]})
22. Nxe6 Be7 $1 23. Nxd8 (23. Nhf4 Kh7 24. Nxg6 (24. Qf5 Qb5 $1) 24... fxg6 25.
Rf4 Rde8 26. Nxf8+ Rxf8 27. Rxf8 Bxf8 $17 {K.Sakaev}) 23... Qxd8 $1 (23... Rxd8
$143 24. e6 Bd5 25. exf7+ Bxf7 26. Re4 $36 {K.Sakaev}) 24. e6 Qd5 $1 25. exf7+
Kh7 {White's attack is parried so he decides to liquidate into a gloomy
endgame. In the middlegame Black's minor pieces would be stronger than White's
rook, too.} 26. Qxg6+ ({Or} 26. Nf4 Qxf7 27. Nxg6 Qxg6) 26... Kxg6 27. Nf4+
Kxf7 28. Nxd5 Bxd5 $17 {The material balance is nominally equal but Black's
bishop pair is extremely strong.} 29. Rc7 Kf6 30. Re1 Bb4 31. Rd1 Bc6 32. Rd4
$6 {This leads to new positional concessions but moves like} (32. Kf1 {are
easier to recommend than to make.}) 32... Re8 33. h4 Re1+ 34. Kh2 Bc5 (34...
Be7 $1 $19 {[%csl Rc7][%cal Re1e2,Rf6e6]}) 35. Rd2 (35. Rf4+ $5 Ke5 (35... Ke6
36. Rh7) 36. Rcf7 Bd4 37. R7f6 (37. b4 Ke6) 37... Bxb2 $17) 35... a5 36. Rc8 $6
(36. a3) 36... a4 (36... Bb4 $1 37. Rd3 Re2) 37. Rg8 (37. Kg3 $142) 37... Re4
38. Kh3 Re1 39. Kh2 Re4 40. Kh3 Re1 $4 {Overlooking a triple repetition in an
almost winning position.} (40... Bb4 41. f3 (41. Rd3 Re2 42. a3 Bc5) 41... Bxd2
42. fxe4 Ke5 43. g4 Bxe4 $17 {- White's g-pawn will not move too far.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 a5 11. Nc3 Na6 12. Ne5 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Nd5 14. Rad1 Nxf4+
15. gxf4 Bd6 16. e3 Qh4 17. Qe2 f6 18. Nc4 g5 19. d5 e5 20. f5 Nc5 21. e4 Rf7
22. Kh1 Nb3 23. Nb5 Nd4 24. Nxd4 exd4 25. f3 Qh3 26. Rf2 h5 27. Rg2 Bf4 28.
Rxd4 Kh8 29. Rd3 Rh7 30. Rc3 Rd8 31. Rd3 Ra8 32. b3 Qh4 33. Qf2 Qh3 34. Rd1 Rg7
35. Rdg1 Rag8 36. Nxa5 g4 37. fxg4 Rxg4 38. Rxg4 Rxg4 39. Rxg4 hxg4 40. Qxf4 g3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.30"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nc4 Qc7 8.
d5 $5 {Almost a novelty. White hopes to obtain an advance in development by
opening the centre. Strategically, the exchange of the central pawn for the
c6-pawn is a slight concession, though.} g6 $146 {Maintaining the tension.} ({
Black equalized gradually after:} 8... cxd5 9. Nxd5 Nxd5 10. Qxd5 Nf6 11. Qe5
Qxe5+ 12. Nxe5 a6 13. Be3 Ng4 {Bergerhoff,R-Packroff,H/Germany 1996/Corr 2004 
(1/2, 24)}) 9. Qd4 Bg7 10. Bf4 Qd8 11. dxc6 bxc6 12. O-O-O O-O $13 {The
position is characteristic rather for the Sicilian Dragon. WHite is better
developed, but will have to repeatedly move with his queen in the next phase
of the game in order to achieve the desired coordination.} 13. Qd2 Bb7 14. Bh6
Qc7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qe3 Nb6 17. Qe5 Rac8 18. Re1 Rfe8 19. f3 Qxe5 20. Rxe5
Nbd5 21. Nd1 Rc7 22. Na5 Bc8 23. a3 h5 24. g3 Bf5 25. c4 Nb6 26. Nc3 Nbd7 27.
Re3 e5 28. Bg2 Nd5 29. cxd5 cxd5 30. Kd1 Rec8 31. Ree1 d4 32. Ne4 Rc1+ 33. Ke2
R1c2+ 34. Kf1 Rxb2 35. Re2 Rcc2 36. Rxc2 Rxc2 37. Nb3 Bxe4 38. fxe4 Nb6 39. Bf3
d3 40. Bd1 Ra2 41. Nc5 Rxa3 42. Ke1 Nc4 43. Rf1 Rc3 44. Na4 d2+ 45. Kf2 Ra3 46.
Nc5 Ne3 47. Rg1 Rc3 48. Na4 Nxd1+ 49. Rxd1 Rc4 50. Nb2 Rxe4 51. Rxd2 h4 52. Nd3
hxg3+ 53. hxg3 Rd4 54. Ke3 Rg4 55. Kf3 Rd4 56. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.31"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. Rd1 b5 11. Bf1 Qc7 12. e4 e5 13. g3 c5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15.
Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Bg5 Bg4 17. Be2 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Bxe2 19. Qxe2 Qe5 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21.
Qe3 Qe6 22. Qxc5 Qxe4 23. a4 Rac8 24. Qd5 Qxd5 25. Rxd5 Rxc3 26. axb5 axb5 27.
Rxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Caxias do Sul op"]
[Site "Caxias do Sul"]
[Date "2010.03.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Milos, Gilberto"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2010.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. f4
O-O 9. Kh1 Qc7 10. a4 Nc6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Bf3 Rb8 13. g4 Nd7 14. g5 b6 15. Bg2
Bb7 16. Qg4 Bf8 17. Rad1 Nb4 18. Rd2 g6 19. Nde2 Rbc8 20. Rfd1 Nc5 21. Bg1 Bc6
22. b3 Qb7 23. Qf3 d5 24. exd5 Nxd5 25. Nxd5 Bxd5 26. Rxd5 exd5 27. Nc3 d4 28.
Qxb7 Nxb7 29. Bxd4 Nd6 30. Nd5 Bg7 31. Bxb6 Rxc2 32. Ne3 Rc3 33. Rxd6 Rxb3 34.
Bd5 Rb4 35. f5 Bf8 36. Rf6 Re7 37. fxg6 hxg6 38. Rxg6+ Kh7 39. Rc6 Rxb6 40.
Rxb6 Rxe3 41. Bxf7 a5 42. Bb3 Rc3 43. Kg2 Bb4 44. Bd5 Re3 45. h4 Be1 46. h5
Rg3+ 47. Kf1 Rxg5 48. Be4+ Kh8 49. Kxe1 Re5 50. Rh6+ Kg7 51. Rg6+ Kf7 52. Rg4
1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 19th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2010.03.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. a3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Bb5
Rc8 9. g4 Bg6 10. Qa4 Nd7 11. b4 e6 12. Bb2 Be7 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Qxa7 c5 15.
Qa6 O-O 16. Qe2 c4 17. e4 d4 18. Nb5 e5 19. h4 Qb6 20. a4 Qb7 21. Ng5 h6 22. h5
hxg5 23. hxg6 fxg6 24. f3 Bxb4 25. Ba3 Bxa3 26. Rxa3 Qb6 27. Qh2 Qc5 28. Qh7+
Kf7 29. Ra1 Nf6 30. Qh2 Ra8 31. d3 Qxb5 0-1

[Event "Amber-blindfold 19th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2010.03.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8.
Qd2 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nc6 10. Rd1 O-O 11. Nf3 Bg4 12. Be2 Qa5 13. O-O Rac8 14. Qxa5
Nxa5 15. Rc1 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Nc4 17. e5 Nxe3 18. fxe3 Bh6 19. Kf2 b5 20. Ke2 e6
21. Bb7 Rc4 22. Rxc4 bxc4 23. Be4 Rb8 24. Rb1 Rxb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 19th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2010.03.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 Qc7 8.
O-O Nf6 9. Qe2 d5 10. b3 Bb7 11. Bb2 Bd6 12. Kh1 Bf4 13. Rae1 O-O 14. g3 Bh6
15. e5 Nd7 16. Nd1 c5 17. f4 Rfd8 18. Kg1 Qc6 19. Nf2 c4 20. bxc4 Nc5 21. cxd5
Rxd5 22. Ne4 Rad8 23. Nxc5 Rxc5 24. Qe4 Qxe4 25. Bxe4 Bxe4 26. Rxe4 Rxc2 27.
Rd4 Rdc8 28. Rfd1 g5 29. Rd8+ Rxd8 30. Rxd8+ Kg7 31. f5 g4 32. Ba3 Be3+ 33. Kf1
Rf2+ 34. Ke1 Rxf5 35. Bf8+ Kg6 36. Bd6 h5 37. Ra8 Bg1 38. Rxa6 Bxh2 39. Ra3 h4
40. gxh4 g3 41. Ra8 Kh7 0-1

[Event "Amber-blindfold 19th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2010.03.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. Nd2 c6 8.
Ba4 d6 9. Bb3 O-O 10. c3 Bb6 11. Nc4 Bc7 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Re8 14. Ne3 a5 15.
Kh1 g5 16. Bg3 Bb6 17. Re1 Kg7 18. f3 Bxe3 19. Rxe3 Nh5 20. Bf2 Nf4 21. d4 Qf6
22. Bc4 h5 23. Bf1 h4 24. Qd2 Rh8 25. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 19th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2010.03.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Smeets, Jan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. O-O-O Ngf6 14. Ne4
O-O-O 15. g3 Nc5 16. Nxc5 Bxc5 17. Qe2 Bb6 18. Bf4 Qe7 19. c4 Rhe8 20. Kb1 Bc7
21. Ne5 Nd7 22. a3 Nxe5 23. dxe5 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Rd8 25. Kc2 Rxd1 26. Kxd1 Qc5
27. Ke1 Qd4 28. Kf1 Kd7 29. Kg2 Ke8 30. b3 a6 31. Qe3 Qxe3 32. fxe3 Kd7 33. Kf3
Bd8 34. Ke4 Be7 35. a4 Kc7 36. Kd3 Kb6 37. g4 Ka5 38. Bg3 b5 39. axb5 cxb5 40.
Be1+ Kb6 41. e4 a5 42. cxb5 Kxb5 43. Bf2 Kb4 44. Be1+ Kb5 45. Bf2 Bd8 46. Be3
Bc7 47. Bd4 Bb6 48. Bc3 Bf2 49. Bd2 Bg3 50. Bc3 Bh2 51. Kc2 a4 52. bxa4+ Kxa4
53. Kd3 Kb3 54. Bd4 Bf4 55. Ba1 Bc1 56. Kd4 Ba3 57. Bc3 Bb4 58. Ba1 g6 59. Kd3
gxh5 60. gxh5 Bc5 61. Bc3 Be7 62. Bd2 Bf8 63. Bc3 Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 19th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2010.03.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 g6 5. d4 b5 6. Bb3 exd4 7. a4 bxa4 8. Rxa4
Bg7 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Rxd4 Ne7 11. Bg5 O-O 12. Rd2 h6 13. Be3 d6 14. O-O Be6 15.
c3 Qb8 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Na3 Kh7 18. Re1 Qb7 19. Bd4 e5 20. Be3 Ng8 21. f3 Nf6
22. Qe2 Nh5 23. Ra1 Nf4 24. Bxf4 Rxf4 25. Nc4 h5 26. Rd5 Bh6 27. Rda5 Rf7 28.
Kh1 Bf4 29. b4 Rff8 30. Qa2 Qb8 31. Rxa6 Rxa6 32. Qxa6 Qd8 33. Qa7 Qh4 34. Qg1
Bg3 35. Ne3 Rf4 36. Nd5 Rf7 37. b5 g5 38. Ne3 Bf2 39. Qc1 Bxe3 40. Qxe3 g4 41.
Rf1 Kg6 42. c4 Qd8 43. Kg1 Qa8 44. fxg4 Rxf1+ 45. Kxf1 hxg4 46. Kf2 Kh5 47. h3
Qf8+ 48. Ke2 Qa8 49. hxg4+ Kxg4 50. Qf3+ Kh4 51. Qh3+ Kg5 52. Qf5+ Kh4 53. Qf6+
Kg3 54. Qg6+ Kh2 55. Kf3 Qa2 56. Qh6+ Kg1 57. Qc1+ Kh2 58. Qf1 Qd2 59. Kg4 Qh6
60. Qf7 Kxg2 61. Qf3+ Kg1 62. Qg3+ Kf1 63. Kf5 Qf8+ 64. Ke6 Qe8+ 65. Kf6 Qf8+
66. Ke6 Qe8+ 67. Kf6 Qf8+ 68. Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 19th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2010.03.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Rc1
Nc6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Be2 Qe7 11. O-O Rd8 12. Bg5 Be6 13. Nb5 Bb6 14. Nbd4 Rac8
15. Nxc6 Rxc6 16. Rxc6 bxc6 17. Ne5 Qc7 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Nf3 Bf5 20. b4 d4 21.
Nxd4 Qe5 22. Bf3 Bxd4 23. exd4 Rxd4 24. Qb3 Rd3 25. Qc4 Rc3 26. Qh4 Be6 27. h3
Kg7 28. a3 Qg5 29. Qxg5+ fxg5 30. a4 Kf6 31. Rd1 Rc4 32. b5 cxb5 33. axb5 Rc5
34. Be2 Re5 35. Kf1 h6 36. Ra1 Bd7 37. Rxa7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 19th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2010.03.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nc6 8. Nxc6
bxc6 9. e5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. fxg5 Nd5 12. Ne4 Qb6 13. Bd3 hxg5 14. Bg3 dxe5 15.
Bxe5 Rh4 16. Qd2 Qb4 17. Qxb4 Bxb4+ 18. c3 Be7 19. O-O f5 20. Nd6+ Kd7 21. Nxc8
Bc5+ 22. Kh1 Kxc8 23. Rae1 Kd7 24. Bc2 Bd6 25. g3 Rh6 26. Bb3 Bxe5 27. Rxe5
Rah8 28. Re2 a5 29. Kg1 g4 30. Rd1 Kc7 31. Rde1 Kd7 32. Rd2 Kc7 33. Bxd5 cxd5
34. c4 Kd6 35. cxd5 exd5 36. Red1 Ke6 37. h4 Rd8 38. Rc2 Rh7 39. Kf2 Rd6 40. b3
a4 41. bxa4 Ra7 42. Re2+ Kf6 43. Rd4 Ra5 44. a3 Rda6 45. Kg2 Rxa4 46. Rxd5 R4a5
47. Rxa5 Rxa5 48. Re3 Ra4 49. Rb3 Kg6 50. Kf2 f4 51. gxf4 Rxf4+ 52. Kg3 Ra4 53.
Rc3 Kh6 54. Rd3 Kg6 55. Re3 Kh6 56. Re6+ Kg7 57. Re3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 19th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2010.03.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. Qe2 d6 8. f4
Nbd7 9. g4 Nc5 10. g5 Nfd7 11. Bd2 g6 12. f5 Ne5 13. b4 Ncxd3+ 14. cxd3 Bd7 15.
a3 Rc8 16. Rc1 Be7 17. O-O Qb6 18. Be3 Bxg5 19. fxe6 fxe6 20. Na4 Bxe3+ 21.
Qxe3 Qa7 22. Nc5 dxc5 23. Qf4 Ng4 24. Qf7+ Kd8 25. Nxe6+ Bxe6 26. Qxe6 c4+ 27.
Kh1 Nf2+ 28. Rxf2 Qxf2 29. Qd6+ Ke8 30. Qe6+ Kd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 19th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2010.03.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[PlyCount "224"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. cxd5 Qxd5
15. Bf4 Rac8 16. h3 h6 17. g4 Bg6 18. Bd3 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Bd6 20. c4 Qa5 21. Be3
Rcd8 22. Qc2 Bf8 23. Kg2 Qa6 24. a4 Nb4 25. Qb3 Qg6 26. Rad1 Nc2 27. Re2 Nxe3+
28. fxe3 b6 29. Qb1 Qc6 30. Qb5 Qb7 31. d5 a6 32. Qb3 c6 33. e4 cxd5 34. cxd5
Rc8 35. e5 b5 36. axb5 axb5 37. d6 Rc4 38. Qd3 Qd7 39. Qf5 Rd8 40. Qxd7 Rxd7
41. e6 Rxd6 42. Rxd6 Bxd6 43. e7 Bxe7 44. Rxe7 b4 45. Rb7 Re4 46. Kf2 g5 47.
Kg3 Kg7 48. Rb6 f6 49. h4 h5 50. gxh5 gxh4+ 51. Nxh4 Re5 52. Rb7+ Kh6 53. Kf4
Rc5 54. Nf5+ Kxh5 55. Rxb4 Kg6 56. Nh4+ Kh5 57. Nf5 Kg6 58. Ne3 Ra5 59. Rb6
Ra4+ 60. Kf3 Rd4 61. Ng2 Ra4 62. Nf4+ Kg5 63. Rb5+ f5 64. Ng2 Ra8 65. Ne3 Rf8
66. Rb7 Rf6 67. Rb8 Ra6 68. Rd8 Rh6 69. Rd5 Rf6 70. Kg3 Rf8 71. Ra5 Rf7 72. Ng2
Rb7 73. Nh4 Rb3+ 74. Nf3+ Kg6 75. Ra6+ Kh5 76. Rf6 Rb5 77. Rf8 Kg6 78. Nd4 Re5
79. Kf3 Re7 80. Ra8 Kg5 81. Ra6 Re1 82. Ra5 Kg6 83. Nxf5 Rf1+ 84. Ke4 Re1+ 85.
Ne3 Kf6 86. Ra6+ Ke7 87. Kd4 Kd7 88. Nf5 Rd1+ 89. Ke5 Re1+ 90. Kd5 Rd1+ 91. Nd4
Ke7 92. Rb6 Kf7 93. Rc6 Ke7 94. Re6+ Kf7 95. Re4 Kf6 96. Kd6 Rd3 97. Rg4 Rd1
98. Kd5 Rf1 99. Rg2 Rd1 100. Rf2+ Ke7 101. Ke5 Re1+ 102. Ne2 Kd7 103. Kd5 Rd1+
104. Nd4 Ke7 105. Rf4 Ke8 106. Kd6 Rd3 107. Rh4 Kf7 108. Ke5 Rd1 109. Nf3 Rf1
110. Rh7+ Kg6 111. Rh3 Kf7 112. Kf5 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 19th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2010.03.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Bf4
dxc4 9. Ne5 b5 10. Nxc6 Nxc6 11. Bxc6 Ba6 12. Bxa8 Qxa8 13. Qc2 Qc6 14. Bg5 Bb7
15. f3 e5 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. d5 Bxd5 18. Nc3 Bc6 19. Rad1 Qe6 20. e4 f5 21. exf5
Rxf5 22. Ne4 Rf8 23. Qe2 a5 24. Qe3 Rc8 25. Rfe1 h6 26. Nf2 Qf5 27. Ne4 b4 28.
Kg2 Rf8 29. Rf1 Kh8 30. Rc1 Bd5 31. Rcd1 Bc6 32. Rc1 Bd5 33. Rcd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 19th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2010.03.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1 Nf6 8.
Bg5 e6 9. f4 Qb6 10. Qd2 Qxb2 11. Rb1 Qa3 12. f5 Nc6 13. fxe6 fxe6 14. Nxc6
bxc6 15. Be2 Be7 16. O-O O-O 17. Kh1 Ra7 18. Qe3 Rd7 19. Rb8 Kh8 20. e5 dxe5
21. Ne4 Qxe3 22. Bxe3 Rdd8 23. Bc5 Bxc5 24. Nxc5 Kg8 25. Bc4 Kf7 26. Rb6 Rd4
27. Bxe6+ Ke7 28. Rxc6 Nd7 29. Re1 Nxc5 30. Bxc8 Re4 31. Rc1 Rc4 32. Bxa6 Rc3
33. Bb5 Ne4 34. a4 Rxc6 35. Bxc6 Nc3 36. a5 Kd6 37. Bb7 Kc7 38. a6 e4 39. Re1
Kb6 40. Kg1 Rf5 41. Bxe4 Nxe4 42. Rxe4 Kxa6 43. Re7 Rg5 44. Kf2 Kb6 45. Kf3 h5
46. h4 Rf5+ 47. Ke4 Rc5 48. g3 Rc4+ 49. Kf5 g6+ 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 19th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2010.03.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 Nh6 7. c3 O-O 8.
d4 Qb6 9. h3 d6 10. Qc2 a5 11. Be3 cxd4 12. cxd4 f5 13. Qd2 Nf7 14. e5 Qb4 15.
Nc3 dxe5 16. dxe5 Rb8 17. Rab1 Rd8 18. Qe2 Be6 19. Bd2 Bc4 20. Qd1 e6 21. b3
Bd3 22. Rc1 Qe7 23. Re3 Bh6 24. Re1 Bg7 25. Re3 c5 26. Na4 Be4 27. Nxc5 Bxf3
28. Rxf3 Nxe5 29. Rfc3 Rd5 30. Qe1 Rc8 31. Na4 Rxc3 32. Nxc3 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 19th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2010.03.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 e6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. Bd3
Bb4 9. O-O O-O 10. Rd1 Re8 11. Qe2 a6 12. Bd2 Ba5 13. Be1 Bc7 14. Rac1 Qe7 15.
Qc2 Rad8 16. Qb3 dxc4 17. Bxc4 Nb6 18. Bf1 e5 19. dxe5 Qxe5 20. g3 Rxd1 21.
Rxd1 Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Bxd8 23. Bg2 Qc7 24. Ne2 Nbd7 25. Bc3 Be7 26. Qc2 g6 27. b3
Bd6 28. Nf4 Ne8 29. Nd3 Ng7 30. Bb2 Be7 31. h4 Bf6 32. Ba3 Nf5 33. Bh3 Nd6 34.
h5 Nb5 35. Bb4 a5 36. Be1 Ne5 37. Nxe5 Qxe5 38. hxg6 hxg6 39. Bf1 Nc3 40. a4 b5
41. Bxc3 Qxc3 42. Qxc3 Bxc3 43. axb5 cxb5 44. Bxb5 g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 19th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2010.03.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 a6 4. Bg2 b5 5. b3 Bb7 6. Nc3 b4 7. Na4 d6 8. d4 Nbd7
9. a3 a5 10. O-O c5 11. Bb2 Qc7 12. Re1 Be4 13. Bh3 Be7 14. Ng5 Bg6 15. axb4 h6
16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. bxc5 dxc5 18. Bxe6 cxd4 19. Qxd4 Nc5 20. Qe3 Nxe6 21. Bxf6
Bxf6 22. Qxe6+ Qe7 23. Qc6+ Kf7 24. Qd5+ Qe6 25. Qb7+ Be7 26. Nc5 Qf5 27. Nd7
Rhd8 28. Rad1 Qe4 29. Rd5 Kg8 30. Qb6 Kh7 31. h4 Bxh4 32. Rd4 Qf5 33. Rd5 Qh3
34. Qd4 Bxg3 35. Nf6+ gxf6 36. fxg3 Qxg3+ 37. Kf1 Bf5 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 19th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2010.03.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Smeets, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Nxd4 exd4 6. Nd5 Nxd5 7. exd5 Be7
8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 c5 10. a4 d6 11. d3 Bg5 12. Bd2 a6 13. Bc4 b6 14. b4 Bd7 15.
Bb3 Bxd2 16. Qxd2 Qf6 17. Re4 Bf5 18. Re2 Rfe8 19. Rae1 Rxe2 20. Qxe2 Bd7 21.
a5 bxa5 22. bxa5 Kf8 23. Bc4 Qd8 24. Qd2 Rb8 25. h4 Bb5 26. h5 Bxc4 27. dxc4 h6
28. g3 Qg5 29. Qe2 Qf6 30. Kg2 Qd8 31. Qe4 Kg8 32. Qf5 Qxa5 33. Re7 Rf8 34. Rd7
Qb6 35. g4 Qb4 36. g5 Qxc4 37. gxh6 gxh6 38. Rxd6 d3 39. Rxh6 Re8 40. Qg5+ 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 19th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2010.03.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 Rb8 8. e4
Be7 9. Qe2 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Qxd4 11. Rd1 Qc5 12. e5 Nd7 13. Bf4 O-O 14. Ne4 Qa5
15. Qh5 f6 16. Ng5 fxg5 17. Be4 h6 18. Qg6 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Qxe5 20. Qh7+ Kf7 21.
Qg6+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 19th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2010.03.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2
Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. f5 Nc6 11. fxe6 fxe6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Be2 Be7 14. O-O O-O
15. Rb3 Qc5+ 16. Be3 Qe5 17. Bf4 Qc5+ 18. Kh1 Ng4 19. h3 e5 20. Na4 Qa7 21.
hxg4 exf4 22. Nb6 Be6 23. Nxa8 Bxb3 24. axb3 Qxa8 25. Ra1 Bf6 26. Rxa6 Qd8 27.
Rxc6 Be5 28. Bf3 Bd4 29. Qe1 Be3 30. Kh2 Qf6 31. Kh3 g5 32. g3 Qh6+ 33. Kg2
fxg3 34. Qxg3 Bf4 35. Qh3 Qg7 36. e5 Bxe5 37. Be4 h6 38. b4 Qf7 39. Qf3 Qb7 40.
Qb3+ Kg7 41. Qc4 Rf7 42. Rxd6 Qa7 43. Rg6+ Kh8 44. Qc8+ 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 19th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2010.03.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Qf3 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 d6 9. Ba3 O-O 10. Rd1 e5 11. Nf5 Bxf5 12. exf5 Nc6 13. Be2 Qa5 14. Bxd6
Nd4 15. Qd3 Nxe2 16. Qxe2 Qxc3+ 17. Kf1 Rfd8 18. h4 b5 19. c5 Rac8 20. Rh3 Qc4
21. Qxc4 bxc4 22. Re1 Nd7 23. Bxe5 f6 24. Bd4 Nxc5 25. Bxc5 Rxc5 26. Rc3 Rd4
27. Re8+ Kf7 28. Ra8 h5 29. Ra7+ Kg8 30. Rxa6 Rxh4 31. Ra4 Rd4 32. g3 Kh7 33.
Kg2 Kh6 34. Rb4 Kg5 35. a4 Kxf5 36. a5 Rxa5 37. Rcxc4 Rd7 38. g4+ hxg4 39. Rf4+
Ke6 40. Rfe4+ Kf7 41. Rxg4 g5 42. Rbd4 Rda7 43. f4 Ra2+ 44. Kh3 Kg6 45. fxg5
fxg5 46. Rg2 Rh7+ 47. Kg3 Ra3+ 48. Kf2 Rh1 49. Rd5 Ra2+ 50. Kg3 Ra4 51. Rd6+
Kg7 52. Rc2 Rf1 53. Rc7+ Rf7 54. Rxf7+ Kxf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 19th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2010.03.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Qc2 g6 6. d4 Bg7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Rd1 Re8 10. b3 b5 11. Bb2 Bb7 12. Rac1 Rc8 13. h3 Qc7 14. Ne2 bxc4 15.
bxc4 c5 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Qb3 Qb6 18. Bc4 Qxb3 19. Bxb3 cxd4 20. Bxd4 Bxd4 21.
Rxd4 e6 22. Rdc4 N7b6 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Rxc8+ Nxc8 25. Ne5 Nd6 26. Nd3 Nc7 27.
Nc3 Ne4 28. Nxe4 Bxe4 29. Nc5 Bc6 30. Bc4 Bb5 31. Bxb5 axb5 32. e4 Kf8 33. Kf1
Ke7 34. Ke2 e5 35. Kd2 Kd6 36. Nb7+ Kd7 37. Nc5+ Kd6 38. Nb7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 19th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2010.03.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 c6 8. Bd3
b6 9. b4 a5 10. a3 Ba6 11. O-O Qc8 12. h3 Qb7 13. Rb1 axb4 14. axb4 Rfc8 15. b5
cxb5 16. Nxb5 Ne4 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 bxc5 19. Qg4 Nf6 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Nd6
Qc7 22. Bxa6 Qxd6 23. Bxc8 Rxc8 24. dxc5 Qxc5 25. Rb7 g6 26. Rfb1 h5 27. Qf4
Qc3 28. Qa4 Be5 29. g4 hxg4 30. hxg4 Qc4 31. R7b4 Qe2 32. Qd1 Qxd1+ 33. Rxd1 g5
34. Kg2 Kg7 35. Rb5 Rc4 36. Kf3 Kg6 37. Rd2 f5 38. gxf5+ Kxf5 39. Ra2 Rh4 40.
Ra8 g4+ 41. Ke2 Rh2 42. Rf8+ Ke4 43. Rb6 g3 44. Rxe6 Rxf2+ 45. Rxf2 gxf2 46.
Kxf2 d4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 19th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2010.03.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O
8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Re8 10. h4 c6 11. Kb1 Qa5 12. h5 h6 13. Bd3 Bf8 14. g4 Nf6
15. g5 Be6 16. a3 Ng4 17. gxh6 Qd5 18. Qe2 Qa2+ 19. Kc1 Qa1+ 20. Kd2 Qxb2 21.
Rdg1 Bd7 22. Rxg4 Bxg4 23. Ng5 Be6 24. Bd4 Qa2 25. Rg1 c5 26. Bh7+ Kh8 27.
hxg7+ Bxg7 28. Nxf7+ Bxf7 29. Bxg7+ Kxh7 30. Qd3+ Kg8 31. Bf6+ Kf8 32. Qxd6+
1-0

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 GpB"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2010.04.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2010.03.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 c5 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O Nf6 7. Bb3 Be7 8. dxc5
Qxd1 9. Bxd1 Bxc5 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. Nd3 Bd6 12. Re1 e5 13. e4 Nc5 14. Nxc5 Bxc5
15. Nd2 Be6 16. Bb3 Ke7 17. Nf3 Bxb3 18. axb3 Nd7 19. Bd2 f6 20. b4 Bd6 21. Nh4
g6 22. g3 Nb6 23. Ng2 Nc4 24. Bc3 Rac8 25. Kf1 Ke6 26. Red1 Bc7 27. f3 Bb6 28.
Ke2 Rc6 29. f4 Rhc8 30. Rd5 Rd6 31. Rad1 Rxd5 32. Rxd5 Bg1 33. h3 g5 34. fxg5
Rg8 35. Rd1 Bb6 36. Nh4 Nd6 37. gxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 GpB"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2010.05.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2010.03.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O
cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Rd1 Nb4 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Bd7 14. Ne5 Bc6 15.
Bg3 Nbd5 16. a5 Rc8 17. Bb3 a6 18. Rdc1 Bb4 19. Bh4 Qd6 20. Qd1 Bb5 21. Nxb5
axb5 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Qf3 Qc7 24. h3 Ra8 25. Qd1 Bd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 17th"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2010.04.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanov, Alexander Al"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2481"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "163"]
[EventDate "2010.04.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Belgorod BelGu"]
[BlackTeam "Sankt Petersburg Chess Federation"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c6 2. d3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 e5 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Nf3 d6 7. O-O O-O 8. d4 Qc7
9. dxe5 dxe5 10. h3 b5 11. a3 a5 12. Be3 Bb7 13. Re1 Re8 14. Nd2 Nbd7 15. Nb3
Bf8 16. Qf3 Re6 17. h4 b4 18. axb4 axb4 19. Rxa8 Bxa8 20. Nd1 c5 21. Nd2 c4 22.
c3 Bb7 23. Bf1 Ba6 24. cxb4 Bxb4 25. Nc3 Qb7 26. Rc1 Rc6 27. Rc2 h5 28. Nd5
Nxd5 29. exd5 Rd6 30. Bxc4 Bxc4 31. Nxc4 Rxd5 32. Rc1 e4 33. Qe2 Rd3 34. Qc2
Qb5 35. b3 Nf6 36. Bg5 Nd5 37. Rd1 Rxd1+ 38. Qxd1 Bc5 39. Qc2 Qe8 40. Qd2 Qe6
41. Ne3 Nb4 42. Qd8+ Kg7 43. Bh6+ Kh7 44. Bg5 Bb6 45. Qe7 Qxe7 46. Bxe7 Nd3 47.
b4 f5 48. b5 Kg7 49. Bg5 Kf7 50. Nd1 Ke6 51. Be3 Bxe3 52. Nxe3 Ne5 53. Kf1 Kd6
54. Ke2 Kc5 55. Ng2 Kxb5 56. Ke3 Kc4 57. Nf4 Kc5 58. Nh3 Kd6 59. Nf4 Ke7 60.
Kd4 Nf3+ 61. Ke3 Kf7 62. Nh3 Kf6 63. Kf4 Nd2 64. Ng1 Nc4 65. f3 e3 66. Ne2 Kg7
67. Nd4 Kf7 68. Ne2 Kf6 69. Nd4 Ke7 70. Kg5 Kd6 71. Kxg6 Ke5 72. Ne2 Nd2 73.
Kxh5 Nxf3 74. Kg6 Nd4 75. h5 Nxe2 76. h6 Nf4+ 77. gxf4+ Kxf4 78. h7 e2 79. h8=Q
e1=Q 80. Qh2+ Ke4 81. Qc2+ Ke3 82. Qxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 17th"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2010.04.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kovchan, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2010.04.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sankt Petersburg Chess Federation"]
[BlackTeam "Saratov Ekonomist SGSEU II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 g6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. h3 Qc7 8. Nbd2
Bf5 9. Nb3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Bg7 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 Ne4 13. Ng5 Nxg5 14. Bxg5 h6
15. Bh4 e6 16. Bg3 Qd8 17. Re2 Na5 18. Rae1 Nxb3 19. axb3 Qb6 20. Qc2 a5 21.
Be5 Qd8 22. Re3 b5 23. Rg3 Bxe5 24. Rxe5 Qf6 25. Qd2 Kh7 26. Rf3 Qd8 27. h4 a4
28. h5 axb3 29. hxg6+ fxg6 30. Rh3 Ra1+ 31. Kh2 h5 32. Qd3 Rf5 33. g4 Qg5 34.
Qe2 Qc1 35. Rxh5+ gxh5 36. gxf5 Qh1+ 37. Kg3 Rg1+ 38. Kf4 Rg4+ 39. Qxg4 hxg4
40. fxe6 Kg6 41. Kxg4 Qg2+ 42. Kh4 Qxf2+ 43. Kh3 Qf3+ 44. Kh2 Qf2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 17th"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2010.04.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "171"]
[EventDate "2010.04.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[BlackTeam "Sankt Petersburg Chess Federation"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. Ne5 Be6 8.
Nxd7 Bxd7 9. Na4 Qxb3 10. axb3 a6 11. Bd3 e6 12. Bd2 Bd6 13. Ba5 Ke7 14. c5 Bb8
15. Kd2 e5 16. Nb6 Ra7 17. f3 h5 18. dxe5 Bxe5 19. Bc3 Bxc3+ 20. Kxc3 Be6 21.
Rhe1 Nd7 22. Nxd7 Kxd7 23. e4 dxe4 24. Rxe4 Raa8 25. Rd1 Kc7 26. Bc4 Rae8 27.
Rde1 Kd7 28. Rd4+ Kc7 29. Bxe6 fxe6 30. Re5 Re7 31. Rde4 Rh6 32. Rg5 Rf7 33.
Kd4 Rd7+ 34. Ke3 Kd8 35. Rd4 Rh7 36. Rxd7+ Kxd7 37. Ke4 Ke7 38. Ke5 h4 39. b4
Kd7 40. h3 Ke7 41. f4 Kd7 42. f5 exf5 43. Kxf5 Ke7 44. Kg6 Rh6+ 45. Kxg7 Re6
46. Rg4 Re2 47. Rxh4 Rxg2+ 48. Rg4 Rxb2 49. h4 Ke6 50. h5 Kf5 51. Rh4 Kg5 52.
Rh1 Rd2 53. h6 Rd7+ 54. Kf8 Kf6 55. Ke8 Rh7 56. Rd1 Ke5 57. Rd6 b6 58. Rxc6 a5
59. b5 bxc5 60. Kf8 Kd5 61. Kg8 Rb7 62. h7 Rb8+ 63. Kg7 Rxb5 64. h8=Q Kxc6 65.
Qe8+ Kb6 66. Qd8+ Kc6 67. Kf6 Rb4 68. Qxa5 Rd4 69. Qa6+ Kc7 70. Ke6 Rg4 71.
Qd6+ Kb7 72. Qxc5 Rg6+ 73. Kf7 Rc6 74. Qb5+ Rb6 75. Qd7+ Ka6 76. Qa4+ Kb7 77.
Ke7 Kb8 78. Kd7 Rb7+ 79. Kd8 Rb6 80. Qd7 Ka8 81. Qd5+ Kb8 82. Qc5 Rh6 83. Qe5+
Ka8 84. Qe4+ Ka7 85. Qe3+ Rb6 86. Kc7 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 17th"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2010.04.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Khenkin, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2010.04.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sankt Petersburg Chess Federation"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow Etiud-Kontakt"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 Re8 6. a3 Bf8 7. d5 d6 8. g3 c6
9. Bg2 exd5 10. cxd5 c5 11. O-O g6 12. e4 Nbd7 13. h3 b5 14. b4 a5 15. Rb1 axb4
16. axb4 cxb4 17. Rxb4 Nc5 18. Bg5 Bd7 19. Qb1 Na6 20. Rb2 b4 21. Na2 Bb5 22.
Re1 Bg7 23. Nd4 Qb6 24. Nxb5 Qxb5 25. e5 Nd7 26. Bf1 Qa5 27. Bxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 17th"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2010.04.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2010.04.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sverdlovsk Ural region"]
[BlackTeam "Sankt Petersburg Chess Federation"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. O-O d6 8. Nc3
Nd7 9. a4 b6 10. f4 Qc7 11. Qe2 Ngf6 12. Bd2 Bb7 13. Rae1 h5 14. f5 Ne5 15.
fxe6 fxe6 16. Nd4 Kd7 17. Nf3 Nfg4 18. Nd1 Ng6 19. Bc3 Bf6 20. e5 N6xe5 21.
Nxe5+ Nxe5 22. Nf2 a5 23. Bb5+ Ke7 24. Nd3 Rh6 25. Nxe5 dxe5 26. Bd3 Rd8 27.
Qf2 h4 28. Bxe5 Bxe5 29. Qf7+ Kd6 30. Qxc7+ Kxc7 31. Rxe5 Rd7 32. Rf4 Bc6 33.
Rg4 h3 34. gxh3 Rf7 35. Reg5 Rxh3 36. Rxg7 Rxg7 37. Rxg7+ Kd6 38. b3 e5 39. Rh7
Re3 40. Kf2 Rf3+ 41. Ke2 Rf4 42. Ke3 Rf3+ 43. Ke2 Rf4 44. Rh3 Be4 45. Bxe4
Rxe4+ 46. Kd3 Rd4+ 47. Ke3 Rd1 48. Rh6+ Kc7 49. h4 Rc1 50. Kd2 Rh1 51. h5 Rh3
52. Ke2 e4 53. Kd2 Kb7 54. Rh8 Kc7 55. Ke2 Kc6 56. h6 Kb7 57. h7 Ka7 58. Kf2
e3+ 59. Ke2 Kb7 60. Kd3 Ka7 61. c3 Kb7 62. b4 axb4 63. cxb4 Ka7 64. Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 17th"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2010.04.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2010.04.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sankt Petersburg Chess Federation"]
[BlackTeam "Khanty Mansiysk Yugra"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 {While this move
is played in most games almost automatically, it's by no means forced. A
viable alternative is} (6... Nbd7 $5 7. Bc4 Qb6 8. Bb3 e6 9. Qd2 Be7 10. O-O-O
Nc5 11. f3 Qc7 12. Kb1 O-O 13. g4 b5 14. a3 Rb8 15. h4 Bd7 16. Bxf6 $6 (16. h5
$13) 16... Bxf6 17. g5 Bd8 18. h5 a5 19. g6 {Shirov,A (2723)-Dominguez Perez,L
(2712)/Wijk aan Zee/2010/} h6 $5 $15 (19... Bf6 $15 {For more about this line
see the survey by A.Kuzmin in CBM 135.})) 7. f4 Qb6 {In Wijk this year Black
avoided the Poisoned Pawn variation:} (7... Qc7 8. Qf3 b5 {allows White to go
for a Rauzer-like position with} 9. Bxf6 $5 (9. O-O-O b4 10. Nce2 Nbd7 $13 {<=>
}) 9... gxf6 10. a3 ({This seems too slow, White can fight for an advantage
with} 10. O-O-O b4 11. Nce2 {, or the aggressive}) (10. e5 $5 $13) 10... Bb7
11. Be2 h5 12. O-O-O Nd7 13. f5 e5 14. Nb3 Rc8 15. Kb1 Nb6 $1 16. Rd3 Bh6 17.
Qxh5 Ke7 18. Qf3 Nc4 19. Rhd1 Bg5 20. h3 Rh4 21. Qf2 Qb8 22. Bg4 a5 23. Qe2
Rhh8 $44 {->,Smeets,J (2657)-Ivanchuk,V (2749)/Wijk aan Zee/2010/}) (7... Nbd7
{gives White a choice:} {After the standard} 8. Qf3 ({After} 8. Bc4 b5 {
the well-known sacrifice} 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. Nxe6 Qa5 11. Nxf8 ({The less forcing
} 11. O-O $5 $44 {perhaps deserves more attention}) 11... Rxf8 12. Qxd6 {
was considered advantageous for Black, but he came up with a new idea} Kf7 $5
$146 (12... Qb6 13. O-O-O $36) 13. e5 b4 $1 14. e6+ Kg8 15. exd7 Bxd7 16. Bxf6
Rxf6 17. Qxd7 (17. Qd5+ $142 $5 Re6+ 18. Kf1 Qxd5 19. Nxd5 Bb5+ 20. Kf2 Re2+
21. Kg3 Rae8 $44) 17... Rd8 18. Qh3 bxc3 19. O-O Qb6+ 20. Kh1 {Naiditsch,A 
(2687)-Negi,P (2621)/Wijk aan Zee/2010/} cxb2 $15) ({Van Wely had problems
with the rare} 8. Qe2 $5 Qc7 9. O-O-O b5 10. a3 (10. g3 b4 $5 ({This is the
critical move, after the slow} 10... Be7 $2 11. Bg2 Bb7 12. e5 $1 dxe5 13. fxe5
Nd5 14. Bxe7 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Bxg2 16. Qxg2 Kxe7 17. Nc6+ Kf8 18. Rhf1 Nb6 19. Qf3
Re8 20. Nd8 $18 {->,Smeets,J (2657)-Van Wely,L (2641)/Wijk aan Zee/2010/ White
quickly broke through, as all his pieces participate in the final onslaught})
11. Nd5 exd5 12. exd5+ (12. Bg2 Be7 13. Nf5 Nb6 14. Nxg7+ Kf8 15. Bh6 Kg8 16.
Nh5 Ng4 17. Bg7 Qc4 18. Qxc4 Nxc4 19. e5 Nge3 20. exd6 Nxd6 21. Rhe1 {Shirov,A
(2715)-Gelfand,B (2710)/Dos Hermanas/1995/} Bg4 $1 22. Rxe3 Bxd1 23. Rxe7 Bxh5
24. Bxh8 Kxh8 25. Re5 Bg4 $15 26. Rxd5 Rd8 27. Rd4 Be6 $15) 12... Be7 13. Nf5 (
13. Re1 $5 Nb8 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Qh5 $44) 13... Nc5 14. Nxg7+ Kd8 15. Re1 (15.
Bg2 $142 $1 Rg8 16. Rde1) 15... Rg8 (15... Nfe4 $1 16. Bg2 f5 $17) 16. Bg2 Nfe4
17. Bxe4 Rxg7 $13 {1/2,Yudasin,L (2615)-Gelfand,B (2680)/Manila izt/1990/})
10... Be7 11. g4 Rb8 ({More usual is} 11... Bb7 12. Bg2 Qc4 13. Qd2 O-O $132)
12. Bg2 b4 $2 ({Ivanchuk recommends} 12... h6 $142 13. Bh4 Bb7 14. Rhe1 Nb6 $13
) 13. axb4 Rxb4 14. e5 $1 dxe5 15. Nc6 Bb7 (15... Rb6 16. Nxe7 Kxe7 17. fxe5
Nxe5 18. Rhe1 h6 19. Bh4 $18 {Restuccia,F (2222)-Becerra,J (2104)/Cali/2007/
The defence collapses, as the Ne5 can't move due to Nd5+.}) 16. Nxb4 Bxb4 17.
fxe5 Bxc3 18. exf6 gxf6 19. bxc3 fxg5 20. Bxb7 Qxb7 21. h4 $1 Qc7 22. hxg5 Qxc3
23. Qxa6 $18 {Ivanchuk,V (2749)-Van Wely,L (2641)/Wijk aan Zee/2010/}) 8... Qc7
{the most problematic from Black's viewpoint is currently} 9. g4 $5 ({After
the more usual} 9. O-O-O b5 {the main move is definitely 10.Bd3, as it's
already too late for} 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. g4 $6 b4 $36) 9... b5 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11.
g5 Nd7 12. O-O-O Nc5 (12... b4 {invites the dangerous sacrifice} 13. Nd5 $1
exd5 14. exd5 Bb7 15. Qe4+ Be7 16. Nf5 Nc5 17. Nxg7+ Kf8 18. Qd4 Rg8 19. Nf5 b3
20. Bc4 bxc2 21. Rde1 Re8 22. Re2 Bc8 23. Nh6 $36 {Radjabov,T (2728)-Volokitin,
A (2662)/Biel/2006/}) (12... Be7 $5 $13 {is playable, but this leads to
positions from the 7...Be7 line, which Black was trying to avoid in first
place.}) 13. a3 Rb8 $6 (13... Be7 $142) 14. b4 Nd7 15. Nd5 $1 exd5 16. exd5 Be7
17. Re1 Ne5 18. fxe5 Bxg5+ 19. Kb1 dxe5 20. Nc6 Bf6 21. Bd3 h5 22. Rxe5+ $1
Bxe5 23. Re1 Bg4 24. Qf4 O-O 25. Rxe5 $16 {->,Nakamura,H (2708)-Van Wely,L 
(2641)/Wijk aan Zee/2010/}) 8. Qd2 ({Gashimov and Grischuk have a big fight in
the} 8. Qd3 {line. Here the critical position arises after} Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10.
f5 Be7 ({The other main move} 10... Nc6 11. fxe6 fxe6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Be2 Be7
14. Bh5+ $1 Nxh5 15. Bxe7 Nf4 16. Qd4 $5 e5 17. Qxe5 dxe5 18. Bxa3 Nxg2+ 19.
Kf2 Nf4 20. Bd6 $44 ({or even} 20. Na4 $5 Bg4 21. Nb6 Rd8 22. Nc4 Ng6 23. Kg3
Bc8 24. Nd6+ Kd7 25. Nf7 $16 {Carlsson,P (2476)-Claros Egea,C (2271)/Malaga/
2010/ gives White promising compensation despite the Q-swap.})) 11. fxe6 fxe6
12. Be2 Qa5 13. Bd2 Qc7 14. g4 (14. O-O O-O 15. Qc4 Qd7 16. Qb3 Kh8 17. Bc4 $2
(17. Be3 Nc6 18. Na4 $44) 17... d5 18. exd5 b5 $17 {Gashimov,V (2703)-Grischuk,
A (2719)/Elista/2008/}) 14... h6 {3)} 15. e5 (15. Qh3 O-O (15... Rh7 $6 {
Gashimov,V (2759)-Grischuk,A (2736)/WChT Bursa/2010/} 16. g5 $1 hxg5 17. Nxe6
Qc6 (17... Qd7 $2 18. Qxh7 {/\} Nxh7 19. Bh5+ g6 20. Bxg6#) 18. Qf5 $16 {->})
16. g5 hxg5 17. Nxe6 Qc6 18. Rf1 (18. Qf5 Re8 (18... Nxe4 $5 19. Qg6 Bf6 20.
Nxe4 Bxe6 21. Rg1 (21. Rf1 Nd7 22. Nxg5 Rfe8 23. Qh7+ Kf8 $15) 21... Nd7 22.
Nxg5 Rfe8 $13) 19. Nd5 Bd8 $5 20. Nxd8 Bxf5 21. Nxf6+ gxf6 22. Nxc6 Bxe4 (22...
Nxc6 23. exf5 Nd4 24. Kd1 Nxe2 25. Rxb7 Nd4 $11 {/\} 26. Bc3 Re4 $1 27. Rb4 $6
Nb5) 23. Nxb8 Bxh1 24. Kf2 Raxb8 25. Rxh1 Re4 $11 {Brkic,A (2564)-Palac,M 
(2563)/Zagreb/2010/}) (18. O-O d5 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Qxd5 21. Bd3 Rxf1+ 22.
Rxf1 Bc5+ 23. Be3 Bxe3+ 24. Qxe3 Qxe6 (24... Bxe6 25. Be4 Qd7 26. Bxb7 Qxb7 27.
Qxe6+ $11) 25. Bc4 Qxc4 26. Qe8+ Kh7 27. Qh5+ Kg8 {1/2,Gashimov,V (2740)
-Karjakin,S (2725)/Nice rpd/2010/}) 18... g4 19. Bxg4 Nxg4 20. Rxf8+ Bxf8 21.
Qxg4 Qd7 22. Nd5 Qxe6 23. Qxe6+ Bxe6 24. Nc7 Ra7 25. Nxe6 b5 26. Nxf8 Kxf8 27.
Bb4 Ke7 28. e5 Nc6 29. exd6+ Ke6 30. Bc5 (30. a4 Nxb4 31. Rxb4 bxa4 32. Rxa4
Kxd6 33. Ra5 g6 34. h4 Re7+ 35. Kd2 Re4 36. Rxa6+ Kc5 37. Rxg6 Rd4+ 38. Kc3
Rc4+ 39. Kd3 Rd4+ 40. Kc3 Rc4+ {1/2,Gashimov,V (2759)-Grischuk,A (2736)/
Linares/2010/}) 30... Rf7 31. Rd1 Rf5 $11) (15. g5 hxg5 16. e5 dxe5 17. Nf3 e4
18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 O-O 20. Nxg5 (20. Bd3 $6 Rf5 21. Qe2 g4 $1 22. Bxf5 exf5
23. Nd4 Bh4+ 24. Kd1 Qf7 $36 {Guseinov,G (2609)-Kotanjian,T (2522)/Dubai/2010/}
) 20... Bxg5 21. Bxg5 Nc6 22. Rb3 Qe5 23. Qxe5 Nxe5 24. Rg3 b5 25. Rhg1 Ra7 26.
Be3 Rd7 27. Bh6 Rff7 28. Bh5 Kh7 29. Bxf7 Rxf7 30. Bxg7 Nf3+ $11 {Gashimov,V 
(2740)-Grischuk,A (2756)/Nice rpd blindfold/2010/}) 15... dxe5 16. Qg6+ Kd8 $5
({Playable and roughly equivalent is} 16... Kf8 17. Nf3 Bd7 18. g5 Be8 19. Qd3
hxg5 20. Nxg5 Kg8 21. Rg1 Qc8 22. Qg3 Nh5 {Kanarek,M (2393)-Swiercz,D (2474)/
POL-ch Warsaw/2010/} 23. Qxe5 Nc6 24. Qxe6+ Qxe6 25. Nxe6 Bf7 $11) 17. Nf3 Nc6
18. g5 Ne8 19. O-O Nd4 20. gxh6 Nxe2+ 21. Nxe2 gxh6 22. Bc3 Bd6 23. Rbd1 Bd7
24. Rxd6 Qxd6 25. Bxe5 Qf8 26. Bxh8 Qxh8 27. Nfd4 Qg7 $11 {1/2,Mamedov,N (2607)
-Safarli,E (2564)/AZE-ch Baku/2009/}) 8... Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. f5 ({The only
recently topical} 10. e5 {is somehow falling out of fashion. A novel idea in
this branch is} h6 11. Bh4 dxe5 12. fxe5 g5 $5 ({After} 12... Nfd7 13. Ne4 Qxa2
14. Rd1 Qd5 15. Qe3 Qxe5 16. Be2 Bc5 17. Bg3 {there is the interesting
Q-sacrifice} Qd5 $5 18. Bf3 O-O 19. Qc3 Ba7 20. Rf1 f5 21. Nf6+ Nxf6 22. Bxd5
Nxd5 23. Qb3 Bxd4 24. Rxd4 Nc6 25. Rd1 a5 26. Bd6 a4 27. Qb2 Rf7 $13 {Serner,A
(2559)-Tazelaar,H (2475)/corr/2007/}) 13. Bg3 (13. Bf2 Ng4 14. Bg3 Nd7 15. Be2
Ngxe5 16. O-O Bg7 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Ne4 Rf8 19. Bh5+ Ke7 20. Rb3 Rxf1+ 21. Kxf1
Nc4 22. Rxa3 Nxd2+ 23. Nxd2 Be5 24. Rf3 Bxg3 25. Rf7+ Kd6 26. hxg3 b5 27. Rh7
Bb7 28. Bf3 Rf8 29. Ke2 Bd5 30. Bxd5 exd5 31. Rxh6+ Rf6 $15 {Anand,V (2788)
-Nepomniachtchi,I (2632)/Mainz rpd/2009/}) (13. exf6 gxh4 14. Be2 Qa5 $13)
13... Nh5 14. Ne4 Qxa2 15. Rb3 Nd7 16. Qc3 b6 17. Nd6+ Bxd6 18. exd6 Qa5 (18...
Nhf6 $1 $15) 19. Rb4 e5 $6 (19... Qc5 $142 20. Rc4 Qa5 $11) 20. Nc6 Qc5 21.
Bxe5 Nxe5 22. Qxe5+ Qxe5+ 23. Nxe5 Nf4 24. g3 $6 (24. Rxb6 $1 $36) 24... Bb7
25. Rg1 Nd5 {Sjugirov,S (2612)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2626)/St Petersburg/2009/} 26.
Rd4 $44) 10... Nc6 11. fxe6 fxe6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Be2 {This older move was
more than 20 years ago played by the elite, even by Ivanchuk himself. This
year he has tried to revive it since the Nice rapid, and with success - it has
brought him 3 wins so far!} ({The straightforward} 13. e5 dxe5 14. Bxf6 gxf6
15. Ne4 Qxa2 {often leads to forced draws, but there have been some new
developments here as well:} 16. Rd1 Be7 17. Be2 O-O 18. O-O Ra7 19. Rf3 Rd7 ({
Kasparov preferred} 19... Kh8 $5 {, here White has tried} 20. Qh6 $5 $146 (20.
Rg3 Rd7 21. Qh6 Rxd1+ 22. Bxd1 Rf7 23. Qh5 Qa5 24. Kf1 Qd8 25. Qxf7 Qxd1+ 26.
Kf2 Qxc2+ 27. Ke3 Bc5+ {1/2,Azarov,S (2556)-Kasparov,G (2813)/Izmir 2004/})
20... Qxc2 21. Rxf6 Bc5+ (21... Rg8 $5 22. Ng5 Rg7 23. Rdf1 Bxf6 24. Qxf6 Qc5+
25. Kh1 Qe7 26. Qxe5 Rd7 27. Bc4 h6 $13 {/=/+}) 22. Nxc5 Qxc5+ 23. Kh1 Rg8 24.
Bh5 Qc2 (24... e4 25. Bf7 Qg5 (25... Qc2 $2 26. Rg1 Rg7 27. Bg6 Rg8 28. Rf8
Rag7 29. Bxh7 $1 Rxh7 30. Qf6+ Rhg7 31. Qh4+ Rh7 32. Qd8 Rhg7 33. Rxg8+ Rxg8
34. Qh4+ Kg7 35. Qg5+ Kh7 36. Qh5+ Kg7 37. Rf1 $18) 26. Bxg8 Qxh6 27. Rxh6 Kxg8
28. Rh4 $36) 25. Rg6 Qxd1+ 26. Bxd1 Rxg6 27. Qf8+ Rg8 28. Qf6+ Rgg7 29. Bh5 c5
30. h4 c4 31. Qf8+ Rg8 32. Qf6+ Rag7 33. Bd1 h5 34. Bc2 Re8 35. Bg6 Reg8 36. g4
$1 {1-0,Danin,A (2468)-Dvoirys,S (2552)/Vladimir/2009/} Bb7+) 20. Bd3 $5 f5 21.
Qh6 Kh8 $6 (21... Rf7 $1 22. Rg3+ Kh8 23. Ng5 Rg7 24. Nxe6 Rf7 25. Rg7 Bc5+ 26.
Nxc5 Rxg7 27. Nxd7 Qd5 28. Rd2 {Lekic,L (1780)-Huber,M (1935)/Kemer/2009/} Bxd7
29. Bxf5 Qc5+ 30. Kh1 Qb5 31. Rd1 Qe2 32. Rg1 Bxf5 33. Qf6 Qg4 34. Qd8+ Rg8 35.
Qf6+ Qg7 36. Qxf5 a5 37. Qe6 $132) 22. Ng5 Bc5+ 23. Kh1 Qa5 24. Rh3 Qc7 25.
Nxe6 Qd6 26. Nxf8 Qxf8 27. Rf1 Rf7 28. Qh5 Qe7 {Grischuk,A (2733)-Anand,V 
(2791)/Linares/2009/} 29. Bxf5 $1 e4 30. Rb3 $16) 13... Be7 14. O-O O-O 15. Rb3
({Ivanchuk started his revival attempts with the less popular continuation} 15.
Kh1 Ra7 16. Qe3 (16. Rb8 Qa5 17. Nd5 (17. Be3 c5 18. Bc4 Qc7 19. Rfb1 Bd7 $15)
17... Qxd2 18. Nxe7+ Rxe7 19. Bxd2 Ref7 $1 20. e5 Nd7 21. Rxf7 Kxf7 22. Ra8
Nxe5 23. Bf4 h6 24. Kg1 Ke7 25. Bxe5 dxe5 26. Ra7+ Bd7 27. Bxa6 e4 $15 {
/-/+,Laurencena,A-Engel,K/corr/1992/}) 16... Rd7 17. Rb8 $5 $146 {A slight
improvement by Ivanchuk} (17. Bc4 d5 18. exd5 exd5 19. Bxf6 Rxf6 ({More
ambitious is} 19... gxf6 $5 $13 {/=/+}) 20. Rxf6 gxf6 21. Bd3 (21. Rb8 $142 Rd8
22. Nxd5 $1 $11) 21... Rb7 22. Rxb7 Bxb7 23. Nd1 Qd6 24. Qh3 Qe5 25. Qxh7+ Kf8
26. Qh4 Ke8 27. a4 c5 28. c3 Kd8 $36 {[%csl Gb7,Ge7] ^^,Ronzetti,F-Tinture,L/
corr/1997/}) (17. e5 dxe5 18. Bd3 (18. Qxe5 Qd6 $15 19. Qa5 $2 Bd8 20. Qa4 $6
Qe5 $1 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Rf3 c5 $17 {Oll,L-Gavrikov,V/USSR-ch/1983/}) 18... Rd4
(18... Qxc3 19. Bxh7+ Nxh7 20. Qxc3 Bxg5 21. Qxe5 Re8 $5 22. Rb8 Rdd8 23. Qc5
Bf6 24. Qc4 Kh8 25. Re1 Nf8 {Eisen,D-Noble,M/corr.1989/} 26. Rb3 $13) 19. Bxf6
Rxf6 (19... gxf6 $5 $15) 20. Ne4 Rf5 21. g4 Rf8 22. Rxf8+ Bxf8 23. g5 Qe7 24.
g6 hxg6 25. Qg3 Qe8 26. c3 Rd8 27. Bc4 Be7 28. Qg4 g5 29. Rb8 Bd7 30. Rxd8 Bxd8
31. Nc5 Bc8 32. Nxe6 Bxe6 33. Qxe6+ $11 {[%csl Gc4,Rd8] ^-,Houska,J (2200)
-Lasek,M (2280)/corr/2004/ Here the ^- save White.}) 17... Kh8 {Stops any
ideas with Nd5, or Bc4, but on the other hand the K will soon return to the [+]
.} (17... e5 18. Qd3 $44) 18. e5 dxe5 19. Ne4 Qxe3 ({It's easy for a computer
to recommend} 19... Qxa2 {, after} 20. Bd3 $5 $13 {Black's forces lack
coordination.}) 20. Bxe3 Rdd8 (20... Rg8 $5 21. Ng5 Bd6 $15) 21. Bc5 Bxc5 22.
Nxc5 Kg8 ({Po} 22... Rd2 $2 23. Bd3 {[%cal Rc5b3] /\Nb3+/-}) (22... e4 $5) 23.
Bc4 Kf7 24. Rb6 Rd4 $6 (24... Ke7 $142 25. Rxc6 (25. Bxa6 $2 Bxa6 26. Nxa6 Nd7
27. Rxf8 Rxf8 28. Rb1 Ra8 $19) 25... Nd5 26. Rxf8 Rxf8 27. Kg1 a5 28. a3 h6 $11
{Neither side has any obvious way to improve their position.}) 25. Bxe6+ $1 Ke7
(25... Bxe6 $2 26. Rb7+ Bd7 27. Nxd7 $36) 26. Rxc6 Nd7 ({Simpler is} 26... Bd7
$1 27. Nxd7 Nxd7 28. Kg1 Rxf1+ 29. Kxf1 Nb8 30. Rb6 Rd6 $11 {with a drawish
_|_.}) 27. Re1 $1 Nxc5 $6 (27... Rf2 $142 $5 {/\} 28. h3 Rxc2 29. Bxd7 Bxd7 30.
Rxe5+ Kf7 31. Rc7 Kf6 32. Re3 Bf5 $11 {is a typical computer suggestion. A
human, especially in a rapid game, prefers the text, even if it loses a P.})
28. Bxc8 Re4 29. Rc1 Rc4 30. Bxa6 Rc3 31. Bb5 Ne4 32. a4 Rxc6 (32... Rf6 33.
Rc4 $5 Rf4 $44) 33. Bxc6 Nc3 34. a5 Kd6 35. Bb7 Kc7 36. a6 e4 37. Re1 Kb6 $2 {
Arguably only this mistake is decisive.} (37... Re8 $1 38. Kg1 (38. Re3 Nd1 {
forces the R back.}) 38... e3 $44) 38. Kg1 Rf5 39. Bxe4 $18 {Ivanchuk,V (2748)
-Carlsen,M (2813)/Nice rpd/2010/}) 15... Qc5+ (15... Qa5 $6 16. Nd5 Qd8 (16...
Qxd2 17. Nxe7+ Kf7 18. Bxd2 Kxe7 19. e5 $40) 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Rd3 Qa7+ 19.
Kh1 d5 20. Bxf6 Rxf6 21. Rxf6 gxf6 22. exd5 exd5 23. Rg3+ Kh8 24. Qh6 Qe7 25.
Re3 Qd8 26. Bh5 Bf5 (26... Bd7 27. Be8 $1 $18) (26... Bb7 27. Bg6 Qc7 28. Bxh7
$18) 27. Re8+ Qxe8 28. Bxe8 Rxe8 29. Qxf6+ Kg8 30. Kg1 {Ranalli,B (1947)
-Bernal B,N (1894)/corr/2002/}) 16. Kh1 $5 {Although not an outright novelty,
this is a very rare move.} ({Until now the main line, played in hundreds of
games, was definitely} 16. Be3 Qe5 (16... Qa5 $6 17. Nd5 Qd8 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19.
e5 dxe5 20. Qc3 $36) 17. Bf4 (17. Bd4 Qa5 18. Bb6 $11 {is a solution for the
unambitious.}) 17... Qc5+ (17... Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Qxe4 19. Bxd6 Rxf1+ 20. Kxf1 Bf6
21. Ba3 {doesn't have a good reputation, but here correspondence players went
deeper and were able to hold the resulting _|_ after} c5 22. Bf3 Qc4+ 23. Qd3
Qxd3+ 24. cxd3 Ra7 25. Bxc5 Rc7 26. d4 Kf7 27. Ke2 Bd7 28. Be4 Bc6 29. Bxc6
Rxc6 30. Kd3 e5 31. Rb6 Rxb6 32. Bxb6 Ke6 33. Ke4 exd4 34. Bxd4 Bxd4 35. Kxd4
Kd6 36. g4 h6 37. h3 g5 38. Ke4 Ke6 39. a3 h5 $3 40. gxh5 Kf6 $11 {Morgado,J 
(2693)-Pecha,M/corr/1998/}) 18. Kh1 Ng4 $5 (18... d5 19. e5 Nd7 20. Na4 Qa7 21.
Qc3 Nc5 22. Nxc5 Bxc5 23. Qh3 {is considered dangerous since Rodriguez,A (2495)
-Ernst,T (2465)/Subotica izt/1987/. However, even here subsequent
correspondence practice doesn't fully support this verdict after} Rb8 24. Rbf3
Qe7 25. Bd3 g6 $13) 19. h3 (19. Bxg4 e5 $11 {/=/+}) 19... e5 20. Na4 Qa7 21.
Bc4+ (21. hxg4 exf4 22. Nb6 {is an attempt to avoid Ivanchuk-Kasparov below
and reach the position from Spraggett-A.Sokolov. However, Black can deviate
first with} Be6 $5 $146 23. Nxa8 Bxb3 24. axb3 Qxa8 25. Ra1 Bf6 (25... c5 $5
26. Bxa6 Kh8 $11) 26. Rxa6 Qd8 27. Rxc6 Be5 28. Bf3 Bd4 29. Qe1 Be3 30. Kh2 Qf6
31. Kh3 g5 32. g3 {Ivanchuk,V (2748)-Grischuk,A (2756)/Nice rpd/2010/} Bd4 $1
$44) 21... Kh8 22. hxg4 exf4 23. Nb6 (23. Rxf4 Bd7 24. Nb6 Rxf4 25. Qxf4 Rf8
26. Qg3 a5 27. Nxd7 Qxd7 $11) {Even more enterprising and convincing is
Kasparov's idea} 23... d5 $5 ({After} 23... Rb8 24. Rxf4 Bd7 (24... Rxb6 $2 25.
Rxf8+ Bxf8 26. Qf2) 25. Nxd7 Qxd7 26. Rf5 (26. Bxa6 Qe6 27. g3 Ra8 28. Rxf8+
Rxf8 29. Qe2 d5 $44 {[%csl Rh1,Gh8] <=>,עh1 gives Black suffcient
compensation, here White's K is more vulnerable, than Kh8.}) {correspondence
players again came to Black's rescue with} 26... Qa7 $1 (26... Rxb3 27. cxb3
Qd8 28. Bxa6 g6 29. Rf3 Bf6 30. Qf2 Kg7 31. Bc4 Qe7 32. Qe3 c5 33. Qf4 g5 34.
Qf5 Be5 35. Qxf8+ Qxf8 36. Rxf8 Kxf8 37. a4 Bc3 38. Kg1 Ke7 39. Kf2 Kd8 40. Ke3
$18 {Spraggett,K (2580)-Sokolov,A (2595)/Saint John cm/1988/}) 27. Rh5 (27.
Rxb8 Qxb8 28. Qf2 a5 29. g5 Qd8 30. g6 hxg6 31. Rf3 Rxf3 32. Qxf3 Bg5 33. Qh3+
Bh6 34. Bf7 d5 35. exd5 Kh7 36. dxc6 Qd1+ 37. Kh2 Qd6+ 38. g3 Qxc6 $11 {
1/2,Konovalov,L-Zablotsky,S/corr/1989/}) 27... Rxb3 28. axb3 Qd7 29. Rf5 h6 30.
Rxf8+ Bxf8 31. Qf2 Qe8 32. Bxa6 g6 33. Bc4 Bg7 34. Qf7 Qxf7 35. Bxf7 g5 $11 {
Namyslo,H (2328)-Bergmann,M (2167)/corr/2007/}) 24. exd5 cxd5 25. Bxd5 Rb8 26.
Nxc8 Rbxc8 27. Rh3 Qb6 28. Re1 Bg5 29. Re6 Qd8 {Here the position is more open,
than in the previous line and White can also have problems with his basic rank
and vulnerable K. At this moment he can bail out with} 30. Rd6 $5 (30. c4 $6
Rb8 31. Qd3 Bh4 32. Be4 Qg5 33. Bxh7 Rfd8 34. Qc2 f3 35. Rxf3 $2 Rd2 $19 {
Ivanchuk,V (2665)-Kasparov,G (2800)/Linares/1990/}) 30... Qxd6 31. Rxh7+ Kxh7
32. Be4+ Qg6 33. Bxg6+ Kxg6 34. Qd3+ Kf7 35. Qd5+ $11 {forcing a perpetual. 20
years later Ivanchuk tries to prove that White's B is in fact better on g5,
than on f4.}) 16... d5 $146 {[%mdl 8] Grischuk sank into deep thought and came
up with a natural novelty. However, it's not clear if the text move is really
the best:} (16... Qe5 17. Bf4 (17. Qe3 Qa5 $13) 17... Nxe4 18. Qe3 (18. Nxe4 $5
Qxe4 19. Bxd6 Rxf1+ 20. Bxf1 Bf6 21. Bd3 $44) 18... Rxf4 19. Qxf4 Qxf4 20. Rxf4
Nxc3 (20... Nc5 $142 $5 21. Rb6 d5 $1 22. Rxc6 Bd7 23. Rb6 Bd8 24. Rb1 Bf6 $44
{/=/+}) 21. Rxc3 c5 22. Rb3 d5 23. c4 Bd6 24. Rf1 Rb8 25. Rxb8 Bxb8 26. cxd5
exd5 27. Bf3 Be6 {Tomczak,R (2306)-Bulski,K (2218)/Krakow/2003/} 28. Bxd5 Bxd5
29. Rd1 Bxa2 30. Rd8+ Kf7 31. Rxb8 Kf6 $5 $11) (16... Rf7 $5 17. Be3 Qe5 18.
Bf4 (18. Bd4 Nxe4 19. Qe3 Rxf1+ 20. Bxf1 Qf5 21. Bd3 e5 22. Qxe4 Qxe4 23. Bxe4
exd4 24. Bxc6 Be6 $11) 18... Qa5 19. Rd1 ({Now Black gradually consolidates,
so perhaps it was time for} 19. Bxd6 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Rxf1+ 21. Bxf1 Qxd2 22. Nxd2
Bxd6 23. Nc4 Bc5 24. Nb6 $11) 19... Ne8 20. Be3 Bf6 21. Bb6 Qe5 22. Be3 Bd8 $5
23. Bf3 Bc7 24. Bd4 Qa5 25. Rdb1 Bd7 26. Qc1 Bd8 27. Be3 d5 28. Bd2 Qc7 29. Na4
Qd6 30. Bb4 Qe5 31. Nc5 Bc7 32. g3 a5 $15 {Awesome (1444)-PawnStriker1978/
playchess.com INT /2007/ Both examples show White doesn't risk much in these
lines, but gaining an advantage here is far from easy.}) 17. e5 Nd7 18. Rxf8+
Kxf8 (18... Nxf8 $2 19. Be3 d4 $8 20. Bxd4 $16) (18... Bxf8 $6 19. Na4 Qa7 20.
Qf4 {[%cal Gf1f8] -><->f} {/\} Rb8 21. Rf3 Rb1+ 22. Bf1 h6 23. Qf7+ Kh8 24. Nc3
$1 Rxf1+ (24... Re1 25. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 26. Rg3 Rxf1+ 27. Qxf1 $18) 25. Rxf1 hxg5
26. Qxe6 Qe3 27. Qe8 Qxc3 28. e6 Kh7 (28... Qc4 $2 29. Qh5+ Kg8 30. Rxf8+ $1
Nxf8 31. Qf7+ Kh7 32. e7 $18) 29. Qh5+ Kg8 30. Qf7+ Kh7 31. exd7 Bxd7 32. Qxd7
Qxc2 33. Qh3+ Kg6 (33... Kg8 34. Qc8 Qc5 35. Qe6+ Kh7 36. Qf5+ Kg8 37. Qf7+ $18
) 34. Qe3 Bc5 35. Qc1 $16) 19. Be3 Qa5 20. Bg4 Ke8 {A difficult choice.
Leaving the K in the [+] invites a dangerous ->, but the alternatives have
drawbacks as well:} ({After} 20... Qc7 21. Bd4 $5 (21. Qf2+ Ke8 22. Bxe6 Nxe5
23. Bxc8 Rxc8 24. Qf5 Ng6 25. Bd4 Rb8 $11) 21... Nxe5 22. Qf4+ Bf6 23. Na4 {
the pin is unpleasant, but maybe Black can afford} Kf7 24. Bh5+ (24. Nc5 Ra7
$15) 24... Kg8 25. g4 (25. Re3 $2 Rb8) 25... c5 26. Nxc5 Ra7 27. Qf2 Ng6 $132)
(20... Nc5 21. Rb1 Ke8 (21... Kg8 $2 22. Nxd5 $18) 22. Rf1 $44 {|^}) 21. Bxe6
Nc5 ({After} 21... Nxe5 $2 22. Bf7+ $1 (22. Bb6 Nc4) 22... Kd7 (22... Kxf7 23.
Bb6 $18) (22... Kf8 23. Bxd5 $16 {[%cal Re3b6] /\Bb6}) 23. Qd1 $1 {both
Black's K and Q are in serious danger:} Bb4 24. Nxd5 cxd5 25. Bxd5 Rb8 26. Be4+
Ke7 27. c3 $40) 22. Bxc5 Qxc5 23. Bxc8 (23. Nxd5 $6 Bxe6 (23... cxd5 $2 24.
Bxd5 Bg5 25. Qd3 Bf5 26. Bf7+ $1 $16) 24. Nc7+ Kf7 25. Rf3+ Kg8 26. Nxe6 (26.
Nxa8 $2 Qa7 27. Rg3 Kh8 $15 {/-/+}) 26... Rb8 (26... Qxe5 27. Re3 Qb2 $11) 27.
Rb3 Rxb3 28. axb3 Qxe5 29. Nd4 $11 {only releases the tension in the position.
White understandably has higher ambitions, if only for the reason he was more
than an hour ahead on the clock.}) 23... Rxc8 {Here Ivanchuk's preparation
ended and he started to think as well.} 24. Qd3 Qc4 25. Qf3 {[%csl Re8][%mdl
128] Endgames are acceptable for Black, White keeps the Q on to harass the
עe8.} Kd8 $2 $138 {Pressed both on the board and on the clock, Grischuk
falters.} (25... g6 $142 26. Rb7 (26. e6 Qh4 $132) 26... Qh4 27. g3 Qd4 28. e6
Qf6 29. Qxf6 Bxf6 30. Na4 Be5 31. Rxh7 Rb8 $132) (25... Qh4 $13) (25... Bd8 $5
26. Qf5 Rc7 {/\} 27. Rb8 Qxc3 28. Qe6+ Re7 29. Qg8+ Kd7 30. Qxd8+ Ke6 31. Qd6+
Kf7 32. e6+ Kg6 33. Rb1 Qf6 34. Re1 Qf2 $11 {These sample lines indicate that
although White holds the initiative, Black's position remains defensible.}) 26.
Qf7 $1 $40 {After this sortie Black is in terminal trouble, especially with
only 3 minutes left to cope with White's threats..} Qh4 (26... Bb4 27. h3 $1
$40 {with an ongoing attack.} ({Less convincing is} 27. a3 Qh4 {/\} 28. g3 Qe7)
(27. g3 $5 $16)) 27. Rb1 $1 {Another strong move, White transfers his R, so
that he can flexibly use it on other open files as well.} (27. g3 $2 Qg5 28.
Rb7 Rc7 29. Rb8+ Kd7 $13 {and Black defends.}) 27... Qh6 {[%mdl 64] This
allows a decisive tactical blow.} (27... Qd4 $2 28. Rb7 $18) (27... Bb4 28.
Nxd5 $1 (28. Qxg7 $5 $16) 28... cxd5 29. Qxd5+ Kc7 30. a3 Rd8 31. Qf3 Qd4 (
31... Rf8 32. Qd3 Rd8 33. Qxa6 $18) 32. axb4 Qxe5 33. c4 $16 {[%csl Gb4,Gc4,
Gh1] /+- should also be hopeless in the long run - White has an extra P and
safer K.}) 28. Nxd5 $1 cxd5 29. Qxd5+ Ke8 30. Rd1 $1 $18 {The key move of the
combination.} Rc7 (30... Rb8 31. Qg8+ Bf8 32. Rf1 Kd7 (32... Qf4 33. Qe6+ Be7
34. Qc6+ $18) 33. Qf7+ Kc6 34. Qa7 $1 Rb7 (34... Rb6 35. Qa8+ $18) 35. Qxa6+
Kc7 36. Qc4+ (36. Rf7+ Be7 37. Rxe7+ Kd8 38. Qa8+ $18)) (30... Qc6 31. Qg8+ Bf8
32. Rf1 Kd7 33. Qf7+ Be7 34. Rd1+ $18) 31. Qa8+ Kf7 32. Rf1+ Ke6 33. Qxa6+ Kd7
(33... Kxe5 34. Qe2+ Kd6 35. Rd1+ Kc5 36. Qe5+ Kb6 37. Rb1+ Kc6 38. Qb5+ Kd6
39. Rd1+ Ke6 40. Qd5+ Kf6 41. Rf1+ Kg6 42. Qf5#) 34. Rd1+ Ke8 35. e6 Bd8 (35...
Qg5 36. Qa4+) 36. Qb5+ Ke7 37. Qb4+ (37. Qd5 $18) (37. Rd7+ $18) (37. Qb8 $18)
(37. Qd3 $18) (37. Qb4+ Kxe6 (37... Ke8 38. Rxd8+ Kxd8 39. Qf8#) (37... Kf6 38.
Qd6 $18) 38. Qd6+ Kf7 39. Rf1+ $18) 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 17th"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2010.04.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2010.04.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow ShSM-64"]
[BlackTeam "Sankt Petersburg Chess Federation"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. e3 Ne4 11. Qe2 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Be4 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 17th"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2010.04.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Wang, Yue"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2010.04.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sankt Petersburg Chess Federation"]
[BlackTeam "Saratov Ekonomist SGSEU"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Qc2 g6 6. d4 Bg7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
Bg4 9. Ne5 Be6 10. Bd2 Nbd7 11. Nxd7 Bxd7 12. c5 Rb8 13. Na4 Ng4 14. f3 Nh6 15.
Bc3 Bf5 16. Kh1 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 f5 18. Nb6 e6 19. a4 Nf7 20. Rad1 Qc7 21. Qd2
Rbe8 22. f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Astrakhan FIDE GP"]
[Site "Astrakhan"]
[Date "2010.05.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "Gashimov,V"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2010.05.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 {I was very happy with the results of the opening, but not
because White has an advantage, as the position is quite complicated. It is
simply that it is well-known that it is difficult to prepare against Ivanchuk,
because he can play any opening equally well. And in the anti-Marshall, I have
always done very well, and have won many games.} Nb8 {This plan seems to me to
be the worst of the three possibilities - Qd7-Nd8 or Na5-c5 were better than
the plan chosen by my opponent.} 11. Nbd2 Nbd7 12. Nf1 Re8 13. Ba2 $5 {Black
almost always plays Nc5 in such positions, and White has to move the bishop
away, so I decided to do it at once, whilst at the same time setting up a
hidden threat.} Bf8 $2 {It was essential to play h6 first.} 14. Ng5 Re7 15. f4
$1 {This is the point! White succeeds in advancing this pawn, and after the
opening of the f-file, the weakness of the f7-pawn will be felt.} h6 16. Nf3 d5
{He must shut out the bishop on a2, or else Back will be in a very bad way.}
17. fxe5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Rxe5 19. Bf4 Re8 20. e5 Nh7 {Even though Black has shut
the diagonal, White still has a clear advantage. However, it still requires
accurate play from White, to activate his pieces and increase his advantage.}
21. d4 Ng5 22. Ng3 Ne6 23. Be3 {With this setup, White can simultaneously
attack on the kingside and control events in the centre.} g6 {This cannot be
avoided, or else he will always have to reckon with Nf5 or Nh5.} 24. Rf1 Bg7
25. c3 c5 26. Qg4 Rc8 (26... h5 27. Nxh5 gxh5 28. Qxh5 Re7 29. Rf3 (29. Bb1
cxd4 30. cxd4 {with a very strong attack}) 29... cxd4 30. cxd4 Rc8 31. Raf1 {
and White should win.}) 27. Rf2 Rc7 {Now ...h5 would be met by the knight
sacrifice.} 28. Raf1 Bc8 {White's pieces have all taken up good positions, but
he does not need to rush things, since Black has no counterplay.} 29. Qd1 c4 $2
{After this, Black loses the possibility of opening the c-file, and without
this, he has a very bad position.} (29... cxd4 30. cxd4 Qh4 31. Ne2 Bb7 32. Nf4
Nxf4 33. Rxf4 Qd8 34. Bd2 $18) 30. Bb1 {The bishop has nothing more to do on
the a2-g8 diagonal.} Qh4 31. Kh2 a5 32. Ne2 Rf8 33. Qd2 Kh7 34. Rf6 $1 {
The black queen is caught.} Re7 (34... Bxf6 35. Rxf6 Re8 36. g3 Qh5 37. g4 Qh4
38. Ng1 $18) 35. R6f4 Nxf4 36. Rxf4 {Despite this victory, and my generally
good and uncompronising play throughout the whole tournament, I did not
succeed in qualifying for the Candidates tournament. In any case, I would like
to thank my colleagues for their support - Boris Gelfand, Peter Svidler, Peter
Leko, Pavel Eljanov, Ernesto Inarkiev and others.} 1-0

[Event "Astrakhan FIDE GP"]
[Site "Astrakhan"]
[Date "2010.05.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Wang, Yue"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2010.05.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nc3 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nxe4 Nd7 4. d4 Ngf6 5. Nxf6+ Nxf6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3
8. Qxf3 Qd5 9. Qxd5 Nxd5 10. Bd2 e6 11. O-O-O O-O-O 12. c4 Ne7 13. Bc3 Rg8 14.
Kc2 g6 15. g4 Bg7 16. Bg2 Rd7 17. Rd3 Rgd8 18. Rhd1 g5 19. Bd2 h6 20. Be3 Ng6
21. Be4 b6 22. Ra3 c5 23. dxc5 Rxd1 24. cxb6 axb6 25. Ra8+ Kc7 26. Ra7+ Kb8 27.
Ra8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Astrakhan FIDE GP"]
[Site "Astrakhan"]
[Date "2010.05.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2010.05.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6
8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. Kb1 a6 11. Ng5 Bf5 12. Bc4 h6 13. Nf3 Be6 14. Be2
Bf6 15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Bxd4 17. Qxd4 O-O 18. Bf3 Rae8 19. h4 b6 20. b3 Qb5
21. Kb2 Qc5 22. Rhe1 a5 23. Qxc5 dxc5 24. c4 Rd8 25. Bd5 Bxd5 26. cxd5 Rd6 27.
Kc3 Ra8 28. a4 Kf8 29. Kc4 Re8 30. g3 Re7 31. Kb5 Ke8 32. c4 Rf6 33. f4 Rxe1
34. Rxe1+ Kd7 35. Re5 Rg6 36. Re3 h5 37. Ka6 Rf6 38. Re5 g6 39. Kb7 Kd8 40. Re3
Kd7 41. Re5 Kd8 42. Re3 Kd7 43. Re5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Astrakhan FIDE GP"]
[Site "Astrakhan"]
[Date "2010.05.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2010.05.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 dxc4 7. Bxc4 e6 8.
Nf3 Bd6 9. Ne5 Bxe5 10. dxe5 Qxd1+ 11. Rxd1 Nd7 12. Bb5 O-O 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14.
Ne4 c5 15. f3 c4 16. Kf2 Nb6 17. Rd2 Ba6 18. Rc1 Nd5 19. Be3 Rfc8 20. a3 h6 21.
g3 Rc7 22. Bd4 Rd8 23. h4 Nb6 24. Bxb6 Rxd2+ 25. Nxd2 axb6 26. Ne4 Bb7 27. Nd6
Bd5 28. Ke3 f6 29. f4 fxe5 30. fxe5 Kh7 31. Rc3 Kg6 32. g4 h5 33. g5 Rc5 34.
Kf4 Kh7 35. Rc1 Kg6 36. Rc2 Kh7 37. Ke3 Bh1 38. Kd4 Rd5+ 39. Kc3 Rd3+ 40. Kxc4
Rh3 41. Kb5 Rxh4 42. Kxb6 Kg6 43. Rc7 Rf4 44. b4 h4 45. Rc8 Bf3 0-1

[Event "Astrakhan FIDE GP"]
[Site "Astrakhan"]
[Date "2010.05.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2010.05.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Qe7 10. h3 c5 11. Rd1 {A rare continuation.} (11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. e4
{is usually played here.}) 11... b6 $5 (11... a6 $5 12. a4 (12. a3 $6 b5 13.
Be2 Bb7 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. b4 Nce4 $15 {1/2 Jurek,J (2373)-Szuhanek,R (2444)/
Aschach 2005/CBM 110 ext (23)}) (12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Ne4 b5 14. Nxc5 Nxc5 15. Be2
Bb7 16. Bd2 Rac8 $11 {1/2 Drasko,M (2445)-Todorovic,G (2415)/Pula 1990/TD (40)}
) (12. e4 b5 13. e5 $5 (13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Be2 Ncd7 15. Bg5 Ne5 16. Nd4 h6 17.
Bh4 Ng6 $13 {0-1 Pushkov,N (2541)-Vitiugov,N (2382)/St Petersburg 2001/EXT
2002 (41)}) 13... bxc4 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Bb7 $1 16. exd6 (16. Qxb7 $2 Nxe5
$1) 16... Bxe4 17. dxe7 Rfe8 $11) 12... b6 (12... Nb6 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Bb3 Qc7
15. e4 Nbd7 16. Qe2 Nh5 17. e5 Ng3 18. Qe1 b6 19. Bf4 Nf5 20. Ne4 $16 {1-0
Schlosser,P (2560)-Chiburdanidze,M (2540)/Lippstadt 1996/EXT 1998 (36)}) (12...
h6 13. e4 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Ne5 15. Bf1 Bb4 16. Be3 Bd7 17. f4 Nc6 18. e5 $16 {
0-1 Banikas,H (2520)-Gausel,E (2511)/Bled 2002/EXT 2003 (52)}) (12... Rd8 13.
dxc5 Nxc5 14. e4 $14) 13. b3 (13. d5 $5) 13... Bb7 14. Qe2 e5 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16.
Bb2 e4 17. Nd4 Qe5 18. g3 Rad8 19. Rd2 Qg5 20. Rad1 Bc7 $13 {0-1 Schmidt,W 
(2406)-Cyborowski,L (2550)/Lubniewice 2003/EXT 2004 (34)}) 12. dxc5 (12. d5
exd5 13. Bxd5 (13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Rb8 $11) 13... Rb8 14. e4 (14. Nb5 $5
Nxd5 15. Rxd5 Bc7 $3 16. e4 $1 (16. Nxc7 Nf6 $1 $11) (16. Nxa7 $2 Bb7) 16...
Ne5 $1 $13) 14... Ne5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Be3 Be6 17. Bxe6 Qxe6 18. f3 Rfd8 $11 {
1/2 Lomineishvili,M (2397)-Barbini,D/Cappelle la Grande 1999/EXT 2000 (37)})
12... Bxc5 13. e4 Bb7 {Black has developed his pieces quite comfortably and
has no serious problems.} 14. Bg5 Rfd8 (14... h6 $1 15. Bh4 Bb4 $1 $132) 15.
Qe2 $6 (15. Bb5 $142 $1 h6 16. Rxd7 Rxd7 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Bxd7 Qxd7 19. Qc1
Kg7 20. Qf4 $14 {[%csl Rg7]}) 15... h6 16. Bh4 g5 $1 17. Bg3 Nf8 $6 (17... Bb4
$5 18. e5 Bxc3 19. exf6 (19. bxc3 Ne4) 19... Bxf6 {and White hardly has
sufficient compensation for the pawn.}) 18. Ne5 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Rd8 20. Bd3 (20.
Rxd8 Qxd8 21. h4 $5) 20... Bd4 21. Bb1 a6 22. h4 $2 {A strange pawn sacrifice,
which Black gratefully accepts. Every move should be made in-time (see
annotation to move 20)!} (22. Qd2 $5 b5 $1 23. Nf3 Bb6 24. Bd6 Qd7 25. Qe2 $36)
22... gxh4 23. Bf4 Bxe5 24. Bxe5 Ng6 25. Bd4 b5 26. a3 $6 {White should have
aimed for an endgame with opposite-coloured bishops:} (26. e5 Nd5 (26... Nf4 $4
27. Qc2) 27. Nxd5 Bxd5 28. Qg4 Qg5 29. Qxg5 hxg5 30. Bxg6 fxg6 31. Be3 g4 32.
Bg5 Rc8 $140 33. Rc1 $1 {, and he should not lose.}) 26... Nf4 27. Qf3 N6h5 $6
(27... e5 $1 28. Be3 Rxd1+ 29. Nxd1 (29. Qxd1 N6h5 {[%cal Ye7g5]}) 29... Bc8 $1
30. Bxf4 Bg4 31. Qc3 exf4 $17) 28. Be3 {After this move Black gradually
converts his material advantage.} (28. g3 $142 Qg5 29. Kh2 hxg3+ 30. fxg3 Rxd4
$8 31. Rxd4 Ng6 $44) 28... Rxd1+ 29. Qxd1 $6 (29. Nxd1 $142 Qg5 30. Kh2 {
[%cal Rg2g3]} Qe5 31. Kg1 $17) 29... Qg5 30. Qf3 e5 31. Nd5 Bc8 $1 32. Kh2 Bg4
33. Bxf4 exf4 34. Qd3 f3 $1 35. gxf3 Be6 {[%cal Rh4h3]} 36. Qe3 Qe5+ 37. f4
Qxb2 38. Bd3 Bxd5 39. exd5 Nf6 40. Kh3 Qa1 41. Be4 Nxe4 42. Qxe4 Qxa3+ 43. Kxh4
Qd6 44. Qf5 b4 45. Qg4+ Kf8 46. Qc8+ Kg7 47. Qc4 a5 48. Kg3 a4 49. Qc6 Qg6+ $1
50. Kf3 Qd3+ 0-1

[Event "Astrakhan FIDE GP"]
[Site "Astrakhan"]
[Date "2010.05.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Radjabov,T"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2010.05.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 c6 4. e4 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 {Yes, a few guys started to
joke around; come on man, is it a thematic tournament that you are playing in
or what? 4th time in a row as Black I got the same g3-line. Well, it was
getting to something principal already :)} 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. d4 Nxc3 9.
bxc3 Bf5 {Development, White has his weaknesses on the queen's flank, but
Black's bishop is nearly trapped and to exploit the c3-pawn is far from easy.
Now both sides develop their pieces and Ivanchuk immediately starts to press
against the f5-bishop.} 10. Ne2 e6 11. Nf4 h5 12. h3 Bh6 $5 (12... Qa5 $5 13.
Bd2 Bh6 14. Ne2 Bxd2+ 15. Qxd2 Qa6 {Pure equaliser!} (15... Qa3 $5 {If Black
is looking for more, he can try it.} 16. O-O Na5 $15) 16. O-O Bd3 17. Rfe1 Bxe2
18. Rxe2 Na5 $11) 13. Ne2 (13. O-O Qa5 (13... Rc8 $5 {Very interesting too.
Now c3 is attacked in many lines and it is not sure how White should play here.
} 14. Nd3 Bf8 $5 (14... Bxc1 15. Rxc1 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Na5 $15)) 14. Qb3 Qa6 $11 (
14... Qb6 $11)) 13... Bf8 (13... Bxc1 $1 {seems to be better.} 14. Rxc1 Qa5 $13
(14... Na5 15. O-O g5 $15)) 14. f3 g5 $5 15. h4 (15. g4 hxg4 $1 (15... Bg6 16.
O-O Be7 17. f4 hxg4 18. hxg4 gxf4 19. Nxf4 Be4 20. Nh5 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Qa5 $13 (
21... Kd7 $5 {with some tricks :)} 22. Rxf7 Rxh5 $19)) 16. fxg4 Bg6 $11) 15...
gxh4 16. Rxh4 Be7 {Black develops naturally and gets a very good position.} 17.
Rh2 Qa5 18. Bh3 Bxh3 (18... Bh7 $5 19. Bd2 O-O-O 20. Nf4 h4 21. g4 Kb8 {
with Qc7-Na4-c4 to follow, Black is great!}) 19. Rxh3 O-O-O 20. Qd3 Kb8 {
Logical, especially if Black wants to play on the c-file or in the centre.} 21.
Kf2 Qa4 $5 (21... h4 22. g4 Qa4 23. Be3 Na5 24. Kg2 Nc4 25. Bf2 Rc8 {and
Rc6-b6-b2 for example} 26. f4 Rc6 27. g5 Rb6 $15) 22. Be3 Rc8 {h5-h4 still
deserved attention here too.} 23. Rah1 (23. Qd1 Qa6 24. Qh1 h4 25. gxh4 f6 26.
exf6 Bxf6 27. Bg5 Bd8 28. Bxd8 Rcxd8 29. h5 e5 30. h6 Rde8 $15) 23... Qxa2 24.
Rxh5 Rxh5 25. Rxh5 a5 {Very logical again, the a-pawn now keeps all the white
pieces busy with defence. But Ivanchuk follows his initial plan and goes for
the f7-pawn.} 26. Rh7 a4 27. Rxf7 a3 28. Rh7 {The rook has to come back,
otherwise the a-pawn will be promoted to queen:)} Qb2 $6 (28... Qa1 $5 29. Bc1
a2 {and Qb1 next taking the h7-rook.}) 29. Bc1 Qb3 30. Bxa3 Bxa3 {Black has
won a piece but to win this position is very hard, as White has easy pawn
pushes and there is no clear plan for Black. Ivanchuk played quickly:} 31. g4
Na5 $5 (31... Na7 $5 {An interesting suggestion by the computer, attacking c3
and redeploying the knight, but g5-g6 looks strong, still doesn't work, so
objectively it was the best probably.} 32. g5 Nb5 33. g6 Nxc3 $17) 32. Qg6 Qb2
(32... Bb2 $3 33. Qxe6 Bxc3 {and due to bad coordination and no defensive
pieces, White is under mega pressure. Normally 0-1 here.} 34. Qd6+ Ka7 35. Nxc3
(35. Rc7 Rxc7 36. Qxc7 Nc6 $19) 35... Rxc3) 33. Qxe6 Rxc3 34. Qxd5 (34. Qg8+ $5
{was maybe stronger.} Ka7 35. Qxd5 Nc6 36. Qe4 Rc2 37. Kg3 (37. Rd7 Bb4 $17)
37... Be7 38. Rh2 Rd2 39. Qe3 Ka6 $15) 34... Nc6 35. e6 (35. Qd7 Rc2 36. Kg3
Qb1 37. d5 Qe1+ 38. Kf4 Na5 $17) 35... Rc2 36. Qe4 Qxd4+ 37. Qxd4 Nxd4 38. Ke3
Nxe6 39. f4 Rc4 40. Rf7 Rc7 41. Rf6 Re7 {A few very strong moves by Black and
now the position looks winning! There followed:} 42. Kf3 b5 43. Rg6 (43. Rf5
Bc5 44. Re5 b4 $19) 43... Bc5 $1 {And White is lost!} 44. f5 Nf8 $4 {Doesn't
spoil anything probably, but complicates everything really badly. ...Nc7 was
just killing in one.} (44... Nc7 $1 $19 {The difference between this and ...
Nf8 is, that after Rc6 that was played in the game, Black has ...Re3+, then
after Kf4 just ...Nd5+ followed by ...Be7! and Black wins!} 45. Rc6 Re3+ 46.
Kf2 (46. Kf4 Nd5+ 47. Kg5 Be7+ $19) 46... Re5+ 47. Kf3 b4 {and it's not a pawn
- it's a queen.}) 45. Rc6 Nd7 46. Re6 b4 $6 (46... Ne5+ $1 47. Ke4 (47. Kf4
Rxe6 48. fxe6 Nc6 {which looks to be winning after Kc7-d6 comes and eats up
all the pawns.}) 47... Rxe6 48. fxe6 Nxg4 49. Kd5 Bf8 {And this seems to be
winning!} 50. Nd4 b4 51. Kc4 Kc7 $19) 47. g5 b3 48. Nc3 Ne5+ $2 $11 (48... Rh7
$1 49. g6 Rh3+ 50. Kg4 Rh1 $19) (48... b2 $6 49. Rxe7 Bxe7 50. f6 Bd6 51. Nb1
Be5 52. Ke4 Kb7 53. Kd3 Kc6 54. Kc2 Kb5 55. Nd2 Kc5 56. Kb3 Nb6 {retaining
practical chances!}) 49. Ke4 Nf7 50. Rxe7 Bxe7 51. g6 Nd6+ 52. Kd3 {The rest
is simple, draw by force.} Nxf5 53. Kc4 b2 54. Kb3 Bf6 55. Kxb2 Ne7 56. Kc2
Bxc3 57. Kxc3 Nxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Astrakhan FIDE GP"]
[Site "Astrakhan"]
[Date "2010.05.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C75"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2010.05.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 {A rare move order employed in the past by
Bent Larsen.} 4. O-O Ng6 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 d6 7. d4 Bd7 {Play has transposed to
the Rubinstein setup from the delayed Steinitz Defence.} 8. d5 {A radical
attempt to get a strategic advantage in the spirit of the King's Indian.} ({
The main line goes} 8. Bb3 h6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. Nc4 Bg5) 8... Nb8 9. c4 {It
always is a good question whether to exchange the light-squared bishop or not.
From the strategic point of view, this exchange should favour White, whose
central pawns are on light squares. On the other hand, Bxd7+ allows the
natural black development with ...Nxd7.} ({The main alternative is} 9. Bc2 Be7
{as in Shirov,A-Lautier,J/Dos Hermanas 1995/CBM 047/[Lautier] (0-1, 41)}) 9...
Be7 10. Nc3 h6 {[%cal Ge7g5]} 11. g3 $146 {A super cautious move. White
restricts the g6-knight, preventing the activation of the other one. At the
same time, he maintains the possibility of exchanging the light-squared
bishops in any moment.} (11. Bxd7+ Nxd7 (11... Qxd7 $6 {Gofshtein,L-Elbilia,J/
Tel Aviv 1998/CBM 065/[Wedberg] (1-0, 34)}) 12. g3 {It would be interesting to
know which were Leko's concerns regarding this similar line.} (12. a3 {is too
slow to cause Black problems.} Bg5 13. Nxg5 hxg5 14. g3 Qf6 15. b4 Nf4 $1 {
[%cal Gf6h6]} 16. Ra2 Qg6 17. f3 Nh3+ 18. Kh1 g4 $132 {Van der Wiel,J-Tkachiev,
V/Cannes 1999/CBM 074 (1/2, 23)}) 12... Bg5 (12... Nf6 13. Bd2 Qd7 14. Kg2 Nh7
15. h4 $5) 13. Nxg5 hxg5 14. Qg4 Nf6 $5 15. Qxg5 {Kozakov,M (2350)-Emodi,G 
(2410)/Sarospatak 1995/EXT 99 (1/2, 45)} Qd7 $5 16. f3 O-O-O $132) (11. Be3 Bg5
{Peng Xiaomin (2574)-Iuldachev,S (2491)/Qingdao 1999/CBM 074/[Wedberg] (1/2,
41)}) (11. b4 {Motylev,A (2675)-Timman,J (2625)/Gothenburg 2005/CBM 109/
[Erenburg] (0-1, 43)}) 11... O-O (11... Bg5 {comes into consideration.} 12.
Nxg5 hxg5 13. Qg4 $2 (13. Bxd7+ Nxd7 {transposes above.}) 13... b5 $1 $19) 12.
Bxd7 Qxd7 $5 {aiming to take advantage of the move order employed by White.} (
12... Nxd7 13. Be3 $14 {[%cal Gb2b4,Ga1c1]} Bg5 $2 14. Nxg5 hxg5 15. Qg4 f6 16.
h4 $16) 13. Kg2 f5 {This is the only active plan, but, with the black knights
far from e4, it faces Black with certain strategic risk.} 14. exf5 Qxf5 15. Nd2
Bg5 16. Nde4 Bxc1 17. Rxc1 Nd7 18. h3 {Preventing ...Qg4. Despite
simplifications, White retains a small plus. Black has no active plan, while
the permanent threat of opening the queenside with c4-c5 offers White pleasant
long term perspectives. In the next phase of the game, Black will try to
exchange at least one of the enemy knights.} Ne7 19. Qg4 Rad8 20. Rfd1 Qf7 21.
Qe6 {The exchange of queens favours White, who will not have to worry about
his king's safety at all.} Nf6 (21... Nf5 22. Ne2 Rde8 23. Qxf7+ Rxf7 24. c5
Nf6 25. Nxf6+ Rxf6 26. cxd6 cxd6 27. Rc4 $14) 22. Qxf7+ Rxf7 23. Rd3 Kh7 24. h4
Neg8 25. c5 $14 {White is better regrouped and has pleasant queenside play.}
Nxe4 26. Nxe4 Nf6 27. Nxf6+ Rxf6 28. Rb3 dxc5 29. Rxc5 Rb6 30. Rxc7 Rxb3 31.
axb3 Rxd5 32. Rxb7 Rd2 33. Kf3 Rxb2 34. h5 a5 35. Rb5 Ra2 36. Rxe5 Ra3 37. Re3
a4 38. bxa4 Rxa4 39. g4 Kg8 40. Re4 Ra5 41. Kf4 Kf7 42. Re5 Ra6 43. Rf5+ Kg8
44. f3 Ra4+ 45. Kg3 Ra3 46. Rd5 Ra4 47. Kf2 Ra3 48. Ke2 Kf7 49. Rd3 Ra2+ 50.
Ke3 Ra4 51. Rd4 Ra5 52. Rb4 Re5+ 53. Kf4 Ra5 54. Ke4 Rc5 55. Kd4 Ra5 56. Rc4
Ra3 57. Rc3 Ra4+ 58. Kd5 Ra5+ 59. Rc5 Ra3 60. Ke4 Ra7 61. Kf5 Rb7 62. f4 Ra7
63. Rd5 Rb7 64. g5 hxg5 65. fxg5 g6+ 66. hxg6+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Astrakhan FIDE GP"]
[Site "Astrakhan"]
[Date "2010.05.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2010.05.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Nc3 Bf5 9. Re1 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 O-O 12. Rb1 Na5 13. h4 b6 14. h5 Nc4
15. Qf5 c6 16. Qg4 f5 17. Qg3 Qd7 18. Bh6 Bd6 19. Ne5 Qc7 20. Bf4 Rae8 21. h6
Bxe5 22. Bxe5 Nxe5 23. Rxe5 Rxe5 24. dxe5 f4 25. Qg5 g6 26. e6 Rf5 27. Qh4 Kf8
28. Re1 Ke8 29. c4 Qe7 30. Qh3 Qb4 31. Rd1 Rh5 32. Qf3 Qxc4 33. Qa3 Qe2 34. Rb1
Qxe6 35. Qxa7 f3 36. Qxb6 fxg2 37. Qb8+ Ke7 38. Rb7+ Kf6 39. Qf4+ Rf5 40. Qh4+
g5 41. Qd4+ Kg6 42. Qg7+ Kh5 43. Re7 Qd6 44. Rf7 Qf4 45. Rxf5 Qxf5 46. Qc3 Qg4
47. Qg3 Qd1+ 48. Kxg2 Qxc2 49. Qh3+ Kg6 50. Qe6+ Kh5 51. Qh3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Astrakhan FIDE GP"]
[Site "Astrakhan"]
[Date "2010.05.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2010.05.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bxg2 9. Kxg2 Qc8 10. Qd3 Nc6 11. b3 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 O-O 13. Bb2 Qb7+ 14. e4 d6
15. f3 a6 16. a4 Rfd8 17. Rfd1 Nd7 18. Qd2 Rac8 19. Rab1 Nc5 20. Qc2 h6 21. Rd2
Bg5 22. Re2 Bf6 23. Rd1 Qc6 24. Ba3 Qc7 25. Bb4 Qc6 26. Red2 Bg5 27. Re2 Bf6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Astrakhan FIDE GP"]
[Site "Astrakhan"]
[Date "2010.05.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2010.05.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Be3 Qa5 9. Qd2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qxd2+ 11. Kxd2 O-O 12. Rb1 ({The more popular
continuation is} 12. Rc1) 12... Rd8 13. Bd3 e6 14. Rhc1 Nc6 15. e5 h6 $5 {
Prior to this game, this move was only played once between players of lower
level. Black prevents Bg5 and Ng5, preparing an effective regrouping.} (15...
f6 {and}) (15... f5 {have been played more frequently, with poor results for
Black.}) 16. Ke1 Bf8 17. Be4 Nb4 18. Bd2 Nd5 {Black has managed to block the
enemy centre and threatens to complete his development with ...b6 and ...Bb7.
In order to avoid being left in an inferior position, White has to play
energetically.} 19. a4 b6 20. a5 {The weakness of the b6-pawn will compensate
for the backward d4-pawn.} Bb7 21. axb6 axb6 22. Bxd5 Bxd5 23. Rxb6 Bxf3 24.
gxf3 Rxd4 25. f4 Rdd8 26. Be3 Rab8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Astrakhan FIDE GP"]
[Site "Astrakhan"]
[Date "2010.05.22"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2010.05.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Nd2 O-O 6. Ngf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Ne5
h6 9. Qc2 Be7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. b3 c5 12. Bb2 Na6 13. Rac1 Qc8 14. Rfd1 Qe6 15.
Nd3 Nb4 16. Qb1 Nxd3 17. exd3 Rfe8 18. Nc4 dxc4 19. Bxb7 Rab8 20. d5 Nxd5 21.
Bxd5 Qxd5 22. dxc4 Qc6 23. Qf5 Rbd8 24. h4 Qg6 25. Qxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Astrakhan FIDE GP"]
[Site "Astrakhan"]
[Date "2010.05.23"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2010.05.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8.
Bxc4 c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. e5 Qd8 11. Ne4 {This line was examined in annotations
to Grischuk - Aronian (CBM 135).} Nc6 (11... O-O 12. Qe2 Bd7 (12... Qb6 $5 13.
a3 Be7 14. Rad1 Rd8 15. h4 Bd7 {1/2 Malakhatko,V (2549)-Gharamian,T (2609)/
Cannes FRA 2010/The Week in Chess 800}) 13. Rfd1 Nc6 14. a3 $5 Be7 15. b4 Qb8
16. Ng3 b5 17. Bxb5 Nxe5 18. Bxd7 Nxd7 19. Nxd4 $14 {1/2 Grischuk,A (2736)
-Aronian,L (2781)/Linares 2010/CBM 135/[Krasenkow] (101)}) 12. a3 Be7 13. Qe2
O-O 14. Bd3 $1 {A new and probably strong plan. White starts a kingside attack
without setting up one of his rooks on d1.} g6 (14... Qd5 15. Ng3 $5) 15. h4 {
[%mdl 132]} Kg7 (15... Bxh4 16. Nxh4 Qxh4 17. Nf6+ Kh8 18. f4 $36) 16. h5 g5 (
16... Qd5 {looks more accurate. Black can later choose between ...g6-g5 and ...
g6xh5:} 17. Ng3 (17. Ned2 gxh5) 17... g5 {Of course, White has a strong
initiative in any case.}) 17. Ned2 Rh8 18. Nh2 b6 19. f4 gxf4 20. Rxf4 Bg5 21.
Raf1 $1 {[%mdl 512] Of course, Black's main defending piece - his g5 bishop -
is worth a rook.} Bxf4 22. Rxf4 a5 23. Ng4 {Black's resignation is definitely
premature here but it is indeed difficult for him to organse the defence of
his king. A rare kind of game in which Black lost without making an obvious
mistake! Here are some possible variations in the final position:} (23. Ng4 Qc7
$5 {trying to prevent Ng4-f6} (23... Ra7 24. Nf6 Rc7 25. Qe4 {[%cal Rf6h7]} Kf8
26. Nc4 Ke7 27. Nd6 Nxe5 $8 28. Qxe5 Qxd6 29. Nd5+ (29. Ng8+ Rxg8 30. Rxf7+
Kxf7 31. Qxd6) 29... Qxd5 30. Qf6+ Kd6 31. Rxd4 {, and White should win}) 24.
Nc4 $1 {[%cal Rc4d6]} b5 $1 (24... Ba6 25. Nd6 $18) 25. Nd6 f5 $8 26. exf6+ Kf8
27. Nxc8 $1 Rxc8 (27... Qxc8 28. Ne5) (27... Qxf4 28. Qxe6 Qc1+ 29. Kh2 Qf4+
30. Kh3 $18) 28. Qxe6 Re8 29. Qf5 $18 {->}) 1-0

[Event "Astrakhan FIDE GP"]
[Site "Astrakhan"]
[Date "2010.05.24"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2010.05.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 e5 2. c4 g6 3. d4 d6 4. Nc3 Nd7 5. Bg2 exd4 6. Qxd4 Ngf6 7. b3 Bg7 8. Bb2
O-O 9. Nf3 Re8 10. Qd2 Nc5 11. O-O a5 12. Rac1 a4 13. b4 a3 14. Ba1 Na6 15. Rb1
Bf5 16. Rb3 c5 17. bxc5 Nxc5 18. Rb4 Nfe4 19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Rc1
Kg8 22. Nd4 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 h5 24. f3 d5 25. Rc2 dxc4 26. Rbxc4 b6 27. Nb5 Qxd2
28. Rxd2 Nb3 29. Rdc2 Na1 30. Rd2 Nb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup ACP 4th"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2010.05.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2010.05.27"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Nh4 Bh5 8. h3
Nbd7 9. g4 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Bg2 Qa6 12. cxd5 exd5 13. g5 Nh5 14. e4 dxe4
15. Bxe4 Bd6 16. Be3 Nf4 17. O-O-O Rh4 18. Kb1 Kf8 19. Bf3 Re8 20. Rhe1 Qb6 21.
Qc2 Qc7 22. d5 Ne5 23. Bh1 cxd5 24. Nxd5 Nxd5 25. Bxd5 Qxc2+ 26. Kxc2 Bb4 27.
Re2 Nc4 28. Bxc4 Rxc4+ 29. Kb3 b5 30. Rc2 Rxc2 31. Kxc2 a6 32. a3 Be7 33. Rd7
Rc8+ 34. Kd3 Ke8 35. Ra7 Rc6 36. h4 Bd6 37. Bd4 Bc7 38. Bxg7 Kd8 39. Bf6+ Kc8
40. Ra8+ Kd7 41. Rf8 Ke6 42. Re8+ Kd5 43. Re7 Bb6 44. Rxf7 Bxf2 45. Rg7 Bxh4
46. Rxg6 Rc4 47. Bd8 Rg4 48. Ke3 Rg2 49. Kf3 Rxb2 50. Rxa6 b4 51. a4 b3 52. Kg4
Be1 53. Bf6 Rg2+ 54. Kf5 Kc4 55. Rb6 Ba5 56. Rb7 Bb4 57. g6 Rf2+ 58. Ke6 Rxf6+
59. Kxf6 b2 60. g7 b1=Q 61. g8=Q+ Kc3 62. Qg3+ Kc4 63. Qf4+ Kc3 64. Qe3+ Kc4
65. Rc7+ Kd5 66. Qe5# 1-0

[Event "World Cup ACP 4th"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2010.05.27"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2010.05.27"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 a6 6. b3 Bb4 7. Bd2 Nbd7 8. Bd3
O-O 9. O-O Bd6 10. Rc1 h6 11. Qc2 e5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5
15. Ne2 Bg4 16. f3 Rc8 17. Qb1 Bd7 18. Rxc8 Bxc8 19. Rc1 Qb6 20. Qc2 Bd7 21.
Qc5 Qxc5 22. Rxc5 Bd6 23. Rc2 Re8 24. Kf2 Kf8 25. Bc3 Bc5 26. Bd4 Bxd4 27. Nxd4
Ke7 28. Rd2 Rc8 29. Bc2 a5 30. g4 Rc5 31. h4 Ne8 32. Ne2 g5 33. Nd4 Nd6 34. Bd3
Rc1 35. Kg3 Rg1+ 36. Kh2 Re1 37. Be2 gxh4 38. Kh3 h5 39. Rd1 hxg4+ 40. fxg4
Rxd1 41. Bxd1 Ne4 42. Kxh4 Nc3 43. Bf3 Nxa2 44. Bxd5 b5 45. Bc6 Nc3 46. Kg5 a4
47. bxa4 bxa4 48. Bxd7 Kxd7 49. Kf6 Nd5+ 50. Kxf7 Nxe3 51. g5 a3 52. g6 a2 53.
Nb3 Nf5 54. Kf6 Nd6 55. Ke5 Ne8 56. Kd4 Ke7 57. Kc3 Kf6 58. Kb2 Kxg6 59. Kxa2
Nd6 60. Nc5 Nc4 61. Kb3 Nb6 62. Kc3 Nc8 63. Kd4 Nd6 64. Ke5 Nb5 65. Kd5 Nd4 66.
Kxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 45th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2010.06.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2010.06.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 {Ivanchuk strives for complications from the very start,
preferring this ambitious sortie to more restrained continuations such as} (
2... d5) ({or} 2... e6) ({After} 2... c5 {Black must reckon with} 3. Bxf6 (3.
d5 Ne4 4. Bf4 Qb6 {transposes into 2...Ne4 lines.}) 3... gxf6 4. d5 $13) 3. Bf4
c5 {The most consistent follow-up.} ({Even the seemingly more sedate} 3... d5 {
already leads to a complex battle after} 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 $13 {, Ivanchuk has
had his own experience from the other side of the board:} Nc6 $6 (5... Nf6 $142
) 6. Bxe4 dxe4 7. d5 Nb4 8. Nc3 e6 9. d6 Nc6 10. Nge2 (10. Nxe4 $142 $1) 10...
f5 $2 (10... e5 11. Nb5 exf4 $13) 11. Nb5 Kf7 12. Nc7 Rb8 13. g4 $1 fxg4 14.
Ng3 Nb4 15. a3 Nd5 16. Nxe4 Nxf4 17. exf4 Kg8 18. Qxg4 h5 19. Qg3 b5 20. Rg1
Rh6 21. O-O-O Kh8 22. Nxc5 b4 23. axb4 Rxb4 24. d7 Rc4 25. N5xe6 {1-0,Ivanchuk,
V (2739)-Jobava,B (2637)/Havana/2005/ - see notes by Postny in CBM 107.}) 4. f3
{White usually prefers this move, but also the paradoxical} (4. d5 Qb6 5. Bc1
$5 {is interesting and deserves more attention:} e6 6. f3 Nf6 $5 (6... Qa5+ 7.
c3 Nf6 8. e4 d6 9. Bd2 $5 Qb6 10. c4 Qxb2 11. Nc3 Qb6 12. f4 $44 Nbd7 13. Nf3
e5 14. f5 g6 15. Bd3 Qd8 16. O-O gxf5 17. exf5 h6 18. Kh1 Be7 19. Qc1 b5 20.
Nxb5 e4 21. Bf4 Qb6 22. Rb1 exf3 23. Re1 fxg2+ 24. Kg1 Kd8 25. Rxe7 Kxe7 26.
Nxd6 Qa5 27. Qe3+ Kf8 28. Re1 $40 {Vyzmanavin,A (2470)-Ehlvest,J (2480)/URS-ch
Lvov/1984/}) 7. c4 exd5 8. cxd5 c4 $5 9. e3 Bc5 10. Kf2 O-O 11. Bxc4 Re8 12.
Qb3 Qd8 13. Ne2 d6 14. Nbc3 a6 15. a4 Nbd7 16. Ng3 Rb8 17. Bd2 (17. Re1 $5 $13)
17... b5 $5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Be2 b4 20. Na4 Bb7 21. Nxc5 Bxd5 22. Qc2 Nxc5 23.
Rhe1 Rc8 $15 {Georgiev,K (2626)-Grischuk,A (2705)/Mainz rpd/2004/}) 4... Qa5+
$5 (4... Nf6 $143 5. dxc5 {gives White chances to claim an advantage in a
Sicilian-like position:} b6 $5 (5... Qa5+ 6. Nc3 Qxc5 7. e4 d6 8. Qd2 g6 (8...
a6 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. Kb1 b5 11. Nge2 Bb7 12. Nc1 g6 13. g4 Bg7 14. Bh6 Bxh6 15.
Qxh6 Ne5 16. Nb3 Qc7 17. Be2 b4 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Qb6 {Bruzon Bautista,L 
(2677)-Kabanov,N (2506)/WCup Khanty Mansiysk/2005/} 20. Rhe1 $36) 9. O-O-O Bg7
10. Bh6 O-O 11. h4 Be6 12. h5 $1 Nxh5 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. g4 Nf6 15. Qh6+ Kg8 16.
Nge2 Qf2 $2 (16... Nbd7 17. Kb1 $16 {/\g5,Nf4}) 17. e5 $1 $18 {Adams,M (2685)
-Leko,P (2630)/Cap d'Agde rpd/1996/} {/\} dxe5 18. Ne4) 6. e4 (6. cxb6 Qxb6 $44
) 6... bxc5 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Bc4 d6 9. e5 $5 dxe5 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. O-O-O+ Bd7 (
11... Kc7 $5 12. Bg3 $44) 12. Bb5 exf4 (12... Ke8 $142 13. Bxc6 Bxc6 14. Bxe5
Nd7) 13. Bxc6 Rc8 14. Bxd7 Nxd7 15. Nh3 Ke8 16. Nxf4 g6 17. Kb1 Bg7 18. Ne4 Nb6
19. Rhe1 Kf8 20. Nxc5 Bxb2 21. Kxb2 Rxc5 22. Rd8+ $16 {Kasparov,G (2812)
-Reinderman,D (2542)/Wijk aan Zee/1999/}) 5. c3 Nf6 6. Nd2 (6. d5 Qb6 7. Bc1 e6
{is similar to lines with 4.d5, only here} 8. e4 $5 {is more to the point:} (8.
c4 {transposes directly to 4.d5.}) 8... exd5 9. exd5 d6 10. c4 g6 11. Qe2+ $5
Kd8 12. Qc2 Bg7 (12... Bf5 $5) 13. Bd3 Na6 14. a3 Re8+ 15. Ne2 Ke7 16. Nbc3 Kf8
17. O-O Nb4 18. axb4 cxb4+ 19. Kh1 bxc3 20. Nxc3 Nd7 21. Bd2 Nc5 22. Nb5 Nxd3
23. Qxd3 $36 {Movsesian,S (2637)-Kotronias,V (2572)/Moscow Aeroflot/2007/})
6... cxd4 7. Nb3 (7. cxd4 Nd5 $36) ({Rather harmless is} 7. Nc4 Qd8 (7... Qd5
8. cxd4 $1 Nc6 9. e3 {ףd5}) 8. cxd4 b5 $5 9. Nd2 Nc6 10. e3 Nd5 11. Nh3 Nxf4
12. Nxf4 Rb8 13. Nd3 e6 14. Be2 Be7 15. O-O O-O 16. Rc1 Bb7 17. Nc5 Ba8 $11 {
Lindberg,B (2389)-Johansson,J (2441)/Stockholm/2007/}) 7... Qf5 $5 {Again
Ivanchuk chooses the most risky and complex alternative.} (7... Qb6 8. Qxd4 (8.
cxd4 Nc6 9. e4 e5 $1 10. dxe5 Bb4+ 11. Ke2 (11. Bd2 $142 Nxe5 12. Bxb4 Qxb4+
13. Qd2) 11... Nxe5 $1 12. Qd4 Ng6 13. Be3 d5 14. exd5 O-O 15. a3 (15. Kf2 $142
$1 $11) 15... Qxd4 16. Bxd4 Be7 17. Kf2 Nxd5 18. Ne2 Be6 19. Nc5 Bxc5 20. Bxc5
Rfc8 21. Rc1 Ne5 $36 {Hodgson,J (2550)-Gelfand,B (2665)/Groningen/1996/ - see
Gelfand's notes in CBM 57.}) 8... Nc6 (8... Qxd4 9. cxd4 $14 {()}) 9. Qxb6 axb6
10. Nd4 e5 11. Nxc6 exf4 (11... dxc6 12. Bxe5 b5 13. e4 Be6 14. Ne2 Nd7 15. Bg3
Rxa2 16. Rxa2 Bxa2 17. Nd4 Nc5 18. Kd2 Nb3+ 19. Kc2 Na1+ 20. Kd3 Nb3 21. Be2
$14 {Milov,V (2632)-Kotronias,V (2598)/FRA-chT/2004/}) 12. Nd4 d5 13. e3 $5 (
13. g3 Bd6 $13) 13... fxe3 14. Ke2 Bd6 (14... g6 15. Kxe3 Bh6+ 16. Kf2 O-O 17.
Bb5 Bd7 18. Nge2 Rfe8 19. Rhd1 Be3+ 20. Kf1 Re5 21. Bxd7 Nxd7 22. Nc2 Nf6 23.
Nxe3 Rxe3 24. Nf4 Re5 25. Rd4 Kf8 26. Nd3 Re6 27. Nb4 $16 {McShane,L (2629)
-Cvitan,O (2532)/Calvia olm/2004/ - see notes by Postny in CBM 104.}) 15. Kxe3
O-O 16. Bb5 Bd7 17. Bxd7 Nxd7 18. Nge2 Ne5 19. b3 Nc6 20. a4 Rfe8+ 21. Kd3 Re5
22. Rae1 Rae8 $132 {Mingachev,M (2406)-Maletin,P(2538)/St Petersburg/2006/}) 8.
Bxb8 Rxb8 9. Qxd4 b6 10. e4 Qf4 (10... Qe6 {is hardly any better:} 11. O-O-O $1
(11. Nh3 Qc6 12. Nf4 e6 13. e5 Ng8 14. O-O-O Ne7 15. Nh5 Nf5 16. Qd2 Qc7 17.
Bd3 Qxe5 18. Rhe1 Qxh2 19. Nf4 Bd6 20. Nh3 Ne7 21. Bb5 a6 22. f4 Bxf4 23. Bxd7+
Bxd7 24. Nxf4 Bc6 25. Nxe6 fxe6 26. Rxe6 O-O 27. Rxe7 Rbe8 $15 {Kosic,D (2515)
-Ilincic,Z (2565)/Niksic /1997/}) 11... Bb7 12. Bc4 $36) 11. Nh3 (11. Ne2 $6
Qc7 12. e5 Ng8 13. c4 f6 14. f4 fxe5 15. fxe5 g6 $1 16. e6 Nf6 17. Nc3 dxe6 18.
Nb5 Qb7 19. Be2 Qxg2 20. Qe5 Qxh1+ 21. Kf2 Ne4+ 22. Ke3 Bh6+ 23. Kd3 Nf2+ 24.
Kc3 O-O $1 $19 {Tregubov,P (2545)-Varavin,V (2510)/RUS-ch Elista/1994/ - see
CBM 44.}) 11... Qc7 12. e5 Ng8 13. O-O-O e6 (13... g6 14. e6 Nf6 15. exf7+ Kxf7
16. Ng5+ $36) 14. f4 (14. Ng5 Ne7 15. Bb5 (15. f4 {-14.f4}) 15... Nc6 (15... a6
16. Qf4 Nf5 17. Bd3 f6 18. Nxh7 $1 Rxh7 19. Bxf5 $36 {/\} exf5 $2 20. Rhe1 $18)
16. Bxc6 dxc6 17. Ne4 c5 18. Nd6+ Bxd6 19. Qxd6 Qxd6 20. Rxd6 Rb7 21. Nd2 Rd7
22. Ne4 Ke7 23. Rhd1 Rf8 24. Rxd7+ Bxd7 25. Nd6 f6 26. f4 fxe5 27. fxe5 Rf2 28.
Rd2 Rf1+ 29. Rd1 Rf2 30. Rd2 $11 {1/2,Nedimovic,L (2176)-Tratar,M (2452)/
Portoroz/2004/}) (14. Bd3 Ne7 15. f4 {-14.f4}) 14... Ne7 15. Ng5 (15. Kb1 Nf5 (
15... a6 16. Bd3 Nc6 17. Qe3 Be7 18. Qg3 O-O 19. Ng5 Bxg5 20. Qxg5 f5 {
Martinez,J-Kovacevic,S (2420)/Aragon/1997/} 21. g4 $1 $40) (15... Bb7 16. Bb5
Rd8 17. Qf2 Nd5 18. Qg3 a6 19. Bd3 g6 20. Ng5 d6 21. Nd4 $36 {[%csl Re6] ><e6,
Raffaele,E-Bonoldi,F/corr/1999/}) 16. Qd2 Bb7 17. Bb5 Rd8 18. Rhe1 Be7 19. Nd4
Nxd4 20. cxd4 O-O 21. Qe2 d6 22. Rc1 Qb8 23. Ng1 dxe5 24. dxe5 Rd4 $15 {
Gansvind,V (2287)-Orlov,G (2522)/Vancouver/2004/}) ({Perhaps more promising is
the developing move} 15. Bd3 Bb7 (15... Nc6 16. Qf2 d6 17. exd6 Bxd6 18. g3 (
18. Nd4 $1 $32 {|^}) 18... O-O 19. Ng5 h6 20. Ne4 Be7 $132 {/=/+,Wirig,A (2409)
-Womacka,M (2519)/playchess.com/2005/}) 16. Qf2 Nd5 17. Ng5 Bc5 18. Qh4 $2 (18.
Nxc5 $14) 18... Be3+ 19. Kb1 Bxf4 20. Nxh7 Bxe5 {Lie,E (2421)-Vachier Lagrave,
M (2634)/EU-chT Heraklio/2007/} 21. Nf6+ Bxf6 22. Qxh8+ Ke7 $36) 15... Bb7 $5 {
Due to his lag in development Black must tread with great care.} (15... Nf5 16.
Qf2 (16. Qd2 Be7 (16... h6 17. Nf3 (17. Ne4 $142 Bb7 18. Bd3 $14) 17... Bb7 18.
Nfd4 (18. Bd3 $5) 18... Nxd4 19. Nxd4 a6 20. Rg1 Be7 21. g3 O-O 22. Bg2 Rfd8
23. Bxb7 Qxb7 24. Qg2 Qxg2 25. Rxg2 Rbc8 26. Rgd2 Kf8 27. Kc2 Ke8 28. Nf3 Rc6
$11 {Nguyen,N (2466)-Ilincic,Z (2520)/Budapest/2004/}) 17. Ne4 Bb7 18. Nd6+ (
18. Bd3 $142 $14) (18. Ng3 $5) 18... Bxd6 19. exd6 Qc6 20. Nd4 Nxd4 21. Qxd4
O-O 22. Bd3 Qd5 $15 {Neuillet,A (2218)-Cramling,P (2493)/FRA-chT/2000/}) 16...
Bb7 (16... h6 17. Ne4 Bb7 18. Bd3 d5 19. Ng3 Nxg3 20. hxg3 Bc5 21. Qe2 Rd8 22.
Qg4 g6 23. Bxg6 $1 $16 {Miles,A (2600)-Avrukh,B (2430)/Biel/1995/}) (16... Be7
17. Bd3 h6 $6 18. Nf3 h5 19. Bxf5 exf5 20. Nfd4 g6 21. Nb5 $16 {Degraeve,J 
(2425)-Chuchelov,V (2530)/Le Touquet/1995/}) 17. Bd3 Be7 18. Rhf1 Bd5 $6 (18...
h6 19. g4 $5 $36) 19. Bxf5 Bxb3 20. axb3 exf5 21. Qd4 h6 22. Nf3 Rd8 23. Qd3 g6
24. Nd4 O-O 25. Rf3 Qb7 26. Nxf5 $1 $18 {Romero Sanchez,J (2385)-Simmelink,J 
(2408)/corr/2001/}) 16. Bd3 $146 {[%mdl 520] Short doesn't avoid complications
- this temporary sacrifice invites them.} (16. Bb5 Bd5 (16... Nd5 $5 17. f5 Be7
18. Ne4 a6 19. Bc4 f6 $1 $132) 17. Kb1 a6 18. Bd3 h6 19. Ne4 Nc6 20. Qf2 Na5
21. Nd4 b5 22. Qg3 $5 (22. Ka1 $14) 22... b4 23. Nd6+ Bxd6 24. exd6 (24. Qxg7
$2 Bf8 $1 25. Qxh8 bxc3 $40) 24... Qxd6 25. c4 Bxc4 (25... Bxg2 26. Qxg7 Bxh1
27. Qxh8+ Ke7 28. Qxh6 Qxd4 29. Qg5+ Ke8 30. Qg8+ Ke7 31. Qxb8 Nc6 32. Qg8 Bf3
33. Qg5+ Ke8 $11 34. Rd2 $2 Qe3 $19) 26. Qxg7 Bxd3+ 27. Rxd3 Rf8 28. Qxh6 $14 {
[%csl Re8] עe8,Efimov,I (2445)-Miezis,N (2524)/Castellaneta/1999/}) (16. Ne4
Nf5 17. Qd3 Be7 18. g4 Nh4 $13) (16. Qf2 h6 17. Bb5 Rd8 $5 18. Nf3 Nd5 $132)
16... Bxg2 17. Rhg1 {Straightforward and natural.} (17. Rhe1 Bd5 (17... g6 $5
18. Qf2 Bd5 19. Nd4 $44) 18. Kb1 $5 $44) 17... Bd5 18. Nxh7 Rxh7 $5 {Ivanchuk
increases the tension.} ({Black spurns the simple} 18... Nc6 19. Qe3 Nb4 20.
Kb1 Nxd3 21. Qxd3 b5 $5 22. Nxf8 Kxf8 $13 {<=>}) 19. Bxh7 g6 $44 {[%csl Rh7]
ץh7} 20. Kb1 ({Interesting is the attempt to free the B} 20. h4 Nf5 21. Qd3 $5
(21. Qf2 Bxb3 22. axb3 Bc5 23. Qh2 Bxg1 24. Qxg1 Qc5 (24... Nxh4 $2 25. Qg4 Nf5
26. Bxg6 $1 fxg6 27. Qxg6+ Kd8 28. Qg8+ Ke7 29. Qh7+ Ke8 30. Qh8+ Ke7 31. Qf6+
Ke8 32. Rh1 $18) 25. h5 Qxg1 26. Rxg1 Kf8 $1 27. hxg6 Kg7 $17 {[%csl Rh7][%cal
Rf5e7] /\Ne7}) 21... Nxh4 22. Nd4 b5 $5 $13) 20... Nf5 21. Qd3 (21. Qd2 $5 Qc4
(21... b5 $5) 22. Rxg6 fxg6 23. Bxg6+ Ke7 24. Bxf5 Bh6 25. Bc2 Qxf4 $44 (25...
Bxf4 $2 26. Qe1 {[%cal Rd1d4,Re1h4] /\Rd4,Qh4})) 21... Qc4 $5 {Ivanchuk
realises that the Q-swap stabilizes the position and allows him to proceed
with the hunt against the Bh7.} 22. Qxc4 Bxc4 23. Nd4 Be7 $5 {Black prevents
the idea h4-h5.} (23... Ne3 24. Rd2 b5 25. a3 (25. b3 b4 $132) 25... Bh6 26.
Rf2 Nd5 27. Rg4 Kf8 28. Rf3 Kg7 29. b3 Kxh7 30. Rh4 Kg7 31. bxc4 bxc4+ $44 {
[%csl Rc3,Rf4] ק}) 24. Rxg6 $6 {White takes the opportunity to simplify the
position, but he probably underestimated Black's chances in the arising _|_.} (
24. Nxf5 exf5 {[%cal Yc4e6,Ye8g7] /\Be6, Kf8-g7} (24... gxf5 25. Rg8+ Bf8 26.
h4 $16) 25. Bxg6 (25. Rh1 Bh4 $1 {[%cal Ye8e7,Yb8h8] /\Ke7, Rh8}) 25... fxg6
26. Rxg6 $13) (24. Bxg6 fxg6 25. Rxg6 Nxd4 26. Rxd4 Kf7 27. Rh6 Kg7 28. Rh3 Bb5
$11) 24... fxg6 25. Bxg6+ Kf8 26. Nxf5 exf5 27. Bxf5 Rd8 $1 (27... Be6 28. Bg6
$1 $14 {[%cal Rf4f5] /\f5}) 28. Rxd7 (28. b3 Bb5 $15) 28... Rxd7 29. Bxd7 Bc5 {
[%mdl 4096] All White's active pieces have disappeared and although he has 4 P
for the piece, they are scattered and vulnerable. All in all, only Black can
play for a win here without much risk.} 30. Kc2 (30. f5 Bd3+ 31. Kc1 Be3+ 32.
Kd1 Bf4 $17) 30... Be3 31. f5 Bf4 {Now White won't be able to force a timely
bishop swap.} (31... Ke7 32. Ba4 $5 (32. e6 Bf4 {-31...Bf4}) 32... Bf4 33. Bb3
$132 {should probably be enough for a draw.}) 32. e6 Ke7 33. h4 Be2 34. Bc6 Bg3
35. h5 (35. Kd2 $5 Bg4 36. Be4 Bxh4 37. Ke3 $15 {/\} Kf6 38. Kd4) 35... Bxh5
36. Kd3 Kd6 $6 (36... Kf6 $142 $1 37. Kc4 (37. Ke4 $2 Bg4 $19) 37... Be2+ 38.
Kd4 (38. Kd5 $4 Bf3+) 38... Bf2+ 39. Kd5 (39. Ke4 Bg4 40. Kf4 Bh3 41. Be4 Bh4
$19 {[%cal Rh4g5,Rh3f5] /\Bg5, Bf5}) 39... Bc5 40. Bd7 Bf3+ (40... Bd3 41. Kc6
Be4+ 42. Kb5 $132) 41. Kc4 Bb7 $5 42. b4 Be7 43. Kb5 Bd8 $1 $17 {/\a6} (43...
Kxf5 44. a4 {/\a5<=>})) 37. Bg2 $2 ({After} 37. Bb5 Bf3 (37... Bg4 38. Ke4) 38.
Ke3 Bb7 39. Be2 {White's K is ready to support the P via e4, or f4 and it's
difficult to see how Black can improve his position.}) (37. Ba4 $5) 37... Ke5
$1 38. Bh3 Bh4 $19 {Now the o^ are not only blockaded, but also under attack
and are bound to fall sooner or later.} 39. b4 ({White's K is going nowhere:} 
39. Kc4 Be2+ 40. Kb3 Bd3 $19) 39... Be7 40. a3 Bf3 41. Kc4 (41. Kc2 Be2 $19)
41... Be2+ 42. Kb3 Bd3 43. a4 (43. c4 Kd4 $19) 43... a5 $1 {The simplest way,
stopping all <=>.} (43... Bxf5 44. Bxf5 Kxf5 45. Kc4 Kxe6 46. Kb5 Bg5 $1 47. a5
(47. Ka6 Be3 48. b5 Bg5 $1 49. Kxa7 Bd8 $19) 47... bxa5 48. Kxa5 Be3 {is also
winning, according to TB:} 49. c4 Kd6 50. Ka6 Kc7 51. c5 Kb8 52. Ka5 Kb7 53.
Kb5 a6+ 54. Ka4 Bd2 55. Ka5 (55. b5 a5 56. Kb3 Bb4 57. Ka4 Ka7 $19) 55... Ka7
56. Ka4 Be1 57. Ka5 Bh4 58. Ka4 Bd8 59. b5 a5 60. Kb3 Bg5 $1 (60... Kb7 $2 61.
b6 $11) 61. Ka4 Bd2 $19 62. Kb3 Bb4 63. Kc4 Kb7 $19) (43... a5 $22 44. Bg4 Bf1
$5 {/\Kf4-+} (44... Bxf5 45. Bxf5 Kxf5 46. Kc4 Kxe6 47. Kb5 Bd8 48. Kc6 Ke5 49.
Kd7 Bh4 50. Kc6 (50. Kc7 b5 $1 51. axb5 a4 $19) 50... Be7 $1 51. Kxb6 Bxb4 52.
cxb4 axb4 53. a5 b3 54. a6 b2 55. a7 b1=Q+ 56. Kc7 Qh7+ 57. Kb8 Kd6 $19)) 0-1

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 45th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2010.06.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2010.06.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c6 7. e3 {
Alternatives:} (7. Qc2) (7. Bg5) ({and even} 7. e4) 7... O-O (7... b6 {is less
common.}) 8. Nh3 (8. Bd3 {is the main theoretical move. Black usually replies
either} b6 {[%cal Yc8a6]} ({or} 8... Nbd7 {[%cal Ye6e5]}) ({or even} 8... Re8 {
[%cal Ye6e5] Here is an example:} 9. Ne2 e5 10. cxd5 (10. O-O e4 $1) 10... cxd5
11. dxe5 Rxe5 12. c4 Nc6 13. O-O dxc4 14. Bxc4 Be6 15. Bd3 Qe7 16. Nf4 Rd8 $132
{0-1 Chibukhchian,A (2293)-Izoria,Z (2489)/Batumi 2001/EXT 2002 (33)})) 8...
Re8 {Black has the same alternative now:} (8... b6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. a4 $5 (10.
Bd3 Ba6 11. O-O Qc8 12. Bxa6 Qxa6 13. Qe1 Nbd7 14. e4 e5 $132 {0-1 Grujic,N 
(2245)-Abramovic,B (2500)/Nis 1994/EXT 1997 (33)}) (10. Nf2 Qc7 11. Bd2 Ba6 12.
Bxa6 Nxa6 13. Qe2 Nb8 14. O-O Rc8 15. e4 Nc6 16. e5 Ne8 17. f4 Na5 18. Rad1 Nc4
19. Bc1 f5 $1 20. exf6 Nxf6 21. Qxe6+ Qf7 22. Qh3 Nd6 $44 {0-1 Hochstrasser,M 
(2311)-Renet,O (2546)/Switzerland 2002/EXT 2003 (61)}) 10... Ba6 ({or} 10...
Qc7 11. Bd2 Ba6 12. Bxa6 Nxa6 13. Qe2 Nb8 14. O-O Nbd7 15. e4 e5 $1 16. Nf2
Rfe8 17. Rfe1 Rac8 18. a5 bxa5 19. Qb5 dxe4 20. fxe4 exd4 21. cxd4 Qc4 22. Qxc4
{1/2 Bareev,E (2590)-Rozentalis,E (2565)/Leningrad 1990/URS-ch}) 11. Bxa6 Nxa6
12. Qd3 Qc8 13. O-O Nc7 14. e4 Qa6 15. Qc2 Rfc8 16. e5 Nd7 17. Ng5 Nf8 18. Ba3
h6 19. Bxf8 Kxf8 $13 {0-1 Nordahl,H (2303)-Rozentalis,E (2585)/Gausdal 2003/
CBM 092 ext (41)}) 9. Nf2 e5 10. Be2 {That's the point of White's plan.
Comparied to the 9.Bd3 line (see above), ...e5-e4 is not dangerous.} Nbd7 (
10... Qc7 $142 $1 {to prevent a future c3-c4, e.g.} 11. O-O Be6 12. cxd5 cxd5
13. dxe5 Qxe5 14. Rb1 Qc7 $11 {1-0 Cebalo,M (2509)-Ogloblin,N (2362)/Budva
2009/CBM 130 (28)}) 11. O-O Nf8 $6 {White now opens up the position in favour
of his bishops.} (11... Qc7 $1) 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. dxe5 Rxe5 14. c4 $1 {[%mdl
32]} Re8 15. Re1 Ng6 16. Rb1 b6 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Bf1 {A curious provocation.}
(18. Rb3 $14 {was normal.}) 18... Nc3 {This "blow" is not dangerous: White
keeps an edge in the endgame.} 19. Qxd8 Rxd8 20. Rb3 Na4 21. e4 Be6 22. Rb4 Nc5
23. f4 $1 Ne7 24. Be3 Rac8 25. f5 Bd7 26. Rd4 Nb3 27. Rdd1 Ba4 28. Ba6 (28.
Rxd8+ $142 Rxd8 29. Rd1) 28... Rxd1 29. Nxd1 (29. Rxd1 $142 Re8 30. g4 Nc5 31.
Rd4 Nd5 $5 32. Rxd5 Nxa6 33. g5 $14) 29... Rc2 30. Bd3 Rc7 $6 (30... Ra2 $142
31. Nc3 Rxa3 32. Nb5 (32. Nxa4 Rxa4 33. Bc2 Ra3 34. Rd1 f6 $13) 32... Bxb5 33.
Bxb5 $44) 31. Nb2 Bc6 32. Kf2 Rd7 33. g4 Kf8 34. h4 b5 $6 {Hardly a good move,
weakening the dark squares.} (34... f6 $14) (34... Bb7 $14 {[%cal Ye7c6]}) 35.
Rd1 Ke8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Loses a pawn and subsequently the game.} (35... a5 {
is a logical continuation of the 34...b5 plan although White keeps a clear
advantage after} 36. Kg3) 36. Bc2 Rxd1 37. Nxd1 Na1 38. Bd3 {[%csl Ra7,Rg7]
[%cal Re3a7,Re3d4]} a5 (38... Nc8 39. Bd4 Nb3 40. Bxg7 Nc5 41. Ke3 Nxd3 42.
Kxd3 Nd6 43. Nf2 Nc4 44. a4 $1) 39. Bd4 Nb3 40. Bxg7 Nc5 41. Ke3 Nxd3 42. Kxd3
$18 {_|_ Despite the opposite-coloured bishops, White is winning as there are
knights on the board.} Nc8 43. Bc3 Nd6 44. Nf2 Nc4 45. g5 Bb7 46. h5 Ba6 47. g6
fxg6 48. fxg6 hxg6 49. h6 b4 50. h7 Ne5+ 51. Ke3 Nf7 52. Bg7 bxa3 53. Ng4 1-0

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 45th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2010.06.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2010.06.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. f3 a6 11. h4 b5 12. Kb1 Bb7 13. Qd2 Rc8 14. Bd3 Nd7
15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Be2 Rc6 17. Qg5 f6 18. Qe3 Rfc8 19. Rd4 Nb6 20. Rhd1 Qc7 21.
a3 Kf8 22. Qd2 Rxc3 23. Qxc3 Qxc3 24. bxc3 d5 25. exd5 Bxd5 26. Kb2 Rc5 27. Bd3
f5 28. Re1 g6 29. h5 Ke7 30. hxg6 hxg6 31. Rh1 e5 32. Rh7+ Kf6 33. Rdh4 Na4+
34. Kc1 Kg5 35. Rh3 Rxc3 36. Rg3+ Kf6 37. Ra7 Nc5 38. Kb2 Na4+ 39. Kc1 Nc5 40.
Kb2 Na4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 45th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2010.06.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2010.06.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 Nh5 8. Bd3
Nxf4 9. exf4 b6 10. b4 a5 11. a3 c6 12. O-O Qc7 13. g3 Ba6 14. Re1 Bxd3 15.
Qxd3 Ra7 16. Rac1 axb4 17. axb4 Bf6 18. h4 bxc5 19. bxc5 Rb8 20. Re3 Rb3 21.
Qc2 Rb4 22. Ne2 Qb8 23. Kg2 Rb2 24. Qd1 h6 25. Rcc3 Rb1 26. Nc1 Rba1 27. Qd2
Qc8 28. Ne1 Nf8 29. Nc2 R1a4 30. h5 Nd7 31. Qd1 Bd8 32. Nd3 Qb7 33. Qe2 Ba5 34.
Ra3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 45th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2010.06.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2010.06.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 Qb6 4. a4 {Jan is faithful to the line that brought
him a such an important win in the recent European championship.} e6 $1 $146 {
This seems like a good innovation to me. The resulting position is starting to
look similar to the line with 3...e6, but here White's move a2-a4 is not
really to the point.} (4... e5 $6 5. dxe5 dxe4 6. a5 Qc7 7. f4 Nh6 8. Nc3 Bb4
9. Bd2 e3 10. Bxe3 O-O 11. Nf3 Rd8 12. Bd3 Na6 13. Qe2 Bxa5 14. O-O Nb4 15. Be4
$16 {1-0 Nepomniachtchi,I (2656)-Jobava,B (2695)/Rijeka CRO 2010/The Week in
Chess 801 (31)}) (4... dxe4 5. a5 Qc7 6. fxe4 e5 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. Bc4 Nf6 9. O-O
Nbd7 10. Bg5 Bd6 11. Nbd2 O-O $11 {1/2-1/2 Kanovsky,D (2489)-Polak,T (2525)/
Ostrava CZE 2010/The Week in Chess 809 (41)}) 5. c3 $6 {Ignoring natural
development.} (5. Nc3 Bb4) (5. c4 dxe4 6. fxe4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 e5 $1 {In both
cases Black has a good game thanks to the control over the b4-square.}) ({
The only reasonable improvement that comes to mind is} 5. Ne2 $5 {This is
worth being checked in future games. One of the possible continuations is:} Nf6
6. a5 Qd8 7. e5 Nfd7 {I think it's a good version of a French Defence for
Black, but maybe White can still come up with some creative ideas.}) 5... c5 6.
exd5 exd5 {The position reminds me of one of the lines in the Tarrasch
Variation of the French Defence. The moves a2-a4 and, especially, f2-f3
clearly worsen White's position. Black is already slightly better.} 7. Bb5+ (7.
a5 Qc7 {only hurts White as the Pa5 will become a target.}) (7. Qe2+ Be7 8.
Qb5+ Bd7 9. Qxb6 axb6 10. b3 Nf6 $15) 7... Bd7 (7... Nc6 $6 {is less accurate.
After} 8. Ne2 Nf6 9. O-O Bd6 10. dxc5 Bxc5+ 11. Kh1 {White achieves decent
position.}) 8. Qe2+ Be7 9. dxc5 Qxc5 10. b3 $6 {This also looks unnatural.
This weakens the Pc3, later on Nepomniachtchi will have serious difficulties
developing his queenside knight.} (10. Nh3 Nc6 11. Nf2 Nf6 12. Nd2 {was
possible. White keeps a slightly worse, but playable position.}) 10... a6 11.
Bxd7+ Nxd7 12. Nh3 O-O-O $1 {Black has nothing to be afraid of, he is better
developed.} 13. Be3 Qc7 14. O-O Ngf6 15. Kh1 $6 {This also looks like a waste
of time.} (15. Bf4 Bd6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Nd2 Rhe8 18. Qf2 $15) 15... Rhe8 16.
Qd1 ({The move} 16. Qf2 {would obstruct the Nh3.}) 16... Bd6 17. Bg1 Bc5 (17...
h6 {[%cal Gg7g5] was a good alternative.}) 18. Ra2 (18. Bxc5 Nxc5 19. b4 Ne6
20. b5 a5 $17) 18... Kb8 19. Rd2 h6 $17 {White's position is more difficult
than it seems. All his pieces are passive. Meanwhile, Black can slowly prepare
a kingside assault or a penetration along the e-file.} 20. Bd4 Rc8 21. Nf2 Bxd4
22. Rxd4 Ne5 23. Rd2 Re6 24. Re1 $6 {It's easy to blame this plan, but much
harder to suggest something reasonable instead.} (24. Nd3 Nxd3 25. Rxd3 Rce8
26. Na3 Re3 27. c4 Rxd3 28. Qxd3 Qe7 29. Nc2 Qe2 30. Qxe2 Rxe2 31. Nd4 Rb2 {
The endgame should be lost for White.}) (24. f4 $5 Nc6 25. Ng4 {perhaps could
yield White more chances than in the game.}) 24... Rce8 25. Rde2 g5 26. Nd3 {
There is no way out already, White is practically forced to exchange all his
developed pieces.} g4 27. Nxe5 Rxe5 28. Rxe5 Rxe5 29. Rxe5 Qxe5 {The massive
exchanges haven't made White's task any easier at all. His queen is passive
and the knight on b1 is miserable. Black's active duo queen + knight is
sufficient to create a decisive attack against the white monarch.} 30. a5 $2 (
30. fxg4 $2 {would lose on the spot in view of} Nxg4 31. Qg1 Qf4 32. g3 Qe4+
$19 {[%csl Rb1]}) (30. g3 $1 Qe3 31. Kg2 h5 {would have been the least of the
evils, but I don't believe that White can still survive here.}) 30... h5 31. g3
gxf3 32. Qxf3 Qe1+ 33. Kg2 Ng4 34. Qf4+ Ka8 35. Nd2 Qe2+ 36. Kg1 Qxh2+ $6 {
This allows White to prolong the resistance.} (36... h4 $1 {would win on the
spot.} 37. gxh4 Ne3 38. Qf2 Qg4+ 39. Kh1 Qd1+ $19) 37. Kf1 f5 $1 38. Ke1 h4 39.
Nf1 Qb2 40. gxh4 Qxc3+ 41. Nd2 d4 42. h5 {This pawn is White's last chance.} d3
43. Kf1 Qa1+ 44. Kg2 Qxa5 45. h6 Qd5+ 46. Kg3 Qg8 47. Kf3 Qe6 48. Nf1 (48. h7
Qe2+ 49. Kg3 Qh2+ 50. Kf3 Qf2#) 48... Nxh6 {No more hopes for White.} 49. Qd4
Qe2+ 50. Kg3 Qe1+ 51. Qf2 f4+ 52. Kf3 Qe5 53. Nd2 Nf5 54. Kg4 Qe2+ {[%mdl 4]
Well played by Vassily Ivanchuk.} 0-1

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 45th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2010.06.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2010.06.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 Bxd2+ 4. Qxd2 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. g3 d5 7. Bg2 Qe7 8.
O-O Rd8 9. Rc1 c6 10. Qf4 b6 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Qg5 Qxg5 13. Nxg5 Bb7 14. Nd2
Na6 15. Nb3 Rac8 16. Rc4 h6 17. Ne4 Kf8 18. a3 Ke7 19. Rac1 Nb8 20. R4c2 Ba6
21. e3 Bd3 22. Rd2 Bb5 23. Bf3 Rc7 24. Nc3 Nxc3 25. Rxc3 Rdc8 26. Be2 Ba4 27.
Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 45th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2010.06.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "2010.06.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Bd3
Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Rfc1 Rfc8 13. h3 h6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 45th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2010.06.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2010.06.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. cxd5 c6 7. Rc1 O-O 8.
dxc6 Qxd4 9. Qxd4 Bxd4 10. Nf3 Bxc3+ 11. Rxc3 Nxc6 12. e3 Be6 13. Bc4 Bxc4 14.
Rxc4 Rfc8 15. Kd2 Na5 16. Rxc8+ Rxc8 17. Rc1 Nc4+ 18. Ke2 f6 19. Nd2 Nd6 20.
Rxc8+ Nxc8 21. Ne4 Kf7 22. Kd3 e6 23. g4 h6 24. Kd4 Ke7 25. a4 Nd6 26. Nc5 b6
27. Nd3 Nf7 28. h4 Kd6 29. e4 Ne5 30. Nxe5 fxe5+ 31. Kc4 a6 32. b4 g5 33. h5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 45th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2010.06.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2010.06.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 b5 5. O-O c5 6. c3 Nbd7 7. a4 b4 8. cxb4
cxb4 9. Ne5 Ba6 10. Bg5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 h6 12. Be3 Nd7 13. Bd4 Bc5 14. Re1 Bxd4
15. Qxd4 Qb6 16. Qxb6 Nxb6 17. Nd2 Rc8 18. Nf3 Ke7 19. b3 Nd7 20. e4 d4 21.
Nxd4 Nxe5 22. Nb5 g5 23. Red1 Rc5 24. Nxa7 Ra8 25. Nb5 Bxb5 26. axb5 Rxa1 27.
Rxa1 Rxb5 28. Ra7+ Kf6 29. f4 gxf4 30. gxf4 Ng6 31. e5+ Kg7 32. f5 Nf4 33. fxe6
Nxe6 34. Bf1 Rxe5 35. Bc4 Rg5+ 36. Kh1 Kf6 37. Rb7 Nd4 38. Rxf7+ Ke5 39. h4 Rg4
40. Kh2 h5 41. Kh3 Nf5 42. Rb7 Rxh4+ 43. Kg2 Ne3+ 44. Kf2 Nc2 45. Bd3 Rf4+ 46.
Kg1 Na3 47. Kg2 h4 48. Be2 Nc2 49. Kh3 Kd4 50. Bd1 Kd3 51. Rc7 Ne3 52. Bh5 Kd2
53. Bg6 Nd1 54. Bh5 Nf2+ 55. Kh2 Nd3 56. Bg6 Rf2+ 57. Kh1 Ne5 58. Be4 Nf3 59.
Rc2+ Ke3 60. Rxf2 Kxf2 61. Bd5 h3 62. Be6 h2 63. Bg4 Kg3 0-1

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 45th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2010.06.20"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2010.06.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 f6
8. Bc4 e5 9. Be3 Nd7 10. Ke2 Bc5 11. Rhd1 Bxe3 12. Kxe3 Ke7 13. Nd2 a5 14. f3
Nb6 15. Be2 Be6 16. Nb3 Nc4+ 17. Bxc4 Bxc4 18. Nc5 b6 19. b3 Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "GRE Cup final"]
[Site "Peristeri"]
[Date "2010.07.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Zakarian, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2334"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2010.07.03"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. Nc3 fxe4 5. Nxe4 Nf6 6. Nxf6+ Qxf6 7. O-O Be7
8. d3 Nd4 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. Qh5+ g6 11. Qh6 c6 12. Ba4 Qh4 13. Qg7 Bf6 14. Re1+
Kd8 15. Qf7 Be7 16. Bh6 Qf6 17. Rxe7 Qxe7 18. Qf4 Ke8 19. Bg5 Rf8 20. Qh4 Qe6
21. f4 d5 22. Re1 Rf7 23. b4 b5 24. Bb3 Kf8 25. Rxe6 Bxe6 26. Qf2 Kg8 27. Qxd4
Bd7 28. a4 a6 29. Qb6 Be8 30. a5 Rfa7 31. h3 h5 32. Bf6 Kh7 33. Bb2 Bd7 34. Bd4
1-0

[Event "GRE Cup final"]
[Site "Peristeri"]
[Date "2010.07.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nikolaidis, Ioannis"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2010.07.03"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. Qe2 Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Bg5 a6 10. O-O-O b5 11. Bd3 Be7 12. Kb1 Bb7 13. Nbxd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4
O-O 15. Nf3 Nd5 16. Ka1 Bxg5 17. Nxg5 h6 18. Qe4 Rfd8 19. Qh7+ Kf8 20. Nf3 Qf4
21. Qe4 Qxe4 22. Bxe4 f5 23. Bxd5 Rxd5 24. Nd4 Kf7 25. c3 Kf6 26. b4 a5 27.
bxa5 Rxa5 28. f3 Ra4 29. Kb2 e5 30. Nb3 Rh4 31. h3 e4 32. Na5 exf3 33. g3 Rxh3
34. Nxb7 Rxh1 35. Rxh1 Kg5 36. a4 Rd2+ 37. Ka3 bxa4 38. c4 Kg4 39. c5 f2 40.
Nd6 Rd5 41. Kb4 Kxg3 42. Rc1 Rd4+ 43. Nc4 f4 44. c6 Rd8 45. c7 Rc8 46. Nd2 Kg2
47. Kxa4 h5 48. Ka5 h4 49. Rc5 f1=Q 50. Rg5+ Kf2 51. Nxf1 Kxf1 52. Rxg7 f3 53.
Kb6 f2 54. Rh7 h3 55. Kb7 Rxc7+ 56. Kxc7 Ke1 57. Re7+ Kd1 0-1

[Event "GRE-chT Div-A 38th"]
[Site "Peristeri"]
[Date "2010.07.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Negi, Parimarjan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2010.07.05"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. Be3 Be7 8. g4
b5 9. g5 Nfd7 10. a3 Bxg5 11. Qd2 Bf6 12. O-O-O Bb7 13. Rhg1 Nc5 14. e5 Bxe5
15. Ndxb5 Nb3+ 16. cxb3 axb5 17. Bxb5+ Bc6 18. Bd4 Qc8 19. Bxe5 dxe5 20. Kb1
Rg8 21. Ne4 1-0

[Event "GRE-chT Div-A 38th"]
[Site "Peristeri"]
[Date "2010.07.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kryvoruchko, Yuriy"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2010.07.05"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. Ne4 Ng6 11. b3 a5 12. Bb2 a4 13. Rfe1 h6 14. Rad1+
Ke8 15. Nd4 Nf4 16. Rd2 axb3 17. axb3 Ra2 18. Rb1 Bb4 19. c3 Ba5 20. Rbd1 Bb6
21. c4 Bxd4 22. Bxd4 Rxd2 23. Rxd2 Bf5 24. Ng3 Bb1 25. Be3 Ne6 26. Rb2 Bd3 27.
Rd2 Bb1 28. Rb2 Bd3 29. Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "GRE-chT Div-A 38th"]
[Site "Peristeri"]
[Date "2010.07.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Balogh, Csaba"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[PlyCount "181"]
[EventDate "2010.07.05"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 h6 11. b3 a5 12. Bb2 h5 13. Rad1 h4 14. Ne2 Be7
15. Nf4 Rh6 16. Rfe1 a4 17. c4 g5 18. Ne2 Ng7 19. Nfd4 Nf5 20. Nf3 Ng7 21. Nh2
axb3 22. axb3 Ra2 23. Bc1 Rg6 24. Rd2 Ra1 25. Red1 Bf5 26. Ng4 Bxg4 27. hxg4
Ne6 28. Bb2 Rxd1+ 29. Rxd1 f6 30. f3 fxe5 31. Bxe5 Bc5+ 32. Kf1 Ke7 33. g3 Rh6
34. gxh4 Rxh4 35. Ng3 Ke8 36. Kg2 Rh7 37. Ne4 Be7 38. b4 Kf7 39. c5 Kg6 40. Ra1
b6 41. Ra6 Bd8 42. Ra7 Be7 43. Ra8 Kf7 44. cxb6 cxb6 45. Rb8 b5 46. Rb7 Nd8 47.
Rc7 Kg6 48. Bc3 Rf7 49. Rc8 Rf8 50. Bd2 Re8 51. Kg3 Bf6 52. Be3 Be7 53. Bb6 Kf7
54. Ba5 Rh8 55. Kf2 Rh2+ 56. Kg1 Rh8 57. Kg2 Rg8 58. Kf2 Re8 59. Ke3 Rg8 60.
Kd3 Ke6 61. Ng3 Kd7 62. Rc7+ Ke6 63. Nf5 Bf6 64. Bb6 Rh8 65. Bc5 Rh1 66. Ke2
Rb1 67. Ne3 Be5 68. Ra7 Ra1 69. Rh7 Nf7 70. Nf5 Bf6 71. Ng7+ Bxg7 72. Rxg7 Ra3
73. Rg6+ Ke5 74. Rxc6 Kd5 75. Rf6 Ne5 76. Rf5 Ke6 77. Bd4 Ra2+ 78. Ke3 Nc4+ 79.
Kd3 Ra3+ 80. Bc3 Nb2+ 81. Kd4 Nd1 82. Bd2 Nf2 83. Bxg5 Rb3 84. Rf6+ Kd7 85. Kc5
Nd3+ 86. Kxb5 Rxb4+ 87. Ka5 Rb3 88. Bf4 Nc5 89. Bd6 Ne6 90. Bb4 Nd4 91. Rd6+
1-0

[Event "GRE-chT Div-A 38th"]
[Site "Peristeri"]
[Date "2010.07.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nikolaidis, Ioannis"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2010.07.05"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. h4 Qa5 11. Kf1 b6 12. h5 Ba6 13. Bxa6 Qxa6 14. hxg6 hxg6
15. Kg1 Rfd8 16. Qd2 Qa4 17. Bh6 Bh8 18. Qe3 cxd4 19. Qh3 dxc3 20. Bd2 Be5 21.
Qh7+ Kf8 22. Nxc3 Qc2 23. f4 Rxd2 0-1

[Event "GRE-chT Div-A 38th"]
[Site "Peristeri"]
[Date "2010.07.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kritz, Leonid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2010.07.05"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Bf5 6. Bf4 Nbd7 7. h3 e6 8. e3 Be7
9. Nd2 Qc8 10. Nb3 Bd8 11. Bd3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Bc7 13. O-O-O Bxf4 14. exf4 Qc7
15. g3 O-O 16. Rhe1 a5 17. Na4 Ne4 18. Qc2 b6 19. cxb6 Nxb6 20. Nbc5 Nxc5 21.
Nxc5 Nd7 22. Na4 Nb6 23. Nc5 Nd7 24. Nd3 Qb6 25. Kb1 Rac8 26. Qa4 Qa7 27. Rc1
Nb6 28. Qd1 Nd7 29. Nc5 Rb8 30. Re3 Rb5 31. Rb3 Rfb8 32. Rxb5 Rxb5 33. Na4 Qb7
34. a3 g6 35. Qc2 Nb8 36. Ka2 Qa7 37. Qd2 Qe7 38. Rc2 Qf6 39. h4 h5 40. f3 Qf5
41. Rc1 Qh3 42. Qf2 Rb7 43. Nc5 Rc7 44. Qe1 Ra7 45. Qe5 Nd7 46. Nxd7 Rxd7 47.
Qb8+ Kg7 48. Rxc6 Qxg3 49. Qe5+ f6 50. Qxe6 Rf7 51. Rc8 1-0

[Event "GRE-chT Div-A 38th"]
[Site "Peristeri"]
[Date "2010.07.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kempinski, Robert"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2010.07.05"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 Be7 5. Bd3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 c5 7. dxc5 Qxd1+ 8.
Kxd1 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. b3 b6 11. Bb2 Bb7 12. Ke2 O-O 13. Rhd1 Be7 14. Ne1
Rfd8 15. f3 Nd5 16. Nd3 Kf8 17. e4 Nc7 18. b4 Bf6 19. Rac1 Rac8 20. Ke3 Bg5+
21. f4 Bf6 22. Bxf6 Nxf6 23. Ne5 Nd7 24. Ndf3 Nxe5 25. Nxe5 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 f6
27. Nf3 Bc6 28. Nd4 Bd7 29. Rd2 Ke7 30. Rc2 Kd6 31. Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "GRE-chT Div-A 38th"]
[Site "Peristeri"]
[Date "2010.07.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Hammer, Jon Ludvig"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2010.07.05"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Bd7 10. h3 Kc8 11. b3 b6 12. Rd1 Be7 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxe7
Nxe7 15. Kh2 c5 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. Rxd5 Bc6 18. Rd2 Kb7 19. Nh4 Rae8 20. Re1 g6
21. Re3 Rhg8 22. g4 a5 23. Kg3 a4 24. f3 Rd8 25. Ree2 b5 26. f4 Rxd2 27. Rxd2
Be4 28. Ng2 Kc6 29. Ne3 Re8 30. c4 b4 31. Nd5 Ra8 32. f5 Bb1 33. e6 gxf5 34. e7
Re8 35. Kf4 fxg4 36. hxg4 a3 37. Ke5 f6+ 38. Ke6 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.09.21"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ahmed, Abdul Sattar"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C27"]
[WhiteElo "2342"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Iraq"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IRQ"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Bc4 Nxe4 4. Nxe4 d5 5. d4 dxc4 6. Qe2 Qxd4 7. Nf3 Qd5 8.
Nc3 Bb4 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 Nc6 11. Ba3 f6 12. Nd4 Bd7 13. Rfd1 O-O-O 14. Nb3
Qf7 15. Nc5 b6 16. Nxd7 Rxd7 17. Rxd7 Qxd7 18. Qxc4 Rd8 19. h3 Kb7 20. Rb1 Qd5
21. Qa4 Qxa2 22. Rb2 Qd5 23. Kh2 Qd2 24. Bc5 Qxc3 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.09.22"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "McNab, Colin Anderson"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Scotland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SCO"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nd7 5. e4 e5 6. Be2 Ngf6 7. Be3 O-O 8. O-O
b6 9. Re1 exd4 10. Nxd4 Bb7 11. f3 Re8 12. Qd2 c6 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. b4 Rad8 15.
Bf1 Ne5 16. Bg5 a6 17. b5 axb5 18. cxb5 c5 19. Nc2 c4 20. Kh1 Nd3 21. Bxd3 cxd3
22. Nb4 Qc5 23. Bxf6 Bxf6 24. Ncd5 Bg7 25. Qxd3 Rc8 26. a4 h5 27. Na6 Bxa6 28.
bxa6 Qa5 29. Qb5 Be5 30. f4 Bc3 31. Re2 Kg7 32. g3 h4 33. gxh4 Rh8 34. Rc2 Be1
35. Qb2+ Kh6 36. Rxc8 Rxc8 37. Qg2 Bxh4 38. Qh3 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.09.24"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Slovenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SLO"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Nxd4 $6
{Beliavsky is taking a central pawn in a position in which the opponent can
claim an advantage in development and very good compensation. The choice of
opening against the extremely strong Ivanchuk is hard to understand. The move
7...Qxd4 has a somewhat better reputation, but the defender would have to
defend the dangerous position with extreme precision.} (7... Qxd4 8. Qxd4 Nxd4
9. O-O-O e5 10. f4 $1 (10. Nf3 Nxf3 11. gxf3 Be7 12. Rhe1 O-O 13. Rxe5 Bd8 $11)
10... Bg4 11. Nf3 Bxf3 $1 {It is one of the opening paradoxes that at this
moment giving up the bishop offers better defensive prospects.} (11... Nxf3 $2
12. gxf3 Bxf3 (12... Be6 13. Bd3 Be7 14. f5 Bd7 15. Rhe1 O-O-O 16. Rxe5 Bd6 17.
Re2 Bc6 18. Ne4 Be5 19. Bh4 Rd5 20. Nxf6 gxf6 21. Be4 Rxd1+ 22. Kxd1 Bxe4 23.
fxe4 {1/2-1/2 Polgar,J (2727)-Bareev,E (2643)/Elista 2007 (56)}) 13. fxe5 (13.
Rhe1 Bxd1 14. Bb5+ Kd8 15. Rxd1+ Kc7 16. fxe5 h6 17. Be3 Ng4 18. Rd7+ Kc8 19.
Bd4 a6 20. Nd5 axb5 21. Nb6+ Kb8 22. Nxa8 Bc5 23. Bxc5 Rc8 24. b4 Kxa8 25. Rxf7
b6 26. Rf8 Rxf8 27. Bxf8 Nxe5 28. Bxg7 Nf3 {1/2-1/2 Kortschnoj,V (2598)
-Fridman,D (2640)/Baku 2008 (31)}) 13... Bxh1 {A truly fascinating position in
this opening. In order to prove his superiority White has to play rather
forcefully.} (13... Bxd1 $2 14. Rxd1 $18) (13... Nd7 14. Rhf1 Rc8 15. e6 (15.
Bb3 Bh5) 15... fxe6 16. Bxe6 Rxc3+ 17. bxc3 Ba3+ 18. Kc2 Bxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Nf6 20.
Bxf6 gxf6 21. Rd7 $16) 14. exf6 Rc8 $1 (14... Bc6 $2 15. Nb5 $18) (14... h6 15.
Nb5 Rc8 16. fxg7 Bxg7 17. Nd6+ Kd7 18. Nxc8+ Kxc8 19. Rxh1 {1/2-1/2 Pavlov,S 
(2508)-Kovalev,D (2460)/Alushta 2010}) 15. Re1+ Kd7 16. Rd1+ $1 {This move was
discovered by Grischuk, it robs the defender of real chances to level the
situation.} (16. Bxf7 Rxc3+ 17. bxc3 Ba3+ 18. Kc2 gxf6 19. Be6+ Kc7 20. Bxf6
Re8 $11 {Mainka,G-Buecker,P/Dortmund 1989}) 16... Bd6 (16... Ke8 17. Bd3 $1 (
17. Bf1 g6 18. Re1+ Kd8 $11) (17. Be2 h6 18. Bh4 g5 19. Bg3 Be4 20. Bg4 Rxc3+
21. bxc3 Ba3+ 22. Kd2 h5 23. Ke3 Bc2 24. Bd7+ Kf8 25. Re1 Kg8 26. Kd2 Bg6 {
0-1 Jakovenko,D (2691)-L'Ami,E (2594)/Wijk aan Zee 2007 (45)}) 17... Rxc3+ (
17... Bd5 $2 18. Kb1 Rxc3 19. Bb5+ $3 Rc6 20. Rxd5 g6 21. Bf4 $18 {/\Bc7}) 18.
bxc3 Bc6 19. Bc4 (19. Bb5 $1 Ba3+ 20. Kc2 Rg8 21. fxg7 f6 22. Bxc6+ bxc6 23.
Bxf6 $18) 19... Ba3+ 20. Kc2 g6 21. Kb3 Bc5 22. Re1+ Kd7 23. Bxf7 $16) 17. Be2
gxf6 18. Bxf6 Bg2 19. Be5 Ke6 20. Bxd6 Rhd8 21. Bg3 Rxd1+ 22. Kxd1 a6 23. Kd2
Kf5 $2 (23... f5 24. Ke3 b5 25. a3 $18 {/\Bd3, Kf4}) 24. Bd3+ Kg4 25. Nd1 $1
Kg5 26. Bxh7 {1-0 Grischuk,A (2704)-Bareev,E (2715)/Moscow 2004/ (55)}) 12.
gxf3 Rc8 $1 (12... O-O-O 13. fxe5 Nxf3 14. Rxd8+ Kxd8 15. Rd1+ Kc8 {Stein,
B-Speckner,R/Dortmund 1993/} 16. Bxf6 $1 gxf6 17. exf6 $14) 13. fxe5 Rxc4 14.
exf6 g6 (14... Ne6 15. Rhe1 Rc8 $2 (15... g6) 16. Kb1 h6 $2 (16... g6 $1 $14)
17. Be3 $16 {Black is behind in development and will suffer against the
centralised enemy forces.} gxf6 (17... a6 18. Nd5 g6 19. Bf4 $1 Bc5 20. b4 $1
Bf2 21. Re4 $18 {/\Nc7}) 18. Nd5 Be7 (18... Bc5 19. Nxf6+ Ke7 20. Nd5+ Kf8 21.
Bxc5+ Rxc5 22. f4 $16 {/\f5}) 19. Bxa7 Rg8 20. Rd3 Rg2 21. Rb3 Rxh2 22. Rxb7
Bd6 23. Nxf6+ Kf8 24. a4 $18 {1-0 Nielsen,P (2625)-Dominguez Perez,L (2603)/
Esbjerg 2003/ (41)}) 15. Be3 $5 $146 {An important novelty, that has never
been played in praxis.} (15. Rhe1+ Ne6 16. Kb1 (16. Rxe6+ fxe6 17. f7+ Kxf7 18.
Rd7+ Kg8 19. Bf6 b5 20. Kd1 Rf4 21. Ne4 Rxf3 $17 {Vrenegoor,T-Van Wely,L/NED
1993}) 16... Rc6 $1 (16... Bb4 $6 17. Re4 Rxe4 18. Nxe4 $16) 17. Nd5 Bd6 18.
Bh6 (18. Ne7 Ra6 (18... Bxe7 $2 19. fxe7 Rc8 20. Bf6 Rg8 21. f4 $18) 19. Nc8
Kd7 $1 20. Nxd6 Rxd6 $10) 18... Kd7 19. Re2 Rd8 $11 {0,5 Hansen,S-Nielsen,P/
Copenhagen 1996 (25)}) 15... Ne6 $8 16. Kb1 $1 {This fine retreat is vital in
the fight for an advantage.} (16. Bxa7 Bb4 $10) 16... Bc5 17. Bxc5 Nxc5 18.
Rhe1+ Ne6 19. Re4 $16) 8. Nf3 Nxf3+ 9. Qxf3 Qc7 {[%mdl 4] The defensive task
is probably more than any human player could manage; White is simply too
active. In the games played so far results for Black have been pretty
depressing.} (9... a6 10. O-O e6 (10... Qc7 11. Bb3 Bg4 12. Ba4+ Bd7 13. Bxd7+
Qxd7 (13... Nxd7 14. Nd5 Qd8 15. Rac1 Ne5 16. Qb3 Rc8 17. Qxb7 Nc4 18. Rfd1 Nd6
19. Rxc8 Nxb7 20. Nc7# {1-0 Jakobsen,P (2206)-Pedersen,F (2300)/DEN 2007}) 14.
Bxf6 gxf6 15. Rad1 Qc6 16. Nd5 Rd8 17. Rfe1 Rd6 18. Re3 (18. Qf4 $2 Rxd5 19.
Qb8+ Kd7 20. Rxd5+ Qxd5 {0-1 Tan,Z (2353)-Shen,Y (2439)/Beijing 2008 (55)})
18... e6 19. Rc3 $18) 11. Rfd1 Qc7 12. Rac1 Be7 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Qb6 15.
Bxe7 Kxe7 16. Qa3+ Ke8 17. Bb3 Bd7 18. Rd6 Bc6 19. Rcd1 Qc7 20. Qc5 Rc8 21. Qg5
Kf8 22. Qc5 Qe7 23. h3 h5 24. Ba4 Rh6 25. Rd8+ {1-0 Obodchuk,A (2430)-Pronin,V/
Policka 1995}) 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. O-O Bc6 {If the defender has to make the
bishop move to c6 the omens are dark for Black. He is well behind in
development as it is..} (11... e6 12. Rac1 Bc6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Ne4 Be7 15.
Rxc6 bxc6 16. Bxc6+ Kf8 17. Bxa8 f5 18. Qc3 Qxc3 19. Nxc3 Bf6 20. Bc6 {1-0
Harikrishna,P (2563)-Murariu,A (2347)/Nakhchivan 2003 (23)}) (11... Bxb5 12.
Nxb5 Qb6 13. a4 a6 (13... e6 14. Be3 Qd8 15. Qxb7 Rb8 16. Qxa7 Nd5 17. Rfd1 Be7
18. Bc5 Rc8 19. Rxd5 exd5 20. Re1 O-O 21. Bxe7 Re8 22. Kf1 {1-0 Brustkern,J 
(2240)-Duong The Anh (2287)/Budapest 2006}) 14. Be3 Qd8 15. Rfd1 Nd7 16. Qxb7
axb5 17. Rxd7 Qc8 18. a5 b4 19. a6 Qxb7 20. Rxb7 e5 21. a7 Bd6 22. Ra6 {
1-0 Gipslis,A (2445)-Schulze,H (2235)/Biel 1995}) 12. Bxf6 gxf6 (12... exf6 $2
13. Rfe1+ Be7 14. Nd5 $18) 13. Rad1 e6 14. Nd5 $5 {Ivanchuk was surely capable
of finding a sensible solution after the tempting move 14.Qxf6, but the
position was probably not clear enough for his taste. The solution in the game
seems to be less penetrating, but also very unpleasant for Beliavsky.} (14.
Qxf6 Rg8 15. Nd5 Qd6 (15... exd5 16. Rfe1+ Be7 17. Bxc6+ bxc6 18. Rxe7+ Qxe7
19. Qxc6+ Kf8 20. Qxa8+ Kg7 21. Qxd5 $18) (15... Qd7 16. Nf4 Bd6 17. Rfe1 Bxb5
18. Nxe6 Be7 19. Ng7+ Kf8 20. Qh6 Rxg7 21. Rxd7 Bxd7 22. Rxe7 Kxe7 23. Qxg7 $18
) 16. Nf4 Be7 17. Qh6 Qe5 18. Bxc6+ bxc6 19. Qxh7 Rg4 20. Nd3 Qf6 21. f4 $16)
14... O-O-O (14... exd5 15. Qxf6 (15. Rfe1+ Be7 16. Qxf6 O-O-O 17. Rxe7 Qd6 18.
Qxd6 Rxd6 19. Bd3 Rf6 20. f3 $16) 15... Bg7 (15... Rg8 16. Rfe1+ Be7 17. Bxc6+
bxc6 18. Rxe7+ $18) 16. Qxg7 O-O-O 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Rd3 $16) 15. Bxc6 (15.
Qxf6 $6 Bxd5 16. Qxh8 Qxh2+ 17. Kxh2 Bd6+ 18. g3 Rxh8 $14) 15... exd5 (15...
Qxc6 16. Rc1 Bc5 17. Ne7+ $18) 16. Bxd5 Kb8 17. Rc1 Qd7 18. Rcd1 {The only
mysterious move in an otherwise swift game. White is ready to repeat the moves
in the hope of finding an improvement after the possible 18...Qc7.} (18. Rfd1
Bd6 19. Qxf6 Rhe8 20. g3 Be5 21. Qf3 $16) 18... Be7 (18... Qc7 19. g3 Bc5 20.
Rc1 $16) 19. g3 Qc7 20. Rc1 Qd7 21. Rfd1 (21. Bxf7 Qd3 22. Qf4+ $16) 21... Rc8
(21... Qb5 22. Rc3 Rd7 23. Rb3 Qa6 24. Qf4+ Ka8 25. Rc3 $18) 22. Bxb7 $1 {
The final combination is for Black a merciful shortcut to the finish in a very
unpleasant position.} (22. Bxf7 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Qd4 24. Rc3 $16) 22... Rxc1 (
22... Qxb7 23. Qxb7+ Kxb7 24. Rd7+ Kb6 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Rxe7 $18) 23. Rxc1
Qxb7 24. Qf4+ Ka8 25. Rc7 (25. Rc7 Qb4 26. Qe3 Bc5 27. Rxc5 Qb7 28. Qc1 $18)
1-0

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.09.25"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bosnia&Herzegovina"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Qc2 bxc4 5. e4 d6 6. Bxc4 g6 7. b3 Nxe4 8. Bb2
Qa5+ 9. Kf1 Nf6 10. Nc3 Bg7 11. Re1 Qd8 12. Qe2 Nbd7 13. h4 Ne5 14. Bb5+ Bd7
15. f4 Nh5 16. Bxd7+ Qxd7 17. Qe3 Qf5 18. Nh3 Qd3+ 19. Kg1 Qxe3+ 20. Rxe3 Ng4
21. Rf3 Bd4+ 22. Kf1 Ne3+ 23. Ke2 Nxg2 24. Ng5 h6 25. Nge4 Ngxf4+ 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.09.27"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Hungary"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. Rd1 b5 11. Bd3 Qc7 {Probably more accurate than} (11... Bb7
12. Ng5 $5) 12. Bd2 {This move is hardly dangerous for Black but what else can
be suggested?} (12. e4 e5 13. h3 h6 14. Be3 c5 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17.
exd5 Qd6 18. Rac1 Bxe3 19. fxe3 Qb6 20. Qf2 Bb7 21. e4 Qxf2+ 22. Kxf2 Rfc8 23.
b4 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Rc8 25. Rxc8+ Bxc8 26. Nd2 Nb6 27. Nb3 Kf8 28. Nc5 Ke7 $11 {
1/2 Akobian,V (2612)-Shulman,Y (2632)/Saint Louis 2009/CBM 130 (33)}) (12. h3
Bb7 13. Ng5 h6 14. Nge4 Be7 15. Nxf6+ Nxf6 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Rac8 18. Bd2
c5 19. dxc5 Bxc5 20. Rac1 Qb6 21. Qb1 Rfd8 {1/2 Fridman,D (2650)-Vasquez,R 
(2507)/ICC INT 2009/CBM 129 Extra}) (12. a3 $5 c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. b4 Be7 (
14... Bd6 $1 $11) 15. Bb2 Kh8 ({but not} 15... Bb7 $2 16. Nd5 $1 Nxd5 17. Bxh7+
Kh8 18. Qxc7 Nxc7 19. Rxd7) 16. Rac1 Bb7 17. Qe2 Qb6 18. Ng5 h6 19. Nce4 $14 {
1-0 Lputian,S (2634)-Dreev,A (2690)/Taiyuan 2004/CBM 102 (40)}) (12. Ne4 Nxe4
13. Bxe4 Nf6 14. Bd3 c5 (14... h6 $143 $6 15. e4 Be7 16. e5 Nd5 17. Qe2 $14 {
1-0 Banikas,H (2582)-Nyback,T (2644)/ICC INT 2009/CBM 129 Extra (41)}) 15. dxc5
Qxc5 16. a4 bxa4 17. Qxc5 Bxc5 18. Rxa4 Bb7 19. Bd2 Rfd8 20. Bc3 Be7 21. Raa1
Nd5 22. Ba5 Rdc8 23. Nd4 g6 $11 {1-0 Eljanov,P (2751)-Akopian,V (2694)/
Astrakhan 2010/CBM 137 (64)}) (12. a4 Bb7 (12... b4 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Nf6
15. Bd3 c5 16. b3 (16. Bd2 Bb7 17. dxc5 Qxc5 18. Qxc5 Bxc5 19. a5 Rfd8 20. Be1
Nd5 21. Ne5 f6 22. Nc4 {1-0 Roselli Mailhe,B (2399)-Gerzhoy,L (2485)/
Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2010/The Week in Chess 829 (41)} Rac8 $11) 16... cxd4 17.
Qxc7 Bxc7 18. Nxd4 Bb7 $11 {1-0 Eljanov,P (2716)-Aronian,L (2768)/Jermuk 2009/
CBM 132/[Eljanov] (43)}) 13. e4 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. h3 Rad8 (
16... Rac8 $143 17. Be3 Rfe8 18. Rac1 Qb8 19. b4 a5 $6 20. bxa5 b4 21. Ne2 c5
22. f3 $16 {1/2 Akobian,V (2628)-Nyback,T (2643)/Wijk aan Zee 2010/CBM 135 (47)
}) 17. Be3 Rd7 18. Rd2 Rfd8 19. Rad1 h6 {1/2 Pashikian,A (2647)-Grigoriants,S 
(2560)/Moscow 2010/CBM 135}) 12... c5 13. dxc5 Qxc5 14. a4 (14. Ne4 Qxc2 15.
Bxc2 {1/2 Jussupow,A (2587)-Stellwagen,D (2616)/Amsterdam 2008/CBM 126}) 14...
bxa4 15. Rxa4 Bb7 16. Rc4 $6 (16. Ne4 $11) 16... Qa7 $6 ({Missing} 16... Bxf3
$1 17. Rxc5 (17. gxf3 Qh5) 17... Bxd1 18. Nxd1 Nxc5 {, and 2 rooks should be
stronger than the white queen.}) 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 $14 {
White is now slightly better due to his more active pieces.} Rac8 $6 (19...
Rfc8 $142 20. Qd4 $6 Rxc4) 20. Qd4 $1 {[%mdl 2048] This tactical trick forces
new concessions from Black.} Bc5 (20... Bb8 21. Bb4 Qxd4 22. Rcxd4 Nc5 $14) 21.
Qc3 Rcd8 (21... Rc7 $142 $1 22. Qc2 Rfc8 23. Bc3 f6 $14) 22. Qc2 $1 Rfe8 (22...
Bb6 23. Bb4 Rfe8 24. Bd6 {[%csl Gd6]}) 23. Ng5 g6 24. Ba5 Bb6 25. Bc3 $1 {
[%cal Rg5h7]} e5 26. Ne4 Re6 27. Bb4 $1 Kg7 28. Rc6 $1 {White's subtle
manouvres have brought him a huge positional advantage. Black now decides to
ruin his pawn structure to avoid the total domination of the white pieces.} Nf6
(28... Rxc6 $2 29. Qxc6 {[%cal Rb4e7]}) (28... Rde8 $2 29. Rxe6 Rxe6 30. Qc8
$18) (28... Ree8 29. Rdd6 {[%csl Gc6,Gd6]} Qb7 30. Qc4 Rc8 31. Bc3 $18) 29.
Rxe6 fxe6 30. Nxf6 Kxf6 31. Ra1 (31. Rxd8 $5 Bxd8 32. Qe4 {[%cal Rb4d6,Re4f3]
winning a pawn at once.}) 31... Qb7 32. Bc3 a5 33. Qa4 g5 (33... Qd5 $142 $5
34. h3 g5 {putting up more stubborn resistance.} 35. h4 $140 h6 36. Qg4 Kg6)
34. h4 $1 h6 35. Qg4 Qh7 36. Qh5 Qg6 (36... Rg8 37. Bxa5 $18) 37. Bxe5+ Kf7 38.
Qf3+ Kg8 39. Qc6 {suddenly trapping the bishop!} 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.09.28"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Georgia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GEO"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 {Though not the first time Ivanchuk plays this line,
the main proponents of the day are Timofeev, Nepomniachtchi, and Zviaginsev.}
Qb6 {Though it is certainly offbeat, it was hardly a surprise as Jobava played
this twice in the European Championship earlier this year against Timofeev and
Nepomniachtchi. Note that Ivanchuk himself played this as Black in the 2010
Capablanca Memorial, beating Nepomniachtchi.} 4. a3 {#So much for the
fledgling theory that existed. Obviously both players are more than desirous
to play original and little-analyzed positions, but Jobava seems to feel this
modest move is a red flag being waved at him.} e5 $5 {There is nothing wrong
with this move though it does tend to dissolve the central tension almost
immediately, barring certain extreme sacrificial reactions by certain
black-piece players that is...} 5. exd5 Nf6 (5... cxd5 {would be a calmer and
more principled continuation as white would have to justify both a3 and f3,
which don't help his development any.} 6. c3 (6. dxe5 $6 Bc5 7. Nh3 Nc6 {
and black looks better.}) 6... Nc6 {With a good game.}) 6. dxe5 Bc5 {It seems
clear that black had already decided on this continuation upon playing 5...Nf6.
The gloves are off!} 7. exf6 Bf2+ 8. Ke2 O-O 9. Qd2 {#} Re8+ $6 {On principle,
this decision looks quite odd. It isn't so much the material issue of two
pieces and rook for the queen (and chaos on the board still), but the fact
that black will trade off two developed pieces for the queen, with no
immediate way to aggressively sustain the initiative. For this reason alone
Bxg1 seemed more logical.} 10. Kd1 Re1+ 11. Qxe1 Bxe1 12. Kxe1 Bf5 13. Be2 {
The plans for both sides are quite clear: white must try to defend his king
and material against the oncoming onslaught and if successful should win, and
Black must pressure and threaten white so that he either wins by a mating
attack or forces material concessions in his favor. The key issue is really
how to proceed.} Nd7 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. Bd1 Re8+ 16. Ne2 Nxf6 17. Nbc3 {#In
terms of piece play alone, it is hard to see how black can increase pressure.
He opts to reroute the bishop to a6, but perhaps it won't really change all
that much. Possibly black had to try and figure a way to soften the kingside
up with the pawns and pieces, whle keeping white tied up in the center.
Whether or not that is even possible is hard to judge of course, but as it
stands, black's initiative seems to be pettering out.} Bc8 18. a4 a5 19. Rf1
Ba6 20. Rf2 h5 21. Ra3 h4 22. g3 h3 23. g4 Rd8 24. Nf4 Nd7 25. Rb3 Qd4 26. Nfe2
Re8 27. Ne4 Qxa4 28. Bd2 Qa1 29. Bc3 Ne5 30. Ra3 Qb1 31. Nd2 Qc1 32. Rxa5 Ng6
33. Rxa6 Nf4 34. Ra8 $1 (34. Ra8 {After} Rxa8 35. Nxc1) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.09.29"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6 8.
Be2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 Re8 12. Bf4 Bf5 13. Rad1 Ne4 14. Nb5 Bd7
$5 $146 {[%mdl 8] A new move in a well-known position!} (14... Qf6 {is usually
played, with good results for Black:} 15. Bd3 (15. d6 Bd7 16. g3 g5 17. Be3 h6
18. Nc7 Nxc7 19. dxc7 Bc6 20. Nd2 Rac8 21. Nxe4 Rxe4 22. Qxc5 Rxc7 23. Rd6 b6
24. Rxf6 bxc5 25. Rxc6 Rxc6 26. Bf3 Rxe3 {1/2 Beliavsky,A (2630)-Kasparov,G 
(2735)/Moscow 1987/CBM 004}) 15... Rad8 (15... Nb4 $6 16. Nc7 (16. Bb1 $5 Bg4
17. Be5 Rxe5 18. Bxe4 Rh5 $2 (18... Ree8 19. Nc7 b5 $1 $13) 19. a3 Na6 20. d6
Be6 21. Qc2 Rb8 22. Rfe1 c4 23. Nbd4 Bd7 24. Qxc4 $16 {1-0 Udvari,N-Traczewski,
W/LSS 2007/Telechess CBM 125 (42)}) 16... Nxd3 17. Nxe8 Rxe8 18. Qxd3 Qxb2 19.
Rde1 Qb4 20. Nd2 Qa4 21. Qc4 Qxc4 22. Nxc4 Bc3 23. Nd2 Bxd2 24. Bxd2 Bd7 25.
Bf4 Bb5 26. f3 g5 27. Bxg5 Bxf1 28. Kxf1 Nd6 29. Be7 Nc8 30. Bxc5 $18 {1-0
Karpov,A (2705)-Kasparov,G (2740)/London/Leningrad 1986/MainBase (40)}) (15...
Bd7 16. Be5 Bxb5 17. Qxb5 Rxe5 18. Nxe5 Nd6 19. Ng4 Qf4 20. Qd7 c4 21. g3 (21.
Be2 Nc5 22. Qc7 Rc8 23. Qa5 Bxb2 24. Qxa7 h5 25. Qb6 Na4 26. Qe3 Qxe3 27. Nxe3
b5 $44 {1-0 Kriksciunas,B (2106)-Heupel,H (1508)/Chessfriend.com 2005/
Telechess CBM 113 (30)}) 21... Nc5 22. Qc7 Qxg4 23. Qxc5 Qd7 24. Be2 Bxb2 25.
Qb4 c3 $44 {1/2 Ivanchuk,V (2535)-Dorfman,J (2520)/Lvov 1988/CBM 007 (38)}) (
15... Bg4 16. Be5 Rxe5 17. Nxe5 Bxd1 18. Bxe4 Be2 19. Qxe2 Qxe5 20. d6 Rd8 21.
Rd1 Nb4 22. d7 Nc6 $132 {1/2 Van der Sterren,P (2500)-Fette,M (2385)/Groningen
1989/EXT 1998 (35)}) (15... Qxb2 $5 {An.Karpov}) 16. Rde1 Qxb2 17. Re2 (17. Nc7
Nxc7 18. Bxc7 Nd2 19. Rxe8+ Rxe8 20. Nxd2 Qxd2 21. Bxf5 gxf5 $17 {0-1 Janjgava,
L-Kasparov,G (2745)/Baku 1987/EXT 2008 (32)}) 17... Qb4 18. a3 Qxc4 19. Bxc4
Bd7 20. Rb1 Nf6 21. Rxe8+ {1/2 Lara Ruiz,J-Riccio,E (2324)/ICCF Email 2002/
ICCF Telechess CBM 102}) ({The other options for Black:} 14... Bxb2 15. d6 $1
$44 Bd7 16. Qb3 Qf6 17. Be3 $14 {1-0 Goloshchapov,A (2446)-Khaetsky,R (2294)/
Alushta 1999/EXT 2001 (28)}) (14... g5 15. Nxg5 $1 Nxg5 16. Nd6 Qf6 17. Nxe8
Rxe8 18. Qb5 Re7 (18... Rd8 $5 19. Bxg5 Qxg5 20. Qxb7 Nb4) 19. d6 Rd7 20. Bxg5
Qxg5 21. Bf3 Be5 22. Bxb7 Nb4 23. Bc8 Rd8 24. Bxf5 Qxf5 25. d7 $16 {1-0
Gavrileteanu,L (1827)-Gallo,L (2009)/IECG 2003/Telechess 117 (51)}) 15. Bd3
Bxb5 {Just that simple!} 16. Qxb5 Nd6 17. Qb3 (17. Bxd6 $6 Qxd6 18. Qxb7 Nb4
19. Qb5 (19. Ng5 Qf6) 19... Reb8 20. Qa4 Nxd3 21. Rxd3 Rxb2 $15) 17... c4 $5 {
[%mdl 512] A clever pawn sacrifice to activate the knight.} 18. Bxc4 Nc5 19.
Qc2 Rc8 20. Bd3 ({After} 20. Bxd6 Qxd6 {[%cal Ya7a6,Yb7b5] Black has a good
compensation for the pawn as White's minor pieces (especially bishop) are
extremely passive.}) 20... Nxd3 21. Qxd3 Bxb2 22. Rb1 Bf6 23. Bxd6 Qxd6 24.
Rxb7 Red8 25. Rxa7 Qxd5 26. Qxd5 Rxd5 {In the resulting ending White has no
chance of converting his extra pawn as his knight is much worse than the black
bishop.} 27. Re1 Rc2 28. g3 g5 29. h3 h5 30. Kg2 Kg7 31. Ra6 Rf5 32. Re4 Rb5
33. Ne1 Rd2 34. Nf3 Rc2 35. Ne1 Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.09.30"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A79"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. Nd2 Bg7 8. e4
O-O 9. Be2 Na6 10. O-O Re8 11. f3 Nc7 12. a4 Nd7 13. Kh1 b6 14. Ra3 $5 {
The Benoni opening was for a time being plagued by the reputation of becoming
barely playable. Thanks to the efforts of Topalov and some other top players
it has come back to the world chess scene. Ivanchuk is a very universal player
and he seems to be testing his dangerous opponent with the choice of a sharp
position. Mamedyarov, on his part, is well informed - the rook on the 3rd rank
is cleverly prepared for various types of activity.} (14. Nc4 Ne5 15. Ne3 f5 (
15... Rb8 16. Qc2 $14) 16. f4 Nf7 17. exf5 gxf5 18. Bd3 Nh6 {This interesting
position became topical in the theoretical discussion. Black is ready to live
with the vulnerable f5 pawn as long as he gets vibrant play for his pieces.}
19. Ne2 $5 (19. Qc2 Qf6 $5 (19... Rf8 20. Bd2 a6 21. Rf3 Rb8 22. Rg3 Qh4 23.
Rg5 Ng4 24. Nxg4 fxg4 25. Ne4 Ne8 26. g3 Qh6 27. f5 Bb7 28. Rf1 $40 {Dydyshko,
V-Lukov,V/Polanica Zdroj/1983/}) 20. Bd2 Bd7 21. Rf3 Kh8 (21... Re7 22. Rg3
Rae8 23. Nb5 Nxb5 24. axb5 Ng4 25. Nxg4 fxg4 26. Bxh7+ Kh8 27. Bg6 $14 {
1-0 Koneru,H (2572)-Siebrecht,S (2431)/Differdange 2007 (34)}) 22. Raf1 Re7 23.
Rh3 Qf7 24. Nc4 Qg6 (24... Nxd5 $5 25. Nxd6 Qe6 $13) 25. Rg3 Ng4 26. h3 h5 $1
27. Ne3 Nxe3 28. Rxg6 Nxc2 29. Bxc2 Ne8 30. Rg5 Nf6 31. Bxf5 Bxf5 32. Rxf5 Rae8
$44 {1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V (2772)-Topalov,V (2718)/Monte Carlo 2001 (60)}) (19. Qh5
Rf8 (19... Qf6 20. Nb5 Re7 $13) 20. Bd2 Qf6 21. Rf3 Qg6 22. Qh4 Qf6 23. Qh3 Ba6
24. Bc2 Kh8 25. Rg3 Rae8 26. Rg1 Bc8 27. Ncd1 Qf7 28. Rg5 $1 $40 {Rytov,
B-Beliavsky,A/Vitebsk/1970/}) 19... Qh4 (19... Ba6 20. Ng3 Rxe3 21. Bxe3 Nxd5
22. Bxa6 Nxe3 23. Qb3+ {1-0 Markus,R (2584)-Moranda,W (2452)/Warsaw 2005}) 20.
Ng3 Rf8 {Black will fall back only due to the meek play in this phase of the
game.} (20... Ng4 $142 $5 21. Nxg4 Qxg4 $132) 21. Qc2 Ng4 22. Nxg4 Qxg4 23. Ra3
Kh8 $6 (23... Qg6) 24. Be2 Qh4 25. Nh5 Bd4 26. Be3 Nxd5 27. Bxd4+ cxd4 28. Qd2
Bb7 29. Bf3 {1-0,Taimanov,M-Ree,H/Wijk aan Zee/1970/}) (14. Nb5 Nxb5 15. Bxb5
Rf8 16. Qe1 (16. Nc4 Ne5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Qe2 Bd7 19. f4 Bg7 20. f5 Bxb5 (
20... gxf5 21. exf5 Bxb5 22. axb5 Qh4 23. Bf4 Rfe8 24. Qd2 Be5 $132) 21. axb5
Re8 22. fxg6 fxg6 23. Bf4 Qe7 24. Rae1 Rf8 $11) 16... a6 (16... Ne5 $5 {
The centralisation of the knight seems to have been a very satisfacory
solution.} 17. f4 a6 18. Be2 Ng4 $13) 17. Bc6 Rb8 18. Nc4 b5 $5 (18... Ne5 $6
19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Bh6 Bxb2 (20... Bg7 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. f4 f6 $14) 21. Bxf8
Bxa1 22. Bxd6 Qxd6 23. Qxa1 Bb7 24. e5 $1 $16) (18... Qe7 19. Bxd7 Bxd7 20. Bf4
Be5 21. Bg3 f6 22. f4 Bd4 23. f5 $5 $14) 19. axb5 axb5 20. Nxd6 Ne5 21. Nxc8
Qxc8 22. Bf4 Nxc6 23. dxc6 Rb6 {1-0 Tregubov,P (2629)-Efimenko,Z (2601)/Moscow
2005 (37)}) (14. Qc2 {White does not have a clear cut way to any advantage,
even though the position remains very playable for both sides.} f5 15. Nc4 Ne5
16. Bf4 fxe4 17. fxe4 Qe7 18. Qd2 Nxc4 19. Bxc4 Be5 20. Nb5 Bxf4 21. Rxf4 Nxb5
22. axb5 Bd7 23. Qc3 Qg7 $11 {1-0 Eljanov,P (2540)-Efimenko,Z (2546)/Moscow
2002}) 14... Qe7 (14... Ne5 15. f4 Nd7 16. Nc4 {/\} Nf6 17. e5 $1 dxe5 18. d6
$36) 15. a5 $146 {White refrains from the obvious knight moves to b5 or c4 in
order to create the tension on the queenside. His activity should also deflect
enemy forces from seeking counterplay in the centre.} (15. Nb5 Nxb5 16. Bxb5 (
16. axb5 f5 $13) 16... Rd8 (16... a6 17. Bc6 Rb8 18. Rb3 $1 Rf8 19. Nc4 Ne5 20.
Nxb6 Qc7 21. a5 Nxc6 22. dxc6 Qxc6 23. Nd5 $16) 17. a5 (17. Nc4 Ne5 18. Nxe5
Bxe5 $132) 17... a6 $5 18. Bc6 (18. Bxd7 Bxd7 19. axb6 (19. Nc4 b5 20. Nb6 Ra7
$11 {/=/+}) 19... Bb5 20. Re1 Rab8 $132) (18. axb6 Nxb6 19. Bc6 Bb7 20. Bxb7
Qxb7 21. Qc2 (21. f4 f5 $13) 21... Rf8 $5 $132) 18... Rb8 19. axb6 Nxb6 20. b3
$1 {The future world champions were battling it out already back in the year
2001.} (20. f4 Nd7 (20... Bb7 21. Bxb7 Qxb7 22. f5 $36) 21. Qc2 Rb4 $132) 20...
Be5 $5 (20... f5 21. exf5 gxf5 22. Re1 $14) (20... Bb7 21. Bxb7 Qxb7 22. Nc4
$14) (20... Nd7 21. Nc4 Ne5 22. Bf4 $14) 21. f4 (21. Nc4 Nxc4 22. bxc4 Rb1 $11)
21... Bg7 (21... Bd4 $142 $5 22. f5 Nd7) 22. f5 Nd7 23. Bxd7 $1 (23. Nc4 Ne5
24. Nxe5 Bxe5 25. Qf3 Qh4 $5 (25... Qf6 26. fxg6 $14) 26. g3 Qf6 $132) 23...
Bxd7 24. Qf3 Bd4 25. f6 Qf8 26. Nc4 (26. g4 $6 Qh6 27. Nc4 Qh4 {׻}) 26... Bb5
27. Be3 Bxe3 28. Qxe3 h5 $1 {1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V (2802)-Topalov,V (2711)/
Dortmund 2001 (42)}) (15. Nc4 Ne5 (15... Ba6 16. Bf4 Bxc4 17. Bxc4 a6 18. Qd2
Ne5 19. Be2 Qd7 20. Rfa1 Rab8 21. Bh6 Bh8 22. Nd1 f5 23. Nf2 Nf7 24. Bf4 Bd4 {
1/2-1/2 Eljanov,P (2613)-Oleksienko,M (2424)/Kharkov 2004 (38)}) 16. Ne3 f5 (
16... a6 $5) 17. f4 Nf7 18. exf5 $14) 15... Bb7 16. Nb5 Nf6 $6 {It is far from
easy to pinpoint the concrete mistake, that has led Black under the wheels of
a dangerous attack. The move of the knight to the f6-square looks like a good
candidate for a serious innacuracy.} (16... Nxb5 $5 17. Bxb5 Red8 18. Re1 $13)
17. Nxc7 Qxc7 18. Bb5 Reb8 (18... Nd7 19. Nc4 Re7 20. Bg5 f6 21. Bf4 $16) 19.
Nc4 bxa5 20. Bf4 Bf8 (20... Rd8 21. Qd3 $16) 21. e5 $1 {[%mdl 128] The Azeri
grandmaster is in his element. He would surely accept active piece play and
positions full of tactics in any of his games.} Nxd5 (21... a6 22. exd6 Qc8 23.
d7 Nxd7 24. Bxd7 Qxd7 25. Nb6 $16) 22. exd6 Qd8 23. Bg3 (23. Be5 $1 Nb4 24.
Nxa5 Bd5 25. Bc4 Bxd6 26. Bxd5 Bxe5 27. Bxa8 Rxa8 28. Qxd8+ Rxd8 29. Nc4 $16)
23... Nb4 24. d7 {The temperament of the Caucasus is mirrored also in the
choice of moves. White is consciously avoiding more peaceful, but safer
solutions.} (24. Ba4 $5 Bd5 25. b3 Bg7 26. Re1 Be6 27. Qd2 $16) 24... Bd5 25.
Bxb8 Rxb8 26. Ne3 Be6 {The pawn on the d7-square can not be tolerated for any
longer period of time.} (26... Rxb5 27. Nxd5 Rb7 28. Nxb4 axb4 29. Rd3 c4 30.
Rd5 $16) 27. Ba4 (27. Bc4 Bxc4 28. Nxc4 Rb7 29. Ne5 $14) 27... Bg7 28. f4 $5 {
The brave heart of the attacking player is leading White into striving for the
direct kingside onslaught.} Bxb2 29. f5 Bxd7 (29... gxf5 $2 30. Nxf5 Nd5 31.
Rg3+ $18) 30. fxg6 hxg6 (30... Bxa3 31. gxf7+ Kf8 32. Qd6+ $18) 31. Qb3 Bxa3 $2
{The leader of the Ukrainian team is feeling that his position is seriously
endangered. As he could not find a satisfactory solution Ivanchuk closes his
eyes and at least takes material. More problems with realisation of the
advantage were waiting for White after the move 31...Nd5!?} (31... Nd5 $5 32.
Qxd5 Be6 33. Qxd8+ Rxd8 34. Rb3 Bxb3 35. Bxb3 Rd7 36. Nc4 Bc3 37. Rf3 Re7 38.
Kg1 Bb4 39. Nd6 $16) 32. Qxf7+ Kh8 33. Bxd7 (33. Qxg6 Qh4 (33... Bxa4 34. Rf7
$18) 34. Bxd7 $18) 33... Qg8 34. Qf6+ {The excitement and proximity of the
triumph have prevented Mamedyarov from finding the peaceful 34.Qe7! with a
speedy decision.} (34. Qe7 $1 Qg7 35. Rf7 $18) 34... Qg7 35. Qh4+ Qh7 36. Qf4
Ra8 (36... Rg8 37. Be6 Re8 38. Rf3 $18) 37. Qf3 Rb8 38. Qf4 Ra8 39. Be6 $1 {
The key move in the attack is also limiting the chances of Black's knight for
the retreat and help in the defence.} Bb2 (39... Re8 40. Rf3 $18) 40. Nc4 (40.
Rf3 Nd3 41. Qd6 Qh4 42. Qxd3 Qe1+ 43. Rf1 $18) 40... Bd4 41. Nd6 a4 (41... Qh5
42. Rf3 Nd5 43. Qe4 Rb8 44. Rh3 Nc3 45. Qxg6 Rb1+ 46. Qxb1 Nxb1 47. Rxh5+ $18)
42. Nf7+ Kg7 43. Ng5 Qh5 44. g4 Qh4 45. Qc7+ Kh8 (45... Kh6 46. Qh7+ Kxg5 47.
Qe7+ $18) 46. Nf7+ Kh7 47. Ne5+ Kh6 48. g5+ $1 {The charming geometrical motif
at the end. The haunted black king stood no chance of surviving the
concentrated attack.} (48. g5+ Kxg5 (48... Qxg5 49. Nf7+ $18) 49. Qe7+ Kh5 50.
Qh7+ Kg5 51. Qxg6#) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.10.01"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "181"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "France"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qb3 Nb6 6. d4 Bg7 7. Bf4 Be6 8.
Qa3 O-O 9. e3 N8d7 10. Rd1 a5 11. Ng5 $146 (11. d5 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Bxd5 13. c4
Bxf3 14. gxf3 e6 15. h4 Qf6 16. Be2 e5 17. Bg5 Qc6 18. h5 f6 19. Bh6 Rf7 20.
Rg1 f5 21. f4 Re8 22. c5 Qxc5 23. Qxc5 Nxc5 24. hxg6 {1-0 in 47 moves. Eljanov,
P (2720)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2716)/Germany 2008/CBM 127 Extra (46)}) 11... Bd5
12. e4 Bc4 13. h4 Bxf1 14. Kxf1 Nf6 15. Qc5 c6 16. Nf3 e6 17. Qd6 Nc4 18. Qxd8
Rfxd8 19. b3 Na3 20. Be5 Ng4 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Ke2 {Though a more pleasant
ending for white, Ivanchuk conducts it with beautiful technique, and great
patience.} h5 23. Rd2 Nf6 24. Rc1 Ne8 25. Na4 Nd6 26. Ke3 Nab5 27. Ne5 Nc7 28.
f3 Nce8 29. Nb6 Ra6 30. Nbd7 $1 {#White's first goal is to reposition his
knights to their ideal squares, c5 and b6.} Raa8 (30... f6 $2 {with the idea
of attacking d7's defender, is not possible because of} 31. Nc5 $1 fxe5 32.
Nxe6+ Kf6 33. Nxd8) 31. Nc5 Nc7 32. Rcd1 Ra7 33. Rc1 Raa8 34. Ned3 Rab8 35. Nf4
Rh8 36. Rcc2 Nde8 37. Kf2 Nf6 38. Nfd3 Nfe8 39. Ne5 Nd6 40. Ned7 Rbd8 41. Nb6 {
#Mission accomplished. Now for the second part which is to prepare a break.}
Rhe8 42. Ke3 Ncb5 43. a4 Nc7 44. Rb2 Re7 {#} 45. b4 $1 axb4 ({Ivanchuk's
lovely point is that the attempt to win the exchange with} 45... Na8 {is met by
} 46. bxa5 Nxb6 47. axb6 Nc4+ 48. Kd3 Nxd2 49. Rxd2 {and the passed queenside
pawns rule. A sample continuation is} e5 50. Kc3 exd4+ 51. Rxd4 Rxd4 52. Kxd4
g5 53. a5 gxh4 54. Nxb7 $1) 46. Rxb4 Na6 47. Rbb2 Nc7 48. Rdc2 {# The
Ukrainian grandmaster has created another strategical masterpiece: "Ivanchuk's
Initiative" (Müller)} Kh6 {The king is slightly misplaced here which will be
felt in the following. (Müller)} ({The immediate} 48... e5 $1 49. dxe5 Rxe5 {
gives Black more counterplay as} 50. Nxb7 $2 (50. Kf2 {is called for.}) 50...
Nxb7 51. Nc4 Re7 52. Rxb7 $2 Nd5+ $19 {(Müller)}) 49. Kf2 $5 {A very strong
prophylactic move. (Müller)} ({The direct} 49. Nc4 $6 {allows Black to reduce
the pressure by} Nxc4+ 50. Rxc4 b5 {(Müller)}) 49... Na8 ({Now it is too late
for} 49... e5 $2 {due to} 50. dxe5 Rxe5 51. Nxb7 $1 Nxb7 52. Nc4 $18 {(Müller)}
) 50. Nc4 Nxc4 51. Rxc4 b6 52. Nd3 c5 {#} 53. a5 $3 {A spectacular undermining
shot. (Müller)} Rxd4 {White has a very dangerous initiative, which Ivanchuk
handles masterfully. (Müller)} ({If black were to take with the pawn with} 
53... cxd4 {then white pushes with} 54. a6 $1 (54. axb6 $6 Rb7 55. Rc6 Rdb8 56.
Ne5 (56. Ra2 $5) 56... Nxb6 57. Nxf7+ Rxf7 58. Rbxb6 Rxb6 59. Rxb6 {and due to
the large drawish tendency of rook endings Black still has hopes to survive. 
(Müller)}) 54... Ra7 55. Nb4 d3 56. Ke1 (56. Ke3 $2 {would be a mistake after}
d2 57. Rxd2 Rxd2 58. Kxd2 Nc7 {with chances to hold.}) 56... f5 57. e5 b5 58.
Rc6 Nc7 59. Rd6 Rda8 (59... Rxd6 60. exd6 Nd5 61. Nxd5 exd5 62. Ra2 b4 63. d7
Rxd7 64. a7) 60. Ra2 {and white's king will decide it.}) (53... bxa5 54. Nxc5 {
and on top of white's far superior pieces, the a-pawn is doomed.}) 54. Rxd4
cxd4 55. axb6 Rb7 {It might seem as if black is about to get his house in
order, but...} 56. Ne5 $1 Rxb6 (56... f6 $6 57. Nc4 {Black's knight is
imprisoned. (Müller)}) 57. Ra2 $1 {Ivanchuk does not exchange his active rook,
which is an excellent practical decision. (Müller)} ({The technical endgame
after} 57. Nxf7+ $2 Kg7 58. Rxb6 Nxb6 59. Ne5 {is by no means easy to assess. 
(Müller)}) 57... Nc7 {#} 58. Ra7 $1 {Activity is of the utmost importance in
this type of endgame with rook and knight vs rook and knight as both pieces do
not like to defend passively. (Müller)} ({The greedy} 58. Nxf7+ $2 {violates
the principle "Do not rush" and allows Black to continue the fight with} Kg7
59. Ne5 Rb7 60. Nc6 Kf6 61. Nxd4 e5 62. Nc2 Ne6 {(Müller)}) 58... Rb2+ (58...
Na6 {also doesn't save after} 59. Nxf7+ Kg7 60. Ne5+ Kg8 61. Kg3 Nc5 62. Ra5
Nb3 63. Ra8+ Kg7 64. Ra7+ Kg8 {and here white wins with the spectacular king
penetration#} 65. Kf4 $1 Rb5 66. Kg5 $3 Rxe5+ 67. Kxg6 Kf8 68. Kf6 $1 Ra5 69.
Rb7 $1 Ke8 70. Rxb3 Kd7 71. g4 $1 $18) 59. Kg3 Rc2 60. Nxf7+ Kg7 61. Ne5 Kf6
62. Kf4 Ke7 63. g3 Rc5 {#} (63... Kf6 {does not help due to} 64. Rb7 d3 65.
Nxd3 e5+ 66. Ke3 (66. Nxe5 $2 Ne6+) 66... Rc3 67. Kd2 $18 {(Müller)}) 64. Rb7
$1 {A very nice move. Black is in a kind of zugzwang. (Nunn)} Kd6 65. Rb6+ Ke7
66. g4 hxg4 67. fxg4 g5+ 68. hxg5 Rb5 69. Rc6 Rb7 70. Rc4 $6 ({White could
have won more easily by} 70. g6 $1 Kf6 71. g5+ Kg7 72. Rd6 {but the move
played is also sufficient. (Nunn)}) 70... Nb5 71. Rc8 Nc3 72. Rh8 Ne2+ 73. Kf3
Rb5 74. g6 Ng1+ 75. Kg2 Rxe5 ({Vachier-Lagrave gives the exchange as} 75... Kf6
$2 {runs into} 76. Rf8+ Kg7 (76... Kxe5 77. g7) 77. Rf7+ Kg8 78. Nd7 $18 {
(Müller)}) 76. g7 Rg5 77. g8=Q Rxg8 78. Rxg8 d3 79. Ra8 d2 80. Ra1 Ne2 81. Rd1
Nc3 82. Rxd2 Nxe4 83. Re2 Ng5 84. Kg3 Kf6 85. Kh4 Kg6 86. Re3 Kh6 87. Ra3 Kg6
88. Ra8 Nf3+ 89. Kg3 Ne5 90. Ra6 Kg5 91. Ra5 (91. Ra5 Kf6 92. g5+ Kf5 93. g6
Kf6 94. Rxe5 Kxe5 95. g7 $18 {(Müller)}) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.10.03"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 c6 8. Bd3
b6 9. b4 a5 10. b5 Bb7 11. bxc6 Bxc6 12. cxb6 Qxb6 13. Rb1 Bb4 14. O-O Qa7 15.
Nb5 Bxb5 16. Bxb5 Ne4 17. Qd3 Rfc8 18. Rbc1 Bd6 19. Bxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 26th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2010.10.17"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Brochet, Philippe"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2379"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2010.10.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Evry Grand Roque"]
[BlackTeam "St Petersburg CC"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d3 a5 5. Be2 Bc5 6. O-O d6 7. d4 Ba7 8. dxe5
Nxe5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6+ gxf6 13. Nd2 Ke7 14. Nc4
a4 15. a3 h5 16. Rad1 h4 17. Ne3 Bxe3 18. fxe3 Bd7 19. Rd2 Be6 20. Kf2 Ra5 21.
Rfd1 Rc5 22. Bd3 Rg8 23. Bc2 Ra5 24. Bd3 Rg4 25. Kf3 Rg5 26. Kf2 Ra8 27. Be2
Rag8 28. Bf3 b6 29. Kf1 Bc4+ 30. Kf2 Bb5 31. h3 Bc6 32. Bg4 Rxg4 33. hxg4 Rxg4
34. Rh1 Bxe4 35. Rh2 f5 36. Rd1 b5 37. Rg1 Ke6 38. g3 hxg3+ 39. Rxg3 Kd5 40.
Rgh3 Kc4 41. Rh7 c6 42. Rxf7 Kb3 43. Kf1 Bd3+ 44. Ke1 Rg1+ 45. Kd2 Be4 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 26th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2010.10.18"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D57"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2010.10.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg CC"]
[BlackTeam "Yugra"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. cxd5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 exd5 11. Qb3 Rd8 12. c4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Nc6 14. Be2
Rd6 15. O-O Be6 16. Qb2 Bd5 17. Rfc1 Re8 18. Ne1 Nxd4 19. Qxd4 Bxg2 20. Qxd6
Qxd6 21. Nxg2 Rd8 22. Rc2 c6 23. Rb1 Qg6 24. Rbb2 Rd7 25. h4 h5 26. Kh2 Qf5 27.
Nf4 g6 28. Kg3 Kg7 29. Bf3 Qe5 30. Rb3 Kh6 31. Rcb2 Qe7 32. a4 a6 33. a5 Rc7
34. Rb4 Rd7 35. Nh3 Rc7 36. Kg2 Rd7 37. Ng5 Kg7 38. Be2 f6 39. Ne4 Kh6 40. Bf3
Rc7 41. Ng3 Kh7 42. R2b3 Rd7 43. Ne2 Kh6 44. Nf4 Rc7 45. Re4 Qf7 46. Rb2 Rd7
47. Be2 Qf8 48. Rb3 Qc5 49. Re6 Kg7 50. Rd3 Rf7 51. Rdd6 Qxa5 52. Bd3 Qc7 53.
Bxg6 Rd7 54. Nxh5+ Kh6 55. Rxd7 Qxd7 56. Rxf6 Qg4+ 57. Ng3 Kg7 58. Rd6 Kf8 59.
h5 Ke7 60. Bf5 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 26th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2010.10.19"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A62"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2010.10.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Yerevan Mika"]
[BlackTeam "St Petersburg CC"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. Bg2
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Bf4 Nh5 11. Bg5 Qb6 12. Qc1 Nd7 13. h3 f5 14. e4 fxe4 15.
Re1 Nhf6 16. Nd2 e3 17. Rxe3 Rxe3 18. Bxe3 Ne5 19. b3 Bf5 20. Qd1 Re8 21. Rc1
Qa6 22. a4 Bd3 23. g4 Re7 24. Bf4 b6 25. Nb5 Bxb5 26. axb5 Qxb5 27. Bxe5 Rxe5
28. Nc4 Bh6 29. Nxe5 Bxc1 30. Qxc1 dxe5 31. Qg5 Kf7 32. Qxe5 Qe8 33. Qc7+ Qd7
34. d6 Ke6 35. g5 Qxd6 36. Qxd6+ Kxd6 37. gxf6 Ke6 38. Kf1 Kxf6 39. Ke2 Ke5 40.
Kd3 b5 41. Bc6 a6 42. Bb7 a5 43. Bc6 c4+ 44. bxc4 bxc4+ 45. Kxc4 Kf4 46. Kb5 g5
47. Kxa5 h5 48. Kb4 g4 49. hxg4 hxg4 50. Bh1 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 26th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2010.10.20"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Hammer, Jon Ludvig"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2010.10.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Oslo Schakselskap"]
[BlackTeam "St Petersburg CC"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NOR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Be4 11. Qc1 Bb7 12. Qc2 Ra7 13. Rc1 Be4 14. Qb3 Bd5 15.
Qe3 Nbd7 16. Ba5 Bd6 17. Nc3 Bb7 18. Ng5 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Qa8+ 20. Qf3 Qxf3+ 21.
Kxf3 e5 22. e3 Be7 23. Ne2 Re8 24. Kg2 Nd5 25. Nf3 Bd6 26. dxe5 Nxe5 27. Nxe5
Rxe5 28. Nd4 Ra8 29. Nc6 Re6 30. Rc2 Nb6 31. b3 Kf8 32. Rd1 Ke8 33. Nd4 Rf6 34.
e4 Rg6 35. e5 Be7 36. Rxc7 Nd5 37. Rb7 Bd8 38. Nf5 Nf4+ 39. Kf3 Bxa5 40. gxf4
Bb4 41. Rdd7 Rc8 42. Rxf7 Rc3+ 43. Ke4 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 26th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2010.10.21"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Stevic, Hrvoje"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2010.10.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg CC"]
[BlackTeam "Bihac"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 Bd7 7. Nc3 g6 8. b3
Bg7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. O-O Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Bc6 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. Bxd5 Ne8 14. Qd2 Bxb2
15. Qxb2 Rb8 16. Rfd1 Qb6 17. Bg2 Nf6 18. Bh3 Qc5 19. Rac1 a5 20. Rc2 b6 21.
Rdc1 Ne4 22. e3 Qh5 23. Bf1 Rfc8 24. h4 Rc7 25. a3 Qf5 26. b4 axb4 27. axb4 Nf6
28. Qd4 Nd7 29. Bd3 Qf6 30. Be4 Ra7 31. Kg2 Rc8 32. Bf3 Ra4 33. Rb2 h5 34. Rcc2
Ra3 35. Be2 Rca8 36. Qxf6 Nxf6 37. c5 dxc5 38. bxc5 bxc5 39. Rxc5 Ra2 40. Rcc2
Rxb2 41. Rxb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 26th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2010.10.22"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2010.10.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan Socar"]
[BlackTeam "St Petersburg CC"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qd2 Bb4 9. Rc1 h6 10. Bh4 c5 11. a3 Bxc3 12. bxc3 b6 13. Bd3 Ba6 14. c4 Qxd2+
15. Nxd2 cxd4 16. exd4 Nf4 17. Be4 Rc8 18. Bg3 g5 19. h4 Ke7 20. hxg5 hxg5 21.
Rxh8 Rxh8 22. Bxf4 Rh1+ 23. Nf1 gxf4 24. g3 Rh8 25. gxf4 Nf6 26. Bf3 Rd8 27. d5
exd5 28. cxd5 Nxd5 29. Bxd5 Rxd5 30. Ne3 Rd3 31. Rc7+ Rd7 32. Rc6 Bb7 33. Nf5+
Kd8 34. Rf6 Bf3 35. Rd6 Be4 36. Rxd7+ Kxd7 37. Ne3 Kc6 38. Kd2 Kc5 39. Kc3 b5
40. f5 a5 41. f6 Bc6 42. Kd3 Bd7 43. Kc3 Be6 44. Kd3 Ba2 45. Kc3 Bb1 46. Nf1
Bf5 47. Ne3 Be4 48. Nf1 Bc6 49. Ne3 Bd7 50. Kd3 b4 51. axb4+ axb4 52. Kc2 Ba4+
53. Kb2 Kd6 54. Ng4 Bd7 55. Ne3 Kc5 56. Kb3 Kb5 57. Kb2 Be6 58. Kc2 Kc6 59. Kc1
Kd6 60. Kb2 Kc5 61. Nc2 b3 62. Ne1 Kc4 63. Nf3 Bd5 64. Nd2+ Kb4 65. Nf1 Bc4 66.
Nd2 Be6 67. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap d'Agde CCAS Gp-B"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2010.10.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2010.10.23"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O Nxe4 8.
Bxe4 Nf6 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Be7 11. Bf3 O-O 12. Qd3 Qb6 13. Rfd1 Rd8 14. Be3
e5 15. Nf5 Rxd3 16. Nxe7+ Kf8 17. Bxb6 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 axb6 19. Nxc8 Rxc8 20. c3
Rc7 21. Kf1 Ke7 22. g3 Nd7 23. Rd5 Rc5 24. g4 Ke6 25. Rd2 Rc7 26. Ke2 f6 27. h4
g6 28. Bd5+ Ke7 29. Bg8 Nf8 30. Ke3 Rc8 31. Bd5 Rc7 32. f4 exf4+ 33. Kxf4 Rd7
34. Re2+ Kd8 35. Bc4 Rd6 36. g5 Nd7 37. Bg8 Nf8 38. a3 Kd7 39. Kg4 f5+ 40. Kf4
Rd3 41. Ke5 Ke7 42. h5 Rh3 43. h6 Rd3 44. Bd5 Nd7+ 45. Kf4+ Kd6 46. Bg8 Rh3 47.
Re6+ Kc7 48. Bxh7 Rh4+ 49. Kf3 Nf8 50. Re7+ 1-0

[Event "Cap d'Agde CCAS Gp-B"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2010.10.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Zhu, Chen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2010.10.23"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Ne2 g6 5. c3 e5 6. d4 Bg7 7. Be3 b6 8. Qd2 Ba6
9. Na3 Nge7 10. d5 Nb8 11. c4 f5 12. f3 Nd7 13. g4 Nf6 14. h3 Bc8 15. O-O-O a6
16. Kb1 Bd7 17. Ka1 Qc7 18. Nc3 f4 19. Bf2 h5 20. g5 Nh7 21. h4 O-O 22. Rb1 a5
23. Nab5 Qb8 24. Bh3 Bxh3 25. Rxh3 Rd8 26. Rhh1 Nf8 27. Qd1 Nc8 28. Qf1 Na7 29.
Na3 Qc8 30. b3 Rb8 31. Be1 Kf7 32. Bd2 Qd7 33. Kb2 Rb7 34. Qe2 Qc8 35. Qf1 Nd7
36. Qh3 Nb8 37. Qxc8 Rxc8 38. Rhd1 Na6 39. Na4 Bf8 40. Be1 Be7 41. Nc3 Ke8 42.
Ra1 Bd8 43. Nab1 Nc7 44. Nd2 Kd7 45. Rab1 Ra8 46. Kc2 b5 47. cxb5 Naxb5 48.
Nxb5 Nxb5 49. Kd3 Na3 50. Rb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap d'Agde CCAS Gp-B"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2010.10.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lagno, Kateryna"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2010.10.23"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 d6 9. O-O Nd7 10. a4 a5 11. Rd1 Qc8 12. d5 e5 13. Bh3 Qd8 14. e4 Bc8 15.
Be3 Nf6 16. Bxc8 Qxc8 17. Bg5 Nh5 18. Bxe7 Kxe7 19. Qe2 g6 20. c5 bxc5 21. Nd2
Nf6 22. Nc4 Qa6 23. Qd3 Nd7 24. Rab1 Rhb8 25. Rxb8 Rxb8 26. Nxe5 Qxd3 27. Nc6+
Ke8 28. Rxd3 Rb1+ 29. Kg2 Ra1 30. Nxa5 Rxa4 31. Nc6 Rxe4 32. Kf3 Nf6 33. h3 h5
34. h4 Kd7 35. Nb8+ Kc8 36. Nc6 Ra4 37. Kg2 Kd7 38. Nb8+ Ke8 39. Nc6 Ra2 40. c4
Ng4 41. Rf3 f5 42. Kg1 Rc2 43. Rf4 Ne5 44. Na5 Rc1+ 45. Kh2 Kd7 46. g4 hxg4 47.
h5 Nf3+ 48. Rxf3 gxf3 49. hxg6 Ke7 50. Kg3 Kf6 0-1

[Event "Cap d'Agde CCAS Gp-B"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2010.10.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Hammer, Jon Ludvig"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2010.10.23"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 d4 7. e3 c5 8. exd4
cxd4 9. Re1 Nc6 10. d3 a5 11. Bb2 Qb6 12. Na3 a4 13. Nb5 a3 14. Bc1 Ne8 15. Rb1
Bd7 16. Qe2 Nc7 17. Nxc7 Qxc7 18. Bf4 Bd6 19. Ne5 Ra5 20. b4 Nxb4 21. c5 Bxc5
22. Rec1 Qd8 23. Rxc5 Rxc5 24. Rxb4 Bc8 25. h4 f6 26. Nc4 b5 27. Nxa3 e5 28.
Bd2 Be6 29. Rxb5 Rxb5 30. Nxb5 Qb6 31. a4 Bb3 32. Bb4 Rb8 33. Bd6 Rc8 34. Qb2
Bc2 35. Bh3 Rc6 36. Qa2+ Kh8 37. Qf7 Qd8 38. Bf8 1-0

[Event "Cap d'Agde CCAS Gp-B"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2010.10.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2010.10.23"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. e4 Nb4 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 N8c6 12. Nxc6 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Bxc6 14. a3 Nc2
15. Ra2 Rd8 16. Rxd8+ Bxd8 17. b4 Ne1 18. Bf1 Bf6 19. Bb5 Kd7 20. Bd2 Bxb5 21.
Nxb5 a6 22. Bxe1 axb5 23. Rd2+ Kc6 24. f4 Ra8 25. e5 Be7 26. Rd3 Rd8 27. Rc3+
Kb7 28. Kf2 f6 29. Re3 f5 30. Ke2 g5 31. Rd3 Rxd3 32. Kxd3 Kc6 33. Kd4 h5 34.
h4 gxh4 35. gxh4 Bd8 36. Bf2 Bc7 37. Be1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap d'Agde CCAS Gp-B"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2010.10.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kosintseva, Tatiana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2010.10.23"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. Nbd2 Rc8 13. Nb3 Be4 14. Qc3 Nd5
15. Qa5 Bb4 16. Qxa6 c6 17. Ne5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qc7 19. Rfc1 Ne7 20. Nd3 Bd6 21.
Qa5 Qd7 22. Qd2 Ra8 23. a3 f5 24. Qc2 f4 25. Nd2 Ra4 26. Nf3 h6 27. b4 Raa8 28.
a4 bxa4 29. Rxa4 Rxa4 30. Qxa4 Qb7 31. Nc5 Bxc5 32. Rxc5 fxg3 33. hxg3 Rb8 34.
Qa2 Qc8 35. Qc4 Rb6 36. Ne5 Kh7 37. e4 Qf8 38. Nd7 1-0

[Event "Cap d'Agde CCAS Gp-B"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2010.10.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gharamian, Tigran"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2010.10.23"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nc4 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Ne3 Nf6 7. Bd3 c5 8. O-O
cxd4 9. Nf5 Bxf5 10. Bxf5 Nc6 11. Nd2 Be7 12. Nf3 Qb6 13. b3 O-O 14. Bb2 Bc5
15. a3 g6 16. Bh3 Rfe8 17. Qd3 a5 18. Rad1 Re4 19. Ng5 Re7 20. Nf3 Re4 21. g3
Rae8 22. Bg2 h5 23. h3 R8e7 24. Rd2 Nd7 25. Rdd1 Qc7 26. Ng5 R4e5 27. Bc1 Bd6
28. f4 Rxg5 29. fxg5 Nc5 30. Qf3 Ne4 31. Bf4 Ne5 32. Qe2 Nc3 33. Qf2 Ne4 34.
Qe2 Nc3 35. Qf2 Ne4 36. Qe2 Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap d'Agde CCAS Trophee KO"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2010.10.29"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2010.10.28"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. c3 Nge7 5. d4 Qa5 6. Na3 cxd4 7. Bd2 Ng6 8.
cxd4 Qb6 9. Qa4 a6 10. Rb1 Rb8 11. Bd3 Bb4 12. Nc4 Bxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Qc7 14. Qa3
Qf4+ 15. Ke2 d5 16. g3 Qg4 17. Nd6+ Kd7 18. Ke3 f5 19. Be2 fxe4 20. h3 Qxf3+
21. Bxf3 exf3 22. Rhc1 Nge7 23. Rc2 Rf8 24. Rbc1 Rf6 25. h4 h5 26. Kd2 Rf8 27.
Rc3 Rf6 28. Ke1 Rf8 29. Qc5 Rf6 30. a4 b6 31. Qa3 Bb7 32. a5 Ba8 33. b4 e5 34.
axb6 Rxb6 35. dxe5 Re6 36. b5 axb5 37. Nxb5 Rxe5+ 38. Kf1 Rxb5 39. Qxa8 Rb6 40.
Rxf3 d4 41. Rd1 Rb8 42. Qa4 Rb4 43. Qc2 Kd6 44. Rf7 g6 45. Rf6+ Kd7 46. Rc1 Rb6
47. Qc4 Re4 48. Rxg6 Rb4 49. Qd3 Re5 50. Rg5 Kd6 51. Qh7 Rxg5 52. hxg5 Ne5 53.
Rd1 Ra4 54. Qxh5 d3 55. g6 N7xg6 56. Rxd3+ Ke6 57. Rb3 Kd5 1-0

[Event "Cap d'Agde CCAS Trophee KO"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2010.10.29"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2010.10.28"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bf5 5. d3 e6 6. Nbd2 h6 7. Qe1 Be7 8. h3
Bh7 9. b3 a5 10. Bb2 a4 11. e4 Na6 12. Qe2 O-O 13. a3 axb3 14. cxb3 Nc5 15. Ne1
Nfd7 16. e5 Qb6 17. Qe3 Nxd3 18. Qxb6 Nxb6 19. Nxd3 Bxd3 20. Rfc1 Nd7 21. Re1
Rfc8 22. h4 c5 23. a4 c4 24. bxc4 Bxc4 25. Nxc4 Rxc4 26. Rec1 Rxc1+ 27. Rxc1
Nc5 28. Bf1 Rxa4 29. Bc3 g6 30. Bb5 Ra2 31. Bd4 Kg7 32. Rb1 Ne4 33. Rc1 Bc5 34.
Bxc5 Nxc5 35. Rxc5 Ra5 36. Rc6 b6 37. Rd6 Rxb5 38. f4 Rb2 39. Kf1 b5 40. Rb6 b4
0-1

[Event "Cap d'Agde CCAS Trophee KO"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2010.10.30"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2010.10.28"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nbd2 Bg7 6. b4 O-O 7. Bb2 a5 8. b5 a4
9. Rc1 dxc4 10. Bxc4 cxb5 11. Bxb5 Qb6 12. Qe2 Bd7 13. Bxd7 Qxb2 14. Rb1 Qxa2
15. Bb5 Qe6 16. Bc4 Qd7 17. Ne5 Qc7 18. O-O Nc6 19. Nxf7 Rxf7 20. Nf3 Nd8 21.
Ng5 Ra5 22. Nxf7 Nxf7 23. Qa2 e5 24. dxe5 Rxe5 25. Bxf7+ Qxf7 26. Qxf7+ Kxf7
27. Rxb7+ Kg8 28. Ra7 Bf8 29. Rxa4 Kf7 30. h3 g5 31. g4 Kg6 32. Ra6 Be7 33.
Rfa1 Bd8 34. Kg2 h5 35. Kf3 hxg4+ 36. hxg4 Rd5 37. Rc6 Kf7 38. Ra7+ Be7 39.
Rcc7 Re5 40. Rcb7 Kf8 41. Ra4 Rd5 42. Rba7 Rd2 43. R7a5 Ng8 44. Rf5+ Kg7 45.
Ra7 Kg6 46. Ra6+ Kg7 47. Re6 Rd7 48. Ra5 Bf6 49. Ke2 Bd8 50. Raa6 Rb7 51. Rad6
Be7 52. Rb6 Ra7 53. Ra6 Rb7 54. f4 Nf6 55. Kf3 gxf4 56. g5 Nd5 57. exf4 Kf7 58.
Re5 Rd7 59. Kg4 Nb4 60. Rh6 Bf8 61. Rf6+ Kg7 62. Re8 Be7 63. Rf5 Bd6 64. Re6
Bc7 65. Rb5 Nd3 66. f5 Kf7 67. g6+ Kg7 68. Kg5 Bf4+ 69. Kh5 Bc7 70. f6+ Kf8 71.
g7+ Kf7 72. Re7+ 1-0

[Event "Cap d'Agde CCAS Trophee KO"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2010.10.30"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2010.10.28"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Qb3 c6 8. e3
O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Rfd1 Nd7 12. a4 Rb8 13. Qc2 Be7 14. b3 a5 15. h3
Qc7 16. Bd3 Rbc8 17. Qe2 Nf6 18. Ne5 Rfd8 19. Rac1 Bd6 20. f4 Qe7 21. Rf1 Bb8
22. f5 Nd7 23. fxe6 Nxe5 24. Bb1 Qxe6 25. cxd5 Qe7 26. dxe5 Bxe5 27. dxc6 Bxc6
28. Bd3 Bxg2 29. Qxg2 Rxc3 30. Rxc3 Bxc3 31. Bc4 Bf6 32. Kh1 Kh8 33. Qf3 Rd2
34. Qa8+ Kh7 35. Bd5 Qxe3 36. Be4+ g6 37. Bg2 Rf2 38. Rd1 Qxb3 39. Rc1 Rd2 40.
Bf3 Qb2 0-1

[Event "Cap d'Agde CCAS Trophee KO"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2010.10.31"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C20"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2010.10.28"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 {One can imagine the audience mentally rubbing their hands in
glee as this appeared on the overhead displays: the first game of the final
wasn't going to be some stodgy Queen's Gambit Declined, or other, but rather a
romantic King's Gambit!} Nc6 3. Nf3 f5 4. d3 (4. exf5 e4 5. Ne5 Nxe5 6. fxe5
Qe7 7. Qh5+ Kd8 8. d4 exd3 9. Bxd3 Qxe5+ 10. Kd1 Nf6 11. Qf3 Bc5 12. Nc3 Qd4
13. Re1 Qf2 14. Qxf2 Bxf2 15. Re2 Bd4 16. Bg5 c6 17. Kd2 Re8 18. Rae1 Rxe2+ 19.
Rxe2 d5 {0-1 (56 moves) Fier,A (2590)-Hammer,J (2532)/ICC INT 2009/CBM 129
Extra}) 4... d6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. g3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. fxe5 dxe5 9. Bg5 h6 10. Be3
O-O 11. O-O fxe4 12. dxe4 Be6 {#Assuredly not what anyone had expected. Twelve
moves and the position is almost perfectly symmetrical.} 13. a3 Kh7 14. Kh1 a6
15. Bg1 Rf7 16. Qe2 Nd4 17. Qd3 Nxf3 18. Qxf3 Rd7 19. Rad1 Bg4 20. Rxd7 Bxf3
21. Rxd8 Bxg2+ 22. Kxg2 Rxd8 23. Be3 g5 24. h3 Kg6 25. g4 c6 26. Rf2 b5 27. Rd2
Rxd2+ 28. Bxd2 Bf8 29. Kf3 h5 30. Ne2 hxg4+ 31. hxg4 Nd7 32. Nc1 c5 33. Na2 Nb8
$6 (33... c4 $1) 34. c4 $1 bxc4 35. Nc3 Nc6 36. Nd5 Nd4+ 37. Ke3 Kf7 38. Nb6
Ke6 39. Nxc4 Be7 40. Ba5 Nb5 41. Kd3 Nd6 $4 42. Nxd6 (42. Nxd6 Kxd6 43. Kc4 Kc6
44. Bd2 Bf6 45. Be3 Be7 46. b3 a5 47. a4 $1 {and Black is in zugzwang and must
lose a pawn and the game.}) 1-0

[Event "Cap d'Agde CCAS Trophee KO"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2010.10.31"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C38"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2010.10.28"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. h4 h6 6. d4 d6 7. c3 Nc6 8. O-O g4
9. Ne1 Qxh4 10. Bxf4 Nf6 11. e5 dxe5 12. dxe5 g3 13. Bxg3 Qxg3 14. exf6 Bf8 15.
Nd3 Bd6 16. Qh5 Bg4 17. Bxf7+ Kf8 18. Qg6 Qh2+ 19. Kf2 Qg3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mexico City UNAM KO"]
[Site "Mexico City"]
[Date "2010.11.19"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2010.11.19"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. h5 Bh7 8. Nf3
e6 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nf6 11. Bf4 Bd6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. O-O-O Nbd7 14. Qe2
O-O 15. Ne5 Qc7 16. Rhe1 Rad8 17. f4 c5 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Qc4 Rc8 20. Kb1 Qb6
21. Qd4 Rfd8 22. Qf2 Nd5 23. Ne2 Qa5 24. a3 Ne4 25. Qh4 Nd2+ 26. Ka1 Ne3 27.
Rc1 Nxc2+ 28. Rxc2 Rxc2 29. Qe7 Qc7 30. Qb4 a5 31. Qa4 b5 32. Ng3 Nf3 33. Nxf3
Ra8 34. Rh1 Qd6 35. Ne5 Qc7 36. Rd1 Rf8 37. Qc4 Qb6 38. Kb1 Rc8 39. Ne2 Rc1+
40. Rxc1 Rd8 41. Ka1 Qc7 42. Re1 0-1

[Event "Mexico City UNAM KO"]
[Site "Mexico City"]
[Date "2010.11.19"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2010.11.19"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Qb6 6. Nb3 e6 7. Qe2 Bb4 8.
Bd2 O-O 9. e5 Ne8 10. O-O-O a6 11. f4 Qc7 12. g3 b5 13. Bg2 Bb7 14. Ne4 Rc8 15.
Kb1 Be7 16. Be3 Nb4 17. Rd2 Bd5 18. Rhd1 Bc4 19. Qf2 Nd5 20. Bc5 Bxb3 21. Bxe7
Bxa2+ 22. Kxa2 Nxe7 23. Rxd7 Qa5+ 24. Kb1 Nd5 25. Rd3 Rc4 26. Qd2 Qb6 27. b3
Rc8 28. Kb2 Qc6 29. Ra7 b4 30. Qf2 Qb5 31. f5 Nc3 32. Nxc3 bxc3+ 33. Kb1 Qxe5
34. Rxa6 exf5 35. Qe3 Qb5 36. Ra4 Rb8 37. Ka2 Nf6 38. Rxc3 Rfe8 39. Qf4 Qe2 40.
Bc6 Red8 41. Qxf5 0-1

[Event "Mexico City UNAM KO"]
[Site "Mexico City"]
[Date "2010.11.19"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2010.11.19"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg4 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O e6 8.
d4 Bd6 9. Ne5 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 O-O 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Rad1 Nbd7 13. Rfe1 Re8 14. c4
Qc7 15. Bf4 Bb4 16. Rf1 Bd6 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. Be5 Qe7 19. Rd3 Rad8 20. Rfd1 Rd7
21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22. d5 cxd5 23. cxd5 Rde7 24. Ne4 Qe5 25. g3 exd5 26. Rxd5 Qxe4
27. Qxe4 Rxe4 28. Rxd6 g6 29. Rd7 R8e7 30. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mexico City UNAM KO"]
[Site "Mexico City"]
[Date "2010.11.19"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "230"]
[EventDate "2010.11.19"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 Nf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Qe2 Bb4 8.
Bd2 O-O 9. e5 Ne8 10. a3 Be7 11. O-O-O a6 12. f4 Qc7 13. g3 b5 14. Bg2 Rb8 15.
Ne4 a5 16. Be3 a4 17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. Rxd4 f5 19. Nc3 Qa5 20. Na2 Nc7 21. Rhd1 Na6
22. c3 Nc5 23. Kb1 Nb3 24. R4d3 Nc5 25. R3d2 Nb3 26. Rc2 Qc7 27. Nc1 Na5 28.
Nd3 Nc4 29. Bd4 Bb7 30. Bxb7 Rxb7 31. g4 Qc6 32. gxf5 Rxf5 33. Rg1 Na5 34. Qe3
Nb3 35. Rcg2 Bf8 36. Nf2 g6 37. Ng4 Bg7 38. h4 d5 39. Rh2 Rh5 40. Nf6+ Bxf6 41.
exf6 Rf7 42. Be5 Qc4 43. Qb6 Qc5 44. Qd8+ Qf8 45. Qb6 Qc5 46. Qb8+ Rf8 47. f7+
Kxf7 48. Qb7+ Qe7 49. Qxb5 Qa7 50. Re1 Rd8 51. Qc6 Qd7 52. Qb6 Rc8 53. Rhe2
Rxh4 54. Qg1 Rh5 55. Rh2 Rxh2 56. Qxh2 Kg8 57. Rg1 Rf8 58. Qe2 Qf7 59. Qb5 Nd2+
60. Ka2 Nf3 61. Rd1 Nxe5 62. fxe5 Qe8 63. Qb6 Rf4 64. Rg1 Qc8 65. Ka1 Rf7 66.
Rg4 Qe8 67. Qa6 Kg7 68. Rxa4 h5 69. Rb4 Rf5 70. Rb7+ Kh6 71. Qe2 Qa4 72. Rb4
Qa7 73. Ka2 g5 74. Qb5 h4 75. Qe8 Qf7 76. Qh8+ Qh7 77. Qc8 Kh5 78. Qxe6 Qf7 79.
Qc8 Qf8 80. Qd7 Qf7 81. Qc8 Qf8 82. Qa6 Rxe5 83. Rb7 Qg8 84. Qd3 Kg4 85. Rb4+
Re4 86. Rb5 h3 87. Rxd5 Qe6 88. c4 h2 89. Qd1+ Kh4 90. Qd2 Kh3 91. Rd3+ Kg4 92.
Qxh2 Qxc4+ 93. Rb3 Rf4 94. Qg2+ Kf5 95. Qh3+ g4 96. Qh5+ Kf6 97. Qh6+ Kf5 98.
Qh7+ Kf6 99. Qh8+ Kg6 100. Qc3 Qe6 101. Qd3+ Kg5 102. Kb1 Qe1+ 103. Ka2 Qe6
104. Qe3 Qd5 105. a4 Kf5 106. Qd3+ Qxd3 107. Rxd3 Rxa4+ 108. Kb3 Rf4 109. Kc3
Kg5 110. b4 Kh4 111. Rd8 g3 112. Rh8+ Kg4 113. Kd2 Kf3 114. b5 g2 115. Rg8 Rg4
0-1

[Event "EU-ch blitz 29th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2010.12.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Andriasian, Zaven"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2010.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nge2 Bg4 7. f3 Bh5 8.
Be3 Nge7 9. a3 Ba5 10. Nf4 Bg6 11. Qd2 Qd7 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. Kb1 Rhe8 14. g4
Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 Ng6 17. Nh5 f6 18. Rhe1 Re7 19. Bf2 Rde8 20. Qd3 b6
21. b3 Nd8 22. h3 Nf8 23. Kb2 Nb7 24. Ng3 Nd6 25. Rxe7 Rxe7 26. Be3 Ng6 27. Bd2
Qe8 28. Nh5 a5 29. a4 Kb7 30. Nf4 c6 31. Nh5 Nf8 32. Bf4 Nc8 33. Ng3 g6 34. h4
Ne6 35. Bd2 Nd6 36. h5 Qf7 37. Rh1 f5 38. hxg6 hxg6 39. Rh6 Qf6 40. gxf5 Nxf5
41. Nxf5 Qxf5 42. Qxf5 gxf5 43. Kc3 Nd8 44. Bg5 Nf7 45. Rh7 Rd7 46. Bf4 Ne5 47.
Rh5 Nxf3 48. Rxf5 Rh7 49. Rf8 Rh3 50. Rf7+ Ka6 51. Rf6 Kb7 52. Rf7+ Ka6 53. Rf6
Nh2+ 54. Kb2 Ng4 55. Rxc6 Rf3 56. Bd2 Nf6 57. Bg5 Nd7 58. Rd6 Rf5 59. Bd8 1-0

[Event "EU-ch blitz 29th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2010.12.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Andriasian, Zaven"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2010.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Nh4 e6 7. Nxf5 exf5 8. e3
Bb4 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. Qc2 g6 11. O-O Nbd7 12. f3 Rc8 13. Kh1 Nb6 14. Bb3 c5 15.
Qd1 cxd4 16. exd4 Nbd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Bd2 Be7 19. Re1 Bf6 20. Bh6 Bg7 21.
Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Qd2 Nf6 23. a5 Qd6 24. d5 h5 25. Rac1 h4 26. Qd4 h3 27. gxh3 a6
28. Rc3 Rh8 29. Kg2 Rce8 30. Rxe8 Rxe8 31. Re3 Rc8 32. h4 Rc1 33. h5 gxh5 34.
Qe5 Qxe5 35. Rxe5 Kg6 36. d6 Rc6 37. Re7 Rxd6 38. Rxb7 Kg5 39. Bc4 Rd2+ 40. Kh3
h4 41. f4+ Kxf4 42. Bxf7 Ng4 43. Rb4+ Kg5 0-1

[Event "EU-ch blitz 29th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2010.12.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2010.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. g4 Be6 10. O-O-O Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Qa5 12. a3 Rfc8 13. h4 Rab8 14. Rh2 b5
15. Nd5 Qxd2+ 16. Rhxd2 Bxd5 17. exd5 Nd7 18. Bxa7 Ra8 19. Bd4 b4 20. Bxg7 Kxg7
21. Be2 bxa3 22. b3 Rc3 23. Kb1 Nc5 24. Ka2 f5 25. g5 Kf7 26. Rb1 f4 27. Bd1
Nd7 28. Rd4 Nb6 29. Rxf4+ Ke8 30. Rd4 Ra5 31. f4 Kd8 32. h5 Kc7 33. h6 Rxd5 34.
Rxd5 Nxd5 35. Kxa3 Nxf4 36. Kb2 Rg3 37. Ra1 Kb8 38. Ra4 e5 39. Ra6 Rxg5 40.
Rxd6 Kc7 41. Ra6 Kb7 42. Rf6 Rf5 43. Bf3+ Kc7 44. Ra6 Nd3+ 45. cxd3 Rxf3 46.
Kc2 Rh3 47. Ra7+ Kd6 48. Rxh7 Kc6 49. Rh8 g5 50. b4 g4 51. b5+ Kb7 52. Kd2 g3
53. Ke2 g2 54. Kf2 Rg3 55. Kg1 Rxd3 56. Rg8 Rh3 57. Rg6 e4 58. Kxg2 Rh5 59. b6
Rf5 60. Re6 e3 61. Rxe3 Kxb6 62. Kg3 Rh5 63. Re6+ Kc7 64. Kg4 Rh1 65. Kg5 Kd7
66. Re2 Rg1+ 67. Kf6 Rh1 68. Kg7 Rg1+ 69. Kf7 Rf1+ 70. Kg6 Rg1+ 71. Kh7 Rg3 72.
Re4 Rg1 73. Kh8 Rg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch blitz 29th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2010.12.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "184"]
[EventDate "2010.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. Be2 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. d3
Nd7 9. Qg3 Ne7 10. Bd2 O-O 11. Qh4 f5 12. Bg5 Rf7 13. exf5 exf5 14. Rfe1 Qf8
15. Bf1 Re8 16. Qb4 Nb6 17. a4 h6 18. Bd2 Nec8 19. Qxf8+ Rfxf8 20. a5 Nd7 21.
g3 Kf7 22. Bg2 Rxe1+ 23. Bxe1 Ne7 24. Na4 Re8 25. Bb4 Bf8 26. c3 Nc8 27. Bxf8
Kxf8 28. Kf1 Nd6 29. b4 Ke7 30. Re1+ Kd8 31. Rxe8+ Kxe8 32. Ke2 Kd8 33. Kd2 Kc7
34. Nc5 Nxc5 35. bxc5 Ne8 36. Ke3 Kd7 37. g4 fxg4 38. hxg4 g5 39. Kd4 Nf6 40.
c4 dxc4 41. Kxc4 Ke6 42. Kd4 a6 43. Bf3 Ng8 44. Be4 Ne7 45. Bh7 Kf6 46. Ke4 Ke6
47. Kd4 Kf6 48. Be4 Ke6 49. Bg2 Ng6 50. Ke4 Ne7 51. f4 Nd5 52. f5+ Kf6 53. Kd4
Nf4 54. Bf3 Nh3 55. Ke3 Nf4 56. d4 Ke7 57. Ke4 Kf6 58. Ke3 Ke7 59. Kd2 Kf6 60.
Kc3 h5 61. gxh5 Kxf5 62. Kd2 g4 63. Bd1 Nxh5 64. Ke3 Nf6 65. Bc2+ Kg5 66. Bd1
Nd5+ 67. Kf2 Kf4 68. Be2 Nc3 69. Bd3 Ne4+ 70. Ke2 g3 71. Kf1 Ke3 72. Bc4 Kxd4
73. Be6 Kxc5 74. Kg2 Kb4 75. Bc8 Nd6 76. Be6 Kxa5 77. Kxg3 Kb4 78. Kf2 a5 79.
Ke1 a4 80. Kd2 b5 81. Kd3 c5 82. Kc2 c4 83. Kb2 a3+ 84. Ka2 Ne4 85. Bf5 Nc3+
86. Ka1 Kc5 87. Be6 Ne2 88. Bg4 Nd4 89. Ka2 b4 90. Bh5 Nb5 91. Bd1 Nc3+ 92. Ka1
Nxd1 0-1

[Event "EU-ch blitz 29th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2010.12.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2010.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 b5 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nd7 7. a4 b4 8. a5 Be7
9. a6 Bc6 10. c3 bxc3 11. Nxc3 Ngf6 12. Re1 Ne5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Qc2 Rb8 15.
Na4 Rb5 16. Be3 Nd7 17. b3 O-O 18. Nb2 Qb8 19. Nc4 Rxb3 20. Na5 Rb6 21. Nxc6
Rxc6 22. Reb1 Rb6 23. Bf1 Qc7 24. Rxb6 Nxb6 25. Be2 Rc8 26. Bd2 Qc6 27. Rb1 h6
28. h4 Bd8 29. Be3 Be7 30. Kg2 Bd8 31. Kg1 Rc7 32. Qb2 Be7 33. Qxe5 Bf6 34. Qf4
Bd4 35. Bxd4 cxd4 36. Bf3 Qc5 37. e5 Rc8 38. h5 Nd7 39. Re1 Qa5 40. Bb7 Qxe1+
41. Kg2 Rc1 42. Kh2 Nc5 43. Qxd4 Nxb7 0-1

[Event "EU-ch blitz 29th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2010.12.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2010.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. Bf4 Nf6 8.
e4 d6 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Rd1 a5 11. Be2 a4 12. Na1 Qa5 13. Nc2 Rd8 14. O-O Bd7 15.
Bxd6 Be8 16. c5 Bxd6 17. cxd6 e5 18. Rfe1 Rd7 19. Na3 Nd4 20. Nab5 Rad8 21. Qc1
Rc8 22. Nxd4 exd4 23. Rxd4 Qe5 24. Qd2 Rcd8 25. Rd1 g5 26. Bb5 Ng4 27. Bxd7
Qxh2+ 28. Kf1 Rxd7 29. Qxg5+ Kf8 30. Qxg4 1-0

[Event "EU-ch blitz 29th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2010.12.17"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2010.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8. f4
Nc5 9. f5 Bd7 10. O-O Be7 11. Bg5 O-O 12. fxe6 fxe6 13. Nf5 Kh8 14. Nxe7 Qxe7
15. Qd4 Bc6 16. e5 dxe5 17. Qxe5 Rae8 18. Rae1 Ncd7 19. Qg3 Qc5+ 20. Be3 Qh5
21. Ne2 Ne4 22. Qc7 Rxf1+ 23. Kxf1 Ne5 24. Kg1 Ng4 25. Bb6 Ng5 26. Qg3 Ne4 27.
Qh3 Qxh3 28. gxh3 Ngf6 29. Nd4 Bd7 30. Nf3 e5 31. Bc7 Bxh3 32. Nxe5 Be6 33. c4
Nd2 34. Ba5 Nxb3 35. axb3 Kg8 36. Bc3 Bf5 37. Rf1 Bc2 38. b4 Bb3 39. Rf4 Rd8
40. Rd4 Rxd4 41. Bxd4 Kf8 42. Kf2 Ke7 43. Ke3 Ke6 44. Kd3 Ba4 45. Kc3 Be8 46.
Nd3 Bc6 47. Nc5+ Kf5 48. b5 axb5 49. cxb5 Bd5 50. Kd2 g5 51. Ke1 h5 52. h3 Ne8
53. Kf2 Nd6 54. b6 Nc4 55. Nd7 Bc6 56. Nf6 h4 57. Ng4 Ke4 58. Bf6 Kf5 59. Bd4
Nd6 60. Ne3+ Kg6 61. Be5 Ne4+ 62. Kf1 Bd7 63. Kg2 Nc5 64. Nc4 Nd3 65. Bc7 Be6
66. Ne5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch blitz 29th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2010.12.17"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2010.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 d4 11. Bxe6 Nxe6 12. cxd4 Ncxd4 13. a4 Bc5 14. Ne4 Bb6
15. axb5 axb5 16. Rxa8 Qxa8 17. Nxd4 Qxe4 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Be3 Bxe3 20. fxe3
Qxe5 21. Qf3 Ke7 22. Kh1 Qf5 23. Qe2 Qd5 24. e4 Qe5 25. Qf2 Ra8 26. h3 h6 27.
Qf7+ Kd6 28. Rc1 Rc8 29. b4 g5 30. Qh7 Qf4 31. Rd1+ Kc6 32. Qd7+ *

[Event "EU-ch blitz 29th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2010.12.17"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2010.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
cxd4 9. exd4 b6 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Rc1 Nbd7 12. Qe2 Re8 13. Rfd1 h6 14. Bh4 Rc8
15. Bb5 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Rc7 17. Ne5 g5 18. Bg3 Rc8 19. h4 a6 20. hxg5 hxg5 21.
Bxd7 Nxd7 22. Qh5 Re7 23. Qxg5+ Kh7 24. Qh5+ Kg7 25. Bh4 Nf8 26. Qg5+ 1-0

[Event "EU-ch blitz 29th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2010.12.17"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2010.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Ne2 Nf6 5. Nec3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 Nbd7 8. Bg5
h6 9. Be3 Nc5 10. Nd2 a5 11. h4 Bd7 12. h5 c6 13. hxg6 fxg6 14. Bxh6 Bxh6 15.
Rxh6 Kg7 16. Rh1 Qb6 17. Qc2 a4 18. O-O-O a3 19. b3 Na6 20. c5 Qxc5 21. Bxa6
Rxa6 22. Nc4 cxd5 23. Nxd5 Nxd5 24. Rxd5 Qxf2 25. Rd2 Qg3 26. Kb1 Rc6 27. Qd1
Qc3 28. Rd3 Qb4 29. Nxe5 Qxe4 30. Nxd7 Rc3 31. Nxf8 Rxd3 32. Qc2 Kxf8 33. Qc8+
Ke7 34. Rh7+ Kf6 35. Qf8+ Kg5 36. Qh6+ Kf6 37. Qf8+ Kg5 38. Qh6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch blitz 29th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2010.12.17"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2010.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 g6 8. Be2
Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Qf4 12. Qd3 Nd7 13. Rad1 e5 14. g3 Qf5 15.
d5 cxd5 16. cxd5 Nf6 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Qe3 Kg7 19. Bd3 Qd7 20. Bb1 Qd6 21.
Rfe1 Bg4 22. Kg2 a6 23. h3 Bxf3+ 24. Qxf3 Rac8 25. a3 Rc5 26. Be4 Rfc8 27. Re2
h5 28. Qb3 Rb5 29. Qd3 Rbc5 30. Qb3 R8c7 31. Rc2 Rxc2 32. Bxc2 Be7 33. g4 hxg4
34. hxg4 Bg5 35. Be4 Bf4 36. Rh1 Kf6 37. Qh3 Rc4 38. Qf3 Kg7 39. Qe2 b5 40. Rd1
a5 41. Bf3 a4 42. Rd3 Rc5 43. Rd1 Rc4 44. Rd3 Qf6 45. Rd1 Qh4 46. Rh1 Qd8 47.
Rd1 Qd6 48. Rd3 f5 49. gxf5 gxf5 50. Rc3 e4 51. Bh5 Rxc3 52. bxc3 Qxd5 53. Be8
Bd6 54. Qxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch blitz 29th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2010.12.17"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2010.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nf3 Bb7 5. Qc2 bxc4 6. e4 e6 7. Bxc4 exd5 8.
exd5 Bxd5 9. Bxd5 Nxd5 10. O-O Be7 11. Re1 Nc6 12. Qxc5 Nf6 13. Qf5 O-O 14. Nc3
d5 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bh4 Rb8 17. Rad1 d4 18. Nb5 g6 19. Qd3 Nb4 20. Qc4 d3 21. a3
Nc2 22. Rf1 Qd5 23. Qxd5 Nxd5 24. Bxe7 Nxe7 25. Nc3 Rfd8 26. Ne5 Rxb2 27. Ne4
Nxa3 28. Rxd3 Rxd3 29. Nxd3 Rb6 30. Ra1 Rb1+ 31. Rxb1 Nxb1 32. Nd6 Na3 33. Ne5
f5 34. f4 Kg7 35. Kf2 Nc2 36. Ke2 Nd4+ 37. Kd3 Ndc6 38. Nd7 Nd5 39. g3 Nf6 40.
Ke3 Nxd7 0-1

[Event "EU-ch blitz 29th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2010.12.17"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2010.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8. f4
Nc5 9. f5 Bd7 10. O-O Be7 11. Bg5 Nxb3 12. axb3 O-O 13. Qd3 b5 14. b4 h6 15.
Bh4 Ng4 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. b3 Ne5 18. Qg3 Qg5 19. Qxg5 hxg5 20. fxe6 Bxe6 21.
Nd5 Bxd5 22. exd5 Rfc8 23. Ra2 Ng4 24. Rfa1 Ne3 25. Rxa6 Rxa6 26. Rxa6 Nxd5 27.
Rc6 Re8 28. c3 Re1+ 29. Kf2 Rb1 30. Nxb5 Rxb3 31. Nd4 Rxc3 32. Rxc3 Nxc3 33. b5
Na4 34. Nf5 Kf8 35. Ke3 d5 36. Kd4 g6 37. Ne3 Ke7 38. Kxd5 f5 39. Ke5 g4 40.
Nd5+ Kd7 41. Nf4 g5 42. Nd3 f4 43. Kf5 f3 44. gxf3 gxf3 45. Kxg5 Nc3 46. b6
Ne4+ 47. Kf5 f2 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch blitz 29th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2010.12.17"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2010.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 b5 6. Ne5 Nd5 7. a4 c6 8. O-O a6
9. axb5 cxb5 10. e4 Nb4 11. Nc3 Qb6 12. Be3 Nd7 13. d5 Bc5 14. Nxf7 Kxf7 15.
dxe6+ Qxe6 16. Bxc5 Nxc5 17. Qh5+ g6 18. Qxc5 Nd3 19. Qd4 Bb7 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21.
exd5 Qf6 22. Qg4 Ra7 23. Rad1 h5 24. Qh3 Re8 25. Rd2 Nxb2 26. d6 Nd3 27. d7 Rd8
28. Bd5+ Kg7 29. Be6 a5 30. Rfd1 a4 31. g4 Qxe6 0-1

[Event "EU-ch rapid"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2010.12.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sadzikowski, Marian"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "1900"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2010.12.18"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e5 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. O-O Nh6 8. d3
Nf5 9. Nc3 h5 10. Qe1 Be7 11. Ne2 h4 12. c3 d4 13. c4 b5 14. b3 Qb6 15. Bd2 Rh6
16. Ng5 Rg6 17. Rf2 Rb8 18. Kf1 bxc4 19. bxc4 Ne3+ 20. Bxe3 dxe3 21. Rf3 Bxg5
22. fxg5 Rxg5 23. Qxh4 Bxf3 24. gxf3 Qb2 25. Qxg5 Qxa1+ 26. Kg2 Rb2 27. Qxe3
Qe1 28. Qxc5 Qxe2+ 0-1

[Event "EU-ch rapid"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2010.12.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Dumanski, Aleksander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B39"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2229"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2010.12.18"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Ng4 8.
Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 Ne6 10. Rc1 Qa5 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O g5 13. Nd5 Qd8 14. Qd2 h6
15. c5 f5 16. exf5 Rxf5 17. Rfd1 Qf8 18. Bg4 Re5 19. Bxe6+ dxe6 20. Nc7 Rb8 21.
Qd8 Rf5 22. Ne8 Bxb2 23. Rb1 Be5 24. c6 b6 25. c7 Ra8 26. Rbc1 Kf7 27. Qd3 Qxe8
28. Qe4 Ba6 29. g4 Rf4 30. Bxf4 Bxf4 31. Rc6 e5 32. Qh7+ Kf8 33. Qxh6+ Kf7 34.
Qh7+ Kf8 35. Rd8 Rxd8 36. Qh8+ Kf7 37. cxd8=N+ 1-0

[Event "EU-ch rapid"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2010.12.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kiss, Pal"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2381"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2010.12.18"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3
d5 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 c5 12. e4 dxc4 13. Nxc4 Bb7 14. Qd3 Qc7 15.
Rad1 Rfd8 16. Qb1 Rac8 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. e5 Nfe4 19. Bd4 b5 20. Ne3 Qb8 21. Bb2
Qa8 22. Nd4 Ng5 23. Bxb7 Qxb7 24. f4 Nh3+ 25. Kf1 Qh1+ 0-1

[Event "EU-ch rapid"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2010.12.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Nyzhnyk, Illya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2010.12.18"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nge2 e5 7. d5 a5 8. h3 Na6
9. Bg5 Qe8 10. g4 Nd7 11. Ng3 Ndc5 12. Be2 Kh8 13. Qd2 f6 14. Be3 f5 15. gxf5
gxf5 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. Nxf5 Rxf5 18. Rg1 Qf7 19. O-O-O Nb4 20. Kb1 Rxf2 21.
Bxf2 Qf5+ 22. Ka1 Nc2+ 23. Kb1 Nb4+ 24. Ka1 Nc2+ 25. Qxc2 Qxc2 26. Bxc5 dxc5
27. Bd3 Qh2 28. Rh1 Qf4 29. Rhf1 Qe3 30. Rfe1 Qh6 31. Ne4 Rf8 32. a3 b6 33. Bc2
Qh4 34. Rg1 Bh6 35. d6 cxd6 36. Rxd6 Be3 37. Rg3 Bd4 38. Rxb6 Qf4 39. Ka2 a4
40. Rg4 Qf1 41. Nd6 e4 42. Bxe4 Bg7 43. Rb7 Qf6 44. Rbxg7 Qxg7 45. Rxg7 Kxg7
46. Bc6 Kf6 47. Ne4+ Ke5 48. Nc3 Kd4 1-0

[Event "EU-ch rapid"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2010.12.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Romanov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2010.12.18"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bf4 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Nxc6 bxc6 9. Bd2 Rb8 10. e4 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Qxd1+ 12. Rxd1 Bb4 13. Kd2 Ke7 14.
Bc4 Rd8+ 15. Kc2 Rxd1 16. Rxd1 Bxc3 17. Kxc3 c5 18. e5 Bb7 19. g3 Bc6 20. f4 h5
21. h4 Rb6 22. Rd6 Bd7 23. Rxb6 axb6 24. b4 cxb4+ 25. Kxb4 Bc6 26. Bb5 Kd7 27.
Be2 g6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch rapid"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2010.12.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Moranda, Wojciech"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2010.12.18"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. g4 Be6 10. Nxe6 fxe6 11. O-O-O Ne8 12. f4 Qa5 13. Bc4 Nc7 14. Nb5 Nxb5
15. Qxa5 Nxa5 16. Bxb5 a6 17. Be2 Rac8 18. Kb1 b5 19. g5 Nc4 20. Bc1 Rc6 21.
Bg4 Kf7 22. h4 b4 23. h5 Rb8 24. Rd3 a5 25. hxg6+ hxg6 26. Rh7 Kg8 27. Rh2 Kf7
28. f5 exf5 29. exf5 gxf5 30. Bxf5 a4 31. Bd7 Rc5 32. Bxa4 Kg6 33. Bb3 Rf8 34.
Rd1 d5 35. Re2 e5 36. Bxc4 dxc4 37. Rd6+ Kh7 38. Re1 Ra8 39. g6+ Kg8 40. Red1
Rf8 41. Rb6 Re8 42. Rxb4 Rc6 43. Be3 e4 44. c3 Rec8 45. Rg1 Rd6 46. Rg4 Rd1+
47. Kc2 Re1 48. Kd2 Rh1 49. Rxe4 Rd8+ 50. Ke2 Rh2+ 51. Kf3 Bf8 52. Rb7 Bd6 53.
Re6 Rh3+ 54. Kg4 Rg3+ 55. Kh4 Rg2 56. Bd4 Bf8 57. Rh7 Rxg6 58. Rxg6+ Kxh7 59.
Rc6 Rb8 60. Rb6 Ra8 61. a3 1-0

[Event "EU-ch rapid"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2010.12.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Andriasian, Zaven"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2010.12.18"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Rb1 a5 6. a3 Nf6 7. b4 axb4 8. axb4
O-O 9. d3 d6 10. Nf3 h6 11. Nd2 Nh5 12. b5 Ne7 13. Qb3 Kh7 14. O-O f5 15. Ba3
f4 16. c5 Nf5 17. b6 Nd4 18. Qb2 dxc5 19. Bxc5 Rf7 20. bxc7 Qxc7 21. Bxd4 exd4
22. Nd5 Qd8 23. Nb6 Rb8 24. Nxc8 Rxc8 25. Bf3 Nf6 26. Nc4 Re7 27. Qb6 Nd5 28.
Qxd8 Rxd8 29. Rfe1 fxg3 30. hxg3 h5 31. Rb5 Nc3 32. Rxb7 Rxb7 33. Bxb7 Rd7 34.
Bf3 Ra7 35. Kg2 Ra2 36. g4 hxg4 37. Bxg4 Bf6 38. Kf3 Kg7 39. Be6 Ra6 40. Bh3
Bh4 41. Rf1 Rf6+ 42. Kg4 Bxf2 43. Nd6 Rxd6 44. Rxf2 Re6 45. Bf1 Nd1 46. Rf3
Ne3+ 47. Kh4 Re5 48. Bh3 Nd5 49. Rf2 g5+ 50. Kg3 Re3+ 51. Rf3 Rxe2 52. Rf5 Re3+
53. Kg4 Nf6+ 54. Kxg5 Rg3+ 55. Kh4 Rxd3 56. Bf1 Rd2 57. Kg5 Ne4+ 58. Kf4 Nd6
59. Rg5+ Kf6 60. Rg2 Rd1 61. Be2 Rh1 62. Bd3 Rh4+ 63. Rg4 Rxg4+ 64. Kxg4 Ke5
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch rapid"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2010.12.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mchedlishvili, Mikheil"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2010.12.18"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. c4 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qb3 Nc5 7. Qc2 c6 8.
O-O Ne6 9. Qa4 Bh5 10. d3 Bd6 11. Nc3 Ne7 12. Ng5 O-O 13. e4 b5 14. Nxe6 fxe6
15. Qc2 d4 16. Ne2 e5 17. f4 Qb6 18. a4 a6 19. fxe5 Rxf1+ 20. Bxf1 Bxe5 21. Nf4
Bf7 22. a5 Qc7 23. b4 Qd6 24. Bd2 Rf8 25. Rc1 Be8 26. Bh3 Ng6 27. Nxg6 hxg6 28.
Rf1 Rxf1+ 29. Kxf1 Bd7 30. Bxd7 Qxd7 31. Qc5 Qe6 32. Ke1 Kh7 33. Bf4 Bf6 34. h4
Qg4 35. Qxc6 Qf3 36. Qc2 Be7 37. Qb3 Bxh4 38. gxh4 Qxf4 39. Qc2 Qxh4+ 40. Qf2
g5 41. Kf1 Qf4 42. Ke2 Qe5 43. Qg2 Kg6 44. Qh3 Qf4 45. Qe6+ Kh5 46. Qh3+ Qh4
47. Qf3+ Kh6 48. Qf2 Qg4+ 49. Qf3 Qe6 50. Kf1 g4 51. Qf4+ Kh5 52. e5 Qd5 53.
Kf2 Kh4 54. Kg1 Qc6 55. Qxd4 Kh3 56. Qe3+ g3 57. Qd2 Qd5 58. d4 Qe4 0-1

[Event "EU-ch rapid"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2010.12.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kempinski, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2010.12.18"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. d3 c6 7. b3 Bg7 8. Bb2
N8d7 9. Nf3 O-O 10. O-O a5 11. Rb1 Nf6 12. Qc2 h6 13. Rfd1 Be6 14. e4 Qc8 15.
d4 Bh3 16. Bh1 Rd8 17. a4 Qe6 18. Re1 Ne8 19. Ne2 g5 20. Ne5 Nc7 21. Nd3 Na6
22. Bc3 Nb4 23. Nxb4 axb4 24. Bxb4 Bg4 25. Bc3 Bxe2 26. Rxe2 Rxd4 27. Bxd4 Bxd4
28. Bg2 Qf6 29. Kh1 e5 30. Bh3 Qf3+ 31. Kg1 Ra5 32. Bf5 Rc5 33. Qd1 Rc3 34. Rd2
Qxd1+ 35. Rdxd1 Rc2 36. Rf1 Ra2 37. Kh1 c5 38. f4 c4 39. fxg5 hxg5 40. bxc4
Nxc4 41. Rfe1 Nd6 42. Bd7 Bc3 43. Rf1 Nxe4 44. Rxb7 Nf2+ 45. Rxf2 Rxf2 46. Rc7
Bd4 47. a5 Ra2 48. Be8 Ra1+ 49. Kg2 g4 50. Bxf7+ Kf8 51. h3 Rxa5 52. h4 Ra7 53.
Rxa7 Bxa7 54. Be6 e4 55. Bxg4 Bb8 56. Bf5 Bxg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch rapid"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2010.12.19"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Vovk, Yuri"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2010.12.18"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Qc2 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. Qxc4 b5 8. Qc2
Bb7 9. e3 Nbd7 10. Nbd2 Rc8 11. a4 c5 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. d5 exd5 14. Bxb5 a6 15.
Be2 Ne5 16. O-O Qd7 17. e4 Rg8 18. Ra3 c4 19. Nxe5 fxe5 20. Rg3 Rxg3 21. fxg3
dxe4 22. Nxc4 Qe6 23. b3 Bc5+ 24. Kh1 Ke7 25. Qc3 e3 26. Nxe3 Bxe3 27. Qxe3 Rc2
28. Bf3 Bxf3 29. Qxf3 Rb2 30. Qb7+ Kf8 31. b4 Kg7 32. Qe4 Rd2 33. Re1 Qf6 34.
h3 Rd4 35. Qxe5 Rxb4 36. Qe8 Rb2 37. Kh2 Ra2 38. Re4 h5 39. Rf4 Qg6 40. Qe5+ f6
41. Qd6 a5 42. Qc7+ Qf7 43. Qc6 Rd2 44. Qf3 Ra2 45. Rd4 Qe8 46. Qf5 Qc6 47. Qe4
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch rapid"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2010.12.19"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Edouard, Romain"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2010.12.18"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. g3 Qb6 6. Nc2 h5 7. Bg2 h4 8. Nc3
hxg3 9. hxg3 Rxh1+ 10. Bxh1 e6 11. Bf4 Ng4 12. e3 Nge5 13. b3 Qa5 14. Qd2 Nb4
15. Kf1 Nxc2 16. Qxc2 Ng6 17. Rd1 Nxf4 18. exf4 a6 19. Ne4 Qc7 20. Qd2 Rb8 21.
c5 b6 22. Nd6+ Ke7 23. f5 Qxc5 24. Qg5+ f6 25. Qg6 Kd8 26. Qe8+ Kc7 27. Qxf8
Bb7 28. Qxg7 Bxh1 29. Ne8+ 1-0

[Event "EU-ch rapid"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2010.12.19"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Neiksans, Arturs"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2010.12.18"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 d6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. h3 h6 7. a3 Bb6 8. Na4
Ne7 9. Nxb6 axb6 10. O-O O-O 11. Nh4 g5 12. Qf3 Kg7 13. Nf5+ Bxf5 14. exf5 Qd7
15. g4 Qc6 16. Qg3 Ned5 17. Bxd5 Nxd5 18. Qf3 f6 19. Be3 Ne7 20. Qxc6 bxc6 21.
d4 exd4 22. Bxd4 c5 23. Bc3 b5 24. f4 Nc6 25. Rae1 b4 26. axb4 cxb4 27. Bd2 Ra2
28. Bc1 Nd4 29. Rf2 Kf7 30. Rd1 c5 31. Kg2 Re8 32. c3 bxc3 33. bxc3 Ne2 34.
fxg5 hxg5 35. Rd2 Nf4+ 36. Kh2 Ra1 37. Rd1 Rh8 38. Rf3 c4 39. Rh1 Ra2+ 40. Kg1
Ne2+ 0-1

[Event "EU-ch rapid"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2010.12.19"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2010.12.18"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 Be7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. O-O b5 11. Ba2 Bb7 12. Re1 Nc6 13. d5 exd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5
15. Bxd5 Bf6 16. Rb1 Na5 17. Bxb7 Nxb7 18. Be3 Qxd1 19. Rexd1 Rfc8 20. g4 Na5
21. g5 Be7 22. Rd7 Re8 23. Bd4 Nb3 24. Be3 Bc5 25. Bxc5 Nxc5 26. Rc7 Ne6 27.
Rc6 Red8 28. Rbc1 g6 29. h4 Nd4 30. Nxd4 Rxd4 31. Kg2 Rxh4 32. Kg3 Rd4 33. Rc8+
Rxc8 34. Rxc8+ Kg7 35. Ra8 Rd6 36. Ra7 Kf8 37. f3 Rd5 38. Kg4 Rd4+ 39. Kg3 Ra4
40. Rb7 Kg7 41. Ra7 a5 42. f4 Rd4 43. Rxa5 Rd3+ 44. Kg4 Rb3 45. a4 b4 46. f5
gxf5+ 47. Rxf5 Rxb2 48. Rb5 b3 49. a5 Rb1 50. a6 b2 51. a7 Rg1+ 52. Kf4 Ra1 53.
Rxb2 Ra4+ 54. Kf5 Ra5+ 55. Kf4 Rxa7 56. Rb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch rapid playoff"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2010.12.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2010.12.19"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O c5 7. Na3 Nec6 8. Bg5
Be7 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. c4 O-O 11. cxd5 exd5 12. dxc5 Qxc5 13. Nb5 Nd7 14. Rc1 Qb4
15. Nfd4 Bg6 16. f4 Be4 17. b3 a6 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Nd6 Nc5 20. Kh1 a5 21. f5
a4 22. f6 axb3 23. fxg7 Kxg7 24. axb3 Ra2 25. Bf3 Bg6 26. Bg4 Nd3 27. Qf3 Qd2
28. e6 f5 29. e7 Rf6 30. e8=N+ Bxe8 31. Nxe8+ Kg6 32. Bh5+ Kg5 33. Qg3+ Kxh5
34. Nxf6+ Kh6 35. Ng8+ Kh5 1-0

[Event "EU-ch rapid playoff 3rd"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2010.12.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2010.12.19"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 e4 8. Ne5
f5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Qc2 Nb4 11. Qa4 Bd7 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Bg5 Bxg5 14. Qxb4 Qe7
15. Qc4+ Qe6 16. Qxe6+ Bxe6 17. Na4 e3 18. Nc5 Bc4 19. b3 Bxe2 20. Rfe1 exf2+
21. Kxf2 Bh5 22. Bxc6 Rac8 23. Ne6 Bf6 24. Rac1 Rf7 25. Nf4 Bxd4+ 26. Kg2 Bg6
27. Bd5 Kf8 28. Ne6+ 1-0

[Event "Reggio Emilia 53rd"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "2010.12.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2010.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 d6 7. Bb2 Ne4 8. Nbd2
Nc6 9. Nxe4 fxe4 10. Ne1 d5 11. c4 dxc4 12. e3 Be6 13. Bxe4 Bd5 14. Bxd5+ Qxd5
15. Rc1 cxb3 16. Rc5 Qf7 17. Qxb3 Qxb3 18. axb3 Rf5 19. Nd3 e6 20. g4 Rd5 21.
Rxd5 exd5 22. Nf4 Rd8 23. Ne6 Rc8 24. e4 Kf7 25. Ng5+ Kg8 26. Ne6 Kf7 27. Ng5+
Kg8 28. e5 Bh6 29. Nh3 a5 30. f4 Ra8 31. Ra1 Ra6 32. Bc3 Rb6 33. Bxa5 Rxb3 34.
Kg2 Rb2+ 35. Kh1 b6 36. Be1 Rb3 37. Ra8+ Kf7 38. Bg3 Nxd4 39. Rd8 c6 40. Rd7+
Kg8 41. Rd8+ Kf7 42. Rd7+ Kg8 43. Rd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reggio Emilia 53rd"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "2010.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2010.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. g3
Bd6 9. O-O Ne4 10. f3 Nxg3 11. hxg3 Bxg3 12. Ng2 Qg5 13. Rf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reggio Emilia 53rd"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "2010.12.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2010.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. Bd2 O-O 6. g3 Qe7 7. Bg2 Ne4 8. Nxe4
fxe4 9. Ne5 d5 10. O-O Nd7 11. Bf4 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Bd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Qb3 Qb6
15. Qc3 Bd7 16. c5 Qa6 17. f3 Qxe2 18. Rae1 Qd3 19. fxe4 Qxc3 20. bxc3 Bc6 21.
exd5 Bxd5 22. Bxd5 exd5 23. Re7 Rxf1+ 24. Kxf1 Rf8+ 25. Ke2 Rf7 26. Re8+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Reggio Emilia 53rd"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "2010.12.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2010.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Rb1 a5 6. a3 d6 7. b4 axb4 8. axb4
f5 9. b5 Nce7 10. d3 Nf6 11. Nf3 h6 12. Qb3 Be6 13. Nd2 c6 14. O-O O-O 15. Bb2
Qd7 16. Ra1 Bf7 17. Ra4 d5 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. Rfa1 Rxa4 20. Nxa4 e4 21. Qb4 Ra8
22. Nb3 Qc7 23. Nbc5 Rb8 24. Qa3 Ra8 25. cxd5 cxd5 26. Rc1 Qd6 27. Qb4 Rc8 28.
Qd2 Rc6 29. e3 Nd7 30. d4 g5 31. Bf1 Nf6 32. Ba3 Qb8 33. Rc3 Qa8 34. Rb3 Rc7
35. Qb2 Nc6 36. Rb6 Nd7 37. Ra6 Ra7 38. Nb6 Nxb6 39. Qxb6 Bf8 40. Bb5 Rxa6 41.
Bxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reggio Emilia 53rd"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "2011.01.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Godena, Michele"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2010.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. O-O Be7 7. e5 Ne4 8.
Nxd4 O-O 9. Nf5 Nc5 10. Qg4 g6 11. Bxc6 dxc6 12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. Qe2 Re8 14. Re1
Bf5 15. Nc3 Rad8 16. h3 h5 17. Bh6 Ne6 18. Be3 Qb4 19. Rab1 Nd4 20. Bxd4 Rxd4
21. a3 Qc5 22. Qe3 Rc4 23. Rbc1 Kg7 24. Qg3 h4 25. Qh2 Re6 26. Re3 a5 27. g4
hxg3 28. Qxg3 Qe7 29. Ne2 g5 30. c3 c5 31. f4 Rg6 32. Kh2 gxf4 0-1

[Event "Reggio Emilia 53rd"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "2011.01.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2010.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 {Heutzutage ist das die Hauptvariante gegen Caro-Kann.}
Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 $1 {Die prinzipiellste Fortsetzung. Alle anderen Züge
sind zu langsam und erlauben Weiß, einen kleinen Vorteil zu bekommen.} (5...
Nd7 6. O-O h6 7. Nbd2 Ne7 8. Nb3 Nc8 9. a4 Be7 10. a5 $14 {Bologan - Drazic 
(Rijeka, 2010)}) (5... Ne7 6. Nbd2 Nc8 7. Nb3 Nd7 8. O-O Be7 9. a4 O-O 10. Be3
Qc7 11. Nfd2 c5 12. c4 $14 {Rublevsky - Wojtaszek (Warsaw, 2010)}) 6. Be3 Qb6 {
Die letzten Erfahrungen haben gezeigt, dass dieser Zug für Schwarz sehr
gefährlich ist. Besser scheint doch 6...cxd4 zu sein.} (6... cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ne7
8. c4 $1 {ist die beste Fortsetzung.} (8. Bg5 $2 {Die alte Hauptvariante führt
zu nichts.} Qd7 $1 (8... Qa5+ 9. Nc3 Bg6 10. b4 Qb6 (10... Qxb4 11. Ndb5 $16)
11. Ndb5 Nc8 12. O-O a6 13. Na4 Qc6 14. c4 $1 axb5 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Rc1 $16 {
Zhang Zhong - Liang Chong (Wuxi, 2006)}) 9. Bxe7 Bxe7 10. Nxf5 exf5 11. Nd2 (
11. Bf3 Qb5 12. Qxd5 Qxb2 13. O-O Nc6 14. Nd2 (14. Qb3 Qxb3 15. axb3 Kd7 16.
Nc3 Rhd8 17. Rfd1+ Ke6 18. Nd5 Rac8 $11 {Almasi - Vallejo Pons (Heviz, 2008)})
14... Rd8 15. Qb3 Qxb3 16. Nxb3 Kd7 17. Rfd1+ Kc7 $11 {Mamedov - Rodshtein 
(Plovdiv, 2008)}) 11... Nc6 12. Nf3 O-O 13. O-O Rad8 $11 {Nijboer - Erenburg 
(Dieren, 2006). Demnächst spielt Schwarz Rfe8-Qc7-Bc5 und der weiße Bauer e5
wird genau so schwach wie der schwarze Bauer d5.}) 8... Nbc6 9. Qa4 a6 {
ist die Hauptvariante.} (9... dxc4 {Der Nachteil des sofortigen Nehmens ist,
dass der weiße Springer nun eine sehr verlockende Route findet, nämlich über
a3 nach c4 nach d6.} 10. Na3 (10. Nc3 {womöglich muss Schwarz hier 10...a6
spielen und zur Hauptvariante übergehen.}) 10... Qa5+ 11. Qxa5 Nxa5 12. Nxc4
Nxc4 13. Bxc4 a6 (13... Be4 14. Bb5+ Nc6 15. f3 Bd5 16. Ba4 $1 a6 17. Nxc6 bxc6
18. Rc1 $14) 14. f3 $1 $14 {Svidler - Anand (Madrid, 1998). Weiß wartet ab,
bis Schwarz den Springer von e7 zieht, um erst dann auf f5 zu nehmen. Seine
Stellung ist etwas besser und absolut risikofrei.}) 10. Nc3 dxc4 11. O-O-O Qa5
{ist die Hauptvariante.} (11... Qc8 {Wenn Schwarz diesen Zug spielt, muss er
damit rechnen, dass er die Dame geben muss.} 12. Nxf5 Nxf5 13. Bb6 $1 {Der
Läufer steht sehr gut auf b6 - er stört b5, bereitet Td8 vor und begrenzt die
schwarze Dame.} Bb4 14. Rd8+ Qxd8 15. Bxd8 Rxd8 16. a3 Be7 (16... Bxc3 17. bxc3
$16) 17. Bf3 Nfd4 18. Bxc6+ Nxc6 19. Rd1 O-O 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Qxc4 Rd4 22. Qe2
Bg5+ 23. Kb1 Bf4 24. g3 Bxe5 25. f4 Bd6 26. h4 $14 {Caruana - Cossin (Rogaska
Slatina, 2009). Das Spiel geht um zwei mögliche Resultate, Weiß hat gute
Aussichten.}) (11... Qc7 $4 12. Ndb5 $18) 12. Qxa5 Nxa5 13. Nxf5 Nxf5 14. Bb6
Nc6 15. f4 Rc8 16. g4 $1 {Weiß muss aktiv spielen, um Vorteil zu bekommen.} Nh4
17. Bxc4 g5 18. f5 $1 Nxe5 19. Bb3 {Das ist eine Stellung, die man tiefer
analysieren muss.} Bc5 (19... exf5 20. gxf5 Bg7 (20... Nxf5 21. Ba4+ Nc6 22.
Rhe1+ Be7 23. Rd5 $36) 21. Rhf1 O-O 22. f6 $44) 20. Ba4+ Ke7 (20... Kf8 21.
Bxc5+ Rxc5 22. Rd8+ Kg7 23. f6+ $18) 21. f6+ $1 Kxf6 22. Ne4+ Kg7 23. Nxc5 Nc4
24. Ba7 $14 {Caruana - Arutinian (Rijeka, 2010). Und Weiß hat sich doch
behaupten können.}) 7. Nc3 Nc6 (7... Qxb2 {Karjakin-Eljanov, Khanty Mansiysk
2010}) 8. O-O Qxb2 9. Qe1 cxd4 (9... O-O-O $2 {Eine sehr gefährliche Wahl -
der König fühlt sich am Damenflügel alles andere als sicher.} 10. Rb1 Qxc2 (
10... Qa3 11. Nb5 Qa4 12. dxc5 $18) 11. Bb5 (11. Bd1 Qd3 12. Be2 $11 {
garantiert Weiß Remis durch Zugwiederholung.}) (11. Rc1 $5 Qb2 12. Na4 Qxa2 13.
Bb5 c4 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Qa5 $40) 11... Bg4 12. Na4 $1 Bxf3 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14.
Qa5 $1 Kd7 (14... Qg6 15. Qa6+ Kd7 16. Rb7+ Ke8 17. Qxc6+ Rd7 18. Qxd7#) 15.
Qa6 $1 Ne7 16. Nxc5+ Ke8 17. gxf3 $16) 10. Bxd4 (10. Nxd4 $2 Bb4 11. Rb1 Qxc3
$19) 10... Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Bb4 $1 {Schwarz hat keine Zeit mehr zu verlieren,
denn sein König ist in Gefahr.} (11... Bxc2 $2 12. Bb5+ Kd8 13. Rc1 Be4 14. Qe3
Rc8 15. Nxe4 Rxc1 16. Rxc1 dxe4 17. Nc6+ bxc6 18. Rd1+ Kc8 19. Qxa7 $18) 12.
Rb1 Bxc3 (12... Qxc3 13. Rxb4 Qxe1 14. Rxe1 b6 15. Bb5+ $1 {Weiß nutzt die
Tatsache, dass sein Turm auf b4 etwas besser steht als auf b2. Er hätte auch
den Plan von Motylev spielen können:} (15. h4 h5 16. a4 $44) 15... Kf8 16. Nxf5
exf5 17. Rd1 Ne7 18. c4 $1 $14 {Nun kann Schwarz auf c4 nicht nehmen, weil
dann der weiße Turm auf die 7. Reihe eindringen wird.} a6 (18... dxc4 19. Rxc4
$16 a6 $2 20. Bxa6 $18) 19. Ba4 b5 20. cxb5 axb5 21. Rxb5 $1 $16 {Mekhitarian
- Turov (Eforie Nord, 2010). Weiß hat riesigen Vorteil.}) 13. Rxb2 Bxe1 14.
Rxe1 b6 15. Bb5+ $5 {Ein neuer Zug. Das Schachgebot sieht zumindest nicht
schlechter aus, als das früher gespielte 15.h4:} (15. h4 h5 16. a4 {Weiß hat
sehr gute Kompensation für den Bauern.} Ne7 17. a5 Bg6 18. Bb5+ Kf8 19. Ra1 $44
{Motylev - Belov (Dagomys, 2010)}) 15... Kf8 16. Nxf5 exf5 17. Rb3 $5 {
Interessante Idee. Der weiße Turm will in das schwarze Lager eindringen.} (17.
Rd1 Ne7 18. c4 dxc4 $1 {Der Unterschied ist, dass Weiß auf c4 nicht mit dem
Turm nehmen kann.} 19. Bxc4 Ng6 20. e6 fxe6 21. Bxe6 Ke7 22. Bxf5 Rhd8 $14 {
Weiß hat sicherlich einen gewissen Vorteil, doch Schwarz sollte die Stellung
halten.}) 17... Ne7 {Auf den ersten Blick würde man sich wünschen, die c-Linie
zu besetzen, doch leider ist es nicht so einfach:} (17... Rc8 18. Ra3 Rc7 (
18... a5 19. Bd3 Ne7 20. Rb3 Rc6 21. Reb1 Ng6 22. Rxb6 $16) 19. Rd1 Ne7 20. c4
$1 $16) 18. Rc3 a6 {Der Turmtausch ist schlecht:} (18... Rc8 $2 19. Rxc8+ Nxc8
20. Rd1 Ke7 (20... Ne7 21. c4 Ng6 22. cxd5 Nxe5 23. Re1 f6 24. f4 $18) 21. Rxd5
Rd8 22. c4 $16) 19. Bd7 $1 {Weiß nimmt das Feld c8 unter Kontrolle,
gleichzeitig wird der Bauer f5 angegriffen so dass der schwarze Springer nicht
wegziehen kann.} g6 $2 {Das ist ein großer Fehler. Schwarz schafft es sowieso
nicht, den König zu evakuieren. Er musste 19...h5 spielen, um den Turm vom h8
über h6 ins Spiel zu bringen.} (19... h5 $1 20. Rc7 Rh6 21. Rb7 b5 22. e6 fxe6
23. Bxe6 Rd8 24. Ra7 a5 $1 $44 {Dass Weiß Kompensation hat, ist gar keine
Frage, doch Schwarz kann sich höchstwahrscheinlich halten. Der Bauer a5 sollte
nicht genommen werden.} 25. Rxa5 $2 Nc6 26. Ra6 (26. Rxb5 Re8 27. Rxd5 Rexe6
28. Rxf5+ Ke7 $17) 26... Nb4 27. Ra7 Rf6 $15) 20. Rc7 {Die schwarze Stellung
ist nun sehr schwer zu spielen. Der natürliche Zug 20...Kg7 funktioniert nicht.
} b5 (20... Kg7 21. e6 $1 fxe6 (21... Kf6 22. exf7 Kxf7 23. Ba4 $18) 22. Bxe6
Kf6 23. Bf7 $1 Kxf7 24. Rcxe7+ $3 (24. Rexe7+ Kf6 25. f4 Rae8 $11) 24... Kf8 (
24... Kf6 25. f4 $18) 25. Rc7 Rg8 26. Ree7 $18 {Weiß hat zwar einen Bauern
weniger, seine Stellung ist jedoch gewonnen.}) 21. e6 $1 {Weiß will den
zweiten Turm ins Spiel bringen.} f6 {Nun kann man noch besser sehen, was für
einen Schaden der Zug ...g6 der schwarzen Stellung angetan hat.} (21... fxe6
22. Bxe6 h5 23. f4 h4 24. Bd7 $1 ({Hier klappt die gleiche Idee wie in der
Variante 20....Kg7 nicht:} 24. Bf7 Kxf7 25. Rcxe7+ Kg8 $1 $14 {Schwarz schafft
es, im nächsten Zug den Turm auf die 7. Reihe zu stellen. Weiß steht immer
noch besser, aber er kann aus der Stellung mehr machen.}) 24... Rh7 25. Re6 $44
) 22. Re3 {Die schwarze Stellung ist hoffnungslos. Weiß will Ra3-Bxb5 spielen.
Der schwarze Turm von h8 kommt in dieser Partie nicht mehr ins Spiel.} Rb8 {
Verliert sofort.} (22... b4 23. Rb3 a5 24. a3 bxa3 25. Rxa3 f4 26. Ra4 f5 27.
Rxf4 Kg7 $16 {Weiß hat riesigen Vorteil, aber zumindest läuft das Spiel noch
weiter.}) 23. Ra7 Rb6 24. Rc3 {Zwei Türme auf der 7. Reihe sind zu viel - das
kann Schwarz nicht lange aushalten.} h5 25. Bc8 Rh7 26. Rcc7 f4 27. Ra8 1-0

[Event "Reggio Emilia 53rd"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "2011.01.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2010.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O ({With} 5. d4) ({or} 5. cxd5
Nxd5 6. d4 {White could have gone for a Fianchetto Grünfeld (D71-9). However,
Ivanchuk keeps his pawn on d2 and prefers an English Opening setup.} (6. O-O
O-O 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Nxd5 Qxd5 9. d3 Qb5 {- A15 leads to a position, which
resembles the g3 open Dragon Sicilian with opposite colours. Black is a tempo
down, therefore he hasn't played e5 yet, but he even doesn't need to - this
line is fully satisfactory for him.} 10. Rb1 Be6 11. b3 Rad8 12. Be3 Bd5 13.
Qd2 Qb4 14. Rfc1 Qxd2 15. Nxd2 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Rd7 17. b4 Nd4 18. Kf1 c6 19. Ne4
Rfd8 20. a4 a6 21. Bf4 e5 22. Bg5 Re8 23. Nc5 Rc7 24. Bd2 h6 25. f3 Bf8 26. Kf2
f5 27. Nb3 Nxb3 28. Rxb3 Rd7 $11 {Kramnik,V (2751)-Svidler,P (2713)/ICC 5'/
1999/})) 5... dxc4 {Navara doesn't give his opponent a second chance for a
pure Grünfeld.} (5... O-O 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nc3 Nb6 8. d3 Nc6 9. Be3 e5 {- A16
is another way to keep the game in English channels.}) 6. Na3 ({The main
alternative is} 6. Qa4+ {and now:} {A typical Grünfeld move is} Nfd7 $5 (6...
Bd7 7. Qxc4 O-O 8. Nc3 {is not ideal from Black's point of view. His B is
misplaced on d7 and this position can arise from the line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.
Nc3 d5 4.Qa4+ Bd7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 Bg7 7.g3 0-0 8.Bg2, only here White has an
extra tempo (0-0) as he has made only 2 moves with his Q. This probably gives
him an edge.}) (6... c6 7. Qxc4 O-O 8. d3 (8. Qc2 Na6 9. d3 Re8 10. Nc3 e5 11.
a3 h6 12. b4 Nc7 13. Bb2 a6 14. Nd2 Ne6 15. e3 h5 16. Nde4 Nd5 17. Rad1 h4 18.
Rfe1 hxg3 19. hxg3 Rb8 20. Qb3 Nec7 21. Nxd5 cxd5 22. Nc3 Be6 23. Qc2 Rc8 $15 {
[%csl Gd5,Ge5] [+],Ponomariov,R (2739)-Svidler,P (2754)/WCh 5' Moscow/2009/}) (
8. Nc3 Nbd7 9. Qh4 e5 10. d3 Nd5 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Nd2 Nc5 13. Nde4 Nxe4 14.
Bxe4 Bg4 15. Re1 Nb4 16. Rb1 Be6 17. a3 Nc2 18. Rf1 a5 19. Bg2 a4 20. Bg5 f6
21. Bd2 f5 $36 {Kokarev,D (2536)-Andreikin,D (2481)/Moscow Aeroflot op-B/2006/}
) ({However, the most principled way to fight for an opening advantage is} 8.
d4 {-D78 , which once again transposes into a Fianchetto Grünfeld.}) 8... Nbd7
9. Nc3 Nb6 10. Qh4 Bg4 11. Bh6 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 e5 13. Rfd1 Qd4 14. Qxd4 exd4 15.
Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Nb1 Rfe8 17. Nd2 Rad8 18. Rdc1 g5 19. Kf1 g4 20. Bg2 Re5 $11 {
Maze,S (2462)-Romanishin,O (2537)/Reykjavik/2004/}) 7. Qxc4 (7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Qxc4
Nb6 9. Qh4 h6 {only transposes to Shuraev-Makarov below.}) 7... Nb6 ({This
move order avoids} 7... O-O 8. d4 $5 {[+] , nevertheless} Nb6 9. Qc2 Nc6 10. e3
e5 $5 $11 {should be OK for Black.}) 8. Qc2 (8. Qh4 Nc6 9. Nc3 h6 $5 {[%csl
Rh4] ףh4} 10. d4 {Shuraev,A (2395)-Makarov,M (2520)/Kemerovo/1995/} Nxd4 11.
Rd1 c5 12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. e3 Bf5 14. exd4 g5 15. Qh5 Qd7 $13) 8... Nc6 (8... e5
9. d3 O-O 10. Bg5 f6 11. Be3 Nc6 12. Nbd2 Be6 13. Ne4 Bd5 14. Rfd1 f5 15. Nc3
Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Nd4 17. Bxd4 exd4 18. Na4 Nxa4 19. Qxa4 c6 20. b4 Qd7 21. Rab1 a6
22. Qb3+ Kh8 23. a4 g5 $132 {Zhao Jun (2560)-Li,C (2643)/Beijing zt/2009/}) 9.
d3 O-O 10. Nc3 (10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Nb3 Bd5 12. Be3 {Kurajica,B (2556)-Saric,I 
(2482)/CRO-ch Split/2008/} Na4 $5 13. d4 Qd7 $132) 10... e5 11. Bg5 Nd4 12. Qd2
f6 13. Be3 c6 14. Ne4 Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3 f5 16. Nc3 Be6 17. Rfd1 Rf7 18. Bg2 Qf8
19. Qe1 Nd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Bxd5 cxd5 22. Qa5 f4 23. Bd2 Qd6 $11 {Nguyen,N 
(2628)-Wang,H (2727)/Asian Games Guangzhou/2010/}) 6... Be6 $6 {A provocative
attempt to spice up the game.} ({Arguably a more prudent choice is} 6... c5 $5
7. Nxc4 (7. Qa4+ Nfd7 $5 8. Nxc4 Nc6 9. d3 Rb8 $132) 7... Nc6 $11) (6... O-O 7.
Nxc4 {is also safe and sound:} Be6 $5 (7... Nc6 8. d4 Be6 9. b3 $14 {- D77
leads to a Grünfeld line, in which White is slightly better.}) (7... c5 8. d4
Be6 9. Nfe5 $5 (9. Nce5 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Nxd4 {1/2,Urban,K (2444)
-Kempinski,R (2533)/Polanica Zdroj/1999/} Bd5 $11) 9... Qc8 $5 (9... Nc6 10.
dxc5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Bd5 12. Bf4 $14) 10. d5 (10. Na5 Bd5 11. Bxd5 Nxd5 12. Qb3
e6 $132) (10. dxc5 Nfd7 11. c6 Nxc6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Na5 Ne5 14. Bf4 Rd8 15.
Qc2 Qa6 16. Bxe5 Qxa5 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 $11) 10... Bh3 11. Bxh3 Qxh3 12. Qb3 Nbd7 {
/\} 13. Qxb7 Rfb8 14. Qc6 Rc8 $11) 8. b3 (8. Qb3 Bd5 9. d3 Nc6 $11) (8. Qc2 c5
(8... Nc6 9. d3 Qc8 10. Bd2 a5 11. Rfc1 h6 12. a3 Rd8 13. Rab1 a4 14. b4 axb3
15. Rxb3 Nd7 16. Qb1 b6 17. Rb5 Ra6 18. Be3 Na7 19. Rb4 Nc6 $11 {Larsen,B-Hort,
V/Palma de Mallorca/1969/}) 9. d3 Nc6 10. Be3 b6 11. Rfc1 Nd5 12. Bd2 h6 13. a3
Qd7 14. Rab1 Rfc8 15. Qd1 Rab8 $15 {(),Nanu,C (2418)-Lupulescu,C (2348)/Baile
Tusnad/2001/}) 8... c5 9. Bb2 Nc6 $11) 7. Ng5 {Only this energetic reaction
can aspire to refute Black's previous move.} (7. Qc2 {is too feeble:} O-O 8.
Nxc4) 7... Bd5 (7... Bc8 8. Nxc4 $14 {is inconsistent.}) 8. e4 $1 $146 {
[%mdl 8]} (8. Qa4+ Qd7 9. Qxd7+ Nbxd7 10. Bxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc4 {wins the P back,
but gives Black an easy game:} c5 (11... O-O 12. d3 h6 13. Ne4 (13. Nf3 $142
$11) 13... f5 14. Ned2 b5 15. Na5 a6 16. Rd1 c5 17. Ndb3 Rac8 18. a4 Rc7 19.
axb5 axb5 $15 {(),Rossello Padron,C-Van Tricht,M (2278)/corr/2000/}) 12. d3 h6
13. Ne4 $6 f5 14. Ned2 {Hess,J (1529)-Reynolds,J (1471)/corr/1999/} b5 $15)
8... Bc6 (8... h6 9. exd5 hxg5 10. d6 $5 (10. Nxc4 Nbd7 (10... O-O 11. Qb3 $36)
(10... Nxd5 11. Qb3 e6 $8 12. Ne3 c6 13. Qxb7 Nd7 14. Qxc6 $16) 11. d4 g4 12.
Bf4 $14 (12. Ne5 $5)) 10... Nc6 (10... c6 11. dxe7 Qd4 12. Qe2 $16) 11. dxe7
Kxe7 12. Nxc4 $36 {[%csl Re7] ><ce7}) (8... Bh6 $2 9. d3 $16) 9. Nxc4 h6 $5 {
The exclamation mark is mainly for courage, not so much the objective value of
the move. Navara undoubtedly saw the follow-up, but realized his position after
} (9... O-O 10. d3 $14 {Piket,J (2605)-Bacrot,E (2555) Escaldes zt 1998 (3)
1-0 is unpleasant - the B doesn't belong on c6 in these structures. A
plausible model game to illustrate this is e.g.}) 10. Nxf7 $1 {[%mdl 512]
While it is forced (otherwise White just loses a P without compensation), this
sacrifice is also very promising. Ivanchuk will get 2P for the N and long-term
play against Black's exposed K.} Kxf7 11. Ne5+ Kg8 (11... Ke8 {is even more
dangerous:} 12. Nxg6 $5 (12. d4 Bxe4 13. Bxe4 Nxe4 14. Qg4 (14. Nxg6 Qxd4 $13)
14... Ng5 15. Nxg6 Qd7 (15... Rg8 16. Bxg5 hxg5 17. Qe6 Rf8 18. Nxf8 Kxf8 19.
Rad1 $36) 16. Qh5 Qh3 17. Qxh3 Nxh3+ 18. Kg2 Ng5 19. Re1 Bf6 20. Nxh8 Bxh8 $13)
(12. Qb3 {[%cal Rb3f7]} Rf8 $8 13. d4 (13. Nxg6 Nxe4 $1 14. Nxf8 Kxf8 $13)
13... Qxd4 (13... Bxe4 14. Bxe4 Nxe4 15. Qxb7 Nxf2 16. Qxa8 Nh3+ 17. Kg2 Rxf1
18. Kxf1 Bxe5 19. Kg2 $18) 14. Nxc6 Nxc6 (14... bxc6 15. Qb7 Qb6 16. Qxa8 Ng4
17. Be3 Nxe3 18. fxe3 $16) 15. Qxb7 Qb6 16. Qxb6 cxb6 17. e5 Rc8 18. exf6 Rxf6
$14 {/+/-}) 12... Rg8 13. d3 Qd4 (13... Nbd7 14. Nf4 $1 Ne5 15. d4 $16) 14. Qc2
Nbd7 (14... Ba4 15. b3 (15. Qxc7 Nc6 16. e5 Nd5 $132) 15... Bb5 (15... Qxa1 16.
Be3 $16 (16. bxa4 $5 Qd4 17. e5 $40)) 16. Bb2 Bxd3 (16... Qd7 17. Rfd1 {
[%cal Rd3d4] /\d4[+]} Qc6 18. Qe2 $40 Ng4 19. Nxe7 Kxe7 20. Qxg4 Bxb2 21. Qxg8
Bxa1 22. e5 $1 $18)) 15. Be3 Qb4 16. d4 (16. Bh3 $5 Qd6 17. Qb3 $36) 16... Ng4
$5 17. e5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 $44 {[%csl Re8] Here Black's king remains in the [+]
for a very long time, it's extremely difficult to effectively safeguard it and
connect the R. With the text-move Navara is even willing to give an exchange
to get with his K to a safer place on the >>.}) (11... Ke6 $4 12. Bh3+ Kxe5 13.
d4+ Qxd4 (13... Kd6 14. e5+ Kd5 15. Qb3+ Kxd4 16. Rd1+ Kc5 17. Be3+ $18) 14.
Bf4+ Kxe4 15. Re1+ Kd5 16. Re5+ $18) 12. Nxg6 Nbd7 (12... Bxe4 13. Bxe4 Nxe4
14. Qb3+ Kh7 15. Qxb7 $5 (15. Nxh8 Nc5 16. Qb5 (16. Qc2+ Nd3 17. Nf7 Qd5 $44)
16... Qd5 {[%cal Rb8d4] /\Nc6-d4} 17. d4 Bxd4 18. Be3 Nc6 $14) 15... Nc5 16.
Qxa8 Kxg6 17. d4 Bxd4 18. Be3 e5 $14 {/+/-}) (12... Nxe4 13. d4 $142 $1 (13.
Re1 $6 Nxf2 $1 14. Kxf2 Qd4+ 15. Re3 (15. Kf1 $2 Qd3+) 15... Qf6+ 16. Nf4 e5
17. Qb3+ (17. Rxe5 Qxe5 18. Qb3+ Kh7 19. Qd3+ $11) 17... Kh7 (17... Qf7 18.
Qxf7+ Kxf7 19. Nh5 Rf8 $11) 18. Qd3+ Kg8 19. Bd5+ Bxd5 20. Qxd5+ Kh7 $11) 13...
Kh7 (13... Nf6 14. d5 Be8 (14... Bxd5 15. Bxd5+ Nxd5 16. Qxd5+ Qxd5 17. Nxe7+
Kf7 18. Nxd5 $16) 15. Nxh8 Kxh8 16. Qb3 $16) (13... Qxd4 14. Nxe7+ Kf7 15. Qxd4
Bxd4 16. Nxc6 Nxc6 17. Bxe4 $16) 14. Nxh8 Kxh8 (14... Nd6 15. d5 Be8 16. Re1
$40) 15. Bxh6 $1 $16 {/\} Bxh6 16. Qh5 Qd6 17. d5 Bd7 (17... Bb5 18. Rae1 $1
Nc5 19. Re6 $1 Nxe6 20. Qxh6+ Kg8 21. dxe6 Bc6 22. Qg6+ Kh8 23. Qh5+ Kg7 24.
Re1 Bxg2 25. Re5 $18) 18. Bxe4 $16) 13. d4 $5 {[%csl Gd4,Ge4] Ivanchuk is not
interested in the more mundane solutions (connected with Nxh8) and goes for
the max.} (13. Re1 Nf8 (13... e5 14. d4 exd4 15. e5 $16) 14. Nxh8 Qd4 $5 (14...
Kxh8 15. d4 $16) 15. d3 Kxh8 16. Be3 $1 Qxb2 17. d4 $36) (13. Nxh8 Kxh8 14. Re1
e5 (14... Nc5 15. e5 Nd5 16. d4 Ne6 17. Re4 $40) 15. d4 exd4 16. e5 Ng8 17.
Bxc6 bxc6 18. f4 $36) 13... Bxe4 $8 {Black must disrupt the proud [+] at any
cost.} 14. Bxe4 Nxe4 15. Qd3 $6 {A slip, White should have started with the R
first:} (15. Re1 $142 $1 Ndf6 (15... Nef6 16. Nxe7+ Kf8 17. Qb3 Qe8 18. Qxb7 (
18. Bf4 $5) 18... Rb8 19. Qc6 {/\Bf4xc7-d6+-} Qxe7 20. Rxe7 Kxe7 21. Bf4 $16 {
/+-}) (15... Kh7 16. Nxh8 Nd6 17. Qh5 Qe8 18. Qh3 Nf6 19. Bf4 $16) 16. Qd3 $16)
15... Nef6 16. Qb3+ (16. Re1 e6 $1 $14 {/\} 17. Rxe6 $4 Nc5) 16... Kh7 17. Qc2
({The simple} 17. Nxh8 $142 $1 Kxh8 18. Qxb7 {still gives White an advantage,
but Black's pieces already coordinate well and after} Nb6 $14 {it's not so
easy to break down his defence due to his light-square control.} (18... c5 $5))
17... Re8 $1 18. Re1 $2 {Now Black takes over.} (18. Nf8+ Kh8 19. Ne6 Qc8 20.
Qg6 Rg8 21. Nxg7 (21. Bxh6 $2 Bf8) 21... Rxg7 22. Qxh6+ Rh7 $17 {-> and
suddenly it's White's K which is in danger. This line illustrates Ivanchuk's
main problem - his initiative lacks backup from the << pieces.}) ({It's a
tough decision after having such a promising position, but White should have
already tried to bail out with lines like} 18. Qf5 Kg8 (18... e6 $5 19. Nf8+
Kh8 20. Nxe6 Qc8 21. Bd2 $44 Nb6 (21... Nf8 22. Nxg7 Kxg7 23. Bxh6+ Kf7 24. Qf3
$11) 22. Rfe1 Nbd5 23. Re5 Ng4 24. Re4 Ngf6 25. Re5 $11) 19. Qe6+ $11) ({or} 
18. Bf4 Kg8 (18... c6 19. Qf5 Kg8 20. Qe6+ Kh7 21. Qf5 $11) 19. Bxc7 Qc8 20.
Qb3+ Kh7 (20... e6 21. Bd6 $44) 21. Qc2 $11) 18... Kg8 19. Qb3+ e6 $1 {Navara
fully realises that the situation has changed and already spurns the possible
repetition with} (19... Kh7 20. Qc2 $11) 20. Rxe6 (20. Nf4 Nf8 21. Qxb7 Qxd4
22. Be3 (22. Nxe6 $2 Qb6 $19) 22... Qd7 $17 (22... Qe4 $17)) (20. Qxb7 c5 $5
$17) 20... Rxe6 21. Qxe6+ Kh7 22. Qf5 Qe8 23. Ne5+ (23. Nf8+ Kh8 24. Ne6 c6 {
[%cal Ye8h5] /\Qh5-/+}) 23... Kg8 24. Bf4 {Only now White activates his
reserves, but his -> has already petered out.} Nxe5 25. Bxe5 (25. dxe5 $5 Nd5
$15 {/-/+}) 25... Qd7 $5 {Black had other good moves, but Navara had possibly
already visualised the final zugzwang position.} (25... Qf7 $17) (25... c6 $17
{/\} 26. Bxf6 Qf7) 26. Qxd7 {Keeping the Q on the board was more resilient,
although in the long run Black should gradually convert his extra piece.} (26.
Qg6 Qf7 27. Qxf7+ Kxf7 28. Bxc7 Rc8 29. Be5 Rc2 30. b3 Ng4 $19) (26. Qc2 c6 $17
) 26... Nxd7 27. Bxc7 Rc8 (27... Bxd4 28. Rd1 Rc8 $17 {/\} 29. Bf4 Ne5) 28. Ba5
Rc2 29. Bc3 Nb6 30. Re1 Kf7 (30... Nd5 31. Re8+ Kh7 32. Rb8 b6 {should also
win, but Black doesn't want to allow activation of the white R.}) 31. Kf1 Na4 (
31... Nd5 32. Re2 Rc1+ 33. Be1 (33. Re1 Rxe1+ 34. Kxe1 Nxc3 {transposes to the
game.}) 33... Nb4 (33... Ra1 34. a3 Rd1 $19) 34. Kg2 Nxa2 $19) 32. Re2 Rc1+ 33.
Re1 (33. Be1 Bxd4 34. Re4 Rd1 35. Ke2 Nxb2 $19) 33... Rxe1+ 34. Kxe1 Nxc3 35.
bxc3 Ke6 36. Kd2 Kd5 37. Kd3 b5 $1 $19 {Although now White has full material
compensation, after running out of P moves he will have to give way to Black's
K.} 38. f4 a5 39. g4 {[%cal Rh2h4] /\h4} Bf6 $1 40. Ke3 a4 41. Kd3 Bd8 42. h3
Be7 $22 (42... Be7 43. Ke3 Kc4 44. Kd2 Bh4 45. Kc2 Be1 46. g5 (46. f5 Bxc3 47.
d5 Be5) 46... hxg5 47. fxg5 Bxc3 48. d5 Be5 49. h4 Kxd5 $19) 0-1

[Event "Reggio Emilia 53rd"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "2011.01.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2010.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. h3 e5 6. d3 f6 7. g4 Nh6 8. g5
Nf7 9. gxf6 Qxf6 10. Be3 Nd8 11. Nbd2 Ne6 12. Nc4 Nd4 13. Ncxe5 Nxf3+ 14. Nxf3
Qxb2 15. a4 Bg7 16. Rb1 Qc3+ 17. Kf1 b6 18. Qd2 Qf6 19. Ng1 c4 20. a5 c5 21.
Kg2 O-O 22. dxc4 Bb7 23. f3 Rad8 24. Qe2 Qe6 25. Bxc5 bxc5 26. Rxb7 Bh6 27. Qf2
Rd2 28. Ne2 Qxc4 29. Re1 Rxc2 30. Rxa7 Qd3 31. Rb7 Be3 32. Qf1 Bg5 33. Kg3 Qe3
34. h4 Bxh4+ 35. Kxh4 Rxf3 36. Rb8+ Kg7 37. Rb7+ Kh6 0-1

[Event "Reggio Emilia 53rd"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "2011.01.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2010.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Nf3 dxc4 8.
Qxc4 b6 9. Bg5 Ba6 10. Qa4 h6 (10... c5 {is considered sufficient for equality
as Black's development advantage is likely to compensate for his inferior pawn
structure. However, the following line needs more tests:} 11. dxc5 (11. Rd1 Qd7
$5 12. Qc2 cxd4 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Rxd4 Qc6 15. Rg4+ Kh8 16. Qxc6 Nxc6 17. e3
Bb7 $11 {1/2 Khenkin,I (2617)-Bacrot,E (2715)/Geneva SUI 2010/The Week in
Chess 843 (29)}) 11... bxc5 12. Rd1 Qb6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. e3 $5 ({the
following famous draw was later repeated in a couple of games:} 14. Rd2 Nc6 15.
Qg4+ Kh8 16. Qh4 Kg7 17. Qg4+ Kh8 18. Qh4 Kg7 19. Qg4+ {1/2 Carlsen,M (2772)
-Kramnik,V (2759)/Dortmund 2009/CBM 131}) {So far the following has only been
played in a blitz game:} 14... Bxf1 15. Kxf1 Nc6 16. g3 Rad8 17. Kg2 Rxd1 18.
Rxd1 Rd8 19. Rxd8+ Nxd8 20. Nd2 $14 {1/2 Koneru,H (2614)-Kosintseva,N (2533)/
Moscow 2010/CBM 138 Extra (50)}) 11. Bh4 (11. Bxf6 {is harmless:} Qxf6 12. g3
c5 13. Bg2 Bb7 14. O-O (14. Rd1 Rd8 15. dxc5 Rxd1+ 16. Qxd1 Na6 17. cxb6 Qxb2
18. bxa7 Qc3+ 19. Qd2 Qa1+ 20. Qd1 Qc3+ 21. Qd2 Qa1+ 22. Qd1 {1/2 Dreev,A 
(2655)-Fier,A (2653)/Barcelona 2009/CBM 133}) 14... Bc6 (14... Rd8 $143 15.
dxc5 Qxb2 16. Rab1 Qf6 17. Rfc1 e5 18. cxb6 axb6 19. Qb5 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Rxa3 21.
Qxb6 $14 {1-0 Matveeva,S (2389)-Kosintseva,N (2576)/Moscow RUS 2010/The Week
in Chess 838 (48)}) 15. Qc4 Bd5 16. Qc3 Nd7 17. Rac1 Rfd8 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19.
Qxf6 gxf6 20. Rfd1 a5 $11 {1/2 Enchev,I (2362)-Georgiev,K (2645)/Radomir 2009/
EXT 2010 (29)}) 11... Qe7 (11... Qe8 $6 12. Qxe8 Rxe8 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Rc1 {
[%csl Rc7]} Rc8 15. e3 Bxf1 16. Rxf1 c5 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Ke2 $14 {1/2 Rajlich,
I (2406)-Javakhishvili,L (2460)/Montreal 2007/CBM 119 ext (56)}) (11... c5 {
is worse here than a move earlier as the position of the black king is
weakened:} 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Rd1 Qb6 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Qg4+ Kh8 16. Qf4 Kg7 17.
h4 $1 Qxb2 18. Rh3 Qc3+ 19. Nd2 Qe5 20. Qg4+ Kh8 21. f4 Qf5 22. Qf3 Rc8 23. Rg3
c4 {1/2 Vitiugov,N (2710)-Alekseev,E (2700)/Dagomys 2010/CBM 136 (38)} {
, and now} 24. Nxc4 $1 Bxc4 25. Qxa8 Qa5+ 26. Kf2 Qc5+ 27. e3 Bd5 28. Rxd5 exd5
29. Qb7 $16 {[%csl Rd5,Rf6,Rf7]}) 12. e3 Bxf1 13. Rxf1 (13. Kxf1 $144) 13...
Rc8 14. Rc1 c5 15. dxc5 g5 16. Bg3 Rxc5 17. Ke2 $14 {Black has avoided the
isolation of his pawn but failed to equalise as his position is weakened on
both sides, and the white bishop is stronger than the black knight.} Nbd7 18.
b4 Rcc8 19. Rfd1 Nf8 (19... a5 $5 20. Rxc8+ $140 Rxc8 21. Bd6 Qe8 22. bxa5 bxa5
23. Qxa5 Ne4 $132) 20. Be5 Nd5 21. Bb2 Ng6 22. Nd4 Qb7 23. Kf1 a6 24. b5 axb5
25. Qxb5 Ra5 26. Rxc8+ Qxc8 27. Rc1 Qxc1+ $6 {In the endgame the drawbacks of
Black's position will be even more visible.} ({Of course, it is practically
impossible to find the following resource over the board:} 27... Qb8 $1 28. Qd7
Rc5 $1 29. Nxe6 $1 (29. Rxc5 bxc5 30. Nxe6 Qxb2 31. Qe8+ Kh7 32. Qxf7+ Kh8 33.
Qxg6 Qc1+ 34. Ke2 Nc3+ 35. Kf3 Qd1+ 36. Kg3 Ne2+ 37. Kh3 Ng1+ $11) 29... Ne5 $3
30. Qd8+ Qxd8 31. Nxd8 Nc4 32. e4 $1 Nf4 $1 $132) 28. Bxc1 Rxb5 29. Nxb5 {
[%mdl 4096]} f5 30. f3 {White's plan is to attack the black b6-pawn. If it
falls (even for White's central pawn), the a3-pawn will become passed and very
powerful.} Ne5 (30... Kf7 $144 31. e4 fxe4 32. fxe4 $1 Nf6 33. Be3) 31. e4 fxe4
32. fxe4 Nf6 33. Nd6 $1 Kf8 34. Be3 Ke7 35. Nc8+ Kd8 36. Nxb6 Nxe4 37. Bd4 Ng6
38. Nc4 Kc7 (38... h5 39. a4 $16) 39. g4 $1 {The "second weakness" (Black's
h6-pawn) will become decisive.} Kc6 40. Bg7 Kb5 41. Ne5 Nf4 (41... Nxe5 42.
Bxe5 Ka4 43. Ke2 $1 Kxa3 44. Ke3 Nc5 45. Bd6 $18) 42. Bxh6 Ka4 (42... Nd5 {
was relatively more stubborn.}) 43. h4 Nh3 44. Kg2 gxh4 {Desperation. Black
decides to check whether GM Ivanchuk knows how to mate with a bishop and a
knight. Although GM practice has seen amazing examples of failure to deliver
the mate, this is not the case.} (44... Nf4+ 45. Kf3 Nd2+ 46. Ke3 Nf1+ 47. Kf2
$18) 45. Kxh3 Nf2+ 46. Kxh4 Nxg4 47. Kxg4 Kxa3 48. Kg5 Kb3 49. Kf6 Kc2 50. Kxe6
Kd1 51. Kd5 Ke2 52. Ke4 Kf1 53. Kf3 Kg1 54. Bf4 Kh1 55. Nd3 Kg1 56. Nf2 Kf1 57.
Bh2 Ke1 58. Ne4 Kf1 (58... Kd1 59. Ke3 Kc2 60. Nd2 Kc3 61. Bd6 Kc2 62. Be5 {
etc. is the "main" line of this mating method.}) 59. Nd2+ Ke1 60. Ke3 Kd1 61.
Kd3 Ke1 62. Bg3+ Kd1 63. Nc4 Kc1 64. Bh4 Kd1 65. Nb2+ Kc1 66. Kc3 Kb1 67. Kb3
Kc1 68. Bg5+ Kb1 69. Nc4 Ka1 70. Bh6 Kb1 71. Na3+ Ka1 72. Bg7# 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 9th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2011.01.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mullon, Jean Baptiste"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2011.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bc5 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Na4 Bb6 8.
Nxb6 axb6 9. h3 Ne7 10. d4 exd4 11. Qxd4 Bd7 12. Bxd7 Qxd7 13. Bg5 Ra4 14. c4
Nc6 15. Qd1 Rxc4 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Qd3 Qe6 18. Nd2 Rd4 19. Qc3 b5 20. Rfe1 f5
21. exf5 Qxf5 22. Re3 b4 23. Qc1 Kh8 24. Nf1 Rg8 25. Rg3 Rg6 26. a3 Qc5 27. Qe3
Kg7 28. axb4 Rxb4 29. Qe1 Rxb2 30. Ra8 Ne5 31. Re3 Rc2 32. Kh2 Nc4 33. Qa1+ Kh6
34. Ng3 Nxe3 35. fxe3 Rxg3 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 9th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2011.01.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Lafuente, Pablo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[Annotator "Reeh,O"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2011.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8.
Bd3 Ne7 9. Qc2 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. f4 f6 12. g4 Bf7 13. Nf3 Nd7 14. O-O-O a6 15.
Kb1 c5 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Nd4 Nxd3 18. Qa4+ Qd7 19. Rxd3 h5 20. Rdd1 Qxa4 21.
Nxa4 O-O-O 22. Rd3 hxg4 23. Rc1+ Kb8 24. hxg4 Rc8 25. Nc5 Ka7 26. Rdc3 Rc7 27.
b4 Rhc8 28. Kb2 Nc6 29. Nxa6 $1 {Exploiting the battery in the c-file to
completely expose the black king. Nutzt die Batterie in der c-Linie zur
kompletten Entblößung des schwarzen Königs.} Kxa6 30. b5+ Kb6 31. bxc6 bxc6 {
[%tqu "En","White has exposed the black king. How can he conquer the point c6
now?","Which move threatens mate in 2?","","c3b3","The game continuation which
is not quite as strong.",0,"b2a1","A very powerful retreat.  The threat 33.
Rb1+/34.Ra3++ forces Black to abandon the point c6 whereupon his position
collapses.",15,"c1b1","Also very strong, provided you intended to answer 32...
Rb7 with 33.Kc2+!",15,"De","Weiß hat den schwarzen König freigelegt. Wie kann
er nun den Punkt c6 erobern?","Welcher Zug droht Matt in 2?","","c3b3","Die
Partiefortsetzung, die nicht ganz so stark ist.",0,"b2a1","Ein sehr
kraftvoller Rückzug!  Die Drohung 33.Rb1+/34.Ra3++ zwingt Schwarz, den Punkt
c6 aufzugeben, woraufhin seine Stellung zusammenbricht.",15,"c1b1","Ebenfalls
sehr stark, vorausgesetzt Sie beabsichtigten auf 32...Rb7 die Antwort 33.
Kc2+!",15]} 32. Rb3+ ({The retreat Der Rückzug} 32. Ka1 $1 {with the threat 33.
Rb1+/34.Ra3++ would have forced Black to abandon the point c6, since mit der
Drohung 33.Rb1+/34.Ra3++ hätte Schwarz gezwungen, den Punkt c6 aufzugeben, denn
} Kb7 (32... Rd7 33. Nxc6 {and Black's position collapses. und die schwarze
Stellung bricht zusammen.}) 33. Rb1+ Ka8 {fails to scheitert ja an} {[%tqu
"En","How can White decide the game immediately?","","","d4c6","",10,"De","Wie
kann Weiß die Partie sofort entscheiden?","","","d4c6","",10]} 34. Nxc6 $1) ({
and also strong was und stark war auch} 32. Rb1 {with the idea mit der Idee}
Rb7 33. Kc2+ $1 Kc7 34. Rxc6+ Kb8) 32... Ka6 33. Rcc3 Ka7 34. Rc5 Ka8 {
Allowing a quick finish. Lässt ein rasches Finale zu.} ({Correct was the
return Richtig war die Rückkehr} 34... Ka6 $1) 35. Nxc6 $1 {Threatens 36.Ra5+
and shows that the black Rc7 is overloaded as the sole defender of the a-file.
Droht 36.Ra5+ und zeigt, dass der schwarze Rc7 als alleiniger Verteidiger der
a-Linie überfordert ist.} Ra7 (35... Rxc6 36. Ra5+ Ra6 37. Rxa6#) {[%tqu "En",
"Which move forces Black's immediate resignation?","","","c5b5","...
threatening mate on b8.",5,"De","Welcher Zug zwingt Schwarz sofort zur
Aufgabe?","","","c5b5","...mit Mattdrohung auf b8.",5]} 36. Rcb5 $1 {and in
view of 36...Rxc6 37.Rb8++ Black resigned. und angesichts von 36...Rxc6 37.
Rb8++ gab Schwarz auf.} 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 9th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2011.01.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Felgaer, Ruben Alejandro"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2011.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O Be7 6. c3 a6 7. Ba4 O-O 8. Re1
b5 9. Bc2 d5 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. a4 Rb8 12. axb5 axb5 13. exd5 Qxd5 14. Ne4 Qd7
15. Bg5 Nxe4 16. dxe4 Bxg5 17. Qxd7 Bxd7 18. Nxg5 f6 19. Nf3 b4 20. Red1 Red8
21. Ba4 Be8 22. Ne1 Kf8 23. Nc2 bxc3 24. bxc3 Ra8 25. Rxd8 Nxd8 26. Bxe8 Rxa1+
27. Nxa1 Kxe8 28. Kf1 Ne6 29. Ke2 Kd7 30. Nb3 Kc6 31. g3 Kb5 32. Nd2 Nc5 33. f4
Kc6 34. fxe5 fxe5 35. Ke3 Nd7 36. Nf3 Kd6 37. Nd2 Nc5 38. Nc4+ Ke6 39. Nd2 Nd7
40. Nf3 Nf6 41. Ng5+ Kd6 42. Nf7+ Ke6 43. Ng5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 9th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2011.01.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Erdos, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2011.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 a6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 c5 6. e5 Nfd7 7. c3 Nc6 8. O-O
g5 9. Bb1 g4 10. Ne1 h5 11. Nc2 Rg8 12. Re1 cxd4 13. cxd4 f5 14. Nf1 Be7 15.
Bd2 Nf8 16. f4 b5 17. a3 a5 18. Bc3 Nd7 19. Qd2 Nb6 20. b3 Kf7 21. Nfe3 Kf8 22.
Bb2 Kg7 23. Rc1 Bd7 24. Ne1 a4 25. b4 Nc4 26. Qe2 Qb8 27. Nd3 Qa7 28. Nc5 Rgf8
29. Kh1 Rac8 30. Nxc4 bxc4 31. Bc2 Bxc5 32. dxc5 Ne7 33. Rd1 Bb5 34. Bc3 Ng6
35. Rd4 Bc6 36. Rb1 Rb8 37. Kg1 Bb5 38. Rbd1 Qe7 39. Qe3 Qa7 40. Rxd5 exd5 41.
e6+ Kh6 42. Rxd5 Rbd8 43. Rxd8 Rxd8 44. Bxf5 Qc7 45. g3 Rd1+ 46. Kf2 Qd8 47.
Bc2 Rd3 48. Bxd3 Qxd3 49. f5+ Qxe3+ 50. Kxe3 Ne7 51. Ke4 Bc6+ 52. Ke5 Nd5 53.
b5 Nxc3 54. bxc6 Nb5 55. e7 Nc7 56. Kd6 Ne8+ 57. Kd7 Nf6+ 58. Ke6 Ne8 59. Kf7
Nc7 60. e8=Q 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 9th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2011.01.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2011.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rb8 11. Bb3 Na5 12. Bh6 Bxh6 13. Qxh6 b5 14. g4 b4 15.
Nd5 Nxb3+ 16. Nxb3 e5 17. Ne3 Be6 18. h4 Kh8 19. Qg5 Rb6 20. Na5 Kg7 21. Nf5+
Bxf5 22. gxf5 Qc7 23. fxg6 fxg6 24. h5 Rc8 25. Rd2 Ra6 26. hxg6 h5 27. Nb3 Rxa2
28. Kb1 Ra6 29. Qf5 Qc4 30. Re1 Rc5 31. Rf2 Rca5 32. Re3 Qd4 33. Nxa5 Qd1+ 34.
Ka2 Rxa5+ 35. Kb3 Qa1 36. c3 Qa4+ 37. Kc4 bxc3+ 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 9th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2011.01.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2011.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Nd2 d5 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. a3 Bxd2+ 7. Bxd2 Ne4
8. Bf4 g5 9. Be3 f5 10. g3 O-O 11. Rd1 Kh8 12. Bg2 f4 13. Bc1 g4 14. cxd5 exd5
15. Ne5 f3 16. exf3 gxf3 17. Bxf3 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Nc5 19. Qd4 Rxf3 20. Qxc5 c6
21. O-O Be6 22. Qd6 Qe8 23. Bg5 Qf7 24. Bf6+ Kg8 25. Kg2 Rb3 26. Rd2 Re8 27. f3
Qg6 28. Rff2 Qh6 29. g4 Re3 30. h4 Qf4 31. Qb4 Qxb4 32. axb4 Rb3 33. Rd4 a5 34.
bxa5 c5 35. Ra4 Ra8 36. Be7 Rb5 37. Rf4 d4 38. Rf6 Bd5 39. Rd6 c4 40. Bd8 c3
41. bxc3 dxc3 42. e6 Bxe6 43. Bf6 Ra6 44. Rd8+ Kf7 45. Bxc3 h5 46. Rd4 Rc6 47.
Rf4+ Kg8 48. Bd2 Kg7 49. Re2 Kg6 50. Kg3 Rd5 51. Rfe4 Kf7 52. Rb4 Bc8 53. Be1
Rc1 54. Rbe4 Rcc5 55. R2e3 Kg6 56. Bc3 Rc6 57. Re7 hxg4 58. fxg4 Rc4 59. Rg7+
Kh6 60. g5+ Kh5 61. Rh7+ Kg6 62. Rh6+ Kf5 63. Rf6# 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 9th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2011.01.31"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E96"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2011.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O c6 8. Re1 (
8. d5 $5 {is a popular alternative.}) 8... Nbd7 9. Bf1 a5 10. Rb1 {White is
getting ready for advance of the d-pawn with the subsequent advance of the a-
and b-pawns.} Re8 11. d5 {It's better to make this move when Black's rook is
on e8 as one of Black's main ideas - f5 usually requires the rook on f8.} Nc5
12. b3 Bd7 13. a3 {[%cal Gb3b4]} (13. dxc6 Bxc6 14. Bg5 {0-1 Servat,R (2450)
-Tempone,M (2435)/Argentina 1995/CBM 049/[Hecht] (62)} ({In my opinion} 14. Qc2
{is better.} Nh5 (14... Rc8 15. Ba3 Qb6 16. Rbd1 Bf8 17. Bc1 $14 {1/2-1/2
Chiburdanidze,M (2545)-Kovalevskaya,E (2451)/Batumi 2000/CBM 076 ext (35)}) 15.
Be3 Nf4 16. Rbd1 Nfe6 17. Rd2 Qe7 18. Nd5 Qf8 19. g3 Red8 20. Red1 Kh8 21. Bh3
Rab8 22. Nc3 $14 {1-0 Petrosian,T (2640)-Ljubojevic,L (2605)/Manila 1974/MCD 
(100)})) 13... cxd5 $1 {This exchange on d5 is important as it doesn't allow
White to play b3-b4 after a5-a4.} (13... a4 {looks wrong in view of} 14. b4 Nb3
15. dxc6 Bxc6 (15... bxc6 16. Qxd6 $16 {1/2-1/2 Finegold,B (2543)-Nakamura,H 
(2647)/Cherry Hill 2007/CBM 119 ext (40)}) 16. Bb2 b6 17. Bd3 $14 {[%csl Ra4]
[%cal Gd3c2] 1/2-1/2 Friedrichs,K (2248)-Bogdan,D (2331)/Paks 2000/CBM 077 ext
(25)}) 14. cxd5 a4 $5 {Ivanchuk is trying to keep the position complex.} ({
Another option is} 14... b5 {, which seems to lead to equal play after} 15. b4
axb4 16. axb4 Na4 17. Nxa4 Rxa4 (17... bxa4 18. Nd2 $1 $14) 18. Bd2 $5 (18. Bd3
Qb6 19. Be3 Qb7 20. Bc2 Ra2 $11 {1/2-1/2 Raznikov,D (2270)-Bykhovsky,A (2487)/
Tel Aviv 2009/CBM 131 Extra (33)})) 15. bxa4 ({In the event of} 15. b4 Nb3 16.
Nb5 (16. Bb5 $6 Bxb5 17. Nxb5 Qd7 $15) {I didn't like} 16... Ng4 $5 {[%csl Rb5,
Rf2][%cal Gd8b6]} ({After} 16... Qb8 17. Nd2 Nxc1 18. Rxc1 $14 {White is
better.}) 17. Nxd6 Nxf2 (17... Qb6 18. Nxe8 Qxf2+ 19. Kh1 Qb6 20. Re2 $14) 18.
Kxf2 Qb6+ 19. Be3 Qxd6 $13 {[%cal Gf7f5,Gb3d4] and Black looks at least ok.})
15... Nxa4 16. Nxa4 (16. Qb3 Nc5 $1 (16... Nxc3 $6 17. Qxc3 Ra4 18. Nd2 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Taimanov,M-Liberzon,V/Moscow 1969/URS-ch (32)})) 16... Bxa4 $1 (16...
Rxa4 17. Bd3 b5 18. Bc2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Popov,V-Vasiukov,E/Budapest 1965/MCD (26).
...and White retains slightly better chances thanks to his spatial advantage.})
17. Qd2 {[%csl Rb7]} Re7 {[%cal Ge7c7]} 18. Rb4 {[%csl Ye4]} Rc7 {[%cal Gc7c2]}
19. Qb2 $1 Qc8 $1 ({The immediate} 19... Rc2 {was also possible, but after} 20.
Qb1 {Black would have to come back to c7.} Rc7) 20. Be3 $6 {A dubious move. I
missed Black's 22nd move.} (20. h3 $5 $11) 20... Ng4 21. Bb6 {This was part of
my plan.} (21. Bg5 $1 {is objectively better with the idea to meet} Rc2 $6 {
with} 22. Rc1 $1 $14) 21... Rc2 22. Qb1 Bh6 $1 {[%csl Ra3][%cal Gh6c1]
Suddenly the passive bishop is getting active.} 23. h3 Nf6 $1 $15 {Correctly
avoiding the following combination.} (23... Nxf2 24. Bxf2 Rxf2 $1 25. Kxf2 Qc5+
26. Nd4 $1 exd4 {[%cal Gd4d3]} 27. Qd3 b5 28. Qxd4 Bd2 29. Reb1 Bxb4 30. Rxb4
$11) 24. Be3 {A sad necessity.} Bxe3 25. Rxe3 Ra7 $6 {First inaccuracy.} ({
It would be better to play} 25... b5 $1 26. Ne1 Rc3 27. Rxc3 Qxc3 28. Bxb5 Bxb5
29. Rxb5 Rxa3 {[%csl Re4,Rf2] and despite equal material Black is better
thanks to weaknesses on e4 and f2.} 30. Nc2 Ra8 31. f3 Nh5 $15 {[%csl Rf4,Rg3]
[%cal Gh5f4]}) 26. Ne1 {I wanted to deal with the annoying rook as soon as
possible, but in fact it wasn't necessary.} (26. Rb6 $1 {Freeing the b4-square
for the queen was better.} Ne8 27. Qb4 $11) 26... Rc3 {[%csl Ra3] Black is
trying to exploit the weakness of the a3-pawn, but this move is inaccurate.} ({
Both} 26... Rc5 $5 $15) ({and} 26... Rc1 $15 {preserving an active rook were
better.}) 27. Qb2 $6 {Being short on time I immediately returned the favour.} (
27. Rxc3 $1 {was correct. Now after} Qxc3 28. Rc4 $1 Qxa3 $140 (28... Qa5 29.
Qb4 $11) 29. Qb6 Ra8 $1 (29... Be8 30. Rc8 Kg7 31. Nc2 $1 Qa4 32. f3 $1 Ra8 33.
Rc7 $1 $14 {[%csl Rd6] is better for White due to the weakness of the d6-pawn.}
) 30. Qxb7 Bd7 $11 {the position is equal.}) 27... Rxe3 28. fxe3 Qc5 $15 {
[%csl Re3,Re4] I had underestimated the weakness of the e-pawns.} 29. Kf2 Bd1
$6 {[%cal Gc5a5] Surprisingly this is the move I'd expected to see. Black has
a clear idea to win the a3-pawn by means of 30...Qa5.} ({The immediate} 29...
Qa5 $5 $15 {[%csl Ra3]}) ({or the preparatory} 29... Kg7 $5 $15 {were better.})
30. Bb5 $3 {Preventing Black's idea.} g5 $1 {[%cal Gd1h5,Gg5g4,Gh5g6] Black
has two ideas in mind: the simple g4 and the Bh5-g6 manoeuvre attacking my
weak e4-pawn.} 31. a4 $1 {First of all White needs to consolidate his position
on the queenside.} g4 {[%cal Gg4g3]} ({After} 31... Bh5 {White seems to hold
after} 32. Nd3 Qb6 33. g4 $1 (33. Bd7 Qc7 34. Bf5 Bd1 $1 $15 {[%csl Ra4][%cal
Gd1c2]}) 33... Bg6 34. Kf3 $1 {[%cal Gd3f2] although White still has some
problems to solve.}) 32. Nd3 $3 ({After} 32. Qd2 gxh3 $1 33. gxh3 Bh5 {[%cal
Gh5g6] Black retains a slight edge.}) 32... gxh3 $3 {A fantastic resource in
mutual time trouble.} (32... g3+ $2 {would be wrong in view of} 33. Ke1 Qxe3+ (
33... Qc2 $142 34. Qxc2 Bxc2 35. Kd2 $14 {[%csl Rg3]}) 34. Kxd1 Nxe4 35. Qc1 $1
$16) 33. gxh3 ({It wasn't easy to calculate the incredible variations after} 
33. Nxc5 h2 {and so I decided to choose a simpler move. Nevertheless the game
could continue} 34. Nd7 $3 Ng4+ (34... Nxd7 $2 35. Bxd7 h1=Q {[%cal Gh1h4]} 36.
Bh3 $1 $16) 35. Ke1 $1 {Allowing promotion with a check.} h1=Q+ 36. Kd2 {
[%csl Rd1] Now it turns out that the bishop on d1 is misplaced.} Qg1 (36... Ra8
$5 {seems to lead to a weird perpetual after} 37. Qc1 Nxe3 $1 38. Qc3 $1 Qxg2+
({or} 38... Ng4 39. Rb1 $1 Qxg2+ 40. Kxd1 Nf2+ 41. Kc1 Nxe4 42. Qc2 Qg1+ 43.
Kb2 Qd4+ 44. Ka3 Nc3 45. Rb4 Nxb5+ 46. Rxb5 Qa1+ 47. Kb4 Qd4+ 48. Ka3 $11) 39.
Kxe3 Kh8 $1 {[%cal Ga8g8,Gg8g3]} 40. Rb2 Qg1+ 41. Kd2 $1 Rg8 $1 42. Nxe5 $1
Rg2+ 43. Kd3 Rg3+ 44. Nf3+ Kg8 45. Qc8+ Kg7 46. Qg4+ $3 Kf8 ({After} 46... Rxg4
47. Nxg1 Rxg1 48. Bd7 $11 {[%csl Rb7] White is fine.}) 47. Qc8+ $11) 37. Qc3
Kg7 38. Rb1 Nf2 $1 39. Qb4 $1 $13 {and the position remains very unclear.})
33... Qc8 {[%csl Rh3]} 34. Kg3 {Probably somewhere here I started to go astray.
} (34. Qc1 $1 {was better.} Nxe4+ $5 (34... Qxc1 35. Nxc1 Bc2 36. Kf3 $11 {
is ok for White.}) 35. Rxe4 Qf5+ 36. Ke1 Qxe4 37. Nf2 $1 Qxd5 (37... Qf3 38.
Qc8+ Kg7 39. Nxd1 $11) 38. e4 $11 {[%cal Gc1g5]}) 34... Qd8 ({Another option
was to bring the queen to h6.} 34... Qf8 {[%csl Re3,Rh3][%cal Gf8h6]}) 35. Kh2
({White's position after} 35. Nf2 $5 Nh5+ (35... Bh5 36. Be2 $11) 36. Kh2 Bf3
37. Nh1 $3 {[%csl Rg3][%cal Gb5e2,Gb2f2] still looks defendable.}) 35... Bf3 (
35... Bh5 $1 $15 {was more precise.}) 36. Qf2 (36. Nf2 $5 {deserved atention
leaving the queen on the queenside.}) 36... Bh5 $1 ({In the event of} 36...
Bxe4 37. Rxe4 $1 Nxe4 38. Qg2+ Ng5 39. h4 h6 40. Nf2 $1 $11 {White is ok.}) 37.
Rc4 (37. Qg3+ $5 Kh8 38. Qh4 $5 ({In the event of} 38. Nxe5 dxe5 39. Qxe5 Kg8
40. Rc4 Ra8 41. d6 Bg6 42. Rc7 Nxe4 $15 {Black is better.})) (37. Qh4 $5) 37...
Ra8 $1 {Now I started to feel that my queen is misplaced on the kingside and
with my next move decided to provoke Ng4 as in the event of some slow defence
White's position is very unpleasant.} 38. Qh4 Ng4+ $2 $138 {Fortunately
Ivanchuk didn't have much time left and so he decided to win a pawn.} ({
After the simple} 38... Bg6 $1 39. Nf2 Kg7 $17 {[%cal Ga8c8] the e4-pawn is
very weak and the lack of the queen on the queenside is essential.}) 39. Kg3
Qxh4+ $6 {Black shouldn't have activated my king.} ({The immediate} 39... Nxe3
$5 {was better.} 40. Qxd8+ Rxd8 41. Rc7 f5 42. Bd7 fxe4 43. Nf2 Bg6 44. Be6+
Kh8 $15 {[%cal Gd8f8,Gf8f3]}) 40. Kxh4 Nxe3 41. Rc7 $5 {If White wins the
b7-pawn his chances will be at least not worse.} (41. Rc3 $5 Bg6 42. Nf2 Ng2+
43. Kg3 Nf4 44. Rc7 Rb8 45. Rd7 Rc8 46. Rxd6 Rc3+ 47. Kh2 Rf3 48. Kg1 Rg3+ 49.
Kf1 Ra3 50. Kg1 $11) 41... Bd1 42. Rc3 $3 {A fantastic defensive resource.
White is threatening with both 43.Nf2 and 43.Nb2, while the a4-pawn is
defended indirectly.} f5 {After this move the lights went off in most of
Gibraltar and the play resumed after more than an hour.} (42... Bxa4 {would be
better and led to some interesting complications:} 43. Ra3 Ra5 44. Bxa4 b5 45.
Ne1 $1 {[%csl Gg2] It's important to cover the g2-square.} (45. Nf2 $2 {
is wrong in view of} Ng2+ 46. Kg3 Nf4 $19) 45... bxa4 ({or} 45... Nf1 46. Rf3
Rxa4 47. Rxf1 Rxe4+ 48. Kg5 $11 {and White is not worse thanks to activity of
his king.}) 46. Rxe3 a3 47. Nc2 a2 48. Na1 $11 {and a draw is the most likely
outcome.}) 43. Nf2 $5 {[%csl Rd1,Re3] This seems to lead to a draw.} ({Instead
White could have set some problems with} 43. Nxe5 $1 {Obviously I considered
this move, but after a long break I was unable to calculate any lines and
decided to play a move, which looked safer.} dxe5 (43... Ng2+ $2 44. Kg3 dxe5
45. d6 $1 Rd8 46. d7 Kf8 47. Rc8 f4+ 48. Kxg2 $16) 44. Rxe3 (44. d6 fxe4 45.
Rxe3 (45. d7 $2 {is wrong in view of} Nf5+ 46. Kg5 Rf8 $3 47. d8=Q (47. Rc8 {
is strongly met by} h6+ $1 48. Kg6 Ne7+ $19) 47... h6+ $1 48. Kg6 Bh5+ $1 49.
Kxh5 Rxd8 50. Rc7 Ng7+ $1 51. Kg4 Rd6 $1 {[%cal Gd6g6]} 52. Kg3 Nf5+ 53. Kg4
Nd4 54. Bc4+ Kf8 55. Rf7+ Ke8 56. Rxb7 e3 $15) 45... Kf7 {transposes to 44.
Rxe3.}) 44... fxe4 45. d6 {The following line illustrates a possible
continuation.} Kf7 (45... Bf3 $2 46. Kg5 $1 $36) 46. d7 Kf6 47. Rc3 Rd8 48. a5
Ke7 49. Kg3 Bh5 50. Kf2 Bf7 51. Rc7 Bd5 52. Ke3 $14 Kd6 53. Rc8 Ke7 54. h4 Be6
55. Rxd8 Kxd8 56. Kxe4 Bxd7 57. Bd3 Kc7 58. Kxe5 h6 {and Black should be able
to survive.}) 43... f4 44. Rc7 $1 {[%csl Re3,Rg8] Cutting off Black's king,
activating the rook and preparing the Kg5-f6 manoeuvre. All of this is
possible thanks to a misplaced knight on e3.} Bxa4 45. Bxa4 Rxa4 46. Kg5 $5 {
[%cal Gg5f6] I was pretty sure that activity of the king would compensate for
the material disadvantage.} ({There was also nothing wrong with} 46. Rxb7 $5 h6
(46... Ra2 {doesn't make sense in view of} 47. Kg5 $1 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gg5f6]})
47. Rd7 Ra2 48. Ng4 Nxg4 49. Kxg4 Rg2+ 50. Kh5 (50. Kf3 $5 $11) 50... f3 51.
Rxd6 Kg7 (51... Rg7 52. Ra6 Rf7 53. Ra1 $11) 52. Rd7+ Kf6 53. Rd6+ Kf7 54. Rc6
f2 55. Rc7+ Kf8 56. Rc8+ Ke7 57. Rc7+ $11 {and Rf7(f8) will follow if Black
loses control over the f7 or f8 squares.}) 46... b5 47. Kf6 $1 h5 {A clever
idea. Now the king will escape to h6.} (47... Ra8 {doesn't change much.} 48.
Rb7 Kh8 49. Rxb5 Rg8 50. Rb6 Rg6+ 51. Ke7 (51. Kf7 Rg7+ $11) 51... Nc4 (51...
Rg2 $2 52. Rxd6 $1 Rxf2 $140 $4 53. Kf7 $1 $18) 52. Rc6 Rg7+ 53. Kf6 $11 {
with the perpetual on the g6-, g7- and g8-squares.}) 48. Rb7 ({or} 48. Rc8+ Kh7
49. Rc7+ Kh6 50. Rc8 Ra7 51. Rh8+ Rh7 52. Rg8 Ra7 $11 {and so on.}) 48... b4
49. Rb8+ Kh7 50. Rb7+ Kh6 51. Rb8 Kh7 ({or} 51... Ra7 52. Rh8+ Rh7 53. Rg8 Rb7
54. Rh8+ $11) 52. Rb7+ {A very interesting fighting draw. This was second and
the last draw of Ivanchuk in this tournament... he finished with an incredible
9 out of 10.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 9th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2011.02.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Roiz, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2011.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Qd3 $5 {Vassily has the most
flexible opening repertoire. This time he chooses a less common continuation,
which is gaining a lot of popularity nowadays.} Nbd7 ({The main line here is} 
5... dxc4 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qd3 Nbd7 ({or} 7... a6)) 6. g3 ({Another way to handle
the opening is:} 6. e4 dxe4 7. Nxe4 Nxe4 8. Qxe4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Nxd2 O-O
11. O-O-O Qa5 12. Bd3 Nf6 13. Qh4 Qh5 14. Qxh5 Nxh5 15. g3 Rd8 16. Nf3 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Navara,D (2692)-Shirov,A (2730)/Novi Sad 2009/CBM 133 (44)}) 6... dxc4
$6 {The only game I knew was Aronian-Gelfand, so I just tried to follow it. At
the same time, that order of moves is inaccurate.} ({During the game I didn't
like} 6... Bd6 $142 7. c5 (7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Qxc4 e5 10. Rd1 (10. Bg5
h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Ne4 Qe7 13. Nxd6 Qxd6 14. Rad1 exd4 15. Qxd4 Qxd4 16. Nxd4
Nb6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Rabrenovic,V (2396)-Ratkovic,M (2132)/Obrenovac SRB 2010 (51)}
) 10... Qe7 11. Bg5 h6 12. Nh4 Nb6 $1 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 $6 (13... Nxc4 $1 14. Bxe7
$140 Bxe7 15. d5 Nxb2 16. Rdb1 Bb4 $1) 14. Qb3 $14 {1-0 Aronian,L (2783)
-Gelfand,B (2739)/Moscow 2010/CBM 139 (41) 1-0 Aronian,L (2783)-Gelfand,B 
(2739)/Moscow 2010/CBM 139 (41)}) 7... Bb8 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 {but after} O-O
10. Nxf6+ Nxf6 11. Bg2 $140 $2 e5 $1 $17 {Black is just doing fine.}) 7. Qxc4
Bd6 8. Bf4 $1 {That is the point! White is just on time to stop e6-e5.} (8. e4
e5) 8... Bxf4 $146 (8... Nb6 9. Qb3 Bxf4 10. gxf4 Nbd5 11. e3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Qd5
13. Bg2 $14 {0-1 Kutynec,J-Knazovcik,L (2310)/Czechia 1996/EXT 2000 (35)}) (
8... Qc7 9. Bxd6 Qxd6 10. e4 (10. O-O-O b5) 10... e5 11. Rd1 exd4 12. Qxd4 Qxd4
13. Nxd4 $14 {leads to an unpleasant endgame.}) 9. gxf4 O-O {Black's position
remains quite solid,but White has a solid space advantage.} 10. Bg2 $6 {
In my opinion, this natural move is a serious inaccuracy, which allowed me to
equalise.} (10. Rg1 $142 $1 g6 11. e3 Qa5 12. a3 $14) 10... Nb6 11. Qd3 (11.
Qb3 Nbd5 12. e3 b6 13. O-O Bb7 $11) 11... Nbd5 12. e3 b6 {That is the point!
White cannot push the Nd5 away by e3-e4, so Black can simply complete his
development and neutralise the ''Catalan'' pressure of the Bg2.} 13. Ne5 Bb7
14. Ne4 (14. O-O Qe7 15. Rac1 Rac8 $11 {doesn't change much.}) 14... Qe7 15.
O-O Rac8 (15... Nxe4 16. Bxe4 g6 $11) 16. Rac1 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 g6 {At this
moment I was quite satisfied with my position. Unluckily, I noticed an
interesting tactical attempt to seize the initiative...} 18. a3 f6 ({Of course,
I should prefer} 18... Rfd8 19. Qe2 c5 20. dxc5 Rxc5 $11 {and Black has
nothing to worry about. More than that, White has to be careful, since his
king is more vulnerable.}) 19. Nf3 Nxf4 $6 {That was played rapidly, but my
evaluation was over-optimistic.} (19... Rfd8 20. Qe2 c5 21. dxc5 Rxc5 22. Rxc5
Qxc5 23. Rd1 $11) 20. exf4 f5 {The bishop is trapped. It looks like White has
a lot of weak pawns and the Bb7 is going to be so strong...} 21. Bxc6 ({
As I understand now, even after} 21. Bd5 $5 exd5 ({or} 21... cxd5 22. Qe3) 22.
Rce1 Qd6 23. Re5 $44 {White has full compensation.}) 21... Bxc6 22. Ne5 Bb7 23.
Qe3 {Only at this moment did I understand, that White is completely out of
risk. The Bb7 would be ineffective soon (after f2-f3), while the Kg8 is in
permanent danger.} Rfd8 {The first slight inaccuracy.} ({Better was} 23... Qd6
$142 24. f3 Rfd8 {forcing White to find} 25. Kf2 $1 (25. Kg2 Qxd4 26. Qxd4 Rxd4
27. Rxc8+ Bxc8 28. Rc1 Ba6 29. Rc7 Rd2+ 30. Kg3 Bf1 $11) 25... Qxd4 $140 26.
Qxd4 Rxd4 27. Rxc8+ Bxc8 28. Ke3 $14) 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Rc1 {Black cannot keep
the rooks on the board.} Qd8 (25... Rxc1+ 26. Qxc1 Qd8 {was simpler.}) 26. Rc3
Qd6 27. f3 Rxc3 (27... Rd8 28. Kf2 {is pointless, since Black is not going to
take the pawn.}) 28. Qxc3 Qd8 {That was connected with a right idea, but
unfortunately I had a fear of ghosts...} 29. Kg2 Bd5 $6 ({It's not easy to
find out why did I reject the obvious} 29... g5 30. fxg5 Qxg5+ 31. Kh1 Qf4 $11
{and Black's activity should secure a draw.}) 30. Kg3 Kf8 $6 ({Still,} 30... g5
{was called for.}) 31. h4 {Now Black is tied to a passive defence. I had the
feeling that I can hold it by precise moves, but I failed to do it.} Kg7 32.
Qc2 Kf8 33. Qc1 Kg7 34. Qc3 {It looks like White is just waiting..., but
actually Vassily had a deep idea in mind!} Kg8 $6 {That is the most natural
move, especially if you have just a few minutes left on your clock.} ({At the
same time, it was better to keep the king closer to the centre} 34... Kf8 35.
a4 a5 36. b4 axb4 37. Qxb4+ Ke8 $11) 35. a4 $1 {Immediately exploiting my
passive play.} a5 {That is more or less forced.} ({In my opinion, if White
will push his pawns too far after} 35... Kg7 36. b4 Kg8 37. a5 Kg7 38. a6 Kg8
39. Kh3 Kg7 40. Qc1 $16 {[%csl Ra7][%cal Gh4h5] my situation becomes critical,
since most probably White's queen is going to penetrate Black's camp.}) 36. b4
axb4 $2 {I made this impulsive exchange immediately, but it was bad...} ({
It looks like} 36... Kg7 37. bxa5 bxa5 38. Qc5 Bb7 $1 {could save the game:}
39. Kg2 Kg8 40. Kh3 Kg7 41. h5 gxh5 42. Qa7 Qc7 $11 {and White cannot make any
progress.}) 37. Qxb4 {Suddenly Black simply loses a pawn.} Qc7 {What else?} 38.
Qb5 Kf8 $2 {The decisive mistake.} ({Having just less than a minute on my
clock, I failed to find} 38... Kg7 39. Qd7+ ({I would prefer to keep the
queens on the board:} 39. Qe8 $5 $16) 39... Qxd7 40. Nxd7 b5 $1 41. axb5 Kf7
$16 {and Black has some chances to survive, since his king is closer to the
Pb5.}) 39. Qxb6 $1 Qxb6 40. Nd7+ Ke7 41. Nxb6 {Finaly we have passed the time
control, but now the position is completely lost for Black, so I resigned.
Well, I was punished for a passive strategy!} ({The following variations may
explain my decision:} 41. Nxb6 Bb7 {the most stubborn} (41... Bc6 42. Kf2 Kd6
43. Ke3 Kc7 44. d5 $1 (44. a5 $6 Bd5 {is less convincing}) 44... exd5 45. a5
Kd6 46. Kd4 Bb7 47. Na4 $18) ({Unfortunately, there is no time to stabilise
the situation by} 41... h5 42. Nxd5+ exd5 43. Kf2 Kd6 44. Ke3 Kc6 45. Kd3 Kb6
46. Kc3 Ka5 47. Kb3 $18) 42. Kf2 Kd6 43. Ke3 Kc7 44. Nc4 (44. a5 Bd5) 44... Bc6
45. a5 Kb7 46. Ne5 Bd5 47. Nd7 Ka6 48. Nf8 h5 49. Nxg6 Kxa5 50. Nf8 Kb6 51. Nh7
Kc6 52. Nf6 Kd6 53. Nxh5 Ke7 54. Ng3 Kf6 55. Kd3 Bxf3 56. Kc4 Bd5+ 57. Kc5 $18)
1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 9th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2011.02.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[Annotator "Caruana,F"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2011.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game was played in the ninth round. If I won, I would be tied with
Ivanchuk before the final round.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5.
O-O f6 6. d4 Bg4 7. c3 {An interesting choice. I didn't remember much after
this move, but I knew it was the only chance to fight.} (7. dxe5 Qxd1 8. Rxd1
fxe5 9. Rd3 {is very safe for White, but doesn't offer many winning chances. I
actually played this position from the black side against Sergei Karjakin, and
drew, but I was suffering the whole game.} Bd6 10. Nbd2 Nf6 (10... b5 $5 {
is another, more complicated alternative.}) 11. Nc4 O-O 12. Nfxe5 Be2 13. Re3
Bxc4 14. Nxc4 Bc5 15. Re1 Rae8 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. Rxe3 Rxe4 18. Rxe4 Nxe4 19. f3
Nd6 20. Ne3 {In this slightly worse position I successfully defended:} a5 21.
Rd1 Re8 22. Kf2 Re5 23. Rd4 Kf7 24. f4 Rh5 25. h3 Ke6 26. Kf3 b5 27. c3 a4 28.
Rd1 Rc5 29. a3 g5 30. g4 gxf4 31. Kxf4 Re5 32. h4 h5 33. gxh5 Rxh5 34. Rh1 c5
35. Rh3 Kf7 36. Kg4 Re5 37. h5 Kg7 38. Kf4 Re4+ 39. Kf3 Re5 40. h6+ Kh7 41. Kf4
Re4+ 42. Kg5 Nf7+ 43. Kf5 Nd6+ 44. Kf6 b4 45. cxb4 {1/2-1/2 Karjakin,S (2720)
-Caruana,F (2675)/Wijk aan Zee 2010/CBM 135}) 7... Qe7 $146 {An extremely rare
move. In fact, I could only find correspondence games where this move was
played! Despite this, it is a reasonable idea, and it's difficult to prove an
advantage.} 8. dxe5 $5 {A reasonable move, but I wasn't able to find the
correct follow-up. Black should be fine after this, but the alternatives don't
offer any advantage.} (8. Be3 {is natural, but offers no advantage:} exd4 9.
Qxd4 Bxf3 (9... Rd8 $6 10. Qa7 {is unpleasant for Black.}) 10. gxf3 Qe6 11. Nd2
Bd6 {, and White's damaged kingside gives Black sufficient counterchances.}) (
8. h3 Bh5 9. Re1 O-O-O 10. Nbd2 {was another variation I considered, but I
didn't see how to continue after a simple move like} Nh6) 8... fxe5 9. Re1 $6 {
Too slow. I wanted to continue Nbd2-f1-g3 in order to trade Black's
light-squared bishop, but it was more important to stop Black from playing ...
Bc5.} ({Strongest is} 9. Be3 $1 Nf6 10. Nbd2 O-O-O (10... Qe6 11. Qb3 {can't
be very promising for Black.}) 11. Qc2 {Now White just wants to attack with b4,
a4, b5. Black has to be very accurate.} h6 12. b4 Qe6 (12... Bh5 13. a4 Ng4 {
, and now I'm impressed with the seemingly very anti-positional} 14. b5 $1 Nxe3
15. fxe3 {, and White's attack is very strong.} Qc5 (15... a5 16. bxc6 b6 17.
Nc4 $16) 16. bxa6 bxa6 17. Rab1 $40 {The e3-pawn doesn't even matter, as Black
is close to getting mated.}) 13. a4 Nd7 {A good move; it is necessary to have
the e-pawn protected. Black is on the defensive here, but his position is
still solid.} 14. Rfb1 (14. b5 a5 {is o.k. for Black.}) 14... g5 {Many other
moves are possible as well.} 15. c4 (15. b5 {is again met by} a5) 15... c5 (
15... Bh5 $2 16. c5 {, with b5 to come, is unpleasant for Black.}) 16. bxc5 (
16. b5 a5 {shores up the queenside.}) 16... Bxf3 17. Nxf3 Bxc5 18. Qb2 Qc6 19.
Bxc5 Nxc5 20. Nxe5 Qxe4 21. Nf7 Nd3 22. Qb3 Rdf8 23. Nxh8 Rxf2 24. Qxb7+ Qxb7
25. Rxb7 Kxb7 26. Rd1 Rf8 {Finally, Black has a better endgame due to the
vulnerability of White's queenside pawns. This variation was hardly forced,
but in any case White seems unable to prove an advantage.}) 9... Nf6 10. Nbd2
O-O-O 11. Qe2 Qe6 {Black prepares ...BNc5. White already is playing for
equality.} 12. h3 Bh5 13. Nf1 Bc5 14. Ng3 Rhf8 {Now White is under pressure.
All of Black's pieces are aiming at the White king!} 15. Be3 {Trying to trade
off some pieces. A good idea; the only problem is that Black will gain control
over the d-file.} Bxe3 16. Qxe3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Rd2 18. Re2 Rfd8 {Here I spent a
lot of time deciding between 19.Qe3 and 19.Nf1. I really could have used the
time later. The funny thing is that both moves have pretty much the same value,
so it was a real waste of time!} 19. Qe3 ({I was worried about} 19. Nf1 Rd1 20.
Rxd1 Rxd1 {, but the computer shows that White is perfectly fine after} 21. Qf5
$1 {The position looks dangerous, but Black can't create threats with his rook
alone.}) 19... R2d3 $1 {Good play. Vassily is keeping the position as
complicated as possible. The queen creates threats from a7, but it is also in
danger of being trapped!} 20. Qa7 (20. Qg5 $6 g6 {, and White is really
suffering because Black dominates the d-file.}) 20... Qc4 $5 {Enterprising. I
had been expecting 20...Nd7, which is also a very challenging move.} (20... Nd7
21. a4 (21. Nf5 g6 22. Ne3 Nb6 23. a4 Rd2 24. Rxd2 Rxd2 25. a5 Nd7 {, and
White's pawns are dropping like flies.}) 21... Qc4 (21... c5 22. Nf5 g6 23. Ne3
c6 24. b4 {, and White has sufficient counterplay.}) (21... Qb3 22. Nf5 Rd1+
23. Re1 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 {is unclear.}) ({Black can consider} 21... g6 $5 22. Nf1
Qc4 {, with some pressure. The idea is to trade queens with ...Qc5, with a
better ending.}) 22. Nf5 Qc5 23. Qa8+ ({The ending after} 23. Qxc5 Nxc5 24.
Nxg7 Rd2 25. Rxd2 Rxd2 {is unpleasant, but White may be able to salvage a draw.
}) 23... Nb8 24. Nxg7 {The computer considers White's position fine, but from
a human point of view it seems very risky to play without a queen! However, I
was unable to prove an advantage for Black.} Rd2 25. Rae1 Rxe2 26. Rxe2 Rd1+
27. Kh2 {, and White will start counterplay with Nf5 and Re3-f3.}) 21. Re3 {
A reasonable move. The alternative 21.Nf5 would have led to unfathomable
complications. In my opinion it would be unnecessarily risky.} (21. Qa8+ $4 {
loses:} Kd7 22. Qxb7 Rxg3 23. Rd2+ Rd3 24. Qb3 Qxb3 25. Rxd3+ Ke7 $19) (21. Nf5
{was also possible. In the ensuing play Black seems to have the upper hand,
but it's highly complex.} g6 ({The greedy} 21... Rxh3 {is well met in a number
of ways. One such way is} 22. Ree1 Rhd3 23. Qa8+ Kd7 24. Qxb7 {, and Black can
only be worse.}) (21... Rd1+ 22. Re1 Rxa1 23. Rxa1 Qe2 (23... Qxe4 24. Ng3 {
, with Qa8 to come, winning the b7-pawn.}) 24. Qa8+ Kd7 25. Qxb7 Nxe4 26. f3 $1
{, and Black's attack has been staved off.} (26. Rf1 $2 Rf8 {is, on the other
hand, losing for White.})) (21... Qb5 22. c4 Qb4 23. Nxg7 Rd1+ 24. Rxd1 Rxd1+
25. Kh2 Qxc4 26. Qa8+ Kd7 27. Re3 {, and White is fine.} ({Or} 27. Qf8 {
, which always seems to end in a draw.})) 22. Ne3 Qb5 23. Ree1 {A clever move.
The idea is simply to prepare Rad1. The b2-pawn is obviously taboo due to Rab1.
} Nd7 ({Not} 23... Nxe4 $2 24. Ng4 {, and the tables have turned dramatically!}
) (23... Rd2 24. Rad1 Nxe4 (24... Rxd1 $4 {is of course impossible because of}
25. Qa8+ Kd7 26. Rxd1+ Nd5 27. Qa7 $18) 25. Ng4 (25. Rxd2 Nxd2 26. Ng4 {
is an attempt to play for a win.}) 25... Rxd1 26. Qa8+ Kd7 27. Rxd1+ Nd6 28.
Nf6+ Ke7 29. Ng8+ {, with a draw by perpetual check.}) ({The endgame arising
after} 23... Qb6 24. Qxb6 cxb6 25. Nc4 {is not worse for White.}) 24. a4 {
Black was threatening ...Nb6, so White's hand is forced.} Qb6 (24... Qb3 {
is met by} 25. Ra3 {, which can only help White.} Qxb2 $2 26. Nc4 Qc2 27. Na5
$40) (24... Qc5 25. Qa8+ $5 {The endgame after 25.Qxc5 Nxc5 26.Nc4 is probably
about equal.} Nb8 26. b4 $5 Qxc3 27. b5 {, with complex play.}) 25. Qa8+ (25.
Qxb6 cxb6 26. f3 Kc7 27. Kf2 Nc5 {looks like an uncomfortable ending.}) 25...
Nb8 {, and in this strange position I believe Black is better. The computer
suggests great moves like 26.Rf1!? and evaluates the position as nearly equal,
but with the queen stuck on a8 I would feel very uncomfortable. However, if
White gets b4-b5 in at an opportune moment he might obtain sufficient
counterplay.}) 21... Rxe3 22. Qxe3 g6 $1 {Very impressive, patient play. I had
overlooked this possibility. Black just takes the f5-square away from White's
knight, and White doesn't have a single useful move!} 23. Qa7 ({Perhaps White
should have tried} 23. Qg5 $5 Qe6 (23... Nd7 {met by} 24. Qe7 {, with some
counterplay.}) 24. Re1 Nd7 25. b3 Nc5 26. Nf1 {, and White seems to be holding
on.}) 23... Nd7 24. Qe3 {I have to go back, as otherwise my queen will be
trapped!} (24. Rd1 $6 Rf8 {, and due to the dual threats of ...Nb6 and ...Qxa2
White is in serious trouble.}) 24... Qb5 $1 {Another nice move.} (24... Nc5 $5
25. b3 Qb5 {was also possible.} 26. Qh6 (26. a4 Qb6) ({After a move like} 26.
Rc1 $5 {Black is certainly better, but White should be able to defend.}) 26...
Nd3 27. Qxh7 Qc5 28. Rf1 Nf4 {, and Black has a strong initiative.}) 25. b3 Qc5
{After provoking b3, Black offers a trade of queens.} 26. Qd3 {Avoiding the
trade. Probably a correct decision.} (26. Nf1 Qxe3 27. Nxe3 Nc5 28. f3 Rd3 29.
Nc4 Rxc3 30. Nxe5 Rc2 {I saw this positon during the game, and didn't like it.
Black's pieces are dominating, and next he will play ...Ne6-d4/f4, and then
start with ...c5, ...b5 and ...c4, creating a passed pawn. I didn't see any
way to get counterplay.}) 26... Nf8 {Black sets his eyes on the f4-square.} 27.
Qc2 Ne6 28. Nf1 $4 {The culmination of an unpleasant defence. I was low on
time, got nervous and just played the first move that came to mind.} ({I first
thought about, then saw} 28. Ne2 Qd6 $1 {is very strong. White can't stop ...
Qd2. That's when I realised how useful the knight would be on e3......} (28...
Nd4 29. Nxd4 exd4 30. c4 Qe5 31. Qd3 c5 {is also pretty good for Black.})) (28.
Rc1 $1 Nf4 29. Nf1 {would have been a tough defence. Black is of course
clearly better, but White should hold.}) 28... Nd4 $19 {And that's it. I lose
a pawn and have all the old positional problems to worry about too.} 29. Qd1 (
29. Qb2 Qxc3 30. Qxc3 Ne2+ 31. Kh2 Nxc3 $19) 29... Qxc3 {The rest requires no
comments.} 30. Rb1 h5 31. Ne3 b5 32. Qf1 Qd2 33. a3 Rf8 34. Rd1 Qb2 35. b4 Ne2+
36. Kh2 Nc3 37. Rc1 Rxf2 38. Qe1 Rd2 39. Qf1 Kb7 40. a4 Rf2 41. Qe1 Nxa4 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 9th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2011.02.03"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2011.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 Ne4 7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8. Bd3
c5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Ne5 Nf6 11. cxd5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nxd5 13. Nd2 O-O 14. Ne4 Qc7
15. Nd6 f6 16. Qg4 fxe5 17. Nxc8 Qxc8 18. Qe4 Rf5 19. Bc4 Kh8 20. Bxd5 exd5 21.
Qxd5 Qc7 22. Rfd1 Rc8 23. Rd2 c4 24. Rad1 Rff8 25. h3 Rfe8 26. Qe4 Qc6 27. Qc2
c3 28. Rd6 Qc4 29. bxc3 Qxc3 30. Qe4 Qc4 31. Qxb7 Qxa2 32. Rg6 Rg8 33. Rxg7 Qc2
34. Rxg8+ Rxg8 35. Rd6 Qh7 36. Qc6 Qb1+ 37. Kh2 Qf5 38. Rf6 Qg5 39. Rxh6+ Kg7
40. Rd6 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 20th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2011.03.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6
8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. Kb1 Bf6 11. Bg5 Qe7 12. Bb5 a6 13. Ba4 b5 14. Bb3
Ne5 15. Bxf6 Nxf3 16. Qe3 Qxf6 17. Bd5 Rb8 18. Bc6+ Ke7 19. Qa7 Rhc8 20. Bxf3
Rb6 21. Bb7 Re8 22. Rhe1 Kf8 23. Bxa6 Qd8 24. a4 bxa4 25. Ka1 Qb8 26. Qxb8
Rexb8 27. Bd3 Rxb2 28. Re4 Ra2# 0-1

[Event "Amber-blindfold 20th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2011.03.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Bf4 Na6 11. Rfd1 Nc5 12. Qc2 Qc8 13. Rd4 d5 14. Ne5 Nce4 15.
Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Rd7 Bf6 18. Rad1 Bd5 19. Qa4 Bxe5 20. cxd5 Bxf4 21.
gxf4 exd5 22. e3 Qc4 23. Qxc4 dxc4 24. R1d4 b5 25. Rxe4 Rfd8 26. Rb7 a6 27.
Ree7 Rd1+ 28. Kg2 Rf8 29. a4 bxa4 30. Rb4 Rb1 31. Rxc4 Rxb2 32. Rxa4 Rb6 33.
Ra7 Rg6+ 34. Kh1 Rc8 35. Ra1 h5 36. R7xa6 Rxa6 37. Rxa6 Rc5 38. Ra8+ Kh7 39.
Ra7 Kg8 40. Re7 g6 41. Kg2 Kg7 42. Re5 Rc2 43. Re7 Ra2 44. Rb7 Rc2 45. Ra7 Rb2
46. Kf3 Rd2 47. Rc7 Rb2 48. h3 Ra2 49. Rd7 Rb2 50. e4 Rb3+ 51. Kg2 Rb4 52. f3
h4 53. Rd2 Rb1 54. Rc2 Ra1 55. Rb2 Rc1 56. Rb7 Rc2+ 57. Kg1 Rc1+ 58. Kf2 Rh1
59. Kg2 Ra1 60. Kf2 Ra2+ 61. Ke3 Ra3+ 62. Ke2 Ra2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 20th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2011.03.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. Qc2 Re8 8. Bg5
dxe4 9. dxe4 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Nh5 12. Nbd2 Qf6 13. Nc4 Nf4 14. b4 Bb6 15.
Nxb6 axb6 16. Nd2 Be6 17. f3 h5 18. a4 Red8 19. Rae1 Ne7 20. Bf2 h4 21. Be3 h3
22. g3 Ng2 23. Re2 c6 24. Bd3 b5 25. a5 Rd7 26. Bb6 Nc8 27. Bc5 Qd8 0-1

[Event "Amber-blindfold 20th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2011.03.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "202"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Qe7 6. e3 b6 7. Nc3 Bb7 8. Nge2
Na5 9. Bxb7 Nxb7 10. O-O c5 11. a3 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Ne4 13. Be1 f5 14. f3 Nf6 15.
b4 O-O 16. bxc5 bxc5 17. Rb1 Nd6 18. Qd3 Rfc8 19. Kg2 cxd4 20. Bb4 a5 21. Bxd6
Qxd6 22. Rfc1 Qa6 23. Nxd4 Qd6 24. Rb5 Rc5 25. Qc3 h6 26. a4 Nd5 27. cxd5 Rxc3
28. Rxc3 Kh7 29. dxe6 dxe6 30. Rb7 e5 31. Rxg7+ Kh8 32. Rcc7 exd4 33. Rh7+ Kg8
34. Rcg7+ Kf8 35. Rf7+ Ke8 36. Rfg7 Qf8 37. exd4 Rd8 38. Ra7 Qf6 39. Rxa5 Rxd4
40. Rb7 Rd7 41. Rbb5 f4 42. Re5+ Kd8 43. Re2 Qc6 44. Rf5 fxg3 45. hxg3 Qxa4 46.
Rf8+ Kc7 47. Rfe8 Qb4 48. R8e4 Qa3 49. g4 Qd6 50. Re6 Qf4 51. Re7 h5 52. Rxd7+
Kxd7 53. gxh5 Qg5+ 54. Kf2 Qxh5 55. Kg2 Qg5+ 56. Kf2 Qf4 57. Kg2 Kd6 58. Re4
Qd2+ 59. Kg3 Kd5 60. Rg4 Qe2 61. Re4 Qf1 62. Kg4 Qg2+ 63. Kf4 Qg1 64. Re5+ Kd4
65. Re4+ Kd3 66. Re5 Qh2+ 67. Kf5 Qh5+ 68. Kf4 Qh2+ 69. Kf5 Qg3 70. f4 Qf3 71.
Kg5 Kd4 72. Re6 Qg3+ 73. Kf5 Qh3+ 74. Kf6 Qg4 75. f5 Qf4 76. Kg6 Kd5 77. Ra6
Qg4+ 78. Kf6 Qe2 79. Re6 Qh2 80. Kg6 Qg3+ 81. Kf6 Qf4 82. Kg6 Qg4+ 83. Kf6 Qg3
84. Ra6 Qc3+ 85. Kg6 Ke5 86. Re6+ Kf4 87. f6 Qg3+ 88. Kh7 Qh3+ 89. Kg7 Qg4+ 90.
Kh8 Qh5+ 91. Kg7 Qg5+ 92. Kh7 Qh4+ 93. Kg8 Qg3+ 94. Kh8 Qc3 95. Kh7 Qc2+ 96.
Kg7 Qg2+ 97. Kh8 Qb7 98. f7 Qxf7 99. Re4+ Kg5 100. Rg4+ Kh5 101. Rh4+ Kxh4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 20th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2011.03.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2815"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. e4 Qc7 7. a3 b6 8. Be3
Bb7 9. f3 Be7 10. Be2 O-O 11. Rc1 Rd8 12. O-O Bd6 13. Kh1 Nc6 14. Ndb5 axb5 15.
Nxb5 Bxh2 16. Nxc7 Bxc7 17. c5 bxc5 18. Rxc5 d5 19. Rxc6 Bxc6 20. Qc1 Be5 21.
f4 Bxb2 22. Qxb2 Nxe4 23. Rc1 Rab8 24. Qe5 Be8 25. Bd3 Rb3 26. Bd4 f6 27. Qxe6+
Bf7 28. Qa6 h5 29. Rc7 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 20th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2011.03.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "2817"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Nb3 a5 15.
Be3 a4 16. Nbd2 Bd7 17. a3 Rfe8 18. Bd3 Rab8 19. Rc1 Qb7 20. dxe5 dxe5 21. Bc5
Bd8 22. b4 axb3 23. Nxb3 Qa8 24. Bd6 Rb6 25. Rc5 Nd4 26. Bxe5 Nxf3+ 27. Qxf3
Qxa3 28. Bc2 Qa8 29. Bd4 Rbe6 30. Rg5 g6 31. Nc5 Rd6 32. Nxd7 Nxd7 33. Bb3 Bf6
34. Bxf6 Nxf6 35. Qf4 Qa5 36. Re3 Qd2 37. e5 Nd5 38. Qf3 Rdd8 39. Rg4 Re7 40.
Rd3 Qe1+ 41. Kh2 Qxe5+ 42. g3 Red7 43. Rgd4 Qf6 44. Qe2 Nc3 45. Rxd7 Rxd7 46.
Qe8+ Kg7 47. Rxd7 Qxf2+ 48. Kh1 Qf1+ 49. Kh2 Qf2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 20th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2011.03.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. Qxd8
Rxd8 9. Bxc5 Nc6 10. Nge2 b6 11. Ba3 Ba6 12. Nb5 Rd7 13. Nec3 Bb7 14. Na4 Rad8
15. Be2 Nh5 16. g3 f5 17. exf5 gxf5 18. Kf2 Nd4 19. Rhd1 Nxe2 20. Rxd7 Rxd7 21.
Kxe2 Bh6 22. Bb4 Bc6 23. b3 Nf6 24. Bc3 e5 25. Nb2 a6 26. Na3 f4 27. Rd1 Kf7
28. Rxd7+ Nxd7 29. Nc2 e4 30. fxe4 Bxe4 31. Nb4 a5 32. Nd5 fxg3 33. hxg3 Ke6
34. Ne3 Bb1 35. a3 Nc5 36. b4 axb4 37. axb4 Ne4 38. Be1 Nd6 39. Bf2 Ba2 40. Kd3
Bb1+ 41. Ke2 Ba2 42. Kd3 Bb1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 20th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2011.03.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "178"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3
Nc6 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Re8 11. e3 Be6 12. Rc1 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nxc6 bxc6
15. Na4 Qa5 16. Rxc6 Rad8 17. a3 d4 18. b4 Qb5 19. Rc5 Qb8 20. e4 d3 21. Qd2
Bb3 22. Nc3 Bd4 23. Rc6 Qb7 24. b5 Bc2 25. a4 Bb6 26. Nd5 Bxa4 27. e5 Qb8 28.
e6 Rxe6 29. Rxe6 fxe6 30. Ne7+ Kh8 31. Nc6 Qd6 32. Nxd8 Qxd8 33. Bc6 Qd4 34.
Kg2 Bc2 35. Re1 Qxf2+ 36. Qxf2 Bxf2 37. Rxe6 d2 38. Bf3 Bb6 39. Rd6 Ba4 40.
Rxd2 Bxb5 41. Be4 Kg8 42. Rd5 Bc6 43. Re5 Bxe4+ 44. Rxe4 h5 45. Kf3 g6 46. Kf4
Kg7 47. Ke5 Bd8 48. Ke6 Bf6 49. Ra4 Bb2 50. Rxa7+ Kg8 51. Ra2 Bc3 52. Rc2 Ba1
53. Rc7 Bb2 54. Rc2 Ba1 55. Rg2 Kg7 56. g4 hxg4 57. Rxg4 Bc3 58. Rc4 Ba1 59.
Rf4 Bb2 60. Rf1 Bd4 61. Rf7+ Kg8 62. Rf4 Bc3 63. Rg4 Kg7 64. Rg2 Bf6 65. Rc2
Ba1 66. Rc7+ Kg8 67. h4 Bb2 68. Rc2 Bd4 69. Rd2 Bc3 70. Rd3 Be1 71. Kf6 Bxh4+
72. Kxg6 Kf8 73. Rh3 Bd8 74. Rh7 Ke8 75. Kf5 Kf8 76. Ke6 Bg5 77. Rf7+ Kg8 78.
Rd7 Kf8 79. Rd5 Bc1 80. Rd1 Bb2 81. Rf1+ Kg7 82. Rf7+ Kg6 83. Rf2 Bc1 84. Rg2+
Kh5 85. Kf5 Kh4 86. Rc2 Be3 87. Ke4 Ba7 88. Ra2 Bb6 89. Kf4 Bc7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 20th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2011.03.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Nf3 dxc4 8.
Qxc4 b6 9. Bg5 Ba6 10. Qc2 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. e3 Bxf1 13. Kxf1 c5 14. Ke2
cxd4 15. Nxd4 Nd7 16. Rac1 Qg5 17. Qc6 Nf6 18. h4 Qe5 19. g3 Rad8 20. Rhd1 Rd5
21. Qb7 Qh5+ 22. Ke1 Rfd8 23. Rc8 e5 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Qc7 Rd5 26. Qc8+ Kh7
27. Qf5+ Qxf5 28. Nxf5 Rc5 29. Ke2 g6 30. Nd6 Kg7 31. Rd2 Kf8 32. Kf3 Ke7 33.
Ne4 Nxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 20th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2011.03.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d4 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 c6 7. Qc2 O-O 8. O-O
b6 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Bf4 Bb7 11. Ne5 Rc8 12. Nc3 Nh5 13. Bc1 f5 14. Qa4 Nxe5 15.
dxe5 Qc7 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Qxa7 Bc5 18. Bf3 f4 19. g4 Ng3 20. b4 Ra8 21. Nxd5
Nxe2+ 22. Kf1 Rxa7 23. Nxc7 Bxf3 24. Nxe6 Nc3 25. bxc5 Nxd1 26. cxb6 Ra4 27.
Nxf8 Kxf8 28. Rb1 Rxa2 29. b7 Rxf2+ 30. Ke1 Re2+ 31. Kf1 Rf2+ 32. Ke1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 20th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2011.03.24"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "194"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. g3 c6 6. Bg2 d5 7. Qb3 dxc4 8. Qxc4
Bf5 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Bf4 Nb6 11. Qb3 Ne4 12. Rfd1 Be6 13. d5 Nxc3 14. dxe6 Nxd1
15. exf7+ Kh8 16. Rxd1 Qc8 17. Ng5 Qf5 18. h4 h6 19. Be4 Qf6 20. Ne6 Rxf7 21.
Rd2 Rg8 22. Ng5 Rff8 23. Ne6 Rf7 24. Kg2 Nd5 25. Bxd5 cxd5 26. Qxd5 Qf5 27. e4
Qxd5 28. exd5 Rc8 29. b3 Kh7 30. g4 Bh8 31. Be3 b6 32. f4 Rc3 33. Kf3 Be5 34.
Ke4 Bd6 35. Rh2 Kg8 36. Rg2 Rh7 37. Kd4 Rc8 38. Kd3 Kf7 39. Bd4 Rc1 40. Rc2
Rxc2 41. Kxc2 Ke8 42. Kd3 Rf7 43. Ke4 Kd7 44. h5 gxh5 45. gxh5 Ba3 46. f5 Bc1
47. a4 Bd2 48. Be5 Kc8 49. Bb2 Kd7 50. Bd4 Kc8 51. Be5 Rh7 52. Bb2 Rf7 53. Ba3
Rh7 54. b4 Rh8 55. d6 Kd7 56. dxe7 Kxe7 57. b5+ Kf7 58. Bd6 Rc8 59. Bc7 Ke7 60.
Kd5 Kd7 61. Be5 Bc3 62. Bf4 Rh8 63. Be3 Bf6 64. Bd2 Bb2 65. Bf4 Bf6 66. Bd6 Re8
67. Bf8 Bg5 68. Bg7 Bc1 69. Be5 Bd2 70. Bd4 Rc8 71. f6 Ke8 72. Be5 Kf7 73. Kd6
Re8 74. Ng7 Bb4+ 75. Kd5 Rc8 76. Nf5 Bf8 77. Nd4 Rc5+ 78. Ke4 Rc4 79. Kf5 Rc1
80. Nc6 Rf1+ 81. Ke4 Ke6 82. Nd4+ Kd7 83. Nc6 Ke6 84. Nd4+ Kd7 85. Nc6 Bd6 86.
Bd4 Rf4+ 87. Ke3 Ke6 88. Nxa7 Kd5 89. Bxb6 Re4+ 90. Kf3 Rxa4 91. Nc8 Rf4+ 92.
Kg2 Rxf6 93. Nxd6 Rxd6 94. Bc7 Rd7 95. b6 Kc6 96. Kg3 Rd5 97. Kg4 Kb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 20th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2011.03.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. a4 Nc6 8. Be3
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Qd2 Bd7 13. Nb3 Na5 14. Nxa5 Qxa5 15.
Bd3 {The bishop on d3 makes a better impression than the one located on f3. It
still keeps control on both flanks and hopes to participate in the future
attack against the h7-square.} (15. Bf3 Rac8 (15... Bc6 16. Qf2 {1/2-1/2
Azarov,S (2585)-Romanov,E (2547)/Voronezh 2008}) 16. Rfb1 (16. Rfd1 Bc6 17. Qf2
Nd7 18. Bd2 (18. Nd5 exd5 19. exd5 Bxa4 20. b3 b5 $13) 18... Qb6 19. Qe2 (19.
Qxb6 Nxb6 20. b3 d5 $10) 19... Bf6 20. a5 Qc7 21. Be1 Nc5 22. Qe3 Red8 (22...
Bxc3 $2 23. Bxc3 Na4 24. Rxa4 Bxa4 25. Qd4 $18) 23. Ra3 b5 24. axb6 Qxb6 {
0-1 Dolmatov,S (2615)-Sokolov,A (2595)/Odessa 1989 (50)}) (16. Rfe1 Bc6 17. Qf2
Nd7 18. Bd2 Qc7 19. a5 Bf6 20. Ra3 Rb8 21. Nd1 d5 22. e5 Be7 23. Ra1 Bc5 24.
Qg3 f5 25. exf6 Nxf6 {1/2-1/2 Dolmatov,S (2615)-Novikov,I (2570)/Eupen 1994 
(27)}) 16... Rc4 17. Be2 Rcc8 18. Bd3 Ng4 19. Bg1 Nf6 20. b4 Qc7 21. Rb3 e5 22.
f5 g6 23. b5 axb5 24. Nxb5 Bxb5 25. Rxb5 d5 26. exd5 e4 27. Bf1 Qxc2 28. Qxc2
Rxc2 29. Rxb7 Nxd5 {1/2-1/2 Efimenko,Z (2637)-Macieja,B (2592)/Khanty Mansiysk
2005 (99)}) 15... Qh5 (15... Bc6 $5 16. b4 (16. Rae1 Rad8 17. b4 Qxb4 18. Rb1
Qa5 19. Bb6 Qh5 20. Bxd8 Bxd8 {0-1 Lukaszewski,M-Lopusiewicz,P (2154)/Polanica
Zdroj 1999}) 16... Qh5 (16... Qxb4 17. a5 d5 18. Rfb1 d4 19. Rxb4 dxe3 20. Qxe3
Bxb4 21. Qd4 $14) (16... Qc7 17. b5 Bd7 $11) 17. Rf3 d5 18. Rh3 Qg4 19. Be2 Qg6
20. f5 exf5 21. Rg3 Qxg3 22. hxg3 Bxb4 23. Qd4 $16 {1-0 De Vries,E (2200)
-Felten,N/Netherlands 1996 (40)}) 16. Rf3 Qa5 {Ivanchuk is a magnificent
player, but his retreat from the kingside amounts to the virtual loss of two
tempi.} (16... Ng4 17. Rh3 Qa5 18. Bg1 Bc6 $11) 17. Rg3 (17. Nd5 Qxd2 18. Nxe7+
Rxe7 19. Bxd2 Bc6 20. Re1 e5 $11) 17... Rac8 (17... e5 18. f5 Nh5 19. Rf3 Nf6
$11) 18. Rf1 Kh8 $2 {The black king is retreating to the corner in order to
avoid problems along the g file. Unfortunately it only amounts to the loss of
a tempo.} (18... e5 $5 19. fxe5 dxe5 20. Bh6 g6 (20... Nh5 21. Rg5 Bxg5 22.
Qxg5 Qd8 (22... Be6 23. Be2) 23. Qxh5 gxh6 24. Nd5 Re6 25. Qxf7+ Kh8 26. b3 $14
) 21. Rgf3 $14) 19. Qf2 Bc6 (19... Qb4 20. e5 $1 dxe5 21. fxe5 Ng4 22. Qe2 (22.
Qf4 Nxe3 23. Qxf7 g6 24. Bxg6 Qh4 25. Bd3 Rg8 26. Rf4 Qh6 27. Qxe7 Rxg3 28.
Qxd7 Rcg8 $11) 22... f5 (22... Nxe3 23. Rxf7 $1 $18) 23. exf6 Nxf6 24. Rh3 $16)
20. e5 $1 dxe5 (20... Nd5 21. Nxd5 Qxd5 22. Qe2 $1 dxe5 (22... Bxa4 23. c4 Qa5
24. Qh5 f5 25. Qf7 Bf8 26. exd6 $18) 23. c4 Qd7 (23... Qd6 24. Bxh7 Kxh7 25.
Qh5+ Kg8 26. fxe5 $18) 24. fxe5 $16) 21. Bb6 $2 {Gashimov must have been
unhappy after the game, since he missed a golden opportunity to punish Black
for his unfocussed play. Opening of the centre with logical 21.fxe5! was very
dangerous for the defender.} (21. fxe5 $1 Nh5 (21... Qxe5 22. Rg5 Qc7 23. Qh4
Rcd8 (23... h6 24. Rxg7 $1 Kxg7 25. Bxh6+ Kh8 26. Rxf6 $18) (23... Red8 24. Bf4
Qb6 25. Be5 Rxd3 26. Rxg7 $1 Kxg7 27. Bxf6+ Kf8 28. Bxe7+ Ke8 29. Ba3 Rd6 30.
Qxh7 $18) 24. Bf4 Qc8 25. Be5 Rxd3 26. Rxg7 Kxg7 27. Bxf6+ Bxf6 28. Qxf6+ Kg8
29. Qxf7+ Kh8 30. Qf6+ Kg8 31. Qg5+ Kh8 32. Rf7 Bxg2+ 33. Qxg2 Rg8 34. Qe4 $18)
22. Rh3 Qxe5 23. Qxf7 g6 24. Bxg6 Bxg2+ 25. Kxg2 hxg6 26. Bh6 $16) 21... Qb4
22. fxe5 Nh5 $1 (22... Nd5 23. Rxg7 $1 $18) 23. Rh3 Qg4 24. Kg1 (24. Re3 Bg5
25. Re4 Nf4 26. Be2 Qxg2+ 27. Qxg2 Nxg2 28. Kxg2 Bxe4+ 29. Nxe4 Rxc2 $11) 24...
Nf4 25. Rg3 Nxd3 $1 {With several logical moves Ivanchuk has managed to
eliminate the most dangerous bishop.} 26. cxd3 (26. Rxg4 Nxf2 27. Rxf2 f5 28.
exf6 gxf6 $15) 26... Qb4 27. Na2 Qxa4 28. Qxf7 Bf8 29. d4 Be4 $2 {Later
analysis in quiet conditions reveals that Black could have taken the knight on
a2 and survived the opponent's attack without real harm.} (29... Qxa2 30. Bc5
g6 31. Rh3 Bg7 32. Qxg6 h6 33. Rxh6+ Bxh6 34. Qxh6+ Kg8 35. Qg6+ Kh8 36. Rf7
Qa1+ $11) 30. Nc3 Qc2 (30... Rxc3 $2 31. Qxf8+ $18) 31. Nxe4 Qxe4 32. Bc5 {
It would be too much to expect precise handling of a very promising position
from Gashimov in a rapid game.} (32. Qd7 $5 g6 (32... Ra8 33. Rxf8+ $18) 33.
Rc3 Rb8 34. h3 Qh4 35. Rcf3 Bb4 36. d5 Re7 37. Rf8+ Rxf8 38. Rxf8+ Kg7 39. Qd8
exd5 40. Rf2 $18) 32... Rxc5 $2 (32... g6 33. Bb6 Bg7 (33... Re7 34. Qf6+ Kg8
35. h4 Rce8 36. h5 Bg7 37. Qg5 $16) 34. Rc3 Rb8 35. Rc7 Qe3+ 36. Kh1 Rg8 37.
Bc5 Qd3 38. Be7 $18) 33. Qxf8+ 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 20th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2011.03.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qb3 Bxf3 9. gxf3 e6 10. Qxb7 Nxd4 11. Bb5+ Nxb5 12. Qc6+ Ke7 13. Qxb5 Qd7 14.
Nxd5+ Qxd5 15. Bg5+ f6 16. Qxd5 exd5 17. Be3 Ke6 18. O-O-O Bb4 19. Kb1 Rhc8 20.
a3 Bc5 21. Rhe1 Bxe3 22. Rxe3+ Kd6 23. Rde1 Rc4 24. h3 Rd8 25. Re6+ Kc7 26. Rc1
Rd6 27. Re8 Rxc1+ 28. Kxc1 Rc6+ 29. Kd2 Kd6 30. Ra8 Rc7 31. Ke3 Ke5 32. f4+ Kf5
33. Rd8 Re7+ 34. Kf3 Ke6 35. Ke3 Kf5+ 36. Kf3 Ke6 37. Ke3 Kf5+ 38. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 20th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2011.03.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 a6 6. Bd3 c4 7. Be2 Bd6 8. c3
Ne7 9. b3 b5 10. a4 Bb7 11. O-O O-O 12. Bb2 Nbc6 13. Re1 Qc7 14. Bf1 Rae8 15.
g3 Bc8 16. Bg2 Bf5 17. axb5 axb5 18. bxc4 bxc4 19. Nf1 Ra8 20. Ne3 Bd3 21. Bf1
Bxf1 22. Nxf1 Rxa1 23. Qxa1 Qb7 24. Re2 Ra8 25. Qc1 h6 26. Ne3 Ra2 27. Kf1 Qb3
28. Nd1 Qa4 29. Qb1 Na5 30. Ne1 Qb3 31. Nc2 Nac6 32. Na1 Qa4 33. Ne3 Nd8 34.
Nac2 Qb3 35. Na1 Qa4 36. Nac2 Ne6 37. f4 h5 38. Bc1 Qb3 39. Qxb3 cxb3 40. Ne1
Nc7 41. Bb2 Nb5 42. Nd3 Ba3 43. Nd1 Nc6 44. Nc1 Bxb2 45. Nxb3 g6 46. Rc2 Kg7
47. Rxb2 Rxb2 48. Nxb2 Nxc3 49. Kf2 Kf6 50. Nd3 Kf5 51. Kf3 Nb5 52. Ke3 Nd6 53.
h3 f6 54. Kf3 Nb5 55. g4+ hxg4+ 56. hxg4+ Ke6 57. Ke3 Nd6 58. Ndc5+ Ke7 59. Na4
Ne4 60. Nac5 Nd6 61. Na4 Ne4 62. Nac5 Nd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 20th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2011.03.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. a3 e6 6. b4 d6 7. Rb1 Nge7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. O-O b6 10. Qc2 Bb7 11. b5 Na5 12. d3 d5 13. Rd1 Nf5 14. Bg5 Nd4 15. Qc1
Nab3 16. Bxd8 Nxc1 17. Rdxc1 Nxf3+ 18. Bxf3 Rfxd8 19. a4 Rab8 20. cxd5 exd5 21.
a5 Rd6 22. Na4 Bc8 23. Kg2 h5 24. h3 Be6 25. Rc2 c4 26. dxc4 Bf5 27. Rbc1 Bxc2
28. Rxc2 dxc4 29. axb6 axb6 30. Rxc4 Rd4 31. Nb2 Rxc4 32. Nxc4 Bf8 33. Bd5 Kg7
34. e4 Bc5 35. f4 Rc8 36. Ne5 f6 37. Nd3 Bf8 38. Bc6 Rd8 39. Bd5 Rd7 40. g4 h4
41. Kf3 g5 42. fxg5 fxg5 43. Ne5 Ra7 44. Nc4 Bc5 45. e5 Ra2 46. Ke4 Rh2 47. Kf5
Rxh3 48. Kxg5 Rd3 49. Bc6 h3 50. e6 h2 51. Nxb6 Rd6 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 20th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2011.03.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C17"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. Qg4 Ne7 6. Qxg7 Rg8 7. Qxh7 Qa5 8. Bd2
cxd4 9. Nb1 Nbc6 10. Nf3 Bd7 11. a3 O-O-O 12. c3 dxc3 13. Nxc3 d4 14. Nb5 Bxd2+
15. Nxd2 Nf5 16. Rc1 Kb8 17. b4 Qa6 18. Qh3 Nxe5 19. Nxd4 Qd6 20. N4b3 Bc6 21.
Rg1 Bd5 22. Qc3 Bxb3 23. Nxb3 Nh4 24. Be2 Nxg2+ 25. Kf1 Nf4 26. Qe3 Rxg1+ 27.
Kxg1 Qd5 28. Bg4 Qg2# 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 20th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2011.03.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2817"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. d4 Qb6 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 cxd4 8. a5
Qd8 9. cxd4 Nc6 10. Qa4 d5 11. Ne5 Bd7 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Nd2 Rfc8 14. Nb3 e6
15. Rd1 Nd8 16. e3 Qxa4 17. Rxa4 Ne4 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Bd2 f5 20. Bc3 Rc7 21.
Kf1 Kf7 22. Bb4 Nc6 23. Rc1 Rd8 24. Ba3 e5 25. a6 b5 26. Rb4 exd4 27. Rxb5 dxe3
28. Rb7 Rxb7 29. axb7 Rb8 30. Rxc6 Rxb7 31. Na5 Rd7 32. fxe3 Rd1+ 33. Ke2 Rh1
34. Nc4 Rxh2+ 35. Kf1 h5 36. Ra6 Rc2 37. Rxa7+ Kg8 38. Rc7 Bf6 39. Rc6 Kg7 40.
Ne5 Rd2 41. Bf8+ 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 20th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2011.03.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 {This variation was popular at
grandmaster level some 30 years ago, but then White seemed to have found ways
of retaining a small advantage against all black move orders. As usual, this
may be a matter of fashion.} 5. g3 Nc6 6. Nc3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8. Rc1 O-O 9.
Bg2 d6 10. d5 Nd8 11. Nd2 {Not the only approved variation.} ({Some time ago,
White's powerful play in the following game made a strong impression:} 11. dxe6
Nxe6 12. Bb4 {Kramnik,V (2625)-Ulibin,M (2570)/Chalkidiki 1992/CBM 032/
[Kramnik] (1-0, 49)}) 11... Nxc3 12. Rxc3 e5 {The position has been blocked,
which favours Black in principle, but White's superior development offers him
some initiative.} 13. c5 {The most active continuation.} (13. O-O b6 (13... f5
14. c5 {transposes below}) 14. b4 a5 15. a3 axb4 16. axb4 f5 17. c5 bxc5 18.
bxc5 {White has managed to carry out c4-c5, but Black has exchanged several
pawns in the process. This not only opened some files for counterplay, but
also avoided his being left with queenside pawns.} Nf7 19. Qc2 f4 20. cxd6 cxd6
21. Rc7 Qf6 22. Qc3 (22. Ne4 Qg6 23. Qc6 Bf5 $132 {leaves White with problems
of stability.}) 22... Bg4 {With his pieces busy on the queenside, White will
find no better remedy to this simple threat than repeating moves.} 23. Bf3 Bh3
24. Bg2 Bg4 25. Bf3 Bh3 26. Bg2 Bg4 {1/2 (26) Tkachiev,V (2657)-Benjamin,J 
(2577)/Cap d'Agde 2000/CBM 080}) 13... dxc5 $5 ({With the a- and b-pawns on
board still, Black would face a more difficult defensive job than in the
previous line after:} 13... f5 14. O-O {would transpose below, to a line that
Ivanchuk wants to avoid.} Nf7 15. Qb3 b6 16. cxd6 cxd6 17. Qa3 {Dautov,R (2623)
-Wahls,M (2551)/Germany 2005/CBM 106/[Dautov] (1-0, 30)}) 14. Qc2 {This is the
main move, but not the only one.} ({In the past,} 14. Nb3 {has caused Black
some problems.} f5 $5 {The most principled continuation, aiming to restrict
the enemy bishop. This will reduce the importance of White's queenside
achievements} (14... Bf5 15. Nxc5 $16 {Hracek,Z (2599)-Bernasek,J (2381)/
Karlovy Vary 2004/CBM 100/[Ftacnik] (1-0, 28)}) 15. O-O {Malaniuk,V (2516)
-Liwak,P (2298)/Koszalin 2001/EXT 2002 (1-0, 32)} e4 16. Nxc5 Nf7 17. Qc2 Qd6
18. Rd1 Rd8 {It is not entirely clear whether the d5-pawn is a strength or a
weakness.}) 14... c6 $146 {Technically speaking, this is a novelty, but it all
may have transposed back, had Black wished so.} (14... Bd7 15. Rxc5 c6 {
would transpose back.} 16. e4 (16. O-O cxd5 17. Bxd5 Ne6 {1/2 (17) Beliavsky,A
(2654)-Macieja,B (2536)/New Delhi/Teheran 2000/CBM 080}) 16... b6 17. Rc3 c5
18. O-O Nb7 19. Re1 Nd6 {Damljanovic,B (2612)-Oms Pallise,J (2476)/Andorra
2005/CBM 107 ext (1-0, 40. 'After occupying the blocking d6-square, Black has
a solid position.'}) 15. Rxc5 (15. dxc6 Nxc6 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. O-O {would
create some pawn weaknesses in Black's position, but the unchallenged control
on the light squares offers Black good counterplay. To be compared with the
last game of the Anand-Topalov match.} Ba6 18. Nb3 c4 19. Na5 c5 20. Nxc4 Rfd8)
15... Bf5 {Only this move really deviates from the known paths. Ivanchuk uses
a simple tactical motif to develop his bishop on to a more active square than
d7.} (15... Bd7 {transposes above.}) 16. e4 Bg6 17. Qc3 $6 {This seemingly
active move creates some piece congestion, which will be exploited in masterly
fashion by Ivanchuk.} ({Black seems to be doing fine after the more restrained
} 17. Qc1 {, too:} b6 18. Rc3 c5 19. O-O Nb7 {With a more active form of
blockade than in the previously played game in this line.}) 17... b6 18. Rc4 c5
19. b4 {This was the main idea behind placing the queen on c3, but Black's
answer will prove that it is flawed.} ({It also is true that} 19. O-O Nb7 {
would force White to lose time.}) 19... a5 $1 $15 {A cold shower for White.}
20. b5 (20. bxc5 $2 b5 $1 $17 {drops the rook, without getting enough pawn
compensation.}) (20. a3 Nb7 21. bxc5 b5 {is more or less similar.} 22. d6 Qe6
23. c6 bxc4 24. cxb7 Rab8 25. Nxc4 Rxb7 $17) (20. bxa5 Rxa5 $15 {leaves White
with a weakened queenside.}) 20... Nb7 21. O-O Nd6 22. a4 {Grischuk rightly
considers that he would have at least adequate compensation if Black "wins"
the exchange on c4. The d6-square would be impossible to block, while the
knight's pressure against b6 and e5 would be annoying.} ({At the same time,
the alternative would be far from encouraging:} 22. Ra4 Nxb5 23. Qb2 Qe8 {
It suddenly appears that the rook also is vulnerable on a4.} 24. Nc4 Nd6 25.
Nxb6 Rb8 $17) 22... Rae8 23. Qb3 f5 {Ivanchuk agrees with Grischuk on the
"winning the exchange" matter. He treasures stability on the dark squares more
than material gains.} 24. Rc3 f4 {The queenside is safely blocked, while on
the opposite wing only Black has chances. Play became rather one-sided.} 25.
Nc4 Nxc4 26. Qxc4 Qd7 27. Qe2 Rf6 28. g4 Bf7 29. f3 g5 {Black prepares a slow
attack based on ...h5 and doubling rooks on the h-file. White's next move only
plays into Black's hands.} 30. h4 $6 {Losing a pawn and helping Black to open
the position.} gxh4 $1 $40 {Black's attack is hard to resist now.} 31. Bh3 Rg6
32. Kf2 h5 33. Rh1 Qe7 34. Rcc1 Kh7 35. Rcg1 Reg8 36. Kf1 Kh6 37. Rg2 c4 $1 38.
Qxc4 Qa3 39. Rf2 hxg4 40. Bxg4 Rxg4 41. fxg4 Rxg4 42. Qe2 (42. Rfh2 Kg5 $19)
42... Bh5 $19 43. Rf3 Qc1+ 44. Qe1 Qc4+ 45. Kf2 (45. Qe2 Qxe2+ 46. Kxe2 Rg2+)
45... Qc2+ (45... Qc2+ 46. Qe2 Rg2+) 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 20th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2011.03.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "Moradiabadi,E"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 {Ivanchuk deviates from his
previous choice against Gelfand, which had produced a spectacular win for him
in the previous edition of very same event!} (5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3
O-O 8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Re8 10. h4 c6 11. Kb1 Qa5 12. h5 h6 13. Bd3 Bf8 14. g4
Nf6 15. g5 Be6 16. a3 Ng4 17. gxh6 Qd5 18. Qe2 Qa2+ 19. Kc1 Qa1+ 20. Kd2 Qxb2
21. Rdg1 Bd7 22. Rxg4 Bxg4 23. Ng5 Be6 24. Bd4 Qa2 25. Rg1 c5 26. Bh7+ Kh8 27.
hxg7+ Bxg7 28. Nxf7+ Bxf7 29. Bxg7+ Kxh7 30. Qd3+ Kg8 31. Bf6+ Kf8 32. Qxd6+ {
1-0 Ivanchuk,V (2748)-Gelfand,B (2750)/Nice 2010/CBM 135 Extra}) 5... d5 6. Bd3
Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8. c4 {The most critical choice. Other options are less
impressive nowadays. For instance} (8. Re1 Bg4 9. c4 Nf6 10. Nc3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3
Nxd4 12. Qd1 dxc4 $1 13. Bxc4 c5 14. Qa4+ Qd7 15. Qxd7+ Kxd7 16. Be3 Rhd8 17.
Bxd4 cxd4 18. Bb5+ Kd6 19. Rad1 Bf8 20. Rxd4+ Kc7 21. Red1 Bc5 22. Rxd8 Rxd8
23. Rxd8 Kxd8 24. Bc4 Ke7 25. Nd5+ Nxd5 26. Bxd5 b6 27. a4 a5 28. Kf1 h6 29.
Ke2 Kf6 30. b3 Ke7 {1/2-1/2 Kulaots,K (2577)-Fridman,D (2655)/Caleta 2011/
CB05_2011}) 8... Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1
Re8 14. cxd5 Qxd5 15. Bf4 Rac8 16. g3 {Not a novelty but a rare choice. The
idea is to keep the bishop protected before going for further activity with c4.
} (16. c4 Qe4 17. Be3 {is what has been examined several times before.and does
not seem to offer so much to White since it has lost its popularity}) (16. h3
Be4 (16... h6 $5 {is the move which seems appealing to me. Black is solid
enough after this move. Although I have nothing against Kramnik's choice, I
find this move a simpler way for Black to achieve complete equality.} 17. Nd2 (
17. Qa4 Bd7 18. Rab1 a6 19. Nd2 Na5 20. Qc2 Qf5 21. Qxf5 Bxf5 22. Bg4 Bxg4 23.
hxg4 Bd6 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Bxd6 cxd6 26. Kf1 d5 27. a4 Re6 28. Rb4 Rc6 29. Nb3
Nxb3 30. Rxb3 b6 31. Ke2 Kf8 32. Kd3 Ke7 33. f3 Kd7 34. Rb1 Kc7 35. a5 bxa5 36.
Ra1 Kb6 37. Rb1+ Kc7 38. Ra1 Kb6 39. Rb1+ {1/2-1/2 Quesada Perez,Y (2614)-Bu
Xiangzhi (2695)/Khanty Mansiysk 2010/CBM 139}) 17... Na5 18. Bf3 Qd7 19. Nb3
Nxb3 20. Qxb3 b6 21. g4 Bg6 22. Bb7 Rb8 23. Qd5 Qxd5 24. Bxd5 Bd6 25. Bxd6 cxd6
26. f4 Bd3 27. Bc6 Rec8 28. d5 Kf8 29. a4 Ba6 30. a5 b5 31. Rab1 Bb7 32. Rxb5
Bxc6 33. Rxb8 Rxb8 34. dxc6 Rc8 35. Rb1 Rxc6 36. Rb8+ Ke7 37. Rb7+ Kf6 38. Rxa7
Rxc3 39. Kg2 {1/2-1/2 Shirov,A (2749)-So,W (2668)/Khanty Mansiysk 2010/CBM 139}
) 17. Qc1 Na5 18. Qe3 Bf8 19. c4 Qd8 20. Ne5 Bf5 21. Qc3 b6 22. Rad1 Qf6 23.
Qg3 Nc6 24. Ng4 Qg6 25. d5 Na5 26. Bxc7 Bc2 27. Rc1 Nb3 28. Rxc2 Qxc2 29. Nh6+
Kh8 30. Nxf7+ Kg8 31. Nh6+ Kh8 32. Nf7+ Kg8 33. Nh6+ Kh8 34. Be5 Qg6 35. Bg4
Rxc4 36. Qxb3 Rxe5 37. Rxe5 Rc1+ 38. Kh2 Bd6 39. f4 Bxe5 40. fxe5 gxh6 41. Qe3
Qb1 42. d6 Rh1+ 43. Kg3 Re1 44. Qf4 Rf1 45. Bf3 {1-0 Anand,V (2790)-Kramnik,V 
(2788)/Wijk aan Zee 2010/CBM 135}) 16... Bf6 {Gelfand is following in Wang
Yue's foot-steps.} (16... b5 17. Nd2 Na5 18. Nf1 Nc4 19. Bxc4 Qxc4 20. Ne3 Qe6
21. Nxf5 Qxf5 22. Re5 Qd7 23. Qe2 Bd6 24. Qxb5 c6 25. Rxe8+ {1/2-1/2 Karjakin,
S (2720)-Smeets,J (2657)/Wijk aan Zee 2010/CBM 135}) 17. Rc1 $146 (17. Nd2 Qd7
18. Nc4 Bh3 19. Qd3 g5 20. Be3 Qd5 21. Bf1 Bxf1 22. Qxf1 Ne7 23. Rab1 Nf5 24.
a4 a6 25. Qd3 b5 26. Na3 c6 27. Nc2 Qf3 28. Qd1 Qxd1 29. Rexd1 Nd6 30. Bd2 Kg7
31. Nb4 bxa4 32. Nd3 a3 33. Rb4 Ne4 34. Ra4 c5 35. Nxc5 Nxc5 36. dxc5 Red8 37.
Rxa3 Rc6 38. Ra2 Rxc5 39. Rxa6 Rcd5 40. Ra2 Kg6 41. c4 Rd4 42. Rc2 Be7 43. Kf1
Bc5 44. Ke2 Re8+ 45. Be3 Rxd1 46. Kxd1 Bxe3 47. fxe3 Rxe3 48. c5 Kf6 49. Kd2
Ra3 50. c6 Ra8 51. Ke3 Ke5 52. Kf3 h5 53. Rc5+ Kd6 54. Rxg5 h4 55. gxh4 Kxc6
56. Rf5 Kd6 57. Rxf7 Ke6 58. Rf4 Ke7 59. Kg4 Rf8 60. Ra4 Kf6 61. h5 Kg7 62. Kg5
Rf7 63. Rf4 Rxf4 64. Kxf4 Kh6 65. h4 Kxh5 66. Kf5 Kxh4 {1/2-1/2 Gashimov,V 
(2719)-Wang Yue (2732)/Nanjing 2010/CBM 139}) 17... h6 18. c4 Qa5 $6 {18...Qd7
was more reliable, it is hard to offer White a great way to improve his
position.} (18... Qd7 19. d5 Na5 20. Bd3 (20. Bd2 b6 21. Bxa5 bxa5 22. Nd4 Bg6
23. Qd2 (23. Nc6 $2 Bb2 {[%csl Gb2,Rc1,Gg6]}) 23... c6 $1 {[%csl Yd4,Gf6,Gg6]})
20... Bg4 {[%csl Rf3] is a continuation which could reveal the drawback of g3.
As a result of the hanging knight on f3, White can hardly make progress.} 21.
Bd2 b6 {and an opposite coloured bishop ending is all that White can get.}) 19.
d5 Ne5 20. Bxe5 Bxe5 21. Bd3 Bg4 (21... Bxd3 22. Nxe5 Bh7 23. Qb3 Qb6 24. Qc3
Qd6 25. Rcd1 {[%cal Gc4c5]} Qc5 26. Re2 f6 {does not seem like much of a
trouble either.}) 22. Re4 $5 {Ivanchuk prepares an exchange sacrifice; it is
not clear whether it would work out or not.} Bxf3 {Gelfand should have
accepted the challenge.} (22... f5 $1 23. Rxg4 fxg4 24. Nxe5 (24. Nh4 $6 Qxa3
25. Rb1 (25. Bf5 $2 Rcd8 26. Rb1 Bf6 27. Qxg4 (27. Ng6 $4 Qf3 $19) 27... Bxh4
28. Qxh4 Qf3 29. Be6+ Kh8) 25... Bf6 26. Ng6 {[%cal Gg6f4,Gf4e6]} Rcd8 27. Rxb7
Qc3 $17 {[%csl Re1][%cal Ge8e1]}) 24... Rxe5 25. Qxg4 Rf8 26. Qd4 (26. Kg2 $4
Qd2 $19) 26... Qb6 $1 27. c5 Qf6 28. Bf1 Re7 29. Qd2 $44) 23. Qxf3 Bb2 $2 {
But this one seems like a mistake.} (23... Re7 24. Rb1 (24. Rce1 Rce8 25. R4e2
g6) 24... b6 25. h4 Rce8 26. h5 Kf8 27. Qf5 Bf6 28. Rxe7 Bxe7 29. Qh7 Bf6 {
[%csl Ga5][%cal Ra5e1]} 30. c5 Re1+ (30... bxc5 $4 31. d6 $1 cxd6 32. Rb7 {
and mate is inevitable}) 31. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 32. Kg2 bxc5 $11) 24. Rb1 {Now White
has a reliable advantage thanks to his attack on Black's king and to there
being opposite coloured bishops.} Qxa3 25. c5 Kf8 $2 {The final blunder which
loses instantly.} (25... Rcd8 26. Qe2 Rxe4 27. Qxe4 Kf8 28. d6 $1 $40) 26. d6
$1 {The game is over now.} cxd6 27. cxd6 Rxe4 28. Qxe4 Bf6 29. Qh7 $2 (29. Qd5
$1 {[%csl Rf7]} b5 (29... Rc1+ 30. Kg2 Rxb1 31. Bc4 {leads to mate}) 30. Bxb5
$18) 29... g6 30. Bxg6 fxg6 31. Rxb7 Qa1+ $4 {The last final dramatic mistake!
The check on c1 would have saved Gelfand.} (31... Qc1+ 32. Kg2 Qc6+ 33. Kh3 Qe8
34. Qxh6+ Kg8 {and White cannot progress. He had to concede the draw.}) 32. Kg2
Bg7 33. Qxg6 Qf6 34. Rxg7 (34. Rxg7 Qxg7 35. Qf5+ {[%csl Rc8]}) 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 20th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2011.03.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "233"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Qg4 f5 8. Qg3
Nc6 9. Nf3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nge7 11. Rb1 O-O 12. Bh6 Qa5+ 13. Bd2 Qa4 14. c3 Qc2
15. Rc1 Qe4+ 16. Be2 f4 17. Qh4 h6 18. Kf1 Bd7 19. Ne1 Qf5 20. Bd3 Ng6 21. Bxf5
Nxh4 22. Bd3 Na5 23. Rb1 Rac8 24. g3 Nf5 25. Ke2 b6 26. Rb4 Be8 27. Rg1 Bg6 28.
g4 Nh4 29. Bxg6 Nxg6 30. Nf3 Nc4 31. a4 Ne7 32. Bc1 g6 33. h4 Rf7 34. Ne1 Nc6
35. Rb1 Kg7 36. Rh1 Rh8 37. Rh3 h5 38. f3 g5 39. hxg5 hxg4 40. Rxh8 Kxh8 41.
fxg4 Ne7 42. Kf3 Ng6 43. Ng2 Rh7 44. Nxf4 Nxf4 45. Bxf4 Kg7 46. Kg3 Kg6 47. Rf1
Rf7 48. Rf2 Na3 49. a5 bxa5 50. Rb2 Nc4 51. Rb8 Re7 52. Bc1 a4 53. Rb4 a3 54.
Ra4 a5 55. Bxa3 Rb7 56. Bc5 Rb3 57. Ra2 Rxc3+ 58. Kf4 Rh3 59. Be7 Rh1 60. Rf2
Rh7 61. Bd8 Rf7+ 62. Bf6 a4 63. Ra2 a3 64. Kf3 Rb7 65. Kf4 Rh7 66. Kg3 Rh1 67.
Be7 Rg1+ 68. Kh4 Rh1+ 69. Kg3 Rh7 70. Bc5 Rb7 71. Kh4 Rb2 72. Rxa3 Nxa3 73.
Bxa3 Rh2+ 74. Kg3 Rd2 75. Bc5 Kxg5 76. Be7+ Kg6 77. Bc5 Re2 78. Kf3 Re1 79. Kg3
Rf1 80. Kg2 Rf7 81. Kg3 Kg5 82. Bb6 Rb7 83. Bd8+ Kg6 84. Kf4 Rb3 85. Be7 Rb7
86. Bc5 Rf7+ 87. Kg3 Kg5 88. Bb6 Rb7 89. Bd8+ Kg6 90. Kf4 Rb4 91. Ke3 Kf7 92.
Bc7 Ra4 93. Bb6 Kg6 94. Kf3 Ra1 95. Kf4 Re1 96. Bc5 Re2 97. Kf3 Re4 98. Kg3 Kf7
99. Kh4 Re3 100. Kg5 Kg7 101. Kf4 Rh3 102. Kg5 Kf7 103. Bd6 Rh8 104. Bc5 Rg8+
105. Kh5 Ke8 106. Bd6 Kf7 107. Bc5 Rg6 108. Bd6 Kg7 109. Bf8+ Kh7 110. Bc5 Rg7
111. Bf8 Rf7 112. Bc5 Kg7 113. Kg5 Rf3 114. Kh5 Kf7 115. Kg5 Rh3 116. Bd6 Rh7
117. Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 20th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2011.03.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Bg5 dxc4 8.
Qxc4 b6 9. Rd1 Ba6 10. Qc2 h6 11. Bh4 Nbd7 12. e4 Bxf1 13. Kxf1 Qc8 14. Ne2 Qb7
15. f3 c5 16. Kf2 Rac8 17. Qd2 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Nxe4+ 19. fxe4 Nc5 20. Qe3 Nxe4+
21. Kg1 Qd5 22. h3 g5 23. Be1 f5 24. h4 g4 25. Qxh6 Rf6 26. Qe3 Rd8 27. Kh2 f4
28. Qe2 g3+ 29. Kg1 e5 30. Qg4+ Kf7 31. Qh5+ Kg8 32. Qg4+ Kf7 33. Qh5+ Kg8 34.
Qg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 20th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2011.03.24"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Nb3 a5 15.
Be3 a4 16. Nbd2 Bd7 17. Rc1 Qb7 18. Bb1 h6 19. Nf1 Rfe8 20. d5 Na5 21. b3 Bd8
22. Bd3 Bb6 23. b4 Nc4 24. Bxc4 bxc4 25. a3 Rac8 26. Bxb6 Qxb6 27. Rc3 Nh5 28.
Ne3 Nf4 29. Qc2 Rc7 30. Rc1 Rec8 31. Qd2 Bb5 32. R1c2 f6 33. Kh2 Nd3 34. Qe2
Qa6 35. g3 g6 36. Nh4 Kh7 37. Ng4 h5 38. Nxf6+ Kg7 39. Nxh5+ gxh5 40. Qxh5 Bd7
41. Qg6+ Kh8 42. Qf7 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 18th"]
[Site "Olginka"]
[Date "2011.04.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Savchenko, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2011.04.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sankt Petersburg Chess Federation"]
[BlackTeam "Belgorod BelGu"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Qc2 Nf6 5. Nbd2 c5 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. e3 O-O 8. a3
a6 9. b4 Ba7 10. Bb2 Bd7 11. Be2 Nc6 12. O-O Rc8 13. c5 Bb8 14. e4 Ng4 15. Rfe1
Nce5 16. Rad1 Bc6 17. h3 Nxf3+ 18. Bxf3 Nf6 19. Nc4 Qc7 20. Be5 Qd8 21. Nb6
Bxe5 22. Nxc8 d4 23. Nb6 g5 24. Nc4 Nd7 25. a4 Qf6 26. Qb3 Bc7 27. b5 Nxc5 28.
Qb4 Bxe4 29. Qxc5 Bxf3 30. Qxc7 Bxd1 31. Rxd1 d3 32. Qxb7 Qd4 33. Ne3 a5 34. b6
Rd8 35. Qc7 Qd7 36. Qxd7 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 18th"]
[Site "Olginka"]
[Date "2011.04.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Chadaev, Nikolay"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2011.04.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Desnogorsk Atom"]
[BlackTeam "Sankt Petersburg Chess Federation"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3
Nc6 9. Be3 Bg4 10. h3 cxd4 11. Bxd4 Be6 12. Re1 Rc8 13. Ne2 Bf5 14. c3 Re8 15.
Be3 Be4 16. Ned4 Qd7 17. Nd2 Bg6 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Qa4 Bd6 20. Nb3 h5 21. Qxa7
Qxa7 22. Bxa7 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Ra8 24. Bc5 Bxc5 25. Nxc5 Rxa2 26. Re2 Bf5 27. Kh2
Kf8 28. f4 Ra1 29. Bf3 Rb1 30. Kg2 g6 31. Kh2 Nd7 32. Nxd7+ Bxd7 33. g4 h4 34.
Kg2 g5 35. fxg5 Kg7 36. Kf2 Kg6 37. c4 Be6 38. cxd5 Bxd5 39. Bxd5 cxd5 40. Rd2
d4 41. Rxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 18th"]
[Site "Olginka"]
[Date "2011.04.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2011.04.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sankt Petersburg Chess Federation"]
[BlackTeam "Khanty Mansiysk Yugra"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Qd2
dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. dxc5 Nd7 11. Ne4 Be7 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. b4 b6 14. Nd6 Rd8 15.
Nb5 Qb7 16. Nd6 Qc7 17. O-O bxc5 18. Nxc8 Raxc8 19. b5 Ne5 20. Qe2 Nxf3+ 21.
Qxf3 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Bxd8 24. g3 g6 25. h4 h5 26. a4 Qe7 27. Qf4
Bc7 28. Qe4 Ba5 29. Kg2 Qf6 30. Qc2 Qc3 31. Qxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 18th"]
[Site "Olginka"]
[Date "2011.04.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Romanov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2011.04.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sankt Petersburg Chess Federation"]
[BlackTeam "St Petersburg Mikhail Chigorin CC"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Qc7 8.
g3 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Bf4 Nfd7 11. Bg2 g5 12. Ne3 gxf4 13. Nxf5 O-O-O 14. O-O
fxg3 15. hxg3 a5 16. e3 h5 17. Qe2 Kb8 18. Rfd1 Bb4 19. Ne4 Ng6 20. Rac1 h4 21.
g4 h3 22. Bh1 Ne7 23. Nfg3 Rdg8 24. Kf1 Rg6 25. Rd4 f6 26. f4 Rhg8 27. Nf2 h2
28. Qf3 Nb6 29. b3 Nbd5 30. Ne2 Ba3 31. Rcc4 f5 32. g5 Qb6 33. Rd3 Bc5 34. Nd4
Re8 35. Nd1 Bxd4 36. Rcxd4 Re6 37. Qh5 Rd8 38. Qxh2 Ka7 39. Qd2 Rh8 40. Bg2 Nb4
41. Rd8 Rxd8 42. Rxd8 Ned5 43. Rh8 Nxe3+ 44. Nxe3 Rxe3 45. Rh3 Re7 46. Qf2 c5
47. Rc3 Rc7 48. Qd2 Qe6 49. Re3 Qa6+ 50. Kf2 Qb6 51. Kg3 Nc6 52. Bxc6 Rxc6 53.
Qc3 Rc7 54. Re5 Kb8 55. Qe3 Qb4 56. Rxf5 c4 57. bxc4 Rxc4 58. Qe5+ Rc7 59. g6
1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 18th"]
[Site "Olginka"]
[Date "2011.04.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2011.04.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow ShSM-64"]
[BlackTeam "Sankt Petersburg Chess Federation"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8. Qxd4
Be7 9. e4 O-O 10. e5 Qxd4 11. Nxd4 Nfd7 12. f4 Nb6 13. Be2 Nc6 14. Be3 Na5 15.
Bf2 Bd7 16. O-O Rfc8 17. Ndb5 Nb3 18. Rad1 Bxb5 19. axb5 Rc7 20. Rd3 Rac8 21.
Rfd1 Nc5 22. Rd4 Nb3 23. R4d3 Nc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 18th"]
[Site "Olginka"]
[Date "2011.04.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Nevostrujev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D92"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2011.04.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sankt Petersburg Chess Federation"]
[BlackTeam "Kemerovo"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Bf4 O-O 5. Nf3 d5 6. Rc1 c5 7. dxc5 dxc4 8.
Qxd8 Rxd8 9. e4 Nfd7 10. Be3 Nc6 11. Bxc4 Nde5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Nd5 Be6 14.
Nxe7+ Kh8 15. Nd5 Nxc4 16. Rxc4 f5 17. Rb4 fxe4 18. Nc7 Bg4 19. f3 Rac8 20.
fxg4 Rxc7 21. Ke2 Kg8 22. Rc1 Re8 23. b3 Bf8 24. Rbc4 Re6 25. b4 Ra6 26. R1c2
Ra4 27. b5 Rxc4 28. Rxc4 Kf7 29. c6 bxc6 30. Rxc6 Rxc6 31. bxc6 Ke6 32. Bxa7
Bd6 33. Bb6 Bxh2 34. a4 Kd6 35. c7 Kd7 36. a5 Bxc7 37. Bxc7 Kxc7 38. Ke3 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 18th"]
[Site "Olginka"]
[Date "2011.04.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Potapov, Pavel"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2011.04.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Yamal"]
[BlackTeam "Sankt Petersburg Chess Federation"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. Be2 Ne4 8.
Qb3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 Na5 12. Qb4 Nxc4 13. Qxc4 Be6 14.
Qd3 Nd6 15. Re1 Bc4 16. Qd1 Re8 17. Bf4 Rxe1+ 18. Qxe1 f6 19. Nd2 Bf7 20. Ne4
Rc8 21. Nxd6 cxd6 22. a4 Rc6 23. Rb1 Qc7 24. h3 b6 25. Rb2 Rxc3 26. Bxd6 Qc4
27. Qe7 h5 28. Rb4 Qa2 29. Kh2 Rc2 30. Bg3 Qa1 31. d5 Rc1 32. Bf4 Rh1+ 33. Kg3
g5 34. Be3 Qd1 35. Bxg5 fxg5 36. Qxg5+ Kh7 37. Rf4 Qxd5 38. Qf6 Bg6 39. Qe7+
Kh6 40. Qf8+ Kh7 41. Qe7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 18th"]
[Site "Olginka"]
[Date "2011.04.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[Annotator "Ponomariov,R"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2011.04.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sankt Petersburg Chess Federation"]
[BlackTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 {It's not always so easy to predict what Vassily will play. I think he
hadn't played 1.e4 against me 1.e4 since our match in Moscow in 2002!} e5 2.
Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 O-O 7. Nbd2 a6 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. d4
exd4 10. cxd4 {Well, despite such a rare variation I had some knoweledge about
it. During my long stay in Moscow last year I had possibility to play some
training blitz games vs. Sergey Karjakin. But of course after 6 months it was
not so easy to remember everything during this game.} Bb6 {Some players
retreat with the bishop to a safe place on a7. But I had another idea in my
mind.} 11. Qc2 Re8 12. Re1 Bd7 ({Serger himself played immediately} 12... c5
13. e5 ({But probably after} 13. d5 Ba5 14. b3 Bd7 15. Bb2 c6 {it could be my
current game vs. Ivanchuk}) 13... Nd5 14. Nc4 h6 15. Bd2 Be6 16. exd6 cxd6 17.
Nxb6 Qxb6 18. dxc5 dxc5 19. Ne5 Nb4 20. Qa4 Nd5 21. Qc2 Nb4 22. Qa4 Nd5 {
1/2 Svidler,P (2722)-Karjakin,S (2760)/Moscow RUS 2010/}) 13. b3 c5 14. d5 c6
$6 {I tried to remember my old analysis. But my memory played a joke with me.}
({How it would possible to see better is} 14... Ba5 $5 15. Bb2 c6 16. dxc6 Bxc6
{transforming to the game with a correct move order.}) 15. dxc6 {Vassily
didn't exploit his chance.} ({Very strong was} 15. Nc4 $5 {and now Black has
not such an easy choice} Bc7 ({The computer recommends} 15... cxd5 16. Nxd6
Nxe4 17. Nxe8 Bxe8 18. Bb2 f5 {and says that Black is okay here. But I think
White's chances are preferable here and it's easier to play with some extra
material, because Black needs to avoid exchanging pieces.}) 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bh4
{and this pin is quite unpleasant for Black because he can't play} g5 $140 18.
Nxg5 $1 hxg5 19. Bxg5 cxd5 20. exd5 Kg7 21. Qc3 Rh8 22. Re3 {with a dangerous
initiative for white.}) 15... Bxc6 16. Bb2 Ba5 {Now after some adventures I
was again on the right road!} 17. Rad1 h6 18. Re3 Re6 19. Nc4 Bc7 {A modest
retreat, but in fact not so bad for Black.} ({It made no sense to play} 19...
Bxe4 20. Bxf6 Bxc2 21. Bxd8 Rxe3 22. Nxe3 Bxd1 23. Bxa5 Bxf3 24. gxf3 $14 {
and only White can without any risk play for a win here.}) 20. e5 $6 {First
step along the wrong path: White has some problems with his e4-pawn. Probably
my opponent after my last move thought that now it's a time for active play,
but in the end only activated my pieces.} ({As later I realised: before at
home I had analysed} 20. Rde1 Qe7 21. Nfd2 Re8 22. Qc3 Qf8 {and probably White
has nothing better than} 23. Qd3 Qe7 24. Qc3 $11 {with a draw by repetition})
20... Nd5 21. Ree1 Nf4 {I couldn't calculate all variations during the game.
But in the same moment this move is so tempting that I couldn't stop myself!}
22. Qf5 $2 {The ball was in White's court, but he didn't solve this problem.} (
{Correct was} 22. exd6 {after which both sides must find many only moves
before reaching a draw} Bxf3 23. dxc7 Nh3+ $1 24. Kf1 $1 Bxg2+ 25. Kxg2 Qg5+
26. Kh1 Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1 Qd5+ 28. Re4 Qg5 $1 29. Re1 Qd5+ $11 {I am not sure
that I would find all these crazy variations over the board. But sometimes we
must believe in our intuition!}) 22... Bxf3 23. gxf3 Qh4 24. Re4 {Now Vassily
offered a draw, but it's a little bit too late. Anyway now it's quite
difficult to recommend something for White and maybe it was his best practical
chance.} dxe5 ({Someone suggested the crazy winning continuation} 24... Rg6+
25. Kf1 Rg2 26. Rd2 Qxh2 27. Rxf4 Ba5 $3 $19 {, but I think my way is simpler
and not worse.}) 25. Rd7 ({On} 25. Bxe5 {I also planned to play} Rg6+ 26. Kf1
Rg2 {with a decisive attack.}) 25... Rg6+ 26. Kf1 Rg2 {This simple move was a
blunder by my opponent, as I could see when he started to shake his head. I
can't say that I am very satisfied with the quality of this game. But the
captain of my team was quite happy with such a result :)} 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 18th"]
[Site "Olginka"]
[Date "2011.04.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Bocharov, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2011.04.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sankt Petersburg Chess Federation"]
[BlackTeam "Nizhny Tagil Politekhnik"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. c4 b6 4. a3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Nc3 c5 7. e4 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Nb3 Nc6 10. Bg5 Nd4 11. Nxd4 Bxd4 12. Nb5 Be5 13. f4 Bb8 14. e5 h6 15.
Bxf6 gxf6 16. Nd6+ Bxd6 17. exd6 Rc8 18. Qc3 Rg8 19. Rg1 f5 20. g3 Be4 21. Be2
Kf8 22. Kf2 Rg7 23. Rgd1 Kg8 24. Rac1 Kh7 25. b4 Rg8 26. Bh5 Qf8 27. Qf6 Rg7
28. Rd4 Qd8 29. Qxd8 Rxd8 30. c5 f6 31. Ke3 Bc6 32. Be2 b5 33. a4 a6 34. axb5
axb5 35. Ra1 Rgg8 36. Rd2 e5 37. Ra5 Rb8 38. Bf3 e4 39. Bh5 Kg7 40. Rda2 Rgd8
41. Kd4 Rdc8 42. R2a3 Rg8 43. Ra7 Rgd8 44. R3a5 Kh7 45. R5a6 1-0

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 46th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2011.05.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2011.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. Bb3 Ba7 7. h3 d6 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. Nf1 d5 10. Qe2 Be6 11. Ng3 dxe4 12. dxe4 Bxb3 13. axb3 Ne8 14. Nd2 Nd6
15. Nc4 Qf6 16. Nxd6 Qxd6 17. Nf5 Qg6 18. Qf3 Rae8 19. b4 Ne7 20. Be3 Bxe3 21.
Nxe3 Rd8 22. O-O Qe6 23. Rfd1 Nc8 24. Qf5 Qxf5 25. exf5 Nb6 26. g4 f6 27. Kg2
Kf7 28. c4 Nc8 29. Kf3 h5 30. b3 Ne7 31. b5 axb5 32. cxb5 Rd4 33. Rxd4 exd4 34.
Nc4 hxg4+ 35. hxg4 Nd5 36. b6 Nxb6 37. Nxb6 cxb6 38. Ke4 Rd8 39. Kd3 g6 40.
fxg6+ Kxg6 41. Ra7 Kg5 42. f3 Kf4 43. Rxb7 Kxf3 44. Rf7 Kxg4 45. Rxf6 Kg5 46.
Rxb6 Kf5 47. b4 Ke5 48. Rc6 Rb8 49. Rc5+ Kd6 50. Rc4 Kd5 51. Rxd4+ Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 46th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2011.05.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2011.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Bc4 e6 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Rd1 Bd7 11. Bd2 Qb6 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 dxe5 14. dxe5 Rfd8
15. h4 Be8 16. h5 Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Rd8 18. h6 Rxd1+ 19. Qxd1 g6 20. a3 Qd8 21.
Qc1 Bf8 22. Qd2 Qxd2 23. Bxd2 Nb8 24. Be3 a6 25. Kf1 Ba4 26. Nh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 46th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2011.05.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2011.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxd5 6. Nf3 e6 7. d4 Bb4 8.
Qc2 Nc6 9. Bc4 Qc7 10. Bxd5 exd5 11. O-O Be6 12. Re1 O-O 13. Ng5 g6 14. Be3 Bf5
15. Qb3 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 Qb6 17. Rac1 Nb4 18. Qd2 Nd3 19. g4 Nxc1 20. gxf5 Nxa2
21. Kh1 a5 22. Rg1 Qf6 23. fxg6 fxg6 24. Qc2 Qd6 25. f4 Rae8 26. Qf2 Nb4 27.
Qh4 Qd7 28. Qh6 Nc6 29. Nxh7 Qxh7 30. Rxg6+ Kh8 31. Qg5 Rxe3 32. Rg8+ Rxg8 0-1

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 46th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2011.05.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2011.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
O-O Bb6 9. Na3 Qg6 10. Qd2 Qxe4 11. Rfe1 Qg6 12. Bd3 Qh5 13. Nxc6 Nxc6 14. Bxb6
cxb6 15. Nb5 d5 16. Nc7 Rb8 17. Nxd5 Be6 18. Be4 Rbd8 19. Rad1 b5 20. h3 Qh4
21. a3 Kh8 22. Qe3 a6 23. Nf4 Bb3 24. Rxd8 Qxd8 25. Bxc6 bxc6 26. Qc5 Re8 27.
Rxe8+ Qxe8 28. Nd3 a5 29. Qe5 Qd8 30. Nc5 h6 31. Kh2 a4 32. Ne4 f6 33. Qf4 Bd5
34. Nd6 Qc7 35. f3 Kg8 36. Kg3 Qe7 37. Nf5 Qd7 38. h4 Be6 39. Nd4 Bd5 40. Kf2
Kh8 41. g4 Kg8 42. h5 Kh8 43. Nf5 Be6 44. Nh4 Qd8 45. Qe3 Qd6 46. Ng6+ Kg8 47.
Kg2 Bd7 48. Kh3 Kf7 49. Qe4 Be6 50. Kg2 Qd2+ 51. Kg3 Qd6+ 52. Qf4 Qd1 53. Qd4
0-1

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 46th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2011.05.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2011.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 e6 6. d4 Nc6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. a3 b6 10. Qc2 Nxc3 (10... g6 {gives White a strong possibility} 11. dxc5
$1 (11. e4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. Nb5 {1-0 Utemov,V (2430)-Lugovoi,A (2315)/
Smolensk 1992/EXT 1997 (43)} Nf6 $13) (11. b4 Nxc3 12. Qxc3 Bd7 13. dxc5 Bf6
14. Nd4 bxc5 15. bxc5 Nxd4 16. exd4 Bc6 17. Bb2 Rb8 18. Rae1 Qc7 19. Ba1 Rfd8
20. Qc4 Bb5 21. Qb3 Bc6 {1/2 Portisch,L-Tal,M/Palma de Mallorca 1966/EXT 1998})
11... bxc5 12. Rd1 Nxc3 (12... Qc7 13. Bd2 (13. b3 $14) 13... Bb7 14. Ne4 Nb8
15. Rac1 Nd7 16. b4 Rfc8 17. Bb5 Bc6 18. Ba6 Bb7 {1/2 Gheorghiu,F (2545)-Tal,M
(2620)/Leningrad 1977/MCL}) 13. Qxc3 Rb8 (13... Ba6 $6 {1-0 Najdorf,M-Salomon,
J/Montevideo 1954/MCL (40)} 14. e4 $1 $16 {[%cal Rc1h6]}) 14. Bc2 Qb6 15. Rb1 (
15. b3 f5 16. Rb1 Bf6 17. Qe1 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Bb2 Bxb2 20. Rxb2 Ba6 21.
Rbb1 Rfd8 {1/2 Minev,N-Dely,P/Sinaia 1964/EXT 2003}) 15... Ba6 16. b3 f5 17.
Bb2 Bf6 18. Qe1 Bxb2 19. Rxb2 Qa5 20. Qxa5 Nxa5 21. Rbb1 Rfd8 22. Ne5 Rxd1+ 23.
Bxd1 Rd8 (23... Rb7 $5 {[%cal Ya5c4]}) 24. b4 cxb4 25. axb4 Nc4 26. Nc6 Rd7 27.
Ra1 Bb7 28. Nxa7 Rd2 29. Bb3 Bd5 30. Bxc4 Bxc4 31. Nc6 Rb2 32. h4 Bb5 33. Nd4
Rxb4 34. Nxe6 Rxh4 $14 {1-0 Kortschnoj,V-Tal,M/Kiev 1964/URS-ch (93)}) 11. bxc3
g6 {[%cal Ye7f6,Yf6g7]} (11... h6 $143 12. Bb2 (12. Rd1 Qc7 13. e4 $6 Na5 14.
Ne5 (14. Qb2 $142 Bb7 $132) 14... cxd4 15. cxd4 Qxc2 16. Bxc2 Bb7 $15 {0-1
Rogers,I (2400)-Garcia,G (2330)/La Valetta 1980/EXT 2000 (33)}) 12... Bf6 13.
Rad1 Qe7 14. e4 g5 $6 15. e5 Bg7 16. Qe2 Bb7 {1-0 Iljin,A (2513)-Astashin,A 
(2210)/Saratov 2006/EXT 2008 (37)} 17. Qe4 Rfd8 18. h4 $16) 12. Rd1 cxd4 (12...
Qc7 {is probably simpler:} 13. e4 Rd8 (13... Na5 {is possible here, too,
although White can now reply} 14. Bh6 Rd8 15. Qb2 Bb7 16. Rac1) 14. h4 $6 (14.
Qe2 cxd4 15. cxd4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Rxd4 17. Bb2 $44) 14... Na5 15. Qb1 Bd7 16. Be3
Ba4 17. Re1 Rac8 $36 {0-1 Shishmarev,V-Lugovoi,A (2315)/St Petersburg 1992/EXT
1997 (47)}) 13. cxd4 (13. exd4 Bb7 14. Bh6 Re8 15. Qd2 Bf8 16. Bxf8 Rxf8 17.
Qf4 Ne7 18. Ne5 Nd5 19. Qd2 Rc8 20. c4 Ne7 21. Qf4 Nf5 22. Bxf5 exf5 23. d5 Qd6
$13 {1-0 Toran Albero,R-Donner,J/Palma de Mallorca 1967/EXT 1998 (28)}) 13...
Bb7 (13... Bd7 14. Bb2 Na5 {1/2 Rajkovic,D-Simic,R (2485)/Medulin 1983/EXT 2009
}) 14. Bb2 Rc8 15. Qe2 Na5 (15... Bf6 16. h4 Qd6 17. h5 Rfd8 18. Be4 Qe7 19. h6
$6 Bg5 $2 (19... Qf8 $13) 20. Nxg5 Qxg5 21. Rac1 Qe7 22. d5 $36 {1-0 Bischoff,
K (2505)-Costa,J (2360)/Berlin West 1989/EXT 2008 (28)}) 16. e4 Bf6 {The
position has assumed a character of the Petrosian system in the Queen's Indian
but the version is clearly inferior for White (his "wrong" rook is on d1, and
Black has an extra tempo).} 17. Rac1 Qe7 18. h4 {[%mdl 512]} Bxh4 {Black
boldly accepts this pawn sacrifice not fearing anything.} (18... Bg7 19. h5
Rfd8 $11 {was quite solid.}) 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. d5 (20. Nxh4 $1 Qxh4 21. d5 $44
{[%csl Rg8][%cal Gb2h8] was more to the point.}) 20... Bf6 21. d6 Qd8 22. d7
Rc5 {White's d7-pawn gives him some compensation for the missing pawn but it
can only be enough for equality.} 23. Bxf6 Qxf6 24. Ba6 Qd8 25. Bxb7 Nxb7 26.
Qd2 Rc7 27. Ne5 f6 28. Ng4 h5 29. Qh6 hxg4 30. Qxg6+ Kf8 31. Qh6+ Kg8 32. Qg6+
Kf8 33. Qh7 Rc5 34. Qh8+ Kf7 35. Qh7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 46th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2011.05.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2011.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Re1 {Das gewinnt mehr an Popularität in letzter Zeit.} Bg4 9. Nc3 (9. c4 Nf6
10. Nc3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nxd4 12. Qd1 Ne6 $132 {Weiß hat verschieden
Möglichkeiten, seine Initiative zu entfalten, und ich denke, wir werden in
naher Zukunft einige interessante Partien in dieser Variante sehen.}) (9. c3 f5
10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Qb3 Na5 12. Qc2 Nc6 13. b4 a6 14. a4 Bd6 15. Ba3 Kh8 $132 {
Morozevich - Gelfand (Yerevan, 2008)}) 9... Nxc3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Bf4 Bh5 (
11... Qd7 {Ein seltener Zug.} 12. Rb1 Bd6 (12... Rab8 $6 {Weiß konnte eine
starke Initiative entwickeln:} 13. Re3 Rfe8 14. Qe2 Bf8 15. Re1 Rxe3 16. Qxe3
Bf5 $2 17. Bxc7 $1 (17. Bxf5 Qxf5 18. Bxc7 Rc8 $11) 17... Qxc7 18. Bxf5 g6 19.
Bd3 Na5 20. Qe5 $16 {Anand - Leko (Leon, 2001)}) 13. Bxd6 cxd6 $14 {Short -
Howell (London, 2009), Schwarz wurde zum Verdoppeln der Bauer gezwungen, und
hat nun eine lange, passive Verteidigung vor sich.}) (11... Bd6 12. Bxd6 Bxf3 (
12... Qxd6 $2 13. Bxh7+ Kxh7 14. Ng5+ $18) 13. Qxf3 (13. Bxc7 Bxd1 14. Bxd8
Bxc2 15. Bxc2 Rfxd8 16. Bb3 Kf8 $11) 13... Qxd6 14. Re3 ({Keinen Vorteil
bringt ebenfalls} 14. Rab1 b6 {Weiß hat nicht genug Potenzial, um eine starke
Initiative zu entwickeln.} 15. Re3 (15. Rb5 Rad8 16. h4 Ne7 17. h5 Rfe8 18. Re5
h6 $11 {Leko - Gelfand (Nice, 2008)}) 15... Rae8 16. Rbe1 Rxe3 17. Rxe3 g6 18.
h4 Kg7 19. h5 Rd8 $11 {Vachier Lagrave - Motylev (Katernberg, 2008)}) 14...
Rae8 15. Rae1 Rxe3 16. Rxe3 Nb8 $5 (16... g6 17. h4 Nb8 18. h5 Nd7 19. g4 $14 {
Leko - Kasimdzhanov (Nalchik, 2009)}) 17. h4 Nd7 $11) 12. Rb1 Rb8 (12... b6 {
Eigentlich bietet sich dieser Zug an. Die weißen Felder werden zwar geschwächt,
dafür ist der schwarze Turm nicht an die Verteidigung des Bauern gebunden.} 13.
Qe2 (13. Bb5 Na5 $11) 13... Bd6 14. Qe3 Re8 15. Ne5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Qd7 17. Qg3
Qg4 $11 {Li - Bu Xiangzhi (Tianjin, 2011)}) 13. Qe2 Bd6 14. Qe3 Bxf4 (14... Qd7
15. Bxd6 (15. Ne5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Bg6 17. Bxg6 hxg6 18. Rbd1 Qe6 $15 {Smeets -
Gelfand (Nice, 2010)}) 15... Qxd6 16. Nh4 Bg6 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. Qg3 {1/2-1/2
Bologan - Gelfand (Khanty Mansiysk, 2010)}) 15. Qxf4 Bxf3 {Die einfachste
Spielweise. Es ist schwer zu verstehen, warum Weiß hier eine Chance haben
sollte, um Vorteil zu kämpfen.} 16. Qxf3 Qd6 $11 17. h4 $5 {Neue Idee.} (17.
Re3 g6 18. h4 Kg7 (18... h5 $5) 19. h5 Rfe8 20. Rbe1 Rxe3 21. Qxe3 a6 22. a4
Qa3 $132 {Sasikiran - Wang Yue (Vishakapatnam, 2008)}) 17... b6 18. Re3 Rbe8
19. Rbe1 Rxe3 20. Rxe3 {Das Nehmen mit dem Bauern bringt nichts.} (20. fxe3 f5
21. c4 Nb4 22. cxd5 Nxd5 $11) 20... g6 (20... Na5 $6 21. Qg3 $1 Qxg3 22. fxg3
$1 Nc6 23. Bb5 $14 {und der weiße Turm dringt auf die 7. Reihe ein.}) 21. h5
Kg7 22. Qh3 {Weiß hat das Maximum erreicht, aber das Problem ist, dass Schwarz
keine Schwächen hat.} Ne7 $6 {Fraglich. Erlaubt Weiß ins Endspiel überzugehen.}
23. Qh4 (23. h6+ Kg8 24. Qh2 $1 Qxh2+ (24... Qd7 $4 25. Qe5 $18) 25. Kxh2 Nc8
26. c4 $14) 23... Re8 24. Bb5 {Jetzt ist es zu spät für h6, denn Schwarz hat
den Zug Kf8.} (24. h6+ Kf8 25. Qh2 $2 Qxh2+ 26. Kxh2 Ng8 $19) 24... c6 {
Und Weiß hat nichts Besseres gefunden, als in das remisliche Endspiel zu gehen.
} 25. Bxc6 (25. Bd3 $5 b5 $11) 25... Qxc6 26. Rxe7 Rxe7 27. Qxe7 gxh5 (27...
Qxc3 28. Qe5+ Kf8 29. h6 $16 {Es kann sein, dass Schwarz sich irgendwie ins
Dauerschach retten kann, doch plötzlich hat Weiß gewisse Gewinnchancen.}) 28.
Qe5+ Kf8 29. Qb8+ (29. Qxh5 Qxc3 30. Qxd5 Qxc2 31. Qa8+ Kg7 32. Qxa7 Qd1+ 33.
Kh2 Qxd4 $11) 29... Kg7 30. Qg3+ (30. Qxa7 Qxc3 31. Qxb6 Qe1+ 32. Kh2 Qxf2 $11)
30... Kf8 31. Kh2 a5 $11 {Das Endspiel ist absolut remislich, keiner hat hier
eine realistische Chance auf Sieg zu spielen, weil beide Könige schwach sind.}
32. Qb8+ Kg7 33. Qe5+ f6 34. Qxh5 Qxc3 {Es hat sich nichts verändert - je
weniger Bauern auf dem Brett sind, desto größer sind die Chancen auf
Dauerschach.} 35. Qxd5 Qxc2 36. f3 a4 37. Qd7+ Kg6 38. Qe8+ Kg7 39. Qe7+ Kg6
40. d5 Qd2 {Es sieht schon so aus, als ob der weiße Bauer durchlaufen könnte,
doch die Dauerschachdrohung hält ihn auf.} 41. Qe4+ (41. d6 Qf4+ 42. Kg1 Qd4+
43. Kf1 Qd1+ 44. Kf2 Qd2+ 45. Kg3 Qg5+ $11) 41... Kg7 42. f4 b5 43. f5 (43.
Qe7+ Kg6 44. f5+ Kxf5 45. Qxh7+ Kg5 46. Qg8+ Kh6 $11) 43... Kf8 44. Qe6 Qf4+
45. g3 Qf2+ 46. Kh3 Qf1+ 47. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 46th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2011.05.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2011.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 {Dieser Zug ist in der heutigen
Praxis eher selten anzutreffen, obwohl er zu einer interessanten Stellung
führt, in der Weiß um Vorteil kämpfen kann. Das liegt wohl daran, dass die
Alternative 5.Bd3 Schwarz in Eröffnungsschwierigkeiten bringt.} (5. Bd3 Bc5 6.
Nb3 Be7 7. O-O d6 8. Qg4 g6 9. Qe2 $14 {Die theoretischen Varianten in dieser
Stellung sind sehr lang und kompliziert, doch es sieht so aus, als ob Weiß am
Drücker ist.}) 5... Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 (6... Qc7 {ist eine alternative Fortsetzung.
} 7. a3 {Prophylaxe gegen 7...Bb4.} b6 8. Be3 (8. Be2 Bb7 9. f3 d6 {ist nur
Zugumstellung}) 8... Bb7 {Die nächsten Züge für beide Seiten sind mehr oder
weniger erzwungen - beide streben eine Igelstellung an und müssen die
Entwicklung beenden. Die Zugfolge spielt dabei keine große Rolle.} 9. f3 d6 10.
Rc1 Nbd7 11. Be2 Be7 12. O-O O-O $132 {Radjabov - Kamsky (Baku, 2008). Es
entsteht eine Igelstellung mit Chancen für beide Seiten.}) 7. Bd2 {Vor zwei
Jahren wurden zwischen den selben Gegnern 7.Qf3 gespielt.} (7. Qf3 Qc7 8. a3
Be7 (8... Bxc3+ {geht in eine Variante über, die für Schwarz als ungünstig
gilt.} 9. Qxc3 Nxe4 10. Nb5 $3 axb5 11. Qxg7 Rf8 12. Bh6 Qd6 (12... Qc5 13. f3
$3 bxc4 (13... Qf2+ 14. Kd1 $18) 14. Bxc4 $1 Ng5 (14... Nf6 15. Qxf6 Qxc4 16.
Rc1 $18) 15. Qxf8+ Qxf8 16. Bxf8 Kxf8 17. h4 $18) 13. cxb5 $1 {Weiß hat's
nicht eilig, der Turm f8 läuft nicht weg.} b6 14. f3 Nc5 15. b4 Na4 16. Rc1 Bb7
17. Rc7 Ra7 18. Bd3 f5 19. Kf2 Qe7 20. Qxe7+ Kxe7 21. Bxf8+ Kxf8 22. Bc2 Nb2
23. Rb1 $18 {Man glaubt's oder nicht, aber das Spiel verläuft bis hierher
forciert - angefangen mit 10.Nb5!}) 9. Qg3 d6 $5 (9... Qxg3 10. hxg3 d6 (10...
Nc6 11. Nxc6 dxc6 (11... bxc6 12. e5 $16) 12. e5 Nd7 13. f4 $14) 11. Be2 (11.
Be3 Ng4 12. Bd2 Nc6 $11) 11... Nc6 12. Be3 Bd7 13. O-O-O $14) 10. Qxg7 Rg8 11.
Qh6 Nbd7 $44 {Dominguez Perez - Ivanchuk (Sofia, 2009)}) 7... O-O {Nun hängt
schon der Bauer.} (7... Qc7 8. a3 Be7 9. Be3 d6 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O b6 12. Qd2
Bb7 13. f3 Nbd7 $132 {Mit typischer Igelstellung in Dominguez Perez -
Andreikin (Havana, 2011)}) (7... Bxc3 8. Bxc3 Nxe4 9. Qg4 Nxc3 10. Qxg7 Rf8 11.
bxc3 $14) 8. e5 Bxc3 (8... Ne8 9. Bd3 d6 10. Nc2 Nc6 11. Nxb4 Nxb4 12. Bf4 Qa5
13. exd6 e5 14. Be3 Nxd6 $11 {Alsina Leal - Khairullin (Aix-les-Bains, 2011)})
9. Bxc3 Ne4 10. Qc2 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 d5 $5 {Ein neuer Zug, Schwarz spielt sehr
aktiv und gleicht nach wenigen Zügen aus.} (11... d6 12. Rd1 $1 Re8 (12... dxe5
13. Nxe6 $18) 13. Nb3 $1 (13. exd6 Qxd6 14. Nb5 Qc6 15. Nd6 Rd8 16. Qg3 Qb6 $11
{Ninov - Nikolov (Borovets, 2008)}) 13... d5 14. Be2 $16) 12. Rd1 Nc6 13. cxd5
$2 {Dies erlaubt Schwarz, seinen Läufer zu entwickeln und sehr schnell zu
gutem Spiel zu kommen. Man sollte besser die Spannung aufrechterhalten.} (13.
Nf3 Qc7 14. Be2 dxc4 15. Bxc4 $14 {Diese Stellung ist etwas angenehmer für
Weiß, weil er Raumvorteil und das Feld d6 für seinen Turm hat.}) 13... exd5 {
Der Bauer e5 hängt, Weiß muss auf c6 nehmen.} (13... Nxe5 $5 14. dxe6 Qf6 15.
exf7+ Rxf7 16. f3 Qh4+ 17. g3 Qe7 18. Kf2 $14) 14. Nxc6 (14. Nf3 Bg4 $15) 14...
bxc6 15. Qxc6 {Keinen Vorteil hat Weiß, wenn er sich langsam entwickelt.} (15.
Bd3 Bg4 16. f3 Bd7 17. O-O Qb6+ 18. Kh1 Rfe8 19. Rfe1 a5 $11 {Schwarz hat
Gegenspiel am Damenflügel.}) 15... Qa5+ 16. Qc3 Qxa2 17. b4 (17. Bd3 Be6 18.
O-O Rfc8 19. Qd4 Rab8 $132) 17... Bg4 $1 {Eine Falle, Weiß darf nicht 18.Ra1
spielen.} 18. f3 (18. Ra1 d4 {und Weiß ist gezwungen, die Dame zu nehmen:} 19.
Rxa2 (19. Qxd4 Qb3 20. f3 Rfd8 $19) 19... dxc3 20. Be2 Bf5 $1 $15) 18... Bf5 (
18... Rfc8 $5 {gleicht wohl sofort aus. Aber Schwarz wollte noch mehr.} 19. Ra1
Rxc3 20. Rxa2 Bf5 (20... Rc1+ 21. Kd2 $18) 21. Kf2 Rb3 $11) 19. Ra1 d4 20. Qxd4
(20. Rxa2 dxc3 $17 {Der schwarze c-Bauer ist sehr gefährlich.}) 20... Qb3 21.
Be2 (21. Rd1 Rfb8 22. Bc4 Qxb4+ 23. Kf2 a5 $132) 21... Rfd8 22. Qf4 Qb2 23. O-O
{Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen. Schwarz hat ausreichende Kompensation für den
Bauern.} (23. Rc1 Rd5 24. O-O Qxe2 25. Qxf5 Rxe5 26. Rc8+ Rxc8 27. Qxc8+ Re8
28. Qc3 $11) 23... Rd2 (23... Qxe2 24. Qxf5 Rd2 25. Qg5 h6 26. Qg3 Qb5 27. Qf4
Qe2 28. Qg3 Qb5 $11) 24. Qxf5 Rxe2 25. Qg4 h5 (25... Qxe5 26. Rxa6 $14) 26.
Qxh5 Rxg2+ 27. Kh1 {Es sieht so aus, als ob Schwarz mehr als nur Kompensation
hätte, doch in Wirklichkeit reicht es gerade zum Remis, aber auch nicht mehr.}
Rg6 28. Rg1 Rd8 29. Raf1 (29. Rxg6 $4 fxg6 $19) 29... Qe2 30. Re1 (30. Rxg6
fxg6 31. Qh3 Qxe5 $11) 30... Rxg1+ 31. Rxg1 Rd3 32. Qg4 Qxf3+ {Nach dem
Damentausch ist die Stellung ganz klar Remis.} (32... g6 33. e6 $11) 33. Qxf3
Rxf3 34. Ra1 Rf4 35. Rxa6 Rxb4 36. e6 Rb7 37. Ra8+ Kh7 38. exf7 Rxf7 39. Kg2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 46th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2011.05.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2011.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. Nge2 {Ivanchuk chooses a
rare setup, which quickly leads to a Modern Benoni position.} ({White's most
usual options in this positon are} 6. Nf3) (6. f4) ({and} 6. Bd3) 6... O-O 7.
Ng3 a6 ({Although Black usually inserts the text move sooner or later, right
now a more flexible and common alternative is} 7... e6 8. Be2 (8. f3 exd5 9.
cxd5 {leads to a position, which arises more often via different move-orders 
(White plays f3 earlier). Here Black has the interesting motif} Nh5 $5 10. Nxh5
gxh5 11. Bd3 f5 12. O-O Na6 13. a3 Bd7 14. Qc2 Qf6 15. Kh1 Rac8 16. Be3 c4 17.
Be2 b5 18. Bxa7 Nc5 19. Rad1 Kh8 20. Bxc5 Rxc5 21. f4 h4 $44 {/+/=,Chernin,A 
(2610)-Glek,I (2580)/2 BLW 9899/1999/}) 8... exd5 (8... Na6 9. O-O Nc7 10. Bg5
h6 11. Be3 exd5 12. cxd5 b6 (12... h5 13. f3 Re8 14. Qd2 b5 15. Bxb5 Nxb5 16.
Nxb5 Ba6 17. a4 Qd7 18. Bh6 Bh8 19. Bf4 h4 20. Ne2 Bxb5 21. axb5 h3 22. gxh3 (
22. Ra6 $5 $36) 22... Nh5 23. Ra5 Rab8 24. Be3 Rxb5 $44 {Sakaev,K (2629)
-Romanov,E (2624)/RUS-ch qual Taganrog/2011/}) 13. Qd2 h5 14. Bg5 Qd7 $5 15. h3
(15. a4 $142) 15... Nh7 16. Bh6 h4 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Nh1 f5 19. f4 Bb7 20. Nf2
b5 21. a3 a5 22. b3 {Dreev,A (2655)-Kamble,V (2412)/Bhubaneswar/2010/} Nf6 $132
) 9. cxd5 Na6 {can be similar, or directly transpose to 8...Na6:} (9... h5 10.
Bg5 Nbd7 11. O-O a6 12. a4 Re8 13. Qd2 Qb6 (13... Qa5 $13) 14. Rfe1 Nh7 15. Be3
h4 16. Nf1 h3 17. g3 Ne5 18. Qc2 Bd7 (18... Ng4 $142) 19. Nd2 Ng4 20. Bxg4 Bxg4
21. f3 Bd7 22. Nc4 Qc7 23. a5 $14 {Bareev,E (2711)-Kazhgaleyev,M (2596)/
Playchess blitz/2004/}) 10. O-O Nc7 11. a4 (11. Bg5 h6 12. Be3 {-8...Na6})
11... b6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Be3 Re8 14. Rb1 Ba6 15. b4 (15. f3 $5) 15... Ng4 16.
Bd2 Bxe2 17. Ncxe2 h5 (17... cxb4 $5 {/\Na6-c5<=>}) 18. f3 Ne5 19. bxc5 bxc5
20. Qc2 Qc8 21. Ba5 Re7 22. Bc3 h4 23. Nh1 Qa6 24. Nf2 Qc4 25. Rfc1 Rae8 26.
Qd1 Qa6 {Gurevich,M (2672)-Hamdouchi,H (2544)/FRA-chT/2004/} 27. f4 $36 {
M.Gurevich}) (7... e5 $6 {is strategically dubious, closing the [+] limits
Black's chances for full-blooded <=>:} 8. Be2 Na6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Be3 Nc7 11. Qd2
Kh7 12. h4 Ng4 13. Bxg4 Bxg4 14. h5 g5 15. a3 Rb8 16. b4 b6 17. Qc2 a6 18. Rb1
Qe7 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. exf5 f6 21. bxc5 bxc5 22. Ke2 Qd7 23. g4 Na8 24. Qa4 $16 {
Kortschnoj,V (2607)-Saud,M (2154)/Turin olm/2006/}) 8. a4 e6 9. Be2 exd5 10.
cxd5 Nbd7 (10... h5 11. Bg5 Qb6 12. Qc1 Nh7 13. a5 Qc7 14. Bh6 Nd7 15. Bxg7
Kxg7 16. O-O h4 17. Nh1 Re8 18. f4 b5 19. axb6 Qxb6 20. Bc4 Rb8 21. b3 $14 {
Peralta,F (2570)-Cossin,S (2494)/Marrakesh/2010/}) 11. O-O Re8 12. f3 {
Although White normally develops his Bc1 first, this is usually a useful move
in any case.} (12. Bf4 Ne5 13. Qd2 Bd7 14. Rfb1 Rc8 15. h3 c4 16. Be3 h5 17. a5
Bb5 18. f3 Nfd7 19. Nxb5 axb5 20. Qb4 f5 21. a6 (21. exf5 $5 $14) 21... bxa6
22. Qxd6 h4 23. Nf1 fxe4 24. f4 Nd3 $13 {Braun,A (2538)-Efimenko,Z (2683)/
Bundesliga 1011/2011/}) (12. Bg5 h6 13. Be3 h5 14. f3 (14. Bg5 Qa5 15. Qc1 Nh7
16. Bh4 c4 $5 17. f4 Nc5 18. Qe3 Qb4 19. e5 Bd7 20. Kh1 Rac8 21. Rab1 Kh8 22.
Bxh5 dxe5 23. f5 gxh5 24. Nxh5 Qb6 25. Nxg7 Kxg7 26. Ne4 Qh6 27. f6+ Kg6 28.
Qg3+ Kh5 29. Nxc5 Rxc5 30. Rbe1 Ng5 31. Rxe5 Rxe5 32. Qxe5 Qg6 33. Bxg5 Qxg5
34. Qe4 Qg6 35. Qe5+ {1/2,Napalkov,V (2390)-Rubinas,P (2562)/corr/2008/}) 14...
Nh7 15. Qd2 (15. Rf2 Ne5 16. Nf1 f5 17. h3 Bd7 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. g4 hxg4 20.
hxg4 Bd7 21. Qc2 Nf6 22. Bg5 Nf7 23. Bd2 b5 24. axb5 axb5 25. Rxa8 Qxa8 26.
Bxb5 Bxb5 27. Nxb5 {Gurevich,M (2633)-Lie,K (2536)/Tromsoe/2007/} Nxd5 28. Qxg6
Qc6 29. Nc3 Ne5 $132) 15... h4 16. Nh1 f5 17. Nf2 Ne5 18. Rfe1 Bd7 19. exf5
gxf5 20. Kh1 Qf6 21. Nh3 Ng6 22. f4 $14 b5 $6 23. axb5 axb5 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25.
Bxb5 Bxb5 26. Nxb5 Rb8 27. Nc3 $16 {Taborov,B (2430)-Nikolaev,L (2262)/Kiev/
2000/}) ({A more ambitious idea is} 12. f4 $5 h5 13. e5 dxe5 14. f5 $44 {
- a typical Benoni motif, White's initiative can't be underrated:} h4 15. Nge4
Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Nf6 17. fxg6 fxg6 18. Nxc5 Bf8 19. Be3 Bxc5 20. Bxc5 Qxd5 21. Qc2
Kg7 22. Rad1 Qe4 23. Bd3 $36 {Dawidow,J (2344)-Spisak,C (2359)/Wysowa/2003/}) (
12. Be3 h5 {transposes to 12.Bg5, only with one move less.}) 12... Rb8 13. Be3
h5 (13... Ne5 14. Qd2 h5 (14... Bd7 15. a5 h5 16. h3 h4 17. Nh1 b5 18. axb6
Rxb6 19. Rxa6 Rxa6 20. Bxa6 Qa5 21. Be2 Qb4 22. Nf2 Rb8 23. Bg5 Nh5 24. Bxh4
Qxb2 25. Qxb2 Rxb2 26. Nfd1 Rc2 27. f4 Nc4 28. Bxc4 Bxc3 29. Nxc3 Rxc3 30. Be2
Re3 31. Bf3 Bb5 32. Rb1 Bd3 33. Rb8+ Kg7 34. Kf2 $18 {Novikov,I (2601)-Vera
Gonzalez Quevedo,R (2547)/Saint Vincent/1999/}) 15. h3 $5 (15. Bg5 Qa5 16. f4
Ned7 17. f5 Qb4 18. fxg6 fxg6 19. e5 Rxe5 20. Bf4 h4 21. Bxe5 Nxe5 22. Nh1 Qd4+
23. Qxd4 cxd4 24. Nd1 Nxd5 $17 {Barreto Filho,C (2277)-Fier,A (2653)/Americana/
2009/}) (15. Rab1 Qa5 16. h3 (16. Nh1 b5 17. b3 Bd7 18. axb5 axb5 19. Nf2 Ra8
20. Rfc1 b4 21. Ncd1 Bb5 22. Nb2 Bxe2 23. Qxe2 Qa2 24. Qc2 Ra3 $17 {Zalkind,K 
(2164)-Tate,A (2167)/Budapest/2008/}) 16... h4 17. Nh1 b5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Ra1
Qb4 20. Qc2 Nc4 21. Bc1 Nh5 22. Nf2 (22. Nxb5 $142 $1 $13) 22... Na5 23. Ra3
Ng3 $36 {Truskavetsky,A (2243)-Kovchan,A (2459)/Alushta/2001/}) 15... Qa5 (
15... c4 16. a5 b5 17. axb6 Rxb6 18. Bxb6 Qxb6+ 19. Kh2 h4 20. Nh1 Nh5 21. f4
Nd3 $14 {/~~,Yevseev,D (2539)-Zvara,P (2347)/Pardubice/1999/}) 16. Rfb1 {
Now Black doesn't get to play b5 as after 15.Rab1:} Qb4 17. a5 Bd7 18. Nf1 Nc4
19. Bxc4 Qxc4 20. Bh6 Bb5 $2 (20... Qd4+ 21. Qxd4 cxd4 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Na4
$14) 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Ne3 Qb4 23. b3 Nd7 24. Nc2 {Hellsten,J (2477)-Khomeriki,
G (2205)/Kavala/2002/}) 14. Qd2 (14. Nh1 $5 Nh7 15. Nf2 f5 (15... Ne5 $142) 16.
Qd2 Qe7 17. Rfe1 $36 g5 $6 18. f4 g4 19. Bd3 Bxc3 $2 20. bxc3 Qf7 21. c4 $18 {
Raupp,T (2330)-Feustel,B (2325)/BL2S 9293/1992/}) 14... Nh7 (14... Ne5 {
-13...Ne5}) 15. Bh6 $146 ({The standard N-manoeuvre} 15. Nh1 {again deserves
attention:} Ne5 16. Nf2 Bd7 17. a5 (17. h3 b5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Ra7 {Baklanova,
T (2247)-Milligan,H (2033)/Khanty Mansiysk olw/2010/} b4 20. f4 bxc3 21. bxc3
Rb3 $132) (17. Rfb1 $5 {/\} b5 $6 18. axb5 axb5 19. b4 $36) 17... f5 18. b4 (
18. Rfe1 $14) 18... cxb4 19. Na4 Bb5 20. Nb6 Bxe2 21. Qxe2 fxe4 22. Nxe4 Ng4
23. Rab1 Nxe3 24. Qxe3 Nf6 25. Rxb4 Nxe4 26. Rxe4 Rxe4 27. Qxe4 Qe8 $132 28.
Qd3 $6 Kh7 29. f4 Qb5 $1 $36 {Bratanov,Z (2463)-Petrov,M (2500)/Blagoevgrad/
2010/}) 15... Bd4+ 16. Be3 Bg7 {Black naturally doesn't want to exchange the
Bg7, important both for the defence and any possible <=>.} 17. Rfd1 h4 18. Nf1
(18. Nh1 h3 19. g3 (19. gxh3 $5) 19... Ne5 20. Nf2 b5 $132) 18... h3 19. g3 (
19. gxh3 Qh4 20. Qe1 Qxh3 21. Qg3 Ne5 $13) (19. g4 Ne5 $132) 19... b5 ({
The simple} 19... Ne5 $5 $13 {is less committal:} 20. Bh6 Bxh6 21. Qxh6 Ng5 22.
Nd2 (22. f4 Ngf3+ 23. Bxf3 $8 (23. Kh1 $4 Ng4 {[%cal Rg4f2]}) 23... Nxf3+ 24.
Kf2 Nd4 $15) 22... Qf6 23. f4 (23. Rf1 Ng4 24. fxg4 Qd4+ 25. Kh1 Qxd2 26. Rxf7
(26. Rf6 Bxg4 27. Rxg6+ fxg6 28. Qxg6+ Kh8 29. Qh6+ $11)) 23... Ng4 24. Bxg4
Qd4+ 25. Kf1 (25. Kh1 $2 Bxg4 {[%cal Rd4f2] /\Qf2-+}) 25... Bxg4 26. Qxg5 Qd3+
27. Kf2 Qd4+ 28. Kf1 $11) 20. axb5 axb5 21. Nxb5 Ne5 {[%cal Rb8b5]} (21... Qb6
22. Kf2 Ba6 (22... Ne5 23. Qa5 $36) 23. Rxa6 Qxa6 24. Nc7 $16) 22. Nc3 (22. Qa5
$5 Qe7 23. b4 $14) 22... f5 23. Ra7 (23. exf5 Bxf5 $32 {/\Rb4, Qb6|^} 24. g4
Bc8 25. Ng3 Nxf3+ $1 26. Bxf3 Rxb2 $1 27. Qxb2 Rxe3 $44) (23. f4 Ng4 24. Bxg4
fxg4 {[%csl Re4] <=>><e4}) 23... Qb6 24. Rxg7+ $5 {[%mdl 576]} ({White is not
interested in} 24. Ra2 Qb3 $44 {and instead comes up with a positional
sacrifice of his own to fight for the initiative. The game quickly enters the
phase of tactical complications.}) 24... Kxg7 25. b4 Ba6 (25... Qxb4 26. Rb1
Qxb1 27. Nxb1 Rxb1 28. f4 (28. Qc2 $5 $14) 28... Ng4 (28... Nf7 29. Qc2 Rb8 30.
e5 $36) 29. Bxg4 fxg4 30. Qc2 Rb7 31. e5 $14) 26. b5 Bxb5 $5 {Black also
doesn't want to defend passively and the tension on the board grows.} (26...
Bc8 27. Bh6+ Kg8 28. Ne3 Qc7 (28... fxe4 29. Nxe4 $36) 29. exf5 $44 {[%csl Rg8]
׻}) 27. Nxb5 Qxb5 28. f4 Qa4 (28... Nc4 $2 29. Qc3+ Nf6 30. e5 $1 (30. Bxc4 $6
Qb4 $13) 30... dxe5 31. fxe5 $16) 29. fxe5 Qxe4 30. Bh6+ Kg8 31. Ne3 $13 {
The resulting position is unclear and complex. If White manages to coordinate
his minor pieces, he can hope for an advantage, but containing Black's <=> is
not easy.} Qxe5 (31... Rxe5 32. Bf4 (32. Bf1 Nf6 33. Bf4 Rb3 $1 34. Bxe5 Qxe5
$44) 32... Rb3 (32... Ree8 33. Bd3 Qd4 34. Qc1 Rb3 35. Bc2 Rbxe3 36. Rxd4 Re1+
37. Qxe1 Rxe1+ 38. Kf2 Rh1 39. Rd2 Rxh2+ 40. Kg1 $14 {/+/-}) 33. Bd3 Qd4 34.
Bxe5 Qxe5 35. Kf1 $5 $14) (31... g5 $5 32. e6 f4 (32... Rb3 33. Bd3 Qd4 34. Kf1
c4 35. Nxf5 Qxd3+ 36. Qxd3 cxd3 37. Nxd6 $14) 33. gxf4 (33. Bh5 Nf6 (33...
Qxe3+ 34. Qxe3 fxe3 35. Bf7+ Kh8 36. Bxe8 Rxe8 37. Rd3 Kg8 38. Rxe3 Nf6 39.
Bxg5 Nxd5 40. Rd3 Nc7 41. e7 d5 42. g4 d4 43. Rxh3 Nd5 $13) 34. Bf7+ Kh7 $1 (
34... Kh8 $2 35. Bxg5 $18) 35. gxf4 gxf4 {-33...gf4}) 33... gxf4 34. Bh5 Nf6 $1
(34... fxe3 35. Bf7+ Kh8 36. Qc3+ $18) (34... Qxe3+ 35. Qxe3 fxe3 36. Bxe8 Rxe8
37. Bxe3 $16) 35. Bf7+ (35. Bxe8 fxe3 36. Bf7+ Kh7 37. Bxe3 Qg4+ 38. Kf1 Rb2 $1
$19) 35... Kh8 (35... Kh7 $5 {is similar}) 36. Bxf4 Qxf4 37. Bxe8 Rb3 38. Nf1 (
38. Qf2 Qxe3 $11) 38... Qg4+ 39. Ng3 Rxg3+ 40. hxg3 Qxg3+ 41. Kh1 Qf3+ $11) 32.
Bf4 Qe7 33. Bd3 Nf6 $6 {After this inaccuracy the game is still far from
decided, but White gradually starts taking over the initiative.} (33... Rb4 $1
$132 {/\} 34. Nc4 Rxc4 35. Bxc4 g5 $11) (33... Ng5 $6 34. Nxf5 $1 Nf3+ 35. Kf2
gxf5 36. Kxf3 $16) 34. Nc4 $36 Rbd8 35. Bg5 Qf7 (35... Rd7 36. Qb2 Rf8 37. Bf1
Qg7 {[%cal Yf6e4] /\Ne4} 38. Qc1 $5 $14) 36. Qb2 Rf8 37. Bf1 Rb8 38. Qc1 Ne4
39. Bxh3 (39. Bf4 Qf6 $132) 39... Rb3 (39... Nxg5 40. Qxg5 Qf6 41. Qf4 $14 {
/+/-}) 40. Bf1 f4 $2 {Black's attempt to lash out is easily refuted. The
situation was still not so desperate:} (40... Rc3 $142 41. Qf4 Qa7 $1 $14) 41.
Bxf4 g5 (41... Rc3 42. Qb2 $18 {><d6}) 42. Nxd6 Nxd6 43. Bxd6 Qf2+ 44. Kh1 $18
{Black's position has fallen apart, all he has are 1-2 harmless checks.} Rf5
45. Bxc5 Qa2 (45... Qf3+ 46. Bg2 $18) 46. Bc4 1-0

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 46th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2011.05.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2011.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 {Alternativ kann Schwarz auch 4....
Nbd7 spielen, was auch zu einer ungefähr gleicher Stellung führt.} (4... Nd7 5.
Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8. Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qc7 $132) 5. Ng3
Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 e6 8. h5 {Keinen Vorteil bringt auch 8.Ne5.} (8. Ne5 Bh7 9.
Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nd7 11. f4 c5 12. Be3 Qa5+ 13. Bd2 Qc7 14. O-O-O Ngf6 $11 {
Fontaine - Svetushkin (Ikaros, 2003)}) 8... Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nf6 {
Die Hauptvariante heute entsteht nach 10....Nd7:} (10... Nd7 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12.
Bd2 Bb4 (12... Qc7 13. O-O-O Ngf6 14. Ne4 O-O-O 15. g3 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Nf6 17.
Qe2 $14 {Diese Stellung ist etwas angenehmer für Weiß, wobei man sagen muss,
dass Schwarz mit richtigem Spiel doch leicht ausgleichen kann.}) 13. c3 Be7 14.
c4 Qc7 15. d5 cxd5 16. cxd5 Qd6 $11 {Die letzten Partien haben gezeigt, dass
Schwarz hier keine Schwiriegkeiten hat.}) 11. Ne4 {Diese Zugfolge trifft man
selten und sie hat bestimmt auch einen Nachteil. Weiß legt sich sehr früh mit
seinen Springermanövern fest. Der Hauptzug ist 11.Bd2.} (11. Bd2 c5 12. Ne4 Nc6
13. Nxf6+ gxf6 14. Bc3 $14 {Adams - Solozhenkin (Frankreich, 1999)}) (11. Bf4
Bd6 12. Ne5 Qc7 13. O-O-O Nbd7 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 O-O-O 16. Bg3 Nxe5 17.
dxe5 Bc5 $11 {Tiviakov - Magem Badals (Beijing, 1998)}) 11... Nbd7 12. Bd2 a5 {
Interessant, aber das kann kaum gut sein. Schwarz kann leicht ausgleichen,
wenn er 12...Be7 spielt. Anscheinend wollte Ivanchuk jedoch mehr als ein
schnelles Remis.} (12... Be7 13. O-O-O Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Nf6 15. Qe2 Qd5 16. c4 Qe4
{Das entstehende Endspiel kann man als ausgeglichen einschätzen.} 17. Qxe4 Nxe4
18. Be3 Nd6 $11 {Anisimov - Riazantsev (Aix-les-Bains, 2011)}) 13. O-O-O Bb4
14. Bxb4 $2 {Das ist einfach ein schlechter Zug. Man darf nur auf b4 nehmen,
wenn man sich ganz sicher ist, dass man schnell und forciert in Vorteil kommt.}
(14. c3 $1 {Weiß kommt zu besserem Spiel.} Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Nf6 16. Qe2 Be7 17.
Ne5 Qd5 18. c4 Qe4 19. Be3 $14) 14... axb4 15. Nd6+ {Der einzige Zug, sonst
wird Schwarz kurz rochieren und Weiß wird sich lange Zeit fragen, wozu er die
a-Linie geöffnet hat.} Ke7 16. Ne5 (16. Nxb7 Qb6 17. Nc5 Nxc5 18. dxc5 Qxc5 $17
) 16... Rf8 $15 {Schwarz steht schon besser!} 17. Nec4 $2 {Zu passiv, nun ist
die weiße Stellung fast schon verloren.} (17. Qg3 Rxa2 18. Nxb7 Qb6 (18... Nxe5
19. Nxd8 Ra1+ 20. Kd2 Ne4+ 21. Ke3 Nxg3 22. Rxa1 Nxh1 23. dxe5 Rxd8 24. Rxh1
Rd5 25. f4 $11) 19. Nxd7 Qxb7 20. Nxf6 gxf6 $15) 17... Qc7 {Einfach und stark.
Es droht b5.} (17... b5 $4 18. Nf5+ exf5 (18... Ke8 19. Ncd6#) 19. Rhe1+ Ne4
20. Rxe4+ Kf6 (20... fxe4 21. Qxe4+ Kf6 22. Qf4+ Ke6 23. d5+ cxd5 24. Qd6+ Kf5
25. Rxd5+ $18) 21. d5 $18) 18. Rhe1 b5 19. Ne3 (19. Nf5+ Kd8 $19) 19... Rxa2
$19 {Schwarz steht auf Gewinn.} (19... Kxd6 $4 20. Nf5+ exf5 21. Qg3+ Kd5 22.
Qxc7 $18) 20. Qb3 (20. Ndf5+ Kd8 $19) 20... Ra4 21. Re2 Qa7 22. Nef5+ Kd8 23.
Nxf7+ Rxf7 24. Qxe6 Nb6 25. b3 {Weiß gab auf, nach} (25. b3 Ra1+ 26. Kd2 Rxd1+
27. Kxd1 Qd7 {hat Schwarz einfach eine Figur mehr.}) 0-1

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 46th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2011.05.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[Annotator "Le Quang Liem"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2011.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This is the last and critical game of the tournament. Leading by one point
ahead of Ivanchuk, I only needed a draw to become the champion, while my
opponent had to win at all costs to win the tournament.} 1. e4 e6 $5 {I rarely
play the French Defence against 1.e4, but in this game I decided to surprise
my experienced opponent.} 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4
Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Re1 Qc7 {A well-known
position from the Tarrasch variation, with hundreds of game having been played.
} 12. Qe2 {A flexible developing move that keeps the option to play Bd3 if
necessary.} (12. Bb3 {is the main line according to theory.}) 12... Bd7 $6 {
An inaccuracy. In this line Black should perhaps opt for short castling. The
reason is that with the bishop still on c4, White may sacrifice on a6 in some
cases after Black castles long (see my notes below)} (12... Bd6 {is more
accurate, with the possible continuation} 13. Bg5 O-O 14. Bd3 (14. Bxf6 gxf6
15. Bd3 {is the same}) 14... Bxh2+ 15. Kf1 Bf4 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. g3 Rd8 18. Qe4
(18. c3 Bh6 19. Qh5 Bg7 $11) 18... f5 19. Nxf5 exf5 20. Qxf4 Qxf4 21. gxf4 Kg7
{Black equalises.}) ({Also playable is} 12... Bc5 13. c3 h6) 13. Bg5 O-O-O 14.
Rad1 Bc5 {Black's position is more unpleasant than it may seem, so I started
spending lots of time to find a good plan.} (14... Bd6 {is a natural move
Black would want to play, but here White has a strong reply} 15. Bxa6 $1 {
and the bishop can not be taken, as after} bxa6 $2 16. Qxa6+ Kb8 17. Re3 {
White wins.}) ({Probably the best move is} 14... Bb4 $5 {with the idea of
provoking c3 in order to prevent White's rook transfer via the third rank.} 15.
c3 Bd6 16. Bxa6 bxa6 17. Qxa6+ Kb8 18. c4 Bxh2+ 19. Kf1 (19. Kh1 Ng4 $1) 19...
Qb7 (19... Rc8) 20. Qxb7+ Kxb7 21. g3 h6 $11) (14... Kb8 {runs into the same
tactical motif} 15. Bxa6 $1 bxa6 16. Qxa6 Bc5 17. Rd3 $1 Nd5 (17... Qa7 18.
Nc6+ Bxc6 19. Bf4+ $18) 18. c4 Nb6 19. Nb3 Na4 20. Na5 $16 {White has a huge
advantage.}) 15. h3 $5 {A very solid and calm move. Now White is threatening
Bg5-h4-g3.} ({Of course White wants to play} 15. Bh4 {but at the moment it is
not that good because Black has a tactical resource} e5 16. Bg3 (16. Nf3 e4 17.
Ng5 e3 $1 {Black is absolutely fine}) (16. Qxe5 Bd6 17. Qe2 Bg4 18. f3 Rhe8 19.
Qd3 Rxe1+ 20. Bxe1 Bxh2+ 21. Kh1 Be5 22. Bf2 Bh5 23. Qf5+ Rd7 $11) 16... Bg4
17. Nf3 Rxd1 18. Qxd1 Rd8 19. Qe2 Bd6 {with equality.}) (15. g3 e5 $1 16. Bxf6
(16. Qxe5 Bd6 17. Qe2 Bg4 18. f3 Bxg3 $1 19. Bxf6 (19. hxg3 Rxd4) 19... gxf6
20. hxg3 Rxd4 21. Bxf7 Rhd8 22. Kg2 Qxf7 $11) 16... gxf6 17. Nb3 Ba7 18. Bxf7
Kb8 $44 {Black has good compensation for the pawn, thanks to his bishop pair
and the prospect of a kingside attack.}) 15... Kb8 (15... h6 16. Bh4 Bd6 {
is unplayable due to} 17. Bxa6 $1 g5 18. Rd3 $1 $16) ({The endgame arising
after} 15... Ba4 16. Bxe6+ fxe6 (16... Kb8 17. Qf3) 17. Nxe6 Rhe8 18. Nxc7 Rxe2
19. Rxd8+ Kxc7 20. Rxe2 Kxd8 {is slightly better for White.}) 16. Bh4 Ba4 $5 (
16... Bd6 {is once again met by} 17. Bxa6 $1 bxa6 18. Qxa6 $16 {Black is
helpless against multiple threats.}) (16... Bc8 17. c3 {White is better thanks
to his space advantage and active pieces.}) 17. Nf3 {The knight has to leave
the d-file.} (17. Bg3 Bd6 18. Bxd6 Rxd6 19. b3 Bc6 $11) 17... Rxd1 $5 {I
decided that Black has to simplify the position to keep the balance.} ({
I did not like} 17... Ka8 {because of} 18. Bd3 {White can later try to open
the queenside by advancing his a-and b-pawns. Also, he can place his knight on
e5 and bishop on g3 and create many threats. My pieces are less active.}) 18.
Rxd1 Rd8 19. Rxd8+ Qxd8 20. b3 ({My computer still prefers White after} 20.
Bg3+ {but I think Black keeps decent drawing chances} Ka7 21. Bd3 h6 22. Ne5
Be8) 20... Be8 21. Qe5+ Qd6 {Step by ste, I managed to solve my problems. The
position is obviously equal now.} (21... Bd6 {also deserves attention} 22. Qg5
Bf8 23. Bg3+ Ka8 24. Qe5 h6) 22. Qg5 (22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Qxf6 Qd1+ 24. Bf1 Qxc2
25. Ne1 (25. Nd4 Qe4) 25... Qf5 26. Qxf5 exf5 27. Bd3 Bd7 28. Nf3 h6 29. Ne5
Be6 30. Bc4 Kc7 31. Nxf7 Bxf7 32. Bxf7 Kd6 $11) 22... Ne4 23. Qxg7 Qd1+ 24. Kh2
Bd6+ $6 {In time trouble I went astray.} (24... Nxf2 $1 {would have made a
draw, for example} 25. Qe5+ (25. Bxf2 Bxf2 26. Qf8 Qd8) 25... Bd6 26. Qxd6+
Qxd6+ 27. Bg3 Kc7 28. Bxd6+ Kxd6 29. Kg3 Ne4+ 30. Kf4 Nc3 31. a4 f6 $11) 25.
Bg3 Nxg3 $2 ({It is still not too late to go for} 25... Nxf2 {, though White's
play is easier after} 26. Bxd6+ Qxd6+ 27. Kg1 Ne4 28. Bd3) 26. fxg3 $14 Bc6 {
I thought my powerful bishops might sufficiently compensate for the pawn.
Actually that is not true.} 27. Qxf7 Qxc2 (27... e5 $2 28. Nxe5 Bxe5 29. Qf8+
$18) 28. Qxe6 Kc7 29. Bd5 Bd7 $2 ({I missed my last chance} 29... Qf2 $1 30.
Qf7+ (30. Ne5 Bc5 31. Qf7+ (31. h4 Qg1+ 32. Kh3 h5 $1 {(This is what I really
missed in my calculation)}) 31... Qxf7 32. Bxf7 Kd6 $1 {with very good drawing
chances. The opposite-coloured bishop endgame is clearly drawish, although the
computer does not understand...}) 30... Kb6 31. Ne5 Qxf7 32. Nxf7 (32. Nc4+ Kc5
33. Bxf7 Bc7) 32... Bxd5 33. Nxd6 Kc5 34. Ne8 Be4 {Despite being two pawns
down, Black is saved by his active king and bishop. He will soon create a
passed pawn on the queenside.}) 30. Qe3 $1 Qxa2 31. Qc3+ Kb6 32. Nd2 $1 {
White is winning. His pieces coordinate very well, and his king is very safe.
Black's king is in real danger now.} Bc5 33. Ne4 Qa3 34. Bxb7 a5 35. Bd5 a4 36.
Qf6+ (36. Qe5 {wins even faster.}) 36... Kc7 37. bxa4 Ba7 38. Qe5+ Kd8 39. Nd6
Qe3 40. Nb7+ Kc8 41. Qh8+ Be8 42. Qxe8+ Qxe8 43. Nd6+ Kd8 44. Nxe8 Kxe8 45. a5
{White simply has too many pawns.} Ke7 46. h4 Kf6 47. Kh3 Kf5 48. Bb3 h6 49. a6
{I resigned. With this win Ivanchuk caught me up and won the tournament by tie
break. It was a pity for me that I made serious mistakes on move 25 and 29,
and that cost me the tournament. On the other hand, my opponent played very
well and kept his title convincingly.} 1-0

[Event "Bazna Kings 5th"]
[Site "Medias"]
[Date "2011.06.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2011.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 {Radjabov shows fighting spirit and
returns to his beloved King's Indian. Several weeks ago in Kazan he managed to
hold equality against Kramnik by employing the Queen's Gambit Declined.} 5. Be2
O-O 6. Bg5 Na6 7. f4 c6 8. Qd2 Nc7 9. Bf3 {A rare plan. Usually White develops
the knight on f3.} Ne6 10. Bh4 c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Rd1 Be6 13. b3 a5 14. Nge2
Qc7 $2 {An inexplicable mistake. The c7-square is bad for the queen due to the
knight moves to b5 and d5, and this is a very important factor in many
concrete variations.} 15. O-O {Now White already has a clear advantage.} a4 $2
{This leads to a strategically lost position. Probably the best Black could do
was to remove the queen from c7...} 16. f5 $1 gxf5 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. Bxf6 exf6
({Or} 18... Bxf6 19. Nd5 Qd8 20. Nxf6+ exf6 21. b4) 19. b4 Ne6 (19... Nd3 {
loses a piece after} 20. Bh5 Qb6+ 21. c5 dxc5 22. Nd5) 20. Nb5 Qb6+ 21. Kh1 {
[%csl Rd6,Rf6,Rg7] It is just a question of time before Black's position
collapses.} Ng5 22. Bxb7 Qxb7 23. Rxf5 Ne4 24. Qd3 Rfe8 25. Ned4 Rac8 26. Rf4
Bf8 27. Rdf1 Re5 28. a3 Kh8 29. Nf5 Rd8 30. Nc3 Nxc3 31. Qxc3 Rde8 32. Rg4 Qc8
33. Qg3 h5 34. Rg8+ Kh7 35. Rxf8 1-0

[Event "Bazna Kings 5th"]
[Site "Medias"]
[Date "2011.06.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2815"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2011.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 (4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7.
dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 {leads to the Berlin Defence, with a lot of games on
the highest level. In spite of White's efforts, in recent years this opening
variation has proved to be very solid for Black.}) 4... d6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1
O-O 7. c3 a6 8. Ba4 b5 9. Bc2 d5 10. Nbd2 ({Black should worry neither about} 
10. d4 Nxe4 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 f5) ({nor} 10. exd5 Qxd5) 10... dxe4 11.
dxe4 Be6 {The structure is almost similar and there are few fighting resources.
Ivanchuk goes for an interesting plan to exchange the light-squared bishops.}
12. Bb3 {[%csl Gc1,Re7] White's long-term idea is to prove the superiority of
his dark-squared bishop. But with accurate play Carlsen has no difficulties
neutralising it.} Bxb3 ({Carlsen felt that} 12... Qd7 13. Bxe6 Qxe6 14. Qb3
Qxb3 15. Nxb3 {might be better for White.}) 13. axb3 Qd3 14. b4 {An important
move in White's plan: to free the square b3 for the knight and blockade the
weakness on a6. But Black has some pressure in the centre and a lead in
development, which will allow him to play at some moment a6-a5.} Rfd8 15. Qb3
Qd7 ({As pointed out by Magnus, his original intention} 15... Nd7 {runs into
the strong} 16. Qd5 {when the only move is the somewhat ugly-looking retreat.}
Ndb8 {Then after} 17. Qxd3 Rxd3 18. Kf1 {White can claim an edge in the
endgame.}) 16. Qc2 Qe6 17. Qb3 (17. Nb3 {is answered by} Qc4 {(threatening to
take on b4 with the knight)} 18. Nfd2 (18. Re2 $2 {allows a lovely combination:
} Nxb4 $1 19. cxb4 Qxc2 20. Rxc2 Rd1+ 21. Ne1 Rxe1#) 18... Qe6 19. Nf1 Qc4 {
and White is getting nowhere.}) 17... Qd7 18. Qc2 Qe6 {By playing 19.Qb3
Ivanchuk could repeat the position and make a quicker draw, but he keeps on
playing. However, the position is just equal.} 19. h3 a5 20. bxa5 Rxa5 21. Rxa5
Nxa5 22. b4 Nb7 23. Qb3 Qxb3 24. Nxb3 Nd7 25. Be3 Nd6 (25... Ra8 $11) 26. Nfd2
(26. Na5 Nxe4 27. Nc6 Re8 28. Bd4 exd4 29. Rxe4 {doesn't work in view of} dxc3
$1 {(Ivanchuk) .}) 26... Ra8 27. Kf1 f6 28. Ke2 Kf7 29. Kd3 Ke6 30. f3 Ra2 31.
Ra1 Rxa1 32. Nxa1 Nb7 33. Nab3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bazna Kings 5th"]
[Site "Medias"]
[Date "2011.06.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Annotator "Nisipeanu,LD"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2011.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 {A pleaseant surprise for two
reasons: I have never lost with White in the Berlin and computer analysis is
not possible here.} 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ne7
10. Ne4 Ng6 11. b3 Ke8 12. Bb2 c5 {A logical novelty, played very quickly by
my opponent.} ({The game Gashimov-Onischuk went} 12... Bf5 13. Rfe1 Nf4 14. g3
Ne6 15. Nh4 Bg4 16. f3 Bh5 17. f4 $14) 13. Nfd2 $5 {An interesting idea found
over the board. I thought that the best square for this knight is e3 and I
decided to switch it there as soon as possible.} h5 {Played very quickly again.
Black had many possibilities and I was really taken aback by the speed of
Ivanchuk's decisions.} ({After the logical} 13... Bf5 {I was intending} 14. f3
{with the idea Nc4-e3, allthough I am not sure how good it really is.}) 14. Nc4
b6 15. f4 Ne7 ({Possibly better was} 15... Bf5 16. Rae1 ({During the game} 16.
Ng3 {seemed strong to me, but after} Bxc2 17. f5 Ne7 18. f6 Nc6 19. e6 g6 $1 {
the position is unclear.}) 16... h4 17. Ng5 $14) 16. Ne3 Nf5 17. Nd5 Bb7 18.
Rfd1 Bxd5 19. Rxd5 $14 {White has deprived Black of his bishop pair and now
enjoys a risk-free small advantage.} a5 $6 (19... Ne3 20. Rd2 Rd8 21. Rxd8+
Kxd8 22. c4 $14 {was a tougher defence.}) 20. Re1 $1 $16 {Now, besides the
positional problems, Black has to face some tactical ones as well.} Rd8 (20...
Rh6 $2 {loses to the amusing} 21. Nf6+ Ke7 22. Ng8+) (20... c6 {is what the
program suggests, but every Berlin player knows that this move is not a good
sign for Black. It takes away the best square for the black king and it
weakens the d6-square as well.}) 21. Nf6+ Ke7 22. e6 $5 {A nice tactical
stroke, which nets White a pawn.} (22. Red1 Rc8 23. Ne4 Ke8 24. Kf2 $16 {
was also good, possibly even better then the game continuation, but with time
trouble approaching, I wanted to force the issue a bit.}) 22... Rxd5 23. Nxd5+
Kd6 24. exf7 Kxd5 25. Re5+ Kd6 26. Rxf5 Ke6 27. Rg5 Kxf7 28. Be5 {After a
sequence of forced moves we reached a position which I evaluated as winning
for White. Unfortunately Ivanchuk's move brought me back down to earth.} c4 $1
{Of course!} ({I was hoping for} 28... c6 29. c4 Rg8 30. f5 Be7 31. Rg6 Bf6 32.
Bxf6 gxf6 33. Rxg8 Kxg8 34. Kf2 {with a winning pawn ending}) 29. Bxc7 Bc5+ 30.
Kf1 Rc8 (30... g6 $1 31. Rd5 cxb3 32. cxb3 Rc8 33. Be5 Ke6 34. Rd2 Kf5 35. g3
h4 {would have given Black decent chances for a draw.}) 31. Be5 g6 32. f5 $1
gxf5 33. Rxh5 $1 (33. Rxf5+ {is not good:} Ke6 34. Rxh5 Rf8+ 35. Ke1 Rf2 {
with strong counterplay.}) 33... Rd8 34. Bc3 cxb3 35. cxb3 (35. Rxf5+ {was
better:} Kg6 36. Rf6+ Kg5 37. cxb3 Rd1+ 38. Ke2 Rg1 39. h4+ Kxh4 40. Rg6 Kh5
41. Rg8 $16 {but I was too low on time to see that.}) 35... Kg6 36. Rh8 Rd3 37.
Rh3 Be3 $2 {A blunder} (37... Rd1+ 38. Ke2 Rc1 39. Rg3+ Kh5 40. Kd3 $16) 38.
Be1 $4 (38. Be5 {with the idea Bf4 would have won immediately, but this move
never really occurred to me in the few seconds I had on the clock to reach the
time control.}) 38... f4 39. Ke2 Rd8 40. g3 Rc8 {Now the win is quite
problematic, if at all possible.} 41. gxf4 (41. a4 {was interesting, since} b5
$2 42. axb5 Rb8 43. Kf3 Rxb5 44. gxf4 Rxb3 45. Ke4 {is losing for Black. On
the other hand ...b5 constantly remains a threat after pushing the pawn to a4.}
) 41... Bxf4 42. Rc3 {Even if this move allows Black to draw by force, I can't
'award' it a question mark, since I think that it was the best chance in over
the board play.} (42. a4 Re8+ 43. Kf1 Re5 44. Rd3 b5 {is probably a draw.})
42... Re8+ ({It seems that Black had a draw with} 42... Rxc3 $1 43. Bxc3 Bxh2
44. Kd3 Kf5 45. Kc4 Ke6 46. Bd4 (46. Kb5 Bg1 47. Kc6 Bf2 48. a4 Bg1 49. Be1 Ke5
50. Bg3+ Kd4 51. Kxb6 Kc3+ 52. Kxa5 Kxb3 53. Kb5 Bb6 $1 $11) 46... a4 47. b4
Bd6 48. Kb5 Bxb4 49. Kxb4 Kd5 50. Bf2 Kc6 51. a3 {and according to the
tablebases, this is a draw.}) 43. Kd1 Rd8+ 44. Kc2 Re8 ({Now the bishop ending
is winning for White after} 44... Bxh2 45. Rc6+ Rd6 46. Rxd6+ Bxd6 47. Kd3 Kf5
48. Kc4 Ke6 49. Kb5 Bc5 50. Bxa5 $1) 45. Bg3 Be3 $2 ({I could not find a win
for White in the rook ending} 45... Bxg3 $1 46. Rxg3+ (46. Rc6+ Kf7 47. hxg3
Re2+ 48. Kb1 b5 49. Rc5 Re1+ 50. Kb2 Re2+ 51. Rc2 Re5 52. Ka3 Rg5 $11) 46...
Kf5 47. h4 Re2+ 48. Kb1 Rh2 49. Rg5+ Ke4 50. Rb5 Rxh4 51. Rxb6 Kd4 52. Rc6 (52.
a4 Kc3 53. Ka2 Rh2+ 54. Ka3 Rh1 55. Rc6+ Kd4 56. Kb2 Rh2+ 57. Rc2 Rxc2+ $11)
52... Kd5 53. Rc8 a4 54. Kb2 axb3 55. axb3 Rh7 56. b4 Kd6 57. Kb3 Rc7 $11) 46.
Kd3 Bc5 47. Kc4 $16 {Now the king reaches the dream square b5 and Black's fate
is sealed.} a4 48. Kb5 axb3 49. axb3 Re2 50. Bc7 Re6 51. b4 Be7 52. Rc4 Kf5 53.
Bxb6 Bd6 54. Bc7 1-0

[Event "Bazna Kings 5th"]
[Site "Medias"]
[Date "2011.06.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E40"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2011.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 Nc6 {As usual Ivanchuk finds unexpected
ways to surprise his opponents. Although the move 4...Nc6 has been played many
time before, it is much less popular than the main continuations. Black's
intention is to follow up quickly with e6-e5.} 5. Bd3 e5 6. Nge2 d5 7. cxd5
Nxd5 8. e4 (8. O-O O-O 9. e4 Nb6 {is just a transposition to the same position
as in the game, but Nakamura's move order makes more sense, not allowing Black
to play 8...exd4.}) 8... Nb6 (8... Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bd6 10. O-O {is also slightly
better for White.}) 9. d5 Ne7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bg5 Kh8 {A mysterious king move.
As Ivanchuk explained later, he wanted to play ...f7-f6 and removed the king
from the dangerous diagonal.} ({The logical} 11... a6 {in order to keep the
dark-squared bishop alive has been played before, although even here White
keeps a more pleasant position. For example:} 12. Ng3 h6 13. Be3 Nd7 14. Rc1 {
Sherbakov,R (2510)-Kogan,A (2470)/Budapest 1994}) (11... c6 12. dxc6 bxc6 {
leads to a stable plus for White thanks to his superior pawn formation.}) 12.
a3 (12. Qb3 {looks more convincing:} Bd6 ({or} 12... Bc5 13. Nb5 $1 a6 14. Rac1
Bxf2+ 15. Rxf2 axb5 16. Bxb5) 13. Nb5 h6 (13... c6 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. Nxd6 Qxd6
16. Rfd1 {is clearly better for White.}) 14. Be3 {and unlike in the game Black
cannot continue 14...c6 in view of 15.Nxa7!. Also} f5 15. f3 f4 16. Bf2 g5 17.
a4 $5 {seems to be objectively better for White} ({or} 17. Rac1)) 12... Bd6 13.
Nb5 h6 ({After the immediate} 13... f6 14. Be3 c6 15. dxc6 Nxc6 16. Qb3 {
Ivanchuk didn't like that he cannot play} Be6) 14. Be3 c6 15. dxc6 Nxc6 16.
Nxd6 ({With the pawn on f7 the move} 16. Qb3 {obviously is met with} Be6) 16...
Qxd6 17. Qc2 Rd8 18. Rad1 Be6 19. Bb5 Qe7 20. Qc3 f6 {Ivanchuk gives up a pawn
and enters a four-rooks endgame, which the Ukrainian was pretty sure was a
draw.} (20... Rdc8 21. Bc5 Qg5 {was a perfectly playable alternative.} 22. b4
a6 23. Be3 Qf6 {and Black is okay.}) 21. Bxc6 bxc6 22. Bxb6 axb6 23. Qxc6 Rdc8
24. Qd6 (24. Qxb6 Rab8 25. Qd6 (25. Qa5 Rxb2 26. Ng3 Ra2 $11) 25... Qxd6 26.
Rxd6 Rxb2 27. Rxe6 Rxe2 {allows Black immediately to return the pawn.}) 24...
Qxd6 25. Rxd6 Bc4 26. Rd2 b5 27. f3 b4 28. axb4 Bxe2 29. Rxe2 Rab8 30. b3 Rxb4
31. Rb1 h5 32. Kf2 h4 33. Rbb2 Kh7 34. Re3 Kg6 35. Rd3 Kg5 36. Ke3 g6 37. Ra2
Rcb8 38. Ra3 f5 39. exf5 gxf5 40. Kd2 Kf4 41. Kc3 R4b7 42. Ra4+ e4 43. fxe4
Rxb3+ 44. Kc4 Rxd3 45. Kxd3 Rd8+ 46. Ke2 fxe4 47. g3+ hxg3 48. hxg3+ Kxg3 49.
Rxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bazna Kings 5th"]
[Site "Medias"]
[Date "2011.06.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Annotator "Karjakin,S"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2011.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{I started the tournament with 4 unimpressive draws. Zakhar Efimenko, who was
also Kramnik's second in Kazan, at the same time had been playing in the
Ukraine championship. He started with a couple of draws too, but just one day
before managed to win a game! With Black against Ivanchuk I was not in an
aggressive mood, but somehow I got the feeling that my series of draws would
also finish soon...} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 {Having Black versus Vasily
Mikhailovich is not an easy task but even more difficult is just to guess the
opening. This move was already a surprise for me!} Bc5 {It was my turn to
surprise him! Before I had played only 3...Nf6, and if 4.d3 then 4...Be7.} 4.
c3 Nf6 5. d3 {Here I knew the theory very fluently and that's why I decided to
make more moves off my own bat. The problem was that every move cost me a
couple of minutes and Vassily's time advantage started to increase.} O-O 6. O-O
d6 7. h3 Ne7 {Over the board I had the idea not to lose time for ...a6 and ...
Ba7 and instead transfer the knight to g6.} 8. Re1 (8. d4 Bb6 9. dxe5 Nxe4 {
looks fine for Black.}) 8... Ng6 9. Nbd2 c6 10. Nf1 {White is making his plan,
but Black is ready to start an operation in the centre.} d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 {
Exploiting the fact that the e5-pawn is untouchable.} ({I don't like} 11...
cxd5 12. Bb3 {and Black's pawns on d5 and e5 become a target for the white
pieces.}) 12. Ng3 ({Of course White can not play} 12. Nxe5 $2 Nxe5 13. Rxe5
Bxf2+ $1 {with Black's advantage!}) 12... h6 ({It was also possible to play
slowly} 12... Qc7 {but I wanted to prepare ...Be6.}) 13. Bb3 {Not very
ambitions.} ({Viorel Iordacescu offered a more interesting move:} 13. Nh5 $5 {
with the main idea} Re8 $2 (13... Qb6 $2 14. Qd2 $1 {is also dangerous for
Black.}) 14. d4 exd4 15. Rxe8+ Qxe8 16. Bxd5 cxd5 17. Bxh6 $1 $16 {So Black
should prefer 13...Qc7 with an about equal position.}) 13... Re8 $11 {Now I
think we can judge the result of the opening. Black has completely equalised
and has an easy game.} 14. Bd2 ({I expected more} 14. d4 exd4 15. Rxe8+ Qxe8
16. Bxd5 cxd5 17. Nxd4 {with a balanced position where the weak pawn on d5 is
compensated for by the advantage of the two bishops.}) 14... Bb6 ({It was also
possible to start from} 14... Be6 {with good play for Black.}) 15. Qc2 $6 {
Starting a wrong plan.} ({It was time to think about equalising:} 15. d4 exd4
16. Rxe8+ Qxe8 17. Bxd5 cxd5 18. Nxd4 $11) 15... Be6 (15... Bxh3 $2 {was not
good:} 16. gxh3 Qf6 17. Qd1 Nh4 18. Nxh4 Qxf2+ 19. Kh1 Qxg3 20. Qg4 Qxg4 21.
hxg4 Bf2 22. Nf3 Bxe1 23. Rxe1 {with a slightly better endgame for White.}) 16.
Rad1 $2 {Continuing with a wrong plan which has a tactical refutation! White
had to try to equalise.} ({After} 16. d4 exd4 17. Nxd4 Bxd4 18. cxd4 Ndf4 {
Black is a bit better.}) ({Probably the most presice was} 16. Re4 Nf6 17. Re2
Bxb3 18. axb3 Qd7 19. Rae1 {and White is close to equalising.}) 16... Bxh3 $1 {
A nice and unexpected blow! Mainly because Black has just played ...Be6 and is
now "losing" a tempo with Be6-h3! It was funny that I did not see this idea on
the previous move, but in this position, I noticed that White's queen is far
from the king's flank and I suddenly found this idea!} 17. c4 $2 {We both
thought that this move is the strongest, but after it, Black is clearly better!
} (17. d4 Bg4 18. c4 Rc8 $1 {Nice and the strongest move! Here White has a big
choice, but probably Black is better in all the lines!} 19. Qb1 (19. cxd5 cxd5
20. Qd3 e4 21. Nxe4 Bf5 22. Ne5 Nxe5 23. Qg3 dxe4 24. dxe5 $15) (19. Nxe5 Nxe5
20. dxe5 Qh4 21. c5 Bxd1 22. Rxd1 Bc7 23. Nf5 Qg4 24. f3 Qg6 25. f4 Rcd8 $15) (
19. Bc1 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Nb4 21. Qf5 Bxd4 22. a3 Nh4 23. Qg4 Na6 24. Bc2 Qf6 25.
f4 exf4 26. Bxf4 Ng6 27. Bxg6 fxg6 28. Ne4 Qf5 29. Qxf5 gxf5 30. Rxd4 fxe4 31.
Rexe4 $15) (19. dxe5 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Qh4 21. c5 Qh3 22. Qf5 Qxf5 23. Nxf5 Bxc5
$15) 19... Bxf3 20. gxf3 Nh4 21. cxd5 Qd7 22. Re4 Nxf3+ 23. Kg2 cxd5 24. Kxf3
dxe4+ 25. Qxe4 exd4 26. Qf5 Red8 27. Qxd7 Rxd7 {This is probably the best that
White could achieve! Black is a little bit better, but not more.}) (17. gxh3 $4
{loses immediately:} Qf6 {Here compared with 15...Bxh3 White's rook is on d1
and White can not play Qd1!} 18. Kg2 Nh4+ 19. Nxh4 Qxf2+ 20. Kh1 Qxg3 $19)
17... Ndf4 18. c5 {Other moves were not better.} (18. Bxf4 exf4 19. Rxe8+ Qxe8
20. c5 fxg3 $17) (18. gxh3 Qd7 $19) 18... Nxg2 (18... Bxg2 19. Nxe5 {was not
so clear.}) 19. cxb6 Qf6 {Exploiting the fact that Black's knight is
controling e3; Black is forcing White to move the knight from its good
position.} 20. Nh2 Nxe1 21. Rxe1 axb6 $19 22. Bc3 {There was nothing better,
for example:} (22. Ne4 Qe7 23. Re3 Be6 24. Rg3 Nf4 $19) (22. Re4 Be6 23. Ng4
Qf3 24. Nh2 Bxb3 25. Qxb3 Qf6 $19 {With a technically winning position!}) 22...
Be6 23. Re3 Nf4 24. Rf3 ({Also losing is} 24. Rxe5 Bxb3 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. axb3
Qg5 $19) 24... Qh4 25. Bd2 Bg4 26. Qc4 ({White is also lost after} 26. Bxf4
Bxf3 27. Bxe5 Bd5 28. Bxd5 cxd5 29. Bxg7 Qh3 30. Bf6 (30. Bc3 d4 $19) 30...
Re1+ 31. Nhf1 Rc8 32. Qa4 d4 33. Bxd4 Rxf1+ 34. Nxf1 Qg4+ 35. Ng3 Rd8 $19)
26... Be6 {Having about 10 minutes on the clock I decided to play safe.} ({
Also winning was} 26... Bxf3 27. Qxf7+ Kh7 28. Nxf3 Qg4 29. Bxf4 Qxf4 $19) 27.
Qc2 Bxb3 28. Qxb3 Re6 {Bringing the rooks closer to White's king.} 29. a3 Rae8
30. Qb4 Rf6 31. Qe4 Ree6 $1 {The last clear move after which White is
defenceless against many threats!} 32. Ne2 {Losing immediately, but there was
nothing better.} Nxe2+ {Having not so much time I decided to go to a technical
position. Instead, almost anything was winning.} ({For example} 32... Rg6+ 33.
Kh1 f5 $19) 33. Qxe2 Rxf3 34. Qxf3 Rg6+ 35. Kh1 Rf6 36. Qg3 Qxg3 37. fxg3 Rd6 {
White is losing the 4th pawn and resigned!} 0-1

[Event "Bazna Kings 5th"]
[Site "Medias"]
[Date "2011.06.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2011.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 {Many chessplayers say that the best way to prepare against Ivanchuk is
not to prepare at all, because the Ukrainian can play everything. Ivanchuk has
played this particular position three times in his career.} Bb4+ (8... Nc6 9.
Bc4 b5 10. Be2 a6 {was Van Wely,L (2605)-Ivanchuk,V (2740)/Monte Carlo 1998})
9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 b6 ({Twice in the past Ivanchuk played} 11...
Nd7) 12. O-O Bb7 13. Rfe1 Nc6 14. Rad1 Rc8 15. h3 {A new move. Usually White
is trying to build an initiative in the center, or an attack on the kingside.}
({Here is an example of a typical White attack:} 15. Qf4 Na5 (15... Qf6 16. Qg4
Qg6 {is what Radjabov didn't like.}) 16. Bd3 Nc4 17. Rc1 b5 (17... Qd6 18. Qh4
$1) 18. d5 $1 exd5 19. e5 Qb6 20. Ng5 h6 21. Nh7 Rfd8 22. Nf6+ Kh8 23. Qf5 g6
24. Qf4 Kg7 25. e6 Rd6 26. Ne8+ {and Black resigned before being mated in the
game Mecking,H - Guillen Ramirez,J/Ayamonte 2006}) ({The critical continuation
however is} 15. d5) 15... h6 16. Qf4 Na5 ({Now after} 16... Qf6 17. Qg4 {
Black doesn't have 17...Qg6.}) 17. Bd3 Nc4 18. Rc1 ({After the game Radjabov
was keen to justify his 15th move and after some brief analysis both players
produced the following line:} 18. Re2 Qd6 19. e5 Qa3 20. Nh2 Nb2 21. Rxb2 (21.
Re3 Nxd3 22. Rexd3 Rc3) 21... Qxb2 22. Ng4 Rc3 23. Kh2 ({or} 23. Nxh6+ gxh6 24.
Qxh6 Rxd3 25. Qg5+ {and draw}) 23... Qa3 ({After} 23... Qxa2 24. Nxh6+ gxh6 25.
Qxh6 Rxd3 26. Rxd3 Be4 27. Rg3+ Bg6 28. h4 Qxf2 29. h5 {White wins}) 24. Nxh6+
gxh6 25. Qxh6 Rxd3 26. Qg5+ {with a draw. Indeed, 18.Rc1 was in no way
inferior to the game.}) 18... Qd6 $1 {A subtle use of the inclusion of the
moves h3/h6. Now if White avoids the exchange of queens, he takes the risk of
ending up worse. Therefore Radjabov wisely decides to enter the endgame and
make a draw.} 19. Qxd6 ({After both} 19. Qh4 Nb2 20. Bf1 Na4) ({and} 19. e5 Qb4
{Black is doing more than fine - he is fighting for advantage.}) 19... Nxd6 20.
Nd2 Rc6 21. f3 Rfc8 22. Rxc6 Rxc6 23. Rd1 {In the endgame only Black can be
potentially better thanks to his queenside pawn majority (the possibility to
build a passed pawn on the b-file can be important in many types of endgames).
But with accurate play White holds the balance.} Rc3 24. Nb1 Rc7 25. Nd2 Bc8
26. Kf2 Bd7 27. Rb1 Kf8 28. Ke2 Ke7 29. g4 f6 30. h4 e5 31. d5 b5 32. a3 a6 33.
h5 Nb7 34. Nb3 Kd6 35. Kd2 Rc8 36. Be2 Kc7 37. Nc1 ({At the press conference
Radjabov demonstrated the dangers of White's position if he exchanges the
wrong pieces:} 37. Rc1+ Kb6 38. Rxc8 Bxc8 39. Kc3 Nc5 40. Nxc5 Kxc5 41. Bf1 a5
42. Be2 Bd7 43. Bf1 Be8 44. Be2 Bf7 45. Bf1 f5 $1 {and White's position
becomes extremely shaky.}) 37... Nd6 38. Na2 a5 {So Ivanchuk succeeded in
advancing his pawns to the fifth rank, but he doesn't manage to go any further,
since a pawn on b4 can easily become very weak if not properly supported.} 39.
Nc3 Rb8 40. Rc1 Kd8 (40... Kb6 41. Rb1 {and Black cannot do much, since} Kc5 {
runs into} 42. Na4+) 41. Rb1 Rb7 ({This is an example of the wrong advance
b5-b3:} 41... b4 42. axb4 Rxb4 43. Rxb4 axb4 44. Na2 b3 45. Nc3 Kc7 46. Kc1 {
and Black will lose the b-pawn.}) 42. Bd3 Kc7 43. Kc1 {anticipating a possible
advance of the b-pawn Radjabov brings the king closer to the b-file.} ({
At the press conference the players established that even allowing the advance
of the b-pawn wouldn't be tragic for White. For instance:} 43. Be2 b4 44. axb4
Rxb4 45. Rxb4 axb4 46. Na2 b3 47. Nc3 {is also a draw.}) 43... Kb8 44. Rb3 Ka7
{With the last move Ivanchuk is setting a trap.} 45. Rb1 {Radjabov is accurate
and sidesteps it.} (45. Kb2 {allows Black to get the passed a-pawn (the
further Black's passed pawn is from the centre, the worse it is for White).} b4
$1 46. axb4 a4 $1 47. Ra3 (47. Nxa4 $2 {loses a piece} Bxa4 48. Ra3 Rxb4+ 49.
Kc3 Rd4) 47... Rxb4+ 48. Kc2 Kb6 {with advantage for Black.}) 45... Rb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bazna Kings 5th"]
[Site "Medias"]
[Date "2011.06.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Annotator "Carlsen,M"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2011.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Qc2 c5 8.
dxc5 h6 9. Bd2 {This variation is naturally not especially dangerous for Black.
However, as the game shows, White has some chances for a small, stable edge.}
O-O 10. e3 Bxc5 11. Rc1 Qe7 12. Be2 a6 13. Qd3 {An important move; Black
should not be allowed to play ...b5 and ...Bb7 with easy play. Qb3 with the
same idea was also possible, but I felt that the queen would be better on d3.}
Nb6 14. O-O Bg4 {Frankly, I didn't understand why he wanted to provoke Nd4, as
in general exchanges favour White here.} (14... Be6 {was perfectly sensible.})
15. Nd4 Bd7 {I don't think it was necessary to withdraw the bishop immediately
as after} (15... Rac8 16. Bxg4 (16. b3 {is probably more accurate, but should
hardly trouble Black much either}) 16... Nxg4 17. Nf3 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Qxe5 {
Black is fine:} 19. b3 d4 20. f4 dxe3 $1 21. fxe5 exd2+ 22. Kh1 dxc1=Q 23. Rxc1
Rfd8 24. Qf3 Bd4 25. Ne2 Rxc1+ 26. Nxc1 Bxe5 $11) 16. Bf3 Rfe8 17. b3 Ba3 (
17... Ne4 18. Nxd5 {just loses a pawn.}) 18. Rc2 Rac8 (18... Ne4 19. Nce2 {
does not change too much.}) 19. Nce2 {Now White is definitely better. However,
it is still difficult to make any substantial progress.} Rxc2 20. Qxc2 Be6 {
Very sensible, as Ba5 was an annoying threat. The text gives the knight a
square on d7.} 21. Bc1 Rc8 (21... Bd6 {would be desirable, but gives White
some time to regroup:} 22. Bb2 Rc8 23. Qb1 Nbd7 24. Nf4 Ne5 25. Be2 {with a
very pleasant position.}) 22. Bxa3 Qxa3 23. Qd2 Bg4 $1 {An important move.
After the bishops are gone, White will not have too many resources left, and
the temporary lack of coordination in the black camp (the knights on b6 and g4
are loose, and even the rook might be hanging in some lines) cannot be
exploited.} (23... Nbd7 24. Nf4 Qe7 25. Rc1 Rxc1+ 26. Qxc1 Ne5 27. Be2 {
would give White the kind of position he's aiming for.}) 24. Bxg4 Nxg4 25. Nf5
Nf6 26. h3 {I spent a lot of time on this and the next few moves, looking for
a way to increase my advantage, but everywhere Black defends easily enough.}
Kh7 27. Qd4 Nbd7 28. Qf4 Nf8 {The most natural.} (28... Qxa2 29. Ned4 Qa3 {
looks risky, but is probably also playable:} 30. g4 (30. Nd6 Rc1 31. Rxc1 Qxc1+
32. Kh2 Qc7 $11) (30. Nxg7 Kxg7 31. Nf5+ Kg6 32. b4 Qc3 {leads nowhere}) 30...
Rc1 31. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 32. Kg2 g5 33. Qd6 Qc5 {and Black is ok.}) 29. Neg3 (29.
Nxh6 $2 {was tempting, but doesn't quite work:} Ne6 30. Qf5+ (30. Qh4 g5 31.
Qg3 Ne4 $1 (31... Kxh6 32. f4 {is actually quite dangerous}) 32. Qf3 Kxh6 33.
Qxf7 Qd6 34. Ng3 Ng7 35. Nxe4 dxe4 36. Qxb7 Rc6 {and only Black can be better})
30... Kxh6 31. g4 Qb2 32. Ng3 g5 $1 (32... g6 {is what I calculated, and is
also quite sufficient:} 33. g5+ Kg7 (33... Nxg5 34. Qxc8) 34. gxf6+ Qxf6 35.
Qxd5 Rc2 $11) 33. f4 Rc1 {and White is busted} (33... gxf4 34. g5+ Nxg5 35.
Qxf4 Rc1 36. h4 Rxf1+ 37. Kxf1 {might be enough for a draw})) (29. Ned4 Ng6 30.
Qd6 Qxd6 31. Nxd6 Rc7 {and it's unclear what the knight is doing on d6.}) 29...
Ng6 (29... Ne6 {was possibly even more precise. It looks weird to give the
white queen such a nice post on e5 for free, but after the cool} 30. Qe5 Rc6 $1
{White has nothing} 31. Nxg7 Nxg7 {shows the point of ...Rc6.}) 30. Qd4 Qc5 {
The only move (the threath of Nxg7 was very unpleasant). Now White has to
exchange queens.} 31. f3 Qxd4 32. Nxd4 Ne5 33. Rd1 g6 34. Kf2 Kg7 35. Nge2 Kf8
36. g4 {White is still a little better here, but since the only black weakness
is well defended and Black is active enough, there are no real winning chances.
} Nc6 37. Rc1 Ke7 (37... Ne7 {was quite possible. Short on time, I was
intending to repeat moves once, and then think about whether to exchange rooks
or knights. I would probably have chosen the first option.}) 38. h4 Kd6 39. h5
{There is not really anything else. In order to have any chances for a win, I
need to create a weakness on the kingside, and there h6 is the target.} Ne7 (
39... gxh5 40. Nf5+ $1 (40. gxh5 Nxh5 41. Rh1 Nxd4 42. Nxd4 Ng7 43. Rxh6+ Ne6
$11) 40... Kd7 41. gxh5 Nxh5 42. Rh1 Nf6 43. Rxh6 {would be unpleasant for
Black.}) 40. Rh1 gxh5 41. gxh5 Rg8 {Since the exchange of queens Ivanchuk had
been playing more or less at blitz speed, and I was wondering whether he
considered the position an easy draw, or was simply not in the mood for a
painstaking defence. Anyway, White certainly has something to play for here,
even though there is no doubt that Black should hold with sensible play.} 42.
Ng3 Rg5 43. b4 (43. f4 Rg8 44. Kf3 Kd7 {leads nowhere. I thought it would be
useful to postpone f4, as one of my knights or even the rook might want to use
that square.}) 43... Kd7 44. Rh4 Ne8 45. Rf4 Nd6 46. a4 b6 {This was not
necessary.} (46... Re5 {was quite ok. I don't see any serious was to play for
a win here} 47. Rg4 Nef5 $1) 47. a5 {Naturally, I should not let the
opportunity to create a potential weakness on a6 go, even though my own pawn
on a5 might also be weak in some lines.} bxa5 48. bxa5 f5 $6 {I thought this
was a serious inaccuracy during the game. There is no real need to leave this
pawn as a target for both my knights. Staying put with ...Re5 was probably
still fine.} 49. Rh4 Nc4 $2 (49... Rg8 50. Nge2 Rb8 51. Rh1 Rb2 52. Kg3 Ra2 53.
Nf4 Rxa5 54. Ng6 {gives White a serious initative, as the king suddenly has a
square on f4, and the black king might start to feel uncomfortable after a
timely Ne5.}) 50. f4 Rg4 51. Rh3 {An ugly move, but I didn't want to allow} (
51. Rh1 Nxe3 52. Kf3 Rg8 53. Rb1 Nc4 {which did not look clear to me at the
board. Probably though, the position after} 54. Rb7+ Kd6 55. Ndxf5+ Nxf5 56.
Nxf5+ Kc5 57. Rc7+ $1 Kb4 58. Ne7 {still offers winning chances, but it looked
really messy.}) 51... Nd6 52. Rh1 Rg8 (52... Ne4+ 53. Nxe4 dxe4 54. Rb1 {
just helps White, who is dominating.}) 53. Rb1 Ra8 54. Kf3 Kc7 55. Ne6+ {
Once again, I was a little short of time, and wanted to repeat moves before
going for Rb6.} (55. Rb6 {wins, as the following instructive variation shows:}
Kd7 (55... Nec8 56. Ne6+ Kd7 57. Nc5+ Kc7 58. Rxa6 Rb8 59. Ne2 $18) 56. Nb3 Kc7
57. Nc5 Nc6 58. Nxa6+ Kd7 59. Nc5+ Kc7 60. Ne6+ Kd7 61. a6 $1 Kxe6 62. Rxc6 Kd7
63. Rc5 Rxa6 64. Ne2 $1 {and with Nd4 and Rxd5 to come, White should win.})
55... Kc8 {I was a little upset that I allowed him this extra option, but
White is still winning.} 56. Nc5 Rb8 (56... Nc6 57. Rb6 Kc7 {would transpose
to the variations after 55.Rb6, and}) (56... Nc4 57. Rb7 {loses trivially.})
57. Rxb8+ Kxb8 58. Nxa6+ Kb7 59. Nb4 {White is winning here, as Black doesn't
have enough time to gobble up the a-pawn.} Nc4 60. a6+ Kb6 61. Ke2 Nd6 62. Kd3
Nb5 63. Ne2 Ka5 (63... Nc7 64. Nd4 Nxa6 65. Nxa6 Kxa6 66. Ne2 {with Kd4 and an
easy win to come.}) 64. Nc3 Nc7 65. Nbxd5 $1 {A nice finishing touch. The king
invasion is completely decisive, even a knight down!} Nexd5 66. Nxd5 Nxd5 67.
a7 Nc7 68. Kd4 Kb6 69. Ke5 Kxa7 70. Kxf5 Nd5 71. Kg6 Nxe3 72. Kxh6 {Black is
several tempi short here, so he resigned. I am happy with the way I conducted
this endgame, although some of Ivanchuk's decisions and especially his time
management left something to be desired.} 1-0

[Event "Bazna Kings 5th"]
[Site "Medias"]
[Date "2011.06.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2011.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. e4 Qc7 {This position
can also arise via the following move order: 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4
a6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Qc7.} 7. a3 b6 8. Be3 Bb7 9. f3 Nc6 10. Be2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bd6
12. Qd2 $5 {Ivanchuk offers the h2-pawn in order to quickly complete
development, but Nisipeanu decides not to accept "the gift". Soon the Romanian
GM will sacrifice a pawn himself.} (12. g3) 12... O-O ({Nisipeanu didn't like
his king after} 12... Bxh2 13. O-O-O Bf4 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. Qxe3 {and there is
no place on the board where the black monarch won't be in danger. White's plan
here is to advance the g-pawn and increase pressure in the centre and on the
kingside.}) 13. Na4 b5 $1 (13... Bxh2 {is not a kind of move to consider after
just having castling short.}) 14. cxb5 axb5 15. Bxb5 {White has to accept the
challenge.} Bf4 16. Qc3 (16. Be3 {runs into} Bxe3 17. Qxe3 Rxa4 $1 18. Bxa4
Qa5+) 16... Qb8 $1 17. Nb6 ({After} 17. Bxf6 gxf6 ({Black can also consider} 
17... Rc8 {and if} 18. Nc5 {then} gxf6 19. Bxd7 Be5 {with advantage}) 18. Qxf6
Be5 19. Qg5+ Kh8 {Black has compensation for the two sacrificed pawns.}) 17...
Ba6 $1 {Very inspired play by Nisipeanu. Black's main purpose is to keep the
white king on e1.} 18. Qa5 ({An interesting alternative was} 18. Bc4 Ra7 ({
Perhaps Black can consider} 18... Bxc4 19. Nxa8 Ba6 20. Nb6 d5) 19. g3 {
with the idea} Bc7 20. Bxf6 $1 Bxb6 (20... gxf6 21. Nxd7 Bxg3+ 22. hxg3 Rxd7
23. Bxa6) 21. Bxg7) ({After} 18. Ba4 {Black has the very sharp idea} Qb7 (18...
Ra7 {might be an option as well.}) 19. Nxa8 Nxe4 20. fxe4 Qxe4+ 21. Kf2 Bb7 {
and in spite of being a knight and a rook up (!) White's position is extremely
dangerous. For instance:} 22. Rhg1 Rc8 23. Rae1 Qf5 24. g4 Bg3+ $1 25. Kxg3
Rxc3+ 26. bxc3 Qf3+ 27. Kh4 f6 28. Rg3 Qf4 {and Black wins.}) 18... Bxb5 19.
Qxb5 (19. Nxa8 Nxe4 20. fxe4 Qb7 {offers Black a powerful initiative.}) 19...
d5 {Nisipeanu opens the position as much as possible.} ({After} 19... Qb7 20.
a4 {White consolidates.}) 20. Qe2 Be5 $1 {Again a very precise move from the
Romanian grandmaster. After other moves White defends and remains with extra
material.} (20... dxe4 21. Nxa8) (20... Ra7 21. e5 Nd7 22. Nxd7 Rxd7 23. g3 Bg5
24. O-O) 21. Bxe5 {Ivanchuk also chooses the best continuation.} (21. Bc5 Qc7
$1 22. Rc1 Rab8 23. Rc2 Rfe8 24. Bd4 Qxc2 25. Qxc2 Bxd4 26. Na4 Rec8 27. Qb1
dxe4 {is again in Black's favour.}) 21... Qxb6 {White is still a pawn up, but
his king is still in the centre. The position is one of dynamic equality.} 22.
Rd1 {With the intention to play 23.Bd4.} (22. Qf2 Qb5 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Qe2 Qb6
{brings White nowhere.}) 22... Ra4 $5 {Very creative, preventing White's
intention.} ({After} 22... dxe4 23. Bd4 exf3 ({or} 23... Qa5+ 24. Bc3 Qb6 25.
fxe4 Rfd8 26. Rf1) 24. Qxf3 Qa5+ 25. Bc3 (25. Kf2 {is doubtful, handing Black
the initiative:} e5 $1) 25... Qb6 26. Bxf6 gxf6 27. Qg4+ Kh8 28. Qd4 Qxd4 29.
Rxd4 Rfb8 30. Rd2 {White can claim an edge.}) 23. Qf2 (23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. exd5
exd5 25. Rxd5 {is asking for troubles:} Rc8 {and White is defenceless against
Black's activity.}) 23... Qb5 24. Qe2 Qb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bazna Kings 5th"]
[Site "Medias"]
[Date "2011.06.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Annotator "Karjakin,S"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2011.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Before this game my driver who was bringing me to the playing hall and back
to to the hotel gave me a plan for the last 2 games "Ivanchuk-victoria,
Carlsen-remiza", wich I managed to fulfil:-)!} 1. e4 d6 {As usual, Vassily
Mihajlovich plays the first surprise. Preparing for the game we did not expect
the Pirc-Ufimtsev. However sometimes surprises can be pleasant...} 2. d4 Nf6 3.
Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 7. O-O c5 8. d5 Nc7 {A rare and in my
opinion not that good a move. In my recent practice this position has occurred
3 times. Chatalbashev played 8...Bg4 against me, and Kramnik twice played 8...
Rb8. Both moves look better to me.} 9. a4 b6 10. Qe1 {With the idea which is
typical for this line Qh4, f5, Bh6.} e6 $2 {This move is not connected with
Black's previous play. If he has played b6, it was more logical to continue
the plan with a6, Rb8... Although I think Black is under an unpleasant attack,
for example:} (10... a6 11. Qh4 Rb8 12. f5 b5 13. axb5 axb5 14. Bh6 {with a
strong attack!}) ({The computer suggests the strange move} 10... Qd7 {with the
idea of playing ...Qg4 in case of Qh4. Probably it was the lesser evil, but
also not very atractive for Black.}) 11. dxe6 fxe6 {There was no choice.} ({
After} 11... Nxe6 12. f5 Nd4 13. Qh4 {White has a crushing attack!}) 12. e5 $1
$16 {Not a very difficult blow, after which White has a clear advantage!} Nfd5
({The last chance was} 12... Ng4 {after which White is clearly better, but at
least there is no forced win.}) ({After} 12... Nh5 {there is the nice blow} 13.
f5 $1 gxf5 (13... exf5 14. Bg5 Qd7 15. exd6 Qxd6 16. Be7 $16 {with an exchange
up!}) 14. Bg5 Qd7 15. Qh4 $16) 13. Ne4 dxe5 $6 (13... Ne8 14. Neg5 {did not
save Black, but with the text move Black is aggravating his position!}) 14.
fxe5 $18 {Now Black is defenceless against Bg5 and his black squares are
catastrophically weak.} Bb7 (14... Nb4 {did not save him:} 15. Bg5 Nxd3 16.
cxd3 Qxd3 17. Rd1 Qc2 18. Be7 $18 {with a decisive advantage for White!}) 15.
Bg5 Qd7 16. Qh4 Nb4 17. Rad1 {White's play is simple and effortless.} Qc6 (
17... Nxd3 18. Rxd3 Qc6 19. Nf6+ Bxf6 20. exf6 {was also lost, but after the
text move, Black is losing by force!}) 18. Nf6+ Bxf6 19. Bxg6 $1 {Nice, but
not a very difficult intermediate move. White develops a decisive attack!} hxg6
20. Bxf6 Rxf6 ({Also lost is} 20... Nbd5 21. Nd4 $1 Rxf6 (21... cxd4 22. Qh8+
Kf7 23. Bg5+ $18) 22. Nxc6 Rxf1+ 23. Rxf1 Bxc6 24. Qf2 $18) 21. exf6 Rf8 22.
Qg5 {Because of many threats Black resigned. It was not Ivanchuk's day.} 1-0

[Event "Bazna Kings 5th"]
[Site "Medias"]
[Date "2011.06.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2011.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. Qb3 $5 ({
The main line goes} 7. e3 e6 {and here after} 8. Qb3 {Black's best answer is}
Bb4) 7... Qb6 (7... Na5 {is preferable:} 8. Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qc2 e6) 8. Qxb6 axb6 9.
e3 e6 10. a3 Be7 11. Be2 {Why does the bishop go to e2 instead of b5? First of
all because White keeps the square b5 vacated for the knight; and secondly
from e2 the bishop indirectly fights against Black's idea of Nf6-h5 (see the
comments on Black's 14th move below).} O-O 12. O-O Rfc8 13. Rfc1 {[%csl Rb5,
Gb6,Gb7] The main drawback of doubled pawns is their lack of flexibility.
Furthermore, here White has also complete control over the b5-square. And
finally, the isolated doubled pawns can easily become a target later on. All
this gives White hopes to play for advantage.} Nh5 14. Bg5 $1 Bxg5 ({After} 
14... f6 {White plays} 15. Nh4 $1 {attacking the knight on h5. If then} fxg5
16. Nxf5 exf5 17. Bxh5 g4 {with the idea to catch the bishop, White takes the
pawn} 18. Nxd5 Rd8 (18... Bd8 19. Be8 $1) 19. Nxe7+ Nxe7 20. Rc7 Kf8 21. h3 g6
22. hxg4 gxh5 23. gxf5 {and Black is struggling to survive.}) 15. Nxg5 Nf6 16.
Nf3 Bg4 17. Nb5 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Rd8 19. Kf1 Kf8 20. Rc3 Ke7 21. Rac1 Rdc8 22. Ke1
Kd7 23. h3 h5 $6 (23... h6) 24. h4 $1 {This is very tricky from Ivanchuk: to
play h3 followed immediately by h4. Now the black pawns are blockaded on the
light squares, which can be a problem in different kind of endgames.} g6 25. g3
Ra5 26. Be2 Ne8 27. Rb3 $1 Rd8 (27... Nxd4 {doesn't work:} 28. Rxc8 Nxb3 29.
Rc3 Na1 (29... Nc5 30. b4) 30. b4 {and sooner or later the knight will die on
a1.}) 28. f3 Nf6 29. Nc3 Kc7 30. Na2 Ng8 {According to Ivanchuk this is a bad
mistake.} (30... Rc8 31. Nb4 Nd7 {was called for, keeping the e5-square under
control.}) 31. Nb4 Nge7 32. Nd3 Raa8 33. Ne5 Rf8 ({After} 33... f6 34. Nd3 {
followed by Nf4 at some point (and eventually Bf1-h3) Black will have problems
with the pawn e6.}) 34. Bd3 f5 {After this move White is strategically winning.
Black has too many pawn weaknesses (b6, e6 and g6).} 35. Bb5 Rac8 36. Kf2 (36.
Rbc3 Kd6) 36... Rg8 37. Ba4 Rgf8 38. Rc2 Rfd8 (38... Rg8 {loses by force:} 39.
Rbc3 Kd6 40. Nf7+ Kd7 41. Rb3 Kc7 42. Ng5 {and Black is unable to protect the
e6-pawn.}) 39. Rbc3 Rd6 40. b4 Kb8 41. Bxc6 bxc6 42. b5 {The game is over.
Black is losing a pawn and remains with a lot of other weaknesses.} Kb7 43.
bxc6+ Kc7 44. a4 Rdd8 45. Rb2 Ra8 46. Rcb3 Nc8 47. Ra2 Rg8 48. a5 b5 49. Rxb5
Nd6 50. Rb4 Ra6 51. Kg2 g5 52. hxg5 Rxg5 53. Kh3 Rg8 54. Kh4 Rh8 55. Rab2 Ra7
56. Rb6 Rha8 57. Kxh5 Rg8 58. a6 Rga8 59. Rb7+ Nxb7 60. axb7 1-0

[Event "GRE-chT 39th"]
[Site "Eretria"]
[Date "2011.07.04"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Nikolaidis, Ioannis"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2011.07.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Chania Kydon"]
[BlackTeam "Peristeriou"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GRE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GRE"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 d5 5. d4 Nc6 6. a3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 a6 8. O-O
b5 9. Ba2 Bb7 10. Qe2 Be7 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. b4 Bd6 13. Bb2 O-O 14. Rfd1 Qe7 15.
Rac1 Rfd8 16. Nb1 Nd7 17. Nbd2 Nce5 18. Bb1 Nxf3+ 19. Nxf3 Nb6 20. Nd2 e5 21.
Ne4 Nc4 22. Bd3 Bxe4 23. Bxe4 Rac8 24. Bd5 Nxb2 25. Qxb2 g6 26. g3 Rxc1 27.
Qxc1 Qc7 28. Qxc7 Bxc7 29. Bb3 Rxd1+ 30. Bxd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "GRE-chT 39th"]
[Site "Eretria"]
[Date "2011.07.04"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kempinski, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2011.07.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Peristeriou"]
[BlackTeam "Nikaia Fysiolatris"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GRE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GRE"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. d4 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Be6 8. b3 h6
9. Bb2 Nbd7 10. Bd3 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 e6 13. Rfd1 Re8 14. Rac1 Qe7 15.
Qe2 a6 16. Qc2 Rac8 17. Bf1 h5 18. g3 Bh6 19. Bg2 Nh7 20. Ne2 Ndf6 21. f4 g5
22. Rf1 g4 23. h4 Nf8 24. Nc3 Ng6 25. Rce1 Qd8 26. e4 dxe4 27. Bxe4 Ne7 28. Bd3
Bg7 29. Kh2 Qd7 30. Re5 Rcd8 31. Nd1 c5 32. Rxc5 Nc6 33. Rg5 Nxd4 34. Qc3 Kh8
35. Ne3 Nf3+ 36. Rxf3 Qxd3 37. Rf2 Qxc3 38. Bxc3 Rd3 39. Bxf6 Bxf6 40. Rxh5+
Kg7 41. Nxg4 Red8 42. Nxf6 Kxf6 43. Re5 1-0

[Event "GRE-chT 39th"]
[Site "Eretria"]
[Date "2011.07.05"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2011.07.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Thessaloniki ES"]
[BlackTeam "Peristeriou"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GRE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GRE"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 7. O-O c5 8. d5
Rb8 9. f5 Nb4 10. fxg6 fxg6 11. Be2 Ng4 12. a3 Na6 13. h3 Ne5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15.
Bh6 Rf6 16. Bg5 Bd7 17. Bxf6 exf6 18. Bg4 Be8 19. Rb1 c4 20. Qf3 b5 21. Ne2 b4
22. Nf4 Qb6+ 23. Kh1 Ba4 24. Be6+ Kg7 25. Qg4 bxa3 26. Nh5+ Kh8 27. Nxf6 a2 28.
Qh4 Qc7 29. Ra1 Qe7 30. Rxa2 Nc5 31. Ra3 Bxc2 32. Rxa7 Qxa7 33. Bd7 Qxd7 34.
Nxd7 Nxd7 35. Qe7 Ba4 36. Rf7 Kg8 37. g3 Rf8 38. Rxh7 Bf6 0-1

[Event "GRE-chT 39th"]
[Site "Eretria"]
[Date "2011.07.06"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Papaioannou, Ioannis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[PlyCount "195"]
[EventDate "2011.07.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Peristeriou"]
[BlackTeam "Kavalas"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GRE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GRE"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Bg2 Bxc3 8.
Bxc3 Ne4 9. Rc1 d6 10. d5 Nd8 11. O-O f5 12. dxe6 Nxe6 13. Nd4 N6g5 14. f4 Nf7
15. Bxe4 Qxe4 16. Nb5 Bd7 17. Qd3 Qxd3 18. exd3 c6 19. Na3 Rfe8 20. Kf2 Re7 21.
Rfe1 Rxe1 22. Kxe1 Nd8 23. Kd2 Kf7 24. Nc2 Ne6 25. b4 b6 26. Ne3 g6 27. Rb1 c5
28. b5 Bc8 29. a4 Bb7 30. a5 bxa5 31. Bxa5 Nd4 32. h3 h5 33. Bc3 Ne6 34. Ke2
Ke7 35. Kf2 Kd7 36. Rb2 h4 37. Ra2 a6 38. bxa6 Rxa6 39. Rxa6 Bxa6 40. Ng2 hxg3+
41. Kxg3 Ke7 42. Ne3 Bb7 43. h4 Kf7 44. h5 Bc6 45. h6 Kg8 46. Bf6 Kh7 47. Bg5
Nc7 48. Kf2 d5 49. Ke2 dxc4 50. dxc4 Ne8 51. Nd5 Nd6 52. Kd3 Ba4 53. Kc3 Ne4+
54. Kb2 Nd6 55. Kc3 Ne4+ 56. Kd3 Nf2+ 57. Kd2 Ne4+ 58. Ke3 Nd6 59. Kd3 Ne4 60.
Nc7 Bd7 61. Nb5 Be6 62. Na3 Nf2+ 63. Kc3 Ng4 64. Nc2 Nxh6 65. Be7 Ng4 66. Bxc5
g5 67. fxg5 Kg6 68. Be7 Bxc4 69. Kxc4 Ne5+ 70. Kd5 Nf3 71. Nd4 Nxg5 72. Ke5
Nf7+ 73. Kf4 Nh6 74. Bf8 Ng4 75. Nxf5 Nf6 76. Bc5 Kf7 77. Nd4 Kg6 78. Nf3 Nd5+
79. Ke5 Nf6 80. Ke6 Ng4 81. Bd4 Nh6 82. Be3 Kh5 83. Bd2 Kg6 84. Ne5+ Kh5 85.
Nd3 Kg6 86. Nf4+ Kg5 87. Nd5+ Kg6 88. Ne7+ Kh5 89. Kf6 Ng4+ 90. Kf5 Nh6+ 91.
Kf4 Ng4 92. Nc6 Nh6 93. Ne5 Ng8 94. Bb4 Nh6 95. Be7 Ng8 96. Bg5 Nh6 97. Bd8 Ng8
98. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "GRE-chT 39th"]
[Site "Eretria"]
[Date "2011.07.07"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2011.07.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Triandria"]
[BlackTeam "Peristeriou"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GRE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GRE"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 Be7 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. Qc2 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. h3 a6 12. Bf4 Ng6 13. Bh2 Bd6 14. Bxd6 Qxd6
15. Rab1 Qe7 16. b4 Ne4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Nd2 Bf5 19. Ne2 Qe6 20. Ng3 Nh4 21.
Kh2 Rad8 22. Qb3 Rd5 23. Rbc1 Nxg2 24. Nxf5 Qxf5 25. Kxg2 Re6 26. Rh1 Rf6 27.
Rh2 Qxf2+ 28. Kh1 Qf5 29. Qb1 Re6 30. Rg1 a5 31. bxa5 Rb5 32. Qe1 Rxa5 33. Qg3
g6 34. Rf1 Qg5 35. Qb8+ Kg7 36. Qxb7 Re7 37. Qxc6 Rxa2 38. h4 1-0

[Event "GRE-chT 39th"]
[Site "Eretria"]
[Date "2011.07.08"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2011.07.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Panionios"]
[BlackTeam "Peristeriou"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GRE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GRE"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. a3 Be7 8. Nf4
dxc4 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. O-O Nc6 11. Be3 Bd6 12. Nh5 Nd5 13. Bd3 Nxe3 14. fxe3 f5
15. Ng3 Kh8 16. Bc2 Qh4 17. Qf3 Bd7 18. Nce2 Rae8 19. Rad1 Na5 20. Bd3 Ba4 21.
Rde1 Bd7 22. Rc1 Nc6 23. Bb1 e5 24. Nxf5 Bxf5 25. Bxf5 exd4 26. Qh3 Qxh3 27.
Bxh3 Rxe3 28. Rxf8+ Bxf8 29. Nf4 Bd6 30. Nd5 Rb3 31. Bc8 d3 32. Rd1 Ne5 33. Nf4
g5 34. Ne6 h6 35. h4 gxh4 36. Nf4 Bc5+ 37. Kh2 Be3 0-1

[Event "WchT 8th"]
[Site "Ningbo"]
[Date "2011.07.17"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Adly, Ahmed"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2011.07.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Egypt"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "EGY"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 d5 4. c4 cxd4 5. exd4 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
Nc6 9. Bf4 dxc4 10. d5 Na5 11. d6 exd6 12. Bxd6 Re8 13. Nb5 Bf5 14. Nc7 Rxe2
15. Qxe2 Rc8 16. Nb5 Bd3 17. Qe1 Bxf1 18. Be7 Qd7 19. Nd6 Nc6 20. Qxf1 Nxe7 21.
Nxc8 Qxc8 22. Rc1 b5 23. a4 a6 24. axb5 axb5 25. b3 Bh6 26. Rc2 Qf5 27. Nd4 Qd5
28. bxc4 Qxd4 29. cxb5 Ned5 30. g3 Nc3 31. Rb2 Bf8 32. b6 Na4 33. Rb3 Nxb6 34.
Qd3 Qc5 35. Qe3 Ng4 36. Qf3 Nc4 37. Rb8 Nd2 38. Qe2 Ne4 39. Kg2 Ngxf2 40. Qb5
Qc1 41. Qb1 Qd2 42. Qb2 Qd1 43. Qb1 Qe2 0-1

[Event "WchT 8th"]
[Site "Ningbo"]
[Date "2011.07.18"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2011.07.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Bd7 7. O-O g6 8.
Nxc6 Bxc6 9. Nd5 Bg7 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nxf6+ exf6 13. Qd4 f5 14.
exf5 Qg5 15. f3 Qxf5 16. Rf2 Qc5 17. Rd1 Rfe8 18. Rfd2 a5 19. a3 Re7 20. b4
axb4 21. axb4 Qg5 22. Qf2 Ra4 23. h4 Qe5 24. Rd4 Ra3 25. Rxd6 Rc3 26. Bb3 Re3
27. Rd8+ Be8 28. R8d5 Qc7 29. Rc5 Bc6 30. h5 Qf4 31. Rc4 Qf6 32. h6 Re8 33. Qg3
R3e5 34. Rf4 Rf5 35. Rdd4 Qe5 36. Qh4 Qe3+ 37. Kh2 Rh5 38. Bxf7+ Kh8 39. Qxh5
gxh5 40. Bxe8 Qxe8 41. Rf5 Qe7 42. c4 Kg8 43. c5 Bd7 44. Re4 Qd8 45. Rd5 Kf7
46. Rf4+ Ke6 47. Rfd4 Qb8+ 48. f4 Bc6 49. Rg5 Ke7 50. Rd6 Be8 51. b5 Qc8 52. b6
h4 53. Re5+ Kf7 54. f5 Qa8 55. f6 Qa4 56. Re7+ Kf8 57. Rd8 Qf4+ 58. Kh1 Qf1+
59. Kh2 Qf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 8th"]
[Site "Ningbo"]
[Date "2011.07.19"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2011.07.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. a4 Qc7 $5 ({
Starting with 1996, I had a lot of games with Black in this line. I always
thought that the game move at best transposes to} 7... Nbd7 {, which I played
exclusively. This is the first time that I has realised that there is some
point behind delaying the knight's development.}) 8. Be3 e5 9. dxe5 {First of
all, it seems that it is not simple for White to maintain the tension.} (9. Nd2
$6 Ng4 $1 10. Bxg4 Bxg4 11. Qxg4 exd4 12. Bxd4 Bxd4 13. Ra3 Nd7 14. Nd1 Rae8
15. Rh3 h5 16. Qg3 Nf6 17. Qd3 Bb6 18. Ne3 Re6 $15 {Gurgenidze,B (2370)
-Chiburdanidze,M (2485)/Tbilisi 1991/CBM 024 (0-1, 25)}) (9. h3 $6 exd4 $1 10.
Nxd4 (10. Bxd4 {maintains some flexibility, but the bishop is exposed in the
centre.} Re8 11. Nd2 Nbd7 12. Re1 b6 13. f3 Bb7 14. Nf1 Rad8 15. Qd2 Nc5 16.
Bc4 Ne6 17. Bf2 d5 18. exd5 cxd5 19. Bd3 Nh5 20. Nb5 Qb8 21. c3 Nhf4 $15 {
Koopman,H-Van Wijgerden,C (2435)/Wijk aan Zee 1984/EXT 2003 (0-1, 50)}) 10...
Re8 {There are some problems with defending the central pawn.} 11. Bf3 ({
Apart from weakening g3,} 11. f3 {allows} d5 $1 $132 12. Bd3 $6 Bxh3 $1 13.
gxh3 Qg3+ 14. Kh1 Qxh3+ 15. Kg1 Qg3+ 16. Kh1 Re5 $19 {Gislason,G-Waagmeester,W/
EU-ch M corr 1997/Corr 2000 (0-1, 18)}) (11. Bd3 Nbd7 12. f4 a6 13. Nde2 c5 14.
Ng3 d5 15. e5 d4 $17 {Wright-Botterill,G/Hastings 1970 (0-1, 21)}) 11... Nbd7
12. Re1 a5 (12... Ne5 13. Be2 b6 14. f4 Ned7 15. Bf3 Bb7 16. a5 a6 17. axb6
Nxb6 18. Bf2 c5 19. Nb3 Nc4 20. Ra2 Nd7 $132 {Novikov,I (2465)-Eingorn,V (2530)
/Kharkov 1985/MCL (1/2, 24). The strong pressure against e4 and the whole
queenside compensates for the slightly weakened structure.}) 13. Qd2 Nc5 14.
Bf4 Nfd7 15. Rad1 Ne5 16. Be2 Qb6 17. b3 Qb4 18. Kh1 $6 Ned3 $1 19. Bxd3 Bxd4
20. Na2 Qxd2 21. Rxd2 d5 $15 {Kostro,J-Smyslov,V/Polanica Zdroj 1968/EXT 99 
(0-1, 41)}) (9. Re1 Ng4 {was played in a few irrelevant games. The critical
continuation is} 10. Bg5 $146 exd4 11. Nxd4 Qb6 12. Bxg4 Bxd4 13. Be3 Bxe3 14.
Rxe3 {Black needs to neutralise White's kingside initiative in order to take
advantage of his small queenside achievements.} Bxg4 (14... Na6 15. Be2 $1 $14)
15. Qxg4 Na6 16. Rh3 (16. Rb1 $5 Nb4 17. Rh3) 16... Rae8 (16... Qxb2 17. Rb1
Qxc2 18. Qh4 h5 19. g4 Qd2 20. gxh5 Qh6 21. Rxb7 Nc5 22. Re7 $14) 17. Qf4 f5
18. Qxd6 (18. Qh4 Qc7 19. Rd1 Re6 $11) 18... fxe4 19. Qd2 Nc5 $132 {The
e4-pawn is not necessarily weak and Black is well coordinated.}) 9... dxe5 10.
a5 {A typical move for the classical system, aimed at freezing Black's
queenside.} (10. Nd2 Rd8 11. h3 (11. Qc1 Ng4 12. Bxg4 Bxg4 13. a5 Nd7 14. Nb3
Bf8 15. Na4 Be2 16. Re1 Bc4 17. Nbc5 Nxc5 18. Nxc5 f6 19. b3 Bf7 $11 {Williams,
A (2390)-Evans,L (2540)/Haifa 1976/EXT 2000 (0-1, 33)}) (11. Qe1 Ng4 12. Bc5 {
1/2 (33) Romanov,E (2588)-Kurnosov,I (2669)/St Petersburg 2009/CBM 132 Extra}
b6 13. Ba3 Nf6 14. Bc4 c5 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Bb7 17. c4 Nc6 $11) 11... Nbd7
12. Qe1 Nf8 {/\...Ne6} 13. f4 $5 Ne6 14. f5 (14. fxe5 Nd7) 14... Nf4 15. Bxf4
exf4 16. Bd3 Nh5 $17 {Sax,G-Poutiainen,P/Teeside 1974/EXT 99 (0-1, 56)}) 10...
Bg4 $5 {Once again, we notice the usefulness of leaving the c8-g4 diagonal
open. Black aims for a natural development and starts fighting for the central
dark squares.} (10... Nh5 11. g3 (11. Bc4 Nf4 12. Qb1 Bg4 13. Nd2 Qe7 14. f3
Be6 15. Kh1 Nd7 16. b4 Rfb8 17. Na4 b5 $11 {Wedberg,T (2510)-Gurevich,D (2480)
New York 1989 (0-1, 40)}) 11... Bf6 12. Nd2 Ng7 13. Nc4 Na6 14. Qd6 Ne6 15. Na4
Rd8 16. Qxc7 Naxc7 17. c3 Nb5 18. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Kf8 20. b4 Ke8 21. Rc1
Bg7 22. Nab2 f6 23. Nd3 Bf8 24. f4 $14 {Langeweg,K-Donner,J Amsterdam 1969 
(0-1, 63)}) (10... Ng4 11. Bd2 (11. Bc5 Rd8 12. Qc1 Bh6 13. Qb1 Nd7 14. Be7 Re8
15. Bg5 Bg7 16. h3 Ngf6 17. Be3 Nf8 18. Rd1 Nh5 19. Bc5 $14 {Quinteros,M (2495)
-Donner,J (2495) Wijk aan Zee 1974 (1/2, 32)}) 11... Rd8 12. Qc1 Qe7 13. Bg5 f6
14. Bd2 Qf8 15. Bc4+ Kh8 16. h3 Nh6 17. Be3 Nd7 18. Rd1 Re8 19. Qd2 $14 {
Tringov,G-Keene,R Rovinj/Zagreb 1975 (1-0, 35)}) (10... Nbd7 11. h3 {
transposes back to the main lines with 7...Nbd7.}) 11. Bc4 $5 $146 {Aiming for
an active display of the queen and bishop.} (11. h3 Rd8 $1 $146 (11... Bxf3 12.
Bxf3 Nbd7 13. Qd3 Rfd8 14. Qc4 Nf8 15. Nd5 Qd7 16. Nb4 a6 17. Nd3 $16 {Harandi,
K (2380)-Ludgate,A (2255)/Haifa 1976/EXT 2000 (1/2, 45)}) 12. Bd3 (12. Qb1 Bxf3
13. Bxf3 Na6 14. Qa2 Bf8 $11) 12... Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Nbd7 14. Rfd1 b5 $5 $132)
11... Rd8 12. Qe2 Qe7 $5 {Taking the f8-a3 diagonal under control.} 13. h3 Bxf3
14. Qxf3 Nbd7 15. Nb1 $5 {White anticipates a black knight transfer to d4, by
preparing c2-c3. However, this plan is too slow to offer anything special.} (
15. Rfd1 b5 $132) 15... b5 $11 16. axb6 axb6 17. Rxa8 Rxa8 18. c3 b5 19. Bd3
Qf8 {[%cal Gg7h6]} (19... Nc5 20. Bc2 Ne6 21. Na3 Ne8 22. Bb3 N8c7 $11) 20. Bg5
(20. b4 Bh6 $11) 20... h6 21. Bc1 h5 22. Nd2 (22. Bg5 Nh7 23. Be3 Bh6 $15)
22... Bh6 23. b4 Kg7 24. Qe2 Ra2 25. Bb1 Ra8 26. Bc2 c5 $5 {Black gets some
symbolic advantage after this liquidation of the queenside.} (26... Qe7 $11)
27. Qxb5 cxb4 28. cxb4 $6 ({White would be out of any trouble after} 28. Qxb4
Qxb4 29. cxb4 Rb8 $11) 28... Rb8 29. Qc4 Rxb4 30. Qc3 Qc5 31. Qxc5 Nxc5 $36 32.
Nf3 (32. f3 Be3+ 33. Kh1 h4 $15) 32... Bxc1 33. Rxc1 Nfd7 34. Rd1 Kf6 35. Rd5
Rc4 36. Bd3 Rc1+ 37. Kh2 Rd1 (37... Kg7 $5 $15 {seems to lead by force to a
knight ending with a pawn up, drawn in principle, but with practical chances
for Black.} 38. Ng1 (38. Be2 Nf6 39. Rxe5 Nfxe4) 38... Rd1 (38... Nf6 39. Ne2
$1) 39. Bc4 Rxd5 40. Bxd5 Nf6 41. Nf3 (41. f3 Nxd5 42. exd5 Kf6 43. Ne2 Nd3 44.
Kg3 Ke7 45. f4 Kd6 46. fxe5+ Kxe5 47. Nc3 Nb4) 41... Ncxe4 42. Bxe4 Nxe4 43.
Nxe5 Nxf2) 38. Bc4 $11 Rxd5 39. Bxd5 Nb6 40. Bc6 Ke6 41. g3 Kd6 42. Be8 Ke7 43.
Bc6 Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 8th"]
[Site "Ningbo"]
[Date "2011.07.20"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2011.07.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Hungary"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15.
Qe2 Bg4 16. Qf1 Qh5 17. Nd2 f5 18. c4 f4 19. cxd5 c5 20. Re4 c4 21. Bc2 fxg3
22. hxg3 Bxg3 23. fxg3 Rxf1+ 24. Nxf1 Qh3 25. Re3 Rf8 26. Bd2 Bf3 27. Rxf3 Rxf3
28. Be4 Rxg3+ 29. Nxg3 Qxg3+ 30. Bg2 Qd3 31. Be1 Qxd4+ 32. Bf2 Qxb2 33. Rf1 Qd2
34. Bc5 g6 35. Rf8+ Kg7 36. Rf2 Qd1+ 37. Rf1 Qd2 38. Kh2 c3 39. Rf2 Qe1 40.
Bd4+ Kh6 41. Bh3 c2 0-1

[Event "WchT 8th"]
[Site "Ningbo"]
[Date "2011.07.21"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2011.07.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. c4 e6 5. O-O Nd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. d3 Bd6 8. h3
Bh5 9. Nc3 Ngf6 10. e4 O-O 11. exd5 cxd5 12. g4 Bg6 13. Nh4 Nc5 14. Nxg6 hxg6
15. d4 Ne6 16. Be3 Nf4 17. Qb3 Rb8 18. Rad1 b5 19. Bxf4 Bxf4 20. Rfe1 Rb6 21.
Nxd5 Nxd5 22. Qxd5 Qxd5 23. Bxd5 Rd8 24. Bb3 Kf8 25. Re4 g5 26. Rde1 Rb7 27. h4
g6 28. Kg2 a5 29. Rh1 a4 30. hxg5 Bxg5 31. Rh8+ Kg7 32. Rxd8 Bxd8 33. Bd1 Rd7
34. Be2 Bf6 35. Bxb5 Rxd4 36. Kf3 Rxe4 37. Kxe4 Bxb2 38. Bxa4 Kf6 39. Bb3 Ba3
40. f4 Ke7 41. f5 gxf5+ 42. Kxf5 f6 43. g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 8th"]
[Site "Ningbo"]
[Date "2011.07.23"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2011.07.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nbd7 $5 {This
unfashionable move was introduced more than a century ago by one of the main
pioneers of all kind of semi-open games, Louis Paulsen. It is curious that
theory connects his name with the Sicilian line based on ...e6, when actually
the fianchetto (Dragon, Pirc) seemed to be more to his taste.} ({It is
understandable that Ivanchuk deviated fom his recent game against the same
player, which ended in a complete disaster:} 6... Na6 {Karjakin,S (2776)
-Ivanchuk,V (2776)/Medias/Bazna 2011 (1-0, 22)}) 7. O-O {This neutral move
should not face Black with too many problems.} ({The critical line is} 7. e5
Ne8 8. e6 $5 {A very dangerous move, but not the only one so. I took it as the
main line for sentimental reasons: it was used by my first ever trainer!} (8.
O-O c5 9. exd6 $6 Nxd6 10. dxc5 $6 Nxc5 {offered Black a dream position in the
historical game Weiss,M-Paulsen,L/Nuremberg 1883/HCL (0-1, 39)}) (8. Ne4 {
is solid, but not too threatening, as I had the occasion to find out in my
only experience with this line:} c5 9. c3 Qb6 10. Qe2 Nc7 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12.
Nxc5 Qxc5 13. Be3 Qa5 14. O-O Nd5 15. Bd2 Bg4 16. Kh1 Qc7 17. h3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3
e6 19. exd6 Qxd6 $11 {Ronchetti,N (2414)-Marin,M (2556)/Reggio Emilia 2008/ (1/
2, 26)}) (8. h4 $5 c5 9. e6 {is another dangerous attacking attempt:} fxe6 {
Starostits,I (2460)-Bosshard,R (1776)/Neuchatel 2004/CBM 100 ext (1-0, 55)} 10.
h5 $40) 8... fxe6 9. Ng5 Ndf6 10. h4 $40 {The extra e6-pawn prevents Black
from communicating between his opposite wings and the simple advance of the
h-pawn is not easy to meet.} e5 $2 {But this is too much already.} 11. dxe5 Bg4
12. Be2 Bxe2 13. Nxe2 dxe5 14. Qxd8 Rxd8 15. Ne6 $18 {Pavlov,M-Westman,J/
Krakow 1964/EXT 2000 (1-0, 45)}) 7... e5 8. dxe5 ({Against} 8. fxe5 dxe5 9. d5
{I had prepared something like} Ne8 $1 ({Despite my huge respect for Portisch,
I did not like his way of treating this position:} 9... c6 $6 10. dxc6 bxc6 11.
Kh1 Qe7 12. b3 Nh5 13. a4 Nf4 14. Ba3 $16 {Matulovic,M-Portisch,L/Skopje 1968/
MCD (1/2, 41)}) 10. Ne2 Nd6 11. c4 f5 $132) 8... dxe5 9. f5 {Black has to be
prepared for this kind of classic attack. Although White's play seems a bit
slow (Bg5, Qe1-h4) the threats could become very dangerous if not taken into
account in advance.} (9. fxe5 {helps Black to complete his development:} Nxe5
10. Nxe5 Qd4+ 11. Kh1 Qxe5 12. Bf4 Qc5 13. Qf3 Be6 (13... c6 14. e5 Ng4 15. Ne4
Qe7 16. Rae1 Nxe5 17. Qg3 $44 Bf5 $6 18. Nf2 $16 {Nadig,K (2213)-Movsziszian,K
(2536)/Sort 2008/CBM 125 Extra (1/2, 59)}) 14. Nb5 (14. Be3 Qh5 15. Qg3 c6 16.
Be2 Qa5 17. Rad1 Nd7 $15 {Larsen,B-Bouwmeester,H/Copenhagen 1952}) (14. e5 Ng4
15. Ne4 Qd5 16. c4 Qc6) 14... Ne8 15. Be3 Qe7 16. c3 c5 17. Qf2 b6 18. a4 Rd8
19. Qe2 Be5 $15 {Relange,E (2295)-Bernard,C (2365)/France 1993/TD (0-1, 30)})
9... Nc5 $146 ({I had as a model the following game:} 9... c6 10. Kh1 b5 11.
Bg5 Bb7 12. Qe1 h6 13. Bd2 (13. Bh4 $5) 13... Nh5 14. a4 $6 {After this
premature pawn break, White's position will explode.} (14. Rd1 Qe7 15. a4 a6
$13) 14... Nc5 15. Be2 b4 16. Nd1 (16. Be3 Qe7 17. Na2 Nxe4 18. fxg6 fxg6 19.
Nxb4 Nf4 20. Bc4+ Kh7 21. Rd1 a5 22. Nd3 c5 $132) (16. fxg6 bxc3 17. gxf7+ Rxf7
18. Bxc3 Qe8 19. Bc4 Ba6 20. Bxf7+ Qxf7 $13) 16... Nxe4 17. Bxb4 (17. fxg6 c5
$13) 17... c5 18. Ba5 Qe7 19. Ne3 Nf4 20. Bc4 Nd6 21. fxg6 Nxc4 22. Nxc4 fxg6
$17 {Zapata,A (2410)-Motwani,P (2200)/Mexico 1980/MCD (1/2, 37)}) 10. Bg5 Nxd3
11. Qxd3 {A curious decision. By exchanging queens, White aims to weaken the
defence of the f6-knight.} (11. cxd3 {can be answered with} gxf5 12. exf5 (12.
Nd5 {leads nowhere after} c6 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Bh6 Re8 $15) 12... Bxf5 {
, since the knight is safely defended and there is no real pin along the
f-file.} 13. d4 $1 (13. Qe1 Re8 14. Qh4 Bxd3 15. Rad1 e4 16. Ne1 Re6 $15) 13...
exd4 14. Nxd4 Bg6 15. Nf5 Qxd1 16. Raxd1 Bxf5 17. Rxf5 Ng4 18. Rd7 $44 {
White has obvious compensation for the pawn, but it may suffice for a draw
only.}) 11... Qxd3 12. cxd3 c6 (12... gxf5 $6 13. exf5 $14 Bxf5 $2 14. Ne1 $18)
13. Rae1 {Creating the threat of Nxe5.} (13. Nxe5 Nxe4 $1 $11) 13... Nd7 {
A first consequence of the queen exchange. The knight must retreat.} (13... Re8
14. fxg6 fxg6 15. Nxe5 $1) 14. g4 {Maybe not an attacking move, but just
consolidating f5.} (14. Be7 Re8 15. Bd6 {does not disturb Black's natural
development after} b6) 14... b6 15. Rf2 Re8 $11 {Black has no special problems,
but I have the feeling that from this moment on Ivanchuk starts playing
without a clear plan.} 16. Rd2 Bf8 {I do not understand the meaning of this
move.} ({I would prefer some normal development like} 16... Bb7 17. Kg2 Nf6 18.
h3 Rad8 {, possibly followed by ...c5. The fact is that White's main threat is
d3-d4 and, on the other hand, his main weakness is the d3-pawn.}) 17. Kg2 a5 {
Also a bit mysterious. He just ignores the dangers in the centre.} 18. d4 f6
19. Be3 exd4 20. Bxd4 {White has some initiative now.} b5 21. h3 Ra6 22. Red1
Be7 $6 (22... b4 $5 23. Na4 Rxe4 24. fxg6 hxg6 25. Bf2 Re7 26. Nc5 Ra7 (26...
Nxc5 27. Bxc5 Rf7 28. Rd8 Ra8 29. g5 $36) 27. Ne6 c5 28. Nxc5 Rc7 $11) 23. Bf2
Nb6 24. Ne2 Nc4 25. Rc2 Bf8 26. Ng3 c5 (26... a4 $5) 27. b3 (27. a4 $1 $14)
27... Nd6 $6 (27... Na3 28. Rcd2 Be7 $132 {[%csl Gd6,Gd7,Gd8][%cal Gc5c4]}) 28.
Rxc5 Bb7 29. Rc7 Ba8 (29... Bxe4 30. Nxe4 Rxe4 (30... Nxe4 31. Rdd7 $36) 31.
fxg6 hxg6 32. Nh4 $36) 30. Bc5 b4 31. Rd7 $6 {Looks like a blunder.} (31. Bxd6
Bxd6 32. Rd7 Bxg3 33. Kxg3 Bxe4 34. Nd4 $14) 31... Nxf5 $1 $11 32. Nxf5 (32.
Rd8 Bc6) 32... Bxc5 33. Nh6+ Kh8 34. Nf7+ Kg8 35. Nh6+ Kh8 36. Nf7+ Kg8 37.
Nh6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 8th"]
[Site "Ningbo"]
[Date "2011.07.24"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2011.07.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O Qd6 10. Nb5 Qd7 11. Na3 e5 12. d5 Nd4 13. Kb1 c6 14. dxc6 bxc6 15.
Qa5 Qb7 16. Ne2 Rb8 17. Rd2 Nd5 18. exd5 Bf5+ 19. Ka1 Bc2 20. Qc3 cxd5 21. Nxd4
Rfc8 22. Bc4 Ba4 23. Nb3 e4 24. Bd4 Bf8 25. Qe3 dxc4 26. Nc5 Qc6 27. Nxe4 f5
28. Nf6+ Kf7 29. Nb1 h6 30. Nc3 Rb7 31. g4 Rd8 32. gxf5 gxf5 33. Rg1 1-0

[Event "WchT 8th"]
[Site "Ningbo"]
[Date "2011.07.25"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2011.07.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Re1
b5 9. Bc2 d5 10. Nbd2 dxe4 11. dxe4 Be6 12. a4 b4 13. Qe2 Qc8 14. Nc4 Nd7 15.
Ng5 Bxg5 16. Bxg5 Nb6 17. Nd2 bxc3 18. bxc3 Na5 19. Be3 Qd7 20. f4 f6 21. f5
Bf7 22. g4 Qc6 23. g5 Kh8 24. Bd3 Rfd8 25. Bxa6 Rxa6 26. Qxa6 Nac4 27. Qb5 Qxb5
28. axb5 Nxe3 29. Rxe3 Rxd2 30. gxf6 gxf6 31. Ra7 Rd7 32. Rg3 h5 33. Rb7 Kh7
34. h4 Bc4 35. Rb8 Bxb5 36. Rg6 Re7 37. Kf2 Bc4 38. Rd8 Nd7 39. Ke3 Bf7 40. Rg1
Nb6 41. Ra1 Be8 42. Rg1 Nc4+ 43. Kf3 Nd6 44. Ke3 Bb5 45. Rgg8 Nf7 46. Rb8 Bc6
47. Rgc8 Rd7 48. Re8 Ba4 49. c4 Bd1 50. c5 Nh6 51. Kf2 c6 52. Red8 Ng4+ 53. Kg3
Rxd8 54. Rxd8 Bc2 55. Rd7+ Kg8 56. Kf3 Kf8 57. Rc7 Bd1+ 58. Kg3 Ba4 59. Rc8+
Kg7 60. Rc7+ Kh6 61. Rf7 Bc2 62. Kf3 Bb3 63. Rc7 Ba4 64. Rf7 Bb5 65. Rd7 Nh2+
66. Kg3 Ng4 67. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 8th"]
[Site "Ningbo"]
[Date "2011.07.26"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2011.07.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. c4 e6 5. O-O Nd7 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Nc3 Ngf6 8.
d3 a6 9. h3 Bh5 10. e4 d4 11. Ne2 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 e5 13. Bd2 Bd6 14. b4 O-O 15.
Qb3 a5 16. bxa5 Bc7 17. Qxb7 Bxa5 18. Bg5 h6 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Bg4 Nc5 21. Qb5
Qb6 22. Rfb1 Rfb8 23. Qc4 Qxb1+ 24. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 25. Kg2 Bb6 26. Bh5 Ra7 27. a4
Rd7 28. Ng1 Rc7 29. Nf3 Rb2 30. Nxe5 g6 31. Qd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.08.28"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Steel, Henry Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E69"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2362"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. e4
c6 9. Rb1 exd4 10. Nxd4 Re8 11. h3 Nc5 12. Re1 a5 13. b3 Nfd7 14. Be3 Ne5 15.
Re2 f5 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. Nxf5 gxf5 18. Rc2 Ng6 19. Qd2 Qf6 20. f4 Nh8 21. Re1
Nf7 22. Re2 Re7 23. Bf2 Rae8 24. Rxe7 Qxe7 25. Kh2 Ra8 26. Rc1 Qf6 27. Ne2 Qb2
28. Rc2 Qb1 29. Nd4 Bxd4 30. Bxd4 Re8 31. Bb2 Kf8 32. Qc3 Re6 33. Bc1 Ne4 34.
Qd3 Qa1 35. Bb2 Qb1 36. Qe2 Nc5 37. Qd2 Ne4 38. Bxe4 fxe4 39. Qe2 e3 40. Bd4 c5
41. Bc3 Re4 42. Rb2 Qc1 43. Qd3 Re6 44. Rb1 Qa3 45. f5 Re8 46. f6 Kg8 47. Qf5
Kh8 48. Qd7 Rf8 49. Qxd6 Nxd6 50. f7# 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.08.29"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Steel, Henry Robert"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2362"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb4+ 6. c3 Be7 7. Bf4 d6 8.
Bd3 Bg5 9. Bg3 Ne5 10. f4 Nxd3+ 11. Qxd3 Be7 12. N1d2 Nf6 13. h3 O-O 14. O-O-O
a5 15. Bf2 Be6 16. Kb1 c5 17. f5 Bd7 18. g4 a4 19. Nc1 Bc6 20. g5 Nd7 21. h4
Re8 22. Rhg1 d5 23. Bg3 c4 24. Qc2 a3 25. b3 cxb3 26. Ncxb3 dxe4 27. Rge1 Bf8
28. Nxe4 Ra4 29. Nf2 Rxe1 30. Rxe1 Nc5 31. f6 g6 32. Rd1 Qe8 33. Nd4 Bd7 34.
Ka1 Qe3 35. Bh2 Rc4 36. Qd2 Qxc3+ 37. Qxc3 Rxc3 38. Nb3 Ba4 39. Be5 Rc4 40. Rb1
Bxb3 41. axb3 Rxh4 42. Rd1 Nxb3+ 43. Ka2 Na5 44. Bd6 Bxd6 45. Rxd6 Nc6 46. Kxa3
Rf4 47. Nd3 Rd4 48. Rxd4 Nxd4 49. Ne5 Kf8 50. Nd7+ Ke8 51. Ne5 Ne6 52. Nf3 Kd8
0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.08.31"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "194"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. c3 Bg4
8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 e6 10. g3 a5 11. a4 g6 12. Bg2 Bg7 13. O-O O-O 14. Re1 Re8
15. h4 Rc8 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bd2 Rc7 18. Rad1 Rd7 19. Bc1 Qb6 20. Rd2 h5 21. Bh3
Qb3 22. Qd1 Qxd1 23. Rdxd1 Nd5 24. Bg5 b5 25. axb5 cxb5 26. Ra1 a4 27. Bd2 Rc7
28. Bf1 Rb8 29. Bg2 Rd8 30. Bf1 b4 31. Rxa4 bxc3 32. bxc3 Nxc3 33. Bxc3 Rxc3
34. Rd1 Rc6 35. Bg2 Rcd6 36. d5 exd5 37. Ra7 Bc3 38. Rd3 d4 39. Ra8 Rxa8 40.
Bxa8 Kg7 41. Bg2 Kf6 42. Bf1 Ke5 43. Rd1 Rb6 44. Kg2 Kd5 45. Bd3 Rb2 46. Kf3
Kc5 47. Rb1 Rd2 48. Rb5+ Kc6 49. Bc4 Rc2 50. Bd3 Ra2 51. Rb1 Ra7 52. Ke2 Kd6
53. Rb6+ Ke7 54. Bc4 Kf8 55. Kd3 Rd7 56. Rb8+ Kg7 57. Re8 Rb7 58. Bd5 Rb2 59.
Re2 Rb5 60. Bg2 Rf5 61. Be4 Ra5 62. Kc4 Ra1 63. Bd5 Rf1 64. Bg2 Rd1 65. Bd5 Kf8
66. Ra2 Rf1 67. Bg2 Re1 68. Bd5 Re5 69. Bg2 Rf5 70. Be4 Rf6 71. Re2 Ra6 72. Bc2
Ra1 73. Kd3 f5 74. Re6 Kg7 75. Rc6 Re1 76. Rc7+ Kh6 77. Rc6 Re7 78. Kc4 Kg7 79.
f3 Re2 80. Bd3 Rg2 81. g4 hxg4 82. fxg4 Rxg4 83. h5 gxh5 84. Bxf5 Rg3 85. Kd5
h4 86. Ke5 Re3+ 87. Kf4 Be1 88. Re6 Bg3+ 89. Kg5 Kf7 90. Re4 h3 91. Rxd4 h2 92.
Rd7+ Kf8 93. Rd8+ Ke7 94. Rd7+ Ke8 95. Rh7 Kd8 96. Kg4 Be5 97. Rd7+ Ke8 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.09.01"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Qc2 O-O 8.
e3 c5 9. Be2 Qa5 10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 Ne4 12. c4 Nxg5 13. Nxg5 Nf6 14. Nf3 Bg4
15. cxd5 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Rac8 17. Qb3 Bxe2 18. Nxe2 Qxd5 19. Rfc1 Qxb3 20. axb3
a6 21. Nf4 Rfd8 22. f3 h6 23. e4 Kf8 24. Kf1 Nd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.09.03"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B55"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Moradiabadi,E"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 {White is aiming for the
Marcozy Bind in view of Black's "non-drastic" way of developing.} e5 {The best
move in my opinion.} 6. Nb3 (6. Bb5+ Bd7 (6... Nbd7 7. Nf5 d5 8. exd5 a6 9.
Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. Ne3 b5 $44) 7. Bxd7+ Qxd7 $2 (7... Nbxd7 8. Nf5 d5 9. exd5 Nb6
10. Bg5 Qd7 $1 11. Bxf6 {1/2-1/2 Socko,B (2656)-Sasikiran,K (2669)/Warsaw 2009/
CBM 132}) 8. Nf5 d5 9. Bg5 $1 dxe4 $2 10. Bxf6 $1 Qxd1+ 11. Kxd1 gxf6 12. fxe4
Nc6 13. c3 Rg8 14. g3 Rd8+ 15. Nd2 Ne7 16. Kc2 $16 {1-0 Salov,V (2710)
-Ljubojevic,L (2580)/Buenos Aires 1994/CBM 044 (44)}) 6... Be7 (6... d5 $6 7.
Bg5 Be6 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. exd5 Qxd5 10. Qxd5 Bxd5 11. Nc3 Be6 (11... Bc6 12.
O-O-O a6 13. Na5 $14 {1-0 Hess,R (2588)-Andriasian,Z (2588)/Chalkis 2010/CBM
137 Extra (57)}) 12. O-O-O Nd7 13. Nb5 Ke7 $13 {1/2-1/2 McShane,L (2615)
-Lupulescu,C (2599)/Novi Sad 2009/CBM 133 (61)}) 7. c4 a5 8. Be3 a4 9. Nc1 {
A very odd choice. Ivanchuk suffered a defeat against Gelfand after the more
cogent knight retreat.} (9. N3d2 Qa5 10. Qc2 Nc6 11. Qc3 Bd8 $5 $132 {0-1
Ivanchuk,V (2787)-Gelfand,B (2736)/Moscow 2007/EXT 2008 (48)}) 9... Qa5+ 10.
Qd2 Bd8 $5 {Sutovsky stays faithful to Gelfand's plan. Black's opts for an
active place for his dark-squared bishop before finishing his development.} 11.
Ne2 $5 {This is probably what Ivanchuk had in mind, when he played his N to c1.
He tries to take advantage of Black's weakened pawn structure by putting his
knights on a3 and c3.} Be6 12. Na3 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Ba5+ 14. Nc3 Nc6 15. Nab5 Ke7
16. Be2 Rhc8 17. Rhc1 Bb4 18. Rab1 Nd7 {Sutovsky prepares ...Bc5.} (18... Bc5
$6 {This natural moves seems premature.} 19. Nd5+ Bxd5 20. cxd5 Bxe3+ 21. Kxe3
{And White's "bad" bishop does not seem that bad! White is slightly better
here.} Nb4 22. Nc3 Ra5 23. a3 Na6 24. Bd1 $1 {White provokes weaknesses in
Black's position.} b5 25. Be2 Rb8 26. Na2 $1 $14 {[%csl Rc6][%cal Gc1c2,Gb1c1]}
) 19. Ke1 Bc5 20. Bf2 Na5 21. Nd5+ Bxd5 22. cxd5 (22. exd5 Bxf2+ 23. Kxf2 Nc5
24. Rc3 f5 25. b4 axb3 26. axb3 Nc6 {[%csl Rb5]} 27. b4 Na4 28. Ra3 Nd4 29.
Nxd4 exd4 30. Rba1 Nb6 31. Rxa8 Rxa8 32. Rxa8 Nxa8 33. f4 $1 $14 {White fixes
Black's weakness. It is not clear wehther White would be able to win this
ending or not, however, this continuation is definitely preferable to the one
in the game!}) 22... g6 23. Bh4+ {Te move is not bad, but this is the moment
when Ivanchuk starts to go astray in the game.} (23. Bxc5 Rxc5 24. Rxc5 Nxc5
25. Nc3 Rc8 26. Bb5 f5 27. Ke2 $14 {[%csl Ya4,Ra5]}) 23... f6 24. Kd2 g5 25.
Bg3 f5 $1 {A strong tactical solution which becomes possible thanks to the
momentalry weakness of the d5-pawn.} 26. exf5 $2 (26. Kd3 Bb6 27. exf5 Nf6 28.
h4 {seems more appealing.}) 26... Nf6 27. Nc3 (27. h4 {is not possible anymore
as a result of the fork on e4} g4 {[%csl Yd2,Yg3]}) 27... Bb4 28. Kd3 Rc4 29.
Bf2 Rac8 {Black has activated all his pieces and has full compensation for the
sacrificed pawn.} 30. Be3 a3 $2 {A hasty decision near the time pressure which
makes the final phase of the game quiet dramatic. It would have been better if
Sutovsky had remained cool!} (30... h6 {and it is hard to suggest anything
that favours White.}) 31. Nb5 $2 {Returns the favor.} (31. Ne4 Nxd5 32. Rxc4
Nxc4 33. Bxg5+ Kf8 34. bxa3 Bxa3 35. Bh6+ Kg8 {and here White can keep his
head cool and calmly put his king under the discovered-double check on the
c-file!} 36. Kc2 {But who dares to make such a move?!} Nce3+ 37. Kb3 $16) 31...
axb2 32. Rxc4 Nxc4 33. Bxg5 e4+ $1 {Now Black has a dangerous initiative.} 34.
Kd4 Na3 35. Nxa3 $2 {The final mistake which seals his fate.} (35. Bxf6+ Kxf6
36. Nxa3 exf3 37. Bxf3 Bxa3 38. Be4 {and besides all of his problems, White
can resist stubbornly.}) 35... Bc5+ $1 {This intermediate check made
Ivanchuk's day gloomy!} 36. Kc3 Bxa3+ 37. Bc4 b5 38. Kb3 bxc4+ 39. Kxa3 c3 40.
fxe4 Rb8 {Sutovsky played the final phase very well.} 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.09.04"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 {In a nearly hopeless must-win situation with Black, the seemingly
logical Sicilian is not necessarily the best choice. This is due to a large
number of forced drawing lines at White's disposal in almost all the critical
variations. Ivanchuk opts for the Pirc, which he has played recently in a few
games.} ({He foregoes the standard move order} 1... d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 {
, possibly because Sutovsky's favourite line} 4. Bg5 {is more effective here,
than after the early fianchetto.}) 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 {An aggressive
system, which suits Sutovsky's style well enough.} ({In the tie-break he went
for the more restrained manoeuvring option} 4. Be3 c6 (4... a6 $5) 5. a4 Nf6 6.
h3 Nbd7 7. Nf3 (7. g4 $5 $13 {is more ambitious}) 7... O-O 8. a5 Qc7 9. Qd2 (9.
Be2 Re8 10. O-O e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Qd2 $14 (12. Nxe5 Rxe5 13. Bf4 Rxa5 14.
Qxd6 Qxd6 15. Bxd6 Rxa1 16. Rxa1 Be6 17. Be5 a6 18. Rd1 g5 $11 {Zarnicki,P 
(2515)-Ginzburg,M (2470)/Buenos Aires/1998/})) 9... Re8 10. Bc4 (10. Be2 $142
$5 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. O-O {- 9.Be2}) 10... Nxe4 $1 11. Nxe4 d5 12. Bb3 (12.
Bd3 dxe4 13. Bxe4 e5 $32 {->}) 12... dxe4 13. Ng5 Rf8 14. Nxe4 Nf6 15. Nxf6+
Bxf6 16. h4 $6 ({Too ambitious. White should have preferred the modest} 16. c3
$11) 16... Qd6 17. h5 Be6 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. Bxe6 Qxe6 20. O-O Rfd8 21. Qb4 Rd7
22. Rfd1 Kg7 23. c4 Rh8 24. Qc5 Qe4 25. d5 Qh4 $40 {[%cal Gh8h1] Sutovsky,E 
(2700)-Ivanchuk,V (2768)/WCup Khanty Mansiysk/2011/ Black whipped up a strong
-> along the <->h, which White so kindly opened for him.}) ({Sutovsky's pet
line is the ambitious sortie} 4. Bg5 {, which is still less forcing, than the
text move. It would be interesting to know, what was on Ivanchuk's mind here,
perhaps he intended to play} a6 $5 5. Nf3 b5 (5... Bg4 6. Bc4 Nc6 7. h3 Bxf3 8.
Qxf3 Bf6 9. Be3 e6 10. O-O-O Bg7 11. h4 h6 12. Qg3 h5 13. Bg5 Nce7 14. Ne2 Qd7
15. Nf4 c6 16. Rhe1 d5 17. Bb3 Nf6 18. f3 dxe4 19. fxe4 Ng4 20. d5 $18 {
Sutovsky,E (2660)-Azmaiparashvili,Z (2676)/Moscow rpd/2002/}) 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. a4
b4 8. Ne2 Bb7 9. O-O Ngf6 10. Ng3 O-O (10... e5 11. c3 exd4 12. cxd4 h6 13. Bd2
c5 14. Bf4 Qe7 15. Nh4 $1 $36 {[%cal Rh4f5] /\Nhf5|^, Lim Yee Weng (2336)
-Azmaiparashvili,Z (2606)/Singapore/2007/}) 11. Re1 c5 12. c3 cxd4 13. cxd4 e5
14. Qd2 exd4 15. Nxd4 Re8 16. Rad1 Nc5 17. Qf4 {Aroshidze,L (2470)-Flores,D 
(2560)/Balaguer/2007/} Qe7 $132 (17... Nxa4 $5 $13)) 4... Nf6 {Black
transposes back to a normal Pirc.} 5. Nf3 O-O ({The second main line is the
somewhat less often played} 5... c5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. e5 Ng4 8. e6 fxe6 9. Ng5
Bxb5 10. Nxe6 (10. Qxg4 Bc4 11. b3 Bxd4 12. Bd2 Bd5 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. O-O-O Nc6
15. Ne6 Qc8 16. f5 Bf6 17. fxg6 Rg8 18. g7 Kf7 19. Bh6 Ne5 20. Qh5+ Kxe6 21.
Qh3+ Kf7 22. Qh5+ Ng6 23. Rhf1 Qc6 24. Rde1 Rxg7 25. Rxe7+ Kg8 26. Rxf6 Rxe7
27. Rxg6+ hxg6 28. Qxg6+ Kh8 29. Qf6+ Kh7 30. Qxe7+ Kxh6 31. Qf6+ Kh7 32. Qf7+
{1/2, Sgherri,M-Viviani,E/corr/2009/}) 10... Bxd4 {From Ivanchuk's point of
view this whole line was unsuitable, as White can immediately bail out with}
11. Nxd8 (11. Nxb5 Qa5+ 12. Qd2 Qxd2+ (12... Bf2+ 13. Kd1 Ne3+ 14. Ke2 Qxb5+
15. Kxf2 Ng4+ 16. Kg3 Na6 17. Re1 Nh6 18. b3 Nf5+ 19. Kf2 h5 20. Bb2 Rg8 21.
Rad1 Kd7 22. c4 $44) 13. Bxd2 Kd7 14. Nbxd4 (14. Nec7 $142 Nc6 15. Nxa8 Rxa8
16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Rc1 Rf8 18. c3 Nf5 {1/2 Vestergard,S (2306)-Pfiffner,P (2401)
/ICCF email 2009/Corr 2011 (32)} 19. Ke2 $5 $14) 14... cxd4 15. Nxd4 Rc8 16.
O-O Rc5 17. c3 Nc6 18. Nf3 b5 19. h3 Nf6 20. Be3 Rd5 21. Nd4 Na5 22. Rad1 Nc4
23. Bc1 a5 24. Nc2 $6 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Rc8 26. Kf1 Nb6 27. a3 a4 $15 {Karjakin,S 
(2788)-Grischuk,A (2746)/Moscow/2011/ - For more details see the notes to this
game in CBM 144.}) 11... Bf2+ 12. Kd2 Be3+ $11) 6. e5 {This must have come as
a surprise for Ivanchuk and he started spending large amounts of time. No
wonder, Sutovsky has never played this line before, preferring the more
popular and usual} (6. Bd3 {Here Black has numerous alternatives:} {Perhaps
Ivanchuk would have gone for} Nbd7 (6... Na6 7. O-O c5 8. d5 Nc7 $6 (8... Rb8
$142) (8... Bg4 $5 {are both stronger, Black retains the option to play Nb4 at
a suitable moment.}) 9. a4 b6 10. Qe1 e6 $6 11. dxe6 fxe6 12. e5 Nfd5 (12...
Nh5 13. f5 $1 $40) 13. Ne4 $40 {Karjakin,S (2776)-Ivanchuk,V (2776)/Medias/
2011/ White has a huge attack, which quickly broke through. The winner's notes
are in CBM 143.}) (6... Nh5 $5 {is extremely rare:} 7. O-O (7. Be3 $14) (7. f5
$5) 7... Bg4 8. Be3 (8. Be2 $142 $5 {takes the sting out of the following break
}) 8... e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. fxe5 $6 (10. f5 Nf4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nc6 13.
Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Nd4 15. Qe4 a6 16. c3 Nb5 17. Bxb5 axb5 18. Bc5 Re8 19. a3
Ra4 20. Bb4 c6 $132 {Berkvens,J (2297)-Avrukh,B (2620)/Wijk aan Zee/2000/})
10... Nc6 11. Be2 Nxe5 12. Qxd8 Raxd8 13. Nxe5 Bxe2 14. Rxf7 $1 Rfe8 15. Rxg7+
Nxg7 16. Bg5 Rd6 17. Nxe2 Rxe5 18. Bf4 Rxe4 19. Bxd6 Rxe2 20. Bxc7 Rxc2 {
Sutovsky,E (2612)-Smirin,I (2652)/Tel Aviv/1999/} 21. Be5 $11) ({My own
experience with the Pirc concentrated mostly on} 6... Nc6 7. O-O (7. e5 {
also promises chances to fight for an edge}) 7... e5 8. fxe5 dxe5 9. d5 Nd4 10.
Nxe5 Nxe4 $5 11. Bxe4 Bxe5 12. Bf4 Bxf4 13. Rxf4 Nf5 14. Bxf5 Bxf5 15. Qd4 Bxc2
16. Re1 Bf5 {Here the latest try is} 17. Re3 $5 ({The direct} 17. g4 Bd7 18.
Ne4 f5 {leads only to a perpetual after} 19. d6 fxe4 20. Qc4+ Kg7 21. Qc3+ $11)
17... Bd7 18. Rf6 (18. Rfe4 a5 19. Re7 Ra6 20. Qh4 Bf5 $13) 18... c6 19. Rd6 c5
20. Qxc5 Re8 21. h3 Rxe3 22. Qxe3 f5 23. Nb5 (23. g4 $5) 23... Kf7 $1 {[%cal
Yd8e7] /\Qe7} 24. Qh6 Kg8 {and White couldn't find anything better than} 25.
Qe3 Kf7 26. Qh6 Kg8 {1/2, Felgaer,R (2584)-Tristan,L (2393)/ARG-ch Buenos
Aires/2010/ However, the whole line seems suspect for Black and I wouldn't be
surprised if White's play can be improved.}) 7. O-O (7. e5 $5 Ne8 8. Ne4 c5 9.
c3 Qb6 $14 {/<=>}) 7... e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. f5 Nc5 10. Bg5 Nxd3 11. Qxd3 Qxd3
12. cxd3 c6 13. Rae1 Nd7 14. g4 b6 15. Rf2 Re8 16. Rd2 Bf8 17. Kg2 a5 18. d4 f6
19. Be3 exd4 20. Bxd4 b5 21. h3 Ra6 22. Red1 Be7 23. Bf2 Nb6 24. Ne2 Nc4 25.
Rc2 Bf8 26. Ng3 c5 $132 {Karjakin,S (2788)-Ivanchuk,V (2768)/WChT Ningbo/2011/}
) 6... Nfd7 (6... dxe5 7. dxe5 (7. fxe5 Nd5 8. Bc4 Be6 $13) 7... Qxd1+ 8. Kxd1
{is again out of the question for Black, as equality in this _|_ is the
maximum of his efforts.}) (6... Ne8 {is rather passive and makes it more
difficult for Black to attack the P [+]. Therefore even the direct} 7. h4 $5 {
is dangerous.} (7. Be3 {()}) 7... c5 (7... Bg4 8. Be2 (8. h5 $5 {/\} Bxh5 9.
Rxh5 gxh5 10. Bd3 $40) 8... Nd7 9. Ng5 $1 $36 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 h6 11. Nf3 c6 12.
h5 gxh5 13. Be3 f5 14. O-O-O d5 15. Rxh5 Nb6 16. g4 fxg4 17. Nh4 Nc4 18. Rg1
$18 {Gipslis,A-Czerniak,M/Pecs/1964/}) 8. h5 (8. dxc5 $5) 8... cxd4 9. Qxd4 Nc7
(9... Nc6 10. Qf2 dxe5 (10... Bf5 $5) 11. hxg6 $36) 10. hxg6 fxg6 11. Bc4+ Kh8
12. Ng5 h5 13. Qd1 Qe8 14. g4 Qc6 15. Bd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 e6 {Fier,A (2581)
-Kakageldyev,A (2449)/Beijing rpd/2008/} 17. Qd3 $1 $18 {/\} Qxd5 18. Rxh5+ Kg8
19. Rh8+ $1) 7. h4 {[%mdl 64] White's intentions are clear enough: he wants to
mate Black, or in the worst case - force a draw to win the match!} ({Although
White still has the restrained} 7. Bc4 {, the text move is played more often
and is the principled choice. It's easy to criticise Sutovsky after we know
the result, but one can only admire Ivanchuk's performance - he managed to
retain the tension and avoid a diunlike his opponent!) he presumably hadn't
analysed the evening before the game.}) 7... c5 {Black has to act fast.} (7...
Nb6 8. h5 Bg4 9. hxg6 fxg6 10. Be2 dxe5 11. Ng5 (11. fxe5 Nc6 12. Be3 $14 {
Botvinnik}) 11... Bf5 12. fxe5 (12. Nxh7 exd4 13. Nxf8 Nc6 14. Ne6 Bxe6 15. Ne4
$14) 12... h5 13. g4 hxg4 14. Bxg4 Nc6 15. Ne6 Qd7 16. Bxf5 Rxf5 17. Nxg7 Kxg7
18. Be3 Nc4 19. Qe2 Nxb2 20. d5 Rxe5 21. Bd4 Nc4 22. Bxe5+ N6xe5 23. Rh4 Rh8
$17 {Gipslis,A-Botvinnik,M/Moscow/1965/}) 8. h5 {The whole line was introduced
into practice more than half a century ago by Bronstein, but occurrs only very
seldom nowadays. Due to this many older games and also theoretical manuals
from pre-computer times quite naturally contain a number of tactical mistakes
and erroneous recommendations. And current powerful analytical engines are an
indispensable tool exactly in these razor-sharp positions.} ({An alternative
to the text move is} 8. e6 fxe6 9. h5 gxh5 10. Rxh5 (10. dxc5 $13) 10... Nf6
11. Rh4 $44 {Although even here White's -> chances can't be underestimated,
Black's task is somewhat easier than in the game.}) 8... cxd4 9. hxg6 $5 {
[%mdl 512] White attacks, but his [+] is falling apart, so he increases the
tension with a piece sacrifice.} ({Less committal, but also less enterprising
is} 9. Qxd4 dxe5 10. Qf2 (10. fxe5 $2 Nxe5 11. Qh4 Bf5 $17) {The move with the
(probably deservedly) best reputation is} 10... e4 $5 (10... e6 11. hxg6 hxg6 (
11... fxg6 12. Qg3 exf4 13. Bxf4 Rxf4 14. Qxf4 Nf8 15. Bd3 Nc6 16. O-O-O Qf6
17. Qxf6 Bxf6 18. Ne4 $16 {Vokac,M (2455)-Votava,J (2540)/Lazne Bohdanec/1996/}
) 12. Qg3 $1 (12. Ng5 Re8 13. Bd3 Qe7 14. Qh4 Nf8 15. fxe5 Nc6 16. Bf4 Nxe5 17.
O-O-O Bd7 18. Bxe5 Bxe5 19. Rdf1 f5 20. Nf3 Qxh4 21. Rxh4 Bf6 22. Rb4 Bc6 $17 {
Viksni,I-Fridman,D (2440)/Riga/1994/}) 12... Qa5 13. Qh3 Rd8 14. f5 $1 {/\} e4
15. Qh7+ Kf8 16. Bh6 Bxh6 17. Qxh6+ Ke7 18. Ng5 Qxf5 19. O-O-O $32 {->}) (10...
Nf6 11. hxg6 fxg6 12. Bc4+ $1 (12. fxe5 Nh5 13. Qh4 Nc6 14. Be2 $2 Nxe5 15. Ng5
h6 16. Nge4 Bf5 17. g4 Bxe4 18. Nxe4 Nf4 19. Bxf4 Rxf4 $19 {Martin del Campo,R
(2415)-Bluvshtein,M (2589)/Toluca/2011/}) 12... e6 13. fxe5 Nd5 (13... Ng4 14.
Qg3 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Qc7 16. Bf4 Rxf4 17. Qxf4 Bxe5 18. Qg4 $16) 14. Bg5 Qa5 15.
Bxd5 exd5 16. O-O-O Nc6 17. Qh4 h5 18. Rxd5 $16 {Fauth,D-Urankar,H (2220)/
Oberliga Bayern/1995/}) ({Dangerous for Black is} 10... exf4 11. hxg6 hxg6 12.
Bxf4 Nf6 13. Qh4 Qa5 14. Bb5 $5 (14. O-O-O Qh5 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. Qxh5 gxh5 17.
Rxd5 Bg4 18. Ne5 $44) ({The stem game went} 14. Ng5 {, but here Black's play
can be improved upon:} Bg4 (14... Nh5 $5 15. Bd2 Qe5+ $15) 15. Bd3 Nbd7 16. O-O
Bh5 17. Rae1 e5 $2 (17... Qb6+ $13) 18. Bd2 Qc5+ 19. Be3 Qc6 20. Bb5 Qc7 21.
Be2 Bxe2 22. Rxe2 Rfc8 23. Nce4 $40 {Bronstein,D-Palmiotto,F/Munich olm/1958/})
14... Qb4 15. a3 (15. O-O-O Nh5 16. Be5 Qxh4 17. Rxh4 Nc6 (17... a6 $142 $5 {/\
} 18. Bc4 Nc6 $15) 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Nd5 Nf6 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21. Nxe7 $14 {
Termeulen,A (2155)-Gooris,J (2127)/Geraardsbergen/2010/}) 15... Qxb2 16. Nd5 $1
(16. Be5 Qxa1+ $1 (16... Rd8 $2 17. Nd5 Qxe5+ 18. Nxe5 Rxd5 19. Nxg6 Rxb5 20.
O-O-O Bd7 21. Nxe7+ Kf8 22. Nd5 Nxd5 23. Qd8+ Be8 24. Rxd5 Bb2+ 25. Kd2 Nd7 $13
{Vaisser,A (2549)-Palac,M (2570)/Cannes/2000/}) 17. Nd1 Qc1 $1 18. Bxf6 Qh6 19.
Qxh6 Bxh6 20. Bxe7 Nd7 $1 {[%cal Rf8e8] /\Re8} 21. Bxf8 Bxf8 $17) 16... Re8 (
16... Qxa1+ 17. Ke2 $18) 17. Nxf6+ exf6+ 18. Bxe8 Qxa1+ 19. Kf2 Qxa3 20. Qh7+
Kf8 21. Rd1 $1 $18) 11. Nxe4 (11. Ng5 Nf6 12. hxg6 hxg6 13. Qh4 Qd4 14. Ncxe4 (
14. Nb5 Qb6 15. Bc4 Bg4 16. f5 gxf5 17. Nh7 Nbd7 18. Nxf8 Nxf8 19. Nc3 Rc8 20.
Bb3 e6 21. Qf2 Qxf2+ 22. Kxf2 Ng6 23. Be3 f4 24. Bxa7 e3+ 25. Bxe3 Rxc3 26.
bxc3 Ne4+ $19 {Padevsky,N-Matanovic,A/Havana ol/1966/}) (14. Ngxe4 Re8 $1 15.
Nxf6+ exf6+ 16. Be2 Bf5 17. Qf2 Nc6 18. O-O Bxc2 19. Bf3 f5 20. Qxd4 Bxd4+ 21.
Kh2 Rad8 $17 {Kranzl,P (2275)-Hager,F (2275)/AUT-chT/1994/}) 14... Rd8 15. Bd3
(15. Nf2 $5 Nc6 16. c3 Qc5 $132) 15... Nxe4 (15... Bf5 $5 $15) 16. Bxe4 $1 (16.
Nxe4 Bf5 17. Nf2 Bxd3 18. cxd3 Nd7 19. Rb1 Rac8 20. Bd2 Rc2 21. Kd1 Rdc8 22.
Ke2 Nb6 23. Rhc1 g5 24. Qg3 gxf4 25. Qf3 Qe3+ $19 {Montag,G-Krabbe,C/corr/1991/
}) 16... Qb6 $13 (16... f6 $6 17. c3 {/\} Qc4 18. Bxg6 fxg5 19. Qh7+ Kf8 20.
fxg5 $18)) 11... Nf6 12. Nxf6+ exf6 13. hxg6 Re8+ 14. Be3 hxg6 15. Bd3 Qb6 $5 (
15... Qa5+ 16. c3 Bg4 17. O-O Nc6 18. Nd4 f5 19. Nxc6 bxc6 20. Rfe1 Re7 $5 (
20... Rad8 21. Bc2 Re7 22. Bb3 Rde8 23. Qg3 Bf6 24. Bf2 Re2 25. Rxe2 Rxe2 26.
Re1 $132 {Banas,J (2400)-Kindermann,S (2520)/Trnava/1987/}) 21. Bc4 Rae8 22. a4
Bf6 23. g3 Bg7 24. Bf1 Re4 25. Bd3 R4e7 26. Bf1 Re4 27. Bd3 {1/2, Simmelink,J 
(2306)-Lazan,R (2229)/corr/2005/}) (15... Qe7 16. Kd2 Qb4+ 17. Kc1 Qa5 18. a4
Nc6 19. Bb5 Bg4 20. Ra3 Rac8 21. Qh4 Bxf3 22. gxf3 Qb4 23. Rc3 Rxe3 24. Rxe3
Nd4 25. Re8+ Rxe8 26. Bxe8 f5 27. c3 Ne2+ 28. Kc2 Nxc3 29. Qd8 $16 {Neuberger,
G-Lorscheid,G (2235)/Manderscheid/1989/}) 16. Kd2 Qxb2 (16... Qa5+ 17. Kc1 Nc6
18. Bd2 Qd5 {Varadi,V (2272)-Ianov,V (2392)/Nyiregyhaza/2002/} 19. Qh4 $13 {
-><->h}) 17. Bc5 (17. a3 f5 $15) 17... Rd8 (17... f5 18. Ne5 Nd7 19. Rhb1 Bxe5
20. Rxb2 Bxb2 21. Re1 $14) 18. Nd4 (18. Qh4 $2 Rxd3+ 19. Kxd3 Bf5+ $19) 18...
Na6 19. Rhb1 (19. Bxa6 f5 $1 $17) 19... Qxa1 20. Rxa1 Nxc5 $15) 9... dxc3 $8 (
9... hxg6 $2 10. Qxd4 dxe5 11. fxe5 {/\} Nxe5 12. Qh4 {-><->h} Nxf3+ 13. gxf3
f5 14. Qh7+ Kf7 15. Rh6 Qd4 (15... Rg8 16. Rxg6 Qd4 17. Qh5 Kf8 18. Bh6 Nc6 19.
Bd3 Nb4 20. O-O-O Nxa2+ 21. Nxa2 Qxb2+ 22. Kd2 Qxa2 23. Rxg7 Rxg7 24. Bxg7+
Kxg7 25. Rg1+ Kf6 26. Qh8+ {1-0, Figueredo Losada,L (2338)-Ordunez Echarte,D 
(2304)/Havana/2010/}) 16. Qxg6+ Kg8 {Gu Xiaobing (2336)-Wang,X (2265)/Xinghua
Jiangsu/2009/} 17. Nb5 $5 (17. Qh7+ Kf7 18. Bd2 $40) 17... Qe5+ 18. Kf2 $18)
10. gxf7+ Rxf7 $8 (10... Kh8 $2 11. Rxh7+ $1 (11. Qd3 $18) (11. Ng5 $18) 11...
Kxh7 12. Ng5+ Kh6 13. Qd3 Nf6 14. exf6 Rh8 15. f5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rd3h3] allows
White to mate quickly.}) 11. Bc4 {The main continuation.} (11. Ng5 $143 $2 cxb2
12. Bxb2 (12. Bc4 Nxe5 13. Qh5 Qa5+ 14. Kf1 d5 15. Bxb2 Rxf4+ 16. Nf3 dxc4 $19
{Bykhovsky,A-Bebchuk,E/Moscow/1966/}) 12... Qa5+ 13. c3 Nxe5 $1 14. Qb3 (14.
Qh5 Rxf4 15. Qxh7+ Kf8 $19) (14. Nxf7 Nxf7 $19) 14... Qc5 15. Be2 Qe3 16. Bc1
Qg3+ 17. Kd1 Bg4 18. Re1 Qd3+ 19. Bd2 Nc4 {0-1, Bronstein,D (2455)-Conquest,S 
(2540)/Reykjavik/1996/}) ({Less clear, but hardly sufficient is} 11. e6 $6 cxb2
({After} 11... Rf6 12. exd7 Bxd7 {the simple, but yet untested} 13. b3 $5 $44 {
can be dangerous for Black, as his king is more vulnerable.}) 12. exf7+ Kf8 13.
Bxb2 Bxb2 14. Bc4 $142 (14. Rb1 Qa5+ 15. Kf2 Bg7 (15... Qc5+ 16. Kg3 Nf6 17.
Bd3 Bd4 18. Qe2 (18. Nxd4 Qxd4 $17) 18... Nc6 19. Ng5 e5 (19... a6 $5 20. Rxb7
Be3 $36) 20. Nxh7+ Kxf7 (20... Nxh7 $5 21. Rb5 exf4+ 22. Kh2 Nf6 $5 23. Rxc5
dxc5 $15) 21. Ng5+ $2 (21. Rb5 exf4+ 22. Kxf4 Be5+ 23. Kg5 Qd4 24. Rxe5 dxe5
25. Rf1 $13) 21... Kg8 22. Rb5 exf4+ $19 {Kalbermatter,P-Urech/corr/1992/}) 16.
Rb5 (16. Ng5 Nf6 $17) 16... Qc3 17. Bd3 Nc5 18. Ng5 Qd4+ 19. Kf3 h6 20. Rxh6
Nxd3 21. cxd3 Bxh6 22. Qh1 Qxd3+ 23. Kf2 Qg6 24. Qa1 Bg7 25. Qc1 Nc6 26. Qc4
Ne5 {0-1, Pokojowczyk,J-Nowak,I/Poznan/1971/}) 14... Qa5+ 15. Kf1 Qc3 $5 16.
Bb3 Nf6 (16... Bxa1 $2 17. Ng5) 17. Ng5 (17. Rb1 Nc6 $1 (17... Bg4 $2 18. Ng5
$1 Bxd1 (18... Qxb3 $142 19. cxb3 Bxd1 20. Ne6+ Kxf7 21. Nc7 Na6 22. Nxa8 Bc2
23. Rxb2 Be4 $14) 19. Rxh7 Nxh7 20. Nxh7+ Kg7 21. f8=Q+ Kg6 22. f5+ Kh5 23.
Qe8+ Kg4 24. Qg6+ Kf4 25. Qg5+ Ke4 26. Rxd1 Qe5 27. Bd5+ Qxd5 28. Qg4+ {
1-0, Edelmann,H-Sytjov,A/corr/1990/}) 18. Ng5 (18. Qd3 Qxd3+ 19. cxd3 Bc3 20.
Ng5 Bf5 $19) 18... Bf5 {/\} 19. g4 Nxg4 20. Nxh7+ Kg7 $19) 17... Bf5 18. g4 Qe3
$5 (18... Bd7 19. Rh3 Qb4 20. Qf3 Nc6 (20... Bxa1 $2 21. Rxh7) 21. Re1 $13) 19.
gxf5 Qxf4+ 20. Qf3 Qxf3+ 21. Nxf3 Bxa1 22. Ng5 d5 23. Ne6+ Kxf7 24. Nc7 Nc6 25.
Nxa8 Be5 $15 {White's attack is over and he must fight for a draw in an
unpleasant _|_.}) 11... e6 {Ivanchuk is on the right track, this is the best
reaction. From now on a majority of the games with this position are from
times, when the engines were non-existent, or very weak. Thus they are not too
relevant and I will rely heavily on the elaborate and contemporary notes of
Russian GM Lysyj, who definitely had the full assistance of Houdini & Co.} ({
The weaker} 11... Nf8 {gives White a pleasant choice:} {However, even more
dangerous is} 12. Ng5 $5 (12. Bxf7+ Kxf7 13. Ng5+ Kg8 14. Qh5 h6 15. Qf7+ Kh8
16. Qb3 ({Objectively stronger is} 16. bxc3 $5 $36 {, which allows White to
continue the fight without much risk.}) 16... Qa5 17. Nf7+ Kh7 18. Ng5+ $11) {
This practically forces the yet untested} 12... d5 $142 $1 {, but White is
still on top after} (12... e6 $2 13. Nxf7 Kxf7 {and now:} {However, the right
way to continue the -> is the immediate} 14. f5 $1 {Here contrary to the
position, which arose later in the game, White's queen has direct access to h5
and this is decisive. The computer rather quickly confirms this and provides
lines as} (14. Qh5+ Kg8 15. Bd3 (15. f5 $6 Qa5 $1 16. fxe6 cxb2+ 17. Ke2 Qc7
18. Bb3 d5 19. Bxb2 Bxe6 20. Raf1 Nbd7 21. Rf3 Nc5 22. Kd1 Rc8 23. Rc3 Qxe5 24.
Qxe5 Bxe5 25. Rxc5 Bg4+ {0-1, Schneider,A-Forgacs,G/Hungary/1975/}) 15... h6
16. g4 (16. Rh4 dxe5 17. Rg4 e4 18. f5 {doesn't allow Black to attack the R
with his queen from c7, but he has} exf5 $1 (18... Qd4 $2 19. Bxh6 cxb2 20. Rb1
Qc3+ 21. Kf1 exf5 22. Bxg7 Qxg7 23. Bc4+ Be6 24. Bxe6+ Nxe6 25. Qe8+ Nf8 26.
Rxg7+ Kxg7 27. Qe7+ {1-0, Bermudez Vives,S (2223)-Valdes,L (2362)/San Jose
Julio/2005/}) 19. Rxg7+ Kxg7 20. Bxh6+ Kg8 21. Bc4+ Be6 22. Bxe6+ Nxe6 23. Qg6+
Kh8 24. Qxe6 Qh4+ 25. Ke2 Nc6 $17) (16. Rh3 dxe5 17. Rg3 e4 18. f5 (18. Qxh6
Qd4 $19) 18... Qc7 $1 19. Qh4 exd3 20. f6 (20. Bxh6 Qe5+ 21. Kf1 Qxf5+ 22. Kg1
Ng6 {Alvim,A (2242)-Shields,G (2172)/corr/2000/} 23. Rxg6 Qxg6 24. Qd8+ Kh7 25.
Bxg7 Qxg7 26. Qh4+ Kg6 27. Rf1 Qe5 $17) 20... Qe5+ 21. Kf1 Ng6 22. Rxg6 Qf5+
23. Kg1 Qxg6 24. fxg7 d2 $17 {Koeller,O-Alber,H (2335)/Hessen-ch/1992/}) 16...
Bd7 17. g5 Be8 $15 {also seems too slow.}) 14... Qa5 (14... cxb2 15. Bxb2 Qa5+
16. Kf1 d5 17. Qh5+ Kg8 18. f6 dxc4 19. fxg7 Kxg7 20. Rd1 $1 Nc6 21. Rh3 Qc7
22. Ba3 $18) (14... Kg8 15. f6 Bxf6 16. exf6 Qxf6 17. Qg4+ Kh8 18. Rf1 Qe5+ 19.
Kd1 Ng6 20. Bg5 cxb2 21. Rb1 Kg8 22. Bf6 {1-0, Lemke,H-Grimm,H/corr/1988/}) 15.
fxe6+ Ke8 (15... Bxe6 16. Bxe6+ Nxe6 17. Qh5+ Kg8 18. Qxh7+ Kf8 19. Qf5+ $1 {
1-0, Pirrot,D (2390)-Hardt,C (2165)/Vienna/1998/}) 16. Qh5+ Ng6 17. O-O $1 Qc5+
(17... Qxe5 18. Qxh7 Ne7 (18... Nf8 19. Qg8 (19. Rxf8+ $5 $18) 19... Qd4+ 20.
Rf2 Bxe6 21. Bxe6 Qd1+ 22. Rf1 Bd4+ 23. Be3 Bxe3+ 24. Kh1 Qh5+ 25. Bh3 $18) 19.
Bh6 $1 Qc5+ 20. Rf2 cxb2 (20... Bd4 21. Be3 $1 {[%cal Rf2f8]}) 21. Re1 $18) 18.
Rf2 $8 (18. Kh1 $2 Qxc4) 18... Qxe5 (18... Qxc4 19. Qxh7 Qxe6 20. Qxg7 {
[%cal Rf2f6]} Nd7 21. exd6 $18) 19. Qxh7 Nf8 20. Rxf8+ $1 Kxf8 (20... Bxf8 21.
Qf7+ Kd8 22. Qxf8+ $18) 21. Bg5 $1 $18) 13. Qxd5 Qxd5 14. Bxd5 e6 15. Nxf7 cxb2
16. Bxb2 exd5 (16... Kxf7 17. Bf3 Nc6 18. O-O-O $36) 17. Nd6 Nc6 18. Nxc8 Rxc8
19. O-O-O $14 {/+/-}) 12. Ng5 {Other moves are clearly weaker:} (12. Bxe6 $2
Nxe5 $17) (12. Qxd6 $2 Qb6 $17 (12... cxb2 $5 13. Bxb2 Qa5+ $17)) (12. f5 Nxe5
13. fxe6 Re7 $1 (13... Nxf3+ $2 14. Qxf3 $1 Re7 15. Qf5 h6 16. Rxh6 $11 Qe8 17.
Qh7+ Kf8 18. Qf5+ Kg8 {1/2, Filipov-Yefremov,D/USSR/1970/}) 14. Nxe5 Qa5 $19)
12... cxb2 $5 {The evaluation is mainly for Black's courage.} ({However,
objectively the safest is} 12... Nxe5 $1 13. Qh5 (13. fxe5 $2 cxb2 14. Qh5 Qxg5
$1 $19) 13... h6 (13... Bf6 $6 14. fxe5 Bxg5 15. Bxg5 cxb2 16. Rb1 Qa5+ 17. Kd1
Qxe5 18. Bd3 $32 {->}) 14. fxe5 (14. Nxe6 $2 {Nestler,K-Del Noce,R/corr/1976/}
Qe7 $1 $19) 14... hxg5 15. Qh7+ Kf8 16. Qh8+ Bxh8 17. Rxh8+ Kg7 18. Rxd8 Nc6 (
18... Rc7 19. Bd3 cxb2 20. Bxb2 d5 21. Ba3 Bd7 22. Bf8+ Kf7 23. Kd2 Rc8 24. Bh7
$3 {1-0, Perecz,L-Hever,M/Hungary/1974/} Rxd8 25. Rf1+ Ke8 26. Bg6#) 19. Rxd6
Nxe5 20. Be2 $5 (20. Bb3 Bd7 21. bxc3 Rh8 22. Bb2 Rh1+ {Vaassen,J-Copie,J/corr/
1992/} 23. Kd2 Rxa1 (23... Rh2 24. Rd1 $1) 24. Bxa1 Rf2+ 25. Ke3 Rf1 (25...
Ng4+ 26. Kd3 Ne5+ 27. Ke3 $11) 26. Bb2 Rb1 27. Ba3 Kf6 28. Bc5 b6 29. Bd4 Ke7
$1 30. Bxe5 Re1+ $15) 20... Rd7 (20... Rc7 $5 21. Rd8 $44 {=}) 21. Rxe6 (21.
Rxd7+ Bxd7 22. bxc3 Kf6 23. c4 $11) 21... Rd1+ 22. Kxd1 Bxe6 23. Bxg5 $4 (23.
bxc3 Rh8 24. c4 $11 {[%cal Yc1b2]}) 23... Rh8 {0-1, Perecz,L (2315)-Nunn,J 
(2500)/Dortmund/1979/ As an equal _|_ without real winning chances is not
interesting for Black, Ivanchuk spurns this line.}) (12... Nf8 $2 13. Nxf7 Kxf7
(13... cxb2 14. Bxb2 Qa5+ 15. Kf1 Kxf7 16. Qh5+ (16. f5 $142 $1 $18) 16... Kg8
17. Bd3 Qb4 18. Rb1 Bd7 19. c4 Qd2 20. Bxh7+ Nxh7 21. Qxh7+ Kf8 22. Rh4 {
1-0, Nakamura,H (2613)-Smirin,I (2644)/Mashantucket/2005/}) 14. f5 $18 {
- 11...Nf8 transposes to the above lines.}) (12... d5 $6 13. Bd3 $40 {/\} Nxe5
14. fxe5 cxb2 15. Bxh7+ Kf8 16. Qh5 Rf4 (16... bxc1=Q+ 17. Rxc1 Rf4 18. Rh4 $1
$18) 17. Bxb2 $18) 13. Bxb2 Qa5+ ({Now it's already too late for} 13... Nxe5 $2
14. Qh5 Bf6 (14... Qa5+ 15. Kd1 Rxf4 16. Bxe6+ Kf8 17. Qxh7 $18) 15. O-O-O Qe7
(15... Bxg5 16. fxg5 {[%cal Rg5g6] /\g6+-}) 16. Bxe5 Bxg5 17. Bxd6 Qf6 (17...
Bxf4+ 18. Bxf4 Rxf4 19. Rd8+ $18) 18. Kb1 $1 Qg6 19. Qxg6+ hxg6 20. fxg5 $32 {
->+-}) 14. Ke2 (14. c3 $143 Nxe5 15. Qh5 Nbc6 16. fxe5 $2 (16. O-O-O $1 h6 17.
fxe5 hxg5 18. exd6 g4 19. Qh7+ Kf8 20. Kb1 $44 {Lysyj}) 16... Qxe5+ 17. Kd1 Rf2
18. Qxh7+ Kf8 19. Qg6 Na5 20. Nh7+ Ke7 21. Re1 Nxc4 22. Rxe5 Bxe5 23. Bc1 d5
$17 {Gwozdz,J-Nicholls,M (2210)/corr/2001/}) 14... Nf8 $146 {[%mdl 8] This is
the first new move.} ({Previously Black has tried} 14... d5 15. Bd3 h6 $142 $5
{is perhaps playable:} (15... Nf8 $6 16. Nxf7 Kxf7 17. Kf1 Qb4 18. Bc1 (18.
Qh5+ $5 Kg8 (18... Ke7 19. Qg5+ Kf7 20. Rb1 $36) 19. Rb1 $40) 18... h6 (18...
Nc6 19. Qh5+) 19. Rh3 Nc6 20. Rg3 Kg8 21. Qh5 Qe7 {Winiwarter,F (2240)-Hager,F
(2230)/AUT-chT/1995/} 22. Qxh6 $16) 16. Bh7+ (16. Nxf7 Kxf7 $13) 16... Kf8 17.
Nxe6+ Ke7 18. Qd3 Kxe6 19. Bg8 Qa6 20. f5+ Ke7 21. Bxf7 Nxe5 22. Qxa6 Nxa6 23.
Bxd5 Bxf5 24. Bxb7 Rb8 25. Bxe5 Bxe5 26. Bxa6 Bxa1 27. Rxa1 Bxc2 $11 {is an
unforced, but pretty liquidation.}) (14... Nc5 $2 15. Ke3 $1 {[%cal Rd1h5]}
dxe5 16. Qh5 Rf5 17. Raf1 $1 $40) (14... Qc7 15. Bd3 Nf8 16. Rxh7 Nxh7 17.
Bxh7+ Kf8 18. Nxf7 Kxf7 19. Qd3 $40) 15. Nxf7 Kxf7 16. f5 $2 {The key moment
of the game. In a better position and up on the clock White embarks upon a
suicidal attack, probably not realising the difference between the position of
the king on e2 and f1.} ({After the natural} 16. Qxd6 {it's Black, who has to
fight to keep afloat:} Qa4 $5 (16... Bd7 17. f5 Bb5 18. Qc5 Bxc4+ 19. Qxc4 $16)
(16... Nc6 17. Raf1 $5 Qa4 (17... Kg8 18. f5 Qa4 19. Bb3 Qg4+ 20. Ke1 Qg3+ 21.
Kd1 Bxe5 22. Bxe5 Qxe5 23. Qxe5 Nxe5 24. Rh4 $1 $16) 18. Qd3 Nb4 19. Qc3 $36)
17. Qd3 (17. Bd3 Nc6 $132) 17... Nbd7 18. Bb5 {According to Sutovsky he
underestimated this move, after} Qa5 19. Ba3 a6 20. Bc4 $1 (20. Bxd7 Bxd7 21.
Bxf8 {doesn't win a piece due to} Qa4 $1 22. Bb4 a5 $132) 20... Nxe5 21. fxe5
Qxe5+ 22. Kd2 Qg5+ 23. Kd1 Bd7 (23... Bxa1 $2 24. Rf1+ Bf6 25. Qd6 Ng6 26. Bb2
$18 {->}) (23... Qg4+ $5 24. Kc1 b5 25. Rf1+ Kg8 26. Qd6 Bd7 27. Bd3 $14) 24.
Rb1 Bc6 $14 {White has a material advantage, but the position still remains
sharp and double-edged.}) 16... Bxe5 $19 {Essentially speaking, the game is
already decided.} 17. Rh5 {White tries a trick, as other alternatives are
hopeless. However, this square was needed for his queen!} (17. Qf1 Kg8 $19) (
17. fxe6+ Bxe6 18. Bxe6+ Kxe6 $19 (18... Nxe6 $5 $19)) 17... Ke8 $1 18. fxe6 $6
({An oversight, but even after} 18. Bxe5 Qxe5+ 19. Kd2 Nbd7 $19 {Black
gradually unravels his forces.}) 18... Bxe6 (18... Qb4 $142 $1 $19 {wins on
the spot.}) 19. Bxe6 Qb5+ 20. Qd3 {White does his best.} (20. Kf3 Qxb2 21. Bd5
Nbd7 $1 $19) 20... Qxb2 $1 {Ivachuk converts his advantage in an ->. This is
the best solution, as} (20... Qxd3+ $6 21. cxd3 Bxb2 22. Bd5 $15 {causes
serious technical problems.}) 21. Qf5 Qb5+ 22. c4 (22. Ke3 Nbd7 $19) 22... Qb2+
23. Kf3 Nc6 $1 {Both strong and pretty, but also} (23... Nxe6 24. Qxe6+ Kd8 {
was good enough:} 25. Rxh7 $2 Qc3+ 26. Kg4 Qg3+ 27. Kh5 Qh2+ 28. Kg6 Qxg2+ 29.
Kh5 Qh2+ 30. Kg6 Qc2+ $19) 24. Qf7+ (24. Rd1 Bf6 25. Rh6 Be7 $19) 24... Kd8 25.
Qxf8+ Kc7 {[%mdl 128] In return for a piece Black has finally safeguarded his
king, now the counterattack will decide.} 26. Rxh7+ (26. Qxa8 Nd4+ 27. Ke4 Qe2+
28. Kd5 Qxg2#) (26. Qf7+ Kb6 27. Rd1 Qc3+ 28. Ke4 Qc2+ 29. Rd3 Qe2+ $1 30. Re3
Qxg2+ 31. Rf3 (31. Qf3 Qc2+ 32. Rd3 Re8 $19) 31... Qc2+ 32. Rd3 Nb4 $19) 26...
Kb6 27. Qxa8 {Loses by force, but the same goes for other moves as well.} (27.
Qf7 Nd4+ 28. Kg4 Qxg2+ 29. Kh5 Nxe6 30. Rb1+ Kc5 31. Rb5+ Kd4 $19) 27... Nd4+
28. Kg4 Qxg2+ 29. Kh5 Qh2+ 30. Kg6 Qc2+ 31. Kh6 Bf4+ 32. Kg7 Nxe6+ 33. Kf6 Qxh7
34. Kxe6 Qg6+ 35. Ke7 (35. Kd5 Qf5+ $19) 35... Bg5+ 36. Kf8 (36. Kd7 Qf7+ 37.
Kxd6 Bf4#) 36... Qf6+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.09.05"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 ({The move order characteristic for the Pirc, to which we will
transpose soon, is:} 1... d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 c6
7. a4 Nbd7 ({I must confess that, not being very keen to allow the freezing of
the queenside with a4-a5, I have prepared} 7... b6 {at a certain point. After
seing the present game, I feel ready to play the way Ivanchuk did.}) 8. a5 {
and we are back into the game.}) 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 c6 5. a4 Nf6 6. h3
Nbd7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. a5 Qc7 9. Qd2 {White delays the development of the
f1-bishop, in order to keep the possibility of playing Bc4 without loss of
time. This is logical from the concrete point of view, but abstractly it may
be risky to delay the kingside development.} (9. Be2 {can safely be answered
with} e5) 9... Re8 $5 {A rare move, unearthed by Ivanchuk who is permanently
searching for the truth. It appears that Black can embark on the half-waiting
game, too.} (9... e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 (10... dxe5 11. Bc4 $14) 11. Be2 (11. Nxe5
dxe5 {is comfortable for Black, as in Brynell,S (2475)-Gavrikov,V (2555)/
Gothenburg 1998/CBM 063/[Yudasin,L] (1/2, 48)}) 11... Be6 {leaves Black in a
passive form of the Philidor structure. The d6-pawn is vulnerable and the
queenside not easy to promote.} 12. O-O (12. Nd4 Qe7 13. Nxe6 Qxe6 14. O-O Nc4
15. Bxc4 Qxc4 16. Ra4 Qe6 17. Rd1 Rfd8 18. Rd4 $14 {Borm,F (2355)-Van der
Sterren,P (2460)/Roosendaal 1983/EXT 2001 (1-0, 31)}) 12... Rfd8 13. Bg5 Rd7
14. Rfd1 Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3 d5 16. Bf4 Qd8 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. c4 Be6
20. Qb4 $14 {Schandorff,L (2485)-Hoi,C (2435)/Denmark 1996/CBM 053 (1-0, 30)})
10. Bc4 {Directed against...e7-e5.} (10. Be2 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 (11... Nxe5 {
is similar to the lines with ...Nxe5 above, with the difference that Black has
committed his king's rook already.} 12. O-O Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 Be6 14. Bf4 Bf8 15.
Rfd1 Red8 {A necessary loss of time, since 15...Rad8 would leave the a7-pawn
unprotected, allowing the double attack 16.Qd4.} 16. Ra4 $16 {Yemelin,V (2520)
-Zaichik,G (2530)/Moscow 1994/CBM 044 ext (0-1, 39)}) 12. O-O Bf8 $1 {This is
the start of a coherent regrouping, based on ...Nc5 eventually followed by ...
Ne6.} 13. Bc4 (13. Ng5 h6 14. Nf3 {only helps Black get some kingside space.}
Kh7 15. Nh2 {Consequent, but unsound. After having slightly weakened the enemy
kingside, White intends to attack. Black's counterattack in the centre will
prove faster.} Nc5 16. Bd3 Be6 $15 17. f4 Rad8 18. f5 gxf5 19. exf5 Bc4 {
White suffered material loses without managing to prove any constructive
attacking idea in Adianto,U (2485)-Kakageldyev,A (2350)/Manila 1992/TD (0-1,
29)}) (13. Ra4 {as played in Ammann,P-Mortensen,E/Winterthur 1976/EXT 2003 
(1-0, 40) should have been met with} Nc5 $1 $146 14. Rc4 Rd8 15. Qc1 Ne6 16. b4
Nh5 $132) 13... Nc5 14. Ng5 Be6 15. Qe2 (15. Bxc5 Bxc4 $15) (15. Nxe6 Nxe6 {
/\...Rad8, ...Nd4} 16. Bxe6 Rxe6 17. Rfd1 Bb4 $132) 15... h6 $6 {Allowing 
(actually provoking) the unnecessary weakening of his own kingside.} ({The
simpler} 15... Bxc4 $1 {is enough for equality:} 16. Qxc4 b5 17. axb6 axb6 $11
18. b4 $6 b5 $1 19. Qxf7+ Qxf7 20. Nxf7 Kxf7 21. bxc5 Nd7 $15) 16. Bxc5 (16.
Nxe6 Nxe6 17. Qf3 $14) 16... Bxc5 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. g3 Kg7 19. Kg2 Rad8 20. Bd3
Bd4 21. Na4 a6 22. c3 Ba7 23. b4 Nh5 24. Nb2 Qe7 25. Rad1 $14 {Friedel,J (2477)
-Abbasov,F (2505)/Sautron 2007/EXT 2008 (0-1, 58)}) 10... Nxe4 {This is one of
the aspects of Black's flexibility in the Pirc. Preparing ...e7-e5 does not
imply carrying it out under any circumstances. One can have B-plans in reserve.
} (10... Rb8 $4 {takes away an important square for the queen allowing} 11.
Bxf7+ {1-0 Borm,F-Beekman/Amsterdam 1981} Kxf7 12. Ng5+ Kg8 13. Ne6 {and Her
Majesty is trapped!}) 11. Nxe4 (11. Bxf7+ Kxf7 12. Nxe4 {looks more active,
but has the drawback of leaving the light squares insufficiently well
protected. After a4-a5, this may become an important factor.} Nf6 13. Ng3 Kg8
14. O-O Be6 {/\...b5} 15. Ng5 Bd7 (15... Bd5 16. Qd3 {ץd5}) 16. c4 b5 $132)
11... d5 12. Bb3 $146 (12. Bf4 e5 $1 13. dxe5 $6 {Unnecessarily opening the
central files.} (13. Bh2 $13) 13... Nxe5 14. Bb3 Bf5 (14... Nxf3+ 15. gxf3 Be5
$17) 15. Nd4 (15. Nfg5 $15) 15... Bxe4 $17 {Hartston,W (2460)-Koshy,V (2380)/
Delhi 1982/MCD (0-1, 57)}) (12. Bd3 $6 dxe4 ({The spectacular} 12... e5 $5 {
may just transpose}) 13. Bxe4 e5 $17 {With his king still in the centre, White
is not well prepared for this kind of tense situation.}) (12. Bxd5 cxd5 13. Nc3
e5 $5 $36) 12... dxe4 13. Ng5 Rf8 $1 {More display of flexibility. Since White
will have spent some time with moving around with his minor pieces, Black can
also "lose" two tempi in order to avoid strategic concessions.} ({Of course,
not} 13... e6 $2 {, which would kill the c8-bishop's activity.}) 14. Nxe4 Nf6
15. Nxf6+ (15. Nc5 Nd5 16. O-O Nxe3 17. fxe3 {looks active for White, who has
some pressure against b7 and f7. However, after} Bf5 $5 $132 {/\...b6; /\...
Rad8, everything seems to be in order for Black:} 18. e4 Bxh3 $1 19. gxh3 Bxd4+
$1 20. Qxd4 Qg3+ $11) 15... Bxf6 16. h4 $6 {After Be3 and Qd2, this may look
consequent, but Ivanchuk's accurate answer proves the attacking plan not only
inoffensive, but also prejudicial for White in a surprising way.} ({In the
event of} 16. O-O {Black could prepare either ...c5 or ...e5. One possible
continuation is} Rd8 (16... Qd6 {fails to achieve the bishop exchange with ...
Be6 after} 17. Rfe1 $1 $14) 17. Rfe1 e5 $5 18. c3 exd4 19. cxd4 {Black only
needs to neutralise the b3-bishop to reach a comfortable position. The
simplest way to do it is} Be6 20. Bxe6 fxe6 $11 {The mutual weaknesses
compensate for each other.}) 16... Qd6 $1 {Once again changing plans. After ...
Be6, one important attacking piece is eliminated and the white king starts
feeling insecure in practically all the areas of the board.} ({The standard
pawn break} 16... c5 {offers White attacking chances after, for instance:} 17.
h5 Rd8 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. Bf4 Qd7 20. d5 $5 Bxb2 {Otherwise White is slightly
better.} 21. Ra4 {Threatening to trap the bishop with c2-c3.} Bg7 22. Bh6 Bf6
23. Bg5 Qf5 24. Bxf6 Qxf6 25. Rah4 Qa1+ 26. Ke2 Qe5+ 27. Qe3 Qxe3+ 28. Kxe3 $40
{White's attack, combined with his lead in development, remains dangerous even
with the queens off the board.}) 17. h5 Be6 18. hxg6 {Opening the h-file and
castling short after that is almost suicidial.} (18. Bxe6 Qxe6 19. O-O ({After
} 19. O-O-O Qa2 20. Qb4 Rfd8 21. c3 b6 {it is mainly Black who attacks.}) 19...
Rfd8 $15 {At the right moment, ...gxh5 will win a pawn for Black. As the game
shows, hxg6 is simply forbidden!}) 18... hxg6 19. Bxe6 Qxe6 20. O-O Rfd8 21.
Qb4 ({Trying to avoid the loss of the d4-pawn after, for instance,} 21. Rfe1
Rd5 22. f3 Rad8) 21... Rd7 22. Rfd1 Kg7 $1 $17 {Suddenly, there is no
satisfactory answer to ...Rh8 followed by a simple attack along the h-file.
Ironically White has spent three of his developing tempi with his h-pawn in
order to open the file for Black.} 23. c4 Rh8 24. Qc5 Qe4 25. d5 Qh4 26. f4
Qh2+ 27. Kf2 Rh3 28. Rg1 cxd5 29. Kf1 (29. cxd5 Qg3+ 30. Ke2 Rxd5 $1 $19) 29...
Rh5 30. Qc8 Rd6 31. Qxb7 Re6 32. Qxa7 d4 33. Bd2 Qg3 34. Ra3 Qg4 35. Rf3 Qf5
36. g4 Qb1+ 37. Kg2 Re2+ 38. Rf2 Qe4+ 39. Kf1 Rxf2+ 40. Kxf2 Bh4+ 41. Rg3 Bxg3+
42. Kxg3 Qd3+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.09.05"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D75"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bg2 O-O 8.
O-O c5 9. d4 Nc6 10. Be3 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Na5 12. Qd3 Bd7 13. Nb3 Nc6 14. Nc5 Ne5
15. Nxb7 Qc7 16. Bf4 Be6 17. Qe3 Rac8 18. Rab1 Qxc3 19. a4 Bg4 20. Rfe1 Nc4 21.
Qxa7 Bd4 22. Qa6 Ra8 23. Qc6 Rfc8 24. Qe4 Bf5 25. Qxe7 Bxb1 26. Rxb1 Re8 27.
Qb4 Rxe2 28. Qxc3 Bxc3 29. Nd6 Na3 30. Rc1 Bb2 31. Rc7 Re1+ 32. Bf1 Rf8 33. a5
Rd1 34. a6 g5 35. a7 Bd4 36. Bxg5 Bb6 37. Nc8 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.09.06"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 a6 7. Qb3 Rb8 8.
O-O b5 9. a4 Bb7 10. axb5 axb5 11. d3 Bd6 12. Be3 c5 13. Nc3 O-O 14. Nd2 Bxg2
15. Kxg2 Ng4 16. Nde4 Nxe3+ 17. fxe3 Be7 18. Nxb5 Bg5 19. d4 cxd4 20. exd4 Qb6
21. Nxg5 Qxb5 22. Qxb5 Rxb5 23. Ne4 Rxb2 24. Kf3 Rfb8 25. Rfc1 Nf6 26. Nxf6+
gxf6 27. Ra7 R2b7 28. Rxb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.09.07"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "189"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Qc7 10. f4 Nc6 11. a4 Re8 12. Nb3 Nd7 13. g4 b6 14. g5 Nb4 15. Rf2
Bb7 16. Qg4 Bf8 17. Raf1 g6 18. f5 Ne5 19. Qh3 Bg7 20. Bf4 Rad8 21. f6 Bf8 22.
Qg3 Qc4 23. Nb1 Nbc6 24. Nc3 Nd4 25. Nxd4 Qxd4 26. h4 Rc8 27. Rd1 Qb4 28. Bc1
Rc4 29. Na2 Qc5 30. Be3 Qc7 31. Nc3 Rc8 32. Rd4 Rxd4 33. Bxd4 Qc4 34. Rd2 Qb4
35. b3 Nc6 36. Bf2 Ne5 37. Bd4 b5 38. axb5 axb5 39. Bf1 Qa5 40. Re2 Nc6 41. Bf2
Ne5 42. Bd4 Ba6 43. Rd2 Qa1 44. Kg2 b4 45. Bxa6 bxc3 46. Be2 Qa8 47. Bxc3 Qxe4+
48. Kf1 h5 49. Bxe5 dxe5 50. Bd3 Qd5 51. Qg2 Qa5 52. Re2 Rd8 53. Re4 Qa1+ 54.
Ke2 Bc5 55. Qf1 Qb2 56. Rc4 e4 57. Rxe4 Bd4 58. Qe1 Qa3 59. b4 Qa7 60. Qg3 Qb6
61. b5 Qc5 62. Qf4 e5 63. Qf3 Qb4 64. Kf1 Qd2 65. Qe2 Qc3 66. Qe1 Qc7 67. Qb4
Ba7 68. Ke2 Qb6 69. Qe1 Qc7 70. Kf3 Bd4 71. Qb4 Ra8 72. Qe7 Qc8 73. Ke2 Ra7 74.
Qd6 Qh3 75. Rxd4 Qg2+ 76. Ke3 exd4+ 77. Kxd4 Qg4+ 78. Kc3 Qc8+ 79. Bc4 Rd7 80.
Qe5 Rc7 81. Qe4 Kh7 82. Kb3 Ra7 83. Qd4 Qc7 84. Bd3 Qa5 85. Qb4 Qa2+ 86. Kc3
Qa1+ 87. Kd2 Qg1 88. Qf4 Qc5 89. Ke2 Qg1 90. Kd2 Rd7 91. Qc4 Qh2+ 92. Kc1 Qe5
93. Kd2 Qh2+ 94. Kc1 Qe5 95. Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.09.08"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[Annotator "Moradiabadi,E"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {This is the "pet" move of the Chinese ex-prodigy.} d5 2. g3 g6 $5 {
Ivanchuk chooses a very interesting setup. Probably he is aiming to play the
aggressive ...d5-d4 in the event of c4.} 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. d3 {This is a
rather passive continuation. However, the more aggressive one did not yielded
anything either in the very same event.} (5. c4 dxc4 6. Na3 ({In the event of} 
6. Qa4+ {Black can reply with} Nc6 7. Qxc4 Nge7 8. d3 O-O 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Qc2
Nb4 11. Qb1 c5 12. b3 Nec6 13. Bb2 Qe7 14. a3 Nd5 15. e3 Rfd8 16. Qc2 Rac8 17.
Rac1 b6 18. Qb1 f6 19. Rfe1 Qf7 20. h4 Nde7 $1 {and Black is doing just fine.}
(20... Qd7 $13 {1-0 Vaganian,R (2625)-Ehlvest,J (2580)/Moscow 1988/URS-ch (62)}
)) 6... Nc6 7. Nxc4 Nge7 8. d3 O-O 9. Bd2 Be6 10. Rc1 a5 11. Qa4 b6 12. Bc3 f6
13. a3 {1/2-1/2 Grischuk,A (2746)-Feller,S (2666)/Khanty Mansiysk 2011/
CB35_2011}) 5... Nc6 6. c4 dxc4 7. dxc4 Qxd1 8. Rxd1 e4 $5 {Aggressive and
interesting. White has to be careful with his reaction, otherwise he would
hand over the initiative.} 9. Nfd2 $6 {A timid move which allows Black to
seize the initiative.} (9. Ng5 $142 f5 10. Nc3 {Now taking on c3 is mandatory.}
Bxc3 11. bxc3 Nf6 12. f3 h6 13. Nh3 {with an unclear game. At least White has
much better prospects than in the game.}) 9... f5 10. Nc3 Be6 $1 {Here comes
the difference. Black keeps his monstrous bishop on g7 and prepares to castle
long.} 11. Nd5 $6 {This is too optimistic! Now Black is just simply better.}
O-O-O 12. Nb3 Nf6 (12... Nge7 $144) 13. Bg5 Bxd5 14. cxd5 Rxd5 {Now Black is
just simply a pawn up.} 15. f3 exf3 16. Rxd5 Nxd5 17. Bxf3 Ndb4 18. Kf1 Re8 19.
Nc5 (19. a3 {was the last chance to make things "foggy". Although Black's
clear advantage after} Bxb2 $1 20. axb4 Bxa1 21. Bxc6 bxc6 22. Nxa1 c5 $1 23.
bxc5 a5 {is indisputable.}) 19... Bd4 20. a3 Bxc5 21. axb4 Nxb4 22. g4 Nc2 23.
Ra5 Be3 24. gxf5 Bxg5 25. fxg6 Ne3+ 26. Kg1 h6 27. Rxa7 c6 28. g7 Kc7 29. Ra4
Rg8 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.09.08"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Be7 6. g3 Nbd7 7. Bg2 a6 8. Nge2
O-O 9. O-O b5 10. cxb5 axb5 11. Nxb5 Ba6 12. Nec3 Qb6 13. a4 Ne8 14. Re1 Nc7
15. Bf1 Bxb5 16. Nxb5 Nxb5 17. Bxb5 Qxb5 18. axb5 Rxa1 19. Qg4 Nb6 20. Kg2 g6
21. Bg5 Rxe1 22. Bxe7 h5 23. Qf3 Rc8 24. Bxd6 Nd7 25. b6 Nxb6 26. Qb3 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.09.09"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. g3 Nc6 7. Nde2 Bg7 8.
Bg2 Bd7 9. h3 h5 10. a4 Qc8 11. Be3 Be6 12. Nd5 O-O 13. Rc1 Re8 14. b3 Rb8 15.
c4 b6 16. Nef4 Bd7 17. O-O Nh7 18. Kh2 h4 19. g4 Qd8 20. Ne2 e5 21. Qd2 Be6 22.
f4 exf4 23. Nexf4 Rb7 24. Rf2 Rd7 25. Rcf1 Ne5 26. Kh1 Nc6 27. Ne2 g5 28. Nf6+
Nxf6 29. Bxg5 Nxg4 30. Bxd8 Nxf2+ 31. Rxf2 Rdxd8 32. Qg5 Bc8 33. Nf4 Re5 34.
Qxh4 Rde8 35. Nh5 R8e6 36. Qf4 f6 37. Bf3 Rg5 38. Bg4 Rxh5 39. Bxh5 Ne5 40. Rg2
Kf8 41. Bg4 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.09.10"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[Annotator "Moradiabadi,E"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nc3 ({Another recent high level
game saw} 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 Nh6 $6 {This knight sortie's setbacks are more
obvious than its benefits. Black is aiming for the d4-square but if White
plays accurately, the knight is just misplaced on h6.} 7. a3 O-O 8. Rb1 a5 9.
d3 Nf5 10. Bd2 Bd7 11. Ne1 $1 Nfd4 {A superfluous piece on d4!} 12. e3 Ne6 13.
Nc2 a4 14. Nd5 Na5 15. Bc3 b5 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. cxb5 Bxb5 18. f4 {1-0 Wang Yue
(2734)-Shanava,K (2560)/Nakhchivan 2011/CB17_2011 (39). White seized the
initiative and eventually won the game.}) 5... e6 $5 {The setup Ivanchuk
chooses is more appealing, but it has its own drawback as well.} 6. d3 Nge7 7.
h4 $5 {This is one isuch drawback! White will play h5 as a result of Black's
knight being placed on e7.} h6 8. Bd2 b6 {An odd choice, which is not wrong
but gives White an additional choice. Other options are:} (8... d6 9. a3 a5 10.
Rb1 e5 11. Nh2 Be6 12. Nf1 O-O 13. Ne3 f5 14. Ned5 Rb8 15. O-O Kh7 16. b4 axb4
17. axb4 Nxb4 18. Nxb4 cxb4 19. Rxb4 f4 20. h5 $5 (20. Ne4 Nf5 21. e3 fxg3 22.
fxg3 b5 23. cxb5 {1/2-1/2 Predojevic,B (2617)-Melkumyan,H (2580)/Sarajevo 2011/
CB19_2011 (47)} (23. h5)) 20... gxh5 21. Qb1 $44 {[%csl Rb7][%cal Gb1h7]}) (
8... d5 9. cxd5 exd5 (9... Nxd5 $146 10. O-O b6 11. Qc1 $13) 10. Qc1 Bg4 11.
O-O Rc8 12. Re1 Kf8 13. Bf4 b6 14. Qd1 $13 (14. e4 $5 dxe4 15. Nh2 Be6 16. dxe4
Nd4 $13) 14... Kg8 15. Qa4 d4 {1/2-1/2 Lobron,E (2405)-Sosonko,G (2595)/Bad
Kissingen 1981/MCL (44)}) 9. h5 g5 10. Nxg5 $5 {For sure this was Radjabov's
intention, otherwise h5 was pointless.} hxg5 11. Bxg5 {Radjabov needed to win
this game in order to balance the match. Therefore he took all the drastic
measures in order to complicate things. In my opinion, Black should be ok but
the position is extremly complicated and hard to assess.} Bxc3+ $6 {A dubious
choice. This weakens the dark squares on the kingside.} (11... Bb7 12. h6 Be5 (
12... Bxc3+) (12... Bd4) 13. f4 (13. Ne4 Qc7 14. Nf6+ $8 (14. Qd2 $2 f5 $1 15.
Nf6+ Kf7 $17) 14... Bxf6 (14... Kf8 15. h7 Nf5 16. Qd2 Nb4 17. Be4 d5 18. Bxf5
exf5 19. d4 $1 Bxd4 20. Rh4 Qd6 21. Rxd4 cxd4 22. Bh4 $44) 15. Bxf6 Rh7 16. Be4
Ng6 17. Qd2 Nd4 18. O-O-O $44) 13... Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 {and Black is a tempo up
in comparison to the game.}) (11... Be5 12. f4 Bd4 13. e3 Bxe3 14. h6 Bb7 15.
h7 d6 16. Bf6 Kd7 {The position remains completely unclear.}) 12. bxc3 Bb7 13.
Qd2 {The position is still unclear, however, things are different now: White
clearly has a dangerous initiative and it is Black who has to be more precise.}
Qc7 (13... f5 14. Bf6 Rh7 15. g4 $1 Qc7 16. g5 Ng8 17. g6 Nxf6 18. gxh7 Nxh7
19. Qh6 Qe5 20. Kd2 {and White is clearly better.}) 14. Bf6 O-O-O (14... Rh7
15. Be4 Ng8 16. Qg5 Nxf6 17. Qxf6 Qd8 18. Qxd8+ Nxd8 19. Bxh7 Bxh1 20. f3 $16)
15. O-O-O Rhg8 $2 16. Bxc6 $1 {This tactical nuance gives Radjabov a clear
advantage.} dxc6 $2 {The final mistake. Radjabov conducts the technical part
masterfully.} (16... Bxc6 17. Bxe7 Rde8 18. Bg5 Bxh1 19. Rxh1 f6 20. Be3 Qc6
21. Rh4 $16) 17. h6 Rg6 18. h7 Rxf6 19. h8=Q Rxh8 20. Rxh8+ Kd7 21. d4 $1 {
It is all over now!} Qd6 22. Qg5 Rf5 23. Qh4 cxd4 24. Rxd4 Rd5 25. cxd5 Qa3+
26. Kb1 cxd5 27. Rh7 Qxc3 28. Rxf7 {A superb achievment by Radjabov.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.09.11"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A38"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "239"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 g6 6. a3 Bg7 7. Rb1 a5 8. O-O
O-O 9. d3 Rb8 10. Bd2 Bf5 11. h3 b6 12. Ne1 Qc8 13. Kh2 Nd4 14. e3 Nc6 15. f4
Bd7 16. Nf3 Ne8 17. g4 Nc7 18. a4 Nb4 19. Qe2 d5 20. e4 dxc4 21. dxc4 Ne6 22.
Nd5 Nxd5 23. exd5 Nd4 24. Nxd4 Bxd4 25. f5 Bxa4 26. Bh6 Qc7+ 27. Bf4 Qa7 28. b3
Bd7 29. Bxb8 Qxb8+ 30. Kh1 Qd6 31. Rbe1 Re8 32. Qd2 gxf5 33. gxf5 Kh8 34. Re4
Rg8 35. Qe2 Bf6 36. Rg4 Rxg4 37. Qxg4 Bd4 38. Be4 Qh6 39. Qg3 f6 40. d6 Be5 41.
Qg2 Bxd6 42. Rg1 Qg5 43. Qxg5 fxg5 44. Rxg5 Be5 45. Bd5 Bg7 46. Kg2 a4 47. bxa4
Bxa4 48. Kf3 b5 49. cxb5 Bxb5 50. Rg1 Bd7 51. Ke4 Ba4 52. Kd3 Bd7 53. Ke4 Ba4
54. Kf3 Bc2 55. Kf4 Bd3 56. Be4 Bc4 57. Rb1 Bd4 58. Rb7 Bf6 59. Rc7 Bf1 60.
Rxc5 Bxh3 61. Rc1 h5 62. Bf3 Bg4 63. Bxg4 hxg4 64. Kxg4 Kg7 65. Kf4 Kf7 66. Rc6
Bd4 67. Ke4 Bb2 68. Rc2 Ba1 69. Rc6 Bb2 70. Kf4 Bd4 71. Kg5 Be3+ 72. Kg4 Bd2
73. Re6 Bc1 74. Kf3 Bd2 75. Ke4 Bc1 76. Kd5 Ba3 77. Kc6 Bb4 78. Kd7 Ba3 79. Kc6
Bb4 80. Kd5 Bc3 81. Ra6 Be1 82. Ke4 Bc3 83. Ra3 Bb2 84. Rh3 Bc1 85. Rb3 Bg5 86.
Rg3 Bc1 87. Rg2 e6 88. Rc2 exf5+ 89. Kxf5 Ba3 90. Rc7+ Ke8 91. Ke6 Kd8 92. Rc4
Bb2 93. Rc2 Ba3 94. Ra2 Bb4 95. Ra4 Be1 96. Rc4 Bg3 97. Rg4 Bh2 98. Rg7 Kc8 99.
Rd7 Bc7 100. Rd3 Bb8 101. Rc3+ Bc7 102. Ke7 Kb7 103. Kd7 Bb8 104. Rb3+ Ka8 105.
Kc6 Ba7 106. Kc7 Bg1 107. Rb8+ Ka7 108. Rb1 Bh2+ 109. Kc6 Be5 110. Re1 Bg3 111.
Ra1+ Kb8 112. Ra2 Bf4 113. Ra3 Bh2 114. Rb3+ Ka7 115. Rb7+ Ka8 116. Kb6 Bg1+
117. Ka6 Bh2 118. Rh7 Bg3 119. Rh8+ Bb8 120. Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.09.11"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 g6 2. Bg2 Bg7 3. d4 d5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. Nc3
Rd8 9. Rd1 Bf5 10. Ne1 Na6 11. Qxb6 axb6 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. a3
Rac8 15. Bg5 Kf8 16. Rac1 Rxc1 17. Bxc1 Nc7 18. e3 Bd7 19. Bd2 e6 20. Nd3 Bb5
21. Rc1 Na6 22. Bf1 Ke8 23. b3 Bd7 24. Ne5 Bxe5 25. dxe5 Nc5 26. Rb1 Rc8 27. f3
Na6 28. Rb2 Nc5 29. a4 Na6 30. Kf2 Ke7 31. e4 dxe4 32. Bg5+ Ke8 33. fxe4 Nc5
34. Ke3 Bc6 35. Bg2 Rc7 36. b4 Nxa4 37. Rc2 b5 38. Bf1 Nb6 39. Bxb5 Rc8 40. Bd3
Bd7 41. Ra2 Na4 42. Kd4 b5 43. g4 Rc7 44. h4 Kf8 45. h5 Be8 46. Rh2 Rd7+ 47.
Ke3 Rc7 48. Bd8 Rd7 49. Ba5 Rb7 50. Kf4 Kg7 51. Rc2 Bd7 52. Bd8 Nb6 53. hxg6
fxg6 54. Bxb6 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.09.12"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. c3 Be7
8. Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qb3 Qc8 10. Ne5 O-O 11. Be2 Rd8 12. Bf3 Rb8 13. O-O Be8 14. Bf4
Nd7 15. Nd3 Bd6 16. Bg5 f6 17. Be3 Bf7 18. Rad1 e5 19. Bd5 Bxd5 20. Qxd5+ Kh8
21. dxe5 Nxe5 22. Nxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.09.13"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 dxc4 6. e4 c5 7. e5 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Qa5 9. exf6 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Qxg5 11. fxg7 Qxg7 12. Qd2 O-O 13. Bxc4 Rd8 14.
Qe3 Bd7 15. O-O Nc6 16. Nf3 Ne7 17. Ne5 Ng6 18. f4 Rac8 19. Be2 Bc6 20. Bf3 Bd5
21. Kh1 b6 22. a4 h6 23. Rae1 Nxe5 24. fxe5 Qg5 25. Qf2 Bc4 26. h4 Qg7 27. Re4
Bxf1 28. Rg4 Bd3 29. Rxg7+ Kxg7 30. Bb7 Bf5 31. Bxc8 Rxc8 32. Qd4 h5 33. Kh2
Rc5 34. c4 Ra5 35. Qd7 Rc5 36. Qd4 Ra5 37. Qd8 Bg4 38. Kg3 Rxa4 39. Qc7 a5 40.
Qxb6 Rxc4 41. Qxa5 Bf5 42. Qd8 Rg4+ 43. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.09.14"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 ({It is curious that
there are many games which went} 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. Bd3 Nge7 8. O-O {, reaching
the same position as after 9...Nfe7, but... with Black to move! This means
that Ivanchuk's 7...Nf5 is inaccurate, as it basically loses a tempo.}) 6...
Nge7 7. O-O Nf5 {Black has increased his pressure against d4 almost to the
maximum. He threatens ...cxd4 followed by ...Qb6, when the pawn would be in
real danger. White has nothing left apart from switching to one of
Nimzovitsch'' methods: clearing the d4-square for his pieces, aiming for a
dark-squared blockade.} 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Bd3 Nfe7 10. Nbd2 Ng6 11. Nb3 Bb6 12.
Re1 Qb8 $146 {Black's new target has become e5.} (12... Bc7 13. Bg5 Qb8 14. Nc5
Bc8 15. Bxg6 fxg6 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. cxd4 $14 {Schlawin,M (2302)-Visser,Y (2480)/
Germany 2006/EXT 2006 (0-1, 41)}) 13. Qe2 Bc7 14. Bxg6 {A forced exchange,
which, however, has the merit of increasing White's overall control on the
dark squares.} hxg6 {Threatening ...Rh5, which would endanger the e5-pawn.} (
14... fxg6 15. Nc5 Bc8 $6 16. Ng5 $36) 15. h4 Rh5 16. Bg5 {White has managed
to consolidate. In order to give meaning to his previous play, Black has to
simplify to a slightly worse ending.} Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Qxe5 Qxe5 19. Rxe5
f6 20. Re3 fxg5 21. hxg5 Rxg5 22. Nc5 $14 {Retrieving the pawn is a matter of
time, and Black's structure will remain weakened after that anyway.} O-O-O {
Ivanchuk continues simplifying up to a somewhat unpleasant, but basically
drawn double-rook ending. This should objectively be correct, but in a rapid
game holding a draw may be less easy than expected.} (22... e5 23. f4 (23. Nxb7
Bc6 {looks a bit messy.}) 23... Rh5 24. Rxe5+ Rxe5 25. fxe5 Ke7 26. Nb3 Bf5 27.
Nd4 Be4 $14) 23. Nxe6 Bxe6 24. Rxe6 d4 $1 25. cxd4 Rxd4 26. Rae1 Rd7 27. g3 a6
28. R1e2 Rf7 29. Rc2+ Kd7 30. Rb6 Kd8 31. Kg2 Ra5 32. a3 g5 33. Rd6+ Ke7 34.
Rc7+ Kxd6 35. Rxf7 Rb5 36. b4 a5 37. bxa5 Ke6 38. Rxg7 Rxa5 39. Kh3 Kf6 40.
Rxb7 Rxa3 41. Kg4 Ra4+ 42. Kh5 g4 $2 {A fatal mistake.} (42... Ra2 $1 {should
draw.}) 43. Rb6+ $1 Kf5 44. Rb8 {Black will lose his pawn and the game.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.09.14"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 (4... Nf6 {may be more flexible,
with chances to "persuade" White to transpose to the main lines after} 5. Nc3
e6 6. g3 Qb6 {and so on.}) 5. g3 ({In order to understand the peculiarities
induced by delaying the queen knight's development, we should refer to the
similar lines after} 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Nc2 $6 {Under the given
circumstances, this knight retreat is not popular and rightly so. Black has
more than one way to achieve strong counterplay.} Ne5 (7... d5 {is also good.
Accepting the sacrifice is dangerous, while otherwise the threat of ...d4 is
very strong with the knight on c3.} 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bg2 d4 $36 10. Nxd4 $2 {
does not work out well with the king in the centre, because after} Nxd4 11. Be3
Bc5 12. Na4 {Black has} Qa5+) 8. b3 Nfg4 {In the game, this knight will be too
far from delivering this unpleasant attack.} 9. Ne3 (9. e3 Qc6 10. e4 Bc5 {
Oppezzo,S-Bronstein,L (2425)/Buenos Aires 1993/EXT 2000 (0-1, 67)}) 9... Bb4 {
And once again the white knight is exposed.} 10. Bd2 Nxe3 11. fxe3 Bxc3 12.
Bxc3 Qxe3 13. Bxe5 Qxe5 $17 {Jedynak,R (2543)-Jakubowski,K (2458)/Czechia 2008/
EXT 2009 (1/2, 28)}) 5... Qb6 6. Nc2 Ne5 (6... d5 $6 $146 {is not effective
with the knight on b1 yet. White will castle first and only then start
attacking the Isolani.} 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bg2 Nf6 9. O-O Be7 10. Nc3 $14 d4 11.
Nxd4 $1 Nxd4 (11... Qxd4 $2 12. Bxc6+) 12. Be3 $16 Bc5 $140 13. Na4) 7. b3 Qc6
(7... Ng4 {is less effective than ...Nf6-g4 from the main lines (a resource
that is not available here). The main difference is that the pressure against
the f3-square is released, allowing} 8. e3 {, for instance} Qc6 9. f3 {/\Nd4,
fxg4} Ne5 10. Bg2 $16 {Black's initiative has been extinguished and White
maintains his space advantage and better development.}) 8. f3 Nf6 9. Bb2 {
We can see one more positive effect of delaying Nb1-c3: the last developing
move attacks the enemy knight.} Qc7 10. Nc3 a6 {Black has nothing better than
transposing to some sort of Hedgehog position.} 11. f4 $5 $146 {A very
aggressive approach. White prepares a massive kingside attack. Despite having
played g2-g3 on the fifth move, he abandoned the plan of developing his bishop
to g2 completely.} (11. Bg2 d6 12. f4 Ng6 13. O-O {Yermolinsky,A (2590)-De
Firmian,N (2565)/USA 1994/CBM 044/[Stohl] (1-0, 49)}) 11... Ng6 ({The active} 
11... Neg4 {is likely to bring in some material gain, but only at the cost of
neglecting the overall development very badly.} 12. e4 $1 (12. h3 Qc6 13. Rg1
Qb6 14. Rg2 Ne3 $132) 12... Bc5 13. Qf3 Nf2 (13... Bf2+ $2 14. Kd2 {/\e5
leaves Black's pieces hanging.}) 14. b4 Ba7 15. e5 Ng8 (15... N6g4 16. c5 $16)
16. Rg1 Nd1 {Otherwise, the whole attacking operation would end in a fiasco.}
17. Rxd1 Bxg1 18. Ne4 $40 {White is fully mobilised and ready to go for the
poorly defended enemy king.}) 12. e4 d6 13. Qf3 b6 14. O-O-O {More than a
Hedgehog, this looks like becoming a Sicilian with castling on opposite sides.}
Bb7 15. Kb1 Be7 16. g4 $1 {The better developed player is bound to attack,
under the threat of losing his advantage, something Steinitz would agree with.}
({Preparing this action by over-defending f4 with} 16. Bd3 O-O 17. Rhf1 {
would allow Black launching his counterplay in time with} Rfc8 18. g4 b5 19.
cxb5 d5 $44) 16... e5 $6 {Strategically, this is wrong, but Black has a
difficult choice already. As we will see, occupying the f4-square will not
compensate for giving away the more important d5-square.} ({The other way to
attack f4 would be} 16... d5 {, but with his development incomplete Black
cannot entirely justify this opening of the centre:} 17. exd5 (17. e5 $2 d4)
17... Qxf4 18. Qxf4 Nxf4 19. g5 $36 Ng4 {This certainly looks risky, but
otherwise Black would be just worse.} 20. Bc1 Ng6 (20... e5 21. Re1 $16) 21.
Rg1 Nxh2 22. Be2 $16) (16... O-O {would run into White's attack:} 17. g5 Nd7
18. h4 f5 $5 {The only attempt to avoid being pushed back to the wall.} 19. Nd5
$1 exd5 20. exd5 {Threatening to retrieve the piece with h4-h5, but also to
invade the e6-square with the c2-knight.} Rf7 21. h5 Ngf8 22. h6 $40) 17. g5
Nd7 18. f5 Nf4 19. Rg1 g6 20. Ne3 Nc5 21. h4 Bc6 22. Rg4 $5 {Maximalistic play.
In the fight for the central squares, rooks are of little use and Ivanchuk
decides to give up one of them in order to eliminate Black's most active piece.
} ({There was nothing wrong with} 22. Ned5 Nxd5 23. Nxd5 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 $16 {
though.}) 22... Qb7 23. Rxf4 $5 exf4 24. Ned5 $16 {With no space for his
pieces and no safe way of castling, Black is helpless despite his slight
material advantage.} O-O-O (24... a5 25. Nb5 {[%csl Gh8]} Bxd5 26. exd5 O-O 27.
f6 Bd8 28. Nxd6 $18) (24... O-O 25. b4 {Black has similar problems of
coordination as in the game, only that the final attack is likely to take part
on the other wing.}) 25. b4 {Black cannot save his pieces.} Na4 (25... Bxd5 26.
Nxd5 Na4 27. Bxh8 Rxh8 28. Qb3 b5 29. cxb5 axb5 30. Rc1+ Kb8 31. Rc7 $18) 26.
Nxa4 Bxa4 27. Rc1 $3 {A simple, but very strong move. White removes the rook
from the atatcked square (the only justification of the bishop's presence on
a4) and prepares b4-b5, when the opening of the c-file will have disastrous
consequences for Black.} Kb8 (27... Rhe8 28. b5 $1 $18 {[%csl Ga4]}) (27... Bc6
28. b5 Bxd5 29. cxd5+ Kb8 30. bxa6 Qd7 31. Rc6 $18 {There is nothing wrong
with taking on h8 at some point, but maybe the bishop will prove useful for
the attack!?}) 28. b5 $1 {Trapping the bishop.} gxf5 (28... axb5 29. cxb5 Rc8
30. Bxh8 Rxh8 31. Rc7 $18) 29. Qa3 fxe4 30. bxa6 Qxa6 31. Nxe7 $18 {White has
got a material advantage already, while Black's pieces are still hanging.} Qa7
(31... Rhe8 32. Nc6+ $1 $18) 32. Bxh8 Rxh8 33. Qxd6+ Qc7 34. Qf6 Rd8 35. Nd5
Qd6 36. Qxf4 Qxf4 37. Nxf4 Rd2 38. Be2 Rd4 39. Nd5 Kb7 40. Rf1 Rd2 41. Rxf7+
Ka6 42. a3 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.09.14"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. O-O Ng6 {
Unlike 7...Nf5, as played in the previous French game of the match, this does
not put pressure on d4. Black clears the e7-square for the bishop and prepares
to break up the enemy centre with ...f6. The presence of the knight on g6 is
obviously useful for this plan. Therefore, White immediately takes measures to
force it to retreat.} 8. g3 (8. Be3 Be7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. a3 a5 11. Bd3 {1/2
Kononenko,D (2449)-Sumets,A (2473)/Alushta 2003/CBM 096 ext}) 8... Be7 9. h4
O-O ({Knowing White's plan based on dxc5, it makes sense investigating} 9...
cxd4 10. cxd4 O-O 11. h5 Nh8 12. h6 g6 13. Nbd2 ({Once the c3-square has been
cleared,} 13. Nc3 {looks logical, but the knight cannot get into the fight for
the critical dark squares easily.} f6 14. exf6 Bxf6 15. Be3 Nf7 16. Nh2 Nd6 17.
g4 $6 Bg5 $36 {Lederer,Y (2300)-Psakhis,L (2575)/Kfar Sava 1993/EXT 2002 (0-1,
44)}) 13... f6 14. exf6 Bxf6 15. Nb3 {We can see now the point behind Nbd2:
the exchange in the centre has ensured the knight's stability on b3. The
permanent threat of Nc5 is a bit annoying for Black.} Nf7 16. Nh2 (16. Bf4 $2
g5 {/\ Nh6 Hjartarson}) (16. Be3 Nd6 $15 {Hjartarson}) 16... Nd6 17. Bg4 Rc8 (
17... b6 $142 {Hjartarson}) 18. Nf3 $14 {Hjartarson,J (2535)-Kortschnoj,V 
(2615)/Amsterdam 1991/CBM 023 (1/2, 44)}) 10. h5 Nh8 11. dxc5 (11. h6 {is more
popular, but it makes sense to delay this thematic pawn advance.} g6 12. dxc5
f6 $5 (12... Bxc5 13. b4 Be7 14. b5 Na5 15. Be3 {Li,Z (1907)-Zhang Xiaowen 
(2389)/Hefei 2011/ (1-0, 56)}) 13. exf6 Bxc5 $1 14. Bg5 Nf7 $13 {Timman,J 
(2650)-Nikolic,P (2641)/Amsterdam 1999/CBM 073/[Psakhis] (1/2, 41)}) 11... Bxc5
(11... f6 $6 {does not work out well now, because of} 12. exf6 $16 {Zude,A 
(2395)-Ellers,H (2405)/Germany 1997/GER-chT (1-0, 27) , when the g7-pawn is
attacked, thus preventing ...Bxc5.}) 12. b4 $146 {Starting to fight for the
d4-square, although he will not get to occupy it.} (12. c4 {switching to play
on the light squares seems to offer Black counterchances:} f6 13. h6 g6 14.
cxd5 Nxe5 $13 {Timman,J (2650)-Ljubojevic,L (2570)/Amsterdam 1999/CBM 073/
[Psakhis] (1-0, 35)}) 12... Be7 13. b5 Na5 14. h6 f5 {In a wider sense, we can
claim that this is a novelty, too.} (14... g6 {transposes to the game Li,Z 
(1907)-Zhang Xiaowen (2389)/Hefei 2011/ (1-0, 56) above.}) 15. hxg7 Kxg7 $14 {
Black's kingside is weak and his pieces are displayed all over the board
without the needed harmony. Even though he is slightly underdeveloped, White
is in time to consolidate his advantage.} 16. Kg2 Ng6 17. Rh1 Rf7 18. Bh6+ Kh8
19. Nbd2 Qc7 20. Rc1 Rg8 21. c4 d4 22. Bd3 {So far, Grischuk has played very
well, but starting with this moment, the game goes Ivanchuk's way. Not until
the end, though...} ({Black is well regrouped on the kingside so that time had
come to switch to other parts of the board.} 22. Nb3 Nxb3 23. axb3 Qc5 24. Qxd4
Qxd4 25. Nxd4 Nxe5 26. c5 $16) 22... b6 23. Nxd4 Qxe5 24. N2f3 Qc7 25. Ng5 Bxg5
26. Bxg5 e5 $132 27. Qh5 (27. Nb3 Nxb3 28. axb3 Nf4+ $1 29. gxf4 exf4 30. Qh5
Rfg7 31. Kf1 Be8 $132) 27... Bc8 28. c5 $6 {This sacrifice is not entirely
sound, but this is not easy to prove in rapid games.} exd4 29. cxb6 Bb7+ $2 {
This intermediate check takes the essential b7-square from the queen.} (29...
Qxb6 $1 30. Rc6 Qb7 $1) 30. Kg1 $2 {[%csl Gh1]} (30. f3 $1 $16 Qxb6 $2 (30...
Qe5 31. bxa7 $16) 31. Rc6 Bxc6 32. Bf6+ $1) 30... Qe5 $17 {[%csl Gh1]} 31. Rc7
Rxc7 32. bxc7 Rg7 (32... Bxh1 $5 $17) 33. Rh2 $2 (33. c8=Q+ Bxc8 34. Bh6 $132)
33... Rxc7 $4 (33... f4 $1 $19) 34. Qxg6 $18 Rc1+ $6 {He had planned this one
move earlier already.} 35. Bxc1 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.09.14"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ c6 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qc2 Bb7 8.
O-O Nbd7 9. a4 a6 10. Nc3 Rc8 11. d3 Be7 12. e4 O-O 13. Be3 Ng4 14. Bf4 Ngf6
15. Rfd1 Qb6 16. a5 Qa7 17. e5 Nd5 18. Nxd5 cxd5 19. Qe2 d4 20. h4 Qa8 21. Ne1
Bxg2 22. Nxg2 Qd5 23. Re1 h6 24. Qg4 Kh7 25. Re2 Rc6 26. Ne1 Rfc8 27. Nf3 f5
28. Qh5 Kg8 29. Nh2 Nc5 30. Rd1 Nxd3 31. Bxh6 gxh6 32. Qg6+ Kf8 33. Qxh6+ Ke8
34. Red2 Nxe5 35. Rxd4 Nf7 36. Qh7 Qe5 37. Nf3 Qh8 38. Qg6 Qh6 39. Qg8+ Qf8 40.
Qh7 Qh6 41. Qg8+ Qf8 42. Qh7 Qh6 43. Qg8+ Qf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.09.16"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 Bb4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Bxc3 7. bxc3 Re8 8.
Rb1 e4 (8... b6 9. d3 e4 10. Nd4 Nxd4 11. cxd4 Bb7 12. d5 c6 13. dxe4 Nxe4 14.
Bb2 cxd5 15. cxd5 d6 16. Rc1 Nc5 17. Re1 Ba6 18. Qd2 Qe7 19. Bf3 f6 20. Bd4 Bb5
21. h4 {1-0 (37) Christiansen,L (2530)-Silman,J (2410) San Mateo 1989}) 9. Nd4
d5 10. cxd5 Qxd5 11. Nb5 Qd7 12. d3 a6 13. Nd4 Nd5 14. Bb2 Nxd4 15. cxd4 e3 16.
Qc1 c6 17. Be4 Qg4 18. f3 Qe6 19. Qc5 b6 20. Bxd5 cxd5 21. Qc7 Re7 22. Qd8+ Re8
23. Qc7 Re7 24. Qf4 f6 25. Ba3 g5 26. Qd6 Qxd6 27. Bxd6 Rb7 28. Rfc1 Bd7 29. g4
Kf7 30. Kg2 h5 31. h3 Rh8 32. Rb2 Ba4 33. Bh2 hxg4 34. hxg4 Kg6 35. a3 a5 36.
Bd6 b5 37. Rc6 Ra8 38. Be5 Rf7 39. Rb6 Rc8 40. f4 gxf4 41. Kf3 ({Ivanchuk had
excellent chances to play for a win here with} 41. Bxf4 Rc3 {Black has little
choice and must try to create counterplay to compensate his doomed e3 pawn.}
42. Ra6 Rxa3 43. Rxa5 Rb7 44. Ra6 Kf7 (44... Kg7 45. g5 {and Black is lost
since White pieces gang up on the king.}) 45. Rb1 b4 46. Rh1 $16) 41... Rc1 42.
Bxf4 Rf1+ 43. Kg3 Rg1+ 44. Kf3 Rf1+ 45. Kg3 Rg1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.09.17"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qa5 10. Bb5+ Nbd7 11. Bxf6 Qxc3+ 12. Kf1 gxf6 13. Nxe6 $2 {
This "brilliant" blow is a well-known mistake. Ruslan Ponomariov obviously
mixed something up.} (13. h4 {is the main move}) (13. Rc1 {is also possible})
13... Qe5 {Of course, not} (13... fxe6 $4 14. Rc1 Qe5 15. Rxc8+ $18) 14. Nd4 (
14. Ng7+ Kf8 15. Nf5 (15. Bxd7 $142 Bxd7 16. Nf5 $15) 15... Qxb5+ 16. Kg1 Qe5
$1 17. h4 Rg8 18. Rh3 Rg6 19. Rc1 Nb6 20. Qd8+ Qe8 21. Qd6+ Kg8 22. Re3 Be6 23.
h5 Rg5 $17 {0-1 Lobron,E (2545)-Polgar,Z (2500)/Dortmund 1990/CBM 018/[Polgar,
Zsu] (38)}) 14... O-O {White has regained the pawn, but Black now completes
his development and obtains a clear advantage due to White's uncastled king.} (
14... a6 $143 $6 15. Ba4 O-O 16. Nf3 Qe7 17. Qe2 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Qxe5 19. Re1 Be6
20. Bb3 Bxb3 21. axb3 Rac8 22. h4 Rc3 23. Rh3 Rd8 24. Kg1 Rxh3 25. Qg4+ Kh8 26.
Qxh3 $11 {1-0 Malakhatko,V (2568)-Galinsky,T (2424)/Kiev 2000/CBM 077/[Ribli] 
(62)}) 15. Qd3 {Or else:} (15. Rc1 Nb6 $1 {[%cal Rf8d8]} 16. Qd3 $8 a6 $17 (
16... Rd8 $143 17. Nf3)) (15. Rb1 Nc5 16. Nf3 Qxe4 17. Rc1 b6 18. Qd6 Be6 19.
Re1 Qb4 20. Be2 Rfd8 $19 {0-1 Gormally,D (2471)-Wells,P (2485)/Halifax 2003/
CBM 097 ext (27)}) (15. Be2 Nc5 16. Nf3 Qxe4 17. Qd6 Ne6 18. h4 Nf4 19. Re1 Be6
20. Ba6 Qa4 21. Bxb7 Rad8 $17 {1/2 Prakash,G (2435)-Lahiri,A (2426)/Sangli
2000/EXT 2001 (49)}) (15. a4 Rd8 16. Nf5 Nf8 17. Qg4+ Ng6 18. Re1 a6 19. Be2
Rd4 20. Bf3 Bxf5 21. Qxf5 Rxa4 $17 {0-1 Szuhanek,R (2450)-Rezan,S (2337)/
Rijeka 2001/EXT 2002 (37)}) (15. Qg4+ Kh8 16. Rd1 Nc5 17. Qh4 (17. Nf5 Bxf5 18.
Qxf5 Nxe4 19. Qxe5 fxe5 20. Re1 Nc3 21. Rxe5 Nxa2 22. Re7 Nc3 23. Bc4 b5 24.
Bxf7 Rfd8 $17 {0-1 Somogyi,I (2243)-Galyas,M (2371)/Budapest 2001/CBM 082 ext 
(36)}) 17... Ne6 $1 18. Bc4 (18. Be2 Rd8 $1 (18... Nxd4 $143 19. f4 Qd6 20. e5)
19. Nxe6 Rxd1+ 20. Bxd1 Bxe6 $17) 18... Nxd4 (18... Rd8 19. Bd5 Nxd4 20. f4 Nf5
$1 21. exf5 Qxf5 $19) 19. f4 Qd6 20. e5 fxe5 21. fxe5 Qxe5 22. Rxd4 Bf5 $17 {
0-1 Schmidt,H (2332)-Slobodjan,R (2521)/Saarbruecken 2002/CBM 093/[Ribli] (44)}
) 15... Nc5 16. Qg3+ Kh8 (16... Qxg3 17. hxg3 Rd8 18. Nb3 Nxe4 $17 {was quite
possible, too.}) 17. Qxe5 fxe5 18. Nf3 a6 {Other options:} (18... f6 19. Nd2
Rd8 20. Ke2 Be6 $15) (18... Nxe4 19. Nxe5 Be6 $17 {[%cal Ye4c3] was probably
the strongest.}) 19. Bc4 Nxe4 20. Nxe5 f6 21. Nf3 Bf5 22. h3 (22. Nd4 Bg6 $1 (
22... Nd2+ 23. Ke2 Nxc4 24. Nxf5 $11) 23. Bd5 Nd2+ $1 24. Ke2 Rad8) 22... b5
23. Bb3 Nc3 24. Nd4 Bd3+ 25. Kg1 a5 {[%csl Ga5,Gb5]} 26. Kh2 a4 27. Bd1 Bc4 (
27... b4 28. Bf3 Rac8 29. Nc6 b3 30. axb3 axb3 31. Ra3 $1 Be4 32. Rxb3 $1 Bxf3
33. Ne7 $1 Bd5 $1 34. Rxc3 Rxc3 35. Nxd5 $11) 28. a3 Rad8 29. Nc6 Rd2 30. Bf3
Rxf2 {Black has won a pawn, but it is very difficult to convert it.} 31. Rhc1
Na2 32. Re1 Rc8 33. Re7 (33. Ne7 $1 Rd8 34. Nf5 $15) 33... Nc3 34. Nb4 f5 35.
Rae1 $6 (35. Re3 $142 $15) 35... Rg8 {[%cal Gg8g2]} 36. R7e5 (36. Rd7 Ne4 $1)
36... Be2 $1 {White overlooked this strong move.} 37. Rxf5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (
37. Bc6 Ne4 38. Rg1 Bf1 39. Re8 Rxe8 40. Bxe8 f4 41. Bc6 Nd2 $19) (37. R1xe2
Nxe2 38. Nd3 Rxf3 39. gxf3 Nd4 40. Ne1 {was the only way to continue
resistance.}) 37... Bxf3 38. Rxf3 Rgxg2+ 39. Kh1 Rh2+ 40. Kg1 Ne2+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.09.18"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D98"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "164"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Bg4 8.
Be3 Nfd7 9. Rd1 Nc6 10. Be2 Nb6 11. Qc5 Qd6 12. e5 Qxc5 13. dxc5 Nc8 14. Bf4
Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Bxe5 17. O-O c6 18. Rfe1 Bg7 19. Rd7 Rb8 20. Ne4
Bxb2 21. g3 b6 22. Rc7 Rd8 23. Rxc6 bxc5 24. Nxc5 Bd4 25. Rd1 Nb6 26. Na6 Rbc8
27. Nb4 Bf6 28. Rxd8+ Rxd8 29. Rc7 Rd7 30. Rxd7 Nxd7 31. Nc6 a6 32. a4 Nc5 33.
a5 Kf8 34. Be2 Bc3 35. Nb8 Bxa5 36. Nxa6 Nb3 37. Bd1 Nd4 38. Nc5 Bb4 39. Nd3
Bd6 40. f4 h6 41. Kf2 g5 42. Ke3 Nf5+ 43. Kf3 e6 44. Nf2 Ba3 45. Nd3 Ke7 46.
Kf2 Bd6 47. Bh5 Bc7 48. Kg2 Ne3+ 49. Kf2 Nd5 50. fxg5 hxg5 51. Bf3 Bb6+ 52. Ke2
Nc3+ 53. Kd2 Nb5 54. g4 Kd6 55. h3 Bd4 56. Ke2 Bg1 57. Kf1 Nd4 58. Be4 Be3 59.
Kg2 Bd2 60. Ba8 Be3 61. Kg3 Nb5 62. Bb7 Kc7 63. Bg2 Nd6 64. h4 gxh4+ 65. Kxh4
Kd7 66. g5 Ke7 67. Kg4 Bd2 68. Bc6 Kf8 69. Nc5 Bb4 70. Ne4 Nf5 71. Kh5 Ba3 72.
Ba4 Bc1 73. Bc2 Kg7 74. Bd3 Nd4 75. Bb1 Nf3 76. Bc2 Be3 77. Bd3 Kf8 78. Bc2 Ke7
79. g6 f5 80. Nd6 Bd4 81. Nxf5+ exf5 82. Bxf5 Bg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.09.19"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qb3 d5 6. cxd5 Qxd5 7. Nc3 {This
normal move (well, White gets his pawn structure damaged but quickly develops
his pieces) is very rarely played. But indeed, it is not very promising.} (7.
Qc2 {is the main theoretical line.}) (7. Qd1 {- see Morozevich - Anand in CBM
117.}) 7... Qxb3 8. axb3 Bb7 (8... Bb4 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. O-O a5 11. Bf4 Na6 12.
Ne5 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Nd5 14. Rfc1 Nxf4+ 15. gxf4 f6 16. Nd3 Kd7 17. Kf3 Rhd8 18.
e3 Bf8 19. h4 Kc8 20. Ke2 Kb7 21. h5 h6 22. Rg1 Nb4 $11 {1/2 Short,N (2682)
-Gwaze,R (2429)/Luanda ANG 2011/The Week in Chess 864 (43)}) (8... Nd5 9. Nxd5
exd5 10. Bf4 Bb4+ 11. Kd1 Bd6 12. Bxd6 cxd6 13. Bh3 Bb5 14. Rc1 Bd7 15. Bg2 Be6
16. Kd2 Kd7 17. Rc3 Nc6 18. Rhc1 Rhc8 19. e3 h6 20. Ne1 Nb4 $11 {1/2 Lysyj,I 
(2576)-Iljin,A (2529)/St Petersburg 2007/CBM 117 ext (40)}) 9. Bg2 a6 (9... a5
{is more active:} 10. O-O Na6 11. Bf4 Bd6 12. Rfc1 O-O-O 13. Bxd6 Rxd6 14. e3
Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Nd5 {1/2 Huzman,A (2591)-Kishnev,S (2497)/Chalkidiki 2002/CBM 092
}) 10. O-O (10. Bf4 Bd6 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Bxd6 cxd6 13. Nd2 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Ke7
15. b4 Rhc8 16. e4 d5 17. e5 Ne8 18. Ra3 Nc7 19. Rfa1 Rcb8 (19... Rab8 $142)
20. Nb3 Kd8 21. Nc1 Kc8 22. b5 a5 23. Nd3 Ra7 24. b4 Rba8 25. f4 $14 {1-0
Bunzmann,D (2498)-Rau,H (2325)/Schwaebisch Gmuend 2003/EXT 2004 (51)}) 10...
Nbd7 11. Bg5 {This plan is weaker than} (11. Bf4) 11... Bd6 12. Rfc1 O-O 13.
Nd2 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Rfc8 15. Nce4 Bf8 {Too passive. Black allows White to
destroy his pawn structure on the kingside and create potential objects of
attack. Other options were more appropriate:} (15... Bb4) (15... Be7) (15...
Ne8) 16. Bxf6 (16. Rc6 Nd5) 16... gxf6 17. g4 (17. Rc6 {looks logical but
Black will easily oust that rook:} f5 18. Ng5 Nb8 19. Rc2 c5 $11) 17... c5 18.
dxc5 Bxc5 19. Nf3 Kf8 20. b4 Bxb4 21. Rxa6 Bc5 22. Rca1 Rxa6 23. Rxa6 {[%mdl
4096]} b5 24. Ra5 b4 25. Rb5 $14 Be7 26. b3 Rc7 27. Nd4 Kg7 28. f4 Bf8 29. e3 {
Black is completely passive.} Kg6 30. h4 (30. f5+ $5 exf5 31. Nxf5) 30... Kg7
31. Kf3 Be7 32. Ke2 Nc5 33. Nd2 Nb7 34. Nc4 Nc5 35. Nd2 Nb7 36. Ne4 Nd6 37. Rc5
$6 {A strange decision. Without rooks White's winning chances will be slim.
Don't forget that two knights can't mate a bare king!} (37. Nxd6 $142 Bxd6 38.
h5) 37... Rxc5 38. Nxc5 h5 $1 39. gxh5 Kh6 40. Nc6 Bf8 41. Nxb4 Kxh5 42. Nc6
Kxh4 43. Kf3 Kh5 44. b4 Kg6 45. Nd7 Bh6 46. Ke2 (46. Nd4 $142 {but Black
should not lose after} e5 47. fxe5 fxe5 48. Nxe5+ Kg5) 46... e5 47. Ne7+ (47.
fxe5 fxe5 48. Ncxe5+ Kf5) 47... Kg7 48. Kf3 exf4 49. e4 Nb5 50. Kg4 (50. Nf5+
Kg6 51. Nxh6 Kxh6 52. Kxf4 {was the last chance. Black must defend accurately,
e.g.} Kg6 53. Nb6 Kg7 54. Nd5 Kg6 55. Ne7+ Kg7 56. Ke3 Kf8 (56... Kh6 {is also
good, e.g.} 57. Kd3 Kg5 58. Kc4 Nc7 $1 59. Nd5 Ne6 60. b5 f5 61. b6 Nd8) ({
or even} 56... f5 $5 57. Nxf5+ Kf6) 57. Nf5 Ke8 58. Kd3 Kd7 59. Kc4 Na3+ 60.
Kd5 (60. Kc5 Ke6) 60... Nb5 61. Kc5 Nc3 62. Ng3 Ke6 63. Kc4 Nb1 64. Kb3 Nd2+ {
etc.}) 50... f3 51. Nf5+ Kh8 52. Kxf3 Bd2 53. Nxf6 Bxb4 54. e5 Bc3 55. Ke4 Nc7
56. Nd7 Kh7 57. Kf4 Nd5+ 58. Ke4 Nc7 59. Ne7 Kg7 60. Kf5 Bb4 61. Nc6 Ba3 62.
Nd4 Ne6 63. Nxe6+ fxe6+ 64. Kxe6 Bb2 65. Ke7 Bxe5 66. Nxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Slam Final 4th"]
[Site "Sao Paulo/Bilbao"]
[Date "2011.09.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2011.09.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. a3 Be7 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Nfd7 7. Ngf3 a5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Nb1 c5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Nc3 Be6 12. Bb5+ Nc6 13. O-O O-O 14. Be3 Rc8
15. Rb1 Nd7 16. Nxd5 Ndxe5 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Re1 Nc4 20. Qa4
Nxe3 21. Rxe3 b6 22. Bd3 Rfd8 23. Bf5 Qd7 24. Qxd7 Bxd7 25. Bxd7 Rxd7 26. g3 g6
27. b4 axb4 28. Rxb4 Rc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Slam Final 4th"]
[Site "Sao Paulo/Bilbao"]
[Date "2011.09.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[Annotator "Moradiabadi,E"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2011.09.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 {The English Opening is becoming a frequent visitor at top
level encounters. No wonder, Staunton, one of the chess pioneers of the 19th
century, was the one who promoted this line!} Nc6 3. Nc3 Bc5 4. e3 d6 5. Bg2 a6
6. d3 Ba7 7. Rb1 $146 {This is the novelty, However, I do not see any
importance in it. The move order does not matter that much in this position.
Ivanchuk simply puts his rook on the b-file in order to prepare the advance of
the b-pawn.} Bf5 8. b4 Qc8 9. h3 $1 {A typical move which prevents the
exchange of light squared bishops.} Nge7 10. Nge2 O-O 11. Qd2 h6 12. a3 Nd8 13.
Bb2 f6 14. Rc1 {Both players are regrouping their pieces more or less in the
best way they can. I believe that White has a clear edge thanks to the space
advantage he has. On the other hand, Black has no clear weakness.} c6 15. d4
Nf7 16. e4 $6 {The right idea at the wrong time! This move is a bit premature
because it gives the black bishop on a7 some extra power, by weakening the
a7-g1 diagonal.} (16. h4 Qd7 17. O-O Bh3 {was a safe alternative, which
Ivanchuk was not looking for!}) 16... Bd7 17. Nd1 f5 $6 (17... Ng5 $2 18. h4
Bh3 19. Rxh3 $1 Nxh3 20. Ne3 Qd7 21. Rd1 {and White is better thanks to the
hanging knight on h3.}) (17... exd4 18. Nxd4 c5 (18... f5 $2 19. Qc3 $18) 19.
Ne2 Ne5 {and Black is very much in the game.} 20. Bxe5 (20. f4 Bxh3) 20... dxe5
21. Nec3 Nc6) 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. c5 $1 {From now on Ivanchuk restrains the
bishop on a7 and the knight on f7. A very strong positional performance by the
new world championship Candidate!} Bb8 20. Ne3 fxe4 21. h4 $1 {Outplays the
knight on f7 forever!} Nd5 $2 {By trading his only potentially active piece,
Vallejo makes his own day gloomy.} (21... Rd8 22. Qc2 a5 23. O-O axb4 24. axb4
Be6 25. Bxe4 Nd5 {could keep Vallejo in the game.}) 22. Nc3 Nxe3 23. Qxe3 a5
24. O-O axb4 25. axb4 Bh3 $6 {And now the bishop!} 26. Bxh3 Qxh3 27. Nxe4 {
Just by comparing the minor pieces one can see the superiority of White's
position.} Bc7 28. Qb3 Bd8 29. Rc3 (29. f4 {was the active alternative,
however, the essence of position remains intact. White is winning.}) 29... Qg4
30. f3 Qg6 31. Kh2 Kh7 32. Rd1 b6 33. Qc2 bxc5 34. Rxc5 Kh8 35. Rxc6 Qh5 36.
Kg2 Bxh4 37. g4 {Ivanchuk traps the queen on h5, a nice positional achievement
by Ivanchuk.} 1-0

[Event "Grand Slam Final 4th"]
[Site "Sao Paulo/Bilbao"]
[Date "2011.09.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "2817"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "Moradiabadi,E"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2011.09.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 {This is the Tabiya move of the "Schliemann
Defence". It is a rare guest at the top though, it has been seen in the
repertoire of Azeri Super-GM Teimor Radjabov, who is using it successfully.
What, I wonder, did Ivanchuk choose to abandon to try it instead?!} 4. d3 {
This is the solidest approach. There are a lot of fireworks in this opening,
from Anand refrains from facing.} (4. Nc3 fxe4 5. Nxe4 d5 6. Nxe5 dxe4 7. Nxc6
Qg5 8. Qe2 Nf6 9. f4 Qxf4 10. d4 Qd6 11. Ne5+ c6 12. Bc4 Be6 13. c3 Bxc4 14.
Qxc4 Qd5 15. Qb3 {1-0 (66) Karjakin,S (2776) -Nisipeanu,L (2659) Medias 2011.
This is what has to be investigated and will become one of the main positions
in this developing opening.}) 4... fxe4 5. dxe4 Nf6 6. O-O {There are other
options such as:} (6. Qd3 Bb4+ 7. c3 Be7 8. Bxc6 dxc6 9. Qxd8+ Bxd8 10. O-O O-O
{1/2-1/2 (46) Karjakin,S (2760)-Aronian,L (2801) Moscow 2010. Which yields
positions similar to the Spanish Exchange.}) (6. Be3 $5 {was another
interesting recent novelty by another Azeri Super-GM!} Bb4+ 7. c3 Be7 8. Bxc6
bxc6 9. Nxe5 Ba6 10. Nd2 Rb8 11. Qa4 Qc8 12. O-O-O {1-0 (23) Gashimov,V (2760)
-Azarov,S (2648) Khanty Mansiysk 2011. With a much preferable position for
White.}) 6... Bc5 7. Nc3 ({Another alternative is} 7. Qd3 d6 (7... Nd4 {
This rare move is bound to become fashionable, both as a result of Black's
success and the engines' support of it.} 8. Nxd4 Bxd4 9. Nd2 a6 10. Ba4 Qe7 11.
Nf3 Bb6 12. Bg5 O-O 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Nh4 d6 $132 {1/2-1/2 (31) Nisipeanu,L 
(2659) -Radjabov,T (2744) Medias 2011}) 8. Qc4 {would lead to a long
theoretical battle.}) 7... O-O 8. Bg5 d6 9. Nd5 Kh8 10. c3 {A rare choice but
still a lot of theory.} Ne7 11. Nxf6 gxf6 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. fxe3 Ng6 {White's
doubled pawns on the e-file are Black's compensation for his backward pawn on
f6. Tit for tat!} 14. Nd2 c6 15. Bd3 Be6 16. Rf2 Qb6 17. Nf1 Rf7 {Both parties
are regrouping their pieces.} 18. Qh5 Rg8 19. Re1 d5 ({The greedy} 19... Bxa2 {
could causes Black some problems such as} 20. Ng3 {However after} Be6 {White
has nothing more than "compensation".} (20... Ne7 $2 21. b3 $1 Bxb3 (21... Qxb3
22. Ra1 {and the bishop is trapped.}) 22. Rb1 Qxe3 23. Rxb3 {with a winning
position for White.})) 20. Ng3 $6 {I believe that this where Anand starts to
go astray. The position is still balanced but it is Black now who is dictating
the game. This is a fact that Anand seemed to refuse to acknowledge during the
game.} (20. exd5 cxd5 21. Bf5 {would have resulted in a dynamic equilibrium.} (
21. Ng3 $6 e4 22. Bb1 Ne5 {causes White trouble.})) 20... d4 21. exd4 exd4 22.
e5 $2 {Optimism? miscalculation? This is too much. Anand loses a pawn and the
pin on f2 will become a deadly weapon in Black's hand.} dxc3 23. Bxg6 Rxg6 24.
bxc3 Bg4 25. Qh4 fxe5 26. Ne4 Be6 27. Kh1 Rxf2 28. Nxf2 Qb2 29. Rd1 Qe2 30. h3
h6 $6 {This just makes things a bit shaky. Instead, Ivanchuk could place his
bishop on tthe excellent post of d5. This multi-purpose move closes the d-file
and attacks the g2 point at the same time.} (30... Bd5 $1 31. Qd8+ Kg7 32. Qe7+
Bf7 {And White's queen retreat is mandatory.} 33. Qh4 h5 $1 {followed by ...
Bd5 which this time is deadly because this time Black's king is sheltered on
the h-file. Who can blame Ivanchuk for not seeing this in time trouble?!}) 31.
Kh2 Qe3 $6 {This seems like a waste of time but it is crucial to take drastic
measures from a human point of view.} 32. Rd8+ Kh7 33. Rb8 $6 (33. a4 {could
keep White in the game.}) 33... Rg7 34. Rf8 Qg5 35. Qe4+ Qg6 36. g4 Bxa2 {
Ivanchuk could have played this after trading queens and made it easier on
himself.} 37. Qxe5 Qe6 38. Qf4 Rf7 39. Rxf7+ Qxf7 40. Qe4+ Kg7 41. Nd3 Qc7+ 42.
Ne5 Qd6 43. Kg3 a5 $1 {The free pawn has to be pushed!} 44. Qf4 a4 45. g5 hxg5
46. Qxg5+ Kf8 $1 {After time trouble, Ivanchuk's nerves are calm. This is the
most accurate.} 47. c4 c5 48. Qf5+ Ke7 49. Kg2 Bb3 $6 {Loss of a tempo?} 50.
Qe4 b6 (50... a3 {would have sealed White's fate much earlier.} 51. Qxb7+ Ke6
52. Qxb3 Qd2+ 53. Kf3 a2 $3 {And Black wins!} 54. Nd3 Kf5 $3 {Look at the
position! It is insane!}) 51. Ng4+ {Now Black is clearly winning and Ivanchuk
gradually converts his advantage.} Qe6 52. Qb7+ Kf8 53. Qb8+ Kg7 54. Qc7+ Kg6
55. Qf4 Bc2 56. Qh6+ Kf7 57. Qf4+ Kg7 58. Qc1 Be4+ 59. Kg3 Qd6+ 60. Kh4 Qe7+
61. Kg3 Qd6+ 62. Kh4 Kf7 63. Qb2 Bf5 64. Qf2 Kg6 65. Qa2 Bxg4 66. hxg4 Qd8+ 67.
Kg3 Qd3+ 68. Kh4 a3 69. Qa1 Kf7 0-1

[Event "Grand Slam Final 4th"]
[Site "Sao Paulo/Bilbao"]
[Date "2011.09.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2011.09.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nd2 {
A relatively new reaction to the Westphalian System. However, the knight move
looks somewhat artificial.} c6 (7... Be7 {[%cal Yb7b6,Yc7c5] is another
logical plan.}) 8. e3 Nf8 (8... O-O {is apparently less accurate as Black will
need to play ...Rf8-e8 to transfer his knight to e6:} 9. Bd3 Re8 10. Qc2 $142
$1 {[%cal Ye1c1]} (10. O-O Nf8 11. a3 (11. Qf3 Be7 12. Rab1 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6
14. b4 a6 15. a4 b5 16. Rfc1 Ne6 17. Ne2 Bd7 18. Ng3 g6 $11 {0-1 Krizsany,L 
(2370)-Luther,T (2480)/Kecskemet 1993/CBM 037 ext (55)}) (11. Qc2 Bd6 12. Kh1
g6 13. Rae1 Ne6 14. Bh4 Be7 15. f3 c5 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Nb3 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Be6
19. Re2 Qb6 {1/2 Oms Pallisse,J-Garcia Ilundain,D (2480)/Las Palmas 1993/EXT
1998}) 11... Be7 (11... Bd6 12. b4 (12. e4 dxe4 13. Ndxe4 Be7 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. d5 Rd8 17. Be4 Be6 18. Qb3 cxd5 19. Bxd5 Rd7 $11 {1/2 Dreev,A 
(2705)-Zvjaginsev,V (2649)/Sochi 2005/CBM 107 (22)}) (12. Qf3 Be7 13. Bxf6 Bxf6
14. b4 Be7 15. Rfc1 Bd6 16. Na4 Qg5 17. Qe2 Bg4 $11 {0-1 Beliavsky,A (2654)
-Milov,V (2626)/Saint Vincent 2000/CBM 078 (63)}) 12... Ne6 (12... a6 $5) 13.
Bh4 g6 14. b5 Ng7 15. bxc6 bxc6 16. Bg3 Nf5 17. Bxf5 Bxf5 18. Qa4 Bxg3 19. hxg3
Qd6 20. Rfc1 Ng4 21. Nd1 $14 {[%csl Rc6] 1-0 Suba,M (2520)-Gonzalez Aguirre,L 
(2300)/Oviedo 1993/CBM 038 ext (36)}) 12. b4 a6 13. Nb3 (13. Rb1 Ng4 14. Bxe7
Qxe7 15. Nf3 Ng6 16. Re1 Be6 17. Qc2 Qf6 18. e4 dxe4 19. Bxe4 Rad8 20. Rbd1 Qf4
21. g3 Qh6 $13 {0-1 Zlotnik,B (2455)-Campos,J (2470)/Palma de Mallorca 1992/TD
(52)}) 13... Ng4 (13... Ng6 14. Qc2 Ng4 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. h3 Nh6 17. Rae1 f5
18. f4 Qf6 19. Nd2 Nf7 20. Nf3 Nd6 21. Ne5 $14 {1-0 Suba,M (2520)-Campos,J 
(2485)/Caceres 1996/EXT 2004 (36)}) 14. Bxe7 Qc7 15. g3 Qxe7 16. Qf3 Nh6 17.
Rfe1 Bh3 18. Bf1 Bxf1 19. Kxf1 Ne6 20. h4 f5 21. Nc5 Rf8 22. Ne2 Ng4 23. Kg2
Nf6 24. Nf4 Nd8 25. a4 Ne4 26. Qd1 Nf7 27. f3 Ned6 $11 {1/2 Suba,M (2487)
-Campos Moreno,J (2491)/Barcelona 2000/CBM 077 ext (48)}) 10... Nf8 11. a3 (11.
O-O-O Be6 12. Kb1 Rc8 13. Nb3 b6 14. Ba6 Rb8 15. Be2 Ng6 16. h4 h6 17. h5 Nf8
18. Bh4 Be7 19. Bg3 Bd6 20. Bh4 Be7 21. Ka1 a5 $13 {1-0 Sakaev,K (2634)
-Vitiugov,N (2594)/Khanty Mansiysk 2007/CBM 122 (64)}) 11... Be7 (11... Bd6 12.
O-O-O a5 13. Kb1 Be7 14. h3 Ne4 15. Bxe7 Nxc3+ 16. Qxc3 Qxe7 17. Nb3 Qf6 18.
Qc2 b6 19. g4 Bd7 20. Rhg1 Rac8 21. Bf5 $14 {1-0 Vokac,M (2440)-Luther,T (2495)
/Brno 1991/CBM 026 (37)}) 12. O-O (12. O-O-O Be6 13. Kb1 b6 14. Nf3 b5 15. Ne5
Qb6 16. Ne2 b4 17. Qxc6 bxa3 18. Qxb6 axb6 19. Nc6 Bd6 20. Bf4 Bxf4 21. Nxf4
$14 {1-0 Pantsulaia,L (2490)-Petrosian,T (2321)/Yerevan 2004/CBM 103 ext (34)})
12... g6 13. b4 a6 14. Nb3 Ne6 15. Bh4 Ng7 16. f3 Bf5 17. Bf2 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Bd6
19. Kh1 Nd7 20. e4 Nb6 21. Nc5 Qc7 22. Bg1 Rad8 23. a4 $14 {1-0 Abbasov,F 
(2537)-Bajarani,U (2393)/Baku 2011/CBM 140 Extra (38)}) (8... Nb6 9. Qc2 Be6
10. Bd3 h6 11. Bh4 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Nf3 Nfd7 14. Bg3 c5 {1/2 Almeida
Quintana,O (2488)-Baron Rodriguez,J (2431)/Havana 2007/CBM 118 ext (40)} 15.
Nb5 $1 $14) (8... h6 $5 9. Bh4 O-O 10. Bd3 Re8 11. O-O Be7 (11... Nf8 12. Qc2
Bd6 13. Bg3 Bxg3 14. hxg3 Ne6 15. b4 Qe7 16. Rab1 Ng5 17. b5 c5 18. dxc5 Qxc5
19. Rfc1 d4 20. Nd1 Qxc2 21. Rxc2 Bg4 22. Nc4 Rad8 23. Ndb2 Nd5 24. exd4 {
1/2 Arlandi,E (2435)-Braga,F (2385)/Reggio Emilia 1992/EXT 2000}) 12. Qc2 b6
13. e4 dxe4 14. Ndxe4 Bb7 15. Rfe1 Nxe4 16. Bxe7 Rxe7 17. Nxe4 Nf8 18. Rad1 Qd7
19. Bc4 Rae8 $11 {1/2 Vokac,M (2465)-Jirovsky,M (2420)/Luhacovice 1993/TD (54)}
) 9. Bd3 Be7 (9... Ne6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Qa4 {[%cal Rc3d5]} Bxc3 12. bxc3 O-O
13. O-O h5 14. Rae1 h4 15. Qd1 Re8 16. f4 c5 17. Qh5 Nc7 18. Qh7+ Kf8 19. e4
$16 {1-0 Vokac,M (2485)-Zvolanek,L (2365)/Czechia 1994/TD (35)}) (9... Ng6 10.
Qa4 $1 (10. O-O O-O 11. h4 (11. Qc2 h6 $11) 11... h6 12. h5 hxg5 13. hxg6 fxg6
14. Qb3 Ba5 15. e4 Bb6 16. exd5 cxd5 17. Nde4 $1 Be6 18. Rae1 Bxd4 19. Nxf6+
Rxf6 20. Rxe6 Rxe6 21. Nxd5 $44 {1-0 Ftacnik,L (2535)-Winants,L (2505)/Tilburg
1992/CBM 032/[Ftacnik] (26)}) 10... Be7 11. Qc2 Be6 12. h3 $14 Bb4 $6 13. f4 $1
Bd7 14. O-O $16 h6 $6 15. Bxg6 fxg6 16. Qxg6+ Kf8 17. Bh4 Qe8 18. Qd3 $16 {
1/2 Chernin,A (2620)-Greenfeld,A (2520)/Beersheba 1992/CBM 030 (36)}) 10. Qc2 (
10. h3 Ne6 11. Bh4 O-O 12. O-O g6 13. a3 a5 14. Na4 Ra7 15. Qc2 Ng7 16. Nc5 Nf5
17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nf3 Be7 19. Rfe1 Bd6 $10 {1/2 Alterman,B (2515)-Dizdar,G 
(2495)/Debrecen 1992/EU-chT (31)}) 10... Ne6 11. Bh4 g6 {[%cal Ye6g7,Yc8f5]
One of the key ideas of the Queen's Gambit Exchanged.} 12. h3 O-O ({For} 12...
Ng7 {White has prepared} 13. g4 h5 14. O-O-O $1) 13. Nf3 (13. O-O Ng7 $1 {as}
14. g4 {is now obviously inappropriate}) (13. O-O-O c5 $1) 13... a5 {A useful
move, both for the queenside counterplay (if White castles long) and to
prevent b2-b4 (in case White castles kingside).} 14. g4 $6 {Aronian's pet move.
But it was more appropriate here to create pressure on the queenside:} (14. O-O
$142 Ng7 15. Qb3 {[%cal Yc3a4]}) 14... b5 $1 15. Ne5 (15. O-O-O a4 $36 {<<}) (
15. O-O $5) 15... Bb7 16. f4 c5 $1 {[%mdl 4] It turns out that Black is better
prepared for the complications.} 17. f5 $6 (17. Nxb5 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Nxd4 19.
exd4 Ne4 $44) 17... cxd4 18. fxe6 dxc3 19. O-O d4 $5 20. Nxf7 $2 {After this
bad move Black starts a decisive attack.} (20. exf7+ Kg7 21. bxc3 dxe3 22. Qh2
$1 $13 {was still playable.}) 20... Qd5 $19 {[%cal Rd5h1,Rd5e6][%mdl 128]} 21.
Bxf6 (21. e4 Qxe6 22. Ng5 $8 Qe5 {[%cal Rf6d7]} 23. Nf3 (23. Qb3+ Nd5 $1) (23.
bxc3 Nd7 $1 24. Qb3+ Kh8 25. Nf7+ Rxf7 26. Qxf7 Bxh4) 23... Qf4 24. Rae1 Nxg4
$1 25. hxg4 (25. Bxe7 Qg3+ 26. Qg2 Rxf3) 25... Qxg4+ 26. Qg2 Qxg2+ 27. Kxg2
Rxf3 $1 28. Rxf3 Bxh4 $19) 21... Qh1+ 22. Kf2 Qxh3 $1 23. Ke1 cxb2 24. Qxb2
Bb4+ 25. Kd1 Bf3+ 26. Rxf3 Qxf3+ 27. Be2 Qxf6 28. g5 Qg7 29. Qxd4 {
Time-trouble chaos now takes the floor.} Rxf7 $138 (29... Bc5 $142 $1 30. Qxg7+
Kxg7 31. Bxb5 Rab8 32. a4 Rb6 $19) 30. exf7+ Qxf7 31. Rc1 (31. Bxb5 Rc8 32. Qe4
$1 Rc5 $17 {[%csl Rg5]}) 31... Rb8 32. a4 $4 $138 {[%mdl 8192]} (32. Rc2 {
still enabled White to fight on.}) 32... Qb3+ 33. Rc2 Qb1+ 34. Rc1 Qb3+ 35. Rc2
Rc8 36. Bc4+ bxc4 37. Qd5+ Kf8 38. Qd7 Re8 0-1

[Event "Grand Slam Final 4th"]
[Site "Sao Paulo/Bilbao"]
[Date "2011.10.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2823"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2011.09.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. a3
O-O 9. Qd2 b6 10. g3 (10. Bd3 f6 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. Bb5 Qc7 13. Bxc6 Qxc6 14.
Ne5 Qe8 15. Qe2 Nd7 16. Nxd7 Bxd7 17. O-O Qg6 18. a4 c4 19. Rf3 a6 20. a5 b5
21. Nd1 b4 22. Nf2 Bb5 23. Rg3 Qf5 24. Qg4 Rf7 25. Qd1 c3 26. Ng4 Kh8 27. Ne5
Rff8 28. b3 Bf6 29. Ng4 Be8 30. Nxf6 gxf6 31. Qg4 Bg6 32. Qxf5 Bxf5 33. Ra2 h5
34. Bf2 Kh7 35. Re3 Rf7 36. Bh4 Rg8 37. g3 Be4 38. Re2 Kg6 39. Ra4 Rb7 40. h3
Re8 41. Ra1 e5 42. fxe5 fxe5 43. dxe5 Rxe5 44. Rf1 Rf5 45. Rxf5 Bxf5 46. Bd8 d4
47. g4 hxg4 48. hxg4 Bxc2 49. Rxc2 d3 {0-1 (49) Macieja,B (2470)-Morozevich,A 
(2590)/St Petersburg 1997/CBM 062}) 10... Kh8 11. h4 f6 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Bh3
Bd7 14. Rd1 cxd4 15. Nxd4 e5 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. fxe5 d4 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. O-O
dxc3 20. Qxd8 Raxd8 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. b3 {From here on the Norwegian GM
proceeds to outplay the tournament leader in this double-bishops ending.
Typical Carlsen.} Re8 23. Bf2 Be4 24. Re1 Re7 25. Rc1 h5 26. Bg2 Bf5 27. Bf3 g6
28. a4 Kh7 29. b4 g5 30. a5 g4 31. axb6 axb6 32. Bc6 Re2 33. Bxb6 Be5 34. b5
Kg7 35. Ba5 Rxc2 36. Rxc2 Bxc2 37. Kf2 $2 (37. b6 {would have probably held
the position.}) 37... Bd3 38. Ke3 Bg6 39. Be4 $2 ({Once again White could have
tried to defend with} 39. b6) 39... c2 40. Bd2 Bxg3 41. Bxg6 Kxg6 42. Kd3 Bf2
43. Kxc2 g3 44. Bf4 g2 45. Bh2 Kf5 {Nicely played by the amazing Magnus. A
game to study.} 0-1

[Event "Grand Slam Final 4th"]
[Site "Sao Paulo/Bilbao"]
[Date "2011.10.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2011.09.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. f4 Bb4 8. Nb3
Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 d6 (9... Qxc3+ $2 10. Bd2 Qc6 11. Qe2 {gives White huge
compensation.}) 10. Ba3 O-O 11. Qd2 Rd8 12. O-O Nc6 13. Rf3 b5 14. Rg3 Kh8 15.
Rf1 Bb7 16. f5 Rg8 17. Qg5 e5 $6 {A tempting move: closing the position and
aiming to play ...d5 very soon. Of course, Nakamura is taking risks, playing
sharp positions as always, which is more than pleasant for the spectators.} ({
I think the brave} 17... exf5 18. Rxf5 Qd8 $1 {should simply be fine for Black,
since after} 19. Qh4 {(with the idea of e5! opening the diagonal for the
d3-bishop) Black is in time to play} (19. Rh3 $2 Bc8 {or even just 19...Ne5}
20. e5 $2 Nxe5 21. Rxf6 Bxh3 $19) 19... Ne5) 18. Qh4 Ne7 $2 {A losing move in
a very complicated position.} ({Black had to play} 18... Nb8 $1 {with the idea
of} 19. Rh3 (19. Rxg7 Rxg7 20. Qxf6 Nd7 $13) 19... Nbd7 $1 20. Bc1 {and now
Black would be able to realise his plan with} d5 $1 21. exd5 (21. g4 dxe4 22.
Be2 Nf8 {is good for Black.}) 21... Qd6 {and the position is quite unclear. Of
course Black had to find only moves, and will probably need to find more!}) 19.
Rh3 $1 {A good move, though 19.Bc1 is also very strong.} (19. Bc1 $5 d5 $8 {
Otherwise Bg5 just wins.} 20. Nd4 $1 {This is purely a computer move, and
while not the only strong move, it is the best: so let's put it as a main move,
even though it is completely impossible to find without assistance :) I
checked several lines with my engine, but as it wasn't extremely deep, there
might be mistakes!} (20. Rh3 $5 Rgd8 $8 21. g4 (21. Bg5 $2 Neg8 $132) 21...
dxe4 22. Be2 {and Black wants to reply ...Nxf5! if White pushes g5 followed by
...Bc8, but White can even prepare slowly (starting with Be3) and I don't see
what Black can do. It seems winning for White.} (22. g5 Nxf5 23. Rxf5 Bc8 24.
Rxf6 Bxh3 25. Qxe4 (25. Bxe4 Rd1+ 26. Kf2 Rf1+ 27. Kg3 Rg1+ 28. Kxh3 Qc8+ 29.
Bf5 Qxc3+ 30. Bd3 Qc8+ 31. Rf5 g6 32. Qf2 Rxc1 33. Nxc1 gxf5 {is not entirely
clear.}) 25... g6 26. Bb2 $16)) (20. Bg5 Qb6+ 21. Be3 $1 Qd6 (21... Qc7 22. Rh3
Rgd8 23. g4 dxe4 24. g5 Nxf5 25. Rxf5 Bc8 26. Rxf6 Bxh3 27. Bxe4 Rd1+ 28. Kf2
Rf1+ 29. Kg3 $18) 22. Rh3 dxe4 (22... Rgc8 23. g4 $18) 23. Bg5 Ned5 24. c4 (24.
Bxe4 Rgc8 {is not so clear.}) 24... bxc4 25. Bxc4 e3 $8 26. Rff3 Qb6 27. Bxd5
e2+ 28. Be3 Qd6 29. c4 Rgc8 30. Bd2 Bxd5 31. cxd5 Rc2 32. Re3 a5 33. Rxe2 a4
34. Nc1 Rxd2 35. Rxd2 Qc5+ 36. Kf1 Qxc1+ 37. Qe1 $16) 20... dxe4 (20... exd4
$140 $2 21. Bg5 Qd6 22. Rh3 $18) (20... Qd6 21. Rh3 $1 Rge8 22. g4 dxe4 23. g5
$18) (20... Qb6 21. Be3 $18) (20... Qxc3 21. Nf3 $18) 21. Bg5 Qd6 22. Rh3 Ned5
23. Bxe4 Rgb8 24. Bxd5 Qxd5 25. Nf3 $18) 19... d5 20. Nc5 $6 {Only "dubious",
even though the evaluation of the position drops down a lot. In my opinion
this is a brillant conception by Ivanchuk, though the game is going to carry
on longer!} (20. Rff3 $1 {just wins, though Black can get "only" a lost
endgame after finding some genius moves:} Rgc8 $1 {Far from easy to find in my
opinion!! But anyway, all lines are pretty computer-like, so Ivanchuk must
have miscalculated something, since 20.Rff3 is a very attractive and logical
move.} (20... dxe4 $2 21. Qxh7+ {Oops!} Nxh7 22. Rxh7+ Kxh7 23. Rh3#) (20... h6
21. Bc1 $18) (20... Rgd8 $2 21. g4 Neg8 22. g5 dxe4 23. gxf6 Nxf6 24. Rfg3 $1
$18) 21. Bxe7 (21. g4 Neg8 22. g5 dxe4 23. gxf6 Nxf6 24. Rfg3 Qb6+ {The rook
on c8 prevents Bc5!} 25. Kf1 exd3 26. Rxg7 Kxg7 27. Rg3+ Kh8 28. Qh6 Rg8 29.
Be7 Rxg3 30. Bxf6+ Qxf6 31. Qxf6+ Rg7 32. cxd3 {is not entirely clear.}) 21...
Qxe7 22. g4 h6 (22... dxe4 23. g5 h6 24. gxf6 Qxf6 25. Bxe4 $18) 23. g5 Nh7 (
23... Ng8 24. f6 Qf8 25. fxg7+ Qxg7 26. Rfg3 $18) 24. f6 Qf8 $8 25. exd5 (25.
Rfg3 dxe4 26. Bxe4 Rc4 27. Nd2 Rxe4 28. Nxe4 Bc8 29. fxg7+ Qxg7 30. Qxh6 $16)
25... Bxd5 26. Rfg3 e4 $8 27. Bxe4 Bxe4 28. Qxe4 Re8 29. Qf3 Re1+ 30. Kg2 Rae8
31. Nd4 R8e3 32. fxg7+ Qxg7 33. gxh6 Qxg3+ 34. Rxg3 Rxf3 35. Rxf3 {should be
winning.}) (20. g4 dxe4 21. Be2 Ned5 22. g5 e3 {is not so clear.}) (20. Bc1 $5)
20... dxe4 (20... Rac8 21. Rff3 $1 (21. g4 dxe4 22. Bxe4 Bxe4 23. Nxe4 Qa7+ {
preventing Bc5 is, once again, the idea of playing ...Rc8.}) 21... Qb6 22. Kh1
Rgd8 $8 23. Nxb7 Qxb7 24. Bxe7 Qxe7 25. g4 h6 $8 26. g5 Nxe4 27. f6 Qf8 28.
Bxe4 dxe4 29. fxg7+ Qxg7 30. Rf6 $18) 21. Bxe4 Bd5 22. g4 h6 (22... Qb6 {
should be best, but White is much better:} 23. Rf2 $1 (23. g5 $4 Bxe4 $19) (23.
Bxd5 Nexd5 24. g5 Rac8 25. gxf6 Nxf6 26. Qf2 Ng4 27. Qh4 Nf6 $11) 23... Rgd8 (
23... h6 24. Bd3 e4 25. Bc1 Nxg4 26. Qxg4 exd3 27. cxd3 $16) 24. Nd3 $1 h6 $8 (
24... Bxe4 25. Bxe7 $18) 25. Bxd5 Nexd5 26. g5 Nf4 27. Nxf4 Rd1+ 28. Kg2 Qc6+
29. Rhf3 Ne4 30. Nh3 Nxf2 31. Nxf2 Rg1+ 32. Kxg1 Qxf3 33. f6 h5 {and the
position is not entirely clear, but of course Black had to defend like crazy
and find very difficult moves.}) 23. g5 Nh7 (23... Nxe4 24. Nxe4 Bxe4 25. Qxe4
Rad8 26. f6 Ng6 27. Bc1 {is better for White, and probably better than the
game.}) 24. f6 Ng6 25. fxg7+ $2 {In these kinds of positions, it's easy to
blunder with Black, but not only...} ({White should go} 25. Qg4 $1 {in order
to play fxg7+ and then take with the rook on h6, which is a much better plan.})
25... Rxg7 26. Qxh6 Rd8 27. Bxg6 fxg6 28. Rf6 Qc8 29. Rh4 Bf7 $2 {Black misses
a way to escape!} ({After} 29... Bg8 $1 {Black seems to be fine:} 30. Ne4 ({
With the idea} 30. Rxg6 $2 Rd1+ 31. Kg2 Bd5+ 32. Ne4 Rf7 $1 $19) (30. Nd3 Qxc3
$13) 30... Qc4 $1 31. Bf8 Rd1+ 32. Kg2 Rf7 {is not clear.}) 30. Nd3 $2 {
White misses a way to win!} (30. Ne4 $1 {[%cal Ga3d6,Ge4d6]} Rd1+ (30... Qb7
31. Bd6 Qd5 32. Be7 Re8 33. Rxf7 Rxf7 34. Bf6+ $18) 31. Kg2 $1 (31. Kf2 $2 Qc4
$1 $11) 31... Qb7 (31... Qc4 32. Bf8 $18) (31... Re1 32. Qxg7+ $1 (32. Kf2 $18)
32... Kxg7 33. Rxf7+ Kxf7 34. Nd6+ $18) 32. Bf8 $18) 30... Kg8 $2 {And...
Black misses a way to escape!} (30... Rxd3 $1 31. cxd3 Qxc3 {seems to be
enough to make a draw!}) 31. Bd6 $1 e4 $2 (31... Re8 $8 32. Nxe5 Qxc3 33. Qxg7+
$1 (33. Rxf7 Qe3+ 34. Rf2 Qb6 {is less clear: thank you, engine!}) 33... Kxg7
34. Rxf7+ Kg8 35. Rhxh7 Qe1+ 36. Kg2 Qe2+ 37. Kh3 Qe3+ 38. Rf3 Qxf3+ 39. Nxf3
Kxh7 40. Be5 {and I suppose this should be winning for White...}) 32. Be5 $18 {
Now it's over.} Rd5 33. Rc6 Qf8 34. Bxg7 {Just for chess beauty?} (34. Rc8 $18)
34... Qxg7 35. Rxe4 Rxg5+ 36. Qxg5 $1 Nxg5 37. Rc8+ Be8 38. Rcxe8+ Kh7 39. Rh4+
1-0

[Event "Grand Slam Final 4th"]
[Site "Sao Paulo/Bilbao"]
[Date "2011.10.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2011.09.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. h4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 h6 7. e4 Bg7 8.
d4 c5 {We reach a normal Grünfeld setup... with h4 and ...h6 included.} 9. Bb5+
(9. Rb1 {would be like the main line, but my feeling is that the "h4-h6"
difference cannot help White.}) 9... Nc6 10. d5 Qa5 11. Rb1 a6 12. Bxc6+ bxc6
13. O-O Bg4 {Till here, things went more or less normally.} 14. d6 $5 (14. dxc6
Rc8 {is about equal.}) 14... Rd8 15. Bf4 exd6 (15... O-O 16. dxe7 Rxd1 17.
exf8=Q+ Kxf8 18. Rfxd1 Kg8 {is proposed by the engine, but since I doubt Black
has any winning chance here; it's better to go for the text move.}) 16. Bxd6
Bf8 (16... Bxf3 17. gxf3 Be5 $6 18. Rb8 $1 Rxb8 19. Bxe5 Rd8 20. Qc1 {is
unpleasant for Black.}) 17. e5 Bxd6 18. exd6 O-O 19. Qd2 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Rd7 21.
Rfd1 Rfd8 22. Qxh6 Qxc3 $6 {A bit over optimistic. Now Black will have to be
careful.} (22... Rxd6 23. Rxd6 Rxd6 {seems like a dead draw to me, though I
might be missing something.}) 23. Qf4 c4 24. h5 Qg7 $6 {The beginning of
Black's problems.} (24... Qa5 {(or maybe even 24...Qh8!)} 25. hxg6 Qh5 {
should be a draw, since Black's pieces are going to get free. Still, this is
already a purely computer defence, even if it is admittedly not entirely
anti-thematic.}) 25. Rb6 Rc8 (25... Kh7 $5 {might be a good defensive move. I
cannot see a good path for White:} 26. Rxc6 gxh5+ 27. Kf1 Qg6 28. Rd5 (28. Qxc4
Rxd6 29. Rcxd6 Rxd6 30. Rxd6 Qxd6 31. Qxf7+ Kh6 {should be drawn.}) 28... Qb1+
29. Kg2 Rg8+ 30. Rg5 Rxg5+ 31. Qxg5 Qg6 32. Qxg6+ Kxg6 33. Rxa6 Kf6 34. Rc6 Ke6
35. Rxc4 Rxd6 {with a probable draw.}) 26. h6 Qc3 $2 (26... Qf8 {was necessary.
} 27. Rxa6 c3 28. Qc1 c2 29. Qxc2 Qxh6 {and White is better, though Black has
good chances to hold.}) 27. Rd4 $6 (27. Kg2 $1 Kh7 28. Rd4 $18) (27. Rb4 $5 {
is not better than 27.Kg2, but I liked quoting it :) The idea of course is}
Qxb4 $4 28. Qf6 {and mate.}) 27... Qe1+ 28. Kg2 Qe6 {Black's only move.} 29.
Rxa6 c3 30. Ra3 Rcd8 31. Rxc3 Rxd6 32. Rxd6 (32. Rcd3 {seems better to me:}
Rxd4 33. Rxd4 Ra8 34. a4 {and Black still has problems to solve, though the
position is far from clear.}) 32... Qxd6 $2 (32... Rxd6 $1 {should hold:} 33.
Rc5 (33. a4 Rd5 34. Re3 Qf5 $11) 33... Qf6 34. Qxf6 Rxf6 35. Kg3 Rd6 {and
Black will stop the a-pawn, or at least keep the c-one. I guess it's an easy
draw.}) 33. Qxd6 $6 (33. h7+ $1 Kg7 (33... Kh8 34. Qxf7 Rf8 35. Rxc6 Rxf7 36.
Rxd6 $18) 34. h8=Q+ Kxh8 35. Qxf7 Rd7 36. Qe8+ Kg7 37. a4 {and I don't think
Black can draw this!}) 33... Rxd6 34. a4 Kh7 $2 (34... Rd5 35. Rxc6 (35. Ra3
Ra5 36. Kf1 Kh7 37. Ke2 Kxh6 38. Kd3 Kg5 39. Kc4 Kf4 40. Kb4 Ra6 41. Kc5 Ke5 $1
{and White cannot make progress. This setup is very important.}) 35... Ra5 (
35... Rd4 $5 {should also be a draw.}) 36. Rc4 Kh7 37. Kf1 Kxh6 38. Ke2 Kg5 39.
Kd3 Kf5 40. Kc3 Ra8 41. Kb4 Rb8+ 42. Ka3 Ra8 {and I believe the endgame is
drawn. I took a bit of time to look a bit deeper, and I believe White has no
way to advance his pawn. Actually, there might be clever plans like} 43. Rc7 f6
44. Rc6 g5 45. Rb6 {in order to prevent Black's king from going to f4 and take
the pawns, but even after a waiting move like} Ra7 {I cannot see a plan for
White, since} 46. Kb4 {is met by} Rf7 $1 {after what ...Kf4 is a threat and
White's rook is no longer able to defend; White can, for example, play} 47. Kc5
{in order to try to advance, but after} Kf4 48. Rb3 Rc7+ {Black will take the
f2-pawn, sac the rook against the a-pawn, push and make a draw. To be more
precise:} 49. Kd6 Rc2 50. Ra3 Rxf2 51. a5 f5 $1 (51... Rh2 $4 52. a6 Rh8 53.
Ke6 $1 $18) 52. a6 (52. Ke6 Re2+ 53. Kf6 g4 $11) 52... Rd2+ 53. Ke7 Rh2 $11)
35. a5 Kxh6 $6 (35... c5 {was probably the only way but after} 36. f4 (36. Ra3
$6 c4 37. f4 Ra6 38. Kf1 Re6 39. a6 c3 $11) 36... Ra6 (36... Kxh6 37. Ra3 c4
38. a6 c3 39. a7 c2 40. a8=Q c1=Q 41. Qh8#) 37. Rxc5 {Black got a much worse
version than 34...Rd5, which I guess should be lost. Still:}) 36. a6 {Now the
game seems to be over.} c5 (36... Rd5 37. Ra3 Rd8 38. a7 Ra8 39. f4 {and White
will just bring his king to the queenside and win:} Kg7 40. Kf3 Kf6 41. Ke4 Ke6
42. Ra6 Kd6 43. Kd4 {and zugzwang later on...}) 37. Ra3 Rd8 38. f4 Kg7 39. Kf3
Kf6 40. a7 Ra8 41. Ke4 Ke6 42. Ra6+ Kd7 43. Kd5 Kc7 44. Kxc5 Kb7 45. Kb5 $1
Rxa7 (45... Kc7 46. Rf6 $18) 46. Rxa7+ Kxa7 47. Kc6 1-0

[Event "Grand Slam Final 4th"]
[Site "Sao Paulo/Bilbao"]
[Date "2011.10.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2817"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2011.09.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Be7 7. Qc2 c5 8. dxc5
bxc5 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 d6 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Rfd1 Qb6 13. Rd2 Rfd8 14. Rad1 a6
15. h3 Bc6 16. Ne1 $146 Qc7 17. Bf3 Ne5 18. Bxc6 Qxc6 19. b3 Ra7 20. Bg3 Qc8 {
Maybe a good move, especially since the World Champion played it, but I simply
don't like it. I feel Black shouldn't be so passive.} (20... Ng6 {was one
decent option, followed by ...Rad7.}) 21. Na4 ({An option for White was simply
} 21. Bxe5 dxe5 22. Rxd8+ Bxd8 23. Nf3 Nd7 {and then a move like} 24. g4 $5 {
with a space and structural advantage. However, Black is still extremely solid
and has no special weakness. Though White's play on the white squares should
be quite easy, I believe Black should hold.}) 21... Re8 22. Bh4 (22. Bxe5 $1 {
was simply strong in my opinion:} dxe5 23. Nf3 (23. e4 $5) 23... e4 {The
"tactical" way, but I'm not sure it is a good idea for Black!} (23... Qc7 24.
e4 $5 {seems simply very unpleasant for Black to me. Maybe Black should hold,
but without a light squared bishop, I would not like to play that position
with Black.}) 24. Ne5 h5 (24... Qc7 25. Ng4 {looks very good for White:} Qc6
26. Nc3 Nxg4 27. hxg4 f5 28. gxf5 exf5 29. Rd5 g6 30. Ne2 {and Black is under
huge pressure.}) 25. g4 $5 {A logical option, though there are some others.
All Black's pieces stand on the queenside, so White tries to act on the
kingside! Somehow, White's pieces should get there faster.} ({The engine
suggests} 25. Nc3 {but after} Qc7 26. Nd7 Nxd7 27. Rxd7 Qxd7 28. Rxd7 Rxd7 29.
Qxe4 Red8 {I don't think White can be so much better.}) 25... Qc7 26. Qb2 hxg4
27. hxg4 Qc8 (27... g5 28. Rd7 Nxd7 29. Rxd7 Qxd7 30. Nxd7 Rxd7 31. Qe5 {
is much better for White (maybe even winning): all Black's pawns are hanging!})
28. g5 Nh7 29. g6 fxg6 30. Nb6 $1 Qc7 31. Nbd7 Ng5 32. Kg2 {and Black is in
huge trouble.}) 22... Ned7 23. Nc3 Ra8 24. f4 Qc7 25. Nf3 Rad8 26. e4 Nb8 27.
e5 {Maybe too early.} ({Something like} 27. Qd3 Nc6 28. Qe3 {in order to
centralise all the pieces might be better. Black is always under pressure,
since e5 may come at any moment, and maybe White can start pushing the
kingside pawns (g4 and so on) sooner or later. Of course Black is very solid,
but the position seems pretty tough to play for him.}) 27... dxe5 28. fxe5 Rxd2
29. Qxd2 Rd8 30. Qe1 Rxd1 31. Nxd1 Nh7 32. Bxe7 Qxe7 33. Nf2 (33. Qa5 {would
have been the only chance to get some advantage, but after} Nc6 $1 ({After} 
33... Qa7 34. Qd8+ $5 {(not the only way)} Nf8 35. Nb2 Nbd7 36. Nd3 Qb7 37. Nd2
Qc6 38. Kf2 {maybe Black is suffering a little bit.}) 34. Qb6 (34. Qxa6 Qc7 $11
) 34... Qd7 35. Nf2 Nd4 36. Qd6 Nxf3+ 37. gxf3 Qb7 38. Ne4 Ng5 {I guess Black
draws by force.}) 33... Qc7 {That position is simply equal.} 34. Ne4 Nf8 35. h4
Nbd7 36. Nf2 Ng6 37. Nd3 Ne7 38. Qe4 Qc6 39. Nf2 Qxe4 40. Nxe4 Nc6 41. Kf2 Kf8
42. g4 Ke7 43. g5 a5 44. Ke3 Ncxe5 45. Nxe5 Nxe5 46. Nxc5 hxg5 47. hxg5 f5 48.
gxf6+ gxf6 49. a3 f5 50. Kd4 Nc6+ 51. Kc3 Kd6 52. b4 axb4+ 53. axb4 e5 54. Nb3
e4 55. b5 Nd8 56. c5+ Kd5 57. Nd4 Kxc5 58. Nxf5 Nb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Slam Final 4th"]
[Site "Sao Paulo/Bilbao"]
[Date "2011.10.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2823"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "Carlsen,M"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2011.09.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 2]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Qc2 {This apparently
came as a suprise to Ivanchuk, even though I played it against Anand in round
6. It might have something to do with the fact that I achieved very little in
that game.} Bb7 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 {All of the three main moves here, d6, 0-0
and Ne4, were tried against me in Bilbao. Regrettably, I did not show the same
versatility, only employing two of the three possible setups from this
position (no e3, Be2 and so on).} Ne4 8. Qc2 f5 9. g3 Nf6 {A case could be
made for including 9... 0-0 10.Bg2 before making this move, which will anyway
be necessary because of Ng5 or Nd2.} 10. Bh3 {Suddenly experiencing a burst of
creativity, I decided to try and exploit the extra opportunity. The main idea
behind this move is to be able to drive away the black bishop from e4 after ...
Be4 Q somewhere, without exchanging bishops.} O-O 11. O-O a5 {A far from
obvious move, which Ivanchuk made immediately.} (11... Qe8 12. d5 {is similar
to the game.}) (11... Be4 12. Qc3 Qe8 {was quite interesting however. Now Nd2
is bad due to ...Qh5, so I was going to continue playing creatively with} 13.
Rd1 Qh5 14. Bf1 {with good chances of fighting for an advantage.}) 12. Rd1 Qe8
13. d5 Na6 14. Bf4 (14. dxe6 dxe6 15. Bf4 {looks a little bit better for White,
but I was looking for something more interesting.}) 14... exd5 $2 {After this
move Black is in serious trouble.} (14... d6 {looked much more logical to me}
15. dxe6 (15. Ng5 Nc5 16. b4 h6 17. bxc5 hxg5 18. Bxg5 Ne4 {Is not that clear})
15... Be4 16. Qc3 Nc5 (16... Qh5 17. Bf1 Nc5 18. Nd4 {just transposes}) 17. Nd4
Qh5 (17... Nxe6 18. Nxe6 Qxe6 19. f3 Bb7 20. e4 $16) 18. Bf1 Rfe8 19. f3 Bb7
20. b4 Nxe6 21. Nxe6 Rxe6 22. c5 dxc5 23. bxc5 Qf7 {and Black is more or less
ok.}) (14... Qh5 15. Bg2 exd5 16. Nd4 g5 {was given as interesting by online
commentators. My decision to not delve deeper into it should be attributed to
laziness, not arrogance.}) 15. Bxf5 dxc4 (15... Ne4 16. Bh3 {looks pretty cool
for White too.}) 16. Ng5 $1 {The point. Now all kinds of tricks are possible.}
Qh5 {More or less forced. Black can hardly afford to give up the h7-pawn, and}
(16... h6 17. Bxd7 Qe7 (17... Qh5 18. g4 Qh4 19. Qxc4+ Kh8 20. Nf7+ Rxf7 21.
Qxf7 $18) 18. Qxc4+ Kh8 19. Qe6 $1 {is pretty straightforward.}) 17. Rxd7 {
This move was so tempting that I hardly looked at others.} ({With a slightly
cooler head, I might have come close to considering} 17. Rd4 $1 Rae8 18. Bd2 {
when Rh4 next will be hard to meet.}) 17... Kh8 {I quickly realised that this
was the only move, but I thought there should still be some relatively easy
way to win here.} (17... Nxd7 18. Bxh7+ Kh8 19. Bg6 Qg4 (19... Qh6 20. Nf7+
Rxf7 21. Bxh6) 20. h3 {loses trivially.}) 18. Re7 $6 {Objetively speaking, a
mistake. Unfortunately, I was not able to coolly give up the exchange without
finding a forced win.} (18. Rad1 $1 Nxd7 19. Rxd7 Nc5 {What else?} 20. Rxc7
Rad8 21. f3 {and White is dominating.}) 18... Nd5 19. Bg4 $6 {Another step in
the wrong direction.} (19. Re5 Nxf4 20. gxf4 {would still retain a clear
advantage.}) 19... Qg6 20. Nf7+ Kg8 21. Bf5 Qxf5 $1 {A nasty suprise.} (21...
Qh5 $145 22. g4 Qh4 23. Bg3 $1 Qxe7 24. Bxh7+ Kxf7 25. Qg6#) 22. Qxf5 Nxe7 23.
Nh6+ gxh6 24. Qg4+ Ng6 25. Bxh6 {Fortunately, White can still fight for an
advantage here, and with the open black king White certainly has the easier
game.} Rf7 26. Rd1 Re8 (26... c3 {would have been an interesting try, but it's
probably no better than the game continuation} 27. h4 $1 (27. bxc3 Nc5 {
is fine for Black}) 27... c2 28. Rd7 Nc5 29. Rxf7 Kxf7 30. Qc4+ Ke7 31. Qxc2 {
and White is clearly on top.}) 27. h4 Nc5 28. h5 Bc8 29. Qxc4 Ne5 30. Qh4 {
By now Ivanchuk had got really short on time, which was not making his job any
easier.} Nc6 $2 {After this Black can hardly defend.} ({The best chance was} 
30... Ne6 31. f4 (31. Rd5 Rf5 $1 {is the key}) 31... Nd7 32. e4 Kh8 {when
there is still all to play for.}) 31. Rd5 Ne6 32. Qc4 (32. Qa4 {would have
been even stronger, but for some reason I did not consider this move at all.
My idea with the text was to win the e5-square for my rook.}) 32... Ncd8 $2 (
32... Ne7 {would have held out much longer, but after} 33. Re5 Nf5 34. Qg4+
Nfg7 35. Qe4 {Black is pretty tied up, and White should win gradually.}) 33.
Qg4+ {Surprisingly the fact that the c8-bishop is unprotected becomes the
decisive factor.} Ng7 {Ivanchuk was visibly shocked when I captured his bishop,
but} (33... Kh8 34. Bd2 $1 {would have been equally bad.}) 34. Qxc8 1-0

[Event "Grand Slam Final 4th"]
[Site "Sao Paulo/Bilbao"]
[Date "2011.10.11"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2807"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2011.09.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. d4 d5 10. g3 Re8 11. c3 Bf8 12. Rxe8 Qxe8 13. Bf4 Bd6 14. Bxd6 Nxd6
15. Nbd2 Be6 16. Qb3 Na5 17. Qa3 Nac4 18. Nxc4 Nxc4 19. Qb3 Qc6 20. Bg2 Re8 21.
Re1 Bc8 22. Qc2 Rxe1+ 23. Nxe1 Qe8 24. Nf3 c6 25. Bf1 h6 26. Nd2 Nxd2 27. Qxd2
Bf5 28. f3 g5 29. Kf2 f6 30. Qe3 Qh5 31. Qe7 Qxh2+ 32. Bg2 Bh3 33. Qe8+ Kg7 34.
Qe7+ Kg8 35. Qe8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Slam Final playoff 4th"]
[Site "Sao Paulo/Bilbao"]
[Date "2011.10.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2823"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "2011.10.11"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 d6 8. g3
Nbd7 9. Bg2 a5 10. b3 O-O 11. O-O Qb8 12. Re1 Re8 13. Bb2 Be4 14. Bf1 e5 15.
Nd2 exd4 16. Qxd4 Bc6 17. e4 b5 18. cxb5 Bxb5 19. Bg2 Ne5 20. Rad1 Nd3 21. Re3
Nxb2 22. Qxb2 Ng4 23. Rc3 Qb6 24. Nc4 Bxc4 25. Rxc4 Rab8 26. Rc3 Re7 27. Qc2 g6
28. h3 Nf6 29. Kh2 h5 30. f4 Qb5 31. Rd4 Qb6 32. Qd3 Rbe8 33. e5 dxe5 34. fxe5
Nh7 35. Rc6 Qa7 36. Qc4 Nf8 37. Ra6 Qb8 38. Ra8 Qb6 39. Ra6 Qb8 40. Bc6 Rxe5
41. Bxe8 Qxe8 42. Rd2 Ne6 43. Rf2 Qd7 44. Qc3 Nd4 45. Raf6 Rf5 46. R6xf5 Nxf5
47. Rd2 Qe7 48. Rf2 Qxa3 49. g4 Qd6+ 50. Kg2 Nh4+ 51. Kg1 hxg4 52. hxg4 Qd1+
53. Kh2 Qxg4 54. Qg3 Qxg3+ 55. Kxg3 Nf5+ 56. Kf4 Nd4 57. Rb2 Ne6+ 58. Ke5 Kg7
59. Ra2 g5 60. Rxa5 Kg6 61. Ra8 Kg7 62. b4 Nf4 63. Kf5 Ne6 64. Rc8 g4 65. Kxg4
Kf6 66. Kf3 Ke5 67. Ke3 Kd5 68. Kd3 f5 69. Rh8 Nf4+ 70. Ke3 Ke5 71. b5 Ne6 72.
Kd3 Kd5 73. Kc3 Kc5 74. Re8 Nf4 75. Re5+ Nd5+ 76. Kd3 c6 77. bxc6 Kxc6 78. Rxf5
Kd6 79. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Slam Final playoff 4th"]
[Site "Sao Paulo/Bilbao"]
[Date "2011.10.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2823"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2011.10.11"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Be3 Qe7 6. Bxc6 bxc6 7. Bxc5 Qxc5
8. Nc3 O-O 9. O-O Rb8 10. Qd2 Qe7 11. b3 c5 12. h3 d6 13. Nh2 Nh5 14. Nd5 Qd8
15. Rae1 Be6 16. Nc3 f5 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. f3 Bg6 19. Rf2 Qh4 20. Nd5 Rf7 21.
Qc3 c6 22. Ne3 Nf4 23. Qd2 Rbf8 24. Nd1 h5 25. Nc3 Bf5 26. Ne2 Ne6 27. Qe3 Rf6
28. Kh1 Rg6 29. Rg1 Nc7 30. Rgf1 Nd5 31. Qd2 Rgf6 32. Nc3 Nf4 33. Ne4 Rg6 34.
Rg1 Qd8 35. Nf1 Qe7 36. Nfg3 d5 37. Nxf5 Rxf5 38. Nc3 Qh4 39. Kh2 Qg3+ 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 18th"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2011.11.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Slovenia"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SLO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 a5 8. e3 Na6
9. Be2 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qb3 Nb4 12. Na2 Na6 13. Rac1 g5 14. Bg3 Ne4 15. Qc2
Bd7 16. Bd3 Nxg3 17. fxg3 Kg7 18. g4 Bd6 19. c5 Bc7 20. e4 dxe4 21. Bxe4 f5 22.
Bd3 fxg4 23. Ne5 Bxe5 24. dxe5 Qe7 25. Bxa6 bxa6 26. Qc4 Rxf1+ 27. Rxf1 Rf8 28.
Rxf8 Qxf8 29. Nc3 Be8 30. Ne2 Qf5 31. Qd4 h5 32. Ng3 Qb1+ 33. Kf2 Bg6 34. Ne2
Qf5+ 35. Ke3 h4 36. Qd6 h3 37. g3 Qe4+ 38. Kd2 Bf7 39. Qd4 Qb1 40. Kc3 Bg6 41.
Kd2 Kh6 42. Ke3 Qf5 43. Qd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 18th"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2011.11.04"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Bulgaria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BUL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Rc1 dxc4 8. e3
c5 9. dxc5 Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 Rd8+ 11. Kc2 Bxc5 12. Ne5 Nbd7 13. Rd1 g5 14. Bg3 b6
15. h4 g4 16. h5 Bf8 17. Rh4 Bg7 18. Nxg4 Ba6 19. Bc7 Rdc8 20. Bf4 Kh7 21. Be2
Bb7 22. Bf3 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Rc5 24. e4 Rac8 25. a3 Ra5 26. Bg3 Rc6 27. Ne3 Ne5
28. f4 Nf3 29. Rhh1 Rxh5 30. Rhf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 18th"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2011.11.05"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Stevic, Hrvoje"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Croatia"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb5
dxe5 9. Nxe5 Bd7 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. Nc3 e6 12. O-O Rd8 13. Be3 Be7 14. Qb3 O-O
15. Rfd1 Qc8 16. Na4 Nd5 17. Rac1 Rd7 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Nc5 Bxc5 20. Rxc5 Rb7
21. Qc2 Rb5 22. Rc4 Qb7 23. b3 Rd8 24. Rc1 Ne7 25. Qe4 Qa6 26. Ra4 Qb7 27. h3
h6 28. Qg4 Nf5 29. Rac4 Rb6 30. Qf3 Rd5 31. Qe2 Qd7 32. Qc2 Ne7 33. Ra4 Qb7 34.
Qe2 Rb4 35. Qa6 Rd7 36. Qxb7 Rbxb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 18th"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2011.11.07"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 d6 8. f3
Bd7 9. Qd2 Qc7 10. Bb3 Na5 11. g4 Nc4 12. Bxc4 Qxc4 13. O-O-O O-O 14. Bh6 Bxh6
15. Qxh6 b5 16. Kb1 b4 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Rfe8 19. h4 Qxd5 20. h5 Qe5 21.
hxg6 hxg6 22. Nf5 Bxf5 23. gxf5 Qg7 24. Qh4 Rac8 25. Rh2 g5 26. Qg4 e6 27. fxe6
Rxe6 28. Qxb4 Qe5 29. Rdh1 a5 30. Qd2 Rc5 31. a4 Kf8 32. Qd3 Qf5 33. Qb3 Kg7
34. Qb8 Rh6 35. Rxh6 Qxc2+ 36. Ka2 Qxa4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 18th"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2011.11.08"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Rodshtein, Maxim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bb5+ c6 8.
Ba4 O-O 9. Ne2 b5 10. Bb3 a5 11. h4 a4 12. Bc2 e5 13. h5 exd4 14. cxd4 c5 15.
hxg6 fxg6 16. e5 Qd5 17. Nf4 Qxd4 18. Qxd4 cxd4 19. Be4 Ra6 20. Bd5+ Kh8 21. e6
Rf6 22. Bd2 Nc6 23. Rc1 g5 24. Nh5 Rxe6+ 25. Bxe6 Bxe6 26. Rc5 Bf8 27. Rxg5
Bxa2 28. Rf5 Ra8 29. Nf6 Bg8 30. Bh6 Bb4+ 31. Bd2 Bf8 32. Bh6 Bb4+ 33. Bd2 Bf8
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 18th"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2011.11.09"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Switzerland"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. Qb3 b6 6. g3 Bg7 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. d5
Na5 9. Qd1 Ne4 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. O-O O-O 12. Nd2 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 c6 14. Rb1 b5
15. dxc6 bxc4 16. Qa4 Qc7 17. Nxc4 Nxc6 18. Bd2 Rfc8 19. Na5 Nxa5 20. Bxa5 Qc2
21. b3 Rc5 22. Rbc1 Qf5 23. e4 Qc8 24. Bd2 Bb2 25. Rxc5 Qxc5 26. Be3 Qc2 27.
Qc4 Qxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 18th"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2011.11.11"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. Be3
O-O 9. f4 Nc6 10. Kh1 Bd7 11. a4 Rc8 12. Qe1 d5 13. e5 Ne4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. c3
Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Bc5 17. Bxc5 Rxc5 18. b4 Rc8 19. Rd1 Qc7 20. b5 axb5 21. axb5
Rfd8 22. c4 Be8 23. Qf2 f6 24. exf6 gxf6 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. c5 f5 27. Bc4 Bf7
28. h3 Rc8 29. c6 bxc6 30. b6 Qe7 31. Qb2 Rb8 32. Ra1 Qc5 33. b7 Qxc4 34. Qe5
Rxb7 35. Ra8+ Be8 36. Rxe8+ Kf7 37. Rh8 Qb5 38. Qd6 Qb4 39. Qd8 Qb2 40. Rf8+
Kg7 41. Rg8+ 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 6th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2011.11.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2011.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "6000+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. Qb3 {This is an unusual way of
handling the Grünfeld Defence, which is almost Svidler's only defence against
1. d4. However it is not without poison, as Ivanchuk shows.} e6 (5... c6) (5...
dxc4 {are two other ways of dealing with the pressure on d5, but they lead to
a completely different type of game.}) 6. Qa3 {You could say this is the
"point" of White's setup. Black can't castle for the time being, so he has to
solve that problem.} a5 {Svidler chooses a rather aggressive way of solving
the issue. The idea of a5 is to defend b4, allowing hiw b8 N to anchor himself
there.} (6... Nc6 7. Nf3 Ne7 {is Cheparinov's way of handling the position.})
7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Bd2 Nb4 9. Qa4+ $5 {This interesting check is Ivanchuk's
improvement on the position. The only other two logical moves had been tried
before.} (9. Rc1 {is quite logical, and had been tried by Ben Finegold against
Antal in the Chicago Open a few years ago. However it does not lead to any
type of advantage.}) (9. Qb3 {was Rombaldoni's choice, but it's just not as
accurate.}) 9... Bd7 {There is no other way to defend from the check.} (9...
Qd7 10. Nb5 $16) (9... c6 10. a3 $16) 10. Qb3 {The bishop find itself slightly
misplaced on d7. The main problem is that it is impeding the black Q from
guarding the d5 pawn. This means that a3 might be a threat, or would at least
force Black into giving up the centre with dxc4.} dxc4 $2 {I think this is the
beginning of Black's long term strategic problems. Svidler just had to be more
active.} (10... c5 $5 {is a very Grünfeld-like move. Not being an expert in
this defence I don't want to say that it goes with the spirit of the setup,
but it does look logical.} 11. a3 (11. dxc5 Rc8 12. a3 (12. cxd5 Rxc5 {and it
seems unlikely that White will be able to hold to his material.}) 12... Na6 $1
$15 {is the other point.}) 11... a4 $13 {is the point.}) 11. Bxc4 Bc6 12. a3
Nbd5 (12... Bxf3 13. gxf3 Nbd5 14. Qxb7 $16 {is 0 compensation.}) 13. Ne5 O-O
14. Nxc6 bxc6 {[%csl Ra5,Rc6,Rc7]} 15. Qc2 $14 {White has the pair of bishops
and a healthier pawn structure. He just needs to castle to complete
development, and has no glaring weaknesses. If this is not an opening success
I do not know what is.} Qe7 16. O-O c5 {Black manages to exchange one of the
doubled pawns, but his structural weaknesses remain.} 17. Ne2 $1 {Very
beautiful, precise play. Ivanchuk doesn't want to saddle himself with a target
on d4.} cxd4 18. Nxd4 c5 19. Nb5 Rfc8 20. Rfd1 (20. Rad1 {was a tad more
accurate, the idea is to answer} Ng4 {with} 21. Be2 {since now} Qh4 22. h3 {
is possible, which it isn't in the game.}) 20... Ng4 {An attempt for activity,
as Black lacks a clear plan.} 21. h3 Ne5 22. Be2 c4 23. Rac1 h5 {This is an
interesting point to look at the position. White has the pair of bishops and
has pressure on the c4 and a5 pawns. On the other hand, Black has a couple of
well placed Ns near the centre and can potentially put a lot of pressure on b2.
It seems logical then that White must force Black into slowly but surely
retreating. The best way to do this is by pushing out the centralised knights.
Ivanchuk tries to manoeuvre around before committing to e4, but I think this
gives Black too much freedom.} 24. Nc3 (24. e4 Rab8 25. Nd4 Nf6 26. Bc3 $1 $14
{White here is solidly maintaining his position while keeping his options open.
Black is slightly worse but still has a lot of play.} (26. Bxa5 Qb7 27. Bb4
Qxe4 $11 {and Black has good play.})) 24... Nb6 25. Ne4 Nd5 26. Nc3 Nb6 27. Ne4
Nd5 28. Be1 {Ivanchuk has shied away from committing to e4 at some point. This
has let Black have a couple of active pieces, but White's position remains
quite pleasant.} Rab8 {With the obvious threat of Rxb2. Ivanchuk protects
himself in the most obvious way possible, but things start getting murky.} 29.
Kh1 $6 (29. Nc3 Nb6 30. f4 $14) 29... Nd7 (29... Ng4 $1 {was surprisingly
interesting.} 30. Rb1 (30. hxg4 $2 Rxb2 {and White loses.}) 30... Ngxe3 (30...
Be5 $5 31. Nc3 Bxc3 $1 32. bxc3 Ne5 $11 {and Black is just fine. His Ns are at
least as powerful as those caged in Bs.}) 31. fxe3 Nxe3 32. Qc1 Nxd1 33. Bxd1
f5 34. Nc3 e5 {Of course, it is always hard to evaluate such a position. White
is temporarily passive, and the central pawns look quite mighty, but it is not
clear if that is enough to control the minor pieces. All results would be
possible from this position.}) 30. Rb1 Nc5 $2 {This strange move seems to
spoil the nice activity Svidler had achieved. The pawn can be taken without
consequence, which gives Ivanchuk a strong advantage.} (30... Ne5 31. Bxa5 Nd3
$1 {Not the easiest move to find, but it was necessary. It is the only way
Black can regain the pawns.} 32. Bxd3 $8 (32. b3 Nxf2+ $1 33. Nxf2 Nxe3 34. Qe4
Nxd1 35. Bxd1 (35. Rxd1 Qc5 36. Be1 cxb3 $19 {Black will swiftly gain material
for his advanced passed pawn.}) 35... Qxa3 $17 {and Black is definitely better.
}) 32... cxd3 33. Qxd3 Bxb2 34. a4 Qa7 {and Black regains all his pawns, with
obvious equality.}) 31. Bxc4 Nb6 32. Bb5 Nd5 33. a4 {White has an extra pawn
and although Black is still active, it's hard to believe this is full
compensation for the pawn. White's plan is now quite simple, he will untangle
and win with his extra pawn. Black doesn't have any targets so as to be able
to prevent this.} Na6 34. Qe2 Nab4 35. Rbc1 Rc7 36. Nc3 (36. Rxc7 Qxc7 37. Nc3
{was a better way of doing things I think, as Black doesn't get as much
pressure on the c-file.}) 36... Rbc8 37. Nxd5 exd5 38. Rxc7 Rxc7 {The position
has simplified a little, and it doesn't help Black at all. His best hope now
is that the blockade on the queenside holds without any additional damage.} 39.
b3 Bc3 40. Rc1 Qf6 41. Qf3 Qe5 42. Qg3 $1 {A beautiful concept. White
sacrifices his structure to simplify the position, thus depriving Black of all
his activity. Now the position becomes easier to handle.} Qxg3 43. fxg3 Be5 44.
Rxc7 Bxc7 45. Kg1 Nc2 46. Bd2 Bb6 47. Kf2 {The pair of bishops and the
activity of the king are too much for the black forces.} d4 48. e4 d3+ 49. Kf1
Ne3+ (49... Nb4 50. Bxb4 axb4 51. Bxd3 $18 {should be quite hopeless.}) 50. Ke1
Nxg2+ 51. Kd1 h4 (51... Ne3+ 52. Kc1 Nf1 53. Bf4 Bf2 54. Bxd3 Bxg3 55. Bxg3
Nxg3 56. b4 {and Black's forces are way too far away from the a-pawn.}) 52.
gxh4 Nxh4 53. b4 axb4 54. Bxb4 Nf3 55. a5 Bd4 56. Be7 {Ivanchuk chooses to aid
his pawn as quickly as possible, though Bxd3 should also suffice.} f5 57. exf5
gxf5 58. Bd8 Kf7 59. Bb6 Ke6 60. Bxd4 Nxd4 61. Bxd3 {Ns are particularly bad
at catching rook pawns because they end up far away from the rest of the board.
Especially if the rest of the board is another rook pawn. A very interesting
opening by Ivanchuk that paid great dividends, and although Svidler played a
strong game and maybe even had chances to equalise, one slip was enough for
him to lose. Ivanchuk's technique after winning the pawn in the middlegame was
absolutely flawless.} 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 6th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2011.11.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2011.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 Be7 8.
Nc4 b5 9. Ne3 Nf6 10. g3 O-O 11. Bg2 b4 12. Ncd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bg5 14. Bxg5
Qxg5 15. O-O Rb8 16. Qd3 a5 17. a3 Be6 18. axb4 axb4 19. Ra6 Rfc8 20. c3 Qd8
21. Rd1 g6 22. Ne3 Rb6 23. h4 h5 24. Kh2 bxc3 25. bxc3 Ne7 26. Rxb6 Qxb6 27.
Bh3 Bxh3 28. Kxh3 Kg7 29. Kg2 Qc6 30. c4 Ng8 31. f3 Qc5 32. Nf1 Rb8 33. Qd5
Rb2+ 34. Rd2 Rxd2+ 35. Nxd2 Qb4 36. Nf1 Nf6 37. Qd3 Nd7 38. Qd2 Qc5 39. Ne3 Nf8
40. f4 Nd7 41. f5 Nf6 42. fxg6 fxg6 43. Kf3 Qa3 44. c5 Qxc5 45. Qd3 Qc7 46. Ke2
Qc6 47. Qc4 Qd7 48. Qb4 Qc7 49. Qc4 Qb7 50. Kf3 Qf7 51. Ke2 Ng4 52. Qxf7+ Kxf7
53. Nc4 Ke6 54. Nd2 Nf6 55. Ke3 Kd7 56. Nf3 Nh7 57. Nh2 Nf6 58. Nf3 Ng4+ 59.
Ke2 d5 60. exd5 Kd6 61. Ng5 Kxd5 62. Kf3 Nf6 63. Ke3 Nd7 64. Kd3 Kd6 65. Ke4
Nc5+ 66. Kf3 Ne6 67. Ne4+ Ke7 68. g4 Nd4+ 69. Kf2 Kf7 70. Ng5+ Kg7 71. gxh5
gxh5 72. Ke3 Kf6 73. Ke4 Nc6 74. Nf3 Ke6 75. Ng5+ Kf6 76. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 6th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2011.11.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2011.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 h5 {One of the main crossroads for Black,
whether to put the pawn on h5 or h6. The alternative 10...h6 is cautious,
while the move in the text is directed to fight against White's pawn offensive
on the kingside. Its only drawback is the weakening of the g5-square.} 11. Bf4
(11. Bg5 Be6 {is another line that has appeared recently at the top level.})
11... Bd7 $146 {Another novelty from Levon. Black is going to develop his
queenside rook before continuing the development of the other flank.
Previously, Black automatically played 11...Be7.} (11... Be7 12. Rad1 Be6 (
12... Nh4 13. Nd4 Nf5 14. Nce2 g5 15. Bh2 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Rh6 17. Rfe1 Bc5 18. e6
Bxe6 19. Nxe6 Rxe6 20. Rxe6+ fxe6 21. Bxc7 Ke7 {+/=/= 1/2-1/2 Caruana,F (2714)
-Jakovenko,D (2732)/Mulhouse 2011/CB22_2011 (43)}) 13. Ng5 Rh6 14. g3 Bxg5 15.
Bxg5 Rg6 16. h4 f6 17. exf6 gxf6 18. Bf4 Nxh4 19. f3 Rd8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Anand,V 
(2817)-Nakamura,H (2753)/Sao Paulo/Bilbao 2011/CB40_2011 (36)}) 12. Rad1 Rd8
13. b3 (13. Ne4 Be7 14. Rfe1 Be6 15. Nfg5 Rxd1 16. Rxd1 Bc8 {This seems to be
playable for Black. Later on he can drive White's outposted knight by f7-f6.})
13... Be7 14. Rfe1 $6 {Allows the move that now follows.} (14. Ne4 Be6 15. c4 {
As long as White keeps more minor pieces on the board he can fight for an
advantage.}) 14... Bb4 {The pin itself is not so frightening for White.
However, the point is that Black will now exchange his dark-squared bishop.
This will solve his development problems.} 15. Bd2 Bc8 16. Ne2 Bxd2 17. Nxd2
Ne7 {An important square for the knight.} 18. Nc4 (18. c4 Ng6 19. f4 Ke7 $11)
18... Nd5 {[%cal Gd5b4]} 19. a3 Ke7 20. f3 {Trying to slowly prepare the
offensive on the kingside.} h4 {Fixing the kingside and at the same time
preparing the rook manoeuvre that follows on the next move.} 21. Kf2 Rh5 {
In the "Berlin endgame" the problem of developing this rook is often very
apparent for Black. This is one of the possible ways to solve it.} 22. Rd2 Re8
23. Nd4 Kf8 24. a4 {Ivanchuk is seeking to slightly improve his position also
on the other side of the board.} a6 25. a5 Nb4 26. Ne2 Nd5 27. Nd4 Ne7 {
Levon is not in the mood to repeat moves!} 28. Re4 Rh6 $6 {Even if this
provocation worked out well, it would have been objectively safer to go back
28...Nd5 with equality.} 29. f4 $6 (29. e6 $1 {This is a typical idea and was
a good chance to seize the initiative.} Bxe6 (29... fxe6 30. Ne2 (30. Ne5 $44)
30... Nd5 31. Ne5 $44) 30. Nxe6+ Rxe6 (30... fxe6 31. Rf4+ Nf5 32. Ne5 $14) 31.
Rxe6 fxe6 32. Ne5 Rc8 33. Rd4 Nf5 34. Rb4 Rd8 35. Nd3 $14 {[%csl Rb7]}) 29...
Nd5 30. Kf3 $6 {Vassily clearly overestimated his chances.} (30. Nf3 Bf5 31.
Red4 Nc3 32. Ng5 c5 33. Rd8 f6 34. Ne3 fxg5 35. Nxf5 Ne4+ 36. Ke2 Nxd2 37.
Rxe8+ Kxe8 38. Nxh6 Nxb3 39. cxb3 gxh6 40. f5 b5 $11) 30... Rg6 {With the very
unpleasant threat 31...Rg3+ 32.Kf2 f5!} 31. f5 Rh6 32. Re1 $2 (32. Kf2 c5 (
32... Rh5 33. Nf3 Bxf5 34. Rxh4 Rxh4 35. Nxh4 $15) 33. Nf3 Bxf5 34. Rxh4 Rxh4
35. Nxh4 Be6 $15) 32... c5 $6 (32... Rh5 $1 {was much stronger.} 33. Ke4 (33.
Kg4 g6 $19) 33... Nc3+ 34. Kd3 Nb5 $17 {[%csl Rf5]}) 33. Ne2 Ne7 $1 {This
knight jumps forward and back throughout the whole game, but very effectively.
White's centre is collapsing.} 34. Nf4 $6 (34. f6 $1 gxf6 35. Nf4 {was the
least of the evils with some counterchances.}) 34... Nxf5 {Now Black is a
healthy pawn up.} 35. c3 Ne7 36. Red1 Ng6 37. Nd3 (37. Rd5 Nxf4 38. Kxf4 Rc6
$17 {[%cal Gc8e6]}) 37... Be6 38. Re1 Rh5 39. Kf2 (39. Nxc5 Bxc4 40. Nd7+ Kg8
41. bxc4 Rf5+ 42. Ke2 Nxe5 43. Kd1 f6 $19) 39... Rf5+ 40. Kg1 Bxc4 41. bxc4
Nxe5 {White could already resign.} 42. Rde2 f6 43. Re4 (43. Nxc5 Nf3+ 44. gxf3
Rxe2 45. Rxe2 Rxc5 46. Rb2 Rxc4 47. Rxb7 Rxc3 $19) 43... b6 44. axb6 cxb6 45.
Rxh4 {White has won back one pawn, but the endgame is hopeless.} Ng6 46. Rhe4
Rxe4 47. Rxe4 Kf7 48. Re2 Ne5 49. g4 Rf3 50. Nxe5+ fxe5 51. Kg2 Rxc3 52. Rf2+
Kg6 53. Rb2 a5 54. Rxb6+ Kg5 55. Rb5 a4 {Two passed pawns decide.} 56. Rxc5 Kf4
57. Ra5 a3 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 6th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2011.11.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2011.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Qc2 e6 8. Ne5 Bf5
9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Nxd3 dxc4 11. bxc4 bxc4 12. Ne5 Nbd7 13. O-O Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nd5
15. Rd1 Qa5 16. Ne4 c3 17. Rb1 Rd8 18. Rd4 Qc7 19. Qa4 a5 20. g3 Bb4 21. Nd6+
Kf8 22. e4 Nb6 23. Qc2 Nd7 24. Nc4 h6 25. a3 Bc5 26. Rd3 Kg8 27. Qxc3 Kh7 28.
Bf4 Rb8 29. Rbd1 Rhd8 30. Qd2 Nb6 31. Rxd8 Nxc4 32. Qd7 Qxd8 33. Qxd8 Rxd8 34.
Rxd8 Bxa3 35. Rd4 Nb6 36. Be3 c5 37. Rd1 Nc4 38. Bxc5 $1 (38. Rd3 $2) 38...
Bxc5 39. Rc1 Bxf2+ 40. Kxf2 Nxe5 41. Ke2 Kg6 42. Rc5 Kf6 43. Rxa5 g5 44. h3 h5
45. Rc5 Ng6 46. Kf3 Ne5+ 47. Ke3 Ng6 48. Ra5 h4 49. Kf2 hxg3+ 50. Kxg3 Ne5 51.
Rb5 Nd3 52. Rb8 Kg7 53. Kg4 Nf2+ 54. Kxg5 Nxh3+ 55. Kg4 Nf2+ 56. Kf4 Nd3+ 57.
Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 6th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2011.11.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D82"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2826"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2011.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "6000+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Qb3 {Following
Ivanchuk's success with the strange 4.e3 followed by 5.Qb3 against Svidler, he
decides to take on another sideline. 7.Rc1 is by far the main choice.} Na6 {
Attempting to take back on c5 with the N is very logical. This gives White the
option to retain one of his pawns, but at a great cost.} 8. cxd5 Nxc5 9. Qb5+
Qxb5 10. Bxb5+ Bd7 $44 {White now has his extra pawn on d5, which isn't going
to fall any time soon. However you can't stop evaluating there. The pawn IS
weak is Black holds e4 under control, which means it can't be reinforced
easily. Furthermore Black is ahead on development, and his B on g7 can easily
begin pounding on the queenside with the help of a b5 push.} 11. Rd1 Nh5 12.
Bxd7+ Kxd7 13. Bg3 (13. Nf3 {doesn't look pleasant but maybe it was more
important to develop than to keep the pawn structure.} Nxf4 14. exf4 {[%cal
Gf3e5]} Bxc3+ $5 15. bxc3 f6 16. O-O Ne4 $44 {and Black is down a pawn but not
worse.}) (13. Nge2 Nxf4 14. exf4 (14. Nxf4 b5 $1 15. Rd2 (15. Nxb5 Rhb8 16. Nd4
Rxb2 $15) 15... b4 16. Nd1 b3 {with plentiful compensation.})) 13... b5 {
White's pieces on the kingside are too far away from the queenside action, and
it's hard to believe that White can keep all his pawns alive. White should be
thinking about equality.} 14. d6 e6 {Black's superior development, awesome
blockade of the weak d6-pawn and queenside adctivity give him more than enough
compensation for the pawn.} 15. Nf3 b4 16. Nb5 Nxg3 17. hxg3 Rab8 18. Nbd4 h5
19. Rh4 f5 {Black is using his structure to try to push the white pieces back.
He is in no hurry to regain material as he knows that the d6-pawn is just
doomed.} 20. Ne2 e5 21. Rc4 Rhc8 22. Kf1 Ne4 23. Rc7+ {The pawn was going to
fall anyway, at least this way Ivanchuk gets rid of some active pieces.} Rxc7
24. dxc7+ Kxc7 25. Nd2 Nxd2+ 26. Rxd2 {Black has finally regained his material,
and it is obvious that he has emerged on top. The B is considerably better
than the N, which at the moment lacks any good squares. Not to mention, the
structure favors Black and White's K will be out of play for a few more moves
at the very least. White is forced to be passive.} a5 27. b3 a4 28. bxa4 Ra8
29. Nc1 e4 30. Ne2 Rxa4 31. Nf4 {The N has gained f4, since the e-pawn was
pushed to increase the Bs scope. This isn't a particular big gain, though,
since g5 is still in the fray.} (31. Nd4 Kb6 32. Ke1 Be5 $15 {poses the strong
threat of ...Kc5 and ...Bxd4.}) 31... Bc3 32. Rc2 Kd6 33. Ke2 (33. Nxg6 $4 b3
34. Rxc3 bxa2 35. Rc1 Rb4 $1 $19) 33... g5 34. Nxh5 Kd5 {Black finds himself
down a pawn again, but again the compensation is very obvious. The N on h5 is
out of play and he has pressure on the weak a2, not to mention that White
can't make use of his majority. The only rub in the position is that it isn't
clear how to break through.} 35. f3 g4 (35... Kc4 36. g4 {creates very
unnecessary complications, it is much better to lock down the pawn structure
at once.}) 36. Nf4+ Kc4 37. Ne6 Ra6 38. Nf4 (38. Nd4 exf3+ 39. gxf3 Rh6 {
looked very troubling for White, as now he doesn't control h3, which means his
g3-pawn is a prime target.} 40. fxg4 (40. Nxf5 $2 Rh2+ 41. Kd1 Rh1+ 42. Ke2
Re1+ 43. Kf2 Kd3 {and the rook is history.}) 40... fxg4 41. Kf1 Kd3 $17 {
with a strong initiative against the dangerously corralled king.}) 38... Rh6
39. fxg4 fxg4 40. Rc1 (40. Kf2 {was the best way of holding the fortress, but
it still seems like Black can create dangerous threats.} Rd6 41. Kf1 Kb5 42. a3
bxa3 43. Rxc3 a2 44. Rc1 Kb4 {Black will soon pick up the rook. All that is
left to be seen is if Black can penetrate the N and K defense.} 45. Ra1 Kb3 46.
Rxa2 Kxa2 47. Nh5 Kb2 48. Nf4 Kc2 49. Ke2 Rd2+ 50. Ke1 {However I personally
don't see how.}) 40... Ra6 (40... Rd6 41. Rc2 Kb5 42. a3 bxa3 43. Rxc3 a2 44.
Ra3 Ra6 45. Rxa2 Rxa2+ {leads to the same kind of ending as before. Which I
think is a draw.}) 41. Rc2 Rh6 42. Rc1 Rd6 43. Rc2 Ra6 44. Kf2 Rh6 45. Ke2 Rh1
46. Ng6 Re1+ (46... b3 47. Ne5+ Kd5 48. Rxc3 bxa2 49. Ra3 a1=Q 50. Rxa1 Rxa1
51. Nxg4 {is quite definitely drawn.}) 47. Kf2 Ra1 48. Nf4 Rb1 49. Ne6 Rd1 50.
Nf4 Rd6 51. Ke2 Rc6 $2 {After much shuffling, I think this is where Magnus
missed some serious winning chances.} (51... Kb5 52. a3 (52. Kf2 Ka4 53. Kf1 $1
(53. Ne2 $2 Rd2 $19) 53... Rd2 $6 (53... Ka3 54. Ke2 Bb2 55. Rc4 Bc3 56. Rxe4
Rd2+ 57. Kf1 Kxa2 {And it may be that this is still a draw after Rc4! but it
is not easy. White has had to find a lot of exact moves.}) 54. Rxd2 Bxd2 55.
Ke2 Bc3 56. Kd1 Ka3 57. Kc2 Kxa2 58. Nd5 $11) 52... bxa3 53. Rxc3 a2 54. Rc1
Kb4 {We simply get to the same endgame we have seen previously. However at
this point Black had to try to enter this endgame.}) 52. Rc1 Kb5 53. Nd5 Rc5
54. Nf4 Rc6 55. Nd5 Rc5 56. Nf4 Ka4 57. Ne6 {As opposed to the other line, the
N comes back quickly into the game, and Black doesn't even win the exchange.}
Rd5 58. Rc2 Ka3 59. Nd4 Rc5 60. Nb3 Rd5 61. Nd4 Bxd4 62. Rd2 {Black must
surrender the exchange or he will stand much worse if not just lost after exd4.
} Bc3 $11 63. Rxd5 Kxa2 64. Kd1 b3 65. Rb5 Kb2 66. Rb8 Bf6 67. Kd2 Bc3+ 68. Kd1
Bf6 69. Rf8 Bc3 70. Re8 Ka2 71. Ra8+ Kb1 72. Ra4 b2 73. Ra6 Ba5 {Because Black
is Magnus. He plays cool moves.} 74. Rxa5 {Obviously Black had run out of ways
to try to make progress, and there was no way that White was going to have
time to pick up any pawns. Magnus had been pushing for the entire game, and he
might have had chances, but was unable to finish it off at the end.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 6th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2011.11.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2811"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2011.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. Qc2 Nd7 11. a3 Nxc3 12. Qxc3 dxc4 13. Bxc4 b6 14. O-O Bb7
15. Be2 c5 16. Rfd1 Rac8 17. dxc5 Rxc5 18. Qd2 Rfc8 19. h3 Nf6 20. Rxc5 Qxc5
21. Ne1 Qc7 22. Qd4 Ne4 23. Bf3 Nf6 24. Bxb7 Qxb7 25. Nd3 Qe4 26. Qxe4 Nxe4 27.
f3 Nf6 28. Rc1 Rxc1+ 29. Nxc1 Kf8 30. Nd3 Nd7 31. Kf2 Ke7 32. e4 Kd6 33. Ke3
Nc5 34. Nf4 Nd7 35. Nd3 Nc5 36. Nf4 Nd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 6th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2011.11.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D83"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2011.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "6000+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 {The Grünfeld seemed to have had a resurgence in
the Tal Memorial. Maybe it's the new fashion, again.} 4. Bf4 {Nakamura decides
to switch variations after not getting much more than a very complex position
against Svidler with 4. cxd5.} Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 dxc4 (6... c5) (6... c6 {
are more common moves.}) 7. Bxc4 Nbd7 (7... c5 8. dxc5 Qa5 {transposes back to
a very topical line of the Grünfeld, which has been the subject of much debate
since the 80s.}) 8. Nb5 $6 {It's hard to criticise a 2750's 8th move, but I
have a hard time understanding this move. The queen's knight in the Grünfeld
sometimes has some interesting stories. It is not unusual for the N to go to
b5, then to c7, boldly take the rook on a8 while Black opens up the centre and
counterattacks against the king to compensate for the material deficit.
However this is just not one of those cases: the N clearly can't go to c7
after 8... c6. Hikaru's idea lies elsewhere, but it seems dubious.} (8. Nf3 Nh5
9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Nxg3 12. hxg3 {might not have been to Hikaru's
liking.}) (8. h3 c5 $11 {is too slow.}) 8... c6 9. Bc7 Qe8 10. Nc3 {Hikaru
might have reached this position in his mind and thought that Black would have
a hard time developing. If, for example, he decideds to play 10...Nb6, he
would lose control over both c5 and e5 making his breaks that much harder to
achieve. He may have thought that 10...e5 lost to 11.Bd6, but Vassily
disagreed.} e5 $1 11. dxe5 (11. Bd6 exd4 12. Bxf8 (12. Qxd4 $2 Ne4 $1 $17 {
and the N is taboo.}) 12... Qxf8 (12... dxc3 13. Bxg7 cxb2 14. Rc2 Kxg7 15.
Rxb2 Qe4 16. Bf1 {also provides obvious compensation.}) 13. exd4 Nb6 14. Bb3
Bg4 $44) 11... Nxe5 12. Be2 Bf5 13. Nf3 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 Rc8 {Black has got a
dream position out of the opening. His pieces are active and he is slightly
better developed. Hikaru is only slightly worse, but having this situation
after only 14 moves with White is very unpleasant.} 15. Bg3 Ne4 16. Bxe4 (16.
Nxe4 $6 Bxe4 {leaves too many diagonals open against the queenside.}) 16...
Bxe4 17. O-O Rd8 18. Qa4 Bd3 19. Rfd1 b5 20. Qa5 (20. Qxa7 b4 21. Na4 Bc2 22.
Rxd8 Qxd8 $17 {is majorly unpleasant.}) 20... Rd7 21. Rd2 Qe7 22. Rcd1 Rfd8 {
Pair of bishops, queenside majority, queenside pressure. Black is still only
slightly better but there is no doubt that the pull is quite lasting.} 23. a3
h5 24. h3 h4 25. Bh2 Kh7 $6 (25... Bf6 26. Bc7 Rxc7 27. Rxd3 Rxd3 28. Rxd3 Rd7
29. Rxd7 Qxd7 $17) 26. Bc7 $1 {A nice stroke, forcing the exchange of a pair
of bishops. This gives White some breathing space. And eliminates the pair of
bishops. Not sufficient to equalise, but White is improving his game little by
little.} Rxc7 27. Rxd3 Rxd3 28. Rxd3 Bf6 (28... Rd7 29. Rxd7 Qxd7 30. Qb4 $11 {
and White's just in time to defend everything because h4 is hanging.}) 29. Rd2
$6 (29. Qb4 Qxb4 30. axb4 {gave White great drawing chances thanks to his
dominating rook.}) 29... Rd7 30. Rc2 (30. Rxd7 Qxd7 {[%csl Rb2,Rf2,Rh2][%cal
Rf6b2,Rf6e5,Re5h2,Gd7d2,Gd2e1] was possible but the white Q is so out of play
that Black's advantage is considerable. White will have problems defending f2
and b2.}) 30... Qe6 31. Qb4 a5 32. Qf4 (32. Qxa5 $2 Qb3 $17) 32... Kg7 33. Rc1
{Another strange move in a series of strange decisions. This allows the black
rook access to the 2nd rank.} a4 (33... Rd2 34. Ne4 Bxb2 {was completely
winning. Time pressure is the only explanation.}) 34. Qb4 Rd3 35. Rc2 $2 {
The last bad move seals the deal. Ivanchuk doesn't let this opportunity escape.
} (35. Kf1 {was necessary to start trying to patch up some of the weaknesses.
However it is difficult to play this move, as it seems the K is simply getting
weaker.} Be7 $17) 35... Qb3 36. Qxb3 axb3 37. Rc1 Bxc3 38. bxc3 c5 39. Kf1 c4
40. Ke2 Rxc3 {Not Hikaru's brightest game. Really marked by mistakes and Black
never had a worry in the world.} 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 6th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2011.11.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2011.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. e4 e5 12. h3 exd4 13. Nxd4 Nc5 14. Rd1 b4 15.
Na4 Nxd3 16. Rxd3 c5 17. Nxc5 Bxc5 18. Qxc5 Bxe4 19. Rd1 Qd5 20. Qxd5 Nxd5 21.
Nb3 Rfd8 22. Rd4 Bg6 23. Bd2 a5 24. Rc1 a4 25. Nc5 a3 26. b3 h6 27. Nb7 Rd7 28.
Nc5 Rdd8 29. Na4 f6 30. Be1 Bf7 31. Rc5 Nf4 32. Rxf4 Rd1 33. Rxb4 Rxe1+ 34. Kh2
Re2 35. Nc3 Rxf2 36. Rc7 Rd8 37. Rbb7 Rdd2 38. Rxf7 Rxg2+ 39. Kh1 Rh2+ 40. Kg1
Rhg2+ 41. Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 6th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2011.11.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2011.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 Qc7 8.
Qe2 Bb7 9. e5 c5 10. O-O d5 11. exd6 Bxd6 12. Be4 Nf6 13. Bxb7 Qxb7 14. Bg5
Qxb2 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Ne4 Be5 17. Rab1 Qxa2 18. f4 Bd4+ 19. Kh1 O-O 20. f5 Kh8
21. Qf3 Qd5 22. c3 Be5 23. Qe3 Rg8 24. fxe6 fxe6 25. Rb2 Rg4 26. Nxf6 Rf8 27.
Rd2 Qc4 28. Rdd1 Rf4 29. Rxf4 Bxf4 30. Qe4 Qxe4 31. Nxe4 a5 32. g3 Be5 33. Ra1
Ra8 34. Ra4 c4 35. Kg2 Kg7 36. Kf3 Kg6 37. h3 h5 38. g4 h4 39. Ke2 Bg7 40. Kf2
Rf8+ 41. Ke2 Ra8 42. Kf2 Rf8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord rap"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2011.12.09"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qc7 8. Bxf6
gxf6 9. Qd3 b5 10. f5 b4 11. Nd1 e5 12. Nb3 Bh6 13. a3 Nc6 14. c3 bxc3 15. Nxc3
Ne7 16. Rb1 Rb8 17. Na1 d5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Qxd5 Rxb2 20. Rxb2 Qc1+ 21. Ke2
Qxb2+ 22. Kf3 Bb7 23. Qc5 Rg8 24. Qb4 Qxb4 25. axb4 Bd2 26. Nc2 Ke7 27. Bd3 Bc3
28. Rb1 Rd8 29. Ke2 Rd6 30. Rb3 Bd4 31. Ra3 h5 32. g3 Bg1 33. h4 Bb6 34. Rc3
Rc6 35. Rxc6 Bxc6 36. Ne3 Bxe3 37. Kxe3 Bb5 38. Be2 Bxe2 39. Kxe2 Ke8 40. Kf3
Kf8 41. Kf2 Ke8 42. Ke3 Ke7 43. Kd3 Kd7 44. Kd2 Kd6 45. Ke3 Ke7 46. Ke2 Ke8 47.
Kd2 Kd8 48. Kc3 Kc7 49. Kd3 Kd7 50. Kd2 Kd8 51. Kc2 Kc7 52. Kc3 Kc6 53. Kd2 Kd7
54. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord rap"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D92"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2011.12.09"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. Rc1 dxc4 7. e4 Bg4 8.
Bxc4 Nh5 9. Be3 Bxf3 10. gxf3 e5 11. dxe5 Bxe5 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. O-O Nd7 14.
Ne2 Nb6 15. Bb3 c6 16. Rc2 Bc7 17. Kg2 a5 18. a3 a4 19. Ba2 Ra5 20. f4 Ng7 21.
Nd4 Nd7 22. Rfc1 Re8 23. e5 Nf8 24. Bd2 Raa8 25. Nb5 Bb8 26. Nc3 Nfe6 27. Ne4
Nh5 28. Bxe6 Rxe6 29. Be3 Re7 30. Rc4 Bc7 31. Rb4 Bd8 32. Kf3 Kg7 33. Nd6 f6
34. Bd4 fxe5 35. Bxe5+ Kh6 36. Rxb7 Rxb7 37. Nxb7 Bh4 38. Rxc6 Rf8 39. Nc5 Rf7
40. Rc7 Rf5 41. Ne6 Bf6 42. Nd4 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord rap"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2011.12.09"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Bc4 Bg4 7. Be3 Nbd7 8.
h3 Bh5 9. g4 Bg6 10. Nh4 e6 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Qf3 Nd5 13. Bd2 Nb4 14. O-O-O
Qxd4 15. Qe2 Qe5 16. Ne4 Nc5 17. f3 Nd5 18. Kb1 Rd8 19. Rhe1 Nxe4 20. fxe4 Nb6
21. Bc3 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Qc7 23. Bb3 Rxh3 24. Qd2 Nd7 25. a3 Be7 26. Bxg7 Nc5 27.
e5 Qd8 28. Qe2 Qb6 29. Qd2 Qd8 30. Qe2 Qb6 31. Bf6 Nxb3 32. cxb3 Qxb3 33. Bxe7
Kxe7 34. Qd2 Qd5 35. Qg5+ Ke8 36. Rxd5 cxd5 37. Qf4 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord rap"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2011.12.09"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8.
O-O Be7 9. e3 O-O 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. Nc3 e5 12. h3 Rfe8 13. e4 exd4 14. Nxd4 Bg6
15. Bf4 Qb6 16. Be3 Bc5 17. Na4 Qc7 18. Nxc5 Nxc5 19. f3 Qxg3 20. b4 Ne6 21.
Qf2 Qxf2+ 22. Kxf2 Nxd4 23. Bxd4 Nh5 24. Rfe1 Nf4 25. Bf1 Ne6 26. Bc3 f6 27. a4
Bf7 28. a5 Rad8 29. Red1 a6 30. h4 Nc7 31. Rd4 Ne6 32. Rdd1 Kf8 33. Kg3 Nc7 34.
Bd4 Bb3 35. Bc5+ Kf7 36. Rdb1 Be6 37. Rd1 Bb3 38. Rdb1 Be6 39. Rd1 g5 40. Bb6
Rxd1 41. Rxd1 Nb5 42. Bxb5 axb5 43. Rd8 Rxd8 44. Bxd8 gxh4+ 45. Kxh4 c5 46.
bxc5 b4 47. c6 bxc6 48. a6 b3 49. a7 b2 50. a8=Q b1=Q 51. Qa7+ Kg6 52. Kg3 Qe1+
53. Qf2 Qxf2+ 54. Kxf2 c5 55. Kg3 c4 56. Ba5 f5 57. Kf4 h5 58. Be1 fxe4 59.
fxe4 Bf7 60. Bc3 Be8 61. Be1 Kf6 62. Bh4+ Ke6 63. Ke3 Kd6 64. Kd4 Bf7 65. Bg5
Kc6 66. Bh4 Kb5 67. Be7 Bg6 68. Ke3 Ka4 69. e5 Kb3 70. Bg5 c3 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord rap"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2011.12.09"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 a5 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 e5 6. e3 exd4 7. exd4 Nf6 8. Ne2
d5 9. c5 O-O 10. O-O Bxd2 11. Qxd2 Ne4 12. Qf4 Nd7 13. Nbc3 Ndf6 14. Nxe4 Nxe4
15. Nc3 Nxc3 16. bxc3 b6 17. c4 Be6 18. cxb6 cxb6 19. Rab1 dxc4 20. d5 Bd7 21.
Qxc4 b5 22. Qf4 b4 23. d6 Rc8 24. Rbc1 Be6 25. Rxc8 Qxc8 26. Rc1 Qb8 27. Qe5
Bxa2 28. Qxa5 b3 29. Rd1 Qd8 30. Qa4 Qf6 31. Bd5 Qc3 32. d7 Rd8 33. Qf4 Qf6 34.
Re1 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord rap"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2011.12.09"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. O-O
Be7 9. Qf3 Qb6 10. Be3 Qb7 11. Qg3 O-O 12. f3 Bd7 13. Rfd1 Nc6 14. Nxc6 Bxc6
15. Ne2 Rfc8 16. Rd2 b4 17. c4 a5 18. Bc2 a4 19. Bd3 Nd7 20. Nd4 Ne5 21. Bf1
Be8 22. Rc1 b3 23. axb3 axb3 24. Qe1 Bd8 25. Qd1 Ba5 26. Rf2 Rab8 27. Nb5 Nxc4
28. Rxc4 Bxb5 29. Rxc8+ Qxc8 30. Qxd6 Be1 31. Bxb5 Bxf2+ 32. Kxf2 Rxb5 33. Bd4
h6 34. h4 Kh7 35. Kg1 Rb7 36. Qg3 f6 37. Qg4 Qd7 38. Bc3 e5 39. Qg3 Qd1+ 40.
Kh2 Qc1 41. Qh3 Qf4+ 42. Kg1 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord rap"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "170"]
[EventDate "2011.12.09"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. g3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg2 g6 5. b3 Bg7 6. Bb2 c6 7. O-O O-O 8. Nbd2
Na6 9. e3 Kh8 10. c4 Rb8 11. a3 Be6 12. Rc1 Qd7 13. Ne1 c5 14. Nd3 b5 15. dxc5
Nxc5 16. Nxc5 dxc5 17. Qc2 bxc4 18. Nxc4 Bxc4 19. Qxc4 Qb5 20. Qxc5 Qxc5 21.
Rxc5 Rxb3 22. Bd4 Rxa3 23. Rc7 Ng8 24. Bxa7 Rd8 25. Bc5 Ra1 26. Bxe7 Rxf1+ 27.
Bxf1 Nxe7 28. Rxe7 h5 29. Bc4 Kh7 30. Kg2 Kh6 31. Re6 Rf8 32. h3 Rf6 33. Re8
Rf8 34. Re7 Bf6 35. Re6 Kg7 36. Rc6 Re8 37. Be6 Be5 38. f4 Bb8 39. Rb6 Bc7 40.
Ra6 Re7 41. Kf3 Bb8 42. g4 hxg4+ 43. hxg4 Ba7 44. e4 fxe4+ 45. Kxe4 Bb8 46. Rb6
Bc7 47. Rc6 Bb8 48. g5 Re8 49. Rb6 Bc7 50. Rc6 Bb8 51. Rb6 Bc7 52. Ra6 Bb8 53.
Kf3 Rf8 54. Ra4 Re8 55. Bc4 Rf8 56. Bd3 Rf7 57. Kg4 Bd6 58. Rd4 Bc5 59. Re4 Bd6
60. Bc4 Rc7 61. Rd4 Be7 62. Bd3 Rc6 63. Rd7 Kf8 64. Rb7 Ba3 65. Rh7 Bc1 66. Rh6
Kg7 67. Kf3 Rd6 68. Be4 Rb6 69. Rh1 Rb3+ 70. Kg4 Rb4 71. Re1 Bd2 72. Re2 Bc1
73. Kf3 Rb3+ 74. Kg4 Rb4 75. Kg3 Ra4 76. Kf3 Ra3+ 77. Kg4 Ra4 78. Rc2 Rxe4 79.
Rxc1 Ra4 80. Rc7+ Kf8 81. Kf3 Rb4 82. f5 gxf5 83. g6 Rg4 84. Rf7+ Kg8 85. Rxf5
Rxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2011.12.12"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bg5 c5 6. d5 h6 7. Be3 Ng4 8. Bd2 Bd4
9. Nh3 e5 10. Bd3 a6 11. O-O Nf6 12. Qf3 Bg4 13. Qg3 Qd7 14. Qh4 Nh5 15. Be2
Bxh3 16. Bxh5 gxh5 17. gxh3 Qe7 18. Qxh5 Nd7 19. Ne2 O-O-O 20. Ng3 Bxb2 21.
Rab1 Bd4 22. Nf5 Qf6 23. Kh1 Kc7 24. Qf3 Rhg8 25. Qa3 Rb8 26. Qa5+ Kc8 27. Rb3
Rg6 28. Rg3 Ra8 29. f3 b6 30. Qa4 b5 31. cxb5 Nb6 32. Qb3 c4 33. Rc1 Bc5 34.
Qb1 a5 35. h4 Kb7 36. h5 Rgg8 37. Rg4 a4 38. Qc2 a3 39. Rb1 Kc7 40. Bb4 Kb7 41.
Qd2 Rxg4 42. fxg4 Rh8 43. h3 Qd8 44. Qe3 Qc7 45. Qxa3 Ra8 46. Qe3 c3 47. Rb3
1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2011.12.12"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 c6 6. Be2 Bf5 7. O-O Nd7 8.
Bg4 g6 9. Bxf5 gxf5 10. c4 N5b6 11. Qe2 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Na4 13. Nd2 e6 14. a3 Nb6
15. a4 a5 16. Rb1 Nxa4 17. Ra1 Qd4 18. Rb1 Rg8 19. Re1 Qg4 20. Nf3 Bb4 21. g3
Nc5 22. Rd1 Ne4 23. Rd4 h5 24. Be3 h4 25. Rbd1 Be7 26. Qd3 hxg3 27. Rd7 Rg6 28.
fxg3 Kf8 29. Rxb7 Re8 30. Qd7 Nxg3 31. Rf1 Nxf1+ 32. Kf2 Qg2+ 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2011.12.12"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Be3 Bxe3 6. fxe3 d6 7. Bxc6+ bxc6
8. Nc3 O-O 9. O-O c5 10. b3 Be6 11. Qe1 g6 12. h3 Nh5 13. g4 Ng7 14. Qg3 f6 15.
Rf2 Qe7 16. Raf1 Rf7 17. Kh2 c6 18. Na4 Raf8 19. c4 Kh8 20. Nc3 Bc8 21. Qh4 h5
22. Qg3 g5 23. Rh1 h4 24. Qg1 Ne6 25. Qd1 Kg7 26. Qd2 Qc7 27. Rb1 a5 28. Kg1
Bd7 29. Qe1 Rb8 30. Rfb2 Rff8 31. Qd2 Rb7 32. Ne1 Rfb8 33. Nc2 Be8 34. Kf2 Bf7
35. Ke1 Be8 36. Kd1 Bf7 37. Kc1 Be8 38. Na4 Bf7 39. Nc3 Be8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.13"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2011.12.12"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 c6 5. f4 b5 6. Bd3 Qb6 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. Ne2
Bxf3 9. gxf3 e6 10. c3 Nd7 11. a4 b4 12. a5 Qb7 13. Qb3 Rb8 14. c4 Ne7 15. h4
c5 16. d5 h5 17. Kf2 Qc7 18. Rag1 e5 19. f5 Bh6 20. Bxh6 Rxh6 21. Bc2 Kf8 22.
Qe3 Kg7 23. f4 Ng8 24. fxg6 fxg6 25. f5 Ndf6 26. fxg6 Rf8 27. Ke1 Ng4 28. Qd2
Qxa5 29. Ng3 Ne7 30. Nxh5+ Rxh5 31. Rxg4 Qa1+ 32. Bd1 Qb1 33. Qc2 Qa1 34. Qd2
Qb1 35. Qc2 Qa1 36. Qd2 a5 37. Rg5 Rh6 38. h5 Rf4 39. Rf1 Rxe4+ 40. Kf2 Rf4+
41. Kg2 Rxf1 42. Kxf1 a4 43. Kg2 a3 44. Qf2 Qxb2 45. Be2 Nxg6 46. Bg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.13"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Wang, Yue"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2011.12.12"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 g6 5. d3 Bg7 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 d6 8. O-O a5
9. Rb1 Bd7 10. b4 axb4 11. axb4 Qc8 12. b5 Nd8 13. Re1 Ne6 14. e3 c6 15. bxc6
bxc6 16. Qc2 Nc5 17. Rd1 Bh3 18. Bxh3 Qxh3 19. d4 exd4 20. exd4 Ne6 21. d5 cxd5
22. Nxd5 Ng4 23. Nf4 Nxf4 24. Bxf4 Ne5 25. Bxe5 dxe5 26. c5 Rac8 27. c6 Qe6 28.
Rb6 Rc7 29. Ng5 Qf5 30. Rd7 Rxd7 31. cxd7 Rd8 32. Rb7 Kf8 33. Nxh7+ Ke7 34. Ng5
Bf6 35. h4 Bxg5 36. hxg5 Rxd7 37. Rb6 Rd5 38. Kg2 e4 39. Rf6 Kf8 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.13"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2011.12.12"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. f3 Qc7 8. Qd2
b5 9. O-O-O Ne5 10. Nb3 Be7 11. Qf2 O-O 12. g4 d6 13. g5 Nfd7 14. Rg1 b4 15.
Nb1 a5 16. Nd4 a4 17. f4 Nc4 18. Nb5 Qc6 19. Nd4 Qc5 20. Nf5 Nxe3 21. Nxe7+ Kh8
22. Rd3 Nxf1 23. Rxf1 Ba6 24. Rh3 Qxf2 25. Rxf2 Nc5 26. Rff3 g6 27. f5 Nxe4 28.
fxg6 Nxg5 29. Rfg3 Kg7 30. Rxg5 fxg6 31. Rg1 Bb5 32. Rh4 Rf7 33. Rxb4 Bd7 34.
Rb6 Rxe7 35. Rxd6 Rf8 36. Nc3 Rf2 37. Rd2 Ref7 38. Ne4 Rxd2 39. Kxd2 Bc6 40.
Re1 Rf5 41. b4 axb3 42. axb3 Rh5 43. c4 Rxh2+ 44. Kc3 Rh3+ 45. Kb4 h5 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.13"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2011.12.12"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. O-O Bd6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. e4
e5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. cxd5 exd4 11. Nb3 Ne5 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Nbxd4
Nxf3+ 15. Nxf3 Qxb2 16. Re1 Qf6 17. Nd2 Bf5 18. Bxf5 Qxf5 19. Qb3 b6 20. Ne4
Rad8 21. Rad1 Rd7 22. Nxd6 Rxd6 23. Re3 Rc8 24. h3 Rc5 25. Red3 Qe5 26. Re3 Qf5
27. Red3 Qe4 28. Re3 Qf5 29. Red3 Qe4 30. Re3 Qf5 31. Red3 Qf4 32. Rd4 Qe5 33.
R4d3 Qf5 34. Rf3 Qg5 35. Rfd3 Qf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.13"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2011.12.12"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Qc7 5. O-O Nd4 6. Re1 a6 7. Bc4 d6 8. Nd5
Nxd5 9. exd5 Bg4 10. Be2 Nxe2+ 11. Qxe2 g6 12. d3 Bg7 13. Bg5 e5 14. dxe6 Bxe6
15. Bf4 O-O 16. Ng5 Bd5 17. c4 Bc6 18. Ne4 Rad8 19. Qd2 Rd7 20. Re2 Bxe4 21.
dxe4 Bd4 22. Be3 Re8 23. Rd1 Rdd8 24. f3 b5 25. b3 bxc4 26. bxc4 Qc6 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blindfold"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2011.12.14"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. d3 Bb4 5. Nge2 Na5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Nxc3 Nxc4
8. dxc4 h6 9. Be3 d6 10. f3 Be6 11. Qe2 Qe7 12. O-O-O a6 13. b3 c6 14. Bb6 O-O
15. Kb2 c5 16. Qd2 Ne8 17. a4 Rc8 18. a5 Rc6 19. g4 Qh4 20. Qg2 Nf6 21. Rd3 Nd7
22. Na4 Nxb6 23. Nxb6 Rd8 24. Rhd1 Kf8 25. h3 h5 26. Rg1 Ke7 27. Qd2 g5 28. Rd1
f6 29. b4 cxb4 30. c5 Qxh3 31. cxd6+ Kf7 32. gxh5 b3 33. cxb3 Qxh5 34. d7 Qh8
35. Rc3 Rxc3 36. Qxc3 Qh2+ 37. Rd2 Qf4 38. Rd6 Qh2+ 39. Ka3 Qg1 40. Kb4 Qf1 41.
Ka3 Qg1 42. Rd3 Ke7 43. Qb4+ Kf7 44. Qd2 Qa1+ 45. Kb4 Kg6 46. Kc5 Qh1 47. Kd6
Kf7 48. Kc7 Qh8 49. Qb4 Qg8 50. Rd2 Qh8 51. Rh2 Qxh2 52. Kxd8 Kg6 53. Kc7 Bxd7
54. Nxd7 Qe2 55. Qb6 Kh5 56. Qxf6 Qc2+ 57. Kb8 Kh4 58. Nxe5 Qxb3 59. Qh6+ Kg3
60. Qxg5+ Kf2 61. Qd2+ Kg3 62. f4 Qg8+ 63. Ka7 Kh3 64. Qe3+ Kh4 65. Qe1+ 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blindfold"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2011.12.14"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 Be7 8.
Nc4 b5 9. Ne3 Nf6 10. g3 O-O 11. Bg2 b4 12. Ncd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bg5 14. Bxg5
Qxg5 15. O-O Rb8 16. Qd3 a5 17. c3 Be6 18. Qa6 Rfc8 19. Rac1 Qd8 20. Qd3 bxc3
21. bxc3 Rb2 22. a4 Bxd5 23. Qxd5 Qb6 24. Rcd1 Rd8 25. Rd2 Ne7 26. Qd3 Rb3 27.
Qc2 g6 28. Rfd1 Ra3 29. Bf1 Qc5 30. Qb2 Rxa4 31. Qb5 Qxb5 32. Bxb5 Rxe4 33.
Rxd6 Rxd6 34. Rxd6 Re1+ 35. Kg2 Rc1 36. c4 Rc2 37. Ra6 e4 38. Kg1 Nf5 39. Rxa5
Nd4 40. Ra1 Kg7 41. h3 Nf3+ 42. Kg2 Ne5 43. Re1 f5 44. c5 Rxc5 45. Be2 g5 46.
Ra1 f4 47. Ra7+ Kf6 48. Ra6+ Rc6 49. Rxc6+ Nxc6 50. h4 f3+ 51. Bxf3 exf3+ 52.
Kxf3 gxh4 53. gxh4 Kf5 54. Kg3 Ne5 55. f3 Nd7 56. f4 Nf6 57. Kf3 Nd5 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blindfold"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2011.12.14"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. Qb3 e6 6. Qa3 Nbd7 7. Nf3 c6 8. b4
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bd3 a5 11. Bd2 Qe7 12. Rb1 O-O 13. O-O e5 14. Ne4 Bb7 15.
Qc1 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 exd4 17. Bxc6 Rac8 18. Bxb7 Rxc1 19. Rfxc1 Ne5 20. Nxe5 dxe3
21. Bxe3 Qxb7 22. Nc6 a4 23. Rc2 Qd7 24. Rbc1 a3 25. Rd2 Qe6 26. Nd4 Bxd4 27.
Bxd4 Rd8 28. h3 h5 29. Kf1 Qf5 30. Re1 Kh7 31. f3 g5 32. Kf2 Qf4 33. Red1 h4
34. Kg1 Kg6 35. Kf2 Rd6 36. Kg1 f5 37. Rd3 Rd5 38. R1d2 Qd6 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blindfold"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2011.12.14"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 Bf5 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Nxe4
Bxe4 9. Bg5 Nc6 10. d5 Bxf3 11. exf3 Nd4 12. Re1 Re8 13. Be3 Nf5 14. Bh3 Nxe3
15. Rxe3 c5 16. Qc2 Rb8 17. a4 a6 18. Bf1 Bd4 19. Re4 e5 20. dxe6 Rxe6 21. Rxe6
fxe6 22. Re1 Qf6 23. Qe4 Rf8 24. Bg2 d5 25. cxd5 e5 26. b3 Kg7 27. d6 Rf7 28.
Qd5 Rd7 29. f4 Kh6 30. Re2 exf4 31. Re6 Qg5 32. Qxg5+ Kxg5 33. Kf1 Kh6 34. gxf4
Bg7 35. f5 Bf8 36. fxg6 hxg6 37. Be4 Rxd6 38. Rxd6 Bxd6 39. Bxb7 a5 40. Bd5
Bxh2 41. Kg2 Be5 42. Bc4 Kg7 43. Bd5 Kf6 44. Bc4 Bc3 45. Bd5 g5 46. Bc4 Bb4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blindfold"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2011.12.14"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O Bg6 7. Nbd2 h6 8. Nb3
Nd7 9. Bd2 Nc8 10. c4 dxc4 11. Na5 Qc7 12. Nxc4 Ncb6 13. Ba5 Be7 14. Bd3 Bxd3
15. Qxd3 O-O 16. Rac1 Rfc8 17. Qe4 Qd8 18. Ne3 Qf8 19. a3 Nd5 20. Nd2 b6 21.
Bc3 a5 22. Nxd5 cxd5 23. Qd3 Rc6 24. Nb1 Rac8 25. Bd2 Rc4 26. Rxc4 Rxc4 27. Rc1
b5 28. Rxc4 bxc4 29. Qc2 f6 30. Qa4 fxe5 31. Qxd7 Qf5 32. Nc3 exd4 33. Ne2 Qb1+
34. Bc1 Bg5 35. Qxe6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blindfold"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Wang, Yue"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2011.12.14"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. d3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Qxe2+ 8.
Bxe2 Be7 9. Nd4 O-O 10. Bf4 c6 11. O-O d5 12. Rfe1 Na6 13. Bf3 Bd8 14. a3 Bb6
15. Nb3 Re8 16. Na4 Bc7 17. Bg5 Bf5 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. g3 Bd6 20. Na5 Rxe1+ 21.
Rxe1 Rb8 22. Nc3 Bd7 23. Nb3 Nc5 24. Nxc5 Bxc5 25. Kg2 Kf8 26. h3 b5 27. Ne2
Bd6 28. Bg4 f5 29. Bf3 a5 30. Ra1 Ke7 31. c3 Kf6 32. d4 Rg8 33. Kh2 Rb8 34. Kg2
Rg8 35. Kh2 Rb8 36. Rc1 Ra8 37. Ra1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reggio Emilia 54th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "2011.12.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2011.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1
c6 9. Be2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nd7 11. O-O e5 12. Ne4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Be5 14. f4 Bc7 15.
Bxf7+ Rxf7 16. Ne6 Qe8 17. Nxc7 Qxe4 18. Nxa8 Qxe3+ 19. Rf2 Nf6 20. Qe1 Qxe1+
21. Rxe1 Nd5 22. Re8+ Rf8 23. Rfe2 b5 24. R2e5 a6 25. f5 Bb7 26. Rxf8+ Kxf8 27.
Rxd5 cxd5 28. Nc7 Kf7 29. Kf2 d4 30. g4 g5 31. fxg6+ Kxg6 32. Ne6 Bc8 33. Nxd4
Bxg4 34. Kg3 Kg5 35. h4+ Kh5 36. a3 Bd7 37. Nf3 Bc8 38. Ne5 Bb7 39. b4 Bc8 40.
Nc6 Bd7 41. Nb8 Bc8 42. Nc6 Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reggio Emilia 54th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "2011.12.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2011.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg5 Bb7 5. Nbd2 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. e3 cxd4 8. cxd4
a6 9. Bg2 Be7 10. O-O d6 11. a4 O-O 12. axb5 axb5 13. Qb3 Ra5 14. Rfc1 h6 15.
Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Ne4 Be7 17. d5 Qa8 18. Rab1 exd5 19. Nc3 d4 20. Nd5 dxe3 21. Rxc6
exf2+ 22. Kxf2 Bxc6 23. Nxe7+ Kh8 24. Re1 Be4 25. Nh4 Qa7+ 26. Re3 Ra4 27. Nhf5
Qc5 28. Bxe4 Rxe4 29. Qc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reggio Emilia 54th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "2011.12.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "166"]
[EventDate "2011.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8.
Bg5 a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nd5 f5 12. g3 fxe4 13. Bg2 Bg7 14. Bxe4 Be6
15. O-O O-O 16. c3 f5 17. Bg2 Rb8 18. Nc2 a5 19. a3 Kh8 20. Qe2 Qd7 21. Rad1 e4
22. f3 Nd4 23. Nxd4 Bxd5 24. Qd2 b4 25. axb4 axb4 26. fxe4 bxc3 27. bxc3 fxe4
28. Rxf8+ Rxf8 29. Qe3 Qe7 30. Bh3 Qe5 31. Re1 Rf6 32. Bg2 Rf7 33. Rb1 Bb7 34.
Ne2 d5 35. Rb6 Qc7 36. Rb1 Be5 37. Nd4 Ba6 38. Bf1 Bc4 39. Bxc4 Qxc4 40. Ne6
Qa6 41. Nd4 h6 42. Ne2 Kh7 43. Rf1 Rxf1+ 44. Kxf1 Qa1+ 45. Kg2 Qe1 46. Qf2
Qxf2+ 47. Kxf2 Kg6 48. Ke3 Kf5 49. h3 Bf6 50. Nd4+ Ke5 51. Kd2 Bg5+ 52. Ke2 Bc1
53. Nb5 Ke6 54. Nd4+ Kf6 55. Nb5 Ke5 56. Nd4 Ba3 57. Nc2 Bc5 58. Ne3 Ke6 59.
Ng4 Bf8 60. Ne3 Bg7 61. Kd2 Be5 62. g4 Bf4 63. Ke2 Bg5 64. Nf5 Ke5 65. Ne3 Kd6
66. Nf5+ Kc5 67. Ne3 Bf4 68. Ng2 Bc7 69. Ne3 Ba5 70. Nd1 Kd6 71. Ke3 Ke5 72.
Ke2 Ke6 73. Ke3 Bb6+ 74. Ke2 Kf6 75. Ne3 Bxe3 76. Kxe3 Kg5 77. Kf2 Kf4 78. Kg2
Ke3 79. h4 Kf4 80. g5 hxg5 81. h5 Kf5 82. Kg3 Kf6 83. Kg4 Kg7 0-1

[Event "Reggio Emilia 54th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "2011.12.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2011.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Bd7 9. c3 ({For the rather unusual} 9. Be3 $5 {see Sutovsky,E (2696)-Adams,M 
(2734)/Porto Carras 2011/CBM 146 [Sutovsky] (1/2, 36)}) 9... O-O {The most
flexible move. As far as I can understand, Black is waiting for Nbd2 in order
to start his counterplay in the spirit of the Chigorin Defence, with ...Na5
and ...c5.} (9... Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 {Pilnik,H-Trifunovic,P Buenos Aires
1955 (1-0, 40)}) ({I do not see the usefulness of} 9... h6 {at this stage of
the game.} 10. Nbd2 ({What about if} 10. Bc2 $5 {as in the main game?}) 10...
Na5 11. Bc2 c5 12. d4 cxd4 13. cxd4 Qc7 {With the knight on b1, this could be
met with Nc3.} 14. b3 ({I would prefer the more radical method, which used to
be part of Tal's and Fischer's arsenal,} 14. b4 $5 Nc6 15. Bb3 {[%cal Gc6b4,
Gb3f7]} O-O 16. Bb2 $36) 14... Rc8 15. Bb1 bxa4 16. bxa4 exd4 17. Bb2 O-O 18.
Bd3 Nc6 19. Bxa6 Rb8 20. Qc1 Qa7 21. Bb5 Rfc8 $13 {Naiditsch,A (2706)-Atalik,S
(2619)/Eretria 2011 (1/2, 61)}) 10. Bc2 $5 {With the clear intention to forget
about ...Na5 and the Chigorin structures once and for ever. However, this move
releases the pressure against the d5-square.} (10. Nbd2 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 {
Svidler,P (2738)-Jakovenko,D (2709)/Moscow 2008/CBM 127/[Knaak] (1-0, 35)})
10... b4 {An ambitious, but slightly committal move, weakening the light
squares.} (10... d5 11. Nbd2 dxe4 12. dxe4 Bd6 13. b4 Ne7 14. Ba3 a5 $11 {
Svidler,P (2726)-Akopian,V (2696)/Nalchik 2009/CBM 130 (1/2, 22)}) (10... Re8 {
also led to entirely satisfactory positions in a series of recent games:} 11.
Nbd2 (11. Re1 Rb8 12. h3 Bf8 13. axb5 axb5 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bh4 g6 16. Nbd2 Bg7
17. Nf1 Ra8 18. Qd2 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 b4 {Timofeev,A (2651)-Karjakin,S (2723)/
Khanty Mansiysk 2009/CBM 134 (1/2, 26)} 20. Ne3 $14 {/=}) 11... Bf8 12. Re1 h6
13. h3 (13. Nf1 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Ng3 Nb6 16. axb5 {1/2 Fressinet,L (2667)
-Kritz,L (2589)/Biel 2009/CBM 131 Extra}) 13... Ne7 14. d4 Ng6 15. Nf1 c5 16.
d5 Nh7 17. Be3 Be7 18. b4 c4 19. Qd2 Ng5 20. N1h2 Nxf3+ 21. Nxf3 Nh4 22. Nxh4
Bxh4 23. Ra3 a5 $1 $11 {Karjakin,S (2788)-Leko,P (2717)/Ningbo 2011/CBM 144 (1/
2, 30)}) 11. Re1 $146 (11. Nbd2 {allows} d5 12. Re1 bxc3 13. bxc3 Re8 14. Nf1
h6 15. Ne3 Be6 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Qxd5 18. d4 exd4 19. Be4 Qc4 20. cxd4 Bd5
$11 {/=/+ Bruzon Bautista,L (2622)-Svidler,P (2727)/Dresden 2008/CBM 128 (0-1,
38)}) 11... Re8 ({One important question is whether after} 11... d5 {White can
really take the pawn with} 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Rxe5 {Marshall
specialists will know whether this offers sufficient compensation for Black.
However, Morozevich is not one of them. He prefers slow regrouping in the
spirit of the Zaitsev variation, which he plays constantly.}) 12. h3 Bf8 13.
Nbd2 g6 14. Nc4 {/\d4, /\Bb3} bxc3 {It looks logical to create a relative
weakness on c3 before developing the bishop in fianchetto.} (14... Bg7 15. d4
$5 bxc3 (15... exd4 16. cxd4 d5 17. Ncd2 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 $14) 16.
dxe5 $1 (16. bxc3 exd4 17. cxd4 Nb4 $132) 16... Nxe5 17. Ncxe5 dxe5 18. bxc3
$14) 15. bxc3 d5 {But this does not seem consequent. What did he need ...g6
for if he intended to open the centre anyway?} (15... Bg7 $5) 16. Ne3 $1 (16.
exd5 Nxd5 {[%csl Gc3]}) 16... dxe4 (16... Be6 17. a5 $14) (16... d4 17. Nd5 $14
) 17. dxe4 $14 {The structure is symemtrical, but White's position remains
more pleasant. One important element is his better control in the centre. The
d4-square is well covered, but the d5-square is not.} Na5 18. Qe2 Nh5 19. Rd1
$1 Nf4 20. Qe1 Bd6 {Black tries consolidating his centre, but now ...g6 can
certainly be considered a weakening move.} 21. Rb1 ({A massive central
approach, involving an exchange sacrifice, was possible:} 21. c4 $5 Nc6 22. Nd5
Ne6 23. Be3 Ncd4 24. Nxd4 exd4 {[%cal Gd6e5,Ge5a1]} 25. Rxd4 $5 Nxd4 26. Bxd4
Be5 27. Bxe5 Rxe5 28. Qc3 Re6 29. Rd1 c6 30. Ne3 {[%cal Ge3g4,Ge4e5]} h5 31. c5
Qe7 32. Nc4 $14 {[%cal Gc4d6] The d6-knight will not be weaker than any of
Black's rooks.}) 21... f6 (21... Rb8 $5 {looks like a reasonable attempt to
reduce the pressure.}) 22. h4 $1 $16 {[%cal Gg2g3] Black starts losing ground.}
(22. c4 $5 {remains a possibility.}) 22... Rf8 23. g3 Ne6 24. Nd5 {White has
got the d5-square for his knight, without giving up the control of the
d4-square.} Qe8 25. Qe2 Bxa4 {This pawn costs Black a lot of time.} 26. Bxa4
Qxa4 27. Bh6 Rf7 28. Nh2 $1 Nb3 (28... f5 29. exf5 gxf5 30. Nb6 $1 cxb6 31.
Rxd6 $16) (28... Qe8 29. Ng4 Be7 (29... Qd8 30. Ndxf6+ $1 Rxf6 31. Qa2 Nc6 32.
Bg5 $18) 30. Be3 Kg7 (30... Kh8) 31. h5 $40) 29. Ng4 $16 Nbc5 30. Ngxf6+ Kh8
31. h5 g5 {White should be close to winning by this moment, but Ivanchuk
starts complicating his task.} 32. Rb4 (32. Qg4 $5 {[%cal Gg4f5]}) 32... Qa3
33. Rdb1 $2 (33. Ng4 $5) 33... c6 $1 34. Ng4 $5 (34. Nb6 Rxf6 35. Nxa8 Rxh6)
34... cxd5 35. exd5 Qxc3 $6 {After this, things will gradually re-enter the
previous paths.} (35... Ng7 36. Nxe5 {[%cal Ge5c4,Ge5f7] White has strong
compensation, but possibly not an advantage.} Re7 $8 37. Qf3 Bxe5 (37... Rxe5
$2 38. Rb8+ $3 {[%csl Gf8]} Re8 $8 39. Qf7 $18) 38. d6 Ree8 39. Qxa8 Rxa8 40.
Rb8+ Ne8 41. Rxa8 Qa4 42. Rbb8 Qd1+ $11) 36. dxe6 Nxe6 37. Rc4 Qa5 38. Qe4 Rd8
39. Rc6 $16 {White is a pawn down, but Black's pieces are too vulnerable.} Qd2
40. Qc4 Re7 41. Rbb6 (41. Ne3 $5 Rf7 $140 42. Rf1 $18) 41... e4 42. Kg2 e3 43.
Nxe3 Bxg3 44. Kxg3 Nd4 45. Kg2 Nxc6 46. Rxc6 Qd7 47. Ng4 Qf5 48. Qc3+ Kg8 49.
Nf6+ Kf7 50. Qc4+ Re6 51. Rc7+ Kxf6 52. Bg7# 1-0

[Event "Reggio Emilia 54th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "2011.12.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2011.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 Bb4 4. Nf3 Bxc3 (4... Qe7 {was played in Nakamura,H 
(2758)-Caruana,F (2727) Reggio Emilia 2011 CBM 146 [Marin] (1/2, 43). In my
comments to that game I also mentioned some subtleties of the move order
chosen by White.}) 5. bxc3 d6 (5... e4 {1/2 Kamsky,G (2714)-Gelfand,B (2736)/
Moscow 2007/CBM 122/[Marin,M] (29)}) 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Re8 {Black plays a
flexible game, delaying the development of his queen's knight. White has to
permanently count with the threat ...e4. With the knight on c6, this would be
slightly less effective, because of the pressure created by Nf3-d4.} 8. Ne1 $5
(8. d4 Nbd7 ({After the weakening of the c4-square, I would consider} 8... e4
$5 {fighting for a blockade on the light squares.}) 9. Qc2 Qe7 (9... e4 $5) 10.
e4 $5 exd4 11. cxd4 Qxe4 12. Qb3 Qe7 13. Re1 Qd8 14. Rxe8+ Qxe8 15. Bf4 h6 16.
a4 a5 17. c5 $44 {Rechlis,G (2473)-Tunik,G (2473)/Israel 2008/EXT 2009 (1/2,
22)}) (8. d3 e4 {The critical continuation.} (8... Nbd7 9. e4 {offers White
the possibility of building up a strong centre, with chances for an advantage.}
c6 10. Nh4 Qa5 11. Qc2 d5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. c4 Ne7 15. Bb2 Nc6
16. Rfe1 $14 {Shahtahtinsky,A (2380)-Ibragimov,I (2550)/Ano Liosia 1993/EXT
1997 (1/2, 78)}) 9. Ng5 (9. Nd4 Nbd7 {[%cal Gd7c5]}) 9... exd3 10. exd3 Nbd7
11. Rb1 Rb8 {Black's position looks completely normal, but he is slightly
underdeveloped. This gives White the possibility of starting a surprisingly
dangerous kingside attack.} 12. Rb2 $1 {A typical way of activating the rook,
for its later transfer to the kingside.} b6 13. f4 Bb7 14. Bxb7 Rxb7 15. Qf3
Qa8 {Neutralising the pressure along the long diagonal has cost Black some
additional time.} 16. g4 $1 {The first signal to the real attack, clearing the
third rank for the queen at the same time.} Rbb8 17. Qh3 Nc5 18. Rg2 (18. Nxf7
$5 Kxf7 19. g5 Nfd7 20. f5 $44) 18... d5 (18... Re7 19. Be3 Rbe8 20. Bd4 Ncd7
21. Nf3 c5 22. g5 $36) 19. Be3 (19. Nxf7 Kxf7 20. g5 $36) 19... Ncd7 20. Bd4 (
20. Nxf7 $5) 20... dxc4 21. Nxf7 {Finally!} Kxf7 22. g5 Qc6 23. dxc4 $44 {
Khismatullin,D (2601)-Efimenko,Z (2682)/Dagomys 2009/CBM 130 (1/2, 52)}) 8...
c6 (8... Nc6 {would transpose back to lines with an earlier ...Nc6. The
absence of the threat of ...d5 allows White to consolidate his spatial
advantage.} 9. e4 a6 (9... Nd7 10. d3 Nc5 11. f4 exf4 12. Bxf4 f5 13. Qh5 g6
14. Qh6 $36 {Sengupta,D (2563)-Bryzgalin,K (2469)/Pardubice 2011 (1-0, 25)})
10. a4 Rb8 11. Rb1 Bd7 12. d3 Na5 13. f4 h6 14. c5 b6 15. cxd6 cxd6 16. Nf3 $36
{Jobava,B (2669)-Kobalia,M (2634)/Budva 2009/CBM 130 (1-0, 39)}) 9. d3 h6 (9...
d5 $6 {is premature.} 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Bg5 {Black has no favourable way of
avoiding the spoiling his kingside structure.} Be6 12. Rb1 b6 13. c4 $14) 10.
Rb1 d5 11. Qb3 b6 $1 {Neutralising the pressure along the b-file.} (11... Na6
12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Ba3 $5 {[%csl Ga6]}) (11... Nbd7 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Ba3 $14 {
[%csl Gd7]}) (11... dxc4 12. Qxc4 Be6 13. Qh4 b5 14. a4 a6 15. Nc2 $14) 12.
cxd5 {This is a small success for Black, who will get the c6-square for his
knight.} (12. Nc2 Be6 (12... dxc4 13. Qxc4 Be6 14. Qa4 Bd5 15. e4 $14) 13. Ne3
dxc4 14. dxc4 e4 15. Rd1 Qc8 16. Ba3 c5 (16... Bh3 {achieves little after} 17.
Bh1) 17. Nd5 Nbd7 $13 {White's position looks active, but he needs time to
recycle his a3-bishop.}) 12... cxd5 13. Nc2 Nc6 14. h3 $6 {I cannot understand
this move, giving away a tempo and weakening the kingside.} (14. Ne3 Be6 15. f4
d4 16. Qb5 $13) 14... Bb7 15. Nb4 Na5 16. Qb2 d4 17. c4 Rc8 18. Bxb7 Nxb7 $15 {
Black's opening has been a complete success. He has exchanged the active
g2-bishop and neutralised the other, he has a lead in development and more
space.} 19. e4 {[%csl Gd5] Fighting for space, but weakening his position even
more.} dxe3 20. Bxe3 Qd7 21. Kh2 Nd6 22. Rbc1 Nf5 23. Rfd1 h5 24. Qe2 h4 $40
25. Nc2 (25. g4 Nxe3 26. Qxe3 Qd6 $17 {[%cal Gd6b4,Gd6h2,Re5e4]}) 25... b5 {
Opening a second active front, in the best classic fashion.} 26. Qf3 bxc4 27.
dxc4 hxg3+ 28. fxg3 Qe6 29. c5 Red8 30. Bf2 e4 31. Qb3 Qe5 32. Ne3 Rxd1 33.
Qxd1 Rxc5 $1 $17 34. Nc4 {White probably thought that this double attack would
keep the c5-pawn defended indirectly, but he was wrong.} Qc7 35. Bxc5 Qxg3+ $1
$40 {A winning rook sacrifice, which should have crowned a well played game.}
36. Kh1 Qxh3+ 37. Kg1 Qg3+ $2 $44 ({He should have simply brought his knights
closer to the king.} 37... Ng4 $1 $19 38. Qe2 Nh4 39. Nd2 Qg3+ 40. Kh1 Nf3 $1 {
The effects of this move were not easy to anticipate a few moves earlier.} ({
However, he had a safety net in view of} 40... Qh3+ {, with a draw by
perpetual.}) 41. Nxf3 exf3 42. Qe8+ (42. Qd2 f2 $19) 42... Kh7 43. Rc2 f2 44.
Rxf2 {Sadly, there is nothing better than that.} Nxf2+ 45. Bxf2 Qxf2 $19 {
With "just" a winning queen ending.}) 38. Kf1 $1 Ng4 (38... e3 $44) (38... Qf4+
39. Ke1 e3 $44) 39. Qd8+ Kh7 40. Qd5 Qf3+ $2 $16 {The king escapes now
definitively.} (40... Nh2+ 41. Ke2 Nd4+ $3 {A brilliant move, forcing White to
either obstruct the d-file, or place the queen on a vulnerable square.} 42.
Qxd4 (42. Bxd4 Qf3+ 43. Ke1 Qf1+ 44. Kd2 Qd3+ $11) 42... Qg4+ 43. Ke3 Qg3+ (
43... Qf3+ $2 44. Kd2 $18) 44. Kxe4 ({One of the points behind 41...Nd4!!+ is
that} 44. Kd2 $2 {loses the queen to} Nf3+) 44... Qf3+ 45. Ke5 Qf6+ $1 $11 {
White has to take the perpetual, since} 46. Kd5 $2 {leads to an unexpected
finish:} Qe6#) 41. Ke1 Ng3 42. Rc2 f5 43. Kd2 $16 {With good winning chances
already.} Nf6 44. Qd8 Ne2 45. Ke1 f4 46. Rxe2 Qc3+ 47. Kd1 Qxc4 48. Qd4 Qb5 49.
Rh2+ Kg6 50. Kc2 a5 51. Be7 Qc6+ 52. Qc5 Qa4+ 53. Kc1 f3 54. Bxf6 Kxf6 55. Rd2
g6 56. Rd6+ Kg7 57. Rd8 1-0

[Event "Reggio Emilia 54th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "2012.01.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2011.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O e5 (7...
Bxd2 {is a solid alternative.}) 8. Bg5 {[%cal Ra2a3] The most logical way to
fight for an advantage.} exd4 (8... h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. a3 e4 {1/2 Yrjola,J 
(2366)-Vorotnikov,V (2422)/Jyvaskyla 2011/CBM 143 Extra (22)} 11. Nh4 $1 g5 12.
Bxe4 $1 gxh4 13. Bxc6+ bxc6 14. axb4 Bh3 15. Re1 $16) 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 (9... Ne5 {
has been played several times by Russian IM Nikolay Vlassov:} 10. a3 (10. Qc2
$5 {may be even stronger, e.g.} h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Nc3 Bxc3 13. Qxc3 O-O 14.
f4 Nd7 15. Nb5 Qd8 16. Rad1 Nf6 17. e4 Qe7 18. Rfe1 Ne8 19. e5 $16 {1-0 Bosch,
J (2454)-Richards,H (2209)/Gausdal 2002/CBM 087 ext (31)}) 10... Bc5 11. Nc3
Neg4 (11... O-O 12. Nd5 (12. b3 Neg4 13. Ne4 Bb6 14. Rc1 h6 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16.
c5 dxc5 17. Nxc5 c6 $11 {1-0 Kiselev,S (2545)-Vlassov,N (2395)/Moscow 1996/CBM
056 ext (57)}) 12... Neg4 (12... Nxc4 13. Rc1 Ne5 14. Nb3 Ned7 15. Nxc5 dxc5
16. Nxf6+ Nxf6 17. Rxc5 c6 18. Qc1 $14 {1-0 Iskusnyh,S (2460)-Vlassov,N (2380)/
Moscow 1996/EXT 2000 (62)}) 13. b4 Ba7 14. bxa5 c6 15. Nxf6+ gxf6 {1/2 Neurohr,
S (2325)-Pritchett,C (2360)/Germany 1990/GER-chT (40)} 16. Bh4 $1 $14 {[%csl
Rf6]} Qxa5 $140 17. h3 Ne5 18. Bxf6) 12. Nd5 (12. Ne4 h6 (12... Bb6 13. h3 h6
14. Nxf6+ Nxf6 15. Be3 O-O 16. b4 c6 17. Nc2 Bc7 18. b5 $14 {1-0 Zarezenko,I 
(2230)-Vlassov,N (2467)/Tomsk 2001/CBM 083 ext (42)}) 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Nxc5
dxc5 15. Nb5 Qe7 16. e4 O-O 17. e5 $5 (17. Qc2 Ng4 18. h3 Ne5 19. f4 c6 20. Nc3
Nxc4 $13 {0-1 Granovski,A-Vlassov,N (2440)/Moscow 1998/EXT 2000 (63)}) 17...
Qxe5 $140 18. Re1 $36) 12... c6 (12... h6 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. b4 Nxd5 15. bxc5
dxc5 (15... Nf6 16. Nb5 dxc5 17. Qxd8+ Kxd8 18. Rfd1+ Nd7 {1-0 Krylov,M (2404)
-Vlassov,N (2492)/Moscow 2005/EXT 2006 (34)} 19. Ra2 $16) 16. cxd5 cxd4 17.
Qxd4 O-O 18. Rfc1 Re8 19. Qc4 Re7 20. e4 $14 {0-1 Fridman,D (2559)-Vlassov,N 
(2467)/ICC INT 2001/CBM 081 ext (73)}) 13. Nxf6+ gxf6 (13... Nxf6 14. b4 $1 Bb6
15. b5 c5 16. Nc2 h6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Ne3 $16 {0-1 Sidorova,E (2243)-Vlassov,
N (2467)/Tomsk 2001/CBM 083 ext (77)}) 14. Bf4 Qb6 15. e3 a4 16. b4 axb3 17.
Nxb3 Ne5 18. a4 Be6 19. a5 Qb4 20. Rb1 $14 {1-0 Najer,E (2500)-Vlassov,N (2440)
/Moscow 1998/EXT 2000 (32)}) (9... Bd7 {is inferior:} 10. a3 (10. Nb5 Rc8 11.
N1c3 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Nd5 Qd8 14. f4 O-O 15. Kh1 Bc5 $13 {0-1 Filippov,V 
(2530)-Vlassov,N (2380)/Moscow 1996/EXT 2000 (45)}) 10... Bc5 11. Nb5 Rc8 12.
N1c3 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Nd5 $1 (14. Qd2 Qg5 15. e3 O-O 16. Nd5 Ne5 17. Nbxc7
Nxc4 18. Qc3 b5 19. a4 Nb6 20. axb5 Nxd5 21. Nxd5 Bxb5 $13 {1/2 Kobalia,M 
(2620)-Vlassov,N (2454)/Moscow 2002/CBM 088 (52)}) 14... Qd8 15. Rb1 O-O 16. b4
axb4 17. axb4 Ba7 18. Nxa7 Nxa7 19. b5 c6 20. Nb6 $1 Qxb6 21. bxc6 Qd8 22. cxd7
Qxd7 23. Rxb7 $18 {1-0 Dreev,A (2607)-Apicella,M (2539)/Kemer 2007/CBM 121 (39)
}) 10. Qxd4 h6 {This is the idea of GM Maxim Turov.} 11. Bxf6 {Consequent.
Retreats are harmless:} (11. Bf4 O-O 12. Nc3 Qe7 13. e4 Be6 14. b3 Qd7 15. Na4
Bxc4 16. Qxc4 b5 17. Qc1 bxa4 18. e5 dxe5 19. Bxe5 Ra6 20. Qxc7 axb3 21. axb3
Qd3 22. Rfd1 Qxb3 23. Bf1 Ne8 24. Qc8 Ra7 25. Rd8 Re7 26. Bd4 Qe6 27. Bc5 {
1/2 Banikas,H (2598)-Turov,M (2561)/Paleochora 2009/CBM 131 Extra}) (11. Bd2
Bc5 12. Qd3 O-O 13. Nc3 Ng4 14. b3 Re8 15. Rad1 Qe7 16. h3 Ne5 17. Qc2 Nc6 18.
Nd5 Qd8 19. Bc3 Nb4 20. Qb2 Nxd5 21. Rxd5 f6 {1/2 Tunik,G (2484)-Zaiatz,E 
(2392)/Voronezh 2010/CBM 137 Extra (49)}) 11... Qxf6 12. Qxf6 gxf6 {Which is
more important: Black's bishop pair or his poor pawn structure? GM Anish Giri
proves that it is the latter.} 13. a3 (13. Rc1 c6 14. Nc3 Ke7 (14... a4 15. e3
Be6 16. Ne2 Ke7 17. Nf4 Bc5 18. Be4 Ra5 19. Rab1 Rc8 20. b4 axb3 21. axb3 Bb6
22. b4 $14 {1/2 D'Costa,L (2425)-Turov,M (2630)/Haarlem 2011/CBM 144 Extra (28)
}) 15. Na4 Be6 16. e3 {1/2 Van der Stricht,G (2400)-Motwani,P (2503)/Aalst
2005/CBM 107 ext}) 13... Bc5 14. Nc3 c6 15. e3 (15. Rac1 Be6 16. Ne4 Ke7 17.
Rfd1 Rhd8 18. e3 a4 19. Bf1 Ra5 20. Rd2 Bb6 21. Nc3 {1-0 Postny,E (2649)-Riff,
J (2487)/Evry 2008/CBM 124 Extra (31)} f5 $11) (15. Ne4 Ke7 16. Nxc5 dxc5 17.
Rfd1 Be6 18. Rac1 Rhd8 19. Rd3 Rxd3 20. exd3 Rd8 21. Bf1 Rd4 $11 {1/2 Gromova,
I (2214)-Turova,I (2428)/Olginka 2011/CBM 141 Extra (33)}) 15... Ke7 (15... Be6
16. b4 $1 Ba7 17. b5 $1 Bxc4 (17... Kd7 18. Rfb1 $36) 18. bxc6 Bxf1 19. Kxf1
$36) (15... a4 $5) 16. Na4 {[%mdl 32] Preventing ...a5-a4.} h5 $6 {I don't
like this move. This pawn becomes weak very soon, and Black loses without
further obvious mistakes.} (16... Be6 $142 {with a solid position.}) 17. h4 Rg8
(17... Bg4 18. b4 $1 axb4 19. axb4 Bxb4 20. Rfb1 c5 21. Nb6 $16) 18. Rfc1 Ra7
19. Bf3 Bg4 (19... Rh8 {is ugly but may be more stubborn.}) 20. Bxg4 Rxg4 (
20... hxg4 $6 {[%csl Gh4]}) 21. Kf1 Ra8 22. b3 Ke6 23. Nc3 $1 {White needs
this knight to attack the h5 pawn.} Ke7 24. Ne2 Rgg8 25. Nf4 Rh8 26. Nd3 Bb6
27. Rab1 Kd7 28. Rc2 Bc7 29. Nf4 Rae8 30. b4 axb4 31. axb4 Ra8 32. b5 Ra4 33.
Rbb2 $1 {[%cal Yb2a2]} Ra5 34. Kg2 Ra4 35. Kf3 Raa8 (35... f5 36. Ra2 Rxa2 37.
Rxa2 Bb6 38. Ra4 $1 Kc7 39. bxc6 bxc6 40. Nd3 $18 {[%cal Yf3f4]}) 36. Ra2 Rxa2
37. Rxa2 {[%cal Yf3e4,Ye4f5]} d5 $6 {Desperation, which only hastens Black's
defeat.} 38. bxc6+ bxc6 39. cxd5 c5 40. Ra6 Bxf4 41. Kxf4 Rc8 42. Rc6 $1 Rxc6
43. dxc6+ Kxc6 44. g4 c4 45. e4 Kd6 46. f3 Ke6 47. Ke3 Ke5 48. gxh5 f5 49. h6
f4+ 50. Kd2 Kf6 51. h5 1-0

[Event "Reggio Emilia 54th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "2012.01.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2011.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Ne4 7. Bd2 Nxd2 8.
Qxd2 cxd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. a3 Be7 11. O-O Ne5 12. b3 a6 13. Rfd1 Qc7 14. Ne4 f5
15. Nc3 Rb8 16. e4 fxe4 17. Nxe4 b6 18. Qe2 Bb7 19. f4 Nc6 20. Nf3 Na5 21. Rd3
Bxe4 22. Qxe4 Nb7 23. b4 Nd6 24. Qe2 Nf7 25. Qd2 Rfd8 26. Re1 a5 27. Qc3 axb4
28. axb4 Rbc8 29. Nd2 Nd6 30. Rc1 Nxc4 $2 (30... Bf6 31. Qb3 Nb5 $11) 31. Nxc4
$18 1-0

[Event "Reggio Emilia 54th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "2012.01.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2011.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be2 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. c3
Nbd7 9. Bh2 Qe8 10. a4 a6 11. Na3 e5 12. Nc4 Ne4 13. Nfd2 Nxd2 14. Nxd2 Kh8 15.
Qc2 f5 16. Rfe1 g5 17. Bd3 Qg6 18. f3 Rae8 19. Rf1 d5 20. a5 c5 21. g4 e4 22.
fxe4 dxe4 23. Be2 f4 24. axb6 Qxb6 25. Qb3 Qa7 26. Bb5 cxd4 27. Bxd7 dxe3 28.
Nc4 Rd8 29. Ba4 Rd2 30. Qxb7 Qxb7 31. Rxf4 gxf4 32. Nxd2 exd2 33. Bxf4 Rxf4 34.
Bc6 Qb6+ 0-1

[Event "Reggio Emilia 54th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "2012.01.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2011.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Bd2 Nbd7 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 b4 10. Ne2 e5 11. Ng3 g6 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Qf4 Bd6
15. Qh6 Rg8 16. Rc1 Ned7 17. Qh4 a5 18. Bb5 Kf8 19. O-O Kg7 20. Bxd7 Nxd7 21.
Qd4+ Nf6 22. Rc6 Re8 23. f4 Bb8 24. Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reggio Emilia 54th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "2012.01.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2011.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 {Funny
coincidence! In the last round of the Bazna 2011 tournament, Nakamura also
chose to play with doubled pawns against Ivanchuk (who was just as out of form
as in Reggio), and failed to hold a slightly worse ending.} 7. dxe5 Nf5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 h5 11. Rd1 (11. Bg5 Be6 12. Rfd1 {Svidler,P (2735)
-Leko,P (2735)/Astrakhan 2010/CBM 137/[Marin,M] (1/2, 28)}) (11. Bf4 Be7 12.
Rad1 Be6 13. Ng5 Rh6 {Anand,V (2817)-Nakamura,H (2753)/Sao Paulo/Bilbao 2011/
CBM 145/[Edouard,R] (1/2, 36)}) 11... Be7 12. Ne2 (12. Ne4 Bd7 13. b3 h4 14.
Bg5 {Polgar,J (2699)-Karjakin,S (2788)/Khanty-Mansiysk 2011/CBM 145/[Ftacnik] 
(1-0, 49)}) 12... Bd7 $6 $146 {A somewhat slow plan of solving the problem of
the unconnected rooks by exchanging one of them.} (12... Be6 13. Nf4 Bc8 14. b3
g5 15. Ne2 Rg8 {Timofeev,A (2690)-Pashikian,A (2639)/Khanty Mansiysk 2010/CBM
139/[Marin,M] (0-1, 43)}) 13. Bg5 Rd8 14. Nf4 Bc8 ({Now and on the next moves,
it would not be possible to trap the bishop with} 14... f6 {because of the
intermediate} 15. Ng6 Rg8 ({After} 15... fxg5 16. Nxh8 {there is no way to
prevent the knight from coming out. The threat is Ng6xe7, while the bishop
cannot move because it has to defend g5, which is supposed to keep the net
tight against the knight.}) 16. Nxe7 Kxe7 17. Bf4 $14) 15. Rxd8+ Kxd8 16. Rd1+
Ke8 17. g3 Rh7 $5 {Finally creating the threat of ...f6, thus inducing the
following exchange.} ({A similar position could have been reached after} 17...
Bxg5 18. Nxg5 Rh6 19. h4 c5 20. c3 a5 {The only difference comes from the
black knight's placement. It is understandable that Nakamura preferred to keep
the d5-square defended, although} 21. Nd5 Rc6 {is nothing special for White.})
18. Bxe7 Nxe7 19. Ng5 Rh6 20. h4 {Tying the rook up to the defence of the
h5-pawn.} c5 21. c3 a5 22. Rd2 Be6 {There was no way of transferring the rook
to the queenside, but Black can use the third rank activity to occupy the
blocking e6-square. Still, the resulting ending is very much on the edge for
Black.} ({Maybe he should have preferred something neutral such as} 22... a4) (
{or} 22... Bf5 {, leaving White with the task of proving an active plan.}) 23.
Ngxe6 (23. a3 Bc4) (23. b3 Bf5 $5 {[%csl Ga2,Gb3]}) 23... fxe6 {Berlin Wall
specialists tend to know by heart which endings are drawn and which are
dangerous for them. I am not sure of having seen this ending before, R + N vs
R + N. Nakamura defended well in the next phase of the game, but Ivanchuk's
play could be improved upon in at least two ways suggested by Rainer Knaak.}
24. Kg2 Nc6 25. Re2 Nd8 {There was little to be done on the queenside, so that
the knight hurries to contribute to the kingside stability.} 26. Kh3 ({Rainer
Knaak suggested the king's transfer to e4 as an improvement. Here is a
possible continuation:} 26. Kf3 Nf7 27. Re1 Ke7 28. Ke4 Ke8 29. a4 Ke7 30. b3 {
White will need the d3-square for his knight slightly later.} b6 31. Rh1 Kf8
32. f3 Ke7 33. Nd3 {Black's aim at preventing being pushed back would have
been be ...g5 at a slightly earlier moment, aiming for a repetition with ...
Ng5+ Ke3 ...Nf7 (><e5) Ke4. Still this also weakens h5, so the active defence
may well fail.} Rh8 34. g4 hxg4 35. fxg4 Ng5+ 36. Kf4 Nf7 37. g5 {and White
kept making progress.}) 26... Nf7 27. Re3 Kd7 (27... g5 $2 28. hxg5 Nxg5+ 29.
Kh4 $18) 28. f3 b6 29. a3 Kc6 {Not really threatening with queenside
counterplay, but just marking time.} 30. g4 ({In principle, it would be nice
to carry out this pawn break at a moment when ...hxg4 can be adequately met
with fxg4. White needs to retreat the knight from f4, but not before taking
the d5-square under control in order to safely prevent ...Kd5. Here is a
possible line:} 30. c4 a4 31. Nd3 Rh8 32. g4 hxg4+ 33. fxg4 Kd7 34. Kg3 Ke7 35.
g5 Rd8 $132 {Black's counterplay is stronger than White would have wished,
which explains Ivanchuk's decision to keep his knight on f4, defending the
fourth rank and preventing the rook's activation.}) 30... hxg4+ 31. Kxg4 ({
As strange as it may seem, after} 31. fxg4 g5 32. Nh5 Rg6 {the weakness of the
e5-pawn causes White big problems with making progress:} 33. Nf6 gxh4 34. Kxh4
Rg5) 31... Kd7 $1 {The king retreats to the defence of the e6-pawn, an
essential defensive step.} (31... Kb5 $6 32. h5 (32. Re4 $5) 32... Nh8 (32...
Kc4 33. Ng6 Kb3 34. Re2 b5 35. f4 $40 Rh7 $6 {[%cal Gf7h6,Gh6f5]} 36. Nf8 $1)
33. Re2 (33. Rd3 $6 Nf7 34. Ng6 $2 Rxg6+ $1) 33... Kc6 34. Rd2 Nf7 35. Ng6 $16
{[%cal Gf3f5]}) 32. h5 Rh8 33. Rd3+ Kc6 34. Ng6 Re8 {This is Black's best
regrouping. The rook guards e7, and the king prevents Rd7. Surprisingly, the
knight alone should be able to defend the kingside.} (34... Rd8 $2 35. Ne7+ $1
Kb5 36. Rxd8 Nxd8 37. Kg5 $18) 35. f4 $2 {As pointed out by Rainer Knaak, this
move unnecessarily takes the f4-square away from his own knight.} ({White
could have played a consolidating move like} 35. a4 {and then put Black in a
series of partial zugzwangs:} Nh6+ (35... Rb8 $2 36. Ne7+ Kb7 37. f4 Re8 38.
Rd7 $16) 36. Kf4 Nf7 37. Rd2 Nh6 38. Ke4 Nf5 39. Rg2 Kd7 40. Nf4 {Black cannot
hold his position any more.} Re7 41. Nxe6 $1 Nd6+ $8 (41... Kxe6 42. Rg6+ $18)
42. exd6 Rxe6+ 43. Kd3 (43. Kf5 Rf6+) 43... Rxd6+ 44. Kc4 {with good winning
chances.}) 35... b5 36. a4 Nh6+ 37. Kg5 Nf7+ 38. Kh4 b4 {Not spoiling anything
yet, but giving up any hopes for counterplay.} (38... bxa4 $5 39. c4 Nh6 40.
Ra3 Nf5+ 41. Kg5 Rb8 $132) 39. c4 Nh6 40. Kg5 Nf7+ 41. Kg4 Nh6+ 42. Kh4 {
It may seem that Black is in some sort of zugzwang, but there are moves left
still. The only way to find them is by the method of elimination.} Nf7 $2 (
42... Rb8 $2 43. Ne7+ Kb7 44. Rg3 Re8 45. Rxg7 Rxe7 46. Rxe7 Nf5+ 47. Kg5 Nxe7
48. h6 $18) (42... Nf5+ $6 43. Kg5 Nd4 (43... Rg8 $2 44. h6 $1 gxh6+ 45. Kf6
$18) (43... Rb8 44. Nh4 $16) (43... Nh6 44. Nh4 $16) 44. h6 gxh6+ 45. Kf6 $36)
(42... Kb7 $1 43. Rd7 (43. Kg5 Nf7+) 43... Kc6 {[%csl Ge7,Gg7,Gh4][%cal Gh6f5]}
) (42... Kb6 $1 {is similar.}) 43. f5 $1 {Grabbing his chance.} exf5 44. Rd5 b3
$6 {Black will fail to generate any queenside counterplay, and the b3-pawn
will be lost soon. It would have been somewhat better to aim for the same
position, but with the pawn on b4.} (44... Nd8 45. Kg5 Ne6+ 46. Kxf5 Nd4+ 47.
Ke4 {Still, White's advantage would be unquestionable.}) 45. Kg3 Ng5 46. Kf4
Ne6+ 47. Kxf5 Nd4+ 48. Ke4 Ne6 49. Rd3 Ng5+ (49... Nd4 50. Nf4 Re7 51. Rg3 $16)
50. Ke3 Ne6 51. Rxb3 Nd4 52. Rd3 Rb8 53. b3 $1 {The pawn is taboo for the time
being, but even its elimination would fail to create a black passed pawn.} Kd7
(53... Rxb3 54. Rxb3 Nxb3 55. Nf8 $1 {[%csl Gd7][%cal Gf8e6]} Nd4 $8 56. Kf4
$18) (53... Nxb3 $2 54. Ne7+ $1 $18) 54. Ke4 c6 (54... Rxb3 55. Rxb3 Nxb3 56.
Nf4 {looks like a very promising (probably won) knight ending.}) 55. Nh4 Ke6
56. Rg3 Kf7 57. Nf5 Ne6 58. Rd3 Ng5+ 59. Kf4 Ne6+ 60. Kg4 Nd4 {A desperate
attempt. The threat of a rook invasion was too strong.} 61. Nxd4 cxd4 62. Rxd4
Rxb3 63. Rd7+ Ke6 (63... Kg8 64. e6 $18) (63... Kf8 64. Kf5 Rf3+ 65. Ke6 $18)
64. Rxg7 Rb4 (64... Kxe5 65. Rg5+ $18 {[%csl Ga5]}) 65. h6 Rxc4+ 66. Kh5 Rc1
67. Rg4 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 74th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2012.01.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. g3 b5 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. Ne5 (7. O-O Nd7
8. Ne5 Qc8 {- this move order was seen in the old game Aronian - Galkin (see
below).}) 7... Qc8 {A rare but possible move preparing ...Nb8-d7.} (7... a6 {
is played more often.}) 8. O-O Nd7 9. b3 $1 (9. a4 Ngf6 10. a5 a6 11. b3 cxb3
12. Qxb3 c5 13. Bxb7 Qxb7 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Bg5 Be7 17. Rac1 O-O
18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Ne4 Rac8 20. Qb2 Kg7 21. g4 Qd5 22. Ng3 Qe5 $17 {0-1 Aronian,
L (2610)-Galkin,A (2568)/Moscow 2003/CBM 094 (79)}) 9... b4 $146 {Hardly an
improvement. Black should look for a more convincing way to obtain sufficient
counterchances.} (9... cxb3 10. Qxb3 Ngf6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Nxd7
Qxd7 14. Ne4 Be7 15. Rfd1 Rd8 {0-1 Romero Holmes,A (2560)-Dizdarevic,E (2491)/
Istanbul 2003/CBM 096 (38)} 16. a4 $36) 10. Ne4 Nxe5 (10... c3 $2 11. Nc4) 11.
dxe5 c3 12. Qd3 $44 {White has a huge development advantage; moreover, it is
difficult for Black to complete his development and evacuate his king from the
centre. However, White should play precisely to keep his initiative -
something he fails to do.} a5 (12... f5 $142) 13. Be3 {An inaccurate move. It
is still unclear whether this bishop will be more useful on e3, f4, or g5;
therefore, at this point it is better to play} (13. Rd1 $142 $16) 13... f5 14.
exf6 Nxf6 15. Nxf6+ (15. Rfd1 Nd5) 15... gxf6 16. Bf3 Kf7 17. Rfd1 $2 (17. Bh5+
Kg7 {[%cal Yh8g8,Yg7h8]} 18. Rad1 Rg8 19. Qd7+ Kh8 20. Qf7 c5 $1 21. Qxf6+ Bg7
$13) 17... h5 18. a4 Rb8 $6 {Black offers a repetition of moves when it was
quite time for him to play for a win:} (18... Be7 $17 {[%cal Yc6c5]} 19. Qd7
$140 c2 $1 20. Rd2 Qxd7 21. Rxd7 Rad8 $1 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Rc1 Rd1+ 24. Kg2
Rxc1 25. Bxc1 f5 $1 {(preventing Bf3-e4), and Black's queenside pawns should
decide the game.}) 19. Ba7 Ra8 20. Be3 Rb8 21. Ba7 Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 74th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2012.01.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. Be2 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nd7 13. O-O b6 14. Qc2 (14.
Bd3 {is more ambitious.}) 14... Bb7 15. Bd3 c5 16. Bh7+ Kh8 17. Be4 Bxe4 18.
Qxe4 {For this line - see article by GM P.Lukacs and IM L.Hazai in CBM 142,
particularly annotations to Borovikov - Bakre.} Rac8 (18... Nf6 19. Qc2 Nd5 20.
Rc4 cxd4 21. Nxd4 Qf6 22. Rc1 Rfd8 23. h3 a6 24. a3 b5 25. Rc6 Ne7 26. Rc7 Nd5
27. Rb7 Ne7 28. Rc7 Nd5 29. Rc6 Ne7 30. Rc5 Ra7 31. Qe4 Rad7 $11 {1/2
Borovikov,V (2601)-Bakre,T (2509)/Kavala GRE 2010/CBM 142/[Lukacs/Hazai] (46)})
(18... f5 $6 19. Qf4 Rae8 20. Rd1 e5 21. dxe5 Nxe5 22. Nxe5 Qxe5 23. Qxe5 Rxe5
24. Rd7 f4 25. Rxa7 Rd5 26. h3 Rd1+ 27. Kh2 Rd2 28. exf4 Rxf4 29. Rg3 g5 30.
Re3 {1-0 Ponomariov,R (2754)-Miroshnichenko,E (2651)/Kiev 2011/CBM 143 (34)}
Kg8 $1 $14) ({Recent practice has seen solid, apparently equalising plans for
Black:} 18... Rfe8 19. Rfc1 Kg8 20. h3 e5 21. dxe5 Nxe5 22. Qxe5 Qxe5 23. Nxe5
Rxe5 24. Rd1 Kf8 25. g4 Ke8 {1/2 Malinin,Y (2344)-Krivonosov,O (2448)/Klaipeda
2011/EXT 2012}) (18... cxd4 19. Nxd4 Nc5 20. Qc2 a5 21. Nb3 Nxb3 22. Qxb3 Qb7
23. Rfc1 Rfc8 24. g3 Rxc3 25. Qxc3 Rd8 26. Qc6 Qb8 27. a4 Rd2 28. b3 Rd3 29.
Rc3 Rxc3 30. Qxc3 {1/2 Gurevich,M (2617)-Miroshnichenko,E (2651)/Konya 2011/
CBM 143 Extra}) {GM Magnus Carlsen finds another, quite simple option. Still,
he has to work a while to reach a draw.} 19. Rfc1 (19. Qb7 Qd6 $1) 19... Rc7
20. Qc2 Rfc8 21. h3 {Too slow.} (21. b4 $5 Nf6 $140 $5 22. bxc5 $1 Nd5 23. Rc4
b5 24. Rc3 Nxc3 25. Qxc3 $44 {[%csl Gc5]}) 21... Nf6 22. Rc4 Ne8 23. dxc5 Rxc5
24. Qb3 Rxc4 25. Rxc4 Rxc4 26. Qxc4 Nd6 27. Qc6 {Black holds this position
with accurate defence.} Kg8 28. Ne5 (28. e4 $5) 28... Qd8 29. Nd7 Ne4 30. b3 (
30. Qb7 Nc5 $1 31. Nxc5 Qd1+ 32. Kh2 Qd6+ 33. f4 Qxc5 34. Qb8+ Kh7 35. Qxa7 Kg6
$11) 30... Nf6 31. Ne5 Nd5 32. g3 Qe7 33. h4 g6 34. Kg2 Kg7 35. Nd3 Qd8 36. Qc4
Nf6 37. e4 g5 38. hxg5 hxg5 39. Qc3 Kg8 40. Kf3 Nd7 41. Ke3 Nf6 42. a4 Ng4+ 43.
Kf3 Nf6 44. b4 Qd7 45. b5 Qd8 46. Ke3 Ng4+ 47. Ke2 Nf6 48. Qc4 Qa8 49. Ke3 Qd8
50. Kf3 Kg7 51. Qc3 Qh8 52. Qd4 Qh1+ 53. Ke3 Qd1 54. Ne5 Qe1+ 55. Kf3 Qh1+ 56.
Ke3 Qe1+ 57. Kf3 Qh1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 74th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2012.01.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. c4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Qb6 8. cxd5
cxd5 9. Qb3 Rd8 10. Qxb6 axb6 11. Bd2 Nc6 12. Rfc1 Bg4 13. Be1 e6 14. h3 Bxf3
15. Bxf3 Bf8 16. Be2 Ne8 17. Nb5 Bb4 18. Bxb4 Nxb4 19. a3 Nc6 20. Rc3 Kf8 21.
Rac1 Ke7 22. Rb3 Na5 23. Rbc3 Nc6 24. Kf1 Rd7 25. Ke1 Kd8 26. Rb3 Na5 27. Rbc3
Nc6 28. Rb3 Na5 29. Rbc3 Nc6 30. Rb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 74th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2012.01.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. O-O Nc6 7. e3 Bd7 8. Qe2
b5 9. b3 cxb3 10. axb3 Be7 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Rc1 Nb4 13. Ne5 Rc8 14. Na3 c5 15.
dxc5 Rxc5 16. Rxc5 Bxc5 17. Nc2 Nxc2 18. Qxc2 Qb6 19. g4 Rd8 20. g5 Nd5 21. Be4
f5 22. Bxd5 exd5 23. Nxd7 Rxd7 24. Qxf5 Rd8 25. h4 d4 26. Rd1 a5 27. h5 dxe3
28. Rxd8+ Qxd8 29. Qxc5 exf2+ 30. Kg2 f1=Q+ 31. Kxf1 Qd1+ 32. Kg2 Qd2+ 33. Kf3
Qxb2 34. Qxb5 Kf8 35. Qc4 Ke7 36. Kg4 Qe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 74th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2012.01.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. e5 $5 {Frankly speaking, this early
attempt to force matters in the centre does not seem too logical. Black has
not done anything wrong to be punished in this way.} Nfd7 $5 {A flexible
retreat, in the spirit of the Alekhine Defence.} ({The main "equalising" line
for Black is supposed to be} 5... dxe5 6. dxe5 Ng4 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8 8. Rd1+ Bd7 9.
e6 fxe6 {, but Gashimov may have analysed something concrete here. I had this
many times with Black, and never felt in any kind of danger. With the king
between rooks and doubled pawns in the centre, the position bears some
similarity with the Berlin Spanish, but here Black is a pawn up!} 10. Bc4 (10.
Nf3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Nc6 12. Bb5 Ke8 13. O-O Nge5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Rfe1 Bxb5 16.
Rxe5 Bd7 17. Bh6 Rd8 18. Rd3 Bc8 19. Ra5 a6 20. Rc5 c6 21. c4 $11 {Mela,B 
(2366)-Marin,M (2511)/Manresa 2004/CBM 102 ext (1/2, 43)}) 10... Ke8 11. Nf3 (
11. Nge2 Ne5 12. Bb3 Na6 13. Ne4 Nf7 14. Bc1 Nd6 15. N2c3 Bxc3+ 16. Nxc3 Nc5
$11 {Martinez,M-Marin,M World Chess Network rapid 2000}) 11... Nc6 12. O-O Nge5
13. Be2 (13. Nxe5 {Magem Badals,J (2535)-Chernin,A (2645)/New York 1998/CBM
064/[Yudasin,L] (1/2, 20)}) 13... Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 Nd4 15. Bxb7 Rb8 16. Be4 Rxb2
17. Rb1 Rb6 $1 18. Be3 Kf7 $15 {Toledano Llinares,J (2380)-Marin,M (2545)/
Benasque 1998/EXT 2002 (0-1, 38)}) 6. f4 ({Many years ago, Vugar played} 6.
exd6 {but this cannot justify the early advance of the e-pawn.} cxd6 7. Nf3 Nf6
8. Bd3 O-O (8... Nbd7 $6 {is too committal.} 9. O-O O-O 10. Qd2 Re8 11. Rfe1 b6
12. Rad1 Bb7 13. Ne4 Rc8 14. c3 {Gashimov,V-Baimoldinov,A/St Lorenzo 1995/
Juniors (1-0, 41). White has reached some sort of Torre Attack position,
retaining some kingside pressure.}) 9. h3 {A first consequence of leaving the
h3-c8 diagonal free: White spends a tempo on preventing ...Bg4.} Nc6 $1 {
And now, the knight jumps to a more active square, threatening ...Nb4 and
provoking another pawn move.} 10. a3 h6 11. Be3 e5 12. Qd2 Qe7 13. d5 {Gulko,B
(2590)-Damljanovic,B (2505)/Tilburg 1994/CBM 044 (1/2, 38)} e4 $5 $132) 6...
O-O 7. Nf3 (7. h4 $5 {does not seem to be right:} dxe5 8. h5 exd4 9. Ne4 Nf6
10. hxg6 Qd5 ({It is not easy to find an attack for White after} 10... hxg6 11.
Qf3 Nc6 $17) 11. gxh7+ Kh8 12. Nf2 e5 $13 {Campora,D (2530)-Schwanek,C (2285)/
Buenos Aires 1986/EXT 2001 (1/2, 47)}) 7... Nb6 $1 {Although the break ...f6
is in the air, Ivanchuk does well developing his knights first.} (7... f6 8.
Bc4+ (8. exf6 exf6 9. Bh4 Nb6 10. Be2 Nc6 $6 (10... d5 $1 11. O-O Nc6 {
transposes to the main game.}) 11. d5 $1 Ne7 12. O-O Kh8 13. Qd2 $14 {Campora,
D (2503)-Alvarado,N (2318)/Decameron 2003/CBM 099 (1-0, 39)}) 8... Kh8 9. Bh4
$1 {Exchanging on e5 certainly looks risky with such active white bishops,
while after} Nb6 10. Bb3 d5 11. O-O $14 {Mateus,M (2127)-Gutierrez Castillo,J 
(2283) Cali 2007 (0-1, 42). White retained a stable space advantage.}) 8. Be2
Nc6 ({I do not understand the idea behind} 8... Be6 {Black reverses the normal
course of development (knights and then bishops) and places the bishop on an
exposed square.} 9. O-O (9. d5 Bg4) 9... dxe5 10. fxe5 c5 11. dxc5 N6d7 12. Nd4
Nc6 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Rxf8+ Nxf8 15. Qxd8 Rxd8 16. Rd1 $14 {Ma,Q (2447)-Li,C 
(2669)/Hefei 2011/CBM 143 Extra (1/2, 64)}) 9. O-O ({It is impossible to trap
the knight after} 9. d5 Na5 {for instance} 10. O-O (10. Qd4 {[%cal Gb2b4]} c5
$1) 10... c6 $132) ({Taking into account the ulterior course of the game,} 9.
Bh4 $5 {deserves attention.} Bh6 (9... f6 $6 10. d5 $1) (9... Nb4 $5 {[%csl
Ge3,Gf4][%cal Gb4d5] may be the simplest, though.}) 10. d5 (10. Bg3 dxe5 11.
dxe5 Nb4 $132) 10... Nb8 (10... Na5 11. Qd4 c5 12. Qe3 $14) 11. Qd4 (11. O-O c6
) 11... c6 12. exd6 Qxd6 13. Ne4 Qxf4 14. Bxe7 Nxd5 $1 15. Bxf8 Bxf8 $44) 9...
f6 10. exf6 ({After} 10. Bh4 dxe5 11. fxe5 fxe5 12. dxe5 {Black is not forced
to take on e5, which would leave him slightly underdeveloped, but he can play
the simple} Bf5 $132) 10... exf6 11. Bh4 d5 {White's early attack has resulted
in weaknesses along the e-file. There should be a way to maintain equality,
but Black's position looks more pleasant already.} 12. Ne1 $146 (12. a4 a5 13.
Re1 Ne7 14. Bd3 c6 15. Qe2 Nf5 $15 {Garcia Guerrero,I (2156)-Tristan,L (2412)/
Montevideo 2009/CBM 132 Extra (0-1, 47)}) 12... Ne7 13. g4 {White's last two
moves make an odd impression. Clearly, Vugar wanted to prevent ...Nf5-d6, but
he weakened his position even more.} Nc4 $15 14. Bxc4 dxc4 15. Ng2 b5 $1 {
Having achieved a favourable strategic position, Ivanchuk starts fighting for
the light squares very energetically.} 16. Nxb5 Rb8 17. Nc3 Rxb2 18. Na4 $6 {
This causes White to lose his cordination completely.} (18. Ne3 Qd7 19. Qd2 (
19. Nxc4 Rb4 $17) 19... f5 $36 {[%csl Gd4]}) 18... Rb4 $17 {It is difficult to
draw a line between -/+ and -+. It will take just a few moves before White
will be with all certainty lost.} 19. Nc5 (19. c3 {drops a pawn to} Bxg4 $1 20.
Qxg4 Rxa4) 19... c3 20. Qe2 Nc6 21. a3 Re8 22. Qxe8+ {Desperation.} Qxe8 23.
axb4 Bxg4 24. Bf2 Qd8 25. Nb3 Nxb4 26. Rxa7 Nxc2 27. Rc1 Qb8 28. Ra2 Nb4 29.
Ra4 Nd5 30. Nc5 Bf8 31. Rca1 c2 32. Nd3 Qb5 33. Nc1 Bh3 34. Ra5 Qc4 35. R1a4
Qc3 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 74th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2012.01.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Be6 {Dieser Zug wird sehr selten gespielt.} 10. Rd1+ (10.
Ng5 {Hier hat Schwarz etwas Verrücktes vorbereitet:} Ke7 $1 {Solch ein Zug
kommt wirklich unerwartet, doch schlecht ist er nicht!} 11. b3 (11. Nxe6 Kxe6
$1 $132 {Im Endspiel fühlt sich der König im Zentrum sehr wohl.}) 11... h6 12.
Ba3+ Kd7 (12... Ke8 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Bxf8 Rxf8 15. Rad1 Ke7 16. Rd3 Rad8 17.
Rfd1 $14 {Grigoryan - Hovhannisyan (Yerevan, 2011)}) 13. Rad1+ Kc8 {Mit seinen
Manövern hat Schwarz einen Tausch erzwungen.} 14. Nxe6 (14. Bxf8 hxg5 15. Ba3
g4 $1 16. Ne4 b6 17. Ng5 c5 $11) 14... Bxa3 15. Nf4 Re8 16. g4 (16. Nd3 a5 17.
Ne2 a4 $132 {Ter Sahakyan - Pashikian (Martuni, 2010)}) 16... Ne7 17. Nb1 Bc5
18. Nd3 Bb6 19. Kg2 a5 $132 {Ramesh - Aleksandrov (Dubai, 2001)}) 10... Ke8 (
10... Kc8 11. Ng5 Bc5 (11... Bc4 12. b3 Bb4 13. bxc4 Bxc3 14. Rb1 Bxe5 15. Nxf7
$14 {Balogh - Buhmann (Remagen, 2010)}) 12. b3 Bd4 $1 13. Bb2 Bxc3 14. Bxc3 Bd5
15. Nh3 b6 16. Nf4 Be6 17. f3 a5 18. a4 Ne3 19. Rd2 Rd8 20. Rc1 Kb7 $11 {
Azarov - Babula (Plovdiv, 2010)}) 11. Ng5 Bc8 {Es ist interessant, dass
Ivanchuk zuerst den Läufer dem Tausch entzieht, doch danach trotzdem gezwungen
wird, die Stellung mit dem Bauern auf e6 zu spielen.} (11... Be7 12. Nxe6 fxe6
13. Ne4 c5 14. c3 h5 15. Ng5 Bxg5 16. Bxg5 Ne7 17. Rd2 Rd8 18. Rxd8+ Kxd8 19.
Rd1+ Ke8 20. f4 Nc6 21. Kf2 g6 $11 {Georgiadis - Drazic (Kavala, 2007). Diese
Stellung mit dem Springer gegen Läufer ist bekannterweise remis.}) 12. Ne2 a5 (
12... Be7 13. h3 Nh4 14. Nd4 h6 15. Ne4 Ng6 16. f4 h5 17. Rd3 Bd7 18. Bd2 c5
19. Nf3 Bf5 20. Re1 b6 21. c4 {1/2-1/2 Sakaev - Kharlov (Zvenigorod, 2008)})
13. a4 $2 {Weiß spielt mit Schwarz, nicht gegen Schwarz. Die Bauern müssten
nur dann auf die weißen Felder gestellt werden, wenn sie dazu gezwungen sind.
Sonst muss man sich auf sein Spiel am Königsflügel konzentrieren.} b6 14. b3 c5
15. Bb2 Be7 16. Ne4 {Schwarz hat alles erreicht, was er nur erreichen konnte,
und Weiß hat kein Spiel bekommen.} Be6 {16....Bb7 kommt in Frage.} (16... Bb7
$5 17. N2g3 (17. N2c3 Nd4 $15) 17... Nxg3 18. Nxg3 Rd8 $11 19. Nf5 $6 {führt
zu Komplikationen, die besser für Schwarz sind.} Be4 $1 20. Nxg7+ Kf8 21. e6
Bxc2 22. Rd7 Rxd7 23. exd7 f6 24. Ne6+ Kf7 $15) 17. Nf4 h5 {Ivanchuk
entscheidet sich doch für die Stellung mit dem Bauern auf e6.} 18. g3 Rd8 19.
Rxd8+ Kxd8 20. Rd1+ Kc8 21. Nxe6 {Früher oder später, aber Weiß muss auf e6
nehmen.} fxe6 22. Kf1 Rd8 {Der Koenig am Damenfluegel sieht traurig aus. Der
Turmtausch ist der einzige Weg, ihn ins Spiel zu bringen.} 23. Rxd8+ Bxd8 {
Das ist eine typische Stellung fuer Berliner Mauer. Weiss kann schwarze
Festung nicht durchbrechen, doch Schwarz muss vorsichtig spielen. Das schlimme
fuer Schwarz ist, dass er sich passiv verteidigen muss.} 24. Ke2 Kd7 25. Kd3
Ne7 {Der Springer will nach d5 und dann weiter nach b4.} 26. f4 (26. c4 Nc6 $11
{Schwarz will, dass Weiss das Feld d4 schwaecht, so dass sein Springer dort
eindringen kann, falls der Laeufer von b2 weg zieht.}) 26... Nd5 27. c3 Be7 28.
Bc1 Bd8 29. Bd2 Kc6 30. c4 Ne7 {Natuerlich nicht Nb4!} (30... Nb4+ 31. Bxb4
cxb4 32. h3 Kd7 33. g4 hxg4 34. hxg4 g6 35. c5 Be7 36. cxb6 cxb6 37. Kc4 $16)
31. Ng5 Kd7 {Weiss hat einen einzigen Plan - h3-g4-f5.} 32. Ke4 Nf5 33. Nf3 Ke8
34. Be1 {Nun kommt Weiss zu h3.} Kf7 35. h3 Nh6 36. Bf2 Be7 37. Be3 g6 38. Nh2
{Schwarz kann g4 nicht verhindern, aber das muss er auch nicht.} Ke8 39. Nf3 (
39. g4 hxg4 40. hxg4 (40. Nxg4 Nf5 $11) 40... Bh4 $11) 39... Kf7 40. Ng1 Bd8
41. Ne2 Ke8 42. Nc3 Kd7 43. Kf3 {Was Weiss da macht ist nicht ganz klar...} Nf5
44. Ne2 Ne7 45. Ke4 Nf5 46. g4 $1 {Endlich!} hxg4 47. hxg4 Nh6 48. Kf3 Bh4 49.
Nc3 $1 {Weiss muss auch aufpassen, was er da macht.} (49. f5 $2 {Sieht so aus,
als ob Weiss gleich gewinnen wuerde, doch es ist nicht so eindeutig wie es auf
den ersten Blick aussieht.} g5 $1 50. f6 {Gezwungen.} (50. fxe6+ Kxe6 $17)
50... Nf7 51. Ke4 Nh6 52. Kf3 Nf7 $11 {Und Schwarz forciert Remis!}) 49... Be1
50. Ne4 Nf7 {Weiss kann nie zu f5 kommen, das ist das Problem.} 51. Ke2 Bh4 52.
g5 Nd8 53. Nf6+ Ke7 54. Ng4 Nc6 55. Nh2 Kd7 56. Nf3 Bg3 57. Kd3 {Auch den
Laeufer fangen kann Weiss nicht.} (57. Kf1 Ne7 58. Kg2 Nf5 $11) 57... Ne7 58.
Ke4 Nf5 {Keine Chance zum Gewinnen.} 59. Kd3 Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 74th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2012.01.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. Nbd2 Rc8 13. Nb3 c5 14. dxc5 Be4
15. Qc3 Bd5 16. Rfc1 Nd7 17. Qe3 h6 18. Rc2 Bxb3 19. Qxb3 Rxc5 20. Rac1 Qb6 21.
Rxc5 Bxc5 22. e3 Rc8 23. Rc3 Rc7 24. Qc2 Bd6 25. Rxc7 Qxc7 26. Nd4 Qxc2 27.
Nxc2 Nc5 28. b4 Nd7 29. a3 Be5 30. Bb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 74th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2012.01.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 {Heutzutage wird dieser Zug zumindest genauso oft
gespielt wie 3...Bb4.} 4. Bg5 {Wenn sich das auch überraschend anhört, aber
dieser Zug führt zu Vereinfachungen und problemlosen Ausgleich für Schwarz.} (
4. e5 $1 {Wenn man als Weißspieler die Hauptvariante spielt, dann muss man 4.
e5 ziehen.} Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 (7... Be7 8. Qd2 O-O 9. Be2 a6
10. O-O b5 11. a3 $14 {mit interessantem Spiel, aber die Chancen von Weiß sind
doch etwas besser.}) (7... Qb6 8. Na4 Qa5+ 9. c3 cxd4 10. b4 Nxb4 11. cxb4
Bxb4+ 12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13. Nxd2 $14 {und wieder hat Weiß Vorteil.}) (7... cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a6 11. Qf2 $14) 8. Qd2 b5 9. a3 Qb6 10. Ne2 $14 {
Die Stellung von Weiß ist etwas angenehmer.}) 4... dxe4 $1 {Das ist der Grund,
warum 4.Bg5 zu nichts führt. Wenn Schwarz im 3. Zug genommen hätte, dann hätte
Weiß später nicht Bg5 spielen müssen.} (4... Be7 $6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7.
f4 a6 8. Nf3 c5 9. Qd2 $14 {Offensichtlich hat Weiß die bessere Stellung, weil
Schwarz seinen guten Läufer abgetauscht und den schlechten Läufer c8 behalten
hat.}) (4... Bb4 $5 {Das ist immer eine interessante Fortsetzung, wenn man auf
Konter spielen möchte.} 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4 g6 9. Bd3 Nxd2
10. Kxd2 $14 {Und trotz dass der weiße König im Zentrum steckt, hat Weiß
soliden Vorteil, weil Schwarz unterentwickelt ist, einen schlechten Läufer hat
und sein Königsflügel kompromittiert ist.}) 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 {Richtige Variante
gewählt. Nicht so toll sieht 5...Be7 aus.} (5... Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 a6 8.
g3 b5 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. Qe2 $14) 6. Nf3 h6 {Das ist eine bekannte Variante.} 7.
Nxf6+ (7. Bh4 Be7 8. Nxf6+ Bxf6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Bd3 c5 $11 {Schwarz hat keine
Schwierigkeiten.}) 7... Nxf6 8. Bh4 (8. Be3 $5 {Das ist eine Betrachtung wert.
Doch auch hier kann Schwarz ohne Mühe ausgleichen.} Nd5 9. Bd3 (9. Bd2 c5 10.
Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxd7+ Qxd7 12. c4 Nb6 13. Rc1 Be7 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. b4 Be7 16. c5
Nd5 17. Ne5 Qc7 18. Qa4+ Kf8 19. f4 g6 20. O-O Kg7 $11 {Shirov - Wang Hao 
(Moscow, 2010)}) 9... Nxe3 10. fxe3 Bd6 11. e4 e5 12. dxe5 Bc5 13. Bb5+ c6 14.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 15. Bc4 Ke7 $11 {Leko - Ivanchuk (Morelia/Linares 2007)}) 8... c5 $1
{Schwarz muss so schnell wie möglich zu ...c5 kommen, so dass Weiß keine Zeit
hat, seine Initiative zu entwickeln.} (8... Be7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. Qe2 c5 11. dxc5
Qa5+ 12. c3 Qxc5 13. O-O-O $14 {Hier hat Schwarz viel Zeit verloren, und Weiß
steht etwas besser.}) 9. Bc4 {Auch nichts bringt 9.Bb5.} (9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+
Qxd7 11. Bxf6 (11. Qe2 Be7 12. O-O-O O-O 13. dxc5 Qc6 14. Ne5 Qxc5 15. Bxf6
Bxf6 16. Nd7 Bxb2+ 17. Kxb2 Qb4+ 18. Kc1 Qa3+ $11 {Es ist zu riskant für den
König nach d2 zu gehen:} 19. Kd2 Rfc8 $1 20. Ke1 Qxa2 21. c3 Qa5 $44 {Schwarz
gewinnt den dritten Bauer und faengt an, seine Bauern a und b nach vorne zu
bewegen.}) 11... gxf6 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Qxd7+ Kxd7 14. Ke2 Ke7 $11 {Weiß hat
sicherlich keinen Vorteil.}) 9... cxd4 10. O-O {Üblicherweise will Weiß nicht
auf d4 nehmen, sondern erst rochieren und dann Rd1-Rxd4 spielen.} (10. Nxd4 Be7
11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 Qb6 13. Bb3 a5 14. a4 Rd8 15. c3 Nd5 16. Bg3 Bf6 $11 {
Ponomariov - Bareev (Moscow, 2001)}) (10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Nxd4 a6 $11 {Es ist
klar, dass Schwarz in so einem Endspiel nichts zu befürchten hat.}) 10... Be7
11. Qe2 Nd7 $5 {Interessante Neuerung. In der Hauptvariante hatte Schwarz
zuletzt Schwiriegkeiten gehabt.} (11... O-O 12. Rad1 Qb6 13. Nxd4 Qxb2 14. Nf5
exf5 15. Qxe7 $44 {Weiß hat offensichtlich gute Kompensation.}) 12. Bxe7 Qxe7
13. Rad1 {Das macht offensichtlich Sinn, Weiß will die Türme auf der d-Linie
verdoppeln.} (13. Nxd4 O-O 14. Rad1 Nf6 15. Rfe1 Bd7 $11 {Wenn der Läufer
draußen ist, dann ist der Ausgleich da.}) 13... O-O 14. Rxd4 Nf6 15. Rfd1 (15.
Ne5 b6 16. Rfd1 {führt nur zu Zugumstellung.}) 15... b6 16. Ne5 Qc7 {Schwarz
muss noch Zeit verlieren, trotzdem kann Weiss nicht viel machen.} (16... Bb7
17. Rd7 $1 Nxd7 18. Rxd7 Qc5 19. Rxb7 $18) 17. h3 {Das ist zu langsam. Man
darf dem Gegner in so einer Stellung keine Sekunde Zeit schenken. Aber auch
wenn Weiß aktiver gespielt hätte, würde er zu keinem Vorteil kommen.} (17. Bb5
$5 Bb7 18. Nd7 Nxd7 19. Rxd7 Qc8 $11 {Es sieht alles wunderbar aus, doch die
Frage ist, was will Weiß jetzt machen? Im nächsten Zug spielt Schwarz ...a6,
und danach ...Bc6, und Weiß wird im Endeffekt nichts haben.}) 17... Bb7 $11 {
Noch ein Zug und Schwarz spielt einfach Bd5.} 18. Rd7 $1 {Die beste Chance für
Weiß!} Qc8 $1 {Sehr kaltblütig und auch richtig.} (18... Nxd7 19. Rxd7 Qc8 20.
Bxe6 $1 fxe6 21. Qg4 Qxd7 22. Nxd7 $16 {Dame und Springer sind sehr stark,
wenn sie zusammen arbeiten.}) 19. Nxf7 (19. Re7 Bd5 $1 20. Bxd5 exd5 $1 $11 {
Das einfachste. Nun spielt Schwarz ...Qc5, ...Re8 und gleicht die Stellung aus.
}) 19... Nxd7 20. Nxh6+ (20. Qxe6 Nf6 21. Nd6+ Qxe6 22. Bxe6+ Kh7 23. Nxb7 Rae8
$13 {Dieses Endspiel ist sehr unklar.}) (20. Nd6 Qc6 21. Bxe6+ Kh8 22. Nxb7
Rae8 $1 $13 {Die Stellung ist wieder zweischneidig.}) 20... Kh7 21. Qh5 Nf6 (
21... Nf6 22. Bd3+ Kh8 23. Nf7+ Kg8 24. Nh6+ $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 74th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2012.01.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 c5 7. dxc5 {There is
not too much theory in this position and one may find it difficult to find
one's way among apparently equivalent continuations. Black is in no immediate
danger, but has not a clear way to equalising either.} Qa5 ({The natural} 7...
Bxc5 {has been played in a few games between great champions from different
eras.} 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. Be2 (10. Bd3 {plays into Black's hands,
since it reduces the pressure along the d-file.} d4 $11 {Steinitz,W-Lasker,E/
St Petersburg 1895/HCL (0-1, 39)}) 10... d4 {This seems to more or less
equalise here, too.} (10... Be6 {as played in Kortschnoj,V (2650)-Kasparov,G 
(2740)/Brussels 1986/CBM 001 (1/2, 24) leaves White some hopes for an
advantage.}) 11. exd4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Qxd4 13. Qxd4 Bxd4 14. Nb5 Bb6 15. O-O Be6
16. a3 Rfd8 17. Nd6 Rd7 18. Bb5 Re7 19. Rfe1 {1/2 Kasparov,G (2740)-Karpov,A 
(2700)/Seville 1987/MainBase/[Bulletin]. White's advantage is more of a
symbolic nature.}) 8. Nf3 Rd8 (8... Bxc5 9. Nd2 Be7 10. Nb3 Qd8 11. cxd5 Nxd5
12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Bd3 Nc6 14. O-O Bf6 {Volodin,A (2495)-Ehlvest,J (2594)/
Puhajarve 2011/CBM 145 Extra (1/2, 18)}) 9. Qc2 (9. Bd6 {places the bishop
under a pin:} dxc4 10. Bxc4 Ne4 11. O-O Nxd6 12. cxd6 Bxd6 13. Qb3 Nc6 14. Rfd1
Be7 {Anand,V (2811)-Kramnik,V (2800)/Moscow 2011/CBM 146 (1/2, 36). Black
equalised soon.}) 9... Nc6 (9... dxc4 $6 {speeds up White's development.} 10.
Bxc4 Qxc5 11. Bb3 b5 12. O-O Bb7 13. Qe2 $1 $16 {Larsen,B-Kuijpers,F/Beverwijk
1967/MCD (1-0, 32)}) 10. a3 h6 11. Be2 {All the preparatory moves have been
played and White cannot delay this anymore.} dxc4 {Now there is no
contra-indication for this, especially since there are no obvious alternatives.
} 12. Nd2 $1 {The only way to maintain some initiative in a symmetrical
position.} Qxc5 13. Nxc4 Qf5 14. Bf3 $6 {Active but careless.} (14. Qxf5 exf5
15. O-O Be6 $11 {offers Black easy play.}) (14. Bg3 $5 {would allow White
maintain his slight lead in development.} Qxc2 15. Rxc2 Bd7 16. O-O Be8 {
Black has no weaknesses and can hope to equalise gradually.}) 14... Nd4 $1 {
[%csl Gf4] White cannot even dream of an advantage now.} 15. Qxf5 Nxf3+ 16.
gxf3 exf5 17. Rg1 Kf8 18. Nb5 Ne8 {Despite White's seeming activity, Black's
position looks nicer already because of his bishop pair and better structure.}
19. Ke2 g5 20. Be5 f6 21. Bc3 Bd7 22. Nd4 Rac8 23. Bb4 Bxb4 24. axb4 Ke7 25.
Rgd1 f4 26. b3 fxe3 27. fxe3 Be6 28. Ra1 a6 29. Ra5 Bxc4+ {With a white knight
on d4 controlling the weak f5-square, I would rather refrain from this
exchange.} (29... Nd6 $5) 30. bxc4 Nd6 31. c5 Nc4 32. Ra2 Kf7 33. c6 {White
has some very slight initiative at last.} Rc7 $2 {A careless move, allowing
two different tactical blows with the same idea.} (33... bxc6) 34. Ne6 (34. Nb5
$5) 34... Rxd1 35. Nxc7 Rb1 36. b5 $1 {Black's situation becomes critical now.}
Nd6 (36... axb5 $2 37. cxb7 $18) 37. bxa6 bxa6 38. e4 (38. Rxa6 Rc1 39. Nd5 f5
40. c7 Ke6 41. e4 $16) 38... f5 39. e5 (39. Nd5 $5 $16) 39... Nb5 40. Nxb5 Rxb5
41. Kd3 {Ivanchuk did not mind the exchange of knights. In fact, knights can
be tricky in the endgame, requiring a very accurate technical execution. In
the rook ending, the possibility of placing one's own rook behind the passed
pawn ensures an obvious advantage. If there is no win, too bad, but Black has
to suffer without any possibility of counterplay.} Ke6 ({If} 41... Rc5 $2 42.
Rc2 Rxc2 43. Kxc2 Ke6 44. Kd3 $18 {Black's candidates for promotion are too
slow:} h5 45. Kd4 g4 46. fxg4 fxg4 47. Kc5 a5 48. Kb6) 42. Rc2 Rb8 43. Kd4 h5
44. c7 Rc8 45. Rc6+ Kd7 46. Rh6 Rxc7 47. Rxh5 Rb7 $2 {Probably overlooking the
52nd move.} (47... Rc1 48. Rxg5 Rd1+ 49. Ke3 Ke6 50. f4 $16) 48. Rh7+ Kc8 49.
Rh8+ Kd7 50. Rh7+ Kc8 51. Rxb7 $1 Kxb7 {This ending is not easy to evaluate
and one may think that it is doube edged.} 52. f4 $1 $18 {Not after this move
anymore!} (52. e6 $2 Kc7 53. Ke5 Kd8 54. Kxf5 a5 $19) 52... gxf4 (52... g4 53.
e6 $1 {With the insertion of the previous moves, White wins, since the f-pawn
will be free to advance.} Kc8 54. Ke5 Kd8 55. Kxf5 a5 56. Kf6 Ke8 57. e7 a4 58.
Ke6 $18 {[%cal Gf4f7]}) 53. h4 a5 54. e6 Kc7 55. h5 a4 56. e7 Kd7 57. h6 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 74th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2012.01.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8. h3 a6
9. a4 Nbd7 10. Bd3 Nh5 {Black usually plays this after both sides have castled.
As revealed by the following comment, carrying out the plan in accelerated
form restricts White's choice.} 11. Bg5 ({After} 11. O-O Ne5 {there are a few
games played by Woitaszek proving the merits of this concrete move order:} 12.
Be2 (12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. f4 (13. Be3 Qh4 $36) 13... Bd4+ 14. Kh2 O-O {This is
not too logical actually.} ({There was no hurry to castle:} 14... Qh4 $5 15.
Qf3 Nf6) 15. Qf3 Qc7 $6 (15... Qh4 $5) 16. g4 c4 $6 (16... Ng7 17. f5 $36) 17.
Bc2 $6 (17. gxh5 cxd3 18. Qxd3 Bg7 19. f5 $16) 17... Ng7 18. Be3 $14 {Jaworski,
M (2347)-Wojtaszek,R (2637)/Chotowa 2007/EXT 2009 (1/2, 41)}) 12... Nxf3+ 13.
Bxf3 Qh4 14. Bxh5 gxh5 {With the additional moves ...0-0 and Re1, White has
chances to retain an advantage. Here, Black seems to be doing fine. The g-file
can be used by his king's rook, while the king may well go to the queenside.}
15. Qd3 (15. Ne2 Rg8 16. Ra3 Be5 17. Kh1 (17. Qd3 c4 {[%cal Gc4c3]} 18. Qxc4
Bxh3 19. Rg3 Bxg3 20. fxg3 Rxg3 21. Nxg3 Qxg3 22. Qe2 Rc8 23. Bf4 Qg6 $13)
17... Qxe4 $132 18. Ng3 $2 {Skembris,S (2455)-Wojtaszek,R (2630)/Athens 2006/
CBM 114 ext (0-1, 26)} Bxh3 $3 {An unexpected resource overlooked by both
players.} 19. Nxe4 Bxg2+ 20. Kg1 Bf3+ 21. Ng5 Bxd1 22. Rxd1 h6 $17) 15... Rg8
16. Kh1 Bd7 $132 17. f4 $2 c4 $1 18. Qf3 (18. Qe3 Bd4 $1 $19) 18... Bd4 19. Be3
Rg3 20. Bxd4 {In th game Dziuba,M (2494)-Wojtaszek,R (2606)/Warsaw 2005/CBM
110 ext (0-1, 34) Black took the queen, which offered White adequate
compensation. Better would have been:} Bxh3 $1 21. Qxg3 Qxg3 22. gxh3 Qxh3+ 23.
Kg1 Qg3+ 24. Kh1 Ke7 $19) ({If} 11. Be3 {Black should probably transpose to
the normal lines with 11...0-0, since} Ne5 $6 12. Be2 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 {leads to
some problems:} O-O ({With the king in the centre,} 13... Nf6 {is answered with
} 14. e5 $1 dxe5 15. Bxc5) 14. Bxh5 gxh5 15. Qxh5 f5 {Black has some
compensation, but it should not be enough.} 16. Bh6 Qe8 17. Qg5 Qg6 18. Qxg6
hxg6 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. O-O $16 {Siebrecht,S (2456)-Reich,T (2368)/Germany 2010/
EXT 2011 (1-0, 29)}) 11... Bf6 12. Be3 {Now, Black has nothing better than
transposing to the normal lines. He got his own wish in the meantime: the
g7-square for his knight.} O-O 13. O-O Re8 14. a5 $5 {With the black knights
disconnected and therefore unable to fight for the c4-square properly, this is
a logical move.} ({The natural developing move} 14. Qd2 {is more popular, but
possibly less dangerous.} Ne5 ({This is the most natural, but} 14... Qc7 {
worked for once in Kramnik,V (2710)-Illescas Cordoba,M (2625)/Alcobendas 1993/
CBM 039/[Ftacnik] (1/2, 28)}) 15. Be2 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Ng7 17. a5 (17. Bf4 Qc7
18. Rab1 Bd7 19. Rfc1 b5 {This is one of the problems caused by Bd3-e2xf3:
Black carries out the queenside plan efortlessly.} 20. b4 c4 21. axb5 axb5 22.
Ra1 Rxa1 23. Rxa1 Rb8 24. Bg4 Bxg4 25. hxg4 Qe7 26. f3 g5 27. Be3 h5 28. Ra7
Qd8 $132 {Malaniuk,V (2494)-Malakhov,V (2714)/Olginka 2011/CBM 142 (0-1, 37)})
(17. Rfe1 b6 {Karjakin,S (2727)-Gashimov,V (2717)/Sochi 2008/CBM 126/[Marin,M]
(1/2, 41)}) (17. Rfc1 Bd7 18. Rab1 b5 {A familiar pattern.} 19. axb5 axb5 20.
b4 c4 21. Ra1 h5 22. Rxa8 Qxa8 23. Bd4 Be5 24. Be2 Qa3 25. Rb1 f5 $132 {
Sundararajan,K (2441)-Spraggett,K (2591)/Metz 2008/CBM 123 Extra (0-1, 43)})
17... Bd7 {Right in time, taking measures against Na4-b6 with queenside
paralysis.} 18. Na4 Bxa4 19. Rxa4 b5 20. axb6 Qxb6 {After opening the b-file
Black has reasonable counterplay.} 21. Rb1 a5 22. b3 (22. Qc2 Be5 23. g4 Qd8
24. Be2 f5 25. exf5 gxf5 26. gxf5 Qf6 27. Rg4 Kh8 $13 {Arlandi,E (2449)
-Mantovani,R (2372)/Montecatini Terme 2001/CBM 085 ext (0-1, 66)}) 22... Be5
23. Bd1 f5 24. Bc2 fxe4 25. Bxe4 (25. g4 $5) 25... Rf8 (25... Nh5 $5) 26. g4
Qd8 27. f4 Bf6 28. Kg2 $14 {Kozhuharov,S (2404)-Nikolov,M (2553)/Albena 2010/
CBM 136 Extra (1-0, 45)}) 14... Rb8 15. Qc2 {Keeping the d2-square available
for the knight.} Ne5 (15... b5 16. axb6 Rxb6 17. Nd2 $14) 16. Be2 Nxf3+ ({
One of Black's main ideas in the Benoni is exchanging one minor piece, and
this is precisely how this whole plan is designed. Therefore,} 16... Ng7 {
makes little sense:} 17. Nd2 $1 $14 {Topalov,V (2455)-Dochev,D (2290)/Bulgaria
1991/TD (1-0, 28)}) 17. Bxf3 Ng7 {Black's king's minor pieces have changed
places. The bishop enjoys satisfactory mobility after the f3-knight has
disappeared, but Black will need to carry out ...f5 in order to justify the
knight's presence in "fianchetto".} 18. Bf4 $146 (18. Na4 {is a critical move,
since Black has not played ...Bd7 yet.} Qxa5 $1 {This is as risky as it looks,
but Black has to play it.} (18... Bd7 $6 {is too passive.} 19. Nb6 Bb5 20. Rfe1
Be5 21. Qd2 f5 22. Bg5 Qc7 23. Rac1 Qf7 24. b4 $16 {Demuth,A (2339)-Spraggett,
K (2606)/Arinsal 2009/CBM 131 Extra (1/2, 28)}) 19. b4 $1 {The only way to
justify the pawn sacrifice.} (19. Nxc5 $2 Qc7 $17 20. Bf4 Be5 $1) (19. Bf4 Be5)
19... Qxb4 (19... cxb4 20. Bb6 Qb5 21. Bc7 Bxh3 22. Bxb8 Rxb8 23. gxh3 b3 24.
Qc7 Rf8 $13 {Black has thre pawns for the rook, but will get some material
back, owing to White's lack of harmony. For instance,} 25. Qb6 $2 {loses a
rook after the short sequence} Bxa1 26. Rxa1 b2) 20. Rab1 Qa5 21. Nb6 Qc3 22.
Qe2 Qe5 23. Nc4 Qe7 24. Bf4 Rd8 $13 {Black is quite passive for the moment,
but his three (!) passed pawns may become dangerous in the ending.}) 18... b5
19. axb6 Rxb6 {We have a typical Benoni position, in which both sides have
entirely satisfactory development. Objectively, White should be slightly
better, but Black has sufficient practical chances to fight on.} 20. Ra2 Bd4 {
/\...Qf6} 21. Ne2 Be5 22. Bxe5 Rxe5 23. Nf4 {By placing the knight on this
unusual square, White probably wanted to control e6 and inhibit ...f5.} Bd7 24.
Rfa1 (24. Nd3 Re8 25. Rfa1 Bb5 {does not improve White's position if compared
to the game.}) 24... Bb5 25. Be2 Qf6 {The idea of giving up the bishop for a
knight is typical for the Benoni. However, this mainly applies when the knight
is suited for a blockade on the dark squares. Since here the main plan is ...
f5, it is worth mentioning an alternative.} (25... Bxe2 26. Nxe2 $1 (26. Qxe2 {
places the queen under a pin. The best for Black is probably} Nf5 $5 {
activating the knight without weakening the kingside.}) 26... f5 27. Ng3 $1
fxe4 (27... f4 28. Nf1 $16 {[%csl Gg7][%cal Gf1d2,Gd2c4]}) 28. Nxe4 Qe7 29. f3
Qb7 30. Qc3 $36) 26. Bxb5 Qxf4 27. Bd3 f5 28. g3 $6 (28. Rxa6 Rxa6 29. Rxa6
fxe4 30. Ra8+ Kf7 31. Qa4 Nf5 32. Ra7+ Kf6 $40) (28. Ra4 $1 {looks like the
best chance to retain an edge.} fxe4 29. Bxe4 Nf5 30. g3 Qg5 31. R1a3 $14 {
White's rooks maintain the pressure on a6 while defending the own kingside.
Black's counterplay seems to have reached a dead end for the time being, since}
Nd4 $2 {loses to} 32. Rxd4 cxd4 33. f4 $18) 28... Qf3 $132 29. exf5 (29. Ra4
fxe4 30. Bxe4 Qb3 $1) 29... Nxf5 30. Bxf5 $2 (30. Rxa6 Rxa6 31. Bxa6 Nd4 32.
Qc3 Qf5 $36) 30... Re2 $17 31. Be6+ $6 Kf8 32. Qxe2 Qxe2 33. b4 Qe4 $1 34. Rxa6
(34. bxc5 $2 Rb1+ $1 $19) 34... Rxa6 35. Rxa6 c4 36. Rc6 c3 37. Rc8+ Kg7 38.
Rc7+ Kf6 39. Kh2 Qd4 40. f4 g5 41. fxg5+ Ke5 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 74th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2012.01.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qb3
Nbd7 9. Rc1 b6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Na3 Bb7 12. Bb4 Bxb4 13. Qxb4 a6 14. e3 Rc8
15. Bf1 Rxc1 16. Rxc1 Qb8 17. Nb1 Rc8 18. Rxc8+ Qxc8 19. Nc3 Qf8 20. Qb3 h6 21.
Ne1 Qc8 22. Nc2 Ne4 23. Nxe4 dxe4 24. Qc3 Qxc3 25. bxc3 b5 26. a4 bxa4 27. Be2
Kf8 28. Kf1 Ke7 29. Ke1 f5 30. Kd2 g5 31. c4 e5 32. Kc3 f4 33. h3 exd4+ 34.
Nxd4 f3 35. Bf1 Nc5 36. Kb4 Nd3+ 37. Bxd3 exd3 38. Kc3 Be4 39. c5 Kd7 40. g4
Kc7 41. Kd2 a3 42. Nb3 Bd5 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 74th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2012.01.28"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. b6 d6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. e4 g6 8. Nf3 Bg7
9. Be2 Nxb6 10. O-O O-O 11. a4 Bg4 12. a5 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nc4 14. Qa4 Ne5 15. Be2
Ne8 16. Bg5 Nc7 17. f4 Nd7 18. e5 f6 19. exf6 Bxf6 20. Bxf6 Nxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 74th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2012.01.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 h5 11. Rd1 Be7 12. Bg5 Be6 13. b3 h4 14. Kf1 a5
15. a4 Rh5 16. Bc1 Bb4 17. Ne2 Bd5 18. Ne1 Rd8 19. Bb2 Rh6 20. c4 Be6 21. Nf3
Be7 22. Rxd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Memorial"]
[Site "Jurmala"]
[Date "2012.02.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2012.02.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qa5 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Qb3 Bxb5 13. Nxb5 O-O 14.
O-O Nc6 15. c4 Rad8 16. Qg3+ Kh8 17. Qh4 Kg7 18. Qg3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Memorial"]
[Site "Jurmala"]
[Date "2012.02.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2012.02.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Bg2 Na5 8. b3
b6 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. Bxb7 Nxb7 11. O-O c5 12. a3 Ba5 13. e3 Rfc8 14. Qf3 Nd8 15.
Rfd1 d6 16. Nd3 cxd4 17. exd4 Bxc3 18. Bxc3 d5 19. Ne5 Qb7 20. Rac1 dxc4 21.
Qxb7 Nxb7 22. bxc4 Rc7 23. Bb4 Rac8 24. Rb1 Nd7 25. Nxd7 Rxd7 26. d5 e5 27.
Rbc1 f6 28. f4 exf4 29. gxf4 Kf7 30. Kg2 a5 31. Be1 Nd6 32. c5 bxc5 33. Bxa5
Nf5 34. Rc3 Rb8 35. d6 Rb2+ 36. Kh3 Rxd6 37. Rxd6 Nxd6 38. Rxc5 Kg6 39. Bb4 h5
40. Rc3 Ne4 41. Rc7 Nf2+ 42. Kg3 Ne4+ 43. Kh3 Rb3+ 44. Kg2 h4 45. Bf8 h3+ 46.
Kf1 Rb2 47. Rxg7+ Kf5 48. Bb4 Rxh2 49. Be1 Ra2 50. Rh7 h2 51. Rh4 Ke6 52. a4
Kd5 53. a5 f5 54. a6 Kc6 55. Rh7 Nf6 56. Rh6 Kb5 57. Bc3 Ng4 58. Rh5 Kxa6 59.
Bd4 Kb5 0-1

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Memorial"]
[Site "Jurmala"]
[Date "2012.02.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2012.02.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg7 6. e4 O-O 7. Nf3 a6 8. Qb3
b5 9. e5 Nfd7 10. Be2 Nb6 11. O-O Be6 12. Qc2 Nc6 13. Be3 Nb4 14. Qc1 Bc4 15.
Bh6 Bxe2 16. Nxe2 N4d5 17. Ng3 e6 18. Ne4 Qe7 19. Re1 Rfe8 20. h4 Bxh6 21. Qxh6
f5 22. exf6 Nxf6 23. Nc5 Nbd5 24. Rxe6 Qg7 25. Qd2 Rxe6 26. Nxe6 Qe7 27. Re1
Ng4 28. h5 Qf6 29. hxg6 Qxg6 30. Qc1 Re8 31. Qc5 Ngf6 32. Qc1 Ng4 33. Nxc7
Rxe1+ 34. Nxe1 Nxc7 35. Qxc7 Qe4 36. Qc8+ Kg7 37. Qc3 Qe2 38. d5+ Kh6 39. Nd3
Qd1+ 40. Ne1 Qe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Memorial"]
[Site "Jurmala"]
[Date "2012.02.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kovalenko, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2012.02.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. g4 Bg6 8.
Ne5 Nbd7 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Qf3 c6 11. Be3 e6 12. O-O-O Nd5 13. Ne4 Qc7 14. c4
Nxe3 15. fxe3 Be7 16. Kb1 f5 17. Nc3 O-O-O 18. c5 Rhf8 19. Rg1 f4 20. Bd3 g5
21. Rge1 Kb8 22. Qe2 Bf6 23. Ne4 e5 24. Bc4 exd4 25. exd4 Rfe8 26. Qf2 Rxe4 27.
Rxe4 Nxc5 28. Ree1 Na4 29. Bb3 Nb6 30. Re4 a5 31. a3 a4 32. Bc2 Rd5 33. Re8+
Ka7 34. Be4 Rb5 35. Bd3 Rb3 36. Re4 Nd5 37. Ka2 Qb6 38. Bc4 Ne3 39. Rc1 Bxd4
40. Rxd4 Qxd4 41. Bxb3 axb3+ 42. Kxb3 Qd5+ 43. Kc3 Qe5+ 44. Kb3 Qd5+ 45. Kc3 c5
46. Qe2 Qd4+ 47. Kb3 Qd5+ 48. Kc3 c4 49. Rb1 Qa5+ 50. Kd4 Qb6+ 51. Kc3 Qf6+ 52.
Kd2 Qd4+ 53. Ke1 Qe4 54. Rc1 f3 55. Qd2 c3 56. Qxc3 Nd5+ 0-1

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Memorial"]
[Site "Jurmala"]
[Date "2012.02.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2012.02.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nbd7 8. Qe2
Qc7 9. O-O-O b5 10. a3 Be7 11. g4 Bb7 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. g5 Bxd4 14. Rxd4 e5 15.
fxe5 dxe5 16. Rd2 O-O 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Qd6 19. h4 Rac8 20. Bh3 Rc7 21. Re1
Re8 22. h5 Nf8 23. Bf5 Rc4 24. Qf3 Re7 25. Be4 Nd7 26. g6 Nf6 27. Bf5 e4 28.
Qh3 fxg6 29. hxg6 h6 30. Be6+ Kh8 31. Rf1 Ng8 32. Rf8 Rxe6 33. Rxg8+ Kxg8 34.
dxe6 Qe7 35. Qf5 Rc8 36. Rd7 Qf8 37. Qxe4 Rc4 38. Qd3 1-0

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Memorial"]
[Site "Jurmala"]
[Date "2012.02.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Khairullin, Ildar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2012.02.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. d3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8.
Rc1 Re8 9. a3 Bf8 10. Qc2 h6 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. Ne4 Be6 13. O-O a5 14. Rfe1 a4 15.
Nfd2 Bd5 16. Bh3 Be6 17. Bg2 Bd5 18. Nc4 Nd4 19. Bxd4 exd4 20. Nxb6 cxb6 21.
Nd2 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Qd5+ 23. Nf3 b5 24. Qd2 Bd6 25. Kg1 Re6 26. Nh4 Qb3 27. Nf3
Qd5 28. Nh4 Rae8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Memorial"]
[Site "Jurmala"]
[Date "2012.02.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2012.02.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bd2 Nd7 8. Qc2
c5 9. e4 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 cxd4 11. Nxd4 a6 12. O-O-O $1 {The manly approach -
other moves here are chicken moves and can't claimd to achieve a real
advantage. I played it myself and we analysed it seriousely in Anatoly
Karpov's group during his match against Kasparov. Just strange, that it is
only the second game in the bases!} ({The most popular move was here} 12. g3 {
but as the result the position appeared to be very equal or White's advantage
was not real enough to be played for a win.} Rc8 (12... Qc7 13. Bg2 Be7 $5 14.
O-O O-O 15. Rac1 (15. Qe2 Rac8 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. Nb3 (17. Rac1 Nc5 18. Bb4 (18.
Qg4 Bf8 $11 (18... Bf6 $2 19. Nb5 $1 (19. Nxe6 $2 Nxe6 20. Bxf6 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1
h5 $1 $19) 19... Rxd1+ (19... axb5 20. Bxf6 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 g6 22. Qg5 $18) 20.
Rxd1 Qe7 21. Nd6 Rd8 22. e5 Bg5 23. Bxb7 Nxb7 24. h4 Bh6 25. Nxb7 $18)) 18...
Qb8 $11 19. Nb3 Bg5 $1 {Cramling,P-Hjartarson,J/Reykjavik (zt) 1995; and Black
can start measures to weaken the solid white position.}) 17... Bf6 18. Rac1 Qb8
19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Qe3 Ba8 22. f3 Nd7 23. Bf1 a5 24. Be2 Ne5 25.
Nd4 Rc8 26. Kf2 h6 27. Rxc8+ Qxc8 28. Nb5 Qd8 29. Qc3 Nc6 30. e5 Ne7 31. Nd6
Kf8 32. f4 Bc6 33. h4 {Anastasian,A-Nyback,T/Antalya 2004. The space advantage
can become serious.}) 15... Rac8 16. Qe2 Rfd8 $1 $146 (16... Qb8 17. f4 Rfd8
18. Kh1 Qa8 19. Nb3 Bf6 20. e5 Be7 21. Rfd1 Nc5 22. Nxc5 Bxc5 23. Bxb7 Qxb7+
24. Qg2 Qxg2+ 25. Kxg2 Kf8 26. Kf3 Ke8 27. Rxd8+ Kxd8 28. Be1 Be7 29. Rxc8+
Kxc8 30. a4 h5 {Crouch,C-Marusenko,P/Monmouth 2001; and White retained an
unpleasant space advantage.}) 17. Nb3 (17. Bb4 $2 Qxc1 18. Bxe7 Re8 19. Rxc1
Rxc1+ 20. Bf1 Rxe7 $17) (17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Qg4 Ne5 $8 19. Qxe6+ Nf7 $17) 17...
Ne5 (17... Nc5 18. Bb4 $14) 18. Bb4 (18. f4 $6 Qc4 $1 $15) 18... Qd7 19. Bxe7
Qxe7 $11 20. f4 Nd7 21. e5 Nc5 22. Nxc5 Rxc5 23. Bxb7 Qxb7 (23... Rxc1 24. Rxc1
Qxb7 25. Rd1 (25. Qg2 Qd7 $15) 25... Rxd1+ 26. Qxd1 h6 $11) 24. Rxc5 bxc5 25.
Rd1 Rxd1+ 26. Qxd1 {Akopian,V-Gurevich,M/Haifa 1995. The queen ending does not
promise any real winning chances.}) 13. Bg2 Bc5 $5 14. Qe2 O-O 15. O-O Qc7 16.
Rfd1 Rfd8 17. Nb3 Be7 18. Rac1 Nc5 19. Bb4 $1 Rxd1+ 20. Qxd1 a5 21. Bxc5 Bxc5
22. Nxc5 bxc5 {Mikhalchishin,A-Schandorff,L/Bled (ol) 2002} (22... bxc5 23. Rc3
{/\ Qc2+/-})) ({This move is somewhere in the middle of nowhere!} 12. Rd1 Qc7
13. Be2 Be7 14. O-O O-O 15. f4 (15. f3 Rac8 16. Qd2 Rfd8 17. Bb4 Nc5 18. Qe1
Bf6 19. Qf2 Na4 {Anastasian,A-Dive,R/Moscow/1994; with some black initiative.})
15... Rac8 16. Kh1 $6 {Bagirov wasted a useful tempo, Black will get a chance
to clear the central structure to his advantage.} (16. e5 $5 Nc5 (16... Bxa3
17. bxa3 Qxc3 18. Qxc3 Rxc3 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Rxd7 Bd5 21. Bxa6 Rxa3 $15) 17.
Bf3 Bxf3 18. Rxf3 $11) 16... Nc5 (16... Bxa3 17. Qa4 Bd6 18. e5 Bc5 19. Nxe6
Bc6 20. Nxc7 Bxa4 21. Ra1 Rxc7 22. Rxa4 a5 23. Rd1 $14) 17. e5 (17. Bf3 $2 Qxf4
$17) 17... Be4 18. Qd2 Qb7 {Bagirov,R-Palac,M/Batumi 1999; with serious
initiative on the diagonal.}) 12... Be7 ({No big difference - Black can start
in this variation with another necessary move} 12... Qc7 13. Bd3 Rc8 14. Rhe1
Nc5 15. e5 Nxd3+ 16. Rxd3 Be7 17. f4 Qc4 18. f5 Bg5+ 19. Kb1 Bd5 20. b3 Qc5 21.
Bb4 (21. Kb2) 21... Qxc2+ {Alvarez Ibarra,R-Servat,R/Matanzas 1995; with an
unclear ending.} 22. Nxc2 a5 23. Bd6 Kd7) 13. f4 ({Exploiting the moment the
c4-square is free would be more in Mamedyarov's style to sharpen the play:} 13.
Bc4 $5 Rc8 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Bxe6 Rc7) 13... Qc7 14. f5 ({White tries to
attack the e6-square with the pawns, but it was possblr to continue in a
Sicilian way:} 14. g3 Rc8 15. Bh3 Bxa3 16. Kb1 Be7 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Nxe6 Qc6
19. Nxg7+ Kf7 20. Nf5 Rhe8 21. Rhe1 Nc5) 14... Nc5 15. fxe6 fxe6 16. Bc4 $5 ({
Of couse, not in Mamedyarov's style was} 16. Bd3) 16... Bg5+ 17. Bd2 ({Just a
computer and no human can consider an alternative like} 17. Kb1 Bxe4 18. Bd3
Bxd3 19. Rxd3 e5 20. Rg3 Bf4 21. Rg4) 17... Bxd2+ 18. Rxd2 Rc8 $2 ({It was
much better was to centralise the queen by} 18... Qe5 19. Qc3 Nxe4 20. Qe3 O-O
21. Rc2 Rae8 22. Re1) 19. Nxe6 Nxe6 ({Still better was} 19... Qe5 20. Nxc5 Qxc5
21. Be6 Bxe4) 20. Bxe6 Qxc2+ 21. Rxc2 Rxc2+ 22. Kxc2 Ke7 ({Black did not want
to support the activation of his opponent's king:} 22... Bxe4+ 23. Kc3 Bc6 24.
Re1 Kd8 25. Bh3 Re8 26. Rxe8+ Kxe8 27. Kd4 Kf7 28. Ke5) ({But a safer move was
} 22... Rf8 23. Kd3 Rf2 24. Rc1 Kd8) 23. Bc4 Rf8 24. Kc3 Rf2 ({White would
keep some advantage after the softer} 24... Rf4 25. g3 Rxe4 26. Rf1 Ke8 27. Bd3
Re3 28. Kd4) 25. g3 a5 26. h4 ({Another option was to start immediaely on the
queenside with} 26. b4 Rf3+ 27. Kd4) 26... Rc2+ ({Black could wait a bit to
improve the bishop} 26... Bc6) 27. Kd4 $2 ({It was necessary to take the pawn,
despite the activation of the black king:} 27. Kxc2 Bxe4+ 28. Bd3 Bxh1 29. Bxh7
Kf6 30. Kd3 Ke5 31. Ke3 Bd5 32. g4) 27... Bc8 ({White would keep some chances
in the rook ending after} 27... Rxb2 28. Rf1 Rd2+ 29. Ke5 Rd7 30. Be6 Rc7 31.
Rf7+ Kd8 32. Rf8+ Ke7 33. Rg8 Rc5+ 34. Bd5 Bxd5 35. exd5 Kf7 36. Rb8 Rc3 37.
Rb7+) 28. b4 axb4 29. axb4 Rb2 30. Ra1 $1 Bd7 (30... Rxb4 $4 31. Kc3) 31. b5 $6
({Much better was} 31. Ra7 Rxb4 32. Kc3 Rb1 33. e5 Rc1+ 34. Kd3 Kd8 35. e6 Bc6
36. Rxg7) 31... Rd2+ 32. Ke5 Rc2 33. Kd4 (33. Bd5 {promised considerable
winning chances:} Bxb5 34. Ra7+ Bd7 35. Rb7 b5 36. Be6 Rd2 37. Bxd7 Rxd7 38.
Rxb5) 33... Rd2+ 34. Kc3 Rg2 35. Ra6 (35. Ra7 {achieved nothing real:} Rxg3+
36. Kd4 Kd8 37. Rb7 Rg6 38. h5 Rd6+ 39. Bd5 Kc8 40. Ra7 Rh6 41. e5 Rxh5 42. e6
Bxb5 43. e7 Kb8 44. Rb7+ Kc8) 35... Rxg3+ 36. Kd4 Rg6 37. Ra7 Rh6 38. Bd5 (38.
e5 {achieves nothing, even here:} Rxh4+ 39. Kc3 Kd8 40. e6 Rxc4+ 41. Kxc4 Bxe6+
42. Kd4 Bd7) 38... Kd8 39. Ra8+ Kc7 40. Ra7+ Kd8 41. Ra8+ Kc7 42. Ra7+ Kd8 43.
Ra8+ {Typical rapid chess - too many repetitions.} Kc7 44. Rg8 Bxb5 45. Rxg7+
Kd8 46. Ke5 Bd7 {Now it is clear, that Ivanchuk has successfully defended -
it's a draw.} 47. Rg8+ Kc7 48. Rg7 Kd8 49. Rg8+ Kc7 50. Rg7 Kd8 51. Bg8 Rxh4
52. Bxh7 Rh6 53. Bf5 Bxf5 54. exf5 Ke8 55. Rg6 Rxg6 56. fxg6 Kf8 57. Kd5 Kg7
58. Kc6 Kxg6 59. Kxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 47th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2012.05.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Potkin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2012.05.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. Nc3 e6 7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5
Nbd7 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. a3 g5 11. Bd2 Bd6 12. Qf3 Qe7 13. O-O-O O-O-O 14. Kb1 Kb8
15. Rc1 Bc7 16. Rc2 g6 17. Bg2 a6 18. Qe2 Nb6 19. c5 Nc8 20. f4 gxf4 21. exf4
Nd7 22. Na2 Na7 23. a4 f6 24. Nc1 Rhe8 25. h4 Qg7 26. Nb3 Rh8 27. g5 Rde8 28.
Rh3 Nc8 29. Qd3 fxg5 30. hxg5 Ref8 31. Rxh8 Rxh8 32. Bh3 Qf7 33. Qe3 Nf8 34.
Nc1 Ne7 35. Ne2 Nf5 36. Qd3 Qh7 37. Bg4 Qh4 38. Qf3 Qh1+ 39. Rc1 Qxf3 40. Bxf3
Rh3 41. Bg4 Rh2 42. Kc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 47th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2012.05.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Let's Check"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2012.05.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bg7 9. f3 O-O 10. Be3 Nc6 11. O-O a6 12. a4 e6 13. Nde2 Rfe8 14. Bg5 h6
15. Bh4 g5 16. Bf2 d5 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Ng3 dxe4 19. Qxd7 Nxd7 20. Ncxe4 Nf6
21. Nd6 Re7 22. Ngf5 Rd7 23. Rad1 Kh7 24. g4 Ne7 25. Nxe7 Rxe7 26. Nf5 Re6 27.
Rd3 Rc8 28. Rfd1 b5 29. axb5 axb5 30. Rb3 Rb8 31. h4 Bf8 32. Kg2 b4 33. Rbd3
Ree8 34. R1d2 Ra8 35. Nd6 Re7 36. Bc5 gxh4 37. Bxb4 Rd7 38. Bc3 Ra6 39. Nf5
Rxd3 40. Rxd3 Rb6 $2 (40... h5 41. Rd8 Bh6 $14) 41. Rd8 $18 Bb4 42. Bd4 Re6 43.
Kh3 h5 44. gxh5 Nxh5 45. Rh8+ Kg6 46. Nxh4+ Kg5 47. Rg8+ Kh6 48. Nf5+ Kh7 49.
Rh8+ Kg6 50. Kg4 Nf6+ 51. Bxf6 Kxf6 52. f4 1-0

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 47th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2012.05.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Quesada Perez, Yuniesky"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2012.05.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Bf4 Nd5 8.
Nxd5 Qxd5 9. Nf3 Nb6 10. Be2 Bf5 11. c3 e6 12. O-O Qe4 13. Bg3 Qc2 14. Nh4 Qxd1
15. Raxd1 Be4 16. Rfe1 O-O-O 17. Nf3 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Bd6 19. Kf1 Bxg3 20. hxg3
Rd7 21. b3 Rhd8 22. Rc1 Nd5 23. Re5 h6 24. Bxd5 Rxd5 25. Ke2 Kc7 26. Rxd5 Rxd5
27. Ke3 h5 28. f4 Kd6 29. Ke4 Ke7 30. c4 f5+ 31. Ke3 Rd7 32. b4 Kf6 33. Rh1 g6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 47th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2012.05.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2012.05.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1 Nf6 8.
Be3 Ng4 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Bg7 12. Nb3 Nc6 13. h4 gxh4 14. Rxh4 h5
15. Qd2 Be6 16. f3 Nge5 17. Bf2 Bc4 18. Nd5 e6 19. Nb6 Bxf1 20. Kxf1 Rb8 21.
Rd1 Qf6 22. Rh3 h4 23. Nd4 Rd8 24. Nxc6 bxc6 25. Qb4 Ng6 26. Bd4 e5 27. Be3 O-O
28. Qa4 d5 29. exd5 e4 30. c3 Rfe8 31. dxc6 Rxd1+ 32. Qxd1 Qxc6 33. Qa4 Qb5+
34. Qxb5 axb5 35. Nd5 exf3 36. Rxf3 Rd8 37. Rf5 Ne5 38. Ne7+ Kf8 39. Bc5 Ke8
40. Ke2 f6 41. Bb4 Kf7 42. Rh5 Bf8 43. Rxh4 Re8 44. Rh7+ Ke6 45. Rh8 Kf7 46.
Rh7+ Ke6 47. Rh8 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 47th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2012.05.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[Annotator "Let's Check"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2012.05.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bd3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8.
O-O e5 9. Nd2 O-O 10. Rb1 b6 11. d5 Ne7 12. Qc2 g6 13. f4 exf4 14. h3 Nf5 15.
Bxf5 Bxf5 16. e4 Bd7 17. Rxf4 Qe7 18. Bb2 $6 (18. Nf3 Rae8 19. Rh4 $15) 18...
Nh5 $19 19. Rf2 f5 20. Re1 Rae8 21. Bc1 f4 22. Qd1 Qg7 23. Nf1 Re5 24. Nh2 Qe7
25. Qd3 Rg5 $6 (25... Bf5 $1 26. Bxf4 Bxe4 $19) 26. g4 $2 (26. Nf3 Rg3 27. Kh2
$15) 26... fxg3 $19 27. Rxf8+ Qxf8 28. Nf3 Re5 29. Kg2 Re7 30. e5 dxe5 31. d6
Re6 32. Qd5 Nf6 0-1

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 47th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2012.05.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Potkin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2012.05.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nb6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Be3 Nb4 8.
Be4 f5 9. exf6 exf6 10. Nc3 f5 11. Bb1 Bd6 12. Nf3 Be6 13. O-O Qd7 14. Re1
O-O-O 15. Bg5 Rde8 16. a3 N4d5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Ne5 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Qe6 20. a4
h6 21. Bc1 Kb8 22. Ra3 Rhf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 47th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2012.05.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2012.05.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Ivanchuk gehört zu den Spielern, auf die man sich fast gar nicht vorbereiten
kann, weil sie fast jede Eröffnung kennen. Gegen die kubanische Nr. 1, Leinier
Dominguez Perez, probierte der Ukrainer sogar Skandinavisch aus - mit Erfolg.} 
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bd2 c6 6. Bd3 Bg4 7. f3 Bh5 8.
Nge2 Nbd7 9. Nf4 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Qe2 e6 {Weiß ist nicht schlecht aus der
Eröffnung herausgekommen, aber es fehlt ein guter Plan.} 12. Ne4 Bb4 13. c3 Be7
14. g3 Nxe4 15. fxe4 {Natürlich kann diese Änderung der Bauernstruktur nicht
schlecht für Weiß sein, aber das Risiko steigt.} Bg5 $1 16. O-O Bxd2 17. Qxd2
c5 18. Qf2 O-O 19. e5 $1 {Sonst spielt Schwarz selbst e6-e5 und der Bd3 wird
schwach.} Rad8 20. Be4 cxd4 21. cxd4 Nb8 $3 {Das ist viel stärker als z.B. den
Springer über b6 nach d5 zu führen, dann könnte Weiß am Königsflügel angreifen.
} 22. Rad1 ({Nach} 22. Bxb7 $6 Qb6 23. Bg2 Qxd4 {wird auch der Bauer e5 nicht
zu halten sein.}) 22... Nc6 23. Rd3 Qb6 24. Rfd1 Rd7 25. Rb3 Qa6 26. Ra3 Qb5
27. Bxc6 {Weiß kann diesen Tausch höchstens hinausschieben.} bxc6 $1 {Jetzt
liegt stets c6-c5 in der Luft.} 28. Rf1 $6 ({Richtig ist} 28. Rc3 Rfd8 29. Rf1
{und die Stellung befindet sich völlig im Gleichgewicht, weil Schwarz auf f7
und c6 ebenfalls Schwächen hat.}) 28... f5 $1 {Das muss ein Schock für den
Kubaner gewesen sein, denn Schwarz hat sich der Schwäche f7 entledigt.} 29. b3
$2 {Weiß will d4 von der Seite decken, sodass c6-c5 keine Gefahr darstellt. Es
gab zwei bessere Varianten:} ({Nach} 29. exf6 Rxf6 30. Rf3 {kann Schwarz einen
Bauern gewinnen, aber Weiß behält Remischancen.}) ({Noch besser ist} 29. Rc1 $1
Rfd8 30. Rb3 Qa4 31. Ra3 {und Schwarz hat wohl gar keinen Vorteil.}) 29... Rfd8
30. Ra4 c5 $1 31. dxc5 Rd2 $1 {Nun taucht ein neues Motiv auf: Angriff gegen
den doch arg geschwächten weißen König.} 32. Qf3 Qxc5+ 33. Kh1 Qc2 34. Rc4 ({
Oder} 34. Rh4 g5 35. Rh5 Rd1 {usw.}) 34... Qxa2 35. Rh4 g5 36. Rh5 g4 37. Qc6
Qxb3 38. Rg5 Rd1 0-1

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 47th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2012.05.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Quesada Perez, Yuniesky"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2012.05.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 d5 6. g3 c6 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8.
O-O b6 9. Na3 O-O 10. Rfc1 Bb7 11. cxd5 Ne4 12. Qf4 exd5 13. Nc4 Ndf6 14. Nfd2
Nxd2 15. Nxd2 Re8 16. e3 Qe7 17. Rc2 a5 18. Rac1 a4 19. a3 Nh5 20. Qf5 g6 21.
Qd3 Nf6 22. Rc3 Ra5 23. Qc2 Kg7 24. h4 h5 25. Bh3 Qd6 26. Qd1 Qe7 27. R3c2 Ba8
28. Qe1 c5 29. dxc5 Rxc5 30. Bg2 Rxc2 31. Rxc2 d4 32. Bxa8 Rxa8 33. e4 Ng4 34.
Nf3 Rd8 35. Rc6 Ne5 36. Nxe5 Qxe5 37. f4 Qb5 38. Rc2 Qb3 39. Rd2 Qf3 40. e5 d3
41. e6 f6 42. e7 Re8 43. Qf2 Qe4 44. Qf1 Qd4+ 45. Qf2 Qe4 46. Qf1 Qd4+ 47. Qf2
Qd7 48. Qf3 Rxe7 49. Rxd3 Qb5 50. Rd2 Qc5+ 51. Kh2 b5 52. Qd3 Qe3 53. Qd5 Qe1
54. Rg2 Qf1 55. Rc2 Re2+ 56. Rxe2 Qxe2+ 57. Qg2 Qc4 58. Qd2 Kf7 59. Qd7+ Kf8
60. Qd8+ Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 47th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2012.05.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2012.05.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 Ne4 8. Nxe4
Bxe4 9. d3 Bb7 10. e4 Nc6 11. d4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 O-O 14. Qd3 Qc7
15. b3 a5 16. Bf4 e5 17. Bd2 Rfd8 18. Red1 Bb4 19. Bg5 f6 20. a3 Bc5 21. Bc1
Bd4 22. Ra2 Qc5 23. Rad2 Bc6 24. Bf1 Rdb8 25. Qb1 b5 26. Bb2 Bxb2 27. b4 axb4
28. axb4 Qe7 29. Rxb2 Kh8 30. cxb5 Bxb5 31. Rd5 Bc6 32. Ra5 Qd6 33. Rxa8 Bxa8
34. Qd3 Qc6 35. f3 Qb6+ 36. Kg2 d5 37. exd5 Rd8 38. Qc2 Bxd5 39. Qf2 Qe6 40.
Qe3 e4 41. fxe4 Bxe4+ 42. Kg1 Rd1 43. b5 h6 44. Re2 Qf5 45. Qf2 Rb1 46. Qxf5
Bxf5 47. Kf2 Bd7 48. Re7 Bxb5 49. Bxb5 Rxb5 50. h4 Kh7 51. Kf3 Kg6 52. Ra7 f5
53. h5+ Kf6 54. Ra6+ Ke5 55. Ra7 Rb3+ 56. Kg2 Kf6 57. Ra6+ Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 47th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2012.05.14"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "2012.05.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. g3 dxc4 7. Bg2 c5 8. dxc5
Qxd1+ 9. Nxd1 Bd7 10. Ne5 Nc6 11. Nxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT Top 12"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "2012.06.01"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Delchev, Aleksander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2012.05.31"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Clichy Echecs 92"]
[BlackTeam "Marseille Echecs"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O
cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Rd1 Nd5 12. Bb3 Ncb4 13. Ne5 Bd7 14. Qg4 Nf6
15. Qg3 Be8 16. h4 Kh8 17. Bg5 Bc6 18. Rac1 Nh5 19. Qe3 f6 20. Nxc6 bxc6 21.
Bf4 Nxf4 22. Qxf4 f5 23. Bxe6 Bd6 24. Qg5 Qxg5 25. hxg5 Bf4 26. Rb1 Bxg5 27. d5
cxd5 28. Nxd5 Rab8 29. Nc7 Bf4 30. Nb5 Rf6 31. Bc4 a6 32. Nd4 Nc6 33. Bxa6 Nxd4
34. Rxd4 Be5 35. Rd5 Rxa6 36. Rxe5 Rxa4 37. Rxf5 g6 38. Rf3 Rab4 39. b3 R8b7
40. Kf1 Kg7 41. Ke2 g5 42. Kd2 h5 43. Re3 g4 44. g3 R4b5 45. Rb2 Kf6 46. Kc3
Rc7+ 47. Kd3 Rd5+ 48. Ke2 Rc1 49. b4 Rb5 50. Re4 Rc3 51. Rf4+ Kg5 52. Kd2 Ra3
53. Rc4 Rf3 54. Kc1 Rbf5 55. Rc5 Rxc5+ 56. bxc5 Kf6 57. Re2 Ra3 58. c6 Ra7 59.
Rc2 Rc7 60. Kd2 Ke7 61. Ke3 Kd8 62. Kf4 Rh7 63. Rd2+ Kc8 64. Kg5 Rh8 65. Rd7
Rf8 66. Kxh5 Rxf2 67. Rd6 Kc7 68. Re6 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT Top 12"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "2012.06.04"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2012.05.31"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Clichy Echecs 92"]
[BlackTeam "Metz Fischer"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 exd4 6. Nxd4 {When playing
against Vassily Ivanchuk, you never know which opening to expect. This time I
had a certain amount of luck that he entered a line which I was had just been
covering in CBM 148. Vassily was, obviously, unaware of it, as on the day of
this game the CBM 148 issue hadn't yet appeared.} Ne7 7. a3 $5 {This idea is
from the Armenian kitchen. I knew both games that were played with this move.}
({The main line continues with} 7. Bxc4 Nbc6 8. Be3 O-O {Black normally
achieves a satisfactory position.}) 7... Nbc6 8. Be3 $5 $146 {This novelty
Vassily figured out over the board. Frankly speaking, it doesn't change the
evaluation of the position as equal, but an interesting try anyway.} (8. axb4
Qxd4 9. Bf4 (9. Be3 Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 Be6 11. b5 Ne5 12. Kc2 f6 $6 (12... f5 $1 {
is the improvement I was intending to demonstrate.}) 13. f4 Nd7 $6 (13... Nd3
$142) 14. Ra4 a6 15. Bxc4 Bxc4 16. Rxc4 $16 {1-0 Grigoryan,A (2621)-Stukopin,A
(2460)/Moscow 2012/CB05_2012 (45)}) 9... Nxb4 10. Qa4+ Nec6 11. Be3 b5 $6 (
11... Qf6 $142 $132) 12. Nxb5 Qxb2 13. Nxc7+ Kd7 14. Rc1 Qa2 15. Qxa2 Nxa2 16.
Nxa8 Nxc1 17. Bxc4 Bb7 18. O-O Rxa8 19. Rd1+ Ke7 20. Rxc1 $16 {1/2-1/2
Sargissian,G (2677)-Nisipeanu,L (2683)/Plovdiv 2010/CBM 139 (28)}) 8... Bxc3+
9. bxc3 Ne5 {If White can comfortably take on c4, he will have a pleasant
position, so I have to eliminate one of the bishops.} 10. f4 Nd3+ 11. Bxd3 cxd3
12. Qxd3 O-O {Now c7-c5 is a threat, so White has to spend a move to move his
queen away from the d-file.} (12... c5 $2 {just loses a pawn after} 13. Qb5+)
13. Qe2 c5 14. Nb5 a6 (14... Qb6 $6 15. c4 a6 16. Nc3 Qb3 17. Rc1 Qxa3 18. f5 {
The extra pawn is of little significance, meanwhile Black's position is pretty
much cramped.}) 15. Rd1 Qa5 16. Nd6 $1 ({I was calculating the following line:
} 16. Bxc5 Qxb5 17. Qxb5 axb5 18. Bxe7 Re8 19. Rd4 Bh3 $1 ({But not} 19... Ra4
$2 20. Bb4 $1 $16) 20. gxh3 Rxe7 $11) 16... Qxc3+ 17. Qd2 $1 {It doesn't look
logical to offer the exchange of queen after White has sacrificed a pawn, but
in fact it's the best move!} Qxd2+ (17... Qxa3 $6 {is on the edge between
risky and just bad.} 18. O-O f5 (18... Bg4 19. Ra1 Qb4 20. Qf2 b6 21. f5 $16 {
[%csl Rg4]}) 19. Rfe1 $1 fxe4 (19... Be6 20. Nxb7 Qb4 21. Nxc5 Qxd2 22. Rxd2
Bf7 23. e5 {Perhaps the lesser evil for Black, but still not attractive at all.
}) 20. Qc2 $1 {[%cal Gc2c4]} Be6 (20... Qb4 21. Bxc5 $18) 21. Qxe4 $18) 18.
Rxd2 b6 19. Kf2 {White had a choice between two very similar continuations.
There is, however, a subtle difference, so Black should react accordingly.} (
19. O-O Be6 (19... f5 $6 20. Rb1 fxe4 (20... b5 $6 21. Bxc5 $16) 21. Rxb6 Nf5
22. Bxc5 $14) 20. Rb1 (20. f5 Bb3 $1 21. Rb1 c4 $11) 20... Rfb8 21. Rdb2 (21.
f5 Bd7 22. Nc8 $5 Rxc8 23. Rxd7 Re8 $1 24. Rxb6 Nxf5 $11) 21... Nc8 22. Bxc5 (
22. Nxc8 Rxc8 23. Rxb6 c4 24. f5 Bd7 $11) 22... b5 23. f5 Nxd6 24. Bxd6 Rd8 $11
) 19... f5 {In this case it works.} (19... Be6 $6 20. Rb1 Rfb8 21. f5 Bd7 22.
Nc8 $1 {Now this trick is strong as the Be3 is protected.} Rxc8 23. Rxd7 Nc6
24. Rxb6 Ne5 25. Rd5 $14) 20. Rb1 b5 $1 21. Bxc5 fxe4 22. Ke3 (22. Nxc8 Raxc8
23. Bxe7 {[%tqu "En","Does Black lose a piece?","","","e4e3","This is where
the king on f2 appears to be vulnerable.",5]} e3+ $1 {This is where the king
on f2 appears to be vulnerable.} 24. Kxe3 Rce8 25. Rd7 Rf7 $11) 22... Rd8 23.
Rc1 Nf5+ {After the exchange of knights the position is completely equal.} 24.
Kxe4 Nxd6+ 25. Bxd6 Bb7+ 26. Ke3 Bxg2 $6 (26... Rd7 $11) 27. Rc7 Bh3 28. Be5 {
Here I realised that I had had a black-out, while playing 26...Bxg2. I thought
that I take on d2, White takes back, I give ...Rd8 check, followed by ...Rd7
with a draw, but with an extra pawn for me. Only now I saw that 28...Rxd2 is
not a check, White can take on g7 before recapturing the rook. Luckily for me,
the position still remains equal since there are opposite coloured bishops on
the board.} Rxd2 29. Rxg7+ Kf8 30. Kxd2 Rd8+ 31. Kc3 Rd7 32. Rg5 a5 33. Rh5 Bf1
34. f5 Rd3+ 35. Kb2 Rd2+ 36. Kc1 Rd5 37. Bc3 Bd3 {I take the only pawn that
might cause some danger.} 38. Rxh7 b4 $1 {The safest way for a draw is to
exchange as many pawns, as possible.} 39. axb4 axb4 40. Bxb4+ Kg8 41. Rh3 Bxf5
42. Rg3+ Kh7 43. Bd2 Rb5 {Threatening mate in one. Just in case...} 44. Bc3 Rd5
45. Kb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT Top 12"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "2012.06.05"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Edouard, Romain"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2012.05.31"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Chalonnais Echiquier"]
[BlackTeam "Clichy Echecs 92"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6
8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. Kb1 a6 11. Be2 h6 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Rg8 14. c4
O-O-O 15. Qc3 g6 16. Bf3 Bg4 17. Rhe1 Rge8 18. h3 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT Top 12"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "2012.06.06"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2012.05.31"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Mulhouse Philidor"]
[BlackTeam "Clichy Echecs 92"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nb6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Be3 Nb4 8.
Be4 f5 9. exf6 exf6 10. Nc3 f5 11. Bb1 Bd6 12. Nf3 Be6 13. O-O Qd7 14. Re1 O-O
15. Bd2 Kh8 16. Nb5 Nc6 17. Bd3 Bd5 18. Nxd6 Qxd6 19. Bc3 Qg6 20. Nh4 Qg5 21.
Nf3 Qg6 22. Nh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT Top 12"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "2012.06.08"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Fedorchuk, Sergey A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E19"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2012.05.31"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Clichy Echecs 92"]
[BlackTeam "Evry Grand Roque"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. d4 e6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 Nxc3 8.
Qxc3 O-O 9. O-O c5 10. Rd1 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Qc8 13. Be3 Qb7+ 14. f3
Rc8 15. Qb3 Nc6 16. Rac1 Nxd4 17. Rxd4 Bc5 18. Rdd1 h6 19. Bf4 e5 20. Be3 b5
21. Rc3 Bxe3 22. Rxe3 Rc5 23. a4 a6 24. cxb5 axb5 25. Red3 Ra7 26. a5 Qc8 27.
R1d2 e4 28. fxe4 Qe8 29. Rd4 Re5 30. Qb4 Kh7 31. Rd5 Rxe4 32. Qxb5 Rxa5 33.
Qxa5 Rxe2+ 34. Rxe2 Qxe2+ 35. Kg1 Qe3+ 36. Kf1 Qf3+ 37. Ke1 Qh1+ 38. Kd2 Qxh2+
39. Kc1 Qxg3 40. Qc3 Qf4+ 41. Qd2 Qf1+ 42. Kc2 Qc4+ 43. Kb1 g6 44. Rd4 Qf1+ 45.
Kc2 Qf3 46. b4 h5 47. b5 Qf5+ 48. Qd3 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kurnosov, Igor"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C76"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2012.07.06"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 g6 6. d4 Bd7 7. O-O Bg7 8. d5
Nce7 9. c4 h6 10. Nc3 f5 11. Bxd7+ Qxd7 12. Ne1 Nf6 13. f3 O-O 14. Nd3 Rf7 15.
c5 c6 16. dxc6 Nxc6 17. Be3 d5 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Nxe5 Nxe3 20. Qxd7 Rxd7 21.
Nxd7 Rd8 22. Nb6 Bd4 23. Nba4 Ne5 24. Ne2 Nxf1+ 25. Kxf1 Be3 26. b4 Rd2 27.
Nac3 a5 28. a3 Nc4 29. Rd1 Kf7 30. Rxd2 Bxd2 31. bxa5 Nxa5 32. Nb5 Ke6 33. Nec3
Nb3 34. Ke2 Bxc3 35. Nxc3 Nxc5 36. Ke3 Ke5 37. f4+ Kd6 38. g3 Ne6 39. Kd3 Kc5
40. Na4+ Kb5 41. Nc3+ Kc5 42. Na4+ Kc6 43. Nc3 b5 44. Na2 h5 45. Nb4+ Kd6 46.
Nc2 h4 47. Nd4 Nxd4 48. Kxd4 h3 49. Kc3 Kc5 50. Kd3 Kd5 51. Kc3 Ke4 52. Kc2 Ke3
53. Kc3 Ke2 54. Kc2 Ke3 55. Kc3 Ke2 56. Kc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2012.07.06"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. Nb3 Nc6 11. Qd2 Be6 12. O-O-O h5 13. f3 h4 14. Be1 Nge5 15.
Kb1 Ng6 16. Bf2 Na5 17. Nd5 Nxb3 18. axb3 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 Ne5 20. Be3 h3 21. Bxg5
hxg2 22. Bxg2 Qb6 23. f4 Ng4 24. e5 Nf2 25. exd6 Nxd1 26. d7+ Kf8 27. Rxd1 Rd8
28. f5 Rxh2 29. Qe4 Bf6 30. Be3 Qb5 31. Qxb7 Qe2 32. Rd3 Rxg2 33. Qc8 Qe1+ 34.
Bc1 e6 35. fxe6 Rg1 36. Qc5+ Be7 37. Qe3 Qxe3 38. Rxe3 fxe6 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2012.07.06"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Ne5
Bf5 9. O-O Ne4 10. Bf4 Nc6 11. Rc1 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Rc8 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Nxe4
Bxe4 15. Qd2 Bxg2 16. Rxc8 Qxc8 17. Kxg2 Qe6 18. Rc1 Rc8 19. Rxc8 Qxc8 20. Qe3
Qd7 21. Qe5+ f6 22. Qe3 a6 23. b3 Kf7 24. Qh6 Kg8 25. Qe3 Kf7 26. Qh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ismagambetov, Anuar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2012.07.06"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Nge2 Bg7 8. Ng3
O-O 9. Be2 Na6 10. h4 Nc7 11. a4 a6 12. h5 Rb8 13. hxg6 fxg6 14. Bh6 Qe7 15.
Bxg7 Qxg7 16. Qd2 b5 17. f4 b4 18. Nd1 Bd7 19. Ne3 Rbe8 20. Bf3 a5 21. O-O Bc8
22. Nc4 Rd8 23. Nxa5 Ba6 24. Rf2 Rde8 25. Re1 Nd7 26. Nc6 Qh6 27. Bg4 Nf6 28.
Bh3 Kh8 29. b3 Bc8 30. Bxc8 Rxc8 31. f5 g5 32. Rf3 Rce8 33. Na5 Qh4 34. Nc4
Nxe4 35. Rxe4 Rxe4 36. Nxe4 Qxe4 37. Qxg5 Nxd5 38. Nxd6 Qd4+ 39. Kh2 Nf6 40.
Rg3 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2012.07.06"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 c5 12. Nf1 Re8 13. Ng3 Bf8 14. Bc2 cxd4 15.
cxd4 exd4 16. Nxd4 d5 17. exd5 Rxe1+ 18. Qxe1 Bb7 19. Ngf5 Bxd5 20. Be3 Rc8 21.
Rd1 Qe8 22. Bb1 Be4 23. Bf4 Bxb1 24. Rxb1 Nc5 25. Bd6 Qxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Nd3 27.
Re2 Rc1+ 28. Kh2 g6 29. Bxf8 Kxf8 30. Ne3 Ne4 31. f3 Nf4 32. Rc2 Rxc2 33. Nexc2
Nc5 34. Kg3 Nfd3 35. b4 Na4 36. f4 Ke7 37. Kf3 Kd6 38. Ke4 Nc1 39. a3 Na2 40.
Nf3 N2c3+ 41. Kd4 f6 42. Nd2 h5 43. Nf3 Ke6 44. g4 hxg4 45. hxg4 Ne2+ 46. Ke3
Nec3 47. Kd4 Ne2+ 48. Ke3 Nec3 49. Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "226"]
[EventDate "2012.07.06"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Be2
e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nb5 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Bxd2+ 12. Nxd2 a6 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nd4
Bg4 15. Bxg4 Nfxg4 16. O-O Rc8 17. Qd1 g6 18. Rc1 Qd6 19. N2f3 Nf6 20. Nxe5
Qxe5 21. Qd2 Ne4 22. Qb4 Rc7 23. Nf3 Qe7 24. Qxe7 Rxe7 25. Rc2 Rd8 26. Rfc1 Kf8
27. h4 Ke8 28. Nd4 Nd6 29. Kf1 h5 30. Ke2 Red7 31. f3 Ke7 32. Kd3 Ne8 33. Rc8
Kd6 34. b4 Ng7 35. b5 axb5 36. Nxb5+ Ke7 37. Rxd8 Kxd8 38. Nd4 Rc7 39. Rb1 Ke7
40. Rb5 Kd6 41. Rb6+ Ke7 42. g4 hxg4 43. fxg4 Ne6 44. h5 Nc5+ 45. Ke2 Na4 46.
Rb3 gxh5 47. gxh5 Kf6 48. Kf3 Kg5 49. Ne2 Kxh5 50. Nf4+ Kh6 51. Nxd5 Rd7 52.
Rb5 Kg7 53. Ke4 b6 54. Ke5 Ra7 55. a3 Nc5 56. Nxb6 Rxa3 57. Rxc5 Rxe3+ 58. Kf4
Re6 59. Nd5 Ra6 60. Ne3 Kg6 61. Rc8 Ra4+ 62. Nc4 f6 63. Rc6 Rb4 64. Ke4 Rb5 65.
Nd6 Re5+ 66. Kd4 Re6 67. Ra6 Kh5 68. Ra5+ Kg6 69. Ne4 Rb6 70. Ra8 Re6 71. Rg8+
Kf7 72. Rg1 Ra6 73. Ke3 Re6 74. Kf4 Ra6 75. Rd1 Kg6 76. Rd4 Rb6 77. Ng3 Ra6 78.
Nf5 Ra5 79. Ne7+ Kf7 80. Nc6 Rc5 81. Rd6 Rc4+ 82. Kf5 Rc5+ 83. Ke4 Rh5 84. Rd7+
Ke6 85. Rg7 Rh4+ 86. Kd3 Kd5 87. Nd8 Rh3+ 88. Ke2 Ke4 89. Re7+ Kf5 90. Nb7 Ra3
91. Nd6+ Kg6 92. Nc4 Rb3 93. Re6 Kg5 94. Nd6 Kg6 95. Kf2 Ra3 96. Re8 Kg7 97.
Nf5+ Kg6 98. Ne3 Ra4 99. Kf3 Rd4 100. Ng2 Ra4 101. Rb8 Ra5 102. Kg4 Rg5+ 103.
Kh4 Rh5+ 104. Kg3 Rg5+ 105. Kh3 Ra5 106. Nf4+ Kf5 107. Rb4 Re5 108. Ng2 Ra5
109. Ne3+ Kg6 110. Kg4 Rg5+ 111. Kf4 Ra5 112. Rc4 Rb5 113. Rc6 Rb4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2012.07.06"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qf6 5. Be3 Bc5 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 Ne5 8.
Be2 Qg6 9. O-O d6 10. f3 O-O 11. Kh1 f5 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nd2 Kh8 14. f4 Nd5
15. Nxf5 Rxf5 16. Bxc5 dxc5 17. g3 Ne3 18. Qb1 Nxf1 19. Bxf1 Ng4 20. Nf3 Qh5
21. Qc2 Ne3 22. Qf2 Nxf1 23. Rxf1 Re8 24. c4 h6 25. b3 a5 26. Kg1 Qf7 27. Re1
Rxe1+ 28. Qxe1 b6 29. Qe4 Rf6 30. Ne5 Qe6 31. Qb7 Qd6 32. h4 h5 33. Kg2 Kh7 34.
Nf3 g6 35. Ne5 Kg7 36. Kh3 Re6 37. Qc8 Re7 38. Kg2 Qd2+ 39. Kh3 Qd1 40. Kg2
Qc2+ 41. Kf3 Qf5 42. Qd8 Qe6 43. Kg2 Qd6 44. Qc8 Kh7 45. Qf8 Qe6 46. Qd8 Qd6
47. Qf8 Qe6 48. Qd8 Kg7 49. Kh2 Qd6 50. Qc8 Qd2+ 51. Kh3 Qd1 52. Kg2 Qe2+ 53.
Kh3 Qf1+ 54. Kh2 Qf2+ 55. Kh3 Qg1 56. Qb7 Kf6 57. Qe4 Rg7 58. g4 hxg4+ 59.
Nxg4+ Kf7 60. Qd5+ Ke7 61. Qe5+ Kf8 62. Qf6+ Rf7 63. Qh8+ Ke7 64. Qe5+ Kd8 65.
Qh8+ Ke7 66. Qe5+ Kf8 67. Qh8+ Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2012.07.06"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 h6 7. Be3 Nbd7 8. Qd2
c5 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. f3 h5 11. e5 Nfd7 12. exd6 exd6 13. Nh3 Nb6 14. Nf4 Re8 15.
O-O Be6 16. b3 Qe7 17. Rfe1 Rad8 18. Bf1 Qf6 19. Rac1 h4 20. Nb5 Nc8 21. Nc7
Rf8 22. b4 Na6 23. Ncd5 Qb2 24. Rc2 Qa3 25. Bd4 Bxd5 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Nxd5 f6
28. Re4 Rde8 29. Rxh4 g5 30. Rg4 Ne7 31. Rc3 Qa4 32. h4 Ng6 33. hxg5 f5 34. Rd4
Nxb4 35. c5 dxc5 36. Rxc5 a5 37. Bb5 Qxa2 38. Qxa2 Nxa2 39. Rc7+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2012.07.06"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Qe2
b6 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. a4 Bd6 11. Rd1 O-O 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. e4 Qc7 14. Bc2 Ng4 15.
h3 Ne5 16. Nd4 Rfd8 17. Bg5 Rd7 18. Rac1 Be7 19. Bxe7 Rxe7 20. b4 Ncd7 21. Bb3
Qb8 22. f4 Nc6 23. e5 Nxb4 24. Nxe6 Nxe5 25. fxe5 fxe6 26. Rd6 Kh8 27. Ne4 Bd5
28. Bxd5 exd5 29. Ng5 h6 30. Ne6 Qe8 31. Nf4 Kg8 32. e6 Rd8 33. Rxb6 a5 34. Qg4
Qxa4 35. Ng6 Ree8 36. Rb7 Qa3 37. Rcc7 Qa1+ 38. Kh2 Qf6 39. Rf7 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.07"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "170"]
[EventDate "2012.07.06"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Bc4 O-O 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8.
O-O Nc5 9. Re1 c6 10. Bf4 Re8 11. Qd2 Bf8 12. f3 h6 13. Bc4 Bd7 14. a4 a5 15.
b3 Qc7 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. Kh1 Bc8 18. h3 Qe7 19. Bh2 Qc7 20. Qf2 Qb6 21. Bf4 d5
22. exd5 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 cxd5 24. Ndb5 Nxa4 25. Qxb6 Nxb6 26. Bd3 Na8 27. Be5
Be6 28. Ne2 Nd7 29. Nf4 Nxe5 30. Rxe5 Bd7 31. Nxd5 Bxb5 32. Bxb5 Nc7 33. Nxc7
Rd1+ 34. Kh2 Bd6 35. f4 Bxc7 36. Re8+ Kh7 37. Bd3+ g6 38. Kg3 Kg7 39. Re7 Bd6
40. Rd7 Bb4 41. Rxb7 Re1 42. Kf3 Bc5 43. g3 Re3+ 44. Kg2 Bb4 45. Bc4 Re7 46.
Rb5 h5 47. Kf3 Bd2 48. Rd5 Bb4 49. g4 hxg4+ 50. hxg4 Rc7 51. Bd3 Re7 52. g5 Rc7
53. Kg4 Re7 54. Bc4 Rc7 55. Rb5 Re7 56. Rb6 Rc7 57. Ra6 Re7 58. Bd5 Be1 59. Kf3
Bd2 60. Be4 Bb4 61. Rc6 Re6 62. Rc4 f6 63. Rc7+ Kf8 64. Bxg6 fxg5 65. Rf7+ Kg8
66. f5 Re7 67. Rf6 Rc7 68. c4 Kg7 69. Ra6 Bc3 70. Bh5 Rb7 71. Ke4 Rxb3 72. Ra7+
Kh6 73. Bg6 g4 74. Kf4 Bg7 75. Rxa5 g3 76. Ra2 Bf6 77. Rc2 Bd8 78. c5 Bc7+ 79.
Kg4 Rb4+ 80. Kf3 Rf4+ 81. Kg2 Rh4 82. Rc1 Rh2+ 83. Kf3 Rf2+ 84. Kg4 g2 85. c6
Rf1 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.08"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C79"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2012.07.06"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 g6 7. d4 Bg7 8. Re1
Nf6 9. d5 Ne7 10. c4 O-O 11. Nc3 Bg4 12. h3 Bc8 13. b4 Nh5 14. Bd2 a5 15. a3
Kh8 16. c5 f5 17. exf5 Nxf5 18. Ne4 axb4 19. axb4 Nf4 20. Bxf4 exf4 21. Rc1 Nh4
22. Neg5 Nxf3+ 23. Nxf3 Bf5 24. Bc2 Bd7 25. Be4 Ba4 26. Qd3 Qf6 27. h4 Bd7 28.
Ng5 Rae8 29. c6 bxc6 30. dxc6 Bc8 31. b5 h6 32. Nf3 g5 33. hxg5 hxg5 34. Qd5 g4
35. Qh5+ Bh6 36. Nh4 Kg7 37. Bd3 Rxe1+ 38. Rxe1 g3 39. Nf3 Rh8 40. Qd5 Bg4 41.
Qe4 Bxf3 42. Qxf3 Bg5 43. Rb1 Qd4 44. Rf1 Kf6 45. Qe4 Qxe4 46. Bxe4 Ke5 47. Bf3
Rb8 48. Rb1 Rb6 49. Be2 d5 50. Ra1 Rb8 51. Ra3 Be7 52. Rc3 Bb4 53. Rc1 Kd6 54.
fxg3 Bc5+ 55. Kf1 Rh8 56. Ke1 Rh1+ 57. Bf1 fxg3 58. Ke2 Bf2 59. Kf3 Rh8 60. Bd3
Re8 61. Kg4 Re3 62. Bf1 Rb3 63. Kf5 Rb4 64. Rc3 Re4 65. Rc1 Be3 66. Rd1 Rf4+
67. Kg6 Kc5 68. Kh5 Rf2 69. Kg4 Bf4 70. Rb1 Kb6 71. Rd1 Bd6 72. Rb1 Kc5 73. Rd1
d4 74. Rc1+ Kb4 75. Rd1 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.08"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2837"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2012.07.06"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 Ne4 5. Qc2 f5 6. g3 b6 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. Nd2
Bxc3 9. bxc3 Nd6 10. d5 Na6 11. O-O O-O 12. Ba3 Qf6 13. e4 f4 14. Rab1 Rae8 15.
Qd3 e5 16. Nb3 Nb8 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. c5 Qf6 19. c4 d6 20. c6 Bc8 21. c5 f3 22.
Bh1 Ba6 23. Qe3 Bxf1 24. Rxf1 bxc5 25. Nd2 Na6 26. Qa3 Nb4 27. Qb3 Rb8 28. Qc4
Qg5 29. Nxf3 Rxf3 30. Bxf3 Qd2 31. a3 Nd3 32. Bg4 Rf8 33. f3 g6 34. Qb5 c4 35.
Qb7 Qa5 36. Kg2 Kg7 37. h4 h5 38. Be6 Kh6 39. Kh3 Qd2 40. Qxc7 Qe2 41. Qe7
Qxf1+ 42. Kh2 Qf2+ 43. Kh3 Nf4+ 44. gxf4 Qxf3+ 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.08"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2012.07.06"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 b6 7. a3 Nf6 8. Be3
c4 9. Nc3 cxd3 10. cxd3 O-O 11. d4 Ba6 12. Qc2 Qc8 13. O-O-O Bc4 14. Ne5 Be6
15. f4 a5 16. g4 Nd7 17. f5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 b5 19. fxe6 Qxe6 20. Ne2 b4 21. a4 c5
22. Rd5 Qa6 23. Rhd1 Rfc8 24. Kb1 c4 25. Nd4 e6 26. Rd7 c3 27. b3 Bxe5 28. Nb5
Rab8 29. Bh6 Qb6 30. Rf1 Rb7 31. Rfxf7 Rxd7 32. Rxd7 Qg1+ 33. Ka2 Ra8 34. Nc7
Rc8 35. Nxe6 Qf1 36. Ng5 Re8 37. Rd1 Qa6 38. Qf2 Bf6 39. e5 Bxg5 40. Bxg5 Qc6
41. Rf1 Qe6 42. Bh6 Qe7 43. e6 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.08"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Kazhgaleyev, Murtas"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2012.07.06"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 c5 8. O-O
cxd4 9. exd4 d5 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Qb3 Nc6 13. Rad1 Na5 14. Qc2 g6
15. Rfe1 Rc8 16. Qd2 Nc4 17. Bxc4 dxc4 18. d5 Re8 19. d6 Qd7 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21.
Qf4 Re6 22. h4 Bxf3 23. Qxf3 Bxh4 24. Qd5 Bf6 25. Ne4 Bxb2 26. Qxc4 Be5 27. g3
h5 28. Qd5 Kg7 29. Ng5 Re8 30. Nxf7 Bb2 31. Ng5 h4 32. Qc4 hxg3 33. Qc7 Re7 34.
Kg2 gxf2 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.08"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2012.07.06"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bc5 5. e3 d5 6. cxd5 Nb4 7. Nf3 Nd3+ 8.
Ke2 Bf5 9. Qa4+ c6 10. Nh4 Nxc1+ 11. Rhxc1 Bg4+ 12. Ke1 b5 13. Nxb5 cxb5 14.
Qxb5+ Nd7 15. Rxc5 O-O 16. Rc3 Rb8 17. Qc4 Nf6 18. b3 Rc8 19. Qb4 Rb8 20. Qa4
Bd7 21. Qc4 Rc8 22. Qd3 Rb8 23. Nf5 Bb5 24. Qc2 g6 25. a4 gxf5 26. axb5 e4 27.
Bf1 Nxd5 28. Rc5 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 6th"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2012.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 d5 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Be2 Nc6 8. Ne5
Be7 9. Nxd7 Qxd7 10. dxc5 O-O 11. O-O Bxc5 12. Na4 Bd6 13. c4 d4 14. exd4 Nxd4
15. Nc3 Rad8 16. Be3 Be5 17. Nb5 Nxb5 18. cxb5 Nd5 19. Bc5 Bxh2+ 20. Kh1 Bd6
21. Bxd6 Qxd6 22. Bf3 e5 23. Bxd5+ Qxd5 24. Qxd5+ Rxd5 25. Rac1 Rxb5 26. b3 g6
27. Rfd1 Rf7 28. Rc8+ Kg7 29. Rdd8 e4 30. g3 Re5 31. Kg2 e3 32. fxe3 Rxe3 33.
Rc2 Rfe7 34. Kf2 h5 35. Rb8 R3e6 36. Kf3 Kh6 37. Kf2 Kg5 38. Kf3 Re3+ 39. Kf2
Kg4 40. Rc4+ R3e4 41. Rbc8 g5 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 6th"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2012.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Qd3 d5 8. exd5
exd5 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Nc6 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Be3
Be6 15. Rac1 Bd6 16. Bd4 Qb8 17. g3 Be5 18. Rfd1 a5 19. Bf3 h6 20. Rc5 Qb4 21.
Bxd5 Rad8 22. a3 Qxd4 23. Qxd4 Bxd4 24. Rxd4 Rd6 25. Rxa5 Rfd8 26. Bxe6 Rxd4
27. Ba2 Rd2 28. Rb5 g6 29. a4 R8d6 30. a5 Rf6 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 6th"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Jumabayev, Rinat"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2012.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 a6 6. e4 Bb4 7. e5 Ne4 8. Qf3
Qa5 9. Nc2 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Qxe5 11. Bf4 Qxc3+ 12. Qxc3 Nxc3 13. Be5 Na4 14. Bxg7
Rg8 15. Bh6 d6 16. g3 Bd7 17. O-O-O Bc6 18. Rg1 Ke7 19. Bf4 e5 20. Bd2 Nd7 21.
Ne3 Ndc5 22. Bb4 Rad8 23. Nf5+ Kf6 24. Nxd6 b6 25. f4 exf4 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 6th"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2012.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nbd2 c6 6. c3 a5 7. Bb3 Na6 8. O-O
Bg4 9. Re1 Nc5 10. Bc2 Ne6 11. Nf1 Nd7 12. Ne3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 g6 14. g3 O-O 15.
h4 Ng7 16. d4 h5 17. Rd1 Qc7 18. a4 Rad8 19. Nc4 f5 20. dxe5 Nxe5 21. Nxe5 dxe5
22. Rxd8 Qxd8 23. exf5 gxf5 24. Bh6 e4 25. Qe3 Qd6 26. Rd1 Qe6 27. Bf4 c5 28.
Qe2 Kh7 29. Qb5 Qg6 30. Qxb7 Bxh4 31. Rd7 Bf6 32. Bb3 h4 33. Rf7 Rd8 34. Qc6
hxg3 35. Rxf6 gxf2+ 36. Kxf2 e3+ 37. Bxe3 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 6th"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2837"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2012.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. d4 dxe4 7. Qxe4 Nf6 8.
Qh4 Be7 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bg5 g6 12. Bh6 Re8 13. Ne2 e5 14. Bc4 exd4
15. Nxd4 Nh5 16. Qe4 Bf8 17. Bxf7+ Kxf7 18. Qf3+ Kg8 19. Qb3+ Kh8 20. Be3 Nc5
21. Qc3 Ne4 22. Qb3 Qb6 23. Qf7 Re7 24. Qf3 Qa5 25. Rfe1 Rae8 26. Nb3 Qf5 27.
Qxf5 gxf5 28. Bxa7 Nf4 29. f3 Ng3 30. Rxe7 Rxe7 31. Bc5 Re2 32. Bf2 Rxc2 33.
Nd4 Rxb2 34. Rd1 Bc5 35. Kh2 Ngh5 36. Nxf5 Kg8 37. Bxc5 Rxg2+ 38. Kh1 Rg5 39.
Rd8+ Kf7 40. Rf8+ Ke6 41. Nd4+ Kd5 42. Ba7 c5 43. Nb5 Ng3+ 44. Kh2 Nf1+ 45. Kh1
Ne2 46. Nc3+ Nxc3 47. f4 Rg7 48. Rf5+ Ke4 49. Rxc5 Nd5 50. Rc4+ Kf3 51. Bd4
Ng3+ 52. Kh2 Ne4 53. Bxg7 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 6th"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2012.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nb6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Bg4 8. f3
Be6 9. Nbc3 Qd7 10. Ne4 Bd5 11. Nc5 Qc8 12. Be3 e6 13. Nf4 Nb4 14. Be2 Bc4 15.
Bxc4 Nxc4 16. Qa4+ c6 17. Qxb4 Nxe3 18. Kf2 Nc2 19. Qc3 Nxa1 20. Rxa1 Be7 21.
Ne4 Qc7 22. Nh5 O-O-O 23. b4 Rd7 24. Nc5 Bxc5 25. bxc5 Qd8 26. Rd1 Qh4+ 27. Ng3
Rhd8 28. Ke3 f5 29. Ne2 Qxh2 30. Qb3 Rd5 31. Nf4 Qh6 32. g3 g5 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 6th"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2012.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. e4 e5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 exd4 6. a3 Be7 7. Nxd4 d6 8. f3
O-O 9. Be3 a6 10. Qd2 c5 11. Nde2 Nc6 12. Nf4 Re8 13. Be2 Bf8 14. O-O Be6 15.
Rfd1 Na5 16. Nxe6 Rxe6 17. Rab1 Rc8 18. b4 cxb4 19. Rxb4 Nd7 20. Nd5 Bg7 21.
Bg5 Qf8 22. Rdb1 Nc5 23. Be3 f5 24. exf5 Qxf5 25. Bf1 Rce8 26. Bf2 Qf7 27. Kh1
Kh8 28. Rb6 Nc6 29. Bxc5 dxc5 30. Rxb7 Qf5 31. Bd3 Qe5 32. Be4 Rf8 33. R7b6 Nd4
34. Rxe6 Nxe6 35. Qd3 Ng5 36. g3 Nxe4 37. Qxe4 Qxe4 38. fxe4 Bd4 39. Rb6 Re8
40. Rxa6 Rxe4 41. a4 Bb2 42. a5 Rxc4 43. Rc6 Bd4 44. a6 Ra4 45. Rc8+ Kg7 46.
Rc7+ Kh6 47. Rc6 c4 48. Kg2 c3 49. Kf3 c2 50. Rxc2 Rxa6 51. h4 Ra5 52. Nf4 Be5
53. Re2 Bxf4 54. Kxf4 Ra4+ 55. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 6th"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C62"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2012.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bd7 6. Bxc6 bxc6 7. O-O g6 8.
c4 c5 9. Nf3 Bg7 10. Nc3 Ne7 11. h3 O-O 12. Re1 Nc6 13. Bg5 f6 14. Be3 f5 15.
exf5 Rxf5 16. Rc1 Ne5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Qd2 Bc6 19. Nd5 Qd7 20. Bxc5 Qf7 21.
Be3 Rb8 22. b4 Bxd5 23. cxd5 Rb5 24. Red1 Rxd5 25. Qc2 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 a6 27.
Qe2 Bf4 28. Qxa6 Bxe3 29. fxe3 Rf2 30. Rc1 c5 31. bxc5 Rxa2 32. Qc8+ Kg7 33.
Rf1 Qe7 34. cxd6 Qxd6 35. Qc3+ Kh6 36. Rf4 Rd2 37. Rh4+ Kg5 38. Rg4+ Kh6 39.
Rd4 Rd1+ 40. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 41. Kf2 Qd5 42. Qf6 Qd3 43. Qf8+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 6th"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Chadaev, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2012.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. d3 Na5 5. Bb3 Nxb3 6. axb3 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8.
Qh5 Nb4 9. Qxe5+ Be7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Qd1 Re8 12. Nge2 b6 13. O-O Bb7 14. Be3
Qd7 15. Qd2 a5 16. Rae1 Rad8 17. f3 Bf8 18. Bf2 f6 19. Ng3 Rxe1 20. Rxe1 Re8
21. Rxe8 Qxe8 22. Nce4 Qd7 23. d4 f5 24. Ng5 h6 25. Nh3 Bd6 26. c3 Nd5 27. c4
Nf6 28. d5 Bc8 29. Bd4 Ne8 30. Nf4 a4 31. b4 Bf8 32. Ne6 Nd6 33. Qc3 b5 34. Nh5
Nxc4 35. Nxf8 Kxf8 36. Bxg7+ Kf7 37. Qf6+ Kg8 38. Qf8+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 6th"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2012.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bg5 e6 4. Nbd2 Be7 5. c3 b6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. e4 Bb7 8.
Bd3 g6 9. h4 Qe7 10. Qe2 Nc6 11. O-O-O O-O-O 12. Ba6 Bxa6 13. Qxa6+ Kb8 14.
Rhe1 Bxh4 15. d5 Na5 16. exf5 gxf5 17. dxe6 dxe6 18. Ne5 Bg5 19. Qxa5 Rxd2 20.
Nc6+ Kb7 21. Rxd2 Bxd2+ 22. Kxd2 Qg5+ 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 6th"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2012.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 g6 2. Bg2 Bg7 3. c4 c5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Rb1 b6 6. b3 Bb7 7. Bb2 d6 8. Nh3 e6
9. Nf4 Nge7 10. d3 O-O 11. Qd2 Qd7 12. O-O Nd4 13. e3 Nf3+ 14. Bxf3 Bxf3 15. e4
e5 16. Qe3 Bg4 17. Nfd5 Nc6 18. f3 Be6 19. Rf2 f5 20. Re1 Rf7 21. exf5 gxf5 22.
Qg5 Re8 23. Bc1 Nd4 24. Be3 Rff8 25. Kg2 Qf7 26. Bxd4 cxd4 27. Nb5 h6 28. Qd2
Rd8 29. Nbc7 Bd7 30. a4 Bc6 31. Qb4 Rd7 32. Nb5 Bxd5 33. cxd5 Qxd5 34. Rc1 Kh7
35. Qc4 Qa8 36. Qc6 Qd8 37. Qd5 a6 38. Na3 Qg5 39. Re1 h5 40. Nc4 Qd8 41. f4
Re8 42. Kh3 Kg6 43. Qc6 Kh7 44. Qxb6 Qxb6 45. Nxb6 Rdd8 46. Nd5 e4 47. Rfe2 e3
48. Rc2 Rc8 49. Rc4 Rxc4 50. bxc4 Rb8 51. Ne7 Rb3 52. Nxf5 Rxd3 53. Nxd6 Rc3
54. Kg2 Bf8 55. Nf5 Rxc4 56. Kf3 Kg6 57. Ke4 Rxa4 58. Nh4+ Kf6 59. Nf3 Bc5 60.
h3 Ra3 61. Rc1 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 6th"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2012.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 Be7 7. d4 O-O 8. d5
Nb8 9. Bxd7 Nbxd7 10. c4 c6 11. Nc3 a6 12. Be3 cxd5 13. cxd5 Qa5 14. Nd2 Rfc8
15. a4 Bd8 16. Qb3 Ng4 17. Qxb7 Nc5 18. Bxc5 Qxc5 19. Re2 Rab8 20. Qxa6 Nxf2
21. Rxf2 Rxb2 22. Kh1 Qxc3 23. Raf1 Bf6 24. Nb1 Rxf2 25. Nxc3 Rxf1+ 26. Qxf1
Rxc3 27. g3 h5 28. Qb5 g6 29. a5 h4 30. gxh4 Bxh4 31. Qb8+ Kg7 32. Qxd6 Rc1+
33. Kg2 Ra1 34. Qxe5+ Bf6 35. Qc7 Re1 36. a6 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 6th"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2012.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Be3 b6 9. Qd2 e5 10. Bh6 Qd6 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. Nh2 Nh5 13. Ng4 f6 14. g3 Be6
15. Ne2 Rad8 16. O-O-O Kh8 17. f4 Rde8 18. Rhf1 exf4 19. gxf4 Qd7 20. Qe3 Ng7
21. Qg3 Qe7 22. Kb1 Bc8 23. Ne3 Nf5 24. Nxf5 gxf5 25. Nc3 Qf7 26. Rg1 c4 27.
Qh4 cxd3 28. cxd3 b5 29. Rde1 b4 30. Na4 fxe4 31. dxe4 b3 32. Nc3 bxa2+ 33. Ka1
Be6 34. f5 Bc4 35. Rg6 Rd8 36. Reg1 Rd2 37. Qh6 Rd7 38. e5 fxe5 39. f6 Rfd8 40.
Rg7 Bd3 41. Rxf7 Rxf7 42. Rg7 Rdf8 43. Rxf7 Rxf7 44. Qe3 Bc4 45. Qxe5 Kg8 46.
Qg5+ Kf8 47. Qf4 Be6 48. Qd6+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 6th"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Kotsur, Pavel"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2012.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Nd5 Bc5 6. d3 h6 7. e3 d6 8. Ne2 a6
9. a3 Ba7 10. O-O O-O 11. b4 Nxd5 12. cxd5 Ne7 13. d4 f6 14. h3 Bd7 15. Re1 c6
16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Nc3 cxd5 18. Nxd5 Be6 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. Bb2 Rfd8 21. Qe2 Bd5
22. Red1 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Bb6 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Rd1 Rxd1 26. Qxd1 Qe6 27. Qd3 Bc7
28. e4 Qc6 29. g4 b5 30. Qd5+ Qxd5 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 6th"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2012.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. a4 Rb8 13. axb5 axb5 14. b3 exd4 15.
cxd4 Nc6 16. Nc3 Nb4 17. Bb1 Re8 18. Bf4 Qb6 19. Qd2 Bb7 20. Ne2 Nc6 21. d5
Nce5 22. Nxe5 Nxe5 23. Ng3 Ng6 24. Bg5 Bxg5 25. Qxg5 h6 26. Qd2 Ra8 27. Bc2
Rxa1 28. Rxa1 Ra8 29. Rxa8+ Bxa8 30. Nf5 Bb7 31. Qc3 Ne5 32. Qg3 g6 33. Nxh6+
Kg7 34. Nf5+ Kf8 35. Ne3 c4 36. Qh4 Qd4 37. Qd8+ Kg7 38. Qxd6 cxb3 39. Bxb3 Nd3
40. Bc2 Ne1 41. Qc7 Nxc2 42. Qxc2 b4 43. Qc4 Qb2 44. g3 b3 45. Kg2 Qb1 46. Qc3+
Kg8 47. Ng4 Qxe4+ 48. Kh2 Qc2 49. Qe5 b2 50. Nf6+ Kf8 51. Nh7+ Kg8 52. Nf6+ Kf8
53. Nh7+ Kg8 54. Nf6+ Kf8 55. Nd7+ Kg8 56. Qe8+ Kh7 57. Qxf7+ Kh6 58. Qf8+ Kg5
59. Qf4+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 6th"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2012.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1 Nf6 8. f3
e5 9. Nb3 Be6 10. Be3 Nbd7 11. Qd2 h5 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Kb1 b5 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15.
exd5 Nb6 16. Bxb6 Qxb6 17. Na5 Rc8 18. Bd3 Rc5 19. Be4 b4 20. Nc6 a5 21. Rhe1
g6 22. f4 Nxe4 23. Rxe4 f5 24. Re2 e4 25. h3 Bf6 26. Qe3 h4 27. g4 hxg3 28.
Qxg3 Kf7 29. Rg2 Rh6 30. h4 Rc3 31. Qe1 Rh3 32. Qg1 Qxg1 33. Rdxg1 R3xh4 34.
Nxa5 Bd4 35. Rd1 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 6th"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2012.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bb4 5. d3 O-O 6. Bd2 a5 7. Nf3 d6 8. O-O
h6 9. a3 Bc5 10. Rc1 Be6 11. Nh4 Nd4 12. e3 Nf5 13. Nf3 c6 14. Qe2 Qc7 15. Ne4
Nxe4 16. dxe4 Ne7 17. Bc3 a4 18. Nh4 Qb6 19. Rfd1 Qb3 20. Bf1 f6 21. Qh5 Rad8
22. Nf5 Nxf5 23. exf5 Bf7 24. Qg4 Kh8 25. Rd2 Qb6 26. Rcd1 Rd7 27. Qe4 Rfd8 28.
Qc2 Qa7 29. Bb4 Bh5 30. Ra1 Bb6 31. Bg2 Bf7 32. Rad1 Bc7 33. Bf3 Qa6 34. Be2
Qa7 35. Bf3 Qa6 36. Be2 Qa7 37. Bf3 Qa6 38. Be2 Qa7 39. Bf3 c5 40. Bc3 Bxc4 41.
Bd5 Qa6 42. Qe4 Bxd5 43. Rxd5 b5 44. f4 exf4 45. Qxf4 Qc6 46. Bxf6 gxf6 47.
Qxh6+ Kg8 48. Qxf6 c4 49. Qe6+ Kf8 50. Qh6+ Kg8 51. R1d4 Rg7 52. f6 Rh7 53. f7+
1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 6th"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Jumabayev, Rinat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2012.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Be2
e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nb5 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Bxd2+ 12. Nxd2 e4 13. O-O Nb6 14. Qc5 Bd7
15. Nd6 Bc6 16. Rfc1 a6 17. Nf5 Re8 18. h3 g6 19. Ng3 h5 20. Bf1 Rc8 21. Qb4
Kg7 22. Rc2 Na8 23. Rac1 Nc7 24. Ne2 Qd7 25. Nc3 Ne6 26. Na4 Bxa4 27. Qxa4 Qxa4
28. bxa4 Rxc2 29. Rxc2 Re7 30. Nb3 Nd7 31. Na5 Nb6 32. Rb2 Nxa4 33. Rxb7 Rxb7
34. Nxb7 Nc3 35. a3 Nc7 36. Nc5 a5 37. Nb3 a4 38. Nc5 Kf6 39. h4 Ke7 40. f3
exf3 41. gxf3 Nd1 42. e4 dxe4 43. fxe4 Nc3 44. Kf2 N7b5 45. Bxb5 Nxb5 46. Ke3
Nxa3 47. Nxa4 Nc4+ 48. Kd3 Nd6 49. Nc3 f6 50. Nd5+ Ke6 51. Nxf6 Kxf6 52. e5+
Ke6 53. exd6 Kxd6 54. Ke4 Ke6 55. d5+ Kf6 56. Kf4 Kf7 57. Ke5 Ke7 58. d6+ Kd7
59. Kd5 g5 60. hxg5 h4 61. g6 h3 62. g7 h2 63. g8=Q h1=Q+ 64. Kc5 Qc6+ 65. Kb4
Qxd6+ 66. Kb3 Qe6+ 67. Qxe6+ Kxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 6th"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2012.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O Nc6 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 Nge7 7. a3 a5 8. d4
cxd4 9. Nb5 O-O 10. Nfxd4 d5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. e4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Nb6 14. Nb5
Qxd1 15. Rxd1 Bd7 16. Be3 Bxb5 17. Bxb6 Bxb2 18. Rab1 Ba4 19. Rd2 Bc3 20. Rd6
Rfc8 21. f4 e5 22. Bf2 b5 23. Bh3 Rd8 24. Bc5 Bd4+ 25. Bxd4 Rxd6 26. Bxe5 Rd1+
27. Rxd1 Bxd1 28. Bd6 b4 29. axb4 a4 30. b5 a3 31. b6 a2 32. b7 a1=Q 33. Be5
Qa7+ 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 6th"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2837"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2012.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Be2 a6 5. c4 c5 6. Nc3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc6 8. Be3
Nf6 9. O-O O-O 10. Rc1 Bd7 11. Nb3 Rc8 12. f4 Be6 13. Kh1 Na5 14. Nxa5 Qxa5 15.
b3 b5 16. f5 Bd7 17. fxg6 hxg6 18. e5 dxe5 19. Qxd7 Rfd8 20. Qxe7 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 6th"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D09"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2012.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. g3 Nge7 6. Bg2 Ng6 7. O-O Ngxe5 8.
Nxe5 Nxe5 9. Na3 Be7 10. Nb5 O-O 11. Nxd4 Nxc4 12. b3 Bf6 13. bxc4 Bxd4 14. Rb1
Qf6 15. e3 Bb6 16. Bb2 Qe7 17. Qb3 c6 18. Qc3 f6 19. Ba3 Bc5 20. Bxc5 Qxc5 21.
Rfd1 Rb8 22. Qd4 Qxd4 23. exd4 Rd8 24. Bxc6 Bg4 25. f3 bxc6 26. Rxb8 Rxb8 27.
fxg4 Kf7 28. Rd2 Rb1+ 29. Kg2 Rc1 30. c5 Ke6 31. Re2+ Kd5 32. Re7 g5 33. Rd7+
Ke4 34. Rxh7 Rc2+ 35. Kh3 Rxa2 36. Rf7 Rf2 37. Rxa7 Kxd4 38. Ra1 Kxc5 39. Rc1+
Kd5 40. Rd1+ Ke6 41. Rc1 Kd7 42. Rd1+ Kc7 43. Rc1 Rd2 44. Rf1 c5 45. Rxf6 c4
46. Rf5 Kd6 47. Rxg5 c3 48. Rg8 Kd7 49. Rg5 Kd6 50. Rg8 Kd7 51. Rg5 Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 6th"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2012.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Bg4 11. Bc2 Ne6 12. Re1 Bc5 13. Nf1 O-O 14. h3 Bh5 15.
Ng3 Bg6 16. Bb3 Ne7 17. h4 h6 18. h5 Bh7 19. Nd4 Bb6 20. Be3 c5 21. Nf3 d4 22.
cxd4 cxd4 23. Bd2 Nd5 24. Rc1 Ndf4 25. Bxf4 Nxf4 26. Rc6 Ba5 27. Rd6 Qe7 28.
Qxd4 Bxe1 29. Qxf4 Ba5 30. Nf5 Qc7 31. Nxg7 Kxg7 32. Qxh6+ Kg8 33. Qg5+ Kh8 34.
Qf6+ Kg8 35. h6 Qc1+ 36. Kh2 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 6th"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[Round "23"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2012.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. e4 Bg7 4. Be2 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Re1 Nbd7 8. Bf4
Nh5 9. Bg5 h6 10. Be3 e5 11. Qd2 Kh7 12. Rad1 Qe7 13. a4 Re8 14. Bf1 Nhf6 15.
h3 a5 16. b3 exd4 17. Nxd4 Nc5 18. f3 Bd7 19. Bf2 Rad8 20. Nce2 b6 21. Nc3 Qf8
22. g3 Nh5 23. Bg2 f5 24. exf5 gxf5 25. Nce2 d5 26. Nf4 Nxf4 27. Qxf4 Qf6 28.
Qc7 Rb8 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 6th"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[Round "24"]
[White "Chadaev, Nikolay"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2012.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Bd7 5. d3 Nc6 6. O-O g6 7. Re1 Bg7 8. Bf1
O-O 9. h3 e5 10. Na3 h6 11. Nc2 Re8 12. Be3 b6 13. b4 d5 14. bxc5 dxe4 15. dxe4
Nxe4 16. cxb6 axb6 17. Qd3 Nc5 18. Qd5 Ne7 19. Qd2 Nf5 20. Bxc5 bxc5 21. Rad1
Ba4 22. Qxd8 Raxd8 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Na3 Rd1 25. Rxd1 Bxd1 26. Nd2 Nd6 27. Nb5
Nb7 28. Bc4 Kf8 29. Kf1 Ba4 30. Ne4 Ke7 31. Nc7 f5 32. Nd5+ Kd8 33. Nd2 Nd6 34.
Bb3 Bc6 35. Ne3 e4 36. c4 Bc3 37. Ke2 Ba5 38. Nd5 Bd7 39. h4 g5 40. hxg5 hxg5
41. f3 exf3+ 42. Nxf3 Ne4 43. Bc2 g4 44. Ne5 Be8 45. Bxe4 fxe4 46. Nf6 Ba4 47.
Nxe4 Bc7 48. Nd3 Bc6 49. Ndxc5 Bb6 50. g3 Ke7 51. a4 Ba7 52. a5 Bb8 53. a6 Ba7
54. Kd3 Bb8 55. Nb3 Ba8 56. Nd4 Ba7 57. Nb5 Bg1 58. a7 Kd7 59. Nf6+ Kc6 60.
Nxg4 Kb6 61. Ne3 Bh2 62. g4 Bg3 63. g5 Bh4 64. g6 Bf6 65. Nd5+ Bxd5 66. cxd5
1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 6th"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[Round "25"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2012.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. e4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 a5 11. Rd1 a4 12. c5 Qa5 13. cxd6 exd6 14. O-O a3
15. b3 Be6 16. Bd4 Rac8 17. f3 Rc6 18. Nb5 Qxd2 19. Rxd2 Ra8 20. Rfd1 h5 21.
Kf2 Ra5 22. h4 Kh7 23. Ke1 Kg8 24. Ba1 Ne8 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. b4 Ra4 27. Nd4 Rc8
28. Bb5 Rxb4 29. Nxe6+ fxe6 30. Bd7 Ra8 31. Bxe6 Kf6 32. Bd7 Rb2 33. Bxe8 Rxe8
34. Rxd6+ Re6 35. Rxe6+ Kxe6 36. Rd2 b5 37. Kd1 Rb1+ 38. Kc2 Rb2+ 39. Kc1 Rb4
40. g3 Rc4+ 41. Rc2 Rd4 42. Rc6+ Kf7 43. Kc2 Rb4 44. Kc1 Rd4 45. Rc7+ Kf6 46.
Rc6+ Kf7 47. Kc2 Rb4 48. Kc1 Rd4 49. e5 Rd3 50. Rf6+ Kg7 51. Kc2 Rd4 52. Ra6 b4
53. Kb3 Rd3+ 54. Kxb4 Rxf3 55. Ra7+ Kf8 56. Rxa3 Rf2 57. Ra7 Re2 58. a4 Re4+
59. Kc5 Rxe5+ 60. Kd4 Re1 61. a5 Ra1 62. Ke5 Ra3 63. a6 Kg8 64. Ke6 Kf8 65. Kf6
Rf3+ 66. Ke5 Ra3 67. Kf4 Kg8 68. Ke5 Kf8 69. Ke6 Re3+ 70. Kf6 Rf3+ 71. Ke5 Ra3
72. Kd4 Kg8 73. Kc5 Ra2 74. Kb5 Ra3 75. Rc7 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 6th"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[Round "26"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2012.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 d4 5. Ne4 Qa5+ 6. Bd2 Qxe5 7. Ng3 Nf6 8.
Nf3 Qd6 9. Qc2 Be7 10. O-O-O O-O 11. e3 dxe3 12. Bxe3 Qb4 13. Bd3 Na6 14. Rhe1
Qa5 15. a3 Re8 16. Bd2 Qb6 17. Bc3 Be6 18. Ng5 Nc5 19. Nxe6 Nxe6 20. Nf5 Bf8
21. g3 Nc5 22. f3 Nxd3+ 23. Qxd3 Qf2 24. h4 b5 25. Rxe8 Rxe8 26. Bd4 bxc4 27.
Bxf2 cxd3 28. Rxd3 c5 29. Be3 g6 30. Bg5 Nh5 31. g4 f6 32. Nh6+ Kg7 33. gxh5
fxg5 34. hxg5 gxh5 35. f4 Kg6 36. Kd2 Re4 37. Rf3 Bxh6 38. gxh6 Kxh6 39. Kd3
Rd4+ 40. Ke3 Kg6 41. Rg3+ Kf6 42. Rg5 h4 43. Rxc5 Rd6 44. Rh5 Rb6 45. b4 Kg6
46. Rg5+ Kf6 47. Rh5 Kf7 48. Ra5 a6 49. Rg5 Kf6 50. Rh5 Kg6 51. Rxh4 a5 52. Kd3
axb4 53. axb4 h5 54. Kc4 Rb8 55. b5 Rc8+ 56. Kd5 Rh8 57. Ke4 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 6th"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[Round "27"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D73"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2012.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg2 cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. O-O d5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nb3 Nb6 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. Bf4 Bf5 12. Qxd8 Raxd8 13. Nc5 Bc8 14.
Rad1 Nc4 15. N3a4 Nd4 16. Bxb7 Nxe2+ 17. Kg2 Nxf4+ 18. gxf4 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Bxb7+
20. Nxb7 Nxb2 21. Nxb2 Bxb2 22. Rd7 Ba3 23. Nd8 a5 24. Nc6 Rc8 25. Nxe7+ Bxe7
26. Rxe7 Rc4 27. f5 gxf5 28. Re3 Ra4 29. a3 Kg7 30. h3 Kf6 31. Kf3 h5 32. Kg2
Kg5 33. Kf3 Rf4+ 34. Kg2 Re4 35. Rc3 Kf4 36. Rc5 Ra4 37. Rc3 h4 38. Re3 Re4 39.
Rc3 Rd4 40. Re3 Ra4 41. Rc3 Ke4 42. Rf3 Ke5 43. Rc3 Ke4 44. Re3+ Kd4 45. Rf3
Kd5 46. Rb3 f4 47. Rf3 Kc5 48. Kg1 Rd4 49. Rb3 a4 50. Rf3 Kc4 51. Kg2 f6 52.
Kh2 Rd3 53. Rxf4+ Kb3 54. Rxh4 Kxa3 55. Rh8 Kb2 56. Rb8+ Rb3 57. Re8 Rc3 58.
Rb8+ Kc2 59. h4 a3 60. h5 Rc5 61. Kg3 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 6th"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[Round "28"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2012.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Bf4 d6 8. Nc3
Ne4 9. Qc2 Nxc3 10. Qxc3 Nd7 11. Rfd1 Nf6 12. Qc2 Be4 13. Qb3 Qc8 14. d5 e5 15.
Bd2 a5 16. Qe3 Re8 17. b3 h6 18. Bc3 Bf5 19. Nd2 Bh3 20. f3 Nh5 21. Qf2 Bxg2
22. Qxg2 f5 23. e4 f4 24. g4 Nf6 25. Kf2 Nh7 26. Ke2 Bh4 27. Kd3 Ng5 28. Kc2
Kf7 29. a3 Rh8 30. b4 axb4 31. axb4 Rxa1 32. Rxa1 h5 33. gxh5 Rxh5 34. c5 bxc5
35. bxc5 Rh6 36. c6 Nh7 37. Ra7 Bd8 38. Nc4 Rg6 39. Qf1 Rh6 40. Nb6 Qh3 41.
Qxh3 Rxh3 42. Na8 Rxf3 43. Nxc7 Kg6 44. Ne6 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 6th"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[Round "29"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kotsur, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2012.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 b6 6. Nc3 Bb7 7. Be2 d6 8. Be3
Nf6 9. f3 Be7 10. Qd2 O-O 11. O-O Qc7 12. Rac1 Nbd7 13. Rfd1 Rac8 14. b4 Qb8
15. Nb3 Rfe8 16. Kh1 Bc6 17. Bf1 Ne5 18. Bg1 Nfd7 19. a3 Bb7 20. Na4 Bc6 21.
Nb2 Ng6 22. Be3 Bf8 23. Rc2 Nf6 24. Rdc1 Nd7 25. Qf2 d5 26. cxd5 exd5 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 6th"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[Round "30"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2012.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Be3 Be7 10. c3 Qd7 11. Nbd2 Rd8 12. Re1 O-O 13. a4 b4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15.
Qxd7 Bxd7 16. e6 Bxe6 17. Bxe6 exf3 18. Bc4 bxc3 19. bxc3 Bf6 20. Rac1 a5 21.
Bc5 Rfe8 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Bb5 Re6 24. gxf3 Ne5 25. f4 Nf3+ 26. Kg2 Nh4+ 27.
Kh3 g6 28. Rb1 h5 29. Bd3 Nf5 30. Rb8+ Kg7 31. Rc8 Bxc3 32. Bf8+ Kf6 33. Rxc7
Bb4 34. Bxb4 axb4 35. a5 Rd6 36. Bc4 Ne7 37. a6 Rc6 38. Rxc6+ Nxc6 39. Kg3 Ke7
40. Kf3 f6 41. h4 Kd6 42. Bf7 Kc5 43. Bxg6 b3 44. Ke3 b2 45. Kd2 Kb6 46. Kc2
Nd4+ 47. Kxb2 Nf3 48. Bxh5 Nxh4 49. Kc3 Kxa6 50. Kd4 Kb6 51. Kd5 Ng2 52. Ke4
Kc7 53. Kf5 Kd6 54. Bf3 Nh4+ 55. Kg4 Ng6 56. Kf5 Nh4+ 57. Kxf6 Nxf3 58. f5 Kd7
59. Kg7 Nh4 60. f6 Nf5+ 61. Kg6 Nd6 62. f4 Ke8 63. Kg7 Nf5+ 64. Kg8 Nh6+ 65.
Kg7 Nf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam ACP Golden Classic"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2012.07.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E69"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2012.07.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d6 5. Nc3 e5 6. d4 Nbd7 7. O-O O-O 8. e4
c6 9. h3 Qa5 10. Re1 exd4 11. Nxd4 Ne5 12. Bf1 Re8 13. Bf4 h6 14. Rb1 a6 15. a3
Qc7 16. Rc1 g5 17. Be3 g4 18. hxg4 Nexg4 19. Bf4 Nh5 20. Be2 Nxf4 21. Bxg4 Bxd4
22. Bxc8 Qb6 23. Rc2 Raxc8 24. gxf4 Kh7 25. Rd2 Rg8+ 26. Kf1 Bxc3 27. bxc3 Qa5
28. Re3 Qxa3 29. Rxd6 Qa2 30. Qd3 Qa1+ 31. Ke2 Qa2+ 32. Kf3 b5 33. e5+ Kg7 34.
Qf5 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam ACP Golden Classic"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2012.07.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2012.07.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 (4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 {didn't
give Meier anything tangible in Dortmund this year:} 7. Nxg6 (7. Be2 Nbd7 8.
O-O dxc4 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. h3 g5 12. Be2 e5 $5 $146 13. Bd2 Rd8 14.
Rc1 Nb6 15. Re1 Be7 16. a4 a6 17. a5 Nbd5 18. Nxd5 Rxd5 19. Bc4 Rd7 20. Qb3 O-O
21. d5 Ne4 22. Qd3 (22. Bb4 $5 c5 23. Bd3 $11) 22... Nxd2 23. Qxd2 e4 $1 $132 {
Meier,G (2644)-Ponomariov,R (2726)/Dortmund/2012/ was already pleasant for
Black.}) 7... hxg6 8. Bd2 Nbd7 9. Rc1 {White postpones castling to avoid any
surprises on the h-file, but after} Bd6 10. g3 Qe7 11. Qb3 Rb8 12. Bg2 O-O 13.
O-O b5 $1 14. c5 Bc7 15. f4 a5 16. Qc2 a4 17. h3 Nh7 18. e4 f5 $5 19. e5 g5 20.
Ne2 g6 21. g4 Kh8 22. h4 gxh4 23. g5 Kg7 24. Kf2 Rh8 $14 {/=,Meier,G (2644)
-Karjakin,S (2779)/Dortmund/2012/ his space advantage doesn't promise him much
due to the blockaded character of the position.}) 4... dxc4 {Ivanchuk heads
for the Classical Slav - quite a brave decision, as his opponent plays it
willingly with both colours.} ({The Ukrainian GM has played} 4... e6 {and
recently even}) (4... a6 {more often.}) 5. a4 Bf5 ({A recent example with} 5...
e6 {went} 6. e4 $5 Bb4 7. e5 Nd5 8. Bd2 b5 9. axb5 Bxc3 10. bxc3 cxb5 11. Ng5
h6 ({For} 11... Nc6 12. Qh5 Qe7 13. h4 $1 b4 14. Bxc4 bxc3 15. Bc1 $40 {
Morozevich,A (2765)-Jakovenko,D (2729)/Sochi/2012/ - see the detailed notes to
this game in CBM 148.}) 12. Ne4 O-O 13. Nd6 Bd7 14. Qf3 $5 $146 (14. Qg4 f5 15.
Qh3 Nc6 16. Be2 Rb8 17. O-O a5 18. Qg3 f4 19. Qf3 a4 20. Bd1 Qe7 21. Bc2 Na5
22. Rfd1 Nb3 23. Ra2 Nxd2 24. Rxd2 b4 25. Qe4 g5 26. cxb4 Nc3 27. Qg6+ Qg7 28.
Ra3 Qxg6 29. Bxg6 Nb5 $15 {Nisula,T (2319)-Siikaluoma,A (2337)/corr/2007/})
14... f6 15. Qg3 Kh8 16. Be2 Nc6 (16... fxe5 17. dxe5 a5 $5 $13 {/<=> is a
computer recommendation. Although White's attack looks dangerous, Black can
still parry the manoeuvre Qd1-c2 with Na6-c5-d3.}) 17. O-O Nce7 18. Bh5 Nf5 19.
Nxf5 exf5 20. Ra6 f4 21. Qf3 Nb6 22. Qxf4 fxe5 23. Qxe5 $14 {/+/-,Ganguly,S 
(2627)-Kharitonov,A (2538)/Paleochora/2012/}) 6. e3 {The first important
branching point.} (6. Nh4 Bc8 ({The most popular reaction is still} 6... e6 7.
Nxf5 exf5 8. e3 Bb4 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. Qc2 g6 11. O-O Nbd7 12. f3 (12. Rd1 a5 $5 {
is a useful move, after} 13. f3 Nb6 {retreating the bishop to the kingside
seems rather disharmonious. There followed} 14. Bb3 Re8 15. Qf2 Nbd5 16. Bd2
Qb6 17. Bc4 Rad8 18. Re1 Bf8 19. Kh1 f4 $1 20. e4 Ne3 21. Rxe3 Qxd4 $5 $15 {
Gupta,A (2627)-Bu Xiangzhi (2675)/WCup Khanty-Mansiysk/2011/ and Black regains
the piece with an edge.}) 12... Rc8 13. Rd1 (13. Kh1 Nb6 14. Bb3 c5 $1 15. Qd1
cxd4 16. exd4 Nbd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Bd2 {Ivanchuk,V (2764)-Andriasian,Z (2585)
/Warsaw blitz/2010/} Bxd2 19. Qxd2 f4 $1 20. Bxd5 Qxd5 $11) 13... Qe7 14. e4 (
14. a5 $5 {Postny}) 14... Bxc3 $5 $146 (14... fxe4 15. Nxe4 Kg7 16. Bg5 h6 17.
Bh4 Qd8 18. a5 Be7 19. Bf2 $1 $36 (19. Nc5 $6 Nxc5 20. dxc5 Bxc5+ 21. Kh1 Bd4
22. Bg3 c5 23. Qb3 Qd7 24. Bb5 Qf5 25. Bd3 Qd7 $11 {Sargissian,G (2677)
-Vitiugov,N (2709)/EU Cup Plovdiv/2010/})) 15. bxc3 fxe4 16. fxe4 Qxe4 17. Qf2
Qg4 {Black undoubtedly throughly checked his novelty with an engine. Although
White's initiative looks threatening, it's not easy to get anything tangible:}
18. Bh6 Rfe8 19. Rf1 Qh5 20. Qd2 Nd5 21. Rab1 b6 22. Rbe1 N7f6 23. Be2 Qh4 $13
{/=,Grover,S (2515)-Andriasian,Z (2619)/Visakhapatnam 2011/}) (6... Bd7 7. e4
e6 8. Bxc4 Nxe4 9. Nxe4 Qxh4 10. Qf3 Bb4+ 11. Kf1 {has caused Black problems
since the game Eljanov-Giri (see notes in CBM 133 by Eljanov), he still hasn't
been able to resolve them satisfactorily:} {Probably the best is still} f5 (
11... h6 12. Bf4 O-O (12... Na6 13. Be5 Rg8 14. h3 Qd8 15. Bxa6 bxa6 16. Qg3
Be7 17. Bc7 Qc8 18. Bd6 Qd8 19. Ra3 Qb6 20. Bxe7 Qxd4 21. Rd3 Qxe4 22. Qd6
Qxd3+ 23. Qxd3 Kxe7 24. Qa3+ Kf6 25. Ke2 $16 {/+-,Hracek,Z (2631)-Michalik,P 
(2471)/CZE-chT/2011/}) 13. Be5 f5 (13... c5 14. Nf6+ gxf6 $2 (14... Kh8 $142 $1
15. Nh5 Bc6 16. Bxg7+ Kg8 17. Qe2 Nd7 $14) 15. Bxf6 Bc6 16. Bxh4 Bxf3 17. gxf3
Nd7 18. Rg1+ Kh7 19. Bb5 $18 {Doric,D (2470)-Esen,B (2493)/Novi Sad/ 2009/})
14. Ng3 Qg4 $146 15. Qxg4 (15. Nh5 Qxf3 16. gxf3 g6 17. Nf4 Kf7 18. Rg1 Rg8 19.
Nd3 Bf8 20. b4 $44 {~~,Moiseenko,A (2679)-Korobov,A (2660)/UKR-ch Kiev/2011/})
15... fxg4 16. h3 $1 gxh3 17. Rxh3 $36 {[%cal Yg3h5,Yh3g3]}) (11... Qd8 12. Qg3
Kf8 13. Bf4 Be8 14. Be5 f6 15. Bd6+ Bxd6 16. Nxd6 Bg6 17. Re1 e5 18. dxe5 $16 {
/+-,Radjabov,T (2733)-Harikrishna,P (2672)/WChT Bursa/2010/ This was
paradoxically one of the few games in this branch that Black saved. More
detailed notes by Ftacnik are in CBM 134.}) 12. Ng5 Qxd4 13. Qh5+ g6 ({As yet
nobody has had the courage to test} 13... Kd8 14. Qe2 Kc7 $1 $132) 14. Qe2 Na6
15. Nxe6 Qe4 16. Qxe4 fxe4 17. Bxa6 Bxe6 ({Aj} 17... bxa6 18. Nc7+ Kf7 19. Nxa8
Rxa8 20. Be3 Be6 21. Rc1 $14 {Alonso Rosell,A (2485)-Zierk,S (2391)/WChJ Porto
Carras/2010/}) 18. Bxb7 Rd8 19. Bxc6+ Kf7 20. Be3 Bc4+ 21. Kg1 Bd5 22. Bxd5+
Rxd5 23. h4 a5 $14 {Hracek,Z (2631)-Michalik,P (2471)/SVK-chT/2011/ Black must
still fight for full equality. This game was played one week later than the
aforementioned one between the same opponents, but the final result was the
same.}) 7. e3 {Giri's subsequent choice was} Bg4 $5 {A rare sortie, now the
usual reaction is} (7... e5 8. Bxc4 exd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Na6
12. Bg5 (12. Qb3 Nd5 13. Nf3 Nab4 14. Bd2 a5 15. Ne4 Nb6 16. Bf1 Be6 17. Qc3
Bd5 18. b3 Re8 19. Nc5 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Qc7 21. Ne4 N6d5 $36 {Jankovic,A (2543)
-Van Wely,L (2691)/Aix les Bains rpd/2012/}) 12... Nc7 (12... Nb4 13. Qe2 $1)
13. Qb3 Rb8 {Now White has lately had some success with} 14. Nf3 {, but hardly
due to the opening:} ({Perhaps a more promising try is} 14. Re5 $5 Be6 15. Bxe6
Nxe6 16. Nf5 Nxg5 17. Nxe7+ Kh8 18. d5 Qd6 19. Rae1 Ng4 20. Rxg5 Qxh2+ 21. Kf1
Qh1+ 22. Ke2 Qxg2 23. Rf5 Rbd8 $14 {/<=>,Buettner,F-Markus,R/corr/2000/}) 14...
Be6 15. Rad1 Bxc4 16. Qxc4 Re8 (16... Ncd5 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. Qb3 Re8 19. Re5
Qd7 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Rxd5 Qe6 22. h3 g6 23. Re1 Qc6 24. Ne5 $16 {Moiseenko,A 
(2658)-Grachev,B (2668)/EU Cup Plovdiv/2010/}) 17. Bf4 Bd6 (17... Rc8 18. Bxc7
Qxc7 19. Re2 Bd6 20. Rde1 Rxe2 21. Rxe2 Rd8 22. h3 $11 {1/2,Serradimigni,R 
(2477)-Lemieux,Y (2404)/corr/2004/}) 18. Ne5 Nfd5 19. Bg3 f6 20. Nd3 Bxg3 21.
hxg3 {Najer,E (2640)-Holzke,F (2508)/EU-ch Plovdiv/2012/} Qd7 22. Nc5 Qf7 $11)
8. Nf3 (8. f3 Bc8 9. f4 c5 $1 10. Bxc4 e6 11. O-O Nc6 12. Nf3 cxd4 13. exd4 Be7
14. Be3 Ng4 15. Qe2 O-O 16. Rad1 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 Qb6 18. Kh1 Qxb2 19. Ne5 Qb6 20.
Qh3 h6 $15 {Moiseenko,A (2726)-Giri,A (2722)/EU Cup Rogaska Slatina/2011/})
8... e6 9. Bxc4 Nbd7 10. O-O Bb4 {A typical situation from the 6.e3 line, only
the bishop is on g4 instead of f5. This doesn't change the evaluation of the
position as satisfactory for Black:} 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qb3 Qb6 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14.
dxe5 Nd7 15. f4 Nc5 16. Qa2 O-O-O (16... O-O $5 $15) 17. a5 Qc7 18. e4 g5 $1
19. fxg5 Qxe5 20. Bf4 Qd4+ 21. Kh1 Rd7 22. Rae1 Rhd8 23. Be3 Qe5 24. Bf4 Qd4
25. Be3 Qe5 26. Bf4 Qd4 27. Be3 $11 {1/2,Kempinski,R (2533)-Nikolic,P (2629)/
Bundesliga/1999/}) (6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Qc7 8. g3 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Bf4 Nfd7
11. Bg2 ({Now rare moves don't promise much:} 11. Qc1 f6 12. Bg2 Be6 13. Nxe5
fxe5 14. Be3 Nc5 15. Bxc5 Bxc5 16. O-O O-O 17. Ne4 Be7 18. Ng5 (18. a5 Rad8 19.
Nc5 Bxc5 20. Qxc5 Rd2 21. Qxa7 Rxe2 $132 {Akopian,V (2673)-Bu Xiangzhi (2708)/
Yerevan rpd/2008/}) 18... Bxg5 19. Qxg5 Rad8 20. Rfd1 Rd4 21. Rxd4 exd4 22. Be4
Qd6 23. Qh5 g6 24. Bxg6 hxg6 25. Qxg6+ $11 {1/2,Bu Xiangzhi (2656)-Ni Hua 
(2673)/Danzhou/2012/}) 11... g5 (11... f6 12. O-O g5 $5 {is an interesting
modification of Moro's original idea; a recent example went Black's way:} 13.
Bxe5 Nxe5 14. Ne3 Be6 15. a5 (15. Qc2 $13) 15... a6 16. Ne4 Be7 17. b4 $6 (17.
f4 $142) 17... f5 18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. bxc5 f4 20. Nc2 Rd8 21. Qc1 O-O 22. Rd1 Bc4
23. Nd4 Qe7 24. Qc3 Qf6 25. e3 Rd7 26. exf4 gxf4 $36 {Rodshtein,M (2652)
-Inarkiev,E (2695)/EU-ch Plovdiv/2012/}) 12. Ne3 gxf4 13. Nxf5 O-O-O {is the
critical position, which still remains playable for Black - his piece activity
compensates for his split pawns:} 14. Qc2 Nc5 15. O-O fxg3 16. hxg3 a5 17. Rad1
h5 18. Rxd8+ Qxd8 19. Rd1 Qf6 20. e3 (20. Qd2 Kb8 21. Qf4 Ka7 22. Kf1 h4 23.
gxh4 Rh5 24. Bh3 Ng6 25. Qc7 Na6 26. Qd7 (26. Qxa5 Nf4 (26... Nxh4 27. Qd8 Rxf5
28. Bxf5 Be7 29. Qd4+ Qxd4 30. Rxd4 Nxf5 $11) 27. Bg4 Bc5 28. Bxh5 Qxf5 29. Bf3
Qh3+ 30. Ke1 b6 31. Nb5+ cxb5 32. Qxb5 Bb4+ 33. Rd2 Qe6 $11) 26... Nxh4 27. Nd4
Kb6 28. e3 Bb4 29. Ne4 Qe7 30. Qxe7 Bxe7 31. Bg4 Rd5 $11 {Dothan,Y (2630)
-Dolgov,I (2492)/corr/2008/}) (20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. Qxe4 Bc5 22. e3 (22. Qf4 Kb8
23. Bh3 Ka7 24. Kg2 {Zhu Chen (2485)-Sebag,M (2510)/Hangzhou/2011/} Ng4 $11 (
24... h4 $5 $132)) 22... Kb8 23. Bh3 Ng6 24. Qc4 Bb4 25. Qd4 Qxd4 26. Rxd4 Bc5
27. Rc4 Bb4 28. Bf1 Rd8 29. Rd4 Rxd4 30. exd4 Ne7 31. Ne3 Bd2 32. Be2 Bc1 33.
b3 Bb2 34. Bxh5 f6 $44 {Rodshtein,M (2632)-Vitiugov,N (2709)/EU Cup Plovdiv/
2010/}) 20... Kb8 21. Ne2 Ne6 22. Ned4 Bb4 23. Nh4 Nc5 $5 ({White aims for a
slightly better endgame after} 23... Nxd4 24. Rxd4 Rd8 25. Rxd8+ Qxd8 26. Bf3
$1 Nxf3+ 27. Nxf3 $14 {Mamedyarov,S (2719)-Wang Hao (2708)/Khanty-Mansiysk
WCup/2009/}) 24. Ne2 Qe6 25. Rd4 Qb3 {The vulnerability of White's queenside
and Black's kingside keep the position roughly balanced, this changed only
after the overambitious} 26. Qf5 $6 (26. Be4 $1 $11) 26... Re8 27. Nf4 Qxa4 28.
Nxh5 Qa1+ 29. Bf1 Qxb2 30. Ng7 Re7 31. Qf6 Ka7 $1 $17 {Jakovenko,D (2732)
-Najer,E (2643)/Taganrog/2011/} {/\} 32. Qxe7 Ne4 $19) 6... e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8.
O-O Nbd7 ({Keeping the rook on h8 is nowadays considered somewhat more
flexible, than the immediate} 8... O-O {Therefore White's attention
concentrates more on} 9. Nh4 (9. Qe2 {is the main move, but nowadays it seems
to be too soft after} Nbd7 10. e4 Bg6 11. Bd3 Bh5 12. e5 Nd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14.
Qe3 Be7 15. Bd2 (15. Ne1 Bg6 16. f4 Rc8 17. g4 h6 $5 18. Bxg6 fxg6 19. Nd3 $6 (
19. Qd3 Qe8 20. Bd2 Nb8 $11) 19... Qb6 20. Bd2 Qb3 21. Rf2 Nb6 22. Raf1 Nc4 23.
Qe2 Nxb2 24. Nxb2 Qxb2 $17 {Jakovenko,D (2736)-Wang Yue (2697)/St Petersburg
rpd/2012/}) (15. Ng5 Bxg5 16. Qxg5 Bg6 17. Be2 Qxg5 18. Bxg5 Nb8 $1 19. a5 Nc6
20. Be3 Rfc8 21. Ra3 Nd8 22. Re1 Rc2 23. b4 Nc6 $11 {Cheparinov,I (2696)
-Akopian,V (2679)/Elista /2008/ For more details see Postny's notes to this
game in CBM 128.}) 15... Bg6 16. Ne1 Rc8 (16... Nb8 $5 17. f4 Nc6 18. g4 f5 19.
exf6 Bxf6 20. Bc3 Qe8 $11 {[%cal Yf6d8,Yd8c7,Yc7b6]}) 17. Bxg6 (17. f4 Nc5 $1)
17... fxg6 18. Nd3 Qb6 19. a5 Qb5 20. Rac1 Nb8 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. h4 Qd7 23. Qh3
Rc4 24. Bc3 Nc6 25. Qg4 Bb4 $132 {Wang Yue (2734)-Yu,R (2439)/CHN-chT Ningbo/
2011/}) {The current fashion is} 9... Nbd7 (9... Bg4 10. f3 Bh5 11. g4 Nd5 ({or
} 11... Bg6 {is the older continuation. Although it's not played much nowadays,
it's far from being refuted.})) {Le Quang would probably play} 10. h3 ({
We will consider in more detail alternatives, when White doesn't immediately
take the bishop:} 10. f3 Bg6 11. e4 e5 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Be3 Qe7 14. Ne2 (14.
Qe2 Rfd8 $142 $5 (14... exd4 15. Bxd4 Bc5 16. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 17. Kh1 g5 18. g3 Rad8
19. Ba2 Rfe8 20. Rad1 Nf8 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. e5 Nd5 23. Nxd5 cxd5 24. Qd2 Ne6
25. f4 gxf4 (25... g6 $5) 26. gxf4 {Botvinnik,M-Smyslov,V/WCh Moscow/1954/
However, White's final success in this old game shouldn't discourage Slav fans.
} Kf8 $132) 15. Kh1 exd4 16. Bxd4 Bc5 17. Bxc5 Nxc5 18. Rad1 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Rd8
20. Rxd8+ Qxd8 21. e5 Nd5 22. Qd2 {1/2,Gelfand,B (2692)-Anand,V (2769)/Haifa
rpd/2000/} Qh4 $11) 14... Nb6 15. Qb3 Nxc4 16. Qxc4 Nd7 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. a5
Rac8 19. Qb3 exd4 20. Bxd4 Nf8 21. Bxa7 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Bxa5 23. Be3 Ne6 24. Nd4
Nxd4 25. Rxd4 Rd8 $11 {Timofeev,A (2690)-Bu Xiangzhi (2676)/Ningbo/2010/}) (10.
Nxf5 exf5 11. Qc2 g6 $132 {- 6.Nh4}) 10... Bg6 (10... Nb6 11. Bb3 Nbd5 12. Nxf5
exf5 13. Qd3 Qd7 14. f3 Rad8 15. e4 Nc7 16. Be3 Ne6 17. e5 Nc5 $6 (17... Nh5 $5
18. Rfd1 f4 $132) 18. Qc4 Nxb3 19. Qxb3 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Nd5 21. Bg5 $14 {Le
Quang,L (2698)-Ni Hua (2637)/Ho Chi Minh City/2012/}) (10... a5 11. Nxf5 exf5
12. Qf3 g6 13. g4 $5 {demonstrates one of the ideas of 10.h3:} fxg4 14. hxg4 h5
15. gxh5 Nxh5 16. e4 Qh4 17. Kg2 Qf6 18. Qg4 Qxd4 19. Qxg6+ Qg7 20. Qxg7+ Nxg7
21. Ne2 Ne5 22. Bb3 Rfe8 23. Ng3 $36 {[%csl Gb3,Gc1,Rg8] Morozevich,A (2770)
-Chadaev,N (2580)/Astana blitz/2012/}) 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Qc2 $14 {/= A typical
Slav position, White at this point has two bishops and more space, but Black's
defences are very tough to break down and getting a more tangible advantage is
a difficult task.} Qe7 (12... a5 $5 {seems to be a more accurate move order})
13. Rd1 ({An interesting try is} 13. a5 $5) 13... a5 (13... Rfd8 14. a5 c5 15.
a6 bxa6 16. Bxa6 Nb6 17. Nb5 Rd7 18. Bd2 cxd4 19. Nxd4 Bxd2 20. Rxd2 Qb4 21.
Rd3 Nbd5 22. Rb3 Qd6 23. Qc6 $36 {[%csl Ra7] Le Quang,L (2694)-Nguyen,N (2633)/
Cap d'Agde rpd/2010/}) 14. e4 e5 15. d5 Rac8 (15... Nb6 16. Bb3 cxd5 17. exd5
Nc8 18. d6 Nxd6 19. Qxg6 Kh8 20. Qg5 $14 {Lautier,J (2645)-Hauchard,A (2480)/
France /1998/}) 16. Bg5 Nb6 17. Bf1 (17. Bb3 $5) 17... cxd5 18. exd5 Nc4 19.
Bxc4 Rxc4 20. Qb3 Rfc8 21. Nb5 Qd7 22. d6 Bc5 23. Be3 Rb4 $132 {Kramnik,V 
(2790)-Le Quang,L (2681)/Dortmund/2010/ Black firmly controls the passed pawn,
which didn't manage to advance further. For more details see the notes by
Marin in CBM 138.}) 9. Nh4 {Harassing the bishop is a standard motif in the
Slav.} (9. Qb3 {was once considered dangerous:} {However, Black has} a5 (9...
Qb6 {enables the ambitious sacrifice} 10. e4 Bg6 11. Bxe6 $5 fxe6 12. a5 $1
Bxa5 13. Qxe6+ Kd8 14. e5 Re8 $2 (14... Ne4 $142 $5 {is far from clear}) 15.
Qh3 Bxc3 16. exf6 Bb4 17. fxg7 Bd6 18. Ne5 $1 Bxe5 19. dxe5 $18 {->,Euwe,
M-Landau,S/NED-ch/1939/}) 10. Na2 Be7 11. Nh4 (11. Qxb7 Rb8 12. Qa6 Ra8 13.
Qxc6 Rc8 $11) 11... Be4 12. Nc3 Bd5 13. Bxd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. Nf3 Qb6 16.
Qxb6 Nxb6 17. b3 f6 18. Bd2 Kd7 19. Rfc1 Rhc8 $11 {Ivanchuk,V (2781)-Anand,V 
(2798)/Bilbao/2008/ with a sterile and boring position.}) (9. Qe2 Bg6 (9... O-O
10. e4 Bg6 {transposes into 8...Nbd7 9.Qe2.}) 10. e4 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Nxe4 12. Ba3
Qc7 13. Rfc1 {is a well-known sacrifice, which is not without danger for Black.
A new idea here is} a6 $5 $146 (13... O-O-O 14. a5 $44 {is the more usual
follow-up}) 14. Bb3 c5 15. Nh4 Nef6 16. d5 e5 17. c4 O-O 18. Bb2 Qd6 19. a5 e4
20. Bc3 Ne5 $13 {Matlakov,M (2668)-Li Chao2 (2687)/St Petersburg rpd/2012/})
9... Bg6 {If Black hasn't castled yet, White must carefully consider if he can
afford to open the h-file against his own king.} 10. h3 {This isn't especially
impressive, as Black's reaction shows. Alternatives to the text move are:} (10.
f3 Nd5 ({For} 10... Bh5 $5 {see Ovod-Andriasian}) 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Qc2 Qa5
$132 (12... Qh4 $5 {again lead to the type of position, mentioned in the note
to Black's 8th move - the bishop pair doesn't automatically guarantee White an
advantage.})) ({The same goes for} 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. h3 Qa5 12. Na2 Bd6 13. b4
Qg5 14. f4 Qh4 15. Qf3 g5 16. fxg5 Qxg5 17. b5 O-O 18. Nc3 Qh4 19. Bd3 Rac8 20.
Bd2 c5 $132 {Kramnik,V (2781)-Le Quang,L (2715)/Dortmund/2011/}) 10... Bh5 (
10... O-O {transposes to the 8...0-0 lines above. Ivanchuk ambitiously strives
for a more complex struggle.}) 11. g4 (11. Qb3 a5 {Possibly the most
reasonable choice is already bailing out with} 12. Na2 (12. g4 $6 Bg6 13. Ng2
O-O 14. Nf4 e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Be2 Nfd7 17. Nxg6 Nxg6 18. Rd1 Nc5 19. Rxd8
Nxb3 20. Rxa8 Rxa8 21. Rb1 Rd8 22. Bd1 Nxc1 23. Rxc1 Ne5 $17 {Sakaev,K (2655)
-Kasparov,G (2830)/EU Cup Rethymnon/2003/}) (12. f4 O-O 13. Nf3 $6 (13. g4 {
is more consistent, although Black can force a perpetual with} Nxg4 14. hxg4
Qxh4 15. gxh5 Qg3+ $11) 13... Nb6 14. Be2 c5 15. Na2 Rc8 16. Nxb4 cxb4 17. Bd2
Ne4 18. g4 Bg6 19. Rfc1 Qd5 $15 {Piket,J (2590)-Anand,V (2710)/Amsterdam/1993/}
) 12... Be7 13. Qxb7 g5 14. Nf3 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Rb8 16. Qa6 Ra8 17. Qxc6 Rc8 18.
Qb5 Rb8 $11) 11... g5 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] A brave novelty. Naturally, with his
king on g8 Black couldn't afford to play this way.} ({Also quite good is the
more restrained} 11... Nd5 12. Ng2 Bg6 13. Na2 (13. f4 $6 Bxc3 (13... N7f6 14.
f5 exf5 15. gxf5 Bh5 16. Qd3 Qa5 17. Na2 O-O-O 18. e4 Nb6 19. Nxb4 Qxb4 20. b3
Nxc4 21. bxc4 Rhe8 22. Ba3 Qb6 23. c5 Qa5 24. Rae1 Qxa4 25. Bb2 $132 {[%csl
Gc5,Gd4,Ge4,Gf5] Mamedyarov,S (2756)-Le Quang,L (2694)/Khanty-Mansiysk olm/
2010/}) 14. bxc3 Be4 15. Qd2 Qa5 16. Ra3 N5b6 17. Bd3 Qd5 18. Qc2 Bxd3 19. Qxd3
f5 20. a5 Nc4 21. Ra4 b5 22. axb6 Ndxb6 23. Ra6 O-O $15 {[%csl Rc1] Edouard,R 
(2587)-Fressinet,L (2698)/FRA-ch Caen/2011/}) (13. Bd2 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Bd6 15.
Qb3 Qb6 16. Nf4 Bxf4 17. exf4 O-O 18. Bxe6 $2 (18. a5 Qc7 $13) 18... Bd3 19.
Qxb6 Nxb6 20. Bb3 Bxf1 21. Kxf1 Rad8 22. Ke2 Rfe8+ 23. Be3 Nd5 $15 {Solomon,K 
(2352)-Grischuk,A (2719)/WCh FIDE Tripoli/2004/}) 13... Be7 (13... Bd6 $5 {
[%csl Rg1][%cal Yh7h5] /\h5<=>}) 14. Qe2 N5b6 (14... h5 $132) 15. Bb3 c5 16.
Nc3 O-O 17. a5 cxd4 18. exd4 Nc8 19. Nf4 Nd6 20. Nxg6 hxg6 21. Bf4 Ne8 22. Qf3
Bd6 23. Be3 $14 {Topalov,V (2670)-Gelfand,B (2685)/Belgrade/1995/}) (11... Nxg4
$2 12. hxg4 Qxh4 13. gxh5 Bd6 (13... Qg5+ 14. Kh2 $18) 14. Re1 $16) 12. Ng2 (
12. gxh5 gxh4 $15 {is rather risky.}) ({However, the same goes for accepting
the sacrifice with} 12. Nf3 Bg6 13. Nxg5 h5 $1 {[%csl Rg1] /\} 14. e4 hxg4 15.
e5 Nh7 16. Qxg4 Nxg5 17. Bxg5 Be7 $15 {->}) 12... Bg6 13. f3 $6 {Now Black
again advantageously opens the h-file.} ({Modesty is out of place here; it was
more or less necessary to play} 13. f4 $1 $13) 13... h5 14. e4 hxg4 15. hxg4
Qa5 (15... Qc7 $142 $1 16. Bxg5 (16. e5 Nxe5 $1 17. dxe5 Qxe5 18. Qe2 Qh2+ 19.
Kf2 Rh3 $19 {->}) 16... Bxc3 (16... Qh2+ $143 $2 17. Kf2 Bxc3 18. Bf4 $1 $14)
17. Bf4 (17. bxc3 Qh2+ 18. Kf2 Bxe4 $1 {/\Ng4}) 17... e5 18. bxc3 exf4 19. e5
Nd5 20. Bxd5 cxd5 21. Nxf4 O-O-O $5 $15 {/-/+ White's king is permanently
exposed and his compensation is insufficient.}) 16. Qe2 O-O-O (16... Nb6 $5 $15
{/\0-0-0}) 17. e5 Nd5 $6 {This is not ideal.} (17... Nh7 $142 18. Be3 Nb6 $15)
18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Bxg5 Rde8 (19... Rdg8 $5 {also deserved attention}) 20. Qd2
$2 {[%mdl 8192] White repays the favour with a tactical error, which will have
very serious consequences.} (20. Nf4 $142 $13) 20... Nxe5 $1 21. Bf6 {After
the fall of the key central pawn White is in shock and even his reaction is
not ideal.} (21. dxe5 d4 22. Rad1 $17 {was perhaps more resilient} (22. Qxd4 $2
Bc5 $19)) 21... Nc4 22. Qf2 Nxb2 23. Bxh8 Rxh8 (23... Nd3 $142 $19 {or}) (23...
Bxc3 $19 {was more accurate, but Ivanchuk feels that his positional advantage
will be sufficient even an exchange down and the further course of the game
proves his point. Black is in no excessive hurry to convert his edge and can
afford to gradually strengthen his position, sometimes even omitting more
energetic computer recommendations.}) 24. Ne2 Nd3 25. Qg3 (25. Qe3 Qd8 $40)
25... Qd8 (25... Bc3 $142 $1 26. Ra2 (26. Rad1 Qxa4 $19) 26... Qb4 $19 {
[%csl Rd4]}) 26. f4 Bd6 (26... Qe7 $1 {is even stronger}) 27. Rf3 Nb4 28. Nc3
Rh7 $1 {[%cal Yd8h8] Although White has staved off the immediate threats, his
positon is still heavily compromised, because his king remains vulnerable till
the bitter end. Ivanchuk prepares to invade via the h-file.} 29. Rd1 Qh8 30.
Kf2 Nc2 {[%csl Rd4]} 31. Ne2 {Protects the Pd4, but allows activation of the
Bg6 and the central pawn will fall shorlty anyway.} Be4 32. g5 Kc7 33. Qg4 {
[%cal Yf4f5]} Nxd4 $1 $19 34. Nxd4 (34. Rxd4 Bc5 35. Ke3 Bxf3 $19 {costs White
even more material}) 34... Bc5 35. Kg3 Bxd4 36. Nh4 Bc5 $1 {[%cal Rg8b2]} 37.
Rdf1 Qb2 38. a5 a6 {No hurry, White is close to zugzwang.} 39. Qh3 (39. Ng2 f5
$1 40. gxf6 $8 Qxf6 $19 {[%cal Rh7g7]}) 39... Bd6 40. Re3 Qd4 41. Rxe4 ({
Desperation, but no better is} 41. Rb3 Bxf4+ $1 42. Rxf4 (42. Kxf4 Bg2+) 42...
Qg1+ $19) 41... dxe4 42. Kg4 Qd2 43. Kg3 e3 44. Qf5 e2 0-1

[Event "Amsterdam ACP Golden Classic"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2012.07.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D73"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2012.07.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 c5 4. c4 Bg7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. O-O d5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nb3 e6 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. Bd2 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Qe7 14. Nd4
Bd7 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Qc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam ACP Golden Classic"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2012.07.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2012.07.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 c5 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. Ne4 Bxd4 7. Nxd4 cxd4
8. Qxd4 O-O 9. c4 d6 10. Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam ACP Golden Classic"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2012.07.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2012.07.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Re1
b5 9. Bc2 Re8 10. h3 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Nb8 12. Nf1 Nbd7 13. a4 Bf8 14. Bg5 h6 15.
Bh4 c5 16. Ne3 Qb6 17. Bb3 Qc7 18. Nd2 c4 19. dxc4 bxc4 20. Bxc4 Nxe4 21. Nd5
Bxd5 22. Bxd5 Nxd2 23. Bxa8 Rxa8 24. Qxd2 Qc4 25. Bg3 Nc5 26. Qe2 Qxe2 27. Rxe2
Nb3 28. Rd1 f5 29. Bxe5 dxe5 30. Rxe5 Nc5 31. a5 Na4 32. Rd2 Rb8 33. Re6 Nxb2
34. Rb6 Nc4 35. Rxb8 Nxd2 36. Ra8 Ne4 37. Rxa6 Nxc3 38. Rc6 Nb5 39. a6 Be7 40.
Kf1 h5 41. Rc8+ Kh7 42. Ke2 f4 43. Kf3 Bd6 44. Rd8 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam ACP Golden Classic"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2012.07.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Muzychuk, Anna"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2012.07.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qf3 bxc6 7. Nd2 d6 8.
Nb3 Bb6 9. Qg3 Ne7 10. Be2 O-O 11. Bd2 a5 12. Bc3 Qg6 13. Bd3 f5 14. f3 Qh6 15.
Nd4 f4 16. Qf2 c5 17. Bc4+ d5 18. exd5 cxd4 19. d6+ Be6 20. dxe7 Bxc4 21.
exf8=Q+ Rxf8 22. Bxd4 Re8+ 23. Kd2 Rd8 24. c3 c5 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-40"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2012.08.29"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Al Modiahki, Mohamad"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Qatar"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "QAT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. Qe2 Rc8 7. c3 Qc7
8. Na3 e6 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 d5 11. e5 Ne4 12. Nb5 Qb6 13. Be3 Be7 14. Rfc1
O-O 15. Nc3 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Rc6 17. Rab1 Qc7 18. h4 Nb6 19. Qd3 Rc8 20. Rb3 Nc4
21. Ng5 Bxg5 22. hxg5 Ra6 23. Rc2 Ra4 24. g3 b6 25. Bf4 Na5 26. Rb1 Qc4 27. Qd2
Nc6 28. Rbb2 Ne7 29. Qd1 Ra3 30. Rb4 Qa6 31. Qd2 Rc4 32. Qe2 Qc8 33. Rxc4 dxc4
34. Bc1 Ra4 35. Qe4 Nd5 36. f4 Qa6 37. a3 Qb5 38. Rb2 Qa5 39. Rc2 g6 40. f5
exf5 41. Qh4 Qb5 42. Rb2 Qd7 43. Rh2 h5 44. gxh6 Kh7 45. Rf2 b5 46. g4 fxg4 47.
Kh2 Ra6 48. Kg3 Nxc3 49. Qxg4 Qd5 50. Kh2 Ne4 51. Rf4 f5 52. exf6 Nxf6 53. Qc8
Rc6 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-40"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2012.08.30"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8.
Qd2 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nc6 10. Bb5 f5 11. Ne2 fxe4 12. O-O O-O 13. Rab1 Be6 14. Rfc1
Qa5 15. Qxa5 Nxa5 16. Nf4 Bf7 17. d5 Rfc8 18. Ne6 Be5 19. a4 b6 20. Rxc8+ Rxc8
21. Rb4 Bd6 22. Rxe4 Nb3 23. g3 Rc2 24. Rc4 Rxc4 25. Bxc4 Bxe6 26. dxe6 Nc5 27.
Bb5 Kg7 28. Bd4+ Kf8 29. Bxc5 Bxc5 30. Kg2 Kg7 31. f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-40"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2012.08.31"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Poland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. e3 b6 6. Qc2 cxd4 (6... Bb7 {
is usually played here.}) 7. exd4 Bb7 8. a3 (8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O d5 10. cxd5 Nxd5
11. a3 Be7 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. Be3 Nc6 14. Rfd1 Rac8 $15 {0-1 Batik,F-Eliskases,
E/corr IFSB Bundesmeisterschaft 1932/Telechess CBM 89/[Eliskases] (38)}) (8.
Bd3 Be7 9. Be3 d6 $5 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. O-O a6 12. a3 Rc8 13. b4 O-O 14. Rfe1 Re8
15. Ng5 Nf8 16. f4 h6 17. Nh3 Ng4 18. Bc1 Qc7 19. Nf2 Nf6 $11 {0-1 Kincs,I 
(2235)-Bradbury,N (2350)/Budapest 1990/CBM 017 ext (41)}) 8... Be7 9. Be3 (9.
Bd3 Bxf3 $5 (9... d6 10. Be3 Nbd7 11. Rd1 Rc8 12. Qe2 O-O 13. O-O Re8 14. h3
Qc7 15. Bf4 Qb8 16. Rfe1 Bf8 17. Bh2 a6 18. Nd2 h6 19. Qe3 Qa8 20. Bf1 d5 21.
Qd3 dxc4 22. Nxc4 b5 {1/2 Gofshtein,L-Kaspi,A/Lutsk 1986/EXT 2000}) (9... Qc8
10. O-O Bxf3 11. gxf3 Nc6 12. Be3 O-O 13. Kh1 g6 14. Rg1 Nh5 15. f4 f5 16. Be2
Nf6 17. d5 Na5 18. b3 $13 {1-0 Portisch,L (2620)-Kortschnoj,V (2600)/Bad
Kissingen 1983/Candidates (38)}) 10. gxf3 Nc6 11. Be3 Rc8 (11... O-O 12. Rg1 g6
13. d5 Ne5 14. Be2 Qc8 15. Qb3 exd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. cxd5 d6 $13 {1-0
Gofshtein,L (2385)-Levin,F (2295)/Kiev 1986/EXT 1997 (20)}) 12. O-O Na5 (12...
O-O 13. Rad1 Na5 (13... Re8 $5 {[%cal Yc6a5]} 14. Qe2 d5) 14. d5 Re8 15. Qe2
Nb7 16. Kh1 Nd6 17. Rg1 exd5 18. cxd5 g6 19. f4 $14 {0-1 Plaskett,J (2495)
-Polugaevsky,L (2625)/Luzern 1985/MCD (51)}) 13. Qa4 (13. Qe2 O-O 14. Rac1 d5
15. cxd5 {1/2 Portisch,L (2610)-Arnason,J (2540)/Reykjavik 1987/CBM 002}) 13...
O-O 14. Rac1 d5 15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Kg2 Bd6 18. Qb5 Qh4 19. h3 Nc4
20. Bxc4 dxc4 21. Rxc4 Rxc4 22. Qxc4 Qh5 $44 {1-0 Szabo,V (2401)-Faber,H (2287)
/LSS 2008/Telechess CBM 131 (70)}) 9... d5 (9... O-O {is premature:} 10. Bd3 {
[%cal Yd4d5]} g6 11. h4 Qc7 12. Nb5 Qc8 13. Bh6 Rd8 14. h5 Nxh5 15. Rxh5 $1 a6
(15... gxh5 $2 16. Bxh7+ Kh8 17. Ne5 Rf8 18. Bg6 $18) 16. Nc3 Bxf3 17. gxf3 {
1-0 Szabo,V-Martinez,J/LSS 2007/Telechess CBM 129 (23)} gxh5 18. O-O-O Kh8 19.
Qe2 Nc6 20. d5 $18) (9... d6 $5 {was quite appropriate.}) 10. c5 $1 {[%mdl 4]
That's the idea behind 9.Be3.} (10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Bb5+ Bc6 $11) 10... bxc5 11.
dxc5 O-O 12. b4 $14 {[%csl Gb4,Gc5]} Ng4 $6 {The exchange on e3 just opens up
the f-file for White and allows the e3-e4 break.} (12... a6 {is probably more
solid.}) 13. Bd3 Nxe3 14. fxe3 h6 (14... g6 $5) 15. O-O Nd7 $6 (15... a6 $142
16. e4 dxe4 17. Bxe4 Nc6 $14) 16. e4 dxe4 17. Bxe4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Nxc5 $6 {
Desperation. Black gets no compensation for the piece.} (18... Nf6 19. Qc4 Qc7
{was more stubborn.}) 19. bxc5 Bxc5+ 20. Kh1 Qa5 21. Ne2 Rad8 22. a4 Rd5 23.
Nf4 Rd6 24. Nh5 {A kingside attack is the appropriate plan here.} Bb4 25. Rab1
Bc3 26. Rb5 Qc7 27. Qe3 Qc4 (27... Rc8 $142 {but after} 28. Ne5 {Black can
hardly survive} (28. Rc1 $143 Rc6)) 28. Rc1 Rd3 29. Qf4 Qa2 30. h4 Bb2 31. Rc7
Qa1+ 32. Kh2 a6 33. Rxb2 $5 (33. Rxf7 $144 Rxf7 34. Rb8+ Kh7 35. Qxf7 Rxf3 (
35... Be5+ 36. Nxe5 Qxe5+ 37. g3 Rd2+ 38. Kh3) 36. Qg8+ Kg6 37. Qxe6+ Kxh5 38.
gxf3 Be5+ 39. Kg2 $18) 33... Qxb2 34. Ne5 Rd2 35. Nf6+ $1 gxf6 36. Qg3+ Kh7 (
36... Kh8 37. Nxf7+ Rxf7 38. Rc8+) 37. Rxf7+ {So, there is a problem for Black
to solve in this system.} 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-40"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2012.09.01"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 Bb7 8. Bg2
O-O 9. O-O Na6 10. d5 {[%mdl 512] A rare (in this position; generally it is
typical for the QI Defence) but quite dangerous pawn sac.} (10. Bc1 {[%cal
Yc1b2] and}) (10. Ne5 {are common moves.}) 10... exd5 11. Nd4 Bc5 $146 (11...
c6 12. cxd5 Nxd5 (12... cxd5 13. Nf5 Nc5 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. Bg5 Nce4 16. Nxd5
Bxd5 17. Qxd5 Nxg5 18. Qxg5 Rac8 19. Qd2 $14 {0-1 Saldano Dayer,H (2419)
-Pogorelov,R (2449)/Albacete 2003/CBM 096 ext (43)}) 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Nf5 Re8
15. Bf4 Bf8 16. Bxd5 Bc6 (16... Bxd5 17. Qxd5 Qf6 18. Ne3 Nc5 {1-0 Kantsler,B 
(2539)-Psakhis,L (2564)/Israel 1999/EXT 2000 (32)} 19. Rac1 $14) 17. Nd6 Bxd6
18. Bxd6 Qg5 19. e4 (19. Bg2 $142 $14) 19... Bxd5 20. Qxd5 Qxd5 21. exd5 Nc5
22. Bxc5 bxc5 23. Rfe1 d6 24. f4 Kf8 25. Kf2 a5 26. Rxe8+ {1/2 Stummer,W (2456)
-Myers,D (2406)/LSS 2006/Telechess CBM 123}) 12. Nc2 (12. Nf5 $5 Ne4 13. Nxd5
Bxd5 14. cxd5 Nxf2 15. Qc2 Ne4+ 16. Kh1 Nxd2 17. Qxd2 $14 {[%csl Ra6]}) 12...
c6 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Bg5 Nc7 15. Ne3 d4 $6 (15... Bxe3 {was quite possible, e.
g.} 16. fxe3 (16. Bxe3 Ne4) 16... Qe8 17. Bxf6 (17. Rxf6 gxf6 18. Bh6 Qe5)
17... Qxe3+ 18. Rf2 gxf6 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Bxd5 Bc6 $11 {The damage to Black's
kingside pawns is not decisive in this line. In the game he can't avoid it in
a much inferior situation.}) (15... Be7 $143 16. Rc1 Rc8 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18.
Ncxd5 $14 {[%csl Gd5]}) 16. Bxb7 Rb8 17. Ng4 $1 dxc3 (17... Be7 $2 18. Bxf6
Bxf6 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 $2 20. Nd5 {, and White keeps an extra piece.}) 18. Bxf6
gxf6 19. Be4 d5 20. Bc2 f5 21. Nh6+ Kh8 22. Nxf5 $16 {[%csl Rh8] Black's
passed c3-pawn is safely blocked and doesn't compensate for the weakness of
his king.} Qf6 23. a3 a5 24. Qd3 (24. b4 $142 $1 axb4 25. axb4 Bxb4 26. Ra4 Bc5
27. Rh4 $40) 24... Rg8 (24... b5 {doesn't help as White prevents ...b5-b4:} 25.
b4 $1 axb4 26. axb4 Bxb4 27. Rfb1 Bc5 28. Nd4 Qh6 29. Qxc3 Bxd4 30. Qxd4+ Qg7
31. Qc5 $16) (24... Ra8 $1 {was a subtle and stubborn defence controlling the
a-file in case of b3-b4. Of course, Black's position remained difficult after}
25. Rfd1 ({or even} 25. Rfb1 $5 {[%cal Yb3b4]})) 25. b4 $1 axb4 (25... Bf8 26.
Nd4 Rg7 27. Qxc3 {winning a pawn.}) 26. axb4 Bxb4 27. Ra7 $1 $18 Ne6 28. Ne7
Qg7 (28... Rg7 29. Nxd5 $18) 29. Nxg8 Kxg8 30. Qxd5 Bc5 31. e3 b5 32. Ra8 Rxa8
33. Qxa8+ Qf8 34. Qe4 Qh6 35. Ra1 b4 36. Ra5 Bf8 37. Qg4+ Qg7 38. Qh4 h6 39.
Ra8 Nc7 40. Rxf8+ $1 Qxf8 41. Qg4+ Kh8 42. Qf5 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-40"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2012.09.03"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Djukic, Nikola"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Montenegro"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MNE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. Be3 Bd6 9. Bc4 a6 10. Ne5 b5 11. Qf3 Rb8 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. Qg3 Kf8 14. f4 Qe8
15. O-O Be4 16. Bd2 g6 17. Rae1 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 h5 19. Re2 Kg7 20. b3 b4 21. Qxa6
Qb5 22. Qxb5 Rxb5 23. c4 bxc3 24. Bxc3 Nd5 25. Be1 Ra8 26. g3 Rb7 27. Nc4 Be7
28. Rf3 Bf6 29. Bf2 Be7 30. Be1 Ba3 31. Nxa3 Rxa3 32. Kg2 Rba7 33. Rff2 f5 34.
Kf3 Kf7 35. Rb2 Ke7 36. Rfc2 R7a4 37. Bf2 Ra8 38. Be1 R8a4 39. Bf2 Ra8 40. Be1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-40"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2012.09.04"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Spain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg4 6. Nbd2 e6 7. g3 Nbd7 8.
Bg2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Ne5 Bh5 11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. Nb3 a5 13. a4 Bb4 14. e4 Qe7
15. Be3 Rfd8 16. f4 Kh8 17. Rf2 f6 18. Bd2 e5 19. Bxb4 axb4 20. fxe5 fxe5 21.
d5 Rac8 22. Rc1 Nb6 23. Qc5 Qxc5 24. Nxc5 cxd5 25. Bh3 Ra8 26. a5 Nc4 27. Nxb7
Rf8 28. Rxf8+ Rxf8 29. exd5 Nxb2 30. d6 Bf3 31. Rc8 Rxc8 32. Bxc8 Bc6 33. d7
Bxd7 34. Bxd7 Nc4 35. Be6 b3 36. Bxc4 b2 37. Ba2 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-40"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2012.09.05"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2797"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. e3 Bg7 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 Nbd7 8.
b3 O-O 9. Bb2 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Rd1 Qe7 12. O-O Rfd8 13. Qc2 c6 14. Rd2 h6
15. Rfd1 e4 16. Nd4 h5 17. h3 h4 18. Nde2 Nf8 19. Nf4 Rxd2 20. Qxd2 N6d7 21.
Qd6 Qxd6 22. Rxd6 Nc5 23. Na4 Nxa4 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. bxa4 Re8 26. a5 a6 27. Rd2
Re5 28. Rb2 Rxa5 29. Rxb7 Rxa2 30. Rc7 Ra1+ 31. Kh2 Rf1 32. Rxc6 Rxf2 33. Rxa6
Rc2 34. Rd6 Rxc4 35. Kg1 Nh7 36. Rd7 Rc6 37. Re7 Nf6 38. Re5 Ra6 39. Ne2 Ra1+
40. Kf2 Ra2 41. Kf1 Rd2 42. Nf4 Kh6 43. Ke1 Rd7 44. Kf2 g5 45. Ne2 Rd2 46. Ke1
Ra2 47. Kf1 Ra3 48. Kf2 Ra2 49. Kf1 Rc2 50. g3 hxg3 51. Nxg3 Rh2 52. Nxe4 Nxe4
53. Rxe4 Rxh3 54. Kg2 Rh4 55. Re8 Kg6 56. Kg3 f5 57. Rg8+ Kf6 58. Rf8+ Ke6 59.
Rg8 Rg4+ 60. Kf3 Kf7 61. Ra8 Re4 62. Ra6 Re6 63. Ra4 Kg6 64. Ra8 Kf6 65. Ra4
Rb6 66. Ra8 Rb5 67. Rf8+ Kg7 68. Re8 Rb3 69. Ra8 Kg6 70. Rg8+ Kf6 71. Rf8+ Ke6
72. Rg8 g4+ 73. Kf4 Rb4+ 74. Kg3 Re4 75. Re8+ Kd5 76. Rd8+ Kc5 77. Kf2 Re5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-40"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2012.09.06"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "France"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qc7 8. Bxf6
gxf6 9. Qd2 b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. O-O Nc6 12. Nb3 h5 13. Kh1 h4 14. h3 Be7 15.
Rae1 b4 16. Nd5 exd5 17. exd5 Na7 18. Nd4 Bxd5 19. Nf5 Nc6 20. Be4 Bxe4 21.
Rxe4 Kf8 22. Rfe1 Re8 23. Qe2 Rh7 24. Qg4 d5 25. R4e2 Qb6 26. g3 Nd4 27. Nxe7
Nxe2 28. Qg8+ Kxe7 29. Rxe2+ Kd6 30. Rxe8 hxg3 31. Qf8+ Kc6 32. Rc8+ Kd7 33.
Qe8+ Kd6 34. Rd8+ Kc5 35. Qe3+ Kc6 36. Rd6+ 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-40"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2012.09.07"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A38"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c5 8.
Nxd5 Qxd5 9. d3 Nc6 10. Be3 Bd7 11. Nd4 Qd6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Bxc6 Qxc6 14. Rc1
Qa6 15. Rxc5 b6 16. Rc4 Qxa2 17. Rb4 Rfc8 18. Qa1 Qd5 19. Qa4 h5 20. Rc1 Rxc1+
21. Bxc1 Rc8 22. Be3 Bf6 23. h4 Rc7 24. Kh2 Qc6 25. b3 Bc3 26. Qxc6 Rxc6 27.
Ra4 Rc7 28. Kg2 Kf8 29. Kf3 Ke8 30. g4 hxg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-40"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2012.09.09"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E52"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 b6 7. a3 {Obtaining
the advantage against the extremely solid Nimz0-Indian Defence is a very
difficult task even for a player of Ivanchuk's class. The a-pawn advance is
considered in this opening to be a bit slow, but it forces Black to decide
what to do with the important b4-bishop.} Bxc3+ (7... Be7 8. cxd5 exd5 9. O-O (
9. Ne5 c5 10. O-O Bb7 11. Qf3 Nc6 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. Qg3 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nh5 15. Qh3
g6 16. f4 Rad8 17. Bd2 Ng7 18. Be1 f6 $15 {1/2-1/2 Aleksandrov,A (2653)
-Khismatullin,D (2576)/Moscow 2006 (49)}) 9... Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. Ne5 Bd6
12. Nb5 c5 13. Nxd6 Qxd6 14. b3 cxd4 15. exd4 Nc7 16. a4 b5 17. Nd3 Rfc8 18.
Bf4 Qd8 19. Be5 a5 20. Nf4 $14 {1-0 Aleksandrov,A (2630)-Giorgadze,G/Saint
Vincent 2005 (74)}) (7... Bd6 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nbd7 10. O-O Bb7 11. Nxd6 cxd6
12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 d5 14. cxd5 Bxd5 15. Re1 Qc7 16. Ne5 Rfc8 17. Re3 Bb7 18.
Qd2 Nxe5 19. dxe5 $14 {1-0 Kortschnoj,V (2635)-Timman,J (2595)/Horgen 1995 (32)
}) 8. bxc3 c6 {Wang Hao has understandable respect for his legendary opponent.
This even results in the choice of a very cautious move enabling Black to
recapture on d5 with the c-pawn.} (8... dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 (9... Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7
11. Re1 c5 12. Bd3 Ne4 13. Bb2 f5 14. c4 Qf6 15. Nd2 Rad8 16. f3 Ng5 17. Qe2
Qg6 18. Rad1 cxd4 19. exd4 Nh3+ 20. Kh1 Nf4 21. Qf1 $11 {1/2-1/2 Grigoriants,S
(2568)-Vallejo Pons,F (2666)/Calatrava 2006 (68)}) 10. O-O Qc7 11. Bd3 Bb7 12.
Bb2 (12. Re1 Be4 13. Bf1 Nc6 14. Bb2 Rad8 15. Nd2 Bg6 16. Qf3 e5 17. Rac1 Rfe8
$11 {0-1 Blomqvist,E (2454)-Swiercz,D (2585)/Golden Sands 2012 (42)}) 12...
Nbd7 13. Re1 Be4 14. Bf1 e5 15. Nd2 Bg6 16. e4 exd4 (16... Rad8 17. d5 Ne8 18.
c4 Nd6 19. a4 Rde8 20. Ra3 $16 {1/2-1/2 Kortschnoj,V (2630)-Huebner,R (2585)/
Manila 1990 (39)}) 17. cxd4 cxd4 18. Bxd4 Nc5 19. Rc1 Rad8 20. Bxc5 bxc5 21.
Qc2 Qf4 {0-1 Potkin,V (2619)-Grischuk,A (2733)/Mainz 2009 (36)} 22. Re2 $11) (
8... Ba6 9. cxd5 (9. O-O Bxc4 10. Bxc4 dxc4 11. Ne5 Nbd7 12. Nxc4 c5 13. a4 Qc7
14. Na3 Rfd8 15. Qf3 a6 16. e4 e5 17. d5 Ne8 18. Nc4 b5 19. Nb2 Nd6 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Sokolov,I (2610)-Piket,J (2609)/Wijk aan Zee 1999 (59)}) 9... Bxd3 10.
Qxd3 Qxd5 11. O-O (11. c4 Qe4 12. Qxe4 Nxe4 13. Nd2 Nd6 14. a4 Nd7 15. Ba3 {
1/2-1/2 Aleksandrov,A (2612)-Tomashevsky,E (2740)/Moscow 2012}) 11... c5 12.
Re1 Qe4 13. Qe2 Rc8 14. Bb2 Nbd7 15. Rac1 h6 16. Nd2 Qb7 17. e4 cxd4 18. cxd4
Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Rc8 20. Rxc8+ Qxc8 21. Qd3 $11 {1-0 Speelman,J (2610)-Ehlvest,J 
(2650)/Linares 1991 (60)}) 9. cxd5 (9. O-O Ba6 10. Qe2 (10. Qb3 c5 11. Rd1 Nc6
12. cxd5 Na5 13. Qb1 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 exd5 15. Ne5 Rc8 16. f3 Re8 17. a4 Qc7 18.
Ba3 Rxe5 19. dxe5 Qxe5 20. Bc1 $11 {1/2-1/2 Neuman,P (2463)-Hracek,Z (2624)/
Slovakia 2012 (44)}) 10... Nbd7 11. Rd1 Rc8 12. a4 c5 13. Ba3 Re8 14. Ne5 cxd4
15. cxd4 Qc7 16. cxd5 Bxd3 17. Nxd3 exd5 18. Rdc1 Qb7 19. a5 Rxc1+ 20. Bxc1 $11
{0-1 Dzagnidze,N (2516)-Hou,Y (2578)/Beijing 2011 (68)}) 9... cxd5 (9... exd5
10. a4 Ba6 11. Ba3 Re8 12. Bxa6 Nxa6 13. O-O $14) 10. Qe2 {White is trying to
keep the bishop pair, or at least make it more difficult for the enemy to
exchange the light squared pair.} (10. O-O Ba6 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 $11) 10... Nc6 {
The truly careful soul would have insisted on the well-known idea of the
bishop exchange via the a6-square after 10...a5!? It would certainly have
diminished the risk of a catastrophe.} (10... a5 $5 11. O-O Ba6 12. Bxa6 Nxa6
13. c4 dxc4 14. Qxc4 Qd6 $11) 11. O-O Na5 (11... Ne4 12. a4 f5 13. Ba3 $14) 12.
a4 Re8 (12... Nb3 13. Rb1 Nxc1 14. Rfxc1 Qd6 15. a5 $14) 13. Ne5 Ne4 14. f3 Nd6
(14... Nxc3 $2 15. Qc2 $18) 15. Ba3 Bb7 {It is much easier to be a wise
general after the battle and suggest sensible alternatives. Black has so far
avoided anything horrible and could have still hold full parity after the fine
move 15...f6!?} (15... f6 $5 16. Ng4 Ndc4 17. Bb4 Ba6 $11) 16. Bxd6 (16. Qc2 $5
f5 (16... g6 17. e4 Nac4 18. Bxc4 Nxc4 19. Nxc4 dxc4 20. Qe2 $16) 17. Bb4 Ndc4
18. Bxc4 Nxc4 19. Nxc4 dxc4 20. e4 Bc6 $14) 16... Qxd6 17. f4 g6 {
Unfortunately it is now way too late to try purging the intruding knight with
the move 17...f6?} (17... f6 $2 18. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 19. Qh5+ Kg8 20. Qf7+ Kh7 21.
Rf3 $18) 18. Qg4 (18. e4 dxe4 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 Rac8 $11) 18... Nc4 (18...
Qe7 19. Rf3 (19. f5 $2 exf5 20. Bxf5 (20. Rxf5 Bc8 $19) 20... Nc6 $17) 19...
Rac8 20. Rh3 Nc6 (20... Rxc3 21. Rxh7 Kxh7 22. Bxg6+ fxg6 23. Qxg6+ Kh8 24.
Nf7+ Qxf7 25. Qxf7 $16) 21. Rxh7 $1 Nxe5 (21... Kxh7 22. Bxg6+ $18) 22. Qh3
Nxd3 23. Rh8+ Kg7 24. Qh6+ Kf6 25. Rh7 e5 26. fxe5+ Nxe5 27. Rf1+ Ke6 28. dxe5
$16) 19. Qg3 Qc7 $2 {The defence of endangered positions belongs to the very
difficult arts. Often the choice of the good move is a matter of some luck.
Such luck clearly deserted Black when he made the unfortunate queen retreat.} (
19... Nxe5 $1 20. fxe5 Qc7 21. Rfc1 $14) 20. Bxc4 dxc4 21. f5 $1 {[%mdl 128]
Even naked eyes could discover, that White will have great superiority in
numbers on the kingside after opening the position.} f6 (21... exf5 22. Rxf5
Re7 23. Raf1 Rf8 (23... Bd5 24. e4 Be6 25. Rf6 Rae8 26. Qg5 Kg7 27. R1f4 $18)
24. Qg5 a6 25. Ng4 $18) 22. fxg6 fxe5 {It is rather symptomatic, that even the
modest retreat of the queen to g7 did not save the day.} (22... Qg7 23. Rxf6
Qxf6 24. Rf1 Qxf1+ (24... Qg7 25. Rf7 $18) 25. Kxf1 $18) 23. Rf7 Qc6 (23...
Qxf7 24. gxf7+ Kxf7 25. Rf1+ Ke7 26. Qg7+ $18) 24. gxh7+ $1 {The final
combination is very impressive, since it is somewhat minimalistic. Ivanchuk
will use his active major pieces to set up the mating net.} (24. Raf1 Qxg2+ 25.
Qxg2 Bxg2 26. gxh7+ Kh8 27. Kxg2 $16) 24... Kxf7 25. Rf1+ Ke7 26. h8=Q (26.
Qg7+ Kd8 27. h8=Q Rxh8 28. Qxh8+ Qe8 29. Rf8 $18) 26... Rxh8 (26... Qxg2+ 27.
Qxg2 Bxg2 28. Qg7+ Kd6 29. Rf7 $18) 27. Qg7+ Kd6 {Wang Hao chooses the shorter
way to finish the game and offers his opponent the chance for the fine
combination. The banal retreat to the d8-square could certainly have not
compete in terms of beauty.} (27... Kd8 28. Qxh8+ Qe8 29. Rf8 $18) 28. dxe5+ {
It is not so difficult to calculate to the forced mate, the position will most
likely find its way into the manuals on tactics.} (28. dxe5+ Kc5 (28... Kd5 29.
Rd1+ Ke4 30. Rd4+ Kxe3 31. Qg5+ Ke2 32. Qd2#) 29. Qe7+ Kd5 30. Rd1+ Ke4 (30...
Kxe5 31. Qg5+ Ke4 32. Qf4#) 31. Rd4+ Kxe3 32. Qg5+ Ke2 33. Qd2#) 1-0

[Event "London FIDE GP 1st"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2012.09.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "220"]
[EventDate "2012.09.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Nf3 dxc4 8.
Qxc4 b6 9. Bg5 Ba6 10. Qa4 Bb7 11. e3 Nbd7 12. Ba6 Bxa6 13. Qxa6 c5 14. Rc1
cxd4 15. exd4 h6 16. Bh4 b5 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Qxb5 Rb8 19. Qa6 Rxb2 20. Qxa7
Qa8 21. Qxa8 Rxa8 22. O-O Ra2 23. Rc3 Nd5 24. Rb3 R2xa3 25. Rxa3 Rxa3 26. Rb1
f6 27. h4 g5 28. hxg5 hxg5 29. Nd2 Ra4 30. Rb8+ Kf7 31. Nb3 Nf4 32. g3 Nh3+ 33.
Kg2 g4 34. Nc5 Rxd4 35. Rb7+ Ke8 36. Rb6 Rc4 37. Nd3 Kf7 38. Rb4 Rxb4 39. Nxb4
Ng5 40. Kf1 e5 41. Nd5 Ke6 42. Ne3 f5 43. Ke2 Nf3 44. Kd3 Nd4 45. Ng2 Nb5 46.
Ne3 Nc7 47. Kc4 Ne8 48. Kc3 Nf6 49. Kd3 Nd5 50. Ng2 Kd6 51. Nh4 Ne7 52. Kc4 Kc6
53. Ng2 Nc8 54. Ne3 Nd6+ 55. Kc3 Kb5 56. Kd3 Kc5 57. Kc3 Ne4+ 58. Kd3 Nd6 59.
Kc3 Kc6 60. Kd3 Kd7 61. Ke2 Ke6 62. Kd3 Kf6 63. Nd5+ Kg6 64. Ke2 Ne8 65. Ne3
Nd6 66. Nd5 Kg5 67. Ke3 Ne8 68. f4+ gxf3 69. Kxf3 Ng7 70. Ne3 Ne6 71. Nc4 Kf6
72. Ne3 Ng5+ 73. Ke2 Ke6 74. Nc4 Kd5 75. Ne3+ Ke4 76. Nc4 Nf7 77. Nd2+ Kd4 78.
Nf3+ Kd5 79. Ke3 Nh6 80. Nh4 Ke6 81. Kf3 Kf6 82. Ke2 Nf7 83. Ng2 Nh6 84. Ne3
Ng4 85. Ng2 Ke6 86. Nh4 Nh6 87. Ke3 Ng8 88. Nf3 Ne7 89. Ng5+ Kd5 90. Nf3 Ng6
91. Ng5 Nf8 92. Nf3 Ke6 93. Ng5+ Kf6 94. Nf3 Nd7 95. Nd2 Kg5 96. Nc4 e4 97. Ke2
Nf8 98. Ke3 Nh7 99. Nd6 Nf6 100. Nf7+ Kg4 101. Nh6+ Kg5 102. Nf7+ Kh5 103. Kf4
Nd5+ 104. Kxf5 e3 105. Ne5 e2 106. Nf3 Ne3+ 107. Ke4 Ng2 108. Ne1 Nxe1 109. Ke3
Kg4 110. Kxe2 Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "London FIDE GP 1st"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2012.09.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2012.09.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 {
Ivanchuk understands, that even though his counterplay along the dark squares
is efficient, the light-squared bishop on c8 remains a weakness of his
position. The advance of the queenside pawns will later enable attempts at an
exchange of bishops.} 8. Qd2 b5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Ne2 b4 {The advance of the
b-pawn is an alternative to the very natural move ...Qb6. Black is trying to
provoke a conflict on the queenside in order to lure away white pieces from
the attack on the other side of the board.} (10... Qb6 11. Bxc5 (11. Ned4 b4
12. O-O-O a5 13. Re1 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 O-O 15. g4 f6 16. exf6 Nxf6 17. Bxf6 Rxf6
18. Bd3 b3 19. Kb1 bxa2+ 20. Ka1 Rb8 21. c3 Rxf4 $19 {1/2 (32) Vajda,L (2594)
-Berescu,A (2488) Sarata Monteoru 2012 (32)}) 11... Nxc5 12. Ned4 Ne4 (12...
Bd7 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 (13... Ne4 14. Qd4 Qxc6 15. Bd3 Rc8 16. O-O-O Nc5 17. Kb1
Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Qc4 19. Nd4 Qxd3 20. Rxd3 $14 {1/2 (65) Quesada Perez,Y (2567)
-Cordova,E (2518)/Santa Clara 2008/ (65)}) 14. Nd4 O-O 15. Bd3 f6 16. exf6 Rxf6
17. O-O-O Be8 18. Rhf1 Rc8 19. g4 Qd6 20. Kb1 Nxd3 21. cxd3 Bd7 $11 {0-1 (58)
Inarkiev,E (2667)-Lysyj,I (2615)/ Rijeka 2010/ (58)}) 13. Qe3 b4 14. Bd3 Bb7
15. O-O O-O 16. Rae1 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 Qxd4+ 18. Nxd4 g6 19. Ra1 a5 20. a3 Nc5 21.
axb4 axb4 22. Kf2 $14 {1-0 (50) Leko,P (2738)-Gurevich,M (2635)/Elista 2007/ 
(50)}) 11. Bxc5 Nxc5 12. Ned4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 {The centralised queen will ensure
a higher level of tension than the somewhat academic recapture by the knight.}
(13. Nxd4 Qb6 14. Qe3 O-O (14... Na4 15. O-O-O Bd7 16. g4 O-O-O 17. h4 Kb7 18.
h5 h6 19. f5 Rc8 20. Rh2 $16 {1-0 (58) Aagaard,J (2531)-Socko,B (2627)/
Helsingor 2008/ (58)}) 15. Nb3 Na4 16. Qxb6 Nxb6 17. a3 bxa3 18. Rxa3 f6 19.
exf6 Rxf6 20. g3 e5 21. fxe5 $14 {1/2 (48) Guerra Bastida,D (2386)-Herraiz
Hidalgo,H (2485)/Malaga 2008/ (48)}) 13... Qb6 14. a3 (14. Nd2 Rb8 15. Nb3 Na4
16. O-O-O O-O 17. a3 a5 18. Qxb6 Rxb6 19. Rd4 Bd7 20. axb4 axb4 21. Bd3 $11 {
1/2 (30) Shomoev,A (2566)-Potkin,V (2682)/Taganrog 2011/ (30)}) 14... Rb8 (
14... bxa3 15. Rxa3 O-O 16. Rc3 Nd7 17. Qxb6 Nxb6 18. Rc6 Rb8 19. Kd2 $16) 15.
Be2 a5 (15... Ne4 16. Qxb6 Rxb6 17. axb4 Rxb4 18. b3 O-O 19. Bxa6 Bxa6 20. Rxa6
Rc8 21. O-O (21. Ra2 Nc3 22. Ra1 Rxf4 $15) 21... h6 22. Ne1 Rd4 $11) 16. axb4
axb4 {The defender does not want to avoid exchange of the queens, but his goal
is to couple it with solving the problem of the bishop on c8.} (16... Qxb4+ $6
17. Qxb4 axb4 18. Nd4 $16) 17. O-O O-O 18. Qe3 (18. Ne1 Bd7 19. Nd3 Bb5 $14)
18... Ba6 $1 {Ivanchuk finally manages to realise the positional idea, that
has been in the background of his whole opening plan. White's light-squared
bishop was surely more valuable and thus the exchange must be in Black's
favour.} 19. Bxa6 Nxa6 20. Qxb6 Rxb6 21. Kf2 Nb8 {Leko is very gifted in
technical positions so the position remains a bit unpleasant. White can hope
to make use of the open a-file and his centralised king to develop an endgame
initiative.} (21... Rc8 22. Nd4 Nc5 23. Ke3 $14) 22. Ra8 (22. Rfc1 Nc6 23. Ke3
$14) 22... Nc6 {It seems that the defender has missed the best continuation
and lost the chance for counterplay with the precise move 22...Qc6!} (22... Rc6
$1 23. Rc1 Rc4 24. g3 Nc6 25. Ra6 f6 26. exf6 gxf6 $11) 23. Rfa1 f6 24. Ke3
fxe5 25. fxe5 h6 26. h4 Rb7 (26... Rbb8 27. Rxb8 Rxb8 28. Ra6 Rc8 29. Rb6 Rc7
$11) 27. h5 Rc7 28. Rxf8+ Kxf8 29. Ra8+ Ke7 $2 {The defence of technically
inferior positions is an ungrateful task, as one serious innacuracy can
endanger the prospects for success. Black has failed to notice the great idea
of advancing the g-pawn after 29...Kf7!} (29... Kf7 $1 30. g4 g5 $14) 30. g4
Nd8 (30... Kf7 31. g5 $16) 31. Nd4 $1 (31. g5 hxg5 (31... Rxc2 32. Ra7+ Kf8 33.
Nh4 Rh2 34. Ng6+ Kg8 35. Ra8 Kf7 36. Rxd8 Rxh5 37. Nh8+ Ke7 38. Rb8 $16) 32.
Nxg5 Nf7 $11 (32... Rxc2 33. Ra7+ Kf8 34. Rd7 Ke8 35. Rxg7 $14)) 31... Nc6 32.
Nf3 (32. Rg8 $5 Nxe5 (32... Kf7 33. Rxg7+ Kxg7 34. Nxe6+ Kf7 35. Nxc7 Nxe5 36.
Kf4 $16) 33. Rxg7+ Nf7 34. Rg6 e5 35. Nc6+ Kd7 36. Nxb4 $16) 32... Kf7 {
The Ukrainian star was facing a very unpleasant choice between repeating the
moves, which would enable an attack on the g7-pawn or passive defence with the
hope to hold the game.} 33. g5 $1 hxg5 (33... Ra7 34. g6+ Ke7 35. Rg8 $18) 34.
Nxg5+ Ke7 35. Rg8 Nxe5 36. Rxg7+ Kd6 (36... Kf6 37. Rxc7 Kxg5 38. b3 $18) 37.
Rxc7 Kxc7 38. Nxe6+ Kd6 39. Nf4 {The tragedy is complete, since in the knight
endgame White has distant and extra passed pawn. The last pawns of the
defender are vulnerable on the squares b4 and d5.} Kc6 (39... Nc4+ 40. Kd4 Nxb2
41. h6 $18) 40. Nd3 Ng4+ 41. Kf4 Nf6 42. Kg5 1-0

[Event "London FIDE GP 1st"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2012.09.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E56"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2012.09.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. b3 Bg4 11. Bb2 Qe7 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 d4 14. Na4 Ne5
15. Qe2 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 dxe3 17. Nxc5 Qxc5 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Rac1 exf2+ 20. Kh1
Qe5 21. Qf3 Rae8 22. Rxf2 Re7 23. Qxf6 Qxf6 24. Rxf6 Rd8 25. Rc2 Kg7 26. Rf3
Rd6 27. Kh2 h6 28. Rg3+ Kh7 29. Rf3 Kg7 30. Rg3+ Kh7 31. Rf3 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "London FIDE GP 1st"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2012.09.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2012.09.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6 8.
Be2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 Re8 12. Bf4 Bf5 13. Rad1 Ne4 14. Nb5 Qf6
15. Bd3 Bd7 16. Be5 Bxb5 17. Qxb5 Rxe5 18. Qxb7 Ree8 19. Bxa6 Rab8 20. Qc6 Qxb2
21. Bd3 Nc3 22. Rde1 Rec8 23. Qa6 Nxd5 24. Rb1 Qf6 25. Qxa7 Ra8 26. Qb7 Nc3 27.
Rb3 Qd8 28. Bc4 Rc7 29. Qb6 Na4 30. Qb5 Nc3 31. Qb6 Na4 32. Qb5 Nc3 33. Qb6
1/2-1/2

[Event "London FIDE GP 1st"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2012.09.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2012.09.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. h4 e6 12. h5 Qh4 13. hxg6 hxg6 14. f3 cxd4
15. cxd4 Rd8 16. Qd2 Bb7 17. Rad1 Rac8 18. d5 Na5 19. Bb5 exd5 20. Bg5 Qh8 21.
Kf2 Bf6 22. Rh1 Qg7 23. Bh6 Qh8 24. Bg5 Qg7 25. Bh6 Qh8 26. Bg5 Qg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "London FIDE GP 1st"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2012.09.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2012.09.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 b5 6. Nbd2 c5 7. d5 exd5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Bb2 Nc7 10. Bg2 Bb7 11. O-O Ne6 12. a4 b4 13. e4 Be7 14. Re1 Nc6 15.
Nc4 O-O 16. e5 Re8 17. Nfd2 Qc7 18. Ne4 Ncd4 19. Ncd6 Bxd6 20. exd6 Qb6 21. a5
Qb5 22. Bf1 Qc6 23. Bg2 Qb5 24. Bf1 Qc6 25. Bg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "London FIDE GP 1st"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2012.09.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "2012.09.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 dxc4 4. Bg2 Nd7 5. a4 Nc5 6. Na3 Be6 7. Qc2 Qd5 8. Nh4
Qd4 9. Nf3 Qd5 10. Nh4 Qd4 11. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "London FIDE GP 1st"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2012.09.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2012.09.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 {It is difficult to
shake off the impression, that Nakamura came to the game without real
ambitions. Form played tricks on him in London, but here he choses a somewhat
controversial method for his moderate goals. The early exchange of the queens
robs him of the chance to use his gift for tactics. What is even worse the
position seriously resembles a pleasant form of the currently very resilient
Berlin Defence.} exd4 7. Qxd4 Qxd4 8. Nxd4 Bd7 9. Nc3 O-O-O 10. Be3 Bd6 11.
Rfd1 {White is able to gather his pieces in the centre, but that cannot really
harm his great opponent.} (11. Rad1 Ne7 12. Nb3 (12. Nde2 Ng6 13. f3 Rhe8 14.
Bf2 Nf4 15. Nxf4 Bxf4 16. Bg3 Be3+ 17. Bf2 Bf4 18. Bg3 {1/2-1/2 Ignatiev,F 
(2415)-Plachetka,J (2470)/Odessa 1976}) 12... Rhe8 13. Nc5 Ng6 14. Nxd7 Rxd7
15. f3 Red8 16. g3 Ne5 17. b3 g5 18. Kg2 h5 19. Ne2 g4 20. fxg4 Nxg4 21. Bc1
Re8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Abbasifar,H (2411)-Novikov,M (2505)/Kimovsk 2011 (37)}) 11...
Re8 12. Rd2 Ne7 13. Nb3 (13. Rad1 Ng6 14. f3 Ne5 $11) 13... Be6 14. Nc5 (14.
Bc5 Rd8 15. Rad1 Bxb3 16. Bxd6 Rxd6 17. axb3 Rhd8 $11) 14... Ng6 {The position
is easy for Ivanchuk as he does not have to cope with any serious threats and
can try to improve his position.} 15. f3 (15. Nxe6 Rxe6 16. Rad1 Ne5 $15) 15...
Bf7 16. Nd3 b6 17. Bf2 Rd8 18. Rad1 Rd7 19. b3 {The American star is
struggling in the position which does not suit his style. Just when Nakamura
has reached the coveted setup he falters and seems a bit lost. It was much
more sensible to exchange the dark-squared bishops with 19.Bg3! keeping equal
chances.} (19. Bg3 $1 Rhd8 20. Bxd6 Rxd6 21. Kf2 $11) 19... Rhd8 20. Nb1 (20.
Be3 Ne5 $15) (20. Bg3 $2 Bb4 $19) 20... Be6 {Ivanchuk was also somewhat out of
form in London, so the situation has found him slightly slow to get out of the
startiong blocks. At his full strength he would probably have guessed that the
radical advance on the queenside would promise the serious advantage of an
efficient bishop pair.} (20... c5 $1 21. c4 Ne5 22. Nxe5 Bxe5 $15) 21. c4 f5 (
21... Ne5 $1 22. Nxe5 Bxe5 $15) 22. c5 fxe4 23. cxd6 (23. fxe4 Be7 24. Nb4 Kb7
$17) 23... exd3 24. Rxd3 c5 25. dxc7 Kxc7 (25... Rxd3 26. cxd8=Q+ Rxd8 27.
Rxd8+ Kxd8 28. Bg3 Kd7 29. Nd2 Kc6 30. Kf2 b5 $15) 26. Rxd7+ Rxd7 27. Rxd7+
Kxd7 {The position features bishops of opposite colours, but that does a
slight initiative on the queenside.} 28. Bg3 $6 {It seems that Nakamura did
not appreciate the danger and his fiirst move is imprecise. He had more
chances for the successful elimination of the threats with 28.Nc3!?} (28. Nc3
$5 Kc6 29. Be3 a5 30. Kf2 b5 (30... Ne5 31. Ke2 b5 32. Ne4 c4 33. Bd4 Nf7 $11)
31. Ne4 c4 32. bxc4 Bxc4 33. a3 Ne5 34. Bd2 $11) 28... a5 29. Kf2 b5 30. Nd2 b4
31. Ke2 Kc6 32. Kd1 (32. Kd3 a4 $15) 32... a4 33. Kc2 (33. bxa4 Bxa2 34. Kc2 c4
35. h4 Ne7 36. Bf2 Nd5 37. Bd4 g6 $17) 33... a3 {Even an untrained eye would
be able to realise, that White will have to defend a very unpleasant position.}
34. Nf1 (34. Kd3 Bf5+ 35. Ne4 Kd5 36. h3 Ne7 37. Bf2 Nc6 $17) 34... c4 $1 35.
Ne3 (35. bxc4 $2 Bxc4 36. Nd2 Bxa2 37. Nb3 Ne7 $19) (35. Nd2 Bf5+ 36. Kc1 cxb3
37. Nxb3 Kd5 $17) 35... cxb3+ 36. axb3 Nf8 {IVanchuk needs to improve the
position of his pieces and his opponent will need to be very careful about any
unpleasant threat.} 37. Be5 g6 38. Bg7 (38. h4 Nd7 39. Bd4 Nc5 $19) 38... Nd7
39. Nf1 Nc5 40. Nd2 h5 41. Bf8 Kd5 42. h3 {Nakamura must have suffered from
the fact, that he can not afford to exchange Black's annoying knight.} (42.
Bxc5 Kxc5 43. Ne4+ Kd4 44. Nd2 Bf5+ $19) 42... Bf5+ 43. Kc1 Nd3+ 44. Kb1 Kd4 {
Black has achieved enormous progress and after the break in of his king the
defence will become untenable for White.} 45. g4 (45. Bg7+ Ke3 46. Nc4+ Kf4 47.
g4 Be6 $19) 45... Be6 46. Kc2 (46. Ka2 Bd5 47. gxh5 gxh5 48. Bg7+ Ke3 49. Bh6+
Ke2 50. Nc4 Be6 51. h4 Kxf3 $19) 46... Ne1+ 47. Kb1 (47. Kd1 Ng2 48. Kc2 Ne3+
49. Kb1 Nd5 50. Ne4 hxg4 51. hxg4 Bxg4 52. Bc5+ Ke5 53. Bd6+ Kf5 54. Nd2 Ke6
$17) 47... Nd3 48. Kc2 h4 $1 {At long last Ivanchuk has realised that White
will not be able to take the h4-pawn without grave consequences. After the
fall of the h3-pawn the fate of the game will be sealed.} 49. Bg7+ (49. Be7 a2
50. Bf6+ Ke3 51. Nc4+ (51. Nf1+ Ke2 52. Nd2 Bd5 $19) 51... Bxc4 52. bxc4 Nc5
53. Kb2 b3 54. Bxh4 Na4+ 55. Ka1 Kd2 56. Bf6 Kc2 57. h4 Nc3 58. Bxc3 Kxc3 59.
h5 Kc2 $19) 49... Ke3 50. Bh6+ Ke2 51. Kb1 (51. Bg7 Nf4 52. Bf6 a2 53. Nc4 g5
54. Kb2 Nxh3 55. Kxa2 Kxf3 $19) 51... Nf2 $1 {The Ukrainian chess genius is
handling the pieces in exemplary manner. The knight was assigned the task of
dealing with the h3-pawn.} 52. Nc4 Nxh3 53. Ne5 g5 54. Nc6 (54. Ka2 Nf2 55.
Bxg5 h3 56. Bf4 Nd3 $19) 54... Bd5 (54... Bxb3 55. Nd4+ Kf2 56. Nxb3 Kxf3 $19)
55. Nxb4 Bxb3 56. Nc6 Ke3 57. Ne5 Kf4 58. Ng6+ Kg3 $1 {Ivanchuk has created a
beautiful example of clever conversion of an endgame advantage. Remarkably
even the presence of opposite coloured bishops did not save the day.} (58...
Kxf3 59. Bxg5 Nxg5 60. Nxh4+ $19) (58... Kg3 59. Ka1 Nf4 $19) 0-1

[Event "London FIDE GP 1st"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2012.10.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2012.09.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. e4 d4 8. Ne2
e5 9. c3 dxc3 10. bxc3 b6 11. Qc2 Qe7 12. a4 Rd8 13. Rd1 Ba6 14. c4 Na5 15. Ba3
Qe8 16. Bb4 Nc6 17. Bc3 Nd7 18. Nd2 Nc5 19. Nb3 Bc8 20. a5 Bg4 21. f3 Be6 22.
h4 Qe7 23. Kh2 Rd7 24. Bh3 Rad8 25. axb6 Nxb3 26. bxc7 Nxa1 27. cxd8=Q+ Qxd8
28. Bxa1 Bxh3 29. Kxh3 Nb4 30. Qa4 Nxd3 31. Kh2 Nc5 32. Rxd7 Qxd7 33. Qxd7 Nxd7
34. Nc3 f5 35. Kg2 Kf7 36. Na4 h5 37. Kf2 Bf8 38. Ke2 Ke6 39. Bc3 Be7 40. Kd3
f4 41. Be1 fxg3 42. Bxg3 Nc5+ 43. Nxc5+ Bxc5 44. Be1 a6 45. Ke2 Be7 46. f4 exf4
47. Kf3 Bd6 48. Ba5 Kd7 49. Bd2 Bc7 50. Bc3 Ke6 51. Bh8 Be5 52. Bxe5 Kxe5 0-1

[Event "London FIDE GP 1st"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2012.10.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2012.09.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Be7 8.
Nxc6 Bxc6 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Qf3 Qd7 11. Nd2 Bf6 12. Nc4 Ne7 13. Bf4 Qe6 14. Qd3
O-O 15. Rae1 Rfe8 16. Bd2 Ng6 17. f4 d5 18. exd5 Qxd5 19. b3 Nh4 20. Qxd5 cxd5
21. Na5 Bd4+ 22. Kh1 Nf5 23. g3 f6 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Re1 Be3 26. Nc6 Re6 27.
Nb4 Kf7 28. Bxe3 Nxe3 29. c3 a5 30. Nd3 Ng4 31. Rxe6 Kxe6 32. Kg2 Kd6 33. Nf2
Nxf2 34. Kxf2 c5 35. Ke3 f5 36. a4 Kc6 37. Kd3 Kb6 38. Ke3 Kc6 39. Kd3 Kb6 40.
Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "London FIDE GP 1st"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2012.10.03"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2012.09.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Nc6 8. Bb3
Be7 9. f4 O-O 10. Be3 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Nd7 14. Ne4 Bb7 15.
Nd6 Bxd6 16. exd6 Qg5 17. Rf2 Bd5 18. Bc3 Bxb3 19. axb3 Qc5 20. Qg4 g6 21. Rd1
Rae8 22. Qf3 e5 23. Qb7 Qc8 24. Qc7 f5 25. Ra1 f4 26. Re2 g5 27. Rae1 Re6 28.
Bxe5 Qe8 29. Qc3 Qg6 30. Bh8 Rxd6 31. Re7 Rf7 32. Bd4 g4 33. Qc8+ Rf8 34. Qc3
Rf7 35. Rxf7 Kxf7 36. Qc8 Rxd4 37. Qe8+ Kg7 38. Qe7+ Qf7 39. Qg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 28th"]
[Site "Eilat"]
[Date "2012.10.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2012.10.11"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SOCAR"]
[BlackTeam "Ashdod"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. Nf3 b6 2. e4 Bb7 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 Bb4 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. Qe2 d5 7. e5 Ne4 8. O-O
Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bxc3 10. Rb1 Nc6 11. Be3 Nb4 12. Bb5+ c6 13. a3 cxb5 14. axb4 Qd7
15. Rb3 Rc8 16. Bd2 Bxd2 17. Qxd2 Rc4 18. Ra1 a6 19. Ne1 Qe7 20. Rab1 O-O 21.
Rg3 f5 22. exf6 Qxf6 23. c3 e5 24. Nd3 e4 25. Ne5 Rc7 26. Ra1 Bc8 27. Re3 Qg5
28. Qa2 Qd8 29. Rae1 Kh8 30. f3 exf3 31. Nxf3 Rcf7 32. Re5 h6 33. Qxd5 Qxd5 34.
Rxd5 Bb7 35. Rd6 Bxf3 36. gxf3 Rxf3 37. Rxb6 Rxc3 38. Rxa6 Rc2 39. Rf1 Rxf1+
40. Kxf1 Rxh2 41. Rb6 Rd2 42. Rxb5 Rxd4 43. Ke2 Kh7 44. Ke3 Rg4 45. Kd3 Kg6 46.
Rb6+ Kg5 47. b5 h5 48. Rd6 Rg1 49. Rd5+ Kg4 50. Rd4+ Kf3 51. Rb4 Rd1+ 52. Kc2
Rd7 53. b6 Rb7 54. Kd1 g5 55. Ke1 Kg2 56. Rb2+ Kg1 57. Ke2 g4 58. Ke3 g3 59.
Kf3 h4 60. Kg4 g2 61. Kh3 Kf1 62. Rxg2 Rxb6 63. Rg4 Rh6 64. Rxh4 Rxh4+ 65. Kxh4
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 28th"]
[Site "Eilat"]
[Date "2012.10.12"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2012.10.11"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ashdod"]
[BlackTeam "Ugra"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 e6 7. c5 Bd7 8. Rb1
b6 9. b4 bxc5 10. bxc5 Ne4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Bb5 a6 13. Bc4 Be7 14. Nh3 O-O 15.
O-O Be8 16. Be3 Bf6 17. Rb6 Ne7 18. Nf4 Bb5 19. Qb3 Kh8 20. Rd1 Bxc4 21. Qxc4
Be5 22. Rxa6 Rxa6 23. Qxa6 Nf5 24. Ne2 Nxe3 25. fxe3 Bb8 26. Qb7 Qg5 27. Qxe4
Qh5 28. Qf3 Qxh2+ 29. Kf2 Kg8 30. Rb1 Qh4+ 31. g3 Qh2+ 32. Ke1 Qh6 33. Rb7 e5
34. d5 Qa6 35. c6 f5 36. Kf2 Bd6 37. Rd7 Bc5 38. c7 Qc8 39. d6 e4 40. Rd8 Rxd8
41. cxd8=Q+ Qxd8 42. Qxf5 Qxd6 43. Qxe4 h6 44. a4 Qf6+ 45. Nf4 Qb2+ 46. Kf3 Qc1
47. Qd5+ Kh7 48. Qd3+ Kh8 49. a5 Qh1+ 50. Kg4 Qc6 51. e4 Qc8+ 52. Kf3 Ba7 53.
e5 g5 54. Nd5 g4+ 55. Kf4 Qd8 56. Kxg4 Qg5+ 57. Kf3 Qxe5 58. Qc3 Bd4 59. Qc8+
Kg7 60. Qc7+ Qxc7 61. Nxc7 Kf6 62. a6 h5 63. Kg2 Kf5 64. Kh3 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 28th"]
[Site "Eilat"]
[Date "2012.10.13"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2012.10.11"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[BlackTeam "Ashdod"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7 Bxd7 7. Nc3 Nxc3
8. bxc3 Bd6 9. Qh5 Qe7+ 10. Be3 c6 11. O-O g6 12. Qh6 O-O-O 13. c4 dxc4 14.
Bxc4 f6 15. Bb3 Qf8 16. Qh4 g5 17. Qh5 Qe8 18. Qd1 h5 19. Qd3 h4 20. f4 g4 21.
Rae1 Kb8 22. f5 Qh5 23. Qe4 g3 24. Bf4 Bxf4 25. Qxf4+ Ka8 26. h3 Qh6 27. Be6
Bc8 28. c4 Qf8 29. Qe3 Qd6 30. d5 cxd5 31. cxd5 b6 32. Qd4 Ba6 33. Rf4 Qc5 34.
Qxc5 bxc5 35. Rc1 c4 36. Kf1 Kb7 37. Ke2 Kb6 38. Kd2 Kc5 39. Kc3 Rb8 40. Rg4
Rh7 41. d6 Kxd6 42. Rd4+ Kc7 43. Bxc4 Bxc4 44. Rxc4+ Kd8 45. Rd1+ Ke8 46. Rd6
Rb1 47. Rc8+ Ke7 48. Re6+ Kd7 49. Ra8 Rb7 50. Ra6 Rh5 51. Rxf6 Ke7 52. Rff8 Rh6
53. Rae8+ Kd7 54. Re2 Rc6+ 55. Kd3 Rd6+ 56. Ke4 Rb4+ 57. Ke5 Ke7 58. Rh8 Ra6
59. Rh7+ Kf8 60. Rc2 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 28th"]
[Site "Eilat"]
[Date "2012.10.14"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Palac, Mladen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2012.10.11"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ashdod"]
[BlackTeam "Siroki Brijeg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 Ne4 8. Rc1
Bb7 9. Nd2 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Nxg3 11. hxg3 d6 12. e4 Qf6 13. Qa4+ Bc6 14. Qa3 e5
15. d5 Bb7 16. c5 dxc5 17. Nc4 Nd7 18. Ne3 c6 19. Bc4 cxd5 20. Bxd5 Bxd5 21.
Nxd5 Qc6 22. c4 Nf6 23. O-O Nxd5 24. exd5 Qd6 25. f4 O-O 26. Rce1 exf4 27. gxf4
Rae8 28. fxg5 hxg5 29. Qxa7 Rxe1 30. Rxe1 Qf4 31. Qe7 Ra8 32. Re4 Qc1+ 33. Kh2
Kg7 34. Re3 Rh8+ 35. Kg3 Qxc4 36. Qxg5+ Kf8 37. Ra3 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 28th"]
[Site "Eilat"]
[Date "2012.10.15"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Raznikov, Danny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "2012.10.11"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ashdod"]
[BlackTeam "Kfar Saba"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Kh1 Nc6 10. f3 Be6 11. Nd5 a5 12. Be3 a4 13. Nc1 Bxd5 14. exd5 Nd4 15.
Bxd4 exd4 16. Qxd4 Nd7 17. Rb1 Bf6 18. Qd2 Qa5 19. Qxa5 Rxa5 20. Rd1 Rc8 21. c4
Nc5 22. Kg1 g6 23. Kf1 Ra7 24. g3 b6 25. Kf2 Re7 26. Bf1 Rb8 27. Rd2 Bg5 28.
Rc2 Bf6 29. b4 axb3 30. axb3 Bd4+ 31. Kg2 Re1 32. b4 Nd7 33. Rb3 Ra8 34. Rd3
Bf6 35. Kf2 Ree8 36. f4 Bg7 37. Bh3 Nf6 38. Kf3 Ra1 39. c5 bxc5 40. bxc5 dxc5
41. d6 Bf8 42. d7 Rd8 43. Na2 Rb1 44. Nc3 Rb3 45. Ke2 c4 46. Rd1 Rb7 47. Rcd2
Bb4 48. Rb2 Rbb8 49. Rdb1 Bd6 50. Rxb8 Bxb8 51. Rb7 Bd6 52. Nb5 Bc5 53. Rc7 Bb6
54. Rc6 Nxd7 55. Bxd7 Bg1 56. Rc8 Rxc8 57. Bxc8 g5 58. fxg5 Bxh2 59. Kf2 Kg7
60. Kg2 Bxg3 61. Kxg3 f6 62. gxf6+ Kxf6 63. Kf4 h5 64. Nd6 h4 65. Bh3 Ke7 66.
Nxc4 Kf6 67. Nb6 Kg6 68. Nd5 Kg7 69. Kg5 Kf7 70. Kh6 Kf8 71. Kg6 Kg8 72. Nc7
Kf8 73. Kf6 Kg8 74. Ne6 Kh7 75. Kg5 Kh8 76. Kh6 Kg8 77. Kg6 Kh8 78. Ng5 Kg8 79.
Nh7 Kh8 80. Kh6 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 28th"]
[Site "Eilat"]
[Date "2012.10.16"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2012.10.11"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saratov Economist"]
[BlackTeam "Ashdod"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4
Nc6 9. Qf4 Qb8 10. Rd1 Qxf4 11. Bxf4 O-O 12. Ne5 Rfd8 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Bc7
Rdc8 15. Bxc6 dxc6 16. Be5 Rd8 17. b3 Ne8 18. Bxg7 Nxg7 19. f4 f6 20. Kf2 Kf7
21. e3 Ke8 22. Kf3 Ne6 23. g4 Nc5 24. Ne4 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Rd8 26. Rxd8+ Kxd8 27.
Nxc5 bxc5 28. h4 f5 29. e4 e6 30. h5 Ke7 31. hxg6 hxg6 32. e5 Kf7 33. a3 a5 34.
Kg3 Kg7 35. Kh3 Kh7 36. Kg2 Kh6 37. Kf3 g5 38. gxf5 exf5 39. fxg5+ Kxg5 40. Ke3
f4+ 41. Ke4 f3 42. Kxf3 Kf5 43. e6 Kxe6 44. Ke4 Kf6 45. Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 28th"]
[Site "Eilat"]
[Date "2012.10.17"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2012.10.11"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ashdod"]
[BlackTeam "St Petersburg CF"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. e3 e6 6. d4 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Nge2 Nge7 10. O-O O-O 11. Be3 Bg4 12. Qd2 Bxe2 13. Nxe2 Nf5 14. Rac1
Nxe3 15. fxe3 Ne7 16. Nf4 Bh6 17. Rc3 Qd7 18. Bh3 f5 19. Nd3 Rac8 20. Nc5 Qc6
21. Bg2 b6 22. Nd3 Qd6 23. Rfc1 Rxc3 24. Rxc3 Qe6 25. Nf4 Bxf4 26. exf4 Rc8 27.
Re3 Qd6 28. Re5 Kf7 29. Bf3 h5 30. Kg2 Qd7 31. a3 Rc6 32. Qe2 Rd6 33. Re3 Ng8
34. Rc3 Nf6 35. Qc2 Qe7 36. Rc7 Rd7 37. Rc6 Qe3 38. Qc3 Re7 39. Qxe3 Rxe3 40.
Rc7+ Kf8 41. Rc8+ Ke7 42. Rc7+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap d'Agde Karpov qual"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2012.10.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Milliet, Sophie"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2421"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2012.10.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Bd3 Rc8 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O
Nge7 9. Bf4 h6 10. h4 O-O 11. h5 f6 12. exf6 Rxf6 13. Bg3 Nf5 14. Bxf5 Rxf5 15.
b4 Bb6 16. b5 Na5 17. Nd4 Bxd4 18. cxd4 Bxb5 19. Re1 Qf6 20. Na3 Bd7 21. Rb1
Qf7 22. Re5 b6 23. Rxf5 Qxf5 24. Rc1 Rxc1 25. Qxc1 Nc6 26. Nb5 Qd3 27. Nxa7
Nxd4 28. Qc7 Ne2+ 29. Kh2 Qf5 30. Qe5 Qxe5 31. Bxe5 d4 32. Bd6 e5 33. a4 Kf7
34. Bb4 Ke6 35. a5 bxa5 36. Bxa5 Kd5 37. g3 d3 38. Kg2 Nd4 39. Kf1 Nb3 40. Bc3
d2 0-1

[Event "Cap d'Agde Karpov qual"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2012.10.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Bauer, Christian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2012.10.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. d5 Ne7 5. h4 h5 6. Bg5 Ng6 7. e3 Be7 8. Bd3 d6
9. Nf3 Nf8 10. Nd2 Ng4 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Qe2 f5 13. f3 Nf6 14. O-O-O c6 15. e4
f4 16. c5 dxc5 17. Nc4 Ng6 18. dxc6 bxc6 19. Na5 Qc7 20. Nb3 O-O 21. Nxc5 Kh7
22. Bc4 Qe7 23. Qf2 Ne8 24. Rd2 Rb8 25. a3 Nd6 26. Be2 Ne8 27. Kb1 Nc7 28. Ka1
Ne6 29. Nxe6 Bxe6 30. Bd1 Rxb2 31. Rxb2 Qxa3+ 32. Kb1 Qxc3 33. Qd2 Qa3 34. Qb4
Qxb4 35. Rxb4 Rd8 36. Kc1 Rd4 37. Ra4 Rxd1+ 38. Rxd1 Bb3 39. Rxa7 Bxd1 40. Kxd1
Nxh4 41. Ra2 g5 42. Ke1 g4 43. Kf2 Kg6 44. Rc2 Kf7 45. Rxc6 Ng6 46. Rc7+ Kg8
47. Rc8+ Kh7 48. Rc7+ Kh6 49. Rf7 Kg5 50. Rf5+ Kh6 51. fxg4 hxg4 52. g3 Kg7 53.
Rg5 fxg3+ 54. Kxg3 Kf6 55. Rxg4 Nf8 56. Rg8 Ne6 57. Rc8 Ng5 58. Rc6+ Ke7 59.
Rc4 Kd7 60. Kg4 Nf7 61. Ra4 Nd6 62. Kg5 Kc6 63. Kf6 Kd7 64. Kxe5 Nf7+ 65. Kf6
1-0

[Event "Cap d'Agde Karpov qual"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2012.10.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2012.10.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c5 5. d5 b5 6. cxb5 a6 7. bxa6 d6 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. O-O Nb6 11. Nd2 Bxa6 12. Qc2 Ra7 13. Rd1 Qa8 14. e4 Nbd7
15. Nf3 Rb8 16. Rb1 Ng4 17. h3 Nge5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. f4 Nd7 20. b3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap d'Agde Karpov qual"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2012.10.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Goryachkina, Aleksandra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2384"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2012.10.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. h3
Nc6 9. Qf3 Be7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Kb1 Qc7 12. g4 b5 13. g5 Nd7 14. h4 b4 15. Nd5
Bxd5 16. exd5 Nd4 17. Bxd4 Qxc2+ 18. Ka1 exd4 19. Bxa6 Ne5 20. Qh3 Rd8 21. Nxd4
Qc7 22. f4 Ng6 23. Bb5+ Kf8 24. h5 Nxf4 25. Qf5 1-0

[Event "Cap d'Agde Karpov qual"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2012.10.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Edouard, Romain"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2012.10.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Ne7 8.
Nc3 Ng6 9. Be3 Bb4 10. Nce2 O-O 11. Nf4 Nxf4 12. Bxf4 Bd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Ne2
Qe7 15. Nc3 f5 16. Qd4 f4 17. f3 Rd8 18. Qf2 Qb4 19. Rab1 Be6 20. a3 Qa5 21.
Rfd1 Qe5 22. Rd2 Rxd2 23. Qxd2 g5 24. Rd1 Kf7 25. Qd4 Qxd4+ 26. Rxd4 Kf6 27.
Kf2 Ke5 28. Rd1 h5 29. b3 h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap d'Agde Karpov qual"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2012.10.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ju, Wenjun"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2012.10.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. e3 Ngxe5 6. Nxe5 Nxe5 7. Be2 Bb4+
8. Bd2 a5 9. O-O d6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Nd5 Bc5 12. Bc3 c6 13. Nf4 Qg5 14. Kh1 Bg4
15. Nd3 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 f5 18. b3 f4 19. exf4 Rxf4 20. Qd2 Rf5 21.
Qxg5 Rxg5 22. f4 Rf5 23. g4 Rf7 24. Kg2 Re8 25. Rae1 Rxe1 26. Rxe1 Rxf4 27. Re7
g5 28. Rg7+ Kf8 29. Rxh7 Rxg4+ 30. Kf3 Rf4+ 31. Kg3 b6 32. Bd2 Rf2 33. Bxg5
Rxa2 34. Kg4 d5 35. cxd5 cxd5 36. h4 Rb2 37. Kf5 Rxb3 38. h5 Bd4 39. Kg6 Rf3
40. Rd7 Kg8 41. Rxd5 Bb2 42. Be7 Rg3+ 43. Bg5 Rf3 44. Rb5 Bd4 45. Rd5 Bb2 46.
Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap d'Agde Karpov qual"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2012.10.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Sebag, Marie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B55"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2012.10.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 Be6 7. c4 Nbd7 8. Be3
Rc8 9. Na3 a6 10. Be2 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Qd2 h6 13. Rfd1 Qc7 14. Rac1 Rfd8 15.
Bf1 Nh7 16. Nc2 Nc5 17. Nb4 Nxb3 18. axb3 Bg5 19. Rc3 Bxe3+ 20. Qxe3 Qc5 21.
Qxc5 dxc5 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Nd3 b6 24. Nxe5 Rd2 25. Rd3 Rxd3 26. Nxd3 a5 27.
Nf4 Nf6 28. Kf2 Kf8 29. Ke3 Nd7 30. Nd5 f5 31. Bd3 fxe4 32. Bxe4 Bxd5 33. Bxd5
Ke7 34. Ke4 Kf6 35. f4 Ke7 36. Kf5 Nf8 37. g4 g6+ 38. Ke4 Kf6 39. h4 g5 40.
fxg5+ hxg5 41. h5 Nd7 42. h6 Kg6 43. Be6 Nf6+ 44. Ke5 Ne8 45. Bd7 Nc7 46. Bb5
1-0

[Event "Cap d'Agde Karpov qual"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2012.10.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Milliet, Sophie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2421"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2012.10.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d5 6. c4 e5 7. Nf3 d4 8. O-O
Nc6 9. e3 Be7 10. exd4 exd4 11. Bf4 O-O 12. Ne5 Qb6 13. Qb3 Na5 14. Qc2 Be6 15.
Nd2 Rac8 16. b3 Rfd8 17. Rae1 Bb4 18. Nd3 Bf5 19. Re5 Bg6 20. Bh3 Rc5 21. Rxc5
Bxc5 22. b4 Bxb4 23. Rb1 Bxd3 24. Qxd3 Qc5 25. Nb3 Nxb3 26. Rxb3 b6 27. a3 Ba5
28. Rb5 Qe7 29. Re5 Qb7 30. Bg5 Qc6 31. Bg2 Qd6 32. Rf5 Re8 33. Bxf6 Re1+ 34.
Bf1 gxf6 35. Rh5 Kf8 36. Rd5 Qe6 37. Qxh7 Ke7 38. Kg2 Qe4+ 39. Qxe4+ Rxe4 40.
h4 Bc3 41. h5 Re5 42. h6 Rxd5 43. cxd5 d3 44. Bxd3 f5 45. Bxf5 Kd6 46. Be4 b5
47. f4 a5 48. g4 b4 49. a4 b3 50. g5 b2 51. Kf3 Bh8 52. f5 Ke5 53. f6 b1=Q 54.
Bxb1 Kxd5 55. Ba2+ Ke5 56. Kg4 1-0

[Event "Cap d'Agde Karpov qual"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2012.10.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bauer, Christian"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2012.10.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. c4 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 c6 7. Qc2 O-O 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Bf4 b6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Bc7 Qe8 12. Nc3 Bb7 13. Nb5 Ne4 14. Qb3 Ndc5
15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Qb4 a5 17. Qg4 Qxb5 18. Nd4 Qd7 19. Be5 f6 20. Bf4 f5 21. Qf3
Bf6 22. Qe3 Ne4 23. Nf3 d4 24. Qb3 g5 25. Bc1 g4 26. Ne1 Nc5 27. Qd1 Bxg2 28.
Nxg2 e5 29. Bh6 Rf7 30. Rc1 Re8 31. Bd2 Qd5 32. b4 Ne4 33. bxa5 bxa5 34. Qa4
Rb8 35. Rfd1 Bg5 36. Bxg5 Nxg5 37. Qa3 f4 38. Rc5 Qe4 39. Qc1 Nh3+ 0-1

[Event "Cap d'Agde Karpov qual"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2012.10.30"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2012.10.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Rd1 Bc6 10. Nc3 Bb4 11. Bg5 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nbd7 13. Ne5 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 h6
15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. e4 b5 18. Qe2 f5 19. d5 Rfe8 20. Qh5 Kg7 21.
dxe6 Qxe6 22. exf5 Qc6+ 23. Kg1 Rad8 24. axb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap d'Agde Karpov qual"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2012.10.31"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Goryachkina, Aleksandra"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2384"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2012.10.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 Bb7 8.
Bg2 d6 9. O-O Qe7 10. e4 e5 11. d5 a5 12. b3 O-O 13. Ne1 Nbd7 14. Nd3 Nc5 15.
a3 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 c5 17. f4 Bc8 18. f5 a4 19. Rfb1 axb3 20. Rxb3 Ra6 21. Rab1
Qa7 22. Bf3 Bd7 23. g4 h6 24. h4 Nh7 25. Kg2 f6 26. Be2 Ra8 27. Nf3 Ba4 28.
R3b2 Be8 29. Rb3 Kf8 30. Kg3 Ke7 31. Kg2 Kd8 32. g5 hxg5 33. hxg5 fxg5 34. Rh1
Nf6 35. Nxg5 Rxa3 36. Ne6+ Ke7 37. Rxa3 Qxa3 38. Nxg7 Qa2 39. Nxe8 Ra3 40. Qd1
Kxe8 41. Rh4 Qb2 42. Kf2 Qc3 43. Qg1 Qe3+ 0-1

[Event "Cap d'Agde Karpov qual"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2012.10.31"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Edouard, Romain"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2012.10.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nxd5 7. Bd2 Bb4 8.
g3 Nc6 9. Bg2 Nxd4 10. Nxd5 Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 Nc6 12. Nf4 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Bd7 14.
Rhc1 Ke7 15. Rc3 Rhc8 16. Rac1 Nd8 17. Nd3 Rxc3 18. Rxc3 Rc8 19. Ra3 Bc6 20. e4
a6 21. Rc3 Bd7 22. e5 Rxc3 23. Kxc3 Bb5 24. f4 f6 25. b4 Bxd3 26. exf6+ Kxf6
27. Kxd3 Ke7 28. Kc4 Kd6 29. h4 Kc7 30. Be4 h6 31. a4 Nf7 32. Bd3 Kd6 33. a5
Nd8 34. Be4 Kc7 35. Kc5 Nf7 36. g4 Nd6 37. Bd3 Nc8 38. Kd4 Nd6 39. h5 Kd7 40.
Bf1 Nf7 41. Kc5 Kc7 42. Bc4 Nd8 43. Bb3 Kd7 44. Kb6 Kc8 45. g5 Kd7 46. g6 Nc6
47. Ba4 1-0

[Event "Cap d'Agde Karpov qual"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2012.11.01"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ju, Wenjun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2012.10.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Ne2 Nf6 5. Nec3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Bg5 h6
9. Be3 Na6 10. Nd2 Nh7 11. O-O f5 12. exf5 gxf5 13. f4 b6 14. Nf3 Nc5 15. fxe5
dxe5 16. Qd2 f4 17. Bxc5 bxc5 18. Bd3 Qe7 19. Kh1 Bg4 20. Rae1 Ng5 21. Ne4 Ra6
22. Qf2 Nxe4 23. Bxe4 a4 24. Qc2 Kh8 25. Re2 Bf6 26. Bf5 Bh5 27. Bg6 Bg4 28. h3
Bd7 29. Bf5 Be8 30. Nxe5 Qg7 31. Nd3 Bg5 32. Nxc5 Bh5 33. Bg4 Bg6 34. Qd1 Rd6
35. Ne6 Rxe6 36. Rxe6 Bf7 37. Re2 Bg6 38. c5 Rd8 39. d6 cxd6 40. cxd6 Qf8 41.
d7 h5 42. Qd5 Qh6 43. Bf5 1-0

[Event "Cap d'Agde Karpov qual"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2012.11.01"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Sebag, Marie"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2012.10.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. dxc5 Nf6 6. Ngf3 Qxc5 7. Bd3 Nbd7
8. O-O Be7 9. Qe2 Qc7 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 Nc5 12. Qc4 O-O 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bf4
Bd6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Rad1 Qe7 17. Ne5 b6 18. Qf4 Bb7 19. Bb5 Rad8 20. Bc6 Qf6
21. Qxf6 gxf6 22. Bxb7 fxe5 23. Bc6 Rc8 24. Rd6 Rc7 25. b4 Rfc8 26. bxc5 Rxc6
27. Rxc6 Rxc6 28. cxb6 Rxb6 29. Rc1 Rb2 30. c4 Rxa2 31. c5 Rb2 32. c6 Rb8 33.
Ra1 Rc8 34. Rxa7 Rxc6 35. g3 Kg7 36. Kg2 e4 37. Ra5 Kg6 38. h4 f5 39. Ra8 Rc2
40. Kg1 Rc3 41. Re8 Kf7 42. Rh8 e3 43. fxe3 Kg7 44. Ra8 Rxe3 45. Kf2 Re5 46.
Re8 Re4 47. Kf3 h5 48. Re7+ Kg6 49. Re8 Re1 50. Kf2 Re5 51. Kf3 Re4 52. Rg8+
Kh7 53. Rg5 Kh6 54. Rg8 Ra4 55. Rh8+ Kg6 56. Rg8+ Kh7 57. Re8 Ra6 58. Kf4 Kg7
59. Kg5 Kf7 60. Rb8 Ra3 61. Rb7+ Ke8 62. Kf6 Rxg3 63. Kxe6 Kf8 64. Rf7+ Kg8 65.
Rxf5 Ra3 66. Rxh5 Ra6+ 67. Kf5 Ra5+ 68. Kg4 Rxh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap d'Agde Karpov KO"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2012.11.02"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ju, Wenjun"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2012.11.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. e3 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 d5 8.
Ne2 Ne4 9. Bxe4 dxe4 10. Nbc3 f5 11. h4 O-O 12. Nf4 e5 13. Nfd5 Qf7 14. O-O-O
Be6 15. Kb1 Rfd8 16. Qc2 a6 17. Nxc7 exd4 18. exd4 Qxc7 19. d5 Bf7 20. dxc6
Qxc6 21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. Rxd5 Rxd5 23. cxd5 Qxd5 24. Rd1 Qf7 25. a3 h6 26. Qc5 Rf8
27. Rd4 Kh7 28. Qe5 Re8 29. Qf4 Qe6 30. Rd2 Qe5 31. Qe3 Re7 32. Rd8 Kg6 33.
Qb6+ Kh5 34. Qe3 Rc7 35. Qd2 Rf7 36. Rd6 Rf6 37. Rd7 Rb6 38. Ka1 Kg6 39. Qc2
Kh7 40. Qd2 Rb3 41. Kb1 Qb5 42. a4 Rxb2+ 43. Qxb2 Qxd7 44. Qe5 Qd1+ 45. Kb2
Qd2+ 46. Kb3 Qxf2 47. a5 Qf3+ 48. Kb2 e3 49. h5 Qe4 50. Qd6 Qe8 51. Qd1 e2 52.
Qe1 Qe3 53. Ka2 Kg8 54. Kb2 Kf7 55. Ka2 Kf6 56. Kb2 Kg5 57. Qb4 Qe4 58. Qe1
Kxh5 59. Kb3 Kg4 60. Kb2 g5 61. Kb3 Qd3+ 62. Kb2 Qd1 63. Qb4+ f4 64. Qc3 e1=Q
65. Qc8+ Kxg3 0-1

[Event "Cap d'Agde Karpov KO"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2012.11.02"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ju, Wenjun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2012.11.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. a4 c6 8. e4
Qc7 9. b3 a6 10. a5 c5 11. Bb2 cxd4 12. Qxd4 e5 13. Qe3 Nc5 14. Rfd1 Be6 15.
Ng5 Bg4 16. f3 Bd7 17. Qd2 h6 18. Nh3 Bxh3 19. Bxh3 Rad8 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. Qxd5
Qe7 22. Ba3 h5 23. Kg2 h4 24. Qc4 Bh6 25. Rd5 Be3 26. Rad1 Kg7 27. Qe2 Qg5 28.
f4 Bxf4 29. Bxc5 hxg3 30. Bb6 Rh8 31. Bxd8 Qxd8 32. hxg3 Bxg3 33. Rxd6 Qe7 34.
Qg4 1-0

[Event "Cap d'Agde Karpov KO"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2012.11.03"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2012.11.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. c4 g6 5. b3 Bg7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. d3
Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Nbd7 10. Qc2 Re8 11. e3 e6 12. Nd2 h5 13. Rac1 Ng4 14. d4 Nh6 15.
b4 Nf6 16. a4 a6 17. b5 axb5 18. axb5 Nf5 19. Ra1 Qe7 20. Qb3 Bf8 21. Bc3 Nd6
22. Bb4 Qd7 23. b6 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Nxc4 25. Nxc4 dxc4 26. Qxc4 Bxb4 27. Qxb4 e5
28. dxe5 Rxe5 29. Ra8+ Re8 30. Ra7 Kg7 31. Qc3 Re6 32. h4 Kh7 33. Ra4 Qd8 34.
Rf4 Kg8 35. Qb2 c5 36. Qa1 Rxb6 37. Qe5 Qd6 38. Qxd6 Rxd6 39. Bxb7 Ng4 40. Bc8
Ne5 41. Re4 Nf3+ 42. Kg2 Nd2 43. Re7 c4 44. Rc7 Kf8 45. Bb7 Ke8 46. e4 Kd8 47.
Rc5 Rd4 48. Bd5 Ke7 49. Rc7+ Kd6 50. Rxf7 Nxe4 51. Bxc4 Rxc4 52. Rg7 Rc2 53.
Rxg6+ Ke5 54. g4 Rxf2+ 55. Kg1 Rf4 56. gxh5 Rxh4 57. h6 Nf6 58. Kg2 Kf5 59. Rg3
Rxh6 60. Ra3 Ne4 61. Ra8 Kf4 62. Rf8+ Ke3 63. Re8 Rg6+ 64. Kh3 Kf3 65. Kh2 Rg2+
66. Kh3 Ng5+ 67. Kh4 Nf7 68. Kh5 Rg5+ 69. Kh4 Rg6 70. Rh8 Nxh8 0-1

[Event "Cap d'Agde Karpov KO"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2012.11.03"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E69"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2012.11.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. h3
c6 9. e4 Qa5 10. Be3 exd4 11. Bxd4 Ne5 12. Nd2 Be6 13. Qe2 Nfd7 14. Rac1 c5 15.
Bxe5 Nxe5 16. b3 Nc6 17. Ndb1 a6 18. Qd2 Nd4 19. Kh2 b5 20. Nd5 Qd8 21. Nbc3
Rb8 22. Ne2 Nc6 23. Rfd1 bxc4 24. Rxc4 a5 25. Nef4 Bd7 26. Ne2 Re8 27. Ndf4 Bf8
28. Rcc1 h5 29. h4 Ne5 30. Qc2 Bg4 31. Rf1 Nf3+ 32. Kh1 Bh6 33. Qc3 Nd4 34.
Nxd4 cxd4 35. Qd2 Bxf4 36. Qxf4 Be2 37. Rfe1 d3 38. Bf1 Rb4 39. Bxe2 Rbxe4 40.
Qxe4 Rxe4 41. Bxd3 Rd4 42. Re3 d5 43. Rf3 Rxh4+ 44. Kg2 Rd4 45. Rc5 h4 46. Ba6
Qb6 47. Rc8+ Kg7 48. Bd3 h3+ 49. Kg1 Qe6 50. Rc1 Rxd3 0-1

[Event "Cap d'Agde Karpov KO"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2012.11.03"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2012.11.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. Rc1 c6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. h3
a6 9. a3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 b5 11. Ba2 c5 12. d5 exd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Qxd5 Nb6 15.
Qxd8 Bxd8 16. Rxc5 Na4 17. Rc2 Bf5 18. Rd2 Re8 19. O-O Bf6 20. Nd4 Bg6 21. Bd5
Rad8 22. Bc6 Rf8 23. Rfd1 h5 24. Bf3 Kh7 25. g4 hxg4 26. hxg4 Rfe8 27. Kg2 Be4
28. Bxe4+ Rxe4 29. Kf3 Re7 30. Nf5 Rxd2 31. Rxd2 Rb7 32. b3 Nc5 33. b4 Na4 34.
Rd6 Ra7 35. Rd5 Bb2 36. Be5 Bxe5 37. Rxe5 Nb6 38. Nd6 Rd7 39. Ne4 Nc4 40. Rc5
Nxa3 41. Rc6 Ra7 42. Ng5+ 1-0

[Event "Cap d'Agde Karpov KO"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2012.11.03"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2012.11.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8.
Rc1 Qa5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. d5 e6 11. c4 Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 f5 13. Bxc5 Bh6+ 14. Be3 f4
15. Bc5 f3+ 16. Kc2 Rf7 17. Nxf3 Bxc1 18. Kxc1 Na6 19. Bd6 b6 20. Kd2 Nc5 21.
Bd3 exd5 22. cxd5 Bg4 23. Bxc5 bxc5 24. Ke3 Bxf3 25. gxf3 Kf8 26. Bc4 Rb7 27.
d6 Rab8 28. e5 Rb1 29. Rxb1 Rxb1 30. f4 Rd1 31. Bd3 Kf7 32. Ke2 Ra1 33. Bc4+
Kf8 34. e6 Rb1 35. e7+ Ke8 36. a4 1-0

[Event "Cap d'Agde Karpov KO"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2012.11.03"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2012.11.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 Na6 7. Nf3 c5 8. d5 e6
9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. Be2 Qb6 11. Rb1 Rfe8 12. O-O Bd7 13. Nd2 Nb4 14. a3 Nc6 15. b4
Rad8 16. Na4 Qc7 17. bxc5 Bc8 18. Qc2 dxc5 19. Nxc5 Qe7 20. Bf3 Nd4 21. Bxd4
Rxd4 22. Ncb3 Rdd8 23. a4 Nd7 24. c5 Ne5 25. Be2 a6 26. Rfd1 Nc6 27. Bf1 Be6
28. Nc4 Nd4 29. Nxd4 Rxd4 30. Nd6 Rd8 31. Rxb7 Qg5 32. Rbb1 Bxh3 33. Rxd4 Bxd4
34. Qd3 Bxc5 35. Qxh3 Bxd6 36. Qf3 a5 37. Rb7 Qf4 38. Qxf4 Bxf4 39. g3 Bd6 40.
Bc4 Rf8 41. f4 Bb4 42. e5 Kg7 43. Kg2 h5 44. e6 Kf6 45. exf7 g5 46. Rb6+ Kf5
47. Rb5+ 1-0

[Event "Cap d'Agde Karpov KO"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2012.11.03"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2012.11.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. Rc1 c6 7. e3 a6 8. c5
Nbd7 9. b4 b6 10. h3 a5 11. a3 axb4 12. axb4 bxc5 13. bxc5 Qa5 14. Nd2 Ba6 15.
Be2 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Bd8 17. O-O Bc7 18. Nb3 Qa7 19. Ra1 Qb7 20. Bxc7 Qxc7 21. f4
Rfb8 22. Qc2 h6 23. Nd2 Ra5 24. Nf3 Rba8 25. Rab1 Ra3 26. Rb4 Rb8 27. Rxb8+
Qxb8 28. Rb1 Qa8 29. Kh2 Qa5 30. Rb3 Rxb3 31. Qxb3 Ne4 32. Nxe4 dxe4 33. Ne5
Nxe5 34. Qb8+ Kh7 35. Qxe5 Qa4 36. Qxe4+ g6 37. Qe5 h5 38. e4 Qc2 39. d5 cxd5
40. exd5 Qxc5 41. d6 Qc6 42. Qd4 Qd7 43. Qb6 Qa4 44. Qe3 Qd1 45. Qe5 Qd2 46. h4
Kg8 47. Kg3 Qd3+ 48. Kf2 Qd2+ 49. Kf3 Qd3+ 50. Kf2 Qd2+ 51. Kg3 Qd3+ 52. Kh2
Qd2 53. Kh3 Qd3+ 54. Kh2 Qd2 55. f5 gxf5 56. Qc5 Kh7 57. Qc7 Qf4+ 58. Kg1 Kg6
59. Qc5 Qxh4 60. Qc3 Qf4 61. Qc8 Qxd6 1-0

[Event "Cap d'Agde Karpov KO"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2012.11.03"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2012.11.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 g6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Be3 Bg7 8.
Qd2 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nc6 10. Rd1 O-O 11. Nf3 Bg4 12. Be2 Qa5 13. O-O Rac8 14. h3
Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Qxd2 16. Rxd2 Na5 17. Bg5 Bf6 18. Bh6 Bg7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. e5
Rfd8 21. d5 f6 22. exf6+ Kxf6 23. Re2 Rd6 24. Rfe1 Rc7 25. h4 Nc4 26. g4 Nb6
27. Re6+ Rxe6 28. Rxe6+ Kf7 29. g5 Nc4 30. h5 Nd6 31. h6 Rc2 32. Re3 Rc4 33.
Kg2 a5 34. Kh3 Nf5 35. Rd3 Rh4+ 36. Kg2 Rf4 37. Kh3 b5 38. a3 b4 39. axb4 axb4
40. Bg4 Rxf2 41. Bxf5 Rxf5 42. Kg4 Ke8 43. Rd4 b3 44. Kg3 Kf7 45. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap d'Agde Karpov KO"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2012.11.03"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2012.11.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. c4 g6 5. b3 Bg7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. d3 Bg4 8. Nbd2
Nbd7 9. O-O Re8 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Nxf3 e5 12. e3 Qa5 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Qd2 Qxd2
15. Nxd2 e4 16. dxe4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Rad1 Nc5 19. Ba3 Rac8 20. Rc1 b6
21. Rc4 f5 22. Rfc1 a5 23. Bxc5 bxc5 24. Rxc5 Rxc5 25. Rxc5 Re5 26. Rc7 Bf8 27.
Ra7 Be7 28. Bf1 Kg7 29. Bc4 Kf6 30. h4 h5 31. Kf1 Kg7 32. Ra6 g5 33. hxg5 Bxg5
34. a4 h4 35. Bb5 hxg3 36. Rxa5 gxf2 37. Kxf2 Rd5 38. Ke2 f4 39. Ra7+ Kf6 40.
exf4 Bxf4 41. Bd7 Bd6 42. a5 Ke5 0-1

[Event "BCF-chT 1213 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2013.05.06"]
[Round "11.114"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Sadler, Matthew D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A96"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2012.11.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wood Green Hilsmark"]
[BlackTeam "Guildford"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 d6 7. d4 Ne4 8. Nfd2
d5 9. Ba3 Nc6 10. e3 Bd7 11. f3 Nf6 12. Qe2 Be8 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Nc3 Bh5 15.
Rac1 Rad8 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Rfe1 Rd6 18. Qb5 Rb8 19. Qc5 a6 20. Na4 b6 21. Qc3
a5 22. Nb2 Nb4 23. Qxc7 Qxc7 24. Rxc7 Ne8 25. Rcc1 Nxa2 26. Rc2 Nb4 27. Rc3 Na2
28. Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest Kings 6th"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2012.11.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2012.11.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b5 {This
interesting pawn sacrifice was examined in several CBM issues, most recently
in CBM 124, annotations to Wang Yue - Mamedyarov.} 7. cxb5 c6 8. Bg5 cxb5 9. e3
Bb7 10. Nf3 a6 11. Bd3 (11. Be2 {is more passive.}) 11... h6 12. Bh4 d6 13. O-O
Nbd7 14. Qb4 {Probably the most accurate move order. White immediately attacks
the d6-pawn.} (14. Bg3 Rc8 15. Qb4 Be4 16. Be2 Rc2 17. Rfe1 Nd5 18. Qxd6 Qc8
19. a4 Rxb2 20. Bf1 N7b6 21. axb5 axb5 22. Ne5 Nc4 23. Nxc4 bxc4 $132 {1/2
Howell,D (2620)-Jones,G (2655)/North Shields ENG 2012/The Week in Chess 925 
(32)}) (14. Rfd1 Qb6 15. Qe1 Be4 16. Bf1 Rfc8 17. Nd2 Bg6 18. Rdc1 e5 $11 {
1/2 Kruppa,Y (2552)-Stanec,N (2530)/Panormo 2001/CBM 084 ext (30)}) (14. a4
bxa4 15. Rxa4 e5 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Rd1 Qe7 18. Nd2 Rfc8 19. Qb4 Nc5 20. Nb3 g5
21. Nxc5 Rxc5 22. Ra5 Ne4 $1 23. Rxc5 (23. Bxe4 Rc1 $1) 23... Nxc5 24. Rc1 Rc8
25. Bg3 Rc7 $11 {1/2 Schmidt,T (2455)-Rost,D (2502)/ICCF Email 1999/CBM 114 
(30)}) (14. Rac1 Qb6 15. Nd2 Rac8 16. Qb4 Nd5 17. Qb3 N7f6 18. Bb1 a5 19. Rxc8
Rxc8 20. Qd1 Nd7 21. Re1 a4 $11 {1-0 Bryzgalin,K (2473)-Polschikov,A (2395)/
Taganrog 2011/CBM 143 (59)}) (14. Rfc1 Qb6 (14... Rc8 15. Qb4 Rxc1+ 16. Rxc1
Qb8 (16... Bxf3 $5 17. gxf3 Nd5 {V.Golod}) 17. Bg3 Rc8 18. Re1 (18. Rxc8+ Qxc8
19. Bxd6 Qc1+ 20. Ne1 Ne4 21. Bxe4 Bxe4 22. Qc3 Qxc3 23. bxc3 Nb6 {should be a
draw}) 18... Be4 19. Bf1 Rc6 20. Nd2 Qb6 21. Nxe4 Nxe4 22. a4 bxa4 23. Qxa4
Ndf6 $11 {1/2 Moreno Ruiz,J (2536)-Illescas Cordoba,M (2601)/Arenal d'en
Castell 2011/EXT 2012 (30)}) 15. Bg3 (15. Qc7 Rfc8 16. Qxb6 Nxb6 17. Bg3 Rxc1+
18. Rxc1 Rc8 $11 {0-1 L'Ami,E (2628)-Nakamura,H (2751)/Wijk aan Zee 2011/CBM
141 (43)}) 15... Nh5 16. Qc7 Nxg3 17. Qxd7 Nh5 18. Qc7 Qxc7 19. Rxc7 Rab8 20.
Rac1 Nf6 21. Nd2 Rfc8 22. Nb3 Kf8 23. Na5 Ne8 24. R7c3 Ke7 25. f3 Kd7 $11 {
1/2 Wang Yue (2689)-Mamedyarov,S (2752)/Baku 2008/CBM 124/[Krasenkow] (48)})
14... Qb6 15. Bg3 Be4 (15... Bxf3 16. gxf3 e5 17. a4 $1 Rab8 18. axb5 axb5 19.
Ra5 $14 {1/2 Ballo,E (2195)-Traudes,W (2195)/Germany 1998/EXT 1999 (57)}) 16.
Be2 Rfc8 17. Rfc1 Ne8 (17... d5 18. Rc3 (18. Ne5 $14) 18... Bxf3 19. gxf3 Rc6
20. Rac1 Rac8 21. Bd3 Rxc3 22. Rxc3 Rxc3 23. Qxc3 Qb7 24. b3 $14 {1/2 Arlandi,
E (2434)-Tukmakov,V (2595)/Geneve 2001/EXT 2002 (55)}) 18. Nd2 (18. Ne1 $5 Rxc1
19. Rxc1 Bb7 20. f3 Rc8 21. Rxc8 Bxc8 22. e4 Bb7 23. Kf1 Qc6 24. Qa5 Nb6 25. b3
f5 26. d5 Qc7 27. dxe6 fxe4 28. fxe4 Nd5 $1 29. Qxc7 Ndxc7 30. e5 dxe5 31. Bxe5
Nxe6 $14 {1/2 Sarkar,J (2414)-Yang,D (2493)/Saint Louis USA 2012/The Week in
Chess 943 (60)}) {However, GM Vassily Ivanchuk shows that White needn't fear ..
.Be4-c2.} 18... Bc2 $6 (18... Bb7 $5) 19. h3 Rab8 20. a4 $1 bxa4 $2 (20... Ndf6
$1 $14) 21. Qxb6 Nxb6 22. Bxa6 Rc7 23. Bb5 f6 24. Bxe8 Rxe8 25. Bxd6 Rc6 26.
Bc5 {White has won a pawn; besides, Black's a4-pawn is weak.} Bg6 $2 {After
this move the a4-pawn is lost, too, and Black's position becomes absolutely
hopeless.} (26... Bd3 $1 27. Rc3 Bb5) 27. Nc4 $1 Nxc4 28. Rxc4 Ra8 29. Rcxa4
Rxa4 30. Rxa4 {[%mdl 4096]} Bd3 31. Ra3 Be2 32. Ra8+ Kf7 33. Ra7+ Kg8 34. Rb7
Ra6 35. Bb4 $6 {A strange move.} (35. b4 $142 Ra1+ 36. Kh2 Rb1 37. e4) 35...
Ra1+ 36. Kh2 Rc1 37. h4 h5 38. Bc3 Bc4 39. Rc7 Bd3 40. Rc5 Rc2 41. Kg3 Be2 $2 (
41... Be4 $1 {was much stronger, preventing e3-e4 and setting up a nice trap:}
42. Rxh5 $2 e5 43. dxe5 Bg6 44. Kg4 Rxf2 45. exf6 Bxh5+ 46. Kxh5 gxf6 {, and
it is unclear whether White can win. Therefore after 41...Be4 more efforts
were required from White to convert his material advantage.}) 42. e4 {Now
everything is easy.} Kf7 43. d5 exd5 44. Rxd5 (44. exd5 {was even simpler.})
44... Bg4 45. f3 Be6 46. Rxh5 Bc4 47. e5 Kg6 48. Rh8 Bf1 49. exf6 {Concluding:
White keeps some pressure in this line.} 1-0

[Event "Bucharest Kings 6th"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2012.11.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C87"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2012.11.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 {These days this is
quite popular move on the highest level, designed to avoid tons of theory in
the main lines.} d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Re1 Bg4 9. Nbd2 Nd7 10. h3 Bh5 11. Bc2 (11.
Nf1 {allows Black to start activity in the centre:} Nc5 12. Bc2 (12. Bxc6 bxc6
13. g4 Bg6 14. Ng3 Ne6 15. Kg2 c5 $11 {Carlsen,M (2786)-Beliavsky,A (2619)
Dresden 2008}) 12... d5 13. Qe2 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 d4 $11 {Adams,M (2735)
-Kasimdzhanov,R (2679) Cala Mayor 2008}) 11... h6 {A new continuation in this
particular position. Like yesterday against Nisipeanu (19.h3), the Ukrainian
GM makes a useful waiting move, asking White to define his intentions.} (11...
Nc5 {has been played before, after which White can start playing aggressively
with} 12. g4 Bg6 13. d4 {winning a tempo by attacking the knight and Black has
nothing better than to retreat it back to d7.}) 12. a3 {Playing "cat and
mouse": for the moment Topalov is choosing a similar strategy, asking his
opponent to find another useful move.} Re8 {Ivanchuk doesn't have problems
with that: Black is not forced to hurry with playing Nd7-c5, since there are
sufficient other options.} 13. g4 {White can hardly claim to fight for
advantage without the pawn advance in the centre. And in order to play d3-d4
the ex-World Champion decides to go for this double-edged advance as well.} ({
The immediate} 13. d4 {would be a mistake in view of} exd4 14. g4 dxc3) ({But} 
13. Nf1 {was a very decent alternative}) 13... Bg6 14. d4 exd4 15. cxd4 d5 $1 {
A good "human" decision. In all cases Black's chances for a successful fight
for the supremacy in the centre is by no means worse.} 16. e5 {"When I went
for this, I missed that he can arrange his pieces so comfortably like in the
game and that White can be even worse" (Topalov)} (16. exd5 Bxc2 17. Qxc2 Na7 {
is also fine for Black.}) 16... Bxc2 17. Qxc2 Nf8 {The knight comes to e6,
blockading e5 and underlining the weakness of pawn on d4.} 18. Nf1 {Ideally
White would like to bring this knight to f5 and create some attack, but Black
will mobilise his forces very quickly and start his own counterplay on the
kingside, exploiting the weaknesses created by the advance of the white g-pawn.
} Ne6 19. Be3 Bg5 20. Rad1 (20. Nxg5 hxg5 21. Rad1 f6 {offers Black great play
as well.}) 20... f6 $1 21. Qb3 Na5 22. Qc3 ({After} 22. Qb4 {Black plays} Nc4 {
as well and} ({Better than} 22... c6 23. h4 Bxe3 24. Nxe3 $14) 23. Qxb7 {
favours Black after} Rb8 $17) 22... Nc4 23. h4 Bxe3 24. Nxe3 Nxe3 25. Qxe3 c6 (
25... fxe5 26. Qxe5 c6 27. Re3 $11) 26. h5 Rf8 27. exf6 Qxf6 {Ivanchuk has
managed to achieve a slight advantage. Almost at every move White has several
options, but there is no clear equality, which means that Topalov is always
forced to defend a slightly inferior position. However, in spite of the many
remaining moves, the game never crossed the line of just a minimal advantage
for Black.} 28. Ne5 {Topalov prefers to keep the knights, possibly hoping that
in a more complicated position time can play its role (Ivanchuk had less than
10 minutes left at this moment).} (28. Qxe6+ Qxe6 29. Rxe6 Rxf3 30. Re7 Raf8
$15) 28... Qh4 29. Qg3 Qxg3+ 30. fxg3 {Black's structural advantage is not
enough for real winning chances.} Ng5 31. Kg2 Ne4 32. Rf1 Rxf1 33. Rxf1 Re8 (
33... Rf8 34. Rf5 $1) 34. Nd7 Rd8 35. Ne5 Re8 36. Nd7 a5 {Obviously, being at
no risk himself Ivanchuk prefers to keep the game going.} (36... Rd8 37. Ne5
Re8 {would have been a draw due to the threefold repetition.}) 37. a4 Ng5 38.
Ne5 Rf8 39. Rf5 $1 {White is ready to exchange rooks only if it improves his
pawn structure.} (39. Rf4 $2 Ne6 40. Rxf8+ Kxf8 {and the knight endgame is
lost for White}) 39... Ne4 (39... Ne6 40. Nf3) 40. Kf3 Re8 41. Kg2 Nd6 42. Rf2
Re7 43. b3 Re8 44. Rc2 Nf7 45. Nf3 Kf8 46. Rf2 Kg8 (46... Ke7 47. Nh4 $1) 47.
Rc2 Kh7 ({The complications after} 47... Re3 48. Rc5 Rxb3 49. Rxa5 {will most
likely lead to a draw as well.}) 48. Rc5 Re2+ 49. Kf1 Re3 50. Kg2 Ng5 (50...
Rxb3 51. Rxa5 $11) 51. Nxg5+ hxg5 52. Rxa5 Rxb3 53. Ra7 g6 54. a5 Kh6 55. Ra8 (
55. a6 bxa6 56. Rxa6 Rc3 57. hxg6 Kxg6 58. Ra7 Kf6 59. Rc7 {is also possible.})
55... gxh5 56. Rh8+ Kg7 57. Rb8 Rb5 (57... hxg4 $2 58. a6) (57... h4 58. gxh4
gxh4 59. Kh2 $1 $11 (59. a6 $4 {loses here:} Rg3+ 60. Kh2 bxa6)) 58. gxh5 g4
59. Kf2 Kh6 60. Ke3 Kxh5 61. Kf4 Kg6 62. Kxg4 Rxa5 63. Kf4 c5 64. dxc5 Rxc5 65.
Rxb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest Kings 6th"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2012.11.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C93"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2012.11.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 {Yesterday Ivanchuk had the Ruy Lopez
with the black pieces, today he tries it with White.} Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. d4 (10. Ng5 Rf8 11. Nf3 Re8 12. Ng5 {is a
well-known way to finish the game avoiding the 30-moves no-draw-rule, which,
by the way, is valid in Kings Tournament.}) 10... Bb7 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. Bc2 h6
13. a3 Nb8 {Quiet strategic play is typical of the Ruy Lopez. By transferring
the knight to d7 Caruana soon gets a mix between the Zaitsev and Breyer
variations.} 14. a4 $5 {Didn't he just play a2-a3? Obviously with the knight
on b8 Ivanchuk feels that the start of direct activity on the queenside is
more justified.} Nbd7 15. Bd3 c6 16. b3 g6 17. Qc2 Nh5 18. Ba3 Nf4 19. Bf1 Rc8
20. Rad1 {White has some pressure and Caruana tries to clarify the situation
in the centre. However, as he admitted after the game, he didn't feel very
comfortable with Black's position.} exd4 ({The Italian grandmaster rejected a
move like} 20... Qc7 {(or 20...Qb6) in view of} 21. dxe5 dxe5 22. Bxf8 Rxf8 23.
b4 {with better prospects for White.}) 21. cxd4 Ne6 22. Qc3 Qb6 {Black is
ready for the advance c6-c5 now.} ({The immediate} 22... c5 {doesn't work:} 23.
axb5 cxd4 24. Qb2 axb5 25. Bxb5 {and White is clearly better}) 23. Qa1 $5 {
Amazingly, this is the best square for the queen. It influences the centre
without being exposed to Black's pieces.} Bg7 (23... c5 24. d5 {followed by
Bb2 looks better for White.}) 24. Bb2 d5 {Being under some pressure Caruana
tries to blockade the centre.} 25. a5 ({Also deserving of attention was the
immediate} 25. b4 {and Black cannot play} a5 {in view of} 26. exd5 cxd5 27.
Bxb5) 25... Qc7 26. b4 dxe4 27. Nxe4 Nf4 28. Ne5 Nd5 29. Nd3 ({Ivanchuk's deep
strategic play led to some advantage for White, but Black's position is very
solid thanks to his strong knight on d5. Possibly here is the only moment
where White could try to increase the pressure with} 29. Nc5 Nxc5 (29... Nxe5
30. dxe5 Nxb4 {runs into} 31. Rd7) 30. dxc5 h5 31. Nd3 Bxb2 32. Qxb2 Rcd8 33.
g3 {Black still has problems with his weak light-squared bishop, as the
immediate try to activate it doesn't work:} Bc8 34. Rxe8+ Rxe8 35. Bg2 Bf5 $2
36. Bxd5 {with big advantage for White.}) (29. Nxd7 Qxd7 30. Nc5 Qc7 31. Qa3
Rcd8 32. g3 Bc8 33. Bg2 Re7 {is equal.}) 29... Rcd8 30. g3 Bc8 31. Bg2 Nf8 {
Now Caruana rearranges his pieces and equalises.} 32. Qa3 Ne6 33. Ndc5 Re7 34.
Nxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest Kings 6th"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2012.11.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2012.11.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 $5 {Dieser Zug
gewann zuletzt an Popularität. Die zwei Alternativen sind 6...Qc7 und 6...Ne7.}
7. Bd2 {Es droht 8.c4 mit Öffnung der Stellung, daher muss Schwarz noch einen
Damenzug machen.} Qa4 (7... Ne7 8. c4 Qa4 9. dxc5 $14) 8. Qg4 {Diese Idee hat
einen Vorteil und einen Nachteil. Der Vorteil ist, dass Schwarz das
Rochaderecht einbüßt und seinen König am Königsflügel behalten muss. Der
Nachteil ist, dass Weiß viel Zeit verliert, weil die Dame im nächsten Zug
zurückkehren muss. Schwarz hat dadurch genug Zeit, um sein Spiel zu
organisieren.} (8. Qb1 $5 {Ich glaube, dass diese Variante zurecht die
Hauptvariante ist. Hier hat Schwarz sehr wenig Gegenspiel und Weiß steht etwas
besser.} c4 (8... a6 9. Qb3 Qxb3 10. cxb3 Nc6 11. dxc5 Nxe5 12. Bf4 {Weiß hat
die besseren Chancen wegen dem Läuferpaar und der Schwäche der schwarzen
Feldern.} Ng6 13. Bd6 e5 14. O-O-O Be6 15. Bd3 N8e7 16. Ne2 Nc8 17. Bc7 Kd7 18.
Ba5 Nce7 19. b4 Nc6 20. Bb6 $14 {1-0 Areshchenko,A (2640)-Socko,B (2630)/
Germany 2007/CBM 118 (41)}) 9. h4 Nc6 (9... f6 10. h5 fxe5 11. dxe5 Nc6 12. f4
Nh6 13. Ne2 Bd7 14. Qb2 O-O-O 15. Nd4 Nf5 16. Nxf5 exf5 17. Be3 $14 {1-0
Jakovenko,D (2667)-Zhang Pengxiang (2622)/Ergun 2006/CBM 114 (50)}) 10. h5 h6
11. Nf3 Bd7 12. g3 O-O-O 13. Bh3 Nge7 14. O-O $14 {1-0 Svidler,P (2739)-Lima,D
(2493)/Khanty-Mansiysk 2011/CBM 145 (52)}) 8... Kf8 9. Qd1 (9. Bd3 c4 10. Be2
Qxc2 $15 {Weiß hat nicht genug für den Bauern, weil die Stellung geschlossen
ist. Die schwarze Dame kehrt nach g6 zurück, die Springer gehen nach c6 und e7,
und es ist nicht klar, was Weiß da machen kann.}) 9... Ne7 {Meiner Meinung
nach ist die Idee 9...b6 und ...Ba6 aus strategischer Sicht etwas besser.} (
9... cxd4 10. cxd4 Qxd4 $4 {Der Bauer ist tabu!} 11. Bb4+ $18) (9... b6 10. c4
(10. Nf3 Ne7 11. Bd3 Ba6 12. O-O Nd7 13. Bxa6 Qxa6 14. a4 h6 $132 {1/2-1/2
Berg,E (2606)-Maksimovic,B (2423)/Budva 2009/CBM 130 (30)}) 10... Ne7 11. cxd5
Qxd4 12. dxe6 Qxe5+ 13. Be2 Bb7 $1 {und Weiß hat nichts Besseres gefunden, als
die Züge zu wiederholen.} 14. Bf4 Qc3+ 15. Bd2 Qe5 16. Bf4 Qc3+ 17. Bd2 {
1/2-1/2 Grischuk,A (2720)-Shulman,Y (2565)/Khanty-Mansiysk 2005/CBM 111}) 10.
Qb1 $1 {Weiß nutzt die Zugfolge, die Schwarz gewählt hat und erlaubt kein ...
b6 mehr.} Nbc6 (10... b6 $4 11. Bb5 Qa5 12. c4 $18) (10... cxd4 11. Bb5 Qa5 12.
cxd4 $16) 11. Nf3 c4 {Wieder konnte man kein ...b6 spielen.} (11... b6 12. Bb5
Qa5 13. c4 $18) 12. g3 {In dieser Stellung ist es nicht so wichtig, wie man
konkret spielt. Die Idee von Weiß ist es, sein Spiel am Königsflügel zu
organisieren. Das ist jetzt besonders unangenehm, weil der schwarze König am
Königsflügel steckt.} (12. h4 Ke8 (12... h6 13. g3 Ke8 14. Bh3 Kd8 15. O-O $14
{1/2-1/2 Cornette,M (2562)-Housieaux,D (2436)/Mulhouse 2011/CBM 142 Extra (50)}
) 13. h5 h6 14. g4 Kd8 15. g5 hxg5 16. Nxg5 Ke8 17. Be2 b6 18. Bg4 Bd7 19. Qd1
$14 {1-0 Karjakin,S (2599)-Nikolic,P (2676)/Wijk aan Zee 2005/CBM 105 (47)})
12... h6 13. Nh4 {Weiß will Bh3 spielen und dann versuchen, die typische Idee
f4-f5 zum Leben zu bringen.} Ke8 $1 {Schwarz hat keine Wahl - er muss seinen
König evakuieren, sonst wird er einfach Matt gesetzt.} 14. Bh3 Rg8 $1 {Schwarz
macht es Weiß unmöglich, f4-f5 zu spielen.} 15. Qd1 {Die Dame nimmt das Feld
g4 unter Kontrolle.} (15. f4 $4 g5 $1 16. fxg5 hxg5 17. Nf3 (17. Ng2 g4 $19)
17... g4 $19) 15... Ng6 {Wieder eine genaue Verteidigung - Schwarz macht alles,
um den Vorstoß des weißen f-Bauern zu verhindern.} (15... Kd8 16. f4 Kc7 17.
O-O $16) 16. Ng2 $1 {Natürlich darf man auf g6 nicht nehmen, danach würde die
Idee f4-f5 nicht mehr realisierbar sein.} (16. Nxg6 fxg6 17. Bg2 Bd7 18. Ra2
Kd8 19. Qg4 Ne7 20. O-O Kc7 $132) 16... Nce7 17. O-O Bd7 18. Ne3 $1 {Der
Springer steht auf e3 ideal - er verteidigt den Bauern c2 und bereitet den
Vorstoß f4-f5 vor. Nicht zu vergessen - Schwarz kann nicht rochieren, weil
sein König schon gezogen hat. Das heißt, er muss viel Zeit verlieren, um seine
Figuren zu koordinieren.} Qa5 19. Qh5 Nf8 {Ivanchuk findet die letzte Chance.
Man muss sagen, dass die Stellung von Schwarz jedoch schlecht war und schlecht
bleibt.} (19... Kd8 20. f4 Kc7 21. f5 exf5 22. Nxf5 Bxf5 23. Bxf5 Raf8 24. e6
Nxf5 25. Qxf5 $18) 20. f4 g6 (20... Rh8 21. f5 exf5 22. Bxf5 $1 Nxf5 23. Nxf5
Bxf5 24. Qxf5 $16) 21. Qxh6 Nf5 22. Bxf5 $6 {Warum mit dem Läufer, warum nicht
mit dem Springer?!} (22. Qg5 $2 Nxe3 23. Bxe3 Qxc3 $132) (22. Nxf5 gxf5 23. Bg2
$18 {Die Stellung ist absolut gewonnen.}) 22... gxf5 {Auch hier steht Weiß auf
Gewinn, aber den Läufer würde man später eher brauchen, wenn man anfängt g4
durchzuführen.} 23. Kh1 Rc8 24. Rg1 {Weiß braucht nur noch einen Zug - g4 -,
und man wird gleich nach Hause gehen können. Unglaublicherweise hat's dann
doch nicht gereicht...} Qa4 25. Qh4 $6 {Man konnte doch gleich g4 spielen.} (
25. g4 $1 fxg4 26. Nxg4 Kd8 (26... Rxg4 27. Rxg4 Qxc2 28. Rg8 Qe4+ 29. Kg1 Ke7
30. f5 $18) 27. Qf6+ Kc7 28. Qxf7 Rh8 29. Ne3 $18) 25... Rc6 $5 {Schwarz hat
da was im Sinne gegen 26.g4.} 26. g4 Ng6 $1 (26... fxg4 27. Nxg4 Rxg4 28. Rxg4
Qxc2 29. Rg8 Qxd2 30. Qh6 $18) 27. gxf5 {Auch 27.Qh7 ist sehr stark.} (27. Qh7
$5 Kf8 (27... Rh8 28. Qg7 Rf8 29. gxf5 exf5 30. Nxd5 $18) 28. Qh6+ Ke8 29. Rac1
$18) 27... exf5 28. Qh7 Rh8 (28... Kf8 29. Qh6+ Ke8 30. Be1 $18) 29. Qg7 Rh3
30. Qg8+ $2 {Wieder unverständlich, warum Weiß nicht die einfachen Züge macht,
das Nehmen auf d5 sah doch wirklich gut aus!} (30. Nxd5 Qxc2 31. Qg8+ Nf8 32.
Rg2 $1 {und Weiß gewinnt} Qe4 33. Nf6+ Rxf6 34. exf6 Bc6 35. Re1 $18) 30... Nf8
31. Rg7 Be6 {Nun ist es nicht mehr so leicht, Schwarz hat sich erstmal
verteidigt.} 32. Rg3 Rh5 {Schwarz hatte eine interessante taktische
Möglichkeit:} (32... f6 $5 33. Qg7 Rh7 34. Qxf6 Bd7 35. Qg5 Rg6 36. Qxg6+ Nxg6
37. Rxg6 $16 {Es ist jedoch schwer zu sagen, welche Stellung einfacher zu
spielen ist, diese oder die in der Partie.}) 33. Qg7 Rb6 $1 {Schwarz kommt
langsam aber sicher zu Gegenspiel. Es sieht so aus, als ob Weiß seinen Vorteil
schon verspielt hat.} 34. Rgg1 Rb2 {Vermutlich waren beide Spieler schon in
Zeitnot.} 35. Rgb1 $2 (35. Qf6 $1 {kommt der Turm nach g8, wird Schwarz
aufegeben müssen} Rxc2 (35... Qd7 36. Rg8 Qe7 37. a4 Qxf6 38. exf6 Rb6 39. Bc1
$18) 36. Nxc2 Qxc2 37. Rg8 Qxd2 (37... Qe4+ 38. Kg1 Qe2 39. Rg2 Qd3 40. Qg7 Rh3
41. Rf1 $18) 38. Rxf8+ Kxf8 39. Qd8+ Kg7 40. Rg1+ Kh7 41. Qg8+ Kh6 42. Qh8#)
35... Rxc2 $2 {Gegenfehler. Besser wäre das Nehmen auf b1:} (35... Rxb1+ 36.
Rxb1 b6 $14 {und Weiß hat nicht genug Angriffspotenzial, um wirkliche
Drohungen aufzubauen.}) 36. Rb4 $4 {Der letzte Fehler, der Schwarz erlaubt,
Remis zu forcieren. Wie Weiß seinen Vorteil realisiert hat, ist natürlich
alles andere als gut.} (36. Qg2 $1 {und Weiß sollte sehr leicht gewinnen} Rxd2
(36... b6 37. Rb4 Rxd2 38. Qxd2 $18) 37. Qxd2 $18) 36... Rxd2 $1 {Das hat Weiß
wohl übersehen.} 37. Rxa4 Rdxh2+ 38. Kg1 Rh1+ 39. Kf2 R5h2+ 40. Kg3 $1 {
Richtig, Weiß kann nicht mehr auf Gewinn spielen.} (40. Ng2 $2 Rxa1 41. Kg3 Rh7
42. Qf6 a6 $17) 40... Rh3+ 41. Kg2 R3h2+ 42. Kg3 Rh3+ 43. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest Kings 6th"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2012.11.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2012.11.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. O-O-O Be7 10. f4 b5 {The first important decision for Black. Ivanchuk
is not prepared to wait for the commencement of enemy activity without
counterplay.} 11. Kb1 {Caruana chooses the move that in the sharp position
could amount to the loss of a tempo. White is understandably concerned about
dangers on the queenside as well as a potential mishap along the c1-h6
diagonal.} (11. f5 Bc4 12. g4 Nxg4 13. Rg1 Nxe3 14. Qxe3 h6 15. Kb1 Bg5 16. Qe1
Bxf1 17. Qxf1 Nb6 18. Na5 Qc7 19. Qh3 Bf6 20. Qd3 Rd8 21. a4 Nxa4 22. Nd5 Qd7
$1 (22... Qxa5 23. b4 Nc5 24. Qc3 Qa4 25. Nb6 $18 {1-0 Sevian,S (2343)
-Yankovsky,R (2474)/Los Angeles 2012 (28)}) 23. Rg2 Nc5 $11) 11... O-O 12. f5
Bc4 13. g4 {All the manuals for aspiring players would insist, that in
position with opposite castling time is possibly the most valuable commodity.
The cautious move 13.Rg1 is certainly not the most radical solution.} (13. Rg1
Bxf1 (13... Qc7 14. g4 b4 15. Bxc4 Qxc4 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. Qxd5 Qxd5 18. exd5 Bd8
19. Nd2 Bb6 20. Bxb6 Nxb6 21. Ne4 Rfd8 $11 {1-0 Socko,B (2644)-Swiercz,D (2501)
/Lublin 2010 (63)}) 14. Rdxf1 (14. Rgxf1 b4 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. Qxd5 a5 17. Qd3
Nf6 18. Bg5 Ne8 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Rfe1 a4 21. Nc1 Ra5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Socko,B 
(2644)-Dziuba,M (2576)/Lublin 2010 (31)}) 14... b4 15. Nd5 a5 16. g4 a4 17. Nc1
Nxd5 18. exd5 Qa5 19. g5 b3 20. cxb3 Qxd2 21. Bxd2 f6 22. bxa4 Rxa4 $11 {
1-0 Nepomniachtchi,I (2616)-Najer,E (2682)/Serpukhov 2008 (45)}) 13... Bxb3 $5
$146 {[%mdl 8] Ivanchuk might not be the youngest player among the world's
best, but we can assume he is still excellently informed about opening
subtleties. There must be a reason, why he prefers the swap on b3 instead of
immediately taking the g4-pawn g4, a move which brought success in several
games.} (13... Nxg4 14. Rg1 Nxe3 (14... Ndf6 15. Bg5 Bxf1 16. Rdxf1 b4 17. Bxf6
Nxf6 18. Qh6 Ne8 19. Nd5 Bf6 20. Rf3 Kh8 21. Qh5 g6 22. fxg6 fxg6 23. Rxg6 $18
{1-0 Anwesh,U (2412)-Safarli,E (2603)/Chotowa 2010 (55)}) 15. Qxe3 Bxb3 $1 16.
Qh6 $2 (16. axb3 Kh8 17. Nd5 $44) 16... Bxc2+ (16... Bf6 17. axb3 Kh8 18. Qh5
Be7 19. Nd5 Nf6 20. Nxf6 Bxf6 21. Rd3 h6 $15 {1/2-1/2 Spoelman,W (2554)-Najer,
E (2681)/Germany 2009 (102)}) 17. Kxc2 Bf6 18. Rxd6 (18. Rd3 Kh8 19. Qh5 h6 20.
Rh3 Kh7 21. Nd5 Rc8+ 22. Kb1 Nb6 23. Ne3 (23. Rxg7+ Bxg7 24. f6 Nxd5 25. fxg7
Qf6 26. gxf8=N+ Rxf8 $17) 23... Qc7 24. Bd3 Qc5 $17) 18... Kh8 19. Qd2 (19. Qh5
Qe7 20. Qd1 Rfd8 21. a3 Nb6 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Qc1 b4 24. axb4 Qxb4 25. Bxa6
Na4 $19 {0-1 Salgado Lopez,I (2554)-Zakhartsov,V (2529)/Cappelle la Grande
2009 (30)}) 19... Ra7 20. Kb1 (20. Qg2 Rg8 21. Rd3 Be7 $17) (20. Nd5 Qc8+ 21.
Kb1 Qc5 $17) 20... Qc7 21. Rd3 Nb6 22. Nd5 Nxd5 23. Rxd5 Rd8 24. Be2 Rxd5 25.
Qxd5 g6 $17 {0-1 Nisipeanu,L (2668)-Karjakin,S (2694)/Khanty-Mansiysk 2007/ 
(37)}) 14. cxb3 Nxg4 15. Rg1 {Caruana plays logically, but in the future some
players with the white pieces may resort to the repetition after the retreat
15.Bg1.} (15. Bg1 Ngf6 16. Be3 Ng4 (16... b4 17. Na4 Qa5 18. Qg2 $14) 17. Bg1
$11) 15... Nxe3 16. Qxe3 Kh8 {In a blitz game at the end of the year 2012
Karjakin tried to improve on the play of his great predeccesor with 16...Nb6.}
(16... Nb6 17. Be2 Bf6 18. Rg3 Re8 19. Qd2 Ra7 20. Qxd6 Rd7 21. Qc6 Rd4 22.
Rgd3 Qb8 23. Nd5 Nxd5 24. exd5 Rxd3 25. Bxd3 e4 26. Be2 Qe5 27. Qc2 Qxf5 $17 {
0-1 Jakovenko,D (2741)-Karjakin,S (2775)/Moscow 2012 (39)}) 17. a4 d5 $5 {
Black is not happy to accept equality after the normal moves. The advance in
the centre opens up new tactical possibilities.} (17... bxa4 18. Nxa4 Nf6 19.
Bc4 $11) (17... b4 18. Nd5 a5 19. Bb5 $11) 18. Rxd5 (18. Nxd5 $2 Bc5 $17) 18...
b4 19. Rxd7 $6 {Brave, courageous and in some sense ingenious. Still the
radical reaction to crises is objectively wanting. Caruana should have
invested some energy in finding the clean solution with 19.f6! with complete
equality.} (19. Qg3 Rg8 20. f6 $5 gxf6 (20... Bxf6 21. Qg4 Ra7 22. Nb5 axb5 23.
Bxb5 Qb6 $11) 21. Qxg8+ Qxg8 22. Rxg8+ Rxg8 23. Rxd7 bxc3 24. Rxe7 Rg1 25. Rxf7
$14) (19. f6 $1 Bxf6 20. Bh3 bxc3 21. Rxd7 Qb8 22. Qxc3 a5 $11) 19... Qxd7 20.
Nd5 Qd6 21. Bc4 a5 22. Rd1 Bd8 $6 {White's positional sacrifice is not easy to
meet and even such a great master as Ivanchuk misses the best line. In
retrospect it seems that the d8-square had belonged to the black f8 rook.} (
22... Rfd8 $1 23. Qg3 Qh6 $17) 23. Rd3 Rc8 24. Qg3 Rc6 {The situation has
become a bit delicate, Black does not have an easy way to try improving his
piosition. The fact, that the move 24...Rg8!? seems like the best solution is
indicative of the difficulties facing the second player.} (24... Qb8 $6 25. f6
$1 Rg8 26. Qh4 h6 27. Qh5 Rc6 28. Qxf7 Bxf6 29. Nxf6 Rxf6 30. Qxg8+ Qxg8 31.
Bxg8 Kxg8 32. Rd5 $16) (24... Rg8 $5 25. Ne3 Qc7 26. Nd5 Qb8 $15) 25. Bb5 (25.
Nb6 Qc7 (25... Qe7 26. Nd7 Rg8 27. Nxe5 Rxc4 28. Nxc4 Qxe4 29. Nd6 Qe7 30. Qe5
$16) 26. Nd7 Kg8 27. Nxf8 Kxf8 $11) 25... Rc8 26. Bc4 Rc6 27. Ne3 {White is
even showing some teeth, he could have repeated the moves with small moral
victory.} Qc7 (27... Qe7 28. Nd5 Qc5 29. Qxe5 Bc7 30. Qe7 Bd6 31. Qh4 Qg1+ 32.
Ka2 Bc5 33. f6 Qf2 34. Qg4 $11) 28. Qg2 Qe7 (28... Bh4 29. Qg4 Rh6 30. Nd5 Qa7
31. Rd2 $15) 29. Nd5 Qh4 30. Rh3 Qe1+ {The game has ended on the first move,
that Sofia rules enable for offering the draw. Ivanchuk did not like his
position, even though objectively his chances should still be somewhat better.}
(30... Qe1+ 31. Ka2 Rd6 $15) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest Kings 6th"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2012.11.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2012.11.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 {The Meran Variation.} 9. a3 (9. O-O {and}) (9. e4 {are the main moves,
but 9.a3 is also currently fashionable at the highest level. For instance,
among many other top GMs it was successfully played by Carlsen and Kramnik.
Even Topalov used it on the White side before.}) 9... Bd6 10. O-O O-O 11. Bd2
a5 12. Ng5 h6 13. Nge4 Be7 14. Qc2 Rc8 15. Nxf6+ Nxf6 16. Ne4 c5 {As a rule of
thumb, if Black succeeds in playing c6-c5 in the Meran he is doing fine. The
present game is no exception.} 17. Nxf6+ gxf6 $5 {One can only admire
Topalov's fighting spirit.} ({Black could easily keep equal prospects with} 
17... Bxf6 18. dxc5 Bxb2 {which actually has been played before. In that case
the position is very drawish. For instance} 19. Bh7+ Kh8 20. Qxb2 Kxh7 21. Rac1
Bc6 22. f3 Qc7 23. Bc3 f6 24. Rfd1 Rfd8 25. Rd6 Rxd6 26. cxd6 Qxd6 27. Bxa5 {
and both games in GM practice which achieved this position ended in a draw
soon.}) 18. Rae1 $5 {Vassily Ivanchuk chooses the most ambitious continuation
for White. This creative rook move has several ideas. First of all, the e-file
is very likely to open soon and then the rook will be active on e1. Secondly,
White is ready to place the queen on d1 (on its way to h5) without breaking
the connection between the rooks. True, the rook on f1 is out of play for the
moment, but apparently the Ukrainian GM considered this not such an important
factor.} ({After} 18. Bxb5 cxd4 19. Qb3 f5 20. exd4 {White can hope to remain
with an extra pawn, but in any case Black will have sufficient activity.
Instead, Ivanchuk fights for the initiative himself.}) ({In the event of the
immediate} 18. Qd1 f5 19. Qh5 cxd4 {White is missing the rook on e4 to support
the e3-e4 advance.}) 18... f5 ({The main idea behind 18.Rae1 can be seen in
the following variation:} 18... cxd4 19. Qd1 dxe3 $2 20. Rxe3 {and White
builds a strong attack.}) 19. Qd1 Bg5 20. e4 Qxd4 (20... c4 {might have been
more unpleasant for White, since after} 21. Bc2 Qxd4 22. Bxg5 Qxd1 23. Rxd1
hxg5 24. exf5 exf5 25. Bxf5 Rc5 {Black can try to play for a win without any
risk. His queenside pawn majority is obviously more valuable than his
opponent's majority on the kingside.}) 21. Bc3 $1 ({Ivanchuk avoids the line
from the previous variation, which would have happened after} 21. Bxg5 hxg5 22.
exf5 c4 23. Bc2 Qxd1 24. Rxd1) 21... Qd8 {The queen goes to d8 in order to be
able to support the bishop's retreat to f6, if necessary.} 22. Bxb5 (22. f4 Bf6
) 22... Bxe4 (22... fxe4 23. Qh5 Kh7 24. Rd1 Bd5 25. Bc4 {looks dangerous for
Black from the practical point of view.}) 23. Qh5 Bd2 ({Again} 23... Kh7 24.
Rd1 Bd5 25. Bc4 {is something Topalov wanted to avoid.}) 24. f3 (24. Rd1 Qg5
25. Qxg5+ Bxg5 26. Bxa5 Bf6 27. Bc3 Bxc3 28. bxc3 $11) 24... Bxc3 25. bxc3 Bd3
26. Bxd3 (26. Rd1 c4 27. Qxh6 Qe7 28. Rfe1 Rfd8 {and the position is equal too,
since the black queen comes to f8 to protect the king.}) 26... Qxd3 27. Rxe6
fxe6 28. Qg6+ Kh8 29. Qxh6+ Kg8 30. Qg6+ Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest Kings playoff 6th"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2012.11.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2012.11.13"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nc7 7. O-O e5 8. a3
f6 9. e3 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Bf7 12. d4 exd4 13. exd4 cxd4 14. Ne2 Bc5 15. b4
Bb6 16. Bb2 O-O 17. Nexd4 Bd5 18. Nf5 Re8 19. g5 Qd7 20. N3h4 Ne5 21. gxf6 gxf6
22. a4 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Nd5 24. Kh1 Kh8 25. a5 Bc7 26. Qh5 Qf7 27. Qxf7 Nxf7 28.
Rad1 Rad8 29. Rxd5 Rxd5 30. Bxf6+ Kg8 31. Rg1+ Kf8 32. Bg7+ Kg8 33. Be5+ Kf8
34. Bxc7 Re4 35. Bb8 Rxb4 36. Bxa7 Rf4 37. Bb6 Rfxf5 38. Nxf5 Rxf5 39. Rc1 Ng5
40. Kg2 Rf7 41. Rc8+ Kg7 42. h4 Ne6 43. Kg3 Kg6 44. Rc4 Rd7 45. Rb4 Ng7 {
Topalov lost on time. Which is surprising, considering the 3 seconds increment
per move. A very disappointing result for the Bulgarian Grandmaster.} 0-1

[Event "Bucharest Kings playoff 6th"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2012.11.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2012.11.13"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 Na6 7. Qd2 Qe8 8. f3
c6 9. Bd1 b5 10. cxb5 cxb5 11. Nge2 b4 12. Na4 Bd7 13. b3 e5 14. Be3 Rd8 15. d5
Nh5 16. O-O f5 17. Bc2 Bb5 18. Bd3 fxe4 19. fxe4 Nf4 20. Bxb5 Qxb5 21. Nxf4
exf4 22. Bd4 Bxd4+ 23. Qxd4 Rde8 24. Rae1 Nb8 25. Nb2 $1 {It is more important
to improve the position of the knight on a4 than take the pawn (Rogozenco).}
Nd7 26. Nd3 g5 27. Nxb4 Ne5 28. Nc6 Nxc6 29. dxc6 Qxc6 30. e5 dxe5 31. Rxe5 h6
32. Rfe1 Rxe5 33. Qxe5 Qb6+ 34. Kh1 Rd8 35. h3 Qd6 36. Qf5 Rf8 37. Qe6+ Qxe6
38. Rxe6 Kg7 39. Ra6 Rf7 40. Kg1 h5 41. Kf2 Rc7 42. Kf3 Re7 43. Kf2 Rc7 44. Ra4
Kg6 45. h4 Rc2+ 46. Kf3 Rc3+ 47. Kf2 gxh4 48. Rxf4 Rc2+ 49. Kf3 Rxa2 50. Rxh4
Ra3 51. Rb4 a5 52. Rb6+ Kf5 53. Rb5+ Ke6 54. Ke4 a4 55. bxa4 Rxa4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord rap"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2012.12.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2012.12.14"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Nd2 b6 4. a3 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 Bb7 6. Nf3 f5 7. e3 Nf6 8. b4
a5 9. b5 d6 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. O-O O-O 12. a4 Qe8 13. Ne1 g5 14. Nd3 Qg6 15. Ba3
Rf7 16. c5 bxc5 17. dxc5 Ne4 18. Qc2 Nexc5 19. Bxc5 Nxc5 20. Nxc5 dxc5 21. Qxc5
f4 22. f3 fxe3 23. Qxe3 Bd5 24. Rac1 Qf6 25. g3 Raf8 26. Rc5 h6 27. Rfc1 Bxf3
28. Bxf3 Qxf3 29. Qxf3 Rxf3 30. Rxc7 Rb3 31. Ra7 Rb2 32. Rf1 Rc8 33. Rf2 Rb1+
34. Kg2 g4 35. Rxa5 Rcc1 36. Re2 Rg1+ 37. Kf2 Rgf1+ 38. Ke3 Rb4 39. Kd3 Rf3+
40. Kc2 Kf7 41. Ra7+ Kf6 42. Ra6 Kf5 43. Rexe6 Rc4+ 44. Kd2 Rd4+ 45. Kc2 Rc4+
46. Kb2 Rb4+ 47. Ka2 Rxa4+ 48. Rxa4 Kxe6 49. Rxg4 Rf2+ 50. Kb3 Rxh2 51. Rh4 Rg2
52. Rxh6+ Kd5 53. Rg6 Kc5 54. b6 Rg1 55. Kc2 Rg2+ 56. Kd3 Rb2 57. Ke4 Re2+ 58.
Kf5 Rf2+ 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord rap"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2012.12.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2012.12.14"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 h5 4. h3 e5 5. Ne2 h4 6. g4 g5 7. d4 Nh7 8. Be3 Be7
9. Nbc3 c6 10. Qd2 Nd7 11. Nc1 Nhf8 12. Nb3 Ng6 13. O-O-O a6 14. f3 b5 15. Qf2
Qc7 16. Bf1 Bb7 17. a3 Rd8 18. Rh2 f6 19. Qg1 O-O 20. Rhd2 a5 21. Kb1 b4 22.
axb4 axb4 23. Na2 Ra8 24. Nxb4 exd4 25. Rxd4 Nde5 26. Qf2 c5 27. Nd5 Bxd5 28.
Rxd5 Rfb8 29. Bd2 c4 30. Nd4 c3 31. Bxc3 Qxc3 32. Bb5 Qa5 33. c4 Nxc4 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord rap"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2012.12.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2012.12.14"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. O-O h6 13. Re1 Rc8 14. Nd2 cxd4 15. Nc4
Bc6 16. Bd2 Be7 17. Qg4 Bxa4 18. Qxg7 Rf8 19. Bxh6 Nc5 20. Nd6+ Bxd6 21. exd6
Qxd6 22. Qxd4 Nxd3 23. Bxf8 Kxf8 24. Qh8+ Ke7 25. Qxc8 Nxe1 26. Rxe1 Nf4 27.
Qb7+ Kf6 28. Qa8 Qd2 29. Qh8+ Ke7 30. Qe5 Bc6 31. h4 Nxg2 32. Qc5+ Qd6 33. Rc1
Bd5 34. Qxa7+ Kf6 35. Rc7 e5 36. Rd7 Qc6 37. Rc7 Qe6 38. Qb8 Kg7 39. Rc8 Nf4
40. Rg8+ Kh7 41. Qf8 Qf6 42. f3 Ng6 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord rap"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2012.12.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2012.12.14"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 O-O 7. h3 Ne7 8. d4
Bb6 9. Bd3 d5 10. dxe5 Nxe4 11. Nbd2 f5 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Re1 Bf5 14. Nf1 Bxd3
15. Qxd3 Ng6 16. Be3 Ne4 17. Bxb6 axb6 18. Ng3 Nxg3 19. fxg3 Qd6 20. Kh2 c6 21.
c4 Rad8 22. Rad1 Qf6 23. cxd5 Ne7 24. Re6 Qxe6 25. dxe6 Rxd3 26. Rxd3 Nd5 27.
Ra3 Rb8 28. Ne5 h6 29. Ng6 Re8 30. Nf4 Nxf4 31. gxf4 Rxe6 32. Ra7 Re7 33. Kg3
Kf7 34. Kf3 b5 35. Ra8 b4 36. Rc8 Ke6 37. Rd8 Rd7 38. f5+ Ke7 39. Rxd7+ Kxd7
40. Ke4 Kd6 41. g4 c5 42. h4 c4 43. Kd4 b5 44. g5 h5 45. Ke4 c3 46. Kd3 cxb2
47. Kc2 Ke5 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord rap"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2012.12.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "2012.12.14"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 c6 3. d4 Bb4+ 4. Nc3 Qa5 5. dxe5 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qxc3+ 7. Bd2 Qxe5
8. Nf3 Qe7 9. Bf4 Qb4+ 10. Nd2 Nf6 11. Qb3 Qe7 12. Bg2 O-O 13. O-O Na6 14. Rad1
d5 15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 cxd5 17. Qxd5 Be6 18. Qa5 Rfc8 19. Nf3 Qc5 20. Qxc5
Nxc5 21. a3 Bc4 22. Rfe1 b5 23. Be3 Ne4 24. Rc1 a5 25. Nd2 Nxd2 26. Bxd2 b4 27.
axb4 a4 28. b5 Bxb5 29. Rxc8+ Rxc8 30. Bb4 h6 31. e4 Rc4 32. Bd6 Rd4 33. Bc5
Rc4 34. Bd6 Bc6 35. f3 Rc3 36. Kf2 a3 37. Re2 Rb3 38. Be5 Bd7 39. Re3 Rb5 40.
Ba1 a2 41. Ra3 Be6 42. g4 Rb1 43. Bd4 Kf8 44. Ra8+ Ke7 45. Bxg7 Kd7 46. h4 Kc6
47. h5 Bc4 48. Kg2 Bf1+ 49. Kh2 Be2 50. Ra3 Kd7 51. Kg2 Bf1+ 52. Kg3 Bc4 53.
Ra4 Bb3 54. Ra7+ Ke6 55. Ra6+ Kd7 56. Kf4 Rf1 57. Ra3 Bc4 58. Bd4 Ke6 59. Ra4
Be2 60. Ke3 Bxf3 61. Ra6+ Ke7 62. g5 Bxh5 63. gxh6 Bg6 64. Rxg6 a1=Q 65. Bxa1
Rxa1 66. Rb6 Rh1 67. e5 Rh4 68. Kf3 Rh1 69. Kg3 Rh5 70. Kg4 Rh1 71. Ra6 Rh2 72.
Kg5 Rg2+ 73. Kf5 Rf2+ 74. Ke4 Re2+ 75. Kd4 Rd2+ 76. Ke3 Rh2 77. Rd6 Rh4 78. Kf3
Rh1 79. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord rap"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2012.12.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "179"]
[EventDate "2012.12.14"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. h3 c6 7. Bg5 a6 8. a4 a5
9. Be2 Na6 10. O-O e5 11. Re1 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nc5 13. Qc2 Re8 14. Bf3 Qb6 15. Be3
Bd7 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. g4 Bc8 18. Bg2 Qb4 19. b3 h5 20. g5 Nh7 21. Nce2 Nf8 22.
Bd2 Qb6 23. Bc3 Nfe6 24. Nxe6 Bxc3 25. Qxc3 Rxe6 26. Nd4 Re7 27. Re3 Rde8 28.
Rde1 Bd7 29. h4 Kh7 30. Nc2 Kg8 31. Qd4 Qc7 32. Rd1 Re6 33. Ne1 Bc8 34. f3 f5
35. gxf6 Qf7 36. Nd3 Nd7 37. Qc3 b6 38. b4 axb4 39. Qxb4 Qxf6 40. Nf2 Ne5 41.
Nd3 c5 42. Qb3 Qxh4 43. Nxe5 dxe5 44. Red3 Qg5 45. Kh1 Qe7 46. Bh3 Qh4 47. Kg2
Qg5+ 48. Kh1 Rf6 49. Bxc8 Rxc8 50. Rg1 Qh4+ 51. Kg2 Rcf8 52. Qc3 Qf4 53. Qc1
Qxc1 54. Rxc1 Ra8 55. Ra1 Ra7 56. Rd5 Re6 57. Kf2 Kg7 58. Ke3 Kf6 59. Rd8 h4
60. Kf2 g5 61. Kg2 Kg6 62. Ra3 Rf7 63. Rd5 Rf4 64. a5 bxa5 65. Rxc5 g4 66. fxg4
Rxg4+ 67. Kh3 Rxe4 68. Raxa5 Kf5 69. Ra3 Rg6 70. Rc8 Re1 71. Rf8+ Ke4 72. Kh2
Re3 73. Ra2 h3 74. Rd8 Rc6 75. Ra4 Rc5 76. Rh8 Kd4 77. Rd8+ Ke4 78. Rh8 Re2+
79. Kxh3 Kd3 80. Rd8+ Kc3 81. Rd5 Rxc4 82. Ra3+ Kb4 83. Rg3 e4 84. Kg4 Re1 85.
Re5 Rd4 86. Kf4 Kc4 87. Re3 Rf1+ 88. Kg4 Rf8 89. R5xe4 Rxe4+ 90. Rxe4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord rap"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2012.12.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2012.12.14"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nge2 O-O 7. d4 cxd4 8. exd4
d5 9. b3 Nc6 10. O-O dxc4 11. bxc4 Na5 12. c5 Bd7 13. Rb1 Bc6 14. Bxc6 Nxc6 15.
Rxb7 Nd5 16. Ne4 Qa5 17. Qd2 Qa4 18. Rb3 Bxd4 19. Nxd4 Qxd4 20. Qe2 Qa4 21. Bb2
Nd4 22. Bxd4 Qxd4 23. Rc1 Rab8 24. Qf3 Rxb3 25. axb3 Rc8 26. Rc4 Qe5 27. Nd6
Rc7 28. b4 a6 29. h4 h5 30. Qd1 Rc6 31. Qd2 Rc7 32. Rc1 Rc6 33. Kg2 Qf6 34. Rb1
Qe5 35. Rb3 a5 36. bxa5 Rxc5 37. Rb8+ Kg7 38. Qh6+ Kxh6 39. Nxf7+ Kg7 40. Nxe5
Rxa5 41. Nd3 Kf6 42. Rb2 Ne7 43. Nf4 Nd5 44. Nh3 Ra7 45. Ng5 Re7 46. Ra2 Nb4
47. Ra8 Nc6 48. Kf3 Rb7 49. Rf8+ Ke5 50. Kg2 Nd4 51. f4+ Kd5 52. Rd8+ Kc4 53.
Rg8 Rb2+ 54. Kh3 Ne2 55. Nf3 Kd5 56. Rxg6 Ke4 57. Ng5+ Kd3 58. Nf3 Ke3 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2012.12.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
Be3 O-O 9. Rc1 Qa5 10. Nd2 Qxa2 11. Bc4 Qa5 12. O-O Nd7 13. h3 Qc7 14. e5 a6
15. e6 fxe6 16. Bxe6+ Kh8 17. Ne4 Nf6 18. Ng5 b6 19. d5 Bd7 20. c4 Be8 21. f4
h6 22. Nf3 Nh5 23. Qd2 Nxf4 24. Bg4 g5 25. h4 Qd6 26. hxg5 hxg5 27. Nxg5 Be5
28. Ne6 Nxe6 29. Bxe6 Bg6 30. Kh1 Bh7 31. Bh6 Rf6 32. Qg5 Rg6 33. Qh5 Bd4 34.
Rf7 Rxe6 35. Bf4 Rh6 36. Bxh6 Bg6 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2012.12.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. g3 Nbd7 6. e4 h5 7. h3 g6 8. Nf3 Bh6
9. Bxh6 Rxh6 10. Be2 Kf8 11. Qd2 Kg7 12. Qe3 a6 13. a4 b6 14. Ng5 Rh8 15. O-O-O
Nh7 16. h4 Ndf6 17. f3 Bd7 18. Rhf1 Qe8 19. b3 Rf8 20. Kb2 a5 21. Rf2 Qe7 22.
Rh1 Rae8 23. Bf1 Ng8 24. Nxh7 Kxh7 25. Bh3 Bxh3 26. Rxh3 f5 27. exf5 gxf5 28.
Qg5 Qf7 29. Nb5 Rd8 30. Rhh2 Nh6 31. Rhg2 f4 32. Nc3 Rg8 33. Ne4 Rdf8 34. gxf4
exf4 35. Ka2 Nf5 36. Qxf4 Rxg2 37. Rxg2 Qe7 38. Ng5+ Kh8 39. Ne6 Rf6 40. Qg5
Qf7 41. Nf4 Ng7 42. Ng6+ Kh7 43. Qe3 Rxg6 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2012.12.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "180"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c3 e6 4. Bf4 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. h3 Be7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O d6
9. a4 a6 10. Bh2 Nbd7 11. Qb3 Qc7 12. Na3 Bc6 13. Rfd1 Rfd8 14. Nd2 Qb7 15. Bf1
d5 16. Rdb1 Rdc8 17. Qd1 h6 18. b4 cxb4 19. cxb4 b5 20. Nb3 Bxb4 21. Nc2 Bc3
22. Ra3 Qb6 23. Nc1 Ba5 24. Nb3 bxa4 25. Nxa5 Qxa5 26. Nb4 Bb5 27. Nd3 Nb6 28.
Rba1 Nc4 29. R3a2 Ne4 30. Rc2 a3 31. Rcc1 Qd8 32. Nc5 Nxc5 33. dxc5 Rxc5 34.
Rxa3 Rac8 35. Raa1 Qd7 36. Qd4 R5c6 37. Bd3 Nd6 38. Rd1 Bxd3 39. Qxd3 Nb5 40.
Be5 f6 41. Bg3 Rc3 42. Qg6 R8c6 43. Kh2 Qf7 44. Qg4 h5 45. Qe2 R3c4 46. Rd2 h4
47. Bb8 Qb7 48. Bf4 e5 49. Rxd5 Rc8 50. Qf3 Qf7 51. Bxe5 fxe5 52. Qxf7+ Kxf7
53. Rxa6 Nc7 54. Rd7+ Kg8 55. Rg6 Ne8 56. Re7 Rc2 57. f3 Re2 58. Rxe5 Kf7 59.
Rg4 Rcc2 60. Reg5 Rxe3 61. Rxh4 Rxf3 62. Ra4 Re3 63. Ra7+ Kf8 64. Rf5+ Nf6 65.
Rg5 Ne8 66. Rf5+ Kg8 67. Rg5 Rc6 68. h4 Rce6 69. g3 Re7 70. Ra8 Kh7 71. Rh5+
Kg6 72. Rg5+ Kh6 73. Kh3 R3e5 74. Rg4 Kh7 75. Ra3 Nf6 76. Rf4 Re3 77. Rf3 Re1
78. Ra2 Rh1+ 79. Rh2 Rxh2+ 80. Kxh2 Re3 81. Rf4 Ne4 82. Rg4 Re2+ 83. Kg1 Kh6
84. Kf1 Re3 85. Kg2 g6 86. Rf4 Rxg3+ 87. Kh2 Re3 88. Rf8 Ng3 89. Rh8+ Kg7 90.
Ra8 Nf5 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2012.12.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 f6 4. d3 e5 5. Ba3 Be6 6. g3 c6 7. Bg2 a5 8. b5 c5 9.
O-O Bd6 10. e3 dxe3 11. fxe3 Ne7 12. Nc3 Nd7 13. Nd2 Qc8 14. Nde4 Bb8 15. Na4
b6 16. Nexc5 bxc5 17. Bxa8 O-O 18. Qd2 Bd6 19. Bg2 Qc7 20. Rab1 Nc8 21. b6
Ncxb6 22. Nxb6 Nxb6 23. Qxa5 Nd7 24. Qxc7 Bxc7 25. Rb7 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2012.12.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 exd5 4. cxd5 g6 5. Nc3 d6 6. e4 Bg7 7. Bd3 Ne7 8. Nf3
Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nd7 11. O-O O-O 12. Qe2 a6 13. a4 Re8 14. Qc2 Rc8 15.
Rd1 h6 16. Be2 g5 17. g3 Ng6 18. Kg2 Qe7 19. Bg4 Rc7 20. Bf5 c4 21. Ne2 Nde5
22. Be3 Nd3 23. Bd4 Bxd4 24. Nxd4 Nge5 25. Qc3 h5 26. a5 h4 27. Rf1 hxg3 28.
fxg3 Rb8 29. b3 b5 30. b4 Qf8 31. Ra2 Qg7 32. Kh1 Re8 33. Rh2 Rce7 34. h4 g4
35. h5 Nf3 36. Rxf3 gxf3 37. h6 Qxg3 38. h7+ Kh8 39. Nxf3+ Qg7 40. Qxg7+ Kxg7
41. Rg2+ Kh8 42. Ng5 c3 43. Rc2 Rc7 44. Nxf7+ Rxf7 45. Rxc3 Ne5 46. Kg2 Ref8
47. Kg3 Rg7+ 48. Kf2 Rxh7 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2012.12.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 b6 7. Nc3 e5 8. Be3
Ne7 9. Qd2 h6 10. a3 a5 11. Nh2 Be6 12. O-O g5 13. Ne2 O-O 14. Ng3 a4 15. Nh5
f6 16. Rfd1 Qe8 17. Qe2 Ng6 18. g3 Rd8 19. Kg2 Rd7 20. Rh1 f5 21. Nxg7 Rxg7 22.
exf5 Rxf5 23. f3 Qf7 24. Ng4 Kh7 25. Nf2 Rxf3 26. Qxf3 Nh4+ 27. gxh4 gxh4+ 28.
Ng4 Bd5 29. Qxd5 Qxd5+ 30. Kh2 Qd6 31. Rhf1 e4+ 32. Bf4 Qe6 33. Rae1 h5 34.
Rxe4 Qg6 35. Ne3 Rf7 36. Rg1 Qf6 37. Rg5 Qxb2 38. Rxh5+ Kg6 39. Re6+ Rf6 40.
Rh6+ Kg7 41. Rexf6 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2012.12.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nf3 g6 5. Qc2 bxc4 6. e4 Bg7 7. Bxc4 d6 8. O-O
O-O 9. h3 Ba6 10. Nbd2 Nfd7 11. Rb1 Nb6 12. b3 Nxc4 13. bxc4 Qa5 14. Rb3 Qa4
15. Bb2 Bxb2 16. Rxb2 Qxc2 17. Rxc2 Nd7 18. Rc3 Rfb8 19. Ra3 Bc8 20. Rc1 a5 21.
Rb3 a4 22. Rxb8 Rxb8 23. Rb1 Rb4 24. Kf1 Ba6 25. Rxb4 cxb4 26. Ke2 Nc5 27. Ke3
e6 28. dxe6 fxe6 29. Nd4 Kf7 30. f4 Bb7 31. Nb5 Ke7 32. g4 e5 33. f5 g5 34. Nc7
b3 35. axb3 a3 36. b4 a2 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2012.12.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Qa5+ 5. Nc3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. Nb3 Qc7 8.
Bg5 h6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Nd5 Qd6 11. c4 Na6 12. c5 Qe5 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Qd2 h5
15. Rc1 Nc7 16. O-O h4 17. Rfd1 hxg3 18. hxg3 Kf8 19. Nd4 Kg7 20. Qa5 Ne8 21.
b4 Qe5 22. b5 Nf6 23. Rc3 Ng4 24. Rcc1 d5 25. cxd6 exd6 26. Qc3 Nf6 27. Rd3 Bg4
28. Bxb7 Qh5 29. Re3 Qh2+ 30. Kf1 Rac8 31. Qb2 Rxc1+ 32. Qxc1 Qh1+ 33. Bxh1
Rxh1+ 34. Kg2 Rxc1 35. Ra3 Rc7 36. Ra6 d5 37. a4 Bc8 38. Rc6 Ne8 39. Rxc7 Nxc7
40. Nc6 a6 41. b6 Ne6 42. Kf3 Nc5 43. a5 Kf6 44. Ke3 Bb7 45. Nd4 Ke5 46. g4 Kd6
47. f4 Ne6 48. Nb3 f6 49. f5 gxf5 50. gxf5 Nc5 51. Nd4 Bc8 52. Kf4 Bd7 53. e3
Nb7 54. Nb3 Ba4 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2012.12.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 h6 8. Re1
a6 9. a5 exd4 10. Nxd4 Ne5 11. Ba2 Re8 12. h3 Bf8 13. Bf4 Bd7 14. Bh2 g6 15.
Kh1 Bg7 16. Qd2 c5 17. Nde2 Be6 18. Bxe6 Rxe6 19. Nf4 Re8 20. Ra4 Qd7 21. b3
Qc6 22. Ncd5 Nxd5 23. Nxd5 Nd7 24. f3 Re6 25. Rd1 h5 26. Nf4 Bh6 27. Qf2 Bxf4
28. Bxf4 b5 29. axb6 Nxb6 30. Ra5 Nd7 31. Raa1 Nf6 32. c4 Rb8 33. Rd3 Nd7 34.
Qa2 Ne5 35. Bxe5 dxe5 36. Rad1 Qb6 37. Qa3 Qb4 38. Qc1 a5 39. Qa1 Ree8 40. Re3
Re6 41. Rd5 Rbe8 42. Red3 Kh7 43. Kh2 Kg8 44. Rd7 R6e7 45. R7d6 Re6 46. R6d5
R6e7 47. Qg1 Rc7 48. Qa1 Rce7 49. Qa2 Re6 50. Qf2 Rc6 51. Qc2 Rce6 52. Rd7 R8e7
53. Rd8+ Re8 54. R8d5 R8e7 55. Rd1 Re8 56. Ra1 Rb8 57. Rd3 Qb6 58. Qc3 Ra8 59.
Rd5 Qc7 60. Rad1 Rb8 61. R1d3 Rb7 62. Qd2 Qb6 63. Qh6 Rb8 64. Qe3 Rc8 65. Rd7
Qc6 66. Qd2 a4 67. bxa4 Qxa4 68. Qc3 Qc6 69. Ra7 Qb6 70. Rdd7 Rf8 71. Rab7 Qc6
72. Rbc7 Qb6 73. Qe3 Rc6 74. Rb7 Qa6 75. Qd3 Rf6 76. Qd5 Qa2 77. Qxe5 Rxf3 78.
Qg5 Rf2 79. Qxg6+ 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2012.12.17"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A19"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "176"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 c5 4. e5 Ng8 5. d4 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Nc6 7. Qe4 f5 8. Qe2
Bb4 9. Bd2 Nge7 10. Nf3 a6 11. a3 Bc5 12. b4 Ba7 13. Be3 Bb8 14. Bc5 Ng6 15.
Bd6 Bxd6 16. exd6 O-O 17. Rc1 b6 18. Qe3 e5 19. Nd5 Rb8 20. h4 e4 21. Ng5 f4
22. Qc3 Re8 23. Be2 h6 24. Bh5 Nce5 25. Nxe4 Bb7 26. f3 b5 27. Qd4 Nxh4 28. Kf2
Nf5 29. Qc3 bxc4 30. Bxe8 Nd3+ 31. Kg1 Bxd5 32. Bg6 Nxc1 33. Qxc1 Nxd6 34. Qxf4
Nxe4 35. fxe4 Qb6+ 36. Kh2 Be6 37. Rf1 Rc8 38. Bf5 c3 39. Bxe6+ Qxe6 40. Rc1 c2
41. Qe3 Qe5+ 42. Kh1 Qb2 43. Qd2 Kh8 44. e5 Qxa3 45. Rxc2 Rxc2 46. Qxc2 Qa1+
47. Kh2 Qxe5+ 48. g3 Qe6 49. Qc8+ Kh7 50. Qc2+ g6 51. Qd2 h5 52. Qd3 Kg7 53.
Qd4+ Kh7 54. Qd3 d5 55. Qd4 Qe2+ 56. Kg1 Qf3 57. Kh2 Qf7 58. Qb6 Qe7 59. Qxa6
Qxb4 60. Qa7+ Kh6 61. Qe3+ Kh7 62. Qa7+ Kg8 63. Qa8+ Kg7 64. Qxd5 Qb2+ 65. Kh3
Qf6 66. Qd2 g5 67. Kh2 Kh6 68. Qc2 Qd6 69. Kg2 Qd5+ 70. Kh2 Qe6 71. Kg2 Qf6 72.
Kh2 h4 73. gxh4 Qf4+ 74. Kg1 Qg3+ 75. Kh1 Qxh4+ 76. Kg1 Qg3+ 77. Kh1 Qe1+ 78.
Kg2 Qe6 79. Qf2 Kh5 80. Qg3 Qe2+ 81. Kg1 Qg4 82. Qxg4+ Kxg4 83. Kg2 Kf4 84. Kf2
g4 85. Kg2 g3 86. Kg1 Kf3 87. Kf1 g2+ 88. Kg1 Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2012.12.17"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. O-O b6 13. Qe3 Bb7 14. e5
Qe7 15. Ng5 Rfc8 16. Bd3 Nf8 17. Ne4 Bxe4 18. Bxe4 Rab8 19. f4 g6 20. Kh1 Qb4
21. Rac1 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Rd8 23. Rd1 Qc4 24. a3 h5 25. h3 h4 26. Kh2 Rd7 27. Bf3
b5 28. f5 exf5 29. d5 a5 30. Rc1 f4 31. Qd2 Qb3 32. Qxf4 Rxd5 33. Bxd5 Qxd5 34.
Rc8 b4 35. axb4 axb4 36. Re8 Qc5 37. Qxh4 b3 38. Qf6 b2 39. Rb8 Qd4 40. h4 Qc3
41. Qe7 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2012.12.17"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. e5 Ne4 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Nxe4 dxe4 8.
Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qxe4 Bc6 10. Qg4 O-O 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. d4 Bb4+ 13. Ke2 Nb6 14. Bh6 g6
15. Bd3 Re8 16. Rhd1 Na4 17. Rab1 Qd5 18. a3 Be7 19. Kf1 Qb3 20. Kg1 Rad8 21.
h4 Bxf3 22. gxf3 c5 23. Be4 cxd4 24. h5 Qb6 25. hxg6 hxg6 26. e6 Rd6 27. Bxg6
Kh8 28. Bxf7 Bf6 29. Bxe8 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2012.12.17"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. f4 d6 8. Qf3
b5 9. a3 Bb7 10. g4 Nfd7 11. Be3 g6 12. O-O Bg7 13. Rad1 O-O 14. f5 Nc6 15.
Nxc6 Qxc6 16. Qh3 Rae8 17. Bh6 Qc5+ 18. Kh1 exf5 19. gxf5 Nf6 20. Rde1 Bxh6 21.
Qxh6 Qe5 22. Kg1 Re7 23. Qh4 Kg7 24. Re2 h6 25. fxg6 fxg6 26. Ref2 Ref7 27. Qg3
Qxg3+ 28. hxg3 Ng4 29. Rxf7+ Rxf7 30. Rxf7+ Kxf7 31. Be2 Nf6 32. Bd3 g5 33. Kf2
Ke6 34. Ke3 Ke5 35. b4 h5 36. a4 bxa4 37. Nxa4 Nxe4 38. Bxe4 Bxe4 39. c4 h4 40.
gxh4 gxh4 41. Nc3 Bb7 42. b5 axb5 43. cxb5 h3 44. Ne2 h2 45. Ng3 h1=Q 46. Nxh1
Bxh1 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2012.12.17"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. dxc5 Nxe4 5. cxd6 Nc6 6. Na3 Nxd6 7. Nc4 Nxc4
8. Qxd8+ Nxd8 9. Bxc4 a6 10. Be3 Be6 11. Be2 Rc8 12. c3 g6 13. Ng5 Bd5 14. O-O
Bg7 15. Rfd1 e6 16. Bf3 Bxf3 17. gxf3 f5 18. Rd6 Be5 19. Rb6 Bc7 20. Rb4 h6 21.
Nh3 g5 22. Kg2 b5 23. f4 Nc6 24. Rb3 g4 25. Ng1 Bd6 26. c4 Na5 27. c5 Nxb3 28.
axb3 Be7 29. Rxa6 Bxc5 30. Rxe6+ Kd7 31. Re5 Bxe3 32. fxe3 Rc2+ 33. Kg3 h5 34.
Rxf5 h4+ 35. Kxg4 Rg2+ 36. Kh3 Rxg1 37. Rxb5 Re8 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2012.12.17"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. e5 dxe5 8. fxe5
Ng4 9. Ne2 Nb4 10. Bc4 c5 11. c3 Nc6 12. h3 Nh6 13. O-O cxd4 14. cxd4 Na5 15.
Bd3 f6 16. b4 Nc6 17. b5 Na5 18. Nf4 Nf5 19. Qa4 b6 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. Bb2 Qd6
22. Ne5 Bb7 23. Bxf5 gxf5 24. Ba3 Qd8 25. Rae1 Rc8 26. Qd1 Nc4 27. Bb4 Nxe5 28.
dxe5 Qxd1 29. Rxd1 Bxe5 30. Rd7 Be4 31. Rxe7 Bd4+ 32. Kh2 Rf7 33. Re6 Rd7 34.
Nh5 Rc2 35. Rxe4 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blindfold"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2012.12.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2012.12.18"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. c3 Bg4
8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 e6 10. Be2 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rd1 Qd5 13. c4 Qxf3 14. Bxf3
Rfd8 15. Be3 Rd7 16. Rd2 a6 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. a3 g6 19. g4 Bd6 20. Kg2 Bb8 21.
Kf1 Ba7 22. Ke2 Re8 23. Bf4 Red8 24. Be3 Re8 25. b4 Kg7 26. Rd3 Ng8 27. Kd2 Ne7
28. a4 Red8 29. Kc2 Bb8 30. Ra3 Ba7 31. Rad3 Bb8 32. Ra3 Ba7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blindfold"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2012.12.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2012.12.18"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nge7 4. Ne2 d5 5. d4 f6 6. Nbc3 Be6 7. Qd2 Qd7 8.
O-O-O O-O-O 9. Kb1 Kb8 10. Na4 b6 11. h4 Nf5 12. dxe5 fxe5 13. g3 Bb4 14. Qc1
Qf7 15. Bg2 Nfe7 16. Rhf1 Rhf8 17. a3 Bd6 18. Nac3 Qh5 19. Rd2 Bg4 20. Qe1 Bf3
21. Bxf3 Qxf3 22. Qd1 Bc5 23. Re1 g6 24. b4 Bd6 25. Nb5 a6 26. Nxd6 Rxd6 27.
Nc3 Kc8 28. Kc1 Rdd8 29. Rh1 Qxd1+ 30. Kxd1 e4 31. Rh2 Ne5 32. Re2 Nf3 33. Rh1
Nf5 34. Kc1 c6 35. Na4 Kc7 36. h5 g5 37. h6 Nd6 38. Bg7 Rf7 39. Nb2 b5 40. a4
Nf5 41. axb5 axb5 42. c3 Nxg7 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blindfold"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2012.12.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2012.12.18"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Bd7 10. h3 b6 11. Bf4 h6 12. Rad1 Kc8 13. b3 Ne7 14. a4 c5
15. Nb5 Be6 16. c4 g5 17. Bg3 Bg7 18. Rd3 Rd8 19. Rxd8+ Kxd8 20. a5 Nc6 21.
Rd1+ Kc8 22. a6 Nb4 23. Ra1 Kd7 24. Ra4 c6 25. Nd6 Ke7 26. Kf1 Nd3 27. Ra1 Rd8
28. Rd1 Nb4 29. Ne1 Kf8 30. h4 g4 31. Rd2 Rd7 32. Nd3 Nxa6 33. Nf4 Nb4 34. h5
a5 35. Ke2 Kg8 36. Nxe6 fxe6 37. Bf4 Rd8 38. f3 gxf3+ 39. Kxf3 Rb8 40. Ne4 Rf8
41. Kg4 Rf5 42. Rd8+ Rf8 43. Rd6 Kf7 44. Rd7+ Kg8 45. Rb7 Nd3 46. g3 Rf5 47.
Rxb6 Nxe5+ 48. Kh4 Nf3+ 49. Kg4 Nh2+ 50. Kh4 Nf3+ 51. Kh3 Ne5 52. Rb8+ Kh7 53.
Rb7 Rxh5+ 54. Kg2 Ng4 55. Kf3 Nh2+ 56. Kg2 Ng4 57. Kf3 Nh2+ 58. Kg2 Ng4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blindfold"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2012.12.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2012.12.18"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 c5 4. d5 e6 5. e4 exd5 6. cxd5 d6 7. Ne2 Nh5 8. g3 Bg7
9. Nbc3 O-O 10. Be3 Nd7 11. g4 Nhf6 12. Ng3 a6 13. a4 Rb8 14. Be2 Ne8 15. Qd2
Nc7 16. h4 b5 17. axb5 Nxb5 18. Nxb5 axb5 19. h5 Ne5 20. Bg5 f6 21. Bf4 Bd7 22.
hxg6 hxg6 23. Ra7 Ra8 24. Rxa8 Qxa8 25. Bh6 Rf7 26. Bxg7 Rxg7 27. g5 Qd8 28. f4
Nf7 29. e5 fxe5 30. Ne4 Rh7 31. Nf6+ Qxf6 32. gxf6 Rxh1+ 33. Kf2 exf4 34. Qa5
Rh2+ 35. Ke1 Rh8 36. Qc7 Bf5 37. Qe7 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blindfold"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2012.12.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2012.12.18"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. d3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8.
Rc1 Re8 9. a3 Bf8 10. Qc2 h6 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. Ne4 Be6 13. O-O a5 14. Nc5 Bxc5
15. Bxc5 a4 16. Bxb6 cxb6 17. Nd2 Nd4 18. Qd1 Bd5 19. Bxd5 Qxd5 20. e3 Ne6 21.
Rc3 b5 22. Qc2 Rad8 23. Rc1 Ng5 24. Ne4 Rd7 25. Rc5 Qxd3 26. Qxd3 Rxd3 27. Nxg5
hxg5 28. Rxb5 Re7 29. Rc2 f6 30. Rb4 Red7 31. Rxa4 Rb3 32. Kg2 Rd6 33. h4 gxh4
34. Rxh4 Rdb6 35. Rg4 Rxb2 36. Rc7 g5 37. Ra4 Ra6 38. Rxa6 bxa6 39. Rc6 Kf7 40.
g4 Ra2 41. Rxa6 e4 42. a4 Kg6 43. a5 Kg7 44. Ra8 Kh7 45. Kf1 Kg7 46. a6 Kh7 47.
a7 Kg7 48. Ke1 Ra6 49. Kd2 Rd6+ 50. Kc3 Rd7 51. Kc4 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blindfold"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2012.12.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2012.12.18"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 b5 7. Qd2 Nd7 8. f3
Ngf6 9. g4 h6 10. a3 Bb7 11. O-O-O Rc8 12. h4 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5
15. Be2 Ne5 16. Kb1 Qc7 17. Rhe1 Nc4 18. Bxc4 Qxc4 19. b3 Qc7 20. Bf4 Qc5 21.
c4 bxc4 22. b4 c3 23. Qc2 Qc4 24. Qa4+ Bc6 25. Nxc6 Rxc6 26. Rc1 Qb5 27. Qxb5
axb5 28. Re3 Rc4 29. Bg3 Bxb4 30. axb4 Rxb4+ 31. Kc2 Rb2+ 32. Kxc3 Rg2 33. Bd6
Kd7 34. Rd1 Rc8+ 35. Kb3 Ke8 36. Bb4 h5 37. g5 Rh2 38. Re4 Rc4 39. Bc3 Rh3 40.
Rxc4 bxc4+ 41. Kxc4 Rxh4+ 42. Kc5 f6 43. gxf6 gxf6 44. Rd4 Rh3 45. Rd3 e5 46.
Kd5 Kf7 47. Ke4 Ke6 48. Ke3 f5 49. Kf2 e4 50. Kg2 Rxf3 51. Rxf3 exf3+ 52. Kxf3
h4 53. Kf4 h3 54. Kg3 f4+ 55. Kxh3 Kf5 56. Kg2 Kg4 57. Kf2 f3 58. Bd2 Kh5 59.
Kxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blindfold"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2012.12.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2012.12.18"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qa4+ Bd7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 a6 7. d4 b5 8.
Qb3 c5 9. dxc5 Bg7 10. e4 O-O 11. Be2 Be6 12. Qc2 Nbd7 13. Be3 Rc8 14. Rd1 b4
15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Nxc5 17. O-O a5 18. h3 Nce4 19. Qb3 Qd6 20. Bb5 Nc5 21.
Qc4 Na4 22. Qb3 Nc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 11th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2013.01.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Zygouris, Hristos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D54"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2218"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2013.01.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Rc1 dxc4 8. Bxc4
c5 9. dxc5 Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 Bxc5 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. Ke2 Bd7 13. Rhd1 Rfd8 14. e4 g5
15. Bg3 Be8 16. h3 Rac8 17. Kf1 Kf8 18. a3 Nd4 19. Be5 Be7 20. Rxd4 Rxd4 21.
Bxd4 Rxc4 22. Rd1 b6 23. Ne5 Rc8 24. f3 Nd7 25. Nd3 Nb8 26. Ne2 Bb5 27. Ke1 Nc6
28. Bc3 Rd8 29. Nf2 Rxd1+ 30. Nxd1 f6 31. Ne3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 11th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2013.01.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Jameson, David"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A53"]
[WhiteElo "2143"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2013.01.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Bg5 c6 7. Nf3 Nbd7
8. Ne4 Kc7 9. Nxf6 gxf6 10. Bh4 Bb4+ 11. Nd2 f5 12. O-O-O a5 13. Nf3 a4 14. a3
Bd6 15. Ng5 Rf8 16. e4 Nc5 17. f3 Ra6 18. Nxh7 Rh8 19. Nf6 Rb6 20. Bf2 Be7 21.
Kc2 Rb3 22. Bxc5 Bxc5 23. exf5 Bxf5+ 24. Bd3 Be6 25. Ne4 Bd4 26. Rb1 f5 27. Nd2
Rb6 28. b4 c5 29. h4 Rd6 30. Rh2 Rhd8 31. Rd1 cxb4 32. axb4 a3 33. Nb3 a2 34.
Rhh1 a1=Q 35. Nxa1 Bxa1 36. h5 Bd4 37. h6 Ra6 38. Kb3 Rda8 39. Bb1 Ra3+ 40. Kc2
Bxc4 41. h7 Bb3+ 42. Kd2 Bxd1 43. h8=Q Rxh8 44. Rxh8 Ba4 45. Bxf5 Ra2+ 46. Ke1
Bf2+ 47. Kf1 Bb5+ 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 11th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2013.01.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Forsaa, Espen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2013.01.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nge2 dxe4 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Nxc3 Nf6 7. Bg5 h6 8.
Bh4 Nc6 9. Bb5 Bd7 10. O-O a6 11. Bc4 g5 12. Bg3 Ne7 13. f3 e3 14. Ne4 Ng6 15.
Re1 Bc6 16. Rxe3 Qe7 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. Bxc7 Rc8 19. Bd6 Qd8 20. Bb4 Nf4 21.
Bf1 a5 22. Be1 O-O 23. c4 a4 24. Bb4 Re8 25. Qd2 Qd7 26. Rae1 Ng6 27. Bc3 b5
28. d5 exd5 29. Qd4 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 11th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2013.01.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Cmilyte, Viktorija"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2013.01.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e4 Bb4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bxf6
Qxf6 9. Bxc4 c5 10. O-O cxd4 11. e5 Qe7 12. Qxd4 Bd7 13. Qg4 O-O 14. Ne4 Bc6
15. Rfd1 Kh8 16. Bb5 a6 17. Bxc6 Nxc6 18. Ng3 Rfd8 19. Nh5 Qf8 20. h4 Ba5 21.
Rac1 Bc7 22. Qe4 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. Rc1 Rd7 25. g3 Qb4 26. Rc4 Qxb2 27. Kg2
Bb6 28. Rc2 Qb4 29. Rc4 Qf8 30. Qb1 Bd4 31. Qe4 Ba7 32. Qb1 Nd4 33. Qd3 b5 34.
axb5 axb5 35. Rxd4 Bxd4 36. Nxd4 Qc5 37. Nxe6 Qc6+ 38. Qf3 Qxf3+ 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 11th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2013.01.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2013.01.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 d6 5. Qc2 O-O 6. Bd2 c5 $6 {Hardly a good
plan here.} (6... Nbd7 {[%cal Ye6e5]}) 7. a3 (7. dxc5 dxc5 $1 (7... Bxc5 8. g3
d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bg2 Nc6 11. O-O h6 12. Na4 Bd6 13. Rfd1 Re8 14. Be1 $14 {
1-0 (52) Lysyj,I (2628)-Zhigalko,A (2582) St Petersburg RUS 2012}) 8. e3 (8.
O-O-O Nc6 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Qe7 11. Ne5 Bd7 12. e3 Rfd8 13. Bd3 h6 14. Nxd7
Nxd7 15. f4 Nf6 16. g4 e5 17. g5 hxg5 18. fxg5 Ng4 19. Rdg1 Rxd3 20. Qxd3 Nf2
21. Qf5 Nxh1 22. Rxh1 Rd8 23. h4 Qd7 $11 {1/2 (27) Kakageldyev,A (2415)
-Kholmov,R (2550) Talsi 1979}) (8. a3 Ba5 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. g3 b6 11. Bg2 Bb7 12.
O-O Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Be4 14. Qc1 Qc7 15. Qe3 Bc6 16. Ne5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Rad8 18. f3
Nb8 19. Qg5 h6 20. Qh4 Nh7 21. Qg4 Nf6 22. Qh4 Nh7 23. Qf4 Rfe8 24. Qg4 f6 25.
Ng6 Nc6 $11 {0-1 (60) Forintos,G-Kholmov,R Budapest 1970}) 8... Nc6 9. a3 Ba5
10. O-O-O (10. Bd3 Qe7 11. O-O Bc7 12. Rad1 b6 13. b3 Bb7 14. Bc1 a6 15. Bb2 h6
16. Ne2 Rad8 $11 {1/2 (20) Foisor,O (2495)-Vyzmanavin,A (2485) Moscow 1987})
10... Qe7 11. Bd3 Bd7 (11... h6 $142 12. Rhg1 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 e5 $11) 12. Rhg1
Rfd8 13. g4 g6 14. g5 Nh5 15. Ne4 Bc7 16. Be2 $40 {0-1 (38) Flohr,S-Smyslov,V
Moscow 1951}) 7... Bxc3 (7... Ba5 8. e3 Re8 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. O-O e5 11. b4 $5 (
11. dxe5 $5 dxe5 12. Ng5) 11... cxb4 12. axb4 Bxb4 13. Nb5 Bxd2 14. Nxd2 Nf8 (
14... exd4 $142 15. exd4 Nf8 $11) 15. Nxa7 (15. c5 $1 exd4 16. Nxd6 dxe3 17.
fxe3 Rxe3 18. N2e4 $40) 15... Bd7 16. dxe5 Rxe5 17. Nb5 Rxa1 18. Rxa1 Bc6 $11 {
1/2 (24) Bagirov,V-Kholmov,R Tbilisi 1974}) 8. Bxc3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 e5 $5 {
A double-edged move, after which Black should urgently create counterplay,
otherwise the weakness of his d6 pawn will be painful.} 10. Nf5 (10. Nf3 Be6
11. e4 Nbd7 12. Be2 a5 $11 {A.Jussupow}) 10... Nc6 $6 (10... Qc7 11. Rd1 Rd8
12. e3 $6 (12. Ne3 Be6 $132) (12. g4 $5) 12... d5 13. f4 $6 Nc6 14. fxe5 Nxe5
15. Be2 Be6 16. O-O dxc4 $17 {0-1 (38) Beliavsky,A (2620)-Jussupow,A (2655)
Linares 1992}) 11. Rd1 Be6 $6 {[%mdl 512] Black sacrifices a pawn but should
not get enough compensation.} (11... Bxf5 $142 12. Qxf5 Qc7 {[%cal Ya8d8,Yd6d5,
Yc6e7]}) 12. Nxd6 Nd4 13. Bxd4 Qxd6 14. Bc3 Qa6 (14... Qc7 15. e3 Bxc4 $2 16.
Bb4 Rfc8 17. Bxc4 a5 (17... Qxc4 $2 18. Rd8+) 18. Bd6 (18. Bxf7+ $5 Qxf7 19.
Bc3 {[%csl Re5]}) 18... Qxc4 19. Qxc4 Rxc4 20. Bxe5 $16) 15. e3 $6 {After this
move White's king remains in the centre, and his king's rook out of play.} (15.
Bxe5 $142 Bxc4 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. h4 $1 $16 {[%cal Yh1h3]}) 15... Bxc4 16. Bxe5
Bxf1 17. Rxf1 Rfe8 $44 {[%csl Re1,Rf1]} 18. Bd4 Rac8 (18... Nd5 $5 {[%cal
Rd5f4]}) 19. Qb3 (19. Qd3 Qd6 $5) 19... Qa5+ 20. Bc3 Qa6 (20... Qg5 $5 21. Bxf6
Qxf6 $44) 21. f3 {White decides to give up the pawn but evacuate his king and
obtain a small advantage (B vs N in an open, although symmetrical position).}
Rxe3+ 22. Kf2 Rce8 23. Qb4 h6 $6 (23... Qe6 $142 24. Qd4 (24. Qxb7 $4 Rxc3 25.
bxc3 Qe3+ 26. Kg3 Ne4+) (24. Rd6 Qf5 25. Kg1 Re2 $132) 24... Re2+ 25. Kg1 Qf5
26. Rf2 (26. Qxa7 $4 Qc2) 26... Rxf2 27. Kxf2 h6 28. Kg1 b6 $14 {/=}) 24. Rd6
Qe2+ 25. Kg1 R3e6 (25... Rd3 $5 26. Re1 $1 (26. Rxd3 Qxd3 27. Qxb7 (27. Bxf6
gxf6 28. Qxb7 Qd4+ 29. Kh1 Qf2 30. Qa6 Re1 31. Qc8+ $11) 27... Nd5 28. Qxa7
Nxc3 29. bxc3 Qxc3 {, and Black should not lose}) 26... Qc2 27. Rxe8+ Nxe8 28.
Rxd3 Qxd3 29. Qxb7 Qe3+ 30. Kf1 Qd3+ 31. Ke1 Qe3+ 32. Kd1 Qg1+ 33. Be1 Qd4+ 34.
Bd2 Qg1+ 35. Kc2 Qxg2 36. b4 $16) 26. Rf2 $1 Qe3 27. Bd2 Qe5 28. Rxe6 Rxe6 29.
Qxb7 {Black has won a pawn once again, this time in a safe position.} Qd4 30.
Bc3 Qe3 31. g3 h5 32. h4 Qd3 $2 {There was no reason to give up another pawn.}
(32... Qc5 $142) 33. Qxa7 Nd5 34. Qd4 Qg6 35. Kh2 Rd6 36. Rd2 Rd7 37. Qe4 Qc6
38. a4 Rd6 39. Qd4 f6 40. a5 Qb5 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 11th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2013.01.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2013.01.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. a3 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 b6 8.
Qf4 Bb7 9. e4 Be7 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O Qb8 12. Qf3 a6 13. Bf4 d6 14. Qh3 Nd7 15.
Nd5 exd5 16. Qxd7 dxe4 17. Bxe4 Bxe4 18. Qxe7 Re8 19. Qxd6 Qxd6 20. Bxd6 Rac8
21. Rfc1 Rc6 22. Bg3 Rec8 23. b3 b5 24. Re1 Bc2 25. cxb5 axb5 26. a4 Bxb3 27.
axb5 Rb6 28. Rec1 Rxc1+ 29. Rxc1 f6 30. Rc8+ Kf7 31. Rb8 Rxb8 32. Bxb8 h5 33.
h4 Bc4 34. b6 Bd5 35. f3 Ke6 36. Kf2 Bb7 37. Ke3 Ba8 38. Bg3 Bb7 39. Kf4 Ba8
40. Be1 Bb7 41. Bc3 Ba8 42. Bb2 Bb7 43. g4 g6 44. Kg3 Ba8 45. Kf4 Bb7 46. Ke3
Ba8 47. Bc3 Bb7 48. Be1 Ba8 49. Bg3 Bb7 50. Bc7 Ba8 51. Bd8 Bb7 52. gxh5 gxh5
53. f4 f5 54. Kd4 Ba8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 11th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2013.01.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2013.01.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 a6 7. Rc1 Bf5 8. Nf3
e6 9. Qb3 Ra7 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Nd7 12. Bg3 Be7 13. Qd1 O-O 14. Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 11th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2013.01.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2013.01.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nc3 d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Ne5
e6 9. O-O Nfd7 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. Bf4 Qb6 12. Na4 Qb5 13. e3 Nb6 14. Nxb6 Qxb6 15.
Qd2 Bd7 16. Rfc1 Rfc8 17. g4 h6 18. h4 Bf8 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 Bb4 21. Qe2
Be7 22. h5 g5 23. Bf1 a5 24. Qd2 Bb4 25. Qd1 Bd6 26. Bxd6 Qxd6 27. Rxc8+ Rxc8
28. Rc1 Rxc1 29. Qxc1 Kg7 30. Qc3 b6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 11th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2013.01.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Muzychuk, Anna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2013.01.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Bg5 12. Nc2 Rb8 13. g3 O-O 14. h4 Bh6
15. Bh3 Be6 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Nde3 Bxe3 18. Nxe3 b4 19. Qd3 bxc3 20. bxc3 Qc7
21. O-O Rb5 22. Rfd1 Rd8 23. Rab1 Rc5 24. Rb2 Na5 25. Qxa6 Rc6 26. Qe2 Rxc3 27.
Rdb1 Rc1+ 28. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 29. Kg2 Qc6 30. Qg4 Re8 31. h5 Nb7 32. h6 g6 33. Qh4
Nc5 34. Ng4 Nxe4 35. Kh2 Qc7 36. Re2 d5 37. f3 Qc4 38. Rg2 Rf8 39. Qe7 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 11th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2013.01.31"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Zhao, Xue"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[Annotator "Zhao,Xue"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2013.01.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This was the second time I have come to participate in the Gibraltar Open! It
was nice to return to this beautiful place, where I find everything familiar
and very comfortable. However, my start in the tournament didn't go so easily,
with draws against lower rated opponents...  But it seems when things are
harder I play better, especially in the last four games luck is always with me.
First, in the seventh round against Swiss grandmaster Gallagher, I did not
only manage to save an almost lost game, but could even take the full point at
the end. In the eighth round I got German grandmaster Fridman and had to work
hard all the time, but nevertheless didn't lose. Then the ninth round brought
almost the same situation, I was under pressure against Ecuadorean grandmaster
Iturrizaga. Finally he made a mistake and that brought me a crucial victory. 
This ushered in the final round an opportunity to play against the famous
grandmaster and the tournament No. 1 seed Ivanchuk. Before, I had been pleased
with my form: I was in the second group only half a point behind the leaders;
I was also leading together with Pia Cramling as far as the women were
concerned, half a point in front of several other women players. So before the
last round my strategy was very simple - a draw is a victory...} 1. d4 d5 2. c4
dxc4 3. e3 {I spent some time thinking here and discarded the e4 I have used
in recent years, because that would tend to lead to complex situations, and
now my goal was to hold and score half a point. So I decided in favour of
simplicity.} e6 4. Bxc4 c5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. O-O a6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8. Rxd1 Bxc5 9. a3
{So we have a very balanced position, and also the layout is very familiar to
me. So I spent more time and hoped that the situation would continue to remain
stable, and as much simplified as possible. A more sensible move might have
been 9.Be2.} Nbd7 10. Be2 O-O 11. Bd2 {After the game, I actually found that
this is a new idea. If Vassily plays 11...b5 12.Ba5, then Nc3, b4, a4. The
progressive realisation of my plan was to keep the situation level.} b6 {
Very clever logic, while maintaining the flexibility of the position.} 12. Nc3
Bb7 13. Be1 Rfc8 14. Rac1 Be7 15. Nd2 b5 16. b4 {A bad decision, leading to
White having to endure a long period of hard work.} (16. Nb3 Bd8 17. f3 Bb6 (
17... Nd5 18. e4) 18. Bf2 Nd5 {In my calculations I found it difficult to
maintain the balance here, but analysis after the game showed that White
should be even better.} ({another choice is also good for White:} 18... Nc5 19.
Nxc5 Bxc5 20. e4 Be7 21. Be3 {White is better}) 19. e4 Nxc3 20. Rxc3 Rxc3 21.
bxc3 Bxf2+ 22. Kxf2 Bc8 23. c4 {and White is clearly better.}) 16... Rc7 17.
Na2 Rac8 18. Rxc7 Rxc7 19. Rc1 {That's what I was expecting when playing 16.b4,
I can exchange both rooks, but White still is somewhat passive and in danger.}
Ne8 (19... Rxc1 20. Nxc1 Nd5 21. Ndb3 N5b6 22. f3 {to limit the black
light-squared bishop} Bd5 (22... Ne5 23. Na5 Bd5 24. e4 Bc4 25. Bg3 Bxe2 26.
Bxe5 Nc4 27. Nxe2 Nxe5 28. Nd4 Kf8 29. Kf2 $11) 23. e4 Bc4 24. Bd1 {White can
still maintain a relatively balanced situation.}) 20. Rxc7 Nxc7 21. Nb3 Bd5 22.
Bd1 {I still like this move, it retains the options of Nc3, Bc3 and Nc5.} ({
Houdini prefers} 22. Nac1 {I think with more accurate calculation, you can
hold on to the relatively weaker a3-pawn.}) 22... Nb6 23. Nc3 Nc4 {Black is
very positive; the a3-pawn comes under strong pressure.} 24. Nb1 {A negative
way to defend, but I think this was the best moment.} ({Relatively positive} 
24. a4 {will bring more danger.} Nb2 (24... Bxb4 25. Nxd5 Nxd5 26. Bxb4 bxa4 ({
but not} 26... Nxb4 27. axb5 axb5 28. Nd4 Nd6 29. Be2 {draw}) 27. Be1 axb3 28.
Bxb3 Ne5 {leaves Black's with an extra pawn; things are more difficult for
White.}) 25. axb5 Nxd1 26. b6 Nxc3 27. bxc7 Bb7 28. Bxc3 Bd6 29. Nc5 Bc8 30. f4
f6 $11) 24... f5 $1 {Understanding the complications; he will continue to keep
up the pressure, and get his king into battle as soon as possible.} 25. Bc2 Kf7
26. Bc3 Ne8 27. Kf1 Nf6 28. Bd4 (28. N3d2 Ng4 29. Nxc4 Bxc4+ 30. Kg1) 28... Nd7
(28... Ng4 $5 {may bring more opportunities} 29. h3 Nge5 {but probably Vassily
was worried about} 30. Nc5 ({possibly the best could be} 30. Nc3 Ba8 31. Nb1 {
and White is still under pressure, but can still defend.}) 30... a5 31. bxa5
Nxa5 32. Nd3 {Black retains ...Nec6 with some initiative.}) 29. N3d2 e5 30. Bc3
{If memory serves me right, I now felt the pressure more, although the
situation seems to be less complex.} e4 31. Ke2 g6 (31... Bf6 32. Bxf6 gxf6 33.
a4 $11) 32. Bd4 Nde5 33. Nb3 Nd3 {This looks very promising, but} (33... Nc6 {
would be better} 34. Bc3 h6 {and Black can slowly advance the kingside pawns,
to fight to create another weakness in White's camp.}) 34. f3 Ke6 (34... exf3+
$1 35. gxf3 Nde5 {Black retains some opportunities.}) 35. N3d2 (35. fxe4 $142
fxe4 36. N3d2 {The opportunity to aim for a draw.} Bd6 37. g3 Nxd2 38. Nxd2 $11
Nc1+ 39. Kf2 Nd3+ 40. Ke2 $11) 35... Bd6 ({He should still play} 35... exf3+
36. gxf3 Nde5) 36. h3 ({And White should have played} 36. fxe4 fxe4 37. g3 $11)
36... exf3+ 37. gxf3 Nde5 {Under the pressure of the time limit, the two sides
have missed the best liquidation, but the situation has been basically
maintained:, Black has retained slightly better chances.} 38. e4 ({Houdini
prefers} 38. f4 {but I still prefer to force a more positive position.}) 38...
fxe4 39. Nxe4 Nc6 (39... Be7 {will not give Black a better chance} 40. f4 Nd7
41. Ng5+ Bxg5 42. fxg5 Nde5 43. h4 $11) 40. Bf2 Be7 41. Nc5+ ({The first step
in the long-term pressure, I had not been thinking of playing} 41. Nec3 {
to replace swap off my opponent's better light-squared bishop.}) 41... Bxc5 42.
Bxc5 Ke5 (42... N6e5 {May bring more opportunities, but there is still great
potential for the defence.}) 43. Kf2 {The best defence.} Kf4 44. a4 ({After a
long time thinking, I think this situation was close to a draw. So I did not
consider other moves than a4 and missed a more powerful method found by Houdini
} 44. Bf8 $5) 44... bxa4 45. Bxa4 Bxf3 (45... N6e5 {May be better, but then}
46. Bc2 Nxf3 (46... Bxf3 47. Nd2 {This is the situation I look forward to} Bc6
48. Nxc4 Nxc4 49. Bd3 $11) 47. Nc3 Bb7 48. Bf8 Nfd2 49. Bd3 Ke5 50. Bg7+ Kd6
51. Bh6 Ne5 52. Bxa6 Bxa6 53. Bxd2 Nc4 54. Bf4+ Kc6 55. Kf3 $11) 46. Nd2 {
Aiming to force an exchange.} Nxd2 (46... N6e5 47. Bc2 Bb7 48. Nxc4 Nxc4 49.
Bd3 Bd5) 47. Be3+ Kf5 48. Bxc6 {Draw. I proposed a draw and Vassily agreed to
my proposal, after thinking for a short while.  I breathed a long sigh of
relief, I do not really like the way the game went, but this result makes me
very satisfied. My best achievement in an open! 13th in the tournament, the
first woman. I very much like Gibraltar, and am also very grateful to the
organisers and sponsors of the competition. Most people hope that this classic
tournament will go on forever, if given the opportunity. It has been very
successful in attracting professional players and amateur players from around
the world, with some rich and exciting outside activities which also add a lot
of fun. This tournamnet gave me a lot of confidence, it was like a reward,
especially after last year, after a series of bad results, I think I will
always remember this wonderful game. Not the best, perhaps,, but played in
this beautiful place, with a wonderful result.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "Jurmala"]
[Date "2013.02.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Trifonov, Denis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2263"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2013.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Eine Partie aus der Sammlung "Meister gegen Amateur"} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3
e6 4. Qc2 (4. Nc3 dxc4 {führt zur Noteboom-Variante.}) ({Nach} 4. e3 {ist} f5
{eher spielbar als nach Dc2.}) 4... Bb4+ ({Nach} 4... f5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 Be7
7. Nc3 O-O 8. Bd3 Ne4 {ist} 9. g4 {stark.}) (4... Nf6 5. g3 {mit Übergang in
die Katalanische Eröffnung.}) 5. Bd2 (5. Nbd2 Nf6 6. a3 Be7 7. g3 Nbd7 8. Bg2
O-O 9. O-O b6 10. e4 Bb7 11. e5 Ne8 12. Rd1 c5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. cxd5 exd5 15.
Nf1 Qb6 16. Bg5 Qd8 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Ne3 Nc7 19. Nf5 Qd8 20. b4 c4 21. h4 a5
22. Nd6 Rb8 23. Ng5 g6 24. Nxb7 Rxb7 25. Bxd5 Nxd5 26. Rxd5 axb4 27. axb4 Qe7
28. Qe2 Re8 29. e6 fxe6 30. Rd4 Nb6 31. Re4 Qxb4 32. Rxe6 Rbe7 33. Ra7 Rxe6 34.
Nxe6 Re7 35. Qe5 Rxa7 36. Qb8+ Kf7 37. Ng5+ Ke7 38. Qxa7+ Nd7 39. Qe3+ Kd8 40.
Nf7+ Kc7 41. Qf4+ Kc6 42. Nd8+ Kb5 43. Qe4 Ka4 44. Nc6 Nc5 45. Qc2+ Qb3 46. Qd2
c3 47. Qd4+ Kb5 48. Na7+ Kb6 49. Nc8+ Kb5 50. Nd6+ Kc6 51. Nc4 Qb1+ 52. Kh2 Qd3
53. Ne5+ {1-0 (53) Matveev,V (2325)-Karpov,A (2296) Nizhnij Tagil 2012}) 5...
Bd6 6. Bg5 Qa5+ ({Logischer, aber nicht besser, war} 6... f6) 7. Nbd2 dxc4 (
7... h6 8. Bh4 dxc4 9. Qxc4 b6 10. Bg3 Bxg3 11. hxg3 Ba6 12. Qc2 Ne7 13. a3 c5
14. dxc5 bxc5 15. e3 Bxf1 16. Kxf1 Nd7 17. Nc4 Qa6 18. Kg1 Nf6 19. g4 Ng6 20.
g5 hxg5 21. Rxh8+ Nxh8 22. Nxg5 Rd8 23. Ne5 Qd6 24. Ngf3 Qd5 25. Qa4+ Kf8 26.
Qxa7 Ne4 27. Qc7 f6 28. Nc6 Re8 29. b4 c4 30. a4 c3 31. b5 Qc4 32. b6 Qe2 33.
Rf1 {1-0 (32) Grigoriants,S (2550)-Krapivin,A (2425) Moscow 2006}) 8. Qxc4 b5
9. Qc2 {Weiß hat schon Entwicklungsvprsprung, während Schwarz seine Stellung
weiter kompromittiert.} h6 10. Bh4 f5 11. e3 ({Es drohte g5 und f4, was
vermutlich nicht einmal eine Drohung ist, z.B. nach:} 11. a3 g5 12. Bg3 f4 13.
e3 fxg3 14. Qg6+ Kf8 15. hxg3 Qd8 16. Ne4 Be7 17. Nexg5 Bxg5 18. Nxg5 Qe8 19.
Nh7+ $18) 11... Nf6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. g4 {Schon der endgültige Ausheber. Nach
g6 kann Schwarz die Dame nicht lassen.} Bb7 (13... Kd8 14. gxf5 exf5 15. Rg1 f4
16. Rg6 Be7 17. O-O-O Qxa2 18. d5 $18) 14. gxf5 c5 15. fxe6 Bxf3 {Der schwarze
König in der Mitte wird nun erlegt. Die Überlegenheit der weißen Stellung
zeigt sich auch darin, dass er alles wegnehmen kann, aber immer einen noch
besseren Zug findet.} 16. Qg6+ ({Stark war auch} 16. b4) 16... Kd8 17. Qxf6+
Kc7 18. Qxf3 Rf8 19. Qe4 (19. Qxa8 Nc6 20. Qxf8 Bxf8 {ist weniger klar.}) 19...
Rxf2 20. Rd1 (20. Kxf2 Qxd2+ 21. Kg1 {ist natürlich auch gewonnen.}) 20... Rf8
21. Bg2 cxd4 22. e7 Bxe7 (22... Re8 23. Qb7#) 23. Qxe7+ Nd7 24. Rc1+ 1-0

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "Jurmala"]
[Date "2013.02.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2013.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 b6 4. Bb2 Bb7 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. g3 Be7 7. Bg2 Bf6 8. O-O
d6 9. Ne1 Nge7 10. f4 O-O 11. e5 dxe5 12. Ne4 Ng6 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. h4 Rad8
15. fxe5 Qe7 16. Nd3 Nd4 17. h5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qb7+ 19. Kh2 Ne7 20. h6 gxh6 21.
Bxd4 Rxd4 22. Qh5 Qe4 23. Qxh6 Qg6 24. Qh3 Nf5 25. Rf4 Kh8 26. Rxd4 cxd4 27. g4
Ne7 28. Qh4 Nd5 29. Rh1 Rc8 30. Ne1 Qe4 31. Kg1 Rg8 32. Kf1 Rxg4 33. Qd8+ Kg7
34. Rh2 Qxe5 35. Rf2 Qg5 36. Qxg5+ Rxg5 37. Nf3 Rg4 38. Ne5 Rf4 39. Nc6 a5 40.
Rxf4 Nxf4 41. Nxd4 h5 42. a4 h4 43. Kf2 Kf6 44. Nf3 h3 45. Kg3 e5 46. Kg4 Ke6
47. Ng5+ Kd5 48. Nxh3 f5+ 49. Kh4 Ne6 50. Kg3 Nd4 51. b4 axb4 52. c3 b3 0-1

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "Jurmala"]
[Date "2013.02.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Sulskis, Sarunas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2013.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. d4
Bb6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Nbd2 h6 11. h3 Bb7 12. Re1 Re8 13. d5 Nb8 14. Bxb6 cxb6 15.
Bc2 Nbd7 16. b4 Rc8 17. Re3 Rc7 18. Rc1 Bc8 19. Bd3 Nb8 20. Kh2 Nh5 21. g3 g6
22. Nh4 Ng7 23. a4 bxa4 24. Qxa4 f5 25. Nxg6 Qg5 26. Nh4 f4 27. Rf3 Bg4 28.
hxg4 fxg3+ 29. Kxg3 Qxd2 30. Qd1 Qxd1 31. Rxd1 Rxc3 32. Rf6 a5 33. Rxd6 axb4
34. f3 b3 35. Bb5 Rf8 36. Rb1 Kh7 37. Rxb6 Re3 38. Ba4 Rg8 39. R1xb3 Re2 40.
Rb7 Na6 41. Bb5 Nc5 42. Bxe2 Nxb3 43. Rxb3 1-0

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "Jurmala"]
[Date "2013.02.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bernotas, Arturs"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2268"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2013.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 d6 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 Nc6 7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb5
dxe5 9. Nxe5 Bd7 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. Nc3 e6 12. O-O Rd8 13. Be3 Be7 14. Qf3 a6
15. Bxc6 Qxc6 16. Qxc6+ bxc6 17. Rac1 Kd7 18. Rc2 Rb8 19. Rfc1 Rhc8 20. Bf4 Rb7
21. Ne4 a5 22. b3 a4 23. bxa4 Nxa4 24. Nc5+ Nxc5 25. dxc5 Ra8 26. Rd1+ Ke8 27.
h3 h5 28. g3 Ra4 29. h4 f6 30. Bd6 Bd8 31. Re2 Kf7 32. Rde1 Ba5 33. Rd1 Bc3 34.
Bf4 Bd4 35. Bd6 e5 36. Kg2 Rc4 37. f4 exf4 38. Bxf4 Bxc5 39. Red2 Kg6 40. Re1
Bb4 41. Rb1 Bxd2 0-1

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "Jurmala"]
[Date "2013.02.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2013.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 Nbd7 11. Rd1 Bd6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Nc3 a5
15. Qd3 Bb4 16. Ne5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 c6 18. Rac1 Nd7 19. Nxd7 Qxd7 20. Ne4 Rad8
21. Qc4 Qd5 22. Qxd5 Rxd5 23. Nc5 e5 24. Nb3 Rfd8 25. e3 f5 26. Kf3 Kf7 27. Ke2
Ke6 28. Rc4 g6 29. h4 h5 30. Rdc1 Kf6 31. Rd1 Ke6 32. Rdc1 Kf6 33. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "Jurmala"]
[Date "2013.02.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Zhigalko, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2013.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 e6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Nf6 6. Qc2 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5+ 8.
Nc3 Nc6 9. g3 Bxc5 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O Bd7 12. a3 Rac8 13. Bf4 Be7 14. b4 Qb6
15. Be3 Qc7 16. Rfc1 h6 17. Qb3 Qb8 18. Rc2 Rfd8 19. Rac1 e5 20. h3 Be6 21. Qb2
Bf5 22. Rd2 Rxd2 23. Nxd2 Nd4 24. Nb3 Nxb3 25. Qxb3 Be6 26. Qb2 b6 27. h4 Ng4
28. Bd2 Nf6 29. Ne4 Nxe4 30. Bxe4 f5 31. Bc2 Bf6 32. Bb3 Bxb3 33. Qxb3+ Kh8 34.
Qe6 Rxc1+ 35. Bxc1 f4 36. Qc6 Qd8 37. Kg2 Qd1 38. Qa8+ Kh7 39. Qe4+ Kh8 40. Bb2
fxg3 41. fxg3 Qb3 42. Bxe5 Bxe5 43. Qxe5 Qxa3 44. b5 Qa2 45. Kf3 Qb3+ 46. Kf2
Qb4 47. Qd5 Qf8+ 48. Ke3 Qe7+ 49. Kf3 Qf8+ 50. Kg4 Qc8+ 51. Kf3 a5 52. bxa6
Qxa6 53. Qc6 Qa3+ 54. e3 Qb3 55. Qe8+ Kh7 56. Qe4+ Kh8 57. Qe8+ Kh7 58. Qe4+
Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "Jurmala"]
[Date "2013.02.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gleizerov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2013.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 e5 3. c4 d4 4. d3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. b4 Ne7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. O-O a5
9. b5 c5 10. bxc6 Nexc6 11. Ba3 Re8 12. Ne4 Nb4 13. c5 Bf8 14. Bxb4 axb4 15.
Qb3 Na6 16. Nfg5 Qe7 17. Rfc1 h6 18. Nf3 Be6 19. Qb2 Bd5 20. Nfd2 Red8 21. a3
bxa3 22. Rxa3 Qe6 23. Ra5 Rac8 24. Rb5 f5 25. Nd6 Bxd6 26. cxd6 Rxc1+ 27. Qxc1
Bxg2 28. Kxg2 Rxd6 29. Nc4 Rd5 30. Rb6 1-0

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "Jurmala"]
[Date "2013.02.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2013.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 e6 4. e4 Nc6 5. Be2 b6 6. O-O Bb7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Bc5 10. Qd3 Qc7 11. Be3 O-O 12. Rad1 Rfd8 13. Bd4 e5 14. Bxc5 bxc5
15. Qe3 d6 16. f4 exf4 17. Qxf4 Qe7 18. Bf3 a6 19. Rfe1 h6 20. b3 Qe5 21. Qxe5
dxe5 22. Na4 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Rc8 24. Nb6 Rb8 25. Nd7 Nxd7 26. Rxd7 Bc6 27. Rc7
Rb6 28. Kf2 a5 29. Ke3 Kf8 30. Bd1 Ra6 31. Bg4 g6 32. h4 h5 33. Bc8 Rb6 34. g4
hxg4 35. Bxg4 Ra6 36. h5 Kg7 37. hxg6 Kxg6 38. Bc8 Rb6 39. Bf5+ Kg7 40. Kd3 a4
41. bxa4 Bxa4 42. Rxc5 Rb2 43. Rxe5 Rxa2 44. Kc3 Rc2+ 45. Kb4 Bc6 46. Rc5 Bb7
47. Rc7 Re2 48. Re7 Kf6 49. Re8 Bc6 50. Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "Jurmala"]
[Date "2013.02.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kovalenko, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2013.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d4 exd4 5. Qxd4 d5 6. Nf3 Be6 7. cxd5 Qxd5 8.
Nc3 Qxd4 9. Nxd4 Bc4 10. b3 Ba6 11. Bb2 Nbd7 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. Nf5 Kc7 14. e4
Ng4 15. Rd2 g6 16. Nd4 Bc5 17. f4 Bxd4 18. Rxd4 Nc5 19. Nd1 Nd3+ 20. Rxd3 Bxd3
21. h3 Nh6 22. Bg7 Rhe8 23. Bxh6 Bxe4 24. Bxe4 Rxe4 25. f5 Re2 26. Nc3 Rg2 27.
Bf4+ Kb6 28. Re1 Ka6 29. Re7 gxf5 30. Rxf7 Rd3 31. Na4 b6 32. Bb8 Rf3 33. Rxa7+
Kb5 34. Rd7 Rxa2 35. Be5 Rh2 36. h4 Rxb3 37. Nc3+ Ka6 38. Rxh7 Ra3 39. Kb1 Rb3+
40. Kc1 Ra3 41. Kb1 Rb3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "Jurmala"]
[Date "2013.02.16"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C87"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2013.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O Be7 6. c3 a6 7. Ba4 O-O 8. Re1
Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. Nbd2 Nd7 11. Bc2 h6 12. Nf1 Bg5 13. Ne3 Nc5 14. g4 Bg6 15.
Nxg5 hxg5 16. Qf3 Ne6 17. Ng2 Qe7 18. Bb3 Ncd8 19. Qg3 f6 20. Ne3 Bf7 21. h4
Nf4 22. Nf5 Qd7 23. hxg5 fxg5 24. Bxf4 gxf4 25. Qh4 Bxb3 26. axb3 g6 27. Qg5
Qh7 28. Nh6+ Kh8 29. Kg2 Ne6 30. Qh4 f3+ 31. Kg3 Nf4 32. Qg5 Ne2+ 33. Rxe2 fxe2
34. Rh1 Rf4 35. Nf5 Rf3+ 36. Kxf3 Qxh1+ 37. Kxe2 gxf5 38. Qf6+ Kg8 39. Qg6+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "Jurmala"]
[Date "2013.02.16"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2013.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Na6 7. a3 Nc7 8. e3
Be7 9. Bd3 Ne6 10. Bh4 g6 11. Nf3 Ng7 12. Bg5 Ne6 13. Bh4 Ng7 14. b4 a6 15. O-O
Bf5 16. Na4 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Nf5 18. Nc5 Nxh4 19. Nxh4 b5 20. Qc2 Bxc5 21. Qxc5
Rc8 22. Nf3 Ne4 23. Qc2 Nd6 24. Ne1 Nc4 25. a4 O-O 26. Nd3 Rc7 27. Nc5 Qc8 28.
Qc3 Re7 29. Ra2 Rfe8 30. Rc1 h5 31. Qd3 Kg7 32. Qd1 Rf8 33. Rca1 Rfe8 34. Qf3
Rf8 35. Qf4 Rfe8 36. h3 Nb6 37. Qg5 Nc4 38. Qf4 Nb6 39. Ra3 Nc4 40. Rc3 Rf8 41.
Rc2 Rfe8 42. Re2 Nb6 43. a5 Nc4 44. Rae1 Rd8 45. e4 dxe4 46. Rxe4 Rxe4 47. Rxe4
Rd5 48. Re7 Qf5 49. Qxf5 gxf5 50. Ra7 f4 51. Ne6+ Kf6 52. Nxf4 Rxd4 53. Nxh5+
Kg6 54. g4 Ne5 55. Rxa6 Nxg4 56. hxg4 1-0

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "Jurmala"]
[Date "2013.02.17"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Fier, Alexandr"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[Annotator "Fier,A"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2013.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{It's always really nice to play against one of the best players in the world!
This game would be played in the morning, so I had some few hours to prepare
during the night. I started to look at my opponent's repertoire and I realized
that few hours were not going to be enough...} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4.
g3 Ba6 5. b3 (5. Qc2 {is my usual move, but since I wasn't prepared for this
position, I went to something more classic}) 5... Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8.
Bc3 d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. O-O f5 (12... Rc8 13. e4 c5
14. exd5 exd5 15. dxc5 dxc4 16. c6 cxb3 17. Re1 b2 18. Bxb2 Nc5 19. Nc4 Bxc4
20. Qg4 Bg5 21. Qxc4 Nd3 22. Be5 Nxe1 23. Rxe1 Bf6 24. Bxf6 Qxf6 25. c7 {
was fashion in the 2000's, but nowadays nobody goes for it anymore}) 13. a4 Nf6
14. a5 c5 {Winz,M (2325)-Galkowski,L (2386) BdF 60 jub Worldopen SF02 email
2009 1-0} (14... Bd6 {could be another normal move}) 15. e3 Qd7 16. Qc2 {
I thought that if I could maintain the tension on the center and put my rooks
on the game white should be better because of the pawn on f5} Ne4 17. Nxe4 fxe4
18. Rfd1 Qc6 19. axb6 (19. Rd2 $1 {it was necessary to double the rooks before
opening the position! Here I think white can have a long lasting pressure on
the d5 pawn} Rfd8 (19... Rf7 20. dxc5 bxc5 21. Rad1 Raf8 (21... Rd8 22. Bxe4
$18) 22. cxd5 exd5 23. Rxd5 Rxf2 24. Qxe4 $18) (19... Bf6 20. dxc5 bxc5 21.
Bxf6 Rxf6 22. Rc1 Rc8 23. Bh3 $16) 20. dxc5 bxc5 21. Rad1 {and I think black
can have some problems here}) 19... axb6 20. dxc5 bxc5 21. Qb2 Rf7 22. Bf1 $5 {
I was thinking that with two rooks on the board black can defend easily the
pawns and try to make some pressure on f-file, so I found a way to exchange
one pair of rooks} Bb7 23. Rxa8+ Bxa8 {but the problem is that now I don't
have much pressure either. The position looks a bit more pleasant for white,
but nothing special at all.} 24. Be5 Bb7 25. Bg2 Bf8 26. h4 {trying some
expansion and looking for some Bh3 to go for e6 in some lines} h6 27. Bf1 {
trying to trick a 2750 is never easy, even in a rapid game! but the being
tricked was interesting for black too} Rd7 (27... d4 {is not good for black now
} 28. Bg2 dxe3 (28... d3 29. Rxd3) 29. fxe3 $14) (27... Rf5 $5 {probably I
would be happy here} 28. cxd5 exd5 29. Rxd5 Qe8 $1 {and worried here} (29...
Qe6 {keeps the queen on the diagonal, giving some new chances for white} 30.
Rd8 Rxe5 31. Bc4 Bd5 32. Qxe5 $1 Qxe5 33. Rxd5 Qc3 34. Rf5+ Kh7 35. Rxf8 {
and maybe white is a slightly better}) 30. g4 Rxf2 {this is the point} 31. Bc4
$5 Rf1+ (31... Bxd5 32. Bxd5+ Rf7 33. Qf2 Qd7 34. Qxf7+ Qxf7 35. Bxf7+ Kxf7 $11
) (31... Rxb2 $2 32. Rd8+ Qf7 33. Bxb2 $18) 32. Kg2 {is more funny, but still
equal} (32. Kxf1 Qf7+ 33. Qf2 Bxd5 $11) 32... Bxd5 33. Bxd5+ Rf7 $11) 28. Bg2
Rf7 29. Bh3 Ba6 $6 (29... Be7 {with some Bf6 ideas was better}) 30. Qc2 (30.
Qe2 $1 {this manouvre I overlooked and it's a better plan than the plans I
tried} Bb7 31. Qg4 {giving my 29.Bh3 some sense!} Re7 32. Qg6 d4 33. b4 {
gives white reallly good chances}) 30... Bb7 31. Bg2 Qb6 32. Ra1 d4 $1 {
opening the position and exchanging the pawns black has no problems anymore}
33. Bxe4 dxe3 34. fxe3 (34. f4 {was an interesting idea to try to take the e3
pawn with the queen, but black has suficient resources to keep the position
equal} Bxe4 35. Qxe4 Qxb3 36. Re1 Rb7 37. Rxe3 Qb1+ 38. Kg2 Qxe4+ 39. Rxe4 h5
$11) 34... Bxe4 35. Qxe4 Qxb3 36. Bf4 {trying to play for a win in a position
that is not better for me... Soon I will regret it!} (36. Rf1 {is what I was
going to play when I analyzed this position. It should lead to a quick draw,
since both players are able to defend all the weakenesses} Rxf1+ 37. Kxf1 Qd1+
38. Kg2 Qe2+ 39. Kh3 Qf1+ 40. Kh2 Qe2+ $11) 36... Rf6 37. Rb1 Qa2 38. Rf1 Qe2
$1 {going to g4 and shaking a bit the position. Since I wasn't expecting this
manouvre I started to feel unconfortable in the position} 39. Rf2 Qg4 40. Qe5
$2 {and finally I blunder, letting black win a pawn and almost the game!} Qd1+
$1 41. Kg2 Qd3 42. g4 {time to try to create some kind of desperate counterplay
} Qxc4 43. Rd2 Rf7 (43... h5 $5 {to liberate f5 for the rook was possible} 44.
gxh5 Rf5 45. Qb8 Qe4+ 46. Kh2 e5 47. Bg5 Qg4 {with pressure}) 44. h5 (44. Rd8)
44... Be7 45. Qb8+ Rf8 46. Qb7 {activating my pieces, but now my king is much
more exposed than it should be} Bg5 47. Rd7 Qc2+ (47... Qe2+ $1 {is sufficient
for the win} 48. Kh3 (48. Kg3 Bf6 {[%cal Ge6e5]}) 48... Qf1+ 49. Qg2 (49. Kh2
Bxf4+ 50. exf4 Qxf4+) 49... Qxg2+ 50. Kxg2 Bxf4 51. exf4 Rxf4 52. Kg3 Rf7 {
and black's rook can go to the c-file which makes the victory easy} 53. Rd8+
Rf8 54. Rd7 Rc8 55. Kf3 c4 56. Ke2 c3 57. Kd1 Rc4 $19) 48. Kg3 Qc3 49. Kg2 Bxf4
50. exf4 Rxf4 $2 {a big blunder on time trouble} (50... Kh8 {Is still good for
black, but ok at least white is not getting mated anymore} 51. Qc7 $17) 51.
Rd8+ Rf8 52. Rxf8+ Kxf8 53. Qb8+ {now the king can never escape} Kf7 54. Qc7+
Kg8 (54... Kf6 55. Qf4+ $11) 55. Qb8+ {a game with some errors, normal for
rapid game, still a great experience for me!} (55. Qb8+ Kh7 56. Qb1+ $11)
1/2-1/2

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "Jurmala"]
[Date "2013.02.17"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C62"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2013.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4 Bd7 5. d5 Nb8 6. c4 Nf6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Bxd7+
Nbxd7 9. Be3 g6 10. h3 Nh5 11. O-O O-O 12. Rc1 Ng7 13. b4 f5 14. c5 f4 15. cxd6
cxd6 16. Bd2 a6 17. b5 g5 18. bxa6 bxa6 19. Ne1 h5 20. Nd3 a5 21. g4 f3 22. Ne1
hxg4 23. hxg4 Nf6 24. Qxf3 Qd7 25. Qh3 Nxg4 26. Kg2 Kf7 27. f3 Nf6 28. Qxd7
Nxd7 29. Nd3 a4 30. Rb1 Ra7 31. Nb5 Raa8 32. Nc3 Ra7 33. Rb4 Nh5 34. Rfb1 Nf4+
35. Bxf4 exf4 36. Nb5 Ra5 37. Nd4 Nc5 38. Nc6 Nxd3 39. Rb7 Rc5 40. Rxe7+ Kg6
41. Re6+ Kg7 42. Nd4 g4 43. Rxd6 gxf3+ 44. Kxf3 Ne5+ 45. Kf2 Rc4 46. Ne6+ Kf7
47. Rb7+ 1-0

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "Jurmala"]
[Date "2013.02.17"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Sandipan, Chanda"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2013.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 g6 7. c5 Bg7 8. Bb5
O-O 9. Nge2 Ne4 10. O-O Nxc3 11. bxc3 Na5 12. Qa4 f6 13. Rad1 e5 14. dxe5 fxe5
15. Be3 Be6 16. f4 Qc7 17. fxe5 Bxe5 18. Nf4 Bxf4 19. Rxf4 a6 20. Be2 Nc4 21.
Rxf8+ Rxf8 22. Bxc4 dxc4 23. Rd6 Qf7 24. Qd1 Bg4 25. Qe1 Bd7 26. Bd4 Bc6 27. h4
Re8 28. Qg3 Qf5 29. Rf6 Qe4 30. Kh2 Qd5 31. Rxg6+ Kf7 32. Qc7+ Kxg6 33. Qg7+
Kf5 34. Qf6+ Kg4 35. Qg7+ Kf4 36. Qh6+ Ke4 37. Qe3+ Kf5 38. Qh3+ Kg6 39. Qg4+
Kf7 0-1

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2013.03.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2013.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. Nbd2 Rc8 13. Nb3 Be4 14. Qc3 Nd5
15. Qd2 c5 16. Nxc5 Bxc5 17. dxc5 Rxc5 18. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 19. Rxc1 Qa8 20. Bf1 $146
{A far from impressive novelty.} (20. Qd4 {is usually played}) 20... Bxf3 21.
exf3 Rc8 22. h4 h5 23. Bd3 Rxc1+ 24. Qxc1 Qd8 25. a3 g6 26. Be4 Qf6 27. Qd2 Kg7
28. f4 Nb6 29. b3 Nd5 30. Kg2 Qa1 31. Bxd5 exd5 32. Qxd5 Qxa3 33. Qe5+ Kg8 34.
Qe8+ Qf8 35. Qc6 Qb4 36. f5 Qxb3 37. fxg6 Qe6 38. gxf7+ Kxf7 39. Qb7+ Kg6 40.
Kf3 Qf7+ 41. Qxf7+ Kxf7 42. Ke4 a5 43. f3 a4 44. Kd3 a3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2013.03.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2013.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 f5 {After draws in the initial round both players are
perky and still full of fighting spirit. Ivanchuk with his incredibly wide
repretoire is the first to show his ambitions by going for the Leningrad Dutch.
} 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 {An important theoretical position.
The text move has a long history and has its fans even nowadays.} ({The
revival of the Dutch in the 1980s and 1990s, led by Malaniuk, M.Gurevich, P.
Nikolic and also Topalov, who was just an emerging star at that time, was
connected mainly with} 7... Qe8 {However, this continuation has fallen
somewhat out of fashion, one of the plausible ways to fight for an edge is} 8.
Nd5 $5 (8. d5 {is the main move, which occurs in more than half of the games
which reach this position.}) 8... Nxd5 9. cxd5 Qb5 10. Ng5 c6 11. a4 Qb6 12. a5
Qb5 (12... Qxd4 13. Qb3 $36) 13. e4 fxe4 14. Nxe4 cxd5 15. Nc3 Qd7 16. Nxd5 e6
17. Nf4 d5 18. Re1 Qf7 19. Be3 Nc6 20. Qd2 Bd7 21. h4 Rac8 22. Ra3 Ne7 23. Nd3
Nf5 24. Ne5 Bxe5 25. dxe5 Nxe3 26. Raxe3 Qe7 27. Rc3 Rxc3 28. bxc3 Qc5 29. Rb1
Bc6 30. h5 $14 {Vachier Lagrave,M (2682)-Kuzubov,Y (2615)/Plovdiv/2012/}) ({
The sharpest option is the risky} 7... Nc6 8. d5 $142 ({Ivanchuk could have
hardly have hoped for the repetition of} 8. b3 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Ba3 Re8 11.
e4 $6 (11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Rad1 $11) 11... Nd4 12. Re1 c6 13. exf5 $2 (13. Bc5 $5
$13) 13... Bxf5 14. Nh4 Bc2 15. Qc1 e4 16. Bb2 Bd3 17. Rd1 Qa5 18. Qd2 Rad8 19.
Rac1 Qh5 20. Kh1 g5 $19 {Radjabov,T (2735)-Ivanchuk,V (2751)/Odessa rpd/2008/})
8... Ne5 (8... Na5 9. Qa4 (9. Nd2 c5 10. Rb1 e5 11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. b3 d5 13.
cxd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Ba3 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Nc6 17. Nf3 {1/2, Aronian,L 
(2805)-Nakamura,H (2751)/Wijk aan Zee/2011/} b6 $11) 9... c5 10. dxc6 Nxc6 11.
Rd1 Ne4 12. Nxe4 fxe4 13. Ng5 Nd4 14. Be3 $1 Bd7 15. Qb4 Nc2 16. Qxb7 Nxe3 17.
fxe3 Rf5 18. Qxe4 Rb8 19. Rd5 Bxb2 20. Rxf5 Bxf5 21. Qh4 h5 22. Rf1 Qb6 23. Kh1
$1 Rf8 24. Bd5+ Kh8 25. Ne6 Be4+ 26. Qxe4 Rxf1+ 27. Kg2 Rf6 28. Nf4 $40 {
Zielinski,S-Schroeder,G/corr/2012/}) 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. c5 Kh8 11. Qb3 h6 12. Rd1
g5 13. Bd2 a6 14. Be1 (14. Na4 $5 $36) 14... Qe8 15. d6 exd6 16. cxd6 c6 17.
Na4 e4 18. Nc5 Nd5 (18... f4 19. Bc3 e3 20. Bxf6 Rxf6 21. d7 exf2+ 22. Kf1 Bxd7
23. Nxd7 Re6 {Giri,A (2690)-Aronian,L (2808)/Monte Carlo rpd/2011/} 24. Bf3 $16
{/+-}) 19. d7 Bxd7 20. Qxb7 Be6 21. Nxe6 Qxe6 22. Rac1 Rfc8 23. Rc2 $14 {
Mekhitarian,K (2531)-Pogosian,V (2146)/Golden Sands/2012/}) 8. Rb1 {This move
became popular after Kramnik used it to beat Nakamura in Wijk 2010.} ({Earlier
White played almost exclusively} 8. d5 {, but in recent practice Black has
been doing quite fine after} e5 9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. b3 Na6 11. Bb2 Qe7 12. Ng5 Bd7
{and now:} 13. Qc2 ({Direct, but unpromising is} 13. Qd2 h6 14. Nh3 Be6 15.
Rad1 Rad8 16. Ba3 Nc5 17. f4 Qc7 18. Nf2 Rfe8 19. Kh1 $6 Qb6 20. Qc2 d5 $1 21.
cxd5 cxd5 22. Nxd5 Nxd5 23. Bxc5 Qc7 {Gelfand,B (2751)-Kamsky,G (2762)/
Tashkent/2012/} 24. Rd3 $1 b6 25. Rfd1 $15 {For more details see the notes to
this game by Ftacnik in CBM 152.}) 13... Rad8 14. Rad1 Nc5 (14... Rfe8 15. e3
Bc8 16. Rfe1 Nc5 17. b4 Ne6 18. Nf3 a6 19. a3 Qf7 20. Na4 Qc7 21. Qb3 Ng4 22.
h3 Ne5 23. Nxe5 dxe5 24. c5 Qf7 25. Nb6 Nf8 26. Qxf7+ Kxf7 27. Nc4 $16 {
Berczes,D (2450)-Pavasovic,D (2534)/HUN-chT/2006/}) (14... Bc8 15. Nf3 Rfe8 16.
e3 d5 17. cxd5 Nb4 18. Qc1 Nfxd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Ne1 Be6 22.
Nd3 Bf7 23. Rd2 Nf6 24. Rfd1 Rd7 25. Qc5 Red8 $11 {Torre,E (2570)-Kovacevic,V 
(2540)/Indonesia/1983/}) 15. e3 (15. b4 Ne6 16. Nf3 f4 17. Qd2 Bc8 18. b5 Nd7
$132 19. bxc6 {1/2, Petkov,S (2387)-Tucci,A (2404)/corr/2009/}) 15... Ng4 16.
Nf3 Ne4 $5 17. Nxe4 fxe4 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Nd4 Nf6 20. h3 Be6 21. Rd2 Bg8 22.
Ne2 d5 23. cxd5 Rxd5 24. Rxd5 Bxd5 25. Rd1 Re8 26. Nc3 Qe5 27. Qc1 Re7 $11 {
1/2, Nyvlt,Z (2444)-Tauber,H (2431)/corr/2010/}) ({Another way to fight for an
opening advantage is the restrained} 8. b3 Qc7 (8... Qe8 {is played more often,
transposing into 7...Qe8 lines.}) 9. Ba3 Re8 10. Qc1 a5 (10... e5 11. dxe5 dxe5
12. e4 $13 {/+/=}) 11. Rd1 Na6 12. Ne1 Nb4 13. Nc2 Nxc2 14. Qxc2 e5 15. dxe5
dxe5 16. Bd6 Qf7 17. Na4 Nd7 18. e4 f4 19. c5 Bf8 20. f3 Kg7 21. Qc3 fxg3 22.
hxg3 Qf6 23. Rac1 h5 24. f4 exf4 25. gxf4 Qxc3 26. Rxc3 $16 {Aronian,L (2825)
-Nakamura,H (2775)/Moscow blitz/2012/}) 8... Ne4 {Perhaps Black should look
for an alternative already to this knight sortie. However, it's not so easy to
prove full equality in the positional struggle:} (8... Na6 9. b4 (9. d5 Bd7 10.
b4 Qe8 {once again leads to positions from the 7...Qe8 branch. One of the most
recent examples:} 11. dxc6 bxc6 12. a3 Nc7 13. Bb2 Rc8 14. e3 h6 15. c5 $1 dxc5
16. bxc5 Ncd5 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Qxd5+ e6 20. Qc4 Be7 21. Ne5 Rxc5
22. Qd4 $36 {Wojtaszek,R (2723)-Hoang Thanh Trang (2469)/Gibraltar op/2013/})
9... Nc7 10. a4 Be6 11. Qd3 Kh8 12. b5 Bg8 13. Ba3 Qd7 14. Rfc1 Rfc8 15. e4
fxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Ne8 18. Ng5 Nf6 19. Qe2 Qg4 20. Nf3 Qd7 21. Rc3
cxb5 22. axb5 a6 {Gelfand,B (2736)-Van Wely,L (2688)/ECC Eilat/2012/} 23. b6 $5
$36) (8... a5 9. Qb3 Kh8 10. Rd1 Na6 11. Be3 Rb8 12. d5 c5 13. Bd2 Bd7 14. a4
Nb4 15. Ng5 Qc8 16. Nb5 h6 17. Nh3 Ne4 18. Be1 Kh7 19. f3 Nf6 20. Bc3 Bxb5 21.
axb5 e5 22. Nf2 Nd7 23. Ra1 Ra8 24. e4 f4 25. Bd2 h5 26. Bh3 $14 {Wojtaszek,R 
(2723)-Cmilyte,V (2515)/Gibraltar/2013/}) (8... Qe8 9. d5 $5 (9. b4 e5 10. dxe5
dxe5 11. e4 f4 12. b5 Bg4 13. bxc6 Nxc6 14. Rxb7 Qc8 15. Rxg7+ Kxg7 16. gxf4
Nd4 17. fxe5 Nxf3+ 18. Bxf3 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Nd5 20. Qg3 Nxc3 21. Qxc3 Qg4+ 22.
Kh1 Qxe4+ 23. f3 Qe2 24. Kg1 Rf5 $13 {Khenkin,I (2655)-Bartel,M (2635)/
Bundesliga/2012/}) 9... Na6 10. Nd4 (10. b4 {- 8...Na6}) 10... Bd7 11. b3 Nc7
12. Bb2 cxd5 $6 (12... c5 $142 $132) 13. Nxd5 Nfxd5 14. cxd5 Qf7 15. Ne6 Nxe6
16. dxe6 Bxe6 17. Bxb7 Rab8 18. Bf3 f4 19. Qd2 Rb5 20. Bxg7 Qxg7 21. Rbc1 Bh3
22. Rfd1 g5 23. Rc7 $16 {Bosiocic,M (2562)-Bartel,M (2665)/Plovdiv/2012/}) 9.
Qc2 {Instead of swapping the knight, White forces Black to do it himself.} (9.
Nxe4 fxe4 10. Nd2 d5 11. e3 {gives White a more compact pawn structure, but
Black has probably more than one way to hold his own. The reason, why Kramnik
chose the text on move 9, was allegedly} Be6 (11... a5 12. b4 axb4 13. Rxb4 e6
14. Qc2 Nd7 15. Ra4 Rxa4 16. Qxa4 Rf7 17. Ba3 Nf6 18. Qa8 Ng4 19. Bb4 h5 20. h3
Nh6 21. Nb3 Bf8 22. Nc5 Qe8 23. Rb1 Nf5 24. h4 g5 25. hxg5 h4 $132 {Bokar,J 
(2571)-Timmerman,G (2703)/corr/2006/}) (11... Nd7 12. b4 a6 13. Qb3 e6 14. cxd5
cxd5 15. Bb2 b5 16. f3 exf3 17. Nxf3 Nb6 18. Ne5 Bb7 19. Rxf8+ Qxf8 20. Rf1 Qe8
21. Qd1 a5 22. Bc3 axb4 23. Bxb4 Rxa2 24. Rf7 Nc4 $1 $11 {Bu Xiangzhi (2695)
-Nakamura,H (2733)/Cap d'Agde rpd/2010/}) 12. b4 b5 13. cxb5 cxb5 14. a4 bxa4
15. Qxa4 Nd7 16. Qa2 Bf7 17. Nb3 Nb6 18. Na5 e6 19. Bd2 Be8 20. b5 Rf7 21. Rfc1
a6 22. bxa6 Rxa6 23. Qb2 Nd7 24. Nc6 Qa8 25. Qb7 Bf6 26. Qxa8 Rxa8 27. Bb4 Nf8
$11 {Tallaksen,G (2326)-Reinderman,D (2509)/Gausdal/2005/}) 9... Nxc3 (9... e5
10. dxe5 (10. Rd1 Qf6 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Be3 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 Nd7 14. c5 e4 15. Bd4
Qe7 16. Bxg7 Qxg7 17. Nd4 a5 18. Rbc1 Nf6 19. e3 g5 20. Bf1 Kh8 21. Bc4 Re8 22.
Ne2 Nd7 $132 {Tomashevsky,E (2733)-Wang Hao (2739)/St Petersburg/2012/CBM 149 
(60)}) 10... Nxc3 11. bxc3 $5 (11. Qxc3 dxe5 12. e4 f4 $5 (12... Na6 13. b4 Nc7
$2 14. Nxe5 fxe4 15. Bxe4 Bxe5 16. Qxe5 Re8 {Zhou Jianchao (2625)-Lu,S (2514)/
Beijing/2012/} 17. Qc3 $1 Rxe4 18. Bb2 $18) 13. b4 (13. Nxe5 $2 g5 {[%csl Re5]}
) 13... g5 (13... Bg4 14. Bb2 Qe7 15. c5 Nd7 16. Rbd1 Rf7 17. Rd6 Raf8 18. Qb3
Kh8 19. h3 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 fxg3 21. fxg3 $36 {Malisov,B (2320)-Veremeichik,V 
(2300)/Minsk/1978/}) 14. Bb2 Qe7 15. Rfe1 Be6 16. Rbd1 Nd7 17. c5 Bf6 18. a3 g4
19. Nd2 {Ionesi,C (2232)-Grunberg,M (2403)/Predeal/2006/} Qf7 $13) 11... dxe5
12. Ba3 {- 9...Nc3}) 10. bxc3 e5 {Consistent central play, but now White's
lead in development starts to show.} (10... Na6 11. Rd1 Qa5 12. c5 $1 Nc7 (
12... dxc5 13. Qb3+ e6 14. Ne5 $44) 13. cxd6 exd6 14. c4 Ne8 15. d5 cxd5 {
Matlakov,M (2630)-Jakubiec,A (2528)/CZE-chT/2011/} 16. Rxd5 Qc3 17. Qxc3 Bxc3
18. c5 $1 $36) (10... Qa5 11. c5 $1 dxc5 12. Qb3+ e6 13. Bf4 Re8 14. Ne5 cxd4
15. cxd4 Qd8 16. Qc2 g5 17. Be3 $32 Nd7 {Giri,A (2517)-Reinderman,D (2560)/
Hilversum/2009/} 18. Nxc6 $1 bxc6 19. Qxc6 Rb8 20. Bxg5 $16) 11. dxe5 $5 {
Logically opens the centre while Black's queenside pieces are still asleep.
The only drawback the text move could have is that it makes the doubled
c-pawns more vulnerable, but to profit from this Ivanchuk first has to survive
White's direct and dangerous onslaught.} ({Instead, Kramnik opted for} 11. Rd1
e4 12. Ng5 h6 13. Nh3 g5 14. f3 d5 15. Nf2 Rf7 $5 (15... Kh8 16. cxd5 (16. Ba3
Rf7 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. c4 Nc6 19. cxd5 {Vazquez Igarza,R (2566)-Moreno Tejera,E
(2319)/Madrid/2012/} Nxd4 20. Qd2 exf3 21. exf3 Rd7 22. d6 b6 $132) 16... cxd5
17. c4 e3 (17... Nc6 18. e3 exf3 19. Bxf3 dxc4 20. Qxc4 f4 {Tanygin,V (2167)
-Taztdinov,R (2223)/Sterlitamak/2010/} 21. exf4 Bf5 (21... Nxd4 22. Be4 $16 {
[%csl Rd4]}) 22. Rb5 Rc8 $14) 18. Nd3 Nc6 19. Bxe3 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 21. Kh1
f4 22. Rb5 Qf6 23. Rxd5 Be6 $2 (23... Be3 $5) 24. Nxf4 $1 gxf4 25. R5xd4 fxg3
26. hxg3 $18 {Kramnik,V (2788)-Nakamura,H (2708)/Wijk aan Zee/2010/ For more
details about this game, which was already mentioned above, see the notes by
Marin in CBM 135.}) 16. Ba3 Be6 17. fxe4 fxe4 18. Rf1 Na6 19. Nd1 Rxf1+ 20.
Bxf1 Qa5 21. Qb2 Rd8 22. cxd5 cxd5 23. e3 Nb8 24. Qb4 Nc6 25. Qxb7 Nxd4 26.
cxd4 Qxa3 $11 {Levin,E (2486)-Sivuk,V (2432)/Donetsk/2011/ Here Black managed
to finish his development without suffering any major damage.}) 11... dxe5 12.
Ba3 Rf7 (12... Re8 13. Rfd1 (13. e4 Na6 14. Qa4 Qc7 15. Bh3 Bf8 16. exf5 gxf5
17. Nh4 f4 18. Bxc8 Raxc8 19. Nf5 Re6 20. Rfd1 e4 21. c5 Nxc5 22. Bxc5 Bxc5 23.
Qc4 Qe5 $132 {Rau,M (2006)-Alf,H (2090)/corr/2008/}) 13... Nd7 14. e4 (14. c5
Bf8 15. e4 Qf6 16. Qe2 Bxc5 17. Qc4+ Qe6 18. Qxe6+ Rxe6 19. Bxc5 Nxc5 20. Rd8+
Kg7 21. exf5 gxf5 22. Bh3 {Packroff,H (2222)-Polsterer,H (2463)/corr/1999/} Rf6
23. Nxe5 Rf8 $11 {[%cal Yc8e6]}) 14... fxe4 (14... Qf6 15. Rd6 Re6 16. Rbd1 Bf8
17. Rxe6 Qxe6 18. Bxf8 Nxf8 19. Rd8 Qe7 20. Qd2 fxe4 21. Qg5 $1 $16 {1-0 Xiu,D
(2492)-Mu Ke (2286)/Beijing 2012/EXT 2013 (25)}) 15. Nd2 e3 16. Ne4 $5 (16.
fxe3 Bf8 17. c5 (17. Bb4 Qb6 18. Ne4 Qxe3+ 19. Kh1 Bxb4 20. cxb4 Rf8 21. Re1
Qh6 22. c5 Nf6 23. Nxf6+ Rxf6 24. Rxe5 Bh3 {1/2, Raijmaekers,R (2433)-Pirs,M 
(2328)/corr/2009/}) 17... Bxc5 18. Ne4 Bxa3 19. Qb3+ Kh8 20. Qxa3 Qe7 21. Nd6
Rf8 22. c4 Nf6 23. c5 Nd5 24. Rd3 Qg7 25. Rdb3 a5 26. e4 Nf6 27. Nxc8 Raxc8 28.
Rxb7 Qh6 $14 {Yloenen,A (2051)-Chouraqui,G (2249)/corr/2008/}) 16... Qa5 (16...
exf2+ 17. Qxf2 $40) 17. Bd6 Nb6 18. Rb4 exf2+ 19. Qxf2 Bg4 20. Re1 Nc8 21. Rxb7
Nxd6 22. Nxd6 Rf8 23. Qe3 $14 {Witzschel,P (2372)-Chiricuta,M (2208)/corr/2009/
}) 13. Rfd1 Qe8 $6 $146 {A novelty, but undoubtedly unintentional - Ivanchuk
was consuming too much time to be still in his preparation.} ({It seems that} 
13... Nd7 $142 $1 14. e4 Bf8 {gives Black better chances to unravel his
queenside. Although his position is definitely dangerous, in previous practice
White hasn't achieved too much:} (14... fxe4 15. Qxe4 $32 {[%csl Re5]}) 15.
Bxf8 (15. Nxe5 $5 Bxa3 16. Nxf7 Kxf7 17. exf5 Qe7 (17... Qc7 $5 $14) 18. Re1 (
18. Bh3 $5 $36) 18... Qf6 19. fxg6+ hxg6 20. Re4 (20. Re3 $142 $13 {/+/=})
20... Nc5 $1 21. Rf4 Bf5 22. Be4 Nxe4 23. Rxb7+ Be7 24. Rxe4 Bxe4 25. Qxe4 Qe6
26. Qh4 Qf6 27. Qe4 Qe6 28. Qh4 Qf6 {1/2, Sales,J (2340)-West,G (2350)/
Melbourne/2005/}) (15. c5 $5 Qf6 16. c4 Nxc5 17. Bb2 Bd6 18. Rxd6 Qxd6 19. Nxe5
$44) 15... Qxf8 16. exf5 gxf5 17. Ng5 Re7 18. Rd6 Nc5 19. Qd1 (19. Qe2 $5 Bd7
20. Rbd1 $14) 19... Be6 20. Qd2 Bd7 21. Qe3 b6 22. Rbd1 {1/2, Moreno,A (2383)
-Polsterer,H (2448)/corr/2009/} Rc8 $13) (13... Rd7 14. e4 fxe4 15. Nd2 e3 16.
fxe3 Bf8 17. c5 $36 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Yd2c4,Yd2e4]}) 14. e4 {The difference now
is that Black has to reckon with the sortie Ng5.} f4 (14... Bf8 15. Qb3 $5 $36
(15. c5 Na6 16. Bf1 $14 (16. Rd6 $5 $44))) (14... fxe4 $2 15. Ng5 $40 {[%cal
Rf5e4,Re4d6]}) (14... Bf6 $5 15. Bd6 fxe4 16. Nd2 e3 17. fxe3 (17. Ne4 $5 $44)
17... Bg5 $14) 15. Rd3 $5 {Prepares doubling on the open file. However, White
had more than one tempting alternative:} (15. Ng5 Rf6 (15... Rd7 16. Rxd7 Nxd7
17. c5 $16) 16. Rd3 $36) (15. Bd6 h6 (15... Bg4 16. Ng5 Rd7 (16... Bxd1 17.
Qxd1 Rd7 18. Bh3 b6 19. c5 $1 $16) 17. f3 h6 18. Nh3 Be6 (18... Qe6 19. fxg4
Rxd6 20. gxf4 $16) 19. gxf4 $36) 16. Nh4 Kh7 17. c5 Nd7 18. Bh3 $32 (18. Qa4
$36)) 15... fxg3 $6 {Now Black doesn't have to calculate with gxf4 in the
future, but releasing the tension makes life easier also for White.} (15... Nd7
{gives White a choice between strengthening his position with} 16. Rbd1 $36 ({
or an attractive tactical solution} 16. Ng5 $5 Rf6 17. Bh3 h6 18. Rxb7 Bxb7 19.
Bxd7 Qb8 20. Ne6 $16 {The latter is naturally preferred by the metal friend...}
)) 16. hxg3 Na6 (16... Bf8 17. Rbd1 Nd7 18. Bxf8 Rxf8 19. Qd2 Nf6 (19... Nb6
20. Qg5 $16 {- this is an extra option White wouldn't have without 15...fxg3.})
20. Rd8 Qe7 21. Rxf8+ Kxf8 22. Qd8+ Qxd8 (22... Ne8 23. Bh3 $18) 23. Rxd8+ Ke7
24. Rh8 b6 25. Nxe5 Bb7 26. Rxa8 Bxa8 $14 {/+/-}) 17. Ng5 $16 Rc7 {Other moves
are not much better:} (17... Rf8 18. Bh3 $1 (18. Bxf8 Qxf8 $14) 18... Bxh3 19.
Nxh3 $16 {[%cal Ra3f8,Rb1b7]}) (17... Rd7 18. Rxd7 Bxd7 (18... Qxd7 19. Qb3 $1
$18 {[%cal Rc4c5,Rb1d1,Rg2h3]}) 19. Rxb7 $16) 18. Bd6 Bf6 {Black tries to
stave off the attack with an exchange sacrifice.} (18... Rd7 19. c5 Kh8 (19...
h6 20. Qb3+ Kh8 21. Ne6 $18) 20. Bh3 $16 {/+-}) 19. Qd2 $1 {[%mdl 192]
Radjabov already seeks a more direct tactical solution.} Rd7 (19... Rg7 20.
Bxe5 $1 $18 {is similar to the game.}) 20. Bh3 Rg7 (20... Rxd6 21. Rxd6 Bxg5 (
21... Be7 22. Bxc8 Rxc8 23. Rxb7 $18) 22. Qxg5 Bxh3 23. Rxb7 {[%cal Rg5h6]} Nc5
24. Re7 Nxe4 (24... Qf8 25. Rxg6+ $18) 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. Rxg6+ hxg6 27. Qxg6+
Kf8 28. Qxe4 $18) (20... Nc5 21. Bxd7 Nxd7 22. Kg2 $18 {/\} Nb6 23. Nxh7 $1 $40
) 21. Bxe5 $1 Bxe5 (21... Qxe5 22. Rd8+ $1 Bxd8 23. Qxd8+) (21... Bxg5 22. Qxg5
Bxh3 23. Bxg7 Nc5 (23... Qxe4 24. Rd8+ Rxd8 25. Qxd8+ Kxg7 26. Rxb7+ Kh6 27. f3
$1 Qe1+ (27... Qxf3 28. Qh4+ Qh5 29. Qf4+ Qg5 30. Qf8+ Kh5 31. Rxh7+ Kg4 32.
Rh4+ $18) 28. Kh2 Qf2+ 29. Kxh3 Qf1+ 30. Kh4 Qh1+ (30... Qxc4+ 31. f4) 31. Kg4
Qh5+ 32. Kf4 Qf5+ 33. Ke3 Qc5+ 34. Ke2 Qxc4+ 35. Kf2 Qxa2+ 36. Kg1 $18) 24. Re3
(24. Qxc5 $4 Qxe4 25. f3 Qxd3 $19) 24... Kxg7 25. Qxc5 $18) 22. Rd8 Bxh3 23.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Nxh3 $18 {White has a decisive material advantage and the rest
should be a matter of technique. However, we are still in for some excitement..
.} Nc5 25. Qe3 Bd6 26. f3 Ne6 (26... Rd7 27. Kg2 Be7 28. Nf2 Red8 29. Rb2 $18 {
[%cal Ye4e5,Yf2e4]}) 27. Kg2 g5 {[%cal Yg5g4,Ye6f4]} (27... Bc5 28. Qe2 Rd7 29.
Rd1 $18 {gradually loses, so Ivanchuk's last hope is a counterattack.}) 28. Nf2
h5 (28... Nf4+ 29. Kf1 Nh5 30. Qxa7 Bb8 31. Qa8 $1 Rf8 32. Rxb7 Bxg3 33. Rxg7+
Kxg7 (33... Nxg7 34. Qxc6 Rxf3 35. Kg2 Rxf2+ 36. Kxg3 $18) 34. Qa5 $18) (28...
Bc5 29. Qe2 {[%cal Yf2g4]} h5 30. e5 $18 {[%cal Yf2e4,Ye4f6]}) 29. Qxa7 ({
The text move is probably good enough, but a more technical route was} 29. e5
$5 Nc5 (29... Nf4+ 30. Kf1 Rxe5 31. Qd4 $18) (29... Bc5 30. Qe2 Bxf2 31. Qxf2
$18) 30. Qd4 $1 Be7 31. Ne4 $18) 29... Bc5 30. Qa4 Rf8 (30... g4 $5 31. f4 Bxf2
32. Kxf2 Nc5 33. Qc2 Nxe4+ 34. Kg2 $16 {/+-}) 31. Nd3 h4 32. Qa5 ({Simpler was
} 32. Nxc5 $142 $1 Nxc5 33. Qa7 Nd3 (33... g4 34. fxg4 Nxe4 35. Rxb7 Rxg4 36.
Rb8 $18) 34. Rxb7 $18 (34. Qd4 $5)) 32... b6 33. Rxb6 $2 {The idea was to
simplify into a won endgame, but this could have achieved the exact opposite,
as it misplaces both White's major pieces.} (33. Qa4 $18 {still seems good
enough.}) 33... Bxb6 $2 {Black was too short of time (he will indeed lose on
time on the following move) to make use of his fantastic chance. Needless to
say, Houdini points it out almost immediately:} (33... g4 $3 34. f4 (34. fxg4
Rxg4 35. Rxc6 (35. Nxc5 Rxg3+ 36. Kh1 Rf1+ 37. Kh2 Rf2+ $11) 35... Rxg3+ 36.
Kh2 Bg1+ 37. Kh1 Be3 38. Qd5 Rf1+ 39. Kh2 Bg1+ 40. Kh1 Bf2+ $11) (34. Nxc5 $2
gxf3+ 35. Kf1 (35. Kh2 hxg3+ 36. Kh3 Rf6 $19) 35... hxg3 36. Nd3 (36. Rb1 Rh7
37. Ke1 (37. Kg1 Nf4 $19) 37... Rh2 $1 $19) 36... g2+ 37. Kg1 Nf4 $1 38. Nxf4
f2+ $19) 34... h3+ 35. Kh2 (35. Kf1 Rh7 36. Nf2 h2 37. Nh1 Rd8 {and White just
barely scrapes a draw with} 38. Rxc6 (38. Rb1 Ra7 $1 $19 {[%csl Ra5]}) 38...
Rd1+ 39. Ke2 Rxh1 40. Rxc5 Re1+ 41. Kf2 Nxc5 (41... h1=Q 42. Rc8+ Kf7 43. Rc7+
Nxc7 44. Qxc7+ $11) 42. Qd8+ Kf7 43. Qd5+ Ne6 44. Qf5+ Kg7 45. Qxe6 h1=Q 46.
Qe7+ $11) 35... Rd8 (35... Rd7 36. Nxc5 Rd2+ 37. Kg1 Ng5 $1 $11 {[%cal Yg5f3,
Yf3h2]} (37... Nxf4 $5 38. gxf4 g3 39. Rb1 Rg2+ 40. Kh1 Rh2+ 41. Kg1 Rg2+ 42.
Kf1 Rf2+ $11 43. Ke1 $4 h2)) 36. Nxc5 Rd2+ 37. Kg1 h2+ 38. Kh1 Rd1+ 39. Kxh2
Rh7+ 40. Kg2 Rd2+ 41. Kg1 Rd1+ 42. Kf2 Rh2+ 43. Ke3 Re1+ 44. Kd3 Rd1+ 45. Ke3
Re1+ $11) 34. Qxb6 hxg3 $138 (34... hxg3 35. Kxg3 Nf4 (35... Rd7 36. Qxc6 Rxd3
37. Qxe6+ Rf7 38. Qg6+ Kf8 39. Qh5 $5 g4 40. Kxg4 Rdxf3 41. Qh8+ Ke7 42. Qe5+
$18) 36. Qxc6 Rg6 (36... Nxd3 37. Qd5+) 37. Qb5 $18) (34... g4 $142 35. f4 Rd8
36. Qe3 (36. Qxc6 $2 Rg6 {[%cal Rd8d3,Re6f4]}) 36... h3+ 37. Kh2 Rgd7 38. Qe2
$1 {[]} Rxd3 39. Qxg4+ Kf7 (39... Ng7 40. f5 R8d6 41. Qg5 $18) 40. Qf5+ Ke7 41.
Qh7+ Ke8 42. e5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2013.03.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2809"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2013.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Nd2 c5 4. e3 b6 5. Ngf3 Bb7 6. c3 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Bxf6
Bxf6 9. h4 Nc6 10. Ng5 g6 11. f4 Ne7 12. Qg4 h5 13. Qh3 cxd4 14. exd4 b5 15. a3
Qb6 16. Rg1 Nd5 17. Nge4 Bg7 18. Qf3 b4 19. axb4 Nxb4 20. Nc4 Qb5 21. Ne5 Nxd3+
22. Nxd3 Qf5 23. Ndc5 Bc6 24. b4 Rfb8 25. Ra5 a6 26. Qe3 Qg4 27. g3 Rb5 28.
Rxa6 Rxa6 29. Nxa6 e5 30. dxe5 Bxe4 31. c4 Rb6 32. Qxb6 Qf3 33. Qf2 Qa3 34. Nc5
{time} 0-1

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2013.03.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D07"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2013.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bf4 {This system doesn't look
dangerous for Black.} Bxf3 6. gxf3 Bb4 (6... Bd6 {is another way to develop
the bishop. An example from super-GM practice:} 7. Bg3 Nge7 8. e3 Qd7 9. Qc2 f5
10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. O-O-O O-O 12. f4 a6 13. Kb1 Nd8 14. Rg1 c6 15. Ne2 Nf7 16.
Nc1 Nc8 17. Rg3 Qe7 18. c5 Qc7 19. Be2 Kh8 20. Rdg1 $36 {1/2 (62) Kramnik,V 
(2758)-Morozevich,A (2748) Frankfurt 2000}) 7. e3 Nge7 (7... Nf6 8. Rg1 $36) 8.
Qc2 dxc4 (8... Ng6 9. Bg3 O-O 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Kb1 Bxc3 12. Qxc3 Nce7 13. Qb3
b6 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Ba6 Rb8 16. Bc4 Nf6 17. Qb5 Rc8 18. Qa4 a5 19. Ba6 Ra8 20.
Bd3 Qe7 21. Rc1 Rfc8 22. Rc6 $16 {0-1 (60) Margvelashvili,G (2456)
-Hambartsumian,Y (2305) Yerevan 2006}) 9. Bxc4 Nd5 (9... Nxd4 $4 10. exd4 Qxd4
11. Bb5+ c6 12. Be3 $16 {1-0 (36) Vybiral,Z (2179)-Prochazka,P (1985) Tabor
2007}) 10. Bg3 h5 (10... Qf6 {1-0 (37) Bremond,P (2108)-Boghossian,P (2126)
France 2004} 11. Ke2 $5) 11. h3 Qd7 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. Ne4 Kb8 14. Kb1 (14.
Bb5 $5 $14 Nxd4 $140 $6 15. Bxd7 Nxc2 16. Ba4 {[%csl Rc2]}) 14... h4 15. Bh2
Bd6 16. f4 f5 17. Ng5 {A typical position with bishops vs. knights. White's
h2-bishop is passive, his doubled pawns give his opponent more blockading
possibilities but, on the other hand, Black's g7- and h4-pawns are quite weak.
The overall evaluation is rather slightly favourable for White.} Na5 18. Be2
Rc8 19. Qd2 Bb4 20. Qd3 c5 $5 {Opening the position normally favours the side
with the bishops but when one of the bishops is out of play, that concept can
be wrong. However, in this case everything is based on tactical niceties.} 21.
dxc5 Rxc5 22. e4 Rhc8 $3 {[%mdl 512]} 23. Rc1 $2 (23. exd5 Rxd5 24. Qf3 (24.
Qe3 $2 Nc4 25. Qb3 Nd2+ 26. Rxd2 Rxd2 $17) 24... Rxd1+ (24... Bd2 $5 $44 {
, indicated by GM M.Golubev, may be even more appropriate}) 25. Rxd1 Qxd1+ $1
26. Bxd1 Nc4 {- Black regains the queen, ends up with a rook and a pawn vs.
two minor pieces, and keeps good drawing chances due to White's poor h2-bishop.
}) 23... Nc4 $1 24. Rxc4 Rxc4 25. exd5 exd5 $2 {Black misses an excellent
chance:} (25... Rc2 $1 26. a3 (26. dxe6 $4 Qc6) (26. Rd1 Qc7 27. a3 Bxa3 $1 28.
bxa3 $140 Rc3) (26. Qxc2 Rxc2 27. Kxc2 Qxd5 28. Bf3 Qxa2) 26... Bxa3 $3 (26...
Rd2 $143 27. Qb5 Qxd5 $1 28. Qxd5 exd5 29. Bd1 Bc5 30. Nf3 Rxf2 31. Re1) 27.
bxa3 Qa4 (27... Qc7 $5) 28. Bd1 (28. dxe6 R2c3 $19) 28... Rc1+ 29. Ka2 Qa5 30.
dxe6 Qb6 31. Qb3 Qd4 32. Qb2 Qd5+ 33. Bb3 Qxh1 $19 {(indicated by M.Golubev)})
26. Qb3 Qc6 27. Bxc4 dxc4 28. Qf3 Qb5 {Black has a strong attack for the
missing piece but that proves to be just enough for a draw.} 29. Qe2 Re8 30.
Qc2 c3 {[%cal Re8e2]} 31. bxc3 (31. a4 {can only be risky for White:} Qc4 32.
b3 Qa6 {[%cal Re8e2]}) 31... Bxc3+ 32. Qb3 Qd3+ 33. Qc2 Qb5+ 34. Qb3 Qd3+ 35.
Qc2 Qb5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2013.03.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2872"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2013.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 ({Easily the most sensational try to dent
the Grünfeld in London was} 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. h4 $5 {by Grischuk. Morozevich
played this flank sortie in blitz last year, but Carlsen could have hardly
expected it and reacted cautiously with} c6 ({In a later game Black already
played the more active and straightforward} 5... c5 6. dxc5 Na6 $5 $146 7. h5
O-O 8. hxg6 fxg6 9. Bh6 Bxh6 10. Rxh6 dxc4 11. Rh4 Nxc5 12. Rxc4 b6 13. b4
Qxd1+ 14. Rxd1 Ba6 15. e3 Ncd7 16. Rcd4 Bxf1 17. Kxf1 Rfc8 18. Ne2 Nf8 19. Nf4
Rc2 20. a4 Rac8 21. b5 Ra2 $11 {Morozevich,A (2758)-Mamedyarov,S (2766)/Zug/
2013/}) 6. Bg5 O-O 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. h5 Bf5 9. e3 e6 10. hxg6 Bxg6 11. Bd3 Nd7
12. Qe2 e5 13. Bxg6 hxg6 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Rd1 Qa5 17. Kf1 Rad8
18. Nd4 Qc5 19. Nb3 Qc6 20. Na5 Qc7 21. Nb3 Qc6 22. Na5 $11 {1/2, Grischuk,A 
(2764)-Carlsen,M (2872)/London Candidates/2013/}) 4... Bg7 5. Nf3 ({Carlsen
would undoubtedly welcome a repetition of his previous Grünfeld encounter with
Ivanchuk, when Black easily solved his opening problems and even got a slight
edge after} 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Qb3 Na6 $5 8. cxd5 Nxc5 9. Qb5+ Qxb5 10.
Bxb5+ Bd7 11. Rd1 Nh5 12. Bxd7+ Kxd7 13. Bg3 b5 14. d6 e6 15. Nf3 b4 16. Nb5
Nxg3 17. hxg3 Rab8 18. Nbd4 h5 19. Rh4 f5 20. Ne2 e5 21. Rc4 Rhc8 22. Kf1 Ne4
23. Rc7+ Rxc7 24. dxc7+ Kxc7 25. Nd2 Nxd2+ 26. Rxd2 a5 $11 {/=/+, Ivanchuk,V 
(2775)-Carlsen,M (2826)/Moscow/2011/ For more details see the notes to this
game in CBM 146 by Ramirez Alvarez.}) 5... O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 {The text
move is the main continuation.} ({In round 11 we had the less usual} 7... Ne4
8. Rc1 {with the recent twist} Nd7 $5 ({The older move is} 8... Nxc3) 9. cxd5
Qa5 10. Nd4 Nxc3 $5 (10... Ndxc5 11. Bc4 (11. Qc2 Bf5 $5 12. Nxf5 gxf5 $44)
11... Nxc3 12. bxc3 e5 13. dxe6 Bxe6 14. Bxe6 Nxe6 15. Nxe6 Bxc3+ 16. Kf1 fxe6
17. Qb3 Qa6+ 18. Kg1 Bf6 19. h3 Rad8 20. Kh2 Rd2 21. Rc2 Rxc2 22. Qxc2 Qc6 23.
Qxc6 bxc6 24. Rc1 Rc8 25. Bd6 Kf7 $11 {/+/=, Gustafsson,J (2633)-Safarli,E 
(2630)/Porto Carras/2011/ The endgame is somewhat unpleasant for Black due to
his split pawns, but he managed to hold it rather easily.}) 11. bxc3 Qxa2 12.
c6 (12. Qb3 Qxb3 13. Nxb3 a5 14. c6 Nf6 15. d6 bxc6 16. dxe7 Re8 17. Nd4 Bd7
18. Bd6 Ne4 19. Ba3 c5 20. Bd3 Rxe7 21. Bxe4 Rxe4 22. Bxc5 Rc8 23. Ba3 f5 $44 {
Fridman,D (2655)-Kramnik,V (2799)/Dortmund/2012/ Black drew with ease, his
bishops give him full compensation.}) 12... Nc5 13. Be2 (13. c4 $6 {Somogyi,I 
(2290)-Kun,S (2295)/HUN-chT/1992/} e5 $1 14. dxe6 fxe6 $32 {|^} (14... Qa5+ $5
$40)) 13... Qxd5 14. Bf3 Qc4 15. Be2 Qd5 (15... Qa2 $5 $13 {is an interesting
attempt to avoid an immediate draw}) 16. Bf3 Qc4 17. Be2 Qd5 {1/2, Ivanchuk,V 
(2757)-Gelfand,B (2740)/London Candidates/2013/}) 8. Rc1 Rd8 {Carlsen chooses
a rare line, spoiling for a fight. Possibly he wanted to surprise his opponent,
who had problems with time management in London. However, Black will soon come
under pressure.} ({There has been some recent development in another sideline} 
8... Ne4 {Perhaps more testing is} 9. cxd5 (9. Be5 Bxe5 (9... Nxc3 $143 $6 10.
Bxc3 Bxc3+ 11. Rxc3 $16 Qxa2 12. Qc1 Qa5 13. cxd5 Nd7 14. Nd2 Rd8 15. Be2 f5
16. f3 Nf6 17. e4 fxe4 18. fxe4 $18 {Korotylev,A (2574)-Tilicheev,V (2366)/
Moscow/2012/}) 10. Nxe5 Nc6 $1 ({This is the new twist.} 10... Nxc3 $2 {
is hopeless:} 11. Rxc3 Qxa2 12. Qc1 {[%cal Rc3a3]} Qa4 13. b3 Qa5 14. cxd5 Nd7
15. Nxd7 Bxd7 16. f3 Rfc8 17. Kf2 Qb4 18. Be2 $16 {Novikov,I (2490)-Epishin,V 
(2350)/Minsk/1986/}) 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. cxd5 {is critical:} (12. a3 Rb8 13. Qa4
Qxc5 14. b4 Nxc3 (14... Qd6 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Be2 c5 17. O-O cxb4 18. c5 Qe5
19. axb4 Qb2 20. Rfe1 Rxb4 {Simantsev,M (2549)-Misailovic,N (2301)/Kraljevo/
2011/} 21. Qa5 $1 $36 {[%csl Gc5]}) 15. Rxc3 Qb6 16. c5 $6 (16. cxd5 cxd5 17.
Rc6 Qb7 18. Ba6 Qa8 19. Rc7 d4 $132) 16... Qc7 17. Bd3 Qe5 18. Rc1 d4 19. O-O
dxe3 $15 {Docx,S (2426)-Kanep,M (2512)/Caleta/2013/}) 12... Nxc3 13. Qd2 {
, but Black has} Rb8 $1 14. Qxc3 (14. Rxc3 Rd8 15. d6 (15. Bc4 cxd5 16. Bb3 Ba6
$44) 15... Qxa2 16. dxe7 Re8 $44) 14... Qxa2 (14... Qxc3+ 15. bxc3 cxd5 16. c4
Be6 $11) 15. Bc4 Qxb2 16. Qxb2 Rxb2 17. dxc6 Be6 $11) 9... Nxc3 10. Qd2 Qxa2
11. bxc3 (11. Rxc3 $5 Bxc3 12. Qxc3 Nd7 $5 $13) 11... Qa5 $13 {, but even this
position is not quite clear.}) ({Definitely the main alternative is} 8... dxc4
{but this has a drawish reputation after} 9. Bxc4 Qxc5 10. Bb3 Nc6 11. O-O Qa5
12. h3 Bf5 13. Qe2 Ne4 {After} 14. Nd5 (14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Rfd1 h6 $5 (15... Qh5
{Aronian,L (2802)-Svidler,P (2755)/Moscow/2011/ For more details about the
whole line see my notes to this game in CBM 146}) 16. Rd7 Rac8 17. Rcd1 Qb4 18.
R7d2 (18. Nd2 Bf5 19. Rd5 Rfd8 20. a3 Qb6 $36 21. Rxf5 gxf5 22. Qh5 {Bulatov,R
(2208)-Nevostrujev,V (2449)/Pavlodar/2012/} e6 23. Bxh6 Ne5 $17) 18... a6 19.
Bc2 Bxc2 20. Rxc2 e5 21. Bg3 Rcd8 (21... e4 $5) 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Nd2 f5 24. f3
Qd6 25. a3 Kh7 26. Be1 h5 27. Nc4 Qe6 28. Na5 $11 {Shimanov,A (2599)
-Areshchenko,A (2710)/St Petersburg/2012/}) 14... e5 {White has lately tried}
15. Bg5 (15. Bh2 Be6 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. Qc4 Nf6 18. e4 Rac8 19. Ng5 Nd4 $11 {
is a more or less forced draw}) 15... Nxg5 16. Nxg5 Qd8 17. h4 $5 (17. Nf3 e4
18. Nh2 Ne5 19. Rfd1 Nd3 20. Rc2 a5 $36 {Dzagnidze,N (2559)-Lahno,K (2546)/
Gaziantep rpd/2012/}) {, but even here the excitement peters out into
perpetuals after} 17... h6 18. g4 Bd7 19. Ne4 Qxh4 20. f3 Kh8 21. Rf2 f5 22.
Rh2 Qd8 23. Rxh6+ $1 Bxh6 24. Qh2 Kg7 25. Rxc6 $1 fxe4 (25... Bxc6 26. Qxe5+
Kh7 27. Ndf6+ Rxf6 28. Nxf6+ Kh8 29. Ng8+ Kh7 30. Nf6+ Kh8 31. Ng8+ {1/2,
Cmilyte,V (2503)-Lahno,K (2557)/Tbilisi rpd/2012/}) 26. Qxe5+ Kh7 27. Nf6+ Rxf6
28. Rxf6 Be8 29. g5 Rc8 (29... Qd2 30. gxh6 Qxe3+ 31. Kf1 Kxh6 32. Qh2+ Kg7 33.
Rxg6+ Kxg6 34. Qd6+ Kh7 35. Qe7+ Kg6 36. Qd6+ Kh7 37. Qe7+ Kg6 38. Qd6+ {
1/2, Jobava,B (2734)-Areshchenko,A (2702)/Burgas/2012/}) 30. Bd5 $2 (30. fxe4
Bxg5 31. Qxg5 Kg7 32. Rf5 $11) 30... Bxg5 $2 (30... Rc1+ 31. Kg2 Qc8 $1 $19)
31. Qxg5 Kg7 32. Rf5 exf3 33. Qg3 Qe7 34. Rxf3 $11 {Nielsen,P (2687)-Nyback,T 
(2627)/Bundesliga/2012/}) 9. Qa4 {The best way to fight for an advantage.
After other moves Black has more than one way to achieve a satisfactory
position:} (9. Nd2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nc6 (10... Na6 $5 11. a3 Qxc5 12. b4 Qh5 13.
Qxh5 Nxh5 14. Bg5 Nf6 15. Ke2 Nc7 16. Rhd1 Be6 17. Bxe6 Nxe6 18. Bh4 {1/2,
Vallifuoco,G (2285)-Stone,R (2305)/Dubai olm/1986/}) 11. Bb3 $6 (11. Qb3 $142
$5 $14) 11... Bf5 12. O-O Nb4 13. Bc4 Nd3 14. Bxd3 Bxd3 15. Nb3 {Bykhovsky,A 
(2405)-Manor,I (2510)/Tel Aviv/1996/} Qa6 16. Re1 Ne4 $17) (9. Qb3 Na6 (9...
Ne4 10. cxd5 Nd7 11. Nd4 Ndxc5 12. Qb5 Qxb5 13. Ncxb5 e5 14. dxe6 Nxe6 15. Nxe6
(15. Nc7 $5 $14) 15... Bxe6 16. f3 Nd2 $6 (16... Nf6 $44) 17. b3 a5 18. Nc7
Rac8 19. Bb5 g5 20. Bxg5 $6 (20. Bg3 $1 $16) 20... Rd5 21. Bf4 Nxb3 22. Rb1
Rxc7 23. Bxc7 Rxb5 24. axb3 a4 $36 {Farago,I (2475)-Rajna,G (2405)/HUN-ch/1974/
}) (9... Qxc5 10. Be2 (10. Rd1 Qa5 11. Be2 Na6 (11... Ne4 $1 $11 {/=/+}) 12.
O-O Nc5 13. Qb5 Qxb5 14. Nxb5 Bf5 15. Nfd4 dxc4 16. Nxf5 gxf5 17. Bxc4 Nfe4 18.
b4 {Tukmakov,V-Dueball,J/Kiev/1970/} Na4 $132) 10... Nc6 11. O-O dxc4 12. Qxc4
(12. Bxc4 $142 $1 {/\} Na5 13. Bxf7+ Kf8 14. Qa4 {[%cal Rb2b4]}) 12... Qb6 13.
Qb5 Qxb5 14. Bxb5 Bd7 15. h3 a6 16. Be2 Bf5 17. Rcd1 Ne4 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Na4
e5 20. Bh2 Be6 21. b3 Nb4 $36 {De Greif,B-Uhlmann,W/Havana/1963/}) 10. Qb5 Qxb5
11. Nxb5 Bd7 12. Nc7 $6 (12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Be5 f6 $11) 12... Nxc7 13. Bxc7 Rdc8
14. Be5 Rxc5 15. b4 Rcc8 16. c5 a5 17. b5 Ne4 18. Bd4 f6 19. Nd2 Nxd2 20. Kxd2
e5 21. Bb2 Bf8 22. Ba3 b6 $17 {Portisch,F (2425)-Sax,G (2530)/Budapest/1976/})
9... Qxc5 {Natural enough.} ({However, White also has to reckon with} 9... Qxa4
10. Nxa4 Nc6 11. Ne5 $5 (11. Nc3 Ne4 $1 12. Be2 $6 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 dxc4 14. Bxc4
Nxc5 15. O-O Be6 16. Bxe6 Nxe6 17. Bg3 Rac8 18. Nd4 Nc5 19. Rfd1 f6 $15 {
Portisch,L (2600)-Adorjan,A (2490)/Frankfurt rpd/1998/}) (11. Bc7 $5 Rd7 12.
Bg3) 11... Be6 (11... Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Be6 13. cxd5 Bxd5 14. Nc3 a5 $44) 12. Nxc6
bxc6 13. Bc7 Rd7 14. Be5 (14. Ba5 $5 d4 15. exd4 Rxd4 16. b3 $14) 14... Rad8
15. Be2 dxc4 16. O-O Ne4 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 {1-0 Mac Kenzie,
G-Mondaca,O (2160)/Buenos Aires 1993/EXT 1999 (30)} Rb8 $1 {[%cal Rb8b4]} 20.
Rd4 c3 $36) 10. b4 (10. Qb5 Qxb5 (10... Na6 $5) 11. Nxb5 Na6 12. Nc7 Nxc7 13.
Bxc7 Re8 14. Be5 Bd7 15. Be2 Bc6 16. O-O Nd7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. cxd5 Bxd5 19.
Bb5 Red8 20. Rc7 Nb6 21. Rfc1 Kf6 22. h4 Rd6 23. b3 a6 24. Bc4 Bc6 25. Nd4 Nd5
{Orndahl,M (2170)-Li,C (2529)/Taby/2007/} 26. Bxd5 $11) 10... Qc6 11. Qa3 $1
$146 {[%cal Yb4b5,Ga3e7][%mdl 8] An interesting novelty, judging by the
consumption of time Ivanchuk invented it over the board.} (11. Qb3 Ne4 $1 (
11... a5 12. b5 Qc5 13. a3 a4 14. Nxa4 Qa7 15. Bc7 $1 Rd7 16. Bb6 Qxa4 17. Qxa4
Rxa4 18. cxd5 $18 {[%csl Rc8] Farago,I (2500)-Vadasz,L (2495)/Budapest/1977/})
12. Be5 (12. Nb5 Na6 13. Bd3 Nac5 (13... dxc4 $1 14. Bxc4 Be6 $15) 14. bxc5
Nxc5 15. Qa3 $4 (15. Qc2 Nxd3+ 16. Qxd3 Bf5 17. Qb3 $14) 15... Bb2 {0-1,
Mikhalchishin,A-Vaganian,R/Valencia/1974/}) 12... Bxe5 13. Nxe5 Qf6 (13... Qd6
$2 14. Nxf7 Kxf7 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. c5+ Be6 17. cxd6 Bxb3 18. dxe7 Kxe7 19. axb3
Nd7 20. Bb5 $14 {Urday Caceres,H (2470)-Yermolinsky,A (2590)/Moscow olm/1994/})
14. Nf3 Nxc3 15. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 16. Rxc3 Nc6 17. b5 Na5 18. cxd5 Rxd5 19. Bd3 Bd7
20. e4 Rd6 21. Ke2 Rd8 22. Ke3 Be6 $11 {Karsa,L (2200)-Sax,G (2530)/Budapest/
1976/}) ({It's not so simple for Black even after other moves:} 11. b5 Qc5 12.
Qb3 (12. Be5 Nbd7 (12... Ne4 13. Bd4 Nxc3 14. Rxc3 {Roeder,M (2365)-Pusch,H/
Porz/1989/} Nd7 15. Be2 $5 $14) 13. Bd4 Qc7 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qa3
Nxc3 17. Rxc3 Qd6 18. Qxd6 exd6 19. Be2 Nc5 20. O-O a6 21. bxa6 Nxa6 22. Nd4
Nc5 $11 {Laux,T-Wild,H/Porz/1989/}) 12... Bg4 13. Na4 (13. Ne5 $5 Be6 14. Na4
Qc8 15. Qa3 d4 16. Be2 $14) 13... Qc8 {Here White would have profited from
having his queen already on a3!} 14. Be2 (14. Qa3 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Qf5 16. Nb6 e5
$36) 14... Ne4 15. Rc2 Nd7 (15... e5 16. cxd5 Qf5 17. Bg3 Nxg3 18. hxg3 e4 19.
Nd4 Bxd4 20. Bxg4 Qxg4 21. exd4 Nd7 {Lukacs,P (2450)-Sax,G (2565)/Budapest/
1977/} 22. Rh4 $1 Qg5 23. d6 $16) 16. cxd5 Ndc5 17. Nxc5 Nxc5 18. Qb4 (18. Qa3
$5 b6 19. e4 $14) 18... b6 19. O-O Qf5 20. Rc4 Qxd5 21. h3 Bf5 $11 {Farago,I 
(2500)-Gulko,B (2585)/Polanica Zdroj/1977/}) (11. Qxc6 bxc6 (11... Nxc6 12. b5
Nb4 $2 (12... d4 $1 13. Nd1 e5 $13) 13. a3 Ne4 14. Be5 Nxc3 15. Rxc3 a5 16.
Bxg7 Kxg7 {Petrov,I (2190)-Petkov,V (2375)/Sofia/2004/} 17. Rc1 $1 $16 {
[%csl Rb4]}) 12. cxd5 (12. Nd4 Ne4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Bxb8 Bxd4 15. Bc7 Bb2 16.
Rc2 Rd7 17. Rxb2 Rxc7 18. Be2 a5 19. bxa5 Be6 20. O-O Rxa5 21. Rc1 Rca7 22.
Rcc2 Kg7 $15 {Urday Caceres,H (2480)-Olafsson,H (2525)/Manila olm/1992/}) (12.
Bc7 Rd7 (12... Re8 $5) 13. Ba5 Rb7 (13... Ne4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Ng5 c5 16. Nxe4
cxb4 17. Bxb4 Na6 18. Bc3 Bb7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Nc3 Rad8 $44 {Kortschnoj,
V-Stein,L/Moscow/1964/}) 14. cxd5 Bd7 {Sorensen,T (2480)-Loeffler,B (2340)/
corr/1991/} 15. Na4 $5 $36) 12... Nxd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Bc7 Re8 15. Nd4 e5 16.
Nb5 Na6 17. Ba5 Bf8 {1/2, Ruchlin,V (2304)-Stern,W (2551)/corr/1980/} 18. a3
$14) 11... dxc4 {Carlsen senses the danger and resolves the tension.} (11...
Be6 12. Nd4 Qe8 (12... Qd7 13. Na4 $36) 13. Ncb5 Na6 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Be2 $36)
(11... Bf5 12. b5 (12. Nd4 Qd7 13. b5 $14 {[%csl Rb8]}) 12... Qe8 13. cxd5 {/\}
Nxd5 (13... Nbd7 $142 $5 $14) 14. Nxd5 Rxd5 15. Bc4 Rd7 (15... Rd8 16. Ng5 e6
17. e4 Bg4 18. h3 h6 19. hxg4 hxg5 20. Bxg5 Rd4 21. Qh3 Rxe4+ 22. Kf1 Nd7 23.
Qh7+ Kf8 24. Bh6 Bxh6 25. Qxh6+ Ke7 26. Qg5+ $18) 16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. Bxe5 $40)
12. b5 Qb6 (12... Qe8 $2 13. Bc7 $1 Nd5 (13... Rd7 14. Bxb8 $18) 14. Nxd5 Rxd5
15. Bxc4 Rh5 16. O-O $32 {[%csl Ra8,Rb8,Rc8,Rh5]}) 13. Bxc4 (13. Qxe7 $6 Bf8
14. Qc7 Ba3 $132) (13. Ne5 Qd6 $5 (13... Nbd7 14. Bxc4 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Bf5 (15...
Be6 $2 16. Na4 Qa5+ 17. Bc3 Qc7 18. Bxe6 $18) 16. O-O $14) 14. Qb2 Qb6 15. Nxc4
(15. Bxc4 Be6 16. Qb3 Nbd7 $11) 15... Qc5 16. Be5 Be6 17. Na4 Qd5 $13) 13...
Be6 $1 (13... e6 14. O-O $16 {is ideal for White, he has a lead in development,
while Black's can't get his queenside pieces out.}) 14. Bxe6 (14. Be2 Nbd7 15.
Nd4 Qc5 $11 (15... Bxa2 $5 16. Qxa2 e5 $11)) 14... Qxe6 15. O-O (15. Ng5 Qc4 $1
16. Nce4 Qxb5 17. Qxe7 Qa5+ 18. Kf1 Qb5+ 19. Kg1 Qd7 $1 $11 {/\} 20. Nxf6+ Bxf6
21. Qxf6 $4 Qd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rxd1#) 15... Nbd7 {Black decides to sacrifice a pawn
just to get out his forces and swap a few pieces.} ({The resulting endgame
will be admittedly difficult to win, but} 15... Bf8 $5 {seems to be
objectively better. White must still prove he has anything tangible, in other
words Black has chances to gradually neutralise the pressure:} 16. Ng5 (16. Ne2
Nbd7 17. Rfd1 Rdc8 $5 18. Bc7 (18. Rxc8 $6 Rxc8 19. Qxa7 Qc4 20. Ned4 Qd5 {
[%cal Re7e5]}) 18... Nd5 $11) (16. e4 Nbd7 (16... Nxe4 17. Rfe1 Qf5 18. Rxe4 e5
19. Qa4 exf4 20. Rxf4 $40 {[%csl Rf7]}) 17. Rfd1 Nb6 $1 $132) 16... Qf5 $5 (
16... Qc4 17. e4 $5 {[%cal Rc3d5]} (17. Qb2 Nbd7 $11) 17... e6 18. Qb2 Qb4 $8
19. Qxb4 Bxb4 20. e5 Bxc3 21. exf6 Bxf6 22. Ne4 Be7 23. Rc7 Nd7 24. Rxb7 Nc5
$14) 17. Qb3 e6 18. f3 {[%csl Rf5]} Nbd7 19. g4 Qc5 20. Nge4 Qa3 $11) 16. Ng5 (
16. Nd4 Qb6 $11 17. Qxe7 $4 Bf8) 16... Qf5 17. Qxe7 Nh5 18. Rfd1 (18. Qe4 Nxf4
19. exf4 h6 20. Qxf5 gxf5 21. Nf3 Nc5 22. Nd1 $5 $14) 18... Nxf4 19. exf4 Bf8
20. Qe4 (20. Qe3 Nc5 $14 {/<=>}) 20... Qxe4 21. Ncxe4 Nb6 $14 {[%mdl 4352]
This is the endgame position Carlsen was aiming for. White has an extra pawn,
but it's doubled and his queenside is vulnerable. Converting the small
advantage requires superlative technique and maybe even some extra luck, Black
proceeds to defend tenaciously and finally saves the game.} 22. g3 (22. Rxd8
Rxd8 23. g3 Kg7 $14 {is similar to the game.}) 22... Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Be7 24. Nf3
(24. Rc1 $5 Rd8 25. Kg2 $14) 24... Rc8 25. Ne5 Rc7 ({Safe, but engines
indicate the direct} 25... f5 $1 26. Ng5 (26. Nd2 Rd8 $11) 26... Rc5 27. Ne6
Rxb5 28. Rc1 Bd6 $11) 26. Kg2 f6 27. Nf3 Kf7 28. h4 Rc2 29. a4 (29. Rd2 Rxd2
30. Nfxd2 Ke6 $132) 29... Ra2 30. Nc3 Ra3 31. Rc1 Nxa4 {Here Carlsen got too
optimistic and even declined a draw, later criticising his decision. There was
no need to hurry with this capture, now White retains winning chances.} (31...
a5 $142 $5 32. bxa6 bxa6 $11) (31... h5 32. Rc2 Ke8 33. Ne2 (33. f5 gxf5 34.
Ne2 Rxa4 {/\} 35. Rc7 Kd8 36. Rxb7 $6 Nd7 {[%csl Rb7]} 37. Nfd4 Kc8 38. Rxa7
Rxa7 39. Nc6 Ra2 40. Nxe7+ Kd8 $15) 33... Bd6 34. f5 $5 Kf7 $132 (34... gxf5
35. Ned4 f4 36. Nf5 $14)) 32. Ne4 Rd3 33. Rc7 Ke6 (33... Ke8 $5 34. Rxb7 Rd7
35. Rb8+ Rd8 36. Rxd8+ Bxd8 (36... Kxd8 37. Nd4 {[%cal Rd4c6,Yf4f5]}) 37. g4
$14 (37. h5 $5 $14)) 34. Rxb7 (34. g4 $142 $1 Nb6 35. f5+ gxf5 36. gxf5+ Kf7
37. Rxb7 Rd7 38. Rxd7 Nxd7 39. Nd4 $36 {gives White more winning chances.})
34... Rd7 35. Rb8 Rd8 36. Rb7 Rd7 37. Rxd7 Kxd7 {Contrary to the line above,
Black has forced a rook swap, while his king remains active.} 38. Nd4 f5 $1 39.
Ng5 (39. Nd2 $6 Nc3 {[%csl Rb5][%cal Ye7c5,Yd7d5]}) 39... Bxg5 (39... h6 $2 40.
Nf7 {[%csl Rg6][%cal Yf7e5]}) (39... h5 $2 40. Nc6 $16 {[%cal Yc6a7,Yc6e5]})
40. fxg5 Nc3 41. h5 (41. f4 Kd6 42. h5 gxh5 43. Nxf5+ Kc5 $132) 41... gxh5 $1 (
41... Kd6 $6 42. Nxf5+ $1 {/\} gxf5 $2 43. g6 hxg6 44. h6 $18) 42. Kh3 Kd6 43.
Kh4 Kd5 {Black will use his king to mount a counter-attack on White's pawns.} (
{However, supporting his own passed pawn seems to hold as well after} 43... Kc5
44. Nxf5 Kxb5 45. Ne3 a5 46. f4 a4 47. f5 Ne4 48. f6 (48. g6 hxg6 49. fxg6 a3
50. g7 Nf6 51. Kg5 Ng8 52. Nc2 a2 53. Kxh5 Kc4 54. Kg6 Kc3 55. Na1 Kb2 56. Kf7
Nh6+ 57. Kg6 Ng8 $11) 48... Nd6 49. Nc2 Kc4 50. Kxh5 Kb3 $11) 44. Nxf5 Nxb5 45.
Kxh5 Ke4 46. Ne3 (46. Ne7 a5 47. Kh6 a4 48. Nc6 a3 49. Nb4 Kf5 50. f4 Nc3 51.
Kxh7 Ne4 52. g6 Nxg3 53. g7 Nh5 $11) 46... Nd6 $1 (46... a5 $2 47. Kh6 a4 48.
Nc4 $18) 47. Kh6 Nf7+ {The defence finally triumphs, now the draw is
unavoidable.} 48. Kxh7 (48. Kh5 Kf3 49. g6 hxg6+ 50. Kxg6 Kxf2 $11) 48... Nxg5+
49. Kg6 Nh3 50. Nd1 Kf3 (50... a5 51. f4 Nxf4+ $11) ({Even} 50... Nxf2 $6 51.
Nxf2+ Kd4 $1 {[]} (51... Kf3 $2 52. g4 Kxf2 53. Kf5 $1 a5 54. Ke4 Ke2 55. g5 a4
56. g6 $5 a3 57. g7 a2 58. g8=Q a1=Q 59. Qg2+ $18) 52. g4 (52. Nd1 a5 53. Nb2
Kc3 54. Na4+ Kb4 $11) 52... a5 53. g5 a4 $11 {is still a draw.}) 51. Kf5 Nxf2
52. Nxf2 Kxg3 53. Nd1 a5 54. Ke4 a4 55. Kd4 a3 56. Nc3 a2 57. Nxa2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2013.03.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2013.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bd6 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Qc2 c6 9. Nc3 dxc4 10. Rfd1 Qc7 11. Ng5 Be7 12. a4 e5 13. a5 exd4 14. Bf4 Bd6
15. Rxd4 Bxf4 16. Rxf4 h6 17. Nf3 b5 18. axb6 Nxb6 19. Rxf6 gxf6 20. Nd4 Bd7
21. Qd2 Kg7 22. Bxc6 Bxc6 23. Nf5+ Kg6 24. Ra5 Rh8 25. Qd4 Rag8 26. Rc5 Qd7 27.
Qf4 h5 28. Nh4+ Kg7 29. Nf5+ Kg6 30. Nh4+ Kg7 31. Nf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2013.03.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2013.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 (4... Bc5 {is another main line.})
5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Ba6 (8... Nb6 {was also tried in some
games among top players, for example:} 9. Nc3 Bb7 {Planning g6.} ({The
immediate} 9... g6 {could have been met by} 10. Ne4 $1 $36) 10. Bd2 (10. Bf4 g6
$13 {Nepomniachtchi-Kramnik, Wijk aan Zee 2011}) 10... g6 (10... Qe6) (10...
O-O-O) 11. Ne4 O-O-O 12. a4 Ba6 13. Qe3 $1 Qxe5 $1 14. Bc3 Bb4 $1 15. Bxb4 Rhe8
{was a very interesting battle between Shirov-Kramnik, Wijk aan Zee 2011.}) 9.
g3 (9. Nd2 {is another possible line,}) ({and} 9. b3 g6 10. g3 {transposes to
the game.}) 9... g6 10. b3 Bg7 11. Bb2 O-O-O (11... O-O {is much more popular.}
) 12. Bg2 Rhe8 13. O-O Bxe5 14. Qxe5 (14. Bxe5 Qxe5 15. Qxe5 Rxe5 {is the same
as in the game.}) 14... Qxe5 15. Bxe5 Rxe5 16. cxd5 Bxf1 17. Kxf1 cxd5 18. Nc3
c6 {Nothing really new has happened so far. Both players are following theory.
We have a very interesting endgame. Black has two R and two P against the N+B.
The position is very tricky. Engines consider to be to Black's advantage, but
by human measures, thanks to the active white pieces, the fight is completely
double-edged.} 19. Rc1 (19. Ne2 Kc7 20. Nf4 Kd6 21. Nd3 Ree8 22. Rc1 a5 23. h4
Rb8 24. Bf3 h6 25. h5 g5 26. g4 {1/2 R.Mamedov-Ragger, Heraklio 2004}) 19...
Kb7 {This is more ambitious} ({than} 19... Kb8 {, but there is no serious
difference.} 20. Na4 (20. Bf3 Rde8 21. h4 h6 22. Na4 Kc7 23. Nc5 Kd6 24. Nb7+
Kc7 25. Nc5 Kd6 26. Nb7+ {1/2 Relange-V.Mikhalevski, Budapest 1996}) 20... Re7
21. Bf3 Rde8 22. h4 Rg8 23. b4 Rc8 24. Nb2 Rc7 25. Nd3 Kc8 26. Rc3 Kd8 27. Ra3
Re8 28. Nc5 {It looks as if White gets the maximum, gains some space, but
thanks to the strong P structure, Black has no real weakness, where White
could exert some pressure.} Ke7 29. g4 h6 30. Re3+ Kd8 31. Ra3 Ke7 32. Be2 Kf8
33. Bf3 {1/2 Macieja-Grabarczyk, Plock 2000 1/2 Macieja-Grabarczyk, Plock 2000}
) 20. Na4 a5 (20... d6 21. Nb2 Re7 (21... Rde8 22. Bf3) 22. Nd3 a5 (22... Rc7 {
(Ashley-D.Fernandez, Philadelphia 2001)} 23. Nb4 $1 a5 24. Nxc6 Rxc6 25. Bxd5
Rdc8 26. Ke2 Kb6 27. Bxc6 Rxc6 28. Rxc6+ Kxc6 29. Kd3 Kc5 30. Kc3 $18 {with a
winning P endgame.}) 23. b4 {and Black faces more difficulties.}) 21. Bf3 Kc7
$146 {The first novelty.} ({After} 21... f5 {Black creates an unnecessary
weakness on the e5 square, which will be a nice place for White's N.} 22. h4
Re7 23. Nc5+ Kb6 24. Nd3 Ra8 25. Be2 Ra7 26. f4 Re4 27. Nc5 Re7 28. Kf2 Ra8 29.
Bf3 Rae8 30. Nd3 Ra8 31. Ne5 {The N has reached e5, but now it has left the
queenside.} a4 32. b4 a3 $132 {with some counterplay, Arzumanian-Chudinovskih,
Pardubice 2006}) 22. Nc5 Ree8 23. Rc2 Ra8 24. Rd2 Re7 {Black's central P
structure is very strong and completely restricts White's pieces. On the other
hand it isn't so easy to move these P, because they can become weak very
quickly. So Svider decided to hold his position and make some manoeuvres with
his R. A draw will occur soon.} 25. Rd4 Rae8 26. Nd3 g5 27. Ra4 Kb6 28. Rd4 Kc7
29. Ra4 Kb6 30. Rd4 Kc7 {A very stable endgame line with both colours, from
the 18th moves almost all the games are very similar.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2013.03.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2013.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 {Perhaps Vassily wanted
to avoid the Maroczy System in the event of 4...g6 5.c4. However, this line
looks a little bit weird, it could have been met effectively by 6.Nxc6.} 6. Be3
(6. Nxc6 {looks very attractive} bxc6 ({if} 6... dxc6 $6 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8 8. Bc4
Ke8 9. e5 Nd7 10. f4 {The computer considers the position to be absolutely
equal, but by human measures, in my view, it is more pleasant for White.}) 7.
e5 Ng8 8. Bc4 Bg7 9. Qf3 $1 {forces some weaknesses in Black's position.} f5
10. Bf4 e6 11. O-O-O {White has a huge advantage in development, and} (11. O-O
{is also nice.})) 6... Bg7 {Now one of the main line has arisen.} 7. Bc4 Qa5 (
7... O-O {is more popular.}) 8. O-O O-O 9. Bb3 (9. Nb3 {is another main line.})
9... d6 10. Nd5 {A rare, but ambitious move.} (10. h3 {is more popular amongst
the top players, for example:} Bd7 11. Re1 Rfc8 12. Qe2 Qh5 13. Nf3 h6 14. Rad1
g5 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 $1 Bxb2 17. Rb1 Bc3 $1 18. Rxb7 Bxh3 19. Nxg5 $1 Qxe2
20. Rxe2 Bg4 21. Nf3 e6 22. Bxc6 Rxc6 23. Bxh6 {Carlsen-Radjabov, Medias 2010;
with a slight advantage.}) (10. f3 {was also played. This is a slightly
strange Dragon in which White has castled on the kingside.}) 10... Re8 {
A cold-blooded answer.} ({The natural} 10... Nxd5 {is also possible} 11. exd5
Ne5 (11... Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bf5 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Re1 $14 {Hrabusa-Petrik, Banska
Stiavnica 2010. Thanks to the d5 P White has gained some space.}) 12. h3 Nd7 $5
{A very strange move, because the e5 N looks the only active piece in Black's
position and suddenly he retreats with it. But if we analyse deeply, that N
can be in trouble after f4.} 13. c3 Nf6 14. c4 Bd7 15. Qd3 (15. Re1 Rfe8 16.
Bd2 Qc5 17. Bc3 a6 18. Rc1 {+/=/= Williams-N.Pert, Canterbury 2010}) 15... Rfc8
16. Rfe1 Kf8 {(Bazeev-Gladyszev, St Petersburg 2011)} 17. Re2 $14 {and White
can improve his position.}) 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6 12. c3 Ne5 {The plan is Ng4.} (12...
Bd7 13. f4 Qc7 (13... Nxd4 14. Bxd4 ({after} 14. cxd4 {Black could equalise in
the game.} e6 15. e5 Bg7 16. Rc1 Bc6 17. Qd3 Rac8 18. Rfd1 Bd5 $11 {Basov-Hase,
corr 2003}) 14... Bxd4+ 15. Qxd4 Qc5 16. Rad1 Bb5 17. Rf2 Qxd4 18. Rxd4 Kg7 19.
e5 dxe5 20. fxe5 f6 $5 (20... f5 {(Pavasovic-Barle, Bled 2008)} 21. Bd5 $14))
14. Qf3 ({The computer suggests} 14. Nb5 Qd8 15. Qd2 a6 16. Na3 {but this is
not a human plan to transfer the N from d4 to a3.}) 14... Na5 15. f5 Nxb3 16.
axb3 Kh8 {A strange move, but it is not so easy to find a useful plan for
Black.} 17. fxg6 fxg6 18. Qg3 $14 {Philippe-Maze, Belfort 2012; with slightly
better chances for White.}) 13. h3 Qa6 $5 {A very interesting move connected
with the next move.} 14. Nc2 Nd3 $146 {The first new move in the game, Black
immediately tries to exploit White's weak squares.} (14... Qc6 $6 15. Nb4 $1 (
15. Bd5 Qc7 16. Qe2 Be6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Nd4 Qc8 19. Rad1 $14 {Lacasa
Diaz-Raineri de Luca, Sitges 2002}) 15... Qxe4 16. Bd5 Qf5 17. f4 Nc6 18. Nxc6
bxc6 19. Bxc6 $16) 15. Qf3 (15. Qd2 $5 {was also interesting} Nxb2 $2 16. Nb4
Qa3 17. Rab1 Na4 18. Nc2 $18) 15... Be6 ({Here also} 15... Nxb2 $2 {is too
dangerous, because} 16. Nb4 Qa5 17. Nd5 $18) 16. Bd4 ({In the event of} 16.
Bxe6 fxe6 {is not a real weakness in Black's position.}) 16... Bxd4 17. Nxd4
Bc4 18. Rfb1 $5 {A very creative idea, White had to protect the b2 P and we
will see a few moves later, the R on a1 can be very useful.} Ne5 19. Qe3 Bxb3 (
{I think} 19... Rac8 {is more logical, because now the a1 R is out of play.})
20. axb3 {Now we can understand 18.Rfb1.} Qb6 21. Ra3 a6 22. Rd1 Rac8 23. Nc2
Qxe3 24. Nxe3 {This endgame gives a slight advantage for White and in a
practical game it is easier to play.} Nd7 25. f3 Kf8 26. Kf2 Rc6 27. g4 e6 28.
h4 Ke7 29. Ra5 Rec8 30. Kg3 h6 31. Rd2 Nc5 32. Ra3 a5 {An unexpected decision.
Black doesn't want to allow b4, but the a5 P and the b5-square can be a
weakness later.} 33. Nc2 $1 {Immediately heading to b5 square.} Ra6 34. Rd1
Rca8 35. Nd4 Kd7 36. Nb5 e5 $2 $138 {A mistake in big time trouble.} (36... Rb6
{was the best and after} 37. c4 a4 {and maybe Black can hope for some
counterplay.}) 37. b4 $1 axb4 38. cxb4 Ne6 39. Nxd6 {And here Ivanchuk lost on
time, but the position is already bad.} (39. Nxd6 Ke7 (39... Rxa3 40. bxa3 Nd4
41. Nb5 Ke7 42. Nxd4 exd4 43. Rxd4 Rxa3 44. Rd5 $16 {very close to a winning
endgame.}) 40. Nc4 f6 41. Rd5 $16) 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2013.03.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D57"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2013.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Ne4 {This order of
moves is slightly inaccurate.} (6... O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7 $140 Qxe7 9. cxd5
Nxc3 10. bxc3 exd5 11. Qb3 Rd8) 7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8. cxd5 Nxc3 9. bxc3 exd5 10. Qb3
c6 (10... Qd6 11. e3 O-O (11... Nc6 12. Bd3 O-O 13. O-O Ne7 14. c4 dxc4 15.
Bxc4 Ng6 16. Rfc1 c6 17. Bd3 Rb8 18. Qa4 a6 19. Rab1 b5 20. Qc2 Bb7 21. Nd2 Ne7
22. Qc5 $16 {1-0 (63) Najdorf,M-Thomas,G Buenos Aires 1939}) 12. c4 dxc4 13.
Bxc4 Nc6 (13... Nd7 14. O-O c5 15. Rfd1 $14) 14. Qc3 Bg4 15. Nd2 Rad8 16. O-O
Ne7 17. Rfc1 c5 {0-1 (38) Grau,R-Eliskases,E Buenos Aires 1939} 18. Ne4 cxd4
19. Nxd6 dxc3 20. Nxb7 Rd7 21. Nc5 Rc7 22. Rxc3 Rxc5 23. Bxf7+ Kxf7 24. Rxc5
$14) 11. e3 O-O {We've got a position from the main line of the Lasker System 
(see annotation to move 6), with 11...c6 instead of the more accurate 11...Rd8.
} 12. Be2 {White decides not to hurry up with c3-c4.} (12. c4 Be6 13. Rb1 Nd7
14. Bd3 dxc4 15. Bxc4 Bxc4 16. Qxc4 Nb6 17. Qb4 Qxb4+ 18. Rxb4 Rfc8 19. Ke2 c5
20. dxc5 Rxc5 {1/2 (20) Portisch,F (2425)-Lengyel,L (2415) Budapest 1977}) (12.
Bd3 Be6 13. O-O c5 $1 14. Qa3 Nd7 15. Rfe1 Qd8 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. Bb5 Nf6 $11 {
1/2 (22) Bilek,I-Flesch,J Miskolc 1963}) 12... Nd7 (12... Be6 13. O-O c5 14.
Ne5 $5) 13. O-O Nf6 14. Rfc1 (14. a4 Ne4 15. Rfc1 Re8 (15... Bg4 $5) 16. c4
dxc4 17. Bxc4 Nd6 18. Bf1 Be6 19. Qb4 Rac8 20. a5 Ne4 21. Rab1 Rc7 22. Rb2 Qxb4
23. Rxb4 c5 $11 {1/2 (36) Furman,S-Liberzon,V Moscow 1969}) 14... Bg4 15. c4
dxc4 16. Qxc4 {If Black doesn't manage to push ...c6-c5 in this structure,
White will keep a slight edge.} Rfe8 {[%mdl 32]} (16... Rac8 $5 {looks more
logical. Then ...c6-c5 will be a realistic eventuality.}) 17. h3 Be6 18. Qc5
Qc7 (18... Bd5 $5 {I am not sure Black should avoid the queen exchange.}) 19.
Rc2 Bd5 20. Rac1 Qd8 21. Qa3 Ne4 22. Ne5 Nd6 23. Bf3 Bxf3 24. Nxf3 Qd7 25. Qb4
Rad8 26. a4 Qe6 27. Ne5 f6 28. Nd3 Qf7 29. Qa5 a6 30. Nc5 Rc8 31. Qb4 Rcd8 32.
Qb6 Rc8 33. Rb1 Re7 34. Nd3 Rce8 35. Qb3 Qxb3 36. Rxb3 {After a lot of
manoeuvring, White has managed to weaken Black's queenside (forcing ...a7-a6)
and, only after that, exchange queens. Of course, it is an important
difference.} Kf7 37. g4 g5 38. Nc5 Rc8 39. Kg2 Rcc7 40. Nd3 Kg6 41. Nc5 h5 $1 {
That's right. Black should seize the initiative on the kingside to avoid a
"second weakness" there.} 42. Rb1 Ne4 $6 {The exchange of knights deprives
Black of counterplay.} (42... hxg4 43. hxg4 Rh7 $1 {[%cal Yh7h4,Yc7h7] was the
correct plan.} 44. Ne6 {is harmless due to} Rc8) 43. Nxe4 Rxe4 {[%mdl 4096]}
44. Kf3 Ree7 45. e4 Rcd7 46. Ke3 Rd5 47. f3 Rd6 48. Rb6 Red7 49. Rd2 hxg4 {
The h-file will be exploited by White but otherwise he would have another good
plan: d4-d5.} 50. hxg4 Kf7 51. a5 Ke7 52. Rb1 Kf7 $6 (52... Kd8 $142) 53. Rh1
Kg7 54. Rh5 Rd8 (54... Kg6 55. Rd1 $22 (55. Rdh2 $2 {is premature due to} Rxd4)
55... Rd8 (55... Kf7 56. Rh7+ Ke6 57. Rxd7 Rxd7 58. Rh1 $16) 56. Rdh1 Kf7 (
56... Rxd4 $2 57. Rh7) 57. Rh7+ Ke6 58. Rd1 {, and Black must exchange rooks,
after which White has easy play:} R6d7 59. Rxd7 Kxd7 60. Rh1 {etc.}) 55. Rd1 (
55. e5 {was already possible:} Rd5 56. Rb2 $5 (56. Rdh2 Kf7 57. Rh7+ Ke6 58.
R2h6 Rxd4 59. Rxf6+ Kxe5 60. Rf5+ Ke6 61. Rxg5 {is probably also good}) 56...
Rb5 (56... Rxd4 57. Rxb7+ R4d7 58. Rxd7+ Rxd7 59. exf6+ Kg6 60. f4 $1 gxf4+ 61.
Kxf4 Kxf6 (61... Rd4+ 62. Ke5 Rxg4 63. Rh8 Kf7 64. Rh7+ Kf8 65. Ra7) 62. Rh6+
Kg7 63. Rxc6 {, and White should win}) 57. Rbh2 Kf7 58. Rh7+ Ke6 59. R2h6 Rf8
60. f4 $1 gxf4+ 61. Ke4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rg4g5]}) 55... R8d7 $6 (55... R6d7 $1 {
was more stubborn. Then White should probably continue} 56. Rdh1 Rxd4 57. Rh7+
Kg8 58. Rh8+ Kf7 59. R1h7+ Ke6 60. Rxd8 Rxd8 61. Rxb7 Rd1 62. Rb6 {keeping
winning chances.}) 56. e5 $1 Rd5 57. Rdh1 Kf7 58. Rh7+ Ke6 59. Rxd7 {White has
managed to trade the pair of rooks in the best possible way. Now he wins the
f6-pawn and the game.} Kxd7 60. Rh7+ Ke6 61. Rh6 c5 62. Rxf6+ Ke7 63. Rb6 Rxd4
(63... cxd4+ 64. Ke4 Rxa5 (64... Rd7 65. e6 Rd6 (65... Rc7 66. Kxd4 Kf6 67. Kd5
Ke7 68. Rb4 $18) 66. Rxb7+ Kxe6 67. Rb6 $1 Rxb6 68. axb6 Kd6 69. b7 Kc7 70. f4
$18) 65. Rxb7+ Ke6 66. Rb6+ Ke7 67. Kxd4 Ra4+ 68. Kd5 Ra3 69. Ke4 a5 70. Rg6
$18) 64. Rxb7+ Ke6 65. Rg7 Ra4 66. Rxg5 Rxa5 67. f4 Ra3+ 68. Kd2 Ra2+ 69. Kc3
Rf2 70. Rg6+ Kd5 71. Rd6+ Ke4 72. Rf6 a5 73. e6 Kd5 74. f5 Re2 75. Rf8 Kd6 76.
f6 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2013.03.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "2809"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "Gormally,D"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2013.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Levon Aronian looked like the strongest player in the early stages of the
candidates, but strange things seemed to be happening in this extraordinary
tournament, and he did not look the same player in the second half of the
event.   Perhaps the bright spot for him during this period was his win
against Ivanchuk, a game which kept his hopes of qualifiying alive, and
against a player whom he also beat in the first half.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 {
Some might be surprised by Ivanchuk's adoption of the Budapest Gambit, an
opening that is rarely seen at the top level, in such a strong event. But he
has played this opening before, and anyway as is very well known, Ivanchuk can
play pretty much anything! In general the mercurial Ukranian genius seemed to
have a laid-back approach to this tournament, when asked at one press
conference who he was playing tomorrow, he threw his hands up and confessed he
didn't know! But at times he was too laid-back, as we shall see.} 3. dxe5 Ng4
4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bf4 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 {As is typical of Aronian, he plays the most
ambitious move. Besides, the tournament situation demanded that he kept the
position on the board as unbalanced as possible.} ({White is also slightly
better after} 6. Nbd2 Qe7 7. e3 Ngxe5 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. Be2 {with very little
risk of losing, which is probably one of the reasons why the popularity of
this opening has never really caught on.}) 6... Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Qe7 8. Qd5 $1 {
Hanging on to the extra pawn.} f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Qd3 d6 11. g3 O-O 12. Bg2
Bg4 13. O-O Rae8 14. Rae1 {Aronian deviates from an earlier game in this
variation. This move is played not so much to push the e-pawn, but to protect
e2 so as to make Nd4 possible.} (14. Rab1 $5 b6 15. Rbe1 Kh8 16. Bg5 Bxf3 17.
Qxf3 Ne5 18. Qb7 Nxc4 19. Qxa7 Qe5 20. Qa6 Qc5 21. Bxf6 Rxf6 22. Rd1 c6 23. Rd4
d5 $6 24. e4 $1 {and White was better and went on to win in Nikolic,P-Hector,J
Germany 2010. In general I have my doubts about Black's prospects in this line.
After all not only is White a pawn up, but he has the two bishops as well! And
while the black pieces can find very natural and good squares, I'm not sure
this fully compensates for the pawn. In addition I like the fact that White
has an extra pawn on the kingside - his king is ultra safe, in contrast to his
opposing number, a consideration that becomes highly important later in the
game.}) 14... Kh8 15. Nd4 $6 {A logical continuation of the previous move, but
this allows Black to defuse some of the white initiative.} ({I believe it made
more sense to keep more pieces and tension on the board with} 15. h3 Bd7 (15...
Bxf3 $2 16. Bxf3 {would not now make much sense, as ...Ne5 is not possible as
b7 would be hanging at the end}) {and now a strong but very logical pawn
sacrifice-} 16. c5 $1 {This is directed against Black's plan of playing ...b6,
reducing the c4-pawn to a permanent weakness, after which it would be very
hard for White to generate any play} dxc5 (16... d5 17. Bxc7 Qxc5 18. Rb1 b6
19. Bf4 {also looks good for White, as he has the d5-pawn to aim at now}) 17.
e4 Be6 18. Ng5 Rd8 19. Qc2 {a change of events which in my opinion would
massively favour White, as now he has a four vs two majority on the kingside,
as well as the two bishops, at this level such an advantage is almost always
decisive. It's important to note as well that} Bc4 $2 {is not possible because
of} 20. e5 $1 Bd3 21. exf6 $18) 15... Ne5 $1 16. Bxe5 dxe5 17. Nf5 (17. Nb5 $2
Qc5 $1 {looks awkward for White.}) 17... Bxf5 18. Qxf5 Nd7 $1 19. Qe4 ({
Aronian, in the press conference after the game, was slightly critical of his
play around about this point, suggesting that perhaps more accurate was} 19.
Qd3 {as perhaps White can then adapt a different plan of immediately attacking
the black kingside.} c6 20. Be4 $5 g6 21. h4 Nc5 (21... Nb6 22. Rb1 {also
looks better for White}) 22. Qe3 Nxe4 23. Qxe4 $14) 19... c6 $1 {Solidifying
the situation on the queenside and saying to White - I'm going to attack your
queenside weakies, what are you going to do about it? Perhaps White is still
better from a theoretical point of view, but now I would almost rather play
Black, as his play seems much easier, just attack the weak white queenside
pawns somehow. But of course Aronian is not 2800 for nothing, and it is
exactly in such dangerous situations that his considerable practical skills
come to the fore.} 20. Rd1 Nb6 $1 {Aronian wanted to lure the knight to c5,
but of course Ivanchuk has instead the logical aim of simply eating the
c4-pawn.} 21. Rd3 Qc5 22. Qh4 {Unhappy with the way things are developing on
the queenside, Aronian makes what turns out to be a highly successful decision,
that is to burn all his bridges and put all his faith in a kingside attack.
His decision was perhaps also guided by the fact that Ivanchuk was becoming
extremely short of time, hardly a rare event for him in this tournament, as he
lost on time I believe on a remarkable six occasions! Possibly he became so
absorbed in these epic battles that he lost sight of something so basic as a
chess clock.} g6 23. Be4 Kg7 24. Kg2 Qxc4 {With this move, Ivanchuk is also
crossing the Rubicon.} (24... Rf7 $1 {was perhaps simplest of all. A
multi-purpose move, this keeps an eye on the f2-pawn, while also preparing a
lateral defence of the h7-point. It would be very difficult for White to build
up an attack then.} 25. Rf3 Qxc4 26. Rxf7+ Qxf7 {and Black could look forward
to the future with great confidence.}) 25. Rfd1 Qxa2 $1 {The most principled
continuation, and also the best.} ({As Aronian explained afterwards, it was
possible for Black to go into an inferior ending with} 25... Nd5 26. Bxd5 Qxh4
27. gxh4 cxd5 28. Rxd5 {but he expected that Vassily would take on a2, as "he
always tries to play the best move".}) 26. g4 $1 $40 {Played with the very
dangerous intention of bringing the rook to h3. Aronian felt quite happy with
the situation now, as although Black is still ok, the position is becoming
very sharp and any mis-step could prove fatal.} Rf4 ({It was also possible to
return with} 26... Qc4 $5 {which leads to the fun line} 27. g5 Kg8 28. Rh3 Re7
29. Rd6 $1 {when White has generated quite dangerous threats, that are not
easily defused.}) 27. Bf5 $1 {Aronian very rarely misses such tactical
opportunities. Now the threat is Rd7, with a mating attack.} Nd5 $1 (27... gxf5
$2 28. Rd7+ Nxd7 29. Rxd7+ {and Black will have to give up the queen to
prevent mate} Qf7 30. Rxf7+ Kxf7 31. Qxh7+ Kf8 32. Qh6+ Ke7 33. g5 $1 {and the
ending is winning.}) 28. Rh3 Rh8 $2 {This is too passive, and runs into a
strong rejoinder. But no doubt Ivanchuk's clock was hanging at this moment...}
({He had seen the right move} 28... h5 $1 {but did not have enough time to
work out the consequences.} 29. Qg5 Rxg4+ $1 ({Ivanchuk had only looked at} 
29... Qxe2 30. Qxg6+ Kf8 {which he thought might lead to perpetual check.} 31.
Qh6+ Ke7 32. Qg7+ Kd6 33. Qd7+ Kc5 34. Rxd5+ Kb6 $1 35. Rd1 $1 hxg4 36. Rb1+
Kc5 37. Rh6 Qxf2+ 38. Kh1 Qf3+ {which is indeed equal}) (29... Rxf5 $5 30. gxf5
Nf4+ 31. Kh1 Qxe2 32. Rd7+ Kg8 33. Re3 {might still generate some chances for
White}) 30. Bxg4 hxg4 31. Qh6+ Kf7 {and White should probably take the perp
with} 32. Qh7+ Kf6 33. Qh4+) 29. e3 $1 {Killing Black's counterplay and
putting a very awkward question to the rook.} gxf5 (29... Qb3 30. Rb1 $1) (
29... Rxf2+ {"a sad move" (Aronian).} 30. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 31. Kxf2 gxf5 32. gxf5
Nxc3 33. Rd7+ Kf6 34. Rh5 Ne4+ 35. Kf3 Nc5 36. Rh6+ Kg5 37. Rdd6 {and White is
winning the ending.}) (29... Rc4 30. Bxg6 $1 Kxg6 31. Qh5+ Kf6 32. Qf5+ Ke7 33.
Qxe5+ {and it's over.}) 30. exf4 {Ivanchuk lost on time, but his position is
now hopeless in any case.} 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2013.03.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2013.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Ne4 8. Rc1
(8. Be5 {is a quite logical idea} Nxc3 (8... Bxe5 9. Nxe5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Qa5 (
10... Qc7 11. Qd4 f6 12. Nf3 Nc6 13. Qxd5+ Kg7 14. Qd2 e5 15. Be2 Na5 16. O-O
Be6 17. Qb2 Qxc5 18. Nd2 Qc7 19. Qb4 Rac8 20. Rfd1 b6 21. c5 Qxc5 22. Ba6 Rc7
$11 {1/2 Alburt,L (2420)-Tukmakov,V (2570)/Vilnius 1975/MCL (33)}) 11. Qd4 f6
12. Nf3 Nc6 13. Qxd5+ (13. Qd2 dxc4 14. Qd5+ $6 (14. Bxc4+ Kg7 15. O-O Qxc5 16.
Bb3 {=}) 14... Kg7 15. Rc1 (15. Qxc4 $2 Be6 $1) 15... Qxa2 (15... Qa3 $6 16.
Rc2 Bf5 17. e4 Rfd8 18. Qxc4 Bg4 19. Be2 $11) 16. Bxc4 Qa5 (16... Qa3 $6 17.
O-O e6 18. Qe4 Qxc5 19. Bxe6 Re8 20. Qd5 $1) 17. h4 $2 (17. Nd4 $2 Ne5 18. c6
Qxd5 19. Bxd5 bxc6 20. Bxc6 Nxc6 21. Nxc6 Bb7 $1) (17. O-O) 17... Qd8 $1 18. h5
(18. Qe4 Bf5 19. Qf4 e5 20. Qg3 h5) 18... Qxd5 19. Bxd5 Rd8 20. e4 a5 21. Rb1
a4 22. h6+ Kf8 23. Nh4 Ra5 $19 24. Rd1 (24. Nxg6+ hxg6 25. h7 Kg7 26. Bxc6 bxc6
27. h8=Q+ Rxh8 28. Rxh8 Kxh8 29. Rb8 a3 $1 $19) 24... Re8 25. f4 Rxc5 $19 {
Yuneev,A-Polovodin,I (2355)/Leningrad 1979/}) 13... Kg7 14. Qd2 Qxc5 (14... Rd8
15. Qb2 Qxc5 $15) 15. Qb2 Be6 16. Nd4 Bxc4 17. Bxc4 Qxc4 18. Qb3 Qxb3 19. axb3
Rfc8 20. Kd2 Kf7 21. Rhc1 e5 22. Nxc6 {1/2 Portisch,L (2591)-Ruck,R (2573)/
Hungary 2001/EXT 2004}) 9. Bxc3 (9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. Bxc4 Nc6 12.
Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. Be2 Rac8 15. O-O Ne5 16. Rfb1 Rc7 17. h3 Be8 {
Kuzmin,G (2535)-Tseshkovsky,V (2570)/Tallinn 1979/EXT 2001 (30). Black is
still fighting for equality.}) 9... Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Qa5 $36 11. cxd5 Qxc3+ 12.
Nd2 Qxc5 13. e4 $14) 8... Nd7 ({I had an analysis from 1970 which I
successfully used just 30 years later!} 8... Nxc3 9. bxc3 Qa5 10. Qb3 dxc4 11.
Bxc4 Qxc5 12. Rd1 Nc6 13. Rd5 Qb6 14. Rb5 Qd8 15. Ng5 e6 16. Ne4 Na5 17. Qb4
Nxc4 18. Qxc4 b6 19. Bg5 f6 20. Bf4 Qd7 21. Rb4 Bb7 22. O-O Rac8 23. Qe2 e5 24.
Bg3 g5 25. Rd1 Qe7 26. Ra4 Bc6 27. Rc4 Bb5 28. Nd6 Bxc4 29. Nxc4 Qe6 {0-1
Olarasu,G (2327)-Mikhalchishin,A (2522)/Nova Gorica 2005/CBM 104 ext}) 9. cxd5
Qa5 ({An interesting sharp option is} 9... Ndxc5 10. Be5 Nxc3 11. bxc3 f6 (
11... Bxe5 12. Nxe5 Bf5 13. Bc4 Qc7 14. Qd4 Rad8 15. O-O Rd6 16. Ng4 Bxg4 17.
Qxg4 Rc8 {Hammer,J (2601)-Swiercz,D (2585)/Germany 2011/ White still keeps the
extra pawn.}) 12. Bg3 Bd7 13. Bc4 Rc8 14. O-O Ne4 15. Bb3 Kh8 16. c4 Qb6 17.
Qd4 Nxg3 18. hxg3 Rc5 19. Ne1 f5 20. Qd2 Rc7 21. Nd3 Qf6 22. Rfd1 b6 23. a4 Rb8
24. Nb4 {Andersen,M (2461)-Wagner,D (2456)/Wattenscheid GER 2012; with
advantage.}) 10. Nd4 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Qxa2 (11... Nxc5 {is the common move.} 12.
Bc4 e5 (12... Bd7 13. O-O Na4 (13... Rac8 14. Bb3 Nxb3 15. Qxb3 b5 16. Bg5 Rfe8
17. f4 Rc4 18. f5 Qb6 19. Rb1 Qc5 20. fxg6 hxg6 21. Qd1 Qxd5 {Sachdev,T (2396)
-Zinchenko,Y (2544)/Kavala 2010/ with better chances.}) 14. Qb3 Nb6 15. Bb5
Bxd4 16. Bxd7 Bg7 17. Bb5 a6 18. Be2 Nxd5 19. c4 Nxf4 20. exf4 b6 21. Rfd1 Rad8
{Sanikidze,T (2585)-Gupta,A (2637)/Istanbul 2012; just White can have problems.
}) 13. dxe6 Bxe6 14. Bxe6 Nxe6 15. Nxe6 Bxc3+ 16. Kf1 (16. Ke2 fxe6 17. Qb3
Qa6+ 18. Kf3 Be5 19. h4 Rf7 20. Qc4 Bxf4 21. exf4 b5 {With good play,
Iturrizaga Bonelli,E (2649)-Le Quang,L (2714)/Moscow 2012}) 16... fxe6 17. Qb3
Qa6+ 18. Kg1 Bf6 19. h3 Rad8 20. Kh2 Rd2 (20... Rd3 21. Qb1 Rd2 {1/2 Grigore,G
(2532)-Mekhitarian,K (2511)/Arad 2010}) 21. Rc2 Rxc2 22. Qxc2 Qc6 23. Qxc6 bxc6
24. Rc1 Rc8 25. Bd6 Kf7 26. Kg3 Be7 27. Bc5 Bxc5 28. Rxc5 Ke7 29. Ra5 c5 30.
Rxa7+ Kd6 31. Kf3 c4 32. Ke2 Rb8 {Gustafsson,J (2633)-Safarli,E (2630)/Porto
Carras 2011; Black's activity is sufficient compensation for the pawn.}) 12. c6
(12. Qb3 Qxb3 13. Nxb3 a5 $132 14. c6 Nf6 15. d6 bxc6 16. dxe7 Re8 17. Nd4 Bd7
18. Bd6 Ne4 19. Ba3 c5 20. Bd3 Rxe7 21. Bxe4 Rxe4 22. Bxc5 Rc8 23. Ba3 f5 24.
g3 {White has managed to keep his extra pawn, but the bishop pair and the
potentially dangerous a5-pawn offer Black ample compensation.} g5 25. Kd2 Rce8
26. Rhe1 f4 27. exf4 Rxe1 28. Rxe1 Rxe1 29. Kxe1 gxf4 30. Kd2 Kf7 31. Kd3 fxg3
32. hxg3 h5 33. f4 Bf6 34. Kc4 h4 35. gxh4 Bxh4 36. Nf3 Bf6 37. Ne5+ Bxe5 38.
fxe5 Ke6 39. Bd6 {1/2 Fridman,D (2655)-Kramnik,V (2799)/Dortmund 2012/CBM 150/
[Marin,M]}) 12... Nc5 13. Be2 $146 (13. c4 Ne4 14. Qc2 Qa5+ 15. Ke2 Nc5 16.
cxb7 Bxb7 17. f3 e5 18. dxe6 Nxe6 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Bd6 Rfd8 21. c5 Rac8 22.
Rd1 Bd5 {Somogyi,I (2290)-Kun,S (2295)/Hungary 1992/ White has to be very
carefull.}) 13... Qxd5 14. Bf3 ({No problems await Black after} 14. O-O e5 15.
Bf3 Qd6 16. cxb7 Bxb7 17. Bxb7 Nxb7 18. Bg3 a5 19. c4 a4) 14... Qc4 (14... Qa2
{was dangerous:} 15. O-O e5 16. Bg3 a5 17. c4 exd4 18. Bd6) 15. Be2 {There is
nothing better for White than to repeat moves.} Qd5 16. Bf3 Qc4 17. Be2 Qd5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2013.03.29"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2872"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "180"]
[EventDate "2013.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Mueller,Ka} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 ({Wenn Schwarz ganz prinzipiell
spielen will, kann er mit} 3... e5 {fortfahren:} 4. Bc4 d6 5. d3 Be7 {mit
vielen theoretischen Varianten.}) 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 {
Das ist die populärste und wohl auch die stärkste Fortsetzung gegen das
Paulsen-System.} (7. Bd3 Nf6 8. O-O Nxd4 $1 {Ich finde das Nehmen sehr gut für
Schwarz.} 9. Bxd4 Bc5 10. Bxc5 (10. Bxf6 $2 gxf6 11. Qg4 Kf8 12. Kh1 h5 13. Qh4
Be7 14. f4 b5 $132) 10... Qxc5 11. Kh1 d6 12. f4 e5 $132) (7. Be2 Nf6 8. O-O
Bb4 9. Na4 Be7 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Nb6 Rb8 12. Nxc8 Qxc8 13. Bd4 c5 14. Be5 Rb6
$132 {Auch hier hat Schwarz gute Aussichten.}) 7... Nf6 8. O-O-O Bb4 9. f3 Ne7
$5 {Diese Variante war und bleibt eine der größten Fragen, die Weiß noch zu
beantworten hat.} (9... b5 10. Bf4 Ne5 11. Nc6 $3 {Dank dieses Tricks bekommt
Weiß eine sehr angenehme Stellung.} Nd3+ (11... Qxc6 12. Bxe5 Bb7 13. Qg5 $16)
(11... Bxc3 12. bxc3 $1 Qxc6 13. Bxe5 $16) (11... dxc6 12. Bxe5 $16) 12. cxd3
Qxc6 13. Kb1 O-O 14. Rc1 $14) (9... Ne5 {Die Hauptvariante!} 10. Nb3 b5 11. Qe1
{Nun droht Nxb5.} Be7 12. f4 Ng6 13. e5 Ng4 14. Ne4 $132 {Beide Seiten haben
ihre Chancen.}) 10. Nb3 $2 {Dieser Zug wird selten gespielt und das zurecht.
Besser ist 10.Nde2.} (10. Nde2 d5 (10... b5 11. Bf4 e5 12. Bg5 Bb7 13. Kb1 $14)
11. Bg5 dxe4 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Qd4 exf3 14. Qxb4 fxe2 15. Bxe2 f5 $13 {Es
sieht so aus, als ob Weiß genug Kompensation für den Bauern hat, aber etwas
Konkretes gibt er auch wieder nicht. Es hat noch niemand einen eindeutigen Weg
zum Vorteil in dieser Stellung gezeigt.}) 10... d5 11. e5 {Weiß steht schon
schlechter. Nach dem Partiezug bekommt er keine einzige Chance zum Spielen.} (
11. Kb1 Bxc3 12. bxc3 O-O 13. e5 Nd7 14. f4 a5 15. Nd4 Nc5 16. Nb5 Qc6 17. Bxc5
Qxc5 18. Qd4 b6 19. Qxc5 bxc5 $15 {0-1 Cernousek,L (2417)-Chloupek,S (2317)/
Czechia 2009/EXT 2011 (40)}) 11... Nd7 $15 {Es ist sehr komisch, dass Carlsen
diese Variante gewählt hat. Ich vermute, dass er etwas verwechselt hat, weil
Weiß hier einfach eine schlechte Bauernstruktur bekommt, ohne jegliche
Kompensation.} 12. f4 b6 13. Bd4 {Etwas stärker war doch a3, dann behält man
zumindest den schwarzfeldrigen Läufer.} (13. a3 Bxc3 14. Qxc3 Qxc3 15. bxc3 Bb7
16. Kd2 Kd8 17. Be2 Kc7 $15 {1-0 Piorun,K (2445)-Vovk,Y (2549)/Warsaw 2008/CBM
125 Extra (44)}) 13... Nc5 {Jetzt ist die Stellung von Weiß schon kritisch.}
14. a3 $2 {Und wieder nicht die beste Entscheidung! Offensichtlich hat Carlsen
einfach einen schlechten Tag erwischt.} (14. Bxc5 $1 Bxc5 (14... bxc5 15. a3
Bxc3 16. Qxc3 c4 17. Nd4 $132) 15. Kb1 O-O (15... Bb4 $2 16. Nb5 $1 $16) 16.
Bd3 Bd7 $15) 14... Ne4 15. Qe1 Nxc3 16. Bxc3 (16. axb4 Nxd1 $19) 16... Bxc3 17.
Qxc3 Qxc3 18. bxc3 $17 {Nach nur 18 Zügen hat Weiß alle Chancen auf aktives
Spiel verloren und muss nun ums Remis kämpfen. Gegen einen Spieler von solcher
Klasse wie Ivanchuk kann man solche Stellungen kaum halten.} a5 $6 {Als erstes
kommt der "schlechte" Läufer raus, wobei das auch einen Nachteil hat - das
Feld b5 wird geschwächt.} 19. Nd4 (19. c4 $5 O-O 20. cxd5 Nxd5 21. g3 a4 22.
Nd4 Ne3 23. Re1 Bb7 $17) 19... Ba6 20. Bd3 $1 {Wenn Schwarz auf d3 nimmt, wird
die weiße Bauernstruktur sofort verbessert.} (20. Nb5 $6 Kd7 21. Bd3 Bxb5 $1
22. Bxb5+ Kc7 $17 {Dieses Materialverhältnis ist das schlechteste für Weiß.})
20... Kd7 (20... Bxd3 $4 21. cxd3 $14) 21. Kd2 Nc6 $1 {Ivanchuk spielt sehr
genau. Man muss alle starken Figuren von Weiß abtauschen, um dann gegen die
Schwächen spielen zu können.} 22. Rb1 (22. Nb5 f6 $1 23. exf6 gxf6 $17 {
Schwarz wird bald zu ...e5 kommen.}) (22. Bb5 Bxb5 23. Nxb5 g5 $1 {Typischer
Zug für diese Bauernstruktur.} 24. g3 Rag8 $17) 22... Bxd3 $1 {Jetzt kann
Schwarz auf d3 nehmen, weil Weiß nicht mit dem Bauern zurückschlagen kann.} 23.
Kxd3 (23. cxd3 Nxd4 24. cxd4 Kc6 25. Rb2 Kb7 26. Rhb1 Ra6 $15 {Demnächst kommt
Rc8-Rc6 und dann wird sich der Turm a6 befreien können.}) (23. Nxc6 Bxc2 24.
Kxc2 (24. Rxb6 Be4 25. Nd4 Rhb8 $19) 24... Kxc6 $19) 23... Rab8 {Weiß kann die
Stellung wahrscheinlich halten, wenn er die Türme auf der b-Linie verdoppelt.}
24. Nb5 $2 (24. Rb2 f6 25. Nxc6 Kxc6 26. Re1 Rhf8 27. g3 $15) 24... g5 $1 {
Jetzt kommt Schwarz auch noch von der anderen Seite.} 25. g3 Rhg8 26. c4 (26.
Nd6 gxf4 27. gxf4 f6 $19) (26. Rhg1 Ne7 $17) 26... gxf4 {Das Nehmen auf c4 war
gut genug.} (26... dxc4+ 27. Kxc4 gxf4 28. gxf4 Rg4 $19 {Beide Bauern e5 und
f4 hängen.}) 27. gxf4 Ne7 $2 {Ivanchuk macht ebenfalls einen Fehler. Nach 27...
.dxc4 könnte Weiß aufgeben.} (27... dxc4+ 28. Kxc4 (28. Kc3 Ne7 $19) 28... Rg4
29. Rhf1 Nxe5+ $19) 28. Rhg1 {Nun hat Schwarz das Feld g4 nicht mehr zur
Verfügung.} dxc4+ 29. Kxc4 Nd5 (29... Rbc8+ 30. Kb3 Nd5 31. Rxg8 Rxg8 32. Rd1
Kc6 33. c4 Nxf4 34. Rd6+ Kb7 (34... Kc5 $4 35. Nc3 $18) 35. Rd7+ $14) 30. Nd6
Kc6 31. Nxf7 Nxf4 {Auch nach 31....Rgf8 steht Schwarz besser.} (31... Rgf8 32.
Ng5 Rxf4+ 33. Kb3 Re8 34. Rbe1 h6 35. Ne4 Rh4 $15) 32. Kb3 {Vermutlich waren
beide Spieler schon in Zeitnot.} (32. Rbd1 $1 Rxg1 (32... Nd5 33. Kd4 $11) 33.
Rxg1 b5+ 34. Kb3 Kc5 35. Rf1 Ne2 36. c3 b4 37. cxb4+ axb4 38. Ng5 $1 (38. axb4+
Rxb4+ 39. Kc2 Rf4 40. Rxf4 Nxf4 41. Ng5 h6 42. Nf7 h5 43. Kd2 Kd4 $19) 38...
Nd4+ 39. Kb2 bxa3+ 40. Kxa3 $15 {Schwarz steht besser, aber Weiß hat gute
Chancen, um Remis zu halten.}) 32... Kc5 (32... Rgf8 $5 33. Ng5 Rf5 34. Rbf1
Rg8 35. Nxh7 Rxg1 36. Rxg1 Rxe5 $15) 33. Ng5 h6 34. Ne4+ Kd4 35. Nf6 Rxg1 36.
Rxg1 Rc8 $1 {Genau gespielt! Schwarz muss seinen Turm aktivieren.} (36... Kxe5
$4 37. Nd7+ $18) 37. Re1 (37. Rd1+ Kxe5 38. Ng4+ Ke4 39. Nxh6 Ne2 $17) 37...
Rc3+ 38. Kb2 Rf3 (38... Rh3 $4 39. Re4+ $18) 39. Re4+ Kc5 40. Nd7+ Kd5 41. Nf6+
Kc5 42. Nd7+ Kc6 $1 {Schwarz will natürlich weiter spielen, seine Stellung ist
viel besser, weil sein König sehr stark ist.} 43. Nf6 (43. Rd4 Nd5 44. c4 Rf2+
45. Kb3 a4+ $1 46. Kxa4 b5+ 47. cxb5+ (47. Ka5 bxc4 48. Nb8+ Kc5 $19) 47...
Kxd7 48. Rh4 Re2 $17) 43... Ng6 {Nun droht einfach Nxe5.} 44. Rc4+ Kb5 45. Re4
$2 {Mueller,Ka: 'The passive solution makes life difficult for Carlsen.'} ({
The active} 45. Rc8 $1 {Mueller,Ka draws easier, e.g.} Nxe5 46. Ne4 Re3 47.
Nd6+ Ka4 48. Rf8 b5 (48... Rf3 49. Rxf3 Nxf3 50. c4 Nd2 51. Ka2 Nb3 52. Ne4
Nc1+ 53. Kb2 Nd3+ $11) 49. Rf4+ b4 50. axb4 axb4 51. Rf8 Ka5 52. Rb8 Re2 53.
Kb3 $11) 45... Rf5 $17 {Schwarz hat wieder sehr großen Vorteil. Weiß kann den
Bauern nicht halten.} 46. Ne8 $6 ({The computer suggestion} 46. a4+ {Mueller,Ka
} Kc5 47. Kb3 Nxe5 48. c3 {is better.}) 46... Kc5 47. Nc7 $6 ({Again the
computer solution} 47. Kb3 {Mueller,Ka} Rxe5 48. Rc4+ Kd5 {is objectivly
better, but White's house already looks very shaky.}) 47... Nxe5 $1 48. Rh4 Kd6
49. Nb5+ Kd7 50. a4 h5 51. Nd4 Rg5 52. Re4 Nc4+ 53. Kc3 Re5 $1 54. Rh4 $6 {
Mueller,Ka: 'The rook is a bit misplaced here.'} (54. Re2 $5 {Mueller,Ka is
called for.}) 54... Nd6 55. Kd3 Rd5 56. c4 Rg5 57. Nf3 Rc5 58. Nd2 Rf5 59. Nb3
Nb7 60. Rh3 Kd6 61. Kc3 Nc5 $1 62. Nxc5 Kxc5 63. Re3 (63. Rh4 {Mueller,Ka} e5
64. Kd3 Kb4 $19) 63... e5 $2 {Mueller,Ka: 'Until now Ivanchuk has played his
initiative forcefully. But now he loses control for a short moment.'} (63... h4
$1 {Mueller,Ka wins, e.g.} 64. Rxe6 (64. Kd3 e5 65. Ke4 (65. Kc3 e4 66. Rxe4
Rf3+ 67. Kc2 Rh3 $19) 65... Rf4+ 66. Kxe5 Rxc4 67. Ra3 Kb4 68. Ra1 Rc2 $19)
64... Rf3+ 65. Kb2 (65. Kd2 Rh3 $19) 65... Rh3 66. Re5+ Kb4 67. Rb5+ (67. Re2
Kxa4 $19) 67... Kxc4 68. Rxb6 Rxh2+ 69. Ka3 Rh3+ 70. Kb2 Rd3 71. Rb5 Rd5 $19)
64. h4 Kd6 65. Rd3+ Ke6 (65... Kc6 {Mueller,Ka} 66. Rd5 Rf3+ 67. Kc2 Rh3 68.
Rxe5 Rxh4 69. Kc3 Rh1 70. Re6+ Kc5 71. Re5+ Kd6 72. Rb5 Kc6 73. Kd4 h4 74. Rh5
h3 75. Rh6+ Kd7 76. Kd5 h2 77. Rh7+ Ke8 78. Kc6 Kf8 79. Rh3 Kg7 80. Kb7 $11)
66. Rg3 (66. Rd5 $2 {Mueller,Ka} Rf3+ (66... e4 $2 67. Kd4 Rxd5+ 68. cxd5+ Kf5
69. d6 Ke6 70. Kxe4 Kxd6 71. Kd4 Kc7 72. Kc3 $11) 67. Kc2 Rf4 68. Kc3 Rxh4 69.
Rb5 Rh3+ 70. Kd2 (70. Kb2 e4 71. Rxb6+ Ke5 72. c5 Kd4 73. Re6 Rc3 $19) 70... e4
71. Rxb6+ Ke5 72. c5 Rd3+ 73. Ke2 Rc3 74. Rb5 h4 75. Rxa5 (75. c6+ Kd4 $19)
75... h3 76. c6+ Kd6 77. Rh5 h2 78. Rh6+ Kc7 79. Kd2 Ra3 80. a5 Ra1 $19) 66...
Kf6 67. Rd3 Rf4 68. Rd6+ Kf5 69. Rxb6 Rxh4 70. c5 Rxa4 (70... Ke4 {Mueller,Ka}
71. c6 (71. Kc4 $11) 71... Kd5 72. Rb5+ Kxc6 73. Rxe5 $11) 71. Rh6 $2 {Mueller,
Ka: 'The large drawish tendency of rook endings still saves White, but over
the board it is next to impossible to defend this position.'} (71. c6 {Mueller,
Ka} Ke6 (71... Ra1 $6 {is met by} 72. Kb2 {when} Ra4 {is the only move to draw
for Black.}) 72. Rb5 Kd6 73. c7 Kxc7 74. Rxe5 {is a tablebase draw, e.g.} h4
75. Rh5 Kb6 76. Rh6+ Kc5 77. Rh5+ Kd6 78. Kb3 Rd4 79. Rxa5 Rd5 80. Ra6+ Ke5 81.
Rh6 Rd4 82. Kc3 Ra4 83. Kd2 Kf5 84. Ke2 Kg5 85. Rh8 $11) 71... Ke4 $1 {Mueller,
Ka: 'Ivanchuk's king crosses over to deal with the passed c-pawn himself.'} 72.
Rd6 (72. Rxh5 {Mueller,Ka} Kd5 73. c6 Rc4+ 74. Kd3 Rxc6 $19) (72. c6 {Mueller,
Ka} Kd5 73. Kd3 Rd4+ 74. Ke3 Rc4 $19) 72... Rd4 $1 73. Ra6 (73. Rxd4+ {Mueller,
Ka} exd4+ 74. Kc4 d3 75. c6 (75. Kc3 Kd5 76. Kxd3 Kxc5 $19) 75... d2 76. c7
d1=Q 77. c8=Q Qc2+ $19) 73... Kd5 74. Rxa5 (74. c6 {Mueller,Ka} Rc4+ 75. Kd3
Rxc6 76. Rxa5+ Ke6 $19) (74. Rh6 {Mueller,Ka} Kxc5 75. Rxh5 Kd5 $19) 74... Rc4+
75. Kd3 Rxc5 76. Ra4 Rc7 ({The computer move} 76... e4+ {Mueller,Ka wins
quicker as} 77. Rxe4 $6 {runs into} Rc3+ 78. Kxc3 Kxe4 79. Kd2 Kf3 80. Ke1 Kg2
$19 {[%csl Gg1,Gg2]}) 77. Rh4 Rh7 78. Ke3 Ke6 79. Ke4 Rh8 80. Ke3 Kf5 81. Ke2
Kg5 82. Re4 Re8 83. Ke3 h4 84. Ke2 h3 85. Kf2 h2 86. Kg2 h1=Q+ 87. Kxh1 Kf5 88.
Re1 Rg8 $1 {Mueller,Ka: 'The cut off decides.'} 89. Kh2 (89. Rg1 {Mueller,Ka}
Rxg1+ 90. Kxg1 Ke4 91. Kf2 Kd3 $19 {[%csl Gd3,Ge3,Gf3]}) 89... Kf4 90. Rf1+ Ke3
0-1

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2013.03.31"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2013.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 {This is a specialty of Svidler's countryman, Grischuk,
who used it to beat Ivanchuk twice, among others. A good psychologycal
decision by Svidler to put Ivanchuk to the test once again.} c5 4. c3 Nc6 5.
Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. O-O {This is how the game Grischuk-Ivanchuk had gone,
too. Ivanchuk does not seem to be the kind of player to let his defeats pass
without looking for improvements, so the theoretical duel is very much on...}
Ng6 (7... Nf5 {Grischuk,A (2746)-Ivanchuk,V (2768)/Khanty-Mansiysk 2011/CBM
145/[Marin,M] (1-0, 44)}) 8. g3 cxd4 (8... Be7 {Grischuk,A (2746)-Ivanchuk,V 
(2768)/Khanty-Mansiysk 2011/CBM 145/[Marin,M] (1-0, 35)}) 9. cxd4 f6 10. exf6
Qxf6 (10... gxf6 $6 {weakens the kingside too much.} 11. Nc3 Bg7 12. h4 O-O 13.
Bd3 $14 {Cori Tello,J (2418)-Ostos,J (2316)/Havana 2009/CBM 130 Extra (1-0, 39)
}) 11. Bg5 $1 {An active move, gaining some time and inducing a small
weakening of the kingside.} Qf7 12. Be3 {[%cal Gf3g5]} h6 13. Nc3 Bd6 14. Nb5 {
This may look a bit like shadow boxing, but White's idea is revealed by the
next move.} (14. Ne1 {is too slow, allowing Black to get his king out of the
centre and obtain a normal regrouping.} O-O 15. Ng2 Rac8 16. Bh5 Qf6 17. Qg4
Nge7 18. Nh4 Be8 {After getting rid of his potentially bad bishop, Black is at
least not worse.} 19. Bxe8 Rcxe8 $11 {Gwaze,R (2402)-Pert,N (2501)/Halifax
2004/EXT 2005 (1/2, 44)}) 14... Bb8 15. Ne5 $1 $146 {A strong novelty, casting
serious doubts over Black's previous play. The main idea is to clear the g1-a7
diagonal, in order to allow Be3-c5.} (15. Rc1 {Jonkman,H (2491)-Firman,N (2494)
/Lvov 2001/CBM 087/[Psakhis] (0-1, 29): It is interesting that in his notes to
this game, the outstanding specialist in the French Lev Psakhis expresses his
amazement about the ease with which Black has equalised...}) 15... Ngxe5 {
There are several ways to take the pawn, but none of them solves the main
problem: the king's safety.} (15... Ncxe5 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. Bc5 {leaves the
knight passive on g6.}) 16. dxe5 Nxe5 ({Or} 16... Bxe5 17. Bc5 {followed by
Nd6+ soon. If White manages to force the exchange of the e5-bishop for his
knight, the compensation would have a permanent character. Black would have
serious problems because of the chronic weakness of the dark squares, while
his king would lack a safe residence.}) 17. Bc5 Nc4 {Ivanchuk does his best to
avoid Nd6+, but this is one of those cases in which the remedy is even worse
than the initial problem.} 18. b3 $1 (18. Bxc4 $6 dxc4 19. Nd6+ Bxd6 20. Qxd6 {
is too simplistic to be good.} b6 21. Bb4 O-O-O $132 {White's king is also
insecure, because of the weakening g2-g3 move.}) 18... b6 {Kicking back
consequently...} 19. Bb4 a5 20. Bc3 $1 {Black has managed to drive the
molesting bishop away from the a3-f8 diagonal, but new and unsolvable problems
are awaiting him on the long dark diagonal.} Bxb5 (20... Ne5 21. f4 Ng6 22. f5
exf5 23. Bf3 Ne7 24. Bh5 $16 {creates similar problems.}) 21. Bh5 g6 22. Bxh8
$16 {White has won an exchange for a pawn. Things would not be that bad for
Black if he was not poorly coordinated and his king had some safe place to go
to.} gxh5 23. Re1 $5 {A hyper-accurate move. The threat is Qxd5} (23. bxc4 Bxc4
24. Re1 Bd6 25. Be5 $16) 23... Qf5 (23... Nd6 24. Qxd5 Ra7 25. Rxe6+ Re7 26.
Rae1 $18) 24. bxc4 Bxc4 25. Qd4 Bc7 26. Be5 O-O-O 27. Rac1 $18 {White has a
stable blockade in the centre and both Black's wings are vulnerable. The rest
is a matter of technique, as they say.} Rd7 28. a4 Qg4 29. Qe3 h4 30. Qxh6 hxg3
31. hxg3 Bd8 32. Bf4 Re7 33. Bg5 Kd7 34. Bxe7 Bxe7 35. Kg2 Bc5 36. f3 Qf5 37.
Qg7+ 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2013.04.01"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[Annotator "Gormally,D"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2013.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The 2013 Candidates tournament in London, had the most exciting denouement of
any tournament I can remember. The brilliant Norwegian Wunderkind Magnus
Carlsen, was eventually to stagger over the line, after a war of attrition and
nerves that will live in the memory for many years. But it was the Russian
Vladimir Kramnik who will perhaps feel most aggrieved - he did not lose a game
until the last round, a game we shall now analyse, and his chess was of a very
high quality indeed.  There are a lot of ifs and buts, but I would not
criticise the format. One player had to qualify, and if there had not existed
the tie-break format, and the tournament had gone to play-offs, perhaps you
would have had a much more cautious approach from the players, resulting in
the veritable bore-fest which was the previous candidates. Clearly this
tournament format is the way forward.} 1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 {Kramnik
essays the Pirc, a surprising choice you might think in such an important
encounter. But going into the game he must have felt that he needed to win, as
he could hardly have expected Carlsen to lose with White to Svidler, so
perhaps he felt that his normal repertoire was too solid, and that a sharper
game was needed. However I have little doubt that if such a situation were to
arise again, Kramnik would not choose this opening. Readers with a good memory,
may recall that the Pirc has a mixed success rate in last round games at the
world championship level. Famously, Korchnoi was to be thoroughly routed when
he chose this defence against Karpov in the decisive last game of their 1978
Baguio match. It is my belief that a player should stick with the approach
that has brought them to this point in the first place, and not change at the
last moment when on the brink of success. If you are a strategic and
positional player like Kramnik or Korchnoi, you should not play the Pirc, you
should stick to what you know, even if there is a danger that the game will be
too dry to play for a win. But that it is just my thought and I will never
play a match for the world championship!} 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O a6 7. h3
Nc6 8. Bg5 {Already we are in fairly unexplored territory.} (8. d5 {tries to
"punish" Black for his loss of time, but White was unable to prove any
advantage here either.} Nb8 $5 9. a4 e5 10. dxe6 Bxe6 11. Nd4 Bd7 12. Bg5 h6
13. Bh4 Nc6 $1 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Bd3 Re8 16. Re1 Qc8 17. Qd2 Nd7 18. Rad1 Nc5 {
and Black had comfortably equalised in the game Khalifman,A-Svidler,P Tilburg
1994, which later ended in a draw.}) 8... b5 $1 {Gaining some useful space,
while creating a threat of ...b4.} 9. a3 h6 10. Be3 e5 $5 {A firm and commital
decision, but it does create some weaknesses on the queenside, like the
c5-square for example.} ({Black might ideally like to play} 10... Nd7 {so that
he can recapture on e5 with a piece, but the problem is that this runs into}
11. d5 $1 Nce5 12. Nxe5 (12. Nd4 $5 Bb7 13. f4 c5 14. Ndxb5 $1 axb5 15. Bxb5 {
is also good for White}) 12... Nxe5 13. f4 Nd7 14. Bd4 {with a nice edge for
White.}) 11. dxe5 (11. d5 $6 Ne7 {is really what Black wants. He can then look
forward to very good King's Indian style play, with ...Nh5 followed by ...f5
ect. White is not helped in such structures by the fact that he has already
played h3, which just gives Black an additional target on the kingside.} 12.
Nd2 c6 13. dxc6 Nxc6 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Ne7 16. c4 f5 $1 17. f3 Qd7 {
looks more than ok for Black.}) 11... dxe5 12. Qc1 Kh7 13. Bc5 Re8 14. Rd1 Bd7
15. b4 Qc8 16. Qe3 Nd8 17. a4 {White is fighting for space for his pieces. He
wants to put the bishop on c4, and also just to attack the black queenside.} (
17. Nd5 {gets nowhere after} Nxd5 18. Rxd5 Bc6 19. Rd2 Ne6) 17... bxa4 18. Nxa4
Ne6 $1 19. Bc4 ({Kramnik's last turn smartly took advantage of the fact the
e5-pawn is immune:} 19. Nxe5 $2 Nxc5 20. Qxc5 Nxe4 {is not what the doctor
ordered.}) 19... Nh5 20. Nc3 Nhf4 21. Nd5 {Ivanchuk wants to challenge
Kramnik's strong knight play in the centre, with some of his own.} ({Serious
consideration could have been given to} 21. Bf1 {creating an eventual threat
of g3.} Nxc5 22. bxc5 Ne6 {with the threat of ...Nd4.} 23. Nd5 $1 {sidesteps
that threat, but even here play is not so clear after} a5) 21... Bb5 $5 22. Bb3
(22. Bxb5 axb5 23. Rxa8 Qxa8 {only looks good for Black, he has his army very
harmoniously posted, while he can start to pester White with moves like ...Qa2.
}) 22... Bc6 {Around about here Kramnik already started to think about taking
over the initiative. One can only imagine the emotions raging through the
players at this point, with so much at stake. Did Kramnik need to play for a
win, or a draw? He was keeping a close eye on proceedings in the Carlsen
encounter, which perhaps distracted him from his own game.} 23. Ra5 Qb7 24. g3
{Ivanchuk wants to force matters.} Nxh3+ 25. Kg2 Nhg5 26. Rh1 Kg8 ({Jon
Speelman enquired in the press conference afterwards, whether Kramnik had
considered the possibility of the sacrifice} 26... Nxe4 $5 $36 {Kramnik
replied that he had, but was unsure about this as it might just be losing.
However this is an excellent suggestion by the imaginative Speelman, as it
would have given Black superb practical chances. One can also see Kasparov
playing this way, but perhaps Kramnik found his usual instincts, to play solid,
positional chess, difficult to desert?} 27. Qxe4 f5 28. Qc4 Rad8 29. Be3 $1 ({
you see it is easy to go wrong here. At first I thought the simple} 29. Rd1 {
was good, but this runs into} e4 $1 30. Nh4 Bb5 $1 31. Rxb5 axb5 32. Qe2 c6 33.
Nf4 Nxf4+ 34. gxf4 Rxd1 35. Qxd1 Bf6 {and Black is taking over}) 29... Bb5 30.
Qh4 $1 Rxd5 31. Bxh6 {It is important to make every move count} Rd6 32. Bxg7+
Kxg7 33. Qh7+ Kf8 {with an extremely sharp situation on the board.}) 27. Nxg5
Nxg5 28. f3 Bxd5 29. Bxd5 c6 30. Bc4 Qc8 $5 {Trying to keep the game as sharp
as possible, an understandable decision considering the tournament situation
at this point.} ({Afterwards Kramnik bemoaned the fact that he didn't just play
} 30... Ne6 {here, which he considered to be close to a draw. But the problem
is he didn't know which result he should be playing for at this point, as it
wasn't clear yet that Carlsen was going to lose.} 31. Bxe6 (31. c3 Nxc5 32.
Qxc5 Red8 33. Ra2 Rd7 {also looks fairly equal, Black is a pawn up, but this
is balanced out by his queenside weaknesses and the superb bishop on c4}) 31...
Rxe6 32. Qd3 h5 33. Rha1 Bf8 {does indeed look quite drawish.}) 31. Qb3 h5 32.
Be3 Ne6 33. Rha1 h4 {Another move that later brought sharp criticism by
Kramnik, but for me this is a very human reaction - Black is becoming slowly
squeezed, so it's human nature to want to grab some squares for his pieces.}
34. gxh4 Qd8 35. Rxa6 Rc8 $2 {But only this move really cost Vladimir a
rematch with Vishy. Now Black just has a bad position, without even a pawn to
compensate for that.} ({One can only imagine that Kramnik refrained for the
seemingly natural continuation} 35... Rxa6 $1 36. Rxa6 Qxh4 37. Rxc6 {as
perhaps he felt that Black is only fighting for a draw here. But at least he
has some squares!} Ng5 38. Bxg5 ({The computer makes the suggestion} 38. Bxf7+
Nxf7 {and now the calm} 39. b5 {a very sharp idea indeed, but would Ivanchuk
have played this way? I somehow doubt it.} Bf6 40. b6 Rd8 $13 {with the idea
of ...Rd1, where there is still everything to play for}) 38... Qxg5+ 39. Kf1
Ra8 40. Ra6 Rxa6 41. Bxa6 Bh6 {which should objectively end in a draw.}) 36.
Rh1 ({The computer points out that it's possible to even ignore the threat on
the h-pawn with} 36. c3 $1 Qxh4 37. Bxe6 Rxe6 38. b5 $1 {and the b-pawn comes
through, with similar gruesome results to the game.}) 36... Rc7 37. Bxe6 Rxe6
38. b5 $1 {A move that effectively ended Kramnik's brave challenge for another
two years, and ensured that the Norwegian Wunderkind Magnus Carlsen would
challenge Anand for the World title. White's threats are murderous.} Rb7 39. b6
c5 40. Rb1 Bf8 (40... Bf6 41. Qd5 Rb8 42. Qxd8+ Bxd8 43. Bxc5 $18) 41. Qd5 $1 {
By this stage it was clear that Carlsen was going to lose, but this must have
been scant consolation for Vladimir, staring at the ruins of his position.} Qb8
({Kramnik had missed that} 41... Rd7 {runs into} 42. Qa8 $1 Rd2+ 43. Kg3 {
but his task is helpless in any case.}) 42. Rba1 Rd6 43. Ra8 $1 Rxd5 44. Rxb8
Rxb8 45. exd5 Bd6 46. Ra6 Rb7 47. Kf1 {The king simply runs to the queenside,
while Black can't move a thing.} 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 20th"]
[Site "Loo"]
[Date "2013.04.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2013.04.07"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ekaterinburg Malakhit"]
[BlackTeam "Saratov Economist SGSEU"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
O-O Nf6 9. Re1 Be7 10. e5 Nd7 11. Qg4 Kf8 12. b3 c5 13. Na4 Bb7 14. c4 d4 15.
Bd2 Qc7 16. Qf4 g5 17. Qg3 h5 18. f4 h4 19. Qf2 gxf4 20. Bxf4 Kg7 21. Re2 Rag8
22. Rf1 Qd8 23. Nb2 Qe8 24. Be4 Bxe4 25. Rxe4 Rh5 26. Qe2 Rf5 27. Nd3 Nf8 28.
Bc1 Ng6 29. Rxf5 exf5 30. Qd2 Rh8 31. Re1 h3 32. g3 Qc6 33. Qe2 a5 34. Rf1 Qe4
35. Re1 Qc6 36. Rf1 Qe4 37. Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 20th"]
[Site "Loo"]
[Date "2013.04.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gabrielian, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2013.04.07"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saratov Economist SGSEU"]
[BlackTeam "Lipetsk EGU Perspektiva"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O f5 10. e5 Nb4 11. Nh3 Be6 12. a3 N4d5 13. Ng5 Qd7 14. Nxe6 Qxe6
15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Kb1 Rfd8 17. Bc4 c6 18. h4 b5 19. Bb3 a5 20. h5 a4 21. Ba2
Rab8 22. Rc1 Rb6 23. Rc5 Bf8 24. Qc2 Kh8 25. Bd2 Ra6 26. Rc1 gxh5 27. Rxc6 Rxc6
28. Qxc6 Qxc6 29. Rxc6 f4 30. Ba5 Ra8 31. Bxd5 Rxa5 32. Rc8 Kg7 33. Be6 Ra6 34.
d5 Rb6 35. Kc2 b4 36. Rc4 bxa3 37. bxa3 Kh6 38. Rxf4 Bg7 39. Re4 Rb3 40. d6 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 20th"]
[Site "Loo"]
[Date "2013.04.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2013.04.07"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow ShSM Our Hopes"]
[BlackTeam "Saratov Economist SGSEU"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. d3 d6 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Nb3 Qe8 13. d4 Nd7 14. d5 Nd8 15.
dxe6 Nxe6 16. Qd5 Qf7 17. Na5 c5 18. Be3 Nf6 19. Qc4 Nd4 20. Qxf7+ Kxf7 21.
Ng5+ Kg6 22. Rac1 Nd7 23. Nh3 Nb6 24. c3 bxc3 25. bxc3 Ne6 26. Ra1 Bd8 27. g3
Kf7 28. f4 exf4 29. gxf4 g6 30. Bf2 Kg8 31. Bg3 Bc7 32. Kg2 Rae8 33. Red1 Rf7
34. Ra2 c4 35. Nb7 Nc8 36. Rb2 Nb6 37. Rb4 Nc5 38. Nxd6 Bxd6 39. Rxd6 Nbxa4 40.
Ng5 Rfe7 41. e5 Rc8 42. Bf2 Rec7 43. Rxc4 Kg7 44. Bd4 h6 45. Nf3 Nb2 46. Rxc5
Rxc5 47. Bxc5 Rxc5 48. Nh4 g5 49. Rd7+ Kf8 50. Ng6+ Ke8 51. Re7+ Kd8 52. f5 Nd3
53. f6 Rxc3 54. Ra7 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 20th"]
[Site "Loo"]
[Date "2013.04.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2013.04.07"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kazan"]
[BlackTeam "Saratov Economist SGSEU"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c6 2. d3 e5 3. Nf3 d6 4. g3 g6 5. c4 c5 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. h4 h5 8. a3 Bh6 9.
Bh3 Bxc1 10. Qxc1 Bxh3 11. Rxh3 Nge7 12. Rh1 a6 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. cxd5 Nd4 15.
Nxd4 cxd4 16. Qg5 Qb6 17. O-O-O Rc8+ 18. Kb1 Rc3 19. Ka1 Rc2 20. Rb1 Rxf2 21.
Rhf1 Rxf1 22. Rxf1 Qc7 23. Qf6 O-O 24. g4 hxg4 25. Qg5 Qd8 26. Rf6 g3 27. Rxg6+
1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 20th"]
[Site "Loo"]
[Date "2013.04.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kokarev, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2013.04.07"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saratov Economist SGSEU"]
[BlackTeam "Nizhny Tagil Politekhnik"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. c4 g6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. a3 d6 6. Rb1 Nh6 7. e3 Nf5 8. Nge2
Rb8 9. d3 O-O 10. O-O Qe8 11. b4 b6 12. b5 Na5 13. Bd2 e6 14. a4 Qd8 15. Nf4
Bb7 16. Bh3 Ne7 17. Qc2 Ba8 18. e4 Bb7 19. Nce2 a6 20. Bc3 axb5 21. Nxe6 fxe6
22. Bxe6+ Rf7 23. axb5 Qf8 24. Nf4 Bc8 25. Bxf7+ Qxf7 26. Rfe1 g5 27. Nd5 Ng6
28. Bxg7 Qxg7 29. f4 gxf4 30. gxf4 Nxf4+ 31. Kh1 Ng6 32. Rg1 Be6 33. Nf4 Bf7
34. Rbf1 Qe5 35. h4 Kh8 36. Rg5 Qd4 37. Nxg6+ Bxg6 38. h5 Nxc4 39. hxg6 1-0

[Event "Thessaloniki FIDE GP"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2013.05.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2013.05.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Nd2 a5 10. a3 Bd7 11. Rb1 a4 12. b4 axb3 13. Nxb3 b6 14. Ra1 Ba4 15. f3
Nd7 16. Nxa4 Rxa4 17. Bd3 Qa8 18. Qe2 Kh8 19. Bb2 f5 20. Bc2 Ra7 21. Rae1 f4
22. Ra1 Nf6 23. a4 g5 24. Bc3 h5 25. a5 bxa5 26. Nxa5 c5 27. Ra4 g4 28. Rfa1
Qe8 29. Kh1 Rc7 30. Nb3 Qd7 31. Ra6 Nc8 32. Nd2 Ra7 33. Ba4 Qe7 34. Rxa7 Nxa7
35. Nb3 Qf7 36. Nc1 Qg6 37. Nd3 h4 38. Nf2 g3 39. Nh3 Rb8 40. Bc2 Nc8 41. Ra6
Nh7 42. Qd1 Ng5 43. Nxg5 Qxg5 44. h3 Qe7 45. Qa1 Kg8 46. Kg1 Bf8 47. Kf1 Nb6
48. Bd3 Qc7 49. Ke2 Be7 50. Kd1 Bd8 51. Kc2 Qd7 52. Be2 Rb7 53. Qa2 Nc8 54. Kd3
Ra7 55. Bd1 Qb7 56. Rxa7 Qxa7 57. Qxa7 Nxa7 58. Ba4 Nc8 59. Bd7 Nb6 60. Be6+
Kf8 61. Ba5 Ke7 62. Bxb6 Bxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Thessaloniki FIDE GP"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2013.05.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C76"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2013.05.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 g6 6. d4 Bd7 7. O-O Bg7 8. h3 h6
9. Be3 Nge7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Bc5 Re8 13. Re1 b6 14. Ba3 Na7 15.
Bxd7 Qxd7 16. Nc4 Qe6 17. Ne3 Nb5 18. Bxe7 Rxe7 19. Qa4 Nd6 20. Qc6 Rc8 21.
Rad1 Kh7 22. Rd2 Ne8 23. Qb7 Nd6 24. Rxd6 cxd6 25. Qxa6 Rcc7 26. Nd5 Ra7 27.
Qb5 Reb7 28. a4 f5 29. Nd2 Bf6 30. Qe8 Be7 31. c4 Qg8 32. Qc6 Qd8 33. b3 Qd7
34. Qxd7 Rxd7 35. Nxb6 Rdb7 36. Nc8 Ra6 37. Nxe7 Rxe7 38. Re3 Kg7 39. Rd3 Rb7
40. Kf1 Rab6 41. Ke2 Kf6 42. Kd1 Ke6 43. Kc2 h5 44. f3 Kf6 45. Kc3 Ra6 46. Rd5
Kg5 47. a5 Kf4 48. b4 Kg3 49. Nb3 Kxg2 50. b5 Ra8 51. Rxd6 Kxf3 52. a6 Rg7 53.
Nc5 fxe4 54. b6 e3 55. Rf6+ 1-0

[Event "Thessaloniki FIDE GP"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2013.05.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2013.05.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Rc1 Qa5 (10... cxd4 11. cxd4 Qa5+ {is the usual
reaction to this system.}) 11. O-O e6 12. Qb3 (12. f4 b5 (12... cxd4 13. cxd4
Bd7 14. d5 exd5 15. Bxd5 Nb4 16. Qd2 Rfd8 17. Bc5 Bf8 18. Bxf8 Rxf8 {1/2 (78)
Lobron,E (2575)-Lutz,C (2540) Munich 1992} 19. Nd4 $16) (12... Rd8 13. a4 b6
14. g4 Bb7 15. e5 Ne7 16. Ng3 Ba6 17. Bxa6 Qxa6 18. f5 cxd4 19. cxd4 Nd5 20.
Bg5 Rdc8 21. fxe6 fxe6 22. Ne4 h6 23. Nf6+ Bxf6 24. Bxf6 Rxc1 25. Qxc1 Qxa4 26.
Qxh6 Qxd4+ 27. Rf2 Qd1+ 28. Kg2 Qxg4+ 29. Kh1 Qd1+ {1/2 (29) Loderbauer,G 
(2225)-Ivanovic,Z (2186) ICCF Email 2000}) 13. Bb3 (13. Bd3 Rd8 $1 {P.Lukacs})
13... c4 14. Bc2 f5 (14... Re8 $5) 15. d5 $1 Rd8 16. d6 Bb7 17. e5 Nxe5 18.
fxe5 Bxe5 19. Bd4 Bxd6 20. Qd2 Qc7 21. Qg5 Bxh2+ 22. Kh1 $36 {1/2 (30) Lukacs,
P (2480)-Fogarasi,T (2395) Budapest 1993}) 12... b6 (12... Qc7 {is probably
more accurate:} 13. Qb2 b6 14. Qd2 Bb7 15. Bh6 Rfd8 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qe3 Rac8
18. h4 Qe7 19. h5 Qh4 20. g3 Qf6 21. Rfd1 cxd4 22. cxd4 Na5 23. Bd3 Kg8 $11 {
1/2 (27) Bluebaum,M (2428)-Libiszewski,F (2495) Sibenik 2012}) 13. Rfd1 Ba6 14.
Nf4 Bxc4 15. Qxc4 Rac8 16. d5 exd5 (16... Ne5 $142 17. Qe2 Rfe8 $11) 17. Nxd5 {
[%csl Gd5]} Rfe8 (17... Ne5 18. Qe2 Rfe8 19. f4 Nc6 20. e5 {is now favourable
for White.}) 18. Bf4 b5 {Black must break the blockade.} (18... Ne5 19. Bxe5
Bxe5 20. a4 $16 {[%csl Ra5]}) 19. Qxc5 Rxe4 20. Re1 Rxe1+ (20... Bf8 21. Bd6
Rc4 22. Nf6+ Kg7 (22... Kh8 23. Qd5 Bxd6 24. Ne8 $3 $16 Bf8 $140 $2 25. Qxf7 {
[%cal Rf7f8,Rf7f6,Rf6e6]}) 23. Ne8+ Rxe8 24. Rxe8 Rxc5 25. Bxf8+ Kf6 26. Bxc5
Qxa2 27. Rd1 {is favorable for White since his rooks are stronger than Black's
queen (indicated by GM M.Golubev).}) (20... Rc4 21. Qe3 {doesn't solve any
problems either.}) 21. Rxe1 {Black's queen is still out of play.} h6 22. h4 (
22. Bc7 Rxc7 23. Re8+ Kh7 24. Qd6 {is premature due to} Qxa2 25. g3 Ne5 $1 26.
Nxc7 (26. Rxe5 Bxe5 27. Qxe5 Rc6) 26... Qb1+ 27. Kg2 Qe4+) 22... Kh8 $2 {
Black overlooks a strong blow which breaks down his defence.} (22... Qxa2 $142
23. Qxb5 $14) 23. Bc7 $1 {[%mdl 64]} Qa6 (23... Rxc7 24. Re8+ Kh7 25. Qd6 {
[%cal Rd6c7,Rd5f6] is now winning for White.}) 24. Qd6 {[%cal Rd5e7]} Nb8 25.
Qf4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rc7b8,Rf4f7]} Qc6 26. Qxf7 $138 (26. Be5 $142 $1 $18 {
[%cal Rf4h6,Rf4f7]}) 26... Rf8 27. Qe6 Kh7 (27... Qxe6 28. Rxe6 {is hopeless
enough.}) 28. Bd6 Rd8 29. Nf6+ Kh8 30. Ne8 Qxc3 31. Bc7 (31. Nxg7 Rxd6 32. Qe8+
Kh7 33. Nh5 $18) 31... Rc8 32. Qxc8 $2 (32. Bf4 $142 {keeping all decisive
threats}) 32... Qxe1+ 33. Kh2 Be5+ 34. Bxe5+ Qxe5+ 35. g3 Kh7 36. Qb7+ Kg8 37.
f4 $4 {[%mdl 8192] A terrible blunder under time pressure.} (37. Nc7 Nd7 38.
Nxb5 {, winning a pawn, was still enough for an overall victory.}) 37... Qe2+
38. Kg1 Qe1+ 39. Kg2 Qe2+ {time} (39... Qe2+ 40. Kg1 Qxe8 $19) 0-1

[Event "Thessaloniki FIDE GP"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2013.05.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2013.05.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Bf1 Bg4 {
Das ist die Hauptvariante, wenn Schwarz auf 3.Lb5 mit 3...d6 und 4...Ld7
reagiert.} 8. h3 ({Die Alternative ist} 8. d3 {z.B.:} e6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. h3 Bh5
11. g4 Bg6 12. Nh4 Nd7 13. Ng2 h5 14. f4 hxg4 15. hxg4 Qc7 16. Nf3 O-O-O 17.
Ne3 Nb6 18. Nc4 Nxc4 19. dxc4 f5 20. exf5 exf5 21. g5 Bf7 22. Qc2 g6 23. Qf2 d5
24. cxd5 Bxd5 25. Be3 Bxg5 26. Qg3 Be7 27. Bg2 g5 28. Nxg5 Bxg5 29. Bxd5 Rxd5
30. Qxg5 Qf7 31. Kf2 Rh2+ 32. Kf1 Rd8 33. Qg3 Qc4+ 34. Kg1 Rxb2 {0-1 (34)
Anand,V (2791) -Carlsen,M (2776) Nice 2009}) 8... Bh5 ({Noch öfter wird} 8...
Bxf3 {gespielt:} 9. Qxf3 g6 10. Qd1 Bh6 11. a4 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. d3 Bxc1 14.
Qxc1 O-O 15. Nd2 Qc7 16. Ne4 b6 17. Qh6 f6 18. d4 cxd4 19. Bc4 e6 20. Ng5 fxg5
21. Rxe6 Ncb4 22. cxb4 Qxc4 23. Rxg6+ hxg6 24. Qxg6+ Kh8 25. Qh6+ Kg8 26. Qg6+
{1/2-1/2 (26) Jones,G (2644)-Shirov,A (2708) England 2013}) 9. d4 ({Oder} 9. d3
e6 10. g4 Bg6 11. Nh4 Nd7 12. g5 e5 13. Qg4 Be7 14. Nf5 Bxf5 15. exf5 h6 16. h4
hxg5 17. hxg5 f6 18. Nd2 fxg5 19. Ne4 Nf6 20. Qxg5 O-O 21. Qg6 Qe8 22. Bg2 Qxg6
23. fxg6 Nh5 24. Ng3 Nf4 25. Bxf4 Rxf4 26. Bd5+ Kf8 27. Kg2 Bf6 28. Re4 Ne7 29.
Bf7 Rxe4 30. dxe4 Bg5 31. Rh1 Bh6 32. Kf3 b5 33. Kg4 a5 34. a3 a4 35. Nh5 b4
36. cxb4 cxb4 37. axb4 Rb8 38. Nf6 gxf6 39. Rxh6 Rxb4 40. Rh8+ Kg7 41. Rh7+ Kf8
42. f3 Rxb2 43. Rh8+ Kg7 44. Rh7+ Kf8 45. Kg3 a3 46. Rh8+ Kg7 47. Rh7+ Kf8 48.
Rh8+ Kg7 49. Rh7+ Kf8 50. Rh8+ Kg7 51. Rh7+ {1/2-1/2 (51) Rublevsky,S (2702)
-Ivanchuk,V (2786) Almaty 2008}) 9... Bxf3 10. gxf3 cxd4 11. cxd4 d5 ({Gut
spielbar ist} 11... e5 {z.B.:} 12. d5 Nd4 13. Be3 Nd7 14. Nd2 Qf6 15. Bg2 g6
16. f4 Nb5 17. fxe5 dxe5 18. a4 Nd6 19. Rc1 h5 20. Qb3 Bh6 21. Nc4 Rb8 22. Qb4
Bf8 23. Qd2 Be7 24. Nxd6+ Qxd6 25. Rc2 O-O 26. Rec1 Kh7 27. Qe2 Bd8 28. Rc4 Bb6
29. Bd2 Qf6 30. a5 Bd4 31. Be3 Bxe3 32. Qxe3 Qd6 33. Rc7 Nf6 34. Qa3 Ne8 35.
Re7 {0-1 (35) Al Modiahki,M (2572)-Sasikiran,K (2661) Macau 2007}) 12. Nc3 e6
13. Bg5 Be7 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. exd5 Nxd4 16. Re4 Qb6 17. dxe6 Qc5 $2 {Wirft die
Partie einzügig fort.} ({Völlig OK für Schwarz ist} 17... Nxe6 18. Nd5 Qd8
19. Qa4+ b5 20. Nxf6+ gxf6 21. Qb4 f5 22. Ree1 Rg8+ 23. Kh1 Qd5 24. Qc3 Rd8 25.
Re5 Qd2 26. Qxd2 Rxd2 27. Re2 Rd4 $15 {0-1 (89) Sadykov,R (2255)-Savina,A 
(2392) Izhevsk 2010}) 18. e7 {Nach diesem Zug bricht die schwarze Stellung
bemerkenswert schnell zusammen.} ({Weniger kräftig ist} 18. exf7+ Kxf7 19. Na4
Qg5+ 20. Rg4 Qd5 $14) 18... h5 (18... Ne6 19. Nd5 Bd4 20. Qa4+ b5 21. Bxb5+
Qxb5 22. Rxd4 $18) (18... Nf5 19. Qa4+ $18) 19. Rc1 Rh6 20. Kh1 Rg6 (20... Qa7
21. Nd5 $18) 21. Ne2 1-0

[Event "Thessaloniki FIDE GP"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2013.05.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2013.05.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. c3 Bg4
8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Qd5 10. Be2 Qxf3 11. Bxf3 e6 12. Bg5 Bd6 13. Ke2 h6 14. Bxf6
gxf6 15. g4 Ke7 16. Rad1 a5 17. a4 Rac8 18. Rd3 b6 19. Rhd1 Rhd8 20. c4 c5 21.
d5 Be5 22. dxe6 fxe6 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Rxd8 Kxd8 25. b3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Thessaloniki FIDE GP"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2013.05.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2013.05.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Ngf3 ({Die Hauptvariante
in diesem Abspiel der Französischen Tarrschachvariante entsteht nach} 6. c3
Nc6 7. Ndf3 Rb8 ({Üblich ist} 7... Qb6) 8. Bd3 b5 9. Ne2 g6 10. O-O Qb6 11. g4
h5 12. h3 b4 13. Qa4 bxc3 14. bxc3 cxd4 15. Rb1 Qc7 16. Rxb8 Ndxb8 17. cxd4 Bd7
18. Qc2 Qa5 19. Bxg6 Nb4 20. Qb1 Qxa2 21. Bd2 Qxb1 22. Bxb1 hxg4 23. hxg4 Bb5
24. Re1 N8c6 25. Nc3 Bc4 26. Kg2 a5 27. Na4 Bb3 28. Nc5 Bxc5 29. dxc5 a4 30.
Bxb4 Nxb4 31. Nd4 Bc4 32. Re3 Kd7 33. Ra3 Ra8 34. f5 Nc6 35. Nf3 Rb8 36. Ra1 {
0-1 (36) Shirov,A (2739)-Ponomariov,R (2705) Moscow 2007}) 6... Nc6 7. Nb3 ({
Die Alternative ist} 7. c3) 7... c4 ({Der Partiezug wirkt logischer als} 7...
cxd4 8. Nbxd4 Nc5 (8... Bc5) 9. Be3 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Be2 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Ne4
13. O-O Bd7 14. Bd3 a6 15. Qe2 Nc5 16. Rf2 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Rc8 18. g4 f5 19. exf6
Bxf6 20. Re1 Qc7 21. Qe3 Bxd4 22. Nxd4 Rce8 23. g5 Bc8 24. a3 Qf7 25. Qg3 Qg6
26. Re5 Bd7 27. h3 Rf7 28. Kh2 Ref8 29. Qe3 Qh5 30. Nxe6 Bxe6 31. Rxe6 Rf5 32.
Re5 Qg6 33. Kg3 h6 34. h4 hxg5 35. hxg5 R5f7 36. Rxd5 Qc6 37. Qd4 Qc7 38. Rd6
Rf5 39. Rd7 Rxg5+ 40. Kh4 Qc6 41. Kxg5 {1-0 (41) Ponomariov,R (2743)-Akopian,V
(2678) Moscow 2002}) 8. Nbd2 b5 9. Be2 Nb6 ({Gespielt wurde hier auch schon} 
9... Qb6 {und nun:} 10. Nf1 f6 11. Ne3 fxe5 12. fxe5 Be7 13. c3 O-O 14. O-O b4
15. Qe1 bxc3 16. bxc3 Qa5 17. Bd1 Rf7 18. Bc2 Nf8 19. Nd1 Bd7 20. Qg3 Nd8 21.
a4 Nc6 22. Bh6 Be8 23. Rf2 Kh8 24. Bd2 Qd8 25. Ng5 Rxf2 26. Nxf2 Bxg5 27. Bxg5
Qd7 28. h4 Bg6 29. Bxg6 Nxg6 30. h5 Nge7 31. h6 Nf5 32. hxg7+ Qxg7 33. Qf4 Qg6
34. Bf6+ Kg8 35. Kh2 Rb8 36. g4 Nh6 37. Rg1 Rb2 38. Kh3 Na5 39. Rg3 Nb3 40. Be7
Nf7 41. Nd1 Rd2 42. Ne3 Qb1 43. Nf1 Rd3 44. Rf3 Qxf1+ {0-1 (44) Smagin,S (2613)
-Gurevich,M (2688) Essen 2001}) 10. Nf1 h5 {Ein neuer Zug an dieser Stelle.} (
10... Bd7 11. Ne3 Be7 12. O-O Qc7 13. Bd2 a5 14. Be1 O-O-O 15. b3 a4 16. Rb1
Qa7 17. bxc4 bxc4 18. Bf2 Na5 19. f5 g6 20. f6 Ba3 21. Ng5 Be8 22. Bg4 Nc6 23.
Nxe6 fxe6 24. Bxe6+ Rd7 25. Nxd5 Nxd5 26. Qf3 Nd8 27. Bxd5 Qa6 28. e6 Rxd5 29.
Qxd5 Nxe6 30. Bg3 Nc7 31. Bxc7 Kxc7 32. f7 Bd7 33. Qe5+ {1-0 (33) Malakhov,V 
(2716)-Shulman,Y (2624) Bursa 2010}) 11. Ne3 Bd7 12. O-O Be7 13. b3 g6 14. Bd2
a6 15. Be1 Qc7 16. h3 O-O-O $2 {Der schwarze König steht am Damenflügel
nicht sicher und Schwarz wird sehr schnell mit konkreten Problemen
konfrontiert.} (16... O-O 17. Bh4 $5 Bb4 $5) 17. a4 Kb7 18. Qb1 Na7 ({Besser
war noch} 18... cxb3 19. Qxb3 Ra8) 19. a5 (19. a5 {Auf} Nbc8 20. bxc4 dxc4 21.
Nxc4 {hatte Ivanchuk schon keine Lust mehr.}) 1-0

[Event "Thessaloniki FIDE GP"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2013.05.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A39"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2013.05.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Qa5 9. Nb3 Qh5 10. Bf3 Qh3 11. Bg2 Qh5 12. Bf3 Qh3 13. Bg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Thessaloniki FIDE GP"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2013.05.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2013.05.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3
O-O 9. Nc3 Be6 10. Nd5 Nd4 11. Nxe7+ Qxe7 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Bg5 Bxb3 14. cxb3
h6 15. Bh4 Qe6 16. f4 c5 17. b4 Rfe8 18. f5 Qe5 19. Bg3 Qe7 20. bxc5 dxc5 21.
e5 Nd5 22. f6 Qe6 23. fxg7 Ne3 24. Qd2 Nxf1 25. Rxf1 Qg6 26. Rf6 Qxg7 27. Bf4
Re6 28. Bxh6 Qg4 29. h3 Qh5 30. Rxe6 fxe6 31. Qf4 Qg6 32. h4 Kh7 33. Bf8 Ra7
34. Bxc5 Rg7 35. Qf1 Qh5 36. Bxd4 Qxh4 37. Be3 Qg3 38. Bf4 Qg4 39. d4 Qf5 40.
Qf2 Kg8 41. Qf3 Qb1+ 0-1

[Event "Thessaloniki FIDE GP"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2013.06.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2013.05.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bg7 9. h3 Qc7 10. b3 Qa5 11. Bd2 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Qe5 13. Qb1 f5 14. Bc3
Qxe4+ 15. Qxe4 fxe4 16. Nb5 Bxc3+ 17. Nxc3 Na6 18. Nxe4 Rf8 19. O-O-O Rc8 20.
Rhe1 Kd7 21. Kb2 Nc5 22. f3 Nxe4 23. Rxe4 Rc5 24. b4 Rcf5 25. Kc3 Rf4 26. Rxf4
Rxf4 27. Rd5 Kc6 28. a4 a6 29. Rd2 Rf5 30. Re2 Kd7 31. a5 d5 32. cxd5 Rxd5 33.
Kc4 Rd1 34. Kc5 Rd6 35. b5 axb5 36. Re4 b4 37. Rxb4 Kc7 38. Re4 e6 39. Rf4 Rd5+
40. Kb4 Kc6 41. Rf7 Rb5+ 42. Ka4 b6 43. a6 Ra5+ 44. Kb3 Rxa6 45. Rxh7 g5 46. h4
gxh4 47. Rxh4 b5 48. Re4 Kd5 49. Rb4 Kc5 50. Re4 Kd5 51. Rb4 Kc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Thessaloniki FIDE GP"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2013.06.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E66"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2013.05.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O a6 8. d5
Na5 9. Nd2 c5 10. Qc2 Rb8 11. b3 b5 12. Bb2 h5 13. Rae1 bxc4 14. bxc4 e5 15.
Rb1 h4 16. Ba3 Rxb1 17. Rxb1 hxg3 18. hxg3 Ng4 19. Na4 f5 20. Nb6 e4 21. e3 Bd7
22. Nxd7 Qxd7 23. Bh3 Ne5 24. Bb2 g5 25. Bc3 g4 26. Bf1 Nb7 27. Rb6 Nd8 28.
Bxe5 Bxe5 29. Rxa6 Nf7 30. Qa4 Qxa4 31. Rxa4 Rb8 32. Nb3 Bc3 33. Ra6 Kf8 34.
Be2 Ke7 35. Ra7+ Kf6 36. Ra6 Ke7 37. Ra7+ Kf6 38. Ra6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Thessaloniki FIDE GP"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2013.06.03"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2013.05.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O b6 13. Qc1 Qe6 14. Re1
Bb7 15. Bb5 Na6 16. Bf4 Qc8 17. Qe3 Qd8 18. d5 Nc5 19. Ne5 e6 20. Nc6 Bxc6 21.
Bxc6 Rc8 22. Bg5 f6 23. Bh4 g5 24. Bg3 f5 25. exf5 exd5 26. Bb5 Qf6 27. Qa3
Qxf5 28. Qxa7 Bd4 29. Rbd1 Bxf2+ 30. Bxf2 Qxf2+ 31. Kh1 Ne4 32. Qb7 Nc3 33. Bd3
Qf7 34. Re7 Nxd1 35. Rxf7 Nf2+ 36. Kg1 Rc1+ 37. Bf1 Rxf7 38. Qxd5 Ne4 39. Qd8+
Kg7 40. Qd4+ Kh6 0-1

[Event "Leon Masters g/20 26th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2013.06.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2013.06.07"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Nbd2
Re8 9. Re1 Bf8 10. Nf1 b5 11. Bc2 d5 12. Qe2 h6 13. exd5 Qxd5 14. Ng3 Bg4 15.
Ne4 Nh7 16. h3 Be6 17. Ng3 Nf6 18. Be3 Qd7 19. Bd2 Rad8 20. Rad1 Bxa2 21. Ra1
Qe6 22. Qd1 Bd5 23. Rxa6 Bxf3 24. Qxf3 Nd4 25. Qb7 1-0

[Event "Leon Masters g/20 26th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2013.06.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2013.06.07"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 Nf6 4. Bb5+ Nbd7 5. c4 g6 6. a4 Bg7 7. a5 O-O 8. Nf3
Nb8 9. d3 a6 10. Ba4 Qxa5+ 11. Bd2 Qd8 12. Bc3 e6 13. dxe6 Bxe6 14. O-O Bf5 15.
Ra3 Nbd7 16. Nbd2 Bxd3 17. Ba5 Qxa5 18. Rxd3 Rad8 19. Bxd7 Rxd7 20. Rxd7 Nxd7
21. Ne4 Qc7 22. Qd2 Nf6 23. Nxf6+ Bxf6 24. b3 Rd8 25. Qe3 b5 26. Qe4 Qd6 27. g3
Kg7 28. Kg2 Qd3 29. Qxd3 Rxd3 30. cxb5 axb5 31. Rc1 Rc3 32. Rxc3 Bxc3 33. Ng5
Bb4 34. Kf1 h6 35. Nf3 Kf6 36. Ke2 Bc3 37. Kd3 Ba1 38. Ne1 Ke6 39. Nc2 Bb2 40.
Ne3 h5 41. h3 f5 42. Ng2 Bf6 43. Ne1 Kd5 44. Nf3 c4+ 45. bxc4+ bxc4+ 46. Ke3
Kc5 47. Kd2 Kd6 48. Ke2 Kc6 49. Kd2 Kc5 0-1

[Event "Leon Masters g/20 26th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2013.06.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2013.06.07"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. e5 Nfd7 7. e6 fxe6 8. Be3
Nc6 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Bxc5 dxc5 11. Qxd8+ Kxd8 12. O-O-O+ Kc7 13. Ne4 e5 14.
fxe5 b6 15. Nc3 Nxe5 16. Nd5+ Kb8 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Nxe7 Bb7 19. Bb5 a6 20.
Nc6+ Bxc6 21. Bxc6 Ra7 22. c3 Re7 23. Bf3 Kc7 24. Kc2 Rd8 25. Rxd8 Kxd8 26.
Rd1+ Rd7 27. Rxd7+ Kxd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon Masters g/20 26th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2013.06.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2013.06.07"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. Bxe5 Nf6 4. e3 O-O 5. Nf3 Re8 6. Be2 d5 7. O-O c5 8.
Bb2 Nc6 9. d3 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Nbd2 Ba5 12. c4 dxc4 13. Nxc4 Bc7 14. Rc1 b6
15. Ncd2 Ne5 16. d4 Nxf3+ 17. Nxf3 Ne4 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Nd4 Qd6 20. f4 Bxe2
21. Qxe2 Qg6 22. Ba3 Qe4 23. Rc4 Qxe3+ 24. Qxe3 Rxe3 25. Bxc5 bxc5 26. Nb3 Bb6
27. Rf2 Rd8 28. Rfc2 f5 29. Kh2 Re4 30. Rxe4 fxe4 31. Rc4 e3 32. Kg3 Re8 33.
Rc1 c4 0-1

[Event "Leon Masters g/45 26th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2013.06.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "Estremera,S/Mellado,J"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2013.06.07"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 {Así es como se
está jugando la española en los últimos tiempos. Mucha culpa de ello tiene
el óptimo resultado que da a las negras el Gambito Marshall} d6 ({La
continuación habitual es} 6... b5 7. Bb3 O-O {pero en partidas de las
últimas semanas las blancas han cosechado algunos triunfos con la sutil} 8. a3
d6 9. Nc3 Be6 10. Nd5 {el tiempo dirá lo que vale esta nueva idea...}) 7. c3
O-O 8. Nbd2 h6 {El inicio de un plan típico especialmente adecuado, como se
verá, en esta posición concreta.} ({En una reciente partida jugada en el
Grand Prix de la Fide Morozevich continuó.} 8... Re8 9. d4 exd4 10. cxd4 Bf8
11. d5 b5 12. dxc6 bxa4 13. Qxa4 d5 14. e5 Ng4 15. Qd4 Rb8 16. a3 Rb6 17. h3
Nh6 18. Qc3 f6 19. e6 Rxe6 20. Nd4 Re8 21. N2b3 {y las blancas acabaron
imponiéndose en la partida Dominguez Perez,L (2723)-Morozevich,A (2760)
Salónica 2013}) 9. Re1 Bd7 10. Nf1 Nh7 $1 {Esta es la maniobra que inició la
jugada 8...h6, las negras quieren cambiar el caballo blanco de f3 y tal vez
también el alfil en la casilla g5.} 11. d4 b5 $1 12. Bc2 ({Contra} 12. Bb3 {
Ivanchuk podría continuar con} Ng5 13. Bxg5 hxg5 $1 {con idea de responder a}
14. Bd5 {con} g4 $1 {por ejemplo,} 15. N3d2 exd4 16. cxd4 Nxd4 $5 17. Bxa8 Qxa8
{con buena compensación por la calidad}) 12... Ng5 13. Nxg5 ({Giri comentó
que tal vez haya que jugar} 13. d5 {pero las negras no tienen problemas tras}
Na5 14. h3 Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 Bg5) 13... Bxg5 14. dxe5 Bxc1 15. Rxc1 Nxe5 $1 ({
mucho mejor que} 15... dxe5 16. Ne3 Be6 17. Qf3 Qg5 18. Nd5 {con ligera
ventaja blanca}) 16. Ne3 Qg5 $1 {Ahora son las negras quienes disfrutan de una
leve iniciativa.} 17. Rf1 Nc4 $1 18. Nxc4 bxc4 {Las negras han modificado a su
favor la estructura de peones: Las piezas pesadas de Ivanchuk tienen un
objetivo en el punto "b2"} 19. Ba4 Bxa4 20. Qxa4 Qb5 $1 21. Qc2 Rfb8 {Ivanchuk
intenta sacar el máximo partido a sus torres al reservar la torre de "a" para
apoyar el avance de su peón.} 22. Rb1 a5 23. b3 Qc6 24. Rfe1 ({Sería cumplir
todos los deseos de las negras jugar} 24. bxc4 Qxc4 25. Rb3 a4) 24... Rb5 $5
25. b4 $5 ({Ivanchuk hubiera sin duda respondido a} 25. bxc4 {con} Rc5 $1 {
manteniendo la torre que presionará con fuerza los débiles peones blancos})
25... axb4 26. cxb4 Ra3 {no puede permitirse que las blancas jueguen "a4"} 27.
Rec1 c3 ({Giri comentó con infantil entusiasmo en la rueda de prensa que tras
la celada} 27... Rd3 $4 {esperando} 28. Qxc4 ({Tenía en cartera la sutil} 28.
Qxd3) 28... Rd1+ $1) 28. Rb3 Rxb3 29. Qxb3 Qxe4 30. Qxc3 Rxb4 31. Qxc7 {
y la partida se encamina plácidamente hacia el empate} d5 32. g3 d4 33. Qf4
Qd5 ({Tal vez} 33... f5 $5 {sea más interesante}) 34. Qd2 Rb8 {Y el viejo
Vassili estrechó la mano de su joven adversario.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon Masters g/45 26th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2013.06.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A62"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[Annotator "Estremera,S/Mellado,J"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2013.06.07"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c5 5. d5 O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. Nf3 e6 8. O-O (8.
dxe6 Bxe6 9. Ng5 Bxc4 10. Bxb7 Nbd7 11. Bxa8 Qxa8 {es sabido desde hace años
que otorga compensación más que suficiente}) 8... exd5 9. cxd5 {Tenemos
servida la defensa indo-Benoni} Re8 10. Bf4 {una de las dos continuaciones
principales} ({la otra es} 10. Nd2) 10... Na6 11. Re1 Bg4 $5 12. h3 ({Giri
comentó después que se había inspirado en la siguiente partida:} 12. Qb3 b5
$1 13. Nxb5 Rb8 14. Qa4 Qd7 15. Qxa6 Rxb5 16. Qxd6 Qxd6 17. Bxd6 Ne4 18. Bc7
Rxb2 19. d6 Bd7 20. Rab1 c4 21. Rxb2 Bxb2 22. e3 c3 23. Nd4 f5 24. Bf1 Nd2 25.
Bd3 c2 $1 {Y las negras acabaron imponiendo la ventaja material en Grischuk,A 
(2756)-Gashimov,V (2740) Niza 2010}) 12... Bf5 $1 {Una idea fresca que Giri
confesó haber trabajado en casa con ayuda de los ordenadores. Las negras
planean jugar Ne4 o incluso Be4} ({El propio Ivanchuk ha recorrido no hace
mucho estos mismos caminos pero optando por la más habitual} 12... Bxf3 13.
Bxf3 Nd7 14. e4 Qe7 15. Bg2 Nc7 16. a4 a6 17. Bf1 Rab8 {y llegando a una
posición canónica de la Benoni en Wang Yue (2738)-Ivanchuk,V (2746) Sofia
2009}) 13. Qb3 ({si} 13. Nd2 Nh5 {sería muy molesta}) ({a} 13. g4 {vendría}
Be4) ({y contra} 13. Nh4 Be4 ({Giri señaló que también es jugable} 13... Bd7
14. Bxd6 Bxh3) 14. f3 Nh5 $1 {y todo cuadra en la posición negra}) 13... b5 $1
{Giri que conocía la partida antes mencionada de Vugar Gashimov, no tuvo
especiales problemas para encontrar este golpe} 14. Nxb5 (14. Qxb5 Nb4 15. Rad1
Rb8 16. Qc4 Nc2 17. Rf1 Rxb2 {es más que satisfactorio}) 14... Rb8 15. Qa4 Qd7
16. Nc3 $5 (16. Qxa6 Rxb5 17. Qxd6 Qxd6 18. Bxd6 Ne4 19. Bf4 Rxb2 {es una
continuación que nos llevaría a una posición casi idéntica a la de la
partida de Gashimov}) 16... Qxa4 17. Nxa4 Nxd5 18. Bxd6 Rbd8 $1 {Una jugada
muy fuerte que sin duda escapó a los cálculos de Ivanchuk, que,desmoralizado,
entrega la partida en pocas jugadas} 19. Bxc5 $4 {perdiendo una pieza} ({
Sin embargo, existía una posibilidad de supervivencia jugando} 19. e4 $3 Rxe4
({si} 19... Bxe4 20. Nxc5 Bxf3 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Bxf3) 20. Rxe4 Bxe4 21. Nxc5
$1 Bxf3 22. Bxf3 Rxd6 23. Nxa6 Rxa6 24. Bxd5 Bxb2 {y todo hubiera acabado en
un emocionante empate}) 19... Bd7 $1 {pero ahora las negras ganan una pieza}
20. Bxa7 Bxa4 21. Bd4 Ndb4 $1 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 {e Ivanchuk abandonó renunciando
a una resistencia, quizás inútil, pero todavía posible. Giri se anota así
el primer encuentro de los tres previstos en este XXVI Torneo Magistral Ciudad
de León.} 0-1

[Event "Leon Masters g/5 26th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2013.06.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 b6 2. Bb2 Bb7 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. g3 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. c4 d6
9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. d4 Ne4 11. d5 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 exd5 13. cxd5 Bf6 14. Rc1 Bxc3 15.
Rxc3 Nf6 16. Nh4 Re8 17. Re1 Ne4 18. Rc4 Nf6 19. e4 g6 20. f4 b5 21. Rc2 Qb6
22. e5 dxe5 23. fxe5 Nxd5 24. Bxd5 Rad8 25. Rd2 c4+ 26. Kf1 c3 27. e6 Rxd5 28.
Rxd5 fxe6 29. Rd4 e5 30. Nf5 Rf8 31. Rxe5 c2 32. Qxc2 Qxd4 33. Re8 Qa1+ 34. Kf2
Rxe8 35. Nh6+ Kh8 36. Nf7+ Kg7 37. Qc7 Qe1# 0-1

[Event "Leon Masters g/5 26th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2013.06.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nbd2 a5 8. b3
dxc4 9. Nxc4 Be6 10. Bb2 Bd5 11. a4 Re8 12. e3 Nb4 13. Qe2 Ra6 14. Rfd1 e6 15.
Nfe5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Nd7 17. Nf3 Nb6 18. e4 f5 19. Ncd2 Nd7 20. Rac1 Rc6 21. Ba3
Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Nc6 23. exf5 exf5 24. Qc4+ Kh8 25. d5 Nb6 26. Qb5 Qxd5 27. Nc4
Nxc4 28. Rxc4 Qxb5 29. axb5 Be5 30. Bd6 cxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon Masters g/5 26th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2013.06.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b5 3. e3 a6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O e6 6. b3 Be7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Qe2
c5 9. c4 d5 10. d4 Nbd7 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nbd2 Rc8 13. Rac1 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Rxc1
15. Rxc1 Qa8 16. Bh3 N5f6 17. N2f3 Rc8 18. Rd1 h6 19. Nh4 Nc5 20. b4 Na4 21.
Nxe6 fxe6 22. Bxe6+ Kh7 23. Qd3+ Be4 24. Bf5+ Kg8 25. Qb3+ Rc4 26. Be6+ Kh7 27.
Bxf6 Rxb4 28. Bd5 Bxd5 29. Qa3 Bxf6 30. Qxb4 Nc3 31. Rd2 Qc6 32. h3 Ne4 33. Re2
Bc4 34. Re1 Bc3 35. Qb1 Bxe1 36. Qxe1 Bd3 37. Nf3 Qc3 38. Qd1 Qc2 39. Qe1 Qe2
40. Qxe2 Bxe2 0-1

[Event "Leon Masters g/5 26th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2013.06.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A62"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 c5 6. d5 d6 7. Nf3 e6 8. O-O
exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. Bf4 Na6 11. Re1 Bg4 12. e4 Nh5 13. Be3 Nf6 14. h3 Bxf3 15.
Bxf3 Nd7 16. Bg2 Nc7 17. a4 Rb8 18. Qd2 Ne5 19. b3 b5 20. Bg5 Qc8 21. Bh6 Bh8
22. f4 Nf3+ 23. Bxf3 Qxh3 24. e5 Qxh6 25. exd6 Qh3 26. Ne4 Nxd5 27. Qxd5 Bd4+
28. Qxd4 cxd4 29. Bg4 Qh6 30. Nf6+ Kf8 31. Nxe8 Rxe8 32. axb5 f5 33. Bf3 Rd8
34. Rxa7 Rxd6 35. Ree7 Qh3 36. Kf2 Qh2+ 37. Bg2 d3 38. Rf7+ Kg8 39. Rg7+ Kh8
40. Rgd7 Rxd7 41. Rxd7 Qh6 42. b6 Qf8 43. b7 Qc5+ 44. Kf1 Qc1+ 45. Kf2 Qc5+ 46.
Kf1 Qb5 47. Rd8+ Kg7 48. b8=Q 1-0

[Event "Leon Masters g/5 26th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2013.06.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 Nc6 8.
Nd1 e5 9. Ne3 e4 10. Ng5 Nd4 11. Qxc4 c5 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 b5 14. Qd5 Qxd5
15. Nxd5 Bh3 16. Bg2 Nxe2+ 17. Kh1 Bxg2+ 18. Kxg2 Ba5 19. d3 Rfe8 20. a4 b4 21.
Nf4 Rad8 22. Re1 Nd4 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Be3 Nc2 25. Rc1 b3 26. Kf3 Re5 27. Ne2
h6 28. d4 Rf5+ 29. Ke4 Nxe3 30. Kxe3 Bb6 31. f4 cxd4+ 32. Kd3 g5 33. Rc4 gxf4
34. gxf4 Rh5 35. Nxd4 Rxh2 36. Nxb3 Rxb2 37. Nd2 h5 38. f5 Kg7 39. Nf3 Rf2 40.
Ke4 Re2+ 41. Kf4 Rg2 42. Rc6 Rg4+ 43. Ke5 h4 44. f6+ Kg6 45. Rc8 Rxa4 46. Rg8+
Kh6 47. Rh8+ Kg6 48. Nxh4+ Rxh4 49. Rxh4 Bc7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon Masters g/5 26th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2013.06.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E66"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. O-O a6 8. d5
Na5 9. Nd2 c5 10. Qc2 b5 11. cxb5 axb5 12. Nxb5 Qb6 13. Nc3 Bf5 14. Qd1 Rfb8
15. h3 Qa6 16. b3 c4 17. Bb2 Qc8 18. Kh2 Ra7 19. Rc1 Qd8 20. e4 Bc8 21. Na4
cxb3 22. axb3 Bd7 23. e5 Bxa4 24. exf6 Nxb3 25. Nxb3 Bxb3 26. Qd4 Ra4 27. fxe7
Bxd4 28. exd8=Q+ Rxd8 29. Bxd4 Rxd4 30. Rfe1 Bxd5 31. Bxd5 Rxd5 32. Re7 Ra8 33.
Rc2 h5 34. g4 hxg4 35. hxg4 Ra4 36. Rc8+ Kg7 37. Rcc7 Rf4 38. Kg3 g5 39. Re3
Rd1 40. f3 Rd2 41. Rd7 Kg6 42. Ra3 Kf6 43. Raa7 Kg6 44. Ra6 Rf6 45. Ra3 Re6 46.
f4 gxf4+ 47. Kxf4 Rd4+ 48. Kf3 d5 49. Ra5 0-1

[Event "Leon Masters g/5 26th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2013.06.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 Nc6 10. d5 Ne5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Qc2 Qc7 13. g3 b6 14. Bh6 Rd8
15. O-O e6 16. f4 Bh8 17. c4 Bd4+ 18. Kg2 exd5 19. cxd5 f5 20. Rbd1 Qf7 21. Bc4
fxe4 22. Qb3 Qf5 23. Bg5 Rd6 24. Be7 Qh3+ 25. Kh1 Qd7 26. Bxd6 Qxd6 27. Rde1
Bf5 28. g4 Bxg4 29. Rxe4 Rf8 30. a4 Bf5 31. Ree1 Bd7 32. Qg3 Kh8 33. Re4 a6 34.
Bb3 b5 35. axb5 axb5 36. Rfe1 Bf5 37. Re6 Bxe6 38. dxe6 c4 39. Bd1 Bf6 40. Bg4
b4 41. Rd1 Qc6+ 42. Kg1 c3 43. Qe3 b3 44. e7 Re8 45. Rd8 Rxd8 46. exd8=Q+ Bxd8
47. Qe5+ Bf6 48. Qb8+ Kg7 49. Qa7+ Kh6 50. f5 c2 51. Qe3+ g5 0-1

[Event "Leon Masters g/5 26th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2013.06.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. h3 Nf6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. Re1 e5 8. c3 h6
9. Na3 Re8 10. Nc2 Bd7 11. Bd2 a5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Bb5 Qe7 14. Qe2 Nb8 15. Ne3
Bxb5 16. Qxb5 c6 17. Qd3 Nbd7 18. Qc2 Nc5 19. Nc4 Nh5 20. Be3 Nd7 21. a4 Qe6
22. b3 f5 23. Rad1 f4 24. Bc1 Bf8 25. Ba3 Bxa3 26. Nxa3 Nb6 27. c4 Nd7 28. c5
Nhf6 29. Nc4 g5 30. Nd6 Reb8 31. Nf5 g4 32. Rd6 Qe8 33. Nxh6+ Kg7 34. Nxg4 Qh5
35. Red1 1-0

[Event "Leon Masters g/5 26th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2013.06.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O
8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O Ne5 10. Kb1 Re8 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. Bd3 c6 13. Qe2 Qc7 14. f3
Be6 15. h4 Rad8 16. g4 Rd6 17. c4 Red8 18. g5 b5 19. c5 Rd5 20. Be4 Rxd1+ 21.
Rxd1 Rxd1+ 22. Qxd1 Qd7 23. Qd3 Qxd3 24. cxd3 Bd7 25. d4 exd4 26. Bxd4 f5 27.
gxf6 gxf6 28. Bc2 Be6 29. Be4 Bd7 30. Bc2 Be6 31. h5 f5 32. f4 Kf7 33. b4 Bh4
34. Kb2 Be1 35. Bc3 Bf2 36. a3 a6 37. Be5 Be3 38. Bd3 Ke7 39. Kc2 Kd7 40. a4
Bf2 41. axb5 axb5 42. Kd2 Bh4 43. Ke2 Ke8 44. Kd2 Kd7 45. Ke2 Ke8 46. Kd1 Kd7
47. Kd2 Ke8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon Masters g/5 26th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2013.06.09"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2013.06.09"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qc2 g6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. e3
Bf5 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nbd7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rab1 a5 13. a3 Re8 14. Qc2 Ne4
15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Rfc1 Nd6 17. Ne2 Kg7 18. Nf4 Nf8 19. Nd3 Ne6 20. Nc5 Nc4 21.
Nd2 Nd6 22. b3 h5 23. Nf3 f6 24. h3 Qf7 25. Nh2 g5 26. Nf1 Qg6 27. Qxg6+ Kxg6
28. Nd2 Re7 29. Nd3 Ng7 30. a4 Ngf5 31. b4 axb4 32. Rxb4 g4 33. g3 gxh3 34. Kh2
h4 35. g4 Nh6 36. Kxh3 f5 37. Ne5+ Kf6 38. g5+ Kxg5 39. Rg1+ Kh5 40. Ng6 Ng8
41. Nf4+ 1-0

[Event "Beijing FIDE GP"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.07.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2013.07.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. e3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 a6 7. a4 Nc6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Qe2 cxd4 10. Rd1 e5 11. exd4 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Qe5 Qd6 14. Qxd6
Bxd6 15. Rxd4 Bc5 16. Rd1 O-O 17. Bf4 Bg4 18. Re1 Rac8 19. Nd5 Rfd8 20. Nxf6+
gxf6 21. b3 Kg7 22. h3 Bf5 23. Rad1 Bb4 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Rc1 Ba3 26. Re1 Bb4
27. Rc1 Ba3 28. Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing FIDE GP"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.07.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2013.07.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Qc7 7. Qe2 d6 8. c4
g6 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. Nf3 O-O 11. Bf4 Nh5 12. Be3 Bxc3 13. bxc3 e5 14. Rfd1 Bg4 15.
h3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Nd7 17. Bf1 Rad8 18. Bg5 f6 19. Bh6 Ng7 20. Rd2 Nc5 21. Rad1
Qc6 22. Rd5 Rf7 23. Qe3 Nge6 24. g3 Rfd7 25. Bg2 Na4 26. Qf3 Kf7 27. h4 Ke7 28.
c5 Naxc5 29. h5 Qa4 30. Be3 b6 31. Qg4 Rg8 32. hxg6 hxg6 33. Bf3 Rdd8 34. Kg2
Rh8 35. Qxg6 Rdg8 36. Qf5 Ng7 37. Qg6 Ne8 38. Qf5 Ng7 39. Qg6 Ne8 40. Qf5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing FIDE GP"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.07.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E02"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2013.07.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. Bg2 Bd7 7. Qxc4 Bd6 8.
Nc3 O-O 9. O-O Rb8 10. Rd1 h6 11. e4 b5 12. Qd3 b4 13. Ne2 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15.
Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Qc2 Qe8 17. Rb1 c5 18. Qxc5 Bc6 19. f3 Bc7 20. Qf2 Bb6 21. Be3
Bxe4 22. fxe4 Ng4 23. Bxb6 Nxf2 24. Bxf2 Qa4 25. Nd4 Qxa2 26. Nc6 Rb7 27. e5
Rd7 28. Bc5 Rxd1+ 29. Rxd1 Re8 30. Bxb4 Qxb2 31. Bd5 Re6 32. Bd6 a5 33. Rf1 Qd2
34. Bxe6 fxe6 35. Ne7+ Kh7 36. Rf3 a4 37. Ra3 Qe1+ 38. Kg2 Qe2+ 39. Kg1 g5 40.
Ra1 Qe3+ 41. Kg2 Qe4+ 42. Kh3 g4+ 43. Kh4 Qe3 0-1

[Event "Beijing FIDE GP"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.07.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2013.07.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 Nf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. Be3 Qc7 8.
f4 d6 9. c4 Nb4 10. Nc3 Nxd3+ 11. Qxd3 a6 12. O-O Be7 13. Rac1 O-O 14. h3 b6
15. Nd4 Bb7 16. b3 Rae8 17. a4 Qc8 18. Rfe1 Nd7 19. Bf2 Nc5 20. Qb1 Qa8 21. b4
Nd7 22. Nb3 Rc8 23. Qd3 Rc7 24. a5 Rfc8 25. axb6 Rxc4 26. Na5 Rxb4 27. Rb1 Nc5
28. Qe2 Rxb1 29. Rxb1 Bf6 30. e5 dxe5 31. Bxc5 Rxc5 32. Nxb7 Qxb7 33. Ne4 Rc6
34. Nxf6+ gxf6 35. Qd1 e4 36. Rb3 e3 37. Kh2 h6 38. Qd8+ Kh7 39. Rxe3 Qxb6 40.
Qxf6 Qxe3 41. Qxf7+ Kh8 42. Qf8+ Kh7 43. Qf7+ Kh8 44. Qf8+ Kh7 45. Qf7+ Kh8 46.
Qf8+ Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing FIDE GP"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.07.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Wang, Yue"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2013.07.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Nf6 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3
Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. Be3 Bb7 12. Qb3 {This is the main move. White
wants to attack the b6 P, so Black has not enough time to play the typical
hedgehog plan by Ne5-d7.} Nd7 13. Rac1 (13. Rfd1 Nc5 14. Qc2 (14. Bxc5 $2 {
doesn't work, as} bxc5 15. Qxb7 $2 Na5 $19) 14... Bf6 15. Rac1 {transposes to
the game.}) 13... Nc5 14. Qc2 Bf6 15. Rfd1 Be5 (15... Bxc3 16. Qxc3 Nxe4 17.
Qb3 $1) 16. Nab1 Qh4 (16... f5 17. f4 Bxc3 18. Nxc3 fxe4 19. Qd2 $1 {Naiditsch
improves on the gamevwhich he played in 2006 against Mamedyarov.} (19. a3 e5 (
19... Ne7 $5) 20. Nd5 $1 Nd4 21. Bxd4 exd4 22. Rxd4 Ne6 23. Rxe4 Bxd5 24. cxd5
Nxf4 25. Bf3 (25. Bg4 $1 {was better.}) 25... Qg5 $36 {Naiditsch-Mamedyarov,
Fuegen 2006.}) 19... e5 20. Nd5 $36 {threatens b4, White has a huge initiative.
} (20. fxe5 Nxe5 21. Qxd6 Ncd3 22. Qxd8 Raxd8 23. Bxb6 Rc8 24. b3 Rc6 25. Be3
Nxc1 26. Rxc1 Nd3 27. Rd1 Nf4 28. Bf1 $44 {with some compensation, but no more,
Naiditsch-Navara, Sibenik 2011.})) 17. g3 Qf6 18. Qd2 $5 $146 {A very logical
novelty by Ivanchuk. White prepares for f4 and he protects the important
d4-square. The following moves are very forced.} ({In the event of} 18. f4 Bd4
19. Qd2 e5 {and Black tries to play on the dark squares} 20. Nd5 Qg6 $5 (20...
Qd8 21. Nbc3 Bxe3+ (21... Kh8 {was played against the ex-world champion} 22. f5
Nd7 23. Bf3 Bc5 24. Kg2 f6 25. Ne2 $16 {and White is better, Karpov-Olafsson,
Amsterdam 1976.}) 22. Qxe3 exf4 23. gxf4 Re8 24. b4 Nd7 25. Bg4 $1 (25. Kh1 Ne7
26. Bf3 Rc8 $132 {Nunn-Lautier, Monte Carlo rapid 1995}) 25... Nf6 26. Bf3 Nxd5
27. Nxd5 $36 {and White gained some space and initiative.}) 21. Bxd4 Nxe4 {
with a very sharp position.}) 18... Qg6 {Otherwise f4 is too strong.} 19. f4
Nxe4 (19... Bxc3 $6 20. Nxc3 Nxe4 21. Nxe4 Qxe4 22. Bd3 $1 Qf3 23. Rf1 $36) ({
or} 19... Bf6 $6 20. Bf3 $36 {and White is very active.}) 20. Nxe4 Qxe4 {
Wang Yue sacrifices a piece and he hopes that there are some dangerous threats
on the long diagonal.} 21. Kf2 $1 {A very good cool-blooded answer. Now Bd3 is
threatening to trap the black Q.} ({Now} 21. fxe5 $2 {loses because of} Nxe5
$19 {and the White's K is very weak.}) ({The immediate} 21. Bd3 {could have
been met by} Qf3 22. Be2 Nd4 $1) 21... Qf5 {Forced.} 22. g4 Qf6 23. g5 Qf5 24.
Ke1 $1 {A strong and strange move again...} Qe4 (24... f6 {was also possible
to open the f-file, however} 25. fxe5 Nxe5 26. Qxd6 Bf3 27. Rd4 $1 Bxe2 28.
Kxe2 Qf3+ 29. Kd2 Qf5 30. Kc3 {and the White K escapes.}) 25. fxe5 Qh1+ 26. Bf1
Nxe5 {Black's attack looks very dangerous, but Ivanchuk finds the best reply.}
27. Qf2 $1 b5 $1 {Wang Yue also sets very difficult task for his opponent.} 28.
c5 (28. Kd2 {is the main suggestion by Mr. Houdini3} Qe4 29. Qg3 bxc4 30. Nc3 (
{or} 30. Be2 {with a slight advantage, but to human eyes White's position
looks too dangerous.})) 28... dxc5 (28... Ng4 {was an interesting alternative}
29. Qg1 Nxe3 30. Qxe3 dxc5 31. Rxc5 Qxh2 (31... Bg2 32. Nd2 {and White is safe.
}) 32. Qf2 {followed by Nc3.}) 29. Bxc5 ({Objectively} 29. Qg3 $1 {was the best
} f6 {and only now} 30. Bxc5 fxg5 (30... Rf7 31. Nd2) (30... Nf3+ 31. Ke2 Nxh2
32. Nd2 $1) 31. Bxf8 Rxf8 32. Nd2 {and finally White protects everyting.})
29... Rfd8 $2 {A logical, but unfortunately a bad move.} (29... Nf3+ $1 {
was the correct reply} 30. Ke2 Nxh2 {to sacrifice the f8 R} 31. Bxf8 (31. Nd2
$5 Rfd8 $13 {also unclear.}) 31... Qe4+ 32. Qe3 Qg4+ 33. Kd2 Nxf1+ 34. Rxf1
Rd8+ 35. Ke1 Qh4+ {with perpetual checks.}) 30. Qg3 $1 Rd5 31. Rxd5 Qxd5 32.
Be3 Nf3+ 33. Kf2 {Now the White K is safe. Ivanchuk needs some exact moves and
White is winning.} Qxa2 34. Be2 Qxb2 35. Qc7 $1 {Also a very good move.} Nd4
36. Nd2 Rf8 {Prepares for f6, but...} 37. Rb1 $1 Qc2 38. Qxb7 Nxe2 39. Kxe2 Rd8
40. Re1 Qd3+ 41. Kf2 a5 42. Rc1 {What a fantastic struggle!} 1-0

[Event "Beijing FIDE GP"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.07.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2013.07.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Nbd2
Nd7 9. Re1 Nb6 10. Bb3 a5 11. a4 Kh8 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. cxd4 f5 15.
e5 dxe5 16. dxe5 Bb4 17. e6 c6 18. Re2 Re8 19. Qc2 Qf6 20. Nc4 Nd5 21. Bd2 Rxe6
22. Rae1 Rxe2 23. Rxe2 Bd7 24. Bxb4 axb4 25. Ne5 Be6 26. Nd3 f4 27. Re1 f3 28.
Bxd5 Bxd5 29. Nxb4 Bf7 30. Nd3 fxg2 31. Nc5 Bd5 32. Qd2 Qf7 33. a5 h6 34. Nd3
Rf8 35. b4 Qf5 36. Nc5 Qf7 37. Nd3 Re8 38. Rxe8+ Qxe8 39. Nf4 Bc4 40. Kxg2 Qf7
41. Qd4 Qf5 42. Qxc4 Qg4+ 43. Kf1 Qd1+ 44. Kg2 Qg4+ 45. Kf1 Qd1+ 46. Kg2 Qg4+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing FIDE GP"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.07.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2013.07.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Bf5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qb3 Nc6 7. Bg5 ({
It is well-known that} 7. Qxb7 $6 Nb4 {is favourable for Black.}) 7... Na5 8.
Qa4+ c6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 {So, White has managed to damage Black's pawn structure
but Black has a pair of active bishops. The position is dynamically balanced.}
10. e3 Qb6 (10... b5 {is interesting but hardly correct; Black doesn't get
compensation for the weakening of his position:} 11. Qd1 $1 (11. Nxb5 Rb8 12.
Nd2 $6 (12. Nc3 Rxb2 13. Rc1 Bb4 $13) 12... cxb5 13. Bxb5+ Ke7 14. O-O Qb6 15.
Be2 Qb4 16. Qd1 Bh6 $17 {0-1 (41) Young,A (2413)-Mitkov,N (2515) Bolingbrook
2005}) (11. Bxb5 cxb5 12. Qxb5+ Bd7 13. Qxd5 Be7 $13) 11... Nc4 (11... Bb4 12.
Bd3 Bg6 13. O-O Nc4 {1-0 (62) Abbasov,F (2528)-Naiditsch,A (2624) Baku 2008}
14. Bxc4 dxc4 (14... bxc4 15. Qa4) 15. Nd2 $14) 12. Bxc4 bxc4 13. O-O (13. Qa4
Qd7 14. e4 dxe4 15. Nh4 Be6 16. Nxe4 Be7 17. O-O O-O 18. Rfd1 Kh8 19. Nc5 $14 {
0-1 (41) Yuferov,S (2430)-Vyzmanavin,A (2480) Belarus 1983}) 13... Bd3 14. Re1
Qb6 15. Qa4 O-O-O 16. b3 cxb3 17. axb3 Kb7 18. Rec1 Bb4 19. Qa2 $1 $16 {
1-0 (28) Uhlmann,W-Opocensky,K Leipzig 1965}) 11. O-O-O O-O-O (11... Qb4 12.
Qxb4 Bxb4 13. Bd3 Bg6 14. Ne2 b5 15. Nh4 Nc4 16. Nf5 $14 {1/2 (37) Panchenko,
AG-Fadeev,V Kharkov 1984}) 12. Bd3 Bg6 (12... Bxd3 {is the exchange White
wants to force although even then exploiting the weakness of the f5-square
will not be an easy task:} 13. Rxd3 Nc4 14. Qc2 Kb8 15. Nd2 Qa6 (15... Nd6 16.
Na4 $5) 16. Kb1 b5 17. Ka1 Ka8 18. Ncb1 f5 19. Nb3 Bb4 20. g3 h5 21. Rdd1 Qc8
22. Nc1 Qd7 23. Nd3 Bd6 24. Nd2 $14 {1-0 (52) Von Herman,U (2332)-Ehrke,M 
(2244) Germany 2005}) (12... Be6 {is less natural than the text move:} 13. Qc2
Nc4 14. Nd2 Nxd2 15. Rxd2 h6 16. Na4 Qc7 17. a3 Kb8 18. Kb1 Bd6 19. g3 Rhe8 20.
Rc1 Bh3 21. b4 $36 {1/2 (70) Mamedyarov,S (2607)-Eid,F (2431) Dubai 2003}) 13.
a3 $146 {[%mdl 32] White starts a new plan.} (13. h4 {was played in a few
games:} h5 $142 (13... Rg8 14. Bxg6 (14. g3 Bb4 $5 15. Ne2 Nc4) 14... fxg6 15.
h5 Nc4 16. Qc2 Kb8 17. Nd2 Nxd2 18. Qxd2 Rd7 19. Qc2 f5 20. Kb1 Bd6 21. g3 Rf7
22. hxg6 hxg6 23. Rh6 Bf8 24. Rh3 $14 {1-0 (68) Pogorelov,R (2507)-Westerinen,
H (2399) Andorra 1999}) 14. Bxg6 fxg6 15. Nd2 Kb8 16. Qc2 f5 17. Na4 Qb5 18.
Kb1 Bb4 19. Nc3 Qb6 20. g3 Rhe8 $11 {1-0 (42) Smirnov,A (2286)-Biriukov,I 
(2343) St Petersburg 2002}) 13... Kb8 14. Rhe1 Rg8 15. Nh4 Bxd3 {After all
Black agrees to trade these bishops.} (15... Bh5 $5 16. f3 Bg6 {looks
appropriate in order to weaken White's solid pawn structure a little bit.} 17.
Nxg6 hxg6 18. b4 Nc4 19. Bxc4 dxc4 {doesn't look dangerous for Black.}) 16.
Rxd3 c5 $6 {This move looks logical: Black wants to make use of the fact that
White's h4-knight is temporarily out of play; however, it creates a new
weakness: the d5-pawn. It was better to play positionally:} (16... Nc4 $1 17.
Re2 f5 $5 18. g3 Rg5 $13 {Black's strong c4-knight compensates for his double
f-pawns.}) 17. Kb1 (17. dxc5 $4 {was impossible due to} Nb3+ {but after the
text move 18.dxc5 is a threat.}) (17. Qb5 $5) 17... Rg4 (17... Nc4 18. Qb5 $1
Qe6 19. dxc5 $1 a6 {runs into} 20. Qxc4 $1 dxc4 21. Rxd8+ Ka7 22. Red1 $36 {
[%csl Rf8,Rg8] Therefore Black inserts the text move.}) 18. g3 Nc4 (18... c4 {
is not what Black wanted: his only "achievement" would be a weakness on d5.})
19. Qb5 $1 {Of course, Black's weaknesses can be more easily exploited in the
endgame.} Qe6 $1 20. dxc5 a6 21. Qb3 Bxc5 (21... d4 22. Nf3 $1 Bxc5 {[%cal
Rc4a3]} 23. Ka1 $1 $16) 22. Re2 ({Here, too,} 22. Nf3 $5 {was possible:} Rd6 (
22... Qf5 $2 23. e4 $1) (22... d4 23. Ka1 $1 $16) 23. Qd1 {, and the attack
like} Bxa3 24. bxa3 Rb6+ 25. Ka1 {doesn't bring Black any success: he has
nothing better than} Nb2 26. Qc2 Nxd3 27. Qxd3 $16) (22. Ka1 $5 {was another
good option but it allowed Black to activate his bishop:} Bd4 $1 23. Rc1 Be5 {
although White's position is still preferable after} 24. Qd1 Qb6 25. Qe2) 22...
Rd6 ({Black misses} 22... d4 $1 {[%cal Rc4d2,Rc4e5,Rc4a3]} 23. Nf3 $1 (23. Qd1
dxc3 $1 24. Rxd8+ Ka7 25. bxc3 Qb6+ 26. Ka2 Qa5 $44) 23... Nxa3+ $1 24. Ka2 Nb5
25. Nxb5 axb5 26. Rc2 (26. Qxe6 fxe6 27. exd4 e5) 26... Bb6 27. exd4 Rd6 {
with more drawing chances. After the text move he simply loses his d5 pawn.})
23. Qd1 $1 Rg8 24. Rxd5 Rc8 $1 {The best way of counterplay.} (24... Rgd8 $143
25. e4) 25. Nf5 (25. Ka1 Rdc6 $1) (25. Nf3 $5 {was probably better than the
text move.}) 25... Rb6 $2 {[%mdl 64]} (25... Rxd5 $1 26. Qxd5 Nxa3+ $1 27. bxa3
Bxa3 {was the only tactical possibility allowing Black to stay in the game.
Due to the unfortunate position of his f5-knight, White can't save his extra
piece, and after} 28. Nd4 $1 (28. Qxe6 fxe6 {[%cal Re6f5,Rc8c3]}) 28... Qb6+
29. Ncb5 $1 Bc5 $1 {the position remains unclear.}) 26. Ka2 (26. Na4 {was
simpler since} Nxa3+ $2 {didn't work due to} 27. Ka1) 26... Bd6 $2 {A blunder
losing the whole game but Black had no satisfactory continuation anyway:} (
26... Rbc6 27. Nd4 $1 Bxd4 28. exd4 $18) (26... Ka7 27. Na4) 27. Nd4 Qe7 28.
Na4 $18 {[%csl Rb6]} Bxa3 {Desperation.} 29. Nxb6 Nxb6 30. Rh5 Rc5 31. bxa3 $5
{An unnecessary "brilliancy".} (31. Rc2 $5 $18) 31... Rxh5 32. Rb2 Rxh2 (32...
Ra5 33. Qb3 Ka8 34. Qxb6 Qxa3+ 35. Kb1 Qd3+ 36. Rc2 Qd1+ 37. Kb2 Qa1+ 38. Kb3
Qb1+ (38... Qa3+ 39. Kc4) 39. Rb2 Qd3+ 40. Kb4 Qa3+ 41. Kc4 {, and White's
king escapes.}) 33. Qb3 (33. Qg1 $5) 33... Qc5 34. Qxb6 Qxb6 35. Rxb6 Rxf2+ 36.
Rb2 {, and White easily converted his extra piece:} Rf1 37. Rh2 Rg1 38. Nf5 Rf1
39. e4 Re1 40. Rh4 Kc7 41. Rxh7 Rxe4 42. Rxf7+ Kc6 43. Rxf6+ Kc5 44. Rf8 b5 45.
Rc8+ Kd5 46. g4 Rf4 47. Ne3+ Kd4 48. Nc2+ Ke4 49. Re8+ 1-0

[Event "Beijing FIDE GP"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.07.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "Pavlovic,M"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2013.07.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 {The Bayonet line has been very popular during the past decade and
mainly due to the famous game Kramnik-Kasparov. Big disputes are taking place
here as to whether can White achieve something or not. To me it looks
unbalanced.} Nh5 10. g3 {A highly fashionable line these days.} a5 $5 {Much
less played than the common 10...f5, but an interesting line.} 11. bxa5 ({
Another possibility for White is} 11. Ba3 f5 {, with precise play this
position looks ok for Black:} 12. c5 (12. bxa5 fxe4 $5 (12... Rxa5 13. Bb4 Ra8
14. c5 $14 {1-0 (31) Zoler,D (2533)-Ulanowski,K (2091) Legnica POL 2013}) 13.
Nxe4 Nf6 14. Nfg5 (14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Bb4 Bh3 (15... e4 16. Nd4 Nf5 17. Nxf5
Bxf5 18. Rc1 Bg5 19. Rc3 Bh3 20. Re1 Qf6 21. f4 exf3 22. Bxf3 b6 $13) 16. Re1
e4 17. Nd4 c5 18. dxc6 Nxc6 19. Nxc6 bxc6 20. Bxd6 (20. Qxd6 Bxa1 21. Qxf8+
Qxf8 22. Bxf8 Bc3 23. Rc1 Rxa5 24. Bc5 Rxa2 25. Bf1 Bd2 26. Rb1 Bxf1 $11) 20...
e3 21. fxe3 Bxa1 22. Bxf8 Bc3 $15) 14... Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Bf5 16. Bd3 Bxe4 17.
Bxe4 Rxa5 18. Bb4 Ra8 19. c5 Nf5 $13) (12. Ng5 $6 h6 $1 13. Nf3 {Black has
simply gained a tempo} (13. Ne6 Bxe6 14. dxe6 axb4 15. Bxb4 c5 $19) 13... Nf6
14. exf5 e4 $1 (14... gxf5 15. Nh4 $5 e4 (15... f4 16. Bd3 $1 Bh3 17. Re1 e4
18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 $40) 16. bxa5 Nd7 17. Bb4 c5 (17... Nc5 18. Qd2 $16 {
1-0 (39) Nguyen Duc Hoa (2492)-Wang Jue (2390) Ho Chi Minh City VIE 2013}) 18.
dxc6 Nxc6 19. Qxd6 Nxb4 20. Qxb4 Qxa5 21. Qxa5 Rxa5 22. Rac1 Bxc3 23. Rxc3 Rxa2
24. Re1 Nc5 $11) 15. Nh4 Bxf5 16. Qd2 axb4 17. Bxb4 Bh3 18. Rfe1 g5 19. Ng2
Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Qd7 $132 21. Bd1 $2 Ng4 $17) 12... Nf6 13. cxd6 cxd6 14. Nd2 Nxe4
15. Ndxe4 fxe4 16. Nxe4 Bf5 17. Bf3 (17. Ng5 Qb6 18. b5 e4 19. Rc1 h6 20. Ne6
Bh3 $15) 17... Bxe4 $1 (17... Qb6 18. bxa5 Rxa5 19. Rb1 Qa6 20. Be2 Qa7 21.
Bxd6 $1 $16 {1-0 (34) Schlosser,P (2567)-Vandevoort,P (2389) Belgium BEL 2008})
18. Bxe4 Nf5 19. b5 Qb6 $13) 11... Rxa5 12. Nd2 Nf6 13. a4 Ra8 $5 (13... c5 14.
Nb3 (14. Nf3 $5 {[%cal Gc1d2,Ga1a3,Gc3b4,Gc3b5] This would be another way of
handling this line very similar to 10.Re1 a5, and I am sure this is the reason
why Ivanchuk went first ...Ra8.}) 14... Ra6 15. Be3 (15. Bd2 {This would be
similar to Gelfand-Ivanchuk with the difference that here the rook is on a6.
In this case Black would profit more.}) 15... Nd7 16. Qd2 f5 17. exf5 Nxf5 (
17... gxf5 $5 {such a move is always important, to cover} 18. f4 (18. Bg5 e4
19. f3 (19. a5 Ne5 20. Ra2 Nf7 21. Bh4 Qe8 22. Nb5 Qd7 23. f3 Ng6 24. fxe4 Nxh4
25. gxh4 fxe4 26. Bh5 Qe7 27. Bxf7+ Rxf7 28. Rxf7 Qxf7 $132) 19... exf3 20.
Rxf3 Ne5 21. Rff1 Nf7 22. Be3 Ng6 $132) 18... Ng6 19. Ra2 exf4 20. gxf4 Nf6
$132) 18. Bg5 Nf6 19. Bf3 h6 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. Ne4 Qe7 (21... Qd8 $5) 22. Bg2
h5 23. h3 Bh6 24. Qd3 Kh7 25. Rfe1 Qd8 26. Ra2 Rf7 (26... h4 $1 27. g4 Nd4 28.
Nxd4 exd4 $132) 27. Rb1 $13 Ra8 28. Nc3 Ne7 29. Nd2 Bf5 30. Nde4 $14 Nc8 $6 {
Black decided to go with the knight all the way back to c8 which I find wrong}
31. Rab2 b6 32. Re1 Rf8 33. Qd1 Ra7 34. Qb3 g5 35. Nd2 Kh8 36. Qd1 g4 37. h4
Raf7 $14 {interesting manouvering from both sides, White does have slightly
better chances due to the possibility to break with a5, but Black plays well.}
38. Nde4 Bg6 39. Qe2 Qd7 40. Ra1 Qd8 $1 41. Rba2 Ra7 $1 42. Rb2 Ra6 43. Nb5 Bf5
44. Rb3 Rf7 45. Ra2 Ra8 46. Raa3 Ra5 $6 47. f3 $1 $16 {combined play on both
wings finally gave White chances} Rg7 48. fxg4 Bxg4 49. Qf2 Qe7 50. Bf3 Bf5 51.
Bg2 Bg4 52. Qf6 Qxf6 53. Nxf6 Bd1 54. Rb1 Bc2 55. Rf1 Rxa4 56. Nxh5 Rg8 57.
Rxa4 Bxa4 58. Rf6 $1 (58. Be4 $2 Rf8 $1 59. Rxf8+ Bxf8 60. g4 Bxb5 61. cxb5 c4
62. Bc2 Ne7 63. Be4 Nc8 64. Bc2 Ne7 65. Be4 {1/2-1/2 (65) Jumabayev,R (2548)
-Ding Liren (2702) Incheon KOR 2013}) 58... Be3+ 59. Kh2 Bxb5 60. cxb5 c4 61.
Be4 $18) 14. Nb3 c5 $1 {Chuki is playing elastic, only after Nb3 he goes ...c5.
} 15. Bd2 Nd7 16. a5 f5 17. f3 Nf6 {We got a typical King's Indian position.} (
17... Kh8 $5 18. Qc2 f4 19. g4 Ng8 20. Nb5 Ndf6 21. Kh1 Ne8 22. Nc1 Bf6 23. Nd3
Rf7 24. Bc3 h6 $14 (24... h5 25. g5 $1 $16)) 18. Qc2 h5 (18... f4 19. g4 h5 20.
h3 (20. g5 Nh7 21. h4 Nxg5 22. hxg5 Nf5 23. exf5 (23. Rf2 Qxg5+ 24. Rg2 Ng3 25.
Bf1 Bh3 $17) 23... Qxg5+ $11) 20... g5 21. Na4 Ng6 22. Nb6 Rb8 23. Nc1 Kf7 24.
Be1 Rh8 25. Bd1 Rh7 26. Rf2 {White is aiming at the bishop on c8 and also
defending his king. To tell the truth I don't see anything here for White, the
position simply looks balanced} Bf8 27. Rh2 Be7 28. Ra2 Qh8 29. Qb1 Bd7 30.
Nxd7 Nxd7 31. Rab2 Qc8 32. Ba4 Nf6 {That is the best White can achieve, but
still not much if anything at all.}) 19. Na4 fxe4 {Ivanchuk obviously has a
different approach in mind, let us see...} (19... f4 {was also possible:} 20.
Nb6 Ra6 21. gxf4 $5 exf4 22. Bc3 Bh3 23. Rf2 g5 (23... Nd7 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25.
Nxd7 Qxd7 26. Qc3+ Kh7 27. Bd3 $36 {[%cal Ge4e5]}) 24. e5 $16) 20. fxe4 Bh3 21.
Rf3 Kh7 22. Bf1 Bg4 23. Rf2 Bh6 24. Bg2 Neg8 25. Nb6 Rb8 26. Raf1 $14 {This is
clear and easy play for White.} Qe7 27. h3 Bd7 28. Bxh6 Kxh6 29. Qd2+ Kg7 30.
Qg5 Rf7 31. Nd2 $1 Rbf8 32. Qh4 Nh7 33. Qxe7 Rxe7 34. Rxf8 Nxf8 35. Nf3 Nh7 36.
Nxd7 Rxd7 37. h4 $1 $14 {[%cal Gg2h3] Gelfand plays this game nicely. I can't
evaluate the white advantage as more than a modest +/=, but it is obvious that
his pressure is highly unpleasant.} Ngf6 38. Bh3 Rc7 39. Nd2 Ng4 40. Rb1 Nhf6
41. Rb6 Rd7 42. Bf1 Kf8 43. Bd3 Nh6 44. Bc2 Nf7 45. Nb1 $1 Rc7 46. Nc3 Nd7 47.
Rb1 Ke7 48. Ba4 Nd8 {Nice manouvering gave White tremendous pressure in this
endgame.} 49. Bxd7 $1 Kxd7 50. Kg2 Nf7 51. g4 $1 hxg4 52. Kg3 Nh6 53. Rb6 Ke7
54. Nd1 Ng8 55. Kxg4 Nf6+ 56. Kf3 Rd7 57. Nc3 Kf8 58. Nb5 Ke7 59. Nc3 Kf8 60.
Rb1 Kg7 61. Ke2 Kh6 62. Rf1 Nh7 63. Nb5 Kh5 64. Ke3 Kg4 65. Kd3 Kh3 66. Rg1 $16
Nf8 67. Ke3 Kh2 68. Rf1 Nh7 69. Rf3 Kg2 70. Nc3 g5 71. hxg5 Nxg5 72. Rf5 {
This game is instructive for the handling of some types of middlegame and
endgame in the King's Indian.} 1-0

[Event "Beijing FIDE GP"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.07.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2013.07.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b6 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. Rd1 Nbd7 12. d5 Bxc3 13. dxe6 Bxf3 14. gxf3
fxe6 15. bxc3 Qc7 16. Bxe6+ Kh8 17. Qc4 Qb7 18. Bxd7 Nxd7 19. Qd5 Qxd5 20. Rxd5
Nc5 21. Kg2 Rad8 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Be3 Kg8 24. Rb1 Rd3 25. Bxc5 bxc5 26. c4 Rc3
27. Rb7 a5 28. Rb5 Ra3 29. Rxc5 Rxa2 30. Rc7 a4 31. Ra7 a3 32. c5 Rc2 33. c6
Rxc6 34. Rxa3 Rg6+ 35. Kf1 Rh6 36. Kg2 Rg6+ 37. Kf1 Rh6 38. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing FIDE GP"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.07.15"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2013.07.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 Bd6 5. Bg3 O-O 6. c4 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bc4
Nc6 9. Bxd5 exd5 10. Nc3 c4 11. Ne5 Ne7 12. O-O Bb4 13. a3 Bxc3 14. bxc3 f6 15.
Nf3 Bg4 16. a4 Nc6 17. h3 Bh5 18. Qb1 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Na5 20. Qf5 Nb3 21. Ra2 Qa5
22. Bd6 Rf7 23. Bb4 Qd8 24. e4 a5 25. Ba3 Qd7 26. Qxd7 Rxd7 27. Re1 b5 28. axb5
Rb8 29. exd5 Rxd5 30. Re7 Rbxb5 31. Rc7 Rg5+ 32. Kf1 Rbf5 33. Re2 h6 34. h4 1-0

[Event "Beijing FIDE GP"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.07.16"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2013.07.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. d4 e6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Be2 h6 8. Bh4
d5 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. O-O Nd7 12. b4 c6 13. Qb3 b5 14. a4 a6 15. a5
g6 16. Rac1 Bg7 17. Rc2 Qe7 18. Bd3 Nf6 19. Rfc1 Rfd8 20. Ne5 Nd7 21. Nxd7 Rxd7
22. Nb1 Bf8 23. Rb2 Qf6 24. Nd2 Bd6 25. g3 Re8 26. Bf1 Rc7 27. Bg2 Kh7 28. h4
Rd8 29. Qc3 Bf8 30. Bh3 Kg7 31. Rbb1 g5 32. hxg5 hxg5 33. Qd3 Bd6 34. Kg2 Rh8
35. Rh1 Re7 36. Qf5 Ree8 37. Nf3 Rh5 38. Qxf6+ Kxf6 39. Ne1 Bc8 40. Bxc8 Rxh1
41. Kxh1 Rxc8 42. Kg2 g4 43. Nc2 Rh8 44. Rb3 Ke6 45. Na3 Kd7 46. Nb1 Rh5 47.
Nd2 Rh6 48. Rb1 Rh8 49. Rb3 Rh5 50. Rb1 Rh8 51. Rb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 O-O 7. Bg5 dxc4 8.
Qxc4 b6 9. Nf3 Ba6 10. Qa4 c5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Rc1 Qb6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Rc2
Nc6 15. e3 Bxf1 16. Rxf1 Rfd8 17. Ke2 Na5 18. Nd2 Rab8 19. Rfc1 Rxd2+ 20. Rxd2
Nb3 21. Rcd1 Nxd2 22. Rxd2 Kf8 23. Qh4 Qb5+ 24. Ke1 Kg7 25. Qg3+ Kf8 26. Qf4
Kg7 27. Qc7 c4 28. Qxa7 c3 29. bxc3 Qb1+ 30. Rd1 Qb2 31. Kf1 Qc2 32. Qd4 Rb2
33. Qg4+ Kf8 34. Qf3 Rb1 35. Rxb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 h6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. Be3 Bd6 9. Bd3 b6 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. O-O-O Nd5 12. Kb1 Qf6 13. Nd2 O-O 14. Ne4
Qe7 15. c3 Bf4 16. g3 Bxe3 17. fxe3 e5 18. Rhe1 Rad8 19. Nd2 Nf6 20. Ba6 Ba8
21. Qc4 Rfe8 22. Bb5 c6 23. Bxc6 Rc8 24. d5 Nxd5 25. Qxd5 Rxc6 26. Qb5 Rd8 27.
Ne4 Rcc8 28. Qa4 Qe6 29. Qc2 Qg4 30. Nf2 Qh5 31. h4 Qf3 32. g4 Rxd1+ 33. Rxd1
Qxe3 34. Qf5 Rf8 35. Rd7 Bf3 36. Nd3 Qg1+ 37. Nc1 Bxg4 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.14"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. dxe5 d5 ({Five years ago Ivanchuk
successfully tried the sharper line with} 4... Bc5 5. Qd5 Bxf2+ 6. Kd1 (6. Ke2
f5 $132) 6... f5 $1 7. Bc4 Qe7 8. Nc3 c6 9. Qd3 b5 $1 10. Bb3 a5 $5 11. a4 b4
$1 12. Nxe4 fxe4 13. Qe2 (13. Qxe4 d5 14. Qf4 Nd7 $15) 13... d5 $1 $36 {
and Black looks nicely placed, Bruzon Batista-Ivanchuk, Merida (m/1) 2007.}) 5.
Nbd2 Nxd2 (5... Nc5 6. a3 a5 7. Be2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 Nc6 10. Nf1 Bf5 11.
Ng3 Bg6 12. Be3 a4 13. Bb5 Na5 14. Nd4 c6 15. Bf1 f6 {(Short-Kramnik, Wijk aan
Zee 2010)} 16. e6 $5 {This move is a little bit risky, but White can fight for
the initiative.} Ne4 17. Ngf5 $36) 6. Bxd2 (6. Qxd2 {is also possible} c5 7.
Qf4 h6 8. Qg3 Nc6 9. Bd3 Be6 (9... Nb4 $5) 10. O-O g5 11. b3 Be7 12. Ne1 Qb6
13. c4 O-O-O 14. cxd5 Rxd5 15. Bc4 Rd7 $13 {Jakovenko-Gelfand, Odessa rapid
2009}) 6... Be7 7. c4 (7. Bd3 {is more common, for example:} Nd7 (7... c5 $5)
8. c3 Nc5 9. Bc2 O-O 10. O-O $14 {Sutovsky-Gashimov, Poikovsky 2008}) 7... Nc6
8. Qc2 Be6 9. Rd1 $146 {The first novelty in the game. Robson tries to improve
on 9.0-0-0, he wants to castle on the Kside.} (9. O-O-O a5 ({Probably Ivanchuk
is preparing for} 9... Qd7 {similar to what happened in the game} 10. Bc3 O-O-O
$13) 10. a3 (10. Be3 $2 {still too early, because of} Nb4 $1 $17) 10... Qc8 {
The Q should leave the d-file.} (10... O-O $2 11. Be3 $16 {and the pin is very
unpleasant for Black, Nepomniachtchi-Drazic, Rijeka 2010.}) 11. cxd5 Bxd5 12.
Be3 Be6 $13 {with an unclear battle.}) 9... Qd7 10. Bc3 O-O-O (10... Nb4 $6 {
is too early, as} 11. Qd2 $1 {and the d5 P will be hanging.}) 11. Be2 $6 {
A very logical development move, but White allows Black's unpleasant reply.} (
11. a3 {was the correct answer to defend the b4-square.}) 11... Nb4 $1 12. Qd2
$6 ({The engine suggests} 12. Qb1 {, but} Bf5 13. Qc1 Nc2+ 14. Kf1 Qe6 {
and the computer considers the postion to be equal, but by human measures, in
my view, it is more pleasant for Black. White's position looks too risky,
because of his K.}) 12... Qa4 $1 {Another strong move by Ivanchuk!} 13. b3 Qa3
{White is short of only one tempo to finish the development with castling, but
just because of this he is in trouble.} 14. c5 {Forced, otherwise the d-file
will be opened.} Bxc5 15. O-O d4 $1 16. Bxb4 Bxb4 17. Qc2 $6 ({Probably} 17.
Qf4 {was slightly better, but it was difficult to remove one's strongest piece
from Qside, especially in a practical game.} Bc3 (17... Qxa2 18. Nxd4) 18. Nxd4
Bxd4 19. Rxd4 Rxd4 20. Qxd4 Rd8 21. Qe3 Qxa2 $15) 17... Bc3 $1 $17 {Now the c3
B and the d4 P completely cramp White's position.} 18. Ng5 Kb8 19. f4 g6 (19...
Qe7 {was also strong} 20. Nxe6 fxe6 $17 {and Black has a P up, he stands
better.}) 20. Bc4 Qc5 21. Qd3 Bf5 22. Qf3 f6 $1 {An unexpectedly strong
decision.} 23. Nf7 ({In the event of} 23. exf6 d3+ 24. Kh1 Bxf6 25. Bxd3 Bxd3
26. Rxd3 Rxd3 27. Qxd3 Bxg5 28. fxg5 Qxg5 $17) 23... fxe5 24. fxe5 Bc2 $1 25.
Nxd8 Rxd8 26. Qf6 d3+ ({The simple} 26... Rc8 $17 {was also good.}) 27. Kh1 Qd4
$6 {A small inaccuracy, but it was difficult to find White's next strong
answer.} (27... Re8 {was the correct move} 28. Rxd3 Bxd3 29. Bxd3 Bxe5 $17 {
and White can face a long period of torture.}) 28. Rf4 $6 {Returns the
compliment.} (28. Rf3 $1 {was the best chance,} Rc8 $1 {only move} (28... Bxd1
$4 29. Rxd3 $18 {and White is, who wins.}) 29. Rfxd3 Bxd3 30. Rxd3 Qe4 31. Rd8
{and even White can hope for something.}) 28... Qd7 29. Be6 Qe8 30. Rdf1 d2 31.
Bg4 {Now White threatens with Qxd8.} (31. Qxd8+ $2 {is not working, as} Qxd8
32. Rf8 d1=Q $19) 31... Bf5 $1 {Ivanchuk again finds the strongest move.} (
31... Bxe5 $4 {loses by} 32. Qxd8+ Qxd8 33. Rf8 $18) 32. Rxf5 (32. Bxf5 d1=Q
$19) 32... gxf5 33. Bf3 Bxe5 34. Qxf5 Qe7 35. Qe4 c6 36. Rd1 Qg5 $19 {Black
has an extra P; it looks very dangerous on d2. Black needs a few exact moves
to avoid White's practical counterchances.} 37. g3 h6 38. Kg2 a6 39. Qb4 Rd4
40. Qf8+ Rd8 41. Qb4 Rd4 42. Qf8+ Kc7 43. Qc5 Qe3 44. b4 Bd6 45. Qa5+ Kc8 46.
b5 axb5 47. Qa8+ Bb8 48. Rf1 d1=Q 49. Bxd1 Rd2+ 50. Kh3 Rxh2+ $1 51. Kg4 Qxg3+
52. Kf5 Qe5+ 53. Kg6 Rg2+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.15"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. c4 Bb7 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. d5 Na6 8. Nc3
Nc5 9. Re1 Nfe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Qc2 f5 12. Ng5 Nd6 13. Bf4 h6 14. Nf3 b5 15.
c5 Nc4 16. b3 g5 17. bxc4 Bxa1 18. Rxa1 gxf4 19. Rd1 bxc4 20. Qxc4 fxg3 21.
hxg3 Kh7 22. Nd4 Qe8 23. e3 Qh5 24. Bf3 Qg6 25. Qb5 Bxd5 26. Bxd5 c6 27. Bxc6
dxc6 28. Nxc6 Qe8 29. Qb7 Rf7 30. Ne5 Rg7 31. c6 Rb8 32. Qxa7 Ra8 33. Qd7 Qh5
34. Kg2 Rxa2 35. c7 Rxf2+ 36. Kxf2 Qh2+ 37. Kf1 Qh3+ 38. Ke2 Qg2+ 39. Kd3 Qe4+
40. Kd2 Qb4+ 41. Ke2 Qb2+ 42. Rd2 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.17"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kryvoruchko, Yuriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. b3 b6 11. Bb2 Bb7 12. Rad1 Be7 13. h3 Rd8 14.
Rxd8+ Bxd8 15. Rd1 h5 16. Rd3 Ba6 17. Rd2 Bb7 18. Rd3 Ba6 19. Rd2 Bb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.18"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Kryvoruchko, Yuriy"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7 Bxd7 7. O-O Bd6 8.
c4 c6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. Qh5 g6 13. Qxd5 Qc7 14. c4 Bc6
15. Qg5 Bxh2+ 16. Kh1 Bd6 17. Bd2 Qd8 18. Rae1 b6 19. Qh6 Qf6 20. d5 Bd7 21.
Bg5 Qd4 22. Rd1 Qg7 23. Qh4 f5 24. Bh6 Qf6 25. Bg5 Qc3 26. Be7 Bxe7 27. Qxe7
Ba4 28. Qe1 Qa3 29. Rd2 Rae8 30. Qc1 Qd6 31. Re1 Rxe1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.19"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Kryvoruchko, Yuriy"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Bd3 b4 13. Ne2 Qb6 14. Kb1
h5 15. f5 Bh6 16. Qe1 e5 17. Ng3 h4 18. Nf1 Ke7 19. Bc4 Qc5 20. Bd3 a5 21. Nd2
a4 22. Nc4 Bf4 23. Qf1 b3 24. cxb3 axb3 25. a3 Ra4 26. g3 hxg3 27. hxg3 Rxh1
28. Qxh1 Rxc4 29. gxf4 Rc2 30. Ka1 Rf2 31. fxe5 Qxe5 32. Rb1 Rd2 33. Qf1 Qd4
34. Qc1 Qxd3 35. Qxc6 Rd1 36. Rc1 Qc2 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.19"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kryvoruchko, Yuriy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
Nf3 d6 9. Nd2 Nbd7 10. f3 h6 11. Bh4 c5 12. e4 cxd4 13. Qxd4 Qe7 14. Be2 e5 15.
Qc3 Nc5 16. O-O Ne6 17. Rfe1 g5 18. Bf2 Nf4 19. Nf1 g4 20. Ng3 Qe6 21. Be3
Nxe2+ 22. Rxe2 gxf3 23. gxf3 Kh7 24. Rg2 Rg8 25. Kf2 b5 26. Rd1 Rad8 27. b3 Rg6
28. Qb4 a6 29. Ke1 h5 30. Rf2 Qh3 31. cxb5 h4 32. Nf1 d5 33. Qe7 Rd7 34. Qxe5
axb5 35. Qf5 Qxf5 36. exf5 Rg8 37. Rd4 Rc8 38. Rxh4+ Kg8 39. Bd4 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.20"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 Nh5 8. Bd3
Nxf4 9. exf4 b6 10. b4 a5 11. a3 c6 12. O-O Qc7 13. g3 Ba6 14. Bxa6 Rxa6 15.
Qe2 Rfa8 16. b5 cxb5 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Qxe7 Rc8 19. Rab1 bxc5 20. Rxb5 Re6 21.
Qg5 h6 22. Qxd5 Rd6 23. Qa2 Qc6 24. Qe2 cxd4 25. Rfb1 a4 26. Ne1 Nc5 27. Nd3
Nxd3 28. Qxd3 Qc3 29. Rd1 Re6 30. Re5 Rxe5 31. fxe5 Qb3 32. Qxd4 Qxa3 33. Kg2
Qb3 34. Qd7 Ra8 35. Rd3 Qe6 36. Qb7 Qc8 37. Qf3 Ra5 38. Ra3 Qe8 39. Qe4 g6 40.
f4 h5 41. h4 Kg7 42. Qb4 Qc6+ 43. Kf2 Rb5 44. Qd4 Qc2+ 45. Kf3 Rb2 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.21"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 b6 2. e4 Bb7 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 Bb4 5. Bd3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 d6 7. O-O Nd7 8.
Bg5 Ne7 9. Nd2 h6 10. Qh5 O-O 11. Bh4 Qe8 12. f4 f6 13. Qxe8 Raxe8 14. a4 a5
15. Bc4 d5 16. Bb5 Bc6 17. Bxc6 Nxc6 18. f5 exf5 19. exd5 Ne7 20. c4 f4 21. Bf2
Nf5 22. Rfe1 Kf7 23. Rab1 g5 24. g3 Ne3 25. gxf4 gxf4 26. Bxe3 fxe3 27. Nf1
Rg8+ 28. Kh1 Rg4 29. c3 Rf4 30. Nxe3 f5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup ACP"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2013.09.13"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2013.09.13"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 c6 8. Rb1 a5
9. Qb3 h6 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. Qc2 Qe8 12. d5 cxd5 13. cxd5 Nc5 14. Be3 b6 15. b4
axb4 16. Rxb4 Bd7 17. Nd4 Ng4 18. Bc1 g5 19. Ne6 Nxe6 20. dxe6 Bxe6 21. Bxa8
Qxa8 22. Bb2 Qe8 23. h3 Nf6 24. Nb5 f4 25. g4 Qf7 26. Nd4 Rc8 27. Qd3 Bc4 28.
Qc2 Be6 29. Qd2 Bd7 30. Rxb6 Qxa2 31. Rb7 Qd5 32. Ra7 h5 33. Ra5 Rc5 34. Rxc5
Qxc5 35. Rc1 Qd5 36. Nf3 hxg4 37. Bxf6 Qxd2 38. Nxd2 Bxf6 39. Ne4 gxh3 40. Rc7
Bb5 41. Nxf6+ exf6 42. e3 fxe3 43. fxe3 d5 44. Rc5 Be2 45. Rxd5 Kf7 46. Kh2 Bf1
47. Kg3 Ke6 48. Rd2 Ke5 49. Rd4 Bg2 50. Rb4 Ke6 51. Ra4 Ke5 52. Rb4 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup ACP"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2013.09.13"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2013.09.13"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. d4 Ne4 7. Bd2 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Qa4+ Qd7 10. Qc2 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 Nc6 12. O-O O-O 13. Rfd1 Rfe8 14. Rac1
Bf8 15. h4 Rad8 16. e3 Qe7 17. Ne1 Na5 18. b3 g6 19. Nd3 Bg7 20. Qc2 c6 21. Rd2
Bc8 22. Qd1 Bf5 23. Ne2 Bg4 24. Qf1 Bxe2 25. Rxe2 Bxd4 26. e4 c5 27. Rce1 dxe4
28. Rxe4 Qf8 29. Nf4 Rxe4 30. Bxe4 Qd6 31. Qb5 Kg7 32. Kg2 Be5 33. Nd3 Bc3 34.
Re2 f5 35. Nf4 fxe4 36. Rxe4 Be5 0-1

[Event "Paris FIDE GP"]
[Site "Elancourt"]
[Date "2013.09.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "ChessBase Website"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2013.09.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]
[WhiteClock "2:00:00"]
[BlackClock "2:00:00"]

1. c4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} e6 {[%emt 0:01:22]} 2. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:54]} d5 {[%emt 0:
00:25]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 4. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:40]}
Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 5. e3 {[%emt 0:02:43]} Be7 {[%emt 0:08:05]} 6. b3 {
[%emt 0:02:31]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:36]} 7. Bb2 {[%emt 0:03:08]} b6 {[%emt 0:13:09]
} 8. cxd5 {[%emt 0:01:20]} exd5 {[%emt 0:02:07]} 9. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Bb7 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} 10. O-O {[%emt 0:00:03]} Re8 {[%emt 0:07:48]} 11. Rc1 {[%emt 0:
16:30]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:09:00]} (11... a6 12. Ne2 Bd6 13. Qc2 Ne4 14. Ng3 Qf6 15.
Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. Bxe5 Rxe5 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Qxc7 Re7 20. Qc2 g6 21.
Rfd1 Rc8 22. Qd2 Rec7 23. Ne2 a5 24. Rxc7 Rxc7 25. Rc1 Rxc1+ 26. Qxc1 Qd6 27.
h3 Ba6 28. Nd4 h5 29. Qc2 Bd3 30. Qc8+ Kh7 31. Qe8 Kg7 32. h4 Qc7 33. a4 Qc1+
34. Kh2 Qc7+ 35. Kg1 Qc1+ 36. Kh2 Qc7+ 37. g3 Qd6 38. Kg2 Qc7 39. Nc6 Qd6 40.
Nd4 Qc7 41. Nc6 {Arutinian,D (2586)-Almasi,Z (2668) Mainz 2008 1/2-1/2}) 12.
Ne2 {[%emt 0:16:06]} (12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Rxe5 14. Nb5 d4 $13) 12... c6 {
[%emt 0:11:29]} 13. Ng3 {[%emt 0:04:39]} Bd6 $146 {[%emt 0:25:52]} (13... g6
14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nd7 16. f4 Bc5 17. Qf3 Qe7 18. Kh1 Ba3 19. Bxa3 Qxa3 20.
Qg4 Nc5 21. Bb1 Qb4 22. Nh5 a5 23. Nf6+ Kg7 24. Qh4 Rh8 25. Ng4 Nd7 26. Qh6+
Kg8 27. Bf5 {1-0 (27) Janssen,R (2469)-Van der Wiel,J (2509) Leeuwarden 2002})
14. Re1 {[%emt 0:04:17]} g6 {[%emt 0:06:20]} 15. Nd2 {[%emt 0:01:38]} Rc8 {
[%emt 0:04:45][%cal Gc6c5]} 16. Rc2 {[%emt 0:01:27]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:02:57]} 17.
Nf3 {[%emt 0:01:36]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:01:02]} 18. Nd2 {[%emt 0:03:27]} Bf8 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} 19. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:08] Ivanchuk obtained nothing from his
Zukertort set-up and in an equal the game players basically agreed to repeat
moves and draw. This entirely circumvents the Sophia rules under which the
tournament is being played. Strong grandmasters can see when a move being
played is an offer for a repetition. It seems crazy to force the players to
play on in what they consider to be an equal position - after all you can't
demand them not to play what they consider to be the "strongest" move, however
it is obvious that this is a giant loophole in the Sophia rules} Bd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris FIDE GP"]
[Site "Elancourt"]
[Date "2013.09.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "ChessBase Website"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2013.09.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]
[WhiteClock "2:00:00"]
[BlackClock "2:00:00"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} e6 {[%emt 0:
00:03]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 4. e3 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Bd6
{[%emt 0:00:09]} 5. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:40] Bacrot: I don't know why I played so
fast 5.Be2.} (5. Nc3) (5. Bd3) 5... Nf6 {[%emt 0:04:03]} 6. b3 {[%emt 0:01:35]}
O-O {[%emt 0:02:58]} 7. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:18]} b6 {[%emt 0:01:11]} 8. Nc3 {
[%emt 0:01:32]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 9. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:
43]} 10. O-O {[%emt 0:00:11]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:01:08]} 11. e4 {[%emt 0:04:18]} (11.
Rad1) 11... Nxe4 {[%emt 0:13:18]} 12. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:52]} dxe4 {[%emt 0:00:
08]} 13. Qxe4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} (13... f5 14. Qh4 Qxh4 15.
Nxh4 Be7 16. Nf3 c5 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Rfd8 19. Rad1 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Rd8 21.
Rxd8+ Bxd8 22. f4 Bh4 23. g3 Be7 24. Bd3 Kf7 25. Kf2 h5 26. h4 g6 27. Bc3 Ke8
28. a4 a5 29. Be2 Kd7 30. Bf3 {1/2-1/2 (30) Miroshnichenko,E (2624)-Petrosian,
T (2643) Dubai 2012}) (13... Rfe8) 14. Qh4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Ba3 {[%emt 0:14:30]
} 15. Bc3 {[%emt 0:21:58]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:33]} (15... c5 16. Rad1 Rfd8 $11)
16. Bb2 {[%emt 0:03:39]} Ba3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 17. Bc3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bb4 {
[%emt 0:00:31]} 18. Bb2 {[%emt 0:01:59]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris FIDE GP"]
[Site "Elancourt"]
[Date "2013.09.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[Annotator "ChessBase Website"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2013.09.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]
[WhiteClock "2:00:00"]
[BlackClock "2:00:00"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} e6 {[%emt 0:05:02]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} d5 {[%emt 0:
00:03]} 3. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 4. Ngf3 {[%emt 0:00:16]}
cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 5. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Qxd5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 6. Bc4 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:
04]} 8. Nb3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 9. Nbxd4 {[%emt 0:00:06]}
Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 10. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 11. Re1 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 12. Bf1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:05:
41]} 13. c3 $146 {[%emt 0:22:51]} (13. Bg5 O-O 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Qg4+ Kh8 16.
Qh4 Be7 17. Re3 f5 18. Qh5 Bc5 19. Qh6 f6 20. Nxe6 Bxe6 21. Rxe6 Bd4 22. Rae1
Be5 23. Bd3 f4 24. g3 Rad8 25. Qh4 Rd4 26. R1xe5 Rxd3 27. Re1 Rdd8 28. Re7 Qxc2
29. Qxf4 b5 30. Ra7 Rd1 31. Rxh7+ {1-0 (31) Zhou,Y (2469)-Knott,S (2318)
Torquay 2013}) 13... O-O {[%emt 0:01:03]} 14. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Nd5 {
[%emt 0:12:32]} 15. Bc4 {[%emt 0:11:34]} Nf4 {[%emt 0:14:10]} 16. Bb3 {[%emt 0:
13:29]} h6 {[%emt 0:02:15]} 17. Bxf4 {[%emt 0:03:48]} Qxf4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 18.
Qf3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qxf3 {[%emt 0:05:17]} 19. Nxf3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rd8 {
[%emt 0:01:26]} 20. Bc2 {[%emt 0:04:18]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:08:38]} 21. Rad1 {
[%emt 0:00:27]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:03:32]} 22. Ne5 {[%emt 0:03:47]} Be8 {[%emt 0:01:
55]} 23. h4 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:01:34]} 24. g3 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Bd6 {
[%emt 0:04:38]} 25. Nc4 {[%emt 0:02:17]} Bc7 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 26. Be4 {[%emt 0:
00:04]} Rxd1 {[%emt 0:01:24]} 27. Rxd1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:05]}
28. a3 {[%emt 0:00:20]} b5 {[%emt 0:08:24]} 29. Ne3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} a5 {
[%emt 0:00:25]} 30. Nc2 {[%emt 0:00:28]} f5 {[%emt 0:02:49]} 31. Bf3 {[%emt 0:
00:36]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:02:05]} 32. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Bb6 {[%emt 0:03:38]} 33.
Ke1 {[%emt 0:02:16]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:03:39]} 34. Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Rc8 {
[%emt 0:01:32]} 35. Bb7 {[%emt 0:02:17]} Rc7 {[%emt 0:03:33]} 36. Bf3 {[%emt 0:
00:22]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:05:46]} 37. Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:59]} 38.
Bf3 {[%emt 0:00:31]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 39. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:57]} e5 {[%emt 0:
02:44]} 40. Bd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. hxg5+ {[%emt 0:00:34]}
hxg5 {[%emt 0:05:04]} 42. b4 {[%emt 0:07:15]} axb4 {[%emt 0:02:50]} 43. axb4 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} Bb6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 44. Bc6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Bh5+ {[%emt 0:04:
44] Wang Hao was able to obtain a slight edge with black straight out of the
opening as his pair of bishops was the only factor that mattered in the
position. He keps expanding and pushing for the win, but a clever resource by
Ivanchuk on move 44 allowed him to equalize the position. Wang Hao should've
looked for a way to secure the draw, but instead he kept pushing forward
without regard for his opponent's threats. Ivanchuk picked up a pawn and a
further blunder soon afterwards cost the Chinese player a full piece, after
which the game was over.} 45. Ke1 {[%emt 0:03:07]} f4 {[%emt 0:23:14]} 46. Na3
{[%emt 1:02:15]} Rc8 $6 {[%emt 0:01:16]} (46... e4 $142 47. Rd6+ Ke7 48. Nxb5
e3 49. fxe3 Bxe3 $132 {Ivanchuk}) 47. Rd6+ {[%emt 0:00:58]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:03]
} 48. Nxb5 {[%emt 0:03:00]} fxg3 {[%emt 0:03:05]} 49. fxg3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rf8
{[%emt 0:00:04]} 50. Rd7+ {[%emt 0:09:19]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 51. Rd2 {
[%emt 0:00:20]} Be3 {[%emt 0:03:31]} 52. Rd6+ {[%emt 0:13:38]} Kf5 {[%emt 0:01:
01]} 53. Bd7+ {[%emt 0:02:13]} Ke4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 54. Bc6+ {[%emt 0:00:03]}
Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 55. Rh6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kg4 {[%emt 0:04:12]} 56. Bd7+ {
[%emt 0:01:48]} Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 57. Rxh5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} e4 {[%emt 0:00:
21]} 58. g4 {[%emt 0:00:59]} Bf2+ 59. Kf1 Kg3 {[%emt 0:01:19]} 60. Nd6 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 1-0

[Event "Paris FIDE GP"]
[Site "Elancourt"]
[Date "2013.09.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2013.09.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteClock "2:00:00"]
[BlackClock "2:00:00"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. e3 {I have played these lines of the 4.e3
Queen's Indian quite a lot over the past years. I can assure you that the
resulting positions are not as dull as they might look. Most likely, one of
the players will get hanging pawns, which is almost a guarantee for a tense
and uncompromising fight.} Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 ({If Black delays this move, in order
to avoid the check on b5,} 5... Be7 6. Bd3 d5 {White could also switch with} 7.
b3 {keeping the tension in the centre.}) 6. cxd5 (6. b3 {does not make sense
before Black has moved with his bishop, because it allows} Bb4 {without the
loss of a tempo.}) ({And if} 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 {Black gets some sort of
Queen's Gambit Accepted, in which White has lost a tempo with his bishop. True,
Black may have to lose a tempo with ...b6-b5 (after ...a6, of course) as
happened in Franco Ocampos,Z (2480)-Korneev,O (2565)/Elgoibar 1997/CBM 063/
[Huzman] (0-1, 43)}) 6... exd5 7. Bb5+ {More or less forcing the next move.} ({
If} 7. Bd3 a6 8. O-O Bd6 {Against this black setup it would be useful to have
kept the c4-pawn, in order to create the potential threat c4-c5. The way it is,
Black has comfortable play.}) 7... c6 8. Bd3 {It is interesting to mention
that in the first round Ivanchuk had White in a similar position against
Dominguez. Ivanchuk played Bf1-d3 but, curiously, Black played ...c7-c6 at a
later time, practically agreeing to be a tempo down!} Nbd7 9. O-O Be7 ({
The effects of ..c7-c6 can be seen after the seemingly active} 9... Bd6 {
which can be met with:} 10. e4 {In fact, Fressinet had a recent game like this:
} dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Nf6 (12... O-O 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Re1
Qd6 16. Ne5 Nf6 17. Bf3 $14 {Izoria,Z (2546)-Grigoriants,S (2525) Hoogeveen
2003 (1-0, 53)}) 13. Bg5 Be7 $6 (13... O-O 14. Bc2 h6 15. Bh4 g5 {is quite
dangerous for Black,} 16. Nxg5 hxg5 17. Bxg5 c5 18. Qd3 Re8 19. Rfe1 $44 {
Gaprindashvili,V (2471)-Mchedlishvili,M (2550) Kocaeli 2002 (1-0, 32) and
Kharitonov,A (2505)-Podgaets,M (2450) Moscow 1992 (1-0, 56)}) 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15.
Qc2 {Black will not be able to castle without giving up the h7-pawn.} Qd6 16.
Rac1 Rc8 17. Rfe1 Kf8 18. Qa4 $16 {Fressinet,L (2693)-Jurcik,M (2467)/Plovdiv
2012/CBM 148 (1-0, 36)}) 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 Bd6 {Even at the cost of a tempo,
Black places the bishop on the most active square.} 12. Ne2 (12. Rc1 {is more
common, but it would most likely transpose, since the manoeuvre Ne2-g3 is
useful anyway. White needs to consolidate his kingside before Black gets an
attack with ...Ne4, ...f5, etc. Besides, the permanent threat Ng3-f5 usually
induces the weakening ...g7-g6.}) 12... Re8 ({Now or later, Black could
transpose to some other type of position with} 12... c5 {. It would be as if
White had played Bf1-d3 and Black would have got his pawn on c5 in one move.
By refraining from central activity, Ivanchuk hopes to take over the kingside
initiative, but the limitations induced by the move ...c7-c6 will lead exactly
to the opposite.}) 13. Ng3 g6 14. Rc1 a5 $146 {Strictly speaking, the novelty
happened a bit earlier. However, given the numerous possible transpositions I
find that this is the right moment to place the comment "N".} (14... Qe7 15.
Qe2 Ba3 {would have transposed to Gelfand,B (2700)-Karpov,A (2780)/Sanghi
Nagar 1995/CBM 045/[Gelfand,B] (0-1, 80)}) ({Another possible transposition
would be} 14... c5 15. Bb5 {/\dxc5, Bxf6} Re7 16. Re1 a6 17. Bf1 Re8 18. Ne2
Bf8 19. Nf4 Rc8 20. Rc2 Bg7 21. Qa1 Ne4 22. Rd1 $13 {Malaniuk,V (2555)-Tishin,
D (2372)/Alushta 2004/CBM 103 (1/2, 41)}) ({Maybe Black should have moved with
the knight to e4, now or slightly later:} 14... Ne4 $5 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Nd2
Nf6 (16... f5 17. Nc4 {weakens the long diagonal too much.}) 17. Nc4 Bc7 {
with unclear play.}) 15. Qc2 Qe7 16. Rfe1 Ba3 $6 {Ivanchuk was dissatisfied
with this move. As pointed out by Alina L'Ami during the conference, he had
played ...Qe7 and ...Ba3 against the other French player, Bacrot, only two
days earlier. On that occasion the opening was different but the structure
bore some similarities to this one and it all ended in a draw. Ivanchuk
concluded that although the manoeuvre is not always good, it seems to be a
lucky one for him!} ({Once again} 16... Ne4 {deserves attention.} 17. Bxe4 dxe4
18. Nd2 Nf6 (18... f5 {certainly looks risky, but there is nothing decisive
for White:} 19. Nc4 Bc7 20. Qc3 Qb4) 19. Nc4 Bc7) (16... Qf8 $5 {Ivanchuk}) 17.
Bxa3 Qxa3 18. h4 $36 {White has very pleasant play now.} Qd6 19. h5 Nf8 20. e4
Qf4 (20... dxe4 21. Nxe4 Nxe4 22. Bxe4 Rac8 23. Re3 $14) 21. e5 Ng4 {This
knight will not contribute to the fight for the light squares in any way and
will be exposed at a later moment. However, the alternatives are not rosy
either.} (21... Nxh5 22. Nxh5 gxh5 23. Re3 c5 24. g3 Qh6 25. Nh4 $16) (21...
N6d7 22. Re3 c5 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. Ne2 Qh6 25. Nh2 $16 {[%cal Ge3h3,Gh2g4] In
this line we understand that the black knight on g4 mainly prevents White's
immediate activation of his forces.}) 22. hxg6 hxg6 23. Ne2 Qh6 24. g3 c5 25.
Kg2 Rac8 26. Qb2 $1 {A strong move keeping things under control in the centre.}
Qg7 (26... cxd4 $2 27. Qxd4 $18) 27. Nf4 Ne6 (27... cxd4 28. Rxc8 Bxc8 29. Qxd4
$18 {[%csl Gb6]}) 28. Nxe6 Rxe6 {The rook is a bad blocking piece, but what
could Black do? His other knight is too far from the e6-square.} 29. Qd2 (29.
Rh1 $40) 29... Qh6 30. Qxh6 $6 (30. Qe2 $1 {[%csl Rg4,Rh6][%cal Ge1h1,Gh1h4]}
cxd4 31. Rh1 {would more or less win based on some tactical subtleties.} Qg7 (
31... Qxc1 32. Rxc1 Rxc1 33. Ng5 $1 $18 {[%csl Ge6,Gg4]} (33. Nxd4 Nxe5 34.
Nxe6 $2 d4+ $1 $19)) 32. Nxd4 $1 $18 {[%csl Ge6,Gg4]} (32. Rxc8+ $2 Bxc8 33.
Nxd4 $2 Rxe5 {[%cal Gc8g4]})) 30... Nxh6 31. Ng5 Re7 32. Rh1 Kg7 33. Rh4 {
Even after the missed possibilities, White has a very strong position.} cxd4
34. Rch1 Rh8 35. f4 Rc7 (35... Bc8 {fails to stabilise the position:} 36. Nf3
Rc7 37. f5 Bxf5 38. Bxf5 gxf5 39. Nxd4 Kg6 40. Kf3 {[%cal Gf3f4,Gd4f5]} Rh7 41.
Kf4 f6 42. e6 $18) 36. e6 $1 $16 f6 37. Nf3 Rc3 38. e7 Bc6 39. Nxd4 Bd7 (39...
Rxd3 40. Nxc6 Re3 41. Rxh6 Rxh6 42. Rxh6 Kxh6 43. Ne5 $1 $18 {[%cal Ge7e8]})
40. Bb5 Bxb5 41. Nxb5 Re3 {Ivanchuk has managed to keep the position tense so
far. Fressinet failed to understand that he was facing a critical choice and
played his next move after only three minutes.} 42. Nc7 $6 ({The natural and
thematic} 42. f5 $1 {would put Black on the verge of defeat. However, the
tactical nuances are not easy to foresee.} Re2+ $8 {It is important to force
the king on to an unfavourable square.} (42... gxf5 43. Rxh6 Rxh6 44. Rxh6 Kxh6
45. Nd6 Rxe7 46. Nxf5+ {This is one typical moment in which we see why f4-f5
was important. White needs the f5-square for his knight.}) (42... g5 43. Rh5
Rxe7 44. Nd4 Nf7 45. Rxh8 Nxh8 46. Ne6+ Kg8 47. Rh6 Rf7 48. Kf3 $18 {[%csl Gf7,
Gg8,Gh8] Black is almost stalemated.}) (42... Rxe7 43. Nd4 Nf7 44. fxg6 Rxh4
45. Nf5+ $1 $18 Kxg6 46. Nxe7+) 43. Kf3 (43. Kf1 {takes the king too far from
the centre, offering Black chances of survival after} Rxe7 44. Nd4 g5 45. R4h2
Nf7 46. Rxh8 Nxh8 47. Ne6+ Kg8 48. Rh6 Rh7 49. Rxf6 Rf7 50. Rxf7 Nxf7 $14 {
[%csl Rf1]}) 43... Rxe7 44. Nd4 Nf7 45. fxg6 Ng5+ $1 {Only possible with the
king in the knight's range.} 46. Kf2 Rhe8 47. Nf5+ Kxg6 48. Nxe7+ Rxe7 $14 {
/+/- White will still have to work hard in order to win.}) 42... Rxe7 $15 43.
Nxd5 Re2+ 44. Kf3 Rxa2 45. Nc7 $6 {The second knight move on to this square is
once again a mistake, finally throwing the game away.} (45. Rc1 {wouldd still
have offered excellent drawing chances:} Rd8 46. Nc7 Rd3+ 47. Ke4 Rxb3 48. Ne6+
Kf7 49. Nd4 {[%cal Gc1c7]} f5+ 50. Kd5 Rd3 51. Rc7+ Kf6 52. Rxh6 Rad2 53. Rc4
b5 54. Rc6+ Kf7 55. Rc7+ Kf6 $11) 45... Rb2 $17 46. Rd1 Rxb3+ 47. Kf2 Nf7 48.
Ne6+ Kg8 49. Rg4 Rh6 50. Kg1 0-1

[Event "Paris FIDE GP"]
[Site "Elancourt"]
[Date "2013.09.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D83"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[Annotator "ChessBase Website"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2013.09.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]
[WhiteClock "2:00:00"]
[BlackClock "2:00:00"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} g6 {[%emt 0:
00:23]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 4. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bg7
{[%emt 0:00:20]} 5. e3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} O-O {[%emt 0:03:13]} 6. Rc1 {[%emt 0:
02:50] A topical line in the Gruenfeld. The old response...} Be6 {[%emt 0:08:
41]} (6... c5 {has come out of fashion because of} 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. cxd5 Ne4 9.
Nge2 {and White's had amazing results in this variation.}) 7. c5 $5 {[%emt 0:
02:15] 'A move that has already been tried a few times. The idea is to quickly
expand on the queenside while destroying Black's possibility of counterplay on
the center. As a bonus, the move ...Be6 now looks silly. On the other hand
White has to be worried about a quick e5 break.'} c6 {[%emt 0:04:53]} 8. b4 {
[%emt 0:04:11] 'This however is unheard of. White usually develops his pieces
first.'} (8. h3 b6 9. b4 Ne4 10. Bd3 a5 11. Na4 Nd7 12. f3 b5 $1 $13 {
Jumabayev - So, 2012}) 8... Nbd7 {[%emt 0:08:58]} (8... Nh5 {immediately
pursuing the bishop, is also an interesting idea.}) 9. Bd3 {[%emt 0:13:43]} Nh5
{[%emt 0:10:19]} 10. Nge2 {[%emt 0:06:45]} f6 {[%emt 0:14:11] 'Black is trying
to play Bf7 and e5, there is no rush in exchanging on f4 as that bishop is not
going anywhere. The game highly resembles and a6 Slav, except that Black has
not committed to that weakness yet.'} 11. h4 {[%emt 0:13:33]} (11. h3 Nxf4 (
11... f5 12. Bh2 Bf7 13. f4 $13) 12. exf4 Bf7 13. f5 e5 $1 {And Black has
nothing to complain about.}) 11... Bf7 $5 {[%emt 0:06:54] Allowing the bishop
to live, but Grischuk has a specific idea in mind.'} 12. Bh2 {[%emt 0:01:48]}
f5 $1 {[%emt 0:00:11] 'This is the point. Black is going to force e5 in the
next move and obtain more than adequate counterplay. As a possible idea Black
can consider locking the center with e5-e4 and then pushing f4 with proper
preparation, alternatively he can take on d4 and hope to presure down the
diagonal and/or obtain e5 for his pieces.'} 13. f4 $2 {[%emt 0:00:03][%csl Rg4,
Rh2] This move is too anti-positional; the idea of course is to prevent e5,
but White is giving up too many factors to do this.'} Nhf6 {[%emt 0:13:13]
'White's light squares are too weak. If White's pawn was on h3 maybe this
would be acceptable, but Black is clearly better as it is in this situation.'}
14. Bg3 {[%emt 0:07:24]} Ng4 {[%emt 0:01:21]} 15. Qd2 {[%emt 0:02:53]} Ndf6 {
[%emt 0:08:08]} 16. Nd1 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:02:05]} 17. Bxe4 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} dxe4 {[%emt 0:00:16] 'One powerful knight has been destroyed,
but suddenly that bishop on f7 has gained life.'} 18. a4 {[%emt 0:01:16]} b6 {
[%emt 0:15:16] 'Breaking the position open is very natural: White's bishop on
g3 won't play a roll any time soon and the pair of bishops need scope.'} 19. h5
{[%emt 0:00:45]} gxh5 {[%emt 0:05:27]} 20. Bh4 {[%emt 0:01:05]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:
00:10] 'Trading off h4 wasn't necessary, but it's not bad either. White had to
sacrifice a pawn for this and more importantly the g-file is now open for
Black's rooks.'} 21. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:04:06]} Nxf6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 22. Nf2 {
[%emt 0:00:16]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:01:13]} 23. O-O {[%emt 0:01:01]} Rg8 {[%emt 0:00:
40]} 24. b5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:04:00]} 25. cxb6 {[%emt 0:08:46]}
Qxb6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 26. a5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Qb7 {[%emt 0:01:00]} 27. bxc6 {
[%emt 0:00:10]} Rxc6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 28. Rxc6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qxc6 {[%emt 0:
00:02]} 29. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qa6 {[%emt 0:00:56] 'Black is better in every
sense: He has an extra pawn, better minor pieces, more activity and a safer
king. White's position doesn't need to collapse immediately but it is very
hard to play this.'} 30. Rc5 $2 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Bc4 $1 {[%emt 0:00:47] A
beautiful maneuver that finishes the game.'} 31. Nc3 {[%emt 0:04:57]} Bf1 {
[%emt 0:00:04] 'And suddenly White's g-pawn is defenseless! Of course after
that White's position will collapse and he has no counterplay whatsoever.'} 0-1

[Event "Paris FIDE GP"]
[Site "Elancourt"]
[Date "2013.09.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "ChessBase Website"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2013.09.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]
[WhiteClock "2:00:00"]
[BlackClock "2:00:00"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} d5 {[%emt 0:
00:02]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 4. e5 {[%emt 0:00:04]}
Nfd7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 5. f4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 6. Nf3 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 7. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:
38]} 8. Na4 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Qa5+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} 9. c3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} c4 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} 10. b4 {[%emt 0:02:23]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 11. Be2 {[%emt 0:
04:27]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 12. O-O {[%emt 0:03:16]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:18]} 13.
Qc2 {[%emt 0:07:52]} b5 {[%emt 0:12:38]} 14. Nc5 {[%emt 0:01:02]} Nxc5 {
[%emt 0:00:55]} 15. dxc5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 16. a3 {[%emt 0:
00:11]} Bd7 $2 {[%emt 0:03:40] Ivanchuk: "I was calculating 16...f6 but then
my hands moved 16...Bd7?"} 17. Nd4 {[%emt 0:03:20]} Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 18.
Bxd4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} axb4 $6 {[%emt 0:00:23]} (18... Ra6 $142 {[%cal Gf8a8]})
19. axb4 {[%emt 0:05:48]} Rxa1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 20. Rxa1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Qb7 {
[%emt 0:00:01]} 21. Qa2 {[%emt 0:41:14]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 22. Qb1 {[%emt 0:
00:04]} (22. Bg4 Ra8 23. Qxa8+ Qxa8 24. Rxa8+ Bxa8 25. f5 exf5 26. Bxf5 Bc6)
22... f5 {[%emt 0:04:47]} 23. exf6 {[%emt 0:05:02]} Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 24.
Qd1 {[%emt 0:02:38]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} (24... Qc7 25. Ra6) 25. Rxa8+ {
[%emt 0:03:51]} Qxa8 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 26. Bg4 {[%emt 0:01:32]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:
42]} 27. h3 {[%emt 0:01:28]} Qe8 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 28. Qd2 {[%emt 0:01:24]} Qf7
{[%emt 0:00:21]} 29. Qe3 {[%emt 0:00:48]} Bxd4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 30. Qxd4 {
[%emt 0:01:04]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 31. Qxf6 {[%emt 0:15:16]} gxf6 {[%emt 0:
00:09]} 32. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:02:01]} 33. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:51]}
(33. Ke3 Bc6 34. Kd4 Ke7 35. Bh5 h6 36. g4 {[%cal Gh3h4,Gg4g5] Dorfman}) 1-0

[Event "Paris FIDE GP"]
[Site "Elancourt"]
[Date "2013.09.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2013.09.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]
[WhiteClock "2:00:00"]
[BlackClock "2:00:00"]

1. c4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} e6 {
[%emt 0:00:31]} 3. g3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 4. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:
06]} Be7 {[%emt 0:01:55]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:03:28]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:14]} 6. d4 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 7. Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:
39]} 8. Bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 9. Nxc6 {[%emt 0:00:02]}
Qe8 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 10. Nxe7+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} Qxe7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 11. Qc2 {
[%emt 0:00:36]} c5 {[%emt 0:02:31]} 12. Qxc4 {[%emt 0:03:06]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:
32]} 13. Qxd4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} e5 {[%emt 0:01:17]} 14. Qh4 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Ba6
$146 {[%emt 0:19:05]} (14... Rb8 15. b3 Qe6 16. Bg5 Nd5 17. e4 Nb4 18. Be7 Re8
19. Bxb4 Rxb4 20. Nc3 Bb7 21. Rac1 Rd4 22. Rfe1 Bc6 23. Qg5 h6 24. Qe3 Red8 25.
Qe2 R8d6 26. Qb2 Rd2 27. Qa3 Qd7 28. Qc5 f6 29. b4 a6 30. Qa5 Kh7 31. a4 Rb2
32. Rcd1 Rdd2 33. Rf1 Rxd1 34. Rxd1 Qb7 35. Nd5 Qa7 36. Rf1 Qd4 37. Qxa6 Bxd5
38. exd5 Rxb4 39. Qe6 Rxa4 40. Qf5+ Kg8 41. Qc8+ Kh7 42. Qf5+ {1/2-1/2 (42)
Iturrizaga Bonelli,E (2660)-Onischuk,A (2667) Tromso 2013}) 15. Bg5 {[%emt 0:
24:12]} Bxe2 {[%emt 0:05:29] In another Catalan in the Ukrainian duel it was
impossible to say that White obtained anything from the opening. The variation
is well known; White wins a pawn but the opposite colored bishops and the easy
play for Black give him compensation. However on top of this Ponomariov was
able to quickly regain his pawn and secure full equality.} 16. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:
08]} Bd3 {[%emt 0:16:42]} 17. Nc3 {[%emt 0:01:24]} Qe6 {[%emt 0:02:58]} 18.
Bxf6 {[%emt 0:21:18]} gxf6 {[%emt 0:22:14]} 19. Ne4 {[%emt 0:01:10]} Bxe4 {
[%emt 0:00:47]} 20. Qxe4 {[%emt 0:07:07]} Rac8 {[%emt 0:04:34]} 21. b3 {
[%emt 0:01:32]} Rfd8 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 22. Rad1 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:
00:28]} 23. Qe3 {[%emt 0:01:24]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 24. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:06]}
Rxd1 {[%emt 0:05:55]} 25. Rxd1 {[%emt 0:00:22]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 26. Qd3 {
[%emt 0:03:05]} h6 {[%emt 0:04:38]} 27. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Rc5 {[%emt 0:01:
07]} 28. Qd6 {[%emt 0:01:03]} Rc2 {[%emt 0:01:26]} 29. Qxe6 {[%emt 0:00:10]}
fxe6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 30. Rd6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rxa2 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 31. Rxe6 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} e4 {[%emt 0:01:08]} 32. g4 {[%emt 0:01:51]} fxg4 {[%emt 0:00:
38]} 33. Rxe4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 34. Re6 {[%emt 0:00:36]} a5
{[%emt 0:02:55]} 35. Ra6 {[%emt 0:06:02]} Ra3 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 36. h3 {[%emt 0:
00:18]} gxh3+ {[%emt 0:00:44]} 37. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rxb3 {[%emt 0:00:34]}
38. Rxa5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rf3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 39. Rxh5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rxf2+
{[%emt 0:00:04]} 40. Kxh3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris FIDE GP"]
[Site "Elancourt"]
[Date "2013.09.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2013.09.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 g6 {Black immediately
develops his B to the long diagonal. In the normal Ruy Lopez it takes two more
tempi via Re8, Bf8, g6, Bg7.} 7. O-O Bg7 8. Re1 O-O 9. h3 b5 10. Bc2 Bb7 11.
Nbd2 Re8 {With the double fianchetto Black is well-prepared against the
central push d3-d4.} 12. a4 ({Five years ago Ivanchuk tried this line with
Black too.} 12. d4 Nb8 {Black wants to build up a Breyer type of position.} (
12... d5 {is the typical central breakthrough in the Spanish.} 13. dxe5 Nxe5
14. Nxe5 Rxe5 15. Nf3 Re8 16. e5 Ne4 (16... Nd7)) 13. Rb1 Nbd7 14. d5 c6 15. c4
Qc7 16. b3 Bh6 17. Nf1 Bxc1 18. Rxc1 bxc4 19. bxc4 Nc5 $13 {
Morozevich-Ivanchuk, Nice blind 2008.}) 12... Nb8 (12... h6 13. axb5 axb5 14.
Rxa8 Bxa8 15. Bb3 Na5 16. Ba2 c5 17. Nf1 d5 18. exd5 Bxd5 19. Bxd5 Qxd5 20. Qe2
Nc6 $11 {Vysochin-Kobalia, Internet blitz 2003.}) 13. b4 {A flexible move on
the queenside.} c5 $146 (13... Nbd7 14. Nb3 Rb8 15. Be3 d5 16. Qb1 Bf8 17. axb5
axb5 18. Ra5 c5 (18... Nb6 $6 19. Rxb5 $1 dxe4 20. dxe4 Nc4 21. Bc1 c6 {
Black wins the exchange, but it doesn't help him.} 22. Rc5 $1 Bxc5 23. Nxc5 Bc8
24. Bb3 $16 {Kr.Georgiev-Flear, Saint Affrique 2005}) 19. bxc5 dxe4 20. dxe4
Nxc5 21. Bxc5 Bxc5 22. Rxb5 Bb6 23. Rxe5 Rxe5 24. Nxe5 Qc7 25. Nf3 Qxc3 {
and Black has some drawing chances.}) 14. bxc5 dxc5 15. Rb1 Bc6 16. Bb2 Nh5 ({
The natural} 16... Nbd7 {can be met by} 17. d4 $1 exd4 18. cxd4 cxd4 19. Nxd4
$14 {and White is slightly better.}) 17. g3 {Otherwise Nf4.} Bd7 (17... Nd7 {
was also possible, but Nakamura wanted to put his N on c6.}) 18. h4 Nc6 19. Bb3
(19. Nf1 {was also logical.}) 19... h6 {Black wants to avoid Ng5.} 20. Bd5 Rb8
21. Nb3 (21. axb5 axb5 22. Qb3 Qe7 23. Ra1 Nf6 24. Ra6 Rec8 25. Rea1 {with a
double-edged fight.}) 21... Qb6 22. axb5 axb5 23. Ba3 b4 24. Bb2 (24. cxb4 $6 {
is dubious, as} cxb4 25. Bb2 Nxg3) ({The engine suggests} 24. Nbd2 Ne7 (24...
Qa6 25. Bb2 bxc3 26. Bxc3 Qxd3 27. Rxb8 Rxb8 28. Re3 Qb5 29. Qa1 $44 {and
White has some compensation for the P.}) 25. Nc4 Qa7 26. cxb4 Nxd5 27. exd5 Bg4
{ect. typical moves by Mr. Houdini.}) 24... Bg4 (24... Nf6 {was an interesting
alternative. Black would like to remove the strong d5 B.} 25. Bc4 Bg4 26. Qe2 {
followed by Qe3 and still the position is unclear.}) 25. Nbd2 Ne7 26. Bc4 Nc6
27. Ra1 (27. Bd5 {is a repetition of moves, but Ivanchuk still wanted to
continue the fight.}) 27... Qc7 28. Qc2 Nf6 29. Rec1 bxc3 ({Maybe} 29... Rb6 {
was more accurate to keep the tension.}) 30. Bxc3 Nd4 ({In the event of} 30...
Nd7 31. Ra6 Nb6 32. Bb5 {and White has a comfortable position.}) 31. Nxd4 cxd4
32. Ba5 Qe7 33. Rcb1 Be6 34. Qa2 Bxc4 35. Nxc4 $14 {This position is slightly
better for White, because his B is much better than Black's one, and the black
central Ps are fixed on the dark squares. On the other hand it isn't so easy
to improve the position with White.} Ra8 36. Rb5 Nd7 37. Rab1 Reb8 38. Rd5
Rxb1+ 39. Qxb1 Rb8 40. Qa2 Qe6 (40... Nf8 41. Kg2 h5 {and Black tries to hold.}
) 41. Kg2 Qc6 42. Bd2 ({The computer immediately suggests the strong} 42. Rd6
$1 Qb7 43. Bb4 $1 Qb5 (43... Qxb4 44. Rxd7 $16) 44. Rd5 Qb7 45. Bd6 $16 {
and Black is in trouble.}) 42... Ra8 43. Qb1 h5 44. Rd6 Qa4 45. Qb7 Ra7 46. Qd5
Kh7 $1 {A very nice cool-blooded move.} 47. Qxf7 Nf6 48. Nb6 Qa3 49. Bc1 Rxf7
50. Bxa3 Ng4 51. f4 exf4 52. gxf4 Rxf4 53. Rd7 Rf2+ 54. Kg3 Kg8 55. Nc4 {
The position is completely drawn, probably White lost on time.} 0-1

[Event "Paris FIDE GP"]
[Site "Elancourt"]
[Date "2013.10.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "ChessBase Website"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2013.09.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]
[WhiteClock "2:00:00"]
[BlackClock "2:00:00"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} c6 {[%emt 0:
00:03]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 4. e3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} a6
{[%emt 0:00:24] The Chebanenko or ...a6 Slav continues to be very solid;
Ivanchuk obtained a good position from the opening although it would be hard
for either side to make progress because of the locked situation in the center.
} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:01:19]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 6. c5 {[%emt 0:00:46]} g6 {
[%emt 0:00:42]} 7. Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:55]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 8. f4 {[%emt 0:01:
29]} a5 {[%emt 0:01:47]} 9. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:39]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 10. O-O {
[%emt 0:01:48]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:01:17]} 11. Bf3 {[%emt 0:18:02]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:26:
20]} 12. Nd3 $146 {[%emt 0:02:38]} (12. h3 Nbd7 13. Bd2 Ne4 14. Bxe4 dxe4 15.
a4 b4 16. Ne2 Nf6 17. Ng3 Nd5 18. Nc4 h4 19. Nxf5 gxf5 20. Rc1 Bf6 21. Qe2 e6
22. Kh1 Ke7 23. Be1 Rag8 24. Rg1 Rg6 25. Bf2 Qa7 26. Nd6 Kf8 27. Nc8 Qb7 28.
Nd6 Qa8 29. Rcd1 Bd8 30. Qe1 Bc7 31. Rc1 Rgh6 32. Qe2 Ke7 33. Nc4 Kd7 34. Rc2
Rg8 35. Rgc1 Qb7 36. Qe1 Rgh8 37. Qe2 R6h7 38. Qe1 f6 39. Qf1 Rg8 40. Qe1 b3
41. Re2 Nb4 {Rozum,I (2473)-Malakhov,V (2709) Loo 2013 1/2-1/2}) 12... Nbd7 {
[%emt 0:05:45]} 13. Nf2 {[%emt 0:01:08]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 14. Bd2 {[%emt 0:
03:12]} Ke7 $5 {[%emt 0:04:03] Ivanchuk's 14...Ke7!? was bizarre but by no
means a bad move as it highlighted that the game was indeed not going to be
opened up any time soon. Actually, the game never opened up, and the players
agreed to a draw in a position where all the pawns had survived but none of
the minor pieces remained on the board.} 15. Be1 {[%emt 0:09:05]} a4 {[%emt 0:
03:58]} 16. Nd3 {[%emt 0:32:21]} Ng4 {[%emt 0:02:29]} 17. Bxg4 {[%emt 0:02:25]}
Bxd3 {[%emt 0:04:26]} 18. Be2 {[%emt 0:07:03]} Bxe2 {[%emt 0:08:20]} 19. Nxe2 {
[%emt 0:01:58]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:03:00]} 20. Bh4 {[%emt 0:04:16]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:00:
07]} 21. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:01:24]} Nxf6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 22. Nc1 {[%emt 0:00:02]}
Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 23. Nd3 {[%emt 0:01:28]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 24. Nf2 {
[%emt 0:00:43]} Nxf2 {[%emt 0:01:32]} 25. Rxf2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:
03]} 26. h4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 27. g3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Ra6 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} 28. Qe1 {[%emt 0:00:41]} Rha8 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 29. Rc1 {
[%emt 0:00:11]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 30. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:00:
12]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris FIDE GP"]
[Site "Elancourt"]
[Date "2013.10.03"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[Annotator "ChessBase Website"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2013.09.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]
[WhiteClock "2:00:00"]
[BlackClock "2:00:00"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Nf6 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} 3. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:04:15]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 4. Nf3 {[%emt 0:
00:06]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 5. d4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 6. Bd3
{[%emt 0:00:04]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:
02]} 8. c4 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Nb4 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 9. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} O-O {
[%emt 0:00:25]} 10. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 11. a3 {[%emt 0:
00:06]} Nxc3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 12. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:02]}
13. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 14. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qxd5 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} 15. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Rac8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 16. Qc1 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:07:35]} 17. Qb2 $146 {[%emt 0:21:54]} (17. Bb5 Bd6
18. Ne5 Bxe5 19. Bxe5 a6 20. Qg5 Bg6 21. Bxc6 Qxc6 22. Qg3 f6 23. Bf4 Qc4 24.
h3 c5 25. Be3 b6 26. Rac1 Qb5 27. d5 Qb3 28. d6 Rcd8 29. Bf4 Qxa3 30. Ra1 Rxe1+
31. Rxe1 Qb3 32. Qf3 Re8 33. Ra1 a5 34. Qc6 Qxc3 35. Rc1 Qd3 36. Qxb6 c4 37.
Qc7 Bf5 38. Qxa5 h6 39. Qc5 Rc8 {1/2-1/2 (39) Lang,M (2456)-Eilmes,D (2349)
ICCF email 2006}) 17... Bd6 {[%emt 0:01:15]} 18. Bxd6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} cxd6 {
[%emt 0:01:01]} 19. Bb5 {[%emt 0:03:31]} d5 {[%emt 0:38:03]} 20. Ne5 {[%emt 0:
07:08]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 21. Qd2 {[%emt 0:02:50]} f6 {[%emt 0:04:22]} 22.
Nxc6 {[%emt 0:00:21]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 23. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bxd3 {
[%emt 0:02:23]} 24. Qxd3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 25. h3 {[%emt 0:
00:15]} g6 {[%emt 0:03:16] The Petroff landed the players in a truly
symmetrical position that was very much dead drawn from move 25.} 26. Rab1 {
[%emt 0:01:51]} Rxe1+ {[%emt 0:00:22]} 27. Rxe1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Re8 {[%emt 0:
00:17]} 28. Re2 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Rxe2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 29. Qxe2 {[%emt 0:00:02]
} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 30. Qa6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} g5 {[%emt 0:01:15]} 31. Qd3 {
[%emt 0:00:18]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 32. Qa6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:
04]} 33. Qd3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris FIDE GP"]
[Site "Elancourt"]
[Date "2013.10.04"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "ChessBase Website"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2013.09.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]
[WhiteClock "2:00:00"]
[BlackClock "2:00:00"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} c6 {[%emt 0:
00:04]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 4. e3 {[%emt 0:00:25]} a6
{[%emt 0:00:05]} 5. Bd3 {[%emt 0:06:21]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 6. Qb3 {[%emt 0:
00:17]} Bxf3 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 7. gxf3 {[%emt 0:01:03]} Ra7 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 8.
Nc3 {[%emt 0:11:45] Tomashevsky avoided the ...a6 Slav by playing without Nc3,
a common way of dealing with this set-up as it has been proven that the knight
doesn't necessarily want to be in that square too quickly in those kinds of
systems. He was able to win a pawn with a long but well calculated combination
but surprisingly his advantage was not so strong as his extra pawn was very
difficult to convert in a queen endgame. To Tomashevsky's credit he tried very
hard but it was simply impossible to win with his weak king position that
ultimately allowed Ivanchuk to force a perpetual.} e6 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 9. Bd2 {
[%emt 0:01:34]} Be7 {[%emt 0:06:35]} 10. c5 $146 {[%emt 0:08:39]} (10. f4 dxc4
11. Bxc4 b5 12. Be2 Nbd7 13. Qc2 c5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. b4 Ncd7 16. a4 Bxb4 17.
axb5 a5 18. Na4 Nd5 19. O-O O-O 20. Bf3 Rc7 21. Qd3 Nc5 22. Nxc5 Rxc5 23. Rfc1
Nc3 24. Qxd8 Rxd8 25. Bxc3 Rxc3 26. Rxc3 Bxc3 27. Rc1 Bb4 28. b6 Kf8 29. b7 Bd6
30. Rc6 Ke7 31. Ra6 Bc7 32. Kg2 g6 33. Ra8 h6 34. Rc8 Bb8 35. Bc6 g5 36. fxg5
hxg5 37. e4 f5 38. Kf3 Be5 39. exf5 exf5 {Mena Crespo,C (2353)-Arias,L (2406)
Havana 2009 1/2-1/2}) 10... e5 {[%emt 0:03:07]} 11. dxe5 {[%emt 0:01:07]} Nfd7
{[%emt 0:00:02]} 12. f4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Nxc5 {[%emt 0:01:01]} 13. Qc2 {
[%emt 0:00:08]} Nxd3+ {[%emt 0:08:07]} 14. Qxd3 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:
00:39]} 15. O-O-O {[%emt 0:05:07]} O-O {[%emt 0:02:25]} 16. Rhg1 {[%emt 0:12:
40]} f5 {[%emt 0:12:45]} 17. Nxd5 {[%emt 0:18:45]} cxd5 {[%emt 0:01:34]} 18.
Qxd5+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 19. Bc3 {[%emt 0:00:36]} b5 {
[%emt 0:02:31]} 20. Qg2 {[%emt 0:12:04]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 21. e6+ {[%emt 0:
01:41]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 22. Bxf6+ {[%emt 0:07:13]} Rxf6 {[%emt 0:00:38]}
23. exd7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rxd7 {[%emt 0:13:45]} 24. Qf3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Kg7 {
[%emt 0:00:29]} 25. Rxd7+ {[%emt 0:02:52]} Qxd7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 26. Rd1 {
[%emt 0:00:34]} Rc6+ {[%emt 0:02:31]} 27. Kb1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rd6 {[%emt 0:00:
04]} 28. Rxd6 {[%emt 0:03:44]} Qxd6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 29. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:23]}
a5 {[%emt 0:03:41]} 30. a3 {[%emt 0:03:29]} Qd5 {[%emt 0:01:30]} 31. f3 {
[%emt 0:00:49]} a4 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 32. e4 {[%emt 0:03:50]} Qb3 {[%emt 0:00:13]
} 33. exf5 {[%emt 0:08:33]} gxf5 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 34. Qe7+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} Kg8
{[%emt 0:00:11]} 35. Qe8+ {[%emt 0:00:41]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 36. Qe7+ {
[%emt 0:00:03]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 37. Qg5+ {[%emt 0:01:21]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:00:
05]} 38. Qf6+ {[%emt 0:01:32]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 39. Qxf5 {[%emt 0:00:39]}
Qd1+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} 40. Ka2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qb3+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Ka1 {
[%emt 0:00:10]} Qd1+ {[%emt 0:01:03]} 42. Ka2 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Qb3+ {[%emt 0:
00:12]} 43. Ka1 {[%emt 0:03:48]} Qd1+ {[%emt 0:00:22]} 44. Qb1 {[%emt 0:01:02]}
Qxf3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 45. Qg1+ {[%emt 0:00:09]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:01:22]} 46. Qa7+ {
[%emt 0:02:09]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 47. Qb6+ {[%emt 0:07:34]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:01:
05]} 48. Qc7+ {[%emt 0:07:38]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 49. Qb6+ {[%emt 0:02:40]}
Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 50. Qc7+ {[%emt 0:16:34]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:01:57]} 51. Qd6+ {
[%emt 0:00:03]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 52. Qd7+ {[%emt 0:02:58]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:01:
40]} 53. Qxh7 {[%emt 0:00:55]} Qh1+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} 54. Ka2 {[%emt 0:00:12]}
Qd5+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} 55. Ka1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Qh1+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} 56. Qb1 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} Qxh2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 57. Qe4 {[%emt 0:07:54]} Qh5 {[%emt 0:10:
06]} 58. Qd4+ {[%emt 0:03:18]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 59. Qe4+ {[%emt 0:00:47]}
Kf6 {[%emt 0:01:32]} 60. Qd4+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 61. Qe3+ {
[%emt 0:09:14]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 62. Qc3+ {[%emt 0:00:52]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:
09]} 63. Qc8+ {[%emt 0:03:10]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 64. Kb1 {[%emt 0:03:40]}
Qd1+ {[%emt 0:07:32]} 65. Qc1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Qd3+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} 66. Qc2 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} Qf1+ {[%emt 0:00:11]} 67. Ka2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qxf4 {[%emt 0:
00:05]} 68. Qc6+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 69. Qxb5 {[%emt 0:00:04]
} Qe4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 70. Qb4 {[%emt 0:00:59]} Qd5+ {[%emt 0:00:14]} 71. Ka1 {
[%emt 0:00:23]} Qh1+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} 72. Ka2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qd5+ {[%emt 0:
00:06]} 73. Ka1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qh1+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap d'Agde Karpov playoff 2nd"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2013.10.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Muzychuk, Mariya"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2013.10.25"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Qd2 Bb4 8. f3
d5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. O-O-O Qa5 11. Bd4 O-O 12. Qg5 Ne8 13. a3 Bd6 14. Bd3 c5 15.
Bf2 c4 16. Be2 Rb8 17. Bd4 f6 18. Qd2 Rxb2 19. Nxd5 Qxd2+ 20. Rxd2 Rb7 21. Nb6
Bxa3+ 1-0

[Event "Cap d'Agde Karpov playoff 2nd"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2013.10.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2013.10.25"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Be3 Bd6
8. Bd3 O-O 9. Qe2 b6 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Be7 13. Kb1 Nd5 14. Bg3
Nb4 15. Bc4 Bd5 16. Rhe1 b5 17. Bxb5 Bxa2+ 18. Kc1 c6 19. Bc4 Qa5 20. Ne5 Bg5+
21. f4 Bf6 22. c3 Bxc4 23. Nxc4 Qa1+ 24. Kd2 Qa2 25. cxb4 Rad8 26. Ke3 Qb3+ 27.
Kf2 Bxd4+ 28. Kf1 Qxb4 29. Bf2 c5 30. g3 Rd5 31. Bxd4 cxd4 32. Ne5 Rc8 33. Nxf7
Rc6 34. Ne5 Rb6 35. Rc1 d3 36. Nxd3 Qd4 37. Rc3 a5 38. Qe4 1-0

[Event "Cap d'Agde Karpov playoff 2nd"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2013.10.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Muzychuk, Mariya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2013.10.25"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. g3 e5 6. Nb5 Bb4+ 7. N1c3 d6 8.
a3 Bxc3+ 9. Nxc3 Be6 10. e4 O-O 11. h3 Rc8 12. Be3 b6 13. Rc1 Qe7 14. b3 Nd7
15. Bg2 Nc5 16. b4 Nb7 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. cxd5 Nb8 19. O-O Qd7 20. Qg4 Qxg4 21.
hxg4 f6 22. g5 fxg5 23. Bh3 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Nd8 25. Rc7 a5 26. Bxb6 axb4 27. axb4
Na6 28. Rc4 Nb7 29. Be6+ Kh8 30. Rc8 Rxc8 31. Bxc8 1-0

[Event "Cap d'Agde Karpov playoff 2nd"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2013.10.31"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2013.10.25"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 e5 5. e4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Ne7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
Nbc6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Be3 c5 11. Qd2 Nc6 12. b3 Nd4 13. Bd3 a5 14. Rae1 Re8 15.
Ne2 Nxe2+ 16. Rxe2 a4 17. b4 cxb4 18. Qxb4 c5 19. Qd2 Rb8 20. Rd1 Rb2 21. Qc1
a3 22. Red2 Bb7 23. Bb1 Re6 24. Bf4 Bd4 25. Rxd4 cxd4 26. Rxd4 Qb6 0-1

[Event "Cap d'Agde Karpov qual 2nd"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2013.10.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2013.10.25"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nbd2 Bf5 6. Nh4 Be6 7. b3 Nbd7 8. Bb2
g5 9. Nhf3 g4 10. Nh4 Bh6 11. Qc2 Bg5 12. Nf5 Bxf5 13. Qxf5 Rg8 14. h4 e6 15.
Qc2 Bh6 16. g3 Bf8 17. Bd3 Bb4 18. a3 Bxd2+ 19. Kxd2 h5 20. Rhe1 Qc7 21. Rad1
O-O-O 22. Kc1 Nf8 23. Kb1 Ng6 24. Rc1 Kb8 25. Re2 Qd7 26. b4 Ne7 27. c5 Kc7 28.
a4 Ra8 29. Ka2 Kd8 30. Bc3 Nf5 31. Kb2 Ke7 32. b5 axb5 33. axb5 Rgb8 34. Bb4
Kf8 35. Ree1 Kg8 36. b6 Re8 37. Ra1 Rab8 38. Bc3 Red8 39. Ra7 Re8 40. Ra4 Kh7
41. e4 dxe4 42. Bxe4 Nxe4 43. Qxe4 f6 44. Bd2 Qd5 45. Bf4 Ra8 46. Qxd5 exd5 47.
Rxe8 Rxe8 48. Ra7 Re7 49. Kc3 Kg6 50. Bc7 Re4 51. Rxb7 Nxd4 52. Bf4 Ne6 53. Bd6
Nxc5 54. Bxc5 Rc4+ 55. Kd3 Rxc5 56. Rc7 Rc4 57. b7 Rb4 58. Kc3 Rb5 59. Kd4 Kf5
60. Re7 Kg6 61. Rc7 Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap d'Agde Karpov qual 2nd"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2013.10.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zhao, Xue"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2013.10.25"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 e5 3. Nc3 exd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. g3 Nc6 6. Qd2 g6 7. b3 Bg7 8. Bb2
O-O 9. Nh3 a6 10. Bg2 Rb8 11. O-O b5 12. Ng5 Ne5 13. c5 h6 14. Nge4 dxc5 15.
Rfd1 Qxd2 16. Rxd2 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 c4 18. f4 Ng4 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Rc1 Bb7 21.
Nc5 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Rfd8 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. h3 Nf6 25. bxc4 Rd2 26. Nxa6 bxc4 27.
a4 Rxe2+ 28. Kf3 Ra2 29. Rxc4 Ra3+ 30. Kf2 Ra2+ 31. Kf3 Ra3+ 32. Kf2 Ra2+ 33.
Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap d'Agde Karpov qual 2nd"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2013.10.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Muzychuk, Mariya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2013.10.25"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. d3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8.
Qd2 Nc6 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Bh6 c5 11. b3 Bb7 12. f3 a5 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Nh3 a4
15. Rc1 Qd7 16. Nf2 axb3 17. axb3 Qe6 18. Nce4 Nd7 19. O-O Bxe4 20. Nxe4 Qxb3
21. Nxc5 Nxc5 22. Rxc5 Qb6 23. Rfc1 Ra7 24. Kf1 f6 25. Qc3 Rc8 26. Rc6 Qe3 27.
Qc4 Ra5 28. f4 Kf8 29. Qb4 Rh5 30. Qe4 Qxe4 31. dxe4 Rxh2 32. R1c2 Rh1+ 33. Kg2
Ra1 34. Rxc7 Rxc7 35. Rxc7 h5 36. Rc8+ Kf7 37. Rh8 Kg7 38. Re8 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap d'Agde Karpov qual 2nd"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2013.10.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sebag, Marie"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2013.10.25"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Bg4 11. Bc2 Ne6 12. Re1 Bc5 13. Nf1 O-O 14. h3 Bh5 15.
Ng3 Bg6 16. Nf5 Qd7 17. a4 b4 18. a5 f6 19. exf6 Rxf6 20. N3h4 Raf8 21. Qe2
bxc3 22. bxc3 Bxf5 23. Bxf5 Ncd8 24. Be3 Bxe3 25. fxe3 Qc6 26. e4 Qxc3 27. exd5
Nf4 28. Qg4 Nxd5 29. Bxh7+ Kxh7 30. Qe4+ Kh8 31. Qxd5 Qg3 32. Re4 Nc6 33. Rg4
Qe3+ 34. Kh2 Qe5+ 35. Qxe5 Nxe5 36. Rg5 Nf7 37. Rc5 c6 38. Rb1 Rd8 39. Rb6 Rd5
40. Rcxc6 Rxc6 41. Rxc6 Rxa5 42. Rc7 Kg8 43. Ra7 Nd6 44. g4 Ra2+ 45. Kg3 Ra3+
46. Kg2 Ra2+ 47. Kg3 Ra3+ 48. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap d'Agde Karpov qual 2nd"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2013.10.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Maisuradze, Nino"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2302"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2013.10.25"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e3 f5 6. Nge2 Nf6 7. d3 O-O 8. O-O
d6 9. b3 Be6 10. Nd5 Rb8 11. Bb2 Ne7 12. e4 c6 13. Ne3 Nh5 14. exf5 Nxf5 15.
Nxf5 Bxf5 16. Qd2 Qd7 17. Rae1 Bh3 18. Bxh3 Qxh3 19. f4 Bh6 20. Qc3 Nf6 21. Rf2
Ng4 22. Rg2 Ne3 23. Rf2 Ng4 24. Rg2 Ne3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap d'Agde Karpov qual 2nd"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2013.10.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2013.10.25"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nh4 Nbd7 10. Nxf5 exf5 11. f3 Qb6 12. Kh1 Rad8 13. a5 Bxa5 14. Qa4 Bb4
15. Qxa7 Qc7 16. Bd3 Nb6 17. Qa2 f4 18. Qb3 Be7 19. Ne4 Nfd5 20. exf4 Nb4 21.
f5 Rxd4 22. Be2 N6d5 23. Bd2 Nf4 24. Bc4 b5 25. Bxb4 Rxc4 26. Bxe7 Qxe7 27.
Rac1 Nd5 28. Rfe1 Rxc1 29. Rxc1 Qd7 30. Qc2 Rc8 31. Nc5 Qd6 32. Qe4 Nf6 33. Qd3
Qe5 34. b3 h5 35. Nd7 Qf4 36. Nxf6+ gxf6 37. Re1 h4 38. h3 Ra8 39. Qe4 Qg3 40.
Rc1 Ra2 41. Qg4+ Kh7 42. Qxg3 hxg3 43. Kg1 Kg7 44. Kf1 Rf2+ 45. Kg1 Rb2 46. Kf1
Rxb3 47. Rxc6 Rb1+ 48. Ke2 Rb2+ 49. Ke3 Rxg2 50. Kf4 Rg1 51. Rb6 g2 52. Kg3 Rc1
53. Kxg2 Rc5 54. f4 Rxf5 55. Kf3 Rc5 56. Kg4 Rd5 57. Rb8 Kg6 58. Rg8+ Kh7 59.
Rb8 Kg7 60. h4 f5+ 61. Kg5 Rc5 62. Rb7 Rc1 63. Rxb5 Rg1+ 64. Kxf5 Rh1 65. Kg4
Rg1+ 66. Kf3 Kf6 67. h5 Rh1 68. Ra5 Rh2 69. Kg4 Rg2+ 70. Kf3 Rh2 71. Kg4 Rg2+
72. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap d'Agde Karpov qual 2nd"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2013.10.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2013.10.25"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. O-O b6 13. Rfe1 Bb7 14. a4
Rc8 15. Bd3 a5 16. Qb2 Qe7 17. Nd2 h6 18. h3 Rc7 19. Rac1 Rfc8 20. Rxc7 Rxc7
21. e5 Qd8 22. Be4 Qc8 23. Qa3 Nf8 24. Rb1 Bxe4 25. Nxe4 Qa6 26. Rb5 Qb7 27.
Qd3 Rc1+ 28. Kh2 Ng6 29. d5 Re1 30. Nd6 Qe7 31. Rxb6 Rxe5 32. dxe6 Rxe6 33.
Rb8+ Kh7 34. Nb5 Re2 35. Rb7 Qe5+ 36. Qg3 Rxf2 37. Nd6 Rd2 38. Nxf7 Qxg3+ 39.
Kxg3 Kg8 40. Ra7 Rd5 41. Kg4 Kf8 42. h4 Rd4+ 43. Kg3 Nxh4 44. Ne5 Nf5+ 45. Kh2
Rh4+ 46. Kg1 Kg8 47. Rxa5 Nd4 48. Rd5 Ne2+ 49. Kf2 Nc3 50. Rd8+ Kh7 51. a5 Rf4+
52. Kg3 g5 53. Rd3 Ne2+ 54. Kh2 Rh4+ 55. Rh3 Ra4 56. Nc6 Kg7 57. Re3 Rh4+ 58.
Rh3 Ra4 59. Re3 Rh4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap d'Agde Karpov qual 2nd"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2013.10.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2013.10.25"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 ({Früher war} 3... Qa5 {obligatorisch}) 4. d4
c6 5. Nf3 ({Andere Partien von Karpov:} 5. Ne4 Qe6 6. Qe2 Nf6 7. f3 g6 8. g3
Nd5 9. c4 Nb4 10. a3 N4a6 11. d5 cxd5 12. cxd5 Qb6 13. Be3 Qd8 14. Bd4 f6 15.
Nxf6+ Kf7 16. Ne4 Rg8 17. Bh3 h6 18. Bxc8 Qxc8 19. f4 Nc7 20. Rc1 Qd8 21. Nf3
Bg7 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Nc5 Nba6 24. Nxa6 Nxa6 25. Qe5+ Kh7 26. h4 Rf8 27. Ng5+
hxg5 28. hxg5+ Kg8 29. Qe6+ Kg7 30. Rh6 Qd6 31. Rxg6+ Kh7 32. Rh6+ Kg7 33. Qe4
{1-0 (33) Karjakin,S (2782)-Karpov,A (2619) Kiev 2013}) (5. Bc4 Nf6 6. Nge2 Be6
7. Bf4 Qd7 8. Bb3 g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. Be5 O-O 11. Nf4 Bxb3 12. axb3 Qd8 13. Qe2
Nbd7 14. Rfd1 e6 15. Nd3 Qe7 16. h3 a6 17. Na4 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Nd7 19. Qe3 Rfd8
20. Nc3 c5 21. f4 b5 22. Nf2 f6 23. exf6 Bxf6 24. Qf3 b4 25. Na4 c4 26. bxc4
Nc5 27. Nxc5 Qxc5 28. Qe4 Bxb2 29. Rab1 Bd4 30. Rd2 a5 31. Qxe6+ Kg7 32. Kh2
Bxf2 33. Rxf2 Qxf2 34. Qe7+ {1/2-1/2 (34) Topalov,V (2784)-Karpov,A (2619)
Kiev 2013}) (5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Bf5 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. O-O e6 9. Nh4 Bg6 10. Bf4 Qb4
11. a3 Qb6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Qd3 Be7 14. b4 O-O 15. Na4 Qd8 16. c4 a5 17. b5
cxb5 18. cxb5 Nb6 19. Nxb6 Qxb6 20. Rfc1 Rac8 21. a4 Bb4 22. Rc4 Nd5 23. Bg5
Rxc4 24. Qxc4 Qd6 25. Bxd5 exd5 26. Qc2 Qd7 27. Rc1 Ba3 28. Re1 Bb4 29. Rc1 Ba3
30. Re1 Bb4 31. Rc1 {1/2-1/2 (31) Leko,P (2737)-Karpov,A (2619) Kiev 2013})
5... Bg4 6. h3 (6. Bd3 Nf6 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Qxd4 9. Be3 Qb4 10. Bd2 Qb6 11.
O-O-O Nbd7 12. Rhe1 e6 13. g4 Be7 14. g5 Nd5 15. g6 hxg6 16. Bxg6 O-O 17. Be4
N7f6 18. Rg1 Rfd8 19. Nxd5 cxd5 20. Bd3 Ne8 21. Bc3 Kf8 22. Rg4 Bf6 23. Bb4+
Nd6 24. Ba3 a5 25. Rdg1 Qc7 26. Rf4 Be5 27. Rh4 Rac8 28. Rh8+ Ke7 29. Rxd8 Rxd8
30. Re1 f6 31. Qg4 g5 32. h4 Bf4+ 33. Kb1 e5 34. hxg5 fxg5 35. Rh1 Rf8 36. Rh7+
Rf7 37. Rh6 Rf6 38. Rh8 e4 39. Bb5 Rf7 40. Re8+ Kf6 41. Re6+ Kg7 42. Qh5 Qd8
43. Qg6+ Kf8 44. Rxd6 {1-0 (44) Areshchenko,A (2708)-Karpov,A (2619) Kiev 2013}
) 6... Bxf3 (6... Bh5 7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5 {ist gut für Weiß.}) 7. Qxf3 Qxd4 {
Das trauen sich nur wenige.} ({Häufiger geschieht} 7... Nf6 8. Be3) 8. Bf4 (8.
Be3 Qd8 9. Rd1 Nd7 10. Bc4 {mit riesigem weißen Entwicklungsvorsprung.}) 8...
e5 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Rd1 Qb6 11. Bc4 {Weiß steht schon auf Gewinn, meint Houdini.
} (11. Qg4 Qc7 12. Bxe7 Nxe7 13. Qxg7 Rg8 14. Qxh7 Nd7 15. Bc4 O-O-O 16. Qxf7
Nc5 17. Rxd8+ Qxd8 18. O-O Rf8 19. Rd1 Nd5 20. Qg7 Rg8 21. Qxe5 Nd7 22. Qd4 {
1-0 (22) Ristic,N (2432)-Milanovic,D (2487) Banja Koviljaca 2013}) 11... Nf6
12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Qf5 ({Genauer war} 13. Qg4 {Nach} Na6 14. O-O Nc5 {geht nun}
15. b4 Na6 {und nach} (15... Qxb4 16. Bxf7+ $18) 16. Qh5 (16. Ne4 $18) 16...
Rf8 17. Qf5 {ist Schwarz wehrlos gegen die vielen weißen Drohungen.} Rd8 18.
Rxd8+ Qxd8 19. Rd1 Qc7 20. Nb5 $18) ({Möglich war auch} 13. Qh5 Rf8 14. Qf5
Qc7 15. O-O Nd7 16. Rd2 Nb6 17. Bb3 a5 18. a3 Rd8 19. Rxd8+ Qxd8 20. Rd1 Qc8
21. Qxh7 $18) 13... Na6 14. O-O Nc5 15. b3 (15. Rfe1 $5 {mit der Idee} Qxb2 16.
Rxe5 {und falls} Qxc3 {so} 17. Rxe7+ Kxe7 18. Qxc5+ Ke8 19. Bxf7+ $18) 15... h5
16. a3 (16. Rfe1 {mit der Idee Txe5 war immer noch stark.}) 16... Qa5 17. Nb1 {
Sieht etwas seltsam aus, aber Weiß steht immer noch klar besser.} ({Nichts
taugt nun} 17. b4 Qxa3 18. bxc5 Qxc3 19. Qd7+ Kf8 20. Qxb7 Kg7 $11) 17... b5
18. Be2 {Dieser Zug ist aber zu passiv.} ({Gut war} 18. b4 Qc7 19. bxc5 bxc4
20. Nd2 Qd7 21. Qf3 Qe6 22. Ne4 h4 23. Nd6+ Kf8 24. Qxc6 Rd8 25. f4 $16) 18...
Ne6 {Die Felder d4 und f4 leuchten. Plötzlich ist riesige weiße Vorteil
völlig verpufft.} 19. Bxh5 Kf8 {Mit einer kleinen Drohung, die Ivanschuk
übersieht...} (19... Ng7 20. Qd7+) 20. c3 Ng7 0-1

[Event "Cap d'Agde Karpov qual 2nd"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2013.10.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Zhao, Xue"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2013.10.25"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Nd2 h6 4. Bh4 d5 5. e3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Rb1 Bd7
9. Bd3 Bd6 10. Nh3 Ne7 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. Nf2 O-O-O 13. a3 Rdg8 14. Nf3 Kb8 15.
Rf1 c4 16. Bc2 Nf5 17. Bxf5 exf5 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. g3 Re8 20. Kd2 Re7 21. Qd1
h5 22. Nh4 Ka8 23. Qc2 Qc8 24. Rfe1 Be6 25. Ke2 Rc7 26. Kf3 Qd7 27. Kg2 Rc6 28.
Nh3 Rhc8 29. Qd1 Rh8 30. Ng1 Rb6 31. Ngf3 Ra6 32. Nd2 Qc8 33. Ra1 Rc6 34. Qc2
Qd7 35. Rec1 Qc8 36. Kf2 Qd7 37. a4 Ra6 38. Qd1 Rb6 39. Ra2 Ra6 40. Rca1 Qc8
41. Qc2 Qd7 42. Qd1 Qc8 43. Qc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap d'Agde Karpov qual 2nd"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2013.10.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Muzychuk, Mariya"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2013.10.25"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 Nfd7 8. g5
b5 9. a3 Bb7 10. Be3 Nb6 11. f4 N8d7 12. f5 e5 13. Nb3 Na4 14. Nxa4 Bxe4 15.
Nc3 Bxh1 16. Qd2 Rc8 17. O-O-O Bf3 18. Re1 Be7 19. h4 O-O 20. f6 gxf6 21. Bd3
d5 22. gxf6 Bxf6 23. Bh6 e4 24. Nxd5 exd3 25. Ne7+ Qxe7 26. Rxe7 Rxc2+ 27. Qxc2
dxc2 28. Rxd7 Rd8 29. Rxd8+ Bxd8 30. Kxc2 Bxh4 31. Nc5 a5 32. Nb3 Be4+ 33. Kd2
Bf6 34. Ke3 Bd5 35. Nd4 b4 36. axb4 axb4 37. b3 Be7 38. Kd3 f6 39. Bd2 h5 40.
Nf5 Bf8 41. Nd4 h4 42. Bf4 h3 43. Ke2 Bc5 44. Kd3 Kf7 45. Bh2 Kg6 46. Ne2 Kf5
47. Nf4 Be4+ 0-1

[Event "Cap d'Agde Karpov qual 2nd"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2013.10.30"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Sebag, Marie"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2013.10.25"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nb5 Bb8 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Bd2 a6 14. Bc3 Bxc3
15. Nxc3 d4 16. Ne4 Ng4 17. exd4 Qxd4 18. Rad1 Qe5 19. Ng3 Nf6 20. Rfe1 Qa5 21.
Ne4 Nxe4 22. Bxe4 h6 23. a3 Bg4 24. f3 Be6 25. Qf2 Rab8 26. f4 Rfd8 27. h3 b5
28. f5 Bb3 29. Rc1 b4 30. Rc5 Qb6 31. Rec1 bxa3 32. bxa3 Qf6 33. Rc6 Qe5 34.
Bf3 Qxf5 35. Rxa6 Bd5 36. Bxd5 Qxf2+ 37. Kxf2 Rxd5 38. Rc2 Rdb5 39. a4 Rb2 40.
Rac6 R8b3 41. a5 Rxc2+ 42. Rxc2 Ra3 43. Rc8+ Kh7 44. Rc5 g5 45. Ke2 Kg6 46.
Rc6+ f6 47. a6 h5 48. Kf2 h4 49. Rb6 Kf5 50. Rc6 Kg6 51. Rb6 Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap d'Agde Karpov qual 2nd"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2013.10.30"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Maisuradze, Nino"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2302"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2013.10.25"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 e5 3. Nf3 e4 4. Ng5 f5 5. g3 Be7 6. h4 Nf6 7. Nc3 c6 8. Bg2 O-O
9. Qb3 Kh8 10. Bd2 Na6 11. O-O-O Nc7 12. f3 d5 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Bf4 Bd6 15.
Be5 Qe7 16. fxe4 fxe4 17. Bf4 b5 18. e3 b4 19. Na4 Ng4 20. Rd2 Ba6 21. Bf1 Bxf4
22. gxf4 Bc4 23. Bxc4 dxc4 24. Qxc4 Nxe3 25. Qc5 Qd7 26. Qxb4 Rab8 27. Nc5 Qd5
28. Qa4 Rxf4 29. Qxa7 Qc4+ 30. Kb1 Rf1+ 0-1

[Event "Cap d'Agde Karpov qual 2nd"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2013.10.31"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2013.10.25"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Be3 Bd6
8. Bd3 O-O 9. Qe2 b6 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Be7 13. Kb1 Nd5 14. Bg3
Nb4 15. Bc4 Bd5 16. Ne5 Bd6 17. Rhe1 Qc8 18. f4 Bxc4 19. Nxc4 Qd7 20. a3 Nd5
21. Qf3 f5 22. Re2 b5 23. Nd2 a5 24. Rde1 Rfe8 25. Nb3 c6 26. Nc5 Bxc5 27. dxc5
Nf6 28. Re3 Qd5 29. Qxd5 exd5 30. Rxe8+ Rxe8 31. Rxe8+ Nxe8 32. a4 b4 33. Bh4
Nc7 34. Bd8 Na6 35. Bb6 Kf7 36. c3 bxc3 37. bxc3 Ke6 38. Kc2 g6 39. Kd3 Kd7 40.
Kd4 Ke6 41. Bxa5 h5 42. Bb6 Nb8 43. Ke3 Na6 44. Kf3 Nb8 45. Kg3 Na6 46. Kh4 Kf6
47. a5 Nb8 48. Bc7 Na6 49. Bd6 Kf7 50. Kg5 Kg7 51. h4 Kf7 52. Kh6 Kf6 53. Kh7
Kf7 54. g3 d4 55. cxd4 Nb4 56. Be5 Na6 57. d5 cxd5 58. c6 d4 1-0

[Event "Cap d'Agde Karpov qual 2nd"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2013.10.31"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2013.10.25"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Bf5 6. Nh4 Bc8 7. Nf3 Bf5 8. Bf4
Nbd7 9. e3 e6 10. Be2 Ne4 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. O-O Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Be7 14. h3 O-O
15. b4 Qc8 16. a4 Bd8 17. b5 axb5 18. axb5 Rxa1 19. Qxa1 Bc7 20. b6 Bb8 21.
Bxb8 Qxb8 22. Qc3 e5 23. Ra1 f5 24. g3 e4 25. Be2 g5 26. Ra7 Nf6 27. Kf1 Kh8
28. Ke1 Rg8 29. Kd2 f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap d'Agde Karpov playoff2 2nd"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2013.10.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Muzychuk, Mariya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2013.10.31"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. Ne2 e5 6. Nbc3 Nge7 7. a3 O-O 8. Rb1
a5 9. d3 d6 10. O-O Be6 11. Nd5 Rb8 12. Nec3 f5 13. Bd2 Bf7 14. b4 axb4 15.
axb4 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 cxb4 17. Nxb4 Nxb4 18. Rxb4 d5 19. c5 Qc7 20. d4 b6 21. Rxb6
Rxb6 22. Ba5 Qc6 23. Bxb6 exd4 24. exd4 Ra8 25. Qd2 Ra4 26. Rd1 Bxd4 27. Qxd4
Rxd4 28. Rxd4 Kg7 29. h4 Kf6 30. Rd2 h6 31. f4 Qb5 32. Kh2 Qc4 33. Bd8+ Kg7 34.
Bb6 Kf6 35. Bd8+ Kg7 36. Bb6 Qc3 37. Rxd5 Bxd5 38. Bxd5 Qb2+ 39. Bg2 Qb5 40.
Ba7 Qa5 41. Bb6 Qb5 42. Ba7 Qa5 43. Bb6 Qb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap d'Agde Karpov playoff2 2nd"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2013.10.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Muzychuk, Mariya"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2013.10.31"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Nxc6 dxc6 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. e5 Ne4 10. a3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 b6 12. h4 Ba6 13. Rh3 Kc7 14. Be3
Nxc3 15. Bd3 Rad8 16. Bc2 Bxc4 17. Bg5 Nb5 18. Bxd8+ Rxd8 19. Bxh7 g6 20. h5
gxh5 21. Rxh5 Nd4 22. Be4 Bd5 23. Bd3 Bxg2 24. Rh7 Nf3+ 25. Ke2 Nxe5 26. Bc2
Rd4 27. Ke3 Rc4 28. Bd3 Rc3 29. Kd4 Rxd3+ 30. Kxe5 Rd5+ 31. Kf6 Rf5+ 32. Ke7
Rxf2 33. Rd1 Bd5 34. Rg1 c5 35. Rg8 e5 36. Rhh8 Kb7 37. Kd6 Be6 38. Rb8+ Ka6
39. Kxe5 Rf3 40. a4 Ra3 41. Rh4 c4 42. Kd6 Rxa4 43. Kc6 Ra5 44. Rd8 Rc5+ 45.
Kd6 Rd5+ 0-1

[Event "Cap d'Agde Karpov KO 2nd"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2013.11.01"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2013.11.01"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. b3 Bf5 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8. Qxd3
e6 9. O-O Be7 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nbd7 12. Bf4 O-O 13. Rfd1 Qa5 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6
15. Bd6 Rfd8 16. c5 Nf8 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Ng6 19. Qe4 Rac8 20. h4 Rd7 21.
h5 Ne7 22. h6 gxh6 23. Bxe7 Rxe7 24. Rd3 Qc7 25. Rad1 Rf8 26. Rg3+ Kh8 27. Rd6
f6 28. exf6 Rxf6 29. Qd4 1-0

[Event "Cap d'Agde Karpov KO 2nd"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2013.11.01"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2013.11.01"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. f3 O-O 6. Nge2 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Ng3
exd5 9. cxd5 a6 10. a4 h5 11. Be2 h4 12. Nf1 Nbd7 13. Bg5 h3 14. gxh3 Rb8 15.
Ng3 Qb6 16. Qd2 Nh7 17. Be3 Qd8 18. Rg1 Qh4 19. O-O-O Kh8 20. f4 b5 21. axb5
axb5 22. Bxb5 Qxh3 23. e5 dxe5 24. f5 Ndf6 25. fxg6 fxg6 26. Bxc5 Rd8 27. d6
Bg4 28. Rdf1 Rdc8 29. Qf2 Bd7 30. Be2 Qe6 31. Bd1 Qc4 32. Ba3 Bh6+ 0-1

[Event "WchT 9th"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2013.11.26"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2013.11.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 d6 8.
Bg5 Qe7 9. Re1 Nd8 10. d4 Ne6 11. Bc1 Rd8 12. Bf1 c5 13. g3 Nf8 14. Nh4 h6 15.
a4 Qc7 16. a5 Bd7 17. Nf5 Ng6 18. Ne3 Ne7 19. dxe5 dxe5 20. Qf3 Qc6 21. Bd3 c4
22. Nxc4 Bg4 23. Qe3 Be6 24. Nxe5 Qxc3 25. Ba3 Qxe5 26. Bxe7 Ng4 27. Qc5 Qxc5
28. Bxc5 Ne5 29. Re3 Ng4 30. Ree1 Ne5 31. Be2 Rac8 32. Bxa7 Rxc2 33. Be3 Bc4
34. Red1 Ra8 35. Bh5 g6 36. Bd4 Nc6 37. Bf3 Nxd4 38. Rxd4 b6 39. Bd1 Rc3 40. a6
Rxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 9th"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2013.11.27"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Li, Chao B"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2013.11.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. e3 Bf5 6. Nc3 e6 7. Qb3 Qd7 8. Nf3
f6 9. Be2 h5 10. Bg3 Bh7 11. O-O Nh6 12. Nh4 g6 13. Nb5 Kf7 14. Nc7 Rc8 15.
Qxb7 e5 16. dxe5 fxe5 17. Bf3 Rxc7 18. Bxd5+ Kf6 19. Qb5 Bd6 20. Rad1 Rb8 21.
Qe2 Kg7 22. Rd2 Qe7 23. Rfd1 Rb6 24. Be4 Nd8 25. Qd3 Qe6 26. Nxg6 Nb7 27. Nf8
Bxf8 28. Bxh7 Bb4 29. Qe4 Nf7 30. Bf5 Nbd6 31. Bxe6 Nxe4 32. Bxf7 Bxd2 33.
Bxe5+ Kxf7 34. Bxc7 Rxb2 35. a3 Ke6 36. Bd8 Ra2 37. h3 Nc3 38. Rf1 Rxa3 39. g4
hxg4 40. hxg4 Ra2 41. Kg2 Bxe3 42. Kf3 Bd4 43. Re1+ Kf7 44. Bh4 Nd5 45. Ke4 Rd2
46. Rc1 Nc3+ 47. Kf5 a5 48. g5 a4 49. g6+ Kg7 50. Ra1 Rd1 51. Ra3 Rb1 52. f4
Rb5+ 53. Ke6 Kxg6 54. Bd8 Rf5 55. Bg5 Ra5 56. Bd8 Ra6+ 57. Kd7 Kf5 58. Kc8 Ra8+
59. Kd7 Kxf4 60. Bc7+ Ke4 61. Kc6 Ra6+ 0-1

[Event "WchT 9th"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2013.11.28"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2013.11.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Bg5 h6
9. Bh4 Na6 10. Nd2 Bd7 11. O-O Nc5 12. f3 b6 13. Re1 Qe8 14. Nb5 Rc8 15. a3 a4
16. Bf2 h5 17. Nb1 Bh6 18. N1c3 Nb3 19. Rb1 Nd2 20. Rc1 Nb3 21. Rc2 Nc5 22. Bd3
Nh7 23. Rce2 f5 24. Bc2 f4 25. Nxa4 g5 26. Nxb6 cxb6 27. Nxd6 Qg6 28. Nxc8 Bxc8
29. b4 g4 30. Kh1 Nd7 31. c5 Kh8 32. c6 Rg8 33. Bh4 Bg5 34. Bxg5 Nxg5 35. Rd2
Nf6 36. d6 gxf3 37. gxf3 Nh3 38. d7 Nxd7 39. cxd7 Bxd7 40. Bb3 Rg7 41. a4 Bc6
42. Bc2 Bd7 43. Bb3 Bc6 44. Bc2 Bd7 45. Bb3 Bc6 46. b5 Bxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 9th"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2013.11.29"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Khenkin, Igor"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2013.11.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Germany"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Qb6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Rc1 Nc6 7. e3 Bf5 8.
Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 e6 10. Nf3 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Qb5 Rfc8 13. Ne5 Nh5 14. Qxb6
axb6 15. Nxc6 Nxf4 16. Nb4 Bxb4 17. exf4 Rc7 18. Ne2 Rxc1 19. Nxc1 Be7 20. Rd1
Bf6 21. g4 Ra4 22. Ne2 Rxa2 23. Rc1 h5 24. g5 Rxb2 25. Kf1 Be7 26. Rc7 Ba3 27.
Rxb7 g6 28. Rd7 Rb1+ 29. Kg2 Re1 30. Nc3 Bb4 31. Nb5 Re4 32. Rb7 Rxf4 33. f3 h4
34. Rxb6 Be7 35. Rb8+ Kg7 36. Rb7 Bxg5 37. Nd6 Kf8 38. Kf2 Be7 39. Nb5 Rf5 40.
h3 e5 41. Ke2 exd4 42. Nxd4 Re5+ 43. Kd3 Re1 44. Nc6 Bf6 45. Nb4 Rb1 46. Rb6
Rb3+ 47. Ke2 Bd4 48. Rb8+ Kg7 49. Nc6 Rxb8 50. Nxb8 Kf6 51. Na6 Ke5 52. Nb4 Kf4
53. Nxd5+ Kg3 54. f4 Bc5 0-1

[Event "WchT 9th"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2013.11.30"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ipatov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2013.11.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Turkey"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 e6 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. Bd2 a6 12. Rac1 Qe7 13. Be1 Rac8 14. Bf1 Rfd8
15. Qe2 Ne8 16. Rc2 Nd6 17. c5 Nb5 18. f4 f5 19. Nb1 g5 20. g3 Nf6 21. Nd2 Ne4
22. Bg2 Kh8 23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. Nc4 Rg8 25. Kh2 Bf6 26. Ba5 Nc7 27. Bxc7 Rxc7 28.
Qf1 Qg7 29. Rg2 Qh6 30. Ne5 Rcg7 31. Rdd2 Qh5 32. b4 Bxe5 33. dxe5 Rg6 34. Rg1
gxf4 35. exf4 R6g7 36. Rd6 Qe8 37. Qc4 Rg6 38. Qe2 R6g7 39. a4 h5 40. Rdd1 Qg6
41. Qe3 Qh6 42. h4 Qg6 43. Rd6 Qe8 44. Qb3 Re7 45. Re1 Kh7 46. Re3 Rg4 47. Kg2
Qg6 48. Kf2 Rg7 49. Ke2 Rxg3 50. Rxg3 Qxg3 51. Qxg3 Rxg3 52. Rxe6 Rg2+ 53. Ke3
Rg3+ 54. Ke2 Rg2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 9th"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2013.12.02"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E68"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2013.11.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. c4 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4
a6 9. a4 a5 10. h3 Re8 11. Be3 b6 12. Qc2 Bb7 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Rad1 Qb8 15.
Nd5 Nc5 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Bxc5 bxc5 18. h4 Bc8 19. Rd3 Ra6 20. Kh2 Rb6 21. b3
Bg4 22. Bh3 Bxf3 23. Rxf3 Rd8 24. Rd1 Rxd1 25. Qxd1 Rd6 26. Rd3 Rd4 27. Bf1 h5
28. Rxd4 cxd4 29. c5 Qb4 30. Qf3 Kg7 31. c6 Qc3 32. Qxc3 dxc3 33. Bd3 Be7 34.
Kg2 Bc5 35. Kf1 Kf6 36. Ke2 Ke7 37. f3 f6 38. Bc2 Kd6 39. Kd3 Bf2 40. g4 Bxh4
41. gxh5 gxh5 42. Kxc3 Kc5 43. Bd1 Be1+ 44. Kd3 h4 45. Be2 h3 46. Bf1 h2 47.
Bg2 Bg3 48. Bh1 Kxc6 49. Kc4 Kd6 50. Bg2 Be1 51. Bh1 Ke6 52. Kd3 Kf7 53. Ke2
Bg3 54. Kd3 Kg6 55. Kc4 Be1 56. Kd3 Kg5 57. Ke2 Bb4 58. Kd3 Kf4 59. Ke2 Bc5 60.
Kd3 Bd4 61. Ke2 c5 62. Kd3 c4+ 63. bxc4 Bc5 64. Ke2 Kg5 65. Kf1 Kg6 66. Kg2 Bg1
67. c5 Kf7 68. Kf1 Ke6 69. Ke2 Kd7 70. Kd3 Kc6 71. Kc4 Bxc5 72. Bg2 Bb6 73. Bh1
Kd6 74. Bg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 9th"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2013.12.04"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2013.11.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4
Bb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qc2 Bg6 13. Qb3 Ne7 14. Nh4 c5 15.
Nxg6 hxg6 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Bxc5 Bxc5 18. O-O Bd4 19. Rad1 Bxe5 20. Nxd5 Nxd5
21. Rxd5 Qf6 22. Rfd1 Rac8 23. Qe3 Bxb2 24. Qxa7 b6 25. Qa4 Rfd8 26. Bc4 Rxd5
27. Bxd5 Be5 28. g3 Qf5 29. Qb5 Bc7 30. Kg2 Bxg3 31. Qxb6 Bh4 32. Qd4 Bxf2 33.
Bxf7+ Qxf7 34. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 35. Kxf2 Rc2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 9th"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2013.12.05"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2013.11.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 Na6 7. Nf3 h6 8. Be3
e5 9. O-O c6 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nxe5 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Bxe5 13. c5 Nc7 14. Nd6 Nd5
15. Bd4 Bxd6 16. cxd6 Qxd6 17. Be3 h5 18. Bf3 Bg4 19. Qd4 Rfd8 20. Bxd5 Qxd5
21. Qa4 c5 22. b3 b6 23. Rfe1 Re8 24. f3 Bd7 25. Qa6 Bc6 26. Rad1 Qe5 27. Qa3
a5 28. Qc1 Rad8 29. Bf2 Rxd1 30. Qxd1 Qf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord rap"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2013.12.12"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Nf6 9. O-O O-O 10. b3 Nc6 11. Bb2 Rfd8 12. Re1 Rac8 13. Nd5 Ne8 14. Rc1 e6
15. Ne3 Nf6 16. Nxc6 Qxc6 17. f3 b5 18. Re2 Qb7 19. cxb5 Rxc1 20. Qxc1 Qxb5 21.
Rc2 h5 22. Qd2 Qb8 23. g3 d5 24. Bxf6 Bxf6 25. exd5 Qb5 26. Qe2 Qxe2 27. Rxe2
exd5 28. Rd2 d4 29. Nc4 d3 30. Rd1 Kg7 31. Kf2 Bd4+ 32. Ke1 Bc3+ 33. Kf2 Bd4+
34. Ke1 Bc3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord rap"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2013.12.12"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 a5 11. bxa5 Rxa5 12. a4 Ra8 13. Ba3 Nf4 14. Bf1 b6 15.
Nd2 Kh8 16. Nb5 f5 17. Bb4 Bd7 18. g3 Nh5 19. a5 bxa5 20. Bxa5 Bxb5 21. cxb5
Bh6 22. Qc2 Bxd2 23. Bxd2 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 fxe4 25. Qxe4 Nf6 26. Qc4 Nexd5 27. Bg5
Qd7 28. Bg2 Nb6 29. Qc2 Rf7 30. Ra7 Kg7 31. Qc1 h5 32. h3 Nfd5 33. Be4 Qe6 34.
Kg2 Nc4 35. Bd8 Rd7 36. Bg5 Rf7 37. Bd8 Rd7 38. Bg5 Rf7 39. Bd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord rap"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2013.12.12"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. cxd5 Qxd5
15. Bf4 Rac8 16. Qc1 Qd7 17. Qb2 Bd6 18. Be3 Na5 19. c4 b6 20. Rad1 Bf8 21. Ne5
Qd6 22. Qb5 c5 23. Bf3 Be6 24. d5 Qxe5 25. Bd2 Qf6 26. dxe6 Rxe6 27. Rxe6 Qxe6
28. Bxa5 bxa5 29. Bd5 Qe7 30. Qxa5 Qc7 31. Qc3 g6 32. Rb1 Rb8 33. Rb5 Bg7 34.
Qb3 Rb6 35. g3 Bd4 36. Kg2 Rf6 37. f4 Qe7 38. Qf3 Rb6 39. Rxb6 axb6 40. Qe4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord rap"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2013.12.12"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 c6 8. Re1
a5 9. h3 Nb6 10. Bf1 exd4 11. Nxd4 d5 12. e5 Ne8 13. Nce2 f6 14. e6 Nc7 15. Ng3
Re8 16. Bd3 g6 17. Qg4 Kh8 18. Ngf5 Bf8 19. Nh4 Re7 20. Nxg6+ hxg6 21. Bxg6 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord rap"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2013.12.12"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 d5 6. cxd5 Qxd5 7. Nc2 Qh5 8. h4
Bc5 9. Nc3 Qg6 10. b4 Bb6 11. h5 Qf5 12. Ne3 Qe5 13. Bb2 O-O 14. Qc2 Bd4 15.
Nc4 Qf5 16. e3 Bxc3 17. Qxc3 Rd8 18. Rh4 Qg5 19. h6 Bf5 20. hxg7 Nd5 21. Qb3
Qe7 22. Ne5 Nd7 23. Bxe4 Nxe5 24. Bxf5 Nf3+ 25. Ke2 Nxh4 26. gxh4 Qxh4 27. Rg1
Rd6 28. Qd1 Rh6 29. a3 Re8 30. Qc2 Qh5+ 31. Kf1 Ne7 32. Be4 Ng6 33. Rh1 Qb5+
34. Kg1 Rxh1+ 35. Bxh1 Qe2 36. Be4 Qg4+ 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord rap"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B49"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2013.12.12"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. f4 a6 7. Be3 b5 8. Nxc6
Qxc6 9. Be2 Bb7 10. Bf3 Rc8 11. a4 b4 12. e5 Qc7 13. Ne4 Nh6 14. a5 Bd5 15. O-O
Nf5 16. Bb6 Qc4 17. Re1 Nh4 18. Rc1 Be7 19. b3 Nxf3+ 20. gxf3 Qc6 21. c4 bxc3
22. Rxc3 Qb7 23. Rxc8+ Qxc8 24. f5 Qb7 25. Qd3 exf5 26. Nf6+ gxf6 27. exf6 Rg8+
28. Kf2 Be6 29. fxe7 Qb8 30. Rh1 Qf4 31. Qc3 Kxe7 32. Qc5+ d6 33. Qc7+ Kf6 34.
Qc3+ Ke7 35. Qc7+ Kf6 36. Qc3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord rap"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C33"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2013.12.12"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bb3 d5 6. exd5 cxd5 7. d4 Bd6 8.
Nge2 f3 9. gxf3 O-O 10. Bg5 Be6 11. Qd2 Be7 12. O-O-O Nc6 13. Nf4 Na5 14. Rhe1
Nxb3+ 15. axb3 h6 16. Bh4 Qa5 17. Kb1 Ne4 18. fxe4 Bxh4 19. Rg1 Bg5 20. h4 Bxf4
21. Qxf4 Kh8 22. exd5 Bd7 23. Rxg7 Kxg7 24. Rg1+ Kh7 25. Ne4 f6 26. Nxf6+ Rxf6
27. Qxf6 Bg4 28. Qe7+ 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Qc2 g6 6. d4 Bg7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
Be6 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Ba3 Re8 11. Rac1 Rc8 12. Na4 Bf5 13. Qb2 e6 14. Nc3 Bg4 15.
Rfd1 Bf8 16. Bxf8 Rxf8 17. Qa3 Re8 18. h3 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Qe7 20. Qxe7 Rxe7 21.
cxd5 exd5 22. Nxd5 Nxd5 23. Bxd5 Nf6 24. Bf3 Rd8 25. b4 Ne4 26. a4 f5 27. g3
Kg7 28. Rc2 h5 29. h4 Kh6 30. b5 axb5 31. axb5 cxb5 32. Bxe4 Rxe4 33. Rb1 Rd6
34. Rxb5 b6 35. Rc8 Re7 36. Rb8 Ree6 37. Kg2 Kg7 38. Rb2 Kf6 39. Ra2 Rd7 40.
Ra6 Rdd6 41. Rb7 g5 42. hxg5+ Kxg5 43. Raa7 h4 44. gxh4+ Kxh4 45. Kf3 Kg5 46.
Ra8 f4 47. Rg8+ Rg6 48. Rxg6+ Rxg6 49. e4 Rc6 50. Rg7+ Kf6 51. Rg2 Rc4 52. d5
Ke5 53. Rg5+ Kd4 54. Kxf4 Kd3 55. f3 b5 56. d6 b4 57. d7 Rd4 58. Rd5 Rxd5 59.
exd5 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. d3 Bd6 7. g3 Ne7 8. Bg2
Qb6 9. O-O Nd7 10. Qe2 Bxg3 11. Be3 d4 12. fxg3 dxe3 13. Nd1 O-O 14. c3 f5 15.
Nxe3 fxe4 16. Bxe4 Nf5 17. Bxf5 exf5 18. d4 Rae8 19. Qc4+ Kh8 20. Nxf5 c5 21.
dxc5 Nxc5 22. Qd4 Rf6 23. Rae1 Rd8 24. Qe3 h6 25. b4 Na4 26. Qxb6 axb6 27. Re3
Rc8 28. Nd4 Rxf1+ 29. Kxf1 Nxc3 30. a3 Nb1 31. Nb5 Rd8 32. Ke2 Rd2+ 33. Kf3 Kh7
34. h4 Ra2 35. Rd3 Nd2+ 36. Ke3 Nf1+ 37. Kf4 Rc2 38. Nd4 Rc4 39. Ke5 Nh2 40.
Kd5 Rc8 41. Ne6 Rc1 42. Kd6 Nf1 43. Ke7 Re1 44. Kf7 Re2 45. Nf8+ Kh8 46. Ne6
Rf2+ 47. Ke7 Re2 48. h5 Kh7 49. Kf7 Rf2+ 50. Ke7 Re2 51. Kd7 g6 52. hxg6+ Kxg6
53. Nf4+ 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wang, Yue"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. d3 f5 6. e4 Nc6 7. Nge2 Nf6 8. Nd5
O-O 9. Bg5 Ne7 10. Qd2 c6 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6 12. Bxf6 Rxf6 13. O-O fxe4 14. dxe4 c5
15. f4 Nc6 16. f5 Nd4 17. g4 Bd7 18. Ng3 b5 19. Rf2 bxc4 20. Raf1 Qe7 21. g5
Rff8 22. h4 Bb5 23. h5 Rab8 24. Qe3 Bd7 25. hxg6 hxg6 26. Bh3 Qh7 27. Rh2 Qh4
28. Rff2 Bc6 29. Bf1 Qg4 30. Bxc4+ d5 31. exd5 Bb5 32. Qxe5 Bxc4 33. Rh8+ Kf7
34. Rh7+ 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Bd3 f5 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. Ne5
Nbd7 9. f4 Ne4 10. Bd2 Nxe5 11. fxe5 Nxd2 12. Qxd2 Bxe5 13. cxd5 Bc7 14. dxc6
bxc6 15. Rac1 Kh8 16. Ne2 e5 17. Qc2 Qg5 18. Kh1 Bd7 19. Rce1 Rae8 20. Qc1 f4
21. exf4 exf4 22. Ng1 Qd5 23. Nf3 Bd6 24. Qc2 g6 25. Be4 Qb5 26. a4 Qb6 27. Qc1
Kg7 28. d5 cxd5 29. Bxd5 Re3 30. b3 Rf6 31. Qa1 h6 32. Rd1 Qb4 33. Bc4 Bc6 34.
Nd4 Bd7 35. Nc2 Qc5 36. Nxe3 Qxe3 37. Rxd6 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Nxd4 exd4 6. Nd5 Nxd5 7. exd5 Be7
8. O-O O-O 9. c3 d6 10. Re1 Bf6 11. Bd3 g6 12. c4 Be5 13. b3 Qg5 14. Bb2 Bg4
15. f3 Bh3 16. Qe2 Rae8 17. Qf2 Bd7 18. g3 Qh6 19. f4 Bf6 20. Bxd4 Bxd4 21.
Qxd4 b6 22. Re3 Qg7 23. Qxg7+ Kxg7 24. Kf2 Kf6 25. a3 Ra8 26. Rae1 a5 27. Re7
Rad8 28. g4 h6 29. h4 g5 30. hxg5+ hxg5 31. fxg5+ Kxg5 32. Bf5 Bxf5 33. gxf5
Rc8 34. Rd7 Rh8 35. Rxf7 Rh2+ 36. Kf3 Rh3+ 37. Ke2 Rxb3 38. Rg1+ Kf4 39. f6
Re8+ 40. Re7 Rf8 41. Rf1+ Kg5 42. Rg7+ Kh6 43. Rh1+ 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 Qa5 10. Bd2 Qxa2 11. O-O Qe6 12. Bd3 b6 13. d5 Qd6 14. c4 Nc6
15. h3 e5 16. Qa4 Ne7 17. Bc3 Bd7 18. Qd1 f5 19. Qe2 Rae8 20. exf5 Nxf5 21.
Bxf5 gxf5 22. Qb2 Re7 23. Rfe1 e4 24. Bxg7 Rxg7 25. Ne5 f4 26. Nxd7 f3 27. g4
Qh6 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. Bc4 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. h4 Qa5 13. Qf3 Be6 14. Bxe6 fxe6
15. Qxg4 Bxc3+ 16. bxc3 Qxc3+ 17. Ke2 Qc4+ 18. Kd2 Qd4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb7 6. Bg2 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 a5 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qc2 c5 10. Bg5 a4 11. Nbd2 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Ne4 Bxe4 14. Qxe4 Nc6
15. Rad1 axb3 16. axb3 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Qxd4 19. Rxd4 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 g6 2. Bg2 Bg7 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 e5 5. e4 d6 6. Nge2 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8. d3
Be6 9. h3 Nd7 10. Nd5 f5 11. Rb1 fxe4 12. dxe4 a5 13. Be3 Kh8 14. Qd2 Nc5 15.
b3 Qd7 16. Kh2 Rf7 17. Rbd1 Re8 18. h4 Ref8 19. f3 Qc8 20. Rfe1 Bd7 21. Rf1 Ne6
22. Ng1 Ned4 23. Bxd4 Nxd4 24. Qxa5 c6 25. Nb6 Qd8 26. c5 Be6 27. Qc3 Bf6 28.
Bh3 Bxh3 29. Kxh3 d5 30. b4 Bxh4 31. gxh4 Rf4 32. Rxd4 Rxh4+ 33. Kg2 Qg5+ 34.
Kf2 Rh2+ 35. Ke1 exd4 36. Qxd4+ Kg8 37. Ne2 dxe4 38. f4 Qh4+ 39. Kd1 Rh3 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B49"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. f4 a6 7. Be3 b5 8. Nxc6
Qxc6 9. Be2 Ba3 10. Nxb5 axb5 11. bxa3 Qxe4 12. Bd4 Bb7 13. Qd3 Ne7 14. Qxe4
Bxe4 15. Bxb5 Bxc2 16. Rc1 Ba4 17. Bd3 Bc6 18. Bc5 Ng6 19. O-O f6 20. Bb4 Kf7
21. f5 Ne5 22. fxe6+ dxe6 23. Be2 Rhc8 24. Rc5 Bd5 25. Rfc1 Rxc5 26. Rxc5 Nc6
27. Rc2 Nxb4 28. axb4 Rxa2 29. Rxa2 Bxa2 30. Kf2 Ke7 31. Ke3 Kd6 32. Kd4 e5+
33. Kc3 f5 34. g3 g5 35. Ba6 Bd5 36. Bc8 f4 37. Kd3 h5 38. Bf5 h4 39. gxh4 gxh4
40. Bg6 Bc6 41. Bf5 Bb5+ 42. Kd2 Kd5 43. Bg6 e4 44. Ke1 Kd4 45. Kf2 Bc6 46. Bf7
e3+ 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 Nd7 6. Nf3 Bg6 7. Be3 Ne7 8. Bd3
Nf5 9. O-O Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Bf4 c5 12. g4 Nxd4 13. cxd4 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 c4 15.
Qe3 cxb3 16. Qxb3 Qb6 17. Rfc1 Rfc8 18. Qxb6 Nxb6 19. Rxc8+ Rxc8 20. Rc1 Rc6
21. Kf1 Kf8 22. b3 Ke8 23. Rxc6 bxc6 24. Bg5 f6 25. Be3 Nd7 26. exf6 gxf6 27.
Ke2 a6 28. Ne1 e5 29. Nd3 Kf7 30. h3 Bd6 31. f3 Nf8 32. dxe5 fxe5 33. Bc5 Ke6
34. Bxd6 Kxd6 35. f4 e4 36. Ne5 d4 37. Nc4+ Kd5 38. f5 h6 39. h4 Nh7 40. Kf2 d3
41. Ke3 Nf6 42. g5 hxg5 43. hxg5 Ng4+ 44. Kf4 Ne5 45. g6 Nd7 46. Kg5 Kd4 47. g7
1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. d4 d5 10. g3 h6 11. Bg2 a6 12. Bf4 Bd6 13. Bxd6 Nxd6 14. Ne5 Ne7 15.
Nc3 c6 16. Ne2 f6 17. Nd3 Bg4 18. c3 Re8 19. h3 Bh5 20. Qb3 Bf7 21. Nef4 Ng6
22. Rxe8+ Bxe8 23. Re1 Nxf4 24. Nxf4 Bf7 25. h4 g5 26. hxg5 hxg5 27. Nd3 Qc7
28. Nc5 Re8 29. Rxe8+ Bxe8 30. Qc2 Qe7 31. Bh3 Bf7 32. a4 a5 33. Kf1 b6 34. Nd3
Bg6 35. Qe2 Qh7 36. Qe6+ Kg7 37. Ne1 Nf7 38. Bg2 Be4 39. Qxc6 Bxg2+ 40. Kxg2
Qb1 41. Nf3 Qe4 42. Qxb6 g4 43. Qxa5 Ng5 44. Qc7+ Kg6 45. Qf4 gxf3+ 46. Kh2 Qe2
0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bf4 e6 7. e3 Bd6 8. Ne5
Ne4 9. Bd3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Nc6 11. O-O O-O 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Qa4
Bd7 15. Qa5 e5 16. Rfb1 e4 17. Bf1 f5 18. Rb7 Rac8 19. Bxa6 Be6 20. Qb4 Qxb4
21. cxb4 Ra8 22. Bf1 f4 23. a4 fxe3 24. fxe3 Rfb8 25. Rxb8+ Rxb8 26. b5 cxb5
27. axb5 Bd7 28. Rc1 Kf7 29. Rc5 Ke6 30. Kf2 Kd6 31. Kg3 g5 32. Be2 h6 33. h3
Ra8 34. Rc3 Ra2 35. Bf1 Ra1 36. Kf2 Ra2+ 37. Kg3 Ra1 38. Be2 Ra2 39. Bh5 Bxb5
40. Rc1 Ra3 41. Kf2 Ra2+ 42. Kg3 Ra3 43. Kf2 Ra2+ 44. Kg3 Ra3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 Bf5 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2
Nxd2 9. Qxd2 c5 10. d5 Na6 11. Rfe1 Nc7 12. h3 Bd7 13. a4 a6 14. a5 Re8 15. e4
e5 16. Reb1 Rc8 17. b4 Na8 18. Ne1 b6 19. axb6 Nxb6 20. Rxa6 Nxc4 21. Qd3 cxb4
22. Rxb4 Qc7 23. Bf1 Na5 24. Nb5 Qc5 25. Qb1 Nb7 26. Na7 Nd8 27. Nxc8 Bxc8 28.
Rc4 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D72"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nb6 7. Ne2 c5 8. d5
O-O 9. O-O e6 10. Nec3 Na6 11. Bf4 exd5 12. exd5 Bf5 13. g4 Bd7 14. Nd2 Re8 15.
Nde4 Nc4 16. d6 Bc6 17. Qb3 Na5 18. Qd1 Nc4 19. b3 Ne5 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. Qxd5
Nb4 22. Qxb7 Nxg4 23. d7 Rf8 24. Nxc5 Qa5 25. Rac1 Be5 26. Bd2 Rab8 27. Qe4
Bxh2+ 28. Kh1 Nf6 29. Qd4 Nxd7 30. Nxd7 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "174"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 g6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Qa4+ c6 5. Qxc4 Bg7 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Ne7 8.
Nc3 O-O 9. d3 Nd7 10. Qh4 Nf5 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Bg5 Re8 13. Ne4 h6 14. Bd2 Nb6
15. Nc5 Nd7 16. Ne4 Nb6 17. Rfc1 g5 18. Kf1 Nd5 19. b4 a6 20. Rab1 Nc7 21. a4
Rd8 22. Nc5 Nd6 23. Ne1 Rb8 24. Nc2 Bf5 25. Ne3 Bg6 26. Nc4 Nxc4 27. Rxc4 f6
28. Ke1 Bf8 29. Rc2 Bf7 30. Rbc1 Bxc5 31. Rxc5 Bb3 32. a5 Bd5 33. Bh3 Be6 34.
Bg2 Nb5 35. Be3 Kf7 36. f4 exf4 37. gxf4 Nc7 38. Kf2 Bd5 39. Bh3 Be6 40. f5 Bb3
41. Bg4 Nb5 42. h4 Rh8 43. Bh5+ Kg7 44. Rg1 Nd6 45. Bd4 Nf7 46. e4 Rbd8 47. Ke3
Ba4 48. Rcc1 Bb5 49. Rcd1 Rd7 50. Bc3 Rhd8 51. Be2 Rd6 52. Rd2 Kf8 53. Rh1 Kg7
54. Rhd1 Kf8 55. Rg1 Kg7 56. Bb2 Kf8 57. Ba1 Kg7 58. Bc3 Kf8 59. Rdd1 Kg7 60.
Rg3 Kf8 61. Kf2 Re8 62. Rd2 Ne5 63. hxg5 hxg5 64. Rd1 Rd7 65. Rh3 Rg7 66. Rdh1
Ke7 67. Ke3 Kd6 68. Rh6 Rf8 69. d4 Nc4+ 70. Kf2 Kd7 71. Rg6 Rgf7 72. e5 fxe5
73. dxe5 Rxf5+ 74. Kg3 Nxe5 75. Rh7+ R5f7 76. Rxf7+ Nxf7 77. Bg4+ Ke7 78. Bf6+
Ke8 79. Be6 Nd8 80. Bb3 Kd7 81. Bxg5 Kc8 82. Rg8 Rxg8 83. Bxg8 Kd7 84. Kf2 Bd3
85. Ke1 Bf5 86. Kd2 Be6 87. Bxd8 Bxg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 Bf5 7. Re1 Nc6 8. d5
Na5 9. Nbd2 c5 10. e4 Bg4 11. Rb1 e6 12. b3 exd5 13. cxd5 Re8 14. Bb2 b5 15. h3
Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Nd7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qc3+ Kg8 19. f4 f6 20. Kh2 Nb7 21. h4 Qa5
22. Qb2 c4 23. bxc4 Nbc5 24. Nb3 Nxb3 25. axb3 bxc4 26. bxc4 Rab8 27. Qa1 Qxa1
28. Rxa1 Rb2 29. Rxa7 Nc5 30. Kg1 Rc2 31. Rc7 Rxc4 32. e5 fxe5 33. fxe5 Rxe5
1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Wang, Yue"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8.
O-O-O Be7 9. f3 b5 10. Kb1 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bb7 12. Qg5 b4 13. Na4 O-O 14. Nb6
Rae8 15. Qg3 d6 16. Nc4 e5 17. Bb6 Qc6 18. Be3 Rc8 19. Bd3 Rfe8 20. Rhe1 Nd7
21. Na5 Qc7 22. Nxb7 Qxb7 23. Qf2 a5 24. Qe2 Nc5 25. Bc4 a4 26. Bd5 Qb8 27. Qc4
Rf8 28. Bd2 b3 29. cxb3 axb3 30. axb3 Qa7 31. Be3 Qb8 32. Rc1 h6 33. b4 Ne6 34.
Qb3 Nc7 35. Red1 Bg5 36. Bxg5 hxg5 37. Rc6 Nb5 38. Qc4 Nd4 39. Bxf7+ Kh8 40.
Rxd4 Rxc6 41. Qxc6 exd4 42. Qd7 g6 43. Bxg6 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. a3 e6 6. b4 d6 7. bxc5 dxc5 8. Bxc6+
bxc6 9. Qc2 Nf6 10. Nf3 O-O 11. d3 Qe7 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Rc1 e5 15.
O-O Bg4 16. Nd2 Qe7 17. Rb1 f5 18. Rb3 e4 19. dxe4 f4 20. Nf3 g5 21. Rfb1 fxg3
22. hxg3 Qf7 23. Nd1 Rae8 24. Rb7 Qg6 25. Ne3 Bc8 26. Rxa7 Qxe4 27. Qxe4 Rxe4
28. Rb6 Re6 29. Rc7 g4 30. Nh4 Ref6 31. Rbxc6 Be6 32. Re7 Bf7 33. Rcc7 h5 34.
Nhf5 Bh8 35. a4 Kh7 36. a5 Kg6 37. Nh4+ Kh6 38. Nef5+ Kg5 39. a6 Bxc4 40. Rg7+
1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. Re1 g6 7. d4 Qe7 8. d5
Nb8 9. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 10. c4 a5 11. Nc3 Nc5 12. b3 Bg7 13. a3 O-O 14. Rb1 Qd7 15.
Qc2 Rfc8 16. Be3 Ng4 17. Bd2 Bh6 18. Bxh6 Nxh6 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4 Na4 21. Ne2
c6 22. Qd2 Kg7 23. dxc6 Qxc6 24. Ng3 f6 25. Rec1 Nf7 26. Qd3 Nb6 27. Nd2 Ng5
28. Ne2 Ne6 29. g3 Qd7 30. h4 Rc6 31. Nc3 Nd4 32. Nd5 Nxd5 33. exd5 Rca6 34.
Kg2 Ra2 35. Nf3 R8a3 36. Rc3 Rxc3 37. Qxc3 Qf5 38. Rd1 Qg4 39. Re1 Rc2 40. Qd3
Nxf3 41. Qxf3 Qxf3+ 42. Kxf3 Rxc4 43. b5 Rc5 44. b6 Rb5 45. Rc1 Rxb6 46. Rc7+
Kh6 47. Rd7 f5 48. Ke3 g5 49. hxg5+ Kxg5 50. Rxh7 Rb3+ 51. Ke2 e4 52. Rd7 Rb6
53. Ke3 Rb3+ 54. Ke2 Rb6 55. Ke3 Ra6 56. Rxb7 Ra3+ 57. Ke2 Rd3 58. Rb5 Kf6 59.
Ra5 Ke5 60. Ra8 Rxd5 61. Re8+ Kd4 62. Re6 Kc5 63. Rf6 Re5 64. Ke3 d5 65. Kf4
Kd4 66. Rxf5 Rxf5+ 67. Kxf5 e3 68. fxe3+ Kxe3 69. g4 d4 70. g5 d3 71. g6 d2 72.
g7 d1=Q 73. g8=Q Qf3+ 74. Kg6 Qg4+ 75. Kf7 Qxg8+ 76. Kxg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.16"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 d5 4. Bxf6 exf6 5. e3 c6 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. Qf3 g6 8. h3
Na6 9. Bxa6 bxa6 10. Nge2 a5 11. O-O h5 12. Nf4 g5 13. Nd3 Kf7 14. Qe2 Qe7 15.
f4 g4 16. h4 Ba6 17. g3 Rhe8 18. Kf2 Kg7 19. b3 Qc7 20. Qd2 Re7 21. Rfe1 Bb5
22. Nc5 Qb6 23. N3a4 Qc7 24. Rac1 Rae8 25. c3 Kg6 26. Rc2 Bxa4 27. Nxa4 Re6 28.
Qd3 Re4 29. Rce2 Qb7 30. Rc1 Ba3 31. Rce1 Bd6 32. Kf1 Qb5 33. Nb2 Ba3 34. Kf2
Bxb2 35. Qxb5 cxb5 36. Rxb2 Rc8 37. Rc2 a6 38. Rec1 Rce8 39. Re1 Rc8 40. Ke2
Re7 41. Kd3 Rc6 42. c4 dxc4+ 43. bxc4 bxc4+ 44. Rxc4 Rb6 45. Rc2 a4 46. Rec1 a3
47. Rc3 Rb2 48. R1c2 Rb1 49. Rxa3 Rg1 50. Rxa6 Rxg3 51. Re2 Rh3 52. d5 Rxh4 53.
d6 Rd7 54. Kd4 Rh1 55. Kd5 h4 56. Ke6 Rd8 57. Ke7 Rg8 58. d7 Rg7+ 59. Ke6 Rxd7
60. Kxd7 h3 61. Ra8 Kg7 62. Rc2 g3 63. Rcc8 Rb1 64. Rh8 Rb7+ 65. Kc6 g2 66.
Rag8+ Kf7 67. Rg3 Ra7 68. Rhxh3 Rxa2 69. Rh7+ Ke6 70. Rhg7 Rc2+ 71. Kb5 Rb2+
72. Ka4 Ra2+ 73. Kb3 Re2 74. Rxg2 Rxe3+ 75. Kc2 Kd5 76. Rd2+ Kc6 77. Rd4 Kc5
78. Rgd7 Rf3 79. R7d5+ Kc6 80. Rxf5 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.16"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Be7 6. Qe2 Nd6 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8.
dxe5 Nf5 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Bf4 d5 11. exd6 cxd6 12. Rad1 d5 13. Rfe1 Bb4 14. Ne5
Qf6 15. a3 Ba5 16. b4 Bb6 17. Qd2 h6 18. Na4 Nh4 19. Bg3 Nf5 20. Bf4 Nh4 21.
Bg3 Nf5 22. Bf4 Nh4 23. Bg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.16"]
[Round "23"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 c5 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Bg7 6. Na3 cxd4 7. Nb5 Na6 8.
Be3 Nf6 9. Bxd4 O-O 10. a4 Bg4 11. Be2 Rad8 12. h3 e5 13. Be3 Qe6 14. Qc1 Bxf3
15. Bxf3 e4 16. Be2 Nd5 17. O-O f5 18. Bc4 Qc6 19. Ba2 Kh8 20. Bh6 Nc5 21.
Bxg7+ Kxg7 22. Bxd5 Qxd5 23. Qe3 f4 24. Qd4+ Qxd4 25. Nxd4 Rfe8 26. Rfd1 e3 27.
fxe3 fxe3 28. a5 e2 29. Re1 Rxd4 30. cxd4 Nd3 31. d5 Kf7 32. g4 Re5 33. Kg2 Re3
34. Kg1 Ke7 35. Ra3 Rg3+ 36. Kh2 Nxe1 37. Kxg3 Nc2 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.16"]
[Round "24"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. d4 d5 10. c3 Bd6 11. Bg5 Nce7 12. Bd3 h6 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Nbd2 c6
15. Qc2 Qc7 16. h3 Bd7 17. Nf1 Rae8 18. Re2 Ng6 19. Rxe8 Bxe8 20. Bxg6 fxg6 21.
Re1 g5 22. Ne5 Rf6 23. Ng4 Rf8 24. Ne5 Rf6 25. Nh2 Re6 26. Nhf3 Bh5 27. g4 Be8
28. Kg2 Qe7 29. Qf5 Qf6 30. Qd3 Re7 31. Re3 Bf7 32. Qe2 Bg6 33. Nd2 Bh7 34. c4
dxc4 35. Qxc4+ Kh8 36. Rf3 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.16"]
[Round "25"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d6 4. Bf4 g6 5. h3 Bg7 6. e3 O-O 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Bh2 e6
9. Be2 Qe7 10. O-O Kh8 11. Rc1 Nd8 12. c5 Nf7 13. Qb3 e5 14. cxd6 cxd6 15. Qa3
e4 16. Nd2 g5 17. Nb5 f4 18. exf4 g4 19. Rc7 Qd8 20. hxg4 Bxg4 21. Bxg4 Nxg4
22. Rxb7 Nxh2 23. Kxh2 Qh4+ 24. Kg1 Qxf4 25. Qe3 Qxe3 26. fxe3 Bh6 27. Nxe4
Bxe3+ 28. Kh2 d5 29. Nec3 Nh6 30. Rxf8+ Rxf8 31. Nxd5 Bf2 32. g3 Nf5 33. g4
Nxd4 34. Nbc3 Ne6 35. Re7 Ng5 36. Kg2 Bc5 37. Re2 Kg7 38. b3 h6 39. Nb5 Rf7 40.
Rc2 Ne6 41. Nbc7 Nxc7 42. Rxc5 Ne6 43. Ra5 Ng5 44. Ne3 Kg6 45. Ra6+ Kh7 46. Nf5
Ne4 47. Rxh6+ Kg8 48. Re6 Nc5 49. Rc6 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.16"]
[Round "26"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Be2
Bd6 9. O-O Qe7 10. Rc1 O-O 11. Qc2 f5 12. Rfd1 g5 13. g3 Nf6 14. Ne5 Bxe5 15.
dxe5 Ne4 16. f3 Nxc3 17. Qxc3 Bd7 18. f4 a5 19. c5 Be8 20. Rd4 Bg6 21. Kf2 Qf7
22. Rb1 Bh5 23. Bf1 Ra7 24. Bg2 Kh8 25. b3 Bg4 26. Rh1 Qg7 27. Ke1 Qc7 28. Kd2
Qf7 29. h3 Bh5 30. fxg5 hxg5 31. h4 g4 32. Rf4 Qc7 33. Rc1 Rc8 34. Qd4 Kg8 35.
Bf1 Rd8 36. Bd3 Raa8 37. Kc3 Ra7 38. Kb2 Raa8 39. Bxf5 exf5 40. Rxf5 Bf7 41.
Qxg4+ Kh8 42. Rcf1 Bg8 43. Rh5+ Bh7 44. Rff5 Rg8 45. Qf4 Rg7 46. g4 Kg8 47. Rf6
Re8 48. Rg5 Rxg5 49. Qxg5+ Qg7 50. Qf4 Be4 51. g5 Re7 52. h5 Rf7 53. h6 Qf8 54.
e6 Rxf6 55. gxf6 Qxc5 56. Qg5+ Kf8 57. Qg7+ 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.16"]
[Round "27"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Nf3 dxc4 8.
Qxc4 b6 9. Bg5 Ba6 10. Qa4 Qd7 11. Qc2 c5 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. dxc5 Rc8 14. Rd1
Qe7 15. g3 Qxc5 16. Qe4 Nc6 17. Bg2 Rd8 18. O-O Qc4 19. Qxc4 Bxc4 20. Nd2 Bxe2
21. Bxc6 Bxd1 22. Rxd1 Rac8 23. Be4 f5 24. Bb1 Rxd2 25. Rxd2 Rc1+ 26. Kg2 Rxb1
27. h3 h5 28. Kf3 Kg7 29. h4 Kf6 30. Kf4 a5 31. Kf3 a4 32. Rd4 Rxb2 33. Rxa4
Rb3+ 34. Kg2 b5 35. Ra7 e5 36. a4 b4 37. Rb7 e4 38. a5 Ra3 39. Rxb4 Rxa5 40.
Rb6+ Kg7 41. Rc6 Ra2 42. Kf1 f6 43. Rc8 Ra3 44. Re8 Ra7 45. Kg2 Kg6 46. Rg8+
Rg7 47. Re8 Rh7 48. Kf1 Kf7 49. Ra8 Kg6 50. Ke2 Rb7 51. Rg8+ Kh7 52. Re8 Rb2+
53. Ke3 Rb3+ 54. Ke2 Kg7 55. Re7+ Kg6 56. Kf1 Rb4 57. Ke2 f4 58. gxf4 Kf5 59.
Rh7 Kg4 60. f5 Rb5 61. Ke3 Rxf5 62. Kxe4 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.16"]
[Round "28"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 b6 2. g3 Bb7 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c4 c5 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. b3 Ne4 8. Bb2
Nxc3 9. Bxc3 Bxc3 10. dxc3 d6 11. Qd2 h6 12. Rad1 Nd7 13. Nh4 Bxg2 14. Nxg2 Nf6
15. f3 Kf8 16. Nf4 Kg7 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. Qxd5 Qc7 19. Kg2 Rad8 20. Rd2 Rd7 21.
Rfd1 Rhd8 22. Qe4 Qb7 23. Qxb7 Rxb7 24. a4 h5 25. h4 Rbd7 26. Kf2 Rb7 27. Kg2
Rbd7 28. Kf2 Rb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.16"]
[Round "29"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. Na3 Be7 6. Nc4 d6 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8.
Ne2 O-O 9. O-O c5 10. f4 e4 11. Ng3 Re8 12. d3 Bb7 13. Na5 Qc8 14. Nxb7 Qxb7
15. Nf5 Bd8 16. Qe1 Qd5 17. Ng3 exd3 18. Rd1 c4 19. cxd3 cxb3 20. axb3 Qxb3 21.
Ba1 Ng4 22. e4 Bf6 23. Bxf6 Nxf6 24. Nf5 g6 25. Qh4 Nh5 26. Ne7+ Kg7 27. f5 f6
28. Nd5 c6 29. Rb1 Qxd3 30. Rb7+ Kh8 31. fxg6 hxg6 32. Nxf6 Qe3+ 33. Kh1 Qh6
34. Qg5 Ng3+ 35. Qxg3 Rab8 36. Rh7+ Qxh7 37. Nxh7 Kxh7 38. Qxd6 Rf8 39. Qxf8
1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.16"]
[Round "30"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Be2 d6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 g6 7. Bg5 Bg7 8.
Nxc6 bxc6 9. e5 dxe5 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. O-O-O+ Ke7 12. Bf3 Bb7 13. Rhe1 Ke6 14.
Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Bg4+ Ke7 16. Rd7+ Kf8 17. Rxc7 Rb8 18. Rd1 h5 19. Bf3 Bc8 20.
Rxa7 e4 21. Bxe4 Kg7 22. Bxc6 Be6 23. Bd5 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 Rhc8 25. Rdd7 Bg5+ 26.
Kd1 Rxb2 27. Rxf7+ Kg8 28. Rfc7 Rxc7 29. Rxc7 Bf4 30. Rc6 Kf7 31. g3 Be5 32. a4
1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord Basque"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.17"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2013.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qf6 5. Nb3 Qg6 6. f3 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 a5 8.
Nc3 Nge7 9. Nb5 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 Kd8 11. O-O-O d6 12. Kb1 Rf8 13. g4 Qf6 14. g5
Qxf3 15. Bg2 Qg4 16. e5 Nxe5 17. Nxd6 cxd6 18. Qxd6+ Nd7 19. Rhe1 Qxg5 20. Nc5
1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord Basque"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.17"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2013.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. a3 Bg7 6. Rb1 b6 7. b4 cxb4 8. axb4
Bb7 9. Nh3 Na5 10. Bxb7 Nxb7 11. Nf4 O-O 12. O-O Ng4 13. Qb3 Nd6 14. d3 Nf5 15.
e3 h5 16. Ne4 e6 17. b5 Ne5 18. d4 Ng4 19. Bb2 Qc7 20. Rfc1 Qb7 21. Qd3 d5 22.
cxd5 exd5 23. Nc3 Nf6 24. Na2 h4 25. Nb4 Rfe8 26. Rc6 Ne7 27. Rbc1 hxg3 28.
hxg3 Rac8 29. Ba3 Qd7 30. Qb3 Rcd8 31. Rc7 Qxb5 32. Rxa7 Rc8 33. Rxc8 Nxc8 34.
Ra8 Nd6 35. Rxe8+ Nfxe8 36. Nfxd5 Qe2 37. Qc2 Qf3 38. Qc6 Kh7 39. Nc3 Qf5 40.
Qd5 Qg4 41. Nc6 Nf5 42. Qe4 Qxe4 43. Nxe4 Bh6 44. Kf1 Nc7 45. Ke2 Nd5 46. g4
Nh4 47. Ne7 Bf8 48. Nxd5 Bxa3 49. Nxb6 f5 50. Nf6+ Kh6 51. Nc4 Bf8 52. f4 fxg4
53. Nxg4+ Kh5 54. Nf6+ Kh6 55. Ne4 Nf5 56. d5 Kg7 57. d6 Kf7 58. Ne5+ Ke6 59.
d7 Be7 60. Nc5+ Kd5 61. e4+ Kxc5 62. exf5 gxf5 63. Nf7 Kd5 64. d8=Q+ Bxd8 65.
Nxd8 Ke4 66. Ne6 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord Basque"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.17"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2013.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8. h3 Bh5
9. g4 Bg6 10. Ne5 Nfd7 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Bf3 f5 13. a4 b4 14. Ne2 Bd6 15. Nf4
Bxf4 16. exf4 a5 17. g5 Na6 18. c5 Qe7 19. h4 O-O-O 20. Kf1 Nc7 21. Kg2 Qf7 22.
Qe2 Kb7 23. Bd2 Rh7 24. Rh2 Rdh8 25. Rah1 Ka7 26. Kf1 Kb7 27. Qe3 Ka7 28. Be2
Qe8 29. Rh3 Kb7 30. R1h2 Ka7 31. Qf3 Kb7 32. Qh1 Nf8 33. Ke1 Qf7 34. Kd1 Ka7
35. Kc2 Kb7 36. Qe1 Ka7 37. Bf3 Na6 38. Qe5 Kb7 39. Qe1 Nd7 40. Qh1 Nc7 41. h5
gxh5 42. Bxh5 Qe7 43. Be3 Nf8 44. Kd3 g6 45. Be2 Rxh3 46. Rxh3 Rxh3 47. Qxh3
Ne8 48. Kd2 Qh7 49. Qxh7+ Nxh7 50. Bd3 Nf8 51. Ke2 Ka7 52. Kd2 Kb7 53. Ke2 Ka7
54. Kd2 Kb7 55. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord Basque"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.17"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D83"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2013.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 Be6 7. b3 c6 8. h3 Ne4
9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Ne2 f5 11. Nc3 Nd7 12. Be2 Bf7 13. Bh2 e5 14. d5 Qe7 15. O-O
Rad8 16. Qc2 g5 17. g4 fxg4 18. hxg4 Bg6 19. Nxe4 Nc5 20. f3 Kh8 21. Bd3 Nxd3
22. Qxd3 h5 23. gxh5 Bxh5 24. Ng3 Bxf3 25. Nf5 e4 26. Nxe7 exd3 27. Ng6+ Kg8
28. Nxf8 Rxf8 29. d6 d2 30. Rcd1 Bxd1 31. Rxd1 Bc3 32. e4 Kf7 33. Kf2 Ke6+ 34.
Ke2 Rh8 35. Bg3 Rh3 36. Rg1 Bd4 37. Rg2 Be3 38. Bh2 g4 39. Kd1 Bh6 40. c5 Rc3
0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord Basque"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.17"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2013.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. Na3 e4 6. Nc4 Be7 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8.
Ne2 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. f3 exf3 11. Rxf3 Be6 12. Qe1 Ne4 13. d3 Bh4 14. Qf1 Bxc4
15. bxc4 Nd2 16. Rxf7 Re7 17. Rxe7 Qxe7 18. Qf4 Rf8 19. Qg4 Qxe3+ 20. Kh1 Bf6
21. Bxf6 Rxf6 22. Ng3 g6 23. Rd1 Qe5 24. c5 h5 25. d4 Qe1+ 26. Rxe1 hxg4 27.
Kg1 Kf8 28. Re2 Nc4 29. Ne4 Rf5 30. c3 b6 31. cxb6 cxb6 32. Nf2 Rg5 33. Re6 c5
34. Ne4 Rf5 35. dxc5 bxc5 36. Rxg6 Ne3 37. Rf6+ Rxf6 38. Nxf6 Ke7 39. Ne4 c4
40. Kf2 Nd5 41. Kg3 Ne3 42. Nf2 Ke6 43. Nxg4 Nd5 44. a3 Nxc3 45. Ne3 Ne4+ 46.
Kf4 Nd6 47. h4 c3 48. h5 Ne8 49. g4 Nf6 50. h6 Kf7 51. g5 Nh7 52. Kf5 Nf8 53.
a4 a5 54. Nc2 Ng6 55. Nd4 Nf8 56. Ke4 Kg6 57. Kd3 Kxg5 58. Kxc3 Kxh6 59. Kc4
Kg5 60. Kb5 Kf6 61. Kxa5 Ke5 62. Nb3 Kd6 63. Kb6 Kd7 64. Nc5+ Kc8 65. a5 Kb8
66. Nd3 Nd7+ 67. Kc6 Ka7 68. Kxd7 Ka6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord Basque"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.17"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2013.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 b6 2. Bb2 Bb7 3. d3 e6 4. e4 d5 5. Nd2 Nf6 6. Qe2 c5 7. g3 Nc6 8. Bg2 Be7
9. Ngf3 Nb4 10. O-O Nxc2 11. Rac1 Nb4 12. Rfd1 Nxa2 13. Ra1 Nb4 14. e5 Nd7 15.
d4 a5 16. Nf1 Ba6 17. Qd2 Nb8 18. h4 N8c6 19. h5 h6 20. Ne3 Bd3 21. dxc5 Bxc5
22. Nh2 Qg5 23. Rac1 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord Basque"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.18"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2013.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O c6 6. c3 O-O 7. Bf4 Nh5 8. Bg5
Nd7 9. Qc1 Re8 10. Re1 Qc7 11. Nbd2 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 14. Nf3 Qc7
15. Nd4 Bd7 16. Bh6 Bxh6 17. Qxh6 Nf6 18. a4 Re7 19. b4 Ne4 20. Rec1 a5 21. e3
Nd2 22. Rd1 Nc4 23. b5 Rae8 24. bxc6 bxc6 25. Rab1 Nb6 26. Ra1 Qe5 27. Qf4 c5
28. Qxe5 Rxe5 29. Nb3 Nxa4 30. c4 Nc3 31. Nxc5 Bf5 32. Rxd5 Nxd5 33. cxd5 Rb8
34. e4 Rb5 35. Rc1 Rxc5 36. Rxc5 Bxe4 37. Rc8+ Kg7 38. f4 Bf5 39. Ra8 Re1+ 40.
Kf2 Ra1 41. Bf1 Be4 42. Bc4 Rc1 43. Bb3 Rc3 44. Rb8 a4 45. Bxa4 Bxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord Basque"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.18"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2013.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bf4 e6 7. e3 Bd6 8. Ne5
b5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. Rc1 O-O 11. O-O Nc6 12. a4 Qb8 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. axb5 Bxf4
15. bxc6 Bxh2+ 16. Kh1 Bc7 17. Rc2 h5 18. Qe2 Qd8 19. Bxa6 Ne4 20. g3 Bxg3 21.
Qxh5 g6 22. Qh6 Nxf2+ 23. Rcxf2 Rxa6 24. Rf6 Rxc6 25. Kg2 Qxf6 26. Rxf6 Bd6 27.
Rf3 Rb8 28. Rh3 Rxb2+ 29. Kf3 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord Basque"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.18"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2013.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. d3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8.
Rc1 Re8 9. a3 Bf8 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. Ne4 Bg4 12. Bc5 Bd6 13. b4 h6 14. O-O Qd7 15.
b5 Ne7 16. a4 Nbd5 17. Nfd2 Be6 18. Nc4 Nf5 19. e3 b6 20. Ncxd6 cxd6 21. Ba3 a6
22. Nc3 Nxc3 23. Rxc3 d5 24. Qb1 axb5 25. axb5 Ra5 26. Rfc1 Rxb5 27. Qa1 Ra5
28. Qb2 Qa4 29. Qb4 Qxb4 30. Bxb4 Ra4 31. Ba3 d4 32. exd4 exd4 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord Basque"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.18"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2013.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Qe2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. c3 a6 8. Rd1
b5 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 d5 11. e5 Nd7 12. Bf4 b4 13. Nbd2 a5 14. Nf1 Ba6 15. Qd2
Nb6 16. b3 Na7 17. h4 Nb5 18. Bg5 Nc3 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Re1 Rfc8 21. N1h2 Ne4
22. Qf4 Rc2 23. Ng4 Rac8 24. Ng5 Nc3 25. Bf3 Bd3 26. Kg2 h6 27. Rh1 Ne2 28.
Bxe2 Rxe2 29. Ne3 hxg5 30. hxg5 Be4+ 31. Kf1 Rxe3 32. Rh2 Bd3+ 33. Kg1 Re4 34.
Qf3 Qxg5 35. Qxd3 Nd7 36. Kg2 Nf8 37. Rah1 Ng6 38. Qf3 Qg4 39. Qd3 Nf4+ 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 12th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2014.01.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lederman, Leon S"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "2257"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2014.01.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 g6 7. Bd3 Bg7 8. a4
Nc6 9. Nf3 Qb6 10. Qe2 Bg4 11. Qf2 Qxf2+ 12. Kxf2 Rc8 13. Re1 Nd7 14. Nd5 Bxf3
15. gxf3 e6 16. Ne3 Nb4 17. Ke2 Nc5 18. Bc4 Nc6 19. a5 Bh6 20. Ng4 Nd4+ 21. Kd1
Bg7 22. Be2 Ke7 23. Ra3 d5 24. e5 Rc7 25. Bd2 Rhc8 26. Bb4 Ke8 27. Nf2 Bf8 28.
c3 Nc6 29. Nd3 Nxd3 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 12th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2014.01.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Larino Nieto, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2014.01.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxd5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. d4 Bg4 8.
Qb3 Bxf3 9. gxf3 e6 10. Qxb7 Nxd4 11. Bb5+ Nxb5 12. Qc6+ Ke7 13. Qxb5 Qd7 14.
Nxd5+ Qxd5 15. Qxd5 exd5 16. O-O Rd8 17. Rd1 d4 18. Bf4 Ke6 19. Rac1 g5 20. Be3
Bg7 21. Bxg5 Rd5 22. Bd2 Rg8 23. Kf1 Be5 24. h3 Bh2 25. Re1+ Kf5 26. Ke2 d3+
27. Kd1 Rg2 28. Rf1 Be5 29. Rc4 Bd4 30. Be3 Bxe3 31. fxe3 Rb5 32. b4 Rxa2 33.
Rg1 Ra1+ 34. Rc1 Rxc1+ 35. Kxc1 Rxb4 36. Rg7 Rh4 37. Rxf7+ Kg6 38. Rf8 Kg7 39.
Rf5 Kg6 40. e4 Rxh3 41. Kd2 Rh5 42. Rf8 Ra5 43. Kxd3 Kg7 44. Rc8 Ra3+ 45. Ke2
h5 46. Kf2 h4 47. Kg2 h3+ 48. Kxh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 12th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2014.01.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Pogonina, Natalija"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2014.01.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. f4
O-O 9. Be3 Qc7 10. a4 Nc6 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Qd2 Bd7 13. Nf3 Rad8 14. Bd3 Bc8 15.
Qe2 Nd7 16. f5 Nf6 17. a5 Nxa5 18. Na4 Nc6 19. Bb6 Qb8 20. Nc3 exf5 21. Qf2 Rd7
22. Nh4 Bd8 23. Nxf5 Bxb6 24. Qxb6 Qa7 25. Na4 Rdd8 26. Nh6+ Kf8 27. Qb3 Be6
28. Qc3 Qd4 29. Qxd4 Nxd4 30. Nb6 Nc6 31. Nf5 Bxf5 32. exf5 d5 33. Na4 Nd7 34.
Kg1 d4 35. b3 Nb4 36. Rad1 Rc8 37. Rf4 Nxd3 38. cxd3 b5 39. Rxd4 bxa4 40. Rxd7
axb3 41. Rb1 Rc2 42. Rb7 Ree2 43. R7xb3 Rxg2+ 44. Kf1 Rxh2 45. Kg1 Rhg2+ 46.
Kh1 Rgf2 47. Rb8+ Ke7 48. Rg8 Rh2+ 49. Kg1 Rhg2+ 50. Kh1 Kf6 51. Rb6+ Kxf5 52.
Rxa6 Rh2+ 53. Kg1 Rhd2 54. Ra1 Kg6 55. Kh1 Rh2+ 56. Kg1 h5 57. Rh8 f6 58. d4
Rhd2 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 12th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2014.01.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Fier, Alexandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2014.01.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2
e5 9. Be2 e4 10. Nd2 a6 11. g4 b5 12. g5 b4 13. Na4 Ne8 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Qc6
Rb8 16. Qxd5 Bb7 17. Qf5 g6 18. Qg4 Qe7 19. h4 h5 20. gxh6 Kh7 21. Rc1 Kxh6 22.
Nc5 Ndf6 23. Qg5+ Kh7 24. h5 Nxh5 25. Qxe7 Bxe7 26. Nd7 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 12th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2014.02.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2014.01.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1 Nf6 8.
Be3 e5 9. Nf3 Qc7 10. a4 Be7 11. Be2 b6 12. Nd2 Bb7 13. Nc4 Nbd7 14. f3 O-O 15.
O-O Rfd8 16. Bf2 g6 17. Ne3 Nc5 18. Bc4 Ne6 19. Ncd5 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21.
Bxd5 Rab8 22. g3 Qd7 23. Qe2 Nc7 24. Bb3 Kg7 25. Rad1 a5 26. f4 exf4 27. gxf4
b5 28. axb5 Qxb5 29. Bc4 Qc6 30. Bd4+ f6 31. b3 a4 32. h4 axb3 33. cxb3 Re8 34.
Qg2 Bd8 35. Rfe1 Ne6 36. Bxe6 Rxe6 37. f5 Re8 38. Rd3 Bb6 39. Bxb6 Rxb6 40. Rg3
d5 41. Rxg6+ Kh8 42. Rg3 dxe4 43. Kh1 Qb7 44. Qf3 Rbe6 45. Qe3 Re5 46. Rf1 Qf7
47. Kh2 Rd5 48. Qh6 Rd3 49. Rfg1 Rxg3 50. Rxg3 Qe7 51. Qf4 e3 52. Rg1 e2 53.
Re1 Qd7 54. Qf3 Qd2 55. Qg3 Qd4 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 12th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2014.02.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Li, Chao B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2014.01.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Bd7 7. O-O e6 8.
Bb3 Be7 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 O-O 11. f5 Ng4 12. fxe6 fxe6 13. Bf4 Qc7 14. Rad1
Ne5 15. Bg3 Kh8 16. Rxf8+ Rxf8 17. Qxa7 d5 18. Kh1 Bd6 19. exd5 Ng4 20. Qd4 e5
21. Qd3 e4 22. Nxe4 Bxg3 23. Qxg3 Qf4 24. Qxf4 Rxf4 25. h3 Ne3 26. Rd4 Nf5 27.
Rb4 Rxe4 28. Rxb7 h5 29. g4 hxg4 30. hxg4 Bc8 31. Rc7 Re1+ 32. Kh2 Re2+ 33. Kg1
Nd6 34. Rc6 Bxg4 35. Rxd6 Kh7 36. Bc4 Rd2 37. Bd3+ Kg8 38. Rg6 Bh3 39. b4 Kf7
40. b5 Rd1+ 41. Kf2 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 12th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2014.02.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2014.01.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Nc3 Bf5 9. Re1 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 O-O 12. Re2 a6 13. Bf4 Bd6 14. Bxd6
Qxd6 15. Rae1 Rad8 16. h4 Qg6 17. Qd2 Qf5 18. Re3 Rd6 19. Qe2 h6 20. Nh2 Nd8
21. Re5 Qd7 22. Ng4 Re6 23. Rxe6 Nxe6 24. Qf3 Qd6 25. Ne3 Rd8 26. g3 c6 27. Nf5
Qf8 28. Qg4 Kh7 29. h5 Re8 30. Re5 Ng5 31. Nd6 Rb8 32. Nf5 Re8 33. Nd6 Rb8 34.
Nf5 Re8 35. Nd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 12th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2014.02.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2014.01.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 {Die ehrwürdige
Semi-Tarraschvariante ist in jüngster Zeit wieder recht populär geworden,
auch weil man mit Sxd5 die Abtauschvariante vermeiden kann.} 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3
cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Rc1 Nc6 12. Be2 Qb6 13. O-O Rd8
14. Rc4 Bd7 (14... e5 15. d5 f6 16. Rfc1 Ne7 17. Qc3 Qd6 18. Rc7 a6 19. Ne1 f5
20. Qc5 Qxc5 21. R1xc5 Kf7 22. f3 f4 23. g3 g5 24. Nd3 Kf6 25. Nxe5 Nxd5 26.
Rxh7 Kxe5 27. gxf4+ Kxf4 28. exd5 b5 29. Bd3 Rf8 30. Kf2 Bf5 31. Bxf5 Rxf5 32.
Re7 Re5 33. Rf7+ Rf5 34. Rxf5+ Kxf5 35. d6+ Kf6 36. Kg3 b4 37. d7 Rd8 38. Rd5
Ke6 39. Rxg5 Rxd7 40. h4 Kf6 41. Ra5 Rd6 42. f4 Rb6 43. Kg4 Kg6 44. h5+ Kh6 45.
Rc5 Re6 46. Rc8 Rb6 47. Rh8+ Kg7 48. Ra8 Kh6 49. Ra7 Rd6 50. Rb7 a5 51. Ra7 Rd5
52. Ra6+ Kg7 53. f5 Rd1 54. Rxa5 Rg1+ 55. Kf4 Ra1 56. Ra6 Rf1+ 57. Ke5 Re1+ 58.
Kd5 Rf1 59. h6+ Kh7 60. Ke5 Re1+ 61. Kf6 Kxh6 62. Rb6 Re4 63. Kf7+ Kh7 64. f6
Kh6 65. Kf8 {1-0 (65) Pereira,A (2135)-Buchaillot,L (2218) ICCF email 2005})
15. Bd3 Qa5 16. Qb2 Rac8 17. Rfc1 Nb4 18. Bf1 Nc6 19. Rc5 Qb4 20. Qa1 (20. Qxb4
Nxb4 21. Rb1 $14) 20... Na5 (20... Ne7 $5) 21. a3 Qb6 22. Rb1 Nb3 23. Qa2 Ba4
24. Rc4 Qa5 (24... Rxc4 25. Bxc4 Rc8 26. Nd2 Rxc4 27. Nxc4 Qxd4 28. Qe2 $16)
25. Rxb3 Bxb3 26. Qxb3 b5 $2 ({Besser war} 26... Rxc4 27. Bxc4 b5 28. Qxb5 (28.
Bxb5 $4 Rb8 $17) 28... Qxa3 $16 {Im Unterschied zur Partiefolge hat Schwarz
hier ein Tempo mehr.}) 27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28. d5 (28. Bxb5 $2 Rb8 $17) 28... Qa4 (
28... exd5 29. exd5 $18 {Der Freibauer entscheidet.}) 29. Qe3 exd5 30. exd5 Qd1
31. Nd4 Kf8 32. d6 Re8 33. d7 Rd8 34. Qe5 Rxd7 {Danach folgt ein hübsches
Matt in 10 Zügen:} 35. Qb8+ Ke7 36. Nc6+ Kf6 37. Qf4+ Ke6 (37... Kg6 38. Ne5+
Kh5 39. h4 h6 40. Qf5+ g5 41. Nxd7 Qa1 42. Nf6+ Qxf6 43. Be2+ Kxh4 44. Qh3#)
38. Qe5# 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 12th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2014.02.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2014.01.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 Qb6 4. Nc3 Qxb2 5. Nb5 Nd5 6. Rb1 Qxa2 7. Ra1 Qb2 8.
Rb1 Qa2 9. Ra1 Qb2 10. Rb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 12th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2014.02.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A39"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2014.01.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc6 8.
Nc3 Qa5 9. Nb3 Qh5 10. h3 d6 11. g4 Bxg4 12. hxg4 Nxg4 13. Bf4 Be5 14. Qd2 g5
15. Bxe5 Ncxe5 16. Rfc1 f5 17. Nd4 Qh2+ 18. Kf1 Nxf2 19. Kxf2 Ng4+ 20. Kf1 f4
21. Qd3 Qh4 22. Nd1 Ne3+ 23. Nxe3 fxe3+ 24. Kg1 Qf2+ 25. Kh1 Qh4+ 26. Kg1 Qf2+
27. Kh1 Qh4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters playoff 12th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2014.02.06"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2014.02.06"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 d5 6. Nc3 O-O 7. e3 Qe7 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. h3 c6 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. Bd3 Re8 12. Nd2 Nf8 13. O-O Ng6 14. Rae1
Bd7 15. f4 c5 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Nb3 Qb6 18. Nd4 Ne7 19. Qb3 Qd6 20. Ncb5 Bxb5
21. Nxb5 Qd7 22. Nd4 Nc6 23. Qa4 Qd6 24. Nf5 Qc5 25. Qb5 Qxb5 26. Bxb5 Ne4 27.
Rc1 g6 28. Nd4 Nxd4 29. exd4 Re7 30. Rfe1 a6 31. Ba4 Rd8 32. Bb3 Kf8 33. Rc2 h5
34. g4 hxg4 35. hxg4 f5 36. g5 Rh7 37. Rec1 Rh4 38. Rc8 Rxc8 39. Rxc8+ Ke7 40.
Bxd5 Rxf4 41. Bxb7 Nxg5 42. Rc7+ Kd8 43. Rg7 Rxd4 44. Rxg6 Nh3+ 45. Kf1 Rd2 46.
Rxa6 Rxb2 47. Ba8 Nf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters playoff 12th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2014.02.06"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2014.02.06"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. Nd4 O-O 11. Nb3 Be7 12. N1d2 b6 13. Nc4 a5 14. Bf3
Ra7 15. Nd4 Rc7 16. b3 Ba6 17. Nc6 Bc5 18. N6e5 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Bb7 20. Bxb7 Rxb7
21. Bb2 Nd5 22. Nd3 Be7 23. Rac1 f6 24. a3 Kf7 25. e4 Nc7 26. Kf1 Na6 27. a4
Nc5 28. Nxc5 bxc5 29. Ba3 Rxb3 30. Bxc5 Bxc5 31. Rxc5 Rb4 32. Rxa5 Rxe4 33.
Ra7+ Kg6 34. Rd3 Rb8 35. Rg3+ Kf5 36. Rf3+ Kg6 37. Rg3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters playoff 12th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2014.02.06"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D28"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "Saunders,J"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2014.02.06"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Qe2 a6 8. Rd1
b5 ({In the context of blitz,} 8... Qc7 {might have been more prudent if Black
wanted to avoid mega-complications.}) 9. Bb3 (9. dxc5 Qc7 10. Bd3 {and 11.a4
should give White a slight edge.}) 9... c4 10. Bc2 Nb4 {The commentators
thought White had slipped up here, allowing Black to exchange the
light-squared bishop for a knight.} 11. e4 Bb7 (11... Nxc2 12. Qxc2 Bb7 13. d5
exd5 14. Nc3 Bc5 15. Bg5 d4 {has been seen before.}) 12. d5 {[diag]} ({Now} 12.
Nc3 {has been played before but Vitiugov's move is definitely better.}) 12...
Nxc2 ({Exiting the book: curiously, this position was reached as far back as
1934, in the game Hoenlinger-Kolnhofer at the Trebitsch Memorial tournament,
Vienna. It continued with the much safer} 12... Qc8 {and then} 13. Bg5 Nxc2 14.
Qxc2 h6 15. Bh4 g5 16. Bg3 Bg7 17. a4 exd5 18. exd5 O-O {and eventually ended
in a draw, though Black is on the brink of being a pawn up here.}) 13. dxe6 $1
Nxa1 14. Rxd8+ Rxd8 15. exf7+ Kxf7 {[diag] Hereabouts, analysis engines cease
to be a useful guide to what's happening as they add up the material (queen
for two rooks and a minor piece) and reckon Black is a good deal better.
Humans can see that the knight on a1 is never getting out alive and that White
has a couple of other positional plus points. The commentators were in no
doubt that White was in the box seat here.} 16. Ng5+ Kg8 17. e5 Ne4 18. Ne6 Re8
19. Nxf8 Kxf8 20. f3 Nc5 21. Be3 Nd3 22. Bd4 Rd8 23. Bb6 Rd5 $2 (23... Rd7 {
puts up a sterner defence. For example, if} 24. e6 Re7 25. f4 {Black can
perhaps stir things up with} Nc2 $1 {when} 26. Qxc2 $2 Rxe6 27. Bf2 Kf7 {
gets Black right back in the game.}) 24. f4 Kf7 (24... Nxf4 $5 {is better than
it looks:} 25. Qf3 Ke8 26. Nc3 Rf8 $1 27. Nxd5 Bxd5 28. Qd1 Rf5 {with chances
for both sides.}) 25. Nc3 h5 $2 26. e6+ $1 {After this, White has everything
under control.} Ke7 27. Nxd5+ Bxd5 28. f5 Kd6 29. Bd4 Rg8 30. Qxh5 Nc2 31. Bb6
Kc6 32. Qf7 Rc8 33. Qd7+ Kxb6 34. Qxc8 Nd4 35. h3 Nxf5 36. e7 Nxe7 37. Qd8+ Kc6
38. Qxe7 Nxb2 39. Qxg7 Na4 40. h4 c3 41. h5 c2 42. Qg6+ 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters playoff 12th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2014.02.06"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2014.02.06"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 d5 6. Nc3 O-O 7. e3 Qe7 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 c6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Qc2 Re8 12. Nd2 Nf8 13. Rae1 Bd7 14. b4
Qd6 15. Qb2 Ng6 16. a3 Ng4 17. g3 h5 18. Nb3 b6 19. Qd2 Nf6 20. f3 Bh3 21. Rf2
Re7 22. e4 dxe4 23. fxe4 Ng4 24. e5 Qd8 25. Rfe2 a5 26. bxa5 bxa5 27. Bc4 Kh8
28. Qg5 Nh6 29. Rd2 Rd7 30. Qxd8+ Raxd8 31. Na4 Nf5 32. Nac5 Ra7 33. a4 h4 34.
Kf2 Nh6 35. Bd3 Ne7 36. Be4 Bf5 37. Bf3 h3 38. Rc1 Kg8 39. Kg1 Bg4 40. Bh1 Nhf5
41. Kf2 Rb8 42. Rc4 Nh6 43. Be4 Bf5 44. Kf3 Bg4+ 45. Kf4 Bc8 46. Rdc2 Ng4 47.
Bf3 Nh6 48. Ke3 Nef5+ 49. Kf2 Ne7 50. R2c3 Bf5 51. Rc1 Bg4 52. Re1 Bf5 53. Ke3
Be6 54. Rc3 Bd5 55. Be2 Rb4 56. Rec1 0-1

[Event "Latvian Railway op"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2014.03.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sveshnikov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2394"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2014.03.28"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.04.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.04.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qf3 bxc6 7. Nc3 Qxf3
8. gxf3 d6 9. Rg1 g6 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. fxe3 f5 12. O-O-O Nf6 13. exf5 Bxf5 14.
e4 Be6 15. f4 O-O-O 16. Ba6+ Kb8 17. Rd4 Nd7 18. Rb4+ Nb6 19. e5 c5 20. Re4 d5
21. Ree1 Rhf8 22. Rgf1 c6 23. Be2 Rf7 24. Rf2 Rdf8 25. Ref1 Bh3 26. Re1 Rxf4
27. Rxf4 Rxf4 28. a4 Kc7 29. a5 Nd7 30. Bd1 Be6 31. b3 Rh4 32. Re2 Rh5 0-1

[Event "Latvian Railway op"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2014.03.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Miezis, Normunds"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2014.03.28"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.04.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.04.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Be2 Ncxe5 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Nxe5 Nxe5 9. b3 Re8 10. Bb2 a5 11. O-O Ra6 12. Qd5 Ba7 13. Rad1 Rh6 14. g3 c6
15. Qd2 Qf6 16. Ne4 Nf3+ 17. Bxf3 Qxf3 18. Qc3 f6 19. Nd2 Qf5 20. Rfe1 d6 21.
h4 Rh5 22. Nf1 Qg6 23. Qd3 Bf5 24. Qxd6 Rxh4 25. Qc7 Be4 26. f3 Bxf3 27. Rd8
Rh1+ 28. Kf2 Bh5 29. Qd7 h6 30. g4 Qc2+ 31. Re2 Qb1 32. Rxe8+ Kh7 33. Qf5+
Qxf5+ 34. gxf5 Bxe8 35. Rd2 Rh5 36. Ng3 Rh2+ 37. Ke1 Rxd2 38. Kxd2 h5 39. Ne4
Bd7 40. Bxf6 Bxf5 41. Nd6 Bb1 42. Bd8 Bxa2 43. Kc2 a4 44. bxa4 Bxe3 45. Kb2 Bf4
46. c5 Bxd6 47. cxd6 Be6 48. Kc3 Kg6 49. Kd4 Kf5 50. Kc5 Ke5 51. a5 Bd7 52. Be7
Ke6 53. Kb6 Kd5 54. Kxb7 c5 55. a6 c4 56. a7 c3 57. Kb6 Bc6 58. d7 1-0

[Event "Latvian Railway op"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2014.03.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gleizerov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2014.03.28"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.04.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.04.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Qe7 6. Nf3 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 a5 8.
O-O d6 9. Re1 O-O 10. Nf1 Ne4 11. Ne3 f5 12. d5 Nd8 13. Nd4 g6 14. dxe6 Nxe6
15. Nd5 Qg7 16. e3 N6c5 17. Qc2 c6 18. Nc3 Re8 19. b3 Bd7 20. Rac1 Qf6 21. Red1
g5 22. Nde2 Qe5 23. Rd4 Re6 24. Nxe4 Nxe4 25. Nc3 Nc5 26. Rcd1 Be8 27. Qd2 Bh5
28. Rc1 Rf8 29. Rf1 h6 30. h3 Kh7 31. Qc2 Bg6 32. Qd2 Bh5 33. Qc2 Kg7 34. Qd2
Rf7 35. Nd1 Ne4 36. Qc2 Nf6 37. Nc3 Rfe7 38. Qd2 Bg6 39. Rd1 Bh5 40. Rf1 Nd7
41. g4 Bg6 42. Ne2 f4 43. e4 Nf6 44. Nc3 h5 45. f3 hxg4 46. hxg4 Re8 47. Rd1
Rh8 48. Ne2 Qc5 49. Kf1 Rd8 50. Qc3 Qe5 51. R4d3 Qxc3 52. Nxc3 Kf7 53. c5 Ke7
54. Rd4 Ne8 55. Kf2 Re5 56. Na4 Bf7 57. Bf1 d5 58. Nc3 Nc7 59. Bc4 Ne6 60. exd5
Nxd4 61. Rxd4 Bxd5 62. Bxd5 cxd5 63. a3 Ke6 64. b4 Re3 65. Ne4 Ke5 66. Rd2 Rh8
0-1

[Event "Latvian Railway op"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2014.03.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2014.03.28"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.04.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.04.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 c5 8. Nc3
d6 9. e3 Nbd7 10. Qe2 a6 11. Rfd1 Re8 12. d4 cxd4 13. Rxd4 Qc7 14. Rad1 h6 15.
R4d2 Rac8 16. h3 Bf8 17. Nd4 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qb7+ 19. Qf3 d5 20. Kh2 Ne4 21. Nxe4
dxe4 22. Qe2 Ne5 23. Kg2 Nd3 24. Ba1 b5 25. cxb5 axb5 26. Kg1 Rc5 27. Nc2 Rf5
28. Rf1 Rc8 29. Rdd1 h5 30. Ne1 Nc1 31. Qb2 Rfc5 32. h4 b4 33. Qd2 Qa6 34. Ng2
Rc2 35. Qd7 Qxa2 36. Be5 Nd3 37. Ra1 Nxe5 38. Qxc8 Nf3+ 39. Kh1 Qxa1 40. Qxf8+
Kxf8 41. Rxa1 Rxf2 0-1

[Event "Latvian Railway op"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2014.03.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2014.03.28"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.04.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.04.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
h3 O-O 9. Be2 Nc6 10. Be3 cxd4 11. cxd4 f5 12. Bc4+ Kh8 13. O-O f4 14. Bd2 Nxd4
15. Bc3 Be6 16. Bxe6 Nxe6 17. Bxg7+ Nxg7 18. Qa4 Qd6 19. Rfd1 Qf6 20. e5 Qe6
21. Rd7 b6 22. Rxa7 Rxa7 23. Qxa7 Nf5 24. Rb1 Qd5 25. Rxb6 Qd1+ 26. Kh2 Ng3 27.
fxg3 fxg3+ 28. Kxg3 Rxf3+ 29. Kh2 Rxh3+ 30. Kxh3 Qh5+ 31. Kg3 Qxe5+ 32. Kf3
Qd5+ 33. Ke3 Qe5+ 34. Kd3 Qd5+ 35. Kc3 Qc5+ 36. Kb3 Qd5+ 37. Kb4 Qd4+ 38. Ka5
Qd2+ 39. Ka6 Qxa2+ 40. Kb7 Qxg2+ 41. Rc6 Qe4 42. Qc5 Kg7 43. Kc7 Kf7 44. Qf2+
Ke8 45. Rc5 Qa8 46. Qe3 Qa7+ 47. Kc6 Qa6+ 48. Kd5 Qd6+ 49. Ke4 Qe6+ 50. Kf4
Qf6+ 51. Kg3 Qd6+ 52. Re5 h6 53. Qc5 Qd3+ 54. Re3 Qd7 55. Qe5 Kf7 56. Rf3+ Kg8
57. Qb8+ 1-0

[Event "Latvian Railway op"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2014.03.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2014.03.28"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.04.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.04.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Be7 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. a4 Rh4 14. g4 e5 15.
dxe5 Qxe5+ 16. Qe2 Qxe2+ 17. Bxe2 Bxg4 18. Rg1 b4 19. Nd1 Bxe2 20. Rg8+ Kd7 21.
Kxe2 Kc7 22. Ne3 a5 23. Rag1 c3 24. bxc3 b3 25. Rb1 Ra6 26. Rxb3 Nd7 27. Rg7
Rf4 28. Rg4 Rxg4 29. Nxg4 Nc5 30. Ra3 Kd6 31. Ne3 Ke6 32. Ra2 f5 33. Kf3 Ra8
34. Nc4 Ne4 35. Ra3 Ra7 36. h4 Kd5 37. Ne3+ Ke5 38. h5 Nd6 39. Ra1 Ne4 40. h6
Rh7 41. Rh1 Nxc3 42. Rh5 Nxa4 43. Rxf5+ Ke6 44. Rxa5 Rf7+ 45. Kg4 Nb2 46. Rh5
Rh7 47. Rc5 Nd3 48. Rxc6+ Kd7 49. Ra6 Nxf2+ 50. Kh5 Rf7 51. Ra7+ Ke6 52. h7 Rf3
53. Ng2 Rf5+ 54. Kg6 Rf3 55. h8=Q Rg3+ 56. Kh5 Kd5 1-0

[Event "Latvian Railway op"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2014.03.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2014.03.28"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.04.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.04.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 Qc8 8. Bg5
h6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. e4 d6 11. Nc3 Nd7 12. Qd2 Be7 13. Rad1 a5 14. b3 Re8 15. h4
Nf6 16. Bh3 Qd8 17. d5 e5 18. Kg2 Bf8 19. Rc1 g6 20. Rc2 h5 21. a3 Ng4 22. Nh2
Bh6 23. Qd3 Nf6 24. Nb5 Ba6 25. b4 axb4 26. axb4 Bxb5 27. cxb5 Ra7 28. Ree2 Qe7
29. Ra2 Rea8 30. Ra6 Qd8 31. Rea2 Qb8 32. Kf3 Kg7 33. Qc2 g5 34. hxg5 Bxg5 35.
Qc6 h4 36. Bf5 hxg3 37. Kg2 0-1

[Event "Latvian Railway op"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2014.03.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2014.03.28"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.04.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.04.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Qc2 Bd6 8. c5
Be7 9. Bb5 Bd7 10. a3 a6 11. Bd3 a5 12. Rb1 b6 13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 bxc5 15.
bxc5 Rb8 16. Bb5 Na5 17. Be2 Rxb1 18. Nxb1 Qb8 19. Ne5 Bb5 20. Nc3 Bxe2 21.
Kxe2 Qe8 22. f4 Nd7 23. Nf3 Nc4 24. Re1 f5 25. Kf1 Nf6 26. Kg1 Ne4 27. Nxe4
fxe4 28. Nd2 Nxd2 29. Bxd2 g5 30. g3 Qg6 31. Kh1 Qh5 32. Ba5 c6 33. Bc7 Ra8 34.
Qe2 Qf3+ 35. Qxf3 exf3 36. g4 Ra2 1-0

[Event "Latvian Railway op"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2014.03.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Zhigalko, Sergei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2014.03.28"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.04.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.04.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. c4 c6 12. a3 bxc4 13. Bxc4 Nxe4 14. dxe5 d5 15.
Bd3 Ndc5 16. Bc2 f5 17. Nd4 Qb6 18. b4 Ne6 19. Bb2 a5 20. Re2 axb4 21. axb4
Rxa1 22. Bxa1 Bxb4 23. Nxe6 Bxe6 24. Bxe4 fxe4 25. Nc3 Bc5 26. Qe1 Qb3 27. Nd1
Ra8 28. Bb2 Ra2 29. Qd2 Qd3 30. Nc3 Qxd2 31. Rxd2 e3 32. fxe3 Bxe3+ 33. Kf1 Ra8
34. Rd1 d4 35. Ne4 Bc4+ 36. Ke1 Rf8 37. Nf6+ gxf6 38. Bxd4 Bxd4 39. Rxd4 Bd5
40. Rg4+ Kf7 41. exf6 Rg8 42. Rxg8 Kxg8 43. g4 Kf7 44. g5 Kg6 45. h4 Kh5 0-1

[Event "Latvian Railway op"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2014.03.30"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Lysyj, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2014.03.28"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.04.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.04.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Qc2 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. Nxd4
Qb6 9. Rd1 Nc6 10. Nxc6 Qxc6 11. Na3 Bxa3 12. bxa3 Qxc4 13. Qxc4 dxc4 14. a4
Nd5 15. Ba3 Re8 16. Rac1 Bd7 17. e4 Nf6 18. Rxc4 Bc6 19. f3 Red8 20. Rcd4 Rxd4
21. Rxd4 e5 22. Rc4 Rd8 23. Bc1 Rd1+ 24. Kf2 Ne8 25. a5 a6 26. Rc2 f6 27. Bf1
Nc7 28. Be2 Rd7 29. Be3 Kf8 30. Rd2 Rxd2 31. Bxd2 Bb5 32. Bd1 Bc4 33. a4 Ne6
34. f4 Kf7 35. Ke3 Nd4 36. Bc3 Nc6 37. h4 Ke7 38. g4 h6 39. g5 hxg5 40. hxg5
fxg5 41. fxe5 Be6 42. Bh5 Bb3 43. Bg4 Be6 44. Bh5 Bf7 45. Bg4 Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Latvian Railway op"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2014.03.30"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2014.03.28"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.04.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.04.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Bf4 Nc6
8. Qd2 Be6 9. Ng5 Bf5 10. O-O-O Qd7 11. h3 h6 12. Nf3 O-O-O 13. Nd4 Nxd4 14.
Qxd4 c5 15. Qd5 Be6 16. Qf3 Qa4 17. a3 Qxf4+ 18. Qxf4 Bg5 19. Qd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Latvian Railway op"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2014.03.30"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2014.03.28"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.04.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.04.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Qb3 Bg7 7. cxd5 O-O 8.
Be2 Na6 9. Bf4 Qb6 10. Qxb6 axb6 11. d6 exd6 12. Rd1 Re8 13. a3 Ne4 14. Nxe4
Rxe4 15. Be3 Bg4 16. Bxg4 Rxg4 17. Ne2 Re8 18. O-O Bh6 19. Nc3 Bxe3 20. fxe3
Rg5 21. Rf6 Nc7 22. Rdf1 Rxe3 23. Rxf7 Ne6 24. Re7 d5 25. Rf6 Re1+ 26. Kf2 Rh1
27. Rfxe6 Rxh2 28. Rd6 Kf8 29. Rxb7 Rgxg2+ 30. Kf3 Ke8 31. Nxd5 Rf2+ 32. Ke3
Re2+ 33. Kd3 Rd2+ 34. Kc4 1-0

[Event "Latvian Railway op"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2014.03.30"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Al Modiahki, Mohamad"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2014.03.28"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.04.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.04.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 Nc6 6. O-O e6 7. Qe1 Nge7 8. d3
h6 9. Bb3 a6 10. e5 d5 11. Ne2 Na5 12. Bd2 Nec6 13. c3 Nxb3 14. axb3 b6 15. d4
Bf8 16. Be3 a5 17. Qf2 Ba6 18. Rfd1 c4 19. bxc4 Bxc4 20. Nd2 Ba6 21. Qf3 Rc8
22. Bf2 Be7 23. Nf1 h5 24. Ne3 Qd7 25. Kh1 Kf8 26. Ng1 a4 27. c4 Bxc4 28. Nxc4
dxc4 29. d5 Nb4 30. dxe6 Qxe6 31. Rxa4 Nd3 32. Ra6 Qd5 33. Be3 Rd8 34. Qxd5
Rxd5 35. Rb1 b5 36. Ne2 Rd7 37. Nc3 b4 38. Ne4 Kg7 39. Rc6 Ra8 40. h3 Ra2 41.
Rxc4 Rxb2 42. Rxb2 Nxb2 43. Rc2 Nd3 44. Nd2 f6 45. exf6+ Bxf6 46. Nb3 Bc3 47.
Ra2 Re7 48. Bc5 Nxc5 49. Nxc5 Bd4 50. Nb3 Re1+ 51. Kh2 Bg1+ 52. Kg3 Re3+ 0-1

[Event "Latvian Railway op"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2014.03.30"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kovalenko, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2014.03.28"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.04.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.04.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 g6 5. d4 Bg7 6. Nc3 Ne7 7. e4 O-O 8. O-O
Na6 9. Bf4 d6 10. Qd2 c5 11. Bh6 Nc7 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Rad1 Ng8 14. Rfe1 Qe7
15. e5 d5 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Nh4 Rad8 18. f4 Ne6 19. f5 Nxd4 20. f6+ Nxf6 21.
exf6+ Qxf6 22. Ne2 Nxe2+ 23. Rxe2 Rd7 24. Rf1 Qd8 25. Rfe1 d4 26. Bxb7 Rxb7 27.
Re5 Rd7 28. Nf3 Qf6 29. Kg2 Qc6 30. R1e4 h6 31. h4 Rd5 32. Re7 Rf5 33. Rf4 Re8
34. Rxe8 Rxf4 35. Qxf4 Qxe8 36. Ne5 Qe6 37. b3 f6 38. Nd3 g5 39. Qf3 Qd7 40.
Qe4 f5 41. Qe5+ Kg6 42. Kf2 Qf7 43. Qd6+ Qf6 44. Ne5+ Kg7 45. Qc7+ Kg8 46. Qb8+
Qf8 47. Qxa7 f4 48. g4 Qe8 49. Qc7 gxh4 50. Qd6 Kg7 51. Qc7+ Kf6 52. Qd6+ Kg7
53. Qc7+ Kf6 54. Qd6+ Kg7 55. Qc7+ Kg8 56. Qd6 h3 57. Qf6 d3 58. Qxf4 d2 59.
Ke2 Qf8 60. Qxf8+ Kxf8 61. Nf3 Ke7 62. Kxd2 Kd6 63. Kd3 b5 64. Ke4 Kc6 65. Ke5
b4 66. Kf4 Kd5 67. Kg3 Ke4 68. Nd2+ Kd3 69. Nc4 Kc2 70. Kxh3 Kb1 71. Kh4 Kxa2
72. Na5 Ka3 73. Kh5 c4 74. Nxc4+ Kxb3 75. Ne3 Ka4 76. Kxh6 b3 77. Nd1 1-0

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "2014.05.30"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Roiz, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2014.05.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 {I used to play this solid system
from time to time.} 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. c3 ({In most of his previous
games, Ivanchuk's choice was} 7. Bg5) 7... c5 {This was a part of my
preparation, but Vasily finds a way to surprise me quite early.} ({My previous
game in this line saw} 7... Be7) 8. g3 {This move is actually a novelty, but
the game comes back to known paths.} ({White's most popular alternatives here
are:} 8. Ne5) (8. Bg5) ({and} 8. Be3) 8... Be7 $6 {After my unsuccessful
reaction White gets strong pressure along the h1-a8 diagonal.} ({I had no
reason to reject the most natural:} 8... cxd4 9. Qxd4 (9. Nxd4 Bc5 $11) 9...
Qxd4 10. Nxd4 Bd7 (10... Bc5 11. Nb3 Bb6 12. a4 a5 13. Bg2 O-O 14. O-O e5 15.
Nd2 $14) 11. Bg2 O-O-O $11) 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Qb6 {Now it is difficult to
solve the problem of the Bc8.} (10... cxd4 11. Nxd4 e5 (11... Qc7 12. Qe2 a6
13. Bf4 Bd6 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Rad1 Qc7 16. Rfe1 $14) 12. Nf3 Qc7 13. Re1 Bd6
14. Bg5 $14) ({Still, I prefer the most solid} 10... Bd7 11. dxc5 $1 (11. Ne5
cxd4 12. Qxd4 Bb5 13. Qxd8 (13. Rd1 Qc7 14. Bf4 Rfd8 15. Ng4 Rxd4 16. Nxf6+
Bxf6 17. Bxc7 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Rc8 19. Bf4 b6 $11) 13... Raxd8 14. c4 Ba6 15. Be3
Nd7 16. Nxd7 Rxd7 $11) 11... Bxc5 12. Ne5 Bb5 13. Re1 Qb6 14. Qf3 $14) 11. dxc5
(11. a4 $5 Rd8 12. Qe2 $14) (11. Qe2 Bd7 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Ne5 Bb5 14. c4 $14)
11... Bxc5 12. Ne5 Rd8 13. Qe2 {It is quite surprising, that this rare
position was seen in one of Ivanchuk's preceding games!} (13. Qb3 Qc7 14. Re1
h6 15. a4 Rb8 16. a5 $14) 13... a5 $146 {This natural novelty doesn't solve
the problems, but securing the Bc5 looks quite critical.} (13... Bd7 14. b4 Be7
(14... Bd6 15. Nxd7 Rxd7 16. Be3 Qc7 17. Rac1 $14) 15. Be3 Qc7 16. Bf4 Bd6 17.
c4 $14) ({Vasily achieved a nice victory after:} 13... h6 14. b4 Be7 15. Nc4
Qb5 (15... Qa6 $2 16. a4 Bd7 17. b5 $1 Bxb5 18. axb5 Qxa1 19. Qc2 {and the
queen is trapped}) 16. a4 $1 Qe8 17. Bb2 $14 {1-0 Ivanchuk,V (2709)-Ljubojevic,
L (2559)/Monte Carlo 2000/CBM 076/[Finkel,A] (36)}) 14. b3 {This unusual move
was played rapidly. This move keeps the edge as well, but now Black gets some
time for completing development.} ({In my opinion, the most principled way to
develop the initiative is:} 14. Bg5 h6 (14... Be7 15. Rad1 h6 16. Be3 Qc7 17.
Rxd8+ Bxd8 18. Rd1 $14) 15. Nc4 (15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Qg4+ Kf8 17. Nc4 Qc7 18. Qh5
Kg7 19. Rad1) 15... Qc7 (15... Qa6 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Qg4+ Kf8 18. Qh4 Kg7 19.
b3 $36) 16. Bf4 Qe7 17. Rfd1 $14 {with stable pressure.}) (14. Be3 $5 {also
deserves serious attention:} Bxe3 15. Qxe3 Qxb2 $140 16. Rad1 Rf8 17. Rd2 $36)
14... Bd7 15. Bb2 $6 {The bishop is not so useful there.} ({Still, White's
advantage is rather unpleasant in the event of:} 15. Bg5 Bb5 16. c4 Be8 17.
Rad1 $14) ({Or} 15. Qf3 Bb5 16. c4 Be8 17. Bg5 $14) 15... Be8 {A very
comfortable and safe spot for the bishop. My next task was to remove the pawn
from b7.} 16. Rad1 Rab8 17. c4 Qc7 $6 {Too slow! Now White gets time for
regrouping the pieces.} ({I should have put some pressure on his pawn too:} 
17... a4 18. Bc3 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 axb3 20. Rb1 b2 21. Rxb2 Qa7 22. Ng4 Nd7 23. Rd2
Be7 $11) 18. Rd3 {Fighting for control over the open file.} ({Another plan was
connected with a transfer of Bb2:} 18. Nd3 Bd4 (18... Be7 19. Qe5 Bd6 20. Qg5
h6 21. Qe3 $14) 19. Bc1 $1 (19. Bxd4 Rxd4 20. Qe5 Qxe5 21. Nxe5 Rxd1 22. Rxd1
Kf8 23. Rd6 b6 $11) 19... Ra8 20. Bf4 Qb6 21. Ne5 a4 22. b4 Qxb4 23. Rb1 $14)
18... b6 {I have completed the ideal setup, but the position remains rather
passive.} 19. Rfd1 Rxd3 20. Nxd3 $1 {Vasily manages to pose some concrete
problems.} (20. Qxd3 Be7 21. Qe3 Bc5 (21... Rd8 22. Rxd8 Qxd8 23. Bd4 $14) 22.
Qd3 Be7 $11) 20... Be7 21. Be5 ({Deviating for a slighty better endgame after} 
21. Qe5 Qxe5 22. Nxe5 (22. Bxe5 Rc8 23. Bb7 Rd8 24. Bf3 Nd7 25. Bd4 Nc5 $11)
22... Rc8 $14) 21... Bd6 22. Bd4 (22. Qb2 Bxe5 23. Qxe5 Qxe5 24. Nxe5 Kf8 $11)
22... Rd8 23. Qe3 Nd7 ({Correctly avoiding} 23... Bc5 24. Bxc5 bxc5 25. Bf3 Rc8
26. Qe5 $14 {and Black is suffering from the weak Pc5.}) 24. h4 $6 {Only after
this loss of time was I able to consolidate my position.} ({The prophylactic} 
24. Bf3 {protecting the rook was called for:} Nc5 25. Qg5 Bf8 26. Nxc5 bxc5 27.
Bc3 Rxd1+ 28. Bxd1 $14) 24... Nc5 25. Bc3 (25. Rd2 $5 {led to a more complex
fight:} Bf8 26. h5 h6 27. Ne5 f6 28. Ng6 e5 29. Bc3 Bf7 $11) 25... Bf8 $11 {
Finally I have completely equalised.} 26. Rd2 Nxd3 27. Rxd3 Rxd3 ({Only not} 
27... Bc5 $2 28. Rxd8 Qxd8 29. Qe5 Bf8 30. Bd4 $16) 28. Qxd3 Bc5 29. Kf1 Qd7
30. Qf3 {Vassily is trying to keep the queens on the board, but it doesn't
change anything.} Bd4 (30... f6 $5) 31. Bd2 Bc5 32. Ke2 Kf8 (32... Qd4 {
was also good enough:} 33. Bc3 Bc6 $11) 33. Qf4 Qd6 {I had limited time left,
so there was no reason to avoid the simplifications.} (33... Qd4 $11) 34. Qxd6+
Bxd6 35. Be3 Bc5 {Now neither side can avoid a draw.} 36. a3 Ke7 37. b4 axb4
38. axb4 Bxb4 ({Or} 38... Bxe3 39. Kxe3 Kd6 40. f4 e5 $11) 39. Bxb6 Kd6 40. f4
Bc5 41. Ba5 h5 42. Bc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 49th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2014.05.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2014.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Bc2 f5 12. Nb3 Qd7 13. Nbd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 c5 15.
Ne2 Rfd8 16. Nf4 d4 17. f3 Ng5 18. cxd4 Bc4 19. d5 Bxd5 20. Qxd5+ Qxd5 21. Nxd5
Rxd5 22. a4 Rf8 23. axb5 axb5 24. Ra7 Bd8 25. Rd1 Rxd1+ 26. Bxd1 Ne6 27. f4 Rf7
28. Ra6 Rd7 29. Be2 Nd4 30. Kf2 Nxe2 31. Kxe2 c4 32. Be3 Rd5 33. Ra7 Kf8 34. e6
Bf6 35. Bd2 Rd8 36. Bb4+ Kg8 37. Rb7 Re8 38. e7 Bxb2 39. Rxb5 Bf6 40. Rb7 Kf7
41. Kd2 Rc8 42. Bc3 Bxc3+ 43. Kxc3 Ke8 44. g3 Rc6 45. Ra7 Rh6 46. Kxc4 Rxh2 47.
Kd5 Rh6 48. Ke5 Rf6 49. Rb7 h5 50. Ra7 Rg6 51. Ra3 Rf6 52. Ra7 Rg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 49th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2014.05.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2014.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. O-O Be7 8.
d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. Qe2 Nc6 11. Rd1 a6 12. b3 Rac8 13. Bb2 Rfd8 14. Nc2 Qc7
15. Ne3 Qa5 16. f3 Nd7 17. Kh1 Nc5 18. Ncd5 exd5 19. Nxd5 Bg5 20. Bc3 Qa3 21.
Bb2 Qa5 22. b4 Nxb4 23. Bc3 Qa4 24. Bxb4 Ne6 25. Rab1 Nf4 26. Nxf4 Bxf4 27. g3
Bg5 28. h4 Be7 29. e5 Re8 30. Bxd6 Bxd6 31. Rxd6 Rxc4 32. Rxb7 Rc2 33. Rd2 Rxd2
34. Qxd2 Rxe5 35. Rb8+ Re8 36. Qd8 Kf8 37. Qd6+ Kg8 38. Qd8 Kf8 39. Qd6+ Kg8
40. Rxe8+ Qxe8 41. Qxa6 h5 42. Kg2 Qd7 43. Qa8+ Kh7 44. Qa5 g6 45. Qc3 Qe6 46.
Qc2 Qe5 47. a4 Qa1 48. Qb3 Kg8 49. f4 Kg7 50. Kf2 f6 51. Ke2 Kh6 52. Kd3 Qe1
53. Kd4 Qd2+ 54. Kc4 Qa5 55. Qb4 Qa6+ 56. Kc3 Qc6+ 57. Kb3 Qe6+ 58. Qc4 Qb6+
59. Qb4 Qe6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 49th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2014.05.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2014.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 9. b3 Qe6 10. Bb2 Bb4+ 11. Nd2 O-O 12. O-O-O Qe7 13. Ne4 Re8 14. Nf6+
gxf6 15. Qg4+ Kh8 16. exf6 Qf8 17. Qh4 d5 18. Bd3 Qg8 19. c5 Bxc5 20. Rhe1 Bg4
21. f3 Bd7 22. Re7 Be3+ 23. Kb1 c5 24. Qh5 Rxe7 25. fxe7+ Bd4 26. Bxd4+ cxd4
27. Qe5+ Qg7 28. Qxc7 Qf6 29. Re1 Re8 30. Qxa7 Bf5 31. Bxf5 Qxf5+ 32. Kb2 Qg5
33. Kb1 Qg6+ 34. Kb2 Qxg2+ 0-1

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 49th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2014.05.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "169"]
[EventDate "2014.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Qd2 Bb4 8. f3
d5 9. O-O-O Qa5 10. Nb3 Bxc3 11. Nxa5 Bxd2+ 12. Bxd2 dxe4 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Be2
Bb7 15. Bb4 Nd7 16. fxe4 c5 17. Ba3 Bxe4 18. Rd6 Ke7 19. Rhd1 Rhd8 20. g3 Bb7
21. b4 Ne5 22. bxc5 Rxd6 23. Rxd6 Bd5 24. Rxa6 Rxa6 25. Bxa6 Bxa2 26. Bb2 Bc4
27. Bb7 f6 28. Bxe5 fxe5 29. Be4 h6 30. Kd2 Kd7 31. Ke3 Kc7 32. Bd3 Bd5 33. Bb5
Bg2 34. Be2 Bc6 35. Bf3 Bd5 36. Be2 Bc6 37. Bf1 Bd5 38. Bd3 Kd7 39. Be4 Bc4 40.
Kd2 Kc7 41. h4 Bb5 42. Ke3 Bc4 43. Bg6 Bd5 44. Kd3 Bg2 45. Be4 Bf1+ 46. Ke3 Bc4
47. h5 Kd7 48. Bd3 Bd5 49. Be2 Kc7 50. c4 Bc6 51. Bf3 Ba4 52. Kd3 Kd7 53. Kd2
Kd8 54. Bd1 Bc6 55. Ke3 Kc7 56. Be2 Kd7 57. Bg4 Ke7 58. Bf3 Ba4 59. Bb7 Bc2 60.
Bc8 Bf5 61. Bb7 Bc2 62. Be4 Bd1 63. Bg6 Ba4 64. Kd3 Bc6 65. Be4 Ba4 66. Bb7 Kd7
67. Ke4 Kc7 68. Ba6 Bd1 69. Kxe5 Bxh5 70. Bb5 Bg4 71. Be8 Be2 72. Kxe6 Bxc4+
73. Ke7 Be2 74. Bg6 Kc6 75. Kf7 Kxc5 76. Kxg7 Kd4 77. Kxh6 Ke3 78. Kg5 Kf2 79.
Kf4 Bd1 80. Bf5 Be2 81. Bg4 Bb5 82. Bh3 Be2 83. Bf5 Bd1 84. Bg4 Bb3 85. Bf3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 49th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2014.05.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2014.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. a4
a6 9. a5 Nf6 10. Nbd2 h6 11. Qe2 Re8 12. Ne4 Bf8 13. Bb3 Be6 14. Ba4 Nd7 15. b4
f5 16. Ned2 g5 17. Bb2 Bg7 18. Nc4 Bxc4 19. dxc4 g4 20. Rad1 gxf3 21. Qxf3 Rf8
22. Bc1 Rf7 23. c5 Qf6 24. Bb3 Nf8 25. g4 f4 26. Qe4 Ne6 27. f3 Kh8 28. Rde1
Re8 29. Kh1 Rfe7 30. Qf5 Qh4 31. Bxe6 Rxe6 32. Bxf4 Rf6 33. Bg3 Rxf5 34. Bxh4
Rf4 35. Re4 Ref8 36. Kg2 Kg8 37. Bg3 Rxe4 38. fxe4 Rxf1 39. Kxf1 Bf6 40. h4 Kf7
41. Ke2 Ne7 42. Kf3 Ke6 43. Bf2 Ng6 44. g5 hxg5 45. h5 Ne7 46. Be3 c6 47. Kg4
Ng8 48. Bd2 Nh6+ 49. Kg3 Be7 50. Bc1 Kf6 51. Bd2 Bf8 52. Bc1 Ng8 53. Bd2 Bh6
0-1

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 49th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2014.05.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2014.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 Qc7 7. Be2 e5 8. Nf5
{The great part of the strength of the setup d6-e5 in the Scheveningen/Najdorf
Sicilian is the fact, that the proudest of all white pieces does not have a
good retreat square. Usually the knight can hardly dream of jumping to f5 as
Black has the d6-d5 advance.} (8. Nb3) 8... Bxf5 (8... Be6 9. O-O Nc6 10. Kh1
Rd8 11. Qe1 Bxf5 12. exf5 Be7 13. Qg3 e4 14. Qxg7 Rg8 15. Qh6 d5 16. g4 d4 17.
g5 dxc3 (17... Bf8 18. Qxf6 Bg7 19. Qxd8+ Kxd8 20. Nxe4 Re8 21. Bd3 $11) 18.
gxf6 Bb4 19. Qxh7 $14 {1-0 (34) Kindermann,S (2520)-Renet,O (2455) Altensteig
1987}) 9. exf5 Nc6 $1 {[%mdl 4] A great developing move that is much more
active than the modest 9...Nbd7. The knight threatens to jump to the d6- and
b4-squares, which significantly complicates attempts to exploit the hole on d5.
} (9... Nbd7 10. g4 Qc6 11. Bf3 e4 12. Bg2 d5 13. g5 Bc5 14. gxf6 Nxf6 15. Ne2
Qb6 16. c3 Bf2+ 17. Kf1 Rc8 (17... O-O 18. Bh3 $14) 18. a4 a5 {1/2 (59)
Gavrikov,V (2550)-Rashkovsky,N (2470) Minsk 1987} 19. Ra3 $16) 10. O-O (10. g4
d5 11. Bf3 (11. g5 d4 12. gxf6 dxc3 13. bxc3 gxf6 $15) (11. Nxd5 $2 Nxd5 12.
Qxd5 Nb4 $19) 11... O-O-O 12. fxe5 Qxe5+ 13. Kf1 h5 14. gxh5 Qxf5 15. Kg2 Ne5
16. Rf1 Nxf3 17. Qxf3 Qxh5 $17 {0-1 (52) Sokolov,A (2595)-Ljubojevic,L (2610)
Brussels 1988}) 10... O-O-O {Vital alternatives in the opening lines are
always a good sign of the health of any position. Long castling has won the
popular vote, but Black seems to be perfectly fine even after 10...Rd8.} (10...
Rd8 11. Kh1 Be7 12. Be3 O-O 13. g4 d5 14. fxe5 d4 15. exf6 dxc3 16. Bd3 (16.
fxe7 Qxe7 17. Qc1 cxb2 18. Qxb2 Qxe3 19. Bf3 Rd2 $15) 16... Bxf6 17. g5 cxb2
18. gxf6 bxa1=Q 19. Qxa1 Rfe8 $19 {0-1 (22) Medina Garcia,A (2380)-Gheorghiu,F
(2520) Tel Aviv 1964}) 11. Nd5 Nxd5 {The fight for the critical d5-square will
make or break the variation. Much less convincing is the circumspect idea to
use the queen via the a5-square.} (11... Qa5 12. c4 Nxd5 13. cxd5 Nd4 14. Be3
Qxd5 15. Bc4 Qe4 16. Re1 Qxf5 17. Bxd4 (17. Bd5 $1 $16) 17... exd4 18. Qb3 Qa5
19. Bd5 Qb5 20. Qxb5 axb5 $11 {1/2 (25) Al Modiahki,M (2530)-Sammalvuo,T (2413)
Andorra 1999}) 12. Qxd5 Nb4 13. Qb3 d5 {Chessplayers have to learn that
whatever works is good. From this point if view taking on c2 with either piece
deserves some attention, but on higher level 13...d5 is definitely the move to
be played.} (13... Qxc2 14. Qxb4 Qxe2 15. Qb3 d5 16. Be3 d4 17. Bf2 Bd6 18.
Rfe1 Qb5 19. Qxb5 axb5 20. fxe5 Bc7 21. Rac1 Kb8 22. Rc5 d3 23. Rxb5 Rhe8 24.
Bg3 $14 {1-0 (47) Sokolov,A (2585)-Wahls,M (2550) Biel 1995}) (13... Nxc2 14.
Be3 Nxa1 15. Rxa1 exf4 16. Bb6 Qc6 17. Bxd8 Kxd8 18. Bf3 $11) 14. Bd2 $146 (14.
c3 Bc5+ 15. Kh1 Nc6 16. fxe5 Qxe5 17. Bd3 Qc7 18. Bf4 Bd6 19. Bxd6 Rxd6 20. f6
gxf6 21. Rad1 Kb8 $11 {0-1 (52) Abreu Delgado,A (2436)-Quesada Perez,Y (2513)
Yucatan 2004}) 14... Nc6 {Dominguez Perez was probably surprised by Ivanchuk's
novelty. With hindsight we can say that White's contribution is modest, as
after 14...e4!? Black might even hope to get something of a plus.} (14... e4 $5
15. Kh1 Nc6 16. Qe3 Bb4 17. c3 (17. Bxb4 Nxb4 18. Rac1 Nxa2 19. Rcd1 Nb4 20. c3
Nc6 21. c4 d4 22. Qxe4 Rhe8 $15) 17... Ba5 18. Rfd1 Bb6 19. Qh3 Kb8 20. b4 Ne7
$15) 15. fxe5 Qxe5 (15... Nxe5 16. Kh1 Nc4 17. Rad1 Bd6 18. f6 (18. Bc1 Bxh2
19. f6 Be5 20. fxg7 Rhg8 21. Bf3 Qc6 $11) 18... gxf6 19. Rxf6 Be5 20. Bg5 Bxf6
21. Bxf6 Rde8 22. Bg4+ Kb8 23. Bxh8 Rxh8 $11) 16. Rae1 Bd6 17. g3 Qf6 (17...
Nd4 18. Qc3+ Nc6 19. Bf3 Qxc3 20. Bxc3 d4 21. Bd2 Ne5 $11) 18. Bf3 h5 $5 {
Every player is taught that in positions with opposite castling it is
imperative to attack the opponent's king. Dominguez is not discouraged by the
fact, that all the white pieces are mobilised in the centre.} (18... Nd4 19.
Qc3+ (19. Qxd5 Nxf3+ 20. Qxf3 Bxg3 21. Bc3 Qb6+ 22. Qe3 Bc7 $11) 19... Kb8 20.
Bg2 Rc8 21. Qd3 Nxc2 22. Qxd5 Qd4+ 23. Qxd4 Nxd4 24. Re4 $14) 19. Bxd5 Bxg3 20.
Bc3 $1 {Ivanchuk is keeping a steady head and actively looks for ways to fight
for some advantage.} (20. hxg3 Qd4+ 21. Rf2 Qxd5 22. Qxd5 Rxd5 $11) 20... Bxh2+
$1 {The critical moment in the game as Black is trying to play the most
precise continuation that will give him clear equality.} (20... Qd6 21. Bxc6
bxc6 (21... Bxh2+ $2 22. Kh1 bxc6 23. f6 g5 24. Re7 $18) 22. Re2 Rhe8 23. Qc4
$14) 21. Kxh2 (21. Kg2 Qh4 22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. Qb6 Bc7 24. Qxa6+ Kb8 25. Rf3 Qg4+
26. Kf2 Qh4+ 27. Kf1 Qh1+ 28. Kf2 Qh4+ $11) 21... Qd6+ (21... Qh4+ $2 22. Kg1
Qg4+ 23. Bg2 $18) 22. Re5 $1 {Only the best players are able to combine with
any confidence original moves with a search for precise solutions.} (22. Kg1
Qc5+ 23. Kh1 Rxd5 $15) 22... Rhe8 (22... Nxe5 $4 23. Qxb7#) (22... f6 $2 23.
Bxc6 bxc6 24. Qe6+ $18) 23. Rfe1 (23. Bxc6 bxc6 24. Rfe1 f6 $11) 23... f6 24.
Bxc6 {White is able to win the black queen for two rooks, but that would only
help the adversary.} (24. Rd1 fxe5 25. Be6+ Rxe6 26. Rxd6 Rexd6 $15) 24... bxc6
25. Qc4 (25. Qb6 Rxe5 $11) 25... Rxe5 {The defender has correctly estimated
the position to be about equal, so there was little point in trying his luck
with the more dangerous recapture with 25...fxe5.} (25... fxe5 26. Qxa6+ Kb8
27. Re4 c5 28. Bxe5 Rxe5 29. Qxd6+ Rxd6 30. Rxe5 Rd2+ 31. Kg3 Rxc2 $11) (25...
Kb7 26. Qb3+ Kc8 (26... Ka7 $2 27. Bb4 $18) 27. Qb6 $11) 26. Qxa6+ Kb8 (26...
Kd7 27. Bxe5 fxe5 28. Qe2 Qf6 29. Qxe5 Qh4+ 30. Kg2 Qg4+ 31. Qg3 Qxf5 $11) 27.
Qb6+ (27. Bxe5 fxe5 28. Qe2 g6 29. fxg6 e4+ 30. Kh1 Qxg6 31. Qxe4 Qxe4+ 32.
Rxe4 Rd1+ 33. Kg2 Rd2+ 34. Kh3 Rxc2 35. Rb4+ $11) 27... Kc8 28. Qa6+ Kb8 {
The best players are feeling confident about showing new ways in well-known
openings and they certainly do it at a very high level.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 49th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2014.05.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2014.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Ne4 7. Bd2 Nxd2 8.
Qxd2 cxd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. O-O Ne5 11. b3 Qa5 12. Rfc1 Ba3 13. Rc2 a6 14. Rd1
Bb4 15. h3 Nc6 16. Qd3 Bc5 17. Nxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 49th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2014.05.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2014.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
O-O Nge7 9. Nb3 Bd6 10. c3 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Be2 O-O 13. Nfd4 Bg6 14. Re1 Re8
15. Bf1 a6 16. Be3 Ne5 17. Bf4 Nc4 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Qc1 Qb6 20. Bxc4 dxc4 21.
Nd2 Bd3 22. N2f3 Ng6 23. Qd2 h6 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. b3 Be4 26. Re1 cxb3 27. axb3
Qd8 28. Re3 Bxf3 29. Rxe8+ Qxe8 30. Nxf3 Qe4 31. Nd4 Nf4 32. f3 Qe5 33. h4 Ng6
34. Qf2 b5 35. g3 a5 36. Kg2 a4 37. Qa2 b4 38. Qxa4 bxc3 39. Qa8+ Nf8 40. Qe4
Qxe4 41. fxe4 Ne6 42. Nc2 Nc5 43. b4 Nxe4 44. Kf3 f5 45. Kf4 Kf7 46. g4 Nd6 47.
gxf5 Kf6 48. Ne3 Nxf5 49. Nd5+ Ke6 50. Nxc3 Nxh4 51. b5 Nf5 52. b6 Nd6 53. Ne4
Kd5 54. Ng3 g6 55. Ne4 Kc6 56. Nf6 Kxb6 57. Ng8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 49th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2014.05.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2014.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Nc4 Nd7 8.
Be3 f6 9. O-O b6 10. Nh4 a5 11. Qg4 Bxe3 12. Nxe3 Nc5 13. Nef5 Bxf5 14. Nxf5 g6
15. h4 Kh8 16. Ne3 Qd4 17. b3 a4 18. Rab1 axb3 19. axb3 f5 20. exf5 gxf5 21.
Qh5 Qd7 22. Rfe1 Rae8 23. Nc4 Qd5 24. Ne3 Qe6 25. Nc4 Qd5 26. Ne3 Qe6 27. Nc4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 49th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2014.05.18"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2014.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. g3 b6 8.
Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. O-O c5 11. Qe2 Rc8 12. Bg5 c4 (12... Be7 $142) 13.
Ne5 Qxd4 (13... Qd5 $5) 14. Rfe1 $1 Qc5 15. Rad1 Be7 16. Bxf6 $6 (16. Nxf7 $1
O-O (16... Kxf7 17. Qxe6+ Kg6 18. h4 $1 Rc6 19. Qxe7 $18) 17. Ne5 $16) 16...
Bxf6 17. Nxf7 $11 (17. Nd7 $5 Qf5 18. c3 $13) 17... Kxf7 18. Qxe6+ Kg6 19. Rd5
Qc6 20. Qf5+ Kf7 21. Rd7+ Kg8 22. Rd6 Qxd6 23. Qxc8+ Bd8 24. Re8+ Kf7 25. Rxh8
Qd1+ 26. Kg2 Qd5+ 27. Kg1 Qd1+ 28. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Edmonton 9th"]
[Site "Edmonton"]
[Date "2014.06.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Panjwani, Raja"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2014.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2
d6 9. e3 Nbd7 10. d4 Ne4 11. Qe2 f5 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Rfd1 Qe8 14. Ne1 Nf6 15.
f3 Bb7 16. Nd3 Rc8 17. e4 cxd4 18. e5 Nd7 19. Bxd4 dxe5 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. Bxe5
Rf7 22. f4 Bc5+ 23. Kh1 Bxg2+ 24. Qxg2 Rd7 25. Rxd7 Qxd7 26. Qf3 Rd8 27. Bc3 a5
28. Kg2 h6 29. Rc1 g5 30. h3 Qd3 31. Qh5 Qe4+ 32. Kh2 gxf4 33. Qg6+ Kf8 34.
Qg7+ Ke8 35. Qg8+ Kd7 36. Rd1+ Kc6 37. Qxd8 Qe2+ 0-1

[Event "Edmonton 9th"]
[Site "Edmonton"]
[Date "2014.06.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kovalyov, Anton"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D96"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2014.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. Bf4 ({
Die Hauptvariante in diesem Abspiel der Russischen Variante der Grünfeld
Verteidigung ist} 7. e4 Na6 8. Be2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 {und nun
z.B.:} Re8 (11... Bf5) 12. Bf4 Bf5 13. Rad1 Ne4 14. Nb5 Qf6 15. Bd3 Bd7 16. Be5
Bxb5 17. Qxb5 Rxe5 18. Qxb7 Ree8 19. Bxa6 Rab8 20. Qc6 Qxb2 21. Bd3 Nc3 22.
Rde1 Rec8 23. Qa6 Nxd5 24. Rb1 Qf6 25. Qxa7 Ra8 26. Qb7 Nc3 27. Rb3 Qd8 28. Bc4
Rc7 29. Qb6 Na4 30. Qb5 Nc3 31. Qb6 Na4 32. Qb5 Nc3 33. Qb6 {1/2-1/2 (33) Giri,
A (2730)-Ivanchuk,V (2769) London 2012}) 7... Na6 8. Rd1 ({Spielbar ist} 8. e4
$5 c5 9. d5 (9. dxc5 $5 Qa5 10. e5 Nd7 11. a3) 9... e6 10. d6 e5 11. Bxe5 Nb4
12. Rd1 Be6 13. Qxc5 Nc2+ 14. Kd2 Nd7 15. Qc7 Nxe5 16. Qxd8 Raxd8 17. Kxc2 Ng4
18. Rd2 Bh6 19. Re2 Rxd6 20. h3 Nf6 21. g4 Nd7 22. e5 Rb6 23. Nd4 Nc5 24. b3
Rd8 25. Nxe6 Nxe6 26. Re4 Rc6 27. Bc4 a6 28. Rd1 Rdc8 29. Rd6 Nc5 30. Rxc6 Rxc6
31. Rd4 b5 32. b4 bxc4 33. bxc5 Rxc5 34. f4 Bf8 35. Rd7 Ra5 36. g5 h6 37. h4
hxg5 38. hxg5 Bb4 39. Nd5 Rxa2+ 40. Kb1 Rd2 41. e6 fxe6 {1/2-1/2 (41) Piket,J 
(2633)-Kasparov,G (2851) Wijk aan Zee 2000}) 8... Be6 {Das ist praktisch schon
Neuland.} 9. Qa4 Nd5 10. Be5 Nb6 11. Qc2 Nb4 12. Qb1 Bxe5 13. Nxe5 c5 {Das ist
schon recht ungemütlich für Weiß, dessen Königsflügel überhaupt noch
nicht entwickelt ist und der mit seine König noch im Zentrum steht.} 14. dxc5
Qc7 15. cxb6 Qxe5 16. bxa7 Qa5 17. a3 Na2 ({Weniger genau ist} 17... Nd5 18. b4
Nxc3 19. bxa5 Nxb1 20. Rxb1 $15) 18. Rd3 ({Auf} 18. b4 {ist hier} Qxa3 {
möglich.}) 18... Rfc8 19. e4 $2 ({Weniger schlimm war} 19. b4 Nxc3 20. Rxc3
Qxa7 21. Qb2 Rxc3 22. Qxc3 Rc8 23. Qe3 Qxe3 24. fxe3 Ra8 $17 {allerdings mit
freudlosem Endspiel.}) 19... Nxc3 20. bxc3 Rxc3 21. Qb4 {Die Hoffnung auf
Damentausch erfüllt sich nicht.} Rc1+ 22. Kd2 Qg5+ {Ein grauenhafte Stellung.}
23. Re3 Ra1 24. e5 Rxa7 25. f4 Qg4 26. Rf3 Bd5 27. h3 Qe6 (27... Qh4 $1) 28.
Rc3 Ra8 29. Ke3 Re1+ 30. Kf2 Re4 31. Qc5 Rxf4+ 32. Kg1 Qxe5 33. Bb5 Qe4 34. Rg3
Rf5 35. Qb6 Rxa3 0-1

[Event "Edmonton 9th"]
[Site "Edmonton"]
[Date "2014.06.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Yam, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2299"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2014.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d5 6. cxd5 Bc5 7. N5c3 O-O 8.
h3 b5 9. a3 e4 10. e3 a6 11. g4 Bb7 12. Bg2 Re8 13. O-O Re5 14. Nd2 Qe7 15. Qc2
Nxd5 16. Ndxe4 Nxc3 17. Nxc3 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qb7+ 19. e4 Nd7 20. f3 Rc8 21. Rd1
Nb6 22. Qe2 h5 23. Bf4 Re6 24. Rac1 Be7 25. Be3 hxg4 26. hxg4 Bf6 27. Bd4 Bg5
28. Rc2 Nc4 29. Nd5 Rce8 30. Bf2 g6 31. b3 Nxa3 32. Rc7 Qb8 33. Bd4 f6 34. Rh1
Rc8 35. Rch7 1-0

[Event "Edmonton 9th"]
[Site "Edmonton"]
[Date "2014.06.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2014.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 ({Wenn Schwarz 5...
a6 spielt (statt 5...Dc7) tauschen viele Weißspieler hier gerne auf c6, in
der Hoffnung, dass der Zug 5...a6 sich als nutzlos erweist.} 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7.
Bd3 d5 8. O-O Nf6 9. Re1 Be7 10. e5 Nd7 11. Qg4 Kf8 12. b3 c5 13. Na4 Bb7 14.
c4 d4 15. Bd2 Qc7 16. Qf4 g5 17. Qg3 h5 18. f4 h4 19. Qf2 gxf4 20. Bxf4 Kg7 21.
Re2 Rag8 22. Rf1 Qd8 23. Nb2 Qe8 24. Be4 Bxe4 25. Rxe4 Rh5 26. Qe2 Rf5 27. Nd3
Nf8 28. Bc1 Ng6 29. Rxf5 exf5 30. Qd2 Rh8 31. Re1 h3 32. g3 Qc6 33. Qe2 a5 34.
Rf1 Qe4 35. Re1 Qc6 36. Rf1 Qe4 37. Re1 {1/2-1/2 (37) Karjakin,S (2786)
-Ivanchuk,V (2757) Loo 2013}) ({Eine der Hauptvarianten ist} 6. Be2 Qc7 7. O-O
Nf6 8. Be3 Bb4 {usw.}) 6... Nf6 7. Qd2 {Weiß möchte Ideen des Englischen
Angriffs verwirklichen.} e5 $5 {Hier liegt der Hund begraben. Das ist offenbar
eine Idee von Anton Kovalyov, der im Turnier ebenfalls mitspielt.} ({"Normal"
wäre} 7... Qc7 8. O-O-O {Ein aktuelles Beispiel aus der Rapid-WM:} Be7 (8...
Bb4) 9. f4 b5 10. e5 b4 11. exf6 bxc3 12. Qxc3 Bxf6 13. g4 Bb7 14. g5 Bxd4 15.
Rxd4 Rc8 16. Ra4 O-O 17. Rg1 d5 18. Kb1 Rfd8 19. Bd3 d4 20. Bxd4 Rxd4 21. Rxd4
Qb6 22. Bxh7+ Kxh7 23. g6+ fxg6 24. Qh3+ Kg8 25. Qxe6+ Kf8 26. Qd6+ Kg8 27.
Rdd1 Rf8 28. Qxg6 Qc7 29. Qe6+ Rf7 30. Qe8+ Kh7 31. Rd3 Bc8 32. Rd5 g6 33. Rh5+
{1-0 (33) Yu,Y (2675)-Svidler,P (2753) Dubai 2014}) 8. Nf5 {Wohin mit dem
Springer?} (8. Nb3 Bb4 $11) (8. Nf3 Bb4 9. Bc4 $5 Nxe4 10. Qd5 Nd6 11. Bb3 O-O
$11) 8... d5 9. exd5 Nb4 ({Möglich war auch} 9... Bxf5 10. dxc6 Qxd2+ 11. Kxd2
bxc6 $11) 10. Ng3 Nfxd5 $11 11. a3 ({In der Stammpartie geschah} 11. Bg5 f6 12.
Nxd5 Qxd5 13. Qxd5 Nxd5 14. O-O-O Be6 15. Bc4 O-O-O 16. Bd2 Rd7 17. Ne4 Kc7 18.
Bb3 Be7 19. Rhe1 h5 20. a3 Kc6 21. Bb4 Bxb4 22. axb4 Rdd8 23. Nc5 Bc8 24. c3
Nf4 25. Bc2 Kc7 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. g3 Nh3 28. f3 h4 29. Rd1 Rh8 30. Rf1 b6 31.
Ne4 Bb7 32. Kd1 Rd8+ 33. Ke1 Bc6 34. Nf2 Bb5 35. Nxh3 Bxf1 36. Kxf1 Rd2 37. Bf5
Rxb2 38. Nf2 a5 39. bxa5 bxa5 40. Nd3 Rxh2 41. gxh4 Kd6 42. Bg6 a4 43. Bf7 a3
44. Nb4 f5 45. Bb3 e4 46. fxe4 fxe4 47. Ke1 Ke5 48. h5 Kf4 49. Bf7 Ke3 50. Kd1
Rb2 51. Bd5 Kf2 52. Bc4 Kf3 53. Bd5 Rh2 54. Bf7 e3 55. Bd5+ Kf2 56. Bc4 Rh1+
57. Kc2 e2 {0-1 (57) Molner,M (2525)-Kovalyov,A (2617) Santa Clara 2014}) 11...
Nxe3 12. fxe3 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Nc6 {Schwarz hat mehr als bequem ausgeglichen.}
14. Bc4 Bg4 15. h3 Rd8+ 16. Ke1 Bd7 17. Rf1 f6 18. Ke2 Na5 19. Ba2 Rc8 20. Kd3
b5 21. Nd5 Nc4 22. Bxc4 Rxc4 23. Nb6 Rc6 24. Nxd7 Kxd7 25. c3 g6 26. Ne4 Be7
27. Ke2 Ke6 28. g4 h5 29. Rh1 a5 (29... f5 $5 {mit der Idee} 30. Nd2 fxg4 31.
hxg4 h4) 30. Nd2 b4 31. axb4 axb4 32. c4 b3 33. g5 fxg5 34. Ra7 Rb8 35. Rc1 g4
36. hxg4 hxg4 37. Rg1 Rh8 38. Rg2 (38. Rxg4 $2 {verliert} Rh2+ 39. Ke1 (39. Kd1
Rd6 40. Rxg6+ Bf6) 39... Bh4+) 38... Bb4 {Es droht nun Lxd2 und Txc4 oder Td8,
aber Weiß hat genug Gegenspiel, um die Partie zu halten.} 39. Rxg4 Kf5 (39...
Rh2+ $6 40. Kf3 Rxd2 $2 41. Rxg6+ $16) 40. Rg2 Bxd2 (40... Rd8 41. e4+ Kf6 42.
Rf2+ Ke6 43. Nf3 $14) 41. Rf7+ (41. Kxd2 {reicht vielleicht auch noch zum
Remis.} Rxc4 42. Kd3 Rhc8 43. e4+ Rxe4 44. Rf7+ Ke6 45. Kxe4 Kxf7 46. Rg3 Kf6
47. Rxb3 Rc4+ 48. Kd3 Rc8) 41... Ke6 42. Rg7 Rxc4 (42... Ba5 $2 43. R2xg6+ Kf5
44. Rxc6 $18) 43. R2xg6+ Kd5 44. Rd7+ Kc5 45. Rc7+ Kb5 46. Rxc4 Kxc4 47. Rg4+
Kd5 48. Kxd2 Rc8 49. Kd3 Rc2 50. Rb4 Rxb2 51. Rb5+ Kd6 52. Kc3 Rb1 53. Rxb3
Rxb3+ 54. Kxb3 {Mit theoretischem Remis.} Kd5 55. Kc3 Ke4 56. Kd2 Kf3 57. Kd3
Kf2 (57... e4+ $4 58. Kd4 Kf2 59. Kxe4 $18) 58. Ke4 Ke2 59. Kxe5 Kxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Edmonton 9th"]
[Site "Edmonton"]
[Date "2014.06.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Pechenkin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C14"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2311"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2014.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. f4 a6 8. Nf3
Nb6 9. Qd2 Bd7 10. Bd3 c5 11. Qe3 cxd4 12. Qxd4 Qd8 (12... Nc8 13. O-O-O Nc6
14. Qe3 Qb4 15. Ne2 N8e7 16. Kb1 b6 17. c3 Qc5 18. Ned4 Na5 19. g4 Nc4 20. Qe1
Qc8 21. f5 exf5 22. e6 fxe6 23. gxf5 O-O 24. fxe6 Be8 25. Bxh7+ Kxh7 26. Qh4+
Kg8 27. Qxe7 Bg6+ 28. Ka1 Rf6 29. Rhg1 Qc5 30. Qxf6 gxf6 31. Rxg6+ Kh7 32. Rdg1
Ra7 33. Nf5 Kh8 34. e7 {1-0 (34) Artemiev,V (2570)-Andersen,M (2496) Yerevan
2014}) 13. a3 $5 {Ivanchuk knows he cannot prevent Nc6 which gains a tempo
against his queen, so plays the text to prevent a further Nb4, harassing his
bishop.} Nc6 14. Qf2 h6 15. O-O O-O 16. Rae1 Nc8 17. Na4 $1 {You have to love
this move because of its sneakiness. On the surface it looks like a fairly
normal maneuver to c5 for the knight, but it also lays a nasty trap. The
problem is that there may not be a way to decline it.} Nxe5 {At first glance
this might seem to 'win' a pawn, but against a player of Ivanchuk's stature, a
first glance is rarely if ever enough.} ({The only logical way to prevent Nc5
without playing the text, is} 17... b6 {However this opens a whole other can
of worms since now White can launch a full-scale assault with} 18. g4 $1 {
followed by ...f5 and Black is in trouble.}) 18. Nxe5 Bxa4 19. f5 $1 {White
could not be happier. Not only has he decoyed one of Black's pieces from the
center to the queenside, but he has a heavy piece advantage on the kingside.}
Qb6 {This was always the idea behind Nc8, but White is not terribly interested
in exchanging off the queens.} 20. Re3 $1 exf5 21. Qxf5 $1 Qxe3+ {Black will
hold this extra material for exactly one move since..} 22. Kh1 {he has no way
to prevent mate other than by giving up the queen. Forced, since other moves
lead to a quick demise.} Qxd3 ({Ex:} 22... g6 23. Nxg6 f6 (23... fxg6 24. Qxf8+
Kh7 25. Rf7#) (23... Qg5 24. Ne7+ Nxe7 25. Qh7#)) 23. cxd3 Ne7 24. Qg4 Bc6 {
White has some work to do to convert the point, but Ivanchuk has never been
accused of lacking technique.} 25. h4 Ng6 {Black is inviting White to take on
g6 and win a pawn, but in fact taking would be a serious mistake.} 26. Nxc6 ({
After} 26. Nxg6 $6 fxg6 27. Rxf8+ Rxf8 28. Qxg6 {Black threatens not only a
fortress, but also threats against White's king. It might still win but the
road is not trivial.}) 26... bxc6 27. Re1 Ra7 {Trying to not only prevent a
queen penetration on d7, but secure a square on e7 for the knight in case of h5
} 28. Re3 Ne7 29. Rg3 {Forcing Black to create some weaknesses} g6 30. h5 Kh7
31. Qd4 {Attacking the rook on a7 and gaining a tempo to bring the queen to f6
with deadly effect.} Rb7 32. Qf6 g5 33. b4 Rc7 34. Re3 {Black resigned because
he will soon be in zugzwang.} ({After} 34. Re3 Nc8 (34... Ng8 35. Qf5+ Kg7 36.
Qe5+ Nf6 37. Qxc7) 35. Kg1 Nb6 36. Qd6 Rfc8 37. Re7 Rxe7 38. Qxe7 Kg7 39. Qb7)
1-0

[Event "Edmonton 9th"]
[Site "Edmonton"]
[Date "2014.06.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Krush, Irina"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2484"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "2014.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 cxd4 7. exd4 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 Qc7 9. Qd3 O-O 10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 Nbd7 12. Bg5 b6 13. Bh4 Nh5 14. Bb3
Bb7 15. Ng5 Ndf6 16. f3 Rac8 17. Rac1 Rfd8 18. Rfe1 Bd5 19. Ne4 Qf4 20. Nxf6+
Nxf6 21. Bf2 Bxb3 22. axb3 Nd5 23. Bg3 Qf6 24. Qd2 a5 25. c4 Nb4 26. Bf2 h6 27.
Rcd1 Rd7 28. Qe2 Qf5 29. Rd2 b5 30. d5 bxc4 31. dxe6 Rxd2 32. Qxd2 cxb3 33. Qd7
Rf8 34. Qa4 fxe6 35. Qxb3 Rf6 36. Bd4 Nc2 37. Re4 Nxd4 38. Rxd4 Qc5 39. Qe3 Qb6
40. Kf2 Rf5 41. Re4 Qb2+ 42. Qe2 Qxe2+ 43. Kxe2 Kf7 44. Rc4 Rb5 45. Rc7+ Kf6
46. Ra7 Rb2+ 47. Kf1 Ra2 48. h4 g6 49. Kg1 a4 50. Kh2 a3 51. Ra5 Ke7 52. Ra6
Kd7 53. Kg3 Ke7 54. Kh3 Ra1 55. Kg3 Kf6 56. Kf4 Ra2 57. g4 g5+ 58. hxg5+ hxg5+
59. Kg3 Ra1 60. Ra5 e5 61. Kg2 Ke6 62. Kf2 Ra2+ 63. Kg3 Kd6 64. Kh3 Kc6 65.
Rxe5 Kb6 66. Re6+ Kb5 67. Re5+ Kb4 68. Re4+ Kc3 69. Re3+ Kd2 70. Re5 Ra1 71.
Kg2 a2 72. Ra5 Kc3 73. Ra8 Kb3 74. Rb8+ Kc3 75. Rc8+ Kb3 76. Rb8+ Kc3 77. Rc8+
Kb3 78. Rb8+ Kc3 79. Ra8 Kb3 80. Rb8+ Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Edmonton 9th"]
[Site "Edmonton"]
[Date "2014.06.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Haessel, Dale R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2168"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2014.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8.
Re1 Re8 9. c4 c6 10. Qb3 b6 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. Rxe8+ Qxe8 13. Qxc3 Ba6 14. Bd2
Nd7 15. c5 Bxd3 16. cxd6 Be4 17. Qxc6 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Nf6 19. Rc1 Kf8 20. Qb7 1-0

[Event "Edmonton 9th"]
[Site "Edmonton"]
[Date "2014.06.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Wang, Richard"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2014.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 g6 4. c4 b5 5. cxb5 a6 6. bxa6 Bg7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. g3
d6 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. Rb1 Nb6 11. O-O Bf5 12. Ra1 Ne4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Nh4 Bxg2
15. Nxg2 Rxa6 16. Ne3 Qa8 17. a3 Rb8 18. Rb1 Na4 19. Qc2 Rab6 20. Nc4 Rb3 21.
e4 Qa6 22. Nd2 R3b7 23. Qc4 Qxc4 24. Nxc4 Nc3 25. Ra1 Nxe4 26. Na5 Bxb2 27.
Bxb2 Rxb2 28. Nc6 Ra8 29. Rfe1 Ra4 30. f3 Ng5 31. Re3 Rc4 32. Nxe7+ Kg7 33. Kf1
Rcc2 0-1

[Event "Edmonton 9th"]
[Site "Edmonton"]
[Date "2014.06.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Shankland, Samuel L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2014.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nc3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Qc7 8.
Qd3 Nc6 9. O-O d6 10. b3 Bd7 11. Bb2 Rfc8 12. Nc2 a6 13. Ne3 Qa5 14. Rfb1 Rab8
15. Ncd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 b5 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. b4 Qd8 19. c5 dxc5 20. bxc5 Be6 21.
Rd1 Bxd5 22. Qc3+ Kg8 23. Bxd5 Qc7 24. Rac1 Rd8 25. h4 Rbc8 26. h5 e6 27. h6
Ne5 28. Bb7 b4 29. Qxb4 Rxd1+ 30. Rxd1 Rb8 31. c6 Nxc6 32. Qc3 Qe5 33. Qxc6
Qxe2 34. Qd6 Rf8 35. Bxa6 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.03"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Urkedal, Frode Olav Olsen"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Norway II"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NOR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. d3 Nc6 3. d4 e6 4. g3 d5 5. Bg2 Rb8 6. O-O Nf6 7. Bf4 b5 8. b3 Ba6
9. Qc1 Bd6 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. e3 Ne4 12. Re1 Qe7 13. a3 Na5 14. Bf1 Rb6 15. c3 g5
16. Bxd6 cxd6 17. b4 Nb7 18. a4 Rc8 19. Nxe4 fxe4 20. Nd2 Nd8 21. axb5 Bxb5 22.
Bxb5 Rxb5 23. Ra3 Rxb4 24. cxb4 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Qb7 26. Rac3 Nf7 27. Rc8+ Kg7 28.
R1c7 Qxb4 29. Nf1 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.04"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Sadorra, Julio Catalino"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E33"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Philippines"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "PHI"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 Nc6 6. Qc2 O-O 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Qxc3 Re8 9. Bd3 Qe7 10. b4 e5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Ne4 13. Qd4 c5 14. Qxd5
Nxf2 15. Kxf2 Rd8 16. Qxc5 Qxc5 17. bxc5 Rxd3 18. Rb1 Kf8 19. Rb4 a5 20. Rb6
Rc3 21. Bb2 Rc2+ 22. Kg3 Bd7 23. Rc1 Rxc1 24. Bxc1 Bc6 25. Bb2 a4 26. Bd4 Ke7
27. Rb2 Ke6 28. Rf2 Rg8 29. Kh3 Ke7 30. Kh4 h6 31. Kg4 Rh8 32. Kf4 h5 33. g3
Rh6 34. Kg5 Ke6 35. Bc3 Be4 36. Kf4 Bc6 37. Rd2 Ke7 38. Ba5 Bd7 39. Rb2 Bc6 40.
Bc7 Rh8 41. Rd2 Bd7 42. Bd6+ Ke8 43. Kg5 Rh6 44. Rd4 Rg6+ 45. Kh4 Rg4+ 46. Kxh5
Rg6 47. e6 Rh6+ 48. Kg5 Bxe6 49. h4 Rg6+ 50. Kf4 Rf6+ 51. Ke4 Rf2 52. Kd3 Rb2
53. c6 bxc6 54. g4 Rb3+ 55. Kd2 Rb2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.05"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Rahman, Ziaur"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bangladesh"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BAN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bg5 cxd4 5. cxd4 Qa5+ 6. Bd2 Qb6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8.
e3 Be7 9. a3 O-O 10. Bd3 d6 11. O-O Bd7 12. Na4 Qd8 13. Nc3 Qb6 14. Na4 Qd8 15.
Nc3 Qb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.06"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Uzbekistan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UZB"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. Bd3 (10. h4 $5 {is an aggressive way to fight for the
initiative.}) 10... Nxc3 11. Rxc3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nd7 13. O-O b6 14. Qc2 (14. Bd3
c5 15. Qc2 {is just another order of moves.} (15. Be4 Rb8 16. Qc2 Nf6 17. dxc5
Nxe4 18. Qxe4 bxc5 19. Qc2 Bb7 20. Nd2 Rfd8 $11 {0-1 Topalov,V (2805)-Anand,V 
(2787)/Sofia 2010/CBM 136/[Giri,A] (56)})) 14... Bb7 15. Bd3 {The Bb7 may
become very strong, so White should exchange it.} c5 16. Bh7+ Kh8 17. Be4 cxd4
$1 {An important improvement over Ivanchuk's previous game in this line.} (
17... Bxe4 {is less accurate and allows White to fix a small advantage:} 18.
Qxe4 Rac8 (18... Nf6 19. Qc2 Rfc8 20. Rc1 Qb7 21. Rc4 a5 22. Ne5 Kg8 23. dxc5
Rxc5 24. Rxc5 bxc5 25. b3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Topalov,V (2803)-Nakamura,H (2733)/
Khanty-Mansiysk 2010/CBM 139 (53)}) 19. Rfc1 Rc7 20. Qc2 Rfc8 21. h3 Nf6 22.
Rc4 Ne8 23. dxc5 Rxc5 24. Qb3 Rxc4 25. Rxc4 Rxc4 26. Qxc4 Nd6 27. Qc6 Kg8 28.
Ne5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V (2766)-Carlsen,M (2835)/Wijk aan Zee 2012/CBM 147/
[Krasenkow,M] (57)}) 18. Nxd4 (18. Bxb7 dxc3 19. Bxa8 Rxa8 20. Qxc3 {doesn't
pose Black serious problems:} Qc5 21. Qxc5 Nxc5 22. Rc1 Kg8 23. Ne5 f6 24. Nc6
a5 $11) 18... Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Nc5 20. Qc2 a5 $1 {Securing the Nc5 looks like a
convincing way to neutralise White's slight pressure.} 21. Rc1 $146 {This
novelty hardly changes the evaluation of this position. Black needs some
accuracy, but the position is equal.} (21. a3 a4 22. Rc4 Rfc8 23. Nb5 Qd7 24.
Nc3 Qd3 25. Qxd3 Nxd3 26. Rxc8+ Rxc8 27. Nxa4 b5 28. Nc3 Rc5 29. Ne4 Re5 30.
Nc3 Rc5 $11 {1/2-1/2 L'Ami,E (2651)-Can,E (2513)/Iasi ROU 2014 (33)}) (21. Nb3
Nxb3 22. Qxb3 Qb7 23. h3 Rac8 24. Rfc1 Rxc3 25. Rxc3 Rd8 $11 {1/2-1/2
Arutinian,D (2553)-Miroshnichenko,E (2624)/Dubai 2012/CBM 148 Extra (30)})
21... Qb7 22. Qe2 {The queen is heading to b5, but it is not a big deal.} (22.
h3 Rfd8 23. a3 e5 24. Nf5 Qd7 $11) (22. a3 a4 23. Rc4 Rfd8 $11) (22. Nb3 Nxb3
23. Qxb3 Rac8 24. h3 Rxc3 25. Qxc3 Rd8 $11) 22... Rfd8 23. h3 Kg8 24. Qb5 Qd7
$11 {The Pb6 isuntouchable in view of 25...Na4, so Black can liqudate into an
equal endgame.} 25. Qxd7 Rxd7 26. Kf1 Kf8 ({There was nothing wrong with a
more active approach:} 26... e5 27. Nb3 Nd3 28. Rd1 Rad8 $11) 27. Ke2 Ke7 {
A slight inaccuracy.} ({It was the right moment for some prophylaxis:} 27...
Rad8 28. R1c2 Rd6 29. a3 (29. Nb3 Nxb3 30. Rxb3 Ke7 $11) 29... e5 (29... a4 30.
Rc4 $14) 30. Nf3 Rd5 31. Nd2 Ke7 32. Rc4 R8d6 $11) 28. R1c2 ({Missing a good
opportunity of getting some pressure in the rook endgame:} 28. Nb3 $1 Rad8 (
28... Nxb3 29. Rxb3 Rb8 (29... Rd6 30. Rc7+ Kf6 31. Rb5 Rad8 32. Kf3 $14) 30.
e4 $14) 29. Nxc5 Rd2+ 30. Kf3 bxc5 31. R1c2 $14 {Still, Black should be able
to hold it with precise play.}) 28... Rd6 29. a3 ({Now} 29. Nb3 {gives nothing:
} Nxb3 30. Rxb3 Rad8 31. a4 Kd7 $11) 29... a4 30. Rc4 {Black's queenside pawns
are somewhat weak now, so Rustam had to be careful.} Ra5 $1 {A nice
prophylactic move. Now Black is ready to meet 31.Rb4 with Na6.} (30... g5 31.
Rb4 Kf6 32. Nb5 Rd7 33. Rcc4 $14) 31. f4 (31. Rb4 Na6 32. Rb5 Rxb5 33. Nxb5 Rd5
34. Nc3 Rc5 35. Kd3 b5 $11) 31... g5 32. g3 Kd7 {I don't like this passive
move - the king is becoming vulnerable there.} ({Black's task would be simpler
after} 32... gxf4 33. gxf4 (33. exf4 h5 34. Nf3 Rb5 $11) 33... Ra8 $1 {
activating the rook} 34. Kf3 Rg8 35. Rg2 Rxg2 36. Kxg2 Nd3 $11) 33. e4 $1 {
Admitting the drawback of Kasmdzhanov's last move.} Nxe4 $6 {Accepting the
challenge is risky.} ({The cool-blooded} 33... f6 $1 {should be enough for
equality:} 34. Kf3 gxf4 35. gxf4 h5 36. Ke3 e5 37. fxe5 fxe5 38. Nf3 Ke6 $11)
34. Nc6 $4 {[%mdl 8192] A dramatic blunder by Vasily.} ({Of course, he had to
take the material:} 34. Rc7+ Ke8 35. Rc8+ Ke7 36. Nc6+ Rxc6 37. R2xc6 Nxg3+ (
37... Rb5 38. R6c7+ Kd6 39. Rxf7 Rxb2+ 40. Kf3 Nc5 41. fxg5 hxg5 42. Kg4 Rb3
43. Rf3 $16) 38. Kf3 {In this unbalanced endgame Whte's chances are better:}
gxf4 39. Rxb6 Rh5 40. Kxf4 Nf5 41. Rc3 Rh4+ 42. Kf3 Rxh3+ 43. Kg2 $14 {[%csl
Ra4]}) 34... Rc5 $1 {I guess, being short on time, Ivanchuk missed this simple
move. Now Black is just a pawn up.} (34... Nxg3+ 35. Kf2 Ne4+ 36. Ke3 Rxc6 37.
Rxc6 Nf6 $132) 35. Ne5+ Ke7 $17 36. fxg5 $4 {Obviously, this move is a result
of psychological shock.} ({It was possible to fight for a draw:} 36. Rxc5 bxc5
(36... Nxc5 37. Nc4 Rc6 38. Ne5 Rc7 39. Ke3 $17) 37. Kf3 f5 $17) 36... Rxe5 {
A painful loss for Vassily.} 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.08"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Switzerland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Qe2 d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Be7 8.
Rd1 O-O 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Rxd4 Bf6 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. c4 Ne7 14. Bf4 e5
15. Bd2 Be6 16. b3 Rad8 17. Nc3 Nf5 18. Rac1 Rfe8 19. h4 Qb8 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21.
Bxd5 b6 22. h5 Nd4 23. Qe4 Qc8 24. Kg2 Qf5 25. Qxf5 Nxf5 26. g4 Ne7 27. Bf3 Nc8
28. Bc6 Re6 29. Bd5 Red6 30. g5 Be7 31. Re1 Bf8 32. Bc3 Rxd5 33. cxd5 f6 34. h6
1-0

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.09"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Ismagambetov, Anuar"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kazakhstan"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "KAZ"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 b5 8. a3
Nbd7 9. Qe2 Qb6 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. f5 e5 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 h6 14. Bh4 Be7
15. Bxe7 Kxe7 16. g4 Bxd5 17. f6+ Nxf6 18. Nf5+ Kf8 19. Bg2 Bxg2 20. Qxg2 d5
21. g5 hxg5 22. Qxg5 g6 23. Ng3 Qe6 24. Rhf1 Nh5 25. Ne2 Kg7 26. Rde1 f6 27.
Qg2 Qf7 28. Rf5 Rac8 29. Kb1 d4 30. Rg1 Rh6 31. Qe4 Rd8 32. Rf3 Qd5 33. Qg4 Qd7
34. Qe4 Qd5 35. Qg4 Qd7 36. Qe4 Rc8 37. Qd3 Qe6 38. Qd2 Rhh8 39. Rf2 Rhg8 40.
Qe1 Kf7 41. Rgf1 Rh8 42. Qd2 Kg7 43. Rg1 Qc4 44. Rfg2 Rh6 45. Rg4 Re8 46. c3 f5
47. Rg5 d3 48. Nc1 Nf4 49. R1g3 Qe4 50. Ka2 Rd8 51. h4 Rxh4 52. Qf2 d2 53. Qb6
Qc4+ 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.10"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Bulgaria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BUL"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. Nc3 e6 7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5
Nbd7 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Bd2 Bb4 11. f3 {Control over the central e4-square is
extremely important in this line, but the text move looks rather risky, as
Black gets some development advantage and may disturb White's king.} ({There
is a recent example where a young Russian GM was able to claim something of an
edge:} 11. cxd5 $5 exd5 12. Bd3 Qe7 13. Qb3 Nxg4 (13... a5 $5) 14. Nxd5 cxd5
15. Bxb4 Qh4 16. Qc2 Nxe3 17. Qc7 Qf4 18. Rc1 Qxc7 19. Rxc7 $14 {1-0 Dubov,D 
(2614)-Ragger,M (2632)/Dubai UAE 2014 (32)}) 11... dxc4 {Topalov prefers to
keep a dynamic situation in the centre.} (11... Qc7 $5 {deserves serious
attention too:} 12. Kf2 dxc4 13. Bxc4 O-O-O $132) 12. Bxc4 Nd5 13. Qb3 (13. e4
N5b6 14. Bb3 c5 15. a3 Ba5 $132) 13... a5 (13... Qh4+ 14. Ke2 a5 15. a3 a4 16.
Qc2 Bxc3 17. bxc3 $132) 14. Kf2 $6 $146 {An unsuccessful innovation by
Ivanchuk. The king cannot be safe when Black can attack the centre by means of
c6-c5 or e6-e5.} ({In the preceding games Black didn't experience problems
either:} 14. a3 a4 15. Qc2 Ba5 16. Kf2 Qh4+ 17. Kg2 Bc7 $132 {1/2-1/2 Fridman,
D (2652)-Balogh,C (2662)/Germany 2011/CBM 146 (65)}) (14. O-O-O $6 a4 15. Qc2
a3 $15 {1/2-1/2 Kveinys,A (2506)-Hansen,S (2603)/Reykjavik 2011/CBM 141 Extra 
(25)}) 14... N7b6 $1 15. Bd3 (15. a3 a4 16. Qa2 Nxc3 17. Bxc3 Bd6 $15) 15... e5
$36 {White's position is already quite unpleasant.} (15... a4 $5 16. Qc2 a3 17.
Nxd5 Nxd5 18. e4 Bxd2 19. Qxd2 Ne7 $15) 16. Nxd5 {Exchanging one pair of
bishops is in Black's favour, but White could hardly avoid it.} ({The
alternatives were not attractive:} 16. h4 exd4 17. exd4 a4 18. Qc2 Be7 19. Nxd5
Bxh4+ 20. Kg2 Nxd5 $15) (16. a3 a4 17. Qc2 exd4 18. exd4 Qh4+ 19. Kg2 Bd6 20.
Rae1+ Kf8 $15) 16... Nxd5 17. Bxb4 Qh4+ $1 {An important intermediate check.} (
{After} 17... axb4 18. Bc4 exd4 19. Bxd5 Qxd5 20. Qxd5 dxe3+ 21. Kxe3 cxd5 22.
Kd4 {White should be OK in this rook ending.}) 18. Ke2 axb4 {White has to
release the tension in the centre before Black castles.} 19. Bc4 (19. Be4 Nf6
20. d5 cxd5 21. Bxd5 O-O 22. Rac1 Rad8 23. Bxb7 Rd7 24. Bc6 Rc7 $36) 19...
O-O-O 20. dxe5 ({The following simplifications didn't help much:} 20. Bxd5 Rxd5
21. e4 Rxd4 22. Qxf7 Qg5 23. Rad1 Rhd8 $36) 20... Qg3 21. Rag1 Qxe5 {The king
is still under attack.} 22. Kf2 $6 {A critical loss of tempo.} ({Vassily had
to simplify the position at any cost:} 22. Bxd5 Rxd5 23. Rd1 Rxd1 24. Kxd1 Qd6+
25. Kc2 Rd8 $15) 22... Nb6 $1 {Now Black's attacking potential is threatening
- there are a couple of dangerous threats.} 23. Bd3 $6 {This should be a
decisive mistake, but...} ({White's position was already very difficult, but
after} 23. Re1 Nxc4 24. Qxc4 Rd2+ 25. Re2 Rxb2 (25... Qxb2 26. Rxd2 Qxd2+ 27.
Kg3 Qd6+ $17) 26. Rxb2 Qxb2+ 27. Kg3 Qe5+ $17) ({Or} 23. f4 Rd2+ 24. Kf3 Qe7
25. Bxf7 Nd5 26. Bxg6 (26. Bxd5 cxd5 $19 {[%cal Ge7e4]}) 26... Rxb2 27. Qd3
Rxa2 $17 {it was possible to fight for a draw.}) 23... Rhe8 $6 {Surprisingly
enough, Veselin misses a golden opportunity to win a pawn.} (23... Na4 $142 $1
24. f4 (24. Qxa4 Rxd3 25. Qa8+ Kc7 26. Qxh8 Rd2+ 27. Kf1 Qb5+ 28. Ke1 Qe2#)
24... Qxb2+ 25. Qxb2 Nxb2 26. Be2 Rd2 27. Kf3 Kc7 $19) 24. Re1 {Now White is
not losing on the spot.} Qd6 $6 {One more step in the wrong direction - The
queen was well placed in the centre.} (24... f5 25. gxf5 gxf5 26. f4 Qf6 $17)
25. Be4 $6 ({Better was} 25. Bc4 $1 {was better:} Nxc4 26. Qxc4 f6 27. Re2 $15)
25... Nd7 26. Qc4 Nf6 (26... Ne5 $5 27. Qc2 Qe6 28. b3 Nd7 $36) 27. Bc2 Qe7 28.
Re2 Rd2 $1 {Finally Black has made some progress.} (28... Nd5 29. Be4 $15) 29.
Qb3 Red8 {Obviously, White is under srong pressure, and Vassily errs again.} (
29... Qd6 $5 30. Qc4 Qe5 31. Qb3 Rxe2+ 32. Kxe2 Nd5 33. Be4 Nc7 $17 {[%cal
Gf7f5]}) 30. Rhe1 $2 (30. a3 $142 bxa3 31. Qxa3 Qe5 $17) 30... Nh7 $2 {Once
again, Topalov fails to find a concrete way to win the pawn!} (30... Rxe2+ 31.
Rxe2 Nd5 32. Kf1 Qh4 33. Rh2 Qg3 $19) 31. Kg3 Ng5 ({Of course, it's not easy
to go back from a psychological point of view:} 31... Nf6 32. f4 g5 $15) 32.
Qc4 Ne6 33. f4 {Now the king is more or less protected.} Nc5 (33... Kb8 $5) 34.
Bb1 Rxe2 35. Qxe2 Ne4+ {White's task is becoming easier after the exchange of
minor pieces.} (35... Kc7 $5 36. b3 g5 $15) 36. Bxe4 Qxe4 37. Kf2 $15 {It
looks like White should be able to hold this position with precise play.} g5
38. fxg5 Qe5 {Black is better now due to a preferable pawn structure and the
activity of his major pieces.} 39. Kg2 Qxg5 40. b3 Qe5 $6 ({It was possible to
pose more problems after} 40... f5 41. Rf1 fxg4 42. hxg4 (42. Qxg4+ Qxg4+ 43.
hxg4 Rd2+ 44. Kf3 Rxa2 45. Ke4 Rb2 $17) 42... Qe7 $15) 41. Qf3 {White manages
to improve his position little by little.} f6 (41... Rd2+ 42. Re2 Rxe2+ 43.
Qxe2 $11) 42. Re2 Qc3 (42... g5 43. Rf2 Rd6 44. Qf5+ Qxf5 45. Rxf5 $11) 43.
Qf5+ Kb8 44. Qc2 $6 {A strange passive move.} ({It was the right moment to
exchange some kingside pawns:} 44. g5 $1 Rd5 45. Qf4+ Ka7 46. gxf6 gxf6 47. Qc4
$11) 44... Kc7 ({White would regret his passive move in the event of} 44... Rd3
$1 45. Qxc3 bxc3 46. Kf3 b5 47. b4 c5 48. a3 c4 $15) 45. Qg6 Rd7 46. g5 Kb6 $6
{One more inaccuracy.} ({After} 46... fxg5 47. Qxg5 Kb6 48. h4 Rd3 $15 {
White is still experiencing some problems with his king.}) 47. gxf6 gxf6 48. h4
$1 $11 {Now the passed h-pawn is an important factor.} Rd1 49. Qe4 Ka7 50. Qf4
c5 51. Qf5 Qc1 {A disappointing result for Veselin!} ({White has finally
equalised:} 51... Qc1 52. Qf2 Qb1 53. e4 Rc1 54. Qe3 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.11"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Wang, Yue"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 c5 4. d5 e6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bxc4 exd5 7. Nxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bxd5 Be7 9. Nf3 O-O 10. O-O Na6 11. Bf4 Nb4 12. Re1 Nxd5 13. exd5 Bd6 14. Bxd6
Qxd6 15. Ne5 b6 16. Nc4 Qf6 17. Qa4 Qd8 18. Rad1 Bg4 19. f3 Bd7 20. Qb3 Re8 21.
Ne5 f6 22. Nc6 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Bxc6 24. dxc6+ Kf8 25. Rd1 Qe7 26. Kf2 Rd8 27.
Rd5 Qc7 28. Qd1 Rxd5 29. Qxd5 Ke7 30. h4 h5 31. a3 Qd6 32. Qxh5 Qxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.12"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. cxd5 ({Before this game V. Ivanchuk
had played only h3 and he had had good results.} 5. h3 Bxf3 (5... Bh5 6. Nc3 e6
7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5 Nbd7 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Bd2 Bb4 11. f3 $6 {A dubious novelty.
Popular options are 11.cxd5, 11.Qb3 and 11.Bd3.} dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nd5 13. Qb3 a5
$15 {1/2-1/2 (51) Ivanchuk,V (2744)-Topalov,V (2772) Tromso NOR 2014 1/2-1/2 
(51)}) 6. Qxf3 e6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. O-O Bd6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Bd2 Re8 11. Qd1 dxc4
12. Bxc4 a6 13. Qc2 (13. a4 c5 14. dxc5 (14. d5 $5 Nb6 15. dxe6 $1 fxe6 (15...
Nxc4 $2 16. exf7+ Kxf7 17. Qb3 $16) 16. Ba2 Rc8 17. Qe2 $14) 14... Nxc5 15. Qc2
Rc8 16. Rfd1 Qe7 17. Rac1 Rc7 18. Be1 Rec8 19. Be2 h6 20. Bf3 Ncd7 21. Qb3 Ne5
22. Be2 Bb4 23. Rc2 Nc6 24. Bf3 Ne5 25. Be2 Nc6 26. Bf3 Ne5 {1/2-1/2 (26)
Ivanchuk,V (2740)-Aronian,L (2763) Sofia 2008}) 13... c5 (13... b5 14. Be2 c5
15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Rfd1 Rc8 17. Rac1 Be7 18. Qb1 $14) 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Rfd1 Rc8
16. Be1 Qe7 {Aronian has build up a very solid position, but it seems next to
impossible to achieve full equality.} (16... Qc7 17. Rac1 Red8 18. Be2 Nce4 19.
g3 Nxc3 20. Qxc3 Qb8 21. Qb3 $14) (16... b5 17. Be2 Qc7 18. a3 Red8 19. Rac1
Nce4 20. g3 $14) 17. Rac1 Rc7 18. Be2 Rec8 19. Qb1 (19. Bf3 b5 20. Qb1 b4 21.
Ne2 a5 22. Nd4 $14) 19... h6 20. Bf3 $14 {Ivanchuk,V (2781)-Aronian,L (2737)
Sochi 2008 1-0 (44) CBM 126 [Ftacnik,L]}) 5... cxd5 6. Qb3 Qc7 7. Bb5+ ({
A much more popular continuation is} 7. Nc3 Bxf3 8. gxf3 e6 9. Bd2 (9. e4 Nc6
10. Be3 Rd8 11. O-O-O Be7 12. e5 Nh5 $6 13. Bh3 $6 (13. f4 $1 f5 (13... g6 $2
14. f5 $16 gxf5 15. Be2 Ng7 16. Bh6 $18) 14. Be2 g6 15. Bxh5 gxh5 16. Rhg1 Kd7
$1 17. Rg7 Kc8 $14) 13... g6 14. Bh6 Bf8 15. Bg5 Be7 16. Bh6 Bf8 17. Bg5 Be7
18. Bh6 {1/2-1/2 (18) Belikov,V (2499)-Sumets,A (2473) Alushta 2003}) 9... Nc6
10. Rc1 Be7 11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O e5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Qxd5 Rad8 15. Qc4 exd4 16.
Be4 Rd6 $11 {Popov,V (2548)-Shirov,A (2696) St Petersburg 2013 0-1 (31)}) 7...
Nbd7 (7... Nc6 8. Ne5 e6 {Black doesn't need to play 8...Bd7} 9. Bd2 (9. Qa4 $6
Bd6 $1 10. Nxc6 O-O 11. Nc3 bxc6 12. Bxc6 Rab8 13. Bb5 Bf5 14. Be2 Rb4 15. Qd1
Rfb8 $44) 9... Bd6 10. Bb4 O-O (10... Bxe5 11. dxe5 Qxe5 12. Nd2 Rc8 13. Rc1
$44) 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Qa3 c5 14. Nd2 (14. Nc3 $5 Bf5 (14... Qb8
$6 15. Nc6 Qb7 16. Qxc5 Kh8 17. Qb5 $16) 15. Qxc5 Qxc5 16. dxc5 Rfc8 17. Na4 (
17. b4 $2 a5 18. Na4 axb4 19. Nb6 b3 $17) 17... Bc2 18. b3 Ne4 19. Rc1 Nxc5 20.
Rxc2 Nd3+ 21. Nxd3 Rxc2 22. O-O $14) 14... Qb8 15. f3 Bf5 16. g4 cxd4 17. exd4
Bg6 18. h4 h6 19. Rc1 Rc8 20. Kf2 Qb6 21. Ke3 Bc2 22. g5 Ne8 23. Nd7 Qd6 24.
Nc5 {1/2-1/2 (24) Jussupow, A (2587)-Godena,M (2533) Switzerland 2013}) 8. Nc3
Bxf3 9. gxf3 a6 $146 (9... e6 10. Bd2 a6 11. Bd3 {1/2-1/2 (11) Grabarczyk, M 
(2476)-Lampert,J (2437) Lueneburg GER 2014. I think White should have
continued the game.}) 10. Bxd7+ {Probably that day Vassily was trying to play
solidly. He could have tried to keep his bishop.} (10. Bd3 $5 e6 11. e4 (11.
Bd2) 11... Be7 12. e5 Nh5 13. f4 f5 {with a complicated position.}) 10... Qxd7
11. Na4 Qb5 (11... Rb8 {looks playable, for example} 12. Nc5 (12. Nb6 Qb5 13.
Qxb5+ axb5 14. a4 bxa4 15. Rxa4 e6 16. Ke2 Nd7 $11) 12... Qc6 13. Bd2 e6 14.
Rc1 Bxc5 15. Rxc5 Qd7 $11) 12. Qxb5+ axb5 13. Nc5 e5 $1 (13... Nd7 $5 14. Nxb7
(14. Nxd7 Kxd7 $11) 14... e5 $1 (14... Ra7 15. Nc5 Nxc5 16. dxc5 g6 $44 17. a3
{The only move to keep the extra pawn.} (17. Ke2 e6 18. Bd2 Bg7 $1 (18... Bxc5
$2 19. Rhc1 $16) 19. a3 Bxb2 {Black regains the pawn} 20. Rab1 Bxa3 21. Rxb5
Kd7 $11) 17... e6 18. b4 Bg7 19. Rb1 Kd7 20. Ke2 {Black has some compensation
for the pawn but White has the upper hand.}) 15. Bd2 (15. dxe5 $2 Nxe5 16. f4
$8 Nc4 $1 17. b3 Na3 $17) 15... exd4 16. exd4 Be7 17. Ke2 Nf8 $1 18. Kd3 Ne6
$44) 14. Nxb7 $6 {After this move Black has more than enough for the
sacrificed pawn. Probably White had to accept the equality after} (14. dxe5
Bxc5 15. exf6 gxf6 16. Bd2 Rg8 17. Ke2 b4 18. Rhd1 Ke7 $11 {Due to the
activity of the black pieces we can assess the position as equal.}) 14... exd4
15. exd4 Kd7 $44 16. Rg1 {Probably Vassily's idea was to meet ...Nh5, ...Ng7
with Bh6} g6 (16... Kc6 {might be worth trying:} 17. Nc5 $8 Bxc5 18. dxc5 Rhe8+
19. Kf1 g6 20. Be3 Ra4 21. b3 Ra6 $44 {Here I would prefer Black. He will
double rooks on the a-file and put the knight on e6. White needs to play very
precisely.}) 17. Bg5 Nh5 18. Kd2 $6 {After this move White has some problems.
He should have preferred a3.} (18. a3 f6 19. Bd2 Ng7 $44 20. Ke2 (20. Bh6 Nf5
21. Bxf8 Rhxf8 {and Black regains the pawn.} 22. O-O-O Kc6 23. Nc5 Nxd4 24.
Rxd4 Kxc5 25. Rgd1 Rfd8 $11) 20... Ne6 21. Kd3 Ra7 22. Na5 Bd6 23. h4 Rha8 $11)
18... Ra7 $1 {Shakhriyar had other options.} (18... f6 19. Be3 Ng7 20. Bh6 Ne6
21. Bxf8 Rhxf8 {Black will regain his pawn soon. The position can be assessed
as equal.} 22. Nc5+ Nxc5 23. dxc5 Ra4 24. Rg4 Kc6 25. Rxa4 bxa4 26. b4 axb3 27.
axb3 Kxc5 $11) (18... Kc6 $2 19. Nc5 Bxc5 20. Rgc1 $16) (18... Ra4 19. Kd3 f6
20. Bd2 Ng7 21. a3 Ne6 22. b4 Bd6 $44) 19. Nc5+ Bxc5 20. dxc5 Rha8 21. a3 Kc6
22. Rg4 Ng7 23. Rd1 $6 ({Probably Vassily should have preferred} 23. Rc1 Ne6
24. Bf6 Ra4 25. Rb4 {It seems to me that Black can't improve his position.} Re8
(25... d4 26. Kc2 Rxb4 27. axb4 Kd5 28. Kd2 Ra2 29. c6 Ra8 $8 30. c7 Rc8 31.
Bd8 $11) (25... Rxb4 $6 26. axb4 Ra4 27. Kc3 $14) 26. h4 Nf4 27. Bg5 Ne6 (27...
Re2+ $2 28. Kd1) 28. Bf6 $11) 23... Ne6 24. Be3 Ra4 25. Kc3 $4 {A blunder.
However White's position was unpleasant.} (25. Kc2 Rc4+ 26. Rxc4 bxc4 $15 27.
b4 $5 Nc7 $1 (27... cxb3+ $2 28. Kxb3 Rb8+ 29. Kc3 Nxc5 30. Ra1 $11) 28. Kb2
Nb5 29. Ra1 Ra4 $17 (29... d4 $2 30. a4 $16)) 25... d4+ {White's position is
hopeless due to the following line:} (25... d4+ 26. Rgxd4 (26. Bxd4 Rd8) 26...
Nxd4 27. Rxd4 (27. Bxd4 Rc4+ 28. Kd3 Rxd4+ 29. Kxd4 Rd8+ $19) 27... Rxd4 28.
Bxd4 (28. Kxd4 Ra4+ 29. Ke5 Rh4 $19) 28... Ra4 {/\ ...Kd5}) 0-1

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2014.09.04"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2014.09.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Taldea Gros Xake"]
[BlackTeam "Merida"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Nc6 7. b3 d5 8.
Bg2 O-O 9. O-O dxc4 10. bxc4 e5 11. d5 Nb8 12. Nc3 Nbd7 13. Rfd1 h6 14. Qb2 e4
15. Nd4 Nb6 16. Qb3 Bd7 17. Rac1 e3 18. f4 Qc5 19. Ncb5 c6 20. dxc6 bxc6 21.
Qa3 Qh5 22. Nc7 Rac8 23. Qxa7 Na8 24. Nxa8 Rxa8 25. Qc7 Rxa2 26. Qe5 Qxe5 27.
fxe5 Ng4 28. c5 Rc8 29. e6 fxe6 30. Rc2 Ra7 31. Rc3 e5 32. Nc2 Nf2 33. Re1 Nh3+
34. Kh1 Nf2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2014.09.05"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C87"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2014.09.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Merida"]
[BlackTeam "Solvay"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 d6 7. c3 Bg4 8. d3
Nd7 9. Be3 h6 10. h3 Bh5 11. Nbd2 Bg5 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. d4 Bxe3 14. Rxe3 exd4
15. cxd4 c5 16. Nb3 cxd4 17. Nbxd4 O-O 18. g4 Bg6 19. Nc6 Qf6 20. Qd4 Rfe8 21.
Rae1 Re6 22. e5 dxe5 23. Ncxe5 Nb6 24. Nxg6 Rxe3 25. Rxe3 Qxg6 26. Nh4 Qb1+ 27.
Kh2 c5 28. Qe5 Nc4 29. Qd5 Nxe3 30. Qxa8+ Kh7 31. Qf3 Nd1 32. Qxf7 Qc2 33. Kg1
Qe4 34. b3 Nc3 35. Nf5 Qe1+ 36. Kg2 Qe4+ 37. Kg1 Qe1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2014.09.06"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2014.09.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Extremadura Magic"]
[BlackTeam "Merida"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
Nbd7 9. Bf4 b6 10. Rd1 Bb7 11. Ne5 Nh5 12. Bd2 Nhf6 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Nc6 Bxc6
15. Qxc6 Ne8 16. Nc3 Nd6 17. e4 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Rc8 19. Qa4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Nf6 21.
Bf3 Qd7 22. Qxd7 Nxd7 23. Rac1 Nf6 24. Bb7 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Rd8 26. Be3 Kf8 27.
Kf1 Nd5 28. Bxd5 Rxd5 29. Rc7 a5 30. Rb7 b5 31. b3 Bf6 32. Ke2 g5 33. Ra7 b4
34. h3 Kg7 35. Kf3 Bxd4 36. Bxd4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2014.09.07"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2014.09.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Merida"]
[BlackTeam "Sestao Naturgas"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. f3 Bd7 12. Rb1 Qc7 13. Qd2 Rad8 14. Rfc1 Bc8
15. h4 Na5 16. Bd3 f5 17. Bh6 e5 18. exf5 gxf5 19. Bxg7 Qxg7 20. Qe3 cxd4 21.
cxd4 exd4 22. Qg5 Nc6 23. Nf4 Ne5 24. Bc4+ Kh8 25. Qxg7+ Kxg7 26. Be6 Kf6 27.
Bxc8 Rxc8 28. Nd5+ Ke6 29. Nf4+ Kf6 30. Nd5+ Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2014.09.08"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Narciso Dublan, Marc"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2014.09.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Barbera"]
[BlackTeam "Merida"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd3 Bg4 6. Nbd2 e6 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. b3
Bh5 9. O-O Be7 10. Bb2 Bg6 11. Bxg6 hxg6 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Qa5 14. Rfe1 Qf5
15. Nxf6+ Nxf6 16. Rac1 Qxc2 17. Rxc2 O-O 18. Kf1 Rfd8 19. Bc3 a5 20. a4 Kf8
21. h3 c5 22. Rd2 cxd4 23. Rxd4 Nd7 24. Ke2 Bf6 25. Rd3 Bxc3 26. Rxc3 b6 27.
Rd1 Nc5 28. Ne5 Rxd1 29. Kxd1 Rd8+ 30. Kc2 g5 31. Re3 f6 32. Nf3 Kf7 33. Nd2
Rd4 34. Nb1 f5 35. Nc3 Kf6 36. Ne2 Rd7 37. Nc3 Na6 38. Na2 Rd4 39. Re2 Nc5 40.
Nc1 g4 41. hxg4 Rxg4 42. g3 f4 43. gxf4 Rxf4 44. Kd1 g5 45. Ke1 Rf3 46. Rb2 Rh3
47. Rc2 g4 48. Kf1 Ke5 49. Kg2 Rf3 50. Kg1 Kd4 51. Rd2+ Nd3 52. Ne2+ Kc5 53.
Nc3 Nxf2 54. Nb5 Nh3+ 55. Kh1 Nf4 56. Nc7 g3 57. Kg1 Rc3 58. Rd1 Rc2 0-1

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2014.09.09"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2014.09.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Equigoma"]
[BlackTeam "Merida"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qb3 e6 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Rd1 Nb6 10. d3 e5 11. e3 Bg4 12. h3 Be6 13. Qc2 Rc8 14. Qe2 Qd7 15.
Kh2 Rfd8 16. b3 f6 17. Bb2 Bf7 18. Rd2 Bf8 19. Rad1 Re8 20. Nh4 Nd5 21. Be4
Rcd8 22. Qf3 b6 23. Rg1 g6 24. g4 Bg7 25. Qg2 Kh8 26. Ne2 Nde7 27. Rgd1 Bd5 28.
Nf3 Qc8 29. Ng3 Bxe4 30. dxe4 h6 31. Qf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2014.09.10"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Rakhmanov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2014.09.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Merida"]
[BlackTeam "Barcelona"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Bxe4 8.
Bxe4 c6 9. c3 Ngf6 10. Bc2 g6 11. b3 Bg7 12. Ba3 Bf8 13. Bb2 Bg7 14. c4 O-O 15.
Qe2 Qc7 16. Rac1 Rfe8 17. Rfe1 Bh6 18. Rcd1 b5 19. Ne5 Bg7 20. g3 bxc4 21. Nxc4
Nd5 22. Be4 a5 23. Qc2 a4 24. bxa4 N7b6 25. Nxb6 Qxb6 26. Bc3 Qa7 27. a5 Rec8
28. Re2 Nxc3 29. Qxc3 Qxa5 30. Qxa5 Rxa5 31. Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch 83rd"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "2014.11.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kryvoruchko, Yuriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[Annotator "Havasi,G"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2014.11.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O {White chooses the positional line, 4.c3
would be the sharper move.} Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 {This is a normal waiting
move, it will be useful to have the possibility of playing Ba7 and preventing
d4, which can be unpleasant if the B is on c5.} (6... O-O {is the most popular
move.}) 7. Bb3 Ba7 8. Re1 h6 {A normal prophylactic move} ({The immediate} 8...
O-O {is the most popular move} 9. h3 h6 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. Nf1 Be6 12. Ng3 Bxb3
13. Qxb3 Rb8 $15 {Kamsky-Jakovenko, Loo 2014}) 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nf1 Be6 (10...
Re8 {is also usual}) (10... Ne7 {is also typical to move the N to g6} 11. Ng3
Ng6 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Rxe3 c6 $11 {Grischuk-Lautier, Biel 2001}) (10... Nh5 {
is the active try} 11. Be3 Qf6 12. Bxa7 Rxa7 13. Ne3 Nf4 $13 {Jakubiec-Jaracz,
Zakopane 2000}) 11. Be3 ({If White avoids the exchange with} 11. Bc2 {Black
can play} Re8 {or} (11... Ne7 12. Ng3 Ng6 $13 {Degraeve-Delorme, Marseille 2010
}) 12. h3 d5 13. Qe2 Qd7 14. Ng3 Rad8 $13 {Michiels-Lalic, Metz 2011}) (11. Ng3
{is the most popular move. Black got nice play after} Qd7 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. fxe3
Rfe8 14. Qe2 Rad8 15. Bxe6 Qxe6 16. c4 Ne7 17. Nh4 c6 $132 {followed by d5,
Kovalev-Kryvoruchko, Dubai 2014.}) 11... Qd7 ({Taking on e3 is also possible:} 
11... Bxe3 12. Nxe3 Qd7 13. Qe2 Bxb3 14. axb3 a5 15. Rad1 Rfe8 $13 {
Potapov-Malakhov, Olginka 2011}) 12. Ba4 {White pins the knight and provokes
b5.} (12. Bxa7 {was played in a game} Rxa7 13. Ng3 Raa8 14. Bc2 Rad8 $13 {
Woudt-Lacrosse, Ghent 2012}) 12... b5 13. Bc2 Ne7 $146 {This is the novelty.} (
13... Bxe3 {has been played before} 14. Nxe3 Ng4 (14... Rfe8 15. d4 $14) (14...
d5 {seems interesting, as otherwise White plays d4 and gets strong in the
centre} 15. exd5 Bxd5 $1 (15... Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Nxe5) 16. Nxd5 Qxd5 {
and White should have a little advantage, but the position isn't so easy.}) 15.
d4 Nxe3 16. Rxe3 Bg4 17. h3 Bxf3 18. Rxf3 Qe7 19. Qd2 Na5 20. b3 $14 {with a
pleasant position for White, because of his strong pawn centre,
Valkesalmi-Bjerke, Espoo 1988.}) 14. d4 {White occupies the centre and wants
to improve his position.} ({White shouldn't exchange the Bs before d4, as his
B seems more useful in this position:} 14. Bxa7 Rxa7 15. d4 Ng6 $11) 14... Ng6
{Black wants to hold the centre.} ({If Black gives up the centre, White also
has some advantage after} 14... exd4 15. cxd4 (15. Nxd4 {is also good
according to the computer, but taking with the P is more human} Rfe8 16. h3 $14
) 15... d5 16. e5 Ne4 17. Ng3 Nxg3 18. hxg3 Bf5 19. Bxf5 Nxf5 20. Rc1 $14) 15.
h3 $1 {White prevents Ng4 or Bg4.} c6 16. Ng3 Qc7 17. Qd2 $14 {White has
achieved a dream position. He has a strong centre and Black's a7-bishop is
slightly passive. He will follow up with Rad1 and Nf5.} Rfe8 18. Nf5 $1 {
White immediately seizes the initiative. White has a serious advantage.} (18.
Rad1 $5 {is also good.}) 18... Bxf5 (18... d5 {was an interesting try, but
White is slightly better after} 19. exd5 Bxf5 20. Bxf5 exd4 21. Bxd4 Bxd4 22.
Qxd4 $14) (18... exd4 {loses to} 19. Bxh6 $3 $40) 19. exf5 Nf4 (19... Nf8 {
is no better} 20. Bxh6 $1 N8h7 (20... gxh6 21. Qxh6 $40) 21. Be3 $16) 20. Bxf4
exf4 21. Qxf4 $16 Rxe1+ ({In the event of} 21... c5 {White has many good plans,
I like} 22. Bb3 $1 Rac8 23. Rad1 $16) 22. Rxe1 Re8 23. Rxe8+ Nxe8 24. g4 $1 {
White starts the decisive attack.} Kf8 (24... Nf6 25. h4 $40) 25. h4 f6 26. d5
$1 {White wants to change the character of the position favourably. In the
event of simple moves, the position may become hard to win after after Black's
...d5.} (26. g5 {isn't so good} hxg5 27. hxg5 d5 28. Qe3 Bb8 {and White's task
isn't so easy.}) 26... cxd5 27. Bb3 Qf7 28. g5 {This move takes unnecessary
risks.} (28. Nd4 $16 {is more simple.}) 28... hxg5 29. hxg5 Qe7 $1 30. Kf1 $6 (
30. gxf6 {was still better} Nxf6 31. Kf1 $14 {and there is no unpleasant ...
Qe4.}) 30... Qe4 $1 31. Qxe4 dxe4 32. Nd2 e3 33. Ne4 fxg5 $11 {Black has
equalised.} 34. f3 Ke7 35. Ke2 g4 {A good move, which leads to a draw, but
there was no need to play this move.} (35... Nf6 36. Nxg5 Nh5 37. Ne6 Ng3+ 38.
Ke1 Kf6 39. Nc7 Nxf5 40. Nxa6 Nh4 $11) (35... Nc7 36. Nxg5 d5 $11) 36. fxg4 Nf6
37. Nxf6 gxf6 $11 {The position is of course equal.} 38. Bd5 Kd7 39. b4 Bb6 40.
Bb7 a5 41. a3 axb4 42. axb4 Kc7 43. Be4 Kd7 44. Kf3 Kc7 45. Bd5 Kd7 46. Bf7 Ke7
47. Be6 Kd8 48. Ke2 Kc7 49. Kd3 Kd8 50. c4 bxc4+ 51. Bxc4 Kd7 52. Bb5+ Kc7 53.
Ke4 d5+ 54. Kxd5 e2 55. Bxe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch 83rd"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "2014.11.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2014.11.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Nc6 7. e3 ({RR} 
7. b3 d5 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O dxc4 10. bxc4 e5 11. d5 Nb8 12. Nc3 Nbd7 13. Rfd1 h6
14. Qb2 e4 15. Nd4 Nb6 16. Qb3 Bd7 17. Rac1 e3 18. f4 Qc5 19. Ncb5 c6 20. dxc6
bxc6 21. Qa3 Qh5 {Bacrot,E (2729)-Ivanchuk,V (2726) Linares 2014 1/2-1/2 (34)})
7... O-O $146 ({RR} 7... d5 8. Qc3 dxc4 9. Na3 b6 10. Nxc4 Bb7 11. Bg2 O-O 12.
Nfe5 Nd5 13. Bxd5 exd5 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Nxb6 axb6 16. Qxc6 Qb4+ 17. Kf1 Qxb2
18. Kg2 Rxa2 19. Rxa2 Qxa2 20. Qxc7 b5 21. Qb7 Qc2 22. Ra1 {Riazantsev,A (2678)
-Yuffa,D (2467) Khanty-Mansiysk 2014 1-0 (40)}) ({RR} 7... d5 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O
Rd8 10. Qc3 dxc4 11. Nbd2 e5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd5 14. Bxd5 Rxd5 15. Nxc4
Bh3 16. Rfd1 Qd7 17. Rd4 Rd8 18. f4 {1/2-1/2 (18) Jovanic,O (2489)-Fercec,N 
(2495) Pula 2014}) 8. Bg2 d6 9. Nc3 e5 10. Nd5 Qd8 11. O-O Re8 12. Qc3 Ne4 13.
Qc2 exd4 14. exd4 Bg4 15. Rad1 Nf6 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Nxd5 18. cxd5 Qf6 19.
Qc3 Ne7 20. Rfe1 g6 21. Re4 Nf5 22. Rf4 Qd8 23. h4 Re7 24. Bg4 Nh6 25. Bh3 Kg7
26. g4 Ng8 27. Qf3 Qe8 28. g5 h5 29. Rd3 Re1+ 30. Kh2 Qe7 31. Re3 Rxe3 32. fxe3
Rf8 33. e4 f6 34. Be6 fxg5 35. hxg5 Rxf4 36. Qxf4 Qf8 37. Qxf8+ Kxf8 38. Bc8 b6
39. Kg3 Ke8 40. Kf4 Ne7 41. Ba6 Kd8 42. Bb5 a5 43. a3 Ng8 44. Ke3 Ne7 45. Kd3
Ng8 46. Kc3 Ne7 47. Bf1 Nc8 48. Bh3 Na7 49. Kc4 Ke7 50. Kd3 Ke8 51. e5 Kd8 52.
Ke4 Ke7 53. Kf4 Ke8 54. Ke3 Ke7 55. Kd3 Ke8 56. Kc4 Ke7 57. Bg2 Kf8 58. Be4 Kg7
59. b4 axb4 60. Kxb4 h4 61. Bg2 Kf8 62. a4 Kg7 63. Bh3 Kf7 64. a5 Ke7 65. a6
Kf7 66. Kc3 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch 83rd"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "2014.11.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Zubov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2014.11.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Qc2 c5 ({RR} 
7... a6 8. a3 Nbd7 9. Nf3 b6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. O-O c5 13. dxc5 bxc5
14. Qe2 Re8 15. Bf5 Ne4 16. Bxe7 Nxc3 17. Qd3 Ne2+ 18. Qxe2 Qxe7 19. Bxd7 Qxd7
20. Qd3 Re4 21. Rfd1 Rae8 22. Rac1 {Mihalik,M (2031)-Hertel,O (2055) Slovakia
2014 1-0 (67)}) 8. dxc5 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Qa5 10. Rc1 $146 ({RR} 10. a3 Qxc5 11. Ba2
b6 12. Nge2 Bb7 13. O-O Nbd7 14. Rac1 Rfc8 15. Rfd1 Nf8 16. Qa4 Qh5 17. Bg3 a6
18. f3 b5 19. Qh4 Qc5 20. Qd4 Qxd4 21. Nxd4 b4 22. axb4 Bxb4 23. e4 Rd8 24. Na4
Rac8 {Ponomariov,R (2731)-Ji,D (2374) China 2013 1/2-1/2 (75)}) ({RR} 10. Nf3
Qxc5 11. Bd3 Nc6 12. a3 Bd7 13. Rd1 Rfd8 14. b4 Qh5 15. h3 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Qxh4
17. Nf3 Qh5 18. Rh2 Bc6 19. g4 Nxg4 20. hxg4 Qxg4 21. Bh7+ Kf8 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8
23. Be4 Bxe4 24. Qxe4 Qxe4 {Kortschnoj,V (2676)-Chiburdanidze,M (2551)
Marbella 1999 1/2-1/2 (149)}) ({RR} 10. Nf3 Qxc5 11. Be2 b6 12. O-O Bb7 13.
Rac1 Nbd7 14. Rfd1 Rfd8 15. Qb1 Qf5 16. e4 Qh5 17. Bg3 Qg6 18. Bd3 Qh5 19. b4
Rac8 20. Ne2 e5 21. Nc3 a6 22. Be2 Qg6 23. Nh4 Qh7 24. Nf5 Bf8 {Notkin,M (2520)
-Khavsky,S (2320) St Petersburg 1996 1-0 (39)}) ({RR} 10. O-O-O Qxc5 11. Bxf6
Bxf6 12. Ne4 Qe7 13. Nf3 Bd7 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Kb1 Rc8 16. Qd3 Bc6 17. Nd4
Bxg2 18. Rhg1 Nc6 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Rxg2 Nxd4 21. Qxd4 Qxd4 22. Rxd4 Rc7 23.
Rg1 Rac8 24. Rgd1 Kf7 {Christensen,T (2375)-Hansen,S (2460) Hillerod 1995 1/
2-1/2 (51)}) 10... Qxc5 11. Be2 Nc6 12. Nf3 Bd7 13. O-O Rac8 14. a3 Ne5 15. Qb3
Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Bc6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Ne4 Qb5 19. Qxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch 83rd"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "2014.11.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kovchan, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2014.11.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. Re1 Rc8 ({RR} 6...
e6) 7. d3 ({RR} 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 g6 9. b3 Bg7 10. Bb2 O-O 11. c4) ({RR} 7. c3
Qc7 8. d3 e6 9. Bf4 Be7 10. d4 Qb6 11. Qe2 O-O 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Rfe8 14. e5
Nd5 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. exd6 Qxd6 17. Nbd2 Nd5 18. Ne4 Qc7 19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. Rad1
Nxe4 21. Qxe4 Red8 {Mamedov,R (2637)-Le,Q (2712) Khanty-Mansiysk 2013 1/2-1/2 
(47)}) ({RR} 7. Nc3 g6 8. d3 Bg7 9. a4 O-O 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Re8 12. Ra3 Nf8
13. e5 dxe5 14. Nxe5 N8d7 15. Nc4 Nf8 16. Rb3 b6 17. a5 g5 18. Bg3 N6d7 19. Nd5
Rc6 20. Qf3 Re6 21. Re3 Rxe3 {Gressmann,M (1977)-Nguyen,H (1952) Hannover 2014
1-0 (45)}) 7... e6 8. Nc3 $146 ({RR} 8. Nbd2 Be7 9. Nc4 O-O 10. Bg5 Nb8 11. a4
Nc6 12. h3 Re8 13. e5 dxe5 14. Nfxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Nd5 16. Bd2 Bf6 17. Qh5 Re7
18. Re4 Nc7 19. Rae1 Ne8 20. Nc4 Rd7 21. Bc1 Rd5 22. Qf3 b6 {Hug,W (2430)
-Portisch,L (2625) Crans Montana 1976 1/2-1/2}) ({RR} 8. b3 Be7 9. Bb2 O-O 10.
Nbd2 Ne8 11. d4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bf6 13. N2f3 a6 14. a4 Qa5 15. c4 g6 16. Ba3 Ne5
17. Rc1 Qb6 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Nf3 f6 20. Nxe5 fxe5 21. Re3 Rf4 22. g3 Rf6 {
Kostic,V (2375)-Fransson,P (2250) Budapest 1991 1-0 (33)}) 8... Be7 9. e5 dxe5
10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 O-O 12. Qf3 Rc6 13. Re2 Ne8 14. Bf4 g5 15. Bd2 Ng7 16.
Rae1 Nf5 17. Qh5 Nd4 18. Re3 f5 19. Rg3 g4 20. Bh6 Qe8 21. Qxe8 Rxe8 22. Rd1
Bh4 23. Re3 e5 24. Bf4 Rce6 25. Bg3 Bg5 26. Ree1 Nxc2 27. Rf1 f4 28. h4 Be7 29.
Bh2 Rd8 30. a3 g3 31. fxg3 fxg3 32. Bxg3 Ne3 0-1

[Event "UKR-ch 83rd"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "2014.11.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[Annotator "Havasi,G"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2014.11.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Bc5 4. Nf3 c6 5. Nc3 Qe7 (5... d6 {is the most
popular move.}) 6. g3 $146 {This is already a novelty.} (6. d4 {was played
before} exd4 7. Nxd4 Nf6 8. e3 (8. Nf5 Qf8 9. Be3 Na6 10. Bxc5 Qxc5 11. Nd6+
Ke7 12. Nxc8+ Rhxc8 13. e3 Kf8 $13 {Predke-Volkov, Moscow 2014}) 8... O-O 9.
Be2 Rd8 10. Bf3 d5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. O-O Nc6 $13 {Malakhov-Bologan, Chisinau
2014}) 6... Nf6 ({In the event of the immediate} 6... e4 {White has the strong}
7. d4 $1 Bb4 8. Nd2 Nf6 9. Qb3 $14 {with a slight advantage.}) 7. Bg2 (7. d4 {
is also possible} exd4 8. Nxd4 $13) 7... O-O (7... e4 {is also possible
immediately} 8. Nh4 d5 (8... d6 9. d4 exd3 10. Qxd3 $13) 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. d4
Bb6 (10... Bb4 11. O-O O-O {transposes to the game}) 11. Bg5 Be6 $13) 8. O-O e4
(8... d6 $11 {is a normal move}) (8... d5 9. cxd5 e4 $1 (9... cxd5 10. d4 exd4
11. Nxd4 $14) 10. Nh4 {leads to the game.}) 9. Nh4 d5 10. cxd5 cxd5 {This
recapture allows White to seize the initiative.} (10... h6 $3 {is the
suggestion of the computer, Black wants to avoid Bg5 in the future} 11. d4 Bb6
12. d6 $1 Qxd6 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Qxd4 15. Qxd4 Bxd4 $11) 11. d4 $1 Bb4 ({
After} 11... Bb6 {White should attack Black's centre with some active moves:}
12. Bg5 Be6 13. f3 exf3 14. Rxf3 Nbd7 15. Nf5 $36) 12. Bg5 Bxc3 (12... Be6 {
is also good} 13. f3 Bxc3 14. bxc3 exf3 15. exf3 Nbd7 {White has some slight
advantage, but the game isn't easy.}) 13. bxc3 Be6 (13... Nbd7 $1 {is better,
it's more important to develop the knight:} 14. Nf5 Qe6 15. Ne3 b6 $13) 14. Rb1
$1 {White puts some pressure on the b7-pawn and wants to prevent ...Nbd7.} (14.
f3 {would transpose to the 12...Be6 line, but White has a stronger move.})
14... b6 $6 {This is the logical move to prepare for moving the knight, but
this allows White a good answer.} ({Even so,} 14... Nbd7 $5 {is still better}
15. Rxb7 Rfb8 16. Qb3 Qd8 {and the game is pretty unclear, as Black has some
compensation for the P, because of White's pawn structure and badly placed
pieces on the kingside.}) 15. f3 (15. c4 $1 {is even better} Nbd7 16. cxd5 Bxd5
17. Nf5 $36) 15... exf3 16. Bxf6 (16. Rxf3 $6 Nbd7 $132) (16. exf3 $1 {is
suddenly unpleasant for Black:} Nbd7 17. Re1 $36) 16... Qxf6 17. Bxf3 Qg5 (
17... Qd8 {is also possible} 18. e4 Nc6 {and Black isn't worse.}) 18. Ng2 {
White puts the knight on f4, where it's much better placed.} (18. c4 $1 {
would be the most exact attacking move} Nc6 19. Ng2 Qd8 $1 (19... Ne7 20. Nf4
$36) 20. e4 dxe4 21. Bxe4 Qxd4+ 22. Qxd4 Nxd4 23. Bxa8 Rxa8 24. Rbd1 $14) 18...
Nd7 (18... Na6 {is the suggestion of the computer. The idea of this move is to
move the N to c7, where it willl defend the structure} 19. Nf4 Nc7 20. Qb3 $14)
19. Nf4 Nf6 20. Qc1 {White prepares the threat of Nxd5 and wants to play c4.} (
20. c4 Rac8 $1 21. cxd5 Bf5 {and Black has good compensation as the squares
are weak in White's postion.}) 20... h6 $1 {Black defends the queen.} 21. c4
Rad8 (21... Rac8 {doesn't work} 22. Nxd5 $1 Bxd5 23. Qxg5 hxg5 24. cxd5 $14)
22. cxd5 Nxd5 23. Nxe6 {White decides to take the bishop, but he won't have
enough advantage.} ({Giving up the bishop with} 23. Bxd5 {is an interesting
move, White has direct ideas in connection with Rb5, but it won't be dangerous
for Black} Bxd5 24. Rb5 Rfe8 $1 $13) ({If White plays the intermediate} 23. Rb5
{Black has to play} a6 24. Nxe6 fxe6 25. Qxg5 hxg5 26. Rb3 {and compared to
the game, Black's pawn structure is slightly weakened} b5) 23... fxe6 24. Qxg5
hxg5 25. Rb3 Nf6 (25... Rc8 26. e4 Nc3 27. Rf2 $14) 26. Rd3 Rc8 (26... g4 27.
Bg2 Rc8 $13) 27. Rfd1 Rc2 (27... g4 {would be a logical and good move, after
which Black may even have some chances:} 28. Bg2 Rc2 29. R3d2 Rfc8 $132) 28.
Re3 (28. R1d2 Rc1+ 29. Rd1 Rxd1+ 30. Rxd1 g4 31. Bg2 Rc8 $132) 28... Kf7 (28...
g4 29. Be4 (29. Bg2 Kf7 $132) 29... Nd5 30. Bxc2 Nxe3 31. Rc1 Kf7 {There is no
...Rc8, because Bh7] would win.} 32. Kf2 Nxc2 33. Rxc2 Ke7+ 34. Ke3 $11) 29. a3
{The simplest move.} (29. Ra3 a5 30. Rb1 g4 31. Bb7 Rxe2 32. Rxb6 Rd8 33. Ba6
Rc2 $132) 29... Rfc8 30. d5 $1 $11 exd5 31. Bxd5+ Kf8 32. Bb3 R2c3 33. Rd8+
Rxd8 34. Rxc3 Ke7 (34... Re8 35. Kf1 {is also equal. White's weak structure is
compensated for by his bishop and dynamic active resources.}) 35. Kg2 g4 36.
Ba4 Nd5 37. Rd3 Rd6 38. Kf2 Nf6 39. Re3+ Kd8 40. Bb3 Rc6 41. Rd3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch 83rd"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "2014.11.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Zubarev, Alexander2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E27"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2014.11.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Nh5 7. Nh3 f5 8.
Bg5 Qe8 9. g4 fxg4 10. fxg4 Nf6 11. Qd3 d6 12. Bxf6 $146 ({RR} 12. Bg2 Nc6 13.
O-O e5 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Be4 Bxg4 16. Bxh7+ Kh8 17. Bg6 Qd7 18. Bf5 Qg7 19. Kh1
Ne7 20. Bxg4 Qxg4 21. Rg1 Qh4 22. Qf3 Rg8 23. dxe5 dxe5 24. Raf1 Rxg1+ 25. Nxg1
f5 26. Qxb7 Rg8 {Kelires,A (1965)-Palaskos,M (1697) Achaea 2012 1-0 (48)}) ({RR
} 12. Nf2 e5 13. Bxf6 Rxf6 14. Bg2 Nc6 15. O-O Bd7 16. Bd5+ Kh8 17. Ne4 Rxf1+
18. Rxf1 Qg6 19. h3 exd4 20. cxd4 Re8 21. Qf3 h6 22. Qf8+ Kh7 23. Bf7 Qxg4+ 24.
hxg4 Rxf8 25. Bg6+ Kxg6 26. Rxf8 Nxd4 {Schwarz,D (2352)-Pulpan,J (2218)
Pardubice 2014 1/2-1/2 (59)}) ({RR} 12. Nf2 e5 13. Bg2 Nc6 14. Bxf6 Rxf6 15.
O-O Kh8 16. Ne4 Rg6 17. h3 Bd7 18. Rf2 Nd8 19. d5 b6 20. Raf1 Nb7 21. Qe3 Kg8
22. Ng5 Nc5 23. Ne6 Bxe6 24. dxe6 c6 25. e7 Ne6 26. Rf8+ {1-0 (26) Carlsen,M 
(2801)-Morozevich,A (2750) Moscow 2009}) ({RR} 12. Nf2 Nc6 13. h3 b6 14. Bg2
Ba6 15. Bxf6 Rxf6 16. Ne4 Rg6 17. Nd2 d5 18. Qg3 Qf7 19. e4 Na5 20. cxd5 exd5
21. e5 Rd8 22. Bf1 Bxf1 23. Rxf1 Qd7 24. Kf2 h5 25. Kg1 hxg4 26. Rf4 Rf8 {
Volkov,S (2612)-Durarbayli,V (2476) Rijeka 2010 1-0}) 12... Rxf6 13. Bg2 Nc6
14. Be4 g6 15. g5 Rf8 16. Nf2 e5 17. h4 Kg7 18. h5 Qf7 19. Qg3 gxh5 20. Bd5 Qg6
21. Ne4 Kh8 22. O-O-O Ne7 23. Rdf1 Bf5 24. Nd2 Nxd5 25. cxd5 exd4 26. cxd4 Bg4
27. Rxf8+ Rxf8 28. Qe3 Qe8 29. Ne4 Kg7 30. Kd2 Rf7 31. Qd3 Re7 32. Ng3 Qg6 33.
Rf1 Qxg5+ 34. e3 Qg6 35. e4 h4 36. Nf5+ Bxf5 37. exf5 Qg2+ 38. Kc3 Kf6 0-1

[Event "UKR-ch 83rd"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "2014.11.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2014.11.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik,L} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7.
Be2 Be7 8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O Nc6 10. f4 Qc7 11. Bf3 ({RR} 11. Kb1 Bd7 ({RR} 
11... Nxd4 12. Bxd4 e5 13. Be3 b5 14. Bf3 ({RR} 14. Rhf1 Bb7 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16.
exd5 Nd7 17. fxe5 Nxe5 18. Bd4 Qd7 19. Qf4 Ng6 20. Qf3 Rae8 21. Bd3) 14... Bb7
15. g4 b4 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 exf4 18. Bxf4 Nd7 19. g5 f6 20. h4 ({RR} 20. g6
hxg6 21. Rdg1 g5 22. Qg2) 20... fxg5 21. hxg5 Bxg5 22. Qh2) 12. g4 Nxd4 13.
Qxd4 Bc6 ({RR} 13... e5 14. Qd3 Bxg4 15. Bxg4 Nxg4 ({RR} 15... exf4 16. Bxf4
Nxg4 17. Nd5) 16. Nd5 Qd8 17. Bb6 Qd7 18. h3 Nf6 19. fxe5 Nxd5 20. Qxd5) 14. g5
Nd7 ({RR} 14... Ne8 15. h4) 15. h4 Nc5 16. Bf3 Rad8 ({RR} 16... f5 17. gxf6
Bxf6 18. Qxd6 Qxd6 19. Rxd6 Bxc3 20. Bxc5 ({RR} 20. bxc3 Bxe4) 20... Rxf4 21.
bxc3 Rxf3 22. Rxe6 Rxc3) 17. h5 f6 ({RR} 17... f5 18. h6) 18. g6 f5 ({RR} 18...
h6 19. f5 exf5 20. Nd5) 19. h6 Bf6 ({RR} 19... gxh6 20. gxh7+ Kxh7 21. Rxh6+ {
RR} Kxh6 22. Rh1+ Kg6 23. Bh5+ Kh7 24. Bf7+ Bh4 25. Rxh4#) 20. hxg7 Bxg7 ({RR} 
20... Bxd4 21. Bxd4 hxg6 ({RR} 21... h6 22. gxf8=Q+ Rxf8 23. Rxh6 e5 24. Rh7) (
{RR} 21... e5 22. gxf8=Q+ Rxf8 23. gxh7+ Kh8 24. fxe5 dxe5 25. Bxc5) 22. Rh8+
Kf7 23. gxf8=Q+ Rxf8 24. Rh7+) ({RR} 20... Qxg7 21. gxh7+ Kh8 {RR} 22. Qd2) 21.
Rxh7 ({RR} 21. gxh7+ Kh8 22. Qd2 Nxe4 ({RR} 22... fxe4 23. Bg4 Bf6 24. Rdg1)
23. Bxe4 ({RR} 23. Nxe4 fxe4 24. Bg4 Bd5 25. Rdg1 Qc4 26. b3 Qc3 27. Qxc3 Bxc3)
23... fxe4 24. Rdg1) 21... fxe4 ({RR} 21... Bxd4 22. Bxd4 ({RR} 22. Rxc7 Bxe3)
22... Qxh7 23. gxh7+ Kf7 ({RR} 23... Kxh7 24. Rh1+ Kg8 ({RR} 24... Kg6 25. Bh5+
Kh7 26. Bf7#) 25. Rh8+ Kf7 26. Bh5+ Ke7 27. Rh7+) 24. Bh5+ Ke7 25. e5 Ne4 26.
Nxe4 fxe4 27. exd6+ Kd7 28. Bg6) 22. Nxe4 ({RR} 22. Rdh1 e5 ({RR} 22... Bxd4
23. Bxd4 e5 24. fxe5 ({RR} 24. Rxc7 exd4 25. Rhh7 Ne6) 24... dxe5 25. Bxc5 Qc8
26. Rh8+ Kg7 27. R1h7+ Kxg6 28. Bh5+ Kg5 29. Rg7+ Kf6 30. Rg6+ Kf5 31. Rhh6 Rd4
32. Bg4+ Kf4 33. Ne2+ Ke3 34. Rh3+ Kd2 35. Rh2) 23. fxe5 exf3 24. exd6 Bxd4 25.
Bxd4) 22... Bxd4 23. Bxd4 ({RR} 23. Rxc7 Bxe3 24. Nxc5 dxc5) 23... Qxh7 ({RR} 
23... e5 24. Rxc7 exd4 ({RR} 24... Bxe4 25. Bxe4 Nxe4 26. Be3) 25. Ng5 Bxf3 26.
Nxf3 Rxf4 27. Nxd4) 24. gxh7+ Kxh7 ({RR} 24... Kf7 25. Nxd6+ Rxd6 26. Bh5+ Ke7
27. Bxc5) 25. Rh1+ Kg6 {Bologan,V (2620)-Lesiege,A (2553) Koszalin 1999 CBM
073 [Ftacnik,L] 1/2-1/2 (38)} ({RR} 25... Kg8 26. Rh8+ Kf7 27. Bh5+ Ke7 28.
Rh7+)) ({RR} 11. Kb1 Rd8 12. Nb3 b5 13. Bf3 Rb8 14. g4 b4 15. Na4 d5 16. e5 Nd7
17. Qf2 a5 18. Be2 f6 19. exf6 Nxf6 20. Bb6 Ne4 21. Bxc7 Nxf2 22. Bxb8 Nxb8 23.
Nxa5 Rf8 24. Nb6 Bd8 25. Nxc8 Bxa5 {Elistratov,S (2211)-Timofeev,A (2610)
Togliatti 2014 1/2-1/2 (70)}) 11... Na5 12. Qd3 Rb8 $146 ({RR} 12... Nd7 13.
Nb3 Nc4 14. Bf2 b5 15. Rhe1 Bb7 16. Qe2 Rac8 17. Qd3 b4 18. Nb1 a5 19. N1d2 Ba6
20. Nxc4 Bxc4 21. Qd2 a4 22. Nd4 b3 23. axb3 axb3 24. c3 Qa5 {0-1 (24) Le Bris,
Y (1914)-Kambrath,Y (2292) Saint Paul Trois Chateaux 2013}) 13. Kb1 b5 14. Bc1
Nc4 15. b3 Re8 16. Rhe1 Nd7 17. Bh5 Bf6 18. Qf3 Bb7 19. f5 exf5 20. Nxf5 Qa5
21. Nd4 g6 22. Rf1 gxh5 23. Qxh5 Qxc3 24. Rxf6 Bxe4 25. Qg4+ Bg6 26. Rf3 Ne3
27. Rxe3 Rxe3 28. Bxe3 Rc8 29. Rd3 Qc7 30. Qg5 f6 31. Qg3 Kf7 32. Bh6 Ne5
1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch 83rd"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "2014.11.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Bogdanovich, Stanislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Havasi,G"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2014.11.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Ne2 {This is
a manoeuvring move. White wants to place his knight on g3.} (7. Bg5 {is the
most popular and the usual move.} Bxc3 8. bxc3 Qe7 9. Re1 Nd8 10. d4 Ne6 11.
Bc1 Rd8 12. Bf1 c5 13. g3 Nf8 14. Nh4 h6 $13 {Ivanchuk-Nakamura, Antalya 2013})
7... Ne7 {And Black wants to do the same. After this move, Black usually wants
to play c6, Ng6, Ba5-c7.} 8. c3 Ba5 9. Ng3 c6 10. Ba4 Ng6 {The position is
very symmetrical.} 11. Re1 (11. d4 {is the most popular move} Re8 12. Bc2 h6
13. h3 Be6 14. Re1 c5 15. d5 Bd7 $13 {Short-Collins, Bunratty 2011}) 11... Re8
12. h3 $146 {This is the novelty.} (12. Bc2 {has been played before} d5 13. a4
(13. Bg5 d4 $13) 13... Bc7 14. Bb3 Be6 $132 {Llaneza Vega-Sebastian, Bremen
2009}) 12... h6 13. d4 {And White is the one, who wants to break the symmetry
and gain some space.} exd4 (13... Be6 {is also possible to hold the centre} 14.
Be3 Qc7 15. Qc2 Bb6 $11) (13... b5 {is an interesting move} 14. Bc2 b4 15. dxe5
Nxe5 16. Nxe5 dxe5 17. Qf3 bxc3 18. bxc3 {and White has some initiative.}) 14.
b4 $1 {Of course White wants to take back on d4 with the pawn.} Bc7 15. cxd4 b5
16. Bb3 a5 {This is Black's idea, White can't protect the b4-pawn with a pawn,
but this isn't a problem, as White has a strong centre and the bishop will be
strong on b4.} 17. Bd2 $1 axb4 18. Bxb4 Bb7 {This move will cause Black
problems, as the bishop is actually doing nothing else other than defending
the c6-pawn.} (18... Be6 {is still better} 19. Rc1 Bxb3 20. axb3 $14) 19. Rc1 (
19. Qc2 {is also good} Nf4 20. Rad1 $14) 19... Qd7 20. Qc2 Rac8 21. Rcd1 {
White can improve his position as much as he wants, as Black is completely
paralyzed.} (21. e5 $1 {is a more direct way to fight for the advantage} Nd5
22. Ne4 $1 dxe5 23. Nc5 Qe7 24. Nxb7 Qxb4 25. Qxc6 $16) 21... Bb8 22. a4 (22.
e5 {is also possible to get the c5-square for the knight} Nd5 23. Bxd6 Bxd6 24.
exd6 Qxd6 25. Ne4 Qf4 26. Nc5 Ba8 27. Qd3 $14) 22... bxa4 23. Bxa4 Ba6 24. Bb3
(24. Qb3 $16 {is even better, White is simply much better.}) 24... Bb5 (24...
Nf4 25. Bc3 $14) 25. Bc3 (25. Bd2 {is also good.}) 25... Qb7 (25... d5 26. e5
Nh7 27. Bd2 $14) 26. Nf5 (26. Qd2 $1 {is also interesting followed by Bc2})
26... d5 {Black tries to activate his f6-knight.} ({In the event of} 26... Nf4
{White's only way to the advantage is} 27. Ba2 $1 {, which defends against the
threat of Nd3, which would work, if the B is on b3}) 27. e5 Ne4 28. Rxe4 $1 {
This is the only way to keep the advantage. White's central pawns, bishop pair
and f5-knight are simply too strong.} dxe4 29. Qxe4 $18 Bd3 {This is the only
chance; otherwise Black's kingside gets destroyed.} 30. Bxf7+ $1 Qxf7 31. Rxd3
Rf8 32. g4 $18 Qd5 ({If Black tries to exchange the strong knight, White plays
} 32... Ne7 33. Bb4 $18 (33. e6 $18)) 33. Qxd5+ (33. Nxh6+ {is even better} Kh7
34. Nf5 $1 Qxe4 35. Ng5+ Kh8 36. Nxe4 $18) 33... cxd5 34. Bd2 Rfe8 35. Rb3 Nf8
36. Rb5 (36. g5 $18) 36... Rcd8 37. g5 h5 38. Bb4 Ne6 39. g6 Kh8 40. Bd6 (40.
Be7 $18) 40... Ba7 41. Rb7 Ra8 42. h4 Bb8 43. Ng5 Nxg5 44. hxg5 Bxd6 45. exd6
Rf8 46. Rf7 Rad8 47. d7 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch 83rd"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "2014.11.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2014.11.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qe7 6. d4 exd4 7. Qxd4 Bg4 8.
Ne5 ({RR} 8. Bf4 Nf6 9. Nc3 Nh5 10. Qe3 Nxf4 11. Qxf4 h5 12. e5 O-O-O 13. Rad1
Re8 14. Rfe1 g5 15. Qe3 Kb8 16. Qxg5 Qxg5 17. Nxg5 Bxd1 18. Rxd1 Bg7 19. f4 f6
20. Nge4 Rhf8 21. Rf1 Re7 22. g3 fxe5 {Motylev,A (2677)-Svidler,P (2730)
Olginka 2011 1/2-1/2}) ({RR} 8. Nbd2 Qc5 9. Qe5+ Qxe5 10. Nxe5 Be6 11. Ndf3 Bd6
12. Nd3 Be7 13. b3 Nf6 14. Re1 O-O 15. Bf4 Rac8 16. Rad1 Rfd8 17. h3 h6 18. Be5
Ne8 19. Rd2 c5 20. Red1 c4 21. Nf4 cxb3 22. axb3 Rxd2 {Halt,D (2113)-Diez,G 
(2024) Hofheim 2014 1-0 (60)}) 8... Bh5 $146 ({RR} 8... Rd8 9. Qc3 Bc8 10. Nd3
Qf6 11. Bf4 Qxc3 12. Nxc3 Bd6 13. Be3 f6 14. f4 Nh6 15. Rae1 O-O 16. h3 Nf7 17.
Rd1 b6 18. Nf2 Rfe8 19. Ne2 Bf8 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. b3 Nd6 22. Ng3 c5 23. c4 {
Karttunen,M (2423)-Eljanov,P (2683) Rogaska Slatina 2011 0-1 (47)}) ({RR} 8...
Rd8 9. Qc3 Bh5 10. f3 Qb4 11. Nd3 Qxc3 12. Nxc3 f6 13. Re1 Bd6 14. e5 fxe5 15.
Bg5 Nf6 16. f4 e4 17. Nxe4 O-O 18. Re3 Bg6 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Rae1 Bxe4 21. Rxe4
Kf7 22. Kf2 c5 23. Kf3 {Wandzik,W (2179)-Blaszkiewicz,M (1879) Borowice 2012
1-0 (60)}) 9. Nd3 Be2 10. Re1 Rd8 11. Qc3 Bxd3 12. cxd3 Nf6 13. d4 Qb4 14. Be3
Ng4 15. Bd2 Qxd4 16. Qg3 Qd7 17. h3 Nf6 18. Ba5 Be7 19. Bxc7 Rc8 20. Ba5 O-O
21. Nc3 Qe6 22. Rad1 Rfe8 23. e5 Nd7 24. Qg4 Nf8 25. Qxe6 Nxe6 26. Ne4 b6 27.
Bc3 Red8 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch 83rd"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "2014.11.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Areshchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2014.11.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bh4 c5 4. Nd2 Nxd2 5. Qxd2 cxd4 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Nxd4 Qb6
8. O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Qxd4 10. Rxd4 e5 11. Rd3 $146 ({RR} 11. Rd5 d6 12. e4 Be7
13. Bb5+ Kf8 14. Bxe7+ Kxe7 15. Rhd1 Rd8 16. Ba4 Bg4 17. f3 Be6 18. Rb5 b6 19.
Bb3 Rac8 20. Bd5 f5 21. Bxe6 Kxe6 22. exf5+ Kxf5 23. Rbd5 Ke6 24. b3 Rd7 25. c4
Rf8 {Branger,V-Bellamine,I (2135) Paris 1998 0-1 (35)}) ({RR} 11. Rd1 Be7 12.
Bg3 d6 13. e4 Bd7 14. Bc4 Rc8 15. Bd5 Bc6 16. Rhe1 Bxd5 17. Rxd5 f6 18. f3 Kf7
19. b3 a6 20. Kb2 b5 21. c3 Rc5 22. Red1 Rhc8 23. Be1 Ke6 24. b4 Rc4 25. a4 Rb8
{Sokolovs,A (2520)-Miezis,N (2435) Riga 1995 0-1 (45)}) 11... d6 12. e3 Be7 13.
Bxe7 Kxe7 14. Rc3 Rd8 15. Bb5 Bd7 16. Rc7 Rab8 17. Rd1 a6 18. Ba4 b5 19. Bb3
Rbc8 20. Rb7 Rb8 21. Ra7 Ra8 22. Rb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch 83rd"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "2014.11.22"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2014.11.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3
d5 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. Qc2 c5 ({RR} 10... O-O 11. e4 Bb7 12. O-O Rc8 13. Rfe1 a5
14. a3 h6 15. Bb2 Qc7 16. Rad1 Rfd8 17. Qb1 Qb8 18. e5 {1/2-1/2 (18) Kramnik,V
(2802)-Adams,M (2744) Dortmund 2001}) ({RR} 10... O-O 11. e4 c5 12. exd5 exd5
13. O-O Rc8 14. Rfe1 b5 15. dxc5 dxc4 16. c6 Nc5 17. bxc4 bxc4 18. Ne5 Nd5 19.
Ndxc4 Nxc3 20. Qxc3 Qc7 21. Nd7 Bxc4 22. Rxe7 Qd6 23. Nxc5 {1-0 (23) Nezad,H 
(2365)-Pileckis,E (2447) Tromso 2014}) 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Ne5 $146 ({RR} 12. e3
O-O 13. O-O Bb7 14. Rfd1 Qb6 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Rfd8 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Rac1
Rac8 19. Ba1 a5 20. e4 dxe4 21. Nxe4 Nxe4 22. Bxe4 Bxe4 23. Qxe4 Bf8 24. Bc3
Qb5 25. Rd2 Rxd2 26. Bxd2 Re8 {Burmakin,V (2549)-Nagy,H (2527) Zuerich 2004 1/
2-1/2 (52)}) ({RR} 12. O-O O-O 13. Bb2 Rc8 14. Rfe1 d4 15. e3 dxe3 16. fxe3 Ne8
17. Rad1 Qb6 18. Ne4 Rd8 19. Neg5 g6 20. Qe4 Bb7 21. Qh4 h5 22. g4 Ndf6 23. h3
Ng7 24. Qg3 Nfe8 25. h4 Bf6 26. Be5 Bxf3 {Kramnik,V (2788)-Leko,P (2739) Wijk
aan Zee 2010 1/2-1/2 (33)}) ({RR} 12. O-O O-O 13. Rfe1 Rc8 14. Rad1 Qb6 15. e3
Rfd8 16. Qc1 Bb7 17. Qb2 Bc6 18. cxd5 exd5 19. Nh4 Bf8 20. Qa1 Ba8 21. e4 d4
22. Nc4 Qa6 23. Bd2 Nb6 24. Bf1 Nxc4 25. Bxc4 Qc6 26. f3 Re8 {Asabri,H (2277)
-Adams,M (2731) Tripoli 2004 0-1 (36)}) 12... d4 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14. Ba5 Qc8 15.
Bxa8 Qxa8 16. f3 O-O 17. O-O-O Bb7 18. Rhf1 f5 19. g4 Qb8 20. gxf5 exf5 21. b4
Bg5 22. Kb1 Bc6 23. Nb3 Ba4 24. Kb2 Qb7 25. f4 Be7 26. Rd3 Re8 27. Qd2 Bf6 28.
Ka3 Qa6 29. Rc1 cxb4+ 30. Bxb4 Bxb3+ 31. Kxb3 Rb8 32. a3 Nc5+ 33. Ka2 Ne4 34.
Qb2 Nc3+ 35. Bxc3 Qxc4+ 36. Ka1 Rxb2 37. Bxb2 Qe6 38. Bxd4 Qxe2 39. Rcd1 Bxd4+
40. Rxd4 Qxh2 41. Rd8+ Kf7 42. R8d7+ Kg8 43. Rd8+ Kf7 44. R8d7+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord rap"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2014.12.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2014.12.11"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 c5 6. a3 Nc6 7. Rb1 O-O 8. Nge2
Ne8 9. b4 Nc7 10. b5 Nd4 11. Nxd4 cxd4 12. Ne2 Ne6 13. d3 Nc5 14. O-O f5 15.
Nf4 Bd7 16. a4 fxe4 17. dxe4 Rc8 18. Bb2 e5 19. Nd5 Be6 20. Ba3 Bh6 21. h4 Rf7
22. Kh2 Qf8 23. Rb2 Nd7 24. Rc2 Nb6 25. Nxb6 axb6 26. Bh3 Qe7 27. Qd3 Rcf8 28.
Bxe6 Qxe6 29. f3 g5 30. hxg5 Bxg5 31. Bc1 Bxc1 32. Rcxc1 Rxf3 33. Rxf3 Qh6+ 34.
Kg2 Qxc1 35. Rf5 Qc3 36. Qe2 Rxf5 37. Qg4+ Kh8 38. Qxf5 Qd2+ 39. Kf3 Qd1+ 40.
Kf2 Qd2+ 41. Kf3 Qd1+ 42. Kf2 Qd2+ 43. Kf3 Qd1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord rap"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2014.12.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2014.12.11"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bd2 c5 8.
Nxd5 Qxd5 9. Rc1 Nd7 10. Qc2 Qxa2 11. e4 Qe6 12. Bc4 Qb6 13. e5 e6 14. dxc5
Qxc5 15. O-O O-O 16. Rfe1 b5 17. Qe4 Qb6 18. Be3 Qb7 19. Bd3 a5 20. Qh4 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord rap"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2014.12.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2014.12.11"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. h3 Ne5 11. f3 Nbc6 12. Bf2 Be6 13. h4 Rc8 14. hxg5 hxg5 15.
Rxh8+ Bxh8 16. Qd2 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Qa5 18. a3 Nc4 19. Bxc4 Bxd4 20. Qxd4 Rxc4 21.
Qd2 Qc5 22. O-O-O b5 23. Ne2 Qf2 24. b3 Rc5 25. Nd4 Qxd2+ 26. Kxd2 g4 27. Rh1
gxf3 28. gxf3 Kd7 29. Rh8 Rc8 30. Rxc8 Kxc8 31. Nxe6 fxe6 32. f4 Kd7 33. Kc3
Kc6 34. Kd4 a5 35. c3 Kc7 36. c4 Kc6 37. cxb5+ Kxb5 38. f5 exf5 39. exf5 Kc6
40. b4 axb4 41. axb4 Kb5 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord rap"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2014.12.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2014.12.11"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Bg5 h6 3. Bh4 g5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Be2 d6 6. Bh5+ Kd7 7. Bg3 Nxh5 8.
Qxh5 Qe8 9. Qe2 Kd8 10. Nc3 Nd7 11. h4 g4 12. e4 fxe4 13. Nxe4 Nf6 14. Nxf6
exf6 15. O-O-O h5 16. Qxe8+ Kxe8 17. Ne2 Kf7 18. d5 Bh6+ 19. Bf4 Re8 20. Bxh6
Rxe2 21. Rd2 Re7 22. g3 Bf5 23. Be3 Rae8 24. Rd4 Re4 25. Rhd1 b6 26. Rxe4 Rxe4
27. b3 Ke7 28. Rd4 Rxd4 29. Bxd4 Be4 30. c4 a5 31. Kd2 Bb1 32. Kc1 Be4 33. Kd2
Bb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord rap"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2014.12.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2014.12.11"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bd2 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. Bxc3 O-O 8.
Qd2 c5 9. d5 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Qd6 11. h4 f5 12. h5 fxe4 13. hxg6 Qxg6 14. Ne2 Nd7
15. Rh6 Qf7 16. Qg5+ Kh8 17. O-O-O Qxf2 18. Re6 Nf6 19. Rxe7 Rg8 20. Qh6 Rg6
21. Rxh7+ Nxh7 22. Qxg6 Bf5 23. Qh6 Bg4 24. d6 Qf6 25. Qe3 Qg5 26. Qxg5 Nxg5
27. Rd5 Nf7 28. Ng3 e3 29. Be2 Be6 30. Rd3 Rd8 31. Rxe3 Rxd6 32. Ne4 Rc6 33.
Nxc5 Rxc5 34. Rxe6 Rxc3+ 35. Kd2 Rc7 36. Bd3 Kg7 37. g4 Rc5 38. Re7 Kf6 39.
Rxb7 Ra5 40. Rb2 Ne5 41. Be2 Kg5 42. Kc3 Nxg4 43. Kb4 Re5 44. Bd3 Nf6 45. Rf2
Nd5+ 46. Kc4 Nf4 47. Bb1 Ra5 48. Rf1 Re5 49. a4 Ne6 50. Bd3 a5 51. Kc3 Nc5 52.
Bc2 Ne6 53. Rf7 Rc5+ 54. Kd2 Rd5+ 55. Ke3 Re5+ 56. Kd2 Rd5+ 57. Kc3 Rc5+ 58.
Kb2 Nd4 59. Bd3 Ne6 60. Rf2 Nd4 61. Rf8 Ne6 62. Rf7 Rc7 63. Rf5+ Kg4 64. Rxa5
Nc5 65. Bb5 Kf4 66. Ra8 Ke5 67. Ka3 Kd6 68. Rd8+ Nd7 69. a5 Ke7 70. Rh8 Rc1 71.
Rh7+ 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord rap"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2014.12.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2014.12.11"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. Qd2 Bb7 12. Rfd1 e6 13. Bh6 Rc8 14. Rac1 Bxh6
15. Qxh6 cxd4 16. cxd4 Na5 17. Bd3 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Nc6 19. Qe3 Qd6 20. e5 Qe7 21.
Be4 Nb4 22. a3 Bxe4 23. axb4 Bb7 24. Qd2 Rd8 25. f3 Kg7 26. h4 h6 27. b5 a6 28.
bxa6 Bxa6 29. Nf4 Bb7 30. Rb1 Qc7 31. Qb2 Ba8 32. Ne2 Rb8 33. Qb4 Qd8 34. h5
gxh5 35. Rc1 Bd5 36. Qd2 Qg5 37. Qf4 b5 38. Kf2 Bc4 39. Ng3 h4 40. Qxg5+ hxg5
41. Ne4 Kg6 42. Nd6 Bd5 43. Nc8 b4 44. Ne7+ Kg7 45. Nxd5 exd5 46. f4 g4 47. f5
b3 48. Ke3 b2 49. Rb1 Rb3+ 50. Kf4 h3 51. gxh3 gxh3 52. f6+ Kf8 53. Kf5 h2 54.
e6 h1=Q 55. e7+ Ke8 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord rap"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2014.12.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2014.12.11"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e4 Bb4 7. e5 Nd5 8. Bd2 b5
9. axb5 Bxc3 10. bxc3 cxb5 11. Ng5 Nd7 12. Qh5 Qe7 13. Be2 Bb7 14. O-O h6 15.
Rfb1 Bc6 16. Ne4 O-O 17. Nd6 a6 18. Bf3 f6 19. Bxd5 Bxd5 20. Be3 Nb8 21. Re1
Nc6 22. Bxh6 fxe5 23. dxe5 gxh6 24. Re3 Nxe5 25. Qxe5 Qf6 26. Rg3+ Kh7 27. Qe3
Rg8 28. Re1 Raf8 29. f3 Rg7 30. Rxg7+ Qxg7 31. Ne4 a5 32. Qe2 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2014.12.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2014.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. d4 Nc6 5. h3 Be6 6. Bd3 Qd7 7. O-O O-O-O 8.
Nbd2 f6 9. Nb3 g5 10. Re1 g4 11. Nh4 Kb8 12. Qe2 Bf7 13. Bf5 Qd6 14. Bxg4 Nge7
15. c3 h5 16. Be6 Bg6 17. Nc5 b6 18. Nxg6 Nxg6 19. Qb5 Nh4 20. Kf1 Rh7 21. g3
Ng6 22. Bf5 Nce7 23. Bxg6 Nxg6 24. Re6 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2014.12.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2014.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. exd5 Nxd5 4. Nf3 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Nc6 8.
a4 a5 9. d4 O-O 10. Be3 Bf5 11. Qe2 Nb4 12. Rac1 c6 13. Ne5 N6d5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5
15. Bd2 Qb6 16. Bc3 Rad8 17. Rfe1 Rfe8 18. h3 h5 19. Rcd1 Qc7 20. Rc1 c5 21.
dxc5 Nxc3 22. bxc3 Qxc5 23. c4 b6 24. Qe3 Qxe3 25. Rxe3 Rd2 26. Nc6 Kf8 27. Rb3
Bd7 28. c3 Bxc6 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2014.12.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Wang, Yue"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2014.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. e3 a6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Be2 Nc6 8. O-O
Bd6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 Ba7 12. Rc1 h6 13. Qd3 d4 14. exd4 Nxd4 15.
Nxd4 Qxd4 16. Qxd4 Bxd4 17. Bf3 Rb8 18. Rfd1 Ba7 19. Ba3 Re8 20. Bd6 Ra8 21. h3
g5 22. Re1 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Bf5 24. Bxb7 Rd8 25. Be5 Rd2 26. Re2 Rxe2 27. Nxe2
Nd7 28. Bd4 Bxd4 29. Nxd4 Bd3 30. b4 Kf8 31. f3 Ke7 32. Kf2 Bc4 33. a3 Kd6 34.
Nf5+ Kc7 35. Be4 h5 36. h4 gxh4 37. Nxh4 Nf6 38. Nf5 Nxe4+ 39. fxe4 f6 40. g3
Ba2 41. Ke3 Kd7 42. Kd4 Kc6 43. Kc3 Bb1 44. Kd4 Kb5 45. Ng7 Ka4 46. Nxh5 Kxa3
47. Nxf6 Kxb4 48. g4 a5 49. g5 a4 50. g6 Ba2 51. Nd5+ Bxd5 52. Kxd5 a3 53. g7
a2 54. g8=Q a1=Q 55. Qb8+ 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2014.12.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2014.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nge2 Nge7 7. a3 Bxc3+
8. Nxc3 Bf5 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Qd6 11. Bf3 Rad8 12. Bg5 Qg6 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14.
Re1 Qf6 15. Qd2 c6 16. Ne2 Nc8 17. Ng3 Nd6 18. b3 Rfe8 19. c3 Bg6 20. a4 h6 21.
h3 Qg5 22. Qb2 Nf5 23. Nxf5 Bxf5 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Qc1 Qg6 26. Kh2 Qd6+ 27.
Kg1 Qg6 28. Kh2 Bc2 29. a5 Be4 30. Bxe4 Rxe4 31. Qd2 Qe6 32. Qd3 Re2 33. Qg3
Kh7 34. Rf1 Qe7 35. Qd3+ g6 36. Qf3 a6 37. b4 h5 38. Rd1 Kg7 39. Rd3 Re4 40.
Re3 Rxe3 41. fxe3 Qd6+ 42. Qf4 Qxf4+ 43. exf4 h4 44. g4 hxg3+ 45. Kxg3 Kh6 46.
Kg4 f6 47. f5 g5 48. h4 gxh4 49. Kxh4 Kh7 50. Kg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2014.12.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2014.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 Ne4 8. Nxe4
Bxe4 9. d3 Bb7 10. e4 Nc6 11. d4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 O-O 14. b3 Bc5 15.
Qd3 Qe7 16. Bb2 Bc6 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. Re2 a5 19. h4 f6 20. Kh2 e5 21. Bh3 Rf7
22. f3 Rdf8 23. Bc1 Rd8 24. Be3 Bxe3 25. Qxe3 Qc5 26. Be6 Qe7 27. Bxf7+ Qxf7
28. Qxb6 Rf8 29. Qe3 f5 30. Rdd2 Qh5 31. exf5 Rxf5 32. Rf2 Bxf3 33. Rxd7 h6 34.
Rdd2 Qg4 35. c5 e4 36. c6 Rh5 37. Rg2 Qc8 38. Rc2 Qc7 39. Qf4 Qc8 40. c7 Rd5
41. Rgd2 Rxd2+ 42. Qxd2 Kh7 43. Qd8 Qa6 44. c8=Q Qf1 45. Qf5+ 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2014.12.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2014.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Bd3 c6 8.
Nge2 Na6 9. b3 d5 10. c5 Nd7 11. a3 Nc7 12. b4 O-O 13. O-O Re8 14. Re1 Nf8 15.
h3 Bg5 16. Bxg5 Qxg5 17. Qc1 Qf6 18. Qf4 Qxf4 19. Nxf4 Bd7 20. Rxe8 Rxe8 21. f3
Nce6 22. Nfe2 Ng6 23. Kf2 Ngf4 24. Bc2 g5 25. Re1 Nxe2 26. Nxe2 Ng7 27. g4 h5
28. Ng3 Rxe1 29. Kxe1 h4 30. Ne2 Kf8 31. Kf2 Ke7 32. Ke3 f6 33. Bd3 Ne6 34. Bf5
Ng7 35. Bd3 Ne6 36. Bf5 Ng7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2014.12.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2014.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bd6 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 O-O 7. Nbd2 b5 8. Bc2
Re8 9. Nf1 Bf8 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bg3 d5 13. N3d2 d4 14. Nb3 a5 15. a3
Be6 16. h4 dxc3 17. bxc3 b4 18. hxg5 hxg5 19. axb4 axb4 20. Rxa8 Qxa8 21. c4
Rd8 22. Ne3 Bg7 23. Nd5 Qa3 24. Qd2 Qb2 25. Ke2 Bxd5 26. cxd5 Nd4+ 27. Nxd4
Qxd4 28. Qxg5 Qb2 29. Qc1 Qc3 30. Qd2 Nd7 31. Rb1 Qxd2+ 32. Kxd2 Bf8 33. f4 Bh6
34. Ke2 exf4 35. Be1 Bf8 36. Bxb4 Bxb4 37. Rxb4 Ne5 38. d4 Ng4 39. Kf3 Ne3 40.
Bd3 Ra8 41. Kxf4 Nxg2+ 42. Ke5 Re8+ 43. Kf6 Nf4 44. Bb1 Nh5+ 45. Kg5 Ng3 46.
Kf4 Ne2+ 47. Kf3 Nc3 48. Bd3 f5 49. exf5 Nxd5 50. Bc4 Rd8 51. Rb5 c6 52. Rc5
Kf8 53. Rxc6 Nb4 54. Rf6+ Ke7 55. Re6+ Kf8 56. Ke4 Rc8 57. Bb5 Rc1 58. Ke5 Re1+
59. Kd6 Rd1 60. Kc5 Nc2 61. Ba4 Rc1 62. Bxc2 Rxc2+ 63. Kd6 Rf2 64. d5 Rxf5 65.
Kc6 Kf7 66. Re1 Rf2 67. d6 Rc2+ 68. Kd7 Ra2 69. Rf1+ Kg7 70. Ke8 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2014.12.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2014.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 a5 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d5 7. e5 Nfd7 8. Bd3
c5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Re1 cxd4 11. cxd5 Nc5 12. Bb5 Qxd5 13. Nc4 O-O 14. Nb6 Qb3
15. Qxb3 Nxb3 16. Rb1 Rb8 17. Bf4 Rd8 18. Rbd1 Bd7 19. Bc4 Nc5 20. Nxd4 Nxd4
21. Rxd4 Bc6 22. Be3 Rxd4 23. Bxd4 Rd8 24. Be3 Nd3 25. Bxd3 Rxd3 26. Nc4 a4 27.
f3 Bd5 28. Nd6 f6 29. Nc8 Bf8 30. exf6 gxf6 31. Nb6 Bb3 32. Kf2 e5 33. Rc1 Rxe3
34. Nd7 Rd3 35. Nxf6+ Kf7 36. Ne4 Rd7 37. h4 Bd5 38. Ng5+ Kg6 39. Rd1 Bc5+ 40.
Kg3 Bd4 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2014.12.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2014.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. c3 b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 8. Re1
Rc8 9. d3 e5 10. Nbd2 Be7 11. Nf1 O-O 12. Ng3 Re8 13. h3 Bf8 14. Nh2 d5 15. Ng4
d4 16. cxd4 cxd4 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. Bb3 g6 20. Qf3 Bg7 21. Rac1 Qe7
22. a3 h5 23. Nxf6+ Qxf6 24. Qxf6 Bxf6 25. Ne2 Bg5 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. g3 Rc7 28.
f4 Bf6 29. Rc1 Rxc1+ 30. Nxc1 Kf8 31. Ne2 Ke7 32. Kg2 Bc8 33. Bd5 Bg7 34. b4 f5
35. h4 fxe4 36. Bxe4 Bg4 37. Kf2 Kf7 38. Bd5+ Ke7 39. Be4 Kf7 40. Bb7 Bh6 41.
Bxa6 Bxe2 42. Kxe2 exf4 43. Bxb5 fxg3 44. Bc6 g5 45. hxg5 Bxg5 46. a4 Be7 47.
b5 Bd8 48. Kf3 h4 49. Kg4 Ke6 50. b6 Bxb6 51. Kxh4 Bc7 52. Kh3 Kd6 53. Bb5 Kc5
54. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2014.12.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2014.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Ne4 6. c3 Nc6 7. Bd3 Nxd2 8. Bxd2
Qb6 9. O-O c4 10. Bc2 Qxb2 11. Rb1 Qxa2 12. Ng5 h6 13. Ra1 Qb2 14. Rb1 Qa3 15.
Qh5 Nd8 16. f4 g6 17. Bxg6 fxg6 18. Qxg6+ Kd7 19. Nxe6 Nxe6 20. f5 Kc7 21. fxe6
Be7 22. Rf7 a5 23. Bc1 Qxc3 24. Rxe7+ Kc6 25. Rf7 Qxd4+ 26. Rf2 Kc7 27. Qg7+
Kc6 28. Bb2 Qd3 29. Rbf1 Bxe6 30. Qe7 Rhe8 31. Qd6+ Kb5 32. Ba3 c3 33. Bc5 Ra6
34. Qc7 Rc6 35. Qxb7+ Kxc5 36. Qa7+ Kb4 37. Ra1 Ra6 38. Rf4+ Kb5 39. Qb7+ Kc5
40. Qc7+ Kb5 41. Qb7+ Kc5 42. Qc7+ Kb5 43. Qb7+ Kc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2014.12.14"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2014.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. d3 Nd7 7. a3 d4 8. Nb1
c5 9. g3 Ngf6 10. Nd2 Rc8 11. Qe2 b5 12. a4 a6 13. axb5 axb5 14. e5 Nd5 15. Bg2
Nb4 16. Nf3 Be7 17. O-O O-O 18. Bd2 Nc6 19. h4 Qc7 20. Rfe1 h6 21. Bf4 Ra8 22.
Rab1 Ra2 23. Nh2 Rc8 24. Qh5 Nf8 25. Be4 Nb4 26. Ng4 Nd5 27. Bxd5 exd5 28. e6
Qb7 29. Qxf7+ Kh8 30. Be5 Nxe6 31. Qxe6 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2014.12.14"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2014.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. e4 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qa5 10. Bxf6 Qxc3+ 11. Kf1 gxf6 12. Rc1 Qa5 13. Nb5 a6 14.
Nd6+ Ke7 15. h4 Rd8 16. Nxc8+ Rxc8 17. Rh3 Nd7 18. Bb3 Qe5 19. Rg3 Qf4 20. Rcc3
Qxh4 21. Kg1 Qf4 22. Bxe6 Kxe6 23. Qd5+ Ke7 24. Rg7 Ne5 25. Qxb7+ Kf8 26. Rgg3
Rcb8 27. Rc8+ Rxc8 28. Qb4+ Ke8 29. Rg8+ Kd7 30. Qb7+ Kd6 31. Rxc8 Rxc8 32.
Qxc8 Qxe4 33. Qxa6+ Qc6 34. Qa3+ Qc5 35. Qh3 Qc1+ 36. Kh2 Qh6 37. Qxh6 Ng4+ 38.
Kg3 Nxh6 39. Kf4 Ng8 40. Kf5 Ke7 41. a4 Nh6+ 42. Kf4 Kd6 43. g4 Kc5 44. f3 Kb4
45. Ke4 Kxa4 46. Kd5 Kb4 47. Kd6 Kc4 48. Ke7 Kd4 49. Kxf6 Ke3 50. g5 Nf5 51.
Kxf7 Kxf3 52. Kg8 Kf4 53. Kxh7 Kxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2014.12.13"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2014.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bd3 Nc6 8.
Nf3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Bf6 11. Be4 Nce7 12. Ne5 Bd7 13. Qd3 h6 14. Ng4 Bc6
15. Qg3 Kh8 16. Qh3 Nf5 17. Nxh6 gxh6 18. Bxh6 Nh4 19. Bxf8 Qxf8 20. Bxd5 exd5
21. g3 Qh6 22. Kf1 Rg8 23. Rad1 Qh5 24. gxh4 Rg4 25. Qf3 Qxh4 26. Re3 Bxd4 27.
Rxd4 Rxd4 28. Qxf7 Rf4 29. Re8+ Bxe8 30. Qxe8+ Kh7 31. Qd7+ Kh6 32. Qd6+ 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2014.12.13"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2014.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. Nf3 Na6 7. g3 Nxc5 8.
Bg2 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Nb5 Be4 11. Qd1 Nb7 12. Bf4 a6 13. Nd6 Bxd6 14. Bxd6 Nxd6
15. Qxd6 Qb8 16. Qd4 Qb7 17. Rac1 Rac8 18. Rfd1 Rc7 19. Ne1 Bxg2 20. Nxg2 Rfc8
21. Ne3 d5 22. b3 h6 23. Qb2 dxc4 24. Rxc4 b5 25. Rcd4 Rd7 26. Ng4 Nd5 27. e4
Nb6 28. Rxd7 Nxd7 29. Qd4 Nb8 30. Ne3 Nc6 31. Qd7 Qxd7 32. Rxd7 Nb4 33. a3 Nc2
34. a4 Nxe3 35. fxe3 Rc3 36. axb5 axb5 37. Kf2 Rxb3 38. e5 Rb2+ 39. Kf3 Rxh2
40. Rb7 Rb2 41. g4 b4 42. Kg3 b3 43. Kf3 Rb1 44. Kg3 b2 45. Kg2 Kh7 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2014.12.14"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2014.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 Ne5 9. f4 Ng6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. g3 Nf8 12. Bg2 Ne6 13. Qd2 O-O 14. Rb1 Nc5
15. Nb3 d6 16. Qd4 Qg6 17. O-O Bf5 18. Rb2 Na4 19. Rd2 Rae8 20. Bxb7 c5 21.
Qxd6 Re6 22. Qc7 Nxc3 23. Bf3 Ne4 24. Rd8 Rxd8 25. Qxd8+ Kh7 26. Qh4 Nc3 27. g4
Be4 28. Nxc5 Bxf3 29. f5 Rxe2 30. fxg6+ 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2014.12.13"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2014.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 c6 6. c4 Nb4 7. Be3 Bf5 8. Nd3
e5 9. Nxb4 Bxb4+ 10. Nc3 Qa5 11. Qb3 Na6 12. Be2 exd4 13. Bxd4 O-O-O 14. Rd1
Rxd4 15. Rxd4 Nc5 16. Qd1 Na4 17. O-O Nxb2 18. Qb3 Bxc3 19. Rf4 Re8 20. c5 g6
21. Bg4 Bxg4 22. Rxg4 f5 23. Rg3 Bf6 24. Re3 Rxe3 25. Qxe3 Qd8 26. Qe6+ Kb8 27.
h3 Na4 28. Qc4 Nc3 29. Re1 Ne4 30. Qe6 a6 31. Rb1 Ka7 32. Qb3 Nxc5 33. Qb4 Bd4
34. Rd1 Ne6 35. Qb3 Qd5 36. Qc2 c5 37. a4 Nf4 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2014.12.14"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2014.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nd4 5. Ba4 Bc5 6. Nxe5 O-O 7. Nd3 Bb6 8.
e5 c6 9. exf6 Re8+ 10. Kf1 Qxf6 11. b4 d6 12. Bb2 Qh4 13. h3 Bf5 14. g4 Bxd3+
15. cxd3 Nb3 16. Rh2 Nxa1 17. Bxa1 d5 18. Ne2 Bc7 19. Rh1 Bb6 20. Ng3 g6 21.
Kg2 Re6 22. Qf3 Rae8 23. b5 Qe7 24. bxc6 bxc6 25. Bb2 Qb4 26. Bb3 Qxd2 27. Bc1
Qc3 28. Bg5 Qd4 29. Rf1 Qe5 30. Bf4 Qd4 31. Bg5 Qe5 32. h4 Qg7 33. Rc1 Qb2 34.
Rc2 Qd4 35. h5 a5 36. a4 Qb4 37. Ba2 Qxa4 38. Rb2 Qd4 39. Rb1 a4 40. hxg6 hxg6
41. Rh1 a3 42. Rh6 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2014.12.14"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Wang, Yue"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2014.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Bg2 Qxc4 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Nc2 Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Bf4 d5 11. Rc1 Rd8 12. Na3 Qb4 13. Nab5 e5 14. Bg5 d4
15. a3 Qxb2 16. Bxf6 dxc3 17. Qa4 Bxf6 18. Rc2 e4 19. Rxb2 cxb2 20. Bxe4 Bh3
21. Rb1 Rac8 22. f3 a6 23. Bxc6 Rxc6 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2014.12.14"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2014.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
d3 O-O 9. Be3 Re8 10. Rc1 Bf8 11. Ne4 Nd4 12. Nc5 Bxc5 13. Rxc5 Bg4 14. Qd2
Bxf3 15. exf3 c6 16. Re1 Qd6 17. Rcc1 Rad8 18. f4 exf4 19. Bxf4 Qd7 20. Be3 Ne6
21. Qa5 Nc8 22. Qb4 a6 23. Qb3 h6 24. Bh3 Re7 25. Red1 Nd4 26. Bxd4 Qxh3 27.
Bc5 Re5 28. Qxb7 Rh5 29. Qxc6 Qxh2+ 30. Kf1 Rhd5 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2014.12.13"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A60"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2014.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 Bd6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
Bc7 9. e3 d6 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. O-O Re8 12. Nd2 a6 13. a4 Nf8 14. h3 Ng6 15. Bg3
Rb8 16. Qc2 Bd7 17. Rab1 b5 18. axb5 axb5 19. b4 cxb4 20. Rxb4 Ba5 21. Qb2 Ne5
22. Ra1 Bxb4 23. Qxb4 Bf5 24. Ra6 Rb6 25. Rxb6 Qxb6 26. Bxb5 Bd3 27. Qd4 Qxd4
28. exd4 Bxb5 29. dxe5 dxe5 30. Nxb5 Nxd5 31. Ne4 f6 32. Nbc3 Ne7 33. f4 exf4
34. Bxf4 Nf5 35. Nd6 Nxd6 36. Bxd6 Kf7 37. Kf2 Rd8 38. Bf4 Rd7 39. Ne2 Rd8 40.
Nc3 Rd7 41. Ne2 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2014.12.15"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2014.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3
d5 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. Qc2 c5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 O-O 14. O-O Rc8
15. e3 Qb6 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. Rac1 Bb7 18. cxd5 exd5 19. Bb2 Qe6 20. Re1 h6 21.
e4 d4 22. Nc4 Nd7 23. f4 Nb6 24. Bf1 Re8 25. Bd3 Bf8 26. Re2 Ba6 27. Ne5 Bxd3
28. Qxd3 Bd6 29. Nf3 Rb8 30. Rcc2 a5 31. Bc1 a4 32. f5 Qd7 33. Bf4 axb3 34.
axb3 Ra8 35. Kg2 Bf8 36. Ne5 Qb7 37. Nf3 Nd7 38. Bc1 Nf6 39. e5 Nd5 40. e6 Nb4
41. exf7+ Qxf7 42. Rxe8 Rxe8 43. Qd2 Nxc2 44. Qxc2 Qd5 45. Kf2 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2014.12.13"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "2797"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2014.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 g6 3. g3 f5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. c3 Bg7 6. Qb3 e6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. O-O
Kh8 9. Re1 Ne4 10. Nxe4 fxe4 11. Ng5 d5 12. f3 h6 13. Nh3 e5 14. dxe5 Nc6 15.
f4 Na5 16. Qd1 b6 17. Nf2 Bb7 18. b3 Qe7 19. e3 Rfd8 20. Bb2 Ba6 21. Qg4 Kh7
22. c4 c6 23. h4 Bc8 24. Qe2 Be6 25. Rac1 Rac8 26. h5 g5 27. Bh3 Bxh3 28. Nxh3
Nb7 29. cxd5 cxd5 30. Qg4 Rxc1 31. Rxc1 Nc5 32. Ba3 d4 33. exd4 Rxd4 34. fxg5
Qxe5 35. Bxc5 bxc5 36. gxh6 Bf6 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2014.12.13"]
[Round "23"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2014.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f4
g6 9. Be2 Nc6 10. O-O exf4 11. Bxf4 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. Bf3 Qc4
15. c3 Rd8 16. Qe1 Bg7 17. Bg5 Rd7 18. Qe3 Ne5 19. Be2 Qc8 20. Bf6 Bxf6 21.
Rxf6 Qc7 22. Nc5 Re7 23. Nxe6 Rxe6 24. Rxe6+ fxe6 25. Re1 O-O 26. Bd1 Rf5 27.
Bc2 Nf3+ 28. Kf2 Rf6 29. gxf3 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2014.12.13"]
[Round "24"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2014.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c6 3. e3 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Bd6 6. Bxd6 Qxd6 7. O-O Nd7 8. c4
Ngf6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Nh4 Be4 11. Rc1 Rfd8 12. a3 h6 13. b4 Bh7 14. Nf3 dxc4 15.
Bxc4 a5 16. Qb3 axb4 17. axb4 Ne4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Nd2 Bd5 20. b5 Nb6 21. Qb2
Ra4 22. Bxd5 cxd5 23. Qc2 Rc8 24. Qd3 Qa3 25. Qxa3 Rxa3 26. Rxc8+ Nxc8 27. h3
Nd6 28. b6 Rd3 29. Nf3 Rb3 30. Rc1 Nc4 31. Ne5 Rxb6 32. Nxc4 Rc6 33. Rb1 dxc4
34. Rxb7 c3 35. Rb1 Ra6 36. Rc1 Ra3 37. Kf1 f5 38. Rc2 Kf7 39. Ke2 Kf6 40. Kd3
e5 41. dxe5+ Kxe5 42. Rxc3 Ra2 43. Rc5+ Ke6 44. Rc2 Ra3+ 45. Ke2 Kf6 46. Rc6+
Kf7 47. Kf3 Ra4 48. g4 fxg4+ 49. hxg4 Rb4 50. Kg3 Ra4 51. f4 Rb4 52. Kf3 Rb3
53. f5 Ra3 54. Kf4 Ra1 55. Rc7+ Kf6 56. Rc6+ Kf7 57. e4 Rf1+ 58. Ke5 Rg1 59.
Rc7+ Kg8 60. Kd6 Rxg4 61. e5 Rd4+ 62. Ke7 h5 63. e6 h4 64. Rc8+ Kh7 65. Kf7 h3
66. e7 Rd7 67. Rc3 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2014.12.13"]
[Round "25"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2014.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Be2 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8. O-O
Nc6 9. Bf4 dxc4 10. d5 Na5 11. Be5 Bf5 12. Qd4 Qb6 13. Rfe1 Rfd8 14. Rad1 Qxd4
15. Nxd4 Nxd5 16. Nxf5 Bxe5 17. Rxd5 Bxc3 18. Nxe7+ Kf8 19. bxc3 b6 20. Bf3 Re8
21. Rdd1 Rad8 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Nd5 Rd6 24. g4 h6 25. Nb4 Rd2 26. Kg2 b5 27.
Re5 a6 28. Rc5 Kg7 29. Rc7 Kf6 30. Ra7 Rd6 31. h4 g5 32. hxg5+ hxg5 33. Rxa6
Ke5 34. Rxa5 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2014.12.13"]
[Round "26"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2014.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg5 c5 7. Rc1 h6 8. Bh4
Nc6 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. Rxc5 Qxa2 11. e3 Qxb2 12. Bc4 Qb4+ 13. Nd2 O-O 14. O-O g5
15. Bg3 e5 16. Rb5 Qe7 17. d5 a6 18. Rb6 Qc5 19. Qb1 Na5 20. Ba2 Bf5 21. Rc1
Qa3 22. e4 Rac8 23. Re1 Bd7 24. h4 g4 25. Nf1 Rc3 26. Kh2 Rfc8 27. Ne3 Rc1 28.
Rxc1 Rxc1 29. Qb2 Qxb2 30. Rxb2 b5 31. d6 Nb7 32. Rd2 Kf8 33. Nf5 f6 34. Nxg7
Kxg7 35. Bd5 Nc5 36. f4 exf4 37. Bxf4 b4 38. e5 Re1 39. Rc2 Ne6 40. Bxe6 Bxe6
41. Rc7+ Kg6 42. Re7 Kf5 43. exf6 Kxf6 44. Bxh6 Rd1 45. Bf4 b3 46. Rb7 a5 47.
h5 a4 48. h6 Bf5 49. Rb6 a3 50. d7+ Kf7 51. Be5 b2 52. Rf6+ Ke7 53. Rxf5 b1=Q
54. h7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2014.12.13"]
[Round "27"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2014.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 Bc5 7. Nf3 O-O 8. b4
Be7 9. Bb2 d6 10. e3 e5 11. Bd3 h6 12. O-O Be6 13. Qe2 Rc8 14. Rfd1 a6 15. Rac1
Qc7 16. b5 Na5 17. Nd5 Qd8 18. bxa6 bxa6 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. Nd2 Be7 21. c5 Rxc5
22. Rxc5 dxc5 23. Bxe5 Qb6 24. Rb1 Qc6 25. Bc3 Qa4 26. Bxa6 c4 27. Bxa5 Qxa5
28. Bxc4 Bf5 29. Rf1 Qxa3 30. Nf3 Qc5 31. Nd4 Be4 32. Bd3 Ba8 33. Rb1 Bf6 34.
Nf3 g6 35. h3 Rd8 36. Rd1 Rc8 37. Rb1 Kg7 38. Rd1 h5 39. Rf1 Rd8 40. Rd1 Rc8
41. Rb1 Qc3 42. Rd1 Rb8 43. Qd2 Qc5 44. Rc1 Qa3 45. Bf1 Rb2 46. Qd1 Qa2 47. Ra1
Bxf3 48. gxf3 Qe6 49. Rb1 Ra2 50. Qb3 Qxb3 51. Rxb3 Bh4 52. f4 Bxf2+ 53. Kh1 h4
54. Bc4 Ra7 55. Bd5 f5 56. e4 Bg3 57. exf5 gxf5 58. Rb7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2014.12.13"]
[Round "28"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2014.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. O-O e6 5. d3 Bd6 6. c4 c6 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. Be3
Qxb3 9. axb3 a6 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Ne7 12. Bd2 Nc5 13. Ra3 e5 14. b4 Ne6 15.
e3 dxc4 16. dxc4 f5 17. Bc3 O-O-O 18. Nd2 Rd7 19. Raa1 e4 20. Be2 Kb8 21. Nb3
Rhd8 22. Rfd1 Ng6 23. b5 axb5 24. cxb5 Be5 25. Rxd7 Rxd7 26. Bc4 Ng5 27. bxc6
bxc6 28. Nc5 Ra7 29. Na6+ Kc8 30. h4 Nf3+ 31. Kg2 Bxc3 32. bxc3 Kd8 33. Rd1+
Ke7 34. Nb4 Nge5 35. Be2 g6 36. h5 Ra3 37. Rc1 Kf6 38. hxg6 hxg6 39. c4 Rb3 40.
Na2 Rb2 41. Nc3 Ng4 42. Kf1 Nfe5 43. Ra1 Rc2 44. Ra3 Rc1+ 45. Nd1 Nd3 46. Kg2
Nge5 47. Ra6 Rxc4 48. Kf1 Rc1 49. Kg2 Rc2 50. Kf1 Ke7 51. Ra3 c5 52. f4 Nc4 53.
Ra7+ Kf6 54. Ra6+ Kg7 55. Ra7+ Kh6 56. Rd7 Nd2+ 57. Kg1 Nf3+ 58. Bxf3 Rd2 59.
Kf1 exf3 60. Nb2 Rf2+ 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2014.12.13"]
[Round "29"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2014.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8.
Qxd8 Rxd8 9. c3 Bf5 10. Be3 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Nd5 12. Nf1 Be4 13. Rad1 Nxe3 14.
Nxe3 Nb6 15. Ng5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Na4 17. Rb1 b5 18. Nf3 c4 19. Red1 Rxd1 20. Nxd1
Rd8 21. Kf1 Kf8 22. Rc1 e6 23. Ke1 Ke7 24. e3 e5 25. Ke2 a5 26. Rc2 Nc5 27. Rd2
Nd3 28. Rc2 a4 29. e4 Bh6 30. Ne3 Ke6 31. Nd5 Rd7 32. g4 f5 33. gxf5+ gxf5 34.
Nh4 fxe4 35. Ne3 Bf4 36. Nhg2 Bxh2 37. f3 exf3+ 38. Kxf3 Rf7+ 39. Kg4 Rf2 40.
Rxf2 Nxf2+ 41. Kf3 Nd3 42. Nd1 Bf4 43. Ke4 Bc1 44. b4 axb3 45. axb3 Nc5+ 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2014.12.13"]
[Round "30"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2014.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. exd5 Nxd5 4. Nf3 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Nc6 8.
a4 a5 9. Nb5 O-O 10. d4 Be6 11. Re1 Bd5 12. Bf4 Rc8 13. c3 Qd7 14. b3 Rfd8 15.
Qc2 e6 16. Rad1 Ne7 17. Bg5 c6 18. Na3 h6 19. Bf4 Nf5 20. h4 Qe7 21. Qb2 c5 22.
dxc5 Qxc5 23. Nb5 Bxc3 24. Nxc3 Qxc3 25. Qe2 Qxb3 26. Rb1 Bxf3 27. Bxf3 Qa3 28.
Bxb7 Nd5 29. Be5 Nc3 30. Qc2 Nxb1 31. Bxc8 Nd2 32. Bb7 Qb4 33. Rd1 Qxb7 34.
Rxd2 Rxd2 35. Qxd2 Qb6 36. Bc3 e5 37. Bxe5 Qc5 38. Bc3 Kh7 39. Bxa5 Nxg3 40.
Qe3 Qxa5 41. Qxg3 Qxa4 42. Kg2 Qe4+ 43. Kh2 h5 44. Kg1 Qg4 45. Qxg4 hxg4 46.
Kg2 Kh6 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord Basque"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2014.12.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2014.12.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Bg2
c6 9. e4 d5 10. exd5 cxd5 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. O-O Nc6 13. Bf4 Na5 14. Rc1 Rc8 15.
Qe2 Bb4 16. Rfd1 h6 17. Na4 dxc4 18. Bxb7 Nxb7 19. bxc4 Qe8 20. Nc3 Bxc3 21.
Rxc3 Nd5 22. Rf3 Nxf4 23. Rxf4 f6 24. Ng4 Nd6 25. c5 bxc5 26. dxc5 Nb7 27.
Nxh6+ gxh6 28. Rg4+ Kh7 29. Qe4+ f5 30. Qxb7+ Rf7 31. Qb1 Rxc5 32. Rgd4 Qb5 33.
Rb4 Qc6 34. Rb8 Rc2 35. Qa1 Qc3 36. Qxc3 Rxc3 37. Re8 f4 38. Rxe6 fxg3 39. fxg3
Rc2 40. Rdd6 Rb7 41. Rxh6+ Kg7 42. Rdg6+ Kf7 43. Rf6+ Kg7 44. Rfg6+ Kf7 45.
Rf6+ Kg7 46. Rfg6+ Kf7 47. Rf6+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord Basque"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2014.12.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2014.12.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. e5 dxe5 7. Nxe5 Qc8
8. Qf3 e6 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Nc4 Be7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. d3 Nb6 13. Bg5 Nbd5 14. Ne4
Qc7 15. a4 Rad8 16. Rad1 Nxe4 17. dxe4 Bxg5 18. exd5 exd5 19. Rxd5 Rxd5 20.
Qxd5 Bf6 21. Re1 Rd8 22. Qf3 Bd4 23. h4 h6 24. h5 b6 25. Re4 Qd7 26. g3 Bf6 27.
Kg2 Kf8 28. Ne3 Bg5 29. Nc4 Bf6 30. Re3 Qd5 31. g4 Qxf3+ 32. Kxf3 Rd1 33. Re2
Rd4 34. Kg3 Bg5 35. f3 Bf4+ 36. Kf2 Rd1 37. Re4 Bc7 38. Ke2 Rh1 39. Nd2 g6 40.
hxg6 fxg6 41. Re6 Kf7 42. Rc6 Bf4 43. Ne4 g5 44. a5 bxa5 45. Rxc5 Rh2+ 46. Kd3
Rh3 47. Nd2 Rh2 48. Nc4 Rf2 49. Ke4 Ke6 50. Rxa5 Rxc2 51. Ra6+ Kd7 52. Rxa7+
Kc6 53. Ra6+ Kc5 54. Rxh6 Rc3 55. Rh8 Rxb3 56. Rc8+ Kb4 57. Nb6 Re3+ 58. Kf5
Kb5 59. Nd7 Rxf3 60. Nf6 Rd3 61. Nh5 Bd2 62. Rc2 Rd4 63. Rc8 Kb4 64. Rc7 Kb5
65. Nf6 Rf4+ 66. Kg6 Rd4 67. Rd7 Rxd7 68. Nxd7 Kc6 69. Nf6 Bc1 70. Ne4 Kd7 71.
Kf6 Ke8 72. Nxg5 Kf8 73. Ne6+ Kg8 74. g5 Bxg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord Basque"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2014.12.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2014.12.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. g3 e5 6. Nb5 Bb4+ 7. N1c3 d6 8.
a3 Bxc3+ 9. Nxc3 Be6 10. Bg2 Bxc4 11. Bg5 O-O 12. Rc1 Nd4 13. e3 Nb3 14. Bxf6
Qxf6 15. Ne4 Qe6 16. Ng5 Nxc1 17. Nxe6 Nd3+ 18. Kd2 fxe6 19. f4 Rac8 20. Qb1 d5
21. b3 Ba6 22. b4 Bc4 23. Bf1 e4 24. Qa1 e5 25. Bxd3 Bxd3 26. Rc1 exf4 27. exf4
Bc4 28. Qd4 a6 29. h4 Rc6 30. h5 Rf7 31. Qe5 h6 32. a4 Kh7 33. a5 Rfc7 34. Qf5+
Kg8 35. Qe5 Kh7 36. Qe8 Rc8 37. Qd7 R8c7 38. Qf5+ Kg8 39. Qe5 Kh7 40. f5 Rf7
41. Rg1 Bd3 42. Rc1 Bc4 43. Rg1 Bd3 44. Rc1 Bc4 45. Rg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord Basque"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2014.12.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2014.12.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
Nbc6 9. Qh5 Ng6 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. Be3 Nce7 12. h4 Bd7 13. O-O c4 14. Be2 f6 15.
exf6 Rxf6 16. Qg5 Nf5 17. Bd2 Nd6 18. Qg3 Qc6 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Ne4 21. Qe3
Rf5 22. f4 Raf8 23. Bg4 R5f7 24. a4 b6 25. Kh2 Qc5 26. Qe1 Qe7 27. Be3 g6 28.
g3 h5 29. Bh3 Bc6 30. Bd4 Kg7 31. Qe3 Qd7 32. a5 b5 33. a6 Rh8 34. Rg1 Qe7 35.
Rg2 Kh7 36. Rag1 Rg7 37. Qf3 Kg8 38. Qe3 Kf7 39. Ra1 Ra8 40. Rgg1 Rgg8 41. Bg2
Rgd8 42. Bf3 Rd7 43. Kh3 Rh8 44. Kg2 Kg7 45. Rgd1 Rhd8 46. Rh1 Rh8 47. Rhd1
Rhd8 48. Re1 Qf7 49. Rh1 Qf5 50. Kh2 Ra8 51. Bg2 Qf7 52. Bh3 Rh8 53. Rhg1 Qe7
54. Rg2 Rh7 55. Rag1 Kf8 56. Qe1 Ke8 57. g4 hxg4 58. Rxg4 Kd8 59. Rxg6 Qxh4 60.
Qxh4+ Rxh4 61. R1g4 Rh5 62. Rxe6 Rdh7 63. Rg8+ Kd7 64. Rh6+ Ke7 65. Rxh7+ Rxh7
66. f5 Bd7 67. e6 Be8 68. f6+ 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord Basque"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2014.12.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Wang, Yue"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E30"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2014.12.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 c5 6. d5 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. Nf3
e5 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. Nd2 Nf8 11. f3 Qe7 12. e3 Ng6 13. Bg3 e4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15.
Qxe4 Qxe4 16. fxe4 Ke7 17. Bd3 h5 18. h4 Ne5 19. Be2 f6 20. Bxe5 fxe5 21. Kd2
Bd7 22. Raf1 Raf8 23. Rf3 g6 24. Rhf1 b6 25. Bd1 Rhg8 26. Rxf8 Rxf8 27. Rxf8
Kxf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord Basque"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2014.12.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wang, Yue"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2014.12.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Nc6 7. Nc3 d5 8.
Bg2 dxc4 9. O-O O-O 10. Rfd1 Rd8 11. Qg5 Nd5 12. Qxe7 Ncxe7 13. Ne5 Nb6 14. e3
f6 15. Nf3 Bd7 16. Nd2 Bc6 17. Bf1 Ned5 18. Nxc4 Nxc3 19. bxc3 Nxc4 20. Bxc4
Kf7 21. Kf1 Bf3 22. Be2 Bxe2+ 23. Kxe2 Ke7 24. a4 c5 25. Rdb1 Rd7 26. Rb5 Rc8
27. Rab1 cxd4 28. cxd4 Rcc7 29. h4 b6 30. a5 bxa5 31. Rxa5 f5 32. Kf3 h5 33.
Rba1 Kf6 34. Ra6 g6 35. R1a5 Rb7 36. Kf4 Rb2 37. f3 Rb4 38. Rc6 Re7 39. Rd6 Rc4
40. Raa6 Rb4 41. e4 fxe4 42. fxe4 Kf7 43. Ra5 Rb3 44. Rda6 Rd3 45. Ke5 Rxg3 46.
Rxa7 Rg4 47. Rxe7+ Kxe7 48. Ra6 Kf7 49. Rxe6 Rxe4+ 50. Kxe4 Kxe6 51. Kf4 Kd5
52. Ke3 Kd6 53. Ke4 Ke6 54. d5+ Kd6 55. Kd4 Kd7 56. Ke3 Kd6 57. Ke4 Kd7 58. Kf4
Kd6 59. Ke4 Kd7 60. Ke5 Ke7 61. d6+ Kd7 62. Kd5 g5 63. hxg5 h4 64. Ke4 Kxd6 65.
Kf4 Ke6 66. Kg4 Kf7 67. Kxh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord Basque"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2014.12.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2014.12.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Nd4 5. Bg2 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3 Bc5 7. Na4 Be7 8.
d4 d6 9. Nc3 c6 10. O-O Bh3 11. Re1 O-O 12. b3 Re8 13. Bb2 Qc7 14. Rc1 Rad8 15.
d5 c5 16. e4 g6 17. Rc2 Qc8 18. Bc1 h5 19. Bg2 h4 20. Qd3 hxg3 21. fxg3 Kg7 22.
Rf1 Bxg2 23. Rxg2 Qg4 24. Rgf2 Rh8 25. Nd1 Rdf8 26. Re2 Rh5 27. Nf2 Qd7 28. Qf3
Nh7 29. h4 f5 30. exf5 Rhxf5 31. Qg2 b5 32. Be3 R5f7 33. Rc1 a6 34. Qh3 Qxh3
35. Nxh3 g5 36. h5 g4 37. Nf2 Nf6 38. Kg2 Nxh5 39. Nxg4 Rh8 40. a4 b4 41. Rf2
Rxf2+ 42. Nxf2 Nf6 43. g4 Kg6 44. Rf1 Bf8 45. Rg1 Be7 46. Kf3 Rf8 47. Kg2 Rh8
48. Rh1 Rxh1 49. Kxh1 Bf8 50. Kg2 Bh6 51. Bxh6 Kxh6 52. Kf3 Nh7 53. Nd1 Ng5+
54. Ke2 Ne4 55. Ke3 Nc3 56. Nf2 Kg5 57. Kf3 Kh4 58. Ke3 Kg5 59. Kf3 Kh4 60. Ke3
Kg5 61. Kf3 Kh4 62. a5 Kg5 63. Nh3+ Kh4 64. Nf2 Kg5 65. Nh3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord Basque"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2014.12.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2014.12.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nf3 Ne4 6. Qc2 Bb7 7. Bd3 f5 8. O-O
Bxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Nd2 Qh4 11. f3 Ng5 12. d5 Na6 13. Ba3 d6 14. f4 Nf7 15.
dxe6 Nh6 16. Nf3 Qf6 17. Ng5 Ng4 18. Rae1 h6 19. Nf3 Qxe6 20. Nd4 Qf7 21. Bxf5
Qh5 22. h3 Nf6 23. e4 Qh4 24. Be6+ Kh8 25. Nf5 Qh5 26. e5 Ng8 27. exd6 c5 28.
Ne7 Nxe7 29. dxe7 Rf6 30. Bd5 Bxd5 31. cxd5 Nc7 32. c4 Ne8 33. Bb2 Rd6 34. f5
Qf7 35. Re6 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord Basque"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2014.12.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2014.12.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. e4 Bb7 4. Bd3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 f5 7. Nc3 fxe4 8.
Bxe4 Bxe4 9. Nxe4 Nf6 10. Ng3 c5 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. O-O cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14.
Qxd4 Qc7 15. Rad1 Qc5 16. Qd3 O-O 17. Rd2 Rf7 18. Qd4 a5 19. Re1 Rc8 20. b3 Rc6
21. Re5 Qxd4 22. Rxd4 d5 23. f3 dxc4 24. Rxc4 Rxc4 25. bxc4 Rc7 26. Rxe6 Rxc4
27. Rxb6 Rc1+ 28. Nf1 Ra1 29. Rb2 Nd5 30. Kf2 Nb4 31. Ke2 Rxa2 32. Rxa2 Nxa2
33. Kd3 Kf7 34. Kc4 Ke6 35. Kb5 Ke5 36. Kxa5 Kd4 37. Kb6 Kd3 38. Ng3 Nc3 39.
Kc5 Ke3 40. Nf5+ Kf2 41. Nxg7 Kxg2 42. Kd4 Kxh2 43. Nh5 Kg2 44. Kxc3 Kxf3 45.
Kd4 h6 46. Ng7 h5 47. Nxh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord Basque"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2014.12.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C33"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2014.12.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 d5 4. exd5 Qh4+ 5. Kf1 Bd6 6. Nc3 Ne7 7. d4 O-O 8.
Nf3 Qh6 9. Ne4 Bg4 10. Nf2 Bc8 11. Bb3 b5 12. a4 b4 13. c4 bxc3 14. bxc3 Nf5
15. Bc2 Ne3+ 16. Bxe3 fxe3 17. Ne4 Nd7 18. Qd3 f5 19. Neg5 Nf6 20. Ne6 Bxe6 21.
dxe6 Nh5 22. Re1 Ng3+ 23. Kg1 Nxh1 24. Rxe3 Rae8 25. Kxh1 Re7 26. Kg1 g5 27.
Bb3 f4 28. Re2 g4 29. Ne5 f3 30. gxf3 Bxe5 31. Rxe5 gxf3 32. Qe3 Rf4 33. Qf2
Rg4+ 34. Kf1 Qc1+ 35. Re1 Qxc3 36. Re3 Qc1+ 37. Re1 Qh6 38. Re3 Qh3+ 39. Ke1
Rf4 40. Qg3+ Qxg3+ 41. hxg3 Rxd4 42. Rxf3 Kg7 43. Rc3 Rb4 44. Kd2 Kf6 45. Kc2
Kg5 46. Rf3 Kg4 47. Rf7 Rxf7 48. exf7 Rb8 49. Kc3 Kxg3 50. Kd4 Kf4 51. Kd5 Kf5
52. Kc6 h5 53. Kxc7 Rf8 54. Kb7 a5 55. Kb6 h4 56. Kxa5 Ke5 57. Kb6 h3 58. Kc6
h2 59. Bd5 Rxf7 60. a5 Ra7 61. Kb5 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 77th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2015.01.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 (6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 b5
8. Nd5 Nf6 {may transpose to the Sveshnikov Variation. Black has other options
as well.}) 6... g6 {This is very rare. Normally the bishop is developed to e7.}
7. Be3 ({In the following game White developed his pieces the same way, but
Black developed his knight to e7, which is also possible:} 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3
Be6 9. Be2 Bg7 10. O-O Nge7 11. Nc2 O-O 12. Be3 f5 13. f3 fxe4 14. Nxe4 Nf5 15.
Bf2 Kh8 16. Qd2 Nfd4 17. Rfd1 Rc8 18. b3 Bg8 19. Rac1 $14 {0-1 (41) Najer,E 
(2646)-Belous,V (2584) Moscow 2014}) 7... Be6 8. N1c3 a6 9. Na3 Nf6 (9... Bh6
10. Bxh6 Nxh6 11. Qd2 Ng4 12. Rd1 ({There is no reason to allow Black's knight
to establish itself on d4, after} 12. Be2 O-O 13. Nc2 {White should be
slightly better.}) 12... Qb6 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. cxd5 Nd4 15. Nc4 Qd8 16. Bd3 O-O
17. O-O Rc8 $11 {1/2-1/2 (49) Zierk,S (2391)-Belous,V (2498) Porto Carras 2010}
) 10. Be2 Bg7 11. Nc2 Rc8 12. Rc1 O-O 13. O-O {Both sides have completed their
development. White has some space advantage and the opened d-file where he can
target the Pd6. However, Black has his counter-chances.} Ne7 $1 {[%csl Rc4]
This is one of them.} 14. Na3 (14. b3 {is met by} b5 {so, White has to protect
the Pc4 in an awkward way.}) 14... Nc6 15. Re1 {Ivanchuk doesn't wish to
repeat moves, but now Black's knight sneaks to d4.} Nd4 16. f3 (16. Bxd4 $2
exd4 17. Qxd4 Nd5 18. Qd2 Nxc3 19. bxc3 Qa5 $15) 16... Qb6 17. Rb1 Nxe2+ $6 {
At this moment Black wasn't forced at all to exchange his active knight for
White's passive bishop.} (17... Bh6 $5 18. Bf2 (18. Bxh6 $6 Nxf3+ 19. Kh1 Ng4
$1 20. gxf3 (20. Rf1 $4 {[%tqu "En","What should Black do?","","","b6g1","",1]}
Qg1+ $1 21. Rxg1 Nf2#) 20... Nf2+ 21. Kg2 Nxd1 22. Rexd1 Rfe8 {leads to an
irrational position. White has three minor pieces for the queen + pawn, but
his king might be vulnerable.}) 18... Nxe2+ 19. Rxe2 Qb4 {Black gets a better
version of the position that arose in the game. Here Black's light-squared
bishop is already active, so White can't play 20.Rd2, targeting the Pd6.}) (
17... Nh5 {was also an option. The advance f7-f5 might work at the right
moment.}) 18. Rxe2 Qb4 19. Rd2 Rfd8 (19... Bxc4 20. Nxc4 Qxc4 21. Rxd6 $14) 20.
c5 $2 {Looks tempting, but opening up the position plays in Black's hands.} (
20. Qb3 $1 {The queen swap favours White.} Qxb3 21. axb3 b5 $5 (21... Bf8 22.
Nc2 $14 {[%cal Gc2b4,Gb4d5]}) 22. cxb5 axb5 23. Naxb5 Bxb3 24. Nxd6 $14) 20...
Qa5 $1 21. Rxd6 (21. cxd6 $2 Rxc3 {is perhaps what Ivanchuk missed, before
playing 20.c5.}) (21. Nd5 Bxd5 (21... Nxd5 $6 22. exd5 Bf5 23. Nc4 Qb5 24. Nxd6
Rxd6 25. cxd6 Bxb1 26. Qxb1 Bf8 $11) 22. exd5 dxc5 23. Nc4 Qb5 24. Rc1 e4 $15)
21... Bf8 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Qe2 Bxc5 {Black has got rid of his Pd6 weakness by
exchanging it and not losing it. Now the structure is symmetrical, but Black
is far more active.} 24. Nc2 {Bringing the passive knight into play.} Bd4 25.
Qe1 b5 $6 (25... Rd7 $1 {was a fine prophylactic move. It's difficult to find
a good move for White.} 26. Nxd4 (26. a3 Bb3 $17) 26... exd4 27. Nd5 Qxe1+ 28.
Rxe1 Nxd5 (28... Bxd5 29. Bxd4 Nxe4 30. fxe4 Bxa2 $17) 29. exd5 Rxd5 30. Bd2 {
The opposite-coloured bishops give White decent chances to hold.}) 26. Nxd4 $1
exd4 27. Bg5 {This small trick became possible after Black blocked the 5th
rank for his queen.} dxc3 28. Qxc3 (28. Bxf6 $2 Bxa2 $1 (28... c2 $2 29. Bxd8
cxb1=Q 30. Bxa5 $11) 29. Bxd8 (29. Ra1 Qb6+ $19) 29... Qxd8 30. Ra1 cxb2 31.
Rxa2 Qd4+ 32. Kh1 Qc3 $1 33. Qg1 Qc1 34. Rxb2 Qxb2 $19) 28... Qxc3 29. bxc3 {
The knight can't be saved, so White equalises.} Bxa2 30. Bxf6 (30. Ra1 h6 31.
Bxh6 Nxe4 32. fxe4 Bc4 33. Kf2 $11) 30... Rd6 31. Be5 Re6 32. Ra1 Rxe5 33. Rxa2
Re6 $11 34. Kf2 Kf8 35. Ke3 Ke7 36. g4 (36. f4 {looks more logical.}) 36... Kd7
$6 (36... g5 {was called for to block White's structure.}) 37. f4 Rc6 38. Kd4
Kc7 39. f5 Rc4+ 40. Kd5 {White's king has become very active. It seems that
Black is the side that should be careful now, but of course, the position
remains drawish.} Kb6 41. Ra3 (41. e5 gxf5 42. gxf5 Rxc3 43. e6 fxe6+ 44. fxe6
Rd3+ 45. Ke5 Re3+ $11) 41... a5 42. e5 Ra4 $4 {Blackout.} (42... gxf5 43. gxf5
Rf4 {was possible. The game could end in a draw after} 44. f6 Rf3 45. Ke4 Rf1
46. c4 $5 b4 47. Rf3 Re1+ 48. Re3 Rd1 $11) 43. Rxa4 {and Jobava resigned on
the spot.} ({After} 43. Rxa4 bxa4 44. Kc4 {the king stops the a-pawn easily,
while White's passers decide:} gxf5 45. gxf5 Kc6 46. Kd3 a3 47. Kc2 Kd5 48. e6
fxe6 49. f6 Kd6 50. c4 e5 51. c5+ $18 {[%csl Gc5,Gf6]}) 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 77th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2015.01.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b5 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. b3 g6 5. c4 bxc4 6. bxc4 c5 7. Nc3 d6 8. Rb1
Bc6 9. d4 Bg7 10. d5 Bd7 11. O-O O-O 12. e4 Bc8 13. Re1 Nbd7 14. Bb2 Ne8 15.
Qc2 Rb8 16. Nb5 Bxb2 17. Rxb2 Rb7 18. Nd2 a6 19. Nc3 Rxb2 20. Qxb2 e5 21. dxe6
fxe6 22. f4 g5 23. Ne2 gxf4 24. gxf4 Qf6 25. Qxf6 Nexf6 26. Bf3 Bb7 27. Kf2 Bc6
28. Rd1 e5 29. Nb3 Bxe4 30. Rxd6 exf4 31. Nxf4 Bxf3 32. Kxf3 Ne5+ 33. Ke2 Nfg4
34. Nd3 Nxc4 35. Re6 Nxh2 36. Nbxc5 a5 37. Ne5 Nxe5 38. Rxe5 Rf2+ 39. Kxf2 Ng4+
40. Kf3 Nxe5+ 41. Ke4 Nc6 42. a4 Kf7 43. Kf5 h6 44. Kg4 Kg6 45. Kh4 Nd4 46. Nb7
Nb3 47. Kg4 h5+ 48. Kh4 Kh6 49. Nd6 Nd4 50. Nf7+ Kg7 51. Ne5 Kf6 52. Nc4 Nb3
53. Nxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 77th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2015.01.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Qe2 $5 {
This is a slightly rare move, but very powerful. White prepares for 0-0-0 and
he can play for plans involving f4, e5 or g4-g5.} (7. Qd2) ({and} 7. Be2 {
are much more common lines.}) 7... a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 $6 {A small inaccuracy.
Black wants to avoid g4, but sometimes the B is passive on d7. Now White gets
a strong initiative.} (8... Qc7 {is more popular.}) 9. f4 (9. g4 $6 {could
have been met by} Nxd4 10. Bxd4 e5 $132 {and the g4 P is lost.}) 9... Rc8 $146
{First Black wants to develop the queenside.} (9... Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Rc8 (10...
Bc6 $6 11. g4 Qa5 12. g5 Nd7 13. h4 O-O-O 14. Bh3 Kb8 15. Kb1 $16 {and White
is better, Baghdasaryan-Ter Sahakyan, Jermuk 2013.}) 11. Kb1 $36) (9... Be7 10.
Kb1 $14 {is also comfortable for White.}) 10. Kb1 Qc7 ({The natural
development with} 10... Be7 $6 {allows the immediate attack for White} 11. g4
$1 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 e5 13. fxe5 Bxg4 14. exf6 $1 {This is the point! White
sacrifices his Q, but he gets three minor pieces.} Bxe2 15. fxe7 Qxe7 16. Bxe2
$18 {and White has a winning position.}) 11. Nb3 $1 {A deep move. The N leaves
the centre, because White has a space advantage and he doesn't want to
exchange on d4. Now he is ready for the attack with g4.} (11. g4 {was a little
bit early, as} Nxd4 12. Rxd4 (12. Bxd4 $6 e5 $1) 12... e5 $132 {and White will
have some compensation for the P, however the position is still complicated.})
11... b5 12. g4 b4 13. Na4 {Black has chased away the c3 N, but now the b6
square is unpleasant for Black.} e5 (13... Nxe4 $4 {does not work, because of}
14. Bb6 $18 {and White wins.}) 14. g5 Bg4 15. Qg2 $1 {The strongest move.} Bxd1
16. Bxa6 $1 {A very nice intermediate move! White doesn't immediately take the
f6 N, now the d1 B is also hanging.} Nd7 (16... Ng4 17. Bb6 $1 $18) ({or} 16...
Ra8 17. Bb6 Qd7 18. Bb5 Bh5 19. gxf6 $18 {followed by Na5 and Black is
hopeless.}) 17. Rxd1 ({Probably} 17. Bxc8 $1 {was the best reply} Qxc8 18. Rxd1
Qa6 19. Qh3 $3 {What a fantastic tactical move! White is threatening Qxd7 and
g6 too.} Qxa4 (19... Ncb8 20. g6 $1 $18 {with a decisive attack.}) 20. Qxd7+ $1
Kxd7 21. Nc5+ Kc7 22. Nxa4 $16 {and White is a healthy P up.}) 17... Ra8 (17...
Rb8 18. f5 $36) 18. Bb5 Be7 (18... Rb8 19. c4 $16) 19. f5 (19. fxe5 {was also
strong,} O-O (19... Ndxe5 20. Nb6 $16) 20. exd6 Bxd6 21. e5 $1 Ncxe5 22. Qd5
$16 {and White is better.}) 19... Qb7 $2 {A logical move to attack the B. On
the other hand, this is a mistake. A few moves later we will see, the Q
doesn't protect the d6 P.} ({It was important to play} 19... O-O 20. g6 (20. f6
Rfb8) 20... fxg6 21. fxg6 $40 {and White is better, but still Black doesn't
have to resign.}) 20. c4 (20. Qf1 {was also good} O-O 21. f6 gxf6 22. gxf6 Nxf6
23. Bh6 $18 {and White wins.}) 20... O-O $6 {Loses immediately, but Black's
position was already bad.} 21. f6 Bd8 22. Rxd6 $18 Ncb8 23. Qg4 g6 24. h4 ({
The simple} 24. Bxd7 $18 {was also winning.}) 24... h5 25. Qf3 Bc7 26. Rxd7
Nxd7 27. Bxd7 Rad8 28. Nbc5 Qa8 29. Qd1 Qa7 30. Qd5 Ra8 31. Bd2 Rfd8 32. Bxb4
Ba5 33. a3 Qc7 34. Nc3 Bxb4 35. axb4 Qa7 36. Kc2 Rac8 37. Nb5 Qa1 38. Nd6 {
and finally Black resigned.} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 77th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2015.01.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1 Nf6 8.
Be3 (8. f3 {is another way of side-stepping the repetition, but it does cut
off some of White's ideas in certain variations of the English attack.}) 8...
Ng4 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Bg7 12. h3 Ne5 13. Be2 Nbc6 14. Nb3 b5 15. a4
{A novelty. It avoids some ideas of Nc4, so it does make some sense to play
this.} (15. Nd5 Nc4 16. Bxc4 bxc4 17. Nd2 Bxb2 18. Rb1 Be5 $6 {was the nice
positional game Adams-Vallejo Pons in 2005 which was won by the Englishman.})
15... b4 16. Nd5 {One of the next three Black moves is a dubious one, as after
Ivanchuk castles he holds an advantage. However, which one and why is beyond
my comprehension on the complexities of this Najdorf variation and its
subtleties.} e6 17. Ne3 Bb7 18. Qd2 Qc7 19. O-O-O O-O-O 20. Kb1 {The problem
for Black is that it is harder for him to transfer his pieces to the queenside
and create threats than it is for White to do the same. If Black expands on
the kingside he has no real targets to hit, so the question is... what does he
do?} Kb8 21. f3 a5 22. h4 $1 {Playing in both sides taxes Black's position.
Someone will now have to defend the g5 pawn as trading it would leave him a
structural weakness and pushing it would allow f4, dislodging Black's best
piece.} Na7 23. Nd4 Ng6 24. hxg5 hxg5 25. Rxh8 Bxh8 26. Bc4 Nf4 (26... Be5 27.
Bf2 d5 {shouldn't work, but it at least made things somewhat uncelar.} 28. exd5
Nf4 $16) 27. Bb3 Qc5 28. Nc4 Ba6 $2 {A blunder in a bad position.} (28... Qxd4
29. Qxd4 Bxd4 30. Rxd4 Nc6 {is not something anyone wants to play.} 31. Rxd6
$16) 29. Bf2 $1 Bxc4 30. Nb5 Qc6 31. Bxa7+ Ka8 32. Bxc4 Qxc4 33. Bb6 {is
completely hopeless. White will pick up a5 and b4 while Black is still
planless.} (33. Bb6 Rd7 34. g3 Ng6 35. b3 Qc6 36. Bxa5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 77th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2015.01.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. b3 b6 6. Bb2 Bb7 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. g3 g6
9. Bg2 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qe2 Qe7 12. a4 a5 13. Ba3 c5 14. Rac1 Rfd8 15. Rfd1
Rac8 16. Nb5 Ne4 17. Nd2 Ndf6 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. dxc5 bxc5 21.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Rd1 Bf8 23. Bb2 Bg7 24. Ba3 Bf8 25. Bb2 Bg7 26. Ba3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 77th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2015.01.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Saric, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. Nc3 e6 7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5
Nbd7 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Bd2 Bb4 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. e4 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Ba5 14. Bg2 c5
15. Rb1 b6 16. O-O O-O 17. f4 Rc8 18. Rc1 cxd4 19. cxd4 Bxd2 20. Qxd2 Qe7 21.
e5 Qa3 22. Kh2 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Rd8 24. Rc3 Qa5 25. Rc2 Qxd2 26. Rxd2 Kf8 27. Kg3
b5 28. Bc6 b4 29. d5 Nb8 30. Bb7 exd5 31. Rxd5 Rxd5 32. Bxd5 Nd7 33. Kf3 g5 34.
fxg5 Nxe5+ 35. Ke4 Ng6 36. Bc4 a5 37. Kd4 a4 38. Kc5 b3 39. axb3 axb3 40. Bxb3
Nf4 41. h4 Ng2 42. h5 Ne3 43. Kd4 Nxg4 44. Bc2 g6 45. hxg6 fxg6 46. Bxg6 Kg7
47. Bf5 Nh6 48. Be6 Kg6 49. gxh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 77th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2015.01.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "204"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. g3 Nbd7 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. a4 Bb4 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qc2 Qe7 10. a5 e5 11. Rd1 a6 12. d5 Nc5 13. Bg5 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Bg4 15. h3
Bxf3 16. Bxf3 e4 17. Bg2 Nb3 18. Ra4 cxd5 19. Rxd5 Qe6 20. Rd1 Rfe8 21. Bxf6
gxf6 22. e3 Rac8 23. Bf1 Re7 24. Bxc4 Rxc4 25. Qxb3 Rxa4 26. Qxa4 Qxh3 27. Qb4
Rd7 28. Rxd7 Qxd7 29. Qxe4 Qc7 30. c4 Kg7 31. Kg2 h6 32. Qd5 Qe7 33. e4 Qb4 34.
e5 fxe5 35. Qxe5+ Kg6 36. Qd4 Kh7 37. Qg4 Qb1 38. Qf4 Kg6 39. Qd6+ Kf5 40. Qd5+
Kg6 41. Qd6+ Kf5 42. Qf4+ Kg6 43. Qd4 Kh7 44. Qd5 Kg7 45. Kf3 Qe1 46. Qd4+ Kg8
47. Qd8+ Kg7 48. Qd5 h5 49. Kg2 Qe2 50. c5 Qb5 51. Qg5+ Kf8 52. Qh6+ Kg8 53.
Qg5+ Kf8 54. Qxh5 Qxa5 55. Qh8+ Ke7 56. Qe5+ Kf8 57. Qb8+ Kg7 58. Qxb7 Qxc5 59.
Qxa6 Qd5+ 60. Kg1 Qd1+ 61. Qf1 Qf3 62. Qc4 Qd1+ 63. Kg2 Qd2 64. Qg4+ Kf8 65.
Qe4 Qb2 66. Kf3 Kg7 67. Qg4+ Kf8 68. Qf4 Kg7 69. Kg4 Qe2+ 70. Kg5 Qb5+ 71. Kh4
Qc6 72. Qe5+ Kg6 73. Qg5+ Kh7 74. Qf5+ Kg7 75. f3 Qh6+ 76. Qh5 Qc6 77. Qe5+ Kg8
78. Kg4 Kf8 79. Qg5 Qd7+ 80. Kh4 Qd4+ 81. Kh5 Ke8 82. f4 Qh8+ 83. Kg4 Qh2 84.
Qe5+ Kf8 85. f5 Qd2 86. f6 Qd1+ 87. Kh4 Qh1+ 88. Kg5 Qc1+ 89. Qf4 Qb1 90. Qd4
Qg6+ 91. Kf4 Qh6+ 92. Kf3 Qh5+ 93. g4 Qh1+ 94. Kf4 Qf1+ 95. Kg5 Qc1+ 96. Qf4
Qb1 97. Qf3 Kg8 98. Qc3 Qg6+ 99. Kf4 Qh6+ 100. Kg3 Qg5 101. Qf3 Kh7 102. Qe4+
Kh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 77th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2015.01.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[Annotator "Pavlovic,M"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
{Avoiding the Marshall is a common choice for White.} Bb7 9. d3 d5 $1 {It
seems that this gambit at this place is totally sound as we will see further
in the text.} 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nbd2 Qd7 {An interesting choice; alternatives
have been preferred but as we will see a very interesting idea is connected
with the main move in the text.} (11... f6 12. c4 (12. a3 Kh8 13. Ne4 Na5 (
13... Qd7 $5 14. Bd2 Rad8 15. Qe2 Rfe8 16. Rad1 $13) 14. Ba2 c5 15. c3 c4 16.
d4 f5 17. Neg5 e4 18. Ne6 Qe8 19. Nxf8 exf3 20. Ne6 Qg6 21. Qxf3 $16 {1/2-1/2 
(34) Al Modiahki,M (2549)-Negi,P (2645) Tromso 2014. Black overpushed, but he
still managed to escape with a draw.}) (12. c3 Kh8 13. Bc2 Qd7 14. Nb3 a5 15.
a4 bxa4 16. Rxa4 Ncb4 17. Rxa5 Nxc2 18. Qxc2 Nb6 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. Nbd2 g5 $5
21. Nh2 Rd8 $44 {0-1 (48) Anand,V (2786)-Caruana,F (2774) Moscow 2013}) 12...
bxc4 13. Nxc4 Bc5 14. Ne3 Bxe3 $5 (14... Na5 15. d4 exd4 16. Nxd4 Nxb3 17. Qxb3
Bxd4 18. Qxb7 Bxe3 19. Bxe3 Qd7 20. Rad1 Rfd8 21. Qb3 Rab8 22. Qa3 Qb5 $11 {
1/2-1/2 (47) Adams,M (2729)-Bacrot,E (2705) Baku 2008}) 15. Bxe3 Kh8 16. Bc5
Re8 17. Rc1 Qd7 18. Ba4 Red8 19. Qb3 Qf7 $1 $13) (11... Nf4 12. Ne4 Na5 13.
Bxf4 exf4 14. d4 Nxb3 15. axb3 Qd7 16. Qd3 Rad8 17. c4 Bb4 18. Nc3 bxc4 19.
bxc4 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Qxd4 21. Re4 Qd2 22. Re2 Qd4 23. Re4 Qd2 24. Re2 Qd4 {
1/2-1/2 (24) Giri,A (2737)-Tomashevsky,E (2703) Elancourt 2013. Black was fine.
}) 12. Nxe5 $6 {We can consider this now as a rather suspicious move.
Alternatives are better but also don't give White anything.} (12. Ne4 Kh8 13.
Ng3 f6 14. c3 Rad8 15. d4 exd4 16. cxd4 Rfe8 17. Bd2 Bf8 18. a3 $11) (12. a4
Rad8 ({Black can play safe here} 12... f6 $5 13. c3 Kh8 {with unclear play})
13. axb5 axb5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Rxe5 Nf4 16. Ne4 $1 (16. Qg4 Nxg2 17. Qxd7 Rxd7
18. Rxb5 Bc6 19. Rba5 Nf4 $44 {0-1 (20) Guliyev,N (2557)-Ragger,M (2651)
Wroclaw (blitz) 2014}) 16... Ng6 (16... Nxg2 17. Qg4 Nh4 18. Rxe7 Qxe7 19. Bg5
$16) 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. Rxc5 Nh4 19. Qg4 $16) (12. Nf1 $5 $146 Bf6 (12... f6 13.
c4 $1 $18) 13. N1h2 Nf4 14. Bxf4 exf4 15. c3 $13) 12... Nxe5 13. Rxe5 Nf4 $1
14. Nf3 Nxg2 $1 15. Kxg2 a5 $1 {A key point of the black sacrifice, a nice
idea indeed! It had been worked out by computers and it had already been
tested in tounaments as well, for that reason it is really suprising that
Ivanchuk was not aware of that.} 16. Rxe7 {Confronted with something new this
was Ivanchuk's reaction over the board, but it doesn't help much either.} (16.
a4 Ra6 17. Qe2 Rg6+ 18. Kh2 Bd6 19. Nh4 Bxe5+ 20. Qxe5 Re8 21. Qf4 Rf6 22. Qg3
Re1 23. Bh6 Rxf2+ 24. Qxf2 Rxa1 25. Nf5 Rh1+ 26. Kg3 Bc8 $17 {1/2-1/2 (37)
Guliyev,N (2556)-Gustafsson,J (2636) Baden-Baden 2014}) (16. c3 Ra6 17. d4 Rg6+
18. Kh2 Rf6 19. d5 Bd6 20. Kg2 Rxf3 21. Qxf3 Bxe5 $15) 16... Qxe7 17. c3 Ra6
18. d4 Rf6 {Black is completely winning already, and he could have done it
even more simply.} (18... Rg6+ 19. Kf1 Qd7 20. Ne5 Qxh3+ 21. Ke2 a4 22. Bc2 Rg2
23. Be3 f6 $19) 19. d5 a4 20. Bc2 Rd8 21. Qe1 Qd7 22. Ng5 h6 23. Ne4 Rg6+ 24.
Kh2 f5 25. Ng3 Qxd5 26. Qg1 Qf3 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 77th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2015.01.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 a5 $6 {This move was not examined in my
article (see CBM 164). It prevents b2-b4 but it is not worth wasting a tempo.}
5. a3 Be7 (5... Bxd2+ 6. Bxd2 a4 7. Qc2 {[%cal Ye2e4] is rather favourable for
White, e.g.} d6 (7... d5 8. Bg5 Nbd7 9. e3 c6 10. Bd3 Qa5+ 11. Qd2 Ne4 12. Qxa5
Rxa5 13. Bf4 Ke7 14. Ke2 f6 {1/2 (39) Gasanov,E (2550)-Iljiushenok,I (2314)
Khanty-Mansiysk 2008} 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Nd2 $14 {^^}) 8. e4 Nc6 (8... e5 9.
dxe5 dxe5 10. Bc3 Nc6 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 O-O 13. f3 Nd7 14. O-O-O Nxe5 15.
Rxd8 Rxd8 16. Qc3 Nc6 17. Bd3 $16 {1-0 (45) Sakaev,K (2672)-Winants,L (2535)
Warsaw 2005}) 9. Bc3 Qe7 10. e5 dxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7 12. Qe4 Nc5 13. Qg4 Qf8 14.
Rd1 Bd7 15. Be2 O-O-O 16. O-O f5 17. Qf4 h6 18. Bb4 b6 19. Nd4 Nxd4 20. Rxd4
Bc6 21. Rxd8+ Qxd8 22. Bxc5 bxc5 23. Bf3 $14 {1/2 (34) Mchedlishvili,M (2564)
-Winants,L (2529) Belgium 2005}) 6. e4 d5 (6... d6 7. Be2 Nfd7 8. Nb1 $1 d5 9.
Nc3 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nf6 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. Nxf6+ Nxf6 {1/2 (46) Lalith,B (2585)
-Kunte,A (2439) Kolkata 2014} 13. O-O b6 14. Bf4 $14) 7. e5 Nfd7 (7... Ne4 8.
Qc2 $5 $14) 8. cxd5 (8. Bd3 {is more standard but equally good:} c5 9. O-O Nc6
10. Re1 cxd4 11. cxd5 {0-1 (40) Gelfand,B (2743)-Ivanchuk,V (2704) Beijing 2014
} exd5 12. Nb3 O-O 13. Nbxd4 $14) 8... exd5 9. Nb1 $5 {[%mdl 32] A good idea:
if Black plays ...c7-c5, White's knight on c3, attacking the d5-pawn and
aiming to b5, will be very powerful.} Nb6 (9... c5 10. Nc3 $1 (10. dxc5 $143
Nxc5 11. Nc3 Be6 12. Bb5+ Nc6 13. O-O O-O 14. Be3 Rc8 15. Rb1 Nd7 16. Nxd5
Ndxe5 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Re1 Nc4 20. Qa4 Nxe3 21. Rxe3 b6 $11 {
1/2 (28) Nakamura,H (2753)-Ivanchuk,V (2765) Sao Paulo/Bilbao 2011}) 10... cxd4
11. Qxd4 O-O 12. Qxd5 {, and Blacek does not hav sufficient compensation for
the pawn.}) 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. h3 (11. Bd3 Bg4 12. Be3 {[%cal Yh2h3] is more
accurate. If} Qd7 {then possibly} 13. Qc2 $5) 11... Bf5 12. Bd3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3
a4 14. O-O O-O 15. Re1 (15. Bf4 $5 {[%cal Ya1e1]}) 15... Qd7 16. Bg5 $6 {
[%mdl 32] The idea of exchanging the dark-squared bishops is probably wrong
since White has a space advantage and should only agree to very favourable
exchanges. Now Black gradually equalises.} Nd8 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Nh2 (18. Nd1
$5 {[%cal Yd1e3]}) 18... Ne6 19. Ng4 Qg5 (19... c6 $5 {[%cal Yb6c4]}) 20. Re3
Qg6 21. Qd1 Kh8 22. Rg3 {White has activated his rook but it doesn't bring him
any real benefit.} Qh5 23. Qd3 Qg6 24. Qd1 Qh5 25. Qd3 c6 {Black doesn't want
a draw!} 26. Ne3 {Preventing ...Nc4.} f5 27. exf6 gxf6 $6 {It was not
necessary for Black to weaken his pawn structure.} (27... Rxf6 $142 28. Ng4 Rf4
29. Ne2 Re4 30. Nc3 $140 Rf4 $11) 28. Nf5 Nc4 29. Qc2 b5 30. Rg4 (30. Ne2 $142
Rae8 31. Rg4) 30... Rae8 (30... Rg8 {[%cal Yg8g5,Rg8g4] was a better way to
solve Black's problems.}) 31. Ne2 Qf7 32. Neg3 Qd7 33. Re1 Nc7 34. Rxe8 Nxe8
35. Qc1 Rg8 36. Rh4 Rg5 {White keeps some pressure but GM Radoslaw Wojtaszek
didn't want to take any risk.} (36... Rg5 37. Nh6 $14 {[%cal Yh6g4]}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 77th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2015.01.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2862"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1
dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. O-O cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bd7 12. Qb3 Nc6 13. Nxc6 Bxc3 14. Rxc3
Bxc6 15. Bb5 Bd5 16. Bc4 Bc6 17. Bb5 Bd5 18. Bc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 77th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2015.01.23"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2797"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Qc2 Nf6 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. g3 b6 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. O-O
c5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nc4 Rc8 11. Bg5 Qc7 12. Rac1 b5 13. Ne3 Nxe3 14. Bxe3 c4
15. Rfd1 a6 16. Bf4 Bd6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. e4 O-O 19. Ng5 Qe7 20. e5 Qxg5 21.
Bxb7 Rb8 22. Be4 g6 23. Qc3 Qd8 24. b3 cxb3 25. axb3 Rc8 26. Qb4 Qb6 27. Ra1
Rfd8 28. Kg2 Nf8 29. Qa5 Qxa5 30. Rxa5 Rc3 31. Rxa6 Rxb3 32. d5 Rb4 33. Bf3
exd5 34. Bxd5 Kg7 35. Rd6 Re8 36. Re1 Re7 37. Re2 Rd4 38. f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 77th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2015.01.24"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2820"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Bf4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
cxd5 Qxd5 9. e3 cxd4 10. cxd4 O-O 11. Be2 Qa5+ 12. Qd2 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Nc6 14.
Rhc1 Rd8 15. Ke1 Bf5 16. h3 h5 17. Nh4 Bc8 18. Bc4 {Black has some problems
with development and Nxg6 is now a threat. if he is forced to play e6, there
is no doubt he would be worse, but he has a nifty resource at hand.} Nxd4 $1
19. Bc7 (19. exd4 Rxd4 20. Nxg6 Re4+ $1 (20... Rxc4 21. Nxe7+ Kf8 22. Rxc4 Bxa1
23. Nxc8 {does not work.}) 21. Be3 Bxa1 22. Bd5 Rxe3+ 23. fxe3 Bf6 {And Black
has no problems, to say the least.}) 19... Rd7 20. exd4 Rxd4 {Both the bishop
on c4 and the knight on h4 are hanging! This is the tactical point.} 21. Nxg6
Re4+ $1 (21... Rxc4 22. Rxc4 Bxa1 23. Nxe7+ Kh7 24. Rh4 $14) 22. Kf1 Bxa1 23.
Bd5 Bf5 (23... Re6 {was also good enough, but the solution that Caruana chose
is more natural.}) 24. Bxe4 Bxe4 25. Nxe7+ Kf8 26. Rxa1 Bd3+ {necessary to
avoid the pin on the e-file.} 27. Kg1 Kxe7 28. Re1+ {Sadly, at the end of
everything we reached and endgame that is very clearly drawn.} Kf6 29. Bg3 Rc8
30. Bh4+ Kg7 31. Re3 Bg6 32. Bg3 Rc4 33. f3 Bf5 34. Re7 Be6 35. Rxb7 Ra4 36.
Rb5 Kg6 37. Be1 Rxa2 38. Ra5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 77th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2015.01.25"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "Havasi,G"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 a6 {This move is very
typical: to move the B back to a7, preventing d4.} (6... O-O {is the main line.
}) 7. Bb3 (7. b4 Ba7 $13) 7... Ba7 8. Re1 (8. Nbd2 O-O 9. h3 h6 (9... Ne7 10.
Re1 Ng6 11. d4 (11. Nf1 h6 12. d4 Re8 $13 {1/2 (35) Alekseev,E (2698)-Matlakov,
M (2700) St Petersburg RUS 2013}) 11... Re8 12. Bc2 Bd7 13. Nf1 d5 14. Nxe5
Nxe4 15. Nxg6 hxg6 $11 {1/2 (22) Andriasian,Z (2610)-Michalik,P (2577)
Groningen NED 2013}) 10. Re1 Re8 11. Nf1 Be6 12. Bc2 d5 $132 {1/2 (36) Gelfand,
B (2720)-Kramnik,V (2788) Moscow 2008}) 8... O-O 9. h3 Be6 (9... Ne7 {is a
usual move to move the N to g6} 10. Nbd2 Ng6 11. Nf1 Re8 $11) (9... h6 {
is also a typical move.}) 10. Nbd2 (10. Bc2 {is the most usual move to avoid
the exchange of Bs} h6 11. Nbd2 Re8 $13) 10... Bxb3 (10... h6 {is also good,
which keeps the tension.}) 11. axb3 (11. Qxb3 {was also played} Qd7 12. Nf1 h6
13. Ng3 Rfe8 $13 {1/2 (41) Pruijssers,R (2529)-Michalik,P (2584) Eppingen GER
2014}) 11... d5 12. Qe2 (12. exd5 Qxd5 13. Ne4 Qe6 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 $11 {1/2 (49)
Galdunts,S (2506)-Aronian,L (2648) France 2004}) 12... Qd7 13. Nf1 d4 $146 {
This is a good move, Black tries to complicate the position.} (13... h6 {
was played in a previous game, it's also good} 14. Ng3 Rad8 $11 {1/2 (44) Van
Weersel,A (2186)-Ferguson,M (2379) England 2011}) 14. b4 (14. Ng3 Ne8 $1 $13 {
/\ Nd6}) 14... Rad8 (14... Ne8 {followed by Nd6 is also good} 15. c4 Nd6 16.
Bd2 f6 $13) 15. Rd1 Ne8 $1 16. Ng3 (16. c4 Nd6 17. Bd2 f6 $13) 16... f6 17. Qe1
{White prepares for c4.} Kh8 (17... Nd6 18. c4 Rfe8 $13) 18. c4 Bb8 {Black
moves the B away from the a-file and wants to improve his position.} (18... Nd6
{is also good immediately}) 19. h4 $1 {White's best, but the position is equal.
} Nd6 (19... Ne7 {is also good followed by c6, Bc7}) 20. h5 Rde8 21. c5 (21.
Bd2 $1 {is a better try, as White has a very slight, but lasting advantage
after Nh4} Nd8 22. Qe2) 21... Nc8 22. Nh4 N8e7 23. Bd2 Qg4 24. Nhf5 (24. Nf3 {
is better} h6 25. Qe2 f5 26. exf5 Nxf5 27. Qe4 Qxe4 28. Nxe4 $14 {White has a
slight advantage, but it won't be enough to win the game.}) 24... Nxf5 25. exf5
Ne7 26. Qe4 Qxe4 27. Nxe4 c6 (27... Nxf5 {leads to draw} 28. c6 Nd6 29. Nc5 Ba7
$1 30. Nxb7 Nxb7 31. Rxa6 Bb6 32. cxb7 $11) 28. g4 Nd5 29. Kf1 h6 30. Ke2 Kg8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "Jurmala"]
[Date "2015.03.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Troyke, Christian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2015.03.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.04.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.04.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 c5 3. c3 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 d5 6. e5 Bg4 7. Nbd2 Nc6 8. Bb5
Rc8 9. O-O Nh6 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Nxf3 O-O 12. Qe2 e6 13. Bg5 Qd7 14. g4 Kh8 15.
Rac1 Ng8 16. Bxc6 Rxc6 17. Rxc6 Qxc6 18. Rc1 Qb6 19. Rc5 h6 20. Bh4 g5 21. Bg3
Ne7 22. h4 f6 23. exf6 Bxf6 24. hxg5 hxg5 25. Bc7 Qa6 26. Qxa6 bxa6 27. Bd6 Rf7
28. Rc7 Kg7 29. Ne5 Bxe5 30. Bxe5+ Kg6 31. Rxa7 Nc6 32. Rxa6 1-0

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "Jurmala"]
[Date "2015.03.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Miezis, Normunds"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2015.03.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.04.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.04.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Be2 Be6 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. O-O Nd7 10. Re1 c6 11. Bd3 Re8 12. Bc2 Qc7 13. Bg5 Nf8 14. Bxe7
Rxe7 15. Qd2 Rd8 16. Ne4 Bg4 17. Ne5 Bf5 18. Ng3 Bxc2 19. Qxc2 Ne6 20. Nf5 Ree8
21. Qe4 Qb6 22. Rad1 f6 23. Nc4 Qb4 24. b3 Nec7 25. Ne5 fxe5 26. Qg4 g6 27. h4
Qf8 0-1

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "Jurmala"]
[Date "2015.03.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Shomoev, Anton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2015.03.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.04.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.04.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. Be3 Qc7 8. Qd2
b5 9. a3 Bb7 10. f3 Nc6 11. g4 Be7 12. g5 Nd7 13. h4 b4 14. axb4 Nxb4 15. Kf2
O-O 16. Ncb5 axb5 17. Qxb4 Nc5 18. Nxb5 Qb8 19. Rxa8 Bxa8 20. Qa3 f5 21. b4 Nd7
22. Qb3 d5 23. exf5 Rxf5 24. Nd4 Rf7 25. Nxe6 Ne5 26. Bd4 Qd6 27. Nc5 h6 28.
Ra1 Bc6 29. Ra6 Ng4+ 30. Ke1 Qg3+ 31. Kd1 Rf4 32. Qc3 Qxh4 33. Ne6 Qh1+ 34. Kd2
Bxg5 35. Nxg5 hxg5 36. Rxc6 1-0

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "Jurmala"]
[Date "2015.03.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2015.03.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.04.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.04.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d6 2. Bb2 Nd7 3. e4 Ngf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. g4 Bg7 6. Qe2 c6 7. Bg2 Nc5 8. h3
Ne6 9. O-O-O h5 10. g5 Nxg5 11. f4 Ne6 12. Qf1 h4 13. Nge2 Nh5 14. Kb1 Nd4 15.
Qf2 Nxe2 16. Nxe2 Bxb2 17. Kxb2 e5 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. Rhf1 Qe7 20. d4 exd4 21.
Nxd4 Ng3 22. Rfe1 O-O 23. e5 Be6 24. Qf4 Kg7 25. Bxc6 bxc6 26. Nxc6 Nh5 27. Qf3
Qg5 28. Nd4 Rae8 29. Qc3 Ng3 30. Nf3 Qe7 31. Rd6 Nf5 32. Nd4 Rc8 33. Nxe6+ fxe6
34. Rc6 Rxc6 35. Qxc6 Rd8 36. Re4 Rd4 37. Rxd4 Nxd4 38. Qe4 Qc5 39. c3 Nb5 0-1

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "Jurmala"]
[Date "2015.03.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2015.03.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.04.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.04.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 c6 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. Bg3 Bxg3 7. hxg3 Nbd7 8.
Nc3 Qe7 9. Qc2 h6 10. O-O-O O-O 11. Rh4 e5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5
Qxe5 15. Rhd4 Be6 16. Bd3 Rfc8 17. Kb1 Rc6 18. Qd2 Rac8 19. Ka1 a6 20. Qe1 b5
21. f3 Bf5 22. Bf1 Bg6 23. g4 Qe7 24. Bd3 Bxd3 25. R4xd3 Re6 26. Qd2 Re8 27.
Re1 b4 28. Nxd5 Nxd5 29. Rxd5 Rxe3 30. Rxe3 Qxe3 31. Qxe3 Rxe3 32. Kb1 Re2 33.
Ra5 Rxg2 34. Rxa6 f5 35. gxf5 h5 36. Ra8+ Kf7 37. Rh8 b3 38. axb3 Rg5 39. Kc2
Rxf5 40. Kd2 Rxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "Jurmala"]
[Date "2015.03.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Dobrov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2015.03.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.04.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.04.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Qb6 6. Nb3 e6 7. a3 d5 8. Be3
Qd8 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. g3 Be7 12. Bg2 Bf6 13. Nd4 O-O 14. O-O Re8
15. Re1 Bg4 16. Rc1 Rc8 17. h3 Bh5 18. Qd2 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Rxe2 21.
Bxf6 gxf6 22. Qb4 Kg7 23. Rc5 Qe7 24. Rxd5 Qxb4 25. axb4 Bg6 26. Rd7 b6 27. b3
Re1+ 28. Kh2 Re2 29. Kg1 Re1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "Jurmala"]
[Date "2015.03.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2015.03.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.04.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.04.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. Nf3 Na6 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Qxc3 Nxc5 9. e3 d6 10. Be2 e5 11. b4 Nce4 12. Qc2 Bg4 13. Bd3 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Ng5
15. Ke2 Rc8 16. Rd1 Qe7 17. h4 Nxf3 18. Kxf3 e4+ 19. Bxe4 Nxe4 20. Bb2 f5 21.
Rg1 Rf7 22. Ke2 Qe6 23. Rac1 f4 24. Qd3 fxe3 25. f3 Nd2 26. Qd4 Rcc7 27. Qxa7
Qh3 28. Qxe3 Rce7 0-1

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "Jurmala"]
[Date "2015.03.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2015.03.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.04.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.04.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 e6 4. Bxc4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O a6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Be2 b6 10. Nfd2 Bb7 11. Nc4 Nbd7 12. Nc3 Bc6 13. a3 a5 14. Nd6+
Ke7 15. Ndb5 Rhd8 16. Bd2 Ne5 17. Be1 Rxd1 18. Rxd1 Rd8 19. Rxd8 Kxd8 20. Na4
Nfd7 21. Nxc5 Nxc5 22. Bc3 f6 23. f3 Bd5 24. b4 axb4 25. axb4 Na4 26. Ba1 Bc4
27. Kf1 Bxe2+ 28. Kxe2 Nc6 29. Nc3 Nxc3+ 30. Bxc3 b5 31. Kd3 Kd7 32. f4 Ke7 33.
g4 g6 34. e4 f5 35. gxf5 exf5 36. Ke3 Ke6 37. Kd3 Kd6 38. Ke3 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "Jurmala"]
[Date "2015.03.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C33"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2015.03.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.04.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.04.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 d6 5. Nc3 Be6 6. Bb3 Nd7 7. d4 g5 8. Nf3
Qh5 9. h4 h6 10. Kg1 g4 11. Ne1 Bxb3 12. axb3 Ngf6 13. Nd3 g3 14. Qf3 Qxf3 15.
gxf3 Nb8 16. Ne2 Nc6 17. c3 Rg8 18. Kg2 d5 19. e5 Nh5 20. Nexf4 Nxf4+ 21. Nxf4
O-O-O 22. Nh5 b6 23. Nf6 Rh8 24. h5 Kb7 25. Kxg3 Na5 26. b4 Nb3 27. Rb1 a5 28.
bxa5 bxa5 29. Be3 Kc6 30. Kf2 a4 31. Ke2 Na5 32. Ra1 Nc4 33. Rxa4 Nxb2 34. Ra6+
Kb7 35. Rha1 Nc4 36. Kd3 Nb6 37. Bf4 Rc8 38. Ng4 Bg7 39. Ne3 Bf8 40. Ra7+ Kc6
41. R1a6 Kb5 42. Nxd5 Rg8 43. c4+ Nxc4 44. Nc3+ 1-0

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "Jurmala"]
[Date "2015.03.08"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2015.03.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.04.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.04.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Qc2 e6 5. g3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qb3 Bb7 8. Bg2
a6 9. a4 c5 10. dxc5 Nbd7 11. Be3 Qa5+ 12. Nbd2 Bxc5 13. O-O Bd5 14. Qd3 Bxe3
15. Qxe3 bxa4 16. Qd4 O-O 17. Rxa4 Qb5 18. Rfa1 Rfb8 19. e4 Bc6 20. R4a2 h6 21.
Bf1 Qb4 22. Rxa6 Rxa6 23. Rxa6 Qxd4 24. Nxd4 Bxe4 25. Nxe4 Nxe4 26. Ra2 Ndc5
27. Bc4 Rb4 28. b3 Nxb3 29. Bxb3 Rxd4 30. Ra8+ Kh7 31. Bc2 g6 32. Bxe4 Rxe4 33.
h4 Kg7 34. Ra7 Kf6 35. Kg2 Rb4 36. Kf3 Rb5 37. Kg2 e5 38. Kf3 Ke6 39. Ra6+ Ke7
40. h5 e4+ 41. Kxe4 Rxh5 42. Kf3 Rb5 43. Kg2 h5 44. Rc6 Kf8 45. Ra6 Kg7 46. Rc6
g5 47. Ra6 f6 48. Rc6 Kg6 49. Rc4 Rb8 50. Ra4 Rh8 51. Rb4 h4 52. gxh4 Rxh4 53.
Rb5 Rc4 54. Kg3 Rc3+ 55. Kg2 g4 56. Ra5 f5 57. Ra4 Kg5 58. Ra5 Rd3 59. Rb5 Kf4
60. Rb4+ Ke5 61. Rb5+ Ke4 62. Rb4+ Rd4 63. Rxd4+ Kxd4 64. f3 g3 65. Kxg3 Ke3
66. f4 Ke4 67. Kg2 Kxf4 68. Kf2 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "Jurmala"]
[Date "2015.03.08"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2015.03.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.04.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.04.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3 Qf5 7. Qxf5 exf5 8.
a3 Bd6 9. Bg5 Nbd7 10. e3 c6 11. Bd3 g6 12. Bh4 O-O 13. Bg3 Bxg3 14. hxg3 Nb6
15. Ke2 Kg7 16. Rhc1 a5 17. b3 Be6 18. Rab1 Rfe8 19. Nd2 Nbd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21.
f3 Be6 22. Kf2 Nd5 23. Nc4 Re7 24. Rb2 f6 25. Re1 Bg8 26. Rc2 Nc7 27. Nb6 Rd8
28. Bc4 Rde8 29. Rc3 Bf7 30. a4 Bxc4 31. bxc4 c5 32. Rcc1 Na6 33. Nd5 Re6 34.
Rb1 Nb4 35. Nc7 Nd3+ 36. Kf1 Nxe1 37. Nxe8+ Rxe8 38. Rxe1 b6 39. Kf2 Rd8 40.
Rd1 Kf7 41. Ke2 Ke7 42. g4 fxg4 43. fxg4 Ke6 44. Kd3 Rd7 45. Rh1 f5 46. d5+ Ke5
47. gxf5 Kxf5 48. Rf1+ Ke5 49. Rf8 Rb7 50. Re8+ Kf5 51. e4+ Kf4 52. e5 h5 53.
d6 Rd7 54. Re7 Rd8 55. d7 h4 56. e6 h3 57. gxh3 Rh8 58. Rf7+ 1-0

[Event "CHN-chT"]
[Site "China"]
[Date "2015.06.04"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Liu, Qingnan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2015.04.10"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Shandong"]
[BlackTeam "Qingdao"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 a6 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. Nb3 Bb6 8.
Bg5 Ne7 9. Bd3 h6 10. Bh4 Nbc6 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. g4 Bg6
15. Nbd4 Qd7 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17. Ne5 Qc7 18. c3 Nc6 19. Nexc6 bxc6 20. Qd2 c5 21.
Nf5 c4 22. Bf1 Bxf5 23. gxf5 Rad8 24. Bg2 Qg3 25. Qe2 Rd6 26. Rad1 Rfd8 27. Qf3
Qh4 28. Re2 d4 29. Re4 Qg5 30. cxd4 Bxd4 31. Rde1 Kh7 32. Rg4 Qf6 33. Bf1 Rc8
34. Rc1 Rdc6 35. Qe4 h5 36. Rg2 a5 37. b3 c3 38. Bc4 Rd6 39. h4 Bb6 40. Qf3 Rd2
41. Qxh5+ Kg8 42. Rxc3 Re8 43. Rc1 Rxa2 44. Qg6 Kf8 45. Qxf6 gxf6 46. Rd1 Re4
47. h5 Rh4 48. Rh2 Rxh2 49. Kxh2 Rxf2+ 50. Kg3 Rxf5 51. Rd7 Rc5 52. Rxf7+ Ke8
53. Rxf6 Bc7+ 54. Kf3 Re5 55. Rf7 Rc5 56. Rh7 a4 57. Bf7+ Kf8 58. bxa4 Rf5+ 59.
Ke4 Rxf7 60. Rxf7+ Kxf7 61. a5 Bxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "CHN-chT"]
[Site "China"]
[Date "2015.06.05"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ma, Qun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2015.04.10"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Qingdao"]
[BlackTeam "Tianjing"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Nd5 Bc5 6. e3 Nxd5 7. cxd5 Nb4 8.
d4 exd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Ne2 c6 11. Nc3 O-O 12. O-O Nxd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Bxd5
Bf6 15. Be3 d6 16. Qb3 a5 17. a4 Rb8 18. Rfe1 b5 19. axb5 Bd7 20. Bc4 Bxb5 21.
Bxb5 Qb6 22. Qd5 Qxb5 23. Rxa5 Qxb2 24. Ra6 Rfd8 25. Rc1 Qb5 26. Qa2 Qf5 27.
Ra5 d5 28. Bf4 Rbc8 29. Rxc8 Qxc8 30. Rxd5 Bxd4 31. Qc4 Bf6 32. Rxd8+ Qxd8 33.
Be3 Qe8 34. Qd5 g6 35. g4 Qd8 36. Qe4 Bg5 37. Bc5 Bf6 38. Kg2 Kg7 39. h3 Qc8
40. Be3 Qd8 41. Qf3 Bg5 42. Bc5 Be7 43. Ba7 Bf6 44. Qe4 Qe7 45. Qxe7 Bxe7
1/2-1/2

[Event "CHN-chT"]
[Site "China"]
[Date "2015.06.06"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Ni, Hua"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D75"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2015.04.10"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Shanghai"]
[BlackTeam "Qingdao"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
Nf3 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Qc7 11. dxc5 Bxc3 12. Rc1 Bg7 13. Qa4 Bd7 14. Qh4
Rad8 15. Ng5 h6 16. Nf3 g5 17. Qe4 Bc8 18. h3 Qa5 19. Rc2 Be6 20. Bd2 Qa3 21.
h4 Bd5 22. Qe3 Qa4 23. Rcc1 g4 24. Ne1 Qxa2 25. Bc3 e5 26. Nd3 Bxg2 27. Kxg2
Rd7 28. Kh2 Qe6 29. Nb4 Ne7 30. Qe4 f5 31. Qc2 Rc8 32. Nd3 Nc6 33. Rb1 Rcd8 34.
Rb3 f4 35. gxf4 Qf5 36. Qa2 Kh7 37. fxe5 g3+ 38. Kg2 gxf2 39. Rxf2 Qe4+ 40. Rf3
Rxd3 41. exd3 Rxd3 42. Qf2 Rxf3 43. Qxf3 Qc2+ 44. Bd2 Qxd2+ 45. Kh3 Qd7+ 46.
Qg4 Nxe5 47. Qxd7 Nxd7 48. Rxb7 Nxc5 49. Rxa7 Ne4 50. Kg4 Kg6 51. h5+ Kh7 52.
Ra6 Ng5 53. Kf5 Bh8 54. Ra7+ Bg7 55. Rd7 Nf3 56. Ke4 Ng5+ 57. Kf5 Nf3 58. Kg4
Ng5 59. Kf5 Nf3 60. Ke4 Ng5+ 61. Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 10th"]
[Site "Tsaghkadzor"]
[Date "2015.04.19"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2015.04.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. g4 b5 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. g5 Nd7 13. f5 Bxg5+ 14. Kb1 Ne5
15. Qh5 Qd8 16. Rg1 Bf6 17. fxe6 O-O 18. Bh3 g6 19. Nd5 Kh8 20. Qe2 fxe6 21.
Bxe6 Nf3 22. Nxf3 Bxe6 23. a3 Rc8 24. Nd4 Bxd4 25. Rxd4 Qh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 10th"]
[Site "Tsaghkadzor"]
[Date "2015.04.20"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2015.04.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. e3 O-O 6. a3 b6 7. g4 c5 8. dxc5 Bb7
9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. cxd5 bxc5 11. Nge2 Nb6 12. O-O Nfxd5 13. Qc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 10th"]
[Site "Tsaghkadzor"]
[Date "2015.04.21"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Amin, Bassem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2015.04.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Egypt"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "EGY"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Ng4 8. Bg5
f6 9. Bc1 Nc6 10. O-O Nxd4 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Qxd4 f5 13. Qd5+ Kh8 14. Bxg4 c6
15. Qd3 fxg4 16. Be3 Be6 17. Bd4 Be5 18. b3 Qg5 19. Ne2 h5 20. Rad1 a5 21. Qc3
a4 22. c5 axb3 23. cxd6 Bxd4 24. Qxd4+ Qf6 25. axb3 Bxb3 26. Rb1 Bc2 27. e5 Qg7
28. Rb2 Ra4 29. Qe3 Bf5 30. Nd4 Re8 31. Rd2 Bc8 32. e6 Rxd4 33. Qxd4 Bxe6 34.
Re1 Qxd4 35. Rxd4 Kg8 36. Rf4 Ra8 37. Rfe4 Bf7 38. Re7 Rd8 39. Rd1 Bd5 40. Ra1
Bf7 41. Rxb7 Rxd6 42. Rc7 Kf8 43. Kf1 Be8 44. Raa7 Re6 45. h3 gxh3 46. gxh3 Rf6
47. Ra8 Re6 48. h4 Re4 49. f3 Re6 50. Kf2 Kg8 51. Kg3 Kf8 52. Rb8 Rf6 53. Rh7
Re6 54. Kf4 Rf6+ 55. Kg5 Rf7 56. Rxf7+ Kxf7 57. Kf4 Ke7 58. Ke5 Kd7 59. Rb7+
1-0

[Event "WchT 10th"]
[Site "Tsaghkadzor"]
[Date "2015.04.22"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2015.04.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. Be2 Nf6 5. O-O d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. d4 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Be7 9. Re1 O-O 10. Bd3 cxd4 11. cxd4 b6 12. c3 Bb7 13. h4 Bxh4 14. Nxh4
Qxh4 15. Re3 f5 16. Rxe6 Ne7 17. Ba3 Ng6 18. Bf1 Rfd8 19. Re3 Rac8 20. Qb3+ Bd5
21. c4 Be4 22. d5 Ne5 23. Rh3 Qg5 24. f3 Bd3 25. Bc1 Qf6 26. Bb2 Bxf1 27. Kxf1
Nxc4 28. Bxf6 Nd2+ 29. Kg1 Nxb3 30. axb3 gxf6 31. Rxa7 Rxd5 32. Rhxh7 f4 33.
Rag7+ Kf8 34. Rb7 Kg8 35. Rh4 Rg5 36. Rxf4 Rc2 37. Rg4 Rxg4 38. fxg4 Rc6 39.
Kh2 Kf8 40. b4 Ke8 41. b5 Rd6 42. Kg3 Rd4 43. Rxb6 Kf7 44. Rb8 Kg7 45. b6 Rb4
46. Kf3 Kh7 47. Ke3 Rxg4 48. Rf8 Kg7 49. b7 Kxf8 50. b8=Q+ Kg7 51. Qc7+ Kg6 52.
Qc8 f5 53. Qe6+ Kg5 54. Qf7 Rg3+ 55. Kd4 Rxg2 56. Qg7+ Kf4 57. Qh6+ Kg4 58. Ke5
Re2+ 59. Kf6 Rf2 60. Qh1 Rf3 61. Kg6 f4 62. Qd1 Kg3 63. Qg1+ Kh3 64. Kh5 Ra3
65. Qg4+ Kh2 66. Qxf4+ Kg2 67. Kg4 Ra2 68. Qf3+ Kh2 69. Qg3+ Kh1 70. Kh3 Rf2
71. Qc3 Rh2+ 72. Kg3 Rg2+ 73. Kf3 Kh2 74. Qe1 Rg8 1-0

[Event "WchT 10th"]
[Site "Tsaghkadzor"]
[Date "2015.04.23"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Sethuraman, SP."]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2015.04.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 c6 8. h3
Re8 9. Re1 Bf8 10. a5 h6 11. d5 b5 12. Bb3 b4 13. dxc6 bxc3 14. cxd7 Bxd7 15.
bxc3 Qc7 16. Qd3 Rec8 17. Ba3 Qxc3 18. Qxc3 Rxc3 19. Rad1 Rc6 20. Ba4 Rc3 21.
Bb3 Rc6 22. Ba4 Ra6 23. Bxd7 Nxd7 24. Bb4 Rc8 25. c3 Nf6 26. Re2 Rac6 27. Rd3
Nd7 28. Rd5 Nc5 29. Nd2 f6 30. Re1 Kf7 31. Rb1 Ne6 32. Nf1 Nc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 10th"]
[Site "Tsaghkadzor"]
[Date "2015.04.25"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2015.04.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cuba"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CUB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7 Bxd7 7. Nc3 Nxc3
8. bxc3 Qe7+ 9. Be3 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Rb1 b6 12. Qf3 c6 13. c4 dxc4 14. Bxc4
O-O 15. Bb3 Rae8 16. Bf4 Be6 17. Qxc6 Bxb3 18. cxb3 Bxd4 19. Bh6 Bg7 20. Bxg7
Kxg7 21. Rbc1 Qa3 22. Qc3+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 10th"]
[Site "Tsaghkadzor"]
[Date "2015.04.26"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2015.04.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8.
dxc5 Be6 (8... g5 {is the main continuation but the text move has now become
popular.}) 9. e3 (9. O-O-O $6 {[%csl Rc1]} Bxc3 $1 10. Qxc3 Nbd7 11. b4 $2 a5
12. a3 O-O 13. f3 {1/2 (27) Breslin,W (2146)-Findlay,J ICCF 2001} axb4 14. axb4
Ra2 15. Rd2 Ra4 $19 {[%cal Yd8a8] ->}) 9... O-O (9... Nbd7 10. Bb5 Rc8 11. Nge2
Rxc5 12. Bxd7+ Bxd7 13. Qb3 (13. O-O Bb5 14. Nd4 Bxc3 15. Nxb5 Rxb5 16. Qxc3
O-O 17. Rac1 Ne4 18. Qd3 $14 {1/2 (31) Wang,H (2710)-Ni,H (2677) Shenzhen 2014}
) 13... Rc4 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. O-O Bc6 16. Rad1 $14 {1/2 (38) Huzman,A (2570)
-Mitkov,N (2545) Pula 2000 CBM 077 [Golod,V]}) 10. a3 {It is worth immediately
asking Black's bishop about its intentions.} (10. Bd3 d4 11. exd4 Nc6 12. Nge2
Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Qxd4 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. O-O Rac8 $11 {1/2 (30) Fodor,I (2056)
-Vargyas,Z (2123) Budapest 2002}) (10. Nf3 Nbd7 $5 (10... Nc6 11. Be2 Bxc5 12.
O-O Rc8 13. Rfd1 Be7 (13... Qe7 14. Rac1 g5 15. Bg3 Rfd8 16. Qa4 Bb6 17. a3 Bf5
18. Bd3 Ne4 19. Bb1 Nxc3 20. Rxc3 Bxb1 21. Rxb1 Qe4 $11 {1/2 (33) Ushenina,A 
(2487)-Kosteniuk,A (2531) Tromso 2014}) 14. Rac1 Qa5 15. Qb1 Rfd8 16. a3 a6 17.
Nd4 Nxd4 18. Rxd4 b5 19. Qa1 g5 20. Bg3 Ne4 21. Nxe4 dxe4 22. b4 Qb6 $11 {
1-0 (33) Gunina,V (2509)-Kosteniuk,A (2527) Beijing 2013}) 11. Be2 (11. a3
Bxc3+ 12. Qxc3 g5 13. Bg3 Ne4 14. Qd4 Ndxc5 15. Rd1 Nb3 16. Qb4 Nbc5 17. Nd2 a5
18. Qd4 Nxd2 19. Qxd2 Qf6 20. Bb5 Ne4 21. Qe2 Rfc8 22. O-O Rc5 23. Rd4 Rac8
$132 {0-1 (49) Boreux,P (2343)-Palmkoeck,W (2334) ICCF WS 2005}) 11... Rc8 12.
O-O (12. a3 $6 Bxc3+ 13. Qxc3 g5 14. Bg3 Ne4 15. Qd4 Ndxc5 16. Rd1 Nb3 $1 17.
Qb4 Nc1 18. Nd4 Nxe2 19. Kxe2 Rc4 $40 {0-1 (28) Raznikov,D (2494)-Erdos,V 
(2615) Jerusalem 2015}) (12. c6 bxc6 13. O-O Qa5 14. Rac1 c5 15. Rfd1 Rfe8 16.
a3 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Ne4 18. c4 Nb6 $11 {0-1 (120) Shirov,A (2701)-Adams,M (2752)
Bilbao 2014}) 12... Nxc5 13. a3 Bxc3 14. Qxc3 g5 (14... Nfe4 {1-0 (32) Gonda,L
(2540)-Perunovic,M (2620) Hungary 2015} 15. Qxc5 Rxc5 16. Bxd8 Rxd8 17. Rac1
$14) 15. Bg3 Nfe4 16. Qe1 Nxg3 17. hxg3 Nb3 18. Rd1 Qb6 $132) 10... Bxc5 (10...
Bxc3+ $5 11. Qxc3 g5 12. Bg3 Ne4 {needs investigation.}) 11. Nf3 Nbd7 (11...
Nc6 $5 {looks more appropriate after ...Bb4xc5, e.g.} 12. Rd1 Be7 13. Be2 Rc8
14. O-O Ne4 $1 15. Nxe4 Bxh4 16. Nxh4 Qxh4 $11 17. Nc5 $2 (17. Nd6) 17... Ne5
18. Qa4 Qxa4 19. Nxa4 Rc2 20. Rfe1 Rb8 21. f4 b5 $1 22. Bxb5 Rxb5 23. fxe5 Rb3
$17 {0-1 (34) Bohm,H (2430)-Romanishin,O (2580) Polanica Zdroj 1980}) 12. Bd3 (
12. Be2 $5 Rc8 13. O-O Be7 14. Qd1 Nb6 (14... a6 15. Rc1 b5 16. Nd4 $14 {
0-1 (33) Bozinovic,B (2262)-Naiditsch,A (2710) Bol 2014}) 15. Nd4 Nc4 16. Bxc4
Rxc4 17. Qd3 Qd7 18. Nce2 Rfc8 19. Rfd1 Ng4 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. h3 Ne5 22. Qd2
$14 {1/2 (26) Maksimenko,A (2493)-Parligras,M (2589) Germany 2015}) 12... Be7 (
12... Rc8 13. O-O Be7 14. Nd4 Nc5 {0-1 (40) Gordon,S (2516)-Movsesian,S (2677)
Caleta 2014} 15. Bf5 $5) 13. O-O Nc5 14. Rac1 (14. Nd4 $5 Nfd7 15. Bxe7 Qxe7
16. Rad1 Rac8 17. Qe2 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Ne5 19. Qe2 Rfd8 20. h3 Nc4 21. Rc1 a6 22.
Rfd1 $14 (22. Rc2 $6 Nxb2 $1 23. Nxe6 Qxe6 24. Rxb2 Rxc3 25. Rxb7 Rxa3 26. Qb2
Ra4 $15 {1/2 (31) Marovic,D-Lengyel,L Amsterdam 1968})) 14... Rc8 15. Rfd1 $14
{[%mdl 32] Black has no positional compensation for his isolated pawn.} Qb6 (
15... Nfe4 16. Bxe4 Nxe4 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Qd3 Nxc3 19. Rxc3 $14) 16. Bh7+ $1
Kh8 17. Bf5 {It is often useful to exchange the opponent's "bad" bishop - when
it is a good defender.} Nce4 (17... Bxf5 $5 18. Qxf5 Nce4 $1 $14 (18... Qxb2
19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Nxd5 $16)) 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Nd4 {[%csl Re4] Black's e4-pawn
is still weak!} Rc4 20. Qb1 Rfc8 21. h3 R8c7 (21... Bxa3 22. bxa3 Rxc3 23. Bxf6
Qxb1 24. Rxb1 gxf6 25. Rxb7 $14) 22. Rc2 Ng8 $2 {After this nervous move the
e4-pawn falls. It was better to wait passively.} 23. Bxe7 Nxe7 24. Rdc1 (24.
Rcd2 $1 {was even better since} f5 $6 25. Nxe6 Qxe6 26. Nb5 {was hopeless for
Black.}) 24... Bd5 $2 {Another mistake losing an exchange and the game.} (24...
f5 $2 {was equally poor due to} 25. b3 R4c5 26. Na4 Rxc2 27. Rxc2 Qd6 28. Rxc7
Qxc7 29. Nxe6) ({It was better to forget about the e4 pawn, playing, say,} 
24... Rc8) 25. b3 $1 (25. Nxd5 Rxc2 26. Nxc7 ({but not} 26. Rxc2 Nxd5 27. Rxc7
Nxc7 28. Qxe4 Qxb2) 26... Rxc7 27. Rxc7 Qxc7 28. Qxe4 {was possible, of course,
but now White can obtain more.}) 25... R4c5 (25... Rxd4 26. Nxd5 Nxd5 27. Rxc7
Nxc7 28. exd4 $18) 26. Na4 Rxc2 27. Rxc2 Qa5 (27... Qd6 28. Nb5) 28. b4 Qxa4
29. Rxc7 $18 Nc6 30. Qa1 Nxd4 31. Qxd4 Qb3 32. Qxa7 Kh7 33. Qc5 Qb1+ 34. Qc1
Qa2 35. Rc2 Qb3 36. Rc3 Qa2 37. Rc2 Qb3 38. Rd2 Be6 39. Rd4 Bf5 40. Rd2 b5 41.
Qb2 Qe6 42. Qd4 1-0

[Event "WchT 10th"]
[Site "Tsaghkadzor"]
[Date "2015.04.27"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Lenderman, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "Pavlovic,M"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2015.04.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
Nbd7 9. Rd1 {I will give one interesting example here of what happens if White
closes the centre at once.} (9. d5 c5 10. Bg5 Kh8 11. Ne1 Rg8 12. Nd3 Qf8 {
An interesting plan for Black!} 13. Kh1 Ne8 14. a4 Bh6 15. Bxh6 Qxh6 16. f4
exf4 17. Rxf4 Ne5 18. Raf1 f5 19. Nb5 g5 20. R4f2 f4 21. Qc3 Qg7 {0-1 (46)
Berkes,F (2687)-Kozul,Z (2586) Skopje 2014 with unclear play}) 9... Qc7 {
A slightly unusual choice, the Qc7 move at such early stage in the King's
Indian is rare. Obviously Ivanchuk wants to leave the well known paths as
early as possible. The normal way would be 9..Qe7.} 10. d5 {Due to a lack of
any new games in this system I will try to improvise with some ideas that
perhaps Ivanchuk was considering as well.} ({If let's say White goes as usual} 
10. Rb1 a5 11. b3 (11. a3 a4 $1) 11... Re8 12. a3 Nf8 13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 d5
$5 {a surprising encounter that gives Black interesting chances.}) 10... cxd5
11. Nb5 $5 {A new idea at this moment, but not a new motif, usually they go} (
11. cxd5 Nc5 12. Nb5 $5 Qe7 13. Nd2 a6 (13... Bd7 $1) 14. Nc3 b5 15. b4 Nb7 16.
a4 $16 {1-0 (27) Kasparov,G (2800)-Rodriguez Pena,X Galicia 1991}) 11... Qb8
12. cxd5 Nc5 13. Nd2 a5 14. Nc4 $5 {This looks like a strong move, Black is
facing difficulties and Ivanchuk's surprise didn't catch on.} Ncxe4 15. f3 {
Innacuracy.} (15. a4 $1 Bd7 16. Nb6 Bf5 17. Bd3 Ra6 18. Be3 Ng4 19. Nc4 Nxe3
20. Nxe3 $16) 15... Bd7 16. a4 Bxb5 17. axb5 Nc5 18. Nb6 Ra7 19. Be3 Rd8 20.
Ra3 Bf8 21. Rda1 {Obviously White is doing ok, even here the strong pressure
on the queenside gives him adequate play for the pawn.} Qc7 {Ivanchuk now
plays inaccurately.} ({A better move was} 21... a4 22. Qd1 Qc7 23. Nxa4 Rxa4
24. Rxa4 Nxa4 25. Rxa4 Rc8 {and Black is ok here.}) 22. b4 $1 Qxb6 23. bxa5
Rxa5 24. Rxa5 Nxd5 25. Bf2 Bh6 {Perhaps Ivanchuk was counting on this position,
but it doesn't look like real compensation for the exchange.} 26. R5a3 Nf4 27.
Ra8 Kg7 28. Bc4 $16 {I think now that White is clearly better.} Rxa8 29. Rxa8
Qc7 30. Kf1 (30. Kh1 {looks more natural:} Qd7 (30... Nce6 31. Bb3 $16) 31.
Bxc5 dxc5 32. g3 Nh5 33. Qe2 $16) 30... Qd7 31. Qd1 Nce6 32. g3 $2 {White was
focused on chasing the knight from the f4-square and on the plan he started
with 30.Kf1, but tactically it is just wrong.} Nh3 (32... Ng5 $1 33. Ra3 $1 {
very difficult move for tournament play,} ({instead} 33. gxf4 Qh3+ 34. Ke1
Nxf3+ 35. Ke2 Nxh2 36. Bd5 Bxf4 {leads to a highly complicated position, it
seems that Black has enough for the sacrificed material.}) 33... Qh3+ 34. Ke1
Qxh2 35. Qxd6 $1 Qh1+ 36. Bf1 Nfe6 37. Qxe5+ Kg8 {The position is not clear
now.}) 33. Bb6 $1 Neg5 34. Bc5 $2 (34. Rd8 Qf5 35. Bd5 {White is winning,
there is really very little that Black can do here.}) 34... Nf4 $2 (34... Nxf3
$1 35. Qxf3 dxc5 36. Rb8 Ng5 37. Qd3 Qxd3+ 38. Bxd3 c4 39. Bxc4 Ne4 40. Bd5 Nd6
41. Rd8 Nxb5 42. Rd7 $16) 35. Bxd6 Qh3+ 36. Ke1 Ng2+ 37. Ke2 Nf4+ 38. Ke1 Ng2+
39. Ke2 Nf4+ 40. Kd2 Nfe6 41. Kc3 Qf5 42. h4 {White has repulsed the black
attack and the game is over.} 1-0

[Event "WchT 10th"]
[Site "Tsaghkadzor"]
[Date "2015.04.28"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Erdos, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2015.04.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Hungary"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e4 e5 5. d3 d6 6. g3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. O-O O-O
9. Ne1 Ne8 10. Nc2 Nc7 11. Ne3 Rb8 12. a4 Nd4 13. Ne2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Edmonton 10th"]
[Site "Edmonton"]
[Date "2015.06.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2015.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Nc6 8.
Bf4 Bg4 9. d5 Bxf3 10. gxf3 Nh5 11. dxc6 b5 12. Qxb5 Rb8 13. Qa5 Nxf4 14. Rd1
Qc8 15. b3 Rb6 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. Rxd5 Rxc6 18. Bc4 Qh3 19. Ke2 a6 20. Rd3 Qg2
21. Qe1 Rd6 22. Qg1 Qxg1 23. Rxg1 Be5 24. h4 Rxd3 25. Bxd3 Bf4 26. Rd1 Rd8 27.
Bc4 Rxd1 28. Kxd1 a5 29. Ke2 Be5 30. Kf1 Bf6 31. h5 gxh5 32. f4 e6 33. e5 Be7
34. Kg2 Kg7 35. Bd3 Bb4 36. f5 Bd2 37. Kg3 Be1 38. Kg2 h4 39. f4 Bd2 40. fxe6
fxe6 41. f5 exf5 42. Bxf5 Bf4 43. e6 Kf6 44. Bxh7 Kxe6 45. Bg8+ Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Edmonton 10th"]
[Site "Edmonton"]
[Date "2015.06.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Pechenkin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2314"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2015.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. g3 d5 3. Nf3 dxc4 4. Bg2 Nd7 5. Na3 Nb6 6. Ne5 Qd4 7. f4 f6 8. e3
Qc5 9. d4 cxd3 10. Nxd3 Qd6 11. O-O Bf5 12. e4 Qd4+ 13. Nf2 Qxd1 14. Rxd1 Bg6
15. Nd3 Bh5 16. Re1 e5 17. Be3 O-O-O 18. Bh3+ Kb8 19. Bf1 exf4 20. gxf4 Nh6 21.
h3 Bd6 22. b4 Nf7 23. Nc5 g5 24. Bd4 Bxc5 25. Bxc5 gxf4 26. Nc4 Rhg8+ 27. Kf2
Nxc4 28. Bxc4 b6 29. Bxf7 Rd2+ 30. Re2 Rxe2+ 31. Kf1 bxc5 32. Bxg8 cxb4 33.
Bxh7 Rh2 0-1

[Event "Edmonton 10th"]
[Site "Edmonton"]
[Date "2015.06.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2015.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. Bd3
Nbd7 9. Qe2 a6 10. Bd2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 c5 12. Bb3 b5 13. O-O Bd6 14. h3 O-O 15.
Rfd1 Qe7 16. Qf3 Rfc8 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Bc2 Ncd7 19. Be1 Ne5 20. Qe2 Nc4 21.
Bd3 Ne5 22. Bc2 Nc4 23. Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Edmonton 10th"]
[Site "Edmonton"]
[Date "2015.06.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shankland, Samuel L"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2015.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 b6 5. Be2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. h3 O-O 8. c4
Ne4 9. Nfd2 Nxd2 10. Nxd2 d6 11. Bf3 Bxf3 12. Nxf3 Nd7 13. Qa4 a5 14. Rfd1 Qe8
15. Qc6 Rc8 16. e4 Nf6 17. Qxe8 Rfxe8 18. exf5 exf5 19. d5 Nd7 20. b3 Bf6 21.
Rac1 Re2 22. Rd2 Rxd2 23. Bxd2 Ne5 24. Nxe5 Bxe5 25. Kf1 Re8 26. Re1 Kf7 27. f4
Bd4 28. Rxe8 Kxe8 29. Ke2 g6 30. Kd3 Bf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Edmonton 10th"]
[Site "Edmonton"]
[Date "2015.06.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Matras Clement, Agnieszka"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2269"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2015.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Bb7 9. d3 O-O 10. Nbd2 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nf1 Bc8 13. axb5 axb5 14. b4 cxb4 15.
Bd2 Bd7 16. Bxb4 Nc6 17. Bd2 Qc7 18. Ne3 Rfc8 19. Bb3 Nd8 20. h4 Be6 21. Rxa8
Rxa8 22. Qb1 Rb8 23. Qb2 Bf8 24. Ra1 h6 25. g3 Bxb3 26. Qxb3 Ne6 27. Bb4 Nc5
28. Qc3 Nfd7 29. Ra5 Qc6 30. Qa3 Na4 31. Ra7 Ndc5 32. Qa2 Rb7 33. Bxc5 Nxc5 34.
Ra8 b4 35. Nd5 b3 36. cxb3 Nxd3 37. Rxf8+ 1-0

[Event "Edmonton 10th"]
[Site "Edmonton"]
[Date "2015.06.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2015.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. d5
Na5 9. b3 Bd7 10. Bd2 b5 11. cxb5 axb5 12. Nd4 b4 13. Ncb5 Qb8 14. a4 bxa3 15.
Nxa3 Ng4 16. Nac2 Qb6 17. e3 Ne5 18. Nb4 Nb7 19. Nbc6 e6 20. Qc2 Rxa1 21. Rxa1
Re8 22. Rc1 Bxc6 23. Nxc6 exd5 24. Nxe5 Bxe5 25. Qc6 Qxc6 26. Rxc6 Rc8 27. Bxd5
Nd8 28. Rc2 c5 29. b4 Ne6 30. f4 Bf6 31. Ra2 cxb4 32. Bxb4 Be7 33. Ra7 Kf8 34.
e4 Rb8 35. Ba3 Nd4 36. e5 Rb1+ 37. Kg2 Nb5 38. Ra8+ Kg7 39. exd6 Bxd6 40. Bxd6
Nxd6 41. Ra2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Edmonton 10th"]
[Site "Edmonton"]
[Date "2015.06.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Hambleton, Aman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2015.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. Nb5 Na6 8.
Nc3 Qd8 9. a3 Bd7 10. Nc4 Nc5 11. Nd6+ Bxd6 12. Qxd6 Qe7 13. Qe5 Bc6 14. Be3
Ncd7 15. Qg5 O-O 16. O-O-O Rfe8 17. f3 a6 18. h4 e5 19. h5 h6 20. Qg3 Kh8 21.
Be2 Nc5 22. Bc4 Na4 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. Bxd5 Nxd5 25. Rxd5 Rad8 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27.
Qh4 Qd7 28. Qb4 Qc6 29. Rd1 Rxd1+ 30. Kxd1 Qc4 31. Qxb7 Qf1+ 32. Kd2 Qxg2+ 33.
Kd3 Qf1+ 34. Ke4 Qe2 35. Qc8+ Kh7 36. b3 Nb2 37. Qf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Edmonton 10th"]
[Site "Edmonton"]
[Date "2015.06.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Haessel, Dale R"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "2180"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2015.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. Bf4 a6 8. a4
Bg7 9. h3 O-O 10. e3 Re8 11. Be2 Ne4 12. Qb3 Nd7 13. O-O Ndf6 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15.
Rfd1 Qf6 16. Nd2 g5 17. Nxe4 Rxe4 18. Bg3 Rb4 19. Qc3 Qe7 20. Qd3 Bxb2 21. Ra2
Be5 22. Bxe5 Qxe5 23. a5 Bd7 24. Qc2 Rc8 25. Bd3 h5 26. Be2 g4 27. hxg4 hxg4
28. Qd2 Kg7 29. f4 gxf3 30. Bxf3 Rb3 31. Kf2 Rh8 32. Rc1 Rh4 33. Rac2 Rhb4 34.
Rh1 Rb2 0-1

[Event "Edmonton 10th"]
[Site "Edmonton"]
[Date "2015.06.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gardner, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2133"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2015.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. a3 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. b4
Qc7 9. Bd2 dxc5 10. e5 cxb4 11. Nb5 Qb6 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. axb4 Bxa1 14. Qxa1
Bg4 15. Ne5 Bf5 16. Nd4 Rd8 17. Nxf5 gxf5 18. Bd3 Nc6 19. Nxc6 bxc6 20. Qe5 Rd5
21. Qxe7 Qd4 22. Be3 Qa1+ 23. Kf2 Qxh1 24. Qg5+ Kh8 25. Qf6+ Kg8 26. Bc4 Qd1
27. Bxd5 cxd5 28. Bd4 Kf8 29. Qh8+ Ke7 30. Bc5+ 1-0

[Event "FRM-chT 24th"]
[Site "Struga"]
[Date "2015.07.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ashiku, Franc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2306"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2015.07.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Skopje Alkaloid"]
[BlackTeam "Gostivar"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MKD"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MKD"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Nh4 Bg6 10. Be2 O-O 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Qc2 Qa5 13. Rd1 Rfe8 14. Bd2 Rac8
15. Qb3 Nb6 16. Be1 Red8 17. h3 c5 18. dxc5 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Bxc3 20. Bxc3 Qxa4
21. Qxa4 Nxa4 22. Bd4 e5 23. Bxe5 Nxc5 24. Ra1 a6 25. Bf3 Nfe4 26. Rd1 a5 27.
Be2 Nb3 28. f3 Ned2 29. Bc3 Rxc3 30. bxc3 a4 31. Kf2 a3 32. Ke1 a2 33. Bd3 b5
34. Bc2 g5 35. Ke2 f5 36. Kd3 Kf7 37. Bxb3+ Nxb3 38. Kc2 a1=Q 39. Rxa1 Nxa1+
40. Kb2 Ke6 41. Kxa1 Kd5 42. Kb2 Kc4 43. Kc2 f4 44. e4 1-0

[Event "FRM-chT 24th"]
[Site "Struga"]
[Date "2015.07.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Stojcevski, Zoran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2015.07.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Skopje Alkaloid"]
[BlackTeam "Skopje Gambit Aseko"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MKD"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MKD"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Bf5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. a3 Nf6 6. e3 Be7 7. b4 O-O 8. Bb2
Ne4 9. Be2 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Nb8 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Qb3 Be4 13. O-O Nd7 14. Nd2 Nf6
15. b5 Bd6 16. Bb4 Re8 17. Rfc1 h5 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Rc2 Re6 20. Rac1 Ng4 21.
Bxd6 cxd6 22. Qd5 Qh4 23. Bxg4 hxg4 24. Qxb7 Rae8 25. Rc8 Qh5 26. Qb8 f6 27. a4
d5 28. Rxe8+ Rxe8 29. Qxa7 Kh7 30. Qd7 Ra8 31. b6 g3 32. hxg3 Kg6 33. g4 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Adly, Ahmed"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 h6 8.
Ne4 Nxe4 9. Bxe4 Nf6 10. Bd3 Bd6 11. Bd2 Qc7 12. Qe2 b6 13. O-O-O Bb7 14. Ne5
O-O-O 15. Rhe1 c5 16. dxc5 Bxe5 17. Qxe5 Qxe5 18. Rxe5 Nd7 19. Re3 Nxc5 20. Be2
Ne4 21. Be1 Rxd1+ 22. Bxd1 Rd8 23. f3 Nf6 24. Rc3+ Kd7 25. Ra3 a6 26. c4 Rc8
27. Rc3 b5 28. b3 bxc4 29. bxc4 e5 30. Kd2 Ke6 31. Rb3 Bc6 32. Rb6 Nd7 33. Rxa6
Nc5 34. Ra5 Nb7 35. Ra3 e4 36. Be2 Nd6 37. Ra6 exf3 38. gxf3 Bb7 39. Rb6 Bc6
40. Bf2 Kd7 41. Ra6 g5 42. c5 Ne8 43. Bg3 Ra8 44. Rxa8 Bxa8 45. Bb5+ Bc6 46. a4
Ng7 47. Kd3 Nf5 48. Bf2 Kc7 49. Bxc6 Kxc6 50. Ke4 Ne7 51. Ke5 Nd5 52. a5 Nb4
53. Kf6 Kb5 54. Kxf7 Nc6 55. Kg6 Ne5+ 56. Kxh6 Nxf3 57. h3 Kxa5 58. c6 Ka6 59.
Kh5 Nd2 60. Kg4 Ne4 61. Be3 Nf6+ 62. Kxg5 Nd5 63. h4 Nxe3 64. h5 Nc4 65. h6 Ne5
66. h7 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Adly, Ahmed"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. g3 Bf5 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Nd7 6. c4 Ngf6 7. Nc3 h6 8. Nd2
Be7 9. e4 dxe4 10. Ndxe4 O-O 11. f3 b5 12. c5 Bxe4 13. fxe4 e5 14. Nxb5 cxb5
15. c6 exd4 16. cxd7 Nxd7 17. a4 bxa4 18. Rxa4 Ne5 19. Rf5 Bf6 20. Ra6 d3 21.
Bxh6 Qd4+ 22. Kh1 gxh6 23. Rfxf6 Qe3 24. Qh5 d2 25. Rf1 Rad8 26. Qxe5 d1=Q 27.
Rg6+ fxg6 28. Qe6+ Kh8 29. Qe5+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.14"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Rodshtein, Maxim"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4
d6 9. Bg5 a6 10. Rfd1 Nbd7 11. Qd2 O-O 12. Bf4 Ne8 13. Rac1 h6 14. b3 Qc7 15.
g4 Ndf6 16. h3 Ne4 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. Ne1 Bxg2 19. Nxg2 Qc6 20. f3 Nf6 21. e4
Rfd8 22. Qe2 Nd7 23. Bg3 Rac8 24. Kh2 Ne5 25. Ne3 Ng6 26. Rc2 Bh4 27. Bxh4 Nxh4
28. Ng2 Ng6 29. Rcd2 b5 30. cxb5 axb5 31. f4 Qb6 32. Qf2 Qb7 33. Qe3 Rc6 34. h4
Qc7 35. h5 Ne7 36. g5 Rc3 37. Rd3 Rxd3 38. Rxd3 hxg5 39. fxg5 Nc6 40. Rc3 b4
41. Rc1 Qb7 42. Nf4 Ne5 43. Kh3 Qe7 44. Qg3 g6 45. hxg6 fxg6 46. Kg2 Rf8 47.
Rf1 Rf7 48. Qh4 Qb7 49. Qe1 Rf5 50. Kh3 Rxg5 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.15"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Rodshtein, Maxim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Rb1 d6 6. b4 f5 7. d3 Nf6 8. Bg5 Nd4
9. Nd5 O-O 10. Nf3 Ne6 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. O-O Bd7 14. Nd2 Rab8
15. e3 g5 16. Qc1 Kh8 17. Qc3 Bc6 18. Bd5 f4 19. Rbe1 Qf5 20. f3 fxe3 21. Bxe6
Qxe6 22. Rxe3 Qf6 23. b5 Bd7 24. Ne4 Qg7 25. g4 b6 26. Ng3 Be8 27. Nf5 Rxf5 28.
gxf5 Bd7 29. Qe1 Bxf5 30. d4 exd4 31. Re8+ Rxe8 32. Qxe8+ Qg8 33. Qe7 Bd3 34.
Qf6+ Qg7 35. Qd8+ Qg8 36. Qf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.17"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. Rc1 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. e3
Nc6 9. Be2 dxc4 10. O-O Nd5 11. Bxc4 Nxf4 12. exf4 Qxd1 13. Rfxd1 Rd8 14. Rxd8+
Nxd8 15. Ne5 Be7 16. g3 Kf8 17. Bd3 g6 18. Rd1 f6 19. Nf3 a6 20. Na4 b5 21. Nb6
Rb8 22. Rc1 Rxb6 23. Rxc8 Rd6 24. Be4 Rd1+ 25. Kg2 Ra1 26. a3 Ra2 27. Bb7 a5
28. Ba6 b4 29. axb4 axb4 30. Bc4 Rxb2 31. Nd4 Kg7 32. Rc7 Kf8 33. Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.18"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Nf3 a6 7. Bd3 {Less common
but not less strong than} (7. Be3) ({or} 7. Bg5) {White's idea is to
over-protect his central e4-pawn as soon as possible.} 7... c6 (7... c5 8. d5
b5 {is a more appropriate reaction} ({rather than} 8... e6 {, to which White
can restrict Black's counterplay by means of} 9. a4) {e.g.} 9. cxb5 axb5 10.
Nxb5 Na6 $132 {in the spirit of the Benko Gambit.}) 8. O-O (8. a4 a5 $1 {
[%cal Ye7e5]}) 8... b5 9. Re1 (9. e5 $5 {is another principled move here. An
example:} dxe5 (9... Nfd7 10. exd6 exd6 11. Re1 $36) (9... Ne8 10. Bg5 $5) 10.
dxe5 Nfd7 11. e6 $1 Nc5 12. exf7+ Kxf7 13. Bc2 Qxd1 14. Rxd1 Bf5 15. Bxf5 gxf5
16. Be3 Nbd7 17. cxb5 axb5 18. Rac1 Rfd8 19. Nxb5 cxb5 20. Bxc5 Bxb2 21. Rb1
$14 {1/2 (60) Hoffmann,M (2474)-Baklan,V (2627) Neustadt an der Weinstrasse
2009}) ({Practice has also seen:} 9. Qe2) (9. Bg5) (9. cxb5) (9. Bf4) (9. a3) (
9. d5) (9. b3) (9. Be3) 9... Nbd7 (9... bxc4 10. Bxc4 d5 11. Bb3 dxe4 (11... e6
12. Bg5 Qb6 13. Qd2 a5 14. e5 Nfd7 15. Rac1 Na6 16. Bh6 $16 {1-0 (23) Kizov,A 
(2418)-Hristodorescu,D (2229) Ischia 2012}) 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Rxe4 Nd7 14. Bg5
Nf6 15. Re1 h6 16. Bh4 e6 17. Qc2 Qb6 18. Rad1 Bd7 19. Ne5 $16 {1-0 (38)
Morozevich,A (2774)-Solak,D (2630) Neum 2008}) (9... Ne8 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bh4 Nd7
12. Bf1 b4 13. Na4 Qc7 14. c5 dxc5 15. dxc5 Qa5 16. Qc2 e5 17. Nd2 Kh8 18. Red1
Qc7 19. Nc4 $16 {1-0 (45) San Segundo Carrillo,P (2375)-Taimanov,M (2495)
Palma de Mallorca 1989}) (9... Nfd7 10. Be3 (10. Bg5 $5) 10... Nb6 11. cxb5 (
11. c5 $5 dxc5 12. dxc5 N6d7 13. Qd2) 11... axb5 12. a3 N8d7 13. Qd2 Bb7 14.
Bh6 {1/2 (14) Golod,V (2577)-Gutman,L (2465) Bad Zwischenahn 2006}) 10. Bg5 (
10. e5 $5) 10... h6 {As often happens in positions after h2-h3 and Bc1-g5, it
is probably better for Black to refrain from this weakening move.} (10... e5 $5
11. d5 bxc4 12. Bxc4 c5 $14) 11. Be3 bxc4 (11... e5 {was better here, too.})
12. Bxc4 d5 13. Bd3 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nd5 15. Bd2 {Black can't push ...c6-c5, and
his weak c6-pawn guarantees White a lasting edge.} Qb6 16. b4 $5 (16. Qc1 $5)
16... Nxb4 (16... Bxd4 {is possible here although after} 17. Nxd4 Qxd4 18. Bxh6
Rd8 19. Bc2 Qxb4 (19... Qxd1 20. Raxd1 Nxb4 21. Ng5 $1 Nxc2 $2 22. Rxe7 $18 {->
}) 20. Rb1 Qa5 21. Qd4 N7f6 22. Bb3 {White obtains excellent compensation for
the missing pawn. E.g.} Bf5 23. Nxf6+ Nxf6 24. Qh4 $1 Bxb1 25. Rxe7 Nh5 26.
Bxf7+ Kh8 27. Bb3 Qc3 28. g4 Re8 $8 29. Bg7+ Qxg7 30. Rxg7 Kxg7 31. gxh5 {
, and he keeps winning chances.}) {Instead, Black goes for a queen sacrifice
but doesn't obtain enough compensation due to his poor development.} 17. Rb1 a5
18. a3 Nxd3 {[%mdl 512]} 19. Rxb6 Nxb6 20. Re3 Nb2 21. Qc1 N2c4 22. Rc3 (22.
Re1 {was more appropriate} Nxd2 $140 23. Nexd2 {[%cal Re1e7,Rc1c6]}) 22... Nxd2
23. Qxd2 Rd8 24. Qe1 (24. Rxc6 Bb7 25. Rxb6 Bxe4 {is clearly good for Black.})
24... Nd5 25. Rxc6 Bb7 26. Rc5 Nf4 27. Rc7 Rab8 $6 (27... Bd5 $142 28. Rxe7 Ne6
{with good drawing chances.}) 28. Rxe7 Nd5 29. Rxb7 Rxb7 30. Qxa5 {White's
material advantage is now clearly convertible although his task is still
difficult.} Rbb8 31. Ne5 Ra8 32. Qc5 Rac8 33. Qa7 Rc1+ 34. Kh2 Nc7 $2 {[%mdl
8192] Probably overlooking White's reply.} (34... Rc7 35. Qa5 {[%cal Ya3a4]})
35. Nc5 {Black's resignation is a bit premature but even the best defence} (35.
Nc5 Bxe5+ 36. dxe5 Rd5 $1 (36... Nd5 37. e6 $1) 37. Ne4 Kg7 $1 (37... Rxe5 38.
Qb8+ {[%cal Yb8b2,Rb2e5,Rb2c1]}) {is rather hopeless for him after} 38. Qb8 Ne6
39. Nd6 $1) 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Antipov, Mikhail Al"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Qe2 Nc6 4. g3 Bc5 5. Bg2 d6 6. d3 h6 7. Nbd2 a5 8. Nc4
a4 9. O-O O-O 10. c3 Re8 11. Ne3 Be6 12. Nh4 d5 13. Nhf5 Bf8 14. Qf3 Ra5 15.
exd5 Bxd5 16. Nxd5 Rxd5 17. Qd1 e4 18. Ne3 Rxd3 19. Qxa4 Ne5 20. Rd1 Nf3+ 21.
Kh1 Ng4 22. Bxf3 Nxf2+ 23. Kg2 Nxd1 24. Bxd1 Bc5 25. Nf1 Rxd1 26. Bg5 hxg5 27.
Rxd1 Qe7 28. Rd7 Qf6 29. Nd2 g4 30. Rd4 c6 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 Bb4 4. Nf3 Bxc3 5. bxc3 d6 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Qc2 h6 9. d3 Be6 10. Rb1 Qc8 11. e4 Bh3 12. Nh4 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 b6 14. f4 exf4
15. Nf5 Qe6 16. gxf4 Ne7 17. Ng3 Nc6 18. Be3 Rae8 19. Rbe1 Nh7 20. f5 Qe7 21.
Qe2 Ne5 22. Kh1 Kh8 23. Nh5 Nf6 24. Nf4 Kh7 25. Qg2 Rg8 26. Qe2 g5 27. Ng2 Nfd7
28. Bd4 f6 29. Ne3 c6 30. Rg1 Qf7 31. Rg3 h5 32. a4 h4 33. Rg2 Nc5 34. Bxe5
dxe5 35. Ng4 Rd8 36. Rd1 Rd6 37. d4 Rgd8 38. d5 Nxa4 39. Ra1 Nc5 40. Rgg1 cxd5
41. cxd5 a6 42. Rgb1 a5 43. Rb5 Rc8 44. c4 Nd7 45. Ne3 Rc5 46. Rab1 Kg7 47. Kg2
Qe8 48. h3 Qf7 49. R1b2 Qe8 50. Rb1 Qf7 51. R1b2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 dxc4 8.
O-O a6 9. a4 Nd5 10. Bg3 b6 11. Bxc4 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Bb7 13. Bd3 Bd6 14. Qc2 h6
15. Bh7+ Kh8 16. Be4 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 Nf6 18. Qd3 Bxg3 19. hxg3 c5 20. Rfb1 Qc7
21. Ne5 Rfd8 22. Qc4 Ne4 23. Ra2 Nd6 24. Qd3 Kg8 25. Nc4 cxd4 26. Nxd6 dxe3 27.
Rd1 Rd7 28. fxe3 Rad8 29. Rad2 Rxd6 30. Qxd6 Rxd6 31. Rxd6 Qxc3 32. R1d3 Qa1+
33. Kh2 Qxa4 34. Rxb6 Qa5 35. Rb7 Qh5+ 36. Kg1 Qg6 37. Rd8+ Kh7 38. g4 Qg5 39.
Rd3 Kg6 40. Rb4 Qc5 41. Ra4 Qc2 42. Rda3 Qe2 43. Kh2 f6 44. Kg3 Kg5 45. Ra5+ e5
46. R5a4 Qe1+ 47. Kh2 Kh4 48. Re4 a5 49. Rea4 Qd1 50. Ra2 Qd6 51. Rf2 Kg5 52.
Rf5+ Kg6 53. Rxa5 e4+ 54. Rf4 Kh7 55. Ra7 Kg6 56. Ra4 h5 57. Rd4 Qc7 58. Kh3
Qc8 59. Rfxe4 hxg4+ 60. Rxg4+ Kh5 61. Kg3 Qc7+ 62. Kh3 Qc8 63. Rc4 Qd7 64. Rcd4
Qc8 65. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 O-O 8. O-O
d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Qb3 Nxd2 11. Nxd2 c6 12. Rfd1 f5 13. f4 Nd7 14. Nf3 Kh8 15.
Rac1 Nf6 16. Ne5 Bd6 17. a3 Qe7 18. e3 Rac8 19. Rd2 g6 20. Bf3 Kg7 21. Kg2 Rfd8
22. Rcd1 Bb8 23. h3 h5 24. h4 c5 25. dxc5 Bxe5 26. fxe5 Qxe5 27. cxb6 Ng4 28.
Bxg4 hxg4 29. bxa7 Ba8 30. Kf2 g5 31. Qb6 gxh4 32. Qd4 hxg3+ 33. Kg1 Re8 34.
Ne2 Kg6 35. Nf4+ Kg5 36. Re2 Rc4 37. Qxe5 Rxe5 38. Rd4 Re4 39. Rxc4 dxc4 40.
Kf1 Re7 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Borisek, Jure"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 h6 8. Bg2
Nc6 9. h3 Bd7 10. Qe2 Rc8 11. f4 Qc7 12. O-O-O Na5 13. Kb1 b5 14. Bc1 b4 15.
Nd5 exd5 16. exd5+ Be7 17. g5 hxg5 18. fxg5 Nh5 19. Rhe1 Qd8 20. b3 Kf8 21. h4
g6 22. Bb2 Rh7 23. Qxa6 Nf4 24. Bf3 Rxh4 25. Nc6 Nxc6 26. dxc6 Bf5 27. Rh1 Bxg5
28. Rxh4 Bxh4 29. Be5 Nd3 30. c7 Qe8 31. Bxd6+ Kg7 32. cxd3 Qe3 33. Be4 Qe2 34.
Rc1 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Dlugy, Maxim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E69"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 c6 7. e4 e5 8. d4 Qa5
9. h3 Nbd7 10. Re1 exd4 11. Nxd4 Ne5 12. Bf1 Re8 13. Be3 c5 14. Nf3 Nxf3+ 15.
Qxf3 Nd7 16. Qd1 Ne5 17. Kg2 Be6 18. Nd5 Nc6 19. Bd2 Qd8 20. Rb1 Qd7 21. h4 Nd4
22. f3 f5 23. Bd3 Bxd5 24. cxd5 b5 25. b3 Rac8 26. Rc1 Qf7 27. Be3 a6 28. Bxd4
Bxd4 29. exf5 gxf5 30. Qc2 Rxe1 31. Rxe1 Re8 32. Rxe8+ Qxe8 33. Bxf5 Qe7 34.
Bc8 a5 35. Be6+ Kh8 36. Qd3 Qe8 37. f4 a4 38. bxa4 bxa4 39. Kh3 Bg7 40. Qa6 Bf8
41. Qc6 Qb8 42. Bf5 Qa7 43. Qe8 Kg7 44. h5 h6 45. Be6 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 Bc5 6. O-O d6 7. c3 O-O 8. h3
Ba7 9. Re1 b5 10. Bc2 Ne7 11. Nbd2 Ng6 12. Nf1 Re8 13. Ng3 Bb7 14. d4 c5 15.
dxe5 dxe5 16. Qxd8 Raxd8 17. Be3 Ra8 18. a4 h6 19. axb5 axb5 20. Ra5 Bc6 21.
Rea1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Socko, Bartosz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nge2 Be6 7. O-O Qd7 8.
Na4 Nf6 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Nc5 Bxc5 11. dxc5 Ne4 12. Be3 a6 13. f3 Nf6 14. Nd4 O-O
15. Qd2 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Bf5 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Qf4 Bxd3 19. cxd3 Kg7 20. h4 Rae8
21. Rae1 Re6 22. Rxe6 fxe6 23. d4 Re8 24. Re1 Qe7 25. Qg3+ Kh8 26. f4 b6 27.
cxb6 cxb6 28. h5 Qb4 29. Qf2 Kg7 30. Re3 Kf7 31. Rc3 Re7 32. h6 Ke8 33. Rc8+
Kd7 34. Rc3 Kd6 35. Qd2 Qa4 36. b3 Qa5 37. b4 Qa4 38. a3 Rc7 39. Rxc7 Kxc7 40.
Qd3 f5 41. Kf2 Kd6 42. Kg3 a5 43. Qe3 Qd1 44. Qe5+ Kd7 45. Qg7+ Kc6 46. Kh4
axb4 47. axb4 Kb5 48. Kg5 Qg4+ 49. Kf6 Qxf4 50. Qxh7 Qxd4+ 51. Kf7 Qf4 52. Qg7
Qc7+ 53. Kxe6 Qc6+ 54. Kxf5 Qc2+ 55. Ke6 Qe4+ 56. Kd6 Kc4 57. h7 Qf4+ 58. Kc6
1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D73"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nbd2 a5 7. b3 a4 8. Ba3 O-O
9. O-O Re8 10. e3 axb3 11. axb3 Bf5 12. Qe2 Nbd7 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. h3 e6 15. g4
Be4 16. g5 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Nh5 18. Bxh5 gxh5 19. f4 Qb6 20. Bb2 Nf8 21. Qxh5 Ng6
22. Qe2 Ne7 23. Qd3 Nf5 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Ra1 Rxa1+ 26. Bxa1 h6 27. gxh6 Bxh6
28. Kf2 Bf8 29. Bb2 Be7 30. Ke2 Qa5 31. Bc3 Qa2 32. Qb1 Qa6+ 33. Qd3 Ng3+ 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.11"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kryvoruchko, Yuriy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Qc2 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bd6 8.
d4 O-O 9. e3 Re8 10. Bd3 h6 11. O-O b6 12. Bb2 Bb7 13. Rfe1 Qe7 14. Be4 Rab8
15. c4 exd4 16. exd4 Qf8 17. c5 bxc5 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Rac1 Be7 20. Qa4 Nd8 21.
Ne5 Bc8 22. Bd5 Kh8 23. Bxf7 Bf5 24. Qxe8 Qxe8 25. Bxe8 Rxb2 26. Ng6+ Bxg6 27.
Bxg6 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.12"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kovalenko, Igor"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Bb2 a6 11. Ne5 Re8 12. f4 c5 13. Rf3 cxd4 14. exd4 b5 15.
Rh3 Nf8 16. Ne2 Ne4 17. Ng3 f6 18. Ng4 Qd7 19. Nh5 Ng6 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Ne3
Bd6 22. Qf1 Rac8 23. Rd1 Rf8 24. Qf2 Rf7 25. f5 Ne7 26. Rf1 Nd5 27. Nxd5 Bxd5
28. Bc1 e3 29. Bxe3 Be4 30. Qh4 Bxf5 31. Rhf3 Bd3 32. Rc1 Rxc1+ 33. Bxc1 Qc6
34. Bf4 Be2 35. Rf2 Bxh5 36. Qxh5 Re7 37. Bxd6 Qxd6 38. Qd1 Re4 39. Rd2 Qe6 40.
Qf3 Re3 41. Qf4 g5 42. d5 Qe8 43. Qd4 Re1+ 44. Kf2 Re4 45. Qc3 Rf4+ 46. Kg3
Qe1+ 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.12"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2850"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O
8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O c6 10. h4 d5 11. Bd3 Nc5 12. Bxc5 Bxc5 13. Rde1 Qf6 14. Nd4
Bd7 15. Re3 Rae8 16. Rf3 Qe5 17. Bf5 Bxf5 18. Nxf5 Re6 19. h5 Rfe8 20. Rd1 h6
21. a3 Be7 22. Nxe7+ R8xe7 23. g4 b5 24. Re3 Qg5 25. Rxe6 fxe6 26. Qxg5 hxg5
27. Kd2 Rf7 28. Ke3 e5 29. f3 Rf4 30. Rh1 Kh7 31. Re1 a5 32. Rh1 a4 33. Rg1 {
[#] Man kann sich eigentlich nicht vorstellen, dass Weiß das Endspiel
gewinnen kann.} Kg8 34. Rh1 Rf6 35. b3 Rf4 36. h6 g6 37. h7+ Kh8 38. Rh6 Rf6
39. bxa4 bxa4 40. c4 dxc4 41. Ke4 Rf4+ 42. Kxe5 Rxf3 43. Rxg6 Kxh7 44. Rxc6 Rc3
45. Kd5 Rxa3 46. Rxc4 Ra1 {[#] Carlsen hat in passiver Stellung einige
Aktivitär entwickelt, aber auch das hier entstandene Endspiel ist remis.} 47.
Kc5 Kg6 48. Kb4 Kf6 49. Re4 Ra2 50. c3 Rc2 51. Rc4 Ra2 52. Kb5 a3 53. Kb4 Ke5
54. Kb3 Ra1 55. Ra4 {"Schwupps, da war der Bauer weg." Objektiv ist das
Endspiel immer noch remis, aber es ist jetzt nicht einfacher geworden.} Rc1 56.
Rxa3 Kf4 57. Ra4+ Kf3 58. Rd4 Ke3 59. Kb4 Rf1 60. Kc5 Rf4 (60... Rf8 {hat
jemand mit Tiefe 106 auf Let's check als Remis errechnet. Der Textzug ist aber
auch noch OK.}) 61. Kd5 (61. Rxf4 gxf4 (61... Kxf4 62. Kd5 Kxg4 63. c4 Kf4 64.
c5 g4 65. c6 g3 66. c7 g2 67. c8=Q g1=Q 68. Qc4+ Kf3 $11) 62. g5 f3 63. g6 f2
64. g7 f1=Q 65. g8=Q Qa6 {ist Remis (Tablebases).}) 61... Kf3 $2 {Nun steht
der König dem Bauern, der auf der f-Linie auftaucht, im Weg.} (61... Rf7 62.
Rb4 Rf4 $11) 62. Rxf4+ gxf4 (62... Kxf4 63. c4 Kxg4 64. c5 Kf3 65. c6 g4 66. c7
g3 67. c8=Q g2 68. Qc5 Ke2 69. Qg1 $18) 63. g5 {Und nun ist es für Weiß
gewonnen.} Ke3 64. g6 f3 65. g7 f2 66. g8=Q f1=Q 67. Qe6+ Kd2 68. c4 Kc3 69.
Qe3+ Kb4 70. Qb6+ Kc3 71. Qd4+ Kb3 72. c5 Qf7+ 73. Kc6 Qe6+ 74. Kb7 Qe7+ 75.
Kb6 Qe6+ 76. c6 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.12"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bxe7 Qxe7
8. Rc1 Nxc3 9. Rxc3 c6 10. g3 O-O 11. Bg2 e5 12. O-O e4 13. Nd2 f5 14. Qb3+ Kh8
15. Qa3 Qd8 16. Nc4 Nf6 17. Nb6 Rb8 18. Qxa7 Be6 19. e3 g5 20. Rfc1 f4 21. b4
Nd5 22. Nxd5 Bxd5 23. b5 Ra8 24. Qc5 Rxa2 25. bxc6 fxe3 26. fxe3 bxc6 27. R3c2
Ra5 28. Qc3 Qa8 29. Rf1 Rxf1+ 30. Bxf1 Ra3 31. Qe1 Kg7 32. Qb4 Qf8 33. Qxf8+
Kxf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.12"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 Bc5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. e4
O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. Be3 Bb7 11. O-O d6 12. Rc1 Ne5 13. f4 Ned7 14. Bf3 Rb8 15.
Nd2 a6 16. Qe2 Qc7 17. g4 Rfc8 18. g5 Ne8 19. h4 Qd8 20. Bg4 Bf8 21. f5 Qe7 22.
Rf2 Ne5 23. Rcf1 Nc7 24. Bd4 exf5 25. Rxf5 Ne6 26. Bxe5 dxe5 27. Rxf7 Qc5+ 28.
Kg2 Nf4+ 29. R7xf4 exf4 30. Be6+ Kh8 31. Bxc8 Rxc8 32. Rxf4 Bd6 33. Rf7 Qe5 34.
Nf1 Bc6 35. Qf3 Re8 36. Ng3 Kg8 37. Nf5 Bf8 38. Ra7 Kh8 39. b4 Rd8 40. Nd5 Bd7
41. Rb7 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.12"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O c5 7. dxc5 Nec6 8. Be3
Nd7 9. c4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Bxc5 11. Qe2 Bxe3 12. Qxe3 Qb6 13. Qxb6 axb6 14. Bb5
Ke7 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Nbd2 Rhd8 17. Rfe1 c5 18. Nc4 Bd3 19. Rec1 Bxc4 20. Rxc4
b5 21. Rc2 c4 22. a3 Nc5 23. h4 Rd3 24. Re1 Rad8 25. Kh2 R8d5 26. Ree2 h6 27.
Nd2 Na4 28. Nf1 Rb3 29. Ne3 Rxe5 30. Rcd2 f6 31. g3 Re4 32. Kg2 f5 33. Kf1 g5
34. hxg5 hxg5 35. Nd1 Rxe2 36. Rxe2 g4 37. Rd2 Kf6 38. Ke2 Ke5 39. Kf1 Rd3 40.
Rxd3 cxd3 41. b3 Nc5 42. Nc3 Nxb3 43. Ke1 Na5 44. Nxb5 Nc4 45. a4 Ke4 46. Nc7
e5 47. Ne6 Kf3 48. Kf1 Nd2+ 49. Ke1 Ne4 50. a5 d2+ 51. Kd1 Kxf2 52. Nc7 f4 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. e3 O-O 6. a3 b6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nxd5
Qxd5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. Nf3 c5 11. dxc5 Qxc5 12. O-O Rd8 13. Qb1 Nc6 14. Rc1 Qf5
15. Qxf5 exf5 16. Rc2 Bf6 17. Bg5 Bxg5 18. Nxg5 Ne5 19. Rac1 Rd7 20. h4 Rad8
21. f3 Re7 22. Kf2 Rde8 23. Rc7 h6 24. Nh3 Kf8 25. Bb5 Rxc7 26. Rxc7 Re7 27.
Rc3 a6 28. Be2 Ke8 29. Nf4 g6 30. Rb3 Nd7 31. Bc4 Re5 32. Rd3 Ke7 33. Bxf7 Rb5
34. Bxg6 Rxb2+ 35. Kg3 Ne5 36. Rc3 Nxg6 37. Nxg6+ Kf6 38. h5 b5 39. Rc7 Bd5 40.
Nf4 Bc4 41. Rc6+ Kg7 42. Rxa6 Bf1 43. Rg6+ Kh7 44. Nd5 Bc4 45. Nf6+ Kh8 46.
Rxh6+ Kg7 47. Rg6+ Kf7 48. Nd7 Bf1 49. Ne5+ Kf8 50. Kf4 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kravtsiv, Martyn"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nc4 Qc7 8.
Qf3 Nb6 9. Bf4 Qd7 10. Nxb6 axb6 11. O-O-O e6 12. Be5 Nd5 13. Bc4 f6 14. Bg3
Bb4 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Bd3 O-O 17. a3 Bd6 18. Rde1 b5 19. c3 Qd8 20. Qh5 f5 21.
Bxd6 Qxd6 22. Re5 Bd7 23. Rhe1 Qf6 24. f4 Rf7 25. R1e3 Raf8 26. Qh3 Qd6 27. g4
g6 28. gxf5 Bxf5 29. Bxf5 Rxf5 30. Re7 R8f7 31. R7e5 Rxf4 32. Kb1 Kg7 33. Ka2
R4f6 34. Qc8 Qd7 35. Qb8 Qg4 36. Re8 Kh6 37. Rg3 Qf4 38. Rh3+ Kg5 39. Qd8 Qf1
40. Re5+ Kg4 41. Rg3+ Kh4 42. Ree3 g5 43. b3 Rf2+ 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O f5 7. d3 Nf6 8. Rb1 a5
9. a3 O-O 10. b4 axb4 11. axb4 h6 12. b5 Ne7 13. Bb2 Be6 14. Ra1 Qd7 15. Nd2 c6
16. Qc2 Kh7 17. Na4 Rae8 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. c5 Bd5 20. cxd6 Qxd6 21. Nc4 Bxc4
22. Qxc4 Nfd5 23. Nc5 Nb6 24. Qc2 Ra8 25. Rfb1 Nd7 26. Nxd7 Qxd7 27. Bc3 Nd5
28. Rxa8 Rxa8 29. Bd2 Ra3 30. Rc1 Ra6 31. Qc4 Qb7 32. h4 h5 33. e4 Ne7 34. exf5
Nxf5 35. Bxc6 Qb6 36. Be4 Qe6 37. Qxe6 Rxe6 38. Rc7 Nd6 39. Bd5 Re8 40. Bg5 Kh8
41. Rd7 Nf5 42. Bf7 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Perunovic, Milos"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. f4 e6 8. g4
Qc7 9. g5 Nd5 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Bg2 Nxe5 12. fxe5 Be6 13. Be3 Qb6 14. O-O O-O-O
15. a4 Qxb2 16. Qd3 Qb4 17. Rfb1 Qc4 18. Qd2 c5 19. Bf1 cxd4 20. Bxc4 dxe3 21.
Qxe3 dxc4 22. Qxa7 Bd5 23. a5 Kd7 24. a6 Rc8 25. Rxb7+ Bxb7 26. Qxb7+ Rc7 27.
Rd1+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 Bc5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e3 O-O 6. Nge2 a6 7. d3 d6 8. b3
Ba7 9. Bb2 Bg4 10. h3 Be6 11. Nd5 Ne8 12. Qd2 Qd7 13. O-O-O Nd8 14. Kb1 c6 15.
Ndc3 Rb8 16. d4 exd4 17. Nxd4 b5 18. cxb5 axb5 19. f4 d5 20. e4 b4 21. Na4 dxe4
22. Bxe4 Bd5 23. Qc2 Nf6 24. Bxd5 Nxd5 25. Nf5 Ne6 26. Rhe1 f6 27. Re4 Rfe8 28.
Rde1 Nec7 29. g4 Rxe4 30. Rxe4 Re8 31. Qc4 Nb5 32. Kc2 g6 33. Ng3 Kf7 34. f5 g5
35. Kb1 Kg7 36. Rxe8 Qxe8 37. Qe4 Qd7 38. Nh5+ Kf7 39. Kc1 Ne3 40. Qe6+ Qxe6
41. fxe6+ Kxe6 42. Bxf6 h6 43. Bg7 Nd5 44. Bxh6 Be3+ 45. Kc2 Kf7 46. Bg7 Nd6
47. Kd3 Bc1 48. Be5 Nb5 49. Nc5 Ndc3 50. Nb7 Nxa2 51. Nd8+ Kg6 52. Nxc6 Ba3 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bocharov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e3 d6 6. Nge2 h5 7. h3 f5 8. d4 h4
9. dxe5 hxg3 10. exd6 gxf2+ 11. Kxf2 cxd6 12. Nf4 Nge7 13. Nb5 Be5 14. c5 dxc5
15. Qxd8+ Nxd8 16. Nd3 a6 17. Na3 Bc7 18. Nxc5 Rb8 19. Bd2 b6 20. Nb3 Bb7 21.
Rac1 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Rb7 23. Nd4 Kf7 24. Rc2 b5 25. Nb3 Ne6 26. Bb4 Nd5 27. Bd2
Bb6 28. Re1 Rh4 29. Rc6 Rd7 30. Nc2 Rc7 31. Rxc7+ Bxc7 32. Nbd4 Nxd4 33. Nxd4
Bb6 34. Nf3 Rh7 35. Ng5+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. O-O e5 8. d5
Nd4 9. f3 c5 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 a6 12. Kh1 Qc7 13. Rc1 Bd7 14. Nxd4 exd4 15.
Ne2 Rfe8 16. Qd2 Kh7 17. b4 b6 18. Rb1 Bc8 19. Bc2 Nd7 20. Rfc1 Ne5 21. Ba4 Bd7
22. Bxd7 Qxd7 23. Bg3 Reb8 24. h3 f5 25. Nf4 g5 26. Ne6 f4 27. Be1 Bf6 28. Qd1
Re8 29. a4 Rxe6 30. dxe6 Qxe6 31. bxc5 bxc5 32. Rb7+ Kg6 33. Qb3 h5 34. Bd2 Rf8
35. Kg1 Be7 36. Kf2 Rh8 37. Ke2 Bf6 38. Rb6 a5 39. Kd1 Rf8 40. Bxa5 g4 41. hxg4
hxg4 42. Bd2 Bg5 43. a5 Rh8 44. Kc2 Qxc4+ 45. Kb1 Qxb3+ 46. Rxb3 Ra8 47. Rb6
Be7 48. Bxf4 Nd7 49. Rb7 Rd8 50. a6 Kf7 51. a7 Ke6 52. Rh1 Ra8 53. Rh6+ Bf6 54.
Rxd7 Kxd7 55. Rxf6 gxf3 56. gxf3 Kc6 57. Rxd6+ Kb5 58. Rd7 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nh3 Nf6 7. Nf4 Nbd7 8.
Bc4 Qc7 9. O-O e6 10. Re1 Bd6 11. Rxe6+ fxe6 12. Nxe6 Qb6 13. Qe2 Ke7 14. Bg5
Qxb2 15. Re1 Qxc2 16. Bd2 Nb6 17. Nxg7+ Kd7 18. Bb3 Qd3 19. Qe6+ Kc7 20. Qxf6
Raf8 21. Ne6+ Kd7 22. Nxf8+ Rxf8 23. Qg7+ Kc8 24. Bh6 Qc3 25. Rf1 a5 26. Bg5
Re8 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Bauer, Christian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. d5 e6 4. a3 f5 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Na6 7. b4 Bd6 8. Bb2 O-O
9. Nh3 c5 10. dxc6 Bxc6 11. O-O Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Qc7 13. Nd2 Be5 14. Bxe5 Qxe5 15.
Nf4 b5 16. Nf3 Qb8 17. c5 Nc7 18. Qd6 Qb7 19. Kg1 a5 20. Ne5 Ra6 21. Qd4 Ncd5
22. Nxd5 Nxd5 23. f3 axb4 24. axb4 Ra4 25. e4 Rxb4 26. Qd2 fxe4 27. fxe4 Rxe4
28. Rxf8+ Kxf8 29. Rf1+ Nf6 30. Nxd7+ Ke7 31. Qd6+ Kf7 32. Qf8+ Kg6 33. Nxf6
Re2 34. Qe8+ Qf7 35. Qxb5 Re5 36. Ng4 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C73"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8.
Qf3 Ne7 9. O-O c5 10. Nf5 Nxf5 11. exf5 Be7 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Ne4 Bc6 14. Re1 Re8
15. Bd2 Bf8 16. Qf4 d5 17. Ng3 Qd6 18. Qg4 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Re8 20. Rxe8 Bxe8 21.
h4 Bd7 22. Bf4 Qf6 23. c3 c6 24. h5 h6 25. Be3 Bd6 26. Qf3 Qe5 27. Qg4 Kf8 28.
Qa4 Qe7 29. Nf1 Qe8 30. Qxa6 Bxf5 31. a4 Qc8 32. Qb6 Kg8 33. Bxc5 Bc7 34. Qb4
Bd3 35. Ne3 Qe6 36. Qd4 Be2 37. Bb6 Be5 38. Qd2 Bxh5 39. a5 Qc8 40. b4 Qa6 41.
Bd4 Bc7 42. Nf5 Bg6 43. Nxh6+ Kf8 44. Ng4 Qd3 45. Qxd3 Bxd3 46. Ne5 Bxe5 47.
Bxe5 f6 48. Bd6+ Kf7 49. f3 Ke6 50. Bf8 g5 51. Kf2 Kd7 52. Ke3 Bf1 53. g3 Ke6
54. Kd4 Kd7 55. Kc5 Kc7 56. Be7 Be2 57. Bxf6 Bxf3 58. Bxg5 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e4 Bb4 5. d3 h6 6. g3 d6 7. Bg2 a6 8. O-O O-O
9. Na4 Bc5 10. Nxc5 dxc5 11. Ne1 Qd4 12. Nc2 Qd6 13. Ne3 Ne7 14. b3 Rd8 15. Bb2
Ng6 16. Qe1 Ng4 17. Nd5 c6 18. Nb6 Rb8 19. Rd1 Be6 20. Qa5 h5 21. Ba3 h4 22.
Bxc5 Qc7 23. Qd2 hxg3 24. hxg3 Nf6 25. Qe3 Ng4 26. Qe2 Nf6 27. Be3 Ng4 28. Bc5
Nf6 29. b4 Kh7 30. a4 Rh8 31. a5 Kg8 32. f3 Nh5 33. Kf2 Qd8 34. Qe1 Nxg3 35.
Rg1 Nf4 36. Ke3 Nge2 37. d4 Nxg1 38. Qxg1 Qg5 39. Kf2 Bh3 40. Bh1 Qh4+ 41. Ke3
Ne6 42. d5 cxd5 43. cxd5 Qh6+ 44. Kd3 Nf4+ 45. Kc4 Rd8 46. Qe3 Bd7 47. Rg1 Bb5+
48. Kb3 Qh2 49. Be7 Ne2 50. Rxg7+ Kxg7 51. Qg5+ Kh7 52. Qf5+ Kg8 53. Qg5+ Kh7
54. Qf5+ Kg8 55. Qg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.14"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 h6 7. Rg1 Nc6 8. Be3
a6 9. h4 h5 10. gxh5 Rxh5 11. Bg5 Rh8 12. Be2 Bd7 13. Qd2 Qb6 14. Nb3 Qc7 15.
O-O-O b5 16. a3 Rb8 17. f4 b4 18. axb4 Nxb4 19. h5 Nxh5 20. Rh1 g6 21. f5 Bg7
22. Bxh5 gxh5 23. f6 Bf8 24. Rh4 a5 25. Rdh1 a4 26. Nd4 Qb6 27. Rxh5 Na2+ 28.
Kd1 Nxc3+ 29. Qxc3 Rxh5 30. Rxh5 Rc8 31. Qd3 Rc5 32. Nf3 Qxb2 33. Rh8 Qb1+ 34.
Bc1 Rc6 35. Ng5 a3 36. Nh7 Kd8 37. Rxf8+ Be8 38. Ng5 a2 39. Nxf7+ Kc7 40. Rxe8
a1=Q 41. Re7+ Kb8 42. Re8+ Kc7 43. Re7+ Kb6 44. Qe3+ Rc5 45. Qd2 Rc6 46. Qe3+
Rc5 47. Qd2 Rc6 48. Qe3+ Rc5 49. Qd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.14"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c3 Bg7 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d5 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. O-O
O-O 9. Ne5 Nd7 10. Nxd5 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Nxe5 12. Qh4 f6 13. Be3 Bg4 14. f4 Be6
15. Rfd1 Nc4 16. Bc5 Qa5 17. b4 Qa3 18. Nxe7+ Kf7 19. Qxh7 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.14"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Socko, Bartosz"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 a6 6. Be2 c4 7. b3 cxb3 8.
axb3 Bd6 9. c4 Ne7 10. O-O Nbc6 11. Re1 O-O 12. Nf1 h6 13. Ne3 Be6 14. Ba3 Re8
15. Qd2 Bf4 16. g3 Bc7 17. Bf1 Qd7 18. Bxe7 Rxe7 19. Bg2 Ree8 20. Qc3 Rad8 21.
Red1 Ne7 22. c5 Nc6 23. b4 Bh3 24. Re1 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Re4 26. Reb1 Na7 27. Qd3
Nb5 28. Rd1 f5 29. Nc2 f4 30. Nd2 Re6 31. Re1 Rde8 32. Rxe6 Rxe6 33. Re1 Rxe1
34. Nxe1 Qe6 35. Nef3 Kf7 36. Nb1 Qe4 37. Qd1 fxg3 38. hxg3 g5 39. Nbd2 Qd3 40.
Qb3 Qxb3 41. Nxb3 Ke6 42. Nh2 h5 43. Nf1 Nc3 44. Ne3 g4 45. Kf1 Ne4 46. Ke2
Nc3+ 47. Kd3 Nb5 48. Ng2 Bb8 49. Nc1 Bc7 50. Ne2 Kf5 51. Nef4 Bxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.14"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 c5 2. Bg2 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. c3 Bg7 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d5 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. O-O
O-O 9. Ne5 e6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bf4 Ba6 13. Qd2 Kh7 14. Rfd1 Nd7 15.
Rac1 e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. b3 Re8 18. Na4 Bb5 19. Nc5 Nd7 20. Bf3 Nxc5 21. Rxc5
Bf8 22. Rxb5 cxb5 23. Bxd5 Rc8 24. Bxf7 Qxd2 25. Rxd2 Re7 26. Bd5 Bg7 27. e4
Be5 28. Be3 a5 29. Kg2 Bc3 30. Rc2 b4 31. f4 Rd8 32. Kf3 Red7 33. g4 Rxd5 34.
exd5 Rxd5 35. Re2 a4 36. bxa4 Ra5 37. Ke4 Rxa4 38. Kd5 Ra8 39. Bc5 Kg7 40. Re7+
Kf6 41. Ra7 Rd8+ 42. Kc4 Rd2 43. h4 Rg2 44. Ra6+ Kf7 45. g5 hxg5 46. hxg5 Rg4
47. Bd6 Bd2 48. Be5 Ke7 49. Rf6 Kd7 50. Kd5 Ke7 51. Bd6+ Kd7 52. Rf7+ Ke8 53.
Ke6 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.14"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Nb5 Bc7 8. f4 Bd7
9. Nxd4 Nc6 10. Ngf3 Nge7 11. c3 O-O 12. Bd3 f6 13. exf6 Rxf6 14. O-O h6 15. g3
e5 16. fxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Rxf1+ 18. Qxf1 Bxe5 19. Bf4 Bxd4+ 20. cxd4 Qb6 21.
Be3 Rf8 22. Bh7+ Kxh7 23. Qxf8 Nf5 24. Bf2 Nd6 25. Rc1 Ne4 26. Qe7 Qb5 27. Re1
Bh3 28. Be3 Qd3 29. Qh4 Qc3 30. Bf2 Ng5 31. Qh5 Nf3+ 32. Kh1 Nxe1 33. Qxh3 Qf3+
34. Kg1 Nd3 35. Qg2 Qe2 36. Qf1 Qd2 37. Qg2 Qd1+ 38. Qf1 Nxf2 39. Kxf2 Qxd4+
40. Kg2 Qe4+ 41. Kh3 d4 42. Qc4 a6 43. a4 Qf5+ 44. Kg2 Qd7 45. Qd3+ Kh8 46. b5
axb5 47. axb5 Qd5+ 48. Kf2 b6 49. h4 h5 50. Ke2 Kg8 51. Kd2 Kf7 52. Ke2 Ke7 53.
Kf2 Kf6 54. Ke1 Qe5+ 55. Kd1 Qe3 56. Qc4 Qe4 57. Kd2 Kf5 58. Qc8+ Qe6 59. Qb7
Qe3+ 60. Kd1 Qd3+ 61. Kc1 Qxb5 62. Qxg7 Qc4+ 63. Kd1 Qd3+ 64. Kc1 Qe3+ 65. Kd1
d3 66. Qh7+ Kg4 67. Qg6+ Kh3 68. Qf5+ Kh2 69. Qxh5 b5 70. Qg4 b4 71. h5 b3 72.
Qh4+ Kg1 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.14"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Zhigalko, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. d3 Bg7 5. f4 e6 6. Nf3 Nge7 7. c3 d5 8. Na3 O-O
9. O-O Rb8 10. e5 b5 11. Nc2 d4 12. cxd4 cxd4 13. Bd2 a5 14. Rc1 Qb6 15. Be1
Nf5 16. Bf2 Rd8 17. Qe2 b4 18. Ng5 Bb7 19. Ne4 a4 20. g4 Nfe7 21. Bg3 Ba6 22.
Nf6+ Kh8 23. Ne1 b3 24. a3 Qb5 25. Rc4 Na5 26. Rc7 Nac6 27. Bxc6 Nxc6 28. Rxf7
Rb7 29. Rxb7 Bxb7 30. Nf3 Ne7 31. Ng5 Rf8 32. Nxe6 Rf7 33. Nd8 Rf8 34. Nxb7
Qxb7 35. Qe4 Qa6 36. f5 gxf5 37. gxf5 Qb5 38. Nh5 Bh6 39. f6 Ng6 40. Rf5 Qc5
41. e6 Qc1+ 42. Rf1 Be3+ 43. Kg2 Qxb2+ 44. Kh3 Qe2 45. Rf5 Rg8 46. f7 Nf4+ 47.
Nxf4 Qg4+ 48. Kg2 Rc8 49. Qe5+ Qg7 50. f8=Q+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.14"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qb3 Nxc3 9. Bc4 e6 10. bxc3 Bg7 11. Ba3 Bf8 12. Bc1 Bg7 13. Ba3 Bf8 14. Bc1 Bg7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.14"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d3 Nc6 5. f4 e6 6. Nf3 Nge7 7. c3 d5 8. O-O b6
9. Na3 O-O 10. e5 Rb8 11. Nc2 b5 12. Be3 c4 13. a3 a5 14. Bc5 cxd3 15. Qxd3 Re8
16. g4 f5 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Rae1 Qc7 19. Qe3 Bg7 20. b4 Bd7 21. h3 Rf8 22. Ng5
Rf6 23. Nd4 e5 24. Nxc6 Nxc6 25. Bxd5+ Kh8 26. fxe5 Nxe5 27. Rxf6 Bxf6 28. Bd4
Re8 29. Nf7+ Kg7 30. Nxe5 h6 31. Qf2 Bc8 32. Nc6 Rxe1+ 33. Qxe1 Bxd4+ 34. cxd4
Kf8 35. Qe5 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.14"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2850"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. d5 Qb6 5. Qc1 f5 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 Nd7 8. g3
Bg7 9. Nf3 Nf6 10. Nd2 Ne4 11. Ndxe4 fxe4 12. Bg2 Qb4 13. O-O Qxc4 14. Bxe4 h5
15. h4 Bg4 16. Re1 O-O-O 17. Rb1 Kb8 18. Bg2 Rhg8 19. Qe3 Bf6 20. Ne4 Bd4 21.
Qd2 Qxa2 $17 {Die weiße Eröffnung ist missglückt. Schwarz steht überlegen.}
22. Qf4 Rgf8 ({f7 hing eigentlich nicht.} 22... Be5 23. Qxf7 Rg7 {mit
Damenfang.}) 23. b4 Be5 24. Qe3 c4 25. Nc3 Qa6 26. Qd2 Rc8 27. e3 Bf5 28. Ra1
Qb6 29. Ra4 Bd3 30. Rea1 a6 31. Bf3 Rg8 32. Kg2 f5 33. Bxh5 Rcf8 (33... f4 $5 {
mit der Idee} 34. exf4 Qd4 35. fxe5 Bf1+ $19) 34. b5 {[#]} f4 $19 {Nach einer
freudlosen Partie muss Carlsen nun die Exekution seiner Stellung hinnehmen.}
35. exf4 Bxf4 36. Qe1 Bxg3 (36... Be5 $1 $19) 37. fxg3 Rf1 $2 (37... Qd4 $5)
38. Qd2 $2 (38. Qxf1 {ist gar nicht so klar.} Bxf1+ 39. Rxf1 axb5 40. Rb4 {
Weiß hat Turm und zwei Leichtfiguren für die Dame, z.B.:} Qe3 41. Rf3 Qe5 42.
g4 Qxh5 43. Rf8+ Kc7 44. Rxg8 $13) 38... Qg1+ (38... Qg1+ 39. Kh3 Qxg3#) 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.14"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D63"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Rc1
c5 9. dxc5 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nxc5 11. O-O a6 12. Be2 b5 13. Ne5 Bb7 14. Bf3 Qxd1
15. Rfxd1 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Rfc8 17. b4 Nb7 18. a3 g5 19. Bg3 Bf8 20. Ne2 Rxc1 21.
Rxc1 a5 22. Nxf7 axb4 23. axb4 Nd5 24. Ne5 Bxb4 25. e4 Nf6 26. Rb1 Ra4 27. Nd3
Bf8 28. Rxb5 Nd8 29. Be5 Nd7 30. Bc3 Ra3 31. Kg2 Nf7 32. Rb1 Bg7 33. Bxg7 Kxg7
34. Rd1 Nde5 35. Nc5 Rxf3 36. Nxe6+ Kf6 37. Nc7 Rd3 38. Nd5+ Kg7 39. Rxd3 Nxd3
40. Nd4 Nd6 41. f3 Kg6 42. Kg3 h5 43. h3 h4+ 44. Kg2 Nc4 45. Ne2 Kg7 46. Nd4
Kg6 47. Kf1 Nce5 48. Ke2 Nc5 49. Ke3 Nc4+ 50. Ke2 Ne5 51. Nf5 Ne6 52. Ke3 Nc4+
53. Ke2 Ne5 54. Nfe7+ Kf7 55. Nf5 Kg6 56. Kf2 Nd3+ 57. Kg1 Ne1 58. Kf2 Nd3+ 59.
Kg1 Ne1 60. f4 gxf4 61. Nxh4+ Kg5 62. Nf5 Nc5 63. Nd6 f3 64. e5 f2+ 65. Kxf2
Ned3+ 66. Ke3 Nxe5 67. Kd4 Ned7 68. Ne4+ Nxe4 69. Kxe4 Nf6+ 70. Nxf6 Kxf6 71.
h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 31st"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2015.10.18"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Hunt, Adam"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2421"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2015.10.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Blackthorne Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Alkaloid"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MKD"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bd2 O-O 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. O-O Be7 11. Re1 Bf6 12. Ne4 Bxd4 13. Neg5 g6 14. Nxd4
Nxd4 {[#]} 15. Nxh7 $1 {Das ist eine Remiskombination - gegen einen
Weltklassespieler wie Ivanchuk sicher ein Erfolg.} (15. h4 Qf6 16. Bc4 Nc6 17.
Ne4 Qg7 18. Qc1 Rd8 19. Bg5 f6 20. Bxd5 fxg5 21. Bxc6 bxc6 22. hxg5 Bd7 23. Qc5
Qf8 24. Nf6+ Kf7 25. Qe5 Qe7 26. Re4 {1-0 (26) Tate,A (2234)-Nelson,O (2063)
London 2010}) 15... Kxh7 16. Qh5+ Kg8 (16... Kg7 $2 17. Bh6+) 17. Bxg6 Nf6 (
17... fxg6 18. Qxg6+ Kh8 19. Qh6+ {Remis durch Dauerschach.} (19. Re5 $2 Nf5
$19)) 18. Qh6 {Wenn Schwarz nicht auf g6 nimmt, kommt er in Schwierigkeiten
nach Te4 usw.} fxg6 19. Qxg6+ Kh8 20. Bc3 ({Oder auch} 20. Re4 Nf5 (20... Nxe4
21. Qh6+ Kg8 $11) 21. Bc3 Bd7 22. Re3 Nxe3 23. Qh6+ Kg8 24. Qg6+ $11) 20...
Nf3+ 21. Kh1 (21. gxf3 $4 Rg8 $19 {Haha.}) 21... Nxe1 {Der Gewinn des Turms
ändert jedoch nicht den Stand der Gesamtsituation...} 22. Qh6+ Kg8 23. Qg6+
Kh8 24. Qh6+ Kg8 25. Qg6+ Kh8 26. Qh6+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 31st"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2015.10.19"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Hammer, Jon Ludvig"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2015.10.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Alkaloid"]
[BlackTeam "Oslo Schakselskap"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MKD"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NOR"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 c5 4. g3 a5 5. b5 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. O-O Ra7 8. a4 b6 9.
Ra2 e5 10. d3 Be6 11. Ng5 Bc8 12. e4 f6 13. Nh3 h5 14. f4 Bg4 15. Qe1 Qc8 16.
Nf2 Bd7 17. Nd2 h4 18. gxh4 Nh6 19. Nf3 exf4 20. Bxf4 O-O 21. e5 fxe5 22. Bxe5
Bf5 23. Re2 Bxe5 24. Nxe5 Rg7 25. Qd2 Rh7 26. Ne4 Nd7 27. Ng5 Re7 28. Ng4 Bxg4
29. Rxe7 Rxf1+ 30. Bxf1 Nf5 31. Qf4 Nxe7 32. Qf7+ Kh8 33. Qh7# 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 31st"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2015.10.20"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2015.10.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Odlar Yurdu"]
[BlackTeam "Alkaloid"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MKD"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 h5 11. Bf4 Bb4 12. Ne2 Be6 13. Ned4 Nxd4 14.
Nxd4 Bc5 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. g3 Rf8 17. h4 Rd8 18. Kg2 Rf7 19. Rad1 Rfd7 20. Rxd7
Rxd7 21. Kf3 Kf7 22. c3 Rd5 23. Ke4 Be7 24. b3 Ra5 25. Ra1 Rd5 26. Be3 a5 27.
Rc1 Rd7 28. Rb1 c5 29. Rb2 b6 30. Rd2 Rxd2 31. Bxd2 Kg6 32. f3 Bd8 33. Be1 c6
34. g4 Be7 35. Bf2 Bd8 36. Bg3 Be7 37. Be1 Bd8 38. Bf2 Be7 39. Kf4 Kh6 40. Kg3
Kg6 41. f4 Bd8 42. Kf3 Be7 43. c4 Bf8 44. Be3 Be7 45. Kg3 Bd8 46. Bd2 Be7 47.
Be1 Bd8 48. a3 Be7 49. Bd2 Bd8 50. Be3 Be7 51. Bf2 Bd8 52. Kf3 Be7 53. Be1 Bd8
54. Bg3 Be7 55. a4 Bd8 56. Be1 Be7 57. Bf2 Bd8 58. Bg3 Be7 59. f5+ exf5 60.
gxh5+ Kxh5 61. Kf4 g6 62. e6 Kh6 63. Ke5 Kg7 64. h5 Kh6 65. hxg6 Kxg6 66. Bf4
Bf8 67. Be3 Be7 68. Bf4 Bf8 69. Bd2 Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 31st"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2015.10.21"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2015.10.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Alkaloid"]
[BlackTeam "Novy Bor"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MKD"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Kh1 Nc6 10. f3 a5 11. Be3 Be6 12. Nd5 a4 13. Nc1 Bxd5 14. exd5 Nd4 15.
Bxd4 exd4 16. Qxd4 Qa5 17. Rd1 Nd7 18. Rb1 Bf6 19. Qd2 Qxd2 20. Rxd2 Rfc8 21.
c4 Nb6 22. b3 axb3 23. axb3 Nd7 24. g3 Ra3 25. Nd3 Rca8 26. f4 Bd4 27. Rc2 g6
28. Kg2 b6 29. Bd1 Nc5 30. Nxc5 bxc5 31. Re2 Kf8 32. Bc2 Ra1 33. Kf3 Re8 34.
Rxa1 Bxa1 35. Rxe8+ Kxe8 36. h4 Ke7 37. h5 Kf6 38. hxg6 hxg6 39. Bd3 Bc3 40.
Bf1 Bb4 41. Bh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 31st"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2015.10.22"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2015.10.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Padova"]
[BlackTeam "Alkaloid"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MKD"]

{In the previous round, Leko had lost a better position out of the opening
against Veselin Topalov. Against Ivanchuk's Petroff it seemed as if nothing
bad could happen, but slowly and steadily White drifted into a lost position.} 
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6
8. Qd2 Bf5 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. Kb1 O-O 11. h4 Rae8 12. Be2 Bd8 13. h5 h6 14. Nh2
Ne7 15. Bf3 (15. g4 Be6 (15... Be4 16. f3 Bh7 17. Bd3 $14 (17. g5 Nf5 $17)) 16.
g5 $40 {It is surprising that Leko did not go for this straightforward
attacking idea. White's play on the kingside is extremely strong.}) 15... Be6
$1 {The exclamation here is for giving up the b7-pawn. Usually it's a good
idea to open up the lines leading to your opponent's king when it's a case of
opposite side castling.} 16. Bxb7 (16. g4 $1 $40 {should have been preferred
as Bxb7 doesn't really do much apart from winning a pawn.}) 16... c6 17. Ba6
Nd5 18. Nf3 Qc7 19. Qd3 $6 (19. Bd3 {Bringing the bishop back was more
important.} Nxe3 20. fxe3 Qa5 $13) 19... Nxe3 20. fxe3 d5 $1 {In spite of
being a pawn down Black is better because he has the open b-file towards the
white king whereas White doesn't really have concrete plan of getting to the
guy sitting pretty on g8.} 21. Qe2 Qb6 22. Nd4 Bg5 23. Nxe6 Rxe6 24. Bd3 Bf6 (
24... Rb8 25. b3 Qc5 26. c4 Rxe3 27. Qf2 Bf6 $17) 25. Qd2 {White is a pawn up
but as we already know when it is an opposite coloured bishop middlegame
initiative is more important than material. And in this position Ivanchuk has
a clear initiative. You might think it to be exaggerated, but it is true that
with accurate play, Black should be winning here.} (25. Ka1 Rb8 26. Rb1 {
was a more tenacious way of defendng.}) 25... Rb8 $1 26. b3 Qc5 $6 {This lets
White resist for some more time.} ({The winning move was} 26... Qa5 $1 27. Kb2
c5 $1 $19 {[%cal Gc5c4,Ge6a6] with the idea of Ra6 as well as c4 is very
strong.}) 27. Kb2 a5 28. a4 Rb4 (28... Rxe3 {winning back the pawn and
maintaining the initiative was also pretty good.}) 29. Rb1 Re8 30. Rhf1 Reb8
31. Ra1 {Leko tries to defend as tenaciously as he can.} Rg4 32. Rxf6 $5 {
A very interesting practical sacrifice.} gxf6 33. Qf2 {Black is still better
but it is no longer one-way traffic as moves like Qf5 are threatened. The
bishop on f6 was the one providing a lot of energy to the black attack. With
its disappearnce the king on b2 feels quite safe.} Qd6 34. Qf5 Rxg2 35. Qh7+
Kf8 36. Bg6 $2 {Leko tries this desperate sacrifice thinking that he would
have enough for an entire rook. In a practical game especially when you are
low on time, picking up this bishop looks extremely dangerous, but objectively
fxg6 is a winning move.} Rb7 {This move almost throws away Black's advantage.}
(36... fxg6 $1 37. hxg6 {This might have been Leko's idea. But now Black has
the only winning move} Ke8 $1 38. Rf1 (38. g7 Qg3 $19 {[%cal Gg3b8,Gg3g8]})
38... Kd8 39. g7 Qe6 40. Rf2 Rg5 41. Qh8+ Kc7 42. Qxh6 Qd7 43. Rxf6 Rxg7 $19 {
I would be kidding myself if I said that Black's defensive task was easy but
it did exist and Ivanchuk was objectively winning.}) 37. Rf1 Ke8 $2 {The
losing mistake by Ivanchuk. I think he forgot that the rook on g2 is hanging.}
(37... c5 $1 $17 38. Qxh6+ Ke7 39. Qg7 Qe6 $19) 38. Qg8+ $1 Qf8 (38... Kd7 39.
Bf5+ Kc7 40. Qxg2 $18) 39. Bxf7+ $1 (39. Bxf7+ $1 Rxf7 40. Qxg2 $18 {The
tables have turned and White is completely winning. Not only is his king safer
but he is also a pawn up. Ivanchuk saw no reason to continue the fight.}) 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 31st"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2015.10.23"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2015.10.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Alkaloid"]
[BlackTeam "Siberia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MKD"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bb3 a6 7. Nbd2 Be6 8. O-O
O-O 9. Re1 h6 10. Nf1 Bxb3 11. Qxb3 Re8 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Nxe3 Qd7 14. h3 Ne7
15. Nh2 c6 16. Rad1 d5 17. Nhg4 Nxg4 18. hxg4 Rad8 19. d4 exd4 20. Rxd4 Qc8 21.
Red1 b5 22. Qc2 dxe4 23. Qxe4 Nd5 24. Qd3 Qe6 25. Qf5 Qxf5 26. gxf5 Re5 27. g4
Kh7 28. R1d2 {[#]} h5 $1 {Zersplittert die weißen Bauern am Königsflügel,
was sich für das kommende Turmendspiel als vorteilhaft erweist} 29. gxh5 Rd6
30. b3 a5 31. Nxd5 $6 ({Nach} 31. c4 bxc4 32. bxc4 {scheitert} Nxe3 33. Rxd6 {
an} Nxc4 {mit Bauerngewinn.}) ({Die Maschinen empfehlen} 31. a4 $5) 31... Rdxd5
{[#]} 32. c4 $2 {Danach entsteht ein für Weiß ungünstiges Turmendspiel.} (
32. Rxd5 $5 cxd5 33. f6) 32... bxc4 33. bxc4 Rxd4 34. Rxd4 Rxf5 35. Rd7 f6 36.
Ra7 Rxh5 37. Kg2 Kg6 {[#]} 38. f4 $2 ({Besser war} 38. Kf3 {z.B.:} Rc5 39. Ke3
Rxc4 40. Rxa5 $17) 38... Rc5 39. Kf3 Kf5 40. Ke3 Rxc4 41. Rxa5+ c5 42. a4 Re4+
43. Kd3 Kxf4 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 31st"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2015.10.24"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Roiz, Michael"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2015.10.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Beer Sheva"]
[BlackTeam "Alkaloid"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MKD"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 {Predicting an opening choice of Vassily is always a very
tough task. That's why I didn't focus on any specific line before this game.}
3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 {Black provokes the somewhat
weakening f2-f3 advance. This decision is double-edged, since in many cases
White may benefit from creating a strong pawn centre by means of f2-f3.} (6...
Bg6 {is a more quiet alternative.}) 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3 Qc7 9. Bd2 Be7 {The
latest fashion. Black is not hurrying with moving the Nb8, since it may be
comfortably placed on c6 in the event of a release of the pressure.} 10. g3 {
I can hardly explain why I spent around 25 minutes till this moment, since the
line was well known to me. Alas, such careless time management was punished.} (
{The only line which I was able to recall to memory was:} 10. Rc1 Ne4 $1 11.
fxe4 Bxh4+ 12. g3 dxc4 13. Qxc4 Be7 $132) 10... O-O 11. Rc1 Rd8 $146 {Most
probably, this innovation was an improvisation during the game. This is aimed
at protecting the Pd5 and supporting the c6-c5 advance.} ({The most common
continuation is:} 11... Qd7 {In general, Black's results in this position are
pretty good, but in the following recent game GM Igor Lysyj was able to
develop a powerful initiative:} 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. g4 $5 (14. Na4
Rc8 15. Rxc8+ Qxc8 16. Be2 Nc6 17. O-O Qd7 18. Rc1 Rc8 $11 {1/2 Nyback,T (2594)
-Neiksans,A (2571)/Sastamala 2014/CBM 161 Extra (53)}) 14... Nc6 15. g5 Ne8 16.
f4 Nd6 17. Qd1 Nf5 18. Qf3 Bb4 19. h4 $36 {1/2 Lysyj,I (2673)-Vitiugov,N (2719)
/Chita RUS 2015 (41)}) ({After} 11... dxc4 12. Bxc4 b5 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Bd3
$14 {as was played in Bacrot,E (2705)-Magem Badals,J (2470)/Evry 2008 Black
suffers from a lack of space and pressure along the c-file.}) 12. Nxg6 {
I had no reason to deviate from the exchange - Black cannot benefit from
opening-up the h-file any longer.} hxg6 13. cxd5 {A correct decision, but...
it was also played after significant delay! White definitely needs to clarify
the pawn structure in order to neutralise the pressure of the Rd8.} ({
Ivanchuk's idea would be fully justified in the event of} 13. Bg2 dxc4 14. Qxc4
e5 $1 15. dxe5 Qxe5 16. f4 Qh5 $132) 13... exd5 ({An attempt to keep the
d-file closed fails to equalise:} 13... Nxd5 14. Be2 Qb6 15. Bc4 Nd7 16. O-O
$14 {Black lacks any active ideas.}) 14. Bg2 {The first step in a wrong
direction. For some reason, I wasn't afraid of Black's counterplay (which is
based on the c6-c5 advance), so I put the bishop on the most natural square.} (
{I seriously considering the most precise} 14. Bh3 $1 {, but I definitely
overestimated the effect of the immediate c6-c5:} c5 ({Comparing to the game,
now} 14... Qb6 15. Qc2 Nbd7 16. O-O {leaves Black in a passive position:} Rac8
17. Na4 Qb5 18. Rfe1 $14) 15. dxc5 Na6 {wouldn't solve Black's problems. White
has several promising continuations, such as} 16. Na4 Nd7 17. O-O Ndxc5 18. Qb5
Qd6 19. Nxc5 Nxc5 20. Rfd1 $14 {with a stable edge.}) 14... Qb6 15. Qc2 {
White definitely has to keep the queens on the board in order to fight for the
initiative.} ({Leaving the Pb2 unprotected was hardly a good idea:} 15. Qd1
Nbd7 16. O-O Qxb2 17. Rb1 Qa3 18. Rxb7 Rab8 $132) ({Nor does} 15. Qxb6 {
promise anything special:} axb6 16. O-O b5 $132) ({Or} 15. O-O Qxb3 16. axb3
Bb4 $11) 15... Nbd7 16. O-O Rac8 {Only after this move did I realise that my
previous play hadn't been precise, since all Black's forces are well-prepared
for pushing c6-c5.} 17. Rfd1 {This move is connected with a natural plan of
regrouping the pieces.} ({The alternatives were:} 17. Bh3 c5 18. Qb3 (18. Bxd7
Rxd7 19. Na4 Qe6 20. Nxc5 Bxc5 21. dxc5 b6 22. b4 bxc5 23. bxc5 Rdc7 $11) 18...
cxd4 19. Qxb6 Nxb6 20. exd4 Rc6 21. Rfe1 Bb4 $11) ({and} 17. Qd3 c5 18. b3 Qe6
19. Rfe1 a6 20. a4 Bf8 $132) 17... c5 {Obviously, Black has no other useful
ideas.} 18. Be1 Qe6 $1 {Freeing the way for the b-pawn and putting some
pressure on the Pe3.} 19. Bf2 a6 $1 {Vassily correctly keeps the tension in
the centre. Black's plan is clear: 20...b5, followed by 21...Nb6 is coming. At
the same time, White's queen doesn't feel comfortable under the pressure of
the Rc8.} ({I was naively hoping for something like} 19... cxd4 $6 20. exd4 Bb4
21. Qb3 $14) 20. Qe2 ({I was considering} 20. a4 {like a clear concession.
Indeed,after} cxd4 21. exd4 Bb4 22. Qb3 Ba5 23. Re1 Qb6 $11 {Black would
successfully solve all the problems.}) ({Moving the queen back looks like a
concession, but it wasn't bad:} 20. Qb3 $5 b5 $1 ({During the game I was
worried about} 20... c4 {, but it seems that releasing the pressure in the
centre suits White anyway:} 21. Qc2 b5 22. a3 $36 {[%cal Ge3e4]}) 21. e4 cxd4
22. Nxd5 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 (23. Nxe7+ Qxe7 24. Rxc1 Ne5 $132) 23... Ne5 24. f4 Nc4
25. Qd3 Nxb2 26. Qxd4 Nc4 $11) 20... b5 21. dxc5 $6 {After this exchange
Black's pieces get much more activity.} ({My first intention was:} 21. a3 Nb6
22. Qf1 {, but I didn't like the strong response} g5 $1 {Indeed, Black is
considerably well placed here, but it still was a better choice for me. For
instance,} 23. Bh3 g4 24. fxg4 Nxg4 25. Qe2 f5 26. e4 cxd4 27. exf5 Qxe2 28.
Nxe2 {leads to an approximately equal endgame.}) 21... Bxc5 {[%mdl 8192]} 22.
Rc2 $2 {A terrible blunder. As often happens, I noticed the tactical drawback
of my move 1 second after it was made.} ({Black's position was already
somewhat better, so I had to invite some simplifications by means of:} 22. a3
Ne5 23. a4 $1 b4 24. f4 $1 bxc3 25. fxe5 Qxe5 (25... Ne4 26. Bxe4 dxe4 27. Rxc3
Bb4 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Be1 $11) 26. Rxc3 d4 27. Rcd3 Re8 28. e4 Rcd8 29. Rc1 {
keeping good chances for a successful defence.}) 22... b4 $1 {Of course,
Vassily doesn't miss his opportunity.} 23. Na4 Bxe3 $1 {The unprotected Rc2
allows Black to win the important pawn.} 24. Rxc8 ({Hardly better was} 24. Bxe3
Rxc2 25. Qxc2 Qxe3+ 26. Qf2 Qe6 27. Re1 Qc6 28. b3 a5 $17) 24... Bxf2+ 25. Qxf2
({Possibly, a better practical try would be:} 25. Kxf2 Rxc8 26. Qxe6 fxe6 27.
Bf1 Rc2+ 28. Be2 a5 29. Ke3 g5 $17 {White is doomed to passive defence, but
Black still has to find a way to make progress.}) 25... Rxc8 26. Bf1 Ne5 27.
Kg2 $2 {Being under time pressure, White is committing the decisive mistake of
making Black's technical task much easier.} ({I had to play} 27. Qe2 g5 28. f4
gxf4 29. gxf4 Ng6 30. Qxe6 fxe6 31. Bxa6 Ra8 32. Nc5 Nxf4 33. Rd4 Rxa6 34. Rxf4
Rxa2 35. Rxb4 {and the restricted material balance forces Black to play very
precisely.}) 27... Qf5 $1 {A decisive penetration by Black's pieces.} 28. Rd2 (
{Or} 28. g4 Nexg4 29. fxg4 Qxg4+ 30. Kh1 Qxd1 $19) 28... Ne4 $1 {A final touch.
It was a painful loss in the final round, but I fully deserved it.} ({White
resigns in view of} 28... Ne4 29. fxe4 Qxe4+ 30. Kh3 g5 {and the king is
helpless.}) 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 20th"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2015.11.13"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Lupulescu, Constantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2015.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Romania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ROU"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Qc2 $5 {This move is much less
popular than 5.Bf4 or 5.Bg5 but it is quite interesting. White would like to
transpose to the 5.Bg5 lines at an appropriate moment, maybe inserting cxd5 in
between. Meanwhile he has to be ready for the complications that arise after 5.
..c5!?} O-O (5... c5 {is critical but I am sure Ivanchuk was ready for sharp
lines like} 6. dxc5 d4 7. Nb5 e5 8. Nxe5 a6 9. Na3 O-O $44) 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bg5
{We have transposed to a normal line of the Queen's Gambit Declined Exchange
Variation. More often you see the move e3 instead of Qc2. So Lupulescu tries
to take advantage of this fact by developing his knight to a6 and threatening .
..Nb4.} h6 {.} 8. Bh4 Na6 $5 9. e3 (9. a3 {keeps the knight out of b4, but
loses further time and Black can be quick to hit out in the centre with} c5 10.
e3 {But here too I think White maintains a slight edge because the knight on
a6 is not particularly well placed.} c4 $5 11. Ne5 Be6 12. Be2 Nc7 13. O-O Nd7
{with a playable position for Black although White should hold a small edge
here because of the e6 bishop not being such a great piece.} (13... b5 14. Nc6
$16)) 9... Nb4 10. Qb3 Bf5 11. Rc1 c5 {Lupulescu's last move is a clear
indication that he wants to make use of his lead in development. The computers
do not agree with this move but from a human point of view nothing looks more
normal than this.} 12. dxc5 $1 Qa5 13. Nd4 $1 {Ivanchuk knows no fear and
continues moving his pieces which have already been developed.} Nd3+ (13... Bg6
14. Be2 Nd3+ 15. Bxd3 Bxd3 16. c6 {transposes to the game.}) 14. Bxd3 Bxd3 {
At first sight this looks pretty good for Black who has prevented his opponent
from castling. But the Ukrainian has seen further.} 15. c6 $5 (15. Qxb7 $1 {
was extremely strong, but humans don't play this way when their king is in the
centre. As we are in analysis mode, it would make sense to consider moves like
these. As of now the bishop on e7 is hanging.} Bxc5 (15... Qxc5 16. Nc6 $1 Rfe8
17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 {You cannot take with the rook as the one on a8 will be left
hanging.} 18. Qxe7 Rxe7 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Nxd5 $18) 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Nb3 $1
$18) 15... Bc4 16. Qa4 {This is a human reaction. When you are up a pawn it
looks natural to exchange the queens.} (16. Qxb7 Bb4 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. c7 $18 {
and the c-pawn looks like a winner!}) 16... Qc5 (16... Qxa4 17. Nxa4 bxc6 18.
Nxc6 Bd6 {is the best line of play according to the computer. But for a human
player it looks pretty bad to go into such an ending with a pawn deficit.} 19.
Bxf6 gxf6 20. b3 Bb5 21. Nd4 $16) 17. cxb7 {Ivanchuk chomps another pawn. As
of now he is two pawns up and his king looks pretty safe on e1.} Rab8 18. b3
Bd3 19. Kd2 $1 {This bold move is the best in the position and the king stands
pretty well on d2.} Bg6 (19... Ne4+ $2 20. Nxe4 $18 {[%cal Gc1c5]}) 20. Bxf6 $1
{A nice simplifying idea.} Bxf6 21. Ne4 $1 Qe7 22. Nc5 (22. Nc6 $1 {would have
been very strong. I wonder why Ivanchuk rejected it because it looks pretty
straightforward.} Qxb7 (22... Qxe4 23. Qxe4 Bxe4 24. Nxb8 Rxb8 25. Rc8+ $18) (
22... Qe6 {might have been the move that Ivanchuk would have been afraid of.}
23. Nxb8 dxe4 (23... Bxe4 24. Nd7 $1 $18) 24. Nd7 Qd5+ 25. Ke1 Qxb7 26. Nxf8
$18) 23. Nxf6+ gxf6 24. Nxb8 Rxb8 25. Qd4 $18) 22... Be5 23. g3 (23. Nc6 {
is still pretty strong.} Qg5 24. Nxb8 Qxg2 25. Rhf1 $18) 23... Bd6 24. Nd7 Bb4+
25. Ke2 Bh5+ 26. Kf1 (26. f3 Rfe8 27. Nf5 Bxf3+ {This looks pretty scary as
Kxf3 is met by ...Qe4+ but White can win over here with the sly move} 28. Kf2
$1 Qe4 29. Nxb8 $18 {[%cal Ga4e8]}) 26... Bd2 27. Rc2 (27. Rc7 {was strong.
Ivanchuk's move looks winning on the surface, but it gives Black strong
counterplay.} Qe4 (27... Bxe3 28. Nf5 $1 Qe6 29. Nxe3 $18) 28. Rg1 $1 {A quiet
move asking Black what is the next move for the attack.} Qb1+ 29. Kg2 Qe4+ 30.
f3 $18) 27... Rxb7 $1 28. Nxf8 (28. Rxd2 Qe4 $1 (28... Rxd7 29. h3 $16 {
would be a simple IQP position where White is better}) 29. Rg1 Rc8 $13 {
Things are getting out of control and it is no longer easy for White to win.
He might well be in danger of losing.}) 28... Rb4 $6 (28... Qe4 $1 {would have
muddied the waters to quite some extent.} 29. Kg1 (29. Rg1 Qd3+ 30. Kg2 Qe4+
31. f3 {As compared to some variations that we have seen previously, over here
the rook on c2 is hanging and this helps Black to take the pawn on f3.} Bxf3+
$1 32. Nxf3 (32. Kf1 Qd3+ 33. Kf2 Qxe3+ $19) 32... Qxc2 $13 {This is complete
chaos.}) 29... Rb4 {The threat is to take the knight on d4. You can see how
poorly the rook is placed on c2.} 30. Rxd2 $1 (30. Qxa7 Rxd4 31. Qxd4 Qxc2 32.
Kg2 Qf5 33. Qf4 Qxf4 34. exf4 Kxf8 {I am not sure how we can assess this
position but it looks like both sides are in danger of losing, which is bad
news for White.}) 30... Rxa4 31. bxa4 Qb1+ 32. Kg2 Qe4+ 33. f3 Qxe3 34. Rhd1
Kxf8 35. g4 $16 {White is better, but winning this will not be a piece of cake.
}) 29. Rc8 $1 {Maybe this is the move overlooked by Lupulescu. If it were not
for this move or the tricky Ng6+!? White would lose most of his advantage.} Qe4
(29... Rxa4 30. Ng6+ $18) 30. Nfe6+ Kh7 31. Nf8+ Kg8 {Repeating the position
to gain time on the clock.} 32. Ng6+ $1 {Ivanchuk finds the only way to win.}
Kh7 33. Rh8+ Kxg6 34. Qc6+ {An important intermediate check to force the pawn
to f6.} f6 (34... Kg5 35. h4+ Kg4 36. Qd7+ (36. f3+ $1 $18) 36... f5 37. Qxg7+
$18) 35. Qe8+ $1 {The queens are exchanged and White's material advantage is
brought home.} Qxe8 36. Rxe8 Bc3 37. Nc2 Re4 38. Rxe4 dxe4 39. Nd4 Bf3 40. Nxf3
exf3 {This would have been a nice position for Black had there been pawns on
h3 and g4. But here the rook gets into the game quite easily.} 41. g4 h5 42.
gxh5+ Kxh5 43. Rg1 g5 44. Rg3 g4 45. h3 (45. h3 f5 46. hxg4+ fxg4 47. Rg1 $18 {
[%cal Gg1h1,Gh1h7] A very nice first half by Ivanchuk who got a completely
decisive advantage out of the opening. But then he messed it up with some
inaccurate moves and gave his Romanian opponent chances to make the game
complicated. Lupulescu was not in the best of form and couldn't really exploit
his opportunities after which the Ukrainian waltzed home with the full point.})
1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 20th"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2015.11.14"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Djukic, Nikola"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2015.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Montenegro"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MNE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]
[WhiteClock "0:13:45"]
[BlackClock "0:18:36"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. f4 b5 8. Qe2
Bb7 9. Bd2 Be7 10. a4 b4 11. Nd1 a5 12. Nf2 O-O 13. c3 bxc3 14. bxc3 Nbd7 15.
e5 Nd5 16. O-O Nc5 17. Bc2 Rc8 18. Ng4 dxe5 19. fxe5 Bg5 20. Rf3 Bxd2 21. Qxd2
f5 22. exf6 Nxf6 23. Nxf6+ Rxf6 24. Rxf6 gxf6 25. Qe2 Qd5 26. Rd1 Qe5 27. Qxe5
fxe5 28. Nb5 Be4 29. Bxe4 Nxe4 30. Rd7 Rc4 31. Nd6 Nxd6 32. Rxd6 Kf7 33. Rd7+
Kg6 34. Re7 Rxa4 35. Kf2 Ra2+ 36. Kf3 Rc2 37. Ke4 Kf6 38. Rxh7 Rxg2 39. Ra7
Rg4+ 40. Kd3 Ra4 41. c4 Ra3+ 42. Ke4 Rc3 43. Rxa5 Rxc4+ 44. Kd3 Rh4 45. Ra2 e4+
46. Kd4 Rf4 47. Ke3 Rg4 48. Ra5 Rh4 49. Rb5 e5 50. Rb8 Kf5 51. Rf8+ Ke6 52.
Re8+ Kd6 53. Rd8+ Ke7 54. Ra8 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 20th"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2015.11.16"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[Annotator "Pavlovic,M"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2015.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 {The Marshall Attack is probably one
of the most sound lines against 1.e4, therefore it doesn't come as a suprise
that is often played in high level events.} 12. d3 Bd6 13. Re1 Bf5 14. Qf3 Re8
{Not the main line but an interesting one that I used to play for a while.} 15.
Rxe8+ Qxe8 16. Nd2 Qe1+ 17. Nf1 Bg6 18. g3 {The best move is what Kotronias
played against me and that is probably critical for the assesment of the line.}
(18. h3 Re8 {Perhaps Svidler wanted to repeat my game having a possible
improvement in his mind, or my guess is that he may be experimenting with 18...
b4!? as well.} 19. Bd1 Nxc3 ({Another idea is} 19... Bh2+ 20. Kxh2 Qxf1 21. Bd2
h6 $5 22. Rc1 Qxd3 23. Qxd3 Bxd3 24. b3 Re4 25. g4 c5 26. Bf3 Re5 27. Kg3 Nf6
28. Bf4 {with some pressure in this endgame}) 20. bxc3 Qxc3 21. Rb1 Re1 22. Bf4
Bxf4 23. Qxf4 h6 24. Bc2 Rxb1 25. Bxb1 {At this point there is one idea that
could revive the line:} Qb2 $5 ({Instead I went for:} 25... c5 26. a4 Qb2 27.
axb5 axb5 28. Nd2 c4 29. dxc4 Bxb1 30. Qb8+ Kh7 31. Qxb5 Qc1+ 32. Kh2 Bd3 33.
Qb4 Bxc4 34. Qxc4 Qxd2 35. Qxf7 {1-0 (48) Kotronias,V (2626)-Pavlovic,M (2507)
Vrnjacka Banja 2005. I was not able to fully equalise in this game.}) 26. Nd2
c5 27. h4 $5 (27. Kh2 c4 28. dxc4 Bxb1 29. cxb5 axb5 30. Nxb1 Qxb1 31. Qb8+ Kh7
$11) 27... c4 28. h5 c3 29. hxg6 fxg6 30. d4 $1 cxd2 31. Bxg6 Qb1+ 32. Bxb1
d1=Q+ 33. Kh2 Qxb1 34. a3 Qd3 35. Qd6 {It seems that Black can hold this
endgame.}) 18... b4 $1 19. h4 {I am not really sure if this is a planned
improvement or simply Ivanchuk was caught again in a Marshall like previously
against So in Wijk 2015.} ({In a famous match played by SMS messages I was
together in a team with French GM Nataf and GM Radjabov on the black side and
this line was introduced then.} 19. Bxd5 cxd5 20. Qxd5 Rd8 21. Bg5 Qxa1 22.
Bxd8 Bf8 23. Ba5 Qb1 24. Kg2 Bxd3 25. Nd2 Qc2 26. Qa8 Qxd2 27. Bxb4 h5 28.
Qxf8+ Kh7 29. Qxf7 Qe2 30. Qf4 Qf1+ 31. Kf3 Qe2+ 32. Kg2 Qf1+ 33. Kf3 Qe2+ 34.
Kg2 Qf1+ {1/2-1/2 (34) Ojjeh team-Nataf team Paris 2003. Black was fine all
the way.}) (19. c4 Nf6 20. Qxc6 $5 (20. Bd1 Re8 21. Bd2 Qe5 22. Qxc6 Bf8 23.
Bb3 Bxd3 24. c5 Be4 25. Qxa6 Qf5 26. Qe2 Bc6 27. Ne3 Qe4 28. f3 Qd4 29. Rc1
Bxc5 {0-1 (35) Stellwagen,D (2639)-Gustafsson,J (2606) Germany 2008. Black has
the initiative for a long time.}) 20... Rd8 21. Qb6 Rd7 22. Bc2 Ng4 23. Rb1 Qe2
24. Bd2 Ne5 25. Qe3 Qh5 26. Bd1 Qf5 27. Be2 f6 28. Qe4 Nxd3 29. Qxf5 Bxf5 30.
Ne3 Be4 31. Bxd3 Bxd3 32. Rc1 a5 {We got a typical Marshall type of
compensation: the bishop pair for a pawn down.}) 19... h5 20. c4 (20. Bxd5 cxd5
21. Qxd5 Rd8 22. Bg5 {½-½ (22) Schmidt,T (2597)-Gavrilakis,N (2464) corr
2008, just few more moves...} Qxa1 23. Bxd8 Qd1 24. Qxd6 bxc3 25. bxc3 Bxd3 {
Black is fine.}) 20... Nf6 21. Bd1 $6 {The alternative is better and critical:}
(21. d4 Rd8 22. Qd1 Qe7 23. Bd2 (23. Be3 Be5 {with counterplay.}) 23... Bb8 24.
d5 cxd5 25. cxd5 Nxd5 26. Qf3 Nf6 27. Re1 Ne4 {with equal chances, just one
possible line that can come out of this complicated variation.}) 21... Re8 22.
Bd2 {I am not sure that White hadn't already spoiled his position so I will
not criticise this move...} (22. Bg5 Ng4 23. Bd2 Qe6 24. Ne3 Ne5 $17) (22. d4
c5 23. Bd2 Qe6 24. d5 Qc8 25. Qb3 Be4 26. f3 Bg6 27. Kg2 Bf5 28. Kh2 (28. Ne3
Bh3+ 29. Kh2 Rxe3 $1 30. Qxe3 (30. Bxe3 Bf1 31. Kg1 Qh3 32. Qc2 Bxg3 $40) 30...
Bf1 $1 $19) 28... Bh3 29. Qd3 Nxd5 $1 30. cxd5 c4 $19) 22... Qe5 {Already it
is clear that White has problems and his opening play didn't prove to be ok.}
23. Rc1 Bc5 24. a3 a5 ({Even better was} 24... Ng4 25. axb4 Bxf2+ 26. Kg2 Be1
27. Rc2 Re6 $19) 25. axb4 axb4 26. Rc2 Ng4 $17 27. Ne3 Qd6 $1 {White is lost.}
28. Nxg4 hxg4 29. Qxg4 Bh5 30. Qxh5 Qxg3+ 31. Kh1 Qxf2 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 20th"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2015.11.17"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B34"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2015.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]
[WhiteClock "0:06:45"]
[BlackClock "1:06:02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Nxc6 dxc6 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8
8. Bc4 Ke8 9. Bf4 Nd7 10. e5 Bg7 11. e6 fxe6 12. Bxe6 Rf8 13. Bd2 Nc5 14. Bxc8
Rxc8 15. f3 Rd8 16. O-O-O Bxc3 17. Bxc3 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Ne6 19. Be5 Nf4 20. Rd2
Rf5 21. Bb8 a6 22. c4 b5 23. cxb5 axb5 24. Bxf4 Rxf4 25. Kc2 e6 26. Kc3 Rh4 27.
g3 Rc4+ 28. Kb3 Ke7 29. Rc2 Rxc2 30. Kxc2 c5 31. a3 Kd6 32. b3 g5 33. Kd3 Kd5
34. f4 gxf4 35. gxf4 Kc6 36. Ke4 Kd6 37. h3 Kd7 38. Kd3 Kc6 39. Ke4 Kd6 40. h4
h5 41. Ke3 Kc7 42. Kd3 Kc6 43. Ke4 Kd6 44. Ke3 Kc7 45. Kd3 Kc6 46. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 20th"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2015.11.19"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2015.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "France"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]
[WhiteClock "0:14:48"]
[BlackClock "0:48:01"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Be2 d5 6. d4 cxd4 7. exd4 e4 8. Ne5
dxc4 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. O-O Be7 11. Bxc4 O-O 12. Bf4 Bf5 13. d5 cxd5 14. Nxd5
Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Rc8 16. Qb3 Bd6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Rad1 Qe5 19. Rd2 Rb8 20. Qa3
Be6 21. Bxe6 Qxe6 22. Qxa7 Ra8 23. Qd4 Rxa2 24. Re1 Qf6 25. Qxf6 gxf6 26. g4
Rb8 27. Rxe4 Raxb2 28. Rxb2 Rxb2 29. Re8+ Kg7 30. Re4 Rb5 31. Kg2 f5 32. gxf5
Rxf5 33. Rg4+ Kf6 34. Re4 Kg7 35. Rg4+ Kf6 36. Re4 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 20th"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2015.11.20"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2015.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Georgia"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]
[WhiteClock "0:36:31"]
[BlackClock "0:34:20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Nc6 8. e3
O-O 9. Nc3 Re8 10. d5 Na5 11. Nd4 Bd7 12. b4 Nac4 13. Qc2 Qc8 14. Rd1 Bh3 15.
Bh1 Bg4 16. Nce2 e5 17. dxe6 Bxe6 18. a4 a5 19. Rb1 Bd7 20. b5 c5 21. bxc6 bxc6
22. Rd3 c5 23. Nb5 Bf5 24. e4 Bxe4 25. Bxe4 Rxe4 26. Bf4 Qc6 27. Nec3 Re7 28.
Rdd1 Rae8 29. h4 h5 30. Kh2 Be5 31. Qe4 Qf6 32. Qf3 Qf5 33. Kg2 Bxf4 34. Qxf4
Qxf4 35. gxf4 Kg7 36. Nd6 Nxd6 37. Rxd6 Nc4 38. Rd5 Rc7 39. Rb5 Rec8 40. Ne4
Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 20th"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2015.11.21"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2015.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Poland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]
[WhiteClock "1:43:03"]
[BlackClock "0:53:02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3
d5 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. O-O Nbd7 12. e4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe5 14. dxe5 dxe4
15. Bxe4 Qc7 16. Qf3 Rab8 17. Rfd1 c5 18. Rd3 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Rfd8 20. Rad1 Rxd3
21. Rxd3 Qb7 22. Qxb7 Rxb7 23. f4 h5 24. Kf2 Kf8 25. h3 Ke8 26. Ke2 Rd7 27.
Rxd7 Kxd7 28. g4 hxg4 29. hxg4 g6 30. Kf3 Kc6 31. Ke4 a6 32. Be1 Bd8 33. Kf3
Kd7 34. Bc3 Bh4 35. Bd2 Kc6 36. Be3 Be1 37. Bf2 Bd2 38. Bh4 Kd7 39. Ke4 Bc1 40.
Bf6 Bd2 41. Bh4 Bc1 42. f5 gxf5+ 43. gxf5 Bb2 44. Bg5 Bc3 45. Bh6 f6 46. exf6
Bxf6 47. Bf4 exf5+ 48. Kxf5 Bd8 49. Ke4 Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 20th"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2015.11.22"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2015.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moldova"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MDA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]
[WhiteClock "0:41:59"]
[BlackClock "1:23:04"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6
8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O Bf5 10. h3 Qd7 11. Bd3 Rae8 12. Rhe1 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Bf6 14.
Qb5 Qc8 15. g4 a6 16. Qf1 b5 17. Qg2 Qa8 18. g5 Bd8 $4 (18... Be5 $13) 19. Nd4
1-0

[Event "ACP Masters Gp-B"]
[Site "Ashdod"]
[Date "2015.12.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2015.12.07"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. b3 c5 8. Nc3
cxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 10. Rd1 a6 11. Ba3 Ne8 12. Qf4 Nd7 13. Ne4 d5 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15.
cxd5 Bxd5 16. Rac1 Nef6 17. Nxf6+ Nxf6 18. Ne5 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Rac8 20. Qd4 Qb7+
21. f3 b5 22. e4 h6 23. Qd6 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Rc8 25. Rc6 Rxc6 26. Nxc6 Kh7 27. Ne5
Qc8 28. Qc6 Qd8 29. Qc3 Kg8 30. Kf2 Ne8 31. Ke2 Qd6 32. Nd3 Kf8 33. b4 Nc7 34.
Nc5 f6 35. f4 Qc6 36. Qd4 Ke7 37. Ke3 Ne8 38. e5 Nc7 39. exf6+ gxf6 40. a3 Nd5+
41. Kf2 Kf7 42. Qe4 f5 43. Qe5 Nf6 44. h3 Nd7 45. Qd4 Nxc5 46. bxc5 h5 47. Ke3
a5 48. Qe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "ACP Masters Gp-B"]
[Site "Ashdod"]
[Date "2015.12.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2015.12.07"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. c4 O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. O-O Qe8 8. Re1
Qf7 9. e4 fxe4 10. Ng5 Qxc4 11. Ngxe4 Nxe4 12. Rxe4 Qf7 13. Rf4 Bf6 14. Nd5 g5
15. Rf3 Nc6 16. h3 h6 17. Nxf6+ exf6 18. d5 Ne5 19. Rc3 Re8 20. Qc2 c5 21. dxc6
Nxc6 22. Be3 Be6 23. Rd1 Rad8 24. a3 Rd7 25. b4 a6 26. Bb6 Ne5 27. Re1 Bd5 28.
Rc8 Bxg2 29. Rxe8+ Qxe8 30. Kxg2 Qe6 31. Qd1 Qc4 32. f3 Qc6 33. Bd4 Rc7 34.
Bxe5 fxe5 35. Re2 Kg7 36. Rd2 Rd7 37. Qe2 Qc3 38. Rd3 Qc4 39. Qe3 Qe6 40. Rd2
d5 41. Re2 Re7 42. Qc5 e4 43. fxe4 dxe4 44. Qd4+ Kg6 45. g4 Qc6 46. Re3 Qc2+
47. Kg3 Qc7+ 48. Kg2 Qf4 49. a4 Re6 50. b5 axb5 51. axb5 Qe5 52. Qc4 b6 53. Ra3
e3 54. Qd3+ Kf6 55. Qd8+ Re7 56. Qh8+ Kg6 57. Qxe5 Rxe5 58. Kf1 e2+ 59. Ke1 h5
60. Rf3 hxg4 61. hxg4 Rxb5 62. Kxe2 Rb4 63. Rc3 Rxg4 64. Rc6+ Kh5 65. Rxb6 Rf4
66. Rb1 Rf5 67. Rg1 Kh4 68. Rh1+ Kg3 69. Rh5 Rf2+ 70. Ke1 g4 71. Rh1 Kg2 0-1

[Event "ACP Masters Gp-B"]
[Site "Ashdod"]
[Date "2015.12.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2015.12.07"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d4 d6 6. Nc3 d5 7. Re1 Ne4 8. Nxe4
dxe4 9. Ng5 Qxd4 10. Qxd4 Bxd4 11. Nxe4 Nd7 12. c3 Be5 13. Be3 Nb6 14. Bd4 Bg7
15. b3 a5 16. Red1 a4 17. b4 a3 18. f4 Nc4 19. Kf2 e5 20. fxe5 Nxe5 21. h3
1/2-1/2

[Event "ACP Masters Gp-B"]
[Site "Ashdod"]
[Date "2015.12.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2015.12.07"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 7. Bd2 Qa4 8. h4
Ne7 9. h5 Nbc6 10. h6 gxh6 11. Nf3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nxd4 13. Bd3 Nec6 14. Rb1 Rg8
15. Kf1 Nxf3 16. gxf3 b6 17. Qe2 Nd4 18. Qe3 Ba6 19. Rc1 Nf5 20. Qe2 Bxd3 21.
cxd3 Kd7 22. Bxh6 Rac8 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Bd2 h6 25. Bb4 a5 26. Bd6 Rc1+ 27. Kg2
Nh4+ 0-1

[Event "ACP Masters Gp-B"]
[Site "Ashdod"]
[Date "2015.12.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2015.12.07"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. g3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bc5 7. Nb3 Be7 8.
Nc3 b6 9. Nd4 Bb7 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Bxc6 dxc6 12. O-O O-O 13. b3 Qc8 14. Bg5 h6
15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Qc2 Qa6 17. a4 Rfd8 18. Rad1 Qa5 19. Ne4 Be5 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8
21. Rd1 Rxd1+ 22. Qxd1 f5 23. Nd2 Qc3 24. Nf3 Qa1 25. Qxa1 Bxa1 26. e4 Kf7 27.
Kf1 fxe4 28. Nd2 e3 29. fxe3 Kf6 30. Ke2 Ke5 31. Kd3 Kf5 32. h3 h5 33. Nf3 c5
34. Nh4+ Ke5 35. Nf3+ Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "ACP Masters KO"]
[Site "Ashdod"]
[Date "2015.12.09"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2015.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Kh1 Nc6 10. Be3 a5 11. f3 Be6 12. Nd2 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Qxd5 15.
c3 Rfd8 16. Qa4 Rab8 17. Bb5 Bf5 18. Ne4 Qe6 19. Bb6 Rd7 20. Rad1 Rxd1 21. Rxd1
h6 22. Ng3 Bg6 23. Bc4 Bc2 24. Qb5 Qg6 25. Rd7 Qg5 26. Ne2 Bf5 27. Rd1 Rc8 28.
Qb3 Rf8 29. Ng3 Bc8 30. Ne4 Qg6 31. Bc7 Kh8 32. Bd6 f5 33. Bxe7 Nxe7 34. Nd6 e4
35. f4 Qg4 36. Rf1 Ng6 37. g3 Qh3 38. Re1 Nxf4 39. Bf1 Qg4 40. gxf4 Qxf4 41.
Nxc8 Rxc8 42. Bg2 Rd8 43. Rf1 Qg4 44. Qe6 Rd1 45. h3 Rxf1+ 46. Bxf1 Qf3+ 47.
Kg1 Qe3+ 48. Kh1 Qf3+ 49. Bg2 Qf4 50. Qf7 Qc1+ 51. Kh2 Qf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "ACP Masters KO"]
[Site "Ashdod"]
[Date "2015.12.09"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2015.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. dxe5 d5 5. Nbd2 Nc5 6. c3 Be7 7. b4 Ne6 8.
Nb3 f6 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. O-O fxe5 11. Bf5 Nf6 12. Nxe5 O-O 13. Re1 Bd6 14. Qd3 Re8
15. Nf3 c6 16. Bd2 Bd7 17. c4 Nc7 18. Nbd4 Bxf5 19. Nxf5 Bf8 20. Rxe8 Qxe8 21.
Re1 Qf7 22. Ne5 Qe6 23. Nd4 Qc8 24. b5 c5 25. Ndf3 Qd8 26. Bg5 dxc4 27. Qc2 Qd5
28. Bxf6 gxf6 29. Ng4 Bg7 30. Re7 Nxb5 31. Nxf6+ Bxf6 32. Qxh7+ Kf8 33. Rd7 Nd6
34. h4 Rd8 35. Qh6+ Ke8 36. Rh7 Qf5 37. Qe3+ Qe4 38. Qh6 Nf7 39. Qh5 Rd7 40.
Ng5 Qe1+ 41. Kh2 Be5+ 42. Kh3 Qh1+ 0-1

[Event "ACP Masters KO"]
[Site "Ashdod"]
[Date "2015.12.10"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2015.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Be6 7. O-O Nd7 8.
Nb3 Be7 9. d4 f6 10. Na5 Rb8 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Qxd8+ Kxd8 13. Nxe5 fxe5 14. Be3
Bb4 15. Nb3 b6 16. Nc1 Bd6 17. b3 c5 18. c4 b5 19. Nd3 bxc4 20. Nxc5 Bf7 21.
bxc4 Bxc4 22. Rfc1 Bf7 23. Nd3 a5 24. Rc2 h6 25. Rac1 Ke7 26. Bc5 Kf6 27. f4
exf4 28. Bd4+ Kg5 29. Bxg7 Rhg8 30. Be5 Rge8 31. Bxf4+ Bxf4 32. Nxf4 Kxf4 33.
Rf2+ Kxe4 34. Rxf7 c5 35. Rxc5 Re5 36. Rc1 Rb2 37. Re1+ Kd5 38. Rd7+ Ke6 39.
Re7+ Kxe7 40. Rxe5+ Kf6 41. Rxa5 Kg6 42. h4 h5 43. g3 Kh6 44. Kf1 Rc2 45. a4
Ra2 46. Kg1 Rb2 47. Rg5 1-0

[Event "ACP Masters KO"]
[Site "Ashdod"]
[Date "2015.12.10"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2015.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qb3 Nb6 6. d4 Bg7 7. Bf4 Be6 8.
Qa3 O-O 9. e4 c6 10. Rd1 N8d7 11. h4 h6 12. h5 g5 13. Bxg5 hxg5 14. h6 Bf6 15.
e5 g4 16. exf6 exf6 17. Nd2 Re8 18. Be2 f5 19. Qd6 Qg5 20. Kf1 Rad8 21. Qg3 Kh8
22. Qc7 Nf6 23. Qxb7 Rxd4 24. Qxa7 Nfd7 25. Ncb1 Bd5 26. Qa3 c5 27. Bb5 Re6 28.
Kg1 Kh7 29. Bf1 Rd6 30. Qg3 f4 31. Qh4 Qxh4 32. Rxh4 Be6 33. b3 Nf6 34. a4 Bxb3
35. Rc1 Rxd2 36. Nxd2 Rxd2 37. a5 Nbd7 38. Ra1 c4 39. a6 Nb6 40. a7 c3 41. Ra6
c2 42. Rxb6 c1=Q 43. a8=Q Rd1 44. Kh2 Rxf1 0-1

[Event "ACP Masters KO"]
[Site "Ashdod"]
[Date "2015.12.10"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2015.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 a6 4. g3 b5 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. Nge2 d6 7. O-O Nd7 8. a3 c5
9. Be3 Rb8 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Re1 Nd7 12. Ba7 Rc8 13. Bd4 Bxd4 14. Nxd4 Ba8 15.
a4 bxa4 16. Rxa4 Nc5 17. Rc4 Nf6 18. Nd5 Nfxe4 19. Bxe4 Nxe4 20. Rxc8 Qxc8 21.
Nb6 Qb7 22. Nxa8 Qxa8 23. Qe2 d5 24. c4 Qa7 25. Nc6 Qc5 26. cxd5 f5 27. Rd1 Kf7
28. b4 Qb6 29. Ra1 Ra8 30. Kg2 e6 31. dxe6+ Kxe6 32. b5 axb5 33. Rxa8 Qxc6 34.
Qa2+ Ke5 35. f3 Nc3 36. Qg8 Nd5 37. Qh8+ Nf6 38. Qb8+ Kd4 39. Qf4+ Kd5 40. Rd8+
Ke6 41. Qe3+ Kf7 42. Qa7+ Ke6 43. Qe3+ Kf7 44. Qa7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Qatar Masters op"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2015.12.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ma, Zhonghan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2463"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2015.12.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Rc1
Bb7 9. Bd3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nbd7 11. O-O c5 12. Qe2 a6 13. a4 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nc5
15. Nb3 Nxb3 16. Bxb3 Nd7 17. Bg3 Bh4 18. Bd6 Nc5 19. Bxf8 Nxb3 20. Rcd1 Qxf8
21. Qc4 Bf6 22. Qxb3 Qc5 23. Qc2 b5 24. axb5 axb5 25. Qd3 Qc6 26. f3 b4 27. Ne4
Bxb2 28. Qb3 Ba3 29. Rd4 Qb6 30. Nd6 Bd5 31. Nc4 Qc5 32. Qd3 Rc8 33. Nxa3 bxa3
34. Ra4 a2 35. Ra1 e5 36. R4xa2 Bxa2 37. Rxa2 Qc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Qatar Masters op"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2015.12.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Tabatabaei, Mohammad Amin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2015.12.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. e4 Nb6 8. O-O
Bg4 9. Nbd2 Nc6 10. d5 Bxf3 11. Nxf3 Ne5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. f4 Bg7 14. a4 a5 15.
Qb3 Qd6 16. Be3 Qb4 17. Qxb4 axb4 18. a5 Nd7 19. e5 b6 20. Bb5 Nc5 21. Bc6 Ra7
22. axb6 Rxa1 23. Rxa1 cxb6 24. Ra7 e6 25. d6 f6 26. Bd4 fxe5 27. Bxe5 Bxe5 28.
fxe5 Nd3 29. Bd7 Nc5 30. Bb5 Rd8 31. Re7 1-0

[Event "Qatar Masters op"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2015.12.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Xu, Jun"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2015.12.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxf3 6. exf3 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 Ne7
8. Nc3 O-O 9. Bg2 d5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. O-O c6 12. Rfe1 Nd7 13. Bh3 Nf6 14. Rac1
Re8 15. Ne2 Qd6 16. Qc2 Nh5 17. Bg4 Nf6 18. Bh3 Nh5 19. Bg4 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Qatar Masters op"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2015.12.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2015.12.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. d4 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3
Qc7 9. Bd2 Be7 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. g3 O-O 12. Rc1 Qd7 13. Be2 dxc4 14. Qxc4 Rd8
15. Rd1 b5 16. Qb3 a6 17. a4 Qa7 18. Bd3 c5 19. axb5 cxd4 20. exd4 Qxd4 21. Bf4
Qb6 22. Qc4 Ra7 23. bxa6 Nxa6 24. Qb5 Qxb5 25. Bxb5 Nc7 26. Bc4 Ncd5 27. Bxd5
Nxd5 28. Nxd5 exd5 29. Be5 Bf6 30. Bxf6 gxf6 31. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Qatar Masters op"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2015.12.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gagare, Shardul"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2015.12.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. e3 c5 8.
dxc5 Qa5 9. Nd2 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Qxc3 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. Bb5+ Ke7 13. Rc1 Qa5 14.
Qa4 Qxa4 15. Bxa4 Bd7 16. Bxd7 Nxd7 17. Nb3 Rac8 18. Ke2 Rhd8 19. Rhd1 Ne5 20.
Rd4 Rd7 21. Rcd1 Rcd8 22. Ra4 a6 23. Rad4 Nc6 24. R4d2 g6 25. h4 h5 26. g3 Kf6
27. Nd4 Na5 28. Nb3 Nc6 29. Nd4 Na5 30. Nb3 Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Qatar Masters op"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2015.12.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Esen, Baris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah/CB Website"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2015.12.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg5
Be6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Qd3 O-O 11. O-O-O Be7 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. Qxd5 Qc7 14. Bg4
Nc6 15. Kb1 Rfd8 {This position is typical for the Be2-Bg5 system in the
Najdorf. However, we should learn from the great Vassily Ivanchuk who
completely outplayed his opponent from this point onwards.} 16. a3 {Stopping ..
.Nb4.} Bf6 17. Rd3 Qb6 18. Rf1 Rab8 19. g3 {A useful move – it can be
helpful to gain space with f4 as well as h4.} Nd4 20. Na5 $1 {The knight is
coming to c4 and the d4 knight can be kicked away at some point with c3.} Nc6
21. Nc4 Qc7 22. Ne3 {[%csl Gd5][%cal Gb3a5,Ga5c4,Gc4e3] You can see how the
knight made its route from b3-a5-c4-e3 and is now looking at the juicy hole on
d5.} (22. Nxd6 $2 Nd4 $17) 22... Ne7 23. Qc4 Qa5 24. Rfd1 b5 25. Qb4 Qxb4 26.
axb4 {A strategic victory for White who has left Black with absolutely no
counterplay and lots of weaknesses.} Rb6 27. h4 {Stopping ...Bg5 just in case.}
g6 28. Rc3 Rb7 $6 (28... d5 $1 {Good or bad this was a chance to activate his
pieces as after} 29. Nxd5 (29. exd5 e4 30. Rc7 Rbd6 {White is surely better
here but Black keeps an eye on the d5-pawn and at least has some play.} 31. f4
$1 Nxd5 32. Rc8 $1 $18) 29... Nxd5 30. exd5 Be7 {Black attacks the b4-pawn,
and in this opposite coloured bishop endgame the drawing chances are pretty
good.}) 29. Bh3 h5 30. f3 Bg7 31. g4 Bh6 32. g5 Bf8 33. Ra3 Rb6 34. c3 $1 {
Ivanchuk now shifts his attention to the a6-pawn. But not too soon. He will
first make sure that d6-d5 is not possible.} Ra8 35. Kc2 Kg7 36. Kd3 Ra7 (36...
f6 {Black should play this. But here too it is not clear how to create
counterplay.}) 37. Ke2 Ra8 38. Kf2 Ra7 39. Rda1 Ra8 40. Ra5 Ra7 41. Ke1 Kg8 {
The next task is to relocate the bishop is such a manner as to control the
d5-square.} 42. Bf1 Nc6 43. R5a2 Ne7 44. Bd3 Kg7 45. Ke2 Kg8 46. Bc2 Bg7 47.
Kf2 Kf8 48. Bd3 Ke8 49. Nd5 $1 Nxd5 (49... Rc6 50. Bxb5 $18) 50. exd5 {The
problem is that there is no way to stop Ra5 followed by Bxb5 and the a6-pawn
also falls.} Bf8 51. Ra5 Be7 52. Bxb5+ {A smooth positional victory by
Ivanchuk.} 1-0

[Event "Qatar Masters op"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2015.12.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vignesh, NR."]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2422"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2015.12.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 c5 5. O-O cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bxg2 7. Kxg2 Qc8 8.
Kg1 e6 9. b3 Be7 10. Ba3 Bxa3 11. Nxa3 Qc5 12. Nab5 a6 13. b4 Qe5 14. Na3 O-O
15. c4 Nc6 16. Nac2 Rfd8 17. e3 Qc7 18. Rc1 Rac8 19. Nxc6 dxc6 20. Qf3 c5 21.
bxc5 Qxc5 22. Nd4 Rc7 23. Nb3 Qa3 24. Rfd1 Rdc8 25. Qf4 h6 26. Rd8+ Rxd8 27.
Qxc7 Rd3 28. Rf1 Rc3 29. Qxb6 Qxa2 30. Qd8+ Kh7 31. Nd2 Qc2 32. Nf3 Rxc4 33.
Qa8 Ra4 34. Qa7 Qf5 35. Nd4 Qh5 36. Qc7 Ra2 37. Qb7 Qg6 38. Qb3 Ra5 39. Qb6 Ra3
40. Qc5 Ra4 41. Qc6 Ra5 42. Qb6 Ra2 43. Qb3 Rd2 44. Qb7 a5 45. Qb5 Qd3 46. Qxa5
Ng4 47. Qb5 Qe4 48. Qb3 g5 49. Qc3 Nxe3 50. Qxe3 Rxd4 51. Qa3 h5 52. Qe7 Qf5
53. Qa7 e5 54. Rc1 h4 55. Qa3 h3 56. Qe3 Re4 57. Qb3 Re2 58. Rf1 Kg7 59. Qd5 g4
60. Qd8 Rb2 61. Qd6 Qe4 0-1

[Event "Qatar Masters op"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2015.12.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2015.12.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 O-O 8. Nbd2
Qc7 9. c3 b6 10. a3 Ne5 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. a4 Ba6 13. Nc4 Bxc4 14. dxc4 Rad8 15.
Qc2 a5 16. Bf1 Ne8 17. Bd3 Qd7 18. Bf1 Qc7 19. Qe2 Nd6 20. Qh5 Ne8 21. Qe2 Nd6
22. Bg2 Kh8 23. Rd1 Nc8 24. Be3 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Rd8 26. Re1 Kg8 27. Qc2 Rd7 28.
h4 Qd8 29. Qe2 Nd6 30. Bc1 g6 31. Bf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Qatar Masters op"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2015.12.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2015.12.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 g6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. Be3 Nc6 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Bxf3 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nb5 a6 12. Na3 Nd4 13. Nc4 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 Qe7
15. Rfd1 Qe6 16. b3 Qc6 17. Nxe5 Qxe4 18. Bd4 Rfe8 19. Qxe4 Nxe4 20. Nf3 Nc3
21. Bxc3 Bxc3 22. Rac1 Re2 23. Kf1 Rae8 24. g3 Kf8 25. Ng1 R2e5 26. Rd3 Re1+
27. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 28. Kg2 Ba5 29. c4 Ra1 30. a4 Rb1 31. h4 Rb2 32. Nh3 Bb6 33. Rf3
Kg8 34. g4 h6 35. Kg3 c6 36. Rd3 Kf8 37. f4 Ke7 38. Kf3 Ke6 39. Kg3 a5 40. Kf3
Bc5 41. Kg3 Ra2 42. Kf3 Rh2 43. Kg3 Rb2 44. Kf3 f5 45. Kg3 Re2 46. h5 fxg4 47.
Kxg4 gxh5+ 48. Kxh5 Kf5 49. Kh4 Re3 50. Rxe3 Bxe3 51. Kg3 h5 52. Kf3 Bd2 53.
Ng5 Bxf4 54. Ne4 Bc7 55. Nc5 Bb6 56. Nd3 h4 57. b4 axb4 58. Nxb4 Ke5 59. Nc2
Kd6 60. Kg4 Kc5 61. Ne3 Bd8 62. Nf5 Kxc4 63. Nd6+ Kb4 64. Nxb7 Be7 65. a5 Kb5
0-1

[Event "China Elite Mind rapid"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2016.02.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2016.02.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bb3 a6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. O-O
Re8 9. Re1 Be6 10. h3 h6 11. Nc4 Ba7 12. Be3 b5 13. Ncd2 Bxe3 14. Rxe3 d5 15.
Re1 dxe4 16. dxe4 Qe7 17. Bxe6 Qxe6 18. Qb3 Nd7 19. Rad1 Nc5 20. Qa3 Nd3 21.
Re3 Nf4 22. Nf1 Rad8 23. Rxd8 Nxd8 24. h4 Nb7 25. g3 Rd8 26. Qb3 Qxb3 27. axb3
Nd3 28. Re2 f6 29. Rd2 Ndc5 30. Rxd8+ Nxd8 31. N3d2 Nd3 32. Ne3 Nxb2 33. Kf1 a5
34. Ke2 a4 35. bxa4 Nxa4 36. Kd3 Ne6 37. h5 Kf7 38. Nf5 Nb6 39. f3 Nc8 40. Nf1
Ne7 41. N1e3 Nxf5 42. Nxf5 Nc5+ 43. Kc2 c6 44. Nd6+ Ke6 45. Nf5 Kf7 46. Nd6+
Ke7 47. Nf5+ Kf8 48. Nd6 Ne6 49. Kd3 Ke7 50. Nf5+ Kd7 51. Kc2 c5 52. Kb3 Kc7
53. Ka3 Kb6 54. Kb3 Ka5 55. Ka3 c4 56. Nd6 Ng5 57. f4 exf4 58. gxf4 Ne6 59. Ne8
Nxf4 60. Nxg7 Ne2 61. Kb2 Ng3 62. Kc2 Kb6 63. Kb2 Kc6 64. Ne6 Kd6 65. Nd4 Nxh5
66. Nxb5+ Kc5 67. Nd4 Ng3 68. Kc2 Nxe4 69. Nf5 h5 70. Kb2 Nd6 0-1

[Event "China Elite Mind rapid"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2016.02.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wang, Yue"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2016.02.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 e5 5. e4 Bg4 6. d5 Nd7 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3
h5 9. Bd3 Kf8 10. O-O h4 11. Be3 Bh6 12. b4 Ndf6 13. c5 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 Nh5 15.
Rfc1 Ngf6 16. Ne2 Rg8 17. Qg5 Ne8 18. Qxd8 Rxd8 19. Bb5 f5 20. Bxe8 Kxe8 21. f3
Rf8 22. Rc4 fxe4 23. fxe4 Nf4 24. Nxf4 Rxf4 25. Rf1 Rxf1+ 26. Kxf1 Ke7 27. Ke2
Rf8 28. c6 Rb8 29. cxb7 Rxb7 30. Kf3 Kf6 31. Kg4 g5 32. Kh5 Rb8 33. a3 Rh8+ 34.
Kg4 Rc8 35. Rc3 Kg6 36. g3 hxg3 37. Kxg3 Kh5 38. Rc6 Kh6 39. b5 Rb8 40. a4 Rb7
41. Kg4 Kg6 42. Rc4 Rb8 43. Rxc7 a6 44. Rc6 axb5 45. Rxd6+ Kf7 46. axb5 Rxb5
47. Kxg5 1-0

[Event "China Elite Mind rapid"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2016.02.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2016.02.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 e5 5. e4 Nc6 6. Bg5 Nge7 7. dxe5 dxe5 8.
Nd5 h6 9. Bf6 Kf8 10. Bxe7+ Nxe7 11. Nb6 Be6 12. Nxa8 Qxa8 13. c5 Bf6 14. Qc2
Kg7 15. h3 b6 16. Bc4 Bd7 17. O-O Rd8 18. Rfd1 Bc6 19. Rxd8 Qxd8 20. cxb6 axb6
21. Bb3 Bb5 22. Rd1 Qc8 23. Bxf7 Kxf7 24. Qb3+ Qe6 25. Qxb5 Qxa2 26. Rc1 1-0

[Event "China Elite Mind rapid"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2016.02.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2016.02.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 d5 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 Nbd7 9. a4 c5 10. a5 b5 11. axb6 Qxb6 12. Nd2 Nd5 13. Nxc4 Qd8 14. Na5
Nxc3 15. Qc2 Nd5 16. dxc5 Qc7 17. Bf4 Nxf4 18. Bxa8 Ba6 19. Bf3 Nd3+ 20. Kf1
N7e5 21. Kg2 Nxf3 22. exf3 Rb8 23. Rhb1 Rxb1 24. Rxb1 h5 25. Qc3 h4 26. c6 h3+
27. Kxh3 Nxf2+ 28. Kg2 Nd3 29. Rd1 Ne5 30. Rd2 Bb5 31. Rc2 a6 32. Qd2 Nd3 33.
Nc4 Nc5 34. Qd6 1-0

[Event "China Elite Mind rapid"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2016.02.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2016.02.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d3 dxe4 4. dxe4 Qxd1+ 5. Kxd1 f6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nbd2 Bg4 8.
h3 Bxf3+ 9. Nxf3 Nd7 10. Bc4 Bc5 11. Ke2 Bxe3 12. Kxe3 Ne7 13. c3 O-O-O 14. h4
Kc7 15. Be2 h6 16. Rad1 f5 17. Bd3 Rde8 18. Bc2 fxe4 19. Bxe4 Nf6 20. Nd2 Ned5+
21. Ke2 Nf4+ 22. Kf3 Rhf8 23. g3 Nd3 24. Bxd3 e4+ 25. Kg2 exd3 26. Rhe1 Ng4 27.
Ne4 Re7 28. f3 Ne5 29. Nc5 Rfe8 30. b3 b6 31. Ne4 b5 32. Nf2 a5 33. f4 Nd7 34.
Nxd3 Nf6 35. Ne5 Ng4 36. Kf3 Nxe5+ 37. fxe5 Rxe5 38. Rxe5 Rxe5 39. Rd4 Rc5 40.
Rd3 Rf5+ 41. Ke4 Rf2 42. a4 Rb2 43. axb5 Rxb3 44. bxc6 Kxc6 45. Kf5 a4 46. Kg6
Rb7 47. Rd1 a3 48. Ra1 Ra7 49. g4 Kd5 50. g5 hxg5 51. hxg5 Kc4 52. Rxa3 Rxa3
53. Kxg7 Kd5 54. Kf6 Ra6+ 55. Kf7 Ke5 56. g6 Ra7+ 0-1

[Event "China Elite Mind rapid"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2016.02.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B34"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2016.02.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Nde2 Nh6 7. h4 f5 8.
Bxh6 Bxh6 9. exf5 Qa5 10. fxg6 hxg6 11. g3 e6 12. Bg2 d5 13. O-O Bd7 14. a3 g5
15. h5 Bg7 16. b4 Qd8 17. Re1 O-O 18. Rf1 Rc8 19. Rb1 Ne5 20. Rb3 Kh8 21. Nd4
Qb6 22. Nce2 Rc4 23. Qd2 Be8 24. Re3 Rc7 25. h6 Bf6 26. Qe1 Re7 27. c3 Nc4 28.
Rf3 Bh5 29. g4 Bxg4 30. Rg3 Bh5 31. Nc1 Bxd4 32. cxd4 Qxd4 33. Nb3 Qf6 34. Qc1
Be2 35. Re1 Qxf2+ 36. Kh2 Rf4 37. Qc3+ e5 38. Nc1 Rh4+ 39. Rh3 Bg4 40. Rxh4
Qxh4+ 41. Kg1 d4 42. Qxc4 Qxe1+ 43. Kh2 Qh4+ 44. Kg1 Qe1+ 45. Kh2 Qh4+ 46. Kg1
Qxh6 47. Nd3 Qd6 48. Nf2 Bf5 49. Qc1 Rg7 50. Be4 Bxe4 51. Nxe4 Qc6 52. Qe1 Rc7
53. Nc5 Qf6 54. Qe4 Rf7 55. Nd3 Qf1+ 56. Kh2 Rh7+ 0-1

[Event "China Elite Mind rapid"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2016.02.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Li, Chao B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2016.02.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nxf7 Kxf7 5. Nc3 g6 6. d4 Kg7 7. Be3 Ng4 8.
Bf4 Be7 9. Qd2 Rf8 10. Be2 g5 11. Bg3 Nc6 12. Nd5 h6 13. Bxg4 Bxg4 14. f3 Be6
15. O-O-O Bxd5 16. exd5 Nb8 17. Rde1 Nd7 18. Re6 Rf6 19. Rhe1 Rxe6 20. dxe6 Nf6
21. d5 c6 22. dxc6 bxc6 23. h4 Nh5 24. Bf2 c5 25. Kb1 Rb8 26. b3 a5 27. hxg5
hxg5 28. Be3 a4 29. Rh1 axb3 30. axb3 Ng3 31. Rh3 Nf5 32. Qd3 Nh4 33. f4 Ra8
34. Bd2 Bf6 35. Bc3 Bxc3 36. Qxc3+ Qf6 37. fxg5 Qxc3 38. Rxc3 Re8 39. Re3 Nxg2
40. Re4 Kg6 41. b4 Kf5 42. Re2 Nf4 43. Rd2 Rxe6 44. bxc5 dxc5 45. Kb2 Re3 46.
Rd8 Kxg5 47. Rf8 Ne6 48. Rf1 Nd4 49. c3 Nb5 50. Rc1 c4 51. Rd1 Re2+ 52. Kc1 Na3
53. Rd5+ Kf4 0-1

[Event "China Elite Mind blitz"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2016.02.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2016.02.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ngf3 a5 8. O-O
a4 9. Re1 h6 10. a3 Nb6 11. Nf1 Bd7 12. Ng3 Rc8 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Nh5 Kf8 15.
Be3 Be7 16. Qe2 Na5 17. Rad1 Nbc4 18. Bxc4 Nxc4 19. Bc1 g6 20. Nf4 Kg7 21. Nd4
h5 22. Nd3 Qb6 23. Qf3 Rcf8 24. Nf4 Qd8 25. Nd3 Kh7 26. Qe2 Kg7 27. Nb4 Bc5 28.
Nbc2 Be7 29. Ne3 b5 30. Nxc4 bxc4 31. Bf4 Qb6 32. Qd2 Rb8 33. Bg5 Qd8 34. Bxe7
Qxe7 35. Re2 Rb7 36. Qf4 Rhb8 37. Qc1 Be8 38. g3 Rb6 39. h4 Bd7 40. Rdd2 Be8
41. Qd1 Bd7 42. Qc1 Be8 43. Nf3 Bd7 44. Rc2 Be8 45. Qf4 Bd7 46. Nd4 Be8 47. Kh2
Bd7 48. Rcd2 Rh8 49. Kg2 Rbb8 50. Re3 Rb6 51. Rf3 Rhb8 52. Qe3 Rxb2 53. Rxb2
Rxb2 54. Rf6 Qxa3 55. g4 Rb1 56. gxh5 Qc1 57. h6+ Kf8 58. Qxc1 Rxc1 59. h7 Kg7
60. Rxf7+ Kh8 61. Rxd7 a3 62. Ra7 Rxc3 63. Nxe6 1-0

[Event "China Elite Mind blitz"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2016.02.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C94"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2016.02.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Nb8 10. d3 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Nf1 Re8 13. Ng3 h6 14. Nh2 Bf8 15. f4
exf4 16. Bxf4 Ne5 17. Rf1 d5 18. d4 Ng6 19. e5 Nh7 20. Be3 Bc8 21. Bc2 Be7 22.
Rxf7 Kxf7 23. Bxg6+ Kg8 24. Bxe8 Qxe8 25. Qf3 Be6 26. Nf5 Ng5 27. Nxe7+ Qxe7
28. Bxg5 Qxg5 29. Rf1 b4 30. Ng4 bxc3 31. bxc3 Rb8 32. Ne3 c6 33. Qf2 a5 34.
Kh2 Qg6 35. Nf5 Bxf5 36. Qxf5 Qxf5 37. Rxf5 Rb2 38. e6 Re2 39. Rf7 Rxe6 40. Rc7
g5 41. a4 Kf8 42. Kg3 Re3+ 43. Kg4 Rxc3 44. Kh5 Rc4 45. Kxh6 g4 46. hxg4 Rxd4
47. g5 Rh4+ 48. Kg6 Rxa4 49. Rxc6 Ra1 50. Rc8+ Ke7 51. Kg7 Ra2 52. g6 Rxg2 53.
Ra8 Kd6 54. Rxa5 Ke5 55. Kf7 Ke4 56. g7 d4 57. g8=Q Rxg8 58. Kxg8 d3 59. Kf7 d2
60. Ra1 Kd3 61. Ke6 Kc2 62. Kd5 d1=Q+ 63. Rxd1 Kxd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "China Elite Mind blitz"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2016.02.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wang, Yue"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2016.02.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 f5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Rb1 a5
9. Qb3 h6 10. Rd1 Kh7 11. c5 Na6 12. cxd6 exd6 13. d5 c5 14. Nd2 Nc7 15. Nc4 a4
16. Qc2 b5 17. Nb6 Ra6 18. Nxc8 Qxc8 19. e4 b4 20. exf5 Qxf5 21. Qxf5 gxf5 22.
Ne2 Re8 23. Nf4 Ne4 24. Bh3 Rf8 25. Bf1 Ra7 26. f3 Nf6 27. Kg2 Nd7 28. Ne6 Rf6
29. Nf4 Nb6 30. Be3 Rf7 31. Bf2 Be5 32. Nd3 Bf6 33. Nxb4 Rb7 34. Nc2 Ncxd5 35.
Na3 Rfd7 36. Bd3 Ne7 37. Re1 Nbd5 38. Nc4 Nb4 39. Rxe7+ Rxe7 40. Bxf5+ Kg8 41.
a3 Nd5 42. Be4 Rxe4 43. fxe4 1-0

[Event "China Elite Mind blitz"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2016.02.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Li, Chao B"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2016.02.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Qe7 6. a3 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 d5 8.
b3 dxc4 9. bxc4 e5 10. Bg2 e4 11. Ng5 h6 12. Nh3 g5 13. O-O Bf5 14. Kh1 Qd7 15.
Ng1 Qxd4 16. Qxd4 Nxd4 17. Nc3 O-O-O 18. Rab1 Rhe8 19. e3 Ne6 20. Rb5 Bg6 21.
Nd5 Nd7 22. Ra5 Kb8 23. Rb1 Ndc5 24. Ne2 c6 25. Nf6 Re7 26. Nd4 Nxd4 27. Rxc5
Nb3 28. Rxb3 Rd1+ 29. Bf1 Rxf1+ 30. Kg2 Rd1 31. Rxc6 Bf5 32. Nd5 Rd7 33. Rxh6
b6 34. h3 Rc1 35. Rh5 Rxc4 36. Nf6 Rd1 37. Rxg5 Rcc1 38. g4 Be6 39. Rb4 Rg1+
1-0

[Event "China Elite Mind blitz"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2016.02.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2016.02.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. a4 Nf6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Be2 b6 8. O-O
Bb7 9. Nd2 e5 10. d5 Nbd7 11. Nc4 a5 12. g3 Ba6 13. b3 Nc5 14. f3 Nh5 15. Qd2
f5 16. exf5 gxf5 17. f4 Qe8 18. fxe5 Bxc4 19. Bxc4 Bxe5 20. Rae1 Qg6 21. Bxc5
bxc5 22. Rxe5 dxe5 23. d6+ Kh8 24. dxc7 Nxg3 25. hxg3 Qxg3+ 26. Kh1 Qh3+ 27.
Kg1 Qg3+ 28. Kh1 Qh3+ 29. Kg1 Qg3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "China Elite Mind blitz"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2016.02.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2016.02.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. Be2 Be7 8. Qd2
Qc7 9. O-O-O O-O 10. g4 b5 11. a3 Bb7 12. f3 Nc6 13. g5 Nd7 14. h4 Nce5 15. f4
Nc4 16. Bxc4 Qxc4 17. h5 Rac8 18. g6 Nc5 19. Qg2 h6 20. f5 e5 21. f6 Bxf6 22.
Nf5 Nxe4 23. gxf7+ Kh8 24. Bxh6 gxh6 25. Qg6 Bg5+ 26. Kb1 Nxc3+ 27. bxc3 Qxf7
28. Qxf7 Rxf7 29. Nxd6 Rcf8 30. Nxf7+ Rxf7 31. Rhe1 e4 32. Rd6 e3 33. Kb2 Re7
34. c4 e2 35. c5 Bh4 36. Rxh6+ Kg7 37. Rg6+ Kf7 38. Rxe2 Rxe2 39. c6 Bf6+ 0-1

[Event "China Elite Mind blitz"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2016.02.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2016.02.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 d6 4. Bb2 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nf6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. c4 a6 10. Nd2 Qc7 11. Rc1 Bd7 12. Kh1 Rac8 13. f4 Qb6 14. Nc2 Rfd8 15.
Rf3 Ng4 16. Qe1 Bf6 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Qh4 h6 19. Re1 Be8 20. a3 Nd7 21. Rg3 Kf8
22. Qg4 g6 23. Qh4 h5 24. Rf1 Ne7 25. f5 Ne5 26. f6 Ng8 27. Be2 d5 28. Qf4 dxc4
29. Nxc4 Nxc4 30. Bxc4 Qc7 31. e5 b5 32. Bd3 Rxd3 33. Rxd3 Qxc2 34. Rfd1 Qc5
35. b4 Qc4 36. Rd4 Qe2 37. h3 Rc2 38. R4d2 Rxd2 39. Rxd2 Qe1+ 40. Kh2 h4 41.
Rd8 Qg3+ 42. Qxg3 hxg3+ 43. Kxg3 Nh6 44. Kf2 Nf5 45. g4 Nh4 46. g5 Nf5 47. Ra8
Nd4 48. Ke3 Nc2+ 49. Ke4 Nxa3 50. Rxa6 Nc2 51. h4 Nxb4 52. Rd6 Nd5 53. Rd8 b4
54. Rb8 Nc7 55. Rxb4 Bc6+ 56. Kd3 Ke8 57. Rb8+ Kd7 58. Rf8 Bb5+ 59. Ke4 Bc6+
60. Kd4 Nb5+ 61. Kc5 1-0

[Event "China Elite Mind blitz"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2016.02.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2016.02.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. e3 Nxe5 5. Nh3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 a5 7. Nf4 d6 8.
Nc3 O-O 9. Be2 Re8 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Qc2 Nf6 12. Rad1 c6 13. Na4 Bxd2 14. Rxd2
g5 15. Nd3 Bf5 16. Qb3 Ne4 17. Rdd1 Qe7 18. Nxe5 dxe5 19. f3 Nc5 20. Nxc5 Qxc5
21. Qc3 Rad8 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Rd1 Rxd1+ 24. Bxd1 f6 25. Kf2 Be6 26. Be2 f5 27.
a3 a4 28. Qb4 Qxb4 29. axb4 f4 30. c5 Bb3 31. Bd3 h6 32. Bf5 Kf7 33. Bc8 Ke7
34. Bxb7 Kd7 35. Ba6 Ke6 36. e4 h5 37. Ke2 Ke7 38. Bb7 Kd7 39. Ba6 Kc7 40. Kd2
Be6 41. Be2 g4 42. g3 h4 43. gxf4 g3 44. hxg3 hxg3 45. Bf1 exf4 46. Kd3 Kd7 47.
Kd4 Ke7 48. Ke5 Bc4 49. Bg2 1-0

[Event "China Elite Mind blitz"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2016.02.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2016.02.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Qe2 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. c3 Nge7 7. d3 e5 8. a3 a5
9. a4 O-O 10. Na3 d5 11. O-O h6 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nd2 b6 14. Ndc4 Be6 15. Nb5
Rb8 16. Bd2 Rb7 17. Rad1 Rd7 18. Bc1 Re8 19. Rfe1 Kh7 20. Rd2 f5 21. Rdd1 Bf7
22. Qf1 Re6 23. Qe2 Re8 24. Qf1 Re6 25. Qe2 Re8 26. Qf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "China Elite Mind blitz"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2016.02.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2016.02.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b5 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. Na3 a6 5. c4 b4 6. Nc2 e6 7. O-O a5 8. d4 g6
9. d5 Bg7 10. Nfd4 exd5 11. Ne3 Nc6 12. cxd5 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 O-O 14. Qd1 Re8 15.
a3 c5 16. Nc4 Ba6 17. Qc2 b3 18. Qxb3 Rxe2 19. Bf3 Rb8 20. Qd3 Re8 21. Qc2 d6
22. Rb1 Nd7 23. Bf4 g5 24. Bc1 Bxc4 25. Qxc4 Ne5 26. Qe2 Nxf3+ 27. Qxf3 h6 28.
Qg4 Qc8 29. Qh5 Qf5 30. Bf4 Rb6 31. h4 Bf6 32. Rbe1 Reb8 33. Re2 Kg7 34. Rfe1
Qg6 35. Qxg6+ Kxg6 36. hxg5 hxg5 37. Bd2 a4 38. Bc3 Bxc3 39. bxc3 Rb3 40. Re7
Rxc3 41. Rd7 Rb6 42. Ree7 Rf3 43. Re8 Rb2 44. Rxd6+ f6 45. Rde6 Rfxf2 46. Rg8+
Kf7 47. Rge8 Rfd2 48. d6 Rd1+ 49. Re1 Rxd6 50. Rc8 Rd3 0-1

[Event "China Elite Mind blitz"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2016.02.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2016.02.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qc2 g6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. e3
Bf5 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nbd7 11. Bh6 a5 12. O-O Bf8 13. Bf4 Be7 14. h3 O-O 15.
Nd2 Re8 16. Rae1 Nh5 17. Bh2 f5 18. Re2 Nhf6 19. f3 Qb6 20. e4 Qa6 21. Qxa6
Rxa6 22. exd5 Nxd5 23. Rfe1 N7f6 24. Nc4 Raa8 25. Nxd5 cxd5 26. Nb6 Ra6 27. Bc7
Kf7 28. a3 Bd8 29. Rxe8 Nxe8 30. Bxd8 Nd6 31. Re7+ Kf8 32. Nd7+ 1-0

[Event "China Elite Mind blitz"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2016.02.29"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2016.02.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. O-O b5 7. Ne5 Nd5 8. e4
Nb4 9. Nc3 Nd7 10. Nxd7 Bxd7 11. e5 Bc6 12. Bxc6+ Nxc6 13. d5 exd5 14. Nxd5 Qd7
15. e6 fxe6 16. Qh5+ Kd8 17. Nf4 Kc8 18. a4 b4 19. Be3 Bd6 20. Rac1 Ne5 21. Bd4
Nc6 22. Be3 Ne5 23. Rfd1 Qc6 24. Nxe6 g6 25. Qh3 Kb7 26. Nd4 Qe4 27. Bf4 Nd3
28. Rxc4 Nxb2 29. Rxc7+ Bxc7 30. Qd7 Rac8 31. Ne6 Qc6 32. Nc5+ Qxc5 33. Rc1 Nc4
34. Qf7 Qf5 35. Qxc4 Bb6 36. Qxb4 Rxc1+ 37. Bxc1 Qxf2+ 0-1

[Event "China Elite Mind blitz"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2016.02.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2016.02.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg4 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. g3 e6 8.
Bg2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. b3 Bf5 11. Bb2 h6 12. Rad1 Ne4 13. Qc1 Qa5 14. a3 Qb5
15. Rfe1 Rac8 16. Qc4 Qxc4 17. Nxc4 Nb6 18. Na5 Rc7 19. Ne5 Nd6 20. e4 Bh7 21.
Nd3 Nd7 22. Rc1 Rfc8 23. f3 b6 24. Nc4 c5 25. Nxd6 Bxd6 26. a4 cxd4 27. Bxd4 e5
28. Bb2 Nc5 29. Nxc5 Bxc5+ 30. Kf1 Bb4 31. Rxc7 Rxc7 32. Rc1 Rxc1+ 33. Bxc1 f5
34. Ke2 Kf7 35. Kd3 fxe4+ 36. fxe4 Ke7 37. Bh3 Bg8 38. Kc2 Bc5 39. Bd2 Bg1 40.
Bb4+ Kf6 41. Bd7 Bxh2 42. g4 Be6 43. Bxe6 Kxe6 44. Kd3 Kf6 45. Ke2 Bg1 46. Bd6
Bc5 47. Bb8 a6 48. Ba7 a5 49. Bb8 Ke6 50. Bc7 Bd4 51. Kf3 Kd7 52. Bb8 g6 53.
Ke2 Ke6 54. Bc7 Kd7 55. Bb8 h5 56. gxh5 gxh5 57. Kf3 Kc6 58. Kg3 Kc5 59. Kh4
Kb4 60. Kxh5 Kxb3 61. Kg6 Kxa4 62. Kf5 Kb3 63. Bxe5 Bxe5 64. Kxe5 a4 65. Kd4
0-1

[Event "China Elite Mind blitz"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2016.02.29"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D07"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "206"]
[EventDate "2016.02.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. cxd5 Qxd5 4. e3 e5 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Nf6 8.
c4 Qd8 9. d5 Nb8 10. Bb2 Nbd7 11. Nf3 Qe7 12. Be2 Ne4 13. O-O f6 14. a4 b6 15.
Ba3 Ndc5 16. Ne1 Bf5 17. Rc1 Nd6 18. f3 Ndb7 19. e4 Bd7 20. Nd3 Bxa4 21. Qd2
Bd7 22. Qe3 O-O 23. Ra1 a5 24. Rfb1 Ra7 25. Bd1 Rfa8 26. h4 a4 27. h5 h6 28.
Ra2 Be8 29. g4 Bd7 30. Rg2 Ra5 31. Bc2 Qd8 32. Nf2 Nd6 33. Qc3 Qe7 34. Nd3 Ndb7
35. Bb4 R5a7 36. Qa3 Qd8 37. Nf2 Nd6 38. Bxc5 bxc5 39. Qxc5 a3 40. Ra1 a2 41.
Nd1 Ra3 42. Qb4 Rxf3 43. c5 Nf7 44. Qc4 Ng5 45. Rxa2 Rxa2 46. Qxa2 Qb8 47. Qc4
Qa7 48. Rd2 Kh7 49. Nf2 Qa3 50. Rd3 Qc1+ 51. Kg2 Qf4 52. Rxf3 Qxf3+ 53. Kg1
Qg3+ 54. Kf1 Bxg4 55. Nxg4 Qxg4 56. d6 Qf3+ 57. Ke1 Qe3+ 58. Kd1 Nf3 59. Qb4
cxd6 60. cxd6 Nd4 61. Qc4 Qg1+ 62. Kd2 Qf2+ 63. Kc1 Qe1+ 64. Kb2 Qd2 65. d7
Nxc2 66. Qd5 Nd4+ 67. Ka3 Qc3+ 68. Ka4 Nc6 69. Kb5 Nd8 70. Kb6 Qd4+ 71. Kc7
Qxd5 72. exd5 Nf7 73. d6 e4 74. d8=Q Nxd8 75. Kxd8 e3 76. d7 e2 77. Kc8 e1=Q
78. d8=Q Qe6+ 79. Kb7 Qe4+ 80. Kb6 Qf5 81. Qe8 Qd3 82. Qf7 Qe4 83. Kb5 f5 84.
Qg6+ Kg8 85. Kc5 Kf8 86. Kb5 Qd5+ 87. Kb4 f4 88. Qg4 Qe4+ 89. Kc3 Kf7 90. Qd7+
Kf6 91. Qd8+ Kf5 92. Qf8+ Kg4 93. Qxg7+ Kxh5 94. Qf7+ Kg4 95. Qg7+ Kf3 96. Qxh6
Qe3+ 97. Kc2 Kg2 98. Qg6+ Kf2 99. Qh6 Qe4+ 100. Kd2 Qd4+ 101. Kc2 f3 102. Qh2+
Ke1 103. Qg3+ Qf2+ 0-1

[Event "China Elite Mind blitz"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2016.02.29"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2016.02.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. f3 Bb7 4. e4 e6 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e5 Nfd7 8. f4
c5 9. Nf3 Be7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Bd3 Nc6 12. O-O cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bc5
15. Ne2 Qe7 16. Kh1 f6 17. exf6 Nxf6 18. Rf3 Rae8 19. Bb5 Rc8 20. a3 Ne4 21.
Bd3 Bxd4 22. Nxd4 Qf6 23. Qg1 Qh6 24. Raf1 Rxf4 25. Bxe4 Rxe4 26. Rf7 Ba6 27.
Nf5 Qg5 28. Rxg7+ Qxg7 29. Nxg7 Bxf1 30. Nh5 Rc1 31. Nf6+ Kf7 32. Nxe4 Bxg2+
33. Kxg2 Rxg1+ 34. Kxg1 dxe4 0-1

[Event "China Elite Mind blitz"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2016.02.29"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2016.02.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 Nc6 6. e4 Bg4 7. Be3 Bxf3 8.
gxf3 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. f4 Nd3+ 11. Bxd3 cxd3 12. Qb3 Be7 13. O-O-O O-O 14.
Rhg1 b5 15. e5 Nd7 16. Rxd3 Qc8 17. Nd5 Bd8 18. Qc2 c6 19. Rc3 c5 20. Bxc5 Nxc5
21. Rxc5 Qh3 22. Qe4 Rb8 23. Rc3 Qh4 24. Rgg3 g6 25. axb5 Rxb5 26. h3 Kh8 27.
Qd4 Kg8 28. Kb1 Qh5 29. Rgd3 Qf5 30. Rc2 0-1

[Event "China Elite Mind blitz"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2016.02.29"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2016.02.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. d3 fxe4 5. dxe4 Nf6 6. O-O Bc5 7. Qd3 Nd4 8.
Nxd4 Bxd4 9. Bc4 d6 10. c3 Bb6 11. a4 a6 12. a5 Ba7 13. Bg5 Qe7 14. Bd5 c6 15.
Bc4 h6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Nd2 Bd7 18. Kh1 g5 19. Rad1 Ke7 20. Bb3 Rad8 21. Nc4
Be6 22. Rd2 Rd7 23. Qc2 Rhd8 24. Rdd1 Rf8 25. Nb6 Bxb6 26. Bxe6 Qxe6 27. axb6
Qc4 28. Rfe1 Qc5 29. Re3 Qxb6 30. Kg1 Rf6 31. b4 a5 32. bxa5 Qxa5 33. Red3 Qc5
34. Qe2 Kd8 35. g3 g4 36. R1d2 h5 37. Qd1 Kc7 38. Qa1 Rdf7 39. Qe1 Qb6 40. Re3
Rf3 41. Rde2 Rf8 42. Qd2 Qc5 43. Re1 Rxf2 44. Qxf2 Rxf2 45. Kxf2 b5 46. Rh1 Qc4
47. h3 Qa2+ 48. Re2 Qb3 49. hxg4 hxg4 50. Rc1 Qf7+ 0-1

[Event "China Elite Mind blitz"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2016.02.29"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Wang, Yue"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "162"]
[EventDate "2016.02.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. Nf3 b6 8. d4
Bb7 9. Bd3 h6 10. Qe2 Nd7 11. Be4 Bxe4 12. Qxe4 Rb8 13. a4 Bd6 14. a5 O-O 15.
O-O Qd8 16. Rd1 Nf6 17. Qe2 Qe7 18. Ne5 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Nd7 20. Ba3 Nc5 21. Qe3
Rfd8 22. Rd4 Qg5 23. Bxc5 bxc5 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Qxc5 Qd2 26. Rf1 Qxc3 27.
Qxc7 Rd4 28. Qb8+ Kh7 29. Qxa7 Rxc4 30. Qxf7 Qxe5 31. a6 Ra4 32. Qb7 Qa5 33.
Qb1+ Kg8 34. Rd1 Qxa6 35. g3 Qc8 36. Rd6 Ra6 37. Rd4 Qa8 38. Rd1 Qe8 39. Qe4
Ra4 40. Qe5 Ra8 41. Rd6 Kf7 42. Rb6 Rd8 43. h4 Qe7 44. Qe4 Rd5 45. h5 Rd8 46.
Qg6+ Kg8 47. Rxe6 Qf7 48. Qg4 Rf8 49. Re2 Qf5 50. Qc4+ Kh8 51. g4 Qf3 52. Qe4
Qh3 53. Rd2 Qh4 54. Kg2 Qg5 55. Rc2 Qh4 56. f3 Rd8 57. Re2 Qf6 58. Qe3 Rf8 59.
Kg3 Qd6+ 60. Kg2 Qf6 61. Rc2 Qd6 62. Rb2 Qf6 63. Ra2 Qf7 64. Qe2 Qf4 65. Rc2
Rd8 66. Qf2 Kh7 67. Re2 Kh8 68. Re4 Qf6 69. Qe2 Qf7 70. Re7 Qf8 71. Qe4 Rd2+
72. Kh3 Rd8 73. f4 Rb8 74. Kg3 Rb3+ 75. Kg2 Rb2+ 76. Kf1 Rb8 77. Re5 Qc8 78.
Rd5 Qc1+ 79. Ke2 Rb2+ 80. Kf3 Qh1+ 81. Ke3 Re2+ 0-1

[Event "China Elite Mind blitz"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2016.02.29"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Li, Chao B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2016.02.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 d6 3. c4 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 Ne7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. e3 f5 8. Nge2 c6
9. b5 Be6 10. bxc6 bxc6 11. d3 Nd7 12. O-O Qa5 13. Qc2 Rab8 14. Rab1 Nc5 15.
Ba1 e4 16. dxe4 Bxc4 17. Rxb8 Rxb8 18. exf5 Bd3 19. Qd1 gxf5 20. Re1 Bxe2 21.
Qxe2 d5 22. Rc1 Qa3 23. Qd2 Nd3 24. Rd1 Nb2 25. Rc1 Nc4 26. Qc2 Kh8 27. Bf1 Ne5
28. Kg2 Qd6 29. Na4 N7g6 30. Bd4 Rg8 31. Qxf5 Rf8 32. Qh5 1-0

[Event "China Elite Mind blitz"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2016.02.29"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2016.02.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d4 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 a5 8. Ba2
c6 9. Bg5 Qc7 10. Bh4 Re8 11. Qe2 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nc5 13. Qf3 Be6 14. Nxe6 fxe6
15. Bg3 Kh8 16. Qe2 e5 17. Kh1 Qb6 18. Rab1 Qb4 19. f3 Nxa4 20. Nd1 Nh5 21. Be1
Nf4 22. Qf2 Qc5 23. Ne3 g6 24. Bd2 Rf8 25. g3 Nh5 26. Qe2 Bg5 27. Rfd1 Nb6 28.
Kg2 Rad8 29. Re1 Nd7 30. b4 axb4 31. Bxb4 Qxe3 32. Qxe3 Bxe3 33. Rxe3 Nc5 34.
Rd1 Ra8 35. Bb3 Rfd8 36. Re2 Nxb3 37. cxb3 c5 38. Bc3 Kg8 39. Red2 Ra3 40. Bxe5
Rxb3 41. Rxd6 Re8 42. f4 c4 43. Rd7 Rb6 44. Rc7 Nf6 45. Bxf6 Rxf6 46. e5 Rb6
47. Rdd7 Rb2+ 48. Kh3 b5 49. Rg7+ Kh8 50. Rxh7+ Kg8 51. Kg4 c3 52. Rhg7+ Kh8
53. Rxg6 b4 54. Kg5 Rxh2 55. Rb6 Rg8+ 56. Kf5 Rh5+ 57. Ke4 1-0

[Event "China Elite Mind blitz"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2016.03.01"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D22"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2016.02.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 b5 5. a4 Bb7 6. axb5 axb5 7. Rxa8 Bxa8 8.
b3 e6 9. bxc4 bxc4 10. Bxc4 Nf6 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Nbd2 Be7 13. Bb2 O-O 14. Qe2
c5 15. Ra1 Qb6 16. Ba3 Re8 17. h3 Bxf3 18. Nxf3 cxd4 19. Bxe7 Rxe7 20. Ra8+ Re8
21. Rxe8+ Nxe8 22. Nxd4 Nef6 23. Qc2 g6 24. Be2 Qc5 25. Qxc5 Nxc5 26. g3 h5 27.
Kg2 Kf8 28. Nf3 Ke7 29. Ne5 Nfd7 30. Nxd7 Nxd7 31. Kf1 Kd6 32. Ke1 Nc5 33. Kd2
Ne4+ 34. Ke1 Nc5 35. Kd2 Ne4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "China Elite Mind blitz"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2016.03.01"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B34"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2016.02.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Nde2 d6 7. g3 Bg4 8.
Bg2 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Nf6 10. Bh6 Qa5 11. Bg7 Bxe2 12. Kxe2 Rg8 13. Bxf6 exf6 14.
Qd2 O-O-O 15. Rhd1 Rge8 16. Kf1 Re5 17. Kg1 Rc5 18. Qh6 Qxc3 19. Qg7 Qe5 20.
Qxf7 Qe7 21. Qb3 Kb8 22. Rab1 Rd7 23. h3 Na5 24. Qa4 Rdc7 25. Rd4 Nc6 26. Rd2
Ne5 27. Kh2 Rc4 28. Qb5 R4c5 29. Qe2 Rc3 30. Rb3 a6 31. f4 Nd7 32. Rb2 Ka7 33.
Qf2+ R3c5 34. Qd4 R7c6 35. e5 fxe5 36. fxe5 Nxe5 37. Re2 Rc7 38. Qb4 Rb5 39.
Qd4+ Rcc5 40. Rxb5 axb5 41. a4 bxa4 42. Qxa4+ Kb8 43. c3 Qc7 44. Ra2 Qb6 45.
Qe8+ Rc8 46. Qa4 Nc6 47. Qa3 Qc5 48. Qb3 Rc7 49. Re2 Ne5 50. Rb2 Nc6 51. Qg8+
Ka7 52. Ra2+ Kb6 53. Qb3+ Qb5 54. Qa3 Qa5 1-0

[Event "China Elite Mind blitz"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2016.03.01"]
[Round "23"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E30"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2016.02.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 c5 5. d5 d6 6. e3 exd5 7. cxd5 Nbd7 8. Bb5
Qa5 9. Bxd7+ Nxd7 10. Nge2 f6 11. Bf4 Ne5 12. a3 Bxc3+ 13. Nxc3 O-O 14. O-O Bf5
15. e4 Bg6 16. Bxe5 fxe5 17. Qe2 Rac8 18. f3 c4 19. Qe3 Qc5 20. Qxc5 Rxc5 21.
a4 Be8 22. Kf2 Bd7 23. Ke3 Kf7 24. f4 Ke7 25. f5 Rcc8 26. Rf3 g6 27. Raf1 Rf7
28. g4 gxf5 29. exf5 Rg8 30. h3 h5 31. gxh5 Rg5 32. f6+ Kf8 33. Ne4 Rxh5 34.
Nxd6 Rfh7 35. Nxc4 Bxa4 36. Nd6 Bd7 37. Rc1 Rxh3 38. Rxh3 Bxh3 39. Rh1 Rd7 40.
Ne4 Bf5 41. Rh8+ Kf7 42. Rb8 b6 43. Ra8 a5 44. Ra6 b5 45. Nd6+ Kxf6 46. Nxb5+
Kg5 47. Nc3 Rb7 48. Rxa5 Rxb2 49. d6 Rc2 50. Ne4+ Kg6 51. Rxe5 Rc8 52. Kd4 Rc1
53. Nc3 Rc2 54. Re3 Kf7 55. Ke5 Bd7 56. Ne4 Bc6 57. Rf3+ Ke8 58. Nf6+ Kd8 59.
Rh3 Re2+ 60. Kf4 Re6 61. Rh8+ Be8 62. d7 Rxf6+ 63. Ke5 Kxd7 64. Kxf6 Kd8 65.
Ke6 1-0

[Event "China Elite Mind blitz"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2016.03.01"]
[Round "24"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2016.02.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Nbd2
Re8 9. Re1 Bf8 10. Nf1 h6 11. Ng3 b5 12. Bc2 d5 13. d4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Bf5 15.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Rxe5 18. Rxe5 Qxe5 19. Bxf5 Qxf5 20. Be3 Re8
21. a4 Bd6 22. axb5 axb5 23. Qf3 Qc2 24. g4 Qxb2 25. Ra8 Qb1+ 26. Kg2 Rxa8 27.
Qxa8+ Kh7 28. Qd5 f6 29. h4 Be5 30. g5 hxg5 31. hxg5 Bxc3 32. f4 b4 33. f5 fxg5
34. Qf7 Qe4+ 35. Kf2 Bf6 36. Qxc7 Qxf5+ 37. Ke2 b3 38. Qh2+ Kg6 39. Qb8 Qc2+
40. Kf3 g4+ 41. Kg3 Qd3 42. Qe8+ Kf5 43. Qc8+ Ke4 44. Kxg4 0-1

[Event "China Elite Mind blitz"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2016.03.01"]
[Round "25"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2016.02.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8.
Nf3 Nc6 9. O-O Na5 10. Bg5 c6 11. e4 h6 12. Bh4 Qc7 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. e5 fxe5
15. Nxe5 f6 16. Ng6 Rf7 17. Re1 Bd7 18. Qh5 Rh7 19. Qh4 Nb3 20. Rad1 Qd8 21.
Bf1 b5 22. Nf4 f5 23. Nxe6 Qxh4 24. gxh4 Re8 25. Nf4 Rhe7 26. Re5 Rxe5 27. dxe5
Nc5 28. Rd6 Rxe5 29. Rxh6 Kg7 30. Rg6+ Kh7 31. Rd6 a5 32. h5 Re4 33. Ng6 1-0

[Event "China Elite Mind blitz"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2016.03.01"]
[Round "26"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2016.02.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 7. Bd2 Qa4 8. Qb1
c4 9. Ne2 Nc6 10. Nf4 Nge7 11. Nh5 Rg8 12. g3 Bd7 13. Bh3 O-O-O 14. O-O Kb8 15.
Re1 Rc8 16. Re3 Rc7 17. Rf3 Be8 18. Qd1 h6 19. Re3 Nd8 20. f4 Rc6 21. g4 Bd7
22. Ng3 g6 23. Bg2 Rb6 24. Qc1 Bc8 25. Nf1 Qe8 26. Rh3 Qf8 27. Ne3 Bd7 28. a4
Ra6 29. Qb2 Nec6 30. Kh1 Rh8 31. f5 gxf5 32. gxf5 h5 33. f6 Rb6 34. Qc1 Ra6 35.
Qe1 Ka8 36. Rg3 Nb8 37. Rg7 Rxa4 38. Rxa4 Bxa4 39. Qa1 Bc6 40. Bc1 Na6 41. Ba3
Qe8 42. Bf3 Nc7 43. Bd6 Qd7 44. Be7 Ne8 45. Rg2 Bb5 46. Rg5 Nc6 47. Ba3 h4 48.
Qg1 a6 49. h3 Ka7 50. Kh2 Qc7 51. Kh1 Qa5 52. Bb2 Qa2 53. Qc1 Kb8 54. Ba3 Kc8
55. Bh5 Rh7 56. Bf3 Kd7 57. Rg8 Ba4 58. Rf8 b5 59. Ng2 Bxc2 60. Nf4 Be4 61.
Bxe4 dxe4 62. d5 Nxe5 63. dxe6+ fxe6 64. Qg1 Qd2 65. Bc1 Qd6 66. Rg8 Nxf6 67.
Qa7+ Qc7 68. Qd4+ Kc6 69. Nxe6 Qd7 70. Qc5+ Kb7 71. Nd8+ Ka8 1-0

[Event "China Elite Mind blitz"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2016.03.01"]
[Round "27"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2016.02.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. d3 Na5 5. Qf3 Nxc4 6. dxc4 d6 7. Nge2 Be6 8.
b3 g6 9. h3 Bg7 10. Be3 O-O 11. O-O-O Nd7 12. g4 f5 13. exf5 gxf5 14. gxf5 Bxf5
15. Qxb7 Kh8 16. Ng3 Bg6 17. h4 h5 18. Nb5 Rc8 19. Rhg1 Nf6 20. f3 Qd7 21. Ne2
Qf5 22. Rd2 Bh7 23. Nec3 Rf7 24. Nxd6 cxd6 25. Qxf7 Rg8 26. Rxg7 Rxg7 27. Qf8+
Rg8 28. Qxd6 Qxf3 29. Qxe5 Re8 30. Rd8 Rxd8 31. Bg5 Rf8 32. Nd5 Qf5 33. Bxf6+
1-0

[Event "China Elite Mind blitz"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2016.03.01"]
[Round "28"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2016.02.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O Nxe4 8.
Bxe4 Nf6 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Be7 11. Bf3 O-O 12. Re1 Qb6 13. Be3 Qxb2 14. Qd3
Nd5 15. Bxd5 exd5 16. Nb5 Bf5 17. Qxd5 Be6 18. Qxb7 Bf6 19. Rab1 Qxa2 20. Nc7
Rac8 21. Bc5 Rfd8 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Be7 Bxe7 24. Qxe7 Re8 25. Qd7 Qxc2 26. Rb7
Qc3 27. Rd1 Qf6 28. Rxa7 Red8 29. Rc7 Ra8 30. Ra7 Rac8 31. Rc7 Ra8 32. Ra7
1/2-1/2

[Event "China Elite Mind blitz"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2016.03.01"]
[Round "29"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C33"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2016.02.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bb3 d5 6. exd5 cxd5 7. d4 Bb4 8.
Nge2 Bg4 9. Qd3 O-O 10. O-O f3 11. gxf3 Bh5 12. Bg5 Bg6 13. Qb5 Be7 14. Bxf6
Bxf6 15. Nxd5 Nc6 16. c3 Bh4 17. Nef4 Qd6 18. Nxg6 Qxg6+ 19. Kh1 Rae8 20. Rg1
Qh6 21. Rg2 Ne7 22. Qxb7 Nf5 23. Qd7 Re6 24. Bc2 Ne3 25. Nxe3 Rxe3 26. Qf5 g6
27. Bb3 Kh8 28. Qh3 Rfe8 29. Bxf7 Rf8 30. Bd5 Rf5 31. Be4 Rh5 32. Qc8+ Kg7 33.
Qd7+ Kh8 34. Qc8+ Kg7 35. Qc7+ Kh8 36. Qb8+ Kg7 37. Qxa7+ Kh8 38. Qb8+ Kg7 39.
Rf1 Bf6 40. Qc7+ Kh8 41. Qc8+ Kg7 42. Qd7+ Kf8 43. Bd5 Be7 44. Qc8+ Kg7 45.
Qg8+ Kf6 46. Qf7# 1-0

[Event "China Elite Mind blitz"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2016.03.01"]
[Round "30"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E19"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2016.02.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 Bb7 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3
Ne4 9. Qc2 Nxc3 10. Qxc3 c5 11. Rd1 d6 12. d5 exd5 13. cxd5 Bf6 14. Qc2 Nd7 15.
Bf4 Qe7 16. e4 Rfe8 17. Re1 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Bxe5 Qxe5 20. f4 Qf6 21. Qc3
Qxc3 22. bxc3 Ba6 23. Bf1 Bxf1 24. Kxf1 f6 25. a4 Re7 26. Re2 Rae8 27. Rae1 g5
28. Kf2 g4 29. c4 h5 30. Re3 Kf7 31. R1e2 Kg6 32. Ke1 Kh6 33. Kd2 Kg7 34. Kd3
Kg6 35. Kd2 Kf7 36. Kd3 Kg6 37. Kd2 Kf7 38. Kd3 Kg6 39. Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "China Elite Mind Basque"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2016.03.02"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2016.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 O-O 8. Bg5
h6 9. Bh4 d6 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Qe2 {In der Mega 2016 gibt es noch 24 Partien
mit diesem Zug.} Bb6 ({Häufiger geschah} 11... Qe7 12. Bd5 Bd7) 12. O-O-O {
Lange Rochade in der Italienischen und Spanischen Partie liegt im Trend, kommt
hier aber doch überraschend.} (12. Bc2 Re8 13. h3 d5 14. g4 d4 15. Rg1 dxc3
16. bxc3 Ba5 17. Nb1 Rb8 18. a3 Nd4 19. Nxd4 exd4 20. Kf1 dxc3 21. Qf3 g5 22.
Bg3 Qd4 23. Qe3 Qxe3 24. fxe3 Nd7 25. Be1 Ne5 26. Ke2 c5 27. Nxc3 Red8 28. Nd5
Bxe1 29. Nf6+ Kg7 30. Nh5+ Kf8 31. Raxe1 a5 32. Ng3 b4 33. axb4 axb4 34. Nf5 b3
35. Bb1 b2 36. Rd1 Rb3 37. d4 Bxf5 38. gxf5 Nc4 39. Rd3 Ra3 40. Rxa3 Nxa3 41.
dxc5 Nb5 42. Kf3 Nc3 43. c6 Rc8 44. Rg2 Nxb1 45. Rxb2 Na3 46. Rb4 Rxc6 47. e5
Kg7 48. Rb8 Rc7 49. Ke4 Nc4 50. f6+ Kh7 51. Re8 Na3 52. Kf5 Nb5 53. Rd8 Rc5 54.
Rd7 Kg8 55. Rd8+ Kh7 56. Rd7 Kg8 57. Rd8+ Kh7 58. Rd7 Rc7 59. Rd8 Rc5 {1/2-1/2
(59) Paehtz,E (2493)-Ertan,C (2256) Konya 2012}) 12... Bxb3 ({Die Maschine
schlägt} 12... Bd7 $5 13. Z0 a5 14. Z0 a4 {vor.}) 13. axb3 a5 14. Kc2 b4 15.
Ra1 Qe7 16. Nc4 Qe6 17. Bxf6 {Sonst zieht der Springer weg, gefolgt von f5 und
der Lh4 steht nutzlos am Königsflügel herum und wird zum Angriffsobjekt.}
Qxf6 18. Rhd1 Qe6 19. Nh4 g6 20. g3 Rfd8 {Da sich Weiß erfolgreich gegen f5
gewehrt hat, sucht sich Schwarz einen neuen Hebel.} 21. Ng2 (21. Ne3 Bxe3 22.
Qxe3 d5 $17 (22... Rdb8 $5 $17)) 21... d5 22. exd5 Qxd5 23. f4 $6 (23. Nge3 $6
Qb5 24. Ra4 {mit nur geringer schwarzer Initiative.}) 23... exf4 24. Nxf4 Qb5
25. Rf1 $2 ({Zäher war} 25. Ra4 $5 Re8 26. Qf1 Rab8 27. Qf3) 25... a4 {
Nach diesem Vorstoß ist die Partie bald vorbei.} 26. bxa4 Rxa4 27. Nxb6 (27.
Rxa4 Qxa4+ 28. Kb1 Ra8 $19) 27... cxb6 28. d4 $2 {Zwingt zum entlastenden
Damentausch? Nein...} Nxd4+ 29. cxd4 b3+ 30. Kd2 Rdxd4+ 31. Nd3 Qa5+ 0-1

[Event "China Elite Mind Basque"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2016.03.02"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2016.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb7 6. Bg2 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 a5 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bc3 Bxc3 10. Nxc3 Ne4 11. Rc1 d6 12. d5 Nxc3 13. Rxc3 Nd7 14. Nd4 e5 15.
Nb5 f5 16. a3 Nf6 17. b4 Qd7 18. Qd3 axb4 19. axb4 Ba6 20. Rfc1 g6 21. e3 h5
22. e4 fxe4 23. Bxe4 Nxe4 24. Qxe4 Kh7 25. h4 Qf7 26. Qe3 Bxb5 27. cxb5 Ra7 28.
R1c2 Qd7 29. Kg2 Rf7 30. Rc6 Qg4 31. R6c4 Qd7 32. Rc6 Qg4 33. R6c4 Qd7 34. Rc6
Qg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "China Elite Mind Basque"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2016.03.02"]
[Round "2.13"]
[White "Wang, Yue"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "169"]
[EventDate "2016.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 Bb7 6. Bd3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8.
O-O c5 9. Re1 Nc6 10. e4 e5 11. d5 Ne7 12. a4 Bc8 13. a5 bxa5 14. Qa4+ Nd7 15.
Nd2 O-O 16. Qxa5 Qxa5 17. Rxa5 a6 18. Nb3 Rb8 19. Ra3 Rb6 20. Be3 f5 21. f3 f4
22. Bf2 Kf7 23. Rb1 Ke8 24. Raa1 Kd8 25. Na5 Rxb1+ 26. Rxb1 Kc7 27. Bc2 g5 28.
Kf1 Rg8 29. g4 fxg3 30. hxg3 h5 31. Ke2 g4 32. fxg4 Rxg4 33. Nb3 Ng8 34. Nd2
Ndf6 35. Kd3 Rg6 36. Rh1 Nh6 37. Bd1 Nhg4 38. Be1 Bd7 39. Rf1 Kd8 40. Nf3 Rg8
41. Bd2 Kc7 42. Bg5 a5 43. Bh4 Nh7 44. Nd2 Rf8 45. Rxf8 Nxf8 46. Ke2 Nh7 47.
Nb1 Ngf6 48. Ke3 Bg4 49. Ba4 Bd7 50. Bd1 a4 51. Na3 Kb6 52. Kd3 Ka5 53. Ke3 Be8
54. Kd3 Kb6 55. Ke3 Kc7 56. Kd3 Bg6 57. Nb5+ Kd7 58. Bxa4 Bxe4+ 59. Ke3 Bg6 60.
Na7+ Kd8 61. Bc6 Bf5 62. Ba4 Bd7 63. Nb5 Ke7 64. Bc2 Bxb5 65. cxb5 Kd7 66. Bf5+
Kc7 67. c4 Ng4+ 68. Bxg4 hxg4 69. Ke4 Nf8 70. Bg5 Nd7 71. Bd2 Kb7 72. Ba5 Kc8
73. Kf5 e4 74. Kxg4 Ne5+ 75. Kf4 Nxc4 76. Be1 Na3 77. b6 Nc4 78. g4 Nxb6 79.
Kxe4 Kd7 80. g5 Ke7 81. Bg3 Nc4 82. Kf5 Ne3+ 83. Ke4 Nc4 84. Kf5 Ne3+ 85. Ke4
1/2-1/2

[Event "China Elite Mind Basque"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2016.03.02"]
[Round "2.14"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Wang, Yue"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2016.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 b6 8.
Qf4 Bb7 9. e4 Bc5 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. Qxe3 O-O 12. O-O-O e5 13. Be2 Qe7 14. g4 Bc6
15. h4 Qc5 16. Rh3 Qxe3+ 17. Rxe3 Rfd8 18. g5 Ne8 19. Bg4 Kf8 20. b3 Nc7 21.
Kb2 Ne6 22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. Na2 a5 24. Nc1 Ke7 25. Nd3 d6 26. f3 Rf8 27. Kc3 Be8
28. Kd2 Rc8 29. Rc1 Bh5 30. Ke2 Rc7 31. Kf2 Rfc8 32. a4 Rf8 33. Kg3 h6 34. Rce1
Be8 35. gxh6 gxh6 36. Kf2 Rg8 37. Rg1 Rxg1 38. Kxg1 Kf6 39. Kf2 Rg7 40. Re1 Bc6
41. Rc1 Bb7 42. Re1 Bc6 43. Rc1 Rg8 44. Re1 Bb7 45. Re2 Kg6 46. Re1 Kh5 47. Rh1
Rg7 48. Rh2 Rg8 49. Rh1 Rg6 50. Rh2 Rg8 51. Rh1 Rg7 52. Rh2 Rg8 53. Rh1 Rg7
1/2-1/2

[Event "China Elite Mind Basque"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2016.03.02"]
[Round "3.13"]
[White "Li, Chao B"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A60"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2016.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 b5 6. Bg2 d6 7. Nf3 g6 8. O-O
Bg7 9. e4 O-O 10. Re1 Re8 11. e5 dxe5 12. Nxe5 Bb7 13. Nc6 Rxe1+ 14. Qxe1 Qd7
15. Ne5 Qe8 16. f4 Bxd5 17. Bxd5 Nxd5 18. Qe4 Nb6 19. Nc3 N8d7 20. a4 bxa4 21.
Be3 Rc8 22. Nxa4 Nxe5 23. fxe5 Nd7 24. Nc3 Bxe5 25. Rxa7 Bxc3 26. Qxe8+ Rxe8
27. bxc3 Rxe3 28. Rxd7 Rxc3 29. Kg2 Rc2+ 30. Kh3 h5 31. Rc7 g5 32. Rc6 Kg7 0-1

[Event "China Elite Mind Basque"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2016.03.02"]
[Round "3.14"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Li, Chao B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2016.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 a6 6. Nd6+ Bxd6 7. Qxd6 Qe7 8.
Qd2 Nf6 9. f3 O-O 10. b3 b5 11. Bb2 Bb7 12. Nc3 Nd4 13. O-O-O Rfc8 14. Bd3 Qc5
15. Rhe1 a5 16. Ne2 Ne6 17. Ng3 Nd4 18. Kb1 a4 19. b4 Qb6 20. Bxd4 exd4 21. Nf5
a3 22. Bf1 Qe6 23. g4 g6 24. Nxd4 Qe5 25. Bxb5 Rab8 26. Ba4 Ba6 27. Bb3 Bc4 28.
h4 Qe7 29. c3 Bxb3 30. axb3 Qe5 31. Ka2 d5 32. Qg5 Qc7 33. Qxf6 Qxc3 34. Re2
dxe4 35. Rc2 Qe3 36. Nc6 Re8 37. Nxb8 exf3 38. Nc6 Qe4 39. Rdd2 1-0

[Event "China Elite Mind Basque"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2016.03.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Meulders,R"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2016.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bb4+ {All that is forgotten is new. The
text move leads to the so-called Dutch Indian, combining ideas of the Dutch
with those of the Nimzo-Indian. 4...Bb4+ was a pet move of Alekhine's. It has
often been thought that the exchange of the black bishop simplifies Black's
opening problems with the bishop not being 'in the way' of the other pieces...}
5. Bd2 (5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nf3 d6 (6... b6 7. Qb3 Bxc3+ 8. Qxc3 Bb7 9. b3 d6 10. O-O
Qe7 11. Bb2 Nbd7 12. Rad1 Rae8 13. d5 e5 14. Nh4 g6 $11 {0-1 (51) David,A 
(2604)-Nakamura,H (2771) Arvier 2012}) 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Ng5 Nb6 9. Nb1 h6 10. Nh3
c5 11. a3 Ba5 12. b4 cxb4 13. Qb3 bxa3 14. Bxa3 Ne4 15. f3 Nd2 16. Nxd2 Bxd2
17. Rfd1 Ba5 (17... Bg5 18. c5 Nd5 19. e4 fxe4 20. fxe4 Nf6 21. Nxg5 hxg5 22.
e5 dxe5 23. c6 $18) 18. e4 Rf7 19. c5 Nd7 20. cxd6 $16 {1-0 (46) Gajewski,G 
(2634)-Stocek,J (2543) Germany 2013}) (5. Nd2 a5 6. Ngf3 b6 7. a3 Be7 8. Ne5
Ra7 9. e4 Bb7 10. d5 fxe4 11. Nxe4 exd5 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. O-O d4 $2 (13... d6
14. Qh5+ g6 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. Qxg6+ Kf8 17. Bxd5 Bxd5 18. cxd5 Qe7 19. Bh6+
Rxh6 20. Qxh6+ Qg7 21. Qf4 Nd7 22. Rac1 $14) 14. Bxb7 Rxb7 15. Qh5+ g6 16. Nxg6
hxg6 17. Qxg6+ Kf8 18. Re1 d5 19. Re6 Nd7 20. Bf4 {1-0 (20) Svidler,P (2763)
-Williams,S (2482) Bunratty 2008}) 5... a5 6. Nf3 b6 7. Ne5 Ra7 ({The
alternative is} 7... Ne4 {which is certainly worse, as is shown by what
follows:} 8. Bxb4 axb4 {When you look for this game on the internet, you find
8...a4?? which is of course sheer nonsense and a misprint for 8...axb4).} 9.
Nd2 Bb7 10. O-O Qe7 11. Nxe4 fxe4 12. Qc2 d5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. f3 $16 c5 15. e3
(15. fxe4 $1 cxd4 16. Rf7 Qxe5 17. Rxb7 O-O 18. Rxb6 $18) 15... O-O 16. fxe4
Nc6 17. Nxc6 Bxc6 18. dxc5 bxc5 19. Rxf8+ Rxf8 20. Rc1 {White has a big
advantage.} c4 21. Qe2 Bb5 22. Qd2 Kh8 23. exd5 Rd8 {After 24.e4 or 24.Qd4
White has an easy win. I give the rest of the game, with its mistakes, because
it has a nice conclusion:} 24. Bf1 $2 Qe4 $2 (24... Qc5) 25. Qd4 $6 (25. Rd1 $1
) 25... Qf3 26. Re1 $2 (26. e4) 26... Rc8 $2 27. Bh3 $1 Rg8 28. Rf1 Qh5 29. Be6
c3 30. Rf7 c2 31. Qxg7+ $3 {Grooten, H. (2345)-Hodgson, J. (2455) Wijk aan Zee
1985.}) 8. Nc3 Bb7 9. d5 O-O 10. O-O Bxc3 11. Bxc3 d6 12. Nd3 e5 $11 {When
Black can play this without the pawn being taken en passant, as in so many
Dutch lines, he usually has a fine position. This game is no exception.} 13. f4
e4 14. Ne1 Bc8 {Redeploying the bishop that is standing idle on b7.} 15. Nc2
Bd7 16. Nd4 Na6 17. Bh3 g6 18. b3 Nc5 19. a3 Qe7 20. Qc2 {The position is
still equal. Black now swings the other rook to the a-file...} Rfa8 21. b4 {
The only way to try and make some progress.} Na4 22. Be1 $6 ({After} 22. b5 {
the position is completely closed up with a draw as the only likely conclusion.
White is ambitious but now Black makes a bid for the initiative.}) 22... axb4
23. axb4 b5 $5 24. Nc6 $6 (24. cxb5 $1 Nxd5 25. Bd2 Kg7 26. Ra3 Nab6 27. Ra5
$11) 24... Bxc6 25. dxc6 Qe6 $5 26. cxb5 Nd5 27. Qb3 Kf7 $1 28. Bg2 Nab6 29.
Rxa7 Rxa7 30. Bc3 (30. Bd2 Nf6 31. Qxe6+ Kxe6 32. Rd1 Ra2 33. Bf1 Nfd5 $17) ({
Maybe} 30. e3 {was best here. The dark-squared white bishop should not have
been given up so lightly.}) 30... Nxc3 31. Qxc3 Qf6 $1 $15 {The control of the
a-file gives Black the edge.} 32. Qb3+ d5 {Theoretically speaking, with nearly
all of the black pawns on white squares, White has an excellent bishop, which
in addition to the extra pawn should mean an advantage. But the passivity of
the bishop and the domination of the black rook along the a-file give Black
the better chances.} 33. g4 $2 fxg4 34. h3 {Maybe White had overlooked that
Bxe4 doesn't work because of ...Qd4+. This is a rapid game after all!} Nc4 $1 (
34... h5 35. hxg4 hxg4 36. Qg3 Qf5 37. Qh4 Qh5 38. Qd8 g3 39. Re1 Qh2+ 40. Kf1
Kg7 41. Qb8 $4 (41. Qe7+ Kh6 42. Qg5+ Kh7 43. Qe7+ $11) 41... Nc4 $19) 35. b6
Ra3 $5 (35... Qd4+ $1 36. Kh1 Qxb6 37. Bxe4 (37. Qc3 Qxc6 38. f5 g5 39. Qh8 Qh6
40. Qb8 Qb6 41. Qh8 Qf6 42. Qb8 Ra6 43. Qxc7+ Qe7 44. Qc8 Rh6 45. f6 Rxf6 46.
hxg4 Rxf1+ 47. Bxf1 Qf6 $17) 37... Qd4 38. Bg2 Ne3 $19) 36. bxc7 Qxc6 37. Qd1
Ke6 $1 {Black is playing very courageously in truly Steinitzian style,
convinced the king is a strong piece.} (37... gxh3 38. c8=Q Qxc8 39. Qxd5+ Kg7
40. Bxe4 $11) 38. f5+ gxf5 39. hxg4 Qxc7 40. gxf5+ (40. Rxf5 Qa7+ 41. Kh2 Ne3
$19) 40... Ke5 $1 {Onwards! The co-ordination of the black pieces is great,
which means the king is quite safe in the centre.} 41. Qc1 Qa7+ 42. Kh1 Qe3 43.
f6 Qxc1 44. Rxc1 Ra7 $1 $19 (44... Kxf6 $2 45. Bxe4 $15) 45. Rc3 Rf7 46. Rh3
Kxf6 47. Rh5 Ne3 48. Rh3 Nf5 49. Kg1 Rb7 50. Kf2 {Black had played boldly and
accurately so far and the win should be in his pocket...} Kg5 51. Rb3 h5 $6 (
51... e3+ 52. Kg1 Rb5 53. Bh3 d4 54. Kg2 Nd6 55. Bd7 Rb7 56. Be6 Kf4 57. Bd5
Rg7+ 58. Kh3 Ne4 59. Bxe4 Kxe4 60. b5 Kd5 61. b6 Rb7 62. Rb5+ Kc4 63. Rb1 Kc5
64. Rc1+ Kxb6 65. Kg3 Rc7 66. Rb1+ Kc5 67. Kf3 Re7 {etc.}) 52. Bh3 Nd4 53. Rb2
Kf6 54. e3 Nb5 55. Rc2 Nd6 56. Rb2 Ke5 57. Bf1 Rf7+ 58. Kg1 Nf5 $19 59. Rb3 h4
(59... Rg7+ 60. Kh2 Rg3 61. b5 h4 62. Be2 Nxe3 63. Rb2 Rg8 $19) 60. b5 d4 $2 {
After playing a superb game, Ivanchuk starts losing his grip. There was no
need to go for the exchange of the weak white pawn.} (60... Rg7+ 61. Kf2 Rg3
62. b6 Rf3+ 63. Kg1 Nxe3 64. b7 Rxf1+ 65. Kh2 Rf8 66. b8=Q+ Rxb8 67. Rxb8 d4 {
and Black is winning with his eyes closed.}) 61. exd4+ Nxd4 62. Rb2 Nf3+ $17 {
Black still has a clear advantage but the win has become more complicated.} 63.
Kg2 $2 (63. Kh1 $1) 63... Kf4 $19 64. b6 h3+ $1 {Black is back on course. Of
course the pawn is invulnerable because of ...Rh7+ with mate to follow.} 65.
Kf2 h2 (65... e3+ 66. Ke2 h2 67. Bg2 Nd4+ 68. Ke1 (68. Kd3 e2 69. Kd2 Re7 $19)
68... Rg7 69. Kf1 e2+ $19) 66. Bg2 e3+ 67. Ke2 Kg3 $2 ({After} 67... Nd4+ {
we reach the same position as after the line beginning with 65...e3}) 68. Bh1
$11 {Now the outcome should be a draw.} Ne5 $2 (68... Nd4+ 69. Kxe3 Nf5+ 70.
Kd3 Rd7+ 71. Ke4 Nd6+ 72. Kd5 Nc8+ 73. Ke5 Nxb6 74. Rxb6 Rg7 $11) 69. Rb3 $1
$16 {Suddenly Black is in trouble.} Nd7 ({After} 69... Rf2+ 70. Kxe3 Nc4+ {
there's a discovered check with} 71. Kd4+) 70. b7 Nb8 71. Rxe3+ Kg4 72. Re8 $18
{Game over. How sad for Black after such a fine effort.} Na6 73. Ra8 Re7+ 74.
Kd2 Rd7+ 75. Kc1 1-0

[Event "China Elite Mind Basque"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2016.03.03"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2016.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 Bb4 5. Bd2 O-O 6. e3 Re8 7. Be2 Bxc3 8.
Bxc3 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Rc1 Bg4 11. O-O Qd6 12. Qa4 Qd7 13. Qb3 a5 14. a3 a4
15. Qc2 h6 16. Rfe1 Bf5 17. Nd2 Bg6 18. Ne4 b6 19. Bf3 Na5 20. Bxa5 Rxa5 21.
Red1 Rd8 22. h4 Qe7 23. h5 Bf5 24. Ng3 Rc5 25. Nxf5 Qd7 26. Qb1 Rxc1 27. Rxc1
Qxf5 28. e4 Qd7 29. exd5 1-0

[Event "China Elite Mind Basque"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2016.03.03"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2016.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e4 Bb4 5. Bd2 Ne7 6. a3 Ba5 7. b4 Bc7 8. Nf3 Nd7
9. Qc2 O-O 10. Bd3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 e5 12. Be3 exd4 13. Nxd4 Ne5 14. Be2 N7g6 15.
Rd1 Qh4 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. exf5 Ne7 18. Rd4 Qf6 19. g4 Bb6 20. Ne4 Qh4 21. Nc5
Nd5 22. Qd2 Rfe8 23. O-O Bc7 24. Rd1 Nxe3 25. fxe3 Rad8 26. Qe1 Qxe1+ 27. Rxe1
Rxd4 28. exd4 Nf3+ 29. Bxf3 Rxe1+ 30. Kf2 Ra1 31. Nxb7 Rxa3 32. Bxc6 Kf8 33. h4
Ke7 34. b5 Bb6 35. Nc5 Rc3 0-1

[Event "China Elite Mind Basque"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2016.03.03"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2016.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 dxc4 7. e3 c5 8.
Bxc4 Qc7 9. Be2 O-O 10. Bb2 b6 11. c4 cxd4 12. exd4 Nbd7 13. O-O Bb7 14. Re1
Rac8 15. Rc1 Rfd8 16. Bf1 Qf4 17. Qd2 Qd6 18. Qe2 Qf4 19. Rc3 Rc7 20. h3 Rdc8
21. Rec1 Ne4 22. R3c2 Nd6 23. Nd2 Nf5 24. Qg4 Qh6 0-1

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "Jurmala"]
[Date "2016.03.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Molchanova, Tatjana"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2245"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2016.03.05"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 c5 5. Ne2 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nc6 7. Be3 Nf6 8. h3
O-O 9. O-O Bd7 10. c4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Qc8 12. Kh2 Qxc4 13. Na3 Qxd4 14. Qxd4 Ng4+
15. hxg4 Bxd4 16. Nc2 Bxb2 17. Rab1 Bf6 0-1

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "Jurmala"]
[Date "2016.03.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ladva, Ottomar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2016.03.05"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Be7 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Bb2 b6 11. e4 cxd4 12. cxd4 Bb7 13. Qe2 Rc8 14. a3 Na5
15. Rad1 Bc6 16. d5 Ba4 17. dxe6 Bxd1 18. Rxd1 fxe6 19. Bb5 Qc7 20. Rd7 Qc5 21.
Nd4 Rfd8 22. g3 a6 23. Qg4 1-0

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "Jurmala"]
[Date "2016.03.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Fier, Alexandr"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2016.03.05"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. a3 Be7 8. Nf4
dxc4 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. O-O Bd6 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Nb5 Qxc4 13. Nxd6 Qa6 14. Nxc8
Rxc8 15. d5 Rd8 16. Qb3 Nxd5 17. Rfd1 Nc6 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. Rxd5 Rxd5 20. Qxd5
Rd8 21. Qb3 Rd3 22. Qc2 Qb5 23. h3 Qd5 24. Re1 f6 25. Qe2 h5 26. Bg5 Qe5 27.
Be3 Qd5 28. Bg5 Qe5 29. Be3 Qd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "Jurmala"]
[Date "2016.03.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2016.03.05"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 c6 7. Nf3 Ne4 8. Bf4
Nd7 9. h3 Qa5 10. Qb3 Ndf6 11. Bd3 c5 12. O-O cxd4 13. exd4 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Nxc3
15. bxc3 Nd5 16. Bg3 Rd8 17. Rfe1 Ba3 18. Rc2 Bf8 19. Bf1 b6 20. Ne5 Bd7 21.
Nxd7 Rxd7 22. Rd1 Rc8 23. c4 Ne7 24. Bf4 Rcd8 25. Rcd2 Ng6 26. Be3 Ne7 27. Bd3
Nf5 28. Bxf5 Qxf5 29. a4 g6 30. Qb5 Bg7 31. Qxf5 gxf5 32. d5 Rc8 33. dxe6 Rxd2
34. exf7+ Kxf7 35. Rxd2 Ke6 36. Rc2 Rd8 37. c5 Rc8 38. Re2 bxc5 39. Bxc5+ Kf7
40. Bxa7 Ra8 41. Bc5 Rxa4 42. Re7+ Kg6 43. Rd7 h5 44. g3 Rc4 45. Be3 Ra4 46.
Kg2 Rc4 47. Kf3 Ra4 48. h4 Rc4 49. Ke2 Ra4 50. Kd3 Bf6 51. Rd6 Kf7 52. Bg5 Bg7
53. Rb6 Rd4+ 54. Ke2 Re4+ 55. Kf3 Ra4 56. Bd2 Bf6 57. Bb4 Ra2 58. Rc6 Ra4 59.
Bd2 Kg7 60. Bg5 Bxg5 61. hxg5 Rg4 62. Re6 Rxg5 63. Kf4 Rg4+ 64. Kxf5 Kh7 65.
Ra6 Rg8 66. Kf4 Rf8+ 67. Ke3 Re8+ 68. Kf3 Rf8+ 69. Kg2 Kg7 70. f3 Rf5 71. Ra3
Rc5 72. Kh3 Rc4 73. f4 Rc5 74. Kh4 Kg6 75. Ra6+ Kg7 76. Re6 1-0

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "Jurmala"]
[Date "2016.03.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2016.03.05"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. f3 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Ne2 O-O 6. Be3 c6 7. Na3 Nbd7 8. Qd2
Re8 9. g4 c5 10. O-O-O cxd4 11. Nxd4 Ne5 12. g5 Nh5 13. Be2 Bd7 14. Rhg1 Rc8
15. Kb1 Nc6 16. Nac2 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 a6 18. Nb3 Be6 19. Rc1 f5 20. gxf6 Nxf6 21.
Nd4 Bd7 22. Nf5 gxf5 23. Bh6 Ng4 24. Qg5 1-0

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "Jurmala"]
[Date "2016.03.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Krivonosov, Oleg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C31"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2016.03.05"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 exf4 4. Bb5+ c6 5. dxc6 Nxc6 6. d4 Nf6 7. Bxf4 Qa5+
8. Nc3 Bb4 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Nge2 O-O 11. O-O Bg4 12. Qd3 Bf5 13. Qc4 Bxc2 14.
Rac1 Bg6 15. a3 Bxc3 16. Nxc3 Rac8 17. Rfe1 Qf5 18. Bd6 Rfd8 19. Bc5 Nd5 20.
Re5 Qg4 21. h3 Qg3 22. Ne2 Qd3 23. Qxd3 Bxd3 24. Nc3 a6 25. Ree1 Nxc3 26. Rxc3
Bf5 27. Bb6 Rf8 28. Re5 Be6 29. Ra5 Bd5 30. Rxa6 Rfe8 31. Rc2 Re1+ 32. Kf2 Ra1
33. Ra7 Re8 34. Rd7 h5 35. Rd8 Rxd8 36. Bxd8 f6 37. Ba5 Kf7 38. Rd2 g5 39. Bb4
h4 40. Re2 Kg6 41. Re1 Rxe1 42. Bxe1 Kf5 43. Bb4 Ke6 44. a4 Bc4 45. a5 f5 46.
Bd2 f4 47. Bb4 Kf5 48. Be7 Bb5 49. Ke1 Ba6 50. Kd2 Bf1 51. Kc3 Bxg2 52. a6 f3
53. a7 f2 54. a8=Q f1=Q 55. Qc8+ Ke4 56. Qxc6+ Kf5 57. Qc8+ Ke4 58. Qg4+ Kd5
59. Qxg5+ Ke6 60. Qe5+ Kd7 61. Qd6+ Kc8 62. Qc5+ Kd7 63. Bxh4 Qc1+ 64. Kb3 Qxc5
65. dxc5 Bxh3 66. Ka4 Kc6 67. b4 Bf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "Jurmala"]
[Date "2016.03.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2016.03.05"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bb5 8. O-O
Bxe2 9. Qxe2 Nc6 10. Nc3 Nge7 11. Na4 Qa5 12. b3 Nf5 13. Bb2 Be7 14. Rac1 O-O
15. g4 Nh4 16. Nxh4 Bxh4 17. f4 Rfc8 18. Bc3 Qd8 19. Nc5 Be7 20. Nxb7 Qb6 21.
Nd6 Bxd6 22. exd6 Rd8 23. Kg2 Rxd6 24. f5 exf5 25. Rxf5 Qb7 26. Qf3 Qd7 27. Re1
Rd8 28. h3 h6 29. Qd3 Rc8 30. Ref1 f6 31. Re1 Re6 32. Rff1 Rxe1 33. Rxe1 Kf7
34. Bd2 Rh8 35. Bf4 Nd8 36. Bg3 Ne6 37. Rc1 Re8 38. Qf5 Qb5 39. Qf1 Qd7 40. Qf5
Re7 41. Bf2 Qb7 42. Rc2 Ng5 43. Rc5 Rd7 44. h4 Ne4 45. Rc2 Re7 46. h5 a6 47.
Rc8 Qd7 48. Qxd7 Rxd7 49. Rc6 Rd6 50. Rc7+ Kg8 51. Be1 Re6 52. Bb4 Ng5 53. Bc5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "Jurmala"]
[Date "2016.03.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gleizerov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A92"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2016.03.05"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. g3 f5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 d5 5. c4 c6 6. Bf4 Be7 7. Qc2 O-O 8. O-O
Ne4 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Nd7 11. a4 Nb6 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Rfb1 Nc4 14. Qb3 b6
15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Ba6 17. Bf1 Bc4 18. Qd1 Qd7 19. Bf4 Rac8 20. Bc1 Rc7 21.
Ba3 Rfc8 22. Bxe7 Qxe7 23. Qd2 Qd6 24. Rc1 h6 25. Bg2 Ba6 26. Bf1 Bc4 27. Kg2
Rc6 28. Kg1 Qc7 29. Qb2 a5 30. Ra3 Rb8 31. e3 b5 32. axb5 Rxb5 33. Qxb5 Bxb5
34. Bxb5 Rb6 35. Rxa5 Rb8 36. Rca1 Qxc3 37. Bd7 Rb6 38. Ra6 Rxa6 39. Rxa6 e5
40. dxe5 Qxe5 41. Ra4 Kf7 42. Bxf5 Qb8 43. Rd4 Qb3 44. Bg4 Kf6 45. Bf3 g5 46.
h3 Kg7 47. Rxd5 Qa4 48. Kg2 Qb4 49. Rd4 Qc5 50. Rd7+ Kf8 51. Rb7 Qd6 52. Rb5
Kg7 53. Rf5 Qe6 54. Rb5 Kf8 55. Rc5 Qe7 56. Rf5+ Kg7 57. Bd5 Qd6 58. e4 Kg6 59.
Bf7+ Kg7 60. Bh5 Qd4 61. Rf7+ Kg8 62. Re7 Kf8 63. Re6 Kg7 64. Bg4 Kf7 65. Bf5
h5 66. Rh6 Qd1 67. Bg6+ Ke7 68. Rh7+ Kf6 69. Bxh5 Qc2 70. Bf3 Kg6 71. Rd7 1-0

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "Jurmala"]
[Date "2016.03.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bortnyk, Olexandr"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2016.03.05"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Qe2+ Be7 8.
dxc5 O-O 9. Be3 Ng4 10. b4 Nxe3 11. fxe3 b6 12. Bxd7 Nxd7 13. cxb6 Qxb6 14. O-O
Rfe8 15. Nd4 Bg5 16. Rf3 a5 17. bxa5 Qxa5 18. Rg3 h6 19. Kh1 Nf6 20. Nb3 Qb6
21. N1d2 Bxe3 22. Qd3 Ra4 23. h3 Bf4 24. Rf3 Bc7 25. Nd4 Qd6 26. Nf1 Bb6 27.
Qb5 Raa8 28. Nf5 Qe6 29. N1g3 Ra5 30. Qb4 Bc7 31. Raf1 Qe5 32. Re3 Ne4 33. Rfe1
Rxa2 34. Qb5 Nxg3+ 35. Nxg3 Qxe3 36. Rxe3 0-1

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "Jurmala"]
[Date "2016.03.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2016.03.05"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 Qb6 5. Nc3 Bf5 6. Qxb6 axb6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Nxd5 cxd5 9. e3 Nc6 10. Bb5 Bd7 11. Bd2 e6 12. Ke2 Bd6 13. Rhc1 Ke7 14. a3 Rhc8
15. h3 f6 16. Bd3 h6 17. Rc2 Na5 18. Rxc8 Rxc8 19. Rc1 Rxc1 20. Bxc1 Nb3 21.
Bd2 e5 22. Bc2 Nxd2 23. Nxd2 b5 24. b4 exd4 25. exd4 Bf4 26. h4 g5 27. g3 Bxd2
28. Kxd2 f5 29. Ke3 Kf6 30. Bd3 Be8 31. hxg5+ hxg5 32. Be2 Kg6 33. Bd1 Kf6 34.
Bf3 Bf7 35. Bg2 Be6 36. Bf1 Bd7 37. Bd3 Ke7 38. Be2 Be8 39. f4 g4 40. Kd2 Kd6
41. Bd3 Bd7 42. Kc3 Kc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "Jurmala"]
[Date "2016.03.06"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2016.03.05"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bg4 5. cxd5 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 cxd5 7. Bb5+ Nc6
8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. b3 e6 10. Bb2 Be7 11. Rc1 O-O 12. O-O Qa5 13. Rc2 c5 14. d3
Qa6 15. Qe2 Nd7 16. Na4 Rfc8 17. Rfc1 Bf8 18. h4 h6 19. e4 d4 20. f4 Rab8 21.
g3 Nb6 22. Nxc5 Bxc5 23. Rxc5 Rxc5 24. Rxc5 Qxa2 25. Qc2 Na4 26. Bxd4 Qxb3 27.
Rc8+ Kh7 28. Kf2 a5 29. Ke2 Nb2 30. Rc7 Qb4 31. Be5 Kg8 32. Ra7 Qb3 33. Kd2
Qb4+ 34. Qc3 Rd8 35. Qxb4 Rxd3+ 36. Kc2 axb4 37. f5 Ra3 38. Rxa3 bxa3 39. fxe6
fxe6 40. Bxb2 axb2 41. Kxb2 Kf7 42. Kc3 Kf6 43. Kd4 h5 44. Kd3 Ke5 45. Ke3 g6
46. Kd3 Kd6 47. Kd4 e5+ 48. Kc4 Kc6 49. Kb4 Kb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "Jurmala"]
[Date "2016.03.06"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2016.03.05"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 Bb4 4. Nf3 Bxc3 5. bxc3 e4 6. Nd4 O-O 7. Bg2 Nc6 8.
O-O Re8 9. d3 exd3 10. exd3 Nxd4 11. cxd4 d5 12. Bf4 Bg4 13. Qb3 dxc4 14. dxc4
Be2 15. Rfc1 Qxd4 16. Be3 Qe5 17. Bf4 Qd4 18. h3 Bxc4 19. Qxb7 Bd5 20. Bxd5
Qxd5 21. Rxc7 Reb8 22. Qa6 Ne4 23. Re1 g5 24. Be3 Re8 25. Rxa7 Rad8 26. Qe2 Nc3
27. Qh5 Qf5 28. Qg4 Qg6 29. Rd7 h5 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. Qxg5 Qxg5 32. Bxg5 Ra8 33.
Bd2 Nxa2 34. Re5 h4 35. g4 Rd8 36. Bg5 Rd1+ 37. Kg2 Nb4 38. Bxh4 Nd3 39. Re3
Kg7 40. Bg3 Ne1+ 41. Kh2 Nd3 42. h4 Kg6 43. Rf3 f6 44. Kh3 Rh1+ 45. Kg2 Rd1 46.
Rf5 Ne1+ 47. Kh3 Nd3 48. h5+ Kg7 49. Kg2 Ne1+ 50. Kh2 Rd4 51. Kh3 Nd3 52. Rb5
Rd7 53. Rb6 Nc5 54. Kg2 Rd4 55. Kf3 Rd3+ 56. Ke2 Rd7 57. f3 Re7+ 58. Kf1 Re3
59. Kf2 Rc3 60. Bh4 f5 61. Bf6+ 1-0

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 51st"]
[Site "Varadero"]
[Date "2016.06.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kryvoruchko, Yuriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2016.06.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Bd2
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nbd7 10. Qe2 c5 11. Rfd1 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Qe7 13. Ba6 Bxa6 14. Qxa6
Bd6 15. Rac1 Nc5 16. Qe2 Rac8 17. b4 Nce4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Be1 Qb7 20. Rxc8
Rxc8 21. f3 Nf6 22. Nxe6 Bxh2+ 23. Kxh2 fxe6 24. e4 Nh5 25. Rd6 Qe7 26. Qd2 Qf6
27. Rd7 Qe5+ 28. Kg1 h6 29. Qd6 Qxd6 30. Rxd6 Rc1 31. Kf2 Ra1 32. Rd2 Nf4 33.
Kg3 Nh5+ 34. Kh4 Rxe1 35. Kxh5 Kf7 36. Rd7+ Kf6 37. Rxa7 Re2 38. e5+ Rxe5+ 39.
Kg4 Re2 40. Kg3 h5 41. a4 Ra2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 51st"]
[Site "Varadero"]
[Date "2016.06.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2016.06.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bh4 c5 5. c3 d5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Nbd2 cxd4 8. exd4
Be7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. Qe2 Nh5 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Qe3 Rb8 13. O-O Qf6 14. g3 Bd7 15.
Ne5 Qe7 16. f4 Nf6 17. Rae1 Rfc8 18. g4 Nxe5 19. fxe5 Nxg4 20. Qg3 h5 21. Re2
f5 22. exf6 Nxf6 23. Ref2 Ng4 24. Rf7 Qg5 25. Rxd7 Rf8 26. h4 Qxd2 27. Rxg7+
Kh8 28. Rxg4 hxg4 29. Qe5+ Kg8 30. Qxe6+ Kh8 31. Qe5+ Kg8 32. Qxd5+ 1-0

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 51st"]
[Site "Varadero"]
[Date "2016.06.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2016.06.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Be3 Qc7 10. f3 Rb8 11. Kb1 Be7 12. g4 Ne5 13. h4 b5 14. Bd3 Nfd7
15. g5 Nb6 16. Qg2 h5 17. g6 fxg6 18. Nce2 O-O 19. Rhg1 Bf6 20. Nf4 Nbc4 21.
Bc1 Qf7 22. Be2 Bd7 23. Nxg6 Nxg6 24. Qxg6 Qxg6 25. Rxg6 Rbc8 26. c3 a5 27. Nc2
Bxh4 28. Rdg1 Bf6 29. Bg5 Ne5 30. Rxf6 gxf6 31. Bh6+ Kf7 32. Bxf8 Rxf8 33. f4
Ng4 34. Bxg4 hxg4 35. Rxg4 Rh8 36. b4 Rh1+ 37. Kb2 axb4 38. Nxb4 Re1 39. Rh4
Rxe4 40. Rh7+ Ke8 41. f5 exf5 42. Rh8+ Kf7 43. Rh7+ Ke6 44. Nc2 Be8 45. Nd4+
Ke5 46. Re7+ Kd5 47. Rb7 f4 48. Kc2 Re1 49. Rb8 Bg6+ 50. Kd2 Ra1 51. Rxb5+ Ke4
52. Rb7 Rxa2+ 53. Ke1 f3 54. Re7+ Kf4 55. Nxf3 Kxf3 56. Re6 Ra6 57. Rxf6+ Ke3
0-1

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 51st"]
[Site "Varadero"]
[Date "2016.06.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2016.06.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nd4 5. Bc4 Bc5 6. d3 d6 7. Na4 b5 8. Nxd4
bxc4 9. Nf5 Bxf5 10. exf5 cxd3 11. Nxc5 dxc5 12. Bg5 e4 13. cxd3 exd3 14. Bxf6
Qxf6 15. Qxd3 O-O 16. O-O Qxb2 17. Qc4 Qe5 18. Rac1 Qxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 51st"]
[Site "Varadero"]
[Date "2016.06.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2016.06.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 {The Ruy Lopez is not only the Berlin,
Marshall and the respective anti-systems! Ivanchuk opts for the deferred
Steinitz, a time-honoured system which has already featured in his previous
practice, but is relatively rare nowadays.} 5. O-O {One of the two main moves.
Let's check the alternatives briefly:} (5. d4 {is the main continuation on
move 4 against the Steinitz proper, here it's not too effective due to} b5 6.
Bb3 Nxd4 7. Nxd4 exd4 8. Bd5 (8. Qxd4 $4 c5 9. Qd5 Be6 10. Qc6+ Bd7 11. Qd5 c4
$19) (8. c3 dxc3 9. Qd5 (9. Nxc3 Nf6 10. e5 dxe5 11. Bxf7+ Ke7 {is at best
unclear}) 9... Be6 10. Qc6+ Bd7 11. Qd5 $11 {is a way to avoid a fight.}) 8...
Rb8 9. Bc6+ (9. Qxd4 Ne7 $5 {/\} 10. O-O $2 c6 11. Bb3 c5 $19 {[%cal Rc5c4]})
9... Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. Qxd4 Nf6 12. O-O Be7 13. Rd1 Qc6 14. Nc3 O-O 15.
Bg5 Rfe8 16. a3 h6 17. Bd2 a5 18. Qd3 b4 19. axb4 axb4 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. exd5
Qb5 22. c4 bxc3 23. Bxc3 Bf6 $11 {Mamedov,R (2651)-Adhiban,B (2547) Moscow 2013
}) (5. c4 {is the Duras setup, but Black can delay (or even stop) d4 with} Bg4
$1 (5... Bd7 $143 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 $14) 6. h3 (6. d4 Bxf3 7. gxf3 exd4 8.
Bxc6+ bxc6 9. Qxd4 Ne7 $5 $13 {/=/+} (9... Qf6 $11)) (6. Nc3 Nf6 7. d3 Be7 (
7... Nd7 $5) 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 O-O {can easily transpose to the same position.
}) 6... Bxf3 7. Qxf3 Nf6 8. Nc3 Be7 9. d3 O-O 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. O-O Nd7 12. Be3
g6 13. Qd1 Qb8 14. Qd2 Bf6 $11 15. g3 Bg7 16. f4 $6 exf4 17. gxf4 f5 18. d4
fxe4 19. Nxe4 Nf6 $36 {Brkic,A (2575)-Short,N (2707) Bastia rpd 2012}) (5.
Bxc6+ bxc6 6. d4 {gives Black a choice:} {Black can also play more actively
with} exd4 $5 (6... f6 7. Be3 Ne7 (7... g6 $5 {is also viable, as introduced
already by the classics:} 8. Qd2 Bg7 9. Nc3 Bd7 10. O-O Ne7 11. h3 O-O 12. Rad1
Qb8 13. b3 Qb7 14. Bh6 Rad8 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Nh2 Qb4 17. Qe3 Rde8 18. Ne2 exd4
19. Rxd4 Qb6 20. Qd2 c5 21. Rd3 Qb4 22. c4 Qxd2 23. Rxd2 Bc6 $11 {Romanovsky,
P-Capablanca,J Moscow 1935}) 8. c4 Ng6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. h3 (11. Qa4
Bd7 12. c5 Kh8 13. Rad1 Qe8 14. h3 d5 $1 $132 15. dxe5 $2 fxe5 16. Ne2 d4 17.
Bd2 Rxf3 18. gxf3 Nh4 19. Qa3 Bxh3 $19 {->, Karjakin,S (2732)-Grischuk,A (2711)
Odessa rpd 2008}) 11... Bd7 12. Ne2 f5 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Ng3 exd4 15. Nxf5 dxe3
16. Nxe3 Qd7 17. Rc1 Rf4 18. g3 Rf7 19. Ng4 Bf6 20. Rc2 Rd8 $11 {Brodsky,M 
(2559)-Yandemirov,V (2483) St Petersburg 2003/ Valery Yandemirov is a big fan
of the deferred Steinitz.}) 7. Qxd4 (7. Nxd4 c5 8. Nf3 (8. Ne2 Nf6 9. Nbc3 Bb7
10. f3 Rb8 11. O-O g6 12. Be3 Bg7 13. Qd2 O-O 14. Rad1 Re8 15. Nf4 Qe7 16. Rfe1
Qf8 17. b3 Re5 18. Nd3 Ree8 19. Nf4 Re5 20. Nd3 {1/2, Chiburdanidze,M (2355)
-Hort,V (2585) Dortmund 1983}) 8... Bb7 9. O-O Nf6 10. Nc3 Be7 11. e5 dxe5 12.
Nxe5 Qd4 13. Qe2 O-O 14. Rd1 Qh4 15. Nf3 Qg4 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Qxf3 18. gxf3
Bd6 19. Be3 Rfe8 20. Nd5 Re6 21. c4 Rb8 22. b3 Nh5 $13 {Sebag,M (2504)
-Fedorchuk,S (2654) Mulhouse 2011}) 7... c5 (7... Nf6 8. O-O Be7 9. c4 O-O 10.
Nc3 Bg4 11. Qd3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nd7 13. Qd3 Bf6 14. Be3 Re8 15. f3 Be5 16. Qd2
Qf6 17. Rac1 Qe6 18. b3 f5 19. Bd4 a5 20. Bxe5 Qxe5 21. exf5 Qxf5 22. Ne4 Nc5
23. Nxc5 $11 {1/2, Filippov,A (2615)-Safarli,E (2649) Kocaeli 2014}) 8. Qd3 Be7
9. O-O Bb7 10. Re1 Nf6 11. c4 O-O 12. Nc3 Re8 13. Rb1 Qd7 14. h3 Rad8 15. b3 h6
16. Bf4 Bf8 17. Bh2 Re6 18. Re3 Rde8 19. Rbe1 g6 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. exd5 Rxe3 22.
Rxe3 c6 $132 {Illingworth,M (2486)-Short,N (2671) Ballarat 2016}) (5. c3 {
is the other main alternative, which is even a tad more popular, than the text
move:} {However, White must also seriously reckon with the more enterprising
Siesta variation:} f5 $5 (5... Bd7 6. d4 g6 7. O-O Bg7 {is the restrained
approach:} 8. Re1 (8. h3 Nf6 (8... h6 9. Be3 Nge7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. dxe5 dxe5
12. Bc5 Re8 13. Re1 b6 14. Ba3 Na7 15. Bxd7 Qxd7 16. Nc4 Qe6 17. Ne3 Nb5 18.
Bxe7 Rxe7 19. Qa4 Nd6 20. Qc6 Rc8 21. Rad1 Kh7 22. Rd2 Ne8 23. Qb7 Nd6 24. Rxd6
$5 cxd6 25. Qxa6 $44 {/+/=, Caruana,F (2774)-Ivanchuk,V (2755) Thessaloniki
2013}) 9. Re1 O-O 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. Bc2 Qe7 12. Nf1 Qf8 $5 13. Ng3 Rad8 14. d5
Ne7 15. Nh2 Bh6 16. Qf3 Bxc1 17. Raxc1 Qg7 18. Qe3 Nh5 $5 19. Nxh5 gxh5 20. Kh1
f5 21. exf5 Bxf5 22. Bxf5 Nxf5 23. Qd3 Rf8 $132 {Caruana,F (2774)-Andreikin,D 
(2713) Moscow 2013}) {Perhaps a more promising try is Carlsen's} 8... Nf6 (8...
Nge7 9. Be3 O-O 10. d5 Nb8 11. Bxd7 Nxd7 12. c4 $1 ({The immediate} 12. Nfd2 f5
13. f3 {allows} Rf7 $5 14. c4 Qf8 15. Nc3 Bh6 16. Bf2 Bxd2 17. Qxd2 f4 18. b4
g5 19. c5 Rg7 20. Qe2 Nf6 $132 {Stehno,P (2366)-Radulski,J (2502) Brno 2005,
with typical KID play}) 12... h6 (12... f5 13. Ng5 f4 14. Bc1 Nc5 15. b4 $36)
13. Nfd2 {is a recommendation by Jansa, the KID structure without the
light-squared bishops is advantageous for White after} f5 14. f3 c5 (14... f4
15. Bf2 g5 16. Nc3 Ng6 17. b4 Nf6 18. c5 h5 19. Nc4 g4 20. Rb1 Rf7 21. b5 Bh6
22. b6 $16 {Silva,A (2530)-Har Even,A (2532) email 2008}) 15. Nc3 Qc7 16. Rb1
Rfb8 17. Qe2 f4 18. Bf2 g5 19. b4 b6 20. Rb2 Bf6 21. Reb1 Nc8 22. g4 Kg7 23.
Kg2 Kg6 24. a3 $14 {()/+/-, Polgar,J (2595)-Spassky,B (2565) Budapest 1993}) 9.
d5 (9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. dxe5 Nxe4 11. exd6 Qxd6 12. Qxd6 cxd6 13. Nfd2 O-O 14.
Rxe4 Bxe4 15. Nxe4 Rfe8 16. Nbd2 d5 17. Ng3 Re1+ 18. Ngf1 d4 19. cxd4 Rc8 20.
Nb3 Bxd4 21. Nxd4 Rcxc1 22. Rxc1 Rxc1 $44 {Yagupov,I (2555)-Novikov,M (2545)
Tula 2006}) 9... Ne7 10. Bxd7+ Nxd7 11. Be3 Ng8 $5 {instead, Black equalised
after} 12. c4 Bh6 13. Nc3 Bxe3 14. Rxe3 Ngf6 15. b4 O-O 16. Rc1 Qe7 17. Nd2 a5
18. a3 axb4 19. axb4 Nb6 20. h3 Rfc8 21. Ra1 Rxa1 22. Qxa1 Ra8 23. Qb2 Qe8 24.
Qc2 c6 25. Kh2 Qc8 26. dxc6 Qxc6 $11 {Karjakin,S (2769)-Carlsen,M (2844) Wijk
aan Zee 2016}) 6. exf5 (6. d3 Nf6 {seems too timid:} 7. O-O Be7 8. Re1 O-O 9.
Bb3+ Kh8 10. Ng5 Qe8 11. Ne6 Bxe6 12. Bxe6 fxe4 13. dxe4 Qg6 14. Bf5 Qf7 15.
Qf3 {Radulski,J (2514)-Halkias,S (2585) Plovdiv 2008} Nh5 $1 $11) 6... Bxf5 7.
O-O (7. d4 e4 8. d5 (8. Ng5 Be7 $1 9. d5 (9. O-O b5 10. Bc2 d5 $15) 9... b5 10.
Bc2 Bxg5 11. Qh5+ Bg6 12. Qxg5 Nce7 13. b3 Nf6 14. c4 O-O 15. O-O {Mista,A 
(2561)-Krasenkow,M (2608) Germany 2011} Rb8 $5 16. Nc3 e3 17. Bxg6 exf2+ 18.
Rxf2 Nxg6 $132 {Demuth}) 8... exf3 9. Qxf3 Bxb1 $5 $146 (9... Qe7+ 10. Kd1 Be4
11. Qh3 $36) 10. dxc6 b5 11. Bb3 Bg6 12. O-O Be7 13. Re1 Nf6 14. Bg5 Kf8 15. h4
Bh5 16. Qf5 Bg6 $11 {is an as yet untested engine line, which leads to a
repetition.}) 7... Bd3 8. Re1 Be7 9. Bc2 {is a more circumspect choice, but
Black holds the balance after} (9. Re3 e4 10. Ne1 Bg5 11. Rg3 (11. Nxd3 $6 Bxe3
12. Nb4 Bxf2+ 13. Kxf2 Qh4+ 14. Kg1 Nh6 15. Nxc6 O-O 16. h3 Rf2 17. Ne7+ Kh8
18. Nd5 Raf8 19. Ne3 R8f3 20. Bd7 Qg3 21. Qe1 Nf7 22. d4 Rxe3 23. Qxf2 Re1+ 24.
Qf1 e3 25. Nd2 Qf2+ {0-1, Tiviakov,S (2697)-Adhiban,B (2483) Bhubaneswar 2009})
(11. Rh3 b5 12. Nxd3 exd3 13. Bb3 Ne5 $13) 11... Bh4 12. Re3 (12. Qh5+ g6 13.
Rxg6 Bxf2+ $1 14. Kxf2 e3+ $17) 12... Bg5 $11) 9... Bxc2 10. Qxc2 Nf6 11. d4 e4
12. Ng5 (12. Nfd2 d5 13. f3 exf3 14. Nxf3 O-O 15. Bg5 Qd7 16. Nbd2 Rae8 17.
Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nf1 Nd8 19. Ne3 Nf7 $11 {Areshchenko,A (2651)-Jussupow,A (2570)
Zuerich 2009}) 12... d5 13. f3 h6 14. Nh3 O-O 15. Nd2 exf3 16. Nxf3 Qd7 17. Qg6
Qe8 18. Nf4 Qxg6 (18... Qf7 $5 $11) 19. Nxg6 Rfe8 20. Bf4 Bd6 21. Bxd6 cxd6 22.
Ngh4 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Re8 24. Nf5 Rxe1+ 25. Nxe1 Ne4 26. Nd3 Kf7 27. Nf2 Ne7 $11
{Vaibhav,S (2524)-Joie,S (2334) Metz 2014}) 5... b5 {While Dominguez might
have expected the previous move, this surely came as a surprise. Ivanchuk has
never played it before, his intention is clearly to take his opponent, who was
at this point trailing by a full point, out of his preparation. One of their
previous encounters went} (5... Bd7 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 {The more usual
reaction is} b5 (7... Be7 8. Nxc6 Bxc6 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Qf3 Qd7 11. Nd2 (11.
Bd2 $5 Nf6 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Rad1 Rfe8 14. Rfe1 Qg4 15. Qd3 Nd7 16. f3 Qh5 17. b3
Bf6 18. Ne2 Qb5 19. Bc3 Bxc3 20. Qxc3 Qb6+ 21. Nd4 Ne5 22. f4 Ng6 23. g3 Ne7
24. Kg2 $14 {Geller,J (2545)-Atalik,S (2593) Loo 2013}) 11... Bf6 12. Nc4 Ne7
13. Bf4 Qe6 14. Qd3 O-O 15. Rae1 Rfe8 16. Bd2 Ng6 17. f4 d5 18. exd5 Qxd5 19.
b3 Nh4 $1 20. Qxd5 cxd5 21. Na5 Bd4+ 22. Kh1 Nf5 23. g3 f6 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25.
Re1 $11 {Dominguez Perez,L (2725)-Ivanchuk,V (2769) London 2012}) 8. Nxc6 Bxc6
9. Bb3 Nf6 10. c4 Be7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Re1 Re8 (12... Nd7 13. Nd5 (13. cxb5 axb5
14. Nd5 Bf6 15. Qc2 Nc5 16. Be3 Nxb3 17. Qxb3 Bxd5 18. exd5 Re8 19. Rec1 Be5
20. Rc2 Qh4 21. g3 Qa4 22. Qd3 h5 $11 {Dominguez Perez,L (2732)-Safarli,E 
(2657) Berlin rpd 2015}) 13... Bxd5 14. cxd5 Bf6 15. Rb1 Re8 16. Bc2 Qc8 17.
Be3 Qb7 18. h3 Rac8 19. Re2 Nb6 20. Qd3 g6 21. Bb3 c5 22. dxc6 Rxc6 23. Bd4
Bxd4 24. Qxd4 a5 25. Rd1 Qc7 26. a3 a4 27. Ba2 Nc4 $11 {Adams,M (2742)-Short,N
(2678) Douglas 2015}) 13. Bf4 b4 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. cxd5 Bb5 16. Qd2 (16. a4 bxa3
17. bxa3 Bf6 18. Ra2 Bc3 19. Bd2 Bd4 20. a4 Bd7 21. Be3 {Caruana,F (2727)
-Williams,A (2353) Porto Carras 2011} Bxe3 22. Rxe3 Rb8 $11) 16... Bf6 17. Rac1
a5 18. Bc4 Bd7 19. Re2 h5 20. f3 Rc8 21. Be3 h4 22. h3 Rb8 23. Kh1 a4 24. Bd4
Bg5 25. Be3 Bf6 26. Ba7 Rb7 27. Bd4 Bg5 28. Be3 Bf6 $132 {Dominguez Perez,L 
(2716)-Sokolov,I (2641) Khanty-Mansiysk olm 2010}) ({Black also has the sharp
sortie} 5... Bg4 $5 {, which is a favourite of Yandemirov and brought Demuth a
full point against none other, than Anand:} 6. h3 (6. c3 Qf6 7. d3 Nge7 8. Be3
(8. Nbd2 g5 $1) 8... Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Qxf3 10. gxf3 g5 $15 {[%csl Rf2,Rf3,Rh2]
[%cal Rf7f5]}) 6... h5 (6... Bh5 7. c3 Qf6 $6 8. g4 Bg6 9. d4 Bxe4 10. Nbd2 Bg6
11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Nxe5 Bd6 14. Nxg6 Qxg6 15. Re1+ Kf8 16. Nc4 h5
17. Nxd6 cxd6 18. Bf4 d5 19. Qb3 hxg4 20. Qb7 gxh3+ 21. Bg3 Rd8 22. Qb4+ {
1-0, Fischer,R-Geller,E Bled 1961}) {Even more double-edged is} 7. d4 $5 (7.
Bxc6+ bxc6 {Attempts to refute this line should be connected with the central
thrust now, or one move earlier:} 8. d4 (8. d3 Qf6 {is playable as well:} (8...
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Qf6 10. Qd1 g5 $1 11. Nc3 Ne7 12. g3 Bg7 13. Kh2 Qg6 14. f4 $6 (
14. Be3 f5 $13) 14... exf4 15. gxf4 g4 16. f5 Be5+ 17. Bf4 Qf6 18. Qd2 Rb8 19.
Rab1 Rg8 20. Bxe5 Qxe5+ 21. Qf4 {Anand,V (2784)-Demuth,A (2535) Gibraltar 2016}
Qf6 $1 $36 {For more details see the notes to this game in CBM 171 by Kr.
Szabo.}) 9. Nbd2 (9. hxg4 hxg4 10. Ng5 Qh6 11. f3 (11. f4 Qh4 $1 12. fxe5 dxe5
13. Be3 f6 $15) 11... Qh2+ 12. Kf2 Be7 13. Rg1 {Solleveld,M (2468)-Winants,L 
(2519) Netherlands 2004} d5 $44 (13... f6 14. Ne6 Kf7 15. Nxc7 Ra7 $11)) 9...
g5 $1 10. Nc4 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Qxf3 12. gxf3 Ne7 13. Kh2 Bh6 14. Rg1 f6 15. h4 Rg8
16. Bd2 Kd7 17. Rg3 gxh4 18. Rxg8 Nxg8 19. Rg1 Bxd2 20. Nxd2 Ne7 $11 {Huebner,
R (2605)-Jussupow,A (2655) Garmisch Partenkirchen rpd 1994}) 8... Bxf3 9. Qxf3
exd4 10. e5 $5 Qd7 11. Re1 d5 12. Nd2 (12. c3 Bc5 13. Nd2 dxc3 14. Nb3 cxb2 15.
Bxb2 Bb6 16. a4 a5 17. Bd4 Rh6 18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. Bxc5 g5 20. Qc3 g4 21. h4 Re6
22. Qd3 Ne7 23. Qh7 O-O-O $13 {Revuelta Capablanca,C (2435)-Pineda,J (2397)
email 2007}) 12... Bc5 (12... c5 $2 13. b4 cxb4 14. Nb3 c5 15. a3 $32 {->}) 13.
Nb3 Bb6 14. Bg5 Ne7 15. e6 fxe6 16. Re2 c5 17. Rae1 O-O-O 18. Rxe6 Rdf8 19. Qe2
(19. Rxe7 Rxf3 20. Rxd7 Rxb3 21. Rxc7+ Kxc7 22. axb3 Kd6 23. Kf1 a5 24. Bf4+
Kd7 25. Be5 Rg8 {1/2, Barth,H (1881)-Vieth,M (1657) email 2011}) 19... c4 $1
20. Rxe7 d3 $1 21. Qe5 Bxf2+ 22. Kh2 Qd6 23. Qxd6 cxd6 24. Rc1 cxb3 25. cxd3+
Kb8 26. axb3 Bd4 $132 {Demuth}) 7... b5 8. Bb3 Nxd4 9. hxg4 Nxb3 (9... hxg4 10.
Ng5 {is not a transposition, as} Nxb3 $2 (10... Nh6 11. f4 $14) {fails to} 11.
Qd5 $18) 10. axb3 hxg4 11. Ng5 Qd7 12. Qd3 (12. c4 Rb8 (12... Rc8 $5 {might
also be an option}) 13. Rxa6 f6 14. Nc3 fxg5 15. Nxb5 Nf6 16. Ra7 Rc8 17. Re1
Qf7 18. Be3 Qh5 19. Kf1 Kd7 (19... Qh1+ 20. Ke2 Qxg2 21. Nxc7+ Kf7 22. Nd5+ Kg6
23. Nxf6 Qf3+ 24. Kd3 gxf6 $13 25. b4 f5 26. Qxf3 gxf3 27. b3 Rh4 28. exf5+
Kxf5 29. Rg1 g4 30. Rf7+ Ke6 31. Bg5 Rh5 32. Rf6+ Ke7 33. Rf5+ {1/2, Westera,B
(2387)-Siewert,W (2427) email 2010}) 20. Qa1 Qg6 $1 21. Qa5 Rh1+ 22. Ke2 Rxe1+
23. Kxe1 Qxe4 24. Nxc7 Qb1+ 25. Ke2 Qxb2+ 26. Ke1 Qb1+ 27. Ke2 Qb2+ 28. Ke1
Qb1+ {1/2, Mantyla,R (2283)-Jepson,C email 2007}) (12. f4 c6 $1 {[%cal Rd7a7]}
13. Be3 exf4 14. Rxf4 f6 15. Rxg4 Nh6 16. Rg3 fxg5 17. Rxg5 Qe6 18. Qd4 Nf7 19.
Rf5 Ne5 20. Bf4 Be7 21. Nc3 Bf6 22. Qb6 O-O $15 {Bracker,F (2389)-Trent,L 
(2437) Hamburg 2014}) 12... c6 $5 13. c4 b4 14. c5 (14. f4 f6 15. fxe5 dxe5 16.
Qxd7+ Kxd7 17. Rd1+ Ke7 18. Bd2 {Peters,J (2377)-Taylor,T (2279) Los Angeles
2011} c5 19. Ra5 fxg5 20. Rxc5 Ke6 21. Rc6+ Kd7 22. Rg6 Kc7 23. Be3 Nf6 $132)
14... f6 {and now probably the most testing is} 15. Nd2 $1 (15. Rd1 fxg5 16.
Bxg5 Nf6 17. cxd6 Rd8 18. Rxa6 Bxd6 19. Nd2 Qf7 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 {1/2, Gharamian,
T (2647)-Demuth,A (2515) Lille 2015} 21. Nf1 Be7 22. Qc2 Rxd1 23. Qxd1 Bc5 $36)
15... fxg5 16. Nc4 Qe6 17. Rd1 (17. Bxg5 $5 Qg6 18. Nxd6+ Bxd6 19. Qxd6 Qxd6
20. cxd6 Rh5 21. Bd2 Nf6 22. f3 $14) 17... dxc5 18. Bxg5 Nf6 19. Nb6 (19. Bxf6
gxf6 20. Ne3 $44) 19... Rb8 (19... Ra7 $142 $1 20. Rxa6 Rxa6 21. Qxa6 g3 $13)
20. Rxa6 Be7 21. Nd5 $1 $16 {Popov,I (2632)-Sek,K (2463) Ekaterinburg 2013}) 6.
Bb3 Na5 {Black gets the bishop pair; the obvious drawback is he falls behind
in development. Agdestein has played this line a few times, probably
influenced by his older compatriot Svein Johanessen. It's definitely risky,
the defender must tread with care to survive the initial onslaught. However,
it's probably better than its reputation and this could have attracted
Ivanchuk to give it a try.} 7. d4 Nxb3 (7... f6 8. Be3 (8. Bxg8 Rxg8 9. Ne1 Qd7
10. f4 exd4 11. Qxd4 Bb7 12. Nc3 f5 13. a4 fxe4 14. axb5 axb5 15. Nxe4 Qf5 16.
Ng3 Qd5 17. Nf3 Kd7 18. Qf2 Nc6 19. Rxa8 Bxa8 20. Ng5 h6 21. N5e4 Be7 22. Qe2
Nd4 23. Qd1 h5 $36 {Arnason,J (2520)-Agdestein,S (2605) Espoo 1989}) 8... Ne7
9. Nbd2 (9. dxe5 fxe5 10. Nc3 Nxb3 11. axb3 Qd7 12. Qd2 Ng6 13. Nd5 Be7 14. Ng5
{Kostro,J-Sydor,A Poland 1972} Bd8 $5 $13 {[%cal Yh7h6,Yc7c6]}) 9... Nxb3 10.
axb3 Ng6 11. c4 Bd7 12. Qc2 Be7 13. Rfc1 O-O 14. b4 c6 15. Qc3 Qe8 16. Re1 Qf7
17. h3 d5 (17... Be6 $142 $5 $132) 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 fxe5
21. exd5 Qxd5 22. Bc5 Bxc5 23. bxc5 Bc6 24. f3 Rfe8 25. b4 Qd4+ 26. Qxd4 exd4
27. Rxe8+ Bxe8 28. Ne4 $16 {Giri,A (2758)-Narciso Dublan,M (2524) Linares 2014}
) 8. axb3 f6 9. Nc3 {Dominguez plays the most common developing move.} (9. c4 {
was once considered almost a refutation, but Agdestein's games prove Black's
position is quite viable after} b4 $1 ({Takes away the knight's best square.} 
9... Bb7 $143 10. Nc3 Ne7 11. Qe2 c6 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. Be3 Ng6 14. Rac1 b4 15.
Na4 c5 16. dxc5 dxc5 17. Qd3 Rb8 18. Nb6 $1 Be7 19. Nd5 Qc6 20. Qe2 Bd6 21. Rd3
Rc8 22. Rcd1 Bb8 23. Nd2 Qe6 24. Nf1 $36 {Fischer,R-Johannessen,S Havana 1966})
10. Be3 (10. Qd3 c5 11. dxc5 dxc5 12. Qxd8+ Kxd8 13. Be3 Kc7 14. Ne1 a5 15. Nd3
Kc6 16. f4 exf4 17. Bxf4 Ne7 18. Nd2 Ng6 19. Bg3 Be7 20. Rfd1 Bg4 21. Nf3 Rhd8
$36 {Timman,J (2635)-Agdestein,S (2605) Belgrade 1989}) (10. Nh4 Ne7 11. Be3 g6
12. Qd2 exd4 13. Bxd4 Bg7 14. Be3 a5 15. Bh6 O-O 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qe3 c5 (
17... Nc6 $13 {[%cal Rf6f5]}) 18. Nd2 g5 19. Nhf3 Ng6 20. Rfd1 Re8 21. Nf1 h5
22. Qd3 Ra6 23. Ne3 Nf4 $132 {Ernst,T (2465)-Agdestein,S (2560) Gausdal 1987})
10... Bb7 11. Nbd2 c5 12. dxc5 dxc5 13. Qe2 Bd6 14. Ne1 (14. Nh4 {Timman,J 
(2620)-Agdestein,S (2590) Brussels rpd 1992} Ne7 15. Nf5 O-O $14 {/=}) 14...
Ne7 15. Nd3 Qb6 (15... Rc8 $5 $11) 16. Qg4 f5 (16... O-O 17. Qe6+ Rf7 18. Nxc5
Bc8 19. Nb7 $1 $16) 17. exf5 O-O 18. f6 Rxf6 19. f3 Rg6 20. Qh5 Rf8 21. Ne4 Nf5
22. Rae1 {Topalov,V (2650)-Agdestein,S (2610) Biel 1993} Qd8 $5 $13) (9. Nh4
Ne7 10. f4 exd4 $1 (10... Bb7 11. d5 c6 12. c4 exf4 13. Rxf4 g5 14. Qh5+ Kd7
15. Rxf6 Qb6+ 16. Kh1 gxh4 17. Qf7 Rd8 18. Rxd6+ Kc8 19. Qe6+ Kb8 20. Rxd8+
Qxd8 21. Qe5+ $18 {Arnason,J (2540)-Agdestein,S (2560) Gausdal 1987}) 11. Qxd4
Bb7 12. Nc3 Qd7 13. Rd1 f5 14. Re1 fxe4 15. Nxe4 O-O-O 16. Bd2 Nc6 17. Qf2 Re8
18. Nf3 Qf5 19. Ng3 Rxe1+ 20. Qxe1 Qf7 21. Ng5 Qd5 22. Bc3 Nd8 23. Qf2 Be7 $132
{Alves,L-Petters Merino,O email 2000}) 9... Bb7 10. Nh4 ({Agdestein faced some
serious problems after} 10. Qe2 $5 Ne7 $142 (10... g6 11. dxe5 (11. Be3 {
[%cal Rc3b5]} c6 (11... Ne7 $142) 12. dxe5 fxe5 13. Ng5 Be7 14. f4 Bxg5 15.
fxg5 Qc7 16. Qf2 Qe7 17. Rad1 O-O-O 18. Bb6 Re8 19. Qf7 $18 {Pavlovic,M (2560)
-Agdestein,S (2578) Catalan Bay 2003}) 11... fxe5 12. Ng5 $1 Nf6 13. f4 Qe7 14.
fxe5 dxe5 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Bxd5 17. Ne4 Bg7 18. Bh6 $1 O-O-O 19. Bxg7 Qxg7
20. Rxa6 Bb7 21. Nc5 $3 Rd5 (21... Bxa6 22. Qe4 $18) 22. Qg4+ Kb8 23. Nxb7 Kxb7
24. Rfa1 $18 {Akopian,V (2600)-Agdestein,S (2610) Groningen 1993}) 11. Rd1 (11.
dxe5 dxe5 12. Rd1 (12. Nh4 Qd7 (12... g6 $5 13. Be3 Bg7 14. Rfd1 Qc8 15. Bc5
Qe6 16. Qd3 Kf7 {is similar to our game, Black equalised after} 17. Qd7 Rhc8
18. Rd3 Bc6 19. Qxe6+ Kxe6 20. Rad1 Bf8 21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. exd5+ Kf7 $11 {
Thomas,G-Przepiorka,D Frankfurt 1930}) 13. f4 Nc6 (13... b4 $13) (13... Ng6 $5)
14. Nd5 Bc5+ 15. Be3 Bxe3+ 16. Qxe3 O-O 17. Nf5 Kh8 18. Rad1 Rad8 19. c3 {
Beliavsky,A (2640)-Agdestein,S (2605) Aker Brygge 1989 1-0 (38) Beliavsky,A 
(2640)-Agdestein,S (2605) Aker Brygge 1989} exf4 20. Qxf4 Ne5 $132 {[%cal
Yd7f7]}) 12... Qc8 13. Be3 Ng6 (13... Kf7 14. Rd2 g6 15. Rad1 Bg7 16. Bc5 (16.
Ne1 $5 $36 {[%cal Ye1d3,Yd3c5]}) 16... Bc6 17. Bxe7 Kxe7 18. Nd5+ Kf7 19. Rd3
Re8 20. Rc3 Re6 21. b4 Bf8 22. Nd2 a5 23. bxa5 Rxa5 $11 {Liberzon,V-Zwaig,A
Reykjavik 1975}) 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. Rxd5 Bd6 (15... Be7 $5) 16. c4 Be7 $1 17. Qc2
c6 18. Rdd1 Kf7 19. Ne1 Rd8 20. Rxd8 Qxd8 21. Nd3 Nf8 22. b4 Ne6 23. Qb3 a5 24.
cxb5 cxb5 $132 {Sigfusson,S (2234)-Hudak,D (2294) email 2014}) 11... Qc8 12.
Be3 g6 (12... Ng6 $5) 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Bg7 16. c4 O-O 17. c5
c6 18. d6 Qe6 19. b4 Bc8 20. Qd2 Bd7 21. Bh6 $16 {Lonyuk,B (1063)-Jostov,K 
(1071) email 2012. Despite the suggested improvements here Black's position
hangs by a thread - which is perhaps too thin...}) 10... Ne7 (10... Qd7 $143
11. Nd5 Ne7 (11... Qf7 12. c4 c6 13. Ne3 Ne7 14. d5 cxd5 15. cxd5 g6 16. Bd2 f5
17. Rc1 Rc8 18. Rxc8+ Bxc8 19. exf5 gxf5 20. Bb4 f4 21. Bxd6 fxe3 22. fxe3 Qg7
23. Qc2 Bd7 24. Qc7 Qg5 25. Nf3 Qxe3+ 26. Kh1 Bg7 27. Re1 Qf4 28. Bxe7 Kxe7 29.
Nxe5 {1-0, Anand,V (2710)-Timman,J (2635) Linares 1993}) 12. Qh5+ Kd8 13. c4
Nxd5 14. cxd5 g6 15. Qf3 Be7 16. Qg3 c6 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. d5 Bb7 19. Be3 Ke8
20. f4 Rc8 21. Rf2 $16 {Short,N (2684)-Sulskis,S (2576) Bled olm 2002}) 11.
dxe5 {With the knight on h4 it's already not easy to retain the central
tension advantageously.} (11. Be3 g6 12. f4 $6 (12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Qf3 {can
transpose back to the game after} Qd6 14. Rfd1 Qe6) 12... exf4 13. Bxf4 Bg7 14.
Qe2 O-O 15. Nf3 Qd7 16. Rae1 Rae8 17. Qd2 f5 (17... b4 {[%cal Yf6f5]}) (17...
g5 $5 18. Bg3 h6 $36 {[%cal Yf6f5]}) 18. e5 Nd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. exd6 cxd6 $15
{Pavlov,M-Robatsch,K Halle 1963}) (11. f4 exd4 12. Qxd4 d5 13. e5 c5 $5 14. Qd3
(14. Qxc5 Ng6 15. Qf2 Nxh4 16. Qxh4 Bc5+ 17. Kh1 O-O $32 {[%cal Rd5d4]}) 14...
Qb6 15. Qh3 d4 16. Nd1 Bc8 17. Qf3 Qc6 18. Qe2 f5 19. c3 Be6 $13 {Neukirch,D 
(2295)-Johannessen,S (2279) Dresden 2002}) 11... dxe5 12. Qf3 Qd7 13. Rd1 Qe6
14. Be3 {Continues his development.} (14. Nd5 {is not quite clear after} Nxd5
15. exd5 Qf7 (15... Qd7 16. c4 Rb8 17. Be3 bxc4 18. bxc4 Bc8 19. h3 Kf7 20. Ra2
g6 21. Bd2 Bc5 $14 {/~~, Bach,W (2193)-Gunkel,W (2114) email 2011}) 16. c4 g6
$13 {Anand} (16... Be7 $6 17. Nf5 Rd8 18. Be3 g6 19. Nh6 $1 Qg7 20. Qg3 Bc8 21.
h4 Bd6 22. Qf3 Be7 23. Rac1 bxc4 24. bxc4 Rf8 25. c5 $40 {[%csl Re8] Anand,V 
(2505)-Agdestein,S (2565) WChJ Baguio City 1987})) 14... g6 ({A famous game,
included in most tactical puzzlebooks, went} 14... g5 $2 15. Nxb5 $1 axb5 16.
Qh5+ Qf7 (16... Ng6 17. Rxa8+ Bxa8 18. Nxg6 {/\} Qf7 19. Qg4 $18) 17. Rxa8+
Bxa8 18. Rd8+ Kxd8 19. Qxf7 gxh4 20. Qxf6 Rg8 21. f3 h3 22. g3 Ke8 23. Qxe5 $18
{Spassky,B-Taimanov,M Moscow 1955}) 15. Bc5 (15. b4 Bg7 16. Bc5 O-O ({Black
doesn't have to sacrifice an exchange,} 16... Kf7 $5 {is analogous to the game}
) 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Qf7 19. Bxf8 Bxf8 20. c3 f5 21. Qe3 e4 22. g3 Bxd5 23.
Ng2 Bd6 $14 {Krauss,H (2114)-Schoepe,H (2072) email 2010}) 15... Kf7 $1 $146 {
[%mdl 8] Ivanchuk wants to consolidate his position and improves on an earlier
game.} (15... Rc8 16. h3 Nc6 17. Nd5 $1 Bxc5 (17... Kf7 {is safer, but White
is still on top}) 18. Nxf6+ Ke7 19. Rd7+ Qxd7 20. Nxd7 Kxd7 21. Qf7+ Ne7 22.
Rd1+ Bd6 23. Nf3 Rce8 24. Nxe5+ Kc8 25. Qe6+ Kb8 {Paschall,W (2393)-Nikcevic,N
(2462) Belgrade 2001} 26. Nd7+ Ka7 27. Rxd6 cxd6 28. Nf6 $16) 16. Qe3 Bg7 17.
Bxe7 $6 {Premature simplification.} ({White still retains some pressure after} 
17. Rd3 {, although Black has reasonable chances to gradually neutralise it
with} Rhd8 18. Rad1 Rxd3 19. Qxd3 Re8 $14 {/=}) 17... Qxe7 (17... Kxe7 $2 18.
Qc5+) 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. Rxd5 Rhd8 $11 {Now Black has no problems whatsoever.}
20. Rxd8 (20. Qc5 Qxc5 21. Rxc5 Ra7 22. Nf3 Bf8 23. Rc6 a5 24. g4 Rd6 $11)
20... Rxd8 21. Nf3 Bf8 22. h3 ({The pawn is still indirectly protected -} 22.
Rxa6 $2 Rd1+ 23. Ne1 Qc5 24. Rxf6+ (24. Qe2 Qxc2 $19) 24... Kg8 (24... Kxf6 $2
25. Qf3+ $18) 25. Rxf8+ Qxf8 26. Qe2 Rb1 $17) 22... Qe6 {[%mdl 32] Having
equalized, Ivanchuk starts probing and presenting minor strategic and tactical
problems.} 23. Ne1 ({Dominguez stays put and spurns the comittal} 23. g4 $132 {
[%cal Yg4g5]}) 23... Rd4 (23... Qc6 $5 {[%cal Yf8c5] is also comfortable for
Black.}) 24. f3 $2 {Protecting the Pe4, but this is a tactical error.} (24. Nf3
Rd7 {admits the previous move wasn't ideal, but}) (24. c3 Rd6 25. b4 $11 {
was still quite OK.}) 24... Qd6 $2 {A sound move, occupying the only open file.
} ({However, both players overlooked} 24... Bc5 $17 {[%cal Rd4a4,Rd4d1] and
the discovered attack will win at at least an exchange by force!}) 25. Nd3 c5
26. Kf1 (26. Nf2 $11 {/\} Rd2 27. Rxa6 Qd4 28. Ng4 Rxc2 29. Rxf6+ Kg8 30. Rb6
$132) 26... Bg7 (26... c4 27. bxc4 bxc4 28. Ne1 Qc6 $15 {[%cal Yf8c5]}) 27. Qe2
{Conceding the c1-h6 diagonal was not necessary.} (27. Ke2 $5 c4 28. Nf2 $11)
27... Bh6 $15 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Gh6c1]} 28. Rd1 c4 29. bxc4 bxc4 30. Nf2 Ke7 (
30... Rxd1+ 31. Nxd1 Kg7 32. Nc3 Qb4 33. Nd5 Qxb2 34. Qxc4 $132) 31. Rxd4 Qxd4
32. Nd1 (32. c3 Qc5 (32... Qd2 33. Qxc4 Qc1+ 34. Ke2 Qxb2+ 35. Kf1 $132) 33.
Ng4 Bg5 34. h4 Bf4 (34... Bxh4 35. Qe3 $1 (35. Ne3 $11) 35... Qd6 36. Qa7+ Kd8
37. Qa8+ $11) 35. b4 $5 cxb3 36. Qxa6 Qxc3 37. Qb7+ $11 {more or less forces a
draw, but the text move is still playable.}) 32... Bc1 33. b3 $6 (33. c3 $6 Qd2
34. Qxd2 Bxd2 35. Ke2 Bc1 {[%csl Rb2] forces White to go for a dangerous pawn
endgame after} 36. Ne3 Bxe3 (36... Bxb2 37. Kd2 $11) 37. Kxe3 Kd6 {[%cal Rd6a4,
Ra4b3]} 38. h4 $1 h6 (38... h5 39. g3 Kc5 40. f4 Kb5 $2 41. f5 $18) 39. Kf2 (
39. g3 Kc5 (39... g5 40. h5 Kc5 41. Kd2 Kb5 42. Kc1 Ka4 43. Kc2 a5 44. g4 $11)
40. f4 Kb5 41. Kf3 Ka4 42. f5 (42. g4 $2 g5 $19) 42... g5 43. Kg4 Kb3 44. Kh5
Kxb2 45. Kg6 Kxc3 46. Kxf6 gxh4 47. gxh4 Kd4 48. Kg7 c3 49. f6 c2 50. f7 c1=Q
51. f8=Q $15) 39... Kc5 40. Kg3 Kb5 41. Kg4 Ka4 (41... h5+ 42. Kh3 Ka4 43. g4
Kb3 44. g5 fxg5 45. hxg5 Kxb2 46. f4) 42. h5 gxh5+ 43. Kf5 Kb3 44. Kxf6 Kxb2
45. Kxe5 (45. f4 $2 exf4 46. e5 h4 47. e6 h3 48. gxh3 f3 $19) 45... Kxc3 46.
Kf6 Kd4 47. e5 c3 48. e6 c2 49. e7 c1=Q 50. e8=Q $15) ({The text move also
isn't ideal; a stronger one was} 33. Nc3 $142 $1 Bxb2 34. Nd5+ Ke6 35. Qe1 $44
{[%csl Gd5][%cal Ye1a5,Ye1h4]} c3 $2 36. Qh4 Qd1+ 37. Kf2 Qxc2+ 38. Kg3 $36)
33... a5 $1 34. c3 $2 {Ivanchuk's incessant pressure pays off.} (34. g4 Kd6 $15
{is unpleasant, but the outcome still remains open.}) 34... Qd2 $1 $19 {
Forces a queen swap, after which the passed pawn promotes.} 35. Qxd2 (35. bxc4
Qxe2+ 36. Kxe2 a4 $19 {[%csl Ga4] is the final game position}) 35... Bxd2 36.
Ke2 Bc1 $1 37. bxc4 a4 0-1

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 51st"]
[Site "Varadero"]
[Date "2016.06.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kryvoruchko, Yuriy"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2016.06.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Be3 b6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. h4 Nc6 10. h5 f6 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. Bb5 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bd7
15. Qe2 Ne4 16. Bxd7 Qxd7 17. O-O Ng3 18. Qg4 Nf5 19. Ne2 Bc5 20. c3 Rf6 21.
Rf2 Raf8 22. Re1 Qa4 23. Bxc5 bxc5 24. Ng3 Nxg3 25. Qxg3 Qxa2 26. f5 h6 27.
fxe6 Rxf2 28. e7 Rf1+ 29. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 30. Kxf1 Qb1+ 31. Kf2 Qc2+ 32. Kg1 Qd1+
33. Kf2 Qd2+ 34. Kg1 Qd1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 51st"]
[Site "Varadero"]
[Date "2016.06.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2016.06.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 c5 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3
Ne4 9. Qc2 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Bxc3 11. Qxc3 d6 12. d4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 a6
15. h4 h5 16. Qf3 Ra7 17. a4 Qc7 18. Rfd1 Rc8 19. Nc2 Nd7 20. Ne3 Qb7 21. Qxb7
Rxb7 22. Nd5 Kf8 23. Nc3 Rc6 24. e4 e6 25. Rab1 Ke7 26. Rb2 Rc8 27. Re1 Rg8 28.
f4 Rc8 29. Re3 Rbc7 30. Kf3 Rc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 51st"]
[Site "Varadero"]
[Date "2016.06.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2016.06.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. g4 Be6 8. h4
Nd7 9. h5 Nh6 10. Be2 Nb6 11. b3 Bb4 12. Rc1 f6 13. f3 Nf7 14. Bd3 Ng5 15. Kf2
O-O 16. Nge2 Rc8 17. Ng3 Re8 18. Nce2 Nd7 19. Nf5 Nf8 20. Bg3 Bf7 21. Bb1 Ba3
22. Rc3 Bb4 23. Rc2 Be6 24. Qd3 Bxf5 25. Qxf5 Bd6 26. Bh4 Rc7 27. Ng3 Rce7 28.
Re2 Nf7 29. Qd3 Nh6 30. Bc2 a5 31. Qd2 Qc7 32. Rg1 Kh8 33. Qd3 Re6 34. Rh1 c5
35. Kg2 b5 36. dxc5 Qxc5 37. Nf1 d4 38. Bf2 Qc6 39. Qxd4 Bc5 40. Qf4 Bd6 41.
Qd4 Bc5 42. Qf4 Re5 43. Bf5 Bd6 44. Rc2 Qa6 45. Qd4 Nxf5 46. gxf5 Rxf5 47. Bg3
Re6 48. h6 g6 49. e4 Rg5 50. Kf2 Nd7 51. Bxd6 Rxd6 52. Qe3 Ne5 53. Ng3 Kg8 54.
Rd2 Rxd2+ 55. Qxd2 Nf7 56. Rc1 Qe6 57. Qxa5 Nxh6 58. Qd8+ Kg7 59. Rc8 Ng8 60.
Ne2 1-0

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 51st"]
[Site "Varadero"]
[Date "2016.06.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2016.06.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. b3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Bb2 O-O
9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. Qc2 e6 11. e4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Qxe4 Qc7 14. Qe2 Rad8 15.
Rad1 c5 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qb2+ f6 19. b4 Ne4 20. Nd4 Qxc4 21.
Rfe1 e5 22. Bxe4 Bc8 23. Qa3 Rxd4 24. Rxd4 Qxd4 25. Qxa7+ Rf7 26. Qa3 Be6 27.
b5 f5 28. Bc6 f4 29. gxf4 Rxf4 30. Qe3 Kf6 31. a3 h5 32. f3 g5 33. Qxd4 Rxd4
34. Kf2 Bf5 35. Re2 Ke6 36. Ra2 Rc4 37. Rd2 Rc2 38. Rxc2 Bxc2 39. Kg3 Bd1 40.
Be4 g4 41. fxg4 Bxg4 42. h4 Kd6 43. Kf2 Kc5 44. Bc6 Kd4 45. a4 e4 46. a5 bxa5
47. b6 Bc8 48. b7 Bxb7 49. Bxb7 a4 50. Bc8 Kd3 51. Ke1 Ke3 52. Be6 a3 53. Ba2
Kf3 54. Bd5 Kg3 55. Ke2 Kxh4 56. Ke3 Kg3 57. Kxe4 h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 51st"]
[Site "Varadero"]
[Date "2016.06.19"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2016.06.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 Bd6 11. Nc3 Bxf4 12. gxf4 a5 13. e3 Na6 14. Rac1 Nb4
15. Rfd1 Ra6 16. Qe2 Nbd5 17. Nb5 Ne7 18. Nd2 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Nfd5 20. Nc4 Ng6
21. Kh1 Qe7 22. b3 Rd8 23. Rd2 Raa8 24. Rdc2 Nb4 25. Rd2 Nd5 26. Rdc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Danzhou 7th"]
[Site "Danzhou"]
[Date "2016.07.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2016.07.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Bxc4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 Nc6
8. O-O Nf6 9. e5 Nd5 10. Nb3 O-O 11. Nbxd4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 c6 13. Bb3 a5 14. Qf3
Be6 15. Qe4 a4 16. Bc2 g6 17. a3 Qb6 18. Rab1 Nc7 19. Qh4 Qc5 20. Rbd1 Qxe5 21.
Rfe1 Qc5 22. Qg3 Rad8 23. Qxc7 Rxd4 24. Qxb7 Rfd8 25. Rxd4 Rxd4 26. Qb8+ Kg7
27. Qg3 Rc4 28. Bd3 Rd4 29. h3 Bb3 30. Qe3 Qd6 31. Be2 c5 32. Qc3 Qf6 33. Qxc5
Rd2 34. Bf3 Rc2 35. Qb4 Rc4 36. Qd2 Rc2 37. Qb4 Rc4 38. Qd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Danzhou 7th"]
[Site "Danzhou"]
[Date "2016.07.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[PlyCount "186"]
[EventDate "2016.07.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4 6. Qc2 O-O 7. O-O d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. d4 Re8 10. Bf4 c6 11. a3 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nbd7 13. Rfe1 h6 14. Nd2 Nh5 15.
Be3 Nhf6 16. a4 Ng4 17. Nf1 Nxe3 18. Nxe3 Nf6 19. c4 Bc8 20. cxd5 cxd5 21. a5
Be6 22. Qa4 a6 23. axb6 Qxb6 24. Reb1 Qa7 25. Rc1 Rec8 26. h4 Rxc1+ 27. Rxc1
Qb6 28. Bf3 Rb8 29. Kg2 Qb4 30. Qxa6 Qxd4 31. Rd1 Qc5 32. Qd3 Re8 33. Kg1 Kf8
34. Rd2 Qa5 35. Qd4 Rc8 36. Kg2 Qc3 37. Rd3 Qxd4 38. Rxd4 Rc5 39. Rf4 Ke7 40.
Nf5+ Bxf5 41. Rxf5 Ke6 42. Rf4 Rc4 43. e3 Ke5 44. Be2 Rxf4 45. gxf4+ Ke4 46.
Bb5 d4 47. Bc6+ Kd3 48. Kf3 Kc3 49. exd4 Kxd4 50. Ba4 Ne4 51. Bc2 Nc5 52. Bh7
Kd5 53. Ke3 Ke6 54. Bc2 Nb7 55. Bb3+ Kf6 56. Kf3 Nd6 57. Kg4 Ne4 58. Bc2 Nc3
59. Kf3 Nb5 60. Kg4 Nd4 61. Bd3 Ke7 62. Kg3 Kf6 63. Kg4 Ne6 64. Kf3 g6 65. Kg4
Ng7 66. Bc4 h5+ 67. Kh3 Nf5 68. Ba2 Ke7 69. Bb3 Nd4 70. Bc4 Kf6 71. Kg3 Nf5+
72. Kh3 Nd6 73. Bd5 Nb5 74. Kg3 Nc3 75. Bc4 Ne4+ 76. Kg2 Nd6 77. Bd5 Ke7 78.
Kh3 Nf5 79. Bc4 Nh6 80. Kg3 Kd6 81. Kf3 Kc5 82. Ba2 Kd4 83. Bb3 Kc3 84. Ba2 Kd4
85. Bb3 f6 86. Bc2 Nf5 87. Bxf5 gxf5 88. Ke2 Ke4 89. f3+ Kxf4 90. Kf2 Ke5 91.
Ke3 Kd5 92. Kf4 Ke6 93. Ke3 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Danzhou 7th"]
[Site "Danzhou"]
[Date "2016.07.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2016.07.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Rc1 c5 11. Qe2 Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. cxd5 Nxc3 14. Rxc3
Bxd5 15. e4 Bb7 16. b4 Rac8 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. b5 c4 19. Rxc4 Rxc4 20. Bxc4 Qb4
21. Rd1 Rc8 22. Rxd7 Rxc4 23. h4 Qxb5 24. Rd8+ Kh7 25. Kh2 Rb4 26. Qxb5 Rxb5
27. Nd4 Rb4 28. f3 Kg6 29. Nb3 Bc6 30. Rc8 Bb5 31. Rc7 Ra4 32. h5+ Kf6 33. e5+
Kf5 34. Kg3 g5 35. Nc1 a5 36. Rxf7+ Kxe5 37. Rh7 Rh4 38. Rxh6 a4 39. a3 Bc4 40.
Kf2 Rh1 41. Ne2 Ra1 42. Rg6 Bd3 43. Rxg5+ Kf6 44. f4 Rxa3 45. Ng3 Ra1 46. h6 a3
47. Rg7 a2 48. Nh5+ Kf5 49. h7 Rf1+ 50. Ke3 Re1+ 51. Kxd3 Rd1+ 52. Ke3 Re1+ 53.
Kf3 Rf1+ 54. Kg3 a1=Q 55. Rg5+ Ke4 56. Re5+ 1-0

[Event "Danzhou 7th"]
[Site "Danzhou"]
[Date "2016.07.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2016.07.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Ng6 7. Be3 Qc7 8.
Be2 Nxd4 9. Bxd4 Bd6 10. g3 O-O 11. c4 b6 12. Nc3 Be7 13. Rc1 Bb7 14. Bf3 Qxc4
15. Nd5 Qxa2 16. Ra1 Qc4 17. Rc1 Qa2 18. Ra1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Danzhou 7th"]
[Site "Danzhou"]
[Date "2016.07.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2016.07.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Ne7 6. c4 dxc4 7. dxc4 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 e4 9. Nd4 f5 10. Nc3 c6 11. f3 exf3 12. exf3 Na6 13. Be3 Kf7 14. Rd2 Re8
15. Rad1 Ng8 16. Kf2 Nf6 17. a3 Nc7 18. b4 Ne6 19. Nce2 a5 20. b5 Nxd4 21. Nxd4
c5 22. Nb3 b6 23. Nc1 Ra7 24. Bf1 h6 25. Rd8 Rae7 26. Rxe8 Kxe8 27. Ne2 Rd7 28.
Re1 Kf7 29. Nf4 g5 30. Nd3 Ne8 31. h4 Bc3 32. Rc1 Bf6 33. hxg5 hxg5 34. f4 g4
35. Ne5+ Bxe5 36. fxe5 Bb7 37. Be2 Ng7 38. Rd1 Rxd1 39. Bxd1 Ne6 40. Bf4 Kg6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Danzhou 7th"]
[Site "Danzhou"]
[Date "2016.07.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2016.07.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 Qa5 8.
O-O O-O 9. Bb3 d6 10. h3 Bd7 11. Re1 Rac8 12. Nf3 Rfd8 13. Nd5 Nxe4 14. Ng5
Nxg5 15. Bxg5 e6 16. Nf6+ Kh8 17. Ne4 Be8 18. Bxd8 Rxd8 19. Rb1 d5 20. Nd2 e5
21. Nf1 e4 22. Ne3 f5 23. Bxd5 f4 24. Nc4 Qxd5 25. Qxd5 Rxd5 26. Rxe4 Bf7 27.
Rxf4 Rd7 28. Re1 Bxc4 29. Rxc4 Bxb2 30. g3 Bd4 31. Kg2 Bb6 32. Re2 Kg7 33. h4
h5 34. a4 Rd5 35. Rf4 Bc5 36. Rfe4 a5 37. Re8 b6 38. Rc8 Ne5 39. Re4 Kf6 40.
Rf4+ Ke6 41. Re4 Bd6 42. f4 Rd2+ 43. Kf1 Kf5 44. fxe5 Kxe4 45. exd6 Rxd6 46.
Ke2 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Danzhou 7th"]
[Site "Danzhou"]
[Date "2016.07.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Wang, Yue"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2016.07.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Re1 Bg4 9. c4 Nf6 10. Nc3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nxd4 12. Qd1 dxc4 13. Bxc4 c5 14. Qa4+
Qd7 15. Qxd7+ Kxd7 16. Be3 Rhd8 17. Bxd4 cxd4 18. Bb5+ Kd6 19. Rad1 Kc5 20.
Re5+ Kd6 21. Ree1 Kc5 22. Re5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Danzhou 7th"]
[Site "Danzhou"]
[Date "2016.07.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2016.07.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Be7 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. e5 d5 13. f5 O-O 14. g4 b4
15. Ne2 Bd7 16. Ng3 fxe5 17. Qxe5 Bf6 18. Qe1 Re8 19. Qf2 Bh8 20. Nh5 Qg5+ 21.
Kb1 exf5 22. Bg2 Rad8 23. Bxd5 Bb5 24. Qxf5 Qxf5 25. gxf5 Be2 26. Rdg1+ Kf8 27.
Nf4 Bb5 28. Rg4 h5 29. Rh4 Re5 30. Rxh5 Bf6 31. Bf3 Rd4 32. Nd3 Bxd3 33. cxd3
Rxd3 34. Bd1 Rd2 35. Rh6 Kg7 36. Rh3 Rc5 37. Rb3 a5 38. Rg1+ Kf8 39. a3 Rc4 40.
a4 Rxh2 41. Rgg3 Rch4 42. Rgd3 Rh1 43. Rd6 Ke7 44. Rd2 Bg5 45. Rd5 R4h2 46. Ka2
Bf6 47. Bf3 Rf1 48. Re3+ Kf8 49. Kb3 Rxb2+ 50. Kc4 b3 51. Rd7 Bg5 52. f6 Bxf6
53. Bd5 Rf4+ 54. Kb5 Bh4 55. Kxa5 Bf2 56. Ree7 Bc5 57. Rxf7+ Rxf7 58. Rxf7+ Ke8
59. Rf3 Kd7 60. Kb5 Kd6 61. Bxb3 Bd4 62. a5 Ke5 63. Rh3 Rf2 64. Kc6 Rf6+ 65.
Kb7 Rd6 66. Rh5+ Kf4 67. Ba4 Rg6 68. Bd7 Rg7 69. Kc7 Be5+ 70. Kc6 Rg6+ 71. Kb5
Rg7 72. Bc6 Rg5 73. Rh4+ Kg3 74. Ra4 Bc3+ 75. Kb6 Bxa5+ 76. Rxa5 Rxa5 77. Kxa5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Danzhou 7th"]
[Site "Danzhou"]
[Date "2016.07.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2016.07.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. e3 e6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 Ne7 7. d5 exd5 8. cxd5
d6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Nge2 Nd7 11. O-O Ne5 12. h3 Bf5 13. g4 Bd7 14. Nf4 Nc8 15.
Re1 Re8 16. Rb1 h6 17. Bd2 Nc4 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. Bc1 N8b6 20. Ne4 f5 21. gxf5
Bxf5 22. Ne6 Bxe6 23. dxe6 Qxe6 24. b3 d5 25. bxc4 dxe4 26. c5 Nd5 27. Rxb7 Rf8
28. Qb3 Qf5 29. Kh1 Rd8 30. Qc2 Nf4 31. Bb2 Bxb2 32. Qxb2 Rd1+ 33. Kh2 Ne6 34.
Rb8+ Kf7 35. Rb7+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "TUR-chT"]
[Site "Izmir"]
[Date "2016.07.26"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Mamedov, Nidjat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2016.07.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hatay Buyuksehir"]
[BlackTeam "Onur Koleji Genc"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. c4 dxc4 6. Bxc4 Nf6 7. Qe2+ Qe7 8.
Qxe7+ Kxe7 9. O-O Be6 10. Re1 Kd7 11. Ne5+ Bxe5 12. dxe5 Bxc4 13. exf6 gxf6 14.
Nc3 Nc6 15. b3 Be6 16. Ne4 Rad8 17. Bb2 Ne7 18. Nc5+ Kc8 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Bxf6
Rhe8 21. Rxe6 Nd5 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. Bg5 Re2 24. Kf1 Rb2 25. Rd1 c6 26. Rd2 Rb1+
27. Ke2 a5 28. Kf3 b5 29. h4 Kd7 30. Kg4 a4 31. bxa4 bxa4 32. Kh5 Kd6 33. Rd4
Rb2 34. Rxa4 Rxf2 35. g4 Rf7 36. Kh6 c5 37. h5 Nc3 38. Rc4 Nd5 39. Bc1 Ra7 40.
a3 Rf7 41. a4 Nb4 42. Rf4 Ra7 43. Rf6+ Kd5 44. Rf5+ Kd4 45. Bb2+ Kc4 46. Bg7
Nc2 47. Kxh7 Ne3 48. Kg6 1-0

[Event "TUR-chT"]
[Site "Izmir"]
[Date "2016.07.27"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2016.07.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Deniz Su Aquamatch"]
[BlackTeam "Hatay Buyuksehir"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nb6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Be3 Nb4 8.
Be4 N4d5 9. Nc3 c6 10. Qf3 Be6 11. Nh3 h6 12. Nf4 Nxf4 13. Bxf4 Qd7 14. O-O Bc4
15. Rfe1 e6 16. b3 Bd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Qxd5 19. Qxd5 cxd5 20. Rec1 Kd7
21. Rc2 Ba3 22. Bc1 Be7 23. Bd2 Ba3 24. Bc1 Bb4 25. Bb2 Rhc8 26. Rac1 Rxc2 27.
Rxc2 b5 28. Kf1 Be7 29. Ke2 b4 30. Bc1 a5 31. f4 h5 32. g3 a4 33. bxa4 Rxa4 34.
Kd3 Bd8 35. Bd2 Ba5 36. Ke2 Bb6 37. Be3 f6 38. exf6 gxf6 39. Bf2 Bc7 40. Be3
Bb6 41. Bf2 Bc7 42. Be3 Bd6 43. h3 Ra3 44. g4 h4 45. Rb2 Ke7 46. Kf2 Kf7 47.
Ke2 Rc3 48. Kd2 Ra3 49. Ke2 Bf8 50. Kf2 Kg6 51. Ke2 Bh6 52. Rxb4 Rxa2+ 53. Kf3
Rh2 54. f5+ exf5 55. gxf5+ Kh5 56. Bxh6 Rxh3+ 57. Kf4 Kxh6 58. Rb6 Kg7 59. Rb7+
Kf8 60. Kg4 Rg3+ 61. Kxh4 Rg5 62. Rd7 Rxf5 63. Kg4 Rg5+ 64. Kf4 Ke8 65. Rh7 Kf8
66. Rd7 Kg8 67. Kf3 Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "TUR-chT"]
[Site "Izmir"]
[Date "2016.07.28"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Can, Emre"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2016.07.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hatay Buyuksehir"]
[BlackTeam "Istanbul Teknik Uni"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

1. e4 d6 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nxd5 5. d4 e6 6. Be2 c5 7. c4 Nf6 8. Nc3
cxd4 9. Qxd4 Bd7 10. a3 Nc6 11. Qd3 Be7 12. Be3 O-O 13. O-O Qb8 14. Rad1 Rd8
15. Qc2 Be8 16. h3 Rxd1 17. Rxd1 b6 18. b4 Qb7 19. f5 Rd8 20. fxe6 Rxd1+ 21.
Qxd1 fxe6 22. Bd3 Qb8 23. Be2 Nh5 24. Qd2 Ne5 25. Bd4 Nc6 26. Bf2 Bd6 27. Ne4
Bf4 28. Qd3 Bg6 29. Qd7 Qe8 30. Qxe8+ Bxe8 31. c5 bxc5 32. Bxc5 Bg6 33. Neg5
Bc1 34. b5 Na5 35. Nxe6 Ng3 36. Bd1 Ne4 37. Bxa7 Nc3 38. Ne5 Nxd1 39. Nxg6 hxg6
40. Bc5 Nc3 41. Bb4 Nxb5 42. Bxa5 Bxa3 43. Kf2 Be7 44. Nf4 Kf7 45. Nd3 Bf6 46.
Bd2 Nd6 47. Kf3 Nf5 48. g3 Nd4+ 49. Ke4 Nf5 50. Bf4 Ke6 51. Nc5+ Kf7 52. g4 Ne7
53. Bg3 Bc3 54. Bf2 Bf6 55. Nd3 Ke6 56. Nf4+ Kf7 57. Bc5 Ng8 58. Nd3 Ke6 59.
Bb4 Bg5 60. Bc3 Bf6 61. Be1 Ne7 62. Nf4+ Kf7 63. Bf2 Bg5 64. Nd3 Bf6 65. Bg1
Ke6 66. Nf4+ Kf7 67. Bc5 Ng8 68. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "TUR-chT"]
[Site "Izmir"]
[Date "2016.07.29"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Sadzikowski, Daniel"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2016.07.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Akdeniz Vida Metal"]
[BlackTeam "Hatay Buyuksehir"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Bf4 Bd7 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. f3 d5 12. Qe1 Bb4 13. a3 Ba5 14. b4 Bb6
15. exd5 Bxd5 16. Be5 O-O 17. Qh4 Be3+ 18. Kb2 Bg5 19. Qd4 Bc6 20. a4 Qxd4 21.
Bxd4 Rfc8 22. Kb3 Nd7 23. a5 Rc7 24. Ne4 Bxe4 25. fxe4 Bf6 26. c4 Bxd4 27. Rxd4
Kf8 28. Be2 Ke7 29. Rhd1 Rac8 30. c5 Ne5 31. Rd6 h5 32. Bxa6 bxa6 33. Rxa6 Nd7
34. Ka4 Nf6 35. Rd4 e5 36. Rc4 Rd7 37. Rd6 Rcd8 38. Rxd7+ Kxd7 39. b5 Kc8 40.
c6 Rd1 41. b6 Ne8 42. Rc5 Nd6 43. Rd5 Ra1+ 44. Kb3 Nxe4 45. Rxe5 Nf6 46. Kb4
Ra2 47. Kb5 Rxg2 48. Re7 Rg5+ 49. Ka6 Rc5 50. c7 1-0

[Event "TUR-chT"]
[Site "Izmir"]
[Date "2016.07.29"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Zhigalko, Sergei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2016.07.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Maras Spor Dernegi"]
[BlackTeam "Hatay Buyuksehir"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. d4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. O-O Nge7 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 a6 10. Nb3 Bd6 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. Qd4 O-O 13. Bf4 Nf5 14. Qa4
Rb8 15. Rad1 Qc7 16. Bxd6 Nxd6 17. Qf4 Be6 18. Rfe1 c5 19. Ng5 Rfe8 20. c4 dxc4
21. Nxe6 Rxe6 22. Rxe6 fxe6 23. Nd2 Rd8 24. Nf1 Qf7 25. Qe3 Qf5 26. Ng3 Qf6 27.
Qxc5 Nb5 28. Rxd8+ Qxd8 29. Qxc4 Qd1+ 30. Qf1 Qc2 31. h3 Qxb2 32. Qc4 Kf7 33.
a4 Nc3 34. Qc7+ Kg6 35. Qe5 Kf7 36. Qc7+ Kg6 37. Qe5 Kf7 38. Kh2 Qb4 39. Nh5
Ke7 40. Qc7+ 1-0

[Event "TUR-chT"]
[Site "Izmir"]
[Date "2016.07.30"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2016.07.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hatay Buyuksehir"]
[BlackTeam "Besiktas Jimnastik"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15.
b3 a5 16. a3 c6 17. Bg5 h6 18. Be3 exd4 19. cxd4 c5 20. Qd2 Kh7 21. Rad1 Rc8
22. d5 Bg7 23. Qe2 Ba6 24. Rc1 Qb6 25. Bd3 Qb7 26. Rb1 Qc7 27. b4 axb4 28. axb4
cxb4 29. Rxb4 Nc5 30. Reb1 Nxd3 31. Qxd3 Nd7 32. Qa3 Ra8 33. Rc1 Nc5 34. Bd4
Qe7 35. Bxg7 Kxg7 36. Nd4 Kh7 37. Qf3 Kg8 38. Rc2 Bb7 39. Rxb5 h5 40. Qf4 Bxd5
41. exd5 Ra1+ 42. Kh2 h4 43. Nh5 gxh5 44. Re2 Ne4 45. Nf5 Qe5 46. Rxe4 1-0

[Event "TUR-chT"]
[Site "Izmir"]
[Date "2016.07.31"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Savchenko, Boris"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2016.07.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "TS Alyans"]
[BlackTeam "Hatay Buyuksehir"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Bc2
d5 9. Nbd2 Re8 10. a4 Bf8 11. a5 b5 12. axb6 cxb6 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Re1 Bb7 15.
Bb3 Re7 16. Nc4 Qc7 17. Ne3 Nf6 18. Ng5 Rd8 19. Qe2 Na5 20. Ba2 h6 21. b4 hxg5
22. bxa5 b5 23. Nf5 Red7 24. Bxg5 Qc6 25. f3 Rxd3 26. Qxe5 Rxf3 27. gxf3 Qxf3
28. Bxf7+ Kh8 29. Nh4 Bc5+ 30. Be3 Qh1+ 31. Kf2 Rd2+ 32. Re2 Ne4+ 0-1

[Event "TUR-chT"]
[Site "Izmir"]
[Date "2016.08.02"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2016.07.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hatay Buyuksehir"]
[BlackTeam "Kayseri Seker"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Ng6 7. Be3 Be7 8.
Be2 O-O 9. c4 b6 10. Nc3 Bb7 11. Nb3 f5 12. exf5 Rxf5 13. f4 Rf7 14. g3 Nb4 15.
Qd2 Na6 16. Rad1 Nc5 17. Nb5 Qc8 18. Nxc5 Bxc5 19. b4 Bf8 20. Nd6 Bxd6 21. Qxd6
Be4 22. Rf2 Qb7 23. a4 Rd8 24. c5 bxc5 25. Bxc5 Ne7 26. a5 Qa8 27. g4 h5 28. f5
hxg4 29. fxe6 Rxf2 30. Kxf2 Nf5 31. Qe5 d6 32. Bxd6 Qc6 33. e7 Re8 34. Bc5 Qh6
35. Qxe4 Qxh2+ 36. Ke1 Qh4+ 37. Kd2 Nxe7 38. Bc4+ 1-0

[Event "TUR-chT"]
[Site "Izmir"]
[Date "2016.08.03"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2016.07.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Turk Hava Yollari"]
[BlackTeam "Hatay Buyuksehir"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Nc3 b5 8. Be2
Ra7 9. dxc5 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Bxc5 11. Nd2 Be7 12. Nb3 Bd7 13. a3 Bc6 14. f3 O-O
15. e4 Nbd7 16. Be3 Rc7 17. Rac1 Rfc8 18. Na2 Bb7 19. Rxc7 Rxc7 20. Nb4 Kf8 21.
Na5 Bc8 22. Nbc6 Bc5 23. Kf2 Ne8 24. Rd2 f6 25. f4 Nd6 26. Kf3 Nb7 27. Bxc5+
Ndxc5 28. Ke3 Nd7 29. Nd4 Nd8 30. h4 Ke7 31. g4 h6 32. h5 Nb6 33. Rc2 Rxc2
1/2-1/2

[Event "TUR-chT"]
[Site "Izmir"]
[Date "2016.08.03"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2016.07.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hatay Buyuksehir"]
[BlackTeam "Tarsus Zeka"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. f3 e5 4. d5 Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. Nc3 c6 7. Be3 a6 8. Rc1 Qa5
9. a3 Nbd7 10. Bd3 cxd5 11. cxd5 b5 12. Qd2 Bb7 13. Nge2 Rfc8 14. O-O Qd8 15.
g3 Qe8 16. b4 Qd8 17. a4 bxa4 18. Nxa4 Ne8 19. Nb2 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 a5 21. b5 Nc5
22. Bc2 Bc8 23. Nc4 Bd7 24. Rb1 Nc7 25. Bxc5 Bxb5 26. Nb6 dxc5 1-0

[Event "TUR-chT"]
[Site "Izmir"]
[Date "2016.08.04"]
[Round "12.3"]
[White "Rakhmanov, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2016.07.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tas Duvar"]
[BlackTeam "Hatay Buyuksehir"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c6 3. e3 Qb6 4. Qc1 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. c4 e6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nc3
Nd7 9. Nge2 Bg6 10. Ng3 Ne7 11. Be2 Nf5 12. Nxf5 Bxf5 13. Bg4 Bg6 14. Bxd7+
Kxd7 15. O-O Rd8 16. e4 dxe4 17. d5 c5 18. d6 Bxd6 19. Rd1 Ke6 20. Nxe4 Bxf4
21. Qxf4 Bxe4 22. Qxe4+ Kf6 23. Qf4+ Kg6 24. h4 f6 25. h5+ Kf7 26. Qc4+ Qe6 27.
Qxc5 b6 28. Qc7+ Qe7 29. Qc4+ Qe6 30. Qc7+ Qe7 31. Qc4+ Qe6 32. Qa4 Qe7 33. Re1
Qd7 34. Qb3+ Qd5 35. Rac1 1-0

[Event "TUR-chT"]
[Site "Izmir"]
[Date "2016.08.05"]
[Round "13.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ozen, Bahadir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2306"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2016.07.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hatay Buyuksehir"]
[BlackTeam "Bogazici Universitesi"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. Nxd4
e5 9. Nb3 dxc4 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. Na5 e4 12. Nxc4 Nc6 13. b3 Bf5 14. Bb2 Nd4 15.
Rfd1 Bb4 16. Kf1 Nc2 17. Rac1 e3 18. Bxb7 Rab8 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Rd1 Rb8 21.
Bf3 exf2 22. Kxf2 Bc5+ 23. e3 Re8 24. Nd5 Ne4+ 25. Kg2 Ng5 26. Be2 Be4+ 27. Kf2
Nh3+ 28. Kf1 h5 29. Bxh5 Re6 30. Nc7 Rc6 31. Rd7 Nxe3+ 32. Nxe3 Bxe3 33. Bxf7+
Kh7 34. Bc4 Kh6 35. Bxg7+ Kh5 36. Nd5 1-0

[Event "CRO-chT1A 25th"]
[Site "Sibenik"]
[Date "2016.10.08"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2016.10.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Zagreb Zagreb"]
[BlackTeam "Osijek"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O b6 8. dxc5
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Bxc5 11. b3 Bb7 12. Bb2 Nc6 13. Kf1 Rfd8 14. Ke2 Be7
15. Rxd8+ Rxd8 16. Rd1 Rxd1 17. Nxd1 Kf8 18. Nc3 h6 19. h3 Nd7 20. Ne4 Nb4 21.
Nc3 Nc6 22. Bb5 Nc5 23. Kd2 Nb4 24. Bf1 Nd5 25. Kc2 Nxc3 26. Bxc3 Be4+ 27. Kd1
Nd3 28. Bxd3 Bxd3 29. Ne5 Be4 30. f3 Bb7 31. Nd3 Ba6 32. Kd2 f6 33. e4 e5 34.
Ke3 Kf7 35. h4 h5 36. Bb4 Bxd3 37. Bxe7 Bf1 38. Bd6 Bxg2 39. Bb8 a6 40. Bc7 b5
41. f4 exf4+ 42. Kxf4 Ke6 43. b4 Bh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-chT1A 25th"]
[Site "Sibenik"]
[Date "2016.10.09"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Banusz, Tamas"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D73"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2016.10.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Slavonski Brod"]
[BlackTeam "Zagreb Zagreb"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 Nf6 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O cxd4 7. Nxd4 d5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nb5 Be6 10. Nd4 Bxd4 11. Qxd4 Nc6 12. Qa4 Qb6 13. Nc3 Rfd8 14.
Bxd5 Bxd5 15. b3 Nd4 16. Be3 Bc6 17. Qa3 Qc7 18. Bxd4 Rxd4 19. Qc5 Rd6 20. Rfd1
b6 21. Qe3 Re6 22. Qd4 Rc8 23. Rd3 Bb7 24. Rc1 Rc6 25. Qh4 b5 26. b4 a5 27. a3
f6 28. Qh6 axb4 29. axb4 Rc4 30. Qd2 Rxb4 31. Rd1 Rc4 32. Rd7 Qe5 33. Rxb7 Rxc3
34. Qd5+ Qxd5 35. Rxd5 R3c7 36. Rxc7 Rxc7 37. Rxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-chT1A 25th"]
[Site "Sibenik"]
[Date "2016.10.10"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ivanisevic, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D51"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2016.10.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Zagreb Zagreb"]
[BlackTeam "Kastel Novi"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 Be7 7. Qc2 c5 8. dxc5
Qa5 9. a3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qxc5 11. Be2 O-O 12. Rc1 Ne5 13. Nf3 Bd7 14. Nxe5 Qxe5
15. Bf3 Bc6 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. O-O Rfd8 18. h3 Qh5 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Ne4 Qf5 21.
b4 Bb2 22. Rb1 Be5 23. Rfc1 Rac8 24. Nc5 Bc7 25. Qxf5 exf5 26. Kf1 Bb6 27. Nb3
Rd5 28. a4 a6 29. Rc3 Kf8 30. Rbc1 Rd6 31. b5 axb5 32. axb5 Ke7 33. bxc6 Rd5
34. Ke2 Kd6 35. Rc4 Rc7 36. R1c3 g6 37. Kf3 Rc8 38. Kf4 Rc7 39. h4 Rc8 40. Nd4
Kc7 41. Rb3 Ra8 42. h5 Ra6 43. Rb5 Rd6 44. Re5 Kd8 45. Nb5 Rd2 46. c7+ Bxc7 47.
Rxc7 Rxf2+ 48. Kg3 Raa2 49. Rd5+ Ke8 50. Nd6+ Kf8 51. Rxf7+ Kg8 52. Rb5 Rxg2+
53. Kf4 Ra8 54. Rbb7 gxh5 55. Nxf5 Rg4+ 56. Kf3 1-0

[Event "CRO-chT1A 25th"]
[Site "Sibenik"]
[Date "2016.10.11"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Fedorchuk, Sergey A"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2016.10.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Vukovar 91"]
[BlackTeam "Zagreb Zagreb"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. a4 g6 7. d4 exd4 8. Nxd4
Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Bg7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Qd3 Re8 12. Ba2 Be6 13. Bxe6 Rxe6 14. f3 c6
15. Bf4 d5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. Kh1 Qf6 19. Bd2 Qxb2 20. Rab1 Qa2
21. Rxb7 Rc8 22. Rxa7 Rxc2 23. Bf4 Ree2 24. Qb5 d4 25. Ra8+ Kh7 26. Qb8 g5 27.
Qg8+ Kg6 28. Ra6+ f6 29. Qxa2 Rxa2 30. Bg3 h5 31. f4 h4 32. f5+ Kh7 33. Bc7 d3
34. Rd6 h3 35. Rd1 Rad2 36. Ra1 Rc2 37. Rd7 d2 0-1

[Event "CRO-chT1A 25th"]
[Site "Sibenik"]
[Date "2016.10.12"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Repka, Christopher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2473"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2016.10.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Zagreb Zagreb"]
[BlackTeam "Zagreb Mladost"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nge2 Re8 8.
O-O Nbd7 9. f3 c5 10. a3 Ba5 11. dxc5 Bxc3 12. Nxc3 Nxc5 13. Bc2 b6 14. Rf2 Ba6
15. b4 Ne6 16. Rd2 Qe7 17. Ba4 Red8 18. Ne2 Bc4 19. Ng3 Nc7 20. Qe1 a5 21. Bb2
axb4 22. Nf5 Qe6 23. Nd4 Qd6 24. Nf5 Qe6 25. Nd4 Qd6 26. axb4 b5 27. Nf5 Qe6
28. Bc2 Rxa1 29. Bxa1 Ra8 30. Bb2 Nce8 31. Qh4 Nd6 32. Nxd6 1-0

[Event "CRO-chT1A 25th"]
[Site "Sibenik"]
[Date "2016.10.13"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2016.10.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Solin Cemex"]
[BlackTeam "Zagreb Zagreb"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 f5 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 c6 8. Rb1 a5
9. Qb3 Kh8 10. Rd1 Qe8 11. Na4 Ra6 12. c5 Ne4 13. Ng5 d5 14. Nf3 Nd7 15. Bf4 h6
16. Ne5 Nexc5 17. Nxc5 Nxc5 18. dxc5 g5 19. e3 Ra8 20. Re1 e6 21. Rbd1 Bf6 22.
Rd4 Rg8 23. Ra4 Qe7 24. Nd3 e5 25. Bxe5 Bxe5 26. Nxe5 Qxe5 27. Rc1 Qc7 28. Qc3+
Kh7 29. Bf1 Rf8 30. Bd3 Kg8 31. h4 Be6 32. Kg2 Qg7 33. Qxg7+ Kxg7 34. Rc3 f4
35. exf4 gxf4 36. gxf4 Kf6 37. Bc2 Rfd8 38. Rd4 Rab8 39. b3 Rg8+ 40. Rg3 b5 41.
cxb6 Rxb6 42. Ra4 Rb5 43. f5 Rc5 44. fxe6 Rxg3+ 45. fxg3 Rxc2+ 46. Kf3 Kxe6 47.
Rxa5 Ke5 48. Ra8 Rc3+ 49. Kg4 h5+ 50. Kxh5 Rxg3 51. b4 d4 52. a4 d3 53. Rd8 Ke4
54. a5 Ke3 55. a6 Rg7 56. Re8+ Kd4 57. Rd8+ Ke3 58. Re8+ Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-chT1A 25th"]
[Site "Sibenik"]
[Date "2016.10.14"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Saric, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2016.10.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Zagreb Zagreb"]
[BlackTeam "Rijeka Liburnija"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Kh1 Nc6 10. Be3 Be6 11. f3 a5 12. Nd2 Rc8 13. Nc4 Nd4 14. Bxd4 Bxc4 15.
Be3 Be6 16. Bd3 d5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Qxd5 19. Qe2 a4 20. b3 Qa5 21. Bd2
Qc7 22. Qe4 f5 23. Qxa4 Rfd8 24. Be3 Ra8 25. Qb5 Ra6 26. Bc4 Bxc4 27. bxc4 Rc8
28. Rfd1 Ra5 29. Qd7 Qxd7 30. Rxd7 Bc5 31. Bd2 Ra4 32. Bc3 Re8 33. f4 Bd4 34.
Bxd4 exd4 35. h3 Rxc4 36. Rb1 Rb8 37. Re1 Rc6 38. Ree7 Rg6 39. Rxd4 h6 40. Red7
Kh7 41. Rf7 Rc8 42. Rd2 Ra8 43. Rxf5 Rxa2 44. Rf7 b5 45. Rb7 Ra1+ 46. Kh2 Rf1
47. g3 Rf3 48. Rg2 Rc6 49. Rxb5 Rfc3 50. Rb2 h5 51. Rd2 h4 52. gxh4 Rf3 53. Rb7
Rxf4 54. Rg2 Kh6 55. Rgxg7 Rf2+ 56. Kg3 Rfxc2 57. Rh7+ Kg6 58. h5+ Kf5 59.
Rbf7+ Rf6 60. Rfg7 Rcc6 61. Kh4 Rh6 62. Rg5+ Kf4 63. Ra7 Rhd6 64. Ra4+ Kf3 65.
Rg3+ Kf2 66. Ra2+ Kf1 67. Rf3+ Kg1 68. Kg3 Rd1 69. Rg2+ Kh1 70. Rgf2 Rg1+ 71.
Kh4 Rcc1 72. h6 Rc6 73. Rf6 Rc4+ 74. R2f4 Rc3 75. h7 1-0

[Event "CRO-chT1A 25th"]
[Site "Sibenik"]
[Date "2016.10.15"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Bekker Jensen, Simon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2016.10.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Zagreb Zagreb"]
[BlackTeam "Split Brda"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nge2 e5 7. h3 Nc6 8. Be3
Re8 9. O-O exd4 10. Nxd4 Bd7 11. Re1 a6 12. a4 Nb4 13. Qd2 c5 14. Nb3 Bc6 15.
Rad1 Nd7 16. f4 Qc7 17. Bf2 Nb6 18. Na5 Bxa4 19. Qxd6 Rac8 20. Nxa4 Nxa4 21.
Qxc7 Rxc7 22. e5 Nxb2 23. Rb1 b6 24. Rxb2 bxa5 25. Ra1 f6 26. Rxa5 Rec8 27. Be4
fxe5 28. f5 gxf5 29. Bxf5 e4 30. Bxc8 Bxb2 31. Rxc5 Rxc5 32. Bxc5 Nxc2 33. Bxa6
Bd4+ 34. Bxd4 Nxd4 35. Kf2 e3+ 36. Kxe3 Nf5+ 37. Kf2 Nxg3 38. Kxg3 h5 39. Kh4
Kh8 40. Kxh5 Kg8 41. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-chT1A 25th"]
[Site "Sibenik"]
[Date "2016.10.16"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2016.10.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sesvete Sljeme"]
[BlackTeam "Zagreb Zagreb"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 dxc4 4. e3 c5 5. Bxc4 Nf6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. dxc5
Bxc5 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. a3 Ke7 11. b4 Bd6 12. Bb2 Rd8 13. Rfd1 b5 14. Bd3 Bb7
15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 f5 17. Bxc6 Bxc6 18. Ne5 Bb7 19. Bd4 Rac8 20. Rac1 a5 21.
Nd3 Be4 22. Nc5 Bd5 23. f4 Ra8 24. Rd2 axb4 25. axb4 Ra3 26. Kf2 Rda8 27. g3 g6
28. Rcc2 h6 29. h4 Rg8 30. Bb2 Raa8 31. Ke1 Kf7 32. Rh2 Rgc8 33. Bd4 Bxc5 34.
Rxc5 Rxc5 35. bxc5 b4 36. Rb2 b3 37. Kd2 Ke7 38. Kc3 Kd7 39. Kb4 Kc6 40. Rd2
Rb8+ 41. Kc3 Kb5 42. Rd1 Ra8 43. Rc1 Ra2 44. c6 Kxc6 45. Kb4+ Kd7 46. Rg1 Re2
47. Ka3 Ra2+ 48. Kb4 Rc2 49. Ka3 Kc6 50. Kb4 Rc4+ 51. Ka3 Kb5 52. Ra1 Rc2 53.
Bg7 h5 54. Bb2 Rg2 55. Bd4 Rxg3 56. Rc1 Bc4 57. Rh1 Rg2 58. Bb2 Bd5 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 1617"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2016.11.19"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Buhmann, Rainer"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2016.10.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hockenheim"]
[BlackTeam "Trier"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c6 7. Qc2 Be7 8.
e3 Nh5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. O-O-O Nb6 11. Kb1 g6 12. Bd3 Bg4 13. Rc1 Bxf3 14. gxf3
Qh4 15. Ka1 f5 16. Rhg1 Nf6 17. f4 Kf7 18. Rg2 Rae8 19. Rcg1 Re7 20. Nb1 Ne4
21. Bxe4 dxe4 22. Nd2 Kg7 23. f3 Nd5 24. Qb3 b5 25. fxe4 fxe4 26. f5 Rf8 27.
fxg6 h5 28. a3 Rf2 29. Nb1 a5 30. Rxf2 Qxf2 31. Rc1 Qxe3 32. Qd1 Qf3 33. Qxf3
exf3 34. Rf1 Re2 35. Rxf3 Rxh2 36. Nc3 Kxg6 37. Nxd5 cxd5 38. Rb3 h4 39. Rxb5
h3 40. Rb8 Rd2 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 1617"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2016.11.20"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Krassowizkij, Jaroslaw"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2016.10.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Trier"]
[BlackTeam "Griesheim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Qb6 8. Na4
Qc7 9. Nxc5 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Nxc5 11. Be2 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. c3 a5 14. Be3 b6 15.
Nd4 g6 16. Rc1 Ba6 17. Bxa6 Nxa6 18. Qf3 Qd7 19. h4 f6 20. Qh3 Bc5 21. h5 gxh5
22. f5 exf5 23. e6 Qc7 24. Rxf5 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 32nd"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "2016.11.06"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2016.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "JSV SISSA"]
[BlackTeam "Ashdod"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nb3 g6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. g4
h6 9. Be3 Nbd7 10. Qd2 b5 11. O-O-O Bb7 12. f3 Qc7 13. a3 Rc8 14. h4 Nb6 15.
Kb1 Nfd7 16. Bd4 Bxd4 17. Qxd4 O-O 18. Qe3 Kh7 19. Bd3 Ne5 20. h5 g5 21. Nd5
Nbc4 22. Qe2 Qd8 23. Nd4 e6 24. Bxc4 Rxc4 25. Ne3 Rc7 26. Rd2 Qf6 27. Rhd1 Rd8
28. Ka1 d5 29. exd5 Bxd5 30. Nxd5 Rxd5 31. Nb3 Qxf3 32. Qh2 Rxc2 33. Rxc2 Rxd1+
34. Ka2 Qe4 35. Qf2 Kg7 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 32nd"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "2016.11.07"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Lupulescu, Constantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2016.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ashdod"]
[BlackTeam "Timisoara Luxten"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ROU"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 d5 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b6 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Qe2 Nbd7 12. Rac1 h6 13. Bh4 Be7 14. Rfe1 Re8
15. Rcd1 a6 16. a4 Qc8 17. Bb3 Bc6 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Nd7 20. Bxe7 Rxe7 21.
Bc2 b5 22. axb5 axb5 23. Ne4 Bxe4 24. Bxe4 Rb8 25. Rc1 Qa6 26. Rc7 Qa5 27. Rec1
Qb4 28. Bd3 Nf8 29. R7c5 Reb7 30. g3 g6 31. Kg2 Nd7 32. Rc6 Kg7 33. Rd6 Ra7 34.
Rc2 Qa5 35. f4 b4 36. Qe3 Rc7 37. Rxc7 Qxc7 38. Be4 Qc5 39. Qd3 Nb6 40. Rc6 Qe7
41. b3 Nc8 42. Qc2 Qd8 43. Kh3 h5 44. Rc7 Ne7 45. Qc5 Qd1 46. Qxe7 Qg4+ 47. Kg2
Qe2+ 48. Kh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 32nd"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "2016.11.08"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2016.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ashdod"]
[BlackTeam "Zuerich SG"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. Be3 Be7 8. f4
O-O 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. g4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 e5 13. Qd3 exf4 14. Bxf4 Bxg4
15. Bxg4 Nxg4 16. Nd5 Qd8 17. Rhg1 Ne5 18. Bxe5 dxe5 19. Qg3 g6 20. Qxe5 Bh4
21. Qf4 Rc8 22. Rd3 Kh8 23. Qh6 Re8 24. Qf4 Rc4 25. Qxf7 Rcxe4 26. c3 Qa5 27.
Kb1 Qa4 28. Re3 Rxe3 29. Nxe3 Qe4+ 30. Nc2 Rd8 31. Rf1 Qd5 32. Nd4 Qxf7 33.
Rxf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 32nd"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "2016.11.09"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Petenyi, Tamas"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2016.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Dunajska Streda"]
[BlackTeam "Ashdod"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SVK"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e5 Nfd7 4. e6 fxe6 5. d4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bb5 g6 8. h4
Bg7 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Ng5 Nf6 11. h5 gxh5 12. Bf4 O-O 13. Be5 Qe8 14. Nf3 cxd4
15. Bxd4 e5 16. Bxe5 Qg6 17. Qe2 Bg4 18. O-O-O Bh6+ 19. Kb1 Nd7 20. Bg3 e5 21.
Qa6 Bf5 22. Nh4 Bxc2+ 23. Ka1 Qf6 24. Rde1 e4 25. Qe2 Bd3 26. Qxh5 Bg7 27. Qg4
Ne5 28. Bxe5 Qxe5 29. Rh3 Rf4 30. Qg3 Raf8 31. Ng6 hxg6 32. Qxg6 Qf6 33. Qh7+
Kf7 34. Qh5+ Qg6 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 32nd"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "2016.11.10"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D63"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2016.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ashdod"]
[BlackTeam "Siberia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Rc1 Nbd7 8. e3
c5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bxe7 Nxe7 11. Be2 b6 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. b4 Qxd1+ 14. Rxd1
Nd7 15. Nd4 a5 16. b5 Nc5 17. f3 Bb7 18. e4 Rac8 19. Kf2 e5 20. Nf5 Nxe4+ 21.
Nxe4 Nxf5 22. Nd6 Nxd6 23. Rxd6 Rc2 24. Rhd1 e4 25. R1d2 Rxd2 26. Rxd2 exf3 27.
gxf3 Ba8 28. Rd6 Rb8 29. Bc4 Kf8 30. Rd7 Rc8 31. Rxf7+ Ke8 32. Be6 Rc3 33. h4
g5 34. hxg5 hxg5 35. a4 Ra3 36. Kg3 Re3 37. Ba2 Ra3 38. Be6 Re3 39. Bc4 Rc3 40.
Be6 Re3 41. Bc4 Rc3 42. Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 32nd"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "2016.11.11"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Predojevic, Borki"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2016.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ashdod"]
[BlackTeam "Vaalerenga"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NOR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. Nc3 c6 7. Qb3 dxc4 8.
Qxc4 Nd7 9. Rd1 ({Another main continuation is} 9. e3 g6 10. Ne4 {This year
Levon Aronian has played it twice against Anish Giri.} (10. Be2 Bg7 11. O-O O-O
12. Rfd1 Qe7 (12... e5 {Carlsen,M (2710)-Onischuk,A (2650) 1-0 (38) Biel 2007,
annotated by M. Carlsen.}) 13. Ne4 Rd8 14. Qc2 f5 15. Nc3 e5 16. d5 e4 17. Nd4
Nb6 (17... Ne5 $1 18. dxc6 bxc6 19. Na4 Be6 $11) 18. dxc6 Bxd4 19. cxb7 Bxb7
20. Rxd4 Rxd4 21. exd4 {Ipatov,A (2625) -Cheparinov,I (2681) Baku 2015 1-0 (65)
. Black has merely some activity for the sacrificed pawn, but not full
compensation.}) 10... Qe7 11. Ne5 Qb4+ (11... Bg7 12. f4 O-O 13. Be2 Kh7 14.
O-O f5 15. Nxd7 Bxd7 16. Nc5 b6 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. Rac1 $14 {Sharafiev,A (2418)
-Riazantsev,A (2651) 1/2 (44) Sochi RUS 2016}) 12. Qxb4 Bxb4+ 13. Ke2 Be7 14.
f3 (14. f4 b6 15. Kf2 Bb7 16. Rd1 Rd8 17. Be2 O-O 18. Bf3 c5 19. Ng3 Nxe5 20.
dxe5 Ba6 $11 {Aronian,L (2792)-Giri,A (2798) 1/2 (37) Zurich SUI 2016}) 14...
Rg8 15. Rc1 f5 16. Nxd7 Kxd7 17. Nd2 b6 18. Kf2 Bb7 $11 {Aronian,L (2786)-Giri,
A (2793) Moscow RUS 2016 1/2 (42)}) 9... g6 10. a3 (10. g3 Bg7 11. Bg2 (11. Bh3
$5 {Prophylaxis against e5. It seems to me that Black can easily level the
game after} O-O 12. O-O Qe7 13. Rfe1 Rb8 14. e4 Rd8 $11 {White can't get any
benefits from his pawn centre and good development.} 15. Bg2 (15. e5 $6 b5 16.
Qe2 Bb7 17. Bg2 c5 $15) 15... e5 16. d5 Nb6 17. Qb3 cxd5 (17... Bd7 18. Rd2 (
18. a4 $6 Qc5 19. Rc1 Qa5 $15) 18... Rbc8 19. Red1 $13) 18. exd5 Bf5 19. h3 h5
20. Nd4 Bd7 21. Ndb5 Bxb5 22. Nxb5 Nc8 $11 {Neverov,V (2485)-Potkin,V (2605)
Jerusalem 2015 1/2 (42)}) 11... O-O 12. Qb3 Qe7 13. O-O b6 14. e3 Bb7 15. Nd2
Nf6 16. Rc1 (16. Nc4 Rfd8 17. a4 Rac8 18. a5 Ba6 19. axb6 axb6 20. Qa4 Bxc4 21.
Qxc4 $11) 16... Rfd8 17. Rfd1 Rac8 18. Nc4 c5 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. dxc5 Rxd1+ 21.
Qxd1 Rxc5 $15 {Ivanchuk,V (2746)-Navara,D (2654) Prague 2009 1-0 (43)}) (10. e4
e5 $1 {and Black hasn't any problems getting an equal position:} (10... Bg7 $6
11. e5 ({I don't think that you would consider} 11. a3 {which leads to the
game Ivanchuk,V-Predojevic,B}) 11... Qd8 12. Ne4 O-O 13. Bd3 ({It is worth
considering avoiding ...Qa5+:} 13. Qc3 $5 Qe7 14. Bd3 Nb6 15. O-O Nd5 16. Qc1
$14) 13... Qa5+ 14. Qc3 Qxc3+ 15. bxc3 c5 $6 16. Nxc5 Nxc5 17. dxc5 g5 18. h3
Bd7 19. Be4 Bc6 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21. Ke2 $16 {Ghaem Maghami,E (2556)-Richter,M 
(2473) 1-0 (42) Germany 2013}) 11. d5 Nb6 12. Qb3 Bc5 $1 13. Be2 O-O 14. O-O
Bg4 15. dxc6 bxc6 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 h5 18. Ne2 Rfd8 $11 {Moiseenko,A (2701)
-Eljanov,P (2719) 1/2 (38) Lvov 2014}) 10... Bg7 $146 {This leads to a new
position. Black has nothing to complain about concerning the results of the
opening after 10...Qe7:} ({White couldn't get any advantage after} 10... Qe7
11. e4 (11. Ne5 Bg7 12. Nxd7 Bxd7 13. e3 O-O 14. Be2 Rfd8 15. O-O b6 (15... b5
$1 16. Qb3 (16. Qb4 Qxb4 17. axb4 Bf8) 16... c5 17. dxc5 Qxc5 $15) 16. Bf3 Rac8
17. Qa6 Be8 $11 {Geler,A (2330)-Ivanovic, B (2415) 0-1 (29) Cetinje 2009})
11... e5 12. d5 Nb6 13. Qb3 Bg7 14. Be2 O-O 15. O-O Bd7 16. dxc6 (16. Nd2 $5
cxd5 17. exd5 Rac8 18. a4 e4 19. a5 (19. Ndxe4 Bxc3 20. Nxc3 Rxc3 21. Qxc3 Qxe2
22. b3 $44) 19... Rxc3 20. bxc3 Ba4 21. Qa2 Bxd1 22. Rxd1 Nd7 $11) 16... bxc6
17. Qc2 Rfb8 18. Nd2 a5 19. Rb1 h5 20. Nc4 Be6 $11 {Le,Q (2693) -Kasimdzhanov,
R (2684) 1/2 (27) Istanbul 2012}) 11. e4 O-O (11... e5 $1 {Despite the fact
that Black's dark-squared bishop is already on g7, so Black can't play ...Nb6
and ...Bc5 as Eljanov did against Moiseenko, I think that Black can equalise
after 11...e5:} 12. d5 O-O {is the simpliest way to equalise:} ({It seems to
me that 12...Nb6 isn't worse than 12...0-0:} 12... Nb6 $5 13. Qc5 Qe7 14. b4 (
14. d6 $6 {the d6-pawn is rather a weakness.} Qf6 15. Be2 O-O 16. O-O Rd8 17.
Rd2 Bf8 18. Rfd1 Be6 19. b4 (19. Nxe5 Bb3 $17) 19... Bb3 20. Rb1 Rxd6 $17)
14... Qxc5 15. bxc5 Nd7 16. Na4 Bf8 17. Rc1 Rb8 {with the idea ...cxd5 exd5 ...
b5} 18. Nd2 cxd5 19. exd5 b5 20. cxb6 Nxb6 21. Nxb6 axb6 $11) 13. dxc6 Qxc6 14.
Qxc6 (14. Nd5 {is a harmless continuation due to} Qxc4 15. Bxc4 Nf6 16. O-O Bg4
$11) 14... bxc6 {Black's pieces are much better developed and he has at least
equal chances.} 15. Be2 (15. Bc4 Rb8 16. Rd2 Nb6 17. Ba2 (17. Be2 Be6 18. O-O
Rfd8 $15) 17... Ba6 $36) (15. Rd6 Rb8 16. Na4 Nf6 17. Nd2 Ne8 18. Rd3 Nc7 19.
Nc4 Ne6 $11) 15... Rb8 16. Na4 Re8 17. Rc1 Nf8 18. O-O Ne6 $11) 12. e5 Qe7 13.
Ne4 {If Vassily manages to play Be2 and 0-0, his position will be much better.
It is quite obvious that Black shouldn't play ...f6, so Black has to aim for ..
.c5.} Rd8 $6 {Now Borki finds himself in a nasty position.} ({Black should
have tried to get some counterplay with} 13... c5 $1 14. Qc3 $5 {White wants
to force Black to take on d4:} (14. Be2 $6 {with the same idea. It doesn't
work due to} b5 $1 15. Qxb5 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Nxe5 $15) (14. Nxc5 $1 Nxc5 15. Qxc5
(15. dxc5 Bd7 16. Be2 Bc6 17. O-O Rac8 18. Rc1 Qc7 $11) 15... Qd8 16. Bd3 b6
17. Qc2 Bb7 18. Be4 Rc8 19. Qd3 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 Qc7 21. O-O Qc2 $44 {Black
should make a draw.}) 14... cxd4 15. Qxd4) 14. Qc3 Nb6 15. Bd3 Nd5 16. Qc1 Bd7
({The last chance to avoid a passive position is} 16... b6 $5 17. Qxc6 ({
Probably White shouldn't take on c6, but in this case Black can put his bishop
on b7, where it is quite active. Black can also sacrifice an exchange after
Nd6.} 17. O-O Bb7 18. Rfe1 c5 $5 19. dxc5 bxc5 20. Qxc5 (20. Nd6 Rxd6 21. exd6
Qxd6 $44) 20... Qxc5 21. Nxc5 Nf4 22. Nxb7 Rxd3 $44 {Black should make a draw.}
) 17... Bb7 18. Qc2 (18. Qc1 g5 $5 19. O-O (19. g3 $6 g4 20. Nh4 Rac8 21. Qd2
f5 22. exf6 Nxf6 $15 {Black will regain the d4-pawn}) 19... Nf4 20. Qd2 Nxd3
21. Qxd3 g4 22. Nf6+ $8 Bxf6 23. exf6 Qxf6 24. Ne5 Qg5 $11) 18... Nf4 19. O-O
Rac8 20. Qd2 g5 21. Bb1 Rc4 $44) 17. O-O $14 {White has completed his
development; his position is much better.} a5 {I'm not sure that Black needs
to push ...a5.} (17... Be8 $5 18. Rfe1 Rac8 19. h4 b6 20. b4 Ra8 {then ...a5.})
18. Rfe1 b6 19. h4 $1 c5 {Finally Borki played ...c5. He couldn't wait any
longer.} (19... Be8 $6 20. h5 g5 21. Bc4 Ra7 22. Nh2 $16 {seems to be
unpleasant for Black.}) 20. dxc5 bxc5 21. Nd6 $1 ({Black would have get some
compensation after} 21. Qxc5 Qxc5 22. Nxc5 Be8 23. Rd2 Rab8 $44) 21... Rab8 ({
Probably Black should have sacrificed an exchange after} 21... Ba4 $5 22. Rd2
Rxd6 $5 23. exd6 Qxd6 24. Qc4 Be8 25. h5 $14) 22. Qxc5 Rxb2 23. Be4 $16 Be8 $6
(23... a4 24. Bxd5 exd5 25. Qxd5 Be6 26. Qd4 Rdb8 {Black still has chances to
survive.}) 24. Qxa5 Bxe5 $2 {A blunder. In any case Black's position is very
difficult.} (24... Rdb8 25. Bxd5 exd5 26. h5 $1 $16) 25. Nxe5 $18 Rxd6 26. Bxd5
Rb5 (26... Rxd5 27. Rxd5 exd5 28. Qc3 Rb8 29. Nxg6 $18) 27. Qa8 $1 Rd8 {
The following lines are too easy for Ivanchuk.} (27... Kg7 28. Bf3 Rxd1 29.
Bxd1 $18) (27... Rbxd5 28. Nxg6 $1 fxg6 (28... Rxd1 29. Nxe7+ Kf8 30. Ng6+ $1
$18) 29. Rxd5 Rxd5 30. Qxd5 $18) 28. Nc6 Bxc6 29. Qxc6 Rc5 30. Rxe6 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 32nd"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "2016.11.12"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2811"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2016.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Padova"]
[BlackTeam "Ashdod"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 d5 7. exd6 Qxd6 8.
O-O Be6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Na3 dxc3 11. Qe2 Bxb3 12. Nb5 Qb8 13. axb3 e5 14. bxc3
Be7 15. Be3 Nd7 16. Rfd1 a6 17. Na3 Qc7 18. Nb5 Qb8 19. Na3 Bxa3 20. Rxa3 Qc7
21. Nh4 g6 22. Ra2 O-O-O 23. b4 Nb6 24. Rc1 Nd5 25. b5 axb5 26. Qxb5 Nxe3 27.
fxe3 e4 28. Ra8+ Nb8 29. Ra4 Rhe8 30. Rc4 Nc6 31. Ra1 Re5 32. Qa4 Rdd5 33. Qa8+
Kd7 34. g3 Qc8 35. Qa3 b5 36. Rxc6 Qxc6 37. Qa7+ Qc7 38. Qa8 Qc8 39. Qa3 Qc5
40. Qa8 Ke7 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Perez Ponsa, Federico"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bf4 d5 11. Qe3 Bb4 12. a3 Ba5 13. f3 O-O 14. e5 Nh5
15. Bxh6 gxh6 16. Qxh6 Ng7 17. Bd3 f5 18. g4 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Ra7 20. Rhg1 Qa5 21.
gxf5 exf5 22. Kd2 Rd8 23. Rg5 d4 24. Bc4+ Rd5 25. Qxc6 Qxc3+ 26. Ke2 Qe3+ 27.
Kf1 Qxf3+ 28. Ke1 Qe3+ 29. Kf1 Qf4+ 30. Kg2 Qxg5+ 31. Kh1 Bb7 32. Bxd5+ Kh7 33.
Qc5 Bxd5+ 34. Qxd5 Rc7 35. Rg1 Qf4 36. Qd6 Qe4+ 37. Rg2 Rc6 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C85"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Nd7 8.
Nbd2 O-O 9. Nc4 f6 10. Nh4 Re8 11. Nf5 Bf8 12. f4 exf4 13. Bxf4 Nc5 14. Nce3
Ne6 15. Bg3 Nd4 16. Kh1 Nxf5 17. Nxf5 Be6 18. b3 Qd7 19. Qf3 a5 20. a4 Bb4 21.
Be1 Bxe1 22. Raxe1 Bxf5 23. Qxf5 Qd6 24. Qf2 b5 25. Ra1 Re5 26. Ra2 b4 27. Raa1
c5 28. Rae1 Rae8 29. Re3 Rg5 30. Rf3 Ree5 31. h3 h5 32. Qe2 Qd7 33. Re3 Re8 34.
Rff3 Rge5 35. Rf4 Qd4 36. Rg3 Kf7 37. Rgf3 c6 38. Qf1 Qd6 39. Rf2 R8e6 40. Qe2
g6 41. Qe3 Kg7 42. Rf1 Rg5 43. Qf2 Qd4 44. Qh4 Qe5 45. R4f3 Rd6 46. Qe1 Re6 47.
Qd2 Qd6 48. Rf4 Qd4 49. Qe1 Qd6 50. h4 Rge5 51. g4 hxg4 52. Rxg4 f5 53. Rgf4
Re7 54. Qf2 fxe4 55. Rf7+ Kg8 56. Rf8+ Kg7 57. Qf7+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4
d6 9. Rd1 a6 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Qd2 O-O 12. Bf4 Ne8 13. Rac1 h6 14. b3 Qc7 15.
Ne1 Rd8 16. Nd3 Nef6 17. e4 Qb8 18. Qe2 Qa8 19. Re1 Rc8 20. Bd2 Rfd8 21. Rcd1
Bf8 22. Na4 Bc6 23. Nc3 Bb7 24. Na4 Bc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d3 dxe4 4. dxe4 Qxd1+ 5. Kxd1 Bg4 6. Be3 Nd7 7. Nbd2 e5
8. Bc4 Bc5 9. Ke2 Bxe3 10. Kxe3 Ngf6 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Nxf3 Ke7 13. Rhd1 Nb6 14.
Nxe5 Nfd7 15. Rxd7+ Nxd7 16. Nxf7 Rhf8 17. Ng5 b5 18. Bb3 a5 19. a3 Ne5 20. Ne6
Rfb8 21. Nxg7 a4 22. Nf5+ Kf6 23. f4 axb3 24. fxe5+ Kxe5 25. cxb3 c5 26. Rc1 c4
27. Nd4 Rc8 28. b4 c3 29. bxc3 Rxa3 30. Nxb5 Ra2 31. Rf1 Rxg2 32. Rf5+ Ke6 33.
Rh5 Rg7 34. Nd4+ Kf6 35. Rf5+ Ke7 36. Kd3 Rg3+ 37. Rf3 Rxf3+ 38. Nxf3 Rg8 39.
h4 Rg3 40. Ke3 Rg4 41. c4 h5 42. c5 Kd8 43. b5 Kc7 44. e5 Rc4 45. Nd4 Rc3+ 46.
Ke4 Rh3 47. Nf5 Rb3 48. b6+ Kb7 49. e6 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. d4 cxd4 10. Qa4+ Qd7 11. Qxd7+ Nxd7 12. Nxd4 N7f6 13. Ncb5 O-O 14. e4
Nb4 15. a3 Nd3 16. Rd1 Nc5 17. e5 Nd5 18. b4 Na4 19. Bxd5 Bxd5 20. Nc7 Rad8 21.
Nf5 exf5 22. Nxd5 Rde8 23. Bf4 Bd8 24. h4 Nb2 25. Rd4 b5 26. Kg2 a6 27. Re1 Re6
28. Rc1 Nc4 29. a4 h6 30. axb5 axb5 31. Nc3 g5 32. hxg5 hxg5 33. Nxb5 gxf4 34.
Rcxc4 Rxe5 35. Rc5 Bf6 36. Rxe5 Bxe5 37. Rd5 f6 38. gxf4 Bxf4 39. Nd4 Kf7 40.
Rd7+ Ke8 41. Ra7 Bd6 42. Nxf5 Bxb4 43. Ng7+ Kd8 44. Ne6+ Ke8 45. Nxf8 Kxf8 46.
f3 Bd2 47. Kg3 f5 48. Kh4 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg4 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. g3 e6 8.
Bg2 Bd6 9. Qb3 Nb6 10. Ne5 Bh5 11. Ndc4 Bxe5 12. dxe5 Nxc4 13. Qxc4 Qa5+ 14.
Bd2 Qxe5 15. Bc3 Qc7 16. Qh4 Bg6 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Qxf6 Qa5+ 19. Kf1 Rg8 20. h4
Qb4 21. a3 Qe7 22. Qc3 Qd6 23. h5 Bf5 24. e4 Bg4 25. f3 Bxh5 26. e5 Qd5 27.
Rxh5 Rxg3 28. Kf2 Rg7 29. Bf1 O-O-O 30. Be2 Qd7 31. Rd1 Qc7 32. Rxd8+ Qxd8 33.
Qe3 Kb8 34. Qc5 a6 35. f4 Qg8 36. Bf1 Rg4 37. Qe3 Qg6 38. Rh3 Qc2+ 39. Be2 Rg7
40. b4 Rg8 41. Rg3 Rd8 42. Rg7 Qf5 43. Kg3 h6 44. a4 Qc2 45. b5 cxb5 46. axb5
axb5 47. Bxb5 h5 48. Be2 Rc8 49. Bf3 h4+ 50. Kxh4 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2840"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 e6 5. Nbd2 dxc4 6. Nxc4 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Be7 10. Bb2 Qc7 11. Rc1 Nbd7 12. e4 b5 13. Na5 Qxc2 14. Rxc2 Nxe4
15. Bxb5 Nd6 16. Bc6 Rb8 17. O-O Nb6 18. Rd1 Rd8 19. Ne5 f6 20. Bf3 fxe5 21.
Nc6 Bb7 22. Nxe7+ Kf8 23. Bxe5 Nbc4 24. Bxd6 Nxd6 25. Nc6 Bxc6 26. Rxc6 Nb5 27.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 28. Ra6 Rc8 29. h4 Rc7 30. Bg4 e5 31. Ra5 Nd6 32. Rxe5 Nc4 33. Rf5+
Ke7 34. Rf3 Ne5 35. Re3 Kd6 36. Be2 h6 37. f4 Rc1+ 38. Kf2 Nd7 39. Bf3 Rc2+ 40.
Kg3 Ra2 41. Rd3+ Ke7 42. Rc3 Kd8 43. Kg4 Rd2 44. Rc6 Rd3 45. Ra6 Nf6+ 46. Kf5
Rd7 47. g4 Ne8 48. g5 hxg5 49. hxg5 Nd6+ 50. Kg6 Nb5 51. Ra5 Nd4 52. Bg4 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. exd4 Bg4 6. c3 e6 7. Qb3 Qd7 8.
Nbd2 Nge7 9. h3 Bh5 10. Bh2 a6 11. Be2 Nc8 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxh5 Nc6 14. Nf3
Be7 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 O-O 17. O-O b5 18. a4 Nb6 19. axb5 axb5 20. Be2 Nc4
21. Bf4 Ra4 22. Qc2 Nxb2 23. Qxb2 Rxf4 24. Bxb5 Qc7 25. Rae1 Rb8 26. Qd2 Rf5
27. f4 Bh4 28. Rb1 Bg3 29. Qe3 g5 30. Qxg3 Qc5+ 31. Kh2 Rxb5 32. fxg5 Rxb1 33.
Rxb1 Qc7 34. Re1 Qc4 35. Re3 Qf4 36. h4 Kg7 37. Qxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Pantsulaia, Levan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. g3 b5 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O c5 5. b3 Nf6 6. c4 b4 7. Bb2 a5 8. d4 cxd4
9. Nxd4 Bxg2 10. Kxg2 Be7 11. e4 Nxe4 12. Qf3 d5 13. Re1 O-O 14. cxd5 exd5 15.
Qg4 Bf6 16. f3 Nc5 17. Rd1 a4 18. Qf5 Re8 19. Qc2 Nbd7 20. bxa4 Nxa4 21. Nc6
Qb6 22. Bxf6 Nxf6 23. Nd4 Rec8 24. Qf2 Rc4 25. Nb3 Qd6 26. N1d2 Rc7 27. Rdc1
Nc3 28. Nd4 g6 29. N2b3 Nd7 30. Rc2 Ne5 31. Qe3 Nc4 32. Qg5 f6 33. Qh6 Re7 34.
Kg1 Qb6 35. Kh1 Rae8 36. Rcc1 Re3 37. a4 bxa3 38. h4 Ne2 39. h5 Nxg3+ 40. Kg2
Nxh5 41. Rh1 Re2+ 42. Kh3 Qc7 43. Rag1 Nf4+ 44. Kg4 Ne3+ 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8.
O-O Be7 9. e3 O-O 10. Qe2 Rc8 11. Rd1 Qa5 12. Bd2 Qb5 13. Qxb5 cxb5 14. Ne1 Ne4
15. Nc3 Nxd2 16. Rxd2 Bb4 17. Bxb7 Rc7 18. Bf3 Rxc3 19. bxc3 Bxc3 20. Rad1 Bxd2
21. Rxd2 Rc8 22. Nd3 Kf8 23. Nb4 Nf6 24. Rb2 Ne4 25. g4 Bg6 26. h4 Rc1+ 27. Kg2
Nc3 28. h5 Bb1 29. a3 f5 30. gxf5 exf5 31. d5 Ke8 32. Nc6 a6 33. Kg3 Be4 34.
Bxe4 fxe4 35. Nb8 a5 36. d6 Rd1 37. Rb3 Rc1 38. Kf4 a4 39. Rb2 b4 40. axb4 a3
41. Rd2 Nb5 42. Ke5 Kd8 43. Na6 Rb1 44. d7 Rb2 45. Rd5 Rxf2 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Nc6 7. Nf3 Nge7 8.
Be2 Qa5 9. O-O c4 10. Bd2 Qa4 11. Ng5 Bd7 12. Bh5 O-O 13. Re1 h6 14. Nh3 f6 15.
exf6 Rxf6 16. Bf4 Be8 17. Bg4 Bg6 18. Rxe6 Rxe6 19. Bxe6+ Kh7 20. Bd6 Rd8 21.
Bc7 Rf8 22. Nf4 Bxc2 23. Qd2 Bf5 24. Bxd5 Nxd5 25. Nxd5 Rf7 26. Bg3 Na5 27. Qe3
Qd7 28. Qe5 Nc6 29. Qd6 Qxd6 30. Bxd6 Rd7 31. Ne3 Bd3 32. Bg3 Ne7 33. a4 Kg8
34. h4 Kf7 35. Ng4 Nc6 36. f3 Rd5 37. Ne3 Rd7 38. a5 Ne7 39. Kf2 Nd5 40. Nxd5
Rxd5 41. Bb8 a6 42. g4 Rb5 43. Bd6 Rb1 44. Rxb1 Bxb1 45. h5 Ke6 46. Bf8 Kf7 47.
Bc5 Ke6 48. f4 Be4 49. Ke3 Bc6 50. f5+ Kf6 51. Kf4 Bg2 52. Bd6 Bh1 53. Be5+ Kf7
54. g5 hxg5+ 55. Kxg5 Bf3 56. Bc7 Bg2 57. Bb6 Bf3 58. Bd8 Ke8 59. f6 gxf6+ 60.
Bxf6 Be4 61. Kf4 Bc2 62. Ke5 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.28"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E68"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. e4
exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. Rb1 Nc5 11. f3 c6 12. b4 Ncd7 13. Nce2 a6 14. Qb3 Qe7 15.
Rd1 Ne5 16. f4 Ned7 17. Nc3 Rb8 18. h3 c5 19. Nc2 b5 20. Ne3 Bb7 21. cxb5 axb5
22. e5 dxe5 23. Bxb7 Rxb7 24. f5 e4 25. Kg2 Qf8 26. bxc5 Nxc5 27. Qb4 Nd3 28.
Qxf8+ Rxf8 29. Nxe4 Nxc1 30. Nxf6+ Bxf6 31. Rdxc1 Bg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.28"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E49"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nge2 Re8 8.
O-O b6 9. f3 c5 10. a3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Ba6 12. Bxa6 Nxa6 13. Ra2 Nc7 14. a4 Rc8
15. Bd2 Qd7 16. Nf4 h6 17. Nd3 Qf5 18. Qb1 Nd7 19. Nf4 Qf6 20. Qd3 Qc6 21. Rb1
Ne6 22. Ne2 Nf6 23. Be1 Re7 24. Qb5 Nd8 25. Bf2 Nb7 26. Ng3 Nd6 27. Qxc6 Rxc6
28. a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.28"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Qd3 O-O 8. Be2
Qc7 9. O-O Nc6 10. Nxc6 dxc6 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Be3 b5 13. Rac1 b4 14. Nb1 c5 15.
Nd2 e5 16. Qc2 Bb7 17. Rfd1 a5 18. f3 Nd7 19. Nf1 Nb8 20. Bd2 Nc6 21. Ne3 Nd4
22. Qd3 Bg5 23. Nd5 Qd8 24. Bf1 Ra6 25. Bxg5 Qxg5 26. Qe3 Qh5 27. Rd2 Rh6 28.
h3 Kh8 29. Rf2 Qh4 30. f4 exf4 31. Qxf4 Qxf4 32. Rxf4 Re6 33. Bd3 f6 34. Ra1
Bc6 35. a3 Nb3 36. Rd1 Rb8 37. Rf2 Ree8 38. g4 Nd4 39. axb4 axb4 40. Ra1 h6 41.
Ra5 Nb3 42. Ra6 Nd4 43. Ra5 Nb3 44. Ra6 Bd7 45. Rd6 Rb7 46. Nf4 Kg8 47. Ng6 Re6
48. Rd5 Be8 49. e5 Bf7 50. Rd8+ Re8 51. Rxe8+ Bxe8 52. Be4 Ra7 53. Bd5+ Bf7 54.
exf6 gxf6 55. Rxf6 Bxd5 56. cxd5 Kg7 57. Rb6 Nd2 58. Ne5 Re7 59. Rg6+ Kf8 60.
Rf6+ Kg7 61. Rf5 Rxe5 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.28"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be2 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Bh2
Nbd7 9. c3 Re8 10. a4 a6 11. c4 Ne4 12. a5 bxa5 13. Rxa5 c5 14. Ra3 cxd4 15.
exd4 e5 16. Nc3 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Qc7 18. Re1 a5 19. c5 dxc5 20. Bb5 cxd4 21. cxd4
Rad8 22. Nxe5 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Qc5 24. Bxd7 Qxa3 25. e6 Qe7 26. exf7+ Qxf7 27.
Bxe8 Rxe8 28. Rxe8+ Qxe8 29. Qb3+ Qf7 30. Qb5 Qe6 31. Bf4 Qc6 32. Qg5 h6 33.
Qd8+ Kf7 34. f3 Qc5+ 35. Kh2 h5 36. Bd6 Qc8 37. Qe7+ Kg8 38. Be5 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. dxc5
Bxc5 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. b3 b5 11. Be2 Bb7 12. Bb2 Ke7 13. Rac1 Bd6 14. Rfd1 Rhd8
15. Ng5 Ne5 16. Rxd6 Rxd6 17. Ba3 Ne8 18. Nce4 Rad8 19. f4 Nc6 20. Nxd6 Nxd6
21. Bf3 b4 22. Bb2 Na5 23. Bxg7 Bxf3 24. Nxf3 Ne4 25. Bd4 Rd6 26. Ne5 f6 27.
Nd3 Nc6 28. Nc5 Nxd4 29. exd4 Rxd4 30. Nxe4 Rxe4 31. Rc7+ Kd6 32. Rxh7 Re1+ 33.
Kf2 Ra1 34. g4 Rxa2+ 35. Ke3 Rb2 36. g5 Rxb3+ 37. Kd4 fxg5 38. fxg5 Rb1 39. h4
b3 40. Kc3 a5 41. g6 b2 42. g7 Rg1 43. Kxb2 e5 44. h5 e4 45. Kc3 a4 46. h6 a3
47. Kb3 e3 48. Rh8 e2 49. Re8 Rg3+ 50. Ka2 Rg2 51. Kxa3 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Perez Ponsa, Federico"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 c6 3. d4 e4 4. d5 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 cxd5 7. cxd5 Nf6 8.
d6 O-O 9. Bg2 Re8 10. Nc3 a6 11. Nh3 b5 12. Nf4 Bb7 13. O-O Qb6 14. Rad1 b4 15.
Na4 Qb5 16. b3 e3 17. fxe3 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Nc6 19. h3 Re5 20. Nb2 Rae8 21. Nc4
Rg5 22. Rf3 Ne5 23. Nxe5 Rgxe5 24. Rc1 Ne4 25. Qd3 Nc3 26. Qxb5 axb5 27. Nd3
Re4 28. Nxb4 Nxe2 29. Rc7 Rxb4 30. Rxd7 Rf8 31. Rc7 Re4 32. d7 Nd4 33. exd4
Rxd4 34. Re3 Rd2+ 35. Kf3 g6 36. Re8 Kg7 37. Rcc8 Rd3+ 38. Kf2 Rd2+ 39. Ke3
Rxd7 40. Rxf8 Ra7 41. Rg8+ Kf6 42. Rc2 Re7+ 43. Kf2 Rd7 44. Rb8 Rd5 45. Re2 h5
46. h4 Rc5 47. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khusnutdinov, Rustam"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E51"]
[WhiteElo "2458"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 Nc6 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O h6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. h3 Bd6 10. a3 a6 11. Qc2 Ne7 12. b4 c6 13. Bb2 Re8 14. Rac1 g6 15. Ne5
Bf5 16. Bxf5 Nxf5 17. g4 Ng7 18. f4 Qe7 19. Rce1 Rad8 20. e4 dxe4 21. Nxe4 Nxe4
22. Qxe4 Bc7 23. Qf3 Qh4 24. Bc3 Ne6 25. Re4 Bb6 26. Kg2 Nxd4 27. Bxd4 Bxd4 28.
Rfe1 Bxe5 29. fxe5 Re6 30. R1e2 Rd5 31. Rf4 Qe7 32. Rf2 Rd7 33. h4 Qxh4 34.
Rxf7 Qxf2+ 35. Qxf2 Rxf7 36. Qd4 Rfe7 37. Kg3 Rxe5 38. Qd6 Kg7 39. Qd4 g5 40.
Kf3 Kg6 41. Qd6+ R5e6 42. Qd3+ Kf7 43. Qd8 Re3+ 44. Kf2 Rxa3 45. Qh8 Rae3 46.
Qxh6 R3e5 47. Qh8 Ke6 48. Qd8 Rd5 49. Qb8 Rd6 50. Qg8+ Rf7+ 51. Ke3 Rd5 52. Qb8
Re5+ 53. Kd3 Rd7+ 54. Kc3 Kd5 55. Qc8 Rde7 56. Qf8 Ke4 57. Kc4 Rd7 58. Qf2 Rdd5
59. Kb3 Rd3+ 60. Ka4 Re3 61. Qf7 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Li, Chao B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b4 Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. c4 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. d3 e5 7. Be2 Nc6 8. b5 Ne7
9. Nc3 h6 10. O-O c5 11. bxc6 Nxc6 12. Qb3 b6 13. Nd2 Bb7 14. Ba3 Re8 15. Nde4
Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Re6 17. Nc3 Kh7 18. Rad1 f5 19. Nd5 Ne7 20. Rc1 Rc8 21. Bf3 Qd7
22. Rc2 h5 23. Rfc1 e4 24. dxe4 fxe4 25. Be2 Rf8 26. Bb2 Bxb2 27. Qxb2 Re5 28.
Nc3 Rg5 29. Nd5 Qf5 30. Nf4 Qf7 31. Rd1 d5 32. cxd5 Nxd5 33. Bc4 Rf5 34. Rcd2
Rd8 35. Qb3 g5 36. Nxd5 b5 37. Qxb5 Rc8 38. Bb3 Kh6 39. Qe2 a5 40. Nb6 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Nd2 a5 6. Ngf3 O-O 7. O-O b6 8. Ne5
Ra7 9. Nd3 Be7 10. e4 fxe4 11. Nxe4 Bb7 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. d5 Na6 14. Be3 Nb4
15. Nxb4 axb4 16. Qb3 Qa8 17. Rfd1 d6 18. Qxb4 Rxa2 19. Rxa2 Qxa2 20. dxe6 Bxg2
21. Kxg2 Qa8+ 22. Kg1 Qe4 23. b3 Qxe6 24. Qd2 Re8 25. Qd5 Kf8 26. Qxe6 Rxe6 27.
Kg2 Re8 28. Kf3 Kf7 29. Rd2 Ra8 30. Ke4 Ke6 31. f4 g6 32. g4 Kd7 33. h3 Re8+
34. Kf3 Ra8 35. Ke4 Re8+ 36. Kf3 Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nbd2 a5 7. e4 a4 8. a3 c5
9. Ne5 Nc6 10. f4 Nxe5 11. fxe5 Nd7 12. exd5 Nxe5 13. Qe2 Qc7 14. Re1 Ng6 15.
Nc4 exd5 16. Bxd5 Bd7 17. Qf3 Rae8 18. Bxb7 Bf6 19. Be4 Ne5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21.
Bf4 Bxf4 22. Qxf4 Qb6 23. Rab1 Be6 24. Qf2 Ba2 25. Ra1 Qxb2 26. Qxc5 Rc8 27.
Bc6 Be6 28. Rab1 Qf6 29. Qb6 Ba2 30. Bd7 Bxb1 31. Qxf6 gxf6 32. Bxc8 Rxc8 33.
Rxb1 Rxc2 34. Rb4 Rc3 35. Rxa4 Rxd3 36. Kg2 Kg7 37. Ra5 Kg6 38. a4 Ra3 39. Kh3
h5 40. Kg2 Ra2+ 41. Kf3 Rxh2 42. Rb5 Ra2 43. a5 f5 44. Kf4 f6 45. Rc5 Ra4+ 46.
Kf3 Kg5 47. Rb5 Ra3+ 48. Kg2 Kg4 49. Rb4+ Kg5 50. Rb5 Kg4 51. Rb4+ Kg5 52. Rb5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Salem, AR Saleh"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. a4 e6 8. Be2 Bb7
9. O-O Nd7 10. Ne4 a6 11. Nfg5 Be7 12. Bh5 O-O 13. Qf3 Bxg5 14. Nxg5 Qe7 15.
Qh3 h6 16. Ne4 c5 17. Nd6 cxd4 18. Qg3 Nc5 19. Bxh6 f6 20. Rae1 Nd3 21. exf6
Rxf6 22. Rxe6 Rxe6 23. Bf7+ Qxf7 24. Nxf7 g6 25. Ng5 Re7 26. Nf3 Kf7 27. Nxd4
bxa4 28. Bg5 Ree8 29. Qh3 Kg8 30. Qh6 Ne5 31. f4 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Kh1 Nc6 10. Be3 Be6 11. f3 a5 12. Nd2 a4 13. Nc4 Bxc4 14. Bxc4 Qa5 15.
a3 Rfc8 16. Qd3 Nd7 17. Nd5 Bd8 18. Rad1 Nc5 19. Qe2 Ne6 20. c3 Rab8 21. Bb5 h6
22. g3 Ra8 23. f4 exf4 24. gxf4 Nc5 25. e5 Na7 26. Bc4 dxe5 27. fxe5 Ne6 28.
Qf3 Rxc4 29. Qxf7+ Kh8 30. Qxe6 Bg5 31. Bxg5 hxg5 32. Ne7 Qa6 33. Rd6 Rc6 34.
Qh3# 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Kh1 b6 10. f3 Bb7 11. a4 Nbd7 12. Be3 Rc8 13. Rf2 Rc7 14. Bf1 Qa8 15.
Rd2 Rfc8 16. Bf2 h6 17. h3 g6 18. Nc1 Rxc3 19. bxc3 d5 20. exd5 Bxd5 21. c4 Bc6
22. Nb3 e4 23. f4 Bb4 24. Be3 Qb8 25. a5 b5 26. Nd4 Bxd2 27. Qxd2 bxc4 28. Bxc4
Bb7 29. Bb3 Qc7 30. f5 g5 31. Ne2 Qe5 32. Rf1 Nc5 33. Bd4 Qe7 34. Qe3 Nxb3 35.
Qxb3 Nd5 36. c4 Qb4 37. Qg3 Qxc4 38. Qe5 f6 39. Qe6+ Kg7 40. Qd7+ Kg8 41. Qxb7
Rc7 42. Qb2 Qd3 43. Qa2 Rc4 44. Re1 Kg7 45. Qa1 Rc2 46. Ng1 Qc4 47. Rb1 Ra2 48.
Rb7+ Kg8 49. Qd1 Nf4 50. Bxf6 Nd3 51. Qh5 Nf2+ 52. Kh2 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C17"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. dxc5 Ne7 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. Bd3 Nxc5 8. O-O
Nxd3 9. cxd3 Bd7 10. Ne2 Nc6 11. d4 Be7 12. Nf4 h5 13. Nh3 Qb6 14. Bg5 f6 15.
Be3 Bd8 16. Nf4 Ne7 17. Nh4 Kf7 18. Nxh5 Bc7 19. Qg4 Rag8 20. Nf3 Nf5 21. Ng3
Nh6 22. Bxh6 Rxh6 23. Rfe1 Rgh8 24. h3 Bd8 25. Qf4 Kg8 26. Rac1 f5 27. Qe3 Kf7
28. Rc3 Be7 29. Rec1 Bc6 30. Rb3 Qa6 31. a3 Ke8 32. Ne2 Kd7 33. Rbc3 g5 34.
Nxg5 Bxg5 35. Qxg5 Qxe2 36. Qg7+ Kd8 37. Rxc6 bxc6 38. Rxc6 Qe1+ 39. Kh2 Rxh3+
40. gxh3 Qxf2+ 41. Qg2 Qxd4 42. Rxe6 Qf4+ 43. Qg3 Qd2+ 44. Qg2 Qf4+ 45. Qg3
Qd2+ 46. Qg2 Qf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. g3 Bd6 6. Bg2 Nge7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1
Bc7 9. c3 b6 10. a3 a5 11. a4 Ba6 12. Qc2 Ng6 13. exd5 exd5 14. Nb3 Nce5 15.
Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Rd1 Rc8 17. d4 Nd3 18. Rxd3 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 c4 20. Qf5 cxb3 21.
Bxd5 g6 22. Qf3 Kg7 23. Bxb3 Bd6 24. h4 h5 25. Bg5 Be7 26. Be3 Bf6 27. Qf4 Kg8
28. Qh6 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.29"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "255"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Be7 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. f4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 b5 12. e5 d5 13. Be2 Bb7 14. f5
fxe5 15. Qxe5 Bf6 16. Qg3 Qb8 17. Qh3 d4 18. fxe6 dxc3 19. Rhf1 Qe5 20. Rde1
Qg5+ 21. Kb1 Bxg2 22. exf7+ Kf8 23. Qe6 Bxf1 24. Rxf1 Be7 25. bxc3 Rd8 26. h4
Qg6 27. Qe3 h5 28. Rg1 Qf6 29. Rf1 Qxf1+ 30. Bxf1 Rd1+ 31. Kb2 Rxf1 32. a4 bxa4
33. Qd4 a3+ 34. Ka2 Rh7 35. c4 Rfxf7 36. c5 Rf6 37. Qd5 Rhh6 38. Qa8+ Kg7 39.
Qg2+ Rhg6 40. Qd5 Rc6 41. Qxh5 Rxc5 42. Qe2 Bd6 43. h5 Rf6 44. Qg2+ Kh6 45.
Qd2+ Kxh5 46. Qe2+ Kg6 47. Qg2+ Rg5 48. Qe4+ Kh6 49. Qh1+ Rh5 50. Qe4 a5 51.
Qe3+ Rg5 52. Qh3+ Kg6 53. Qd3+ Rgf5 54. Qe4 Kg7 55. Qb7+ Rf7 56. Qg2+ Kf6 57.
Qe4 Re7 58. Qd4+ Ke6 59. Qg4 Ref7 60. Qc4+ Kd7 61. Qa4+ Kc7 62. Qc4+ Kd8 63.
Qd4 Kd7 64. Qa7+ Ke6 65. Qe3+ Re5 66. Qb3+ Ke7 67. Qb7+ Kf6 68. Qf3+ Rf5 69.
Qc3+ Ke7 70. Qe3+ Re5 71. Qd4 Rf3 72. Qh4+ Rf6 73. Qh7+ Kf8 74. Qd3 a4 75. Qd4
Ke7 76. Qxa4 Rc5 77. Qe4+ Be5 78. Qb7+ Rc7 79. Qb4+ Bd6 80. Qe4+ Re6 81. Qh7+
Kd8 82. Qg8+ Re8 83. Qg6 Be5 84. Qd3+ Rd7 85. Qb5 Bd6 86. Qa5+ Rc7 87. Qa8+ Kd7
88. Qa4+ Rc6 89. Qa7+ Bc7 90. Qd4+ Kc8 91. Qg4+ Kb8 92. Qb4+ Rb6 93. Qa4 Re5
94. Qc4 Rb2+ 95. Kxa3 Rb7 96. Qg8+ Ka7 97. Qg1+ Bb6 98. Qg4 Ra5+ 99. Kb3 Bc5+
100. Kc3 Ra3+ 101. Kd2 Bb4+ 102. Ke2 Re7+ 103. Kf1 Bc5 104. Qc4 Kb6 105. Kg2
Rae3 106. c3 Rg7+ 107. Kf1 Rgg3 108. Qb3+ Kc6 109. Qa4+ Kd6 110. Qa6+ Kd5 111.
c4+ Kd4 112. Qa1+ Rc3 113. Qd1+ Kxc4 114. Qa4+ Bb4 115. Qa2+ Kb5 116. Qd5+ Bc5
117. Qd7+ Kb4 118. Qb7+ Ka3 119. Qa6+ Kb2 120. Qb5+ Kc1 121. Qa5 Rcf3+ 122. Ke1
Rg1+ 123. Ke2 Re3+ 124. Kf2 Re5+ 125. Kf3 Rf1+ 126. Kg4 Rfe1 127. Qc3+ Kd1 128.
Qd3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.30"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. Na4 Be7 6. Bg2 d6 7. d4 Ne4 8. O-O
O-O 9. b3 Bd7 10. Qc2 Bf6 11. Bb2 Bxa4 12. bxa4 Nc6 13. Rab1 Rb8 14. Ba1 b6 15.
d5 Bxa1 16. Rxa1 Nb4 17. Qb2 a5 18. Nd4 Qf6 19. Rab1 e5 20. Ne6 Nc5 21. Nxc5
bxc5 22. a3 Nc6 23. Qd2 Ne7 24. Qxa5 Ra8 25. Qxc7 Rfc8 26. Qd7 e4 27. Rb7 Kf8
28. Rb6 Rd8 29. Qb5 Ra7 30. a5 Rda8 31. a6 Nc8 32. Rb8 Qd8 33. Rxa8 Rxa8 34.
Rb1 Qc7 35. Qb7 Ra7 36. Qxc7 Rxc7 37. Rb7 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.30"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Nf6 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3
Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. Be3 Bb7 12. Qb3 Nd7 13. Rac1 Rb8 14. Rfd1 Nc5 15.
Qc2 Nb4 16. Qd2 Qc8 17. b3 Rd8 18. Nab1 d5 19. Nxd5 exd5 20. Qxb4 dxe4 21. Qxb6
Nd3 22. Rc2 Bd5 23. Qa7 Bc6 24. Qxe7 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.30"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E53"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. O-O
cxd4 9. exd4 Nc6 10. Bc2 Nf6 11. Re1 h6 12. Qd3 Bd6 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 f5
15. Qe2 Nb4 16. Bb3 Nd5 17. Bd2 Bd7 18. Ne5 Rf6 19. Qf3 Bc6 20. Nxc6 bxc6 21.
Rac1 Rc8 22. Rc2 Qb6 23. Rxe6 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.30"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2840"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 b6 7. Nxc6 Nxc6 8.
Nc3 Qc7 9. Qg4 h5 10. Qg5 Ne5 11. Bf4 f6 12. Qg6+ Nxg6 13. Bxc7 a6 14. Bd3 b5
15. a4 b4 16. Nb1 Bc5 17. Nd2 Ra7 18. Ba5 Ne5 19. Nb3 Be7 20. Bb6 Ra8 21. Be2
g5 22. Rfd1 Bb7 23. f3 Rc8 24. Rd2 Rc6 25. Be3 Bc8 26. Kf1 Bd8 27. a5 Be7 28.
Bb6 Nc4 29. Bxc4 Rxc4 30. Nd4 Bb7 31. b3 Rc8 32. Rad1 Kf7 33. Ne2 d5 34. exd5
Bxd5 35. Nd4 h4 36. Nf5 h3 37. Nxe7 Kxe7 38. g4 Rc3 39. Rf2 Rhc8 40. Rdd2 Rxf3
41. Ke1 Rfc3 42. Bd4 Rf3 43. Rxf3 Bxf3 44. Rf2 e5 45. Rxf3 exd4 46. Kd2 Rc3 47.
Rxc3 dxc3+ 48. Ke3 Ke6 49. Kf3 Ke5 50. Ke3 f5 51. gxf5 Kxf5 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.30"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bf4 d5 11. Qe3 Bb4 12. Be2 O-O 13. e5 Nd7 14. h4 c5
15. Bxh6 gxh6 16. Qxh6 Nxe5 17. Rh3 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Ra7 19. Rg3+ Ng6 20. h5 Qh4
21. Rg4 Qh2 22. Bd3 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.30"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. Qc2 Nd7 11. Be2 Nxc3 12. Qxc3 dxc4 13. Qxc4 e5 14. O-O exd4
15. Nxd4 Nf6 16. Bf3 Re8 17. Rfd1 a5 18. a3 Bd7 19. Qc5 Qxc5 20. Rxc5 Bg4 21.
Bxg4 Nxg4 22. Nf5 Nf6 23. Nd6 Red8 24. Rcc1 Rd7 25. Nc4 Re7 26. f3 b5 27. Nb6
Ra6 28. Rxc6 Rxe3 29. Nd5 Rxc6 30. Nxe3 g6 31. Rd8+ Kg7 32. Rb8 Rc5 33. b4 Rc3
34. Kf2 Rxa3 35. bxa5 Rxa5 36. Rb7 h5 37. h4 Ne8 38. g4 hxg4 39. Nxg4 Ra2+ 40.
Kf1 Nd6 41. Rd7 Nf5 42. Ne5 Kf6 43. f4 Nh6 44. Rb7 Rb2 45. Nd3 Rh2 46. Rb6+ Kg7
47. Rxb5 Nf5 48. Rb7 Rxh4 49. Kf2 Nd6 50. Rd7 Ne4+ 51. Kf3 Nf6 52. Ra7 Rh3+ 53.
Ke2 Nd5 54. Rd7 Nf6 55. Ra7 Ng4 56. Rb7 Re3+ 57. Kd2 Re8 58. Ra7 Kf6 59. Ra6+
Re6 60. Ra5 Re7 61. Rb5 Ra7 62. Ke2 Nh6 63. Ne5 Nf5 64. Rb6+ Kg7 65. Kf3 Ra3+
66. Kf2 Ra4 67. Kf3 Nd4+ 68. Ke3 Ne6 69. f5 gxf5 70. Rb7 Re4+ 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.30"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E44"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Bb7 6. a3 Be7 7. d5 O-O 8. Nf4
a5 9. Be2 Na6 10. Rb1 Nc5 11. b3 e5 12. Nd3 d6 13. Nxc5 bxc5 14. e4 Ne8 15. Bg4
Bg5 16. O-O Bxc1 17. Qxc1 Bc8 18. Bxc8 Qxc8 19. Qe3 Nf6 20. g3 Nd7 21. f3 Rb8
22. Kg2 Re8 23. h4 Nf8 24. h5 h6 25. g4 Nh7 26. Ne2 Qd8 27. Ng3 Qg5 28. Qc3 Ra8
29. Rf2 Nf6 30. Rbb2 Reb8 31. Rf1 Qf4 32. Qc1 Qxc1 33. Rxc1 a4 34. Rcb1 Nd7 35.
Nf5 Kf8 36. b4 cxb4 37. Rxb4 Rxb4 38. Rxb4 Nc5 39. Ne3 Ke7 40. Nd1 g6 41. hxg6
fxg6 42. Nc3 Kd7 43. Rb1 Nd3 44. Kg3 h5 45. g5 Nc5 46. Rb4 Kc8 47. Kg2 Rb8 48.
Rxb8+ Kxb8 49. Kg3 Kc8 50. Kh4 Kb7 51. Kg3 Kb6 52. Kh4 Ka5 53. Nb5 Kb6 54. Nc3
c6 55. dxc6 Kxc6 56. Kg3 Ne6 57. Kh4 Nd4 58. Kg3 Ne6 59. Kh4 Nd4 60. Kg3 Nc2
61. Nxa4 Nxa3 62. Nc3 Nxc4 63. Nd5 Kd7 64. Kf2 Nb2 65. Ke2 Na4 66. f4 Nc5 67.
f5 Nxe4 68. fxg6 Ke8 69. Ke3 Nxg5 70. Nf6+ Kf8 71. Nxh5 Ke7 72. Ng7 d5 73. Nf5+
Kf6 74. g7 Kf7 75. g8=Q+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.30"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 a5 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Bxd2 d6 7. Qc2 Nc6 8.
e4 e5 9. d5 Nb8 10. g3 Nbd7 11. Bg2 Nc5 12. Nh4 a4 13. Rd1 Bg4 14. f3 Bd7 15.
O-O g6 16. f4 exf4 17. Bc3 O-O 18. Rxf4 Ng4 19. Qe2 Ne5 20. Nf3 Bg4 21. Rxg4
Nxg4 22. h3 Nf6 23. e5 Nfe4 24. Be1 dxe5 25. Nxe5 Re8 26. Ng4 h5 27. Ne3 Qg5
28. Qf3 Re5 29. h4 Qe7 30. Bb4 Re8 31. Nc2 Nf6 32. Rf1 Rf5 33. Qd1 Rxf1+ 34.
Qxf1 Ng4 35. Bf3 b6 36. Kg2 Ne3+ 37. Nxe3 Qxe3 38. Bc3 Nd3 39. d6 cxd6 40. Bd5
Re7 41. Qf3 Ne1+ 42. Bxe1 Qxe1 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.30"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Kh1 b6 10. f3 Bb7 11. a4 Nc6 12. Bg5 Nb4 13. Nb1 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15.
Na3 Qc7 16. c3 Nc6 17. Nc4 Rfd8 18. Qd3 Ne7 19. Qe3 Nc8 20. a5 b5 21. Nb6 Rb8
22. Rfd1 Ne7 23. c4 Bc6 24. cxb5 axb5 25. Qc3 Qa7 26. Rac1 Bg5 27. Rc2 Be8 28.
Qc7 Qxc7 29. Rxc7 Nc6 30. Nd5 Ra8 31. Bxb5 Nxa5 32. Bxe8 Rxe8 33. Nxa5 Rxa5 34.
b4 Ra2 35. b5 Rb8 36. b6 Bd8 37. Rc6 Rb2 38. Rxd6 Bxb6 39. Nxb6 R8xb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 15th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2017.01.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Papp, Petra"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2352"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "178"]
[EventDate "2017.01.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6
8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O Bf5 10. Nd4 Nxd4 11. cxd4 Re8 12. Bd3 Qd7 13. h3 d5 14. Bf4
c6 15. Rde1 Bf8 16. Bxf5 Qxf5 17. g4 Qd7 18. Rxe8 Rxe8 19. Re1 f6 20. f3 Kf7
21. Re3 g6 22. Rxe8 Qxe8 23. Kd1 Qd7 24. Bg3 Bd6 25. Qh2 Ke7 26. Kd2 Bb4+ 27.
c3 Ba5 28. Qe2+ Kf7 29. Kc2 Bd8 30. Qe3 Qe6 31. Qxe6+ Kxe6 32. Kd3 b5 33. b3
Be7 34. Bb8 a6 35. Bf4 Bf8 36. Ke3 b4 37. cxb4 Bxb4 38. Kd3 Kd7 39. Bg3 Ba3 40.
Kc3 Kc8 41. Bf4 a5 42. Bg3 Kb7 43. Bh4 f5 44. Bg5 Kb6 45. Bh6 Kb5 46. h4 a4 47.
h5 gxh5 48. gxh5 Be7 49. Bf4 Bf6 50. Bd6 axb3 51. axb3 Kb6 52. Kd3 Bg5 53. Kc3
Kb7 54. Be5 Be7 55. Kd3 Kc8 56. Ke3 Kd7 57. Kf4 Ke6 58. Bc7 Bh4 59. Bb8 Bf2 60.
Ba7 Kf6 61. Bb6 Be1 62. Bd8+ Ke6 63. Kg5 Bd2+ 64. Kh4 Be1+ 65. Kg5 Bd2+ 66. Kh4
Be3 67. Bb6 Kd7 68. Kg3 Kc8 69. Kg2 Kd7 70. Kh3 Ke7 71. Kh4 Ke6 72. Kg3 Kf6 73.
Bd8+ Kg7 74. Kh4 Kh6 75. Bf6 Bf2+ 76. Kh3 Kxh5 77. Kg2 Be3 78. Kg3 Bd2 79. Be7
Kg6 80. Kh4 Bc3 81. Bc5 Be1+ 82. Kh3 Kg5 83. Kg2 Kf4 84. Kf1 Bh4 85. Ke2 Kg3
86. Bd6+ Kg2 87. Be5 h5 88. Ke3 Bg3 89. Bf6 f4+ 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 15th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2017.01.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kobo, Ori"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2017.01.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 a6 8.
a4 f5 9. Nc3 Bf6 10. Qd2 Qd6 11. g4 Bd7 12. Qh6 Be7 13. gxf5 exf5 14. Qxd6 Bxd6
15. O-O-O Nc6 16. Bc4 Kf8 17. Kb1 Rg8 18. Ne5 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Be6 20. Bd5 Rg4 21.
b3 Ke7 22. Kb2 Rag8 23. Rd2 Rd8 24. Rhd1 Nxe5 25. Bxb7 Nc4+ 26. bxc4 Rb8 27.
Nd5+ Bxd5 28. Rxd5 Rxb7+ 29. Kc3 Kf6 30. Rc5 Rh4 31. Rc6+ Ke7 32. Re1+ Kd7 33.
Rf6 Rb6 34. Rxf5 Rc6 35. Rxf7+ Kc8 36. f4 Rh3+ 37. Kb4 Rxh2 38. Re8+ Kb7 39.
Rff8 Rch6 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 15th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2017.01.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Saravanan, Venkat"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A86"]
[WhiteElo "2306"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2017.01.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. d5 e5
9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. Qd3 Qe7 11. Ng5 Bc8 12. Bf4 Ne8 13. Rae1 h6 14. Nf3 g5 15. Bc1
Nd7 16. Qc2 a5 17. e4 f4 18. gxf4 g4 19. Nd2 Rxf4 20. Ne2 Be5 21. Nxf4 Bxf4 22.
Nb3 Be5 23. Be3 Ng7 24. Nd4 Bxd4 25. Bxd4 Ne5 26. f4 gxf3 27. Bxf3 Ne6 28. Be3
Bd7 29. Bxh6 Qf6 30. Qg2+ Kh8 31. Bd2 Rg8 32. Bg4 Qh4 33. h3 Nxg4 34. hxg4 Rxg4
35. Re2 Ng5 36. Bxg5 Qxg5 37. Qxg4 Bxg4 38. Rg2 Kh7 39. Rf3 Qc5+ 40. Rff2 Qd4
41. Kh2 Qe5+ 42. Kg1 Bh3 43. Rh2 Qg5+ 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 15th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2017.01.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Cheng, Bobby Sky"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2017.01.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Be2 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. O-O a6 7. Bf4 Nc6 8. h3
b5 9. a3 Bb7 10. Re1 Re8 11. d5 Nb8 12. Nd4 c5 13. Nb3 b4 14. axb4 cxb4 15. Na2
Nxe4 16. Bf3 Nc5 17. Nxb4 Nxb3 18. cxb3 Bxb2 19. Nc6 Bxc6 20. dxc6 Bxa1 21.
Qxa1 Qc7 22. b4 e5 23. b5 Re7 24. Be3 e4 25. Bh6 Re5 26. Rxe4 Ra7 27. Rxe5 dxe5
28. b6 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 15th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2017.01.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lalith, Babu MR"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D21"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2017.01.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 dxc4 4. d5 e6 5. e4 exd5 6. exd5 Nf6 7. Bxc4 Bd6 8.
O-O O-O 9. h3 a6 10. a4 Bf5 11. Nc3 Nbd7 12. Nh4 Bg6 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Bg5 Qa5
15. Qc2 Rae8 16. Rad1 Re7 17. Bd2 Qc7 18. Rfe1 Ne5 19. b3 Rfe8 20. Bf1 c4 21.
Ne4 Nxe4 22. Rxe4 b5 23. axb5 axb5 24. Bc3 Rc8 25. Ba1 Qb7 26. Bxe5 Rxe5 27.
Rxe5 Bxe5 28. bxc4 bxc4 29. Bxc4 Bd6 30. Qe2 Rb8 31. g3 Qb2 32. Qf3 Qf6 33.
Qxf6 gxf6 34. Rd2 f5 35. Kg2 Kf8 36. Re2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 15th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2017.01.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Dragnev, Valentin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2017.01.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
Nd2 g6 9. c4 Nf4 10. Qe3 Ne6 11. b3 Bg7 12. Bb2 O-O 13. Ne4 d5 14. Nf6+ Bxf6
15. exf6 Qb4+ 16. Bc3 Qa3 17. Qd2 Rb8 18. Bb2 Qd6 19. O-O-O Rd8 20. g3 d4 21.
Qh6 Qe5 22. Qh4 c5 23. Bd3 Qg5+ 24. Qxg5 Nxg5 25. f4 Ne6 26. Kc2 Nf8 27. Rde1
Nd7 28. Re7 Rb6 29. Rhe1 Kf8 30. f5 gxf5 31. Bc1 Nxf6 32. Rxc7 Ra6 33. Bh6+ Kg8
34. Ree7 Ne8 35. Bg5 Nxc7 36. Rxc7 f6 37. Bh4 Rxa2+ 38. Kd1 Re8 39. Bxf6 Re3
40. Bb1 Ra1 41. Kc2 Re2+ 42. Kd3 Re3+ 43. Kc2 Re1 44. Rxc8+ Kf7 45. Bg5 Rexb1
46. Rxc5 Rf1 47. Kb2 Rfb1+ 48. Kc2 Rf1 49. Kb2 Ra6 50. Bf4 Rf2+ 51. Kb1 Re6 52.
Rxf5+ Kg6 53. Re5 Rxe5 54. Bxe5 d3 55. Kc1 Rxh2 56. Kd1 Rc2 57. Bf4 Kf5 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 15th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2017.01.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Javakhishvili, Lela"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2017.01.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 f5 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 c6 8. Rb1 a5
9. d5 e5 10. dxe6 Bxe6 11. b3 Na6 12. Ng5 Bc8 13. h4 Nh5 14. Bb2 f4 15. Nce4
Bf5 16. Nxd6 Bxb2 17. Rxb2 Qf6 18. Rd2 Nc5 19. Nxf5 Qxf5 20. Bh3 Qe5 21. Nf3
Qe7 22. g4 Nf6 23. Qc2 Rad8 24. Rfd1 Rxd2 25. Rxd2 Nfd7 26. Qb2 Ne4 27. Rd1 Re8
28. Qd4 Ndc5 29. g5 h6 30. gxh6 Kh7 31. e3 Rf8 32. exf4 Rxf4 33. Bg2 Qf6 34.
Ng5+ Nxg5 35. Qxf6 Rxf6 36. hxg5 Rf5 37. f4 Rxf4 38. Re1 Rf5 39. Re7+ Kh8 40.
Re8+ Kh7 41. Re7+ Kh8 42. Re8+ Kh7 43. Re7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 15th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2017.01.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Docx, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2017.01.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. d3 Be7 8. Re1
O-O 9. Nbd2 d6 10. a3 Bc8 11. c3 Be6 12. Bc2 d5 13. exd5 Bxd5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15.
Rxe5 c5 16. Re1 Qc7 17. Ne4 Rad8 18. Qf3 Rfe8 19. Bf4 Qc6 20. Rad1 b4 21. c4
Bxe4 22. dxe4 Rd4 23. Qe2 b3 24. Rxd4 cxd4 25. Bxb3 Bd6 26. e5 Nd7 27. Qd1 Nc5
28. exd6 Nxb3 29. Rxe8+ Qxe8 30. d7 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 15th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2017.02.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Carlstedt, Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2413"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.01.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. Nc3 fxe4 5. Nxe4 Nf6 6. Qe2 Be7 7. Bxc6 bxc6
8. Nxf6+ Bxf6 9. d4 O-O 10. dxe5 Re8 11. Qc4+ d5 12. Qxc6 Bxe5 13. O-O Rb8 14.
Nxe5 Rxe5 15. Bf4 Re6 16. Qc3 Qe8 17. b3 Rbb6 18. Be3 Rbc6 19. Qd2 Re5 20. Bxa7
Re2 21. Qxd5+ Be6 22. Qb5 Rexc2 23. Rfe1 h6 24. Qd3 Qf7 25. Be3 R6c3 26. Qd4
Qg6 27. Qe5 Rd3 28. Qg3 Qf6 29. h4 Re2 30. Qf4 Qc3 31. Rxe2 Qxa1+ 32. Kh2 Rd1
33. f3 Rh1+ 34. Kg3 Qf1 35. Rd2 Kh8 36. Rd8+ Bg8 37. Bf2 Qe2 38. Qxc7 Qe6 39.
Qd6 Qf5 40. Bd4 Qh5 41. Qf4 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 15th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2017.02.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Deac, Bogdan Daniel"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "2017.01.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. h4 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 Na6
8. h5 Bg7 9. hxg6 hxg6 10. Rxh8+ Bxh8 11. e4 Nc5 12. Ng5 Bf6 13. f3 Ne6 14. Nh3
Bd7 15. Kc2 a6 16. Be3 Ba4+ 17. b3 Bb5 18. f4 Bc6 19. Bd3 O-O-O 20. Nf2 Bh4 21.
Ng4 f6 22. Rh1 Bg3 23. Rf1 Rh8 24. Rf3 Be1 25. Rh3 Rxh3 26. gxh3 Bg3 27. f5
gxf5 28. exf5 Nf4 29. Bxf4 Bxf4 30. Nf2 Bf3 31. Be4 Be2 32. Nd3 Be3 33. Ne1 a5
34. c4 Bh5 35. Kd3 Bc1 36. Bf3 Bf7 37. Bd5 Be8 38. Be6+ Kd8 39. Ke4 Bh5 40. Nd3
Bd2 41. Nf4 Bd1 42. Ng6 b6 43. Kd3 Bc1 44. h4 c6 45. Kc3 Bg4 46. Kd3 Bd1 47.
Kc3 Ba3 48. Kd2 Bg4 49. Kd3 Kc7 50. Nf4 Bc1 51. Ke4 Bd1 52. c5 Bc2+ 53. Kf3
bxc5 54. Kg4 Kd6 55. Bc4 Bd2 56. Bd3 Bd1+ 57. Be2 Bxe2+ 58. Nxe2 Ke5 59. Ng1
Be3 60. Ne2 Bd2 61. Ng1 Ke4 62. Nf3 Bh6 63. Ne1 Bc1 64. h5 c4 65. bxc4 Kd4 66.
c5 Bh6 67. Kf3 Kxc5 68. Ke4 a4 69. Nd3+ Kc4 70. Nb2+ Kb4 71. Kd3 Ka3 72. Kc3
Bg5 73. Kc2 Kb4 74. Kd3 Bh6 75. Kd4 Bg5 76. Nc4 Bf4 77. Ke4 Bg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Shenzhen m"]
[Site "Shenzhen"]
[Date "2017.04.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.04.05"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Nd2 d5 7. exd5 cxd5
8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. O-O Be7 11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2 Qf5 13. Nf3 Rfe8 14.
Qd3 Qxd3 15. cxd3 Nd7 16. Rac1 Nc5 17. Rfd1 Ne6 18. g3 Rec8 19. Rc6 a5 20. Nd4
Nxd4 21. Bxd4 a4 22. Rdc1 Ba3 23. R1c2 axb3 24. axb3 Rab8 25. Rxc7 Rxc7 26.
Rxc7 h6 27. Rd7 Rxb3 28. Rxd5 Rxd3 29. Ra5 Rxd4 30. Rxa3 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Shenzhen m"]
[Site "Shenzhen"]
[Date "2017.04.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2017.04.05"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 {The ultimate Anti-Petroff, Berlin and Marshall! However, in
the following moves it will be Black's choice, if we have a Bishop's Opening,
or another Open game.} Nf6 {The main reaction, Black still doesn't show his
hand.} (2... Nc6 {can still be either an Italian, Vienna, or even King's
Gambit. A well-known trap is} 3. Nc3 Bc5 (3... Nf6 $142) 4. Qg4 Qf6 $2 (4... g6
$1) 5. Nd5 Qxf2+ 6. Kd1 Kf8 7. Nh3 $40) (2... Bc5 {is also playable, but
rather inflexible. Adventurous types might consider the Evans/King's Gambit
hybrid with} 3. b4 Bxb4 4. c3 Ba5 5. f4 $5 $13) 3. d3 c6 {Ivanchuk opts for
the Bishop's Opening proper.} ({In game 4 he went for} 3... Nc6 {and now:} 4.
Nf3 {shifts the choice to Black:} (4. Nc3 {is the Vienna, here} Na5 {is
considered fine for Black.} 5. Nge2 (5. Qf3 $5 c6 6. Nge2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. h3
d5 9. exd5 b5 10. Bb3 b4 11. d6 Qxd6 12. Nd1 Bb7 (12... Nxb3 $5 13. axb3 Nd5
$11) 13. Ne3 c5 14. Qg3 Qd7 15. Ba4 Qe6 16. b3 Nd5 17. Bb2 f6 18. Rae1 Bd6 19.
Nxd5 Qxd5 20. f4 Bc6 21. fxe5 Bxe5 22. Nf4 Qd6 23. Bxe5 fxe5 24. Nh5 Rxf1+ 25.
Rxf1 Qg6 26. Bxc6 Nxc6 27. Qxg6 hxg6 28. Ng3 $14 {/<=>, Rublevsky,S (2702)
-Adams,M (2742) Skopje 2015 For details see the notes to this game in CBM 169
by Sagar Shah.}) 5... Be7 (5... Bc5 $5 6. O-O O-O 7. Ng3 h6 8. h3 d6 9. Bb3 c6
10. Na4 Nxb3 11. axb3 Bb4 12. Bd2 (12. f4 $5 $13) 12... Bxd2 13. Qxd2 d5 14.
Qb4 $6 (14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Rfe1 Re8 $11) 14... b6 15. Nc3 c5 16. Qa3 d4 17. Nce2
a5 18. f4 Be6 19. Rae1 exf4 20. Nxf4 Nd7 21. Qa1 Qg5 22. Kh2 Ne5 23. Qd1 Rae8
24. Nge2 Ng6 25. Qc1 Qe5 $15 {Naiditsch,A (2702)-Caruana,F (2817) Karlsruhe
2017}) 6. O-O O-O (6... c6 7. a4 Nxc4 8. dxc4 O-O 9. b3 d6 10. Ba3 Qc7 11. Ng3
Be6 12. Qe2 Rad8 13. Rad1 Rfe8 14. Rfe1 Bg4 15. f3 Be6 16. Kh1 Bf8 17. Bb2 Bc8
18. Qf2 Qa5 19. Rd3 Nd7 20. Red1 Nc5 21. R3d2 g6 22. Nce2 Qb6 $11 23. Ba3 $6
Nxa4 24. Qxb6 Nxb6 25. c5 Nd7 26. cxd6 a5 $15 {Piorun,K (2681)-Banusz,T (2613)
Monzon 2016}) 7. a4 Nxc4 8. dxc4 d6 9. b3 Be6 10. a5 (10. Ng3 $142 $11) 10...
c6 11. a6 b6 12. Ba3 Qc7 13. f4 $6 Rad8 14. Kh1 Bc8 15. Bb2 Ng4 16. Qd3 exf4
17. Nxf4 Bh4 $1 18. Qe2 Rfe8 19. h3 Ne5 20. Nd1 Bg5 21. Nh5 Qe7 22. Ne3 g6 23.
Nf4 Nd7 $17 {[%csl Re4] Mamedyarov,S (2725)-Aronian,L (2754) Nalchik 2009}) {
In the Italian Vassily came up with the novelty} 4... Bc5 (4... Be7 5. O-O O-O
6. Re1 (6. Bb3 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. h3 a5 9. a4 Nd4 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Re1 Ra6 $3
12. Qh5 $6 (12. Bxd5 $142 Qxd5 13. Rxe7 Rg6 14. f3 $1 Bxh3 15. Re2 Qxf3 16. Qf1
Bxg2 17. Rxg2 Rxg2+ 18. Qxg2 Qd1+ 19. Qf1 Qg4+ 20. Qg2 $11) 12... Nb4 13. Na3
Rg6 14. Bf4 b6 15. Qf3 Be6 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Qe4 Bd6 18. Bxd6 cxd6 19. Qxd4 Qg5
20. g3 Qf5 21. g4 h5 22. Re4 d5 23. Kh2 Qf3 $40 {Karjakin,S (2723)-Gelfand,B 
(2758) Khanty-Mansiysk 2009 See the notes to this brilliant attacking game in
CBM 134 by Gelfand himself!}) 6... d6 {This whole branch resembles a closed
Ruy Lopez, especially after} 7. c3 (7. a4 {is played more often. A recent
high-level engine game went} Kh8 (7... Na5 {and}) (7... Be6 {are the
prevailing human choices}) 8. a5 a6 9. c3 Be6 10. Nbd2 h6 11. Bb3 Bxb3 12. Qxb3
Qd7 13. Nc4 Rab8 14. Ne3 Qe6 15. c4 Nh7 16. Qd1 Ng5 17. Nf5 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 Kh7
19. Be3 Qf6 20. Qg4 Rfe8 21. Reb1 Bf8 22. b4 g6 23. Ng3 Nd8 24. Qd1 Ne6 25. Ne2
Qd8 26. Ra2 Be7 27. g3 c6 28. b5 $14 {Stockfish 160716 (3224)-Komodo 10.1 
(3230) tcec.chessdom.com 2016}) 7... Na5 $5 (7... a6 8. Bb3 Bg4 $6 ({The B
will become a target; once again a more natural move is} 8... Na5 {, or}) (8...
Be6) 9. Nbd2 d5 10. h3 Bh5 11. Qe2 Re8 12. Nf1 d4 13. g4 Bg6 14. Ng3 Qd7 15.
Nh4 Red8 16. Rd1 Na5 17. Bc2 c5 18. cxd4 Nc6 19. Nhf5 Bxf5 20. Nxf5 Nxd4 21.
Nxd4 Qxd4 22. Bb3 Qd7 23. g5 Ne8 24. Qf3 Bf8 25. h4 g6 26. h5 $36 {Caruana,F 
(2827)-Akobian,V (2633) Caleta 2017}) 8. Bb5 a6 9. Ba4 b5 10. Bc2 c5 {is more
or less like a Chigorin Ruy Lopez, Black was OK after} 11. Nbd2 (11. d4 Qc7 12.
Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 $11) 11... Re8 12. Nf1 Nc6 13. Ne3 Bf8 14. a4 Bb7 15.
Nf5 Ne7 16. N3h4 Ng6 17. Bg5 d5 18. Qf3 Re6 19. Qg3 Qc7 $132 {Nunn,J (2515)
-Timman,J (2600) London 1980}) 5. O-O d6 6. c3 O-O 7. a4 a5 8. Bg5 Ne7 $5 $146
{After} 9. Nh4 ({A more principled and testing move is} 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. d4 Ba7
11. Qd2 $5 $13 {[%cal Yb1a3,Ya3c2,Yd2h6,Yc2e3]}) 9... d5 10. Bb3 $6 (10. exd5
Nfxd5 $11 {[%cal Yf7f6]}) (10. Bxf6 dxc4 11. d4 (11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Nf5 Qg5 13.
dxc4 Rd8 $17) 11... Bxd4 $5 12. cxd4 gxf6 13. d5 f5 $132) 10... dxe4 11. Bxf6
gxf6 12. Nd2 (12. dxe4 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 b6 $15 {[%csl Gc5,Gc8]}) 12... Ng6 $5 (
12... exd3 13. Ne4 Bb6 14. Qh5 Kg7 15. Rad1 Be6 {is the computer solution,
Ivanchuk opts for a safe human move.}) 13. Nxe4 Be7 $15 14. Nxg6 (14. Nf3 $142
$5 f5 15. Ng3) 14... hxg6 15. Qd2 (15. Re1 f5 $36) 15... f5 16. Qh6 $2 Ra6 $1
$19 17. f4 (17. Ng3 Bg5 18. Qh3 f4 $19) 17... fxe4 18. dxe4 Bc5+ 19. Kh1 Be3
20. Rad1 Qe7 {0-1, Hou,Y (2649)-Ivanchuk,V (2732) Shenzhen 2017}) 4. Nf3 Be7 {
[%mdl 32] Black prefers to steer the game towards a manoeuvring, strategic
fight along the lines of the Closed Ruy Lopez, or Giuoco Piano.} ({Maybe the
character of the position after} 4... d5 5. Bb3 {didn't suit Ivanchuk - this
is a more concrete line, requiring some theoretical knowledge:} Bd6 (5... Bb4+
6. Bd2 Bxd2+ (6... Bd6 7. Nc3 dxe4 (7... d4 $5) 8. Ng5 O-O 9. Ncxe4 Nxe4 (9...
Be7 10. h4 Nbd7 11. Qf3 Qe8 12. O-O-O a5 13. a3 Nd5 14. Rde1 h6 15. Ng3 $1 Ra6
16. Nf5 $16 f6 $2 17. Ne6 Nc5 18. Nexg7 Nxb3+ 19. cxb3 Qg6 20. Rh3 Bxf5 21.
Nxf5 Kh7 22. Rg3 Qf7 23. Nxh6 {1-0, Caruana,F (2817)-Akobian,V (2645) chess.
com rpd 2017}) 10. Nxe4 Bf5 11. Qf3 Bxe4 12. dxe4 Qe7 13. h4 Kh8 14. Rd1 Na6
15. a3 b5 16. Bg5 f6 17. Be3 Rad8 18. O-O Bc5 19. Bc1 Bb6 20. g3 Rxd1 21. Rxd1
Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Qxd8 23. h5 $14 {Korneev,O (2578)-Hakimifard,R (2125) Hamedan
2015}) 7. Qxd2 Qd6 8. Qg5 Nbd7 9. exd5 cxd5 10. Nh4 g6 11. O-O h6 12. Qd2 Kf8
13. d4 e4 (13... Kg7 $5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 $132) 14. Nc3 Kg7 15. f3 Re8 16. Rae1 e3
17. Qd3 Nb8 18. f4 b6 19. Nb5 Qe7 20. Rf3 Ng4 21. g3 Nc6 22. f5 g5 23. f6+ Nxf6
24. Rfxe3 $16 {Hou,Y (2673)-Koneru,H (2581) Beijing rpd 2014}) 6. exd5 (6. Nc3
dxe4 7. Ng5 O-O 8. Ncxe4 Nxe4 9. Nxe4 Bf5 10. Qf3 Bxe4 11. dxe4 Nd7 {is solid
- the bishop pair can be neutralised in a symmetrical position.} 12. c3 (12.
O-O Nc5 13. Be3 Nxb3 14. axb3 Qc7 15. Rfd1 a6 16. Bb6 Qxb6 17. Rxd6 Rad8 $11 {
Ponomariov,R (2729)-Wang,Y (2691) Poikovsky 2012}) 12... a5 13. a4 Nc5 14. Bc2
b5 15. O-O Qc7 16. Rd1 Rab8 17. axb5 cxb5 18. g3 b4 19. cxb4 Rxb4 20. Bd2 Rxb2
{½, Adams,M (2715)-Kramnik,V (2780) Tilburg 1998}) 6... cxd5 7. O-O Nc6 $1 (
7... O-O $143 8. Bg5 e4 9. dxe4 dxe4 10. Nfd2 Bf5 11. Nc3 Be5 12. Nc4 Bxc3 13.
bxc3 Nbd7 14. Ne3 Bg6 15. Nd5 Rc8 16. Qd4 Qe8 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Nxf6+ gxf6 19.
Qxf6 Qd8 20. Qd4 Qa5 21. Rae1 Rxc3 22. Re3 $16 {Hou,Y (2653)-Muzychuk,M (2545)
Hancheng 2016}) 8. Bg5 Be6 9. Nc3 Bc7 10. Nb5 Bb6 11. Re1 a6 12. Nc3 Qd6 13.
Bh4 O-O 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Qd2 Kg7 16. Ne2 Qb4 17. c3 Qg4 18. d4 Rad8 19. h3 Qg6
20. Ng3 e4 21. Nh4 Qg5 22. Nhf5+ Kh8 23. Qxg5 fxg5 24. f3 $132 {~~, Kamsky,G 
(2720)-Gelfand,B (2733) Bazna 2009}) 5. O-O d6 6. Bb3 O-O 7. Re1 Re8 (7... Nbd7
8. c3 Nc5 $5 (8... b5 9. Nbd2 a5 10. d4 a4 11. Bc2 Re8 12. Nf1 Bf8 13. Ng3 g6
14. h3 Bb7 15. Bg5 h6 16. Be3 Bg7 17. Qd2 Kh7 18. Rad1 Qc7 19. Bd3 Nb6 20. Qc2
Bc8 21. Nd2 Be6 (21... Nfd7 $5 $13) 22. dxe5 dxe5 23. c4 $1 bxc4 24. Nxc4 Nxc4
25. Bxc4 Qe7 26. Rc1 $36 {Zhigalko,S (2652)-Nisipeanu,L (2687) Baku olm 2016})
9. Bc2 Bg4 10. Nbd2 Ne6 11. h3 (11. Nf1 g6 (11... Nd7 $5 {/\} 12. h3 Bxf3 13.
Qxf3 Bg5) 12. Ne3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Re8 14. h4 Bf8 15. Bd2 Bg7 16. g3 Qd7 17. Rad1
Rad8 18. b4 b5 19. Bb3 d5 20. Nc2 h5 21. a3 a6 22. Bc1 Ng4 23. Bb2 Qd6 24. a4
Rd7 25. axb5 axb5 26. Ra1 Red8 $132 {Ibarra Jerez,J (2566)-Fernandes,A (2413)
Baku olm 2016}) 11... Bh5 12. Nf1 Nd7 13. g4 $5 (13. Ng3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 g6 15.
Bh6 (15. Be3 Bg5 16. Rad1 Bxe3 17. Qxe3 Qh4 18. d4 Nf6 19. dxe5 dxe5 20. Bb3
Ng5 21. Qc5 Rfe8 22. Re2 Kg7 23. Qb4 b6 24. Qa4 c5 25. Qc4 Re7 26. a4 Ne6 27.
Red2 h5 $11 {Gelfand,B (2685)-Jussupow,A (2655) Munich 1994/ For details see
the notes to this game in CBM 42 by Jussupow.}) 15... Re8 16. Rad1 Bg5 17. Bxg5
Qxg5 18. d4 Nf4 19. Qg4 Qxg4 20. hxg4 Rad8 21. f3 a5 22. Kf2 Nb6 23. Ne2 Ne6
24. a3 Nc4 25. Rb1 exd4 26. Nxd4 d5 27. exd5 Nxd4 28. Rxe8+ Rxe8 29. cxd4 cxd5
$11 {Ghaem Maghami,E (2570)-Bu,X (2670) Moscow 2012}) 13... Bg6 14. Ng3 Ng5 15.
Bxg5 (15. Nxg5 Bxg5 16. d4 Bxc1 17. Rxc1 Re8 18. Qd2 {Pikula,D (2500)-Nikcevic,
N (2465) Budva 2002} Nf8 $11) (15. Kg2 Nxf3 16. Qxf3 Bg5 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. fxe3
Qf6 (18... Re8 $11) 19. Qe2 d5 20. Rf1 Qe7 21. exd5 cxd5 22. Nf5 Bxf5 23. Rxf5
g6 24. Rf2 {Shanava,K (2532)-Zeynalov,F (2259) Baku 2007} e4 $5 $132) 15...
Bxg5 16. d4 Bf4 17. Ne2 Qf6 18. Kg2 exd4 $2 (18... Rad8 19. Nxf4 Qxf4 20. Qc1
Qxc1 21. Raxc1 f6 $11) 19. Nfxd4 Rfe8 20. Nxf4 Qxf4 21. f3 Nb6 22. Qc1 Qxc1 23.
Raxc1 d5 24. e5 Nd7 25. f4 Bxc2 26. Rxc2 Nc5 27. Re3 $16 {Carlsen,M (2840)-Wei,
Y (2706) Wijk aan Zee 2017 See the notes to this game in CBM 177 by G.Meier.})
8. c3 Bf8 9. Nbd2 Be6 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] A novel idea, Black first of all
activates his B. In previous practice he had to face some pressure:} (9... h6
10. h3 Nbd7 11. d4 $5 Qc7 12. Bc2 (12. Nh4 d5 13. exd5 cxd5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15.
Ndf3 Nxf3+ 16. Nxf3 {½, Negulescu,A (2464)-Vajda,L (2507) Romania 2001} Rxe1+
17. Qxe1 Bf5 $132) 12... g6 13. Nf1 Bg7 14. Ng3 Nf8 15. Be3 Be6 16. Qd2 Kh7 17.
Rad1 Rad8 18. Qc1 Bc8 19. Nd2 Ne6 20. Nf3 b6 21. b4 Nf8 22. a4 N8d7 23. h4 Nf8
24. h5 Bg4 25. hxg6+ fxg6 26. dxe5 dxe5 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Nh2 Bc8 29. f4 exf4
30. Bxf4 Qe7 31. e5 $40 {Hou,Y (2584)-Reinaldo Castineira,R (2503) Zuerich 2009
}) ({Similar is} 9... Nbd7 10. d4 Qc7 11. Bc2 g6 12. Nf1 Bg7 13. Ng3 b6 14. Bg5
h6 15. Bd2 Bb7 16. Qc1 h5 17. Bh6 Bh8 18. h3 Nh7 19. Qd2 Ndf8 20. Rad1 Rad8 21.
Bb3 Bc8 22. Ng5 $36 {Palac,M (2584)-Stohl,I (2558) Sibenik 2006}) (9... Bg4 10.
h3 Bh5 11. Nf1 Nbd7 12. Ng3 Bg6 13. Nh4 d5 14. Qf3 Nc5 15. Bc2 dxe4 16. dxe4
Nfd7 17. Ngf5 Qf6 18. Rd1 Rad8 19. Be3 a5 20. Qg4 h6 21. Nxg6 fxg6 22. Ng3 Kh7
23. Rd2 $14 {Trepp,M (2405)-Bricard,E (2365) Auxerre 1987}) 10. Bc2 Nbd7 11. h3
h6 12. d4 Qc7 (12... b5 $5 13. a4 a6 {also deserves attention}) 13. c4 {
[%cal Rd4d5]} (13. Nf1 Rad8 {/\} 14. Ne3 d5 15. exd5 Bxd5 $5 (15... Nxd5 16.
Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Bf4 $16) 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 $132) 13... exd4 (13... Rac8
14. b3 (14. d5 $2 cxd5 15. exd5 Bxd5 $17) 14... b5 (14... g6 15. Bb2 $14 {
[%cal Ya1c1]}) 15. Bb2 bxc4 16. bxc4 {and Black will sooner or later have to
release the central tension anyway.}) 14. Nxd4 {[%cal Yb2b3,Yc1b2]} Qb6 $1 {
Forcing White's hand, otherwise he could comfortably finish his development
with b3 and Bb2.} 15. Nxe6 Rxe6 16. Nf3 ({There is no time for} 16. b3 $2 Rae8
$32 {[%csl Re4][%cal Rd6d5,Rd7c5]}) 16... Rae8 17. Nd4 (17. Be3 c5 $5 (17...
Qxb2 18. Rb1 Qa3 (18... Qxa2 19. Ra1 Qxc4 20. Bd3 Qc3 21. Bd4 Qb4 22. Ra4 d5
23. Rxb4 Bxb4 24. Re3 dxe4 25. Bc4 $16) 19. Rxb7 Nc5 20. Rc7 Qa5 21. Rxc6 Nfxe4
$132) 18. Nd2 Qxb2 19. Rb1 Qxa2 (19... Qa3 20. Ba4 $44) 20. Ra1 Qb2 21. Rb1 $11
) 17... Re5 $5 {[%mdl 512] Intro to a positional exchange sacrifice.} (17...
Nxe4 {also seems playable:} 18. Be3 $5 (18. Nxe6 Qxf2+ 19. Kh1 (19. Kh2 Qg3+
20. Kg1 Qf2+ $11 (20... Nf2 21. Qf3 Nxh3+ 22. Kf1 Qxf3+ 23. gxf3 fxe6 24. Bg6
Re7 25. f4 e5 26. Bf5 Nxf4 27. Bxf4 Nc5 28. Be3 Rf7 29. Bxc5 dxc5 30. Rxe5 g6
$14)) 19... Ng3+ 20. Kh2 Rxe6 21. Qd3 g6 22. Rxe6 Nf1+ 23. Kh1 Ng3+ $11) (18.
c5 Ndxc5 19. Nxe6 Rxe6 20. Re2 d5 21. Be3 a5 $11) 18... Rf6 $8 (18... Re5 $2
19. Nf3) 19. Ne6 Nec5 20. Nxf8 Nxf8 21. Qd2 $44 {[%csl Gc2,Ge3]}) 18. Bf4 (18.
Be3 Qxb2 (18... c5 19. Nf5 Qxb2 20. f3 $44) 19. Rb1 Qa3 20. Rxb7 Nc5 $13) 18...
Qxb2 (18... d5 19. cxd5 $1 (19. Bxe5 Nxe5 $13 {[%cal Rf8c5]}) 19... Bc5 (19...
cxd5 20. Bxe5 Nxe5 21. Nb3 $5 $16) 20. dxc6 bxc6 21. Be3 Qxb2 (21... Nxe4 22.
b4 $1 Nxf2 (22... Bxb4 23. Nf3 $18) 23. bxc5 Nxd1 24. cxb6 Nxe3 25. bxa7 $16 {
[%csl Ra7]}) 22. Re2 $5 $16 (22. Rb1 Qxa2 23. Nxc6 Bxe3 24. Rxe3 $36)) 19. Bxe5
{Simple, but now Black has compensation with his dark-square control and
compact pawns.} (19. Rb1 {is objectively perhaps about equivalent, but
definitely more complex:} Qxa2 20. Rxb7 Rc5 21. Bd3 Qa6 (21... Ne5 22. Nb3 $1 (
22. Bxe5 dxe5 23. Nb3 Qa6 (23... Rd8 24. Re2 Qa6 25. Nxc5 Bxc5 $44) 24. Nxc5
Bxc5 25. Rb3 Qa5 $44) 22... Nxd3 23. Qxd3 $16) 22. Rb4 $5 (22. Rb1 Ne5 (22...
Qc8 23. Nb3 {[%csl Rc5]}) 23. Bf1 Ng6 $132) 22... Ne5 23. Bf1 Ng6 (23... Ra5
24. c5 (24. Rb1 $5 $44 {by Houdini is definitely inhuman.}) 24... Qc8 25. cxd6
Bxd6 26. Rb2 Bc7 $13) 24. Ra4 Qb7 25. Be3 Rce5 $11) 19... dxe5 20. Nb3 Qa3 $44
{[%csl Ra2,Rc4][%cal Gf8a3]} 21. Qd3 a5 (21... Qa6 $5 22. Qc3 Nc5 $44 {is more
solid}) 22. Rab1 Rb8 23. Re2 g6 24. Bd1 (24. Nc1 $1 Qe7 25. Qc3 {[%cal Yc1d3,
Yc3a5] is more testing, although the engine claims Black is still OK after} Nh5
$5 $132) 24... a4 25. Nc1 Qe7 26. Bxa4 (26. Qf3 Nc5 27. Nd3 Nfd7 {[%cal Yc5e6,
Ye6d4] is at least equal. In practice it's easier to play such positions with
Black, as White lacks concrete plans and targets.}) 26... Nc5 27. Qc2 Rd8 $44 {
After giving up the Pa4 Black has improved his coordination and still has
excellent compensation. The further course of the game shows White must tread
with great care.} 28. Re3 $6 (28. Re1 $142 Rd7 $1 (28... Qc7 29. Bb3 Qa5 30.
Rd1 Rxd1+ 31. Qxd1 Nfxe4 $44) 29. Bb3 Qd8 30. Rb2 Rd4 (30... h5 $44) 31. Ne2 (
31. f3 Nh5 $40) 31... Nfxe4 $5 32. Nxd4 exd4 $44 {[%csl Gd4][%cal Rd4d3,Rd8d4]
/=/+ Despite being already 2 exchanges down Black holds the initiative.}) 28...
h5 $1 {[%cal Yf8h6]} 29. Nd3 Bh6 $1 (29... Nfxe4 $6 30. Rbe1 $13 {is already
not enough for Ivanchuk.}) 30. Rf3 Ncxe4 {Squanders part of his advantage, the
knight should have remained on c5.} (30... Nfxe4 $142 $1 31. Re1 (31. Nxc5 Nxc5
32. Rd1 e4 33. Rxd8+ Qxd8 34. Rc3 e3 $1 35. fxe3 Qh4 $19 {->}) {However, Black
doesn't have to hurry:} 31... Rd4 $1 (31... Nd2 $6 32. Rxf7 $1 (32. Nxe5 Nxf3+
33. Nxf3 Qf6 $17) 32... Kxf7 (32... Qxf7 33. Nxc5 $132) 33. Nxe5+ Kg8 34. Qxg6+
Qg7 35. Qxh5 Nxa4 36. Ng6 Be3 37. Ne7+ $1 Kf8 (37... Qxe7 38. Rxe3 $16) 38.
Ng6+ $11) 32. Nxc5 (32. Re2 Qd6 $17) 32... Nxc5 $17) 31. Re1 Rd4 (31... Nd2 32.
Nxe5 Nxf3+ 33. Nxf3 $15) 32. c5 (32. Re2 Nd7 $5 (32... Ng5 33. Nxe5 Nxf3+ 34.
Nxf3 Re4 $15) 33. c5 f5 $36) 32... Nd5 $6 (32... Nd2 $1 33. Nxe5 Rc4 34. Qd1
Nxf3+ 35. Nxf3 Qxc5 36. Bb3 Rc1 37. Qd8+ Kg7 38. Qc7 Nd5 $17 39. Qxb7 $2 Rxe1+
40. Nxe1 Qc1 41. Kf1 Bd2 $19) 33. Bb3 Kg7 34. Qb2 (34. Bxd5 cxd5 35. c6 bxc6
36. Qxc6 h4 $44) 34... Ndf6 $6 (34... Bg5 $142 $5 $15 {/\} 35. Bxd5 cxd5 36.
Nxe5 $2 Qxe5 37. Rd3 Bf6 $19) 35. Qc2 $6 ({It's almost impossible to play such
a complex position accurately. After} 35. h4 $1 $16 {Black can't increase his
pressure and White is ready to take over. A sample line is} Qc7 36. g3 Qe7 37.
Re2 {, with Nxe5 and Rd3 already in the air.}) 35... Qc7 (35... Bg5 $1 {
was still stronger.}) 36. Qe2 (36. h4 $142 $1) 36... Nd2 37. Qxe5 $2 {The
decisive mistake, possibly in time trouble?} (37. Rxf6 Kxf6 38. Nxe5 Re4 39.
Qxd2 Bxd2 40. Rxe4 $44 {[%csl Rf7] <=> could probably still save the game for
White.}) (37. Nxe5 Re4 38. Qxe4 Ndxe4 39. Rxe4 Nxe4 40. Rxf7+ Qxf7 41. Nxf7
Nxc5 $15) 37... Nxf3+ 38. gxf3 Qd7 $1 $19 ({The endgame after} 38... Qxe5 39.
Nxe5 Nd7 $17 {is good for Black, but this wins outright.}) 39. Nb2 $6 (39. Bc2
Rd5 (39... Rh4 $19) (39... Rxd3 $19) 40. Qe7 Rxd3 41. Bxd3 Qxd3 $19 {only
prolongs the suffering}) 39... Bf4 40. Qe7 Qxh3 $1 $40 {[%cal Rf4h2] Now Black
has a mating attack.} 41. Qxf7+ Kh6 42. Qf8+ Kg5 0-1

[Event "Shenzhen m"]
[Site "Shenzhen"]
[Date "2017.04.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2017.04.05"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 dxc4 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O b5 8. a4
c6 9. axb5 cxb5 10. Ng5 Nd5 11. e4 Ne7 12. e5 Nd5 13. Nxh7 Kxh7 14. Qh5+ Kg8
15. Ne4 f6 16. Nxf6+ gxf6 17. Qg6+ Kh8 18. Qh5+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Shenzhen m"]
[Site "Shenzhen"]
[Date "2017.04.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2017.04.05"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 O-O 7. a4 a5 8. Bg5
Ne7 9. Nh4 d5 10. Bb3 dxe4 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Nd2 Ng6 13. Nxe4 Be7 14. Nxg6 hxg6
15. Qd2 f5 16. Qh6 Ra6 17. f4 fxe4 18. dxe4 Bc5+ 19. Kh1 Be3 20. Rad1 Qe7 0-1

[Event "CHN-chT"]
[Site "China"]
[Date "2017.11.02"]
[Round "16.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Lu, Shanglei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2017.04.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Shenzhen"]
[BlackTeam "Zhejiang"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg5 c6 5. e3 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Nbd2 g6 8. Bd3
Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. cxd5 exd5 11. b4 Qe7 12. Rb1 Be6 13. Nb3 b6 14. Qd2 Nd7 15.
Rfc1 Rfc8 16. h3 Rab8 17. Ba6 Rc7 18. Bd3 Rcc8 19. Ba6 Rc7 20. Bd3 Rcc8 21. Ba6
1/2-1/2

[Event "CHN-chT"]
[Site "China"]
[Date "2017.11.03"]
[Round "17.2"]
[White "Li, Yankai"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2392"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2017.04.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tianjin"]
[BlackTeam "Shenzhen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 Nf6 6. O-O c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Rd1+ Ke7 10. b3 b6 11. Bb2 Nbd7 12. Nbd2 Bb7 13. Be2 Rhc8 14. Nc4
b5 15. Nce5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bd5 17. Rac1 Ke8 18. Ng4 Nxg4 19. Bxg4 Bf8 20. Rxc8+
Rxc8 21. Rxd5 Rc2 22. Rd3 Rxb2 23. a4 Rb1+ 24. Bd1 Bb4 25. axb5 axb5 26. Kf1
Bc3 27. f4 b4 28. Kf2 Ke7 29. Kf3 h5 30. g3 Rb2 31. h3 Be1 32. g4 h4 33. Be2
Bc3 34. Rd1 Rxb3 35. Bb5 g6 36. Rd7+ Kf8 37. f5 Rb2 38. fxe6 fxe6 39. Bc4 Rh2
40. Bxe6 Rxh3+ 41. Kf4 g5+ 42. Ke4 Rg3 43. Rf7+ Ke8 44. Rh7 Bd2 45. Kf5 Rxe3
46. Rh8+ Ke7 47. Rh7+ Kf8 48. Rh8+ Kg7 49. Rd8 Bc3 50. Rd7+ Kh6 0-1

[Event "CHN-chT"]
[Site "China"]
[Date "2017.11.04"]
[Round "18.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Xu, Zhihang"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2376"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2017.04.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Shenzhen"]
[BlackTeam "Qingdao"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. e4 e6 2. Qe2 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 d5 6. d3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. e5
Nd7 9. c4 d4 10. h4 h6 11. Re1 Rb8 12. Bf4 a6 13. Nbd2 b5 14. b3 bxc4 15. bxc4
Rb2 16. Reb1 Rxb1+ 17. Rxb1 Qa5 18. Ne4 Nb4 19. Rb2 Bb7 20. Nh2 Bc6 21. Rd2 Rc8
22. Ng4 Bxe4 23. Bxe4 Kf8 24. Rb2 Ke8 25. Nh2 Nb6 26. Rb3 Na4 27. a3 Nc3 28.
Qb2 Nxe4 29. axb4 cxb4 30. dxe4 Rxc4 31. Nf3 Bc5 32. Bd2 Qb5 33. Rd3 Qc6 34.
Qb3 Qb5 35. Qb2 Qc6 36. Qb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Capablanca Memorial 52nd"]
[Site "Matanzas"]
[Date "2017.05.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Cordova, Emilio"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2017.05.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 b6 2. g3 Bb7 3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Nc3 d6 7. Re1 Nf6 8. e4
Nc6 9. d4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 cxd4 11. Qxd4 O-O 12. Qd3 Nd7 13. Bd2 a6 14. a4 Qc7 15.
b3 e6 16. Rad1 Rac8 17. Bf4 Rfd8 18. Qxd6 Qxd6 19. Rxd6 Nc5 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21.
e5 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Rd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Capablanca Memorial 52nd"]
[Site "Matanzas"]
[Date "2017.05.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2017.05.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd2 g6 6. Bd3 Bg7 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qc2 Re8 10. Rfe1 a6 11. Rad1 b5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. e4 b4 14. e5 bxc3 15.
exf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Capablanca Memorial 52nd"]
[Site "Matanzas"]
[Date "2017.05.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Piorun, Kacper"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2017.05.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 g6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Ne5 O-O 8. O-O
Ne4 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Qa4 Qb6 13. Ba3 Qa6 14. Qxa6
Bxa6 15. Rfe1 Rfe8 16. Bc5 e6 17. e3 Bf8 18. Bxf8 Kxf8 19. Bf1 Bxf1 20. Kxf1
Reb8 21. Reb1 Rb6 22. Rb3 Rab8 23. Rab1 f6 24. Ke2 Ke7 25. Kd3 Kd6 26. f3 c5
27. c4 Rxb3+ 28. Rxb3 Rxb3+ 29. axb3 a5 30. Kc3 Kc6 31. cxd5+ Kxd5 32. e4+ Kc6
33. f4 cxd4+ 34. Kxd4 Kb5 35. Kc3 Kc5 36. h3 Kb5 37. g4 Kc5 38. g5 fxg5 39.
fxg5 Kb5 40. Kd3 Kc5 41. Kc3 Kb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Capablanca Memorial 52nd"]
[Site "Matanzas"]
[Date "2017.05.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ortiz Suarez, Isan Reynaldo"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2017.05.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Be7 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Be2 Rb8 13. Bf3 Qc7 14. Kb1
a5 15. Qd2 b4 16. Ne2 h5 17. h4 a4 18. Rc1 Bd7 19. c4 Qc5 20. Ng3 Rg8 21. Nxh5
f5 22. Qe2 b3 23. a3 Bc6 24. e5 Bxf3 25. gxf3 Rh8 26. Nf6+ Bxf6 27. exf6 Kd7
28. h5 Rbg8 29. Qd2 Rg3 30. h6 Rh7 31. Rc3 Kc7 32. Rcc1 Rg6 33. Rh5 Rgxh6 34.
Rxh6 Rxh6 35. Qg2 Qe3 36. c5 dxc5 37. Rd1 Rh8 38. Qg7 Qd3+ 0-1

[Event "Capablanca Memorial 52nd"]
[Site "Matanzas"]
[Date "2017.05.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Shankland, Samuel L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2017.05.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Nc3 Bb7 7. Qc2 O-O 8. Bg2
Nc6 9. O-O d5 10. cxd5 Nb4 11. Qa4 Nbxd5 12. Rfd1 Qe8 13. Qxe8 Rfxe8 14. Ne5 c5
15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Rac1 Rac8 17. Nb5 a6 18. Rxc5 Rxc5 19. Nd6 Rb8 20. Nexf7 Ba8
21. e4 Nc7 22. f3 Rf8 23. Be3 Rc2 24. Ne5 Rd8 25. Bf1 Nfe8 26. Bd3 Rxb2 27.
Ndc4 Rxa2 28. Bxb6 Ra4 29. Rc1 Rb4 30. Kf2 Rb5 31. Bf1 Rb8 32. Nd7 Rd8 33. Nce5
Rb2+ 34. Kg1 Bb7 35. Bxc7 Rc8 36. Nd3 Rd2 37. Bf4 Rxc1 38. Bxd2 Rd1 39. Bb4 Bc6
40. N7e5 Bb5 41. Kf2 Nf6 42. h4 h6 43. Bc3 Nh5 44. Be2 Rb1 45. g4 Nf6 46. Ke3
Rh1 47. h5 Nh7 48. f4 Nf6 49. Bf3 Rb1 50. Nc5 1-0

[Event "Capablanca Memorial 52nd"]
[Site "Matanzas"]
[Date "2017.06.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Cordova, Emilio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2017.05.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2
b6 9. h4 Nc6 10. h5 f6 11. h6 g6 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Bxc5 bxc5 14. Nxd5 fxe5 15.
O-O-O Nd4 16. Nc3 Bb7 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. fxe5 Qe7 19. Bd3 Rad8 20. Kb1 Nf5 21.
b3 c4 22. bxc4 Bxg2 23. Rhg1 Bc6 24. Nb5 Qc5 25. Qa5 Bxb5 26. Bxf5 exf5 27.
cxb5 Rb8 28. a4 a6 29. Qxa6 Qb4+ 30. Kc1 Qa3+ 31. Kb1 Qb4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Capablanca Memorial 52nd"]
[Site "Matanzas"]
[Date "2017.06.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2017.05.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O
8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O Ne5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. Bd3 Be6 12. Kb1 Qe8 13. Qe2 f5 14. f3
Qf7 15. b3 Bd6 16. Rhf1 Kh8 17. Bc1 b6 18. h4 Qh5 19. Qe1 Bd7 20. Bb2 Rae8 21.
Be2 Bc6 22. c4 h6 23. g3 Qg6 24. f4 Re7 25. fxe5 Bxe5 26. Bxe5 Rxe5 27. Qf2
Rfe8 28. Bd3 Be4 29. Qf4 Bxd3 30. Rxd3 Qf6 31. Rfd1 R8e7 32. Qd4 Kh7 33. a4 Qe6
34. Kb2 Re4 35. Qc3 Qe5 36. c5 bxc5 37. Rd5 Qxc3+ 38. Kxc3 f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Capablanca Memorial 52nd"]
[Site "Matanzas"]
[Date "2017.06.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Piorun, Kacper"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2017.05.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8.
exd5 Nb8 9. c4 Nd7 10. Be2 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Kh1 f5 13. f3 a6 14. Nc3 Bg5 15.
b4 b6 16. a3 Ra7 17. Bxg5 Qxg5 18. Qc1 Qd8 19. Qe3 f4 20. Qf2 Nf6 21. Rfd1 g5
22. Na4 Rg7 23. Nxb6 Bf5 24. Bd3 Bxd3 25. Rxd3 g4 26. c5 g3 27. Qe1 gxh2 28.
Qh4 Qe8 29. c6 Nh5 30. Nd7 Ng3+ 31. Kxh2 Rf5 32. Re1 Rxd7 33. Qg4+ Rg7 0-1

[Event "Capablanca Memorial 52nd"]
[Site "Matanzas"]
[Date "2017.06.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ortiz Suarez, Isan Reynaldo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2017.05.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. a3
Nbd7 9. g3 Bd6 10. Bd2 O-O 11. Qc2 Qe7 12. cxd5 exd5 13. f3 c5 14. Kf2 a6 15.
Bh3 b5 16. Rac1 cxd4 17. exd4 Nb6 18. Rhe1 Qa7 19. Rcd1 Rfe8 20. Bc1 Nc4 21.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. a4 Qb7 23. axb5 axb5 24. b3 Na5 25. Bb2 b4 26. Na4 Qe7 27. Bc1
Nh7 28. Nb6 Qb7 29. Nd7 Qa7 30. Be3 Nf8 31. Ne5 Qe7 32. f4 f6 33. Bg2 fxe5 34.
Bxd5+ Kh8 35. dxe5 Bb8 36. Qc5 Qd8 37. Bf7 Qxd1 38. Bxe8 Kh7 39. Qxf8 Qc2+ 40.
Kf3 Qd1+ 41. Kg2 Qd5+ 42. Kh3 Qe6+ 43. g4 1-0

[Event "Capablanca Memorial 52nd"]
[Site "Matanzas"]
[Date "2017.06.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shankland, Samuel L"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2017.05.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Bg6 7. Nbd2 Nh6 8. Nb3
Be7 9. a4 O-O 10. a5 f6 11. c4 Nf7 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. Bf4 Rc8 15.
Rc1 Qe7 16. Qd2 h6 17. h3 Be4 18. Rfe1 b6 19. axb6 axb6 20. Nh2 Bg5 21. Bxg5
Nxg5 22. Qe3 Qb4 23. h4 Nf7 24. Bg4 Bf5 25. Bxf5 exf5 26. Nf3 Nf6 27. Ne5 Nxe5
28. dxe5 Ng4 29. Qf3 Rxc1 30. Rxc1 Qe4 31. Qxe4 fxe4 32. e6 Rxf2 33. Rc8+ Rf8
34. Rc6 e3 35. Nd4 Rf4 36. Ne2 Rf2 37. Rc8+ Kh7 38. e7 Rxe2 39. Kf1 1-0

[Event "Prague Cez Trophy m"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2017.06.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2017.06.15"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. b3 Bg4
9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 e6 11. Bb2 Nbd7 12. Qc2 Qe7 13. a4 Rfd8 14. Ba3 Qe8 15.
Rfd1 Bf8 16. Bb2 a5 17. Rab1 Bd6 18. e4 dxe4 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Qe7 21. Bf3
Rac8 22. Qd2 Bb4 23. Qe3 Qd6 24. Bg4 Nf6 25. Be2 Re8 26. Rd3 Rcd8 27. Rbd1 Qe7
28. Bf3 Nd7 29. d5 exd5 30. cxd5 Qxe3 31. Rxe3 Rxe3 32. fxe3 Nc5 33. Bf6 Rd7
34. e4 h5 35. g4 cxd5 36. exd5 Nxb3 37. gxh5 Nd2 38. Bg4 Rd6 39. Bb2 gxh5 40.
Bxh5 Rxd5 41. Be2 Rc5 42. Rc1 Ne4 43. Rxc5 Nxc5 44. Bb5 Ne6 45. Kg2 Bc5 46. Kf3
Nd4+ 47. Bxd4 Bxd4 48. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Prague Cez Trophy m"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2017.06.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2017.06.15"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1 Nc6 8.
Be2 Nf6 9. Be3 e6 10. g4 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. O-O Bd7 14. Bf3 Qc4
15. c3 Rc8 16. Qb3 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Qxb3 18. axb3 Bc6 19. Bxc6+ Rxc6 20. b4 f6 21.
b5 axb5 22. Ra8+ Kf7 23. Rb8 b4 24. cxb4 Rc4 25. Bc3 Rxg4+ 26. Kh1 b5 27. Ra1
Rg8 28. Ra7+ Kg6 29. Raa8 Kf7 30. Rb7+ Kg6 31. Rxb5 Rh4 32. Rbb8 Kf7 33. Kg1
Rg4+ 34. Kf1 Rh4 35. b5 Rxh2 36. b6 Rh5 37. Rb7+ Kg6 38. Bb4 Bxb4 39. Rxg8 Rb5
40. Rbxg7+ Kf5 41. b7 Bd6 42. Rd8 Bf4 43. Rxh7 Rxb2 44. Rd4 e5 45. Rd5 Ke6 46.
Rdd7 e4 47. Rhe7+ Kf5 48. Rd5+ Kg4 49. Kg2 e3 50. Rg7+ Bg5 51. Rd8 e2 52. Re8
Kf4 53. Rxe2 1-0

[Event "Prague Cez Trophy m"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2017.06.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2017.06.15"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O Be7 6. c3 a6 7. Ba4 O-O 8. Nbd2
Nd7 9. d4 Bf6 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Nc4 exd4 12. cxd4 a5 13. Re1 Nb6 14. Qc2 Nxc4
15. Qxc4 Bd7 16. Bf4 Re8 17. e5 Be7 18. Rac1 h6 19. h3 Bf8 20. Re3 a4 21. Qc3
Rb8 22. Bg3 Qc8 23. Ne1 Rb6 24. Nd3 Be6 25. exd6 cxd6 26. Rce1 Rd8 27. a3 Rb3
28. Qd2 Bc4 29. Qc2 Bxd3 30. Rxd3 Qf5 31. Rc3 Qxc2 32. Rxc2 Rdb8 33. Rxc6 Rxb2
34. Bxd6 Bxd6 35. Rxd6 Ra2 36. Rd7 Rxa3 37. Ree7 Rf8 38. Ra7 Ra1+ 39. Kh2 a3
40. Re3 Rd1 41. Rexa3 Rxd4 42. Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Prague Cez Trophy m"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2017.06.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2017.06.15"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Nc5 e5 6. Nxb7 Qb6 7. Nc5 Bxc5 8.
dxc5 Qxc5 9. c3 Nf6 10. Be3 Qe7 11. Ne2 O-O 12. Ng3 Rd8 13. Qc1 Bg6 14. Bc4
Nbd7 15. O-O Nb6 16. Bb3 Nfd5 17. Re1 c5 18. Bd2 a5 19. Bc2 Nc4 20. Bxg6 hxg6
21. Bg5 f6 22. b3 Nd6 23. Be3 Nf5 24. Bd2 Qb7 25. Qc2 Nde7 26. Rad1 a4 27. Ne4
axb3 28. Qxb3+ Qxb3 29. axb3 c4 30. bxc4 Nd6 31. Nxd6 Rxd6 32. Be3 Rc6 33. c5
Nf5 34. g3 g5 35. Rd5 Ra4 36. Bd2 Rc4 37. h3 Kf7 38. Rd1 Ke6 39. Be1 g4 40.
hxg4 Rxg4 41. f3 Rc4 42. g4 Ne7 43. Rd6+ Kf7 44. Rxc6 Nxc6 45. Rd7+ Kg6 46. Rd5
Na5 47. Bd2 Nb3 48. Be3 Rxc3 49. Kf2 Rc2+ 50. Ke1 Rc3 51. Ke2 Kf7 52. Rd7+ Ke6
53. Rxg7 Nxc5 54. g5 fxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Prague Cez Trophy m"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2017.06.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2017.06.15"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 g6 5. d4 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O a6 8. h3 b5
9. b3 Bb7 10. Bb2 Nbd7 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Qd3 dxc4 13. bxc4 b4 14. Na4 c5 15. a3
a5 16. axb4 axb4 17. dxc5 Ra8 18. Qb3 Bc6 19. Nb6 Nxb6 20. cxb6 Qxb6 21. Bd4
Qb7 22. Rb1 Rfb8 23. Be5 Ne4 24. Bxb8 Nc3 25. Qxb4 Nxe2+ 26. Kh1 Rxb8 27. Qxb7
Rxb7 28. Rxb7 Bxb7 29. Rb1 Bxf3 30. Rb8+ Bf8 31. gxf3 Nc3 32. c5 Nd5 33. e4 Nc7
34. Rb7 Ne6 35. c6 Bh6 36. c7 Nxc7 37. Rxc7 e6 38. Kg2 Bf4 39. Rd7 h5 40. Kf1
h4 41. Ke2 Kf8 42. Kd3 g5 43. Kd4 Bh2 44. e5 Bf4 45. Ke4 Ke8 46. Rd1 Ke7 47.
Rg1 Kd7 48. Rg4 Kc6 49. Rg1 Kd7 50. Rg4 Kc6 51. Rxh4 gxh4 52. Kxf4 Kd5 53. Kg4
Kxe5 54. Kg5 f5 55. Kxh4 Kf4 56. Kh5 Kxf3 57. Kg5 Kxf2 58. Kf4 e5+ 59. Kxf5 Kg3
60. Kxe5 Kxh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Prague Cez Trophy m"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2017.06.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2017.06.15"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 f5 8.
Nc3 a6 9. a4 b6 10. Bc4 c6 11. Qe2 Nd7 12. O-O Nf6 13. Rad1 b5 14. Bb3 b4 15.
Na2 Qc7 16. Rfe1 Rg8 17. Nc1 Bb7 18. Nd3 c5 19. Nde5 Nd5 20. g3 Rd8 21. Nxf7
Kxf7 22. Qxe6+ Kg7 23. dxc5 Bxc5 24. Bxd5 Rge8 25. Qxe8 Bxf2+ 26. Kxf2 Rxe8 27.
Rxe8 Qxc2+ 28. Ke1 Bxd5 29. Rxd5 Qxb2 30. Rd7+ Kf6 31. Rd6+ Kf7 32. Re3 b3 33.
Nd2 Qa1+ 34. Ke2 f4 35. gxf4 b2 36. Rb6 a5 37. f5 Qxa4 38. Rxb2 Qg4+ 39. Rf3
1-0

[Event "Prague Cez Trophy m"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2017.06.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2017.06.15"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Nb6 8.
Ne5 a5 9. f3 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. e4 Bg6 12. h4 h6 13. Qb3 Qc7 14. h5 Bh7 15.
d5 Nc5 16. Qc4 e6 17. Be3 exd5 18. exd5 Qg3+ 19. Kd2 Qd6 20. Bxc5 Qxc5 21. Re1+
Kd7 22. Qf4 Rd8 23. Bd3 Bxd3 24. Qxf7+ Kc8 25. Kxd3 cxd5 26. Rc1 Qc4+ 27. Kc2
Qc7 28. Qg6 Qc6 29. Qf7 Qf6 30. Qxf6 gxf6 31. Rhd1 Rg8 32. g4 f5 33. Nxd5 fxg4
34. Nf6 Rg7 35. Kb3+ Rc7 36. Rxc7+ Kxc7 37. Rxd8 Kxd8 38. Nxg4 Ke7 39. Kc4 Ke6
40. Kb5 Kf5 41. Kxa5 Kf4 42. Kb6 Kxf3 43. Nxh6 Bxh6 44. Kxb7 Kg4 45. a5 Kxh5
46. a6 Be3 47. b4 1-0

[Event "Prague Cez Trophy m"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2017.06.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2017.06.15"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nbd2 Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. Nf3 Bb6 8.
O-O c6 9. Ba4 d6 10. c3 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. g4 Bg6 13. Nh4 Nxe4 14. Nxg6 hxg6
15. dxe4 Rxh3 16. g5 Rg3+ 17. Kh2 Rxg5 18. Bxg5 Qxg5 19. Qf3 O-O-O 20. Qg3 Qd2
21. Kg2 Qxb2 22. Bb3 Rf8 23. Rad1 Bc5 24. Rd3 Kb8 25. Rf3 Qe2 26. Bxf7 Qxe4 27.
Bxg6 Qd5 28. c4 Qg8 29. Rxf8+ Qxf8 30. Qg5 a6 31. f3 Qg8 32. Qg4 Qd8 33. Re1
Qa5 34. Re2 Qc3 35. Qe4 Qc1 36. Qb1 Qxc4 37. Rb2 Ka8 38. Qf5 Ka7 39. Qf7 Qxf7
40. Bxf7 Be3 41. Be8 c5 42. a4 c4 43. Rc2 d5 44. Bf7 b5 45. Bxd5 Kb6 46. Kf1
Kc5 47. Bf7 g5 48. Ke2 Bd4 49. axb5 axb5 50. Ra2 e4 51. fxe4 g4 52. Ra8 g3 53.
Kf3 Be5 54. Re8 Bc7 55. e5 b4 56. Rc8 Kb6 57. Rxc7 Kxc7 58. Bxc4 1-0

[Event "Prague Cez Trophy m"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2017.06.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2017.06.15"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Bg2
c6 9. e4 d5 10. exd5 cxd5 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. O-O Nc6 13. Bf4 Rc8 14. Rc1 Na5 15.
cxd5 Bb4 16. dxe6 Bxg2 17. Nxf7 Qe7 18. Kxg2 Rxc3 19. Rxc3 Bxc3 20. Bd6 Qb7+
21. f3 Re8 22. Qd3 Qd5 23. Qxc3 Qxe6 24. Nh6+ gxh6 25. Be5 Nd5 26. Qd2 Nc6 27.
Re1 h5 28. Qc1 Rc8 29. Bc7 Qg6 30. Qc4 Ncb4 31. Re7 Kf8 0-1

[Event "Prague Cez Trophy m"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2017.06.17"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.06.15"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1 Nc6 8.
Be2 Nf6 9. Be3 e6 10. g4 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. Rg1 Bd7 14. c3 Bd6
15. Nf5 Be5 16. Qxd5 exd5 17. f4 Bxf5 18. gxf5 Bf6 19. O-O-O O-O-O 20. Bb6 Rd7
21. Bf3 Ne7 22. Rd3 Nxf5 23. Rxd5 Rxd5 24. Bxd5 Bd8 25. Bxd8 Rxd8 26. Bxf7 Rd6
27. Bg8 Rh6 28. Rg5 g6 29. Be6+ Kc7 30. Bxf5 gxf5 31. Rxf5 Rxh2 32. Rf7+ Kc6
33. f5 h5 34. f6 h4 35. Rh7 Rf2 36. Rxh4 Rxf6 37. Kc2 Rf2+ 38. Kb3 b6 39. a4 a5
40. Rh5 Kb7 41. Rg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Prague Cez Trophy m"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2017.06.17"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2017.06.15"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Nd7 7. Qe2 f6 8.
Nc4 Nb6 9. Na5 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Bxa5 11. Bxa5 c5 12. Nh4 O-O 13. O-O Be6 14. b3 Nc8
15. g3 Bh3 16. Ng2 Ne7 17. Bc3 Nc6 18. f4 Qd7 19. Rf2 Nd4 20. Bxd4 cxd4 21. f5
Bxg2 22. Rxg2 h6 23. h4 Kf7 24. g4 Rh8 25. Kf2 Ke7 26. Rag1 Kd6 27. Qd2 c5 28.
Qa5 b6 29. Qa6 Rh7 30. a4 Qc8 31. Qb5 Qe8 32. g5 hxg5 33. hxg5 Qxb5 34. axb5 a6
35. gxf6 gxf6 36. Rg6 Rf7 37. Ra1 a5 38. Rh1 a4 39. bxa4 Rxa4 40. Rhh6 Ke7 41.
Rg8 Ra2 42. Rb8 c4 43. Ke1 Rxc2 44. dxc4 Kd6 45. Rc8 Rg7 46. Kf1 Rgg2 47. Rc6+
Kd7 48. Rh7+ Kd8 49. Rh8+ Kd7 50. Rh7+ Kd8 51. Rd6+ Ke8 52. Rxb6 Rcf2+ 53. Ke1
Re2+ 54. Kf1 Ref2+ 55. Ke1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Prague Cez Trophy m"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2017.06.17"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.06.15"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 Qb6 4. Nc3 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Bf5 6. c3 Nd7 7. Bd3 Bg6 8. Ne2
Ngf6 9. Qb3 O-O-O 10. Bg5 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Bxe4 12. fxe4 f6 13. Be3 e5 14. Ng3
exd4 15. cxd4 Bd6 16. Kf2 Rhe8 17. Qc2 g6 18. Rac1 f5 19. d5 c5 20. exf5 Nf6
21. Bxc5 Ng4+ 22. Kf1 Bxc5 23. Qxc5+ Kb8 24. Qxb6 axb6 25. h3 Ne3+ 26. Kf2 Rxd5
27. Rhe1 Rd2+ 28. Kf3 Rd3 29. Kf2 Rd2+ 30. Kf3 Rd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2017.06.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2017.06.28"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 a5 8. Re1
c6 9. Ba2 Re8 10. h3 Bf8 11. Be3 h6 12. Nh4 exd4 13. Bxd4 Nc5 14. Bxc5 dxc5 15.
e5 Qxd1 16. Raxd1 Nh5 17. Ng6 Be6 18. Nxf8 Kxf8 19. Bxe6 Rxe6 20. Rd7 Rb8 21.
Re3 g6 22. Rf3 Re7 23. Rxe7 Kxe7 24. Ne4 b6 25. g4 Ng7 26. Nd6 Rf8 27. Rf6 Ne6
28. f4 g5 29. f5 Nd4 30. Kf2 Nxc2 31. Rxh6 Nb4 32. Ke3 Nd5+ 33. Ke4 Rd8 34. h4
gxh4 35. g5 Rg8 36. Rh7 Rxg5 37. Rxf7+ Kd8 38. e6 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2017.06.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2851"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2017.06.28"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15.
Be3 Bg4 16. Qd3 f5 17. f4 Rae8 18. Nd2 g5 19. Qf1 Qh5 20. Qg2 gxf4 21. Bxd5+
cxd5 22. Qxd5+ Kg7 23. Bxf4 Bxf4 24. gxf4 Kh8 25. Nf1 Bf3 26. Ng3 Qg4 27. Rxe8
Bxd5 28. Rxf8+ Kg7 29. Rxf5 Qf3 30. Rg5+ Kf8 31. Rf5+ Kg8 32. Rg5+ Kf8 33. Rf5+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2017.06.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2017.06.28"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nge2 dxe4 5. a3 Be7 6. Nxe4 Nf6 7. Nxf6+ Bxf6
8. Be3 O-O 9. Qd2 b6 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. h4 Nd7 12. Nf4 Be7 13. h5 Nf6 14. f3 Qc8
15. Qf2 Rd8 16. Rh3 c5 17. Rg3 Qb8 18. Bd3 cxd4 19. Bd2 Bd6 20. Rxg7+ Kxg7 21.
Qh4 h6 22. Re1 Re8 23. Nxe6+ fxe6 24. Bxh6+ Kf7 25. Kb1 Rg8 26. Bg6+ Ke7 27.
Bg5 Qf8 28. Qxd4 Rd8 29. f4 Bc5 30. Qa4 Rd4 31. Qb3 Bd5 32. Qc3 Kd7 33. b4 0-1

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2017.06.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2017.06.28"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 Bb4 4. Nf3 Bxc3 5. dxc3 d6 6. Bg2 h6 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Qc2 Be6 9. b3 Qd7 10. e4 Bh3 11. Ne1 O-O 12. f3 Nh7 13. Be3 b6 14. Rd1 Bxg2 15.
Nxg2 f5 16. exf5 Rxf5 17. f4 exf4 18. Nxf4 Ne7 19. Qe4 Re8 20. Qb7 Nc6 21. Nd5
Rxd5 0-1

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2017.06.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2017.06.28"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 7. O-O c5 8. d5
Rb8 9. Kh1 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Rxf3 Nc7 12. a4 b6 13. Nb5 Rb7 14. Qe2 Nfe8 15.
c3 a6 16. Na3 Nf6 17. Nc4 Qd7 18. f5 b5 19. Na5 Rb6 20. Bg5 bxa4 21. Nc4 Rbb8
22. Bc2 a3 23. Rxa3 Qd8 24. Qf2 Nd7 25. Qh4 Bf6 26. Ra1 e5 27. Bxf6 Nxf6 28.
Raf1 Nh5 29. f6 Kh8 30. Bd1 Ne8 31. g3 Rg8 32. R3f2 Qd7 33. Bxh5 gxh5 34. Rf5
1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2017.06.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2017.06.28"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 h5 4. d3 h4 5. g4 h3 6. Be4 Nf6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Bxf6
Bb4+ 9. Kf1 Qxf6 10. Nf3 Nd4 11. a3 Be7 12. Nc3 c6 13. Rg1 Nxf3 14. Bxf3 d6 15.
e3 Qh4 16. Rg3 g6 17. Ke2 Be6 18. Rc1 Rd8 19. Qa4 a6 20. Nd5 Kf8 21. Nxe7 Qxe7
22. g5 Rh4 23. Qb4 b5 24. Bxc6 bxc4 25. dxc4 Rc8 26. Bd5 Kg7 27. Bxe6 Qxe6 28.
b3 Rg4 29. Qb6 Rxg3 30. fxg3 Qg4+ 31. Kd2 Qf3 32. Re1 Qa8 33. e4 a5 34. a4 Rb8
35. Qe3 Qb7 36. Kc2 Qb4 37. Rf1 Qa3 38. Qc3 Rb7 39. g4 Rc7 40. Rf3 Qc5 41. Qe3
Qa3 42. Qc3 Qc5 43. Rxh3 Qf2+ 44. Qd2 Qg1 45. Rg3 Qh1 46. Re3 Qa1 47. Qc3 Qg1
48. h3 Rb7 49. Kb2 Qf2+ 50. Ka3 Kg8 51. Rd3 Qc5+ 52. Ka2 Qf2+ 53. Qd2 Qb6 54.
h4 Qg1 55. Rxd6 Qxg4 56. Rd8+ Kh7 57. Qe3 Qg2+ 58. Rd2 Qh1 59. c5 Qc1 60. h5
Rd7 61. hxg6+ Kg7 62. Re2 Qd1 63. gxf7 Rd3 64. f8=Q+ Kxf8 65. Qf2+ Kg8 66. Rb2
Rd4 67. Qc2 Qg1 68. c6 Rd1 69. Rb1 Rxb1 70. Qxb1 Qc5 71. Qd3 Kg7 72. Qc4 Qf2+
73. Kb1 Qe1+ 74. Kb2 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2017.06.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.06.28"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2
f5 9. Qc2 Nxc3 10. Qxc3 Bf6 11. Rad1 Nc6 12. Qe3 Ne7 13. Bc3 Qe8 14. Ne1 Bxg2
15. Nxg2 Ng6 16. Qd3 Rd8 17. e4 fxe4 18. Qxe4 d5 19. cxd5 exd5 20. Qc2 Qd7 21.
Rd3 Rfe8 22. Qd1 Re4 23. f3 Re7 24. Bb4 Ree8 25. Bc3 c5 26. f4 c4 27. Re3 Ne7
28. g4 Nc6 29. g5 Rxe3 30. Nxe3 Re8 31. Nxc4 Bxd4+ 32. Bxd4 dxc4 33. Bc3 Qf5
34. Re1 Rxe1+ 35. Qxe1 Kf7 36. Qd1 Qe4 37. Qd7+ Ne7 38. Qxa7 Qe3+ 39. Kg2 Qe2+
40. Kg1 Qe3+ 41. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2017.06.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2017.06.28"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Be3 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 b5 11. f3 Qa5 12. Kb1 b4 13. Ne2 e5 14. Bf2 Be6
15. Nc1 Rb8 16. Qe2 Ra8 17. g4 Be7 18. h4 O-O 19. Bh3 Qc7 20. g5 Nh5 21. Bxe6
fxe6 22. Nd3 a5 23. gxh6 g6 24. Rhg1 Kh7 25. Be3 Rf7 26. f4 exf4 27. Qg4 Rg8
28. Nxf4 Nxf4 29. Bxf4 e5 30. Be3 Qc8 31. Qe2 Rgf8 32. b3 Rf3 33. Bg5 Bxg5 34.
hxg5 a4 35. Rgf1 Rxf1 36. Rxf1 Qg4 37. Qc4 Rxf1+ 38. Qxf1 Qxg5 39. bxa4 Qe3 40.
a5 Qc5 41. a6 Kxh6 42. Qh3+ Kg5 43. Qg3+ Kf6 44. Qh4+ Ke6 45. Qg5 Kd7 46. Qxg6
Kc6 47. Qg7 Kb6 48. Qb7+ Ka5 49. a4 bxa3 50. a7 a2+ 51. Ka1 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2017.06.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2017.06.28"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. Qc2 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 Nd7 12. Be2 dxc4 13. Qxc4 e5 14. O-O exd4
15. Nxd4 Nb6 16. Qc5 Qxc5 17. Rxc5 Rd8 18. Rfc1 Be6 19. a3 Kf8 20. f3 Rd6 21.
Kf2 Rad8 22. b4 a6 23. h4 Nd5 24. Bc4 Nc7 25. Be2 Nd5 26. Rd1 g6 27. g4 Bc8 28.
Rcc1 Re8 29. Nc2 Rde6 30. e4 Nc3 31. Re1 Rf6 32. Kg3 Rd6 33. Bf1 g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2017.07.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2017.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nd5 Bc5 5. Bg2 Nge7 6. e3 O-O 7. Ne2 Nxd5 8.
cxd5 Ne7 9. O-O d6 10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nf5 12. Ne2 Qf6 13. Rb1 a5 14. b3 Bd7
15. Bb2 Qh6 16. e4 Ne7 17. Bd4 b6 18. Qc1 Qh5 19. Nf4 Qh6 20. Rd1 Ng6 21. Nxg6
Qxg6 22. a3 Bg4 23. f3 Bd7 24. b4 axb4 25. axb4 Bxd4+ 26. Rxd4 Ra7 27. f4 Qf6
28. Rc4 Rc8 29. Qb2 Qxb2 30. Rxb2 Kf8 31. Kf2 Ke7 32. e5 Rca8 33. Rbc2 Kd8 34.
e6 fxe6 35. dxe6 Bxe6 36. R4c3 Bf5 37. Re2 Ra3 38. Rc1 Ra1 39. Rc3 R8a3 0-1

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2017.07.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A27"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2017.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 f5 4. g3 d6 5. d4 e4 6. d5 Ne5 7. Nxe5 dxe5 8. g4 g6
9. gxf5 gxf5 10. Rg1 Nf6 11. Bg5 Be7 12. e3 Rg8 13. Rg3 Rg6 14. Be2 Qd6 15. Bh5
Kf7 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Qb3 b6 18. O-O-O Bd7 19. Rdg1 Rag8 20. Qd1 Be8 21. Bxg6+
hxg6 22. Rh3 Ke7 23. Rh7+ Kd8 24. Nb5 Bxb5 25. cxb5 Kc8 26. Qc2 Bd8 27. Qc6 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2017.07.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2017.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. e4 e5 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 c5 5. d3 d6 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. Nge2 Nge7 8. O-O
O-O 9. f4 f5 10. Be3 Nd4 11. Qd2 Be6 12. b3 Rb8 13. Rae1 Qd7 14. Nd5 b5 15.
Bxd4 cxd4 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. exf5 gxf5 18. Nxd4 Bd7 19. Nc6 Bxc6 20. Bxc6 bxc4
21. dxc4 Kh8 22. Kg2 Qc7 23. Bd5 a5 24. Re2 Qc5 25. Be6 a4 26. bxa4 exf4 27.
Rxf4 Rb2 28. Qd3 Qc6+ 29. Kh3 Rxe2 30. Qxe2 Qe8 31. Rf1 Rf6 32. Re1 f4 33. Bd5
Qc8+ 34. g4 Qc5 35. Kg2 f3+ 36. Bxf3 Rf8 37. Rb1 Qa3 38. Bc6 Be5 39. Rb7 Qc5
40. Be4 Bg7 41. Rb5 Qd4 42. Rd5 Qc3 43. Rh5 h6 44. g5 Qa5 45. gxh6 Be5 46. Rg5
Qd8 47. Rg4 Qf6 48. h7 Qh6 49. h3 Bd4 50. Bf3 Bg7 51. a5 Rb8 52. Be4 Qc1 53.
Bc2 Qb2 54. a6 Ra8 55. Qe4 d5 56. cxd5 Rc8 0-1

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2017.07.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2832"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2017.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. c4 g6 5. cxb5 a6 6. e3 Bg7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Nf3 d6
9. Nd2 Nbd7 10. e4 Ne8 11. a4 Nc7 12. Be2 axb5 13. axb5 Rxa1 14. Qxa1 f5 15.
exf5 Rxf5 16. Be3 Nb6 17. Qa5 Bxc3 18. Qxb6 Bxb2 19. O-O Rf8 20. Qa7 Bf5 21. b6
Nxd5 22. Qa2 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2017.07.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2017.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 c5 8. O-O
cxd4 9. exd4 b6 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. Rd1 Nbd7 12. d5 Bxc3 13. dxe6 Bxf3 14. gxf3
fxe6 15. bxc3 Qc7 16. Bxe6+ Kh8 17. Qc4 Qb7 18. Bxd7 Nxd7 19. Qd5 Qxd5 20. Rxd5
Nc5 21. Ba3 Rxf3 22. Bxc5 bxc5 23. Rxc5 Raf8 24. Rc7 Rxf2 25. Rxa7 Rc2 26. Rf1
Rxf1+ 27. Kxf1 Kg8 28. Kg1 Rxc3 29. Ra8+ Kf7 30. Ra7+ Kg6 31. Ra6+ Kh5 32. Ra7
h6 33. Rxg7 Rc1+ 34. Kg2 Rc2+ 35. Kh3 Rxa2 36. Rg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2017.07.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2017.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 d6 4. O-O Be7 5. d4 Nf6 6. d5 Nb8 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. c4
Nc5 9. Nc3 Nxd3 10. Qxd3 O-O 11. Nd2 Nh5 12. g3 g6 13. b4 f5 14. Ba3 Bg5 15. c5
Bxd2 16. Qxd2 fxe4 17. Nxe4 Nf6 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. f4 Bh3 20. Rf2 g5 21. f5 h5
22. Bc1 Bxf5 23. Qxg5+ Qxg5 24. Bxg5 Rae8 25. Raf1 Be4 26. Rxf8+ Rxf8 27. Rxf8+
Kxf8 28. Bd8 dxc5 29. bxc5 Bxd5 30. a3 c6 31. Bc7 e4 32. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2017.07.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2017.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nbd2 Nd4 6. Ba4 b5 7. Nxd4 bxa4 8.
N4f3 d6 9. c3 Bd7 10. Nc4 O-O 11. Be3 Bb6 12. h3 Re8 13. O-O h6 14. Re1 Bb5 15.
Nfd2 Qd7 16. Qf3 Qe6 17. b3 Bc6 18. Qg3 Rad8 19. Nxb6 axb6 20. c4 axb3 21. axb3
Ra8 22. Nf3 Nh5 23. Qh4 Qg6 24. Qg4 Qxg4 25. hxg4 Nf6 26. Nh2 Nd7 27. Nf1 Rxa1
28. Rxa1 Ra8 29. Rxa8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2017.07.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2017.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nge2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. b3 a5 10. Bb2 b6 11. Nd5 Bb7 12. Re1 Re8 13. Qd2 Nb4 14. Rad1 c6 15.
Ne3 Qxd2 16. Rxd2 Bh6 17. a3 Na6 18. Rd6 Bxe3 19. fxe3 Ng4 20. Nc1 Nc5 21. h3
Nh6 22. g4 f6 23. Rxf6 Rad8 24. Ref1 Rd2 25. g5 Rxc2 26. Bxe5 Ba6 27. Rd1 Nf7
28. Bf4 Ne5 29. b4 axb4 30. axb4 Ncd7 31. Rfd6 Bc4 32. R6d2 Rxd2 33. Rxd2 Ra8
34. Ne2 Ra2 35. Rxa2 Bxa2 36. h4 Kf7 37. Nd4 c5 38. bxc5 bxc5 39. Nb5 Ke7 40.
Nc3 Be6 41. Kf2 c4 42. Bf1 Nd3+ 43. Kf3 N7e5+ 44. Bxe5 Nxe5+ 45. Kf4 Nd7 46. e5
Nc5 47. e4 Kd8 48. Ke3 Nb3 49. Be2 Kd7 50. Nd5 Na5 51. Bd1 Kc6 52. Kd4 Bf7 53.
Ba4+ Kb7 54. Bd7 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2017.07.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. e3 Nf6 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8.
Qxd3 e6 9. O-O Bd6 10. Bd2 O-O 11. Rfc1 Qd7 12. h3 Rfc8 13. Ne2 Ne7 14. Rxc8+
Rxc8 15. Rc1 Rxc1+ 16. Nxc1 Qc8 17. Qc3 Qxc3 18. Bxc3 Nd7 19. Kf1 f6 20. Ne1
Kf7 21. Nc2 Nc8 22. Bb4 Bxb4 23. Nxb4 Nd6 24. Nbd3 Ke7 25. Ke2 Nb8 26. Ne1 Nd7
27. Nc2 Nb8 28. Nd3 Nd7 29. Nc1 Nb8 30. Nd3 Nd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2017.07.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "2017.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 c6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bc4 Bf5 7. O-O e6 8.
Ne2 Nbd7 9. Ng3 Bg6 10. Re1 Bd6 11. c3 O-O 12. Nh4 c5 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. dxc5
Qxc5 15. Bf1 Qc7 16. c4 Rfd8 17. b3 Bb4 18. Re2 Ne5 19. Qc2 Nd3 20. a3 Nxc1 21.
Qxc1 Bd6 22. Qc2 a5 23. Ree1 b6 24. Be2 Rd7 25. Nf1 Rad8 26. Red1 Bc5 27. Rxd7
Rxd7 28. Bf3 Qe5 29. Ra2 Qe1 30. Qe2 Qc3 31. b4 axb4 32. axb4 Qxb4 33. Ra8+ Kh7
34. h4 Qc3 35. g3 Qc1 36. Kg2 g5 37. hxg5 Qxg5 38. Nh2 Rd2 39. Be4+ Nxe4 40.
Qxe4+ f5 41. Qh4+ Qxh4 42. gxh4 Rxf2+ 43. Kg3 Rc2 44. Nf3 Bd6+ 45. Kh3 Rxc4 46.
h5 Rc3 47. Kg2 Bf4 48. Re8 e5 49. Nh4 Rg3+ 50. Kf1 Rg5 51. Rf8 Rxh5 52. Nxf5 b5
53. Nd6 b4 54. Ne4 Rh3 55. Rb8 b3 56. Nf2 Rc3 57. Kg2 Bc1 58. Nd1 Rc2+ 59. Kf3
b2 60. Nf2 Rc3+ 61. Kg4 Ra3 62. Nd1 Ra1 63. Nc3 Bd2 64. Ne4 b1=Q 65. Rxb1 Rxb1
66. Nxd2 Rb4+ 67. Kf5 Kh6 68. Kxe5 Kg5 69. Nf3+ Kg4 70. Nh2+ Kg3 71. Nf1+ Kh4
72. Nd2 g5 73. Nf3+ Kh5 74. Ng1 g4 75. Ne2 Kh4 0-1

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2017.07.02"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2017.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 Bb7 12. d4 Bf6 13. Re1 Re8 14. Be3 c5
15. Nd2 cxd4 16. Bxd4 Rxe1+ 17. Qxe1 Nf4 18. Ne4 Bxd4 19. Rd1 Qe7 20. Rxd4 Re8
21. f3 Kh8 22. Qd2 Qe5 23. Bxf7 Rf8 24. Rd8 Ne2+ 25. Kf2 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2017.07.02"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. e4 Bg7 4. d4 Qb6 5. dxc5 Qxc5 6. Be2 d6 7. O-O Nc6 8. h3
Qb6 9. Qc2 Nd4 10. Nxd4 Bxd4 11. Nd2 Bg7 12. Nb3 Nf6 13. Be3 Qc7 14. Rac1 O-O
15. c5 dxc5 16. Bxc5 b6 17. Bd4 Qxc2 18. Rxc2 Bb7 19. f3 Rfc8 20. Rfc1 Ne8 21.
Kf2 Kf8 22. Bxg7+ Kxg7 23. Nd4 Kf8 24. b4 Rxc2 25. Rxc2 e5 26. Nb3 Rc8 27. Rxc8
Bxc8 28. Nd2 Ke7 29. Ke3 f6 30. a3 Nd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2017.07.02"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2832"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2017.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Ne2 d5 3. exd5 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Qxd4 Qxd5 6. Nbc3 Qxd4 7. Nxd4 Bc5
8. Ndb5 Na6 9. Bf4 O-O 10. f3 Re8+ 11. Be2 Be6 12. O-O-O Bxa2 13. Rhe1 Nh5 14.
Bd2 Be6 15. Ne4 Be7 16. Nd4 Bd7 17. Bxa6 bxa6 18. Bg5 Bxg5+ 19. Nxg5 Nf6 20.
Nb3 h6 21. Ne4 Nxe4 22. Rxd7 Nf6 23. Rdd1 Kf8 24. Nc5 Rxe1 25. Rxe1 Re8 26.
Rxe8+ Kxe8 27. Nxa6 Kd7 28. Nc5+ Kd6 29. Nd3 c5 30. Kd2 c4 31. Nf4 Kc5 32. h4
a5 33. g4 Nd5 34. Ne2 g6 35. c3 Kd6 36. f4 h5 37. g5 a4 38. Ke1 Ne3 39. Ng3
Ng2+ 0-1

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2017.07.02"]
[Round "14"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2017.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 h6 8. c3 a6
9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Qc2 Qd7 11. b4 Nh7 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Bb2 b6 14. b5 axb5 15.
axb5 Na5 16. c4 Ng5 17. d4 exd4 18. Nxd4 Bf6 19. Ne2 Bxb2 20. Qxb2 Nb7 21. f4
Nh7 22. Nb3 Nf6 23. e5 dxe5 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Qxe5 Nd6 26. Ned4 Nxc4 27. Qxe6+
Qxe6 28. Nxe6 Nd5 29. Rc1 Nde3 30. Kf2 Ra2+ 31. Kf3 Ra3 32. Nbd4 Nd5+ 33. Ke4
Nf6+ 34. Kf5 Ne3+ 35. Kg6 Nxg2 36. Nxg7 Nd5 37. Nge6 Ngxf4+ 38. Nxf4 Nxf4+ 39.
Kf5 Rd3 40. Rc4 Ng2 41. Kg6 Nh4+ 42. Kf6 Nf3 43. Nf5 Rd7 44. Nxh6+ Kf8 45. Ng4
Rd6+ 46. Kf5 Nd4+ 47. Ke5 Nxb5 48. Rxc7 Nxc7 49. Kxd6 Ne8+ 50. Kc6 Ng7 51. Kxb6
Kf7 52. Nf6 Kxf6 53. h4 Kg6 54. h5+ Nxh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2017.07.02"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C20"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2017.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Ne2 Nf6 3. d4 d5 4. exd5 exd4 5. Qxd4 Nxd5 6. Nbc3 Be6 7. Nf4 Nc6
8. Bb5 Nxf4 9. Qxd8+ Rxd8 10. Bxf4 Bd6 11. Bxd6 Rxd6 12. Ne4 Rd5 13. Bxc6+ bxc6
14. Nc3 Rd6 15. O-O Ke7 16. Rfe1 Rd2 17. Rac1 Rhd8 18. f3 Kf8 19. Ne4 R2d4 20.
b3 Bf5 21. Ng3 Bg6 22. Nf1 c5 23. Re5 R4d5 24. Re3 f5 25. f4 Rd4 26. g3 Bf7 27.
Re5 R8d5 28. Rce1 c4 29. Kf2 g6 30. Rxd5 Rxd5 31. b4 a5 32. a3 axb4 33. axb4
Rd6 34. Re5 Bd5 35. c3 Be4 36. Rc5 Rd1 37. Rxc7 Rc1 38. Ne3 Rxc3 39. Nxc4 Rc2+
40. Ke3 Rxh2 41. b5 Rh3 42. Kd4 Rxg3 43. Ke5 Rb3 44. Kf6 Ke8 45. Rxh7 Kd8 46.
Nd6 Bd3 47. Nb7+ Kc8 48. Nc5 Rc3 49. Nxd3 Rxd3 50. Kxg6 Rd5 51. b6 Rb5 52. b7+
Kb8 53. Rd7 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2017.07.02"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2017.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d4 d5 6. Nbd2 c6 7. c3 Re8 8. Re1
Bf5 9. Nh4 Be6 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Bd5 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Nf3 Nd7 14. Bf4 c5
15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Qe2 Qb6 17. Be3 Qc7 18. Rad1 Red8 19. Bf4 Qb6 20. h4 Na4 21.
Qc2 Bc6 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Re2 Qb5 24. Nd4 Bxd4 25. cxd4 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 Nb6 27.
Rxe7 Nd5 28. Re4 Nxf4+ 29. Rxf4 Qd5+ 30. Kh2 Re8 31. Qd2 h5 32. a3 Kg7 33. Qd3
Re1 34. Qf3 Qxf3 35. Rxf3 Rd1 36. Rb3 b6 37. Rb4 Kf6 38. Kg2 Ke6 39. Rc4 Kd6
40. Kf3 Rd2 41. Rb4 Kd5 42. Ke3 Rc2 43. a4 f6 44. a5 bxa5 45. Rb5+ Ke6 46. Rxa5
Rxb2 47. Rxa7 Rc2 48. f3 Rg2 49. Kf4 Rd2 50. Ra6+ Ke7 51. Ke4 Rg2 52. Kd5 Rxg3
53. Ra7+ Kd8 54. Kd6 Kc8 55. d5 Rxf3 56. Ke7 g5 57. d6 Re3+ 58. Kxf6 gxh4 59.
Rh7 h3 60. Rxh5 Kd7 61. Kf5 Kxd6 62. Kg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2017.07.02"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2017.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. exd4 d5 6. Nc3 Bg4 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qb3 Bxf3 9. gxf3 e6 10. Qxb7 Nxd4 11. Bb5+ Nxb5 12. Qc6+ Ke7 13. Qxb5 Nxc3 14.
bxc3 Qd7 15. Rb1 Rd8 16. Be3 Qxb5 17. Rxb5 Rd7 18. Ke2 g6 19. Bc5+ Kf6 20. Bd4+
Rxd4 21. cxd4 Bh6 22. Rhb1 Rd8 23. R1b4 Bf8 24. Rc4 Rd7 25. Ke3 g5 26. Ke4 Bd6
27. h3 Bh2 28. Rc6 Bg1 29. Ke3 Bh2 30. d5 Bf4+ 31. Ke4 h6 32. dxe6 fxe6 33.
Rf5+ Ke7 34. Ra5 Rb7 35. Raa6 Rb4+ 36. Kd3 Rb2 37. Rxe6+ Kd7 38. Re2 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2017.07.02"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2017.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. Nc3 d6 6. a4 g6 7. a5 Bg7 8. O-O O-O
9. h3 a6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 Be6 13. c4 Bxd5 14. cxd5 Ne7 15. Bd2
c6 16. dxc6 Nxc6 17. Qb3 Qd7 18. Be3 Rab8 19. Nd2 Qe6 20. Qxe6 Rxe6 21. Nc4 f5
22. Ra3 Rd8 23. Bb6 Rd7 24. Ne3 Ne7 25. Nd5 Nxd5 26. exd5 Re8 27. Ra4 Bf6 28.
Rc4 Bd8 29. Rc8 Kf7 30. Rec1 Ke7 31. Kf1 Bxb6 32. axb6 Rxc8 33. Rxc8 Rd8 34.
Rc7+ Rd7 35. Rc8 Rd8 36. Rc6 bxc6 37. dxc6 Rc8 38. b7 Kd8 39. bxc8=Q+ Kxc8 40.
d4 exd4 0-1

[Event "Danzhou 08th"]
[Site "Danzhou"]
[Date "2017.07.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2017.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 c5 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3
d5 9. Nxd5 Nxd5 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. d4 Na6 13. Nh4 Qd7 14. dxc5
Qxd1 15. Rfxd1 Bxg2 16. Nxg2 Nxc5 17. b4 Na6 18. a3 Rfd8 19. Nf4 Nc7 20. Rxd8
Rxd8 21. Rc1 Rd7 22. f3 e5 23. Nd3 f6 24. a4 Kf7 25. Kf2 Ne6 26. Rc8 Rd8 27.
Rc3 Rd7 28. Rc8 Rd8 29. Rc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Danzhou 08th"]
[Site "Danzhou"]
[Date "2017.07.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2017.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7
8. dxc5 Nxc5 9. O-O g6 10. b4 Nce4 11. Bb2 Bg7 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Qb3 Ng4 14. h3
Bxc3 15. Bxc3 Nxc3 16. Qxc3 Nf6 17. Rfc1 Re8 18. a3 a6 19. Qd4 Re4 20. Qc5 Re8
21. Qc7 Re7 22. Qxd8+ Rxd8 23. Rc2 Kf8 24. Kf1 Ke8 25. Rd1 Rdd7 26. g4 h6 27.
Rc8+ Rd8 28. Rc5 Red7 29. Ke2 Ne4 30. Rc2 Re7 31. a4 Re6 32. Nd4 Re7 33. h4 Nd6
34. Rc5 Ne4 35. Rcc1 Nd6 36. h5 gxh5 37. gxh5 Re5 38. Rh1 Nf5 39. Nxf5 Rxf5 40.
Rc5 Rf6 41. Rh4 Ke7 42. a5 Rd7 43. Rc8 Rd8 44. Rc7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Danzhou 08th"]
[Site "Danzhou"]
[Date "2017.07.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2017.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. Be2 Bb4 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qd3 d6 10. Bd2 Nbd7 11. Nb3 Ne5 12. Qd4 Nc6 13. Qe3 Bd7 14. Rac1 Rac8
15. a3 Na5 16. Na1 Bc5 17. Qg3 Bd4 18. Nc2 Be5 19. f4 Bxc3 20. Bxc3 e5 21. Bd3
Qb6+ 22. Kh1 Nxc4 23. fxe5 dxe5 24. Bxc4 Rxc4 25. Qxe5 Ba4 26. Nb4 Qe6 27. Qg3
Qg4 28. Bxf6 Rxc1 29. Rxc1 Qxg3 30. hxg3 gxf6 31. Rc7 Rb8 32. Kg1 Kg7 33. Kf2
a5 34. Nd5 Bc6 35. g4 Rd8 36. Ke3 Bxd5 37. exd5 Rxd5 38. Rxb7 Rg5 39. Kf4 h5
40. gxh5 Rxg2 41. Rb5 a4 42. Rb4 Kh6 43. Kf3 Rh2 44. Rxa4 Rxb2 45. Ra5 f5 46.
Rxf5 Rb3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Danzhou 08th"]
[Site "Danzhou"]
[Date "2017.07.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2017.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nd4 5. Ba4 Bc5 6. O-O O-O 7. h3 d6 8. d3
c6 9. Nxd4 Bxd4 10. Bb3 a5 11. a3 Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Qe2 Qe8 14. Be3 Nh5 15.
Kh2 Nf4 16. Qg4 Rf6 17. g3 Bxe3 18. fxe3 Nh5 19. Rf3 Qf7 20. Kg2 Rf8 21. Raf1
Rxf3 22. Qxf3 Nf6 23. Nb1 d5 24. Nd2 dxe4 25. Nxe4 Nxe4 26. Qxf7+ Rxf7 27. Rxf7
Kxf7 28. dxe4 h5 29. Kf3 Ke7 30. g4 Kf6 31. Kg3 hxg4 32. Kxg4 Kg6 33. b4 axb4
34. axb4 b5 35. c3 Kh6 36. Kh4 Kg6 37. Kg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Danzhou 08th"]
[Site "Danzhou"]
[Date "2017.07.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2017.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. d5 Nb8 13. Nf1 Nbd7 14. Ng3 h6 15. Nh2
c6 16. dxc6 Bxc6 17. Ng4 Nc5 18. Bc2 Rc8 19. Qf3 Nxg4 20. Qxg4 g6 21. Be3 Bg7
22. Rad1 Qe7 23. Qe2 Red8 24. c4 h5 25. b4 Ne6 26. Bb3 Nd4 27. Bxd4 exd4 28.
Nf1 Re8 29. Nd2 Qb7 30. Qd3 Kf8 31. Qg3 Rcd8 32. cxb5 axb5 33. Qf4 Be5 34. Qh6+
Bg7 35. Qf4 Be5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Danzhou 08th"]
[Site "Danzhou"]
[Date "2017.07.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2017.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. a4 Nd4 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8 Bxa8
15. Na3 Bb4 16. Bd2 Bxd2 17. Qxd2 Qf6 18. Bxd5 Bxd5 19. Nxb5 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Qc6+
21. Kh2 Qxb5 22. Qf4 Qxb2 23. Qxc7 Qb4 24. Re4 g6 25. Kg2 h5 26. c4 Qc3 27. Qg3
Rd8 28. Re5 Kf8 29. Qf3 Rd6 30. c5 Ra6 31. Qe4 Rf6 32. Re8+ Kg7 33. Qe7 Rf5 34.
Qf8+ Kf6 35. Qe7+ Kg7 36. Qf8+ Kf6 37. Qh8+ Kg5 38. Re4 Rxc5 39. f4+ Kf5 40.
Re5+ 1-0

[Event "Danzhou 08th"]
[Site "Danzhou"]
[Date "2017.07.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 Na6 7. Qd2 e5 8. d5 c6
9. f3 cxd5 10. cxd5 Bd7 11. Bxa6 bxa6 12. Nge2 a5 13. b3 Qb6 14. Be3 Qb4 15.
O-O Nh5 16. Rfb1 Nf4 17. Qd1 Rfc8 18. a3 Qb7 19. Qd2 f5 20. Nxf4 exf4 21. Bd4
Bxd4+ 22. Qxd4 Qb6 23. Qxb6 axb6 24. Rc1 Rc5 25. exf5 Rac8 26. Ne2 Bxf5 27. Re1
g5 28. h4 gxh4 29. Nxf4 Rc3 30. Ne2 R3c5 31. Nf4 Kf7 32. Rad1 Bc2 33. Rd2 Bxb3
34. Re6 Rc4 35. Nh3 Rd8 36. Ng5+ Kg8 37. Re7 Bc2 38. Nf7 Rf8 39. Nxd6 Rc3 40.
Nb5 Rc5 41. d6 1-0

[Event "Danzhou 08th"]
[Site "Danzhou"]
[Date "2017.07.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2017.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bf5 7. O-O Be7 8.
Re1 O-O 9. c4 Nc6 10. cxd5 Qxd5 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Rae8 13. h3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3
Bd6 15. Rxe8 Rxe8 16. c4 Qe4 17. Qxe4 Rxe4 18. Be3 b6 19. Rb1 Bf4 20. Rb3 Na5
21. Rc3 Bxe3 22. fxe3 c5 23. dxc5 Rxc4 24. Rd3 g6 25. cxb6 axb6 26. Rd8+ Kg7
27. Rb8 Ra4 28. Rxb6 Rxa2 29. Ra6 Ra3 30. Kf2 Nc4 31. Rxa3 Nxa3 32. Ke2 Nb5 33.
Kd3 Kf6 34. Kc4 Nd6+ 35. Kd3 Nb5 36. Kc4 Nd6+ 37. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Danzhou 08th"]
[Site "Danzhou"]
[Date "2017.07.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lu, Shanglei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2017.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. a3 h6 8. h3
Re8 9. Nh2 Be6 10. Ng4 Bxc4 11. dxc4 Nxg4 12. Qxg4 Bg5 13. Nd5 Bxc1 14. Raxc1
Nd4 15. c3 Ne6 16. h4 Kh8 17. Rcd1 Qc8 18. Rfe1 Nf4 19. Qxc8 Raxc8 20. Nxf4
exf4 21. Rd5 g6 22. f3 Kg7 23. Red1 b6 24. Kf2 Kf6 25. Kf1 Kg7 26. Kf2 Kf6 27.
Kf1 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "TUR-chT"]
[Site "Kocaeli"]
[Date "2017.07.26"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2017.07.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hatay Buyuksehir"]
[BlackTeam "Manisa TS Alyans"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. b3 d5 8. e3
Nbd7 9. Bb2 Re8 10. Qe2 c5 11. Rfd1 Qc7 12. Rac1 Rad8 13. cxd5 exd5 14. d4 Qb8
15. Ne5 cxd4 16. exd4 Nf8 17. Qb5 Qa8 18. Ne2 Rc8 19. Nf4 Ne4 20. h4 Bd6 21.
Bh3 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Qd8 23. Qf1 Ng6 24. Nfd3 Bxe5 25. Nxe5 f6 26. Nf3 Qd6 27. Rc2
Ne7 28. Qc1 Nxg3 29. Ba3 Qb8 30. Bxe7 Rxe7 31. fxg3 Qxg3+ 32. Bg2 h5 33. Qf1
Qf4 34. Qf2 Re4 35. Ne1 Qxf2+ 36. Kxf2 Rxd4 37. Rc7 Ba6 38. Rxa7 Bb5 39. Nf3
Rf4 40. Rb7 1-0

[Event "TUR-chT"]
[Site "Kocaeli"]
[Date "2017.07.27"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2017.07.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Varyant Yontem"]
[BlackTeam "Hatay Buyuksehir"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Qb6 9. Qd2 Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qa3 11. Bb5 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 a6 13. Bxd7+ Bxd7 14. Rb3 Qe7
15. Rxb7 Qh4+ 16. Bf2 Qd8 17. Bb6 Qc8 18. Rc7 Qd8 19. Rb7 Qc8 20. Rc7 Qd8 21.
Rb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "TUR-chT"]
[Site "Kocaeli"]
[Date "2017.07.28"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kravtsiv, Martyn"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D54"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2017.07.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hatay Buyuksehir"]
[BlackTeam "Karaman Belediye"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUN"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Rc1 dxc4 8. Bxc4
c5 9. dxc5 Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 Nbd7 11. Nf3 Nxc5 12. Ke2 a6 13. Ne5 Re8 14. b4 Ncd7
15. Nd3 b6 16. f3 Bb7 17. Bb3 Rec8 18. Rhd1 Rc6 19. Na4 Rac8 20. Rxc6 Rxc6 21.
e4 Kf8 22. Bf2 Ne8 23. Kd2 Nd6 24. Rc1 Bg5+ 25. Be3 Bxe3+ 26. Kxe3 Rxc1 27.
Nxc1 Ke7 28. Ne2 Nb5 29. Nac3 Nxc3 30. Nxc3 Ne5 31. h3 Kd6 32. f4 Nc6 33. a3 f6
34. Na4 b5 35. Nc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "TUR-chT"]
[Site "Kocaeli"]
[Date "2017.07.29"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kanmazalp, Ogulcan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2017.07.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hatay Buyuksehir"]
[BlackTeam "Istanbul Bogazici Univ"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ c6 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qc2 Bb7 8. Bg2
Nbd7 9. Ne5 Rc8 10. O-O Qb6 11. Be3 c5 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Bxb7 Qxb7 14. Rc1 c4
15. a4 a6 16. axb5 axb5 17. Nc3 Bb4 18. d5 exd5 19. Ra7 Qc6 20. Rca1 Nb8 21.
Qf5 O-O 22. Nxd5 Bc5 23. Bxc5 Qxc5 24. e3 h6 25. h4 Rc6 26. Rb7 g6 27. Qe5 Qd6
28. Ne7+ Kh7 29. Nxc6 1-0

[Event "TUR-chT"]
[Site "Kocaeli"]
[Date "2017.07.30"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2017.07.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Istanbul Besiktas"]
[BlackTeam "Hatay Buyuksehir"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. Qe2 Rc8 7. c3 e6 8.
d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Be3 Nb6 12. Ne1 f5 13. f3 Ng5 14. b3 Nf7 15.
Nd3 Nd7 16. Nd2 Be7 17. Rac1 O-O 18. Rxc8 Qxc8 19. Rc1 Qb8 20. Nf4 Re8 21. g4
fxg4 22. fxg4 Bg5 23. Nd3 Bxe3+ 24. Qxe3 Nd8 25. Nf4 Nc6 26. Nf3 Qd8 27. Rf1
Qe7 28. h4 Nf8 29. Rf2 Rc8 30. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "TUR-chT"]
[Site "Kocaeli"]
[Date "2017.07.30"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Mamedov, Nidjat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2017.07.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hatay Buyuksehir"]
[BlackTeam "Panelsan Genc"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. g4 Bg6 8. h4
Ne4 9. Bd2 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Bb4 11. Rh3 Be4 12. Qe2 Bd5 13. O-O-O O-O 14. Bxb4
Qxb4 15. h5 f6 16. c4 fxe5 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Qxe5 Rxf2 19. Qxd5+ Kh8 20. Rb3
Qf8 21. Bd3 Nc6 22. Rxb7 Qf4+ 23. Kb1 Qxg4 24. Rc1 Qxd4 25. Qxd4 Nxd4 26. Rbxc7
Ne6 27. R7c6 Rf6 28. h6 Raf8 29. Re1 Nf4 30. Rxf6 gxf6 31. Bf5 Ng6 32. Re6 Nh4
33. Bd3 f5 34. Re7 a5 35. Ra7 f4 36. Rxa5 f3 37. Rh5 Rf4 38. Re5 Rf8 39. Re4
Ng6 40. Bf1 Nf4 41. a4 Nh5 42. Rg4 f2 43. a5 Re8 44. Ka2 Re1 45. Bc4 Rg1 46.
Rd4 Rg8 47. a6 Ng3 48. Rf4 1-0

[Event "TUR-chT"]
[Site "Kocaeli"]
[Date "2017.07.31"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Solak, Dragan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2017.07.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Canakkale Gokceada"]
[BlackTeam "Hatay Buyuksehir"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Kb1 Qb6 12. Nce2 h5 13. h4 O-O-O 14. Rh3
Kb8 15. Nxc6+ Bxc6 16. Rb3 d5 17. Nd4 Bb7 18. e5 fxe5 19. fxe5 Rg8 20. g3 Rg4
21. Be2 Re4 22. Bxh5 Rd7 23. Rf3 Bc5 24. Nb3 Be3 25. Qd3 d4 26. Rxf7 Rxf7 27.
Bxf7 Rg4 28. Bg6 Qc7 29. c3 Qxe5 30. cxd4 Qxg3 31. h5 Qf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "TUR-chT"]
[Site "Kocaeli"]
[Date "2017.08.02"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2017.07.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hatay Buyuksehir"]
[BlackTeam "Mersin Zeka"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nd6 8. c3
Nd7 9. Re1 O-O 10. Qc2 g6 11. Bf4 Re8 12. Nbd2 Nf8 13. Rac1 c6 14. h3 Ne6 15.
Bh2 Bf8 16. Nf1 Bh6 17. Ne3 Bf4 18. Rcd1 Bxh2+ 19. Kxh2 Ng5 20. Nxg5 Qxg5 21.
Qd2 Bd7 22. Nc4 Qxd2 23. Nxd2 Bf5 24. Bxf5 Nxf5 25. Kg1 Kf8 26. Kf1 Nd6 27.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 28. Re1 Rxe1+ 29. Kxe1 Ke7 30. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "TUR-chT"]
[Site "Kocaeli"]
[Date "2017.08.03"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A38"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2017.07.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Istanbul Turk Hava"]
[BlackTeam "Hatay Buyuksehir"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 g6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8. Nc2
Bg7 9. b3 O-O 10. O-O Qa5 11. Bd2 Rfc8 12. Rc1 Qd8 13. h3 a6 14. a4 Be8 15. Rb1
Nd7 16. e4 Nc5 17. Qe2 Na5 18. Na1 Nc6 19. Nc2 Na5 20. Na1 Nc6 21. Nc2 Na5
1/2-1/2

[Event "TUR-chT"]
[Site "Kocaeli"]
[Date "2017.08.04"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2017.07.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hatay Buyuksehir"]
[BlackTeam "Deniz su Aquamatch"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qb3 Bxf3 9. gxf3 e6 10. Qxb7 Nxd4 11. Bb5+ Nxb5 12. Qc6+ Ke7 13. Qxb5 Qd7 14.
Nxd5+ Qxd5 15. Qxd5 exd5 16. Be3 Ke6 17. O-O-O Bb4 18. Rd3 Rhc8+ 19. Kb1 Bc5
20. Rc1 Bxe3 21. fxe3 g5 22. Ra3 Rxc1+ 23. Kxc1 a5 24. Kd1 Rb8 25. b3 Rb5 26.
Ra4 h5 27. Ke1 f5 28. h3 Kd6 29. Ke2 Rc5 30. Kd2 Rb5 31. Ke2 Rc5 32. Kd2 Rb5
1/2-1/2

[Event "TUR-chT"]
[Site "Kocaeli"]
[Date "2017.08.04"]
[Round "11.5"]
[White "Rozum, Ivan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E68"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2017.07.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Izmir Tas Duvar"]
[BlackTeam "Hatay Buyuksehir"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Qc2 e5 8. Rd1
Qe7 9. Nc3 c6 10. e4 a5 11. h3 exd4 12. Nxd4 Re8 13. Be3 a4 14. Re1 Nc5 15.
Rad1 Bd7 16. f3 Qd8 17. Nde2 Bf8 18. Bxc5 dxc5 19. f4 Qc7 20. g4 Red8 21. e5
Ne8 22. Nxa4 f6 23. exf6 Nxf6 24. b3 Be8 25. Qc3 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Rd8 27. Rxd8
Qxd8 28. Qe3 Bf7 29. Nb2 Qa5 30. Qc3 Qxc3 31. Nxc3 Bg7 32. Nba4 Nd7 33. Kf1 Bd4
34. Ne4 b5 35. cxb5 cxb5 36. Nac3 b4 37. Ne2 Be3 38. Ng5 h6 39. Nxf7 Kxf7 40.
Bc6 Nf6 41. Kg2 g5 42. Kf3 Bd2 43. fxg5 hxg5 44. Ng3 Ke6 45. Nf5 Ng8 46. Bb5
Ke5 47. Ke2 Bc3 48. Kd3 Be1 49. Ke2 Bc3 50. Kf3 Nf6 51. Bc6 Nh5 52. Ne3 Ng7 53.
Bd7 Kd6 54. Bc8 Ke5 55. Nc4+ Kd5 56. Ke3 Ne8 57. Kd3 Nd6 58. Ne3+ Ke5 59. Bf5
Bd4 60. Nc4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "TUR-chT"]
[Site "Kocaeli"]
[Date "2017.08.06"]
[Round "13.5"]
[White "Zhigalko, Sergei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.07.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kahramanmaras Buyuksehir"]
[BlackTeam "Hatay Buyuksehir"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. d3 d6 10. a5 Be6 11. Nbd2 Rb8 12. Nc4 h6 13. h3 Qc8 14. Be3 Rd8 15. Ba4
Bxc4 16. Bxc6 Bb5 17. Bxb5 Rxb5 18. c4 bxc3 19. bxc3 Qe6 20. c4 Rb7 21. Nh4
Nxe4 22. Qf3 Nc5 23. Bxc5 Rb3 24. Qd1 Rbb8 25. Bxd6 Rxd6 26. Nf3 Bf6 27. Re4
Qd7 28. Nxe5 Bxe5 29. Rxe5 Rxd3 30. Qg4 Qxg4 31. hxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kazhgaleyev, Murtas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nf3 Bxc3 4. bxc3 d6 5. e4 Nc6 6. g3 Nge7 7. Bg2 O-O 8.
d3 f5 9. exf5 Bxf5 10. Ng5 Qd7 11. O-O h6 12. Ne4 Bh3 13. Bxh3 Qxh3 14. Qe2 Rf7
15. Bd2 Raf8 16. f3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.04"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Kazhgaleyev, Murtas"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2
e5 9. Be2 e4 10. Nd2 Nb8 11. h3 Be6 12. g4 Na6 13. a3 Nc7 14. O-O-O a5 15. Kb1
b5 16. c5 Be7 17. g5 Nd7 18. h4 f5 19. f3 b4 20. axb4 axb4 21. Na4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.05"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Kazhgaleyev, Murtas"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2
Re8 9. Bd3 Qe7 10. Rd1 h6 11. h3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 e5 13. Be2 e4 14. Nd2 Nb6 15.
Nc4 Bf5 16. g4 Bh7 17. h4 Nfd5 18. g5 hxg5 19. hxg5 Bb4 20. Rg1 Rad8 21. Kf1
Bf5 22. Rg3 Nxc4 23. bxc4 Nxc3 24. Bxc3 Bd6 25. Rg1 Bh2 26. Rh1 Bh3+ 27. Ke1
Qxg5 28. Kd2 Qg2 29. Kc1 Rd6 30. Kb1 Rf6 31. f4 exf3 32. Bd3 f2 33. Rhf1 Rxe3
34. Kb2 Qf3 35. d5 Bxf1 36. Bxf1 Rxc3 37. Qxc3 Qxd1 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.05"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kazhgaleyev, Murtas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Bd3 d6 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. O-O e5 8. d5
Nd4 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. Ne2 Re8 11. f3 c5 12. Bg5 b5 13. cxb5 a6 14. a4 Qc7 15.
Qc2 Nd7 16. Bf4 axb5 17. axb5 Rb8 18. b4 Qb6 19. Rfc1 Bb7 20. Qd2 Rbc8 21. Rab1
Ra8 22. Kh1 Ra3 23. Bc4 Rea8 24. bxc5 dxc5 25. h3 h5 26. Rc2 Kh7 27. Nc1 f5 28.
Nd3 fxe4 29. fxe4 Nf6 30. Re1 Re8 31. Ne5 g5 32. Bh2 Qa5 33. Qxa5 Rxa5 34. Bf1
Nxe4 35. Bd3 Bxd5 36. Rxc5 Ba8 37. Nc6 Kh6 38. Nxa5 Nf2+ 39. Kg1 Rxe1+ 40. Kxf2
Re3 41. Rc8 Bd5 42. Rd8 Be6 43. Bc4 Bf6 44. Rd6 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.06"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. g3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bg2 e5 8.
Nf3 exd4 9. Qxd4 Be7 10. Bf4 O-O 11. O-O-O c6 12. Rhe1 Qxd4 13. Nxd4 Bc5 14.
Bg5 Bb6 15. c3 Bd7 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Be4 Rfd8 18. f3 Be6 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.07"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 e6 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Be2
b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Bb2 Qe7 11. Rad1 Rad8 12. Rfe1 Rfe8 13. h3 h6 14. Qb1 Bb4 15.
Rf1 Bd6 16. Rfe1 Bb4 17. Rf1 Bd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.08"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8.
Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qc7 11. O-O b6 12. Qg4 Kf8 13. Re1 c5 14. Qh4 Bb7
15. Be4 Be7 16. Qh3 Bxe4 17. Rxe4 Rd8 18. c3 Qb7 19. Re2 Kg8 20. Bf4 Nf8 21.
Rae1 Ng6 22. Bc1 cxd4 23. Nxd4 Kh7 24. Qf3 Qxf3 25. Nxf3 Rd7 26. g3 Rc8 27. h4
h5 28. Kf1 Kg8 29. Rd2 Rdc7 30. Rd3 Kf8 31. Bd2 Ke8 32. Bg5 f6 33. Be3 Kf7 34.
Red1 b5 35. Rd7 Nf8 36. Rxc7 Rxc7 37. Ke2 Nd7 38. Kd3 a6 39. Ra1 Bc5 40. a4 b4
41. cxb4 Bxb4 42. Rc1 Rxc1 43. Bxc1 Bc5 44. Ke2 e5 45. Bd2 Ke6 46. Be1 Kd5 47.
b3 e4 48. Nd2 Ne5 49. f3 f5 50. fxe4+ fxe4 51. Nf1 Nd3 52. Bc3 Nc1+ 53. Kd1
Nxb3 54. Bxg7 e3 55. Bb2 Ke4 56. Ke2 Bd4 57. Ba3 a5 58. g4 hxg4 59. Ng3+ Ke5
60. Nf1 Kf4 61. Bd6+ Ke4 62. Ng3+ Kd5 63. Bc7 Kc6 64. Bf4 Nc1+ 65. Kd1 Nd3 66.
Bg5 Kd5 67. h5 Nf2+ 68. Ke2 Ne4 69. Nxe4 Kxe4 70. h6 g3 71. h7 g2 72. Bxe3 Bxe3
73. h8=Q g1=Q 74. Qh1+ Kd4 75. Qe4+ Kxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.08"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Nbd7 5. Qc2 e6 6. b3 Bd6 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Be2
Qe7 9. O-O b6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Nb5 Ba6 12. Qd1 Bxb5 13. Bxb5 a6 14. Be2 Ba3
15. Qc1 Bxb2 16. Qxb2 Rfc8 17. Rfc1 a5 18. Rc2 Rxc2 19. Qxc2 Qc5 20. Rc1 Rc8
21. Qxc5 Rxc5 22. Rxc5 Nxc5 23. Kf1 Kf8 24. Ne5 Ke7 25. Ke1 Ncd7 26. Nc6+ Kd6
27. Nd4 g6 28. f4 Ne4 29. Bd3 Nec5 30. Bb5 f6 31. Nf3 Nf8 32. g4 e5 33. d4
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.08"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 a5 11. O-O a4 12. Rac1 Qa5 13. f3 Bd7 14. c5 Bc6
15. cxd6 Rfd8 16. Bc4 Rxd6 17. Qf2 Nd7 18. Rfd1 a3 19. Rxd6 exd6 20. b4 Qxb4
21. Nd5 Qb2 22. Rc2 Qb1+ 23. Rc1 Qb2 24. Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.08"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 c6 3. Bf4 Qb6 4. Qd2 d5 5. Nc3 Bf5 6. f3 e6 7. g4 Bg6 8. h4 h5
9. g5 Nfd7 10. e3 Na6 11. a3 Qa5 12. Rd1 Be7 13. Bg3 Rd8 14. c5 b6 15. Nxd5
Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 cxd5 17. Bxa6 bxc5 18. Bc7 cxd4 19. exd4 Ra8 20. Bb7 O-O 21.
Bxa8 Rxa8 22. Ne2 f6 23. gxf6 gxf6 24. Rc1 Kf7 25. Rc6 Bf5 26. Ng3 Bg6 27. Re1
Rc8 28. Rexe6 Bf8 29. Bf4 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.09"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 exd5 4. d4 c6 5. Qc2 Bd6 6. Nf3 Ne7 7. Bg5 f6 8. Bd2
Na6 9. e4 Nb4 10. Qb3 a5 11. a3 a4 12. Qd1 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nbd5 14. Bc4 Be6 15.
O-O O-O 16. Re1 Bf7 17. Nh4 Kh8 18. Qg4 Bc7 19. Nc5 g5 20. Nf3 h5 21. Qe4 Bg6
22. Qe2 Re8 23. Qf1 Nf5 24. Bd3 b6 25. Ne6 Qd7 26. Nxc7 Qxc7 27. Rxe8+ Rxe8 28.
Re1 Qf7 29. Rxe8+ Qxe8 30. Qe1 Qxe1+ 31. Nxe1 Kg7 32. Bxf5 Bxf5 33. g3 Kg6 34.
f3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.10"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 {Famously used by Fischer,
this line may not suit Kramnik's style entirely, as it has a static character,
at least in the initial phase. But the former World champion may enjoy it
because it ressembles a reversed Queen's Gambit (an opening he plays with
Black).} Nf6 ({Kramnik had also faced} 5... Qc7 {preventing Bf4:} 6. Na3 a6 7.
Nc2 Nf6 8. h3 e6 9. Nf3 b5 10. O-O Bb7 11. Re1 Bd6 12. Bg5 Ne4 13. a4 {Kramnik,
V (2812)-Fedoseev,V (2726) Dortmund 2017 CBM 180 [Moradiabadi,E] (0-1, 29)}) 6.
Bf4 Bg4 7. Qb3 Qc8 {Defending the pawn without placing the queen in the
f3-knight's range.} ({A famous Fischer game went} 7... Na5 $6 8. Qa4+ Bd7 9.
Qc2 e6 10. Nf3 Qb6 11. a4 Rc8 12. Nbd2 Nc6 13. Qb1 Nh5 14. Be3 h6 15. Ne5 Nf6
16. h3 Bd6 17. O-O Kf8 18. f4 $16 {Fischer,R-Petrosian,T Belgrade 1970 (1-0,
39)}) ({The main alternative is} 7... Qd7 {, preparing ...Bd6.} 8. Nd2 e6 9. h3
({Curiously this is more rarely seen than} 9. Ngf3 {when play may continue}
Bxf3 10. Nxf3 Bd6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. O-O O-O 13. Rae1 Rab8 14. Ne5 b5 15. a3 a5
16. Re3 Rfc8 17. Qd1 b4 $132 {Lanka,Z-Kasparov,G Leningrad 1977 (½-½, 49)})
9... Bh5 (9... Bf5 $5 {needs further testing as so far it has been tried only
in lower rated games}) 10. Ngf3 Bg6 ({Most games continue with} 10... Bxf3 {
but this means offering White h2-h3 as an extra tempo. Or maybe he usually
wants to keep the h3-square available for the rook in order to attack h7?!})
11. Bb5 $5 Bd6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Qb4 $5 $146 Qxb4 14. Bxc6+ bxc6 15. cxb4 $14 {
[%csl Ga7,Gc5,Gc6]}) 8. Nd2 e6 9. Ngf3 Be7 10. O-O Bh5 $5 {A refined move (and
by far not the most popular!) The bishop retreats closer to g6 in order to
neutralise the possible pressure along the b1-h7 diagonal.} ({The main line
goes} 10... O-O 11. Ne5 Nxe5 (11... Bh5 12. Qc2 {already forces Black into
giving up the bishop pair in the long run for instance} Qe8 13. Rae1 Rc8 14.
Qb1 Bg6 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. Nf3 a6 17. Qd1 Qd8 18. h4 Re8 19. g3 Nd7 20. Re2 Nf8
21. Rfe1 Bd6 22. Bc1 Qc7 23. Ng5 $14 {Zhao,J (2613)-Laznicka,V (2666) Ho Chi
Minh City 2016 (1-0, 53), with some pressure.}) 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. Qc2 g6 {
Ivanchuk probably wanted to avoid such weakening moves, even though in
practice White has not proved anything concrete:} 14. h3 Bf5 15. Bxf5 gxf5 {
Rendle,T (2400)-Howell,D (2611) Hastings 2011 CBM 140 Extra [Friedel,F] (0-1,
36)}) 11. Rae1 (11. Ne5 {is not dangerous now:} Nxe5 12. Bxe5 (12. dxe5 Nd7 13.
Qc2 Bg6 $11) 12... O-O $11) 11... Bg6 $5 {It looks as if Ivanchuk anticipated
Kramnik's 13th move. Since he is going to open the h-file, he does not hurry
with castling yet.} ({In practice there had been nothing wrong with} 11... O-O
{, though:} 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Bg6 14. Bxg6 hxg6 15. Qd1 b5 16. Re3 a5 17.
h4 b4 18. g4 a4 $36 {Dzindzichashvili,R (2530)-Karpov,A (2715) Mazatlan (rapid)
1988(0-1, 35)}) 12. Bxg6 hxg6 13. h4 $146 {In the endgame it would be useful
to keep the double pawns as they are (preventing ...f7-f6 followed by ..g6-g5,
for instance), but at this point in the game (and especially with a rook on h8)
the merits of this novelty are slightly questionable.} (13. Bg5 {is not
dangerous and actually led to quick disaster:} Qc7 14. Ne5 Bd6 15. f4 O-O-O $5
16. Qa4 Kb8 17. b4 Rc8 18. b5 Na5 19. Bxf6 (19. Nxf7 Qxf7 20. Qxa5 b6 21. Qa4
Rxc3 $15) 19... gxf6 20. b6 axb6 21. Nd7+ Ka7 $19 {Rittemann,S (2150)
-Svetushkin,D (2621) Travemuende 2011 (0-1, 28)}) ({For} 13. h3 O-O 14. Ne5 {
- Perelshteyn,E (2429)-Atalik,S (2575) Philadelphia 2000 EXT 2002 [Atalik,S] 
(0-1, 33).}) 13... a6 {[%cal Gb7b5] Frustrating White of his hopes for a
direct attack against the king, something he had prepared with Rae1.} 14. c4 {
The king's presence in the centre offers some abstract justification for this
break,but concretely there is no way of opening the position under favourable
circumstances. And the rooks should be on e1 or d1 and c1, not as they are. We
can infere that Ivanhuk's move order managed to confuse Kramnik completely.} a5
$5 {Very flexible thinking. After having provoked the weakening of the d4-pawn,
Ivanchuk looks for more.} 15. a3 {And he gets it!} a4 16. Qd3 O-O {There was
no need to stay with the king in the centre anymore, as with the queenside
under tension White cannot think of continuing his attack.} 17. c5 {Since
White cannot sustain this pawn with its neighbouring colleague, this move
fails to ensure a space advantage.} ({More cautious would have been} 17. Rc1
Qd8 18. Rfd1 {even though White would have no trace of an advantage.}) 17... b6
$1 18. cxb6 Qb7 19. Bc7 {With most of the pieces far from the queenside, this
mini-fortress is not fated to resist.} ({White had better chances to achieve
an eventless draw with} 19. Rc1 Qxb6 20. Rc2 Nd7 21. Rfc1 Rfc8 $11) 19... Nd7
$5 {Possibly the most difficult move in the game (see also my article about
difficult moves published on this same DVD!)} ({The point is that} 19... Ne8 {
looks more natural, but for not obvious reasons is less effective.} 20. Rc1
Nxc7 21. bxc7 Rfc8 22. Rc3 Rxc7 23. Rfc1 Rac8 24. g3 Bd6 (24... Na7 25. Rxc7
Rxc7 26. Rxc7 Qxc7 27. Qa6 $16) 25. Kg2 Ne7 26. Rxc7 Rxc7 27. Rxc7 Bxc7 28. Qc2
$11 {In similar lines in the game, the exchanges would take place slightly
differently.}) 20. Rc1 Rfc8 21. b4 {The correct reaction.} ({If, for instance,
} 21. Rc2 Nxb6 22. Bxb6 Qxb6 23. Rfc1 Na7 $1 24. Rxc8+ Nxc8 25. Rc2 Nd6 {
Black is much better regrouped than in the similar exchange line above. And
actually the presence of one rook on each side favours him, as White's b2-pawn
is weak.}) 21... axb3 22. Qxb3 Bxa3 {White seems to be in trouble as after
obstructing the b-file with the knight (...Be7 and ...Nb4 for instance) Black
would win the b6-pawn.} 23. Rc3 $2 ({Actually White had a nice resource:} 23.
Ra1 Be7 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Rb1 Nb4 {Everything according to the plan, is it not?
} 26. Ne5 Nxb6 27. Qf3 $1 {Not entirely. This sudden queen switch offers
chances to maintain the equality.} Rf8 28. Bxb6 Qxb6 29. Nd7 Qxd4 30. Nxf8 Qxd2
31. Nd7 Bxh4 32. Ra1 Nc6 33. Ra8+ Nd8 {Black has a material advantage but his
poor cordination causes him problems proving a constructive plan.}) 23... Be7
$6 {Offering White a second chance of the same nature.} ({For reasons revealed
below a stronger move was} 23... Bf8 $1) 24. Rfc1 $2 (24. Rb1 $1 Nb4 25. Ne5
Nxb6 26. Bxb6 Qxb6 27. Rxc8+ Rxc8 28. Qf3 {is similr to the previous line.
With the bishop on f8 Black could defend f7 from the seventh rank.}) 24... Nb4
25. Ne5 Nxe5 26. Bxe5 (26. dxe5 Na2 $17) 26... Rxc3 27. Qxc3 Qxb6 {Black has
won a pawn and d4 is isolated. It is hard claiming a win yet, but let's put it
this way: Black would be very unhappy if he could not win!} 28. Nf3 Qd8 29. Qb3
Rc8 30. Ra1 Rc4 31. g3 Qc8 32. Kg2 Nc6 33. Qb5 Bf8 34. Ra4 $6 {I believe that
this makes things simpler for Black. Obviously, Kramnik was worried about his
d4-pawn. But it will soon become clear that it would have been better
exchanging queens.} (34. Qa6 $5 Qxa6 35. Rxa6 f6 36. Bf4 Kf7 37. Nd2 Rc2 38.
Nf3 {The d4-pawn is not lost yet.}) 34... Rxa4 35. Qxa4 Nb4 36. Qb5 Qc2 37. Qf1
Qe4 {This is the difference! The queen is very strong on this square and White
will soon be more or less forced to exchange it under unfavourable
circumstances. With rooks Black would not have had this resource.} 38. Qe1 f6
39. Bc7 Nc2 40. Qxe4 {Equivalent to surrendering.} ({But} 40. Qd1 {was not at
all roses:} Bb4 {[%cal Gc2e1]} 41. Kg1 Bc3 42. Bb6 Na3 43. Bc5 Nc4 {[%csl Gf3]
[%cal Gc4b2]} 44. Nh2 (44. Kg2 Nd2 {[%cal Gg6g5]}) 44... Nb2 $5 45. Qc1 Nd3 $1
46. Qxc3 Qe2 $1 47. Ng4 f5 48. Bb4 Qd1+ (48... fxg4 49. Qd2 $17) 49. Kg2 fxg4
50. Qd2 Qf3+ 51. Kg1 e5 {and Black should win.}) 40... dxe4 41. Nd2 f5 {
Black has gained space and the king is heading for d5.} 42. Nb3 Ne1+ 43. Kf1
Nf3 44. Ke2 Kf7 45. Bb6 Bb4 46. Ke3 Ke8 47. Bc5 Bc3 48. Ba3 Kf7 49. Bd6 Kf6 50.
Bc7 Ke7 51. Bb8 Bb2 52. Bf4 Kd8 53. Bd6 Kd7 {After many hesitations, typical
for over-the-board play, especially in decisive games, Ivanchuk decided on
giving up the g7-pawn for the sake of completing the king's centralisation.}
54. Bf8 Kc6 55. Bxg7 Kd5 56. Bf6 Bc3 $1 {[%csl Ga5][%cal Gd5c4]} (56... Kc4 {
is premature due to} 57. Na5+) 57. Ke2 ({Kramnik might have initially planned
retreating with his knight to c1, which is not possible with the king on e3:} 
57. Bg7 Kc4 58. Nc1 Bd2+ {but later changed his mind. Anyway, the last move
does not make anything worse than it was.}) 57... Kc4 58. Nc5 (58. Nc1 Bd2 $1
59. Kd1 Bxc1 60. Kxc1 Kd3 61. Kd1 e3 62. fxe3 Kxe3 $19 {[%cal Ge3f2]}) 58... e5
59. Nd7 {Unfortunately the knight does not get in time to take on g6, as White
has other worries now.} exd4 60. Bd8 d3+ 61. Kd1 Bd4 62. Bb6 Bxb6 63. Nxb6+ Kd4
64. Nc8 Ne5 65. Ne7 Ng4 66. Ke1 Kc3 67. Nd5+ (67. Nxg6 Kc2 $19) 67... Kb3 68.
Kd2 Nxf2 69. h5 {Or anything else.} gxh5 70. Ne3 h4 {This was the move I
expected, but Black has of course alternatives.} (70... Ng4 71. Nxf5 Ne5 72.
Nd4+ Kb2 73. Ke3 Nc4+ $1 $19) 71. Nxf5 (71. gxh4 f4) 71... h3 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.12"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:05] Giri,A: 'Everybody still remembers
the King's Gambit game that Carlsen won, and I think there is no doubt Magnus
wants to keep his 100% score there, so...'} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00] Giri,A: '!'}
Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:06] It seems as if the Berlin has been replaced by the Petroff
as everyone's favourite drawing weapon at the World Cup 2017.} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:
02:01]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 4. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:22]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 5.
Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 6. Nxd7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bxd7 {
[%emt 0:00:13]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} (7... Qh4 $5 {
has lost its popularity nowadays, though my Dutch teammate Jan Smeets (I am
still in Olympiad mode...) tried it against Tiviakov in Corus 2010.}) 8. Qh5 $5
{[%emt 0:00:16] This queen sortie looks very weird. What exactly are we doing?
Attacking the d5-pawn. Why can it not be just defended with ...c6?} ({Giri,A:
'Statistically the main move'} 8. c4 {is considered to be the main variation.})
8... Qf6 {[%emt 0:02:32] Anish tried to recollect his move and made it. He has
already played two games before with this move. And he has annotated
Carlsen-Wang,Y 2010, in which 8...Nf6 was played.} (8... c6 9. Nd2 (9. Bxe4
dxe4 10. Nd2 {might be something to look into for White.}) (9. Nc3 $5 Nf6 10.
Re1+ Kf8 $13) 9... Nf6 10. Re1+ Kf8 11. Qh4 $14) ({This was annotated by Anish
Giri in detail. Reproduced here is the opening phase of the game.} 8... Nf6 {
Giri,A: 'The d-pawn was attacked, but now'} 9. Re1+ {Giri,A: 'The point. Now
Black has a choice'} Kf8 {Giri,A: 'Strange looking, but main. Black trusts his
better development and hopes it will compensate for the uncomfortable position
of the king. After this game though, I think this trust may be weakened.'} (
9... Be7 {is more solid, but still, life is not so easy after let's say} 10.
Qe2 Be6 11. Nd2 O-O 12. Nf3 Re8 13. Ne5 Nd7 14. f4 Nxe5 15. dxe5 {and Tiviakov
got some (practical) advantage against Socko this year. In the game Black
managed to escape.}) 10. Qe2 {Giri,A: '!'} (10. Qh4 {is played more often, but
Black has a simple way to equalise:} Ng4 $1 {and White has to change the
queens. The resulting endgame is dead equal.}) 10... Ng4 {Giri,A: 'Perhaps
this logical move, which was also considered to be main, is a bit
over-optimistic after all..'} ({The solid} 10... c6 $5 {deserves attention and
should be studied by those who are interested. Still after the critical} 11.
Nd2 Qc7 12. Nf3 Bg4 13. Qe3 $1 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Bxh2+ 15. Kf1 Bd6 16. Bg5 {
played twice by Sutovsky - maybe not without reason... Life isn't that simple.}
) 11. h3 Qh4 12. Qf3 Bh2+ (12... Nf6 {is mainstream and more solid, but I
believe after} 13. Nc3 c6 14. Ne2 {Black has no attack, but a little bit
uncomfortable king, so White should be slightly better with no risk.}) 13. Kf1
Nxf2 {Giri,A: 'The whole operation is conducted in the spirit of the position,
with the white queenside still undevelopped, but in fact the black pieces are
also not perfect with the rook on h8 and the king on f8, eager to swap places.'
} 14. Qxf2 Bg3 15. Qd2 Qf6+ 16. Kg1 Bxe1 17. Qxe1 Qxd4+ 18. Kh2 Re8 19. Qg3 Qe5
{Giri,A: 'Leads to a lost endgame, which though at first sight seems
interesting for Black. However there was already no way back, because if White
develops, the position is just lost for Black.'} 20. Qxe5 Rxe5 21. Bf4 {
Giri,A: '!'} Re1 22. Bxc7 {Giri,A: 'Here I first thought that the computer
doesn't understand that his queenside is stuck, but then I realized that in
fact the threat is Ba5-d2 followed by Be2 kicking out or winning the rook.'} a6
{Giri,A: 'Only try. Black wants to change the potentially dangerous d3 bishop,
but White has a logical antidote:'} 23. Ba5 Rd1 24. a4 {Giri,A: '!'} Ke7 25.
Bd2 Rc8 26. c3 {Giri,A: '!'} d4 27. c4 g6 28. Be2 {1-0 (38) Carlsen,M (2826)
-Wang,Y (2732) Nanjing 2010}) 9. Be3 {[%emt 0:37:50] Ivanchuk thought for over
half an hour at the board and found this new move.} (9. Qxd5 Bc6 10. Qh5 Qxd4
$11) 9... O-O-O $6 {[%emt 0:34:01] Anish was in a fighting mood and goes for
0-0-0. But objectively this was not the best.} (9... Bf5 $5 $11 {This might
have been a better option.} 10. f3 g6 11. Qh6 Bf8 12. Qf4 Bd6 $11) 10. Nc3 {
[%emt 0:06:15] A strong human move. I call it human because Qxd5 is the one
that computers would prefer.} (10. Qxd5 $5 {was now possible, Ivanchuk must
have thought that the bishop on c6 will be dangerous in future.} Bc6 11. Qh5
$16 {[%cal Gc6g2] Objectively this would have been the best. White is a pawn
up and there is nothing much that Black can do here.}) 10... Nxc3 {[%emt 0:12:
47]} 11. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:09][%cal Ga1b1,Gb1b7,Ge3g5] White is better here.
Mainly he has the b-file open towards the black king and also threats like Bg5
are in the air.} Qe6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 12. Rfe1 {[%emt 0:02:24]} f6 {[%emt 0:01:
53]} 13. Bd2 {[%emt 0:14:04]} Qg8 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 14. Rab1 {[%emt 0:00:04]
Ivanchuk makes logical moves and mounts the pressure. Both his rooks are on
open files and if he can open up the position in the centre whenever he wants
to with c4.} Kb8 {[%emt 0:09:50]} 15. h3 $6 {[%emt 0:06:46] This move is not
in the spirit of the position.} (15. Qf3 $1 b6 16. Ba6 Bc8 17. Bxc8 Kxc8 18. a4
Kb8 19. c4 dxc4 20. a5 $14 {with a strong attack coming up.}) 15... b6 {
[%emt 0:01:34]} (15... Bc8 $5) 16. Ba6 {[%emt 0:02:07]} g5 {[%emt 0:05:10]} 17.
Qf3 $2 {[%emt 0:05:40]} (17. c4 $5 {looks tricky} dxc4 18. Qf3 Bc8 $5 {Black
should be fine} (18... c6 19. Qxf6 $16) 19. Bxc8 Rxc8 20. a4 g4 {This comes in
time to create counterplay against White's king.} 21. hxg4 h5 22. gxh5 (22. a5
hxg4 23. Qc6 Qh7 $17 {Black is faster.}) 22... Qh7 $132) 17... g4 $1 {[%emt 0:
03:01] Anish finds the best way to create play.} 18. hxg4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bxg4
{[%emt 0:03:37]} 19. Qxf6 {[%emt 0:03:13]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 20. Qh4 {
[%emt 0:00:01]} h5 $6 {[%emt 0:01:59]} (20... Qg6 21. Bd3 Bf5 22. Bxf5 Qxf5 23.
Re2 Rhg8 {[%cal Gf8f2,Gg8g2]} 24. Rbe1 Kb7 $17 {Black has a great position,
all his pieces are aiming towards White's king, whereas Black's king is safe.})
(20... Rf5 $1 {is also very strong with the threat of Rh5.} 21. Be2 Bxe2 22.
Rxe2 Qg6 $17) 21. Bg5 $1 {[%emt 0:01:40]} Rh7 {[%emt 0:02:18]} (21... Qg6 {
was strong. The idea is ...Rhg8 with powerful attack. White must do something
about it.} 22. Bd3 Bf5 23. Bxf5 Qxf5 24. Re2 Kb7 $15) 22. Re3 {[%emt 0:05:08]}
Bc8 $6 {[%emt 0:10:36] Exchanging the strong a6 bishop seems logical but it
turns out to be in White's favour. He doesn't have to worry any more about his
king.} (22... Bf5 $1 {was good, at some point this bishop can come on e4
stopping white's rooks in their tracks.} 23. Rbe1 Rg7 24. f4 Be4 {this is the
point of Black's ...Bf5 move.} 25. g3 Qf7 $11 {The game is still on.}) 23. Bxc8
{[%emt 0:01:56]} Kxc8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 24. Rbe1 {[%emt 0:01:48] White is
consolidating. Soon he would be a pawn up for no compensation. Black has to
hurry up.} Qg6 {[%emt 0:01:20]} 25. Be7 {[%emt 0:05:07]} Bxe7 {[%emt 0:03:06]}
26. Rxe7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qxc2 $2 {[%emt 0:00:52]} (26... Kb7 27. Qh2 Rxe7 28.
Rxe7 Rc8 $13 {gives Black good drawing chances.}) 27. Qg3 $1 {[%emt 0:02:16]
This strong move gives White a huge advantage.} Rxe7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 28. Rxe7
{[%emt 0:00:04] A queen exchange becomes mandatory in order to avoid getting
checkmated.} Qc1+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} 29. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Qf4 {[%emt 0:00:05]
} 30. f3 {[%emt 0:01:13]} (30. Qxf4 Rxf4 31. Kg3 $18 {was more accurate.})
30... a5 {[%emt 0:04:30]} 31. Re5 $2 {[%emt 0:02:53]} (31. Rh7 $1 $16 {was
strong and now it's difficult for Black to protect the h-pawn}) (31. Qxf4 Rxf4
32. Re5 $16 {was also good for White.}) 31... Qf7 $6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} (31...
Qd2 $1 {would have given Black a great hope to fight on equal terms.} 32. Re7
Qxc3 $11) 32. Qh3+ {[%emt 0:00:47]} Kb7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 33. Rxh5 $2 {[%emt 0:
00:37]} a4 $6 {[%emt 0:01:43]} (33... Qf4+ $1 34. Qg3 Qd2 $1 {Black has
excellent counterplay.} 35. Rh7 Rc8 $17) 34. Rh7 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Qf4+ $2 {
[%emt 0:01:32] Anish makes quite a big mistake. From here his position is
irreparable.} (34... Qe8 $13) 35. Qg3 $1 {[%emt 0:00:01] Now ...Qd2 is no
longer possible because of the c7-pawn falling.} a3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 36. Qxf4 {
[%emt 0:01:06]} Rxf4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 37. Re7 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Rf6 {[%emt 0:01:
10]} 38. Re3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rh6+ {[%emt 0:00:21]} 39. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:12]}
Ka6 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 40. f4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:01:24]} 41. f5 {
[%emt 0:03:14] White's pawns are just too fast. Ivanchuk's opening idea with
Be3 was new, but not very dangerous if Giri would have replied with ...Bf5.
But the way Anish played in the game gave Vassily a clear advantge.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.13"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E68"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 g6 4. d4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Bg2 Ngf6 7. O-O O-O 8. e4
a6 9. Qc2 exd4 10. Nxd4 Re8 11. Re1 Ne5 12. b3 c5 13. Nf3 Nfg4 14. Nxe5 Nxe5
15. Bb2 Nc6 16. Qd2 Qa5 17. Rad1 Bg4 18. f3 Be6 19. Nd5 Qxd2 20. Rxd2 Bxb2 21.
Rxb2 Bxd5 22. cxd5 Nd4 23. f4 a5 24. Kf2 f6 25. h4 Re7 26. g4 h6 27. Ke3 f5 28.
Kd3 fxg4 29. e5 Kg7 30. Re4 Nf5 31. Kc4 Ra6 32. a3 h5 33. Ree2 Nd4 34. Re4 b5+
35. Kc3 b4+ 36. Kc4 bxa3 37. Ra2 Rb7 38. Rxa3 Nf5 39. Kc3 Rab6 40. Bf1 g3 41.
Bh3 Nd4 42. Kd2 Nxb3+ 43. Kd3 Nd4 44. exd6 Rxd6 45. Kc4 Rb4+ 46. Kxc5 Rdb6 47.
Rxd4 R6b5+ 48. Kc6 Rb6+ 49. Kc5 R6b5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.15"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 2. g3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:
03:23]} 3. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:13]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:01:44]} 4. Qa4+ {[%emt 0:00:07]}
(4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Qa4+ {The inclusion of knights on f3 and f6 leads to similar
kinds of position but with some differences. One can say that like in the game
Levon would not have been able to get in d4-d5!}) 4... c6 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 5.
Qxc4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} b5 {[%emt 0:03:55] Overall I consider this c6/b5 setup
to be the most active way for Black to play in this position.} 6. Qc2 {[%emt 0:
00:08]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 7. Nf3 {[%emt 0:02:01]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:07:26]} (7...
Nf6 {leads to a common position. But Vassily wanted to make use of the time he
has saved on developing his g8 knight by getting his queenside pieces out and
working.}) 8. Nc3 {[%emt 0:06:33]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:14:08]} 9. O-O {[%emt 0:03:10]}
a6 {[%emt 0:01:37]} 10. d4 {[%emt 0:03:50] Black has made all the moves in
order to play the move c5 and here it would not make sense if you didn't make
that move. As Levon said after the game, that it is difficult to sometimes
admit what you did was not correct and change the plan.} c5 {[%emt 0:42:39]
Vassily made this move after 42 minutes.} (10... Ngf6 11. Ne5 $16 {is already
horror for Black.}) 11. d5 $1 {[%emt 0:00:15] Levon was instantly ready with
his reply. It just took him 15 seconds to make this move. After the game when
he was asked what he thought about the objective quality of the move, he said,
I think it is extremely strong and after this White has a clearly better
position.} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 12. Nh4 $1 {[%emt 0:03:13] Of course, the
logical folllow up.} Ndf6 $2 {[%emt 0:08:18] After this Black is huge trouble.
Look at his kingside pieces. When are they going to develop?} ({Levon
considered Black's best chance to be} 12... Ngf6 13. Rd1 Be7 (13... Nb6 14. a4
$1 (14. Nxd5 Nbxd5 15. e4 $14) 14... b4 15. a5 bxc3 16. axb6 $16) 14. Nxd5 (14.
Nf5 $1 {is a move that must be considered for sure.} O-O 15. Bxd5 $1 Nxd5 16.
Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Rxd5 $16) 14... Bxd5 $1 (14... Nxd5 15. Nf5 $1 {This is the
strongest move.} (15. Bxd5 Bxd5 16. Rxd5 Bxh4 $14 {is something that White
would have to go into if the move order by Black is correct. i.e ...Bxd5 first
instead of ...Nxd5.}) 15... g6 16. Bxd5 Bxd5 17. Ng7+ Kf8 18. Bh6 Kg8 19. Rxd5
$16) 15. Bxd5 Nxd5 16. Rxd5 Bxh4 17. gxh4 Qxh4 18. Qf5 $36) 13. Rd1 {[%emt 0:
04:31]} g6 $2 {[%emt 0:00:08] Another huge mistake. It was important to at
least complete the development somehow.} (13... Qb6 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Bxd5 Nxd5
16. Rxd5 Ne7 17. Rd3 $16 {White is better, but Black can fight on.}) 14. Nxd5
$1 {[%emt 0:02:21]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 15. e4 {[%emt 0:00:50]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:
00:18]} 16. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 17. Qe2+ {[%emt 0:01:32]
} (17. Re1+ {was also possible, but Levon didn't want the rook to leave the
support of the d5-pawn.} Kf8 18. Be3 c4 19. Rad1 $16) 17... Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:01]
} (17... Qe7 18. Qxe7+ Kxe7 19. d6+ $18) 18. a4 $1 {[%emt 0:01:06] Creating a
nice little square for the knight to sit on - c4.} b4 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 19. Be3
{[%emt 0:01:09]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:01:33]} 20. Rac1 {[%emt 0:03:37]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:
00:42]} 21. Nf3 $1 {[%emt 0:00:36] The c4-square is soft and comfortable, so
what are you waiting for? Ah wait, there's also the e4-square!} h6 {[%emt 0:02:
08]} 22. Nd2 {[%emt 0:01:40]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 23. Ne4 {[%emt 0:04:08]} Qf8
{[%emt 0:00:46]} 24. d6 $18 {[%emt 0:00:57] Ivanchuk had enough of this
horrible position and he resigned. One of the main problems is the c5-pawn for
which you have to give up your b7-bishop with ...Bxe4 but after taking the
bishop back, there is nothing positive about Black's entire position.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.16"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 2. g3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:
00:21]} 3. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 4. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 5. Qa4+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 6. Qxc4 {
[%emt 0:00:01]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 7. Ne5 {[%emt 0:01:03]} Qc8 {[%emt 0:00:04]
} 8. d3 {[%emt 0:04:07]} (8. O-O) 8... Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 9. Nxd7 {[%emt 0:
00:04]} Qxd7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 10. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:08:46]} 11.
Nf3 {[%emt 0:02:52]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 12. Qc3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:
00:06]} 13. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 14. O-O {[%emt 0:00:42]
According to Aronian, this position is slightly more pleasant for White as
Black has to prove what has he got in return for giving his opponent the
bishop pair.} O-O {[%emt 0:01:06]} 15. Qd1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nxf3+ {[%emt 0:04:
12]} 16. Bxf3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rac8 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 17. a3 {[%emt 0:02:58]}
Bf6 {[%emt 0:03:43]} 18. e3 {[%emt 0:01:32]} Rfd8 {[%emt 0:02:11]} 19. Qc2 {
[%emt 0:00:33]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:15:31]} 20. Be4 {[%emt 0:07:00]} (20. Rd1 Nc6 $11)
20... Nc6 {[%emt 0:04:51]} 21. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:43]} Be7 {[%emt 0:02:32]} 22. f4
{[%emt 0:04:09]} f5 {[%emt 0:07:39]} 23. Bf3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:00:
30] White has the bishop pair, but Black's space and active pieces, give White
no hope for an advantage.} 24. Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:08:39]} 25.
Be2 {[%emt 0:01:58]} e5 {[%emt 0:06:07]} 26. fxe5 {[%emt 0:00:52]} Bxe5 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} 27. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qd5 {[%emt 0:05:07]} 28. Be1 {[%emt 0:
04:48]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:04:28]} 29. Bf1 {[%emt 0:00:44] Ivanchuk is placing his
pieces on the last rank. He is trying to make use of the spring theory, where
he would like his pieces to get active all of a sudden, but I guess it is
asking for too much out of them.} Qe6 {[%emt 0:04:30]} 30. Bf2 {[%emt 0:00:26]}
Nd5 {[%emt 0:04:39]} 31. Qb3 {[%emt 0:00:53]} Qh6 {[%emt 0:01:27]} 32. Re1 {
[%emt 0:01:28]} a6 {[%emt 0:04:05]} 33. d4 {[%emt 0:05:57]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:02:
46]} 34. exd4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bb8 $11 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 35. Bg2 {[%emt 0:05:16]
} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 36. Re6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} f4 {[%emt 0:05:29]} 37. Rbe1 {
[%emt 0:05:47]} (37. d5 fxg3 38. hxg3 Qh5 $17) 37... fxg3 {[%emt 0:03:47]} 38.
hxg3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:01:51]} 39. d5 {[%emt 0:02:03]} Qh5 {
[%emt 0:00:38]} 40. Bf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qh3 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 41. Bd1 {[%emt 0:
00:29] This is stretching it, but Black is happy with a draw, and White isn't.
So the game has to continue.} Rcd8 $6 {[%emt 0:04:32]} (41... Ng4 $6 42. Bxg4
Qxg4 $11) (41... Ng8 $1 {The best move.} 42. Qe3 Rcd8 $17) 42. Qf3 {[%emt 0:02:
35]} h5 {[%emt 0:05:26]} (42... Nxd5 43. Qg4 Qxg4 44. Bxg4 $13) 43. Qg2 {
[%emt 0:30:19]} Qxg2+ {[%emt 0:01:21]} 44. Kxg2 {[%emt 0:01:08]} Rxd5 {[%emt 0:
00:04]} 45. Bc2 {[%emt 0:00:45]} a5 {[%emt 0:03:16]} 46. R1e2 {[%emt 0:01:38]}
Bd6 {[%emt 0:04:50]} 47. Be3 {[%emt 0:01:40]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:08:29]} 48. Bc1 {
[%emt 0:06:49]} (48. Bf4 $14) 48... g5 {[%emt 0:03:50] As Levon said after the
game, once he got in this move he was very confident about his chances to hold
the game.} 49. Ra6 {[%emt 0:05:10]} Ng4 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 50. Rae6 {[%emt 0:02:
47]} Rf2+ {[%emt 0:02:56]} 51. Rxf2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bxf2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 52.
Be4 {[%emt 0:01:38]} Rc5 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 53. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Bd4 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} 54. b4 {[%emt 0:00:45]} axb4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 55. axb4 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} Re5 {[%emt 0:01:08]} 56. Rxe5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:
00:10]} 57. Bxg5 {[%emt 0:00:01] This endgame is only ever so slightly better
for White. But Ivanchuk played on until the end.} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 58. Bd2
{[%emt 0:00:19]} Nc4 {[%emt 0:01:42]} 59. Be1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:
41]} 60. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 61. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Bg5
{[%emt 0:00:27]} 62. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 63. Bc3+ {
[%emt 0:00:05]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 64. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:
23]} 65. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Kf5 {[%emt 0:01:01]} 66. Bd4 {[%emt 0:00:25]}
Ne5+ {[%emt 0:00:20]} 67. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 68. Bc3 {
[%emt 0:00:19]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 69. Bxb5 {[%emt 0:00:08] A draw was
agreed and Levon advanced to the next round.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-chT1A 26th"]
[Site "Mali Losinj"]
[Date "2017.09.28"]
[Round "1.41"]
[White "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "2017.09.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sesvete Sljeme"]
[BlackTeam "Zagreb"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 {When you face Ivanchuk, absolutely any opening
is possible.} 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 {I decided to go for an active line, rather
than the more dry 5.b3.} Bb4+ {Going for a side line.} ({The main line is:} 
5... c5 6. d5 exd5 7. cxd5 Bb7 8. Bg2 Nxd5 9. O-O {where White gets long term
compensation for the pawn.}) 6. Bd2 Be7 7. e4 d5 8. cxd5 Bxf1 9. Kxf1 exd5 10.
e5 {White has lost the right to castle, but gained some space in the centre.
The king will find a safe shelter on g2.} Ne4 {This line was quite common
about a decade ago, but nowadays is a rare guest in grandmaster practice.} 11.
Nc3 Nxd2+ (11... Nxc3 $6 12. bxc3 {The recapture by the bishop is also good,
but here White claims a serious advantage.} Qd7 13. h4 Nc6 (13... h6 14. Re1
Qe6 15. Ng1 $1 Nc6 16. Ne2 O-O-O 17. Nf4 Qg4 18. Kg2 g5 19. hxg5 Bxg5 20. Nh5
Bxd2 21. Qxd2 {1/2-1/2 (45) Bhat,V (2540)-Solomon,K (2368) Caleta 2010}) 14.
Ng5 Bxg5 (14... Nd8 15. Nxh7 Ne6 16. Kg2 c5 17. Ng5 Bxg5 18. hxg5 $16 {0-1 (50)
Rodshtein,M (2650)-Bartel,M (2594) Budva 2009}) 15. hxg5 O-O-O 16. Kg2 $16 {
1-0 (43) Hracek,Z (2638)-Petrik,T (2519) Czechia 2014}) 12. Qxd2 Nc6 13. Kg2
Qd7 14. Rac1 {A logical move, but not the most precise.} (14. Qd3 $1 Nd8 15.
Ne1 Ne6 16. f4 c5 17. Nc2 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Bc5 19. Nf3 $16 {1-0 (48) Chibukhchian,
A (2454)-Kalashian,D (2409) Yerevan 2013}) (14. Ne1 $6 {The immediate knight
transfer is too early in view of} f6 $132) 14... Nd8 {The knight is going to
e6.} (14... O-O 15. Qd3 Nd8 16. h4 h6 17. Ne1 Ne6 18. f4 c5 19. Nc2 $14) 15.
Nd1 {Transferring the knight to e3 and opening the c-file for the rook.} (15.
Ne1 {[%cal Gf2f4] was a more effective plan.}) 15... h5 16. h4 Ne6 17. Ne3 {
[%cal Ge3f5]} g6 18. Qd3 {Covering some light squares. If Black makes a
castles to the queenside, my queen can sneak to a6.} O-O 19. Ng1 $6 {The plan
f2-f4 is the most aggressive, but doesn't work here for concrete reasons.
Black is ready to meet it with a strike in the centre.} (19. Rhd1 {would have
been safer, completing the development. The position is approximately equal.})
19... Rad8 20. f4 c5 $1 {Now Black is starting to take over. I spent too many
tempi on those manoeuvres and my king is actually not very safe.} 21. Nf3 (21.
f5 Nxd4 $1 {I underestimated this when playing 19.Ng1. Black can sacrifice a
piece.} 22. f6 Rfe8 $1 {I was mainly concerned about 22...Nc6, but this move
is even stronger and was pointed out by Ivanchuk in the analysis after the
game.} (22... Nc6 23. fxe7 Qxe7 24. Nf3 Nxe5 25. Nxe5 Qxe5 {with a balanced
position, which I didn't like while calculating this line.}) 23. fxe7 Rxe7 24.
Nc2 Nc6 25. Nf3 Nxe5 26. Nxe5 Rxe5 27. Rhe1 Rxe1 28. Rxe1 d4 $15) 21... cxd4
22. Nc2 (22. Nxd4 Nxd4 23. Qxd4 Qb5 $15) 22... Nc5 23. Qf1 $6 {I wanted to put
the knight on d4, but only made things worse.} (23. Qxd4 Qb5 {is annoying for
White, but still it was better than what I played.}) 23... d3 24. Ncd4 Rc8 {
I can't get the d3-pawn.} 25. a3 a5 26. Rd1 Rfe8 27. Ne1 $6 (27. Qf2 $17) 27...
Qa4 28. Nef3 f6 $6 (28... Bf8 {would have been safer, keeping the advantage.})
29. Kh2 $6 (29. Rxd3 $1 {was a good practical chance.} fxe5 30. fxe5 Nxd3 31.
Qxd3 {with decent compensation.}) 29... fxe5 30. fxe5 Qd7 31. b4 $6 {I saw
that this is not good, but just didn't see any other reasonable idea.} axb4 32.
axb4 Ne4 33. Rxd3 Bxb4 {Basically Black has a pawn and compensation, but in
mutual time trouble anything can happen.} 34. Rg1 $1 {The position is bad, but
at least I will take my rook out of the corner.} Bc5 35. Rg2 Bxd4 $6 {There
was no reason to force matters.} (35... Qg4 {[%cal Ge8f8]} 36. Qb1 Ra8 37. Qb3
Red8 $19 {[%cal Ga8a3]}) 36. Rxd4 Rf8 (36... Rc3 {was more convincing.}) 37.
Qd1 Qf5 (37... Qe6 $17) 38. Qb3 {[%csl Rd5]} Rc5 $2 {Time trouble oversight.} (
38... Kh8 $1 39. Ng5 (39. Qxd5 $2 Nc3) 39... Rc1 40. Nxe4 Qf1 41. Kh3 dxe4 42.
Qb2 {and White is still alive.}) 39. Qxb6 {Vassily blundered and now my queen
hits g6 as well.} Rc3 40. Ng5 {Trying to simplify the position.} (40. Qb7 $1
Qe6 (40... Qf7 41. Qxf7+ Rxf7 42. Ng5 Nxg5 43. hxg5 $11) 41. Rxe4 $1 Rcxf3 (
41... dxe4 $2 42. Ng5 Rf7 43. Nxf7 Qxf7 44. Qxe4 $16) 42. Rd4 $11) 40... Nxg5
41. hxg5 Qxg5 42. Qe6+ $6 (42. Qa5 {was far more precise in order to grab the
d5-pawn with check.} Re3 43. Qxd5+ Kg7 44. e6 Qxd5 45. Rxd5 Rxe6 46. g4 $11)
42... Kg7 43. Qxd5 {[%tqu "En","What is the best move for Black?","","","f8f2",
"I overlooked this. Now I have to find only moves to survive.",5]} Rf2 $1 {
I overlooked this. Now I have to find only moves to survive.} 44. Qd7+ $2 {
This loses. The queen should have stayed in the centre where it controls
numerous important squares.} (44. Rd3 $1 Rxg2+ 45. Kxg2 Rc2+ 46. Kh1 $1 Qc1+
47. Rd1 Qe3 48. Rf1 Kh6 49. Qa8 $11) 44... Kh6 45. Rd3 Rxg2+ 46. Kxg2 Rc2+ 47.
Kh3 (47. Kf3 Qxe5 $19) 47... Qc1 48. Rd1 Qb2 49. Rh1 Qxe5 $2 {Vassily grabbed
the pawn quickly, which spoiled all of his efforts. The winning move wasn't
easy to spot, especially after five hours of a tense fight.} (49... Qb4 $3 {
was the only winning path. Now White's queen has to control the g4-square and
therefore can't create a threat of perpetual check. Meanwhile, the threat 50...
Qe4 is decisive.} 50. Qd1 Qe4 $19) 50. Qf7 {There is no win for Black anymore!}
Qc5 51. Re1 Rf2 52. Qe6 Rf3 53. Qe5 Qf8 54. Kg2 Rf7 55. Re2 Kh7 56. Qe4 {
Now I am fully consolidated and the pawn has little significance.} Qc5 57. Rc2
Qb6 58. Re2 Qf6 59. Kh2 Qf1 60. Qg2 Qf5 61. Qe4 Qf6 62. Qd5 h4 63. Qe4 hxg3+
64. Kxg3 Qa1 65. Qe5 {My pieces are well placed to protect the king and there
is also a counterthreat with Rh2+.} Qa3+ 66. Qe3 Qd6+ 67. Qe5 Qd3+ 68. Qe3 Qd8
69. Qe5 Qd3+ 70. Qe3 Qf5 71. Rh2+ Kg8 72. Rf2 Qd7 (72... Qxf2+ 73. Qxf2 Rxf2
74. Kxf2 $11) 73. Rxf7 Qxf7 74. Qf4 Qe7 75. Qc4+ Kg7 76. Qd4+ Kf7 77. Qf4+ Ke6
78. Qe4+ Kd7 79. Qxg6 Qd6+ 80. Qxd6+ Kxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-chT1A 26th"]
[Site "Mali Losinj"]
[Date "2017.09.29"]
[Round "2.21"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Fedorchuk, Sergey A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2017.09.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Zagreb"]
[BlackTeam "Vukovar"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 a5 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d5 7. Qc2 c5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. O-O O-O 12. e5 Nh5 13. Rd1 Rc8 14. Nf1 cxd4
15. Qe2 Nc6 16. Nxd4 g6 17. e6 fxe6 18. Qxe6+ Qxe6 19. Nxe6 Nd8 20. Nd4 Bf6 21.
Nf3 Ne6 22. Rxd5 Nhf4 23. Bxf4 Bxb2 24. Be5 Bxa1 25. Bxa1 Rc1 26. Bf6 Rf8 27.
Bg5 Nxg5 28. Nxg5 Re8 29. f4 Ree1 30. Rd8+ Kg7 31. Rd7+ Kg8 32. Rd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-chT1A 26th"]
[Site "Mali Losinj"]
[Date "2017.09.30"]
[Round "3.51"]
[White "Bosiocic, Marin"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2017.09.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Rijeka"]
[BlackTeam "Zagreb"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Be3 Be7 10. c3 Qd7 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Nd4 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 Nxe5 14. f4 Nc4
15. Bxc4 dxc4 16. f5 Bd5 17. Rad1 Be4 18. Bh6 gxh6 19. Qxh6 Kh8 20. Rde1 Bd5
21. f6 Rg8 22. Rf5 Bf8 23. Qh4 Rxg2+ 24. Kf1 Rg6 25. Rh5 h6 26. Ree5 Bg2+ 27.
Kf2 Qd6 28. Rhf5 Rd8 0-1

[Event "CRO-chT1A 26th"]
[Site "Mali Losinj"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "4.11"]
[White "Saric, Ivan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2017.09.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Rijeka Liburnija"]
[BlackTeam "Zagreb"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8.
Bg5 a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Nd5 Be7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. c4 b4 13. Nc2 a5 14. g3 Bg5 15.
h4 Bh6 16. Bh3 Bb7 17. Qh5 Ne7 18. Nf6+ Kf8 19. Rd1 Ng6 20. Nd5 Ne7 21. Nf6 Ng6
22. Nd5 Ne7 23. O-O Bxd5 24. exd5 Qc7 25. Ne3 Ng8 26. Qf3 g6 27. c5 Qxc5 28.
Rc1 Qa7 29. Rc6 e4 30. Qxe4 Re8 31. Qc2 Bxe3 32. Rc7 Qb6 33. fxe3 Qxe3+ 34. Qf2
Nh6 35. Qxe3 Rxe3 36. Be6 Kg7 37. Bxf7 Nf5 38. Be6+ Kh6 39. Bxf5 gxf5 40. Rxf5
Rxg3+ 41. Kf2 Rh3 42. Rf6+ Kh5 43. Rg7 Rxh4 44. Rf5+ Kh6 45. Rg2 Re8 46. Rf6+
Kh5 47. Rf5+ Kh6 48. Rf6+ Kh5 49. Rf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-chT1A 26th"]
[Site "Mali Losinj"]
[Date "2017.10.02"]
[Round "5.51"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Romanov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2017.09.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Zagreb"]
[BlackTeam "Kastel Novi Sedlar Pepe"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3
Na5 9. Ba2 c5 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Ne2 Nc6 12. Ng3 O-O 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. c3 d5 15.
Re1 d4 16. c4 bxc4 17. Qa4 Qb6 18. Qxc4 Na5 19. Qa4 Nb3 20. Rb1 Qb5 21. Qxb5
axb5 22. Nxe5 Bd6 23. Nf3 Bxg3 24. hxg3 Ng4 25. Bf4 Rad8 26. Rbd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-chT1A 26th"]
[Site "Mali Losinj"]
[Date "2017.10.03"]
[Round "6.21"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D22"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2017.09.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Osijek Ferit"]
[BlackTeam "Zagreb"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 b5 5. a4 Bb7 6. b3 e6 7. bxc4 bxc4 8. Bxc4
c5 9. O-O Nf6 10. Nbd2 Nbd7 11. Rb1 Qc7 12. Bb2 cxd4 13. Bxd4 Bc5 14. Qe2
1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-chT1A 26th"]
[Site "Mali Losinj"]
[Date "2017.10.04"]
[Round "7.41"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Rogic, Davor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2017.09.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Zagreb"]
[BlackTeam "Slavonski Brod Djakovic"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 b6 7. b3 Bb7 8. Bb2
Bd6 9. Bd3 Rc8 10. Rd1 Qe7 11. O-O O-O 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Nf6
15. Bd3 Ba3 16. Ba1 Bb4 17. Qe2 Rfe8 18. Ng5 Rcd8 19. h3 Qc7 20. Bb2 Bf8 21.
Ne4 Nxe4 22. Bxe4 c5 23. Bxb7 Qxb7 24. Rd2 cxd4 25. Bxd4 Rd7 26. Rfd1 Red8 27.
Bc3 Rxd2 28. Rxd2 Rxd2 29. Qxd2 f6 30. Qd3 Be7 31. a4 a5 32. Bd4 Qc6 33. Be3
Bc5 34. Bxc5 Qxc5 35. Qd7 Kf8 36. Qxe6 h6 37. g3 Qb4 38. Qe3 Kf7 39. Kg2 Qd6
40. h4 g5 41. Qe4 gxh4 42. gxh4 Kg7 43. h5 Kf8 44. Kh3 Qc5 45. Qf3 Ke7 46. Qe3+
Kf7 47. Qxh6 Qxf2 48. Qg6+ Kf8 49. Qd3 Qg1 50. Qd8+ Kf7 51. Qd7+ Kf8 52. Qc8+
Kf7 53. Qb7+ Kf8 54. Qf3 Qg5 55. Qd5 Kg7 56. Qb7+ Kh6 57. Qxb6 Qxh5+ 58. Kg3
Qg5+ 59. Kf3 Qf5+ 60. Ke3 Kg6 61. c5 Qb1 62. Kd4 Kf5 63. Kd5 Qd3+ 64. Kc6 Ke4
65. Kb7 Qd7+ 66. Ka6 f5 67. c6 1-0

[Event "CRO-chT1A 26th"]
[Site "Mali Losinj"]
[Date "2017.10.05"]
[Round "8.31"]
[White "Srbis, Jurica"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2421"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2017.09.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Koprivnica Podravka"]
[BlackTeam "Zagreb"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Bd7 8. O-O
Be7 9. Ndb5 Qb8 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Qxd6 a6 13. Qxd7 axb5 14. Nxb5
Bxb2 15. Rab1 Rd8 16. Qc7 Qxc7 17. Nxc7 Rxa2 18. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Ba3 20.
Nb5 Bc5 21. Rd2 Bb4 22. Rd7 b6 23. Nd4 Nxd4 24. Rxd4 Bf8 25. Rd2 g6 26. Bf1 Bc5
27. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1718"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Aachen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. d4 dxe4 7. Qxe4 Nf6 8.
Qd3 Na6 9. a3 Qb6 10. Be2 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rd1 Rfd8 13. b4 Nc7 14. Na4 Qb5
15. Nc5 Qxd3 16. Rxd3 b6 17. Nb3 Rac8 18. Bb2 Nfd5 19. g3 Bf6 20. c4 Ne7 21.
Rad1 Ne8 22. Bf3 Nd6 23. Nd2 b5 24. c5 Ndf5 25. Nb3 Nd5 26. Bc1 Rd7 27. Bd2 g5
28. Be4 h6 29. h4 Kg7 30. hxg5 hxg5 31. Kg2 Rh8 32. Ra1 g4 33. a4 a6 34. axb5
axb5 35. Ra6 Rc8 36. f3 gxf3+ 37. Kxf3 Nde7 38. Bc3 Nd5 39. Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1718"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Oleksienko, Mikhailo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Aachen"]
[BlackTeam "Speyer Schwegenheim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 h5 11. Rd1 Be7 12. b3 Nh4 13. Nd4 Nf5 14. Nde2
Bd7 15. Ne4 a5 16. c4 h4 17. Nf4 a4 18. Bd2 Nd4 19. Bc3 Ne6 20. Nxe6 Bxe6 21.
f3 Rh6 22. Re1 Rg6 23. Kf2 b5 24. f4 Bf5 25. Rad1 Bxe4 26. Rxe4 Rg3 27. Bd4 Rd8
28. b4 Bxb4 29. f5 Rxd4 30. Rdxd4 Bc5 31. f6 g5 32. Kf1 Bxd4 33. Rxd4 Ra3 34.
cxb5 cxb5 35. Rd5 Rxa2 36. Rxb5 a3 37. Ra5 Kd7 38. Ra6 c6 39. e6+ Kxe6 40.
Rxc6+ Kf5 41. Ra6 Ra1+ 42. Kf2 a2 43. Ra8 Kxf6 44. Ra5 Ke6 45. Ra6+ Kd5 46.
Ra5+ Kc6 47. Ra6+ Kb5 48. Ra8 f5 49. Ra7 g4 50. hxg4 fxg4 51. Ra8 g3+ 52. Ke2
Rg1 0-1

[Event "Hoogeveen m1"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2017.10.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Bg5 h6 8.
Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Nf3 dxc4 10. Qxc4 Nc6 11. Qc3 Re8 12. Rd1 e5 13. d5 Nb8 14. e4 c6
15. Bc4 Bg4 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Qxf3 18. gxf3 cxd5 19. Bxd5 Nc6 20. Bxc6 bxc6
21. Ke2 Reb8 22. Rd2 Rb3 23. Rc1 Rab8 24. Rxc6 Rxb2 25. Ra6 Rxd2+ 26. Kxd2 Rb1
27. Rxa7 Rh1 28. Ke2 Rxh3 29. Rd7 f5 30. exf5 Rh4 31. Ra7 Rf4 32. a4 Rxf5 33.
a5 Kh7 34. Re7 e4 35. fxe4 Rxa5 36. Kf3 Kg6 37. Re6+ Kf7 38. Rb6 h5 39. Kg3 g5
40. Rh6 Ra3+ 41. f3 g4 42. Rxh5 gxf3 43. Rf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogeveen m1"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2017.10.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. Be2 d6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nf6 7. Be3 Qc7 8. Qd2
b5 9. f3 Nbd7 10. a3 h5 11. O-O Bb7 12. Rfd1 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15.
Bf4 Bd6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Nf5 Qe5 18. Bd3 g6 19. Re1 Qxb2 20. Bxb5 gxf5 21.
Bxd7+ Kxd7 22. Reb1 Qe5 23. c4 Rhb8 24. h4 Ke7 25. cxd5 Qxd5 26. Qg5+ Kf8 27.
Qh6+ Ke7 28. Qg5+ Kf8 29. Qh6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogeveen m1"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2017.10.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 O-O 8. e3
Bf5 9. Rc1 Nbd7 10. Qb3 Bxc3+ 11. Rxc3 c6 12. Nd2 Qa5 13. f3 Rfe8 14. Kf2 Rac8
15. Be2 c5 16. dxc5 Rxc5 17. Rhc1 g5 18. Bg3 Rxe3 19. Kxe3 d4+ 20. Kxd4 Re5 21.
Bd3 Be6 22. Qxb7 Kg7 23. Ne4 Nd5 24. Bxe5+ Nxe5 25. Rc5 1-0

[Event "Hoogeveen m1"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2017.10.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
O-O Qc7 9. Re1 Bb7 10. Qf3 Bd6 11. e5 Bf8 12. Ne2 Ne7 13. Ng3 c5 14. c4 dxc4
15. Be4 Nc6 16. Qc3 h5 17. Bg5 h4 18. Bxc6+ Bxc6 19. Ne4 Bxe4 20. Rxe4 h3 21.
Rd1 Be7 22. Bxe7 Qxe7 23. gxh3 O-O 24. Rxc4 Rfd8 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Rxc5 Qg5+
27. Qg3 Qd2 28. Qh4 Rb8 29. Qc4 Qg5+ 30. Qg4 Qd2 31. Qc4 Qg5+ 32. Qg4 Qd2 33.
Qc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogeveen m1"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2017.10.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E53"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
dxc5 Nbd7 9. Bd2 Nxc5 10. Be2 Ne6 11. O-O a6 12. Qb3 Be7 13. Nd4 Bc5 14. Nxe6
Bxe6 15. Qc2 Qd6 16. Rfd1 Rac8 17. Be1 b5 18. Bf3 b4 19. Ne4 dxe4 20. Rxd6 Bxd6
21. Qd1 Be5 22. Be2 Bxb2 23. Rb1 Bc3 24. Bxa6 Bxa2 25. Bxc3 bxc3 26. Ra1 c2 27.
Qc1 Bb1 28. Bxc8 Rxc8 29. Rxb1 cxb1=Q 30. Qxb1 h6 31. h3 Rd8 32. Qb2 Re8 33.
Qd4 Re6 34. Kh2 g5 35. Kg1 Nh7 36. Qd1 Nf6 37. Kh2 Kg7 38. Qd4 Re7 39. f3 Re6
40. Kg1 exf3 41. gxf3 Kg8 42. Kf2 Nh7 43. Kg3 Nf8 44. Kg4 Rg6 45. Kg3 Ne6 46.
Qe5 Ng7 47. Kf2 Re6 48. Qd5 Kh7 49. h4 gxh4 50. e4 f5 51. e5 Rg6 52. Qd8 h3 53.
Qh4 Re6 54. Qg3 Re7 55. Kg1 Re6 56. Kh2 Rg6 57. Qf4 Rg5 58. Kxh3 Rg6 59. Kh2
Rg5 60. Qc4 Rg6 61. Qf7 Re6 62. Qc7 Rg6 63. Kh3 Kg8 64. Qc8+ Kh7 65. f4 Rg4 66.
Qc4 Nh5 67. e6 Nxf4+ 68. Kh2 Nh5 69. Qc7+ Ng7 70. Qf7 Rh4+ 71. Kg2 Rg4+ 72. Kf3
Re4 73. e7 Re5 74. Qf6 Re4 75. Qf7 Re5 76. Kg3 Re3+ 77. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogeveen m1"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2017.10.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 Qc7 8.
O-O Nf6 9. Qe2 d5 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. f4 h6 12. Bh4 Be7 13. Bg3 O-O 14. e5 Ne8 15.
f5 exf5 16. Bxf5 Qb6+ 17. Kh1 g6 18. Bd7 Rd8 19. e6 f5 20. Qd2 Kh7 21. Bf2 Qa5
22. Be3 h5 23. Qf2 c5 24. Qf4 g5 25. Qf3 g4 26. Qf4 Rf6 27. Bxe8 Rxe8 28. Qg5
Ref8 29. Qxh5+ Kg7 30. Qg5+ Kh8 31. Qh5+ Kg7 32. Bg5 d4 33. Bxf6+ Rxf6 34. Rxf5
1-0

[Event "Hoogeveen m1 playoff"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2017.10.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E22"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2017.10.26"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Qb3 c5 6. a3 Ba5 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bd2
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nc6 10. e3 d5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Qc2 e5 13. Bd3 d4 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15.
Bxe4 dxe3 16. Bxa5 Qxa5+ 17. b4 exf2+ 18. Qxf2 Qc7 19. Qc5 Bd7 20. Rd1 Rac8 21.
Rd6 f5 22. Bc2 f4 23. Be4 Bf5 24. Rxc6 Qd7 25. Bd5+ Kh7 26. O-O Rxc6 27. Bxc6
Qf7 28. Qxe5 Qxc4 29. Bd5 Qc8 30. Qxf4 Rf6 31. Qe5 Qc2 32. h3 Qd3 33. Rf3 Qb1+
34. Kh2 Qc2 35. a4 Qc8 36. b5 Rf8 37. Rxf5 Rxf5 38. Be4 g6 39. Bxf5 gxf5 40.
Qe7+ Kg6 41. Qxa7 Qd8 42. Qf2 Qd5 43. Qg3+ Kf6 44. b6 Qe4 45. a5 f4 46. Qf3 Qe5
47. b7 1-0

[Event "Hoogeveen m1 playoff"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2017.10.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2017.10.26"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 c6 5. Bd2 Bf5 6. Bc4 e6 7. Qf3 Nd7 8.
O-O-O Ngf6 9. Nge2 Qc7 10. h3 h6 11. Rhe1 O-O-O 12. Kb1 Bd6 13. g4 Bh7 14. Nf4
e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Qe2 Rhe8 17. Be3 Nxc4 18. Qxc4 b5 0-1

[Event "Medias Kings rapid 11th"]
[Site "Medias"]
[Date "2017.11.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2017.11.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4
O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Na4 Ng4 12. Qd3 Nxe3 13. Qxe3 b5 14. Nb6 Ra7
15. Nd5 Rb7 16. Qd2 Kh8 17. Nxe7 Qxe7 18. Rad1 Rb6 19. Qe3 Rc6 20. Rd2 Nd7 21.
Qa7 Rfc8 22. Rfd1 R8c7 23. Qa8+ Rc8 24. Qa7 R8c7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Medias Kings rapid 11th"]
[Site "Medias"]
[Date "2017.11.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2017.11.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bd3 c5
8. Be3 Qc7 9. Qe2 a6 10. O-O b6 11. c4 cxd4 12. Bxd4 Bb7 13. Ne5 Bc5 14. Bc3
Rd8 15. Rad1 Bd4 16. Bxd4 Rxd4 17. Bc2 Rxd1 18. Rxd1 O-O 19. Ng4 Nxg4 20. Qxg4
b5 21. Bb3 Qe5 22. cxb5 axb5 23. Qd4 Qg5 24. g3 Bf3 25. Re1 Rd8 26. Qe3 Qf6 27.
Qc3 Qxc3 28. bxc3 Rd2 29. Re3 Be2 30. h4 Rb2 31. Kg2 Kf8 32. Re4 Ke7 33. Rb4 h6
34. a4 g5 35. hxg5 hxg5 36. g4 bxa4 37. Bxa4 Rxb4 38. cxb4 Bxg4 39. Kg3 Be2 40.
f4 gxf4+ 41. Kxf4 f6 42. b5 Kd6 43. b6 Ba6 44. Kg4 Bb7 45. Kh5 Ke7 46. Kg4 e5
47. Kf5 Bc8+ 48. Kg6 e4 49. Bb3 f5 50. b7 Bxb7 51. Kxf5 e3 52. Bc4 Kd6 53. Kf4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Medias Kings rapid 11th"]
[Site "Medias"]
[Date "2017.11.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Deac, Bogdan Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2017.11.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ c6 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qd3 a6 8. e4
c5 9. dxc5 Qxd3 10. Bxd3 Bxc5 11. e5 Nfd7 12. Ne4 Bb7 13. Bf4 Nc6 14. a3 Be7
15. Rc1 h6 16. Nd6+ Bxd6 17. exd6 Rc8 18. O-O Nb6 19. Be4 g5 20. Be3 Nc4 21.
Rfd1 Rd8 22. b3 Nxe3 23. fxe3 Na5 24. Bxb7 Nxb7 25. Rc6 f6 26. Rxa6 Nc5 27. Rb6
Ne4 28. d7+ Kf7 29. Rf1 Ke7 30. Nd4 Kxd7 31. Rd1 Kc7 32. Rxe6 Nd6 33. Rxf6 1-0

[Event "Medias Kings rapid 11th"]
[Site "Medias"]
[Date "2017.11.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2017.11.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3
Nc6 9. Qc2 Qa5 10. O-O-O Ne4 11. Nb5 a6 12. Nc7 e5 13. Nxd5 exf4 14. Qxe4 fxe3
15. fxe3 h6 16. Nd4 Qd8 17. Bd3 f5 18. Qf4 Bd6 19. Qf2 Be5 20. Bc2 Rf7 21. Rhe1
Qf8 22. Nf3 Be6 23. Nxe5 Nxe5 24. Qf4 Ng6 25. Qg3 Bxd5 26. Rxd5 Ne7 27. Rd6 Rc8
28. Kb1 Kh8 29. Red1 Nc6 30. Qf4 Re8 31. R1d5 Ne7 32. Re5 Nc6 33. Rxe8 Qxe8 34.
Bxf5 Qf8 35. g4 Rf6 36. Rxf6 Qxf6 37. Qc7 g6 38. Qc8+ Kg7 39. Qxb7+ Kf8 40.
Qc8+ Kf7 41. Qd7+ Ne7 42. Bd3 Qe5 43. Qd4 Qxh2 44. c5 h5 45. gxh5 gxh5 46. Bc4+
Ke8 47. Be6 1-0

[Event "Medias Kings rapid 11th"]
[Site "Medias"]
[Date "2017.11.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Deac, Bogdan Daniel"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2017.11.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d4 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 c6 7. Qc2 b6 8. b3
Nbd7 9. O-O O-O 10. Rd1 a5 11. Bc3 Ba6 12. Nbd2 b5 13. e3 bxc4 14. bxc4 dxc4
15. Bf1 c5 16. Nxc4 cxd4 17. Bxd4 Qc7 18. Rac1 Rfc8 19. Qb1 Qb7 20. Qxb7 Bxb7
21. Nce5 h6 22. Bb5 Nc5 23. Nd2 Rab8 24. a4 Bd5 25. f3 Nb3 26. Nxb3 Bxb3 27.
Rf1 Ba3 28. Rxc8+ Rxc8 29. Nc6 Bd5 30. Ne5 Rc2 31. Rf2 Rc1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Medias Kings rapid 11th"]
[Site "Medias"]
[Date "2017.11.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2017.11.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. g3 cxd4 7. Nxd5 Qxd5 8.
Qxd4 Qb5 9. e4 Qb4+ 10. Qxb4 Bxb4+ 11. Bd2 Nc6 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. Bxc6 Bxd2+ 14.
Kxd2 Bxc6 15. Ke3 Ke7 16. Rac1 Rhc8 17. Nd4 Be8 18. e5 f6 19. f4 a5 20. a3 a4
21. Rhd1 Bd7 22. h4 h5 23. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Medias King blitz 11th"]
[Site "Medias"]
[Date "2017.11.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2017.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Qc2 c5 6. cxd5 cxd4 7. Nxd4 O-O 8.
Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 Nxd5 10. Bxe7 Nxe7 11. Rd1 Qb6 12. Qb3 Qa5 13. g3 e5 14. Qb5 Qc7
15. Nb3 Bd7 16. Qc5 Qxc5 17. Nxc5 Bc6 18. e4 b6 19. Nd3 Nd7 20. Bh3 Rad8 21.
Bxd7 Bxd7 22. Nxe5 Bc8 23. f3 Ba6 24. Kf2 f6 25. Ng4 Nc6 26. Ne3 Nb4 27. Ned5
Nd3+ 28. Kg2 Nxb2 29. Rd4 Kh8 30. h4 Nc4 31. Rhd1 Ne5 32. Ra4 Bc4 33. Rxa7 b5
34. Rb1 Ra8 35. Rxa8 Rxa8 36. Nb4 Ra3 37. Rc1 h5 38. Kf2 Kg8 39. Ke3 Kf8 40. f4
Nd7 41. Kd4 Ke8 42. Rb1 Kd8 43. Nc6+ Kc7 44. Ne7 Nb6 45. Rxb5 Ra8 1-0

[Event "Medias King blitz 11th"]
[Site "Medias"]
[Date "2017.11.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2017.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. g3 cxd4 7. Nxd5 Qxd5 8.
Qxd4 Qb5 9. a3 Nc6 10. Qc3 a5 11. e4 Qc5 12. Bd2 Qxc3 13. Bxc3 f6 14. e5 Bc5
15. Bc4 Ke7 16. O-O Rb8 17. Rfe1 f5 18. Bb5 Bd7 19. Nd2 Rhd8 20. Nc4 b6 21.
Rad1 Rbc8 22. Nd6 Rc7 23. Bf1 Be8 24. Bg2 Bxd6 25. exd6+ Rxd6 26. Bxg7 Rxd1 27.
Rxd1 Rd7 28. Rc1 Nd4 29. Kf1 Nb3 30. Rc3 Nc5 31. Ke2 Rd8 32. Ke3 a4 33. Bd4 Rc8
34. Rc4 Kd6 35. Rb4 b5 36. Bc3 e5 37. Rh4 Rc7 38. Rh6+ Bg6 39. h4 f4+ 40. gxf4
exf4+ 41. Kxf4 Ne6+ 42. Kg4 Rc4+ 43. Kg3 Ke7 44. Bd5 Rc8 45. Bxe6 Kxe6 1-0

[Event "Medias King blitz 11th"]
[Site "Medias"]
[Date "2017.11.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Deac, Bogdan Daniel"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2017.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. d4 b6 5. Bd2 Bb7 6. g3 a5 7. Bg2 Ne4 8. Nxe4
Bxe4 9. O-O O-O 10. Rc1 Bxd2 11. Qxd2 d6 12. Qe3 Bb7 13. Qd3 Nc6 14. Rfd1 Qe7
15. Qc3 Rfd8 16. Ne1 e5 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Kf1 e4 20. Nc2 Nb4 21.
Qb3 Qg5 22. Ne3 Qe5 23. c5 Ba6 24. a3 Nc6 25. cxb6 Nd4 26. Rd1 Bxe2+ 27. Ke1
Bxd1 28. Qxd1 cxb6 0-1

[Event "Medias King blitz 11th"]
[Site "Medias"]
[Date "2017.11.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2017.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. b3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Be7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Nc3
d6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Qxd4 a6 11. e4 Nbd7 12. h3 Qc7 13. Rfe1 Rfe8 14. Qe3 Bf8 15.
Nd4 g6 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. Ba1 Qb8 18. Qd2 Bg7 19. g4 Nc5 20. Qc2 Qa8 21. Qe2 e5
22. Nc2 Ne6 23. Qe3 Nf4 24. Bf1 Bh6 25. Qxb6 Nxe4 26. Nxe4 Bxe4 27. Ne3 Re6 28.
Qc7 Bg5 29. Bc3 h5 30. Bb4 hxg4 31. Bxd6 gxh3 32. Bxe5 Nd3 33. Rxd3 Bxd3 34.
Bxh3 Re7 35. Qc5 Rde8 36. Bg2 Qd8 37. Bb2 Bxe3 38. fxe3 Be4 39. Qd4 Qxd4 40.
Bxd4 Bxg2 41. Kxg2 f5 42. Kf3 Kf7 43. c5 g5 44. Rh1 Kg6 45. b4 f4 46. exf4 Re4
47. Be5 Rxb4 48. c6 gxf4 49. c7 Rc4 50. Bxf4 Rf8 51. Rh6+ Kg7 52. Rh4 Rxc7 53.
Kg4 0-1

[Event "Medias King blitz 11th"]
[Site "Medias"]
[Date "2017.11.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Deac, Bogdan Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2017.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 c5 5. a3 cxd4 6. axb4 dxc3 7. e4 Qc7 8.
bxc3 O-O 9. Bg5 d5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. exd5 exd5 12. c5 b6 13. Ne2 bxc5 14. Qxd5
Bb7 15. Qxc5 Qxc5 16. bxc5 Nd7 17. c6 Bxc6 18. Nd4 Bb7 19. Ba6 Bxa6 20. Rxa6
Rfb8 21. O-O Rb6 22. Ra5 a6 23. Rfa1 h6 24. Rh5 Rc8 25. Ra3 Kh7 26. Nf5 Kg6 27.
g4 Rh8 28. Ne7+ Kg7 29. Rha5 Ne5 30. Nf5+ Kg6 31. Rxa6 Rxa6 32. Rxa6 Nxf3+ 33.
Kg2 Ne5 34. Kg3 h5 35. h3 hxg4 36. hxg4 Rh1 37. Ne3 Rg1+ 38. Kf4 Nd3+ 39. Kf3
Ne5+ 40. Kf4 Nd3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Medias King blitz 11th"]
[Site "Medias"]
[Date "2017.11.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2017.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Kf8 8. Nf3
Qa5 9. Bd2 Qa4 10. Bd3 h6 11. O-O b6 12. h3 Nd7 13. Be3 c4 14. Be2 Qxc2 15.
Rfc1 Qxe2 0-1

[Event "Medias King blitz 11th"]
[Site "Medias"]
[Date "2017.11.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2017.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Nc3 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. Qc2 c5 12. Rfd1 Nc6 13. Be3 Rc8 14. Qf5 g6 15.
Qf4 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Bd6 17. Nxc6 Rxc6 18. Qa4 Rxc3 19. Qxa6 Rcxe3 20. fxe3 Bc5
21. Bf3 Qe7 22. Kg2 h5 23. Qd3 h4 24. Bxd5 Nxd5 25. Qxd5 Qxe3 26. Qf3 Qxe2+ 27.
Qxe2 Rxe2+ 28. Kh3 hxg3 29. hxg3 a5 30. Rd7 Rf2 31. a4 Kg7 32. Rad1 Kh6 33.
R1d3 f5 34. g4 Kg5 35. gxf5 gxf5 36. Rc3 Kf4 37. Rc4+ Ke5 38. Rd3 f4 39. Kg4
Be3 40. Rd8 Bc5 41. Re8+ Kd5 42. Rxf4 Rg2+ 43. Kf3 Rb2 44. Rd8+ Kc6 45. Rd3 Kc7
46. Rf5 Kc6 47. Rh5 Kc7 48. Rc3 Kc6 49. Ke4 Rd2 50. Rh6+ Kc7 51. Rd3 Re2+ 52.
Kd5 Rg2 53. Rh7+ Kc8 54. Kc6 Rg6+ 55. Kb5 1-0

[Event "Medias King blitz 11th"]
[Site "Medias"]
[Date "2017.11.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2017.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bf5 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nc6 9. cxd5 Qxd5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 O-O 13. Re1 Qd7 14. Bf4
Rad8 15. Rad1 Bf6 16. Bg5 Qd6 17. Qf5 Bxg5 18. Nxg5 Qg6 19. Qxg6 hxg6 20. d5
Nb8 21. c4 b6 22. Re7 Rd7 23. Rde1 f6 24. Nh3 Rxe7 25. Rxe7 Rf7 26. Re8+ Rf8
27. Re6 Kf7 28. Nf4 g5 29. Ne2 c6 30. Re3 Rd8 31. Ra3 cxd5 32. Rxa7+ Kg6 33.
cxd5 Rxd5 34. f3 Rd2 35. Ng3 Nc6 36. Ra6 Rb2 37. a4 Ne5 38. a5 bxa5 39. Rxa5
Nd3 40. Nf1 Re2 41. Ra1 Nf4 42. g3 Nh3+ 43. Kh1 f5 44. Rc1 Kf6 45. Rc8 Ke7 46.
Rh8 g4 47. fxg4 fxg4 48. Ra8 Kd6 49. Ra1 Ke5 50. Rc1 Kd4 51. Rd1+ Kc3 52. Ra1
Kb2 53. Ra8 Kc3 54. Ra3+ Kd4 55. Rb3 Rf2 56. Ne3 Rf3 57. Nc2+ Ke4 58. Rb4+ Kd3
59. Ne1+ Ke2 60. Nxf3 gxf3 61. Rb2+ Ke1 62. Rb1+ Ke2 63. Rb2+ Kd1 64. Rb1+ Kd2
65. Rb2+ Ke3 66. Rb3+ Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Medias King blitz 11th"]
[Site "Medias"]
[Date "2017.11.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Deac, Bogdan Daniel"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2017.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. a4 Ngf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a5 a6 7. Bxd7+ Bxd7 8.
e5 Nd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. O-O dxe5 11. Nxe5 Be6 12. c4 Be7 13. Qa4+ Kf8 14. d3 f6
15. Nf3 Kf7 16. Re1 Re8 17. Bf4 Bf8 18. h3 Re7 19. Re3 Qd7 20. Qb3 Rae8 21. Qc2
Bf5 22. Qb3 g5 23. Rxe7+ Rxe7 24. Bh2 dxc4 25. dxc4 Re2 26. Bg3 h5 27. Rd1 Qc6
28. Rd8 h4 29. Bb8 Be7 30. Rd2 Re4 31. Kh1 Be6 32. Qc2 Bxc4 33. Rd1 Bd5 34. Qd3
Be6 35. Nd2 Rd4 36. Qh7+ Kf8 37. Qh8+ Bg8 38. Qh6+ Ke8 39. Qh8 Qd5 40. Qg7 Qf7
41. Qh8 Qh7 42. Qxh7 Bxh7 43. Ba7 Kd7 44. b4 Bc2 45. Re1 Rxd2 0-1

[Event "Medias King blitz 11th"]
[Site "Medias"]
[Date "2017.11.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2017.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4
O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Re1 Be6 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Nb8 13. a4 Nbd7 14. a5 Ng4 15.
Bc1 f5 16. Bf1 Bf6 17. h3 Nh6 18. c4 Nf7 19. b4 Ng5 20. Nxg5 Bxg5 21. c5 Bxc1
22. Rxc1 Nf6 23. c6 Qc7 24. Qb3 e4 25. cxb7 Qxb7 26. Rc6 Rfb8 27. Rxd6 Qe7 28.
Rxa6 Rxa6 29. d6+ Qf7 30. Bc4 1-0

[Event "Medias King blitz 11th"]
[Site "Medias"]
[Date "2017.11.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Deac, Bogdan Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2017.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qb3 c5 7. Bg5 c4 8. Qc2
Be6 9. g3 Nbd7 10. Bg2 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Ne5 Rc8 13. f4 g6 14. f5 gxf5 15.
Rxf5 Bxf5 16. Qxf5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Ne4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Bxe4 1-0

[Event "Medias King blitz 11th"]
[Site "Medias"]
[Date "2017.11.28"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2017.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 a6 6. Be2 c4 7. O-O Bd6 8. b3
cxb3 9. cxb3 Nc6 10. Re1 Nge7 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Ne5 f6 13. Nxc6 Nxc6 14. Bf3 Kh8
15. Nf1 Bf5 16. Ne3 Be4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Nf5 Ne7 19. Qg4 Nxf5 20. Qxf5 Rc8 21.
Qxe4 Qd7 22. Rac1 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Re8 24. Qd3 Qe6 25. d5 Qe1+ 26. Qf1 Qd2 27. Bc3
Qxd5 28. Rd1 Qc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Huaian IMSA rapid 2nd"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2017.12.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "163"]
[EventDate "2017.12.10"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Ne4 7. Bd2 Nxd2 8.
Qxd2 cxd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. Nc2 Be7 11. O-O a6 12. Rfd1 Rb8 13. Ne4 b6 14. Rac1
Qc7 15. Nd6 Bb7 16. Nxb7 Rxb7 17. b4 Ra7 18. a3 a5 19. h3 Rd8 20. Qc3 Qe5 21.
Qd3 Qc7 22. Qb3 h6 23. Kh2 h5 24. Kg1 h4 25. g4 Rc8 26. e3 g5 27. Nd4 Nxd4 28.
exd4 axb4 29. axb4 d6 30. d5 e5 31. Be4 Qd8 32. Kg2 Rca8 33. Qf3 Rc8 34. Qf5
Bf6 35. Rd3 Rac7 36. Rdc3 Kg7 37. Qf3 Qe7 38. Qf5 Rh8 39. Ra3 Qd7 40. Qf3 Ra7
41. Rca1 Rha8 42. R1a2 Qc7 43. Rxa7 Rxa7 44. Rc2 Ra4 45. Qf5 Rxb4 46. Ra2 Qb7
47. Rc2 Ra4 48. Rc3 Ra8 49. Qh7+ Kf8 50. Qh6+ Bg7 51. Qxd6+ Kg8 52. Qc6 Rb8 53.
Rb3 Bf8 54. Qf6 Qe7 55. Qf5 Bg7 56. Rf3 Rd8 57. Qh7+ Kf8 58. Bg6 Bf6 59. Qh6+
Bg7 60. Qh5 Bf6 61. Be4 Rd6 62. Qh7 Bg7 63. Ra3 Qd8 64. Ra7 Rh6 65. Qf5 Rf6 66.
Qd7 Qxd7 67. Rxd7 Ke8 68. Rb7 Bf8 69. Rb8+ Ke7 70. Bc2 e4 71. Bxe4 Rd6 72. Bc2
Bg7 73. Rg8 Bf6 74. Rb8 Bd4 75. Bf5 Rd8 76. Rb7+ Kf6 77. f4 gxf4 78. Kf3 Be3
79. Be4 Re8 80. d6 Re6 81. d7 Rd6 82. Bf5 1-0

[Event "Huaian IMSA rapid 2nd"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2017.12.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2017.12.10"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 O-O 7. Nf3 dxc4 8.
Qxc4 b6 9. Bg5 Ba6 10. Qa4 Qd7 11. Qxd7 Nbxd7 12. e3 Bb7 13. Be2 Rac8 14. O-O
c5 15. Rac1 Ne4 16. Bh4 h6 17. Rfd1 g5 18. Bg3 Nxg3 19. hxg3 Bxf3 20. gxf3 cxd4
21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Rxd4 Nf6 23. Rc4 Rxc4 24. Bxc4 Kf8 25. f4 Ke7 26. Kf1 Ne4 27.
Bd3 Nd6 28. Ke2 f5 29. fxg5 hxg5 30. f4 g4 31. Kd2 Kf6 32. Kc3 e5 33. Bc2 Ne8
34. Kd2 Ng7 35. Ke2 Nh5 36. Kf2 Ng7 37. Ke2 Nh5 38. Kf2 e4 39. Bb3 Ke7 40. Bc4
Nf6 41. Ke2 a5 42. Bb3 b5 43. Ba2 Nh5 44. Kf2 Nf6 45. Ke2 Nd7 46. Kd2 Nc5 47.
Bb1 b4 48. axb4 axb4 49. Bc2 Kd6 50. b3 Nd7 51. Ke1 Kc5 52. Ke2 Nf6 53. Ke1 Nd5
54. Kd2 Nf6 55. Ke1 Nd5 56. Kd2 Nf6 57. Ke1 Nd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Huaian IMSA rapid 2nd"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2017.12.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2017.12.10"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 b5 6. Bg2 bxc4 7. Ne5 Bb4+ 8. Bd2
cxb3 9. axb3 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 c6 11. O-O O-O 12. Nc3 Nd5 13. Ne4 Qe7 14. Rfc1 d6
15. Nxc6 Nxc6 16. Rxa6 Ncb4 17. Ra4 Rab8 18. Rc4 f5 19. Ng5 Rb6 20. Qc1 h6 21.
Nf3 a6 22. Nd2 Qd7 23. Qa3 Rfb8 24. e3 Qb5 25. h4 Kh7 26. Qa1 Qe8 27. Qb1 Kh8
28. Qa1 Kh7 29. Bf3 Kh8 30. Kg2 Kh7 31. Qc1 Qd7 32. h5 Kh8 33. Ra1 e5 34. Ra5
e4 35. Be2 Rb5 36. Ra1 a5 37. Qd1 Qe6 38. Rcc1 Nd3 39. Bxd3 exd3 40. Qf3 Nb4
41. Rc3 Rf8 42. Rh1 Rbb8 43. Ra1 Rbc8 44. Rxc8 Rxc8 45. Rxa5 Rc2 46. Rxf5 Rxd2
47. d5 1-0

[Event "Huaian IMSA rapid 2nd"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2017.12.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.12.10"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Be3 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 b5 11. f3 Qa5 12. Kb1 b4 13. Ne2 e5 14. Bf2 Be6
15. Nc1 Be7 16. g4 d5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Nb3 Qc7 19. Bd3 O-O 20. Bg3 Bg5 21. Qe1
Ne3 22. Rd2 Bd5 23. Re2 Nc4 24. Bxe5 Nxe5 25. Rxe5 Bxf3 26. Rf1 Bg2 27. Rg1 Bb7
28. Rf1 Bg2 29. Rg1 Bb7 30. Rf1 Bg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Huaian IMSA rapid 2nd"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2017.12.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2017.12.10"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. c4 e6 5. Qb3 Qc8 6. Nc3 c6 7. d4 Nbd7 8. Bf4
Be7 9. Rc1 O-O 10. O-O Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nb6 12. c5 Nbd7 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4
15. Bxe4 Nf6 16. Bf3 Nd5 17. Be5 Rd8 18. Rfe1 Kh8 19. Rcd1 Rd7 20. Bg4 Bf6 21.
Bd6 Be7 22. Be5 Bf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Huaian IMSA rapid 2nd"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2017.12.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2017.12.10"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nh3 e6 7. Nf4 Bd6 8. c3
Nf6 9. h4 Bxf4 10. Bxf4 h6 11. a4 O-O 12. a5 Nd5 13. Bd2 Nd7 14. c4 N5f6 15. h5
Bh7 16. Bc3 c5 17. Be2 Qc7 18. O-O Rad8 19. Qc1 cxd4 20. Bxd4 b6 21. axb6 axb6
22. Qe3 Rfe8 23. Rfd1 e5 24. Bc3 Nc5 25. Rxd8 Qxd8 26. Rd1 Qc7 27. b4 Nce4 28.
Nxe4 Nxe4 29. Bb2 f6 30. Rd5 Rd8 31. Qd3 Nd6 32. Qd1 Be4 33. Rd2 Nf7 34. f3 Bb7
35. Bc3 Rxd2 36. Bxd2 e4 37. f4 Nd6 38. Qb3 Nf5 39. Be3 Nxe3 40. Qxe3 Kf7 41.
Kf2 Ke7 42. g3 Qd6 43. Qc3 Kd7 44. Ke3 Kc7 45. Bg4 Bc6 46. Qd2 Qe7 47. Bf5 Qf7
48. b5 Qxh5 49. g4 Qh3+ 50. Kd4 Bd7 51. Bxd7 Kxd7 52. Kxe4+ Ke7 53. Qe2 Qc3 54.
Kd5+ Kf8 55. f5 Qa3 56. Kc6 Qc5+ 57. Kb7 Qd4 58. Qe6 Qxg4 59. Kxb6 h5 60. c5
Qg1 61. Qd6+ Kg8 62. Kc7 h4 63. b6 h3 64. b7 h2 65. b8=Q+ Kh7 66. Qd5 h1=Q 67.
Qbg8+ Kh6 68. Qxh1+ 1-0

[Event "Huaian IMSA rapid 2nd"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2017.12.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2017.12.10"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. b3 b6 7. O-O O-O 8. Bb2 Bb7
9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Qc2 e6 11. e4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Qxe4 Qc7 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15.
dxe5 Rab8 16. Rfd1 c5 17. Qe2 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Rfd8 19. Bc3 Qc6+ 20. Qf3 Qxf3+ 21.
Kxf3 h5 22. Ke4 Bf8 23. f4 Be7 24. h3 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Rd8 26. Rxd8+ Bxd8 27. b4
a6 28. b5 a5 29. Be1 Kf8 30. g4 hxg4 31. hxg4 Ke8 32. f5 Bg5 33. f6 Bc1 34. Bg3
Kd7 35. Bf4 Bxf4 36. Kxf4 Ke8 37. Kg5 Kf8 38. Kh6 Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Huaian IMSA blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2017.12.12"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "273"]
[EventDate "2017.12.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 c6 6. Be2 Bf5 7. O-O Nd7 8.
Nf3 Qc7 9. Nh4 Be6 10. Re1 Rd8 11. Bf1 g6 12. c4 N5f6 13. Nc3 Bg7 14. h3 O-O
15. Be3 Rfe8 16. Qc2 Nf8 17. Rad1 Bc8 18. Nf3 Bf5 19. Qa4 a6 20. Qb3 Ne4 21.
Nxe4 Bxe4 22. Ng5 Bf5 23. d5 c5 24. Qa3 Rc8 25. b4 cxb4 26. Qxb4 Bf6 27. c5 Nd7
28. g4 Ne5 29. d6 exd6 30. cxd6 Qd7 31. gxf5 Bxg5 32. Bxg5 Nf3+ 33. Kh1 Nxg5
34. Qg4 f6 35. fxg6 Qxg4 36. hxg4 Rxe1 37. Rxe1 Rd8 38. Bc4+ Kg7 39. Re7+ Kxg6
40. f4 Rxd6 41. fxg5 b5 42. Bb3 Kxg5 43. Rg7+ Kf4 44. Kg2 a5 45. Bg8 a4 46. Rb7
Rd2+ 47. Kf1 Rb2 48. Rxh7 Kxg4 49. Ke1 b4 50. Be6+ Kf4 51. Kd1 b3 52. axb3 axb3
53. Kc1 Rc2+ 54. Kb1 Rc3 55. Kb2 Re3 56. Bxb3 Kg5 57. Bc2 f5 58. Kc1 Re5 59.
Kd2 Kg6 60. Rh8 Kg5 61. Bd3 Kg6 62. Kc3 Kg5 63. Kd4 Ra5 64. Bc4 Kf6 65. Rf8+
Kg5 66. Bd5 Kf4 67. Rh8 Ra4+ 68. Bc4 Ra5 69. Rh1 Kg5 70. Bd5 Kf6 71. Rb1 Ra4+
72. Bc4 Ra5 73. Rb4 Kg5 74. Ke3 Re5+ 75. Kd3 Ra5 76. Bb5 Ra7 77. Kd4 Re7 78.
Bc6 Kf4 79. Kd5+ Kg5 80. Kd6 Re3 81. Rb5 Kf6 82. Bd7 Rd3+ 83. Kc7 Rc3+ 84. Kd8
Rf3 85. Rb6+ Kg5 86. Ke7 Re3+ 87. Kf7 Re5 88. Rb1 Ra5 89. Rg1+ Kf4 90. Kf6 Ke3
91. Bxf5 Rc5 92. Rg3+ Kd2 93. Ke6 Rb5 94. Be4 Rb6+ 95. Ke5 Rb5+ 96. Kf4 Rb4 97.
Rd3+ Ke2 98. Ra3 Kd2 99. Rd3+ Ke2 100. Rc3 Rb2 101. Rh3 Kd2 102. Ke5 Rb5+ 103.
Bd5 Rb4 104. Kd6 Rb2 105. Kc5 Kc2 106. Kd4 Kd2 107. Bb3 Kc1 108. Kc3 Rc2+ 109.
Kb4 Rf2 110. Rd3 Kb2 111. Rd4 Rh2 112. Bc4 Kc2 113. Rd3 Rd2 114. Ra3 Kb2 115.
Bd3 Kc1 116. Kc4 Rf2 117. Kc3 Rc2+ 118. Kd4 Rc7 119. Ra1+ Kb2 120. Rb1+ Ka3
121. Rb8 Ka4 122. Bc4 Ka5 123. Rb5+ Ka4 124. Rb1 Ka5 125. Bd5 Rc2 126. Ke5 Rc3
127. Kd6 Rc2 128. Bc6 Rc3 129. Kd5 Rc2 130. Rb5+ Ka6 131. Kd6 Rh2 132. Rb1 Rh6+
133. Kc5 Rh5+ 134. Bd5 Ka7 135. Rb7+ Ka6 136. Rg7 Rf5 137. Rg8 1-0

[Event "Huaian IMSA blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2017.12.12"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2017.12.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. e3
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. a3 e5 11. d5 Na5 12. Qc2 c6 13. b4 Nac4 14. dxc6 bxc6 15.
Rd1 Bf5 16. e4 Bd7 17. Na4 Nxa4 18. Qxc4 a5 19. Ng5 Re7 20. Qc2 axb4 21. axb4
Nb6 22. Rxa8 Nxa8 23. Qxc6 h6 24. Nf3 Nc7 25. Be3 Bxc6 26. Rxd8+ Kh7 27. Bc5
Re6 28. Bh3 Bxe4 29. Nd2 Bf5 30. Bxf5 gxf5 31. Rd7 Na6 32. Rxf7 Kg6 33. Rb7 e4
34. Nc4 Nxc5 35. bxc5 Bd4 36. Rc7 Ra6 37. c6 Ra4 38. Ne3 Ra1+ 39. Kg2 Ra2 40.
Kg1 Ra1+ 41. Kg2 Ra2 42. Kf1 Bxe3 43. fxe3 Rxh2 44. Rd7 Rc2 45. c7 Kg5 46. Rg7+
Kf6 47. Rh7 Kg5 48. Rg7+ Kf6 49. Rh7 Kg5 50. Rg7+ Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Huaian IMSA blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2017.12.12"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2017.12.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 a6 7. b3 Bd6 8. Bb2 b6
9. Bd3 Bb7 10. O-O O-O 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Nf6 14. Bd3 h6 15.
Rad1 Qe7 16. Rfe1 Rad8 17. h3 Rfe8 18. Re3 Qf8 19. Ne5 c5 20. dxc5 Bxc5 21. Rg3
Nh5 22. Rg4 f5 23. Rh4 Nf6 24. Ng6 Qf7 25. Ne5 Qf8 26. Ng6 Qf7 27. Ne5 Qc7 28.
Re1 Ne4 29. Bxe4 Bxe4 30. Qe2 Bb4 31. Rd1 Rxd1+ 32. Qxd1 Rd8 33. Qh5 Bd6 34.
Qg6 Bxe5 35. Qxe6+ 1-0

[Event "Huaian IMSA blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2017.12.12"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2017.12.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
dxc5 f5 9. c4 Qf6 10. Bd2 Ne7 11. Qc1 O-O 12. e3 Nd7 13. Nh3 Nxc5 14. Be2 Nb3
0-1

[Event "Huaian IMSA blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2017.12.12"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2017.12.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. d4 g6 5. Bf4 Bg7 6. Qd2 Nf6 7. O-O-O a6 8.
h4 b5 9. h5 gxh5 10. Nge2 b4 11. Na4 Qd5 12. Qxb4 Nc6 13. Qa3 Ne4 14. Be3 Qd6
15. Qxd6 exd6 16. Rxh5 O-O 17. f3 Nf6 18. Rh2 Nd5 19. Bf2 Bf5 20. Nac3 Nxc3 21.
Nxc3 Nb4 22. a3 Nxc2 23. g4 Bg6 24. f4 f5 25. Bc4+ Kh8 26. g5 Nxa3 27. bxa3 c5
28. Kc2 Rfe8 29. dxc5 dxc5 30. Rd6 1-0

[Event "Huaian IMSA blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2017.12.12"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2017.12.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bc4 Bg4 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. O-O O-O-O
8. Be3 e5 9. d5 Nb4 10. Bg5 c6 11. a3 Nbxd5 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Bb3 h6 14. Bxf6
gxf6 15. Qe1 Qxe1 16. Rfxe1 Bc5 17. Rad1 Be6 18. Ng3 h5 19. Kf1 h4 20. Ne2 Kc7
21. f4 Kc6 22. Rd3 Bf5 23. Rdd1 Be6 24. Rd3 a6 25. Nc3 e4 26. Rd2 f5 27. Ne2
Be3 28. Nd4+ Bxd4 29. Rxd4 Rhg8 30. Red1 Rg4 31. c4 Rxf4+ 32. Ke2 Kd6 33. h3
Rg8 34. Ke3 Rg3+ 35. Kxf4 Rxb3 36. cxd5 Bd7 37. Rb4 Rg3 38. Rxb7 Rxg2 39. Rb6+
Kc5 40. Rxa6 Rf2+ 41. Ke5 e3 42. Rc1+ Kb5 43. Ra7 e2 44. Re1 f4 45. Rxd7 f3 46.
Rxf7 Rf1 47. Rxf3 Rxe1 48. Re3 Kc5 49. d6 1-0

[Event "Huaian IMSA blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2017.12.12"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2017.12.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. O-O-O d5 10. Kb1 Rb8 11. Ndb5 a6 12. Na7 e6 13. Qf2 Bd7 14. exd5 Nxd5
15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Rxd5 Qf6 17. c3 Be6 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Rc5 Rfe8 20. Bd3 Qe7
21. Bd4 Bxd4 22. cxd4 Rb4 23. Rhc1 Reb8 24. R1c2 Bd5 25. Bc4 Qe6 26. Bxd5 cxd5
27. b3 Qf5 28. Kb2 Kg7 29. Qe3 Qf6 30. Rxd5 Qb6 31. Rd7 Kg8 32. Qe7 Rf8 33. Rc8
1-0

[Event "Huaian IMSA blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2017.12.12"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2017.12.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. O-O
d5 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. Rd1 Rc8 11. a4 O-O 12. Na3 Bb7 13. Qb2 c5 14. Be1 Re8 15. e3
cxd4 16. Nxd4 a6 17. a5 Qc7 18. axb6 Qxb6 19. cxd5 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 Nxd5 21. Qe2
Nc5 22. Nc4 Qb7 23. Na5 Qb6 24. Qf3 Bf6 25. Nc4 Qb8 26. Na5 Bxd4 27. exd4 Nd7
28. Rac1 h6 29. Rc4 Qb5 30. Rdc1 Rb8 31. Kg2 Qb6 32. Bd2 Qb5 33. h4 h5 34. b4
g6 35. Bg5 Qb6 36. Nc6 Rbc8 37. Bh6 Qb7 38. Ne7+ Rxe7 39. Rxc8+ Kh7 40. Bg5 f6
41. Bd2 e5 42. R1c7 Qb5 43. dxe5 Nxc7 44. exf6 Re2 45. f7 Ne6 46. Bc3 Ne5 47.
f8=Q Nxf8 48. Bxe5 Qxe5 49. Rxf8 Qe4 50. Rf7+ Kh6 51. Rf6 Qxf3+ 52. Kxf3 Rb2
53. Rb6 Ra2 54. Ke3 a5 55. b5 a4 56. Ra6 Rb2 57. b6 a3 58. Kd4 a2 59. Kc5 Rxf2
60. b7 Rb2 61. Kc6 Rc2+ 62. Kd7 Rb2 63. Kc8 Rc2+ 64. Kd7 Rb2 65. Kc7 Rc2+ 66.
Kb6 Rb2+ 67. Ka7 1-0

[Event "Huaian IMSA blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2017.12.12"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2017.12.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
Qc2 c6 9. Rd1 Ne4 10. Be1 f5 11. Nc3 Bd6 12. e3 g5 13. Ne2 Qe8 14. b4 Qh5 15.
a4 Ndf6 16. b5 Bd7 17. Rab1 Rac8 18. bxc6 Bxc6 19. Bb4 dxc4 20. Ne5 Bxe5 21.
dxe5 Ng4 22. h4 Nexf2 23. Qxc4 Rfe8 24. Bxc6 Rxc6 25. Qb5 Nxd1 26. Qxb7 Rb6 0-1

[Event "Huaian IMSA blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2017.12.12"]
[Round "10.5"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2017.12.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Ne5 Nfd7 8. f4
Nb6 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Nc6 11. Be3 e6 12. Bf2 Ne7 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nbd5 15.
Nc3 b6 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Rc1 Bb7 18. Qa4 Qe7 19. Rc2 Rfc8 20. Rfc1 Rxc2 21.
Rxc2 a6 22. Qd7 Qxd7 23. Nxd7 Rc8 24. Rxc8+ Bxc8 25. Bxd5 Bxd7 26. Bb7 a5 27.
d5 Bxb2 28. Bc6 1-0

[Event "Huaian IMSA blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2017.12.12"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2017.12.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. c4 c6 6. b3 O-O 7. O-O dxc4 8. bxc4
c5 9. Bb2 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qb6 11. Qb3 Nfd7 12. Rd1 Nc5 13. Qxb6 axb6 14. Nc3 Na4
15. Rab1 Nxb2 16. Rxb2 Nc6 17. e3 Nxd4 18. exd4 Be6 19. Bxb7 Rad8 20. Nd5 Bxd5
21. cxd5 Rd6 22. a4 Rb8 23. Bc6 Rdd8 24. Rb4 e6 25. dxe6 fxe6 26. d5 Bf8 27.
Rb3 Bc5 28. Rc1 exd5 29. Kg2 Rbc8 30. Bb5 Ra8 31. h4 Kg7 32. f4 Ra7 33. Kf3 Rd6
34. Rd3 d4 35. Re1 Rd8 36. Re6 Re7 37. Rc6 Ra8 38. g4 Rf7 39. Re6 Raf8 40. Re4
Rd8 41. g5 Re7 42. Rxe7+ Bxe7 43. Rd1 Bc5 44. Bd3 Re8 45. Be4 Re7 46. Rc1 Ra7
47. Rc4 h6 48. Kg4 hxg5 49. hxg5 Kf7 50. Bc2 Ra8 51. Kf3 Kg7 52. Ke4 Ra5 53.
Kd5 Kf7 54. Kc6 Ra8 55. Kb7 Ra5 56. Be4 Kg7 57. Bc6 d3 58. Rc3 Be3 59. Rxd3
Bxf4 60. Rd7+ Kf8 61. Bb5 Bxg5 62. Kxb6 Rxb5+ 63. axb5 Ke8 64. Kc6 Be3 65. b6
Bxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Huaian IMSA blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2017.12.13"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2017.12.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d5 6. Nbd2 dxe4 7. dxe4 O-O 8.
O-O Qe7 9. Qe2 a5 10. a4 Nb8 11. Bd3 Rd8 12. Nc4 Nbd7 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 b6 15.
Ne3 Bxe3 16. Qxe3 Ba6 17. Bxa6 Rxa6 18. Rfd1 Raa8 19. h3 Nf8 20. Bg3 Ng6 21.
Nh4 Nxh4 22. Bxh4 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Qxd8 25. Qe2 Qd6 26. Bxf6 Qxf6
27. Qc4 Qd6 28. g3 g6 29. Kg2 Kg7 30. h4 h5 31. b4 c6 32. bxa5 bxa5 33. Kg1
Qd1+ 34. Kg2 Qd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Huaian IMSA blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2017.12.13"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C29"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2017.12.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 exf4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bd6 6. Qe2+ Qe7 7. d4 Bf5 8.
Nf3 Qxe2+ 9. Kxe2 Bxc2 10. Ne5 O-O 11. Bxf4 Nbd7 12. Rac1 Bg6 13. Rhe1 Nb6 14.
Bb3 Be4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Nd3 Nf6 17. Bxd6 cxd6 18. Rc7 Rab8 19. Nf4 Rfc8 20.
Rec1 Kf8 21. h4 g6 22. Kf3 h5 23. a4 Ne8 24. R7c3 a5 25. g3 Ng7 26. Bc2 Ne8 27.
Bb3 Nf6 28. Rc7 Rxc7 29. Rxc7 Ne8 30. Rc3 Nc8 31. Ng2 Ne7 32. Ne3 Ng7 33. Nc4
Ngf5 34. Nxa5 Nxd4+ 35. Kf2 b5 36. Nc6 Ndxc6 37. dxc6 bxa4 38. Bxa4 Rxb2+ 39.
Kf3 Rb4 40. Bc2 Ke8 41. Re3 Rc4 42. Bb3 Rc5 43. Kf4 Kd8 44. c7+ Rxc7 45. Bxf7
Rc5 46. Be6 Nc6 47. Ra3 Ke7 48. Ba2 Kf6 49. Ra6 Rc2 50. Bb1 Rc4+ 51. Ke3 Ke5
52. Bxg6 Nb4 53. Ra5+ d5 54. Bxh5 Rc3+ 55. Kf2 Nd3+ 56. Kg2 Rc2+ 57. Kg1 Rc1+
58. Kg2 Rc2+ 59. Kf1 Rf2+ 60. Kg1 Rd2 61. Bf3 Ne1 62. Bh1 Nc2 63. h5 Ne3 64.
Bf3 Kf5 65. Ra7 Kg5 66. Rg7+ Kh6 67. Rg6+ Kh7 68. Re6 Nf5 69. g4 Nd4 70. Rf6
Nxf3+ 71. Rxf3 Rd4 72. Rf7+ Kg8 73. Rd7 Rxg4+ 74. Kf2 Rg5 75. Ke3 Rxh5 76. Kd4
Kf8 77. Rxd5 Rxd5+ 78. Kxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Huaian IMSA blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2017.12.13"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2017.12.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e4 Bb4 5. e5 c5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Ne7 8. Nf3
Nbc6 9. Bd3 b6 10. cxd5 Qxd5 11. O-O cxd4 12. cxd4 Bb7 13. Re1 Nxd4 14. Qa4+
Ndc6 15. Be4 Qa5 16. Qd1 Rd8 17. Bd2 Qa6 18. Qb3 Nd4 19. Nxd4 Rxd4 20. Bxb7
Qxb7 21. Bb4 O-O 22. Rad1 Rfd8 23. Rxd4 Rxd4 24. h3 Nf5 25. Rc1 h6 26. Qc2 Qd5
27. Qc7 a5 28. Be1 Rd1 29. Rxd1 Qxd1 30. Qc3 Ne7 31. Kf1 Nd5 32. Qc8+ Kh7 33.
Qc4 Qb1 34. a4 Qf5 35. Qd4 Qc2 36. h4 h5 37. f3 Kg8 38. Bf2 Qb3 39. Kg1 b5 40.
axb5 Qxb5 41. g4 hxg4 42. Qxg4 a4 43. h5 a3 44. h6 Qb1+ 45. Kh2 Qh7 46. Qa4
Qxh6+ 47. Kg2 Qg5+ 48. Bg3 Qd2+ 49. Kh3 Qd3 50. Kg2 Ne3+ 51. Kh3 Qf5+ 52. Kh2
0-1

[Event "Huaian IMSA blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2017.12.13"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2017.12.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. h3 Nf6
9. Re1 O-O 10. Nbd2 h6 11. Nf1 Re8 12. Ng3 b5 13. Bc2 exd4 14. cxd4 Nb4 15. Bb1
c5 16. d5 a5 17. a3 Na6 18. Bf4 Qb6 19. Qd2 Kh7 20. e5 dxe5 21. Nxe5 Nc7 22.
Be4 Nxe4 23. Nxd7 Nxd2 24. Nxb6 Nxd5 25. Nxd5 Nb3 26. Rab1 Rad8 27. Rxe8 Rxe8
28. Nc7 Rb8 29. Ne6 Re8 30. Nxg7 Kxg7 31. f3 g5 32. Bd6 Kg6 33. Ne4 c4 34. Nc3
Nd4 35. Kf2 Re6 36. Bf8 Re8 37. Rd1 Ne6 38. Bd6 b4 39. axb4 axb4 40. Bxb4 Nf4
41. Ba3 Nd3+ 42. Kf1 h5 43. Ne4 g4 44. hxg4 hxg4 45. Nd6 Rh8 46. Nxc4 Rh1+ 47.
Ke2 Nc1+ 48. Kd2 Nb3+ 49. Kc2 Na1+ 50. Rxa1 Rxa1 51. fxg4 Kg5 52. Ne3 Kf4 53.
Bc5 Ke4 54. b4 Ra3 55. Kb2 Rd3 56. b5 Rd7 57. Kc3 1-0

[Event "Huaian IMSA blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2017.12.13"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2017.12.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 e5 4. Bxc4 exd4 5. exd4 Nf6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Nc3 Nbd7 9. Re1 Nb6 10. Bb3 c6 11. Bg5 Nbd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Ne5
Nd5 15. Qf3 Be6 16. Nd3 Nc7 17. Nc5 Bxb3 18. Qxb3 b6 19. Ne4 Ne6 20. Rad1 Qc7
21. d5 cxd5 22. Rxd5 Rad8 23. g3 Nd4 24. Rxd4 Rxd4 25. Qf3 Qc6 26. Qe3 Rd7 27.
Qg5 h6 28. Qf5 Re7 29. Re3 Rfe8 30. f3 Qc1+ 31. Kf2 Qxb2+ 32. Re2 Qd4+ 33. Kg2
Qe5 34. g4 Qxf5 35. gxf5 Kf8 36. Kg3 Re5 37. Kf4 Ra5 38. Rc2 Ra4 39. f6 gxf6
40. Kf5 Re6 41. h4 h5 42. Rd2 Ra5+ 43. Kf4 Kg7 44. Rg2+ Kf8 45. Rc2 Ree5 46.
Kg3 f5 47. Nf6 f4+ 48. Kf2 Ke7 49. Ng8+ Ke6 50. Rc6+ Kd5 51. Rc2 Re6 52. Rd2+
Ke5 53. Re2+ Kd6 54. Rd2+ Rd5 55. Rc2 Rg6 56. Rc8 Rd2+ 57. Ke1 Rxa2 0-1

[Event "Huaian IMSA blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2017.12.13"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2017.12.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Nb6 7. d3 Be7 8. a3
O-O 9. Nbd2 a5 10. b3 f5 11. Bb2 Bf6 12. Qc2 Kh8 13. Rac1 Be6 14. Nc4 Nxc4 15.
bxc4 Rb8 16. e3 Qe8 17. d4 e4 18. Nd2 Bg8 19. Rce1 b5 20. cxb5 Rxb5 21. Bc3 Bd5
22. Rb1 Ne7 23. a4 Rxb1 24. Rxb1 Qc6 25. Rb5 Ra8 26. Bf1 h5 27. Rc5 Qd7 28.
Bxa5 c6 29. Bc3 g5 30. a5 h4 31. a6 hxg3 32. hxg3 Kg7 33. Nc4 f4 34. Nb6 Qg4
35. Nxa8 Nf5 36. Qe2 f3 37. Qe1 Nh6 38. Qb1 Qh5 39. Qb7+ Kg6 1-0

[Event "Huaian IMSA blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2017.12.13"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2017.12.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 g6 2. Bg2 Bg7 3. d3 c5 4. e4 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O e5 7. c4 Nge7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. a3 h6 10. b4 b6 11. Rb1 Rb8 12. Ne1 Nd4 13. Nc2 Nxc2 14. Qxc2 Kh7 15.
Be3 f5 16. bxc5 f4 17. cxd6 fxe3 18. dxe7 Qxe7 19. fxe3 Qxa3 20. Rxf8 Qxf8 21.
Rf1 Qd6 22. Nd5 Be6 23. h4 h5 24. Kh2 Bh6 25. Bh3 Bxd5 26. cxd5 Bxe3 27. Rf7+
Kh6 28. Qc6 Qc5 29. Rf6 Rg8 30. Qe6 Qc2+ 31. Bg2 Rg7 32. Qe8 Qc7 33. d6 Qd7 34.
Qf8 Kh7 35. Bh3 Qc6 36. Rf7 Rxf7 37. Qxf7+ Kh6 38. Qf8+ Kh7 39. Qe7+ Kh6 40. d7
Qc1 41. Bg2 Qd1 42. Qf8+ Kh7 43. Qf7+ Kh6 44. Qf3 Qxd3 45. Qf8+ Kh7 46. d8=Q
1-0

[Event "Huaian IMSA blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2017.12.13"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "184"]
[EventDate "2017.12.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. e3 e6 6. d4 cxd4 7. exd4 Nge7 8. d5
Ne5 9. dxe6 dxe6 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. Nf3 Nd3+ 12. Ke2 Nxc1+ 13. Raxc1 Nc6 14. a3
Bd7 15. b4 Ke7 16. Ne4 Rac8 17. c5 Bb2 18. Rb1 Bxa3 19. b5 Nb8 20. c6 bxc6 21.
Ra1 Bb2 22. Rxa7 cxb5 23. Rb1 Rc2+ 24. Kd3 Rhc8 25. Ne1 Rc1 26. Rxb2 Rxe1 27.
Rxb5 Nc6 28. Rab7 Nd8 29. Ra7 Nc6 30. Rab7 Rd1+ 31. Ke3 Nd4 32. Ra5 Nf5+ 33.
Ke2 Rdc1 34. Raa7 Rd8 35. h4 Nd4+ 36. Ke3 Nc6 37. Ra2 f5 38. Ng5 h6 39. Nf3
Rc3+ 40. Ke2 Kf6 41. Rd2 Bc8 42. Rxd8 Bxb7 43. Rd7 Na5 44. Ne1 Bxg2 45. Nxg2 g5
46. hxg5+ hxg5 47. Ne3 g4 48. Rd8 Nc6 49. Rd1 Ra3 50. Rd2 Ra4 51. Rd1 Nd4+ 52.
Kf1 Nf3 53. Kg2 Ra8 54. Rb1 Kg5 55. Rb7 Ra1 56. Nf1 Ne1+ 57. Kg1 Kf6 58. Rd7
Ra2 59. Ne3 Nf3+ 60. Kg2 Nd2 61. Rd4 Kf7 62. Rf4 Ke7 63. Kg1 Ra1+ 64. Kg2 Nf3
65. Nf1 Kf6 66. Rb4 Kg5 67. Rb2 Ne1+ 68. Kg1 Rc1 69. Re2 e5 70. Ra2 f4 71.
gxf4+ exf4 72. Ra5+ Kh4 73. Ra8 Nf3+ 74. Kg2 Ne1+ 75. Kg1 Kg5 76. Rg8+ Kf5 77.
Rf8+ Ke4 78. Rg8 Nf3+ 79. Kg2 Nh4+ 80. Kg1 Kf3 81. Ra8 Ke4 82. Ra4+ Kf5 83.
Ra5+ Kg6 84. Ra4 Nf3+ 85. Kg2 Ne1+ 86. Kg1 Nd3 87. Rd4 Rd1 88. Rd5 Kf6 89. Rd8
Ke5 90. Rd7 Ke4 91. Rd8 Kf3 92. Rd7 Nxf2 0-1

[Event "Huaian IMSA blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2017.12.13"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2017.12.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. d5 Qb6 4. Nc3 Qxb2 5. Bd2 Qb6 6. e4 d6 7. f4 Qd8 8. Nf3
g6 9. Bb5+ Nfd7 10. e5 a6 11. Bxd7+ Qxd7 12. O-O Bg7 13. Ne4 dxe5 14. Bc3 O-O
15. fxe5 Qa4 16. Qe2 Bg4 17. e6 Bxc3 18. Nxc3 Qb4 19. Qe3 fxe6 20. Rab1 Qf4 21.
Qxf4 Rxf4 22. Rxb7 Bxf3 23. Rxf3 Rxf3 24. gxf3 exd5 25. Rc7 a5 26. Rc8+ Kf7 27.
Nxd5 1-0

[Event "Huaian IMSA blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2017.12.13"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2017.12.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. Re1 Bd6 13. d3 Bf5 14. Nd2 Nf4
15. Ne4 Nxd3 16. Bg5 Qd7 17. Re3 Bxe4 18. Rxe4 Nxf2 19. Kxf2 Qf5+ 20. Kg1 Bxh2+
21. Kxh2 Qxe4 22. Qd2 Rae8 23. Rf1 h6 24. Bf4 Rd8 25. Qf2 a5 26. Bc7 Rd7 27.
Bxa5 Qe5+ 28. Kg1 c5 29. Bb6 Rc8 30. Bxf7+ Kh8 31. Bg6 Qd6 32. Qf5 Qe7 33. Bxc5
Qd8 34. Bd4 b4 35. Qf4 Kg8 36. Bf5 1-0

[Event "Huaian IMSA blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2017.12.13"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2017.12.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bf4 d5 11. Qe3 Bb4 12. Be2 O-O 13. e5 Nd7 14. Qg3 Kh8
15. Qh3 Kg8 16. Rd3 Be7 17. Rg3 Bh4 18. Bxh6 g6 19. Rg4 Bxf2 20. Rf1 Bc5 21.
Bg5 Be7 22. Bxe7 Qxe7 23. Qh6 Nxe5 24. Rh4 1-0

[Event "Huaian IMSA Basque 2nd"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2017.12.14"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C87"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2017.12.14"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 d6 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8.
d4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Qf3 Re8 12. h3 h6 13. Bf4 c5 14. Nf5 Bxf5
15. exf5 d5 16. g4 c6 17. b3 Nd7 18. Na4 Bf6 19. Rxe8+ Qxe8 20. Rd1 Rd8 21. Kf1
Be5 22. Re1 f6 23. Be3 Qf8 24. Qe2 c4 25. Qd2 d4 26. Bf4 c3 27. Qc1 Qd6 28.
Bxe5 Nxe5 29. Qf4 d3 30. Qe4 dxc2 31. Qxc2 Nf3 32. Rc1 Qh2 33. Qxc3 Qxh3+ 0-1

[Event "Huaian IMSA Basque 2nd"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2017.12.14"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2017.12.14"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. Rc1 Nbd7 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
e3 c6 9. Bd3 Nh5 10. Bg3 g6 11. a3 Nxg3 12. hxg3 Re8 13. O-O Bd6 14. b4 Nf6 15.
Re1 Bg4 16. Qb3 a6 17. Nd2 h5 18. e4 dxe4 19. Ndxe4 Be6 20. Bc4 Bxc4 21. Qxc4
Nxe4 22. Nxe4 Bf8 23. Rcd1 Rc8 24. Nc5 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Rc7 26. Re4 Bg7 27. a4
Re7 28. Rxe7 Qxe7 29. Kf1 Bh6 30. d5 Bd2 31. Qe2 Qxe2+ 32. Kxe2 Bxb4 33. dxc6
bxc6 34. Nxa6 Bd6 35. Kd3 Kf8 36. Kc4 Ke7 37. Nc5 Bc7 38. Nd3 Kd6 39. f4 f6 40.
Nc5 Bb6 41. Nb7+ Kc7 42. Nc5 Kd6 43. Nb7+ Kc7 44. Nc5 Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Huaian IMSA Basque 2nd"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2017.12.14"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2017.12.14"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Bb6 10. Nbd2 g4 11. Nh4 Nh5 12. Nc4 Qg5 13. Qc1 Ne7 14. Nxb6 axb6 15.
f3 Be6 16. Bc4 Qxc1 17. Rfxc1 Nxg3 18. hxg3 h5 19. Bb3 Ra5 20. Kf2 Rfa8 21.
Bxe6 fxe6 22. a3 Kg7 23. Ke3 Rf8 24. Rf1 b5 25. f4 Raa8 26. Rf2 Rf7 27. Raf1
Raf8 28. d4 b6 29. dxe5 dxe5 30. f5 Nc8 31. Ng6 Rd8 32. Nxe5 Rf6 33. Nc6 Re8
34. Nd4 exf5 35. Nxf5+ Kh7 36. Rd2 Ne7 37. Rd7 Kh8 38. Kd3 c5 39. Rb7 Rd8+ 40.
Ke2 Nxf5 41. Rxf5 Rfd6 42. Rxh5+ Kg8 43. Rd5 Rxd5 44. exd5 Rxd5 45. Rxb6 Re5+
46. Kd2 Rd5+ 47. Kc2 Rf5 48. Rxb5 Rf2+ 49. Kb3 Rxg2 50. a4 Rxg3 51. a5 Rg1 52.
a6 Ra1 53. Rxc5 Kf7 54. Rg5 1-0

[Event "Huaian IMSA Basque 2nd"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2017.12.14"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2017.12.14"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. Bf4 Bg7 6. e3 c6 7. h3 O-O 8. Bh2 h6
9. Be2 Be6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Qc2 Bf7 12. Rad1 Re8 13. Rfe1 Qb6 14. b3 a5 15. Bf1
Rad8 16. e4 fxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Rxe4 Nf6 19. Re3 g5 20. Rde1 Qc7 21. Bd3 Qd7
22. Nd2 b5 23. Bf5 e6 24. Bg6 Bxg6 25. Qxg6 Qf7 26. Qd3 b4 27. Qe2 d5 28. Rxe6
Rxe6 29. Qxe6 Re8 30. Qxf7+ Kxf7 31. Kf1 Rxe1+ 32. Kxe1 Nd7 33. cxd5 cxd5 34.
Nf3 Ke6 35. Bc7 1-0

[Event "Huaian IMSA Basque 2nd"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2017.12.14"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2017.12.14"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
Be3 Qa5 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. Rc1 cxd4 11. cxd4 Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 O-O 13. Bb5 f5 14. exf5
Bxf5 15. Ke2 Rad8 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Rxc6 Be4 18. Re6 Bxf3+ 19. gxf3 Bf6 20. Rc1
Rd7 21. Rc4 Rb8 22. a4 Kf7 23. Rec6 Rb2+ 24. Kd3 Ra2 25. Ke4 Bh4 26. Rc8 Bxf2
27. Bh6 Re2+ 28. Kd3 Re1 29. Rf8+ Ke6 30. Bd2 Rh1 31. Ke4 Rxh2 32. Bb4 Rb7 33.
d5+ Kd7 34. d6 exd6 35. Rf6 Ke7 36. Rf4 Rh5 37. Kd3 Re5 38. Bc3 Re6 39. Rc8 h5
40. Rcf8 Re3+ 41. Kc2 Ke6 42. R8f6+ Kd5 43. Rd4+ Kc5 44. Rdxd6 Re2+ 45. Kd1 1-0

[Event "Huaian IMSA Basque 2nd"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2017.12.14"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B55"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2017.12.14"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. c4 a5 8. Be3
a4 9. N3d2 O-O 10. Nc3 Qa5 11. Bd3 Bd8 12. Qe2 Bb6 13. O-O Nc6 14. Kh1 Be6 15.
Nd5 Bxd5 16. cxd5 Bxe3 17. Nc4 Qa7 18. dxc6 Bc5 19. cxb7 Qxb7 20. Rab1 h5 21.
f4 Qe7 22. b4 axb3 23. axb3 Rab8 24. g3 Rfe8 25. fxe5 dxe5 26. Bc2 Qe6 27. Rf5
Bd4 28. Rbf1 Ra8 29. Bd3 Ra1 30. Rxa1 Bxa1 31. Nd2 Rd8 32. Bc4 Qd6 33. Nf1 Qc6
34. Qf3 Rd6 35. Ne3 g6 36. Nd5 Kg7 37. Rxf6 Rxf6 38. Nxf6 Qxf6 39. Qxf6+ Kxf6
40. b4 Bd4 41. Kg2 Ke7 42. h3 f5 43. Kf3 Kf6 44. Bd3 Bb6 45. b5 Bd4 46. Bc2 Bb6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Huaian IMSA Basque 2nd"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2017.12.15"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2017.12.14"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 c6 8. a4
a5 9. h3 Re8 10. Ba2 Bf8 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Ng5 Re7 13. f4 b6 14. fxe5 dxe5 15. d5
cxd5 16. exd5 1-0

[Event "Huaian IMSA Basque 2nd"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2017.12.15"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2017.12.14"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. h3 Nf6
9. Re1 O-O 10. Nbd2 exd4 11. cxd4 Nb4 12. Bxd7 Nxd7 13. Nf1 h6 14. Ng3 Re8 15.
Bf4 Qf6 16. Bd2 Nc6 17. Bc3 Qd8 18. Rc1 Nf6 19. Re2 d5 20. e5 Nh7 21. Ne1 Nf8
22. Nf1 Ne6 23. Ne3 Qd7 24. Rd2 Rad8 25. Nd3 b6 26. Nc2 Ne7 27. b4 h5 28. Re2
Nf5 29. a3 Qe7 30. Bb2 Qh4 31. Nde1 Nf4 32. Rd2 Qg5 33. Kh2 Bh6 34. Bc3 Ne6 35.
Rb1 Qe7 36. Rd3 c5 37. dxc5 d4 38. Bd2 Bxd2 39. Rxd2 bxc5 40. bxc5 Nxc5 41. Nb4
Qxe5+ 42. Kg1 Qd6 43. Nf3 Ne4 0-1

[Event "Huaian IMSA Basque 2nd"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2017.12.15"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2017.12.14"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O b5 8. Bb3
Be7 9. Qf3 Qb6 10. Be3 Qb7 11. Qg3 Nbd7 12. f3 b4 13. Na4 O-O 14. Rfd1 Rb8 15.
Ne2 Ne5 16. a3 a5 17. axb4 axb4 18. Nb6 Qc7 19. Qf2 Nfd7 20. Ra7 Rb7 21. Nxc8
Rxc8 22. Rxb7 Qxb7 23. Bd4 Nc5 24. Qe3 h6 25. Ba2 Qa6 26. Bb1 Nc4 27. Qf2 e5
28. b3 Na3 29. Be3 Ne6 0-1

[Event "Huaian IMSA Basque 2nd"]
[Site "Huaian"]
[Date "2017.12.15"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2017.12.14"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 dxe4 4. Bxe4 Nf6 5. Bg2 Bd7 6. Nf3 Bc6 7. O-O g6 8. d4
Bg7 9. c4 O-O 10. Nc3 Ne4 11. Re1 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nd7 13. d5 exd5 14. cxd5 Bb5
15. Bg5 Bf6 16. h4 Nc5 17. Rb1 a6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Qd4 Qd6 20. Ne5 f6 21. Ng4
b6 22. Re6 Nxe6 23. dxe6 Qxd4 24. cxd4 Rae8 25. d5 Kg7 26. Rc1 Re7 27. f4 Rd8
28. h5 gxh5 29. Ne3 Bd3 30. Rc3 Bb1 31. a4 a5 32. f5 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Miton, Kamil"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. Bb3 Ba7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. h3
Re8 9. O-O d6 10. Re1 Be6 11. Bc2 h6 12. Nf1 d5 13. Ng3 dxe4 14. dxe4 Qxd1 15.
Rxd1 Rad8 16. Re1 Nd7 17. Nf5 Bc5 18. Be3 Bxe3 19. Nxe3 Nb6 20. Red1 f6 21. Bb3
Bxb3 22. axb3 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Nxd8 25. Kf1 Kf7 26. Ke2 Ne6 27. g3
h5 28. h4 Nc8 29. Nd2 Nd6 30. Nf5 Nc8 31. Ne3 Nd6 32. Nf5 Nc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Nb6 7. d3 Be7 8.
Nbd2 O-O 9. a3 a5 10. b3 Re8 11. Bb2 Bf8 12. Nc4 Nxc4 13. bxc4 Nd4 14. Nxe5
Rxe5 15. e3 c5 16. Re1 Bf5 17. exd4 Rxe1+ 18. Qxe1 cxd4 19. Qd2 Bc5 20. Re1 Qb6
21. Re5 Be6 22. a4 Rc8 23. Bd5 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 Re8 25. Kg2 h6 26. Qf4 Rd8 27. Rf5
Rd7 28. Bc1 Re7 29. Bd2 Qc6+ 30. Qf3 Qc7 31. Qd5 b6 32. Bxa5 g6 33. Rf6 Rd7 34.
Rxg6+ Kf8 35. Rc6 Qa7 36. Rc8+ Kg7 37. Qe5+ f6 38. Qe8 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. h3 O-O
9. Be3 Qe7 10. Nbd2 Nd8 11. Re1 Ne6 12. Ng5 Bd7 13. Bxd7 Nxd7 14. Nxe6 Qxe6 15.
Qb3 Qxb3 16. axb3 f5 17. f3 Nf6 18. b4 Rfe8 19. Nb3 c6 20. g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Bocharov, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Bd3 Nf6 8.
O-O Bd6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. f4 e5 11. Qe2 O-O 12. f5 Be7 13. Bc4 Bb7 14. Rad1 Rad8
15. Na4 Qb8 16. Bb6 Rc8 17. Bc5 d6 18. Ba3 Rfe8 19. Bd3 a5 20. Kh1 Rcd8 21. c3
h6 22. Rfe1 Ba8 23. Qf2 d5 24. Bxe7 Rxe7 25. Nc5 Qb6 26. Re2 dxe4 27. Nxe4 Qxf2
28. Nxf2 c5 29. Bc4 Rxd1+ 30. Nxd1 Rd7 31. Nf2 Kf8 32. Kg1 e4 33. g4 Bc6 34. h3
a4 35. Kf1 g5 36. fxg6 fxg6 37. Ke1 g5 38. Nd1 Nd5 39. Rxe4 Nf4 40. Re5 Ng2+
41. Ke2 Nf4+ 42. Ke1 Ng2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C93"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a3 h6 13. Bc2 Nb8 14. b3 Nbd7 15. Bb2
c5 16. d5 Bc8 17. a4 Rb8 18. axb5 axb5 19. Bd3 Nh5 20. Bf1 g6 21. Nh2 Ng7 22.
Bd3 Nf6 23. Qe2 Bd7 24. Qe3 Ngh5 25. Bf1 Nh7 26. c4 b4 27. Ng4 Ng5 28. Be2 Bg7
29. Ra7 Nf4 30. h4 Nh7 31. g3 Nxe2+ 32. Qxe2 f5 33. Ne3 Ra8 34. Rea1 Rxa7 35.
Rxa7 Rf8 36. f4 exf4 37. Bxg7 Kxg7 38. gxf4 fxe4 39. Nxe4 Rxf4 40. Ng2 Rf7 41.
Nxd6 Re7 42. Ne4 Qb6 43. Qb2+ Kg8 44. Ra8+ Re8 45. Rxe8+ Bxe8 46. Qe5 Bd7 47.
d6 Bf5 48. Qe8+ Kg7 49. d7 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Socko, Bartosz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d6 7. f3 c5 8.
dxc5 dxc5 9. Bf4 Qe7 10. O-O-O Rd8 11. Rxd8+ Qxd8 12. e3 Nc6 13. Ne2 Nh5 14. h4
Nxf4 15. Nxf4 e5 16. Nd5 Be6 17. Bd3 Bxd5 18. cxd5 Qxd5 19. Rd1 Qe6 20. Qxc5
Rc8 21. Kb1 Rd8 22. h5 e4 23. Bc2 Rxd1+ 24. Bxd1 Qe5 25. Qxe5 Nxe5 26. Be2 exf3
27. gxf3 g5 28. hxg6 fxg6 29. f4 Nd7 30. Kc2 Kf7 31. Kd3 Ke6 32. Kd4 h5 33. e4
Nb6 34. Bf1 Nd7 35. e5 Ke7 36. Bh3 Nb8 37. Bc8 Nc6+ 38. Kd5 Nd8 39. b4 h4 40.
b5 b6 41. a4 Nf7 42. Kc6 Nd8+ 43. Kd5 Nf7 44. Ke4 Nd8 45. Kf3 Nf7 46. Kg4 g5
47. fxg5 h3 48. Kxh3 Nxg5+ 49. Kg4 Ne4 50. Bf5 Nc5 51. Bc2 a6 52. bxa6 Nxa6 53.
Kf4 Nb4 54. Be4 Ke6 55. Bf5+ Kd5 56. Bh7 Ke6 57. Bg8+ Kd7 58. Bc4 Ke7 59. Ke4
Nc6 60. Bg8 Nb4 61. Kd4 Nc6+ 62. Kd5 Nb4+ 63. Kc4 Nc6 64. Kb5 Nxe5 65. Kxb6 Kd6
66. a5 Nd7+ 67. Kb7 Nc5+ 68. Kb8 Nd3 69. Bc4 Nb4 70. Kb7 Nc6 71. a6 Na5+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C30"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nc3 d6 5. f4 Nc6 6. Nf3 a6 7. fxe5 dxe5 8. Bg5
Qd6 9. Qd2 Nd7 10. O-O-O Nb6 11. Bb3 Be6 12. Nh4 f6 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 Nd4
15. Bxe6 Qxe6 16. Kb1 O-O-O 17. Ne2 Kb8 18. Nxd4 Rxd4 19. Nf5 Rd7 20. Qc5 Nc8
21. Rhf1 Nd6 22. g4 h5 23. h3 hxg4 24. hxg4 g6 25. Ne3 c6 26. a4 Rh3 27. g5 Rf7
28. gxf6 Rh4 29. Nc4 Nxc4 30. dxc4 Rxf6 31. Rd8+ Kc7 32. Rfd1 Rh1 33. Rxh1 Kxd8
34. Rh8+ Kd7 35. b3 Qe7 36. Qa7 Ke6 37. Qb8 Qa3 38. Qc8+ Kd6 39. Qd8+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 exd4 12. cxd4 Nd7 13. Nf1 Na5 14. Bc2 Bf6 15.
Rb1 c5 16. d5 Nc4 17. b3 Nce5 18. N3h2 Bc8 19. Ne3 Nb6 20. Bb2 a5 21. Nf3 Ng6
22. Bd3 Bd7 23. Nd2 a4 24. Bf1 axb3 25. axb3 Bxb2 26. Rxb2 Qf6 27. Rc2 Ra7 28.
g3 Qd4 29. Qe2 Ra1 30. Rcc1 Ra2 31. Rc2 Ra1 32. Rcc1 Ra2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bg5 f6 5. Bd2 Nc6 6. Nc3 e5 7. e4 Nxd4 8.
Nxd5 Ne7 9. Bc4 Nxd5 10. Bxd5 Be6 11. Bxe6 Nxe6 12. Ne2 Qd3 13. f3 Bc5 14. Qb3
Qxb3 15. axb3 O-O-O 16. O-O-O Rd7 17. Bc3 Rhd8 18. Rxd7 Kxd7 19. Rd1+ Kc6 20.
Rxd8 Nxd8 21. Kc2 Ne6 22. Kd3 a6 23. Bd2 Bd4 24. Bc3 Bxc3 25. Kxc3 Kb5 26. g3
a5 27. h4 b6 28. Nc1 g5 29. h5 g4 30. fxg4 Nc5 31. Ne2 Nxe4+ 32. Kd3 Nf2+ 33.
Ke3 Nxg4+ 34. Ke4 Kb4 35. Nc1 Nh6 36. Kd5 Nf5 37. g4 Ne3+ 38. Ke6 Nxg4 39. Kf5
Nf2 40. Kxf6 e4 41. Kg7 Nd3 42. Ne2 Kxb3 43. Kxh7 Ne5 44. Kg7 Ng4 45. Kg6 Kxb2
46. Kg5 Ne5 47. Kf6 Nd7+ 48. Ke7 Ne5 49. Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Mchedlishvili, Mikheil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e3 d6 6. Nge2 Nf6 7. d3 O-O 8. O-O
Be6 9. Nd5 Qd7 10. Nec3 Ne8 11. f4 f5 12. Qa4 Kh8 13. Bd2 Nd8 14. Qxd7 Bxd7 15.
Ne2 c6 16. Ndc3 Ne6 17. b4 a6 18. Rab1 b5 19. cxb5 axb5 20. a4 bxa4 21. b5 d5
22. fxe5 Bxe5 23. d4 Bd6 24. bxc6 Bxc6 25. Nxd5 Rd8 26. Rfc1 Bxd5 27. Bxd5 N8c7
28. Ba2 Rb8 29. Kg2 Ng5 30. Nc3 a3 31. Bc4 Rb2 32. Rxb2 axb2 33. Rb1 Rb8 34.
Na4 Ne4 35. Ba5 Ra8 36. Bxc7 Bxc7 37. Nxb2 Rb8 38. Bd3 Nc3 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ibrahimov, Rasul"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Ne2 e6 4. Nbc3 Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bb4 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
Bd3 e5 9. Qc2 d6 10. O-O Bc5 11. Na4 Bd4 12. c5 d5 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15.
exd5 cxd5 16. Nc3 Be6 17. Nb5 e4 18. Nxd4 Qxd4 19. Bb5+ Ke7 20. Rad1 Qb4 21.
Bc6 Rac8 22. Bxd5 Rxc5 23. Qxe4 Qxe4 24. Bxe4 Ra5 25. a3 Rb8 26. Rd2 Rb3 27.
Rc1 Kf6 28. Bf3 Rab5 29. Rcc2 Bf5 30. Rc6+ Be6 31. h4 a5 32. Bd5 Rxb2 33. Rxb2
Rxb2 34. Bxe6 fxe6 35. Rc5 e5 36. Rxa5 e4 37. Ra6+ Kf7 38. a4 Rb1+ 39. Kh2 Rb3
40. a5 e3 41. fxe3 Rxe3 42. Rb6 Ra3 43. a6 h5 44. Rb7+ Kf6 45. a7 g5 46. hxg5+
Kxg5 47. Kg1 Ra2 48. Rg7+ Kf6 49. Rc7 h4 50. Kf1 Kf5 51. Ke1 Kf4 52. Rg7 Ke3
53. Kd1 Kf2 54. Kc1 Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Khenkin, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Qc2 Nbd7 6. b3 Bd6 7. Bb2 Qe7 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Rac1 a6 11. d4 e5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Rfd1 Be6
15. Nd4 g6 16. Nxe6 Qxe6 17. Qd2 Neg4 18. h3 Bh2+ 19. Kh1 Nxf2+ 20. Kxh2 Nxd1
21. Nxd1 Ne4 22. Qd4 f6 23. Nc3 Nxc3 24. Rxc3 Qd6+ 25. Kg1 Re4 26. Qd2 d4 27.
Bf3 Rd8 28. Rd3 Rh4 29. Bxd4 b5 30. Qf2 g5 31. Rc3 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Jumabayev, Rinat"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Ne4 7. Qc2 f5 8. Nc3
Nxc3 9. bxc3 Nd7 10. e4 fxe4 11. Qxe4 e5 12. Bg5 Qe8 13. Qh4 Rf5 14. Rae1 h6
15. Bc1 Qf8 16. Qe4 Qf7 17. Qe2 Rb8 18. Nh4 Nb6 19. c5 Nc4 20. cxd6 cxd6 21.
Nxf5 gxf5 22. dxe5 dxe5 23. g4 f4 24. Rd1 Be6 25. Rfe1 Kh8 26. h3 Rg8 27. Be4
Bf6 28. Bd3 Bd5 29. f3 h5 30. Bxc4 Bxc4 31. Qe4 hxg4 32. hxg4 Qh5 33. Rd2 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Halkias, Stelios"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxc4 c5 7. Ne5 Qc8 8.
Qd3 Nc6 9. Nxd7 Qxd7 10. Qxd7+ Kxd7 11. Nc3 Be7 12. b3 Rac8 13. Bb2 Rhd8 14. e3
Nb4 15. Ke2 Kc7 16. Nb5+ Kb6 17. Na3 Ka6 18. Nc4 Nd3 19. Bc3 b5 20. Ne5 c4 21.
bxc4 b4 22. Nxd3 bxc3 23. dxc3 Rxc4 24. Rhc1 Rdc8 25. Rab1 R8c7 26. Ne5 Ra4 27.
Rc2 Bd6 28. Bf1 Ka5 29. Kf3 a6 30. Nd3 Ba3 31. Rb3 Nd7 32. Kg2 Nc5 33. Ne5 Nxb3
34. axb3 Bd6 35. Nxf7 Rxf7 36. bxa4 Rc7 37. f4 Rc6 38. Kf3 Kxa4 39. Ra2+ Ba3
40. Rd2 a5 41. Rd7 Rxc3 42. Rxg7 Bc5 43. Rxh7 Rxe3+ 44. Kg4 Kb3 45. Rb7+ Bb4
46. Rc7 a4 47. Bc4+ Kb2 48. Rc6 Rc3 49. h4 a3 50. h5 a2 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Khader, Sami"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2392"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 Bg7 8.
Nge2 O-O 9. Nf4 Nb6 10. Qb3 a5 11. a4 Qd6 12. Be2 Rd8 13. O-O Nfxd5 14. Nfxd5
Nxd5 15. Bc4 Be6 16. Ne4 Qb4 17. Nc5 Qxb3 18. Bxb3 Bc8 19. Rd1 b6 20. Ne4 Bb7
21. Nc3 Rac8 22. Nb5 Ba6 23. Be3 Nxe3 24. fxe3 e5 25. d5 Bxb5 26. axb5 Bf8 27.
Rac1 Bc5 28. Kf2 Kf8 29. Ke2 Ke7 30. g4 f6 31. h3 Rh8 32. Bc2 Rcg8 33. Bb3 Kd6
34. Rf1 Rf8 35. Rf2 h5 36. Rcf1 Ke7 37. Bc2 hxg4 38. hxg4 Rh4 39. Rg2 Kf7 40.
Bd3 Kg7 41. Bc2 Rfh8 42. Rgf2 Rf8 43. Rg2 Rh3 44. Rf3 Rxf3 45. Kxf3 Rh8 46. Re2
Rh3+ 47. Kg2 Rh4 48. Kg3 Rh1 49. Be4 Rg1+ 50. Kf3 Rd1 51. Kf2 Kh6 52. Re1 Rxe1
53. Kxe1 Bxe3 54. d6 Bc5 55. d7 Be7 56. Ke2 Kg5 57. Kf3 f5 58. gxf5 gxf5 59.
Bd5 a4 60. Be6 e4+ 61. Ke3 Kf6 62. Ba2 Ke5 63. Bb1 Bg5+ 64. Ke2 Ke6 65. Bc2
Kxd7 66. Bxa4 Kd6 67. Bb3 Bc1 68. Bf7 Bxb2 69. Ke3 Ke5 70. Be8 Bd4+ 71. Ke2 Bc5
72. Bh5 f4 73. Bg4 f3+ 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "174"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bg5 Ne4 7. e3 Nxg5 8.
Nxg5 e5 9. Nf3 e4 10. Ne5 Be6 11. Qa4+ Nd7 12. Be2 b5 13. Qd1 Bd6 14. Nxd7 Qxd7
15. O-O O-O 16. f3 exf3 17. Bxf3 Rac8 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Bxd5 Bxh2+ 20. Kxh2
Qxd5 21. Qf3 Qxf3 22. Rxf3 Rc2 23. b3 Re8 24. a4 b4 25. Rd1 Rc3 26. d5 Rxb3 27.
d6 Rc3 28. e4 f6 29. d7 Rd8 30. Rf5 Rc7 31. Rfd5 Kf7 32. Rd6 a5 33. R6d5 Ra7
34. R1d3 Ke6 35. Rd6+ Ke7 36. e5 fxe5 37. R6d5 e4 38. Re5+ Kf6 39. Rxe4 Raxd7
40. Rf3+ Kg5 41. Re5+ Kg6 42. Rxa5 Rb7 43. Ra6+ Kg5 44. Ra5+ Kg4 45. Rb3 Rdb8
46. Rc5 h6 47. a5 Rb5 48. Rxb5 Rxb5 49. a6 Kg5 50. a7 Ra5 51. Rxb4 Rxa7 52.
Rb5+ Kf6 53. Rb6+ Kf5 54. Rb5+ Kg4 55. Rb4+ Kh5 56. Rb5+ Kg6 57. Rc5 Ra3 58.
Rd5 Kf6 59. Rb5 g6 60. Rc5 h5 61. Rb5 Kg7 62. Rc5 Kh6 63. Rb5 h4 64. Rc5 g5 65.
Rc6+ Kh5 66. Rc5 Re3 67. Rb5 Kg4 68. Rb4+ Kf5 69. Rb5+ Kf4 70. Rb4+ Re4 71. Rb8
g4 72. g3+ hxg3+ 73. Kg2 Re2+ 74. Kg1 Ra2 75. Rb3 Re2 76. Rc3 Re3 77. Rc8 Re2
78. Rf8+ Kg5 79. Rg8+ Kh5 80. Rh8+ Kg5 81. Rg8+ Kf5 82. Rf8+ Ke4 83. Re8+ Kf3
84. Rxe2 Kxe2 85. Kg2 Kd1 86. Kxg3 Kc2 87. Kxg4 Kb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "173"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Nb3 Bb4 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Qd3 h6 9. O-O Ne7 10. Rd1 d6 11. Nb5 d5 12. Bxd5 Nexd5 13. exd5 Bg4 14. f3 e4
15. Qd4 exf3 16. gxf3 Bxf3 17. Rd3 Be2 18. Qxb4 Bxd3 19. cxd3 Qxd5 20. Qc4 Qf3
21. Bd2 a6 22. N5d4 Qg4+ 23. Kh1 Rac8 24. Rg1 Qd7 25. Qb4 Qd5+ 26. Rg2 Rfe8 27.
Kg1 Rcd8 28. Bxh6 Nh5 29. Qd2 g6 30. Re2 Rxe2 31. Qxe2 a5 32. a4 Qd7 33. Bd2
Re8 34. Qf3 Qxa4 35. Qxb7 Qa2 36. Bc3 Qb1+ 37. Kf2 Qxd3 38. Qf3 Qc4 39. Nd2 Qc5
40. Ne4 Qa7 41. Nd6 Rd8 42. N6b5 Qc5 43. Qc6 Qxc6 44. Nxc6 Rd7 45. Nxa5 Nf4 46.
Nc4 g5 47. Ne3 Rb7 48. Nd6 Rb6 49. Ndc4 Rb5 50. Kf3 Ne6 51. b4 f5 52. Nd6 g4+
53. Kf2 Rb6 54. Nexf5 Nf4 55. b5 Kf8 56. Bg7+ Kg8 57. Bd4 Rb8 58. b6 Ne6 59.
Be3 Nd8 60. Kg3 Ra8 61. Kxg4 Ra2 62. h4 Rb2 63. h5 Ne6 64. h6 Rb4+ 65. Kf3 Kh7
66. Ke2 Nf8 67. Kd3 Nd7 68. Nc4 Rb5 69. Nfd6 Rb3+ 70. Ke4 Rxe3+ 71. Nxe3 Nxb6
72. Ndf5 Nd7 73. Ng4 Nf8 74. Ke5 Ng6+ 75. Kf6 Nf8 76. Kf7 Ng6 77. Nf6+ Kh8 78.
Nd4 Ne5+ 79. Ke7 Ng6+ 80. Kd6 Nh4 81. Ng4 Kh7 82. Ke6 Kg6 83. Nc6 Ng2 84. Nce5+
Kh7 85. Kf5 Ne3+ 86. Kg5 Nc2 87. Nf6+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
Nbc6 9. Qh5 Ng6 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. Be3 Nce7 12. h4 Bd7 13. Qg4 f5 14. Qh3 cxd4 15.
cxd4 Bb5 16. O-O Bxd3 17. cxd3 Rfc8 18. h5 Nf8 19. h6 g6 20. Qh4 Nc6 21. Rfc1
Qd8 22. Bg5 Qe8 23. Be3 Nd7 24. Rab1 b6 25. Rb2 Ne7 26. Rbc2 Rxc2 27. Rxc2 Rc8
28. Qxe7 Qxe7 29. Rxc8+ Nf8 30. Bg5 Qd7 31. Rd8 Qc7 32. Bf6 Qc1+ 33. Kh2 Qf4+
34. Kg1 Qc1+ 35. Kh2 Qxh6+ 36. Kg3 Qh5 37. Be7 Kf7 38. Bxf8 g5 39. Rd7+ Kxf8
0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bd6 6. d4 exd4 7. Qxd4 f6 8.
Nbd2 Be6 9. Qc3 Ne7 10. Nc4 Bxc4 11. Qxc4 Qd7 12. Be3 Ng6 13. Nd4 Ne5 14. Qe2
O-O-O 15. Nf5 Rhe8 16. Rad1 Qf7 17. b3 Bf8 18. Bf4 Ng6 19. Bg3 Qe6 20. Rxd8+
Rxd8 21. f3 Ne7 22. Ne3 f5 23. Qc4 Qxc4 24. Nxc4 fxe4 25. fxe4 Ng6 26. h4 Bc5+
27. Kh2 Rf8 28. Rf3 h5 29. Kh3 b5 30. Nb2 Kd7 31. Rd3+ Ke6 32. Rc3 Bd6 33. Rxc6
Ne5 34. Rxa6 Rf1 35. Bxe5 Kxe5 36. g3 Kxe4 37. Nd3 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Quparadze, Giga"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. Nf3 c6 5. d4 Bf5 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Nf6 8. h3
Nbd7 9. Nh4 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Qf3 Qf5 12. Qe2 O-O-O 13. Bd3 Qa5 14. Ne4
Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Nf6 16. c3 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Qf5 18. Re1 Bd6 19. a4 Bc7 20. a5 Qxe4
21. Rxe4 e5 22. a6 b5 23. Be3 f5 24. Rxe5 Bxe5 25. dxe5 Rhe8 26. Bxa7 Rxe5 27.
Bd4 Re2 28. b4 Re7 29. g3 g5 30. Be3 Rde8 31. Kg2 g4 32. hxg4 fxg4 33. Rh1 Kb8
34. Rh4 Rxe3 35. fxe3 Rxe3 36. Rxg4 Ka7 37. c4 Kxa6 38. c5 Rb3 39. Rxg7 Rxb4
40. Rc7 Rb2+ 41. Kf3 b4 42. Rxc6+ Kb5 43. Rc8 Rc2 44. g4 b3 45. g5 Rxc5 46.
Rb8+ Ka4 47. Kf4 Rc4+ 48. Ke5 Rb4 49. Ra8+ Kb5 50. Ra1 b2 51. Rb1 Kc4 52. g6
Kc3 53. g7 Rg4 54. Kf6 Kc2 55. Rxb2+ Kxb2 56. Kf7 Rxg7+ 57. Kxg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Bocharov, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 b6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb7 6. Nb5 d5 7. exd5 a6 8. N5c3
exd5 9. Bd3 Nf6 10. O-O Be7 11. Ba3 Bxa3 12. Nxa3 O-O 13. Ne2 Qe7 14. Nb1 Nc6
15. Nd2 Rad8 16. Re1 Ne4 17. Ng3 f5 18. Nf3 Qc5 19. Qe2 Rde8 20. Qf1 b5 21. a3
Re7 22. b4 Qb6 23. Ne2 d4 24. Nf4 Qd8 25. h4 Qd6 26. g3 Rfe8 27. a4 Nxb4 28.
axb5 Nxd3 29. Qxd3 axb5 30. Nxd4 Qc5 31. Rad1 g6 32. Qxb5 Qc7 33. Nd5 Bxd5 34.
Qxd5+ Kg7 35. Qb3 f4 36. g4 Nc3 37. Rxe7+ Rxe7 38. Rd3 Ne2+ 39. Nxe2 Rxe2 40.
Qb5 Re7 41. c4 Qa7 42. Qd5 Qc7 43. Kg2 Qc8 44. Qg5 Qc6+ 45. Rd5 Rf7 46. Qe5+
Kh6 47. Qe4 f3+ 48. Kh3 Qc8 49. c5 Qa6 50. g5+ Kg7 51. Qe5+ Kg8 52. Rd8+ Rf8
53. Rxf8+ Kxf8 54. Qf6+ Qxf6 55. gxf6 Kf7 56. c6 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 c5 6. d5 exd5 7. cxd5 g6 8. Nc3
Bg7 9. e4 Bxf1 10. Kxf1 d6 11. Kg2 O-O 12. Bf4 a6 13. a4 Nh5 14. Bg5 Qc7 15. g4
Nf6 16. h3 Nbd7 17. Bf4 c4 18. Rad1 Nc5 19. Bg3 Rfe8 20. Rd4 Nb3 21. Rdd1 Rab8
22. Rhe1 Nd7 23. Na2 b5 24. Nb4 Ndc5 25. Nc6 Nxa4 26. Nxb8 Qxb8 27. e5 dxe5 28.
d6 Qb7 29. d7 Rd8 30. Bxe5 Rxd7 31. Rxd7 Qxd7 32. Rd1 Qe7 33. Bxg7 Kxg7 34. Nd4
Nac5 35. Nxb3 Nxb3 36. Qc3+ Kg8 37. Re1 Qd8 38. Qe5 Qd2 39. Re3 Nd4 40. Qd6
Qxb2 41. Re8+ Kg7 42. Qf8+ Kf6 43. Qh8+ Kg5 44. Qe5+ f5 45. Qe7+ Kh6 46. Qh4+
Kg7 47. Re7+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Christiansen, Johan Sebastian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. e3 e6 6. Nc3 Bb7 7. e4 g6 8. a4 Bg7
9. Bf4 O-O 10. Nf3 exd5 11. e5 Ne4 12. Nxd5 Qa5+ 13. b4 cxb4 14. Bc4 b3+ 15.
Kf1 b2 16. Rb1 axb5 17. axb5 Bxd5 18. Qxd5 Nc3 19. Bd2 Qa1 20. Bxc3 Qxb1+ 21.
Ne1 Ra1 22. g3 Qxe1+ 23. Bxe1 Rxe1+ 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Bf4 Re8 8. Nc3
Ne4 9. Qc2 Nxc3 10. Qxc3 d6 11. Rfe1 f5 12. Rad1 Nd7 13. h4 h6 14. Qc1 Bf6 15.
Bd2 Qe7 16. Bc3 a5 17. Bh3 g5 18. hxg5 hxg5 19. g4 f4 20. Bg2 Rf8 21. e3 Bg7
22. e4 e5 23. d5 Bc8 24. Nh2 Rf7 25. Kf1 Nf8 26. Ke2 Ng6 27. f3 Nh4 28. Rg1 Bf6
29. Kd3 Rh7 30. Qd2 Bd7 31. Kc2 Kf7 32. Bf1 Rah8 33. Be2 Nf5 34. gxf5 Rxh2 35.
Kb1 R8h3 36. Rdf1 Kf8 37. Qe1 Qh7 38. Rf2 Be8 39. Rxh2 Rxh2 40. Qf1 Qh3 41.
Qxh3 Rxh3 42. Kc1 Bh5 43. Rf1 Rg3 44. Kd1 g4 45. fxg4 Bxg4 46. Bxg4 Rxg4 47.
Ke2 Bh4 48. Rh1 Kf7 49. Be1 Bxe1 50. Kxe1 Rg2 51. Rh7+ Kf6 52. Rxc7 f3 53. Rd7
Rxb2 54. Rxd6+ Kg5 55. f6 Kf4 56. f7 Ke3 57. Kd1 f2 58. f8=Q f1=Q+ 59. Qxf1
Rb1+ 60. Kc2 Rxf1 61. Rxb6 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Dzhumagaliev, Yan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E24"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 Nc6 6. f3 e5 7. e4 d6 8. Ne2
O-O 9. Ng3 Re8 10. Be2 b6 11. O-O h6 12. Be3 Na5 13. Rf2 Be6 14. Qf1 c5 15. d5
Bc8 16. f4 Nd7 17. Nf5 exf4 18. Bxf4 Ne5 19. Ne3 f6 20. Bh5 Re7 21. Be2 Bd7 22.
Nf5 Bxf5 23. exf5 Qd7 24. Bg3 Rae8 25. a4 Qb7 26. h3 Qd7 27. Kh2 Nb3 28. Ra2
Na5 29. Rf4 Nf7 30. Bh5 Re3 31. Rf3 R3e4 32. Rf4 Re3 33. Rf3 R3e4 34. Rf4 Re3
35. Rf3 R8e4 36. Rf4 Re2 37. Bxe2 Re8 38. Bh5 Re3 39. Rg4 Re7 40. Rf4 Re8 41.
Rf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. e3 b6 3. c4 Bb7 4. d4 e6 5. Bd3 d5 6. O-O dxc4 7. Bxc4 a6 8. Qe2
c5 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. a4 Bd6 11. Nc3 Qe7 12. e4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 O-O 14. f3 Ne5 15.
Bb3 Bc5 16. Be3 Rfd8 17. Nc2 a5 18. Nd4 Ba6 19. Ndb5 h6 20. Kf1 Rxd1+ 21. Bxd1
Rd8 22. Bc2 Bxe3 23. Qxe3 Nc4 24. Qe2 Qb4 25. Rd1 Rxd1+ 26. Nxd1 Nxb2 27. Nxb2
Qxb2 28. e5 Qc1+ 29. Kf2 Nd5 30. Qd3 Bxb5 31. axb5 g6 32. Bb3 Qb2+ 33. Kg1 Qxe5
34. g3 h5 35. Kf2 Qb2+ 36. Kg1 Qc3 37. Qd1 Qc5+ 38. Kh1 Qxb5 39. h4 Ne3 40.
Qd8+ Kh7 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.30"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. b3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O b6 7. Bb2 Bb7 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. d4 Nf6 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. Qc2 c5 12. Rad1 Qc8 13. e4 cxd4 14. Rxd4 Nc5
15. Re1 Rd8 16. Rxd8+ Qxd8 17. Rd1 Qe8 18. Nd4 Rd8 19. b4 Na6 20. a3 Nb8 21. e5
Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Nd5 23. Ne4 Rc8 24. Qe2 Qd7 25. Nb5 Rd8 26. Nbd6 f5 27. Nd2 Bxd6
28. exd6 Qxd6 29. Re1 Re8 30. Nc4 Qc6 31. Kg1 Nd7 32. Rd1 Qb5 33. Rd2 N5f6 34.
Nd6 Qxe2 35. Rxe2 Rd8 36. Rxe6 Nf8 37. Bxf6 gxf6 38. Rxf6 Kg7 39. Rf7+ Kg8 40.
Rf6 Kg7 41. Rf7+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.30"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. Bb3 O-O
9. Re1 Re8 10. Be3 Be6 11. Ba4 a6 12. Nbd2 Bd7 13. Bc2 d5 14. a3 Be6 15. b4 b6
16. Ba4 Bd7 17. Bb3 Be6 18. Ba4 Bd7 19. Bc2 Be6 20. Qb1 Qd6 21. Nf1 Nd7 22. Qc1
Kh7 23. Bd2 Ne7 24. Ne3 c6 25. Ng4 Ng8 26. d4 Bxg4 27. hxg4 exd4 28. cxd4 dxe4
29. Rxe4 Ngf6 30. Rxe8 Rxe8 31. g5 hxg5 32. Nxg5+ Kg8 33. Bb3 Nd5 34. Nf3 Nf8
35. Qc4 Ne6 36. Rc1 Rd8 37. Qxc6 Qxc6 38. Rxc6 Nxd4 39. Nxd4 Bxd4 40. Kf1 Bb2
41. a4 Ba3 42. b5 axb5 43. axb5 Bc5 44. Bg5 Rd7 45. g3 Kg7 46. Rc8 Ne7 47. Re8
Nf5 48. Bf4 Nd6 49. Be5+ Kh6 50. Rh8+ Kg5 51. Bxd6 Bxd6 52. Rh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.30"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ni, Hua"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nge2 c5 8. a3
cxd4 9. axb4 dxc3 10. Nxc3 Nc6 11. b5 Ne5 12. Be2 a5 13. bxa6 bxa6 14. O-O Bb7
15. b3 Nc6 16. Na4 Ne4 17. Ba3 Re8 18. Nc5 Nxc5 19. Bxc5 a5 20. Qd2 Qg5 21. f4
Qf5 22. Bf3 Rad8 23. Bb6 Rd6 24. Bxa5 d4 25. e4 Qb5 26. e5 Rg6 27. Be4 Nxa5 28.
Rxa5 Qxa5 29. Qxa5 Bxe4 30. g3 Rc6 31. Re1 Bf5 32. Qa4 Rec8 33. Qxd4 Rc2 34.
Rd1 h5 35. Rd2 R2c3 36. b4 Rb3 37. Qb6 Rc1+ 38. Kf2 Rbb1 39. Qd8+ Kh7 40. Qg5
g6 41. Qf6 Rf1+ 42. Ke3 Rfe1+ 43. Re2 Rxe2+ 44. Kxe2 Be6 45. f5 gxf5 46. Qh4
Rb2+ 47. Ke3 Rb3+ 48. Kd2 Kg6 49. Qd4 Rb1 50. Kc2 Rh1 51. h4 Rh2+ 52. Kc3 Rg2
53. Qf4 Rg1 54. Qg5+ Kh7 55. Qxh5+ Kg8 56. Qg5+ Kh7 57. h5 Rh1 58. b5 Rh3 59.
Kb4 Rh1 60. Kc5 Rc1+ 61. Kd6 Rd1+ 62. Ke7 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.30"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 c5 5. dxc5 Na6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bd4 Bxd4 8.
Nxd4 Nxc5 9. e3 Nf6 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O b6 12. Bf3 Bb7 13. Bxb7 Nxb7 14. c4 Rc8
15. Qa4 Nc5 16. Qa3 a5 17. Rfd1 d6 18. h3 Qd7 19. N2f3 Rfd8 20. Rac1 Qb7 21.
Nb3 Nfe4 22. Nbd2 Nf6 23. Nb3 Rc7 24. Nbd4 Rcc8 25. Nb3 Rd7 26. Rc2 Rdc7 27.
Nbd4 Ncd7 28. b3 Rc5 29. Rcc1 d5 30. cxd5 Nxd5 31. Ne2 Nb4 32. Rxc5 Nxc5 33.
Nf4 f6 34. Qb2 e5 35. a3 exf4 36. axb4 axb4 37. Qxf6 fxe3 38. fxe3 Rf8 39. Qd4
Qe7 40. Qc4+ Qf7 41. Qxb4 Qxb3 42. Qxb3+ Nxb3 43. Rb1 Na5 44. Rxb6 Nc4 45. Rb3
Rd8 46. Rc3 Nd2 47. Nxd2 Rxd2 48. Kh2 Kf7 49. Kg3 h5 50. Kf3 Kf6 51. Rc6+ Kf7
52. Rc7+ Kf6 53. Rc6+ Kf7 54. h4 Rd5 55. e4 Ra5 56. Kf4 Rb5 57. Rd6 Ra5 58. Rb6
Rc5 59. Rb7+ Kf6 60. Rb6+ Kf7 61. Ra6 Rb5 62. Rc6 Ra5 63. Rc4 Kf6 64. g3 Rb5
65. Rd4 Ra5 66. Rd5 Ra4 67. Rd6+ Kf7 68. Ke5 Ra3 69. Rd7+ Ke8 70. Rg7 Rxg3 71.
Kf6 Rg4 72. e5 Rf4+ 73. Ke6 Kf8 74. Rxg6 Rxh4 75. Kd7 Ra4 76. Rf6+ Kg7 77. Rf1
Ra7+ 78. Kd6 Ra6+ 79. Kd7 Ra7+ 80. Kd6 Ra6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.30"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Nge2 Nd7 8.
Ng3 Bg6 9. Nh5 Bxh5 10. Qxh5 Ngf6 11. Qd1 Nf8 12. Bd3 Bd6 13. Bg5 Ne6 14. Bh4
g5 15. Bg3 h5 16. Qc2 h4 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Rb1 g4 19. b4 a6 20. h3 gxh3 21.
Rxh3 Ng5 22. Rh1 h3 23. f4 Ne6 24. gxh3 O-O-O 25. b5 axb5 26. Nxb5 Qb8 27. Bf5
Rde8 28. Kd1 Kd8 29. Nc3 Nh5 30. Rg1 Rhg8 31. Rxg8 Rxg8 32. Qf2 Ke7 33. Kc2 Qa7
34. a4 Nhxf4 35. exf4 Nxd4+ 36. Kd1 Kf6 37. Bd3 Qc5 38. Rxb7 Rh8 39. Ne2 Rxh3
40. Bb1 Rh1+ 41. Ng1 Ne6 42. Qxc5 Nxc5 43. Rc7 Rxg1+ 44. Kc2 Ne6 45. Rxc6 Kf5
46. Kb2+ Kxf4 47. a5 Rg2+ 48. Ka3 Nd4 49. Rc8 Rg1 50. Ba2 Ke5 51. a6 Rg6 52.
Re8+ Re6 53. Rxe6+ fxe6 54. Kb4 Kd6 55. Bb1 Kc6 56. Bd3 Kb6 57. Kc3 Nc6 58. Bf1
e5 59. Bg2 Kc5 60. Kd3 Nb4+ 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.30"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. Qxd8
Rxd8 9. Bxc5 Nc6 10. Nge2 Nd7 11. Be3 Nde5 12. Nf4 b6 13. Rc1 Bb7 14. b3 e6 15.
Be2 Nd4 16. Kf2 Nxe2 17. Kxe2 Nc6 18. Rhd1 Nd4+ 19. Kf2 Rac8 20. Nfe2 Nc6 21.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Rd1 Rxd1 23. Nxd1 f5 24. Nec3 Kf7 25. Ke2 Nb4 26. Kd2 Ke7 27. c5
fxe4 28. fxe4 b5 29. a3 Na6 30. Nxb5 Bxe4 31. g3 Kd7 32. Ndc3 Bg2 33. Nxa7 Nc7
34. Nab5 e5 35. Nxc7 Kxc7 36. b4 Bf1 37. a4 Bc4 38. b5 Bf8 39. a5 Be7 40. a6 e4
41. b6+ Kc6 42. b7 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.30"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Bg4 3. Bb2 e6 4. g3 Bxf3 5. exf3 Nd7 6. f4 c6 7. Bg2 Ngf6 8.
O-O g6 9. d4 Bg7 10. Nd2 O-O 11. c4 Re8 12. Qe2 a5 13. a3 Qb6 14. Rab1 Bf8 15.
Rfd1 Rac8 16. Qd3 Red8 17. c5 Qc7 18. b4 b6 19. Bc3 axb4 20. axb4 Ra8 21. Ra1
Qb7 22. Bf1 Rdb8 23. Qc2 Be7 24. Rdb1 Ne8 25. h4 h5 26. Bd3 f5 27. Nf3 Ng7 28.
Kg2 Rxa1 29. Rxa1 Ra8 30. Rb1 b5 31. Nd2 Bf6 32. Nb3 Nb8 33. Na5 Qc7 34. Ra1
Kf7 35. Ra3 Ne8 36. Qa2 Qc8 37. Qa1 Nc7 38. f3 Ra6 39. Qe1 Ke7 40. Qe3 Kf7 41.
Qc1 Ke7 42. Qa1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.30"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 c5 5. d5 a6 6. f4 e6 7. dxe6 fxe6 8. Nf3 Nc6
9. Be3 Nh6 10. Qd2 Nf7 11. O-O-O Qa5 12. Kb1 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Bd7 14. e5 O-O-O 15.
exd6 Be8 16. Be2 Nxd6 17. Qc2 g5 18. Ka1 Bg6 19. Qb3 Nf5 20. Bc1 gxf4 21. Bxf4
Rhe8 22. g4 Nfe7 23. Be3 e5 24. Ng5 Ng8 25. h4 h6 26. Nh3 Be4 27. Rhe1 Rxd1+
28. Rxd1 Rd8 29. Nf2 Rxd1+ 30. Bxd1 Bg6 31. Bf3 Nd8 32. h5 Bh7 33. Ne4 Bxe4 34.
Bxe4 Qc7 35. Qd1 Qg7 36. Bxc5 Ne7 37. Bb6 Ndc6 38. Qd6 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.30"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Qa4+ Qd7 8. Qc2
dxc4 9. e3 Bxf3 10. gxf3 b5 11. a4 c6 12. Rg1 a6 13. f4 g6 14. Bg2 Ra7 15. b3
cxb3 16. Qxb3 O-O 17. Ke2 Rc7 18. Rad1 Nd5 19. Ne4 Bxg5 20. fxg5 Qe7 21. h4 Nd7
22. Rc1 e5 23. Rgd1 exd4 24. Rxd4 Ne5 25. Rxd5 cxd5 26. Nf6+ Qxf6 27. gxf6 Rxc1
28. axb5 axb5 29. Qxd5 Rc2+ 30. Ke1 Ng4 31. Qe4 Rxf2 32. Qxg4 Rxf6 33. Bd5 Re8
34. Ke2 Rf5 35. Bc6 Re6 36. Bd7 Ree5 37. Bxf5 Rxf5 38. Qd4 Rh5 39. Kf3 Rf5+ 40.
Kg3 h5 41. Kg2 Kh7 42. Kg3 b4 43. Qxb4 Re5 44. Kf3 Re6 45. Qf8 Rf6+ 46. Ke4 Rf5
47. Kd4 Rf6 48. e4 Rf1 49. Kd5 Rf6 50. e5 Rf5 51. Kd6 Rf1 52. Ke7 Rf5 53. Qxf7+
1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.30"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kryvoruchko, Yuriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nd4 5. Nxd4 exd4 6. Nd5 Nxd5 7. exd5 c6
8. Bc4 Qe7+ 9. Qe2 Qxe2+ 10. Kxe2 Bd6 11. a4 b6 12. d3 Bb7 13. dxc6 dxc6 14.
Bd2 a5 15. f3 O-O 16. Kf2 Rfe8 17. Rhe1 1/2-1/2

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "2018.01.05"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Bykhovsky, Avigdor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2423"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2018.01.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ashdod Elite"]
[BlackTeam "Petah Tikva Elitzur Dov"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Bf4 dxc4 7. e3 Nd5 8. Bxc4
Nxf4 9. exf4 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qe2 Nd7 12. Rfe1 Nb6 13. Bb3 Bf6 14. Ne4 Nd5
15. g3 a5 16. Ne5 g6 17. h4 h5 18. Rad1 Bg7 19. Bc2 Ne7 20. Ng5 Nf5 21. g4 hxg4
22. Qxg4 Qf6 23. h5 gxh5 24. Qxh5 Qh6 25. Qf3 Ra6 26. Bxf5 exf5 27. Nexf7 1-0

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "2018.01.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Roiz, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2018.01.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 {Predicting the opening choice of Ivanchuk
is always a tough task.} Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bd6 6. Bg2 c6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qb3 O-O 9.
Rd1 $5 $146 {Vassily comes up with an interesting novelty.} ({In the event of
the usual} 9. Nc3 {White's position seems more flexible, and Black should
reckon with a potential e2-e4 advance:} Qe7 (9... h6 10. Rad1 Rb8 11. a3 Re8
12. Rfe1 $14 {Meier,G - Ju Wenjun Saint Louis USA 2017}) 10. e4 dxc4 11. Qxc4
e5 12. h3 Rd8 13. Be3 Nb6 14. Qe2 $14 {Jumabayev,R - Eljanov,P Baku AZE 2015})
9... Qe7 10. Nc3 h6 {This prophylactic move makes it difficult for White to
push e2-e4, since the g5-spot isn't vacant for the knight now.} 11. Rac1 (11.
Bf4 $5 {deserved some attention:} Bxf4 12. gxf4 b6 13. Ne5 Bb7 14. Rac1 $14 {
maintaining the tension. White's position looks somewhat better, but Black is
very solid.}) 11... dxc4 12. Qxc4 e5 13. Qb3 {A usual approach - the queen is
heading for c2, from where it would support the thematic e2-e4 advance.} (13.
e4 Nb6 14. Qf1 Bg4 $132) 13... Rd8 ({As Vassily told me after the game} 13...
Re8 $5 {intending to push e5-e4 was a better move. For instance} 14. Be1 e4 (
14... exd4 {is worse:} 15. Nxd4 Nc5 16. Qc2 $14) 15. Nd2 e3 16. fxe3 Qxe3+ 17.
Bf2 Qe7 18. h3 Nb6 19. e4 Be6 20. Qc2 Nh7 {with very tense play.}) 14. Qc2 exd4
15. Nxd4 Nb6 ({In the event of} 15... Ne5 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. Qxf5 Bc5 18. Be1 {
White would obtain a small, but long-lasting advantage due to his bishop pair.}
) 16. Be1 ({At this moment we both missed, that} 16. Nf5 $5 Bxf5 17. Qxf5 Nc4 (
{Possibly, I would have opted for something like} 17... Rd7 {but then Black is
doomed to a passive defence.}) {runs into} 18. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 ({Hardly better is
} 18... Nxb2 19. Ne4 $1 Nxe4 ({but} 19... Nxd1 $2 {is even worse:} 20. Bxg7 $1
Kxg7 21. Qg5+ Kf8 22. Qh6+ Ke8 23. Nxf6+ $18) 20. Bxe4 g6 21. Qg4 $36) 19. Ne4
Be5 20. Nxf6+ Bxf6 21. Qg4+ Bg7 22. Qxc4 Bxb2 23. Rb1 $36 {The resulting
position with an unbalanced pawn structure seems dangerous for Black.}) 16...
Be5 17. Nf5 {We both were considering this move as the only adequate option.} (
17. Nf3 $5 Bc7 18. Rxd8+ Qxd8 19. Rd1 Qe7 20. Nd4 $14) 17... Bxf5 18. Qxf5 Bxc3
$1 19. Bxc3 Qxe2 {This decision isn't bad, but it makes the play much sharper.}
({My first intention was to exchange one of White's bishops by means of} 19...
Nbd5 20. Qe5 Re8 $1 {Indeed, it was a convincing way of equalising:} 21. Qxe7
Rxe7 22. e3 Nxc3 23. Rxc3 Kf8 $11) 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Qxf6 Rd1+ {
Alas, I made this move without thinking. Apparently, exchanging the rooks
would secure Black's king, but actually it's getting more vulnerable!} ({
As was pointed out by Vassily, it makes sense to keep the active rook on the
board:} 22... Rd2 $1 23. Bf1 Qe6 24. Qc3 Qd7 25. Re1 Qd4 26. Qxd4 Rxd4 27. Re8+
Kg7 28. Rb8 Rd7 $11) 23. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 24. Bf1 Qd2 $2 {At this moment I had about
10 minutes left on my clock.} ({Unfortunately, I failed to calculate the
following line precisely:} 24... Nc4 $1 25. Qxh6 Nd2 26. Qg5+ Kh7 27. Qf5+ Kg8
28. Qd3 Qc1 $1 29. b3 (29. Kg2 Nxf1 30. Qxf1 Qxb2 $11) 29... Nxf1 30. Qxf1 Qb2
$11 {Black would be able to regain the pawn, so the position seems about equal.
}) 25. Qe5 $1 {It turns out, that now Black's position is very difficult - the
knight isn't in time to reach the stable d5-spot.} Qd8 {A sad necessity -
there was no other way of protecting the queenside pawns.} 26. Qa5 $1 Qb8 (
26... a6 {is hopeless:} 27. Qb4 Qc7 28. Qg4+ Kf8 29. Qd4 Kg8 30. Qf6 $18) 27.
Bg2 Nd7 $2 {Alas, at the end I've committed a blunder.} ({Of course, I should
have played} 27... Kg7 28. Qc3+ Kg8 29. Qf6 Qf8 $16 {and White still has to
find a constructive plan.}) 28. Qd2 {The h6-pawn is gone, so the resignation
comes in time.} 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 16th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Bjerre, Jonas Buhl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2367"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. e3
Bxd2 9. Qxd2 O-O 10. Nc3 Re8 11. Rad1 Qe7 12. e4 Nb6 13. b3 Bg4 14. h3 Bxf3 15.
Bxf3 exd4 16. Qxd4 Qe5 17. Qe3 Nbd7 18. Rfe1 Re7 19. Qd2 Rae8 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21.
cxd5 f5 22. exf5 Qxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 24. Kg2 Ra1 25. Qxa5 Ree1 26. Qxc7 Ne5
27. Qc8+ Kf7 28. Qe6+ Kf8 29. Qxd6+ Kg8 30. Qb8+ Kf7 31. Qxb7+ Kf6 32. d6 Rh1
33. Qe7+ Kxf5 34. g4+ Kf4 35. Qf8+ Kg5 36. Qf5+ Kh4 37. Qh5# 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 16th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Goryachkina, Aleksandra"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2018.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. e3 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 d5 8.
Nf3 dxc4 9. O-O e5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Qxe5 12. Na3 Be6 13. Rac1 Ne4 14. Qd4
Qxd4 15. exd4 Nd6 16. d5 Bd7 17. Nxc4 Kd8 18. Nxd6 cxd6 19. f4 Re8 20. Kf2 Rc8
21. Rxc8+ Kxc8 22. Re1 Rxe1 23. Kxe1 Kc7 24. Kd2 Kb6 25. Kc3 Kc5 26. b4+ Kb6
27. Be4 h6 28. Bd3 Kc7 29. Kd4 Kd8 30. h4 Ke7 31. a3 Kf6 32. Ke3 g5 33. hxg5+
hxg5 34. Bc2 Bf5 35. Bd1 Kg6 36. Be2 Kh6 37. g4 Bc2 38. f5 Kg7 39. Kd4 Bb3 40.
Bf3 Kf6 41. Be2 Ke7 42. Bf3 f6 43. Kc3 Ba4 44. Kd2 Kd8 45. Bd1 Bb5 46. Be2 Bd7
47. Bd1 Kc7 48. a4 Kb6 49. Kc3 a5 50. Kc4 Ka6 51. b5+ Kb6 52. Bc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 16th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Xu, Yi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E51"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2018.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 c5 8. Bb2
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Qc7 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. e4 e5 12. d5 Ne7 13. c4 Ng6 14. Nd2 Ne8 15.
O-O f6 16. a4 Nd6 17. Ra3 Bd7 18. Re1 Rae8 19. Bc2 Qc8 20. Rae3 Nf4 21. h4 Bg4
22. f3 Bh5 23. g3 Qh3 24. gxf4 Qg3+ 25. Kf1 exf4 26. Rb3 Qh2 27. Re2 Qh1+ 28.
Kf2 Qh2+ 29. Kf1 Qh1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 16th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Larino Nieto, David"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2464"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "2018.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e3 c5 2. b3 Nc6 3. Bb2 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 b6 6. O-O Bb7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Bc5 10. Qf4 Be7 11. c4 Qb8 12. Qxb8+ Rxb8 13. Rd1 O-O 14. Be5 Rbd8
15. Nc3 d6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Rac1 Be7 18. Rc2 Rd7 19. Bf3 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Rc8 21.
Rcd2 a6 22. a4 Kf8 23. Ne4 Rc6 24. Rd3 Ke8 25. f4 g6 26. Nd2 Rd8 27. Kf1 Rd7
28. Ke2 Rc8 29. Ne4 Rc6 30. Nd2 Rc8 31. Ne4 Rcd8 32. Nc3 f5 33. Na2 Rc7 34.
R1d2 Ra8 35. Rd4 Rb7 36. Nb4 b5 37. Nc6 bxa4 38. bxa4 Bf8 39. Rxd6 Bxd6 40.
Rxd6 Rd7 41. Rxe6+ Kf7 42. Re5 Rc7 43. Na5 Rb8 44. c5 Rb2+ 45. Kf3 Rb4 46. c6
Rxa4 47. Nb7 Kf6 48. Nc5 Rc4 49. Nd7+ Kg7 50. Nb8 Kh6 51. Rd5 Rc8 52. Nxa6
R8xc6 53. Nb8 Rb6 54. Nd7 Rb2 55. Ne5 Rcc2 56. Nd3 Ra2 57. Rd7 Re2 58. Kg3 Rad2
59. h3 Rxf2 60. Rxh7+ Kxh7 61. Nxf2 Kh6 62. e4 Kh5 63. Kf3 Kh4 64. Ke3 Ra2 65.
Nd3 Kxh3 66. e5 Ra4 67. Kf3 Rc4 68. e6 Rc6 69. e7 Re6 70. Ne5 Rxe7 71. Nxg6 Ra7
72. Ne5 Ra3+ 73. Kf2 Rb3 74. Nc6 Kg4 75. Nd4 Rb4 76. Ne2 Rxf4+ 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 16th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Baron, Tal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A38"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2018.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg2 cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. Nc2 Nc6 8.
Nc3 d6 9. Bd2 Rb8 10. b3 Qd7 11. Rc1 b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. e4 a6 14. Qe2 Rfc8 15.
Rfd1 Ba8 16. h3 Na7 17. Nb4 a5 18. Nbd5 Re8 19. Be3 Qd8 20. f4 Nd7 21. Bf2 Bc6
22. Kh2 Nc5 23. e5 dxe5 24. fxe5 Ba8 25. e6 Bxd5 26. Rxd5 Qc7 27. Bxc5 bxc5 28.
Rd7 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 16th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sandipan, Chanda"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[Annotator "Shyam Sundar"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2018.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 {The variation is named after
Akiba Rubinstein as he successfully played it for the first time in the 1930
Olympiad against Maroczy. (See note to 7th move.) Later Botvinnik also applied
Nge2 successfully in his games. The main idea is to maintain the pawn
structure after Black captures on c3 as in this case White can capture back
with the knight.} (5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10.
Bxc4 Qc7 {is the main line.}) 5... cxd4 (5... b6 {is another alternative which
can lead to interesting positions, for example} 6. a3 Ba5 7. Rb1 Na6 8. g3 (8.
Bd2 {is main line}) 8... Bb7 9. d5 b5 10. Bg2 bxc4 11. O-O O-O 12. e4 $13) (
5... d5 {is not same as the main line, as} 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Nxc3 {this is the
difference.} cxd4 8. exd4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nc6 10. Be3 $11 {[%csl Gc4,Ge3]}) 6.
exd4 d5 {This line is not supposed to be the best one for Black, but when
Ivanchuk plays it, who are we to judge?} 7. c5 (7. a3 {is another main
alternative, which was played by great Akiba Rubinstein.} Be7 8. c5 (8. Nf4
dxc4 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. O-O Nc6 11. Be3 Bd6 12. Nh5 Nd5 13. Bd3 Nxe3 14. fxe3 f5
15. Ng3 Kh8 16. Bc2 Qh4 17. Qf3 Bd7 18. Nce2 Rae8 19. Rad1 Na5 20. Bd3 Ba4 21.
Rde1 Bd7 22. Rc1 Nc6 23. Bb1 e5 24. Nxf5 Bxf5 25. Bxf5 exd4 26. Qh3 Qxh3 27.
Bxh3 Rxe3 28. Rxf8+ Bxf8 29. Nf4 Bd6 30. Nd5 Rb3 31. Bc8 d3 32. Rd1 Ne5 33. Nf4
g5 34. Ne6 h6 35. h4 gxh4 36. Nf4 Bc5+ 37. Kh2 Be3 {0-1 (37) Rapport,R (2545)
-Ivanchuk,V (2768) Eretria 2011}) 8... b6 9. b4 bxc5 10. dxc5 e5 11. f4 d4 12.
fxe5 dxc3 13. Qxd8+ Kxd8 14. exf6 Bxf6 15. Be3 Nc6 16. O-O-O+ Kc7 17. Bf4+ Kb7
18. g3 Bf5 19. Bg2 Rae8 20. b5 Rxe2 21. Bxc6+ Kc8 22. Rd5 Be6 23. b6 axb6 24.
cxb6 Rb2 25. Ra5 {1-0 (25) Rubinstein,A-Maroczy,G Hamburg 1930}) 7... Ne4 8.
Bd2 Nxd2 9. Qxd2 a5 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Nxc3 {[%csl Gc8] I think White has a very
nice position. His development is easier and Black has to struggle for the
activation of his c8-bishop.} a4 $5 (11... b6 $5 12. Bb5+ {Developing with a
check is considered as a good choice as it gives you an important extra tempo.}
({The simple} 12. Rc1 $14 {is also good.}) 12... Bd7 13. O-O bxc5 14. dxc5 a4
15. Bxd7+ Qxd7 16. f4 d4 17. Ne4 O-O 18. f5 f6 19. fxe6 Qxe6 20. Qxd4 Nc6 21.
Qd3 Rab8 22. Rae1 Ne5 23. Qd4 Qb3 24. Nd6 h6 25. Rf2 Ra8 26. Re3 Qe6 27. h3
Rfd8 28. Rc2 Ra7 29. Qe4 Kh8 30. Kh2 Rc7 31. Rec3 {1-0 (55) Navara,D (2737)
-Tomashevsky,E (2724) Germany 2017}) 12. Nxa4 $5 {[%cal Gc3a4] Concrete play
with very deep strategic ideas} (12. Bd3 {I was curious to know how play would
develop if White plays simple and logical chess and this was the move that
came to my mind when watching this game live} b6 $1 {After analysing the other
moves, now it's evident that Black cannot just castle or devolop his pieces
without a proper plan and so he has to clarify the pawn structure on the
queenside first.} (12... O-O $6 {Here Black's main problem is his queenside
and he should take care of his queenside first before castling} 13. Bc2 {
[%csl Ra4]} Bd7 14. Qd3 $1 f5 (14... Qh4 {doesnt look human as White now has
Re1-e3 with a tempo}) (14... g6 15. h4 $40) 15. O-O {White's position is sound
and it's obvious to castle on the same side and try to exploit the weak
squares.} (15. O-O-O $5 {This is my engine's suggestion. Probably the
intention is not only to attack on the kingside but also defend the b2-pawn in
a queenless ending. But it doesn't make much sense to me as White's position
is strategically sound and it is not necessary to take the game to a double
edged position with opposite side castling.}) 15... b6 {more or less forced} (
15... Na6 {Black just cannot sit and watch as he has many weak squares in his
camp} 16. Rfe1 Nc7 17. Re3 $16 {[%cal Ga1e1]}) 16. Rfe1 (16. cxb6 Qxb6 $132 {
Black has consistent pressure on the b-pawn}) 16... bxc5 17. dxc5 {[%csl Ra4]
Now the pawn structure has changed and White is still on top as he can play on
both the wings and Black is still underdeveloped}) (12... Bd7 13. O-O (13. Bc2
b6 $1) 13... O-O (13... Nc6 {[%cal Rc6a5]} 14. Bc2 Na5 15. Nxa4 $16 {White is
a pawn up for no compensation}) (13... b6 14. f4 $1 {[%cal Rf4f5] A typical
move in this pawn structure with a strong bishop on the b1-h7 diagonal and a
knight on c3 as White now plays f5 and threatens to play f6 and if Black takes
on f5, then d5 becomes a serious weakness}) 14. f4 $1 {Black has practical
problems to solve and White has easy play}) 13. Nxa4 $1 {Now my computer
suggests to go to rook+pawn vs 2 pieces under much more favourable
circumstances} (13. cxb6 Qxb6 $11) (13. O-O bxc5 14. dxc5 Qa5 $1 {with a
complex middlegame and chances for both sides}) 13... Rxa4 14. Bb5+ Bd7 15.
Bxa4 Bxa4 16. Qb4 {[%cal Rc5b6] this is the point as now both the pawn and
bishop are under attack} b5 {[%csl Ra4]} 17. b3 Nc6 18. Qc3 Bxb3 19. Qxb3 Qa5+
20. Kf1 Nxd4 {with a very complex position and I think its much easier for
White to play in a practical game.}) 12... Rxa4 13. Bb5+ Bd7 14. Bxa4 Bxa4 15.
Qb4 {[%cal Gd2b4] Though the engine claims that Black is better here, I think
the position is double edged in a practical game as White's queenside pawns
would become dangerous.} Qd7 16. O-O {Having many difficult decisions to make,
Ivanchuk commits a serious error by playing...} Qb5 $2 {[%cal Gd7b5] ...
probably played on general grounds as he wanted to keep the king in the centre
in the ensuing endgame. Unfortunately for him it fails due to tactical reasons.
} (16... O-O {[%cal Ge8g8] Black has 2 ways to play: 1. Stop White from
pushing his queenside pawns by placing the pieces on optimal squares 2.
Black's minor pieces are cramped and he doesn't have an outpost and so he must
look for an opportunity to create imbalance in the position} 17. b3 {White's
play is simple and straightforward and now Black again has to 2 choices for
placing his bishop:} (17. Qd2 e5 $1 18. dxe5 d4 $19 {[%cal Ra4d1]}) (17. f4 {
with the intention of now allowing Black to play ...e5. But now the e4-square
is weakened and Black can transfer any of his minor pieces to the e4-square
with decisive effects}) 17... Bb5 (17... Bc6 18. a4 Na6 19. Qa3 Nc7 20. Rfe1
Ra8 21. Qb2 {All of Black's pieces are placed in such way that they prevent
the pawn mass on the queenside whereas White can strengthen his position
slowly and Black has to come up with some plans}) 18. Rfe1 {Now Black has to
make decision regarding his piece placements} (18. Rfd1 e5 $1) 18... e5 $3 {
Creating pawn tension in the centre, thanks to the small tactics and now
Black's minor pieces can be utilised to the fullest as now he has outposts on
the c6- and e6-squares.} (18... Ba6 {[%cal Gb8c6] I was curious to know what
would happen if Black just devolops his pieces and places them on optimal
squares without creating any pawn tension} 19. Qd2 Nc6 20. a4 {[%cal Gb3b4]}
Ne7 21. b4 Bc4 $1 {I think this is the move that Black should foresee when
placing his bishop on the a6-f1 diagonal} 22. b5 {The engine still claims that
Black is better here. However in a practical game Black has to make several
decisions regarding his piece placements and constantly worry about the pawn
mass on the queenside whereas White on the other hand has easy play on the
queenside and no weakness for Black to play for.}) 19. dxe5 (19. Rxe5 Nc6 {
[%cal Rc6e5]}) 19... Na6 20. Qd4 Nc7 {[%cal Gc7e6,Gb5c6,Gd5d4] Black is
clearly better.}) 17. b3 $1 {Sandipan never misses such opportunities!} Qxb4
18. axb4 Bb5 (18... Bxb3 19. b5 Bc4 20. Rfb1 $18 {[%cal Ga1a7]}) 19. Ra7 Bxf1
20. Rxb7 $1 (20. Kxf1 b5 $3 21. Rb7 (21. cxb6 Rf8 $1 $19 {[%cal Gb8d7,Ge8e7]})
21... O-O 22. Rxb5 Nc6 $17) 20... Nc6 21. Kxf1 {Black now has to make series
of only moves to hold the game} O-O $4 {The losing blunder.} (21... Rf8 $1 {
The only move as he keeps the king in the centre and close to opponent's
passed pawns and now Black threatens to take on d4} 22. b5 Nxd4 23. b4 {
[%cal Rb5b6]} Kd8 $8 24. Rb8+ (24. b6 $2 Kc8 25. c6 Nxc6 26. Rc7+ Kb8 27. Rxc6
Kb7 {Now White has to be precise to draw the game!}) 24... Ke7 25. Rxf8 Kxf8
26. b6 Ke8 27. b7 Nc6 28. b5 Nb8 29. c6 Kd8 30. f4 $11 {[%csl Gb5,Gb7,Rb8,Gc6]
A study like position and neither side can make progress.}) 22. b5 Na5 23. Rc7
{[%cal Gb5b6] Though objectively 12.Na4 wasn't correct, practically it had a
great impact as Black had to make many critical decisions and Black's timely ..
.e5, thanks to all tactical motifs was the only way to create complications
that ended in Black's favour! This game is a good example that one must be
always tactically alert throughout the game and sometimes the engine's
objective assessment cannot always help in a practical game!} 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 16th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Muzychuk, Mariya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2018.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nf3 Nb6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. e3
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Re1 a5 11. h3 a4 12. Rb1 a3 13. bxa3 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15.
Qxd8 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Rxd8 17. Nb5 Be5 18. Nd4 Bxh3 19. Bxb7 Bxd4 20. exd4 Rab8
21. Bf3 Be6 22. Bf4 Nd5 23. Bd2 Rxb1 24. Rxb1 Ra8 25. Rb5 c6 26. Ra5 Rb8 27.
Bh6 f5 28. Ra6 Rc8 29. Ra7 Nc3 30. a4 Bd5 31. Bxd5+ cxd5 32. a5 Ne2+ 33. Kg2
Nxd4 34. a6 Nc6 35. Rg7+ Kh8 36. Rb7 d4 37. a7 d3 38. Rc7 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 16th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gupta, Abhijeet"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Gupta,A"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2018.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 {When preparing for the game, it was
impossible to guess what Ivanchuk would play but somehow I thought it's always
a good idea to start with a Nimzo and after few hours of intense work in the
Nimzo, I said to myself I had enough Nimzo for a day and I am going back to my
old love, the Petrosian System! :)} Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Qc2 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Be7 9. e4 O-O (9... c5 10. Bd3) 10. Bd3 c5 11. O-O Qc8 {It would be harsh
to call this an inaccuracy but White scores really well after this.} (11... Qc7
{is probably a better line.}) 12. Qe2 Ba6 13. Rd1 Bxd3 14. Rxd3 Nd7 15. e5 {
Luckily for me I was still in my book and in general the ideas for White are
pretty simple which is to develop pieces and mate :P} Re8 16. h4 (16. Ng5 {
This looks even more dangerous} cxd4 (16... Bxg5 17. Bxg5) 17. cxd4 (17. Nxh7
Qc4 $1) 17... Qc6 18. Nxh7 (18. Bf4 Rac8 19. h4 $40) 18... Rac8 $1 {An
intermezzo which is very easy to miss:} (18... Kxh7 19. Qh5+ Kg8 20. Rh3 f6 (
20... f5 21. Qh7+ Kf7 22. Rg3 Rg8 23. Qg6+ Kf8 24. Bh6 Rc8 25. Rf1 $18) 21.
Qh7+ Kf7 22. Rg3 Bf8 (22... Rg8 23. Qg6+ Kf8 24. Bh6) 23. Bh6 Ke7 24. Rc1 $1 {
the point} Qd5 25. Bxg7 Bxg7 26. exf6+) 19. Bf4 Kxh7 20. Qh5+ Kg8 21. Rh3 f6
22. Qh7+ Kf7 23. Qh5+ $11 (23. Rg3 Bf8)) 16... cxd4 (16... Qa6 17. Bg5) 17.
cxd4 Qb7 18. Bg5 Bf8 19. Nd2 f6 {This move came as shock to me but it's
already difficult to give Black any adequate advice.} 20. exf6 Nxf6 21. Bxf6
gxf6 22. Ne4 Qf7 (22... Qe7 {This would have been more tenacious} 23. Re1 Rad8
24. Qf3 Bg7 25. Ng3 $36 {[%csl Re6]}) 23. Rf3 f5 24. Rg3+ Kh8 25. Ng5 Qd7 26.
Qh5 (26. Qb5 {It would have been nice if it worked but} Rad8 {and there is no
logical follow-up after this.}) 26... Re7 27. Re1 Qe8 28. Qf3 (28. Qxe8 Raxe8
29. d5 f4 30. Rg4 e5 31. Rxe5 h5 32. Rxe7 Rxe7 33. Rxf4 Re1+ 34. Kh2 Bxa3 35.
g3 $16 {I saw this line but somehow I just wanted to mate that day :)}) 28...
Rd8 29. d5 Rxd5 30. Nxe6 Rxe6 (30... Qc6 31. Qe2 Bg7 32. Rxg7 Rxe6 (32... Rxg7
33. Nxg7 Kxg7 34. Qe7+ Kg8 35. Qxa7 $18) 33. Qxe6 Qxe6 34. Rxh7+ Kxh7 35. Rxe6
Ra5 36. Re3 f4 37. Rd3 Kh6 38. Kh2 {This shouldn't be that hard to win even
with my lousy technique.}) 31. Rg8+ $1 {The point of the whole combination.}
Kxg8 32. Qxd5 Qb5 33. Qxe6+ Kg7 34. Rd1 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 16th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Lei, Tingjie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2018.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. N2f3 Be7
8. Bd3 e5 9. Nb5 O-O 10. O-O e4 11. Nc3 Qc6 12. Nd4 Qb6 13. Bxe4 Rd8 14. Be3
Qxb2 15. Qd3 Na6 16. Rab1 Qa3 17. Bf3 Nb4 18. Qc4 Bd7 19. Ncb5 Qa5 20. Bf4 Bxb5
21. Nxb5 Nbd5 22. Bg3 Rac8 23. Qb3 a6 24. Na7 Rc3 25. Qxb7 Qc5 26. a4 h6 27.
Qxa6 Rxc2 28. Nb5 Nb4 29. Qb7 Rd7 30. Qb8+ Rd8 31. Qc7 Rc8 32. Qxc5 Bxc5 33.
Nd6 Rf8 34. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 35. Rxc1 Bb6 36. h3 Rd8 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 16th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.02.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kobo, Ori"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2477"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 a6 6. e4 Bb4 7. Qd3 d6 8. Nc2
Ba5 9. b4 Bc7 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Qe7 12. Be3 b6 13. f4 Bb7 14. Bf3 Rd8 15.
Rad1 Nc6 16. a3 Nd7 17. Kh1 Rac8 18. Bc1 Qe8 19. Ne3 Ne7 20. g3 Nf6 21. Bb2 Ng6
22. Rfe1 Nf8 23. Bg2 N8d7 24. Kg1 Ba8 25. g4 h6 26. h4 d5 27. e5 d4 28. exf6
Bxg2 29. Nxg2 dxc3 30. Qxc3 Nxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 19th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.03.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kanmazalp, Ogulcan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2473"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2018.03.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bg5
Nbd7 9. a4 h6 10. Be3 Ng4 11. Bc1 Ngf6 12. Be3 Ng4 13. Bc1 O-O 14. Nd2 Ngf6 15.
Nc4 Nc5 16. Bf3 Be6 17. Ne3 b5 18. O-O bxa4 19. Ned5 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Bg5 21. Bxg5
hxg5 22. Nc3 Qd7 23. h3 Rab8 24. Qc1 Rb4 25. Rd1 Rfb8 26. Qxg5 Rxb2 27. Rac1 a3
28. Bg4 Bxg4 29. hxg4 a2 30. Nd5 Nxe4 31. Qh4 Qd8 32. Ne7+ Kf8 33. g5 Kxe7 34.
Qxe4 Rb1 35. g6 a1=Q 36. Qh4+ f6 37. Qc4 d5 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 19th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.03.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Wagner, Dennis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2018.03.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 c5 6. c3 d6 7. O-O b6 8. a4
Nbd7 9. h3 a6 10. Bh2 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Ra7 12. Qb1 Qa8 13. Bd3 cxd4 14. cxd4 Nd5
15. Rc1 Nb4 16. Bf1 Nf6 17. Ra3 Bd5 18. Bc4 Bc6 19. Bf1 Bd5 20. Rcc3 Ne4 21.
Nxe4 Bxe4 22. Qd1 Bc6 23. Ne1 a5 24. Nd3 b5 25. Rxc6 Qxc6 26. Nxb4 axb4 27.
axb5 Qc7 28. Ra6 Rxa6 29. bxa6 Qa5 30. Qc2 Qa1 31. g4 Bf6 32. Bf4 g5 33. Bg3
Kg7 34. Kg2 Qa5 35. Qe4 d5 36. Qf3 Ra8 37. Bd3 e6 38. Bd6 b3 39. Qe2 Qd8 40.
Bb4 Be7 41. Bc3 Bf6 42. Qd1 Qb6 43. Qa1 h6 44. Qa3 Rb8 45. Ba5 Qa7 46. Bb4 Bd8
47. Bf8+ Kg8 48. Bd6 Bc7 49. Qc5 Bb6 50. Qc6 Rd8 51. Be5 Ba5 52. Bf6 Rb8 53. h4
Qc7 54. Qa4 Ra8 55. hxg5 hxg5 56. Qa1 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 19th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.03.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Romanov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2018.03.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. e4 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. Nf3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Nc6 9. Be2 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Bd7 11. O-O Bc6 12. Bf3 a5 13. Qd2 Nd7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7
15. b3 Qb6 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 Qb4 18. Qb2+ Kg8 19. a3 Qb6 20. Rfe1 Ne5 21.
Be2 Rfc8 22. Rac1 Rc7 23. Bf1 Re8 24. Re3 e6 25. dxe6 Rxe6 26. b4 axb4 27. axb4
Rce7 28. c5 dxc5 29. Rxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 19th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.03.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Alekseenko, Kirill"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2018.03.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. Be3 Bh5 11. Nbd2 exd4 12. cxd4 Nb4 13. d5 Nd3 14. Rf1 Ng4 15.
Bd4 Nge5 16. Bc2 Bf6 17. Kh1 Nf4 18. Bxe5 Bxe5 19. g3 Qf6 20. gxf4 Bxf4 21. Qe1
Rae8 22. Rg1 Qxb2 23. Bb3 f5 24. e5 dxe5 25. Rg5 Bxf3+ 26. Nxf3 e4 27. d6+ Kh8
28. d7 Rd8 29. Rd1 Qf6 30. Rh5 exf3 31. Rh3 Bd6 32. Be6 Qg6 33. Rxf3 Qh5 34.
Kg2 Rf6 35. Rxd6 cxd6 36. Qa5 Rff8 37. Qc3 Qg5+ 38. Kf1 Qf6 39. Qb3 Qe5 40. h3
f4 41. h4 d5 42. Bg4 h5 43. Bh3 Rf7 44. Qa3 Qe4 45. Kg2 Rf6 46. Kh2 b4 47. Qb3
Rd6 48. a3 a5 49. axb4 axb4 50. Qd1 R8xd7 51. Bxd7 Rxd7 52. Rd3 Qe5 53. Qf3 Rd6
54. Rb3 Rb6 55. Rd3 d4 56. Kg2 Qf5 57. Rxd4 Qg4+ 58. Qxg4 hxg4 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 19th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.03.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shevchenko, Kirill"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2018.03.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. e3 Bd6 5. b3 f5 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O Qe7 8. Bb2 b6
9. Qc1 Bb7 10. Ba3 Nbd7 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Qa3 Qxa3 13. Nxa3 Ke7 14. Rac1 Rac8
15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. Nc4 c5 17. Rfd1 Rhd8 18. Kf1 N7f6 19. dxc5 Rxc5 20. Nce5 Rdc8
21. Rxc5 Rxc5 22. Nd3 Rc2 23. Rd2 Rxd2 24. Nxd2 Nc3 25. Nc1 e5 26. a3 Kd6 27.
Bd3 g6 28. Ne2 Nfd5 29. g3 Bc6 30. Nxc3 Nxc3 31. Ke1 Bd5 32. b4 Kc6 33. Nb1
Nxb1 34. Bxb1 Kb5 35. Bc2 Kc4 36. Kd2 Bf3 37. h4 e4 38. Ba4 b5 39. Bc2 a6 40.
Bb1 Kb3 41. Bc2+ Kxa3 42. Kc3 Be2 43. Bb3 a5 44. bxa5 b4+ 45. Kd2 Bb5 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 19th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.03.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Martinovic, Sasa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2018.03.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nh6 8. Bd3
Nf5 9. Bxf5 exf5 10. Nc3 Be6 11. h4 h6 12. Kf1 Be7 13. Kg1 O-O-O 14. Na4 Qb5
15. Nc3 Qb6 16. b3 Kb8 17. Ne2 Rd7 18. Rh3 Rc8 19. Rg3 Bf8 20. a4 Rdc7 21. Ba3
Bxa3 22. Rxa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 19th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.03.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mchedlishvili, Mikheil"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.03.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Bd3 f5 6. b3 Nf6 7. O-O Qe7 8. Bb2
Nbd7 9. Nc3 Ne4 10. Ne2 Qf6 11. Rc1 g5 12. Bb1 Rg8 13. Rc2 Rg6 14. Ne1 Rh6 15.
g3 Qg6 16. Nc3 Ndf6 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Nd3 g4 19. Nf4 Bxf4 20. exf4 Bd7 21. f3
gxf3 22. Qxf3 Rh3 23. Rg2 Nf6 24. Bd3 Kf7 25. cxd5 exd5 26. Re1 Ng4 27. Ba3 Re8
28. Rxe8 Bxe8 29. Qe2 Qf6 30. Bxf5 Qxf5 31. Qe7+ Kg6 32. Qxe8+ Kg7 33. Bf8+ Kf6
34. Be7+ Kg7 35. Bf8+ Kf6 36. Re2 Nxh2 37. Kg2 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 19th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.03.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Pijpers, Arthur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2453"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.03.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. b3 Bd6 6. Bb2 O-O 7. Qc2 e5 8. cxd5
cxd5 9. Nb5 Nc6 10. Nxd6 Qxd6 11. d4 e4 12. Ne5 Nb4 13. Qd2 Ne8 14. h3 f6 15.
Ng4 h5 16. Nh2 f5 17. Bc3 Nc6 18. Be2 Nf6 19. O-O g5 20. b4 Rf7 21. b5 Ne7 22.
Bb4 Qe6 23. f4 exf3 24. Nxf3 Ne4 25. Qe1 Rg7 26. Bd3 Bd7 27. h4 g4 28. Ne5 Ng6
29. Nxg6 Qxg6 30. Rc1 g3 31. Rf4 Re8 32. Rc7 Nf2 33. Bc2 Qb6 34. Qc3 Ng4 35.
Bxf5 Rxe3 36. Rc8+ Be8 37. Qxe3 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 19th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.03.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanisevic, Ivan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2018.03.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bg4 5. Ne5 Bf5 6. Nc3 e6 7. Qb3 Nbd7 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Qxb7 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Bb4 11. Qxc6+ Kf8 12. Bd2 Rc8 13. Qa4 a5 14. Bg2
Nxc3 15. bxc3 Rxc3 16. Qd1 Bc2 17. Qc1 Rc4 18. Bxb4+ axb4 19. Qb2 Ke7 20. O-O
Qa5 21. Rfc1 Rhc8 22. e3 Rc3 23. Bf3 Qc5 24. Re1 h6 25. Bd1 Be4 26. Ba4 Ra8 27.
Bb3 Qxe5 28. Rac1 Rac8 29. Qd2 Qc5 30. Rcd1 Bd3 31. e4 Bb5 32. Qd4 Qxd4 33.
Rxd4 Rc1 34. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 35. Kg2 Bf1+ 36. Kf3 Rc3+ 37. Kg4 Be2+ 38. Kh3 g5 39.
Rxb4 h5 40. Kg2 Bf3+ 41. Kh3 Rc1 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 19th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.03.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Paravyan, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2018.03.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. h3 a6 5. e3 d5 6. d4 exd4 7. exd4 Bb4 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. O-O Bf5 11. a3 Bd6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 g5 14. Bg3 Ne4 15.
Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Qe7 18. Qe1 Bf5 19. Qc3 Rad8 20. b4 Be6 21.
Bxa6 Nd4 22. Rad1 Qd7 23. Bd3 Bb3 24. Rd2 Ba4 25. Re1 Bc6 26. Red1 Qd5 27. f3
Qe6 28. Bc4 Nb5 29. Qb3 Rxd2 30. Bxe6 Rxd1+ 31. Qxd1 fxe6 32. a4 Na7 33. Qc2
Kg7 34. b5 Bd5 35. Qxc7+ Kg6 36. Bf2 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 19th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.03.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2018.03.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. Ng5 Rf8 11. Nf3 Bb7 12. d4 Re8 13. Ng5 Rf8 14. Nf3 Nd7 15. a4
Bf6 16. axb5 axb5 17. Rxa8 Qxa8 18. d5 Ne7 19. Na3 Ba6 20. Ba2 g6 21. Nc2 Bg7
22. Nb4 Bc8 23. Qe2 Qb7 24. Bg5 Nf6 25. Ra1 Re8 26. Bb1 Bd7 27. Bd3 Nexd5 28.
exd5 e4 29. Bc2 exf3 30. Qxf3 Nh5 31. g4 h6 32. gxh5 hxg5 33. hxg6 fxg6 34.
Bxg6 Rf8 35. Qh5 Rf6 36. Re1 Qa7 37. Nd3 c5 38. Re7 Kf8 39. Rxg7 1-0

[Event "CRO Cup"]
[Site "Mali Losinj"]
[Date "2018.05.17"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "Livaic, Leon"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2018.05.16"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.06.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.06.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Zagreb Mladost"]
[BlackTeam "Zagreb CC"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Bb4 7. e3 c5 8.
dxc5 Qa5 9. Bxf6 Nxf6 10. Qd4 Be6 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. a3 Bxc5 13. Qd2 Bxa3 14. Bb5+
Kd8 15. O-O Bb4 16. Be2 Ke7 17. Qd4 a6 18. Qh4 h6 19. Rfd1 Rhd8 20. Nd4 Kf8 21.
g4 Kg8 22. g5 hxg5 23. Qxg5 Bxc3 24. bxc3 Ne4 25. Qh4 Rd6 26. f3 Nxc3 27. Bd3
Nxd1 28. Nxe6 1-0

[Event "CRO Cup"]
[Site "Mali Losinj"]
[Date "2018.05.17"]
[Round "3.11"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Jovanovic, Zoran2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.05.16"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.06.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.06.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Zagreb CC"]
[BlackTeam "Sesvete Sljeme"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]

1. e4 d6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nge2 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bc4 Bd7 7. f3 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 g6 9. Bg5 Bg7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Bb3 Qa5 12. Nd5 Nh5 13. Qe3 f6 14. Bh6 Qc5
15. g4 g5 16. Bxg5 h6 17. Qxc5 dxc5 18. Be3 c4 19. gxh5 cxb3 20. axb3 b6 21.
Rhg1 Bf8 22. Nf4 Bc6 23. Ne6 Bd7 24. Nf4 Bc6 25. Rd3 Kf7 26. Rgd1 Bg7 27. R1d2
Rhe8 28. b4 f5 29. exf5 Bxf3 30. Ne6 Be4 31. Nxg7 Kxg7 32. Rd7 Bxf5 33. Rxa7
Rc4 34. Bd4+ Kf7 35. c3 Rec8 36. Rf2 Ke6 37. Re2+ Kd6 38. Bxb6 e6 39. Bc5+ Kc6
40. Rd2 Rf4 41. Rd6+ Kb5 42. b3 1-0

[Event "CRO Cup"]
[Site "Mali Losinj"]
[Date "2018.05.18"]
[Round "4.21"]
[White "Fercec, Nenad"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2018.05.16"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.06.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.06.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Pula"]
[BlackTeam "Zagreb CC"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 Bc5 6. O-O b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 h6
9. Be3 Bxe3 10. fxe3 Na5 11. Bc2 c5 12. Nbd2 O-O 13. Qe2 g6 14. h3 Kg7 15. Rf2
Be6 16. a3 Rc8 17. Raf1 Nd7 18. Nh2 Qe7 19. Kh1 Nc6 20. Ng4 f6 21. Qf3 h5 22.
Nh2 Rh8 23. Qd1 Nd8 24. Ndf3 Nf7 25. Nh4 Ng5 26. Qe1 Rcf8 27. Rd2 Rhg8 28. Qg3
Kh6 29. d4 Nb6 30. d5 Bd7 31. Rdf2 Na4 32. Bb1 c4 33. N4f3 Nc5 34. Nd2 Rf7 35.
Nhf3 Rgf8 36. h4 Nh7 37. Nh2 Na4 38. Ndf3 Kg7 39. Rd2 Rb8 40. Qe1 a5 41. Rdf2
Rff8 42. Rg1 Rh8 43. g4 hxg4 44. Nxg4 Ng5 45. Nxg5 Rxh4+ 46. Nh2 fxg5 47. Rgf1
Rbh8 0-1

[Event "CRO Cup"]
[Site "Mali Losinj"]
[Date "2018.05.19"]
[Round "5.11"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Saric, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2018.05.16"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.06.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.06.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Zagreb CC"]
[BlackTeam "Rijeka Liburnija"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Ndb5 Ne5 8.
Bg2 a6 9. Qa4 Rb8 10. Be3 Bc5 11. Bxc5 Qxc5 12. Qa3 b6 13. Nd6+ Ke7 14. Qxc5
bxc5 15. Nxc8+ Rhxc8 16. b3 d5 17. cxd5 c4 18. b4 exd5 19. Bxd5 Rd8 20. O-O-O
Neg4 21. Bf3 Nxf2 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Rf1 N2g4 24. Bxg4 Nxg4 25. h3 Ne5 26. a3
Nc6 27. Rf4 Ne5 28. Kc2 f6 29. Na4 g5 30. Re4 Ke6 31. Nc5+ Kd5 32. Kc3 Kc6 33.
Rd4 Rxd4 34. Kxd4 Kb5 35. Ne4 Ka4 36. Nxf6 Kxa3 37. Nd5 g4 38. hxg4 Nxg4 39.
Kxc4 Nf2 40. Nf6 Nd1 41. Nd5 h5 42. e4 Nf2 43. Nf6 Nd1 44. e5 Nb2+ 45. Kd4 Kxb4
46. e6 Nc4 47. e7 1-0

[Event "Jerusalem Japhet Memorial Cup 4th"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2018.07.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2018.07.02"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Nc3 d5 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 Be6 7. Qd3 Na6 8. a3
Bg7 9. Bg2 O-O 10. Nf3 c5 11. O-O Nd5 12. Rd1 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Rc8 14. Bf4 cxd4
15. cxd4 Bc4 16. Qd2 Bd5 17. Rac1 e6 18. Qd3 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Bxd4
21. Qxb7 g5 22. Qxa6 gxf4 23. gxf4 Qb6 24. Qxb6 Bxb6 25. e3 Rd8 26. Be4 Rd2 27.
f5 exf5 28. Bxf5 Kg7 29. Rc4 h6 30. a4 Rd5 31. Bh3 Rc5 32. Rb4 Bc7 33. Bg4 a5
34. Rb7 Bd6 35. h3 Rc7 36. Rb6 Bc5 37. Rb1 Bb4 38. Kg2 Rc2 39. Bd1 Rd2 40. Bb3
f5 41. Rc1 Rb2 42. Bd5 Bd2 43. Rc7+ Kf6 44. Rc6+ Kg7 45. Kf1 f4 46. exf4 Bxf4
47. Rc5 Bd2 48. Be4 Rb4 49. Bc2 Rf4 50. Re5 Bc3 51. Re7+ Kf6 52. Re2 Rd4 53.
Re3 Bd2 54. Rf3+ Rf4 55. Rd3 Bb4 56. Rd5 Rc4 57. Bd3 Rf4 58. Ke2 Rh4 59. Rf5+
Ke6 60. Rf3 Bc5 61. Bc2 Ke5 62. Rc3 Kd6 63. Bb3 Rf4 64. Rf3 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Jerusalem Japhet Memorial Cup 4th"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2018.07.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2018.07.02"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Ne7 10. Bb5+ Nc6 11. Qa4 Qc8 12. Nd2 a6 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. cxd3 Qd7
15. Rac1 Nxe5 16. Qd4 f6 17. Nb3 Bd6 18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. Rxc5 O-O 20. Bf4 Nc6 21.
Qa4 Rad8 22. Rfc1 Rf7 23. h3 h6 24. a3 Re7 25. b4 Nd4 26. Qd1 e5 27. Be3 Ne6
28. R5c2 d4 29. Bd2 Qa4 30. Qf3 Qxa3 31. Bxh6 Qxb4 32. Bd2 Qb5 33. h4 Qd5 34.
Qf5 Qd7 35. Qf3 Rf7 36. h5 Re8 37. Re1 Nd8 38. h6 g6 39. Rc5 Kh7 40. Rd5 Qf5
41. Qxf5 gxf5 42. Rxd4 Ne6 43. Rd6 Rfe7 44. Bb4 Rf7 45. d4 e4 46. Bd2 Nc7 47.
Rb1 Nb5 48. Rd5 f4 49. Rb3 e3 50. fxe3 Kxh6 51. exf4 Re2 52. Rh3+ Kg7 53. Rg3+
Kh6 54. Rd8 Kh7 55. f5 1-0

[Event "Jerusalem Japhet Memorial Cup 4th"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2018.07.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Muzychuk, Anna"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2018.07.02"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 Bc5 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Nbd2 Bd6 8.
Nc4 Qe7 9. Qe2 Nd7 10. g4 Nf8 11. Rg1 Ng6 12. Bg5 f6 13. Be3 Be6 14. h4 Bxc4
15. dxc4 O-O-O 16. h5 Nf4 17. Bxf4 exf4 18. O-O-O Rhe8 19. Rge1 Be5 20. c3 Qc5
21. Nd2 Qe7 22. f3 a5 23. a4 Bxc3 24. bxc3 Qa3+ 25. Kc2 Qa2+ 26. Kc1 Qa3+ 27.
Kc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Jerusalem Japhet Memorial Cup 4th"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2018.07.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Muzychuk, Anna"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2018.07.02"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Nxe5 Bxc3
8. dxc3 Nxe4 9. Bf4 Nc5 10. Nd3 Ne6 11. Bg3 b6 12. Nf4 Nxf4 13. Bxf4 Bf5 14.
Re1 c5 15. Qf3 Bxc2 16. Rac1 Re8 17. h3 Bf5 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. Bxc7 Rc8 20.
Qxf5 Rxc7 21. Rd1 Re7 22. Qd5 g6 23. Qd8 Kf8 24. Qxe8+ Kxe8 25. Kf1 Rd7 26.
Rxd7 Kxd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Jerusalem Japhet Memorial Cup 4th"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2018.07.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Meier, Georg"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2018.07.02"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. c4 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. O-O Nf6 7. d3 Bc5 8. Qb3
Bb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Na4 Re8 11. Re1 Ba5 12. Qxb7 Bxe1 13. Qxa8 Bxf2+ 14. Kxf2
Qd7 15. Nd4 Bh3 16. Bf4 1-0

[Event "Jerusalem Japhet Memorial Cup 4th"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2018.07.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D54"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2018.07.02"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 e6 4. c4 Be7 5. Nc3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Rc1 c5 8. dxc5
dxc4 9. Qc2 Qa5 10. Bxc4 Qxc5 11. Qe2 a6 12. Bd3 b5 13. a3 Bb7 14. Nf3 Qh5 15.
Bg3 Nbd7 16. O-O Nc5 17. Bc2 Rac8 18. Rfd1 Rfd8 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Nd4 Qxe2 21.
Ncxe2 Rc8 22. f3 Nd5 23. e4 Ne3 24. Bf2 Nxc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Jerusalem Japhet Memorial Cup 4th"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2018.07.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2018.07.02"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c3 e5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 e4 7. Ne5 d5 8. Nxc6
bxc6 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. O-O Ne7 11. Na4 Nf5 12. e3 h5 13. Qc2 Bd7 14. Bd2 h4 15.
Rfc1 hxg3 16. hxg3 Kf8 17. Nc5 Be8 18. Qb3 Kg8 19. Rc2 Bf8 20. Rac1 Qg5 21. Qb7
Rd8 22. Ba5 Nxg3 23. Bxd8 Qxd8 24. fxg3 Qg5 25. Qb8 Qxe3+ 26. Kf1 Rh5 27. g4
Rg5 28. Rc3 Qxd4 29. Qxe8 Rxg4 30. Nd7 Rf4+ 31. Bf3 e3 32. Rxe3 Kh7 33. Nxf8+
Kg7 34. Qe7 Kg8 35. Rxc6 Qd1+ 36. Kg2 Qd2+ 37. Re2 Qd3 38. Rc3 Qd4 39. Nxg6
fxg6 40. Rc8+ 1-0

[Event "Jerusalem Japhet Memorial Cup 4th"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2018.07.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2018.07.02"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O
Be7 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 h6 11. Rad1 Qc7 12. Qe2 Rad8 13. Rfe1 Rfe8 14. Bb1 Bf8
15. Ne5 dxc4 16. Nxd7 Rxd7 17. bxc4 c5 18. d5 exd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. cxd5 Bd6
21. g3 c4 22. Qc2 g6 23. Rd4 Rc8 24. Bc3 b5 25. Qb2 b4 26. Bxb4 c3 27. Bxd6
cxb2 28. Bxc7 Rdxc7 29. Rb4 Rc1 0-1

[Event "Jerusalem Japhet Memorial Cup 4th"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2018.07.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D73"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2018.07.02"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Bg2 c6 5. d4 d5 6. Qb3 a5 7. cxd5 a4 8. Qd1
cxd5 9. Nc3 Bd7 10. Ne5 e6 11. O-O O-O 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. e3 Ne8 14. e4 dxe4 15.
Nxe4 Qxd4 16. Be3 Qxb2 17. Rb1 Qxa2 18. Bc5 Nc6 19. Bxf8 Rd8 20. Bd6 Nxd6 21.
Nxd6 Nd4 22. Nxb7 Ne2+ 23. Qxe2 Qxe2 24. Nxd8 Bb2 25. Rfe1 Qc2 26. Be4 Qb3 27.
Re3 Qc4 28. Rd1 a3 29. Bb1 Qa4 30. Rdd3 Bf6 31. Nxe6 fxe6 32. Ba2 Bd4 33. Rf3
Bc5 34. Bxe6+ Kg7 35. Rf7+ Kh6 36. Rdd7 a2 37. Rxh7+ Kg5 38. Bxa2 Qxa2 39. Rdf7
Qd5 40. h4+ Kg4 41. Kh2 Qd2 42. Rf4+ Qxf4 43. gxf4 Bxf2 44. f5 gxf5 45. h5 Be3
46. Kg2 Bf4 47. Rh8 Be5 48. Rf8 Bf4 49. Rh8 Be5 50. Rh7 Bf4 51. Kf2 Kg5 52. Kf3
Bh2 53. Ke3 Be5 54. Kd3 Ba1 55. Kc4 f4 56. Kd3 f3 57. Ke3 Kg4 58. h6 Bf6 59.
Rg7+ Kh5 60. Kxf3 Kxh6 61. Rf7 Kg6 62. Rxf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Jerusalem Japhet Memorial Cup 4th"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2018.07.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2018.07.02"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. Be2
b5 9. Qb3 c5 10. dxc5 Nbd7 11. e5 Nxc5 12. Qb4 Nfd7 13. Be3 a5 14. Qh4 e6 15.
Qxd8 Rxd8 16. Nxb5 Bb7 17. Rc1 Ne4 18. Bd4 g5 19. h3 h5 20. Rc7 Bd5 21. Bc4
Bxc4 22. Rxc4 Rac8 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. O-O g4 25. hxg4 hxg4 26. Re1 Nec5 27. Nd2
Nd3 28. Rd1 N7xe5 29. Ne4 Rc2 30. Kf1 Nxb2 31. Na3 Nxd1 32. Nxc2 Nc6 33. Nf6+
Bxf6 34. Bxf6 e5 35. Na3 Nb2 36. Ke2 Kh7 37. Kd2 Kg6 38. Bh4 Na4 39. Nc4 f6 40.
f3 gxf3 41. gxf3 Nd4 42. Bg3 Nxf3+ 43. Ke3 Nd4 44. Ke4 Nc3+ 45. Kd3 Nxa2 46.
Bxe5 Nc6 47. Bxf6 Kxf6 48. Nxa5 Nxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-43"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.09.24"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Kayonde, Andrew"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2393"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Zambia"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ZAM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. g4 Be6 8. Bd3
Nd7 9. h3 h5 10. gxh5 Ndf6 11. Be2 Nh6 12. a3 Nf5 13. Bg4 Nd6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15.
h6 gxh6 16. Nf3 Nf5 17. Qb3 Qb6 18. Qxb6 axb6 19. Ke2 Nd7 20. Rhg1 Kf7 21. Rg4
h5 22. Ng5+ Bxg5 23. Rxg5 Rag8 24. Rag1 Rxg5 25. Rxg5 Rg8 26. Rxh5 Nf6 27. Rg5
Rh8 28. Be5 Rxh3 29. Bxf6 Kxf6 30. Rg8 Rh1 31. Na4 Rb1 32. b4 Ra1 33. Nxb6 Ra2+
34. Kf3 Rxa3 35. Rb8 Nxd4+ 36. Kg4 Nb5 37. Rxb7 Ra7 38. Nd7+ Ke7 39. Rxa7 Nxa7
40. Nc5 Nb5 41. Kf4 Na3 42. Nd3 Kd6 43. e4 dxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-43"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.09.26"]
[Round "3.12"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Lupulescu, Constantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Romania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ROU"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 Be7 6. Nbd2 c5 7. h3 Bh5 8. g4
Bg6 9. Ne5 Nbd7 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. e4 dxe4 12. dxe4 Ne5 13. Qe2 g5 14. Nc4 Nfd7
15. f4 Nxc4 16. Qxc4 O-O 17. e5 Nb6 18. Qe2 gxf4 19. Rd1 Qc7 20. Bxf4 c4 21. c3
Rad8 22. Kh1 Nd5 23. Bg3 b5 24. Be4 Bc5 25. Qf3 Ne7 26. h4 Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1 Rd8
28. h5 Rxd1+ 29. Qxd1 f5 30. gxf5 Nxf5 31. Qf3 Nxg3+ 32. Qxg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-43"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.09.27"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Mareco, Sandro"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Argentina"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. h4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 h6 7. e4 Bg7 8.
d4 c5 9. Rb1 O-O 10. Be2 b6 11. Be3 Bb7 12. d5 e6 13. c4 Re8 14. O-O exd5 15.
exd5 Nd7 16. Bf4 Bc8 17. d6 Bb7 18. Re1 Bc3 19. Bd2 Qf6 20. Rb3 Bxd2 21. Qxd2
Kg7 22. h5 Re6 23. hxg6 fxg6 24. Rd1 Rae8 25. Bf1 Bc6 26. Ra3 a5 27. Nh2 h5 28.
Nf3 Re4 29. Qc3 Rf4 30. Qxf6+ Kxf6 31. Nh2 Re6 32. Nf3 g5 33. Re3 Rxe3 34. fxe3
Bxf3 35. gxf3 Rxf3 36. Be2 Rxe3 37. Bxh5 Re4 38. Rb1 Rxc4 39. Be8 Ke6 40. Bxd7+
Kxd7 41. Rxb6 Ra4 42. Kf2 Rxa2+ 43. Ke3 Ra4 44. Kd3 Rd4+ 45. Kc3 Rb4 46. Ra6 a4
0-1

[Event "Olympiad-43"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.09.28"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Spain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 b6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. b3
Re8 9. Ba3 Bg4 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. Nc3 c6 12. Rc1 Nbd7 13. Be2 Rac8 14. Qc2 Ne4
15. Nd2 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 Bxe2 17. Qxe2 Nf6 18. Rc2 Rc7 19. Rfc1 Ree7 20. Qf3 Ne8
21. Ne2 Rc8 22. Qf4 Qg6 23. h3 h6 24. Qg4 Qxg4 25. hxg4 Rec7 26. Nf4 Kf8 27.
Nd3 Ke7 28. Nb4 Kd6 29. Na6 Rb7 30. b4 b5 31. Nc5 Rb6 32. Nd3 f6 33. Rc3 Kd7
34. Nc5+ Ke7 35. Ra1 Ra8 36. Nb3 Nd6 37. a4 Nc4 38. Rc2 Kf7 39. Rca2 Kg6 40.
axb5 Rxb5 41. Rxa7 Rxa7 42. Rxa7 Rxb4 43. Nc5 Nd6 44. Rc7 Rb6 45. Ne6 Ne8 46.
Re7 Rb8 47. f4 f5 48. g5 hxg5 49. fxg5 Nd6 50. Rxg7+ Kh5 51. Rh7+ Kg4 52. g6 f4
53. g7 Nf5 54. exf4 Re8 55. Kf2 Ra8 56. Rh3 Ra2+ 57. Kg1 Ra8 58. Kh2 Re8 59.
Rc3 Rg8 60. Ra3 Re8 61. Ra6 Nxg7 62. Nxg7 Re7 63. Ra3 Kxf4 64. Rf3+ Kg4 65. Nf5
Re4 66. Ne3+ Kg5 67. Nc2 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-43"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.09.30"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Ganguly, Surya Sekhar "]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Poland"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 {One can never predict which opening Ivanchuk might play
since he is capable of playing A00 to E99 with either colour. Today he was in
mood for a Grünfeld setup.} 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. Nf3 g6 5. Qb3 Nb6 6. d4 Bg7 7. Bf4
Be6 8. Qa3 {A very popular anti Grünfeld system} O-O (8... c5 $5 {I came up
with this novelty back in 2009 and since then many games have been played.
However, both 8...0-0 and 8...Nc6 are more popular.}) 9. e3 N8d7 10. Rd1 {
Ivanchuk himself had this position as White against MVL back in the 2010
Olympiad where MVL opted for 10...a5} c6 11. Ng5 Bf5 $146 {A number of top
games reached this position and everyone earlier opted either for Bc4 or Bd5.
Grischuk, Svidler and Sutovsky all seemed to prefer Bd5 here.} 12. e4 Bg4 {
Ivanchuk was playing very fast indicating this line had been checked properly.}
(12... e5 13. dxe5 Bg4 {is another direction}) 13. Be2 {Only here did Ivanchuk
finally start to think} (13. f3 e5 $1 {is the whole point of this bishop dance.
} 14. dxe5 h6 $132) 13... Bxe2 14. Nxe2 Qe8 $2 {Somehow this move doesn't fit
in with the spirit of the position} (14... Nc4 $5 {is more to the point} 15.
Qh3 (15. Qb4 e5) 15... h6 $1 16. Ne6 {does look scary and perhaps bothered
Ivanchuk but Black is active enough to counter-attack immediately.} Qa5+ 17.
Kf1 fxe6 18. Qxe6+ Kh7 19. Qxc4 e5 $132) 15. Qh3 $1 (15. e5 $5) 15... h6 16.
Nf3 h5 (16... g5 17. Bxg5 hxg5 18. Nxg5 Nf6 19. Ng3 {Kills}) 17. e5 {White now
gets more space and Black lacks an immediate counter.} Nd5 18. g4 $1 {The
computer doesn't like this due to Black's brilliant piece sacrifice but in a
practical game this is clearly the best move.} Qc8 $6 (18... N7f6 $3 {
Brilliant resource! It is not obvious why this sac should work. As a matter of
fact Black still remains worse but definitely much better than the game
continuation.} 19. exf6 Nxf4 (19... exf6 $5 20. Be3 (20. Kf1 Qxe2+) 20... Nxe3
21. fxe3 hxg4 22. Qxg4 Qxe3 23. Kf1 {White keeps the advantage}) 20. Nxf4 exf6+
21. Kf1 (21. Ne2 Qe4 $1 22. gxh5 Rae8 23. O-O Qxe2 $132) 21... Qe4 $1 {thanks
to this move Black now gets back the piece.} 22. Nxh5 (22. Qg3 h4 $1) 22...
gxh5 23. Rg1 Rfe8 24. gxh5 Kh8 {White is better but not winning outright.}) 19.
Qh4 $1 {Very precise. White simply gets away from the pin and avoids any queen
exchanging ideas and also renews the threat of gh5} (19. gxh5 Nxe5 {was the
little trap.}) 19... Rd8 (19... N7f6 {would have been more resilient but White
has an ice cool reply here....} 20. h3 (20. exf6 exf6 21. gxh5 g5 22. Bxg5 fxg5
23. Qxg5 {also looked great}) 20... Re8 21. Rg1 {No rush! Black is completely
paralysed and White can slowly make some more useful moves before taking the
piece and opening up the kingside.}) 20. gxh5 Nf8 21. hxg6 {The human way to
continue the attack.} (21. h6 $1 {Often engines overestimate the pawn on h6
but in this particular case it is correct.} Bh8 22. Bd2 {would have been
crushing} Qf5 23. Ng5 Nh7 24. Ng3 Qc8 25. Nf3 {Black is completely stuck and
White can slowly win the game.}) 21... Nxg6 22. Qg3 Qf5 23. Bc1 Kf8 (23... c5
24. Rg1 (24. h4 cxd4 25. h5 d3 $19) 24... cxd4 25. Nexd4 Qe4+ 26. Kf1 $16) 24.
h4 Qh5 25. Qg2 (25. Rg1 $1 Ke8 (25... e6 26. Ng5 $18) 26. Qg4 {[%csl Rg6,Rg7]
Surprising, but wins on the spot!}) 25... Ke8 26. Ng5 Bh6 (26... Qxe2+ 27. Kxe2
Ngf4+ 28. Kf3 Nxg2 29. Kxg2 $18 {Black is still stuck with his horrible
dark-squared bishop and now White even has a strong passed pawn.}) 27. Qf3 {
Pretty much everything wins here. This move keeps things under control but
reduces the advantage to a certain extent.} (27. e6 $1 {would have been more
brutal.} fxe6 (27... Qxe2+ 28. Kxe2 Ndf4+ 29. Bxf4 Nxf4+ 30. Kf3 Nxg2 31. exf7+
$18) (27... f6 28. Ng3 Ngf4 29. Nxh5 Nxg2+ 30. Kf1 $18) 28. Ng3 Ngf4 (28... Qg4
29. f3 $18) 29. Nxh5 Nxg2+ 30. Kf1 $18) 27... Qxf3 28. Nxf3 Bxc1 29. Rxc1 f6
30. Kd2 Kf7 31. Rcg1 (31. h5 Ngf4 32. Nxf4 Nxf4 33. h6 $18) 31... Rh8 {A
blunder in a depressing position} (31... Ngf4 32. Ng3 {Black is apawn down
with no compensation nevertheless White will have to show precise technique to
win the game here.}) 32. e6+ 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-43"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.10.01"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D63"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Rc1
c5 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. cxd5 g5 11. Bg3 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. Qxd5 exd5 14. Nd4
Bd7 15. Be2 Rac8 16. O-O Ne4 17. Rfd1 Nxg3 18. hxg3 Bf6 19. Bf3 Be6 20. Nxe6
fxe6 21. Bg4 Kf7 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Rxd5 Rc1+ 24. Rd1 Bxb2 25. Rxc1 Bxc1 26. Kf1
Ke7 27. Ke2 Kd6 28. Kd3 b5 29. Bh5 Bb2 30. Be8 a6 31. g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-43"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.10.03"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Djukic, Nikola"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Montenegro"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MNE"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. Bc4 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Be6 11. Bb3 Qa5 12. O-O-O b5 13. Kb1 b4 14. Nd5 Bxd5
15. exd5 Qb5 16. Qd3 Qxd3 17. Rxd3 Nd7 18. Re1 Ne5 19. Rdd1 g5 20. c3 bxc3 21.
Bxc3 Rfc8 22. Re4 f5 23. Rb4 Rab8 24. Rd2 Nc4 25. Rxc4 Rxc4 26. Bxg7 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-43"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.10.04"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2820"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Bf4 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Nxe4 Bxe4 8. e3
d6 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nd7 11. O-O-O c5 12. Kb1 Rc8 13. Rc1 cxd4 14. exd4 Nf6
15. Bg5 O-O 16. d5 e5 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. h4 Qd7 19. Ng5 g6 20. f3 Bxg5 21. hxg5
f6 22. gxf6 Rxf6 23. Rhe1 Rf4 24. Re4 Rxe4 25. Qxe4 Rf8 26. Re1 Rf4 27. Qc2 Kg7
28. Ka2 h5 29. Re4 Qf5 30. Qa4 Rxe4 31. fxe4 Qxe4 32. Qd7+ Kh6 33. Qxd6 Qxc4+
34. Ka1 Qc1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-43"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.10.05"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E51"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Czech Republic"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. e3 O-O 8. Bb2
Nc6 9. Rc1 Qe7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. c4 Bg4 12. Be2 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Bxe2 14. Nxc6
bxc6 15. Qxe2 Rfd8 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Rc2 Rac8 18. O-O Rxc2 19. Qxc2 Ne4 20. Rd1
h6 21. h3 a6 22. Qe2 Qe6 23. Qg4 Qxg4 24. hxg4 Rb8 25. Be5 Rb3 26. f3 Nc3 27.
Bxc3 Rxc3 28. a4 Rc4 29. Rxd5 Rxa4 30. g5 hxg5 31. Rxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zagreb Peace"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.11.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Jovanovic, Zoran2"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2018.11.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Bd7 9. c3 O-O 10. d4 h6 11. Nbd2 Re8 12. Nf1 Bf8 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Ne3 Na5 15.
Bc2 c5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Nd5 Bc6 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. Nd2 c4 20. b4 cxb3 21. Nxb3
Red8 22. Qf3 Qxf3 23. gxf3 Nc4 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Bd3 Bd7 26. f4 Rc8 27. f5 b4
28. cxb4 Bxb4 29. Re2 Ba4 30. Na1 Bd1 31. Ra2 Nd6 32. Nc2 Bf3 33. h4 Rc3 34.
Bd2 Rxd3 35. Bxb4 Nxe4 36. Ne1 Rb3 37. Nxf3 Rxf3 38. Re2 Rf4 39. Kg2 Nxf2 40.
Rxe5 Rxb4 41. Kxf2 Rxh4 42. Re8+ Kh7 43. Kg3 Ra4 44. Re7 f6 45. Rb7 h5 46. Rc7
Kh6 47. Rb7 Rg4+ 48. Kf3 Rg1 0-1

[Event "Zagreb Peace"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.11.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Amin, Bassem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2018.11.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. c4 Nc6 7. Nc3 e5 8. d5
Nb8 9. e4 a5 10. Ne1 Na6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Be3 Ng4 13. Bd2 f5 14. Nd3 b6 15. f3
Nf6 16. Be3 Nc5 17. Nxc5 bxc5 18. Qd2 g5 19. exf5 Bxf5 20. b3 Qd7 21. Rf2 e4
22. Raf1 exf3 23. Bxf3 Rae8 24. Nd1 a4 25. Qc1 axb3 26. axb3 Rb8 0-1

[Event "Zagreb Peace"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.11.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C40"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.11.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. d3 Nc6 3. e4 e5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. exf5 d5 6. d4 e4 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Bxe7
Ngxe7 9. Nh4 Bxf5 10. Qh5+ g6 11. Qh6 Qd6 12. Bb5 Rf8 13. Bxc6+ Nxc6 14. O-O-O
O-O-O 15. f3 exf3 16. Nxf3 Bg4 17. Rhf1 Bxf3 18. Qh3+ Qd7 19. Rxf3 Qxh3 20.
Rxh3 Rd7 21. Re3 b6 22. Re2 Rf5 23. Red2 Rdf7 24. Ne2 Rf2 25. Nc3 Ne7 26. Re1
Kd7 27. Nd1 Rf1 28. Rde2 Rxe1 29. Rxe1 Nf5 30. c3 Re7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zagreb Peace"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.11.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Saric, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2018.11.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. e3 Bf5 6. Nc3 e6 7. Bb5 Rc8 8. Nf3
Bb4 9. Qb3 Bxc3+ 10. Qxc3 a6 11. Be2 Nf6 12. Nd2 O-O 13. O-O a5 14. Rac1 Nb4
15. Qa3 b6 16. Rxc8 Qxc8 17. Bd6 Rd8 18. Bxb4 axb4 19. Qxb4 Qc7 20. Nb3 Rc8 21.
Ba6 Ra8 22. Rc1 Qa7 23. Bf1 Qxa2 24. Ra1 Qxa1 25. Nxa1 Rxa1 26. Qc3 g5 27. f3
h5 28. Kf2 Rb1 29. Be2 g4 30. Qb4 gxf3 31. gxf3 Rh1 32. Kg2 Rc1 33. Qxb6 h4 34.
b4 Rb1 35. Qc5 Rb2 36. Kf1 Rb1+ 37. Kf2 Rb2 38. Qc3 Rb1 39. b5 Kg7 40. Bf1 Ne8
41. e4 dxe4 42. d5+ Nf6 43. fxe4 Bxe4 44. dxe6 fxe6 45. Be2 Kg6 46. Qd4 Rb3 47.
Bc4 e5 48. Qd6 Rb2+ 49. Be2 Bf5 50. Qa3 Ne4+ 51. Ke3 Rb1 52. Qa2 Nf6 53. Qc4
Rb4 54. Qc6 Rb3+ 55. Kf2 Rb2 56. Ke1 Rb1+ 57. Bd1 e4 58. b6 Bg4 59. b7 Bxd1 60.
b8=Q Rxb8 61. Kxd1 Rb2 62. Qd6 Rg2 63. Ke1 h3 64. Qe5 Rg1+ 65. Ke2 Rg2+ 66. Ke1
Rg1+ 67. Ke2 Rg2+ 68. Ke1 Rg1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zagreb Peace"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.11.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A63"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2018.11.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. O-O a6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. Bf4 Qc7 12. e4 Re8 13. Nd2 Ne5 14. Bxe5 Rxe5 15.
Nc4 Re8 16. a5 Bd7 17. Qb3 Ng4 18. Qb6 Qxb6 19. axb6 Bf8 20. Rfd1 Ne5 21. Na5
Bg4 22. f4 Bxd1 23. Rxd1 Nd7 24. Nc4 Rad8 25. Bh3 Kg7 26. Kf2 Be7 27. Nb1 f5
28. exf5 Bf6 29. fxg6 Bd4+ 30. Kf3 Nf6 31. Be6 Rxe6 32. dxe6 d5 33. gxh7 dxc4
34. Na3 Rd6 35. Re1 Rxb6 36. Nxc4 Rb3+ 37. Kg2 Ne8 38. e7 b5 39. Ne5 Rxb2+ 40.
Kh3 Rb3 41. Kg4 c4 42. Rd1 Bxe5 43. fxe5 Re3 44. Rd8 Rxe5 45. Rxe8 Kxh7 46. h4
b4 47. Kf4 Re1 48. Rb8 b3 49. Rb7 Kg8 50. h5 Rxe7 51. Rxe7 c3 52. Kg5 b2 0-1

[Event "Zagreb Peace"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.11.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Palac, Mladen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2018.11.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 c5 7. e5 cxd4 8. Qa4+
Nc6 9. O-O-O Bd7 10. Ne4 Be7 11. exf6 gxf6 12. Bh4 O-O 13. Bxc4 Rc8 14. Kb1 e5
15. Rc1 f5 16. Nc5 Be8 17. Nxb7 Qd7 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Na5 e4 20. Bb5 exf3 21.
gxf3 1-0

[Event "Zagreb Peace"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.11.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Stevic, Hrvoje"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2018.11.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb5
Bd7 9. exd6 e6 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bd2 Bxd6 12. O-O O-O 13. Nc3 Nb4 14. Re1 Rc8 15.
Qb3 Re8 16. a3 N4d5 17. Ne4 Bxb5 18. Qxb5 Bf8 19. b3 Nc7 20. Qa5 Na6 21. Bb4
Nxb4 22. axb4 Nd5 23. Qxd8 Rexd8 24. Nc5 b6 25. Nxe6 Rd7 26. Nxf8 Kxf8 27. Ra4
b5 28. Ra5 Rb7 29. h4 Nxb4 30. h5 Kf7 31. Nd2 Rd8 32. Rea1 a6 33. Ne4 Rd5 34.
Nc5 Re7 35. Nxa6 Nc2 36. Rc1 Nxd4 37. Rc5 Ne2+ 38. Kh2 Rxc5 39. Nxc5 Re5 40.
Ra7+ Ke8 41. g4 Rxc5 42. Rxg7 Rg5 43. Rxh7 Rxg4 44. Kh3 Rg5 45. h6 Nf4+ 46. Kh4
Ng6+ 47. Kh3 Ne7 48. Rh8+ Kf7 49. Rb8 Nc6 50. Rb7+ Kg6 51. f4 Rh5+ 52. Kg4 Kxh6
53. Rb6 Rc5 54. b4 Rc4 55. Kf5 Ne7+ 56. Kg4 Rxf4+ 0-1

[Event "Zagreb Peace"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.11.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2018.11.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Kh1 b6 10. f3 Bb7 11. a4 Nc6 12. Bg5 Nb4 13. Nb1 a5 14. Na3 d5 15. c3
Na6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. exd5 Bxd5 18. Nc4 Be6 19. Bd3 Qc7 20. Qe2 Bg5 21. Ncd2
Bxd2 22. Nxd2 Nc5 23. Bc2 Rad8 24. Rad1 Bc8 25. Rfe1 Ba6 26. Qf2 Nd3 27. Bxd3
Bxd3 28. Nb3 Bc4 29. Qc2 f6 30. h3 Rd7 31. Rxd7 Qxd7 32. Nd2 Bf7 33. Nf1 Qe6
34. f4 Qb3 35. Qxb3 Bxb3 36. fxe5 fxe5 37. Kg1 Bxa4 38. Rxe5 Rd8 39. Re6 Bb3
40. Rxb6 a4 41. Kf2 Bc4 42. Nh2 Rd2+ 43. Kg3 Bb3 44. Nf3 Rxb2 45. Nd4 Rb1 46.
Nxb3 Rxb3 47. Rc6 a3 48. Kh2 Kf7 49. c4 a2 50. Ra6 Rb2 51. h4 Rc2 52. c5 Ke7
53. Ra7+ Ke6 54. c6 h5 55. c7 Rxc7 56. Rxa2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zagreb Peace"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.11.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2018.11.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 Qc7 8.
O-O Nf6 9. Qe2 d5 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Rfe1 Bb4 12. e5 Nd7 13. a3 Ba5 14. Rab1 c5
15. b4 Bb6 16. bxc5 Nxc5 17. Be3 Ba5 18. Bd4 O-O 19. Rec1 Nxd3 20. cxd3 Rfc8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Zagreb Peace"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.11.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2018.11.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1
dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. dxc5 Nd7 11. c6 bxc6 12. a3 Be7 13. Be2 Rb8 14. Qc2 c5 15.
O-O Bb7 16. Rfd1 Ne5 17. Nd2 Qh4 18. Nf3 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Nxf3+ 20. gxf3 Qh3 21.
Qe2 Bf6 22. Na4 Rfc8 23. Rc4 Be5 24. f4 Bxb2 25. Rxc5 Rxc5 26. Nxc5 Bxa3 27.
Ne4 a5 28. Ng3 Bb4 29. Rd7 Bf8 30. Qc2 h5 31. Rxf7 Kxf7 32. Qc7+ Be7 33. Qxb8
h4 34. Ne4 Qg4+ 35. Kf1 Qd1+ 36. Kg2 Qg4+ 37. Kf1 Qd1+ 38. Kg2 Qd5 39. f3 Qa2+
40. Kf1 Qc4+ 41. Kf2 Qc2+ 42. Kf1 Qd1+ 43. Kf2 Qc2+ 44. Kf1 Qd3+ 45. Kf2 Qc2+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Zagreb Peace"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2018.11.23"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Zelcic, Robert"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B62"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2018.11.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd3 Bd7 8.
Ndb5 Nb4 9. Qd1 a6 10. a3 Nxc2+ 11. Qxc2 axb5 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Bxb5 Qd8 14.
Bxd7+ Qxd7 15. O-O Be7 16. Rad1 O-O 17. Qb3 Rfc8 18. Rd3 Ra6 19. Rfd1 g6 20.
Nb5 Rc5 21. a4 Qc6 22. Rd4 Bf6 23. R4d2 Be5 24. Nxd6 Rb6 25. Qf3 Bxd6 26. Rxd6
Qxd6 27. Rxd6 Rxd6 28. h4 h5 29. b4 Rc4 30. Qf4 Rd8 31. Kh2 Rxb4 32. g4 Rdd4
33. Qb8+ Kg7 34. Qe5+ Kg8 35. Qb8+ Kg7 36. Qe5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sitges Sunway op-A 5th"]
[Site "Sitges"]
[Date "2018.12.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sreeshwan, Maralakshikari"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A67"]
[WhiteElo "2244"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2018.12.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. f4 Bg7 8. Bb5+
Nfd7 9. Nf3 a6 10. Bd3 b5 11. O-O O-O 12. Kh1 Re8 13. a3 c4 14. Bc2 Nc5 15. Nd4
Bg4 16. Qxg4 Bxd4 17. f5 Nbd7 18. fxg6 fxg6 19. e5 Bxe5 20. Bxg6 hxg6 21. Qxg6+
Bg7 22. Qf7+ Kh8 23. Qh5+ Kg8 24. Bg5 Qc8 25. Qf7+ Kh8 26. Rf4 1-0

[Event "Sitges Sunway op-A 5th"]
[Site "Sitges"]
[Date "2018.12.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Hoffmann, Max"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E76"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2110"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2018.12.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 Na6 7. Bd3 Bg4 8. O-O
Nd7 9. Be2 c5 10. d5 Nc7 11. Kh1 a6 12. a4 b6 13. Be3 Rb8 14. Qd2 Re8 15. Rad1
Nf8 16. f5 Bxf3 17. Rxf3 Nd7 18. Rdf1 Ne5 19. Rh3 b5 20. axb5 axb5 21. cxb5 c4
22. Bd1 Nd3 23. Ba4 Na8 24. Ne2 Nb6 25. Bc2 Ne5 26. Bh6 Bh8 27. Nd4 Qc7 28. Nc6
Ra8 29. Nxe5 Bxe5 30. Qf2 Bf6 31. e5 dxe5 32. Qg3 Nxd5 33. fxg6 e4 34. gxf7+
Kxf7 35. Bxe4 Qxg3 36. Bxd5+ e6 37. Rxg3 exd5 38. Rgf3 Re6 39. Bg5 Ra5 40. Bxf6
Rxb5 41. h3 Re4 42. Bc3+ Ke7 43. Rf7+ Kd6 44. R1f6+ Re6 45. Rxe6+ Kxe6 46. Rxh7
Kf5 47. Rh4 1-0

[Event "Sitges Sunway op-A 5th"]
[Site "Sitges"]
[Date "2018.12.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Jimenez Ruano, Adrian"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2245"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2018.12.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nge2 d5 7. cxd5 cxd4 8.
exd4 Nxd5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Nf4 Bd6 12. Be3 Ne7 13. Qb3 b6 14. Rac1
Bb7 15. Bb1 Qd7 16. Qd3 g6 17. Nh5 f6 18. Bf4 Nc6 19. a3 Rf7 20. Bxd6 Qxd6 21.
Ng3 Re8 22. Rfe1 Rfe7 23. Rxe7 Rxe7 24. Ba2 Kg7 25. Qd2 Ba6 26. h3 h5 27. Qc3
Nd8 28. Re1 Rxe1+ 29. Qxe1 Ne6 30. Qe3 Nf4 31. h4 Qc7 32. Bb1 Kf7 33. Qd2 f5
34. Ba2 Kf6 35. Qe3 Bb5 36. Qd2 a5 37. Qe3 Qd6 38. Qd2 Bc4 39. Bb1 Ke6 40. Qe3+
Kd7 41. Bc2 Kc7 42. Qc3 Kb7 43. Bb3 Bxb3 44. Qxb3 Qe7 45. Qf3 Qxh4 46. Nxf5
gxf5 47. g3 Nh3+ 48. Kg2 Qxd4 49. Qxf5 Qxf2+ 50. Qxf2 Nxf2 51. Kxf2 Kc6 52. Ke2
a4 0-1

[Event "Sitges Sunway op-A 5th"]
[Site "Sitges"]
[Date "2018.12.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Roy, Prantik"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2382"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2018.12.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. Bf4 Qb6 4. Qc1 Bg4 5. Nbd2 Nd7 6. e3 e6 7. Bd3 Ngf6 8.
O-O Nh5 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Nxf3 Nxf4 11. exf4 g6 12. c3 Bg7 13. Ne5 Rd8 14. a4 O-O
15. a5 Qc7 16. b4 f6 17. Nxd7 Rxd7 18. Re1 e5 19. fxe5 fxe5 20. dxe5 Bxe5 21.
Ra2 Rdf7 22. Rae2 Bh2+ 23. Kh1 Rxf2 24. Rxf2 Rxf2 25. Re8+ Kf7 26. Qe3 Rf6 27.
Rh8 Kg7 28. Re8 Bd6 29. Qxa7 Qf7 30. Re1 Bg3 31. Rd1 Bf2 32. Qb8 Qe7 33. a6
bxa6 34. Bxa6 Kh6 35. b5 Qe2 36. Rb1 Be3 37. b6 Qxa6 38. b7 Rf1+ 39. Kh2 Bg1+
0-1

[Event "Sitges Sunway op-A 5th"]
[Site "Sitges"]
[Date "2018.12.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ayats Llobera, Gerard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2018.12.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 Bd6 7. Bg5 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 h6 9. Bh4 O-O 10. Be2 Be7 11. O-O Nd5 12. Bg3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bd6 14. c4
Bxg3 15. hxg3 b6 16. c5 Ne7 17. Qc2 bxc5 18. Rfd1 c6 19. Qxc5 Qc7 20. Rac1 Rab8
21. Qc2 Bxf3 22. Bxf3 Rb6 23. Rd2 Rfb8 24. Be4 a5 25. g4 Nd5 26. Qa4 Nf6 27.
Bf3 Rb1 28. Rdc2 R8b2 29. g3 Qb6 30. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 31. Kg2 Ra1 32. Rxc6 Qb1 33.
Rc8+ Kh7 34. Qc2+ Qxc2 35. Rxc2 Kg8 36. Be2 Kf8 37. Kf3 Nd5 38. Bc4 Nb6 39. Bb5
Nd5 40. e4 Nb4 41. Rc8+ Ke7 42. a4 f6 43. Rc7+ Kf8 44. Ra7 Re1 45. Rxa5 Nc2 46.
Ra8+ Ke7 47. Ra7+ Kf8 48. d5 exd5 49. exd5 Re5 50. Ra8+ Kf7 51. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Sitges Sunway op-A 5th"]
[Site "Sitges"]
[Date "2018.12.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kulaots, Kaido"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2018.12.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Ng5 Rf8 12. Nf3 Nd7 13. a4 Bf6 14. d5 Ne7 15. axb5
axb5 16. Rxa8 Qxa8 17. Na3 Ba6 18. Nh2 g6 19. Bc2 Bg7 20. Bd3 Rb8 21. Qe2 b4
22. Bxa6 bxa3 23. bxa3 Nc5 24. Bc4 f5 25. exf5 Nxf5 26. g4 Nh6 27. Nf1 Nf7 28.
Ng3 Bh6 29. Bxh6 Nxh6 30. Ra1 Qa5 31. Qc2 Nf7 32. a4 Ng5 33. Kg2 Rf8 34. h4 Nf3
35. h5 Rf4 36. Be2 Nh4+ 37. Kh3 g5 38. Bd1 Qa6 39. Be2 Qa8 40. Bd1 Kg7 41. Qd2
Qa6 42. Be2 Qa5 43. Bd1 h6 44. Ra2 Rc4 45. Ra3 Rd4 46. Qc2 Rxd5 47. Be2 e4 48.
Nxe4 Re5 49. Ng3 Ne6 50. Bd1 Nf4+ 51. Kh2 Qd5 52. f3 Nxf3+ 53. Bxf3 Qxf3 0-1

[Event "Sitges Sunway op-A 5th"]
[Site "Sitges"]
[Date "2018.12.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Petrosyan, Manuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2018.12.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. Qd3 b6 7. O-O-O Ba6 8. Qe3
Bxf1 9. Rxf1 O-O 10. Nge2 c5 11. exd5 Bxc3 12. Nxc3 Nxd5 13. Qe4 Nc6 14. dxc5
Nxc3 15. bxc3 Qf6 16. Kb2 bxc5 17. Rb1 Rad8 18. Rhd1 Rd5 19. Rd3 Rxd3 20. cxd3
Nb4 21. Bd2 Rd8 22. d4 h6 23. cxb4 Rxd4 24. Qa8+ Kh7 25. Kc1 Qg6 26. Rb2 Qxg2
27. Rc2 cxb4 28. Qxa7 Rd3 29. Bxb4 Qf1+ 30. Kb2 Rxf3 31. Qc5 Rf4 32. a3 Qh1 33.
Rf2 e5 34. Rxf4 exf4 35. Qf5+ Kg8 36. Qc8+ Kh7 37. Qf5+ Kg8 38. Qxf4 g5 39. Qe5
Qb7 40. Kb3 Kh7 41. Qf5+ Kg7 42. a4 f6 43. a5 Qf7+ 44. Kb2 Qb7 45. Ka3 Qc7 46.
a6 Qc6 47. a7 Qc1+ 48. Kb3 Qd1+ 49. Qc2 Qf3+ 50. Qc3 Qb7 51. Qe3 Qd5+ 52. Ka3
Qc6 53. Qc5 Qf3+ 54. Ka4 Kg6 55. Qc8 Qd1+ 56. Kb5 Qd5+ 57. Bc5 Qb3+ 58. Kc6
Qf3+ 59. Kc7 Qd5 60. Qe8+ 1-0

[Event "Sitges Sunway op-A 5th"]
[Site "Sitges"]
[Date "2018.12.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2018.12.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O
8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O Bf5 10. h4 Qd7 11. h5 h6 12. Nh4 Bh7 13. Kb1 Rae8 14. Bd3
Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Ne5 16. Qd5 Bxh4 17. Rxh4 b6 18. c4 Re7 19. b3 Rfe8 20. Bc1 Ng4
21. Qf3 Re4 22. Qg3 Nf6 23. Rdh1 Rxh4 24. Rxh4 Re1 25. Kb2 Ne4 26. Qf4 Qe6 27.
Rh3 f5 28. Rd3 Qf6+ 29. Ka3 a5 30. Rd5 Nc3 31. Rxf5 Nb1+ 32. Ka4 Nc3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sitges Sunway op-A 5th"]
[Site "Sitges"]
[Date "2018.12.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2018.12.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 Qc8 8. Nc3
Ne4 9. Bd2 f5 10. Rc1 d6 11. d5 e5 12. Bh3 Nxd2 13. Nxd2 g5 14. f3 g4 15. fxg4
fxg4 16. Bg2 a5 17. a3 Na6 18. Rb1 Qf5 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4 h5 21. Be4 Qf2+ 22.
Kh1 Qe3 23. Rb3 Qh6 24. Bb1 Bc8 25. Nde4 Nb8 26. Nb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 17th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2019.01.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Guichard, Pauline"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2019.01.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be3 O-O 6. Qd2 c5 7. Ne2 Nc6 8. d5 Ne5
9. Nec3 e6 10. Be2 exd5 11. cxd5 Ne8 12. O-O f5 13. a4 Nf6 14. exf5 Bxf5 15.
Na3 Rc8 16. g4 Bd7 17. Nab5 Bxb5 18. axb5 Ra8 19. Ra4 Qc8 20. Kg2 a5 21. bxa6
bxa6 22. Rfa1 Ne8 23. Ne4 Qb7 24. b4 c4 25. Ra5 Qe7 26. h3 Nc7 27. Bg5 Qd7 28.
f4 Nd3 29. Rf1 Rab8 30. Rf3 h6 31. Bh4 g5 32. fxg5 Rxf3 33. Bxf3 Rxb4 34. Ra2
Qf7 35. Nxd6 Nf4+ 36. Kg3 c3 37. Nxf7 cxd2 38. Nxh6+ Bxh6 39. gxh6 Rb3 40. Rxd2
Ncxd5 41. Bg5 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 17th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2019.01.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Goryachkina, Aleksandra"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E87"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2019.01.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 e5 6. d5 Nh5 7. Be3 f5 8. Qd2 Qh4+
9. Bf2 Qe7 10. O-O-O O-O 11. Be3 Na6 12. Bd3 Nc5 13. Bc2 fxe4 14. Bxc5 exf3 15.
Be3 e4 16. Bxe4 Bxc3 17. Qxc3 Qxe4 18. Nxf3 Qg4 19. Bh6 Re8 20. Rhe1 Bd7 21. g3
Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Re8 23. Rxe8+ Bxe8 24. Nd2 Qe2 25. Qe3 Qxe3 26. Bxe3 b6 27. Ne4
Bd7 28. Bd4 h6 29. Nf6+ Nxf6 30. Bxf6 Kf7 31. Bd4 c5 32. dxc6 Bxc6 33. Kd2 Ke6
34. Bg7 h5 35. h4 d5 36. cxd5+ Kxd5 37. a3 Bd7 38. Ke3 Bf5 39. Kf4 a6 40. Ke3
Bb1 41. Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 17th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2019.01.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Sosa, Tomas1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2019.01.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 O-O 8.
Nf3 Ne4 9. Qc2 Qa5 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. O-O Ne4 12. a3 Qxc5 13. axb4 Qxc2 14. Bxc2
Nc6 15. b5 Nb4 16. Bb1 Bd7 17. Rd1 Nc5 18. Nd4 g6 19. Bc7 b6 20. Rxa7 Rxa7 21.
Bxb6 Ra1 22. Bxc5 Nd3 23. Bxf8 Nxb2 24. Rc1 Kxf8 25. b6 Ra8 26. b7 Rd8 27. Nc6
1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 17th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2019.01.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ju, Wenjun"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "165"]
[EventDate "2019.01.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Nbd2 f5 5. g3 Nd7 6. b3 b6 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. Bb2 Bd6
9. Ne5 Ngf6 10. e3 O-O 11. f4 c5 12. O-O Qc7 13. Qe2 dxc4 14. Ndxc4 Be7 15.
Nxd7 Nxd7 16. e4 cxd4 17. exf5 Bc5 18. Qd3 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Qc6+ 20. Qf3 Qxf3+ 21.
Rxf3 Rxf5 22. Re1 b5 23. Nd2 Bb4 24. Rd3 Rc8 25. a3 Nc5 26. Rxd4 Bxd2 27. Rxd2
Nxb3 28. Rde2 Rd5 29. Rxe6 Rc2+ 30. R1e2 Rxe2+ 31. Rxe2 Na5 32. Bc3 Nc6 33.
Re8+ Kf7 34. Rc8 Nd4 35. Rc7+ Kg6 36. Rxa7 h5 37. Ra6+ Kf7 38. Kf2 Nf5 39. Rc6
Rd3 40. Rc5 Kg6 41. Rc7 Kh6 42. Rc8 Kg6 43. Rc5 Re3 44. Bxg7 Rxa3 45. Bb2 Rb3
46. Be5 b4 47. Rc6+ Kh7 48. Rc7+ Kg6 49. Rc6+ Kh7 50. Rc8 Ra3 51. Rh8+ Kg6 52.
Rg8+ Kh6 53. Rb8 Ra2+ 54. Kg1 Ne3 55. Bd4 Ng4 56. h3 Nh2 57. Bf2 Rb2 58. Rb6+
Kh7 59. Rb5 Kh6 60. Rb6+ Kh7 61. f5 Nf3+ 62. Kg2 Ng5 63. Rb7+ Kg8 64. Kf1 Rb1+
65. Ke2 Rb2+ 66. Ke3 Rb3+ 67. Kd4 Rf3 68. Be3 Rxf5 69. h4 Ne6+ 70. Ke4 Nc5+ 71.
Bxc5 Rxc5 72. Rxb4 Kf7 73. Kf4 Ra5 74. Re4 Kf6 75. Rd4 Rf5+ 76. Ke4 Re5+ 77.
Kf3 Rf5+ 78. Rf4 Ke6 79. Ke3 Re5+ 80. Kf3 Rf5 81. Kg2 Ke5 82. Rb4 Kf6 83. Rb6+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 17th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2019.01.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Santos Ruiz, Miguel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2019.01.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. Be3 O-O
9. Nbd2 Kh8 10. O-O Nd7 11. Nh2 f5 12. exf5 gxf5 13. f4 Ne7 14. fxe5 Nxe5 15.
d4 Nd5 16. Bf2 Ng6 17. Bb3 Be6 18. Qf3 c6 19. Rae1 Bg8 20. a4 Qg5 21. Nc4 Rad8
22. Bc2 Nb4 23. Bb3 Bd5 24. h4 Nxh4 25. Bxh4 Qxh4 26. Qd1 Qg3 27. Re2 Nd3 28.
Rf3 Nxb2 29. Nxb2 Bxf3 30. Nxf3 Rde8 31. Nd3 Bh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 17th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2019.01.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Santos Latasa, Jaime"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2019.01.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6 8.
Be2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 Re8 12. Rd1 Bd7 13. Bf1 Qb6 14. h3 Rad8
15. Be3 Qb4 16. Qxb4 cxb4 17. Nb5 Rxe3 18. fxe3 Bh6 19. Kh2 Bxe3 20. Nbd4 Nc5
21. g3 Re8 22. Re1 Re4 23. Rad1 Bf2 24. Re2 Rxe2 25. Nxe2 Nce4 26. Ne5 Bb5 27.
Nd3 Be3 28. Nxb4 Bxe2 29. Bxe2 Bc5 30. Bf3 Bd6 31. Bxe4 Nxe4 32. Rd3 f5 33. Nc2
Kf7 34. Kg2 h5 35. Na3 Ke7 36. Rb3 Nc5 37. Re3+ Kd7 38. Nb5 Ne4 39. Nxa7 Bc5
40. Rb3 b6 41. Nb5 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 17th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2019.01.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kavutskiy, Konstantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2424"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2019.01.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8.
O-O-O Be7 9. Be2 d6 10. g4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 e5 12. Qd3 Be6 13. g5 Nd7 14. h4 Nc5
15. Qd2 Qa5 16. f3 Rc8 17. a3 O-O 18. Kb1 f5 19. exf5 Bxf5 20. h5 Ne6 21. Rhg1
Rfd8 22. Bd3 Bxd3 23. Qxd3 Rxc3 24. Qxc3 Qxc3 25. bxc3 d5 26. Rd3 d4 27. cxd4
exd4 28. Re1 Kf7 29. g6+ hxg6 30. hxg6+ Kf6 31. Bf2 Rh8 32. Rxd4 Bc5 33. Bh4+
Rxh4 34. Rxh4 Bf2 35. Rxe6+ Kxe6 36. Rf4 b6 37. a4 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 17th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2019.01.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Muzychuk, Anna"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2019.01.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. Bg5 Be6 8.
Bxf6 exf6 9. Be2 Bb4 10. cxd5 Bxd5 11. O-O O-O 12. Rc1 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nxd4 14.
Bxb7 Rb8 15. Nd5 Ne6 16. Nxb4 Rxb7 17. a3 a5 18. Qf3 Qb6 19. Nd5 Qxb2 20. Nxf6+
Kg7 21. Qe4 Rfb8 22. Nd7 Qd4 23. Qxd4+ Nxd4 24. Nxb8 Ne2+ 25. Kh1 Nxc1 26. Rxc1
Rxb8 27. h4 Rb3 28. Rc5 Rxa3 29. h5 Kf6 30. g4 Ra4 31. Kh2 Rxg4 32. hxg6 Kxg6
33. Rxa5 h5 34. Rb5 f6 35. Ra5 h4 36. Kh3 Rf4 37. Rb5 f5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 17th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2019.01.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Koneru, Humpy"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2019.01.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Bd3 e6 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. O-O Be7 8. b3
O-O 9. Bb2 Bh5 10. Qc2 Bg6 11. Rfd1 Qc7 12. h3 Rfe8 13. Bxg6 hxg6 14. e4 dxe4
15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Rad8 17. Rd2 Qa5 18. Qc2 Qf5 19. Rad1 a6 20. Qc3 Nf6 21.
Re2 Nd7 22. Bc1 Qh5 23. Bb2 Nf8 24. Qe1 f6 25. h4 Qf5 26. Bc3 Qf4 27. Bb4 Bxb4
28. Qxb4 e5 29. Qxb7 Qg4 30. Red2 e4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 17th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2019.01.31"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Cuenca Jimenez, Jose Fernando"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2019.01.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 a5 4. a3 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 d6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8.
Rd1 O-O 9. e4 Qe7 10. Be2 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Qxe5 13. Qd4 Be6 14. O-O
Rfe8 15. f4 Qxd4+ 16. Rxd4 Bg4 17. Bxg4 Nxg4 18. Re1 Kf8 19. Nd5 Rac8 20. h3
Nf6 21. Nxf6 gxf6 22. Rd5 b6 23. Kf2 Re6 24. g4 Rce8 25. Kf3 h6 26. b3 Kg7 27.
Re3 Kf8 28. Re1 Kg7 29. Re3 Kf8 30. Re1 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Spring-A"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.03.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2019.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Ne2 b5
9. c3 b4 10. cxb4 cxd4 11. Nexd4 Bxb4+ 12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13. Qxd2 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Rb8
15. a3 a5 16. Rc1 a4 17. Be2 Ba6 18. Bxa6 Qa5+ 19. Kf2 Qxa6 20. Rc7 Qb5 21.
Rhc1 O-O 22. Kg3 h6 23. h3 Rfd8 24. R1c2 Nf8 25. Qe3 Rd7 26. Rc8 Rd8 27. R8c5
Qe8 28. Nd4 Rdc8 29. Qc3 Rxc5 30. Qxc5 Ng6 31. Qd6 Rb7 32. Kf3 Qa8 33. g3 Kh7
34. Kg2 Qa7 35. Rd2 Qa5 36. Re2 Ne7 37. g4 Ng6 38. Kg3 Rb6 39. Qd7 Qc5 40. Qxa4
Qc1 41. Nf3 Rxb2 42. Rxb2 Qxb2 43. Qb4 Qe2 44. a4 Qe3 45. Qd4 Qa3 46. Kf2 Qa2+
47. Kg3 Qa3 48. Kf2 Qa2+ 49. Kg3 Qa3 50. Qa7 Kg8 51. Qa8+ Kh7 52. Qe8 Qe3 53.
Qxf7 d4 54. g5 h5 55. Qxe6 h4+ 56. Kg4 Qxf4+ 57. Kh5 Qxf3+ 58. Qg4 Nf4+ 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Spring-A"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.03.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2019.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. e4 e6 5. h3 Bh5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. Be3 d5 8. exd5
Nxd5 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. Be2 Nc6 11. O-O O-O-O 12. c4 Qd6 13. c5 Qd7 14. Qb3 Qd5
15. Bc4 Qe4 16. Bd3 Qd5 17. Bc4 Qe4 18. Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Spring-A"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.03.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2019.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. b3 Bd6 6. Bb2 O-O 7. Be2 e5 8. cxd5
cxd5 9. Nb5 e4 10. Ne5 Ne8 11. f3 f6 12. Ng4 Bxg4 13. fxg4 Be5 14. Nd4 f5 15.
O-O Qh4 16. Rf4 Bxf4 17. exf4 Qf6 18. Rc1 fxg4 19. Rc8 Nc6 20. Rxa8 Nxd4 21.
Bxg4 Ne2+ 22. Qxe2 Qxb2 23. Qe3 Qa1+ 24. Kf2 Qf6 25. Ke1 Nd6 26. Rxf8+ Kxf8 27.
g3 Qa1+ 28. Bd1 d4 29. Qf2 Nf5 30. Qe2 e3 31. Qb5 exd2+ 32. Ke2 Ne3 33. Qc5+
Kf7 34. Qc7+ Ke6 35. Qe5+ Kf7 36. Qc7+ Ke6 37. Qe5+ Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Spring-A"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.03.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nyzhnyk, Illya"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2019.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. b3 g6 4. Bb2 Bg7 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O O-O 8. d4
cxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. Ne1 Qb8 12. Nd5 e6 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Qd2 Bxb2
15. Qxb2 b5 16. cxb5 Bxg2 17. Nxg2 Qxb5 18. e4 Ne5 19. f4 Nd3 20. Qe2 Rac8 21.
Rad1 Rc3 22. Kh1 d5 23. exd5 Qxd5 24. Rf3 Nc1 25. Rxd5 Nxe2 26. Rxc3 Nxc3 27.
Ra5 Nd5 28. Rxa7 Rc8 29. Kg1 Rc1+ 30. Kf2 Rc2+ 31. Kf1 Rb2 32. Nh4 Nc3 33. Nf3
Nxa2 34. Ng5 Nc1 35. Nxf7 Rxh2 36. b4 Ne2 37. g4 Nxf4 38. g5 Nd3 39. Nh6+ Kf8
40. Ng4 Rh1+ 41. Ke2 Nxb4 42. Nf6 Nd5 43. Nxh7+ Kg8 44. Nf6+ Nxf6 45. gxf6 Kf8
46. Re7 Rh5 47. Rxe6 Kf7 48. Re3 Rf5 49. Rf3 Rxf6 50. Rxf6+ Kxf6 51. Kf2 Ke5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Spring-A"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.03.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2019.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 Nf6 6. Bg5 O-O 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8.
Nd5 d6 9. c3 Rb8 10. a4 Bg5 11. Nxg5 Qxg5 12. Qf3 Kh8 13. Qg3 Qd8 14. f4 f5 15.
exf5 Bxf5 16. O-O Be6 17. Rae1 Qd7 18. h3 Rbe8 19. fxe5 Nxe5 20. Bb5 Rxf1+ 21.
Rxf1 Nc6 22. Qf3 Qc8 23. Ne7 Nxe7 24. Bxe8 Qxe8 25. Qf8+ Qxf8 26. Rxf8+ Ng8 27.
Rd8 Bd5 28. Rxd6 Bc6 29. a5 a6 30. Kf2 h6 31. Re6 Nf6 32. Re5 Nd7 33. Re8+ Kh7
34. g4 c4 35. dxc4 Nb6 36. Rf8 Nxc4 37. b4 g5 38. Rf7+ Kg6 39. Re7 Kf6 40. Rh7
Kg6 41. Re7 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Spring-A"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.03.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Bok, Benjamin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2019.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 {As usual one can never guess Ivanchuk's next
opening choice.} d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bc5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. O-O O-O
9. Re1 Bg4 {One of possible responses to White's attack on e5.} ({Also common
is} 9... Qf6) ({but} 9... Re8 {can and will be met by} 10. d4) 10. Qe2 {
Black has no issues after this modest reply.} ({Principal is} 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4
Bg6 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 {[#]} 13. d4 ({The idea is to meet} 13. Rxe5 {with} Bd6 $1 ({
rather than} 13... Bxf2+ 14. Kxf2 Qf6+ 15. Rf5 Bxf5 16. gxf5 Qxf5+ 17. Qf3 Qxc2
18. Qe4 $16) 14. Re1 Qh4 {planning} 15. d3 f5 {with pretty good attacking
prospects.}) {The same energetic move works here as well:} 13... f5 14. g5 f4 {
Howell-Matlakov, 2017.}) 10... Qd7 11. Qb5 Qf5 $1 12. Qxc5 Bxf3 13. d3 b6 14.
Qb5 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Qd7 {For all his trouble playing an"original" opening White
ended up in a slightly inferior position.} 16. Bb2 a6 17. Qa4 Rfe8 18. Re3 Re6
19. Rae1 {[#]} Rh6 $5 {Ivanchuk's young adversary doesn't mess around.} 20. h4
b5 21. Qb3 g5 22. Bc1 $6 ({It all could have ended in a draw after} 22. hxg5
Qh3+ 23. Kf3 Qh5+ 24. Kg2 Qh3+ (24... Qxg5 25. Qd5) 25. Kf3 {etc. Problem was
Ivanchuk didn't want it.}) 22... gxh4 23. Re4 h3+ 24. Kh2 Rf6 25. Be3 Re8 ({
The line} 25... Qf5 26. Rh4 Ne7 27. Rxh3 Qf3 {underscores the absense of the
white queen from the main theater of action.}) 26. a4 Rb8 ({A logical choice
would have been} 26... Na5 27. Qa3 Nb7 28. axb5 axb5 29. Rh4 Nd6 30. Rxh3 Qc6
$11) 27. axb5 axb5 {[#] A local success of drawing the black rook away from
the center led Vassily to believe it was time for action.} 28. f4 $6 {He
proved to be dead wrong.} (28. Rh4 Ne7 29. Rxh3 Nd5 $11) 28... Qg4 $1 {An
energetic response.} 29. fxe5 Qf3 30. Kxh3 ({In case of the relatively better} 
30. Rg1 Qe2+ 31. Kxh3 Qh5+ 32. Kg2 Nxe5 {it's still nothing but trouble for
the white king.}) 30... Rg6 31. Bf4 {[#]} Ne7 ({Full compensation could have
been obtained by strictly positional means:} 31... Nd8 32. R4e3 Qg4+ 33. Kh2
Ne6 34. Rf1 {and now Black can continue with} b4) 32. e6 Nf5 33. exf7+ Kg7 34.
f8=Q+ $2 {There must have been some blunder involved.} ({Ivanchuk had a
perpetual:} 34. Be5+ Kf8 35. Qb4+ Kxf7 36. Qb3+ Kf8) ({or he could simply
defend with} 34. Rg1) 34... Rxf8 35. Re7+ Nxe7 36. Rxe7+ Kh8 37. Be5+ Rff6 38.
Bxf6+ Rxf6 39. Re8+ Kg7 40. Qg8+ {Finally the white queen reappears on the
stage,} Kh6 {as the play comes to an end.} (40... Kh6 {White resigned due to
forced mate after} 41. Kh2 Qf2+ 42. Kh3 Qf1+ 43. Kg4 Qf5+ 44. Kh4 Qh5#) 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Spring-A"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.03.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tari, Aryan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. c3 g6 6. d4 Bd7 7. O-O Bg7 8. dxe5
Nxe5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. Qxd7+ Kxd7 12. f3 Ke6 13. Be3 h5 14. Nd2
Bh6 15. Bxh6 Rxh6 16. h4 Rhh8 17. Kf2 Rhd8 18. Ke2 Nd7 19. Nb3 b6 20. a4 Nf8
21. Rfd1 Ke7 22. Nd2 Ne6 23. g3 f6 24. Nc4 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Rd8 26. Rxd8 Nxd8 27.
b4 Ne6 28. Ne3 Kd6 29. Kd3 c6 30. Kd2 a6 31. Nc4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Spring-A"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.03.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Hansen, Eric"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2019.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 h6 7. Bh4 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. Be2 Nd7 11. O-O Nxc3 12. Rxc3 dxc4 13. Bxc4 b6 14. Qc2 Bb7
15. Bd3 c5 16. Bh7+ Kh8 17. Be4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Rac8 19. Qb7 Qd6 20. Qa6 Rc7 21.
Rfc1 Rfc8 22. h3 Kh7 23. Qa3 Qd5 24. dxc5 Nxc5 25. Nd4 a5 26. R3c2 e5 27. Nb5
Rc6 28. Nc3 Qe6 29. Na4 Nxa4 30. Qxa4 Rxc2 31. Rxc2 Rxc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Spring-A"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.03.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2019.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. g3 a6 5. Bg2 Bf5 6. Nc3 e6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Nh4
Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. Qb3 Qb6 11. Rd1 h6 12. f4 dxc4 13. Qxc4 g5 14. fxg5 hxg5 15.
Bxg5 Rg8 16. Bf4 Nd5 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. Qd3 Bd6 19. Qe3 Bxf4 20. Qxf4 Bxe2 21.
Re1 Bd3 22. Rad1 Be4 23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. Rxe4 Rd8 25. Rf1 Rf8 26. Rf2 Qc6 27. Re1
Nb6 28. Ng6 Nd5 29. Qf3 Rd7 30. Nxf8 Kxf8 31. Qh5 Qb6 32. Qh8+ Ke7 33. Qg7 Kd6
34. Qe5+ Ke7 35. Ref1 1-0

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 54th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2019.05.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2019.05.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O
8. O-O d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. h3 c6 11. Qf3 Re8 12. Bf4 Bd6 13. Rad1 Be6 14. Rfe1
Rb8 15. b3 Bxf4 16. Qxf4 Qa5 17. Qd2 Bd7 18. g4 Qb4 19. Rxe8+ Rxe8 20. Ne2 Qb6
21. Ng3 Be6 22. c4 h6 23. cxd5 cxd5 24. Qf4 Rc8 25. Ne2 h5 26. g5 Ne4 27. h4
Qa5 28. Nd4 Qxa2 29. g6 Rf8 30. Bxe4 dxe4 31. Nxe6 fxe6 32. Qe3 Qb2 33. Rd4
Qb1+ 34. Kg2 Qc2 35. Rd7 Qc6 36. Rd4 e5 37. Qxe4 Qxe4+ 38. Rxe4 Rf6 39. Rxe5
Rxg6+ 40. Kf3 Rf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 54th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2019.05.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gonzalez Vidal, Yuri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2019.05.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 b5 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. Nbd2 c5 7. c3 Nbd7 8. O-O
Be7 9. Ne5 O-O 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. e3 a5 13. Re1 Nb6 14. Rc1 Nc4
15. Nxc4 dxc4 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. a4 bxa4 18. Qxa4 Qxb2 19. Rb1 Qxc3 20. dxc5
Rfc8 21. c6 h6 22. Rec1 Qd3 23. Rb7 c3 24. Rb3 Rc7 25. Rbxc3 Qd6 26. Rc4 Kh7
27. h4 Qd5 28. Rc5 Qd6 29. h5 Rac8 30. Qa2 f6 31. Qa4 Kg8 32. Qxa5 e5 33. Rd5
Qe7 34. Qb5 Qe6 35. Qb3 Kh7 36. Qc2+ Kg8 37. Rcd1 e4 38. Rd8+ Kh7 39. Rxc8 Rxc8
40. c7 Qe7 41. Rc1 Kg8 42. Qc6 1-0

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 54th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2019.05.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Albornoz Cabrera, Carlos Daniel"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2019.05.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. d3 Nf6 7. Bg5 Qxe2+ 8.
Bxe2 Be7 9. Nc3 h6 10. Bh4 Nc6 11. O-O-O Be6 12. d4 Nd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Bxe7
Kxe7 15. Nh4 Rhe8 16. Bf3 Bxf3 17. Nxf3 Kd7 18. Rhe1 Rxe1 19. Rxe1 b5 20. c3 a5
21. Kc2 a4 22. Kd3 Ne7 23. Nd2 g5 24. g3 f5 25. Nf3 Nd5 26. Nd2 f4 27. Ne4 Rf8
28. Rh1 Kc6 29. Re1 g4 30. a3 h5 31. Nd2 Kd7 32. Re4 Rf7 33. Re1 Ne7 34. Ne4
Ng6 35. Nd2 d5 36. Rf1 Re7 37. f3 Re3+ 38. Kc2 Re2 0-1

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 54th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2019.05.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2019.05.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nge2 Bd6 8.
O-O Re8 9. Bd2 c6 10. f3 c5 11. Rc1 a6 12. Kh1 Nc6 13. Bb1 cxd4 14. exd4 Nh5
15. g3 g6 16. Bh6 Be6 17. Qd2 Rc8 18. Bg5 f6 19. Be3 Na5 20. b3 Ba3 21. Rcd1
Bb4 22. Rc1 Ba3 23. Rcd1 Bb4 24. Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 54th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2019.05.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2019.05.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 d5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. Bxd5 exd5 11. Be3 Nc6 12. Nxc6 Bxc3+ 13. Qxc3 Qxc6 14.
Qxc6 bxc6 15. Rc1 Bd7 16. Bd4 f6 17. f3 h5 18. Kf2 a5 19. Rc5 a4 20. Bc3 Rfb8
21. Rd1 Ra7 22. a3 Kf7 23. Rd4 Ra6 24. Ke3 Re8+ 25. Kf2 Rb8 26. Ke3 Re8+ 27.
Kd2 Bh3 28. Ke1 Bf5 29. Kf2 Rb8 30. Rh4 Kg6 31. Rb4 Rxb4 32. axb4 Bd7 33. Bd4
Rb6 34. Rxd5 cxd5 35. Bxb6 Kf7 36. e4 dxe4 37. fxe4 f5 38. e5 Ke6 39. Bc7 g5
40. Ke3 Kd5 41. Bd6 Kc4 42. Be7 Kd5 43. Bf6 Bc6 44. h4 gxh4 45. gxh4 Bd7 46.
Kf4 Kc4 47. Kg5 f4 48. Kxf4 Kxb4 49. Kg5 Bg4 50. e6 Bxe6 51. Kxh5 Bf7+ 52. Kg5
Kb3 53. h5 Bxh5 54. Kxh5 a3 55. bxa3 Kxa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 54th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2019.05.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E27"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2019.05.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Nc6 7. e4 e5 8. Ne2
d6 9. Ng3 Na5 10. Bd3 Be6 11. O-O Bxc4 12. Bxc4 Nxc4 13. Rb1 Nd7 14. f4 Ndb6
15. Nf5 f6 16. Rf3 Qd7 17. Rg3 g6 18. Qh5 Kh8 19. Rxg6 Qf7 20. Rh6 Qxh5 21.
Rxh5 Rf7 22. h3 Re8 23. Nh6 Rff8 24. fxe5 dxe5 25. Ng4 exd4 26. cxd4 Rxe4 27.
Bh6 Rf7 28. Rf1 Nd7 29. Rd5 Nd6 30. Bf4 Nb6 31. Ra5 Nbc4 32. Rxa7 h5 33. Nh6
Rg7 34. Bxd6 Nxd6 35. Nf5 Nxf5 36. Rxf5 Rxd4 37. Rxb7 Rd1+ 38. Kh2 Rd2 39. Rb8+
Kh7 40. Rxh5+ Kg6 41. Rc5 Kh7 42. Rh5+ Kg6 43. Rc5 Kh7 44. Rh5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 54th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2019.05.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gonzalez Vidal, Yuri"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2019.05.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Re1 e5 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Qe7 8.
Nbd2 Nf6 9. Nc4 Nd7 10. a4 O-O 11. a5 Rd8 12. Be3 Nf8 13. Qb1 f6 14. Ra4 Be6
15. Nfd2 Nd7 16. b4 Bf8 17. bxc5 Nxc5 18. Ra2 Qf7 19. Rb2 Rd7 20. f3 Na6 21.
Kh1 c5 22. Qd1 Nb4 23. Qe2 Rb8 24. f4 exf4 25. Bxf4 Re8 26. Qf2 Rxd3 27. Rxb4
Rxd2 28. Qxd2 cxb4 29. Nd6 Bxd6 30. Qxd6 Bd5 31. Bd2 Bxe4 32. Bxb4 Qc4 33. Qd2
g5 34. Bc3 Kf7 35. Kg1 Re6 36. Re3 a6 37. h3 Qc6 38. Bd4 Kg6 39. Rc3 Qd6 40.
Rc8 Bc6 41. Qd3+ Kg7 42. c3 Qd7 43. Ra8 Qd5 44. Qd2 Re1+ 45. Kf2 Ra1 0-1

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 54th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2019.05.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Albornoz Cabrera, Carlos Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2019.05.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 d6 6. Nd2 Nf6 7. Nf1 Bg4 8. f3
Be6 9. Ne3 O-O 10. O-O Nd7 11. Ned5 Nb6 12. Nxb6 axb6 13. a3 Bg5 14. Bxg5 Qxg5
15. Qc1 Qd8 16. Qd2 Nd4 17. f4 exf4 18. Rxf4 Qg5 19. Raf1 Bxc4 20. dxc4 Rae8
21. Qf2 f6 22. Nd5 b5 23. c3 Ne6 24. Rf3 Qe5 25. Re1 Ng5 26. Rf5 Qe6 27. cxb5
Nxe4 28. Qf4 Rf7 29. b6 g6 30. Rxe4 Qxe4 31. Nxf6+ Rxf6 32. Qxe4 Rxe4 33. Rxf6
Re1+ 34. Kf2 Rd1 35. Ke2 Rd5 36. Rf4 Re5+ 37. Kd3 d5 38. b4 cxb4 39. axb4 Re6
40. Kd4 1-0

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 54th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2019.05.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2019.05.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Ne4 Qc7 9. f4 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qb6 11. Bd3 Rb8 12. Qe2 Nb4 13. Be3 Nxd3+ 14. Qxd3
Qa5+ 15. Bd2 Qd5 16. b3 Qxd3 17. cxd3 Be7 18. Be3 f5 19. Nd2 Ba6 20. Ke2 Rb7
21. Rac1 Kf7 22. Bc5 Rb5 23. Bxe7 Kxe7 24. h4 Rd5 25. Rc3 Rb8 26. Ke3 c5 27.
Nc4 Bxc4 28. bxc4 Rd4 29. Rb3 Rxb3 30. axb3 d6 31. Ra1 dxe5 32. fxe5 Rd7 33.
Ra6 Rc7 34. Kd2 g6 35. Kc3 h6 36. b4 cxb4+ 37. Kxb4 Rd7 38. Kc3 g5 39. hxg5
hxg5 40. d4 f4 41. c5 Rb7 42. Kc4 Rb2 43. Rxa7+ Kd8 44. c6 Rxg2 45. d5 Rd2 46.
c7+ Kc8 47. d6 Rc2+ 48. Kd3 1-0

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 54th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2019.05.11"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2019.05.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 c5 5. Nge2 Nc6 6. d5 Na5 7. Rb1 Nf6 8. Ng3
O-O 9. Be2 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. cxd5 a6 12. b4 Nd7 13. Qd2 cxb4 14. Nd1 h5 15.
Bxh5 Nc4 16. Qxb4 b5 17. Be2 Nc5 18. Bxc4 bxc4 19. Bb2 Nd3 20. Qa3 Nxb2 21.
Nxb2 c3 22. Nc4 Qc7 23. Na5 Rb8 24. Rxb8 Qxb8 25. Nc6 Qb5 26. Qxd6 c2 27. Qc7
Bf6 28. Na7 Qb7 29. Qxb7 Bxb7 30. Rc1 Bg5 31. Rxc2 f5 32. Rc7 Ba8 33. Nc6 Bf4
34. Ra7 Bxc6 35. dxc6 Re8 36. Rxa6 fxe4 37. Ra4 1-0

[Event "Forni di Sopra op 10th"]
[Site "Forni di Sopra"]
[Date "2019.06.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Le Goff, Ronan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2229"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2019.06.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. c3 g6 7. d4 Bg7 8. h3 Nf6
9. Re1 O-O 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. Bc2 h6 12. Nf1 Nh5 13. Be3 Qf6 14. N1h2 Nf4 15.
dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Nf3 Qf6 18. e5 Rxe5 19. Nxe5 Qxe5 20. Qf3 g5 21.
Bxf4 Qxf4 22. Qxb7 Rc8 23. Re7 Re8 24. Rxd7 Qd2 25. Qf3 1-0

[Event "Forni di Sopra op 10th"]
[Site "Forni di Sopra"]
[Date "2019.06.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sarkar, Justin"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E72"]
[WhiteElo "2359"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2019.06.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. g3 c5 6. d5 b5 7. e5 dxe5 8. Nxb5 Ne4
9. d6 Qa5+ 10. Ke2 Bb7 11. Nc7+ Kd7 12. Nf3 Nxd6 13. Nxa8 Nc6 14. Bg2 e4 15.
Nd2 Nd4+ 16. Kf1 Rxa8 17. h4 f5 18. h5 g5 19. Nb3 Nxb3 20. Qxb3 Ba6 21. Qd1
Bxc4+ 22. Kg1 Bd3 23. h6 Bf6 24. Bd2 Qb5 25. Bc3 Rb8 26. Bxf6 exf6 27. b3 c4
28. bxc4 Nxc4 29. Bf1 Ne5 30. Bxd3 exd3 31. Qb3 d2 32. Rd1 Qxb3 33. axb3 Nf3+
34. Kg2 Rxb3 35. Ra1 Ne1+ 36. Kf1 Ra3 37. Rd1 Nf3 38. Ke2 Ke6 39. Rb1 g4 40.
Rhd1 Kf7 41. Rb7+ Kg6 42. Rh1 d1=Q+ 43. Rxd1 Ng5 44. Rdd7 a6 45. Rb6 a5 46. Ra6
Ra2+ 47. Rd2 Ra4 48. Rd5 Re4+ 49. Kf1 Nf3 50. Rd1 Re5 51. Kg2 Ne1+ 52. Kf1 Nf3
53. Kg2 a4 54. Ra1 Ne1+ 55. Kf1 Nf3 56. Kg2 Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Forni di Sopra op 10th"]
[Site "Forni di Sopra"]
[Date "2019.06.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dappiano, Andrea"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2271"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2019.06.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. d4 c5 6. dxc5 Nc6 7. Bf4 h6 8. h3
Nxc5 9. Bd3 Nxd3+ 10. Qxd3 Bc5 11. O-O O-O 12. Rad1 a6 13. Ne2 Qb6 14. Bc1 Bd7
15. a3 Rfc8 16. Ng3 Bf8 17. Rfe1 Rc7 18. Nh2 Ne7 19. Ng4 Qb5 20. Qf3 Rxc2 21.
Nh5 Rac8 22. Nhf6+ gxf6 23. Nxf6+ Kh8 24. Qh5 Ng8 25. Qxf7 Nxf6 26. exf6 d4 27.
Bf4 Qf5 28. Rxd4 Bc6 29. Re5 Qh7 30. Qxe6 Qg8 31. Qxg8+ Kxg8 32. Rd2 Rxd2 33.
Bxd2 Rd8 34. Bb4 Bxb4 35. axb4 Kf7 36. Rh5 Kg6 37. g4 Rd6 38. Rf5 Rxf6 39.
Rxf6+ Kxf6 40. f4 h5 41. gxh5 Kf5 42. h6 Kg6 43. Kf2 Kxh6 44. Ke3 Bd7 45. h4
Kh5 46. Kd4 Kxh4 47. Ke5 Kg4 48. Kd6 Bf5 49. Kc7 Be4 0-1

[Event "Forni di Sopra op 10th"]
[Site "Forni di Sopra"]
[Date "2019.06.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Castellanos Rodriguez, Renier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2019.06.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. e4 c5 4. Nf3 d6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Na5 9. Bf4 Bg4 10. b3 Ne8 11. Bd2 b6 12. Rc1 e5 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. h3 Bxf3 15.
Bxf3 Be5 16. Bg4 Qe7 17. f4 Bd4+ 18. Kh2 Nf6 19. Bf3 e5 20. g3 Rae8 21. Bg2 Nc6
22. f5 Bxc3 23. Rxc3 Nd4 24. g4 Kh8 25. Rd3 Ng8 26. b4 a5 27. bxa5 bxa5 28. Ra3
Ra8 29. g5 Rab8 30. f6 Qf7 31. Qc1 Ne2 32. Qc2 Nd4 33. Qd3 Qd7 34. Rxa5 h6 35.
Ra6 hxg5 36. Bxg5 Rf7 37. Qa3 Rbf8 38. Ra8 Qe6 39. Rxf8 Rxf8 40. Qg3 1-0

[Event "Forni di Sopra op 10th"]
[Site "Forni di Sopra"]
[Date "2019.06.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sonis, Francesco"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2019.06.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Nc3 a6 7. Bg2 Qxc4 8.
O-O Nc6 9. Nb3 d5 10. Bf4 Be7 11. Rc1 Qb4 12. a3 Qb6 13. e4 dxe4 14. Be3 Qc7
15. Nc5 O-O 16. N5xe4 Bd7 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Na4 Rad8 19. Bb6 Qb8 20. Nc5 Bc8
21. Bxd8 Rxd8 22. Qb3 Nd4 23. Qe3 Nf5 24. Qb3 Nd4 25. Qe3 Nf5 26. Qb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Forni di Sopra op 10th"]
[Site "Forni di Sopra"]
[Date "2019.06.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Martinez Alcantara, Jose Eduardo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2019.06.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Bg5 Bb7 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nd2 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 d6 10. f3 Qe7 11. e4 Nc6 12. Bf2 e5 13. d5 Na5 14. Bd3 Bc8 15. Qc2
Nh5 16. g3 Bd7 17. Be3 O-O-O 18. O-O-O Rdf8 19. Rde1 Kc7 20. f4 g5 21. f5 Nf6
22. Kd1 Qe8 23. Ke2 g4 24. h4 gxh3 25. Rxh3 Ng4 26. Reh1 Ba4 27. Qb2 Rfg8 28.
Bg1 Rg7 29. Ke1 Rhg8 30. Be2 Qd8 31. Qb1 Qe8 32. Qb2 Qe7 33. Qb1 Qd8 34. Qb2
Qe8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Forni di Sopra op 10th"]
[Site "Forni di Sopra"]
[Date "2019.06.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Santos Ruiz, Miguel"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2019.06.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d3 Bg4 4. h3 Bh5 5. Qe2 e6 6. g4 Bg6 7. h4 h6 8. Nbd2 Nd7
9. Bg2 Be7 10. h5 Bh7 11. Nb3 dxe4 12. dxe4 Ngf6 13. g5 hxg5 14. Nxg5 Bg8 15.
Bf4 Nh7 16. Nxh7 Rxh7 17. O-O-O Bg5 18. Qe3 Bxf4 19. Qxf4 Qe7 20. e5 Nb6 21.
Na5 Kf8 22. Rh3 Rh6 23. Qd2 Bh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Forni di Sopra op 10th"]
[Site "Forni di Sopra"]
[Date "2019.06.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Deac, Bogdan Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2019.06.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Nc4 Nd7 8.
h4 Re8 9. h5 b5 10. Ne3 Nf8 11. Bd2 Rb8 12. a3 Bd4 13. c3 Bc5 14. Qc2 Qf6 15.
O-O-O h6 16. d4 exd4 17. cxd4 Bxd4 18. Nxd4 Qxd4 19. Bb4 Qe5 20. f3 Qg5 21. Bd2
Qf6 22. Kb1 Be6 23. Bc3 Qg5 24. Qf2 Rbd8 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. f4 Qe7 27. Qf3 f6
28. f5 Bf7 29. Ng4 Nd7 30. Re1 Qd6 31. Rd1 Qe7 32. Qg3 Kh7 33. Re1 Bxh5 34. e5
Bxg4 35. Qxg4 Nxe5 36. Bxe5 fxe5 37. Qg6+ Kh8 38. Qxc6 b4 39. axb4 Qf6 40. Qxf6
gxf6 41. Rc1 Rd7 42. Rc6 Kg7 43. g4 Rf7 44. Rc4 h5 45. gxh5 Kh6 46. Rg4 Kxh5
47. Rg6 e4 48. Kc2 Rd7 49. Rxf6 Kg4 50. Rf8 e3 51. f6 e2 52. Re8 Kf3 53. Re5 a6
54. Kc3 c6 55. Kc2 Kf2 56. Rf5+ Kg3 57. Re5 Kf3 58. Kc3 Kf2 59. Rf5+ Ke1 60.
Kc2 Rd2+ 61. Kc1 Rd1+ 62. Kc2 Rd2+ 63. Kc1 Rd1+ 64. Kc2 Rd2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Forni di Sopra op 10th"]
[Site "Forni di Sopra"]
[Date "2019.06.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mareco, Sandro"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2019.06.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 e5 8. Bd3
c5 9. d5 Nbd7 10. Ne2 Re8 11. f3 h5 12. h4 Nf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon 32nd"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2019.07.05"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Nihal, Sarin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2019.07.05"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. O-O Nbd7 8. b3
a6 9. Ba3 Bxa3 10. Nxa3 O-O 11. Rc1 Re8 12. Nb1 c5 13. Nbd2 Qe7 14. Qc2 Rac8
15. Qb2 g6 16. Rc2 Nf8 17. Rfc1 Ne6 18. Bf1 Rc7 19. g3 Rec8 20. Bh3 h5 21. a3
Ng4 22. Bg2 cxd4 23. Rxc7 Rxc7 24. Rxc7 Qxc7 25. exd4 a5 26. Bf1 Nf6 27. Bh3
Qd6 28. Nf1 Ne4 29. Ne3 N6g5 30. Nxg5 Nxg5 31. Bg2 Nh7 32. Bf1 Ng5 33. Bg2 Nh7
34. b4 axb4 35. Qxb4 Qxb4 36. axb4 Nf6 37. f3 Kf8 38. Bf1 Ke7 39. Kf2 Kd6 40.
Ke1 Bc8 41. Kd2 Bd7 42. Nd1 Ne8 43. Nc3 Ng7 44. Bd3 Bf5 45. Ba6 Bd7 46. Bb7 Be6
47. Ba6 Bd7 48. Bf1 Nf5 49. Kd3 Ne7 50. Be2 Nc6 51. Nb5+ Ke7 52. Kc3 Nd8 53.
Na3 Kd6 54. Nc2 Ne6 55. Ne3 Nc7 56. Kd2 Ne6 57. Kc3 Nc7 58. Bd3 Bb5 59. h4 Bxd3
60. Kxd3 Ne6 61. Nd1 f6 62. Ne3 b5 63. Kc3 Kc6 64. Kd3 Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon 32nd"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2019.07.05"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Nihal, Sarin"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2019.07.05"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. d4 e6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Qc2 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Be7 9. e4 O-O 10. Bd3 c5 11. O-O Qc7 12. Qe2 Nd7 13. Re1 Rfd8 14. Bb2 Rac8
15. Rad1 Nf8 16. g3 Bf6 17. h4 h6 18. e5 Be7 19. Nd2 cxd4 20. cxd4 f5 21. exf6
Bxf6 22. Qg4 Kh8 23. Bb1 Qf7 24. Ne4 Be7 25. Re3 Rd5 26. Rde1 Rcd8 27. Qe2 Qh5
28. Nc3 Qxe2 29. Nxe2 Rb5 30. Ba1 Ra5 31. Bb2 Bd6 32. Ba2 Bd5 33. Bxd5 Rxd5 34.
Rc1 Kg8 35. Kg2 Rf5 36. Nc3 Kf7 37. Ne4 Rd5 38. Rc6 Be7 39. Kf1 Rb5 40. Rc2
Rbd5 41. Ke2 Nh7 42. Rc7 R8d7 43. Rxd7 Rxd7 44. Rc3 Nf6 45. Nxf6 Bxf6 46. Rc6
Ke7 47. Ke3 Rd6 48. Rc7+ Rd7 49. Rc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon 32nd"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2019.07.05"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Nihal, Sarin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2019.07.05"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ c6 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qb3 Nbd7 8.
g3 Bb7 9. Bg2 a6 10. Ne5 Qc8 11. O-O c5 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Bxb7 Qxb7 14. dxc5
Bxc5 15. Bg5 O-O 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Rad1 Rfd8 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Rd1 Qb6 20. e3
f5 21. Ne2 Be7 22. Rxd8+ Qxd8 23. Qc2 Bf6 24. b3 Be5 25. Nc1 Qd5 26. Nd3 Bd6
27. h4 h5 28. Kf1 Kg7 29. Ke2 e5 30. Qc3 Kh7 31. Ne1 f4 32. Qc2+ Kg7 33. Qf5
fxe3 34. fxe3 Bb4 35. Nf3 f6 36. g4 Qf7 37. gxh5 Be7 38. Nh2 Kh8 39. Ng4 Qd5
40. h6 Qg2+ 41. Nf2 Qd5 42. h5 Qc6 43. Qg6 Bf8 44. h7 Qe6 45. Ng4 1-0

[Event "Leon 32nd"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2019.07.05"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Nihal, Sarin"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2019.07.05"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Bg2 Bxc3 8.
Bxc3 Ne4 9. Rc1 d6 10. d5 Nb8 11. dxe6 fxe6 12. O-O Nc6 13. Nd4 Nxc3 14. Rxc3
Bd7 15. Nc2 Rad8 16. Qd2 b6 17. b4 a5 18. a3 Kh8 19. e4 e5 20. b5 Nb8 21. Ne3
Rde8 22. Nd5 Qd8 23. f4 exf4 24. gxf4 Be6 25. Rg3 Nd7 26. Qd4 Rf7 27. Ne3 Nc5
28. f5 Bc8 29. Ng4 Nd7 30. Kh1 Ne5 31. Ne3 Bb7 32. Rf4 Qf6 33. Qd1 Qh6 34. Qf1
Nd3 35. Rfg4 Ne5 36. Rf4 Nd3 37. Rfg4 Ne5 38. Rf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon 32nd"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2019.07.07"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2019.07.05"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 d6 7. d4 e5 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. Ba3 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Re8 11. Nc3 Na6 12. Ng5 Bf5 13. e4 Bg4 14. f3 Bd7 15.
Bh3 Rad8 16. Kg2 Bh6 17. Bxd7 Nxd7 18. h4 Ndc5 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Rd1 Rxd1 21.
Nxd1 f6 22. Nh3 Kf7 23. Kf1 Ne6 24. Ndf2 Be3 25. Nd3 h5 26. Nhf2 Nac5 27. Nxc5
Bxc5 28. Bxc5 Nxc5 29. Ke2 Ke7 30. Ke3 a5 31. g4 Ne6 32. Nd3 Kd6 33. gxh5 gxh5
34. f4 b6 35. f5 Nd4 36. c5+ Kc7 37. Nb2 b5 38. Nd3 Nc2+ 39. Kd2 Nd4 40. Nf2
Kd7 41. Nh1 Ke7 42. Ng3 b4 43. Nxh5 Nb5 44. Ng3 Nc3 45. a4 Kf7 46. Ke3 Kg7 47.
Nf1 Nb1 48. Kd3 Kh6 49. Ne3 Na3 50. Ng4+ 1-0

[Event "Leon 32nd"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2019.07.07"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2019.07.05"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
O-O g6 9. Qe1 Qc7 10. Bf4 Nh5 11. Bg5 Bg7 12. Rd1 O-O 13. b3 e6 14. Be2 Nf6 15.
Bf4 e5 16. Bg5 Be6 17. Bf3 h6 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Qd2 Rad8 20. Qxh6 Bg7 21. Qg5
Qa5 22. Qd2 Qc7 23. Rfe1 f5 24. Qg5 Kh7 25. Qc1 Qa5 26. Rd3 d5 27. exd5 cxd5
28. b4 Qxb4 29. Bxd5 Bxd5 30. Nxd5 Qc5 31. c4 f4 32. Re4 Rb8 33. h4 Rf7 34. Qc2
Kh6 35. Rb3 Rfb7 36. Qd1 Qc8 37. Kh2 a5 38. g4 a4 39. Rh3 Rb2 40. Qf3 Qc5 41.
Kg2 Rxa2 42. g5+ Kh7 43. h5 Rbb2 44. hxg6+ Kg8 45. Rxf4 exf4 46. Nf6+ Bxf6 47.
Qa8+ Qf8 48. Qd5+ Kg7 49. Rh7+ Kxg6 50. Qe4+ Kxg5 51. Qd5+ Be5 52. Qxe5+ Kg6
53. Qh5+ Kf6 54. Rh6+ Qxh6 55. Qxh6+ Ke5 56. Qg5+ Kd4 57. Qxf4+ Kc5 58. Qe5+
Kb4 59. Qb5+ Kc3 60. Qe5+ Kb3 61. Qb5+ Kc2 62. Qf5+ Kd1 63. c5 a3 64. c6 Rxf2+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon 32nd"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2019.07.07"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2019.07.05"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 b6 2. c4 Bb7 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Nf6 7. b3 d6 8. Bb2
Nbd7 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Rfd1 a6 12. Ne1 Ne4 13. Qe3 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 Bxc3
15. Qxc3 Qc7 16. Qe3 Nf6 17. a4 Rab8 18. Rd4 Rfc8 19. Qh6 b5 20. axb5 axb5 21.
Rh4 bxc4 22. bxc4 Ra8 23. Rc1 Ra2 24. Qe3 Bxg2 25. Nxg2 d5 26. Ne1 Ra4 27. c5
Rxh4 28. gxh4 e5 29. Nf3 Re8 30. c6 d4 31. Qb3 Rb8 32. Qc4 Ne4 33. Kg2 Rb2 34.
Ng5 Nd6 35. Qd5 Rb5 36. Rc5 Rxc5 37. Qxc5 Nf5 38. Qd5 Qe7 39. Kf1 Kg7 40. Ne4
Qc7 41. Ng5 Qe7 42. Qd7 h6 43. Nf3 Kf6 44. h5 gxh5 45. Qd5 Qc7 46. Qd7 Qxd7 47.
cxd7 Ke7 48. Nxe5 f6 49. Ng6+ Kxd7 50. Nf4 h4 51. Kg2 Kd6 52. Kf3 Ke5 53. Ng6+
Kd5 54. Nf4+ Ke5 55. Kg4 Ne7 56. Nd3+ Ke4 57. Kxh4 Nd5 58. Kh5 Nc3 59. Nc1 Nd1
60. Nd3 Nc3 61. Nc1 Nd1 62. Nd3 Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon 32nd"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2019.07.07"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[Annotator "Rahal,M"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2019.07.05"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,70,30,21,51,52,59,31,31,19,31,31,68,34,90,55,70,35,37,33,18,31,31,-5,
29,18,39,17,28,-1,12,-5,-5,-5,-13,-5,7,7,18,24,24,-16,6,9,28,29,29,-25,12,-4,
56,80,62,43,47,32,34,41,44,14,14,-48,-82,-216,-216,-216,-216,-144,-117,-897,
-1317,-29997,-29998] Ivanchuk was trailing 2-1 at this point, so his only
chance was to go all in to tie the match and try his luck with the tiebreaks.} 
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 (2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 {0-1 (54) Karthik,V 
(2519)-Maghsoodloo,P (2649) Manavgat 2018}) 2... Nc6 (2... d6 3. d4 cxd4 4.
Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 {0-1 (41) Kuipers,S (2470)-Maghsoodloo,P (2679) Wijk aan Zee
2019}) 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 {The Richter-Rauzer attack
against the Classical Sicilian. Although GM Kozul is the main man in the
variation with Black, Maghsoodloo has played several games recently. However,
I was slightly surprised to see that Ivanchuk had no recent games with White
in this line.} e6 7. Qd2 (7. Bb5 Bd7 8. Qd3 h6 9. Bh4 Be7 10. O-O-O O-O 11.
Bxc6 Bxc6 12. f4 Rc8 13. Rhe1 a6 14. Nxc6 Rxc6 15. e5 Ne8 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Kb1
b5 18. Ne4 d5 19. Ng3 b4 20. Ne2 Nc7 21. Nd4 Rc4 22. f5 Nb5 23. Qg3 Qg5 24.
Qxg5 hxg5 25. Nf3 g4 26. Ng5 exf5 27. Rxd5 Re8 28. Red1 Rc7 29. Rd8 Rce7 30. a4
bxa3 31. c4 Nc7 32. R1d7 Rxd7 33. Rxd7 Ne6 34. Nxe6 Rxe6 35. c5 axb2 36. Kxb2
Rxe5 37. c6 Rc5 38. c7 Kh7 39. Rxf7 Kg6 40. Rd7 Kf6 41. g3 g5 42. Kb3 a5 43.
Ka4 f4 44. gxf4 gxf4 45. Rd6+ Ke5 46. Rd7 f3 47. Rg7 Kf4 48. Rf7+ Ke3 49. Re7+
Kf2 50. Rg7 Ke2 {0-1 (50) Sandipan,C (2534)-Maghsoodloo,P (2673) Sharjah 2019})
7... a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 ({The main line is} 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Kb1
Qb6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Qe1 O-O-O 14. Bd3 Qc5 15. Qh4 Be7 16. f5 h5 17. Qh3 Bd7
18. Ne2 exf5 19. Qf3 fxe4 20. Bxe4 Bg4 21. Qf1 d5 22. Bf5+ Kb7 23. Bxg4 hxg4
24. Rd4 Qc8 25. h3 gxh3 26. gxh3 Rh5 27. Qf3 Rf5 28. Rf4 Rxf4 29. Nxf4 Qf5 30.
Rf1 Qe4 31. Qh5 d4 32. Nd3 Qd5 33. Qe2 Qe6 34. Qf3+ Qd5 35. Qf2 Rh8 36. h4 f5
37. Qxf5 Qxf5 38. Rxf5 Rxh4 39. a4 f6 40. axb5 axb5 41. Rxb5+ Kc6 42. Ra5 Rh8 {
1/2-1/2 (42) Vokhidov,S (2494)-Maghsoodloo,P (2673) Sharjah 2019}) 9... Be7 10.
Kb1 {Both 10.h4 and 10.Be3 are decent and more played alternatives. The game
has more or less transposed to the famous English Attack against the Najdorf/
Scheveningen, in which both players castle on opposite sides of the board: an
ideal situation for a must-win game.} (10. h4 h6 11. Be3 h5 12. Kb1 b5 13. Nxc6
Bxc6 14. Ne2 Qc7 15. Nd4 Bd7 16. Bg5 Rb8 17. Nb3 e5 18. g3 Be6 19. Bh3 Rd8 20.
Bxe6 fxe6 21. Rhe1 O-O 22. Qe2 Rc8 23. Rd3 a5 24. Rc3 Qb6 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Nc1
b4 27. f4 exf4 28. gxf4 Qc7 29. Nd3 Ng4 30. Rc1 Bxg5 31. hxg5 Qf7 32. Rf1 g6
33. b3 Rf8 34. Rd1 Qe7 35. Rf1 e5 36. fxe5 Rxf1+ 37. Qxf1 dxe5 38. Qc1 Kg7 39.
Qd2 Qd8 40. Qc1 h4 41. Qg1 Qxg5 42. Nc5 Kf7 43. Qf1+ Qf6 44. Qe2 Nh6 45. Qd2
Kg7 46. Qd7+ Nf7 47. Ne6+ Kh6 48. Nf8 Ng5 49. Qe8 Qf7 {0-1 (49) Hossain,E 
(2473)-Maghsoodloo,P (2636) Hamedan 2018}) 10... O-O 11. Be3 (11. h4 b5 12.
Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Ne2 {with the idea Nd4-g4 with an attack is more to the point.})
11... b5 12. g4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bc6 14. g5 Nd7 15. h4 b4 16. Ne2 d5 $5 {
Protecting the b4 pawn with the bishop and either opening up the center for
the light-square bishop or, as in the game, shutting down the activity of both
bishops (c6 but also d4). After the game Maghsoodloo mentioned that his
team-mate iranian GM Tabatabei had analysed this position and found it
playable.} 17. e5 a5 18. f4 ({The computer claims an advantage for White with} 
18. Nf4 $5 {followed by the pawn sacrifice 19.g6 and then 20.h5 opening lines
for the heavy pieces.}) 18... Nc5 $1 {The black knight heads towards the e4 
(or a4) squares.} ({A previous game between Hracek,Z (2633) and Samsonkin,A 
(2409) in Khanty-Mansiysk 2010 had continued} 18... a4 19. h5 b3 20. g6 $1 Nc5
{and now} 21. h6 $5 {is equal according to the computer but in my opinion
anything but a draw can happen here!}) 19. Qe3 Ne4 20. Bh3 $5 {Threatening
ideas with maybe 21.f5 or even 21.g6!? followed by 22.h5.} (20. Ng3 {was
probably a more solid option}) 20... Bd7 $1 {Defending against f5 while at the
same time opening the c-file for an attack on c2.} 21. Bg2 $1 {Ivanchuk wants
to exchange the strong knight on e4 but he does lose a tempi. The computer
however agrees with his decision!} Qc7 $1 22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. Ng3 {It seems that
White is doing well by attacking the e4 pawn and f5-h5 are on the line.
However, Black also can attack with a4-b3 and also the light-squared bishop
could now become very strong in some situations. At this point there was a lot
of excitement in the playing hall as anything could happen.} (23. Qxe4 $2 Bc6
$19 {[%csl Rh1]}) 23... Rfc8 {Attacking c2.} 24. Rh2 a4 25. Nxe4 b3 {White has
won a pawn but Black strikes first...} 26. cxb3 $2 {The classical defensive
approach in these types of position (cxb3 followed by a3 closing the queenside)
will not work here.} ({The key move was} 26. Bc3 $1 {and now} bxa2+ (26...
bxc2+ 27. Rxc2 $16) (26... a3 27. cxb3 axb2 28. Bxb2 $16) 27. Ka1 $1 {Using
the black pawn as a shield} a3 28. b3 {and White is fully protected and can
now counterattack on the kingside}) 26... axb3 27. a3 Bc6 $1 28. Rhd2 ({
The idea behind 27...Bc6 can be seen in the line} 28. h5 Bxe4+ $1 29. Qxe4 Ra4
$1 {Threatening all sorts of tactics based on White's back-rank weakness and
the pawn on b3. The main threat is 30...Rxd4 winning.}) {Black increases the
pressure on files and diagonals. Although the computer says that White is fine,
in practice it's easy to overstep.} 28... Ra4 29. Nc3 ({Returning the pawn with
} 29. Nd6 Bxd6 30. exd6 Qxd6 31. h5 {would still be very unclear.} ({However,} 
31. Bxg7 $2 {loses to} Be4+ $1 32. Qxe4 (32. Ka1 Rxa3+ 33. bxa3 Qxa3+ 34. Ra2
Qxa2#) 32... Qxd2 $1 33. Rxd2 Rxe4 $19)) 29... Rc4 30. f5 $2 {Ivanchuk, who up
to now had played a very decent game, loses his cool and opens up the position
at a bad moment.} (30. h5 Qb7 31. Rd3 {and Black has obvious compensation for
the pawn but there's no clear way to break open White's castled king.}) 30...
exf5 31. e6 Be4+ $1 ({But not} 31... fxe6 $2 32. Qxe6+ Kh8 33. Bxg7+ $1 Kxg7
34. Rd7 $1 Bxd7 35. Qxe7+ Kg8 36. Rxd7 {winning, was one of the lines that I
suspect Ivanchuk had calculated when he played 30.f5 but as I always say to my
students "Long line, wrong line". It's not surprising that Black has the nice
"zwischenzug" 31...Be4+ that leaves White on the ropes.}) 32. Ka1 (32. Nxe4
Rc1+ 33. Rxc1 Qxc1#) {And White is busted. Ivanchuk played his last card.}
32... fxe6 33. Bxg7 Qa5 $1 (33... Kxg7 34. Rd7 Rxc3 $1 35. bxc3 b2+ 36. Kxb2
Rb8+ 37. Ka1 Rb1+ $1 38. Rxb1 Qxd7 {is also winning but as Sarin said in the
commentary "there is no need to capture the bishop and Parham won't". He was
right!}) 34. Bf6 Bxa3 $1 35. Rd8+ (35. bxa3 Qxa3+ 36. Na2 Qxa2+) 35... Bf8+ {
Blacking a check and delivering mate at the same time is a very nice way to
end the tournament!} 0-1

[Event "TUR-chT"]
[Site "Konya"]
[Date "2019.07.17"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Iljiushenok, Ilia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2019.07.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tatvan Satranc Egitimi"]
[BlackTeam "Ordu Buyuksehir Belediye"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. O-O a6 8. Bf4
Rb8 9. Rc1 h6 10. h4 Ng4 11. d5 e5 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. b3 e5 14. Bd2 Bf5 15. Ne1
Qd7 16. Bd5+ Be6 17. Bg2 Rf7 18. Nc2 Rbf8 19. f3 Nf6 20. e4 Nh5 21. Kh2 Qd8 22.
Ne2 g5 23. g4 Nf4 24. h5 Nxg2 25. Kxg2 Bxg4 26. fxg4 Rxf1 27. Qxf1 Rxf1 28.
Rxf1 Nd4 29. Nexd4 exd4 30. Rf5 c6 31. Nb4 Qe8 32. Kf3 Qe6 33. Bc1 Be5 34. Nd3
c5 35. Bd2 b5 36. Nb2 d3 37. Nxd3 bxc4 38. Nxe5 dxe5 39. bxc4 Qxc4 40. Be3 Qf1+
41. Kg3 Qe1+ 42. Kf3 Qd1+ 43. Kg3 c4 44. Rf6 Qe1+ 45. Kf3 Qf1+ 46. Kg3 Qxf6 0-1

[Event "TUR-chT"]
[Site "Konya"]
[Date "2019.07.18"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Alekseenko, Kirill"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2019.07.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tatvan Satranc Egitimi"]
[BlackTeam "Hatay Buyuksehir"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Rb1 a5 6. a3 d6 7. b4 axb4 8. axb4
f5 9. b5 Nd4 10. e3 Ne6 11. Nge2 Nf6 12. d3 O-O 13. O-O h5 14. Nd5 Ng4 15. f3
Nh6 16. Bd2 Bd7 17. Bc3 h4 18. Qd2 hxg3 19. hxg3 Qg5 20. Rf2 Qh5 21. Bh1 g5 22.
Rh2 Qf7 23. d4 c6 24. Nb6 Rad8 25. Nxd7 Rxd7 26. Bg2 c5 27. d5 Nc7 28. Rf1 Qg6
29. Qc2 g4 30. f4 e4 31. Kf2 Ne8 32. Ra1 Nf6 33. Nc1 b6 34. Nb3 Nf7 35. Bf1 Rb8
36. Be2 Re7 37. Rhh1 Ne8 38. Ra2 Bxc3 39. Qxc3 Qg7 40. Qxg7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "TUR-chT"]
[Site "Konya"]
[Date "2019.07.19"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Demchenko, Anton"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2019.07.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sertel GenclikK Sport"]
[BlackTeam "Tatvan Satranc Egitimi"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. Re1 Rc8 7. b3 g6 8.
Bb2 Bg7 9. c4 e5 10. Nc3 O-O 11. d3 Bh6 12. a3 Nb8 13. b4 Nc6 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15.
exd5 Nd4 16. bxc5 Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3 Rxc5 18. a4 f5 19. Qe2 Rc7 20. Rab1 Re8 21. f3
Rce7 22. Bc3 Bg7 23. Bd2 Qc8 24. Be3 b6 25. Rec1 Qa6 26. Qa2 h5 27. a5 Kh7 28.
Rc2 bxa5 29. Rb5 Bh6 30. Bxh6 Kxh6 31. Qxa5 Qxa5 32. Rxa5 e4 33. dxe4 fxe4 34.
fxe4 Rxe4 35. Rxa7 Rc8 36. Ra6 Rcxc4 37. Rxc4 Rxc4 38. h3 Rd4 39. Rxd6 Rd2 40.
Rd8 Kg7 41. d6 Kf7 42. d7 Rd6 43. Kf2 Ke7 44. Rg8 Kxd7 45. Rg7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "TUR-chT"]
[Site "Konya"]
[Date "2019.07.20"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2019.07.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tatvan Satranc Egitimi"]
[BlackTeam "Turk Hava Yollari"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O a6 7. a4 Nc6 8. Qe2
Be7 9. Rd1 O-O 10. Nc3 Qc7 11. Bd2 Rd8 12. Be1 cxd4 13. exd4 Bd7 14. Rac1 Rac8
15. d5 exd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 Bf6 18. b4 Bg4 19. Qe4 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Re8 21.
Qg4 Qe7 22. b5 axb5 23. axb5 h5 24. Qh3 Na7 25. Rxc8 Nxc8 26. Qxh5 Qc7 27. Be4
Qc4 28. Bd5 Qc7 29. Be4 Qc4 30. Qh7+ Kf8 31. Rb1 Re5 32. Bb4+ Ke8 33. Qh8+ Kd7
34. Qh3+ Qe6 35. Qf1 Rg5+ 36. Kh1 Be5 37. Bxb7 Qh6 38. f4 Nd6 39. Bc6+ Ke6 40.
Re1 Qh4 41. Bd2 f6 42. fxe5 Rxe5 43. f4 1-0

[Event "TUR-chT"]
[Site "Konya"]
[Date "2019.07.21"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2019.07.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tarsus Zeka"]
[BlackTeam "Tatvan Satranc Egitimi"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. Nf3 c6 5. e4 Qa5 6. e5 Ne4 7. e6 fxe6 8. Bd3
e5 9. dxe5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 dxe5 12. O-O g6 13. Re1 Bg7 14. Ng5 e4
15. Nxe4 O-O 16. h4 Kh8 17. Rb1 Rb8 18. Qe2 Qe5 19. Ng5 Qxe2 20. Rxe2 Bf6 21.
g3 b6 22. Ne6 Bxe6 23. Rxe6 c5 24. c4 Bd4 25. Rf1 Rf3 26. Rxe7 Rbf8 27. Re2
Rxg3+ 28. Kh2 Rg4 29. f4 Bf6 30. h5 gxh5 31. Bf5 Rg7 32. Be6 Bd4 33. Kh3 Rf6
34. Bd5 Rd7 35. Kh4 Kg7 36. Kxh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "TUR-chT"]
[Site "Konya"]
[Date "2019.07.21"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2019.07.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tatvan Satranc Egitimi"]
[BlackTeam "Besiktas Jimnastik"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Bg5 dxc4 8.
Qxc4 b6 9. Rc1 c5 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. f3 Nbd7 12. e4 a5 13. Nh3 Ba6 14. Qc3 Bxf1
15. Rxf1 h6 16. Be3 Rb8 17. Rf2 a4 18. Rfc2 Rb3 19. Qd2 Qb8 20. Bf4 Qb6 21. Nf2
Rd8 22. Qd6 Qb5 23. Nd1 Rc8 24. Nc3 Qb7 25. Qd2 Qc6 26. Rd1 Nb6 27. Qe2 Qb7 28.
Rcd2 Nfd7 29. Bd6 Qc6 30. h4 e5 31. g3 Re8 32. Kf2 Re6 33. Qa6 Re8 34. Kg2 Ra8
35. Qe2 Re8 36. Kh2 Re6 37. Kg2 Re8 38. Na2 Re6 39. Nc1 Rb5 40. Bc7 Nf6 41. Na2
Nbd7 42. Nc3 Rb7 43. Bd8 Nh5 44. Nd5 Nf8 45. f4 g6 46. f5 Re8 47. Ba5 Nh7 48.
Nc3 Qf6 49. Nxa4 Ra7 50. Bd8 Qg7 51. Nxc5 Kh8 52. Qf3 Rg8 53. Rd3 Ra8 54. f6
N7xf6 55. b4 Nh7 56. Rd7 Rf8 57. Bc7 Rae8 58. Bd6 1-0

[Event "TUR-chT"]
[Site "Konya"]
[Date "2019.07.23"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Moiseenko, Vadim"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2019.07.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tas Duvar"]
[BlackTeam "Tatvan Satranc Egitimi"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 d6 5. Ng5 Nh6 6. c3 O-O 7. h3 Kh8 8. g4
Be6 9. Bb3 Bxb3 10. axb3 a5 11. Na3 Qd7 12. Nf3 f5 13. gxf5 Nxf5 14. Rh2 d5 15.
Ng5 h6 16. Qg4 hxg5 17. h4 gxh4 18. exf5 Qxf5 19. Qxh4+ Kg8 20. Nb5 Rac8 21.
Bd2 Rf6 22. Ra4 Rcf8 23. Qh8+ Kf7 24. Qh4 Qxd3 25. Nxc7 Bb6 26. Qg4 Bxc7 27.
Qd7+ Ne7 28. Qxc7 Rg6 0-1

[Event "TUR-chT"]
[Site "Konya"]
[Date "2019.07.24"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Benidze, Davit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2019.07.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tatvan Satranc Egitimi"]
[BlackTeam "Kahramanmaras Buyuksehir"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Re1 g6 11. Bh6 Re8 12. Be4 b6 13. h4 Bb7 14. h5 Bf8 15.
Bxf8 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Rxf8 17. Qd2 Qf6 18. Re3 Rac8 19. Rae1 Rc7 20. Qe2 Ne7 21.
Bxb7 Rxb7 22. Ne5 Rc7 23. Rf3 Qg5 24. Rg3 Qf6 25. Qd2 Nf5 26. Rh3 Rfc8 27. Ng4
Qe7 28. hxg6 fxg6 29. Re5 Rd8 30. a4 Rd6 31. a5 Rd5 32. axb6 axb6 33. Qe1 Rd6
34. Rb5 h5 35. Ne5 Qg5 36. Rb1 Kg7 37. Rd3 Qd8 38. Nf3 Qf6 39. Nd2 Rdc6 40. Ne4
Qd8 41. Rb5 Ra7 42. Rd1 Ra5 43. Rb2 Rd5 44. f4 Qc8 45. Ra1 Qc7 46. Rf2 b5 47.
Ng5 Kf6 48. Ra8 b4 49. Rf8+ Kg7 50. Rf7+ Qxf7 51. Nxf7 Kxf7 52. cxb4 Rc4 53.
Ra2 Rcxd4 54. Ra7+ Kf6 55. Qc3 Nd6 56. Ra5 Ne4 57. Qb2 Rd7 58. b5 Kf7 59. b6
Rd2 60. Qh8 Rd1+ 61. Kh2 Nf6 62. Ra7 R1d3 63. g3 Rd2+ 64. Kh3 1-0

[Event "TUR-chT"]
[Site "Konya"]
[Date "2019.07.25"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Dastan, Batuhan Muhammed"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2019.07.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Rota Koleji Dernegi"]
[BlackTeam "Tatvan Satranc Egitimi"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Be3 Nf6 8.
O-O b5 9. Nxc6 Qxc6 10. a3 Bb7 11. Qe2 Be7 12. f3 Qc7 13. Bd4 O-O 14. e5 Nd5
15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. a4 Bc4 17. axb5 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 axb5 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. Qxb5
Qxc2 21. Bc3 Qa4 22. Qxa4 Rxa4 23. Rd1 Ra7 24. Kf2 f6 25. Ke3 Kf7 26. Kd3 Rb7
27. Kc2 fxe5 28. Bxe5 Bf6 29. Bc3 d5 30. f4 Rc7 31. Kd3 Bxc3 32. bxc3 Kf6 33.
g3 Ra7 34. Rd2 h6 35. Rc2 Ra3 36. Rf2 Kf5 37. Re2 Ra4 38. Re5+ Kf6 39. h4 Ra1
40. Re3 Rc1 41. Kd2 Rg1 42. Ke2 Kf5 43. Kf2 Rc1 44. Kf3 g6 45. Re5+ Kf6 46. Re3
Rc2 47. g4 h5 48. gxh5 gxh5 49. Re5 Rxc3+ 50. Ke2 d4 51. Kf2 Rc2+ 52. Kf3 Rh2
53. Rxh5 d3 54. Ra5 d2 55. Ra1 Rxh4 56. Rd1 Rh3+ 57. Ke2 Rh2+ 58. Kf3 Kf5 59.
Kg3 Re2 60. Kf3 Re4 61. Rxd2 Rxf4+ 62. Ke3 Rh4 63. Rf2+ Ke5 64. Rf3 Ra4 65. Ke2
Ra2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "TUR-chT"]
[Site "Konya"]
[Date "2019.07.25"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Durarbayli, Vasif"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D81"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2019.07.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tatvan Satranc Egitimi"]
[BlackTeam "Karaman Belediye"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg7 6. e4 O-O 7. Be2 Nfd7 8.
Be3 Nb6 9. Qc5 f5 10. f3 Nc6 11. O-O-O a5 12. Nh3 a4 13. d5 Ne5 14. f4 Ng4 15.
e5 a3 16. Bd4 axb2+ 17. Kxb2 Na4+ 18. Nxa4 Rxa4 19. Bc4 b6 20. d6+ e6 21. Qb5
Rxc4 22. Qxc4 c5 23. Bc3 Ne3 24. Qb3 Qd7 25. Rhe1 Nxd1+ 26. Rxd1 b5 27. a3 Bb7
28. g3 Bh6 29. Ba5 Kf7 30. Nf2 Rc8 31. Bc7 g5 32. g4 c4 33. Qh3 c3+ 34. Qxc3
fxg4 35. Nxg4 Bg7 36. fxg5 Be4 37. Rd4 Bf5 38. Nf6 Bxf6 39. exf6 Rg8 40. h4 Ra8
41. Qf3 Ra4 42. Rb4 Kg6 43. h5+ Kf7 44. Qc3 Ra6 45. Qc5 Bd3 46. Bb6 1-0

[Event "TUR-chT"]
[Site "Konya"]
[Date "2019.07.26"]
[Round "11.6"]
[White "Sanal, Vahap"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2019.07.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Deniz su Aquamatch"]
[BlackTeam "Tatvan Satranc Egitimi"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. c3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Re1
Re8 9. d4 exd4 10. cxd4 Bg4 11. d5 a6 12. Ba4 b5 13. dxc6 bxa4 14. Qxa4 Rb8 15.
h3 Bxf3 16. Nxf3 Rb6 17. Be3 Rxb2 18. Bd4 Rb8 19. e5 Nd5 20. Rad1 Re6 21. Ba1
Nb6 22. Qxa6 d5 23. Qb5 Qe8 24. Rc1 Qd8 25. Red1 Ra8 26. Rc2 Bf8 27. Rd4 Ra3
28. Qe2 Qe8 29. Rf4 h6 30. Rf6 Rxf6 31. exf6 Qc8 32. Ne5 Ra4 33. Qd3 Re4 34.
Re2 Rxe2 35. Qxe2 Qe6 36. Bd4 Nc4 37. Qg4 Qxg4 38. hxg4 Na3 39. Kf1 Bd6 40. Bb2
Kf8 41. Bxa3 Bxa3 42. Ke2 Ke8 43. Nd7 d4 44. Kd3 Bb2 45. a4 Bc3 46. f3 Kd8 47.
Ne5 Ke8 48. Nc4 Kd8 49. a5 1-0

[Event "TUR-chT"]
[Site "Konya"]
[Date "2019.07.27"]
[Round "12.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Nihal, Sarin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2019.07.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tatvan Satranc Egitimi"]
[BlackTeam "Bursa Buyuksehir"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. O-O Nbd7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. b3
a6 9. Qe2 Bd6 10. Ba3 c5 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Rfd1 Qe7 13. Rac1 g6 14. Qb2 Rac8 15.
Bf1 Rfe8 16. g3 c4 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. a4 Rc7 19. Nd2 cxb3 20. Qxb3 Rec8 21. Rc2
Kg7 22. Rdc1 h5 23. h4 Qe6 24. Bd3 Qd6 25. Qb2 Kg8 26. Ne2 Rxc2 27. Rxc2 Rxc2
28. Qxc2 Qc6 29. Nc3 Ne8 30. f3 Nd6 31. Kf2 Kf8 32. Qb3 Nf6 33. Na2 a5 34. Nc3
Bc8 35. Bb1 Be6 36. Ba2 Kg8 37. Qb2 Nf5 38. Nb5 Nd6 39. Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2019.09.30"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2019.09.30"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Beniajan Duochess CAC"]
[BlackTeam "Extremadura Magic"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nc6 7. Be3 Nf6 8. Be2
O-O 9. Nb3 Be6 10. g4 d5 11. f5 Bc8 12. exd5 Nb4 13. Bf3 gxf5 14. a3 fxg4 15.
Bg2 Na6 16. Qd3 Bd7 17. O-O-O Qc8 18. Rhf1 Ne8 19. Bd4 Bh6+ 20. Kb1 f6 21. Ne4
Rf7 22. d6 f5 23. Qg3 fxe4 24. Rxf7 Kxf7 25. Qh4 Bf5 26. Qxh6 Qe6 27. Qg5 h6
28. Qf4 Nxd6 29. Be5 Nc4 30. Bc3 Kg6 31. Nd4 Qe5 32. Qxe5 Nxe5 33. Nxf5 Kxf5
34. Rd5 1-0

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2019.10.01"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2019.09.30"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Collado Villalba"]
[BlackTeam "Beniajan Duochess CAC"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Be7 4. b3 Bf6 5. Nc3 Ne7 6. Ba3 d4 7. Ne4 Nbc6 8. Bd3
a5 9. O-O dxe3 10. Nxf6+ gxf6 11. dxe3 Nb4 12. Ne1 Ra6 13. Qh5 Rd6 14. Be4 c6
15. Nc2 f5 16. Nxb4 fxe4 17. Na6 Ng6 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Rad1 Qe7 20. Nc5 f5 21.
Na4 e5 22. f3 O-O 23. fxe4 f4 24. c5 Kh8 25. Rd6 Rg8 26. Nb6 Be6 27. exf4 exf4
28. Qe2 Ne5 29. Rxf4 Qg5 30. Qf2 Bh3 31. g3 h5 32. Nc4 Ng6 33. Qd4+ Kh7 34.
Rf7+ Kh6 35. Rxg6+ Kxg6 36. Ne5+ 1-0

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2019.10.02"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2019.09.30"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Beniajan Duochess CAC"]
[BlackTeam "Solvay"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Nd2 d5 7. exd5 cxd5
8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. O-O Be7 11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2 c5 13. Qf3 Rad8 14.
Rfe1 Rfe8 15. h3 h6 16. Rad1 Nh7 17. Qg4 Qxg4 18. hxg4 d4 19. Re5 Bf8 20. Rxe8
Rxe8 21. c3 Nf6 22. f3 dxc3 23. Bxc3 Nd5 24. Ba5 Nb4 25. Bxb4 cxb4 26. Kf1 Re6
27. Nc4 Ra6 28. Rd2 Be7 29. g3 g6 30. f4 Kg7 31. Kg2 Bf6 32. Kf3 Be7 33. Ne3
Bc5 34. Nd5 Rd6 35. f5 gxf5 36. gxf5 Rd8 37. g4 a5 38. Rd3 Re8 39. Nf4 Kf6 40.
Nh5+ Ke5 41. Rd2 Rc8 42. Rc2 Rc7 43. Nf4 Bb6 44. Re2+ Kd6 45. Rd2+ Ke5 46. Nd3+
Kd4 47. Nb2+ Kc5 48. Nc4 a4 49. Rd6 Ba7 50. Ke4 Re7+ 51. Kd3 a3 52. Rxh6 Rd7+
53. Kc2 Bb8 54. Rh3 Rd4 55. Rh8 Bg3 56. Rc8+ Kb5 57. g5 Rg4 58. Rg8 Bf4 59. g6
Rg2+ 60. Kd3 fxg6 61. f6 Rxa2 62. f7 Bh6 63. Rxg6 Bf8 64. Rg8 Bh6 65. Rg5+ 1-0

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2019.10.03"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2019.09.30"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Taldea Gros Xake"]
[BlackTeam "Beniajan Duochess CAC"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 Nbd7 5. b3 c5 6. Bd3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Bb2 Be7 10. dxc5 Bf6 11. Qe2 Nxc5 12. Bb5+ Kf8 13. Rd1 Bxb2 14. Qxb2
Qf6 15. Ne5 Qg5 16. Bc6 Bxc6 17. Nxc6 Qf6 18. Ne5 Kg8 19. Nd2 h5 20. Qd4 h4 21.
h3 Rh5 22. Ndf3 Qf5 23. Rac1 Qe4 24. Qb2 f6 25. Rc4 Qh7 26. Nc6 a5 27. Nfd4 Kh8
28. Qe2 Re8 29. Qf3 Ne4 30. Nb5 Nc5 31. e4 Nb4 32. Nxb4 axb4 33. Nd6 Rf8 34.
Rxb4 Nd7 35. Nc4 Ne5 36. Nxe5 Rxe5 37. a4 Qg6 38. Rxb6 Rxe4 39. a5 f5 40. a6
Kh7 41. a7 Ra8 42. Rb7 Kh6 43. Qc3 Re2 44. Rb8 Rxa7 45. Rh8+ Kg5 46. f4+ Kxf4
47. Qf3+ 1-0

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2019.10.04"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Rakhmanov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2019.09.30"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Beniajan Duochess CAC"]
[BlackTeam "Barcelona Escola Escacs"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. d4 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
O-O Re8 9. Re1 c6 10. d5 cxd5 11. Bg5 Nc6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Rxe8+ Qxe8 14. Nxd5
Bd8 15. c3 Ne5 16. Be4 Bd7 17. Nd4 g6 18. Qe2 Bc6 19. g3 Nd7 20. Re1 Nc5 21.
Nxc6 bxc6 22. Nb4 d5 23. Bc2 Qxe2 24. Rxe2 Bf6 25. Nxc6 a5 26. b4 Rc8 27. Ne7+
Bxe7 28. Rxe7 axb4 29. cxb4 Na6 30. Bb3 Nxb4 31. Rb7 Nd3 32. Bxd5 Rc1+ 33. Kg2
Ne1+ 34. Kh3 Rc5 35. Bxf7+ Kf8 36. Bb3 Rh5+ 37. Kg4 Nd3 38. f4 Rxh2 39. Bc4 Nc5
40. Rf7+ Ke8 41. Rf6 Kd7 42. Kf3 Rd2 43. Rf7+ Kd6 44. Rxh7 Rc2 45. Bb5 Rxa2 46.
Rg7 Ra3+ 47. Kg2 Ne4 48. Rxg6+ Kc5 49. Bd7 Kd4 50. Bc6 Ra2+ 51. Kh3 Nf2+ 52.
Kh4 Nd3 53. Re6 Rh2+ 54. Kg5 Rh8 55. Re8 Rh7 56. Be4 Rg7+ 57. Kf6 1-0

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2019.10.05"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2019.09.30"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Jaime Casas"]
[BlackTeam "Beniajan Duochess CAC"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. e4 d5 8. cxd5
Bxf1 9. Kxf1 exd5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Nc3 Nxd2+ 12. Qxd2 Qd7 13. Kg2 Nc6 14. Rad1
O-O 15. Ne1 Bb4 16. Nc2 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Ne7 18. Rhe1 Rac8 19. Qd3 Qf5 20. Nb4 Qe6
21. Qf3 c6 22. h4 Rc7 23. Nd3 Qf5 24. Qe2 h5 25. Nf4 g6 26. e6 f6 27. Rd3 Kg7
28. Qd2 Rh8 29. Nh3 Qg4 30. f3 Qf5 31. Qd1 g5 32. hxg5 Ng6 33. gxf6+ Kxf6 34.
Rde3 Rg7 35. Kh2 a5 36. e7 Re8 37. g4 Qd7 38. g5+ Kf7 39. f4 Kg8 40. Qxh5 Rexe7
41. Rxe7 Nxe7 42. Qe2 Qf5 43. Qe6+ Kh7 44. Qxf5+ Nxf5 45. Re5 Kg6 46. Re6+ Kh5
47. Nf2 Rg6 48. Re5 Ng7 49. Re7 1-0

[Event "CZE-chT 1920"]
[Site "Czech Republic"]
[Date "2019.10.12"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Azarov, Sergei Nikolaevich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2019.10.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Pardubice"]
[BlackTeam "Frydek Mistek"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Bxc3 7. dxc3 e4 8.
Nd4 Re8 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Nc2 d6 12. Ne3 Bf5 13. f4 Ne7 14. Qc2 b5
15. Bxe4 Bxe4 16. Qxe4 bxc4 17. Qxc4 Nf5 18. Nd5 Qg6 19. Rf2 Ne3 20. Nxe3 Rxe3
21. Qxc7 Qc2 22. Qb7 Rae8 23. Qb3 Qg6 24. Rd1 Rxe2 25. Qd5 Qc2 26. Rd2 Qb1+ 27.
Kg2 Re1 28. Kh3 Qg6 29. f5 Qh5+ 30. Kg2 Ra1 31. Qf3 Qxf3+ 32. Kxf3 Rxa2 33.
Rxd6 Rb8 34. Rdd2 a5 35. Rc2 a4 36. Ke4 Ra1 37. Kd5 Rd1+ 38. Kc4 Rd7 39. Rcd2
Rc7+ 40. Kd3 Rcb7 41. g4 Rb3 42. Kc4 Rc8+ 43. Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "CZE-chT 1920"]
[Site "Czech Republic"]
[Date "2019.10.13"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Gonda, Laszlo"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2019.10.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kromeriz Slavia"]
[BlackTeam "Pardubice"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. d4 c5 4. c3 Qa5 5. a3 cxd4 6. b4 Qd8 7. cxd4 d5 8. Bg2
e6 9. O-O Ne7 10. Bb2 O-O 11. Nbd2 b6 12. a4 Bb7 13. Qb3 Nd7 14. Rfc1 Rc8 15.
b5 Re8 16. e3 Bf8 17. Bf1 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Nf5 19. Bc3 Qc7 20. a5 bxa5 21. Ra1 a4
22. Rxa4 Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT 22nd"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2019.10.24"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Bogner, Sebastian"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2019.10.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Switzerland"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 d6 7. Bb2 c6 8. c4 Na6
9. Nbd2 Nd7 10. e4 e5 11. a3 f4 12. c5 dxc5 13. dxe5 Nb6 14. Qc2 Qe7 15. gxf4
Rxf4 16. Ne1 Nc7 17. Nd3 Ne6 18. a4 a5 19. Rac1 Bh6 20. Kh1 Rh4 21. f4 Nxf4 22.
Nxf4 Bxf4 23. Nf3 Rh5 24. Qxc5 Qxc5 25. Rxc5 Bg4 26. Bc3 Nd7 27. Rxa5 Rxa5 28.
Bxa5 Nc5 29. Bd2 Bxd2 30. Nxd2 Rxe5 31. Kg1 Rg5 32. Kf2 Be6 33. Rb1 Nd3+ 34.
Kf1 Rc5 35. Bf3 Rc2 36. Ke2 Ne5 37. Bg2 Kf7 38. Ke3 Kf6 39. Rf1+ Ke7 40. b4 0-1

[Event "EU-chT 22nd"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2019.10.25"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Lenic, Luka"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2019.10.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Slovenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SLO"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Bf4 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 13. Nc3 Bxd4 14.
Nd5 d6 15. Bg5 f6 16. Be3 Bxb2 17. Rb1 Be5 18. f4 c6 19. Nb4 Bf5 20. fxe5 fxe5
21. Rd1 Qe7 22. c4 Nf6 23. h3 Qe6 24. Qh4 Bg6 25. Be2 Ne4 26. Rc1 Qf6 27. Qe1
Qe6 28. a4 a6 29. a5 Kh8 30. Nd3 Rf8 31. Nf2 Ng3 32. Bg4 Qe7 33. Kh2 Nf5 34.
Bxf5 Bxf5 35. Rd1 h6 36. Bc1 Rf6 37. Bb2 c5 38. Rd2 Qf7 39. Qe2 Kg8 40. Bc3 Rg6
41. Ne4 Qe7 42. Qf3 Bd7 43. Qh5 Kh7 44. Rf2 Bc6 45. Ng3 Qe6 46. Qh4 Qe8 47. Nf1
Re6 48. Ne3 Qg6 49. Bd2 Qe4 50. Ng4 Qg6 51. Be3 Be4 52. Bxh6 gxh6 53. Rf6 1-0

[Event "EU-chT 22nd"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2019.10.26"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A38"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2019.10.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Nxd5 Qxd5 9. d3 Nc6 10. Be3 Bd7 11. Nd4 Qd6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Bxc6 Qxc6 14. Rc1
Qe6 15. Rxc5 Qxa2 16. Rb5 b6 17. Qb3 Qa6 18. Rb4 Rfc8 19. Ra4 Qb7 20. Rfa1 h5
21. h4 Bf6 22. g4 Qd7 23. gxh5 gxh5 24. Kh2 Qe6 25. Rg1+ Kh7 26. Qxe6 fxe6 27.
Rb4 Rc2 28. Rb5 e5 29. d4 Rg8 30. dxe5 Rxb2 31. Rd5 e6 32. Rd7+ Rg7 33. Rgxg7+
Bxg7 34. Kg3 Kg6 35. f4 Rxe2 36. Kf3 Rc2 37. Rxa7 Bf8 38. Bxb6 Rc3+ 39. Ke4
Rc4+ 40. Kf3 Rc3+ 41. Ke2 Rh3 42. Bf2 Bh6 43. Be3 Bf8 44. f5+ exf5 45. Ra6+ Kh7
46. Bg5 f4 47. Bxf4 Rxh4 48. Kf3 Rh1 49. Ke4 h4 50. Kf5 h3 51. Ra7+ Kg8 52. Ra8
Rf1 53. Kg4 Kf7 54. Bg3 Ke6 55. Kxh3 Bg7 56. Kg4 Rg1 57. Ra6+ Kd5 58. e6 Bf8
59. Kh3 Be7 60. Ra4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT 22nd"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2019.10.27"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2019.10.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. d3 d6 6. Qd2 Qa5 7. Nd5 Qd8 8. Nc3
Qa5 9. e3 Bxc3 10. bxc3 f5 11. Nh3 Nf6 12. Rb1 Qc7 13. O-O Bd7 14. Qe2 e5 15.
f3 O-O 16. e4 fxe4 17. fxe4 Kg7 18. Bg5 Be6 19. Nf2 Rf7 20. Nd1 Raf8 21. Ne3 h6
22. Bxf6+ Rxf6 23. Rxf6 Rxf6 24. Bf3 h5 25. h4 Qf7 26. Bg2 Qd7 27. Bf3 b6 28.
Qg2 Ne7 29. Bd1 Ng8 30. Rb2 Nh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT 22nd"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2019.10.28"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2019.10.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Nfd2 Na5 10. Na3 Bxa3 11. bxa3 O-O 12. Ne4 Nd5 13. Bd2 Nc6 14.
Rac1 b6 15. Rxc4 Nce7 16. Rcc1 Ba6 17. e3 Be2 18. Re1 Bd3 19. f4 Bxe4 20. Bxe4
Rfd8 21. Bf3 f5 22. e4 fxe4 23. Rxe4 Kf7 24. Rec4 Rd7 25. a4 Rad8 26. a5 Nf5
27. axb6 axb6 28. Kf2 Nd6 29. Rd4 Ra7 30. Rc2 b5 31. Be1 Nf5 32. Rd3 Nb4 33.
Rxd8 Nxc2 34. Ra8 Rxa8 35. Bxa8 Nxe1 36. Kxe1 Ke7 37. Be4 Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT 22nd"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2019.10.30"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2019.10.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Qc7 8. O-O
Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. g4 h6 11. f4 Nc6 12. h3 Bd7 13. Nf3 Na5 14. Nd2 b5 15. a3
Bc6 16. Qe2 Rac8 17. Qf2 Qb8 18. Ba7 Qa8 19. Bb6 Nb7 20. Bd4 Nc5 21. Rae1 Ncd7
22. g5 hxg5 23. fxg5 Ne8 24. h4 Bd8 25. Nf3 Qb7 26. Bh3 Bb6 27. h5 Nc7 28. Kh2
Bxd4 29. Qxd4 Qb6 30. Qxd6 Qc5 31. Qxc5 Nxc5 32. Ne5 Be8 33. Rd1 f6 34. gxf6
Rxf6 35. Rxf6 gxf6 36. Ng4 Kg7 37. h6+ Kg6 38. b4 Nd7 39. Ne2 Ne5 40. Nf4+ Kh7
41. Kg3 Nxg4 42. Bxg4 Kxh6 43. Bxe6 Nxe6 44. Rh1+ Kg7 45. Nxe6+ Kg6 46. Nc5 a5
47. Kf4 axb4 48. axb4 Ra8 49. e5 fxe5+ 50. Kxe5 Ra3 51. Ne4 Bc6 52. Rg1+ Kf7
53. Nd6+ Ke7 54. Rg7+ Kd8 55. Kd4 Bd7 56. Rg5 Ra2 1-0

[Event "EU-chT 22nd"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2019.10.31"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2019.10.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Czech Republic"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. Qc2 Re8 10. h3 Nf8 11. Bf4 a6 12. O-O Ng6 13. Bh2 Bd6 14. Rae1 Bxh2+
15. Nxh2 b6 16. b4 Ra7 17. Nf3 Rae7 18. Na4 Bb7 19. Rd1 Ne4 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21.
Bxe4 Ng6 22. Bf5 Nf8 23. a3 g6 24. Bd3 Ne6 25. h4 Ng7 26. g3 Nh5 27. Be2 Nf6
28. Bf3 Ne4 29. Kg2 Bc8 30. Qxc6 Bd7 31. Qc2 Bb5 32. Bxe4 dxe4 33. Rg1 Rc7 34.
Nc3 Qc8 35. Rc1 Qf5 36. Qd2 Bd7 37. Rh1 Rec8 38. Na2 Rxc1 39. Nxc1 Qf3+ 40. Kh2
Ba4 41. Qe2 Qf6 42. Rf1 Bb5 43. Qg4 Rxc1 44. Rxc1 Qxf2+ 45. Kh3 h5 46. Qc8+ Kg7
47. d5 Be2 48. Qc3+ Kh7 0-1

[Event "EU-chT 22nd"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2019.11.01"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2019.10.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e3 a6 6. Bd2 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. g3
Bd6 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Nc6 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Rc1 Qe7 13. Qb3 Be6 14. Ng5 Rad8
15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Ne2 Kh8 17. Rfd1 Ng4 18. Be1 d4 19. exd4 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Bxd4
21. Bf3 Ne5 22. Be4 Qf6 23. Kg2 b5 24. Rc2 Nc4 25. Re2 Bxb2 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27.
a4 Bd4 28. axb5 axb5 29. Bb4 e5 30. Ra2 g6 31. h4 Kg7 32. Qf3 Qxf3+ 33. Kxf3
Rc8 34. Ra8 Rxa8 35. Bxa8 Nb2 36. Be4 Nd1 37. Be1 Bc3 38. Bc2 Bxe1 39. Bxd1 Kf6
40. Bb3 b4 41. Ke2 Bc3 42. f3 h5 43. Bc2 g5 44. hxg5+ Kxg5 45. Kf1 h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT 22nd"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2019.11.02"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Saric, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[PlyCount "162"]
[EventDate "2019.10.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Croatia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 dxc4 6. Na3 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Nxc4 a5 9. e3 Be6 10. Qe2 a4 11. Bd2 Bd5 12. Rfc1 Qc8 13. Be1 Rd8 14. a3 h6 15.
Rc2 Qe6 16. Rac1 Be4 17. Rd2 Bd5 18. Rdd1 Ne4 19. Qf1 Ng5 20. Nxg5 hxg5 21. h3
g4 22. hxg4 Qxg4 23. Nd2 e5 24. e4 Ba2 25. d5 Nd4 26. f3 Qd7 27. Bf2 c6 28.
Bxd4 exd4 29. Ra1 Bb3 30. Nxb3 axb3 31. f4 cxd5 32. e5 Qg4 33. Rd3 Bf8 34. Bh3
Qh5 35. Kg2 Rac8 36. Bxc8 Rxc8 37. Rad1 Rc2+ 38. R1d2 Bc5 39. Qf3 Qf5 40. Re2
Qe4 41. Rdd2 d3 42. Rxe4 Rxd2+ 43. Kh3 dxe4 44. Qxe4 Bg1 45. Kg4 Bf2 46. f5
gxf5+ 47. Kxf5 Bc5 48. Kg4 Rxb2 49. Qxd3 Bxa3 50. e6 Rf2 51. Qd8+ Kg7 52. e7
Bxe7 53. Qxe7 b2 54. Qxb7 Re2 55. Kf3 Rd2 56. Qb6 Kg8 57. g4 Rc2 58. g5 Rc6 59.
Qxb2 Re6 60. Kf4 Kh7 61. Kf5 Kg8 62. Qd4 Kh7 63. Qd8 Kg7 64. Qb8 Rg6 65. Qc8
Re6 66. Qd8 Rg6 67. Ke5 Re6+ 68. Kd5 Rg6 69. Qe7 Re6 70. Qb4 Kg8 71. Qb2 Kh7
72. Qb8 Kg7 73. Qd8 Rg6 74. Ke5 Re6+ 75. Kf5 Rg6 76. Qa8 Re6 77. Qa1+ Kh7 78.
Qd1 Kg7 79. Qh5 Rd6 80. Qe2 Re6 81. Qd2 Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "HUN-chT 1920"]
[Site "Hungary"]
[Date "2020.02.16"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Erdos, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C93"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2019.11.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "DVTK"]
[BlackTeam "Kobanya Aquarena"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a3 h6 13. Bc2 Nb8 14. a4 Nbd7 15. Bd3
d5 16. axb5 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. Rxe4 axb5 20. Bd2 Rxa1 21.
Qxa1 exd4 22. Rxd4 Bc5 23. Rd3 Qe7 24. Be3 Ne5 25. Nxe5 Qxe5 26. Bxc5 Qxc5 27.
Qd1 Qc4 28. Rd7 c5 29. Qf3 b4 30. cxb4 cxb4 31. Rb7 Rc8 32. Kh2 Qe6 33. g3 Rc4
34. h4 Rd4 35. Rb5 g6 36. h5 gxh5 37. Rxh5 Kg7 38. Rb5 Qf6 39. Qe3 Rc4 40. Rb6
Qg5 41. Qf3 Qe5 42. b3 Rd4 43. Rb7 Qf6 44. Qe3 h5 45. Rb5 h4 46. Rf5 Qd6 47.
Qg5+ Qg6 48. Qxg6+ Kxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zagreb Peace"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2019.11.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2019.11.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Qc2 Nf6 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. g3 Nc6 8.
Bg2 Ndb4 9. Qb3 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Qxd4 11. Be3 Qe5 12. a3 Na6 13. O-O c6 14. Rfd1
Qf5 15. Ne4 e5 16. Nd6 Bxd6 17. Rxd6 Nc7 18. Rad1 Nb5 19. R6d3 a5 20. Rd8 Be6
21. Rxf8+ Rxf8 22. Qa4 Nd4 23. Bxd4 exd4 24. Qxd4 Qc2 25. Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zagreb Peace"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2019.11.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ragger, Markus"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2019.11.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. Be2 Nc6 8. g4
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Bf3 Qa5+ 12. Qd2 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Ne5 14. Be2
b6 15. f4 Nd7 16. Bf3 Ra7 17. Rad1 Rc7 18. Rhe1 Bc5 19. Nf5 g6 20. Bxc5 Nxc5
21. Nd6+ Ke7 22. Kc1 Rd8 23. Nc4 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 b5 25. Ne5 Bb7 26. Bxb7 Nxb7
27. g5 Nc5 28. b3 f6 29. Ng4 fxg5 30. fxg5 Ne4 31. h4 Nc3 32. Rd2 Nxa2+ 33. Kb2
Nc3 34. Nf6 h5 35. Ng8+ Kf7 36. Nf6 Ke7 37. Ng8+ Kf7 38. Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zagreb Peace"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2019.11.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2019.11.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e3 a6 6. h3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. b3
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bb4 10. Bb2 Ne4 11. Qc2 Qa5 12. Nde2 O-O 13. a3 Bxc3+ 14. Nxc3 Nf6
15. b4 Qc7 16. Bd3 d4 17. Ne4 Qxc2 18. Nxf6+ gxf6 19. Bxc2 dxe3 20. fxe3 Re8
21. O-O Rxe3 22. Rxf6 Nd7 23. Rh6 Nf8 24. Rd1 Re8 25. Rd5 Be6 26. Rdh5 Rec8 27.
Be4 Rab8 28. Be5 Rc1+ 29. Kh2 Rbc8 30. Bxb7 Rd8 31. Bxa6 Rdd1 32. Be2 Rh1+ 33.
Kg3 Rb1 34. Bf3 Rb3 35. Bf6 Nd7 36. Be7 Rxa3 37. Rxh7 Bf5 38. Rh8+ Kg7 39. Rd8
1-0

[Event "Zagreb Peace"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2019.11.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2019.11.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 c6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2
b6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nc3 Bb7 11. Rfd1 Rc8 12. Qb3 O-O 13. a4 a6 14. a5 b5 15.
Na2 Nb8 16. Bb4 Nc6 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Nc1 Rc7 19. Nd3 Rfc8 20. e3 Nd7 21. Rdb1
g6 22. Qd1 e5 23. dxe5 Ncxe5 24. Nfxe5 Nxe5 25. Nf4 d4 26. exd4 Bxg2 27. Kxg2
Rd8 28. d5 g5 29. Nh5 Rcd7 30. Qe2 Rxd5 31. Rd1 Qd6 32. Rxd5 Qxd5+ 33. f3 Qd2
34. Re1 Kf8 35. Nf6 h6 36. Ne4 Qxa5 37. Qe3 Qb4 38. Re2 Ng6 39. Qb6 Re8 40.
Qxa6 Re6 41. Qc8+ Kg7 42. Qc2 Qc4 43. b3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zagreb Peace"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2019.11.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Zelcic, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2019.11.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bd2 Bb7 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 c5 8. dxc5
bxc5 9. O-O d6 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. Rfd1 Qe7 12. Bf4 e5 13. Bg5 Bxc3 14. Qxc3 h6
15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Nh4 Bxg2 17. Nxg2 Rfb8 18. Ne3 Qe6 19. f3 Rb6 20. Rd2 g6 21.
Rad1 Rab8 22. b3 Kh7 23. Kg2 Ra8 24. Qa5 h5 25. h3 Kg7 26. Kh2 Kh7 27. Ng2 Ng8
28. Ne3 Ne7 29. Kg2 Kg7 30. Rd3 f5 31. Nd5 Nxd5 32. Rxd5 e4 33. Rxd6 exf3+ 34.
Kxf3 Rxd6 35. Qc7+ Kh8 36. Qxd6 Qe4+ 37. Kf2 Re8 38. Rd2 Qe3+ 39. Kg2 Kh7 40.
Qf4 Qe7 41. Kf2 a5 42. h4 a4 43. bxa4 Ra8 44. Rd6 Rxa4 45. Rc6 Ra7 46. a4 Qd7
47. Rxc5 Qxa4 48. Rc7+ Rxc7 49. Qxc7+ Kh6 50. Qe5 Kh7 51. c5 Qc6 52. Qe7+ Kh6
53. Qd6 Qh1 54. c6 Qh2+ 55. Ke3 Qg1+ 56. Kd2 Qb1 57. c7 Qa2+ 58. Ke3 Qa7+ 59.
Kd3 Qa8 60. Qc5 Qc8 61. Kd2 1-0

[Event "Zagreb Peace"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2019.11.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2019.11.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. O-O Rb8 8.
c3 Nf6 9. e4 O-O 10. e5 Nd5 11. Re1 d6 12. exd6 Qxd6 13. Qa4 Bf5 14. Na3 Qc5
15. Nc4 Rfd8 16. Ne3 Be6 17. Qa6 Rd6 18. Nc4 Bc8 19. Qa4 Re6 20. Rxe6 Bxe6 21.
Bf1 h5 22. Qa5 Rb5 23. Qd8+ Kh7 24. a4 Rb7 25. Qa5 Qxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zagreb Peace"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2019.11.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Bosiocic, Marin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[PlyCount "172"]
[EventDate "2019.11.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 a5 4. a3 Bc5 5. e3 Nf6 6. d4 Nxd5 7. cxd5 exd4 8.
exd4 Bb6 9. Bd3 Qe7+ 10. Ne2 O-O 11. O-O d6 12. Nc3 Qh4 13. Be3 Nd7 14. Ne4 h6
15. f3 Qd8 16. Qd2 Nf6 17. Nc3 Re8 18. Kh1 Qe7 19. Bf2 Bd7 20. Rac1 a4 21. Bc2
Ra5 22. Qd3 Qf8 23. Qc4 Re7 24. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Qa8 26. Qe2 Qc8 27. Qe3 Qf8
28. Qd3 g6 29. Qc4 Qa8 30. Bd3 Kg7 31. Bf1 Bf5 32. Rc1 Bd7 33. h3 Nh5 34. Re1
Qd8 35. g3 Qg5 36. f4 Qd8 37. Kh2 Nf6 38. Bg2 h5 39. Re2 Qa8 40. Rd2 Qa6 41.
Bf1 Qxc4 42. Bxc4 Ra8 43. Re2 Kf8 44. Kg2 Ba5 45. Be1 Bxc3 46. bxc3 b5 47. Bd3
Nxd5 48. c4 bxc4 49. Bxc4 Nb6 50. Bd3 Re8 51. Ba5 Nd5 52. Rxe8+ Kxe8 53. h4 Kd8
54. Kf3 Ne7 55. Ke3 Be6 56. Bc2 Bb3 57. Bd3 Kd7 58. Be4 Kc8 59. Kd2 Kd7 60. Ke3
f5 61. Bf3 c6 62. Kd2 Ng8 63. Kd3 Nf6 64. Ke3 Bc4 65. Bd1 Bb5 66. Bf3 Kc8 67.
Bb4 Kc7 68. Ba5+ Kb7 69. Bd8 Ne8 70. Ba5 Ka6 71. Bd8 Kb7 72. Ba5 Nf6 73. Bd8
Nd7 74. Ba5 Bc4 75. Bb4 Bd5 76. Bxd5 cxd5 77. Bxd6 Nf6 78. Bb4 Ne4 79. Be1 Kc6
80. Ke2 Kb5 81. Kd3 Nd6 82. Bd2 Nc4 83. Bb4 Nb2+ 84. Kc2 Nc4 85. Kd3 Nb2+ 86.
Kc2 Nc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zagreb Peace"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2019.11.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2019.11.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 c5 8. O-O
Nc6 9. Bd3 h6 10. dxc5 Bxc3 11. bxc3 e5 12. Bb5 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Re8 14. Ba3 Bf5
15. Rac1 Ne4 16. h3 Rac8 17. c4 f6 18. Nd2 Nxd2 19. Rxd2 Re7 20. f3 Be6 21. Kf2
Kf7 22. g4 h5 23. Kg3 Rh8 24. Rd6 hxg4 25. hxg4 Rc7 26. Rcd1 Re8 27. R6d5 Rec8
28. f4 exf4+ 29. exf4 a6 30. Ba4 Re8 31. Bc1 Rec8 32. Be3 Re7 33. Bf2 g6 34.
Rh1 Kg7 35. Rb1 Na5 36. Rd6 Bxc4 37. Bd4 Re4 38. Bxf6+ Kf7 39. Rh1 Be6 40. Be5
Nc4 41. Rh7+ Kg8 42. Rg7+ Kf8 43. Rxg6 Bf7 44. Bg7+ Kg8 45. Rg5 Nxd6 46. Be5+
Kh7 47. cxd6 Rxa4 48. Rg7+ Kh6 49. Rxf7 Rc1 50. Rf6+ Kh7 51. d7 1-0

[Event "Zagreb Peace"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2019.11.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Stevic, Hrvoje"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2019.11.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Be2 Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. c4
Qd6 9. d5 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nd4 11. O-O g6 12. Be3 Nf5 13. Re1 Nxe3 14. Rxe3 Bh6
15. Re2 O-O 16. Nc3 a6 17. Qb3 Rab8 18. Rae1 Rfe8 19. a4 b6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zagreb Peace"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2019.11.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Palac, Mladen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2019.11.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Nb3
Be7 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. g3 b5 12. Bg2 Bb7 13. Rhe1 b4 14. Na4 Rc8 15.
Re2 h6 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Qxb4 Bxe4 18. Bxe4 d5 19. Qd4 Nxe4 20. Nb6 Rd8 21.
Nxd5 exd5 22. Qxg7 Rf8 23. Qxh6 Rd6 24. Qh5 Qd7 25. Nd4 Kd8 26. Nf5 Nf6 27. Qh3
Re6 28. Red2 Re4 29. g4 Rxf4 30. Qe3 Rxg4 31. Nxe7 Re4 32. Nxd5 Rxe3 33. Nxe3
Kc7 34. Rxd7+ Nxd7 35. h4 Rh8 36. Nd5+ Kc8 37. Rd4 Ne5 38. Re4 1-0

[Event "Zagreb Peace"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2019.11.30"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2019.11.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8. Nxd4
a6 9. O-O Bd6 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. h3 Bd7 12. e4 Nc6 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Rd1 Nd7 15.
Be3 O-O 16. Rac1 Rac8 17. Bb5 Nb8 18. Bxc6 Nxc6 19. Nd5 Qb8 20. Nb6 Rcd8 21. g3
Rfe8 22. Kg2 Bc7 23. h4 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Rd8 25. f4 Rxd1 26. Qxd1 Bxb6 27. Bxb6
Qc8 28. Qd6 Nb8 29. Kf3 Nd7 30. Bd4 h5 31. b4 Qc4 32. Qxd7 Qd3+ 33. Kf2 Qd2+
34. Kf1 Qd1+ 35. Kg2 Qd2+ 36. Kh3 Qd1 37. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sitges Sunway op 6th"]
[Site "Sitges"]
[Date "2019.12.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lever, Erwan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2258"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2019.12.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nc3 h6 10. Rc1 d6 11. a3 a5 12. Qc2 e5 13. Rfd1 Be6 14. Nd5 a4 15.
e3 Nd7 16. Nh4 Ra7 17. Bc3 Nb6 18. Qe2 Na5 19. Bb4 Nb3 20. Rc3 g5 21. Qh5 gxh4
22. Qxh6 Nxd5 23. Rxd5 Qe7 24. Rxd6 Qxd6 25. Qg5+ Kh7 26. Qh5+ Kg7 27. Qg5+ Kh7
28. Qh5+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sitges Sunway op 6th"]
[Site "Sitges"]
[Date "2019.12.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kochavi, Ori"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2259"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2019.12.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 e5 5. d3 O-O 6. h3 c6 7. Be2 d5 8. exd5
cxd5 9. Bg5 d4 10. Ne4 Qa5+ 11. Qd2 Qxd2+ 12. Nfxd2 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 f6 14. Bd2
Rd8 15. g4 a5 16. h4 Bd7 17. f4 Bc6 18. fxe5 f5 19. gxf5 gxf5 20. Rg1 fxe4 21.
Bh6 Rd7 22. e6 Re7 23. Bh5 Be8 24. Bf7+ Bxf7 25. Rxg7+ Kh8 26. exf7 Nc6 27.
f8=Q+ 1-0

[Event "Sitges Sunway op 6th"]
[Site "Sitges"]
[Date "2019.12.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Parvanyan, Ashot"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2456"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2019.12.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 e5 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nxc6 dxc6 8.
O-O Bg4 9. Qc2 Nd7 10. Re1 Qh4 11. Bf1 O-O-O 12. Be3 Be5 13. g3 Qf6 14. Nd2
Bxb2 15. Rab1 Bd4 16. Bxd4 Qxd4 17. Nb3 Qd6 18. c5 Qe7 19. h3 Be6 20. Rec1 Qf6
21. Be2 h5 22. Na5 h4 23. Nxc6 hxg3 24. Nxa7+ Kb8 25. Nc6+ Kc8 26. Na7+ Kb8 27.
Nc6+ Kc8 28. Na7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sitges Sunway op 6th"]
[Site "Sitges"]
[Date "2019.12.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Eggleston, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2404"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2019.12.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 b6 6. g3 Bb7 7. Bg2 O-O 8.
O-O d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. Rac1 Re8 12. Rfd1 c6 13. b3 Rc8 14. e3 Qe7
15. Qb2 Rcd8 16. b4 b5 17. a4 a6 18. a5 g6 19. Nd2 h5 20. Re1 h4 21. Re2 hxg3
22. hxg3 Nf8 23. Nf3 Ne6 24. Rec2 Nd7 25. Ne2 Rc8 26. Bh3 Qd6 27. Kg2 Kg7 28.
Rh1 f6 29. Nh4 Ndf8 30. Bf5 Kf7 31. Bd3 Rc7 32. Qb1 f5 33. g4 f4 34. Rcc1 Ke7
35. Bxg6 f3+ 36. Kxf3 Ng5+ 37. Kg2 Bc8 38. Ng3 Kd8 39. Bxe8 Kxe8 40. Nhf5 Bxf5
41. Nxf5 Qg6 42. Rh6 1-0

[Event "Sitges Sunway op 6th"]
[Site "Sitges"]
[Date "2019.12.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sadhwani, Raunak"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2019.12.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 g6 7. d3 Bg7 8. Bd2
Nc7 9. O-O Bd7 10. a3 O-O 11. Rb1 Rc8 12. b4 cxb4 13. axb4 b6 14. Qb3 Bg4 15.
Qa4 Ne6 16. Rfe1 Ncd4 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. h3 Bd7 19. Qd1 h5 20. e3 Nb5 21. Nxb5
Bxb5 22. d4 e5 23. dxe5 Bxe5 24. f4 Bg7 25. e4 h4 26. e5 hxg3 27. Be3 Qxd1 28.
Rbxd1 Rfd8 29. Rxd8+ Rxd8 30. Bf1 Bxf1 31. Kxf1 Rd3 32. Ke2 Rb3 33. Ra1 g2 34.
Bg1 Rxb4 35. Kf3 a5 36. Kxg2 Bh6 0-1

[Event "Sitges Sunway op 6th"]
[Site "Sitges"]
[Date "2019.12.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2019.12.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Ndb5 a6 8.
Be3 Qa5 9. Nd4 e6 10. O-O Be7 11. Bb3 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 O-O 13. Qd3 b5 14. a3 Bb7
15. f4 Rac8 16. Kh1 Qd8 17. Rae1 Re8 18. Re2 Bf8 19. Qh3 d5 20. e5 Ne4 21. f5
Nc5 22. f6 Nxb3 23. cxb3 a5 24. Re3 b4 25. fxg7 Bxg7 26. Rg3 Re7 27. Rf4 bxc3
28. Qh6 Qf8 29. Rh4 f5 30. Qxh7+ Kf7 31. Qg6+ Kg8 32. Rgh3 1-0

[Event "Sitges Sunway op 6th"]
[Site "Sitges"]
[Date "2019.12.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2019.12.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 c6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Bc3
dxc4 9. a4 b6 10. Nfd2 Nd5 11. Nxc4 Ba6 12. b3 Nxc3 13. Nxc3 Rc8 14. Qc2 O-O
15. Rfd1 Qc7 16. e3 Rfd8 17. Rac1 b5 18. Nb2 b4 19. Ne4 c5 20. Qb1 Qb6 21. Nc4
Bxc4 22. Rxc4 cxd4 23. Rcxd4 Nf6 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Nxf6+ Bxf6 26. Rxd8+ Qxd8
27. Be4 g6 28. Qd3 Qxd3 29. Bxd3 a5 30. Kf1 Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sitges Sunway op 6th"]
[Site "Sitges"]
[Date "2019.12.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Liang, Awonder"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.12.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 Nbd7 7. e4 e5 8. Nc3
b6 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. exd5 Re8 11. c3 a5 12. h4 Ba6 13. h5 exd4 14. h6 Rxe1+ 15.
Qxe1 Bf6 16. Nxd4 Ne5 17. Be3 Qd7 18. Nc6 Nxc6 19. dxc6 Qf5 20. Rd1 Re8 21. Qd2
Qe5 22. Qc2 Qh5 23. Rd5 Re5 24. Qb3 Kf8 25. Rxe5 Qxe5 26. Bxb6 cxb6 27. Qxb6
Qb5 28. Qa7 Bg5 29. c7 Qc5 30. Qb8+ Ke7 31. Bb7 1-0

[Event "Sitges Sunway op 6th"]
[Site "Sitges"]
[Date "2019.12.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kelires, Andreas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2019.12.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Bc5 4. Bg2 a6 5. e3 d6 6. b3 Nf6 7. Nge2 Ba7 8. Bb2
O-O 9. O-O Ne7 10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd4 c6 12. Qd2 Qc7 13. Rac1 Re8 14. Nde2 Ng6
15. Rfd1 Rd8 16. Ba3 Qa5 17. Bxd6 Qh5 18. Qe1 Bg4 19. Qf1 Ne8 20. Bf4 Nxf4 21.
Nxf4 Qe5 22. Nce2 g5 23. Nd3 Qa5 24. h3 Bh5 25. Rc2 Rd7 26. g4 Bg6 27. Ng3 Nf6
28. Qe2 Rad8 29. Rcd2 Bb8 30. b4 Qa3 31. Nc5 Rxd2 32. Rxd2 Re8 33. Nge4 Nxe4
34. Nxe4 Kg7 35. Nxg5 Qxb4 36. Nf3 Qc3 37. Rd7 b5 38. cxb5 cxb5 39. Nh4 Qc1+
40. Qf1 Qc8 41. Qd1 Re6 42. Rd8 Qc7 43. Qd4+ Kh6 44. Nf5+ 1-0

[Event "Sitges Sunway op 6th"]
[Site "Sitges"]
[Date "2019.12.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Wagner, Dennis"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2019.12.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 O-O 8.
O-O d6 9. Qf4 Nh5 10. Qe3 Nd7 11. Nc3 Nhf6 12. Qf4 Nh5 13. Qe3 Nhf6 14. Qf4 Nh5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 18th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2020.01.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Wemmers, Xander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2020.01.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 a6 6. O-O Nc6 7. e3 Rb8 8. Nfd2
e5 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. dxe5 Ng4 11. Nxc4 Be6 12. Nbd2 Bb4 13. Qe2 Qd5 14. f4 Qb5
15. a4 Qc5 16. b3 h5 17. h3 Nh6 18. Ne4 Qa7 19. Ng5 Bd5 20. Qc2 Bc5 21. Rf2 g6
22. e6 Nf5 23. exf7+ Kf8 24. Ne5 Bxe3 25. Bxe3 Qxe3 26. Nxg6+ Kg7 27. Qxf5
Qxg3+ 28. Kf1 Qc3 29. Re1 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 18th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2020.01.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gines Esteo, Pedro Antonio"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2482"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2020.01.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O e6 6. b3 Be7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. d4
cxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. Rfd1 a6 12. Ne1 Qc7 13. Nd3 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 b5
15. cxb5 axb5 16. e4 Qb7 17. f3 Rfc8 18. Rd2 Bf8 19. a4 bxa4 20. Rxa4 Rxa4 21.
Qxa4 d5 22. exd5 Nxd5 23. Nxd5 Qxd5 24. Bd4 Rb8 25. Be3 Nf6 26. Nc5 Qf5 27. Qf4
Qxf4 28. Bxf4 Rc8 29. Ne4 Nd5 30. Bd6 h6 31. Bxf8 Kxf8 32. Ra2 Rc7 33. h4 Ke7
34. Kf2 f5 35. Nd2 Rc3 36. Rb2 Nb4 37. Ke2 g5 38. hxg5 hxg5 39. Rb1 Kf6 40. g4
Ke5 41. gxf5 exf5 42. Ra1 Nc6 43. b4 Nd4+ 44. Kf2 Kf4 45. Rb1 Rc2 46. Ke1 Ke3
47. Nf1+ Kxf3 48. b5 Re2+ 49. Kd1 Kf2 50. Rb4 Re1+ 51. Kd2 Nf3+ 52. Kd3 Rxf1
53. b6 Rd1+ 54. Kc3 Rd8 55. b7 Rb8 56. Kd3 Ne5+ 57. Kd2 f4 58. Rb5 Nf7 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 18th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2020.01.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Peralta, Fernando"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2020.01.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. a3 Qa5 10. Rd1 Rb8 11. Ne2 Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 Be7 13. g3 O-O 14. Bg2 a5 15. Ra1
Ba6 16. Rhb1 Rfc8 17. Bf1 b4 18. axb4 cxb4 19. b3 Nb6 20. Ke1 a4 21. Nc1 Bxf1
22. Kxf1 a3 23. Na2 Na8 24. Ke2 Nc7 25. Kd3 Nb5 26. Bd2 f6 27. exf6 Bxf6 28.
Be3 Nd6 29. Rf1 Ne4 30. Rae1 Na7 31. Bd2 Nxd2 32. Kxd2 Nb5 33. Rxe6 Bxd4 34.
Ra6 Bb2 35. Nc1 Nc3 36. Nd3 Ne4+ 37. Kd1 Nc3+ 38. Kd2 Ne4+ 39. Kd1 Nc3+ 40. Kd2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 18th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2020.01.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Antipov, Mikhail Al"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2020.01.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. h3 g6 6. Nf3 Bf5 7. Be2 Bg7 8. O-O
O-O 9. c3 Qc7 10. Be3 Nc6 11. Nbd2 Rad8 12. Re1 Rfe8 13. Rc1 h6 14. b4 b6 15.
b5 Na5 16. c4 dxc4 17. Nxc4 Nxc4 18. Bxc4 Qb7 19. Ne5 e6 20. Nc6 Rd7 21. Bf4
Be4 22. Be5 Bd5 23. Bd3 Bxa2 24. Ra1 Bd5 25. Rxa7 Qc8 26. Ra1 Qb7 27. Qa4 Nh5
28. Re3 Rc8 29. Bf1 Bxe5 30. dxe5 Rdc7 31. g4 Ng7 32. Bg2 Rd7 33. Qf4 Kh7 34.
Rea3 Bxg2 35. Kxg2 Rxc6 36. bxc6 Qxc6+ 37. Qf3 Qc7 38. Qe4 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 18th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2020.01.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Pogonina, Natalija"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2020.01.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. e3 Be7 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 b6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Rc1 a6 10. g3 Bb7 11. Bg2 Bd6 12. O-O Re8 13. Nd2 Rb8 14. Qc2 b5 15.
Rfe1 h6 16. Ne2 Ne4 17. f3 Nxd2 18. Qxd2 c5 19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. Nf4 Bf8 21. Red1
Qg5 22. Nxd5 Qxd5 23. Qxd5 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 Rxe3 25. Bf1 Nb7 26. f4 Ree8 27. Bh3
Rbd8 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Rc2 Nc5 30. Kf1 b4 31. Bg2 a5 32. Bc6 Nd3 33. Bb5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 18th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2020.01.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Cramling, Pia"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2020.01.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. Bxb4 cxb4 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 d6 8. a3
Qb6 9. O-O Nc6 10. Qb3 e5 11. d5 Na5 12. Qxb4 Qxb4 13. axb4 Nxc4 14. Nfd2 Nb6
15. e4 Bd7 16. Na3 Rfc8 17. Rfc1 Kf8 18. Ndc4 Nxc4 19. Nxc4 Ne8 20. f4 Rc7 21.
Rc3 Rac8 22. Rac1 f6 23. Kf2 Ke7 24. Ke3 g6 25. Bf3 b6 26. Be2 Kd8 27. Bd3 Rb8
28. Ra1 Rbb7 29. h4 h6 30. Kd2 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 18th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2020.01.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ravi, Teja Sanka"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2464"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2020.01.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. e3 a6 6. a4 b6 7. Bxc4 Bb7 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Qe2 c5 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. Bd2 Bd6 12. Rac1 O-O 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. h3 Bxf3
15. Qxf3 Ne5 16. Qe2 Nxc4 17. Qxc4 Rfb8 18. Rc2 Rb4 19. Qe2 Rb3 20. Na2 Qc6 21.
Qc4 Qd5 22. Qxd5 Nxd5 23. Nc1 Rb7 24. Nd3 f5 25. Kf1 Kf7 26. Ke2 Nb6 27. Ra1 c4
28. Nb4 Rc8 29. Nxa6 Ra8 30. Bb4 Bxb4 31. Nxb4 Nxa4 32. Nc6 Rxb2 33. Rxb2 Nc3+
34. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 18th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2020.01.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Buckels, Valentin"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2459"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2020.01.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e4 Qa5 5. e5 dxe5 6. dxe5 Ne4 7. Nge2 g5 8.
Bd2 Nxd2 9. Qxd2 Qxe5 10. O-O-O Nd7 11. g3 Bg7 12. Bh3 O-O 13. Rhe1 Nc5 14.
Bxc8 Raxc8 15. Nf4 Qd6 16. Qe3 gxf4 17. gxf4 Qf6 18. Qxc5 Qxf4+ 19. Kb1 e6 20.
Re4 Qf3 21. Rg1 Kh8 22. Reg4 Rg8 23. Qxa7 c5 24. R4g3 Qxf2 25. Qxb7 Rb8 26. Qe7
Rge8 27. Qh4 c4 28. Qh3 Rxb2+ 29. Kxb2 Rb8+ 30. Kc1 Qf4+ 31. Kd1 Rd8+ 32. Ke1
Qc1+ 33. Kf2 Bd4+ 34. Re3 Qd2+ 35. Ne2 Rd5 36. Rgg3 Re5 37. Rgf3 c3 38. Qh6 Bc5
39. Qf6+ 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 18th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2020.01.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nandhidhaa, PV."]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B89"]
[WhiteElo "2312"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2020.01.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qe2
Bd7 9. Bb3 b5 10. a4 b4 11. Na2 Na5 12. O-O Qb8 13. Bd2 Nxb3 14. Nxb3 d5 15. e5
Ne4 16. Nac1 Qxe5 17. Nd3 Qb8 18. Bf4 Bd6 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. Qg4 O-O 21. f3 Qb6+
22. Kh1 Nd6 23. a5 Qc7 24. Nxb4 Nc4 25. Qd4 Rfb8 26. Nd3 Rb5 27. Nbc5 Nxa5 28.
Qf2 Bc8 29. Ra4 Nc6 30. Rfa1 a5 31. Qd2 Rab8 32. Nb3 Nb4 33. Rxa5 Rxa5 34. Nxa5
Nxd3 35. cxd3 Qb6 36. Rc1 Bd7 37. b3 h6 38. d4 Qb4 39. Qxb4 Rxb4 40. Rd1 Kf8
41. Kg1 Ke7 42. Kf2 Kd6 43. Ke3 Kc7 44. Kd3 Kb6 45. Kc3 Kxa5 46. Ra1+ Ba4 47.
bxa4 g5 48. f4 Rxa4 49. Rf1 Ra3+ 50. Kb2 Rd3 51. fxg5 hxg5 52. Rxf7 Kb4 53. Kc2
Rxd4 54. Rg7 g4 55. Rg6 Re4 56. Kd3 Kc5 57. Rh6 Kd6 58. Rh4 Ke5 59. Rh5+ Kf4
60. Rh8 Re3+ 61. Kd4 Re4+ 62. Kd3 Ra4 63. Rh6 Ke5 64. Rh5+ Kd6 65. Ke3 e5 66.
Rg5 Ke6 67. Kf2 Kf6 68. Rg8 Kf5 69. Rf8+ Ke4 70. Kg3 d4 71. Kxg4 d3 72. Rf1
Ke3+ 73. Kf5 Rf4+ 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 18th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2020.01.30"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Atalik, Ekaterina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2020.01.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Nbd7 7. e3 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Nh5 10. O-O-O Nxg3 11. hxg3 Nb6 12. Bd3 Be6 13. Nf3 Qf6 14. Ne5 O-O-O
15. f4 Kb8 16. Kb1 gxf4 17. gxf4 Rg8 18. Rh2 c5 19. Rf1 cxd4 20. exd4 Nc4 21.
Rf3 Bb4 22. Ka1 Nxe5 23. dxe5 Qe7 24. a3 Bxc3 25. Qxc3 d4 26. Qd2 Bg4 27. Rf1
h5 28. Re1 Rc8 29. Rhh1 Qc5 30. f5 a6 31. Qf4 Ka7 32. Rc1 Qb6 33. Rxc8 Rxc8 34.
Rc1 Rxc1+ 35. Qxc1 Qa5 36. e6 f6 37. Qf4 Qc5 38. Qe4 Bd1 39. e7 1-0

[Event "Europe Echecs online op April"]
[Site "Europe Echecs INT"]
[Date "2020.04.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Briffaut, Jean Severin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "1748"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2020.04.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 d6 5. cxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bg4 7. Be2 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Be3 h6 10. Rc1 a6 11. h3 Bh5 12. d5 Ne5 13. Nxe5 Bxe2 14. Nxf7 Bxd1
15. Nxd8 Bxd8 16. Rfxd1 Nd7 17. Ne2 Re8 18. f3 Nf8 19. Nd4 Kf7 20. Kf2 g5 21.
Rc2 Rc8 22. Rdc1 Re7 23. b4 Rd7 24. a4 Kf6 25. h4 Rh7 26. hxg5+ hxg5 27. Kg3
Ra8 28. Nf5 Ng6 29. Bd4+ Ne5 30. Ne3 Kg6 31. Bxe5 dxe5 32. Ng4 Re7 33. Rh1 Kg7
34. Rh5 Kg6 35. Rh6+ Kg7 36. Rc1 c6 37. dxc6 bxc6 38. Rcxc6 Rb8 39. Ne3 Reb7
40. Nf5+ Kg8 41. Rcg6+ Kf8 42. Rh8+ Kf7 43. Rg7+ Kf6 44. Rh6# 1-0

[Event "Europe Echecs online op April"]
[Site "Europe Echecs INT"]
[Date "2020.04.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Martine, Jean Christophe"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "2119"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2020.04.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nbd2 Bf5 4. e3 e6 5. c4 c6 6. Qb3 Qb6 7. c5 Qc7 8. Bd3
Bxd3 9. Qxd3 b6 10. b4 a5 11. cxb6 Qxb6 12. bxa5 Qxa5 13. a4 Nbd7 14. O-O c5
15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Qd4 Be7 17. Ba3 O-O 18. Bb4 Qa7 19. Rfc1 Nfd7 20. Ne5 Nxe5
21. Qxe5 Nd3 0-1

[Event "Europe Echecs online op April"]
[Site "Europe Echecs INT"]
[Date "2020.04.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Loiseau, Quentin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2020.04.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Nb3 Bb4 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Qd3 d5 9. exd5 e4 10. Qg3 Ne7 11. O-O Nf5 12. Qg5 h6 13. Qd2 Ng4 14. Qe2 Bxc3
15. bxc3 Nd6 16. Bf4 Re8 17. Nd4 a6 18. Bb3 Qf6 19. Bg3 Ne5 20. a4 Bg4 21. Qe3
g5 22. Rae1 h5 23. h3 Bd7 24. f4 Nec4 25. Qe2 b5 26. axb5 axb5 27. Qxh5 gxf4
28. Bxf4 Qg6 29. Qxg6+ fxg6 30. Nc6 Rac8 31. Re2 Bxc6 32. dxc6 Rxc6 33. Rd1 Kf7
34. Rxd6 1-0

[Event "Europe Echecs online op April"]
[Site "Europe Echecs INT"]
[Date "2020.04.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Claverie, Christophe"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2304"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2020.04.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c6 4. c3 Bf5 5. Nbd2 e6 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 h6 8. h3
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Nd7 12. Bg3 Re8 13. Bf3 Nf6 14. Be5 a5 15.
Qe2 Bf8 16. Rae1 Nd7 17. Bg3 e5 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Rxe5 20. Rd1 Qc7 21.
Rfe1 a4 22. Bg4 Bh7 23. Nf3 Ree8 24. Nd4 Qe5 25. Qd2 h5 26. f4 Qc7 27. Bxh5 Bc5
28. Bf3 Re7 29. Kh1 Rae8 30. b4 axb3 31. axb3 Be4 32. b4 Bb6 33. Rf1 Qd7 34.
Bg4 Qd6 35. Rde1 Qf6 36. Re2 Qg6 37. Bf3 Bd3 38. f5 Bxf5 39. Nxf5 Qxf5 40. Rfe1
Qe5 41. e4 Bc7 42. g4 Qg3 0-1

[Event "Europe Echecs online op April"]
[Site "Europe Echecs INT"]
[Date "2020.04.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Riff, Jean Noel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2020.04.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 d5 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. cxd4 Nf6 7. Nc3 Qd8 8.
d5 Nb8 9. Bd3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Re8 12. Bf4 Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. g4 Bg6 15.
Bxg6 hxg6 16. Qb3 b6 17. Rad1 Bd6 18. Bg5 Nbd7 19. Nb5 Nc5 20. Qc4 Qd7 21. Bxf6
gxf6 22. b4 Nb7 23. Qc6 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Qxc6 25. dxc6 1-0

[Event "Europe Echecs online op April"]
[Site "Europe Echecs INT"]
[Date "2020.04.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Donchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2020.04.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 g6 5. b3 Bg7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. d3
Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Nbd7 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Nc3 e6 12. Qd2 a6 13. Rac1 Rc8 14. Rc2 Ne5
15. Bg2 Nc6 16. Na4 Nd7 17. d4 Qe7 18. Rfc1 Rfd8 19. e3 Bf8 20. Bf1 Qd6 21. Bc3
Qb8 22. b4 Ne7 23. Nc5 Nf5 24. Bb2 Nb6 25. e4 dxe4 26. Nxe4 Rxc2 27. Rxc2 Bg7
28. Qg5 h6 29. Qg4 Nxd4 30. Rd2 Qc7 31. Qd1 Nc6 32. Bxg7 Kxg7 33. Qa1+ e5 34.
Rxd8 Qxd8 35. Nc5 Qe7 36. a3 a5 37. Bg2 axb4 38. axb4 Nxb4 39. Nxb7 Nd7 40. Qd1
Nf6 41. Nd6 Nbd5 42. Nc4 Nc7 43. Qe1 e4 44. Qc3 Ncd5 45. Qd4 Qe6 46. h3 Kg8 47.
Kh2 h5 48. Kg1 Kf8 49. Kh2 Kg8 50. Kg1 h4 51. g4 g5 52. Bf1 Nf4 53. Ne3 Kh7 54.
Nf5 N4d5 55. Bg2 Nf4 56. Bf1 N4d5 57. Bg2 Nf4 58. Bf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Europe Echecs online op April"]
[Site "Europe Echecs INT"]
[Date "2020.04.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Solodovnichenko, Yuri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2020.04.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f3 a6 10. g4 Nd7 11. h4 Nde5 12. Qf2 Bd7 13. Nb3 b5 14. g5 b4 15.
Na4 Rb8 16. Rg1 Nxf3 17. Qxf3 Ne5 18. Qf4 Bxa4 19. h5 Qc7 20. Kb1 Bb5 21. Nd4
Bxf1 22. Rdxf1 a5 23. Qg3 Rbc8 24. Qg2 Qc4 25. Rd1 a4 26. b3 Qc3 27. Bc1 a3 28.
Rh1 Qc5 29. Rh2 Nc6 30. Nf3 Ne5 31. Nd4 Nc6 32. Nf3 Ne5 33. Rh3 Nxf3 34. Rxf3
Rc7 35. Rfd3 Rfc8 36. c4 bxc3 37. Kc2 Qe5 38. Rf1 g6 39. Bf4 Qb5 40. hxg6 hxg6
41. Rh3 Bf8 42. Rfh1 Bg7 43. Qh2 Kf8 44. Bxd6+ Ke8 45. Rh7 Bd4 46. Rd1 Qb6 47.
Bxc7 Rxc7 48. Rh8+ Kd7 49. Qe5 Rc4 50. Qf6 Kc6 51. Rc8+ Kb7 52. Rxd4 Rxd4 53.
Rxc3 Rd7 54. Rc4 Qd6 55. Qf2 Qd1+ 56. Kc3 Qd3+ 57. Kb4 Rd6 58. Qc5 Rb6+ 59.
Kxa3 Ra6+ 60. Kb4 Rb6+ 61. Ka3 Ra6+ 62. Kb2 Qe2+ 63. Rc2 Qxe4 64. Qc7+ Ka8 65.
Qd8+ Ka7 66. Rc7+ Kb6 67. Rc4+ 1-0

[Event "Europe Echecs online op April"]
[Site "Europe Echecs INT"]
[Date "2020.04.11"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B59"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2020.04.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Kh1 a6 10. f3 b5 11. Be3 Be6 12. Qd2 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Qxd5
15. Qxd5 Bxd5 16. Rfd1 Be6 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. Bxc5 Rfd8 19. Kg1 f6 20. Kf2 Kf7
21. b3 Bf5 22. c3 Bc2 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Ke3 f5 25. a4 f4+ 26. Kf2 Bd3 27. axb5
axb5 28. Bb6 Rd7 29. Rd1 e4 30. fxe4 Ne5 31. Bd4 Bxe2 32. Kxe2 Nc6 33. Bc5 Rxd1
34. Kxd1 Ke6 35. Ke2 Na5 36. Kd3 g5 37. Kc2 Ke5 38. Be7 g4 39. Bb4 Nc6 40. Kd3
Nxb4+ 41. cxb4 h5 42. g3 f3 43. Ke3 Kf6 44. Kd3 Ke6 45. Kd2 Kf6 46. Kd3 Kg5 47.
Kd2 h4 48. Kd3 hxg3 49. hxg3 Kf6 50. Kd2 Ke5 51. Ke3 Kd6 52. Kd2 Ke7 53. Kd3
Kf6 54. Kd2 Ke5 55. Ke3 Kf6 56. Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Europe Echecs online op April"]
[Site "Europe Echecs INT"]
[Date "2020.04.11"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2020.04.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Nb6 8.
Ne5 a5 9. e3 g6 10. Bd3 Be6 11. O-O Bg7 12. Bd2 O-O 13. Qe2 Nfd5 14. Ne4 Nb4
15. Bxb4 axb4 16. Nc5 Bc8 17. Rfc1 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Nd5 19. h3 b6 20. Ne4 Qc7 21.
f4 Bb7 22. Ng5 c5 23. Bc4 Qc6 24. Bb5 Qc7 25. Bc4 Qc6 26. Bb5 Qc7 27. Qf2 Kg7
28. Kh2 Rad8 29. Re1 Qb8 30. Bc4 h6 31. Nf3 Nc7 32. e4 Rd7 33. f5 Qd8 34. Qg3
Kh7 35. Bxf7 g5 36. e6 Rxf7 37. exf7 e6 38. Ne5 Rd2 39. Ng6 1-0

[Event "Kalinin Memorial Simul online"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.05.04"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kuzhilniy, Oleksandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B55"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "1747"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2020.05.04"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 Be6 7. c4 Nbd7 8. Be3
Rc8 9. Na3 a6 10. Be2 Be7 11. Qd2 O-O 12. O-O Qc7 13. Rac1 Rfd8 14. Rfd1 h6 15.
Nc2 Nc5 16. Nb4 Nxb3 17. axb3 Nd7 18. Rc3 Qa5 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. Qxd5 Qxd5 21.
Rxd5 Rc6 22. b4 Nb6 23. Rd1 Rdc8 24. b3 Kf8 25. g3 f5 26. Bf1 fxe4 27. fxe4 Bg5
28. Bf2 Be7 29. b5 axb5 30. Rf3+ Ke8 31. cxb5 Rc5 32. b4 Rc4 33. Bxb6 Rxe4 34.
Ra3 d5 35. Ra7 Rxb4 36. Rxb7 d4 37. Bh3 Rc2 38. Rf1 Bf6 39. Ra1 Be7 40. Be6 Bd8
41. Bxd8 Rbb2 42. Bg5 Rg2+ 43. Kf1 Rbf2+ 44. Ke1 Re2+ 45. Kd1 Rd2+ 46. Bxd2
Rxd2+ 47. Kxd2 d3 48. Ra8# 1-0

[Event "Kalinin Memorial Simul online"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.05.04"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Hulka, Valentyn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "1892"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2020.05.04"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. c3 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. h3 O-O 8. Be2
d6 9. O-O Qc7 10. Bh2 Rd8 11. Re1 Nbd7 12. Qc2 Rac8 13. Rad1 Nf8 14. Qb1 Ng6
15. Bd3 Qb8 16. a3 Qa8 17. e4 Bf8 18. Re3 cxd4 19. cxd4 Rd7 20. Rde1 a6 21. a4
Rdc7 22. Rd1 Nd7 23. Ree1 e5 24. Bf1 Bc6 25. b3 Qa7 26. Rc1 Ba8 27. Rxc7 Rxc7
28. Rd1 Bb7 29. Bg3 Qb8 30. Nc4 Qa8 31. Re1 f6 32. Nfd2 Qc8 33. f3 Nf4 34. d5
b5 35. Na5 b4 36. Ndc4 Nc5 37. Bf2 f5 38. g3 Nh5 39. exf5 Bxd5 40. Nb6 Qd8 41.
Nxd5 Rd7 42. Nc4 Qg5 43. h4 1-0

[Event "Kalinin Memorial Simul online"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.05.04"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Larchikov, Maksym"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "1681"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2020.05.04"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 d5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Bg3 c5 6. c4 Bxg3 7. hxg3 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Nc6 9. Nc3 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 O-O 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. Qxd5 exd5 14.
Rh4 Be6 15. Rb4 b6 16. Ba6 Rad8 17. Rd4 Rd7 18. Rc1 Rfd8 19. Bb5 Rd6 20. b4 Bd7
21. Bc4 Be6 22. Rcd1 f5 23. Bb3 Kf8 24. Kd2 Ke7 25. Rh1 h6 26. Rc1 a6 27. Ba4
Rc8 28. Rxc8 Bxc8 29. Bc2 Kf6 30. Bd3 Ke5 31. Be2 Bb7 32. g4 Kf6 33. Rf4 g6 34.
g3 Ke5 35. Rd4 Rd8 36. gxf5 Kxf5 37. e4+ Kf6 38. f4 Ke7 39. e5 Kf7 40. Bd3 Bc8
41. Ke3 h5 42. Be2 Bb7 43. Bf3 Ke7 44. Kd2 Bc6 45. Rd3 Ke6 46. Rc3 Bb5 47. Rc7
Rd7 48. Rc8 Rb7 49. Rg8 Kf5 50. Rf8+ Ke6 51. Rf6+ Ke7 52. Rxg6 Bc4 53. Rg7+ 1-0

[Event "Kalinin Memorial Simul online"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.05.04"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kovalskyi, Roman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "1716"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2020.05.04"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 d5 6. e5 Bg4 7. Nbd2 Nc6 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Nxf3 Nh6 10. Bd3 O-O 11. Be3 f6 12. exf6 Rxf6 13. O-O Nf5 14. Qb3 Qd7
15. Rac1 Nxe3 16. fxe3 Rc8 17. Rc5 e6 18. Rfc1 Rcf8 19. Be2 a6 20. R1c3 R6f7
21. Qd1 Qd6 22. Qe1 e5 23. Qg3 Qe7 24. dxe5 Nxe5 25. Rc7 Nxf3+ 26. Bxf3 Qd8 27.
Rxf7 Rxf7 28. Rd3 Bxb2 29. Rxd5 Qf6 30. h4 Bc1 31. Re5 Kg7 32. Qg5 Qxg5 33.
hxg5 b5 34. Kf2 Rc7 35. Ke2 Rc2+ 36. Kd1 Rc7 37. Re6 Rc5 38. Rxa6 Rxg5 39. Kxc1
h5 40. Kd2 h4 41. Ra5 Kh6 42. Ke2 Rc5 43. a4 Rc2+ 44. Kd3 Ra2 45. Rxb5 Rxa4 46.
Rd5 Ra6 47. Ke2 g5 48. Rc5 Ra4 49. Rc6+ Kg7 50. Bh5 Ra5 51. Kf3 Rf5+ 52. Kg4
Rf2 53. Rg6+ Kh7 54. Rxg5 Re2 55. Kxh4 Rxe3 56. Bf3 Re1 57. g4 Kh8 58. Rc5 Rf1
59. Kg3 Rg1+ 60. Kf4 Rf1 61. g5 Kg7 62. Kg4 Rg1+ 63. Kf5 Rf1 64. Rc7+ Kf8 65.
Kf4 Rf2 66. Kg3 Rf1 67. g6 Rg1+ 68. Bg2 Rd1 69. Kf4 Kg8 70. Ke5 Re1+ 71. Kf6
Re8 72. Bd5+ Re6+ 73. Bxe6+ Kf8 74. Rc8# 1-0

[Event "Kalinin Memorial Simul online"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.05.04"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Hrebenshchykova, Yelyzaveta"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "1990"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2020.05.04"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Qe2 d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Be7 8.
Rd1 e5 9. c3 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nf6 12. d3 O-O 13. Nd2 Re8 14. Nc4 Rc8
15. a4 h6 16. Bd2 b6 17. Re1 Bf8 18. Re2 a6 19. Rae1 Bd6 20. h4 b5 21. axb5
axb5 22. Ne3 e4 23. dxe4 Rxe4 24. Nd5 Rxe2 25. Rxe2 Nd7 26. Qf5 Nde5 27. h5 Qd7
28. Qxd7 Nxd7 29. Bh3 Rd8 30. Bxh6 Nde5 31. Be3 Nd3 32. Bg2 Nce5 33. h6 gxh6
34. Bxh6 Bf8 35. Nf6+ Kh8 36. Bg5 Bg7 37. f4 Nc4 38. Bd5 1-0

[Event "Kalinin Memorial Simul online"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.05.04"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Semenukha, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D96"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "1578"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2020.05.04"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qb3 c6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Bg5 e6 8. e3
O-O 9. Be2 Nc6 10. O-O h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bg3 Ne4 13. Rfc1 Nxg3 14. hxg3 Bd7 15.
Rc2 Re8 16. a3 Na5 17. Qa2 b6 18. Rac1 Rc8 19. Ba6 Rc7 20. b4 Nb7 21. Nxd5 Rxc2
22. Qxc2 exd5 23. Bxb7 Be6 24. Ba6 Qd7 25. Ne5 Bxe5 26. dxe5 Bf5 27. Qc3 Qe7
28. f4 h5 29. Be2 h4 30. gxh4 gxf4 31. exf4 Qxh4 32. Qd4 Qg3 33. Bf3 Rc8 34.
Rxc8+ Bxc8 35. Qd2 Be6 36. Kf1 Kg7 37. Qd4 Kf8 38. a4 Kg8 39. a5 bxa5 40. bxa5
Bf5 41. a6 Be4 42. Ke2 Qxf4 43. Bxe4 dxe4 44. Qxa7 Qxe5 45. Qb6 Qd5 46. a7 Qd3+
47. Ke1 Qc3+ 48. Kd1 Qd3+ 49. Ke1 Qc3+ 50. Kd1 Qd3+ 51. Kc1 Qa3+ 52. Kd1 Qd3+
1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-ch Blitz Online Qual"]
[Site "Europe Echecs INT"]
[Date "2020.05.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mallevaey, Armand"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1773"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2020.05.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Bd3 Bg4 8.
Be3 O-O 9. O-O Nb4 10. Be2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 c6 12. h3 Bh5 13. Be2 Nbd5 14. Ne5
Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Re8 16. Bf4 Nxf4 0-1

[Event "FRA-ch Blitz Online Qual"]
[Site "Europe Echecs INT"]
[Date "2020.05.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ferey, Antonin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2138"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2020.05.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 d5 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Bg4 8.
Be2 Nf6 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. h3 Bh5 12. c4 Qa5 13. Bd2 Qa3 14. Be3 Rad8
15. d5 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Ne5 17. Be2 c6 18. Qd4 Ng6 19. Qxa7 Qxa7 20. Bxa7 cxd5 21.
Rfd1 dxc4 22. Bxc4 Ne5 23. Bb5 Ra8 24. Bd4 Ned7 25. a4 Rfd8 26. Rac1 Nf8 27.
Bb6 Rxd1+ 28. Rxd1 Rc8 29. Be2 N8d7 30. Be3 Ra8 31. Bb5 Ne5 32. Rc1 Nd5 33. Bd4
Ng6 34. Rc5 Nge7 35. Be5 f6 36. Bd6 Rc8 37. Bc4 Rxc5 38. Bxc5 Kh8 39. a5 g6 40.
g3 Kg7 41. Kf1 f5 42. f4 Kf6 43. Ke1 Nc3 44. Bd4# 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch Blitz Online Qual"]
[Site "Europe Echecs INT"]
[Date "2020.05.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bassini, Emile"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2288"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2020.05.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Kf8 8. h4
Qa5 9. Bd2 Qa4 10. h5 h6 11. Rh3 Nbc6 12. Rg3 Nf5 13. Rh3 cxd4 14. Qf4 Bd7 15.
g4 Nfe7 16. Nf3 Qxc2 17. Nxd4 Qe4+ 18. Qxe4 dxe4 19. Bg2 Nxe5 20. Bxe4 Nd5 21.
Rb1 b6 22. f4 Nc4 23. Rf3 Rc8 24. f5 Ke7 25. fxe6 fxe6 26. Bxd5 exd5 27. Bf4
Rhf8 28. Kf2 Bxg4 29. Re1+ Kd7 30. Kg3 Bxf3 31. Nxf3 Rf7 32. Rd1 Rc5 33. a4 Ra5
34. Rd4 Kc6 35. Rd1 Rxa4 36. Nd4+ Kb7 37. Nb5 a6 38. Nd4 Ra3 39. Re1 Rxc3+ 40.
Kg4 a5 41. Nf5 a4 42. Re6 a3 43. Re8 a2 44. Rb8+ Ka7 45. Nd4 Rxf4+ 46. Kxf4 0-1

[Event "FRA-ch Blitz Online Qual"]
[Site "Europe Echecs INT"]
[Date "2020.05.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kirk, Ezra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2020.05.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Be2 d6 9. O-O Bd7 10. Nb3 Rc8 11. Rc1 b6 12. f3 Ne5 13. Nd2 Bc6 14. Re1 Bb7 15.
Bf1 Nfd7 16. b3 Nc5 17. Qc2 f5 18. exf5 Rxf5 19. Rcd1 Qf8 20. Be2 Bh6 21. Nf1
Ne6 22. Nd5 Nf4 23. Bxf4 Bxf4 24. Ng3 Bxg3 25. hxg3 Bxd5 26. Rxd5 g5 27. Qd2
Qf7 28. Qe3 Ng6 29. Rxf5 Qxf5 30. Bd3 Qc5 31. Bxg6 Qxe3+ 32. Rxe3 hxg6 33. Rxe7
d5 34. cxd5 Rc1+ 35. Kh2 Rd1 36. Rxa7 Rxd5 37. Rb7 Rd6 38. a4 Re6 39. b4 Rd6
40. Kh3 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch Blitz Online Qual"]
[Site "Europe Echecs INT"]
[Date "2020.05.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Colin, Vincent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2372"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2020.05.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 g6 6. c4 Bg7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Be3
Nc6 9. Be2 Bd7 10. O-O Nxd4 11. Bxd4 a5 12. Rc1 a4 13. c5 dxc5 14. Bxc5 Qa5 15.
Bxe7 Qb6+ 16. Kh1 Qxb2 17. e5 Bh6 18. Rc2 Qb6 19. exf6 Bf5 20. Ne4 Rfc8 21.
Rxc8+ Rxc8 22. Qxa4 Qe3 23. Bc4 Bf4 24. Qb3 Qxb3 25. axb3 h5 26. Nd6 Bxd6 27.
Bxd6 g5 28. Re1 Bg6 29. h3 Rc6 30. Be7 h4 31. Re5 Kh7 32. Rxg5 Rc7 33. Rg4 Rd7
34. Rxh4+ Kg8 35. Kh2 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch Blitz Online Qual"]
[Site "Europe Echecs INT"]
[Date "2020.05.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Barbot, Pierre"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2020.05.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
h3 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nc6 11. Be3 f5 12. exf5 Qa5+ 13. Bd2 Qxf5 14. Be3
Be6 15. O-O Rad8 16. Rb1 b6 17. Rb5 Bd5 18. Qa4 Na5 19. Bd2 e6 20. Bxa5 bxa5
21. Rxa5 Qf4 22. Rxa7 Bxf3 23. Bxf3 Bxd4 24. Ra6 Kh8 25. Re1 e5 26. Qc6 Qd2 27.
Re2 Qd1+ 28. Kh2 Qd3 29. Qe4 Qxe4 30. Bxe4 Bxf2 31. g3 Rc8 32. Rc6 Rxc6 33.
Bxc6 Bd4 34. Bg2 Rb8 35. Bd5 Rb4 36. Bb3 Kg7 37. Kg2 h5 38. Kf3 Kf6 39. Rc2 Kf5
40. Rc4 Rxc4 41. Bxc4 e4+ 42. Ke2 Ke5 43. Bf7 Kf6 44. Bd5 Kf5 45. a4 Bb6 46.
g4+ hxg4 47. hxg4+ Kf4 48. Be6 Ba5 49. Bc8 Bb4 50. Bd7 Ba5 51. Bc8 Bb4 52. Bd7
Bc5 53. Bc8 Bb6 54. Bd7 Ba5 55. Bc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-ch Blitz Online Qual"]
[Site "Europe Echecs INT"]
[Date "2020.05.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Marcelin, Cyril"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2020.05.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 g6 4. d4 Bg7 5. h3 dxe4 6. Nxe4 Nf6 7. Nxf6+ exf6 8.
Bc4 O-O 9. O-O Nd7 10. Re1 Nb6 11. Bb3 a5 12. a4 Re8 13. c3 Rxe1+ 14. Qxe1 Nd5
15. Bd2 b6 16. Qe4 Bf5 17. Qe2 Qd7 18. Re1 Be6 19. Bc2 Bf8 20. Bc1 Re8 21. Nd2
Nf4 22. Qf3 Bd5 23. Ne4 Bxe4 24. Rxe4 Nd5 25. Kf1 f5 26. Re2 Rxe2 27. Qxe2 Bd6
28. Bb3 Bf4 29. Bxf4 Nxf4 30. Qe5 Nd3 31. Qe3 Nxb2 32. Qe2 Nxa4 33. Bxa4 b5 34.
Bb3 a4 35. Ba2 Qd6 36. Qe8+ Qf8 37. Bxf7+ Kg7 38. Qxf8+ Kxf8 39. Ba2 Ke7 40.
Ke2 Kd6 41. Kd2 c5 42. dxc5+ Kxc5 43. Bg8 h6 44. Bh7 g5 45. Bxf5 b4 46. cxb4+
Kxb4 47. Kd3 a3 48. Be6 Kc5 49. Ke4 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch Blitz Online Qual"]
[Site "Europe Echecs INT"]
[Date "2020.05.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Degardin, Sylvain"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2267"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2020.05.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. h4 Qc7 8. Rb1
b6 9. h5 h6 10. Qg4 Rg8 11. Bb5+ Kf8 12. Bd3 Ba6 13. dxc5 Bxd3 14. cxd3 Nd7 15.
d4 bxc5 16. Ne2 Rb8 17. Rxb8+ Qxb8 18. O-O Qb5 19. Ng3 Qc4 20. Be3 Nxe5 21. Qf4
N5c6 22. Rb1 cxd4 23. Bxd4 f6 24. Qd6 Kf7 25. Rb7 Re8 26. Kh2 Nxd4 27. cxd4
Qxd4 28. Rc7 Qxf2 29. a4 a5 30. Qa6 Qd4 31. Qxa5 Qh4+ 32. Kg1 Qxg3 33. Qd2 Qxc7
0-1

[Event "FRA-ch Blitz Online Qual"]
[Site "Europe Echecs INT"]
[Date "2020.05.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2020.05.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Be7 8. d4
O-O 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. a3 Be7 12. b4 Bf6 13. Ra2 Bf5 14. Rd2 Be4
15. Bb2 Bxb2 16. Rxb2 Qf6 17. Rd2 Rfe8 18. Qa1 Qxa1 19. Rxa1 Rac8 20. Rc1 h6
21. Bh3 Rcd8 22. Nd4 Ne5 23. Rc7 Nc4 24. Rd1 Rb8 25. a4 Kf8 26. f3 Bg6 27. Kf2
a6 28. a5 Re7 29. Rc5 Rbe8 30. e4 Nb2 31. Rd2 Nc4 32. Re2 Ne5 33. Rxd5 Nd3+ 34.
Ke3 Nxb4 35. Rd6 Rc7 36. Rd2 Rc3+ 37. Ke2 Rc4 38. Kf2 Kg8 39. Rd7 Kh7 40. Rxb7
Re5 41. Bf5 Rxa5 42. Rxf7 Bxf5 43. Nxf5 Rxf5 44. Rxf5 Rc7 45. Ra5 Rb7 46. Kg2
Rc7 47. Rb2 Nd3 48. Re2 Nc1 49. Rf2 Nd3 50. Rd2 Nb4 51. h4 Rc3 52. h5 Nc2 53.
Rxa6 Ne1+ 54. Kf2 Nxf3 55. Rd5 Ng5 56. e5 Rf3+ 57. Kg2 Re3 58. Ra8 Nf7 59. Re8
Re4 60. e6 Ng5 61. Rdd8 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch Blitz Online Qual"]
[Site "Europe Echecs INT"]
[Date "2020.05.16"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Baklan, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2020.05.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8. c4
Nf6 9. Nc3 Be6 10. Ng5 Bg4 11. Qa4 O-O 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. cxd5 Nb4 14. Bxh7+ Kh8
15. Be4 Nxd5 16. Qb3 c6 17. Nf3 Nf6 18. Bc2 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Qxd4 20. Bg5 Kg8 21.
Rae1 Qc5 22. Qf5 Qxf5 23. Bxf5 Rfe8 24. h3 Nd5 25. Bxe7 Rxe7 26. Rxe7 Nxe7 27.
Bg4 Rd8 28. Rd1 Rxd1+ 29. Bxd1 Nf5 30. Kf1 Kf8 31. Ke1 Ke7 32. Kd2 Nd6 33. h4
Kf6 34. g4 Ke5 35. Kd3 Kf4 36. Kd4 b6 37. b4 Ne4 38. Ba4 c5+ 39. bxc5 bxc5+ 40.
Kc4 Kxg4 41. Bd7+ Kf4 42. Bc6 Nxf2 43. Kxc5 f5 44. Kd6 Kg4 45. Ke5 Nd3+ 46. Kd4
Nb4 47. Bd7 Nxa2 48. Ke5 g6 49. Kf6 Kxh4 50. Kxg6 f4 51. Kf5 Kg3 52. Ke4 f3 53.
Ke3 a5 54. Bb5 Nc3 55. Bd3 a4 56. Kd2 Nd5 57. Kc1 f2 58. Kd2 Kh2 59. Ke2 Kg1
60. Kd2 f1=Q 61. Bxf1 Kxf1 0-1

[Event "FRA-ch Blitz Online Qual"]
[Site "Europe Echecs INT"]
[Date "2020.05.16"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2020.05.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 a5 6. e4 Bg4 7. Bxc4 e6 8. Be3
Bb4 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. O-O Bh5 11. Bd3 Bg6 12. Ne2 Rc8 13. Nf4 c5 14. Nxg6 cxd4
15. Qe2 hxg6 16. Bxd4 Bc5 17. Bc3 Bb4 18. Bxb4 axb4 19. Qd2 Qe7 20. Rac1 O-O
21. Bb5 Rcd8 22. Qe3 Rc8 23. h3 Nc5 24. Rc4 Ncxe4 25. Rxe4 Nxe4 26. Qxe4 Rfd8
27. Re1 b6 28. h4 Rc5 29. Qxb4 Qf6 30. Qb3 Rcd5 31. Bf1 R8d6 32. g3 Qd8 33. Kg2
Rc5 34. Re3 Qa8 35. Bd3 Qd8 36. Be4 Qd7 37. Rd3 Rxd3 38. Bxd3 Qc6 39. Bb5 Qe4
40. Qd3 Qxd3 41. Bxd3 Kf8 42. b3 Ke7 43. Bc4 e5 44. Ng5 f5 45. Kf3 Rc8 46. Ke3
e4 47. Nh3 Kf6 48. Nf4 g5 49. Nd5+ Ke5 50. hxg5 Rh8 51. Nxb6 Rh1 52. a5 Re1+
53. Kd2 Ra1 54. a6 Kd4 55. Na4 Ra2+ 56. Kc1 Rxf2 57. a7 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch Blitz Online Qual"]
[Site "Europe Echecs INT"]
[Date "2020.05.16"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Bauer, Christian"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2020.05.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
Be3 Qa5 9. Nd2 Bd7 10. Nb3 Qxc3+ 11. Bd2 Qb2 12. Bc1 Qc3+ 13. Bd2 Qb2 14. Bc1
Qc3+ 15. Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-ch Blitz Online Qual"]
[Site "Europe Echecs INT"]
[Date "2020.05.16"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2020.05.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3
Qc7 9. Bd2 Be7 10. O-O-O dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nbd7 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. h3 b5 14. Be2 a6
15. Kb1 c5 16. Rc1 c4 17. Qc2 O-O 18. g4 Rfc8 19. Ka1 Rab8 20. h4 b4 21. Na4 c3
22. bxc3 bxc3 23. Qxc3 Qb7 24. Rb1 Qa8 25. Rxb8 Rxb8 26. Rb1 Nd5 27. Qc4 Rxb1+
28. Kxb1 Qb8+ 29. Kc2 Bxh4 30. Nc5 Nxc5 31. dxc5 Bf6 32. c6 Qb2+ 33. Kd3 Qa3+
34. Kc2 Qb2+ 35. Kd3 Qb1+ 36. Qc2 Qb5+ 37. Qc4 Qb1+ 38. Qc2 Qb6 39. Qc4 Qb1+
1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-ch Blitz Online Qual"]
[Site "Europe Echecs INT"]
[Date "2020.05.16"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "217"]
[EventDate "2020.05.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Qc2 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Be7 9. e4 O-O 10. Bd3 c5 11. O-O Qc8 12. Qe2 Ba6 13. Rd1 Re8 14. Bf4 Bxd3
15. Rxd3 Nc6 16. h4 Qa6 17. h5 Rad8 18. Qe3 h6 19. Nh2 cxd4 20. cxd4 e5 21.
Bxh6 gxh6 22. Ng4 Bg5 23. Qg3 Kf8 24. d5 Nd4 25. Kh1 Ne2 26. Qf3 Nf4 27. Rd2
Nxh5 28. Rdd1 Rd6 29. g3 Qc8 30. Kg2 Ng7 31. a4 h5 32. Nh2 Qc2 33. Qa3 Red8 34.
Nf3 Bf6 35. Qe3 Kg8 36. Rdc1 Qb2 37. Rcb1 Qc2 38. Rc1 Qb2 39. Rab1 Qa2 40. Rb4
a5 41. Rbc4 Qb2 42. Qd3 b5 43. R4c2 Qb4 44. axb5 a4 45. Rc6 a3 46. Ra1 Ra8 47.
Nd2 a2 48. Nc4 Ne8 49. Nxd6 Nxd6 50. b6 Kf8 51. Rc2 Qxb6 52. Rcxa2 Rxa2 53.
Rxa2 Qb4 54. Ra6 Kg7 55. Qf3 Nxe4 56. Qxh5 Qd4 57. Qg4+ Ng5 58. Qxd4 exd4 59.
f4 Ne4 60. Kf3 Nc5 61. Rc6 Nd7 62. Rc7 Nb6 63. d6 d3 64. d7 Kf8 65. Rb7 Bd8 66.
Ke3 Ke7 67. Kxd3 Nxd7 68. g4 Ke8 69. Kd4 Be7 70. g5 Ba3 71. Rc7 Bd6 72. Rc8+
Ke7 73. f5 Bf4 74. Rg8 Bc1 75. Kd5 Nb6+ 76. Kc6 Nc4 77. Kd5 Nb6+ 78. Ke4 Nd7
79. Rg7 Kf8 80. f6 Bxg5 81. Rxg5 Nxf6+ 82. Kf5 Ne8 83. Rg1 Ke7 84. Re1+ Kf8 85.
Ra1 Ke7 86. Ra7+ Kf8 87. Ke5 Kg7 88. Ra6 Kf8 89. Ra8 Ke7 90. Ra7+ Kf8 91. Kd5
Nf6+ 92. Kd6 Ne4+ 93. Kd7 Nf6+ 94. Kd8 Ng8 95. Ra1 Nf6 96. Rf1 Ne4 97. Rf4 Ng5
98. Kd7 Ne6 99. Rf1 Ng5 100. Kd6 Ne6 101. Ra1 Ng5 102. Ke5 Kg7 103. Kf5 Ne6
104. Rg1+ Kf8 105. Kf6 Nc7 106. Ra1 Ne8+ 107. Kf5 Nd6+ 108. Ke5 Ne8 109. Ra7
1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-ch Blitz Online Qual"]
[Site "Europe Echecs INT"]
[Date "2020.05.16"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Bellahcene, Bilel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2020.05.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ c6 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qc2 Bb7 8. d4
Nbd7 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nd7 11. O-O Qc7 12. Nc3 a6 13. Ne4 Nxe5 14. Bf4 Be7
15. Nc5 Bxc5 16. Qxc5 f6 17. Rac1 Rc8 18. Rc3 Qe7 19. Bxe5 fxe5 20. Qxe5 O-O
21. Rfc1 Rf5 22. Qe3 Rcf8 23. f4 e5 24. Bxc6 Bxc6 25. Rxc6 Qf7 26. Rc8 h5 27.
Rxf8+ Qxf8 28. fxe5 Qe7 29. e6 Kh7 30. Qe4 g6 31. Rf1 Qc5+ 32. Kg2 Qd5 33. Rf4
Kg7 34. e7 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch Blitz Online Final"]
[Site "Europe Echecs INT"]
[Date "2020.05.17"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Dourerassou, Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2477"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2020.05.17"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
Nge2 a6 9. O-O b6 10. Qb3 Bb7 11. Rfd1 Re8 12. Rac1 b5 13. Nf4 Nb6 14. Bh4 Nc4
15. Be2 c6 16. Nd3 Nd7 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Bf3 a5 19. Qc2 a4 20. b3 axb3 21. axb3
Nd6 22. Na2 Rec8 23. Nab4 g6 24. g3 Nf6 25. Nc5 Nde8 26. Ra1 Nd6 27. Rxa8 Bxa8
28. Ra1 Kg7 29. Bg2 h5 30. h4 Nf5 31. Bh3 Ng4 32. Bxg4 hxg4 33. Nbd3 Nxg3 34.
fxg3 Qxe3+ 35. Qf2 Qe7 36. Re1 Qc7 37. Ne5 Rf8 38. Nxg4 Qd6 39. Qe3 Kg8 40. Kh2
Qd8 41. Qe5 f6 42. Qe6+ Kg7 43. Qe7+ 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch Blitz Online Final"]
[Site "Europe Echecs INT"]
[Date "2020.05.17"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Dourerassou, Jonathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2477"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2020.05.17"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Re1 e5 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Qe7 8. h3
Nf6 9. Be3 Nd7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. a4 Rd8 12. a5 Nf8 13. Nc4 f6 14. Qd2 Be6 15.
Qc3 Bf7 16. Ncd2 Ne6 17. Nb3 b6 18. axb6 axb6 19. Nbd2 Nd4 20. b3 Rxa1 21. Rxa1
Ne2+ 0-1

[Event "FRA-ch Blitz Online Final"]
[Site "Europe Echecs INT"]
[Date "2020.05.17"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Maze, Sebastien"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "194"]
[EventDate "2020.05.17"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. a3 O-O 8.
d3 Nd7 9. h4 Re8 10. Be3 Bd6 11. Ne2 Nc5 12. Ng3 Bg4 13. Qd2 Qd7 14. h5 Rad8
15. Nh4 f6 16. Nhf5 Qf7 17. Rh4 Bxf5 18. Nxf5 Kh8 19. f3 Ne6 20. Kf2 Bc5 21.
Bxc5 Nxc5 22. Rah1 Ne6 23. Rg4 Rg8 24. Nh4 Rge8 25. Nf5 Rg8 26. Qc3 Nd4 27.
Nxd4 Rxd4 28. f4 f5 29. Rgh4 fxe4 30. Re1 Qf6 31. g3 Rgd8 32. Kg2 Qf5 33. h6
gxh6 34. Rxh6 Rg8 35. Reh1 Rg7 36. R6h5 Qg6 37. Rg5 Qf6 38. Rxg7 Qxg7 39. fxe5
Qxe5 40. Re1 e3 41. Re2 c5 42. Qe1 Qd5+ 43. Kg1 c4 44. Rxe3 Qc5 45. Kg2 Rd7 46.
Re8+ Kg7 47. Qe5+ Qxe5 48. Rxe5 cxd3 49. cxd3 Rxd3 50. Re7+ Kg6 51. b4 Rxa3 52.
Rxc7 b5 53. Kh3 Ra4 54. Ra7 h5 55. Kg2 Kg5 56. Kf3 Ra3+ 57. Kg2 Kg4 58. Rg7+
Kf5 59. Rh7 Kg6 60. Ra7 Ra4 61. Kf3 Kf6 62. Ke3 Ke6 63. Kd3 Ra3+ 64. Kd4 Kf5
65. Rg7 Ra4 66. Kc5 Kf6 67. Rg8 Ra1 68. Rh8 Kg6 69. Rg8+ Kf5 70. Kb6 Rb1 71.
Ka5 Rb3 72. Rg7 Ra3+ 73. Kb6 Ra4 74. Kc5 a5 75. bxa5 Rxa5 76. Kb4 Ra4+ 77. Kxb5
Rg4 78. Rh7 Kg6 79. Rh8 Kg5 80. Rg8+ Kf5 81. Rf8+ Ke4 82. Kc4 Rxg3 83. Re8+ Kf4
84. Kd4 h4 85. Rf8+ Kg4 86. Ke4 Ra3 87. Rg8+ Kh3 88. Rh8 Kg3 89. Rg8+ Kf2 90.
Rf8+ Kg2 91. Rg8+ Rg3 92. Rb8 Rf3 93. Rb2+ Rf2 94. Rb8 h3 95. Rg8+ Kf1 96. Ke3
h2 97. Rh8 Kg1 0-1

[Event "FRA-ch Blitz Online Final"]
[Site "Europe Echecs INT"]
[Date "2020.05.17"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Maze, Sebastien"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2020.05.17"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. Be2 Na6 7. O-O e5 8. Be3
c6 9. d5 Ng4 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bh4 c5 12. Ne1 Nh6 13. f3 Nf7 14. Nd3 Bh6 15. Kh1
Be3 16. Rb1 b6 17. a3 Bd7 18. b4 Qe7 19. Qe1 Rae8 20. Bd1 Bg5 21. Ba4 Bxa4 22.
Nxa4 f5 23. Bxg5 Nxg5 24. Nc3 f4 25. bxc5 Nxc5 26. Nxc5 bxc5 27. Rf2 Rb8 28.
Rfb2 Rxb2 29. Rxb2 Nf7 30. Qb1 Qh4 31. Nb5 g5 32. Nc7 Nd8 33. Rb8 g4 34. Qd1
gxf3 35. gxf3 Kf7 36. Qf1 Rg8 37. Ra8 Kf6 38. Rxa7 Nf7 39. Ne6 Rb8 40. Qg1 Qh6
41. Rd7 Rb2 42. a4 Ra2 43. a5 Rxa5 44. Nd8 Ra6 45. Rxf7# 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch Blitz Online Final"]
[Site "Europe Echecs INT"]
[Date "2020.05.17"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2020.05.17"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg4 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. g3 e6 8.
Bg2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. b3 Qa5 11. Bb2 Rfd8 12. Rfd1 Qh5 13. Rac1 Rac8 14. Qc2
Bf5 15. e4 Bg4 16. Re1 h6 17. a3 Bf8 18. b4 a5 19. Bc3 axb4 20. axb4 b5 21. Ra1
Bh3 22. Nb3 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Nb6 24. Na5 Nfd7 25. Rac1 Na4 26. Bd2 Nb8 27. h3 f6
28. Rb1 Qf7 29. Bf4 Qd7 30. Rec1 Na6 31. Bd2 Rc7 32. Qb3 Kh7 33. Rc2 Rdc8 34.
Rbc1 Qe8 35. Be1 Qg6 36. Re2 Qe8 37. Re3 Qd7 38. h4 h5 39. e5 Qd5 40. exf6 gxf6
41. Rxe6 Qxb3 42. Nxb3 Nxb4 43. Bxb4 Bxb4 44. Rxf6 Be7 45. Re6 Nb6 46. Ne5 Nd5
47. Rexc6 Rxc6 48. Rxc6 Ra8 49. Nc5 Ra2 50. Ne4 b4 51. Ng5+ Kg7 52. Rg6+ Kf8
53. Ne6+ Ke8 54. Rg8+ Bf8 55. Nxf8 b3 56. Nfg6# 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch Blitz Online Final"]
[Site "Europe Echecs INT"]
[Date "2020.05.17"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2020.05.17"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. Nbd2 a6 7. Bb3 Ba7 8. h3
O-O 9. Nf1 Re8 10. g4 Be6 11. Ng3 Bxb3 12. axb3 Nd7 13. b4 Bb6 14. Bg5 f6 15.
Bd2 Rf8 16. h4 Qe8 17. h5 Qe6 18. Nf5 a5 19. bxa5 Nxa5 20. Ra3 Nc6 21. Rxa8
Rxa8 22. b4 d5 23. O-O dxe4 24. dxe4 Nf8 25. g5 Ne7 26. gxf6 gxf6 27. N3h4 Nxf5
28. Nxf5 Kh8 29. Bh6 Nd7 30. Bg7+ Kg8 31. Qg4 Kf7 32. Rd1 Re8 33. Kg2 Ba7 34.
Nh6+ Ke7 35. Nf5+ Kd8 36. Ra1 Bb8 37. Rd1 Kc8 38. h6 c6 39. Qh5 Rg8 40. Kf3 Bc7
41. Ne3 Nb6 42. Qf5 Re8 43. Qxh7 Qh3+ 44. Ke2 Qh5+ 45. Kd3 Rd8+ 46. Kc2 Qe2+
47. Kc1 Rxd1+ 48. Nxd1 Nc4 49. Qg8+ Bd8 50. Qxc4 Qxc4 51. h7 Qxe4 52. h8=Q Kd7
53. Qh3+ f5 54. Bh6 Be7 55. Bd2 Ke6 56. Ne3 Bg5 57. Qh5 Bxe3 58. Qe8+ Kd5 59.
Qf7+ Kd6 60. Bxe3 c5 61. Bxc5+ Kc6 62. Be3 f4 63. Qe8+ Kc7 64. Qe7+ Kc6 65.
Qe6+ Kb5 66. Bd2 Qe2 67. Qd5+ Ka4 68. Kc2 b6 69. Qd7+ 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch Blitz Online Final"]
[Site "Europe Echecs INT"]
[Date "2020.05.17"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2020.05.17"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Bc4 Nb6 5. Bb3 d5 6. exd6 Qxd6 7. Nf3 Nc6 8.
O-O Be6 9. a4 Rd8 10. a5 Nc4 11. a6 b6 12. Re1 Bd5 13. Ba4 e6 14. d3 N4a5 15.
c4 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Be7 17. Bf4 Qd7 18. Bd2 Rc8 19. Bc3 O-O 20. Qg4 g6 21. Nd2
Qxd3 22. Rad1 Nd4 23. Nf3 Qxc4 24. Nxd4 cxd4 25. Rxd4 Qxa6 26. Rd7 Rc4 27. Qe2
Bc5 28. b3 b5 29. bxc4 Nxc4 30. Bb3 Qc6 31. Rdd1 a5 32. Bxc4 bxc4 33. Qe5 f6
34. Qxe6+ Qxe6 35. Rxe6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 19th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mostbauer, Florian"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2309"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 d6 4. e3 Nh5 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 g5 7. Nfd2 Ng7 8. Bg3
Nf5 9. Bd3 Bg7 10. c4 Nxg3 11. hxg3 c5 12. Nb3 Nc6 13. Be4 cxd4 14. Bxc6+ bxc6
15. exd4 a5 16. Nc3 a4 17. Nc1 c5 18. dxc5 a3 19. Rb1 axb2 20. N1e2 Qa5 21. Qc2
Qxc5 22. O-O Qxc4 23. Rxb2 O-O 24. Re1 Be6 25. Rb7 Rfc8 26. Rc1 Rc7 27. Rxc7
Qxc7 28. Qe4 Rb8 29. Nd5 Qb7 30. Ndc3 Qxe4 31. Nxe4 Bxa2 32. Rc7 Kf8 33. N2c3
Be6 34. Nd2 Rc8 35. Rxc8+ Bxc8 36. Nb5 Bd7 37. Na3 d5 38. Kf1 e6 39. Ke2 Ke7
40. Kd3 Kd6 41. f3 Kc5 42. Nc2 Bb5+ 43. Ke3 Bc4 44. g4 Be5 45. Nb1 Bf4+ 46. Kf2
Bd3 47. Nba3 d4 48. g3 Bd2 49. f4 gxf4 50. gxf4 Bxf4 51. Kf3 e5 52. Kf2 e4 53.
Ke1 Bg5 54. Kd1 e3 55. Ke1 Bh4+ 56. Kd1 Be4 57. Nb1 e2+ 58. Kd2 Bxc2 59. Kxc2
e1=Q 60. g5 Bxg5 61. Na3 Qc3+ 62. Kb1 Qb3+ 63. Ka1 Qxa3+ 64. Kb1 Qb3+ 65. Ka1
Qc3+ 66. Kb1 d3 67. Ka2 Kb4 68. Kb1 Qc2+ 69. Ka1 Bf6# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 19th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Shahade, Gregory P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 dxc3 5. Nxc3 d6 6. Bc4 Nf6 7. Qb3 Qd7 8.
Ng5 Ne5 9. Bb5 c6 10. f4 cxb5 11. fxe5 dxe5 12. Be3 h6 13. Rd1 Qe7 14. Qxb5+
Nd7 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Qc4 hxg5 17. Nc7+ Ke7 18. O-O f6 19. Qe6# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 19th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Skliarov, Viktor"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2376"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 c4 7. Nbd2 Bd7 8. g3 f6
9. h4 fxe5 10. dxe5 Bc5 11. Qe2 Nh6 12. Bh3 O-O 13. O-O Rae8 14. Rb1 Na5 15.
Re1 Nf5 16. Kg2 Ba4 17. Nf1 Bc6 18. Bxf5 Rxf5 19. Nd4 Bxd4 20. cxd4 Qxd4 21.
Bd2 Nb3 22. Bc3 Qc5 23. Bb4 d4+ 24. Kh2 Qd5 25. f3 Rxf3 26. Nd2 Nxd2 27. Qxd2
Rd8 28. Bd6 Rd7 29. Rf1 Rdf7 30. Rxf3 Qxf3 31. Re1 c3 32. bxc3 dxc3 33. Qe2 h6
34. Qxf3 Rxf3 35. Rc1 Be4 36. Bb4 c2 37. Kh3 h5 38. Bd2 b6 39. Bg5 Kf7 40. Bf4
Kg6 41. Kh2 Kf5 42. a4 Kg4 43. Re1 Rf2+ 44. Kg1 Rg2+ 45. Kf1 Bd5 46. Rc1 Rh2
47. Ke1 Kf3 48. Ra1 Rh1+ 49. Kd2 Rxa1 50. Kxc2 Rxa4 51. Kc3 b5 52. Bg5 Rc4+ 53.
Kb2 a6 54. Kb3 Kxg3 55. Ka3 Kg4 56. Be7 Kf5 57. Kb2 Kxe5 58. Bf8 Ke4 59. Bxg7
e5 60. Bf6 Kf5 61. Bg5 e4 62. Ka3 Kg4 63. Kb2 Kf3 64. Ka3 e3 65. Bxe3 Kxe3 66.
Kb2 Kd4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 19th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Bryzgalin, Kirill"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2449"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 dxc3 5. Nxc3 d6 6. Bc4 Be6 7. Bxe6 fxe6 8.
Qb3 Qc8 9. Ng5 Nd8 10. f4 Be7 11. O-O Bxg5 12. Qb5+ Qd7 13. Qxg5 Qf7 14. Be3
Ne7 15. f5 O-O 16. f6 Ng6 17. fxg7 Qxg7 18. Rxf8+ Nxf8 19. Qb5 a6 20. Qb3 Ng6
21. Rf1 Rc8 22. Ne2 c5 23. Ng3 Qe5 24. Bh6 b5 25. Qf3 Nc6 26. Qf7+ Kh8 27. Nh5
Rg8 28. Nf6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 19th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Djukic, Nikola"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E84"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nge2 Nf6 6. f3 O-O 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2
Rb8 9. a3 Bd7 10. b4 e6 11. Rc1 Re8 12. d5 Ne7 13. Bh6 exd5 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15.
cxd5 c6 16. dxc6 Bxc6 17. Nd4 d5 18. e5 Neg8 19. f4 Nd7 20. Be2 f6 21. e6 Nf8
22. f5 Ne7 23. g4 Qd6 24. O-O Rec8 25. Rf3 g5 26. h4 h6 27. Kg2 Nh7 28. Rh1
gxh4 29. Rxh4 Ng5 30. Rfh3 Rh8 31. Rh1 Be8 32. Nd1 Rc8 33. Nf2 Qc7 34. Nf3 Nxf3
35. Bxf3 Qc3 36. Qf4 Rc4 37. Qd6 Rc7 38. Qh2 Qe5 39. Rxh6 Qxh2+ 40. R6xh2 Rxh2+
41. Rxh2 Rc3 42. Kg3 Rxa3 43. Kf4 Rb3 44. Rh1 Rxb4+ 45. Kg3 Rb3 46. Rc1 Bc6 47.
Kf4 Rb4+ 48. Kg3 Rb3 49. Kf4 a5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 19th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Grabinsky, Aaron"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2461"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. f4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. c3 Nge7 6. Na3 Bd7 7. Nc2 Nf5 8. Bd3
Be7 9. Bxf5 exf5 10. d4 c4 11. O-O Rc8 12. Ne3 Be6 13. b4 b5 14. a4 a6 15. Kh1
h5 16. Bd2 Kf8 17. Qc2 g6 18. axb5 axb5 19. Ra6 Kg7 20. Rfa1 Qc7 21. Be1 h4 22.
Qb1 Qb7 23. R1a2 Rh5 24. h3 Rhh8 25. Kg1 Rh5 26. Bf2 Rh7 27. Qe1 Rch8 28. Nc2
Rh5 29. Be3 R5h7 30. Qd2 Rh5 31. Nce1 R5h7 32. Ng5 Bxg5 33. fxg5 Bc8 34. Bf4
Qxa6 35. Rxa6 Bxa6 36. e6 Bc8 37. e7 Re8 38. Bd6 Nxe7 39. Qe3 Be6 40. Qe5+ Kg8
41. Nf3 Nc6 42. Qf6 Bd7 43. Ne5 Re6 44. Nxd7 Rxf6 45. Nxf6+ Kg7 46. Nxh7 Kxh7
47. Kf2 Kg7 48. Ke3 f6 49. Bf4 Kf7 50. Kf3 Nd8 51. g3 hxg3 52. gxf6 Kxf6 53. h4
Ne6 54. Be5+ Kf7 55. Kxg3 Kg8 56. Kf3 Kh7 57. Kg3 Kh6 58. Kf3 Kh5 59. Kg3 g5
60. hxg5 Kxg5 61. Kf3 f4 62. Bd6 Kf5 63. Bb8 Ng5+ 64. Ke2 Kg4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 19th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Goganov, Aleksey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 a6 7. N5c3 Nf6 8. Be2
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Be3 b6 11. Nd2 Bb7 12. Rc1 Ne5 13. Re1 Ned7 14. Bf1 Rc8 15.
f3 Qc7 16. a3 Qb8 17. b4 Bd8 18. Kh1 Bc7 19. Bg1 Rfe8 20. Nb3 h6 21. Qd2 Qa8
22. Na4 Qb8 23. Rcd1 Bc6 24. Nb2 b5 25. Nd4 Qb7 26. Nxc6 Qxc6 27. cxb5 axb5 28.
Rc1 Qb7 29. Qd3 Qa8 30. Rc3 d5 31. Qxb5 dxe4 32. fxe4 Be5 33. Rxc8 Rxc8 34. Nc4
Bc3 35. Rd1 Nf8 36. Nb6 Qxe4 37. Nxc8 Ng4 38. Qe2 Qf4 39. g3 Qf5 40. Ne7+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 19th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Riehle, Marco"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2347"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. cxd5 exd5 4. Qb3 dxe4 5. Bc4 Qd7 6. Nh3 Nc6 7. Ng5 Nh6 8.
d3 Na5 9. Qc3 Nxc4 10. dxc4 Qf5 11. O-O Bd7 12. Nxe4 O-O-O 13. Ng3 Qg6 14. Be3
Ng4 15. Bxa7 h5 16. Bd4 h4 17. Ne2 h3 18. Nf4 Qe4 19. g3 Bc6 20. f3 Qxd4+ 21.
Qxd4 Rxd4 22. fxg4 Rxc4 23. Nd3 Rd4 24. Nf2 Bc5 25. Nc3 Rxg4 26. Rac1 Rxg3+ 27.
hxg3 h2# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 19th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qd3 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 O-O 7. Nf3 b6 8.
Qe3 Ba6 9. Bd3 Qd7 10. Ne5 Qa4 11. Qg3 Bxd3 12. cxd3 Nbc6 13. Bf4 Rac8 14. O-O
Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Ng6 16. f4 f6 17. f5 exf5 18. exf5 Ne7 19. Bxc7 Qd7 20. Bd6 Nxf5
21. Rxf5 Qxf5 22. Bxf8 Kxf8 23. Re1 h6 24. h3 Qd7 25. Rc1 Kf7 26. Qf3 Qe6 27.
Kf2 Qd6 28. a4 Rc7 29. Qf5 Re7 30. Kf3 g6 31. Qc8 h5 32. c4 h4 33. Qg4 g5 34.
Qf5 Qg3# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 19th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.19"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. Be3 Be7 8. g4
O-O 9. g5 Nfd7 10. h4 b5 11. a3 Bb7 12. Rg1 Nc6 13. h5 Rc8 14. f3 Nce5 15. Qd2
Nb6 16. b3 b4 17. axb4 d5 18. Na4 Nxa4 19. Rxa4 dxe4 20. f4 Nf3+ 21. Nxf3 exf3
22. Bxa6 Bxa6 23. Rxa6 Qc7 24. Ra7 Qxc2 25. Rxe7 Qe4 26. g6 f2+ 27. Kxf2 Rc2
28. gxf7+ Rxf7 29. Re8+ Rf8 30. Rxf8+ Kxf8 31. Qxc2 Qxc2+ 32. Kf3 Qxb3 33. Rg5
Qd1+ 34. Kf2 Qc2+ 35. Kf3 Kf7 36. b5 Qd1+ 37. Kf2 Qc2+ 38. Kf3 h6 39. Re5 Qd1+
40. Kf2 Qc2+ 41. Kf3 Qb1 42. Kf2 Qb2+ 43. Kf3 Qb3 44. Kf2 g6 0-1

[Event "Chartres Blitz"]
[Site "Europe Echecs INT"]
[Date "2020.06.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Medvegy, Zoltan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2020.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8.
Ng3 Be7 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 a5 11. a3 Re8 12. Re1 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 c6 14. c4 Bf8 15.
h4 g6 16. h5 Bg7 17. Rad1 Qb6 18. Bc2 Qa6 19. a4 Rad8 20. Re2 Qb6 21. Bc3 Qc7
22. Rde1 b6 23. Bd2 e5 24. hxg6 hxg6 25. Bc3 exd4 26. Bxd4 Rxe2 27. Rxe2 Re8
28. Rxe8+ Nxe8 29. Be3 Ne5 30. Qd1 c5 31. Ne4 Nc6 32. g3 Nd4 33. Nc3 Qe5 34.
Nd5 Qe6 35. Bd3 Nf6 36. Bxd4 cxd4 37. Nf4 Qd6 38. Qf3 Bh6 39. Ne2 Nd7 40. Qe4
Nc5 41. Qf3 Kg7 42. Kg2 Qf6 43. Qxf6+ Kxf6 44. Bb1 d3 45. Nc3 Ke5 46. Kf3 d2
47. Bc2 f5 48. Ke2 Ne4 49. Bxe4 fxe4 50. Nd5 Kd4 51. Nxb6 Bf8 52. Kxd2 Bb4+ 53.
Ke2 Kc3 54. Nd7 Kxb3 55. c5 Kxa4 56. c6 Bd6 57. Nc5+ Kb4 58. Nxe4 Bc7 59. Kd3
a4 60. Nc3 a3 61. Kc2 Kc4 0-1

[Event "Chartres Blitz"]
[Site "Europe Echecs INT"]
[Date "2020.06.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gukesh, Dommaraju"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2020.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bb5 Nd4 6. Bc4 e6 7. d3 Ne7 8. a3 d5
9. Ba2 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. e5 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 f6 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. Bd2 Rb8 15.
Rae1 Nf5 16. Qd1 Bd7 17. Bc1 b5 18. Ne2 Kh8 19. c3 a5 20. Bb1 b4 21. Bc2 bxc3
22. bxc3 Re8 23. Bd2 Rb2 24. Qc1 Qb8 25. g4 Nd6 26. Ng3 Ra2 27. f5 Qb2 28. fxe6
Qxc1 29. Bxc1 Bc6 30. Rxf6 Rxc2 31. e7 Nb5 32. Bh6 1-0

[Event "Chartres Blitz"]
[Site "Europe Echecs INT"]
[Date "2020.06.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2020.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. h3 g6 6. c4 Bg7 7. Nc3 d6 8. Be2
Nbd7 9. O-O Ne4 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. Bg5 Qc8 12. Rc1 a5 13. b3 O-O 14. Nd2 Bb7 15.
Bh4 Bf6 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Bf3 Re8 18. Re1 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Kg7 20. c5 bxc5 21.
dxc5 d5 22. e4 c6 23. e5 Nd7 24. Qe3 Qb8 25. Nf3 a4 26. b4 Qxb4 27. a3 Qa5 28.
Red1 Qc7 29. Rd4 h6 30. Rh4 Rh8 31. Re1 Ra5 32. Nh2 Rb5 33. Ng4 h5 34. Nf6 Nxf6
35. exf6+ Kxf6 36. Qd4+ e5 37. Rf4+ Ke6 38. Qxa4 Rhb8 39. Rf3 Rb1 40. Rfe3
Rxe1+ 41. Rxe1 e4 42. Qa6 Kf6 43. a4 Kg7 44. a5 Rb2 45. Qb6 Rxb6 46. cxb6 Qb7
47. Rb1 e3 48. fxe3 d4 49. a6 Qxa6 50. b7 dxe3 51. b8=Q e2 52. Qe5+ 1-0

[Event "Chartres Blitz"]
[Site "Europe Echecs INT"]
[Date "2020.06.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2020.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. dxc5 Nxe4 5. cxd6 Nc6 6. Be3 Nxd6 7. Nc3 g6 8.
Nb5 Bg7 9. Nxd6+ exd6 10. c3 O-O 11. Be2 Re8 12. O-O d5 13. Qd2 Be6 14. Rfd1
Qc7 15. Nd4 Rad8 16. Rac1 a6 17. Bf1 Ne5 18. Bh6 Ng4 19. Bf4 Qb6 20. Re1 Nf6
21. f3 Nd7 22. Kh1 Nf8 23. Be5 Bxe5 24. Rxe5 Nd7 25. Re3 Nf8 26. Rce1 Re7 27.
f4 Rc7 28. Bd3 Bd7 29. f5 Rcc8 30. Rf3 Re8 31. Ref1 Re5 32. fxg6 fxg6 33. Qh6
Qd6 34. Rf7 1-0

[Event "Chartres Blitz"]
[Site "Europe Echecs INT"]
[Date "2020.06.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bauer, Christian"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2020.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 h6 3. Bh4 c6 4. a3 Qb6 5. Ra2 Bf5 6. e3 Nd7 7. Nf3 e6 8. c4 Be7
9. c5 Qd8 10. Bg3 Ngf6 11. h3 Ne4 12. Bh2 a5 13. Nc3 b6 14. cxb6 Qxb6 15. Na4
Qb7 16. Bd3 O-O 17. O-O Rfc8 18. Ne5 Nef6 19. Bxf5 exf5 20. Ra1 c5 21. dxc5
Nxc5 22. Nxc5 Rxc5 23. Nd3 Rc4 24. b3 Rcc8 25. Be5 Nd7 26. Bd4 Nf8 27. b4 Ne6
28. Be5 axb4 29. axb4 Qb5 30. Rb1 Rc4 31. Nf4 Nxf4 32. Bxf4 Rxb4 33. Qc2 Qd7
34. Rxb4 Bxb4 35. Rd1 Bf8 36. Qd3 Rd8 37. Be5 Qe6 38. Bd4 Rc8 39. Qb3 h5 40. h4
Qc6 41. Qb1 g6 42. Ba1 Qc2 43. Qxc2 Rxc2 44. Be5 Rc5 45. Rb1 Rc8 46. Rb5 Rd8
47. Bf6 Rd6 48. Be5 Rd8 49. Bf6 Rd6 50. Be5 Rc6 51. Rxd5 Rc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chartres Blitz"]
[Site "Europe Echecs INT"]
[Date "2020.06.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Dardha, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2449"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2020.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3
Be6 9. Nc2 Bg5 10. Bxg5 Qxg5 11. Qd2 Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 Nf6 13. Rd1 Ke7 14. Be2
Rac8 15. Rhe1 Nd4 16. b3 Nxc2 17. Kxc2 b5 18. f3 bxc4 19. b4 Rb8 20. a3 h5 21.
Rd2 h4 22. Red1 Rhd8 23. g3 hxg3 24. hxg3 Nh5 25. Rg1 Nf6 26. f4 d5 27. exd5
Nxd5 28. Nxd5+ Rxd5 29. Rxd5 Bxd5 30. Rd1 Bc6 31. Kc3 exf4 32. gxf4 Rc8 33. Rd4
Bb5 34. Rd5 Rh8 35. Bxc4 Rh3+ 36. Rd3 Rxd3+ 37. Bxd3 Bxd3 38. Kxd3 g6 39. Kd4
Kd6 40. a4 f6 41. Ke4 g5 42. fxg5 fxg5 43. Kf5 Kd5 44. Kxg5 Kc4 45. b5 axb5 46.
axb5 Kxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chartres Blitz"]
[Site "Europe Echecs INT"]
[Date "2020.06.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Maurizzi, Marc Andria"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2433"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2020.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bf4 Bg4 4. e3 e6 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 Bd6 7. c3 Nge7 8.
Bd3 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Bxe5 Bxe5 11. O-O c6 12. Nd2 Qc7 13. Rad1 O-O 14. e4 d4
15. cxd4 Bxd4 16. b3 Ng6 17. Nc4 Rad8 18. Rfe1 b5 19. Ne3 Bc3 20. Rf1 Rd7 21.
Bc2 Rfd8 22. Rxd7 Rxd7 23. Rd1 Bd4 24. g3 Nf8 25. Nf5 Ne6 26. b4 g6 27. Nh6+
Kg7 28. Ng4 h5 29. Ne3 Ng5 30. Qe2 Nxh3+ 31. Kg2 Ng5 32. f4 Ne6 33. Bb3 Bb6 34.
Bxe6 fxe6 35. f5 exf5 36. exf5 Re7 37. f6+ Kxf6 38. Rf1+ Kg7 39. Qb2+ Qe5 0-1

[Event "Chartres Blitz"]
[Site "Europe Echecs INT"]
[Date "2020.06.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Studer, Noel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2020.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. e3 b6 8. Nf3
Ba6 9. b4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 c5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. b5 Bb7 13. Bb2 Nbd7 14. a4 Qe7 15.
a5 Rfd8 16. O-O Nf8 17. Nd2 Ng6 18. f3 Bd5 19. Be2 e5 20. Rfd1 Rac8 21. Nc4 e4
22. f4 h5 23. b6 Rb8 24. bxa7 Qxa7 25. Nb6 Be6 26. Qxc5 Rdc8 27. Qd4 Rc2 28.
Rd2 Rxd2 29. Qxd2 Nh4 30. Be5 Re8 31. Rc1 Qe7 32. Qd6 Qa7 33. a6 Nf5 34. Qc7
Qxc7 35. Rxc7 Nd5 36. Nxd5 Bxd5 37. Kf2 f6 38. Bc3 Ra8 39. Rc5 Be6 40. Ba5 g6
41. Bb6 Kf7 42. a7 Nd6 43. Rc7+ Ke8 44. Bc5 Nc8 45. Bb5+ Kd8 46. Rg7 Bf5 47.
Bd4 Nd6 48. Bxf6+ Kc8 49. Ba6+ 1-0

[Event "Chartres Blitz"]
[Site "Europe Echecs INT"]
[Date "2020.06.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Guliyev, Namig"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2020.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d4
d6 9. c3 Bg4 10. Be3 Bd7 11. Nbd2 Ng4 12. Qe2 Nxe3 13. Qxe3 Bf6 14. Bd5 Rb8 15.
Bxc6 Bxc6 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Nb3 Qe7 18. Nc5 a5 19. a4 bxa4 20. Nxa4 Rfd8 21. h3
g6 22. Qa7 h5 23. Qa6 Be8 24. Qc4 Kg7 25. Qe2 Rb3 26. Qc2 Rdb8 27. Reb1 Bd7 28.
Nd2 R3b5 29. c4 Rb4 30. Nc3 c6 31. Rxa5 Be6 32. b3 Qb7 33. Raa1 g5 34. Nf1 Rxb3
35. Ne3 Rb2 36. Qd3 Qe7 37. Nf5+ Bxf5 38. exf5 e4 39. Nxe4 R8b3 40. Qd6 Rxb1+
41. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 42. Kh2 Qxd6+ 43. Nxd6 Be5+ 44. f4 Bxf4+ 0-1

[Event "Chartres Blitz"]
[Site "Europe Echecs INT"]
[Date "2020.06.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2020.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 e5 5. O-O Nf6 6. d3 Be7 7. b4 Nxb4 8. Nxe5
O-O 9. Nd2 Na6 10. Rb1 Rb8 11. Ne4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Bd6 13. Nf3 c5 14. e3 dxe3 15.
Bxe3 Nc7 16. d4 Qe7 17. Qc2 f5 18. Bd3 b6 19. Rfe1 Bb7 20. d5 Qf6 21. Bg5 Qf7
22. Ne5 Qh5 23. f4 h6 24. Bh4 g5 25. Bxf5 Rxf5 26. Qxf5 Rf8 27. Qd7 Ne8 28.
Qxb7 gxh4 29. Qd7 hxg3 30. hxg3 Bxe5 31. Qe6+ Kh7 32. Rxe5 1-0

[Event "Chartres Blitz"]
[Site "Europe Echecs INT"]
[Date "2020.06.13"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Lagarde, Maxime"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C29"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "193"]
[EventDate "2020.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. Qf3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 c5 7. Bf4 Nc6 8.
O-O-O Be6 9. Bc4 dxc4 10. Rxd8+ Rxd8 11. Qg3 h6 12. h4 g6 13. Qe3 b6 14. Nf3
Ne7 15. Nd2 Nd5 16. Qf3 Nxf4 17. Qxf4 h5 18. Ne4 Bh6 19. Ng5 O-O 20. b3 cxb3
21. axb3 Rd7 22. Rf1 Rfd8 23. Kb2 Rd2 24. Rf2 Rxf2 25. Qxf2 Bxg5 26. hxg5 Rd7
27. c4 Kg7 28. Kc3 Kg8 29. Kb2 Rd4 30. g3 Re4 31. Qd2 Rxe5 32. Qd6 Rf5 33. Qb8+
Kh7 34. Qxa7 Rxg5 35. Qxb6 Rxg3 36. Qxc5 h4 37. Qf2 Rg4 38. c5 h3 39. c6 Rg5
40. c7 Rf5 41. Qh2 Rh5 42. b4 g5 43. c4 g4 44. b5 g3 45. Qc2+ Kg7 46. b6 g2 47.
b7 g1=Q 48. Qc3+ Kg6 49. c8=Q Qf2+ 50. Qc2+ Qxc2+ 51. Kxc2 Bxc8 52. bxc8=Q h2
53. Qg4+ Kh6 54. Qf4+ Kg6 55. Qe4+ Kf6 56. Qh1 Ke7 57. Kd3 Kd6 58. Ke3 Kc7 59.
Kf2 Rh7 60. Kg2 Rh8 61. Kf3 Rh7 62. Kf4 Rh8 63. Kf5 Rh7 64. Kf6 Kb6 65. Ke5 Kc7
66. Kd4 Rh5 67. c5 f6 68. Kc4 Rh4+ 69. Kb5 Kd8 70. c6 Kc7 71. Kc5 Rh5+ 72. Kd4
Kd6 73. Ke3 Rc5 74. Qxh2+ Kxc6 75. Qh6 Re5+ 76. Kf4 Re6 77. Kf5 Rd6 78. Qf8 Kd7
79. Qf7+ Kc6 80. Qe7 Rd2 81. Qxf6+ Rd6 82. Qc3+ Kd7 83. Qc4 Rc6 84. Qb5 Kc7 85.
Ke5 Rh6 86. Qc4+ Kb7 87. Qb4+ Ka6 88. Qa3+ Kb7 89. Qf3+ Rc6 90. Kd5 Kb6 91.
Qb3+ Kc7 92. Qb5 Rd6+ 93. Kc5 Rh6 94. Qa5+ Kb7 95. Qb4+ Kc8 96. Qg4+ Kb7 97.
Qg7+ 1-0

[Event "Chartres Blitz"]
[Site "Europe Echecs INT"]
[Date "2020.06.13"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Murzin, Volodar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2020.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nh3 Nf6 7. Nf4 Nbd7 8.
c3 Qc7 9. Bc4 e5 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. O-O Be7 12. Re1 Kf8 13. Qb3 exd4 14. cxd4
Bd6 15. Bxf7 Bxg3 16. hxg3 Nc5 17. dxc5 Qxf7 18. Qd3 Ng4 19. Qd6+ Kg8 20. f3
Nf6 21. Bd2 Nd5 22. Re4 Kh7 23. Kf2 Rae8 24. Rh1+ Kg8 25. Rxe8+ Qxe8 26. Re1
Qf8 27. Qe6+ Qf7 28. Qc8+ 1-0

[Event "Chartres Blitz"]
[Site "Europe Echecs INT"]
[Date "2020.06.13"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C93"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2020.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a3 h6 13. Bc2 Nb8 14. b3 Nbd7 15. Bb2
c6 16. c4 exd4 17. Nxd4 g6 18. a4 c5 19. N4f3 b4 20. Qb1 Bg7 21. Nf1 Qc7 22.
Ng3 Re7 23. Bd3 Rae8 24. Qc2 Bc6 25. Re3 Qb7 26. Rae1 Ne5 27. Be2 h5 28. Nxe5
dxe5 29. f3 Nd7 30. Nf1 Nf8 31. Rd3 Ne6 32. Ne3 Nd4 33. Qd1 Rf8 34. Nd5 Re6 35.
Bc1 f5 36. Bg5 f4 37. Rd2 Kh7 38. Bh4 Bh6 39. Bf2 a5 40. Bd3 Qa7 41. Bxd4 cxd4
42. c5 Qxc5 43. Rc2 Qd6 44. Qe2 Bg5 45. Rec1 Bxd5 46. exd5 Ref6 47. Be4 d3 48.
Qxd3 Qb6+ 49. Kh1 Bh4 50. Rc6 Qf2 51. d6 Rd8 52. d7 Rxc6 53. Bxc6 Qe3 54. Qd1
Bg3 55. Bb5 Kh6 56. Rc8 Bh4 57. Rc6 Rxd7 58. Rxg6+ Kxg6 59. Bxd7 Qe1+ 60. Qxe1
Bxe1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chartres Blitz"]
[Site "Europe Echecs INT"]
[Date "2020.06.13"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Stephan, Victor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2020.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. Be3 Nbd7 8. a4
b6 9. f4 Bb7 10. Bf3 Qc7 11. Qe2 Be7 12. g4 h6 13. h4 Rc8 14. g5 hxg5 15. hxg5
Rxh1+ 16. Bxh1 Ng8 17. O-O-O Nc5 18. Kb1 Bf8 19. f5 e5 20. Nb3 Ne7 21. Bf3 Bc6
22. Nxc5 dxc5 23. f6 gxf6 24. gxf6 Ng6 25. Qxa6 Nf4 26. Bg4 Rd8 27. Rxd8+ Qxd8
28. a5 Bd7 29. Bxd7+ Kxd7 30. axb6 Bd6 31. Qb7+ Ke6 32. Bxf4 exf4 33. Qd5+ Kd7
34. e5 1-0

[Event "Chartres Blitz"]
[Site "Europe Echecs INT"]
[Date "2020.06.13"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Edouard, Romain"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2020.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Ne4 7. Bd2 Nxd2 8.
Qxd2 cxd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. O-O Ne5 11. b3 a6 12. a3 Be7 13. f4 Nc6 14. e3 Qc7
15. Rfc1 Rb8 16. b4 Nxd4 17. exd4 b6 18. c5 d5 19. Na4 bxc5 20. Nxc5 Qb6 21.
Rab1 Rd8 22. a4 Bd7 23. Bf1 Ra8 24. a5 Qa7 25. Nxa6 Bf6 26. Rc5 Rdc8 27. b5
Rxc5 28. Nxc5 Bc8 29. Ra1 Bd8 30. Nb3 Qb8 31. b6 Bd7 32. Nc5 Bc6 33. Rb1 g6 34.
Qb4 Bf6 35. a6 g5 36. fxg5 Bxg5 37. a7 Qd8 38. b7 Bxb7 39. Qxb7 1-0

[Event "Chartres Blitz Final"]
[Site "Europe Echecs INT"]
[Date "2020.06.14"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2020.06.14"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nf3 e6 5. O-O a6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Re1 d6 8. a3
Nge7 9. Bf1 Bd7 10. b4 Rc8 11. bxc5 dxc5 12. e5 Nf5 13. a4 Be7 14. Ne4 O-O 15.
Rb1 Qc7 16. Bb2 Nfd4 17. Nxd4 cxd4 18. c3 Nxe5 19. cxd4 Nc4 20. Ba1 b5 21. axb5
Bxb5 22. Nc3 Bd7 23. d5 e5 24. Rc1 Qa5 25. d3 Nd6 26. Rxe5 Bf6 27. d4 Rfe8 28.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 29. h3 h6 30. Ne2 Qxd5 31. Nf4 Qf5 32. Nd3 Bb5 33. Ne5 Bxf1 34. Qxf1
Nb5 35. Re1 Qc8 36. Ng4 Bg5 37. Rxe8+ Qxe8 38. d5 Qe4 39. Qd1 Be7 40. Ne3 Bc5
41. Qg4 Qxg4 42. Nxg4 Nc7 43. Ne5 Nxd5 44. Kf1 Bd6 45. Nc4 Bc7 46. Ke2 f6 47.
g3 Kf7 48. Kd3 h5 49. h4 Ke6 50. Nd2 Bb6 51. Ke2 a5 52. Nc4 Bc7 53. Bb2 a4 54.
Ba3 Nb6 55. Nb2 Be5 56. Nd3 Nc4 57. Bb4 a3 58. Nc1 Bb2 59. Na2 Kd5 60. Kd3 Ne5+
61. Kc2 Ke4 62. Bf8 g6 63. Bg7 Ng4 64. f4 Kf3 0-1

[Event "Chartres Blitz Final"]
[Site "Europe Echecs INT"]
[Date "2020.06.14"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2020.06.14"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. f3 d6 6. Be3 c5 7. Nge2 Nc6 8. d5
Ne5 9. Ng3 e6 10. Be2 exd5 11. cxd5 a6 12. a4 Bd7 13. O-O Rb8 14. a5 b5 15.
axb6 Rxb6 16. Ra2 Re8 17. Qd2 Bb5 18. Nxb5 axb5 19. b3 Rb8 20. Rfa1 c4 21. bxc4
bxc4 22. Bd4 Nfd7 23. Nf1 Rb3 24. Rc1 Qb8 25. Bxc4 Rxf3 26. Rb2 Qd8 27. Bb5 Ra3
28. Rbc2 Rf8 29. Kh1 Nf6 30. Bxe5 dxe5 31. Qb4 Ra8 32. Bd3 Rb8 33. Qe1 Bh6 34.
Rd1 Rb4 35. Qxb4 1-0

[Event "Chartres Blitz Final"]
[Site "Europe Echecs INT"]
[Date "2020.06.14"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2020.06.14"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nf3 e6 5. O-O a6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. a3 d6 8. Re1
g5 9. Rf1 Bg7 10. Rb1 h6 11. b4 Nge7 12. bxc5 dxc5 13. Na4 c4 14. Nb6 cxd3 15.
Nxa8 b5 16. a4 Bb7 17. axb5 axb5 18. Bb2 Bxb2 19. Rxb2 b4 20. h4 Bxa8 21. cxd3
g4 22. Ne1 h5 23. Nc2 Qxd3 24. Nxb4 Nxb4 25. Qa4+ Kf8 26. Qxa8+ Kg7 27. Qa5
Nbc6 28. Qc5 Qxe4 29. Rb5 Qd4 30. Qg5+ Ng6 31. Rb7 Qf6 32. Qe3 Nd4 33. Rc1 Nf5
34. Qe4 Re8 35. g3 Nd6 36. Qc6 Rc8 37. Rc7 Rxc7 38. Qxc7 Ne4 39. Qb6 Ne5 40.
Qe3 Nxf2 41. Rf1 Ned3 42. Kg2 Qf5 43. Kg1 Qd5 44. Kh2 Kg6 45. Qe2 Qf3 46. Qxf3
gxf3 47. Rb1 Ng4+ 48. Kg1 e5 49. Rb6+ f6 50. Rb1 e4 51. Ra1 Kf5 52. Ra5+ Nge5
53. Ra1 Kg4 54. Kh2 f2 55. Kg2 Nc4 56. Ra8 Nxd2 57. Kh2 f1=Q 58. Rg8+ Kf3 0-1

[Event "Chartres Blitz Final"]
[Site "Europe Echecs INT"]
[Date "2020.06.14"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2020.06.14"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Bb3 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. e5 dxe5 14. Bxe5 Bc6
15. Qxd8 Rfxd8 16. Rxd8+ Rxd8 17. Rd1 Bh6+ 18. Kb1 Rxd1+ 19. Nxd1 Nd7 20. Bd4
a6 21. c3 e5 22. Be3 Bg7 23. Nf2 Kf8 24. Ne4 Ke7 25. Nc5 Nxc5 26. Bxc5+ Ke8 27.
Be3 f5 28. Bc2 Kd7 29. Kc1 Kd6 30. Kd1 e4 31. fxe4 Bxe4 32. Bxe4 fxe4 33. Kd2
Kd5 34. b3 a5 35. a4 bxa4 36. c4+ Kc6 37. bxa4 Be5 38. h3 h5 39. Ke2 Bc3 40.
Bf2 Kd6 41. Be3 Kc6 42. Bf2 Kd6 43. Be3 Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chartres Blitz Final"]
[Site "Europe Echecs INT"]
[Date "2020.06.14"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "2020.06.14"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. O-O Nd7 8. Be3
e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. b4 f5 11. f3 f4 12. Bf2 g5 13. c5 Ng6 14. cxd6 cxd6 15. Nb5
Nf6 16. Rc1 Rf7 17. Qc2 Ne8 18. Nxa7 Bd7 19. Bb5 g4 20. Kh1 g3 21. Bg1 gxh2 22.
Bf2 Qg5 23. Bxd7 Rxd7 24. Qa4 Nf6 25. Rc8+ Rxc8 26. Nxc8 Bf8 27. Qc2 Rg7 28.
Nc1 h5 29. Nb6 Ne7 30. Be1 h4 31. Kxh2 Nh5 32. Nd3 Ng3 33. Rg1 Kh7 34. Nc4 Ng8
35. a4 Nf6 36. a5 Qh5 37. Nf2 h3 38. Nxh3 Kg8 39. b5 Nh7 40. Rh1 Ng5 41. Bxg3
Nxf3+ 42. gxf3 Rxg3 43. Qg2 Rxg2+ 44. Kxg2 Qh4 45. Nf2 Qd8 46. a6 bxa6 47. bxa6
Qc7 48. Ra1 Qa7 49. Nb6 Kf7 50. Nc8 Qd4 51. Ra2 Qc4 52. Ra5 Qxc8 53. a7 Qa8 54.
Nd3 Be7 55. Nb4 Bd8 56. Ra6 Bb6 57. Rxb6 Qxa7 58. Rxd6 Qe3 59. Nc6 Qe2+ 60. Kg1
Qe1+ 61. Kg2 Qg3+ 62. Kf1 Qxf3+ 63. Ke1 Qxe4+ 64. Kd2 f3 65. Rd7+ Kf6 66. Rd8
Kg7 67. Rd7+ Kf6 68. Rd8 Qe2+ 69. Kc3 f2 70. Rf8+ Kg7 71. Rf5 Qe3+ 72. Kb4 Qe4+
73. Kc5 Qxf5 74. Kd6 f1=Q 75. Ke7 Qf8+ 76. Ke6 Q1f6+ 77. Kd7 Q6d6# 0-1

[Event "Chartres Blitz Final"]
[Site "Europe Echecs INT"]
[Date "2020.06.14"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2020.06.14"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 d6 4. e3 Nh5 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 g5 7. Nfd2 Ng7 8. Bg3
Nf5 9. c3 h5 10. e4 Nxd4 11. cxd4 h4 12. Nc3 hxg3 13. fxg3 Bg7 14. Bc4 Bxd4 15.
Nf3 Bxc3+ 16. bxc3 e6 17. O-O Nc6 18. Bb5 Bd7 19. Qd2 Rg8 20. e5 Qe7 21. Rad1
O-O-O 22. exd6 cxd6 23. Qe3 Kb8 24. Rb1 g4 25. Nd2 Ne5 26. a4 Rc8 27. Rf4 Rc7
28. Rfb4 Bxb5 29. Rxb5 Rgc8 30. Qe4 Qd7 31. a5 Qc6 32. Qb4 Ka8 33. Nf1 a6 34.
Rb6 Qc5+ 35. Qxc5 dxc5 36. Ne3 Rd8 37. h4 gxh3 38. gxh3 Rd3 39. Kf2 Rxc3 40. h4
Ra3 41. h5 Ra2+ 42. Kf1 c4 43. R1b2 Ra1+ 44. Rb1 Ra3 45. Ke2 c3 46. Rc1 Ra2+
47. Rc2 Ra1 48. Rb3 Rh1 49. Rcxc3 Rh2+ 50. Kf1 Rxc3 51. Rxc3 Rxh5 52. Rc5 Kb8
53. Kg2 Rg5 54. Rc3 Nc6 55. Rd3 Rxa5 56. Rd7 Ne5 57. Re7 Rc5 58. Nd1 b5 59. Nf2
a5 60. Ne4 Rc6 61. Re8+ Rc8 62. Re7 Rc7 63. Re8+ Kb7 64. Rh8 a4 65. Rh5 f5 0-1

[Event "Chartres Blitz Final"]
[Site "Europe Echecs INT"]
[Date "2020.06.14"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2020.06.14"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 d5 7. Re1 b6 8. e4
dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Rxe4 Bb7 11. Re1 e6 12. Bg5 Qc8 13. Qd2 Re8 14. Bh6 Bh8
15. c4 Nc6 16. Rad1 Ne7 17. Bf4 c5 18. dxc5 Qxc5 19. b3 Bf6 20. Ng5 Bxg2 21.
Kxg2 Qc6+ 22. Ne4 Rad8 23. Qxd8 Rxd8 24. Rxd8+ Kg7 25. Rd6 Qb7 26. f3 Nf5 27.
Rd3 Bb2 28. Red1 h6 29. Rd7 Qa6 30. a4 e5 31. Bd2 Qc8 32. Rxa7 Bd4 33. Re1 b5
34. c5 bxa4 35. Rxa4 Qc6 36. Ra5 g5 37. h3 Qd5 38. Rb5 Ne7 39. Rb6 Qa8 40. c6
Qa2 41. c7 Bxb6 42. Re2 Qa6 43. Re1 Bxc7 44. Bc3 Nd5 45. Bb2 Qd3 0-1

[Event "Chartres Blitz Final"]
[Site "Europe Echecs INT"]
[Date "2020.06.14"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2020.06.14"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nd2 Nc6 5. d5 Ne5 6. e4 fxe4 7. Nxe4 Nxe4 8.
Bxe4 d6 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Bg7 13. c3 Qd7 14. Be3
Qf5 15. Qxf5 gxf5 16. O-O-O Kd7 17. Rhe1 c6 18. Bd4 Rhg8 19. Bxg7 Rxg7 20. Rd4
cxd5 21. Rxd5 Rf8 22. Rd4 Rg6 23. a4 Rh6 24. h4 f4 25. Rb4 b6 26. a5 fxg3 27.
fxg3 Re6 28. Rxe6 Kxe6 29. axb6 axb6 30. Rxb6 Rg8 31. Rb5 Rxg3 32. Rh5 Rg7 33.
b4 Kd7 34. Kd2 Kc6 35. c4 e5 36. Rh6 Rg4 37. c5 Rxb4 38. cxd6 Rd4+ 39. Ke3 Rxd6
40. Rxh7 Kd5 41. Ra7 Ke6 42. h5 Kf5 43. Rf7+ Kg5 44. Ke4 Kxh5 45. Kxe5 Rd1 46.
Rf4 Kg6 47. Rd4 Rxd4 48. Kxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kamsky-Ivanchuk Blitz m"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.06.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2020.06.20"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 g6 4. b4 Bg7 5. Bb2 d5 6. c4 c6 7. Nc3 a5 8. b5 a4 9.
Nxa4 cxb5 10. cxb5 Qa5+ 11. Nc3 Ne4 12. Rc1 Nd7 13. Be2 Nb6 14. O-O O-O 15. Ne5
Be6 16. f3 Nd6 17. Bd3 Rfc8 18. Qe2 Nbc4 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Nxc4 Nxc4 21. Bxc4
Bxc4 22. Rxc4 Qxa2 23. Rfc1 Rxc4 24. Qxc4+ Qxc4 25. Rxc4 Ra2 26. Bc3 Rc2 27. b6
f4 28. Kf1 fxe3 29. Rc7 Kf7 30. Bb4 Rf2+ 31. Ke1 Bxd4 32. Rxe7+ Kf6 33. Rd7 Be5
34. g3 Rb2 35. f4 Rxb4 36. fxe5+ Kxe5 37. Rxb7 Ke4 38. Re7+ Kf3 39. Rf7+ Ke4
40. b7 Rb1+ 41. Ke2 Rb2+ 42. Ke1 Rb1+ 43. Ke2 Rb2+ 44. Ke1 Rb1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kamsky-Ivanchuk Blitz m"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.06.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2020.06.20"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. Bf4 Bg4 4. Ne5 Bf5 5. e3 Nd7 6. c4 Nxe5 7. Bxe5 e6 8. Nc3
Nf6 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. c5 Qxb3 11. axb3 Nd7 12. Bg3 a6 13. b4 Rc8 14. f3 Be7 15. h4
h5 16. Kf2 f6 17. e4 Bg6 18. exd5 exd5 19. Bf4 Nf8 20. g3 Ne6 21. Bh3 Kf7 22.
Be3 Rce8 23. Ne2 Bd8 24. Nf4 Nxf4 25. Bxf4 Bd3 26. Rhe1 g6 27. Bd7 Rxe1 28.
Rxe1 Bf5 29. Bxf5 gxf5 30. Bd6 Rg8 31. Re3 Rg6 32. Ra3 Rg8 33. Ke3 Ke6 34. Kf4
Kd7 35. Kxf5 Re8 36. g4 hxg4 37. fxg4 Re2 38. h5 Rxb2 39. h6 Rb1 40. Rh3 1-0

[Event "Kamsky-Ivanchuk Blitz m"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.06.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2020.06.20"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 b6 6. Nc3 Bb7 7. Be2 Qc7 8. Be3
Nf6 9. f3 Bd6 10. Qd2 Be7 11. O-O-O Nc6 12. Kb1 Ne5 13. Rc1 d6 14. g4 Rc8 15.
h4 Qb8 16. b3 O-O 17. g5 Nfd7 18. h5 b5 19. cxb5 axb5 20. Ncxb5 Nc5 21. Rhd1
Qa8 22. Rc2 d5 23. exd5 Bxd5 24. Nf5 exf5 25. Qxd5 Rfd8 26. Qxe5 Rxd1+ 27. Bxd1
Rd8 28. Be2 Ne6 29. h6 Rd5 30. Qc3 Rd8 1-0

[Event "Kamsky-Ivanchuk Blitz m"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.06.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2020.06.20"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 e6 7. a5 d5 8. exd5
Nxd5 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. c3 Nc6 11. Nxc6 Qxc6 12. Be3 Bc5 13. Bxc5 Qxc5 14. Be2
Bd7 15. O-O Bc6 16. Bf3 O-O 17. Bxc6 Qxc6 18. Qb3 Rfd8 19. Rfd1 h6 20. h3 Rac8
21. Ra4 Rxd1+ 22. Qxd1 Qc7 23. Rb4 Rd8 24. Qf3 Rd7 25. g3 g6 26. Kg2 Kg7 27. h4
h5 28. Rb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kamsky-Ivanchuk Blitz m"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.06.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E80"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2020.06.20"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 a6 6. Be3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 c6 8. Nge2
b5 9. a3 Rb8 10. b4 bxc4 11. Bxc4 a5 12. b5 Nb6 13. Bd3 cxb5 14. Nxb5 O-O 15.
O-O d5 16. e5 Ne8 17. a4 Nc7 18. Bd2 Nxb5 19. axb5 Nc4 20. Bxc4 dxc4 21. Bxa5
Qd7 22. Nc3 f6 23. Bb4 fxe5 24. d5 e4 25. fxe4 Rxf1+ 26. Qxf1 Qc7 27. Kh1 Bd7
28. Rc1 Qe5 29. Qxc4 Qh5 30. Qe2 Qh6 31. Rb1 Be5 32. g3 Bxg3 33. Bxe7 Be5 34.
Nd1 Bg4 35. Qf2 Bf3+ 36. Kg1 Qh3 37. Ne3 Bxe4 38. Rb4 Rc8 39. Rc4 Rxc4 40. Qf8#
1-0

[Event "Kamsky-Ivanchuk Blitz m"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.06.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2020.06.20"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d6 3. Nf3 Nbd7 4. h3 g6 5. c3 Bg7 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. a4
a6 9. Bc4 Bb7 10. O-O Ne4 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Re1 e5 13. Bg3 Qe7 14. Nd2 Bb7 15.
Qb3 Rfe8 16. Bd5 Bxd5 17. Qxd5 Nf6 18. Qc6 Qd7 19. Qc4 a5 20. Rad1 d5 21. Qb3
exd4 22. cxd4 Bf8 23. Rc1 Rac8 24. Nf3 Bb4 25. Ne5 Qf5 26. Red1 c5 27. f3 Qe6
28. Bf2 cxd4 29. exd4 Nh5 30. Qe3 Ng7 31. Rxc8 Rxc8 32. g4 Bd6 33. Nd3 Qxe3 34.
Bxe3 Ne6 35. Rc1 Rxc1+ 36. Nxc1 Kf8 37. Nd3 Ke7 38. Kf2 f6 39. Ke2 Kd7 40. b3
Kc6 41. Kd2 Bc7 42. Kc3 Bd6 43. Kd2 Bc7 44. Kc3 Bd6 45. Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kamsky-Ivanchuk Blitz m"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.06.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D96"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2020.06.20"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 g6 5. Nc3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 Bg7 7. e4 Be6 8. Qa4
Qb6 9. Be2 O-O 10. h3 Rd8 11. O-O Ne8 12. Rd1 Nd6 13. Qc2 Na6 14. Na4 Qa5 15.
Bd2 Nb4 16. Bxb4 Qxb4 17. Nc5 Bc8 18. a3 Qa5 19. Rac1 h6 20. b4 Qc7 21. e5 Ne8
22. e6 Qf4 23. Bc4 f5 24. d5 cxd5 25. Bxd5 Nf6 26. Bb3 Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1 b6 28.
Nd7 Bb7 29. Nfe5 Qe4 30. Qxe4 Nxe4 31. Nxg6 Re8 32. Rc1 Nc3 33. Kh2 Be4 34. f3
Bd5 35. Rxc3 1-0

[Event "Kamsky-Ivanchuk Blitz m"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.06.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2020.06.20"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. d5 Na5 11. Bc2 Qc8 12. h3 Bd7 13. Nbd2 c6 14. dxc6 Qxc6 15.
Nf1 Nc4 16. Ng3 Rfe8 17. a4 g6 18. b3 Nb6 19. a5 Nc8 20. Bd2 Qc7 21. Bd3 Na7
22. c4 Rac8 23. Be3 Qb8 24. Qd2 bxc4 25. bxc4 Qa8 26. Bb6 Nc6 27. Rab1 Be6 28.
Ng5 Nd7 29. Nxe6 fxe6 30. c5 Nxc5 31. Bxc5 dxc5 32. Bc4 Bd8 33. Qd7 Bxa5 34.
Rb7 Re7 35. Bxe6+ Kf8 36. Qxc8+ Qxc8 37. Bxc8 Bxe1 38. Rxe7 Kxe7 39. Bxa6 Na5
40. Nf1 c4 41. Ne3 c3 42. Kf1 Bd2 43. Nc2 Nb3 44. Bc4 Nc5 45. Bd5 h5 46. h4 Kf6
47. Ke2 g5 48. hxg5+ Kxg5 49. g3 h4 50. gxh4+ Kxh4 51. Na3 Kg5 52. Nc4 Kf4 53.
Nxd2 c2 0-1

[Event "Kamsky-Ivanchuk Blitz m"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.06.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2020.06.20"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 Bc5 4. Bg2 a6 5. e3 Ba7 6. b3 Nge7 7. Bb2 d6 8. d3
O-O 9. Nge2 Be6 10. Nd5 Rb8 11. O-O Qd7 12. Rc1 f6 13. Qd2 Bf7 14. Nec3 Nxd5
15. Nxd5 Ne7 16. d4 Ng6 17. Rcd1 c6 18. Nc3 exd4 19. exd4 d5 20. Ba3 Rfe8 21.
cxd5 cxd5 22. Bc5 b6 23. Ba3 Rbc8 24. Rfe1 Nf8 25. Rxe8 Rxe8 26. Re1 Rxe1+ 27.
Qxe1 b5 28. Bc5 Bxc5 29. dxc5 d4 30. c6 Qd6 31. Qd2 Qc5 32. Ne2 Ne6 33. Nf4 Qc3
34. Qxc3 dxc3 35. Nd3 Kf8 36. Kf1 Ke7 37. Ke1 Kd6 38. Kd1 Nd4 39. Nf4 g5 40.
Nd3 Bh5+ 41. Kc1 Bg6 42. Nb4 a5 43. Nd5 Ne2+ 44. Kd1 c2+ 45. Kxe2 c1=Q 0-1

[Event "Kamsky-Ivanchuk Blitz m"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.06.20"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2020.06.20"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c6 3. Bf4 Qb6 4. Nbd2 Qxb2 5. e4 Qb6 6. Rb1 Qd8 7. Bd3 d6 8.
h3 g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Qe3 Nbd7 12. Rfe1 Re8 13. Bh6 e5 14. Bxg7 Kxg7
15. a4 exd4 16. Nxd4 Nc5 17. Qg3 Nh5 18. Qe3 Qf6 19. Bf1 Nxa4 20. g3 Nc5 21. c3
Bd7 22. f4 Rad8 23. e5 dxe5 24. fxe5 Qe7 25. g4 f6 26. gxh5 fxe5 27. hxg6 hxg6
28. N4f3 Bf5 29. Rb4 Nd3 30. Bxd3 Rxd3 31. Qxa7 b5 32. Qxe7+ Rxe7 33. Kf2 Rxc3
34. Rxe5 Rxe5 35. Nxe5 Bxh3 36. Ndf3 Kf6 37. Nxc6 Rxc6 38. Rxb5 Bf5 39. Nd4 Rd6
40. Nxf5 gxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kamsky-Ivanchuk Blitz m"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.06.20"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2020.06.20"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Ng4 8. Bg5
f6 9. Bc1 Nc6 10. d5 Nd4 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Qxd4 f5 13. Qd1 Ne5 14. exf5 Bxf5
15. O-O Qh4 16. Be3 Rae8 17. Rc1 Bg4 18. Bd4 Nf3+ 19. gxf3 Bh3 20. Be3 Rxe3 21.
fxe3 Qg5+ 22. Kf2 Qh4+ 23. Kg1 Qg5+ 24. Kf2 Qh4+ 25. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kamsky-Ivanchuk Blitz m"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.06.20"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2020.06.20"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c6 3. Bg5 Ne4 4. Bf4 Qb6 5. Qc1 d5 6. e3 Bf5 7. c4 e6 8. Nc3
Bb4 9. Nd2 Nd7 10. Be2 O-O 11. Ndxe4 Bxe4 12. O-O Bg6 13. c5 Qa5 14. a3 Bxc3
15. Qxc3 Qxc3 16. bxc3 e5 17. Bxe5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 b6 19. cxb6 axb6 20. c4 dxc4
21. Bxc4 b5 22. Be2 Ra6 23. Rac1 Rxa3 24. Rxc6 b4 25. Rb6 b3 26. Bc4 Bc2 27.
Rb7 g6 28. h4 Ra4 29. Bxb3 Bxb3 30. Rxb3 Rxh4 31. f4 Rc8 32. Kf2 h5 33. Kg3
Rg4+ 34. Kf3 Rh4 35. Rfb1 g5 36. Rb8 Rxb8 37. Rxb8+ Kg7 38. f5 Ra4 39. f6+ Kg6
40. e4 Ra3+ 41. Kf2 Ra6 42. Rg8+ Kh6 43. Ke3 h4 44. Rg7 Ra7 45. Kd4 Kh5 46. e6
Ra4+ 47. Ke5 Ra5+ 48. Kd4 Ra4+ 49. Kc3 fxe6 50. f7 Ra8 51. Rg8 1-0

[Event "Kamsky-Ivanchuk Blitz m"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.06.20"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2020.06.20"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Ng4 8. Bg5
f6 9. Bh4 Nc6 10. d5 Ne7 11. Nd2 f5 12. Bxg4 fxg4 13. Bg5 h6 14. Be3 c5 15. Rb1
b6 16. b4 g5 17. bxc5 bxc5 18. Qa4 a5 19. Qb5 Ra6 20. Na4 Ng6 21. Nb6 Nf4 22.
Kf1 Ra7 23. Nxc8 Qxc8 24. Qb6 Qd7 25. g3 Nd3 26. Ke2 Nb4 27. Rb2 Rb7 28. Qxa5
Rfb8 29. a3 Ra7 30. Qxa7 Qxa7 31. axb4 Qa3 32. Rb3 Qa2 33. b5 Bf6 34. Rhb1 Bd8
35. R1b2 Qa1 36. Rb1 Qa2 37. R3b2 Qa3 38. Nb3 Ra8 39. Bd2 Bb6 40. Bc3 Qa4 41.
Kd3 Rf8 42. Nd2 Qa7 43. Ke2 Qf7 44. Rf1 Ra8 45. Rc2 Ra3 46. Bb2 Ra2 47. Rfc1
Ba5 48. Bc3 Rxc2 49. Rxc2 Bxc3 50. Rxc3 Qa7 51. Rb3 Kf7 52. b6 Qb7 53. Rb5 Kg6
54. Nf1 Kf6 55. Ne3 Ke7 56. Nxg4 Kd7 57. Nxh6 Kc8 58. Nf5 Kb8 59. Kf3 Qh7 60.
Kg2 1-0

[Event "Kamsky-Ivanchuk Blitz m"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.06.20"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2020.06.20"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c6 3. Bf4 Qb6 4. Qc1 d6 5. h3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 g6 7. e3 Bg7 8. Bh2
O-O 9. Be2 Qc7 10. O-O b5 11. a4 b4 12. a5 Rb8 13. c3 bxc3 14. bxc3 c5 15. Qa3
Bb7 16. Bd3 Rfc8 17. Rfc1 Bh6 18. Bg3 Ba8 19. Ba6 Bb7 20. Bd3 Ba8 21. e4 cxd4
22. cxd4 Qd8 23. Re1 Nh5 24. Bh4 Nf4 25. Ba6 Bb7 26. Bf1 Nf6 27. d5 Nd7 28. a6
Ba8 29. Nc4 Nc5 30. Na5 Bg7 31. Rad1 Bb2 32. Qe3 Nxh3+ 33. gxh3 Qxa5 34. Bxe7
Qc7 35. Bh4 Re8 36. Qf4 Rb4 37. Bg3 Rbxe4 38. Qxd6 Qxd6 39. Bxd6 Rxe1 40. Rxe1
Rxe1 41. Nxe1 Bd4 42. Bc4 Bxf2+ 43. Kf1 Ne4 44. Bf4 Bb6 45. Nf3 Nc3 46. Ne5
Bxd5 0-1

[Event "Kamsky-Ivanchuk Blitz m"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.06.20"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2020.06.20"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15.
a4 c6 16. Be3 Bg7 17. Qd2 Qe7 18. Rad1 Qf8 19. Qc1 Rac8 20. b3 h6 21. Re2 Kh7
22. Red2 exd4 23. cxd4 c5 24. d5 Ne5 25. Nxe5 Rxe5 26. Re2 c4 27. bxc4 Rxc4 28.
Qb1 Bc8 29. axb5 axb5 30. Qxb5 Rc7 31. Bd3 h5 32. f3 h4 33. Nf1 Nh5 34. Qb1 Bh6
35. Bxh6 Qxh6 36. Qb6 Rc1 37. Qxd6 Rxd1 38. Qxe5 Nf4 0-1

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.21"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. Nc3 Ke8 11. Nd2 Be7 12. Nb3 b6 13. e4 Bb7 14. f3 Bd6
15. Be3 Ke7 16. Na4 Bc7 17. Rac1 Rhc8 18. Rc3 Bd8 19. Rfc1 Rxc3 20. Rxc3 Rc8
21. Rxc8 Bxc8 22. Kf2 Bb7 23. g4 h6 24. h4 Bc7 25. a3 Ne8 26. g5 hxg5 27. hxg5
Nd6 28. Bf1 f5 29. gxf6+ gxf6 30. Nd2 f5 31. e5 Nxe5 32. Bxb6 Bxb6+ 33. Nxb6 f4
34. Na4 a5 35. Nc5 Bd5 36. Be2 Nc6 37. Nb1 e5 38. Nc3 Bf7 39. Bd3 Nd4 40. b4
axb4 41. axb4 Bc4 42. Bxc4 Nxc4 43. Nd3 Kd6 44. Ne4+ Kc6 45. Nc3 Kb6 46. Nd5+
Kc6 47. Nc3 Kb6 48. Nd5+ Kc6 49. Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.21"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Nd7 7. Nc4 f6 8.
Be3 Bxe3 9. Nxe3 Nc5 10. h4 Be6 11. Qd2 Qe7 12. b3 O-O-O 13. Qc3 b6 14. O-O-O
Kb7 15. h5 a5 16. Nh4 Qf7 17. Nhf5 Bxf5 18. Nxf5 Ne6 19. Kb2 g6 20. Ne3 Nd4 21.
f3 Qe7 22. a4 Ne2 23. Qe1 Nf4 24. hxg6 hxg6 25. Qd2 Ne6 26. g3 Rh7 27. Rxh7
Qxh7 28. Ng4 Rh8 29. Qg2 Qg7 30. Rh1 Rh5 31. Rxh5 gxh5 32. Ne3 Nd4 33. Qf2 Qe7
34. c3 Ne6 35. Nf5 Qd7 36. d4 exd4 37. cxd4 Ng7 38. g4 Nxf5 39. gxf5 h4 40. d5
Qh7 41. dxc6+ Kxc6 42. Kc3 h3 43. Qh2 Qh5 0-1

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.21"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 c6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Ne2
e5 9. Ng3 exd4 10. Bxd4 Re8 11. h3 Ne5 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. Be3 Be6 14. Qe2 h5 15.
Rfd1 Qc7 16. a4 Bf8 17. Nf1 Nd7 18. Bc4 Nc5 19. Bxe6 Nxe6 20. Nh2 Bc5 21. Bxc5
Nxc5 22. Nf3 a5 23. Qe3 Qe7 24. b3 Red8 25. h4 f6 26. g3 Kg7 27. Kg2 Ne6 28.
Qc3 Qb4 29. Qe3 Qc5 30. Qe2 Kf7 31. Rxd8 Rxd8 32. Rd1 Rxd1 33. Qxd1 Ke7 34. Qd3
b5 35. c3 Qb6 36. Nd2 Qc5 37. Kf1 Qa3 38. axb5 cxb5 39. Qxb5 Qc1+ 40. Ke2 Qxc3
41. Qb7+ Kf8 42. Qb8+ Kg7 43. Qa7+ Kf8 44. Qb8+ Kg7 45. Qa7+ Kf8 46. Qb8+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.21"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C34"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 h6 4. d4 g5 5. g3 fxg3 6. hxg3 Bg7 7. Nc3 d6 8. Be3
Nf6 9. Qd2 Ng4 10. Bg1 Nc6 11. O-O-O O-O 12. Nh2 Nxh2 13. Rxh2 Bg4 14. Re1 Ne7
15. Bg2 Qd7 16. Be3 Ng6 17. Reh1 c6 18. Rxh6 Bxh6 19. Rxh6 Kg7 20. Bxg5 f6 21.
Be3 Rh8 22. b3 Rxh6 23. Bxh6+ Kh7 24. Bf1 Bh3 25. Be2 Re8 26. Kb2 b5 27. Bd3
Qg4 28. Be3 b4 29. Nd1 Qxg3 30. Qxb4 Bg4 31. e5 f5 32. Qxd6 Bxd1 33. Bxf5 Rg8
34. Bd2 Bg4 35. Qe7+ Rg7 36. Qg5 Qh2 37. Bxg4 Ne7 38. Qh5+ Qxh5 39. Bxh5 Rg2
40. Bb4 Nd5 41. Bf3 Rf2 42. Bxd5 cxd5 43. Bc5 a6 44. b4 Kg6 45. a4 Kf5 46. b5
axb5 47. axb5 Ke6 48. b6 Kd7 49. Kb3 Kc6 50. c4 dxc4+ 51. Kxc4 Rf4 52. e6 Re4
53. e7 Kd7 54. b7 Kc7 55. Bd6+ Kxb7 56. Be5 1-0

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.21"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. O-O e5 7. Nc3 Be6 8. d3
Be7 9. Bd2 O-O 10. Nxd5 Bxd5 11. Bc3 f6 12. a4 Qd7 13. Nd2 Be6 14. a5 Rab8 15.
Qa4 Rfc8 16. Rfc1 Kf8 17. Kf1 Rc7 18. Nc4 Nd4 19. Qxd7 Bxd7 20. Ra3 Nb5 21. Ra2
Be6 22. Raa1 Nd4 23. Nd2 Rbc8 24. e3 Nb3 25. Nxb3 Bxb3 26. Ke2 Bd6 27. Bd2 Ke7
28. Rc3 Be6 29. Rac1 c4 30. dxc4 Bxc4+ 31. Ke1 b5 32. axb6 axb6 33. Ra1 Bb4 34.
Rc2 Bxd2+ 35. Kxd2 Bb3 36. Rxc7+ Rxc7 37. Be4 h6 38. Ra6 b5 39. Rb6 Bc4 40. h4
Rd7+ 41. Ke1 Rd6 42. Bc6 Kd8 43. Ra6 Kc7 44. Bb7 Rxa6 45. Bxa6 Kb6 46. Bc8 Kc5
47. Kd2 Kb4 48. Bf5 Kb3 49. Kc1 Be2 50. Bc2+ Kc4 51. Kd2 Bf3 52. Bd3+ Kc5 53.
Kc3 b4+ 54. Kd2 Bd5 55. Ke2 Bc4 56. Kd2 Bxd3 57. Kxd3 Kd5 58. b3 e4+ 59. Ke2 h5
60. Kf1 Ke5 61. Kg2 Kf5 62. Kh3 g5 63. g4+ Kg6 64. Kg3 hxg4 65. Kxg4 f5+ 66.
Kg3 Kh5 67. hxg5 Kxg5 68. f3 exf3 69. Kxf3 Kg6 70. Ke2 Kf6 71. Kd3 Ke5 72. Kc4
Ke4 73. Kxb4 Kxe3 74. Kc5 f4 75. b4 f3 76. b5 f2 77. b6 f1=Q 78. b7 Qf8+ 79.
Kc6 Qb8 0-1

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.22"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Qd3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qd3 a6 8. a4
Bb7 9. Bg5 Nbd7 10. e3 c5 11. axb5 axb5 12. Rxa8 Qxa8 13. Qxb5 cxd4 14. Nxd4
Be7 15. f3 O-O 16. Qa4 h6 17. Bh4 Nc5 18. Qxa8 Rxa8 19. Be2 g5 20. Bf2 Ra1+ 21.
Nd1 Nd5 22. O-O Rb1 23. Bc4 Bf6 24. Ba2 Rc1 25. Ne2 Rc2 26. Nd4 Rc1 27. Nb3
Nxb3 28. Bxb3 Ba6 29. Re1 Nb4 30. Nc3 Rxe1+ 31. Bxe1 Nd3 32. Bd2 Nxb2 33. Ne4
Bg7 34. Bc3 Bxc3 35. Nxc3 Nd3 36. Bc2 Ne5 37. Kf2 Bd3 38. Bxd3 Nxd3+ 39. Ke2
Ne5 40. Ne4 Kg7 41. f4 gxf4 42. exf4 Ng6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.22"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D88"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. f3 Na5 12. Bxf7+ Rxf7 13. fxg4 Rxf1+ 14.
Kxf1 cxd4 15. cxd4 e5 16. Kg1 Rc8 17. dxe5 Bxe5 18. Qxd8+ Rxd8 19. Rc1 Nc6 20.
Nf4 Bxf4 21. Bxf4 Rd4 22. Bh6 Rxe4 23. Rf1 Re8 24. h3 Ne5 25. Kh2 Nf7 26. Bf4
Re2 27. a3 Re4 28. Bd2 Ne5 29. Bh6 Nf7 30. Bd2 Ne5 31. Bb4 Nc6 32. Bf8 Nd8 33.
Bc5 b6 34. Bd6 Ne6 35. Rc1 Rd4 36. Rc8+ Kf7 37. Bb8 Rd7 38. Be5 Rd8 39. Rc6 Rd3
40. Bb2 Ke7 41. Rc8 Rd2 42. Bc1 Rd8 43. Rc4 Rd5 44. Be3 Kd7 45. h4 Rd3 46. Bc1
Rd4 47. Rxd4+ Nxd4 48. Bb2 Ne2 49. g3 Ke6 50. Kg2 Kd5 51. Kf3 Nd4+ 52. Ke3 Ne6
53. h5 a5 54. Kd3 Nc5+ 55. Ke3 Kc4 56. Bf6 b5 57. Kf4 b4 58. axb4 axb4 59. Ba1
b3 60. hxg6 hxg6 61. Kg5 Ne4+ 62. Kxg6 Nxg3 63. g5 Ne4 64. Kf5 Nxg5 65. Kxg5 b2
66. Bxb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.22"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 dxc4 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 Nc6 7. e3 Na5 8. Nd2
Bb4 9. Be2 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. O-O O-O 12. Nxc4 Nxc4 13. Bxc4 Qxd1 14. Rfxd1
b6 15. Bd3 Bb7 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Be4 Bxe4 18. Nxe4 f5 19. Nd2 Rfd8 20. Kf1 Kf8
21. Ke2 Ke8 22. Rac1 Rd5 23. Nf3 Rxd1 24. Kxd1 Ke7 25. g3 Rd8+ 26. Ke2 Rd5 27.
Rc4 Kf6 28. Ne1 b5 29. axb5 axb5 30. Rc1 e5 31. Nd3 Bd6 32. f3 e4 33. fxe4 fxe4
34. Nf2 Ke5 35. Rc8 f5 36. Re8+ Kf6 37. Rd8 Ke6 38. Re8+ Kf6 39. Rd8 Ke6 40.
Re8+ Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.22"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Rb1 O-O 8.
h4 c5 9. h5 Nc6 10. hxg6 hxg6 11. Qe2 b6 12. Qe3 Qd6 13. Qg5 Qe6 14. Qh4 Rd8
15. Bb5 Rd6 16. Ng5 Qxa2 17. Rb2 Qa1 18. O-O Ba6 19. Bxa6 Qxa6 20. f4 Rf6 21.
Nh7 Qd3 22. Nxf6+ exf6 23. Re1 Rd8 24. Re3 Qc4 25. Qe1 Qe6 26. d3 Rd7 27. Rf2
Bf8 28. f5 Qd6 29. Rh3 Ne5 30. Bf4 g5 31. Bxe5 Qxe5 32. Rc2 Bd6 33. Qe2 Kf8 34.
Rh8+ Ke7 35. Qh5 Qg3 36. Rf2 Bf4 37. Qh6 Kd6 38. Rc8 Rc7 39. Qxf6+ 1-0

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.23"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Rc1
d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bg2 Bb7 11. O-O Na6 12. Ne5 Qc8 13. Bg5 Rd8 14. e3 h6 15.
Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nd3 Qd7 17. b4 c6 18. a4 Nc7 19. Qb3 Ne6 20. Rfd1 Rac8 21. Qb1
Rc7 22. h4 g6 23. a5 bxa5 24. bxa5 Ba6 25. Na4 Bxd3 26. Rxd3 Rb7 27. Qc2 Rb5
28. Bh3 Be7 29. Rc3 Rxa5 30. Rxc6 Bd6 31. Kg2 Kg7 32. Nb2 Qe7 33. Nd3 Nf8 34.
Nc5 Rb8 35. Qe2 Nh7 36. Nd7 Rd8 37. Nc5 Nf6 38. Kg1 Rb8 39. Bg2 Rab5 40. Nd3 a5
41. Ra6 R8b6 42. Ra8 Rb8 43. Ra6 R8b6 44. Ra8 Rb8 45. Ra6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.23"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Nd2 Bc5 7. Bd3 O-O
8. O-O Re8 9. Nb3 Bb6 10. c4 a5 11. c5 Ba7 12. Qc2 d5 13. Nxa5 dxe4 14. Be2 Qd5
15. Be3 Bxc5 16. Bxc5 Rxa5 17. b4 Ra8 18. a4 Qg5 19. Ra3 Nd5 20. Rg3 Qe5 21.
Rd1 f6 22. a5 Nf4 23. Bf1 Bf5 24. Bd4 Qd6 25. Qc3 Kh8 26. a6 Red8 27. Rd2 c5
28. Be3 Nd3 29. b5 Qb6 30. f3 Qxb5 31. fxe4 Bxe4 32. Bh6 Bg6 33. Bxd3 c4 34.
Bxc4 Qb1+ 35. Bf1 Rxd2 36. Bxd2 Rxa6 37. Qxc7 Ra8 38. Ra3 Rg8 39. Be3 h6 40. h3
Kh7 41. Bf2 Rf8 42. Rg3 Ra8 43. Bd4 Kh8 44. Qc3 Kh7 45. Re3 Ra2 46. Bxf6 Rc2
47. Re7 Qb6+ 48. Qd4 1-0

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.23"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A60"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 b5 6. e4 Nxe4 7. Bg2 Nd6 8. Nf3
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Bf4 Na6 11. Re1 Bb7 12. Nc3 b4 13. Bxd6 Bxd6 14. Ne4 Qc7 15.
Nfg5 h6 16. Qh5 Be5 17. d6 Qb6 18. Nxf7 Rxf7 19. Qxe5 c4 20. Bf1 Rc8 21. Rac1
c3 22. bxc3 Nc5 23. cxb4 Nxe4 24. Rxc8+ Bxc8 25. Qe8+ 1-0

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.23"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E50"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. e3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 d6 7. Bd3 e5 8. e4
exd4 9. cxd4 Re8 10. O-O Nxe4 11. Re1 Nf6 12. Rxe8+ Nxe8 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bd2 Nd7
15. Qc2 Nf8 16. Re1 c6 17. a4 Nc7 18. d5 c5 19. Nh4 Na6 20. Bf5 Nb4 21. Qe4 Bd7
22. Re3 Bxa4 23. Bxh7+ Kf7 24. Nf5 Nxh7 25. Nh6+ 1-0

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.24"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3
O-O 9. Nc3 Nb8 10. h3 Nbd7 11. Ba2 Bb7 12. Re1 h6 13. Ne2 Re8 14. Ng3 Bf8 15.
Nh4 d5 16. Nhf5 dxe4 17. dxe4 c5 18. Nd6 Bxd6 19. Qxd6 c4 20. b3 Rc8 21. bxc4
bxc4 22. Rb1 Re6 23. Qd1 Rb6 24. Rxb6 Nxb6 25. Qxd8+ Rxd8 26. Be3 Na4 27. f3 c3
28. Ne2 Bc6 29. Bb3 Bb5 30. Kf2 Ne8 31. Rc1 Nd6 32. Bxa4 Bxa4 33. Nxc3 Bc6 34.
Rd1 Rd7 35. Bc5 Nc4 36. Rxd7 Bxd7 37. Ke2 f6 38. Nd5 Bb5 39. Kf2 Ba4 40. c3 Kf7
41. h4 h5 42. Ke2 a5 43. Kf2 Bc2 44. Ne3 Bd3 45. Nf5 g6 46. Ne3 Nxe3 47. Kxe3
Bc4 48. g4 Ke6 49. Bb6 a4 50. Bd8 Ba6 51. Kf2 Bd3 52. Ke3 Ba6 53. Ba5 Bb5 54.
Bb4 Ba6 55. Bf8 Bb5 56. Bb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.24"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Qb3 c5 7. cxd5 cxd4 8.
exd4 Nbd7 9. Be2 Nb6 10. Bf3 Bg4 11. Bxg4 Nxg4 12. Nf3 Nf6 13. d6 exd6 14. O-O
Qd7 15. Nb5 Nc8 16. Rac1 a6 17. Nc7 Ra7 18. Rfe1 b5 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. Qxd5 h6
21. h4 Rd8 22. Qe4 Ne7 23. b3 Re8 24. Rc2 Raa8 25. Rce2 Rac8 26. d5 Bc3 27. Bd2
Bxd2 28. Nxd2 Nf5 29. Qxe8+ Rxe8 30. Rxe8+ Kg7 31. Nf3 Qb7 32. R8e2 Qxd5 33.
Rd2 Qc5 34. Red1 h5 35. Rd5 Qc2 36. R5d2 Qe4 37. Re1 Qf4 38. Red1 Qe4 39. Rd3
Nxh4 40. Nxh4 Qxh4 41. Rxd6 Qg4 42. R6d4 Qe6 43. g3 Qe2 44. R1d2 Qe1+ 45. Kg2
Qe5 46. Kg1 Qe1+ 47. Kg2 Qe5 48. f3 Qe3 49. R4d3 Qe1 50. Rf2 Qe6 51. Rd4 Qe3
52. Re4 Qd3 53. Rfe2 Qd1 54. Re1 Qd2+ 55. R1e2 Qd1 56. Re1 Qd2+ 57. R1e2 Qd1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.24"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Bc5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Bc2 Bf5 12. Nb3 Bg6 13. Nfd4 Bxd4 14. cxd4 a5
15. Be3 a4 16. Nd2 f6 17. Rc1 fxe5 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. d5 Ne7 20. Bc5 Rf6 21. Qe2
Rb8 22. Bxe7 Qxe7 23. Bxe4 Bxe4 24. Qxe4 Rf4 25. Qe2 Rd4 26. Rfd1 Qd6 27. Rxd4
exd4 28. g3 h6 29. Qg4 Rd8 30. Qxd4 Qxd5 31. Qxd5+ Rxd5 32. Rxc7 Rd2 33. b4
axb3 34. axb3 Rd3 35. Rb7 Rxb3 36. Kg2 g5 37. Kh3 Rf3 38. Kg2 Rb3 39. f3 b4 40.
h4 gxh4 41. gxh4 Rb1 42. Kg3 b3 43. Kg4 b2 44. Kh5 Rf1 45. Rxb2 Rxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.24"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D83"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Qb3 c5 7. cxd5 cxd4 8.
exd4 a5 9. Nf3 a4 10. Qc4 Na6 11. Be2 Bd7 12. a3 b5 13. Nxb5 Rc8 14. Qd3 Nxd5
15. Bg3 Bf5 16. Qd1 Qa5+ 17. Qd2 Qxd2+ 18. Nxd2 Rc2 19. Nc3 Nac7 20. Nxa4 Ne6
21. Nc3 Ndf4 22. Bxf4 Nxf4 23. g3 Nd3+ 24. Bxd3 Bxd3 25. Nd5 Rxb2 26. Nb4 Bb5
27. Rb1 Rc8 28. Kd1 Bxd4 29. Re1 e6 30. Rxb2 Bxb2 31. Nb1 Bd4 32. f4 Kg7 33.
Kd2 Rd8 34. Kc1 Ba4 35. Re2 h5 36. Nd2 Rc8+ 37. Kb1 Rc3 38. Re4 Bf6 39. Nc4 Rf3
40. Re2 Rf1+ 41. Ka2 Ra1# 0-1

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.25"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d6 7. Be2 Nfd7 8.
Nb1 d5 9. Nc3 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nf6 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. Neg5 c5 13. Be3 Qa5+ 14. Kf1
Qc7 15. Rd1 b6 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Qxe5 18. Bf3 Rb8 19. h4 Qc7 20. Rh3 Bb7
21. Re1 Rbd8 22. Bxb7 Qxb7 23. Bd2 h6 24. Bc3 Rfe8 25. Kg1 Rd7 26. Nf3 Bd6 27.
Ne5 Bxe5 28. Bxe5 Red8 29. Bc3 Qc7 30. Qc1 Ne4 31. Rf3 Nxc3 32. Qxc3 Rd4 33. g3
R8d7 34. b3 Qc6 35. Rfe3 a5 36. a4 Qd6 37. Qc2 Qc6 38. Qe2 R7d6 39. Qh5 Qd7 40.
Qf3 Qd8 41. Kh2 Rd2 42. R1e2 Rxe2 43. Qxe2 Rd2 44. Qe1 h5 45. Rf3 g6 46. Qe4
Rd4 47. Qb7 Rd7 48. Qc6 Kg7 49. Kg2 Rd6 50. Qb7 Qd7 51. Qe4 f6 52. Re3 e5 53.
Kh2 Rd2 54. Re2 Rd4 55. Qa8 Rd3 56. Rb2 f5 57. Qb8 Qd6 58. Qb7+ Kh6 59. Qc8 Qf6
60. Qc7 f4 61. Re2 fxg3+ 62. fxg3 e4 63. Qb8 Rxb3 64. Qe8 e3 65. Kg2 Rc3 66.
Rxe3 Rxc4 67. Rf3 Qg7 68. Qe3+ Kh7 69. Qe6 Rc2+ 70. Kh3 Kh6 71. Qe3+ Kh7 72.
Qe8 Kh6 73. Qe3+ Kh7 74. Qb3 Qd7+ 0-1

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.25"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 dxc4 6. a4 c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O
cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bf4 Nd5 12. Bg3 Bb4 13. Rc1 Nce7 14. Qb3 a5
15. Bh4 f6 16. Bg3 Bd7 17. Re2 Rc8 18. Rcc2 Kh8 19. Nb5 Qb6 20. Bd3 Rfd8 21. h3
Be8 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Rc2 Rxc2 24. Qxc2 Qc6 25. Qxc6 Bxc6 26. b3 Nf5 27. Bb8
Kg8 28. Na7 Bd7 29. Bb5 Bxb5 30. Nxb5 g5 31. Kf1 Kf7 32. Ke2 h5 33. Kd3 Kg6 34.
g3 Kf7 35. Nd2 Bxd2 36. Kxd2 Ke7 37. g4 hxg4 38. hxg4 Nh4 39. Bg3 Kd7 40. Ke2
Ng6 41. f3 Ngf4+ 42. Kd2 f5 43. Na3 fxg4 44. fxg4 Nf6 45. Ke3 Nxg4+ 46. Kf3 Nh6
47. Bxf4 gxf4 48. Kxf4 Nf5 49. Ke5 Ne7 50. Nc4 Nc6+ 51. Ke4 Kc7 52. Ne3 Kd6 53.
Nc4+ Kc7 54. d5 exd5+ 55. Kxd5 b6 56. Ke4 Nb4 57. Kd4 Nc6+ 58. Kc3 Nb4 59. Kd4
Nc6+ 60. Kc3 Nb4 61. Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.25"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d6 7. Be2 Nfd7 8.
Nb1 d5 9. Nc3 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nf6 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. Nxf6+ Nxf6 13. O-O b6 14. Rd1
Bb7 15. b4 Be4 16. Qb3 Qc8 17. Ne5 Nd7 18. Qe3 Bb7 19. Nf3 Bf6 20. Bb2 Rd8 21.
Rd2 Nf8 22. h4 Ng6 23. h5 Ne7 24. d5 Bxb2 25. Rxb2 Nf5 26. Qf4 exd5 27. Bd3 Nh6
28. c5 bxc5 29. bxc5 Ba6 30. Bxa6 Qxa6 31. Nd4 Re8 32. f3 c6 33. Kh2 Rac8 34.
Rb3 Qa5 35. Rc1 f6 36. Rb7 Re5 37. Qh4 Qd2 38. Rc2 Qd3 39. Rcb2 Nf5 40. Nxf5
Qxf5 41. h6 g5 42. Rg7+ Kh8 43. Qg4 Qf4+ 44. g3 Qxg4 45. fxg4 Rg8 46. Rxa7 1-0

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.25"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 dxc4 6. a4 c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Qe2 cxd4 10. Rd1 e5 11. exd4 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Qe5 Qd6 14. Qxd4
Qxd4 15. Rxd4 Bc5 16. Rd1 Be6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Kf1 Kf7 19. Ke2 Rhd8 20. Be3
Bxe3 21. Kxe3 e5 22. f3 Ke6 23. Rac1 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Rc8 25. Rd3 Rc4 26. b3 Rb4
27. Ne4 Nxe4 28. fxe4 a5 29. h4 h5 30. g3 b6 31. Kf3 Kf6 32. Ke3 g5 33. Kf3 g4+
34. Ke3 Ke6 35. Rc3 b5 36. axb5 Rxb5 37. Kd3 Kd6 38. Ke3 Rc5 39. Rxc5 Kxc5 40.
Kd3 Kb4 41. Kc2 a4 42. bxa4 Kxa4 43. Kc3 Kb5 44. Kb3 Kc5 45. Kc3 Kb5 46. Kb3
Kc5 47. Kc3 Kb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.25"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bh4 Be7 5. e3 b6 6. Be2 Bb7 7. Bf3 Bxf3 8. Nxf3
Ne4 9. Qc2 f5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Ne5 O-O 12. O-O Qe8 13. f3 Nf6 14. Nc3 d6 15.
Nd3 Nbd7 16. Rae1 Qf7 17. e4 fxe4 18. fxe4 e5 19. d5 Qg6 20. Nb5 Rfc8 21. Nb4
a6 22. Nc6 Kh8 23. Nc3 Rf8 24. b4 Rf7 25. Rf3 Raf8 26. Ref1 Nb8 27. Nxb8 Rxb8
28. Qa4 Ra8 29. c5 bxc5 30. bxc5 dxc5 31. Qc6 Rb8 32. Rg3 Qh7 33. Rf5 Rbf8 34.
Rgf3 Qg6 35. Qxc5 Rb8 36. Qf2 Nxe4 0-1

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.26"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. b4 c6 7. Bb2 Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 a5 10. b5 a4 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. Bd3 cxb5 13. cxb5 Nbd7 14. O-O e6 15.
Rc2 Rfc8 16. Rfc1 a3 17. Ba1 Qd8 18. Nb1 Bf8 19. Bc3 Nb6 20. Qd1 Nc4 21. Ba1
Nb6 22. Nd2 Ne8 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Bc3 Qd7 25. Ba5 Rxc1 26. Qxc1 Na4 27. Qc2 Nb2
28. Bf1 Nd6 29. Qb3 Nbc4 30. Nxc4 dxc4 31. Bxc4 Qc8 32. Bd3 Qc1+ 33. Kh2 Nf5
34. Qc2 Bd6+ 35. g3 Nxg3 36. Qxc1 Ne2+ 37. Kg2 Nxc1 38. Bc4 1-0

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.26"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. b3 Bd6 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Nc3 c6 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. O-O
Re8 9. Rc1 dxc4 10. bxc4 e5 11. d4 exd4 12. exd4 Nf8 13. Qc2 Bg4 14. h3 Bh5 15.
Rcd1 Qa5 16. d5 Rad8 17. Nd4 Bxe2 18. Ncxe2 cxd5 19. Nb3 Qxa2 20. Nec1 Qa6 21.
Bxf6 gxf6 22. cxd5 Ng6 23. Nd4 Re5 24. Nf3 Rh5 25. Ne2 Qa5 26. Qe4 Qc7 27. g3
Qd7 28. h4 Re8 29. Qc4 f5 30. Rfe1 f4 31. Nc3 Rxe1+ 32. Rxe1 fxg3 33. Ne4 gxf2+
34. Kxf2 Rf5 35. Nxd6 Rxf3+ 36. Kxf3 Qxd6 37. Re8+ Kg7 38. Qd4+ Kh6 39. Rg8 f6
40. Re8 Ne5+ 41. Kg2 Qa3 42. Qf4+ Kg6 43. Qg3+ Qxg3+ 44. Kxg3 Nf7 45. Kf4 Nd6
46. Re6 Nc4 47. d6 Nb6 48. h5+ Kxh5 49. Kf5 1-0

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.26"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nc3 d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Ne5
Bf5 9. O-O Ne4 10. Be3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Nc6 12. Qb3 e6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Rac1 Qa5
15. Bf4 Rac8 16. e3 c5 17. Bd6 c4 18. Qb4 Qxb4 19. Bxb4 Rfe8 20. Rfe1 Rb8 21.
e4 Bxe4 22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. Rxe4 f5 24. Re2 Bxd4 25. Bd6 Rbd8 26. cxd4 Rxd6 27.
Rxc4 Kf7 28. Ra4 a6 29. Re5 Red8 30. Rea5 Rxd4 31. Rxd4 Rxd4 32. Rxa6 Kf6 33.
h4 Rd2 34. Kf1 h6 35. Ra5 g5 36. hxg5+ hxg5 37. Kg2 Rb2 38. Kf1 Rd2 39. Kg2 Rb2
40. Kf1 Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.26"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. d4 Bf5 6. Qb3 Ra7 7. Nh4 Bc8 8. a4 e6
9. Nf3 c5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Be2 Nc6 12. O-O Be6 13. Qd1 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Bc5 15.
Nxe6 fxe6 16. b3 O-O 17. Bb2 Ra8 18. Rc1 Qe7 19. Bd3 Rad8 20. Ne2 e5 21. Ng3 g6
22. Qe2 Na5 23. Bxe5 Nxb3 24. Rb1 Qxe5 25. Rxb3 Rd7 26. Rfb1 Rff7 27. Qb2 Ng4
28. Qxe5 Nxe5 29. Be2 Kg7 30. Kf1 h5 31. Bf3 Kh6 32. Ke2 b6 33. Rd1 h4 34. Nf1
d4 35. exd4 Bxd4 36. Ne3 h3 37. Rb4 hxg2 38. Bxg2 Rf4 39. Rb3 Rdf7 40. Rf1 Bc5
41. a5 bxa5 42. Rb7 a4 43. Rxf7 Rxf7 44. Bd5 Rf4 45. Rb1 a3 46. Rb8 Ra4 47. Ba2
Bxe3 48. fxe3 Rh4 49. h3 Kg7 50. Rb3 Rxh3 51. Rxa3 Rh2+ 52. Kf1 Ng4 53. Be6 Nf6
54. Rxa6 Rh5 55. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.26"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
h5 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. exd5 g6 12. O-O-O Nb6 13. Kb1 Nbxd5 14. Bg5 Be7
15. g3 O-O 16. h4 Qc7 17. Bd3 a5 18. a4 Nb4 19. Bb5 d5 20. c3 Nc6 21. Bxf6 Bxf6
22. Qxd5 Rad8 23. Qe4 Kg7 24. Rdg1 Rh8 25. Ka2 Ne7 26. g4 hxg4 27. Rxg4 Rh5 28.
Qc4 Qb6 29. f4 Nf5 30. fxe5 Bxe5 31. Rg5 Rdh8 32. Qd5 Bf6 33. Rxh5 Rxh5 34. Be2
Rxh4 35. Rxh4 Bxh4 36. Nxa5 Qf2 37. Bc4 Ne3 38. Qxb7 Nd1 39. Qb3 Qd2 40. Kb1
Bf6 41. Qc2 Qe1 42. Ka2 g5 43. Nb3 g4 44. a5 g3 45. a6 Ne3 46. Qe4 g2 47. Qb7
Nxc4 48. Qxg2+ Kh6 49. a7 Nb6 50. Qc6 Qe6 51. a8=Q Nxa8 52. Qxa8 Be7 53. Qh1+
Kg7 54. Qg2+ Kf8 55. Qa8+ Kg7 56. Qb7 1-0

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.27"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. e3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 a6 7. O-O b5 8. Be2
Bb7 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. Nd2 Ke7 12. Nb3 Nbd7 13. Nxc5 Nxc5 14. f3
b4 15. Nd1 a5 16. e4 Ba6 17. Be3 Rhc8 18. Bxa6 Rxa6 19. Rc1 Rac6 20. Nf2 Nfd7
21. b3 f6 22. Rfd1 Nb7 23. Nd3 Nd6 24. Nb2 Rc3 25. Kf2 Ne5 26. Ke2 Nb5 27. Na4
Nd4+ 28. Kf1 Rxc1 29. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 30. Bxc1 Kd6 31. Be3 Nec6 32. Bf2 e5 33. Ke1
g5 34. Kd2 h5 35. Kd3 h4 36. Kc4 h3 37. gxh3 Nxf3 38. Kb5 Ncd4+ 39. Kxa5 Nc2
40. Nb6 Kc6 41. Nd5 Nd2 42. Nxf6 Kd6 43. h4 gxh4 44. Bxh4 Ke6 45. Bg5 Nb1 46.
Nd5 Nc3 47. Nxc3 bxc3 48. h4 Kf7 49. a4 Nd4 50. Kb4 Ne2 51. a5 c2 52. Bd2 Ng3
53. a6 Nxe4 54. Bc1 Nf6 55. a7 Nd5+ 56. Kc5 Nc7 57. Kc6 1-0

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.27"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. O-O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd4 e5 13. Bc5 Be6 14. Ne4 Re8
15. h4 h6 16. g4 Qc7 17. g5 h5 18. Qe1 Nf4 19. Bd6 Qb6 20. Bc5 Qc7 21. c4 Bd5
22. Bd6 Qb6 23. Bc5 Qc7 24. Rh2 Bxe4 25. Bd6 Qc8 26. Qxe4 c5 27. b4 Bf8 28.
bxc5 Qa6 29. Rb2 Qa3 30. Kb1 Bxd6 31. cxd6 Rab8 32. Rb7 Red8 33. c5 Qxc5 34. d7
Nd5 35. Qxd5 Qxd5 36. Rxd5 Rxb7+ 37. Kc2 Rdxd7 38. Rxe5 Rd4 0-1

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.27"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Qa5 7. Bxf6 gxf6 8.
a3 Nc6 9. e3 h5 10. Be2 h4 11. O-O f5 12. b4 Qe5 13. Rc1 Rg8 14. c5 Bh6 15. Bf3
f4 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Qd4 Qxd4 18. exd4 h3 19. Rfe1 Kd8 20. Ne4 Kc7 21. Nd6 f6
22. a4 Rb8 23. b5 axb5 24. axb5 cxb5 25. Ra1 Bf8 26. Ne8+ Kd8 27. Nxf6 Rg6 28.
Ng4 Bg7 29. Ne5 Bxe5 30. Rxe5 b4 31. g3 fxg3 32. hxg3 b3 33. Rb1 Rf6 34. Be4
h2+ 35. Kg2 Rh6 36. Kh1 Rb4 37. d5 b2 38. f3 Rc4 39. Bd3 Rc3 40. Bf1 Rxf3 41.
Bg2 Rf2 42. Re3 Rxg2 0-1

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.27"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 a6 6. O-O Ba7 7. Re1 d6 8. Bb3
h6 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nf1 Re8 11. Ng3 Be6 12. Ba4 b5 13. Bc2 d5 14. exd5 Qxd5 15.
Be3 Bb6 16. h3 Qd6 17. a4 b4 18. a5 Bxe3 19. fxe3 bxc3 20. bxc3 e4 21. Nxe4
Nxe4 22. dxe4 Qg3 23. Kh1 Rab8 24. Ba4 Red8 25. Qe2 Nxa5 26. Nd4 Rd6 27. Qf3
Qg5 28. Qf4 Nc4 29. Bb3 Rxd4 30. cxd4 Rxb3 31. d5 Bd7 32. Rac1 Bb5 33. h4 Qe7
34. Rc2 Rb4 35. Rec1 a5 36. Kg1 a4 37. e5 Nxe5 38. Rxc7 Qxc7 39. Rxc7 Rxf4 40.
exf4 Nc4 41. Rb7 Be8 42. Kf2 Kf8 43. g4 a3 44. Ra7 Bb5 45. Kf3 Nb6 46. d6 Ba4
47. Rb7 Bc6+ 0-1

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.28"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O e6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Re1 d6 8. e4 a6
9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qc7 11. Be3 O-O 12. Rc1 Re8 13. g4 Bf8 14. g5 Nfd7 15. h4
Nc6 16. b3 Rad8 17. h5 Qb8 18. g6 hxg6 19. hxg6 fxg6 20. Bg5 Nf6 21. Nxc6 Bxc6
22. Re3 Rd7 23. Rg3 Nh5 24. Rg4 Rf7 25. Be3 Qb7 26. Qd3 b5 27. cxb5 axb5 28.
Rxg6 b4 29. Ne2 e5 30. Rg5 Nf4 31. Bxf4 exf4 32. Nd4 Bxe4 33. Bxe4 Qxe4 34.
Qxe4 Rxe4 35. Nf3 Be7 36. Rb5 Bf6 37. Rc6 Ra7 38. Rc2 Kf7 39. Kg2 Ke6 40. Kh3
d5 41. Kg4 Ra6 42. Rd2 Rd6 43. Rb8 Ra6 44. Rb5 Rd6 45. Rb8 Ra6 46. Rb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.28"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nbd2 Nd4 6. Ba4 O-O 7. c3 Nxf3+ 8.
Nxf3 d5 9. Qe2 dxe4 10. dxe4 Qe7 11. O-O Rd8 12. Bb3 Bg4 13. Be3 Nxe4 14. Bxc5
Nxc5 15. Qxe5 Re8 16. Rfe1 Qxe5 17. Nxe5 Be6 18. Bxe6 Rxe6 19. Nc4 Rd8 20. Red1
Rde8 21. Kf1 g6 22. Rd2 Kg7 23. Rad1 h5 24. Ne3 Ne4 25. Rd3 Rb6 26. Nc4 Rc6 27.
Ne3 Ra6 28. a3 Rf6 29. f3 Nc5 30. Rd5 Na4 31. Nc4 Rc6 32. R1d4 Rce6 33. Rd2 a6
34. Kf2 R8e7 35. h4 b6 36. g3 Nc5 37. Rd8 Nb3 38. Rc2 b5 39. Nd2 Re2+ 40. Kf1
Re1+ 41. Kg2 R7e2+ 42. Kh3 Rh1# 0-1

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.28"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. d4 Bb7 4. g3 c5 5. d5 b5 6. b3 g6 7. Bb2 Bg7 8. Bg2 O-O
9. O-O d6 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. Qc2 a6 12. Rfe1 Nbd7 13. e4 e6 14. dxe6 Rxe6 15. Ng5
Re7 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. Nh3 Rae8 18. Nf4 Bh6 19. Qc3 b4 20. Qd3 Bg7 21. f3 Ne5 22.
Qc2 g5 23. Nd3 Nc6 24. Nf1 Nd4 25. Qf2 g4 26. Bxd4 cxd4 27. Nd2 a5 28. Re2 gxf3
29. Bxf3 Bc8 30. Nf4 Qc5 31. Rf1 Bh6 32. Kh1 Kh8 33. Nd3 Qa7 34. Nf4 Ng4 35.
Bxg4 Bxg4 36. Ree1 f5 37. exf5 Re3 38. f6 Qf7 39. Nd5 Re2 40. Rxe2 Rxe2 41.
Qxd4 Bh3 42. Qh4 Bg2+ 43. Kg1 Bxd2 44. Rf2 Qa7 45. g4 Bxd5 0-1

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.28"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E51"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 c5 8. Bb2
b6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. c4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Re8 12. Rc1 Bg4 13. f3 Bd7 14. Kf2 Qe7 15.
Qd2 Na6 16. Bd3 Nc5 17. Bb1 dxc4 18. Rxc4 Rad8 19. Qe2 Nd5 20. e4 Nf4 21. Qe3
Bb5 22. Qxf4 Bxc4 23. Nf5 Qd7 24. Bxg7 Qd2+ 25. Qxd2 Rxd2+ 26. Kg3 Re6 27. Bc3
Rg6+ 28. Kh4 Rdxg2 29. Ne7+ Kf8 30. Nxg6+ hxg6 31. Kh3 Rg5 32. Kh4 Rg2 33. Kh3
Rg5 34. Kh4 Rg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.28"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nh4 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. Rd1 Qe7 13. a5 Rac8 14. Bd2 Rfd8
15. Be1 Bd6 16. g3 b5 17. axb6 axb6 18. Ba6 Rc7 19. Bf1 b5 20. Bg2 b4 21. Na4
c5 22. dxc5 Nxc5 23. Bxb4 Nxa4 24. Qxa4 Bxb4 25. Rxd8+ Qxd8 26. Qxb4 Rc8 27. h4
Nd5 28. Qd4 Rb8 29. Bxd5 exd5 30. b4 Qe7 31. Qc5 Qb7 32. Rb1 Rc8 33. Qd6 Qb5
34. Qe5 Rc4 35. Qb2 f6 36. Qa3 Kh7 37. Qa5 Qxa5 38. bxa5 Ra4 39. Rb5 d4 40.
exd4 Rxd4 41. a6 Ra4 42. Rb6 Kh6 43. Kf1 Ra2 44. g4 Ra4 45. f3 Ra2 46. Ke1 g5
47. h5 Kh7 48. Kd1 Kh6 49. Kc1 Kh7 50. Kb1 Ra3 51. Kb2 Ra5 52. Kb3 Ra1 53. Kb4
Rb1+ 54. Kc5 Rc1+ 55. Kb5 1-0

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.29"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 dxc4 7. e3 Qd5 8.
Nd2 O-O 9. Nxc4 b6 10. f3 c5 11. e4 Qc6 12. Be3 Ba6 13. Rc1 Rd8 14. Be2 Qc7 15.
O-O Nc6 16. Qa4 Na5 17. Rfe1 Bxc4 18. Bxc4 Nxc4 19. Qxc4 Rac8 20. Red1 cxd4 21.
Qxc7 Rxc7 22. cxd4 Rdc8 23. Kf1 Kf8 24. Ke2 Ke7 25. Kd3 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Rxc1 27.
Bxc1 Ne8 28. a4 Kd7 29. g4 a6 30. Bf4 f6 31. h4 Nd6 32. h5 g6 33. hxg6 hxg6 34.
Kc3 f5 35. Kd3 fxe4+ 36. fxe4 Nf7 37. Kc4 e5 38. dxe5 Ke6 39. Kd4 Nd8 40. Kc3
Nc6 41. Be3 b5 42. axb5 axb5 43. Bf4 Nxe5 44. g5 Nc6 45. Bg3 Kd7 46. Bf2 Nd8
47. Bb6 Ne6 48. Kb4 Kc6 49. Be3 Nc7 50. Kc3 Na6 51. Kd4 Nc5 52. Ke5 b4 53. Kf6
b3 54. Bd4 Nxe4+ 55. Kxg6 Nxg5 56. Kxg5 b2 57. Bxb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.29"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3
O-O 9. Nc3 Na5 10. Ba2 Be6 11. b4 Bxa2 12. Nxa2 Nb7 13. c4 Qd7 14. Nc3 Nd8 15.
cxb5 axb5 16. d4 exd4 17. Nxd4 Ne6 18. Nf5 Rfe8 19. Nxe7+ Rxe7 20. f3 c6 21.
Bb2 d5 22. Ne2 dxe4 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. fxe4 Qxd1 25. Rfxd1 Rea7 26. Rac1 Rxa3
27. Rxc6 Rb3 28. Nc3 Rxb4 29. Nd5 Rb2 30. Nxf6+ Kg7 31. Nh5+ Kf8 32. Rb6 b4 33.
e5 b3 34. h4 h6 35. Rd3 Re2 36. Rdxb3 Rxe5 37. Rb8+ Rxb8 38. Rxb8+ Ke7 39. Rb7+
Kf8 40. Rb8+ Ke7 41. Rb7+ Kf8 42. Rb8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.29"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E51"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 c5 8. Bb2
Qa5 9. Nd2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Bd7 11. Bd3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Bb5 13. Bxb5 Qxb5 14. Qb3
Qxb3 15. Nxb3 Nbd7 16. Ke2 Rfc8 17. Rhc1 Nd5 18. a4 f5 19. a5 Kf7 20. f3 b6 21.
axb6 axb6 22. g3 Rxa1 23. Nxa1 Rxc1 24. Bxc1 e5 25. dxe5 Nxe5 26. Bb2 Nc6 27.
Nb3 g6 28. Nd2 b5 29. e4 Nb6 30. exf5 gxf5 31. g4 Nc4 32. Nxc4 bxc4 33. Ke3 Kg6
34. h4 fxg4 35. fxg4 h5 36. gxh5+ Kxh5 37. Bf6 Nb4 38. Kd4 c3 39. Kxc3 Nd5+ 40.
Kb2 Nxf6 41. Ka1 Kxh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.29"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3
O-O 9. Nc3 Na5 10. Ba2 Be6 11. b4 Bxa2 12. Nxa2 Nc6 13. c4 Nd4 14. Nc3 Nxf3+
15. Qxf3 c6 16. Qe2 Qd7 17. Rd1 Rfe8 18. Bg5 Qb7 19. Rab1 Nd7 20. Be3 Nf6 21.
Bg5 Nd7 22. Be3 Nf6 23. Bg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.29"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bf4 dxc4 6. e3 Nd5 7. Bxc4 Nxf4 8.
exf4 Nb6 9. Bb3 g6 10. Qe2 Bg7 11. Rd1 O-O 12. h4 Nd5 13. g3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 c5
15. h5 cxd4 16. cxd4 Bd7 17. Ne5 Qa5+ 18. Qd2 Qxd2+ 19. Kxd2 Rad8 20. Ke3 Bc6
21. f3 Rd6 22. h6 Bf6 23. Rd2 Rfd8 24. Rc1 Kf8 25. Bc2 Ke8 26. Be4 Be7 27.
Bxc6+ bxc6 28. Nxc6 Rc8 29. Rdc2 Bf8 30. Nxa7 Rxc2 31. Rxc2 Bxh6 32. Nb5 Rb6
33. a4 g5 34. fxg5 Bxg5+ 35. Kd3 Bd8 36. Kc4 Rc6+ 37. Kd3 Ra6 38. Rc4 h5 39.
Ke4 Kd7 40. f4 h4 41. gxh4 Bxh4 42. Rc7+ Ke8 43. Ra7 Rxa7 44. Nxa7 Kd7 45. d5
Bd8 46. Nc6 f5+ 47. Kd4 Bb6+ 48. Kc4 Be3 49. Ne5+ Kd6 50. Nd3 exd5+ 51. Kb5 Kc7
52. a5 Kb7 53. a6+ Ka7 54. Nb4 Bxf4 55. Nxd5 Bh2 56. Ka5 f4 57. Nxf4 Bxf4 58.
Kb5 Bc7 59. Kc6 Kxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Online Olym Div Top-B"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.21"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2020.08.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Spain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. Nge2 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8.
a3 Bf8 9. Bg5 c6 10. f3 b6 11. Qd2 h6 12. Bh4 Ba6 13. Rae1 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Nbd7
15. Nd1 Qc7 16. Ne3 Bd6 17. Kh1 g6 18. c4 dxc4 19. Nxc4 Bf8 20. Nc3 Rxe1 21.
Rxe1 Re8 22. Rxe8 Nxe8 23. Bg3 Qd8 24. h3 Nef6 25. Qe2 Nh5 26. Bh2 Qg5 27. Qe3
Qxe3 28. Nxe3 f5 29. d5 cxd5 30. Nexd5 Nhf6 31. Nxf6+ Nxf6 32. Kg1 Kf7 33. Kf1
a6 34. Ke2 Ke6 35. Kd3 Nd5 36. Nxd5 Kxd5 37. a4 b5 38. axb5 axb5 39. Bf4 h5 40.
b3 Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Online Olym Div Top-B"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.21"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Urkedal, Frode Olav Olsen"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2020.08.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Norway"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NOR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. b3 b6 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Bb2 g6
9. Nc3 Bg7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Ba3 Bf8 12. Bxf8 Nxf8 13. Ne5 N8d7 14. f4 Qe7 15.
Rc1 O-O 16. Qe1 Rae8 17. Qh4 Nh5 18. Qxe7 Rxe7 19. e4 dxe4 20. Bxe4 Nxe5 21.
dxe5 f5 22. Bd3 Rd8 23. Rcd1 Kf8 24. Be2 Rxd1 25. Nxd1 Ng7 26. Ne3 Ne6 27. g4
fxg4 28. Bxg4 Nd4 29. b4 Rf7 30. Rf2 Ba6 31. Kg2 h5 32. Bd1 Ne6 33. f5 gxf5 34.
Rxf5 h4 35. Kh3 Rxf5 36. Nxf5 Bd3 37. Nxh4 c5 38. bxc5 bxc5 39. Nf3 c4 40. Ne1
Bh7 41. Bc2 Bxc2 42. Nxc2 Kf7 43. Kg4 Kg6 44. h4 Nc5 45. h5+ Kh6 46. Kf5 Nb7
47. e6 Nd6+ 48. Ke5 Ne8 49. Kd5 Kxh5 50. Kxc4 Kg6 51. Kd5 Kf6 52. Nd4 a5 53. a4
Ke7 54. Nc6+ Kf6 55. e7 Kf7 56. Ke5 Ng7 57. Kd6 Ke8 58. Nd4 Kf7 59. Kd7 Ne8 60.
Nb5 Nf6+ 61. Kd8 Ke6 62. Nc7+ Ke5 63. Na8 Ke6 64. Nb6 Kf7 65. Nd7 1-0

[Event "Online Olym Div Top-B"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.22"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2020.08.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. O-O Nge7 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nb3 Bd6 11. Bd3 h6 12. h3 Nf5 13. Re1 Qf6 14. Bc2 Rd8
15. Qd3 g6 16. Qd2 g5 17. Qd3 Bc7 18. Be3 Nxe3 19. Rxe3 Bb6 20. Nbd4 Bd7 21.
Rae1 Kf8 22. Nxc6 bxc6 23. Ne5 Bxe3 24. Rxe3 Be6 25. Nxc6 Re8 26. Ne5 Re7 27.
Qd4 Qg7 28. Qc5 Rae8 29. Ba4 Qf6 30. Bxe8 Kxe8 31. Qd6 Kf8 32. Nd7+ Bxd7 33.
Qxf6 Rxe3 34. Qxh6+ Ke8 35. fxe3 1-0

[Event "Online Olym Div Top-B"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.22"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Barrish, Daniel"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E27"]
[WhiteElo "2306"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2020.08.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "South Africa"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RSA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 d6 7. e4 e5 8. Bd3
Nc6 9. Ne2 Nd7 10. Be3 b6 11. g4 Ba6 12. Ng3 Na5 13. Qe2 Re8 14. h4 Nf8 15. d5
Qd7 16. a4 Nb3 17. Ra3 Nc5 18. Bc2 c6 19. h5 Qc7 20. g5 Rac8 1-0

[Event "Online Olym KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2020.08.27"]
[EventType "team-k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O
d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nc3 Bb7 11. Ne5 Na6 12. Bf4 Re8 13. Rc1 h6 14. h4 Bf8 15.
e3 c5 16. Re1 cxd4 17. exd4 Nc7 18. Nd3 Rxe1+ 19. Qxe1 Ne6 20. Be5 Ng4 21. Nf4
Nxf4 22. Bxf4 Nf6 23. Be5 Ng4 24. Qd1 h5 25. Ne2 g6 26. Nf4 Bh6 27. Rc7 Rb8 28.
Qc2 Nxe5 29. dxe5 Bxf4 30. gxf4 Rc8 31. Rxc8 Bxc8 32. Bxd5 Qxd5 33. Qxc8+ Kg7
34. Qc1 Qe4 35. a4 Qf3 36. Qe3 Qd1+ 37. Kg2 Kh7 38. Qf3 Qd2 39. f5 Qd4 40.
fxg6+ fxg6 41. e6 Qxh4 42. Qf7+ Kh6 43. Kf3 Qg4+ 44. Ke3 Qd1 45. e7 Qe1+ 46.
Kd4 Qd2+ 47. Ke5 Qc3+ 48. Kd6 Qc5+ 49. Kd7 1-0

[Event "Online Olym KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2020.08.27"]
[EventType "team-k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

{[%evp 0,38,23,16,16,-11,-11,-11,4,-3,34,20,20,8,19,9,20,14,14,12,40,27,16,12,
12,-53,-66,-50,-14,-87,-70,-33,-31,-18,-37,-33,-31,-31,-31,-44,-36]} 1. d4 Nf6
2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nge2 Re8 8. O-O Bd6 9.
Bd2 b6 10. Rc1 c5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Nf4 Bxf4 13. exf4 Nc6 14. Bb5 Bd7 15. Na4
c4 16. Bc3 a6 17. Bxc6 Bxc6 18. Nc5 Ne4 19. Nxe4 Rxe4 20. Re1 Rxe1+ 21. Qxe1 d4
22. Rd1 Qd5 23. f3 Re8 24. Qf2 d3 25. Re1 Rxe1+ 26. Qxe1 f6 27. Qe3 h6 28. Kf2
Kh7 29. Qd4 Qe6 30. Qe3 Qd5 31. Qd4 Qe6 32. Qe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Online Olym KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.28"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2020.08.27"]
[EventType "team-k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Nb3 cxd4 7. Nbxd4 Bb4+
8. Bd2 O-O 9. c3 Bd6 10. Bc4 Nb6 11. Bd3 N8d7 12. Qe2 e5 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Bxe7
Qxe7 15. O-O-O Nd5 16. Nf5 Qc5 17. Bc2 N7f6 18. Qxe5 Re8 19. Qd4 Qa5 20. Nd6
Rd8 21. Ne4 Bg4 22. Bb3 Rac8 23. Qe5 Nxe4 24. Rxd5 Nc5 25. Rhd1 Re8 26. Qd4 Be6
27. Rg5 1-0

