E92

6...e5 7.Be3 exd4 1

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 10...Bh6 11.0-0 Nbd7 12.Nc2 Nc5 13.Re1
0-0 6.Nf3 e5 7.Be3 exd4 8.Nxd4 Re8 Nh5 14.Bf1 Ne6 15.Rb1 Nef4 16.Be3 g5
[ 8...c6 9.f3 leads to main line ] 17.Qd2 Qf6 18.Rbd1 Bf8 19.Nd4 h6
20.Nf5± Zhao Xue (2518)-Rajlich,I (2404)/
9.f3 c6 Dresden GER 2008 ]

[ 9...Nc6 10.Qd2 Nh5 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.g4 11.exd5 cxd5 12.0-0 Nc6
Nf6 13.0-0-0 Be6 ( 13...Qe7 14.h4 a5
15.h5 Bxg4 16.hxg6 fxg6 17.e5 Qxe5 [ 12...dxc4?! 13.Bxc4 a6 14.Qb3 Rf8
18.Bd4 Qe6 19.fxg4 Ne4 20.Nxe4 Bxd4 15.Rfd1± Azmaiparashvili,Z (2655)-David,A
21.Qxd4 Qxe4 22.Rh2+- Wells,P (2517)- (2520)/Elista 1998 ]
Jones,G (2526)/London ENG 2007 ) 14.h4
Rb8 15.h5 Bxg4 16.hxg6 fxg6 17.Bxa7 13.c5 Nh5
Ra8 18.Be3 Be6 19.Bh6÷ Sherbakov,R
(2541)-Krapivin,V (2365)/Pardubice 1999 ] [ 13...a6 14.Re1! ( 14.Qd2 Qe7÷ ) 14...Re5
15.Na4 Nh5 16.Nb6 Rb8 17.Qd2²
10.Bf2 d5 Gavrilov,A (2480)-Filinberg,D (2343)/Moscow
RUS 2009 ]
[ 10...Nbd7 11.0-0 d5 [
( 11...a6 12.Qd2 d5 13.exd5 cxd5 14.cxd5 13...Bf8 14.Kh1 Bd7 15.Rb1 Rc8 16.b4
Nb6 15.Rad1 Nbxd5 16.Bc4 Nxc3 Ne5 17.Bh4 Be7 18.Bxf6 Bxf6 19.Nxd5
17.Qxc3² Giorgadze,G (2515)-Remlinger,L Bg7 20.Nb5 Bxb5 21.Bxb5² Sundararajan,K
(2370)/Philadelphia 1991 ; (2452)-Tzermiadianos,A (2452)/Olomouc
11...a5 12.Qd2 Nc5 13.Rad1 Qb6 14.b3 2004 ]
Nfd7 15.Nc2 Qc7 16.Bd4 Be5 17.f4² [
Azmaiparashvili,Z (2585)-Sorin,A (2405)/San 13...Bh6 14.Re1 Be3 15.Bxe3 Rxe3
Sebastian 1991 ) 16.Qd2 Re8 17.Ncb5 Qe7 18.Nd6 Qe3+
12.exd5 cxd5 13.Ndb5 dxc4 19.Qxe3 Rxe3 20.Rad1 Nxd4 21.Rxd4 Bd7
( 13...Nb6 14.c5 Nc4 15.Bxc4 dxc4 16.Nd6 22.Kf2 Kruppa,Y (2535)-Frolov,D (2325)/St
Re7 17.Qa4 Be6 18.Rad1± Kasimdzhanov, Petersburg 1997 ]
R (2672)-Nanjo,R (2186)/Doha QAT 2006 )
14.Bxc4 a6 15.Nd6 Rf8 16.Re1 b5 17.Bb3 14.Qd2 Be5
Rb8 18.Qe2 Nb6 19.Rad1+- Kosic,D (2508)-
Vojinovic,G (2463)/Herceg Novi 2001 ] [ 14...Be6 15.Rfd1 Qf6 16.Ndb5 Re7
[ 17.Be3 d4 18.Ne4 Qe5 19.Nxd4±
10...Nh5 11.Qd2 Nd7 ( 11...Be5 Bagaturov,G (2485)-Tsarouhas,K (2260)/
12.0-0-0!?² ) 12.g4 Nhf6 13.0-0-0± Chania 1997 ]
Miroshnichenko,E (2571)-Maximov,D (2438)/ [
Simferopol 2003 ] 14...Nxd4 15.Bxd4 Bxd4+ 16.Qxd4 Qf6
[ 17.Rad1 Be6 18.g4 Qxd4+ 19.Rxd4 Nf6
10...Na6 11.0-0 Nc7 12.Qd2 d5 13.exd5 20.Rfd1 Rac8 21.Bb5 Rf8 22.g5 Nh5 23.b4
cxd5 14.Rad1 dxc4 15.Bxc4 a6 16.Qc2² b6 24.c6 a6 25.Bxa6 Rxc6 26.Nxd5 Bxd5
Gustafsson,J (2517)-Garcia Castro,P (2353)/ 27.Rxd5 Nf4 28.Rd6± Brenninkmeijer,J
Torrelavega 2002 ] (2415)-Belkhodja,S (2365)/Dieren 1989 ]
[
10...a6 11.0-0 b5 12.a3 Bb7 13.Nb3 bxc4 15.g3 Ng7
14.Bxc4 a5 15.Na4² Isajevsky,A (2429)-
Yurtaev,L (2515)/Sochi 2005 ] [ 15...Bh3 16.Rfe1 Ng7
[ ( 16...Qd7 17.Bb5 Rac8 18.Re2² ; 16...Qb8
 2

17.Bb5 Bd7 18.Bf1 Nxd4 19.Bxd4 Nf6 Ne4 22.Bxe4 Rxe4 23.Qc3 Re6 24.Rd2
20.b4± Popov,V (2578)-Eriksson,J (2415)/ Rc8 25.Rad1² ]
Stockholm 2002 ; 16...Nf6 17.Rad1 Rc8
18.a3 h5 19.Kh1 Bb8 20.b4 a5 21.Nxc6 18.f4 Bf6 19.Nb5 Be7
Rxc6 22.Bb5 Rxe1+ 23.Rxe1 Rc8 24.Bd4+-
Roiz,M (2507)-Ahn,M (2294)/Chalkidiki 2002 ) [ 19...g5 20.Nd6 Rf8 Delchev,A (2618)-
17.Rad1 Rc8 18.Ndb5 a6 19.Nd6 Bxd6 Babaev,R (2484)/Balaguer ESP 2008
20.cxd6 d4 21.Ne4 Bf5 22.d7 Bxd7 21.Nxb7 Qe7 22.Nd6 gxf4 23.gxf4± ]
23.Bxd4+- Kasparov,G (2831)-Carlsen,M [
(2484)/Reykjavik 2004 ] 19...Rf8 20.Nd6 Rb8 21.Rac1 b6 22.Bb5
bxc5 23.Bxc6 Rxb2 24.Qe1 Qxd6 25.Bxc5
16.Rfd1 Be6 Qxc6 26.Bxf8 Qa6 27.Bxg7 Kxg7 28.Rd2±
Onischuk,A (2641)-Kasimdzhanov,R (2674)/
[ 16...Ne6 17.Nxe6 Bxe6 18.f4 Bxc3 Moscow 2002 ]
( 18...Bg7 19.Bf3 Re7 20.Nb5² ) [
19.Qxc3 Bf5 19...Re7 20.Rac1 a6 21.Nd6 Nf5 22.Nxf5
A) or 20.Bc4 Be4 21.b4 a6 22.a4 Qd7 gxf5 23.b4 Qf8 24.a4 a5 25.b5 Nb4
23.Bf1 Qg4 24.h3 ( 24.b5 Nd8 25.h3± ) 26.c6± Plischki,S (2402)-Bejtovic,J (2335)/
24...Qh5 25.g4 Qh6 26.b5² Iskusnyh,S Ceska Trebova CZE 2008 ]
(2533)-Driamin,D (2305)/St Petersburg [
2001 ; 19...Qe7 20.Bg4² ]
B) 20.Bf1 Be4 21.b4 a6
( 21...Qe7 22.Rd2 a6 23.a4 h5 24.Re1 20.Rac1 a6 21.Nd4 Bf6 22.Nf3² Khalifman,
Qf8 25.b5 axb5 26.axb5 Nd8 Hansen,C A (2628)-Akopian,V (2646)/Las Vegas 1999
(2626)-McShane,L (2511)/Esbjerg 2001;
27.Bd3 Bxd3 28.Rxd3± )
22.a4 a5 E92
( 22...Qd7 23.b5 axb5 24.axb5 Rxa1 6...e5 7.Be3 c6
25.bxc6 1-0 Zontakh,A (2519)-Varavin,V
(2484)/Alushta 2002 ) 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2
23.b5 Nb4 24.Bd4 Re6 25.Bh3 f5 0-0 6.Nf3 e5 7.Be3 c6 8.d5 Ng4
26.Rd2 Kf7 27.Rc1 h5 Kruppa,Y (2561)-
Shkuro,I (2254)/Alushta 2000; 28.Be5 Rc8 [ 8...Na6 9.Nd2 Ne8
29.Bg2± ] ( 9...cxd5?! 10.cxd5 Ne8 11.0-0 f5 12.f3
Bf6 13.exf5 gxf5 14.Rc1 Nac7 15.Nc4 f4
17.Nxe6 fxe6 16.Bd2 Ng7 17.Ne4 Be7 18.Nxe5
Ftacnik,L (2596)-Vandevoort,P (2415)/Saint
[ 17...Nxe6 18.f4 ( 18.Nxd5 Ned4© ; 18.Qxd5 Vincent 2005 )
Bxc3 19.bxc3 Qf6÷ ) 10.g4!? f5 11.gxf5 gxf5 12.exf5 Bxf5²
A) *Analysis: 18...Bxc3 19.bxc3 d4 20.Bc4 Halkias,S (2406)-Jovanovic,Z (2310)/Patras
Nxc5 ( 20...Qf6 21.Bxe6 dxc3 22.Bxf7+ 1999 ]
Kxf7 23.Qd5+ Kg7 24.Qc4² ) 21.Qb2 Re7 [
22.cxd4 Ne4 23.d5 Nxf2 24.Kxf2 Rd7 8...cxd5 9.cxd5 Ng4 10.Bg5 f6
25.dxc6 Rxd1 26.Bxf7+ Kxf7 27.Qb3+ ( 10...Qb6 11.0-0 f6 12.Bc1 Nh6 13.Nd2
Qd5 28.Rxd1 Qxb3 29.axb3 bxc6 Qd8 14.Nc4 Nf7 15.Be3 b6 16.a4±
30.Rd7+ Kg8 31.Rb7² ; Poluljahov,A (2516)-Pravdiuk,V (2306)/
B) 18...Bd4 19.Bf3 Bxc5 20.Bxc5 Nxc5 Krasnodar 2004 )
Gladyszev,O (2448)-Fedoseev,V (2312)/St 11.Bh4 h5
Petersburg RUS 2008 21.Nxd5 *Analysis ( 11...Qe7 12.Nd2 h5 13.Nc4 Nh6 14.f3
 3

Nf7 15.0-0 Bh6 16.a4 Na6 17.Nb5 Bd7 13.Rb1 Na6

18.Qb3 Nc5 19.Qa3 b6 20.Nc3 Rfc8 21.b4 ( 13...Nf7 14.a3 Bh6 15.b4 Nd7 16.0-0
Nb7 22.Kh1 Kg7 23.Qb3 Bf4 24.Nb5 Bh6 b6 17.Bd3 Kg7 18.Qe2 Rh8 19.Bc2 Nf8
25.Bd3 Bf4 26.Ra2 Qd8 27.Bf2² 20.Rfe1 Bd7 21.Ba4 Bxa4 22.Nxa4 Qc8
Ehlvest,J (2610)-Seeman,T (2435)/Tallinn/ 23.Nf1 f5 24.bxc5 bxc5 25.exf5 gxf5
Parnu 1998 ) 26.Bf2 Ng6 27.Qc2± Ehlvest,J (2600)-
12.Nd2 Na6 13.Nc4 Nh6 14.f3 Nf7 15.0-0 Kozul,Z (2565)/Bled 2002 )
Bd7 16.a4 Qb8 17.Nb5 Rc8 18.Bf2 Bh6 14.a3 Nf7 15.Bd3 Bh6 16.Qe2 Bg5
19.Qb3 Nc5 20.Qa3 a6 21.Nbxd6 Nxd6 17.Bf2 b6 18.b4 Nc7 19.bxc5 bxc5
22.Nb6+- Gelfand,B (2681)-Shirov,A (2746)/ 20.Rb2 Ne8 21.0-0 h4 22.Bc2 Ng7
Istanbul 2000 ] 23.Ba4 a6 24.Bc6 Ra7 25.Rfb1 Nh5
26.Nf1 Nf4 27.Qd1² Timoscenko,G (2515)-
9.Bg5 f6 Neuschmied,S (2265)/Wattens 1994 ]
[ 9...Qb6?! 10.0-0 Qxb2 11.Na4 Qb4
( 11...Qa3 12.Qb3 Qxb3 13.axb3 Nd7 11.0-0 Nh6
14.Be7² ) 12.Be7 Re8 13.a3 Qa5
14.Bxd6² ] [ 11...Na6 12.a3 h5 13.Ne1 Qe7 14.Rb1
( or 14.h3 Nh6 15.Nd3 g5 16.Bg3 g4
10.Bh4 c5 17.Bh4 gxh3 18.Bxh5 Qd7 Damljanovic,B
(2534)-Motylev,A (2552)/Herceg Novi 2000;
[ 10...Na6 11.c5!? 19.f4! hxg2 20.Rf3± )
A) 11...Nxc5 12.b4 Nd7 13.dxc6 Nb6 14...Bd7 15.b4 b6 16.Nc2 ( ¹16.Nd3 )
( 13...bxc6 14.Qxd6± ) 14.a4 g5 15.Bg3 f5 16...Nh6 17.f3 Nf7 18.a4 Rfc8 19.Nb5 Nd8
16.a5 f4 17.Qb3+ Kh8 18.h3 fxg3 20.Bf2 Bh6 21.a5 bxa5 22.bxa5²
19.hxg4 bxc6 20.axb6 Qxb6 21.fxg3 Bxg4 Lautier,J (2660)-Svidler,P (2660)/Tilburg 1997
22.Na4 Qd8 23.0-0± Shchekachev,A (24) ]
(2520)-Cvitan,O (2550)/Cappelle la Grande [
1997 ; 11...h5
B) 11...dxc5 12.dxc6! Qxd1+ 13.Rxd1 A) or 12.h3 Nh6 13.Ne1 Na6 14.Nd3
bxc6 14.Bc4+ Kh8 15.h3 Nh6 16.Na4² ] ( 14.a3 is necessary before Nd3 to avoid
[ Na6-b4 ) 14...Nb4 15.Ne1 exchanges are
good for the side with less space. Nf7 16.a3
10...h5 11.Nd2 Na6 17.Nd3 Qe8 18.b4 Bd7 19.Re1 b6
A) 11...Na6 12.0-0 20.b5 Nc7 21.a4 Qe7 22.a5 Bh6 23.Ra3
( or 12.Rb1 c5 13.a3 b6 14.b4 Nh6 15.f3 Ng5 24.Kh1 Qg7 25.Bf1 Nh7 26.Bg3
g5 16.Bf2 f5 17.exf5 g4 18.Nde4 Bxf5 Rfe8 27.f4 h4 28.Bh2 Red8 29.Re2 exf4
19.Qa4 Nb8 20.bxc5 bxc5 21.0-0± 30.Nxf4 Ng5 31.Rea2 Rac8 32.axb6 axb6
Timoscenko,G (2515)-Van de Mortel,J 33.Nd3 Nf7 34.Ra7 f5 35.Na4±
(2335)/Oberwart 1994 ) Van Wely,L (2643)-Sasikiran,K (2573)/New
12...c5 13.Rb1 Bd7 14.a3 Qe8 15.b4 b6 Delhi/Teheran 2000 ;
16.Nb5 Qe7 17.Rb3 Rf7 18.f3 Nh6 B) 12.Ne1 Nh6 13.f3 Nf7
19.Rb2 g5 20.Bf2 f5 21.exf5 Nxf5 ( 13...g5 14.Bf2 f5 15.exf5 Nxf5
22.Ne4± Sakaev,K (2647)-Miroshnichenko, Ibrahimov,R (2527)-Mamedov,N (2574)/
E (2548)/Panormo 2002 ; Baku AZE 2008; 16.Qd2 Nd4 17.Bd3± )
B) 11...Nh6 12.f3 c5 14.Rb1 Bh6 15.Bf2 Na6 16.a3 b6 17.b4
( 12...Nf7 13.Qc2 Bh6 14.Bf2 c5 15.a3 f5 18.exf5 gxf5 Aronian,L (2750)-Ivanchuk,
Na6 16.g4 hxg4 17.fxg4 Bd7 18.h4± V (2779)/Linares ESP 2009; 19.Nd3² ]
Zivanic,M (2435)-Ivanisevic,I (2544)/Budva
2004 ) 12.Ne1
 4

[or 12.a3 Nd7 13.b4 Nf7 14.Ne1 h5 15.f3 E92

a6 16.Rb1 Bh6 17.Kh1 b6 18.Bd3 Qc7 6...e5 7.Be3 Nc6
19.Qe2 Kg7 20.Nc2 Rh8 21.Rb2 Nf8
22.Ne3 Bd7 23.Rfb1 Ra7 24.Bf2 Qc8 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2
25.Bc2 f5? 26.bxc5 bxc5 27.Rb8 Qc7 0-0 6.Nf3 e5 7.Be3 Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Nd2
28.exf5 Bxe3 29.f6+ Kxf6 30.Qxe3+- Nd7
Huzman,A (2578)-Miroshnichenko,E (2520)/
Ohrid 2001 ] [ 9...Ne8 10.c5 f5 11.f3 f4
( 11...fxe4 12.fxe4 dxc5 13.Bxc5 Nd6
12...Nd7 14.Nf3 h6 Shulman,Y (2490)-Kovalev,A
[ 12...Nf7?! 13.Bg4! Nd7 14.h3 Bh6 15.Nd3 (2505)/Minsk 1995; 15.0-0 g5 16.Nd2 Ng6
Qe7 16.Qc2 Nb6 17.Bxc8 Raxc8 18.b3 17.Rxf8+ Bxf8 18.g3² )
Nd7 19.Bg3 f5 20.f4! Qf6 21.Rae1± 12.Bf2 g5
Shulman,Y (2523)-Szekely,P (2444)/Dhaka ( 12...h5 13.Nc4 g5 14.b4 Nf6 15.Qb3 g4
1999 ] 16.0-0-0 Ng6 17.Kb1 a6 18.Rc1 Rf7 19.a4
h4 20.h3 gxh3 21.gxh3 Nh5 22.Bd3 Ng3
13.Rb1 23.Rh2 Bf8 24.a5² Sakaev,K (2645)-Wright,
W/Dos Hermanas 2003 ;
[or 13.f3 Nf7 14.a3 12...Rf7 13.Nc4 g5 14.a4 Ng6 15.cxd6
( or 14.Rb1 Bh6 15.Bf2 f5 16.b4 b6 17.a4² cxd6 16.Nb5 b6 17.a5 Ba6 18.Qa4 Bxb5
Volkov,S (2605)-Shulman,Y (2520)/St 19.Qxb5 Nc7 20.Qc6+- Peralta,F (2545)-
Petersburg 1998 ) Alvarez Fernandez,J (1717)/Arinsal AND
14...Bh6 15.Bf2 f5 16.b4 b6 17.Nd3 2009 )
( 17.exf5 gxf5 18.Rb1 Nf6 19.Qc2² ) 13.Nc4 Ng6 14.h3 Rf7 15.b4 Bf8 16.Qb3
17...Nf6 18.Kh1 Nh5 19.bxc5 bxc5 20.Rb1 h5 17.0-0-0 b6 18.cxd6 cxd6 19.Kb2 Rg7
Bg5 21.exf5 Bxf5 22.Ne4 Bh6 23.Rb7 Bc8 20.Rc1 Nh4 21.Bf1 Bd7 22.Rc2 Nf6
24.Rb2 Bf5 25.Re1 Rb8 26.Rxb8 Qxb8 23.Na3 Ng6 24.Bb5 Bc8 25.Rhc1 g4
27.Qc2 Qd8 28.Rb1 Nf6 29.Ng3² 26.hxg4 hxg4 27.Bf1 g3 28.Bg1 Rh7
Socko,B (2631)-Maiwald,J (2508)/Dresden 29.Ncb5 Ne8 30.Nc4² Lputian,S (2613)-
GER 2008 ] Andriasian,Z (2442)/Yerevan ARM 2006 ]
[
13...b6 14.a3 g5 9...c5 10.g4 Ne8
[ 14...Nf7 15.Bg4 h5 16.Be6 g5 17.Qxh5 ( 10...Nxg4 11.Bxg4 f5 12.exf5 gxf5 13.Be2
gxh4 18.f4‚ (Kramnik) ] f4 14.Bxc5 dxc5 15.Bd3± )
15.Bg3 f5 16.exf5 Nxf5 17.Ne4 h6 18.Nc2 11.h4 f5 12.f3 f4
Nf6 19.Bd3 Qe8 20.Ne3 Nxe4 21.Bxe4 h5 ( 12...Nf6 13.h5 f4 14.Bf2 gxh5 15.g5 Nd7
22.Qd3 Qf7 23.f3 Nxe3 24.Qxe3 Bh6 16.Nb5² Speelman,J (2570)-Vaganian,R
25.Be1 Qg7 26.Bd2 Rf6 27.Qd3 g4 (2550)/Plovdiv 1983 )
28.Bxh6 Qxh6 29.fxg4 Bxg4 30.Rxf6 Qxf6 13.Bf2 h6 14.a3 Bd7 15.b4 b6 16.Qb3
31.Rf1 Qg7 32.h3 Bd7 33.Qf3 Be8 34.Qf5 Nc7 17.Rb1 Nc8 18.Bd3 Rf7 19.Ke2 Bf8
Qf7 35.Qg5+ Qg7 36.Qh4 Qh6 37.Rf6 Qe3+ 20.Rb2 Be8 21.Qa2 Na6 22.Bc2 Rb7
38.Kh2 Kg7 39.Rf3 1-0 Topalov,V (2750)- 23.Ba4 Bxa4 24.Nxa4 Rab8 25.Nc3 Kf7
Kramnik,V (2765)/Las Palmas 1996 26.Qb1² Kuzubov,Y (2559)-Korobov,A (2543)/
Poltava UKR 2006 ]
[
9...c6 10.0-0 h5 11.h3 Nh7 12.c5 cxd5
13.Nxd5 Nxd5 14.exd5 f5 15.cxd6 f4
16.Bc5± Ivanisevic,I (2625)-Popovic,A (2325)/
Kragujevac SRB 2009 ]
 5

Ne8 25.Kb1 Nc7 26.Rc1+- Peralta,F

10.b4 (2505)-Llobet Reus,J (2089)/Barcelona
2003 )
[Also interesting is: 10.g4 f5 ( 10...c5 11.g5 16.a5 Rf7 17.cxd6 cxd6 18.Nb5 a6
f5 12.f3 a6 13.Qc2 Rb8 14.h4 f4 15.Bf2 19.Nb6 Rb8 20.Na7 Bd7 21.Nxd7 Rxd7
h5 16.Rb1 Qa5 17.a3 b5 18.cxb5 axb5 22.b5 Ra8 23.bxa6 bxa6 24.Nc6±
19.b4± Kruppa,Y (2561)-Kljuka,S/Alushta Sasikiran,K (2652)-Winter,B (1923)/Dresden
2000 ) 11.gxf5 gxf5 12.Bg5 Nf6 13.Rg1 Kh8 2005 ]
14.Qc2 c6 15.Bd3 Qe8 16.0-0-0 cxd5
17.cxd5 Bd7 18.Nc4± Azmaiparashvili,Z 12.c5 Nh5
(2625)-Kalme,C/Philadelphia 1994 ]
[ 12...Kh8 13.cxd6 cxd6 14.Rc1 Ne8 15.0-0
10...f5 Ng8 16.exf5 gxf5 17.Nc4 Ngf6 18.f4 e4
19.h3 b6 20.a4 Nc7 21.Bd4 Bb7 22.Ne3±
[ 10...a5 11.a3 f5 12.f3 f4 ( 12...axb4 Rogers,I (2535)-Hennigan,M (2320)/Swansea
13.axb4 Rxa1 14.Qxa1 Nf6 15.Qa8 Kh8 1987 ]
16.c5² Gustafsson,J (2570)-Perez Gonzalez,J [
(2308)/Madrid 2003 ) 13.Bf2 b6 14.Nb3 axb4 12...Rf7 13.Nc4 Bf8 14.0-0 f4 15.Bf2 g5
15.axb4 Rxa1 16.Qxa1 g5 17.c5 bxc5 16.cxd6 cxd6 17.Nb5 Ng6 18.Nxa7 Bd7
18.bxc5 Nf6 19.Qa7 Rf7 20.Nb5 Ng6 19.a4 g4 20.Bb6 ( 20.Nb5 Bxb5 21.axb5
21.Qb8± Shchekachev,A (2555)-Bourhaleb,M Rxa1 22.Qxa1 g3 23.hxg3 Nh5 24.Bb6
(2157)/Pierrefitte 2002 ] Qg5 25.g4 Ng3 26.Re1 Qh4 27.Bd3 Be7
28.Nd2 Qh1+ 29.Kf2 Qh2 30.Rg1 Qh4
11.f3 Nf6 31.Ke1 Nxe4+ 32.Ke2 Ng3+ 33.Kd1±
Donner,J (2500)-Mista,L (2410)/Cienfuegos
[ 11...f4 12.Bf2 1972 )
A) 12...Nf6 13.c5 a6 ( 13...Kh8 14.Nc4 20...Qe7 21.Nb5² Gershon,A (2553)-Berger,
Ne8 15.a4 Ng8 16.Rc1 Bf6 17.Rc2 Bh4 S (2311)/Hamburg 2001 ]
18.g3² Halkias,S (2533)-Zakarian,D (2328)/
Thessaloniki 2004 ) 14.Nc4 g5 15.cxd6 13.cxd6 cxd6 14.0-0 Nf4 Rogers,I (2535)-
cxd6 16.Nb6 Rb8 17.Rc1 Ng6 18.Nca4 McDonald,N (2400)/Swansea 1987
Rf7 19.Qc2 Bd7 20.Nxd7 Qxd7 21.Nb6² 15.Nc4²
Lautier,J (2613)-Rueppel,G/Bad Zwesten
1999 ;
B) 12...g5 13.c5 Nf6 E92
( 13...a5 14.cxd6 cxd6 15.Nb5 Nf6 6...e5 7.Be3 h6 and Qe7
16.Nc4 axb4 17.Nbxd6 b5 18.Nxb5
1-0 Rotstein,A (2526)-Kutzner,S (1847)/Bad 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2
Breisig 2002 ) 0-0 6.Nf3 e5 7.Be3 h6
14.Nc4 Ne8
( 14...Rf7 15.cxd6 cxd6 16.Nb5 Ne8 [ 7...Qe7 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.Nd5
17.Nxa7 Bd7 18.a4 Ng6 19.Nb5 Bf8 A) 9...Qd6 10.Qc2 Ng4 11.Bg5 f6 12.Bd2
20.Nb6 Rb8 21.Rc1 Nf6 22.Nxd7 Rxd7 c6 13.c5 Qd8 14.Ne3 Qe7 15.0-0²
23.a5+- Shchekachev,A (2520)-Basinski,R Ernst,S (2373)-Visser,Y (2418)/Hoogeveen
(1904)/Metz St Symphorien FRA 2008 ) 2000 ;
15.a4 Ng6 B) 9...Qd8 10.Bc5 Nxe4 11.Be7 Qd7
( 15...Rf6 16.a5 Rg6 17.cxd6 cxd6 12.Bxf8 Kxf8 13.Qd3 Nd6 ( 13...Nc5
18.Nb5 a6 19.Bb6 Qd7 20.Na7 h5 21.h3 14.Qa3 b6 15.Rd1 Bb7 16.Ng5 Bxd5
Nf6 22.Qb3 g4 23.hxg4 hxg4 24.0-0-0 17.cxd5 Qe7 18.Qe3 Nbd7 19.0-0 h6
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20.Ne4 Nxe4 21.Qxe4 Qd6 22.Bb5² 14.bxc5 bxc5 15.Qa4± Vera,R (2538)-Blasco
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16.0-0 Bf8 17.b4 Qg7 18.Qb2 Sakaev,K 14.Nc4 Rf6 15.cxd6 cxd6 16.Nb5 a6
(2540)-Etchegaray,P (2315)/Groningen 17.Bb6 Qd7 18.Nc7 Rb8 19.Rc1+-
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16.0-0-0± Giorgadze,G (2595)-Zhelnin,V fxe4 14.Nh4 g5 Gelfand,B (2693)-Sutovsky,
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14.hxg6 hxg6 15.Bh6 Bxh6 ( 15...Bxe2 bxc6 20.Nb3² Timoscenko,G (2530)-Mollov,
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8.0-0 Ng4 11.dxe5 Nxe5 ( 11...fxe4!? ) 12.Nxe5 dxe5
13.b4 c6
[ 8...Nc6 9.d5 Ne7 10.Nd2 Kh7 ( 13...Be6 14.Ba3 c5 15.bxc5 Qa5 16.Qc1
( 10...h5 11.f3 Nd7 12.b4 f5 13.c5 Nf6 Rf7 17.Nb5 Rd7 18.Nd6± Onischuk,A
14.Nc4 fxe4 15.fxe4 Bg4 16.h3 Bxe2 (2652)-Loginov,V (2516)/Sochi 2004 )
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10...Nd7 11.b4 f5 12.f3 Nf6 13.c5 g5 b6 17.Bc4+ Kh7 18.Bd5± ]
14.Rc1 Ng6 15.cxd6 cxd6 16.Nb5 Rf7 [
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R (2370)/Cienfuegos 1997 ; Nbc6 12.Qd2 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 f5 14.exf5
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10.d5 Ne7 [
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15...Rf7
11.Ne1 f5 [ 15...Qe8 16.a4 a6 17.Nc2 Nf4 18.cxd6
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[ 11...h5 12.h3 Nh6 13.f4 exf4 Rad8 22.Nxd7 Rxd7 23.Qxg4 Rdf7 24.f3
( 13...f5 14.fxe5 dxe5 15.Nf3 Nf7 h5 25.Qg3² Akesson,R (2505)-Meessen,R
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1993 16.Qb3² )
14.Bxf4 f5 16.cxd6 cxd6 17.a4 Bf8
( 14...f6 15.Qd2 g5 16.Be3 h4 17.Nf3 c5
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15.Qd2 Nf7 16.Nf3 fxe4 Rxc1 24.Nxf7 Rxd1 25.Nxd8 Rd3 26.Nc1± )
( 16...c5 17.Rae1 b5 18.cxb5 fxe4 19.Nxe4 23...Bxb5 24.Ng3 Nf4 25.Nf5 Bf8
Nf5 20.Bc4 a6 21.bxa6 Bxa6 22.Bxa6 Antic,D (2450)-Markovic,M (2504)/Budva
Rxa6 23.Nc3± Giorgadze,G (2590)-Brito 2003; 26.f3 gxf3 27.Qxf3± ]
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17.Nxe4 Nf5 18.Rae1 c6 Peralta,F (2541)-Fernandez Romero,E (2423)/
( 18...h4 19.Bd3 c6 20.Neg5 Qb6+ 21.Rf2 Andorra 2004; 21.Nb5² ]
Nxg5 22.Bxg5 Bd7 23.Bxf5 Bxf5 24.Bh6±
Moranda,W (2533)-Piorun,K (2445)/Warsaw 18.Nb5 Bd7 19.b3
POL 2008 ) [ 19.Nxa7 Qa5 20.Nb5 Qxa4÷ ]
19.g4 hxg4 20.hxg4 N5h6 Halkias,S (2580)-
Lie,E (2428)/Reykjavik ISL 2008; 21.Nfg5 19...Nf4 20.Nxa7 Qa5 21.Nb5 Bxb5 22.axb5
Nxg4 22.Nxf7 Rxf7 23.Nxd6± ] Qxb5 23.Bxf4 Rxf4 24.Rc4 Ra3 25.Nd3
Rxb3 26.Nxf4 Qxc4 27.Nh5 Rc3 28.Qxg4
12.Bxg4 fxg4 13.Be3 g5 Rc1 29.Qe6+
[ 29.Ng3! b5 30.h4 Qc8 31.Qxc8 Rxc8
[ 13...Rf7 14.Nd3 Bf8 15.c5 Kg7 16.f4! gxf3 32.hxg5 hxg5 33.Rb1± ]
17.Rxf3 Ng8 18.Rxf7+ Kxf7 19.Qf3+ Nf6 29...Kh8 30.Qf6+= San Segundo Carrillo,P
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[
13...b6 14.Nd3 g5 15.b4 Ng6 16.a4 Nf4
17.a5 Rb8 18.Nb5 Ba6 19.axb6 Bxb5
20.Rxa7 Bxc4 21.bxc7 Qf6 22.cxb8Q Rxb8
23.Bxf4 exf4 24.Ra3± Kortschnoj,V (2625)-
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