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(1) Carlsen,Magnus (2772) - Leko,Peter (2762) [C45]
Nanjing Pearl Spring 2nd Nanjing (1), 28.09.2009
[Stohl]

1.e4 e5 2.Sf3 Sc6 3.d4 Earlier Carlsen only very rarely essayed the Scotch, the inspiration for his choice was very clear. To quote the winner verbatim: "This game was provided by Garry Kasparov..." 3...exd4 4.Sxd4 Lc5 One of the two main moves. [The line 4...Sf6 5.Sxc6 bxc6 6.e5 De7 7.De2 Sd5 8.c4 also occurred in Nanjing. More usual is 8...La6 (8...Sb6 9.Sc3 De6 10.De4 La6 (10...d5 11.exd6 cxd6 12.Ld3 Dxe4+ 13.Lxe4 Lb7 14.b3 [Weiß steht etwas besser] [Endspiel]) 11.b3 Lb4 12.Ld2 Lxc3 13.Lxc3 d5 14.Dh4 dxc4 15.Le2 Sd5 16.Lxc4 g5 17.Dd4 Lxc4 18.Dxc4 0-0-0 19.0-0 Sf4 20.Da6+!?N As the resulting [Endspiel] is pleasant for Black and doesn't pose him any problems, White wants to profit from the [schwacher Punkt] [Damenflügel] in the middle-game. (20.Dxe6+ Sxe6= (20...fxe6!?= ) ) 20...Kb8 21.Tfe1 Dg4 22.Df1 Td3 23.Tac1 Thd8 24.f3 De6 25.Te4 h5 26.Tb4+ (26.Le1!? ) 26...Ka8 27.Tc4 Camacho,G (2355)-Valdes,L (2392)/Pinar del Rio/2006/ 27...h4 [unklar] [Gegenspiel]) 9.Sd2 (The most common continuation is 9.b3 ) 9...0-0-0 (9...Sb4 10.Sf3 c5 11.a3 Sc6 12.Ld2 De6 13.Lc3 Le7 14.0-0-0 f6 15.exf6 Dxe2 16.f7+ Kxf7 17.Lxe2 Tad8 18.Ld3 Lf6 19.Kc2 Lb7 20.Lxf6 Kxf6 21.Kc3 Se7 22.b4 Lxf3 23.gxf3 cxb4+ 24.axb4 d5 [Gegenspiel] Svidler,P (2585)-Yemelin,V (2515)/St Petersburg/1995/) 10.b3 f6 (10...g5?! 11.Lb2 Lg7 12.0-0-0 Sb6N This novelty doesn't represent a substantial improvement, Black was still fighting for his life after (12...Sf4 13.De3 Kb8 14.h4 h6 15.g3 Se6 16.Se4 g4?! (16...c5 [Weiß steht etwas besser] ) 17.c5! Lxf1 18.Thxf1 h5 19.Kb1 The8 20.f4 gxf3 21.Txf3 [mit Initiative] Abdulyazanov,M (2361)-Belousov,A (2226)/Uljanovsk/2008/) 13.h4 g4 14.f4!? gxf3 15.Sxf3 c5 16.De1 Lb7 17.Ld3 h6 18.Dg3 Tdg8 19.The1 d5 20.exd6 Lxb2+ 21.Kxb2 Dxd6 22.Lf5+ Kb8 23.Te8+ Sc8 24.Txd6 Txg3 25.Txh8 cxd6 26.Se1 Kc7 27.Th7 [Weiß steht besser] Radjabov,T (2757)-Topalov,V (2813)/Nanjing/2009/) 11.Lb2 fxe5 12.0-0-0 Sf6 (12...Te8 [unklar] ) 13.Dxe5 Dxe5 14.Lxe5 Sg4 15.Ld4 c5 16.Le2 cxd4 17.Lxg4 Lb7 18.Lf3 Te8 19.Lxb7+ Kxb7 20.Sf3 c5 21.The1 [Weiß steht etwas besser] Sulskis,S (2555)-Hernandez Carmenates,H (2473)/Yucatan/2004/; Steinitz's 4...Dh4 is considered extremely risky nowadays, Black suffers for the § after 5.Sc3 Lb4 6.Le2! Lxc3+ (6...Sf6 7.0-0 Lxc3 8.Sf5! (8.bxc3 Sxd4 9.cxd4 Sxe4 [unklar] ) 8...Dxe4 9.Ld3 Dg4 10.f3 Da4 11.bxc3 [Entwicklungsvorsprung] [mit Angriff] 11...Kf8 (11...0-0?! 12.Sxg7! [mit der Idee] 12...Kxg7? 13.Lh6+!+- ) 12.De1 Se8 13.Dg3 d6 14.Sxg7! Tg8 15.Lh6 Txg7 16.Tae1 Se5 17.f4 Sxd3 18.cxd3 Lf5 19.h3! (19.Txe8+ Kxe8 20.Dxg7 Lxd3 21.Df8+ Kd7 22.Dxa8 Lxf1 23.Kxf1 Dd1+ 24.Kf2 Dc2+ 25.Kg3 Dg6+ 26.Lg5 h6 27.Dxb7 hxg5 28.Db5+ c6 29.f5! [Weiß steht etwas besser] / [Weiß steht besser] However, White doesn't have to force the issue.) 19...Db5 Kasimdzhanov,R (2614)-Vladimirov,E (2586)/Namangan/2000/ 20.Tf3! Dc5+ 21.d4 Dd5 22.Dg5 Le4 23.f5!+- ; 6...Dxe4 7.Sdb5 Lxc3+ 8.bxc3 -6...¥c3) 7.bxc3 Dxe4 8.Sb5 Kd8 9.0-0 Sf6 10.Le3 Te8 11.Te1 d6 12.Tb1 Ld7 13.c4 Se5?! (13...Sg4!? [Gegenspiel] ) 14.c5 Lc6 15.Lf1 Dg6 16.Sd4 Ld5 17.Lf4 Sfd7 18.Lg3 dxc5 19.Sb5 Le4 20.Dd2 [mit Angriff] Vescovi,G (2646)-Rodriguez Vila,A (2479)/Sao Paulo/2005/; 4...Lb4+ was featured in a survey by Postny in CBM 130.] 5.Le3 The more ambitious choice. [While he still played, Kasparov was the one to dictate the trends in the Scotch. More than a decade ago he concentrated mostly on 5.Sxc6 Df6 Currently more fashionable is 6.Df3 , but this is hardly too dangerous: (and now 6.Dd2 dxc6 7.Sc3 However, Black can allow even further disruption of his § structure and get sufficient piece [Gegenspiel] after 7...Se7 (Postny advocates 7...Ld4 in CBM 103.) 8.Df4 Sg6 9.Dxf6 gxf6 10.Ld2 Tg8 11.Sa4 Ld6 12.0-0-0 Le6 13.Sc3 0-0-0 14.g3 Lg4 15.Le2 Se5 16.Lf4 Lh3 17.Lh5 Lc5 18.Txd8+ Txd8 19.Sd1 Lg2 20.Te1 Sf3 21.Te2 Sg1 22.Lg4+ Kb8 23.Td2 Txd2 24.Kxd2 Lxe4 25.Sc3 Lg2 26.Le3 Le7 27.Lh5 Sf3+ 28.Ke2 Sg1+ 1/2, Kasparov,G (2785)-Topalov,V (2750)/Las Palmas/1996/) 6...bxc6 (6...Dxf3 7.gxf3 bxc6 8.Le3 Lxe3 9.fxe3 Se7 [Gegenspiel] =) 7.Sd2 (7.Dg3 h5 8.h4 Sh6 9.f3 d5 10.Sc3 Ld4! 11.Ld2 Tb8 12.0-0-0 Le5 13.Dg5 (13.f4 Ld4 14.Dd3 Lg4 15.e5 Lxc3 16.Dxc3 De6 17.Te1 0-0 18.Le3 Tfd8 19.Dc5 a5! 20.Kb1 a4 21.Ld3 Lf5= / [Schwarz steht etwas besser] 22.Tc1? Lxd3 23.cxd3 Sf5 24.Lf2 Tb5 25.Dxc6 Tdb8-+ Rublevsky,S (2680)-Grischuk,A (2717)/Elista cm/2007/) 13...Dd6 14.exd5 0-0 15.Lc4 cxd5 16.Lxd5 Dxd5! 17.Sxd5 Lxb2+ 18.Kb1 Lc3+ 19.Kc1 Lb2+ 20.Kb1 Lc3+ 1/2, Rublevsky,S (2680)-Grischuk,A (2717)/Elista cm/2007/; 7.Sc3 d6 8.Dg3 Dg6 9.Ld3 Sf6 10.Sa4 Ld4 11.c3 Lb6 12.f3 Sd7 13.Lf4 f6 14.Lc4 Se5 15.Dxg6+= 1/2, Radjabov,T (2761)-Aronian,L (2750)/Wijk aan Zee/2009/) 7...d6 8.Sb3 Lb6 9.a4 a5 10.Ld2 Dxf3 11.gxf3 Se7 12.Tg1 0-0 13.Le3 Lxe3 14.fxe3 c5 15.0-0-0 Le6 16.Sd2 f5 17.e5 (17.f4 Tf6 [mit der Idee] ¦h6 [Gegenspiel] Postny) 17...Tfd8 18.exd6 cxd6 19.Lc4 d5 20.Lb5 Sg6 21.Tg5 Se5 22.Tdg1 g6 23.h4 Kg7= Nataf,I (2533)-Stefansson,H (2563)/Reykjavik/2009/] 5...Df6 6.c3 [The right way to deal with 6.Sb5?! is 6...Lxe3 7.fxe3 Dh4+ 8.g3 Dd8 9.Dg4 g6 10.Df4 d6 11.Lc4 Se5 12.0-0 Lh3! [Schwarz steht besser] , as explained by Postny in CBM 113.] 6...Sge7 7.Lc4 Once again this is currently the only move, which causes Black any problems: [After Morelia 2007 due to Ivanchul-Leko some interest focused on 7.g3 d5 8.Lg2 dxe4 9.0-0 0-0 10.Sd2 Lb6 11.Te1 (11.Sxe4 Dg6 12.Sc5 is mentioned by Lukacs and Hazai in their article in CBM 114. Black equalizes after 12...Sxd4 13.Lxd4 (13.cxd4 c6 14.Te1 Sd5 15.Lxd5!? cxd5 16.Db3 Sutovsky,E (2679)-Harikrishna,P (2609)/Pune/2004/ 16...Le6= ) 13...Sc6 14.Te1 Sxd4 15.Dxd4 c6 16.a4 a5 17.De5 (17.Te7 Dg5 18.Te5 Df6 19.Tae1 1/2, Predojevic,B (2509)-Gustafsson,J (2603)/Mallorca olm/2004/) 17...h6 18.Tad1 Lg4 19.Td2 Lxc5 20.Dxc5 Tfe8 21.Txe8+ Txe8 22.h3 Df5 23.Dxf5 Lxf5 24.b4 axb4= 1/2, Smeets,J (2538)-Kramnik,V (2766)/NED-chT/2007/) 11...Td8!?N is a clever and seemingly effective novelty. (11...Sxd4 12.Sxe4 Dg6 13.Lxd4 Sc6 14.Lxb6 axb6 15.Dd2 Df5?! 16.h3 h6 17.g4 Db5 18.a4! Txa4 19.Sf6+ gxf6 20.Txa4 Dxa4 21.Dxh6 [mit Angriff] Ivanchuk,V (2750)-Leko,P (2749)/Morelia/Linares/2007/) 12.Sxe4 Dg6 13.De2 Lg4 14.f3 Ld7 15.Tad1 Sf5 16.Sxc6 (16.Sxf5= ) 16...Lxc6 17.Lxb6 axb6 18.Txd8+ Txd8= / [Schwarz steht etwas besser] , Rublevsky,S (2676)-Hammer,J (2402)/ECC Kemer/2007/; 7.Le2 d5! 8.0-0 0-0 9.Sxc6 Dxc6 10.Lxc5 Dxc5 11.Sd2 Td8 (11...Le6= is symmetrical and very boring.) ; Morozevich used to experiment a bit with 7.Sc2 , but here Black has a wide choice. Probably the simplest is 7...Lxe3 (7...Lb6 ; 7...d6!? ; or even 7...b6!? are playable alternatives: 8.Sd2 Dg6 9.Lxc5 bxc5 10.Se3 Tb8 11.b3 0-0 12.Lc4 d6= 13.f4? Df6 14.0-0 Dxc3 15.Tf3 Dd4 16.Kh1 Le6 17.Tc1 Lxc4 18.Txc4 Db2 19.Tc2 Df6 [Schwarz steht besser] Blackburne,J-Lasker,E/St Petersburg/1914/) 8.Sxe3 De5 9.Sd2 d5 10.Ld3 dxe4 11.Lxe4 Le6 12.Da4 0-0-0 13.Sf3 Da5 14.Dxa5 Sxa5 15.Sg5 Td6 16.0-0 Sc4 17.Tfe1 Sxe3 18.Txe3 h6 19.Sxe6 Txe6 20.Td1 c6 21.Kf1 1/2, Morozevich,A (2774)-Aronian,L (2763)/Yerevan rpd/2008/] 7...Se5 8.Le2 [Less testing is 8.Lb3 Dg6 9.0-0 d5! (9...Dxe4 10.Te1 Dg6 11.Sb5 [mit Initiative] ) 10.Lf4 Lg4! (10...Dxe4 11.Dd2 [Kompensation] Marin) 11.Dc2 f6 12.La4+ c6 13.Sd2 0-0 14.f3 Ld7 15.Kh1 Lb6 16.Tae1 Tae8 17.Te2 Kh8 18.Lg3 Dh5 19.Dd1 Lc7 20.Tfe1 Lb8= Morozevich,A (2758)-Leko,P (2751)/WCh Mexico City/2007/] 8...Dg6 The main move seems good enough for the time being. [However, Black has a plausible alternative in 8...d5 9.0-0 (9.f4 Sg4 10.Lxg4 Dh4+ 11.g3 Dxg4 12.Dxg4 Lxg4 13.e5 0-0 14.Sf5 Lxe3 15.Sxe3 Lf3 16.Tf1 Le4 17.Sd2 Ld3 18.Tf2 c5 19.Sf3 f6 [Gegenspiel] Chigorin,M-Schiffers,E/St Petersburg/1879/) 9...0-0 (9...dxe4? 10.Sb5 Ld6 (10...Lb6 11.Lxb6 Dxb6 12.Dd4!+- ) 11.Lc5! [Weiß steht besser] ) 10.f4 (10.Sd2 Lb6 11.f4 Dh6!= ) 10...S5c6 (10...Dh6 11.Dd2! [mit Initiative] ) 11.e5 Dh4 (11...Dg6?! 12.f5 Lxd4 13.fxg6 Lxe3+ 14.Kh1 hxg6 15.Lg4 [Weiß steht besser] ) 12.Dd2 (12.g3 Dh3 [Gegenspiel] ; 12.Lf2!? Lxd4 13.Lxd4= / [Weiß steht etwas besser] gives White perhaps more chances to fight for an edge.) 12...Lg4 13.Ld3 f6!? (13...a6?! 14.Sxc6 Lxe3+ 15.Dxe3 Sxc6 16.Sd2 De7 17.Tae1 Tae8 18.Sb3 f6 19.Dg3 f5 20.Df2 Lh5 21.Sc5 Tb8 22.b4 [Weiß steht besser] Rublevsky,S (2645)-Popov,V (2568)/EU-ch Warsaw/2005/) 14.Sxc6 Lxe3+ 15.Dxe3 Sxc6 16.h3 Lc8 [Gegenspiel] Postny] 9.0-0 d6 This is the safest reaction: [9...Dxe4?! is playing with fire after 10.Sd2 (10.Sb5 Lxe3 11.Sxc7+ Kd8 12.Sxa8 Lf4 [mit der Idee] 13.g3 Lc1! [unklar] ) 10...Dg6 11.Lh5 Dd3 12.S4f3!? [Entwicklungsvorsprung] [mit Angriff]; Better, but still risky is 9...d5 10.Lh5!? Dxe4 (10...Lg4 11.Lxg6 Lxd1 12.Lxf7+ Kxf7 13.Txd1 Sc4 14.b4 Lb6 15.Sd2 Sxe3 16.fxe3 The8 17.c4 dxc4 18.Sxc4 [Weiß steht besser] Rublevsky,S (2645)-Gretarsson,H (2465)/Yerevan ol/1996/) 11.Sd2 (11.Sb5!? [Kompensation] ) 11...Dd3 (11...Dh4 12.Lxf7+! Sxf7 13.S4f3 Df6 14.Lxc5 [mit Initiative] ) 12.S4f3 Ld6 (12...Lxe3!? 13.Sxe5 Dxd2 14.Df3 0-0 15.Lxf7+ Kh8 16.Dxe3 Dxe3 17.fxe3 [Entwicklungsvorsprung] [Weiß steht etwas besser] [Endspiel]) 13.Sxe5 Lxe5 14.Lc5 g6 15.Le2 Df5 16.Sf3 Lf6 17.Te1 0-0 18.Ld3 Dd7 19.Se5 Dd8 20.Df3 Kg7 21.h4! Lxh4 (21...h5? 22.Sd7! Lxd7 23.Dxf6+! ) 22.Df4 Lf6 23.Sf3! [mit der Idee] £f6 23...Sg8 24.Lxf8+ Kxf8 25.Tad1 Kg7 26.c4 [Weiß steht etwas besser] Ehlvest,J (2605)-Beliavsky,A (2655)/Reykjavik/1991/; Solid, but rather passive is 9...0-0 10.Sd2 d6 11.Lh5 Df6 12.f4 S5c6 13.S2b3 (Kasparov's idea 13.Kh1 can be met with 13...Sxd4 14.cxd4 Lxd4! 15.e5 dxe5 16.fxe5 Dxe5 17.Sc4 Dd5 18.Lxd4 Sc6! [Schwarz steht etwas besser] ; 13.Sc4!? Lxd4 14.cxd4 d5 15.e5 De6 16.Sa3 Ld7 17.Lf3 Sd8 18.Db3 c6 19.Sc2 Dg6 20.Lf2 (20.Ld2!? ) 20...Lg4 21.Lh4 Lxf3 22.Dxf3 Sf5 23.Lxd8 Taxd8 24.Tad1 [Weiß steht etwas besser] Nabaty,T (2456)-Lerner,K (2542)/ISR-chT/2008/) 13...Lb6 14.Dd2 Dh4 15.Lf3 f5 16.Tae1 fxe4 17.Lxe4 Ld7 18.g3 Dh5 19.Lf3 Lg4 20.Sxc6 Sxc6 21.Dd5+ Dxd5 22.Lxd5+ Kh8 23.Kg2 [Weiß steht etwas besser] Sveshnikov,E (2580)-Yandemirov,V (2460)/Elista/1995/] 10.f4!? Being an admirer of Alekhine, positional pawn sacrifices always attracted Kasparov's attention - something which he probably teaches his pupil as well. The text move is more ambitious than other continuations: [Harmless is 10.Sd2 Lh3 11.Lf3 0-0= (11...h5!? 12.Kh1 Sxf3 13.Dxf3 Lg4 14.Df4 0-0-0 15.Sb5 Le2 16.Lxc5 Lxb5 17.c4 Lc6 18.Ld4 f5 19.f3 h4 [Gegenspiel] Schiffers,E-Chigorin,M/St Petersburg/1878/) 12.Kh1 Sxf3 13.Dxf3 Lg4 14.Dg3 Ld7 15.Dh4 Tfe8= / [Schwarz steht etwas besser] [Läuferpaar] , Motylev,A (2455)-Malaniuk,V (2600)/Swidnica/1998/; The most recent attempt is 10.Kh1 Dxe4 11.Sd2 Dg6 (11...Dh4 12.S2f3 (12.Sb5 0-0 13.Sxc7 Tb8 14.Lxc5 dxc5 15.Sf3 Sxf3 16.Lxf3 Df4 17.Sb5 Le6 18.Dd6 Dxd6 19.Sxd6 b6= Can,E (2301)-Musakaev,E (2248)/Herceg Novi/2006/) 12...Sxf3 13.Sxf3 Df6 14.Lg5 Df5 15.Ld3 Dd7 16.Te1 f6 17.Le3 Lb6 18.Lc4 (18.Db3!? [Kompensation] ) 18...Kd8 19.Lxb6 axb6 20.Sd4 Dg4 21.f3 Dg5 22.Le6 Sc6 23.Lxc8 Kxc8 24.Se6 Dg6 25.b4 Te8 [Schwarz steht etwas besser] Zelcic,R (2514)-Georgiev,K (2645)/EU-ch Kusadasi/2006/) 12.Sb5 0-0 13.Sxc7 Tb8 14.Lh5 Df5 15.f4 However, Black has an even better alternative in 15...S5c6! (4a) 15...Lxe3 16.fxe5 Dxe5 17.Sc4 Dc5 18.Sxe3 Dxc7!? (18...Dxe3 19.Te1 Dg5 20.Dxd6 Dxh5 21.Txe7 Dg6 22.De5 b6 23.Sd5 Lb7 24.Sf4 Dc6 25.Te1 Tbd8 26.h3 Td7 27.Te8 Td8 28.Te7 Td7 29.Te8 Td8 30.Te7 1/2, Movsesian,S (2670)-Grischuk,A (2715)/ECC Kemer/2007/ 30...Td7= ) 19.Lxf7+ Txf7 20.Txf7 Kxf7 21.Dh5+ g6 22.Dxh7+ Ke8 23.Te1 Le6 24.Sc2 Lf5 25.Sd4 d5! 26.c4 (26.Sxf5!? gxf5 27.Dxf5 [Kompensation] ) 26...dxc4 27.Sxf5 gxf5 28.Dg8+ Kd7 29.Td1+ Kc6 30.Dxc4+ Kb6 31.Db4+ Ka6 32.Da3+ Kb6 33.Db4+ 1/2, Jobava,B (2644)-Movsesian,S (2670)/Pamplona/2007/) 16.Sc4 b5! 17.Lxc5 bxc4 18.Lxd6 Td8 19.Lf3!? (19.Te1 h6 20.Lf3 Dg6 21.Sd5 1/2, Rublevsky,S (2695)-Khenkin,I (2609)/RUS-chT Dagomys/2008/ (21.Se8 Txb2 22.Dc1 Tc2 [Schwarz steht etwas besser] ) 21...Dxd6 22.Sxe7+ Dxe7! 23.Da4 Dc5 24.Dxc6 Dxc6 25.Lxc6 Txb2 [Schwarz steht etwas besser] ) 19...Tb7 (19...Txb2? 20.Lxe7! Txd1 21.Tfxd1 [Weiß steht besser] ; 19...Dg6?! 20.Lxe7 Txd1 21.Tfxd1 Lb7 22.Sd5 [Weiß steht etwas besser] ) 20.Lxe7 Txd1 21.Taxd1 Txc7 22.Ld6 Td7 23.Lxc6 Td8 24.Lc5 Txd1 25.Txd1 h5 26.Lxa7 Kh7 [Gegenspiel] Rublevsky; 10.Lh5 Dxe4 11.Sd2 Dd3 (Black can play even the fighting alternative 11...Dh4!? 12.Sb5 0-0 ) 12.Le2 Dg6 13.Lh5= (13.Sb5 Lh3 14.Lf3 Lxe3 15.fxe3 0-0-0! [mit Initiative] ) ; 10.f3 has been featured most often, but practice has proven Black has little to fear after 10...0-0 11.Sd2 d5! 12.Kh1 dxe4 13.fxe4 (13.Sxe4 Lb6 14.Te1 Lf5 15.Lf4 Lxe4 16.Lxe5 Sc6 17.Sxc6 Lxc6 18.Ld3 Dh5 1/2, Rublevsky,S (2680)-Grischuk,A (2717)/Elista cm/2007/) 13...Lg4 14.Lf4 Lxe2 15.Dxe2 Ld6 16.Tad1 (16.Sb5 S7c6 17.Sxd6 cxd6 18.Lg3 Tfe8 19.Tad1 Tad8 20.c4 Sd7 21.Tf4 Sc5 22.Lh4 Td7 23.Tdf1 Se6 24.Tg4 Dh5 25.h3 Se5 [Schwarz steht etwas besser] Movsesian,S (2659)-Acs,P (2600)/Budapest/2003/; 16.Lxe5 Lxe5 17.S2f3 Lxd4 18.cxd4 c6 19.Tae1 Tad8 20.Dc4 De6= Kindermann,S (2505)-Mikhalchishin,A (2530)/Dortmund op/1992/) 16...Tae8 17.Db5 Sg4 18.e5 c6 19.Dxb7 Lxe5 (19...Sxe5 20.S2f3 Sxf3 21.Lxd6 Sh4 22.Lg3 Shf5 23.Tde1 Sxg3+ 24.hxg3 c5 [Gegenspiel] 1/2, Chopy (1950)-Komodo1 (1774)/playchess.com/2008/) 20.Lxe5 1/2, Rublevsky,S (2645)-Najer,E (2615)/EU-ch Warsaw/2005/ 20...Sxe5 21.Dxa7 Sg4 22.Tde1 Sf2+! 23.Kg1 (23.Txf2 Sc8 [Schwarz steht etwas besser] ) 23...Sh3+ 24.Kh1 Sf2+= ] 10...Dxe4 The only consistent reaction. [10...Sg4 11.Lc1 h5 12.h3 [mit Initiative] is suspicious.] 11.Lf2 [11.Dd2? Sg4 12.Lxg4 Lxg4 13.Te1 Dd5 14.Sb5 0-0-0 15.Sxa7+ Kb8 16.Lxc5 Dxc5+ 17.Df2 Sd5 18.Dxc5 dxc5 19.Sb5 Sxf4 20.c4 Sd3 21.Te7 c6 22.S5c3 Le6 23.Sa3 Sf4 24.Tf1 Sg6 25.Texf7 Lxf7 26.Txf7 Thg8 27.h3 Td2 28.Se4 Txb2 29.Sxc5 Td8 30.Sd7+ Kc8 31.Sc5 Td1+ 32.Kh2 Tdd2 0-1, Chigorin,M-Schiffers,E/St Petersburg/1880/] 11...Lxd4 Again the best. [11...Dxf4? 12.Sb5+- ; ‹11...S5c6?! 12.Ld3 Dd5 13.c4 (13.Te1!? [mit Initiative] ) 13...Dxd4 14.Lxd4 Lxd4+ 15.Tf2 0-0 16.Sc3 Ld7 17.Dd2 Lxf2+ 18.Dxf2 a6 19.Te1 Tae8 20.h3 f5 21.a3 g6 22.b4 [Weiß steht besser] Dembo,Y (2427)-Mancini,M (2225)/Cappelle la Grande/2008/; 11...Sd7 12.Ld3 Dd5 13.c4 Dxd4 14.Lxd4 Lxd4+ 15.Tf2 Sf6 16.h3 Ld7 17.Sc3 0-0-0 18.Dc2 [Weiß steht etwas besser] / [Weiß steht besser] , Steingrimsson,H (2505)-Lukacs,P (2500)/Kecskemet/1991/] 12.cxd4 [12.Lxd4?! S5c6 13.Sd2 Dg6 doesn't give White sufficient compensation.] 12...S5g6 [‹12...S5c6?! 13.Sc3 Dxf4 (13...Dg6 14.d5 Sb8 15.Lh4 [Weiß steht besser] [mit Angriff] (15.Lh5!? [Weiß steht besser] ) ) 14.d5 Sb8 (14...Se5 15.Sb5 0-0 16.Sxc7 Tb8 17.Lxa7 Dg5 18.Lxb8 Lh3 19.Tf2 Txb8 20.Dc1+- Helmond,F (2090)-Nowik,V (2160)/Goch/1993/) 15.Sb5 Sa6 16.Lb6!? Dg5 17.Lxc7 [mit Initiative] ; Less clear, but still risky is 12...Sd7!? 13.Sc3 (13.Dd2!? [Kompensation] ) 13...Dxf4 14.Sb5 Sd5 15.Lf3 (15.Db3 S7b6 16.Sxc7+!? Sxc7 17.Le3 Le6 18.Lxf4 Lxb3 19.axb3 [Kompensation] [Endspiel] [Läuferpaar]) 15...S7f6 16.Te1+ Le6 17.Lg3 Dg5! (17...Df5 18.Lxd6 c6 19.Db3 Kd8 20.Te5 Dg6 21.Sc3 Sb6 22.Db4 Te8 23.Ta5 Sfd7 24.d5 Lxd5 25.Sxd5 cxd5 26.Lxd5 Sxd5 27.Dxb7 Tc8 28.Dxd5 [Weiß steht besser] Connor,S-Vetter,G/corr/1993/) 18.Tc1 0-0 19.Sxc7 Sxc7 20.Txc7 Ld5 21.Lxd6 Tfc8! 22.Txb7 Td8 23.Le7 Lxb7 24.Lxb7 Tab8 25.Lxd8 Txd8 26.Te7 Kf8 27.Te2 Df4 28.g3 Dxd4+ 29.Dxd4 Txd4 1/2, Merlini,D (2100)-Andresen,T (2330)/corr/1997/] 13.g3! [This restrained move has replaced the older 13.Sc3 Dxf4 14.Sb5 0-0 15.Sxc7 Tb8 16.d5 (16.Sb5 Sf5 17.Sxa7 Se3! (17...Ld7 18.g3 Dg5 19.Dc1 Dd8 20.Dd2 Te8 21.Sb5 d5 22.Tfe1 Le6 23.Tac1 Sd6 24.Sxd6 Dxd6 25.Lf1 Ta8 [Gegenspiel] Gelfand,B (2665)-Beliavsky,A (2655)/Paris rpd/1991/) 18.Lxe3 Dxe3+ 19.Kh1 (19.Tf2!? Sf4 20.Sb5= ) 19...Sf4 20.Lf3 (20.Lc4 Le6 21.Tf3 De4 [Schwarz steht etwas besser] ) 20...Ld7 21.Te1 Df2 [mit Initiative] [schwacher Punkt] ¤a7,Valade,P (2114)-Nagley,T (1977)/corr/2000/) 16...Dg5 (16...b6!? 17.Sb5 Dg5 18.Sxa7 Lb7 19.Sc6!? Sxc6 20.dxc6 Lxc6 21.Lg3 Tbe8 22.Lf3 [Kompensation] [Gegenspiel]) 17.Lxa7 Lh3 18.Tf2 Tbc8 19.Lb6 Sf4!? 20.Dd2 Seg6 21.Lf3 (21.Le3 Txc7 22.Lxf4= ; 21.Lb5!? ) 21...Lf5 22.Kh1 Dh6 23.Tff1 Se5 24.Ld1 g5 [Schwarz steht etwas besser] Markus,R (2195)-Hernandez Molina,D (2066)/corr/2002/ Black's forces are dangerously active in the vicinity of Whites' ¢.] 13...0-0 Black keeps the §, but allows himself to get pushed back. [The main alternative is 13...Lh3!? 14.Lf3 Df5 15.Te1 d5 16.Db3 0-0 17.Sc3 However, if White wants to fight for an advantage in this line, he must find something against 17...Lg4!N (17...c6 18.Dxb7 Tfb8 19.Dc7 Df6 1/2, Morozevich,A (2739)-Kramnik,V (2802)/Dortmund/2001/ 20.b3 (20.Sa4 Sf5 21.Tad1 Baroin,B (2052)-Castro,C (1603)/corr/2005/ 21...Tb4!? 22.b3 Sxd4 [unklar] ) 20...Sf5 21.Tad1 Tc8 (21...Tb4? 22.Lxd5 ) 22.Da5 Sh6 23.Td2 Sg4 24.Da4 Tc7 25.Tde2 Dd6 26.Da6 Db4 27.Dd3 Sxf2 28.Kxf2 [Weiß steht etwas besser] Hoefer,H (2057)-Berkley,S (1556)/corr/2002/) 18.Lxd5 Sxd5 1/2, Nakamura,H (2735)-Grischuk,A (2733)/ECC Ohrid/2009/] 14.Sc3 Df5 15.d5 [Kompensation] [Raum] Contrary to the 13...¥h3?! line, here White has managed to activate his ¥f2. 15...a6 Black must first coordinate his scattered pieces, only then he can try to free himself effectively. Immediate activity can backfire: [15...Td8 16.Lf3 c5 (16...c6 17.Te1 Sxd5 18.Sxd5 cxd5 19.Lxd5 Le6 20.Lxb7 Tab8 21.Le4 Da5 22.Ld4 Se7 23.a3 [Weiß steht besser] Slugin,S (2439)-Bykov,A (2300)/Voronezh/2009/) 17.Te1 (17.h4! [mit Initiative] Dembo) 17...Dd7 18.h4 Tb8?! (18...Sf5 19.h5 Sge7 20.g4 Sh6 21.Lg3 [Kompensation] ) 19.a4 a6 20.h5 Sf8 21.g4 b5 22.axb5 axb5 23.Lh4 Te8 24.f5 Kh8 25.f6 [mit Angriff] [schwacher Punkt]¢,Dembo,Y (2448)-Stefanova,A (2463)/Solin/2007/] 16.Te1 Kh8N This is slow and ineffective. [However, White's initiative is dangerous even after the more natural 16...Te8 17.Lf3 (17.Da4 Dd7 only helps Black.) 17...Ld7 18.Tc1 Tac8 19.a4 (19.h4!? h6 (19...Sf8?! 20.Se4 Kh8 21.Txc7! Txc7 22.Sxd6 Df6 23.Sxe8 Lxe8 24.d6 Td7 25.dxe7 Txe7 26.Lxb7 [Weiß steht besser] Engelhard,C-Zielinski,S/corr/2006/) 20.h5 Sxf4!? 21.gxf4 Dxf4 22.Te4 Dg5+ 23.Kh1 Sf5 24.Dg1 [Weiß steht etwas besser] ; 19.Db3 b5 20.Da3 (The game indicates Carlsen maybe intended to play 20.Se2!? [mit der Idee] 20...c5 21.dxc6 Sxc6 22.Sc3 [Kompensation] ) 20...Dh3 21.Lg2 Dh5 22.Da5 Lh3 23.Lh1 Lg4 24.Te3 Tf8 25.Tce1 Sf5 26.Td3 Sh6 (26...Sfh4!? [Kompensation] ) 27.Td2 Tfe8 28.Txe8+ Txe8 29.Dxa6 Ld7 [Gegenspiel] Koronowski,H (2201)-Glaser,K (2145)/corr/2002/) 19...Kf8 (19...b6!? ) 20.a5 Sg8 21.Txe8+ ([besser ist] 21.Db3! [mit Initiative] ) 21...Txe8 22.Se2 Se5 23.Sd4 Sxf3+ 24.Dxf3 Dg4 (24...Dg6 25.f5 Dg5 26.Txc7 Lc8 [Weiß steht etwas besser] ) 25.Txc7 Dxf3 26.Sxf3 Lg4 27.Se5! [Weiß steht etwas besser] Ganguly,S (2634)-Acs,P (2550)/Paks/2009/; 16...Ld7 can transpose into the lines above.; Even 16...Dd7 seems better, than the text-move.] 17.Tc1 Ld7 18.Lf3 Tac8 [18...c6?! 19.dxc6 Lxc6 20.Lg4 Da5 21.Dxd6 [Weiß steht besser] The [Läuferpaar] is very strong, while Black's ¤ have no outposts.] 19.Db3 b5 20.Se2! [mit Initiative] Dh3 [Perhaps it was time to lash out with 20...c5!? 21.dxc6 Sxc6 22.Ted1 [Weiß steht etwas besser] Although Black's 16-th move is less useful than 16...¦e8, his pieces get more chances to breathe, than later in the game.] 21.Sd4 Lg4 22.Lg2 Dh5 23.h4!? White continues to limit Black's forces. [Carlsen already wants more than 23.Sc6 Sxc6 24.Txc6 Lh3 25.Df3 [Weiß steht etwas besser] ] 23...Sg8? [23...Ld7 24.Tc3 [Weiß steht besser] [mit der Idee]¦ec1 [mit Initiative]; [besser ist] 23...Tfe8 24.a4 [mit Initiative] (24.Da3 Tg8!? [schwacher Punkt] d5) ] 24.Tc6 [Weiß steht besser] /+- Now the [schwacher Punkt] [Damenflügel] falls apart. 24...Sf6 25.Txa6 Ld7 26.Sxb5 Tb8 27.a4 Sg4 28.Lf3 Dh6 Sidelines the £. [[besser ist] 28...Df5!? 29.Le4 Dh5 ] 29.Dc4 [29.Lxg4 Lxg4 30.Dc3 [Weiß steht besser] [schwacher Punkt] c7 is possible as well, but White doesn't want to give any chances on the light squares.] 29...Sxh4 Desperation. [ 29...Sxf2 30.Kxf2 [mit der Idee] h5+- 30...Sxh4? 31.Th1+- ] 30.Lxg4 Lxg4 31.gxh4 Lf3 32.f5+- Black's pieces are too passive to create any [Gegenspiel] , the game is decided. 32...Dh5 33.Df4 Lxd5 34.Sxc7 Lb7 35.Tb6 [35.Txd6+- ] 35...f6 36.Ld4 Df7 37.Se6 Tg8 38.Kf2 Tbc8 39.Lc3 Ld5 40.a5 Tc4 41.Sd4 La8 42.Dxd6 Dh5 43.Df4 Tcc8 44.Tbe6 1-0

(2) Crespo,Ramon Jose (2481) - Ramirez,Abraham Raul (2487) [C45]
Marcussi mem corr Argentina, 1996
[Stohl]

1.e4 e5 2.Sf3 Sc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Sxd4 Lc5 5.Le3 Df6 6.c3 Sge7 7.Lc4 Se5 8.Le2 Dg6 9.0-0 d6 10.f4 Lh3 [10...Sg4 11.Lc1 (11.f5 Sxe3 12.fxg6 Sxd1 13.gxf7+ Kf8 14.Txd1 Kxf7 [Schwarz steht etwas besser] ; 11.Lxg4 Dxg4 12.Dd3 Ld7 13.f5 Sc6 14.Sf3 Lxe3+ 15.Dxe3 0-0-0 16.h3 Dg3 17.Sbd2 Kb8 18.Tf2 Se5 19.Te1 Tde8 20.Sxe5 Dxe5= Vescovi,G (2511)-Oblitas Guerrero,C (2389)/Sao Paulo/2000/) 11...h5 12.h3 Sf6 (12...Se5 13.fxe5 dxe5 14.Kh1 exd4 15.cxd4 [mit Initiative] [Zentrum]) 13.f5 Dh7 (13...Dg3 14.Lf4 [Entwicklungsvorsprung] [mit Initiative]) 14.Dd3 [Weiß steht etwas besser] [schwacher Punkt] £h7; [besser ist] 10...Dxe4 ] 11.Tf2 [11.Lf3 Sxf3+ 12.Dxf3 Lg4 13.Dg3 Ld7 14.Df3 Lg4= ] 11...Dxe4 [11...Sg4 12.Lxg4 Lxg4 13.Dd3 [Weiß steht etwas besser] Lukacs] 12.Dd2 [12.fxe5 Dxe3 13.gxh3 dxe5 14.Da4+ c6 (14...Kd8 15.Lg4 c6 16.Sa3 exd4 17.Sc4 [Kompensation] ) 15.Dc4 Dg5+ 16.Lg4 exd4 17.cxd4 Lb6 18.Dxf7+ Kd8 19.De6 Dd5 [Schwarz steht etwas besser] ] 12...Sd5 [12...Sg4 13.gxh3 Sxf2 (13...Sxe3? 14.Ld3+- ) 14.Lxf2 Lxd4 15.cxd4!? Sd5 16.Lg3 [Weiß steht etwas besser] ] 13.fxe5 dxe5 [13...Dxe3 14.Dxe3 (14.exd6 Dxd2 15.Sxd2 Le6 16.dxc7 Sxc7= ) 14...Sxe3 15.gxh3 (15.exd6 Le6 16.dxc7 Tc8= ) 15...dxe5 -13...de5] 14.gxh3 [14.Lg5!? exd4 15.Lf3 De5 16.cxd4 (16.gxh3 d3 [Kompensation] ) 16...Dxd4 (16...Lxd4 17.Sc3 Lxf2+ 18.Kxf2 [mit Initiative] ) 17.Lxd5 [Weiß steht etwas besser] (17.Dxd4 Lxd4 18.Lxd5 f6 19.Lf4 0-0-0= ) ] 14...Dxe3 15.Dxe3 Sxe3 16.Sb3 Lb6 17.Kh1 c6 18.Lf1 Td8 19.Sa3 f5 20.Td2 [20.Sc2!? Sxc2 21.Txc2 [Weiß steht etwas besser] ] 20...Ke7 21.Sc4 Sxc4 22.Txd8 Txd8 23.Lxc4 Kf6 24.Le2 e4 25.Td1 Txd1+ 26.Lxd1 Ke5 [Kompensation] 27.Sd2 Kf4 28.Kg2 Lc7 29.Kf1 g5 30.a4 Ke3 31.Sc4+ Kd3 32.Le2+ Kc2 33.Se3+ Kxb2 34.Sxf5 Kxc3 [Schwarz steht etwas besser] 35.h4 gxh4 36.h3 Lg3 37.Se7 a6 [37...c5!? ] 38.Ld1 Kd2 39.Le2 Lc7 40.Sf5 Le5 41.Se7 Lf6 42.Sf5 b5 43.axb5 cxb5 44.Sd6 Ke3 45.Sxb5 axb5 46.Lxb5= 1/2-1/2

(3) Dembo,Yelena (2427) - Mancini,Mario (2225) [C45]
Cappelle op 24th Cappelle la Grande (6), 20.02.2008
[Stohl]

1.e4 e5 2.Sf3 Sc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Sxd4 Lc5 5.Le3 Df6 6.c3 Sge7 7.Lc4 Se5 8.Le2 Dg6 9.0-0 d6 10.f4 Dxe4 11.Lf2 S5c6 12.Ld3 Dd5 13.c4 [13.Te1!? [Entwicklungsvorsprung] Ld7 (13...0-0? 14.Sxc6 Dxc6 (14...Sxc6 15.Lxh7+ ) 15.Txe7+- ; 13...Lxd4 14.cxd4 [mit der Idee] ¤c3 [Weiß steht besser] [mit Angriff]) 14.Le4 Dc4 15.Sd2 Da6 16.Lxc6 bxc6 17.Se4 [mit Initiative] ] 13...Dxd4 14.Lxd4 Lxd4+ 15.Tf2 [15.Kh1 Lxb2 [unklar] ] 15...0-0 16.Sc3 Ld7 [16...Lf5 17.Sd5 [mit Initiative] ; [besser ist] 16...Lxf2+ 17.Kxf2 [Weiß steht etwas besser] / [Weiß steht besser]] 17.Dd2 Lxf2+ 18.Dxf2 a6 19.Te1 Tae8 20.h3 f5?! [schwacher Punkt] ‘e 21.a3 g6 22.b4 [Weiß steht besser] [22.c5 [Weiß steht besser] ; 22.Sd5!? ] 22...Sd8 23.Dh4 Le6 24.Te3 c6 25.Se2 Sc8 26.g4! [mit Angriff] fxg4 27.hxg4 Ld7 28.Txe8 Txe8 29.f5 gxf5 30.gxf5 Se7 31.Sg3 Sf7 32.Df6 Kf8 33.Sh5 Sg8 34.Dg7+ [34.Dg7+ Ke7 35.f6+ Ke6 36.Dg4+ Ke5 37.De4# ] 1-0

(4) Steingrimsson,Hedinn (2505) - Lukacs,Peter (2500) [C45]
Kecskemet Szechenyi Kecskemet (3), 1991
[Stohl]

1.e4 e5 2.Sf3 Sc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Sxd4 Lc5 5.Le3 Df6 6.c3 Sge7 7.Lc4 Se5 8.Le2 Dg6 9.0-0 d6 10.f4 Dxe4 11.Lf2 Sd7 [11...S5g6? 12.Sd2! Dd5 (12...Dxf4 13.Sb5+- ) 13.Lf3+- ] 12.Ld3 Dd5 [12...Dxf4? 13.Sb5+- ] 13.c4 Dxd4 [einziger Zug] 14.Lxd4 Lxd4+ 15.Tf2 [15.Kh1 Lxb2 16.Sd2 Lxa1 [unklar] ] 15...Sf6 16.h3 Ld7 [16...0-0? 17.Lxh7++- ; [besser ist] 16...Lxf2+ 17.Kxf2 Le6 18.Sc3 0-0-0 19.Df3 The8 20.Se4 (20.Te1 [Weiß steht etwas besser] ) 20...Sxe4+ 21.Lxe4 c6 22.Dc3 g6 23.Lf3 d5 [Gegenspiel] Rinkewitz,F-Pilz,E/corr/2004/] 17.Sc3 0-0-0 18.Dc2 d5 [18...h5 19.Kh2 Lxf2 20.Dxf2 Kb8 21.Te1 The8 22.Dg3 [mit Initiative] ] 19.Kh2 Lxf2 20.Dxf2 Kb8 21.Te1 The8 22.cxd5 Sexd5 23.Sxd5 Sxd5 24.Txe8 Txe8 [24...Lxe8 25.Lxh7! [mit der Idee] 25...g6 26.f5+- ] 25.Lc4 [Weiß steht besser] /+- In an open position the £ outperforms Black's pieces. 25...Lc6 [25...c6 26.Dh4 Lf5 27.Lxd5 cxd5 28.Dh5+- ] 26.Dd4 Sb6 27.g4! [‹27.Lxf7 Te2 ] 27...Sxc4 28.Dxc4 Tf8 [28...Te7 29.Dd4+- ] 29.Dc5 Td8 [29...Te8 30.Df5+- ] 30.De7 Td2+ 31.Kg1 b5 32.Dxf7 Txb2 33.Dxg7 Tg2+ 34.Kf1 Kb7 35.f5 Txa2 36.f6 b4 37.f7 b3 38.f8D Lb5+ 39.Kg1 b2 40.Df3+ 1-0

(5) Merlini,Dusan (2100) - Andresen,Tarald (2330) [C45]
EM/M/A010 email ICCF email, 1997
[Stohl]

1.e4 e5 2.Sf3 Sc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Sxd4 Lc5 5.Le3 Df6 6.c3 Sge7 7.Lc4 Se5 8.Le2 Dg6 9.0-0 d6 10.f4 Dxe4 11.Lf2 Lxd4 12.cxd4 Sd7 13.Sc3 [13.Dd2!? ] 13...Dxf4 14.Sb5 Sd5 15.Lf3 [15.Db3 S7b6 16.Sxc7+!? Sxc7 17.Le3 Le6 18.Lxf4 Lxb3 19.axb3 [Kompensation] [Endspiel] [Läuferpaar]] 15...S7f6 [15...S7b6 16.Te1+ Le6 17.Lg3 Dg5 18.Tc1 0-0 19.Sxc7 Sxc7 20.Txc7 Ld5 21.Lxd6 Tfe8 22.Le5 Lorentzen,O (2450)-Sande,O (2530)/corr/1997/ 22...f6 23.Lg3 [Weiß steht etwas besser] ] 16.Te1+ [16.Tc1 0-0 17.Sxc7 Sxc7 18.Txc7 Lg4!? (18...d5 19.Lg3 De3+ 20.Kh1 1/2, Iochis,D-Mozaliov,S (2300)/Moscow/1996/ 20...Lf5!? [Gegenspiel] ) 19.Lxg4 (19.Txb7 Lxf3 20.Dxf3 Dxf3 21.gxf3 Tfb8 22.Txb8+ Txb8 23.Tc1 g5= ) 19...Sxg4 20.Lg3 De3+ 21.Kh1 f5 [unklar] ] 16...Le6 17.Lg3 Dg5 [17...Df5? 18.Lxd6 [mit Angriff] ] 18.Tc1 0-0 19.Sxc7 Sxc7 20.Txc7 Ld5 21.Lxd6 Tfc8 22.Txb7 Td8! 23.Le7 [23.Le5 Lxb7 24.Lxb7 Tab8 25.Lxb8 Txb8 26.De2 h6 27.Lc6 (27.Lf3 Da5 [mit der Idee] £a2, ¦e8) 27...Da5 28.b3 Db6 29.De5 Td8= ] 23...Lxb7 24.Lxb7 Tab8 25.Lxd8 Txd8 26.Te7 [26.d5!? Tb8 27.Dc1 Dh4 (27...Dxc1?! 28.Txc1 Kf8 29.d6! [mit der Idee] 29...Txb7 30.Tc8+ Se8 31.Td8+- ) 28.h3 [Weiß steht etwas besser] ] 26...Kf8 27.Te2 Df4 28.g3 White has to give back the §. [28.Td2? Sg4 [mit Angriff] ; 28.d5 Dc7 29.Db3 Dc1+ 30.Kf2 Df4+ 31.Kg1= (31.Df3? Sg4+-+ ) ] 28...Dxd4+ 29.Dxd4 Txd4 [29...Txd4 30.Lf3 [Weiß steht etwas besser] /=] 1/2-1/2

(6) Gelfand,Boris (2665) - Beliavsky,Alexander G (2655) [C45]
Paris Immopar rapid Paris (1), 1991
[Stohl]

1.e4 e5 2.Sf3 Sc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Sxd4 Lc5 5.Le3 Df6 6.c3 Sge7 7.Lc4 Se5 8.Le2 Dg6 9.0-0 d6 10.f4 Dxe4 11.Lf2 Lxd4 12.cxd4 S5g6 13.Sc3 Dxf4 14.Sb5 0-0 15.Sxc7 Tb8 16.Sb5 Sf5 [16...Ld7 17.Sxa7 Dg5 18.a4 Sf5 19.Kh1 Tfe8 20.Lf3 Sgh4 21.Ta3 Sxf3 22.Txf3 Ta8 23.d5 Te7 24.Db3 Tae8 25.Dxb7 Le6 26.Db4 Lxd5 27.Df4 Dxf4 28.Txf4 Helbich,J (2195)-Acs,P (2460)/Montecatini Terme/1997/ 28...Se3= ] 17.Sxa7 [17.g3 Dg5 18.Sxa7 Sf4!? (18...Ld7 19.Dc1 -17.¤a7) 19.Sxc8 Sxe2+ 20.Dxe2 Tbxc8 21.Tfe1 h5 [Schwarz steht etwas besser] [schwacher Punkt] ¢g1 [Königsflügel] ,Toma,K (2225)-Zawadzka,J (2335)/Krynica/2003/] 17...Ld7 [17...Se3!? 18.Lxe3 Dxe3+ 19.Kh1 ([besser ist] 19.Tf2 Sf4 20.Sb5= ) 19...Sf4 20.Lf3 Ld7 21.Te1 Df2 22.Te7 Tfd8 23.Tc1 Dxb2 24.Tc7 Le6 25.Txb7 Txb7 26.Txb7 Dxa2 [Schwarz steht besser] Valade,P (2114)-Nagley,T (1977)/corr/2000/] 18.g3 Dg5 19.Dc1 Dd8 [19...Df6 20.Dd2 Tfe8 21.Tac1 De6 22.Lb5 Dd5!? 23.Lc4 (23.Lxd7 Se5 ) 23...Df3 24.Dd1 Dxd1 25.Tfxd1 Ta8 26.d5 Se3 27.Te1 Sxc4= 1/2, Hinken,J (1937)-Schueler,W (2152)/corr/2007/] 20.Dd2 Te8 21.Sb5 d5 22.Tfe1 Le6 23.Tac1 Sd6 24.Sxd6 Dxd6 25.Lf1 Ta8 26.a4 h5 27.a5 [27.Dg5!? ] 27...Lf5 28.Txe8+ Txe8 29.Dc3 Le4 [29...h4!? ] 30.Dc7 Df6 [[besser ist] 30...Db4 31.Dd7 Te6 ] 31.Tc3 Dg5? [31...Te7 [Weiß steht etwas besser] ] 32.Dxb7 Sh4 33.Db5?! [33.a6 Dg4! (33...Sf3+? 34.Txf3 Lxf3 35.a7 Dd8 36.b4 Da8 37.La6 g5 38.Db6 Kg7 39.Lb7 Te1+ 40.Lxe1 De8 41.Lf2 De4 42.Da6 1-0, Jacewicz,G-Giazzi,G/corr/1998/) 34.Db5 (34.Db3 Sf3+ 35.Txf3 Lxf3 36.h3 Df5 37.a7 Le4 38.Db8 Dc8 39.Db6= ) 34...Sf3+ 35.Txf3 Dxf3 36.Dxe8+ Kh7 37.Le1 Dh1+ 38.Kf2 Df3+ 39.Kg1 Dh1+= Jacewicz,G; 33.Le2!? [Weiß steht besser] ] 33...Ta8 34.Le2 Sf5 35.Lf3 h4 36.Lxe4 dxe4 37.Dd5 Te8 38.a6 hxg3 39.hxg3 e3 40.Txe3 Txe3 41.a7 Txg3+ 42.Lxg3 Dxg3+ 43.Dg2 De1+ 44.Df1 De3+ 45.Df2 Dc1+ 46.Df1 Dg5+ 47.Dg2 Dc1+ 48.Df1 [Zeitnot] [48.Df1 Dg5+= ] 1-0

(7) Markus,Roland (2195) - Hernandez Molina,David Enrique (2066) [C45]
IECG CA.2002.0.00055 email IECG email, 12.06.2002
[Stohl]

1.e4 e5 2.Sf3 Sc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Sxd4 Lc5 5.Le3 Df6 6.c3 Sge7 7.Lc4 Se5 8.Le2 Dg6 9.0-0 d6 10.f4 Dxe4 11.Lf2 Lxd4 12.cxd4 S5g6 13.Sc3 Dxf4 14.Sb5 0-0 15.Sxc7 Tb8 16.d5 Dg5 17.Lxa7 Lh3 18.Tf2 [18.Lf3 Tbc8 19.Sb5 (19.Tc1!? ) 19...Sf4 20.Le3 Seg6 21.Dd2 (21.g3 Lxf1 22.Kxf1 Df6 [Kompensation] ) 21...Tce8 22.g3 Lxf1 23.Kxf1 Df6 24.Ld4 Df5 25.gxf4 Sxf4 26.Kg1 Sh3+ 27.Kg2 Sg5 28.Dd1 Te1 0-1 Kotsur,P (2548)-Peng Xiaomin (2574)/Shenyang 1999/EXT 2000] 18...Tbc8 19.Lb6 [19.Sb5 Sf4 (19...Sxd5 20.Lf3 Sgf4 21.Lxd5 Sxd5 22.Dd2 Dxd2 23.Txd2 Le6 24.Tad1= ) 20.Lf3 Ld7! 21.Sxd6 Ta8 22.Lc5 Sh3+ [Schwarz steht etwas besser] ] 19...Sf4 [19...Ld7 20.Dd4 Se5 21.Te1 Sf5 22.Df4 Dxf4 23.Txf4 Se7 24.Tb4 Lf5 25.Lf1 Tfd8 26.Te3 [mit Initiative] Lastin,A (2495)-Mozaliov,S (2300)/Moscow/1996/] 20.Dd2 Seg6 21.Lf3 [21.Le3 Txc7 22.Lxf4= ; 21.Lb5!? ] 21...Lf5!? [21...Lg4 22.Kh1 Lxf3 23.Txf3 Dg4 24.Sb5 Dd7 25.Sc3 Sh5 26.Ld4 Ochoa de Echaguen,F (2415)-Godena,M (2485)/Lisbon/1993/ 26...f6 [Gegenspiel] ] 22.Kh1 Dh6 23.Tff1 Se5 24.Ld1 g5! [mit Initiative] 25.Dd4 Dg7 [25...Dg6!? ] 26.g3 [26.h4 Dh6 [mit Initiative] ] 26...Dg6! 27.h4 Le4+ 28.Kh2 gxh4 29.Tg1 Sg2 [einziger Zug] 30.gxh4 Kh8 31.Dd2 [31.h5 Df5-+ [mit Angriff]] 31...Tg8 32.Dg5 Dxg5 33.hxg5 Txg5 Black's [mit Angriff] persists even in the [Endspiel] . 34.Tc1 Tg6 35.Tc3 Tcg8 [35...Th6+ 36.Kg3 Tg8+ 37.Kf2 Th2-+ ] 36.Lh5 Th6 37.Th3 f5-+ 38.Ld4 Tg7 39.Se8 Txh5! 40.Lxe5 [40.Txh5 Sf3+ 41.Kh1 Sxd4 42.Sxg7 Sf4+ 43.Kh2 Sf3+-+ ] 40...Txh3+ 41.Kxh3 dxe5 42.Sxg7 Kxg7 0-1

(8) Morozevich,Alexander (2440) - Balashov,Yuri S (2545) [C45]
St Petersburg zt St Petersburg (7), 1993
[Stohl]

1.e4 e5 2.Sf3 Sc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Sxd4 Lc5 5.Le3 Df6 6.c3 Sge7 7.Lc4 Se5 8.Le2 Dg6 9.0-0 d6 10.f4 Dxe4 11.Lf2 Lxd4 12.cxd4 S5g6 13.Sc3 Dxf4 14.Sb5 0-0 15.Sxc7 Tb8 16.d5 b6!? 17.Sb5 [17.Lxb6 Dg5 18.Ld4 Sf5 19.Kh1 Tb4 [mit Initiative] 20.Lxa7 Txb2 21.Tf2 De7! 22.Sb5 Txb5 23.Lxb5 Dxa7 [Schwarz steht besser] Murariu,A (2299)-Borisek,J (2089)/Oropesa del Mar/2000/] 17...Dg5 18.Sxa7 [18.Lf3 La6 [Schwarz steht besser] ; 18.Sxd6 Sxd5!? [Schwarz steht etwas besser] (18...Dxd5 19.Lf3 (19.Lc4 Dxd1 20.Tfxd1 Le6 [Schwarz steht etwas besser] ) 19...Dxd1 20.Taxd1 Le6 21.b3 [Kompensation] / [Schwarz steht etwas besser]) ] 18...Lb7 19.Lg3? [[besser ist] 19.Sc6!? Sxc6 20.dxc6 Lxc6 21.Lf3 is a better choice. White has some compensation, but basically he is fighting only for equality. (21.Lg3 Tbe8 22.Lf3 Lxf3 23.Dxf3 Te6 24.a4 Da5 25.Lf2 Se5 26.Db7 d5 27.Tfd1 Td8 28.b3 Dc3 29.Tdc1 Dxb3 30.Tc8 Tee8 31.Txd8 Txd8 32.Dxb6= Maur,R-Zielinski,S/corr/2005/) 21...Lxf3 22.Dxf3 Db5 23.Ld4 Se5 24.Df2 f5 25.a4 Db4 26.Lc3 Db3 27.Tad1 De6 28.Dd4 Tfd8 29.Dd5 Dxd5 30.Txd5= Lastin,A (2510)-Aleksandrov,A (2606)/Minsk/2000/; 19.Lf3 Lxd5 20.Lxd5 Sxd5 21.h4 Df5 22.Sc6 Tbc8 23.Lxb6 De4 24.Te1 Dc4 25.Sa7 Sxb6 26.Sxc8 Sxc8 27.h5 Se5-+ [mit Angriff] , Voitsekhovsky,S (2540)-Balashov,Y (2555)/Kstovo/1998/] 19...Sxd5 20.Dc1 [20.Tf2 Sf6! [mit der Idee] ¤e4 [Schwarz steht besser]] 20...De7?! [[besser ist] 20...Se3! 21.Te1 (21.Lf3 Se5 [Schwarz steht besser] ) 21...Tbe8 (21...Tfe8! [Schwarz steht besser] Morozevich) 22.Lb5 Te6 23.Ld7 Dd5 24.Lc6 Lxc6 25.Dxc6 Dd2 26.Lf2 Sg4 27.Df3 S6e5 28.De2 Dg5 29.Lg3 Sxh2! 0-1, Urisek,M (1984)-Starace,U (1951)corr/2005/ 30.Lxh2 Sg4 31.Dc2 Sxh2 32.Txe6 Sf3+ 33.Kf2 Sd4-+ ] 21.Te1 Se5 22.Sb5 Sf6 [22...De6 [Schwarz steht etwas besser] ; 22...Tbc8!? [Schwarz steht etwas besser] ] 23.Dg5 De6? [23...h6 24.Dh4 Tfe8 25.Tad1 Tbd8 [unklar] Morozevich] 24.Sxd6 Sfd7 [24...Dxd6 25.Lxe5 [Weiß steht besser] ] 25.Sf5 g6 26.Lg4!+- Kh8 27.Txe5 Sxe5 28.Sd4 Dxg4 29.Lxe5+ 1-0

(9) Slugin,Sergey (2439) - Bykov,Alexey (2300) [C45]
Voronezh op 13th Voronezh (2), 13.06.2009
[Stohl]

1.e4 e5 2.Sf3 Sc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Sxd4 Lc5 5.Le3 Df6 6.c3 Sge7 7.Lc4 Se5 8.Le2 Dg6 9.0-0 d6 10.f4 Dxe4 11.Lf2 Lxd4 12.cxd4 S5g6 13.g3 0-0 14.Sc3 Df5 15.d5 Td8 16.Lf3 c6 17.Te1 [mit Initiative] Sxd5 [17...Ld7 18.Le4 Dh3 19.Lg2 Df5 20.Se4 Le8 21.g4! [mit Initiative] [mit der Idee] 21...Dxf4?? 22.Lg3+- ] 18.Sxd5 cxd5 19.Lxd5 Le6!? [19...Sf8 20.Tc1 Se6 21.Dd2 [Entwicklungsvorsprung] [Weiß steht besser]] 20.Lxb7 Tab8 21.Le4 Da5 22.Ld4 Se7 [22...Ld5 23.Lxd5 Dxd5 24.b3 [Weiß steht etwas besser] / [Weiß steht besser]] 23.a3 [Weiß steht besser] Sf5 24.b4 Da6 25.Lf2 Tbc8 26.Dh5 [26.Dd3!? [Weiß steht besser] ] 26...g6 27.Dg5 d5 28.Lg2 [[besser ist] 28.Lxf5 Lxf5 29.Ld4 [mit Initiative] ] 28...d4 29.g4 Sg7 30.Df6 Dd6 [[besser ist] 30...Se8 31.De5 d3 [Gegenspiel] ] 31.Tad1 d3 32.Lc5 Dd7?! [32...Txc5 33.bxc5 Dxc5+ 34.Kh1 Td7 [unklar] ] 33.f5! Lc4 [33...gxf5 34.gxf5 Sxf5 (34...Lxf5 35.Te7+- ) 35.Le4 (35.Td2!? ) 35...d2 36.Te2 [mit Angriff] ] 34.Te4 Da4 [[besser ist] 34...Se8 [Weiß steht besser] ] 35.Td2 Dxa3? [35...Da6 [einziger Zug] 36.Dxa6 Lxa6 37.Te7 [Weiß steht besser] ] 36.Txc4 Se8 37.Dc3 1-0

(10) Dembo,Yelena (2448) - Stefanova,Antoaneta (2463) [C45]
Solin 15th Solin (6), 12.12.2007
[Stohl]

1.e4 e5 2.Sf3 Sc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Sxd4 Df6 5.Le3 Lc5 6.c3 Sge7 7.Lc4 Se5 8.Le2 Dg6 9.0-0 d6 10.f4 Dxe4 11.Lf2 Lxd4 12.cxd4 S5g6 13.g3 0-0 14.Sc3 Df5 15.d5 Td8 16.Lf3 c5!? 17.Te1 [17.h4! Ld7 18.Te1 [Weiß steht besser] Dembo] 17...Dd7 18.h4 Tb8?! [18...Sf5 19.h5 Sge7 20.g4 Sh6 21.Lg3 [Kompensation] Dembo] 19.a4 [19.h5! Sf8 20.h6 [mit Angriff] ] 19...a6 20.h5 Sf8 21.g4 [21.h6 [mit Angriff] ] 21...b5 22.axb5 axb5 23.Lh4 [23.f5!? h6 24.f6! [mit Angriff] Dembo] 23...Te8 24.f5 [Weiß steht besser] Kh8 25.f6 Sg8 26.fxg7+ Kxg7 27.Dd2 [27.Se4!? [mit Angriff] ] 27...Txe1+ 28.Txe1 h6 29.Se4 Sh7 30.Df4 Tb6 31.Lg3 Ta6 32.Sxd6 [32.Kg2! [Weiß steht besser] ] 32...Sg5 33.Lg2 [33.Sf5+ Dxf5 34.gxf5 Sh3+ [Weiß steht etwas besser] ] 33...Dxg4 34.Se8+ Kh8 [[besser ist] 34...Kh7 ] 35.Dxg4 Lxg4 36.d6 Ld7 37.Sc7 Ta4 38.Sd5 Tg4 [38...Ta6!? [Weiß steht etwas besser] ] 39.Kh2 Kh7 40.Ta1 [40.Sb6 [Weiß steht besser] ] 40...Td4 41.Sb6 Lf5 42.Le5 Td2 43.Kg1? [43.Kg3 [Weiß steht besser] ] 43...Lg4 [43...Lh3! [Gegenspiel] ] 44.Tf1 f6 45.Lf4 Td4 46.Kh2 Lxh5 47.Tf2? [47.d7 Se6 48.Sd5 [Weiß steht besser] ] 47...Lg4! [Schwarz steht etwas besser] 48.Sd5 Le6 49.Sc3 Ld7 50.Se2 Td1 51.Sg3 Kg6 52.Se4 Sxe4 53.Lxe4+ f5 54.Tg2+ Kf7? [[besser ist] 54...Kf6 55.Lb7 Le6 ] 55.Lf3 Td4 56.Le5 Td3 57.Le2 Td5 58.Tg7+ Kf8 59.Txd7 Td2 [59...Txe5 60.Lh5 Te4 61.Tf7+ Ke8 62.Tg7+ Kd8 63.Txg8+ Kd7 [Weiß steht etwas besser] ] 60.Kg3 Txe2 61.Kf4 h5? [61...Tf2+ 62.Ke3 [Weiß steht besser] ] 62.Kxf5+- Ke8 63.Tb7 Sh6+ 64.Ke6 Txe5+ 65.Kxe5 Sf7+ 66.Kd5 h4 67.Te7+ Kf8 68.Te4 h3 69.Th4 c4 70.Txh3 b4 71.Tf3 1-0

(11) Ganguly,Surya Shekhar (2634) - Acs,Peter (2550) [C45]
Paks Marx mem 7th Paks (10), 05.10.2009
[Stohl]

1.e4 e5 2.Sf3 Sc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Sxd4 Lc5 5.Le3 Df6 6.c3 Sge7 7.Lc4 Se5 8.Le2 Dg6 9.0-0 d6 10.f4 Dxe4 11.Lf2 Lxd4 12.cxd4 S5g6 13.g3 0-0 14.Sc3 Df5 15.d5 Ld7 16.Te1 Tfe8 17.Tc1 a6 18.Lf3 Tac8 19.a4!? Kf8 [19...b6 is perhaps better, but one hardly wants to make such a commital move...] 20.a5 [mit Initiative] Sg8 21.Txe8+ [21.Db3! [Weiß steht besser] is stronger.] 21...Txe8 22.Se2 Se5 23.Sd4 Sxf3+ 24.Dxf3 Dg4 [24...Dg6 25.f5 Dg5 26.Txc7 Lc8 27.Da3 (27.Se6+ fxe6 28.fxe6+ Sf6 29.Ld4 Lxe6 (29...Dxd5?? 30.Tf7+ Kg8 31.Txg7++- ) 30.dxe6 Txe6 31.Dxb7 Dxa5 32.Tf7+ Ke8 33.Lf2 (33.Lxf6 De1+ 34.Kg2 Te2+ 35.Kh3 Df1+ 36.Kg4 h5+ 37.Kg5 Dc1+ 38.Kxh5 Txh2+ 39.Kg4 Dd1+ 40.Kf4 Dd2+ 41.Ke4 Te2+ 42.Kf5 Dd3+ 43.Kg4 De4+!-+ ) 33...Te1+! 34.Kg2 Te2 35.Txg7 Txf2+ 36.Kxf2 Dd2+= ) 27...Dd8 28.Dc3 Se7 29.Dc4 [Weiß steht etwas besser] [mit der Idee] (29.Se6+ fxe6 30.fxe6 Kg8 31.Ld4 Tf8 32.Lxg7 Sxd5 33.e7 Sxe7 34.Lxf8 Dxf8 35.Txe7 Dxe7 36.Dxc8+ Kg7= ) 29...Sxd5?! 30.Txc8 ] 25.Txc7 Dxf3 26.Sxf3 Lg4 27.Se5!? [27.Sg5 Te7 28.Sxh7+ Ke8 29.Txe7+ Sxe7 30.Ld4 Lf5= ] 27...dxe5 28.Lc5+ Se7 29.fxe5 [29.d6 Tc8 30.Txc8+ Lxc8 31.dxe7+ Ke8= ] 29...Tc8 [einziger Zug] 30.Lxe7+ Ke8 31.Txb7 [31.Txc8+ Lxc8 32.d6 h5 33.Kf2 Le6 34.Ke3 Kd7= ] 31...Lf3 32.Ld6 [32.Ta7 Lxd5 33.La3 Tc2!? (33...Ta8 [Weiß steht etwas besser] ) 34.Txa6 Tg2+ 35.Kf1 Txb2 [Weiß steht etwas besser] ; [besser ist] 32.e6!? fxe6 (32...Lxd5 33.exf7+ Kxf7 34.Ta7 Ta8 35.Tc7 [Weiß steht etwas besser] / [Weiß steht besser]) 33.Ld6 Lxd5 34.Te7+ Kd8 35.Txg7 [Weiß steht etwas besser] ] 32...Lxd5 33.Te7+ Kd8 34.b4 Tc2 35.Ta7 Tg2+ 36.Kf1 Txh2 37.Ke1 [37.Txa6 Lc4+ 38.Kg1 Lxa6 39.Kxh2 h5= ] 37...Lc4= 38.Tc7 Te2+ 39.Kd1 Te4 40.Kd2 [40.b5 Lxb5 41.Txf7 Tg4= ; 40.Kd2 Tg4= ] 1/2-1/2

(12) Namyslo,Holger (2545) - Gutsche,Dieter (2446) [C45]
W-ch20 q05 corr ICCF email, 02.07.2001

1.e4 e5 2.Sf3 Sc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Sxd4 Lc5 5.Le3 Df6 6.c3 Sge7 7.Lc4 Se5 8.Le2 Dg6 9.0-0 d6 10.f4 Dxe4 11.Lf2 Lxd4 12.cxd4 S5g6 13.g3 Lh3 14.Lf3 Df5 15.Te1 c6 16.d5 Dd7 17.Sc3 0-0 18.dxc6 bxc6 19.Se4 Tfd8 20.Sg5 Le6 21.Sxe6 fxe6 22.Lg4 Sf8 23.De2 Sd5 24.Lxe6+ Sxe6 25.Dxe6+ Dxe6 26.Txe6 Kf7 27.Tae1 a5 28.f5 g6 29.fxg6+ hxg6 30.T6e4 Tab8 31.Tf1 Kg8 32.b3 Tb4 33.Te6 Kg7 34.Le1 Td4 35.a4 Td3 36.Lxa5 Ta8 37.Le1 Txb3 38.Txd6 Txa4 39.Txc6 Td3 40.Te6 Ta2 41.Tf2 Txf2 42.Kxf2 Kf7 43.Te4 Kf6 44.h4 Kf5 45.Ta4 Tb3 46.Ld2 1/2-1/2

(13) Hoefer,Hans Peter (2057) - Berkley,Stephen W (1556) [C45]
IECC KO email IECC email, 23.05.2002
[Stohl]

1.e4 e5 2.Sf3 Sc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Sxd4 Lc5 5.Le3 Df6 6.c3 Sge7 7.Lc4 Se5 8.Le2 Dg6 9.0-0 d6 10.f4 Dxe4 11.Lf2 Lxd4 12.cxd4 S5g6 13.g3 Lh3 14.Lf3 Df5 15.Te1 d5 [15...0-0 16.Lxb7 (16.d5?! is not too impressive here, as Black has already actively developed his ¥ and his £ has a safe square on d7. 16...Tfe8 [Schwarz steht etwas besser] ) 16...c6?! (16...Tab8 17.Le4 Dd7 (17...Db5 18.b3 Lf5 19.Sc3 Da5 20.Lxf5 Sxf5 21.Dd3 [mit der Idee] d5 [mit Initiative]) 18.b3 [Weiß steht etwas besser] ) 17.d5! Tae8 18.dxc6 Sd5 19.Txe8 Txe8 20.c7! Sxc7 21.Sc3 [Weiß steht besser] h5 22.Dxd6 Te7 23.Dc5 Dc2 24.Sd5 Dxc5 25.Lxc5 Td7 26.Lc6 Sxd5 27.Lxd7 Lxd7 28.Lxa7+- Smeets,J (2573)-Koneru,H (2612)/Wijk aan Zee/2008/; 15...c6 16.d5 Dd7 (16...c5 17.Sc3 0-0 18.Se4 Dd7 19.Sg5 Tae8 20.Sxh3 Dxh3 21.Lg4 Dh6 22.h4 f5 23.Lf3 Sc8 24.Da4 Sge7 25.Te6 [mit Angriff] Namyslo,H (2537)-Plomp,M (2532)/corr/2000/) 17.Sc3 0-0 18.dxc6 bxc6 19.Se4 Tfd8 20.Sg5 Le6 21.Sxe6 fxe6 22.Lg4 Sf8 23.De2 Sd5!? (23...Sf5 24.Tad1 [Kompensation] ) 24.Lxe6+ Sxe6 25.Dxe6+ Dxe6 26.Txe6 Kf7 27.Tae1 a5 [Gegenspiel] Namyslo,H (2545)-Gutsche,D (2446)/corr/2001/] 16.Db3 0-0 17.Sc3 c6 18.Dxb7 Tfb8 [18...Df6 19.b3 (19.Da6! [Weiß steht etwas besser] ) 19...Sf5 20.Tad1 Sh6 21.Da6 Lg4 22.Dd3 Tfe8 23.b4 Txe1+ 24.Txe1 Lxf3 25.Dxf3 Sf5= Tomczak,J (2433)-Brzeski,M (2260)/Leba/2008/] 19.Dc7 Df6 In this position the game Morozevich-Kramnik, Dortmund 2001 ended a draw. Subsequent correspondence games seem to indicate White has perhaps a slight edge due to his better pawn structure and can continue without much risk, but it's difficult to get anything more concrete. It would be interesting to know what Kasparov and Carlsen had in mind here... [19...Txb2 20.Txe7 Sxe7 (20...Dc2 21.Sd1! Sxe7 22.Sxb2 Dxb2 23.Te1 [Weiß steht besser] ) 21.Dxe7 Dd3 (21...Dc2 22.De3 [Weiß steht etwas besser] ) 22.De3 [Weiß steht etwas besser] ] 20.b3 [20.Sa4 Sf5 21.Tad1 Sh6 (21...Tb4!? 22.b3 (22.Da5 Sxd4 23.Lh5 (23.Lxd5 Sxf4! 24.gxf4 cxd5 [mit Initiative] [mit der Idee] 25.Dxb4? Dg6+ 26.Lg3 Dc2-+ ) 23...Sc2 24.Te2 Df5 25.Lf3 Lg4 26.Lxg4 Dxg4 27.Sc3 Tc4 28.Txc2 Txc3 [Schwarz steht etwas besser] ) 22...Sxd4 23.Lh5 Sc2 (23...Sb5!? ) 24.Te2 Sd4= (24...Df5? 25.Dxc6 ) ) 22.Tc1 Tc8 23.Da5 Sg4 24.Dd2 h5 25.Sc5 h4 26.b4 Td8 27.Dc3 Sxf2 (27...Tab8!? ) 28.Kxf2 Te8 29.Sd3 Txe1 30.Txe1 [Weiß steht etwas besser] Baroin,B (2052)-Castro,C (1603)/corr/2005/] 20...Sf5 21.Tad1 Tc8 22.Da5 Sh6 23.Td2 Sg4 24.Da4 [24.Sa4? Sxf2 25.Kxf2 Sxf4! [Schwarz steht besser] ; 24.Dc5!? ] 24...Tc7 [24...h5!? [mit der Idee] h4 [Gegenspiel]] 25.Tde2 Dd6 26.Da6 Db4 27.Dd3 Sxf2?! Again this antipositional exchange... [[besser ist] 27...Te7 ] 28.Kxf2 [Weiß steht etwas besser] Te7 29.f5 Txe2+ 30.Sxe2 Se7 31.f6! Sg6 [31...gxf6 32.Sf4 Lf5 33.De3 [mit Initiative] ] 32.fxg7 Te8 33.Tc1 [33.g4 Dd6 34.Sg3 Txe1 35.Kxe1 Sh4 [Gegenspiel] ] 33...Ld7 34.Dc3 [34.Tc5!? Kxg7 35.Dc3 Db6 36.Sc1 [Weiß steht etwas besser] ] 34...De7 35.Tf1 Kxg7 36.b4 Dd6 37.Kg2 De7 38.Sc1 Dg5 [Gegenspiel] 39.Kh1 [39.Kf2 h5= ] 39...Te3 40.Dd2 Lh3 41.Te1 [41.Te1 Te6 (41...Txe1+ 42.Dxe1 Sf8= ) 42.Dc3 Txe1+ 43.Dxe1 Sf8 44.Sb3 Se6= ] 1/2-1/2

(14) Nakamura,Hikaru (2735) - Grischuk,Alexander (2733) [C45]
EU-Cup 25th Ohrid (7), 10.10.2009
[Stohl]

1.e4 e5 2.Sf3 Sc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Sxd4 Lc5 5.Le3 Df6 6.c3 Sge7 7.Lc4 Se5 8.Le2 Dg6 9.0-0 d6 10.f4 Dxe4 11.Lf2 Lxd4 12.cxd4 S5g6 13.g3 Lh3 14.Lf3 Df5 15.Te1 d5 16.Db3 0-0 17.Sc3 Lg4! 18.Lxd5 [18.Lg2 c6 19.Dxb7 Tfb8 [Schwarz steht etwas besser] [mit der Idee] 20.Dc7 Txb2 21.Txe7? Dc2 22.Tf1 Sxe7-+ ; Too dangerous is 18.Lxg4?! Dxg4 19.Dxb7 Sf5! (Black can bail out with 19...Sxf4 20.Txe7 Sh3+ 21.Kg2 Sf4+= 22.Kf1? Dh3+ 23.Ke1 Tab8 24.Da6 Txb2-+ [mit Angriff] , but he doesn't have to anymore.) 20.Dxd5 (20.Sxd5 Sgh4 [mit Initiative] ) 20...Sgh4 21.Kh1 Sf3 22.Te2 Tad8 [mit Angriff] [mit der Idee]¦d6-h6; 18.Sxd5 Lxf3 19.Sxe7+ Sxe7 20.Dxf3 Dd5 [Schwarz steht etwas besser] ] 18...Sxd5 [18...Sxd5 19.Dxd5 Dxd5 (19...c6 20.Dxf5 Lxf5 21.d5= ) 20.Sxd5 c6 21.Se7+ Sxe7 22.Txe7 b6 23.Tc1 Lf3= [ungleichfarbige Läufer]] 1/2-1/2

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