[Event "Grandmaster Tournament Biel"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.07.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[Annotator "M.Cebalo"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

{This is for the first time that the young Norvegian prodigee comes to Biel
with the highest Elo, a detail which puts him logicaly in a position of the
favourite for a final victory.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2
Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. d5 {'!?'} exd5 8. cxd5 {An extremely topical gambit line of
the Queen's Indian. White sacrifices a pawn for the long-term initiative.'}
Nxd5 ({Some of top level games have demonstrated that to capture the pawn with
the bishop is inferior to the text. Here is the most important example:} 8...
Bxd5 9. Nc3 Bc6 10. e4 Be7 11. Bf4 O-O 12. O-O-O Na6 13. Qe2 Nb4 14. a3 Qc8 15.
Kb1 a5 16. Ne5 Re8 17. Rhe1 Bf8 18. g4 g6 19. Bg3 Re6 20. f4 d6 21. Nxc6 Nxc6
22. Nb5 Ne8 23. e5 dxe5 24. Bd5 a4 25. fxe5 Ng7 26. Qf3 Rb8 27. Nd6 Bxd6 28.
exd6 Nd4 29. Rxd4 Rxe1+ 30. Bxe1 cxd4 31. Qxf7+ Kh8 32. d7 Qc5 33. Bb4 {
1-0 Gelfand,B (2729)-Aronian,L (2761)/Dortmund 2006.}) 9. O-O Be7 10. Rd1 ({
In the most recent example of this highly interesting gambit line a strange
looking} 10. Qe4 $5 {was tried:} Bc6 ({Not good for Black is} 10... Qc7 $6 11.
Nh4 $1 O-O 12. Nf5 Bf6 13. Rd1 $16 {Pantsulaia-Sakelsek, Istanbul 2007}) ({
as well as} 10... O-O $6 11. Rd1 {
where Black is forced to weaken his position by} f5 12. Qc4 b5) 11. Ne5 Nf6 12.
Nxc6 Nxc6 13. Qa4 O-O 14. Rd1 Nd4 $1 15. Nc3 ({After} 15. Bxa8 $6 Qxa8 $44 {
Black has very good compensation for the exchange:} 16. Qc4 (16. Nc3 b5 $1 17.
Qa6 Rb8 18. Rxd4 Rb6 19. Qa5 cxd4 20. Nxb5 Qe4 21. Nxa7 Re6 22. Bd2 Qxe2 $40)
16... Qe4 17. Nd2 Qxe2 ({or maybe} 17... Qg4 18. f3 Qh3 $44) 18. Qxe2 Nxe2+ 19.
Kg2 Nd4 20. Nf3 Ne6 $5 $13) 15... b5 16. Qa6 ({Hardly makes sense for White} 
16. Nxb5 $6 Nxe2+ 17. Kf1 Nxc1 18. Raxc1 Rb8 $15) 16... b4 (16... Rb8 17. Bf4
Qb6 18. Qxb6 Rxb6 19. Bc7 (19. Be5 $11) 19... b4 $1 20. Bxb6 bxc3 21. bxc3
Nxe2+ 22. Kf1 Nxc3 23. Re1 axb6 24. Rxe7 b5 $11) 17. Nd5 ({Here} 17. Bxa8 $5
Qxa8 18. Na4 {was more to the point, with unclear play after} Nd5 $1 ({not} 
18... Qe4 $6 19. Be3 $1) 19. Qd3 Re8 20. Re1 Qc6 21. b3 Nc7 $5 $13) 17... Nxd5
18. Bxd5 Rb8 19. Bf4 Qb6 ({Black had a choice between several options. After} 
19... d6 $5 {White possibly could try the exchange sacrifice} 20. Rxd4 $5 ({
Black is OK in other lines} 20. e3 Nb5 $1 21. Bc4 Rb6 22. Qa4 a6) ({and} 20.
Qc4 Bg5 $1 21. e3 Nb5 22. Rac1 Qf6 23. Bxg5 Qxg5 24. Bc6 a6 $1) 20... cxd4 21.
Qxa7 {
though the compensation will probably give him no more than equal chances.}) ({
Also possible was} 19... Rb6) ({and} 19... Qc8) 20. Qc4 d6 21. e3 Nb5 ({
White is somewhat better after} 21... g5 22. exd4 gxf4 23. dxc5 dxc5 24. Qxf4
$14 {though possibly not much.}) 22. g4 ({Here interesting was} 22. Qe4 $5 {
where Black could defend by} Bf6 23. Rd2 Rbe8 $5 24. Qf5 Be5 25. Bc4 (25. Bg5
Bxb2 $1 26. Rxb2 Re5 $15) 25... Bxf4 $5 26. Qxf4 Rd8 27. Rad1 a6) 22... Nc7 23.
Be4 g6 ({Not} 23... Rfd8 $2 24. Bxh7+ Kxh7 25. Qxf7 $40 Bf6 ({or} 25... Re8 26.
g5 d5 27. Qh5+ Kg8 28. g6 Bf6 29. e4 d4 30. e5 Bxe5 31. Re1 Re6 32. Qh7+ Kf8
33. Rxe5 Rxg6+ 34. Bg3 {and Black is in trouble}) 26. g5 Bxb2 27. Rab1 Bc3 28.
Rd3 $1 Qa6 29. Rbd1 Qc8 30. e4 {etc.}) ({But} 23... Rbd8 $1 {was possible:} 24.
Bxh7+ $6 Kxh7 25. Qe4+ Kg8 26. Qxe7 Rfe8 27. Qh4 d5 $15 {favours Black}) 24.
Rd2 Rbd8 ({The alternative was} 24... Qb5 $5) 25. Qe2 $6 ({After the natural} 
25. Rad1 $1 $44 {White would have had very good compensation for a pawn. If
Black returns the pawn by} d5 (25... Qb5 $2 26. Qxb5 Nxb5 27. Bh6 $16) 26. Bxd5
Nxd5 27. Rxd5 Qe6 {, then White is somewhat better after} 28. h3 $14) 25... d5
$1 26. Bxc7 Qxc7 27. Rxd5 {
1/2-1/2 Aronian,L-Anand,V/Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP 2008} ({
Here a draw was agreed. After} 27. Rxd5 c4 $1 $15 {
followed by ...c3 only Black may have some reasons to play for a win.})) 10...
Nc6 (10... Qc8 11. Bg5 ({
It is interesting to see Magnus defending Black's side:} 11. Qf5 Nf6 12. Bg5
Nc6 13. Nc3 d5 14. Qf4 d4 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nd5 Bd8 17. e3 Ne7 18. Nxe7 Bxe7
19. exd4 O-O 20. dxc5 (20. d5 $13) 20... bxc5 21. Rac1 a5 22. b3 {
1/2-1/2 Svidler,P-Carlsen,M/3rd Aerosvit Foros 2008} (22. b3 Ra6 23. Re1 Bf6
24. Ne5 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 a4 26. bxa4 Qa8+ 27. Qf3 Rxa4 28. Nd7 Qxf3+ 29. Kxf3 Rfa8
30. Nxf6+ gxf6 31. Rxc5 Rxa2 32. Rf5 Kg7 {1/2-1/2 Cheparinov-Kamsky, Baku 2008}
)) 11... f6 $5 12. Bd2 Nc6 13. Qa4 Nc7 14. Nc3 O-O 15. Bf4 Ne6 16. Bd6 Re8 17.
Bxe7 Nxe7 18. Qxd7 Qxd7 19. Rxd7 Bc6 20. Rd6 Nd8 21. Nh4 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Nf7 23.
Rd7 Ne5 24. Rc7 N5c6 25. Rd1 Red8 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27. Nb5 Kf8 28. Nxa7 {
1/2-1/2 Aronian,L-Leko,P/Wijk aan Zee NED 2008}) 11. Qf5 (11. Qa4 Nf6 12. Nc3
O-O 13. g4 Nb4 14. a3 Nbd5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. g5 Bc6 17. Qh4 Ne8 18. Ne5 Bxg2
19. Rxd7 Bb7 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Be3 Rd5 22. Nf3 Nd6 23. Qa4 b5 24. Qc2 Nf5 25.
a4 b4 26. Rd1 Rxd1+ 27. Qxd1 Nxe3 28. fxe3 Rd8 29. Qc2 g6 30. h4 Bd6 31. Kf2 a6
32. Nd2 Bf8 33. Nc4 Bc8 34. Qe4 Be6 35. b3 Rd5 36. Kg3 h6 37. gxh6 Bxh6 38. Qf3
Kh7 39. e4 Rh5 40. Nd6 Bg5 41. Nxf7 Bxh4+ 42. Kg2 c4 43. bxc4 Kg8 44. Nd6 Rg5+
45. Kh1 Rg3 46. Qf4 Rh3+ {Draw agreed, because the perpetual check can't be
avoided.. 1/2-1/2 Shirov,A-Aronian,L/Elista RUS 2007}) 11... Nf6 12. e4 d6 (
12... g6 13. Qf4 O-O 14. e5 Nh5 15. Qg4 d5 16. exd6 Bxd6 17. Nc3 Qb8 18. Bh6
Re8 19. Qa4 a6 20. Nd5 b5 21. Qh4 Ne7 22. Ne3 Ra7 23. Rd2 Nc6 24. Nf5 Nd4 25.
N3xd4 cxd4 26. Nxd6 Qxd6 27. Rxd4 Qe6 28. Bxb7 Rxb7 29. Rad1 Rbb8 30. Rd6 Qe5
31. Qb4 Nf6 32. Qf4 Qxf4 33. Bxf4 Nh5 34. Bh6 a5 35. Ra6 a4 36. Rd7 Ra8 37.
Rxa8 Rxa8 38. Rb7 Ng7 39. Rxb5 Nf5 40. Bf4 Nd4 41. Rb8+ Rxb8 42. Bxb8 f5 43.
Kf1 Kf7 44. Ba7 Nc6 45. Bc5 Ke6 46. Ke2 Kd5 47. Bf8 Kc4 48. h4 Nd4+ 49. Ke3 Ne6
50. Be7 Nc7 51. Bd6 Nd5+ 52. Kd2 Nf6 53. Bb8 Nd5 54. Bd6 Nf6 55. Bf8 Ng4 56.
Ke2 Nf6 57. Bh6 Nd5 58. Bd2 Nf6 59. Bc3 Ne4 60. Bg7 Nc5 61. Ke3 Ne6 62. Bh8 Nc5
63. f3 Ne6 64. Bf6 Nc7 65. Kf4 Ne6+ 66. Ke3 Nc7 67. Kd2 Nd5 68. Bc3 h6 69. Bg7
h5 70. Bc3 f4 71. g4 hxg4 72. fxg4 Ne3 73. h5 gxh5 74. gxh5 Nf5 75. Bg7 Ng3 76.
h6 Ne4+ 77. Ke2 Ng5 78. Be5 f3+ 79. Ke3 a3 80. b3+ Kd5 81. Bf4 Nf7 82. Kxf3 Kd4
83. h7 {1-0 Wang Yue-Rowson,J/Liverpool ENG 2007}) 13. e5 ({
This seems to be stronger than} 13. Nc3 Qc8 (13... Qb8) 14. Qxc8+ Rxc8 15. Bf4
Rd8 16. Nb5 (16. Rd2 O-O 17. Rad1 Rfe8 $15) 16... Nxe4 17. Nd2 Nf6 18. Nc4 d5
19. Ncd6+ Bxd6 20. Nxd6+ Rxd6 21. Bxd6 Kd7 22. Bf4 Nd8 {
and Black has enough compensation.}) 13... Qd7 ({Or} 13... g6 14. Qc2 Nb4 15.
Qb3 Bd5 16. Rxd5 Nfxd5 17. a3 c4 18. Qa4+ Qd7 19. axb4 {
and White is clearly better.}) 14. Qxd7+ ({
Practically forced, since other moves bring White only trouble:} 14. Qg5 h6 15.
Qxg7 Rh7 16. exf6 Rxg7 17. fxg7 O-O-O $17) (14. Nh4 g6 15. Qf3 Ng4 16. exd6
O-O-O 17. Nc3 Bxh4 18. gxh4 Nd4 $17) (14. Qf4 Nh5 15. Qc4 O-O (15... d5 16.
Rxd5 Qe6 17. Ng5 Bxg5 18. Bxg5 Na5 19. Qa4+ Bc6 20. Qd1 Bxd5 21. Qxd5 Qxd5 22.
Bxd5 Rc8 23. g4 $16) (15... Na5 16. Qe2 d5 17. h3 g6 18. Bh6 $44) 16. exd6 (16.
g4 Na5) (16. h3 g6 17. Nc3 Na5 18. Qd3 Rad8) 16... Bxd6 17. Nc3 Rad8 18. Qh4
Nd4 19. Nxd4 cxd4 20. Qxd4 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Nf6 $11) 14... Nxd7 15. exd6 Bf6 16.
Re1+ {Diagram #} ({It looks quite logical to prevent Black from castling,
although this move puts white rooks in a geometrically awkward position. After
} 16. Nc3 O-O-O 17. Bg5 (17. Ng5 Nde5 18. Bf4 (18. Nge4 Nd4 19. Nxf6 gxf6 20.
Bxb7+ Kxb7 21. Ne4 f5 $17) 18... Bxg5 19. Bxg5 f6 20. Be3 Nb4 21. Ne4 Kb8 $15)
17... h6 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. h4 Rhe8 20. Rd2 (20. Rac1 Kb8) 20... Kb8 21. Rad1
Na5 22. b3 Ne4 23. Nxe4 Bxe4 24. Re2 f5 {Black equalizes rather easily.}) 16...
Kf8 ({Better than} 16... Kd8 17. Bg5 (17. Ng5 Bxg5 18. Bxg5+ f6 19. Bd2 Rb8 (
19... Re8 20. Na3 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Nde5 22. f4 Nd3 23. Bxc6 Bxc6 24. Re7) 20. Na3
Nce5 21. Bc3 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 $14) 17... h6 18. Bxf6+ Nxf6 19. Na3 Re8 20. Nc4 Ne4
21. Rad1 {and White is slightly better.}) 17. Nc3 Nb4 18. Bg5 $1 Nc2 $1 {
Diagram # Suggested by Bareev as an improvement comparing to his game with
Judith Polgar which was another example of a long fight in an aproximately
equal ending which ended in White's favour as well:} (18... Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Rd8
20. Bxf6 Nxf6 21. Re7 Nc2 22. Rd1 Nd4 23. Kg2 g6 24. Rxa7 Rxd6 25. Be2 Kg7 26.
Bc4 Rd7 27. Rxd7 Nxd7 28. Re1 Kf8 29. a4 h5 30. Nd5 h4 31. g4 g5 32. Nc7 Nf6
33. h3 Kg7 34. Re5 Kh6 35. f4 Nh7 36. f5 Nc6 37. Rd5 Kg7 38. f6+ Kh6 39. Bb5
Nb4 40. Rd6 Rb8 41. Na6 Nxa6 42. Bxa6 Nf8 43. Bc4 Rb7 44. Kf3 Nd7 45. Ke4 Kg6
46. Bd3 c4 47. Bxc4 Nxf6+ 48. Kd4 Kg7 49. Bb5 Re7 50. Rxb6 Re4+ 51. Kd3 Rb4 52.
Kc2 Nxg4 53. Kc3 Re4 54. hxg4 h3 55. Rd6 h2 56. Rd1 Rxg4 57. Rh1 Rg3+ 58. Kb4
Rg2 59. Kb3 g4 60. a5 g3 61. Bc6 Re2 62. a6 Re7 63. Ra1 Ra7 64. Bg2 {
1-0 Bareev,E (2643)-Polgar,J (2727)/Elista (m/2) 2007}) 19. Re7 $1 ({
The only way to look for initiative since} 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Re7 Bxf3 21. Bxf3
Re8 22. Rxe8+ Kxe8 23. Rd1 Nd4 24. Bg2 Kd7 (24... Kd8 25. Bf1 Re8 26. Bc4 $11)
25. Bf1 Kxd6 (25... Re8 26. Bc4 Kxd6 27. Nb5+ Kc6 28. Nxa7+) 26. Nb5+ Kd5 27.
Bg2+ {leeds to eqaulity.}) 19... Bxf3 ({
What would happen if Black takes the Re7? Let's take a look:} 19... Bxe7 20.
Bxe7+ (20. dxe7+ Ke8 21. Rc1 f6 22. Rxc2 fxg5 23. Re2 g4 24. Nb5 Nf6 25. Nd6+
Kd7 26. Ne5+ Kxd6 27. Bxb7 Rae8 28. Nf7+ Kc7 29. Ba6 Rhg8 30. Bc4 a6 {
with the idea to deviate the bishop in order to be able to put the knight on
d5 and eliminate the dangerous passed pawn.}) 20... Kg8 21. Rd1 Rb8 22. Nd5 h5
23. Rd2 (23. a3 Bc6 24. Rd2 Na1) 23... Bxd5 24. Rxd5 Nb4 25. Rd2 g6 (25... Nxa2
$2 26. Bh3 {winning}) 26. Ng5 Rc8 27. a3 Nc6 28. Bd5 {
and White keeps the initiative.}) 20. Bxf3 Bxg5 21. Rxd7 Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Bxd8 23.
Rd1 Nd4 24. Bg2 ({White has other options as well:} 24. Bd5 $5) (24. Kg2 $5)
24... h5 {The simplest way to activate the rook.} 25. a4 (25. Bf1 $5 Rh6 26.
Nb5 {might have been more to the point.}) 25... a6 26. Bb7 Rh6 27. d7 Rd6 28.
Bc8 Nf3+ 29. Kg2 Rxd1 30. Nxd1 Ne1+ 31. Kf1 Nf3 32. h4 Ke7 (32... a5 $5 {
was worth considering.}) 33. Ne3 g6 34. Bxa6 Kxd7 {It is hard to believe that
Black has managed to loose such a symbolicaly worse endgame, but such things
happen occasionaly.} 35. Ke2 Ne5 36. f4 Ng4 37. Bb5+ Ke7 38. Nd5+ Kd6 39. Bc4
Nh6 40. Ne3 Bf6 41. Bd3 Bd8 42. Kf3 Ng4 $2 {An unnecessary pawn sacrifice.
Obviously Black was afraid of f4-f5, but to activate the bishop with tempo
looks like a reasonable idea:} (42... Bf6 43. b3 Ke6 ({better than} 43... Bd4
44. f5 Bxe3 45. Kxe3 Nxf5+ 46. Bxf5 gxf5 47. Kf4 Ke6 48. Kg5 Ke5 49. Kxh5 f4
50. gxf4+ Kxf4 51. Kh6 Kg4 52. h5 f5 53. Kg6 f4 54. h6 f3 55. h7 f2 56. h8=Q
f1=Q {with a difficult queen endgame.})) 43. Nxg4 hxg4+ 44. Kxg4 Ke6 {
Now Black's task became considerably more difficult.} 45. Bc4+ Ke7 46. Kf3 f5
$2 {This is against the well known rule in such endgames which says that the
weaker side should put his pawns on the colour of his bishop, while the
stronger side should put his pawns on the colour of opponents bishop.} 47. Ke2
Kf8 48. Kd3 Bf6 49. b3 Bb2 50. Bd5 Ba3 51. Kc4 Bb4 52. Kb5 Ba5 {
From now on Black will find himself in zugzwang.} 53. Bc4 Ke7 54. Kc6 Kf6 55.
Bd3 Kf7 56. h5 gxh5 57. Bxf5 Kf6 58. Be4 Kg7 59. Bf3 Kh6 60. Kb5 Kg6 61. Bd1
Kh6 62. Be2 Kg6 63. Bf3 Kh6 64. Bc6 {Black is loosing the h pawn and the game.}
1-0

[Event "Grandmaster Tournament Biel"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.07.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[Annotator "M.Cebalo"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 {At this moment I feel obliged to
quote some nice comments of Roumanian Gm Marin:" This is one of the most
ambitious continuations. White not only prevents in radical way Black's plan
to win space on the queen side by means of ...b5, but also takes under control
the b6-square, which has just been weakened on the previous move. We can see a
similar way to meet ...a6 in other closed variations. For instance, in the
Swiss Variation of the Queen's Gambit Declined, characterized by the moves 1.
d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 0-0 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.Rc1 a6!?, one of
White's main options is 8.c5. After 5.c5 from the Slav Opening, the queen side
position usually remains blocked for a long while. The pawn break ...b6 would
leave the c5-square weak (here we can notice the small damaged caused by the
advance of the a-pawn: Black cannot meet cxb6 with ...axb6 any more) while
White's plan based on b4, a4, b5 is too time consuming for the moment. These
aspects transform the centre into the main theatre of operations, with the
pawn breaks e4 and ...e5 as the main topic.} Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 {"Black does not
tolerate the bishop on this active square. One of the ideas behind playing ...
Nbd7 at such an early stage is to take the e5-square under control in order to
prevent (or, better said,discourage) Be5, which would caused Black some lack
of coordination if he had played ...g6 instead."} 7. Bd2 Nhf6 8. Qc2 ({
The main alternative is} 8. Rc1 {e.g:} g6 {Now we shall follow two Topalov's
games from Sofia Mtel Master 2006 with some comments from GM Marin:} (8... Qc7
9. g3 $5 e5 (9... g6 $6 10. Bf4 $14 {/+/-}) 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Bf4 {
leads to unexplored complications.}) (8... e5 $146 {This natural move was a
novelty at the time. Bacrot tried to improve on Kamsky's play from round five
of the same tournament, but he underestimated White's resources. The game
shows that 8...e5 is inferior to 8...g6.} 9. Nxe5 ({After} 9. dxe5 {
White must reckon with} Ne4 $13) 9... Nxe5 10. dxe5 Ng4 ({Now after} 10... Ne4
{White keeps advantage with} 11. Nxe4 (11. Na4 Qc7 $11) 11... dxe4 12. g3 {
since both 12...Qd5 and 12...Qd4 run into 13.Ba5+/-.}) 11. Na4 {The knight is
only temporary on a4. In fact Topalov's last move besides protecting pawn c5,
also cleverly exploits the weakness on b6.} Nxe5 (11... Bf5 12. Bc3 Qe7 13. Qd4
$16) 12. Bc3 ({Stronger than} 12. Nb6 Rb8 13. Bf4 Qf6 (13... f6 14. Qd4 $14)
14. e3 (14. Qd2 Be6 15. Qe3 {unexpectedly favours Black:} Ng4 16. Qg3 Qxb2 17.
h3 Ne5 18. Na4 Qb4+ 19. Nc3 d4 20. Bxe5 Rd8 $132) 14... g5 15. Bg3 {
when White is just marginally better}) 12... f6 {An ugly move, especially
given the fact that White can exchange opponent's light-squared bishop. On the
other hand Bacrot didn't have a choice - it is difficult for Black to deal
with White's pressure on the long diagonal.} (12... Nd7 13. Bd4 Nf6) 13. Nb6 $1
{White plays very simple: the bishop pair secures a stable advantage. In the
game Topalov convincingly converted it into a full point.} ({Weaker is} 13. e3
Bf5 14. Be2 Be7 15. O-O O-O {and Black has no problems.}) 13... Rb8 14. Nxc8
Rxc8 15. g3 $1 {As it often happens, a pawn move that closes one diagonal
weakens another one. After the move 12...f6 Black has problems with the
diagonal c8-h3.} Qd7 16. h4 $1 {In spite of his novelty, the opening outcome
is not satisfactory for Black who must suffer with basically no prospectives
for any activity. Besides, White has a clear and easy play.} Qf7 17. Bh3 Nd7 ({
Nothing changes} 17... Rd8 18. f4 {
and the jump on c4 is hardly better than the retreat on d7:} Nc4 (18... Nd7 19.
b4 {leads to the game}) 19. Bd4 ({or} 19. Qd4 Qe7 20. b3 Na3 21. Ba5 Ra8 22.
Kf2 $16) 19... Be7 20. h5 O-O (20... g6 21. Qb3 Rb8 22. e4 $16) 21. Bf5 $16 {
However, the move 17...Rd8 is more logical, since in the game White could play
19.h5 instead of 19.f4.}) 18. b4 Rd8 19. f4 (19. h5 {at once was strong as
well, but possibly Topalov didn't want to deviate from his initial intentions
(Black could achieve this position, had he started with 17...Rd8).Maybe all
this was still a home preparation...}) 19... Be7 20. h5 $1 {A powerful play.
White increases the space advantage and creates targets for his bishops. Black
completely lacks coordination due to the fact that his pieces have no good
squares.} g6 $6 {It must be very painful to produce such a move, especially
for a high-class player like Bacrot. Black tries to prevent White from
switching the bishop to b1-h7 diagonal, but it offers White a lot of other
possibilities. His plan to continue ...Rg8, ...f5 and then ...Nd7-f6 is too
slow.} ({Probably White's task would have been more difficult after} 20... O-O
21. Bf5 Rfe8 {with a passive, but relatively solid position.}) 21. Qb3 {
Pointing out light-squared weaknesses in Black's position. The idea is to play
quickly e2-e4 and then penetrate with the bishop on e6.} (21. hxg6 hxg6 {,} 22.
Bxd7+ $2 Kxd7 {and the rook on h8 is protected}) 21... Rg8 22. e4 $1 gxh5 {
In order to create some counterplay, hoping to complicate opponent's task.} ({
Another option was to stick to the initial plan and try to defend the position
after} 22... f5 23. exd5 Qxd5 (23... cxd5 24. Bg2 Nf6 25. Bxf6 Bxf6 26. Rd1 $16
{/+-}) 24. Qxd5 cxd5 25. hxg6 hxg6 26. Bg2 Nf6 $16) 23. exd5 cxd5 (23... Qxd5
24. Qxd5 cxd5 25. Kf2 $16) 24. Kf2 h4 $1 (24... f5 25. Bg2 Nf6 26. Bxf6 Bxf6
27. Rcd1 $16) 25. Bxd7+ $1 {A good practical decision, confirming the
well-known saying about the bishops pair. Topalov doesn't wish to allow any
activity for his opponent.} (25. gxh4 f5 $132) ({
Preventing the advance ...f5 by means of} 25. Bf5 {allows activity anyway:}
Rxg3 (25... hxg3+ 26. Kg2 $16) 26. Rxh4 Qg7 $1 {
and somehow Black is able to create threats with limited forces.}) (25. g4 Kf8
$13) 25... Rxd7 26. Rxh4 d4 {The arising endgame is difficult for Black,
although the desire to exchange queens is understandable.} 27. Qxf7+ Kxf7 28.
Bd2 Rg7 29. Rh5 $1 {Preventing ...f6-f5.} Bf8 ({More stubborn is} 29... d3 {
and White's plan from the game doesn't work:} 30. c6 $2 (30. Kf3 $16) 30...
bxc6 31. Rxc6 Bxb4 $1 32. Bxb4 d2 33. Rh6 Rg6 34. Rxh7+ Rg7 35. Rxg7+ Kxg7 36.
Bxd2 Rxd2+ 37. Ke3 Rxa2 $11) 30. c6 $1 bxc6 31. Rxc6 {The rest is a matter of
technique, since Black is unable to avoid the loss of at least a pawn.} d3 (
31... Rd6 32. Rxd6 Bxd6 33. Ra5 $18) 32. Rxa6 Kg8 (32... Bxb4 33. Bxb4 d2 34.
Rh6 $1 $18 {winning the second pawn after} Rg6 (34... d1=Q 35. Raxf6+ Ke8 36.
Rf8#) (34... d1=N+ 35. Ke2 Rxg3 36. Rxh7+ Rg7 37. Rxg7+ Kxg7 38. a4 $18) 35.
Rxh7+ Rg7 36. Rxg7+ Kxg7 37. Bxd2 Rxd2+ 38. Ke3 $18) 33. Rh1 (33. Rxf6 $2 Rge7
$132) 33... Rde7 34. Kf3 Re2 35. Rd1 {Black's activity is a temporary factor.}
h5 (35... f5 36. Be3 Bxb4 37. Rxd3 Re1 38. Rd8+ Kf7 39. Rd5 $18) 36. Rxf6 h4
37. gxh4 {It turns out that Black does not have any dangerous threats.} Rgg2
38. Be3 Be7 39. Ra6 Rxa2 40. b5 Rab2 41. Rxd3 Bxh4 42. Rd7 {
1-0 Topalov,V (2804)-Bacrot,E (2708)/Sofia 2006.}) 9. h3 Qc7 ({
Possibly the best chances to equalize offers} 9... Bg7 10. Bf4 Ne4 (10... O-O
11. e3 Ne4 ({Insufficient is} 11... Ne8 12. Be2 (12. Bd3 f6 $1 {leads to the
game Kasparov-Genius 3, Cologne 1995, where the opening result favoured Black.
That game pointed out the drawbacks of developing the bishop on d3.} 13. e4 e5
{The position becomes very sharp now. During the next sequence of moves, one
of the greatest players of the history was completely outplayed by a machine.}
14. dxe5 Nxc5 15. exd5 fxe5 16. Be3 Nxd3+ 17. Qxd3 e4 18. Qxe4 Nf6 19. Qc4 Nxd5
20. Nxd5 Be6 21. O-O Bxd5 {with a huge advantage for Black, who, nevertheless
went on losing as a consequence of exagerated greediness.}) 12... Nc7 13. O-O
Re8 14. Bg5 $1 $14) 12. Be2 Nxc3 13. bxc3 b6 14. cxb6 Qxb6 15. O-O $14 {
1-0 Graf,A (2646)-Kuraszkiewicz,M (2304)}) 11. e3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 (12. Rxc3 O-O
13. Be2 Re8 14. O-O e5 15. Bh2 exd4 16. exd4 {
1/2-1/2 Golod,V (2571)-Kritz,L (2578)/Las Vegas 2006}) 12... Qa5 13. Be2 e5 $5
$13 {0-1 Roussel Roozmon,T (2419)-Kritz,L (2578)}) 10. g3 Bg7 {
Looks like the best continuation under the circumstances.} (10... e5 {
played by Topalov two months prior to the present game is much too risky:} 11.
Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Bf4 (12. dxe5 Qxe5 13. Na4 $1 $13) 12... Nfd7 13. e4 $5 ({
More ambitious than} 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Bg2 Bg7 15. O-O O-O 16. e4 $14) 13... g5
(13... Bxc5 14. dxc5 O-O 15. Bg2 Nxc5 16. O-O $44) 14. Bxg5 Ng6 15. exd5 Bg7
16. Qe2+ (16. Bg2 O-O 17. O-O $36) 16... Kf8 17. d6 Qa5 18. Be3 b6 19. Bg2 $13
{1/2-1/2 Vallejo Pons,F (2650)-Topalov,V (2801)/Monte Carlo.} ({
However, in the final position} 19. Qf3 $1 $16 {looks more promising.})) 11.
Bf4 Qd8 {It might seem that Black has just lost two tempi. However, precisely
these two moves (g3 and h3) cause some slight contradiction: The bishop's
development on f4 has been enabled, but its stability on the h2-b8 diagonal is
not too reliable.''} (11... Qa5 12. Qd2 Nh5 13. Bg5 Nhf6 14. Bg2 h6 15. Be3 $16
{1-0 Filip,L (2385)-Nevednichy,B (2302)/Timisoara 2005 (33)}) 12. Bg2 ({
The alternative} 12. g4 Ne4 {is less problematic for Black.}) 12... O-O {
Maybe Black should have castled first in order to prevent a quick e2-e4.} (
12... Nh5 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bd2 O-O 15. e4 $1 $14 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Nhf6 ({
Kamsky suggested} 16... Ndf6 17. Nc3 Nd5 {
as a possible alternative. However, White's chances are preferable after} 18.
O-O Nhf6 19. Re1 $14) 17. Nc3 Re8 {Kamsky's idea is to clear square f8 in
order to transfer the knight from d7 to d5. This is somewhat slow and leaves
White with more space.} ({The principled continuation is} 17... e5 18. dxe5 Re8
{or} 19. O-O {
'leading to variations from 17...e5, see the previous annotation.'} (19. Be3
Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Qxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Rxe5 22. Rd8+ Re8 {looks acceptable for Black})
19... Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Rxe5 {and after the strongest} 21. Na4 {
Black must choose between a slightly inferior position after} (21. Bf4 Qxd1 22.
Rfxd1 Re8 $11) 21... Nd5 ({the positional exchange sacrifice} 21... Rd5 $5 22.
Bxd5 Nxd5 {The players had different opinions about it: Topalov thought that
Black has sufficient compensation, while Kamsky preferred White here.}) ({
or the sharp complications:} 21... Bxh3 22. Bxh3 Rd5 23. Rc2 Ne4 24. Nb6 Nxd2 {
although here too, after} 25. Re1 {White's chances are preferable}) 22. Bc3 Re8
23. Bxg7 Kxg7 $14) 18. O-O Nf8 ({After} 18... e5 {White can choose between} 19.
Be3 {(which was Topalov's intention)} ({or} 19. dxe5 {
leading to variations from 17...e5, see the previous annotation.})) 19. Qb3 $1
{Pointing out Black's problems with his queenside.} Ne6 20. Be3 Nc7 $1 21. Ne5
Nfd5 22. Nxd5 (22. Rfd1 $5) 22... Nxd5 23. Bd2 {In spite of Black's control of
the d5-square, White has strong pressure. For Black it will be not easy to
develop his queen side.} Bxe5 {This radical solution would have been
acceptable in case of a quick ...Be6, but Black does not have time for that.} (
{Variations like} 23... Qc7 24. Rfe1 Be6 (24... Rd8 25. Nc4 $16) 25. Nxg6 Qc8 {
can hardly work. White has few attractive possibilities:} 26. Ne5 ({
Good is also} 26. Rxe6 $5 Qxe6 27. Ne5 $44) 26... Nf4 (26... Bxh3 27. Bxd5 cxd5
28. Qxd5 $16) 27. d5 $1 Nxd5 (27... Bxd5 28. Bxd5 Nxd5 29. Rc4 $40) 28. Nc4 $14
) (23... Be6 $2 24. Qxb7 Bxe5 25. dxe5 Rb8 26. Qxc6 $18) 24. dxe5 h5 {
Unfortunately, before playing ...Be6 Black must spend time for a lot of other
moves.} 25. Rfe1 Qc7 {Protecting b7 and finally being ready for ...Be6.} 26. e6
$1 {Opening the position.} Bxe6 27. Rxe6 $1 fxe6 28. Re1 $16 {Two strong
s and a lot of weaknesses in Black's position (especially around his king)
secure White a wonderful compensation for the exchange).} Qd7 ({
Best chances to defend would have offered the move} 28... e5 {and then} 29. Bc3
({Weaker is} 29. Bxd5+ cxd5 30. Qxd5+ e6 31. Qe4 Qf7 32. Bc3 Rad8 33. Qxe5 Kh7
$13) 29... e6 30. Bxe5 Qf7 31. Be4 $44) 29. Qd3 Kh7 (29... Kg7 30. Bc3+ $16)
30. Re5 {White's attack goes almost automatically.} Nf6 31. Qe3 Kg7 32. Be4 $1
Kf7 (32... Nxe4 33. Rxe4 $18) 33. Bc2 Rad8 $6 ({More stubborn is} 33... Rg8 34.
Qh6 Raf8 35. Bc3 $16) 34. Qh6 Rg8 (34... Qxd2 35. Bxg6+ Kg8 36. Rg5 $18) 35.
Ba5 Qd4 $2 {Looses at once.} ({Relatively best was} 35... Rg7 {
although after the simple} 36. Bxd8 Qxd8 37. Bb3 Nd5 38. Rxe6 $16 {
White has a huge advantage.}) (35... Rdf8 36. Rg5 $18) 36. Bc3 $18 Qc4 37. Bb3
Qd3 38. Bxe6+ Ke8 39. Kg2 Rf8 40. Qg7 Rd5 41. Bf5 Rf7 42. Rxe7+ {
1-0 Topalov,V (2804)-Kamsky,G (2671)/Sofia 2006} (42. Rxe7+ Rxe7 (42... Kxe7
43. Bxf6+ Ke8 44. Qg8+ Rf8 45. Qe6#) 43. Qh8+ Kf7 44. Qxf6+ Ke8 45. Qh8+ Kf7
46. Qg7+ Ke8 47. Qg8#)) 13. O-O Nh5 14. Bd2 f5 15. Qb3 e5 16. Ng5 exd4 17. Nxd5
cxd5 18. Ne6 Qe7 19. Nxf8 Nxf8 20. Bxd5+ Kh8 21. Bb4 Qe5 22. c6 bxc6 23. Rxc6
Bd7 24. Bd6 Qe8 25. Rfc1 {
1/2-1/2 Berkes,F (2606)-Bacrot,E (2695)/Germany GER 2008.}) 8... Qc7 (8... g6
9. g3 e5 10. dxe5 Ng4 11. e6 Nxc5 12. exf7+ Kxf7 13. e4 Bg7 14. h3 (14. Bg2
Bxc3 $1 $146 {A prepared novelty, as explained by Bacrot in the annotations at
his website chess22.fr.} 15. Bxc3 dxe4 16. Bxh8 Nd3+ 17. Kf1 exf3 18. Bxf3
Ngxf2 $1 19. Qb3+ Ke7 $1 20. Bg7 ({A good equaliser is} 20. Qa3+ $5 {(Bacrot)})
20... Bh3+ 21. Bg2 ({More precise was} 21. Kg1 Qd7 $1 22. Bh6 $1 {(Bacrot)})
21... Qd7 $1 22. Bxh3 $6 (22. Bh6 Re8 23. Bg5+ Kd6 24. Bf4+ Kc5 25. Rc1+ Nxc1
26. Be3+ {seems to be equal.}) 22... Qxh3+ 23. Kg1 Qf5 $1 24. Qxb7+ $2 ({
White's last chance to save the game was the incredible} 24. Re1+ $1 Nxe1 25.
Qxb7+ Kd6 26. Qb4+) 24... Kd6 $19 25. Qb6 Qf3 26. Qd4+ Kc7 27. Be5+ Kc8 {
0-1 Ivanchuk,V (2787)-Bacrot,E (2695)/Crete GRE 2007}) 14... Nf6 15. Ng5+ Kg8
16. Be3 Ncxe4 17. Ncxe4 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Bf5 19. Bd3 Bxe4 20. Bxe4 Qe7 21. Bg2
Qb4+ 22. Qd2 {1-0 Aronian,L (2750)-Bacrot,E (2695)/Mainz GER 2007}) 9. e4 e5 {
Diagram # And the centre is in fire already at such an early stage of the game.
} 10. exd5 cxd5 11. b4 ({It seems to be a new move in this position while a
much more agressive treatment is:} 11. O-O-O Be7 (11... exd4 12. Re1+ Be7 13.
Nxd4 Nxc5) 12. g4 Nxc5 $2 (12... exd4 13. Nxd4 Bxc5 14. Re1+ Kf8) 13. dxe5 Bxg4
14. exf6 Bxf3 15. fxg7 Rg8 16. Qxh7 Rxg7 17. Qxg7 Bxh1 18. Kb1 $2 ({
The winning move was} 18. Qg8+ {,e.g:} Bf8 19. Re1+ Ne4 (19... Ne6 20. Bh3 Be4
21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. Qxe6+ Qe7 23. Qg4) (19... Be4 20. f3 O-O-O 21. fxe4 d4 22.
Nd5) 20. Qg4) 18... Ne6 $2 (18... Ne4 $11) 19. Qg8+ Bf8 20. Bh3 Bf3 21. Re1
O-O-O 22. Bg5 Re8 23. Re3 $18 Bh5 (23... Bh1 24. Nb5 axb5 (24... Qd7 25. Rc3+
Kb8 26. Bf4+ Ka8 27. Nc7+) 25. Rc3 Be4+ 26. Ka1 Kb8 27. Rxc7 Nxc7 28. Qxf7 Bg6
29. Qxg6 Re1+ 30. Qb1 Rxb1+ 31. Kxb1 Bd6 32. f4 d4 33. f5 Bxh2 34. f6 Bd6 35.
Bh6) 24. Nxd5 Qxh2 25. Bxe6+ fxe6 26. Rc3+ Kb8 27. Bf4+ Bd6 28. Bxh2 Rxg8 29.
Bxd6+ Ka7 30. Bc5+ Kb8 31. Bd6+ Ka7 32. Bc5+ Kb8 33. Nf4 Be8 34. Nxe6 Rg1+ 35.
Kc2 Bg6+ 36. Kd2 {1-0 Najer,E (2652)-Savchenko,B (2569)/Moscow 2006}) 11... Be7
{Black will push the e pawn sooner or later, he must only decide when is the
right moment to do it. It seems that right now is too early:} (11... e4 12. Nh4
Nb8 13. Qa4+ Bd7 14. b5) 12. Be2 O-O ({It was still too early to push the pawn:
} 12... e4 13. Nh4 Nb8 14. Qa4+ Bd7 15. b5 h6 16. g3) 13. O-O e4 14. Ne1 Nb8
15. Qc1 {Liberating the c2 square for the knight.} Be6 16. Nc2 Nc6 {Diagram # I
t seems that Black cannot complain with the results of the opening, but he
must create some counterplay very quickly because White's queenside majority
is quick and dangerous.} 17. Rb1 Bd8 18. a4 Ne7 19. Bf4 Qd7 20. b5 Ba5 21. Rb3
Bg4 22. Bxg4 Nxg4 23. Ne3 Nxe3 24. fxe3 Nf5 25. Ne2 axb5 26. axb5 g6 $6 ({
It was better to start to think about c pawn:} 26... Rfc8 $5) 27. Qb2 $6 ({
Why not} 27. c6 bxc6 28. bxc6 {
with the same kind of advantage as later in the game?}) 27... Bd8 28. Rc1 Be7
$6 ({It was the last moment to start to look for some counterplay:} 28... g5)
29. c6 {Now White is clearly better.} bxc6 30. bxc6 Qe6 31. c7 Rac8 32. Rb6 Qd7
33. Qb5 $1 {Diagram  Transposing into a winning endgame.} Qxb5 34. Rxb5 g5 {
This comes too late now.} 35. Rxd5 gxf4 36. Rxf5 fxe3 37. Rc6 Ra8 38. Rf1 ({Or
} 38. d5 Rfc8 39. d6 Bxd6 40. Rxd6 Rxc7 41. Rf1 Rc2 42. Ng3 {
with more or less the same outcome as in the game.}) 38... Rfc8 39. d5 Ra2 40.
d6 Bxd6 41. Rxd6 Rxc7 42. Rd8+ Kg7 43. Ng3 1-0

[Event "Grandmaster Tournament Biel"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.07.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[Annotator "M.Cebalo"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 Be7 8.
Qc2 Nh5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. O-O-O ({
Quite a different, more positional approach was} 10. h3 Nhf6 11. Bd3 Nb6 12.
O-O O-O 13. Ne5 c5 14. dxc5 Qxc5 15. Rfd1 Be6 16. Rac1 Rac8 17. Nf3 Nc4 18. b3
Na5 19. Qb2 Qe7 20. Nd4 Nc6 21. Ncb5 Nxd4 22. Qxd4 a6 23. Nc3 Rc7 24. b4 Rfc8
25. Ne2 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 27. Nxc1 Nd7 28. Nb3 f6 29. Be2 Ne5 30. Nc5 Nc6 31.
Qc3 d4 32. exd4 Bxa2 33. Bf3 Bf7 34. d5 Ne5 35. Be4 f5 36. Bxf5 Bxd5 37. Qd4
Bf7 38. Qe4 g6 39. Bc8 b6 40. Nd7 Qd8 41. Qxe5 Qxc8 42. Nf6+ Kf8 43. Nxh7+ Kg8
44. Nf6+ Kf8 45. Qd6+ Kg7 46. Qd4 Qc1+ 47. Kh2 Qc7+ 48. f4 Kh6 49. Nd7 Qd8 50.
g4 {1-0 Cheparinov,I (2713)-Stellwagen,D (2625)/Wijk aan Zee NED 2008}) 10...
Nb6 11. h3 Be6 ({
Here are some fresh examples of another possible plan for Black:} 11... Nf6 12.
Bd3 Be6 13. Kb1 O-O-O 14. Ka1 (14. Nd2 Ne8 (14... Kb8 15. Nb3 Nfd7 16. Rhe1
Rhe8 17. Ne2 Nc8 18. Nf4 Nd6 19. f3 Qf6 20. Nh5 Qh6 21. g4 Nf6 22. Nf4 g5 23.
Nxe6 fxe6 24. Qh2 Ka8 25. Qg3 Qg7 26. e4 dxe4 27. fxe4 Nf7 28. Rf1 Re7 29. Nc5
b6 30. Na6 Rc8 31. Rc1 e5 32. Qf3 Nd7 33. Bb5 Nd8 34. d5 Rf7 35. Bxc6+ $1 {
1-0 Jakovenko,D (2711)-Svetushkin,D (2568)/Evry FRA 2008.} (35. Bxc6+ Rxc6 ({or
} 35... Nxc6 36. Qxf7 $1 $18) 36. dxc6 $1 Rxf3 37. c7 $1)) 15. Rhe1 Nd6 16. f3
Qf6 17. Nb3 Kb8 18. Nc5 Rhe8 19. Qf2 Bf5 20. g4 Bxd3+ 21. Nxd3 Nbc4 22. e4 dxe4
23. fxe4 Qxf2 24. Nxf2 f6 25. Nh1 Nf7 26. b3 Ncd6 27. h4 Rd7 28. Ng3 Rde7 29.
Rf1 Nb5 30. Nxb5 cxb5 31. g5 fxg5 32. e5 g6 33. h5 Rd8 34. hxg6 hxg6 35. Rh1 g4
36. Ne4 g3 37. Nxg3 Ng5 38. Rhe1 Nf3 39. Re4 Rxe5 40. dxe5 Rxd1+ 41. Kc2 Rd7
42. e6 Re7 43. Ne2 Ng5 44. Rg4 Rxe6 45. Nf4 Rc6+ 46. Kb2 Ne6 47. Nxg6 Nc5 48.
Nf4 a6 49. Rg2 Rd6 50. Rc2 Nd7 51. Ne2 Ne5 52. Nc1 Nc6 53. a3 b4 54. axb4 Nxb4
55. Rh2 Ka7 56. Rg2 Rh6 57. Rd2 Rh3 58. Rg2 Nc6 59. Rd2 Ne5 60. Re2 Nd7 61. Rc2
Kb6 62. Rc3 Rh4 63. Nd3 Nf6 64. Ne5 Nd5 65. Nd7+ Ka7 66. Rc2 Nb4 67. Rd2 Rh5
68. Nf6 Rh3 69. Nd5 Nd3+ 70. Kc2 Nc5 71. b4 Ne4 72. Rd3 Rh2+ 73. Kb3 Nd6 74.
Nb6 Nb5 75. Nc8+ Kb8 76. Nd6 Nc7 77. Ne8 Ne6 78. Nf6 Rh4 79. Kc3 Nc7 80. Nd7+
Ka7 81. Ne5 Re4 82. Nf3 Rg4 83. Nd4 Rf4 84. Kb3 Kb6 85. Ne2 Rg4 86. Nc3 Kc6 87.
Re3 Rh4 88. Ka3 Rh6 89. Kb3 Ne6 90. Re4 Kd6 91. Ne2 Rh3+ 92. Kc2 Rh2 93. Kd3
Nc7 94. Rd4+ Kc6 95. Rc4+ Kb6 96. Nc3 Nb5 97. Nd5+ Ka7 98. Rg4 Rh5 99. Ne3 Rh3
100. Kd2 Nd6 101. Rd4 Nc8 102. Nd5 Nb6 103. Nc3 Kb8 104. Kc2 Nc8 105. Kb2 b5
106. Ne4 Rh4 107. Kc3 Ne7 108. Nc5 Rxd4 109. Kxd4 Nc6+ 110. Kc3 Ka7 111. Kb3
Ne7 112. Kc3 Nd5+ 113. Kb3 Kb6 114. Nd7+ Kc6 115. Nb8+ Kb7 116. Nd7 Nc7 117.
Ne5 Ne6 118. Kc3 Kc7 119. Kd3 Kd6 120. Ke4 Nd8 121. Kd4 Ne6+ 122. Ke4 Nc7 123.
Kd4 Ne8 124. Nf7+ Kc7 125. Ne5 Nf6 126. Nd3 Nd7 127. Nc5 Nb8 128. Kd5 Kb6 129.
Nd3 Nc6 130. Kd6 Nd4 131. Kd5 Nc2 132. Kd6 a5 133. bxa5+ Kxa5 134. Kc5 Ne3 135.
Kd4 Nd1 136. Ne5 Ka4 137. Nc6 Nf2 138. Ke3 Ng4+ 139. Kd2 Nf6 140. Kc2 Ka3 141.
Kb1 Ne4 142. Nd4 Nc3+ 143. Ka1 b4 144. Nc2+ Kb3 145. Nxb4 Kxb4 {
1/2-1/2 Bologan,V (2663)-Grachev,B (2601)/Moscow, Russia 2008.}) 14... Ne8 15.
Nd2 Nd6 16. Na4 Qf6 17. Rhf1 Bf5 18. Bxf5+ Qxf5 19. Qxf5+ Nxf5 20. Nc5 h5 21.
g3 Nd6 22. Kb1 Rde8 23. Kc2 Nd7 {1/2-1/2 Rodshtein,M-Dreev,A/Moscow RUS 2008.})
12. Bd3 O-O-O 13. Kb1 Kb8 14. Nd2 $6 {'The same knight transfer as in
Jakoveko's game but with some difference, Black still didn't declare himself
with his Nh5. Since in this position White's main idea is to organize an
attack against black king, this important detail speeks in favour of} (14. Rc1
{and if Black insists on the same manoeuvre to trade the bishop as in the game
then:} g6 15. Na4 {
It is important to exchange the only defensive piece around black king.} Nxa4
16. Qxa4 Ng7 {with the same plan as in the game} ({not so good would be} 16...
Nf6 17. Rc3 Ne4 18. Ra3 a6 19. Bxa6 $1 bxa6 20. Qxa6 Bf5 21. Ka1 Kc7 22. Rc1
Bd7 23. Ne5 {with a crushing attack.}) 17. Rc3 Bf5 18. Rhc1 Bxd3+ 19. Rxd3 Rc8
(19... Qe4 $2 {is loosing after} 20. Ne5) 20. Ra3 a6 21. Ne5 Ne6 22. Rb3 {
and White keeps some initiative.}) 14... g6 {
Black adopts the plan "B" with the idea to change his lightsquare bishop.} 15.
Nb3 Ng7 16. f3 (16. g4 {was a radical way to stop Black's plan. Probably
Magnus didn't like to offer some counterplay motives after h7-h5, a move which
would come sooner or later.}) 16... Bf5 17. Bxf5 ({More to the point looks} 17.
e4) 17... Nxf5 18. Rhe1 Nc4 {Diagram # If we want to resume the result of the
opening, we can say that Black has nothing to complain about.} 19. Qc1 Qg5 ({
But not a greedy} 19... Nfxe3 20. Rd3) 20. g4 ({
Most probably magnus disliked the endgame arising after:} 20. e4 Qxc1+ 21. Rxc1
(21. Kxc1 $2 Nfe3) 21... dxe4 22. Nxe4 {
where he is slightly worse, but the text move contains much more risk.}) 20...
Ng7 (20... Nh4 $5 {
was worth considering following the rule of concrete over principles.}) 21. f4
{Obviously Magnus is full of selfconfidence and decides to go for adventures.
Instead, he could  enter in the same endgame which, this time, is slightly
better for him:} (21. e4 Qxc1+ 22. Rxc1 {
and now Black must choose among two types of endgame:} Ne6 ({more unpleasant is
} 22... Nb6 23. exd5 Nxd5 24. Nxd5 Rxd5 25. Re7 Ne6 26. Rxf7 Ng5 27. Re7) 23.
Nxd5 cxd5 24. exd5 Rxd5 25. Rxc4 Rhd8 26. Re4 Ng5 27. Rf4 f5 28. gxf5 Rxf5 29.
Rxf5 gxf5 {and Black will be able to reestablish the material balance.}) 21...
Qh4 22. e4 {White's position is now full of week pawns, so he starts to look
for counterplay:} Qxh3 23. exd5 cxd5 24. Nc5 ({Better than} 24. Nxd5 Qxg4)
24... Ne6 25. b3 Nxc5 ({Interesting was} 25... Nd6 {e.g:} 26. Re5 (26. Nxd5 Nb5
) 26... Nc7 ({also possible is} 26... Qxg4 27. Nxd5 Nxc5 28. dxc5 Nb5) 27. Re7
Rc8 28. Rxc7 Rxc7 29. Nxd5 Rc6 30. Ne7 Rhc8 31. Nxc6+ Rxc6 32. Rh1 Qxg4 33.
Rxh7 Rc8 {where Black is better.}) 26. dxc5 {Diagram #} Na5 $6 ({
After this move Black is in trouble. Two better options were:} 26... Na3+ 27.
Kb2 d4 28. Ne2 Nb5 29. Qc4 a6 30. a4 Nc7 31. Nxd4) ({More accurate is} 26... d4
{immediately} 27. Nb5 Na5 (27... Ne3 $2 28. Rxd4) 28. Nd6 Qxg4 29. Rxd4 Nc6 30.
Rde4 {where White has enough compensation for a pawn but not more than that.})
27. b4 Nc4 ({It was already difficult to find a good move,e.g:} 27... Nc6 28.
b5 d4 29. Ne4 Nb4 30. Nd6 Qc3 31. Nxf7) (27... d4 28. Ne4 Nc6 29. b5 Nb4 30.
Qc4 f5 31. Nd6 Qc3 32. Qxc3 dxc3 33. Rd4 {
and White is clearly better in both cases.}) 28. Nxd5 Na3+ 29. Ka1 Rhe8 $2 {
Diagram #} ({This is loosing on the spot. The only move to stay in the game was
} 29... Nb5 30. c6 Rc8 31. Qc5 bxc6 32. Ne7) (29... Nb5 30. c6 Rc8 31. Qc5 bxc6
32. Ne7 Qc3+ 33. Qxc3 Nxc3 34. Rc1 Nd5 35. Nxc8 Rxc8 {
although such an endgame should be tecnically winning for White.}) 30. c6 bxc6
31. Qxc6 {
and Black threw the towell since he is unable to stop the deadly check on c7.}
1-0

[Event "Grandmaster Tournament Biel"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.07.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Dominguez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[Annotator "M.Cebalo"]
[PlyCount "48"]

{I choosed this short but interesting game mostly as an hommage to the great
champion Robert James Fischer who left us on the beginning of this year. I was
lucky to meet him during his stay in Zagreb in 1970 where he participated in
the great event, called "Tournament of piece".  We spent one morning together
as my duty was to help him to do some shopping. We were supposed to meet in
his hotel and when I came in front of his room and start to knock he answered
"Come in". When I entered  his room, he was sitting on his bed having in front
of him a small chess board analysing that famous rook endgame with pawn up
against Petrosian. The very first thing he said to me was an unpleasant
question: "What do You think about this endgame?". I was not a very active
master at the time, playing more bridge than chess and such a question put me
in a very embarassing situation. What I did was a typical reaction of all the
politicians in this world, who in such situations try to answer without saying
anything.    They say that the old people live from memories and they are
right. This which I shared with You is one of my favourits.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6
3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 {An interesting sideline which Magnus
already tried in some occasions with success.} e6 ({
Here is an example of the  transposition in the Sicilian Dragon:} 6... g6 7. g4
Bg7 8. Bg2 h5 9. g5 Nfd7 10. Be3 Nc6 11. Qd2 O-O 12. O-O-O Nde5 13. b3 Qa5 14.
f4 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Nc6 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Kb2 Be6 18. Rhf1 Rac8 19. Qe3 Nb4 20.
Rf2 Qc5 21. Qxc5 Rxc5 22. Na4 Rc7 23. f5 b5 24. Nc3 Rfc8 25. fxe6 Rxc3 26. Rdd2
R3c7 27. e5 fxe6 28. exd6 exd6 29. a3 Nd5 30. Bxd5 exd5 31. Rxd5 Rc6 32. Rfd2
Rd8 33. h4 Rd7 34. R5d3 a5 35. Rd5 Rb6 36. R2d4 a4 37. Rb4 Rdb7 38. Rbd4 Re7
39. Rxd6 Rxd6 40. Rxd6 Re4 41. Rb6 Rxh4 42. Rxb5 Rg4 43. bxa4 h4 44. a5 h3 45.
Rb7+ Kg8 46. Rb3 Rxg5 47. Rxh3 Rxa5 48. c4 Kf7 49. Kb3 g5 50. Kb4 g4 51. Rg3
Rg5 52. c5 Ke6 53. Kb5 Ke5 54. Kb6 Kf4 55. Rg1 Rg8 56. c6 Rb8+ 57. Kc5 Rb3 58.
a4 Rc3+ 59. Kb5 g3 60. a5 Rc2 61. a6 Rb2+ 62. Kc5 Rc2+ 63. Kb6 Rb2+ 64. Kc7 Ra2
65. Kb7 Rb2+ 66. Kc8 Ra2 67. c7 {
1-0 Navara,D (2719)-Van Wely,L (2683)/Wijk aan Zee 2007}) ({and one classical
example dedicated to the memory on the recently passed away Robert James
Fischer:} 6... Nc6 7. g4 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 e5 9. Qd3 Be7 10. g5 $1 Nd7 11. Be3 Nc5
$2 ({Better was} 11... Bxg5 12. Bxg5 Qxg5 13. Qxd6 Qe7) 12. Qd2 Be6 13. O-O-O
O-O 14. f3 Rc8 15. Kb1 Nd7 16. h4 (16. Nd5 $6 Bxd5 17. exd5 {
and Black has no problems with the d5-square any more!}) 16... b5 17. Bh3 Bxh3
(17... Nb6 18. Bxb6 Qxb6 19. Nd5 Qd8 (19... Bxd5 $2 20. Bxc8) 20. Nxe7+ Qxe7
21. Qxd6) 18. Rxh3 Nb6 19. Bxb6 Qxb6 20. Nd5 $18 {White has achieved a
strategically winning position and with almost an extra piece on the board can
prepare his attack on the kingside without any problems at all.} Qd8 21. f4 (
21. Nxe7+ $2 Qxe7 22. Qxd6 $4 Rfd8 $19) 21... exf4 22. Qxf4 Qd7 23. Qf5 Rcd8
24. Ra3 Qa7 25. Rc3 g6 26. Qg4 Qd7 27. Qf3 Qe6 28. Rc7 Rde8 29. Nf4 Qe5 30. Rd5
Qh8 31. a3 h6 32. gxh6 Qxh6 33. h5 Bg5 34. hxg6 $1 fxg6 (34... Bxf4 35. gxf7+
Rxf7 36. Rxf7 Kxf7 37. Rh5) 35. Qb3 $1 Rxf4 36. Re5+ Kf8 37. Rxe8+ {
1-0 Fischer,R-Bolbochan,J/Stockholm SWE 1962} (37. Rxe8+ Kxe8 38. Qe6+ Kf8 39.
Qc8+ Bd8 40. Qxd8#)) 7. g4 b5 8. Bg2 Bb7 9. O-O {Diagram #} Nc6 {This seems to
be a new move in a well known position. Obviously the Cuban GM guessed that
Magnus might try one more time this interesting side line of the Sicilian
Naidorf and was well prepared to meet it.} ({
Other moves that Black tried in this position are:} 9... b4 10. Nd5 exd5 11.
exd5 Be7 12. g5 Nfd7 13. Nc6 Qc7 14. Nxe7 Kxe7 15. Qd4 (15. Re1+ Kf8 16. Qe2
Qd8 17. Bf4 Ne5 18. Bxe5 dxe5 19. Qxe5 h6 20. Qf4 a5 21. g6 f6 22. Re6 Bc8 23.
Re3 Qb6 24. Rae1 Bd7 25. d6 Ra7 26. Qc4 {
1-0 Karjakin,S (2732)-Van Wely,L (2681)/Nice FRA.}) 15... Kf8 16. Bf4 a5 17.
Rfe1 Nb6 18. Re8+ Kxe8 19. Qxg7 Bxd5 20. Qxh8+ Kd7 21. Re1 Nc6 22. Qxh7 Nd4 23.
Be3 Qxc2 24. Qh5 Bxg2 25. Bxd4 Qf5 26. Kxg2 Nd5 27. Qf3 Qxg5+ 28. Kh1 Rg8 29.
Qxf7+ Kc6 30. Qf3 Kb7 31. Be3 Qe5 32. Rd1 Kc6 33. Re1 Rh8 34. Bd2 Qh5 35. Qxh5
Rxh5 36. Kg2 Kc5 37. Re4 Rf5 38. h4 a4 39. Kg3 Nf6 40. Bxb4+ Kd5 41. Re2 Ne4+
42. Kg2 Rf8 43. f3 Rg8+ 44. Kh2 Ng3 45. Rg2 Nf1+ 46. Kg1 Ng3 47. Be1 Ne2+ 48.
Kf1 Rxg2 49. Kxg2 Nc1 50. h5 Ke6 51. Bd2 Nd3 52. b4 axb3 53. axb3 d5 54. b4 d4
55. b5 Kd5 56. f4 {
1-0 Nakamura Hikaru (USA) (2686)-Ninov Nikolai (BUL) (2509)/France 2008}) (9...
h6 10. Re1 e5 11. Nf5 g6 12. Ne3 Nbd7 13. a4 b4 14. Ncd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 a5 16.
c3 bxc3 17. bxc3 Be7 18. Rb1 Bc6 19. Bf1 h5 20. Bb5 Bxb5 21. Rxb5 hxg4 22. hxg4
Bh4 23. Qf3 Nf6 24. Rb7 Qc8 25. g5 Nxd5 (25... Qxb7 26. Qxf6 O-O 27. Kg2) 26.
Qxf7+ Kd8 27. exd5 Qg4+ 28. Kf1 Qh3+ 29. Ke2 Qg4+ 30. Kd3 Qf5+ 31. Qxf5 gxf5
32. Rh1 Kc8 33. Rf7 {1-0 Carlsen,M (2733)-Gelfand,B (2737)/Nice FRA 2008.}) 10.
Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Re1 {Preparing a thematic knight jump on d5.} Nd7 {Diagram #} 12.
Nd5 ({White would be happy of course to insert} 12. a4 b4 {
before the text move, but Black can answer} (12... bxa4 {
and deviate white knight from his desired route.})) 12... Bb7 13. Qd4 Ne5 {
From now on Black must decide in which moment to accept the "gift" since
otherwise he will not be able to complete his development. Let's see what
happens if he does it already in this moment:} (13... exd5 14. exd5+ Ne5 15. f4
f6 16. Qd3 (16. g5 Be7 17. gxf6 gxf6 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. Qg4 Qd7) 16... Qb6+ 17.
Kh1 Be7 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. a4 O-O 20. Be4 h6 {and White is slightly better due
to the greater mobility of his queen side majority and the control of light
squares on the king side.}) 14. f4 ({
A consequent try to keep the initiative since} 14. Nb6 Rb8 15. a4 g5 $5 16.
axb5 axb5 {leeds nowhere.}) 14... Nc6 15. Qf2 {
As usually Magnus prefers adventures to the peaceful solution:} (15. Qb6 Rb8
16. Qxd8+ Kxd8 17. Ne3 g6 18. Bd2 Bg7 19. c3 {with an equal endgame.}) 15...
exd5 16. exd5+ Ne7 17. a4 {One of those positions with a long lasting
compensation for the sacrificed material which all modern dynamic players are
aiming for.} Kd7 18. Be3 Bxd5 {Black decides to resolve the tension
immediately forcing White to enter in a forced variation with a peacefull end.
. An eventual ambitious try could have been} (18... Qc8 $5) 19. Bb6 Qb8 {
Diagram #} 20. Rxe7+ Bxe7 21. Bxd5 Bh4 22. Qd4 Bf6 23. Qf2 Bh4 24. Qd4 Bf6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Grandmaster Tournament Biel"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.07.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Dominguez, Leinier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B91"]
[Annotator "M.Cebalo"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 {White chooses a
rarely played sideline of Sicilian Naidorf, however this was not such a
surprise if You take a look on our attached games and the names of their
protagonists.} e5 (6... g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 Bd7 10. a4 Nc6 11. Nb3
Ne5 12. h3 Rc8 13. a5 Nc4 14. Ra2 e6 15. e5 Nxe5 16. Qxd6 Ne8 17. Qd1 Bc6 18.
Qxd8 Rxd8 19. Bg5 Rd7 20. Ne4 Bxe4 21. Bxe4 Nd6 22. Bg2 Rc8 23. Bf4 Nec4 24.
Rd1 Kf8 25. c3 e5 26. Bc1 f5 27. Ra4 e4 28. f3 e3 29. Rxc4 Rxc4 30. Bxe3 Ke8
31. Nc5 Re7 32. Bf2 Nb5 33. Bf1 Nxc3 34. bxc3 Rxc3 35. Rb1 Rxf3 36. Nxb7 Be5
37. Kg2 Ra3 38. Bxa6 Ra2 39. Kf1 Rc7 40. Re1 {
1-0 Smirin,I (2630)-Belov,V (2571)/Plovdiv BUL 2008.}) 7. Nde2 ({
The alternative is} 7. Nb3 {e.g:} Be7 8. Bg2 b5 (8... O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 (9... Be6
10. f4 Qc7 11. f5 Bc4 12. Rf2 Nbd7 13. g4 h6 14. h4 Nh7 15. g5 hxg5 16. hxg5
Nxg5 17. Bxg5 Bxg5 18. Qh5 Be3 19. Re1 Nf6 20. Qh4 Bxf2+ 21. Kxf2 Rfc8 22. Nd2
Qb6+ 23. Re3 Qxb2 24. Rg3 Kf8 25. Nxc4 Rxc4 26. Qh8+ Ke7 27. Qxa8 Rxc3 28. Rxc3
Qxc3 29. Qxb7+ Nd7 30. Qxa6 Qxc2+ 31. Qe2 Qc3 32. Qg4 Nf6 33. Qxg7 Qb2+ 34. Kg3
Qxa2 35. Qg5 Qe2 36. Bf3 Qe1+ 37. Kg2 Qc3 38. Kf2 Qc5+ 39. Kg2 Qc8 40. Kf2 Qh8
41. Kg3 Kf8 42. Qd2 Qg7+ 43. Kf2 Ke7 44. Qc2 Ne8 45. Qc1 Qh8 46. Kg3 Kf6 47.
Qc8 Qf8 48. Qc1 Qg7+ 49. Kf2 Qg5 50. Qc8 Ke7 51. Qb7+ Kf8 52. Qc8 Qe7 53. Kg3
Qc7 54. Qa8 Ke7 55. Kf2 Nf6 56. Kg3 Qb6 57. Kg2 Qd4 58. Qb7+ Kf8 59. Qc6 Qd2+
60. Kg3 Kg7 61. Qb7 Nh7 62. Qc8 Qf4+ {0-1 Savchenko,B-Anand,V/Moscow (blitz)})
10. Be3 Nb6 11. Nd2 Bg4 12. f3 Be6 13. h3 d5 14. exd5 Nbxd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16.
Bf2 Qc7 17. c3 f5 18. Qe2 f4 19. Rfe1 Bc5 20. Qxe5 Bxf2+ 21. Kxf2 Qb6+ 22. Qd4
fxg3+ 23. Kxg3 Qxd4 24. cxd4 Rf6 25. Re4 Raf8 26. h4 Nf4 27. Bf1 Nh5+ 28. Kf2
Bd5 29. Re5 Bxf3 30. Ke3 Bg4 31. Bc4+ Kh8 32. Rg1 Bf3 33. Rf1 Bg4 34. Re7 Nf4
35. Rxb7 h5 36. Kf2 Ne2+ 37. Kg2 Rxf1 38. Nxf1 Bf3+ 39. Kf2 Bxb7+ 40. Kxe2 Rf4
41. Ke3 Rxh4 42. b4 Re4+ 43. Kd3 Re1 44. Kd2 Re8 45. b5 axb5 46. Bxb5 Rf8 47.
a4 h4 48. a5 h3 49. a6 Ba8 50. Ng3 h2 51. Bc4 Rf3 52. Nh1 Rf4 53. Ke3 Bxh1 54.
Kxf4 Ba8 {0-1 Savchenko,B-Gelfand,B/Moscow (blitz)}) 9. O-O O-O 10. a4 b4 11.
Nd5 Nxd5 12. Qxd5 Ra7 13. Be3 Be6 14. Qd2 Rb7 15. Rfd1 Qc7 16. Rac1 Nd7 17. Bf1
Ra8 18. c4 a5 19. Qc2 Qc6 20. Rd5 Bxd5 21. cxd5 Qxc2 22. Rxc2 Bd8 23. Bb5 Rxb5
24. axb5 a4 25. Nd2 Kf8 26. Rc6 a3 27. bxa3 bxa3 28. Ra6 Nb6 29. Kf1 a2 30. Nb3
Rb8 31. Nd2 Ra8 {1/2-1/2 Adams,M (2729)-Alekseev,E (2716)/Calvia ESP 2007})
7... Be7 (7... Nbd7 8. Bg2 b5 9. h3 Bb7 10. g4 b4 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Be7 13.
Ng3 O-O 14. O-O Bg5 15. Bxg5 Qxg5 16. Nf5 Qf6 17. f4 a5 18. fxe5 Nxe5 19. b3
Qd8 20. Qd4 Bc8 21. Ng3 Qc7 22. Rac1 Bd7 23. c3 bxc3 24. Rxc3 Qb8 25. g5 Qb4
26. Qxb4 axb4 27. Rc2 Bb5 28. Rf4 Bd3 29. Rd2 Rfb8 30. Be4 Bxe4 31. Nxe4 Rb6
32. Kf2 Kf8 33. Ke3 Ke7 34. Ng3 Rc8 35. Nf5+ Kd7 36. Nxg7 Rc3+ 37. Ke4 Rxh3 38.
Nf5 Rh1 39. Re2 Rb8 40. Nh6 Rd1 41. Ng4 Nxg4 42. Rxf7+ Kd8 43. Rxh7 Rb5 44. Kf5
Rdxd5+ 45. Kxg4 Rxg5+ 46. Kf4 {
1/2-1/2 Alekseev,E (2711)-Karjakin,S (2732)/3rd Aerosvit Foros 2008.}) 8. Bg2
b5 (8... Nbd7 9. a4 b6 10. h3 Bb7 (10... O-O 11. O-O Bb7 12. g4 Ne8 13. Nd5 Bg5
14. Bxg5 Qxg5 15. Ra3 Qd8 16. Qd2 Nef6 17. Nxf6+ Nxf6 18. Ng3 g6 19. Rd1 Ne8
20. Nf1 Rb8 21. Ne3 Bc8 22. Nc4 Qe7 23. Rb3 b5 24. axb5 axb5 25. Nxd6 Be6 26.
Rxb5 Nxd6 27. Rxb8 Rxb8 28. Qxd6 Qxd6 29. Rxd6 Rxb2 30. Rc6 Rb1+ 31. Kh2 Kg7
32. g5 h6 33. h4 hxg5 34. hxg5 Kf8 35. Rc7 Rc1 36. Bf3 Ke8 37. Be2 Kd8 38. Rc5
Ke7 39. Bd3 Kd6 40. Ra5 Rb1 41. Kg2 Rb8 42. f4 exf4 43. Kf3 Rb1 44. Kxf4 Rg1
45. Ke3 Rg3+ 46. Kd4 Rg2 47. c3 Rg1 48. c4 Kc7 49. Bc2 Kb6 50. Rb5+ Kc7 51.
Rc5+ Kb6 52. Ba4 Bd7 53. Bc2 Rg2 54. Bd3 Be6 55. Rb5+ Kc7 56. Re5 Kc6 57. Bf1
Rf2 58. Rc5+ Kd6 59. Bd3 Rg2 60. Ra5 Kc7 61. c5 Rxg5 62. Bc4 Bxc4 63. Kxc4 Rg1
64. Ra7+ Kc6 65. Rxf7 Rc1+ 66. Kd4 Rd1+ 67. Ke5 Kxc5 68. Rc7+ Kb6 69. Rg7 Kc6
70. Rxg6+ Kd7 71. Rg7+ Ke8 72. Ke6 Kf8 73. Rf7+ Ke8 74. Ra7 Kf8 75. e5 Re1 76.
Rd7 Re2 77. Rd8+ Kg7 78. Rd5 Kf8 79. Kd7 Kf7 80. Kd6 Ra2 81. e6+ Ke8 82. Rb5
Rd2+ 83. Ke5 {
1/2-1/2 Zhang Pengxiang (2644)-Karjakin,S (2694)/Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2007}) 11.
g4 Nc5 12. Ng3 g6 13. Bh6 Ne6 14. Qd2 Rc8 15. Rd1 Ng8 16. Be3 Nf6 17. O-O O-O
18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Nc5 20. b3 Bf6 21. Bh6 Re8 22. f4 e4 23. Qe3 Rc7 24. b4
Nxa4 25. Nxe4 Kh8 26. Rd3 Rc3 27. g5 Rxd3 28. Qxd3 Nb2 29. Qb3 Bd4+ 30. Kh2 Qc7
31. c3 Qc4 32. Qxc4 Nxc4 33. cxd4 Ne3 34. Nxd6 Nxf1+ 35. Bxf1 Rb8 36. Nxb7 Rxb7
37. Bxa6 Rd7 38. Bc4 Kg8 39. Kg2 b5 40. Bb3 Rc7 41. d6 Rd7 42. Kf3 Rxd6 43. Ke4
Rd8 44. d5 f5+ 45. gxf6 {
1-0 Jakovenko,D (2710)-Belov,V (2587)/Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2007}) 9. h3 Nbd7 10.
g4 b4 {According to the principle pronounced by the well known Sicilian
specialist R.J.Fischer:" If You have the possibility to chase the knight from
c3 You should do it!"} 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 a5 13. O-O ({To postpone castling
could lead to very complicated (or should we say messy) game like this one for
example:} 13. Ng3 Ba6 14. h4 O-O 15. Be3 Qc7 16. Rc1 Nc5 17. b3 a4 18. Qd2 Rab8
19. h5 axb3 20. axb3 Bc8 21. g5 f5 22. f4 Ba6 23. Bh3 exf4 24. Bxf4 Rbe8 25.
Kd1 Bd8 26. Ra1 Bb7 27. h6 g6 28. Bg2 Ne4 29. Nxe4 fxe4 30. Ra7 Qf7 31. Be3 Re7
32. Qxb4 Qxd5+ 33. Kc1 Rc7 34. Rd1 Qc6 35. c4 d5 36. Qc3 dxc4 37. b4 Qb5 38.
Bh3 Re8 39. Ra5 Qc6 40. b5 {
1-0 Ye,J (2670)-Gelfand,B (2681)/Shenyang (m/2) 2000.}) 13... h5 $5 $146 {
An interesting novelty, certainly as a result of a meticulous home preparation
since such a move includes a considerable portion of risk because of an
important tactical detail.} ({Here is one recent example of a "normal" move} 
13... O-O {e.g:} 14. Ng3 Ba6 15. Re1 g6 16. Bh6 Re8 17. a3 Qc7 18. axb4 axb4
19. Qd2 Reb8 20. b3 Bb7 21. Rxa8 Bxa8 22. Ra1 Nc5 23. Be3 Bd8 24. Bxc5 Qxc5 25.
Ne4 Qb6 26. Ra4 Kg7 27. Bf1 Qb7 28. Bc4 Qd7 29. Ra6 Be7 30. Qe3 f5 31. Nc5 Qe8
32. Ne6+ Kh8 33. Ra7 Bb7 34. f4 Ra8 35. fxe5 Rxa7 36. Qxa7 Kg8 37. Qd4 {
1-0 Stanojoski,Z (2506)-Fedorchuk,S (2671)/Plovdiv BUL 2008.}) 14. gxh5 Rxh5 {
Diagram #} 15. Nd4 ({Worth considering was the other knight jump which would
result with much more opened position:} 15. Nf4 Rh4 16. Ne6 fxe6 17. dxe6 Rb8
18. Qd3 Kf8 19. exd7 Bxd7 20. f4 {
where it seems that White's chances are better than in the game.}) 15... Nf6
16. Nc6 {From now on it will be interesting to see whether this knight will be
a strong piece deeply in the ennemy territory or just a passive observer of
what wiil be going on on the king side.} Qc7 17. Qf3 Bf5 18. Re1 Qd7 ({
With growing presssure against the Ph3.} 18... Bxc2 19. Bd2 {
with 20.Rac1 to follow looked probably too dangerous for the tournament leader.
} (19. Be3 $2 Be4)) 19. a3 b3 ({Black doesn't want to activate white rook after
} 19... bxa3 20. Rxa3 {so he sacrifices the pawn instead.}) 20. cxb3 (20. Qxb3
{would leave white king too exposed and with deadly consequences after:} Bxh3
21. Re3 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Qg4+ 23. Rg3 Qd1) 20... Bxh3 21. Bd2 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 {
Now White is ready to create threats along the h line.} Rf5 ({A variation like
} 22... g6 23. Rh1 e4 24. Qe2 Rxd5 25. Rh8+ Bf8 26. Bh6 Qxc6 27. Rc1 Qb7 28.
Rxf8+ Ke7 29. Rxa8 Qxa8 30. Rc7+ Ke6 {
can be considered by a coldblooded machine but it's not for a human being.})
23. Qd3 Nh5 24. Rh1 g6 {
In such a way Black managed to eliminate White's play along the h line.} 25. b4
{The only reasonable plan for White is now to move forward his queen side
majority.} Bg5 {
Systematically destroying any kind of protection around white king.} 26. b5 ({
Maybe a bit stronger was} 26. bxa5) 26... Bxd2 27. Qxd2 Rf4 28. Rh3 Kf8 29.
Rah1 Qg4+ 30. Kf1 $2 {Diagram # This is loosing quickly but the more resistant}
(30. Kh2 Kg7 {allowing the other rook to join the party} 31. Rg1 Qf5 {
and now is obvious that the Nc6 is just a passive observer, is not fun either.}
) 30... Ng3+ 31. Rxg3 Qxg3 32. b6 (32. Rh8+ Kg7 33. Rxa8 Qh3+ 34. Ke2 Qf3+ 35.
Ke1 (35. Kf1 Rh4) 35... Re4+ {winning material and the game:} 36. Qe3 Rxe3+ 37.
fxe3 Qxe3+ 38. Kd1 Qd3+ 39. Kc1 e4 {etc.}) 32... Qf3 33. Rh2 Kg8 (33... Qb3 $1
{would have won much easier since the Ra8 remains "tabu" for the same reason
as in the previous comment.}) 34. b7 Re8 35. b4 (35. Qc2 Kg7 36. b4 axb4 37.
axb4 Qxd5 {was hopeless as well.}) 35... axb4 36. axb4 Qg3 37. Rh1 ({After} 37.
Rg2 {Black would still have to find a couple of sophisticated moves:} Qa3 38.
Kg1 ({or} 38. b8=Q Rxb8 39. Nxb8 Rxb4 {winning}) 38... Qa1+ 39. Kh2 Qf1 40. f3
Qb5 41. b8=Q Rxb8 42. Nxb8 Qxb8 {with a winning endgame.}) 37... Qf3 38. Rh2
Qg3 39. Rh1 {Diagram #} Qb3 $1 {After two repetitions because of the time
trouble, Black finds the winning move.} 40. b8=Q (40. Rh2 {looses as well:} Kg7
41. b8=Q Rxb8 42. Nxb8 Qb1+ 43. Qe1 Rxb4 44. Nc6 Qd3+ 45. Kg1 (45. Kg2 Rg4+)
45... Rb1) 40... Rxb8 41. Nxb8 Rxb4 42. Nd7 Qc4+ 43. Kg2 Qg4+ 44. Kh2 Qh5+ 45.
Kg2 Rg4+ 0-1

