[Event "62. Russische Meisterschaft"]
[Site "Moskau"]
[Date "2009.12.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2009.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.05"]

{C67: Spanische Partie (Rio-de-Janeiro-Variante)} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5
Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 h6 10.
h3 Bd7 11. b3 Kc8 12. Bb2 b6 13. Rfd1 Ne7 14. Rd2 c5 15. Rad1 Be6 16. Ne2 Ng6
17. h4 Bg4 18. Nh2 Bxe2 19. Rxe2 Nxh4 20. Ng4 $146 (20. Re4 Be7 21. g3 Ng6 22.
e6 f5 23. Re3 Bf6 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Rf3 Rd8 26. Rxd8+ Kxd8 27. Rxf5 Ke7 28. Ng4
Rf8 29. Rh5 Kxe6 30. Rxh6 Ne7 31. Ne3 a5 32. a4 Nd5 33. Nxd5 Kxd5 34. Rh4 c6 {
Adams,M (2729)-Georgiev,K (2649)/Kemer 2007/1-0}) 20... h5 21. Ne3 Ng6 22. Red2
c4 23. Rd7 cxb3 24. cxb3 Bc5 25. Rxf7 Bxe3 26. fxe3 Nf8 (26... Kb7 27. Rdd7
Rac8 28. Rxg7 $18) 27. Rc1 (27. Rxg7 $143 Kb7 $16) 27... Ne6 28. Re7 Nc5 29. b4
Kd8 30. Rxg7 Ne6 31. Rd1+ Ke8 32. Rg6 Ke7 33. b5 Rad8 34. Ba3+ Kf7 35. Rf6+ Kg7
36. Rxd8 Nxd8 37. Be7 (37. Kf2 $5 Re8 38. Bb2 Re6 $18) 37... Re8 38. Bxd8 Rxd8
39. Rc6 Rd7 40. a4 Kf8 41. Kf2 Rf7+ $4 (41... Ke8 $142 $18) 42. Rf6 Rxf6+ 43.
exf6 Kf7 44. Kg3 (44. Kg3 Kxf6 45. Kh4 $18) 1-0

[Event "Weihnachtsopen M"]
[Site "Zürich"]
[Date "2009.12.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Moor, Olivier"]
[Black "Georgiadis, Nico"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2421"]
[BlackElo "2206"]
[Annotator "Gmür,Albi"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2009.12.26"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.05"]

{A57: Wolga/Benkö-Gambit} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nf3 g6 5. Qc2 Na6 6.
a3 bxc4 7. e4 Bg7 8. Bxc4 O-O 9. O-O d6 10. Nc3 Nc7 11. h3 Nd7 $146 (11... e6
12. Be3 exd5 13. exd5 Rb8 14. Rad1 Re8 15. Bc1 Bd7 16. Qd3 Bf5 17. Qd2 h6 18.
Rfe1 Ne4 19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20. Re3 Bxf3 21. Rxf3 Re4 22. b3 Qe7 23. Rf4 Re8 24.
Rxe4 Qxe4 25. Qf4 Qc2 26. Rf1 {Prakken,G (2272)-Adrian,C (2318)/Nancy 2004/1/
2-1/2}) 12. Bf4 Nb6 13. Be2 f5 14. e5 h6 15. Rad1 Bb7 16. Bh2 Kh7 (16... Nbxd5
$2 17. Bc4 dxe5 18. Qb3 $18) 17. exd6 (17. Rd2 $5 Ncxd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. exd6
exd6 20. Qd1 $11) 17... exd6 $15 18. Nd2 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Bxd5 20. c4 Bc6 21. Bf3
Qd7 22. Qd3 Rad8 23. h4 (23. Bxc6 Qxc6 24. Rfe1 Rd7 $11) 23... Ne6 24. Bxc6
Qxc6 25. Rfe1 d5 26. h5 g5 27. Qf3 (27. cxd5 $5 Rxd5 28. Qb1 $15) 27... g4 28.
Qe2 Rde8 (28... Rfe8 $142 $5 29. Qf1 Ng7 $17) 29. cxd5 $11 Nxd5 30. Qc4 Nb6 31.
Qa6 Qa4 32. Qb7+ $4 (32. Qxa4 $142 Nxa4 33. Nc4 $11) 32... Kg8 $19 33. Rb1 (33.
Ne4 fxe4 34. Qxe4 Qxe4 35. Rxe4 $19) 33... Rf7 34. Rxb6 Rxb7 35. Rxb7 Qd4 36.
Nb3 (36. Nf1 f4 37. Rbb1 g3 38. Bxg3 fxg3 39. Nxg3 Ng7 $19) 36... Qd5 37. Na5 (
37. Rb5 f4 38. Nxc5 Qxh5 $19 (38... Nxc5 $6 39. Rxe8+ Kf7 40. Re1 $17)) 37...
Qd2 (37... Qd2 38. Rbb1 Qxa5 $19) 0-1

[Event "Chess Classic"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2009.12.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2009.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.05"]

{A29: Englische Eröffnung (Vierspringer-Variante)} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3
Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6
11. d3 a5 12. b5 Nd4 13. Nd2 Qc8 14. e3 Nf5 15. Qc2 Rd8 16. Bb2 a4 17. Rfc1 Nd6
18. Nde4 Ne8 19. Qe2 $146 (19. Ne2 Bb3 20. Qc3 Qd7 21. d4 Qxb5 22. Bf1 Bc4 23.
Ba1 Bb3 24. Nd2 Bxa3 25. Nxb3 axb3 26. Rxb3 Qa5 27. Rcb1 exd4 28. Nxd4 Qxc3 29.
Bxc3 Kf7 30. Bh3 Rdb8 31. Be6+ Kg6 32. Nf5 Nd6 33. Nxd6 Bxd6 {Cvitan,O (2540)
-Milman,L (2484)/Pula 2007/1/2-1/2}) 19... Bf8 20. f4 exf4 21. gxf4 Qd7 22. d4
c6 23. Nc5 Bxc5 24. dxc5 Nc4 25. Rd1 Qc7 26. Bc1 Na5 27. bxc6 (27. Nxa4 $143
Bc4 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 $15 (28... Bxe2 29. Rxa8 Bxb5 30. Nb6 $18)) 27... bxc6 28.
Nxa4 Rxd1+ 29. Qxd1 Rd8 30. Qc2 Qf7 31. Nc3 Qh5 32. Ne2 Bf5 (32... Kf8 $5 33.
Bf1 Qg4+ 34. Ng3 Qd1 $11) 33. e4 $16 Bg4 (33... Bh3 $5 $16) 34. Ng3 $18 Qf7 35.
Bf1 Be6 36. Qc3 Ra8 37. Rb4 Qd7 38. f5 Bf7 39. Bf4 Qd1 40. Kf2 Nb3 $4 (40...
Qd7 $18) 41. Be2 Qb1 (41... Qd7 42. Rxb3 Bxb3 43. Qxb3+ Kh8 $18) 42. Bc4 Rxa3 (
42... Qa2+ 43. Ne2 Qxa3 44. Bxf7+ Kxf7 45. Rxb3 $18) 43. Ne2 (43. Ne2 Qh1 44.
Bxf7+ Kxf7 45. Qd3 Nxc5 46. Qxa3 Nxe4+ 47. Ke3 $18) 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.12.06"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.05"]

{D46: Damengambit (Halbslawisch)} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3
Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Be2 Bb7 11. Rd1 Qc7 12.
Bd2 e5 13. Rac1 a6 14. b4 Rfe8 15. Bd3 (15. h3 h6 16. a3 exd4 17. exd4 Nb6 18.
Re1 Nbd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Bd3 a5 21. Bh7+ Kh8 22. Be4 Nb6 23. bxa5 Nc4 24. Bb4
Nxa3 25. Bxd6 Qxd6 26. Qb3 Re7 27. Bd3 Nc4 28. Rxe7 Qxe7 29. Re1 Qc7 {
Beliavsky,A (2668)-Pavasovic,D (2596)/Terme Zrece 2003/1-0}) 15... Bxb4 16. Ng5
h6 $146 (16... Nf8 17. Nxb5 axb5 18. Bxb4 exd4 19. exd4 Qf4 20. Nf3 Ne6 21. Bd2
Qd6 22. Qb1 Qd5 23. Qb3 Ra4 24. Be3 Rea8 25. Qxd5 Nxd5 26. Bb1 Nb4 27. Ne5 Nc7
28. Nd3 Nxa2 29. Bxa2 Rxa2 30. Nb4 R2a4 31. Rb1 {Soltau,A (2618)-Van Kempen,H 
(2554)/ICCF COR 2004/1/2-1/2}) (16... Nf8 $142 $5 17. Nxb5 axb5 18. Bxb4 exd4
19. exd4 Qf4 $11) 17. Nxb5 axb5 18. Bh7+ Kf8 19. Bxb4+ c5 20. dxc5 Bc6 21. Be4
Nb8 (21... hxg5 $2 22. Bxc6 Qxc6 23. Rd6 $18) 22. Nh7+ Nxh7 23. Bxh7 g6 $2 (
23... Ra4 $142 24. a3 Na6 $18) 24. Rd6 Re7 25. h4 (25. f4 $142 Ra4 26. a3 $18)
25... h5 (25... Na6 26. a3 Nxb4 27. axb4 h5 28. Bxg6 fxg6 29. Qxg6 Be8 30. Qf6+
Kg8 $18) 26. Bxg6 $1 fxg6 (26... Nd7 27. Rxc6 $1 Qxc6 28. Be4 Rxa2 29. Bxc6
Rxc2 30. Rxc2 $18) 27. Qxg6 Rxa2 (27... Rg7 28. Qf6+ Kg8 29. Rd8+ Qxd8 30.
Qxd8+ Kh7 31. Qd3+ Kh8 $18) 28. Rcd1 Rf7 29. Qh6+ Rg7 30. Qf6+ (30. Rg6 Rd2 31.
Qh8+ Ke7 32. Rxg7+ Ke6 33. Rg6+ Kd7 34. Rxd2+ Bd5 35. Rxd5+ Qd6 36. Rdxd6+ Kc7
37. Rg7+ Nd7 38. Rgxd7#) 30... Kg8 31. Rd8+ Kh7 32. Qf5+ Rg6 33. Qxh5+ Rh6 34.
Qf5+ (34. Qf5+ Rg6 35. h5 Qg7 36. hxg6+ Qxg6 37. Qh3+ Qh6 38. Rh8+ Kxh8 39.
Qxh6+ Kg8 40. Rd8+ Kf7 41. Rf8+ Ke7 42. Qd6#) 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.11.28"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Polgar, Judith"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.05"]

{C24: Läuferspiel} 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Qe2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bb3 d6
7. O-O Nbd7 (7... Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nbd7 10. Be3 Nc5 11. Nc3 Ne6 12. Rad1
h6 13. Qg3 Nh5 14. Qg4 Nf6 15. Qg3 Nh5 16. Qg4 Nf6 17. Qg3 Nh5 {(2558)/HeiBei
2001/  Wang Rui (2526)-Bu Xiangzhi  1/2-1/2}) 8. c3 a5 $146 (8... Re8 9. Be3
Nf8 10. Nbd2 Ng6 11. d4 h6 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. h3 Bf8 14. Ne1 Be6 15. Nd3 Qc7 16.
Bxe6 Rxe6 17. a4 Rd8 18. Rfd1 c5 19. f3 c4 20. Nb4 a5 21. Nc2 Rc6 22. Nf1 Rxd1
23. Rxd1 {Alavi Moghaddam,S (2368)-Mareco,S (2335)/Yerevan 2006/1/2-1/2}) 9. a4
b5 10. Bc2 Ba6 11. axb5 cxb5 12. Nbd2 Qc7 13. d4 a4 14. Bd3 Rfb8 15. Nh4 (15.
Rd1 $5 $14) 15... g6 $11 16. f4 (16. Re1 $5 $11) 16... exf4 $17 17. Ndf3 (17.
Nb1 $5 Nh5 18. Nf5 $17) 17... Nh5 $19 18. Bd2 Nb6 19. g4 (19. Bxb5 $4 Bxb5 20.
c4 Nxc4 $19) 19... fxg3 20. Ng5 Nc4 $4 (20... d5 $5 21. e5 Bxg5 22. Bxg5 Bc8
$17) 21. Nf5 $4 (21. Rxf7 $142 Rf8 22. Rxh7 Nxd2 23. Nxg6 Bxg5 24. Rxc7 $18)
21... Bxg5 $17 (21... gxf5 $2 22. Qxh5 Bxg5 23. Bxg5 $18) 22. Bxg5 f6 (22...
gxf5 $2 23. Qxh5 f6 24. Bxf6 $18) 23. Bh4 gxh2+ (23... gxf5 $6 24. Qxh5 Qf7 25.
Qe2 $14) 24. Qxh2 Rf8 25. Be2 gxf5 26. Bxh5 fxe4 (26... Qg7+ 27. Kh1 Bb7 $17 (
27... fxe4 $4 28. Rg1 Ra7 29. Qf4 $18)) 27. Qf4 $14 f5 $4 (27... Qe7 $142 $14)
28. Kh1 $18 Kh8 (28... Nxb2 29. Rg1+ Kh8 30. Qh6 Rg8 31. Bf6+ Rg7 32. Rxg7 Qxg7
33. Qxg7#) 29. Rg1 Rf7 (29... Ne3 30. Qxe3 f4 31. Qxe4 Bb7 $18) 30. Bxf7 Qxf7
31. Qh6 Rf8 32. Rg6 $3 (32. Rg6 Ne3 33. Bf6+ Qxf6 34. Rxf6 Rxf6 35. Qxf6+ Kg8
36. Rg1+ Ng4 37. Qxf5 h5 38. Qg6+ Kh8 39. Rf1 Nf2+ 40. Rxf2 b4 41. Rf8#) 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.11.24"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.05"]

{C01: Französische Verteidigung (Abtauschvariante)} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3
Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. Nge2 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. f3 Bh5 9. Nf4 Bg6 10.
Nxg6 hxg6 11. Bg5 (11. f4 Nc6 12. Ne2 Ne7 13. Ng3 Bd6 14. Qf3 c5 15. dxc5 Bxc5+
16. Kh1 Re8 17. f5 Nxf5 18. Nxf5 gxf5 19. Bxf5 Qc7 20. Qh3 Qe5 21. Bg5 {
Thinius,M (2330)-Alperowitz,S (1861)/Apolda 2007/ 1-0}) 11... c6 12. f4 (12.
Ne2 Nbd7 13. c3 Bd6 14. Bf4 Qc7 15. Qd2 Rfe8 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Rae1 Re7 {
Rytshagov,M (2525)-Lyrberg,P (2430)/Stockholm 1997/ 1/2-1/2}) 12... Qb6 13. Na4
$146 (13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Ne2 f5 15. c3 Be7 16. Bxf5 c5 17. Bc2 cxd4 18. cxd4 Nc6
19. f5 Bf6 20. fxg6 Nxd4 21. Kh1 Nxc2 22. Qxc2 Qxb2 23. Qf5 Qxa1 24. Rxa1 Bxa1
25. Nf4 Rae8 26. g3 fxg6 27. Qxg6+ Bg7 {Annageldyev,O (2458)-Nikitin,A (2452)/
Alushta 2004/1-0}) 13... Qxd4+ 14. Kh1 Ne4 15. c3 Nf2+ 16. Rxf2 Qxf2 17. cxb4
f6 18. Qg4 fxg5 19. Qe6+ Kh8 20. Nc5 Qxb2 (20... gxf4 21. Qh3+ Kg8 22. Bxg6
Qf1+ 23. Rxf1 Re8 24. Ne6 Rxe6 25. Qxe6+ Kf8 26. Rxf4#) 21. Qh3+ Kg8 22. Qe6+
Kh8 23. Rf1 Qf6 (23... gxf4 24. Bxg6 Qc3 25. g3 Qe1 26. Qh3+ Kg8 27. Qh7#) 24.
Qh3+ Kg8 25. g3 Re8 26. Nxb7 gxf4 27. Rxf4 $2 (27. Nc5 $5 Qg5 28. gxf4 $11)
27... Re1+ (27... Qe6 $142 $5 28. Qxe6+ Rxe6 29. Nc5 $19) 28. Kg2 $17 Qe6 29.
Qxe6+ Rxe6 30. Nc5 Re7 (30... Rd6 $5 31. b5 $19) 31. b5 $17 Nd7 32. Nxd7 Rxd7
33. bxc6 Rd6 34. Bb5 Re8 35. Rd4 (35. Kh3 Rb8 36. Ba4 g5 $19) 35... Kf7 $19 36.
Rf4+ (36. Rd2 Ke7 $19) 36... Ke6 37. Rg4 Ke5 38. Kf3 (38. Rb4 Rf6 $19) 38...
Rf6+ 39. Ke3 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.11.21"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.05"]

{D85: Grünfeld-Verteidigung (Hauptfortsetzung)} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4.
cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 Nc6 10. d5 Ne5 11.
Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Qd2 e6 13. f4 Bc7 14. O-O exd5 15. exd5 Ba5 16. d6 b6 17. Bf3 Rb8
(17... Bf5 18. Bxa8 Bxb1 19. Bc6 Bf5 20. Re1 Qf6 21. Bb2 Rd8 22. Re8+ Rxe8 23.
Bxe8 a6 24. a4 Qd4+ 25. Qxd4 cxd4 26. d7 b5 27. cxd4 b4 28. d5 Kf8 29. Bf6 b3
30. d6 Bd8 31. Bb2 Be4 32. Kf2 {Khalifman,A (2616)-Mikhalevski,V (2531)/St
Petersburg 1999/1-0}) 18. Bb2 (18. Ba3 Qf6 19. Bb4 Bf5 20. Rbc1 c4 21. Bxa5
bxa5 22. Be2 Bd3 23. Bxd3 Qxd6 24. Rcd1 Rfd8 25. f5 Qb6+ 26. Kh1 Rxd3 27. Qf4
Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Rd8 29. Rxd8+ Qxd8 30. h3 {Marzolo,C (2459)-Brkic,A (2567)/
Dresden 2007/ 1/2-1/2}) 18... Bf5 19. Rbe1 b5 20. g4 $146 (20. Be4 Rb6 21. Bxf5
Rxd6 22. Qe2 gxf5 23. Qxb5 Qb6 24. a4 c4+ 25. Qxb6 Rxb6 26. Ba3 Bxc3 27. Bxf8
Bxe1 28. Bc5 Re6 29. Bf2 Bd2 30. Rb1 Rc6 31. Bd4 f6 32. Rb2 c3 33. Rc2 Rc4 34.
Bxf6 Rxf4 {Pogorelov,R (2460)-Lalic,B (2523)/Dos Hermanas 2002/0-1}) 20... Be6
(20... Bc8 21. Re7 b4 22. c4 $18) 21. f5 Bc4 (21... Rb6 22. fxe6 Rxd6 23. exf7+
Rxf7 24. Qe2 $18) 22. Re7 Qb6 (22... Rb6 23. Rd1 Kh8 $18) (22... Bxf1 23. Qh6
c4 (23... Qxe7 24. dxe7 gxf5 25. Qg5+ Kh8 26. c4+ Bc3 27. Bxc3+ f6 28. Bxf6+
Rxf6 29. Qxf6+ Kg8 30. Bd5#) 24. f6 Qb6+ 25. Kxf1) 23. f6 Kh8 24. Be4 Rg8 25.
Rf3 Bd3 26. Qh6 c4+ 27. Kg2 Bxe4 28. Rxe4 (28. Rxe4 Qg1+ 29. Kxg1 Bb6+ 30. Kg2
Bf2 31. Qxh7+ Kxh7 32. Rh3+ Bh4 33. Rxh4#) 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial "]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.05"]

{D15: Damengambit (Slawische Verteidigung)} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3
a6 5. e3 b5 6. c5 Nbd7 7. Bd3 e5 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Nd7 (9... Ng4 10. f4 Bxc5
11. Qf3 Qb6 12. Nd1 Nh6 13. O-O O-O 14. Nf2 f6 15. exf6 Rxf6 16. Bd2 Bf5 17. b4
Bf8 18. Bc3 Re6 19. Bd4 Qb7 20. Kh1 Qf7 21. Rad1 Bxd3 22. Nxd3 Nf5 23. Be5 Nd6
24. Nc5 {Kazhgaleyev,M (2626)-Gundavaa,B (2461)/Subic Bay PHI 2009/1-0}) 10. e6
Nxc5 11. exf7+ Kxf7 12. b3 $2 $146 (12. Bc2 g6 13. O-O Bg7 14. Ne2 Re8 15. Nd4
Qd6 16. b4 Ne6 17. Rb1 Nxd4 18. exd4 a5 19. bxa5 Rxa5 20. Bb3 Bf5 21. Ra1 Be4
22. Be3 Qd7 23. Rc1 Raa8 24. Re1 Bf5 25. Qd2 h5 26. h3 Re4 27. f3 Ree8 28. g4
hxg4 29. hxg4 Be6 30. Qc2 Qd6 31. Qh2 Qxh2+ 32. Kxh2 Bd7 33. Kg2 Re6 34. Bf2
Rae8 35. Rxe6 Rxe6 36. Kf1 b4 37. Bc2 Rf6 38. Kg2 Re6 39. Bd3 Re8 40. Rb1 Bf8
41. Kf1 Ra8 {Aronian,L (2757)-Movsesian,S (2732)/Nanjing 2008/1/2-1/2}) (12.
Bc2 $142 $11) (12. Qf3+ Qf6 13. Qxf6+ Kxf6 14. Bc2 Bf5 15. Bxf5 Kxf5 16. Ne2
Kg6 17. Nd4 Rc8 18. O-O Be7 $17) 12... Nxd3+ $17 13. Qxd3 Qg5 14. g3 Qf6 15.
Bb2 Qf3 16. Rg1 Bg4 17. a3 Re8 18. Rc1 $2 (18. Nb1 $142 $5 $17) 18... b4 $19
19. axb4 Bxb4 20. h3 Bxh3 21. g4 Bxg4 22. Rg3 Qf5 23. Qd4 (23. Qxf5+ Bxf5 24.
Kf1 Bd6 $19) 23... Re4 24. Qa7+ Qd7 25. Qb6 (25. Qxd7+ Bxd7 26. Kf1 $19) 25...
c5 (25... c5 26. Qxa6 d4 27. Qc4+ Qe6 28. Qxe6+ Bxe6 $19 (28... Rxe6 $6 29.
Rxg4 h5 30. Rf4+ Kg6 31. Kf1 dxc3 32. Bxc3 $11)) 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial "]
[Site "Moskau"]
[Date "2009.11.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.05"]

{E36: Nimzoindisch (4.Dc2)} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3
Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Nf3 dxc4 8. Qxc4 b6 9. Bf4 (9. Bg5 Ba6 10. Qa4 c5 11. dxc5
bxc5 12. Rd1 Qb6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Rd2 Nc6 15. Qg4+ Kh8 16. Qh4 Kg7 17. Qg3+
Kh8 18. Qh4 Kg7 19. Qg3+ Kh8 {Riazantsev,A (2646)-Vitiugov,N (2681)/Ulan Ude
2009/ 1/2-1/2}) 9... Ba6 10. Qc2 (10. Qxc7 Qd5 11. Qc2 Rc8 12. Qb1 Nbd7 13. e4
Qb7 14. e5 Bxf1 15. Rxf1 Nd5 16. Bd2 Qa6 17. Qe4 Rc6 18. Qe2 Qa4 19. Qd3 Rc2
20. b3 Qc6 21. Kd1 Rb2 22. Rc1 Qb7 23. Rc2 Rxc2 24. Kxc2 b5 {Likavsky,T (2498)
-Bosiocic,M (2578)/Ansfelden  2009/1-0}) 10... Nbd7 $146 (10... Qd5 11. Rc1 Rc8
12. g3 c5 13. Bg2 Bb7 14. O-O Na6 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Rfd1 Qh5 17. b4 Nce4 18.
Qxc8+ {Gabriel,C (2530)-Hermesmann,H (2295)/ GER-chT 1994/1-0}) 11. e4 Bxf1 12.
Kxf1 c5 13. Bd6 Re8 14. e5 Nd5 15. h4 cxd4 16. Ng5 f5 17. Qc4 (17. exf6 $5
N5xf6 18. Qb3 $15) 17... Qc8 $17 18. Qxd4 Nc5 19. Rd1 Nb3 20. Qd3 Nc1 21. Qb5
Qc2 22. Rxd5 a6 (22... exd5 $4 23. Qxd5+ Kh8 24. Nf7+ Kg8 25. Nh6+ Kh8 26. Qg8+
Rxg8 27. Nf7#) 23. Qxb6 Qc4+ 24. Kg1 exd5 25. g3 h6 26. Nf3 $2 (26. Qb7 $5 hxg5
27. e6 Ne2+ 28. Kh2 Rxe6 29. Qxa8+ Kh7 30. hxg5 $19) 26... f4 27. g4 Qe4 28.
Kg2 Nd3 29. Qb3 Qc4 (29... Nxe5 $4 30. Bxe5 Rad8 31. Bc7 $18) 30. Qb7 $4 (30.
Qc3 $142 Qxc3 31. bxc3 $17) 30... Nxf2 $1 $19 31. Kxf2 (31. -- $140 Nxh1) 31...
Qc2+ 32. Kg1 Qd1+ 33. Kf2 Qxh1 34. e6 (34. Qxd5+ Kh8 35. Qe4 $19) 34... Rac8
35. Qf7+ Kh8 36. Bc5 (36. Bb4 Rc2+ 37. Bd2 Rxd2+ 38. Nxd2 Qxh4+ 39. Kf1 Qh3+
40. Ke1 Qg3+ 41. Kd1 Qxg4+ 42. Kc2 Rxe6 $19) 36... Qc1 (36... Rxc5 $6 37. Qxe8+
Kh7 38. Ng5+ hxg5 39. Qh5+ Kg8 40. Qe8+ Kh7 41. Qh5+ Kg8 42. Qe8+ Kh7 $11) 37.
b4 Qc2+ (37... d4 $142 38. Nxd4 Qe3+ 39. Kf1 Qd3+ 40. Ke1 $19) 38. Kg1 Qe2 (
38... Rf8 $142 39. Qxf8+ Rxf8 40. Bxf8 Qe2 $19) 39. Nd4 (39. Qxf4 Rxe6 40. g5
Qd1+ 41. Kg2 Re2+ 42. Bf2 $19) 39... Qxg4+ 40. Kf2 Qxh4+ 41. Ke2 f3+ $1 42.
Kxf3 (42. Nxf3 Qe4+) (42. Kxf3 Qf6+) (42. Qxf3 Rxc5 43. bxc5 Qxd4) 42... Rf8 $1
43. Bxf8 (43. Bxf8 Rc3+ 44. Ke2 (44. Kg2 Qh3+) 44... Qe4+) (43. Qxf8+ Rxf8+ 44.
Bxf8 (44. Nf5 Qe4+) (44. Ke2 Rf2+) (44. Ke3 Qe4+) (44. Kg2 Rf2+) 44... Qf6+)
43... Rc3+ 44. Kg2 (44. Ke2 Qe4+ 45. Kf1 Rc1+ 46. Kf2 Qxd4+ 47. Kf3 Qe4+ 48.
Kf2 Rc2+ 49. Kg3 Rg2+ 50. Kh3 Qg4#) 44... Qg3+ 45. Kf1 Rc1+ (45... Rc1+ 46. Ke2
Re1+ 47. Kd2 Qe3+ 48. Kc2 Rc1+ 49. Kb2 Qc3+ 50. Ka2 Ra1#) 0-1

[Event "17. Mannschafts-EM"]
[Site "Novi Sad/Serbien"]
[Date "2009.10.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir"]
[Black "Jenni, Florian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.05"]

{C88: Spanische Partie (Geschlossenes System)} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4.
Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 Bb7 9. d3 Re8 10. Nc3 Bb4 11. Ng5
Rf8 12. a3 Bxc3 13. bxc3 h6 14. Nf3 d6 15. Nh4 (15. a4 Na5 16. Ba2 c5 17. Nh4
Kh8 18. Nf5 Bc8 19. Qf3 Be6 20. g4 Nh7 21. Bd5 Bxd5 22. exd5 Qd7 23. Bd2 Nb7
24. Ra3 bxa4 25. Rea1 a5 26. Rxa4 f6 27. h4 Ra6 28. h5 Rfa8 29. Qg2 Qc7 {Lutz,
C (2580)-Navara,D (2725)/ 2007/1-0}) 15... Na5 $146 (15... Bc8 16. Qf3 Na5 17.
Ba2 c5 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. Qxf5 c4 20. Rd1 Qc8 21. Qf3 Qe6 22. a4 Rfc8 23. Ba3 Ne8
24. Qe2 Qd7 25. Bb4 Qc7 26. dxc4 Nxc4 27. Bxc4 bxc4 28. a5 Qe7 29. Rd2 Rc6 30.
Rad1 {Svidler,P (2743)-Anand,V (2803)/Sofia 2006/1/2-1/2}) 16. Ba2 c5 17. Re3
c4 18. Rg3 Nxe4 19. dxe4 Qxh4 20. Qxd6 Nc6 (20... Qxe4 $4 21. Bxh6 Qh7 22. Bxg7
Qxg7 23. Rxg7+ Kxg7 24. Qxe5+ f6 25. Qc7+ Kg6 26. Qxa5 $18) 21. Bxh6 Rfd8 22.
Rxg7+ Kh8 23. Rg4 Qxf2+ (23... Rxd6 $2 24. Rxh4 Kg8 25. Rb1 $18) 24. Kxf2 Rxd6
25. Be3 Ne7 26. Bc5 Rf6+ 27. Ke3 Ng6 28. Rd1 Rc6 29. Rd7 (29. Bb4 $142 $5 $16)
29... Bc8 $11 30. Rd8+ Kh7 31. Bb4 Ra7 (31... a5 32. Bf8 Bxg4 33. Rxa8 $11) 32.
Rg5 (32. Rg3 $5 $14) 32... f6 $11 33. Rg3 a5 34. a4 (34. Bd6 $142 $11) 34...
axb4 $17 35. axb5 b3 36. cxb3 (36. bxc6 $4 bxa2 37. Rd1 a1=Q 38. Rxa1 Rxa1 $19)
36... cxb3 37. Bxb3 (37. bxc6 $4 bxa2 38. Rd1 a1=Q 39. Rxa1 Rxa1 $19) 37...
Rxc3+ 38. Kf2 Rxg3 39. Bg8+ $2 (39. Kxg3 Ra3 40. Rd3 $19) 39... Kh6 $19 40.
Kxg3 Rg7 (40... Ra3+ $142 $5 41. Kf2 Bb7 $19) 41. Bd5 $15 Nf4+ 42. Kf3 Bb7 43.
g3 Nxd5 44. exd5 Rc7 45. b6 $4 (45. Kf2 $142 $15) 45... Rc5 $19 46. Ke4 $2 (46.
Kg4 Kg6 47. h4 Rxd5 48. h5+ Kg7 49. h6+ Kxh6 $19) 46... Rxd5 $1 47. Rb8 $2 (47.
Rxd5 Kg5) 47... Bc6 48. Kf5 (48. Ke3 Rb5 49. Kd3 $19) 48... Kg7 49. Ke6 Rd3 50.
h4 (50. Ke7 e4 51. Rc8 Bd5 $19) 50... e4 51. h5 (51. b7 Bd5+ 52. Kd6 Bxb7+ 53.
Kc5 $19) 51... e3 52. h6+ Kxh6 53. Kxf6 (53. Rf8 e2 54. Kxf6 Rf3+ 55. Ke6 e1=Q+
56. Kd6 Rd3+ 57. Kc7 Qe7+ 58. Kxc6 Qd7+ 59. Kc5 Qd5+ 60. Kb4 Rb3+ 61. Ka4 Qb5#)
53... Rd6+ 54. Ke5 (54. Ke7 Rd7+ 55. Kf6 Kh7 56. Rc8 e2 57. Rxc6 e1=Q 58. Rc7
Rxc7 59. bxc7 Qc3+ 60. Ke6 Qxc7) 54... Rd1 55. Rh8+ Kg7 56. Rh2 Rd2 57. Rh4 (
57. b7 e2 58. Rxe2 Rxe2+ 59. Kd4 Bxb7 60. Kc5 Rg2 61. Kb6 Rxg3 62. Kxb7 Rg6 63.
Kc7 Kf7 64. Kd7 Re6 65. Kc7 Ke7 66. Kb8 Kd6 67. Kb7 Kd7 68. Kb8 Kc6 69. Ka7 Kc7
70. Ka8 Ra6#) 57... e2 58. Rg4+ Kf7 59. Rf4+ Ke7 (59... Ke7 60. Re4 Bxe4 61.
Kxe4 e1=Q+ 62. Kf4 Rd4+ 63. Kf3 Qe4+ 64. Kf2 Rd2+ 65. Kf1 Qh1#) 0-1

[Event "17.Mannschafts-EM"]
[Site "Novi Sad, Serbien"]
[Date "2009.10.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ekstroem, Roland"]
[Black "Vuckovic, Bojan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.05"]

{D90: Grünfeld-Verteidigung (Flohr-Variante)} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4.
Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bd2 Nb6 7. Bg5 O-O (7... h6 8. Bh4 c5 9. dxc5 Bxc3+ 10.
bxc3 Qxd1+ 11. Rxd1 Na4 12. Nd4 Bd7 13. f3 Nxc3 14. Rd2 Nc6 15. Bf2 O-O 16. e4
Rfd8 17. Bc4 Ne5 18. Rc2 Nxc4 19. Rxc3 Na5 20. O-O e5 21. Nc2 Be6 22. Be3 {
Slobodjan,R (2525)-Baramidze,D (2585)/ 2007/1/2-1/2}) 8. e3 h6 9. Bf4 $146 (9.
Bh4 g5 (9... c5 10. dxc5 N6d7 11. Rc1 Nc6 12. Bb5 Nxc5 13. O-O g5 14. Bg3 Bf5
15. Qd5 Qxd5 16. Nxd5 Nd3 17. Bxc6 Nxc1 18. Rxc1 Bxb2 19. Rc5 Rad8 20. h3 Be6
21. Bxb7 Bxd5 22. Bxd5 Ba3 23. Ra5 Bb4 24. Rb5 {Giri,A (2469)-Gupta,A (2569)/
Wijk aan Zee 2009/1-0}) (9... Nc6 10. Be2 a5 11. O-O a4 12. Bb5 a3 13. b3 Nb4
14. Qc1 Bf5 15. e4 Bg4 16. Ne5 Qxd4 17. Nxg4 Qxc3 18. Bxe7 Qxc1 19. Rfxc1 Bxa1
20. Rxa1 Nc2 21. Rd1 h5 22. Nf6+ Kg7 23. e5 {Gunina,V (2295)-Harika,D (2455)/
Moskau 2008/0-1}) 10. Bg3 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Qxd1+ 13. Rxd1 Na4 14. Bc4
Nxc3 15. Rc1 Ne4 16. Nd4 Bd7 17. Bd5 Nxg3 18. hxg3 Nc6 19. Nxc6 Bxc6 20. Bxc6
bxc6 21. Rxh6 f6 22. Ke2 Rab8 23. Rc2 Rb1 {Iskusnyh,S (2483)-Kotlyar,K (2039)/
Khanty Mansiysk 2007/1-0}) 9... Nc6 10. Bb5 Bd7 11. O-O Re8 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. h3
a6 14. Be2 g5 15. Bg3 g4 $2 (15... e5 $142 $5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Bxe5 18.
dxe5 Rxe5 $16) 16. hxg4 $18 Bxg4 17. Ne4 Nd7 18. Nh4 (18. Qb3 $142 $5 Nb6 19.
Nc5 Qd5 $18) 18... Bxe2 19. Qxe2 e6 20. Nf3 Qe7 21. Rfd1 Qb4 22. Nc5 Nxc5 23.
Rxc5 (23. dxc5 $6 Red8 $14 (23... Bxb2 $4 24. Rb1 $18)) 23... Red8 24. Rdc1 (
24. Rd3 Bf8 25. Rc1 Bd6 $18) 24... Rd7 (24... Qa4 25. b3 Qa3 26. R1c3 $18) 25.
Ne1 Qb6 26. Nd3 Ne7 27. Ne5 Bxe5 28. Bxe5 (28. dxe5 $6 Ng6 $14) 28... Ng6 29.
Bf6 Rd5 30. e4 Rxc5 31. Rxc5 e5 32. Qg4 (32. Bxe5 $142 Nxe5 33. Rxe5 Rd8 $18)
32... Rf8 $2 (32... Re8 33. Bxe5 Qe6 34. Qxe6 Rxe6 $18 (34... fxe6 $4 35. Rxc7
Re7 36. g4 $18)) 33. Bxe5 Qxb2 34. Rxc7 Kh7 (34... Qxa2 35. Rxb7 Qd2 $18) 35.
Qf5 Qxa2 36. d5 Kg8 37. Rxf7 $3 Qb1+ (37... Rxf7 38. Qxg6+ Kf8 39. Bd6+ Ke8 40.
Qe6+ Kd8 41. Qxf7 Qb1+ 42. Kh2 Qxe4 43. Bc7+ Kc8 44. Bb6 Qh4+ 45. Kg1 Qd8 46.
Bxd8 Kxd8 47. d6 b5 48. Qe7+ Kc8 49. Qc7#) 38. Kh2 Qb6 (38... Qh1+ 39. Kxh1
Rxf7 40. Qxg6+ Kf8 41. Bd6+ Re7 42. Qf6+ Kg8 43. Bxe7 Kh7 44. Qf7+ Kh8 45. Bf6#
) (38... Qb6 39. Rg7+ Kh8 40. Rxg6+ Rf6 41. Rxf6 Qxf6 42. Qxf6+ Kg8 43. Qg7#)
1-0

[Event "17. Mannschafts-EM"]
[Site "Novi Sad/Serbia"]
[Date "2009.10.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kryvoruchko, Yuriy"]
[Black "Gallagher, Joseph G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2464"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.05"]

{B90: Sizilianisch (Najdorf-Variante, Abweichungen)} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4
cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. h3 Nbd7 (8... Be7 9. Qf3 h5
10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. Kb1 Nb6 12. g4 hxg4 13. hxg4 Rxh1 14. Qxh1 Bxg4 15. f3 Bh5
16. Qg1 Nfd7 17. Qxg7 Bxf3 18. Rd3 Bf8 19. Qg3 Bh5 20. Bg5 Be7 21. Be3 Bg6 22.
Bh3 Qc7 23. Qf2 {Bologan,V (2580)-Sakaev,K (2620)/Elista 1998/1/2-1/2}) 9. g4 (
9. Qf3 Rc8 10. O-O-O Nb6 11. Nc5 Be7 12. g4 {Wen,Y (2487)-Ghaem Maghami,E 
(2597)/Manila 2008/ 1/2-1/2}) 9... Nb6 $146 (9... h6 10. Qf3 Rc8 11. O-O-O Be7
12. Kb1 Qc7 13. Bd3 Qc6 14. Na5 Qc7 15. Nb3 Qc6 16. Na5 Qc7 {Lindberg,B (2307)
-Dzevlan,M (2435)/Stockholm 1999/ 1/2-1/2}) 10. g5 Nfd7 11. Nd5 (11. Qh5 Be7
$11) 11... Rc8 (11... Be7 12. h4 $11) 12. f4 (12. Qd3 $5 $11) 12... Bxd5 13.
exd5 Be7 14. h4 (14. Qd2 Nc4 15. Bxc4 Rxc4 16. fxe5 Nxe5 $11) 14... h6 $15 15.
gxh6 $2 (15. Qf3 $142 Rxc2 16. fxe5 dxe5 17. Bd3 Bb4+ 18. Kf1 Rxb2 19. Bc1 $17)
15... Bxh4+ $19 16. Kd2 Rxh6 17. Qf3 exf4 18. Bxf4 Ne5 19. Qg2 $2 (19. Qe4
Nbc4+ 20. Kd1 $19) 19... Bg5 (19... Rg6 $142 20. Qe4 Rg4 $19) 20. Bxg5 $17
Qxg5+ 21. Qxg5 Nf3+ 22. Kd3 Nxg5 23. Rxh6 gxh6 24. Bg2 (24. Na5 $5 $15) 24...
Nc4 $17 25. Rb1 Ne5+ 26. Kd2 Rc4 27. Rh1 Rg4 28. Bf1 (28. Bh3 $142 $5 Rh4 29.
Bg2 $17) 28... Ne4+ $19 29. Ke1 Ng3 30. Rxh6 (30. Rh3 h5 $19) 30... Re4+ (30...
Nxf1 $6 31. Kxf1 Nc4 32. Rh8+ Kd7 33. Rb8 Rf4+ 34. Ke2 $17) 31. Kf2 Ng4+ 32.
Kxg3 Nxh6 33. Na5 (33. Bd3 Rg4+ 34. Kf3 Ra4 $19) 33... b5 (33... Kd7 34. Nc4 b5
35. Nd2 Nf5+ 36. Kf2 Rf4+ 37. Ke2 $19) 34. c4 (34. Nc6 Ra4 35. a3 Nf5+ 36. Kf3
Nd4+ 37. Kf2 Nxc6 38. dxc6 Ke7 $19) 34... Nf5+ 35. Kf3 (35. Kf2 Rf4+ 36. Ke1
Ne3 37. cxb5 Rxf1+ (37... Nxf1 $143 38. bxa6 Re4+ 39. Kxf1 $16) 38. Ke2 axb5
39. Kxe3 Ra1 $19) 35... Re1 36. Kf2 (36. Bh3 Re3+ 37. Kg4 bxc4 $19) 36... Rb1 (
36... Ra1 37. a3 Ra2 38. cxb5 Rxb2+ 39. Kf3 axb5 40. Bd3 Nd4+ 41. Ke4 $19) 37.
b3 (37. cxb5 Rxb2+ 38. Kf3 Rxa2 $19) 37... Rb2+ 38. Kf3 Rxa2 39. Nc6 (39. b4
Ra3+ 40. Kf4 Ne3 $19) 39... Ra3 40. cxb5 (40. Bd3 Rxb3 41. Ke4 b4 $19) 40...
Rxb3+ 41. Kf4 Ne3 42. Na5 (42. Nd4 Ra3 43. Be2 Nxd5+ 44. Kg5 f6+ 45. Kf5 $19)
42... Ra3 (42... Nxf1 $6 43. Nxb3 axb5 44. Kf3 $19) 43. b6 (43. Nc4 Nxc4 (43...
Nxf1 $6 44. Nxa3 axb5 45. Nxb5 $11) 44. bxa6 Rxa6 $19) 43... Nxf1 44. b7 Ra4+ (
44... Ra4+ 45. Kf3 Rb4 $19 (45... Rxa5 46. b8=Q+ Ke7 47. Qc7+ Kf6 48. Qxa5 Kg5
49. Qd8+ Kg6 50. Qxd6+ Kg5 51. Qe5+ Kg6 52. Qe2 Nd2+ 53. Qxd2 Kf5 54. Qf4+ Kg6
55. Qd6+ Kf5 56. Qxa6 Ke5 57. Qc6 Kf5 58. d6 Ke6 59. d7+ Ke7 60. Qc8 Ke6 61.
d8=Q+ Ke5 62. Qb7 Ke6 63. Qbd5#)) (44... Rxa5 45. b8=Q+ Ke7 46. Qc7+ Ke8 47.
Qxa5 Kf8 48. Qxa6 Kg8 49. Qxd6 Nh2 50. Qd8+ Kg7 51. Qg5+ Kf8 52. Qh6+ Ke7 53.
Qxh2 Kd6 54. Qd2 Kd7 55. d6 f6 56. Qd5 f5 57. Ke5 Ke8 58. Qb7 Kd8 59. Qc7+ Ke8
60. Qe7#) 0-1

[Event "2. Pearl Spring"]
[Site "Nanjing"]
[Date "2009.10.09"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2009.03.21"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.05"]

{D31: Damengambit (Halbslawisch)} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5.
Bf4 c6 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8. e3 Ne7 9. Bd3 b6 10. Nf3 Ba6 11. O-O Bxd3 12.
Qxd3 Nd7 $146 (12... O-O 13. Rac1 Nd7 14. Rc2 Qg6 15. Qxg6 hxg6 16. Ne2 f6 17.
h4 Kf7 18. Nf4 Rfd8 19. Rfc1 Nf8 20. Ne1 {Harikrishna,P (2563)-Kasimdzhanov,R 
(2680)/Mumbai 2003/ 1/2-1/2}) 13. e4 O-O 14. e5 Qe6 15. Rae1 Rfe8 16. Nh4 Ng6
17. Nxg6 Qxg6 18. Qd2 Nf8 19. f4 Qf5 20. Nd1 (20. Ne2 h5 $16) 20... f6 (20...
Ne6 $5 $16) 21. Ne3 Qd7 22. Qd3 fxe5 23. dxe5 Ne6 24. f5 Nc5 25. Qd4 Ne4 26.
Nxd5 Qxd5 (26... cxd5 $2 27. Rxe4 Qc6 28. Re3 $18) 27. Qxe4 (27. Rxe4 $6 Qxd4+
28. Rxd4 Rxe5 $11) 27... Rad8 28. e6 Qxe4 29. Rxe4 Rd6 30. g4 Kf8 (30... h6 31.
b4 $18) 31. g5 Ke7 $2 (31... c5 32. Kg2 $18) 32. Kg2 (32. f6+ $5 Kf8 33. e7+
Kf7 $18) 32... Rd5 33. Kg3 Kd6 (33... Kf8 34. h4 $18) 34. h4 c5 (34... Rg8 $18)
35. f6 gxf6 36. gxf6 Rd3+ 37. Kh2 Rd2+ 38. Kh1 (38. Kh1 Rxe6 39. Rxe6+ Kxe6 40.
f7 $18) 1-0

[Event "2. Pearl Spring"]
[Site "Nanjing CHN"]
[Date "2009.09.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2009.09.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.05"]

{C45: Schottische Partie} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6
6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 Ne5 8. Be2 Qg6 9. O-O d6 10. f4 Qxe4 11. Bf2 Bxd4 12. cxd4
N5g6 13. g3 O-O (13... Bh3 14. Bf3 Qf5 15. Re1 d5 16. Qb3 O-O 17. Nc3 c6 18.
Qxb7 Rfb8 19. Qc7 Qf6 {Morozevich,A (2749)-Kramnik,V (2802)/Dortmund 2001/ 1/
2-1/2}) 14. Nc3 Qf5 15. d5 a6 $146 (15... Qd7 16. h4 h6 17. h5 Nh8 18. Re1 Qd8
19. g4 f5 20. Bh4 g5 21. fxg5 hxg5 22. Bxg5 Nf7 23. Bf4 fxg4 24. Bd3 Ne5 25.
Bxe5 dxe5 26. Rxe5 Bf5 27. Qd2 Bxd3 28. Qxd3 Qd6 29. Rg5+ Kh8 30. Qd4+ {
Brunello,S (2334)-Naumkin,I (2445)/Verona 2006/1/2-1/2}) (15... Rd8 16. Bf3 (
16. Bd4 Nxd5 17. g4 Nxc3 18. gxf5 Nxd1 19. fxg6 c5 20. gxh7+ Kxh7 21. Raxd1
cxd4 22. Rxd4 Bf5 23. Bf3 Rd7 24. Rfd1 Rad8 25. b4 g6 26. b5 Kg7 27. Rc1 Kf6
28. Kf2 d5 29. a4 b6 30. a5 bxa5 {Tomczak,J (2443)-Aleksandrov,A (2614)/
Warschau 2007/0-1}) 16... c6 (16... c5 17. Re1 Qd7 18. h4 Rb8 19. a4 a6 20. h5
Nf8 21. g4 b5 22. axb5 axb5 23. Bh4 Re8 24. f5 Kh8 25. f6 Ng8 26. fxg7+ Kxg7
27. Qd2 Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 h6 29. Ne4 Nh7 30. Qf4 Rb6 31. Bg3 {Dembo,Y (2448)
-Stefanova,A (2463)/Solin 2007/1-0}) 17. Re1 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 cxd5 19. Bxd5 Be6
20. Bxb7 Rab8 21. Be4 Qa5 22. Bd4 Ne7 23. a3 Nf5 24. b4 Qa6 25. Bf2 Rbc8 26.
Qh5 g6 27. Qg5 d5 28. Bg2 d4 29. g4 Ng7 30. Qf6 {Slugin,S (2439)-Bykov,A (2300)
/Voronezh 2009/1-0}) (15... Bd7 16. Re1 $14) 16. Re1 Kh8 (16... Re8 17. h4 $14)
17. Rc1 Bd7 18. Bf3 Rac8 19. Qb3 b5 20. Ne2 (20. Qa3 h6 $16) 20... Qh3 (20...
c5 21. dxc6 Nxc6 22. Rcd1 $16) 21. Nd4 Bg4 22. Bg2 Qh5 23. h4 (23. Nc6 Nxc6 24.
Rxc6 $16 (24. dxc6 $6 Be6 25. Qa3 Ra8 $11)) 23... Ng8 $2 (23... Kg8 $142 $5 $14
) 24. Rc6 $18 Nf6 25. Rxa6 Bd7 26. Nxb5 Rb8 27. a4 Ng4 28. Bf3 Qh6 (28... Bxb5
29. axb5 Qf5 30. Ra7 $18) 29. Qc4 Nxh4 (29... Nxf2 30. Kxf2 Rfc8 31. b4 $18)
30. Bxg4 (30. gxh4 Nxf2 31. f5 Nh3+ 32. Kh2 Bxf5 $19) 30... Bxg4 31. gxh4 Bf3 (
31... Qh5 32. Kh2 (32. Qxc7 Bc8 33. Rxd6 Qg4+ 34. Kf1 Qf3 $11) (32. Nxc7 $6 Bc8
33. f5 Bxa6 34. Nxa6 Rxb2 $18) 32... Bd7 33. Re3 $18 (33. Qxc7 $6 Qf3 34. Qc2
Rxb5 35. axb5 Qh3+ 36. Kg1 Qg4+ 37. Kh2 Qh3+ 38. Kg1 Qg4+ 39. Kh2 Qh3+ $11))
32. f5 (32. Qxc7 $4 Qg6+ 33. Bg3 Qxg3+ 34. Kf1 Qg2#) 32... Qh5 (32... Qd2 33.
Qxc7 Rbe8 34. Qc1 Rxe1+ 35. Qxe1 $18) 33. Qf4 (33. Qxc7 $4 Qg4+ 34. Bg3 Qxg3+
35. Kf1 Qg2#) 33... Bxd5 (33... Be2 34. Ra5 f6 35. Rc1 $18) 34. Nxc7 Bb7 35.
Rb6 f6 36. Bd4 Qf7 (36... Bf3 37. Rxb8 Rxb8 38. a5 $18) 37. Ne6 Rg8 38. Kf2 (
38. Rxd6 $5 Rbc8 39. Qg3 Bc6 $18) 38... Rbc8 39. Bc3 Bd5 40. a5 Rc4 41. Nd4 Ba8
(41... Rd8 42. Rxd6 Qc7 43. Rxd8+ Qxd8 44. Ra1 $18) 42. Qxd6 Qh5 43. Qf4 Rcc8 (
43... Qf7 44. Rb8 Rcc8 45. Rxc8 Rxc8 46. a6 $18) 44. Rbe6 1-0

[Event "LIII TCh-ESP CECLUB Gp1"]
[Site "Lugo ESP"]
[Date "2009.09.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2009.09.20"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.05"]

{C43: Russische Verteidigung (Petrow)} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. dxe5
d5 5. Nbd2 Nc5 6. Nb3 Ne6 (6... Nxb3 7. axb3 Be7 8. Bd3 Nd7 9. c3 Nc5 10. Bc2
Bg4 11. b4 Ne6 12. Qd3 Qd7 13. O-O g6 14. Bh6 Bf5 15. Qe2 Bxc2 16. Qxc2 Bf8 17.
Qd2 Bxh6 18. Qxh6 a6 19. Rfd1 Rd8 20. h4 Qe7 21. Nh2 {Ivanchuk,V (2730)
-Kasimdzhanov,R (2570)/Elista 1998/1/2-1/2}) 7. Nbd4 Nxd4 8. Nxd4 $146 (8. Qxd4
Be7 9. Bf4 c5 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Bb5+ Nc6 12. O-O O-O 13. Rfe1 Qa5 14. Qxa5 Nxa5
15. Bg5 Bxg5 16. Nxg5 a6 17. Bf1 h6 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. g3 Kf7 20. a3 Nc6 21. Bg2
b5 22. c3 c4 {Villing,D (2179)-Buerger,T (2121)/Velden 2009/0-1}) (8. Qxd4 Be7
$14) 8... Be7 $11 9. Bd3 c5 10. Nf5 O-O (10... Bxf5 $142 $5 11. Bxf5 Nc6 $11)
11. Nxg7 $16 (11. Nxe7+ $6 Qxe7 12. O-O c4 $11) 11... Kxg7 $4 (11... c4 12. Nf5
Kh8 (12... cxd3 $4 13. Qg4+ Bg5 14. Bxg5 Bxf5 15. Qxf5 $18) 13. Nxe7 Qxe7 $16)
12. Qh5 $18 Rh8 13. Bh6+ Kg8 14. e6 $1 fxe6 (14... Bxe6 15. Qe5) (14... fxe6
15. Qg4+ Bg5 (15... Kf7 16. Qg7+ Ke8 17. Qxh8+) 16. Bxg5) (14... -- $140 15.
exf7#) 15. Qg4+ Kf7 16. Qg7+ (16. Qg7+ Ke8 17. Qxh8+ Kd7 18. Qxd8+ Bxd8 19.
O-O-O $18) 1-0

[Event "Inventi GM"]
[Site "Antwerpen"]
[Date "2009.09.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2009.09.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.05"]

{C48: Vierspringerspiel (Rubinstein-Variante)} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6
4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Bc4 Nxf3+ (5... c6 6. Nxe5 d5 7. exd5 Bd6 8. Nf3 Nxf3+ 9. Qxf3
O-O 10. h3 b5 11. Be2 b4 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 cxd5 14. Qf3 Qc7 15. O-O d4 16.
Qxa8 Bb7 17. Qxa7 Bc5 18. Qxb7 Qxb7 19. Bd3 Qb8 20. b3 {Ivanchuk,V (2714)
-Svidler,P (2713)/Linares 1999/1/2-1/2}) 6. gxf3 Bc5 (6... c6 7. d4 b5 8. Bb3
exd4 9. Qxd4 d6 10. a4 Qb6 11. Qd3 b4 12. Be3 Ba6 13. Nb5 Bxb5 14. axb5 Qxb5
15. Qxb5 cxb5 16. Ra5 Be7 17. Rxb5 a5 18. Ke2 O-O 19. Ra1 Nd7 20. Rb7 a4 21.
Rxd7 {Shyam,S (2415)-Van Ruitenburg,J (2302)/Dieren NED 2009/1-0}) 7. Rg1 $146
(7. d3 d6 8. Rg1 g6 9. f4 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. fxe5 dxe5 12. Bg5 Rf8 13. Qf3
Qd7 14. Bxf6 Be7 15. Qh3 Bxf6 16. O-O-O O-O-O 17. Kb1 Kb8 18. Ne2 Rf7 19. c3
Be7 20. Rgf1 Rdf8 21. f3 a5 {Pihlajasalo,A (2190)-Molander,R/Finland 1996/1-0})
7... Nh5 8. d4 Bxd4 (8... exd4 9. Rg5 Be7 $14) 9. Ne2 (9. Nb5 d5 10. Bxd5 c6
11. Nxd4 cxd5 $14) 9... d5 (9... Qe7 $142 $5 $15) 10. Bxd5 $14 c6 11. Nxd4 cxd5
12. Rg5 exd4 13. Rxd5 (13. Rxh5 $143 dxe4 14. fxe4 O-O $17) 13... Qb6 14. Rxh5
Be6 15. b3 O-O (15... g6 16. Rg5 $16) 16. Bb2 g6 (16... Rad8 $5 17. Qd2 f6 $18)
17. Bxd4 $18 Qc7 $4 (17... Qa6 $142 18. Qd2 Rfd8 $18) 18. Bf6 (18. Bf6 Qf4 19.
Be5 $18) 1-0

[Event "2. Grand Slam Masters"]
[Site "Bilbao "]
[Date "2009.09.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2009.09.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.05"]

{E55: Nimzoindisch (Moderne Variante)} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O
5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 9. Qe2 b6 10. Rd1 cxd4 11. exd4
Bb7 12. d5 Bxc3 13. dxe6 Bxf3 14. gxf3 fxe6 15. bxc3 Qc7 $146 (15... Kh8 16.
Ba3 Re8 17. Kh1 Rc8 18. Bb5 Qc7 19. Bd6 Qxc3 20. Rac1 Qxc1 21. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 22.
Kg2 e5 23. Ba3 Rcc8 24. Qd1 a6 25. Bxd7 Rcd8 26. Qa4 Rxd7 27. Qxa6 Nd5 28. Bc1
h6 29. Qb5 Red8 30. Qb2 {Ricardi,P (2545)-Garcia,G (2490)/Cali 2001/0-1}) 16.
Ba3 Nc5 17. Rd4 Kh8 18. Re1 (18. Bxe6 $4 Nxe6 19. Rc4 Nc5 20. Bxc5 bxc5 $19)
18... Rac8 19. Qe5 (19. Bxe6 $143 Nxe6 20. Qxe6 Rfe8 $17) 19... Qf7 20. Bc1 (
20. Bxc5 Rxc5 21. Qxe6 Qg6+ 22. Kh1 Rcc8 $11) 20... Nd5 (20... Qg6+ 21. Kh1 $11
) 21. Bxd5 $14 exd5 22. Qxd5 (22. Rxd5 $4 Rce8 23. Qxe8 Rxe8 (23... Qxe8 $143
24. Rxe8 Rxe8 25. Be3 $18) 24. Rxe8+ Qxe8 $19) 22... Qxf3 23. Qxf3 Rxf3 24. Re7
Rxc3 25. Be3 Ra3 (25... a5 $5 $16) 26. Rg4 h5 (26... Ra4 27. Rxa4 Nxa4 28. Rxa7
$18) 27. Rg5 $18 h4 $2 (27... Rc6 $142 28. Rgxg7 Ra4 (28... Rxa2 $4 29. Bd4 Rf6
30. Bxf6 Ra1+ 31. Bxa1 Ne6 32. Rh7+ Kg8 33. Rh8#) 29. Rh7+ Kg8 30. Reg7+ Kf8
$18) 28. Bd4 Kh7 (28... Ne6 29. Rh5+ Kg8 30. Rxe6 h3 $18) 29. Rgxg7+ (29.
Rexg7+ Kh6 30. Rg4 Rh3 31. R7g6+ Kh7 32. R6g5 Kh6 33. Bg7+ Kh7 34. Bf8 Rg3+ 35.
fxg3 Rc6 36. Rxh4+ Rh6 37. Rxh6#) 29... Kh6 $18 30. Bb2 (30. Bb2 Nd3 31. Re6+
Kh5 32. Bxa3 $18) 1-0

[Event "4. Kolkata Open"]
[Site "Kolkata IND"]
[Date "2009.09.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Le Quang Liem"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2009.09.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.05"]

{A40: Verschiedene (seltene) Antworten auf 1.d4} 1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 b5 3. e4 Bb7
4. Nbd2 a6 5. a4 b4 6. Bd3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O d6 9. Nb3 Nd7 10. Bd2 Ngf6
11. Qe1 a5 12. c3 Qb6 13. Nxa5 Rxa5 14. cxb4 {letzter Buchzug.} Ra8 15. bxc5
Nxc5 16. Qe3 (16. Bb5+ $142 $5 Bc6 17. Be3 Bxb5 18. axb5 Rxa1 19. Qxa1 $18)
16... O-O $14 (16... Nfxe4 $4 17. Bxe4 Bxe4 18. b4 Bxf3 19. bxc5 $18 (19. Qxf3
$143 Nb7 $18)) 17. Bb5 Bxe4 $2 (17... Qd8 $142 $5 $14) 18. b4 $18 Ncd7 19. Qxb6
Nxb6 20. a5 Nbd5 21. Bc6 Rab8 22. a6 Nc3 (22... Ne7 23. Bxe4 Nxe4 24. Rfb1 Nxd2
25. Nxd2 $18) 23. Bxe4 (23. Nd4 $142 $5 Ne2+ 24. Nxe2 Bxc6 $18) 23... Nfxe4 24.
Bxc3 Nxc3 25. a7 Ra8 26. Nd4 Rfc8 27. b5 Nd5 28. Rfb1 (28. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 29. Rxc1
Kf8 $18) 28... Rc7 29. b6 Rb7 30. Nc6 Kf8 31. Ra6 Ke8 32. Na5 Rxb6 33. Rbxb6 (
33. Raxb6 $142 $5 Nxb6 34. Nc6 $18 (34. Rxb6 $6 Rxa7 35. Rb5 d5 $16)) 33...
Nxb6 $16 34. Rxb6 Rxa7 35. Rb8+ Kd7 36. Rb7+ Rxb7 37. Nxb7 f5 38. Na5 g5 39.
Kf1 e5 40. Ke2 h5 41. Nc4 Ke6 42. Kd3 d5 43. Nd2 h4 44. f3 Kd6 45. Nf1 Kc5 $2 (
45... Ke6 $142 $14) 46. Ne3 $18 e4+ 47. Ke2 f4 48. Ng4 (48. Nf5 e3 49. Kd3 d4
$18) 48... Kd4 (48... Kd6 49. Nf6 Ke6 50. Nh7 $18) 49. Kd2 Kc4 $2 (49... h3 50.
gxh3 exf3 51. Ke1 $18) 50. h3 (50. Ne5+ $142 Kd4 51. Nf7 e3+ 52. Ke1 $18) 50...
Kd4 51. Nf6 e3+ (51... Ke5 52. Ne8 $18) 52. Kc2 Kc4 53. Nd7 Kd4 54. Nb8 Kc4 55.
Nc6 Kc5 56. Ne5 Kd4 $4 (56... Kd6 57. Nd3 Ke6 $18) 57. Nf7 Kc4 58. Nxg5 d4 59.
Ne6 d3+ 60. Kd1 1-0

[Event "3. NH Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2009.08.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Smeets, Jan"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2009.08.20"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.05"]

{B80: Sizilianisch (Scheveninger System)} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4
Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Qd2 Be7 8. f3 O-O 9. O-O-O d5 10. Be2 (10. Qe1 Bd7
11. Bf2 Qc7 12. Ndb5 Qf4+ 13. Kb1 dxe4 14. Bg3 Qh6 15. fxe4 Rad8 16. Be2 e5 17.
Bf3 Be6 18. Nd5 Bc5 19. Rf1 Rd7 20. a3 Rfd8 21. Nxf6+ Qxf6 22. Nc3 Rxd1+ 23.
Bxd1 Qe7 24. Bh4 f6 {Morozevich,A (2723)-Svidler,P (2713)/Frankfurt 1999/1/2-1/
2}) 10... dxe4 11. Nxc6 bxc6 $146 (11... Qxd2+ 12. Rxd2 bxc6 13. Nxe4 Nd5 14.
Bc5 Bxc5 15. Nxc5 a5 16. c4 Nf4 17. Bd1 e5 18. Ba4 Bf5 19. g3 Ne6 20. Nd7 Rfd8
21. g4 Bg6 22. Bxc6 Rac8 23. Nxe5 Nd4 24. Rhd1 Nxc6 25. Nxc6 Rxd2 26. Rxd2 {
Spoelman,W (2546)-Smits,S (2165)/Vlissingen NED 2009/1-0}) 12. Qxd8 (12. Nxe4
$6 Nd5 $11) (12. fxe4 $143 Qa5 $15) 12... Bxd8 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. fxe4 Bb6 15.
Bxb6 axb6 16. a3 Ba6 17. Bxa6 Rxa6 18. Rd6 Ra4 (18... Rc8 $5 $14) 19. Rxc6 $16
Rxe4 20. Rxb6 Re2 21. a4 Rxg2 22. a5 g5 (22... Rc8 $5 23. c3 Ra8 $16) 23. a6
$18 Ra8 24. Kb1 (24. Rc6 $142 Rg4 25. c4 $18) 24... g4 $2 (24... f5 25. b4 f4
$18) 25. b4 $18 Rd2 (25... f5 26. b5 Rd2 27. Rb7 $18) 26. b5 Rd7 (26... Rd4 27.
Rb7 Rb4+ 28. Kc1 $18) 27. c4 Rc8 (27... Rd4 28. c5 Rb4+ 29. Ka2 Rd8 $18) 28.
Rc1 Kg7 29. c5 Rd4 (29... Rd3 30. a7 Ra3 31. Rb7 $18) 30. c6 (30. c6 Rb4+ 31.
Ka2 $18) 1-0

[Event "Jubilaeumsopen"]
[Site "Zürich"]
[Date "2009.08.15"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Black "Areshchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.05"]

{D47: Damengambit (Meraner Variante)} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5.
e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Rc8 (10... O-O 11.
Ng5 h6 12. Nge4 Be7 13. O-O Rc8 14. Rfd1 c5 15. dxc5 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Nxc5 17.
Bxb7 Nxb7 18. Be1 Qb6 19. Qe2 Nd6 20. Rac1 Bf6 21. h3 a6 22. b3 Rc6 23. Qf3
Rfc8 24. Na4 Qc7 25. Ba5 {Karpov,A (2651)-Nakamura,H (2704)/Cap d'Agde 2008/1/
2-1/2}) 11. a3 c5 12. Nxb5 Bb8 13. Qa4 $146 (13. Qd1 O-O 14. Be2 Ne4 15. O-O
Qf6 16. Nc3 Nxd2 17. Qxd2 Rfd8 18. Rfd1 Nb6 19. Qd3 cxd4 20. exd4 Qh6 21. g3
Nd5 22. Ne4 Ne7 23. Nc3 Nf5 24. d5 Bxd5 25. Nxd5 Rxd5 26. Qa6 Rdc5 27. Rd2 Qf6
{Wells,P (2481)-Motwani,P (2525)/Edinburgh 2003/1/2-1/2}) 13... O-O 14. Nxa7
Bxa7 15. Qxa7 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Ra8 17. Qb7 cxd4 18. Bb4 (18. exd4 Rb8 19. Qc6 Rxb2
$14) 18... Re8 (18... Rb8 19. Qa6 dxe3 20. O-O-O Qc7+ 21. Kb1 $15) 19. Bd6 Ne5
20. Bxe5 Qa5+ 21. Ke2 Qxe5 22. f4 Qd6 23. Qb4 Qd5 24. Qxd4 (24. exd4 $4 Rab8
25. Qd2 Ne4 $19) 24... Qh5+ 25. f3 e5 26. fxe5 Rad8 27. Qc4 $2 (27. Qf4 $142
Rxe5 28. Rad1 $15) 27... Qxe5 $19 28. Qc1 Qh5 29. Bc4 (29. Qb1 Re6 30. a4 Rde8
$19) 29... Rc8 (29... Ne4 30. Qc2 Nd2 31. Qxd2 $19) 30. b3 Nd5 (30... Nd5 31.
h4 Qg6 $19) 0-1

[Event "5. FIDE GP"]
[Site "Jermuk ARM"]
[Date "2009.08.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2009.08.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.05"]

{A13: Reti-Eröffnung} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 d4 5. O-O c5 6. e3
Nc6 7. exd4 cxd4 8. d3 Be7 9. Re1 (9. Na3 O-O 10. Nc2 a5 11. Re1 (11. b3 Ne8
12. a3 f6 13. Bd2 e5 14. b4 a4 15. Nfe1 Nc7 16. f4 Qe8 17. f5 b5 18. cxb5 Nxb5
19. Qf3 Bd7 20. Qd5+ Kh8 21. Qxb5 Nxb4 22. Qb7 Rb8 23. Qf3 Bc6 24. Qd1 Nxc2 25.
Qxc2 {Ptacnikova,L (2237)-Milligan,H (1957)/Dresden 2008/1-0}) 11... Re8 12. b3
Nd7 13. Rb1 e5 14. a3 f6 15. b4 axb4 16. axb4 Nb6 17. b5 Nb8 18. Nb4 N8d7 19.
Nd2 Nc5 20. Ne4 Nca4 21. g4 f5 22. gxf5 Bxf5 23. Bd2 Qd7 {Ionov,S (2519)
-Vitiugov,N (2550)/St Petersburg 2006/1-0}) 9... O-O 10. Na3 Ne8 $146 (10...
Nd7 11. Nc2 Nc5 (11... e5 12. b4 Nxb4 13. Nxe5 Nxc2 14. Qxc2 Nc5 15. Ba3 Qc7
16. Rab1 a6 17. Bd5 Rb8 18. Qe2 Be6 19. Bxc5 Bxc5 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. f4 Rbe8 22.
Qg2 Re7 23. Re4 Rfe8 24. Qe2 Bd6 25. Nf3 e5 26. f5 {Lisitsin,
G-Konstantinopolsky,A/Moskau 1948/URS-ch/1/2-1/2}) 12. b4 Na4 13. b5 Nb8 14.
Ncxd4 Nc5 15. Ba3 a6 16. Nb3 Nxb3 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. axb3 Rd8 19. Qc2 Nd7 {
Gross,S (2420)-Zvolanek,L (2260)/Bratislava 1990/1-0}) 11. Nc2 f6 12. Bd2 a5
13. a3 a4 14. Nb4 Nc7 15. Rb1 Bd7 16. Nh4 Na5 17. f4 g6 (17... Bd6 18. Nc2 $14)
18. f5 (18. Nc2 Nc6 $11) 18... gxf5 19. g4 (19. Bh6 Rf7 $11) 19... f4 (19...
fxg4 20. Qxg4+ Kh8 21. Qxd4 $15) 20. Bxf4 $11 Na6 (20... Rf7 $5 $11) 21. Nd5
$14 exd5 22. Bxd5+ Kg7 23. Kh1 (23. Qe2 $142 Bc5 24. Qg2 $14) 23... Re8 $4 (
23... Nc6 $142 24. Nf5+ Kh8 $11) 24. g5 $18 Kh8 (24... Bc6 25. Bxc6 Nxc6 $18)
25. Qh5 Rg8 26. Bxg8 Kxg8 (26... Qxg8 27. Rxe7 Bc6+ 28. Kg1 Be8 29. Be5 Bxh5
30. Bxf6+ Qg7 31. Rxg7 Rf8 32. Nf5 Rxf6 33. gxf6 h6 34. f7 Bxf7 35. Rxf7 Nxc4
36. dxc4 Nc7 37. Rxc7 Kg8 38. Nxh6+ Kh8 39. Re1 d3 40. Re8#) 27. g6 Bc6+ 28.
Re4 $1 Bxe4+ 29. dxe4 hxg6 (29... Qd5 30. Qxh7+ Kf8 31. exd5 Ke8 32. g7 Rb8 33.
g8=Q+ Bf8 34. Qhf7+ Kd8 35. Qgxf8#) 30. Qxg6+ Kh8 31. Qh5+ (31. Qh5+ Kg8 32.
Rg1+ Kf8 33. Bh6#) 1-0

[Event "Arctic Chess Challenge 2009"]
[Site "Tromsø"]
[Date "2009.08.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rasmussen, Allan Stig"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.05"]

{E04: Katalanisch} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2
c5 7. Bxb4 cxb4 8. Ne5 O-O 9. Nxc4 Nc6 10. e3 e5 11. d5 b5 12. dxc6 Qxd1+ 13.
Kxd1 bxc4 14. a3 Bg4+ $146 (14... b3 15. Nd2 Be6 16. Rc1 Rac8 17. Nxc4 e4 18.
Nd2 Bd5 19. c7 Rfe8 20. Bh3 Be6 21. Bxe6 Rxe6 22. Ke2 Re7 23. Rhd1 Rexc7 24.
Rxc7 Rxc7 25. Nxe4 Rc2+ 26. Ke1 Kf8 27. Nxf6 gxf6 28. Rd2 Rc1+ 29. Ke2 {So,W 
(2646)-Chan Wei Xuan,T (2344)/Ho Chi Minh City VIE 2009/1-0}) 15. Kc1 b3 16.
Nc3 Rac8 17. h3 Be6 (17... Bf5 $5 $11) 18. Rd1 $14 Rfd8 19. f4 (19. a4 Rxd1+
20. Kxd1 Kf8 $14) 19... e4 20. g4 (20. Bxe4 $143 Rxd1+ 21. Kxd1 Nxe4 22. Nxe4
Bxh3 $15) 20... Nd5 (20... Rxd1+ 21. Kxd1 Rxc6 22. Ke1 $14) 21. Bxe4 $14 (21.
Nxe4 $143 Nxe3 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 $17) 21... Nxe3 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. c7 Rd4 24. Bb7
h6 25. f5 Bd7 26. c8=Q+ Bxc8 27. Bxc8 Kf8 {Der Koenig begibt sich auf die
lange Reise ins feindliche Lager} (27... Nc2 28. Rb1 Ne1 29. Nb5 $16) 28. Ba6 (
28. Bb7 Ke7 $11) 28... Rd6 (28... Nf1 29. Bb7 $14) 29. Bb7 $16 a5 30. Bf3 Ke7
31. a4 (31. Be2 $5 $16) 31... Rd4 $14 32. Be2 Kf6 33. h4 Ke5 34. Rb1 Kf4 35.
Nb5 Rd7 36. Nc3 Kg3 37. g5 $4 (37. h5 $142 $11) 37... hxg5 $19 38. hxg5 Kf2 39.
Bh5 $4 (39. Ra1 $142 Ke1 40. Ra3 $19) 39... Ke1 $19 40. f6 (40. Ne4 Nxf5 41.
Ra1 g6 $19) 40... gxf6 (40... Rd2 41. Bg6 fxg6 42. Ra1 Rc2+ 43. Kb1 Nf1 44. Ne4
Nd2+ 45. Nxd2 Rxd2 46. Ra2 Rd1#) 41. gxf6 (41. Ra1 fxg5 42. Bf3 $19) 41... Rd2
42. Ra1 (42. Bg6 fxg6 43. Ra1 Rc2+ 44. Kb1 Nf1 45. Ne4 Nd2+ 46. Nxd2 Kxd2 47.
Ra3 Rc1#) 42... Rc2+ 43. Kb1 Nf1 (43... Nf1 44. Ne4 Nd2+ 45. Nxd2 Kxd2 46. Bxf7
Rc1#) 0-1

[Event "GM-Turnier"]
[Site "Biel "]
[Date "2009.07.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2009.07.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.05"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 {C67: Spanische Partie 
(Rio-de-Janeiro-Variante)} 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.
Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 h5 11. Bf4 Be7 12. Rad1 (12. Ne4 Nh4 13. Nxh4 Bxh4 14. Ng5 Bf5
15. c3 Bxg5 16. Bxg5 Kd7 17. Rad1+ Kc8 18. Rd2 b6 19. Rfd1 Kb7 20. Rd8 Raxd8
21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Bxd8 Bg6 {Bacrot,E (2721)-Jakovenko,D (2760)/Dortmund 2009/
1/2-1/2}) 12... Nh4 13. Nd4 $146 (13. Nxh4 Bxh4 14. Ne2 Bd7 15. e6 Bxe6 16. Nd4
Bf6 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Bxc7 Rc8 19. Bf4 Ke7 20. Be3 b6 21. b3 Rhd8 22. g4 hxg4
23. hxg4 Bc3 24. Bg5+ Bf6 25. Be3 Bc3 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Kg2 Bd2 {Dominguez
Perez,L (2717)-Wang Yue (2739)/Wijk aan Zee 2009/1/2-1/2}) 13... Nf5 14. Nce2
g5 15. Bh2 a6 (15... Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Be6 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Rd2 $14) 16. e6 $14
Nd6 17. Rfe1 Rh6 (17... fxe6 18. Nc1 $14) 18. exf7+ $14 Kxf7 19. Nf3 g4 (19...
Rh8 20. Ne5+ Kg7 21. c4 $14) 20. Ne5+ Kg7 21. Bf4 Rh7 22. hxg4 hxg4 23. Ng3 Bf6
24. Nd3 Nf5 (24... a5 25. a4 $16) 25. Ne4 $16 Be7 (25... Nd6 $142 $5 26. Nxf6
Kxf6 $16) 26. Bxc7 $18 Be6 27. Nf4 Bf7 28. Rd7 Re8 (28... Kf8 $18) 29. Ng5 $3
Rh6 (29... Bxg5 30. Rxe8) 30. Be5+ Kg8 31. Nxf7 Kxf7 32. Bc3 g3 (32... b6 33.
Re5 Ng7 34. Rb7 $18) 33. Re5 (33. fxg3 $5 a5 34. Re5 Rf6 $18) 33... gxf2+ 34.
Kxf2 Nd6 (34... Ng7 35. Rxb7 Ne6 36. Kf3 Nxf4 37. Kxf4 $18) 35. Bb4 (35. g4 $5
Nc8 36. Rxb7 Nd6 $18) 35... Nc8 36. Rxb7 Rh4 (36... Kf8 $18) 37. Bxe7 Rxf4+ 38.
Ke3 (38. Ke3 Nxe7 39. Kxf4 $18 a5 40. a4 Kf6 41. Rbxe7 Rxe7 42. Rxe7 Kxe7 43.
Kf5 Kf7 44. b4 $18) 1-0

[Event "GM-Turnier"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2009.07.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2009.07.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.05"]

{E36: Nimzoindisch (4.Dc2)} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3
Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. cxd5 Ne4 8. Qc2 exd5 9. Bf4 Bf5 10. Qxc7 Qxc7 11. Bxc7 Rc8
12. Bf4 Rc2 $146 (12... Nc6 13. Rd1 Na5 14. g4 Bd7 15. f3 Nf6 16. Nh3 Ba4 17.
Rd3 Rc2 18. b4 Nc4 19. Kf2 Re8 20. Bg5 Nd7 21. Bh4 Nb2 {Wiley,T (2287)-Balogh,
C (2595)/Arinsal 2009/ 0-1}) (12... Nc6 $5 13. f3 Nf6 $14) 13. f3 $14 Nf6 14.
g4 Bg6 15. h4 (15. Rc1 $5 $16) 15... Rxb2 $14 16. h5 Bc2 17. e3 Ba4 (17... Nc6
18. Rh2 Na5 19. Bd3 $11) 18. Rh2 Rb3 19. Ne2 Nbd7 20. g5 Ne8 21. Nc1 Rb6 22.
Na2 Nf8 23. Nb4 Rd8 24. h6 (24. Bh3 Ne6 $14) 24... Ne6 $11 25. hxg7 Nxf4 26.
exf4 Nxg7 27. Bd3 Ne6 (27... h5 28. gxh6 Ne6 29. Kf2 Nxf4 30. Rh4 Nxd3+ 31.
Nxd3 $11) 28. f5 $14 Nf4 29. f6 h5 $2 (29... Nxd3+ 30. Nxd3 Rb3 $16) 30. Kf2
$18 a5 $4 (30... Rxb4 31. axb4 Nxd3+ 32. Kg3 Kh7 33. Rxa4 Kg6 $18) 31. Kg3 Ng6
32. Rxh5 axb4 33. Rah1 bxa3 (33... Rxf6 34. gxf6 Rd6 35. axb4 Rxf6 36. Rxd5 Kf8
$18) 34. Rh7 (34. Rh7 Rxf6 35. gxf6 $18) (34. Bxg6 fxg6 35. Rh8+ Kf7 36. R1h7+
Ke6 37. Rxd8 Kf5 38. f7 Be8 39. f8=Q+ Bf7 40. Qxf7+ Kxg5 41. Qf4#) 1-0

[Event "SEM Nationalturnier"]
[Site "Graechen"]
[Date "2009.07.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Black "Williams, Simon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.05"]

{E90: Königsindisch (Klassisches System)} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4
d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Bg5 h6 9. Be3 Na6 10. Bd3 c6 $146 (10... b6
11. Rc1 Bd7 12. Qd2 Kh7 13. g4 Rh8 14. Ke2 Qe8 15. Rcg1 Kg8 16. Nh4 Nb4 17. b3
a4 18. f3 axb3 19. axb3 Ra3 20. Qb2 Ra8 21. Ra1 Rxa1 22. Rxa1 g5 23. Nf5 Bxf5
24. gxf5 Nh5 25. Ra7 {Shabanaj,E (2093)-Colombo,C (2071)/Dresden 2008/0-1}) (
10... Bd7 11. Qd2 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 f5 13. Bxh6 fxe4 14. Nxe4 b5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16.
cxb5 Bxb5 17. Nfg5 Kg8 18. a4 Bd7 19. O-O Nb4 20. Ra3 Qe7 21. Rg3 Bf5 22. h4 c6
23. Nc3 Qb7 24. dxc6 Qxc6 25. h5 {Balashov,Y (2521)-Bakutin,A (2267)/Tula 2003/
1-0}) (10... Nc5 11. Bc2 Nh5 12. Qd2 Nf4 13. Rg1 a4 14. O-O-O f5 15. Nxe5 a3
16. Bxf4 axb2+ 17. Kb1 g5 18. Ng6 gxf4 19. Nxf8 Qxf8 20. exf5 Bxf5 21. g4 Bxc2+
22. Qxc2 b5 23. Nxb5 Ra4 24. Rge1 Qf7 25. Re2 {Gheorghiu,F (2470)-Kamber,B 
(2280)/Zuerich 1990/1-0}) (10... Nh5 11. g3 $11) 11. Qd2 Kh7 12. O-O cxd5 13.
cxd5 Nd7 14. Nh2 (14. Rac1 b6 $14) 14... Ndc5 15. Bc2 (15. Bxa6 Nxa6 16. Na4 f5
$14) 15... f5 16. f4 exf4 17. Rxf4 (17. Bxf4 $143 Qb6 18. exf5 Bxf5 $17) 17...
fxe4 18. Raf1 Rxf4 19. Rxf4 Nb4 20. Bxe4 Nxe4 21. Nxe4 Bf5 (21... Qe7 22. a3 g5
23. Nxg5+ hxg5 24. Rc4 $11) 22. Nc3 Qe7 23. Rf3 Re8 24. Ng4 (24. Bf2 $5 $11)
24... h5 $15 25. Nf2 Nc2 26. Bf4 $2 (26. Ncd1 $5 Qh4 27. Rf4 $17) 26... Bd4 $17
27. Kh2 $2 (27. Ncd1 $142 $5 $17) 27... Qe1 $19 28. g4 $4 (28. h4 Be5 29. Qxe1
Nxe1 30. Kg3 Nxf3 31. gxf3 $19) 28... Qf1 29. gxf5 (29. Rg3 Bxf2 30. Rg2 $19)
29... Ne1 (29... Ne1 30. fxg6+ Kg8 31. Rg3 Bxf2 32. Qd1 Bxg3+ 33. Kxg3 Qg2+ 34.
Kh4 Nf3+ 35. Qxf3 Qxf3 36. Bxd6 Qf6+ 37. Kxh5 Qxd6 38. Kg4 Rf8 39. Ne2 Qxg6+
40. Kh4 Qe4+ 41. Kg5 Rf5+ 42. Kh6 Qh4+ 43. Kg6 Qg5#) 0-1

[Event "Sparkassen GM"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2009.07.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2009.07.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.05"]

{D37: Damengambit (5.Lf4)} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O
6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3 Nc6 9. Qc2 Qa5 10. Rd1 Be7 11. Be2 dxc4 12. Bxc4
Nh5 13. O-O (13. Bd3 g6 14. Bh6 Rd8 15. O-O Bd7 16. Be2 a6 17. Nd2 Nf6 18. Bf4
e5 19. Bg5 Be6 20. h3 Rac8 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Bg4 Bxg4 23. hxg4 Nd4 24. Qa4 Ne2+
25. Kh2 Qxa4 26. Nxa4 Be7 27. Nb6 Rc2 {Vallejo Pons,F (2702)-Short,N (2663)/
Wijk aan Zee 2009/ 0-1}) 13... Nxf4 14. exf4 g6 (14... Rd8 15. Rxd8+ Qxd8 16.
Rd1 Bd7 17. f5 Qc8 18. Qd3 Be8 19. fxe6 fxe6 20. Nd5 Qd8 21. Qe2 Bf7 22. Nf4
Qe8 23. Nxe6 Bf6 24. Re1 h6 25. Qd3 Qc8 26. Ba2 Ne5 27. Nxe5 Bxe6 28. Nd7 Bxa2
29. Nxf6+ {Gupta,A (2569)-Kjartansson,G (2365)/Reykjavik 2009/1-0}) 15. g3 Rd8
$146 (15... Bf6 16. Rd3 Qf5 17. Re1 Na5 18. Ba2 Bd7 19. Nh4 Bxh4 20. Re5 Qg4
21. Rxd7 Nc6 22. Rb5 Bf6 23. Kg2 e5 24. Rbxb7 Nd8 25. Nd5 Bg7 26. Rxa7 Rxa7 27.
Rxa7 exf4 28. Nxf4 Bh6 29. h3 Qg5 30. b4 {Epishin,V (2600)-Atalik,S (2561)/
Bratto 2005/ 1-0}) 16. Rxd8+ Qxd8 17. Rd1 Bd7 18. f5 (18. b4 $5 Rc8 19. Ne4 $14
) 18... gxf5 $11 19. Qd2 Qb6 20. Qh6 Be8 (20... Qxb2 $4 21. Ng5 Bxg5 22. Qxg5+
Kf8 23. Qf6 $18 (23. Rxd7 $6 Qxc3 24. Qh6+ Kg8 $11)) 21. Ng5 Bxg5 22. Qxg5+ Kf8
23. Qh6+ Kg8 24. Qg5+ Kf8 25. Rd6 Qc7 $4 (25... Qc5 $142 26. Ne4 Qxc4 $11) 26.
Qh6+ $18 Ke7 27. Qh4+ (27. Nb5 Qxd6 28. Nxd6 Kxd6 29. Qxh7 Ke7 $18) 27... Kf8
28. Qh6+ Ke7 29. Nb5 Qa5 $4 (29... Qxd6 $142 30. Nxd6 Kxd6 31. Qxh7 Ne5 $18)
30. b4 Nxb4 (30... Qxb5 31. Rxe6+ $1 fxe6 32. Qxe6+ Kd8 33. Bxb5 Rc8 $18) 31.
Rxe6+ $1 fxe6 32. Qxe6+ Kd8 33. Qf6+ Kc8 34. Qxf5+ Kd8 (34... Bd7 35. Nd6+ Kc7
36. Qxa5+ Kxd6 37. Qxb4+ Kc7 38. Qa5+ Kd6 39. f4 $18) 35. Qf6+ (35. axb4 $6
Qxb4 36. Qg5+ Qe7 37. Qd5+ Bd7 38. Qg8+ Qe8 39. Qg5+ Qe7 40. Qg8+ Be8 41. Qd5+
Bd7 $11) 35... Kc8 36. axb4 (36. axb4 Bxb5 37. bxa5 Bxc4 38. Qh8+ Kc7 39. Qxa8
$18) 1-0

[Event "Sparkassen GM"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2009.07.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2009.07.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.05"]

{C67: Spanische Partie (Rio-de-Janeiro-Variante)} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5
Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10.
h3 h5 11. Ne2 Be7 12. Bg5 Be6 13. Nf4 Bd5 14. Bxe7 Kxe7 15. Ng5 Nd4 16. Rad1
$146 (16. Rfd1 Ne6 17. Ngxe6 Bxe6 18. h4 g6 19. f3 a5 20. Kf2 (20. a3 a4 21.
Rd2 Ra5 22. Re1 Rb5 23. c3 Ra8 24. Re4 Raa5 25. Rde2 Bf5 26. Rb4 Rxe5 27. Rxe5+
Rxe5 28. Rxb7 Kd6 29. Rb4 {Volokitin,A (2671)-Alekseev,E (2716)/Dagomys RUS
2009/ 1/2-1/2}) 20... a4 21. a3 Ra5 22. Rd4 Rha8 23. Nxe6 Kxe6 24. f4 Rd5 25.
Rc4 Rd2+ 26. Kf3 Kd5 27. Rc3 Ra5 28. Rc1 Rc5 29. Rxc5+ Kxc5 30. g4 hxg4+ {
Felgaer,R (2580)-Neubauer,M (2454)/Turin 2006/1-0}) 16... Ne6 17. Ngxe6 Bxe6
18. h4 a5 (18... Bxa2 $2 19. b3 $18) 19. a3 a4 20. Rfe1 g6 21. f3 Ra5 22. c3
Rb5 23. Re2 Ra8 24. Rd4 Raa5 25. Kf2 Rxe5 26. Rxe5 Rxe5 27. Rxa4 Rb5 28. b4 c5
29. Ra7 cxb4 30. cxb4 Kd7 31. Ne2 Rb6 32. Ke3 Bc4 33. Nd4 Kd6 (33... Bd5 34.
Kd3 $14) 34. Ra5 $14 Ra6 (34... Be6 35. Kf4 $14) 35. Rxa6+ bxa6 36. g4 hxg4 37.
fxg4 Ke5 38. Nc6+ Kf6 39. Kf4 Ke6 (39... Kg7 $5 $16) 40. h5 $18 gxh5 41. gxh5
Bd3 $4 (41... Bf1 $142 $16) 42. Ke3 $18 Bf1 43. h6 Kf6 44. Ne5 $1 Bb5 (44...
Kxe5 45. h7) 45. Kd4 Ba4 (45... Be2 $18) 46. h7 Kg7 47. Nxf7 $1 Kxh7 (47...
Kxf7 48. h8=Q) 48. Ng5+ Kg6 49. Ne6 1-0

[Event "2. Marshall Chess Club  Int"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2009.06.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Barbosa, Oliver A."]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2009.06.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.05"]

{D78: Grünfeld-Verteidigung (3.g3)} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5.
Bg2 d5 6. d4 dxc4 7. O-O c6 8. a4 a5 9. e4 Nfd7 (9... Na6 10. Qe2 Nb4 11. Qxc4
Nd7 12. Bf4 Nb6 13. Qe2 Be6 14. Rfc1 Bc4 15. Qd2 Nd3 16. Rd1 Nxf4 17. Qxf4 Qd6
18. Qxd6 exd6 19. b3 Be6 20. Rab1 d5 21. Ng5 Bg4 22. f3 Bd7 23. Bh3 Bxh3 24.
Nxh3 {Berkovich,D (2415)-Fedorowicz,J (2520)/New York 1994/ 1/2-1/2}) (9...
Nbd7 10. Qe2 Nb6 11. h3 Ne8 12. Be3 Nd6 13. Rad1 f6 14. g4 Be6 15. d5 cxd5 16.
exd5 Bd7 17. Nd4 Nxa4 18. Ne6 Nxc3 19. bxc3 Bxe6 20. dxe6 Qc7 21. Rb1 Ra6 22.
Bf4 Rb8 23. Rb5 Bh6 24. Bg3 {Rolle,E (2181)-Pribyl,J (2408)/Schwaebisch Gmuend
2005/ 0-1}) 10. Be3 $146 (10. Qe2 Nb6 11. Rd1 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Na6 14.
d5 Qc7 15. h4 Nb4 16. Bf4 Be5 17. Bh6 Rfd8 18. Kg2 Nd3 19. h5 Bg7 20. Bxg7 Kxg7
21. Rh1 g5 22. h6+ Kh8 23. Qe3 f6 24. Be2 Ne5 {Udovcic,M-Filip,M/Zagreb 1965/
0-1}) 10... Na6 11. Qe2 Nb6 12. Ne5 Be6 (12... Nb4 13. f4 $11) 13. Rad1 (13. d5
cxd5 14. exd5 Bf5 15. Bxb6 Qxb6 16. Nxc4 Qc5 $11) 13... Nb4 14. f4 (14. d5 cxd5
15. exd5 Bf5 (15... N4xd5 $143 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Nxc4 $16) 16. Bxb6 Qxb6 17.
Nxc4 Qa6 $11) 14... Ra6 $14 15. Kh1 (15. f5 $5 Bc8 16. Kh1 $14) 15... Qc8 $15
16. Qf2 (16. d5 cxd5 17. exd5 Bf5 18. Bxb6 Bxe5 19. fxe5 Rxb6 $15) 16... Bh3 (
16... f6 17. Nf3 Qc7 18. f5 $15) 17. Bxh3 (17. Qe2 Bxg2+ 18. Kxg2 e6 $11) 17...
Qxh3 $15 18. d5 (18. Qe2 $5 $15) 18... Bxe5 $17 19. fxe5 Nd7 20. Bc5 (20. d6
exd6 21. exd6 Nd3 $17) 20... Nxe5 (20... Nd3 21. Rxd3 cxd3 22. Bxe7 $19) 21.
Bxe7 $17 Nbd3 22. Qe2 Re8 23. d6 (23. Bf6 $5 $17) 23... Rb6 $19 24. Rd2 Rb3 (
24... Rxb2 25. Rxb2 Nxb2 26. Qg2 Qxg2+ 27. Kxg2 $19) 25. Nd1 Qe6 26. Ne3 (26.
Rc2 $142 $19) 26... Rxe7 (26... Rb4 $142 $19) 27. dxe7 $15 Qxe7 28. Nxc4 Nxc4
29. Rxd3 Rxb2 30. Qg4 Ne5 (30... Nd6 $142 $5 $17) 31. Qc8+ $11 Kg7 32. Rd8 Kh6
33. Re8 Qg5 $4 (33... Qc5 34. Rh8 Rf2 35. Qh3+ Kg7 36. Qxh7+ Kf6 37. Qh4+ g5
38. Qh6+ Ng6 39. e5+ Kf5 40. Qh3+ Kxe5 41. Rd8 $11) 34. Rf4 (34. Rh8 $142 Rxh2+
35. Kxh2 Ng4+ 36. Kh3 Qh5+ 37. Kg2 Qh2+ 38. Kf3 Ne5+ 39. Kf4 Nd3+ 40. Ke3 Qxg3+
41. Rf3 Qg1+ 42. Kxd3 Qd1+ 43. Ke3 Qc1+ 44. Kf2 Qd2+ 45. Kg1 Qe1+ 46. Kg2 Qe2+
47. Kg3 Qe1+ 48. Kf4 Qc1+ 49. Ke5 Qa1+ 50. Kd6 Qd1+ 51. Kc7 Qxf3 52. Qf8+ Kg5
53. Rxh7 Qxe4 54. Rxf7 $18) 34... f5 $4 (34... Rb1+ $142 35. Kg2 Rb2+ 36. Kh1
Rb1+ 37. Kg2 Rb2+ 38. Kh1 $11) 35. Rxe5 $18 1-0

[Event "3. Kings' Tournament"]
[Site "Bazna "]
[Date "2009.06.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2009.06.14"]
[EventCountry "ROM"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.05"]

{E97: Königsindisch (Klassisches System)} 1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. e4
Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 a5 11. bxa5 f5
12. Nd2 Nf6 13. c5 Rxa5 14. Nb3 Ra8 15. f3 f4 16. a4 g5 17. Ba3 h5 $146 (17...
Ng6 18. a5 (18. Nb5 Ne8 19. Nd2 Nh4 20. Rc1 h5 21. Rc3 Rf6 22. cxd6 cxd6 23.
Rf1 Bd7 24. Rf2 Bh6 25. Nc4 Ra6 26. Bb4 Bg7 27. Nd2 Rg6 28. g3 g4 29. fxg4 hxg4
30. a5 Nf3+ 31. Nxf3 fxg3 32. hxg3 gxf3 {Najer,E (2599)-Shomoev,A (2397)/
Togliatti 2001/1-0}) 18... Nh4 19. cxd6 cxd6 20. Bb4 h5 21. Nd2 g4 22. Nc4 Ra6
23. Kh1 Nh7 24. fxg4 Nxg2 25. Kxg2 hxg4 26. Kh1 Qh4 27. Nd2 Ng5 28. Rg1 Nh3 29.
Rf1 Rf6 30. Qe1 Qh5 31. Rc1 Rh6 32. Nd1 {Radjabov,T (2533)-Smirin,I (2691)/Dos
Hermanas 2001/0-1}) (17... Rf7 18. cxd6 cxd6 19. Nb5 $16) 18. a5 (18. cxd6 cxd6
19. Nd2 Ne8 $16) 18... Ng6 19. cxd6 cxd6 20. Na4 g4 21. Nb6 Nxe4 $5 (21... Rxa5
22. Nxc8 Rxa3 23. Rxa3 Qxc8 24. Qd2 $16) 22. fxe4 $4 (22. Qc2 Qh4 23. Qxe4 Bf5
$16) 22... f3 23. Rf1 (23. gxf3 Qh4 24. Nd2 $14 (24. Nxa8 $4 g3 25. hxg3 Qxg3+
26. Kh1 Rf4 27. Bf1 Rh4+ 28. Bh3 Rxh3#) (24. Bxd6 $4 g3 25. hxg3 Qxg3+ 26. Kh1
Rf4 27. Be7 Nxe7 28. Bf1 Rh4+ 29. Bh3 Rxh3#) (24. Nxc8 $4 g3 25. Ne7+ Nxe7 26.
hxg3 Qxg3+ 27. Kf1 Ng6 $19)) 23... Nf4 24. Bxf3 gxf3 25. Rxf3 (25. Nxa8 $143
fxg2 26. Rxf4 exf4 $19) 25... Bg4 26. Nxa8 Qxa8 (26... Rf6 $5 27. Nd2 Qxa8 $16)
27. Bxd6 $16 Rf7 (27... Nh3+ 28. gxh3 Bxf3 29. Qc2 $14) 28. Qf1 $18 Qd8 (28...
h4 29. Nd2 Bxf3 30. Nxf3 $18 (30. Qxf3 $143 Qa6 31. Kh1 Qxd6 $19) (30. gxf3
Qa7+ 31. Kh1 Qd4 $18)) 29. Bc5 Bf8 $2 (29... Bxf3 30. gxf3 Qf6 $18) 30. Rf2 Qh4
(30... Bxc5 31. Nxc5 Qf8 32. Ne6 Bxe6 33. dxe6 $18) 31. Kh1 Ne2 (31... Bxc5 32.
Nxc5 Qe7 $18) 32. Rxf7 Ng3+ 33. Kg1 Bxc5+ 34. Nxc5 Ne2+ (34... Nxf1 35. Raxf1
Qd8 36. Nxb7 $18) 35. Qxe2 $1 Bxe2 36. Rf2 (36. Rf2 Bd3 37. d6 $18) 1-0

[Event "1. SCS GM Open"]
[Site "Bhubaneswar IND"]
[Date "2009.06.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C74"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2009.06.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.05"]

{C74: Spanische Partie (Moderne Steinitz-Verteidigung)} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3.
Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 f5 6. exf5 Bxf5 7. O-O Bd3 8. Re1 Be7 9. Re3 e4 10. Ne1
Bg5 11. Nxd3 Bxe3 12. Nb4 Bxf2+ 13. Kxf2 Qh4+ 14. Kg1 Nh6 15. Nxc6 $146 (15.
Qf1 Ng4 16. Qf4 Rf8 17. Qg3 Rf1+ 18. Kxf1 Nxh2+ 19. Qxh2 Qxh2 {Adams,M (2600)
-Piket,J (2550)/Wijk aan Zee 1991/ 0-1}) (15. d4 O-O 16. Qe2 e3 17. Bxe3 Rae8
18. Nd2 Ng4 19. g3 Qxh2+ 20. Qxh2 Nxh2 21. Nd5 Ng4 22. Bb3 Kh8 23. Rf1 Nxe3 24.
Nxe3 Rxf1+ 25. Ndxf1 Ne7 26. Kf2 g6 27. Nd2 Kg7 28. Nf3 Rf8 29. Ke2 Nf5 {
Zapata,A (2505)-Arencibia Rodriguez,W (2515)/Cienfuegos 1996/0-1}) (15. g3 Qh3
16. d4 Ng4 17. Qe2 O-O 18. Bf4 g5 19. Bb3+ Kh8 20. Be6 gxf4 21. Bxg4 Qh6 22.
Nd2 f3 23. Qd1 Nxb4 24. cxb4 Qe3+ 25. Kh1 Qf2 26. Bh3 Rae8 27. Rc1 e3 28. Rxc7
exd2 {Klavins,J-Mikenas,V/Riga 1959/ 0-1}) (15. Bxc6+ $143 bxc6 16. g3 Qh3 $17)
15... O-O 16. h3 $4 (16. Qe2 $142 bxc6 17. Bxc6 $14) 16... Rf2 $19 17. Ne7+ Kh8
(17... Qxe7 18. Kxf2 (18. Qb3+)) 18. Nd5 Raf8 19. Ne3 R8f3 20. Bd7 Qg3 21. Qe1
Nf7 (21... Rxe3 22. Qxf2 Re1+ 23. Qf1 $19) 22. d4 (22. Na3 Ne5 23. Nac2 Nxd7
24. d4 exd3 25. Nd4 Rxe3 26. Qxf2 Re1+ 27. Qf1 Rxf1+ 28. Kxf1 $19) 22... Rxe3
$1 23. Qxf2 (23. Bxe3 Qxg2#) (23. Qxe3 Qxg2#) 23... Re1+ 24. Qf1 e3 (24...
Rxf1+ 25. Kxf1 e3 26. Bxe3 Qxe3 27. Na3 Qd3+ 28. Kg1 $19) 25. Nd2 Qf2+ (25...
Qf2+ 26. Kh2 Rxf1 27. Nxf1 e2 $19) (25... exd2 $2 26. Bxd2 Rxf1+ 27. Rxf1 $18)
0-1

[Event "10. Karpov-Turnier"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2009.06.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2009.06.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.05"]

{C48: Vierspringerspiel (Rubinstein-Variante)} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6
4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Bc4 d6 6. Nxd4 exd4 7. Nd5 Nd7 8. O-O (8. d3 g6 9. Qf3 Ne5 10.
Nf6+ Ke7 11. Qg3 Bg7 12. Nd5+ Kf8 13. Bb3 h5 14. h4 c6 15. Nf4 a5 16. a3 a4 17.
Ba2 Ng4 18. Bd2 Be5 19. Qf3 Qf6 20. Ne2 Be6 21. c3 Bxa2 22. Rxa2 Qe6 {Pedersen,
N (2417)-Antonsen,M (2442)/Daenemark 2009/1-0}) 8... g6 $146 (8... c6 9. Nf4 b5
(9... g6 10. c3 Qf6 11. d3 dxc3 12. bxc3 Qxc3 13. Rb1 Qa5 14. Bb2 Ne5 15. Ne2
Rg8 16. Bb3 Qa6 17. Nc1 Bg7 18. f4 Ng4 19. Qd2 Be6 20. Bxg7 Rxg7 21. h3 Nf6 22.
Qc3 Qb6+ 23. Kh2 Qd8 24. Ne2 {Andreikin,D (2481)-Stefanova,A (2502)/Moskau
2006/1-0}) 10. Be2 g6 11. c3 Bh6 12. d3 Bg7 13. Qc2 dxc3 14. bxc3 O-O 15. d4
Nb6 16. Be3 Bd7 17. Rfd1 Re8 18. Rab1 Rc8 19. Bd3 a6 20. Ne2 c5 21. Qd2 Be6 22.
d5 Bd7 23. Bg5 {Sutovsky,E (2654)-Bacrot,E (2725)/Khanty Mansiysk 2005/1/2-1/2}
) 9. c3 Bg7 10. cxd4 Bxd4 11. d3 c6 12. Ne3 O-O 13. Kh1 (13. a4 Qe7 $11) 13...
Nc5 (13... b5 14. Bb3 $15) 14. f4 (14. a4 $5 $11) 14... d5 $15 15. exd5 cxd5
16. Bb3 Re8 17. Qf3 Nxd3 (17... Nxb3 18. axb3 Qb6 19. Nxd5 Qxb3 20. Ra5 $15)
18. f5 Kh8 (18... Nxc1 $142 $5 19. fxg6 fxg6 20. Raxc1 Kh8 (20... Bxe3 $4 21.
Qf7+ Kh8 22. Rc7 $18) (20... Rxe3 $4 21. Qf7+ Kh8 22. Rc7 $18) 21. Nxd5 Bf5 $15
) 19. fxg6 $14 fxg6 (19... Nxc1 $2 20. gxf7 (20. Raxc1 $143 fxg6 21. Nxd5 Bf5
$11) 20... Nxb3 21. fxe8=Q+ Qxe8 22. axb3 $18) 20. Qd1 Bxe3 21. Qxd3 d4 $4 (
21... Bxc1 $142 22. Qd4+ Kg8 23. Raxc1 Qb6 24. Qxd5+ Be6 $14) 22. Bxe3 $18 Rxe3
23. Rf8+ Kg7 24. Rg8+ (24. Rg8+ Kh6 25. Qxe3+ (25. Rxd8 $6 Rxd3 26. Rc1 Rd2 $16
) 25... dxe3 26. Rxd8 $18) (24. Rxd8 Rxd3 25. Rc1 b5 26. Rcxc8 Rxc8 27. Rxc8
Rd2 28. Rc7+ Kf6 $18) 1-0

[Event "TOP 16 Poule Basse"]
[Site "Le Port Marly FRA"]
[Date "2009.05.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Delchev, Aleksander"]
[Black "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2009.05.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.05"]

{B33: Sizilianisch (Sweschnikow-Variante)} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4.
Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11.
c3 Bg7 12. Bd3 Be6 13. Nxb5 axb5 14. Bxb5 Bd7 15. exf5 e4 16. O-O O-O 17. a4
Re8 18. Qg4 Kh8 19. Rad1 Rc8 $146 (19... Re5 20. Qf4 (20. Ne3 d5 21. Rxd5 Rxd5
22. Nxd5 Ne5 23. Qxe4 Bxf5 24. Qxf5 Qxd5 25. Re1 Rd8 26. h3 h6 27. b4 Rd6 28.
Re3 Rg6 29. g3 Rg5 30. Qc8+ Kh7 31. h4 Rg6 32. Qf5 Kg8 33. Bf1 Re6 34. a5 Qa2 {
Kotronias,V (2587)-Parligras,M (2611)/Dresden 2008/1-0} 35. Be2 Qd2 36. Kg2
Qd5+ 37. Qe4 Qxe4+ 38. Rxe4 Nc6 39. Rxe6 fxe6 40. a6 Na7 41. b5 Be5 42. b6 Nc8
43. b7 Na7 44. Bc4 Kf7 45. f4 Bb8 46. f5 Nc6 47. Bxe6+ Kf6 48. Kf3 Na7 49. Bd7
Ke5 {Kotronias,V (2587)-Parligras,M (2611)/Dresden 2008/1-0}) 20... Bf6 21. Qe3
Rb8 22. c4 Bg5 23. Qc3 f6 24. Qa3 Ne7 25. Nxf6 Bxf5 26. Rxd6 Qf8 27. Nd7 Bxd7
28. Rxd7 e3 29. Qc3 Qf6 30. f4 Bxf4 31. Rxe7 e2 32. Re1 Qxe7 33. Rxe2 Kg8 34.
Rxe5 {Ortiz Suarez,I (2399)-Otero,D (2400)/Santa Clara 2005/0-1}) (19... Re5
20. Ne3 Qf6 21. Qf4 $14) 20. Rfe1 $14 Re5 21. Ne3 Qf6 22. Qh5 (22. Qe2 Bxf5 23.
Nxf5 Qxf5 24. Rxd6 Nb8 $14) 22... Bxf5 23. Nxf5 (23. Ng4 Bxg4 24. Qxg4 Qe6 25.
Qxe6 Rxe6 $11) 23... Rxf5 $15 (23... Qxf5 $143 24. Qxf5 Rxf5 25. Rxd6 $16) 24.
Qh3 Ne5 25. Rxe4 Rg8 26. Rf1 (26. Re2 Bh6 27. g3 d5 $11) 26... Qg6 $15 27. Re3
$4 (27. Be2 $142 Rxf2 28. Rxf2 Qxe4 29. b4 $17) 27... Rh5 $19 28. Qg3 (28. Rg3
Qh6 29. f4 Rxh3 30. Rxh3 Qe6 31. fxe5 dxe5 $19) 28... Qh6 29. Re4 $4 (29. h3
Bf6 30. Qh2 $19) 29... Rxh2 (29... Rxh2 30. Qxh2 Nf3+ 31. gxf3 Be5+ 32. Qg3
Bxg3 33. fxg3 Rxg3+ 34. Kf2 Qh2+ 35. Ke3 Qxb2 $19) 0-1

[Event "Super GM"]
[Site "Sofia "]
[Date "2009.05.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2009.05.13"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.05"]

{B33: Sizilianisch (Sweschnikow-Variante)} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4.
Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 Bg7 11.
Bd3 Ne7 12. Nxe7 Qxe7 13. c4 f5 14. O-O O-O 15. Qh5 Rb8 16. exf5 e4 17. Rae1
Bb7 18. Qg4 Rfe8 19. cxb5 d5 20. bxa6 Bc6 21. b3 (21. Be2 Rxb2 22. Rc1 h5 23.
Qxh5 Ba4 24. f6 Bxf6 25. Qxd5 Rxe2 26. Qc4 Qxa3 27. Qxe2 Qd3 28. Qg4+ Kf8 29.
a7 Bd4 30. Qf5 Bxa7 31. Rc7 Re7 32. Qc8+ Be8 33. Rxe7 Kxe7 34. Qb7+ Qd7 35.
Qxe4+ Kf8 {Najer,E (2670)-Yakovich,Y (2566)/Novokuznetsk 2008/1-0}) 21... Kh8
$146 (21... Bd7 22. a7 Rb7 23. Nc4 Rd8 24. Ne3 exd3 25. Nxd5 Qd6 26. Qg5 f6 27.
Qg4 Bc6 28. Nc3 Qb4 29. Qxb4 Rxb4 30. Re6 Ba8 31. Rd1 Kf7 32. Na4 Rg4 33. g3
Bf3 34. a8=Q Bxa8 35. f4 Bh6 36. Kf2 {Fier,A (2526)-Cordova,E (2477)/Buenos
Aires 2007/0-1}) (21... h5 22. Qg3 h4 $16) 22. Nc2 $16 Be5 (22... Rbc8 $5 23.
Be2 Ba8 $16) 23. Be2 $18 d4 24. Bc4 Rg8 25. Qh3 Rg7 (25... e3 26. g3 (26. fxe3
$143 Qh4 27. Rf3 Qxh3 28. Rxh3 Rxg2+ 29. Kf1 Rxc2 $17) 26... Qd6 27. Rd1 (27.
Bxf7 $6 Rg7 28. Bg6 Qd5 29. fxe3 Qh1+ 30. Kf2 Qf3+ 31. Kg1 Qh1+ 32. Kf2 Qf3+
33. Kg1 Qh1+ $11) 27... exf2+ 28. Kxf2 $16) 26. g3 $18 Rbg8 27. Qh6 Qc7 $2 (
27... Ba8 $142 28. a3 Qc5 $16) 28. Nb4 $18 Ba8 29. Nd5 Qd8 (29... Qd7 30. Rxe4
Qxf5 $18) 30. Rxe4 (30. Rxe4 f6 31. Rxe5 fxe5 32. Nf6 $18) 1-0

[Event "39.  Bosna"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2009.05.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.05"]

{D15: Damengambit (Slawische Verteidigung)} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3
a6 5. e3 b5 6. c5 g6 7. Ne5 Bg7 8. Be2 Nfd7 9. f4 Nxe5 10. fxe5 f6 (10... O-O
11. O-O a5 12. a3 Na6 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nc7 15. Be3 {Brodsky,M (2595)
-Burmakin,V (2581)/Tromsoe 2007/ 1/2-1/2}) 11. exf6 exf6 12. e4 b4 13. Na4 $146
(13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. exd5 O-O {Mohandesi,S (2342)-Lukov,V (2458)/Creteil 2002/ 1/
2-1/2}) 13... dxe4 14. Nb6 Ra7 15. Qb3 Re7 16. Nxc8 Qxc8 17. Bf4 f5 18. O-O-O
Nd7 19. Bd6 (19. Qa4 O-O $14) 19... Nf6 20. Bc4 (20. g4 Bh6+ 21. Kb1 f4 $14)
20... Rd7 (20... a5 21. Kb1 $16) 21. Kb1 Qb7 (21... h5 22. Be6 $16 (22. Qxb4 $6
Nd5 23. Qa4 Kf7 $11)) 22. Qa4 Qa8 (22... b3 23. axb3 Qc8 24. d5 cxd5 25. Bxd5
Nxd5 26. Rxd5 $18) 23. g4 (23. Be6 $142 Re7 24. d5 $18) 23... Nd5 $2 (23...
Nxg4 $142 $5 24. d5 Ne5 25. Bxe5 Bxe5 26. dxc6 Rc7 $16) 24. gxf5 (24. Bxd5 $142
cxd5 25. gxf5 $18) 24... gxf5 $2 (24... Ne3 25. Be6 Nxd1 26. Rxd1 Qb7 27. Bxd7+
Qxd7 28. fxg6 hxg6 $18) 25. Bxd5 cxd5 26. Rhf1 Kd8 27. Rxf5 Re8 (27... e3 28.
Re1 a5 29. Bg3 $18) 28. Qxb4 (28. Rdf1 $142 Qb7 29. c6 $18) 28... Re6 (28... a5
29. Qb6+ Kc8 $18) 29. Rdf1 Kc8 30. Rf8+ $1 Bxf8 31. Rxf8+ (31. Bxf8 $143 Qb7
32. Qa5 Qb5 33. Qxb5 axb5 $15) 31... Rd8 (31... Re8 32. Rxe8+ Rd8 33. Qa5 Qb8
34. Rxd8+ Kb7 35. Qb6+ Ka8 36. Rxb8#) 32. Qb6 (32. Qb6 Rexd6 33. cxd6 Kd7 34.
Qc7+ Ke6 35. Qe7#) 1-0

[Event "TOP 16 GpA"]
[Site "Mulhouse FRA"]
[Date "2009.05.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2009.04.30"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.05"]

{B81: Sizilianisch (Keres-Angriff)} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6
5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 e5 8. Nf5 Nc6 (8... g6 9. Qe2 gxf5 10. exf5 Bd7 11.
Rg1 Bc6 12. O-O-O Qa5 13. Bg2 Bxg2 14. Rxg2 Nc6 15. g5 Nb4 16. gxf6 Nxa2+ 17.
Nxa2 Qxa2 18. c3 O-O-O 19. Bb6 Bh6+ 20. Kc2 Qa4+ 21. Kb1 Rdg8 22. Rg3 Qc6 23.
Ba5 {Madl,I (2380)-Hutters,T (2465)/Kobanya 1991/1/2-1/2 (43)}) 9. Bg2 $146 g6
10. g5 (10. Nd5 $5 Nxd5 11. exd5 gxf5 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. Bxc6+ Bd7 14. Bxa8 Qxa8
15. Rg1 fxg4 16. Qd2 $11) 10... gxf5 $15 11. exf5 Rg8 (11... Ng8 12. Qf3 $15)
12. Bd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bg7 14. f6 Be6 15. Bb6 (15. fxg7 $143 Qa5+ 16. Nc3 d5 $17
) 15... Bxd5 16. Bxd8 Bxh1 17. Bb6 $2 (17. Be7 $142 $5 Nxe7 18. Qxd6 Bxf6 19.
Qxf6 $11) 17... Bxf6 $1 $17 18. Ke2 (18. gxf6 Rg1+) 18... Bd8 19. Bxd8 Nd4+ (
19... Rxd8 $143 20. Qxh1 Rxg5 21. Qe4 $14) 20. Ke3 Rxd8 (20... Kxd8 $6 21. Qxh1
Nxc2+ 22. Kd2 Nxa1 23. Qxb7 $11) 21. Qxh1 Nxc2+ 22. Kd2 Nxa1 23. h4 d5 (23...
f6 24. f4 fxg5 (24... exf4 $6 25. Qe4+ Kf8 26. Qxf4 $11) 25. fxg5 Rf8 26. Qxa1
Rd7 $17) 24. Qxa1 $15 Rg6 25. b3 Re6 26. f4 d4 27. fxe5 d3 28. Qf1 (28. a4 $5
$15) 28... Rxe5 $17 29. Qf6 $4 (29. Qa1 $142 Rdd5 30. Qc3 $17) 29... Re2+ $19
30. Kd1 Re6 31. Qh8+ Ke7 (31... Ke7 32. Qc3 d2 $19) 0-1

[Event "4. FIDE-Grandprix"]
[Site "Nalchik"]
[Date "2009.04.28"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Leko,  Peter"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov,  Rustam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.05"]

{C42: Russische Verteidigung (Petrow)} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3
Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. Nc3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bg4 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bf4
Bd6 12. Bxd6 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Qxd6 14. Re3 Rae8 15. Rae1 Rxe3 16. Rxe3 g6 17. h4
Nb8 $146 (17... Qd8 18. g3 h5 19. Bf1 Qd7 20. Bg2 Rd8 21. Qf4 Qd6 22. Qh6 b5
23. g4 hxg4 24. h5 Ne7 25. Qg5 Kf8 26. Qxg4 c6 27. Qg5 gxh5 28. f4 Ng8 29. Rg3
Nf6 30. Qg7+ Ke7 31. Re3+ Ne4 32. Qg5+ {Areshchenko,A (2664)-Landa,K (2613)/
Emsdetten 2008/1/2-1/2}) 18. h5 Nd7 19. g4 Nf6 20. h6 Kh8 (20... c6 21. c4 dxc4
22. Bxc4 Qxd4 23. g5 $11) 21. Re5 (21. c4 c6 $14) 21... c6 22. c4 Ng8 (22...
Nd7 23. Re1 dxc4 24. Bxc4 Qxd4 25. Bxf7 $11) 23. Qe3 dxc4 24. Bxc4 g5 (24... b5
$5 25. Bb3 a5 $14) 25. Rxg5 $16 Nxh6 26. Qe4 (26. Bd3 Qe6 27. Kf1 Qxe3 28. fxe3
$16) 26... f6 (26... Ng8 $142 $5 $14) 27. Rh5 $18 f5 28. gxf5 Nxf5 $4 (28...
Qf6 $142 29. Be6 Qg7+ 30. Kf1 Ng4 $18) 29. Be6 $18 Qxd4 (29... Rf6 30. Bxf5 (
30. Rxf5 $6 Qxe6 31. Re5 Rg6+ 32. Kf1 Qxa2 $11) 30... h6 31. c4 $18) 30. Rxh7+
$3 (30. Rxh7+ Kxh7 31. Bxf5+ Rxf5 32. Qxd4 (32. Qxf5+ $6 Kh6 $11) 32... Rg5+
33. Kf1 $18) 1-0

[Event "4. FIDE-Grandprix"]
[Site "Nalchik RUS"]
[Date "2009.04.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2009.04.15"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.05"]

{A32: Englische Eröffnung (Symmetrische Variante)} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. d4
cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bg5 Qc7 (6... d6 7. e3 Be7 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Bd7
10. Qd2 Qc7 11. Rfd1 Rd8 12. Nf5 exf5 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nd5 Qc5 15. b4 Qc6 16.
Bf3 Qxc4 17. Rac1 Qh4 18. g3 Qh6 19. Nb6 Bc6 20. Bxc6 Nxc6 21. Nxa8 {Garcia
Palermo,C (2460)-Wahls,M (2565)/Deutschland 1990/1-0}) 7. e3 (7. Bxf6 gxf6 8.
e3 Nc6 9. Ne4 Bb4+ 10. Nc3 f5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. g3 Bb7 13. Bg2 h5 14. Qd4 e5
15. Qh4 Qa5 16. O-O Be7 17. Qh3 e4 18. f3 exf3 19. Rxf3 Qb6 20. Qxf5 O-O-O 21.
Na4 Qb4 {Caudillo Duran,R-Carreto Nieto,G/Hermosillo 2002/0-1}) 7... b6 $146 (
7... Be7 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O b6 10. Bf3 Bb7 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. b3 d6 13. Bxb7 Qxb7
14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. f4 g6 16. f5 exf5 17. Nd5 Be5 18. Qf3 Ra7 19. Nxf5 gxf5 20.
Qxf5 Qd7 21. Qg5+ Kh8 22. Nxb6 {Wells,P (2410)-Plaskett,J (2470)/Eastbourne
1990/0-1}) (7... Nc6 8. Bd3 Be7 9. O-O h5 10. Bh4 Ng4 11. Bg3 Nce5 12. Ne4 f5
13. Nd2 g5 14. Qe2 f4 15. exf4 Nxd3 16. fxg5 Nf4 17. Qe4 Bxg5 18. N2f3 Nf6 19.
Bxf4 Qxf4 20. Qg6+ Kd8 21. Qxg5 Qxg5 22. Nxg5 {Griffiths,B-Dyce,A (2160)/
Cardiff 1995/1-0}) (7... Nc6 8. Be2 $14) 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O Nc6 10. Rc1 Rc8 11.
Be2 (11. Ncb5 Qd8 12. Nxc6 Rxc6 $14) 11... Be7 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Nd5 exd5 14.
Bxf6 Bxf6 15. cxd5 Bxb2 16. Rc2 Be5 17. dxc6 dxc6 18. Bxa6 Rd8 19. Qf3 c5 20.
Bb5+ Kf8 21. g3 g6 22. Rd1 Kg7 23. Rcd2 Rxd2 24. Rxd2 Rd8 25. Rxd8 Qxd8 26. Kg2
h5 27. Qe4 Bc3 28. Qb7 Bf6 29. Bc4 Qe7 30. Qd5 h4 31. e4 hxg3 32. hxg3 Bd4 33.
f4 f6 (33... Qf6 34. Kf3 $11) 34. Kf3 Kh6 35. Qg8 g5 36. e5 fxe5 $4 (36... Qg7
$142 $14) 37. Bd3 $18 e4+ 38. Bxe4 Qg7 39. Qe6+ Qf6 40. Qd7 (40. Qd7 g4+ 41.
Qxg4 Ba1 42. Qd7 Qc3+ 43. Bd3 Qh8 44. g4 Qa8+ 45. Kg3 Qg8 46. g5+ Kh5 47. Qh3#)
1-0

[Event "4. FIDE-Grandprix"]
[Site "Nakchik "]
[Date "2009.04.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.05"]

{C88: Spanische Partie (Geschlossenes System)} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4.
Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 b4 9. d4 d6 10. dxe5 dxe5 11.
Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Nbd2 (12. Bg5 Rb8 13. Nbd2 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Bd5 Na5 16. Nb3
Nxb3 17. cxb3 c6 18. Bc4 a5 19. h3 Bb7 20. Rad1 Kf8 21. Kf1 g6 22. Ke2 Ke7 23.
Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Bd3 Ke6 25. Rd1 Be7 26. g4 Bd6 {Ulibin,M (2511)-Negi,P (2600)/
New Delhi 2009/1/2-1/2}) 12... Bd6 $146 (12... Bc5 13. h3 h6 14. Nc4 Re8 15. a5
Bb7 16. Ba4 Re6 17. c3 Rd8 18. Bc2 Re7 19. Nfd2 Ba7 20. Nb3 Ne8 21. Ne3 Red7
22. Ra4 bxc3 23. bxc3 Nd6 24. Ba3 Ne7 25. Nc5 Bxc5 26. Bxc5 Bc6 27. Raa1 {
Inarkiev,E (2669)-Akopian,V (2679)/Elista 2008/1/2-1/2} Bb5 28. Reb1 Kf8 29. f3
Ke8 30. Ba3 Ra8 31. Bb3 Bc6 32. c4 f5 33. exf5 Nexf5 34. Nxf5 Nxf5 35. Re1 Nd4
36. Rxe5+ Kf7 37. Bd1 Rb8 38. f4 Nb3 39. Rb1 Rd2 40. Re2 Rbd8 41. Rxb3 Rxd1+
42. Kh2 {Inarkiev,E (2669)-Akopian,V (2679)/Elista 2008/1/2-1/2}) (12... h6 13.
a5 Bb7 14. Bc4 Bd6 15. Bd3 Nd7 16. Nb3 Nc5 17. Nxc5 Bxc5 18. Be3 Bd6 19. Nd2
Nd4 20. Nc4 Ne6 21. b3 Kf8 22. Nxd6 Rxd6 23. Bc4 Nd4 24. Rac1 g5 25. f3 Bc8 26.
c3 bxc3 27. Rxc3 {Galic,I (2316)-Stojanovic,D (2455)/Kallithea 2008/0-1}) 13.
a5 h6 14. Bc4 Kf8 15. b3 Ke7 (15... Re8 16. h3 $11) 16. Bd5 $14 Nxd5 17. exd5
Na7 18. Nxe5 Kf8 19. Ndc4 Bxe5 20. Rxe5 Nc6 21. Bg5 hxg5 22. dxc6 f6 23. Rc5
Be6 24. Nb6 Rab8 25. Nd7+ Bxd7 26. cxd7 Rxd7 27. Rc6 (27. Kf1 Rb7 $14) 27...
Rb5 $2 (27... Rd2 $142 $5 $11) 28. Rxa6 $16 Rd2 29. Ra8+ Kf7 (29... Ke7 30. h4
Rc5 31. a6 Rcxc2 32. hxg5 fxg5 33. Rc8 Rxf2 34. Rxc7+ Rxc7 35. Kxf2 $16) 30. g4
(30. g3 Rc5 31. a6 Rcxc2 $16) 30... Rc5 $16 31. a6 Rcxc2 32. Rc8 c6 $4 (32...
Rxf2 $142 33. Rxc7+ Rxc7 $16) 33. a7 $18 Rxf2 34. Rh8 (34. Rh8 Rg2+ 35. Kh1 $18
) 1-0

[Event "16. Team-Meisterschaft"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2009.04.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexander"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2009.04.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.05"]

{B97: Sizilianisch (Najdorf-Variante)} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4
Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2 Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5
Nfd7 12. Ne4 h6 13. Bh4 Qxa2 14. Rd1 Qd5 (14... Qb2 15. Qe3 Bc5 16. Be2 Nc6 17.
c3 Qa3 18. O-O O-O 19. Nf6+ Nxf6 20. Bxf6 Nxd4 21. Rxd4 Bxd4 22. Qxd4 gxf6 23.
exf6 Qa5 24. h4 Kh7 25. Bd3+ Qf5 26. Re1 Rg8 27. Kh2 a5 28. g4 Qxd3 29. Qxd3+ {
Radjabov,T (2729)-Karjakin,S (2672)/Cap d'Agde 2006/1-0}) 15. Qe3 Bc5 $146 (
15... Qxe5 16. Bg3 (16. Be2 Bc5 17. Bg3 Qd5 18. Bf3 O-O 19. Qc3 e5 20. Nb3 Bd4
21. Nxd4 exd4 22. Rxd4 Qe6 23. Rd6 Qe7 24. Rd2 Nf6 25. Bd6 Nxe4 26. Bxe7 Nxc3
27. Bxf8 Nc6 28. Bxc6 bxc6 29. Rd8 Bb7 30. Rxa8 Bxa8 {JUNIOR-CLUSTER TOGA/
Peking 2008/1-0}) 16... Qa5+ 17. c3 Nc6 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Nd6+ Bxd6 20. Bxd6
Nf6 21. Bc4 Qg5 22. Qb6 Qh4+ 23. Bg3 Qe4+ 24. Be2 O-O 25. Rf1 e5 26. Rd3 Nd5
27. Qxc6 Bg4 28. Rff3 Nf6 29. Qxe4 Nxe4 30. Bxe5 {Vasquez,R (2522)-Valenzuela
Fuentealba,L (2434)/Endesa CHI 2008/0-1}) (15... Qxe5 $5 16. Be2 Bc5 $17) 16.
Nxe6 $15 Bb4+ (16... Bxe3 17. Nc7+ (17. Rxd5 $2 fxe6 18. Nd6+ Kf8 $19) 17...
Kf8 18. Rxd5 $16 (18. Nxd5 $6 Bg5 19. Bxg5 hxg5 $16)) (16... Qxe6 $6 17. Nxc5
Qb6 18. e6 $14) 17. c3 Qxe6 18. cxb4 O-O 19. Rd6 Qxe5 20. Bc4 Nc6 (20... Qh5 $5
21. Be7 Re8 $11) 21. O-O $14 Qh5 $2 (21... Nxb4 22. Bxf7+ Rxf7 23. Rxf7 Kxf7
24. Rxd7+ Bxd7 25. Ng5+ Qxg5 26. Bxg5 $14) 22. Qf4 (22. Bf6 $142 $5 Nde5 23.
Qg3 $16) 22... Nde5 $4 (22... a5 23. Bf6 Nxf6 (23... gxf6 $4 24. Rxd7 Qg6 25.
Rd3 $18) (23... Nxb4 24. Qg3 g5 25. Bc3 $18) (23... axb4 $4 24. Qg3 g5 25. Bb2
$18) 24. Nxf6+ gxf6 25. Rxf6 Qg5 (25... Nxb4 26. Rxf7 Qc5+ 27. Rf2 Be6 28. Bxe6
Rxf7 29. Qxf7+ Kh8 30. Bf5 Qc1+ 31. Rf1 Qc5+ 32. Kh1 Qxf5 33. Qxf5 Nd3 34. Qxd3
Rg8 35. Rf6 Rg5 36. Rxh6+ Kg7 37. Qh7+ Kf8 38. Rf6+ Ke8 39. Qf7+ Kd8 40. Rd6+
Kc8 41. Qf8+ Kc7 42. Qd8#) (25... axb4 26. Rxh6 Qxh6 27. Qxh6 $18) 26. Rxf7
Qxf4 27. R7xf4+ Be6 28. Bxe6+ Kg7 29. Rg4+ Kh8 30. Rxf8+ Rxf8 31. bxa5 Nxa5 $14
) 23. Rxh6 $18 (23. Rxh6 Qxh6 24. Nf6+ Kh8 25. Bg5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Battle of the GMs"]
[Site "Dapitan PHI"]
[Date "2009.03.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Villamayor, Bong"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2009.03.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.05"]

{D02: Damenbauernspiele} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. e3 Nh5 6.
Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Ne5 Nxe5 9. dxe5 $146 (9. Qxh5 Qb6 10. dxe5 Qxb2 11. Bg3 c4
12. Qd1 Qxa1 13. Qc2 e6 14. Be2 Ba3 15. O-O Qb2 16. Qxb2 Bxb2 17. Rd1 b5 18.
Rd2 Ba1 19. a3 a5 20. Ra2 Bxc3 21. Nxc3 Bd7 22. Rb2 Rb8 23. Nxd5 exd5 {Barker,
P-Homola,U/Deutschland 2007/0-1}) 9... Ng7 (9... Qb6 10. b3 $15) 10. Bg3 $11
Nf5 11. Bb5+ Bd7 12. Qa4 Bg7 13. e4 dxe4 14. Bxd7+ (14. Na3 $5 a6 15. Bxd7+
Qxd7 16. Qxe4 Nxg3 17. hxg3 $15) 14... Qxd7 $17 15. Qxe4 (15. Qxd7+ Kxd7 16.
Nd2 h5 $17) 15... O-O-O 16. O-O Qd3 (16... h5 $5 17. h3 g4 $19) 17. Qa4 h5 18.
Qxa7 h4 19. Na3 Qa6 20. Qxc5+ Qc6 21. Qa5 $2 (21. Qxc6+ $142 bxc6 22. Nc4 $15)
21... Rd5 $19 (21... Nxg3 22. Nb5 Ne2+ 23. Kh1 $17) 22. Qa7 hxg3 (22... Nxg3
$143 23. fxg3 hxg3 24. Qe3 Rxh2 25. Qxg3 Bxe5 26. Qg4+ Kb8 27. Nc4 Qc5+ 28. Rf2
$19) 23. c4 $4 (23. fxg3 $142 e6 24. Nc2 Bxe5 25. Nb4 Qc5+ 26. Qxc5+ Rxc5 27.
Nd3 $19) 23... Rxh2 24. Qa8+ Kc7 (24... Kc7 25. e6 Re5 26. Qd8+ Kxd8 27. Rad1+
Nd6 28. Rd5 Rxd5 29. Nc2 Re5 30. Ne3 Rxe3 31. f3 Rxe6 32. Rf2 Re1+ 33. Rf1 Qc5#
) 0-1

[Event "ZSEM 2009"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.03.14"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bürgi, Jakob"]
[Black "Illi, Hansjörg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "1980"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[Annotator "Illi"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.05"]

{B12: Caro-Kann (Vorstoß-Variante)} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. c3 e6 5. Ne2
c5 6. Nd2 (6. Ng3 Bg6 7. Bd3 (7. Bb5+ Nd7 8. O-O Qc7 9. h4 h6 10. Be3 O-O-O 11.
Na3 c4 12. Qa4 a6 13. Bxd7+ Qxd7 14. Qa5 Ne7 15. Bc1 Nc6 16. Qb6 Be7 17. h5 Bd3
18. Rd1 Bxa3 19. bxa3 Qc7 20. Qb2 g5 21. a4 Rdf8 {Basic,I (2072)-Mestrovic,J/
Split 2006/CBM 112 ext/1-0 (60)}) 7... Nc6 8. O-O cxd4 9. cxd4 Qb6 10. Ne2
O-O-O 11. Nbc3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Nge7 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxe7 Bxe7 15. a3 Qb3 16. Rfd1
Na5 17. Nc1 Qc4 18. Qc2 Kb8 19. b4 Rc8 20. N1e2 Nc6 {Hoen,L (2238)-Schuster,G 
(2151)/Boeblingen 2002/EXT 2004/1-0 (31)}) 6... Nc6 7. Nf3 $146 (7. Nb3 cxd4 8.
Nexd4 Bg6 9. Bb5 Qc7 10. f4 a6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd3 c5 13. Bxg6 hxg6 14. Be3
Nh6 15. Bf2 Be7 16. g4 g5 17. Qf3 a5 18. Nd2 a4 19. c4 gxf4 20. Qxf4 f6 21.
cxd5 exd5 {Haas,M-Haas,F (2150)/Wiesbaden 1998/EXT 2000/1/2-1/2}) 7... Qb6 8.
Qa4 Nh6 {Mit Gruseln erinnerte ich mich da an unsere Begegnung in Davos 2009,
wo ich den Lf5 mittels h7-h6 auf h7 freiwillig versteckte. Später entschwand
er (unfreiwillig) nach g8 und half mit, ein kaum mehr erhofftes Remis zu
sichern . .. Ich beschloss deshalb, ihn diesmal so früh wie möglich
loszuwerden.} 9. Ng3 Be4 10. Bb5 Bxf3 11. gxf3 a6 (11... cxd4 12. Bxc6+ bxc6
13. cxd4 Bb4+ 14. Kf1 $11) 12. Bxc6+ Qxc6 13. Qxc6+ bxc6 14. Bxh6 $5 {Hat er
mich schon wieder erwischt? Mir war schon etwas unbehaglich zu Mute.} gxh6 15.
Nh5 {Was ich mit Sh6 zu vermeiden versucht habe, ist nun trotzdem eingetreten:
Der Verkehrskollaps auf e7 - "Manhattan Transfer", wo alle durchwollen. Ich
entscheide mich für eine Radikalkur.} cxd4 16. cxd4 Bb4+ (16... Be7 17. Rg1 $11
) 17. Ke2 $14 Ke7 {Das wäre also geschafft, aber noch kein Grund zum Feiern:
Ein Rückständiger auf c6 und, weit weg davon, die von einem gefährichen Untier
beobachtete offene g-Linie.} (17... Be7 18. Rhg1 $14) 18. Rhc1 Rhc8 19. Rc2 Kd7
(19... Rab8 20. Rg1 $16) 20. Rac1 (20. Nf6+ $142 $5 Kc7 21. Rg1 $18) 20... Be7
$14 21. Rc3 (21. f4 $5 $14) 21... Rab8 $11 22. b3 Rb4 {Hofft auf 23.Ke3,
wonach 23.-c5 besonders stark ist: 24.dc? d4-+} 23. Kd3 $1 (23. Rg1 Rxd4 24. f4
Bb4 $11) 23... c5 $5 $15 {Mit diesem Befreiungsschlag ist die Zeit der
Passivität endlich beendet: Der rückständige c-Bauer ist weg, Schwarz bekommt
eine Express-Querverbindung zum Königsflügel.} 24. dxc5 Rh4 25. c6+ (25. Nf6+
Bxf6 26. exf6 Rc6 $15) 25... Kc7 $15 26. Nf6 Bxf6 27. exf6 Rf4 (27... Rxh2 $5
28. Ke3 Rh5) 28. Ke3 Rxf6 29. f4 Rb8 30. a3 {Es drohte Tb8-b4.} Rb6 31. Rg1 {
Weiss sucht aktives Gegenspiel.} (31. b4 $5 $11) 31... Rg6 $17 32. Rg3 {
Gegenseitig auf partschaftliche Hilfe bei der Reparatur der Bauernstruktur
hoffend...} (32. Rgc1 Rg2 $17) 32... Rxc6 (32... Rxg3+ $5 33. hxg3 Rxc6 $17)
33. Rxc6+ $15 Kxc6 34. Kd4 (34. Rh3 Kd6 $15) 34... f6 (34... Rxg3 $5 35. hxg3
f6 $17) 35. Rc3+ Kd6 36. Rc8 e5+ {Auch im Endspiel ist das Zentrum wichtig,
hier fast wichtiger als der potentielle entfernte Freibauer von Weiss (a+b
gegen a). In einem reinen Bauernendspiel ist das meist umgekehrt.} 37. fxe5+
fxe5+ 38. Ke3 d4+ 39. Kd3 (39. Ke4 Rg4+ 40. Kf3 Rf4+ 41. Ke2 Kd5 $17) 39... Rf6
40. Rd8+ (40. Ke2 $17) 40... Ke6 (40... Ke7 $142 $5 41. Ra8 Rxf2 42. Ra7+ Kf6
43. Rxa6+ Kf5 44. Rxh6 Rf3+ 45. Ke2 Rxb3 46. Rh5+ Ke4 47. Rh4+ Kd5 48. Rxh7
Rb2+ 49. Kf1 e4 $19) 41. Ke2 (41. Re8+ Kf5 $15) 41... Kf5 42. b4 (42. Kd3 a5
$17) 42... h5 (42... Ke4 $142 43. a4 h5 $19) 43. Rg8 $2 (43. Kd3 Kg4 44. Re8
Rxf2 45. Rxe5 Rxh2 $17) 43... h6 $4 {So kann von f6 aus noch ein Bauer gedeckt
werden. Der Rest ist leicht verständlich.} (43... Ke4 $142 $5 44. Rg7 $19) 44.
Rg3 (44. Kd3 $5 $17) 44... Rc6 $19 45. Rf3+ $2 (45. Rh3 $142 Kg4 46. Rg3+ Kf4
47. Kd2 $19) 45... Ke4 46. Rh3 (46. Rf8 Rc2+ 47. Kf1 d3 $19) 46... Rc2+ 47. Kf1
Ra2 (47... d3 48. Rh4+ Kd5 49. Ke1 $19) 48. Rxh5 (48. Ke1 d3 49. Rh4+ Kd5 $19)
48... d3 (48... Ra1+ 49. Ke2 d3+ 50. Kd2 Ra2+ 51. Ke1 Re2+ 52. Kf1 $19) 49.
Rh4+ Kd5 50. Rh3 $4 (50. Ke1 $142 $19) 50... Ra1+ 51. Kg2 e4 52. Rh5+ Kd4 53.
Rxh6 Rxa3 54. Rd6+ Kc3 55. h4 Ra2 (55... Ra2 56. Rc6+ Kxb4 $19) 0-1

[Event "Einzel-EM"]
[Site "Budva "]
[Date "2009.03.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Shomoev, Anton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2009.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNT"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.05"]

{A65: Benoni} 1. c4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7.
Nge2 Nc6 8. d5 Ne5 9. Ng3 e6 10. Be2 exd5 11. cxd5 h5 12. O-O Nh7 13. Qd2 h4
14. Nh1 f5 15. Nf2 Bd7 16. Kh1 (16. Rab1 Qf6 17. f4 Nf7 18. Kh1 Rfe8 19. Nb5
Qd8 20. b4 b6 21. bxc5 bxc5 22. Bd3 Nf6 23. Nc3 Qa5 24. Qc2 Ng4 25. Ncd1 Ba4
26. Qe2 Bxd1 27. Nxd1 Nfh6 28. Bd2 Qxa2 29. Rb7 Qa3 30. e5 dxe5 {Kasimdzhanov,
R (2677)-Topalov,V (2772)/Leon 2007/0-1}) (16. a4 Qf6 17. Nh3 Rae8 18. Nb5 fxe4
19. fxe4 Qe7 20. Ng5 Ng4 21. Bxg4 Bxg4 22. h3 Bc8 23. Ne6 Bxe6 24. dxe6 Be5 25.
Rfd1 Rd8 26. Bh6 Rf6 27. Rac1 b6 28. b4 a6 29. Nc3 Qxe6 30. Nd5 Rf7 {Gupta,A 
(2551)-Caspi,I (2412)/Gaziantep 2008/1-0}) 16... a6 $146 (16... Kh8 17. Rae1
Qa5 18. exf5 gxf5 19. f4 Ng4 20. Nxg4 fxg4 21. Qd1 h3 22. gxh3 gxh3 23. Bd2
Rae8 24. Bg4 Qd8 25. Be6 Rxe6 26. Rxe6 Bxe6 27. dxe6 Qc8 28. f5 Qc6+ {Henrichs,
T (2459)-Van Laatum,G (2327)/Belgien 2001/ 0-1}) 17. a4 Re8 (17... Qc7 18. Rac1
$14) 18. Rg1 (18. Rfe1 b6 $14) 18... g5 (18... fxe4 19. Nfxe4 Bf5 20. a5 $14)
19. exf5 $14 Bxf5 20. Rae1 (20. a5 Qe7 21. Rae1 Rab8 $14) 20... Rc8 21. Nce4
Nf7 22. Bd3 Re5 23. Bc2 Qd7 (23... Qe8 24. f4 (24. Nxg5 $6 Nhxg5 25. Bxf5 Rxf5
26. Bxg5 Qxa4 $14) 24... Bxe4 25. fxe5 (25. Bxe4 $143 Rxe4 26. fxg5 Re5 $15 (
26... Qxa4 $143 27. Nxe4 Qxe4 28. Bf4 $14)) (25. Nxe4 $143 Rxe4 26. fxg5 Nf8
$11) 25... Bxc2 26. e6 $16) 24. g3 (24. f4 Ree8 25. fxg5 Rf8 $18) 24... Kh8 (
24... hxg3 $142 25. Rxg3 Rce8 $14) 25. gxh4 $18 gxh4 (25... Ree8 26. hxg5 Ne5
27. Qd1 $18) 26. Rxg7 Kxg7 27. Rg1+ Kh8 $2 (27... Kf8 28. Bh6+ Ke7 $18) 28. f4
Rxe4 (28... Rg8 29. Rxg8+ Kxg8 30. fxe5 Nxe5 31. Bf4 $18) 29. Bxe4 (29. Nxe4
$142 Bxe4+ 30. Bxe4 Nfg5 31. fxg5 Re8 $18) 29... Bxe4+ (29... Nf6 30. Qc3 Ne5
$18) 30. Nxe4 Qf5 (30... Rg8 31. Qc3+ Ne5 32. fxe5 Rxg1+ 33. Bxg1 dxe5 34.
Qxe5+ Qg7 35. Qxg7+ Kxg7 36. Nxc5 Kf7 $18) 31. Qc3+ (31. Qc3+ Nf6 32. Nxf6 $18)
1-0

[Event "Einzel-EM"]
[Site "Budva"]
[Date "2009.03.08"]
[Round "3.78"]
[White "Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios"]
[Black "Zueger, Beat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B55"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2408"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2009.03.06"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.05"]

{B55: Sizilianisch (Rauser Anti-Drachen-Variante)} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4
cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 Nc6 6. c4 Qb6 7. Nc2 e6 8. Nc3 Be7 9. Bd3 (9. Rb1 O-O
10. Be3 Qc7 11. Qd2 Rd8 12. Be2 a6 13. Rc1 d5 14. cxd5 exd5 15. exd5 Be6 16.
Bf4 Qa5 17. Ne3 Bxd5 18. Qc2 Bb4 19. O-O Nd4 20. Qd1 Bxa2 21. Qe1 Nh5 22. Bg3
Nxg3 23. hxg3 Re8 {Szczepkowska,K (2324)-Tairova,E (2414)/Ekaterinburg 2007/0-1
}) 9... O-O 10. Be3 Qc7 11. O-O b6 $146 (11... Ne5 12. Nb5 Qb8 13. Be2 a6 14.
Nc3 Qc7 15. Qd4 Bd7 16. a4 Rac8 17. Na3 Qb8 18. Rfd1 Nc6 19. Qd2 Bd8 20. Kh1
Bc7 21. Bg1 Rfd8 22. Nc2 Ne7 23. b4 d5 24. exd5 exd5 25. c5 Bf4 26. Qe1 {
McShane,L (2619)-Sakaev,K (2655)/Kopenhagen 2003/0-1}) 12. Qd2 Bb7 13. Rfd1
Rac8 14. Bf1 (14. Nb5 Qb8 $11) 14... Rfd8 (14... Ne5 15. Nb5 Nxc4 16. Qc3 $11)
15. Rac1 Qb8 16. Nd4 d5 (16... Ne5 $5 17. b3 a6 $11) 17. cxd5 $14 exd5 18. Nxc6
(18. Bf4 $5 Qa8 19. Nxc6 Rxc6 20. e5 $14) 18... Bxc6 $11 19. Bf4 Qb7 20. e5 d4
$2 (20... Nh5 $142 $5 $11) 21. Nb5 $16 Ne8 22. Nxd4 Bc5 23. Be3 Nc7 24. b4 $4 (
24. Qe1 $142 $16) 24... Bxd4 $17 25. Bxd4 Ba4 26. Qe1 Bxd1 27. Rxd1 Qd5 28. Rd2
Ne6 29. Bc3 Qc6 30. Rxd8+ Rxd8 31. Qe3 (31. b5 Qc5+ 32. Kh1 Rc8 $19) 31... Rd1
32. Kf2 Nf4 $1 33. b5 (33. Qxf4 Qxc3) 33... Qc7 34. Qxf4 $4 (34. Bd2 Qc2 35.
Qxf4 Qxd2+ 36. Qxd2 Rxd2+ 37. Ke3 Rxa2 38. Be2 $19) 34... Qxc3 35. Bc4 (35. Qe4
g6 36. e6 Qc5+ 37. Kg3 Rxf1 38. e7 Qc7+ 39. Kh3 Qd7+ 40. g4 Qe8 41. f4 Rc1 42.
f5 gxf5 43. gxf5 f6 44. Qe6+ Kg7 45. Qe3 Rc2 46. Kg4 Rc7 47. Qg3 Rxe7 48. Kf3+
Kh8 49. Qh4 Qf7 50. Qf4 Qd5+ 51. Kf2 Qxb5 52. Qf3 Qb2+ 53. Kg3 Rg7+ 54. Kh3
Qxa2 $19) 35... Qe1# 0-1

[Event "World Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2009.02.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2009.02.17"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.05"]

{C07: Französische Verteidigung (Tarrasch-Variante)} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2
c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Re1 Be7 9. Nb3 Nc6 10.
Nbxd4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 O-O 12. c3 Bd7 (12... Qc7 13. Bb3 Bd7 14. Bg5 Nd5 15. Bxe7
Nxe7 16. Qh5 Rae8 17. Re3 g6 18. Qg5 Kg7 19. Rh3 Ng8 20. Qh4 h6 21. Nc2 e5 22.
Rg3 Ne7 23. Ne3 Nf5 24. Nxf5+ Bxf5 25. Re1 Be6 26. Bc2 Rd8 27. Qe4 {
Minhazuddin,A (2339)-Panggabean,H (2254)/Kuala Lumpur 2008/1-0}) 13. Qf3 $146 (
13. Bg5 Qc5 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nb3 Qc7 16. Qe2 Rad8 17. Bd3 g6 18. Rad1 Bg7 19.
Bc2 a6 20. Nd4 Bc8 21. Nf3 Bf6 22. Qe3 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Qxd8 25. Qd3
Qxd3 26. Bxd3 Kf8 27. Kf1 Ke7 {Middelhoven,H-Marcus,J (2274)/Haarlem 2001/0-1})
13... Qb6 14. Bb3 (14. a4 Rfd8 $11) 14... a5 $11 15. Be3 Bc5 16. Rad1 (16. Qg3
Rfc8 17. Re2 e5 $11) 16... a4 17. Bc2 (17. Bc4 e5 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. Qxf5 Bxe3
20. Rxe3 e4 $11) 17... Qxb2 $15 18. Bg5 Nd5 (18... Qxa2 $2 19. Bxf6 g6 20. Qh3
$18) 19. c4 Bxd4 (19... Qxa2 $143 20. cxd5 Bxd4 21. Qd3 Bxf2+ 22. Kxf2 $16) 20.
Qd3 f5 21. Qxd4 Qxc2 22. cxd5 Qxa2 23. Qb6 a3 24. Be7 (24. Qd6 Ba4 25. Qxe6+
Rf7 $15) 24... Rfe8 $17 25. Qd6 Ba4 (25... Bc8 $142 $5 26. Qc7 Qb3 $17 (26...
exd5 $4 27. Bf6 Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 $18)) 26. Qxe6+ $11 Kh8 27. Ra1 Qc4 28. Rec1 (
28. Rxa3 Bb3 29. Rxa8 Rxa8 30. Qxf5 Qc3 $11) 28... Bc2 $15 {Schwarz bereitet
a2 vor} 29. Qd7 $2 (29. Qe1 $5 Qd3 30. d6 $11) 29... a2 $17 30. d6 (30. Qxb7 $5
Qe4 31. h3 $19) 30... b5 $19 31. Qb7 (31. Qc7 $142 Qxc7 32. dxc7 $19) 31...
Reb8 $4 (31... b4 $142 32. d7 Reb8 33. d8=Q+ Rxd8 34. Qxb4 Qxb4 35. Bxb4 Bb1
$19) 32. Qc7 $11 Rc8 $4 (32... Bd3 $142 33. Rxc4 bxc4 34. Qxb8+ Rxb8 $11) 33.
Qxc4 $16 Rxc4 (33... bxc4 $2 34. Rxc2 Rcb8 35. d7 Rb1+ 36. Rc1 Rxc1+ 37. Rxc1
$18) 34. d7 Bb1 (34... Rd4 35. d8=Q+ Rdxd8 36. Bxd8 $16) 35. Rd1 {Ermöglicht
auch d8} Kg8 36. d8=Q+ Rxd8 37. Bxd8 Bc2 38. Rdc1 b4 $2 (38... Bd3 $142 39.
Rxc4 Bxc4 $18) 39. Rxa2 b3 40. Ra8 Kf7 41. Rb8 Ke6 42. Re1+ Kd5 43. Be7 Ra4 44.
Bf8 Ra7 45. h4 1-0

[Event "XXVI SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2009.02.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2009.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.05"]

{D43: Damengambit (Moskauer Variante)} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6
5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. Ne5 h5 10. h4 g4 11. Be2 Bb7 12.
O-O Nbd7 13. Qc2 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Bg7 15. b3 O-O (15... cxb3 16. axb3 O-O 17. Bg3
c5 18. e5 Nd5 19. Nxb5 cxd4 20. Nd6 Rb8 21. Qd2 Nc3 22. Bd3 a5 23. Ra3 Bd5 24.
Bc2 Rb6 25. Re1 a4 26. Qd3 f5 27. exf6 Rxf6 28. Nc4 Bxc4 29. bxc4 Qe7 30. Qxd4
{Grischuk,A (2728)-Karjakin,S (2727)/Sochi 2008/1-0}) 16. bxc4 Nh7 17. Bxg7
Kxg7 18. Rad1 $146 (18. d5 cxd5 19. exd5 bxc4 20. dxe6 Qxh4 21. Ne4 Bxe4 22.
Qxe4 Qf6 23. exf7 c3 24. f4 Rad8 25. Bc4 Rd4 26. Qe6 Rxf4 27. Qxf6+ Rxf6 28.
Rxf6 Nxf6 29. Be6 Rd8 30. Rc1 Ne4 31. Bb3 Rc8 32. Be6 Rd8 {Maletin,P (2557)
-Van Wely,L (2625)/Budva 2009/0-1}) (18. Qd3 e5 19. cxb5 exd4 20. bxc6 Bxc6 $16
) 18... Qxh4 19. cxb5 (19. Qd3 a6 $11) 19... cxb5 $11 20. Nxb5 (20. Bxb5 $143
Ng5 21. Rfe1 Rac8 $15) 20... Rac8 21. Qd3 Rfd8 (21... g3 22. Qxg3+ Qxg3 23.
fxg3 Bxe4 24. Bxh5 $11 (24. Nxa7 $143 Rc2 25. Bf3 Bxf3 26. Rxf3 Ra8 $17)) 22.
d5 $14 exd5 23. Qd4+ Kg8 24. Qxa7 (24. Nxa7 $143 Rc2 (24... dxe4 $143 25. Qb6
Rxd1 26. Bxd1 $14) 25. Qb4 Ba8 $15) 24... Qe7 25. e5 Qxe5 (25... Ra8 $5 26. Qe3
Rxa2 $14) 26. Qxb7 $16 Rb8 27. Qc7 Qxe2 28. Nd4 Qc4 29. Qe5 Re8 30. Qxh5 Rb6
31. Nf5 Rbe6 $2 (31... Qe2 32. Qh4 $16) 32. Ne3 (32. g3 $142 $5 Rg6 33. Rde1
$18) 32... Qxa2 $16 33. Nxg4 Qe2 34. Qh4 (34. Rde1 Qxe1 35. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 36. Kh2
R1e6 $14) 34... Qc4 35. f4 Rg6 36. Rf3 Qc5+ 37. Kh1 Qe7 38. Qh3 Qd6 $4 (38...
Nf6 39. Re3 Ne4 $14 (39... Rxg4 $2 40. Rxe7 Rxe7 41. Rxd5 $18)) 39. f5 $18 Rg5
40. Nh6+ Kf8 41. Nxf7 $1 Qf6 (41... Kxf7 42. Qxh7+ {Abzugsangriff}) 42. Nxg5 (
42. Qxh7 $6 Rg7 43. Qh6 Kxf7 44. Qxf6+ Kxf6 45. Rxd5 Rh8+ 46. Kg1 Rhg8 47. Rd6+
Ke7 48. Re6+ Kf7 $18) 42... Nxg5 43. Qh4 Re7 (43... Kg7 44. Qg4 Re4 45. Qg3 $18
) 44. Rh3 $1 Qxf5 (44... Nxh3 45. Rd3 {Doppelangriff} (45. Qxf6+ {Fesselung}) (
45. Qxf6+ {Ablenkung}) (45. Rd3 {Hinlenkung})) 45. Qh8+ Kf7 46. Rh5 (46. Qh5+
Ke6 47. Qh6+ Qf6 48. Re3+ Ne4 49. Rxe4+ dxe4 50. Rd6+ Kxd6 51. Qxf6+ Kd7 52.
Qd4+ Kc6 $18) 46... Re8 (46... Qf6 47. Qxf6+ Kxf6 48. Rxd5 Re1+ 49. Kh2 Nf7 $18
) 47. Qh6 Rg8 48. Qd6 Rg6 (48... Re8 49. Rc1 Re6 $18) 49. Qxd5+ (49. Qc7+ $142
Kg8 50. Qe7 $18) 49... Qxd5 50. Rxd5 Ne4 51. Rhf5+ Kg7 52. Rd7+ Kh6 53. Rf4 (
53. Rb5 $142 $18) 53... Ng3+ (53... Re6 $18) 54. Kh2 Nh5 55. Ra4 Nf6 56. Rdd4
Rg5 (56... Kg7 $18) 57. Rf4 Rg6 (57... Nh5 58. Rh4 Re5 59. g4 Re2+ 60. Kh3 Re3+
61. Kg2 Rg3+ 62. Kf2 $18) 58. Rf3 Nh7 (58... Nh5 59. Rh3 Re6 $18) 59. Rh3+ (59.
Rh3+ Kg7 60. Ra7+ Kf6 61. Ra6+ Ke5 62. Rxg6 $18 (62. Rxh7 $6 Rxa6 63. g4 Kf4
$11)) 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.02.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Yudin, S."]
[Black "Onischuk, Al"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2009.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.05"]

{C54: Italienische Partie (Hauptvariante)} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3
Nf6 5. Bb3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. O-O O-O 8. Be3 Bg4 $146 (8... Bxe3 9. fxe3 d5 (9...
Be6 10. Nbd2 Bxb3 11. Qxb3 Rb8 12. h3 d5 13. exd5 Qxd5 14. d4 exd4 15. exd4
Rfe8 16. Rae1 Qxb3 17. Nxb3 b6 18. Rxe8+ Rxe8 19. Re1 Rd8 20. Nbd2 Kf8 21. Nc4
Nd5 22. g3 f6 23. Ne3 Nxe3 24. Rxe3 {Cornette,M (2494)-Georgiev,K (2649)/Kemer
2007/1/2-1/2}) 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Qe2 Be6 12. Nbd2 Qe7 13. d4 exd4 14. exd4 Nf4
15. Qe4 Bxb3 16. Qxf4 Bd5 17. Nh4 Be6 18. Rae1 Qd6 19. Qxd6 cxd6 20. Nf5 Rad8
21. Ne3 d5 22. Nb3 b6 23. Nc1 {Alekseev,E (2708)-Onischuk,A (2670)/Biel 2008/1/
2-1/2}) 9. h3 Bh5 10. Bxc5 dxc5 11. Qe2 Qd7 12. Nbd2 Rad8 13. Bc2 Ne8 14. Qe3
b6 15. g4 Bg6 16. Nh4 Qe7 (16... Ne7 17. a4 a5 18. f4 exf4 19. Qxf4 $11) 17.
Qg3 Nd6 18. Rae1 f6 19. Nxg6 hxg6 20. Bb3+ (20. g5 c4 $14) 20... Nf7 21. Bd5
Qd7 22. g5 Ne7 23. gxf6 (23. Bc4 b5 24. Bxf7+ Kxf7 $11) 23... gxf6 24. f4 (24.
Re3 Kg7 (24... Nxd5 $143 25. Qxg6+ (25. exd5 $143 Kg7 $15) 25... Kh8 26. Rg3
$16) 25. Bxf7 Rxf7 $11) 24... Kg7 (24... exf4 $5 25. Rxf4 Kg7 26. Bxf7 Qxd3 $15
(26... Kxf7 $6 27. Nf3 Kg7 28. e5 $11) (26... Rxf7 $143 27. e5 Nf5 28. exf6+
Rxf6 29. Qg5 $11)) 25. Bxf7 $11 exf4 26. Qxf4 Rxf7 27. e5 Nd5 28. Qg3 fxe5 29.
Qxe5+ Nf6 (29... Kg8 $142 $5 $11) 30. Ne4 $16 Re8 (30... Qd5 $142 $5 31. Ng5
Qxe5 32. Rxe5 Rxd3 33. Nxf7 Kxf7 $16) 31. Qxf6+ $18 (31. Nxf6 $6 Rxe5 32. Nxd7
Rg5+ 33. Kh2 Rxd7 $11) 31... Rxf6 32. Nxf6 Qxd3 33. Nxe8+ (33. Rxe8 $6 Qg3+ 34.
Kh1 Qxh3+ 35. Kg1 Qg3+ 36. Kh1 Qh3+ 37. Kg1 Qg3+ 38. Kh1 Qh3+ $11) 33... Kh6
34. Kf2 Qf5+ 35. Ke3 Qe6+ $2 (35... Qg5+ 36. Kd3 Qg2 $18) 36. Kd2 Qxa2 37. Kc2
b5 (37... Qa4+ 38. Kb1 Qh4 39. Nxc7 $18) 38. Re4 (38. Rf8 $142 Qa4+ 39. Kb1 $18
) 38... b4 39. Rg1 (39. cxb4 $6 Qa4+ 40. Kb1 Qb5 $18) 39... Kh7 (39... g5 40.
cxb4 cxb4 $18) 40. Re7+ Kg8 (40... Kh6 41. Nf6 g5 42. Ng4+ Kh5 $18) 41. Rf1 (
41. Rf1 Qa4+ 42. Kb1 Qxe8 43. Rxe8+ Kg7 44. Re7+ Kh6 45. Rxc7 c4 46. cxb4 c3
47. bxc3 Kg5 48. Rc6 Kh5 49. Rxa6 g5 50. b5 Kh4 51. b6 Kg3 52. b7 Kg2 53. Raf6
g4 54. b8=Q g3 55. R6f3 Kxh3 56. Qxg3#) (41. Nxc7 c4 42. Rxg6+ Kf8 43. Rxa6
Qb3+ 44. Kc1 bxc3 $18) 1-0

[Event "SUI-chT Zuerich-Wollishofen"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.02.22"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Carron, Julien"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.05"]

{E32: Nimzoindisch (4.Dc2)} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Bg5 c5
6. e3 d6 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 h6 (8... Qa5 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 cxd4 11. cxd4 h6
12. Bh4 Qh5 13. Bg3 d5 14. c5 Re8 15. Rab1 e5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Rxe5 18.
dxe5 Ng4 19. h3 Nxe5 20. Be2 Qh4 21. Qc3 Nc6 22. Rfd1 Qg5 23. Kf1 {Kayaman,M 
(2012)-Gazioglu,H (2013)/Kusadasi 2004/1-0}) 9. Bh4 $146 (9. Bxf6 Nxf6 10. O-O
Bxc3 11. Qxc3 b6 12. e4 cxd4 13. Qxd4 Bb7 14. Rad1 Qc7 15. e5 Bxf3 16. exd6 Qb7
17. gxf3 Qxf3 18. Rd2 Rac8 19. b4 Rfd8 20. Rc1 Rc6 21. c5 Rdxd6 22. Qxd6 Rxd6
23. cxd6 Qg4+ {Kazmin,A (2192)-Pogorelov,R (2507)/Voronezh 1999/1/2-1/2}) 9...
b6 10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 Ba6 12. Nd2 Qc7 13. a4 Rfc8 14. Rfd1 d5 (14... g5 15.
Bg3 $11) 15. cxd5 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 exd5 17. a5 c4 18. Qc2 Qc6 19. f3 Nf8 (19... b5
20. Re1 $11) 20. e4 $14 dxe4 (20... b5 21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22. exd5 $14) 21. fxe4 (
21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22. Nxe4 Qd8 $14) 21... Ng6 (21... Nh5 $5 $14) 22. Bxf6 $16 Qxf6
23. axb6 Qxb6 24. Rf1 Rc7 25. Ra4 Qe6 26. d5 (26. e5 $5 $16) 26... Qb6+ $14 27.
Kh1 Ne5 28. Nf3 Nd3 29. Nd4 Re8 30. Qe2 Qc5 (30... g6 31. Qf3 $14) 31. Qg4 Rb7
32. Raa1 (32. Qf5 g6 33. Qf3 Qb6 $14) 32... Ne5 (32... g6 33. Ra2 $11) 33. Qg3
$14 Ng6 (33... Kh7 34. h4 $14) 34. Rae1 (34. Nf5 Rxe4 35. Nd6 Qxd5 $16) 34...
Rbe7 35. Ne6 fxe6 (35... Qc8 36. h4 $14) 36. d6 Rf7 $2 (36... Kh7 $142 37. dxe7
Rxe7 $16) 37. Rxf7 $18 Kxf7 38. Rf1+ Kg8 39. Qxg6 Rd8 $4 (39... Qb5 40. Qf7+
Kh7 41. Qxa7 Rd8 $18) 40. Qxe6+ (40. Qxe6+ Kh7 41. e5 $18) 1-0

[Event "DEM 2009"]
[Site "Saarbruecken"]
[Date "2009.02.08"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Braun, Arik"]
[Black "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.05"]

{D31: Damengambit (Halbslawisch)} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5.
a4 e6 6. e4 Bb4 7. e5 Ne4 8. Qc2 Qd5 9. Be2 c5 10. O-O Nxc3 11. bxc3 cxd4 12.
cxd4 c3 13. Bd2 Qa5 (13... cxd2 14. Qxc8+ Qd8 15. Qxb7 Nc6 16. Qxc6+ Kf8 17.
Rad1 Rc8 18. Qa6 g6 19. Nxd2 Kg7 20. Ne4 $18) 14. Bxc3 Bxc3 15. Ra3 Bd7 16.
Rxc3 Nc6 17. Rb1 Nb4 $2 $146 (17... O-O 18. Rc5 Qd8 19. Rxb7 Bc8 20. Rb1 Nxd4
21. Nxd4 Qxd4 22. Bf3 Bd7 23. Bxa8 Rxa8 24. a5 g6 25. Rd1 Qb4 26. Qc4 Rb8 27.
Qxb4 Rxb4 28. h3 Bb5 29. Rd8+ Kg7 30. Rcc8 Rb1+ 31. Kh2 Rb2 32. Kg3 {Alekhine,
A-Euwe,M/Holland 1935/1-0}) (17... Rb8 $142 $16) 18. Qd2 $18 Nc6 19. Rxb7 Nd8 (
19... a6 $18) 20. Rxd7 $1 (20. Rxd7 Qxa4 (20... Kxd7 21. Bb5+ Ke7 22. Rc7+ Qxc7
23. Qb4+ Qc5 24. Qxc5#) 21. Qb2 $18) 1-0

[Event "7. Gibtelecom Masters"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2009.01.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Golod, Vitali"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2009.01.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 {D24: Angenommenes Damengambit} 5. e3
a6 6. a4 Bb4 7. Bxc4 b6 8. O-O Bb7 9. Qb3 $146 (9. Qe2 O-O 10. Rd1 Ne4 (10...
Nbd7 11. Bd3 c5 12. Na2 Ne4 13. Nxb4 cxb4 14. Ne1 Qf6 15. a5 e5 16. d5 Nec5 17.
e4 Nb3 18. Ra2 bxa5 19. Be3 {Banikas,H (2572)-Ghaem Maghami,E (2599)/Peking
2008/ 1/2-1/2}) 11. Qc2 Nd6 12. Bd3 Bxc3 13. bxc3 f5 14. Ba3 Rf6 15. Ne5 Rh6
16. f3 Qh4 17. g3 Qh5 18. Rf1 Nc6 19. Bc1 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Nf7 21. f4 Rd8 22. Rf2
g5 23. Ba3 gxf4 {Cnossen,W (2150)-Kitte,S (2285) 2003/0-1}) 9... Qe7 (9... Ba5
10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. d5 $11) 10. e4 (10. d5 Bxc3 11. dxe6 Bxf3 12. exf7+ Kf8 13.
bxc3 Bh5 $11) 10... Nxe4 11. Re1 (11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. d5 exd5 13. Bxd5 Bxd5 14.
Qxd5 c6 $14) 11... Nc6 $11 12. Rxe4 (12. Nxe4 $143 Na5 13. Qa2 Nxc4 $15) 12...
Na5 13. Qc2 Nxc4 14. d5 Qc5 $2 (14... Na5 $142 15. Bg5 Qc5 $11) 15. dxe6 $4 (
15. Qb3 Nxb2 16. Rxb4 Nd3 $16) 15... O-O $4 (15... O-O-O $142 16. Be3 Nxe3 17.
Rxe3 fxe6 $17) 16. Rh4 $16 f5 17. Na2 (17. e7 $142 $5 Rfe8 18. Qb3 $16) 17...
Be4 (17... Ne5 18. Qb3 Nxf3+ 19. gxf3 $11) 18. Rxe4 fxe4 19. Qxe4 Rad8 $2 (
19... Rae8 20. Nxb4 Qxb4 21. Ng5 $11) 20. Bg5 (20. Bh6 $142 $1 Rf6 21. Nxb4 $16
) 20... Nd2 $11 21. Bxd2 Rxd2 22. Rf1 $4 (22. Nxd2 $142 Qxf2+ 23. Kh1 Bxd2 24.
h3 $11) 22... Rxb2 $19 23. Nc1 $4 (23. Nxb4 $142 Rxb4 24. Qd3 $19) 23... Rxf2
$1 24. Nd3 R2xf3+ (24... R2xf3+ 25. Nf2 Rxf2 26. h4 Re2+ 27. Kh2 Rxe4 28. Rxf8+
Kxf8 29. e7+ Kxe7 30. Kh3 Qf5+ 31. g4 Qf2 32. a5 Re3#) 0-1

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2009.01.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 {E97: Königsindisch (Klassisches System)} 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 f5 11. Ng5 Nf6
12. f3 Kh8 13. Rb1 h6 14. Ne6 Bxe6 15. dxe6 fxe4 16. fxe4 Nc6 17. Nd5 Ng8 18.
Bd3 Nd4 19. Qg4 g5 20. h4 $146 (20. Qh3 c6 21. Ne3 Qf6 22. Ng4 Qe7 23. Be3 Nxe6
24. g3 Qd7 25. Rf1 d5 26. Rf5 dxc4 27. Bxc4 Nd4 28. Rxf8 Rxf8 29. Qh5 Qd6 30.
Kg2 b5 31. Bf7 Nc2 32. Bc5 Qd2+ 33. Nf2 Nf6 34. Qg6 Ng4 {Ponomariov,R (2734)
-Radjabov,T (2624)/Wijk aan Zee 2003/0-1}) 20... Nf6 21. Qg3 gxh4 (21... Nxe6
$5 22. hxg5 Nxd5 (22... Nxg5 $143 23. Bxg5 hxg5 24. Qxg5 $16) 23. exd5 Nxg5 $11
) 22. Qxh4 $14 Nxe6 23. Bxh6 Kg8 (23... Nh7 24. Bxg7+ Kxg7 25. Qg4+ Nhg5 26.
Rf1 $14) 24. Qh3 $16 Bxh6 (24... Qd7 $5 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 $16) 25. Qxh6 $18 (25.
Qxe6+ $6 Kg7 $11) 25... c6 26. Re3 Kf7 $4 (26... cxd5 27. Rg3+ Kf7 28. exd5 Rh8
29. dxe6+ Kxe6 $18) 27. Rf1 $18 cxd5 28. exd5 Ke7 (28... Nf4 29. Rxf4 Ke7 $18)
29. dxe6 Kxe6 30. Ref3 a5 (30... b5 31. Be4 bxc4 32. Bxa8 c3 33. Qh3+ Ke7 34.
Rxf6 Rxf6 35. Rxf6 Qb6+ 36. Rf2 c2 $18) 31. Be4 (31. Be4 axb4 32. Rxf6+ Rxf6
33. Bd5+ Kd7 34. Rxf6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2009.01.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.05"]

{B48: Sizilianisch (Paulsen-Variante)} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4
Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8. O-O-O Be7 9. f3 O-O 10. g4 b5 11. g5 Ne8
12. h4 Ne5 (12... Bb7 13. h5 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Rc8 15. Kb1 b4 16. Na4 Bxg5 17. Qg2
h6 18. Bd3 d6 19. Rhg1 e5 20. Bf2 a5 21. Nb6 Rb8 22. Bc4 Kh8 23. Qf1 Nf6 24.
Qd3 Rfd8 25. Qb3 Bc6 26. Nd5 Bxd5 27. Bxd5 {Gelfand,B (2693)-Karpov,A (2682)/
Tallinn 2005/0-1}) 13. Kb1 Bb7 14. h5 $146 (14. Rh3 Rd8 15. f4 Nc4 16. Bxc4
Qxc4 17. Qg2 b4 18. Nce2 Nd6 19. Ng3 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Qd5 21. Nf6+ gxf6 22. Qxd5
Bxd5 23. Nf5 exf5 24. gxf6 Bxf6 25. Rxd5 Rfe8 26. Kc1 Re6 27. Rxf5 h6 28. h5
Kh7 {Salgado Lopez,I (2456)-Korneev,O (2565)/Benasque 2007/1/2-1/2}) (14. Qf2
Rc8 15. Nb3 f5 16. Bb6 Qb8 17. Ba7 Qa8 18. Bd4 Bd6 19. Nc5 fxe4 20. N3xe4 Bxc5
21. Nxc5 Bxf3 {Hoeksema,E (2323)-Rotstein,A (2496)/Groningen 2008/ 0-1}) 14...
Rc8 15. Qg2 b4 16. Na4 f5 17. gxf6 Nxf6 18. Bd3 (18. Be2 Rf7 19. h6 g6 $14)
18... Rf7 (18... Nxd3 $143 19. cxd3 Rce8 20. Rc1 $14) 19. b3 Rcf8 20. Rdg1 Ne8
(20... Kh8 21. Qe2 $14) 21. Rh3 (21. Be2 Nf6 $14) 21... Bf6 22. Nb2 (22. Be2
$14) 22... Nc6 (22... Nd6 23. Qg3 $11) 23. Nxc6 $14 Qxc6 $4 (23... Bxc6 24. Nc4
Kh8 $18) 24. Nc4 (24. e5 $142 Bxe5 25. Nc4 Bc3 $18) 24... d5 $4 (24... Bc3 $142
25. h6 g6 $18) 25. exd5 exd5 (25... Qxd5 26. h6 g5 27. Bxg5 Qxg5 28. Rg3 (28.
Qxg5+ $6 Bxg5 29. Rh5 Kh8 30. Rhxg5 Rd7 $18) 28... Qxg3 29. Qxg3+ Kh8 30. Ne5
$18) 26. h6 (26. h6 dxc4 27. Bxh7+ Kxh7 (27... Kh8 28. hxg7+ Rxg7 29. Be4+ Kg8
30. Bxc6 Bxc6 31. Qh2 Rxg1+ 32. Qxg1+ Ng7 33. Bd4 Bb5 34. Rg3 Bxd4 35. Qxd4 Rf7
36. Qd8+ Rf8 37. Qd5+ Rf7 38. bxc4 Ba4 39. c5 Bd7 40. c6) 28. hxg7+ Kg8 29.
Rh8#) 1-0

[Event "7. Parsvnath Open"]
[Site "Barakhamba Roa"]
[Date "2009.01.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ibrayev, Nurlan"]
[Black "Hetul, Shah"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "1817"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2009.01.04"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.05"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 {C99: Spanische Partie 
(Tschigorin-System)} 13. cxd4 Bd7 14. Nf1 Rfc8 15. Ne3 Nc6 16. a3 Bf8 (16... a5
17. Nd5 Qd8 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. b3 Nh5 20. Bg5 f6 21. Be3 b4 22. d5 Nd8 23. axb4
axb4 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Qd2 Nb7 26. Qxb4 Nc5 27. Qc3 Rc8 28. Qd2 Rb8 29. Rb1 Qe8
30. g4 Nf4 31. Bxf4 {Hracek,Z (2615)-Kunte,A (2505)/Koszalin 1998/1-0}) (16...
Nxd4 17. Nxd4 exd4 18. Qxd4 d5 19. Bb3 Bc5 20. Qd2 dxe4 21. Nd5 Nxd5 22. Bxd5
e3 23. fxe3 Bc6 24. b4 Rd8 25. bxc5 Rxd5 26. Qf2 Rxc5 27. Bb2 Be4 28. Rac1 f6
29. Qf4 Rxc1 30. Rxc1 Qxf4 31. exf4 {Leenaerts,R-Postny,E (2616)/2007/0-1}) 17.
b3 $6 {Das fuehrt zu einem Loch auf c3 und Shah nutzt das sofort aus.} Nxd4 18.
Nxd4 Qc3 19. Ne2 $2 $146 {Der GM gibt den Turm, in der Hoffnung die Dame
fangen zu können.} (19. Rb1 Qxd4 20. Qf3 Be6 21. Re2 Rc7 22. Bb2 Qa7 23. Rd1
Rac8 24. Rdd2 Nd7 25. Bd1 Nb6 26. Qg3 f6 27. Re1 Rd8 28. f4 Nd7 29. Kh1 exf4
30. Qxf4 Ne5 31. Nd5 Rcc8 32. Re3 Kh8 33. Rg3 Qf7 {Szily,J-Bisguier,A (2430)/
Helsinki 1952/1/2-1/2}) (19. Ra2 $142 Qxd4 20. Qf3 $15) 19... Qxa1 $19 20. Qd2
(20. Qd3 d5 21. exd5 a5 $19) {Im Moment gibt es für die Dame keinen Ausweg aus
ihrem Gefängnis. Anderseits bindet sie auch viele weisse Steine. Schwarz
unternimmt jetzt eine Befreiungsaktion.} 20... d5 21. b4 $2 {Das führt zu noch
grösseren Problemen.} (21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. exd5 a5 $19) 21... d4 22. Nd1 (22. Nd5
Nxd5 23. exd5 a5 $19) 22... Rxc2 $1 23. Qxc2 Rc8 24. Qd2 (24. Qb2 Qxb2 25. Nxb2
Nxe4 $19) 24... Nxe4 (24... Qb1 25. Ndc3 Qb3 26. Nxd4 Qxc3 27. Qxc3 Rxc3 28.
Ne2 $19) 25. Qd3 Nd6 (25... Rxc1 $6 26. Nxc1 Bf5 27. Qe2 Qxc1 28. Ne3 $19) 26.
Bb2 Qa2 27. f4 Qc4 (27... Bf5 28. Qf3 e4 29. Qf1 $19) 28. Qb1 {Schwarz hat nun
zwei Bauern mehr und steht auf Gewinn. Aber kann ein 9-jähriger diese Stellung
gegen einen GM zum Gewinn führen? ---- Er kann!} (28. Nf2 Bf5 29. Qd2 f6 $19)
28... d3 (28... f6 29. fxe5 fxe5 30. Qc1 $19) 29. Ne3 Qe4 (29... dxe2 30. Nxc4
bxc4 31. Bxe5 $18) 30. Nc3 Qxf4 (30... Qg6 $142 31. fxe5 Nc4 32. Nxc4 bxc4 33.
Re3 $19) 31. Ncd5 (31. Qxd3 Qg3 32. Rf1 $19) 31... Qg3 32. Nf1 Qg6 33. Bxe5 Nc4
34. Nf4 (34. Bc3 Bxh3 35. Nf4 Qb6+ 36. Kh1 Bf5 $19) 34... Qb6+ 35. Kh1 Nxe5 36.
Rxe5 Bd6 (36... Qd4 $142 37. Nxd3 Rc3 $19) 37. Re4 (37. Rd5 Bxf4 38. Rxd7 $19)
37... Bc6 38. Qc1 Qb7 39. Re1 Bxg2+ $1 40. Nxg2 Rxc1 41. Rxc1 Bf4 (41... f5
$142 42. Rd1 Qf3 $19) 42. Rc3 d2 43. Rd3 h6 44. Kg1 (44. Nxd2 Bxd2 45. Rxd2 $19
) 44... Qb6+ (44... Qb6+ 45. Kh1 Qf2 46. Nxd2 Bxd2 47. Rd8+ Kh7 $19) 0-1

[Event "Masters"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2009.01.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gordon, Stephen J"]
[Black "Berg, Emanuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D08"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2008.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.05"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 {D08: Albins Gegengambit} 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. a3 Nge7 6.
b4 Ng6 7. b5 $146 (7. Bb2 a5 8. b5 Ncxe5 9. Bxd4 Nxc4 (9... Nxf3+ 10. gxf3 Be6
11. Nc3 Bxc4 12. e3 Bxf1 13. Kxf1 Qd7 14. h4 Ne7 15. Qb3 Qe6 16. Qxe6 fxe6 17.
Be5 O-O-O 18. h5 Nf5 19. Ke2 Bd6 20. f4 Rd7 21. Bxd6 Nxd6 22. Rhd1 Rf8 23. Rd4
Rf5 24. a4 {Matlakov,M (2484)-Chuprov,D (2577)/Novokuznetsk 2008/1/2-1/2}) 10.
e3 Nd6 (10... Be6 11. Qc2 Nd6 12. Bd3 Nh4 13. Nxh4 Qxh4 14. O-O Be7 15. Nd2 O-O
16. f4 Rad8 17. a4 Ne8 18. Nf3 Qh6 19. Rad1 Nf6 20. Qxc7 Nd5 21. Qc1 Bg4 22.
Be4 Qe6 23. Qb1 g6 24. h3 Bxf3 25. Rxf3 {Sargissian,G (2651)-Slobodjan,R (2525)
/Dresden 2007/1/2-1/2}) 11. Qc2 Nf5 12. Bb2 Bd6 13. Nbd2 O-O 14. Bd3 Nfh4 15.
Qc3 Nxf3+ 16. Nxf3 f6 17. Qc2 Qe8 18. h4 Kh8 19. Ng5 fxg5 20. hxg5 Kg8 21.
O-O-O Be5 {Jankovic,A (2548)-Trent,L (2470)/Harkany HUN 2008/1-0}) (7. Bb2 $142
$5 $14) 7... Ncxe5 $11 8. Nxd4 (8. Bb2 Bc5 $15) 8... Bc5 $15 9. Bb2 (9. e3 Bg4
10. Qd2 Nh4 $19) 9... Qh4 (9... Nxc4 $5 10. Bc3 Qh4 $17) 10. e3 $15 Bg4 11. Qc2
O-O-O 12. Be2 $2 (12. Nd2 Rhe8 13. N2b3 Bxd4 14. Bxd4 $15 (14. Nxd4 $143 Nf4
15. Rd1 Bxd1 16. Kxd1 Ne6 $17)) 12... Bxe2 $19 13. Qxe2 (13. Kxe2 Bxd4 14. Qf5+
Kb8 15. Bxd4 Rxd4 $19) 13... Bxd4 14. Bxd4 (14. exd4 Nf4 15. g3 Ned3+ 16. Kd2
Nxb2 17. gxh4 Rxd4+ 18. Kc3 Nxe2+ 19. Kxb2 Rxc4 $19) 14... Rxd4 15. exd4 (15.
O-O Rd3 16. c5 $19) 15... Qxd4 (15... Qxd4 16. O-O Qxa1 $19) 0-1

