TWIC THEORY

Tuesday 1st March, 2005

KING�S INDIAN FIANCHETTO

BOTVINNIK�S 9.Be3 Victor Mikhalevski is a Grandmaster, current Elo on 1.1.05 is 2553 (highest Elo of 2568). Currently professional chess player and coach. Major tournament and match results: 1991,1992 - Twice Israel Champion under 20 Vice-Champion of Israel 1998 1997 - Rapid Champion of Israel 1-3 in Israel Championship of 1996

1991-2002 many times Israel Team Champion and Israel Cup Champion in the team of Beer-Sheva Chess Club

1995 - Bronze medal winner in The European Club Cup in the team of Beer-Sheva Winner of many international tournaments including: 1993 - "First Saturday" Budapest, Hungary (10 out of 13 and 1st GM-norm) 1994 - International Festival in Tel-Aviv, Israel 1997 - Rishon-Lezion Open, Israel 6.5 out of 9 (ahead of GMs Smirin, Psakhis, Goldin

and many others) 1998 - Hoogeveen Open, Netherlands 2002 - 6th Itau Cup in Sao Paulo, Brazil 2002 - 1st International tournament in San Salvador, El Salvador 2002 - International Festival in Biel, Switzerland (rapid) 2003 - Quebec Open, Canada in all three categories (classical, rapid, blitz) 2003 - 2nd International tournament in San Salvador, El Salvador Avrukh,B (2629) - Kotronias,V (2585) [E68] Gibraltar Masters Caleta ENG (3), 27.01.2005 The game below is an attempt to put back on track Botvinnik's idea of 9.Be3 instead of more popular 9.h3. Avrukh comes up with a very rare, but at the same time promising idea for White 14.c5 and wins the game, although not without the help of his opponent. 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 0�0 5.Bg2 d6 6.Nc3 Nbd7 7.0�0 e5 8.e4 c6 9.Be3!?

9.h3 usually leads to another sharp line after 9...Qb6 10.c5! dxc5 11.dxe5 9...Ng4 Black accepts the challenge. This is certainly the way to meet 9.Be3 and the reason for playing 9.h3. Black also tested 9...Re8 ; and 9...exd4 You can find examples in the supplementary games. 10.Bg5 Qb6 Black puts some pressure on the d4-pawn and thus initiates the following complications. 10...f6 doesn't promise sufficient counterplay since the queen knight doesn't create pressure on White's centre. 11.h3 exd4 A temporary piece sacrifice. White's answer is forced. Gladyszev's 11...Ngf6 deserves further tests. 12.Rb1 (12.c5 Qxb2 13.Na4÷) 12...exd4 13.Nxd4 Qc5 14.Nf3 Ne5 (14...Qxc4!?) 15.Nxe5 ½�½ Lalic,B-Gladyszev,O/Port Erin IOM 2002/The Week in Chess 412 (15). 12.Na4 Qa6 13.hxg4 b5 The point of Black's idea. The knight on a4 is trapped. According to Kasparov, Smyslov prepared this idea more than 50(!) years ago for his match against Botvinnik in 1954. 14.c5!?

A relatively new idea, which allows White either to get the c-pawn on d6 after 14...bxa4 or to win an exchange in case of 14...dxc5. Earlier White tried other options: 14.Nxd4 bxa4 15.Nxc6 Qxc6 16.e5 Qxc4 17.Bxa8 Nxe5

promised good compensation for the sacrificed exchange in Botvinnik,M-Smyslov,V, World Championship1954.; 14.Be7 Re8 15.Bxd6 bxa4 16.e5 (16.c5 was also tested) 16...c5! and according to Kasparov, Black holds the balance. See Jussupow,A-Kasparov,G, Linares 1992.; 14.e5 A very fresh idea. 14...dxe5 15.cxb5 cxb5 16.Be7 Re8 17.Nc5 Nxc5 18.Bxc5 Bxg4 and with three pawns for a piece and a strong centre Black shouldn't be worse. Korchnoi-Seeman, Rilton Cup 2003/04. 14...bxa4 14...dxc5 will be analysed in Solozhenkin-Sepp, FIN-chT 01/02.

15.cxd6 c5 15...f6 16.Bf4 c5 17.g5! looks better for White. Lopushnoy,D-Smirnov,P, Russian Cup07 1998. 16.Be7 Re8 17.Qc1!?

An interesting novelty. White brings the queen into an attacking position on f4 where she supports both Ng5 and e5. 17.e5 Rb8 18.Re1 Rxb2 (18...h6!? preventing Ng5 occurred in Fominyh,A-Chuprov,D, Russian Cup03 1996.) 19.Ng5! and Black starts to experience problems with the f7-pawn. 19...Qc4 20.e6 fxe6 21.Qf3 Kh8 22.Qf7 Rg8

23.Rxe6! (23.Qxg6 is sufficient only for a draw. 23...hxg6 24.Nf7+ Kh7 25.Ng5+) 23...Rxa2 24.Rf1!+- and Black cannot stop Rxg6. 24...Rc2 25.Rxg6! Ne5 26.Bd5! 1�0 Prokopchuk,E-Guliev,L/Koszalin 2001. 17...Bb7! 18.Qf4?

It seems that White missed or underestimated 18...Bf8! 18.Re1!? preparing Qf4 was the way to go. 18...Rxe7? An unnecessary exchange sacrifice. Probably Black was affected by White's novelty and had miscalculated something. 18...Bf8! was necessary and strong at the same time. Frankly speaking I don't see even equality for White. 19.Ne5 (Also not working are either 19.Ng5 f6! 20.Bxf6 Bxd6; or 19.Bxf8 Rxe4! 20.Qh6 Nxf8 21.Rfc1 Rd8 22.Rxc5 Qxd6 and Black is a pawn up.) 19...Nxe5 20.Qxe5 Bxe7 21.dxe7 Rac8 with the ideas f6 and Qb6 followed by Rc7 and White has to look for escape. 19.dxe7 Re8 20.Rac1 An alternative 20.Rfc1 Rxe7 21.Nd2 was also playable. 20...Rxe7 21.Nd2 White has to block Black's central pawns. 21...Bc6 21...Qe6 stabilizing the position, attacking the a2-pawn and preparing Ba6 looks better. 22.Rfe1 Be5 23.Qh6 d3! 24.Nc4 Bd4 25.e5?! 25.Qd2 was better, with approximate equality. 25...Bxg2 26.Kxg2

26...Bxb2?! After the immediate 26...Qb7+ White has to fight for a draw. 27.f3! (27.Kh3 Bxf2 28.Red1 Nxe5 29.Nxe5 Rxe5 30.Rxd3 Bd4µ; 27.Kg1 Qf3 28.Qh2 Nxe5!) 27...Nxe5 28.Nxe5 Bxe5 29.Qd2 (29.Rxc5? loses to 29...Bf4!) 29...Qxb2 30.Qxb2 Bxb2 31.Rxe7 Bxc1 32.Kf2 Bd2! 33.Rc7 Bb4=/+ 27.Nxb2 Qb7+ 28.Kg1 Qxb2 29.Rb1 Qc3?!

29...Qxa2!? 30.e6 fxe6 31.Qe3 Qa3?! 31...e5!? 32.Rb7 e5 33.Qe4 White has blocked Black's passed pawns and obtained serious counterplay. 33...Qc3? A losing move. Black has to take control over the a2-g8 diagonal. 33...Qxa2! 34.Qxd3 Rf7 35.Rf1+/= 34.Qd5+ Rf7 or 34...Kh8 35.Rd1!+- 35.Rf1!+- Kf8 35...Qd4 doesn't help in view of the simple 36.Rxd7 36.Rxd7 Rxd7 37.Qxd7 Qc2 38.Qd6+ 1�0 Solozhenkin,E (2505) - Sepp,O (2460) [E68] TCh-FIN 2001�02 FIN (9), 17.03.2002 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 0�0 5.Nc3 d6 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.0�0 e5 8.e4 c6 9.Be3 Ng4 10.Bg5 Qb6 11.h3 exd4 12.Na4 Qa6 13.hxg4 b5 14.c5 dxc5?! Sepp's move doesn't promise opening equality. I believe 14...bxa4 which was analysed in Avrukh,B-Kotronias,V, Gibraltar 2005, is better. 15.Nxc5!

The point of the previous move. This kamikaze knight allows White to win an exchange. 15...Nxc5 16.Be7 Ne6 17.Bxf8 Kxf8 18.e5! White closes Black's dark-squared bishop and opens a big diagonal for his own bishop. 18...Qb6

Black has been planning Bb7 followed by c5. 19.b4!? Solozhenkin disconnects the c- and d-pawns and thus underlines his advantage. 19.a4 Also preventing Black's plan looks like a promising alternative. 19...Bb7

19...a5 20.a3 Bb7 is more precise as it prevents a4.

20.Qe2 White is intending to bring his knight to a nice blockade position on d3 and so he protects the e5-pawn. However the question is whether White has enough time for this manoeuvre. And again 20.a4! was a serious alternative. This way White makes it difficult to create counterplay in the centre. 20...a5 (20...Rd8!?) 21.axb5 axb4 22.Rxa8+ Bxa8 23.Qa4! with a double attack on b4 and a8. 23...Nc7 24.Qxb4+ (24.Qb3!? with the idea of Ng5 is also promising.) 24...c5 25.Qa3 Bxf3 26.Bxf3 Qxb5 (26...Bxe5?! 27.Bc6! with the idea 27...Nxb5? 28.Qa8+ Kg7 29.Qe8! and White wins.) 27.Rc1 Bxe5 (27...Ne6 28.Bd5! is hopeless for Black.) 28.Rxc5 Bd6 29.Rxb5 Bxa3 30.Rb7± and White should be able to win.; 20.Qd2!? 20...a5 21.a3

21...Kg8? Black wastes a very important tempo, which allows White to consolidate the position. In a later game Sepp improved his play with 21...Rd8! and succeeded in equalizing, but I believe that White's play can be improved. 22.Ne1 (22.Rac1!?) 22...c5 23.bxc5 Nxc5 24.Bxb7 Qxb7 25.Nd3 Nxd3 26.Qxd3 Bxe5 27.Rfb1 Rd5 28.Ra2 Bd6 29.Rc2 (29.Qe4!?) 29...Kg7 and Black is ok. ½�½ Lehtinen,H-Sepp,O/Finland FIN 2004/The Week in Chess 489. 22.Rab1! White prevents c5. 22...Rd8 23.Ne1! White needs two more moves, Nd3 and Rfc1, to claim a decisive positional advantage. 23.Rfd1!? 23...Ba6! Protecting the b5-pawn Black prepares c5.

24.Nd3 c5! 25.bxc5 Nxc5 26.Nxc5 Qxc5 27.e6! Only this strong move allows White to obtain better play. 27...Qe7! The best move. Black needs his queen for defence. 27...d3?! 28.e7! Re8 29.Qxd3± is clearly better for White.; In case of 27...Qxa3? White develops a very strong attack. 28.exf7+ Kxf7 29.Rfe1 with the idea 29...Qd6 (29...Bc8 30.Rxb5+-) 30.Qa2+ Kf6 31.g5+! Kxg5 32.Re6 and White wins. 28.exf7+ Kxf7 29.Qd3!±

White is an exchange up, the d-pawn is blocked and also the Black king is vulnerable. All these factors allow White to claim a big advantage. 29...Rd6 30.Rfe1 Qd7 31.g5 White misses a forced win, however it cannot change the evaluation. After 31.Qf3+! Kg8 (31...Rf6 32.Qb3+! Kf8 33.g5 Rf7 34.Bd5+-) 32.Qa8+ Bf8 (32...Kf7 33.Rbc1! and Black can't prevent Bc6.) 33.Re8 Qf7 (33...Rf6 34.Rbe1+- with the idea R1e7.) 34.Rd8! Black's position collapses.; 31.Qb3+!? Kf8 32.Qf3+ Kg8 33.Qa8+ see 31.Qf3. 31...Bf8 31...Kg8 was a tougher defence. 32.Qd2! a4 33.Re4 Be7 34.Rbe1!+- Bd8 35.Qf4+ Kg7 36.Re8 and Black resigned as he cannot stop Qf8. 1�0 A good game, which underlines the drawbacks of Black's opening strategy (14...dxc5?!). 1�0

Kortschnoj,Viktor (2580) - Seeman,Tarvo (2429) [E68] Rilton Cup 33rd Stockholm (7), 03.01.2004 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.g3 0�0 5.Bg2 d6 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.0�0 e5 8.e4 c6 9.Be3 Ng4 10.Bg5 Qb6 11.h3 exd4 12.Na4 Qa6 13.hxg4 b5 14.e5

An interesting novelty. It's surprising that nobody tested this idea before because it's similar to 14.c5. 14.c5 was explored in the two previous games.; While 14.Nxd4 bxa4 15.Nxc6 Qxc6 16.e5 Qxc4 17.Bxa8 Nxe5 with compensation had no followers after Botvinnik,M-Smyslov,V World Championship 1954.; And 14.Be7 Re8 15.Bxd6 bxa4 16.e5 c5! allowed Kasparov to equalize in Jussupow,A-Kasparov,G, Linares 1992. 14...dxe5 14...bxa4 15.exd6! (In case of 15.Be7?! dxe5 Black obtains a strong pawn centre, which is more than enough for the sacrificed exchange.) 15...Qxc4 16.Rc1 Qxa2 17.Nxd4 with a promising position for White. 15.cxb5 cxb5 16.Be7 16.Nxd4 wins an exchange, but the arising position is not entirely clear. 16...exd4 17.Bxa8 bxa4 with the ideas Ne5 and d3 and Black may hope for sufficient counterplay. The position requires further tests.; But not 16.Nxe5? Nxe5 17.Bxa8 Bxg4 18.f3 Rxa8 (18...Bh3!?) 19.fxg4 bxa4 and Black is on top. 16...Re8 Now 16...bxa4?! is dangerous in view of 17.Bxf8 Nxf8 18.Nxe5! Rb8 19.Qxd4! and Black can't exploit a pin along the a1�h8 diagonal. 17.Nc5 Nxc5 18.Bxc5 Bxg4

After a short tactical battle, a position with three pawns vs. a piece has arisen. I believe Black shouldn't experience problems thanks to the strong central pawns. 19.Qb3 Be6! Transferring the bishop to d5. 20.Qb4 Bd5 21.Nh4!? Bxg2 22.Nxg2 Qc6! with an obvious threat of a5. 23.a4!? 23.Rac1 was a worthy alternative. 23...bxa4 Black could try to exploit the unfortunate position of the white bishop on c5 with 23...Rec8! 24.Rfc1 bxa4! 25.Rxa4 e4 (25...Bf8!?) 24.Rxa4 Reb8 25.Qa3 Rxb2! 26.Qxb2! Worse is 26.Rxa7 Rxa7 27.Qxa7 h6 as it leaves the black rook on the second rank. 26...Qxa4 27.Qb7?!

Keeping rooks doesn't look like a good idea for White. I believe it would be easier to equalise after 27.Ra1 Qe8 28.Rxa7 Rxa7 29.Bxa7= 27...Rd8 28.Bxa7 h5 28...Qd7!? 29.Bb6 Qb5 29...Qd7!? 30.Ra1! Qd7 Finally. 31.Qe4 31.Qf3!? 31...Qd5 32.f3!? Qxe4 33.fxe4 Rc8 34.Nh4 Bh6 35.Nf3 f6 36.Ba5 Rc2 37.Be1

A clever trap. 37...Re2 38.Ra8+ Now Black cannot avoid perpetual. 38...Kf7 39.Ra7+ Ke6 40.Ra6+ Kf7 ½�½ Botvinnik,Mikhail - Smyslov,Vassily [E68] World Championship 20th Moscow (14), 15.04.1954 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 0�0 5.Nc3 d6 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.0�0 e5 8.e4 c6 9.Be3 Ng4 10.Bg5 Qb6 11.h3 exd4 12.Na4 Qa6 13.hxg4 b5 14.Nxd4 bxa4 15.Nxc6 Qxc6 16.e5 Qxc4 17.Bxa8 Nxe5 18.Rc1 Qb4 19.a3 Qxb2 20.Qxa4 Bb7 21.Rb1 Nf3+ 22.Kh1 Bxa8 23.Rxb2 Nxg5+ 24.Kh2 Nf3+ 25.Kh3 Bxb2 26.Qxa7 Be4 27.a4 Kg7 28.Rd1 Be5 29.Qe7 Rc8 30.a5 Rc2 31.Kg2 Nd4+ 32.Kf1 Bf3 33.Rb1 Nc6 0�1 Jussupow,Artur (2655) - Kasparov,Garry (2780) [E68] Linares 10th Linares (11), 1992 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.g3 0�0 5.Bg2 d6 6.0�0 Nbd7 7.Nc3 e5 8.e4 c6 9.Be3 Ng4 10.Bg5 Qb6 11.h3 exd4 12.Na4 Qa6 13.hxg4 b5 14.Be7 Re8 15.Bxd6 bxa4 16.e5 c5 17.b4 cxb4 18.Qxd4 Bb7 19.Rae1 Rac8 20.c5 Qb5 21.Qf4 Bxf3 22.Bxf3 Nxc5 23.Be2 Qb6 24.Rc1 Ne6 25.Qxb4 Nd4 26.Bc4 Bxe5 27.Qxb6 axb6 28.Bxe5 Nf3+ 29.Kg2 Nxe5 30.Bb5 Rxc1 31.Rxc1 Rd8 32.Bxa4 Rd2 33.g5 Rxa2 34.Rc8+ Kg7 35.Bb3 Rb2 36.Rc3 b5 37.Re3 Ng4 38.Rf3 f5 39.gxf6+ Nxf6 40.Rd3 Ne4 41.Rd7+ Kh6 42.Bg8 Rxf2+ 43.Kg1 Rb2 44.Rxh7+ Kg5 45.Rb7 Kg4 46.Kf1 g5 47.Bh7 Nc3 48.Rc7 b4 49.Rc5 Rd2 50.Ke1 Re2+ 51.Kf1 Rd2 52.Ke1 Rd5 53.Rxd5 Nxd5 54.Kd2 Kxg3 55.Be4 Nb6 56.Kd3 g4 57.Bc6 Kf2 58.Kc2 Nc4 59.Bd7 g3 0�1

Ornstein,Axel (2435) - Degerman,Lars (2460) [E68] SWE-ch Borlange (10), 1992 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 0�0 5.d4 d6 6.Nc3 Nbd7 7.0�0 e5 8.e4 c6 9.Be3 Ng4 10.Bg5 Qb6 11.h3 exd4 12.Na4 Qa6 13.hxg4 b5 14.Be7 Re8 15.Bxd6 bxa4 16.c5 Rxe4 17.Re1 Rxe1+ 18.Qxe1 Nf8 19.Ne5 Bd7 20.Bxf8 Bxe5 21.Qxe5 Rxf8 22.Qxd4 Be6 23.a3 Rb8 24.Rd1 Qe2 25.Rd2 Qxg4 26.Qxg4 Bxg4 27.Bxc6 Rc8 28.Rd6 Be2 29.f4 a6 30.Kf2 Bb5 31.Bxb5 axb5 32.Rd5 Re8 33.f5 gxf5 34.c6 Rc8 35.Rd6 Kf8 36.Ke3 Ke7 37.Rh6 Rg8 38.Kf4 Rg6 39.c7 Rg4+ 40.Kxf5 Rc4 41.Rb6 Rc5+ 42.Ke4 Rxc7 43.Rxb5 Rc2 44.g4 Kf6 ½�½ Degerman,Lars (2465) - Jonsson,Mikael (2320) [E68] SWE-ch Haparanda (4), 1994 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.g3 0�0 5.Bg2 d6 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.0�0 e5 8.e4 c6 9.Be3 Ng4 10.Bg5 Qb6 11.h3 exd4 12.Na4 Qa6 13.hxg4 b5 14.Be7 Re8 15.Bxd6 bxa4 16.c5 Qa5 17.Nxd4 Nxc5 18.Nxc6 Qb6 19.e5 Bb7 20.Rc1 Bxc6 21.Bxc6 Qxc6 22.Rxc5 Qb6 23.Qxa4 Qxb2 24.Re1 Qd2 25.Re3 Bf8 26.Bxf8 Rxf8 27.Qc2 Qd4 28.Rc4 Qa1+ 29.Kg2 Rab8 30.Re2 Rb1 31.g5 Rg1+ 32.Kf3 Qf1 33.Rc8 Qh3 34.Rxf8+ Kxf8 35.e6 fxe6 36.Qc8+ Ke7 37.Qc7+ Ke8 38.Qb8+ Ke7 39.Qxa7+ Ke8 40.Qb8+ Ke7 41.Qc7+ Ke8 42.Qe5 Rd1 43.Qxe6+ Qxe6 44.Rxe6+ Kf7 45.Ra6 Rd5 46.Ra7+ Kg8 47.Kg4 Rd4+ 48.f4 Rd3 49.a4 Ra3 50.a5 Kh8 51.a6 Kg8 52.Ra8+ Kg7 53.a7 Ra1 54.Kf3 1�0 Fominyh,Alexander (2535) - Chuprov,Dmitry (2425) [E68] RUS-Cup3 Omsk (7), 1996 1.d4 d6 2.g3 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.c4 0�0 6.0�0 c6 7.Nc3 Nbd7 8.e4 e5 9.Be3 Ng4 10.Bg5 Qb6 11.h3 exd4 12.Na4 Qa6 13.hxg4 b5 14.c5 bxa4 15.cxd6 c5 16.Be7 Re8 17.e5 Rb8 18.Re1 h6 19.g5 Nf8 20.Qc1 h5 21.Qxc5 Ne6 22.Qc2 Qb5 23.Rad1 Bd7 24.Nxd4 Nxd4 25.Rxd4 Rec8 26.Qe2 Qxb2 27.Rd2 Qc3 28.Bd5 Bg4 29.Qe3 Qxe3 30.Rxe3 Bf8 31.e6 fxe6 32.Rxe6 Kh7 33.Rf6 Bg7 34.Rf7 Kh8 35.Be4 Rc1+ 36.Kg2 Be6 37.Rxg7 Kxg7 38.d7 Re1 39.Bf6+ Kf7 40.f3 Bxa2 41.Rxa2 1�0 Lopushnoy,Denis (2390) - Smirnov,Pavel (2365) [E68] RUS-Cup07 Tomsk (4), 18.07.1998 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.0�0 0�0 5.c4 d6 6.d4 Nbd7 7.Nc3 e5 8.e4 c6 9.Be3 Ng4 10.Bg5 Qb6 11.h3 exd4 12.Na4 Qa6 13.hxg4 b5 14.c5 bxa4 15.cxd6 f6 16.Bf4 c5 17.g5 Bb7 18.gxf6 Nxf6 19.e5 Ng4 20.Re1 Rae8 21.e6 Rxf4 22.d7 Rff8 23.e7 Rxe7 24.Rxe7 Bf6 25.Re8 Qb5 26.Nxd4 Qxb2 27.Ne2 Bxg2 28.Rxf8+ Kxf8 29.d8Q+ Bxd8 30.Qxd8+ 1�0 Itkis,Boris (2384) - Voitsekhovsky,Stanislav (2516) [E68] Alushta2 Alushta (2), 16.10.2000 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.g3 0�0 5.Bg2 d6 6.0�0 Nbd7 7.Nc3 e5 8.e4 c6 9.Be3 Ng4 10.Bg5 Qb6 11.h3 exd4 12.Na4 Qa6 13.hxg4 b5 14.Be7 Re8 15.Bxd6 bxa4 16.e5 c5 17.Re1 Bb7 18.b4 axb3 19.axb3 Qb6 20.Qd2 a5 21.Qf4 h6 22.g5 h5 23.g4 hxg4 24.Nh2 Bxg2 25.Kxg2 Qc6+ 26.Kg1 Re6 27.Nxg4 Rae8 28.Kf1 Qb7 29.Rad1 Qxb3 30.Nf6+ Bxf6 31.gxf6 1�0 Prokopchuk,Evgeny (2508) - Guliev,Logman (2371) [E68] Kochan mem op Koszalin (10), 14.08.2001 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 0�0 5.g3 d6 6.Bg2 Nbd7 7.0�0 e5 8.e4 c6 9.Be3 Ng4 10.Bg5 Qb6 11.h3 exd4 12.Na4 Qa6 13.hxg4 b5 14.c5 bxa4 15.cxd6 c5 16.Be7 Re8 17.e5 Rb8 18.Re1 Rxb2 19.Ng5 Qc4 20.e6 fxe6 21.Qf3 Kh8 22.Qf7 Rg8 23.Rxe6 Rxa2 24.Rf1 Rc2 25.Rxg6 Ne5 26.Bd5 Qxd5 1�0

Lalic,B (2540) - Gladyszev,O (2388) [E68] 11th Monarch Assurance Port Erin IOM (1), 28.09.2002 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 0�0 5.Nc3 d6 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.0�0 e5 8.e4 c6 9.Be3 Ng4 10.Bg5 Qb6 11.h3 Ngf6 12.Rb1 exd4 13.Nxd4 Qc5 14.Nf3 Ne5 15.Nxe5 ½�½ Bocharov,D (2475) - Pokazanjev,N (2329) [E69] 3rd Stage Russian Cup Tomsk RUS (6), 13.07.2002 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.g3 0�0 5.Bg2 d6 6.0�0 Nbd7 7.Nc3 e5 8.e4 c6 9.Be3 Re8 10.h3 exd4 11.Nxd4 Nc5 12.Qc2 a5 13.Rad1 Qe7 14.Rfe1 Nfd7 15.b3 Nf8 16.f4 Bd7 17.Bf2 Rad8 18.a3 Nfe6 19.Nde2 Bc8 20.b4 axb4 21.axb4 Na6 22.Qb3 Nec7 23.Na4 Be6 24.Nb6 f6 25.Nc3 Qf7 26.Rd2 Na8 27.Nca4 Nxb6 28.Nxb6 f5 29.exf5 gxf5 30.Rde2 Nc7 31.Qd3 Na6 32.Qd2 Nc7 33.b5 cxb5 34.cxb5 Nxb5 35.Rxe6 1�0 Lehtinen,H (2362) - Sepp,O (2425) [E68] TCh-FIN 2003-4 Finland FIN (7), 14.02.2004 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 0�0 5.0�0 d6 6.Nc3 e5 7.d4 Nbd7 8.e4 c6 9.Be3 Ng4 10.Bg5 Qb6 11.h3 exd4 12.Na4 Qa6 13.hxg4 b5 14.c5 dxc5 15.Nxc5 Nxc5 16.Be7 Ne6 17.Bxf8 Kxf8 18.e5 Qb6 19.b4 a5 20.a3 Bb7 21.Qe2 Rd8 22.Ne1 c5 23.bxc5 Nxc5 24.Bxb7 Qxb7 25.Nd3 Nxd3 26.Qxd3 Bxe5 27.Rfb1 Rd5 28.Ra2 Bd6 29.Rc2 Kg7 30.Re1 b4 31.axb4 Bxb4 32.Rd1 Qd7 33.Rc4 Qxg4 34.Rxd4 Rxd4 35.Qxd4+ Qxd4 36.Rxd4 h5 37.Kg2 ½�½ Irzhanov,R (2501) - Antonio,R (2523) [E69] 14th Asian Cities Tagaytay City PHI (7), 25.03.2004 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.0�0 0�0 5.d4 d6 6.c4 c6 7.Nc3 Nbd7 8.e4 e5 9.Be3 exd4 10.Nxd4 Re8 11.h3 Nc5 12.Qc2 a5 13.Rad1 Qc7 14.b3 Bd7 15.Rfe1 Rad8 16.f4 Re7 17.Bf2 Rde8 18.g4 h5 19.g5 Nh7 20.Re2 b6 21.Bg3 Bc8 22.a3 Bb7 23.b4 axb4 24.axb4 Nd7 25.Kh2 Ra8 ½�½ Fominyh,A (2559) - Koneru,H (2498) [E69] 1st WinTV Open Chennai IND (13), 01.02.2004 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.g3 0�0 5.Bg2 d6 6.0�0 Nbd7 7.Nc3 e5 8.e4 c6 9.Be3 exd4 10.Nxd4 Re8 11.h3 Nc5 12.Qc2 Qe7 13.Rfe1 a5 14.Nb3 Nfd7 15.Rad1 Nxb3 16.axb3 Nc5 17.Re2 Be6 18.Bd4 Bxd4 19.Rxd4 Qc7 20.Na4 b5 21.Nxc5 dxc5 22.Rd1 a4 23.bxa4 Rxa4 24.cxb5 cxb5 25.Red2 Rb4 26.Qc3 Rb3 27.Qc1 c4 28.Rc2 b4 29.Qg5 c3 30.bxc3 Rxc3 31.Rcd2 Rc1 32.Kh2 Rxd1 33.Rxd1 b3 34.f4 b2 35.Rb1 Rb8 36.f5 Ba2 37.f6 Qd8 38.Rd1 Qf8 0�1 Fominyh,A (2546) - Thipsay,P (2469) [E68] Open Pune IND (7), 09.09.2004 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 0�0 5.c4 d6 6.0�0 Nbd7 7.Nc3 e5 8.e4 c6 9.Be3 Ng4 10.Bg5 f6 11.Bc1 Nh6 12.b3 Nf7 13.Bb2 Re8 14.Qc2 Nf8 15.Rad1 Qc7 16.d5 c5 17.Ne1 f5 18.Nd3 g5 19.exf5 Bxf5 20.Be4 Bg6 21.Rde1 Qd7 22.Bc1 Bh6 23.f3 a6 24.Kg2 b5 25.Bd2 Bg7 26.Bxg6 hxg6 27.Ne4 Nh7 28.Ndf2 Qc7 29.Nc3 b4 30.Nce4 a5 31.a4 Rf8 32.Be3 Nh6 33.Qd2 Nf7 34.Ng4 Rfd8 35.Rf2 Ra7 36.Kf1 Rd7 37.Ke2 Qd8 38.Kd1 Bf8 39.Qc2 Ra6 40.Rh1 Be7 41.Rg1 Kh8 42.Rgf1 Ra8 43.Qd2 1�0

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