[Event "URS-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.07.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Malaniuk, Vladimir P"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Beruf"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1988.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.19"]

{Sowjetische Landesmeisterschaften waren immer etwas besonderes, weil die sie
sich durch so wahnsinnig starke Teilnehmerfelder auszeichneten. Am 55.
Championat nahmen sogar Kasparov und Karpov teil, die im ьbrigen eintrдchtig
den ersten Platz teilten und ohne Stichkampf beide den Titel erhielten. Die
Partie zwischen Malaniuk und Ivanchuk scheint unbegreiflich. Die Kommentare
stьtzen sich vor allem auf die Anmerkungen Ivanchuks im Informator. Doch eine
Bearbeitung mit Fritz bringt ein paar zusдtzliche Varianten und Bewertungen
ans Tageslicht.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 dxe4 7.
fxe4 e5 8. d5 Ng4 9. Nf3 Bc5 10. b4 Bf2+ 11. Ke2 c5 $5 12. Nb5 $2 ({Richtig ist
} 12. dxc6 $1 Bd4 13. c7 $1 Qxc7 14. Nd5 $16 Qxc4+ 15. Kd2 Qc6 $6 16. Nxd4 exd4
17. Bb5 $18) 12... a6 $1 13. Qa4 axb5 $3 14. Qxa8 Bd4 $1 15. Nxd4 $2 {Laut
Ivanchuk ein Fehler.} (15. Ra2 Nd7 $17 {oder}) (15. Qxb8 Bxa1 $17 {wдren fьr
WeiЯ spielbarer gewesen.}) 15... cxd4 16. Qxb8 O-O {Wahrscheinlich steht
Schwarz auf Gewinn.} 17. Ke1 (17. h3 Qh4 $1 18. Qc7 Qg3 $19) (17. c5 Qf6 18.
Qd6 Qf2+ 19. Kd1 Ne3+ 20. Bxe3 Bg4+ 21. Kc1 Qxe3+ 22. Kb2 Qc3+ 23. Kb1 d3 24.
Bxd3 Qxd3+ 25. Kb2 Qd4+ 26. Ka2 Be2 $19) 17... Qh4+ $1 18. g3 Qf6 19. Bf4 $1 (
19. Ra2 Qf3 20. Bg2 Qc3+ 21. Bd2 Qb3 22. Ra1 bxc4 $19) 19... g5 $2 {Hier
verpasst Ivanchuk den Gewinn:} (19... d3 $3 {[%cal Ye5a1,Yb5c4]} 20. Rc1 (20.
Bxd3 exf4 $19) (20. Rd1 bxc4 $19) 20... exf4 21. Qxf4 Qd4 $1 {/\ 22...bxc4, /\
22...d2+! 23.Qxd2 Qxe4+ (I.)} 22. h3 Re8 23. Bg2 Ne3 24. Qf2 bxc4 $19) 20. c5
$3 $13 exf4 21. Qd6 Qg7 22. Bd3 (22. gxf4 d3 23. e5 gxf4 24. Rg1 f3 25. Rg3 $13
) 22... Ne5 $5 23. Kd2 f3 (23... f5 24. gxf4 (24. Rae1 $5) 24... Nxd3 25. Kxd3
fxe4+ 26. Kxe4 Rxf4+ 27. Qxf4 $3 gxf4 28. Rag1 Bg4 29. h3 $13 {(I.)}) 24. Qe7
g4 25. Bxb5 Ng6 $5 (25... Qh6+ 26. Kc2 Qe3 27. Qxe5 Qc3+ 28. Kb1 Qb3+ $10) 26.
Qg5 $1 ({Ivanchuk glaubte, dass Schwarz nach} 26. Qd6 {nur die Zьge
wiederholen kann; dem ist nicht so:} Qh6+ $1 27. Kc2 Qe3 28. Bd3 f2 $1 {/\ f5}
29. Qf6 Bd7 $1 30. a4 Re8 31. Rhd1 Ne5 32. Qf4 Nxd3 33. Rxd3 Qe2+ 34. Qd2 Rxe4
$19) 26... h6 27. Qh5 d3 {Es gibt zwei weitere Zьge, die in Frage kommen.} (
27... Ne5) (27... f5) 28. Bxd3 $4 {WeiЯ gibt die Kontrolle ьber e8 auf und
verliert deshalb die Dame.} (28. Kxd3 $6 Qb2 $1 $17 29. Rhc1 Kg7 {/\ f5}) ({
Richtig war} 28. e5 $1 {Nach} Nxe5 29. Rhe1 f5 {kann WeiЯ das Remis erzwingen:
} 30. Rxe5 Qxe5 31. Qg6+ Kh8 32. Qxh6+ Kg8 33. Qg6+ Kh8 $11) 28... Re8 $3 $19
29. h3 Re5 30. hxg4 Rxh5 31. gxh5 Ne5 32. Rae1 Qg5+ 33. Kc2 f2 34. Rd1 Qe3 {
Quelle: i46/745 Ivanchuk} 0-1

[Event "Candidates m2"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A63"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Beruf"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3bnrk1/2q2p1p/Q1Np2p1/2pP4/8/6P1/1P2PPBP/R5K1 b - - 0 26"]
[PlyCount "4"]
[EventDate "1991.01.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

{[#]} 26... Bf6 27. Bh3 $3 Bg7 ({If} 27... Bxb2 28. Rb1 {/\29.Rb7 wins.}) 28.
Qb5 $1 {Black is completely helpless against the threat of 29.Ra7 so Yudasin
resigned, the first of four consecutive losses in this best of 8 match.} 1-0

[Event "Linares 11th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Beruf"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1993.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bg4 12. Rb1 b6 13. Rb5 Bc7 14. h3 a6 15.
hxg4 axb5 16. Qc2 g6 17. Bxb5 $1 {ganz neues Konzept von Ivanchuk!} Qd6 18. g3
Ra7 19. Re1 Nd7 20. g5 Rd8 21. a4 Nb8 22. Nh2 $1 {[%cal Gh2g4,Gg4f6,Gg1g2,
Ge1h1]} Qf8 23. Ng4 Bd6 24. Kg2 Kh8 25. Rh1 Qg7 26. Nf6 h5 27. Qd1 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1996.01.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Beruf"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2kr1b1r/pb3p2/5P2/1qnp4/Npp3Q1/4B1P1/1P3PBP/R4RK1 b - - 0 20"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "1996.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]

{[#]} 20... Rd7 (20... Kb8 {Ftacnik} 21. Qd4 Nxa4 22. Qxa7+ Kc7 23. Rxa4 Ra8
24. Qxa8 Bxa8 25. Rxa8 c3 26. bxc3 bxc3 27. Bf4+ Kd7 28. Rd1 Ke6 29. Re1+ Kxf6
30. Be5+ Kg6 31. Bxh8 $16 {1-0 Agzamov,G-Chandler,M/Beograd/1982/ (40)}) 21.
Qg7 $3 {Ftacnik: Fascinating sacrifice born in the safety of the home
laboratory. Black's K will be the target of the active white pieces.} (21. Nxc5
Bxc5 22. Bxc5 Qxc5 23. Bh3 (23. Qg7 Rdd8 24. Qxf7 $14) 23... Rhd8 24. Qg7 Kc7
25. Bxd7 Rxd7 $44) 21... Bxg7 22. fxg7 Rg8 (22... Rhd8 23. Nxc5 Rc7 24. Bh3+
Kb8) 23. Nxc5 d4 {Ftacnik: Very resourceful, but even without this original
trick position is not so clear.} (23... Rc7 24. Nxb7 (24. Bh3+ {Ftacnik} Kb8
25. Ne6 fxe6 26. Bxa7+ Kc8 27. Bxe6+ Kd8 28. Bxg8 Rxg7 29. Be6 $13) 24... Rxb7
(24... Qxb7 25. Bh3+ (25. Rfd1 {Ftacnik} Qc6 (25... Rxg7 26. Rxd5 $18) 26. Rxd5
Qe6 27. Bf4 $40) 25... Kb8 26. Bxa7+ Qxa7 27. Rxa7 Kxa7 $17) 25. Rfd1 Rd7 (
25... Rxg7 $2 {Ftacnik} 26. Rxd5 Qe8 27. Rc5+ $18) 26. Bd4 $16 {/\
h2-h4-h5-h6-h7} (26. Bh3 Rxg7 27. Rxa7 f5 28. Bxf5 Kb8 29. Bxd7 Rxd7 30. Raa1
$13)) (23... f5 24. Rxa7 $1 (24. Nxd7 $6 Qxd7 25. Bd4 Rxg7 $14) 24... Rgxg7 (
24... Rdxg7 25. Rfa1 $18) 25. Rfa1 $18) (23... Rxg7 24. Bh3 $1 Bc6 25. Rxa7 $18
) (23... Bc6 24. Ra6 {/\25.Rfa1+-}) 24. Bxb7+ Rxb7 25. Nxb7 Qb6 (25... Kxb7 26.
Bxd4 a5 27. Rfe1 $18) (25... Qxb7 {Ftacnik} 26. Bxd4 a6 27. Rfe1 $14) 26. Bxd4
$3 (26. Bf4 Kxb7 27. Rfe1 a5 $1 $13) 26... Qxd4 27. Rfd1 Qxb2 (27... Qxd1+ 28.
Rxd1 Kxb7 29. Rd4 Rxg7 30. Rxc4 a5 31. Rf4 $1 Kb6 32. h4 Kb5 33. b3 $18) (27...
Qxg7 28. Rxa7 Kb8 29. Rda1 Re8 (29... Qd4 30. Na5 $3 Qc5 31. Rb7+ Kc8 32. Rxf7
$18) 30. Nd6 Re1+ 31. Rxe1 Kxa7 32. Nxc4 $16) (27... Qg4 $5 {Ftacnik} 28. Nd6+
Kb8 29. Rd5 c3 $1 (29... Rxg7 $2 30. Rc5 $16) 30. bxc3 bxc3 31. Rb5+ Kc7 (31...
Ka8 32. Rb7 $18) 32. Ra6 c2 33. Rb7+ Kd8 34. Nxf7+ Ke8 35. Nd6+ Kd8) 28. Nd6+
Kb8 (28... Kc7 {Ftacnik} 29. Rxa7+ Kc6 30. Nxc4 $40) 29. Rdb1 Qxg7 $2 (29...
Qd2 30. Nxc4 Qc3 31. Ra4 $1 (31. Ne3 $2 Qc5 32. Ra4 a5 33. Rba1 b3) 31... b3
32. Na5 $1 (32. Ne3 Ka8 33. Ra3 Qxg7 34. Raxb3 $14) 32... Ka8 (32... b2 33.
Rb4+ Ka8 34. R4xb2 $18) 33. Ra3 $1 (33. Rxb3 Qe1+ 34. Kg2 Qd1 $1) 33... Qxg7
34. Nc6 Kb7 35. Nxa7 $18) (29... Qc3 30. Rxa7 $1 Kxa7 (30... Rxg7 31. Rb7+ Ka8
32. R7xb4 $18) 31. Nb5+ Ka6 32. Nxc3 bxc3 33. Rb4 $1 $18) 30. Rxb4+ Kc7 (30...
Ka8 {Ftacnik} 31. Rba4 (31. Ra5 $14) 31... f6 32. Nb5 $40) 31. Ra6 $1 {Ftacnik:
The beautiful position illustrating the might of coordination in chess. Black
heavy pieces are hidden in the corner and the K is in flames.} Rb8 (31... Qe5 {
Ftacnik} 32. Rb7+ Kd8 33. Raxa7 $18) (31... Ra8 {Ftacnik} 32. Rb7+ Kd8 33.
Nxf7+ Ke8 34. Nd6+ $18) 32. Rxa7+ (32. Rxc4+ Kd7 33. Nf5 Qb2) 32... Kxd6 33.
Rxb8 Qg4 (33... c3 34. Rc8 $18) 34. Rd8+ Kc6 35. Ra1 (35. Rxf7 c3 36. Rf4 $18)
1-0

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Delchev, Aleksander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[Annotator "Beruf"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8.
d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. f3 Rc8 11. b3 d5 $3 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 e6 14. Be3
exd5 15. cxd5 Na6 16. Rc1 Rxc1 17. Qxc1 Nb4 18. Qd2 Nxd5 19. Ne2 Qe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[Annotator "Beruf"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. e4 {Finkel,A} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7.
Na3 b5 8. Nd5 Nce7 (8... Nge7 {Finkel,A} 9. c4 Nxd5 10. cxd5 Nd4 (10... Ne7 $6
11. h4 $1 Bd7 12. Nc2 h5 13. g3 g6 14. Bg2 Bg7 15. O-O O-O 16. Nb4 $14 {
Bologan,V-Stripunsky,A/Wijk-B 1996}) 11. Be3 Be7 12. Bd3 O-O 13. O-O Bf6 (13...
Bd7 14. Rc1 (14. Qd2 Qb8 15. Rac1 Qb7 16. Nc2 Nxc2 17. Rxc2 Rfc8 18. Rfc1 Rxc2
19. Rxc2 Rc8 $11 {Sluka,R-Moroz,A/Komercni Banka op 1997}) 14... Qa5 15. Qe1
Bd8 16. Qxa5 Bxa5 17. Nc2 Nxc2 18. Rxc2 Rfc8 19. Rfc1 Rxc2 20. Rxc2 Kf8 $11 {
Manik,M-Moroz,A/Komercni Banka op 1996}) (13... Bb7 $6 14. Qd2 $5 f5 15. Bxd4
exd4 16. Nc2 Qb6 17. Qf4 Rae8 18. Rae1 Qc5 19. Qf3 $1 $14 {[%cal Gb2b4]
Tiviakov,S-Nataf,I/Mondariz 2000}) 14. Qd2 Bd7 15. Rac1 Rc8 16. Rxc8 Qxc8 17.
Rc1 Qb7 18. Qb4 Qb8 19. Qa5 $11 {Stripunsky,A-Votava,J/Mlada Boleslav op 1995})
9. Nb4 $5 {Perhaps this move is objectively not very good, but in practical
play it is very unpleasant to meet such a bizzare move, specially in such
early stages of the game, when you don't know if your opponent prepared
something at home. Finkel,A: 'So many things have been said and written about
this move, that it's needless to add remarks of my own. I will just say that
this move deserves an exclaimaition mark for just being a novelty on move 9 in
the Sveshnikov - the line, in which a major part of the novelties come at move
25! '} (9. Bg5 {Finkel,A} h6 (9... Be6 10. c4 Bxd5 11. exd5 bxc4 12. Nxc4 f6
13. Qa4+ Kf7 14. Qa3 Nf5 $13 {Thompson,I-Djabri,K/Telford 2004}) 10. Bxb5+ axb5
11. Nxb5 Ra6 12. Nbc7+ Kd7 13. Qg4+ f5 14. exf5 Nf6 15. Bxf6 gxf6 $15 {
Kindermann,S-Bischoff,K/Munich 1987}) (9. c4 {Finkel,A} Nxd5 10. exd5 bxc4 11.
Nxc4 Nf6 12. Be3 Rb8 13. Qa4+ Qd7 14. Qxd7+ Nxd7 15. Be2 Be7 16. O-O f5 17. f4
e4 18. Rac1 O-O 19. b3 Bb7 20. Na5 $14 {Landa,K-Lautier,J/playchess.com INT
2004}) (9. Nxe7 {Finkel,A} Bxe7 10. c4 Nf6 11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O Bb7 13. Qe2 bxc4
14. Nxc4 d5 15. exd5 Qxd5 16. f3 Rad8 17. Bc2 e4 $36 {Ciganovic,N-Rukavina,D/
Rabac 2004}) 9... Bd7 {'?!' Finkel,A. Finkel,A: 'Radjabov doesn't react very
accurately. He was probably stunned with Ivanchuk's 9th move so his play
wasn't of the highest possible level!'} (9... Nf6 {Seems to be the critical
and obvious line, but perhaps Radjabov feared some sort of home preparation
from Ivanchuk.} 10. c4 {Consistent, defending the e4 pawn is too passive.} (10.
f3 d5 $1 {And black should have the better game.}) 10... Nxe4 11. cxb5 d5 (
11... Qa5 $6 12. Bd2 Nxd2 (12... Qb6 {Finkel,A} 13. Qf3 d5 14. Nxd5 Nxd2 15.
Nxb6 Nxf3+ 16. gxf3 Rb8 17. Nxc8 Nxc8 18. O-O-O $14 {Abrahamyan,T-Hahn,A/San
Diego 2004}) 13. Qxd2 {And here I can't find enough compensation for the pawn,
since axb5 is not really possible.} axb5 14. Bxb5+ Bd7 15. Nc4 $1 {And white
wins.}) (11... a5 $5 {Finkel,A} 12. Na6 d5 13. Qc2 Bxa6 14. bxa6 f5 $13) 12.
bxa6 Bd7 $1 {[%csl Gd5,Re1,Ge5] This key move gives black the better game, he
has lots of compensation for the pawn, in form of a mobile pawn center, and
inmediate tactical threats which are not so easy to parry. Also whites pieces
look rather clumsy.}) 10. c4 {Hitting the queenside pawn chain, this is whites
only way to continue.} a5 {Finkel,A: 'Now it's too late for Nf6:'} (10... Nf6 {
Finkel,A} 11. cxb5 Nxe4 12. Nxa6 d5 13. Bd3 Ng6 14. O-O Be7 15. Qb3 $16) 11.
Nbc2 Nf6 (11... b4 {'?!' Finkel,A. Came into consideration, and is rather
logical. Nb1 is very aweful, so probably...} 12. Nb5 Bxb5 13. cxb5 Nf6 {
When the position isn't really clear. Black controls much more of the center,
and white's b5 pawn might be weak. On the other hand white has the pair of
bishops, and he has that passed pawn on b5 which might be strong!} 14. Ne3 {
Finkel,A} Nxe4 15. b6 {[%cal Gf1b5]} Qxb6 16. f3 Nf6 17. Nc4 $18) 12. Nxb5 Bxb5
(12... Nxe4 {Was probably better.} 13. Qxd6 {Spectacular, but black probably
has enough for his pawn.} (13. Nxd6+ Nxd6 14. Qxd6 Nc6 15. Qd5 Qc7 $1 $44) (13.
Bd3 Bxb5 14. cxb5 d5 {Should also give black an ok game.}) 13... Bxb5 14. Qxd8+
Rxd8 15. cxb5 Nd5 {White's king is very shaky, and his development poor. Black
should have enough for his pawn deficit.}) 13. cxb5 Nxe4 14. Be3 {Here white
might have an advantage, because his development will soon be finished, and
the pair of bishops together with that passed pawn on the wing will guarantee
a good edge. Black's pawn center isn't enough this time, since it can't
advance too much, taking into consideration that black's king is still in the
center, just behind them.} d5 15. b6 f5 16. Qe2 $5 {'+/-' Finkel,A. Another
bizzare move, any mortal would have played: Finkel,A: 'White has better
development, a adangerous passer and a better king. In Ivanchuk's hands we are
talking about the decisive advantage.'} (16. Bb5+ Kf7 17. f3 Nd6 (17... Nf6 18.
O-O $14 {with the idea of} d4 $6 19. Bc4+ Ned5 20. Bf2 Qxb6 21. f4 {With a
humongous initiative.}) 18. Bc6 $1 Nxc6 19. Qxd5+ Kg6 20. Qxc6 {When white is
simply a pawn up.}) 16... Kf7 (16... d4 17. Qb5+ Kf7 18. O-O-O $1 $16 {Is the
idea. Black's king is the one who turns out to be very weak!}) 17. O-O-O $1 {
A very nice move, Ivanchuk brings his rook to the center inmediately, and will
safeguard his king in the queen side, since black can't really organize
something in that flank.} Qd7 (17... Rb8 {I dont think this would change much.}
18. f3 Nf6 19. Kb1 $1 {Important move, with the idea of} d4 20. Bc1 $14 {
With strong preasure against blacks central pawns.}) 18. Kb1 Qe6 19. f3 {
Finally the knight is forced back.} Nd6 $6 {This sets white less problems then}
(19... Nf6 20. Qb5 (20. f4 {doesn't really work anymore} exf4 21. Bd4 {Bxf4?
Qxb6} Rb8 $1 {And Black shouldn't really be worse if he is allowed to
sacrifice an exchange on b6.}) 20... Rb8 21. g4 $1 fxg4 22. fxg4 Qxg4 23. Bd3
$16 {With a big initiative}) 20. f4 Nc4 21. fxe5 $18 {With the fall of the
proud pawn centre, hope is extinguised as well.} Rb8 22. g4 {Simple chess,
opening lines to the king.} f4 23. Qf3 g5 24. Bxc4 dxc4 25. h4 Qc6 26. e6+ $1 {
The rest is pointless, notice how the bishop on f8 and the rook on h8 haven't
moved yet.} Kg6 27. Qf2 Qxe6 28. Bd4 Bg7 {a bit late} 29. hxg5 Rbd8 30. Rde1
Qd6 31. Bc5 Qd2 32. Re6+ {Strange, but entertaining game.} 1-0

[Event "Linares 09th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Beruf"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2r5/2rq2pk/3b4/1p1p1b1p/p2P1p2/PPP2P1P/1B2R1PN/3QR1K1 w - - 0 34"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1991.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]

{[#]} 34. Nf1 b4 $3 {[%emt 0:00:01] Diagrama} 35. axb4 (35. cxb4 Bc2 $17) 35...
a3 36. Bxa3 (36. Ba1 Rxc3 37. Bxc3 Rxc3 $17) 36... Rxc3 37. Kh2 Ra8 38. Bb2 Rd3
39. Qc1 Rc8 40. Rc2 Rxc2 41. Qxc2 Bg6 (41... Rxf3 $2 42. Qd1 (42. Qe2 $2 Rxh3+
$19) 42... Rxh3+ 43. gxh3 f3+ 44. Kg1 Be4 $13) 42. Qf2 Bxb4 43. Re5 Rd1 $1 (
43... Rxb3 44. Rxh5+ Bxh5 45. Qc2+) 44. Qe2 (44. Rxh5+ Kg8 45. Rg5 Bd3 $19)
44... Rb1 45. Rg5 Qc6 46. Re5 Qc2 $1 47. Rxh5+ Kg8 48. Qe6+ Bf7 49. Rh8+ Kxh8
50. Qxf7 Qc6 $1 {Very cool. Vassily has everything under control} 51. Bc3 Bxc3
52. Qf8+ Kh7 53. Qf5+ Qg6 0-1

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 40th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2005.05.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[Annotator "Beruf"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2005.05.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 ({A solid, but a bit passive is:
} 5. c3 Nc6 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. Nd2 g6 8. Ngf3 Bg7 9. h3 O-O 10. O-O {0-1 Anastasian,
A-Ghaem Maghami,E/Stepanakert 2004/CBM 100 [Finkel] (44)}) 5... Nc6 $6 {
A risky move. The statistics is pretty discouraging for black in this line.} ({
A rare and awkward is:} 5... Nd6 {1-0 Stefanova,A-Juswanto,D/Jakarta 2004/CBM
100 [Finkel] (43)}) (5... Qb6 6. Bxe4 dxe4 (6... Qxb2 $2 7. Bxd5 Qxa1 8. Nf3 e6
9. Bb3 cxd4 10. O-O Nc6 11. exd4 Be7 12. Bd2 Bb4 13. c3 Be7 14. c4 Bb4 15. Bxb4
Nxb4 16. Qd2 $18 {[%csl Ra1] 1-0 Stefanova,A-Grobelsek,A/Rabac 2003/CBM 96 ext
(22)}) 7. Nc3 Qxb2 8. Nge2 Bg4 9. Nxe4 Bxe2 10. Kxe2 cxd4 11. Qd3 f5 12. Ng5
Nc6 13. Ne6 Rc8 14. Rhb1 Qc3 15. Qxc3 dxc3 16. Rxb7 $18 {1-0 Adams,M-Xie Jun/
Hastings 1996/CBM 57 (22)}) ({A reliable alternative for black is:} 5... Nf6 {
1-0 McShane,L-Sutovsky,E/Pamplona 2003/CBM 99 [Finkel] (33)}) (5... cxd4 6.
Bxe4 dxe4 7. exd4 Qb6 {- 0-1 Stefanova,A-Mamedyarov,S/Wijk aan Zee 2005/CBM
106 [Postny,E]}) 6. Bxe4 $1 dxe4 7. d5 {This tempting continuation is a source
of worry for Black in this line.} ({After the solid} 7. Ne2 {Jobava didn't
survive as well in the game against Bruzon played several rounds later, though
black's play could be definitely improved.}) 7... Nb4 (7... e5 {--> Radjabov,
T-Polgar,J/Benidorm 2003/CBM 99 [Finkel]}) 8. Nc3 e6 (8... Bf5 9. a3 Na6 10. f3
$16 {Kornev,A-Prokopchuk,E/Nefteyugansk 2002/CBM 92 [Tsesarsky]}) 9. d6 {
The whole fight now will be around this mighty pawn. Black must eliminate it,
otherwise he will never complete the development.} Nc6 (9... f5 10. f3 $36) (
9... Qa5 $5 {deserves further investigation:} 10. Nge2 Bd7 11. O-O f5 12. a3
Nc6 13. b4 cxb4 14. axb4 Qb6 15. b5 Nd8 16. Nd4 Nf7 17. Na4 Qd8 18. Nxe6 Bxe6
19. Nc5 Qc8 20. Qd4 $40 {Hodgson,J-Tseitlin,M/Ischia 1996/CBM 54 [Stohl]}) 10.
Nge2 $146 (10. Nxe4 f5 11. Bg5 Qb6 12. Nf6+ Kf7 13. Nxh7 Rxh7 14. d7 Be7 15.
Nf3 Qxb2 16. O-O Qb6 17. dxc8=Q Rxc8 18. Rb1 $18 {Speelman,J-Wang Yaoyao/
Beijing 1997/CBM 61 [Speelman]}) 10... f5 $2 {After this move Black is already
losing by force.} (10... e5 11. Nb5 exf4 (11... Qa5+ $2 12. Nec3) 12. Nc7+ Kd7
13. Nxa8 fxe3 14. fxe3 Bxd6 {Despite the fact that the king is wandering, this
position could well be playable for Black.}) 11. Nb5 Kf7 12. Nc7 Rb8 {[%tqu
"En","Find the best move.","","","g2g4","This pawn thrust destroys black's
position completely.",10]} 13. g4 $1 {This pawn thrust destroys black's
position completely.} fxg4 (13... g5 14. gxf5 $1 gxf4 15. Nxf4 $1 {[%cal Gd1h5]
} Bxd6 16. Qh5+ Kf6 17. Qh6+ Kxf5 18. Ncxe6 $18) ({After} 13... g6 14. gxf5
gxf5 15. Nd4 $1 {[%cal Gd1h5]} h5 16. Nxf5 $1 {Black can't survive as well.})
14. Ng3 Nb4 (14... g5 15. Qxg4 $1 gxf4 16. Qh5+ Kg8 17. Rg1 Bg7 (17... fxg3 18.
Rxg3+ Bg7 19. Qh6 Qf8 20. Ne8 $1 $18) 18. Nxe4 {with a crushing attack.}) 15.
a3 Nd5 16. Nxe4 Nxf4 17. exf4 Kg8 18. Qxg4 {White has material advantage and
strong attack as well. Black could resign already.} h5 19. Qg3 b5 20. Rg1 Rh6
21. O-O-O Kh8 22. Nxc5 b4 23. axb4 Rxb4 24. d7 Rc4 25. N5xe6 1-0

