[Event "Stockholm izt"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1962.03.03"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Black "Bolbochan, Julio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Annotator "Sokolov,A"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1962.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.12.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 Nc6 (6... e5 7. Nde2
Be7 (7... Be6 8. g4 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Bg2 $16) 8. g4 O-O 9. Ng3 $1 g6 10. g5
Ne8 11. h4 $40 f6 $2 12. Bc4+ Kg7 13. h5 fxg5 14. hxg6 hxg6 15. Nh5+ $1) (6...
g6 {Fischer,R-Reshevsky,S ch-USA 1962}) (6... b5 {Fischer,R-Najdorf,M Varna ol
1962}) 7. g4 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 e5 9. Qd3 Be7 {The principle "pawns do not move
back" is correct for both sides, and now with his e5 move black has created
two important weak squares - d5 for black and f4 for white. And now is very
important, who'll be able to use the weakness...} (9... Be6 $142) 10. g5 $1 (
10. b3 {Gereben,E-Geller,E Budapest 1952}) 10... Nd7 (10... Nh5 11. h4 $16 {/\
Be2}) 11. Be3 (11. h4 Nc5 12. Qf3 $13) 11... Nc5 $2 (11... Bxg5 $142 12. Bxg5
Qxg5 13. Qxd6 Qe7 14. Qxe7+ Kxe7 15. Nd5+ Kf8 16. O-O-O g6 $14 {Kotov,A}) 12.
Qd2 Be6 13. O-O-O O-O 14. f3 Rc8 15. Kb1 Nd7 16. h4 b5 17. Bh3 Bxh3 $6 (17...
Nb6 18. Bxb6 Qxb6 19. Nd5 Qd8 (19... Bxd5 $2 20. Bxc8) 20. Nxe7+ Qxe7 21. Qxd6)
(17... Re8 18. Nd5 Bf8 19. h5 $16 {->}) 18. Rxh3 Nb6 19. Bxb6 $1 Qxb6 20. Nd5
$18 {Diagram #} Qd8 21. f4 (21. Nxe7+ $2 Qxe7 22. Qxd6 $4 Rfd8 $19) 21... exf4
22. Qxf4 Qd7 23. Qf5 Rcd8 (23... Rfd8 $2 24. Qxd7 Rxd7 25. Nb6 $18) (23... Qxf5
$2 24. Nxe7+) 24. Ra3 $1 Qa7 25. Rc3 (25. Nf6+ $5 Bxf6 (25... gxf6 $2 26. gxf6
Kh8 27. Qg5 Rg8 28. fxe7 $1) 26. gxf6 g6 27. Qg5 Kh8 $16) (25. Nxe7+ $142 Qxe7
26. Rxa6 Rfe8 27. a4 $1) 25... g6 $1 (25... Qd7 $2 26. Rc7 $18) (25... Rd7 $2
26. Nf6+ $1 Bxf6 (26... gxf6 27. gxf6 Kh8 28. fxe7 $18) 27. gxf6 g6 28. Qg5 Kh8
29. Qh6 Rg8 30. Rc8 $1 $18) 26. Qg4 Qd7 27. Qf3 Qe6 (27... Rc8 $2 28. Rxc8 Rxc8
29. Nb6) 28. Rc7 Rde8 (28... Rd7 29. Nf4 $18) (28... Rfe8 29. Rf1) (28... Rc8
29. Ra7 Ra8 30. Rxa8 Rxa8 31. Nc7) 29. Nf4 Qe5 30. Rd5 Qh8 31. a3 h6 (31... f6
32. Qb3 Rf7 33. Rxd6 fxg5 34. hxg5 Qe5 35. Rf6 $1 Ref8 36. Rxf7 Rxf7 37. Rc8+
Bf8 38. Ne6 $18) (31... Qg7 32. h5) 32. gxh6 Qxh6 (32... Bxh4 $2 33. Nxg6 $1
fxg6 34. Qb3 Rf7 35. Rf5 $18) 33. h5 Bg5 (33... g5 34. Ne2 $18 {/\ Ne2-g3-f5;
Ra7}) 34. hxg6 $1 fxg6 (34... Bxf4 35. gxf7+ Rxf7 36. Rxf7 Kxf7 37. Rh5 $1 $18)
35. Qb3 $1 Rxf4 (35... Kh8 36. Nxg6+ Qxg6 37. Rxg5 Rf1+ (37... Qxg5 38. Qh3+
$18) 38. Ka2 Qxg5 39. Qh3+ Kg8 40. Qxf1 $18) (35... Bxf4 36. Rh5+) 36. Re5+ Kf8
37. Rxe8+ (37. Rxe8+ Kxe8 38. Qe6+ Kf8 39. Qc8+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Varna ol"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1962.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Unzicker, Wolfgang"]
[Black "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[Annotator "Sokolov,A"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1962.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.12.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 (7...
Be7 {Pilnik,H-Fischer,R Mar del Plata 1959}) 8. O-O Nbd7 9. f4 Qc7 10. f5 Bc4
11. a4 Be7 (11... Rc8 $2 12. a5 Be7 13. Bxc4 Qxc4 14. Ra4 $1 Qc7 15. Be3 h6 16.
Rf2 $16 {Schmid,L-Evans,L Varna ol 1962}) 12. Be3 O-O 13. a5 (13. g4 d5 $1 14.
exd5 (14. g5 d4 $1) (14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Nf6 16. d6 $2 Bxd6 17. Bxc4 Qxc4
18. Qxd6 Qxg4+ 19. Kh1 Qe4+) 14... Bb4 15. g5 Bxc3 16. gxf6 Bxb2 17. fxg7 Rfd8
18. Rb1 Bc3 $17) 13... b5 (13... h6 14. g4 Nh7 15. Bf2 $36 {/\ h2-h4}) 14. axb6
Nxb6 15. Bxb6 $2 (15. Kh1 $1 Rfc8 16. Bxb6 Qxb6 17. Bxc4 Rxc4 18. Qe2 Rb4 19.
Ra2 $1 {Geller,E-Fischer,R Curacao ct 1962} h6 $1 20. Rfa1 Bf8 21. Rxa6 Rxa6
22. Rxa6 Qb7 23. Na5 Qc7 24. Nb3 Qb7 $10 {Zuckerman,B}) 15... Qxb6+ 16. Kh1 Bb5
$1 {/\ Bc6, a6-a5} 17. Bxb5 (17. Nxb5 {>=} axb5 18. Qd3 {^-}) 17... axb5 18.
Nd5 Nxd5 19. Qxd5 {Diagram #} Ra4 $1 {a <->, >< e4} 20. c3 Qa6 21. h3 (21. Rad1
Rc8 22. Nc1 b4 23. Nd3 $5 bxc3 24. bxc3 Ra5 {Tal,M-Fischer,R Curacao ct 1962} (
24... Rxc3 $19 25. Nxe5 dxe5 26. Qxe5 (26. Qd8+ Bf8 $1) 26... Bb4 $1 27. Qxc3
Qxf1+ $1 {Kmoch,H})) 21... Rc8 22. Rfe1 h6 $1 23. Kh2 Bg5 24. g3 $2 (24. Rad1 {
>=} b4 25. Qxd6 Qxd6 26. Rxd6 bxc3 27. bxc3 Rxc3) (24. Red1 $11) 24... Qa7 $1
25. Kg2 (25. h4) 25... Ra2 26. Kf1 (26. Rxa2 Qxa2 27. Re2 Rxc3 $1) 26... Rxc3 (
26... Rxc3 27. Rxa2 (27. bxc3 $2 Qf2#) 27... Rf3+ 28. Ke2 Rf2+ 29. Kd3 Qxa2 30.
Ra1 Qxb2 $19) 0-1

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1967.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Black "Gheorghiu, Florin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[Annotator "Sokolov,A"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1967.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.12.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Re8 7. d3 h6 8. Nd5
Bf8 9. Nxf6+ Qxf6 10. Nd2 d6 11. Ne4 Qd8 12. Nc3 Bd7 13. b4 Qc8 14. Rb1 Bh3 $5
(14... a6 15. a4 Bh3) 15. e4 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 g6 $6 (16... Nd4 17. Be3 g6 18. Qd2
Kh7 19. f4 $14) (16... f5 17. f4 $14) 17. h4 $5 Bg7 $2 (17... h5 18. Nd5 Bg7
19. Bg5 Qd7 20. f4 $14) 18. h5 g5 19. Nd5 $16 Nd4 20. Ne3 f5 21. Bb2 fxe4 (
21... f4 22. Bxd4 exd4 23. Nf5) 22. dxe4 Qe6 23. Bc3 {/\Rb2-d2} b5 $2 (23... c6
24. a4 a6 $14) 24. cxb5 Qxa2 25. Qd3 Qe2 (25... Qf7 $32 26. Bxd4 exd4 27. Nf5
Qxh5 28. Nxg7 Kxg7 29. Qxd4+ $16) (25... Rab8 26. Bxd4 exd4 27. Nd5 $16) 26.
Qxe2 Nxe2 27. Nd5 Rab8 28. Rfe1 Nd4 29. Bxd4 exd4 30. Rbc1 Rb7 31. Nxc7 (31. f4
d3 32. Rcd1 $18) 31... Re5 32. Rc6 g4 33. Nd5 Rxb5 (33... Rxh5 34. Rxd6 Re5 35.
b6 $18) 34. Rxd6 Rb7 (34... Rxh5 35. Rd8+ Kh7 36. Rd7 Re5 37. Nf6+ Kg6 38. Nxg4
$18) 35. Rg6 Kh7 36. Rxg4 Rd7 (36... Rxh5 37. f4 $18) 37. Rh1 Re6 38. Rd1 Rc6
39. Rd2 Be5 40. f4 Bh8 41. f5 1-0

[Event "Stockholm izt"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1962.02.28"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Black "Schweber, Samuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E73"]
[Annotator "Sokolov,A"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1962.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.12.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 h6 7. Be3 e5 8. d5 c6
9. h4 $5 {Petrosian liked moves like this. Similar idea was in the previous
game too. By his h-pawn pushing he creates the pressure on the opponents
Kingside, leaving him unpleasant choise between some fishy possibilities} cxd5
10. cxd5 Nbd7 ({Perhaps black could try} 10... h5 {leaving the Knight on g5})
11. h5 $1 g5 $8 12. f3 a6 13. g4 $5 {Typical Petrosi an's move. He closes King
side, thinking that he is stronge on the adverse side. At once he makes f5
point weak forever.} b5 $2 {Typical mistake. The advise "do not play where you
are weaker" here is correct.} 14. a4 $1 {Of course! And black is upon
compulsion to gave away his white squares on the Queenside too.} b4 15. Nb1 a5
$6 {Black is affraid of a4-a5 and b4 pawn becomes too weak.} 16. Nd2 Nc5 17.
Bxc5 dxc5 18. Bb5 $1 {Fine move! The worst white piece is the Bishop, and
Petrosian wants to exchange it! Black is unable to hinder.} Bb7 19. Ne2 Ne8 20.
Bxe8 $1 Rxe8 21. Nc4 {Interesting moment. Of course, Petrosian could win
c-pawn without great troubles but it wasn't necessary, and he didn't want to
give for the opponent even a weak conter-play. The main problem for black is
undefensible white squares. Of course, he has the white-squares Bishop but
it's alone, and can't protect all.} Ba6 22. Qb3 Qf6 23. Rc1 Bf8 24. Ng3 Bc8 25.
O-O $18 Rd8 26. Kg2 Ra7 27. Rf2 Kh7 28. Rfc2 Qa6 {Actually, it is a blunder.
But passive defence is hopeless too. The easiast plan for white would be to
take c-pawn away and to encroach by open file.} 29. Nxe5 Rc7 30. Nc4 Bg7 31.
Qd3 Kg8 32. Rd2 Re7 33. e5 $1 {The simplest. Petrosian changes the Queens and
takes all the weak pawns away.} Bxe5 34. Nxe5 Rxe5 35. Qxa6 Bxa6 36. Rxc5 Bc8
37. Rxa5 f5 38. gxf5 Bxf5 39. Nxf5 Rxf5 40. Rb5 Rdf8 41. d6 Rxb5 42. axb5 Kf7
43. d7 1-0

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1919.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Winter, William"]
[Black "Capablanca, Jose Raul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C49"]
[Annotator "Sokolov,A"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1919.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.12.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Bd6 8.
Bg5 $6 {The idea of this move isn't clear for me. Perhaps, white wants to
exchange his bishop?} (8. h3 $142) 8... h6 9. Bh4 c5 {Capablanca prevents
d3-d4. And now white bishop is in the danger! Too early is} (9... g5 $6 10. Bg3
(10. Nxg5 $2 hxg5 11. Bxg5 Be7 $19) 10... Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qe2 {and Knight
goes on f5}) 10. Nd5 $2 {Mistake. It was necessary to open the road for Bishop
(10.Nd2 and then anywhere f2-f3)} g5 $1 {Here it is! The Bishop is going to be
intercepted from the game with the own and opponents pawns!} 11. Nxf6+ (11.
Nxg5 Nxd5 $1 $19 {Losses the piece}) (11. Bg3 Nxd5 12. exd5 Bg4 {follows for
almost the same situation like in the game.}) 11... Qxf6 12. Bg3 Bg4 $1 13. h3
Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Qxf3 15. gxf3 $17 {Diagram # And now, let see, what a Bishop is
the white one! Blacks "e" and "g" pawns distrubs him to play but own f2 pawn
makes impossible its returning trough own camp} f6 16. Kg2 a5 $5 {Speaking
about the Bishops, the black bishop has to be the bad one, because almost all
his pawns stays "incorrect". But white has no chance to prevent the opening of
Q-side, and then Black Bishop begins to play but white Bishop will remain in
his cage untill the game's final!} 17. a4 Kf7 18. Rh1 Ke6 {Capablanca follows
his own advise - in the endgame first thing is to centralize the King!} 19. h4
Rfb8 $1 {Of course! The Kingside has no meaning. All will be decided on the
opposide side!} 20. hxg5 hxg5 21. b3 c6 {Not to hurry! Mistake is immediately}
(21... b5 $2 22. axb5 Rxb5 23. Ra4 Rb4 24. Rha1 $13) 22. Ra2 b5 23. Rha1 c4 $1
{The End. Bishop comes back into the game, and black will be playing with the
overbalanced forces.} 24. axb5 (24. dxc4 bxc4 25. bxc4 Rb4 $19) 24... cxb3 25.
cxb3 (25. Rxa5 $2 Rxa5 26. Rxa5 b2 $19) 25... Rxb5 26. Ra4 Rxb3 27. d4 Rb5 $1
28. Rc4 Rb4 29. Rxc6 Rxd4 {And white resigned.} 0-1

[Event "Moscow Wch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1985.10.24"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "Sokolov,A"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1985.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.12.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 Ne4 5. Qc2 f5 6. g3 Nc6 $6 {Untoward
Novelty. And the first step into the wrong direction.} 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O Bxc3
9. bxc3 Na5 $6 {Seems quite good - Black begins his pressure on c4-pawn. But
Knight on a5 stays not very pleasant!} 10. c5 d6 (10... b6 11. c4 $1 Ba6 12.
Nd2 Nxd2 13. Bxd2 Nxc4 14. Bb4 $1 $16 (14. Bxa8 $143 Qxa8 $44) 14... Rb8 15.
cxb6 axb6 16. Bxf8 Qxf8 17. d5 $16 {Kasparov}) 11. c4 $1 (11. cxd6 $6 cxd6 12.
c4 Bd7 $132) 11... b6 (11... dxc5 $5 12. Rd1 $44) 12. Bd2 $1 Nxd2 (12... dxc5
13. Bxa5 bxa5 14. Rfd1 $16) 13. Nxd2 d5 ({The alternative} 13... Bb7 14. Bxb7
Nxb7 15. c6 Na5 16. d5 {Leaves the Knight out of game as well.}) 14. cxd5 exd5
15. e3 {It's time to evaluate the position. Sure, it's much better for white -
better pawns structure, strong e5-square for his Knight, eventual pressure on
the Queen-side. But the main thing, making the black's position very difficult,
is his Knight, which is far away from the game.} Be6 16. Qc3 $1 {Profilactic
move. Now black is unable to play b5 and Knight goes on c4} Rf7 17. Rfc1 Rb8
18. Rab1 Re7 19. a4 Bf7 $6 20. Bf1 h6 {Already necessary. The threat was 21.
Nf3 Nc4 22.Ng5!} 21. Bd3 {White is waiting for the moment to move his Knight
on e5. But it's not easy, while his knight has to protect c4-point.} Qd7 22.
Qc2 Be6 23. Bb5 Qd8 24. Rd1 g5 $6 {Almost mistake. Karpov weakens his Kingside,
hoping for counter-play. But it is too difficult be awaiting without any
counter-chance.} (24... g6 $142 $16) 25. Nf3 $1 {Here is the right moment!} Rg7
(25... Nc4 {is impossible-} 26. Bxc4 dxc4 27. d5 $1 $18) 26. Ne5 {I think, the
game is already determined!} f4 $6 {Once again - black's best chance was to
wait without pawns' moves. But in coming up time trouble Karpov tried to find
his chance...} 27. Bf1 $1 {The best point for the Bishop is g2} Qf6 28. Bg2 Rd8
29. e4 $1 {Kasparov opens the center - like it's recommended - the best answer
for the flang's attack is the centralstrategy!} dxe4 30. Bxe4 {And now, the
Black Knight has even no hope for returning into the game. White plays like
with an extra piece!} Re7 31. Qc3 Bd5 32. Re1 Kg7 33. Ng4 $1 {Beginning the
final attack} Qf7 34. Bxd5 Rxd5 35. Rxe7 Qxe7 36. Re1 Qd8 37. Ne5 Qf6 38. cxb6
$1 Qxb6 39. gxf4 $1 {With his last two moves Kasparov opened pair of files for
attack. The end is very close.} Rxd4 {The blunder in the time-trouble. But it
has no meaning for the game's result.} (39... gxf4 40. Qf3 Qe6 41. Kh1 $1 Rxd4
42. Qg2+ $18) 40. Nf3 Nb3 41. Rb1 Qf6 42. Qxc7+ 1-0

[Event "Jurmala"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anapolsky, Sergey"]
[Black "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A21"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[Annotator "Sokolov,A"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.12.??"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 e5 3. Nc3 exd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qd2 Nf6 6. b3 Be6 7. e4 a5 8. Bb2
a4 9. Rd1 axb3 10. axb3 Nd7 $5 (10... g6 11. Bd3 Bg7 12. Nge2 O-O 13. O-O Nd7
14. Nd5 Bxd5 $2 (14... Ra2 $1 $13) 15. cxd5 $14 {Lautier,J-Piasetski,L Manila
izt 1990 CBM/19 49/27}) 11. Nge2 Nc5 12. Nc1 Be7 13. Be2 Bf6 14. O-O O-O 15. f3
Nd4 16. Nd5 Nxe2+ 17. Qxe2 Bxb2 18. Qxb2 c6 $6 19. Nf4 Qb6 20. Qd4 Ra6 $5 21.
Kh1 Rd8 $6 (21... Nxb3 $5) 22. e5 $14 d5 23. cxd5 Bxd5 $5 {Of course, this
move allows very strong attack (without sacrifases) but 24...cd5 is simple
bore...} 24. Nh5 $1 $40 Ne6 25. Qg4 Kh8 26. f4 {Position seams almost critical
for Black. hard to believe that white's attack could be stop. Only positive
moment for Black - all his pieces staygoodenough} Qb4 $1 {Best defence. Queen
goes on f8.} 27. Qg3 $6 {Actually, losses time. Nd3 seems better} (27. Nd3 $5
Qe7 (27... Qe4 $2 28. Nc5 $1) (27... Qf8 28. f5) 28. f5 g6 $5 {Not a human
move.} (28... Qg5 29. Qxg5 Nxg5 30. Nb4 Rb6 31. Nxd5 cxd5 (31... Rxd5 32. Nf4
Rxd1 33. Rxd1 h6 34. e6 $1 $18) 32. Rf4 $1 $16) 29. Nf6 (29. fxe6 gxh5 30. Qb4
Qxe6 31. Nc5 Qg6 32. Rxd5 cxd5 33. Nxa6 bxa6 $44) 29... Bxb3 30. fxe6 Bxd1 31.
Rxd1 fxe6 32. h4 $36) 27... Qf8 28. f5 Nc5 29. e6 (29. f6 $142 $40) 29... Ne4
30. Qh4 (30. Qc7 $5 Rc8 31. Qxb7 Nc5 32. f6 (32. Qb4 Nxe6 33. Qc3 Nc5 34. f6 g6
35. Nf4 Ne4 $14) 32... g6 33. e7 Nxb7 (33... Qg8 $4 34. Qxc8 Qxc8 35. Ng7) 34.
exf8=Q+ Rxf8 35. Nf4 $14) 30... fxe6 (30... Re8 $142 $5 {But who can be so
calm in the time trouble?}) 31. fxe6 Qg8 32. Rf7 $2 (32. Rd4 Rf8 33. Nf4 $2 g5
$1 34. Ng6+ Qxg6 35. Rxf8+ Kg7 36. Qxe4 Bxe4 37. e7 Ra1 $19) (32. Rde1 $142 Re8
33. Rxe4 Bxe4 34. Qxe4 Rxe6 35. Qg4 Ra8 $16) 32... g5 $1 {Do not play where
you're weaker! But here's an exception. White attacking pieces run away.Of
course, king's position became unsafe but what to do?} 33. Qe1 Bxe6 34. Rf1 (
34. Rxd8 Qxd8 35. Rxb7 Ra1 36. Rxh7+ $1 Kxh7 37. Qxe4+ Kh6 38. Qxe6+ Kxh5 39.
g4+ $1 Kh4 40. Qe1+ Kxg4 41. Qe4+ $11) 34... Bd5 $8 35. Qe3 $138 (35. Rd4 $1
Qg6 36. Rxe4 Qxh5 37. Qc3+ Kg8 38. Re7 Bf7 (38... Qh6 $1 39. Rf6 (39. Rxb7 Raa8
$11) (39. Kg1 g4) 39... Rf8 40. Re8 Qxf6 41. Qxf6 Rxe8 42. Qxg5+ $11) 39. Nd3
$3 Ra2 40. Rfxf7 Qxf7 41. Rxf7 Kxf7) 35... Qg6 36. Qd4+ Kg8 37. Qxe4 Qxh5 38.
Qc2 (38. Qe7 Rda8 39. Rd2 (39. Qxb7 $2 Bxg2+ $1 40. Kxg2 Ra2+)) 38... Raa8 39.
Nd3 Rf8 40. Ne5 Rae8 $1 41. Nd7 $2 Rxf1+ 42. Rxf1 Qf7 $1 0-1

[Event "Montreal CA ch playoff active"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lesiege, Alexandre"]
[Black "Spraggett, Kevin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A86"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[PlyCount "216"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.12.??"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nh3 Nc6 7. O-O d6 8. Nf4
Bd7 9. d5 Ne5 10. b3 c5 11. Bb2 a6 12. Ne6 Bxe6 13. dxe6 Rb8 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15.
Bxd5 b5 16. cxb5 axb5 17. a4 bxa4 18. Rxa4 Nf3+ 19. exf3 Bxb2 20. Kg2 Bf6 21.
h4 Rb4 22. Rxb4 cxb4 23. h5 g5 24. Qd2 Qb6 25. Rc1 h6 26. Rc4 Bc3 27. Qd3 Qa5
28. g4 Kg7 29. gxf5 Bf6 30. f4 Rb8 31. fxg5 hxg5 32. h6+ Kh7 33. Qf3 Rg8 34.
Qe4 Rb8 35. Bb7 Kh8 36. Qf3 Qb6 37. Bc8 Qb5 38. h7 Qe5 39. Rc1 Qf4 40. Qxf4
gxf4 41. Kf3 Kxh7 42. Kxf4 Rb5 43. Bd7 Re5 44. Rc4 Re2 45. Rxb4 Rxf2+ 46. Ke4
Be5 47. Rb8 Rf4+ 48. Kd5 Rxf5 49. b4 Rf4 50. b5 Rd4+ 51. Kc6 Rc4+ 52. Kb7 d5
53. Rf8 Bd6 54. Bc6 d4 55. Rd8 Bc5 56. Kc7 Kg7 57. Rd5 Kf6 58. b6 Bxb6+ 59.
Kxb6 Kxe6 60. Kb5 Rc1 61. Rxd4 Kf5 62. Bd7+ Ke5 63. Rd2 Kf4 64. Be6 Re1 65. Bc4
e5 66. Kc5 e4 67. Kd4 e3 68. Ra2 Rd1+ 69. Bd3 Kf3 70. Re2 Kf4 71. Rxe3 Ra1 72.
Re8 Ra4+ 73. Bc4 Kg5 74. Rg8+ Kf6 75. Rf8+ Kg7 76. Rf2 Kg6 77. Kd5 Ra5+ 78. Ke6
Kg5 79. Bd5 Kg4 80. Ke5 Kg3 81. Rg2+ Kh3 82. Rg7 Kh4 83. Rg1 Kh5 84. Rg2 Kh6
85. Ke6 Kh5 86. Rg8 Kh4 87. Ke5 Kh5 88. Ke4 Kh4 89. Rg6 Kh5 90. Bf7 Ra4+ 91.
Kf3 Ra3+ 92. Kg2 Ra2+ 93. Kh3 Ra7 94. Be8 Ra8 95. Re6+ Kg5 96. Kg3 Ra3+ 97. Kf2
Kf4 98. Rb6 Ke5 99. Bg6 Rc3 100. Ke2 Rg3 101. Bd3 Rh3 102. Kd2 Rh4 103. Rb5+
Kd6 104. Ke3 Kc6 105. Rg5 Kb6 106. Be4 Ka6 107. Kd4 Kb6 108. Rg6+ Kc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal CA ch playoff active"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Spraggett, Kevin"]
[Black "Lesiege, Alexandre"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.12.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. f4
O-O 9. a4 Nc6 10. Be3 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bd3 Bd7 13. Qe1 Nb4 14. a5 Bc6 15.
Qg3 Bf8 16. Nf3 Nd7 17. Bd4 f6 18. Bg1 Nc5 19. Nd4 Nbxd3 20. cxd3 e5 21. Nf5
Ne6 22. fxe5 dxe5 23. Ne3 Nf4 24. Nc4 Bb4 25. Bb6 Qd7 26. Rad1 Qe6 27. Na2 Bf8
28. b3 f5 29. Nc3 Bb4 30. Na2 Bf8 31. Nc3 Bb4 32. Na2 Bf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Brantford CA ch playoff"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.09.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lesiege, Alexandre"]
[Black "Spraggett, Kevin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Annotator "Hergott,D"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.12.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. a3 Nc6 11. Bd3 Qe7 12. O-O Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3
Rad8 15. Rac1 Bd6 16. Bb5 Bxf4 17. Qxf4 Ne5 18. Rfd1 a6 19. Be2 Rd6 20. Rc5
Rfd8 21. Qf5 g6 22. Qf4 R6d7 23. b4 f6 24. h4 h5 25. g3 Kg7 26. Kg2 Qe6 27. Bf3
Kh7 28. Qd4 Nc6 29. Qd3 Ne5 30. Qc2 Kg7 31. Rd4 Nc6 32. Rf4 Ne5 33. Qc3 Rd6 34.
Rc7+ R6d7 35. Rd4 Nxf3 36. Kxf3 Rxc7 37. Qxc7+ Rd7 38. Qc2 Kf7 39. Kg2 f5 40.
Qc5 Kg7 41. Qc8 Qe7 42. Qc3 Kh7 43. Qc5 Qe6 44. a4 Kg7 45. b5 axb5 46. axb5 Kf7
47. Ra4 Qe7 48. Qc3 Qf6 49. Qb4 Qe7 50. Qf4 Qd6 51. Qh6 Qf8 52. Qxf8+ Kxf8 53.
Kf3 Ke7 54. Kf4 Kd6 55. Kg5 Kc5 56. Kxg6 Kxb5 57. Rd4 Kc5 58. Kxh5 b5 59. Kg6
b4 60. h5 b3 61. h6 Rd8 62. h7 b2 63. Rd1 Kc4 64. Kxf5 Kc3 65. g4 Kc2 66. Rh1
Rh8 67. Kg6 1-0

[Event "Brantford CA ch playoff"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.09.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Spraggett, Kevin"]
[Black "Lesiege, Alexandre"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[Annotator "Hergott,D"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.12.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxd5 6. Nf3 e6 7. Bc4 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. d4 Nc6 10. Re1 a6 11. a4 Ncb4 12. Ne5 b6 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Bb3 Be6
15. Bd2 Rc8 16. Bc3 Nc6 17. Nxc6 Rxc6 18. Qd3 a5 19. Re3 Bf6 20. Rae1 g6 21.
Qb5 Rd6 22. g3 Qd7 23. Qxd7 Bxd7 24. h4 h5 25. Kg2 Rc8 26. f3 Kf8 27. Rd1 Re6
28. Rxe6 Bxe6 29. Re1 Rd8 30. Kf2 Ke7 31. Rd1 Kd6 32. Rd3 Bf5 33. Rd1 Re8 34.
Re1 Rxe1 35. Kxe1 Bg7 36. Ke2 Bc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Brantford CA ch playoff"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.09.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lesiege, Alexandre"]
[Black "Spraggett, Kevin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E58"]
[Annotator "Hergott,D"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.12.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 Qc7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Nh4 Qa5 12. Bd2 Ne4 13. Be1 c4 14. Bc2 Qd8
15. g3 Bh3 16. Ng2 f5 17. f3 Nd6 18. Bd2 Qd7 19. Kh1 Rae8 20. Rg1 Bxg2+ 21.
Rxg2 Re6 22. Qg1 g6 23. Rf1 Ref6 24. Bd1 Na5 25. g4 fxg4 26. Rxg4 Nb3 27. Be1
Nc1 28. Bh4 Re6 29. e4 Nd3 30. exd5 Ree8 31. Rxg6+ hxg6 32. Qxg6+ Kh8 33. Rg1
Nf5 34. Qh5+ 1-0

[Event "Moscow ch tt"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1998.02.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Jiganchine, Roman"]
[Black "Baryshev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Jiganchine,R"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1r3rk1/p4p2/3p3p/3PbPp1/1p1p2P1/7P/PPPR2B1/R5K1 w - - 0 28"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.12.??"]

{When people talk about endgames they are often not sure what exactly is meant
by this term. Sometimes any position without queens is called an endgame. A
more sophisticated approach is to look at the role of kings. If the king can
play an active role in the game without serious risk, usually this is called
an endgame. And yet there are exceptions to this definition. To clarify the
terminology, a famous coach M. Dvoretsky introduced the concept of 'simple
positions', where one of the type of pieces is absent - either rooks, queens
or minor pieces. Understanding simple positions is often more important than
knowing precise theoretical positions. The most common type of simple
positions is rook+minor piece vs. rook+minor piece. I would like to mainly
deal with one type of such positions, where each side has a rook + bishop,
with the bishops of opposite colours. We will also need to explore the endings
with only bishops of opposite colours.  Here I naively expected either a draw
offer, or a simplification of the position. In fact, Black has some advantage:
his rooks have open files against my pawns; his bishop is more active than
mine.} 28. Rb1 Rfc8 29. Be4 Rc5 30. Ra1 Ra5 31. a4 {?} bxa3 32. Rxa3 Rxa3 33.
bxa3 Rb1+ 34. Kg2 Ra1 35. Rd3 Ra2 36. Rb3 a5 {I failed to find any plan, and
allowed my opponent to invade with his rook. My pieces are so uncoordinated
that I cannot save a pawn.} 37. Rb8+ Kg7 38. Rb3 a4 39. Rf3 Bf4 40. h4 f6 41.
hxg5 hxg5 42. Rf1 Rxa3 43. Bd3 Rc3 44. Ra1 a3 45. Kf3 Kf7 46. Ke2 Ke7 47. Kf3
Kd8 48. Ke2 Kc7 49. Kd1 Kb6 50. Rb1+ Ka5 51. Rb8 Rc5 52. Ra8+ Kb4 53. Rb8+ Ka4
54. c4 ({Trading off rooks cannot save White: the 'a' pawn would cost me a
bishop.} 54. Ra8+ Ra5 55. Rxa5+ Kxa5 56. Bc4 Kb4 57. Ba2 Kc3 $19) 54... dxc3
55. Bc2+ Ka5 56. Ra8+ Kb6 57. Rxa3 Rxd5+ 58. Ke1 Bd2+ 59. Kf1 Rb5 {?? Just as
I was considering timely resignation, here comes the amnesty.} ({after} 59...
Re5 60. Ra8 Re1+ 61. Kf2 Rc1 62. Bb3 Bf4 63. Rf8 Be5 {White's counterplay
against f6 is eliminated, and Black can start invading with his king.}) 60. Rb3
{! Of course! After the exchange of rooks I can block the Black pawns.} Rxb3
61. Bxb3 Kc5 62. Ke2 Kd4 63. Bc2 d5 64. Bd3 Ke5 65. Kf3 {Ke5-f4 was threatened;
Black's only hope is to win my g4 pawn, but this is impossible.} Bf4 66. Bb1
Kd4 67. Ke2 {White established a fortress.} Kc4 68. Bc2 Kb4 69. Kd3 Be5 {Black
tried to win for another 30 moves, as I was low on time, but finally my claim
for a draw was accepted. A very instructive game. I remember being surprised
twice: 1) when my opponent did not offer me a draw and then outplayed me. 2)
when he allowed me to trade off rooks and then still thought he had a win. 
Everybody has heard that endgames with bishops of opposite colours are drawish,
because it is very often possible to set up a blockade on the squares of
colour of one's own bishop. Then even a 2 or 3 pawn advantage can be
insufficient for a win, just as in my game against Baryshev. Positional
subtleties are usually more important than material. A defending side can
sacrifice a pawn to set up a blockade or a fortress; a stronger side can
sacrifice material to create a passed pawn or to get access to the opponent's
weakness. Here are some theoretical positions:} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow SU ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1969.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Stein, Leonid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Jiganchine,R"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/pp3k2/2p3p1/P6p/1P2P2P/2B2PK1/6P1/3b4 w - - 0 37"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "1969.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.12.??"]

{Let's look at some typical ideas: 1) The strength of connected pawns 2)
Distant passed pawns 3) Pawn weaknesses 4) Active king 5) Rule of one diagonal
} 37. Bd4 {! Now White effectively has two extra pawns on the kingside.} a6 38.
Kf4 Ke6 39. Kg5 Kf7 40. Kf4 Ke6 41. Bb6 Bb3 42. g4 hxg4 43. Kxg4 {!} Bd1 44.
Kf4 Kf7 45. Bd4 Kf8 46. Ke3 Kf7 47. Be5 Ke6 48. Bg3 Kf6 {Black makes things
harder for White by attacking the f3 pawn.} 49. Bf4 Ke6 50. h5 {!!} gxh5 51.
Bg3 {White's plan now is very simple: f3-f4-f5, Kf4, Bh4, etc. Despite even
material Black is helpless against the advance of the White pawns; sacrificing
the bishop (as in theoretical position #3) would not work of course, as White
has queenside pawns left.} 1-0

[Event "Vancouver BC ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.04.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Berry, Jonathan"]
[Black "Yoos, Jack"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2272"]
[BlackElo "2371"]
[Annotator "Jiganchine,R"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4r3/1pp2pk1/p5p1/Pb6/1P1RP1PB/2P4P/6P1/7K b - - 0 42"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.12.??"]

{The following positions have rooks on the board in the beginning. With rooks
it is often hard to give a definitive evaluation of a position, one can just
talk about winning or drawing chances. But it is very important to correctly
evaluate the simplified pure ending with bishops of opposite colours, in order
to make a right decision at the critical moment.  White's up two pawns, so he
is probably winning.} 42... Bc6 43. Bd8 {!} Bxe4 44. Bxc7 Bc6 45. g5 {!? White
intends to play Bc7-d8-f6, and Rh4. Black's response seems to be forced...} f5
{But is it? ?} (45... Re1+ {! ?} 46. Kh2 Re2 {!} 47. Rg4 Kf8 {was certainly
better. White is tied up to defence of g2, and Black can has good drawing
chances.}) 46. gxf6+ Kxf6 47. Rf4+ Kg7 48. Bb6 Re2 49. Rf2 {! note that White
did not have this option if Black activated the rook on move 45. Also now that
the double g5 pawn is traded off, the endgame without rooks is easier to win
for White.} Re1+ {both players correctly evaluated the position without rooks
as winning for White.} 50. Kh2 Be4 51. Bd4+ Kg8 52. Kg3 Bd3 53. Kh4 Re7 54. Kg5
Rf7 {Otherwise Rf2-f6xg6 was going to be unpleasant.} 55. Rxf7 Kxf7 56. g4 Bc2
57. h4 Bd3 58. h5 gxh5 59. gxh5 Ke6 60. h6 Bh7 61. c4 Bd3 (61... Kf7 62. b5 Bd3
(62... Kg8 63. c5 Be4 64. c6) 63. c5 Kg8 64. c6) 62. c5 Kf7 {Black seems to
have blocked everything, but White has prepared a breakthrough.} (62... Be4 63.
b5) 63. b5 {!} axb5 (63... Be4 64. c6) 64. c6 {!} bxc6 65. a6 c5 66. a7 {Z0} ({
Be4} 66. h7) 1-0

[Event "Moscow SU ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Jiganchine,R"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r2r2k1/p2q2pp/1p3p2/3p1b2/1B1Q1P2/1PR1P3/P5PP/3R2K1 b - - 0 25"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.12.??"]

{Black's advantage is obvious: his bishop is much better than White's.} 25...
Be4 {!} 26. Qd2 Qg4 {Black exerts pressure on 'g2'; his own pawns on f6 and g7
make similar ideas by White impossible.} 27. h3 Qg6 28. Qf2 h5 29. Kh2 a5 {In
these positions, it is important for the stronger side to have its pawns on
the squares of the colour same as the opponent's bishop to limit its scope.}
30. Ba3 b5 31. Bc5 b4 32. Rcc1 Rdc8 33. Bd4 Bc2 34. Rd2 Be4 35. Rdd1 Qf5 36.
Qe2 Qg6 37. Qf2 a4 {! ?} 38. Rxc8+ Rxc8 39. bxa4 Qe8 40. Rd2 Qxa4 41. Qh4 Rc2 {
Of course, trading rooks relieves White's defensive task, but there was no
other way to win the 'a2' pawn.} 42. Rxc2 Qxc2 43. Qg3 Qxa2 44. Bxf6 Qxg2+ {!}
45. Qxg2 Bxg2 46. Bd4 Be4 {Black won a pawn, but the position is very likely
drawn. With great ingenuity Botvinnik confuses his opponent and pulls out a
study-like win.} 47. Kg3 Kf7 48. h4 g6 49. Kf2 Ke6 50. Ke2 Kf5 51. Kd2 Kg4 52.
Bf6 {White is defending according to the general principle: the king should
block the passed pawn, while the bishop is defending his own pawns on the
other flank. But he has to be very careful as both 'h4' and 'e3' require
protection, and the 'b' pawn can be used to deflect one of defenders.} Kg3 53.
Be7 Kh3 54. Bf6 Kg4 55. Be7 Bf5 {! The bishop is being transferred to 'e6'.
Notice that in the middlegame it would have been a passive square for it, but
in the endgame the bishop is going to be very useful on the 'a2-g8' diagonal.}
56. Bf6 Kf3 57. Be7 b3 58. Kc3 Be6 59. Bc5 {?} (59. Kxb3 d4+ 60. Kc2 dxe3 61.
Kd1 Kf2 62. Bc5 Bb3+ 63. Kc1 Kf3 64. Kb2 Bd1 65. Kc1 Ba4 66. Bd6 Kg4 67. Be7
Kxf4) (59. Kd2 {!} b2 60. Kc2 Kxe3 61. Kxb2 Kxf4 62. Kc3 $10 {is given by
Botvinnik}) 59... g5 {!! Shock.} 60. fxg5 (60. hxg5 h4 61. f5 Bxf5 62. Kxb3 h3
63. Bd6 Kxe3) 60... d4+ {! The 'b' pawn must be saved. Material balance does
not matter much as Black gets two distant passers, 'b' and 'h' pawns. White
gets two passers too, but the bishop on e6 is acting according to the
principle of one diagonal! It stops both White pawns and defends his own 'b3
pawn', along the a2-g8 diagonal. If White's pawn was on a4 instead of d4, he
would not lose.} 61. exd4 Kg3 {that's why Black played 'g6-g5' - now the 'h4'
pawn cannot be protected by the bishop from e7.} 62. Ba3 Kxh4 63. Kd3 Kxg5 64.
Ke4 h4 65. Kf3 Bd5+ {Z0} () 0-1

[Event "Cappelle la Grande op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.02.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Umanskaya, Irina"]
[Black "Lesiege, Alexandre"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Jiganchine,R"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r1bR4/pp4kp/2p2pp1/8/2P1rB2/2P3P1/P4P1P/2K4R w - - 0 22"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.12.??"]

22. Rhd1 c5 ({The greedy} 22... Rxc4 {? loses a piece after} 23. Re1 {!} Kf7
24. Bd2 Ra4 25. Ree8) 23. h4 h6 24. R1d3 g5 25. hxg5 hxg5 26. Bd2 b6 27. Re3
Rxe3 28. Bxe3 {With only one pair of rooks left, the pin is not so dangerous.
The 'c4' pawn is weak, however, and later it can be a good target for Black's
bishop.} Kg6 29. Kd2 Bb7 30. Rxa8 Bxa8 31. f4 g4 32. Bf2 (32. f5+ {! ?} Kxf5
33. Bf4 {deserved attention, then the bishop would be able to protect g3 from
the whole 'b8-h2' diagonal.} Ke4 (33... Bb7 34. Kd3 Be4+ 35. Ke3 Bb1 36. Bb8 a6
37. Ba7 Bxa2 38. Bxb6 Bxc4 39. Bxc5 $10) 34. Ke2 Bb7 35. Bb8 Ba6 (35... a5 36.
Bc7 Ba6 37. Bxb6 Bxc4+ 38. Kf2) 36. Bxa7 Bxc4+ 37. Kf2 Bxa2 38. Bxb6 $10) 32...
Kf5 33. Ke3 Bg2 34. a3 Bf1 35. Be1 Bxc4 {Now White is down a pawn and the
White pawns on g3 and a3 are very weak.} 36. Bf2 Ke6 37. Ke4 f5+ 38. Ke3 Kd5
39. Kd2 Bf1 {The black king threatens to penetrate both to a3 and to g3. The
white king cannot keep the opposition because the black bishop controls
crucial squares. Thus White's fortress collapses before it was built.} 40. Ke3
(40. Kc2 Ke4 41. Kd2 Kf3 42. Be1 c4 43. Kd1 (43. a4 a5) 43... Bd3 44. Kd2 Be2
45. Kc2 Ke3 46. Kc1 Bf3 47. Kc2 Ke2) 40... Kc4 41. Kd2 Kb3 42. Be3 Kxa3 43. Kc2
Bc4 44. Bd2 Ka4 45. Kb2 Kb5 46. Be3 Kc6 47. Kc2 Kd5 48. Bd2 Ke4 49. Kc1 Kf3 50.
Be1 Ke2 0-1

[Event "Slofok EU ch U20"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shariyazdanov, Andrey"]
[Black "Ruck, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Jiganchine,R"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4r1k1/p4pbp/1p4p1/3RP3/5P2/1B6/P4KPP/8 b - - 0 30"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.12.??"]

{Now we have some sense of what to expect from pure endings with bishops of
opposite colours. With rooks on the board, things are different. In "Basic
Chess Endings" Reuben Fine noticed that with the presence of rooks, first of
all, an attack against the enemy's king is possible; secondly, it becomes
possible to attack the enemy's weak pawns. Examples 11-13 illustrate his point,
but is there anything else that is different? In fact, for the stronger side
it is not necessary to be attacking the king directly, more active and better
coordinated pieces can promise serious winning chances even if the opponent's
pawn structure is undamaged and provides relatively good shelter for the king.
We have already seen how Botvinnik (in example # 7) managed to win a pawn by
just using better placement of his heavy pieces.  White has several very
important advantages: 1) his pieces are much more active 2) as a result of
this Black's a7 and f7 can become a target 3) White has a kingside pawn
majority that he can advance, while Black's queenside majority is useless.} 
30... Bf8 31. Kf3 Ba3 32. g4 {Examples of winning such positions can be found
in the games of Keres, Boleslavsky and others. For young modern GM's this has
become just a part of their technique.} Kg7 33. Rd3 Bc5 34. Ke4 Kf8 35. f5
gxf5+ 36. gxf5 f6 37. Be6 {Typical for positions with rooks + bishops of
opposite colors: the bishop 'physically' limits the range of opponent's rook.}
fxe5 38. Kxe5 Kg7 39. f6+ Kg6 40. Rg3+ Kh5 {now the Black king may be danger.}
41. f7 Rf8 42. a4 a6 43. Rg8 Kh6 44. Kd5 a5 45. Kc6 Kh5 46. Kd7 Kh6 47. h4 Bb4
48. h5 {!} Kxh5 (48... Bc5 49. Rxf8 Bxf8 50. Ke8 Kg7 51. h6+ {! - the idea
behind advancing the 'h' pawn.}) 49. Rxf8 Bxf8 50. Ke8 Bc5 51. f8=Q Bxf8 52.
Kxf8 Kg5 53. Ke7 h5 54. Kd6 Kf6 55. Bd5 h4 56. Kc6 Ke5 57. Bh1 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Alexander, Conel Hugh"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Jiganchine,R"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3r2k1/p1p2pp1/7p/2bp4/5P2/3B3P/PPP3P1/5R1K w - - 0 21"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.12.??"]

{Even though Black is slightly better, draw seems to be the only possible
result here.} 21. g3 {White's dark squares are a bit weak on the kingside, so
he decides to spend a tempo on 'fixing the holes'.} (21. Re1 Bf2) 21... Rb8 {
! ?} 22. b3 Re8 23. Bb5 Re6 24. Rd1 c6 25. f5 {? This active move turns out to
be a serious mistake. White occupies the 'e' file, but as there are no
invasion squares, the file has little importance. However, the pawn on 'f5' is
a weakness, and limits White's own bishop.} Rd6 26. Bd3 Kf8 27. Kg2 Bb4 28. Rf1
Ke7 29. Rf2 Rd8 30. Kf3 Kd6 31. Re2 Bc3 32. Kf4 Rb8 33. h4 a5 34. Kg4 {?} (34.
a4 {!}) 34... c5 35. Kh5 a4 36. g4 Be5 37. g5 hxg5 38. hxg5 Rb4 39. Re3 Rf4 40.
c4 {?} Bd4 41. Rg3 a3 {And the 'a2' pawn falls. This game shows that superior
technique in simple positions can bring a lot of extra points to a player.} 0-1

[Event "Edmonton CA op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.07.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tootoosis, Harvey"]
[Black "Kaptsan, Aron"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Jiganchine,R"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1r4k1/4ppb1/8/3B4/P4P2/2P4P/1P6/1K1R4 b - - 0 37"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.12.??"]

37... Bxc3 38. b3 e6 39. Bc4 {White is up two pawns and should win.} Kg7 40.
Kc2 Bb4 41. Rd7 Kf6 42. f5 {?! This 'tactical' shot just helps Black.} exf5 43.
Rxf7+ Ke5 44. Kd3 {?} (44. Bd3 {!}) 44... Rh8 {Now the position becomes
unclear. Black gets his own passer, which is supported by the king, rook, and
bishop. To stop this pawn White sends his king. Seems to be a bit risky, does
not it?} 45. Rb7 Rxh3+ 46. Ke2 Bc3 47. a5 {!? White keeps finding tactical
resources...} Ke4 (47... Bxa5 48. Rb5+) 48. a6 Rh2+ 49. Kf1 f4 {? I think that
Black is playing just using his intuition in this entire endgame.} ({More
precise was} 49... Kf3 {!?} 50. Bd5+ Kg3 51. Rb8 (51. a7 {?} Rf2+ 52. Kg1 Rf4)
51... Rf2+ 52. Kg1 Bd4 53. Rg8+ Kh3 {and Black seems to be getting a draw:} 54.
Bc4 Rg2+ 55. Kf1 Rxg8 56. Bxg8 Kg3 57. Ke2 Kf4 $10) 50. Rd7 f3 51. a7 {??
Missing something very important...} ({White had some winning chances after} 
51. Bd5+ Ke3 52. Re7+ Kd3 53. Bxf3 Bd4 54. Be4+ (54. a7 {?} Rf2+ 55. Ke1 Rxf3
$17 {!}) 54... Kc3 55. Bd5 Ra2 56. Rc7+) 51... Rh1+ 52. Kf2 Be1# 0-1

[Event "Moscow SU ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Suetin, Alexey"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Jiganchine,R"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/1p2k3/p2pp1R1/3b4/P3N3/K2B4/1PP2r1b/8 b - - 0 45"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.12.??"]

{After being removed from the USSR Olympic team in 1952 ''for poor results",
the WC, Mikhail Botvinnik was anxious to win the 1952 USSR Championship, to
prove that "he could still play chess". In the final round he needed a win to
catch up with Mark Taimanov; as a result, this endgame becomes the struggle of
nerves.} 45... Bxe4 {?! with two bishops and an extra pawn Black is clearly
winning; now things become more complicated.} (45... Rf3 $17) 46. Bxe4 d5 47.
Bd3 Be5 {? !} ({Botvinnik recommends:} 47... e5 48. Rb6 e4 49. Rxb7+ Kd6 50.
Bxa6 Rxc2 $17 {in positions with rooks + bishops of opposite colours, it is
important to have a strong pawn center that would reduce the scope of
opponent's pieces, bishop in particular (note a similar idea in
Alexander-Smyslov) . Even though the material gets reduced, White's pieces are
disorganized.  For example:} 51. b4 {?!} (51. Rb6+ {!? seems to be better})
51... e3 52. Kb3 {? !} (52. a5 Rc4 {!} 53. Rb6+ Ke7 54. Bxc4 dxc4 55. Rb7+ Kf6)
52... e2 {!}) 48. Rg8 Kd7 49. b4 Bf6 50. Rg1 Rh2 {again, Botvinnik notes that
the 'e5' pawn must be pushed as soon as possible} (50... e5 {!}) 51. Kb3 Kd6
52. Rd1 Ke7 53. c4 Rb2+ 54. Ka3 dxc4 55. Bxc4 Rc2 56. Bb3 Bb2+ 57. Ka2 Rf2 58.
Bc4 a5 59. bxa5 Bc3+ 60. Kb3 Bxa5 61. Bb5 b6 {now the position has simplified
too much, and most spectators expected a draw to be the result} 62. Kc4 Kf6 63.
Kd4 Rf4+ 64. Ke3 Ke5 65. Rh1 Re4+ 66. Kd3 Rg4 67. Rh5+ Kd6 68. Rh8 Ke5 69. Rh5+
Kf4 70. Rh3 Rg8 71. Rh4+ Ke5 72. Rh5+ Kd6 73. Rh4 Rg3+ 74. Ke4 (74. Kd4 $10 {!}
) 74... Bd2 75. Bd3 {? now a small miracle happens.} Bg5 {!} 76. Rh5 Kc5 {!
White has to give up material to avoid mate. Probably inspired by such a
finish, Botvinnik went to on to win his 7th national title in the tie-break
match against Taimanov.} 0-1

[Event "Lippstadt"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Chiburdanidze, Maya"]
[Black "Hoffmann, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Jiganchine,R"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2r5/4k1bp/3p2p1/p2B1p2/3P1P2/2p1P3/P4P1P/2R3K1 w - - 0 31"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.12.??"]

{White has an advantage, as the Black bishop is in a cage of white and black
pawns. As Black tries to free up the bishop with 'g6-g5', his pawns are going
to become weak.} 31. Kg2 ({if} 31. Kf1 {!? planning Kf1-e2-d3, then} Bf6 32.
Ke2 Bh4) 31... Bf6 32. Kg3 h6 {? !} ({A much better way to activate the bishop
was:} 32... a4 {!?} 33. Rc2 {! ?} (33. a3 {?} c2 $15) 33... a3 34. Kf3 Kd7 35.
Ke2 Bd8 36. Kd3 Ba5 37. f3 Rb8 38. Bb3 $10) 33. Bb3 g5 34. Bc2 Ke6 35. Rb1
gxf4+ {?} (35... Bd8 36. Rb7 Bc7 $14) 36. Kxf4 {Notice how many 'pawn islands'
Black has.} Bg5+ 37. Kf3 Bd8 38. Rb5 d5 39. Ke2 Rc4 40. Kd3 a4 41. Rb8 Be7 42.
Rh8 {All 5 Black's weak pawns start to fall down like leaves from a tree in
fall.} f4 43. Rxh6+ Bf6 44. Rh7 a3 45. Bb3 c2 46. Bxc2 Rb4 47. Bb3 f3 48. Ra7
1-0

[Event "Vancouver BC ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Moore, Harry"]
[Black "Herder, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Jiganchine,R"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2r5/1p3k1p/2b1pp2/p3P1p1/8/6P1/P2B1P1P/4R1K1 b - - 0 33"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.12.??"]

{What else is different when one pair of rooks is on the board? A very
important idea is that the stronger side can sacrifice the exchange in order
to break through the blockade. This is very logical, as by giving up a rook
for a bishop, we eliminate the drawish factor of the position - opposite
colour bishops.  White is suffering from weakness of light squares around his
king, with potential backrank problems. This, in addition to Black's extra
pawn is more than decisive.} 33... Bd5 34. exf6 Kxf6 35. a3 a4 36. h3 (36. Rc1
{! ?} Bc4 37. f3 $17 b5 38. Ba5 Rc6 39. Rd1 Be2) 36... Rc2 37. Bb4 h5 38. Ba5
Kf5 39. Bb4 Rb2 40. Re3 {? Of course, it was necessary to prevent Rxb4. Then
Black would have to transfer his king to b3 or a2, with the idea of still
sacrificing the exchange on a3. The complex of weak light squares on the
kingside would make it very hard for the White king or rook to prevent this
invasion.} (40. Bd6 {! ?} g4 $17 (40... Be4 {?} 41. g4+) (40... Kf6 {?} 41.
Be5+)) 40... g4 41. h4 Rb1+ {! probably White missed this intermediate check.}
42. Re1 Rxb4 {!} 43. axb4 a3 {now the pawn gets to a2} 44. Kf1 Bc4+ 45. Kg2 a2
46. Rc1 b6 47. Ra1 Bd5+ 48. Kf1 Ke4 49. Ke2 Bc4+ 50. Kd2 Kf3 51. Ke1 (51. Kc3
Bd5 52. Rf1 Ke2) 51... b5 52. Rd1 {White does not let the black king to 'b2'.
Dave Herder opens the 'second front'.} e5 53. Ra1 e4 {!} 54. Rc1 Bd3 {
Threatening Bb1} 55. Ra1 Bb1 56. Kf1 e3 {Very elegant play by the BC master!}
0-1

[Event "Weilburg op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kveinys, Aloyzas"]
[Black "Bagirov, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Jiganchine,R"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2r1k3/5p2/2bBp1pp/2P5/pPpR1P2/P7/6PP/5K2 w - - 0 40"]
[PlyCount "16"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.12.??"]

40. Ke1 {! ?} (40. Rxc4 {??} Bb5) 40... Bb5 (40... Bxg2 {?} 41. b5 {is
obviously in White's favour; the blockade cannot be lifted.}) 41. g4 f6 42. Kd2
g5 43. Kc3 Rd8 {White has a positional advantage, as his pieces have more
space and are more active. Black's bishop is blocked by his own pawns, P'c4'
is weak. Thus White played the 'straightforward' ! ?} 44. Rxc4 {??} (44. fxg5 {
! was the correct version of the same idea. Here White wins:} hxg5 (44... fxg5
45. Rxc4) 45. Rxc4 Bxc4 46. Kxc4 {and the 'b' pawn is already seeing herself
at 'b8', which is so nicely covered by the bishop.} Rxd6 {? !} (46... f5 47. b5
f4 48. b6 Kd7 49. b7 f3 50. Kd3) 47. cxd6 Kd7 48. Kc5 f5 49. b5 f4 50. b6)
44... Bxc4 45. Kxc4 {and suddenly got hit by a counter blow:} Rxd6 {!} 46. cxd6
gxf4 {Despite his protected passed pawn (b4) and more active king, White
loses! The problem is that Black wins the 'd6' pawn.} 47. b5 (47. Kd3 Kd7 48.
Ke4 e5 49. Kf3 Kxd6 50. Ke4 Kc6 51. Kf3 Kd5 52. Ke2 e4 $19) 47... f3 {Now
White loses both his 'b' and 'd' pawns  Z0} ({Kd3} 47... Kd7 {Ke3  Kxd6  Kxf3}
48. Kc5 $19) 0-1

[Event "Chicago Wch U26 tt"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Black "Hebden, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Jiganchine,R"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5r2/4qpk1/1b1p3p/3BpQpP/1P2P3/2P2RP1/5PK1/8 w - - 0 43"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1983.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.12.??"]

{Black pieces are completely tied up to the defence of 'f7'. And yet it takes
a very original plan from Lev Psakhis to win this game.} 43. Kf1 Ba7 44. Ke2
Bb6 45. Kd3 Ba7 46. Kc4 Qc7+ 47. Kb3 Qe7 48. g4 Bb6 49. Kc4 Ba7 50. Kb5 {What
is the king doing?} Qe8+ 51. Bc6 Qd8 52. Kc4 Qe7 53. Qd7 {! This is the point!
After the exchange of queens the White king will support the advance of the
'b' pawn.} Qe6+ 54. Qxe6 fxe6 55. Rxf8 Kxf8 56. Kb5 Ke7 57. Ka6 Bxf2 58. c4 Kd8
59. Kb7 Be1 60. b5 Bf2 61. b6 Bd4 62. Ba4 d5 63. cxd5 exd5 64. exd5 e4 65. Kc6
Kc8 66. d6 e3 67. Bb5 Bf6 68. Ba6+ Kb8 69. Kd7 1-0

[Event "Hamilton m"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Spraggett, Kevin"]
[Black "Hartman, Brian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Jiganchine,R"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "Rb3r2/1P4kp/6p1/3B4/2P1p3/8/4KP2/8 w - - 0 49"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.12.??"]

49. Rxb8 {is the simplest} 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1998.03.04"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Jiganchine,R"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/4kpp1/3p1b2/p6P/2B5/6P1/6K1 b - - 0 47"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.12.??"]

47... Bh3 {!! An amazing move, which does not seem to make any sense. The
point is that Black's king needs to support the 'd' and 'a' pawns as soon as
possible. The bishop on e4 was on his way. By going to h3, Black attacks the
'g2' pawn, so he wins a tempo. The reason why he is not afraid to lose the
bishop, is because this bishop would not help him to advance the queenside
pawns anyways.} 48. gxh3 Kf5 49. Kf2 Ke4 50. Bxf6 d4 51. Be7 Kd3 52. Bc5 Kc4
53. Be7 Kb3 {The king comes to c2.  There is an attitude to endings with
opposite coloured bishops that 'they are all drawn'. There is certainly a good
reason for this. And yet almost all examples that I showed had a decisive
result. Partly this is because in most of them one side had a material
advantage. But some endings shown had even material in the starting position.
Therefore, in a position with rooks on too, it is often possible to outplay
your opponent. If you are playing for a win, there might also exist a
psychological effect that would help you: when seeing opposite coloured
bishops, even strong players may relax and expect that even with second rate
moves they will get their draw. Not necessarily! I hope that the readers'
thinking about types of endings will expand from "pawn endings" and "rook
endings" to more complex combinations of material. Studying ideas typical for
each type of these simple positions will lead to a better understanding of
chess} 0-1

[Event "Toronto op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Smith, Hazel"]
[Black "Miaco, Trifelino"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[Annotator "Ross,D"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.12.??"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Ng4 5. h3 Nh6 6. g4 Bg7 7. e5 O-O 8. Nf3 c6
9. Be3 b5 10. a3 f5 11. g5 Nf7 12. Qe2 a5 13. h4 Ba6 14. Qf2 e6 15. h5 d5 16.
hxg6 hxg6 17. Qh2 Nh8 18. Qh7+ Kf7 19. Nh4 Nd7 20. Be2 Rg8 21. Ng2 Nf8 22. Qh2
Ke7 23. Na2 Nf7 24. Qg3 Rh8 25. Rxh8 Bxh8 26. Nc1 Nd7 27. Nh4 Qg8 28. Nd3 Qh7
29. Kd2 Bg7 30. Rh1 Kd8 31. Bf3 Qg8 32. Nxg6 Nb6 33. b3 Bf8 34. Nxf8 Qxf8 35.
Nc5 Ke7 36. g6 1-0

[Event "Toronto"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sviridovitch, Alina"]
[Black "Beaudry, Lucas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Annotator "Ross,D"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.12.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be6 8. Qd2
h6 9. h3 Be7 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. O-O b5 12. a3 Qc7 13. Ne1 g5 14. Nd3 Qb7 15. Rad1
Nb6 16. b3 Nbd7 17. f3 Rc8 18. Nb4 Qc7 19. Ncd5 Bxd5 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. exd5 Nc5
22. Rb1 Rg8 23. g4 f5 24. c4 f4 25. Bf2 Rb8 26. Rfc1 Qd7 27. b4 Nb7 28. c5 Nd8
29. Bd3 Nf7 30. Bf5 Qb7 31. Rc2 Rd8 32. Be6 Rh8 33. Rbc1 h5 34. Qd3 Rh6 35.
Bxf7+ Kxf7 36. Qf5+ Ke8 37. cxd6 Rdxd6 38. Rc8+ Rd8 39. Rxd8+ Kxd8 40. Qxe5
hxg4 41. hxg4 Kd7 42. Bc5 Bxc5+ 43. bxc5 Kc8 44. Qe8+ 1-0

[Event "Zurich ct"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E99"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.12.??"]

{Tournament of Grandmasters in Zuerich was one of the most famous tournament
of the last century. There many famous and instructive games were played in
that event by strongest grandmasters of the past. All those games with
excellent annotations of David Bronstein you can find in his book on different
languages.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O
(7. d5 {-is another continuation here. Black knight b8 would be developed to
d7 in that case.}) 7... Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 {Knight f6 clears pass for
f-pawn. Ne8 was possible as well, but in both cases Nd7 will be moved back to
f6 after f7-f5 to attack e4 point.} 10. Be3 f5 11. f3 f4 {Black usually moves
f5-f4 after f2-f3 advance.} 12. Bf2 g5 13. Nd3 {All white pieces are directed
to prepare c4-c5 advance.} Nf6 14. c5 Ng6 15. Rc1 Rf7 {That is the way to
strengthen d6 weak point- Bg7 will be moved to f8 helping to protect d6, and
rook f7 can be transfered to g7.} 16. Rc2 Bf8 17. cxd6 cxd6 18. Qd2 g4 19. Rfc1
g3 $1 {That is the typical break over the kingside- black sacs a pawn, but
gets open files and squares for its pieces over there.} 20. hxg3 fxg3 21. Bxg3
Nh5 {Taking control over dark squares f4 and g3. Pass for black queen is also
cleared. Black is much faster in its attack, then white- on the queenside.} 22.
Bh2 $2 {Better was to keep the bishop on the diagonal g1-a7 by Bf2- now all
dark squares are incradibly weak, and black finds out how to use it
immediately.} Be7 $1 {Intending to move the bishop to g5- another piece of
black is entered to the game.} 23. Nb1 {Setting a trap.} Bd7 (23... Bg5 $2 24.
Rxc8) {Now white has to move his pieces back.} 24. Qe1 Bg5 25. Nd2 Be3+ 26. Kh1
Qg5 {Now black has 6 pieces in the attack, and the last one, rook a8, is gonna
be entered. White doesn't have enough resources to hold the defense. With the
last move, Black sets the pressure on weak points over g-file: g2 and g1.} 27.
Bf1 Raf8 28. Rd1 b5 {Preventing Nc4} 29. a4 a6 30. axb5 axb5 31. Rc7 Rg7 32.
Nb3 Nh4 {Increasing the pressure on g2.} 33. Rc2 Bh3 {Black missed an easy win,
but the move in the game keeps an advantage as well.} (33... Rxf3 $1 34. gxf3 (
34. Qe2 Ng3+ 35. Bxg3 Rxg3 {with the treat Rh3+ and Qg1x}) 34... Qg1+ $1 35.
Bxg1 Rxg1+ 36. Kh2 Nxf3#) 34. Qe2 (34. gxh3 Qg1+ 35. Bxg1 Rxg1+ 36. Kh2 Nxf3#)
34... Nxg2 {And here is the final break- logical end of this game.} 35. Bxg2
Bxg2+ 36. Qxg2 Qh4 37. Qxg7+ {Otherwise Ng3+} Kxg7 38. Rg2+ Kh8 {Black has
reached some material advantage: queen for rook and knight of black, but the
attack isn't stopped!} 39. Ne1 Nf4 40. Rg3 (40. Rg4 Qf2 {and Qf1}) 40... Bf2
41. Rg4 Qh3 42. Nd2 h5 43. Rg5 {Black resigned in view of:} (43. Rg5 Rg8 {and
mate in few moves;}) 0-1

[Event "Bauang"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Larsen, Bent"]
[Black "Torre, E."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E99"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.12.??"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. d4 Nf6 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Be3 f5 11. f3 f4 12. Bf2 g5 13. Nd3 Nf6 14. c5 Ng6 15. a4 (
15. Rc1 {-Taimanov-Najdorf;}) 15... h5 16. cxd6 cxd6 17. a5 g4 18. Nb5 g3 $1 {
Black doesn't mind to lose a7 pawn, and develops the same attack as in
previous example.} 19. Bxa7 (19. hxg3 fxg3 20. Bxg3 h4 21. Bf2 Nh5 22. Nxa7 Bd7
$1 {Not letting white to trade this important bishop. Black is ready to start
an attack over the kingside. It doesn't matter that black is down two pawns:
progress of attacks of both sides is a factor.}) 19... Nh7 $1 {There are two
ideas in this move: first af all, black prepares to move the queen to h4, in
addition black wants to move the knight to attack via g5-square.} 20. h3 Qh4 {
White kingside is closed by pawn's chain, and no pawn breaks are available,
but black gonna break it by sacrifice of the knight or bishop on h3.  Bd7 is
another threat to win a piece. Immedaite Bd7 would be replied by Bb6 and white
saves a piece.} 21. Bb6 Bxh3 22. gxh3 Qxh3 23. Rf2 {Luckily white has this
move, which prevents immediate mate.} Nh4 $1 {One more piece to the attack-
black can delay the capture of the rook.} 24. Qf1 gxf2+ 25. Nxf2 Qg3+ (25...
Nxf3+ $4 26. Bxf3 Qxf3 27. Ra3 $18) 26. Kh1 {Until this point black did
everything correct, but now black gives white a break, which was used by
Larsen at once.  There were two options for black to reach big advantage:} Rf6
$2 (26... Nxf3 27. Bxf3 Qxf3+ 28. Qg2 Qxg2+ 29. Kxg2 Rf6 {Black is up an
exchange and a pawn in this ending.}) (26... Ng5 {This move is even stronger-
then black can choose between capture on f3 with Ng5, or to continue the
attack by Rf8-f6-g6. In addition, Ng5 prevents pieces' transformation of white,
which was in the game.}) 27. Nh3 {Now white intends to play Bf2, removing
black pieces from the kingside. Black attack is stopped intercepts an
initiative.} Ng5 28. Nxg5 Qxg5 29. Nc7 Ng6 30. Qh3 {Despite of exchange up for
black, white has clear advantage because of activity of its pieces.} (30. Nxa8
$2 Qh4+ 31. Kg1 Ne7 {and Rg6. White has to give up a queen to get rid of
mating threats.}) 30... Rb8 31. Ba7 Rbf8 32. Bf2 R8f7 33. Ne6 Qh6 34. b4 $1 {
Deciding the game by creation of passed pawn on the queenside. All black
pieces are stalled off on the kingside.} Nf8 35. b5 Nxe6 36. dxe6 Rc7 (36...
Rxe6 37. Bc4) 37. a6 bxa6 38. b6 Rc2 39. e7 Re6 40. b7 Rb2 41. Bc4 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E99"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.12.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Be3 f5 11. f3 f4 12. Bf2 g5 13. b4 Nf6 14. c5 Ng6 15. cxd6
cxd6 16. Rc1 Rf7 17. a4 Bf8 {This move has couple of ideas: bishop protects
weak d6-point; bishop has cleared g7 square for the rook.} (17... h5 {was
possible move, like in the game Larsen-Torre and Taimanov-Najdorf, but Garry
chooses exacter order of moves and saves time on h7-h5 move.}) 18. a5 Bd7 $1 {
Another smart move of Garry. The point is that white will play Nb5 anyhow, and,
then, black doesn't need h5 to play g4, because e4 of white is unprotected. In
addition, after this move, black doesn't have to lose a tempo on moving bishop
out of trade after white's Nc3-b5xa7. Kasparov shows very deep understanding
of this position, which is based on experience in this opening and ideas,
which were developed by previous generation of grandmasters (see the previous
chapter).} 19. Nb5 g4 $1 (19... Bxb5 {There was to wrong to keep a7-pawn alive
by this trade, because the bishop is very important piece in attack.}) 20. Nc7
(20. Nxa7 g3 {and black breaks the kingside even without losing g-pawn.}) (20.
fxg4 Nxe4 {and black destroys white's pawn center.}) 20... g3 $1 {No one cares
about material! All is for attack.} 21. Nxa8 (21. hxg3 fxg3 22. Bxg3 Bh6 {and
Nh5 then. Black gets attack over weaken dark squares, as it was shown in above
mentioned game Taimanov-Najdorf.}) 21... Nh5 22. Kh1 (22. Bxa7 Qh4 23. h3 Bxh3
$19 {Black breaks by the same way. Bxg2 is coming, and white can not prevent
Qh2-mate.}) 22... gxf2 23. Rxf2 Ng3+ $1 {Another deep play of GK.} 24. Kg1 (24.
hxg3 fxg3 {and Qh4;}) 24... Qxa8 25. Bc4 {And again white can not capture this
knight!} (25. hxg3 fxg3 26. Rf1 Qd8 {and Qh4}) 25... a6 $1 {idea is Qa7.
Suddenly, black found another way to take control on dark squares: queen is
coming over a7-g1 diagonal, and bishop- from e7 to h4.} 26. Qd3 Qa7 27. b5 {
Otherwise black would play Bf8-e7-h4. Knight g3 is untouchable because of the
pin over the diagonal a7-g1.} axb5 28. Bxb5 {Kasparov ends this brilliant game
by tactical blow:} Nh1 $1 {And black leaves with a piece up.} 0-1

[Event "Amsterdam"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Korchnoi, Victor"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E99"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.12.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Be3 f5 11. f3 f4 12. Bf2 g5 13. a4 {Anyhow white will be
back to c4-c5 plan.} Ng6 14. Nd3 Nf6 15. c5 h5 16. h3 {Another way to stop
black's attack on the kingside.} Rf7 17. c6 (17. cxd6 {was usual plan for
white, but Kortschnoj comes with his original idea to break over the queenside.
}) 17... a5 {Now b7-b6 is a threat.} ({It was too early to play:} 17... g4 $2
18. fxg4 hxg4 19. cxb7 Bxb7 20. Bxg4) ({Evan worse for black to try to close
the queenside by:} 17... b6 $2 18. a5 Rb8 19. axb6 axb6 20. Qa4 {and Qa7.}) 18.
cxb7 Bxb7 19. b4 (19. Rc1 Bc8 $1 {and g5-g4.}) 19... Bc8 {Black is back to the
main plan- g5-g4 break.} 20. bxa5 Bh6 {Some preparation is needed- bishop
clears passes for black heavy pieces, and also it can be useful on h6-c1
diagonal.} 21. Nb4 g4 22. Nc6 $6 Qf8 23. fxg4 hxg4 24. hxg4 (24. Bxg4 Nxg4 25.
hxg4 f3 $1 $19 {Kasparov}) 24... Bg5 $1 {Now you can see the strength of Bh6
move-Qh6 and Rh7 are coming.} 25. Bf3 Qh6 26. Re1 Nh4 $1 {Primitive Rh7
allowed white to escape with the king.} (26... Rh7 27. Kf1 {and white king
gets out from the dangerous zone.}) 27. Bxh4 (27. Kf1 Nxf3 28. gxf3 Nxg4 $1 {
with the idea:} 29. fxg4 f3 {and Qh3;}) 27... Bxh4 {Bg3 is coming.} 28. g5 Qxg5
29. Re2 Ng4 30. Rb1 Bg3 {Do you remember that passive bishop on g7?  Now it's
a main attacking piece!} 31. Qd3 Qh4 (31... Qh4 32. Reb2 Ne3 $1 {and Qh2.}) 0-1

[Event "Paris Immopar"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.12.??"]

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 9. Nd2 Ne8 {This is the same as Nd7- knight will be moves back to f6
anyhow.} 10. Rb1 f5 11. b4 Nf6 12. f3 f4 13. c5 g5 14. Nc4 Ng6 15. a4 Rf7 {
Again GK leads the plan Rf7 and Bf8, which is already known us from above
mentioned games.} 16. Ba3 Bf8 17. a5 Rg7 18. b5 b6 $1 {Preventing b5-b6 break.
Ra8 will be useful after trade of a-pawns.} 19. cxd6 cxd6 20. Na2 {Moving the
knight to c6 via b4.} g4 $1 {g4-g3 is a threat now. Only way for white is to
take on g4.} 21. fxg4 Nh4 {Clearing g-file, and moving the knight closer to
the king. Again, black is much faster than white in this game.} (21... Nxe4 {
was good as well.}) 22. Rb3 (22. h3 Nxe4 {and g3-outpost will be reached by
this knight.}) 22... Nxg4 23. Bf3 bxa5 {Black is already better on both wings.
Later on, the queenside will be used by black to enter its pieces to white's
position.} 24. Qd2 a4 25. Rc3 Bd7 {White just left with the weaknesses on the
queenside.} 26. Rb1 Rc8 {Moving another piece to the game. Total domination of
black!} 27. Kh1 {And here is a time for decisive break!} Nxh2 $1 28. Kxh2 Rxc4
$1 {That is the point of previous blow.} 29. Rbc1 (29. Rxc4 Nxf3+ 30. gxf3 Qh4#
) 29... Nxf3+ 30. Rxf3 Qh4+ 31. Kg1 Rxe4 {Black is up couple of pawns.} 32. Qf2
{Endgame? No way!  Kasparov finishes the game energetically.} Qh5 33. Rc7 Re1+
$1 {Attack of black is still on!} 34. Qxe1 Qxf3 35. Qd2 Qg4 36. Nc3 f3 37. Rxa7
Qh3 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Lubomir"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.12.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Nd2 {Another possible setup for white.} a5 {It troubles white's play on
the quuenside- white has to play a3 and Rb1 to lead b4. Black rook will stay
on the open file after pawn's trade on b4.} 10. Rb1 Nd7 11. a3 f5 12. b4 Kh8 {
Black doesn't hurry up with f5-f4, waiting for white's f2-f3. The idea of Kh8
move is to follow Ne7-g8 and then to f6, keeping another knight on d7, keeping
control over c5 square.} 13. f3 f4 14. Nb3 axb4 15. axb4 g5 16. Bd2 Ng6 17. Ra1
Rxa1 18. Qxa1 Nf6 19. Qa7 g4 $1 {Time for breakthrough!} 20. fxg4 {Black ideas
are shown in the next variation:} (20. Na5 g3 21. Nxb7 Qe7 22. h3 Bxh3 $1 23.
gxh3 Qd7 $19 {with the idea:} 24. Kg2 Nh4+) 20... Nxg4 21. h3 Nh6 22. Be1 Rg8 {
Now black has semi open g-file to attack over it.} 23. Nd2 Bf6 $1 {Again this
bishop takes important role in black's attack- now it gonna be moved to h4,
trading the defender of dark squares in white's camp- Be1.} 24. Kh1 Bh4 25. Nf3
Bxe1 26. Nxe1 (26. Rxe1 Nh4 27. Rg1 Nxf3 28. Bxf3 Qh4 {following by Bxh3;})
26... Nh4 27. Rf2 (27. Qf2 Rg3 28. Nd1 Bxh3 $1 29. gxh3 Rxh3+ 30. Kg1 Qg5+ 31.
Ng2 Rg3 $19) 27... Qg5 {As you see, white didn't achieve too much on the
queenside, on other hand, all black pieces are directed to the kingside of
white, aiming on g2 and h3 points.} 28. Nf3 (28. Bf1 Bxh3 29. Ra2 Qg3 $19 {
both knights: c3 and e1 are under attack.}) 28... Nxf3 29. Bxf3 {And here
comes decisive:} Bxh3 $1 {White resigned in view of :} (29... Bxh3 30. Qxb7
Bxg2+ 31. Bxg2 (31. Rxg2 Qh4+ 32. Kg1 Qe1+ 33. Kh2 Rxg2+ 34. Kxg2 (34. Bxg2
Ng4+) 34... Qg3+ $19 {then Qxf3+ and Qxc3;}) 31... f3 $1 32. Kg1 Qc1+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Klaipeda SU ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gavrikov, Victor"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.12.??"]

{Let's see how 20 y.o. Ilia beat much more experienced grandmaster.} 1. Nf3 Nf6
2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Nd2 a5
10. a3 Nd7 11. Rb1 f5 12. b4 Kh8 {As in Kasparov-Lubojevic, Smirin doesn't
hurry up with f5-f4.} 13. Qc2 b6 {Another useful move- it will disturb white
to lead c4-c5.} 14. f3 f4 {Now that's the time!} 15. Nb3 axb4 16. axb4 g5 17.
c5 Nf6 18. Nb5 g4 19. cxd6 cxd6 20. Qc7 {Well, it looks like white is much
quicker in its play on the queenside, than black- on the kingside, but Ilia
found a way to develop an initiative.} gxf3 21. gxf3 (21. Qxd8 $2 f2+ $1 {It
doesn't let white to stable its pawn structure in the center.} 22. Rxf2 Rxd8
23. Bf3 Nfxd5 $1 {Here are consiquences of f2 move- break comes through the
centre.} 24. exd5 Bf5 {and e4 then, opening the bishop g7.}) 21... Qe8 $1 {
Avoiding trade of queens, black moves the queen to the kingside, and doesn't
care about d6 pawn at all.} 22. Kh1 {White couldn't take on d6 both ways-
black holds it on tactics.} (22. Qxd6 $2 Bh3 23. Rf2 Qg6+ 24. Kh1 Nxe4 $1) (22.
Nxd6 Qg6+ 23. Kh1 Nexd5 $1 24. exd5 Qxb1 $19) 22... Nh5 $1 {Now the point of
black is the sacrifice of knight on g3.} 23. Rb2 (23. Rf2 Ng3+ $1 {And black
develops strong attack.}) 23... Bh3 24. Re1 (24. Rg1 Ng3+ 25. hxg3 Qh5 $19 {
and rook g1 disturbs white king to escape from the h-file.}) 24... Qg6 25. Bf1
Ng3+ $1 26. hxg3 Qxg3 27. Qc3 {Only way to protect e1 and f3 at the same time.}
Rac8 28. Qd2 Bxf1 29. Rxf1 Qh3+ 30. Kg1 Bf6 {All white pieces on the queenside
are useless- the action is on the kingside.} 31. Qg2 (31. Rf2 Rg8+ 32. Rg2
Rxg2+ 33. Qxg2 Rg8 $19) (31. Qd3 Rg8+ 32. Kf2 Rxc1 $1 33. Nxc1 Qg2+ 34. Ke1
Qxb2 $19) 31... Rg8 {And black coverted its advantage to the win on 46th move.}
0-1

[Event "Ischia"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Naumkin, Igor"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.12.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Na6 7. O-O e5 8. d5
Nc5 {A little bit different setup of black, which is based on prevention of
white's play on the queenside, mainly thanks to the outposted knight c5, which
will be strengthened by a7-a5.} 9. Qc2 a5 {To remove the knight from c5
outpost, white has to play b3, then a3 and b4. On immediate a2-a3, black has
a5-a4, freezing the queenside.} 10. Bg5 h6 11. Be3 b6 {Intending to capture on
c5 with the pawn "b".} 12. Nd2 Bg4 13. f3 Bd7 {Inclusion of move Bg4 f3, lets
black to move the knight f6 to h5 and to f4 then. Without it, white would just
trade on h5.} 14. b3 Nh5 15. Rfe1 {The idea is to set free f1 square for the
bishop (after Nf4).} Bf6 $1 {Very original idea of Ilia. The idea is to trade
dark squared bishops, even giving up h6 pawn. Black bishop is usually weaker
piece, than Be3, so that's why black is ready to trade it even with the loss
of the pawn.} 16. Bxh6 {Otherwise black would play Bg5.} Bg5 $1 17. Bxg5 {In
case of Bxf8, black develops decisive attack over dark squares:} (17. Bxf8 $2
Be3+ 18. Kh1 (18. Kf1 Qh4 19. Nd1 Ng3+ $1 20. hxg3 Qh1#) 18... Ng3+ 19. hxg3
Qxf8 20. Nf1 Qh6+ 21. Nh2 Kg7 {and Rh8;}) 17... Qxg5 {Absence of h-pawn
doesn't make a sence in this middlegame, but black has reached control over
weakened  after the trade of bishops, dark squares.} 18. Nf1 f5 19. exf5 {It
was even worse for white to let black open f-file by fxe4- white doesn't
control f-file at all, and black has an outpost-f4 over there.} gxf5 20. a3 a4
$1 {Another strong move of Ilia- black breaks white pawns on the queenside, or
reaches an outpost d4 by the knight after b3-b4.} 21. b4 Nb3 22. Ra2 Rf7 23. g3
Kh8 24. Bd1 Rg8 25. Qb1 Qh4 {Black queen gets access to white's positiont
hrough the 4th rank. In addition, black prepares the sacrifice on g3.} (25...
Nd4 {According Smirin, this move lead to the big advantage of black.}) 26. Bxb3
axb3 27. Rg2 Qd4+ 28. Re3 f4 29. Ne2 Qxc4 30. gxf4 Rxg2+ 31. Kxg2 exf4 32. Re4
Qxd5 $19 {Black is up a pawn, and Ilia has reached a win on 47 move.} 0-1

[Event "Dresden zt"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Korchnoi, Victor"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.12.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Na6 {Modern
setup for black against classical variation of KI.} 8. Be3 Ng4 {In this game
Nf6 has been moved to g4 with the tempo, clearing way to f-pawn as well.} 9.
Bg5 Qe8 10. d5 f5 11. Nd2 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 Nf6 14. f3 f4 15. Bf2 {Finally
white bishop arrived to the same f2-square!} Qg6 16. Kh1 g4 {g4-g3 is a threat
now, so white has to capture g4-pawn.} 17. fxg4 Nxg4 18. Bg1 Rf7 19. Nf3 Bf6 {
Again the same idea to move the rook to g7, and to start an attack over semi
open g-file. Bf6 controls h4 square.} 20. Re1 Rg7 21. Bf1 Nc5 22. b4 (22. h3
Ne3 23. Bxe3 fxe3 24. Rxe3 a5 $1 {Strengthening an outpost c5. Black has full
compenation for the pawn: it has pair of bishops advantage, and a pressure
over the kingside.}) 22... Nd7 23. c5 Bd8 $1 {Clearing pass for the knight.
The idea of black is Nd7-f6-h5-g3.} 24. h3 Ne3 {Never back in KI!} 25. Bxe3
fxe3 26. c6 Nf6 27. cxb7 Bxb7 28. Rxe3 Nh5 {Dark square bishop of white is
absent,a dn all dark square on the kingside, especially f4 and g3, are
vulnerable.} 29. Ne2 c6 $1 {Black needs to open position to activate its
bishops. Suddenly, Bg7 found another good diagonal- a7-g1. You can compare it
with the game Piket-Kasparov, where black queen was moved to that diagonal,
and bishop came from the kingside. Now, roles were changed.} 30. g4 cxd5 $1 {
Black sacrifice a knight, completely destroying white's centre. White will be
not able to close big diagonal untill the end of the game.} 31. gxh5 Qxh5 32.
Nfg1 {With the idea Rg3;} Bh4 $1 $19 {Taking control over g3-square, and
keeping g-file open. White has an extra piece, but most of its pieces are on
the 1st rank.} (32... d4 $2 33. Rg3 Bxe4+ 34. Bg2 $18) 33. Nf3 Bf2 34. Qb3 Kh8
35. exd5 Bxe3 36. Qxe3 Bxd5 {Position of white is crushed on pieces. White
lost an exchange on th way, but the problem of the big diagonal is not solved
yet.} 37. Neg1 Rag8 38. Kh2 e4 39. Rd1 exf3 40. Rxd5 Qxd5 41. Qxh6+ Rh7 42.
Qf6+ Rgg7 {Black got rid of perpetual check and won the game in 10 moves.} 0-1

[Event "Solin"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.12.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.12.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Bg5 a6 {In this game Ilia
led uncommon plan of the break on the queenside.} 7. Qd2 Nc6 8. Nge2 Rb8 9. Rd1
{Usually black breaks white centre on d4, but this plan breaks another central
pawn.} b5 10. d5 Na5 11. cxb5 axb5 12. Nd4 b4 13. Ncb5 e5 {And another break
in the centre! One should have a feeling of those positions to play this way!}
14. Nc2 (14. dxe6 fxe6 {and black has more pawns in the cetre.}) 14... h6 {
Trap is setted!} 15. Be3 (15. Bxh6 Nxe4 $1 16. fxe4 Qh4+ {and black takes a
piece back.}) 15... b3 {White has no rest in this game!} 16. Na1 {White is
completely confused by black.  It was clearly better to play simply:} (16. Qxa5
bxc2 17. Rc1 {and black has to prove things.}) 16... Nxe4 $1 {An one more
blow! Ilia is always very creative player, but in this game he incredible!} 17.
Qxa5 {Whiet has lost control completely!} (17. fxe4 {was the only move.} Qh4+
18. g3 (18. Qf2 Qxe4) 18... Qxe4 19. Bg2 Qc4 {In both cases black has very
good compensation.}) 17... Qh4+ 18. g3 (18. Ke2 bxa2 {doesn't seem to be good
for white.}) 18... Nxg3 19. Bf2 Qh5 20. hxg3 (20. Bxg3 Qxf3 21. Rg1 Qe3+ $19)
20... Qxh1 21. Nxb3 Bh3 22. Ke2 (22. Nd2 Bxf1 23. Nxf1 Qxf3 {and white's
position looks horrible.}) 22... e4 $1 {Another attacking resource is found by
Ilia- black opens all lines and diagonals against white king.} 23. Nd2 (23.
Bxh3 Qxf3+ 24. Ke1 e3 25. Bg1 Be5 {and white is hopeless against black threats.
}) 23... exf3+ 24. Kd3 (24. Nxf3 Bg4) 24... Bf5+ $19 {Black has strong attack
in addition to material advantage- always a pleasure to attack like on these
conditions!} 25. Kc4 Qh2 26. Bd4 Bd7 27. a4 Bxb5+ 28. axb5 Bxd4 29. Kxd4 Rfe8
30. Kc3 Qxg3 31. Kc2 Qf4 32. Bd3 f2 33. Rf1 Ra8 34. Qc3 Re1 35. Qxc7 Raa1 36.
Qd8+ Kg7 37. b6 Rac1+ 38. Kb3 Qxd2 0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.04.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Radjabov, Temur"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.12.??"]

{These days Ilia Smirin takes place between 20 best players of the World,
according FIDE rating. In April of this year he won very strong round robin
16th category tournament in Dos Hermanas, which was the part of GranD Prix
SuperTournaments of FIDE. Congratulations, My Friend!} 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 9. b4 {This move
allows black to move the knight to h5, which is not possible after Nd2 or Ne1,
because of Bxh5.} Nh5 10. Re1 {Clearing f1-square for the bishop.} a5 {It
breaks white pawns on the queenside. White can not keep the structure, because,
after trade on b4, white rooks a1 is unprotected.} (10... Nf4 11. Bf1) 11. bxa5
f5 12. Nd2 Nf6 13. f3 Rxa5 14. Nb3 Ra8 15. c5 f4 16. a4 g5 17. Ba3 {Starting
to attack main weakness of black - pawn d6. But, after Nb5, black cak easily
protect it by Ne8.} Ng6 18. a5 Nh4 19. cxd6 cxd6 20. Bb4 (20. Na4 {looks good
idea for white- Nb6 is coming with the trade of Bc8.}) 20... h5 21. Nd2 {Again
Na4-b6 was possible.} g4 22. Nc4 Ra6 $1 {Covering b6-square, and protecting d6
at the same time.} 23. Kh1 (23. Nb6 $2 Rxb6) 23... Nh7 24. fxg4 Nxg2 $5 {I
have doubt about correctness of this sacrifice, but sometimes you have to take
a risk to win in chess, especially in Kings Indian!} 25. Kxg2 hxg4 {Of course,
black has a compensation for sacrificed material: f4 and g4 look very
dangerous against opened white king.} 26. Kh1 (26. Bxg4 Qg5 27. h3 Nf6) 26...
Qh4 27. Nd2 Ng5 $1 28. Rg1 (28. Bxa6 g3 29. Re2 (29. Nf1 bxa6 {/\Bc8-g4-f3;})
29... f3 {and the attack is very dangerous.}) 28... Nh3 29. Rf1 Rf6 $1 {Rook
a6 is under attack, but Ilia doesn't care about it, and enters another piece
in attack!} 30. Qe1 Qh5 31. Rc1 Rh6 32. Nd1 Ra8 33. Nf2 {Of course, the
defense of white in this game could be improved, but in practical game, it is
very difficult to defend against attack like this, while 4 pieces and 2 pawns
are in the streight attack on white king.} f3 34. Nxh3 Qxh3 35. Rf2 g3 36. Nxf3
gxf2 37. Qxf2 Rg6 {Finally, black has reached some material advantage and Ilia
has won the game on 56th move.} 0-1

[Event "cr internet ICC CFC August active"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.08.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Salinnikov, Denis"]
[Black "Seeman, Tarvo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[Annotator "Salinnikov,D Seeman,T"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.12.??"]

{Every Month, on the third Sunday, the Internet Chess Club, aka ICC (www.
chessclub.com) hosts a CFC sponsored tournament with an internet time control
of game/20 minutes per player. These events are Active rated. There are always
some titled players, and the August edition was no exception. This was the 7th
tournament in the series, and 21 prizes were awarded in various categories.
Complete details are available on the ICC, with the command: "help CFC8.01".
These events are slowly growing in popularity and status, and many thanks go
out to the Canadian Chess Federation and the Internet Chess Club for having
created this series and it's ongoing co-ordination.  CFC members may join each
tournament, free of charge, while non-CFC members also join, with a $5US entry
fee.  The final round pitted 2 International Masters on board one, in a battle
down to the limits of the time control, with close to 100 people observing the
game, and seeing IM Salinnikov administer checkmate with 7 seconds left on his
clock.  Both IM's have graciously provided an analysis of this game, seen
below, with neither having knowledge of each other's comments before posting
this article.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g3 {
[Seeman: Black has avoided the Keres attack. 6.g4 isn't any more dangerous.]}
Nf6 7. Bg2 Bd7 8. O-O Nxd4 ({Salinnikov:} 8... Be7 9. Ndb5 Qb8 10. Bf4 Ne5 11.
Bg5 a6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Nd4 {+=}) 9. Qxd4 Qc7 10. a4 $1 {[Seeman: This move
was used by Nigel Short against Lajos Portisch in Manila (ol), 1992]} a6 11. a5
Be7 12. Be3 O-O $2 {[Seeman: Better is 12...Rc8 or 12...Bc6]} 13. Qd2 {[Seeman:
N. Short - L. Portisch, continued 13.Qb4! Bc6 14.Bb6 Qb8 ( 14... Qd7 15.Rad1
d5 16.Qb3) 15.Rfe1 Rc8 16.Qb3 Nd7 17.Na4 Bd8 18.Bxd8 Rxd8 19.Red1 Qc7 20.Nb6
Nxb6 21.axb6 Qe7 22.Qb4 Kf8 23.c4 Rac8 24.Rd2 Rd7 25. Rad1 Rcd8 26.h4 with
domination for White]} Rae8 $5 {[Salinnikov: 13...Rac8 14.Bb6 Qb8 15.Rfe1 Bc6
16.Nd5! exd5 17.exd5+/-]} 14. Bb6 Qc8 15. Rfe1 {[Salinnikov: Better was15.Rfd1
Bc6 16.Bd4 Nd7 17.Ne2]} Bc6 16. Bd4 Nd7 17. Re2 {[Seeman: The direct 17.Na4
f5!? 18.exf5 Bxg2 19.Kxg2 ( or 19.fxe6 Bc6 20.exd7 Qxd7 with compensation for
the material ) 19...e5 20.Be3 Qc6 21.Kg1 Rxf5 looks good for Black]} {
[Salinnikov: ?! - 17.Na4 Qc7 18.Nb6]} Qc7 18. b3 $6 {[Salinnikov]} Bf6 19. Bxf6
Nxf6 20. Na4 d5 $1 {[Seeman: It is time to break through in the center]} 21.
exd5 {[Seeman: Also possible is 21.e5 Nd7 22.f4 f6 which leads to an unclear
position]} Bxd5 22. Bxd5 Nxd5 23. c4 Ne7 $1 {[Salinnikov: Knight going to
f5-d4-f3!]} 24. Nb6 Rd8 {[Salinnikov: Black is better here because of control
of the open d-file]} 25. Qc3 Nf5 {[Salinnikov: 25...Nd5 26.Nxd5 exd5 27.c5=]}
26. Ree1 Qc6 {[Seeman: If 26. ...Nd4 then 27.Re4]} 27. Rad1 h5 {[Seeman: This
is right way to provoke h4]} 28. h4 {[Seeman: But it is a positional mistake.
The normal reaction is 28.h3]} Nh6 29. Qe5 {[Seeman: Stronger is 29.b4 with
the idea 30.c5 and 31.Nc4]} Qf3 {[Seeman: More promising is 29. ...Ng4 with a
plan involving 30. ...f6, ...Ne5, ...Nf3+]} {[Salinnikov: 29. ...Rxd1 30.Rxd1
Qf3 31.Rd7 Qxb3 32.Rxb7]} 30. Rxd8 {[Seeman:  White might be worried about his
Knight. I expected 30. Nd7 Rfe8 31.Qe3 Qf5 32.Qg5 Qf3 33.Ne5! and it seems to
me that White has the better prospects]} Rxd8 {[Seeman: The initiative changes
hands again. Black has won the struggle for the d-file.]} 31. Qe3 Qf5 32. b4
Qh3 33. Qe4 Rd2 $2 {[Seeman: Instead, the simple 33...Ng4 34.Qg2 Qxg2+ 35.Kxg2
Rd2 would bring Black very close to victory!]} {[Salinnikov: 33. ...Ng4 34.Qg2
Qxg2+ 35.Kxg2 Rd2 36.Rb1 Rxf2+ 37.Kg1 Ra2 38.c5 with counterplay. However
black's position would still be better]} 34. Qxb7 Ng4 35. Qg2 Qxg2+ $2 {
[Seeman: And in time trouble, Black should take his last chance to play 35. ...
Nxf2 36.Qxh3 Nxh3+ 37.Kh1 Nf2 bailing out with a perpetual check]} 36. Kxg2 {
[Seeman: The game is over.]} Rxf2+ 37. Kg1 Ra2 {[Salinnikov: 37. ...Rb2 38.b5
axb5 39.a6+-]} 38. c5 g5 {[Salinnikov: 38. ...Rc2 39.Ra1! Nh2 40.b5 Nf3+ 41.
Kf1 Rd2 42.Ra3+- (42.bxa6 Nh2+ 43.Ke1 Nf3+ 44.Kf1 Nh2+ 45.Kg1 Nf3+=) ]} 39.
hxg5 Nh2 40. Re3 Ng4 41. Rc3 e5 42. c6 Ra1+ 43. Kg2 e4 44. c7 Ra2+ 45. Kf1 Ra1+
46. Ke2 Ra2+ 47. Kd1 e3 48. c8=Q+ Kg7 49. Rc2 Ra1+ 50. Ke2 Rh1 51. Nd7 Rh2+ 52.
Kd3 Rxc2 53. Qf8+ Kg6 54. Qg8+ Kf5 55. Qxf7+ Kxg5 56. Kxc2 Nf2 57. Qf4+ Kg6 58.
Ne5+ Kg7 59. Qf7+ Kh8 60. Ng6# {White's only obstacle had been the clock,
having under 1 minute to mate, when the final momentum change occured in the
game.  IM Denis Salinnikov earned $100 US for clinching sole possession of
first place with this topsy-turvy win.} 1-0

[Event "Kitchener KW active"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Knechtel, Tim"]
[Black "Allen, Graham"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E70"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.12.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Nge2 Nbd7 7. Ng3 c5 8. d5
h6 9. Be3 Kh7 10. Be2 Qa5 11. Bd2 a6 12. f4 Qc7 13. h4 e6 14. h5 exd5 15. cxd5
Kg8 16. Qc2 b5 17. hxg6 fxg6 18. e5 dxe5 19. Qxg6 exf4 20. Nf5 Ne5 21. Nxh6+
Kh8 22. Ng4+ Kg8 23. Nh6+ Kh8 24. Nf7+ Kg8 25. Rh8# 1-0

[Event "Parry Sound Fall"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Furstner, Nandor"]
[Black "Cooke, Mathew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.12.??"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. h3 b6 5. f4 g6 6. Nf3 Bb7 7. Bd3 e6 8. O-O Nbd7
9. Qe2 Qc7 10. f5 O-O-O 11. fxe6 fxe6 12. Bg5 Re8 13. b4 Bg7 14. a4 e5 15. dxe5
Nh5 16. Rfb1 Nxe5 17. Ra3 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 Rhf8 19. Qg4+ Kb8 20. Ne2 Bc8 21. Qh4
d5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kitchener Masters"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Jung, Hans"]
[Black "Allen, Graham"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Annotator "Jung,H"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.12.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Bd3 Bd7 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O
f5 9. b4 Be7 10. Na3 Nd8 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Nb5 Bxb5 13. Bxb5+ Kf8 14. c4 dxc4 15.
Rc1 c3 16. Qb3 Rc8 17. Rfd1 c2 18. Rd7 Qc3 19. Rxd8+ Bxd8 20. Qxe6 g6 21. Qe8+
Kg7 22. Nd4 1-0

[Event "Kitchener Masters"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Laughlin, Steve"]
[Black "Peredun, Andrew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B32"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.12.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 b5 8. Nd5
Nge7 9. c3 Nxd5 10. Qxd5 Qc7 11. Nc2 Be6 12. Qd1 Rd8 13. Ne3 Ne7 14. a4 d5 15.
axb5 d4 16. b6 Qxb6 17. Rxa6 Qb7 18. cxd4 Rxd4 19. Qc2 Ng6 20. Bd2 Rxd2 21.
Kxd2 Bb4+ 22. Kc1 O-O 23. Rc6 Ra8 24. b3 Ra1+ 25. Kb2 Qa7 26. Ra6 Qd4+ 0-1

[Event "Kitchener Masters"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dougherty, Michael"]
[Black "Kret, Ted"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[Annotator "Dougherty,M"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.12.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 Na6 8. Bg5 h6
9. Bh4 Qe8 10. Nd2 Bd7 11. Rb1 Nc5 12. f3 a5 13. O-O Nh5 14. Qc2 Nf4 15. Rfe1
Nxe2+ 16. Rxe2 Kh8 17. b3 Rg8 18. a3 Bf8 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4 Na6 21. Nd1 Be7
22. Bxe7 Qxe7 23. Ne3 Raf8 24. Qc3 Kh7 25. Rf1 f5 26. exf5 gxf5 27. f4 e4 28.
Nb3 c5 29. dxc6 bxc6 30. Ra1 Nc7 31. Ra7 Ne6 32. Rf2 Rf7 33. Nd4 Qf6 34. Ne2
Qd8 35. c5 Qb8 36. Ra1 dxc5 37. bxc5 Qb5 38. Rc1 Qa4 39. Ng3 Nc7 40. Qe5 Nb5
41. Nh5 Qa3 42. Rd1 Rg6 43. Nc4 Qb3 44. Rfd2 Re6 45. Rxd7 Rxe5 46. Nxe5 Kg8 47.
Nxf7 Nc3 48. Nxh6+ Kh8 49. Rd8+ Kh7 50. R1d7+ Kg6 51. Rg7+ Kxh5 52. Rg5+ 1-0

[Event "Kitchener Masters"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Allen, Graham"]
[Black "Vaingorten, Yaaqov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[Annotator "Vaingorten,Y"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.12.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. O-O c5 8. Nc3
O-O 9. a3 cxd4 10. exd4 d6 11. Bg5 Nbd7 12. Qe2 Qc7 13. Rac1 Rac8 14. d5 e5 15.
Bf5 a6 16. Ne4 Rce8 17. Nfd2 Nxe4 18. Bxe7 Rxe7 19. Nxe4 Bc8 20. Rc3 h6 21. Qg4
Kh8 22. Rg3 Rg8 23. Qh4 Ree8 24. Rc1 Nc5 25. Rxg7 Kxg7 26. Qf6+ Kf8 27. Qxh6+
Rg7 28. Qh8+ Rg8 29. Qh6+ Rg7 30. Bxc8 Nxe4 31. Qh8+ Rg8 32. Qh6+ Ke7 33. Qh4+
Nf6 0-1

