[Event "Danish Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Helsingor"]
[Date "2013.03.29"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Aagaard, Jacob"]
[Black "Hansen, Sune Berg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[Annotator "Jacob Aagaard"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. h3
Bh5 9. Be2 Bg6 10. O-O O-O 11. Be3 Bf6 12. Rc1 Re8 13. b3 a6 14. Qd2 d5 15. c5
Nc8 16. Nh2 Nc6 17. Ng4 Be7 18. Bf3 Bf8 19. Nxd5 N8e7 20. Nxe7+ Bxe7 21. d5 Na7
22. Bf4 Bf8 23. d6 cxd6 24. cxd6 Nc6 25. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Bf5 27. Ne5 Nxe5
28. Rxe5 Qd7 29. Rc5 Re8 30. Rc7 Qb5 31. Rxb7 Qc5 32. Qd5 1-0

[Event "Danish Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Helsingor"]
[Date "2013.03.29"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Pedersen, Nicolai V."]
[Black "Skytte, Rasmus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D46"]
[Annotator "Jacob Aagaard"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. b3 a6 8. a4 e5
9. cxd5 cxd5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nd4 Bb4 12. Bb2 Ne4 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. O-O Nd3
15. Nxe4 Nxb2 16. Qc2 Nxa4 17. Rxa4 Be7 18. Rd1 O-O 19. Ne6 Bxe6 20. Rxd8 Rfxd8
21. Rd4 Rdc8 22. Qd3 Rc1+ 23. Qf1 Rxf1+ 24. Kxf1 Rd8 25. Ra4 Bxb3 26. Ra1 Bc4+
27. Kg1 b5 28. h4 Bf6 29. Rxa6 h5 30. Rb6 Bd3 31. Nc5 Bc4 32. f3 Rd1+ 33. Kh2
Bxh4 34. Ne4 Bf6 35. Kg3 h4+ 36. Kf4 Kh7 37. Kf5 Be6+ 38. Kf4 Rg1 39. Rxb5 Rxg2
40. Rh5+ Kg6 41. Rc5 h3 42. Rc1 h2 43. Rh1 Bh4 44. Ke5 Bf2 45. f4 Bg1 46. Ng5
f6+ 47. Kxe6 fxg5 48. f5+ Kh6 49. e4 g4 50. e5 g3 51. f6 gxf6 52. exf6 Rf2 53.
Ke7 g2 54. f7 gxh1=Q 0-1

[Event "Danish Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Helsingor"]
[Date "2013.03.29"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Hansen, Sune Berg"]
[Black "Aagaard, Jacob"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[Annotator "Jacob Aagaard"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O d5 6. b3 d4 7. e3 e5 8. exd4
exd4 9. Re1+ Be7 10. d3 O-O 11. Bg5 Re8 12. Na3 Be6 13. Nc2 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6
15. a3 a5 16. Rb1 Rb8 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 b5 19. cxb5 Rxb5 20. bxc5 Rxc5 21.
Nd2 Be7 22. Ne4 Ra5 23. Nf6+ Bxf6 24. Bxc6 Rf8 25. Nb4 Qd6 26. Bg2 Rc5 27. Qa4
Rc3 28. Be4 Rfc8 29. Qa6 Qxa6 30. Nxa6 g6 31. Nb4 Kg7 32. Rb2 Be7 33. Reb1 Bh3
34. Na2 R3c7 35. Bg2 Bf5 36. Rd1 Rc2 37. Rxc2 Rxc2 38. Nc1 Bg4 39. f3 Be6 40.
Bf1 Ba3 41. Ne2 Bb3 42. Rb1 Ba2 43. Ra1 Bc5 44. Nf4 h5 45. Re1 Bb4 46. Re4 Bd2
47. Ng2 Bc3 48. Re7 Be6 49. Nf4 Ba2 50. Rc7 Rb2 51. Ra7 Bb1 52. Rc7 Bd2 53. Nd5
Rb5 54. Rd7 Ba2 55. Nc7 Be3+ 56. Kg2 Rb2+ 57. Kh3 Rb7 58. Ne8+ Kf8 59. Rxb7
Be6+ 60. Kg2 Kxe8 61. Rb6 h4 62. Be2 h3+ 63. Kf1 g5 64. f4 g4 65. Ke1 0-1

[Event "Danish Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Helsingor"]
[Date "2013.03.29"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Skytte, Rasmus"]
[Black "Pedersen, Nicolai V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A22"]
[Annotator "Jacob Aagaard"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. e3 Be7 7. Nge2 O-O 8.
O-O Nc6 9. d4 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. exd4 Bf6 12. d5 Nc4 13. Qb3 Nd6 14. Bf4 a6
15. Rac1 Bf5 16. Rfe1 b5 17. Bxd6 cxd6 18. Ne4 Be5 19. Re2 Rc8 20. Rec2 Rxc2
21. Qxc2 Qa5 22. b3 h6 23. Nf6+ Bxf6 24. Qxf5 Qd2 25. Rc8 Qe1+ 26. Bf1 Bd4 27.
Rxf8+ Kxf8 28. Qc8+ Ke7 29. Qc7+ Ke8 30. Qc8+ Ke7 31. Qc7+ Ke8 32. Qc8+ Ke7 33.
Qc7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Danish Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Helsingor"]
[Date "2013.03.29"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Pedersen, Nicolai V."]
[Black "Hansen, Sune Berg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[Annotator "Jacob Aagaard"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 a6 6. c5 Qc7 7. b4 Nbd7 8. Bb2 e6
9. Nh4 Bg4 10. Qc2 Be7 11. h3 Bh5 12. g4 Bg6 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Bg2 e5 15. dxe5
Nxe5 16. Ne2 a5 17. a3 Nc4 18. Bd4 axb4 19. axb4 Rxa1+ 20. Bxa1 b5 21. Nd4 O-O
22. O-O Ra8 23. Bc3 Nd7 24. e4 dxe4 25. Qxe4 Nde5 26. Nxb5 Qb8 27. Nd4 Ra3 28.
Rc1 Bf6 29. Nxc6 Nxc6 30. Bxf6 gxf6 31. Qxc4 Nxb4 32. c6 Nxc6 33. Bxc6 Rxh3 34.
Bg2 Qh2+ 35. Kf1 Ra3 36. Qc8+ Kg7 37. Qc7 Qxc7 38. Rxc7 Rd3 39. Be4 Rd4 40. f3
Rb4 41. Ke2 Ra4 42. Ke3 Rd4 1-0

[Event "Danish Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Helsingor"]
[Date "2013.03.29"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Skytte, Rasmus"]
[Black "Aagaard, Jacob"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A01"]
[Annotator "Jacob Aagaard"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 c6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bg4 5. c4 e6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O Bd6 8. d3
O-O 9. Nbd2 Qe7 10. a3 Rfe8 11. Re1 a5 12. Qc2 Qd8 13. e4 dxe4 14. dxe4 e5 15.
Nh4 Bf8 16. Ndf3 Qc7 17. Nf5 g6 18. Ne3 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Rad8 20. Bc3 Nc5 21. Rad1
Ne6 22. Ng4 Nxg4 23. Bxg4 Rxd1 24. Qxd1 Bxa3 25. Qa1 Bb4 26. Bxe5 Qe7 27. Rd1
Ng5 28. Bh8 f6 29. Bxf6 Qxe4 30. Bh8 Qe1+ 31. Kg2 Qe4+ 32. f3 Qe2+ 33. Kh1
Qxd1+ 34. Qxd1 Re1+ 35. Qxe1 Bxe1 36. Bf6 Nf7 37. Be6 Kf8 38. Kg2 Bb4 39. f4 b5
40. cxb5 cxb5 41. Bd7 a4 42. bxa4 bxa4 43. Bxa4 Be7 44. Bxe7+ Kxe7 45. Bb3 Nd6
46. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Danish Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Helsingor"]
[Date "2013.03.29"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Hansen, Sune Berg"]
[Black "Pedersen, Nicolai V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[Annotator "Jacob Aagaard"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 c5 4. e3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. O-O Bd6 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 Be6 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Qc2 Ne4 13. Nc3 Bb6 14. Nxe4
dxe4 15. Qxe4 Qd5 16. Qh4 Bf5 17. Rfd1 Qe4 18. Qg3 Bg6 19. h4 h5 20. Rac1 Rad8
21. Qe5 f6 22. Qxe4 Bxe4 23. Nd4 Rfe8 24. f3 Bd5 25. Kf2 c5 26. Nf5 c4 27. bxc4
Bxc4 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Bxf6 Rd2+ 30. Kg3 Bxa2 31. Bd4 Bxd4 32. Nxd4 a5 33. Rc8+
Kf7 34. Ra8 Rd3 35. Kf4 Bd5 36. Rxa5 Bc4 37. Ra7+ Kf6 38. Rc7 Bf7 39. Rc6+ Ke7
40. Nf5+ Kd7 41. Ra6 g6 42. Ra7+ Ke6 43. Nd4+ Kf6 44. g4 hxg4 45. fxg4 Rd2 46.
g5+ Kg7 47. Nf3 Rf2 48. Kg3 Re2 1-0

[Event "Danish Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Helsingor"]
[Date "2013.03.29"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Aagaard, Jacob"]
[Black "Skytte, Rasmus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Annotator "Jacob Aagaard"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 Nf6 4. e5 Ne4 5. c4 d5 6. exd6 cxd6 7. Bd3 Qa5+ 8.
Nbd2 Bf5 9. Qb3 O-O 10. O-O Nxd2 11. Bxd2 Qb6 12. Qxb6 axb6 13. Bxf5 gxf5 14.
Bc3 Nc6 15. Rfe1 Rfe8 16. a3 Na5 17. Bxa5 bxa5 18. Re3 e6 19. Rb3 Rec8 20. Rc1
Rc7 21. Rb5 Bf6 22. a4 Rac8 23. b3 Ra8 24. Kf1 Kf8 25. h3 Ke7 26. Ke2 f4 27.
Kd3 Rg8 28. Rg1 Ra8 29. Ke4 d5+ 30. cxd5 exd5+ 31. Kxd5 Rd8+ 32. Ke4 Rc3 33.
Rxb7+ Kf8 34. Rd1 Rc2 35. d5 Rxf2 36. Kxf4 Rxg2 37. d6 Re2 38. d7 Re7 39. Rd5
Kg7 40. Nd2 h6 41. Nc4 Bg5+ 42. Kg4 Kg6 43. Kf3 f6 44. Rd3 Kf7 45. Nxa5 1-0

[Event "Danish Championship"]
[Site "Helsingor"]
[Date "2013.03.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Andersen, Mads"]
[Black "Kristiansen, Jens"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[Annotator "Jacob Aagaard"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. Be3
Ng4 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bc1 f5 11. Bg5 Qd7 12. d5 Nd8 13. Nd2 Nf7 14. Bh4 Nf6 (14...
Nxh2 $5 15. Kxh2 g5 16. Bg3 f4 17. Bh5 Nh6 18. Kg1 fxg3 19. fxg3) 15. f3 (15.
exf5 $5 gxf5 16. Qc2) 15... Nh5 16. Bf2 Qe7 17. Re1 Nf4 18. Bf1 Ng5 19. Rc1 Bh6
(19... fxe4 20. Ncxe4 $14) 20. Kh1 (20. c5 dxc5 21. b4 cxb4 22. Nb5 fxe4 23.
Bc5 Qf6 24. Bxf8 Bxf8 25. Nxe4 Nxe4 26. fxe4 Qb6+ 27. Kh1 c6 $13) 20... Bd7 21.
Be3 $1 $14 Qg7 22. c5 Nf7 23. Nb5 $2 (23. Qb3 Rab8 24. cxd6 cxd6 25. Rc2 $16)
23... Bxb5 24. Bxb5 a6 25. Bf1 Nh5 26. Bxh6 (26. Qb3 $1 $13) 26... Qxh6 27.
cxd6 cxd6 28. Rc7 Ng5 29. Kg1 (29. Rxb7 fxe4 30. fxe4 Rf2 $1 31. Rb3 $8 (31.
Re2 Nf3 $3 32. Nxf3 Rxe2 33. Bxe2 Ng3+ 34. Kg1 Qe3#) 31... Raf8 $15) (29. exf5
Ng3+ 30. Kg1 Nxf5 31. Rxb7 Qh4 32. Ne4 $14) 29... Rf7 30. Rxf7 Nxf7 31. Nc4 (
31. exf5 gxf5 32. Nc4 $13) 31... Rc8 32. Na5 fxe4 33. fxe4 Rc7 $1 $15 34. Qd3
Qg5 35. Qe3 Nf4 36. g3 Rc2 $1 37. Qb3 (37. Qf3 Qd8 38. Nc4 Ng5 39. Qb3 Nfh3+
40. Kh1 Qf8 $3 41. Qxc2 Nf2+ 42. Kg1 Nf3+ 43. Kxf2 Nd4+ $19) (37. Nc4 Qg4 38.
Kh1 Ng5 39. Nd2 Nfh3 $17) 37... Nh3+ $1 38. Kh1 (38. Bxh3 Qd2 $19) 38... Qd2
39. Re2 Qd1 40. Qf3 (40. Kg2 Rxe2+ 41. Bxe2 Qxe2+ 42. Kxh3 Ng5+ 43. Kh4 Qh5#)
40... Nfg5 41. Qg2 Rc1 0-1

[Event "Danish Championship"]
[Site "Helsingor"]
[Date "2013.03.23"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Palo, Davor"]
[Black "Pedersen, Christian Kyndel "]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[Annotator "Jacob Aagaard"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Nfd7 $2 {A horrific
move. The knight should go to e4, but Pedersen had been surprised by his
opponent's decision to try out 5.e4 for the first time.} 7. a3 $1 {Not under
pressure, White strengthens his structure.} Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 $16 f6 {If White had
to take this, Black would maybe be ok.} 9. Nf3 $1 dxc4 $6 {Already in great
difficulties, Pedersen commits another inaccuracy.} (9... fxe5 10. Ng5 $1 {
would win material.}) 10. Bxc4 {This bishop is getting into the game in one go.
} Nb6 11. Ba2 Nc6 (11... f5 {is painful to look at, but might have been a
better chance. Now White starts a nice attack.}) 12. exf6 $1 gxf6 (12... Qxf6
13. Bb1 Qf5 14. Qe2 Qa5 15. O-O {looks like a winning attack as well.}) 13. Bh6
Rf7 14. O-O Ne7 15. Nh4 $1 {Preventing Black's only active option.} Qd6 16. f4
{With ideas of f4-f5.} c5 {With the idea of ...c4 to block the diagonal.} (
16... Nbd5 17. f5 exf5 18. c4 Nb6 19. Kh1 {also wins.}) 17. Qe2 $1 {Palo
exploits the poor position of the rook on f7. In the commentary room we ended
with 17.Kh1 with a big attack. But this is of course decisive.} (17. f5 c4 {is
bad for Black, but the game continuation is fantastic!}) 17... f5 {This does
not help, but then again, nothing does.} (17... Nbd5 18. Qg4+ Kh8 19. Qh5 {and
White wins, on account of} Kg8 20. Rf3 {and a check on g3.}) 18. Rf3 Kh8 19.
Rg3 Ned5 (19... Ng8 20. Qh5 Nxh6 21. Qxh6 {and Black is quickly mated.}) 20.
Qh5 Qe7 (20... Qd7 21. Ng6+ hxg6 22. Qxg6 {also leads to mate.}) 21. Ng6+ $1 {
Other things win as well, but this is quite cute.} hxg6 22. Bg7+ $1 1-0

[Event "Danish Championship"]
[Site "Helsingor"]
[Date "2013.03.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hansen, Sune Berg"]
[Black "Akdag, Dara"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2251"]
[Annotator "Jacob Aagaard"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O d5 5. d3 e5 6. Na3 Be7 7. e4 d4 8. Nc4
Qc7 9. a4 O-O 10. Nh4 Re8 11. f4 Nd7 12. Nf3 Bf8 13. f5 b6 14. g4 a6 15. g5 Rb8
16. b3 b5 17. Nb2 Na5 18. Bd2 c4 $5 {Dara is clearly the weakest player of the
tournament, having qualified from the B-group last year. However, he is not
here on holiday and has fought hard in the first few rounds, including
declining a draw a pawn down in round three.} 19. dxc4 bxc4 20. Bxa5 Qxa5 21.
Nxc4 Qc5 22. Kh1 {Black probably does not have full compensation.} Nb6 23. Nb2
a5 24. Nd3 Qc7 25. g6 hxg6 26. fxg6 fxg6 27. Nh4 Kh7 28. Qf3 Qd6 29. Qg3 Nd7
30. Bh3 $1 {A very nice attacking move. The threat is Nxg6!.} Bb7 31. Rae1 Nf6
32. Qxg6+ Kg8 {Black has set a nice trap, however, it is not working.} 33. Bg2
$5 {Just avoiding it, but} (33. Nf5 $1 Nxe4 $1 34. Qf7+ $3 {just wins!} (34.
Nxd6 Nf2+ 35. Kg1 Nxh3#)) 33... Qc7 34. Rxf6 1-0

[Event "Danish Championship"]
[Site "Helsingor"]
[Date "2013.03.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Pedersen, Christian Kyndel "]
[Black "Ziska, Helgi Dam "]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "2461"]
[Annotator "Jacob Aagaard"]
[PlyCount "214"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. f3 h5 10. O-O-O Be7 11. Kb1 Qc7 12. g3 b5 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Bf5 15.
Bd3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Qc4 $6 {This leads to an unpleasant endgame.} (16... Rc8 {
gives Black a decent game.}) 17. Qxc4 bxc4 18. Na5 Rc8 19. b3 cxb3 20. axb3 h4
21. c4 $14 {With the c6-square and the better pawn structure, I favour White.}
Nb8 {Awkward. Should have lead to great problems.} 22. Kc2 Bd8 23. Nb7 Bc7 24.
b4 (24. c5 $5 {was an interesting tactical trick:} dxc5 25. d6 Bb6 26. d7+ Nxd7
27. Nd6+ Ke7 28. Nxc8+ Rxc8 29. Rd5 $14) (24. g4 $1 {feels right. Black does
not have great counterplay. And after} Nd7 25. Ra1 $14 {White keeps the
pressure on the queenside.}) 24... Nd7 25. c5 dxc5 26. bxc5 Nxc5 $1 {A nice
defensive resource.} 27. Bxc5 Bb6 28. Kd3 $5 {Winning a piece, but not
necessarily the game.} ({In the commentry room FM Per Andreasen (my
co-commentator) convinced me that White is better after} 28. Nd6+ Kd7 29. Nxc8
Rxc8 30. Kd3 Rxc5 31. Ke4 {. I still think Black has good drawing chances here,
but maybe this made more sense than the game? Hard to decide without deep
analysis.}) 28... Bxc5 29. Rc1 hxg3 30. Nxc5 Rxh2 (30... gxh2 $5 31. Ke4 Ke7 {
and the White advantage is very much in doubt.}) 31. Rhg1 g2 $2 {After this
move the rook is very passive on h2.} 32. Ke3 Rh1 33. Kf2 $16 a5 34. Rc3 $1
Rxg1 35. Kxg1 Rd8 36. Rd3 Rc8 37. Nb7 Kd7 38. Nxa5 Rc2 39. d6 $2 (39. Nb7 $1 {
with the idea d6, Rd5 and Nc5 would have won. It does not help to play} Rc7 40.
Rb3) 39... Rc5 40. Nb3 Rc6 41. Kxg2 $4 (41. Rd5 $1 Rxd6 42. Rxe5 {would still
be very close to winning.}) 41... Rxd6 {Now Black draws.} 42. Nc5+ Ke7 43. Re3
Rd5 44. Nd3 f6 45. Kg3 Kf7 46. Nf2 f5 47. Ra3 g5 48. Ra6 Rd2 49. Nh3 g4 50.
fxg4 Rd3+ 51. Kh4 Rd4 52. Ng5+ Ke7 53. Re6+ Kd7 54. Rxe5 fxg4 55. Ne4 Rd1 56.
Kxg4 Rg1+ 57. Kf5 Rf1+ 58. Kg6 Rg1+ 59. Ng5 Rf1 60. Re6 Rd1 61. Re2 Rf1 62. Ne4
Rf4 63. Kg5 Rf3 64. Nc5+ Kd6 65. Ne6 Ra3 66. Kf5 Rf3+ 67. Nf4 Rf1 68. Ke4 Rd1
69. Ra2 Re1+ 70. Kd4 Rd1+ 71. Nd3 Rh1 72. Ra6+ Ke7 73. Nf2 Rh4+ 74. Ne4 Rh1 75.
Ng3 Rd1+ 76. Ke5 Re1+ 77. Ne4 Kd7 78. Rd6+ Ke7 79. Rd4 Ra1 80. Rc4 Ra5+ 81. Nc5
Ra1 82. Rc2 Rh1 83. Re2 Rh5+ 84. Kd4+ Kf7 85. Nd7 Rh4+ 86. Ke5 Rh5+ 87. Kf4 Rd5
88. Ne5+ Ke6 89. Nc4+ Kf6 90. Ke4 Rc5 91. Ne3 Re5+ 92. Kf4 Ke6 93. Ra2 Rh5 94.
Ng4 Rh1 95. Ra6+ Kd5 96. Nf6+ Kc4 97. Ke5 Re1+ 98. Ne4 Rh1 99. Rc6+ Kb5 100.
Rc2 Rh5+ 101. Kd4 Rh4 102. Rb2+ Kc6 103. Rb1 Kc7 104. Kd5 Rh5+ 105. Ke6 Rh6+
106. Nf6 Kc6 107. Rc1+ Kb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Danish Championship"]
[Site "Helsingor"]
[Date "2013.03.25"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Schandorff, Lars"]
[Black "Pedersen, Christian Kyndel "]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[Annotator "Jacob Aagaard"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. Rd1 b5 11. Be2 Qc7 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Be7 14. Qf4 $5
$146 Qxf4 15. exf4 c5 $6 (15... Bb7 {with the intention ...c5 would have
equalised. Now it goes all wrong.}) 16. dxc5 Bxc5 (16... Nxc5 17. Ne5 Re8 $1 {
was possible, but both awkward to play and hard to find. The point is that
after} (17... Bb7 $2 18. b4 $1 Ne4 19. Rd7 {White wins a piece. Black has a
bit of counterplay, but nowhere near enough.})) 17. Nd2 $1 {This creates most
possible problems for Black.} Bb6 (17... Bb7 18. Nb3 Bd5 $1) 18. Bf3 Ra7 19.
Ne4 Nf6 $2 {I do not like this simplification. Black is not doing well with an
inferior structure in a bishop ending.} (19... Rc7 20. Nd6 Rd8 {was maybe not
so bad. White is starting to be slightly preferable, but it is certainly not
critical yet.}) 20. Nxf6+ gxf6 21. Be3 Bxe3 22. fxe3 $14 {I think the engines
underestimate the extent of the White advantage.} Rc7 23. Rac1 Rxc1 24. Rxc1
Rd8 25. b4 $5 {Fixing the a6-pawn as a weakness.} (25. Rc7 $16 {was maybe a
bit more natural, but Lars likes to make things as simple as possible. Add to
this that Christian is good at calculating and fighting, but you can do
neither in a bishop ending.}) 25... e5 26. Rd1 Rxd1+ 27. Bxd1 {This ending is
unpleasant even if Houdini believes it is easy to draw.} exf4 $6 {This looks
unnecessary. Lars said there were arguments for this decision as well, but to
be honest, I do not see them.} 28. exf4 Be6 29. a3 Bd5 {With his last two
moves Black lost valuable time. I have a strong feeling that everything should
be over now.} 30. Bg4 (30. Bf3 Bxf3 31. gxf3 {draws.}) 30... Bb7 31. Kf2 Kf8
32. Bf5 $1 {Lars found a wonderful way to exploit the two weaknesses.} ({But
it is a bit more surprising that} 32. Bf3 Bxf3 33. Kxf3 f5 $1 34. Ke3 Ke7 35.
Kd4 Kd6 {holds without efforts. White has better pawns and a more advanced
king. But Black is not in zugzwang.}) 32... h6 (32... h5 33. Kg3 Kg7 34. Kh4 {
should also win. For example:} Bxg2 (34... Kh6 35. g3 {is just zugzwang}) 35.
Bc8 Kg6 36. f5+ Kh6 37. Bxa6 Bc6 38. Bc8 Be8 39. Bb7 Bd7 40. Be4 Be8 41. Bf3 {
and wins.}) 33. g4 $1 {The king comes to h5 and ties down Black.} Ke7 34. Kg3
Kf8 35. Kh4 Kg8 36. Kh5 Kg7 37. h3 {Black is in zugzwang. The rest took time
and careful checking, but in the end there was no defence.} Bf3 38. Bc8 Bc6 39.
Bxa6 Bd7 40. Bb7 Kh7 41. Bd5 Kg7 42. f5 Be8 43. Ba8 Bd7 44. Bh1 Be8 45. Bd5 Bd7
46. Kh4 Be8 47. Kg3 Kf8 48. Kf4 Ke7 49. Ke3 Kd7 50. Kd4 Kd6 51. Bf3 Bd7 52. Be4
Be8 53. Bd5 Bd7 54. Bxf7 Bc6 55. h4 Bf3 56. Be8 Bxg4 57. Bxb5 Bxf5 58. a4 Bg4
59. a5 f5 60. Bd3 f4 61. Ke4 f3 62. Ke3 Kd5 63. Be4+ Kc4 64. a6 1-0

[Event "Danish Championship"]
[Site "Helsingor"]
[Date "2013.03.25"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Palo, Davor"]
[Black "Hansen, Sune Berg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[Annotator "Jacob Aagaard"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 e6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. Nf3
Nh5 9. Be5 Nf6 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. Be5 Nf6 12. O-O O-O 13. Rc1 Nxe5 (13... Bd7 $5)
14. dxe5 Nd7 15. Qc2 g6 16. Rfd1 $14 Qa5 (16... Nb6 17. e4 Bd7 $14) 17. a3 a6
18. h4 Kg7 19. h5 Qc7 20. Qa4 $1 $16 Nc5 (20... Nxe5 21. h6+ $3 Kg8 22. Nxd5
Nxf3+ 23. gxf3 Qd6 24. Nxe7+ Qxe7 25. Qf4 e5 26. Rc7 $1 $16) 21. Qf4 Nxd3 22.
Rxd3 Bd7 $2 (22... Qb6 $16) 23. e4 $18 Rac8 (23... dxe4 24. Nxe4 Bc6 25. h6+
Kh8 26. Nf6 Rad8 27. Nd4 $18 Qb6 28. Nxc6 bxc6 29. Rd7 $1) 24. exd5 exd5 25.
Rcd1 Be6 26. Nxd5 Bxd5 27. Rxd5 Rcd8 28. Ng5 Rxd5 29. Rxd5 Qc6 30. h6+ Kg8 31.
Rd1 f6 32. Ne4 fxe5 33. Qxe5 Rf7 34. g3 Qc8 35. Qd5 Qf5 36. Qxb7 Bxa3 37. Rd8+
Bf8 38. Qa8 Qe5 39. Re8 Qd4 40. Qxa6 Qxb2 41. Qc4 Qb6 42. Qd5 1-0

[Event "Danish Championship"]
[Site "Helsingor"]
[Date "2013.03.25"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Akdag, Dara"]
[Black "Andersen, Mads"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[Annotator "Jacob Aagaard"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 g6 8. Bd3
Bg7 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Qd8 11. c5 O-O 12. Nd6 $6 (12. O-O $1) 12... Nd7 (12...
b6 $1) 13. O-O e5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Bxe5 16. Bc4 Qf6 17. Qd2 b5 18. Bb3
Bxb2 19. Rad1 $44 Be5 20. f4 Bxd6 21. Qxd6 Qxd6 22. Rxd6 Bf5 23. g4 $5 (23.
Rxc6 $11) 23... Be4 24. f5 Kg7 $2 (24... gxf5 25. gxf5 Kg7 $11) 25. Rf4 $2 (25.
f6+ $1 Kg8 26. Re1 Bd5 27. Bxd5 cxd5 28. c6 $16) 25... Rae8 (25... gxf5 26.
gxf5 Rae8 $13) 26. Rd7 $2 g5 (26... gxf5 $1 27. gxf5 Kf6 $17) 27. Rf2 $15 a5
28. a4 $2 (28. f6+ Kg8 29. Re2 Bg6 30. Ree7 a4 31. Bd1 Be4 $15) 28... bxa4 29.
Bc4 Rd8 (29... Bb1 $1 $19) 30. f6+ Kh7 31. Re7 Bd5 32. Bd3+ Kg8 33. h4 a3 34.
hxg5 a2 {White lost on time.} 0-1

[Event "Danish Championship"]
[Site "Helsingor"]
[Date "2013.03.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hansen, Sune Berg"]
[Black "Ziska, Helgi Dam "]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2461"]
[Annotator "Jacob Aagaard"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. d4 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. Nxd4
d5 9. c4 dxc4 10. Na3 $5 (10. bxc4 Qb6 11. Qb3 {is a well known line, as
advocated by Avrukh in GM Repertoire 1.}) 10... cxb3 11. Qxb3 Nc6 {In the
commentry room we liked the clarity of this move and predicted it.} 12. Rfd1 (
12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Bxc6 Be6 14. Qa4 Bd7 {and Black equalises.}) 12... Nxd4 13.
Bxd4 Qa5 14. Nc4 Qh5 15. Ne5 Qxe2 $2 (15... Ng4 16. Nxg4 Qxg4 $1 (16... Bxg4
17. Qxb7 Bxe2 18. Bxg7 Bxd1 (18... Kxg7 19. Qb2+ $16 Kg8 20. Re1 Bf3 21. Re5
Qg4 22. h3 $18) 19. Bxf8 Rxf8 20. Qxa7 $14) 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. e3 $11) 16. Re1
Qh5 17. Nxf7 $1 e6 $1 (17... Rxf7 18. Rxe7 g5 19. Rae1 Bg4 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21.
Rxf7 Qxf7 22. Bd5 $1 $18) 18. Re5 $1 g5 $5 (18... Qg4 19. f4 $1 {also wins for
White.} (19. Bb2 {was Sune's idea. White is much better even though Black
saves the queen with} a5 20. Ng5 Qb4 $16 {.})) 19. Nxg5 $2 (19. Nd6 $1 Ng4 (
19... Bd7 20. Rc1 Rad8 (20... Ng4 21. Rxe6) 21. Rc7 $18) 20. Rxe6 Bxe6 (20...
Bxd4 21. Rg6+ Kh8 22. Qg8+ Rxg8 23. Nf7#) 21. Qxe6+ Kh8 22. Bxg7+ Kxg7 23. h3 (
{In the commentary room we gave up the line after} 23. Nf5+ Rxf5 24. Qxf5 Qxh2+
25. Kf1 Ne3+ $1 $19 {and never returned. I should have trusted my intuition!})
23... Nxf2 (23... Nf6 24. Rc1 $18) 24. Qe7+ Kh8 25. Qe5+) 19... Ng4 $132 20.
Nxe6 (20. Rxe6 $1 Bxe6 21. Qxe6+ Rf7 $1 (21... Kh8 22. Bxg7+ Kxg7 23. h4 Nf6
24. Rc1) 22. Nxf7 Bxd4 23. Rb1 Bxf2+ 24. Kf1 Nxh2+ 25. Kxf2 Qxf7+ 26. Qxf7+
Kxf7 27. Rxb7+ Kf6 28. Rxh7 $14) 20... Qxh2+ 21. Kf1 Nxe5 $1 ({Sune had full
control on} 21... Bxe5 22. Nxf8+ Kxf8 23. Qb4+ Kg8 24. Bd5+ Be6 25. Bxe6+ Kh8
26. Bxe5+ Nxe5 27. Qf4 Qh1+ 28. Ke2 Qh5+ 29. f3 {and White wins.}) 22. Nxg7+ ({
On} 22. Nxf8+ {we found nothing, but Helgi saw deeper:} Nf7 $1 23. Bxg7 Bh3 24.
Bxh3 Qh1+ $1 25. Ke2 Qxh3 {with excellent compensation for the piece. The game
most likely ends in a draw after} 26. Re1 Re8+ 27. Kd2 Rxe1 28. Kxe1 Kxg7 29.
Ne6+ Kf6 30. Nf4 {and so on.}) 22... Nf7 (22... Rf7 $5 23. Ne8 $3 (23. Ne6 $2 {
was the reason we did not like this, but Black wins!} b6 $3 24. Bxa8 Ba6+ 25.
Ke1 Qg1+ 26. Kd2 Nc4+ 27. Kc2 Rxf2+ 28. Bxf2 Qxf2+ 29. Kc1 Qd2+ 30. Kb1 Na5 {
and Black wins.}) (23. Bd5 $6 Bh3+ 24. Ke1 Rd8 $1 25. Nh5 Be6 $3 (25... Rxd5
26. Qxd5 Nf3+ 27. Ke2 Nxd4+ 28. Qxd4 Bf1+ 29. Rxf1 Qxh5+ $15) 26. Bxe6 Rxd4 27.
Bxf7+ Kf8 28. Rd1 Re4+ 29. Kd2 Qxf2+ 30. Kc1 Qc5+ 31. Qc2 Qxc2+ 32. Kxc2 Kxf7
$15) 23... Bh3 (23... b6 24. Nf6+ Kg7 25. Qb5 $1 $18) 24. Nf6+ Kg7 25. Bxh3
Qxh3+ 26. Kg1 Kxf6 27. Bxe5+ Kg6 28. Rd1 Rd7 29. Qc2+ Kh6 30. Qc1+ Kg6 31. Qc2+
$11) 23. Ne6 Bxe6 24. Qxe6 Qh6 {White's compensation for the exchange is not
entirely obvious here.} 25. Qb3 (25. Qxh6 Nxh6 26. Rb1 {was maybe most
accurate.}) 25... Rad8 26. Rd1 Rd7 27. Bc3 Rxd1+ 28. Qxd1 Rd8 29. Qg4+ Qg6 30.
Qxg6+ hxg6 31. Bxb7 Nd6 32. Bd5+ $15 1/2-1/2

[Event "Danish Championship"]
[Site "Helsingor"]
[Date "2013.03.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Akdag, Dara"]
[Black "Kristiansen, Jens"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2251"]
[Annotator "Jacob Aagaard"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]

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 c6 10. Be3 Nh5 11. Nd2 Nf4 12. f3 f5 (12... Bh3 13. gxh3 Nexd5 14.
Nxd5 Qg5+ 15. Kf2 cxd5 16. Bxf4 exf4 17. Nb3 dxe4 18. fxe4 a5 19. bxa5) 13. Re1
Kh8 14. Nb3 (14. Bf1) 14... cxd5 15. cxd5 fxe4 16. fxe4 Ng8 17. Bf3 Nf6 18. Kh1
h5 19. Rc1 a6 20. Na5 $1 (20. Na4 Bg4 $13) 20... Ng4 21. Bg1 g5 22. Bxg4 $2 (
22. Na4 $1 $14) 22... Bxg4 23. Qd2 Nxg2 $1 24. Kxg2 Bf3+ 25. Kf1 Qd7 26. Re2
Qh3+ 27. Ke1 Bxe4 $2 (27... Bxe2 28. Qxe2 Bh6 29. Kd2 Rf3 $17) 28. Qe3 Bf3 29.
Kd2 (29. Ne4 Qh4+ 30. Bf2 Qxh2 $15) (29. Nxb7 Qg4 30. h3 Qxb4 31. Rb1 Qf4 32.
Qxf4 exf4 33. Rc2 $13) 29... Rf4 $1 30. Qb6 Bxe2 $2 (30... Rd4+ $1 31. Bxd4
exd4 32. Rf2 Re8 $19) 31. Nxe2 Rf3 32. Rc7 (32. Be3 $13) 32... Raf8 (32... Ra3
$1 $19) 33. Be3 Qf5 $2 (33... Qh4 $15) (33... Rf1 $1 34. Rxg7 Qh4 $3 35. Qxd6
R8f6 36. Qd7 (36. Qd8+ Kxg7) 36... Qe1+ 37. Kd3 Qb1+ 38. Kc3 Rd1 39. Rh7+ Qxh7
40. Qd8+ Kg7 41. Qe7+ Kg8 42. Qe8+ Rf8 43. Qe6+ Qf7 44. Nxb7 Rxd5 $19) 34. Nc4
Qb1 35. Nc3 Qf1 36. Ne2 $2 (36. Kc2 $1 e4 37. Rxg7 Qxc4 38. Bd4 Qd3+ 39. Kb3
Qd1+ $11) 36... e4 $2 (36... Rh3 $3 37. Rxg7 (37. Bg1 Rff3 $19) 37... Rxh2 $19)
(36... Qa1 $5 37. Nc3 e4 38. Rxg7 Rf1 39. Nxe4 Rd1+ 40. Ke2 Qb1 41. Ne5 Qb2+
42. Nd2 Rxd2+ 43. Bxd2 Qxe5+ $19) 37. Rxg7 Kxg7 38. Qxd6 Qb1 39. Qe7+ R8f7 40.
Qxg5+ Kf8 $4 (40... Kh7 41. Qxh5+ Kg8 42. Qg4+ Rg7 43. Qe6+ Rff7 $11) 41. Bc5+
Ke8 42. Qe5+ 1-0

[Event "Danish Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.03.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rasmussen, Allan Stig"]
[Black "Ziska, Helgi Dam "]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2461"]
[Annotator "Jacob Aagaard"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Na6 8. Be3
Ng4 9. Bg5 Qe8 10. Re1 exd4 11. Nd5 c6 12. Ne7+ Kh8 13. Nxc8 Rxc8 14. Nxd4 Nf6
15. f3 Qe5 16. Be3 d5 17. cxd5 $6 (17. Qb3 $5 $13 c5 18. Nb5 dxe4 19. Rad1 Rcd8
20. Nxa7 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 exf3 22. Bxf3 Ne4 23. Re1 f5 24. Qxb7 Qxb2 25. Qxb2 Bxb2
26. Bxe4 fxe4 27. Nb5 Re8 28. a3 Rd8 29. Bf2 Re8 30. Re2 Bc1 31. Be3 Bxe3+ 32.
Rxe3 Nb8 33. Nc3 Nc6 34. Rxe4 Ra8 35. Nb5 Nd4 36. Re7 Nc2 37. Re2 Nd4 38. Nxd4
cxd4 39. Ra2 Ra4 40. Kf2 Kg7 41. Ke2 Kf6 42. Kd3 Ke5 43. h3 g5 44. Ra1 h5 45.
Ra2 h4 46. Ra1 Kd6 47. Kxd4 Kc6 48. Ra2 Ra5 49. a4 g4 50. hxg4 Rg5 51. a5 Rxg4+
52. Ke5 Kb7 53. a6+ Ka7 54. c5 Rg5+ 55. Kf4 Rxc5 56. Kg4 Rc4+ 57. Kh3 Rb4 58.
Ra5 Rc4 59. Rh5 Kxa6 60. Rxh4 Rc3+ 61. g3 Kb6 62. Rd4 Kc5 63. Rd8 Ra3 64. Kh4 {
1-0 Jakovenko,D (2726)-Bojkov,D (2552)/Plovdiv 2010/CBM 139}) 17... Nxd5 18.
Bf2 Nf4 19. Bxa6 Qg5 $5 $146 (19... bxa6 20. Qc2 Qg5 21. Be3 c5 22. Nb3 c4 23.
Nd4 Qe5 24. Bxf4 Qxd4+ 25. Kf1 Qxb2 26. Qxb2 Bxb2 27. Rab1 Bg7 28. Rbc1 h6 29.
Bd6 Rfd8 30. e5 Rc6 31. Rc2 Kg8 32. Rb1 Rdc8 33. Rb7 f6 34. f4 g5 35. g3 fxe5
36. fxe5 Bf8 37. Rd7 Bxd6 38. exd6 Rf8+ 39. Ke1 c3 40. Rc7 Rxd6 41. R7xc3 Kg7
42. Rc7+ Kg6 43. R2c6 Rxc6 44. Rxc6+ Rf6 45. Rc4 Rb6 46. Ra4 Kf5 47. h3 h5 48.
Kf2 Rc6 {1/2-1/2 Jovanic,O (2527)-Saric,I (2566)/Rijeka 2009/CBM 128 Extra})
20. Bg3 Rcd8 21. Qc1 $1 Bxd4+ 22. Kh1 Be5 23. Bxb7 $5 (23. Bf1 $11) 23... h5
24. Rg1 $2 (24. Re2 $1 Rb8 25. Bxf4 Bxf4 26. Qxc6 Qh4 27. g3 Bxg3 28. Qc3+ Kh7
29. Bd5 $14) 24... h4 $17 25. Be1 (25. Bxf4 Bxf4 $17) 25... Rb8 26. g3 (26.
Bxc6 Rfc8 $17) (26. Ba6 Rxb2 27. Bc3 Rfb8 $1 28. Bxb2 Rxb2 29. Bf1 Bd4 $19)
26... hxg3 27. Rxg3 Qh5 28. Bc3 (28. Qxc6 Ne2 29. Rg2 Qxf3 30. Bc3 Nxc3 31.
bxc3 Rfd8 $19) 28... Kg8 29. Bxe5 (29. Ba6 Ne2 $19) 29... Qxe5 30. Rg4 Nd3 31.
Qe3 (31. Qd2 Qd4 $19) 31... Rxb7 $2 (31... Rfd8 $1 32. Ba6 Rxb2 $19) (31...
Qxb2 $5 32. Rf1 Ne5 $19) 32. Qxd3 Rxb2 33. f4 Qh5 $5 (33... Rxh2+ $15) 34. h3
Rd2 35. Qg3 $2 (35. Qb3 $1 Rfd8 36. f5 $1 $11) 35... Rfd8 36. Rg5 (36. Rf1 R8d3
37. Rf3 Rd1+ 38. Kh2 R3d2+ 39. Rf2 Qc5 40. Kg2 Qd4 $19) 36... Rd1+ 37. Rxd1
Rxd1+ 38. Kg2 Rd2+ 39. Kh1 Qd1+ 0-1

[Event "Danish Championship"]
[Site "Helsingor"]
[Date "31.12.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Palo, Davor"]
[Black "Kristiansen, Jens"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Jacob Aagaard"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Nge2 c6 7. Be3 a6 8. c5
Nbd7 9. Qd2 b6 10. cxb6 Nxb6 11. b3 a5 12. Rc1 Bb7 (12... Ba6 {followed by ...
Qd7 and ...Rfc8/b8 is no issue for Black. But people over 60 from the West
often get bad bishops!}) 13. Nd1 Nbd7 14. Nf2 e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nc3 d5 17.
Be2 dxe4 18. Nfxe4 Nxe4 (18... Nd5 19. Nxd5 cxd5 20. Nc5 Bc6 21. O-O d4 22. Bf2
Re8 $11) 19. Nxe4 Qxd2+ 20. Bxd2 a4 $2 {The whole piece sacrifice idea is
flawed. Obviously Black could still change his mind, but after this he played
the next few moves immediately. The error was thus made on this move.} (20...
Bc8 $1 {with the idea a4 and ...Be6-d5 would have fully equalised.}) 21. bxa4
Rxa4 22. Nc5 Rxa2 23. Nxb7 Rb8 24. Nc5 Rbb2 25. Ne4 f5 ({In the commentary
room we did not find the refutation of} 25... Bh6 {, but Houdini is ruthless!}
26. Bxh6 $1 Rxe2+ 27. Kd1 Rxg2 ({Our idea was} 27... Nd3 {, but White wins
immediately with} 28. Rxc6 f5 29. Rf6 $1 $18) 28. Nf6+ Kh8 29. Re1 Rxh2 30. Ng4
Rxh6 31. Nxh6 Nd3 32. Re8+ Kg7 33. Rc2 {and the extra rook should save the day.
}) 26. Nc3 Rxd2 27. Nxa2 Rxa2 28. f4 Nf7 29. Rxc6 $18 Ra1+ 30. Bd1 Bf8 31. O-O
Rb1 32. Be2 Rxf1+ 33. Kxf1 Nd6 34. g3 Kf7 35. Kg2 Be7 36. Bd1 Ne4 37. Bb3+ Kg7
38. Rc7 Kf8 39. Rc8+ Kg7 40. Rg8+ Kf6 41. Bd5 Nc3 42. Bf3 Nb5 43. h3 h5 44. Bc6
Nd6 45. Be8 Nxe8 46. Rxe8 Kf7 47. Ra8 Bc5 48. Kf3 Bd4 49. Ra6 Bc5 50. Rc6 Bd4
51. Rc4 Bb6 52. h4 {Another plan was to get the king to e6 and then put the
rook on g2 and play g4. But this is in all the books and is just winning.
Without the f-pawns it is of course a known dead draw.} Kg7 53. Ke2 Kf7 54. Rc3
Bd4 55. Rd3 Bf6 56. Ke3 Kg7 57. Rd7+ Kf8 58. Kd3 Ke8 59. Rb7 Kf8 60. Kc4 Kg8
61. Kd5 Bc3 62. Rb3 Ba1 63. Ke6 Bd4 64. Rd3 Bb2 {White is ready and it is time
to work it out. Someone had this at mate in 55 on their engine!} 65. g4 $1 {
This is in all the books. After a bit of time speaking nonsense, I remembered
it too. Basically when Davor played h4 it started to dawn on me that White
just wins.} hxg4 66. h5 Kg7 67. hxg6 Kxg6 68. Rd5 Bf6 69. Rxf5 Bh4 70. Ra5 Bf6
71. Ra8 g3 72. f5+ 1-0

[Event "Danish Championship"]
[Site "Helsingor"]
[Date "31.12.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Pedersen, Christian Kyndel "]
[Black "Andersen, Mads"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[Annotator "Jacob Aagaard"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 g6 8. Be2
Bg7 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Qf4 11. Qc2 O-O 12. c5 $1 $146 (12. O-O c5 13. dxc5 Bd7
14. b4 $2 (14. Rad1 $14) 14... Bxa1 (14... Bc6 15. Ng3 Bxa1 16. Rxa1 Na6 17. a3
Rad8 $15) 15. Rxa1 Bc6 16. Nd6 Nd7 17. Qc1 Qf6 18. Rb1 g5 19. Qe3 Rad8 20. Nd4
a6 21. Re1 Ne5 22. h3 Ba4 23. Qa3 Nc6 24. Nf3 Bc2 25. b5 axb5 26. cxb5 Ra8 27.
Qc1 Nb4 28. Qd2 Qf4 29. Qxf4 gxf4 30. Nxb7 Rxa2 31. c6 Rfa8 32. Nd6 Bd3 33.
Bxd3 Nxd3 34. Rf1 Rc2 35. Nd4 Rc5 36. b6 Nb4 37. c7 Rf8 38. Rb1 Na6 39. N4b5
Rc6 40. b7 Nxc7 41. Nxc7 Rxd6 42. b8=Q Rxb8 43. Rxb8+ Kh7 44. Rb4 Rd1+ 45. Kh2
e5 46. Ne8 f5 47. Rb7+ Kg6 48. Rg7+ {1-0 Gelfand,B (2738)-Kasimdzhanov,R (2684)
/London ENG 2012/The Week in Chess 935}) 12... b6 (12... Nd7 13. O-O e5 14. g3
Qf5 15. Nh4 Qh3 16. Bc4 $16) 13. O-O bxc5 (13... Ba6 $14) 14. dxc5 $1 (14. Nxc5
Nd7 $11) 14... Ba6 15. Rfd1 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 a5 17. g3 $5 (17. Rd6 Na6 18. Rxc6
Nb4 19. Rd6 $14) (17. Rd2 Na6 18. Rc1 Nb4 19. a3 Nd5 $11) 17... Qc7 18. Rd6 Na6
19. Rad1 Nb4 20. a3 Nd5 21. Nd4 Qb7 (21... Rab8 $5 22. Rxc6 Qd7 23. Ra6 Qa4 24.
b4 Ra8 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 $11) 22. Nxc6 (22. Rd2 Be5 $1 $13) 22... Qxb2 23. Qf3 $2 (
23. Qd3 $1 a4 24. Rb1 Qa2 25. Rd7 $16) 23... a4 24. h4 Rae8 25. h5 g5 ({During
the game I could not understand why Black did not play} 25... gxh5 $1) 26. Qd3
Qb3 27. Nd4 $1 Qxd3 (27... Qb2 $1 $13) 28. Rxd3 Rb8 29. Kg2 Rb2 $6 (29... Rfc8
$1 $11) 30. Ra6 Rc8 $5 (30... Bxd4 31. Rxd4 Rc2 32. Raxa4 f5 33. Rd2 Rc1 $11)
31. Rxa4 Bxd4 32. Raxd4 f5 $2 (32... Rc2 $1 $11) 33. Nc3 Rc2 34. Nxd5 exd5 35.
Rxd5 R2xc5 36. Rxc5 Rxc5 37. Rd6 $2 (37. Rd8+ $1 Kg7 38. Rd7+ Kg8 39. Ra7 $18)
37... Kg7 $2 (37... Ra5 38. Rxh6 g4 $14) 38. Ra6 Rc3 39. a4 Ra3 40. a5 g4 41.
Rg6+ Kh7 42. a6 Ra2 (42... Ra5 43. f4 $1 $18) 43. Rf6 Kg7 44. Rxf5 Rxa6 45. Rf4
Ra5 46. Rxg4+ Kh7 47. Rh4 Kg7 48. g4 Kf6 49. Kg3 Ra3+ 50. f3 Kg5 51. Rh1 Ra4
52. Rb1 Rc4 53. f4+ Kf6 54. Rb6+ Kg7 55. Rb7+ Kg8 56. g5 Rc5 57. g6 Rxh5 58.
Kg4 Rh1 59. Kf5 Ra1 60. Rh7 Ra5+ 61. Kg4 Ra1 62. f5 Rg1+ 63. Kf4 Rh1 64. Ke5 h5
65. Kf6 Ra1 66. Rxh5 Ra6+ 67. Kg5 Kg7 68. f6+ Kg8 69. f7+ 1-0

[Event "Danish Championship"]
[Site "Helsingor"]
[Date "31.12.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Antonsen, Mikkel"]
[Black "Hansen, Sune Berg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[Annotator "Jacob Aagaard"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 e5 10. Bb3 h6 11. Ne4 Nxe4 12. Qxe4 Nf6 13. Qc2 exd4 14. exd4 Nd5
15. Bxd5 cxd5 16. Ne5 Qb6 17. Rd1 Be6 18. Bf4 Rac8 19. Qb3 Qxb3 20. axb3 a6 21.
Rdc1 g5 22. Bg3 Rxc1+ 23. Rxc1 Rc8 24. Rxc8+ Bxc8 25. Ng4 Be7 {This type of
ending is a bit better for Black. I remember Ochsner - Nielsen, Esbjerg 1997,
where Black won it. There White did not have doubled pawns.} 26. Ne3 Be6 27.
Bc7 h5 28. Kf1 Kf8 29. f4 gxf4 30. Bxf4 Ke8 31. Ke2 Kd7 32. Kf3 Bf6 33. Be5
Bxe5 34. dxe5 d4 35. Nc2 Bd5+ 36. Ke2 Ke6 37. Nxd4+ Kxe5 38. Nf3+ Kf4 39. b4
Ke4 (39... Bxf3+ 40. gxf3 Kg5 41. Ke3 Kh4 42. Kf2 Kh3 43. Kg1 {and Black
cannot win.}) 40. Kd2 f6 41. Ne1 Bb3 42. Nd3 b6 43. Nf2+ Kd4 44. Nh1 {White is
on the verge of defeat.} Bf7 (44... h4 $5 45. Nf2 Bd5 46. g3 hxg3 47. hxg3 Be6
{and Black wins the b-pawn.}) 45. Ng3 Bg6 46. b3 Bf7 47. Ne2+ Ke5 48. Kc2 Bd5 {
A sign the players are getting tired. Here Black could have tried} (48... Ke4
49. Kd2 Bxb3 50. Ng3+ Kf4 51. Nxh5+ Kg5 52. Ng3 Bd5 {and probably the extra
pawn will lead to an extra point.}) 49. g3 Kf5 50. h3 Kg5 51. Nf4 Bf7 52. Kc3
Kf5 (52... h4 $1 53. Ne2 hxg3 54. Nxg3 f5 55. Kd4 Kf4 {would have won for
Black.}) 53. Kd4 h4 54. Ne2 Bxb3 (54... hxg3 55. Nxg3+ Kf4 56. Ne4 f5 57. Nd6
Bg6 {was the last chance. The feeling is that White can force a draw with:} 58.
b5 $1 a5 59. Kd5 Kg3 60. Nxf5+ Bxf5 61. Kc6 a4 62. bxa4 Bc2 63. Kxb6 Bxa4 64.
Kc5 Bxb5 65. Kxb5 Kxh3) 55. gxh4 Bf7 56. Ng3+ Ke6 57. h5 f5 58. h6 Bg8 59. Nh5
Kf7 60. Nf4 Kf6 61. h4 Ba2 62. Ke3 Bf7 63. Kd4 Bg8 64. Ke3 a5 65. bxa5 bxa5 66.
Kd4 a4 67. Kc3 a3 68. h7 Bxh7 69. Kb3 Ke5 70. Nh3 Bg8+ 71. Kxa3 Ke4 72. Kb4 Kf3
73. Kc3 Kg3 74. Ng1 Bf7 75. Ne2+ Kxh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Danish Championship"]
[Site "Helsingor"]
[Date "2013.03.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kristiansen, Jens"]
[Black "Hansen, Sune Berg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[Annotator "Jacob Aagaard"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Ne5 e6 6. e3 Nbd7 7. f4 c5 (7... dxc4
8. Bxc4 b5 9. Bb3 Qc7 10. Qf3 Bb7 11. Qh3 Nxe5 12. fxe5 Nd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14.
Bd2 Be7 15. O-O O-O 16. Rac1 Qb6 17. Bc2 g6 18. Bd3 a5 19. Rf3 b4 20. Rcf1 Kg7
21. Be1 f5 22. exf6+ Bxf6 23. Rxf6 {1-0 Rubinstein,A-Vajda,A/Budapest 1926/EXT
1999}) 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bc4 N7b6 10. Bb3 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. e4 Nxc3 13. bxc3 f6
14. Nf3 Qc7 15. Qe2 c4 16. Bc2 Bd7 17. a4 a5 18. Nh4 f5 19. exf5 Bxh4 20. fxe6
Be8 21. Qe4 g6 22. f5 Bf6 23. Ba3 (23. Bh6 gxf5 (23... Bg7 24. e7 Rf6 25. fxg6
Bxg6 26. Qe2 Bf7 (26... Be8 27. Rxf6 $18) 27. Rxf6 Bxf6 28. Qe4 $18) 24. Rxf5
Bg6 25. Qg4 (25. Raf1 Bg7 26. e7 Bxf5 27. exf8=Q+ Rxf8 28. Rxf5 Rxf5 29. Bxg7
Qf4 30. Qxf5 Qxf5 31. Bxf5 Kxg7 32. Bc2 Nd5 33. Kf2 Nxc3 34. Ke3 $14) 25... Bg7
26. Rc5 Qe7 27. Bxg6 hxg6 28. Bxg7 Kxg7 29. Rb1 Nxa4 30. Rxc4 Rf5) 23... Bc6 (
23... Be7 24. Bxe7 Qxe7 25. Qe5 gxf5 26. Bxf5 Bg6 27. Bxg6 hxg6 28. Qe4 $14)
24. Qg4 g5 25. Bxf8 Rxf8 26. Be4 Nxa4 (26... Nd5 27. Bxd5 Bxd5 28. Rf2 $14) 27.
Bxc6 Qxc6 28. h4 $1 (28. Qh3 b5 $13) 28... Nxc3 29. hxg5 Bxd4+ 30. Kh1 Ne4 31.
Rad1 Qd5 (31... Be5 32. f6 (32. Rf3 c3 33. e7 Qa4 $3 $19) 32... Ng3+ 33. Kg1
Nxf1 34. Rxf1 Kh8 35. Kh1 $18) 32. e7 Qe5 33. exf8=Q+ Kxf8 34. Rf4 Nf2+ 35.
Rxf2 Bxf2 36. Qxc4 Bb6 37. Qc8+ Qe8 38. Qxe8+ 1-0

[Event "Danish Championship"]
[Site "Helsingor"]
[Date "2013.03.30"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Andersen, Mads"]
[Black "Antonsen, Mikkel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[Annotator "Jacob Aagaard"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Ne5 Nc6 8.
Bxc6 bxc6 9. Nxc6 Qe8 10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 11. Qc2 {Kramnik's new idea.} e5 12. Rd1
Bb7 13. Qxc4 $2 {But this is not Kramnik's concept at all!} (13. Nc3 $1 Rad8
14. dxe5 {would have led to an advantage. Now White has to play accurately to
get equality.}) 13... Qd7 $1 14. f3 (14. d5 Bxd5 15. Qh4 Qe6 $11) 14... e4 $1
15. Rf1 $2 {Dreadfully passive.} (15. Bg5 $1 exf3 16. Bxf6 fxe2 17. Re1 gxf6
18. Nc3 Rfe8 19. d5 $11) 15... a5 $1 16. Qc5 exf3 17. exf3 Ba6 $4 {Antonsen is
an accomplished technical player, but I have found that he has a weak grasp of
dynamics. Otherwise he would have been a grandmaster already twenty years ago.
Here he wastes this bullet too quickly; before taking direct action, like
deciding that this bishop belongs on this diagonal, he needed to include more
pieces in the attack. This is Chapter 1 of the Attacking Manual! But at the
same time I have to say that it is not easy to see the tactical points that
lead to an advantage. Admittedly, we only spent a few moments on this position
in the commentary room and we were trying to explain things at the same time.
But we did not find the right continuation. Looking at it now, it seems quite
simple actually.} (17... Rfe8 $1 18. Nc3 Ba6 (18... Bxf3 19. Rxf3 Qh3 {is a
tempting idea, but White defends "easily" with} 20. Be3 Ng4 21. Rf2 Rxe3 22.
Nd5 $3 $11 {The last move is sensational; all it does is protect the e3-square,
which is essential for keeping the balance. Black retreats and the position is
equal.}) 19. Rd1 Be2 $1 {This is the killer blow, which both Per and I would
have found if we had had more time to do so.} 20. Bg5 (20. Nxe2 Rxe2 21. Rd2
Re1+ 22. Kg2 Rae8 {obviously does not work.}) 20... Bxd1 21. Rxd1 Ra6 $17 {
White should lose with correct play.}) 18. Rf2 $14 Rfe8 19. Bd2 Rab8 20. Qxa5
Qxd4 21. Qxa6 Rxb2 22. Qf1 Nd5 23. a4 Ne3 24. Bxe3 Rxe3 25. Nd2 $1 Rd3 (25...
Rxd2 26. Rxd2 Qxd2 27. Rd1 $18) 26. Ne4 $5 (26. Re1 f5 27. Qe2 $3 $18) 26... f5
27. Re1 $2 {This still wins, but immediately winning was} (27. Qc1 $3 $18)
27... fxe4 28. Rxe4 Qxf2+ {Black has nothing better.} (28... Qc5 29. Kg2 {
should transpose.}) 29. Qxf2 Rxf2 30. Kxf2 Ra3 (30... Rd2+ 31. Re2 Rd5 32. Ra2
$18) 31. Rf4 $4 {A horrible move, showing that Mads was in a poor form in this
event. What is the point of cutting off the king in the f-file? It is already
cut off in the e-file. Instead White should have moved a pawn away from the
2nd rank. We did not get a chance to look deeper at this, but my instant
feeling during the game was that Black should have given a check on the next
move, cutting off the king at the first rank, which is serious.   White could
have had a won endgame here by playing 31.h4 or 31.g4 and the king can go to
the third rank easily. Especially 31.h4 feels correct.} h6 $4 ({just draws:} 
31... Ra2+ 32. Kg1 (32. Ke3 Rxh2 33. a5 Ra2 $11) 32... c5 33. Rc4 Kf7 34. h4
Ke6 35. Rxc5 Rxa4 $14 {and the torture is easily endurable.}) 32. h4 $18 {Now
White wins.} g6 33. Ke2 Kg7 34. g4 c5 35. g5 hxg5 36. hxg5 Ra2+ 37. Kd3 Rg2 38.
Kc4 Rxg5 39. a5 Re5 40. a6 Re1 41. Kxc5 1-0

[Event "Danish Championship"]
[Site "Helsingor"]
[Date "31.12.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Pedersen, Christian Kyndel "]
[Black "Dara Akdag"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "2251"]
[Annotator "Jacob Aagaard"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. a3 Bc5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. e4
b6 9. Be2 Ba6 10. Bf4 O-O 11. O-O d6 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. f3 Ne5 14. Nb5 Bxb5 15.
cxb5 Ng6 16. Be3 d5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Bf2 Rxc1 19. Nxc1 Bg5 20. Nb3 Qf6 21. Qd4
Rc8 22. Bd1 Ne5 23. h4 Bf4 24. Qe4 Nc4 25. Bc2 g6 26. Rb1 Nce3 27. Bd3 Nf5 28.
Nd4 Nxh4 29. g3 Bxg3 30. Bxg3 Qxd4+ 31. Kh1 Nf5 32. Be5 Qf2 33. Rg1 Qh4+ 34.
Qxh4 Nxh4 35. Be4 Ne3 36. Bb7 Rc2 37. Be4 Rc8 38. Bb7 Rc4 39. Re1 Nhf5 40. Re2
Rc5 41. Bb8 h5 42. Kh2 g5 43. Bc6 g4 44. fxg4 hxg4 45. Bxa7 Rc1 46. Bb8 Rc4 47.
Kg1 f6 48. Kf2 Nd1+ 49. Ke1 Nde3 50. Kf2 Nd1+ 51. Ke1 Nde3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Danish Championship"]
[Site "Helsingor"]
[Date "31.12.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ziska, Helgi Dam "]
[Black "Kristiansen, Jens"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2461"]
[Annotator "Jacob Aagaard"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 Bg7 5. Qd2 c6 6. Bh6 Bxh6 7. Qxh6 Qa5 8.
Bd3 c5 9. Nf3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nc6 11. Bb5 Bd7 12. O-O-O a6 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Rhe1
Qh5 15. Qxh5 Nxh5 16. e5 d5 17. Na4 Nf4 18. g3 Ne6 19. Nxe6 Bxe6 20. Nc5 Kd8
21. Re3 Kc7 22. Rd4 Rhb8 23. Ra3 a5 24. Rf4 g5 25. Nxe6+ fxe6 26. Rf7 Kd7 27.
Rxh7 Rf8 28. Rb3 Ra7 29. f3 Rf5 30. Rh5 Rxe5 31. Kd2 Rf5 32. g4 Re5 33. Re3 Kd6
34. Ke2 Rb7 35. b3 a4 36. Rxe5 Kxe5 37. Rxg5+ Kf6 38. Rg8 axb3 39. axb3 Ra7 40.
Rc8 Ra1 41. Kf2 Ra6 42. h4 e5 43. h5 d4 44. Ke2 Kg5 45. Rg8+ Kf4 46. h6 1-0

[Event "Danish Championship"]
[Site "Helsingor"]
[Date "31.12.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Antonsen, Mikkel"]
[Black "Rasmussen, Allan Stig"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[Annotator "Jacob Aagaard"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Nf3 b6 7. Bf4 O-O 8.
Rd1 Bb7 9. e4 Nh5 10. Bc1 f5 11. Bd3 Nc6 12. a3 Nd4 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. Be2 Bxc3+
15. Qxc3 Qh4 16. Rxd7 Bc6 17. Rc7 Rfc8 18. Rxc8+ Rxc8 19. Qe5 Re8 20. O-O Bxe4
21. f3 Bb7 22. Rd1 Qe7 23. b4 Nf6 24. Bb2 Rc8 25. Rd6 Kf7 26. Bd1 Ba6 27. c5
Ne8 28. Ba4 b5 29. Bb3 Nxd6 30. cxd6 Qf6 31. Qe3 Qh6 32. Qxa7+ Kg6 33. f4 Rg8
34. Bxe6 Qh4 35. Qe3 Rf8 36. d7 Bb7 37. h3 Bc6 38. Kh2 Kh6 39. Bd4 Rd8 40. Bxf5
Bxd7 41. Bxd7 Rxd7 42. Qe6+ g6 43. Qxd7 Qxf4+ 44. Kh1 1-0

[Event "FIDE Candidates"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2013.03.29"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Aronian, L."]
[Black "Kramnik, V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2809"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[Annotator "Jacob Aagaard"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2013.03.15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. a3
O-O 9. Qc2 cxd4 10. exd4 f5 11. O-O Bf6 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. Be3 b5 14. Qe2 Bb7
15. Rac1 a6 $1 (15... f4 16. Rc5 Qd6 17. Rxb5 fxe3 18. Rxb7 exf2+ 19. Kh1 $14
Nxd4 $2 20. Nxd4 Bxd4 $2 21. Qh5 $1 $18) 16. Rfd1 f4 17. Rc5 Qd6 18. Qc2 $6 (
18. Bxf4 $1 Qxf4 19. Qxe6+ Kh8 20. Rh5 h6 21. Nh4 Ne7 (21... Ne5 22. Rxe5 Bxh4
23. Qg6 Qxf2+ 24. Kh1 Qxg2+ 25. Qxg2 Bxg2+ 26. Kxg2 Rf2+ 27. Kh3 Bf6 $11) 22.
g3 $1 Qxd4 23. Qxe7 Qxf2+ 24. Kxf2 Bxe7+ 25. Kg1 Bf6 26. Ng6+ Kg8 27. Nxf8 Bf3
28. Rd2 Bxh5 29. Nd7 Bg5 $15) (18. Bd2 $5 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Qxc5 20. Qxe6+ Rf7 21.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 22. Qxf7 Qxd4 23. Qxb7 Rd8 $15) 18... fxe3 19. Bxh7+ Kh8 20. fxe3 (
20. Rh5 Nxd4 $3 (20... exf2+ 21. Kf1 Nxd4 (21... Rad8 22. Qe4 $1 {[%cal Gf3h4]}
Rf7 (22... Na5 23. Qg4) 23. Nh4 Ne7 24. Ng6+ Nxg6 25. Bxg6+ Kg8 26. Bxf7+ Kxf7
27. Qxb7+) 22. Nxd4 Bxd4 23. Be4+ Kg8 24. Bxb7 Rad8 25. Qg6 $13) 21. Be4+ Kg8
22. Bxb7 Rad8 23. Nxd4 Bxd4 24. Bf3 (24. Qg6 e2 $19) 24... exf2+ 25. Kf1 Qf4
$17) 20... Ne7 $4 (20... Rac8 $17 21. Rh5 Nxd4 $3 22. Qd3 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Nxf3+
24. Kg2 Qxd3 25. Bxd3+ Kg8 26. Kxf3 Bxb2+ $17) 21. e4 $2 (21. Rh5 $1 Rac8 {
Kramnik expected this to be just winning for Black.} (21... Bxf3 22. gxf3 Rac8
23. Qg2 $1 {With the threat Bg6+ and Rh8+.} g5 24. h4 $16) 22. Qe2 $1 ({
Kramnik saw that there was a draw after} 22. Ne5 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Qb6 24. Qd3 Rcd8
25. Qxd8 Qxe3+ (25... Rxd8 26. Rxd8+ Qxd8 27. Bf5+) 26. Kh1 Bxg2+ $11) 22...
Bxf3 {Black does not seem to have an alternative.} (22... Ng8 $2 23. Be4+ $18)
(22... g6 $2 23. Bxg6+ Kg7 24. Bb1 Kf7 25. e4 $16) 23. Qxf3 Bg5 (23... Ng8 {
was an idea Kramnik wanted to work repeatedly. It doesn't.} 24. Bd3+ Nh6 25.
Qe4 Kg8 26. Rxh6 $18) 24. Bd3+ Kg8 25. Qh3 Bf6 (25... Bh6 26. g4 $40) 26. Rh8+
Kf7 27. Qh5+ g6 28. Qh7+ Ke8 (28... Bg7 29. Bxg6+ Nxg6 30. Rf1+ $18) 29. Rxf8+
Kxf8 30. Rf1 Nf5 31. Qxg6 Ke7 32. Bxf5 exf5 33. Qh7+ Kd8 34. Qxf5 $14) 21...
Rac8 $2 (21... Qf4 $1 22. Rh5 g6 23. Bxg6+ Kg7 $19) 22. e5 Bxe5 23. Nxe5 Rxc5
24. Ng6+ Nxg6 25. dxc5 Be4 $3 (25... Qe5 26. Bxg6 Qe3+ 27. Kh1 Bd5 $11) 26.
Rxd6 Bxc2 27. Bxg6 Bxg6 28. Rxe6 Bd3 $17 {To my surprise this ending is not
that clear!} 29. h4 a5 30. c6 $2 (30. Rd6 Bc4 $17) 30... Rf1+ $2 (30... Rc8 $1
31. Kf2 Bc4 32. Rd6 Bf7 $19) 31. Kh2 Rc1 32. Re3 $1 Bb1 33. Rc3 $1 Rxc3 34.
bxc3 Kg8 35. c7 Bf5 36. Kg3 Kf7 37. Kf4 Bc8 38. Kg5 Bd7 39. h5 Be6 40. g3 a4
41. g4 {Kramnik had a feeling that this was a zugzwang position, but actually
this is not really the case. White's best move would be Kf4, after which Black
has to play as in the game.} Kf8 42. Kf4 Ke7 43. g5 Kd7 44. Ke5 $5 ({Kramnik
was horrified when he realised that White would draw in this line:} 44. h6 Bg8
45. Kf5 Kxc7 46. Kg6 gxh6 47. gxh6 Bc4 48. Kf6 $1 {For some reason Kramnik had
only thought about 48.h7?, which obviously loses.} Bd3 49. Ke5 Kc6 50. Kd4 Bh7
51. c4 {and White draws because it is the wrong bishop.  The big question is
then: Why did Aronian not play this? The answer is the tournament standings.
He was not as such playing for a win, he was just hoping that a win would
miraculously emerge. He simply looked conflicted at the press conference about
everything.}) 44... Bg8 45. c8=Q+ (45. h6 $2 Kxc7 (45... gxh6 46. gxh6 Kxc7 47.
Kd4 Kd6 48. c4 bxc4 49. h7 {and White draws.}) 46. hxg7 Kd7 $19 {Kramnik.}) (
45. Kd4 Kxc7 46. Kc5 Kd7 {would transpose to the game.}) 45... Kxc8 46. Kd6 (
46. Kf5 {still draws easily.}) 46... Kd8 47. Kc6 Ke7 $1 {Creating a final few
problems.} (47... Bc4 {forced White to play} 48. h6 gxh6 49. gxh6 Bd3 50. h7
Bxh7 51. Kxb5 {with a draw.}) 48. Kxb5 Ke6 49. Kxa4 Kf5 50. g6 $4 {This just
shows how tired everyone was getting at the end of the tournament.} (50. h6 g6
51. Kb5 Kxg5 52. a4 Kxh6 53. a5 g5 54. a6 g4 55. a7 Bd5 56. c4 Ba8 (56... Bf3
57. c5 $18) 57. c5 g3 58. c6 g2 59. c7 g1=Q 60. c8=Q Qxa7 61. Qa6+ Qxa6+ 62.
Kxa6 $11) (50. Kb5 $2 Kxg5 51. a4 {also loses, but Black has to find an
accurate idea:} Bf7 $3 {Not the only winning move; Black can move the king
closer first and then play ...Bf7. But the concept is the same.} 52. c4 Bxh5
53. c5 Kf6 54. c6 Ke6 55. Kb6 Bf3 {and so on.} 56. Kc5 g5 57. a5 Be2 58. Kb6
Kd6 59. c7 Ba6 {winning.}) 50... Kg5 51. Kb5 Kxh5 52. a4 Kxg6 53. a5 Kf6 54. a6
(54. c4 Ke5 (54... Ke7 55. a6 Bh7 {Kramnik.}) 55. a6 Kd4 56. c5 Bc4+ 57. Kb6
Bxa6) 54... Bd5 55. c4 Ba8 56. Kb6 Ke5 57. Kc7 g5 58. Kb8 Be4 59. Kc7 g4 60. a7
g3 61. c5 Ba8 62. Kb8 Bc6 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "GM Rep 12 Omissions"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "A76"]
[Annotator "Ntirlis,Nikos"]
[PlyCount "23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 {Quality Chess recently published the 12th volume
of the "Grandmaster Repertoire" series dedicated to an opening called the
"Modern Benoni", written by the Bulgarian GM Marian Petrov. This opening is
always lots of fun, as Black is playing active chess right from the start. The
main idea is that after White pushed d4-d5, Black has a wonderful diagonal for
his dark-squared bishop. Of course, Black has paid a price for this, as the
d5-pawn gives White a space advantage. So, it is this "give and take" which
creates asymmetry so early in the game and this is exactly what Black needs in
order to declare emphatically that he is playing for a win!} 4. Nc3 exd5 $1 {
This move makes the the Benoni variation "Modern".} (4... d6 {allows White to
play} 5. e4 {and whenever Black takes on d5 White has the option to take back
with the e-pawn keeping his space advantage while not giving Black more
targets for counterplay. This is the "Old Benoni".}) 5. cxd5 d6 {In this
newsletter I am going to examine several continuations that were not included
in the book. In every case these omissions had to do with rare lines, but as
some of our readers pointed out, this doesn't mean that they don't have some
sting. Here is an overview of the lines I am going to examine:} 6. Nf3 g6 7. e4
(7. Bf4 Bg7 8. Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qb3 Qc7 10. h3 {, see Velichko - Peresipkin}) (7.
Qa4+ {see Graf -Fier}) 7... Bg7 8. Be2 (8. h3 O-O 9. Bd3 b5 10. Nxb5 Re8 11.
O-O Nxe4 12. Re1 a6 13. Nc3 {, see Fressinet - Iturrizaga}) 8... O-O 9. O-O Re8
10. Qc2 Na6 11. Bf4 Nb4 12. Qb1 {, see Donner - Robatsch} *

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Beverwijk"]
[Date "1962.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Donner, Jan Hein"]
[Black "Robatsch, Karl"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A76"]
[Annotator "Ntirlis,Nikos"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1962.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 g6 6. Nf3 d6 {The biggest hero
of the Modern Benoni was the great "Magician from Riga" Mikhail Tal. The
opening suited his aggressive style excellently, It is always a good idea if
you take up a new opening to study the games of the "big heroes" of the
opening regardless if these are at present theoretically relevant.  If you
want to do this, I can warmly  recommend that you study the Modern Benoni
chapter from "Advanced Chess Tactics" by the Benoni expert (author of the
respected, but quite old "The Complete Modern Benoni") GM Lev Psakhis. In this
wonderful chapter you'll find the well known Tal brilliancy:  Gurgenidge - Tal,
1957, but also Birbrager - Tal, 1953, among other instructive games of course.
In general, the Modern Benoni fans will find excellent material in the Psakhis
book and not only in the chapter devoted to this opening.} 7. e4 Bg7 8. Be2 O-O
9. O-O Re8 10. Qc2 {All the "real" Modern Benoni fans know that here Tal played
} Na6 $1 {against Averbakh in Riga 1958 (URS-ch). In this famous game White
was crushed after} 11. Bf4 Nb4 12. Qb1 {and now Tal famously sacrificed a
knight at e4 followed by the pin ...Bf5 and so on... In the recently published
book "Grandmaster Repertoire: The Modern Benoni" by GM Marian Petrov this
famous game naturally entered the introductory chapter. We all know today that
Tal's sacrifice was not fully correct, but sadly, in the theoretical section
of the book the correct continuation for Black was not discussed. But what I
discovered few days ago, is that there is nothing in the publications that
seriously improves Black's play. It seems that the impact of Tal's victory was
so great, that White didn't want to repeat this line again, so there was no
need to improve on Black's play!} Qe7 $1 {After applying the method of
elimination, I am of the opinion that this move is Black's best and solves his
opening problems, because if you believe the publications, then yes, Black has
problems in this very rare and forgotten line!} (12... Nh5 {is suggested by
ECO as satisfactory for Black (and this seems to be also Tal's suggestion) but
I fear that this is not true.} 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bh4 $1 {This is correct. White
has to stop ...f5[%cal Gf6f5]} Nf4 (14... g5 15. Bg3 f5 {is Houdini's first
choice, but I like White after} 16. Nd2 $1 g4 17. exf5 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Rxe2 19.
Qd1) 15. Bc4 Rb8 16. a3 Na6 $11 {Eperjesi - Forintos, Budapest 1967 (as given
by ECO)} 17. Re1 Nc7 18. a4 a6 19. a5 b5 20. axb6 Rxb6 {So far we are
following the game quoted by ECO and now} 21. e5 $3 {would have been really
strong. I don't trust Black's position after 12...Nh5}) (12... Bg4 $5 13. a3
Na6 14. Re1 (14. Bb5 $1 {intending Nd2 next is problematic once more for Black
[%cal Gf3d2]}) 14... c4 {(Dar. Gliksman - Matulovic, Sarajevo 1976)} 15. Bxc4
Bxf3 16. gxf3 Nh5 17. Bg3 $44 {Keene (ECO). But as I pointed out, 14.Bb5!
keeps the better chances for White.}) (12... Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Bf5 14. Nfd2 Nxd5
15. Bxd6 $4 {As Marian Petrov (and lots of others) have pointed out, a better
move is 15.Bg3! and White keeps the better chances.} Nf6 16. Bf3 Nxe4 17. Nxe4
Bxe4 18. Bxe4 Qxd6 19. Qc2 Re7 20. Bf3 Rae8 21. Rad1 Bd4 22. a4 b6 23. b3 Re5
24. Rd2 h5 25. Re2 Rxe2 26. Bxe2 h4 27. Kh1 Qf4 28. g3 Qf6 29. Qd1 Rd8 30. Bg4
Bxf2 31. Qe2 Rd2 32. Qe8+ Kg7 33. gxh4 Qd4 34. Bh3 Qd3 35. Bg2 Rd1 {0-1
Averbakh,Y-Tal,M/Riga 1958/URS-ch}) 13. Nd2 (13. Re1 {Here ECO stops claiming
a "clear advantage for White" but today we can easily turn around those
assessments by consulting a strong chess engine like Houdini.} Bg4 $1 14. Bb5 (
14. a3 Nxe4 $11) (14. h3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 c4 16. Be2 Nxe4 17. Bxc4 Nxc3 18. bxc3
Qxe1+ 19. Qxe1 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Bxc3 $11) 14... Bxf3 15. Bxe8 Nh5 16. Bg3 Bxg2
$44 {I'd even prefer to be Black here.}) 13... Nfxd5 $1 14. exd5 Bf5 (14...
Bxc3 $1 15. bxc3 Nxd5 {and Black is fine in the following lines:} 16. Be3 Nxc3
(16... Nxe3 17. fxe3 Qxe3+ 18. Rf2 Qxc3 19. Qc1 Qxc1+ 20. Rxc1 Rb8 {[%cal
Gb7b5]}) 17. Qd3 Nxe2+ 18. Qxe2 b6 {[%cal Gc8b7,Gd6d5]}) 15. Qd1 $2 (15. Qc1
Bxc3 16. bxc3 Nxd5 17. Be3 Nxe3 18. fxe3 Qxe3+ 19. Rf2 Re7 $13) 15... Bxc3 16.
bxc3 Nxd5 17. Bb5 (17. Be3 Nxc3 18. Qe1 d5 $17) 17... Nxf4 18. Bxe8 Rxe8 19.
Re1 Nh3+ 20. gxh3 Qg5+ 21. Kh1 Rxe1+ 22. Qxe1 Bxh3 23. Qe4 Qxd2 {Black
prevailed using his 3 pawns for the exchange!} 24. Qf3 Bf5 25. Kg1 d5 26. Rd1
Qg5+ 27. Qg3 Qe7 28. Qe3 Qxe3 29. fxe3 Be4 30. Rd2 b5 31. Rb2 Bd3 32. a4 bxa4
33. Rb8+ Kg7 34. Rc8 a6 35. Rxc5 Bc4 36. e4 a3 37. Ra5 dxe4 38. Kf2 a2 39. Ke3
f5 40. Kd4 Bb3 41. c4 e3 42. Kxe3 Bxc4 43. Kd4 Bg8 44. Rxa6 Kh6 45. Ke5 Kg5 46.
Ra3 f4 47. Ke4 Be6 48. h3 Bg8 49. Ra5+ Kh4 50. Kxf4 Kxh3 51. Kg5 Kg3 52. Kh6
Kf2 {So, in this suprisingly neglected line, White has done well to avoid it
as Black is having all the fun, but finding the best continuation was not a
trivial case.} 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Open"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2012.01.28"]
[Round "5.28"]
[White "Graf, Felix"]
[Black "Fier, Alexandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "2367"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[Annotator "Ntirlis,Nikos"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2012.01.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "Chess Today"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.29"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. Qa4+ {"A
troublesome check!" This was the title chapter that featured this line in
"Dangerous Weapons: Benoni and Benko".} Nbd7 {Best, according to John Emms} 8.
Bf4 a6 9. e4 Rb8 {[%cal Gb7b5]} 10. Bd3 (10. e5 {is met by} b5) 10... b5 11.
Qc2 Nh5 12. Bg5 Qc7 (12... Be7 {is fine, but Black cannot avoid a repetition
of moves if White wants to draw and frankly, I don't know many Modern Benoni
players who play this opening to draw.} 13. Bh6 Bf8 14. Bxf8 Kxf8 {And I think
that Black is fine after putting his king to g7 next. It seems illogical to
exchange the powerful dark-squared bishop, but this is actually a good theme
in the Benoni: control of the dark squares.[%cal Gf8g7]}) 13. O-O (13. b3 Bg7
14. Rc1 O-O 15. O-O {and now according to Emms in the DW book Black is fine
after} Re8 $146) 13... Bg7 14. a4 {This is the most critical idea White has in
this line and Emms only mentions this in passing. I think that the way Black
played provides a complete solution for Black's problems} c4 15. Be2 O-O 16.
axb5 axb5 17. g4 (17. Be3 {with the idea to put the knight to d4 is met by
[%cal Gf3d4]} Nc5 18. Nd4 Bxd4 19. Bxd4 Nb3 20. Rad1 Nxd4 21. Rxd4 Nf6 {and
once again we have the theme of the "dark squares". Black plays ...Re8 next
and stands fine.[%cal Gf8e8]}) 17... Nhf6 (17... b4 $1 $146 {This is probably
best.} 18. gxh5 bxc3 19. bxc3 Nc5 $132 {White is full of weaknesses, so
Black's pawn minus if not a big deal.[%cal Gb8b3]}) 18. Nd4 b4 19. Ncb5 b3 (
19... Qc5 $6 {is met by} 20. Be3) (19... Qb6 $6 {and now the same} 20. Be3) 20.
Qxc4 Qxc4 21. Bxc4 Ne5 (21... Nxe4 $1 22. Be7 Re8 23. Bxd6 Rb7 24. Rad1 Nb6 25.
Bxb3 Bxd4 26. Rxd4 Bd7 27. Nc7 Nxd6 28. Nxe8 Bxe8 29. Rb4 Bb5 30. Rc1 Nd7 {
This seems about equal.}) 22. Bxb3 (22. Bxf6 $1 {This was White's only chance.}
Bxf6 23. g5) 22... Nxe4 23. Be7 Re8 24. Bxd6 Nf3+ 25. Nxf3 Rxb5 26. Ba4 Nxd6
27. Bxb5 Nxb5 28. Ra8 Nc7 (28... Nd6 $1 {keeps winning chances.}) 29. Rxc8 Rxc8
30. Rc1 Bxb2 31. Rc6 Ba3 32. Nd2 Rd8 33. Rxc7 Rxd5 34. Ne4 Kg7 35. Kg2 Re5 36.
Kf3 h5 37. h3 Rb5 38. Rc3 Bb2 39. Rc7 Ba3 1/2-1/2

[Event "IV AD San Juan GM"]
[Site "Pamplona ESP"]
[Date "2010.07.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Iturrizaga, Eduardo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[Annotator "Ntirlis,Nikos"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2010.07.24"]
[Source "Chess Today"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. e4
O-O 9. Bd3 b5 {For me the Modern Benoni was always an excellent over-the-board
weapon and when I played it I didn't really care about theoretical evaluations.
When I wanted to play something "correct" I played the Slav. But after reading
Marian Petrov's analysis in several critical continuations, I am starting to
think that the Benoni actually is a theoretical challenge for White! For
example, against this very topical and critical theoretical position, the
conclusion of Petrov is that Black is equal!} 10. Nxb5 $5 {This is regarded
today as an interesting sideline, but nothing more.} (10. Bxb5 Nxe4 11. Nxe4
Qa5+ {is the big theoretical line where White cannot easily claim an edge as
GM Marian Petrov shows.}) 10... Re8 11. O-O $1 (11. Nd2 Nxd5 12. Nc4 Re6 $1 $11
) 11... Nxe4 12. Re1 a6 {We are at page 121 of the GM 12: Benoni book and here
the author examined the two most popular moves 13.Na3 and 13.Qa4,} 13. Nc3 $5 {
This is White's third most popular move in this position and it has been
tested in only a handful of games, but by really strong players, so certainly
it deserves a bit of attention.} Nxc3 (13... Nf6 $6 {can be seen as at least
inaccurate due to the model play by White in the following encounter:} 14.
Rxe8+ Nxe8 15. Bg5 Bf6 16. Qd2 Nd7 17. Re1 Bb7 18. Qf4 $16 {Dreev - Damia,
Cento ITA 2011.}) 14. bxc3 Bxc3 {Why not take the pawn? If not White will
enjoy a good version of the Averbakh Variation of the KID. After the pawn grab
White definitely has some compensation but with sensible play Black can easily
neutralise it.} 15. Rxe8+ Qxe8 16. Rb1 Nd7 17. Qa4 {This is Houdini's first
choice and the only move tried in practice so far.} (17. Qc2 $6 $146 Bg7 18.
Bf4 Bf8 $15 {gives White not enough compensation for equality.[%cal Gd7f6,
Gc8d7,Ga8b8]}) 17... Qd8 18. Qc6 (18. Bf4 Ne5 $1 19. Nxe5 (19. Bxe5 $146 {
should be met by} Bxe5 20. Nxe5 dxe5 21. Qc6 Bd7 22. Qxc5 Qg5 $132) 19... dxe5
{didn't give him anything even after} 20. Bg5 $1 Qxg5 21. Qc6 Bb7 22. Rxb7 Bd4
{in P.San Segundo Carrillo-A.Espinosa Aranda, Spanish Championship, El Sauzal
2010}) 18... Rb8 19. Bf4 (19. Qxd6 $6 Rxb1 20. Bxb1 Qb6 21. Qxb6 Nxb6 22. d6 f6
{followed by ...Kf7-e6 can only favour Black.[%cal Gg8f7,Gf7e6]}) 19... Rxb1+
20. Bxb1 Nf6 {A solid move, but I quite like another one.} (20... Nb8 $5 $146
21. Qxd6 Qxd6 22. Bxd6 Nd7 {followed by ...Bb7 and maybe sometimes ....Nb6 and
I dare to say that the d5-pawn is weaker than d5 and I can dream that Black
could win this on a good day![%cal Gc8b7,Gd7b6]}) 21. Bd3 Qd7 {IM Palliser
suggests two moves here for Black:} (21... a5 $5 22. Bxd6 Bb7 $1 {and}) (21...
Ne8 22. Bxa6 Bxa6 23. Qxa6 Kg7 {, meeting} 24. a4 {by activating the queen:}
Qe7 25. a5 Qe4) 22. Bxd6 Bb7 23. Qxc5 Nxd5 {Understandably Black wants to take
the pawn back now that he can, but Houdini prefers another way.} (23... Qc8 $5
{And in fact the pawn doesn't go anywhere after} 24. Qa7 a5 $11 {although,
still there are annoying little problems for Black to solve here and thus he
should prefer one of the earlier recommended improvements.}) 24. Qa7 (24. Bxa6
$5) 24... Qxd6 (24... Qc6 $1) 25. Qxb7 Nc7 26. Bxa6 {From a pawn down in the
opening, White emerged a pawn up!} Ba5 27. Qb8+ Kg7 28. Qb2+ f6 29. Bc4 Bb6 30.
Qe2 Qc5 31. Nh2 Qa3 32. Qd2 Qa4 33. Bb3 Qe8 34. Ng4 Qe7 35. h4 Bc5 36. h5 {
White is winning with a direct attack against the vulnerable king and we all
know that an attack with opposite-coloured bishops on the board usually means
attacking with a piece more.} gxh5 37. Qh6+ Kh8 38. Qxf6+ Qxf6 39. Nxf6 h4 40.
Ne4 Bd4 41. Kh2 Ne8 42. Kh3 Nf6 43. Nxf6 Bxf6 44. Kg4 Kg7 45. a4 Bd8 46. Kf5
Bb6 47. f3 Kh6 48. Kg4 Bd8 49. Bc2 Kg7 50. Bf5 h6 51. Kf4 Kf6 52. Bh3 Ba5 53.
Ke4 Ke7 54. Kd5 Bd2 55. Kc6 {A nice game for White, but objectively Black is
fine in this line.} 1-0

[Event "URS"]
[Site "Soviet Union"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Velichko, Andrey P"]
[Black "Peresipkin, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A61"]
[Annotator "Ntirlis,Nikos"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. Bf4 {We have
already discussed this continuation in a previous newsletter after a heated
debate in the forum and this really seems like a very critical continuation.
Surprisingly, I'd say, GM Petrov provides 3 ways for Black to achieve a
satisfactory position in his book.} Bg7 {This is usually considered to be
risky, but it seems that Black is doing quite fine after all.} (7... a6 {is
also discussed by Petrov, who examined two different plans for Black.}) 8. Qa4+
Bd7 9. Qb3 Qc7 10. h3 {This is the move that Petrov didn't consider in his
book but was recently given as really strong in New In Chess Yearbook 106. It
is the third most popular move in the position and there are only a few games
with it, but it is true that it is quite dangerous and critical.} O-O 11. e3
Na6 {With d7 covered it makes sense to develop the knight to this square.} 12.
Nd2 (12. Be2 {is met by} b5 $1 $132) 12... Rab8 $5 {I find this move logical,
but maybe there is somethig better.} ({Looking at Black's problems in the Main
Line seen below, I had a thought about} 12... Rfb8 $146 {instead. I don't know
if this is a complete solution to Black's problems here, but certainly it is
an interesting move to try in a practical game and of course analyse at home!}
13. Bb5 {This seems like a problem in the Main Line seen below, but now Black
can play a promising idea:} (13. a4 {can be met by} Nb4 14. Nc4 Bf8 15. Qd1 Re8
16. Be2 Bf5 17. Rc1 Be4 {according to Houdini}) 13... Nb4 14. Bh2 a6 15. Be2 b5
16. a3 (16. O-O a5 {seems fine for Black as well}) 16... c4 17. Qxb4 Ne8 $132 {
and due to the threat of ...a5 Black has excellent counterplay while being a
full piece down! This is actually a remarkable example of what Black optimally
wants to achieve on the queenside![%cal Ga6a5]}) 13. a4 (13. Bb5 $1 {This
might be a problem and I will let the Quality Chess readers analyse it in
depth and make up their own minds. Here} Nb4 {[%cal Gb4d5]} 14. Bh2 ({Black's
idea is shown after} 14. O-O Nbxd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd7 Nxf4 $17) 14... a6
15. Be2 b5 16. a3 c4 17. Qxb4 Ne8 {Black poses problems once more, but this is
a worse version than the one seen in the comment to move 12 and at least
according to a quick analysis with the help of my PC White holds the advantage.
[%cal Ga6a5]}) 13... Nb4 14. Nc4 Ne8 {Again, seeing the comment at move 12 it
comes to mind that at least having the option of putting the bishop on f8 is a
plus for Black. Nevertheless, Black is fine here.} 15. Rd1 a6 16. a5 Bb5 $1 17.
Nxb5 axb5 18. Nb6 Ra8 19. Nxa8 Qxa5 {Black plays for an amazing concept and
the PC needs some time to find the point.} 20. Rd2 c4 $1 21. Bxc4 (21. Qd1 {is
met by} Bxb2 $17 {among others.}) 21... bxc4 22. Qxc4 {At this point best for
Black seems to be something else from what was played in the game.} Na6 (22...
b5 $146 23. Qb3 Na6 24. Qa3 Qxa3 25. bxa3 Bc3 26. Nb6 Nf6 $15 {When I dare say
that Black has the edge, as after the rook comes to b8 the b6-knight seem to
be in trouble.[%cal Gf8b8]}) 23. Qb3 Nc5 24. Qa3 Qb5 25. f3 Bxb2 26. Rxb2 Nd3+
27. Kd2 Nxb2 28. Kc2 Qe2+ 29. Kb1 Nc4 30. Qc3 Nf6 31. Nc7 Ra8 32. Nxa8 Nxd5 33.
Qc1 Nb4 {So, it doesn't seem that 10.h3 can pose great theoretical problems
for Black, or at least it cannot deny him his share of fun over the board!} 0-1

