[Event "6th Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2011.11.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2811"]
[BlackElo "2826"]
[Annotator "Keti Arakhamia-Grant"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2011.11.16"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8.
Qd2 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nc6 10. Rd1 O-O 11. Nf3 Bg4 12. Be2 Rc8 13. O-O Qa5 14. h3
Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Qxd2 16. Rxd2 Na5 {The simple plan of bringing the knight to c4
offers Black good counterplay- Avrukh, the Grandmaster Repertoire 9, page 142.}
17. e5 $146 {Anand deviates from the 17.Bg5, as was played previously in all
three games that reached this position.} (17. Bg5 Nc4 18. Rd3 {... 1/2-1/2
Melkumyan,H (2582)-Areshchenko,A (2670)/Rijeka 2010.}) 17... Nc4 {It feels
natural to exchange one of the White's bishops.} 18. Rd3 Nxe3 19. fxe3 Rc7 $11
20. Be4 ({One attempt to complicate the position could be to attack Black's
pawns on the queenside} 20. a4 b6 21. a5 bxa5 22. Ra1 {However Black can
counter-attack White's pawn weeknesses.} Rfc8 23. Rxa5 Rc3 24. Rxc3 Rxc3 25.
Rxa7 Bh6 $1 $11) 20... Rfc8 21. Rb3 b6 22. Kf2 f6 23. exf6 Bxf6 24. Ke2 Kg7 25.
Rd1 Rc3 26. Rd3 Rc2+ 27. Rd2 R2c3 28. Rd3 Rc2+ 29. Rd2 R2c3 1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2011.11.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2811"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "Keti Arakhamia-Grant"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2011.11.16"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 {This
move is a most popular choice. Avrukh in his book recommends 7...Nc6 as a
viable alternative to the more common lines.} 8. Be2 b5 9. Qb3 Nc6 {It was
very interesting listening to Sutovsky's comments on the tournament website.
At this moment he predicted that Black on the next move can offer three pieces
for a queen. The exeptance may lead to very complicated and unbalanced
position with mutual chances. Some players prefer to have a piece play, when
the others, including computers like to keep the queen.} 10. e5 Be6 11. Qd1 ({
The World Champion agrees with the computer's assesment and prefers to keep
his queen on the board. The alternative} 11. exf6 Bxb3 12. fxg7 Kxg7 13. axb3
Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Qxd4 15. O-O Qb4 {is unclear.}) 11... Nd5 12. O-O Nxc3 13. bxc3
Bd5 14. Be3 Na5 15. Nd2 c5 {It looks like Black managed to solve his opening
problems and now equalises comfortably.} 16. Bf3 cxd4 17. cxd4 Nc4 18. Nxc4
bxc4 19. Rc1 e6 20. Qa4 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Qd5 22. Rxc4 Qxf3 23. Rfc1 Qg4+ 24. Kh1
Qe4+ 25. Kg1 Qg4+ 26. Kh1 Qe4+ 27. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2011.11.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[Annotator "Keti Arakhamia-Grant"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2011.11.16"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Rc1 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 O-O 9. Nf3 Qxc5 10. Bb3 Nc6 11. O-O Qa5 12. h3 Bf5 13. Qe2 Ne4 14. Nxe4
Bxe4 15. Rfd1 Qh5 16. Bc2 (16. Rd7 {given as a main line by Avrukh.} Rac8 $1)
16... Bxc2 ({I was very surprised to find on the page 217 in Avrukh's book the
quote to my own game.} 16... Bxf3 {this well-timed exchange completely solves
Black's opening problems, according to Avrukh.} 17. Qxf3 Qxf3 18. gxf3 Rad8 19.
Be4 Bxb2 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Rc2 Ba3 22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. Rxc6 f6 24. e4 a5 {1/2-1/
2 Portisch,L (2595)-Arakhamia Grant,K (2420)/Roquebrune 1998. However in his
comments after the game Aronian points out that Svidler played all the right
moves until maybe move 19.}) 17. Qxc2 Qb5 18. a4 Qb4 19. Ne1 e5 20. Bg3 Rfd8
21. Nd3 Qe7 22. Qc5 Rd6 {Aronian describes this move as overly ambitious. He
is suggesting instead 22...f6, first restricting white's bishop and maybe
exchanging queens on c5 next.} 23. b4 Rad8 24. b5 Rd5 25. Qc2 e4 ({Maybe it
was better to play} 25... Na5 26. e4 Rd4 27. Nb2 b6 $11 (27... Bh6 28. Rxd4
exd4 $11)) 26. Nf4 $14 Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 28. Qxd1 Nb4 29. Qc1 Bf6 30. Qc8+
Kg7 31. Qb8 a6 32. b6 (32. Nxg6 $6 Kxg6 33. Bd6 Qd8 34. Qxd8 Bxd8 35. Bxb4 axb5
36. axb5 Kf5 37. Kf1 Ke6 38. Ke2 Kd5 39. Kd2 Kc4 40. Bd6 Kxb5) 32... Nc6 33.
Qc8 h5 34. Ne2 Nd8 35. Bc7 Qe6 36. Qb8 Qd7 (36... Qa2 $1 37. Nf4 Qxa4 38. Bxd8
Qd1+ 39. Kh2 Bxd8 40. Qxb7 Qd6 $11) 37. Be5 Ne6 38. Nc3 Qc6 39. a5 h4 40. Bxf6+
Kxf6 41. Qh8+ Kf5 42. Qxh4 Qxc3 43. g4+ Ke5 44. Qh8+ f6 45. Qb8+ Kd5 46. Qxb7+
Qc6 47. Qb8 Nc5 48. Qg8+ Qe6 49. Qxg6 Kc4 50. h4 Kd3 51. h5 Ke2 52. h6 Qc4 53.
h7 Ke1 54. Qxf6 1-0

[Event "18th European Teams"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2011.11.11"]
[Round "9.8"]
[White "Banikas, Hristos"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "Keti Arakhamia-Grant"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.14"]
[WhiteTeam "Greece"]
[BlackTeam "Italy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GRE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
Be3 Qa5 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. Rb1 a6 11. Rc1 Bg4 12. d5 Rd8 13. Be2 O-O 14. O-O e6 ({
Avrukh believes that move to be inferior to the recommended by him in the
Grandmaster Repertoire 9} 14... Bxf3 15. Bxf3 e6) 15. Rfd1 ({The point is that
White has a strong reply here} 15. Bg5 {GR 9, p.119,} f6 ({in case of} 15...
Rd7 16. Qf4 Bxf3 {White has an intermidiate capture} 17. dxc6 $1) 16. Bf4 {and
White has a better chances.}) 15... Bxf3 16. Bxf3 exd5 17. exd5 Ne5 {Now games
transposes into a variation given by Avrukh on page 120.} 18. Be2 c4 {
According to Avrukh that move gives Black a good play.} 19. Rb1 b5 20. a4 Nd3
21. axb5 axb5 22. Bxd3 {Draw was agreed as the following exchanges lead to
more simplifications and equality.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Schachbundesliga 2011-12"]
[Site "Muelheim GER"]
[Date "2011.10.15"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Braun, Arik"]
[Black "Naumann, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D98"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[Annotator "Keti Arakhamia-Grant"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2011.10.14"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.14"]
[WhiteTeam "SC Eppingen"]
[BlackTeam "SG Solingen"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Nc6 8.
Be2 {In the Grandmaster Repertoire 8, Avrukh discusses this line in a chapter
number 28!} Bg4 9. Be3 Bxf3 10. gxf3 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Qb5 Nh5 13. Rd1 Qh4
14. Qxb7 Rab8 ({Attacking the queen is a good option, but looks like Avrukh's
recommendation on page 330 is even sronger} 14... Nf4 $1 15. Bxf4 Qxf4 16. Qd5
Rab8 17. Qd2 Nxf3+ 18. Bxf3 Qxf3 19. O-O Be5 $19) (14... Qh3 15. Qxc7 Nxf3+ 16.
Bxf3 Qxf3 17. O-O Rae8 18. Qd7 Nf6 19. Qd3 Qg4+ 20. Kh1 Qf3+ 21. Kg1 {1/2-1/2
Kaufman,L (2427)-Winer,S (2306)/Washington DC 1999.}) 15. Qxc7 Rxb2 16. Nd5 h6
$6 ({Black missed the opportunity to get the overwhelming advantage with} 16...
Qh3 17. f4 Ng3 $1 $19) 17. Rd2 {White now is in time to neutralise Black's
initiative} Rb1+ ({Black could try to play on with} 17... Qh3 {but he does not
have sufficient resources to carry out successful attack.} 18. Rxb2 Nxf3+ 19.
Bxf3 Qxf3 20. Rb4 Qxh1+ 21. Ke2 $11) 18. Rd1 Rb2 19. Rd2 Rb1+ 20. Rd1 Rb2 21.
Rd2 Rb1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2011.11.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2826"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "Keti Arakhamia-Grant"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2011.11.16"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.14"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 {Experts on Anti- Sicilian
p.122, 142. Commentating after the game Carlsen mentioned that he did not get
anything special out of opening.} Nc6 {Greet considers 5...Nf6 to be the more
accurate move order.} 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 g6 8. Nc3 Bg7 9. Be3 Nf6 10. h3 {This
way White avoids Agdestein's move discussed on p.142.} (10. f3) 10... O-O 11.
O-O a6 (11... Rfc8 12. b3 a6 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Bxd4 16. Qxd4
b5 17. Rfe1 bxc4 18. bxc4 Rc7 19. Qh4 Rac8 20. Re4 Qf5 21. Rae1 Qf6 22. Qg4 h5
23. Qe2 Qc3 24. Rxe7 Rxc4 25. Re3 Qf6 26. Qf3 Rf4 27. Qe2 Kg7 28. g3 Rf5 29. h4
Rc5 30. Rd3 Re5 31. Qd2 Rxe1+ 32. Qxe1 Rc2 33. a3 Qf5 34. Rd4 Qf3 35. a4 Re2
36. Qf1 Ra2 37. Qe1 a5 38. Rf4 Qxd5 39. Qc3+ Kg8 40. Rd4 Qe5 41. Kg2 Kg7 42.
Qc4 Ra1 43. Rf4 d5 44. Qa6 Rd1 45. Qa7 Qe6 46. Kh2 d4 47. Rxd4 Rf1 48. Kg2 Ra1
49. Qxa5 Qc6+ 50. Qd5 Qxd5+ {1/2-1/2 Howell,D (2611)-Anand,V (2804)/London
2010.}) 12. a4 Rfc8 {More often Black develops the a8-rook on c8.} 13. b3 e6
14. Rc1 d5 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. e5 Ne8 17. f4 ({White has an interesting resource
} 17. a5 $5 {sacrificing a pawn and hoping to win an exchange in return.} Bxe5
{Black has to accept the pawn, otherwise he will be struggling for space.} 18.
Na4 d4 (18... Bc7 19. Nb6 Qd6 20. f4 Bxb6 21. axb6 Qe7 22. c5 {The strong
passed pawn and weakened dark squares around Black's king guarantee
compensation for the pawn, perhaps more.}) 19. Nb6 Qd8 20. Bd2 c5 21. Nxa8 Rxa8
22. b4 cxb4 23. Bxb4 {Black definitely has some play for the exchange but it
will take time to coordinate his pieces. White must play precisely but it
seems to me that White's position is preferable.}) 17... a5 18. Ne4 Bf8 19. Rf3
Qd8 20. Nc5 Rcb8 21. Bf2 Nc7 22. Qe2 Rb4 23. Kh2 Be7 24. Rc2 Qf8 25. Nd7 Qd8
26. Nc5 Qf8 27. cxd5 Nxd5 28. g3 Qc8 29. Be1 Rb6 30. Rc4 Rab8 31. Qd1 Bxc5 32.
Rxc5 Qf8 33. Qc2 Nb4 34. Bxb4 Rxb4 35. Rxa5 $11 ({White can try taking a
different pawn} 35. Rxc6 $14 Rd4 36. Qc5 Rd2+ 37. Kg1 Qd8 $5 (37... Qxc5+ 38.
Rxc5 Rb2) 38. Rd6 Qe7 39. Rc3 Rb2 40. Rc6 Rd8 {Black has sufficient recourses
to hold the position.}) 35... Qd8 36. Rc5 Rxb3 37. Rxb3 Rxb3 38. Qxb3 Qd2+ 39.
Kh1 Qe1+ 40. Kg2 Qe2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2011.11.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2826"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[Annotator "Keti Arakhamia-Grant"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2011.11.16"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O {In this position Avrukh, The Grandmaster
Repertoire 9, page 212, recommends two main options for Black 10...Bg4 and the
little-explored line 10...Qc7 11.Rc1 b6.} b6 {Despite been played very rarely,
this continuation came to the attention after being employed by Anand in his
World Championship match against Topalov in 2010. Next time it was Grischuk
who tried it against Aronian in the Candidates matches, 2011. Since Grischuk
and Svidler are good friends it is safe to suggest that this variation would
have been analysed by them in depth.} 11. dxc5 {The most principled reply.
Topalov choice was less commital 11.Qd2.} Qc7 12. f4 $146 ({Carlsen accepts
the challenge and deviates early with his own novelty. The other above
mentioned game continued} 12. Nd4 Ne5 13. Nb5 Qb8 14. Be2 bxc5 15. f4 Ng4 16.
Bxc5 a6 17. Na3 Qc7 18. Bd4 e5 $1 19. fxe5 Nxe5 $13 {After an intence battle
the opponents shared a point on move 70,  Aronian,L (2808)-Grischuk,A (2747)/
Kazan 2011}) 12... bxc5 13. Rb1 Rd8 14. Qa4 Na5 ({Also possible is} 14... Bd7
15. Rb5 (15. Qa6 Na5 16. Bd5 Rab8 17. f5 Rxb1 18. Rxb1 Bc8) 15... Nd4 16. cxd4
Bxb5 17. Bxb5 cxd4 18. Rc1 Qb7) 15. Bd5 Bd7 ({Deserves attention} 15... Ba6 16.
Rfe1 (16. c4 Rxd5 17. exd5 Nxc4 18. Qxa6 Nxe3 19. Rfc1 Nxd5 $44) 16... Rab8 17.
Rxb8 Rxb8 18. f5 Bb5 19. Qc2 Nc4 20. Bf4 Be5) 16. Qa3 Rac8 17. f5 e6 18. Bf4
Be5 19. fxe6 ({White had an interesting alternative to sacrifice a piece with} 
19. Bxe6 $5 fxe6 (19... Bxf4 20. Bxf7+ Kxf7 21. fxg6+ Kg7 22. Nxf4 Rf8 23. Nd5
$18) 20. fxg6 {In my analyses after the accurate defence Black can equalise,
but maybe there is an improvement for White or both sides. Anyway somehow
intuitively I feel that White's position is very promising. (Although
obviously Carlsen is not sharing this opinion since in the game he retreated
with his bishop.)} Nc4 {is the best defence} (20... hxg6 21. Bxe5 Qxe5 22. Qxa5
$14) (20... Bxf4 21. gxh7+ Kxh7 22. Nxf4 Nc4 23. Qc1 {White queen gets quickly
sent to the kingside where black king is feeling rather vulnerable without the
pawn cover. Black pieces are helpless against White's attack. For example} Rg8
24. Rf3 Qe5 25. Rh3+ Kg7 26. Nd3 Qf6 27. Rb7 $18) (20... Bc6 21. gxh7+ Qxh7 22.
Ng3 Bxf4 23. Rxf4 Nb7 24. Qb3 Re8 25. Rbf1 $18 {White mobilises all his forces
to achieve the overwhelming attack on the kingside.}) 21. Qa6 (21. gxh7+ Kh8
22. Qa6 Nb6) 21... Bxf4 (21... Rf8 22. Rb7 Qc6 23. gxh7+ Kh8 24. Qxc4 Rxf4 25.
Nxf4 Bxf4 26. Rbb1 $16) (21... Nb6 22. Qd3 $16) 22. Nxf4 Ne5 23. gxh7+ (23.
Nxe6 Bxe6 24. Qxe6+ Kh8 25. gxh7 Re8 26. Qf6+ Qg7 27. Qxg7+ Kxg7 28. Rb7+ Kh8
$11) 23... Kh8 24. Qe2 Rb8 25. Qh5 ({The idea of keeping more pieces on the
board with} 25. Rbc1 {looks a bit too slow, but probably is not so bad, but
still after} c4 $5 26. Qh5 Be8 27. Qg5 Bf7 {Black holds the position.}) 25...
Rxb1 26. Rxb1 Be8 27. Qg5 Bf7 28. Rf1 Kxh7 {Unfortunately I can't find
anything more that to take the perpetual with} 29. Nxe6 Bxe6 30. Qh4+ Kg8 31.
Qg5+ Kh7 $11) 19... fxe6 20. Bb3 Nxb3 21. axb3 Rf8 22. Qc1 c4 23. b4 Qb6+ 24.
Kh1 Bg7 {Black keeps two bishops and has a comfortable position.} 25. e5 Bc6
26. Nd4 Bd5 27. Ra1 Qb7 28. Qc2 Rc7 29. Bg3 Rcf7 30. Rxf7 Qxf7 31. Qe2 g5 32.
h3 h5 33. Kg1 h4 34. Bh2 Qg6 35. Rd1 g4 {Feels like Black is overextending.
White's resources should not be underestimated, especially when it is Carlsen
who plays with white pieces. At this tournament we had few opportunities to
witness his incredible resilience and creativity, just think of his game
against Kramnik!} 36. hxg4 Qg5 37. Nf5 $1 exf5 ({After} 37... h3 {Black does
not achieve much when White replies corectely} 38. Rd4 {with the idea to play
Bf4} (38. Nxg7 Qxg7 39. Rxd5 exd5 40. gxh3 Qg6 {Black is winning due to an
exposed situation of White's king and awkwardly placed bishop on h2.}) 38...
exf5 (38... hxg2 39. Bf4 Qd8 40. Rxd5 $1 exd5 41. e6 $16) 39. Rxd5 fxg4 40. Bg3
$1 $11) 38. Rxd5 fxg4 39. Kh1 h3 40. gxh3 gxh3 41. Rd4 (41. Rd1) 41... Qc1+ 42.
Rd1 Qxc3 43. e6 Qb2 44. Qe4 Qg2+ 45. Qxg2 hxg2+ 46. Kxg2 Re8 47. Rd6 Bf8 48.
Rc6 Bxb4 49. Rxc4 a5 50. Rc6 Kg7 51. Kf3 Kf6 52. Ke4 Rxe6+ 53. Be5+ Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Schachbundesliga 2011-12"]
[Site "Solingen GER"]
[Date "2011.04.11"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Galyas, Miklos"]
[Black "Naumann, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2458"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[Annotator "Keti Arakhamia-Grant"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2011.10.14"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.14"]
[WhiteTeam "SG Trier"]
[BlackTeam "SG Solingen"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qb3 dxc4 7. Qxc4 O-O 8.
Bf4 Na6 9. e4 c5 10. e5 Be6 ({Avrukh considers only} 10... Nh5 {in his first
volume on page 96, followed by} 11. Be3 cxd4 12. Qxd4 Bc6 13. Be2 Qa5 14. O-O
Bxf3 ({The decision to give the dark squared bishop to win a pawn did not
succeeded in the following game. Despite losing the game White had an
advantage out of the opening.} 14... Rfd8 15. Qh4 Bxe5 16. b4 Qc7 17. Nxe5 Qxe5
18. b5 Qxc3 19. bxc6 Qxc6 20. Bf3 $16 Qd6 21. Rab1 Rac8 22. Bxh5 gxh5 23. Rb5 (
23. Rxb7 $142 f6 24. Qxh5 $16) 23... h6 24. Rxb7 {.... 0-1 Zhukova,N (2443)
-Mikhalevski,V (2584)/Aix-les-Bains FRA 2011.}) 15. Bxf3 Bxe5 16. Qd5 Qxd5 17.
Nxd5 Rfe8 18. g4 $5 {This move mentioned by Avrukh as a possible improvement
over previosely played} (18. Rac1 {... 1/2-1/2 Sokolov,I (2695)-Van Wely,L 
(2654)/Belgium 2003.})) 11. exf6 ({Black has a comfortable play if White
decides to keep a queen.} 11. Qa4 Nd5 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. Bxa6 bxa6 14. dxc5 Qxc5
15. O-O Qb5) 11... Bxc4 12. fxg7 Kxg7 ({In the only other game that reached
this position Black mistakenely captured the bishop on f1} 12... Bxf1 13.
gxf8=Q+ Qxf8 14. Kxf1 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Qc8 ({It is better to play} 15... Nc5 16.
Nde2 Nd3 17. h4 {but White's chances are still preferable}) 16. Nde2 Qf5 17.
Rd1 e5 18. Be3 Nb4 19. h4 $16 {... 1-0 Horvath,C (2546)-Flumbort,A (2493)/
Budapest HUN 2004.}) 13. Bxc4 cxd4 14. Rd1 Qa5 ({The move played in the game
is stronger than} 14... Qb6 {suggested by Ftachnik in his analyses of the game
Horvath,C-Flumbort,A} 15. Be5+ f6 16. Bxd4 Qxb2 17. O-O Rac8 18. Rb1 $36 {
Ftacnik}) 15. Be5+ (15. Rxd4 {leads to exchange of one pair of rooks but the
queen and a pawn still are stronger than three pieces. Black has no weeknesses
and his king is safe.} Rad8 16. O-O Rxd4 17. Be5+ f6 18. Bxd4 Rc8 19. Be6 Rd8
$15) 15... f6 16. Bxd4 e5 17. Be3 Rfd8 18. O-O Nb4 19. a3 Nc2 20. Bd2 Nd4 21.
Nxd4 Rxd4 22. Be2 Rad8 23. Be3 (23. b4 $5 Qxa3 24. Nb5 Qb2 25. Nxd4 Rxd4 26.
Be3 Rxd1 27. Bxd1 Qxb4 $15 28. Bxa7 $6 b6 29. Bf3 Qa5 30. Bb8 b5 31. Rd1 b4 $19
32. Rd7+ Kh8 33. Bc7 Qa4 34. Rd6 e4) 23... Rxd1 24. Bxd1 b5 25. Na2 Rd2 $1 26.
b4 (26. Bxd2 Qxd2 27. Nb4 Qxb2 28. Nc2 a5 $19) 26... Qd8 27. Bb3 (27. Bxd2 Qxd2
28. Bb3 e4 29. Nc1 Qb2 $19) 27... Rd3 28. Nc1 Rxe3 $1 29. fxe3 Qd2 $19 30. Rd1
Qxe3+ 31. Kf1 e4 32. Bd5 f5 33. Ne2 Qxa3 34. Bc6 Qxb4 35. Rd7+ Kf6 36. Rxa7 e3
37. Ra1 Qd6 38. Bxb5 Qxh2 39. Ra3 Qb8 40. Rb3 h5 41. Bc4 Qe5 42. Bd3 h4 43.
Rb6+ Kg7 44. Rb4 h3 45. gxh3 Qd5 46. Nd4 f4 47. Kg1 f3 48. Nxf3 Qxf3 49. Rb2
Qxh3 50. Rg2 Qd7 51. Bc2 Qd4 52. Kf1 Qf4+ 53. Ke2 g5 54. Bb3 g4 55. Be6 Qf3+
0-1

[Event "6th Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2011.11.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "Keti Arakhamia-Grant"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2011.11.16"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 dxc4 7. e3 Be6 8.
Nf3 Bg7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O c5 11. Rb1 b6 {This continuation was already played
by Nepomniachtchi previously, all but in the blitz game, never the less no
doubt Gelfand was prepared for it.} ({The immediate capture on d4 is
recommended by Avrukh} 11... cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bd5 13. Qc2 Qd7 14. Rfd1 Bxd4 15.
cxd4 Qe6 {in a later game White has tried a different plan of preparing to
advance his central pawns} 16. Qc3 ({Gelfand continued} 16. Bf3 Bxf3 17. gxf3
Nd7 18. Qe4 b6 19. Rdc1 Rac8 20. Rb4 c3 21. Rb3 Nf6 22. Qxe6 fxe6 23. Bxf6 {1/
2-1/2 Gelfand,B (2733)-Kamsky,G (2732)/Kazan RUS 2011}) 16... Nd7 17. f3 Nb6
18. Rb5 f5 19. Rdb1 Rac8 20. Bd1 Na8 21. Bc2 Nc7 22. Ra5 a6 23. e4 fxe4 24.
fxe4 b5 ({I am not sure Black had to give the piece just yet, but also after} 
24... Qg4 25. Qe1 Bc6 26. d5 Bb5 27. Bxe7 {White has an advantage.}) 25. exd5
Qg4 ({after} 25... Nxd5 26. Qe1 Qb6 27. Ra3 Qxd4+ {may have three pawns for a
piece, but White's pair of bishops is very strong in this position.} 28. Bf2
Qf6 29. Be4 $16) 26. Bg3 Nxd5 27. Qd2 c3 28. Qd3 Rc4 29. Bb3 c2 30. Bxc2 Rxd4
31. Bd1 Qf5 32. Qxf5 gxf5 33. Bb3 e6 34. Rxa6 Re8 35. Ra7 f4 36. Bf2 Rd2 37.
Re1 f3 38. Bxd5 {1-0 Kazhgaleyev,M (2618)-Vakhidov,J (2348)/Tashkent UZB 2011.}
) 12. Ng5 $146 ({Previousely White tried Qc2 and capture on c5. For example} 
12. dxc5 Nd7 13. c6 ({In case of} 13. cxb6 Nxb6 14. Nd4 Bd7 {looks like Black
equalises.}) 13... Nf6 14. Nd4 Bd5 15. Bf3 Rc8 16. Bg3 ({Deserves attention} 
16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. e4 Be6 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. e5 Qxd1 20. Rfxd1 Bxe5 21. Rd7 Rc7
22. Re1 Bxc3 23. Rxe6 {despite being a pawn down White has some chances in the
ending.} ({or} 23. Rc1 Be5 24. Rxc4 Bd6 25. Ra4 a5 26. Rd4)) 16... Ne4 17. Nb5
(17. c7 $5 Qe8 18. Rb4 Nxg3 19. Bxd5 Bxd4 20. hxg3 Bc5 21. Rb1 Rxc7 22. Bxc4
$11) 17... Nxg3 ({why not to take the c6 pawn} 17... Rxc6 18. Qc2 f5 19. Nxa7
Rc5 $17) 18. hxg3 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 a6 20. c7 Qe8 21. Nd4 e5 22. Nc2 e4 23. Qf4 b5
24. Nd4 Qe5 25. a4 Qxf4 26. gxf4 Bxd4 27. exd4 Rxc7 28. axb5 axb5 29. Rxb5 Ra8
$11 {although White went on to win the game, 1-0 Delchev,A (2625)-Le Roux,J 
(2512)/France 2010}) 12... Bd5 13. e4 Bb7 14. d5 ({Closing the centre looks
stronger than entering the complications after} 14. Bxc4 cxd4 15. cxd4 h6 16.
Nxf7 Rxf7 17. Qg4 g5 18. Bg3 Nd7 19. Bxf7+ Kxf7 20. d5 Nf6 $13) 14... h6 ({The
alternative was to take a pawn on c3 and hope to survive White's initiative.} 
14... Bxc3 15. Bxc4 Bf6 16. f4 $44 h6 ({Reducing the number of pieces on the
board doesn't solve all the Black's problems.} 16... Ba6 17. Bxa6 Nxa6 18. e5
Bxg5 19. Bxg5 Qd7 20. f5 $1) 17. Nf3 Bxh4 18. Nxh4 e6 19. Nf3 exd5 20. exd5 Nd7
(20... Qd6 21. f5 g5 22. f6 $5) 21. Ne5 Nxe5 22. fxe5 Qh4 23. Qd3 {White has a
compensation for a pawn,but Black shold be able to hold.}) 15. Nf3 g5 16. Bg3
f5 17. exf5 Qxd5 18. Qa4 Qxf5 19. Bxc4+ Kh8 20. Rbe1 {This is a very
interesting position. Black managed to illuminate White's strong pawns centre,
but fall behind in development. White's pieces are controlling the centre and
Black's king's weakened position offers him good chances for an attack.} Nc6 (
20... Bc6 21. Bb5 (21. Qb3 Bxf3 22. Be6 Qg6 23. gxf3 Nc6 24. Bd5) 21... Qd7 22.
Ne5 Bxb5 23. Qe4 Bc6 24. Ng6+ Kg8 25. Nxe7+ Kh8) (20... Bxf3 21. gxf3 Bf6 22.
Re3 Qd7 23. Bb5 Qb7 24. Bd3 $18) 21. Re3 Rad8 ({in case of immediate} 21... e5
{White starts dangerous attack after} 22. Bd3 Qd7 23. h4 $16) 22. h4 ({
Stronger is} 22. Bc7 $5 Rde8 23. Be6 Qg6 24. Rfe1 Ra8 25. Qg4 $16) 22... e5 {
The point here is that White doesn't have Bd3 now and is unable to stop e5-e4.}
23. hxg5 e4 24. Nh4 (24. gxh6 Bxh6 25. Nh4 Qh7 26. Rfe1 (26. Re2 Bg5 {and
suddenly white knight has nowhere to go.}) 26... Bxe3 27. Rxe3 $13) 24... Qxg5
25. Bb5 ({Black is fine after} 25. Rxe4 Bxc3 26. Re6 Rf6) ({It was better to
exchange the lightsquare bishops} 25. Ba6 Bxa6 (25... Ba8 {is bad  becouse
White just takes the e4 pawn with the queen.} 26. Qxe4) 26. Qxa6 Rfe8 27. Qe2
Qd5 28. Re1) 25... Na5 26. Rfe1 c4 {Just in a few moves the assesment of the
position changed. It is now Black who has an initiative.} 27. Bxc4 Bc6 28. Qb4
Nxc4 ({White could find himself in the difficulties after} 28... Rf6 {
treatening Bf8-c5.} {The best for White could be to give an exchange now but
he would not have sufficient compensation.} 29. Rxe4 Bxe4 30. Rxe4 Bf8 31. Qb2
Nxc4 32. Rxc4 Bc5 $17) 29. Qxc4 Bd5 30. Qa4 Rf7 31. Rxe4 {I am not sure if it
was already nessasary to take such measures, as I don't beleive that White has
full compansation for an exchange.} Bxe4 32. Rxe4 Qd5 33. Kh2 b5 34. Qc2 Qh5
35. c4 bxc4 36. Rxc4 Rfd7 37. Rc5 Rd5 38. Rxd5 Rxd5 39. Qc8+ Kh7 40. Qc2+ Kg8
41. Qc8+ Bf8 42. Kh3 Qf7 43. Qa6 Rd4 44. Kh2 Rb4 45. a4 Re4 46. a5 Re6 47. Qc8
a6 48. Nf3 Qh5+ 49. Kg1 Qe8 50. Qc4 Qc6 51. Qb3 Bg7 52. Bf4 Kh7 53. Be3 Qe4 54.
Bd4 Re7 55. Bxg7 Rxg7 56. Qc3 Qb1+ 57. Kh2 Qf5 58. Kg1 Rd7 59. Qe1 Rb7 60. Kh2
Rg7 61. Nh4 Qc2 62. Qe6 Qc7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2011.11.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D82"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2826"]
[Annotator "Keti Arakhamia-Grant"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2011.11.16"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Qb3 Na6 ({
According to my database this move has been played only twice before. Avrukh
in the Grandmaster Repertoire 8, on page179, considers} 7... dxc4 {to be
Black's best continuation.}) 8. cxd5 Nxc5 9. Qb5+ Qxb5 10. Bxb5+ Bd7 11. Rd1
Nh5 12. Bxd7+ Kxd7 13. Bg3 ({Why not just develop the knight?} 13. Nf3 $5 {it
is not clear to me if Black has sufficient compensation for a pawn.} Nxf4 14.
exf4 Bxc3+ 15. bxc3 f6 16. Rd4 $14) 13... b5 $1 14. d6 e6 15. Nf3 b4 16. Nb5
Nxg3 17. hxg3 Rab8 18. Nbd4 h5 19. Rh4 f5 20. Ne2 e5 (20... Ne4 21. Nd2 Nxd2
22. Rxd2 Rhc8) 21. Rc4 Rhc8 22. Kf1 Ne4 23. Rc7+ (23. Rcc1 $142) 23... Rxc7 24.
dxc7+ Kxc7 25. Nd2 Nxd2+ 26. Rxd2 a5 $15 27. b3 a4 28. bxa4 Ra8 29. Nc1 e4 30.
Ne2 Rxa4 31. Nf4 Bc3 32. Rc2 Kd6 33. Ke2 g5 34. Nxh5 Kd5 35. f3 g4 36. Nf4+ Kc4
37. Ne6 Ra6 38. Nf4 Rh6 39. fxg4 fxg4 40. Rc1 Ra6 41. Rc2 Rh6 42. Rc1 Rd6 43.
Rc2 Ra6 44. Kf2 Rh6 45. Ke2 Rh1 46. Ng6 Re1+ 47. Kf2 Ra1 48. Nf4 Rb1 49. Ne6
Rd1 50. Nf4 Rd6 51. Ke2 Rc6 52. Rc1 Kb5 53. Nd5 Rc5 54. Nf4 Rc6 55. Nd5 Rc5 56.
Nf4 Ka4 57. Ne6 Rd5 58. Rc2 Ka3 59. Nd4 Rc5 60. Nb3 Rd5 61. Nd4 Bxd4 62. Rd2
Bc3 63. Rxd5 Kxa2 64. Kd1 b3 65. Rb5 Kb2 66. Rb8 Bf6 67. Kd2 Bc3+ 68. Kd1 Bf6
69. Rf8 Bc3 70. Re8 Ka2 71. Ra8+ Kb1 72. Ra4 b2 73. Ra6 Ba5 74. Rxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2011.11.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[Annotator "Keti Arakhamia-Grant"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2011.11.16"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 {Quiet continuation, although in Ivanchuk's
hands just as dangerous.} Bg7 5. Qb3 e6 6. Qa3 a5 7. Nf3 Nc6 ({Avrukh is
suggesting a different route for a knight via a6. He plays first} 7... c6 {to
defend the a5 pawn.}) 8. Bd2 Nb4 {Svidler's idea seems very sensible since
sometimes Black wants to play c7-c5.} 9. Qa4+ (9. Qb3 c5 10. a3 Nc6 {was
played in the game Suba-Shirov, 2001}) 9... Bd7 10. Qb3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Bc6 ({
The pawn sacrifice deserves the attention} 11... c5 12. dxc5 Bc6 13. Nb5 O-O
14. Bxb4 axb4 15. Qxb4 Nd7 {two bishops and lead in development compensate two
missing pawns} 16. Be2 Qe7 17. O-O Qxc5 18. Qxc5 Nxc5 $44) 12. a3 $146 ({Most
principled as it is challenging a bishop on c6 strait away. Previously played} 
12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O Nbd5 14. Ne5 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Ne4 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Rad1 {1/
2-1/2 Farago,I (2507)-Ftacnik,L (2579)/Hamburg 2004}) 12... Nbd5 ({After} 12...
Bxf3 13. gxf3 Nbd5 {White can maybe even take a pawn} 14. Qxb7 O-O 15. Nxd5
Nxd5 16. Qc6 $14) 13. Ne5 $14 O-O 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Qc2 {White has a slight
long term advantage of two bishops and better pawn structure.} Qe7 16. O-O c5
17. Ne2 cxd4 18. Nxd4 c5 19. Nb5 Rfc8 20. Rfd1 ({It is tempting to push the
d5-knight from his central square, but than the other knight might be heading
for the d4 square} 20. e4 Nc7 21. Nc3 Ng4 22. h3 Ne5 23. Be2 Nc6 $11) 20... Ng4
21. h3 Ne5 22. Be2 c4 23. Rac1 h5 24. Nc3 Nb6 25. Ne4 Nd5 26. Nc3 Nb6 27. Ne4
Nd5 28. Be1 Rab8 29. Kh1 Nd7 30. Rb1 Nc5 ({I am not sure why Svidler decides
to give a pawn, he could still continue manoeuvring after} 30... a4) 31. Bxc4
Nb6 32. Bb5 Nd5 33. a4 Na6 34. Qe2 Nab4 35. Rbc1 $16 Rc7 36. Nc3 Rbc8 37. Nxd5
exd5 38. Rxc7 Rxc7 39. b3 Bc3 40. Rc1 Qf6 41. Qf3 Qe5 42. Qg3 Qxg3 43. fxg3 Be5
44. Rxc7 Bxc7 45. Kg1 Nc2 46. Bd2 Bb6 47. Kf2 d4 48. e4 d3+ 49. Kf1 Ne3+ 50.
Ke1 Nxg2+ 51. Kd1 h4 52. gxh4 Nxh4 53. b4 axb4 54. Bxb4 Nf3 55. a5 Bd4 56. Be7
f5 57. exf5 gxf5 58. Bd8 Kf7 59. Bb6 Ke6 60. Bxd4 Nxd4 61. Bxd3 1-0

[Event "16th ECC w"]
[Site "Rogaska Slatina SLO"]
[Date "2011.09.29"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Javakhishvili, L."]
[Black "Cmilyte, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2464"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Keti Arakhamia-Grant"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2011.09.25"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.14"]
[WhiteTeam "AEM Luxten Timisoara"]
[BlackTeam "AVS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8.
Nf3 Qa5 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. Rb1 a6 11. Rc1 Bg4 12. d5 Rd8 13. Bh6 $146 {According
to Avrukh this move was suggested by Krasenkov, but if I can trust my database
has not been used in practice prior to this game.} Bxh6 14. Qxh6 Bxf3 15. gxf3
Nd4 16. Bg2 e6 $1 17. Qd2 ({It must be too dangerous to take a pawn on h7 when
white king remains in the centre and position is likely to open.} 17. Qg7 Rf8
18. Qxh7 exd5) 17... Nc6 (17... Nb5 {is the continuation suggested by Avrukh,
on page 116 of the Grandmaster Repertoire-9, followed by} 18. O-O ({I think
White should play the ending after} 18. c4 Qxd2+ 19. Kxd2 Nd4 20. f4 Ke7 21. e5
b6 22. Rb1 Rb8 23. h4 f6 24. h5 {and White has his own pluses like passed
d-pawn and centrally placed king.}) 18... O-O $15) 18. Qe3 ({The difference
between knight's reatrears is prominent in case of} 18. c4 {Black has an
option of keeping queens on the board} Qa4 19. O-O Nd4 20. f4 O-O {dominant
knight in the centre and queen coordinate very well and offer Black better
chances.}) ({If White is castling that Black can relocate the knight to a
blockading d6-square after} 18. O-O O-O 19. f4 exd5 20. exd5 Nd4 21. Rfe1 Nf5)
18... Ne5 19. O-O O-O 20. c4 Nd7 ({Deserves attention the attempt to eliminate
white's strong pawn centre} 20... b5 $5 21. cxb5 (21. dxe6 fxe6 22. cxb5 Nd3
$15) 21... axb5 22. Rxc5 Nd7 23. dxe6 (23. Rc2 exd5 24. Qd2 (24. exd5 Nb6 $15)
24... b4 25. Rb2 dxe4 26. fxe4 Qe5 $11) 23... Nxc5 24. e7 Ne6 25. exf8=Q+ Rxf8
26. Rb1 Qxa2 27. Rxb5 Qa1+ 28. Bf1 Rc8 $11) 21. f4 ({White could try a pawn
sacrifice} 21. e5 $5 Qxa2 22. Rfd1 $14 {I think White has an initiative thanks
to mobile pawn centre and better coordinated pieces.} exd5 23. cxd5 Rfe8 24. f4
) 21... b5 22. f5 gxf5 (22... exf5 23. e5 Rfe8 24. e6 Qb6 25. cxb5 axb5 26.
Rfd1) 23. exf5 (23. Rfd1) 23... exf5 24. Kh1 ({At a first sight the immediate
check with the queen looks stronger, but Black should be able to hold} 24. Qg5+
Kh8 25. Qxf5 Qb6 26. Rb1 b4 $11) 24... Qb6 25. Rg1 Kh8 26. Qc3+ Qf6 27. Qxf6+
Nxf6 28. cxb5 axb5 29. Rxc5 b4 30. Rd1 Rfe8 31. d6 Re6 32. Rxf5 Rexd6 33. Rxd6
Rxd6 34. Bf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd London Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2011.12.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[Annotator "Keti Arakhamia-Grant"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2011.12.03"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.14"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d4 dxc4 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. Qa4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Nd5 8.
Bxb4 Ndxb4 9. O-O Rb8 10. Na3 O-O 11. Qb5 b6 12. Qxc4 Ba6 13. Nb5 Qd5 14. Qxd5
Nxd5 15. a4 Na5 16. Ne5 Rbd8 17. Nxa7 Nb4 {That move was Kramnik's choice when
he played this position with black pieces. Avrukh also examines this
continuation in the first volume of the Grandmaster Repertoire, page 146, but
gives 17...Nb3 as a main line.} 18. Rac1 Rxd4 19. Nb5 (19. Rxc7 Bxe2 20. Rfc1
f6 21. Nec6 Naxc6 22. Nxc6 Nxc6 23. R7xc6 Rfd8 24. h3 R8d6 25. Rxd6 Rxd6 26.
Rc6 Rxc6 27. Bxc6 e5 28. f4 exf4 29. gxf4 Kf7 30. Kf2 Bc4 31. b4 g5 32. fxg5
fxg5 33. h4 gxh4 34. a5 {1/2-1/2 Anand,V (2800)-Kramnik,V (2780)/Bilbao 2010.})
19... Bxb5 20. axb5 {Avrukh comments that White's light-squared bishop gives
him an edge.} f6 21. e3 Rdd8 22. Nf3 Rf7 {Nakamura seems to be following
Romain Edouard's analyses to the Anand- Kramnik game. In his comments Edouard
mentions that variation as an improvement over previously played 21...Rd2 in
the game Prohaszka-Csonka 2010.} 23. Bh3 Re7 24. Rc3 Kf7 25. Ra1 Rd3 $11 26.
Bf1 Rxc3 27. bxc3 Nd5 28. c4 Nc3 29. c5 Rd7 30. Nd4 Ne4 31. cxb6 cxb6 32. Rc1
Nc5 33. f4 Ke7 34. Nc6+ Nxc6 35. bxc6 Ra7 36. Rd1 Rc7 37. Bg2 e5 38. fxe5 fxe5
39. Rb1 e4 40. Rxb6 Kd6 41. Rb4 Kd5 42. Rd4+ Ke5 43. Rc4 Kd5 44. Rd4+ Ke5 45.
Rc4 Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2011.11.11"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Leko, P."]
[Black "Topalov, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[Annotator "Jacob Aagaard"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.14"]

{This line of the Grunfeld was not included in Avrukh's repertoire, but is
fascinating in its own right. It seems to us that Leko won a good game here.} 
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8.
Rc1 Qa5 9. Qd2 O-O {Avrukh recommends to take on d4 and exchange queens in his
book.} 10. Nf3 Rd8 11. d5 e6 12. Bg5 f6 13. Be3 Nc6 14. Bd3 exd5 15. exd5 c4
16. Bxc4 Be6 17. Rd1 Ne7 18. dxe6 Rxd2 19. Rxd2 Qxc3 (19... Nf5 20. Rd3 Kh8 21.
O-O {is untested and also a bit uncomfortable for Black.}) 20. Bb3 Qc1+ (20...
Qa1+ 21. Bd1 Nf5 22. O-O Qc3 23. Bb3 $18 {Lupulescu - Bukavshin, Aix-les-Bains
2011.}) 21. Rd1 Qc3+ 22. Rd2 Qc1+ 23. Rd1 Qc3+ 24. Ke2 a5 {It seems to me that
this move brings Black in trouble. The solution has already been played.} ({
Previously played was:} 24... Qb4 25. Rd3 (25. Rd4 $1 $146 {is my guess of
what Leko was intending. After} Qb5+ 26. Bc4 Qc6 {the computer gives} (26...
Qa4 27. Rhd1 Re8 28. R1d3 $14) 27. Rc1 Rc8 28. Rd3 Qe4 29. Bd5 Nxd5 30. Rxc8+
Bf8 31. Rxd5 Qxd5 32. e7 Qb5+ 33. Ke1 Qb1+ {as equal, but the feeling is that
everything is very dangerous for Black around here, and any improvement (or
just deviation from what you remember) could be catastrophic.}) 25... a5 26.
Rc1 a4 27. Rc4 Qb5 28. Rc5 Qb4 29. Rc4 Qb5 30. Rc5 Qb4 {Here White should take
the draw.} 31. Bc4 $2 Rb8 $2 (31... Bh6 $3 32. a3 Qb2+ 33. Bd2 Bxd2 34. Nxd2
Rb8 $17) 32. Rd7 Bf8 33. Rcc7 b5 (33... Qb2+ 34. Nd2 b5 $11) 34. Bd3 Qa3 35.
Nd2 (35. Rc2 $14) 35... Qxa2 36. Rxe7 Bxe7 37. Rxe7 a3 38. Bd4 Kf8 39. Bc5 Kg8
40. Bd4 Kf8 41. Bc5 Kg8 42. Ke3 $2 f5 $2 (42... Qa1 $1 $19) 43. Bd4 Kf8 44. Bc5
Kg8 45. Bd4 Kf8 46. Bf6 Rb6 47. Rf7+ Ke8 48. Re7+ Kf8 49. Rf7+ Ke8 {1/2-1/2
Pashikian - Cornette, Aix-les-Bains 2011.}) 25. Rd7 a4 26. Rc1 Qb2+ 27. Rc2 Qb1
28. Nd2 axb3 29. Nxb1 bxc2 30. Nc3 Nf5 31. Bd2 h5 $6 {Only this is new, but
already here Black is worse.} ({White also has a lasting pressure after} 31...
Re8 32. Kd3 (32. Rxb7 Nd4+ 33. Kd3 Nxe6 {is not so bad, thus the move order.})
32... b6 33. g4 Nh6 34. h3 Rxe6 35. Kxc2 f5 36. g5 Nf7 37. Nd5 Ne5 38. Rb7 Nf3
39. Ne7+ $1 $146 (39. Be3 Rd6 40. Nxb6 f4 41. Rb8+ Kf7 42. Rb7+ Kg8 43. Rb8+
Kf7 44. Rb7+ {1/2-1/2 Potkin,V (2646)-Svidler,P (2722)/Moscow 2010/CBM 140})
39... Kf8 40. Bb4 Ke8 41. Nd5 Rc6+ 42. Kb3 Bd4 43. Re7+ Kd8 44. Rxh7 Bxf2 45.
Be7+ Kc8 46. Rg7 Bg3 47. Ka4 Bd6 48. Bf6 Nd2 49. Bc3 b5+ 50. Ka5 Nc4+ 51. Kxb5
Rc5+ 52. Kb4 Rc7+ 53. Kb3 Rxg7 54. Bxg7 Nd2+ 55. Kc2 Nf3 56. Bf6 $16) 32. Kd3
$16 b5 33. e7 Re8 34. Nd5 Kf7 35. Kxc2 Rc8+ 36. Nc7 Nxe7 37. Bb4 Bf8 38. Kb3
Rb8 39. Nd5 Ke6 40. Rd6+ Ke5 41. f4+ 1-0

[Event "3rd London Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2011.12.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C36"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[Annotator "Keti Arakhamia-Grant"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2011.12.03"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 {The choice of the opening would not come as a surprise to
Adams, because of Nakamura's reputation as a very original player and the fact
that he played the King's Gambit before.} exf4 3. Nf3 d5 ({It is actually
great to see the romantic openings played by top players in our pragmatic age.
In the following game we see Shirov in action behind the white pieces.} 3... h6
4. Nc3 d6 5. d4 g5 6. g3 Bg7 7. gxf4 g4 8. Rg1 Kf8 9. Be3 Nc6 10. d5 Nb4 11. a3
gxf3 12. axb4 Qh4+ 13. Rg3 Nf6 14. Qxf3 Nh5 15. Be2 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Qd8 17. Kd2
Bd7 18. e5 dxe5 19. f5 b6 20. d6 Be8 21. f6 Bxf6 22. Rf1 Bg5 23. Bc4 Qxd6+ 24.
Ke2 Bxe3 25. Qxa8 Qd2+ 26. Kf3 f5 27. Qc8 Kg7 28. Qxc7+ Kf8 29. Qxe5 Bh5+ 30.
g4 Bxg4+ 31. Kg3 Qd4 32. Qb8+ Kg7 33. Qc7+ Kg6 34. Qf7+ Kg5 35. Qe7+ {1-0
Shirov,A (2709)-Alekseev,E (2673)/Lublin POL 2011/The Week in Chess 863}) (3...
g5 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. h4 h6 6. d4 d6 7. c3 Nc6 8. O-O g4 9. Ne1 Qxh4 10. Bxf4 Nf6
11. e5 dxe5 12. dxe5 g3 13. Bxg3 Qxg3 14. exf6 Bf8 15. Nd3 Bd6 16. Qh5 Bg4 17.
Bxf7+ Kf8 18. Qg6 Qh2+ 19. Kf2 Qg3+ {1/2-1/2 Nakamura,H (2733)-Ivanchuk,V 
(2754)/Cap d'Agde FRA 2010/CT-3646/[Mikhail Golubev (www.chesstoday.net)]}) 4.
exd5 Nf6 5. Bc4 ({Nakamura deviates from his own game where he gave a check on
b5.} 5. Bb5+ Nbd7 6. c4 Qe7+ 7. Qe2 Qxe2+ 8. Kxe2 a6 9. Bxd7+ Bxd7 10. d4 Nh5
11. Kf2 O-O-O 12. Nc3 h6 13. Ne5 Be8 14. g4 fxg3+ 15. hxg3 f6 16. Nf3 g5 17.
Bd2 Bg6 18. g4 Ng7 19. Rae1 Re8 20. Rxe8+ Nxe8 21. c5 {1/2-1/2 Nakamura,H 
(2701)-Ivanov,A (2516)/Ledyard 2009/CBM 129 Extra}) 5... Nxd5 6. O-O Be6 ({The
other popular continuation is to quickly finish development of the kingside,
for example like in the next encounter on the top level:} 6... Be7 7. Bxd5 Qxd5
8. Nc3 Qd8 9. d4 O-O 10. Bxf4 Bf5 11. Qe2 Bd6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Nb5 Qd8 14. c4
a6 15. Nc3 Nd7 16. Rad1 Bg6 17. Qf2 Re8 18. h3 Rc8 19. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 c6
21. d5 Nf6 22. Qd4 cxd5 23. Nxd5 Nxd5 24. cxd5 Qd6 25. Ne5 Re8 26. Re3 Rd8 27.
Nc4 Qf6 28. Re5 h6 29. d6 Bf5 30. Nb6 Be6 31. d7 Kh8 32. a4 g6 33. Qc3 Kg7 34.
a5 h5 35. h4 Rxd7 36. Nxd7 Bxd7 37. Qd4 Bc6 38. b4 Bb5 39. Kh2 Ba4 40. Rd5 Bc6
41. Qxf6+ Kxf6 42. Rc5 Ke6 43. Kg3 f6 44. Kf2 Bd5 45. g3 g5 46. g4 hxg4 47. h5
Be4 48. Rc7 f5 49. h6 f4 50. h7 g3+ 51. Ke1 f3 52. h8=Q f2+ 53. Ke2 Bd3+ 54.
Ke3 {1-0 Carlsen,M (2813)-Wang Yue (2752)/Medias ROU 2010.}) 7. Bb3 c5 ({More
common is} 7... Be7) 8. Kh1 ({The attemt to complicate the game. The
alternative} 8. d4 {may lead to the following simplifications} cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bc5
10. Kh1 Bxd4 11. Qxd4 O-O 12. Bxd5 Nc6 13. Qxf4 Qxd5 14. Nc3 {as in the game
Lyell,M (2187)-Haslinger,S (2468)/Great Yarmouth 2007, where Black went on to
win, although not because of the opening.}) 8... Nc6 (8... Be7 9. d4 O-O 10. c4
Ne3 11. Bxe3 fxe3 12. d5 Bg4 13. Qd3 Nd7 14. Bc2 g6 15. Qxe3 Bd6 16. Nbd2 {...
1/2-1/2 Fier,A (2471)-Saralegui Cassan,M (2196)/Turin 2006}) 9. d4 c4 $5 ({The
move in the game is stronger than the capture on d4. Maybe this option escaped
Nakamura's attention when he played his 8th move.} 9... cxd4 10. Nxd4 Ne3 11.
Bxe3 fxe3 12. Qh5 Qa5 $11) 10. Ba4 ({If bishop takes the c4 pawn, White loses
the exchange without the reasonable compensation.} 10. Bxc4 Ne3 11. Bxe3 Bxc4
12. Bxf4 Bxf1 13. Qxf1 Bd6 $15) 10... Bd6 {Black succeeds in finishing his
development and still keeps his extra pawn for a little while without
compromising his position. In fact the f4- pawn greatly restricts White's from
harmoniously developing his pieces.} 11. b3 c3 12. Qd3 O-O 13. Bxc6 ({In case
of immediate capture on c3 White loses c2-pawn due to the open c file.} 13.
Nxc3 Ncb4 14. Qd2 Nxc3 15. Qxc3 Rc8 $19) 13... bxc6 14. Nxc3 Re8 15. Nxd5 Bxd5
16. c4 Be4 17. Qc3 a5 18. a3 f6 19. Bb2 Ra7 20. Rad1 Rae7 21. b4 axb4 22. axb4
Kh8 23. Qb3 Rb7 24. Bc3 Qb8 25. b5 cxb5 26. c5 b4 27. Bd2 Bf8 28. Rde1 g5 29.
Qc4 g4 30. Nh4 f3 31. d5 fxg2+ 32. Nxg2 Bf3 33. Kg1 Rc8 34. c6 Rb5 35. Nf4 Bc5+
({Stronger is to push the passed pawn now} 35... b3 {since, if} 36. Qc3 {like
in the game, Black still has the bishop on f8 sufficiently defending his king.}
b2 37. Ne6 Be7 $1 $19) 36. Be3 Bxe3+ ({The unfortunate mistake by Adams, who
played really well until now. Although it is not losing the game yet, as it
often happens, it is followed by even bigger error. Black keeps his advantage
with} 36... Qb6 37. Qc1 Bxe3+ 38. Qxe3 Qxe3+ 39. Rxe3 b3 $17) 37. Rxe3 Qb6 38.
Rfe1 b3 $2 ({More resilient is} 38... Ra5 39. Kf1 Ra1 40. Re7 Rxe1+ 41. Rxe1
Bxd5 $5 {transposes into an ending where White has an extra piece but reduced
number of pawns suggests that Black might have some practical chances.} 42.
Nxd5 Qxc6 43. Qxc6 Rxc6 44. Nxb4 Rd6) 39. Qc3 Rf8 40. Ne6 b2 41. c7 1-0

[Event "6th Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2011.11.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[Annotator "Keti Arakhamia-Grant"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2011.11.16"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. f3 Bd7 12. Rb1 Qc7 13. Bd3 Rfd8 $146 ({At
the press conference Svidler avoided explaining his choice of the rook move.
Avrukh suggests to develop the queen's rook.} 13... Rad8 14. d5 Ne5 15. c4 f5
16. Bf4 e6 17. Qb3 Bc8 18. exf5 gxf5 19. Nc3 Qe7 20. Rbd1 Ng6 21. Bg3 e5 22.
Bc2 Qg5 23. Kh1 h5 24. Ne2 h4 25. Bf2 b6 26. Rde1 Qh5 27. f4 exf4 28. Ng1 Ne5
29. Nf3 Ng4 30. Bxh4 Rde8 31. Be7 Rf7 32. Bd6 Re3 33. Rxe3 fxe3 34. Kg1 Qh6 35.
Bb8 Rb7 36. Bg3 f4 37. Bh4 Ne5 38. Nxe5 Bxe5 39. Qd3 Rg7 40. Qe4 Qh5 41. Bd1
Bg4 42. Bxg4 Qxg4 43. Bg3 e2 44. Re1 fxg3 45. Qxe5 gxh2+ 46. Qxh2 Qd4+ {0-1
Antonsen,M (2438)-Avrukh,B (2641)/Helsingor DEN 2009.}) 14. Qd2 {The natural
developing move. In the Avrukh's book it is met by the bishop's retreat to c8,
applying pressure on the pawn centre. However since Svidler left a rook on a8
to play bishop d7 to c8 now looks odd. Instead retreating bishop to e8 seems
to be a reasonable option.} a6 (14... Be8 $5 15. Rfc1 e6 16. f4 b6 $13) 15. f4
e6 16. dxc5 Na5 17. Nd4 e5 18. fxe5 Qxe5 19. Qb2 ({White can take advantage of
black's 13...Rfd8, by moving a queen from the d-file to f2 with tempo,
attacking on f7 and indirectly defending the c5 pawn.} 19. Qf2 Qe7 ({in case of
} 19... Be8 {White regroupes his knight on to d5} 20. Rbd1 Rac8 21. Ne2 Nc6 22.
Nf4 {with the advantage.}) 20. h4 Be8 21. h5 ({winning the exchange cannot be
recommended since Black gets a good compensation for it} 21. Bg5 Qxc5 22. Bxd8
Rxd8) 21... Rac8 22. Rb6 $5 Rc7 23. Be2 Rdc8 (23... Qxe4 24. h6 Bf8 25. Ne6 $1
$16) 24. h6 Bh8 (24... Be5 25. Ne6 $1 Rc6 26. Nf4 Bxf4 27. Qxf4 $16) 25. Bg4
$14) 19... Rac8 20. Qb4 ({Nakamura underestimates Black's next move. He could
play} 20. Rbc1 Be8 ({Neither of the pawn captures works for Black now} 20...
Rxc5 21. Qf2 {with a double attack on f7 and c5} Qe8 22. Nf5 $1) ({in case of} 
20... Qxc5 21. Nf5 Qf8 22. Nxg7 Qxg7 23. Bb6 $16 {Black will suffer without
the dark-square bishop.}) 21. Nf3 Qe7 22. Bd4 Nc6 23. Qf2 {White still is
holding on to his extra pawn and keeps a slight advantage.}) 20... Qxc5 $1 21.
Qxc5 Rxc5 22. Ne2 ({Maybe Nakamura was planning to play} 22. Nf5 Rxc3 23. Bb6
Nc6 24. Nxg7 {and noticed too late that Black doesn't have to recapture on g7
and just moves the rook} Rc8 $1 $15 {as the knight is now trapped on g7.})
22... Rc6 23. Bb6 Rxb6 24. Rxb6 Bc6 $44 {All black's pieces are harmoniously
placed, even the knight is useful on a5 restricting the d3 bishop.} 25. Rf3 ({
I wonder if White should admit his oversight and immediately return the
exchange} 25. Rxc6 Nxc6 26. Bc4 Ne5 27. Bd5 {he is maybe still slightly worse
but active bishop and the different colour bishops promise good chances to
equality, in my opinion.}) 25... f5 26. Rb4 ({also possible here} 26. Rxc6 Nxc6
27. Bc4+ Kh8 28. Rd3 Re8 29. Bd5) 26... Bf8 27. Rd4 Bc5 28. Re3 ({More
resilient} 28. Rf4 {but White is still facing ungrateful task of defending in 
a worse ending} fxe4 29. Bxe4 Bb5 30. Kh1 Bxd4 31. Nxd4 Bc4 $15) 28... Re8 $1
$17 29. e5 Bd5 30. Kf2 Bxa2 31. Ra4 Bxe3+ 32. Kxe3 Rxe5+ 33. Kf4 Bb3 34. Kxe5
Bxa4 35. Kd6 Bc6 36. g3 Kg7 37. Nd4 Be4 38. Bxe4 fxe4 39. Nc2 Nc4+ 40. Kd5 Nd2
41. Kc5 Kf6 42. Kb6 Ke5 43. Kxb7 Kd5 44. Ne3+ Kc5 45. Kxa6 Nb1 46. Kb7 Nxc3 47.
Kc8 Kd4 48. Ng2 Ke5 0-1

[Event "5th SPICE Cup GpA"]
[Site "Lubbock USA"]
[Date "2011.10.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Keti Arakhamia-Grant"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2011.10.15"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.14"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 h6 8. Bh4
Qb6 {Ftachnik in the Grandmaster Repertoire 6 concentrates his attention on 8..
. Be7. But recently the move with the queen, reminiscent of the Poisoned Pawn
variation became fashionable.} 9. Qd2 Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qa3 11. f5 (11. e5 dxe5 12.
fxe5 g5 13. exf6 gxh4 14. Be2 Qa5 15. O-O Nd7 16. Kh1 Qg5 17. Rf4 e5 18. Nd5
exd4 19. Qxd4 Kd8 20. Rd1 h3 21. g3 Bd6 22. Re4 Re8 23. Nb6 Rxe4 24. Qxe4 Qc5
25. Nxa8 Nxf6 26. Qd3 Ke7 27. Bf3 h5 28. Qe2+ Be6 29. Bxb7 Ng4 30. Rf1 h4 31.
gxh4 Nxh2 32. Rg1 Kf8 33. Rg5 Qb4 34. Qe4 Qb1+ 35. Rg1 Nf1 36. Qc6 Ng3+ 37. Kh2
Nf1+ 38. Kh1 Qd1 39. Qf3 Qd2 {0-1 Nisipeanu,L (2673)-Wojtaszek,R (2711)/
Aix-les-Bains FRA 2011.}) 11... Be7 12. fxe6 fxe6 13. Bc4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 Bxh4+
15. g3 Bg5 16. Nxg5 hxg5 17. c3 $146 ({Robson deviates from previously played
capture on e6, but unfortunately very quickly goes wrong. The other game that
reached this position continued} 17. Nxe6 Bxe6 18. Bxe6 Qxg3+ 19. hxg3 Rxh1+
20. Ke2 Rh2+ 21. Ke1 Rxd2 22. Kxd2 Ra7 23. Bd5 Nd7 24. Rxb7 Rxb7 25. Bxb7 Nc5
26. Bf3 Kd7 {1/2-1/2 Vallejo Pons,F (2698)-Morozevich,A (2700)/Reggio Emilia
ITA 2011]}) 17... Qc5 18. Bxe6 Qe5+ 19. Kf2 $2 ({The other king's retreat is
not any better} 19. Kd1 Qe4 $19) ({Instead White can offer the queen exchange
where chances are about equal.} 19. Qe2 Nc6 20. Bd5 Qxe2+ 21. Kxe2 $11 Nxd4+
22. cxd4 Rb8 23. h4) 19... Bxe6 $19 20. Rbe1 O-O+ 21. Kg1 Bh3 0-1

[Event "5th SPICE Cup GpA"]
[Site "Lubbock USA"]
[Date "2011.10.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "Keti Arakhamia-Grant"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2011.10.15"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.14"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 h6 8. Bh4
Be7 9. Qf3 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. Be2 b5 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. e5 Bb7 14. Qg3 dxe5
15. fxe5 Nd5 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Qg6+ Kd7 18. Bg4 Qxe5 19. Nxd5 Qg5+ 20. Qxg5 ({
To understand what was happening in the opening stage of this game one must
really read the chapter 18, variation D32 of Grandmaster Repertoire 6. Here
Ftacnik thinks that White's best chance to fight for the advantage is} 20. Ne3+
Kc7 21. Qxe6 Bc5 22. Rd7+ Kb8 23. Rxb7+ Kxb7 24. Re1 Kb8 25. b4 Bxe3+ 26. Rxe3
Qf6 27. Qxf6 gxf6 28. Bf3 Ra7 29. Re6 a5 30. a3 {Ftacnik} ({I was curious
about this position and wondered if White can try} 30. a4 $5 bxa4 31. b5 a3 32.
Kb1 Rd8 33. Rxf6 Re7 34. Ra6 (34. Rb6+ Kc7 35. Rxh6 Rd6 36. Rxd6 Kxd6 37. b6
Re1+ 38. Ka2 Rc1 39. b7 Rxc2+ 40. Kxa3 Kc7 $11) 34... Rd2 35. b6 Rb7 36. h4 a2+
37. Kxa2 Rxc2+ 38. Kb3 Rc5 39. Ka4 h5 40. g3 {and most likely it will be a draw
}) 30... axb4 31. axb4 Ra4 32. Rb6+ Ka7 33. Rxb5 Rb8 34. Rxb8 Kxb8 35. b5 Kc7
$11) 20... Bxg5+ 21. Kb1 Bxd5 22. Rxd5+ Kc7 23. Rc5+ (23. Re5 Rhe8 24. Rhe1
Rad8 25. Rxe6 Rxe6 26. Rxe6 Rd6 27. Re4 Bf6 28. Bf3 Rd2 29. c3 a5 30. a3 Rf2
31. Re2 Rxe2 32. Bxe2 b4 33. cxb4 {1/2-1/2 Hansen,T (2423)-Nguyen Huynh Minh,H
(2477)/Budapest 2008.}) 23... Kb6 ({Keeping the king central and defending the
week e6-pawn looks like a more natural reaction} 23... Kd6 24. Rc3 Rac8 25. Ra3
Rc6 26. Bf3 Rb6 27. Rd1+ Ke5 28. Rd7 Rd8 29. Rxg7 Rd2 30. Rc3 b4 31. Rb3 Rb5
32. a3 bxa3 33. Rxa3 Rc5 34. c3 Rb5 35. Ra2 a5 36. Rb7 Rxb7 37. Bxb7 Bd8 38. h3
Rf2 39. Bf3 Kf5 40. Ra4 e5 41. Rg4 Bg5 42. Ra4 Bd8 43. Rc4 Be7 44. Rc7 Bf6 45.
Ra7 Bd8 46. Rd7 Bg5 47. Rd5 Rf1+ 48. Ka2 Kf4 49. Rxa5 e4 50. Ra4 Rxf3 51. gxf3
Kxf3 52. c4 e3 53. Kb3 {1/2-1/2 Balutescu,M (2213)-Evans,D (2413)/ICCF 2010})
24. Re5 Rhe8 25. Rhe1 Rac8 {White will win the pawn, but with the
opposite-coloured bishops Black's drawing chances are high.} 26. Bf3 Rc7 27. a4
Rce7 28. Bh5 Rc8 29. Bf3 Rce8 30. Bh5 Rc8 31. Rxe6+ Rxe6 32. Rxe6+ Rc6 33. a5+
Kc5 34. Re4 Rc7 35. c3 Re7 36. Rd4 Bf6 37. b4+ Kc6 38. Bf3+ Kc7 39. Rd5 Re5 40.
Rd3 Re8 41. Kc2 Re5 42. Kb3 Re1 43. Bg4 Re4 44. Bf5 Rf4 45. Be6 Re4 46. Bf5 Rf4
47. Bh3 Rc4 48. g3 Re4 49. Rd7+ Kb8 50. Rd6 Rc4 51. Rd3 Re4 52. Bf5 Re5 53. Bg4
Kc7 54. Rd7+ Kc6 55. Rd3 ({It is interesting to notice that all the white
pawns are placed on the dark squares (opposite colour of his own bishop) and
if in the middle game and closed structures that what we are told to do, here
it works to White's disadvantage! In the endgame with the opposite-coloured
bishops that rule almost could be reversed. In that case bishop can defend his
pawns better! We can see that clearly after} 55. Ra7 Re3 {Black attacks the
base of the dark-squared pawn chain and the light-squared bishop can't defend
it.} 56. Rxa6+ Kc7 $11) 55... Kc7 56. Kc2 Re4 57. Rd7+ Kb8 58. Bf5 Re2+ 59. Kb3
Rxh2 60. Rd6 Rf2 61. Be4 Re2 62. Bd3 Rd2 63. Rb6+ Kc7 64. Be4 Re2 65. Bd3 Rd2
66. Be4 Re2 67. Bd3 Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd London Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2011.12.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C34"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[Annotator "Keti Arakhamia-Grant"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2011.12.03"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 {In this position Black has a choice of few options
like 3...g5, 3...d5, 3...d6, 3...Be7, 3...Nf6. The continuation in the game is
not played as often, but has been tried on the top level as well.} h6 4. d4 g5
5. Nc3 d6 6. g3 fxg3 ({It is amazing to see that White can sacrifice a piece
for a pawn if Black decides to return the pawn at once.} 6... Bg7 7. gxf4 g4 8.
Rg1 (8. Be3 $5) 8... Kf8 9. Be3 Nc6 ({If Black accepts the sacrifice the
position remains unclear and very sharp. However I suspect that players have
agreed that it is more difficult to defend it with black pieces, since White
has a clear plan of mobilising all his forces, doubling rooks on the open
g-file and advancing his central pawns. It is interesting that engines
indicate that White is doing fine here despite the material deficit.} 9... gxf3
10. Qxf3 $13) 10. d5 Nb4 11. a3 gxf3 12. axb4 $13 {... 1-0 Shirov,A (2709)
-Alekseev,E (2673)/Lublin POL 2011}) 7. hxg3 ({We have few games where White
played} 7. h4 {It is probably not the best but dos look very brave.}) 7... Bg7
8. Be3 ({The other game on the top level continiued} 8. Bc4 Nf6 9. Qd3 Nc6 10.
Bb3 Bg4 11. Rf1 Na5 12. Ba4+ Nd7 13. Nd5 c6 14. Ne3 Be6 15. c3 b5 16. Bc2 Nc4
17. b3 Nxe3 18. Bxe3 Nb6 19. Kf2 d5 20. e5 Bf8 21. Kg1 Be7 22. Rf2 Kd7 23. Ne1
h5 24. Qf1 h4 25. g4 h3 26. Bf5 Qg8 27. Kh2 a5 28. Nd3 Kc7 29. Qe2 a4 30. Raf1
axb3 31. axb3 Ra3 32. Bc1 Ra1 33. Rf3 Nd7 34. R1f2 Qa8 35. Bb2 Ra2 36. Nc1 Ra7
37. Qd3 Ba3 38. Bxa3 Rxa3 39. Bxe6 fxe6 40. Qg6 Qg8 41. Qc2 Qh7 42. Qb2 Rha8
43. Rf7 Qe4 44. Qd2 Qxg4 45. Rg7 Ra1 46. Rff7 Rd8 47. Rxg5 Qe4 48. Rf4 Qb1 49.
Rg1 Rda8 50. Rf7 Qe4 51. Qf2 Rd8 52. Re1 Qg6 53. Rg1 Qe4 54. Re1 Qg6 55. Rg1
Qe4 {1/2-1/2 Morozevich,A (2748)-Leko,P (2725)/Frankfurt 2000}) 8... Nf6 9. Qd3
$146 (9. Qd2 Nc6 10. O-O-O Ng4 11. Bg1 O-O 12. Be2 a6 13. Re1 Bd7 14. Bd3 b5
15. Nd5 Ne7 16. Ne3 Re8 17. Rf1 Ng6 18. Nxg4 Bxg4 19. Be3 Bxf3 20. Rxf3 c5 21.
c3 Rc8 22. Bc2 b4 23. Bb3 Re7 24. Rhf1 bxc3 25. bxc3 c4 26. Bc2 Qc7 27. Rf5 Rb8
28. Qe2 Rb7 29. a4 Rb6 30. Qf3 Qb7 31. Rd5 Rd7 32. Qe2 Ne7 33. Ra5 Rc7 34. Qf2
Nc6 35. Rd5 Rb2 36. Rxd6 Ra2 37. e5 Qb2+ 38. Kd1 Qxc3 39. Bc1 a5 40. g4 Qh3 41.
Qf5 Rxc2 42. Kxc2 Bf8 43. Rg6+ Kh8 44. Rxc6 Qb3+ 45. Kd2 Rxc6 46. Ke1 Qc3+ 47.
Ke2 Rc7 48. e6 Re7 49. d5 Bg7 {1/2-1/2 Nightingale,D (2506)-Marczell,I (2559)/
ICCF 2009}) 9... Ng4 10. O-O-O c6 11. Re1 ({Why not to save the bishop first} 
11. Bg1 {and then slowly build up the pressure, since the Black weaknesses are
more of the long term.}) 11... Nd7 12. e5 dxe5 13. Bh3 ({Deserves attention to
simply take back on e5} 13. dxe5 Nxe3 (13... Ngxe5 14. Bd4 Qe7 15. Qe3 f6 16.
Bc4 $13) 14. Qxe3 Qb6 15. e6 Qxe3+ 16. Rxe3 fxe6 17. Rxe6+ $44) 13... Nxe3 14.
Rxe3 ({Maybe the best option for White now is} 14. Bxd7+ Bxd7 15. Rxe3 Be6 16.
Nxe5 O-O {Black manages to consolidate his position, but White also has some
play for a pawn.}) 14... O-O 15. Ne4 (15. Bxd7 {is met with} exd4 $1 16. Bxc8
Rxc8 $17) 15... Nf6 ({Black had a nice move available here} 15... g4 $1 16.
Bxg4 exd4 17. Bxd7 (17. Ree1 Nc5 18. Nxc5 Bxg4 $17 {The position simplified a
little. Two bishops, two extra pawns and relatively safe king  suggest that
Black is close to having a decisive advantage.} {For example} 19. Ne5 Qg5+ 20.
Qd2 Qxd2+ 21. Kxd2 Bc8 $19) 17... Qxd7 ({also possible is} 17... dxe3 {even if
the position around the black king looks a bit worrying} 18. Neg5 f5 19. Qb3+
Kh8 20. Bxc8 Rxc8 21. Ne6 Qd5 $19) 18. Ree1 Qd5 $19 {White does not has
sufficient compensation for two pawns}) 16. Bxc8 ({More resilient is} 16. Nxf6+
Qxf6 17. dxe5 Qg6 18. Bxc8 Raxc8 {Black is better, but White has some
practical chances.}) 16... exd4 17. Bxb7 dxe3 18. Bxa8 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Qb6 20.
Ne5 Rxa8 $19 21. Qxc6 Qxc6 22. Nxc6 Re8 23. c3 Re6 24. Nxa7 Be5 25. Nb5 e2 26.
Kd2 Bxg3 27. Re1 Bxe1+ 28. Kxe1 h5 29. Nd4 Ra6 30. a3 h4 31. Kxe2 g4 32. c4 h3
33. Kf2 h2 34. Kg2 Rh6 35. Kh1 g3 36. Nf5 g2+ 0-1

[Event "18th European Teams"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2011.11.04"]
[Round "2.14"]
[White "Thorfinnsson, Bragi"]
[Black "Borisek, Jure"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2421"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[Annotator "Keti Arakhamia-Grant"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.14"]
[WhiteTeam "Iceland"]
[BlackTeam "Slovenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SLO"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nf3 Nb6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. e3
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Re1 a5 11. Qe2 {Despite the turbulent time White
experienced recently in this line Avrukh, according to our sources, stands by
his recommendation and believes this move is still very much playable.} Be6 12.
Rd1 Bc4 13. Qc2 Qc8 $146 ({The most principled here is} 13... Nb4 14. Qb1 e5 {
and now the critical try would be Caruana's suggestion} 15. Nxe5 (15. a3 exd4
16. axb4 dxc3 17. Rxd8 Raxd8 18. Qc2 axb4 19. Nd2 cxd2 20. Bxd2 Ra8 21. Rxa8
Rxa8 22. Bxb7 Ra1+ 23. Bc1 b3 24. Qd1 Bxb2 {0-1 Leitao,R (2624)-Caruana,F 
(2700)/Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2010.}) 15... Bxe5 16. b3 Bd3 17. Rxd3 Nxd3 18. Qxd3
{where the opinions divide, some players believe that White has sufficient
compensation and maybe even more, whilst others disagree.}) 14. e4 ({The
following alternatives may offer White a slight edge} 14. b3 Nb4 15. Qb2 Ba6
16. a3 Nd3 17. Qc2 Nxc1 18. Raxc1 c6 19. Ne4 $14 {with some pressure on the
queenside.}) ({Also deserves attention} 14. a3 a4 15. Nxa4 Rxa4 16. b3 Bxb3 17.
Qxb3 Qf5 18. Bd2 $14 {White has two bishops and can slowly improve his
position.}) 14... Ba6 ({Black can play more actively} 14... Nb4 $5 15. Qb1 a4 {
with equal chances.}) 15. d5 $14 Nd8 16. Be3 Nc4 17. Bd4 f6 18. Ne2 ({Stronger
is} 18. b3 Nd6 19. Be3 Qd7 20. Rac1 Rc8 21. Nd4 $16) 18... e5 19. dxe6 Nxe6 20.
Bc3 c5 21. b3 ({It is possible to stop the knight from retreating to e5} 21.
Nf4 {but White compromises his pawn structure.} Nxf4 22. gxf4 b5 23. e5 fxe5
24. Nxe5 Nxe5 25. Bxe5 Ra7 $13) 21... Ne5 $11 22. Nf4 Nxf4 23. gxf4 Nc6 24. Rd5
Qg4 25. f5 gxf5 26. exf5 Re2 (26... Rad8 $11) 27. Qd1 Rae8 28. h3 (28. Rxc5 $5
Kh8 29. h3 Qf4 30. Rd5 Rg8 31. Qc1 $13) 28... Qf4 {It looks to me that the
position is still too complicated to agree a draw, but I suppose the team
competition has its own strategy.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2010.05.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[Annotator "Jacob Aagaard"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2010.04.24"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.14"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SLO"]

{Karsten Muller wrote to us to point out that Kotronias missed out on a win
for Topalov in the following game, given on page 264 in THE GRANDMASTER BATTLE
MANUAL. Kotronias did not really study the game seriously and was more
focussed on an earlier chance to get an advantage, but still it is interesting
for us to check (and had Vassilios known about it, he would definitely have
included it).} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7.
f3 c5 8. e4 Bg6 9. Be3 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Bxd4 Nfd7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Bxc4
Rc8 14. Bb5 a6 15. Bxd7+ Kxd7 16. Ke2 f6 17. Rhd1 Ke8 18. a5 Be7 19. Bb6 Rf8
20. Rac1 f5 21. e5 Bg5 22. Be3 f4 23. Ne4 Rxc1 24. Nd6+ Kd7 25. Bxc1 Kc6 26.
Bd2 Be7 27. Rc1+ Kd7 28. Bc3 Bxd6 29. Rd1 Bf5 30. h4 g6 31. Rxd6+ Kc8 32. Bd2
Rd8 33. Bxf4 Rxd6 34. exd6 Kd7 35. Ke3 ({The surprising} 35. Kd2 $3 {would
have prevented the black regroupment by dominating the bishop and thus won.
Timman gives the following main line:} e5 ({There is also} 35... Bb1 36. Kc3
Ke8 37. b3 $1 {Prophylaxis aimed against delaying ...Bc2-a4-d7, making it
possible for the White king to make it to f6 "quickly.} Kf7 38. Bg5 Ke8 39. Kd4
Bc2 40. Ke5 Bxb3 41. Kf6 Kd7 42. Bf4 Bc2 43. Be5 h5 (43... Bd3 44. g4 Bc2 45.
g5 Bd1 46. Kg7 Bxf3 47. Kxh7 Bh5 {Black is hanging on, but will inevitable end
up in a deadly zugzwang.} 48. Kg7 Kd8 49. Kf8 Kd7 50. Kf7 Kd8 51. Kf6 Kd7 52.
Bg3 $18) 44. g4 Bd3 45. Kg5 Ke8 46. gxh5 gxh5 47. Kxh5 Kf7 48. Kg5 Be2 49. h5
Bxf3 50. h6 Be4 51. Bf6 Ke8 52. Bc3 Kf7 53. Kf4 Bh7 54. Ke5 Bg6 55. Bb4 $18)
36. Bxe5 Ke6 37. g4 Bb1 38. Kc3 Ba2 39. b3 Bb1 40. Bg3 Kd7 41. Kd4 Ke6 42. Kc5
Kd7 43. Kd5 Bd3 44. Ke5 Be2 45. Kf6 Bxf3 46. g5 {White wins the h7-pawn and
will win through zugzwang once again.}) 35... Bc2 36. Kd4 Ke8 37. Ke5 Kf7 38.
Be3 Ba4 39. Kf4 Bb5 40. Bc5 Kf6 41. Bd4+ Kf7 42. Kg5 Bc6 43. Kh6 Kg8 44. h5 Be8
45. Kg5 Kf7 46. Kh6 Kg8 47. Bc5 gxh5 48. Kg5 Kg7 49. Bd4+ Kf7 50. Be5 h4 51.
Kxh4 Kg6 52. Kg4 Bb5 53. Kf4 Kf7 54. Kg5 Bc6 55. Kh6 Kg8 56. g4 Be8 57. g5 Bc6
58. Bg7 Be8 59. f4 Bc6 60. g6 hxg6 61. Kxg6 Be8+ 62. Kf6 Bc6 63. Kxe6 Kxg7 64.
d7 1-0

[Event "18th European Teams"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2011.11.05"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[Annotator "Keti Arakhamia-Grant"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.14"]
[WhiteTeam "France"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O Bg4 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4
g5 15. Bg3 a5 {Here we have Sutovsky trying to improve on Avrukh!} (15... Nc6
16. d5 Rad8 17. Rxb7 e6 {is the variation studied in the Grandmaster
Repertoire 9, p.196.}) 16. Rxb7 a4 17. h3 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Nc6 19. e5 ({The
alternative} 19. d5 {is analysed by Dominguez in his comments to his game
against Van Wely.}) 19... Qc4 20. Rb2 Nxd4 21. Bxa8 Rxa8 22. Rd2 Nf5 $146 ({
Here comes the novelty.} 22... Ne6 {was played in Van Wely,L (2625)-Dominguez
Perez,L (2717)/Wijk aan Zee 2009.}) 23. Qf3 Qc8 24. e6 ({Interesting is} 24.
Rfd1 $5 {with the idea of transferring the game into an ending after} e6 25.
Qxa8 Qxa8 26. Rd8+ Qxd8 27. Rxd8+ {with a clear advantage for White.} Kh7 28.
Ra8 $18) 24... fxe6 25. Bc7 Qa6 ({Black can try} 25... Nd6 $5 {to prevent
White's bishop from returning to e5 later.}) 26. Qe4 a3 27. Be5 Bxe5 28. Qxe5
Qc6 29. Ra1 Kf7 30. Kh2 ({Black's harmoniously placed pieces and far advanced
a- pawn compensate for the exchange.} 30. Rda2 $5 Ra4 31. Kh2 Nd6 32. Qh8 Nf5 {
Black manages to defend his passed pawn with the tactical means and his knight
provides a good cover for the king against the attacks of the somewhat lonely
white queen.}) 30... Ra4 31. f3 {Objectively the position is well balanced,
but I can't help feeling that the game finished prematurely. It would be great
to learn how to play such non-standard position from the top level players.  I
am not sure if Sutovsky's idea will find many followers. One thing I am
certain that he prepares thoroughly and his novelties usually have a long life.
That makes me to believe that he has some improvement after 24.Rfd1.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "4NCL 2011-12"]
[Site "Staverton Park ENG"]
[Date "2011.11.12"]
[Round "1.15"]
[White "Williams, Si1"]
[Black "Jones, G."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Keti Arakhamia-Grant"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2011.11.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.14"]
[WhiteTeam "Jutes of Kent"]
[BlackTeam "White Rose"]

1. e4 c6 2. Bc4 d5 3. Bb3 dxe4 4. Qh5 g6 5. Qh4 Bg7 6. Nc3 a5 7. Nxe4 a4 8. Bc4
b5 9. Be2 Nh6 10. g4 $6 a3 11. Rb1 Qd5 12. Nc3 (12. Bd3 Qxa2 13. c3 Nxg4 $19)
12... Qxh1 13. Kf1 Be5 14. Bf3 (14. Qxh6 Bxh2 $19) 14... Qxh2 15. Nh3 Nxg4 16.
Bxg4 Bf6 0-1

[Event "XLI Rilton Cup 2011-12"]
[Site "Stockholm SWE"]
[Date "2012.01.02"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Tikkanen, Hans"]
[Black "Solak, Dragan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[Annotator "Keti Arakhamia-Grant"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2011.12.27"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.14"]

1. d4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. O-O
Ne4 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. d5 Bd6 13. g3 c5 ({Not
surprising it is also a first choice of the computer. Avrukh  in his book
Grandmaster Repertoire 1, 1.d4-volume 1, on the page 336 considers} 13... Nf6 {
suggesting that White is better due to Black's week pawns and White's pair of
bishops after} 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. Qa4 {which is a fair assessment.}) 14. Qb3 ({
In the following example Black won a spectacular game, all but White's 15th
move is a clear mistake.} 14. Qa4 Qe7 15. Bb5 O-O-O 16. Bd2 Nf6 17. Qxa7 Bb8
18. Qa3 Rxd5 19. Rfc1 Ng4 20. Ba5 Nxh2 21. Rd1 Qe6 22. Rac1 Nf3+ 23. Kf1 Rh1+
24. Ke2 Nd4+ 25. exd4 Qg4+ 26. Kd2 Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1 Rxd4+ {0-1 Hillarp Persson,T
(2596)-Malakhov,V (2707)/Helsingor DEN 2009}) 14... Qg5 $5 {An imaginative
pawn sacrifice.} ({Safe alternative of defending a pawn with a queen is also
seems to be playable, although personally I would prefer more active
continuation in the game.} 14... Qc7 15. Bd2 O-O 16. Rac1 Rfe8 {White has two
bishops, however the position is relatively closed at the moment and I think
Black is fine.}) 15. Qxb7 Rb8 16. Qa6 ({Another retreat is not promising for
White either} 16. Qc6 Ke7 ({The main point is that in case of} 16... Qh6 {like
in the game, after} 17. h4 g5 18. h5 {the knight is pinned and Black can't
play Ne5.}) 17. Qa4 f5 {nevertheless Black has sufficient treats on the
kingside to compensate the material deficiency. Also White has diffuculties
with developing his queenside. For example} 18. Qd1 Rh3 19. Kg2 Rbh8 20. Rh1
Qh6 21. Qg1 {White pieces look very sad, all on the back rank.}) ({If White
takes a second pawn} 16. Qxa7 {Black's attack on the king develops very quickly
} Qh6 17. h4 g5 18. h5 g4 $1 19. Bxg4 Nf6 20. f3 Qg5 21. Rf2 O-O $1 {despite
missing three pawns harmoniously placed pieces give Black an upper hand.})
16... Qh6 ({Deserves attention} 16... Ke7 17. Qc4 f5 18. Bd2 Qh6 19. h4 g5 20.
h5 Ne5 $13) 17. h4 g5 18. h5 g4 19. Bxg4 Ne5 20. Qa4+ Kf8 21. Qd1 Nxg4 ({The
ending that happened in the game seems favourable for Black, but I think he
also has an alternative of keeping position more complicated by means of} 21...
Qg5 22. Be2 c4 23. Kg2 Nd3 $13) 22. Qxg4 Qxh5 23. Qxh5 Rxh5 24. Rd1 Ke7 25. Bd2
Rxb2 $17 26. Bc3 Rc2 27. Rdc1 Rxc1+ 28. Rxc1 Rxd5 29. Bxg7 f6 30. Rc4 Rh5 31.
g4 Rh7 32. Rxe4+ Kf7 33. Bxf6 Kxf6 34. Kf1 Rb7 35. Ra4 Rb4 36. Rxa7 Rxg4 37. f4
Rg3 38. Kf2 Rh3 39. Ra6 Ke7 40. Ke2 Kd7 41. Ra4 Ke6 42. Ra6 Kd7 43. Ra4 Kc7 44.
Ra6 Rh6 45. Ra7+ Kb6 46. Rf7 c4 47. e4 Rh2+ 48. Kd1 0-1

