Chess Improvement

Does this mean that current theory frowns upon 7. e5 (instead of 0-0)? I’ve always played 7. e5 (7… Nxe5 8. NxN Bxe5 9. Bxf7ch KxB 10. Qd5ch).

Well, the following game shows that the compensation for the pawn is most likely not sufficient in this line:

Topalovic,Z (2355) – Cebalo,M (2570) [B21]
Ptuj Ptuj (8), 1995

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.c3 dxc3 5.Nxc3 g6 6.Bc4 Bg7 7.e5 Nxe5
8.Nxe5 Bxe5 9.Bxf7+ Kxf7 10.Qd5+ Kg7 11.Qxe5+ Nf6 12.0-0 d6 13.Qg5 Rf8
14.h3 Bd7 15.Re1 Rf7 16.Be3 Bc6 17.Rad1 Qd7 18.Ne2 Ne4 19.Qh4 e5
20.Nd4 exd4 21.Bh6+ Kg8 22.Rxe4 Bxe4 23.Qxe4 Qf5 24.Qxd4 Qf6 25.Qd2
Re8 26.Be3 a6 27.Bd4 Qf4 28.Qc3 d5 29.Qb3 Qf5 30.a4 h5 31.a5 Kh7
32.Bb6 Re5 33.Rd3 Re1+ 34.Kh2 Qf4+ 0-1

Topalovic-Cebalo.pgn

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Since Black can play Nh6 at any time, including at move 8, why not play it right away? Alternatively, why not block off the Bc4’s diagonal by playing 8… e6, which also has the benefit of reinforcing the f5-square?

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For sure Black can play 8. Nh6 right away. Whether this is better is rather questionable though because White has got other ideas than the pawn push f4 -f5.

I already gave an analysis line in my answer to Scott’s analysis, I’ll repeat it here for you:

[Event "Analysis"]
[Date "2006.02.12"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dc Gentle"]
[Black "Dc Gentle"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 g6 6. Bc4 Bg7
7. O-O d6 8. Ng5 Nh6 9. Be3 Bd7 10. h3 O-O 11. Qd2 Kh8 12. a3 Ne5
13. Bd5 Rc8 14. Qe2 Qc7 15. Rac1 e6 16. Ba2 Nc4 17. Bf4 b5 18.
Rfd1 e5 19. Bg3 f5 20. a4 a6 21. b3 Na5 22. axb5 axb5 23. Qd2 Qb6
24. Qxd6 Qxd6 25. Rxd6 Nf7 26. Nxf7+ Rxf7 27. b4 Nc4 28. Rd5 Nb2
29. Rc2 Na4 30. Rdd2 Rff8 31. Rxd7 f4 32. Bh4 Nxc3 33. Be7 Nxa2
34. Bxf8 Rxc2 35. Bxg7+ Kg8 36. Bxe5 Nxb4 37. Bxf4 Na6 38. Ra7
Nc5 39. Bh6 Ne6 40. Rb7 Rc5 41. Kh2 Rc2 42. Kg3 Rc5 43. f3 Rh5
44. Be3 Nc5 45. Rb8+ Kf7 46. Kh2 Nd7 47. Rb7 Ke8 48. g4 Re5 49.
Kg3 Kd8 50. Bd4 Re6 51. Rxb5 {and Black could have resigned earlier}
1-0

Analysis-DCGentle.pgn

As you see the black knight and black bishop on the kingside are rather useless during the whole game which is the reason Black loses. 8. Ng5 paralyzes the black game.

I also answered the question why Black may try 8… Ne5.
By attacking the bishop c4 by 8… Ne5 Black wins time to develop his bishop and provokes 10. f4 which is not the best option for White under all circumstances as you noticed yourself already, In the earlier game with 8… Ne5 Black could have tried 13… Na5 followed by 14. Be2 in order to prevent the pawn push f5.

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After that prelude I thought it might be a good time to finish an email I started a little while ago.

Youngest Indian Grandmasters -
Anand – 18
Harikrishna – 15
Negi – 13

[Event "Aero Svit"]
[Site "Foros, Ukraine"]
[Date "2006.06.26"]
[Round "?"]
[White "GM_Shirov"]
[Black "GM_Harikrishna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Opening "QGD Slav: Carlsbad variation, Fishing Pole"]
[ECO "D17"]
[NIC "SL.04"]
[Time "07:47:05"]
[TimeControl "7200+30"]

2006 Foros, Ukraine

Strongest ever tournament in the Ukraine, covered on ICC by LM Wall and IM Lakdawala

White – Fire on Board, Grandmaster Shirov 2699, irresistable force

Black – second youngest Indian Grandmaster ever, Pentala Harikrishna
2680, immovable object

Opening – Queen’s Gambit Declined, Slav: Carlsbad variation, Fishing Pole

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Qc7
8. g3 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Bf4 Nfd7 11. Bg2 g5 12. Ne3 gxf4 13. Nxf5 O-O-O
14. Qc2 Nc5 15. O-O Ne6

Played 49 times at ridiculously high levels – this variation has World Champions all over it.

Mega-theoretical – Kramnik and Kasparov play the White side, Capablanca, Alekhine, Euwe and Shirov play both sides of the Carlsbad, Shirov even having this exact position twice as Black and twice as White.

I told my cohost IM Cyrus Lakdawala that I have always hated this line for Black ever since the 1935 Alekhine-Euwe games – No, wiseguys, I didn’t attend the match.

I just have a human prejudice against uncomfortable pins. I like it when Black is “punished ” for the pin and loses.

Cyrus is a big Slav guy so he knew enough that the first big league game with 11 … g5 was played by Morozevich (against Kasparov) although the move had been played at least 4 times previously.

16. Qe4 TN Shirov
time spent – 6 seconds

Theoretical Novelty by the Latvian genius Shirov, who has worked with Botvinnik, Tal, Shabalov and others.

Fritz 8 – 16 Rfd1, Rad1, Rac1, Rab1, e3, Qe4, Rfb1, Rfc1, Rfe1, Ne4, Rae1. Shirov had already played 16 Rad1 against Bareev in 2003.

16 … fxg3! 17. hxg3! a5
A crazy looking move – waving a red flag in front of a bull – doesn’t Shirov live in Spain? doesn’t he have a Spanish speaking website?
Isn’t he the craziest Grandmaster anyway? Do you really need to provoke a Latvian into anything? Harikrishna took a minute to throw a cream pie in Alexei’s face with 17 … a5, a strange decision.

Fritz likes normal moves now like 18 Rfd1, Rac1, Rad1, Rfc1, Rfe1, Rab1, Rfb1, Qh4 and Qc2.

18. Nb5!!
time spent – 20 minutes
When you are missing a girl, you see her face everywhere – it seems
the world is conspiring to drive you mad – ever since Jack Young
revealed the Fishing Pole to me, I see her everywhere.

I told Cyrus I studied hundreds of Fishing Pole attacks over the last 5 years, I looked at Shirov’s great g2-bishop, e4-Queen, a1-rook, the soon to be great Rfc1-rook, the impervious Nf5 and then Harikrishna’s sickly, undeveloped, unprotected f8-bishop, e5-knight,
h8 rook, exposed c8-King, advanced a-pawn and I assured Cyrus this looked like a total win for Alexei. Cyrus was surprised and suggested various defenses for his Indian compatriot.

I was very curious after the broadcast whether Fritz would back up
the Indians Harikrishna and Lakdawala or the Latvians Shirov and Wall.

The weaker the player, the greater the desire to wish Fishing Pole attacks away. The greater the player, the greater the desire to understand the Fishing Pole. Very few players are greater than Shirov, very few players are weaker than Herman Ruiz.

I may not know any opening theory here but I do know a thing or two about Fishing Pole attacks.

18 … cxb5

Unleashing the gates of hell – Vance Aandahl’s first exposure to the Fishing Pole.

Trading the bodyguard for the b5-knight exposes everything wrong with Harikrishna’s game. Isn’t it bad Karma to beat a guy named Harikrishna unless you’re at an airport? Pentala resisted taking for 20 minutes.

18 Nb5!! Nc5 19 N:c7 N:e4 20 B:e4 K:c7 looks like a tenable ending.

18 Nb5!! Nc5 19 Nfd6+ B:d6 20 Qf5+ Qd7 21 N:d6+ Kb8 22 Q:e5 Q:d6 also looks tenable.

A true Fishing Poller prefers a losing attack to an even ending and
Shirov would have preferred going down with the ship like Captain
Jack Sparrow with 18 Nb5!! Nc5 19 Qe3! cb 20 ab transposing into the game. For analysis of this position, scroll down. It turns out well for Alexei.

There is no good way to refuse the Fishing Pole knight -
18 Nb5 Nc5 19 Qe3 Qb8 20 Na7+ Q:a7 21 Q:e5 Rg8 22 Qf6!
is one example or 18 Nb5 Qb8 19 Rac1, Na7+, Nbd4 or Rfc1 – the attack just rolls on and Shirov is better.

19. axb5! Nc5!!
time spent – 4 minutes

Fritz 8 – 14-ply
19 … Nd7, … Nc5, , … Ng6, … Qb8, … f6, … b6, … Bc5
all moves favoring Shirov to some degree, other moves clearly losing so the sac is at least sound if not winning. Computers always favor defense and material at first.

15-ply
19 … Nd7, … Nc5, … f6, … Qb8, … b6, … Ng6
all other moves clearly losing

16-ply
16 … Nc5, … f6, … Nd7, … b6
all other moves clearly losing

17 ply
Analysis by Fritz 8 (No MMX):
1. ² (0.28): 19…Nc5 20.b6 Nxe4 21.bxc7 Rd2 22.Rxa5 Nc6 23.Ra8+ Kxc7 24.Bxe4
2. ² (0.47): 19…Nd7 20.Rxa5 Kb8 21.Rfa1 Nb6 22.Ra7 Rd7 23.Nd4 Qc8 24.Nc6+
3. ² (0.47): 19…b6 20.Rfc1 Nc5 21.Qe3 Ng4 22.Qg5 h5 23.b4 f6 24.Qg6
4. ² (0.50): 19…f6 20.Rxa5 Nc5 21.Ra8+ Kd7 22.Qd5+ Ke8 23.Rfa1 Qd7 24.Rxd8+

so it looks like 18 Nb5!!! is sound and 19 … Nc5!! is the best defense.
Remember, computers always favor defense first, attack second.

After 19 … Nc5 I suggested 20 b6!!! to Cyrus and he confirmed it was a good move – he really started believing in 18 Nb5!!! after that.
Fritz says my move is #1, Shirov’s is #2 – I tried to figure out why Alexei played 20 Qe3 instantly and I think maybe he didn’t trust the ending after 20 b6 N:e4 21 bc K:c7 or … Rd2 – Shirov wants a middlegame kill, especially with a 40 minute time advantage. A good practical decision. All Latvians are good poker players.

I think given enough time, Fritz agrees with Alexei.
20 b6! is merely a favorable ending,
20 Qe3! is the wrath of God.

20. Qe3!!
time spent – 22 seconds -

20 … Ng4!
time spent – 2 minutes -
who knows how accurate the relay is for these times.

16-ply
Analysis by Fritz 8 (No MMX):
1. = (0.00): 20…Ncd7 21.Rfc1
2. ² (0.44): 20…f6 21.b4 Nc4 22.Qc3 Nd7 23.bxa5 Nd6 24.Qxc7+ Kxc7 25.Nd4
3. ² (0.53): 20…Ng4 21.Qc3 Qd7 22.f3 Qxf5 23.fxg4 Qg5 24.Rxa5
4. ± (0.81): 20…b6 21.b4 Ng4 22.Qa3 h5 23.bxc5 Bxc5 24.Qf3 Rd2 25.e3
5. ± (1.19): 20…Nc4

After 20 … Ncd7 21 Rfc1 Bc5 22 Qe4, R:c5 or b6
19 ply
Analysis by Fritz 8 (No MMX):
1. ² (0.47): 22.Qe4 Kb8 23.Nd6 Nf6 24.Qxb7+ Qxb7 25.Nxb7 Bb4 26.Nxd8 Rxd8
2. ² (0.41): 22.b6 Qxb6 23.b4 Qxb4 24.Rxc5+ Nxc5
3. ² (0.34): 22.Rxc5 Nxc5 23.b6 Qxb6 24.Qxe5 Qc7 25.Ne7+ Kb8 26.Nc6+ bxc6

Shirov is better which means 18 Nb5!! is sound and so is 20 Qe3!!

21. Qc3!!
second best is 21 Qf3

21 … Ne4?
I suggested 21 … Qe5. The only ICC show I did that was computer assisted was the one with Vasik Rajlich, who was so fast getting answers it would have been a crime not using them.
21 Qc3 Qe5 should be answered by 22 Qf3!! (Harikrishna does something about the hanging g4-knight) 23 R:a5 with 2 pawns and a raging attack for the piece, Shirov better.

21 Qc3 Qe5 22 Q:a5!? Q:f5 looks very frightening but I think Pentala can maybe hold on after 23 Qb6 Bd6 or 23 b4 Bg7

If 21 Qc3 Rg8 22 R:a5 with all the Fishing Pole advantages wins.
If 21 Qc3 Rg8 22 R:a5 Kd7 23 b4 Ne6 23 Rd1+ Ke8 24 R:d8+ Q:d8
25 B:b7 is a typical Fishing Pole nightmare with no protection for
Harikrishna’s King. I’ve studied hundreds of these positions so I see them coming far away. Cyrus plays solid positional Chess so he had a hard time believing the original attack was sound.

It shouldn’t surprise anyone by now that 21 Qc3 Qd7 can be punished in several ways -
21 Qc3 Qd7 22 Q:h8!!, R:a5!!, e4!, b4!, f3!, Nh4!, Nh6 and even Bh3
are all better for Shirov.

In order to overcome weak player’s natural materialism since they have a hard time judging attacking chances, I made up a simple rule that a pawn near a King is worth a piece – that way, they can play brilliantly without feeling guilty about breaking the rules of Chess.

Harikrishna’s move is a desperate attempt to either trade Queens or sac the dead rook at h8 for a counterattack. Neither idea should work but Shirov has an attack mindset and does not want to subject himself to -
21 … Ne4 22 Q:h8 Bc5 23 Q:h7 B:f2+ 24 Kh1 or
21 … Ne4 22 Q:h8 Bc5 23 Qg7 B:f2+ 24 Kh1 or
21 … Ne4 22 Q:h8 Bc5 23 Q:d8+ K:d8 24 B:e4
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21 … Ne4 22 Q:h8 Bh6 23 Q:h7!!!
21 … Ne4 22 Q:h8 Bh6 23 Q:d8+!! Q:d8 24 B:e4
21 … Ne4 22 Q:h8 Bh6 23 b6!!
21 … Ne4 22 Q:h8 Bh6 23 B:e4!
21 … Ne4 22 Q:h8 Bh6 23 N:h6!
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21 … Ne4 22 Q:h8 Ne:f2 23 Q:h7!!!
21 … Ne4 22 Q:h8 Ne:f2 23 e3!!!
21 … Ne4 22 Q:h8 Ne:f2 23 Bf3!!!
21 … Ne4 22 Q:h8 Ne:f2 23 Qc3!!
21 … Ne4 22 Q:h8 Ne:f2 23 b4!!
21 … Ne4 22 Q:h8 Ne:f2 23 Q:f8!!
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21 … Ne4 22 Q:h8 Nef6, … Ng:f2, … Nd2, … Ngf6, … Bb4 or … Ng5
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OK, you can see how complex taking the rook would be, even for a Latvian genius with more time. All lines favor Shirov but he just makes a simple move for a better ending – in FIRE ON BOARD 1 Alexei reveals a lot about his concrete style which works well in the endgame too.

If you want the endgame then 22 B:e4 is better than 22 Q:c7+ due to an improved pawn structure.

22. Bxe4 Qxc3! 23. bxc3! b6! 24. Nd4!!
Shirov has more time, an extra pawn, more activity, less pawn islands, no risk – Harikrishna has an opposite colored bishop endgame
with some hope.

24 … Nf6! 25. Bf3 Kc7 26. Ra4!! Nd7 27. Nc6!! Re8!
28. Rd1!! Bc5 29. Nb4!!!!!
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We expect shocking endgame magic from the man who brought us the famous 47 … Bh3!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, one of Tim Krabbe’s 110 most fantastic Chess moves ever.

Topalov – Shirov, Linares 1998
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bb5+ c6 8.Ba4 O-O
9.Ne2 Nd7 10.O-O e5 11.f3 Qe7 12.Be3 Rd8 13.Qc2 Nb6 14.Bb3 Be6 15.Rad1 Nc4
16.Bc1 b5 17.f4 exd4 18.Nxd4 Bg4 19.Rde1 Qc5 20.Kh1 a5 21.h3 Bd7 22.a4 bxa4
23.Ba2 Be8 24.e5 Nb6 25.f5 Nd5 26.Bd2 Nb4 27.Qxa4 Nxa2 28.Qxa2 Bxe5 29.fxg6
hxg6 30.Bg5 Rd5 31.Re3 Qd6 32.Qe2 Bd7 33.c4 Bxd4 34.cxd5 Bxe3 35.Qxe3 Re8
36.Qc3 Qxd5 37.Bh6 Re5 38.Rf3 Qc5 39.Qa1 Bf5 40.Re3 f6 41.Rxe5 Qxe5 42.Qa2+ Qd5
43.Qxd5+ cxd5 44.Bd2 a4 45.Bc3 Kf7 46.h4 Ke6 47.Kg1 Bh3 48.gxh3 Kf5 49.Kf2 Ke4
50.Bxf6 d4 51.Be7 Kd3 52.Bc5 Kc4 53.Be7 Kb3 and White resigned

http://www.xs4all.nl/~timkr/chess/fant100.htm

Tim Krabbe’s 110 most fantastic moves.
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When you are playing a Chess game you can often sense the critical squares – here c5, c6 and d7 attract all the attention. The idea of 29 Nb4 is 30 Na6+ breaking through on c5 combined with d7 – pressure, for example, 29 Nb4!! ab 30 Ra7+ Kc8 31 Rd:d7 and the only way to delay mate is to hand over all available material with the pathetic 31 … Re7 32 R:e7 B:e7 33 Ra8+

So after 29 Nb4!! the White knight is crashing through to a6-c5 and
the White bishop is crashing through with Bc6 or Bf5 The d1-rook is crashing through with Rd7-f7 and the weird looking a4-rook is crashing through on the a or c files.

The endgame is over, another great Shirov display.

29 … h5 30. Na6+!! Kc8!
Shirov has 83 minutes and dozens of wins -
Harikrishna has 18 minutes left with a 30 second increment.

31. Bc6 Re7 32. Bxd7+! Rxd7! 33. Rxd7! Kxd7! 34. Nxc5+! bxc5! 35. Rxa5!
The power of the Fishing Pole stems from the unleashing of the rook
on it’s original square. Here, 17 moves after 18 Nb5!! the a1 rook
finally breaks through.

35 … h4 36. Ra7+! Ke6! 37. Rc7! hxg3! 38. fxg3!
While Cyrus and I were trying to figure out the next move, Pentala (Pentyala, Pentela – spelled different ways) resigned. The variations go in different directions but with two extra pawns Shirov would win somehow.

{White wins} 1-0

I won 25 cents in another show 2 days later when I bet Cyrus that
Shirov would hold up against Ivanchuk in the last game of 2006 Foros.

[Event "Aero Svit"]
[Site "Foros, Ukraine"]
[Date "2006.06.28"]
[Round "?"]
[White "GM_Ivanchuk"]
[Black "GM_Shirov"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez: 5.O-O"]
[ECO "C78"]
[NIC "RL.12"]
[Time "08:02:08"]
[TimeControl "7200+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8.
c3 O-O 9. d4 Bb6 10. axb5 axb5 11. Na3 d6 12. Nxb5 Bg4 13. Bc2 d5 14. h3
Bxf3 15. Qxf3 exd4 16. Bg5 dxc3 17. Nxc3 Nd4 18. Qd3 h6 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20.
Nxd5 Qe5 21. Kh1 Nxc2 22. Qxc2 f5 23. Qc4 Kh7 24. Rae1 fxe4 25. Rxe4 Qxb2
26. Re2 Qa3 27. Qc2+ Kh8 28. Ne7 Rf6 29. Ng6+ Kg8 30. Ne7+ Kh8 31. Ng6+ Kg8
32. Rfe1 Qc5 33. Qa2+ Kh7 34. Ne5 Rd8 35. f4 Rxf4 36. Qb1+ Kg8 37. Nd3 Rxd3
38. Qxd3 Qf5 39. Qd1 Kh7 40. Re5 Qg6 41. Re6 Rf1+ 42. Rxf1 Qxe6 43. Qb1+ Kg8
44. Rc1 Qf7 45. Qe4 Qf6 46. Rd1 Kh8 47. Rb1 Kg8 48. g3 Qd4 49. Qe6+ Kh7 50.
Qf5+ g6 51. Qf7+ Qg7 52. Rf1 Qxf7 53. Rxf7+ Kg8 54. Rd7 Ba5 55. Kg2 c5 56.
Kf3 Bc3 57. g4 Bf6 58. Rc7 Bh4 59. Ke4 c4 60. Kd5 c3 61. Ke6 Bg5 62. Rxc3
Kg7 63. Rc7+ Kg8 64. Rb7 Bh4 65. Ke5 Bg5 66. Ke4 Bh4 67. Kf4 Kh8 68. Ke4 Kg8
69. Kd5 Bg5 70. Ke6 Bh4 71. Rc7 Bg5 72. Rd7 Bh4 73. Rd4 Bg5 74. Ra4 Kg7 75.
Ra1 Kg8 76. Rh1 Bh4 77. Rf1 Kg7 78. Rf7+ Kg8 79. Rf6 Kg7 80. Rf3 Bg5
{Game drawn}
1/2-1/2

The day before Dan Heissman was ecstatic on our show because he had already discovered and written that the final position was drawn, correcting a Chris Ward book -

Dan gave everyone on ICC webcast Channel 165 the link – how Shirov figured all that out against GM Areshchenko with minutes on his clock is a mystery. Even Shirov’s draws feel like fantastic wins.

[White "GM_Shirov"]
[Black "GM_Areshchenko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Opening "Grünfeld: exchange, classical variation"]
[ECO "D87"]
[NIC "GI.05"]
[Time "07:37:42"]
[TimeControl "7200+30"]

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 Bd7 11. Rb1 Qc7 12. Bf4 Qc8 13. d5 Na5 14. Bd3
e5 15. Bd2 c4 16. Bc2 b6 17. f4 f6 18. Ng3 Qc5+ 19. Kh1 exf4 20. Bxf4 Nb7
21. a4 Rae8 22. Qd2 Rf7 23. h4 Bg4 24. h5 gxh5 25. Rb5 Qc8 26. Nf5 Bxf5 27.
exf5 Bf8 28. Rbb1 Bd6 29. Rbe1 Rxe1 30. Rxe1 Bxf4 31. Qxf4 Qc5 32. Qf3 Re7
33. Re6 Nd8 34. Qg3+ Kf7 35. Be4 Nxe6 36. fxe6+ Kf8 37. Qf4 Kg7 38. Qf5 Kg8
39. Qxf6 Qd6 40. Bf3 Rg7 41. Qh4 Kf8 42. Qf6+ Kg8 43. Qh4 Kf8 44. Qxc4 Qg3
45. Qb4+ Kg8 46. Qe4 Kf8 47. Bxh5 a5 48. Bf3 Ke7 49. Kg1 Rg6 50. Qe3 Rf6 51.
c4 Rf5 52. c5 Rxd5 53. Qe4 Rxc5 54. Qxh7+ Kxe6 55. Qh6+ Ke7 56. Qh7+ Kf8 57.
Qh8+ Kf7 58. Qh7+ Qg7 59. Qe4 Qa1+ 60. Kf2 Qb2+ 61. Kg1 Qc1+ 62. Kh2 Qh6+
63. Kg1 Rc1+ 64. Kf2 Qd2+ 65. Be2 Qe1+ 66. Ke3 Qg3+ 67. Qf3+ Qxf3+ 68. gxf3
Kf6 69. f4 Rb1 70. Bd3 Rb4 71. Bb5 Rxb5 72. axb5 Kf5 73. Kd3 Kxf4 74. Kd4
Kg5 75. Ke5 Kh6 76. Kd4 Kh7 77. Kd5 Kh8 78. Kd4 Kg8 79. Ke4 Kf8 80. Kd4 Kf7
81. Kd5 Kg7 82. Ke5 Kh6 83. Kd4 Kh7 84. Kd5 Kg8 85. Ke4 Kf8 86. Kd4 Kf7 87.
Kd5 Kf6 88. Kd4 Kg5 89. Ke5 {Game drawn} 1/2-1/2
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[Event "Aero Svit"]
[Site "Foros, Ukraine"]
[Date "2006.06.26"]
[Round "?"]
[White "GM_Shirov"]
[Black "GM_Harikrishna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Opening "QGD Slav: Carlsbad variation, Fishing Pole"]
[ECO "D17"]
[NIC "SL.04"]
[Time "07:47:05"]
[TimeControl "7200+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Qc7
8. g3 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Bf4 Nfd7 11. Bg2 g5 12. Ne3 gxf4 13. Nxf5 O-O-O
14. Qc2 Nc5 15. O-O Ne6 16. Qe4 fxg3 17. hxg3 a5 18. Nb5 cxb5 19. axb5 Nc5
20. Qe3 Ng4 21. Qc3 Ne4 22. Bxe4 Qxc3 23. bxc3 b6 24. Nd4 Nf6 25. Bf3 Kc7
26. Ra4 Nd7 27. Nc6 Re8 28. Rd1 Bc5 29. Nb4 h5 30. Na6+ Kc8 31. Bc6 Re7 32.
Bxd7+ Rxd7 33. Rxd7 Kxd7 34. Nxc5+ bxc5 35. Rxa5 h4 36. Ra7+ Ke6 37. Rc7
hxg3 38. fxg3 {White wins} 1-0
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[Event "Astana"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2001.05.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kramnik,Vladimir"]
[Black "Morozevich,Alexander"]
[Result "1/2"]
[Eco "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Qc7 8.g3 e5
9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Bf4 Nfd7 11.Bg2 g5 12.Ne3 gxf4 13.Nxf5 0-0-0 14.Qc2 Nc5 15.0-0
Ne6 16.Rad1 Bc5 17.Ne4 Bb4 18.Qc1 fxg3 19.hxg3 Rxd1 20.Rxd1 Rd8 21.Bh3 Kb8
22.Kg2 a5 23.b3

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[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2002.01.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bareev,Evgeny"]
[Black "Morozevich,Alexander"]
[Result "1/2"]
[Eco "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Qc7 8.g3 e5
9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Bf4 Nfd7 11.Bg2 g5 12.Ne3 gxf4 13.Nxf5 0-0-0 14.Qc2 Nc5
15.0-0 Ne6 16.Rad1 Bc5 17.Ne4 Bb4 18.e3 fxe3 19.fxe3 Kb8 20.Nf6 a5 21.g4 Be7
22.Nxe7 Qxe7 23.Qc3 Qc5 24.Rc1 Qxc3 25.Rxc3 Nf8 26.Rc5 Nfg6 27.Be4 Rd2
28.Rf2 Rhd8 29.Bxg6 Nxg6 30.Rxa5 Rd1+ 31.Kg2 Re1 32.Rh5 Rxe3 33.Rxh7 Rd4
34.h3 Ka7 35.Kh2 Ne5 36.Nh5 f5 37.gxf5 Rh4 38.Kg2 Rexh3 39.Nf4 Rh2+
40.Kg3 Rxf2 41.Rxh4 Rxb2

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[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2002.10.19"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Johannessen,Leif Erlend"]
[Black "Ribli,Zoltan"]
[Result "1/2"]
[Eco "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Qc7 8.g3 e5
9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Bf4 Nfd7 11.Bg2 g5 12.Ne3 gxf4 13.Nxf5 0-0-0 14.Qc2 Nc5
15.0-0 Ne6 16.Rfd1 Bb4

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[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2002.10.19"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Babula,Vlastimil"]
[Black "Lautier,Joel"]
[Result "1/2"]
[Eco "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Qc7 8.g3 e5
9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Bf4 Nfd7 11.Bg2 g5 12.Ne3 gxf4 13.Nxf5 0-0-0 14.0-0 Nc5
15.Qc2 Ne6 16.a5 a6 17.Ra4 fxg3 18.hxg3 h5 19.Rd1 Kb8 20.Rxd8+ Qxd8 21.Ne4 Ng6
22.Qd2 Qxd2 23.Nxd2 Bc5 24.e3 Rd8 25.Nc4 Rd1+ 26.Bf1 Rd5 27.Nh6 Nd8 28.Be2 Bf8
29.e4 Rd4 30.Nf5 Rxe4 31.Bxh5 Ne5 32.Nfe3 Ne6 33.Nb6 Rxa4 34.Nxa4 f6
35.Nb6 Bb4 36.Nbc4 Nxc4 37.Nxc4 Nd4 38.Bd1 Kc7 39.Kg2 Nf5 40.Kf3 Nd6
41.Be2 Nxc4 42.Bxc4 Kd6 43.g4 Bxa5 44.Ke4 b5 45.Bf7 Bd2 46.Kd3 Bf4 47.Be8 Kc5
48.Bd7 Kb4 49.Kc2 c5 50.Bc8 a5 51.Bd7 Be5 52.f3 a4 53.Be8 c4 54.Bd7 Bf4
55.Be8 Bd6 56.Bd7 a3 57.bxa3+ Ka4 58.Kc3 Bxa3 59.Be6 Bb4+ 60.Kd4 Kb3 61.f4 Bf8
62.g5 fxg5 63.fxg5 Kb4 64.Bg4 Bg7+ 65.Kd5 c3 66.Bd1 Bh8 67.g6 Bg7 68.Bc2 Bh8
69.Bd1 Bf6 70.Bc2 Bg7 71.Bd1 Bf8 72.Kd4 Bg7+ 73.Kd5 Bf6 74.Bc2 Ka3 75.Kc5 b4
76.Kc4 Bg7 77.Bd1 Bf8 78.Bb3 Kb2 79.g7 Bxg7 80.Kxb4

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[Event "SLO-chT 12th"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "2002.11.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Beliavsky,Alexander G"]
[Black "Tukmakov,Vladimir B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Eco "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Qc7 8.g3 e5
9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Bf4 Nfd7 11.Bg2 g5 12.Ne3 gxf4 13.Nxf5 0-0-0 14.Qc2 Nc5
15.0-0 Ne6 16.Rad1 Bb4 17.Na2 Bc5 18.b4 Bxf2+ 19.Rxf2 Rxd1+ 20.Qxd1 Rd8
21.Qc1 Ng4 22.Rf1 Qe5 23.e4 fxe3 24.Ne7+ Kd7 25.Nxc6 bxc6 26.Qd1+ Qd4 27.Nc3 e2+
28.Qxd4+ Nxd4 29.Re1 Ne5

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[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "2003.05.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov,Alexei"]
[Black "Bareev,Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2"]
[Eco "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Qc7 8.g3 e5
9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Bf4 Nfd7 11.Bg2 g5 12.Ne3 gxf4 13.Nxf5 0-0-0 14.0-0 Nc5
15.Qc2 Ne6 16.Rad1 Bc5 17.Ne4 Bb4 18.Rxd8+ Rxd8 19.Rd1 a5 20.b3 Rxd1+
21.Qxd1 Qd8 22.Qa1 f6 23.Qc1 fxg3 24.hxg3 Ng5 25.f4 Nxe4 26.Bxe4 Nd7
27.Bc2 Qe8 28.Qd1 Kc7 29.Kg2 Qe6 30.e3 Nc5 31.g4 Bc3 32.Kf3 Bb4 33.Ng3 Qf7
34.Nf5

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[Event "Bundesliga 0304"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.11.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nielsen,Peter Heine"]
[Black "Shirov,Alexei"]
[Result "1/2"]
[Eco "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Qc7 8.g3 e5
9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Bf4 Nfd7 11.Bg2 g5 12.Ne3 gxf4 13.Nxf5 0-0-0 14.Qc2 Nc5
15.0-0 Ne6 16.Qe4 fxg3 17.hxg3 a5 18.Rfc1 Nc5 19.Qf4 h5 20.b4 Ne6 21.Qe4 Bxb4
22.Nb5 Qb8 23.f4 Ng4 24.Rxc6+ bxc6 25.Qxc6+ Nc7 26.Nxc7 Qxc7 27.Qa6+ Kd7
28.Rd1+ Ke8 29.Qc6+ Kf8 30.Qxc7 Rxd1+ 31.Bf1 Kg8 32.Kg2 Rd5 33.Kf3 Nh2+
34.Kg2 Ng4 35.Kf3 Nh2+ 36.Kg2

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[Event "ACP Blitz Prelim3"]
[Site "playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.04.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Grischuk,Alexander"]
[Black "Nielsen,Peter Heine"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Eco "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Qc7 8.g3 e5
9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Bf4 Nfd7 11.Bg2 g5 12.Ne3 gxf4 13.Nxf5 0-0-0 14.Qc2 Nc5
15.0-0 Ne6 16.Qe4 fxg3 17.hxg3 Nc5 18.Qh4 Ng6 19.Qh5 a5 20.Rad1 Rxd1
21.Rxd1 Ne6 22.e3 Qe5 23.Ne4 Kc7 24.Qf3 h5 25.Nfd6 Bxd6 26.Qxf7+ Be7
27.Qxg6 Nc5 28.f4 Qe6 29.Qxe6 Nxe6 30.Kf2 Nc5 31.Nxc5 Bxc5 32.Kf3 Rd8
33.Rxd8 Kxd8 34.Bf1 Ke7 35.b3 Bb4 36.Bd3 Be1 37.e4 h4 38.gxh4 Bxh4 39.e5 Kf7
40.f5 Be7 41.Ke4 Bd8 42.Kf4 Bc7 43.f6 Ke6 44.Bc4+ Kd7 45.Kf5 Bb8 46.e6+

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[Event "RUS-chT"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2004.04.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Korotylev,Alexey"]
[Black "Smirnov,Pavel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Eco "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Qc7 8.g3 e5
9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Bf4 Nfd7 11.Bg2 g5 12.Ne3 gxf4 13.Nxf5 0-0-0 14.Qc2 Nc5
15.0-0 Ne6 16.Rad1 Bc5 17.Ne4 Bb4 18.e3 fxe3 19.fxe3 Kb8 20.Nf6 a5 21.Nd4 Bc5
22.Kh1 Bxd4 23.exd4 Nxd4 24.Qc3 Ne6 25.Rfe1 Ng6 26.b4 Rxd1 27.Rxd1 Rd8
28.Rb1 axb4 29.Qxb4 Rd4 30.Qb2 Ne5 31.Ne8 Qd7 32.Nd6 b5 33.axb5 Qxd6
34.bxc6+ Kc8 35.Qc2 Rd2 36.Qa4 Kd8 37.Qh4+ Ke8 38.Rf1 Rxg2 39.Kxg2 Qxc6+ 40.Kg1
Qc5+ 41.Kh1 Qd5+ 42.Kg1 Ng5 43.Qa4+ Kf8 44.Qb4+ Kg7 45.h4 Ngf3+
46.Kf2 Nd3+

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[Event "BIH-chT"]
[Site "Neum"]
[Date "2004.05.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ruck,Robert"]
[Black "Shirov,Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Eco "D17"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 c6 3.c4 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Qc7 8.g3 e5
9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Bf4 Nfd7 11.Bg2 g5 12.Ne3 gxf4 13.Nxf5 0-0-0 14.Qc2 Nc5
15.0-0 Ne6 16.Rfd1 Bc5 17.Ne4 Bb4 18.Rxd8+ Rxd8 19.a5 fxg3 20.hxg3 Bxa5 21.Ned6+
Kb8 22.Qe4 f6 23.Qh4 Ng5 24.Qh6 Ng6 25.e4 Bb4 26.Nc4 Qf7 27.b3 Rd3 28.Rb1 b5
29.Nce3 Ne5 30.f4 Bf8 31.Qh1 Bc5 32.fxe5 Rxe3

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[Event "Sanjin Hotel Cup"]
[Site "Taiyuan"]
[Date "2004.07.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Xu Jun"]
[Black "Lautier,Joel"]
[Result "1/2"]
[Eco "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Qc7 8.g3 e5
9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Bf4 Nfd7 11.Bg2 g5 12.Ne3 gxf4 13.Nxf5 0-0-0 14.Qc2 Nc5
15.0-0 Ne6 16.Qe4 fxg3 17.hxg3 a5 18.Rac1 Bc5 19.Qh4 Ng6 20.Qf6 Qe5
21.Qxe5 Nxe5 22.Ne4 Bb6 23.Bh3 Kc7 24.Kg2 Nd4 25.f4 Ng6 26.Nc3 Rhe8
27.Rfe1 Rg8 28.Nxd4 Nxf4+ 29.Kh2 Nxh3 30.Nxc6 bxc6 31.Kxh3 Be3

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[Event "Nettetal Chessgate op"]
[Site "Nettetal"]
[Date "2004.08.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Steingrimsson,Hedinn"]
[Black "Savchenko,Stanislav"]
[Result "1/2"]
[Eco "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Qc7 8.g3 e5
9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Bf4 Nfd7 11.Bg2 g5 12.Ne3 gxf4 13.Nxf5 0-0-0 14.Qc2 Nc5
15.0-0 Ne6 16.Qe4 fxg3 17.hxg3 a5 18.Rfc1 Nc5 19.Qf4 Ne6 20.Qe4 Nc5 21.Qf4 Ne6

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[Event "Gausdal Classic"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "2004.09.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Carlsen,Magnus"]
[Black "Johannessen,Leif Erlend"]
[Result "1/2"]
[Eco "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Qc7 8.g3 e5
9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Bf4 Nfd7 11.Bg2 g5 12.Ne3 gxf4 13.Nxf5 0-0-0 14.Qc2 Nc5
15.0-0 Ne6 16.Qe4 fxg3 17.hxg3 a5 18.Rfc1 Nc5 19.Qh4 Ng6 20.Qh5 Kb8
21.Rd1 Rxd1+ 22.Rxd1 Ne6 23.Ne4 Bb4 24.e3 Ka7 25.Nd4 Rd8 26.Qxh7 Nxd4
27.exd4 Nf8 28.Qh5 Ne6 29.d5 Rxd5 30.Rxd5 cxd5 31.Qxd5 Qc1+ 32.Kh2 Qxb2
33.Bh3 Qc2 34.Bxe6 fxe6 35.Qd4+ Ka8 36.Qd8+ Ka7 37.Qd4+ Ka8 38.Qd8+ Ka7
39.Qd4+ Ka8

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[Event "Marienbad"]
[Site "Marienbad"]
[Date "1925.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nimzowitsch,Aaron"]
[Black "Saemisch,Fritz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Eco "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxd7 Qxd7 8.f3 Nd5
9.e4 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Be6 11.a5 g6 12.Qa4 Bg7 13.Bxc4 Bxc4 14.Qxc4 0-0 15.Rb1 Qc7
16.0-0 b6 17.f4 bxa5 18.f5 Qd7 19.Be3 Kh8 20.Rf3 gxf5 21.Rxf5 e6 22.Rxa5 Rg8
23.Rf1 f6 24.Bc1 Bf8 25.Rxf6 Qg7 26.Qf1

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[Event "Berlin Cafe Koenig"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "1928.09.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Johner,Paul F"]
[Black "Saemisch,Fritz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Eco "D17"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Nb6 8.Ne5 Nbd5
9.f3 Nb4 10.e4 Bc8 11.Bc4 e6 12.Be3 a5 13.f4 Bd6 14.Qe2 0-0 15.0-0 b6
16.Rad1 Qe8 17.Rf3 Nd7 18.Rg3 g6 19.Qh5 Kh8 20.Qh6 Rg8 21.Rh3 Rg7
22.Nxd7 Bxd7 23.e5 Be7 24.Ne4 Qd8 25.f5 exf5 26.Nf6 Bxf6 27.exf6 Qxf6 28.Bg5 Qd6
29.Qh4 Re8 30.Bf6 h5 31.Qg5 Kg8 32.Rxh5 Qxf6 33.Qxf6 gxh5 34.Kf2 Be6 35.Re1 Rg6
36.Qh4 Ra8 37.Bxe6 Nd3+ 38.Kf1 Nxe1 39.Bxf7+ Kxf7 40.Kxe1 Re8+
41.Kf2 Rh6 42.Qf4 Rhe6 43.Qc7+ Kg6 44.h4 Re2+ 45.Kg1 Rc2 46.Qd6+

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[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "Karlsbad"]
[Date "1929.07.31"]
[Round "0"]
[White "Capablanca,Jose Raul"]
[Black "Vidmar,Milan Sr"]
[Result "1/2"]
[Eco "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Qc7 8.g3 e5
9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Bf4 Nfd7 11.Bg2 f6 12.0-0 Be6 13.Nxe5 fxe5 14.Be3 Bc5
15.Bxc5 Nxc5 16.b4 Nb3 17.Ra3 Rd8 18.Qc2 Nd4 19.Nb5 Nxc2 20.Nxc7+ Ke7
21.Nxe6 Nxa3 22.Nxd8 Rxd8

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[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "Karlsbad"]
[Date "1929.07.31"]
[Round "0"]
[White "Saemisch,Fritz"]
[Black "Vidmar,Milan Sr"]
[Result "1/2"]
[Eco "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 e6
8.f3 Be7 9.e4 Bg6 10.Be3 0-0 11.Be2 Qc7 12.0-0 Rfd8 13.Qe1 Nb6
14.Rc1 Nxc4 15.Bxc4 Qb6 16.a5 Qb4 17.Na2 Qxb2 18.Rf2 Qa3 19.Rb1 Rd7
20.Rfb2 Bd8 21.Bd2 Qd6 22.Bc3 Qe7 23.Bb4 Qe8 24.Bc3 b5 25.Bf1 a6
26.Nc1 Be7 27.Nb3 Rc8 28.Bb4 Bxb4 29.Qxb4 e5 30.dxe5 Qxe5 31.Rc2 Nd5
32.Qc5 Qe8 33.g3 Ne7 34.Bh3 f5 35.Re1 Qf7 36.Nd4 Rcd8 37.exf5 Rxd4
38.fxg6 Qxg6 39.Qxe7 Qxc2 40.Be6+ Kh8 41.Bd5 h5 42.Qxd8+ Kh7 43.Be4+ Qxe4

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[Event "Budapest"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1929.09.01"]
[Round "0"]
[White "Capablanca,Jose Raul"]
[Black "Brinckmann,Alfred"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Eco "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Qc7
8.g3 e5 9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Bf4 Nfd7 11.Bg2 f6 12.0-0 Be6 13.Nxe5 fxe5
14.Be3 Be7 15.a5 a6 16.Qc2 0-0 17.Rfd1 Rae8 18.Nd5 Bxd5 19.Bxd5+ Kh8
20.Be6 Nf6 21.Bb6 Qb8 22.Bd7 Nxd7 23.Rxd7 Rf6 24.Rad1 Re6 25.Qb3 Bf6
26.e4 h6 27.Bc5 Kh7 28.Rxb7 Qc8 29.Rdd7

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[Event "San Remo"]
[Site "San Remo"]
[Date "1930.??.??"]
[Round "0"]
[White "Bogoljubow,Efim"]
[Black "Alekhine,Alexander"]
[Result "1/2"]
[Eco "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Qc7 8.g3 e5
9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Bf4 Nfd7 11.Bg2 Be6 12.Nxe5 Nxe5 13.0-0 Qa5 14.Qc2 f6 15.Ne4 Bb4
16.Rfc1 Rd8 17.h4 0-0 18.Rd1 Nc4 19.Bh3 Bf7 20.Rxd8 Rxd8 21.Rd1 Rxd1+
22.Qxd1 Qd5 23.Qc2 Qd4 24.Bf5 h6 25.Bc8 Qxb2 26.Qxb2 Nxb2 27.Bxb7 Bd5
28.Bd2 Bxe4 29.Bxb4 Nxa4 30.Bd6 f5 31.Bc8 Nc3 32.Ba6 Nb5 33.Bc5 Kf7 34.f3 Bd5
35.Kf2 g6 36.Ke3 Bc4 37.Bb7 Bd5 38.Ba6 Bc4 39.g4 fxg4 40.fxg4 Nd6
41.Bxd6 Bxa6 42.Bc5 Bc8 43.g5 hxg5 44.hxg5 Ke6 45.Bxa7 Kf5 46.Kd4

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[Event "New York simul"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1931.02.??"]
[Round "0"]
[White "Capablanca,Jose Raul"]
[Black "Marshall CC"]
[Result "1/2"]
[Eco "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Qc7 8.g3 e5
9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Bf4 Nfd7 11.Bg2 Be6 12.Nxe5 Nxe5 13.0-0 Be7 14.Qc2 Rd8 15.a5 a6
16.Ne4 f6 17.Nc5 Bd5 18.Bxd5 cxd5 19.Qa4+ Kf7 20.Nd3 Bd6 21.Rac1 Qd7
22.Qxd7+ Rxd7 23.Rfd1 g5 24.Bxe5 fxe5 25.Nc5 Bxc5 26.Rxc5 Ke6 27.Rd3 Rf8 28.Rb3
Rff7 29.Rc8 d4

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[Event "Amsterdam m3"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1931.07.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Capablanca,Jose Raul"]
[Black "Euwe,Max"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Eco "D17"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Qc7
8.g3 e5 9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Bf4 Nfd7 11.Bg2 Be6 12.Nxe5 Nxe5 13.0-0 Qa5
14.Ne4 Rd8 15.Qc2 Be7 16.b4 Bxb4 17.Qb2 f6 18.Rfb1 0-0 19.Bxe5 fxe5
20.Ng5 Bc3 21.Qc2 Bf5 22.Be4 g6 23.Qa2+ Kg7 24.Rxb7+ Rd7 25.Rab1 Qa6
26.Qb3 Rxb7 27.Qxb7+ Qxb7 28.Rxb7+ Kg8 29.Bxc6 Rd8 30.Rxa7 Rd6
31.Be4 Bd7 32.h4 Bd4 33.Ra8+ Kg7 34.e3 Bc3 35.Bf3

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[Event "Margate"]
[Site "Margate"]
[Date "1935.04.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Klein,Ernst Ludwig"]
[Black "Capablanca,Jose Raul"]
[Result "1/2"]
[Eco "D17"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Qc7 8.g3 e5
9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Bf4 Nfd7 11.Bg2 f6 12.0-0 Be6 13.Nxe5 fxe5 14.Be3 Bc5
15.Qc1 Bxe3 16.Qxe3 Qb6 17.a5 Qxe3 18.fxe3 a6 19.Ne4 Ke7 20.Ra4 Rhf8
21.Rc1 Bf5 22.Nd2 Rab8 23.Rb4 Rfd8 24.Be4 g6 25.Bxf5 gxf5 26.Nf3 Rg8
27.Rh4 Rg7 28.Rh5 Rf8 29.Rc4 e4 30.Nd4 Rgf7 31.Rc1 c5 32.Nb3 Rc8
33.Nd4 Rcf8 34.Nb3

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[Event "World Championship 16th"]
[Site "Netherlands"]
[Date "1935.10.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Alekhine,Alexander"]
[Black "Euwe,Max"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Eco "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Qc7 8.g3 e5
9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Bf4 Nfd7 11.Bg2 Be6 12.Nxe5 Nxe5 13.0-0 Be7 14.Qc2 Rd8 15.Rfd1
0-0 16.Nb5 Rxd1+
17.Rxd1 Qa5 18.Nd4 Bc8 19.b4 Qc7 20.b5 c5 21.Nf5 f6 22.Ne3 Be6 23.Bd5 Bxd5
24.Rxd5 Qa5
25.Nf5 Qe1+ 26.Kg2 Bd8 27.Bxe5 fxe5 28.Rd7 Bf6 29.Nh6+ Kh8 30.Qxc5 1-0
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[Event "World Championship 16th"]
[Site "Netherlands"]
[Date "1935.10.03"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Euwe,Max"]
[Black "Alekhine,Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Eco "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Qc7 8.g3 e5
9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Bf4 Nfd7 11.Bg2 f6 12.0-0 Rd8 13.Qc1 Qb8 14.Ne4 Be7 15.Qc3 0-0
16.Rad1 Be6 17.Nxe5 Nxe5 18.Ng5 fxg5 19.Bxe5 Bf6 20.Bxb8 Bxc3 21.Bd6 Rf7 22.bxc3
Rfd7 23.Rb1 Rxd6 24.Rxb7 R8d7 25.Rxd7 Bxd7 26.Be4 c5 27.c4 Bxa4 28.Bd5+ Kf8
29.Ra1 Ra6 30.Ra2 Ke7 31.f4 gxf4 32.gxf4 Kf6 33.e4 g5 34.f5 h5 35.h4 gxh4
36.Kh2 Kg5 37.Kh3 Ra5 38.Bb7 Kf6 39.Bd5 Kg5 40.Bb7 Kf6 41.Bc8

1-0
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[Event "World Championship 16th"]
[Site "Netherlands"]
[Date "1935.10.03"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Alekhine,Alexander"]
[Black "Euwe,Max"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Eco "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Qc7 8.g3 e5
9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Bf4 Nfd7 11.Bg2 Rd8 12.Qc1 f6 13.0-0 Be6 14.Nxe5 Nxe5 15.a5 a6
16.Ne4 Bb4 17.Nc5 Bc8 18.Bxe5 fxe5 19.f4 Bd2 20.Qc4 Rd4 21.Qb3 exf4
22.gxf4 Qe7 23.Nd3 Be6 24.Qa3 Bc4 25.Kh1 Qxa3 26.Rxa3 0-0 27.Ra4 Rfd8
28.Ra3 Bxd3 29.exd3 Rb4 30.Rf2 Rxb2 31.Bf1 Rd4 32.f5 Rf4 33.Rxf4 Bxf4
34.h3 Bd6 35.Ra1 Kf7 36.d4 Kf6 37.Re1 Bb4 38.Ra1 Rd2 39.Bc4 Rxd4
40.Be6 Rd3

0-1
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[Event "Nottingham"]
[Site "Nottingham"]
[Date "1936.08.10"]
[Round "0"]
[White "Vidmar,Milan Sr"]
[Black "Euwe,Max"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Eco "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Qc7 8.g3 e5
9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Bf4 Nfd7 11.Bg2 Rd8 12.Qc1 f6 13.0-0 Be6 14.Nxe5 Nxe5 15.a5 a6
16.Ne4 Bb4 17.Nc5 Bc8 18.Ra4 Bxa5 19.Nd3 0-0 20.Be4 Bb6 21.Qc2 g5
22.Bxh7+ Qxh7 23.Bxe5 Ba7 24.Bc3 b5 25.Raa1 c5 26.Qc1 c4 27.Ne1 Bb7
28.Nf3 g4 29.Ng5 Qh5

0-1
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[Event "Semmering/Baden"]
[Site "Semmering"]
[Date "1937.09.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Petrovs,Vladimirs"]
[Black "Capablanca,Jose Raul"]
[Result "1/2"]
[Eco "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Qc7 8.Qb3 e5
9.dxe5 Nc5 10.Qa2 Na6 11.e4 Nxe4 12.Nxe4 Bxe4 13.Nd6+ Bxd6 14.exd6 Qxd6
15.Bxa6 bxa6 16.0-0 0-0 17.Qa3 Qg6 18.f3 Bd5 19.Bf4 Rfe8 20.Rfe1 h6
21.a5 Rad8 22.Qc3 Kh7 23.Bg3 Rxe1+ 24.Rxe1 Rd7 25.b4

1/2
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[Event "Semmering/Baden"]
[Site "Semmering"]
[Date "1937.09.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Fine,Reuben"]
[Black "Capablanca,Jose Raul"]
[Result "1/2"]
[Eco "D17"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7
7.Nxc4 Qc7 8.g3 e5 9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Bf4 Nfd7 11.Bg2 f6
12.0-0 Rd8 13.Qc1 Be6 14.Nxe5 Nxe5 15.a5 a6 16.Ne4 Bb4
17.Bd2 Bxd2 18.Nxd2 0-0 19.Qc3 Qd6 20.Ne4 Qd4
21.Nc5 Bc8 22.Qb3+ Qc4

1/2
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[Event "Semmering/Baden"]
[Site "Semmering"]
[Date "1937.09.08"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Eliskases,Erich Gottlieb"]
[Black "Capablanca,Jose Raul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Eco "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Qc7 8.g3 e5
9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Bf4 Nfd7 11.Bg2 f6 12.0-0 Rd8 13.Qc1 Be6 14.Nxe5 Nxe5 15.a5 a6
16.Ne4 Bb4 17.Bd2 Qe7 18.Bxb4 Qxb4 19.Qc5 Qxc5 20.Nxc5 Bc8 21.Rfd1 Ke7
22.b3 Nf7 23.e4 Rd6 24.Rxd6 Kxd6 25.b4 Kc7 26.Rd1 Rd8 27.Rxd8 Nxd8 28.f4 b6
29.axb6+ Kxb6 30.Bf1 Ne6 31.Na4+ Kc7 32.Kf2 g5 33.Ke3 gxf4+ 34.gxf4 Ng7
35.Nc5 Ne6 36.Nxe6+ Bxe6 37.Kd4 Kb6 38.Bc4 Bg4 39.e5 fxe5+ 40.fxe5 h6
41.h4 Bh5 42.e6 Be8 43.Bd3 Kc7 44.Kc5 Bh5 45.Bh7 Bg4 46.e7 Kd7 47.Be4 Kxe7
48.Bxc6 Be2 49.Bb7 Kd7 50.Kb6 Kd6 51.Bxa6 Bf3 52.Ka5 Bc6 53.Bb5 Bf3 54.Bd3 Bc6
55.Bc2 Kc7 56.Ba4 Bf3 57.b5 Kb7 58.b6 Be2 59.Bc2 Bf3 60.Bd3 Bg2 61.Ba6+ Kc6
62.Bc8 Bf1 63.Bg4 Bd3 64.Bf3+ Kd6 65.Bb7 Be2 66.Ba6 Bf3 67.Bf1 Bb7 68.Bh3 Ke7
69.Kb5 Kd6 70.Bg4 Ke7 71.Kc5 Bg2 72.Bc8 Kd8 73.Ba6 Bf3 74.Kd6 Bg2 75.Bc4 Kc8
76.Bd5 Bf1 77.Ke6 Be2 78.Kf6 Kd7 79.Kg6 h5 80.Kg5 Kd6 81.Bf7 Kc6 82.Bxh5

1-0
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[Event "Asturias-chT Preferente 8687"]
[Site "Asturias"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Corral Blanco,Juan Antonio"]
[Black "Lopez de Lerma,Ruiz Jesus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Eco "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Qc7 8.g3 e5
9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Bf4 Nfd7 11.Bg2 g5 12.Ne3 gxf4 13.Nxf5 0-0-0 14.Qc2 fxg3
15.hxg3 Kb8 16.Rd1 Nb6 17.Rxd8+ Qxd8 18.0-0 Nc8 19.Rd1 Qc7 20.Ne4 h5
21.Qc3 Ne7 22.Rd8+ Qxd8 23.Qxe5+ Ka8 24.Qxh8 Nxf5 25.Qxh5 Nh6 26.Bf3 a6
27.Kg2 Qd4 28.Qg5 Ka7 29.Nc3 Qb6 30.Qf6 c5 31.Qe5 f6 32.Qd5 Qc7 33.Ne4 f5 34.Nd2
Qb6 35.Nc4 Qb3 36.Qd7 Qb4 37.a5 Qb3 38.Nb6 Qf7 39.Qc8

1-0
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[Event "Lahti We LahS 2 op"]
[Site "Lahti"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Birjukov,Sergey"]
[Black "Haimi,Aleksander"]
[Result "1/2"]
[Eco "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Qc7
8.g3 e5 9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Bf4 Nfd7 11.Bg2 g5 12.Nxe5 gxf4

1/2
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[Event "BL2-Nord 9900"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1999.10.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Stern,Rene"]
[Black "Lamprecht,Frank"]
[Result "1/2"]
[Eco "D17"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Qc7 8.g3 e5
9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Bf4 Nfd7 11.Bg2 g5 12.Nxe5 gxf4 13.Nxd7 0-0-0 14.Qd4 Qxd7 15.Qxf4
Bd6 16.Qh6 Qe6 17.Qxe6+ Bxe6 18.a5 a6 19.Be4 Bb4 20.f4 h5 21.Bd3 h4 22.Kd2 hxg3
23.hxg3 Rxh1 24.Rxh1 Bxa5 25.Kc2 Rg8 26.f5 Bd7 27.Ne4 Bb4
28.Nf6 Rxg3 29.Rh7 Rxd3 30.exd3 Bxf5 31.Rxf7 Be6 32.Rg7 a5 33.Ne4 a4
34.Nd2 a3 35.bxa3 Bxa3 36.Ne4 Bb4 37.Nd2 Bxd2 38.Kxd2 Bd7 39.Kc3 Kc7
40.Kd4 Kd6 41.Rg6+ Be6 42.Rg5

1/2
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[Event "Tula op"]
[Site "Tula"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Prizant,Jaroslav"]
[Black "Fomin,Andrei"]
[Result "1/2"]
[Eco "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Qc7 8.g3 e5
9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Bf4 Nfd7 11.Bg2 g5 12.Bxe5 Nxe5 13.Nxe5 Qxe5 14.a5 Bb4
15.0-0 Bxa5 16.Qb3 Bxc3 17.Qxb7 0-0 18.bxc3 Be4 19.Bxe4 Qxe4 20.Ra5 h6
21.e3 Rfb8 22.Qd7 Rb1 23.Rf5 Rxf1+ 24.Kxf1 Qc4+ 25.Kg2 Rb8 26.Qd4 Qxd4
27.cxd4 Kg7 28.Ra5 Rb7 29.Ra6 Rc7 30.Kf3 f5 31.h3 c5 32.dxc5 Rxc5
33.Rxa7+ Kg6 34.Ra6+ Kg7 35.g4 fxg4+ 36.hxg4 Rc4 37.Re6 Rb4 38.Re4 Rb2
39.Rd4 Ra2 40.Rb4 Rc2 41.Rb5 Ra2 42.Rf5 Ra4 43.Rc5 Ra2 44.Rc7+ Kg6
45.Rc6+ Kg7 46.Rc3 Ra4 47.e4 Rb4 48.Ke3 Ra4 49.f3 Rb4 50.Rd3 Ra4
51.f4 gxf4+ 52.Kxf4 Ra6 53.e5 Ra1 54.Rd4 Rf1+ 55.Ke4 Ra1 56.Kf5 Rf1+
57.Ke6 Ra1 58.Ke7 Ra7+ 59.Rd7 Ra8 60.e6 Kg6 61.Rd8 Ra7+ 62.Kd6 Ra6+
63.Ke5 Ra5+ 64.Rd5 Ra7 65.Kd6 Ra6+ 66.Ke7 Ra7+ 67.Rd7 Ra8 68.Rd8 Ra7+
69.Kf8 Rh7 70.Rd7 Rh8+ 71.Ke7 Ra8

1/2
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[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2000.01.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kasparov,Garry"]
[Black "Morozevich,Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Eco "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Qc7 8.g3 e5
9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Bf4 Nfd7 11.Bg2 g5 12.Ne3 gxf4 13.Nxf5 0-0-0 14.Qc2 Ng4
15.a5 fxg3 16.hxg3 a6 17.Ra4 Ndf6 18.Ne4 Nxe4 19.Bxe4 h5 20.Kf1 Kb8 21.Kg2 Be7
22.Nxe7 Qxe7 23.Bf3 Ne5 24.Bxh5 Qe6 25.Qc3 f6 26.Rah4 Qf5 27.Bf3 Rxh4
28.Rxh4 Qb1 29.Rh1 Rd1 30.Rxd1 Qxd1 31.b4 Kc7 32.Qc5 Qd6 33.Qxd6+ Kxd6
34.Be4 Nc4 35.Bd3 Nb2 36.f4 Nd1 37.g4 Ne3+ 38.Kf3 Nd5 39.Ke4 Nxb4
40.Bc4 c5 41.g5 fxg5 42.fxg5 Ke7 43.Kf5 Nc2 44.Ke5 Ne3 45.Be6 c4

1-0
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Lovely game, greatly enjoyed it and the commentary but I am puzzled by one point. Isn’t 27. …Nxa1# (or 27…Na5#) better than 27…Nd4+? Not trying to nitpick, did I miss something?
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Never mind, finally found it. Queen takes the bishop. Knew I was missing something, now where was that coffee cup?
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5. d4 seems a bit anti-positional here.

There is opening theory on an early … Nc6, of course. In his excellent work “The King’s Gambit for the Creative Aggressor”, against an early … Nc6 Stefan Johansson recommends instead 5.b3 (the actual score of the variation incorporates his recommendation of 4 … h6 for Black and only then 5 … Nc6, but I don’t believe that this move order affects the result, as long as White gets in b3 before Black takes on c4).

Then, when Black takes the B/c4, White can recapture (as he does here on his 11th) with bxc4, increasing his control of the central d5 square (although giving up the light B relieves the pressure on f7, which is insufficient anyway).

In other words, White doesn’t need to move the light B at all; he can let Black waste 2 development tempi capturing it, and strengthen his own game in the process. And in a gambit opening, of course, speed is everything – Black should, in principle, lose on the basis of White’s development advantage alone, even if it takes further sacs by White to demonstrate this.

Here’s Johansson’s recommendation for this line:

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 h6 5. b3 Nc6 6. Bb2 Nf6 7. Nc3 Be7
8. Qe2 O-O 9. O-O-O Ne5 10. d4 Nxc4 11. bxc4

[For completeness, the rest of Johansson's analysis of the main line of
this variation goes: 11 ... Ng4 12. Rdg1 f5 13. g3 fxe4 14. Nxe4 Bf5
15. gxf4 Bxe4 16. Qxe4 Qd7 17. Rg2 Rae8 18. Rhg1 h5 19. h3 Bg5 20. Qd5+ Kh8 21. Qxg5 *]

I believe the position after White’s 11th is already greatly in White’s favor. Unlike other KGA variations, White has been able to castle safely and will bring his other Rook to the Kingside next. The resulting
pressure on the black King’s position is crushing, and Black has no compensation to speak of.

You might find improvements after 11. bxc4; I’d be interested to see them. In general, I would consider computer play in gambit positions of dubious quality; masters routinely offer computers a positional pawn sac to throw off their evaluation routines, and it works. So, pitching two computers against each other becomes doubly suspect under such conditions.

A more valid approach to employing a computer for analysis might be for an IM-level player to take both sides of the same position against a
computer over several games, and net out the results. This was the
approach used (to supplement the analysis of master games) in the
Powerplay! series of opening books, and it resulted in effective
demonstrations of themes that the computer (Fritz) was not able to
“see”.

For an example of the intersection of this approach with a gambit
opening, I recommend the Powerplay! book on the Benko Gambit (no longer in print, but available occasionally via used book merchants), which was written with analysis by future US Correspondence Champion (then a Senior Postal Master) Jon Edwards. In the sample games, the computer routinely botched handling the positional problems that this gambit poses.

So, I wouldn’t really expect a PC to find the correct strategies for either side of the KGA against a strong (and booked-up) player, let alone to win. Tactically speaking, this PC vs PC game (from move 5) may be instructive, but for opening theory, I wouldn’t rely on it.

Of course, when I play the KG, I avoid all of this analysis completely
with 3. Bc4. That way, there’s nothing for a later … g4 to hit, and
the solid Hanstein can’t even get started. I’m also amazed at the
number of times Black will throw out … Qh4+?, which here just loses 2
tempi, since the Q’s best square after the natural reply sequence Kf1!/Nf3 is d8 again.

For example, … Qe7 just walks into Nc3-d5. Of course, trying … Nf6 to prevent this in turn walks into e5, when Black’s development starts to get badly gummed up.
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Let my add here that I sent this to Chess-Improvement knowing full well that most of you are way above the level of these comments, but hoping you may find some use for this material as you teach the game to others, such as children of the elderly.

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